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Who Will Romney Pick to Be His Running Mate?
1:23 PM, Mar 30, 2012 • By STEPHEN F. HAYES
With Mitt Romney leading the delegate race and the rapid coalescing of conservatives around him – Jeb Bush, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, and Paul Ryan with formal endorsements, and Jim DeMint and Pat Toomey with quasi-endorsements – there is increasing speculation about who the former Massachusetts Governor would pick as a running mate if he wins the Republican nomination.
I talked about this with Romney last week:
THE WEEKLY STANDARD: "I listened to your interview this morning with Charlie Sykes. You told him that if you won the nomination you'd have a long list of potential running mates that would include Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan. Do you have someone who's in charge of the vetting process?"
Mitt Romney: "I do not. And if I said that it's not exactly what I meant to say. I meant to say anybody would have a long list."
TWS: "That may be what you said. I may be mischaracterizing it."
Romney: "I don't have a list at this stage. I haven't put together a list. I haven't done any thinking about a VP contender at this point. I would anticipate that whoever our nominee is would start with a very long list because frankly we have quite a group of people who have the skill and the credibility to be viable members of a national ticket. So he asked me about a couple of names but there are – I don't have to tell you this – there's a long list of very capable folks, including people who've run this cycle."
TWS: "Would anyone on that list be pro-choice?"
Romney: "No."
Romney's last point rules out (very, very) long shots like Rudy Giuliani and perennial mention Tom Ridge. But it would also eliminate Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval, who has been the subject of some recent running mate chatter.
An article in BuzzFeed Thursday speculates that Nevada governor Brian Sandoval, who is Hispanic and was vetted by the FBI before taking a seat on the federal bench after his appointment by George W. Bush, would be a possibility. "With Eyes on Rubio, Signs that Sandoval Is In the Veepstakes: Senior Republicans are floating the Latino Governor of Nevada as a potential running mate. Like Rubio without the baggage."
Leaving aside the highly debatable claim that Rubio has "baggage," Romney's comments to me last week would seem to rule out Sandoval, who is pro-choice. (Romney said something similar during a presidential forum in South Carolina last September. Speaking of abortion, he declared: "This is an important enough issue that the person I would [have] selected in that position would share my views." The answer comes at 14:20 of this video.)
So what about Rubio? In an interview with National Review's Jim Geraghty, Rubio says, "[I]t's not going to happen. My position on that issue hasn't changed."
Geraghty asked Rubio if he's not expecting to be asked or if he'd turn it down if he was asked. "When you say it's not going to happen and you're not interested, they're not going to ask. You don't ask somebody to be your vice president who has already said they're not interested. It doesn't work that way, as you well know. There's a process to selecting a vice president. It's not like asking someone to go to the prom. This is a very significant decision that involves a lengthy process. If you're not involved in that process because you've made it clear you're not interested, you're not going to be asked."
That's not true, of course. The man who holds the job now, Joe Biden, told school children earlier this week that he turned down the offer before accepting it. And Dick Cheney turned it down not just once but three separate times before he told George W. Bush that he would serve as his running mate.
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The body of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Matthew Leach of Chesterfield will return home Monday before being laid to rest.
Leach, 29, passed away June 26 while serving his country in Afghanistan.
His body will be flown in to the Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township. It will then be escorted to the Wujek-Calcaterra Funeral home in Sterling Heights by a motorcade of motorcycles.
Visitation will be held Tuesday and the funeral will be held Wednesday.
The family has invited the Patriot Guard Riders, a motorcycle club who attends the funerals of U.S. armed forces members, to stand in honor of Leach's sacrifice.

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|Perinatal circulating visfatin levels in intrauterine growth restriction.
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|PMID: 17502346 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
|OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to investigate possible alterations in circulating levels of the adipocytokine visfatin in intrauterine growth-restricted and normal pregnancies, given that these groups differ considerably in fetal nutrition, body fat mass, and metabolic/endocrine mechanisms. METHODS: Serum visfatin levels were prospectively measured by enzyme immunoassay in 40 mothers and their 40 singleton term fetuses and neonates on postnatal days 1 and 4. Twenty neonates had intrauterine growth restriction (birth weight < or = 3rd customized centile, adjusted for parameters that influence growth potential), and 20 were appropriate for gestational age. RESULTS: Circulating maternal visfatin levels were significantly elevated in pregnancies with intrauterine growth restriction compared with control pregnancies with appropriate-for-gestational-age infants and negatively correlated with customized centiles in the group with intrauterine growth restriction. Postnatal day-1 and -4 visfatin levels were significantly higher in neonates with intrauterine growth restriction compared with neonates who were appropriate for gestational age. Postnatal-day-1 prefeeding insulin levels were significantly lower in neonates with intrauterine growth restriction. CONCLUSIONS: Pathologic conditions in pregnancy that lead to intrauterine growth restriction could be responsible for elevated maternal visfatin levels. Higher visfatin levels in neonates with intrauterine growth restriction may serve as an early marker with prognostic value for later development of insulin resistance or type 2 diabetes, whereas lower insulin levels may indicate reduced beta-cell mass and/or impaired beta-cell function.
|Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner; Despina D Briana; Maria Boutsikou; Evangelia Kouskouni; Demetrios Hassiakos; Demetrios Gourgiotis
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|Title: Pediatrics Volume: 119 ISSN: 1098-4275 ISO Abbreviation: Pediatrics Publication Date: 2007 Jun
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|Created Date: 2007-06-04 Completed Date: 2007-07-09 Revised Date: 2007-11-15
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On October 2, I'll be running the Twin Cities Marathon in Minnesota, my second marathon of the year and third race with a DetermiNation team (Boston and Indianapolis were the others). One of my favorite parts of running with DetermiNation is getting to meet my teammates from around the country in person. In many cases, …
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Top Wind Turbine Supplier Of 2012: Vestas Or GE?
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According to MAKE Consulting, the top 10 turbine suppliers of 2012 were as follows:
1. Vestas
3. Siemens
4. Gamesa
5. Enercon
6. Suzlon Group
7. Goldwind
8. United Power
9. Sinovel
10. Mingyang
MAKE Consulting says the No. 1 spot "went down to the wire," but Vestas ultimately pulled ahead of GE by a narrow 0.9% margin: Vestas held 14.6% of the global market, and GE held 13.7%. If all of GE's 2012 Brazil-based projects had been grid-connected, however, the firm says the OEM would have beat out Vestas.
