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Given the realities of American power, the U.S. Supreme Court is arguably the most important judicial body in the world -- especially when it comes to legally delineating technological research agendas. As the U.S. Senate gears up to debate the nomination of John G. Roberts Jr., Jeffrey Rosen argues that nominees' understandings of the legal and ethical debates on emerging technological and scientific issues ought to be one key measure by which we judge them:
[I]n the next 10 or 15 years, as technology and science continue to advance and America's demographic profile continues to change, the Supreme Court will, in all likelihood, be asked to decide a fascinating array of divisive issues that are now only dimly on the horizon... a Brave New World of constitutional disputes. As Congress and the states pass legislation to address a host of futuristic issues, from the genetic enhancement of children to the use of brain scanning to identify criminal suspects, the laws will inevitably be challenged in court, raising novel and surprising questions about how to interpret our constitutional rights to privacy, equality and free expression. Rather than focusing on Roberts's past, the senators questioning him might get a better sense of his future on the Supreme Court by imagining the issues of the next generation. The court's response to those issues, far more than its resolution of cases that will be decided next year, will define the role it will play in the first decades of the 21st century.


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Whenever St. Patrick's Day rolls around again, I stock up on Murphy's and Guinness and pretend that I'm back in dear, dirty Dublin, where I spent the coldest summer of my life back in 1979.
Back then, the food scene in the Ireland consisted of lots of mushy peas and mutton, but I do have fond memories of the hearty breakfasts served up at the Bewley's Coffee and Tea shop on O'Connell Street and various bed and breakfasts in Galway, the Aran Islands and the Dingle Peninsula.
If you're tired of the same old Corned Beef and Cabbage, which is more American than Irish anyway, you could celebrate the day by cooking up a big, Irish breakfast, including eggs, sautéed tomatoes and an assortment of sausages and bacon. You can find Irish bacon – also known as rashers – at Martindale's Quality Meats, 5280 Aero Dr., in the Larkfield neighborhood of Santa Rosa. It's a thick-cut version from the back of the pig.
Or you could opt for more traditional fare. My favorite Irish feast starts with a simple potato and leek soup, finished with some of Ireland's delicious Cashel Blue cheese. Then I sear the freshest wild salmon that I can find and serve it with a big dollop of Colcannon, a traditional Irish dish made with potatoes, kale and green onions. If I can find it, I'll throw in some green garlic as well.
Here's a recipe from some of my favorite Wine Country chefs, Bob Hurley of Hurley's Restaurant & Bar in Yountville. Hurley grew up in San Francisco as the son of a "typical Irish fireman," and hitchhiked around the Emerald Isle during his youth. He serves delicious and authentic Irish fare at his restaurant every year on St. Patrick's Day, including this hearty soup.
In Ancient times, the watercress was the emblematic shamrock of Ireland and was believed to have sacred and magical powers. If you eat enough of it, you might even catch a glimpse of a leprechaun.
Potato, Leek and Watercress Soup
Serves 6
4 tablespoons butter
2 medium-sized yellow onions, peeled and chopped
3 leeks, cut in half, rinsed of dirt and chopped (white parts only)
1 quart chicken stock, homemade or good-quality
2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled and diced into 1-inch pieces
1 quart half-and-half
3 bunches washed watercress
Salt and pepper to taste
Heat butter in a large saucepan and slowly cook onions and leeks. When they begin to soften and turn translucent, add stock. Bring to a boil. Then add potatoes and let simmer until potatoes begin to break down. Add half-and-half and watercress. Bring to a boil again. Simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from heat and process in blender. Season to taste and served in heated bowls, garnished with a few watercress leaves.

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Dvorak joins team in Vermont. Isle's keep the spider Webb. Tkachuk planning to sing the Blues for the next five years. Brewer remains an Oiler.Sands writes:
While Dvorak has Signed a deal right before camp, Rucinsky's agent is in need of a psychologist. Sather is fed up with Paul Kraus, Rucinsky's agent is he's pushing on Sather an annual salary of $3 million.
Sather has offered around 1.7M for a year but, there is no chance of him getting more then that…..
No team would give him more.
Rumor has it that Sather feel's Rucinsky isn't asking for that deal but only that Paul Kraus is pushing that deal.
If Rucinsky wants to come back to the Rangers, he better make a deal with Sather himself… or else Sather will leave him in free agency and let a none competing team make a lower deal with him…..
Rucinsky has a chance to be on a top line With Bure and Lindros. If he wants to raise his price he better sign a one year deal and then make his move for a higher contract next year. His stats will jump after one season on a line with Bure and Lindros. Anyone's stats would. That would be the smart move for Rucinsky.
TFP:The Edmonton Oilers have signed restricted free agent defenseman Eric Brewer to a 2-year, $4 million contract, TFP has learned.
In 81 games last season, the 23-year-old scored 7 goals and added 18 assists. Brewer was drafted 5th overall in the 1997 Entry Draft by the New York Islanders.
TFP:The St. Louis Blues have signed left wing Keith Tkachuk to a new 5-year contract. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the deal is worth $45 million.
According to the newspaper, the first 4 years are guaranteed at $40 million while the team holds an option for the fifth year
TFP:Steve Webb has signed his 1-year qualifying offer with the New York Islanders.
