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It is difficult to separate the Christian cause in one's heart from one's mouth, in case you haven't noticed.
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Sorry for starting a similar thread to my last one, however i needed further assistance with this topic, and the other thread was marked rsolved.
Just wondering about the temperature range for an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4Ghz. I am using the stock cooler and have applied thermal paste, however temperatures for the CPU are averaging 55 degrees with normal tasks and temperatures may reach 70 degrees doing windows updates. Temperatures for the CPU reached 74 degrees when exporting a 2 hour video cut down from 20 hours.
I have changed the stock cooler with another with another one and have applied thermal paste again, but it the temps are still around the same.
Are these temperatures too high? That is what I am thinking. I was thinking of purchasing some arctic silver thermal paste, since i am guessing that my current thermal paste is no good (had it for 3 years) Any ideas?
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The Bulls played like a team not interested in getting on a plane to New Zealand and gifted the Brumbies a Super Rugby semi-final win in Pretoria.
The Brumbies scored in the last minute to win 26-23 after the Bulls captain Dewald Potgieter turned down three successive penalty goals from straight in front with the Bulls leading just 20-19.
It was the most outrageous decision-making and Bulls coach Frans Ludeke was livid, screaming instructions to take the points. When the Bulls got a fourth chance to kick at goal Ludeke sent on the water carrier to change the captain's decision.
Steyn finally kicked at goal and succeeded but then the Brumbies tore apart the Bulls defence in the last move of the game to seal the win.
The Brumbies were the better side all night but the Bulls really played like a team that had absolutely no desire to fly to New Zealand and play the Chiefs in Hamilton.
It is a good thing they didn't get on a plane because with the performance in Cape Town a fortnight ago and in Pretoria tonight they would have taken an embarrassing hammering.
The performance was disgraceful in terms of attitude. The only person who looked passionate about wanting to win was the coach.
Brumbies coach Jake White must also get all the plaudits for getting another one over the South Africans.
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Are pre-kindergarten students at Eastlawn and South Graham elementary schools getting the same start in school?
Things like performance on tests and graduation rates vary from school to school. Those differences often seem reflected in how well, or poorly, graduates do in life.
Pre-kindergarten programs are supposed to give children from poor, and often minority, communities an early start on their education and chances in life.
While controversial, a lot of research shows benefits to children going through high-quality pre-K programs, according to the Center for Public Education, though pre-K does not seem to overcome the achievement gap between white and black students.
Michael Graves, president of Concerned Citizens of Alamance County, contacted the Times-News last month forwarding a series of emails between him and administrators at the Alamance-Burlington School System about the pre-K program at Eastlawn.
Graves said he knows a family with a child in pre-K at Eastlawn and a relative's child attending pre-K at
The child from South Graham was bringing home two books every night with homework for parents to sign and return, according to
No one in the family was willing to speak on the record.
Cox responded Oct. 1, writing that she had spoken to Eastlawn principal Daniel McInnis. Eastlawn's pre-K teachers, Cox wrote, had take-home libraries and regularly sent books home last year.
Jean Maness, executive director of elementary school leadership at ABSS, wrote to
A new pre-K teacher started about four weeks after school started, Maness wrote, and the two pre-K classes waited to start the take-home program together.
"When these kids get to Broadview and Cummings and you wonder why the test scores are so low, then you as well as I will know the reason,"
The Eastlawn student body is 56 percent Hispanic, 40 percent black, and 4 percent white, AdvancED, the accrediting agency for ABSS, said in February in a report.
The school's free-and-reduced-lunch rate is 96 percent, and the average income for the community where Eastlawn draws its students is $15,000 less than the state average. It is a Title I school, meaning it qualifies for additional funding to improve outcomes for students from low-income families, according to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction.
Designated a low-performing school, beginning in 2011 Eastlawn replaced its administration team and 70 percent of the teaching staff, according to AdvancED. Just 42 percent of students scored proficient in literacy over three years. The school is responding with small-group instruction.
South Graham Elementary's student body is 35 percent Hispanic, 35 percent white, 20 percent black and 10 percent multiracial, Asian and Indian, according to AdvancED. It is also a Title I school. After four years, South Graham exited No Child Left Behind sanctions in the 2009-10 school year.
The Times-News contacted McInnis by email Nov. 5 and 13. ABSS spokeswoman Jenny Faulkner replied.
"Dr. Maness indicated that all pre-K teachers assess their individual students' abilities and needs, then differentiate their lessons and educational experiences accordingly, including activities inside the classroom and outside of class," Faulkner wrote Nov. 13.
"This happens in every school and in every pre-K classroom. Because every class of students is different and varied because of the skill levels, age level and experiences that children bring to school, comparisons can't be made between schools or classrooms — this is particularly true for our youngest learners. Every teacher determines what is appropriate based on the needs and skills of students in his/her classroom after careful and appropriate assessment. There is no standardized requirement for 'homework' for 4- and 5-year-old pre-K children."
Alamance-Burlington Board of Education Vice Chair Patsy Simpson said Tuesday she thought the delay in the book program was unfortunate, but the school addressed the issue.
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In 1971, Congress declared our wild horses and burros an integral part of our public rangelands and ordered the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to care for them as cultural icons. Over the years, the BLM has rounded up tens of thousands of our wild equines, often with cruel methods, and shipped them to tax-funded holding facilities where they are confined for the rest of their lives.
The BLM is again looking to apply the same failed model of round-ups and removals in revised management plans for wild horses out West. These plans must be altered.
If adopted, these management plans would decimate the wild horse population in the Wyoming Checkerboard, a two-million-acre mix of public and private land where nearly half of Wyoming's wild horses live. This is certainly not the free-roaming vision Congress set out for these majestic animals.
The good news is that you can help! The BLM is accepting public comments through Friday, September 27, on the potentially devastating revisions to Resource Management Plans that will cull wild horses in Wyoming.