Navigant Research's top 10 list, meanwhile, includes the same big-name companies but gives the lead to GE, with GE holding 15.5% of the global market and Vestas holding 14%. (Other deviations from MAKE's list include ranking Enercon, Suzlon and Gamesa fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.)
Navigant says GE's progress can be attributed to a rush to take advantage of the U.S.' production tax credit, and MAKE adds that GE's strong growth in emerging EMEA markets was also essential.
Regardless, both research firms seem to agree that Vestas still reigns as one of the largest OEMs and that 2012 was a huge year for GE.
Both reports also say that Chinese market leaders Goldwind and Sinovel slid down the rankings in 2012. According to Navigant, Sinovel "continues to drop in the rankings, narrowly maintaining its position in the top 10." Perhaps most notable, though, is that Goldwind dropped on both lists from second place in 2011 to seventh place last year.
In part, MAKE says the declines are due to a 26% decrease in Chinese installations, while Navigant says "transmission bottlenecks and manufacturing overcapacity" in the Chinese OEMs' home markets are to blame.
Both reports use the word "strong" when describing Siemens' 2012 growth, landing the OEM its third-place ranking. Navigant says Siemens did well in both the U.S. and offshore markets. Regarding Gamesa's ranking, MAKE notes that the OEM's performance in the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region compensated for a lower installation volume in the EMEA market.
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|Systolic, Diastolic and Mean Arterial Pressure at 30-33 Weeks in the Prediction of Preeclampsia.
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|PMID: 23328077 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher
|Objective: To investigate the potential value of measuring mean arterial pressure (MAP), systolic (sBP) and diastolic (dBP) blood pressure at 30-33 weeks' gestation in the prediction of preeclampsia (PE) developing at or after 34 weeks. Methods: Screening study in singleton pregnancies at 30-33 weeks' gestation including 4,294 that were unaffected by PE, gestational hypertension (GH) or delivery of small-for-gestational-age neonates (normal group), 145 that subsequently developed PE [37 cases requiring delivery at 34-37 weeks (intermediate PE) and 108 delivering at or after 38 weeks (late PE)] and 161 that developed GH. The a priori risks for intermediate and late PE from maternal demographic characteristics and medical history were determined. The a posteriori risks were calculated by combining the a priori risks with the likelihood ratios for MAP, sBP and dBP, which were calculated from fitted bivariate gaussian distributions. Results: The mean multiple of median MAP, sBP and dBP were significantly higher in the intermediate and late PE groups than in the normal group. In screening by a combination of maternal characteristics and MAP, the estimated detection rates of intermediate and late PE, at a false-positive rate of 10%, were 70.3 and 62.0%, respectively. The respective detection rates for sBP were 62.2 and 59.3% and for dBP were 62.2 and 57.4%. Conclusion: Combined testing by maternal characteristics and blood pressure at 30-33 weeks could effectively identify women at high risk for subsequent development of PE.
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It is the first week of the month, so you know what that means right?!?!? For me, that means that I have a new showroom to review over at ShoeDazzle! I am always excited to see the new items for some reason…don't judge me! lol
So like I have been doing for the last few months, I'll post my favorite pics, but before I do that I want to show you the boots I scored last week from them for just $17.92….woot woot!
Last week they had 30% off on boots sale plus I also had a $15 credit that I was able to use, so for just $18 I am very happy with these riding boots. ShoeDazzle is now offering a $15 credit to your account if you purchase within the first week of the month, so that is a great way to have that credit in there when they do run a sale….it's what I did! 😉
Here is my first choice this month that may make my shopping cart:
So, I must say that I am really torn between which one to choose. I know I want to get more boots in the closet, but really….I AM in Florida so I have a ways to go before I can start pulling out the boots without looking ridiculous in this 95 degree weather. I really want both of the handbags…I mean I REAAALLLY do! I think I have a master plan of getting one of them now and then I will have enough stylepoints to get the other bag for "FREE"!!!
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Wanderlei Silva says recent facial surgery a necessity for "fresh beginning" at 185 pounds
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Hoping to end some of the widespread speculation about his recent plastic surgery, Wanderlei Silva on late Friday released a new video blog to discuss the necessity of the procedure.
Silva said a massive amount of scar tissue required his surgeon to rework the area around his eyes and nose.
After the first post-surgery photos hit the online MMA world last month, many fans pointed to a "pulled-back" look to Silva's eyes. While such a procedure is usually done to make one look younger, Silva said his surgery was all about necessity and wanting a fresh start for a run in the UFC's middleweight division.
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ELM GROVE, TEXAS (San Saba County). Elm Grove is a tiny rural community located off Farm Road 765 about twenty-six miles northwest of San Saba in the northwestern corner of San Saba County near the McCulloch and Brown county lines. This settlement probably began by the early 1900s. Highway maps in the 1930s showed Elm Grove Church, dwellings, and Post Oak School. The church and school were still shown in 1964, but by 2000 only the locale itself was identified on highway maps. Elm Grove had a population of fifteen.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Laurie E. Jasinski, "ELM GROVE, TX (SAN SABA COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hne37), accessed November 25, 2015. Uploaded on June 12, 2010. Modified on November 17, 2011. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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Sushi loving people of Manhattan take heed – Tanoshi is overrated.
Since the excellent Jiro Dreams of Sushi hit theaters in 2012, people without the will or the means to travel to Sukiyabashi Jiro have been looking for the next best thing. The director of the Jiro flick David Gelb said in an interview that his favorite NYC sushi spots are 15 East and Sushi Yasuda, two excellent choices, yet people still weren't satisfied. It's hard to go a dinner at the sushi bar nowadays without hearing the word "Jiro" mentioned a least half a dozen times.
The craze hit a fever pitch when J. Kenji López-Alt at Serious Eats exclaimed to the world that he's found the "Holy Grail" of sushi, which was picked up by Eater, then subsequently discussed to death on Yelp and other media. The folks at Immaculate Infatuation followed up with a glowing review, and immediately Tanoshi became the hottest sushi bar seat in town…. until Nakazawa came to town, but that's another story for another day.
