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ID: GLSHW-2.4.2 General and Multidisciplinary Works, L - Z (143-212) This section covers general works on gender issues in the history of women in science. It further addresses career issues for women scientists -- educational barriers and opportunities, entry into scientific and technical professions, status issues, and statistics. Some contemporary studies are included that bear out historical trends. Additional works on these themes appear in the sections on particular branches of the sciences. 143 LaFollette, Marcel C. "Eyes on the Stars: Images of Women Scientists in Popular Magazines." SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND HUMAN VALUES 13 (1988): 262-275. Describes U.S. magazines from 1910-1955. 144 LaFollette, Marcel C. MAKING SCIENCE OUR OWN: PUBLIC IMAGES OF SCIENCE, 1910-1955. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990. Includes section "Women in the Laboratories," pp.78-97. 145 Levin, Miriam R., and Mack, Pamela E. "The Transformation of Science Education at Mount Holyoke in the Gilded Age." Paper presented at the Joint Meetings of the American Historical Association and the History of Science Society (December 28, 1988), available from ERIC (#ED309930). Discusses changes made in the science curriculum in the late nineteenth century to keep pace with opening positions in teaching, medicine, and research to women. Includes biographical information on faculty member Cornelia Clapp. 146 Long, J. Scott. "The Origins of Sex Differences in Science." SOCIAL FORCES 68 (June 1990): 1297-1316. Examines differences in productivity as measured by number of publications by male biochemists who received PhD.s between 1956-58 and 1961-63 and female biochemists who did so between 1950-1967. 147 Lonsdale, Kathleen. "Women in Science: Reminiscences and Reflections." IMPACT OF SCIENCE ON SOCIETY 20, no.1 (January-March 1970): 45-59. Entire issue is devoted to "Women in the Age of Science and Technology. 148 MacLoed, Roy, and Moseley, Russell. "Fathers and Daughters: Reflections on Women, Science, and Victorian Cambridge." HISTORY OF EDUCATION 8, no.4 (1979): 321-333. 149 Malcolm, Shirley Mahaley, Hall, Paula Quick, and Brown, Janet Welsch. THE DOUBLE BIND: THE PRICE OF BEING A MINORITY WOMAN IN SCIENCE. Washington: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1976. (AAAS Report, 76- R-3) 150 Mandula, Barbara. "Talks at AAAS Meeting: Women Scientists Still Behind." AWIS MAGAZINE 20, no.3, (May/June 1991): 10-11. Summary of presentations at an American Association for the Advancement of Science session on "Science Policy for Women in Science: Lessons from Historical and Contemporary Case Studies." 151 Manthorpe, Catherine. "Science or Domestic Science?: The Struggle to Define an Appropriate Science Education for Girls in Early Twentieth-Century England." HISTORY OF EDUCATION 15 (1986): 195-213. 152 Mason, Joan. "The Admission of the First Women to the Royal Society of London." NOTES AND RECORDS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 46 (1992): 279-300. On Kathleen Lonsdale and Marjory Stephenson. 153 Mason, Joan. "Women in Science: Breaking out of the Circle." NOTES AND RECORDS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON 46 (1992): 177-182. 154 Mattfeld, Jacquelyn A., and Van Aken, Carol G., eds. WOMEN AND THE SCIENTIFIC PROFESSIONS: THE MIT SYMPOSIUM ON AMERICAN WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 1965; Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1976. Papers by Bruno Bettelheim, Alice S. Rossi, James R. Killian Jr., Richard H. Bolt, Jessie Bernard, Lillian Gilbreth, Erik H. Erikson, plus panelists' remarks. 155 Menninger, Sally Ann, and Rose, Clare. "Women Scientists and Engineers in American Academia." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WOMEN'S STUDIES 3, no.3 (May/June 1980): 292-299. Reports on a national study of employment patterns of women scientists and engineers in American colleges and universities. 156 Meyer, Gerald Dennis. THE SCIENTIFIC LADY IN ENGLAND, 1650-1760: AN ACCOUNT OF HER RISE, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE MAJOR ROLES OF THE TELESCOPE AND MICROSCOPE. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1980. A study of books, periodicals, and treatises on science written for female readers in 17th- and 18th-century England. 157 Morantz-Sanchez, Regina Markell. "The Many Faces of Intimacy: Professional Options and Personal Choices among Nineteenth- and Twentieth- Century Women Physicians." In UNEASY CAREERS AND INTIMATE LIVES: WOMEN IN SCIENCE, 1789-1979, ed. Pnina G. Abir-Am and Dorinda Outram, pp.45-59. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1987. 158 Morrison-Low, A.D. "Women in the Nineteenth-Century Scientific Instrument Trade." In SCIENCE AND SENSIBILITY: GENDER AND SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY, 1780-1945, ed. by Marina Benjamin, pp.89-117. Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell, 1991. 159 Mozans, H.J. (pseudonym of John Augustine Zahm) WOMAN IN SCIENCE. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1913; Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1974; Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991. Covers women in mathematics, astronomy,physics, chemistry, the natural sciences, medicine and surgery, and archaeology, as well as women as inventors and as collaborators and inspirers of male scientists. Opens with a 100-page overview of "Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind" and closes with a chapter on "The Future of Women in Science." Includes bibliography. 160 Myers, Greg. "Science for Women and Children: The Dialogue of Popular Science in the 19th Century." In NATURE TRANSFIGURED: SCIENCE AND LITERATURE, 1700-1900, ed. John Christie & Sally Shuttleworth, pp.171-200. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 1989. 161 Neverdon-Morton, Cynthia. AFRO-AMERICAN WOMEN OF THE SOUTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RACE, 1895-1925. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1989. Mainly concerned with social service programs in Virginia, Alabama, Georgia, and Maryland, and the development of a National Organization of Afro- American Women; includes information on health programs and higher education opportunities for Afro-American women, including nursing and domestic science. 162 Noble, David F. "A World Without Women." TECHNOLOGY REVIEW 95 (May/June 1992): 52-57. An article adapted from Noble's A WORLD WITHOUT WOMEN: THE CLERICAL CULTURE OF WESTERN SCIENCE. 163 Noble, David F. A WORLD WITHOUT WOMEN: THE CLERICAL CULTURE OF WESTERN SCIENCE. New York: Knopf, 1992. Ascetic religious culture's role in the exclusion of women from the development of modern science. 