Please be a voice for our wild horses before their time runs out. Visit the ASPCA Advocacy Center right now to quickly contact the BLM. Urge the agency to adopt policies that give horses their fair share of habitat and keep them on the range where they belong.
On behalf of the horses, we thank you!
The meat industry should NOT be given preference over Wild Horses!!! STOP THE INHUMANE ROUNDING UP AND SALE OR "STORAGE" of wild herds and do the moral thing! Preserve the wilderness heritage of ALL Americans. DEVELOP A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE FORM OF BIRTH CONTROL FOR USE IN WILD HORSE HERDS!!!!
Our wild horses need to be protected not rounded up and held in pens. We need to protect their freedom. The cattle people need to allow these horse grazing right too. They are part of our legacy for our children.
They are wild and gods creatures why do people have the right to make these decisions. What do they harm and they are beautiful
Horses have been a critical part of our lives from even before most of us are born in 21st century. Such a noble and a lovable trustworthy animal needs our love including government policies to recognize their importance plus contribution to our society at many different levels. I vote to urge the agencies to adopt horses to give them their fair share of habitat in wilderness and/or ranges where they belong
It is outrageous not to allow these horses to live free lives. Why should human greed and selfishness demean the planet? Stand up for these animals!
Please leave the wild horses to their natural habitat. Thank you.
Wild horses must be protected. Wild Horse Annie and her grammar school letter writing campaign along with many other individuals have worked hard to pass legislation to provide maximum protection for wild horses and to set aside and maintain rangelands for wild horses to range freely and remain undisturbed by humans-This is a big piece of our cultural heritage! Applying the same failed model of round-ups and removals is a disastrous plan-If adopted, these management plans would decimate the wild horse population in the Wyoming Checkerboard, a two-million-acre mix of public and private land where nearly half of Wyoming's wild horses live. This is certainly not the free-roaming vision Congress set out for these majestic animals!
Wild horses do not belong in any type of holding facilities. I strongly urge the BLM to consider management options that provide maximum protection for American mustangs and wild burros. I strongly object to and oppose any BLM actions to remove/eradicate/reduce wild horses from the Great Divide Basin and Salt Wells Creek Herd Management Areas, the Adobe Town Herd Management Area and the White Mountain Herd Management Area.
I intensely urge the BLM to adopt policies that give horses their fair share of habitat and keep them on the range where they belong.
What many don't understand is that the wild horses aren't just shipped off to holding facilities and forgotten about. They are able to be adopted out after a roundup. And if the BLM were to let all the wild horses just stay out there and run free, we would have over population, wide-spread diseases, and they would end up suffering out in the wild. Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of wild horses, I have even gone to the "holding facilities" and believe me the care and feed that they get there is better than what a lot of "domestic horses" get. I do however believe that their round-up methods could be a lot better. I grew up in the Midwest and understand why they try to manage the horse herds.
This is an outrage. We don't have many natural things left in this country. Keep the habitat and let the horses be wild.
I agree. Let them be free. God put these horses here for a reason. If they feel they have to capture some horses then it should be for the Good. I had read a book about a woman and her husband that took in abandoned and abused horse and nursed them back to health and opened their place for therapy horses and after getting to know the horses personality tried to matched that with a child, teen or even an adult with a similar personality. They type of children that were brought there were kids that may be in foster care, some disabilities, or just need to feel that they matter. When these kids came they came on a regular basis they got to know the horse and the horse got to know the child, or teen etc. get the picture. If I had the land and the money I would try to do something like this. But, to make something like this work you have to have good employees that care about and love horses. Just like abandoned and abused horses they need time, patience, understanding and love. This would also be true for wild horses. But, also make sure that the horses have fields and land where they can roam to run and still feel free.


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MISENHEIMER, N.C. Pfeiffer Universitys Caleb Brophy (Mission Viejo, CA) put down a match-high 17 kills hitting .583 during a 3-0 (25-16, 25-21, 25-21) sweep of visiting Coker College in NCAA I Conference Carolinas mens volleyball action on Wednesday night. The Falcons improve to 12-6 overall, 11-3 in league play while sending the Cobras to 5-11, 3-8.
Kyle Landrigan (Delmar, NY) would get the Falcons out to an early 8-6 lead with an ace and kill before Brophy recorded his second kill of the night to push the lead to 11-9. Coker errors and a kill from Eric Edelman (Henrietta, NY) would extend the first set lead to 15-11 while four final kills in the opening set by Brophy would give the Falcons a 25-16 win.
In the middle set, a pair of David Specian (Loxahatchee, FL) aces and another kill from Brophy would burst the Falcons out to a 5-0 lead until a kill by Fabio Diniz (Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL) helped the hosts double up the Cobras 14-7. Coker would get as close as 22-19 late using three Falcon errors in a four-play span until Brophy put down two more kills to end the second set 25-21.
The first half of set three would go back and forth until Brophy continued his tear giving Pfeiffer a 13-12 lead. Blake Dowdle (Farmington, NY) would push the lead to three just two points later while Diniz and Brophy provided the final bit of separation as Pfeiffer held on 25-21 to sweep Coker 3-0.
Pfeiffer would hit .375 in the match led by Brophys 17 kills and .583 hitting percentage. Diniz concluded with eight kills in nine attempts hitting .889 while Edelman would wrap up his night hitting .417 with seven kills. Specian would pick up 33 helpers in the win while Mark Hess (Lebanon, PA) added six digs. Jared Geizer (Montville, OH) would pace the Cobras with nine kills.
Pfeiffer returns to action on Friday playing the final regular season home game of 2013 hosting NJIT at 7:00 p.m. Friday night will mark senior night for six Falcons to be recognized prior to first serve. Live stats/video will be available courtesy of http://www.gofalconsports.com.


