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Norfolk, VA (Sports Network) - To say that all a team needs to do is stop the
run when facing Georgia Southern is an understatement.
There's no doubt the Eagles are going to run the ball, the only question
is, how do you slow them down?
Saturday, it was clear Old Dominion still hadn't figured out the GSU triple
option attack. Dominique Swope rushed for a game-high 186 yards and two
touchdowns, quarterback Jerick McKinnon rushed for 171 yards and four
touchdowns, and the Eagles enjoyed a 602-yard ground assault on the way to a
49-35 victory in the FCS quarterfinals.
Georgia Southern outscored ODU 28-0 in the fourth quarter to knock the
Monarchs out of the playoffs for the second straight year. The Eagles (10-3)
also advanced to the semifinals for the third straight year under third-year
coach Jeff Monken. The six-time national champions will face either North
Dakota State or Wofford next weekend.
"These kids just fought so hard, and I'm so proud of the effort of our
players and everyone associated with our team," Georgia Southern coach Jeff
Monken said. "We got down 14 and battled and fought and believed in each
other. We carry that black flag as a symbol that we will never surrender, and
we did not surrender today and haven't surrendered all season."
Last season, in a playoff matchup at Georgia Southern, the Eagles totaled
607 yards and rushed for 477, in a 55-48 shootout. The results were similar
Saturday as the Eagles finished with 632 total yards.
Georgia Southern overcame a 35-21 deficit after three quarters to tie the game
on McKinnon's second and third touchdowns of the game.
On ODU's ensuing drive, coach Bobby Wilder gambled with a 4th-and-6 on his
team's 39-yard line, and quarterback Taylor Heinicke threw an incompletion as
ODU turned the ball over on downs.
"That was a huge shift in momentum, and you have to have things like that
happen and go your way to believe," Monken said. "That was a big play in the
Three plays later, Swope scored a 12-yard run, giving Georgia Southern a 42-35
lead with 2:36 left in the game.
On ODU's next play, Heinicke threw his first interception of the 2012 playoffs
- only his 14th of the season - as senior safety J.J. Wilcox snagged his pass
away from Nick Mayers with 2:28 remaining.
McKinnon then sealed the win with his fourth touchdown with 46 seconds left.
Heinicke broke Steve McNair's FCS single-season passing yardage record on
ODU's first offensive drive of the second half, with a 40-yard completion to
Mayers. The sophomore went on to complete 31-of-44 passes for 421 yards and
three touchdowns to become the first FCS signal-caller to surpass 5,000 yards
with 5,076.
Heinicke set another FCS single-season record with 398 completions, surpassing
Brett Gordon's 386 for Villanova in 2002. He also led ODU with 48 rushing
yards and one touchdown.
Georgia Southern had two different place-kickers miss field goals in the
first half. Alex Hanks missed a 46-yard attempt and junior Luke Cherry missed
a 30-yarder on the first kick of his career, which allowed ODU to take a 21-14
lead into halftime.
The first turnover of the game for either team came during a crucial moment
with ODU driving early in the fourth quarter. Heinicke was sacked by Dion
DuBose, forcing a fumble which was recovered by the Eagles on their own
21-yard line. ODU led 35-28 with 11:04 to play.
McKinnon then led the Eagles on a 12-play, 79-yard drive and capped it off
with his third rushing touchdown of the game, evening the score at 35 with
5:32 remaining.
Georgia Southern's Darreion Robinson rushed for 76 yards on four carries,
Johnathan Bryant had 71 yards and Tray Butler added 46 yards.
Old Dominion totaled 534 yards of offense, and receivers Antonio Vaughan and
Mayers had huge games. They accounted for 16 receptions for 296 yards and
three touchdowns in the loss.
Friday Night
Sam Houston State 34, Montana State 16
Bozeman, MT (Sports Network) - Montana State entered its FCS quarterfinal
matchup with a shot a redemption, after Sam Houston State ended its season in
the playoffs one year ago.
In last year's FCS quarterfinal, Montana State allowed 428 rushing yards.
Friday night, Sam Houston beat Montana State again, this time through the air,
34-16, to again reach the semifinals again.
Quarterback Brian Bell completed 11-of-21 passes for 254 yards and three
touchdowns, including two to Chance Nelson in the second half, and the
Bearkats picked up a huge road playoff win.
Sam Houston State (10-3), the national FCS runner-up in 2011, will move on to
face either Eastern Washington or Illinois State next weekend.
Coach Willie Fritz's Bearkats took control in the second quarter after the
game was tied 3-3 through the first quarter. The visitors scored 17 unanswered
points and shut down the Bobcats' offense, forcing them to punt on every
possession in the quarter.
Richard Sincere scored a 12-yard touchdown on a direct snap to put SHSU ahead,
10-3, early in the quarter. The Bearkats then struck again less than five
minutes later, as receiver Trey Diller broke free for a 56-yard touchdown pass
from Bell with 9:41 left in the first half.
Montana State made a defensive stand inside the 10-yard line before halftime,
holding Sam Houston to three points and a 20-3 lead at the break.
MSU opened the second half with a three-and-out, but on a 4th-and-4 inside its
own territory, coach Rob Ash rolled the dice, faking a punt, and it paid off.
The drive stayed alive and eventually quarterback DeNarius McGhee scored from
8 yards out with 9:05 in the third quarter. The lead was cut to 20-9 after a
missed extra point.
Momentum shifted back to Sam Houston, after MSU receiver John Ellis had
the ball striped from his hands by Dax Swanson, and Andrew Weaver recovered
the ball on the Bobcats' 16-yard line.
One play later, Bell found Chance Nelson for a touchdown and the 'Kats led
26-9 with 2:49 left in the third quarter.
The duo hooked up again on the team's next possession - this time on a 3rd-
and-16 - for 45 yards to put the game away at 34-9 lead with 12:18 remaining
in the game. The touchdown capped off a seven-play, 74-yard drive.
Nelson finished with five receptions for 89 yards and two touchdowns.
Sam Houston rushed for 204 yards, with running back Timothy Flanders carrying
the ball 31 times for 106 yards. Sincere added eight carries for 30 yards and
the one touchdown.
Montana State was held to just 72 rushing yards and 1-of-12 on third down
conversions. McGhee passed for 221 yards and one touchdown. However, his
interception and the team's lost fumble led to 10 points for SHSU.
Bell added to his own school record for wins as a starting quarterback and now
has 29 in his career. It's the second straight year the Bearkats advanced to
the national semifinals.
Montana State was plagued by injuries to key players as leading rusher Cody
Kirk and linebacker Jody Owens, the Big Sky Conference defensive player of the
year, were both lost in the first half.
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By Lincoln Feast and Patricia Reaney
SYDNEY/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Rolling Stones announced Tuesday afternoon that they were "calling off" their planned tour of Australia and New Zealand in light of the sudden death of L'Wren Scott, the girlfriend of lead singer Mick Jagger.
Earlier on Tuesday the band announced it was canceling a concert in Australia, which left their 'Down Under' tour in limbo. A post on the band's website Tuesday announced the decision to postpone a number of concert dates that were previously planned for March and April.
Scott, a 49-year-old fashion designer and former model, was found hanging from a scarf on Monday in her Manhattan apartment, police said, adding they were treating her death as a suicide.
A medical examination to determine the exact cause of death was set for Tuesday.
"The examination is scheduled for today and it may or may not yield a manner of death by later today," said Julie Bolcer, a spokeswoman for the Office of Chief Medical Examiner.
Jagger, 70, said through a spokesperson he was "completely shocked and devastated".
"I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way," he said in a post on his official website, mickjagger.com. "She had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me."
The band is asking ticket holders to keep their tickets and plans to reschedule the canceled shows, though details have not yet been released.