I went into my meal then with lofty expectations, yet there were too many issues for this to be considered the holy grail.
The first thing I noticed as I took my seat in front of Chef Toshio was the pre-cut pieces of fish stacked atop one another. There seems to be a small mound for each seating. At the best sushi restaurants chefs religiously wipe their knives and board to avoid cross contamination of flavor for different fish, apparently not something practiced here. The texture and flavor of the fish also starts to deteriorate as soon as it's cut from the neta.
About 5 pieces into the omakase meal, another issue took me by surprise. The BYOB policy and crammed quarters results in a seriously loud and sometimes obnoxious atmosphere, the noise level is closer to that of an Izakaya than a proper sushi restaurant.
The nigiri sushi were a combination of hits and misses. From the 10 piece omakase, the standout were the white fish and the uni with quail egg. Although I must say I was hesitant to eat the Maine sourced sea urchin (delicious, but endangered). The mackerel lacked the intense flavor of silverfish, and the comically small piece of scallop (slized 1/3 of a whole piece) was devastatingly glazed with eel sauce. When you charge $65 per head, I expect an entire scallop. Of the 10, 3 pieces were grazed by the blow torch, quite a high number.
You also get a comically small
cup shot of miso soup.
Trying to salvage a meal, we ordered a-la-carte. The Kyushu mackerel had a much more intense flavor than the piece from the set menu. To wrap up the evening, "botan" giant sweet shrimp topped with uni undoubtedly the highlight – a blissful mix of intense flavors and soft creamy mouth-feel.
The bill, without alcohol, came to just over $100 per person after tip, making it pricey for a regular neighborhood meal. Meanwhile the quality is not quite good enough to be considered destination dining. Given the same budget, I would go south to Sushi Dojo or Sushi Azabu, two superb restaurants.
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UPDATED: Fire destroys residence on Iron Mountain Road in Keswick
A fire of undetermined origin destroyed a home tonight on Iron Mountain Road in the Keswick area.
Firefighters were sent to 11383 Iron Mountain Road about 7 p.m. after dispatchers received numerous reports of a fire.
Fire crews don't think anyone was inside the residence, but they're investigating, said Mark Kendall, battalion chief for the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The cause of the fire also is being investigated.
The fire was declared contained at 8:12 p.m. Shasta County Fire Department and Cal Fire crews were aided by the Old Shasta Fire Department, Shasta Lake Fire Protection District and Redding Fire Department.
The fire knocked down a power line into the roadway and closed a small section of Iron Mountain Road for at least two hours.
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Many years ago I watched a PBS documentary on ancient Christian sites in Ethiopia. Totally fascinated from the safety of my living room armchair. Would I ever get there? Not a chance, only a dream. But the dream began to unfold as I visited Lalibela (rock churches) and Aksum (Chapel of the Ark of the Covenant).
Then the big one--the mountain monastery that can be accessed only by rope! In the middle of a street in Aksum, my tour guide, Teshome, kept urging me to stay on for two more days. I said I could manage only one day. Then I remembered this mountain monastery, and asked if it is in the area. Who da thunk? It was only a one-day trip--so off we went.
The Debre Damo monastery was started by a 6th century Syrian monk for whom not being pestered by people was apparently number one on his checklist, 'How to start a monastery.' Anyway, it is still a living monastery with over 200 monks, deacons and boy apprentices living on its plateau top. Due to its antiquity, it remains one of the most sacred sites for the Ethiopian Coptic Church, though isolated in the far north on the Eritrean border.
This is the ultimate guy place--forget the sports bars downtown Toronto! Not even female animals are allowed.
I qualified, so agreed--without consulting my interior fear factor--to make the trip. The mountain area is over 6,500 feet above sea level, and the rope-climbing cliff itself is 50 feet.
The 'safety' rope is an oxen leather strap placed around my waist and a 'trusted' monk holding it at the top to prevent me from falling. Then I am given a braided 'climbing' rope which is my key to getting to the top and back, with only the strength of my pulling power and ingenuity in finding enough small crevices in the cliff to place my feet for leverage.
This Note is proof positive that I made it. Teshome was so impressed (my silver a hair undoubtedly a factor) he gave me a big hug for my successful journey!
Here are some photos of the mountain from a distance and the climb.
Here are a few pics of the monastery. The centre of the community is the church--the oldest church in Ethiopia still in its original style (renovated a few years ago). The design is a layering of stone and strips of olive wood (which lasts about 2,000 years). Olive trees grow on the top but--you guessed it--even they are not fruit-bearing!
The church also holds many ancient and valuable manuscripts. One of the highlight pics for me is this one of a monk holding open one of these early volumes of the Scriptures with colourful illustrative paintings.
There is a chapel at the base of the mountain, especially for women who wish to pray there but are not allowed on the top. And there are remains of a convent that in the past housed an order of nuns. Finally, out on the ledge, a few feet down, is a small cemetery. Women are allowed to be buried there on request, I suppose based on the virtue, 'Better late than never!' Less attractive is that the cemetery can be unappealing to the nostrils in hot weather, since the graves are shallow due to being chiseled out of solid rock.


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Shawn Minnich will become Northeastern School District's new superintendent July 1, following the school board's decision in November to not renew the contract of Supt. Jody Nace for the coming school year.
Board member Chris Neiman cast the lone dissenting vote Monday, explaining after the meeting that she supported Nace when the board voted in November, and she wanted to continue expressing her support for the current superintendent.
Minnich, currently the district's assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction, has worked for the district since 1996 when he was hired as an elementary teacher.
"I'm happy to continue serving the district," Minnich said following Monday's board meeting.
The board also notified Stacey Sidle, assistant superintendent, of its intentions to grant her a new contract and reappointed Brian Geller to another term as director of operations. Both three-year terms begin July 1.
"Congratulations to all three of you," said board President Margie Walker following the board votes, adding "we look forward to working with all three of you."
The board intends to abolish Minnich's current position -- assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction -- effective June 30, according to a news release. However, there was not public discussion on the matter during Monday's meeting.
