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Picture this: You drag out of your place of employment, drained from the day�s exertions. You climb into your car, manipulate a few controls and then lean back and relax (seat harness fastened, of course) while the machine drives you home � by itself.
Far-fetched? It could be a reality within three years at the least and within a decade at the most. Google it and you�ll find out. (Sorry, we couldn�t resist.)
The tech giant � the noun/verb that�s become a ubiquitous presence in our daily lives � is working on a self-driving car that does more than just stay between the lines, or run at speed on freeways.
The technology � triggered by lasers that scan the car�s surroundings, and controlled by software programmed to predict what other cars are going to do and respond accordingly � also can deal with more complicated situations in urban settings.
A pedestrian or cyclist who unexpectedly moves into traffic won�t get flattened, and the driverless cars can even deal with four-way stops at intersections and read stop signs held by school crossing guards.
Test cars have already driven more than 700,000 miles, mostly on freeways. Those working on the project say drivers initially could take control of a car if the technology goes haywire, but the goal is to take them completely out of the equation. Developers insist that would be safer because machines theoretically should be able to drive more safely than humans.
We�re not convinced. Newer cars have features that border on this technology � voice controls and automated braking and accelerating systems � but a human being still has ultimate control and as imperfect as those creatures are, we�d sort of like to keep it that way.
We�re also not convinced this idea will become widespread. It�s not going to be cheap, plus part of the enjoyment of driving is the feel of actually having your hands on the steering wheel. Doing it by remote control just won�t be the same.
Hey, even George Jetson had a control stick for his vehicle of the future.
A version of this editorial first appeared in the Gadsden Times, a Halifax Media Group newspaper.
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Now in his third week on the charts, A$AP Rocky continues to hold onto the top 20 with his debut studio album Long.Live.A$AP, which dips out of the top 10 with a decrease in sales. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are closing in on the Harlem, New York emcee with their independent debut The Heist, which creeps down a spot from last week but keeps selling strong on the strength of their chart-topping hit "Thrift Shop."
The sole Hip Hop artist to make a splash on the charts was Da' T.R.U.T.H., whose latest album Love, Hope & War sold just enough to land the Christian rapper's latest in the top 100.
Check below to see who had the strongest week on the charts.
A$AP Rocky Lives Long On The Charts
A$AP Rocky has been selling strong. After making his name on the mixtape circuit over the past few years, the Harlem, New York native parlayed buzz from his breakout project Live.Love.A$AP - as well as appearances on T.I.'s Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head and Big Boi's Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors - to score a chart-topping entry three weeks back. His first week at retail closed in on 140,000 copies sold, which was enough to beat out Kidz Bop 23 by 58,000 units.
After sliding from No. 1 to 7, the RCA/Polo Grounds continues to descend to No. 13 with 25,000 copies sold, distinctively less than the 38,000 he moved last week. The placement puts him between Local Natives' Hummingbird and a compilation of tracks from the 2013 Grammy nominees, and ups his overall sales to 201,000 copies. Rocky, who responded to Tyler, The Creator's criticism of "Fuckin' Problems" last week, has received critical acclaim for the LP, which features guest appearances from Drake, Kendrick Lamar and 2 Chainz, and has spawned a pair of singles from the album including "Goldie" and "Fuckin' Problems," which was recently certified gold.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Hold On Strong With The Heist
That Macklemore and Ryan Lewis reign just won't let up. After bowing at No. 2 with The Heist last October with 78,000 copies sold, the Seattle-based duo has continued to thrive thanks to the success of their now double-platinum-certified single "Thrift Shop," which has resided atop the charts for the past few weeks. This week, the album dips just a bit from No. 14 to 16, moving an additional 21,000 copies for a total tally of 313,000, which means the LP is slowly moving towards the gold-certified mark.
The group also recently shot a video for "Can't Hold Us," which could keep the momentum of The Heist sustained..
Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 1/27/2013
#13. A$AP Rocky - Long.Live.A$AP - 25,000 (201,000)
#16. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - The Heist - 21,000 (313,000)
#21. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city - 17,000 (693,000)
#33. T.I. - Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head - 14,000 (359,000)
#51. 2 Chainz - Based On A T.R.U. Story - 8,000 (523,000)
#54. Wiz Khalifa - O.N.F.I.C. - 7,500 (305,000)
#68. Chief Keef - Finally Rich - 5,600 (117,000)
#80. Game - Jesus Piece - 4,800 (187,000)
#81. Da' T.R.U.T.H. - Love, Hope & War - 4,700 (4,800)
#97. Future - Pluto - 3,900 (266,000)
* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000. Each week, HipHopDX presents top albums in Hip Hop/related, and five notables.
Will Joe Budden debut strong with his latest album No Love Lost? Check back on HipHopDX.
RELATED: A$AP Rocky Responds To Tyler, The Creator's Criticism Of "F**kin' Problems"


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Question: Is Aravave Rezai reacting this way because of the outfit she chose to wear this week in Sydney or her collapse against Serena Williams in the semifinals today?
Answer: Please let it be a little bit of both.
The Frenchie held a set and a 5-2 lead over the world's top lady baller before feeling her own nerves and ReRe's better play, going down 3-6, 7-5, 6-4. Oops. The American will face Elena Dementieva, who crushed Victoria Azarenka, in tomorrow's final.
They both seemed to downplay the match with some interesting tidbits from the post-match pressers:
"For me, she was not too impressive," Rezai said. "Of course she's a good player, of course I respect her. But I could have won today. I wasn't impressed. Probably it was more difficult for her to play against me. I know she's a fighter but I am also a fighter."Uh, OKAY.
"Today I lost. Probably next time I will win."
"Was I down that far? I didn't even realize," Williams said. "I don't think she lost her way at all. I felt like I literally lifted my game at that point, because I knew I was going to be headed to Melbourne if I didn't. I kept thinking, 'I want to get a little more practice, and I'd hate for it to end now."'It must be nice to know that while you're fighting for an important tourney win and a victory over a future Hall of Famer, she's looking at you as just another nameless, faceless practice partner.
But you have other things to be sad about A-Rez like this outfit. I mean, what is with this get up? After staring at it for a while (fine, 5 seconds is all it took) in disbelief, her cocktail number from last season has me wishing for more of that thing.
Word of advice Frenchie: it's never good to use hand-me-down material from other lady baller outfits espesh ones worn by Bethanie Mattek-Sands. TRUST.
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Photos: Sluggerrr goes Trick-or-Treating with contest winners
Thanks to everyone who participated in the recent "Trick-or-Treat with Sluggerrr Sweepstakes"! Two families, one in Raytown and another in Kansas City, Mo., had the opportunity to meet the lovable lion on Halloween. Here are a few pictures and a link to Sluggerrr's homepage, where you can find out more about bringing Sluggerrr to your upcoming party or event!


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|MMH continues to strengthen relationships
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|Wednesday, 06 November 2013 14:04
Maintaining a relationship with the public continues to be a primary focus for members of the East Phillips County Hospital District board. A number of ongoing ventures that highlighted the benefits of being involved within the community were discussed at the Oct. 29 board meeting.
Opening the avenues for communication is an important step in identifying and addressing health care issues locally. Melissa Memorial Hospital held its third and final health needs assessment Sept. 26, which MMH administrator John Ayoub stated had a better attendance than the previous two meetings.
Colorado Rural Health Center is now responsible for compiling the information gained through the meetings. Once ratified and approved by the hospital board, the report will be used to aid in strategic planning. Input from the meetings helps the hospital identify what areas of health care the community deem important and what areas people would like to see improved.
The report, which Ayoub hopes will be returned to the board members this month, will be made available to the public by request at the hospital. Ayoub also stated that if enough interest in the report is shown, it could be posted on the hospital's website.
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ECU pin number 7 and 17 are connected to Oxygen Sensor.
Thank you very much Mr Singh!I trust you are well?Would it be too much to ask if you know which color wire went to each pin?This would be of great help.