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This is a mockup of the F-1 liquid fuel rocket engine. The F-1 engine, producing 1.5 million pounds of thrust, was the power plant for the first stage of the giant Saturn V launch vehicle. The Saturn V launch vehicles propelled Apollo program astronauts on their historic journies to the Moon between 1969 and 1972. The first stage of the Saturn V, or S-IC, was fitted with five F-1's for a total lift-off thrust of 7.5 million pounds.
The F-1 used RP-1, a type of kerosene, and liquid oxygen as the propellants. The F-1's 2,500 pound turbopump pumped in the propellants at 42,500 gallons per minute and was cooled regeneratively.
This F-1 mockup was a gift from the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International in 1976.
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|Falcons Fall 10-9
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|SALISBURY, NC -- Catawba held off visiting Pfeiffer to claim a 10-9 win in baseball action on Tuesday night. The Catawba Indians improve to 20-10, while the Falcons fall to 15-17.
Pfeiffer had jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the second inning. The Falcons benefitted from a pair of Tribe errors and capped the frame on Kevin Oquendo's three-run homer.
Chris Ahearn, for Catawba, tied the game at 5-all with a grand slam in the fifth.
A bases-loaded walk with no outs to Josh Strickland in the seventh put Pfeiffer back on top then Furr entered for Catawba and allowed just a sacrifice fly to Bryan Braxton to limit further damage.
Catawba trailed 7-5 with two outs in the seventh, but Chad Baker got a RBI single and Jerry Sands walked to load the bases. Query stepped in and laced a 2-1 pitch off the wall in right center to give the Indians a 9-7 lead.
Pfeiffer got a run back in the eighth on a home run by Shawn Coke and trimmed the lead to 10-9 on a double by Bryan Braxton in the ninth. A single by Will Davis put runners at the corners, but Furr got Hayes Hinson to ground into a double play to end the game.
Pfeiffer travels to St. Andrews this weekend. The two teams will play a double-header on Friday starting at 12:00 pm followed by a single game on Saturday also at 12:00 pm.


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In computing, a shared resource or network share is a device or piece of information on a computer that can be remotely accessed from another computer, typically via a local area network or an enterprise Intranet, transparently as if it were a resource in the local machine. Examples are shared file access (also known as disk sharing and folder sharing), shared printer access (printer sharing), shared scanner access, etc. The shared resource is called a shared disk (also known as mounted disk), shared drive volume, shared folder, shared file, shared document, shared printer or shared scanner. The term file sharing traditionally means shared file access, especially in the context of operating systems and LAN and Intranet services, for example in Microsoft Windows documentation. Though, as BitTorrent and similar applications became available in the early 2000's, the term file sharing increasingly has become associated with peer-to-peer file sharing over the Internet. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Resource sharing)
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Washington, DC - This morning, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, chaired by U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), received a call from a senior official with British Petroleum (BP) indicating that BP has agreed to comply with a request made by Senator Boxer and Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) that the company release all video records showing details of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, where the Deepwater Horizon rig sank last month. (The text of the Senators' letter to BP is attached below).
The BP official said that they plan to provide all video records to Sen. Boxer and Senator Nelson, and will begin providing video today, prior to oversight hearings scheduled this afternoon in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee.
Senator Boxer said, "These films are critical to understanding the volume of the spill, the reach of the spill, and the results of the efforts so far to contain it."
"The scientific community is a valuable resource in tracking and responding to this spill," said Senator Nelson. "And we need to give our scientists a much broader video record."
LINK A video clip from May 8, 2010 of the plume at the end of the riser with no intervention or dispersant
LINK A video clip from May 10, 2010 of the same plume being monitored before insertion of the Riser Insertion Tubing Tool (RITT) with a dispersant boom inserted inside the pipe injecting dispersant
LINK A video clip from May 17, 2010 of the same plume showing the RITT and dispersant tools in operation
LINK A video clip of the plume from the riser kink, spliced together from 2 clips, one showing an overview of the plume as a whole and then a close up of the plume
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Mr. Lamar McKay
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Dear Mr. McKay:
We're writing to reiterate our request that BP provide us with all video records of the Deepwater Horizon well and associated spill. We also believe that the public and the scientific communities should have access to these materials.
After our initial request, BP suggested the video was released under the authorization of the Unified Command. We have contacted the Unified Command and to date have not identified any restriction on BP's ability to release these records.
Therefore, we're asking again that you immediately make available all video records of the Deepwater Horizon wellhead and broken pipe for the purposes of Senate oversight.
Thank you for your cooperation with this request.
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I'm pretty sure that would qualify me to have a good grasp of almost any topic you could imagine.
My opinions can combine these diverse perspectives into a cogent overview that any lay mind can grasp.
(I'll bet the Germans have a word for that.)
So if you want my opinions on anything….......anything at all…......just ask.


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From NEHJ: Neely's presidential presence key in B's return to glory
When Peter Chiarelli arrived in Boston in 2006, the newly appointed general manager was faced with the tall task of bringing back a winning tradition to a slumping franchise. His goal from Day One was to return an Original Six squad to its roots and somehow reshape not only a roster but also an entire organization that had lost its once-unbreakable bond with its blue-collar fan-base.
|Bruins legend Cam Neely -- who lost in two finals as a player with the Bruins -- hoists the Stanley Cup as the club's president. (Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)
The acquisition of Zdeno Chara was certainly a big stride in the
right direction, as Chiarelli aimed to build around the 6-foot-9
Slovak similar to the way in which his predecessors anchored their
squads around legends Bobby Orr and Ray Bourque, but the Bruins
needed someone in the front office to spearhead their quest to
return the team to its glory days.
They needed an individual who embodied what the Black and Gold once were all about, a man who knew full well how much the city of Boston cherished their hard-working Bruins teams of yesteryear that had the perfect blend of snarl and skill, someone who could instill a sense of pride in sporting the Spoked-B that had long been missing.