Despite a full meeting room Monday, none of the residents offered any comment on the personnel moves or any other district issues.
In November, Neiman was one of three board members who voted in favor of keeping Nace. Another supporter, Albert Byrnes, resigned from the board following the decision.
The reasons for the board decision to cut ties with Nace were never publicly aired as officials cited the confidentiality of personnel decisions.
Nace will continue as superintendent until her contract ends on June 30, according to a news release.
About the superintendent
Shawn Minnich was appointed to superintendent by the Northeastern School Board Monday night.
His three-year term starts July 1.
Minnich earned a bachelor's and master's degree from Millersville University and his supervisory certification, letter of eligibility for superintendent and educational doctorate from Temple University, according to a news release.
Minnich was previously an elementary teacher, assistant principal and principal within the district.


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The Fort Mitchell Audit, Budget and Finance Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 in council chambers of the city building, 2355 Dixie Highway.
The committee will review the preliminary year-end audited financial statement and October's financial statement. The committee also will review and discuss a request for proposals for banking services.
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Two Caddo Juvenile Detention Center guards are accused of accosting kids they were suppose to be protecting.
Allan Bigham Brown II and Irma Jean Williams each have been charged with battery for separate incidents. Both were arrested Friday, according to Caddo Sheriff's office spokeswoman Cindy Chadwick.
Brown, a five-year employee, is accused of pinning a 15-year-old boy down, leaning on him with his weight and pushing his elbows into the boy's chest on Nov. 15. ...


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John Timpson
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Born 1943
Director 1969—1973 1975—1985
Chairman 1985
John Timpson was born in 1943 and was educated at Oundle and Nottingham University.
After a six month Graduate Training Scheme with C & J Clark at Street, he joined the family footwear business William Timpson Limited, becoming the Director responsible for buying in 1970.
Following the acquisition of the Company by the UDS Group in 1973, he became Managing Director of leather and fur retailers, Swears & Wells Limited and in 1975 was appointed Managing Director of William Timpson his original family business.
In 1983 he led a £42m management buyout of the Company which had become part of the Hanson Trust. In 1987 he sold the shoe shops to rival retailer George Oliver and subsequently concentrated on building up the shoe repairing and key cutting business, which he has diversified into engraving, watch repairs, dry cleaning and photo processing.
In September 1995 he acquired the 120 shop Automagic chain and in April 2003 bought Minit UK which added another 200 shoe repair shops. In June 2008 the company acquired over 40 Sainsbury concessions, trading as Persil Services, and in December 2008 bought 187 shops branded Kick and Max Spielmann. Timpson now has over 800 branches nationwide with a turnover of £150m and profits of over £10m. It is a private business wholly owned by John Timpson and his family.
Mr Timpson has been married to his wife Alex for 41 years and they live in Cheshire. They have five children Victoria (40), James (37), Edward (35), together with Oliver (33) and Henry (21).
Mr & Mrs Timpson were foster carers for 29 years during which time they fostered over 80 children.
He is a Trustee at Uppingham School and until its merger with the NSPCC was a trustee of ChildLine. He has also been Chair of the Governors at Brookway High School, Wythenshawe, Delamere Primary School, Cheshire and Terra Nova School, Jodrell Bank.
In 2000 he wrote a book 'Dear James,' which passes on to his son the lessons learned in 30 years as a Chief Executive. He describes his business philosophy in his latest book 'How to Ride a Giraffe.
For 10 years he has had his own column under the name 'Timpo' in the magazine Real Business and is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph.
John is in demand for an increasing number of speaking engagements talking about his unique business style which he calls 'Upside-down Management.'
In 2004 he was awarded the CBE in the Birthday Honours List for Services to the Retail Sector.
Mr Timpson's main leisure interests outside the business are connected with sport, he regularly plays Tennis, Golf and Real Tennis.
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When I lost my best friend Emma to a heroin overdose and found her dead in her mothers flat.
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I've been clean for many years now so don't worry about me.
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Rikers Inmates Learn How To Code Without Internet Access (fastcompany.com) 173
An anonymous reader sends the story of another prison where inmates are learning the basics of programming, despite having no access to the vast educational resources on the internet. Instructors from Columbia University have held a lengthy class at New York's Rikers Island prison to teach the basics of Python. Similar projects have been attempted in California and Oklahoma. The goal wasn't to turn the students into professional-grade programmers in just a few classes, [Instructor Dennis] Tenen emphasizes, but to introduce them to the basics of programming and reasoning about algorithms and code. "It's really to give people a taste, to get people excited about coding, in hopes that when they come out, they continue," says Tenen. ...Having an explicit goal—building the Twitter bot—helped the class focus its limited time quickly on learning to do concrete tasks, instead of getting bogged down in abstract discussions of syntax and algorithms.


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I have grown in one part to cover a boring fence a evergreen plant that came from a flower arrangement against it.I think its a kind of variegated privet.any how it grew espaliered across the fence on its own and I just clipped it to keep it neat and in line and it makes a good cover.
I have not won anything but thats my luck,I have only ever won a broken hair drier,but who knows......
This is the photo I tried to do but failed the frist time.I must go back and visit again I really enjoyed it there.
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Rangers announce spring training schedule; includes two games in Las Vegas
The Rangers announced a 34-game 2012 spring exhibition schedule Tuesday, that includes a pair of games against the Chicago Cubs in Las Vegas and three games in Texas to finish out spring training.
The Rangers will open the spring schedule on March 4 against Kansas City and will play 16 of their 29 Arizona exhibitions in Surprise. The Rangers will make their first overnight mid-spring training trip since moving to Arizona in 2003 on March 17-18 when they face the Cubs in Las Vegas. At the end of spring, the Rangers will play Triple-A affiliate Round Rock Express on April 2 at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock (6:05 p.m.) and Double-A Frisco RoughRiders on Wednesday, April 4 (2:05 p.m.) in Frisco. Texas will also play an exhibition game on Tuesday, April 3 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington against an opponent still to be announced. It is possible the Rangers will play a Mexican League team in that game. The Rangers open the season at home April 6 against Chicago.
From the Rangers' department of press releases:
"The Texas Rangers are scheduled to play 34 spring training games in 2012, including 29 Cactus League contests. The club released its complete spring training schedule and pricing on Tuesday.