164 Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey. "Marital Collaboration: An Approach to Science." In UNEASY CAREERS AND INTIMATE LIVES: WOMEN IN SCIENCE, 1789-1979, ed. Pnina G. Abir-Am and Dorinda Outram, pp.104-125. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1987. 165 Outram, Dorinda. "Fat, Gorillas, and Misogyny: Women's History in Science." THE BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE 24, no.82 (September 1991): 361-368. 166 Phillips, Patricia. "Science and the Ladies of Fashion." NEW SCIENTIST 95, no.1318 (12 August 1982): 416-418. Maragaret Cavendish, Aphra Behn, Elizabeth Carter. 167 Phillips, Patricia. THE SCIENTIFIC LADY: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF WOMEN'S SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS, 1520-1918. New York: St. Martin's, 1990. Traditional views of science as inferior to the classics and of women as naturally scientific allowed women to pursue scientific interests for centuries in England and the Continent. This book looks at who these women were and what and how they studied. 168 Ramaley, Judith A., ed. COVERT DISCRIMINATION AND WOMEN IN THE SCIENCES. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1978. (AAAS Selected Symposium, 14) Five papers document sex discrimination and discuss solutions. Not historical. 169 Richter, Derek, ed. WOMEN SCIENTISTS: THE ROAD TO LIBERATION. London: Macmillan, 1982. First person accounts by twelve women about their careers in ten different countries. Some reports include historical background. 170 Robbins, Mary Louise, ed. A HISTORY OF SIGMA DELTA EPSILON, 1921-1971: GRADUATE WOMEN IN SCIENCE. Graduate Women in Science, 1971. See also 1972-78 Supplement by Robbins (1978) and 1979-1986 Supplement by Ruth Strathearn Dickie, both published by SDE-Graduate Women in Science. 171 Ross, Mary Martin. "Women's Struggles to Enter Medicine: Two Nineteenth-Century Women Physicians in America." PHAROS OF ALPHA OMEGA ALPHA- HONOR MEDICAL SOCIETY 55, no.1 (Winter 1992): 33+. 172 Rossi, Alice S. "Women in Science: Why So Few?" SCIENCE 148, no.3674 (28 May 1965): 1196-1202. Discusses how "social and psychological influences restrict women's choice and pursuit of careers in science" in the 1960s. 173 Rossiter, Margaret W. "Sexual Segregation in the Sciences: Some Data and a Model." SIGNS 4, no.1 (Autumn 1978): 146-151. Statistics for 1920-1938. Repr. in SEX AND SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY, pp.35-40. Ed. by Sandra Harding and Jean F. O'Barr. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987. 174 Rossiter, Margaret W. "Women and the History of Scientific Communication." JOURNAL OF LIBRARY HISTORY 21 (1986): 39-59. 175 Rossiter, Margaret W. "`Women's Work' in Science, 1880-1910." ISIS 71, no.258 (September 1980): 381-398. Covers women in astronomy, scientific employment in the federal government, higher education, and home economics. 176 Rossiter, Margaret W. "Women Scientists in America Before 1920." AMERICAN SCIENTIST 62, no.3 (May-June 1974): 312-323. Covers women's scientific education, career patterns, and achievements. Includes tables and illustrations. Repr. in DYNAMOS AND VIRGINS REVISITED: WOMEN AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN HISTORY, pp.120-148. Ed. by Martha Moore Trescott. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1979. 177 Rossiter, Margaret W. WOMEN SCIENTISTS IN AMERICA: STRUGGLES AND STRATEGIES TO 1940. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982. A richly detailed history of American women's education and employment in the sciences prior to World War II. Extensive references to primary sources. 178 Sabin, Florence. "Women in Science." SCIENCE 38 (1936): 24-36. 179 SAGE: A SCHOLARLY JOURNAL ON BLACK WOMEN 6, no.2 (Fall 1989); Special Issue: "Science and Technology." Contents: Kenneth Manning, "Roger Arliner Young;" Rosalyn Patterson, "Black Women in the Biological Sciences;" Shirley Malcolm, "Increasing the Participation of Black Women in Science and Technology;" Sylvia T. Bozeman, "Black Women Mathematicians: In Short Supply;" Valerie L. Thomas, "Black Women Engineers and Technologists;" Patricia Carter Sluby, "Black Women and Inventions;" Etta Z. Falconer, "A Story of Success: The Sciences at Spelman College;" Jewel Plummer Cobb, "A Life in Science: Research and Service;" Evelyn Boyd Granville, "My Life as a Mathematician;" Reatha Clark King, "Becoming a Scientist: An Important Career Decision;" Jennie R. Patrick, "Trials, Tribulations, Triumphs;" Ronald Mickens, "Black Women in Science and Technology: A Selected Bibliography;" book reviews. 180 Schiebinger, Londa L. THE MIND HAS NO SEX?: WOMEN IN THE ORIGINS OF MODERN SCIENCE. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989. Covers both the history of women's contributions to the development of early modern science and the interrelationship between their subsequent exclusion from science and the growth of new "scientific" doctrines of gender differences. 181 Shmurak, Carole B., and Handler, Bonnie S. "Castle of Science: Mount Holyoke College and the Preparation of Women in Chemistry, 1837-1941." HISTORY OF EDUCATION QUARTERLY 32, no.3 (Fall 1992): 315-342. 182 Shmurak, Carole B., and Handler, Bonnie S. "Lydia Shattuck: `A Streak of the Modern.'" TEACHING EDUCATION 3, no.2 (Winter-Spring 1991): 127-131. Shattuck taught chemistry and botany at Mount Holyoke in the mid-nineteenth century. 183 Shteir, Ann B. "`A Connecting Link': Women, Popularisation, and the History of Science." RFR/DRF 15, no.3 (1986): 38-39. 184 Singer, Charles. "The Scientific Views and Visions of Saint Hildegard (1098-1180)." In STUDIES IN THE HISTORY AND METHOD OF SCIENCE, ed. by Charles Singer, pp.1-55. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1917. 185 Sloan, Jan Butin. "The Founding of the Naples Table Association for Promoting Scientific Research by Women." SIGNS 4, no.1 (Autumn 1978): 208-216. 186 Solomon, Barbara Miller. "Historical Determinants in Individual Life Experiences of Successful Professional Women." In SUCCESSFUL WOMEN IN THE SCIENCES: AN ANALYSIS OF DETERMINANTS, ed. by Ruth B. Kundsin, pp.170-178. (ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 208, 1973.) Repr. with title, WOMEN AND SUCCESS: THE ANATOMY OF ACHIEVEMENT. New York: Morrow, 1974. 187 Standish, Leanna. "Women, Work, and the Scientific Enterprise." SCIENCE FOR THE PEOPLE 14, no.5 (September/October 1982): 12-18. 188 Stepan, Nancy Leys. "Women and Natural Knowledge: The Role of Gender in the Making of Modern Science." GENDER & HISTORY 2, no.3 (1990): 337-342. Review essay on recent books by Schiebinger, Russet, and Jordanova. 