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New Commandery, Knights Templar, Constituted
A new Commandery of Knights Templar, now known as Hutchinson Jerusalem Commandery No. 15, was constituted in ceremonies on the morning of April 5 in the Masonic Temple, Norristown, followed by an open installation of officers and a luncheon for members, guests, and visitors. The Division 3 Commander, S.K. Howard Miller, said that the new Commandery is composed of Knights Templar of the former Jerusalem Commandery No. 15 and Hutchinson Commandery No. 32. Pictured at the open installation are (l-r): S.K. Robert Cathers, Eminent Commander; Mrs. Robert (Elaine) Jones; S.K. Joseph Sbaraglia, Jr., Past Commander; Marvin A. Cunningham, Sr., R.W.G.M., a member of the former Hutchinson Commandery; and S.K. Robert Jones, Past Commander.


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A Placerville man was sentenced to more than three years in prison Friday in a Sacramento federal court for an interstate marijuana distribution conspiracy.
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A Placerville man was sentenced to more than three years in prison Friday in a Sacramento federal court for an interstate marijuana distribution conspiracy.
District Judge Garland E. Burrell sentenced Robert Edward Mulready to 42 months in federal prison followed by a four-year term of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced in a press release.
Mulready had previously pleaded guilty of conspiring to cultivate and distribute at least 100 marijuana plants. Court documents related to the case allege that Mulready traveled to California for the sole purpose of cultivating the plants. Rather than selling to local dispensaries, Mulready sold to out-of-state individuals, a more lucrative business.
A search of Mulready's house revealed processed marijuana, packing material and hundreds of marijuana plants. He had more than $155,000 in cash in his house with numerous bundles hidden in the attic.
The case was investigated by El Dorado County's Mountain and Valley Marijuana Investigation Team, or MAVMIT, and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Todd A. Pickles.


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I don't own or use FrontPage myself, I'm a Notepad/Homesite/Dreamweaver/FTP kind of person. Is there anything I need to watch out for? I vaguely remember a problem with Front Page extensions clobbering changes made outside of FP with previous versions of a page ... or am I hallucinating?
I don't want to make any major changes as this is just temporary ...
You need to ask the current webmaster if they "Publish" or use FTP. If they use ftp, you will be safe enough.
The problem is that whoever normally does it will have a copy of the website on their computer, so any changes that you make will probably be over written next time they publish.
That is easily dealt with by the regular Webmaster publishing all changed pages/files back to his/her HDD on handover/takeover. It is only a problem if you are unaware that someone else has been editing the site.
Also, highly unwise though it is (madness actually), some webmasters edit pages live on the server and either never, or only occasionally backup to their own computer.
Would it be possible for me to shut off the FPSE while I'm maintaining the site, then have the original webmaster republish the site and turn them back on if/when they return? Or would it be difficult for them to do that? This is an extended absence due to an illness.
Anyone know if Dreamweaver has a way of maintaining FPSE compatibility? I'm pretty sure Contribute does, but that's so limited ...
Would it be possible for me to shut off the FPSE while I'm maintaining the site, then have the original webmaster republish the site and turn them back on if/when they return?
Depends what control is available to you at server level. If you have access to a Control Panel, you can usually do it yourself quite quickly and easily. If not, you'd have to ask the host to do it for you.
However, the ease or difficulty in removing FPSE is not the primary problem. IF the site has any components which are dependent on FPSE, they will break (not function or even be completely removed from all the pages e.g. navigation bars) if you uninstall the FPSE. Do not attempt to do it without "publishing" with FP, a complete backup to an off-site location first. As you don't have FP, that might be difficult.
Also, if removing the FPSE does break the site, you'd need access to FP to republish the backup after reinstalling the FPSE.
Here is the lists of components that are dependent on FPSE to function:
Commonly used ones are: Forms, search, navigation bars, sub-webs, DRW (database) etc.
Seriously, I think you'd be playing with fire to attempt to remove FPSE.
Anyone know if Dreamweaver has a way of maintaining FPSE compatibility?
Dreamweaver relies on ftp to get changed files on to the server. As I mentioned earlier, using ftp can corrupt the FPSE. And if you don't have access to FrontPage to publish a backup, the site would remain broken until the original Webmaster is able to do it.
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I could use the income from another account too <sigh> - but not badly enough to buy and install FP. I've taken over former FP sites, uninstalled the FPSE (after copying the site to my machine) and managed the site without problems but the possibility of having to put this one back is the issue ...


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Farrior, Lewis continue to ward off Father Time
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The moniker was not just a nod to the popularity of the sitcom "Happy Days" in the 1970s. It also poked fun at the protruding belly that James Farrior carried around early in life.
"Potsie," given to Farrior by his parents, stuck — and now ranks as one of the more ironic nicknames in sports given its origins.
Farrior will be one of two seemingly bionic men in the middle today at Heinz Field when the Steelers host the Ravens in the first of their two scheduled alley fights.
He and Ravens inside linebacker Ray Lewis have played nearly 30 NFL seasons between them, and their longevity is one of the storylines in a game that, as usual, is flush with them.
"Just two old warriors on two teams," Farrior said. "That's all."
It is anything but that as Farrior and Lewis are the unquestioned leaders of their respective (and ferocious) defenses.
