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Martin Raniowski, MA is the Acting Deputy Secretary for Health Planning and Assessment with the PA Department of Health. As Acting Deputy Secretary, he is responsible for monitoring, tracking, and analyzing the health status of Pennsylvania communities. Raniowski oversees the management of the Bureaus of Health Planning, Community Health Systems, Laboratory, Epidemiology, Emergency Medical Services, and the Offices of Health Equity and Public Health Preparedness.
Mr. Raniowski previously served as the Director for the Bureau of Health Planning with the Department of Health and in that role was responsible for overseeing the management of the Access to Primary Care program, the PA Loan Repayment program, the J-1 Visa waiver programs, and the Community Challenge Grant programs, the State Health Improvement Plan (SHIP), SHIP Partnerships, health care workforce reports and the Health Policy Board. Also, under his direction, the Bureau of Health Planning developed healthcare workforce reports that analyze the vitality of rural healthcare professions, such as physicians, physician assistants, dentists, dental assistants, registered nurses, and licensed practical nurses.
Prior to joining the Department, he served as the Senior Director, Public Advocacy & Strategic Alliances with the American Heart Association, and as a Senior Health Strategist, MultiState Associates. Mr. Raniowski also served as a Legislative Research Analyst with Pennsylvania House of Representatives and as a Special Assistant to Governor Ridge.
Raniowski has a Master of Arts in Public Policy from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania.


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Category Archives: YoVille Games Manual
New Feature/YoVille Games Manual: Become a YoVille VIP Member!
Would you like to be part of the YoVille VIP Club? Now you can! All you need to do is sign up today.
Membership promises to pamper you and the packages look exciting! Just take a look at what you could possibly have access to!
Members of the YoVille VIP Club will have exclusive access to Furniture, Discounts on Items, Free YoCash every week – YES every single week and Free Hair of your choice once per Theme launch. If you thought that wasn't enough then check this out – As part of introductory offer we are giving you a free Hair of your choice from the 2nd week's release as a one time offer! Subsequently the package will allow you to avail of free Hair on the first Clothing & Hair release of each Theme!
Enjoy a host of amazing benefits as soon as you sign up for Membership. If you love to stand out from the crowd then this is perfect for you!
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New Feature/YoVille Games Manual: Introducing YoDecor – Room Ratings Feature on YoVille
A brand new feature that you all are sure to love! Introducing YoDecor – a way for you to show off your amazing decoration and talent on YoVille. Now you can post your favorite rooms to your walls, share with friends and get friends to rate / like your decor! Let me take you through how the feature is going to work.
NOTE: This feature is not yet available to 100% – this is the Beta version and we would like your feedback (which will be taken into consideration) to help make this feature more enjoyable for you all!
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New Feature/YoVille Games Manual: Introducing the Avenues Map View
As part of "Play Appreciation Week" we're bringing you a brand new feature! Introducing the Avenues Map View Feature on YoVille. A quick and easy way to navigate through your Yo Town with a click of a button.
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New Feature/YoVille Games Manual: New mini game in YoVille – Introducing YoKart!
Brand new and exciting shopping experience on YoVille. We've never done something like this before and we hope you guys will try it out and make the best use of it!
It's your chance to get MORE for LESS! To good to be true you say? Well, check it out and see for yourself!
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New Feature: "Open All" Button is Coming Soon
Are you tired of those innumerable clicks to open your Gift Boxes? Did you want a one click solution? With the "Open All" button, we now have just that! The "Open All" option is available to you from "Your Inventory".
***Please note that this feature is being rolled out to users gradually and all of you will be able to enjoy it soon!
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New Released/YoVille Games Manual: Introducing Brand New Yo Avenues and Avenues Pack Items Available in YoVille now
Introducing Yo Avenues – a brand new arena for all you decorators on YoVille! Create your very own Yo Town by expanding your Yo Avenue and adding multiple Homes to it to create your own neighborhood. You can pick up the "First Avenue" from the Realtor Store or get it for $5,000 Coins + 3 friends Co-sign now!!
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YoVille Games Manual: New mini game in YoVille – Introducing YoMag!!!
Introducing an all new Feature – YoMag! Show off you new looks, comment, like and rate yourselves on YoVille! It's a Clothing Feature you won't want to miss! Make sure to log in now and get started! Turn up the heat on YoVille!
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YoVille Games Manual: DIB!
How to Play:
First up, for those of you who don't understand the term "Dibs" here's a brief description : "A claim; rights. EXAMPLE: I have dibs on that last piece of pie."
YoVille Games Manual: Hide & Seek!!!
How to Play:
On clicking on the icon you will receive the following pop-up – "Let's Play". Remember the event ends in a week so hurry and get started if you want to
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Gunnery Sergeant, Marine Recon, 2nd Marine Division, Grenada, 1983 |
The 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit was diverted to Grenada while en route to Lebanon. To secure objectives in Grenada and to facilitate operations, the island was operationally split in half. The Marines secured the northern half of the island while Army Rangers secured the south. A few hours after the start of the invasion, 400 Marines landed at Pearls Airport, by helicopter. Part of this force was flying over the beaches of Grenada to back up the invasion force. The Marines met weak resistance from Grenadian Army regulars, militia, and Cuban defenders secured the airport within two hours. Once Grenada was secured, the Marines reembarked aboard their amphibious ships and continued their peacekeeping mission to Lebanon. In the 1986 movie "Heartbreak Ridge" the role of the Marines were portrayed in Grenada, unfortunately, it may have been more "Hollywood" than fact. In the movie the Marines perform a beach recon. In reality it was the Navy SEALs that reconned the beach around the airport in preparation for the Marine landings. The most obvious distortion of fact was the Marines rescuing the medical students when it was actually the Rangers. The medical school was in the southern part of the island, the Marines operated in the north. In the late 1970's the Marines adopted the new year round camouflage uniform designated as the BDU. During the early 1980's, both the "leaf" pattern camouflage leftover from the Vietnam war which had the slanted cargo pockets, and the postwar "woodland" pattern uniform with smaller squarer pockets were in use by the Marine Corps. The USMC "Ball and Bird" was not printed on these latter uniforms. Only Recon Marines wore the boonie hat. |


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Signed it as well. And I agree that there should be a more mature series, even if it is just a side series. I'm sure some people would like to see a new main character, so maybe a spin-off or side series in that style is what some of us would like. And I also agree that you're never too old to watch Pokemon. It brings out the kid in all of us :3


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Jean Valjean (also referred to as "Monsieur Madeleine," "Ultime Fauchelevent," "Monsieur Leblanc," "Urbain Fabre," "24601" and "9430"; c. 1769-1833) is the protagonist of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Misérables. The character's nineteen year-long struggle with the law for stealing bread so he could feed his sister's children (5 years for the theft, 12 years for four attempted escapes and 2 years for fighting back during one escape attempt) during a time of economic and social depression - along with police inspector Javert, who relentlessly pursues Valjean - has become archetypal in literary culture. While in prison, he was first labeled 24601 then labeled 9430.
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Thor's Hammer Charger Summons the Power for Your Smartphone
If you're a fan of the mythical Thor or the Marvel superhero Thor, we've got something new and interesting that you will really appreciate. A new Thor-themed battery charger has debuted that takes the form of Thor's hammer Mjölnir. The battery designed to recharge electronic devices is hidden in the head of the hammer.
The hammer looks very much like the one that Thor wields in the new movie in theaters right now. The battery charger measures 5.1″ x 3.1″ x 2″ and weighs up to one pound depending on capacity. It has a full-size USB port and a micro-USB port that can provide 2.1A of power. The hammer also has integrated LED lights and a speaker offering sound effects when you swing it.
You can purchase the battery charger with three different battery capacities stuffed inside the hammerhead. The smallest is a 2600 mAh battery with a middleweight version packing 5200 mAh of power. The biggest battery has 10,400 mAh of juice. The biggest battery needs 10 full hours to recharge. Sadly, it's currently only available in Asia at this point.
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What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy?
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a medical treatment that allows patients to breathe 100 percent oxygen inside an enclosed chamber at increased pressure. The increase pressure and increased oxygen concentration raises the oxygen content in the blood and other tissues.
What does it treat?