189 Stolte-Heiskanen, Veronica. WOMEN IN SCIENCE: TOKEN WOMEN OR GENDER EQUALITY? New York ; Oxford: Berg, 1991. International perspectives on women's careers in science. 190 Tanio, Nadine. "Gendering the History of Science." NUNCIUS 6, no.2 (1991): 295-305. Essay review on books on science and gender. 191 Tavill, A.A. "Early Medical Co-Education and Women's Medical College, Kingston, Ontario 1880-1894." HISTORIC KINGSTON 30 (January 1982): 68-89. 192 Trecker, Janice Law. "Sex, Science, and Education." AMERICAN QUARTERLY 26, no.4 (October 1974): 352-366. Examines 19th-century scientific and medical opposition to higher education for women. 193 Trescott, Martha Moore. "Women and Engineering Education: Historical Sketches." In WOMEN AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION: REPORT ON A CONFERENCE OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, 20 AND 21 MARCH 1987, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, pp.II1-II16. Northridge, CA: Women in Science and Engineering Programs, School of Engineering and Computer Science, California State University, 1988. 194 United States. National Science Foundation. WOMEN AND MINORITIES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. Washington, D.C.: National Science Foundation, 1982- present. Biennial source of statistics. 195 United States. National Science Foundation. WOMEN IN SCIENTIFIC CAREERS. Washington, D.C.: National Science Foundation, 1961. 196 United States. Women's Bureau. THE OUTLOOK FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 1948-1949. (Women's Bureau Bulletin, 223) In eight parts: 1) science, 2) chemistry, 3) biological sciences, 4) mathematics and statistics, 5) architecture and engineering, 6) physics and astronomy, 7) geology, geography, and meteorology, 8) occupations related to science. 197 Verbrugge, Martha H. "The Social Meaning of Personal Health: The Ladies' Physiological Institute of Boston and Vicinity in the 1850's." In HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA: ESSAYS IN SOCIAL HISTORY, ed. by Susan Reverby and David Rosner, pp.45-66. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1979. Covers 19th-century popular self-education in physiology and hygiene. 198 Vetter, Betty M. "The Last Two Decades (Statistics of Discrimination Against Women Scientists and Engineers)." SCIENCE 86, 7 (July/August 1986): 62-63. 199 Vetter, Betty M. "Changing Patterns of Recruitment and Employment." In WOMEN IN SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONS, ed. by Violet B. Haas and Carolyn C. Perrucci, 59-74. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1981. Traces women's scientific education and employment from the 1920s to the 1970s, and forecasts demands for scientists in specified fields in the future. Includes graphs. 200 Vetter, Betty M. "Women Scientists and Engineers: Trends in Participation." SCIENCE 214, no.4527 (18 December 1981): 1313-1321. Measures women's progress in the 1970s. Includes tables. 201 Visher, Stephen S. SCIENTISTS STARRED 1903-1943 IN "AMERICAN MEN OF SCIENCE." Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1947. See list of fifty- two "Women Starred," pp.148-149. 202 Walton, Anne. "Attitudes to Women Scientists." CHEMISTRY IN BRITAIN 21, no.5 (May 1985): 461-465. Quotes extensively from men and women, 17th century onwards. 203 Warner, Deborah J. "Science Education for Women in Antebellum America." ISIS 69, no.246 (March 1978): 58-67. Covers women's education for, and contributions to, science (both formal and informal) before the Civil War. 204 Warner, Deborah J. "Women in Science in Nineteenth-Century America." JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WOMEN'S MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 34, no.2 (February 1979): 59-66. Overview. Includes photographs. 205 Weis, Lois. "Academic Women in Science, 1977-1984." ACADEME 73, no.1 (January/February 1987): 43-47. Data shows only slight progress in employment. 206 White, Martha S. "Psychological and Social Barriers to Women in Science." SCIENCE 170, no.3956 (23 October 1970): 413-416. How women's limited opportunities to interact with colleagues negatively affected their careers in science at that time. 207 Wilson, Jane S., and Serber, Charlotte, eds. STANDING BY AND MAKING DO: WOMEN OF WARTIME LOS ALAMOS. Los Alamos, NM: Los Alamos Historical Society, 1988. 208 Wilson, Joan Hoff. "Dancing Dogs of the Colonial Period: Women Scientists." EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE 7, no.3 (Winter 1973): 225-235. Treats Colonial women in botany, agronomy, horticulture, and medicine, and argues the need for a new conceptual approach to studying them. 209 "Women in Science: An Analysis of a Social Problem." HARVARD MAGAZINE (October 1974): 14-19. 210 Wupperman, Alice. "Women in `American Men of Science': a Tabular Study From the Sixth Edition." JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION 18 (March 1941): 120-121. Statistics on the fields and occupations of 800 women (2.9% of the total entries) in the 6th edition of AMS, 1938. 211 Zuckerman, Harriet, and Cole, Jonathan R., and Bruer, John T., eds. THE OUTER CIRCLE: WOMEN IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY. New York: Norton, 1991. Essays on gender issues in the careers of women scientists. Includes interviews with geneticist Salome Waelsch, astrophysicist Andrea Dupree, and biotechnologist Sandra Panen. 212 Zuckerman, Harriet, and Cole, Jonathan. "Women in American Science." MINERVA 13, no.1 (Spring 1975): 82-102. Outlines a "triple penalty" for women: the cultural definition of science as an inappropriate career for women; belief that women are less competent than men; and actual discrimination.
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Two men in Seneca County have been arrested and charged for shooting and killing two cats.
The Seneca County Sheriff's Office says 26-year-olds Jeremiah J. Randall, of Ovid ,and Robert W. Lyman, of Interlake, killed two cats with a rifle on March 16 on County Road 129 in the town of Ovid.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry visited Maryland this week right in the middle of Martin O'Malley's self-congratulatory "Better Choices, Better Results" tour. O'Malley is traveling the state (except the rural areas) over the next few months promoting the accomplishments of his gubernatorial term 15 months before it ends.
But Perry's one-day visit and $500,000 ad blitz luring businesses to low-tax, business-friendly Texas is ruining O'Malley's victory lap and unnerving O'Malley and the liberal establishment. On the day Perry arrived, The Washington Post dutifully published O'Malley's slam on Texas, gun-control zealots tried sandbagging Perry and O'Malley kept boasting about "kicking Perry's [behind]." Hey, what happened to civility?