Part of the reason for their exalted standing among teammates is the fact both have made about as many concessions to age as they have to opposing ballcarriers.
While anything but elderly when it comes to their play, there is no question that each qualifies as an elder stateman.
Farrior is in his 14th NFL season and 10th consecutive one as a starter. The inside linebacker has been around so long that he once played a game against his coach, Mike Tomlin, when the two were in college in the early 1990s.
Lewis' NFL career, meanwhile, is as old as the rivalry that Tomlin recently called the "best in the National Football League."
He has been a starter since 1996 when the Ravens heisted Lewis late in the first round of the NFL draft, and laid the foundation for a defense that led them to a Super Bowl title in 2000 and, a decade later, is still unrelenting.
"They are freaks of nature, not only in terms of God-given ability and talent, but endurance," Tomlin said of Farrior and Lewis. "They probably lead in different ways, but it probably fits their personalities."
Indeed, the voluble Lewis talks as fast as he plays and swagger is as big a part of his game as intimidation. Farrior is a more understated leader but no less respected by his teammates.
And, Farrior said, he is not exactly quiet when he is on the field.
"I've calmed down over the years, but I definitely have a mean streak," Farrior said. "I definitely got my share of talking in back in the day. Now, I think I have it out with the refs more than anyone else."
Their personalities are the one major difference between the players that have become friends over the years.
That friendship is based on a mutual respect for how each plays the game, as well as what they do before the whistle blows on Sundays.
Ravens wide receiver Anquan Boldin, acquired during an offseason trade with Cardinals, said the preparation Lewis puts in during game weeks is "unbelievable."
Lewis is probably just as committed during the offseason as Farrior, who trains at the Tom Shaw Performance Camp in Florida prior to training camp and credits those grueling workouts with helping him ward off the advances of age.
"You have to give credit to guys who can go that long like James Farrior because we play a very, very physical position," Lewis said. "They ask how you can keep coming back. I take that as a credit to the way he and me take care of ourselves."
If each has learned what it takes to make it through the rigors of an NFL season, their experience is invaluable for another reason.
It has allowed Farrior and Lewis to compensate for any speed that has been compromised by the sheer length of their careers and the countless collision in which each has been involved.
"They know the game and they're reacting better than they did six or seven years ago," Steelers linebackers coach Keith Butler said. "They're probably not as fast but because they diagnose things quicker and anticipate things quicker, they look almost as fast as they were."
The laws of nature, immutable as they are, have to apply to Farrior and Lewis one of these days.
That is another of saying that the two can't play forever but neither appears to be contemplating retirement.
When asked about the R-word last week, Lewis said, "I don't want to be rude saying that I am tired of answering that question, but I don't know. As long as I am playing at a high level, nothing else matters."
Farrior agreed.
"I understand why people ask me that," he said, "but when you have a love of the game and can still go out and produce at a high level you don't even think about stuff like that."
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Tale of the tape
James Farrior
Ht.: 6-2
Wt.: 243
Age: 35
College: Virginia
Draft/year: First round by the Jets (eighth overall) in 1997
NFL experience: 14th season
Super Bowl rings: 2
Pro Bowls: 2
Games: 203
*Tackles: 1,369
Sacks: 27
INTs: 11
Notable: Steelers MVP in 2004
Ray Lewis
Ht.: 6-1
Wt.: 250
Age: 35
College: Miami (Fla.)
Draft/year: First round (26th overall) in 1996
NFL experience: 15th season
Super Bowl rings: 1
Pro Bowls: 11
Games: 197
*Tackles: 2,390
Sacks: 37.5
INTs: 28
Notable: NFL Defensive Player on the Year in 2000 and 2003
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Golden Oldies?
Twenty players in the NFL are in at least their 15th season. Here are five notable ones.
Brett Favre, Vikings QB (20th season): Has already thrown six interceptions after tossing just seven all of last season.
John Kasay, Panthers K (20th): Has been in the NFL longer than his current team and has scored 1,743 points.
Tony Richardson, Jets FB (16th): Long one of the top blocking backs in the NFL, Richardson has made four Pro Bowls.
Brian Dawkins, Broncos SS (15th): Had 116 tackles and made the Pro Bowl the season after the Eagles cut ties with him.
Terrell Owens, Bengals WR (15th): Not a No. 1 receiver anymore, but opposing defenses still have to account for him.
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AVCA Spring Conference a Huge Success
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 13, 2009) - In an economic climate that is causing association event attendance to drop in organizations across the country, the AVCA completed a very successful Spring Conference last weekend in Provo, Utah. This comes on the heels of its second-largest annual Convention in December. With attendance of over 125, turnout at the Spring Conference increased by 317% from last year.
"This conference was everything we had hoped it would be," said Kathy DeBoer, AVCA Executive Director. "We had an all-star cast that delivered compelling and thought-provoking material."
Coaches from across the country attended educational sessions by former national championship coaches Carl McGown and Terry Pettit, gold medal coach Hugh McCutcheon, Mary Wise, Beth Launiere and many more. A diverse schedule provided attendees with 27 educational choices with such topics as marketing, scouting, statistics and drills.
The conference was held in conjunction with the 2009 NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship at Brigham Young University. Preparations are already being made for the 2010 AVCA Spring Conference at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., site of next year's NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship.