Indications for hyperbaric oxygen therapy include:
- Air or gas embolism
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
- Carbon monoxide poisoning complicated by cyanide poisoning
- Clostridial myositis and myonecrosis (Gas Gangrene)
- Crush injury, compartment syndrome and other acute traumatic ischemias
- Decompression sickness
- Arterial insufficiencies
- Central retinal artery occlusion
- Enhancement of healing in selected problem wounds
- Severe anemia
- Intracranial abscess
- Necrotizing soft tissue infections
- Osteomyelitis (refractory)
- Delayed radiation injury (soft tissue and bony necrosis)
- Compromised grafts and flaps
- Acute thermal burn injury
Does insurance cover this therapy?
We accept most insurance plans. However, individual plans vary. It is recommended you contact your insurance for information regarding coverage.
Will I need to be seen for a consultation before the start of my first hyperbaric oxygen therapy?
Yes, a referral is made by your primary-care physician for all non-emergent cases.
How does my physician refer me to the hyperbaric center?
A referral letter from the primary-care physician (PCP) must be submitted to us requesting consultation. An appointment will then be made with the patient.
Are there any side effects associated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy?
Like all medical treatments and procedures, there are some risks associated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Generally, patients experience no after-effects from the treatment. However, some patients report a remaining "fullness" in their ears between treatments. If this should continue, a hyperbaric physician will prescribe medication to help relieve this.
On rare occasions, patients receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy develop temporary changes in eyesight. This is usually of short duration and eyesight should return to normal within a few months after the treatment is completed.
The hyperbaric staff will discuss possible complications with you prior to initiation of treatment.
How many treatments will I need?
A typical outpatient treatment schedule is 30 treatments delivered once daily, Monday- Friday, for approximately two hours each session. The number and frequency of treatments vary according to each patient's condition.
Do I have to do anything special prior to being treated?
The only requirement is that you wear the clothes that will be provided to you each day for treatment and that you follow the safety guidelines regarding what may or may not be brought into the chamber (i.e. no hair gels, no make-up, no jewelry).


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After the critically acclaimed debut record 'The Submarine' was released late in 2007, Lawrence Greenwood's songs began to work their way into the world through almost every medium. Due to word of mouth and a dynamic live show, it wasn't long before he was playing sold out venues to loyal fans at home and abroad.
In what seems a very short time Whitley has been voted as Rolling Stone Magazine's Top Ten Breaking Artist, completed endless sold-out Australian tours, played sold out shows across the USA and become a sweetheart of festival goers who generally get more than they bargained for. Shows varied from solo intimate acoustic shows to a six-piece band display of 'edgy power-pop on the verge of collapse'.
Lawrence is currently residing in London where he has just begun work on his third record and first outside of the Whitley moniker.
You can stay close to Lawrence on Facebook for updates: http://www.facebook.com/lawrencegreenwood
Extra Info on Lawrence Greenwood -
Lawrence's music has been featured at home and abroad in the following television programs, video games and films:
Lonestar (Fox Network USA) - Track "More Than Life"
Pollen, documentary trailer (Disney/Terre Neuve Prod. FRANCE) - Track "Facades II"
Flash Forward (ABC Network USA) - Track "More Than Life"
Pro Evolution Soccer, video game (Konami ent. JAPAN) - Track "Head, First, Down"
Army Wives (USA) - Track "A Shot To The Stars"
One Tree Hill (USA) - Track "More Than Life"
City Homicide – Track "The Life I Keep"
Packed To The Rafters – Track "Lost In Time"
"Lost In Time" was also featured in Foxtel's 2008 Evolution of TV campaign – you can view the TVC here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SM7IpOSaAI&feature=related


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A quick to make Butterscotch CakeIngredients
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups butterscotch pudding (mixed, not the powder) 1 cup butterscotch chips 3 tablespoons white sugar 1/2 cup blanched slivered almonds (optional) 1/4 cup Butterscotch Rum (optional)
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 2.Combine the cake mix, eggs, and butterscotch pudding. Spread the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle with the butterscotch chips, white sugar, and slivered almonds. 3.Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for until done (until tester comes out clean, usually 40-60 min for me depending on the size of pan I use)


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Hi Sugar Bee Craft readers! It's Katie from {Made to be a Momma} again! Since Halloween is officially over, my focus has switched solely to Thanksgiving crafts! This candy jar is so simple and would be fun to do at either a kids party or have your child make some for the thanksgiving table–some favors perhaps!
Baby food jar
Reeses Pieces or candy of choice
Googly eyes
Small piece of Orange felt
Trace your child's hand and have him/her color it.
OOh the coloring abilities of a 2 1/2 year old He had so much fun though!
Cut the hand out and attach it to the back of your jar. Cut out a piece of orange felt for the beak. Attach the beak and googly eyes to your jar. Fill your jar with candy—and try not to eat it all
Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!
I hope you will swing by {Made to be a Momma}
Here are some more fall/thanksgiving related projects!
Thanks for checking out this post from www.SugarBeeCrafts.com – – click on over to read it in its entirety – you'll love it!
- Chocolate Dipped Apple Hearts: Kids Treat - January 2, 2015
- Give Thanks Paper Garland - November 7, 2014
- Cupcake Liner Halloween Owl - October 3, 2014
- Monster Marshmallow Treats - September 5, 2014
- Bookworm Bookmark (Kids Craft Contributor) - August 1, 2014
- Mini Pom Pom Raincloud - July 3, 2014
- Diy Paper Straw Blowers - June 6, 2014
- Fingerprint Flower Bookmark - May 2, 2014
- Chalkboard Bunny Easter Bucket - April 4, 2014
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My practice is nearly exclusively a criminal appellate practice, and it's been that way for almost 10 years. Being a one-trick pony, I can't help but think about legal issues in the news in the context of an imaginary appeal. Of course, recently the news was flooded with stories about the Boston Marathon bombing. The issue that grabbed my interest the most was all of the talk centered on not informing captured suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev his Miranda rights pursuant to the public safety exception.
The idea behind the public safety exception makes sense: gathering information from a suspect to ward off an immediate threat. The exception was originally created nearly 20 years ago, but in the past 10 years or so, has become stretched (some say past recognition) to deal with terrorist threats. But that's neither here nor there — the public safety exception and the suppression of evidence obtained from it is a trial lawyer's concern.
First, told or not told, Tsarnaev has all of the same rights every American citizen has, including the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney. In this era of cop and robbers television ("Law & Order" in all its various forms has been on the air for 23 years), it seems self-evident that a person has those rights. But still, whether he knows he has those rights or not, the government has an obligation to inform a suspect he has them. But what happens when the defense persuades a court that law enforcement interrogated a person in violation of Miranda? That evidence is suppressed and so are the fruits of it. This is the part that really interests the appellate lawyer in me, because the question I keep coming back to here, is: so what?
If any of the news reports are to be believed, and obviously those outside of the parties won't know until the trial, if there is one, the government has built a relatively strong case against Tsarnaev without his help. So even if some of his statements are suppressed, it doesn't really matter because the government will still have plenty of evidence to go around. Presumably, the people who did the interrogating had a really good sense of what evidence they already had against him. Perhaps, sure in its case (even though the investigation was in the infancy), the government opted to question Tsarnaev and ask him everything it could think of. Worst case scenario, some cumulative evidence gets suppressed. Read more »


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As always, SNL had its ups and downs this year. For every insta-classic Maya Rudolph episode, there was a stinker hosted by Daniel Craig; for every innovative new sketch (come on, you liked "The Californians" the first time it aired), there was a bit that wore out its welcome long ago (did we really need to see Gilly one last time?).
Still, the year's five most popular sketches exemplify why EW's Ken Tucker thinks Saturday Night Live is "displaying a surge of renewed energy it hasn't shown for a long time" — they're fresh, funny, and largely original, though one marked the first appearance of a recurring character and another is a riff on one of the sketch show's biggest hits ever. Interestingly enough, the top three are all pre-recorded videos rather than bits that were performed live — though there's only one Digital Short in the mix, indicating that SNL should do just fine without the viral efforts of Andy Samberg and the Lonely Island, who departed the show in May.