Texas' 29-game Arizona schedule features 16 contests at Surprise Stadium/Billy Parker Field. The Rangers will be the home team for 14 of those games and will be the visiting club for two contests against the Kansas City Royals, who share the Surprise complex with Texas. Those two teams will play three times overall in Surprise in 2012, opening the spring schedule with consecutive games on Sunday, March 4 (Rangers home game) and Monday, March 5 (Royals home game), the latter date being the Surprise Sundancers Charity Game. Kansas City will also be the home team for the final spring meeting between the clubs on Wednesday, March 28.
In addition, the Rangers will host the San Diego Padres twice and play the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Milwaukee Brewers, Oakland A's, and San Francisco Giants once each in Surprise. At the other Cactus League parks, the team has two games with the Indians and one each with the Diamondbacks, Cubs, White Sox, Reds, Rockies, Angels, Dodgers, Brewers, Padres, Giants, and Mariners.
Texas will play 6:05 p.m. MT games in Surprise with Cincinnati on Monday, March 26 and versus San Francisco on Thursday, March 29. The opener versus Kansas City on Sunday, March 4 is a 12:05 p.m. MT game. All other Rangers games in Surprise will be 1:05 p.m. MT starts.
In addition, the Rangers will participate in the 2012 Big League Weekend in Las Vegas, meeting the Chicago Cubs on Saturday and Sunday, March 17-18 at Cashman Field, the regular season home of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League Las Vegas 51s. The Rangers, who will be the road team for the two games and the Cubs will play a pair of day games with the times to be announced. This is scheduled to be the Rangers' first games ever in Las Vegas. The club was scheduled for a two-game series against Colorado at Cashman Field in March 2004 but both contests were rained out.
Texas will also play Cactus League split squad games in Arizona on those dates, March 17 vs. Arizona in Surprise and March 18 against Milwaukee in Maryvale.
The Rangers will close the 2012 spring training slate with three exhibition games in the state of Texas. The club will play its Triple-A affiliate, the Round Rock Express on Monday, April 2 at the Dell Diamond in Round Rock (6:05 p.m.) and its Double-A affiliate the Frisco RoughRiders on Wednesday, April 4 (2:05 p.m.) at Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco. Texas will also play an exhibition game on Tuesday, April 3 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington with the opponent and time to be announced. The Rangers begin defense of its second consecutive A.L. championship on Friday, April 6 versus the Chicago White Sox at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
2012 individual ticket prices for Texas Rangers games at Surprise Stadium: Lower Dugout–$25.00; Upper Dugout–$22.00; Infield–$19.00; Plaza–$15.00; and Lawn–$7.00. Full season and 7-Game ticket packages are also available as well as group ticket packages. Parking is free to all games at Surprise Stadium.
Full season ticket packages go on sale Monday, December 5, and information is available by calling 623-222-2222 or by going to surprisespringtraining.com.
Spring training individual tickets for 2012 may be purchased in one of four ways:
2012 TEXAS RANGERS SPRING TRAINING SCHEDULE (As of Nov. 29, 2011)
(All Times Mountain Except Where Noted)
Sunday, March 4 vs. Kansas City Royals, Surprise Stadium, 12:05 p.m.
Monday, March 5 vs. Kansas City Royals (Charity Game), Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 6 at Arizona Diamondbacks, Salt River Fields, 1:05 p.m.
Wednesday, March 7 vs. San Diego Padres, Peoria, 1:05 p.m.
Thursday, March 8 vs. Chicago White Sox, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Friday, March 9 vs. Los Angeles Dodgers, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Saturday, March 10 at Chicago White Sox, Glendale, 1:05 p.m.
Sunday, March 11 vs. Cleveland Indians, Surprise Stadium,1:05 p.m.
Monday, March 12 vs. Seattle Mariners, Peoria, 1:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 13 at Cleveland Indians, Goodyear, 1:05 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14 vs. Colorado Rockies, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Thursday, March 15 vs. Oakland A's, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Friday, March 16 at Los Angeles Dodgers, Glendale, 1:05 p.m.
Saturday, March 17 vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (ss), Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (ss) at Cashman Field, Las Vegas, TBA
Sunday, March 18 at Milwaukee Brewers (ss), Maryvale ,1:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (ss) at Cashman Field, Las Vegas, TBA
Monday, March 19 vs. Milwaukee Brewers, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 20 at Chicago Cubs, Mesa, 1:05 p.m.
Wednesday, March 21 Off Day
Thursday, March 22 vs. Chicago Cubs (ss), Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m. Cincinnati Reds (ss) Goodyear 7:05 p.m.
Friday, March 23 at San Francisco Giants, Scottsdale, 7:05 p.m.
Saturday, March 24 vs. Los Angeles Angels, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Sunday, March 25 at Los Angeles Angels, Tempe, 1:05 p.m.
Monday, March 26 vs. Cincinnati Reds, Surprise Stadium, 6:05 p.m.
Tuesday, March 27 vs. San Diego Padres, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Wednesday, March 28 vs. Kansas City Royals, Surprise Stadium, 6:05 p.m.
Thursday, March 29 vs. San Francisco Giants, Surprise Stadium, 6:05 p.m.
Friday, March 30 at Colorado Rockies, Salt River Fields, 7:10 p.m.
Saturday, March 31 at Cleveland Indians, Goodyear, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday, April 1 vs. San Diego Padres, Surprise Stadium, 1:05 p.m.
Monday, April 2 at Round Rock Express, Dell Diamond in Round Rock, 6:05 p.m. (CDT)
Tuesday, April 3 vs. (To Be Announced), Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, TBA
Wednesday, April 4 vs. Frisco RoughRiders, Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, 2:05 p.m. (CDT)
Home Games in Bold ss-split squad
NOTE: Surprise is one hour behind Texas time through March 10 and two hours behind beginning March 11
Cactus League Home Games Played at Surprise Stadium/Billy Parker Field, Surprise, AZ


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Goldberg to emcee BAFTA LA Spielberg tribute
Whoopi Goldberg will emcee the BAFTA LA 10th Annual Britannia Award presentation to Steven Spielberg to be held in Los Angeles on Nov 4. Spielberg will be honoured with the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence In Film.A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Shoah Foundation of which Spielberg is the founder; the event is being sponsored by New Economy business Sapient.Goldberg was directed by Spielberg in 1985 in The Color Purple for which she ...