"I'm optimistic about the future of this offering," said DeBoer. "Stanford will give us a great venue in 2010."
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Adam Lanza massacred 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., in December before killing himself.
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Adam Lanza wanted to outdo the Norwegian mass murderer who killed 77 people in July 2011 so he picked Sandy Hook Elementary School because it was the "easiest target," CBS News reported Monday night, citing law enforcement sources.
Two officials briefed on the investigation said Lanza was likely acting out a video game fantasy and saw himself as a competitor to Andres Breivik, the right-wing fanatic who killed eight people in an Oslo bombing before slaughtering 69 young people on an island camp.
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Greatest Hits: New Year's Eve game gives Stars fans reason to be excited for 2014
Because the Pulitzer committee didn't accept my request to open a category for "Observations," we'll try to honor some of the "great work" of the past here. Actually, to help fill the dog days of summer, I'm going to rerun a number of the stories that hopefully gave insight into the journey of last season and helped introduce some of the new characters that joined the organization. With new fans jumping on the bandwagon, it could help them catch up.
This Observations offering came after a nice win in the traditional New Year's Eve game and used the lyrics of Auld Lang Syne to study how Stars fans should look forward.
Stars party planner Cody Eastwood puts on the silly hat and gives you a Stars Rewind that brings a tear to your eye. Watch it here.
If you really look into the history of the traditional song "Auld Lang Syne," it can have a lot of different meanings.
The Robert Burns poem from 1788 has been sung at graduations and funerals and Boy Scout Jamborees as a way of honoring and celebrating and remembering and forgetting. That seemed appropriate for Stars fans on Tuesday.
The opening two lines are posed as questions and asked of the attendees:
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
and auld lang syne?
Auld Lang Syne is "old long since'' in Scot, and means basically days long past. So the author is asking you if you should forget the past and move forward? If you do, he recommends we all do it together with a hearty drink.
And that's kind of where the Stars are today.
After Dallas was the better team on Tuesday and beat a very good Los Angeles Kings side, 3-2, it's time to look forward. The Stars are 5-0-2 in their last seven games _ a run of games that really could have crushed this season. After the Stars lost Stephane Robidas (broken leg) and Trevor Daley (high ankle sprain) to long-term injuries and started shuffling the lineup because of various dings and dents, things started to look wobbly.
There was an embarrassing 6-2 loss to Chicago and a frustrating 3-1 defeat at Nashville. Yeah, they could light things up in Winnipeg, but certainly a back-to-back with Colorado was going to prove unraveling. And when Dallas looked awful in a 6-2 defeat in Denver, the guess was the playoff drought would stretch to six years.
The kids were overmatched, Kari Lehtonen was breaking down, Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin could only find their magic against teams like Winnipeg and Calgary.
But in one night, the Stars found a spark and reduced the shots against by 21. When Colorado ran wild in Denver, it had a 48-33 advantage in shots on goal. When the Stars came back the next night and took a 3-2 win over the Avalanche in Dallas, the Stars had a 28-27 advantage.
Talk about forgotten…talk about never brought to mind.
Also impressive in that game was Ray Whitney's two goals. The 41-year-old winger had been battling, had been pondering if he was going through an important goodbye, if maybe he was a little "old long since.''
That game shook him out of it and made him smile again.
Jamie Benn, who had struggled in those two Colorado games, then came up with a goal against Vancouver en route to a 4-1 win at home, and that helped propel the Stars onto a two-game death trap road trip _ at San Jose, at Los Angeles. These two Pacific powers just weren't losing at home, so the pre-Christmas junket had disaster written all over it.
Instead, the Stars were the better team against San Jose in a 3-2 shootout loss. Dallas had a 46-39 shot advantage against the best puck possession team in hockey. In LA, they hung five on the best defensive team in hockey in a 5-2 victory.
They then came home and collected a nice win against Nashville before losing in overtime to St. Louis. The loss to the Blues brought up all the old anxieties. The Blues played the night before and were tired. The Stars had a 30-22 edge in shots, but simply didn't have the killer instinct.
It was a wasted opportunity, just like the San Jose game.
But instead of getting down, the Stars learned. Instead of making the same mistake, they adjusted against the Kings. Because the two teams have to skate farther to get to their benches in the second period, Dallas can take advantage of bad changes or of tired players. They did that again on Tuesday.
The shots were 11-6 Dallas in the second frame, and just as important, the Stars handed out no power plays and took two. They scored on the first, and that helped change the game. It was the killer instinct that was lacking against the Blues. Then, the Stars shut down the game in the third period and allowed just five shots against. That, too, is part of the killer instinct.
Erik Cole, 35, stepped up to add two goals. He's part of the group of old guys that has Stars fans frustrated. Just like Whitney, Cole could be singing one of his last Auld Lang Synes in the NHL, and that sometimes looks out of place in the Stars' kid-friendly lineup.
We two have run about the slopes,
and picked the daisies fine;
But we've wandered many a weary foot,
since auld lang syne.
The intriguing thing is that just like Whitney, Cole was a leading player in this league in the not-so-distant past. He had 35 goals for Montreal in 2011-12, and that's one of the reasons Joe Nieuwendyk made the trade for him last season.