So without further ado, here's Hulu's list of 2012's most-watched SNL sketches. It's a solid inventory that largely coincides with my personal picks for the year's funniest bits — though I'm sorry that Louis C.K.'s Lincoln didn't make the cut.


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The Holy Week Encounters began in Toledo, Spain. They were organized by a group of young people of the Home of the Mother who wanted to live Holy Week in an atmosphere of greater reflection and profound joy. As the Home of the Mother grew larger, so too did the Holy Week Encounters. Every year, more people come to spend Holy Week with the Home, attracted by the spirit of prayer and recollection.
In recent years, Holy Week Encounters have been celebrated simultaneously in several countries. In 2013 there were encounters in the United States, Spain, Italy, and Ecuador.
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Photos from Holy Week Encounters 2014
Photo album of the encounter in Florida, USA
Photo album of the encounter in Guayaquil, EcuadorPhoto album of the encounter in Brignano, Italy
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Defense expands cyber DMZs
DoD is expanding the use of demilitarized zones to improve security of its unclassified network. Over the next two years, DISA require all service applications to go through these buffer zones.
Tags: technology , Richard Hale , Dave Mihelcic , Larry Huffman , DoD , Cyber Command , cybersecurity , BRAC , AFCEA , Jason Miller
DISA widening space between network, public Internet
DoD is expanding the use of demilitarized zones to improve security of its unclassified network. Over the next two years, DISA require all service applications to go through these buffer zones.
Tags: technology , Richard Hale , Dave Mihelcic , Larry Huffman , DoD , Cyber Command , cybersecurity , BRAC , AFCEA , Jason Miller
DISA wants more vendor accountability
DISA's Tony Montemarano said the agency wants to use more performance based contracts to better manage contractors.
Tags: contracting , industry , technology , Tony Montemarano , DoD , BRAC , AFCEA , Meg Beasley
Reporters' Roundup: DoD budget cuts, DISA's demilitarized zones
WFED's Jason Miller and Jared Serbu give details on stories they are working on.
Tags: demilitarized zones , DoD , Jason Miller , Dorobek Insider , Internet , technology , Jared Serbu , Robert Gates , budget , Reporters' Roundup
VTC Round-up: New telework law provides opportunity for agencies to increase VTC capabilities
With the new telework bill signed into law, federal employees will soon have more opportunities to telework, and agencies have more incentive to invest in or increase their telepresence options. After the Senate passed the bill in September, the House followed suit in November. It was signed into law last week, and encourages federal employees to telework. Currently, about 5 percent of federal employees participate in some sort of telework plan, and agencies will have to improve their existing technology capabilities and options to meet the increase in participating employees. "We're talking about bringing the government into the 21st century from a technology point of view and every other point of view," said bill sponsor Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) in an interview with Federal News Radio last month. "The technology is moving so aggressively there's no reason not to have a good telework policy," Wolf said. Video teleconferencing is already a component of telework programs at many agencies, and has in some cases enabled greater allowance for teleworking. At the Defense Information Systems Agency, the desktop- and laptop- based telepresence has "enabled our telework program to thrive, allowing DISA employees to fully participate in meetings, no matter where they are located," Colonel Brian Hermann, chief of the Net-Centric Enterprise Services branch. "It allows off-site employees to "participate fully in small-group meetings, including the use of whiteboarding and sharing presentations," Hermann said. Will other agencies follow suit? Stay tuned. Navy adding telepresence at National Naval Medical Center The National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda is looking to install a video teleconferencing room which will serve as the Admiral's Conference room. The conference room will be used for executive-level video teleconference and Board of Directors meetings, among others according to a solicitation posted to FedBizzOpps.gov.
Tags: technology , Video Teleconferencing Center , telework , cisco , TANDBERG , Senate
DISA explains delays for issuing contract requests
DISA's Tony Montemorano explains the delay in the request for proposal for the Global Information Grid.
Tags: Tony Montemarano , Jared Serbu , contracting , Global Information Grid , technology , Dorobek Insider
DISA incorporates desktop-telepresence across DoD
How can a Defense Department analyst hold a last-minute meeting with three other analysts in three different locations around the world? Well, if they're one of the over 380,000 Defense employees using Defense Connect Online, it's as simple as turning on a video camera and starting a session. Defense Connect Online (DCO) is the Defense Information Systems Agency's second video teleconferencing system by which users web conference using video cameras at their desk or laptop. DCO is available DoD-wide. The technology is being applied by senior-level leaders, agency employees, and service members alike, according to Colonel Brian Hermann, chief of the Net-Centric Enterprise Services branch. Managed in conjunction by Carahsoft Technology Corp. and Adobe Systems Incorp., DCO consists of a multiuser text chat and instant messaging, as well as web conferencing using Adobe Connect. DISA first awarded the contract in 1997. Aside from allowing program leaders and employees in different locations to hold discussions from their desks, DCO has also been incorporated into DISA's telework strategy. "DCO has enabled our telework program to thrive, allowing DISA employees to fully participate in meetings, no matter where they are located," Hermann said. It allows off-site employees to "participate fully in small-group meetings, including the use of whiteboarding and sharing presentations." Last year, DISA extended the service to non-DoD agencies and federal partners who work with the DoD. "The greatest challenge online is balancing security with sharing," Hermann said. "We solve that by allowing other federal government members to have accounts on our DCO services." With the expansion, federal employees with .gov email addresses can also create DCO accounts to further collaborate with DoD mission partners. The system has been widely incorporated across the DoD, and is adding approximately 4,500 new users each week, Hermann said. "DCO is also currently being used by DoD service members to hold impromptu meetings for situational awareness," Hermann said. "We have moved from simply cost benefits to command and control and operational capabilities."
Tags: technology , Video Teleconferencing Center , telework , cisco , TANDBERG , DCO , DoD , defense
DISA holds onto old messaging system
Tags: DoD Report , Dorobek Insider , technology
Video teleconferencing technology widely embraced at DISA
Video teleconferencing is more than an alternative to travel at the Defense Information Systems Agency. In fact, the demand for the agency's VTC facilities is exceeding expectations. It's no wonder then that the agency announced last week that it was re-awarding AT&T a contract to continue maintaining DISA's Video Services - Global (DVS-G) VTC system. "Telepresence is quite effective, in lieu of face-to-face meetings, in reducing the requirement for frequent travel," said Julia Brown, project manager for Defense Information Systems Network Video Services at DISA, said in an email to Federal News Radio. "Our challenge is keeping up with current level of demand." The agency has two telepresence options for employees to use. The Defense Connect Online (DCO) system allows employees to connect using equipment located at their desks. DCO is available to all authorized Defense Department employees DISA's other option is their VTC system that connects employees through rooms containing video teleconferencing equipment that function much like television studios, Brown said. The rooms are linked electronically allowing the participants in one room to see and hear the participants in the other rooms. Participants schedule a meeting through VTC coordinators and DISA maintains VTC facilities at military bases around the world. "It saves travel time and expenditures while allowing all participants to engage fully in meetings across the world," Brown said. "Our senior leaders use it for high-level meetings with other senior leaders in the DoD, but DISA also uses it for when we need all our agency employees around the world to meet for important issues, such as an all-hands meeting with our director." AT&T, which currently owns a majority of and maintains all of equipment and software under the DVS-G contract, has been DISA's vendor since 1997. The company currently is on its second contract with the agency. The current contract is worth up to $244.8 million. In early November, DISA announced that they would award AT&T a new sole-source contract, continuing the company's stewardship of VTC services for up to another five years. The new contract has a two-year base, with three one-year options. The new contract will be awarded effective Nov 30. "VTC has proven useful across the world, allowing our senior leaders to see the body language of meeting participants, assisting in a better understanding of objections, reservations, or approval," Brown said. Next week, the Video Teleconferencing Center takes an in-depth look at DISA's DCO system.
Tags: technology , Video Teleconferencing Center , telework , cisco , TANDBERG , AT&T , DoD
How is Open Government Working for Federal Agencies?
November 17th, 2010
Listen to a discussion on key milestones or changes that have come out of the first year of President Obama's Open Government Directive (OGD).