Funny, no one threatened O'Malley's behind when he went to Wisconsin, New Jersey, Virginia and South Carolina attacking Republican governors on their home turf.
Wednesday night on CNN the two govs had a "my state's better than yours" shootout using live statistics. Perry got off the best quip, "We pray for rain in Texas. They tax it in Maryland."
Actually, Rick Perry and Martin O'Malley have at least three things in common: they are both handsome, ambitious governors, they are both facing imminent unemployment and neither is going to be president of the United States.
According to the national polls, Perry is running seventh (at 6 percent) among Republicans while O'Malley is running sixth (at 2 percent) among Democrats.
So why is Perry targeting Maryland? What makes him think anyone here is unhappy? Perhaps he heard about Maryland's net loss of 66,000 taxpayers who took their $5.5 billion net taxable incomes with them between 2000 and 2010. O'Malley's apologists lamely counter that Maryland's eight top billionaires still live here.
Or perhaps he read about Maryland's taxaholism problem: 40 different taxes, fees and tolls increased during the past seven years costing taxpayers an additional $3.1 billion a year. Hey, maybe Perry is just coming here to see what a "rain tax" really looks like.
Or perhaps he read about Maryland's rural counties getting fed up with being bullied by a permanent liberal Democratic majority in Annapolis. Last year seven rural counties created the "Clean Chesapeake Coalition" opposing the environmental extremists who control state government.
Thanks to the green lobby, farmers were hit with harsh, unaffordable new state controls, anti-sprawl measures devalued rural land values, natural gas mining (fracking) was rejected in favor of costly offshore windmills and local governments were stripped of their zoning and land-use authority.
There's even a grassroots movement in five Western Maryland counties to secede and create a new state. Folks are angry about taxes, gun control, gay marriage, illegal immigration and repeal of the death penalty.
Or perhaps Perry thinks Maryland voters are ready for what just happened in Colorado where three plumbers, using spray-painted lawn signs, started a voter recall effort that successfully unseated two liberal Democrats including the president of the state Senate, despite being outspent, 5 to 1, by wealthy gun control advocates. It was the first voter recall in Colorado history.
And the Colorado uprising wasn't just about gun control. The new state legislature, the most liberal in Colorado history, passed strict gun-control measures, doubled the renewable energy mandate for rural counties, permitted in-state tuitions for illegal aliens and tried to repeal the death penalty. Sound familiar?
Nor was it a Tea Party rebellion. Both incumbents were defeated in Democratic districts where Democrats voted heavily while ignoring Bill Clinton's robo calls. In the most Democratic district, the incumbent lost to her Republican replacement, a retired deputy police chief, by 12 percentage points.
Or perhaps Gov. Perry saw through O'Malley's selective data and happy face claims about Maryland's fiscal status. O'Malley likes to cherry pick statistics. For instance, he brags that Maryland "leads the nation in innovation and entrepreneurship." True enough, in CNBC's recent business climate rankings Maryland is ninth in "technology and innovation" (Texas is second).
But the CNBC study has nine other categories including "cost of doing business" (Maryland ranks 41st) and "business friendliness" (Maryland ranks 45th). When CNBC averaged all 10 categories, Maryland ranked 40th nationally, Texas ranked second.
Likewise, O'Malley is fond of boasting about Maryland's AAA bond rating while neglecting Moody's "negative outlook" due to Maryland's "above average debt burden and large unfunded pension liabilities (double the median liability of other states)."
Some of O'Malley's fellow-Marylanders share Moody's concerns. Jerry Wit, chairman of Maryland Business for Responsive Government, a leading business organization, is calling on O'Malley to act because "Maryland's problem of being an unfriendly state for business is a state problem, we need the state to take charge."
Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot agrees, calls Maryland's economic recovery "anemic" and warns that new state revenues are coming in below estimates, especially income and sales taxes."
"We're almost dead last in the country [in wage growth]," he says, and Maryland's unemployment rate is 96 percent of the national rate, the highest level since the late 1990s.
Franchot believes that Maryland's progressive political agenda "is not fiscally responsible" because state revenues cannot keep pace with state government's runaway spending levels. The problem in Annapolis, Franchot says, is, "If the House [of Delegates] wants to fund a program at $1 million, and the Senate wants to fund it at $2 million, they compromise and fund it at $3 million."
More rain on O'Malley's victory parade but from a lifelong liberal Democrat who's from Takoma Park, not Texas, and who's not even running for president.
Blair Lee is chairman of the board of Lee Development Group in Silver Spring and a regular commentator for WBAL radio. His column appears Fridays in the Business Gazette. His past columns are available at www.gazette.net/blairlee. His email address is email@example.com.


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morePeople with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorders have a serious mental illness that primarily affects their intimate, personal, and family relationships. Often they appear to be normally functioning at work and in public interactions, and Narcissists may even be highly effective, in the short term, in some work or social situations. However, in intimate relationships, they can be emotional, aggressive, demeaning, illogical, paranoid, accusing, and controlling—in the extreme. Their ability to function normally or pleasantly can suddenly change in an instant, like flipping a switch. These negative behaviors don't happen once in a while, they happen almost continuously in their intimate relationships and most often, and especially with their Caretaker family member.
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Re: Web 3D: Students Using OpenSim Reflect On the Pressing Issues That We All Ask About Using Virtual Worlds
We can get caught in the whirlwind of technologies and scramble to appease the tech-savvy student, but we educators must be mindful of the lessons we construct and their implications to their learning. Technology is one consideration upon our plates and it needs to be prepared and served in such a manner that it is satisfying and enjoyable. Our current ICT training strategy seems to consider that we all share the same competencies, level of progression, subject areas, and interests. Current forms of professional development are not manifesting in classroom practice and we can't rush to engage the same failing approach by reforming our professional development strategies regarding technology integration (Sugar, 2005). Training in ICT and ICT integration should not progress beyond the ability of the individual and should align to their interests and needs (Glazer et al, 2005). Yes, it is tempting to begin learning how to work with a myriad of technologies to put them in to our classes. I believe that our technological competencies are as varied as our students' and we shouldn't allow the digital divide threat distract us from other educational concerns.
Glazer, E., M. Hannafin & L. Song (2005). Promoting Technology Integration Through Collaborative Apprenticeship. Education Technology Research & Development, Vol. 53, No. 4, 2005, pp. 57–67.
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Jan. 12, 2012
By Mike Mulcahy
As 2012 begins and the school year recommences, the University of New Mexico Track and Field squad will be battling it out at their first meet of the season, the Northern Arizona Invitational in Flagstaff, Ariz.