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Well, one thing is for sure. What happens one week in terms of on field success or failure means very little the next week.
With football it truly is not about the best team, it's all about who is the best team that day.
In Montreal, the Bombers came in and won a game I didn't think they had a chance to win. Especially when you consider all the early turnovers (three in the first quarter alone) and that they were on the road after losing at home in Week 1.
But, Buck Pierce was exceptional in burning the blitz Montreal sent time and time again. Almost every time the Als sent extra people to force a throw as fast as possible, Pierce found a receiver and made a good play out of a possible negative play.
Yes, he took some shots but I don't know if that can be avoided. They key to beating a blitz is waiting until the last moment or else the receiver may not be open or separated from the defensive back. Throw too early it's an incomplete pass, wait too long and it's a quarterback sack. Pierce was magnificent in showing courage to wait for just the right moment.
Defensively, after two weeks Winnipeg leads the CFL with 11 quarterback sacks. All of those have come against Anthony Calvillo, a player who is exceptional at getting rid of the ball before you can get to him.
It was a very good game by Winnipeg on defence, but let me say this: something is wrong in Montreal. I have never seen Anthony Calvillo so frustrated and despondent over the course of a game.
With turnover after turnover Montreal's defence played well enough to keep the Alouettes in the game. But, the timing, efficiency and precision needed to execute on offence was completely absent. At the end of the third quarter, Montreal had just 59 passing yards and four first downs. In all, 15 of their 20 possessions in the game were two-and-outs.
I hesitate to say this as he is no longer with the Als, but, this would not happen if Marc Trestman was running the show. So why is this so difficult?
The easy, but truthful answer is this: offence is the coordination of the offensive line, receivers, running back and quarterback and the Als don't have it. The new playbook has yet to be mastered by the players who run it. The Als can do one of two things going forward: Run a more Calvillo friendly playbook or have patience and take your lumps until the present one is mastered.
In BC I could see the outcome before it happened. There was no way the BC Lions were not going to respond after being humiliated in Calgary in Week 1. Often it is not who you play, but when you play a team. If team A is playing team B and that team B (BC lions) is at home, coming off a loss , playing their 1000th game in franchise history in their 60th anniversary and you as the visiting team have not won on their home turf since 2002, good luck .
Still, for Toronto that loss in BC will provide many good coaching points to use as improvement opportunities. They can use the "Vancover experience" to their benefit, and they have to as on Thursday night the play the best team in the league in the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
The Riders are for real. They are very balanced in all three phases with speed on defence, good quarterback play on offence and one of my personal favorite players, Jock Sanders in the return game. I only know two "Jocks" in my life. Both are good at what they do, but the one in Saskatchewan is a joy to watch. The other one I just talk to back and forth.
I am surprised at the Riders' early success. When head coach Cory Chamblin made all those coaching moves in the off-season I could not understand why. Well, it's early but George Cortez and the new assistants have that team humming and for a team that historically struggles in July, they are rolling early this year.
With Hamilton, I'm not sure what to say. It was brutal.
Just like BC and Winnipeg, the Edmonton Eskimos had to win this game and they did. Mike Reilly, let's be honest, still has a way to go. He has to improve.
The Eskimos offensive line, which is massive averaging 6-foot- 8 and over 300 pounds, looked better and helped the team win a game in very difficult weather conditions. For coaches, that type of game can be very frustrating as it is tough to obtain a clear picture of progression or regression because you have to take the weather into consideration. Still, Edmonton won so a bit of pressure is off.
Hamilton lost and the pressure is on them. For the second week in a row, the Ticats did not play well on defence early. Against Toronto, they gave up a six-play, 83 yard drive for a touchdown on the Argos' first possession of the game. Against Edmonton, they allowed a 70-yard run by Hugh Charles for a touchdown on the Eskimos first drive.
He who scores first usually wins and the Ticats have to start scoring first. And last, and in between. Another troubling aspect of Ticat football so far is their zero quarterback sacks. This is a problem because it was a problem last year. Great coverage and a great pass rush go together. One cannot function without the other. The Ticats must either improve or find some defensive ends that can explode from the outside and get to the quarterback before he can get rid of the ball.
So what have we learned after two weeks? Well, not really a lot except that the Riders are on a roll and everyone else needs to improve in a very specific area. There is truth to the fact that early in the season you are still trying to figure out your team. With only two "practice games" you just don't know what you have because the difficult to describe "chemistry " is still coming together.
By the end of Week 3 you should have a good idea and after Week 4 you know.
We will all have a good idea one week from Monday.
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Penn-Trafford hands Norwin first section loss in boys basketball
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With one big fourth quarter, Penn-Trafford went from a huge hole in the playoff race to putting all of the top four places back in play.
The Warriors handed Norwin its first Section 1-AAAA loss in boys basketball by closing the game with a 10-2 run on its way to a 64-54 win at home on Jan. 15.
Corey Stanford scored eight of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, and Andy Abreu added 19 points and a team-high eight rebounds for Penn-Trafford (11-5, 4-3), which snapped a three-game section losing streak. Matt Stewart had 17 points and 13 rebounds to lead Norwin (8-6, 5-2).
"I think we're going to start rolling now," Abreu said. "We had a little slump where we lost our focus and started to slide down a little bit, but I think we're back in it now."
Norwin, which entered the game as the only 5-0 team in the section, led 45-42 entering the final quarter. But the offensive rebounding and balanced scoring that put Norwin in the lead became Penn-Trafford's formula to take the lead late.
Five different P-T players scored in the final quarter, while Norwin had just two field goals in the final period — a mid-range jumper by Zach Bryan and a driving lay-up by Stewart.
"It's nice to hear that (five players scored) because it hasn't been that way for a while. Those guys know that," Penn-Trafford coach Ryan Yarosik said. "When Corey has the ball, sometimes we just sit back and watch him. We tell the guys to move and help each other out, and we're starting to get that motion offensively."