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IV crashes when I open a file (or try to create a new file). AutoCAD does not. Both products always show (when selecting the communications center):
"The Communication Center Cannot be accessed due to a problem with your internet connection or with an AutoDesk server"
before IV crashes. If IV starts and the Communication Center can be accessed then IV will not crash on file open. The problem usually goes away if I reboot my computer. I have installed DL17369034 and DL18361047 hotfixes related to file fails to open or unexpect exit on file open.
In my experience, Inventor crashing on File > Open is most often video card related. What version of Inventor are you running and what is your Video Card / Driver version?
Hi! Thanks for the tip. Here are my spec's
IV Pro 2011 64bit SP2; Win7 Ultimate SP1
ASUS MB Intel i5-3450 @ 3.10 GHz, 8GB RAM
Onboard Intel HD Graphics Driver Ver. 184.108.40.20632
I recently updated the driver. I think I had the problem even before I updated the driver.
It's almost certainly your video card. Inventor requires a more sophisticated video card, rather than an onboard shared video. You might be able to go into your applications options and turn off everything. Go out and buy a decent video card thats on the approved video card list. That should get you going.
Thanks Travis Nave,
I switched to my other graphics card on the same computer:
ATI AMD Radeon HD 6600 Series, 1GB RAM
My driver checks as being up-to-date.
I still have the problem.
Why would it crash if I the communication center is unaccessible? If I can solve that problem maybe the file open crash will stop.
I find that before the file open crash happens the search bar will also error.
I tried to disable the communication center using a reg edit. The edits had no affect. The com ctr works when it works and when it doesn't, IV crashes on file open. If I could solve the comm ctr problem maybe the file open / crash problem would be solved as well.
You might try this hotfix:
Also, your Radeon card is not certified for Inventor 2011. It still could pose a problem.
Thanks. I have installed that hot fix as well as another (see my initial post).
My AMD Radeon 6600 supports Open GL 4.1 A new graphics card is a large investment for me.
My work-around right now is to reboot my computer. This usually clears the problem.
Is there any OS settings or software that could be affecting this?
Here are my hardware diagnostics:
This Direct3D graphics driver is Microsoft WHQL certified
Graphics Hardware Description:
ATI Technologies Inc. ATI display adapter (0x6758)
AIRViz Device Manager \ VirtualDeviceDx10
Feature Level 4_0
Hardware Renderer
Graphics driver file aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,at
Current optimization settings are not known
The display is using 32-bit color
Inventor Version:
Build: 309, Release: 2011 SP2 - Date: Thu 04/28/2011
64-Bit Edition - 8192.00 GB
Loaded Inventor Add-Ins:
Routed Systems: Tube & Pipe
Assembly Bonus Tools
Simulation: Dynamic Simulation
Autodesk Mold Design
Simulation: Frame Analysis
Content Center
Inventor Studio
Design Accelerator
EDM Addin
Frame Generator
AEC Exchange
Routed Systems: Cable & Harness
Content Center Item Translator
Drag & Drop Interoperability
Simulation: Stress Analysis
Autodesk DWF Markup Manager
System Information:
Operating System: 64-bit Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate (Build 7601) Service Pack 1
Language: English
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 05/11/12 14:05:02 Ver: 41.04
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10GHz (1 processor, 4 cores)
System Memory: 7.714 GB RAM
Graphics Device Information:
Renderer: HAL
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip Type: ATI display adapter (0x6758)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Graphics HW Memory: 1024 MB
Display Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (85 Hz)
Graphics driver file: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,a
Driver file version: 8.861.0.0
Driver Date: 24 May 2011 0:00:00 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)
Direct3D Graphics Device Information:
Adapter Description: AMD Radeon HD 6600 Series
Vendor ID string: 0x00001002
Device ID string: 0x00006758
VendorID: 1002
DeviceID: 6758
SubSystemID: 23091787
Revision: 0
Direct3D 10 / DXGI System Information:
Dedicated Video Memory: 1009 MB
Dedicated System Memory: 0 MB
Shared System Memory: 3.607 GB
DxDiag System Information:
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130318-1533)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: System manufacturer
System Model: System Product Name
BIOS: BIOS Date: 05/11/12 14:05:02 Ver: 41.04
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.1GHz
System Memory: 8192MB RAM
Page File: 2443MB used, 5453MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514
DxDiag Graphics Device Information:
DirectX Version: 10.0
DDI Version: 11
DDI Version Number: b
DxDiag WHQL Level: 0
Driver Signed Valid: True
Driver Signed: True
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip Type: ATI display adapter (0x6758)
DAC Type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Graphics HW Memory: 606 MB
Display Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Graphics driver file: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,a
Driver file version: 8.17.0010.1083
Driver Date: 5/25/2011 10:06:38
WHQL Level: 1
Inventor Options Information:
Options = 0x00000000
Warning Options = 0x00000000
Graphics driver log information:
Is there any way to test if it is the video card without buying a new one. This is an intermittent problem. It happens once every week or so.
I have a sign on my desk that reads, "ATI = Always Trashes Inventor."
I suspect the video card.
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Douay-Rheims (RHE) | New International Version (NIV) |
16 Amen, amen, I say to you: The servant is not greater than his lord: neither is the apostle greater than he that sent him. | 16 I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. |
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Hole's 'Live Through This': Read SPIN's 1994 Review
In the opening scene of Sid and Nancy, as Sid Vicious is led away by the cops and Nancy Spungen is carried away in a body bag, Courtney Love (as Nancy's friend Gretchen) emerges from room 100 of the Chelsea Hotel, teetering on spiky heels and sobbing, "She was really nice... She was!" Dressed like a matronly trick, Love careens out of the frame, as a flatfoot in a trench coat says of Nancy, "She'd go to bed with anyone as long as they were in a group." The messy scene —from Love's empathetic plea to the guy's callous dis — is like a Hole song waiting for three or four chords. It's poignant, it's absurd, and it's about Love piping up for girls with bad reputations.Of course, that can be dicey when you've got a bad reputation yourself (as a star-fucking careerist), and doubly dicey when you've got a bad reputation with other girls (as a two-faced plagiarist).
Read SPIN's Review of the 'Ultimate Breaks & Beats' Compilation Series
Once upon a time on Planet Hip Hop everything was up for grabs. DJs tricked B-boys into dancing to records they thought they hated. Steve Miller was just as funky as Rufus Thomas, if you caught him in the right light. And there were no quotes around reality — it was all real. Of course that was before any of the rest of us found out about it, gave away all the secrets and forgot what "B-boy" meant in the first place. But then again, that's the story of pop music, which I get off on, so somebody else'll have to rock that violin. To start with the obvious. "B-boy" does not mean Beastie Boy, though it might as well for '90s SPIN readers, who consider Mike and the Adams the only act worth mention in year after year-end polls.
Kim Deal: The Breeders Leader Gets Pissed
She's lying flat on her tummy on the carpeted floor of a wood-paneled TV room, legs scissoring playfully, elbows propped up, notebooks and legal pads full of scribbling scattered all around. Sports drones from the 20-inch set, but her hands are clapped tight over a Walkman's headphones, guitars blaring audibly. It's the reverie of an American girl, raised on rock's broken promises and suburbia's lame spoils, and Kim Deal has wallowed in it more than most.Like one of her teen fans listening intently to the oblique lyrics on the Breeders' 1993 platinum album, Last Splash, Deal is still trying to figure out what the hell she's trying to say.
The R.E.M. Method and Other Rites of Passage
Athens, Georgia, 1985. The acid had lost its come-hither bouquet and the speed had snapped everyone's nerves like twigs. The run-down Victorians weren't such a steal anymore and the days of buying an armful of thrift-store dresses for a quarter were long gone. Two years before, People magazine had run a photo of a group of obscure local musicians gathered around a Confederate memorial downtown to illustrate an article about America's so-called rock renaissance. Considering that the South was where punk and new wave had been met, at best, with piss-off slurs, this was a little hard to fathom.