"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood wish to thank all of their fans for their support at this difficult time and hope that they will fully understand the reason for this announcement," the announcement said.
The Rolling Stones had been due to kick off a six-concert Australia and New Zealand leg of their world tour on Wednesday in Perth in western Australia.
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The news of Scott's death stunned friends, clients and fellow designers. Hollywood star Nicole Kidman, a friend of 25 years, was "heartbroken and in shock right now and unable to say anything," her spokeswoman said.
Jagger's daughter, Georgia May Jagger, also cancelled a planned appearance at Australia's Melbourne Fashion Festival this week, according to local design house Camilla, for whom she was scheduled to model.
Scott and Jagger had been dating since 2001 and were often seen at celebrity events, with the 6-foot, 3-inch tall former model towering over her rock-star boyfriend.
Scott became one of New York's most famous designers over the last decade and was best known for her slim-fitting, sexy dresses favored by Hollywood stars.
Pop singer Madonna in a statement described Scott's death as "horrible and tragic." Supermodel Naomi Campbell, who knew Scott for many years, said she was the "epitome of elegance and femininity."
Anna Wintour, Vogue editor-in-chief, also expressed her sadness.
"L'Wren was a total perfectionist, someone who absolutely embodied everything her marvelous clothes stood for: strength of character combined with a confident and powerful style," Wintour wrote on Vogue.com.
Although Kidman, Amy Adams and Penelope Cruz were pictured in Scott's creations on the red carpet, her company was making losses. Accounts filed with Britain's Companies House last October show that Scott's LS Fashion Ltd ran a loss of $5.99 million in 2012, up from $3 million euros the year before.
A publicist for Jagger said a New York Post story about a split between the two was "100 percent untrue" and "a horrible and inaccurate piece of gossip during this very tragic time for Mick."
A single bouquet of yellow daffodils was placed in front of the glass-fronted, high-rise building in her upscale Chelsea neighborhood after Scott's body was found on Monday.
Musician and fashion friends of the couple took to Twitter to express their grief.
"Devastated to have lost my friend," tweeted rocker Bryan Adams, who has photographed Scott. "Rest in peace my dear I'm gonna miss you. Condolences to all that were close to her."
American fashion designer Marc Jacobs said: "You'll forever be missed."
Banana Republic, which had collaborated with Scott on a small holiday collection, said her death was terrible news.
"We are stunned and saddened to learn of the loss of L'Wren Scott. Our hearts and prayers go out to her friends and family," it said.
Scott, born Luann Bambrough, was raised in Utah by adoptive parents. She started her career as a model in Paris before becoming a stylist and designer.
Her love of fashion began when she made her own clothes as a teenager, according to her website. After moving to Los Angeles, she worked as a stylist and designed privately before creating her own collection.
(Additional reporting by Victoria Cavaliere, Edith Honan, Piya Sinha Roy, and Belinda Goldsmith; Editing by Marguerita Choy)


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|GOCO grant sought for track
|Written by Brenda Johnson Brandt
Holyoke is hoping that the third time is a charm as Great Outdoors Colorado grant funds are being sought for the Holyoke Track Project.
An informational meeting was held Tuesday, Feb. 5, with school Superintendent Bret Miles providing information about the grant process for the all-weather track.
A rough draft of the grant was due Feb. 8, with feedback to be provided prior to the March 1 final grant application deadline.
Miles told the group gathered Tuesday night that this will be the third attempt for GOCO grant funding for the track project. "We're attempting this time with a great deal of optimism," he added.
Last August, GOCO funded nine of the 47 projects which were submitted, and Holyoke's was ranked No. 10 by a mere half point. Miles said since that time, the Holyoke Track Project has had a tremendous jump in its score—up 17 points.
Preliminary grant awards will be given in mid-May, with final grant awards to be announced in early June.
Miles said the timing of the GOCO cycle cuts the timing short to have the project with lighting for the football field ready to go for the 2013 football season.
However, he said the design piece will be completed before funding is awarded so if the grant is approved in June, work can begin immediately.
While it's a tight timeline, Miles said he's been assured they could have the lighting completed and ready for the football season.
Total project cost is set for $462,092, with a GOCO grant of $350,000 being requested.
Other financing includes $62,500 from Heginbotham Trust, $7,500 from Leland Trust, $11,717 from track committee from funds earned as far back as 2008, $5,375 from Re-1J Education Foundation and $25,000 from Holyoke School District.
Miles said they're 100 percent secured with the cash in the proposal, which is very unusual.
Project costs totaling $460,856 include a post-tensioned concrete base, a black latex surface, high jump area, two long jump/triple jump lanes, pole vault runway, Musco lighting and design fee/performance bond.
Miles said, with additional financial support, the project could involve a polyurethane, basemat/structural spray that would have more life and stay softer in cold weather than the black latex surface. This would involve a $43,245 upgrade.
Miles and athletic director Sandra Rahe have walked the current track with two companies to secure bid options.
"We feel so fortunate to have so many good partners," said Miles. He noted the Phillips County commissioners will actually be the grantee for the GOCO funds and have donated landfill space for the curb that will need to be taken out for the project.
Highline Electric will bring in an appropriate-sized crane for the lighting installation, and City Superintendent Mark Brown and his crew have experience assembling poles and more for the ball park lighting project.
Additionally, area school districts are signing letters of support, as they want to be able to run track meets on a good surface closer to home.
Miles explained that one of the most common failings of all-weather tracks is when water wears out an asphalt base. As a result, they've asked for bids for a post-tensioned concrete base to set the concrete harder. Projects using this type of base aren't having the issues those with asphalt bases are seeing.
Miles said the 30-day cure of the concrete is the biggest time element in the project.
Not only will this enhance the school's track program, the proposed all-weather track will be a community facility and will be open for all to enjoy.
Holyoke Enterprise February 14, 2013


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1994 Innovation Optimas Award Profile Novell Inc.
It needn't be this way. Although mergers always create confusion and frustrations, the losses can be minimized by involving HR specialists from the get-go.
Management at Novell Inc. knows this. At the Provo, Utah-based computer-networking software manufacturer—a company that relies heavily on mergers and acquisitions as part of its business strategy—the senior vice president of human resources sits in on the executive meetings from the beginning of merger talks. And, with the use of an innovative tool created by the HR department, he and his staff manage the people aspect of the company's mergers throughout the process.
The tool is called the Merger Book. It's a set of more than 2,000 questions, mostly pertaining to HR issues, that require anywhere from a one-word answer to a full-page narrative response. It serves as a road map for all of Novell's merger activities. "It facilitates and organizes management's approach to a merger or acquisition from a human resources and human resources management perspective," says Ernest J. "Tim" Harris, senior vice president of HR at Novell.
On personnel issues, it leaves no stone unturned. As Harris puts it, the book examines everything regarding a person's employment, from applying for the job to leaving the company. This includes which advertising agency the company uses for recruitment ads, what its offer letters look like (and if they're done legally, containing the latest statement of compliance for employee contracts) and whether or not the company offers hiring bonuses. The book also explores other legal obligations of the company being acquired.
In addition, it compares and contrasts the two companies' cultures, including pay practices, management styles and worker attitudes, and examines the utilization of personnel at each company to aid human resources in staffing decisions.
Since 1989, the Merger Book has aided in 10 mergers, half of which occurred in 1993 (see "Novell's Merger Activity"). The companies Novell has acquired have employed from six to 800 people. Some have been international.
Because the development span of networking technologies is so long, explains Harris, to stay ahead of the competition the company continually must mate with these other computer-equipment firms that have leading-edge technologies. He adds that, "The reason a company will buy another company many times is not only because of the technology but definitely because of the people that developed that technology and made it successful in the marketplace. You need to ensure that you can continue to operate the company and develop the technology on an ongoing basis, and the best way to do that is by having an integration that's successful enough to maintain continuity and continued employment for the people who are part of that entity."