"We just lost our composure, and that happens in a big game," Norwin coach Lynn Washowich said.
"We took a host of bad shots in the fourth quarter. We consider anything that's contested a bad shot, and I'm going to guess we took about 12 of them in the fourth quarter. P-T didn't take contested shots, and that was the difference in the game."
The Warriors' defense led to its first lead of the second half, when Dorian Stevens got a steal and set up Stanford for a layup in transition that put Penn-Trafford ahead, 47-46.
The teams traded the lead until Christian Rohaus opened up a four-point advantage for P-T with a 3-pointer. Norwin stayed close until Rohaus hit Darren Mihm with a back-door pass for a wide-open layup that began the game-ending run and made the score 56-52.
"When we're all five there on the court contributing, we're very good," Abreu said. "On that play, me, Corey, Dorian, we're all coming to try and get the ball, and then Darren cuts back door, and he's wide open. That's what we need."
Penn-Trafford opened the game with a 17-6 run that had the home crowd excited, but Norwin responded with a 13-1 run of its own that was fueled by its advantage on the glass. Near the midway point of second quarter, the Knights had a 13-6 edge in rebounds, but by the end of the game, Penn-Trafford cut the final margin to 33-27 — a one-rebound P-T advantage over the final two-and-a-half quarters.
"One of the things we talked about at halftime was that when we defended and rebounded, it got us a 17-10 lead (after one quarter)," Yarosik said. "We lost that edge in the second quarter, and I don't know if we got winded, but we said in the second half that we were going to use our five timeouts to make sure we were rested and ready to go rebound."
Both teams posted the same result in section games on Friday. Penn-Trafford picked up a 75-31 win over Albert Gallatin, led by 16 points each from Rohaus, Stanford and Stevens, while at the same time, Norwin fell against Hempfield, 56-50, led by 23 points from Stewart.
The result of last week's games is a five-team race for the section title and four playoff spots. Norwin entered the week tied with Hempfield and Kiski Area atop the section at 5-2, while P-T and Latrobe are a game behind at 4-3. With two full rounds of section games this week on Tuesday and Friday, the week began with five teams in control of their own destiny toward claiming a share of the section title.
Norwin travels to Latrobe for a battle of playoff contenders this Friday at 7:30 p.m., while Penn-Trafford has the weekend off ahead of its critical home game against Hempfield on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
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Tina Lemoine is the manager of the Beef Jerky Outlet at the Outlets at Louisiana Boardwalk and her son, Austin Lemoine, also works there. Nearly 40 beef jerky and other jerky flavors are available, as well as hundreds of other types of products.
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Jerky lovers, take note: a cured meat paradise exists at the Outlets at Louisiana Boardwalk in Bossier City just a few hundred yards from Bass Pro Shops.
More than 35 different flavors of beef, turkey, chicken and countless other types of jerky are available at Beef Jerky Outlet, and many options sit in barrels that line the edges of the store. There are even kits for sale to allow customers to make their own at home.
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Arlington, VA - Supermarket operators may soon have a way to monitor how and where customers shop their stores, using aggregated data from the shoppers' own smartphones.
That's the major takeaway from a test of the concept in two supermarkets last year undertaken by the Center for Advancing Retail & Technology (CART) and the National Grocers Association (NGA), the national trade association for independent grocers and wholesalers.
The information gathered - all of it non-personalized - could assist retailers in enhancing customers' shopping. Down the road, and with the buy-in of the customers themselves, the smartphone data could help guide shoppers to in-store only item discounts and specials.
"Knowing how customers actually move around a store, and having insight into where they spend their time versus just passing through, are two key benefits of this system that will help retailers improve product merchandising, store layout and their customers shopping experience", says Schuyler Hawkins, Vice President of Research Engineering for CART.
The study, which was conducted with support from Birdzi Inc., a provider of an in-store analytics and mobile engagement platform, also shows that the smartphone data can help fill out shopper profiles, such as whether the customer is new to the store or a repeat visitor. Such data would also enable retailers to gear up service levels for when repeat shoppers - typically the most desirable - are in the store.
The principals behind the study, CART, NGA and Birdzi, all emphasize that the smartphone data being collected protects the shoppers' anonymity.
"In today's environment, protecting shopper privacy is of paramount importance", says Shekar Raman, CEO of Birdzi. "The smartphone solution achieves this by passively detecting the unique Wi-Fi network address of the device. Nowhere do we have access to who the shoppers are or any of their personal information."
Copies of the "Discovering Shopper Behavior through New In-Store Metrics" paper may be obtained by PDF download by going to http://www.advancingretail.org/birdzi-case-study/
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I live near Dallas, TX with my wonderful husband, a 14 year old cat named Gidget, and our two dogs. I work a retail job full time and sometimes volunteer at a local shelter. My husband is a manager for a low-cost mobile pet vaccination clinic. If anyone is in the DFW area and would like affordable shots and preventative for their animals, a schedule can be found at http://www.vaccinationstation.com
I adopted both of my dogs from city shelters. My male is a pit/boxer mix named Panda who we are guessing is 2 years old. We have had him since 11-11-13.
We decided we have room for a second dog, so we went around to several shelters for a few months looking for a dog that would be a nice match.
We found Xena, an APBT, possiblyba mix, but she looks APBT, that we are guessing is near the age of our male considering their teeth, and brought her home.
My husband and I weren't looking for pits or pit mixes, but these dogs won our hearts.
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Women who take illegal drugs while pregnant can face jail in some US states, on the grounds that they're harming their unborn child.
But in some cases those charges are "bogus," writes Kristen Gwynne in a controversial at progressive site Alternet.
According to South Carolina law, mothers are only guilty of a crime if the fetus is harmed by the drugs. But in rare cases women are still charged and convicted, as happened to 21-year-old Regina McKnight, who was arrested for homicide when her baby was stillborn after a pregnancy in which McKnight had taken cocaine. The conviction was overturned after four years of her sentence, based on research showing that cocaine wouldn't have significantly harmed the fetus.
In Alabama taking drugs while pregnant constitutes "the crime of chemical endangerment," based on a personhood law that regards the fetus as a child. The Alternet piece suggests that Alabama's law is too sweeping, since not all drugs are equally likely to harm unborn babies.