So if he or Whitney…or Shawn Horcoff…or Sergei Gonchar…has a big game, you start to think they might still have some gas left in the tank. Cole had eight goals in December and now has 10 on the season _ third most on the Stars.
And that makes you ask whether this odd mix can find the right fit. Can the old guys be pulled forward by the young ones? Can the young ones understand the pressure of big games, thanks to the old ones?
It's a fascinating amalgamation, really.
There are all sorts of Stars fans out there, just like there are all sorts of players on this team. Some are constantly frustrated and ready to knee jerk any time something goes wrong. They've been burned too many times. Some are hesitant to believe the good times might mean something. They want to see more proof, more empirical evidence that this emotional investment is going to pay off. There are some who just went away and are waiting for a reason to return.
The 5-0-2 run might be that reason. Because if you look at the bigger picture, the Stars are 15-6-5 in their last 26 games. Now, we're book-ending that number with winning streaks, so it does skew positive, but the point is that Dallas is capable of a sustained run of playoff-level hockey.
That is a powerful tonic for any fan.
It also tells you just how good you have to be in the West. Playing at a .673 clip over the entire season puts you fifth in the conference right now.
So, yes, there is optimism, but there is realism. And that's a good thought for today. All of the differing fans with their differing opinions can fit in the same bar and down a Lone Star or a Kokanee or a Guinness. Robert Burns would recommend it.
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When Mark Twain used the phrase "lies, damned lies and statistics" he could have been discussing the federal pay gap.
Democrats, who tend to argue that federal employees are underpaid compared with their private-sector counterparts, and Republicans, who argue the opposite, both have their statistical "facts'' but cannot prove the other side is wrong. Unless credible facts are developed, this pernicious debate could go on for years.
The 2012 Congressional Budget Office analysis of federal pay gives the critics added credibility. It's been cited frequently in the year since its release.
The fundamental problem is that neither side — nor CBO — has developed readily understood comparative pay data. The decision logic and analyses used in adjusting the General Schedule are different from those used by other employers. Furthermore, both sides rely on survey data that would never be used by other employers. Finally, neither side has produced data showing, for example, how much a chemist, budget analyst or any employee is paid in labor markets across the country.
For years, the Office of Personnel Management relied on a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey based on the same basic idea used in hundreds of pay surveys. OPM identified federal jobs commonly found in other organizations — the "benchmark'' jobs — and BLS collected survey data for those jobs. Multiple surveys based on benchmark jobs were used in the analyses preceding passage of the Federal Employee Pay Comparability Act. The continuation of that approach was a key in drafting the legislation.
But in the mid-90s, BLS switched to a new survey strategy that does not generate comparative pay data.
The fact is that OPM would never have agreed to the change in survey methodology if it had been proposed in the meetings leading to FEPCA — I was involved in those meetings.
Another fact is that it's been almost two decades since OPM completed a market analysis comparable to those common in other sectors. There seems to be general agreement that some jobs are overpaid and others underpaid — but we don't know which ones.
Both sides agree in concept that federal employees should be paid market rates. The Federal Wage System covering blue-collar employees, unlike the General Schedule, has been market-based for years and rarely makes the headlines.
More important is a third fact: The GS system is badly out of sync with developments in the labor market. Employers outside the public sector stopped relying on general increases and increases based on years of service years ago. Aside from locality pay, the system has been unchanged for 60-plus years.
Market pay rates are driven by supply and demand. It should not be surprising that engineers are paid more than historians or psychologists. Even within an occupational group like engineering, there are differences in annual increase rates.
For example, data compiled in late 2012 by the survey organization Economic Research Institute show that the salaries of petroleum engineers increased by 3.9 percent, while civil engineering salaries increased by only 1.4 percent.
Supply and demand and market pay differentials vary from region to region. The mix of industries also varies. Businesses rely on flexible pay systems to respond to market trends.
A final important fact is that no employers in the private sector would freeze wages for three years if they had any hope of continuing as competitive entities. There were, to be sure, employers that froze pay in the months immediately after the downturn in late 2008, but few froze pay through all of 2009. Pay levels have increased steadily since then.
Significantly, in a February 2012 column, three senior analysts from the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, who published previous columns critical of federal pay, issued a joint statement supporting the CBO conclusions. They also stated that "an across-the-board pay freeze is a blunt instrument that does not ensure that each employee is paid appropriately. A better approach would be to reform the General Schedule."
On this issue, I solidly concur. When President Obama was still a candidate in 2008, he advocated reform. OPM Director John Berry also voiced support for reform. Unfortunately, mistakes made in the Bush administration's pay initiatives undermined support to replace the GS system.
That reform is badly needed. Skill shortages have already triggered staffing problems for a growing number of employers. Efforts to create "great places to work'' and high-performance organizations have intensified corporate efforts to attract the best-qualified job candidates. That is already reflected in pay strategies. Before another across-the-board increase is granted, government needs to identify key jobs where pay is not competitive. Government needs the talent to tackle increasingly complex problems.
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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Organizations Are Now Separating The Concept Of Admin From HR And Are Understanding The Sole Importance Of HRM, Says M. Umar Farooq HR Officer – Recruitment And Selection, Lahore Medical Instrument (Pvt.) Ltd
Q. 1. What makes your company an attractive employer for the job seekers?
Mr. Umer Farooq: Lahore Medical Instrument (Pvt) Limited is a dream project converted to reality by leading businessmen of health care industry in 1992. LMI is the first company of its class to receive ISO 9001:2000 certificate, which is a testimony to the world class standards followed and maintained at its manufacturing facilities.