A smooth integration of the people in these companies with Novell is vital to the organization's success. Although Novell currently holds nearly 70% of the $2 billion networking-software market, a heavy flow of competitors—including Microsoft and IBM—threatens its stranglehold in this cutthroat industry. Novell can't afford to engage in a merger with an incompatible organization in which the people and business practices clash miserably with Novell's. Nor can it afford to manage a merger or acquisition poorly and end up with lowered morale and unforeseen financial liabilities.
How it all began.
Harris and Theresa Dadone, director of compensation, benefits and mergers, created the Merger Book in 1989 when Novell acquired Excelan Inc., a leader in UNIX, Apple and standards-based networking, for which the pair worked. The book started out simply as a template that the HR professionals used as a guide for managing the people aspects of that merger. When they discovered that their new company was engaged in merger activity more often than not, they found that their tool could provide them with a means for conducting each endeavor consistently. "As people responsible for our employee population [at the company being acquired], we knew the things that were upmost in their minds, and that helped drive our Merger Book from an employee perspective," says Dadone. "When we became a part of Novell and started acquiring companies, we were able to add the concerns of the employee population at the surviving entity as well."
For each activity, Harris and Dadone begin using the book as soon as they're informed of the impending merger or acquisition. Before the activity is announced to the employee populations of the two companies, the HR staff sets up a time line for acquiring information. Typically what happens next is that Harris sets up a meeting with the head of HR at the company being merged with or acquired. He explains the intent and rationale behind the book and gives the other company the format for providing data.
Harris says that the HR people at candidate firms usually are impressed with the process and the orderly fashion in which it's conducted. However, they're also often intimidated by the amount of information they must cough up. For Novell's acquisition of UNIX Systems Laboratories (USL), a company that was spun off from AT&T and which has been the largest such endeavor to date, Harris required three 4-inch binders to contain just the summary information. (Dadone keeps all original data, which for USL filled an entire filing cabinet.) The Merger Book synthesizes all of the material into a five-to six-page executive summary. It's followed by 100 to 150 pages containing more detail.
When gathering the data, a representative of each HR function, such as employee relations or training and development, works with his or her counterpart at the other company. "The book facilitates the two companies feeling like they're working together," says Dadone. "We're sensitive to having an organization that we're purchasing feel like we're coming in and taking over. If we work together, then they understand from the beginning that this is a joint effort."
For example, when Novell acquired USL, Novell's compensation specialists learned from the other company that USL employees regarded its bonus program as special. The program was similar to but not identical to the bonus system Novell had. Because Novell's goal is to truly integrate joining organizations, its HR people worked with USL's to incorporate the plan into Novell's. Representatives from the two HR functions worked together to create a transitional plan for the USL employees that would incorporate elements of both USL's and Novell's systems, preparing them to enter Novell's plan after one year.
Compensation and benefits practices, which vary widely from company to company, are often the most difficult areas to integrate when joining two firms. Because of this, the Merger Book is particularly heavy with questions pertaining to compensation and benefits. It calls for full examination of medical plans and structures. It asks for such information as pay policies, employee titles and grade levels.
The differences between the acquired companies' policies and Novell's present HR with its biggest challenge: blending the two systems to satisfy the employees from both places. With each merger, HR adds or revises many programs and policies. "Our motto is customer service first," says Dadone. "If we're going to be successful, we have to make our customers happy in a cost-effective and businesslike manner. [We have to] meet the needs of the majority of that group."
Here are just a few examples of the programs that Novell has adopted from the companies with which it has merged:
- When Novell acquired Excelan, Novell didn't have a vision plan or a formalized, documented incentive plan that it communicated to all employees. Now it has both
- When Digital Research Inc. and Novell merged, Novell adopted Digital's tax-free educational-assistance program
- USL had both a legal-aid program and a long-term care program for its employees that Novell carried over after the acquisition.
Conversely, employees from the companies that Novell acquires receive all of its already established benefits, including its stock-option and bonus programs.
One issue with which Harris and Dadone have struggled is integrating benefits derived from different cultures. Founded by engineers who had strong entrepreneurial spirits, Novell's environment replicates the high-tech start-up philosophy of Silicon Valley in the late 1970s and early 1980s. That means a partnering with employees in all aspects of employment. "Novell has very competitive benefit and compensation practices," says Dadone, "but they're designed to put the employee in charge of his or her life, with Novell supplementing and aiding them where appropriate."
For example, although Novell believes in providing a retirement benefit for employees, it does so by providing a 401(k) in which employees must set aside money. Many of the companies with which Novell merges, however, take a more paternalistic approach to pension benefits, offering defined-benefit programs in which an employee's post-retirement income is primarily a result of company funding. Such was the case with USL. As an offshoot of AT&T, the company had negotiated some defined retirement benefits from the parent company for the employees who had come from there. When Novell bought USL, it honored that agreement, rather than taking away those employees' built-up benefits. (As a result, Novell has ended up with employees who have 20 years of service credited with a company that's only 10 years old.) "Our department has a sensitivity to meeting the needs of people, especially those who have been around that long and who are used to particular styles of benefits and compensation," says Dadone. "We're really challenged with finding a way to meet their needs and fitting them into the Novell culture."
Corporate cultures affect the success of mergers.
The differences in culture between two companies impact more than benefits. They can have a tremendous effect on whether or not the companies can successfully blend. That's why the Merger Book addresses cultural issues to a great degree. The section in the book on corporate cultures requires Harris and Dadone to do an analysis of the culture of each organization by interviewing and observing people within the two companies and by going through the information obtained by the different functions. The analysis includes management styles, performance evaluations, pay practices, employee-relations issues, types of affirmative-action programs, utilization based on demographics and other items.
"We update our information as we make changes in various programs and policies," says Harris. "Then, when we get information from a [candidate] company, we compare it with our information and see how compatible we are in terms of pay practices, management compensation, benefits and employee relations. How does the company manage [people]? How do employees feel about the company? Do employees feel that they're being treated fairly and that they're provided with career opportunities? What issues are important to them relative to employee relations and employee-relations management? Culture is a big issue."
One area that culture impacts is employee relations. For example, at Novell, workers go to employee-relations representatives for a myriad of reasons: counseling, to ask questions or just to talk. USL used an ombudsperson—a single individual who was aligned with nobody but the president of the company and provided simply a free ear to listen.
Novell didn't want to continue the practice because it didn't fit in with its own culture. However, because the employees of the acquired company respected and were comfortable with the ombudsperson, Novell brought the person on board. HR groomed the individual to become an employee-relations representative who could help employees of the acquired company understand the role of employee relations within the new context.
Because of Novell's integration of other cultures, Dadone describes its corporate culture as one of diversity. "We recognize and play on every organization's strengths and uniqueness," she says.
The Merger Book looks at legal issues.
There's no doubt that corporate cultures can impact a merger dramatically. Just as important to the success of the endeavor, however, is the candidate company's compliance to legal factors. The Merger Book investigates all legal issues pertinent to HR, and serves as a catalyst for Novell's legal department.
The book does more than just ask questions. It serves as a checklist for acquiring documentation, such as copies of a candidate company's affirmative- action plans. It enables Novell to identify problems while they still belong to the candidate company. "After the merger's consummated, we don't want a legal entity coming back and saying that this or that happened [before the company merged with Novell] because it becomes our responsibility once [the other company] is a part of us," says Harris.
In some cases, the Merger Book alerts Novell to a candidate company's pending lawsuits. Novell, in most of these instances, has the company resolve the lawsuits before finalizing or consummating the mergers.