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The U.S. Olympic Committee pays a $25,000 bonus to a gold medalist, $15,000 for silver and $10,000 for bronze. Professional sports contracts are laden with cash incentives. Best performers win Academy Awards and other recognition. America celebrates achievements.
In business, cash incentives are universal with executives and managers and close to universal in sales. In many jobs, tips are important. Profit-sharing plans, goal-sharing plans and piece-rate incentives are widely used.
Rewards influence employee behavior. The prospect of rewards — when effectively managed — triggers better performance. Yes, incentives can trigger undesirable consequences, but that's poor planning. Enron is an obvious example. The problems in the financial community are attributable in part to poorly planned incentives. Corporate executives are sometimes rewarded for what appears to be poor performance.
But the evidence is solid — incentives can raise performance levels.
Studies show incentives based on financial measures generate gains of $3 to $4 for every dollar paid to employees.
Recent media reports highlighted the misuse of bonuses. But regardless of past problems, financial rewards should play a role in the management of federal agencies. People want to be recognized for their achievements; federal employees are no different. The evidence: Pass-fail performance rating systems have always been unpopular. Agencies need effective practices to recognize and reward the best performers. With solid management, bonuses will contribute to better performance.
The amounts do not have to be large. Sometimes even silly awards can be powerful incentives. Years ago, the popular book "In Search of Excellence," by Thomas Peters and Robert Waterman, had a story about a golden banana used as an award. Carved from wood and painted gold, it was highly coveted and the highlight of an annual awards ceremony.
Companies budget for incentive awards. They are not paid out of leftover funds. Awards are planned as part of total compensation. The words "target" or "guideline," expressed as a percentage of salary, are used in planning and budgeting. There is a commitment to reward performance.
Government is, of course, not the same as the business world. Bonuses will always be low by comparison, but then expectations are lower. Awards are in some ways symbolic; they send a message that management recognizes the employee's achievements. If awards are limited to the best performers, a budget as small as 1 percent of payroll can produce meaningful rewards.
Agencies have mismanaged bonuses — the most high-profile recent example being the General Services Administration. When agencies award bonuses, there are often claims of discrimination and bias. News reports create the impression that awards are paid to far more employees in some agencies than others. The perception that awards are not fairly managed undermines their motivational impact. Agencies need to do better.
Two psychological theories apply to the impact of bonuses. First, equity theory argues employees value fair treatment and act to balance their work efforts and rewards. In other words, the best performers are likely to reduce their efforts or quit if their achievements are not recognized.
The second, expectancy theory, argues that employees are confronted with tradeoffs and make choices based on what they value and expect. For example, an employee is unlikely to work long hours if his or her spouse complains. If employees do not know what's expected, their effort will be less.
The media reports and anecdotal evidence suggest federal bonus practices are weak on both counts. Awards are too often made after the fact, so employees cannot anticipate them. In business, awards are typically linked explicitly to measurable goals; employees know what's expected and what they can expect.
A guaranteed winner in an era of belt tightening would be a plan to share a percentage of savings with employees balanced with improved performance.
Eliminating bonuses will adversely affect the commitment of the most valuable employees. That cost will be greater than the small amounts saved. Agencies need the contributions of valuable employees now more than ever.
Howard Risher is a consultant and writer on federal pay and performance issues. He was the managing consultant for the studies leading to the 1990 Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act and is author of "Planning Wage and Salary Programs."


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How do you pronounce 'Candida'?April 17, 2014 12:00 AM
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For its 2004 production of "Candida," McCarter Theatre provided this note:
"Shaw's 'Candida' is not pronounced 'Can-deed' -- that's the novel by Voltaire and Bernstein's musical. It is not pronounced 'can-DEE-da' either. The title character's name is pronounced a little like the country -- 'CAN-de-da.' "
If you're a child of the '70s, now try to get the song by Tony Orlando and Dawn out of your head, too. Indeed, Pittsburgh Public Theater will do it the Shavian way when it presents "Candida," opening today.
"It was interesting at the auditions in New York; some actors were saying 'Can-dee-da,' " director Ted Pappas said. "And evidently it's also acceptable, except Shaw called it 'CAN-de-da,' and so do we."


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A Fèis is an opportunity for people to come together and celebrate the Gaelic arts: song, dance and traditional music on a wide range of instruments. In Gaelic 'Fèis Fhoirt' translates as 'Forth Festival' (pronounced faysh orsht), and we are the 43rd member of Scotland's ever-growing Fèis movement, 'Fèisean nan GĂ idheal'. Through the Fèis we aim to keep the music, song and dance of the Scottish Gaelic tradition accessible and fun!
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For years, it's been a phrase linked to debates over where to build nuclear power plants, steel plants, auto plants, coal-fired power plants, refineries, paint shops, coking facilities, and hazardous waste dumps — virtually anything people shudder at the thought of living near, even if they acknowledge it's a trade-off for maintaining modern life.
Now, with the wind industry booming, there's a new era of the NIMBY phenomenon. And it's one in which the opposition isn't pollution-based but encompasses anything from aesthetics to wildlife to property values to insomnia.
The wind industry produces 2 percent of the nation's electricity. But it is growing so fast, in part because of government incentives, that it predicts that by 2030, wind will supply 20 percent of America's power, the equivalent of what nuclear power produces. That has people from Maine to California envisioning thousands of more wind turbines across America's idyllic countrysides and shorelines.
To some, those huge rotating blades are an adrenalin rush, a symbol of how the nation is finally pursuing more energy independence. To others, they are visual clutter, eyesores not worth the investment.
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West Fargo, N.D.-based DMI Industries, a subsidiary of Otter Tail Corp., recently selected Tulsa, Okla., as the location for its third wind tower manufacturing facility.
According to the company, once the required approvals and permits are finalized, the plant will support more than 3,000 MW of installed wind project capacity. In addition, it will be able to produce and deliver offshore wind turbine towers, which are larger than their land-based counterparts, the company says.
"DMI has achieved success in Canada and across the northern tier of the U.S. thanks to strong demand," says Lars Moller, DMI's president. "We plan to do the same things in Oklahoma and the south-central U.S. that enabled that success."
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