Quite simply, they needed Cam Neely.
In September 2007, the Hall of Fame forward was appointed vice president of the Bruins. Over the past four seasons, under the guidance of the man whose No. 8 hangs in the rafters at TD Garden, the Bruins have climbed back to the top of the NHL mountain, reinvigorating the region's once-dormant love affair with the Black and Gold in the process.
"(Principal) Charlie Jacobs had kind of brought me back in
the fold and had me go to some premium events and what-not a few
times a year," Neely said when asked how joining the front
office all came together. "That summer of 2007, before I
accepted the position, I met with Peter Chiarelli, and he asked if
I had any interest in coming back on board from a management
perspective. That really kind of intrigued me.
"After talking with Peter a number of different times and understanding what his philosophy was, and sitting down with Charlie again just to get a better understanding of where ownership was coming from, I said to let me see how it goes for a year. I didn't want to commit to anything more than a year because I really wanted to see if I enjoyed doing it and how comfortable I'd feel working with the management and ownership group at that time."
While Neely was initially leery of locking himself in, it didn't take long for him to find out whether or not he thought he was cut out for the job.
"I never felt I was in over my head and never felt uncomfortable about being back involved," he said. "Quite frankly, it was the opposite. I was more excited than I expected to be and I enjoyed it more than I expected to. I enjoyed working with Charlie and Peter, seeing what was taking place on the ice and getting involved with the players on road trips and having conversations with them. That stuff I enjoyed more than I expected to."
The three-time 50-goal scorer grew into his role quickly, taking young players such as Milan Lucic — who has drawn comparisons to Neely since his arrival — under his wing, while progressively becoming more outspoken about the team's needs and unabashedly critical of the Bruins' performance when necessary.
"It's an interesting transition going from someone that really had a say in what was happening to being in the position now to be more vocal and kind of get involved at a different level," said Neely, who was promoted to president last year. "But, I certainly knew that was what was expected from ownership. I had numerous conversations before I accepted the role of president with Charlie and Mr. (Jeremy) Jacobs, just to see if what they were looking for was something I was comfortable with.
"I have a pretty good idea of what they want and I have an idea of what I'd like to see and how I'd like to see our team. It works well with the group that's been in here with Peter, Don Sweeney and Jim Benning. As every year passes, you're going to have peaks and valleys, and ups and downs. There's challenges along the way you just have to work through."
No challenge Neely or any management group in the team's eight-plus decades of existence was tougher than the one the Bruins' front office faced last summer. Boston qualified for the postseason in each of Neely's first three years on the job but, for a team looking to end a lengthy championship drought, the third time around was anything but the charm.
"It wasn't something that you wanted to be associated with, as far as being a team that gives up a 3-0 lead," Neely said of the Bruins' monumental collapse against the Flyers a year ago. "But that's the position we were in. It's what we had to deal with and it's what we had to live with. We made an effort not to sweep it under the rug, but to learn from it."
Neely and Co. had an infinite number of directions to go as the offseason began, as many speculated that the Bruins' core players didn't have what it took to win and that coach Claude Julien simply wasn't the right person to guide them there. The Bruins made a few tweaks, including the oh-so-important acquisition of eventual playoff hero Nathan Horton, but for the most part, Neely and the rest of management maintained faith in those that suffered through that gut-wrenching implosion against Philadelphia.
"I think our players, coaches and management all learned a great deal from what happened, from being a part of a team that went through that," Neely said. "I think you saw that this year as those learning experiences really helped us. It's not something you want to go through, but we certainly weren't going to hide from it."
After watching the Bruins climb out of an 0-2 series deficit in their opening-round series against the Canadiens, Neely quickly realized those hard lessons learned from painful playoff exits were finally paying off for this band of Bruins.
"When I saw how we got better and better as a team as each series progressed, the whole lineup adjustments the coaching staff made and the way Tim Thomas was playing, as we got into the third round, I thought we had a really good chance to win the Stanley Cup," said Neely, the Bruins' all-time leader with 55 playoff goals. "You don't want to look too far ahead and you try not to do that, but as we got into that final round I felt we matched up really well against Vancouver in all areas except for maybe the power play. But, having said that, I felt like we had as good a chance to win as they did."
While few outside of Boston echoed such sentiments, Neely's words rang true as the Bruins hung in there with the President's Trophy winners and forced a decisive seventh game. With a 4-0 win by the Bruins at Rogers Arena on June 15, Neely finally achieved a goal he'd been striving for since joining the Bruins as a 21-year-old kid back in 1986, as the Bruins captured the Cup for the first time in nearly four decades.
"It was such an unreal experience on the ice to be down there, knowing you're Stanley Cup champions," said Neely, a British Columbia native who originally came to Boston in a trade with Vancouver more than 25 years ago. "Just that alone was an amazing feeling. But the moment you hear Gary Bettman talk about us being Stanley Cup champs and congratulating the organization, the ownership and myself, it was a great, great feeling. It was a very special moment, obviously for the whole organization, but for our fan base."
While winning it all was an immeasurably gratifying experience for Neely on a personal level, as the beloved power forward fell short in two trips to the finals with Boston in 1988 and 1990, rewarding the Bruins' loyal legion of fans with its first title since 1972 has always been his biggest source of motivation.
"It's really truly a special feeling to be able to involved with that because I just know how passionate these fans are," he said. "I had the privilege of playing in front of these fans. Now living here for 25 years or so and really knowing what our fans think about and care about, with regards to the organization and the players, to end that long, 39-year drought was certainly well overdue. It's what they wanted, what they needed and what they deserved. To be a part of the group and the team that brought it back here is pretty special for me."
Now that the drought is over, Neely's next mission is to make sure a new one doesn't begin. With nearly all of their roster intact, however, the 46-year-old has high hopes that the Black and Gold have as good a shot as any recent Stanley Cup winner to defend their title.