Lahore Medical Instruments is a group of highly professionals and since we are Health Care Manufacturers, we require recruits from management level to technical positions. In short we welcome professionals from almost all disciplines to apply in our group.
Q. 2. What is your strategy on work-life balance and how do you achieve this balance yourself?
Mr. Umer Farooq: Lahore Medical Instrument is an organization of well trained people with latest advanced technology that works as a team to achieve maximum output, having a strong check and balance on every decision. Working hours are quite flexible, no concept of late sitting or over time and we encourage our employees to fulfill the work well within time.
Q. 3. Do you believe that Pakistani universities are creating an effective talent pool and what is your company's strategy to attract the best talent in Pakistan?
Mr. Umer Farooq: Well, according to my point of view, only a few Pakistani universities are producing quality individuals, but then again, it depends upon the individual that how quick learner he/she is. Our basic strategy is to provide the candidates a fast pace career growth and every possible fringe benefit.
Q. 4. Due to rough economic situation and soaring price rise, how does your company deal with keeping itself cost effective and attractive for job seekers?
Mr. Umer Farooq: We are lucky that the quality of our products has been approved by renowned multinational/national companies as well as all major government institutions. We are the leading Medical Disposables Manufacturer in Pakistan. Our company didn't hit the economic situation and according to the current market survey, we give our employees a bit higher salary package and other benefits which makes our turnover rate almost nil. Because if the company is investing in its people, then there are 100 percent chances of employee retention and ultimately company will get a boost itself.
Q. 5. What are, in your views, the basic principles of success in a professional life?
Mr. Umer Farooq: In my views, the basic principles of professional success are; motivation, patience, commitment and a clear goal towards life.
Q. 6. How would you rate the success and importance of online recruitment firms such as ROZEE.PK?
Mr. Umer Farooq: Recruitment firms are the major drug for any HR/Recruitment company, as it provides a broader field for both employers/employees and when it comes to ROZEE.PK, I would say it's the best place to get the quality resource.
Q. 7. How has ROZEE.PK helped your firm regarding recruitment i.e. Have you tried any recruitment tools provided by ROZEE.PK e.g. Job Fairs/Job Postings/CV Search?
Mr. Umer Farooq: Our company is having a long term corporate relations with ROZEE.PK as we need CVs in bulk quantity. We use ROZEE.PK's Data Base (CV Search Engine) very frequently.
Q. 8. What is the scope of Human Resource Management in Pakistan?
Mr. Umer Farooq: Human Resource department is an intermediary/ bridge between higher management and lower management, implementing rules, regulations, policies and procedures. In Pakistan, it is having a massive scope in the coming time as most organizations are now separating the concept of Admin from HR department and understanding the sole importance of HRM.
Q. 9. What are the biggest turn-offs in an interview of a job applicant?
Mr. Umer Farooq: The things about a candidate that annoy me the most during a job interview are:
- Egotism,
- 'Know-it-all' attitude
- Poor eye contact
Q. 10. Tell us about your educational life?
Mr. Umer Farooq: I did my MBA in Human Resource Management; in December 2008, from The Institute of Management Sciences (Pak – Aims) is a project of Al-Karim Educational Foundation established in Lahore in 1986 and enjoyed a wonderful educational experience over there.
Q. 11. What is your formula of success in life?
Mr. Umer Farooq: I cannot explain the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure–which is: trying to please everybody makes you fall into trouble.
Q. 12. What do you look for in a candidate during a hiring interview session? Name 4 key things?
Mr. Umer Farooq: For me, the ideal candidate should possess:
- Good Attire
- Communication Skills
- Confidence Level
- Realistic Goals
Q. 13. Any good advice you want to give for the job seekers who want to enter and/ or prosper in the professional field?
Mr. Umer Farooq: "Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude" – Zig Ziglar
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February 4th, 2010 at 12:46 am
I must compliment Mr. Umar who seem to be a thorough career-oriented executive. Although very new at work having done MBA just about 2 years ago, he has given some very touching and in depth analysis of how company's can prosper by maintaining the motivation and interest of employees and also how individuals can polish themselves and present their credentials in a way that its a straight "buy in" by an employer who would like to hire the person instantly.
A perfect win-win situation at all fronts.
Good Luck to you Mr. Umar in your future endeavors!
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Forward Craig Adams took a pay cut to re-sign with the Penguins today.
He got a two-year deal that will pay him $550,000 each season, down from the $600,000 he earned in 2008-09.
Adams was claimed off waivers from Chicago March 4, and played on the Penguins' fourth line during the stretch drive and playoffs. He also killed penalties.
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The Reader's Ever Changing Hard Limits
A few years ago I wrote a post about the reader's consent. Essentially the argument I made is that authors have to win over the readers' consent to move on to the next stage in a story. Most debates over books arise because readers have different limits on when they'll withhold consent. One of the most robust discussions I remember from the All About Romance site was over the Jo Beverly book "An Unwilling Bride." In the story the hero, Lucien, strikes the heroine.