The book also helps Novell identify areas that need to be specifically managed. For example, during the acquisition of Digital Research Inc., the book flagged a major problem with its 401(k) plan. The plan was with Mutual Benefit Life, an insurance company whose rating dropped from AAA to A in less than a few days. Digital, not aware of the drop, didn't take action to withdraw their money from the company before all assets were frozen. As a result of the investigation with the Merger Book, Novell was able to work with Digital to put in place a plan for withdrawing whatever money it could and addressing the concerns of employees whose money remained in the frozen account. "If the problem with that 401(k) plan had proved to be material to our finance people, then it's conceivable it could have stopped the merger," says Dadone.
To date, Novell hasn't halted any mergers based solely on information extracted by the book. Most of what Novell discovers through the book is solvable and workable. After the Merger Book identifies liabilities, for example, Novell can estimate that particular benefits or liabilities will cost the company x dollars during the next so many years, and communicate that information to the company's legal and financial specialists. The information is incorporated in the financial negotiation, says Harris. "In a lot of cases, we're talking about millions of dollars."
Information found by the Merger Book impacts negotiations in other ways as well. The book enables Novell to identify how the population is utilized at the candidate company and to key in on efficiencies. "Whenever two companies come together, there are duplications—two HR departments, two sales forces, two finance areas, and so on," says Harris. "We have to plan what would be necessary to run the company effectively but efficiently." Included in such considerations: staff reductions, the economy being inherited, and outplacement costs.
The Merger Book keeps up morale and raises respect.
As a result of using the Merger Book to investigate cultures and policies, along with a strategic communications process that accompanies the investigation (see "Merger Book Coaches Communications"), Novell's merger activities have been successful from an HR standpoint. A majority of employees who Novell brings over from acquired companies go through with the change. Most are comfortable with their decision and happy with Novell.
Also, the investigation into liabilities protects Novell financially. It's impossible to calculate the effect HR's recommendations have on the bottom line, yet there's no doubt that uncovering problems before they become Novell's has an impact.
The Merger Book has reaped additional benefits. Harris and Dadone say that because of the book and the activity it requires, they're forced to continually evaluate their company's policies and practices. And by having to integrate new people and programs into the culture on a constant basis, they hone their skills and don't become complacent. "We constantly have to be able to respond to that one individual," says Dadone. "We can't take things for granted, and we can never get lazy."
The fact that HR has had responsibility for the management of the company's merger activity all along demonstrates the value that Novell puts on the function. The innovation of the HR department in its managing of the responsibility has elevated the company's respect for it further. "We're really proud of the fact that HR at Novell receives a lot of respect," says Dadone. It's respect well deserved.
Personnel Journal , March 1994, Vol.73, No. 3, p. 42.


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Server: verified on both 5.0.6 and 5.0.8 (both NE).
Client: Apple iCal (latest updates) and Mulberry (behaviour in Mulberry is slightly different, read on for more info).
How to reproduce:
1) configure some calendars in your Zimbra webinterface, setup your CalDav client, make sure it's working, that you can see al calendars etc.
2) add a new calendar, with a special (non-ASCII) character in it (eg: "test with é").
3) Refresh the calendar list in iCal. ==> It won't show up in iCal (shows up as a calendar with an empty name in Mulberry)
Even worse:
4) Add a few new calendars, without special chars in the name.
5) Refresh the Calendar list ==> They won't show up either in iCal (they do show in Mulberry)
To prove my point:
6) Completely erase all data in your iCal, quit iCal, start it again and recreate the CalDav account. ==> Not a single calendar will show up.
7) Delete the calendar with an accented name in it in your Zimbra interface. Refresh the iCal list ==> They all show up again.
Can anyone confirm this and tell me if there is a fix? Thanks.
PS: Please note that adding UTF-8 data to the content of an appointment does seem to work, shows up fine, the error only happens when the name of the calendar contains non-ASCII chars in it.


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How can I add a extra info on the header of the message ( see attached image). No need for custom formatting, it is fine to be exactly as "To:" and "From:".
I am developing a Zimlet in which existing emails can be associated with tracking numbers. The user will be able to associate new tracking numbers or see on that extra line if it as already been associated with a tracking number. Underlying, I am hooking a call to our webservice when onMsgView and onConvView are executed.


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London 2012 - after losing her heptathlon world title to Russia's Tatyana Chernova last year, British heptathlete Jessica Ennis remodelled her javelin technique and reset her personal best on the way to winning Olympic gold.
London 2012 - Jessica Ennis wins the javelin throw using a remodelled technique. The British heptathlete went on to take gold at the Olympic stadium.
London 2012 - Jessica Ennis, Team GB's face of the Olympics, competing in the javelin throw during the heptathlon, in which she took gold.
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When a baby escapes a murderer intent on killing the entire family, who would have thought it would find safety and security in the local graveyard?
Brought up by the resident ghosts, ghouls and spectres, Bod has an eccentric childhood learning about life from the dead. But for Bod there is also the danger of the murderer still looking for him - after all, he is the last remaining member of the family.
A stunningly original novel deftly constructed over eight chapters, featuring every second year of Bod's life, from babyhood to adolescence. Will Bod survive to be a man?
©2008 Neil Gaiman; (P)2008 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
"Thrilling, elegant and joyously macabre. You will love it to death." (Holly Black, author of The Spiderwick Chronicles)
"Wonderful story, brilliant writing and narration"
I read this after being tormented by the mediocre pulp of "Game of Thrones" and "Red Mars". What a relief to return to a real writer and storyteller, and one who can narrate his own work brilliantly as well. An enchanting story, believable and captivating characters, real imagination of an offbeat world so masterfully painted that you don't hesitate to suspend disbelief to enjoy it. The only downside is the fact that most of Gaiman's books are blacklisted by Audible's narrow-minded publishers, available only to listeners in the USA.
Like many of you probably, Audible has become my best friend. I'm a huge fan of paranormal fantasies and mysteries.
"A book by Neil Gaiman"
Neil Gaiman was one of my favorite authors. As I'm sure you have probally heard of Coraline, Stardust, American God......are some of his masterpieces. However The Graveyard Book might be the best book he has ever written. I mean seriously, the book got the 2009 Newbery award. I enjoyed it very much myself, as I'm sure most of you would too. By the way, the narrator was Neil Gaiman himself.
If I am to pick my favorite of all Gaiman's works, The Graveyard Book would be it. This one might be catered to the kids, but adults can appreciate this too.
And with Gaiman doing the narration, it's just perfect!
"Vivid storytelling"
This was an ideal book to hear on audio because the author's voice of his characters was convincingly and colourfully performed.
The story is fantastic, I felt as though I was wandering through the graveyard and seeing a secret world.
"Wow" is all I can say about this book. The book kept me on my feet and the narrator was exhilarating! At the end I was shocked to find out that the author himself narrated it! As far as the content of the book I would say 4/5, but how it is narrated is by far the best I have previously heard, receiving a 6/5 in my books. Great Job Neil Gaiman!
Nicely tall and intelligently open-minded
"Enjoyable listen!"
I recommended especially to those that as an adult enjoy a good teenage novel.
I liked every character even the bad guys. The story unfolds through the characters so there is one for everyone to like or dislike
No but I will now
"Something different and worthwhile!"
Hard to believe a toddler could grow up in a graveyard cared for by spirits. But it works! This story is delightful, sad, out-there, mysterious and more.
"Narrator surprise"
I was astonished when I finished listening to this & realised that Neil Gaiman had narrated his own work. I was hooked from the first moment both because of the way Gaiman uses language but also his wonderful narration. It is hard to know how much I would have enjoyed the book if I had read it but listening to this book was the most pleasurable audiobook experience I have had so far.