Again lead by a stalwart crew of returning athletes and Coach Joe Franklin'schampionship-caliber coaching staff, the beginning of the Lobos' 2012 track and field campaign looks to be on solid footing. But, with every new season comes new Lobos, and the newest bunch of New Mexico track athletes have quite a few potential stars.
Headlined by big-time recruits and talented transfers, these incoming athletes will play pivotal roles in how this year's Lobos team will fare both in the Mountain West and on a national stage. But before this team can look too far down the road, they have a stop in Flagstaff at NAU, which serves as the starting line for a new year and new players.
Of this year's incoming class, twelve athletes were selected to be highlighted. Among them include three transfers and nine true freshmen, all of which who look to contribute to the Lobos march for success, starting with Friday's meet at Northern Arizona University.
Will Carter
Freshman - Jumps - Denver, Colo. (Thomas Jefferson HS)
Carter comes to the Lobos as a walk-on from Denver's Thomas Jefferson High School. During his freshman year, Carter projects to be a long jumper, with the possibility to also contribute in the 4x100m relay. A state qualifier in the long jump and 100-meter dash in his junior and senior year in high school, Carter was able to impress the track and field coaching staff upon his arrival in Albuquerque. "[He] tried out in August and showed us some good stuff," UNM Assistant Coach Austin Brobst noted. "He's had a solid fall." With a documented personal best of 21'-11.5" in the long jump, Carter fits in with the long jumpers on the team. "He's just kind of one of those hidden gems" Brobst said.
Personal Bests (HS)
- 60m Dash: 7.46s
- 100m Dash: 11.21s
- Long Jump: 21'-11.5" (6.69m)
Beejay Lee
Freshman - Sprints - Arcadia, Calif. (West Covina HS)
A scorcher on the track, Bernard (better known as "Beejay") Lee has come to New Mexico with immeasurable potential. Recruited out of SoCal's West Covina High School by a number of Pac-12 institutions, Lee opted to come to UNM. "We know he was being recruited by some pretty tough schools [including] UCLA, Oregon, USC," Brobst remarked. "The fact that we got him was great." Lee was crowned Hacienda League Champion in the 100m dash and 200m dash for three straight years, and was state champion in the 200m dash in his senior year. His blistering 20.96-second time in the 200m is the best when compared to the documented personal bests of the entire men's squad (including returning lettermen), and his 10.36s time in the 100m is second on the team. "He's probably one of the best recruits we've had come in this year," Brobst said. "He's one of the nation's top 100 runners."
Personal Bests (HS)
- 100m Dash: 10:36s
- 200m Dash: 20.96s
Floyd Ross
Transfer Junior - Jumps - Memphis, Tenn. (Barton County CC)
A transfer from Great Bend, Kansas's Barton County Community College, Ross has two years remaining of eligibility with the Lobos. Before transferring, Ross was part of a program that won the National Junior College Athletic Association Indoor Track and Field Championships his sophomore year, a competition where he placed second in the triple jump. "We're looking for him to potentially win conference in the triple jump and bring us some really solid points in the long jump," Brobst said. With the longest recorded triple jump (51'-4.5") compared to the rest of the current Lobos, Ross looks to make good on this evaluation. "[He] should be, hopefully, a national qualifier and borderline Olympic trials [qualifier]," Brobst said.
Personal Bests
- Long Jump: 23'-5.5" (7.15m)
- Triple Jump: 51'-4.5" (15.66m)
Donovan Torres
Freshmen - Distance - Lubbock, Texas (Coronado HS)
A standout runner for Coronado High School in Lubbock, Texas, Torres comes to New Mexico to contribute his success in the distance races. A district champion for four consecutive years and a state qualifier his last three years in high school, Torres left Coronado as the school record holder in the 1,600m (4:24), the 3,200m (9:26), the 3 mile run (14:43), and the 5,000m (14:55), all statistics that bode well for the freshman as he starts his collegiate athletic career. Look for Torres to cut down his times as he moves up the ranks, as his high-school mark in the 5,000m is the best among his fellow first-year Lobos.
Personal Bests (HS)
- 800-meters: 2:00.02
- 1600-meters: 4:24.79
- 3200-meters: 9:26.12
- 5,000-meters: 14:55.10
Robert Warensjo
Transfer Junior - Pole Vault - Sollentuna, Sweden (The Ridgeway School)
Another transfer with two years left of eligibility, Warensjo - who was originally from Sweden but grew up in England - is predicted to be one of the best pole vaulters on the New Mexico squad. Already with the best documented mark in the pole vault among this Lobos team, Warensjo looks to only improve and contribute more to New Mexico. "He will immediate come in as an impact scorer in the Mountain West Conference and hopefully go to nationals," remarks Associate Head Coach Rodney Zuyderwyk, whose coaching focus includes Jumps, Combined Events, and Throws. "He's got a lot of potential. We have some big goals for him. By outdoors, he's going to be hopefully one of the better jumpers in the country."
Personal Bests
- Pole Vault: 17'-2.75" (5.25m)
Samantha Bowe
Freshman - Heptathlon - Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva HS)
A local product out of La Cueva High School, Bowe is being primed as the next Lobos heptathlete. As a member of an impressive Bears track team that took first place at meets at the District, Metro, City, and State levels in 2011, Bowe left La Cueva as the school record holder in the pole vault and 4x200m relay. "She came out of high school as a good sprinter and pole vaulter," Zuyderwyk noted. "With her, we're going to tailor things towards the heptathlon for this indoor season. I think she can be a conference scorer for us there."
Personal Bests (HS)
- Pole Vault: 10'6" (3.20m)
Mickey Brown
Freshman - Sprints - Albuquerque, N.M. (La Cueva HS)
A former teammate of Bowe's at La Cueva, Brown also has an indelible legacy at her former high school, holding the school record in the 400m, the 4x200m relay (with Bowe), the medley relay and the 4x400m relay. "Her potential has not been tapped as of yet," quips Jim Ciccarello, La Cueva's head track and field coach. "She not only has talent to compete locally, but regionally, and nationally also." UNM's Brobst echoes those sentiments, noting how "she should be a conference scorer and definitely is going to help the females contribute to the conference championships [in the 4x400m relay]", irrespective of her relative youth.