The debate is whether Lucien can ever be redeemed from that moment sufficient for the reader to buy into the idea that he can be a partner for the heroine and one who isn't going to haul off and smack her every time he believes she's stepped out of line.
Readers on the side of Lucien believe that the text shows his remorse and a change in his ways. Readers on the other side believe he's an abuser and worse, enjoying this book elevates abuse as acceptable behavior.
For some readers, a hero striking a heroine is a hard limit, meaning that its intolerable in every situation from when Jamie in "The Outlander" beats Claire because it's expected by his clan to when Lucien slaps Beth in "Unwilling Bride".
For other readers, whether the act of a male protagonist striking a female is acceptable depends on the situation. More realistically, it depends on how much the reader enjoys the book because the same reader who excuses Jamie's behavior may not excuse Lucien's.
A much lauded book within romance readers is "To Have and To Hold." Sebastian the main protagonist is a sadistic rapist who buys a criminal condemned to death with the sole purpose of toying with her emotionally and physically in ways that humiliate her to the point that she wishes she was dead. After he rapes her, he has an epiphany and spends the last half of the book turning his character around.
The same reader who enjoys this book may have problems with the current slate of motorcycle club books with the overly misogynistic tones or even "The Last Hour of Gann" (although the hero's "rape" is not considered to be rape in his culture and he does not ever rape the female protagonist).
So what gives?
Reader's limits come less from the trope or acts than the execution skills of the authors and the reader's own bias.
Last week Willaful highlighted a reader who was upset with the characterization of a heroine in a story who left her child in a hotel room to engage in anonymous sex. I've not read the book. For that reader the author's execution of the storyline did not work and for that reader that particular set up may never work.
In the 70s and 80s, secret baby tropes abounded in greater numbers than they do today. The woman could keep the baby secret with no real justification other than we all knew that men weren't interested in being fathers so there was no harm done. The cultural attitude toward the involvement of fathers in parenting has changed the type of secret baby book that is acceptable to more readers. Nowadays the mother has to have a really good reason for keeping the baby secret or animosity toward the heroine is hard to overcome.
For many readers, the secret baby trope is just not one that they can get behind anymore but those same readers may, from time to time, enjoy one because of the skillful way that the author has executed the plot line.
When an author writes outside the mainstream such as featuring a hero with a tiny penis, the author has to be ten times more skilled at telling a story than one who is telling a story of a well endowed man. For readers, it isn't so much that dick size is a hard limit but that there are few authors that can write the tiny penised hero and make readers love him and probably even fewer authors who want to try.
The author has no idea where the reader's line of consent is other than to look at what's been successful in the past. My guess is that authors internalize criticism pinpointed toward other authors and then shy away from extending too far out wanting to avoid the same criticism. It's the complaint I've seen in regards to authors writing more multicultural stories. It's "safer" for the author to stay within a certain set of tropes and characters.
But gaining a reader's consent takes time. It can be built through previous good books. There are some authors I just trust can take me anywhere with them. New to me authors are treated with much more skepticism. There are new authors that convince me to go places with them where I'd feel uncomfortable going with any other author, even an old "friend" (meaning an author I've read for years). Some of the most controversial books are also those most loved by some readers, because an author was able to push the reader beyond her comfort zone. But trust has to be earned, and if readers are shown a limited range of things over and over and over, they're not being conditioned to push past what the genre routinely offers them.
But the reader's consent depends upon the text itself and the reader doesn't always know if she's going to give up that consent, that willingness to forgive an a character's behavior or be convinced of a character's genuine repentance or just be convinced the relationship will last beyond the last page of a book.
When readers express their dismay over a particular storyline, so often they are saying this didn't work for me and couching it in terms like "I hate secret baby tropes" when they really mean they hate secret baby tropes as executed by that author in that story. Or they are saying the author didn't convince her of the rightness of this situation. The ability to pinpoint and then articulate exactly what didn't work is really difficult. I have a hard time doing it and I've been writing reviews for the blog for years.
The very first review I did for Dear Author was of Eloisa James "The Taming of the Duke". In this book, the hero pretends to be someone else and the heroine falls in love with who the hero is pretending to be. I did NOT believe in the love relationship between the hero as his true self and the heroine because the hero pretended to be SOMEONE ELSE for the majority of the book. James never, ever gained my consent for the love relationship between the hero and the heroine. James tried to argue that she left all kinds of clues but I didn't buy it and I resented her attempts to tell me, the reader, that I was wrong in my interpretation of it.
We all have our hard limits and sometimes we don't know that we have them until we encounter the storyline and some authors can talk us over them but it all comes down to whether the author gained our consent at all the pivotal moments.


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2009 IAJE Conference Canceled
April 20, 2008. Posted by Angelika Beener.Add new comment | Filed under: Jazz Alive, Jazz Community, Jazz Education, Jazz Messages, News
Sigh. What a drag. I was just talking to a friend and about this yesterday. He was telling me that IAJE is where he first met mentors like Kenny Garrett, and the peers that he works with today. It's sad for the jazz community at large, and for all it means to the young upcoming musicians. A personal sense of loss for sure. Details are below...
American jazz gathering, planned for Seattle, is canceled
By Paul de Barros
Seattle Times jazz critic
The most important American jazz gathering of the year, scheduled to take place in Seattle in January, has been canceled because its presenter is declaring bankruptcy.