Drums and Wires: Read SPIN's 1996 Report on Rock's Dawning Electronic-Music Obsession
San Bernardino National Forest, just like I pictured it — no skyscrapers, everything. But most of the 6,300 kids of all ages attending "Organic" June 22, at the Snow Valley Ski Resort in the mountains east of Los Angeles, probably would have waited in the parking lot at the House of Pies diner for this unprecedented lineup: Underworld, the Chemical Brothers, Orbital, an the Orb, full stage shows in tow. For once, an event involving electronic dance music (still referred to as "techno" by some of us nostalgics) actually appeared to be about the music.Then around 10 P.M., after openers Electric Skychurch, Loop Guru, and Meat Beat Manifesto finished diverse, if not revelatory sets, a startling voice boomed from the stage:"Hi, I'm Jed the Fish and you are live on 106.7 KROQ!"Heads jerked, bodies squirmed.
'Sir Real': Read SPIN's 1993 Profile of Snoop Doggy Dogg
(This article originally appeared in the October 1993 issue of SPIN.)The recording of one of the most anticipated albums in hip-hop history was inching along leisurely. Hours of time were booked at Enterprise Recording in Burbank. But nobody seemed to care that the meter was running. In Greek, "leisure" means "to learn," and if that's the case, everybody working on Doggstyle, Snoop Doggy Dogg's solo debut, is gonna be a genius by the end of the month. Dr. Dre, mastermind producer behind million-selling albums for N.W.A, the D.O.C., Michel'le, and himself, sat under a lawn umbrella in the parking lot, chowing down on a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken. "Yo, Orville!" he shouted, smiling affectionately (I hoped).
The Notorious B.I.G.: SPIN's '97 Artist of the Year
One thing you learn early on, whether you're a li'l ghetto boy or a spice girl, is that pop music, like life, is often beyond your control. The first time I heard the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize," the preeminent single of 1997, I fell in love with it. Of course, I had no choice. Huddled in a Times Square studio next to worshipful fans, hangers-on, employees, and journalists; overwhelmed by a Sensurround-like sound system; blinded by BET flashing on countless video screens; and staring straight into the dark sunglasses of producer Sean "Puffy" Combs and the serene sultanesque countenance of Biggie Smalls, both flanked by Lurch-size bodyguards, I was part of what could only be properly described as a "captive" audience.After the music boomed to a close, journalists sheepishly accepted offers to pose for photos with Biggie.
What the White Boy Means When He Says Yo
In July of 1998, the future of youth culture was chillin' in the parking lot of a hip-hop concert in suburban New Jersey. Smokin' Grooves, the only annual package tour featuring rap artists, was in town, and as far as the eye could see, in varying shades of pale, were white boys and girls, jocks and nerds, preps and stoners, lounging against family-size cars, getting their brewsky on, or queuing up to be frisked. All the acts — Wyclef Jean, Busta Rhymes, Cypress Hill, Gang Starr, Canibus, a reunited Public Enemy — were black and Latino, and inside, some black and Latino fans pushed to the front of the stage. But outside, it was a Caucasion invasion.
Read Charles Aaron's May 2010 'Scenes From a Marriage,' Celebrating SPIN's 25th Anniversary
I've been working at SPIN since fax machines were indispensable and phone conversations were unavoidable; and my tangential relationship with the magazine goes back to a time when Reaganomics and hip-house were serious personal concerns. What began as an extended hookup based around a desperate desire to find a music-related job in New York that wasn't totally soul-crushing has now reached a level of entanglement that often verges on the pathological. Hysterically self-righteous apologias, grim outbursts of disgust, mass consumption of prescription and nonprescription "medication." In other words, a marriage. And what's more, a marriage that revolves around listening to records and glorifying or betraying the people who make them. Daft, huh? People, or at least friends and family, sometimes ask how? Or why?
Rap-Rock: From 'Punk Rock Rap' to Mook Nation
Back in the 1970s, when Afrika Bambaataa dropped the Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women" into his DJ set at, say, the Bronx River Community Center, the earth didn't move under his turntables. He wasn't issuing a stirring racial or political manifesto. But ultimately, that's exactly what he did. By using rock'n'roll — then the corporate bully pulpit of white guys (often mimicking African-American artists) — as just another piece of vinyl set decoration, Bambaataa decreed that rock was no more crucial than funk, reggae, soul, disco, jazz, salsa, novelty records, or whatever else constituted a hip-hop groove. Soon, it became common for DJs to scratch in bits of rock records — Billy Squier's "The Big Beat," the Monkees' "Mary, Mary," Steve Miller's "Take the Money and Run" — as a way to give the crowd a sly tweak, to flaunt their vinyl guile.


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You have probably all seen or heard about the license plate covers which are supposed to shield your plate number from being photographed by speed and red light cameras. It appears that some police vehicles are equipt with such plate covers, including one FPS(Federal Protective Services, a component of the Department of Homeland Security) vehicle which was photographed in Montgomery County Maryland.
If you enlarge the image, you can see the plate numbers are actually pretty much legible, not a good indication of the effectiveness of the device. However another photo taken at the same time which was in somewhat poorer focus showed the characters on the plate at least partially obscured.
So perhaps they are 50% effective. However that's not a particularly good ratio, given that the devices are illegal in Maryland. In Maryland a "registration plate cover" is defined as "any tinted, colored, painted, marked, clear, or illuminated object that is designed to:
(1) Cover any of the characters of a vehicle's registration plate; or
(2) Distort a recorded image of any of the characters of a vehicle's registration plate recorded by a traffic control signal monitoring system under § 21-202.1 of this article."
and having one on your plate carries a $60 fine. In Virginia, the devices could run you up to a $200 fine, and in DC the maximum fine would be a whopping $500.
In 2005 WTOP reported how some local DC police vehicles had been found with the plate covers, and police responded that they would inform the officers to remove the covers from their plates. In fact in DC city officials have gone so far as to claim even a license plate frame is illegal if it covers the "Taxation Without Representation" slogan on the plates.
Of course the DHS does not run speed or red light cameras the way local police in Maryland and DC do. They only have mobile vans which can look inside your car and covertly scan people in crowds.
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- Speed Camera Accuracy Questioned in Morningside
- Attorny General Gansler Depicted as "Reckless Passenger"
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- Morningside Admits Maintaining No Calibration Records, Doesn't Operate Own Cameras
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- O'Malley Says Speed Camera Bounties Are Illegal
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- High Court Rules Local Governments Above the Law
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- Baltimore City Issues Hundreds of Tickets in Error
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- Camera Mistakenly Accuses Driver of 100mph Rampage
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- Optotraffic Investigates Possible Speed Camera Errors
- Speed Camera Legislation Attracts Lobbyists
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BREAST STROKES How would you like to own Courteney Cox's or Jennifer Aniston's bra? Well, you can, but expect to pay handsomely. At least it's for a good cause. Cox, Aniston, and about 50 other celebs have donated custom-decorated brassieres that they designed themselves for auction by Sotheby's, with the proceeds going to Expedition Inspiration's Take a Hike program, which leads mountain treks and climbs to raise money for breast cancer research. The idea for the auction came from Téa Leoni, who designed a bra of her own and recruited the other stars, including Pamela Anderson, Cindy Crawford, Dustin Hoffman, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Rod Stewart, and Garry Shandling, to offer their creations, made with bras and decorating kits provided by Frederick's of Hollywood. Cox and hubby David Arquette made a bra covered with good luck charms, while Aniston's bra is cupped by two hands, one modeled after her left hand, the other after husband Brad Pitt's right hand. Each cup also has the words ''Lay Your Hands on Me'' spelled out in tiny beads. Fans can bid at Sotheby's.com until April 15.
BABY TALK During the 2001-02 season of ''Friends,'' there were rumors that Aniston was pregnant in real life as well as on TV. Now that she and Pitt have postponed their babymaking plans until the end of the final season next spring, she realizes that last season would have been a good time to make the rumors true. ''We had a window there when Rachel was pregnant,'' she says in the May issue of Harper's Bazaar. ''It would have been great, but we were doing other things.'' Um, like what? ''Our guilty pleasure is reality shows,'' she says. ''We can't not watch them.'' Gee, we knew ''Survivor'' was making inroads against ''Friends'' on Thursday nights, but we had no idea its impact was so far-reaching.