Maybe not relevant to your needs, but...7 and 17 are unique to the 02 sensor. My diagram also shows two other wires from the 02 sensor. One joins other sensors to connect to pin 24 (a black wire, according to the diagram). The other looks like it gets power from the battery, and also connects to pin 1. I'm guessing these are power and ground?
Here is a picture of the wires from the oxygen sensor. It has four wires - one white and one black for power and ground, respectively. The 2 sensor wires are white and grey.
Awesome!Thank you, SinghG5!I would surmise from that photo that the two white wires are the heater for the O2 sensor, and the black and gray wires are for the sensor itself.Very helpful info.Thank you for your help, SinghG5 !
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A laser lab located in Nichols Engineering Building is opening up new avenues of research while promoting interdisciplinary cooperation. Assistant professor of mechanical engineering Maj. Ryan Taylor '04 and associate professor of physics Lt. Col. Merce Brooke '94 brought their expertise together to make the lab a reality. "The lab was initially Ryan's idea, so he came to me and asked what I thought about doing this," said Brooke. "We put the proposal together, got the lab set up by January. Now we've got preliminary results, and we've got some ideas that we're going to work on over the summer."The lab consists of equipment provided through several sources, including a Jackson-Hope grant for acquisition of a Nd:YAG laser – a powerful laser based on yttrium, aluminum, and garnet crystals. "The Jackson-Hope grant of $77,000 allowed us to get this key piece of equipment," said Taylor. "VMI as a whole chipped in another $46,000, and the department added another $60,000."These funds paid for the customization of a space in NEB for the laser lab, acquisition of a high-sensitivity ICCD camera, and construction of a housing for the entire system."You can think of the lab as a really expensive camera system with an even more expensive flash," said Taylor. "The idea is that you shoot a laser to illuminate a small quantity of gas. When the laser hits the gas, it glows, so you can image the glow and track how it moves."The system tracks that movement with extreme precision, allowing researchers to capture data on the order of microseconds or nanoseconds: millionths or billionths of a second."We're still fine-tuning the system. It's not an easy experiment by any means," said Brooke. "There are a lot of aspects to coordinate, you've got the laser and the camera and everything has to link together and trigger within nanoseconds, so it has been a learning process, but we've made a lot of progress." Cadets are already taking advantage of the facility. Kelsey McCusker '13 is using the lab to study heat flow inside miniature structures as part of her honors thesis. The lab allowed McCusker to study the airflow for a given space by using the laser to illuminate gases while the camera captured data. Imaging the flow of the gases provides detailed information about their position and velocity. "The laser lab was an integral part of my research project," said McCusker, a mechanical engineering major. "The laser lab opens opportunities to explore this velocity technique in many different ways, and only a few other schools in the country have this technology."While the laser lab is already a powerful research tool, faculty members are looking for ways to further enhance the lab's capabilities by adding new systems."We've already applied for a grant of $100,000," said Brooke. That grant would allow the lab to perform laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, or LIBS."You take a laser pulse and focus it with such high energy that it essentially rips the air molecules apart," said Brooke. "That produces a flash of light and the light is associated with different atoms and ions inside the gas, so then you can map out the composition of the gas."Research opportunities in the lab extend outside the fields of engineering and physics."This laser lab can also be used to explore biological or other physical phenomena as well," said McCusker. "Having this technology has opened a lot of doors for cadets down the road to investigate higher-level research questions not previously feasible at VMI."Its use will also reach cadets not involved in research, offering learning opportunities by illustrating concepts taught in the classroom."It gives a nice link between what's on the board and what's actually occurring in practice," said Taylor.
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WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- Robert Muthumbi says he hasn't bought a family Christmas tree in two years, even eating out is a rare treat.
It's all an effort to chip away at his $10,000 credit card debt.
"I've been really making efforts to pay them down, two or three times more than what the minimum payment that is due," he says.
But with the 16 and 22 percent interest rate on his cards, he barely makes a dent.
For families like his, financial experts recommend transferring the balances to a card with a lower rate.
"You can often find cards with very low interest rates, even down to zero for balance transfers. But, look carefully at the terms because they vary a lot from card to card," says Greg Daughtery.