I think what made it so good is that Neil Gaiman immeasurably enhances the characters with his vocalisations. On hearing him utter a single sentence by Bod or Silas or any of the other characters, you immediately get a sense of who they are. It is the happy result of a fantastic author who obviously knows his characters inside out and also happens to be a first class narrator
"Don't waste your time"
A horrid, pointless and poorly written book. Do not waste your time with this pathetic attempt at story telling. A shame that Tim Ferris recommended it
"i love this book to death !!"
number 1 !!
Silac, read the book and you'll know ;)
it will be forever be my number 1 book !! i'll never get tired of reading it over and over.
"I loved this"
Not written a review of any other audiobooks on here but this was a great adults fairytale and read in a lovely way just like someone reading you a bed time story. I am new to Neil Gaiman and am already a huge fan. I would listen to this one again and again.
Full of thrills, humour, mystery, and pathos, this is a wonderfully imaginative tale for everyone from 10 - 100. The author is an excellent reader (is there no end to his talents?)and there is appropriate music between chapters. All in all, a delight from start to finish and a perfect Christmas treat.
I wasn't 100% sure that this book would appeal to me, but I'm glad I bought it. Excellent story and the reading by Neil Gaiman was also excellent and added to the story. One of the best books I read/listened to this year!
"almost but not quite"
A great story, with only one or two dissapointing bits you find in all books - but for the story itself its 5/5 - what lets this audio book down the most is the music thats overlayed onto the start of each new secion which drowns out the narator to a degree distracting your mind from the tale and onto the tune which plays for aft far to long into each section.
Also sad to say that I would have much preffered a proffesional voice artist to the author narrating his own book - I'm sure theres a certain charm to this and that he, above anybody else really has a feel for the characters, who they are and what they sound like... its just that the way its read at times is like a story being read to a small child by an adult who isnt quite used to reading stories yet and hasnt quite worked out which bits to emphasise, and other tricks of the trade.
Good book - but the music and naration slightly lets it down.
"Another 5 star book by Gaimen"
Gaiman's quirky imagination, evocative writing and great narration made this a brilliant listen. His characters are engaging and the music score really pulls the whole thing together. I loved how each chapter was a separate story following Bod from a young boy to a teenager.
This is more reminiscent of Gaiman's Good Omens (which he co-wrote with the amazing Terry Pratchett) or The Ocean At The End Of The Lane. It is a children's book but I personally prefer his books for younger readers as they can equally be enjoyed by adults but have less darkness and more humor than more well known books like Neverwhere.
Gaiman is a really good narrator. He was shortlisted for Audible's narrator of the year in 2013 and this book will show you why. His understanding of the story and ability to give voice to his characters, brings the whole thing to life exactly as the author intend. Combined with the music score, Gaiman's narration really creates an atmospheric performance.
There are both funny and sad scenes in this book but despite some very bad things happening to the hero there is a lot more cheer and optimism than sadness in it, which is how I prefer a book.
This is one of those books I just couldn't stop listening too, it's beautifully narrated and imagined and I will defiantly be listening to it again.
"Most entertaining audiobook I've bought so far!"
In addition to writing a unique and interesting story, Neil Gaiman does a fantastic job narrating his book. His various voices and accents bring all his characters alive (even the ghosts!), and his detailed descriptions paint vivid pictures in the mind's eye. This book crosses over genre categories and would appeal to audiences of all ages.
Neil Gaiman's narration is awesome.
Bod (the protagonist) was my favorite; he is sensitive, tries to be helpful, and especially tries to understand the ways of life (and death) around him.
I liked all of the heart-to-heart conversations in the book between Bod and Cyrus.
I wish Neil Gaiman's book "Stardust" were available to buy through Audible. Why isn't it? It has already been recorded by the author. I would snap it up immediately!
This is a wonderful story, and very well narrated by Neil Gaiman himself. It seems advantageous that the author is reading it, as he knows exactly how all the characters and names ought to sound, and he understands his own phrasings. Bod's adventures while growing up in a graveyard are both imaginative and exciting. I would thoroughly recommend this audiobook
Don't be put off by the 'young adult' tag; it's a very long time since anyone called me that but I loved this book. It has a magical atmosphere, combining the fantastical with a lovingly authentic evocation of an ordinary English town, cold chips, buses, rain and all. Crucially, for an audio book, the narrator (Neil Gaiman himself)is a wonderful reader. He also sounds uncannily like Alan Rickman, which is high praise indeed. Strongly recommended.
"Great adult/young adult book"
Loved the story, quite dark for a childrens book. My critism is I don't like music on the audio books. Sometimes the narrators voice grated on me. But glad I bought this one.
"Wonderful imagination,"
This is marketed as a Young Adult book but it is also a wonderful adult fantasy that had me lying awake hours past my usual sleep time to hear the ending. It is read by Gaiman himself, really well,and it means that you know that the interpretation of the characters is correct (something you cannot always be sure of). A terrific listen.
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Wireless Rumblepad 2 for scope control
Started by waassaabee , Apr 16 2009 12:49 PM
6 replies to this topic
Posted 16 April 2009 - 12:49 PM
I've been reading about using the Rumblepad with NexRemote to control the Celestron mounts and ordered one up last night. Anyone have any insight for me... Seems I saw someones custom config file a week or so here as well... please chime in!!
Many Thanks!!
Many Thanks!!
Posted 16 April 2009 - 04:53 PM
I've been using a Rumblepad 2 with EQMOD on an Atlas EQ-G for about 3 years. For me, and proobably me only, due to the shape it's pretty clunky to use at the eyepiece. Plus there are so many buttons that the chance of not pressing one unintendedly is about zero. I put a small leash on mine to hold it around my neck when not in my hand, but it's still a sporty use for me.
Posted 16 April 2009 - 07:51 PM
Hi I use the Rumblepad 2 wireless most of the time. I opened the game pad and and removed the two "rumble" motors. Just cut and tape the black and red wire leading to each motor. This greatly extends the battery life. Drill a hole through each hand grip and insert a lanyard of some material, I used raw hide shoe lace. This way you can hang the game pad wherever you want. Then I change the Joystick.ini file in the nexremote directory to make sure I had to press the shift button and either the enter, align, and undo button at the same time. That is to prevent an accidental pressing of one of these vital button prematurely.
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 07:58 PM
Let me try that again did not realize I had another file named .tex Try this file
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Posted 16 April 2009 - 11:20 PM
Hank, I think I'm with you up to the
And what other file?
press the shift button and either the enter, align, and undo button at the same time. That is to prevent an accidental pressing of one of these vital button prematurely.
And what other file?
Posted 17 April 2009 - 10:43 AM
Hi Waassaabee: One complaint about using the game pad controller is the accidental hitting one of the buttons during the alignment procedure, making you repeat the entire alignment. To avoid this, go to Your celestron/nexremote/joystick.ini folder and apply the changes I showed in the second attachment above (the first attachment was a mistake). This means, when you want to press enter, align, or undo during observation session you must also at the same time press the shift button. Keeps from an accindental button press if the game controller hits the mount or something. Once you get use to the game controller it become second nature. I also like the voice prompts from the computer telling me what commands I just entered in nexremote. I can be looking through the eyepiece, pressing a button and listening to the commands I entered. Hitting the info button and hearing when viewing. You can always turn this feature off, my neighbors think I'm talking to myself.
Posted 17 April 2009 - 11:23 AM
Hank, Thanks for the clarification!! That makes perfect sense now, and I see the changes in the attached document..
Rumblepad shipped yesterday, so I should have time to familiarize before next weekend...
Rumblepad shipped yesterday, so I should have time to familiarize before next weekend...