"A lot of good things have to happen and go your way in order to win this," Neely said. "It's probably one of the hardest professional sports trophies to win. You have to be lucky, you have to be good and you have to get great performances. The thing that's in our favor more than anything right now is that we're not losing a lot of players from our Cup-winning team, but you need a lot of things to go your way. But, we should have a really great year next season."
While it's certainly true that lucky breaks and outstanding performances are integral parts of surviving the playoff gauntlet to win a championship, great leadership is equally as important.
With a passionate president as deeply connected to the fan base as Neely is at the helm, the Bruins should be poised for plenty more success in the years to come.
This article originally appeared in the August 2011 issue of
New England Hockey Journal.
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Beachfront, with full-service spa
With a stay at Solmar Resort All Inclusive in Cabo San Lucas, you'll be on the beach and minutes from Cannery Beach and close to The Arch.
This all-inclusive resort is within close proximity of Solmar Beach and Lover's Beach.
Make yourself at home in one of the 100 air-conditioned rooms featuring kitchenettes. Rooms have private patios. LED televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment, while wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and microwaves.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, which include 2 outdoor swimming pools, a health club, and an outdoor tennis court. Additional features include wireless Internet access (surcharge), concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge).
This resort is all inclusive. Rates include meals and beverages at onsite dining establishments. Charges may be applied for dining at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, some beverages, and other amenities.
Grab a bite to eat at one of the resort's dining establishments, which include 2 restaurants and a coffee shop/café. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a swim-up bar.
Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Event facilities at this resort consist of meeting rooms and a meeting room. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge at scheduled times, and free valet parking is available onsite.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
All-Inclusive Details
This resort is all-inclusive. Onsite food and beverages are included in the room price (some restrictions may apply).
Gratuities and taxes
Gratuities and taxes are included. Additional gratuities at guests' discretion are accepted.
Food and beverages
- All buffet and à la carte meals, snacks, and beverages included
- Meals and beverages at companion properties
- Dining and beverage availability limited at one or more venues
- Gourmet or à la carte dining limited to 3 meals per stay
- Surcharges for:
- premium food items
- premium or imported non-alcoholic beverages
- premium or imported alcoholic beverages
- bottled wine
- bottled liquor
- room service
- Theme parties
Not included
- Airport transfers
- Childcare
- Golf green fees
- Laundry/dry cleaning services
- Minibar
- Motorized water sports
- Premium and/or non-domestic beverages
- Premium food items
- Room service
- Scuba-diving certification
- Scuba-diving excursions
- Snorkeling excursions
- Spa/beauty facilities and services
- Wireless Internet access
- Activities and services offered by independent operators
- Offsite tours
- Transportation to offsite activities
Hotel Amenities
Solmar Resort All Inclusive is an all-inclusive resort. Room rates include meals and beverages at onsite restaurants and bars. Other items and amenities, including taxes and gratuities, and access to recreational activities and entertainment may also be included. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.
Solmar Resort All Inclusive features a full-service spa, 2 outdoor swimming pools, an outdoor tennis court, and a health club. Dining is available at one of the resort's 2 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. The property also has a snack bar/deli. A swim-up bar is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with high-speed wireless Internet access (surcharge).
Business amenities at this 3.5-star property consist of a business center, a meeting room, and meeting rooms. This all-inclusive resort also offers a spa tub, spa services, and multilingual staff. Guests can use the outdoor pool at a partner hotel. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle at scheduled times is offered to guests. Onsite valet parking is complimentary.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Concierge services
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Multilingual staff
- Spa services on site
- Swim-up bar
- Full-service spa
- Health club
- Total number of rooms - 100
- Shopping on site
- Business center
- One meeting room
- Elevator/lift
- Luggage storage
- ATM/banking
- Meeting rooms
- Year Built 1973
- Number of restaurants - 2
- Spa tub
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Coffee shop or café
- Beach/pool umbrellas
- Grocery/convenience store
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Number of outdoor pools - 2
- Laundry facilities
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Free valet parking
- Garden
- Outdoor tennis court
- Snack bar/deli
- Tennis on site
- Wedding services
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pools
- Outdoor tennis court
- Kitchenette
- Grocery/convenience store
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Miniature golf on site
- Microwave
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( 12 USD per 24-hour period )
Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( 13.00 USD per 24-hour period )
Free valet parking
Room Amenities
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Patio
- In-room safe
- Phone
- Daily housekeeping
- Kitchenette
- Microwave
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Satellite TV service
- In-room massage available
Where to Eat
El Tejaban - This beachfront family restaurant specializes in Mexican cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Reservations are required.
El Trebol Snack Bar - This poolside restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and light fare. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Sushi Factory - Overlooking the pool, this restaurant specializes in sushi and serves lunch only. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor tennis court and a health club are featured at the resort. 2 outdoor swimming pools are on site along with a spa tub.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Scuba diving nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Parasailing nearby
- Snorkeling nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Miniature golf on site
Spa Services
Playa Grande Spa has 8 treatment rooms including rooms for couples and outdoor treatment areas. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, and Swedish massages. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, and a steam room. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, hydrotherapy, and reflexology.
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Prenatal massage
- Steam room in spa
- Reflexology
- Sports massage
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Sauna in spa
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Thalassotherapy treatments
- Number of treatment rooms 8
- Outdoor treatment areas
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body wraps
- Body scrubs
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 4 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Minimum Spring Break check-in age is 21 years old.
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 12 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: USD 13.00 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: USD 42.00 per person (roundtrip)
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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Layoffs, furloughs ... Take a deep breath
Thursday - 11/15/2012, 2:00am EST
This time last year, some federal workers were concerned about an all-but- nonexistent proposal that would have reduced their retirement benefits slightly: The long-feared (never approved) formula change that would base annuities on the employees highest five years (rather than the current high-three) years of service.