Personal Bests (HS)
- 200m Dash: 26.90s
- 400m Dash: 54.16s
Christina Gastfield
Freshman - Distance - Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows HS)
Another vaunted runner out of high school, Gastfield is looking to start her freshman campaign at UNM off with a bang. Named All Mid-Suburban League Conference in cross country all through high school, Gastfield consistently bettered her performances, starting off 21st All-Conference in her freshman year, and finishing 7th, 9th and 2nd her last three years respectively. And on top of that, Gastfield was also All-State cross country from 2008 to 2010 and All-State in track and field with her personal-best time of 10:47 in the 3,200-meter run. A vocal team player who hosted her own blog on ESPN.com detailing her senior year of cross country, Gastfield has the potential to make a big impact for the Lobos going forward.
Personal Bests (HS)
- 1,600-meters: 5:08.50
- 3,200-meters: 10:47.84
- 5,000-meters: 17:46.62
Aasha Marler
Freshman - Jumps - Albuquerque, N.M. (Hope Christian HS)
Out of Albuquerque's Hope Christian High School, Marler is an athlete asked to try to contribute a lot to fill a huge void. "We're looking for her to step up since we've lost both Alesha Walker--who's now our GA [graduate assistant]--and Deanna Young," Brobst remarks. Walker, New Mexico's record holder for the women's long jump, and Young, the first women in UNM history to earn indoor All-American honors, have left big shoes to fill, but Marler has the potential to do so. Granted, there's some learning and progressing to do, but as Brobst observes "We're looking for some solid conference points from her...Hopefully [she can be] a three-event scorer."
Personal Bests (HS)
- 100m Dash: 12.31s
- 200m Dash: 26.04s
- High Jump: 4'8" (1.42m)
- Long Jump: 16'-3.75" (4.97m)
- Triple Jump: 38'6" (11.73m)
Jo Moultrie
Transfer Junior - Distance - Glasgow, Scotland (Turnbull HS)
As a transfer from Scotland, Moultrie comes to the Lobos with a wealth of international success and two years left as a Lobo to show it. With personal bests of 4:17.66 in the 1,500m and 9:38.80 in the 3,000m, Moultrie could have rewritten the record books had either mark been accomplished at UNM; her 1,500m time would be a new school record and her 3,000m time would have been sixth all-time. Nevertheless, Moultrie has plenty of time to establish herself as a dominant distance runner for New Mexico, where she has already contributed in the Lobos latest success in cross country, including back-to-back-to-back conference titles and a ninth-place finish in the NCAA Championships in 2011.
Personal Bests
- 800-meters: 2:07.31
- 1,500-meters: 4:17.66
- 3,000-meters: 9:39.80
Yeshemabet Turner
Freshman - Jumps/Sprints - Philadelphia, Pa. (Pecos HS)
Another in-state product from Pecos High School, Turner has the potential to do wonders for the Lobos. She not only is a three-time state champion in the triple jump and long jump and defending state champion in the high jump, she also holds the state records in the 100m dash (12.32s) and 200m dash (25.50s). Brobst pegs Turner as "another potential athlete" who "could do some really good things." On top of that, her high school coach, Leroy Barela, comments on how her "personality, respect for others, respect for self, dedication and discipline far supersede her illustrious athletic career," inasmuch as Turner is the consummate teammate as well as the consummate competitor.
Personal Bests (HS)
- 100m Dash: 12.32s
- 200m Dash: 25.50s
- High Jump: 5'4" (1.62m)
- Long Jump: 17'-9.75" (5.43m)
- Triple Jump: 37'9" (11.51m)
Lucretia Vigil
Freshman - Sprints - Aurora, Colo. (Rio Grande HS)
A natural-born athlete with a background in wrestling, Vigil is taking her talents from the mat to the track as she makes her way to New Mexico. Even though she qualified for Nationals in Girls Wrestling and placed fifth during high school, Vigil has embraced track and field, and projects to be another sprinter in the Lobos' arsenal of lightning-quick runners. "She was [fifth] at the state meet in the 400," Brobst comments. "We're looking for her to just develop on what she had in high school." Vigil will need some time to become fully acclimated to the unique rigors of track and field, but, as Brobst continues, "We're hoping that with full track training, she'll start to come into what she could be and develop as a track athlete."
Personal Bests (HS)
- 200m Dash: 26.71s
- 400m Dash: 1:00.37
Look next week before the home opener for Richard Stevens', GoLobos.com's Senior Writer, full indoor season preview. Also follow the UNM Track and Field team on Twitter by searching for UNM XC/TF or following @Lobo_track.


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Sure, the market caps are one way to look at them. However, both stocks are trading at P/E multiples that are far too high for any value investor to get in. They are both at multiples in the mid-30s, while the classic "value investors" (Graham, Buffett, etc.) only look at stocks in the 15-ish range. If you buy either of these shares, you might as well just go throw some money on the roulette table. There is a ton of froth in both of these stock prices. Look, for comparison at the shares of some old-school stocks, like Pfizer (trading at a multiple of around 15) and GE (~14). Even MSFT looks reasonably priced at around a 15 multiple.
Apple's Market Cap Exceeds Google's
Digital Daily brings BOOM!ing word that Apple's market cap has just exceeded Google's, at $159.37 vs. $157.56.
Good on Steve Jobs and Apple. And kudos to Valleywag for saying, way back in 2007 that this would happen because "Apple knows how to design not just gadgets, but the businesses that go around them."
We here at TiPb have been marveling at Apple's unique 360 degree spherical integration for a while now as well.
We, like pretty much everyone else in the blogosphere, probably can't help but wonder how Michael "I'd shut down Apple and give the money back to its shareholders" Dell is doing lately? But is all this market cap stuff really anything more than a seriously juicy headline? Any savvy investors reading, please enlighten me on how much more or faster this news, never mind the ever fickle and capricious dice-game that is the current market, will restore our childlike sense of wonder?
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See definition in Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionarySaltos de línea: re|assign
Pronunciación: /riːəˈsʌɪn/
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1Appoint (someone) to a different post or role: he had been reassigned to another post
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- You must have known now that I am relieving you from your current post and reassigning you back to internals.
- He then served as an instructor in engineering at West Point for two years after which he was reassigned to a post in Georgia.
- The current search began when the previous manager was reassigned from the post in August.
1.1Allocate or distribute (work or resources) differently: he ordered the ministries to reassign the vehicles
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- 'By closing those offices that are no longer efficient, the ministry can instead reassign resources and energy to other matters,' Chien said.
- Would the ability to reassign resources without downtime or service interruption be beneficial?
- Players need to help each other to complete the game, exchanging their partial views of the game, suggesting moves to each other, and reassigning the workload among themselves.
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- It also details insider hiring, slapdash dismissals of whistleblower complaints, staff reassignments to field offices and sudden departures by loyal and longtime staff members that have left the office crippled.