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Are there any sources that explicitly discuss the halachic status of Sikhism regarding to what extent it follows the Noahide laws, and if it is considered avoda zara or shittuf?
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From what I understand "avoda zara" or "shittuf" means, our religion, Sikhism, is neither. It's a monotheistic religion where we believe in the existence of one Omni-Present God.
He is above all. He is not confined in any idol or temple. He created us. We respect Him for what He has given us. (That's why we are not supposed to trim body or facial hair, or perform circumcision.)
Regarding Noahide laws, I am not able to understand them clearly. I apologize. I will do some more research and get back on that later.
I'm not aware of any halachic literature on the subject, but I've never seen any reason to treat it as Avoda Zara. Sikhism has some qualms with some of the practices of Islam (e.g. circumcision) but generally stays quite close to its overall theology.


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Partnerships: a cooperative approach to security
Over the past two decades, the Alliance has developed a network of structured partnerships with countries from the Euro-Atlantic area, the Mediterranean and the Gulf region, as well as individual relationships with other partners across the globe. Today, NATO pursues dialogue and practical cooperation with 41 partner countries and engages actively with other international actors and organisations on a wide range of political and security-related issues.
NATO's Strategic Concept identifies "cooperative security" as one of NATO's three essential core tasks. It states that the promotion of Euro-Atlantic security is best assured through a wide network of partner relationships with countries and organisations around the globe. These partnerships make a concrete and valued contribution to the success of NATO's fundamental tasks. Many of NATO's formal partners as well as other non-member countries offer substantial capabilities and political support for Alliance operations and missions. A focused effort to reform NATO's partnerships policy was launched at the Lisbon Summit to make dialogue and cooperation more inclusive, flexible, meaningful and strategically oriented. This resulted in a new partnership policy, which was endorsed by NATO Foreign Ministers at their meeting in Berlin in April 2011.
Recognising the essential role that partners play in addressing security threats, at the Wales Summit in 2014, the Allies launched two initiatives to deepen NATO's security cooperation with partners. The Partnership Interoperability Initiative aims to maintain and deepen the ability of partner forces to work alongside Allied forces.
The Defence and related Security Capacity Building Initiative builds on NATO's extensive track record and expertise in supporting, advising, assisting, training and mentoring countries requiring capacity-building support of the Alliance. It is aimed at reinforcing NATO's commitment to partner nations and helping the Alliance to project stability without deploying large combat forces, as part of the Alliance's overall contribution to international security, stability and conflict prevention.
The new policy concerns not only partnerships with non-member countries but also NATO's cooperation with other international actors and organisations. The complexity of today's peace-support and stabilisation operations and the multifaceted nature of 21st century security challenges call for a comprehensive approach that effectively combines political, civilian and military instruments.
- NATO works with partners from Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Mediterranean rim, the Gulf region and individual countries from across the globe.
- NATO's partners also comprise other international organisations, including the UN and the EU, as well as other actors such as the International Committee of the Red Cross.
- Partners cooperate with NATO in a very broad range of security-related areas and, when taking part in a NATO cooperation programme, can participate in over 1,000 activities offered in the Partnership Cooperation Menu.
- Partners contribute in many ways to shaping discussions and debates in the Alliance.
A network of partnerships with non-member countries
Dialogue and cooperation with partners can make a concrete contribution to enhance international security, to defend the values on which the Alliance is based, to NATO's operations, and to prepare interested nations for membership.
In both regional frameworks and on a bilateral level, NATO develops relations based on common values, reciprocity, mutual benefit and mutual respect.
In the Euro-Atlantic area, the 28 Allies engage in relations with 22 partner countries through the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and the Partnership for Peace – a major programme of bilateral cooperation with individual Euro-Atlantic partners. Among these partners, NATO has developed specific structures for its relationships with Russia, Ukraine and Georgia.
NATO is developing relations with the seven countries on the southern Mediterranean rim through the Mediterranean Dialogue, as well as with four countries from the Gulf region through the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative.
NATO also cooperates with a range of countries which are not part of these partnership frameworks. Referred to as "partners across the globe", they include Afghanistan, Australia, Iraq, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand and Pakistan.
Active engagement with other international organisations
Since the 1990s, NATO has developed close working relations with the United Nations (UN), the European Union (EU) and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). This is an integral part of the Alliance's ongoing transformation to address effectively the complex challenges of crisis management, as well as terrorism and emerging security challenges.
The Alliance is also developing cooperation in specific areas with a number of other international and non-governmental organisations, including the African Union, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Organization for Migration, the World Bank, the International Civil Aviation Organization and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
The Alliance seeks to enhance its relations with other relevant international organisations. Key objectives guiding this cooperation are, as appropriate:
- To play complementary and mutually reinforcing roles in supporting international peace and security;
- To engage actively before, during and after crises to encourage collaborative analysis, planning and conduct of activities on the ground, in order to maximise the coherence and effectiveness of the overall international effort;
- To increase support for training and regional capacity-building.
Strategic objectives for partnership
Under the new partnership policy, the strategic objectives of NATO's partner relations are to:
- Enhance Euro-Atlantic and international security, peace and stability;
- Promote regional security and cooperation;
- Facilitate mutually beneficial cooperation on issues of common interest, including international efforts to meet emerging security challenges;
- Prepare interested eligible nations for NATO membership;
- Promote democratic values and reforms;
- Enhance support for NATO-led operations and missions;
- Enhance awareness of security developments including through early warning, with a view to preventing crises;
- Build confidence and achieve better mutual understanding, including about NATO's role and activities, in particular through enhanced public diplomacy.
Priority areas for dialogue, consultation and cooperation
Within these strategic objectives for partnership, dialogue, consultation and cooperation will be prioritised in the following areas, as appropriate:
- Political consultations on security developments, as appropriate, including regional issues, in particular with a view to preventing crises and contributing to their management;
- Cooperation in NATO-led operations and missions;
- Interoperability, so that partners can support the Alliance in achieving its tactical, operational and strategic objectives;
- Defence reform, capability- and capacity-building, education and training;
- Counter-terrorism;
- Counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery;
- Emerging security challenges, including those related to cyber defence, energy security and maritime security, including counter-piracy;
- Civil emergency planning.
Towards a more efficient and flexible partnership
NATO's new partnership policy, which was endorsed in April 2011 aims to reinforce existing partnerships by strengthening consultation mechanisms and by facilitating more substance-driven cooperation. In addition, the new policy outlines a "toolbox" of mechanisms and activities, simplifying the way that NATO develops cooperation offers to partners.
In line with the new Strategic Concept, NATO is offering its partners "more political engagement with the Alliance, and a substantial role in shaping strategy and decisions on NATO-led operations to which they contribute." At their meeting in Berlin in 2011, NATO Foreign Ministers endorsed proposals for the establishment of a more structured role for NATO's operational partners in shaping the strategy of NATO-led operations to which they contribute. The Political-Military Framework, which governs the way NATO involves partners in political consultation and the decision-making process for operations and missions to which they contribute, was reviewed in 2011, without however giving partners the same decision-making authority as member countries.
Existing partnership frameworks will preserve their specificity and be further developed. However, the new partnership policy offers all partners more cooperation and more dialogue. All partners which have an Individual Partnership and Cooperation Programme (IPCP) or other programme agreed with NATO have access to the same Partnership Cooperation Menu, comprising more than a thousand activities. IPCPs are programmes that form the basis of a partner's cooperation with NATO. A myriad of other tools are available to partners, according to the specific areas of cooperation they wish to develop with the Alliance, including the initiatives launched at the Wales Summit in September 2014 focused on interoperability and capacity-building.