Workers — both long-time employees and newcomers — were worried about major changes in pay and benefits that were being worked up by congressional groups, a blue-ribbon panel endorsed by the White House, a bipartisan congressional group headed by Vice President Joe Biden and a budget plan from Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) who was later the GOP VP candidate.
What happened, in short, is nothing. None of the proposed or recommended changes happened. The high-three to high-five switch never came up, although it was the one change most feds seemed to fear.
What did happen was bad enough. The White House did impose a two-year (2011-2012) pay freeze. That has been extended at least through March 31 of next year.
But the big threats — slightly smaller pension payments, higher health care costs, changes in retirees' cost-of-living calculation — never saw the light of day. Nothing happened.
Now, feds who are worried are focused on a new set of threats: Sequestration, the fiscal cliff, gridlock in Congress that could — worst- case scenario — cost some people their jobs and mean furloughs for others. There is even the possibility that the pay freeze will be extended another year or two. If that happens, some retirement-eligible feds say they will pull the plug. Get out and enjoy themselves. Or get another job — if the economy improves to the point where they can find one.
The automatic 8 percent to 10 percent cuts (with some exemptions for Defense and the VA) could begin in January. The Congressional Budget Office's if-it-happens assessment is grim
But Congress and the White House could "fix" the problem. Both sides have said they are willing to compromise and reach a bipartisan agreement even as they take pot shots at each other. Or history could repeat itself.
Something similar happened in the 1980s. Automatic cuts were triggered. It was, according to some, the end of civilization as we know it. Red flags went up all over the place. Unions warned their members. Contractor groups braced for the worst. The trade media (including yours truly) went on high alert. It was horrible and wonderful at the same time. Except...
Congress and the White House (finally) showed some sense. After doing nothing, except causing the problem, they stepped in and did something. They decided that the Defense Department (remember the Cold War?) was too important to take the hits. Then the VA, followed by the IRS. And on it went until, within a short time, there were few places left that weren't deemed essential in some form. The fall from that fiscal cliff, at least then, wasn't very far.
So what's going to happen this time? If you've been around awhile, your guess is as good as, or better, than most. Sound off!
By Jack Moore
Fish don't cry. They do, however yawn, cough and burp.
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Locality pay,
official time reports likely to rekindle federal pay debate
Two new reports expected in the coming month are expected to rekindle the always heated pay debate. The Federal Salary Council in the coming weeks will make new recommendations to change which counties get locality pay increases. At the same time, the Office of Personnel Management is finalizing its 2011 report on how much time employees spend on union activities.
New marketing chief helps USPS
practice what it preaches
Nagisa Manabe hasn't spent her entire career with the Postal Service but, after just six short months, she's making her presence known. Under her direction, the agency has committed to spending 15-20 percent of its marketing dollars on direct mail - the same amount it recommends to its own customers. Her goal - getting the Postal Service out of the red through the development of new innovative products and the use of effective marketing techniques. The new chief marketing and sales officer brings with her a career's worth of experience from the private sector - including jobs with powerhouse companies like Coca-Cola, Campbell's Soup and the liquor industry.
Congress expands whistleblower
protections in bill
The whistleblower protection measure, approved by voice vote in the Senate and sent to the president Tuesday, was the product of 13 years of work by organizations pushing for greater protections for the federal workforce. The legislation closes loopholes created by court rulings, which removed protections for whistle-blowers. One loophole specified that whistle-blowers were only protected when they were the first to report misconduct.


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The old axiom: "Illogic always benefits the illogical side in any debate" was not only illustrated in real time in these clips, but proves ironically that, although Mr.Harris' detractors may pretend to miss the point of his assertions, they do in fact understand and make an unabashed business of employing every tactic they can collectively invoke to blunt, divert, confuse, and discredit reason. Out of their mouths it comes: "Men will do bad things." as they do them.
I know now that the sinking feeling of helplessness that I had when prayer was forced on me in public schools: (that the school, and maybe even my parents must have had some kind reason for this disinformation) is very real and present in the world at large and runs much more deeply than could ever have been imagined by a 6 year old.
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Oh Happy Day: Russia takes bronze!
August 13, 2012
Some [Andrei Kirilenko-centric] images from Russia's Olympic run:
Taking the cake: Alexey Shved and Rudy Fernandez' accidental open-mouthed kiss (middle row, right).
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August 13, 2012 11:52 pm
Caption for top right photo:
"You see? You see? He's not a machine, he's a man, he's a man."
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Federal highway funding crisis will hurt states, lawmakers told
The federal highway trust fund will run out of money by 2015, which will have a "devastating impact" in states that rely heavily on federal funds for their road maintenance and construction needs, transportation officials told lawmakers Wednesday.
Supporters of American-US Airways merger rally at Capitol
About 300 airline pilots and flight attendants joined union officials and lawmakers from both parties in front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to support the creation of the world's largest airline.
Study proposes tolling interstate system to pay for reconstruction
With large portions of the 46,000-mile Interstate Highway System wearing out and needing replacement, but with few federal and state dollars do it, one possible solution goes back to how most roads were originally built: tolls.
3 states stand alone in defying Pentagon order on same-sex benefits
The three states that have defied a Pentagon order to allow all active-duty military personnel to apply for same-sex spousal benefits are so far going it alone. Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi are the only states to decline to process applications for such benefits at state-run National...
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All of the ports on the East Coast "have to get in the game," Vice President Joe Biden said Monday, and get ready to accept larger cargo ships that will come through an expanded Panama Canal by 2015.
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As the House of Representatives prepares to vote this month on whether to launch military action in Syria, President Barack Obama will have to persuade not only Republicans but also members of his own party to go along.
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Are you overworked? Underpaid? Unemployed? Or just sick of your "career?"
Let's give that some thought.