In what is being described as a "perfect storm" of bad luck, unchecked growth, fundraising and management failures, the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE) - an important link to Seattle's successful school jazz-band scene - has collapsed.
According to IAJE's legal counsel, Alan Bergman, it will go into Chapter 7 bankruptcy and be turned over to a trustee, its assets parceled out to creditors.
A letter from the group's president, Chuck Owen, is scheduled to go out to members as early as today, announcing the bankruptcy - and essentially the dissolution - of the 40-year-old organization.
"It's a dark day," said band director Clarence Acox, whose award-winning Garfield High School jazz band has performed at IAJE's gathering four times.
"It's one of the best jazz events in the world, for the performances by great musicians, clinics, meetings, a place for people to network and exchange ideas. It was the one event when all the people in jazz could get together and have fellowship."
Roosevelt High School band director Scott Brown, whose band has played the conference as well, agreed.
"I'm bummed," said Brown. "We had hoped to perform, but it's way more global than that. It's exposure to so much music that's going on around the world, to information about the business, networking, clinicians."
IAJE meets in different cities each year, but often in New York.
It began in 1968 as a modest professional gathering of jazz-music teachers, holding its first conference in 1973.
In 1997, the conference embraced an "industry track," absorbing another convention previously sponsored by JazzTimes magazine, which brought in record companies, agents, managers, radio professionals and high-profile performers such as Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones.
Since then, the organization has formed chapters worldwide and has become the site for the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Awards ceremony; commissions of new works; an academic conference; programs to promote women in jazz; and a wide array of other programs, including a teacher-training institute.
In a good year, the conference attracts 7,000 to 8,000 people, a must-attend for anyone involved in jazz.
Rumors that the organization was in trouble surfaced after this year's dramatically underattended conference in Toronto, down 40 percent.
In a March 25 letter to 8,000 members, Owen announced the suspension of IAJE's magazine, its search for a new executive director, its scholarship programs and its summer retreat.
The letter also explained that the organization's ambitious capital campaign had spent more money in startup costs than it took in.
Owen asked members to donate $25 and netted about $12,000 from 250 donors, according to Bergman. Greg Yasinitzy, IAJE's Northwest division coordinator, said he had been told IAJE liabilities exceeded $1 million.
Bergman said he felt the organization's rapid growth had outstripped the expertise of its founders.
"A bunch of jazz musicians formed this organization and it grew into a multimillion-dollar operation with a huge convention and a big staff and big journal, but it was still run by a volunteer board elected by the membership that met twice a year."
Though the conference in Seattle has been canceled, there is already talk of a regional conference that may take place instead.
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Legends of Jazz - 2007 NEA Jazz Masters
April 10, 2008. Posted by Joshua Jackson.Add new comment | Filed under: celebration, conversations, cool things, creators, curtis fuller, frank wess, Jazz Alive, jazz appreciation, Jazz Community, jazz master, jazz royalty, legends of jazz, music, nancy wilson, nea, pbs, pbs series, pianist, ramsey lewis, saxophonist, smithsonian, trombonist, Video
April is Jazz Appreciation Month. One of the many cool things about the Smithsonian's monthlong celebration has been online. The creators of the LEGENDS OF JAZZ PBS series put together a one-hour web special, hosted by 2007 NEA Jazz Master Ramsey Lewis, that features conversations with and music by NEA jazz royalty - pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi, trombonist Curtis Fuller, singer Jimmy Scott, Basie-veteran Frank Wess, and saxophonist Phil Woods. Nancy Wilson, herself an NEA Jazz Master, talks with Ramsey Lewis about his own half-century career. Find it here.
Marcus Strickland on We Insist: Jazz Speaks Out
April 4, 2008. Posted by Angelika Beener.Add new comment | Filed under: Discovery, Interviews, Jazz Alive, Jazz Community, Jazz Education, Listening Post, News
Not too long ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing a dear friend and an overwhelmingly talented musician. Marcus Strickland, winner of the 2006 Jazz Times Reader's poll for Artist of the Year, is a unique and special artist.
On this episode of We Insist: Jazz Speaks Out, we discuss the role of jazz in the "X" generation, and the new roles jazz musicians have to take in being proactive int heir careers, in the ever-evolving record business. Marcus talks about his new album Open Reel Deck his work with musicians outside of the jazz community and how hip-hop is influencing his music more than ever. He also discusses the idea of "young lions" in jazz, and how it's really not so different from Charlie Parker, and Trane. This was a great interview. Check it out.


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With the dust barely settled on its highly public tussle with the New York Times over the performance of its Model S sedan, Tesla said it made 2,750 vehicles in the fourth quarter and posted a net loss of $89.9 million during that period. The company recorded $306.3 million in revenue for the quarter.
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Playing multiple song files with multiple seekbars?
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I want to mix for my own personal use to have fun with my library, finally. Is there a way I can mix within Foobar to play multiple songs and since I use waveform to seek my music is it possible to display two seekbars or more? I do'nt think you need to spend money on a mixer when you can just use a few tools that don't cost a damn cent and still produce good stuff.
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Oh I forgot about that kind of thing. Thanks for putting me right for OP.
I run as admin with UAC control disabled (by default - so didn't even realise I was getting around anything) since no one else uses this desktop. Will keep in mind for future.
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