GOING HOMER Pitt's upcoming ''Troy'' may not be the only Homer-inspired movie on his schedule. Variety reports that he and Aniston have bought the film rights to ''The Time Traveler's Wife,'' a sci-fi novel loosely modeled after ''The Odyssey.'' Audrey Niffenegger's novel, which will be published this fall, is about a Penelope-like woman whose husband frequently disappears without warning, as stressful moments send him hurtling through time against his will, flashing backward and forward into various incidents from his life. (Hmmm, sounds a lot like Kurt Vonnegut's ''Slaughterhouse Five.'') It's the second high-profile property Aniston and Pitt have bought with an eye toward producing; the couple also recently purchased remake rights to the hit Hong Kong crime thriller ''Infernal Affairs.'' It's not clear whether Aniston and Pitt will actually star in the movies as well.


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Mises Daily
Robbing Peter to Pay Peter
I believe in forced savings. In fact, whenever my son comes into some money, usually through a gift from a relative, I force him to place a certain percentage into a savings account. In a few years, I will transfer this money into an investment account of some sort.
He has come to accept the process, though this has not always been the case. He's eight years old, and as Keynes might say, his marginal propensity to save is low. By taking him to the bank and depositing his occasional birthday or Christmas checks, I hope to teach him the virtue of thrift. As he matures and develops lower time preferences, the act of forced savings will become moot. When that day comes, he will save on his own.
But for now, I force him to save. It works for us. It wouldn't work for everybody. The state is not our parent. It doesn't have our best interests at heart. It can't be trusted to tell us how to manage our money. And this is the crux of the problem I have with the Social Security privatization scheme now being pushed by the Bush administration.
Since its creation in 1935, Social Security has been a transfer program. During this time, American workers have been taxed, directly (through FICA taxes) and indirectly (through employer matching requirements), greatly adding to the loot already going to the Treasury via other tax and non-tax methods. Today, 40 percent of the federal budget goes toward transfer programs.
For politicians who require increased tax revenues as a requirement to maintain and increase their power, Social Security has been a godsend. It has allowed them more money to transfer to the politically important groups that keep them in power. Since Social Security taxes paid into the Treasury have always exceeded Social Security transfers paid out, surplus payroll taxes have allowed the entrenchment of the political class. As readers of the late journalist John Attarian know, this was Franklin Roosevelt's intent from the very beginning.
But this is all ending as baby boomers get ready to retire. When they stop working and those required payroll "contributions" dry up, the political stimulus made possible by FDR's program will come to an end. Discretionary spending will shrink when would-be pork spending gets diverted to finance liabilities that are projected to be in the tens of trillions of dollars. The spending restraints forced on Congress when Social Security ceases to be a fiscal cash cow could mean the end of Washington as we know it.
The result is a crisis all right—for the politicians whose job security is now threatened, and for those groups in society who have become dependent on other people's money in order to survive.
Seen in this context, privatization is a desperate plan to reduce future liabilities by diverting some of them to the market. It takes your income by force, and suggests that workers invest a portion of their wages into personal savings accounts to finance their retirement. While FDR's forced-giving scheme involved robbing Peter to pay Paul, GWB's forced-saving scheme involves robbing Peter to pay . . . Peter.
There is much not to like about this proposal. One doesn't deal with a failed socialist experiment by replacing it with a new one. One deals with it by repealing it. Otherwise, we validate the New Dealers' myth that individuals are incapable of planning for their own retirement and that private institutions are incapable of aiding those who are unable to help themselves.
Instead, we are left with another example of the chasm between the Bush Administration's freedom-loving rhetoric and its freedom-hating policies. An administration that truly believed such rhetoric would be lowering payroll taxes and allowing workers to spend as much or as little of their now un-confiscated funds on retirement instruments as they see fit.
What's more, privatization proponents ignore the fact that bear markets can last a long time. When markets go down, will politicians legislate stock index floors—effectively socializing the stock market—in response to political pressure from those concerned about retirement? Or will bear markets lead politicians to resurrect a new Social Security-like program to help out those who did not fare well with the forced saving scheme, thus defeating the purpose of the program?
Austrian economics teaches that eventualities like this are likely, if only because there is never a government program that doesn't result in unforeseen events that require further expansion of the State into the private sphere. Government interventions in market forces create problems that beget future interventions, a tendency pointed out by Ludwig von Mises in 1927 . Indeed, this is the primary pattern of State growth.
It doesn't help matters that the various privatization plans being touted today have virtually no precedent in the history of the State. Chile's much-vaunted forced savings program funnels money through government-approved pension firms that ostensibly compete with each other for the conscripted capital (and have already achieved too-big-to-fail status in that very young country). The Nazis forced some firms to buy government bonds. Neither example bodes well for a U.S. foray into forced savings.
A capital market that becomes dependent on seizing money by force—and there are tens and hundreds of billions at stake here—is one that delivers distorted price and investment signals. It means a diversion of resources from where they would be more valuable (consumption, insurance, education, health, or whatever) to where they are less valued. The state will guarantee these investments at some level, introducing a moral hazard to the capital markets.
Even the political consequences could be felt as Wall Street looks to the state less as a threat and more as a benefactor. Just as the elderly once wisely eschewed statist politics due to the wisdom of age, and yet now clamor for ever more wealth transfers, so Wall Street could find itself ever more hooked into the statist apparatus of coercion and compulsion. How ironic, too, that after years of hysteria about the lack of accountability of corporations, that the state would impose itself so directly between the interests of corporations and the individual interests of investors.
As with the first catastrophic decision to implement Social Security, its reform could yield unexpectedly bad consequences for generations to come. Such is the nature of a reform agenda that depends on spreading and not reducing the coercion inherent in the system.
Nonetheless, forced savings is not always a bad idea. It is a practice I impose on my son several times a year. But what might work well for one time and place may not work in others. It is the fatal conceit, inherent in socialism, to take what might be a good idea for one person and force it on the rest of society, with the help of the government's monopoly on the right to use force.
Policies that depend on this monopoly—whether they are Social Security plans hatched in the 1930s or privatization plans today—all share a socialist core. The goal of a free society demands that onerous, centrally-managed systems are not replaced with new, more modern-sounding ones, but repealed outright.
My son deserves better.
Christopher Westley teaches economics at Jacksonville State University. See his Mises.org Daily Articles Archive. Send him MAIL. Comment on this article on the blog.
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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Streeter, Alida Elizabeth URN etd-06032012-101834 Document Title The factors that influence the implementation of clean energy interventions in low-income urban communities in South Africa Degree MBA Department Gordon Institute of Business Science Supervisor
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- energy interventions
- urban communities
Date 2012-03-08 Availability unrestricted Abstract During the fifties it was not unusual to measure economic growth of a country through the presentation of statistics around its energy consumption. The higher the consumption, the higher the economic growth. However, the unprecedented economic growth experienced in the global village during the 21st Century, is steering the ship in the direction of a disaster, measured from a sustainable energy supply point of view, the massive damage to the environment as a result of the high use of dominating fossil fuels and a lack of the implementation of clean energy strategies. Apartheid, to a large extent, contributed to unacceptable socio-economic conditions in low-income urban communities. The Reconstruction and Development Programme of government from 1994 attempted, inter alia, to mitigate the housing demand for the disadvantaged citizens. However, over the years, poor quality in construction of these houses and other factors impacted negatively on the living conditions of the homeowners. Government realised that it had to change this situation and policy programmes with action plans focussed, inter alia, on the roll-out of solar water heaters (SWH), insulation of ceilings and repairs to the dilapidated houses.This study aims to identify the key factors that influence the successful implementation of clean energy interventions in low-income urban communities in South Africa. The research showed that it is indeed possible to implement such projects successfully, if the key factors are acknowledged, as demonstrated in this study.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's failure to contain the worst inflation among the biggest emerging markets is making Indian debt less appealing compared with similarly-rated Asian bonds.
The benchmark price index rose 7.2 percent in July, exceeding 7 percent for a sixth month, economists predicted in a Bloomberg survey before data due tomorrow. Global funds added $585 million to holdings of Indian corporate and sovereign securities this quarter, 58 percent less than the $1.4 billion they invested in Indonesian government debt alone.
Central bank Governor Duvvuri Subbarao on July 31 refrained from cutting the highest borrowing costs among major Asian economies and raised his inflation forecast as the worst monsoon since 2009 threatens to boost food costs. Singh's efforts to keep fuel and food affordable for two-thirds of India's 1.2 billion people living on less than $2 a day may cause the government to overshoot its budget deficit target.