- Isn't the pattern of managing hasty reassignments and transfers for priests to keep them a step ahead of the law and accountability just what's gotten the Church into trouble?
- Having served in the military while married, I know the disruption that frequent reassignments to new bases can cause a service family.
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Black Friday update: Walmart to match prices
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. plans to match competitor prices beginning on Thanksgiving Day and running through the weekend. Customers can bring in competitors ads and the company says it will match the price of any identical product at the register. The offer does not apply to online purchases. Wal-Mart is also offering 150 online-only specials on Thanksgiving […] [Read More]
North Star to open new shops
Three new stores will open at North Star Mall in time for Christmas this year. A Michael Kors store and a Guess by Marciano store selling designer women's clothing are slated to open in early December. A Justice store will offer clothing and accessories for girls ages 7 to 14 as soon as this week. North […] [Read More]
J.C. Penney expands online
J.C. Penney Co. is going to collaborate with Hearst Magazines on two new online ventures. J.C. Penney and Hearst will be partners on a site called Gifting Grace, targeted at gifts for women ages 30 to 54, and Clad, which will offer designer menswear for men age 25 to 54. The sites will start […] [Read More]
Sears to open on Turkey day
Sears, Roebuck and Co. will open on Thanksgiving Day this year for the first time in the store's history, a spokeswoman said. All Sears stores will be open from 7 a.m. to noon, with doorbuster sales on jewelry, power tools and clothing. Other stores that plan to open on Thanksgiving Day include Kmart (also owned by […] [Read More]
Wal-Mart to offer free online shipping
Wal-Mart Stores said it will offer free shipping on nearly 60,000 online items with no minimum purchase requirement. Wal-Mart's free shipping offer, which includes most electronics, jewelry and toys, will run through Dec. 20. Rivals Target Corp. and J.C. Penney Co. also have free shipping offers. Target is providing free shipping when customers spend […] [Read More]
Office equipment business celebrates 20th anniversary
Knight Office Solutions started 20 years ago with one employee working from an upstairs bedroom office. Today, it has 50 employees, offices in San Antonio and Austin and continues to grow. On Wednesday, it will celebrate its 20th year in business at its new San Antonio location, 12961 Park Central, Suite 1470 with an open […] [Read More]
Toys R Us superstore opens Friday
Toys R Us will open a new superstore in San Antonio called "R" at 321 NW Loop 410, Suite 108, on Friday that will combine full-sized Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores under one roof. The 58,000-square-foot superstore is one of 25 the company has opened since 2007. At opening, the store will […] [Read More]
Kohl's held grand opening for customer center in S.A.
Kohl's Department Stores held a grand opening Wednesday morning for its San Antonio Customer Service and Operations Center in San Antonio. The center is located at 10000 Rogers Run Blvd. and employs 200. Within three years, it will have 1,000 employees, including part-time workers. The center is one of three in the country that services […] [Read More]
S.A. is getting new discount chain
San Antonio seems to attract more than its fair share of discount stores, and a company new to the market — California-based dd's Discounts — has opened two new stores. The stores are at 238 SW Military Drive, Suite 109; and 1739 SW Loop 410, Suite 702. Both will hold grand opening ceremonies on Saturday. […] [Read More]
"Pie on a Stick" coming to Alamo Heights
Be ready to put your diet on hold come late October. Boerne-based Tootie Pie Co. plans to add a third Tootie Pie Gourmet Café late next month at 5130 Broadway. The café will sell the company's signature pies as well as coffee, bagels, sandwiches and pastries. Tootie Pie's CEO said the company also is looking […] [Read More]
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MOURNERS paid tribute to a Bristol war veteran who served in the Second World War and in the Merchant Navy.
John MacDonald died aged 86 on May 11 after being taken ill with a chest infection.
Mr MacDonald, who lived in Kingswood with wife Betty, served in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers after leaving home in Fort William, Scotland in 1944.
The great-grandfather also sailed in the Merchant Navy and was an associate member of the Normandy Veterans' Association.
He was married to Betty for 42 years and had two daughters, Frances and Dee.
When he settled in Bristol he went on to work as a steel erector and was involved in projects on the Severn Bridge, Hinkley Point power station and Concorde at Filton.
In his later years Mr MacDonald took a massive interest in Bristol's Merchant Navy Association, which saw him take part in Armistice Day and remembrance parades.
His funeral was held yesterday at Our Lady of Lourdes parish church in Kingswood.


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"It happened very quickly," Lim says. "I knew what the perfect job looked like--I just explained that." In relatively short order, the perfect job offer was extended. "I called everyone I ever knew for the last 20 years and talked about it," says Lim, offering insight more to his collaborative method than his insecurity about doing the unthinkable. "I talked to the Garmin guys, my old professors at the University of Colorado, the Phinneys, my real estate agent and the FedEx lady." He even checked with his high school English teacher, and everyone agreed he should take the job.
All, that is, except for one person. "Certainly the hardest person to tell was Jonathan [Vaughters]," Lim says. "I knew he'd be angry, I knew he'd be upset. He has every right to be."
The high-profile RadioShack offer was gratifying, says Lim, partly because it affirmed mainstream appreciation for brainiacs everywhere. If one of the sport's top teams was seeking out a scientist, of all things, then science had arrived. It was a win for the whole geeked-out Radio Lab fraternity. Ooh-rah!
What he didn't understand right away was that his science wouldn't be applied so much to a team as to one legendary, age-bending athlete. The job, rumored to pay $500,000 per annum, would be to develop data for a Tour-specific set of physiological laws that applied to one entity attempting to achieve one result. Armstrong wanted to win the Tour again, and Lim was the guy who would help him do it.
This "N of one" phenomenon, as Lim terms it, came into a singular, sunny focus in Hawaii. There was no team; there was only Lance, Carmichael and Lim and a hastily assembled team comprised of both his regular assistants and outside experts, all bunkered in a luxurious, members-only community called Kuki'o, on the Kona coast. "Not bad," Lim says, meaning both the lava-landscaped environs and his unlikely place in it. Six years ago he was in the postgrad-school poorhouse, flirting with bankruptcy. Now he's ordering up fruity drinks from an open-air clubhouse overlooking the Pacific.
Some might stammer with discomfort over this turn, but not Lim. My first day there, he brings me to Armstrong's palatial lodge, which appears to be empty. A TV plays music, an infant carrier sits in the living room...but Lance, his then-seven-month-old, Max, and girlfriend Anna Hansen, are all notably absent. Undeterred, Lim works his way through private doors without hesitation. He eventually finds Armstrong and instructs me to relax in the boss's living room while he gets the visiting soigneur started. He has morphed from journal-keeping, kilojoules-counting researcher to primetime handler that quickly. Even Lance seems bemused by the transformation. "If my woman and kid show up," he says, smiling, "try to explain what you're doing here, okay?"