Most of us have to work, whether we want to or not. And most of us know that the grass always looks greener on the other side of the job fence.
But before you go off grumbling too much about your job, let's take a look at some alternatives.
In the first place, if the grass looks greener in somebody else's yard, then he's putting out fertilizer at least twice a year and he'll have to mow at least twice a week. So don't envy man-with-green-grass too much.
What if you were a referee? You could please some of the people some of the time, but
How about an astronaut? I don't think it would work for me. I think that's one of those jobs where you have to be able to tell east from west and north from south. And besides that job seems to be losing some of its glamour.
What about a plumber? A good choice if you don't mind emergencies and desperate customers. But remember, everybody loves a plumber, especially when you call and he says, "I'll be right over."
Census taker. I'm not sure I could feed the family working every nine or 10 years.
I've always thought I'd like to be a pastry chef, but I can certainly see some drawbacks here. If I was any good, I'd eat up all my profits. And if I wasn't all that good, there'd be no profits. It's a no-win situation.
Weatherman. Maybe I should say weather person. Anyway, that will
A wrestler. Truth to tell I'd like to be one long enough to see if wrestling is really real. And if it's not, how do they decide who gonna win?
I could
Wonder if I would work out as a farrier? You know, someone who shoes horses. That probably would have worked out 50 or more years ago. But not too many people drive horses any more.
I thought about being an automobile mechanic, but on a lot of the cars now, I can't tell the front from the back unless I'm in the driver's seat. And even then, I'm not too sure.
And I couldn't be a race car driver. The helmet would mess up my hair.
How about a ventriloquist? Nah. I can't talk without using both hands and where would that leave "Lamb Chop?"
A telephone operator? Hmmm. Maybe not. I'm not all that crazy about the telephone. I'm waiting for one that allows outgoing calls only.
A masseuse? The trouble with that is, I'd rather be the rubbee than the rubber.
I could be a zoo-keeper, but I'm not sure I haven't already done that, or close anyway.
How about a farmer? I've had a little farm experience in times past, but I'd have to be really close with the weatherman before I made a firm decision about farming.
Ain't no way I could teach aerobics, and I think that's all I need to say about that.
TV anchorperson? Huh-uh. I don't think I could report, "Five die in a pileup on the interstate" and turn to my co-anchor and say, "Hey, how about them Heels?"
And besides, I
Well, gosh – after all is said and done, I'm right where I want to be.


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Our SF's (Thomas, Aminu, McGuire, Henry) combined for 3 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 turnover, and 8 fouls tonight in 49 minutes.
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if we made a move for a older SF, I don't see the coaches having the patience to put up with that all year.
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I was thinking more along the lines of Carlos Delfino, Mike Dunleavy, PJ Tucker, Francisco Garcia, Martell Wester lol
Someone that could just get us along. I like Lance, but I'd rather give 21 minutes to any of those guys.
Jst watched the UCLA game I want Shabazz so bad I think he can play SF.
I need to look at this Muhammad cat myself. Thankfully Cox is finally on the ESPN 3 wagon. I might not get to watch it tonight, but I'll definitely peep it out tomorrow.
Those alley-oops GV was throwing to AD, New York Matinee called it "a playful but mysterious little dish".
If you Jimmer it, they will come.
Now is not the time to worry about the offense. We are missing our best player, giving scrubs big minutes, and counting on rookies to produce, yet everyone is calling for the head of Vasquez, Rivers, and Monty? Well, maybe not everyone, but a lot of people. Guys we are still in rebuilding mode. We aren't supposed to succeed right now. It hurts to lose, but what can we do with this roster? Next to nothing. Things will get a little better when Gordon returns, but we are still hurting in a lot of other places, especially in the leadership department. Things will come together, but for now we just need to roll with the punches.
This loss is on me guys, I am sorry. I have been to 6 games this season, and we have lost all 6. Heck, we haven't even hit 100 points in a single game, so not only am I causing the team to lose, but I am also denying fans free McDonald French fries (though that may be a blessing). I am sorry, I am taking full credit for this loss....and the Bee Zanies.
I am going to go return some video tapes now.
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I'll say it again. The cards will fall where they may, same as they did last year. Plenty of people thought we needed to be at least top two worst records. We got it with the 4th.
You try to whore out losses and you'll wind up on the cutting room floor.
Where ever we are in the draft, assuming our pick isn't traded, we are going to come away in good shape.
Austin Rivers was +13 when on the court tonight. Very surprised and proud of him
Aminu is beast from 3 in 2K13 when you release the ball at the highest point of his jump.
I just want you guys to know, I love you all. I was also at the INDY game late bringing it up, but for a tall guy they don't give you much space to spread your legs in between the seats.
looking for team to bandwagon, pls help
I think the loss of Ariza has a more profound affect on our defense, than people are willing to admit.
So, people resort to blaming Monty because he has to play Rivers, Thomas, and Vasquez extremely high minutes, and all of them are terrible on perimeter defense. Thomas is at least decent in some respects, but lacks the quickness to close out shooters.
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White House officials say examples of open government will help alter perceptions
By Jason Miller
Executive Editor
During his short time as the federal chief information officer, Vivek Kundra has often talked about the need to move to cloud computing. The government needs to use the agility of putting applications and services on the Internet so employees and citizens can access them from anywhere, at any time.
Kundra says there may even be a need for three separate Internet clouds.
During a presentation on a Webinar sponsored by Openthegovernment.org March 20, Kundra, who was a part of the technology team during the presidential transition, said there was some discussion about the federal agencies needing a public cloud, a federal cloud for sensitive but unclassified information and a cloud for feds to communicate with state and local governments.
"We need to rethink the way grants are issued," he says. "If Maryland, Virginia and the District receive grants around similar and specific programs, they cannot deploy common technologies jointly. If we could have a cloud they could do that in, we could cut the cost of rolling out services by 60-to-70 percent."