"Inflation moderation would be difficult in case the monsoon turns out to be bad," Guilherme Maciel de Barros, a London-based fund manager at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie, which manages $1 billion in emerging-market debt assets, said in an Aug. 9 e-mail. "India certainly has bigger challenges on the fiscal front and as a result debt issuance will continue to be a bigger problem than in Indonesia."
The premium investors demand to hold Indian debt, rated Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service, over Indonesian notes has surged 50 percent since June. Ten-year rupee-denominated bonds now yield 8.17 percent, 242 basis points more than comparable rupiah notes, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The spread has widened 80 basis points from an eight-month low on June 13.
Rising Risk
Bond risk in India has increased in the past year. The cost of insuring the debt of government-controlled State Bank of India, a proxy for the nation, climbed 81 basis points from a year ago to 311, according to data provider CMA. The average price of credit-default swaps for Asia's 10 biggest economies dropped 10 basis points to 131 in the period.
The Reserve Bank's Subbarao held the repurchase rate at 8 percent for a second straight review on July 31 and raised his inflation estimate for the year through March 2013 to 7 percent from 6.5 percent, citing inflation risks fueled by inadequate rainfall. The monetary authority also scaled back its estimate for economic expansion to 6.5 percent from 7.3 percent. Policy makers from Brazil to China and South Korea cut borrowing costs last month to spur economic growth.
Drought Looms
Inflation was 5.2 percent in Brazil, 1.8 percent in China, 5.6 percent in Russia and 4.6 percent in Indonesia last month, according to official figures.
India's monsoon, which accounts for more than 70 percent of annual rainfall, was 17 percent below a 50-year average so far this year, the nation's weather bureau said Aug. 7. Farm Minister Sharad Pawar has said India may be facing its worst drought since 1972, the Indian Express reported Aug. 5. There may be "major negative implications" for India's farm output if rains don't improve, the World Bank said in a July 30 report.
The prospect of a drought is prompting banks to cut forecasts for interest-rate cuts in India. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now predicts the RBI will lower its repo rate by 25 basis points by year-end, after paring an earlier estimate for a 75 basis-point reduction. Morgan Stanley has scaled back its easing expectation to 50 basis points from 75, while Nomura Holdings Inc. sees no decline this year, after discarding a projection for a quarter percentage point drop.
'Long Wait'
Citigroup Inc. on Aug. 7 lowered its rate-cut estimate to 50 basis points in the year through March 2013 from an earlier call for a reduction of as much as 75 basis points. The third- largest U.S. bank forecasts Indian inflation to average 8 percent in the current fiscal year.
Rising fuel prices are adding to gains in the benchmark wholesale-price index. Indian Oil Corp., the nation's biggest refiner, raised gasoline prices July 23 for the first time in two months. Chakravarthy Rangarajan, chief economic adviser to Prime Minister Singh, said last month that he hopes the government will increase diesel prices "as early as possible."
"Inflation is likely to edge higher due to risks from truant monsoons, weak rupee, oil prices and the fiscal deficit," said Rohini Malkani, an economist at Citigroup in Mumbai. "With all the inflation indices way above the RBI's comfort zone and given its focus on inflation over growth, it's going to be a long wait for monetary easing."
The cost to lock in borrowing costs for a year in India using interest-rate swaps climbed 26 basis points from a 14- month low in June to 7.74 percent, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Similar contracts rose 16 basis points to 2.68 percent in China and fell 33 basis points in Brazil to 7.38 percent.
Real Yields
Rupee-denominated sovereign notes returned 5.9 percent this year, trailing the 7.2 percent earned by Indonesian securities in Asia's best performance, HSBC Holdings Plc indexes show. Rupiah debt is more attractive than rupee bonds as they offer higher inflation-adjusted yields, according to Sergey Dergachev, who helps manage $8.5 billion of emerging-market assets at Union Investment Privatfonds in Frankfurt.
Ten-year sovereign debt in India currently offers a yield of 92 basis points after adjusting for consumer-price gains, compared with 119 in Indonesia, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
"In India, inflation is still relatively high and not fully under control," Dergachev said by e-mail Aug. 9. "Indonesia has higher real interest rates than India, inflation seems to be under control and the central bank may cut rates to stimulate growth."
'Cheapest Currency'
Indian bonds have become more attractive after the rupee tumbled 18 percent in the past year, Asia's worst currency performance that made the nation's assets cheaper, according to Aviva Investors Ltd. Relatively high yields add to the appeal of local-currency securities, according to the money manager.
The rupee was little changed at 55.2850 per dollar on Aug. 10. Benchmark 10-year sovereign bonds yielded 8.17 percent on the same day, 653 basis points more than similar-maturity U.S. Treasuries, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. DSP Blackrock Investment Managers Ltd., the local unit of the world's biggest money manager, predicted last week the yield will rise to 8.4 percent in three months on the risk of faster inflation.
"The rupee has become the cheapest currency in Asia and bond yields are now very high compared to the whole world," Kieran Curtis, who helps oversee $4 billion in emerging-market debt at Aviva Investors, said in an e-mail on Aug. 9.
Demand for Indian bonds may slow as inflation risks prompt a delay in monetary easing and the government boosts debt sales to meet a record borrowing target, according to Nomura, Japan's largest brokerage.
The finance ministry plans to borrow 5.69 trillion rupees ($103 billion) this fiscal year, according to budget estimates. It raised a total 150 billion rupees on Aug. 10 selling securities maturing in 2017, 2022, 2030 and 2036, according to the central bank.
"We are looking at back-loaded interest-rate cuts now, given inflationary concerns," said Vivek Rajpal, a fixed-income strategist in Mumbai at Nomura. "Investors are probably in no hurry to buy bonds given the current debt-supply environment."
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Lower oil prices helped bring inflation down to zero in the Euro area in May. Bond markets have in the past couple of weeks begun to anticipate some inflation growth in the US over the next two years, and the ECB and various commentators are voicing confidence that the region will return to inflation by the end of the year, after a brief deflationary period.
What role might oil prices play in inflation rates over the next few months? It's a question that has been concerning many market watchers in recent weeks, particularly those who worry that the very low official interest rates and quantitative easing measures being taken in the world's biggest economies could lead to high inflation in the future; or that oil prices are not reflecting a fundamental increase in demand but rather the effect of restocking. Reuters yesterday wrote about 'alarm' over the inflationary effect of the oil surge, as inflation expectations returned to the bond market in the past two weeks after a prolonged absence, following the sharp rise in crude prices in the past month.
With deflationary fears easing, the Bank of England and the ECB are today both talking about exit strategies for monetary measures such as quantitative easing. But the timing will be everything, and the relationship between energy markets and inflation rates will be an important factor that could push this move earlier than markets would like.
The energy-inflation relationship
John Kemp last week picked apart the oil-inflation relationship and posted some interesting charts on the subject, using the break-even rate between conventional and inflation-protected Treasury notes as an indicator of inflation. Actual moves suggested a strong relationship, particularly while both inflation and oil prices were falling sharply late last year. But on a 60-working-day (3 months) movement basis, he says the movement is less strong:
Kemp writes that oil prices affect inflation through its use in consumer price indexing and its indirect effect on other components of the index, but he writes the causation can also work the other way around, if crude futures have a speculative component and are used to hedge against inflation – which he notes is a popular strategy.
In fact, causation probably runs in both directions. A rough working hypothesis is that oil prices are currently being driven higher by expectations of future inflation, as much as the other way around.
Factoring oil prices into inflation expectations
The fear for some is that central banks might be provoked into raising interest rates sooner than expected. As John Authers explained:
This in turn feeds into what has become the central debate between market bulls and bears; what will be the "exit strategy" for central banks? Bears, who ironically think the economy is quite strong, believe that rising inflation will force the Federal Reserve and other central banks to raise rates by the end of the year. Commodity prices are their prime evidence.
Relative bulls are confident that there is still so much slack in the world economy that deflation is the greater risk – and therefore rates will stay low, helping commodity and equity prices.
Ian Hartnett of Absolute Strategy Research points out that charting the six-month change in crude prices against headline US CPI implies the US could see inflation of 4 per cent by the end of the year:
To paraphrase John Authers in the accompanying video, this view suggests oil prices may not be being taken seriously enough. Either way, the rather sharp rise in oil prices seems set to influence inflation expectations for some time yet.