You're often charged a balance transfer fee, three to four percent up front.
And that zero percent or low APR often lasts only 12 to 18 months.
The Chase Slate card is good for people who can pay off the balance quickly.
It has zero interest for 15 months and no transfer fees in the first 60 days.
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Consumer Reports' Daughtery says, "But if you can calculate that you won't be able to pay off your debt that quickly, you're better off with a card with a low fixed interest rate."
Consumer Reports' Daughtery says, "But if you can calculate that you won't be able to pay off your debt that quickly, you're better off with a card with a low fixed interest rate."
One of the best credit cards is the PenFed Promise. It currently has a low APR of 4.99 percent on transfers made before the end of the year, and has no balance transfer fee.
You must be a member of the PenFed Credit Union. It cost $15.
If Robert does transfer his balances, he should try to get another card for any new purchases.
And, he'll need to pay that one off in full every month to avoid going deeper in debt.
Now, a rewards or cash back card is a better choice if you pay off your credit card balance each month.
Consumer Reports recommends the American Express Blue Cash Preferred card. You will have to pay a $75 annual fee.
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I read in Zimbra's new press release:
"Zimbra's Public License package is available free of charge. Zimbra's
Network Standard Edition is available for $30 per mailbox per year."
Could you please explain those two licences?
I read in Zimbra's new press release:
"Zimbra's Public License package is available free of charge. Zimbra's
Network Standard Edition is available for $30 per mailbox per year."
Could you please explain those two licences?
The Zimbra Public License (ZPL) is the open source release that we've posted on the website. It's free of charge and includes all the features listed here. The Network Standard Edition will include everything in the OSS/ZPL release. It will also include the following features:
The current plan for the next release includes the following features. Please keep in mind this is our plan. It's not commited at this time and is subject to change. As always we'll be releasing milestones along the way so you can track our progress and always be working with the freshest bits if you choose.
- Advanced management
- Clustering
- Hierarchical storage management
- Delegated administration
- Message tracing
- Hot full and incremental backup/restore
- Individual mailbox restore
- Advanced connectitvity
- Outlook/MAPI
- Mobility
- Advanced attachment management
- Attachment indexing and search
- HTML attachment rendering
- Support
- Full access to Zimbra knowledge base
OSS (aka ZPL)
- Delegated calendar access
- Multi-calendar views
- Distribution list management from Admin UI
- Alias management from Admin UI
- Improved logging
- Calendar print
- Everything in OSS
- Hierarchical storage management
- Integration with Red Hat cluster suite
- Message tracing
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so delegated administration will never be in the OSS version ?
Ok. Since you bring it up, heres some of the things i've been thinking:
1) It would be really great if we could purchase "Network Licenses" for only a portion of our user base. I have about 2% that would want or need to use Outlook/BES, and i'm not sure I could justify a 30$/useryear charge to management for the other 98%.
2) Will the Network Edition still be Open Source. -- Its almost defeating the purpose of using the product if we lose internal extendability options by purchasing the licensed version--we'll still need to do heavy customizations.
And while I'm on the subject of wish lists:
1) Resizable columns, sortable columns (i.e. i can't sort by "Sender" right now), and pluggable columns (If i want to replace say, Internal-Date with X-Sent-Date). It would help to have these fields available in the Search Builder, too.
2) Tasks. Sure, it would be great to have this integrated with a custom forms and workflow engine (as it seems that's your projected-path), but its just, well, missing right now. -- Along these same lines, I'm eventually hoping we're getting a Notes-like forms builder--thats the plan, right?
3) A way to script popups/mashups into the system via the Admin UI.
Just to reiterate, Zimbra is awesome. You all have done an amazing job, and I am eagerly looking forward to the future of this product.