Quick adaptation to circumstances is a Lim family trait. Allen's father was born into wealth and privilege as the son of a cigarette-factory magnate in Shanghai, China. He remade himself in communist China, joining the Red Guard and helping usher in the industrial revolution as a geologist specializing in coal extraction. When the Cultural Revolution targeted educated professionals, the elder Lim snuck into Hong Kong by faking a family funeral and restarted again in the United States only months after Allen's birth. Ultimately he moved his young family out of East LA to the suburbs and put both Allen and his brother through college. It was the first case of someone going to bat for Allen--now part of a long list that ranges from his junior-prom date ("she said 'yes' even though I just stood there with my lower lip quivering with fear") to mentoring professors to famous cyclists.


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Three story lines
Boiling blood. Chiefs coach Todd Haley ensured emotions would be running high on both sides when he not only refused to shake hands with Denver's Josh McDaniels after the Nov. 14 game between the teams, but also wagged a finger at McDaniels.
Embattled coach. McDaniels' job security would be an issue if only for Denver's 3-8 record. Now he also must defend himself for not disclosing sooner that the Broncos had taped a portion of a recent opponent's practice session.
Chargers on their heels. At 7-4, the Chiefs are a game ahead of charging San Diego for the AFC West lead. With the showdown with the Chargers set for next week in San Diego, Kansas City needs to win to retain its margin of error.
Three key players for the Chiefs
RB Jamaal Charles. Kansas City's leading rusher had just 41 yards on 14 carries with a long run of seven yards in Denver's 49-29 win on Nov. 14. Charles must do better against a shaky run defense. He gouged the Broncos for a Chiefs-record 259 yards in last year's season finale.
DB Javier Arenas. The regular nickel back, Arenas was forced to play at cornerback last week in Seattle after injuries to Brandon Flowers and Jackie Bates. He survived nicely, but the task gets much more difficult if he's asked to do it against Denver's potent passing attack.
LB Tamba Hali. The Chiefs didn't sack Denver quarterback Kyle Orton in the recent meeting between the teams. In fact, they barely laid a hand on him. Hali needs to lead a stronger charge this time. He's been stuck on eight sacks for several weeks.
Three key players for the Broncos
RB Knowshon Moreno. He rushed for 106 yards against the Chiefs in November, the only time he's been over 100 yards this season. If he can be as effective this time, he will make the Chiefs' efforts to slow down quarterback Kyle Orton and the Denver passing game that much more difficult.
LB Mario Haggan. The veteran linebacker had a breakout game against the Chiefs the last time with three sacks. One of his sacks caused Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel to fumble. The Broncos recovered and ran it back for the touchdown that put the game out of reach. A similar impact from Haggan makes realistic Denver's hopes for an upset.
PR Eddie Royal. Kansas City's play on special teams has frequently been sloppy in recent weeks. The opportunity could be there for Royal to make a big play. He has the potential to tip the game in Denver's favor.
Bottom line
The Broncos dominated the Chiefs in a 49-29 win three weeks ago in Denver but things should be much different this time around with the game being played in Kansas City. The Chiefs won three of their last four home games by at least 18 points. The final margin on Sunday might not be so fat. But with the league's top rushing attack, a red-hot passing combination in Matt Cassel to Dwayne Bowe and an opportunistic defense, the Chiefs will have too much for the Broncos this time. Prediction: Chiefs 31, Broncos 24.


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Director Stokes Announces DNR Organizational Changes
DNR Director Rodney Stokes announced at the November Natural Resources Commission meeting the establishment of two new divisions. Effective January 8, 2012 the Forest Management Division (FMD) will no longer exist, and two new divisions – the Forest Resources Division and Office of Land Administration – will more effectively address the changing forestry needs in Michigan.
Director Stokes stated:
"The Forest Management Division (FMD) staff has carried a large portion of these responsibilities across a wide range of timber, oil, gas, mineral, land, fire management and recreation program activities. Because I believe it's better for each of our divisions to operate with a more singular focus, I am splitting FMD into more function-specific units."
The chief of the new Forest Resources Division (FRD) will serve as the state forester and report to the Director. The DNR is in the process of filling the state forester position right now. FRD will manage state forests and be a major partner with Michigan's timber industry. According to the DNR, FRD will continue to do all the traditional forestry work, including co-management of the forest with Wildlife Division, forest certification and the compartment review process. The traditional sources of funding for all forestry-related work will remain within FRD.
The Office of Land Administration will be a part of the DNR's Administration Bureau. This office will include the oil, gas, and mineral responsibilities currently held by FMD, as well as the Real Estate section that is currently in the Finance and Operations Division. The Real Estate section will begin to handle all department issues of trespass, easements and use permits.
Additionally, the Recreation and Trails section of the FMD will transfer to the Parks and Recreation Division, which will unify camping and trail management into one division. The forest recreation activities will now have increased ease of access to the Parks Division marketing and promotion efforts, the camping reservation system, and the new source of funding in the State Parks Endowment Fund now that the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund has met its cap.
"These are big changes," said Stokes, "but I believe these are necessary, right steps in order for the DNR to be successful in meeting its priorities and performing its mission."
In theory, MUCC thinks these changes could be positive if they lead to improved coordination between Forestry and Wildlife Divisions; an effective and efficient public input process; and improved access through trails to our state lands. Co-management of our state forests is required for forest certification and is a critical component of increasing quality habitat for our game species. This re-org must also maintain effective and efficient ways for the public to engage in decisions related to forest management.
However, as most government reorganizations of late have shown, the devil is in the details and these changes will require strong leadership and a guiding vision to be effective. The state forests are an important source of timber for our timber industry, but they are also important to hunting, fishing, trapping and recreation and should be managed as such.


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As part of an energy efficiency program, Grand Valley State University has received a $116,280 rebate check for purchasing two energy efficient air conditioning systems.
The rebate, paid by Consumers Energy as part of the Clean, Renewable, and Efficient Energy Act of 2008, was presented to GVSU on Friday, Nov. 30, after the university installed the units, which use less energy than its previous cooling units.
The 2008 law requires that 10 percent of Michigan's energy come from renewable sources by 2015.
Terry Pahl, a facilities engineer at the university, said an additional fee levied by Consumers as part of the energy law has motivated the university to look for efficiency projects. When efficiency upgrades are made, rebates are awarded.