NATO is also seeking to develop political dialogue and practical cooperation with key global actors and other new interlocutors across the globe which share the Allies' interest in peaceful international relations but have no individual programme of cooperation with NATO. Contacts will be developed based on a decision of the North Atlantic Council and in a flexible and pragmatic manner. In the run-up to the Wales Summit in 2014, the Allies agreed to create a new, permanent forum – the Interoperability Platform, which includes partners interested in developing interoperability with NATO. Through this Platform, Allies and partners will discuss and develop plans for deepening their interoperability.
NATO will further develop more flexible formats for meetings and, as appropriate, activities which will bring NATO Allies and partners together, across and beyond existing frameworks, using the so-called "28 Allies + n" formula. Such meetings are thematic or event-driven and are used, on a case-by-case basis, to enhance consultation on security issues of common concern and cooperation in priority policy areas, such as counter-piracy, counter-narcotics in Afghanistan, and cyber defence.


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Kit Kat candy bars have been named the "most influential" of all candy bars by Time magazine.
It was the first sweet treat to be "marketed around sharing," the magazine said in explaining why it ranked No. 1.
"Decades later, Kit Kat remains a global obsession: last year, Google's Android announced its new operating system would be called KitKat, and in January, Tokyo welcomed the first all-Kit Kat store, featuring flavors like edamame soy bean, purple sweet potato and wasabi," the article states.
Hershey's Milk Chocolate came in second on the list of the 13 most influential candy bars, with Baby Ruth, Milky Way, and the Wonka Bar rounding out the bottom three.


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Safekeeping of weapons a much-debated police tactic
Officers trained to defuse dangerous situations
More than 200 million 911 calls are made in the U.S. each year, initiating a response from emergency personnel.
Every day police respond to these calls, entering potentially dangerous and deadly situations.
"They are entering situations where they have a victim or potential victim," Laura Cutiletta, senior staff attorney for the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, said. "They have an opportunity to save a life."
One tool law enforcement use is the voluntary surrender of firearms for safekeeping; a practice meant to take the lethality out of a combustible situation, typically used when police respond to domestic violence cases.
According to the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, in about one third of states in the U.S. law enforcement officers are required or authorized to remove firearms when they arrive at the scene of a domestic violence incident. Depending on the law, removal is either required or simply authorized. The laws vary on which firearms can be removed and the length of time between removal and return of the weapons.
"This is not about infringing on anyone's second amendment rights," Baltimore Police Sgt. Jarron Jackson said. "It is not about taking a gun away from a person. It is about making sure our citizens are safe and removing a potential threat that could cause someone to be a victim."
When law enforcement officers arrive at a home, after or before a crime, they have a right to ask if there is anything that is bothering or concerning, John Firman, Director of Research for The International Association of Chiefs of Police, said.
"If the victim says there is a weapon and please take it, then they certainly are free to do so because, they have been asked to take that weapon for safekeeping by that citizen. It's a very appropriate action and one a lot of police agencies take."
Safekeeping is a tactic some police departments employ around the country, it can occur during routine calls for service, domestic violence situations and wellness checks. It is a question police are now trained to ask when investigating a call where a gun could escalate the violence.
The process is almost always voluntary except in the emergency petition of a person in mental distress.
"This training is not just for domestic violence, it is in all the calls for service we are handling," Jackson said. "We are thinking beyond the initial call. We are thinking what is going to happen tomorrow. What is going to happen the next day?"
Cutiletta and the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence agree. "If the state allows them to confiscate the weapon, they could save someone's life," she said. "It would be good if they did as peacekeepers." The nonprofit provides legal expertise in support of gun violence prevention and the promotion of smart gun laws that save lives, according to its website. It is based in San Francisco.
Second Amendment
"If someone consents to a turnover of any sort of property, for safekeeping, that is one thing," Sean Caranna, Executive Director for Florida Carry, Inc., said. "But, to do so without a court order, we have some pretty big due process issues with that."
Florida Carry is a nonprofit Second Amendment advocacy organization. The group has sued police agencies around the state of Florida for pre-emptively seizing firearms.
"There is not a Second Amendment right exemption to the Fourth Amendment," Caranna said. "You do not have a constitutional right to own a television, yet no one will take it from you without the proper consent because it is your property. Yet, you do have one (a constitutional right) to own a gun and due process is not taken into count."
For Caranna it is a slippery slope. He said, guns should not be taken unless a judge orders it to happen. "The Fourth Amendment guarantees that with any property," he said.
Cutiletta said the Supreme Court has already ruled on the issue.
"The Second Amendment right is not absolute," she said. "Just because you have the right to own a gun in your home it is not absolute. Domestic violence falls into that. Why would a user's right to own a gun be more concerned with than a victim's right to not be murdered?"
In District of Columbia v. Heller, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an individual's right to bear arms, striking down the D.C. ban on handgun possession in the home. In the decision, the court also said the ruling should not forget about longstanding prohibitions on possession of firearms, including by felons or the mentally ill.
The Supreme Court held the Heller decision and applied it to state and local governments in McDonalds v. Chicago.
Click on the interactive below to see what gun ownership restrictions exist in each state.
While Caranna recognizes specific prohibitions of gun ownership, like those applied federally to people convicted of domestic violence crimes, he is not sure how voluntary an individual's consent is when agreeing to a voluntary safekeeping of weapons.
"Police take a lot of considered voluntary and make you feel like don't have an option," Caranna said. "They are very good at that. It travels a very perilous path in how that is implemented."
Seeing increases
In Baltimore, weapon safekeeping is happening at a nearly 400 percent increase, the Baltimore Police Department's numbers show.
Police say it's due to a commitment to try to continually de-escalate potentially deadly situations.
"It was a time when we began to start shifting our thinking to say, not only are we going to handle the call, but what is the next step?" Jackson said. "We began asking the question, are there any guns in the house? Is there anything in the house or any other circumstances that can cause you to become an additional victim?"
An analysis by Scripps reporters found guns seized for safekeeping by Baltimore police went from 58 in 2008 up to an average of 200 a year over the last three years.
That's a total of nearly 1,000 guns in the last six years.
In Baltimore, the surrendered firearm is taken out of the home and placed in evidence control where detectives begin to investigate. Ballistics reports are performed while a background check is completed on the owner.
If everything checks out, the gun is cleared to be returned to the owner.
According to Baltimore police, half of the guns held for safekeeping are returned to owners, while the other half remain in police custody.
Guns belonging to owners who end up being disqualified because of certain criminal convictions are not returned under Maryland law.
Baltimore police say almost 50 percent of safekeeping firearms tested by the Evidence Control Unit are proven stolen, used in a previous crime or in the case of mental health wellness check, the person was never cleared by a physician.
Wellness checks
Wellness checks are usually driven by neighbors, family members or social service agencies, Dr. Steve Albrecht, a 15-year veteran of the San Diego Police Department and a threat assessment consultant, said.
"Or in the Santa Barbara shooting case, to verify the stability of a person thought to be a danger to himself or herself, a danger to others, or gravely disabled."
Santa Barbara Sheriff's deputies conducted a wellness check on Elliot Rodger less than a month before his May shooting spree which left six UC Santa Barbara students dead and 13 other people injured.
"Mentally ill people will not want them to know their real plans, like in the Santa Barbara case," Albrecht said. "We want the officers to use their experience and intuition, and follow the law and their policies when they respond."
In a 137-page document, Rodger wrote of the wellness check visit from deputies, referencing the three semi-automatic weapons he had hidden in his bedroom.
"I tactfully told them that it was all a misunderstanding, and they finally left. If they had demanded to search my room...that would have ended everything," he wrote. "For a few horrible seconds I thought it was all over. When they left, the biggest wave of relief swept over me."
Some law enforcement and mental health experts question why the subject of Rodger's gun ownership never came up.