At this time we don't plan on including it in the OSS release.Originally Posted by antonio.meireles
At this time you'd have to run two servers to achieve this. Could you help us out and talk about what your running today? Do you already have a full calendar and email product that your replacing for both the 2% and 98% user groups?Originally Posted by adobrin
There is some 3rd party code in the Network Edition that due to license restrictions can't open source. The Network Edition is just as extensible as the Open Source version. The SOAP api's won't change and the Javascript in the client by the technology's nature is open. Also with the Network Edition you'll get full support. This not only includes support on install and administration but support for your integration into your environment.Originally Posted by adobrin
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I'm going to start a new thread with this if you don't mind.
Thanks we appreciate the honest and frank feedback and will try to respond with the same.Originally Posted by adobrin
are you going to implement Outlook/MAP in the OSS version? Because we are interested in setting up a zimbra server, however we want to use outlook to connect to it in the offices.
We are willing to pay for a connector licences. Will this be available? So you can use the OSS version but buy connectors?
At this time we plan to support the Outlook MAPI connector in the Network Edition only. If you've got additional questions on this you can PM me or use our sales _at_ zimbra.com email address.Originally Posted by tommie
Network licenses could also be useful for our office. We have those who are tightly connected to our office that we would be happy to purchase licenses for. We also have others that are "loosly connected" that we would like to give accounts to but we don't need any of the extra stuff for them, and wouldn't want to have to pay the extra costs for them. That said, being able to shedule them in meetings precludes putting them on a separate server. Separate servers also increase admin costs, so are not desirable.Originally Posted by adobrin
Another place where free liscences in the Network version could be handy is in adding temporary/project/short term/... where the accounts aren't around long enough to justify the administraiton behind license purchases. (one big advantage of free is removing the license tracting/accounting stuff we need to do on an administration level). We're thinking about switching from Notes to Zambra, and one of the questions is if so, which. The main appeal for the free one now is that we can create new accounts when ever we like without having to go and buy them first. We wouldn't have any problem with purchasing licences for the main people in the office if we could also have free ones for everyone else, but without that, we might go completely free.
I hope all this made sense.
Thanks a bunch!
Got it, thanks for the feedback. Not sure we can provide support for free users (beyond documentation and Forums access for users of the free open-source), but we are looking at how we can provide appropriate pricing for companies/organizations with users who have varying levels of feature-requirements. If you have more detailed thoughts on your users and what levels of features & support would be appropriate for them, we'd appreciate hearing them at sales [at] zimbra.com. Thank you.Originally Posted by smvanbru


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Barclays Bank's Team visits Mangroves Plantation Site
News Release: Karachi - December 23, 2010. Barclays Bank's two-member team visited the proposed plantation sites near Port Qasim. Mr. Tahir Qureshi briefed the team about the threats posed to the ecosystem; he also outlined the criteria for selection of mud flats where the plantation will be carried out. The team also had the opportunity to personally observe some of the threats to the existing patches of mangroves by the untreated industrial effluents and sewage discharged into the sea through the drainage system of the city. …
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Perú y Guatemala comparten experiencias en el manejo de bosques
En noviembre de 2010, en Petén, Guatemala, se llevó a cabo el Intercambio de Experiencias entre actores forestales peruanos y la Alianza de Organizaciones Forestales Comunitarias de Guatemala, gracias al apoyo del GFP. …
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CEC Chair's Corner - December 2010
Keith Wheeler, CEC Chair, introduces the theme of the December newsletter: Climate Change. …
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Go4BioDiv Youth Forum at CBD COP10
"Our Treasures at Risk" is a video featuring statements by all participants of the International Youth Forum Go4BioDiv at COP10, Nagoya, Japan. Tatjana Puschkarsky of IUCN reports on the Forum.
23 Dec 2010 | News story
Youth in Kenya Working to Address Climate Change
Grace Mwaura, IUCN Councillor and CEC member, reports on numerous activities by youth in Kenya. She notes action by groups such as African Youth Initiative on Climate Change and the Kenya Youth Climate Network. …
23 Dec 2010 | News story
Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program
Apply by 18 January for a June-July course in Sustainable Environmental Management. Shared with CEC by Gillian Martin Mehers, CEC Specialty Group Leader for Learning and Leadership.