This was one suggestion Kundra made for how to make government more open and transparent.
"Part of what we are looking at is rationalizing the $71 billion the federal government spends on technology," he says. "We want to bake transparency in from the beginning in how we architect systems. We also need to recognize that we need to put data in the hands of the public."
Kundra reiterated his goal of establishing Data.gov to put agency data out there for the public to use and create innovative applications for.
He says data standards are key to the effort. In fact, after the Openthegovernment.org event, Kundra, his staff from the Office of Management and Budget, including chief architect Kshemendra Paul, where meeting with some of the open government groups to work on the architecture and data standards issue.
"As we roll out platforms that enable transparency, we have to look at data and data feeds to ensure they are not static," Kundra says. "We want data that is machine readable and data that you can slice and dice anyway you want."
He adds that the standards effort his office is leading to track Recovery Act spending through Recovery.gov is a starting point that may be scaled across government.
"We are looking at the business processes across the federal government," Kundra says. "It's amazing how many people it takes to move a business process. We don't just want to Webify it. We want to change it to make it more efficient, lower the friction and make it more transparent and open."
Kundra points to the work being done with the Recovery Act to track spending by agency.
"We've created a Treasury account for each agency," he says. "Anyone can see where the money is going, how much and for what purpose. We want state and local governments' information to be in these systems so we have to make sure it is done in with enterprise standards and enterprise architecture standards are so critical."
The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy is leading the transparency effort. When President Obama names a chief technology officer, the White House has give indication the CTO will be in OSTP.
Beth Noveck works in OSTP, and gave a presentation during the Webinar.
"We are trying to drive three values: collaboration, transparency and participation," she says. "We want to engage with parallel processes to drive policy thinking across all three areas."
President Obama signed a memo his first day in office calling for more transparent and open government. Noveck says the memo asks for a roadmap in 120 days.
"This is the beginning of the process to change culture," she says. "We are running an interagency dialogue process online to generate much of the thinking about how we can change. Some of it will be through traditional policy processes, and other change will be done by pushing us to see the benefits of being collaborative and open."
Noveck says OSTP is playing the role of convener and working with OMB, the CIO Council and other parts of government to push for greater transparency.
"We are looking at projects and programs that demonstrate the importance of transparency," she says. "We want to get everyone engaged with the solution. That will be useful to drive the culture change we want."
Dan Chenok, a former OMB official and now senior vice president with Pragmatics, says there are both opportunities and challenges in moving toward a more transparent and open government.


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LECOM School of Pharmacy Bradenton Class of 2012 students recite the Pledge of Professionalism during White Coat Ceremonies at the Harvest Centre in Lakewood Ranch on Jan. 24.
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine Bradenton continued its White Coat ceremony tradition for the Class of 2012.
The white coat ceremony is a tradition upheld by medical schools across the nation as an initiation for aspiring health care professionals to commit to the highest principles related to the practice of osteopathic medicine and pharmacy. The ceremony marks a first-year medical students' transition from classroom study to clinical education.
Ninety-six LECOM School of Pharmacy Bradenton students and 148 students from the College of Osteopathic Medicine received their white coats.
The class of 2012 took their respective oaths in front of family, friends, LECOM faculty, staff and administrators.
|James Lin, D.O., M.S., speaks to the LECOM Bradenton Class of 2012 during White Coat ceremonies at the Harvest Centre on Jan. 24.
James Lin, D.O., M.S., addressed students and family members during the college of osteopathic medicine ceremony. Dr. Lin graduated from LECOM in 2002 and was among the first graduates of the Master of Science in Medical Education program.
Dr. Lin is Vice President of Senior Services and Adult Living at Millcreek Health Systems in Erie, Pa., and clinical professor of geriatric medicine at LECOM. Dr. Lin also will coordinate the Institute for Successful Aging at the LECOM Medical Fitness and Wellness Center, which is slated to open in February.
His passion for working with the elderly population evolved while taking care of his father, who was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2003.
"While I was taking care of my Dad I realized that they (elderly) are a vulnerable population," Lin said. "It is now my honor and privilege to take care of them on a daily basis. I am honored and blessed that I am leading LECOM in its Institute for Successful Aging."
Robert George, D.O., Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, led the Class of 2012 in the Osteopathic Pledge of Commitment.
Norm Tomaka, CRPh, President of the Florida Pharmacy Association, gave the keynote address at the pharmacy white coat ceremony.
Tomaka is certified as a licensed health-care risk manager and consultant pharmacist. He currently practices at 15 outpatient procedure centers and serves as the clinical and consultant pharmacist at Holmes Regional Medical Center/Health First Inc. in Brevard County Florida.
|Norm Tomaka, CRPh., gave the keynote address at the LECOM School of Pharmacy Bradenton White Coat ceremony.
"For student pharmacists, you are embarking on a journey to empower yourselves to improve the lives of your patients," Tomaka said. "As Florida's youngest school of pharmacy, you have already surpassed expectations. You will succeed in promoting preventive medicine and be ready to exceed the expectations of today's health-care consumer."
School of Pharmacy Dean Gary Levin, Pharm.D., BCPP, FCCP, led the class of 2012 in the Pledge of Professionalism.
John M. Ferretti, D.O., President and CEO of LECOM and Silvia Ferretti, D.O., Provost, Senior Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs, headed the list of faculty and staff in attendance.
Special guests at the College of Medicine ceremony included American Osteopathic Association President Carlo DiMarco, D.O., who spoke at the ceremony; and William Silverman, D.O., AOA Board of Trustees and LECOM Bradenton's Adopt-A-Campus representative; Anna Hayden, D.O., President of the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association; and Mario Lanni, D.Sc., LL.D, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association.
School of Pharmacy guests included Cristina M. Medina, Pharm.D, Manager of Professional and College Relations for CVS Caremark Pharmacy.


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