"We had no information that he had weapons or reason to believe he had weapons," Kelly Hoover, spokeswoman for the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Department, told The Los Angeles Times.
No one knows whether the information would have changed the outcome, but the incident is an example of how wellness checks require good questioning skills and discretion on the part of officers.
Concern grows in Florida
"There's been a lot of cultural shift on public protection and what we do with people accused of crime over the past 30 years," Caranna said. "What we are seeing is a little bit more aggressive action from police and unfortunately this is with police that are less trained to deal with the legally armed public."
Florida Carry has represented many individuals who have seen their guns seized from police.
One case, in Daytona Beach, Florida, involved a wellness check on a 27-year-old male in December 2012. Police responded after receiving reports that the man may harm himself. During the visit, the officers took him for a mental health or Baker Act evaluation, and seized his firearms from the home.
The next day, the man was found not to be a harm to himself and could return home, according to Caranna. When the man tried to get his weapons back, the police required him to get a court order. The man refused and through Florida Carry filed a lawsuit. Eight months later a judge ordered the department to release the weapons.
Firman, with IACP, said he does not know and cannot accurately provide details on how police agency policies differ on the issue of safekeeping of weapons, because it is not something that is nationally tracked. But it is a fairly common practice, he said.
Caranna said he has seen quite a bit more of it over the past few years. "It has been a fairly disturbing trend," he said.
IACP is the largest nonprofit membership organization of police executives, with over 16,000 members in 94 different countries, according to its website.
"We know that probably all of our members in every state and county in the country are looking at gun violence issues, the use of weapons, how they're used, who gets hurt," Firman said. "Anything, gun safekeeping being one example, that can reduce the availability of a weapon being used in a crime is important to us."
Something else Firman points out is that police aren't seizing a gun, they're simply taking it for safekeeping, he said. The person who owns the gun can come back and get it.
For Caranna it all comes down to the fundamental rights we have in this country. "It's a violation of what makes America what it is," he said. "Our core values, the Bill of Rights. Without our Bill of Rights, America is no longer a special place."
Florida Carry has been involved in litigation relating to preemption and constitutional challenges related to the gun laws in Florida. Some include college's policies regulating firearm possession in private vehicles, county's ordinances regulating firearm sales, possession and use and city ordinances regulating firearm possession and use in public.
Domestic violence
In Baltimore, the lion's share of safekeeping guns are voluntarily seized in domestic violence disputes. Police said the sharp rise in seizures comes from how officers approach victims.
"Studies show women are much more likely to be killed by a domestic abuser if there is a firearm in the home or if the abuser owns a firearm," Cutiletta said. "So, the police responding on the scene are dealing with a more lethal environment if there is a gun or weapon involved."
"They are assuming, the gun is going to automatically jump off the shelf and murder someone," Caranna said. "If someone is so dangerous they are going to murder someone and they are not in jail and are conditioned out on bail then a judge can say they are not allowed to own a gun. But, it takes a judge. I am not asking for much here, just constitutional due process."
Multiple calls to the National Rifle Association were not returned.


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Dartmouth women's soccer head coach Ron Rainey has announced the 18-game schedule that will feature 11 home games from the confines of Burnham Field in 2016.
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Thats funny! I could make a pot of that every year. There's always unused tags in our household
Actually, it has a somewhat bitter taste.
I have the same soup this year. Only it's the Idaho Elk tag soup flavor.
Now thats funny IKIC!! I hear its best to soak the tag for a week first to soften it up
I had some of that this year too.. My recipe included elk, bear and tears.
For only the 2nd time in my hunting career, I didn't have tag soup this year lol
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Geoff baker I agree with you all the way. I commend all the bicycle commuters but without going into the details where I live, unless you have planned out where you live and work and shop with bicycle commuting in mind then you are going to get awfully frustrated trying to commute without your own vehicle. Seattle can be a nightmare to get around regardless of what the city officials would have you believe. I tried myself for a while and decided I liked having time to do more than one thing a day. SO, since it is rare that you will travel anywhere here faster than 40mph in the first place and most of the bridges are not bicycle friendly by most standards, There is an emerging two wheel motorized vehicle culture made up of an interesting array of options. The motorized bike would fit right in.
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I've been shopping for a spotter as you might have seen in some other threads. I've come up with a list of what seem like the best spotters for each price range. Some I have looked through, and others have been recommended by hunting and/or birding magazines, individuals whose opinions I trust (generally with some background in optics), concensus on other forums by those knowledgeable about optic quality, etc.
Anyone own one of these and can comment, or have any others to add? Feel free to add to the list, edit it, etc.
$100 - ?
$200 - Konus 80mm Konuspot.
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$400 - Alpen 786 or 788 (can actually be found for ~$330 on sale)
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$600 - Celestron Regal 100mm
$700 - Nikon ED50; Bushnell Elite 80mm
$800 - Nikon Fieldscope 60mm
$900 - Nikon Fieldscope ED 60mm
$1000 - Nikon Fieldscope ED 82mm
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$1200 - Zen Ray
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Just put the kids to bed, they were a couple blocks away today and got pretty scared.Tough to know what to say to them on a night like this.
Told them that although there might be a bad person out there, we saw thousands who ran to help.Way more good people in this world than bad.


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Although I don't remember the contributors, the flow of the discussion is as clear as if it happened yesterday. The steady professor was quietly putting an argument in place, on the Today program on Radio 4, to suggest that the warming of the earth may be due to factors such as cloud formation due to solar activity when he was rudely, and I do mean rudely, interrupted by the green activist smearing his comments and shouting him down.
That was the exact moment a few years ago when I knew that Man Made Global Warming wasn't all it was cracked up to be. I do not consider myself to be an idiot and I think that I have read fairly widely but I am not a scientist, I do not understand all the research, I was until that point unconvinced but concerned. Not being a monster my feelings are that we need to leave the earth in better condition than we find it. That's not to say that I think we should waste all our GDP on trying to save every species but that I do think we have a duty to be fair to those who come after us. I don't agree with needless commercial materialism, it consumes resources which could be better used elsewhere.
What I have learned and you would do well to learn if you haven't yet is that the attitude of the debater is often as clear an indication of truth as the so-called facts which are presented. Those old enough to remember the wild-eyed man on the high street calling time on civilisation will also remember how each and every person correctly ignored him and his theory, the end was not close to nigh. There is a rare time for shouting and closing down debate but this was not it.
I still do not know for sure if we are causing Global Warming but I now strongly suspect that we are not. Recent experiments at CERN and data from BEST suggests that maybe the professor was right and that the activists have fudged the data for whatever benefits and reasons seemed good to them. I may well have believed them if it wasn't for that activist but for what I will call 'the wrong type of shouting' test. I wonder how many others are attuned to this truth and which other issues can be resolved by the same reasoning?


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(WUSA9/ AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI greeted the faithful for the last time as pope from the balcony of the Vatican's vacation retreat on Thursday.
"I am simply a pilgrim who is starting the last part of his journey," Pope Benedict XVI told well-wishers on the balcony at Castel Gandolfo.
He ended his address with "Thank you, goodnight!"
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WUSA) - Saturday morning, thousands of local high school seniors will be taking the SAT for the second time trying to improve their scores form last spring. The class of 2012 bombed the test with the lowest scores in history.
Some blame the falling SAT numbers on No Child Left Behind. They say it's dumbed down curriculum and is causing teachers to teach to their own mandated standardized tests. Dr. Sarah Irvine Belson, American University's Dean of Education, says there is some merit to that argument.
"The reality is more kids are taking the SAT then ever before. More variety of kids taking the SAT from all over the country. The have more opportunities to take the test. That's fabulous. The fact that we have such diversity in this country represents the fact that the SAT is changing, said Belson.