Related links:
Short View: Oil and inflation (FT, 10/06/09)


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Filming may have wrapped up a few weeks ago, but the cast of the highly anticipated film 'Les Miserables' has once again revisited their roles for the Vogue 'Dreaming a Dream' editorial. Posing in front of famed photographer Annie Leibovitz's lens, Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, Russel Crowe, Amanda Seyfried, Eddie Redmayne, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen genuinely look as though they are from a different era. The romantic, period photoshoot captures the mood of the movie perfectly. In fact, if people didn't know any better, the images could very well pass for 18th century European paintings.
Set to appear in the December 2012 issue of the magazine, the Vogue 'Dreaming a Dream' editorial accompanies the cover shoot exclusively starring Anne Hathaway.


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About 30 minutes south of Houston, this renowned steakhouse is tucked away inside a deceptively understated former icehouse. The dining room, however, is decidedly upscale, with classic white tablecloths, decorative ironwork, and Old West—themed paintings. Helmed by eponymous chef Ronnie Killen, the restaurant specializes in hand-cut USDA Prime steaks, such as the Nueske bacon—wrapped filet with grilled jumbo shrimp, paired with traditional sides like creamed corn and potatoes au gratin. Chef Killen is also known for his signature crème brûlée bread pudding, named one of the top 10 dishes in the United States by Food & Wine magazine.
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By Lindsay Rasmussen
Over 50 million Americans were living in food insecure households in 2011 (Hunger and Poverty, 2011). Included in this statistic were 16.7 million children and 1 million seniors living alone. In spite of this alarming data, few of us know what food insecurity actually means. The USDA has defined three tiers of food insecurity. A food-insecure household is one in which finances are stretched so thin that the family members do not know when they will have their next meal. Low food security defines households where at least one family member goes hungry at times. And hunger means that a family is completely without a source of food.
Food-insecure households increased by 60 percent between 2007 and 2011, a statistic that almost mirrors the rate of unemployment for the same time frame. Unfortunately, the citizens of Washington have fared worse than the average American. While nationally, one in six adults and one in five children were facing food insecurity, in Washington State one in five adults and one in four children were dealing with the same reality. One in four children in our community is unable to meet minimum daily nutritional requirements. And it is a modern paradox that those who have the least food to eat have the highest rates of obesity within our general population. This is related to numerous barriers faced by those with limited incomes, including a higher cost for and limited availability of healthy foods.
Fortunately, Washington State has streamlined the process for participation in food assistance programs. Approximately 95 percent of Washingtonians eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are receiving benefits. SNAP is the current version of the Food Stamp program that began in 1964. SNAP is the primary safety net for America's low-income population. Unfortunately, federal and state funding for SNAP has not kept pace with the need. Given our current federal and state funding crisis, it is possible that funding will be cut for this vital program.
Being a SNAP recipient does not mean a family eats luxuriously. The average monthly SNAP benefit for a family of four is $668. This equates to $1.85 per person, per meal, in a 30-day month. Each individual is given the dollar equivalent of a latte and a muffin to provide nutrition for the entire day. This is why many families on SNAP also rely heavily on community food banks. Food banks are the backstop for those dealing with food insecurity. The key difference between the local food bank and the SNAP program is that food banks rely upon community support. The Sky Valley Food Bank serves as the emergency food provider in our community. In 2011 the Sky Valley Food Bank served 4,413 individuals, a majority of whom required regular assistance from the food bank. The 2010 census estimated the total population of Monroe at 17,000 people. These data suggest that, on average, 26 percent of our community required supplemental food assistance in 2011. This was an increase in need of approximately 10 percent from the prior year.
Hunger and food insecurity have huge implications economically, medically and socially. This topic requires a more in-depth discussion than this forum allows. But it is critical that we begin to recognize what hunger in America looks like. It does not look like a frail child with a swollen belly. It looks like one of every four children getting off of the school bus each day. It looks like one in five adults at the post office. It looks like our neighbors and our friends. It is an invisible epidemic that we can help stop.
While we cannot individually speed up our country's economic recovery, we can help protect our community by contacting our legislators and asking that they support increasing federal funding for SNAP. And, we can individually make a difference in our community by contributing whatever we can afford to our local food bank. Recognizing that people need to eat every month, we can help with a monthly contribution to our community's safety net. Doing so will help those on the front lines of hunger insure that our neighbors have the support they need when they need it.
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little," Franklin D. Roosevelt.


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Woman Posts Husband's Pic On Facebook After Finding Him Bed With Another Man
This pic is making the rounds on the interwebz after a woman allegedly came home early from work to find her husband asleep in bed with another man.
"This is a real pix. I live in 5 minutes from Atlanta, but I work 2 hours away. A month ago my supervisor let me off early because there was damage to the ceiling from a rain storm.
I walked in my house and saw clothes on the hallway floor. I walked in my bedroom and saw what you are seeing.
The man with the thumb in his mouth is my husband. I have no idea who the other man is. I took this pix with my camera. I did not wake my husband. I just left. He has not seen me since. He has not attempted to call me or even drive to my work place.
Unphucknbelievable..Smmfh! I Tell Ya About Them Lil Wayne A$$ Nickas ..just as Happy as they wanna be!! My Reason for posting this pic is not to be funny but to reassure the ladies that Its Real Out Here and Its Packs U Cant Take Back So Always (No Matter What) Protect YoSelf.. because every so called man aint no real man.. instead they'd rather have one! IJS!"
The thumb sucking. We can't.
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Who cares? This is their problem, not ours.
Hoax. A simple Google Image search shows this was posted first in Oct. 2012:
This is completely fake, that man lives in SF.
It's probably a posed pic. Although I would like to see a nanny-cam from about 2-hours before the pic was taken.
Just sayin'
So, you're helping to spread her outing of this man and her homophobia? I expect more.
Hold on. I call a time out. This is not some random man...this is not her brother...not her friend...this is HER HUSBAND. A man that vowed to love and cherish her (and ONLY her) for the rest of their lives. Not only did she find him cheating, but found him cheating with a MAN. Hell yea, he deserves to be outted and more.
Uhm. She didn't know? How long was she married? How long did she know him before she married him? Seems this day and age people would be more honest with people they want to fucking marry.
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Valparaiso makes street repair plans for 2013
By James D. Wolf Jr. Post-Tribune correspondent December 29, 2012 1:40PM
Updated: February 1, 2013 6:15AM
VALPARAISO — Though city plow crew readiness is a priority this time of year, city officials already are planning the 2013 construction season.
Public Works Director Matt Evans told the Board of Works last week he and city officials will decide the street work priorities for next year after they assess any weather-related damage from this winter.
Work tentatively scheduled includes Sherwood Drive (including three cul-de-sacs), Lancaster Road from Powder Horn Drive to Bloomingdale Avenue (including a cul-de-sac and a halfmoon), Washington Street from Monroe Street to Indiana Avenue and from Lincolnway to Chicago Street, and parts of Don Hovey Drive.
Other streets scheduled for work include Howard Street, Madison Street, Napoleon Street (from Evans Avenue to Harrison Boulevard), Industrial Drive, Montdale Drive, Wynnewood Drive, Chicago Street, Carrsbrooke Drive, McDonald's Drive, McCord Road and the parking lot at Jefferson and Washington streets.
The successful bidder for next season's paving contract was Walsh and Kelly with its low bid of $797,568.
Also at the meeting last week, the board accepted 5.66 miles of new streets in the city.
This increases the city's total street distance to 153.30 miles, up from 146.92 at the end of 2011.
Streets brought in include 2.84 miles of Lincolnway turned over to city control from the Indiana Department of Transportation.
Some streets came from Beauty Creek, Wildwind, North Hampstead and Hawthorne subdivisions.
Despite the city's continued search for ways to bring down trash collection costs, it renewed its contract for use of the transfer station near Porter County Jail with Homewood Disposal Service Inc.
Evans said the cost will remain the same while the search continues.
The board also approved the purchase of a 2013 Medtech ambulance for $207,124.
The city saved $20,000 by purchasing a demo model.