23 Dec 2010 | News story
Climate Change Education Resources from NSCE
The National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) in the United States is spearheading climate change education initiatives. These links to resources are from Andy Alm, CEC Specialty Group Leader for Knowledge Management. …
23 Dec 2010 | News story
Young Voices on Climate Change: A Movie Series
See young people aged 9-19 taking action on climate change. The movie series was created by Lynne Cherry, who published a children's book on climate change with CEC member Gary Braasch. Shared by CEC member Andy Alm. …
22 Dec 2010 | News story
Free e-Course on Climate Change and REDD+
More than 2000 people have taken this new course on climate change and deforestation. It is recommended by Andy Alm, CEC Specialty Group Leader for Knowledge Management. …
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We - one of regional offices of the federal electrical power distribution company - recently we ran into inconvenient situation.
1. our power grid dispatch service need to inform the highest engineers and specialists in case of any emergency.
2. the fastest way is to send SMS
3. our mobile operator (MO) provides email-to-SMS gateway. Dispatcher sends warning message to specially formed list of gated mobile numbers (like +firstname.lastname@example.com)
4. ZCS successfully delivers this message
5. gateway accepts only first recipient address and ignores or rejects others
6. dispatcher forced to send same email to several addresses. Or use his/her cellphone to SMS manually.
MO's tech-support ensures us that it is absolutely impossible to convert message with more than 1 addressee to several SMS.
May be they're right, may be they lies us, may be they have not enough knowledge of their own systems - it's not to my judgement.
But I'm almost sure that the Postfix included in ZCS can do the job: convert such single message into several ones, with only one recipient per message.
Any suggestions please?
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Winter Preview
by nycgo.com staff, 08/28/2012
Photo: Joe Buglewicz
St. Patrick's Day Parade
March 16, 2013
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County pension charts path through risky waters
In the high-stakes world of high finance, rewards are reaped by having the guts to take on risk.
A whiz who can win gains while narrowing risk would be worth $35 million to $45 million over the next five years, which is what the San Diego County pension system has agreed to pay consultant Lee Partridge of Houston.
After all, Partridge's investments earned 6.5 percent in the last fiscal year for the pension fund, or about $550 million. Had he used the same investment strategy as Orange County's pension system did, that number would have been $67 million.
Since many pension funds face a significant gap between the amount in their funds today and what they have promised pensioners in the future, corralling solid returns on investments while avoiding big losses is crucial.
The San Diego County Employees Retirement Association currently has about $79 for every $100 it expects to pay out to pensioners over the years. If SDCERA had earned Orange County's pension system returns last year, it would have only $74 for every $100 promised.
SDCERA says Partridge earns the fund more than 99 percent of its peers, taking on less risk than 81 percent of them.
But what is risk, how is it measured, and are the available measurements adequate to keep $9 billion of public money safe?
The Partridge files
- Pension board to outsource portfolio oversight
- Retirement board turns testy about expert's pay
- New role carved for portfolio strategist
- Pension guru could have large payday
- Pension fund missed out on Treasury gains
- County outsider calling some pension shots
- Pension officer claims risk limits breached
- Retirement board OKs risk in two fund classes
- County pension fund earns less than peers
- Pension officer raised risk issues, got fired
- Pension strategist when on risk: 'Bring it on!'
- Pension fund contract called 'way outrageous'
- Pension fund mix modified
- County pension charts path through risky waters
- F-minus for pension fund from trustee
- Pension fund posts 13.44 percent gain
- Was pension fund leverage approved?
- Pension board keeps manager for now
Partridge manages the county employee retirement fund based on an investment strategy called risk parity. It contends that traditional asset allocation used by many pensions concentrates too much risk in stocks.
A standard diversified portfolio that invests 60 percent of its money in stocks and 40 percent in bonds would have more than 90 percent of the risk tethered to the stock holdings, says Partridge, chief investment officer with Salient Partners.
"Risk parity strategies try to balance out risk so they have an equal contribution across different asset classes," he said in an interview with U-T San Diego.
SDCERA hasn't adopted a pure risk parity strategy, says Partridge. The fund doesn't strive to precisely achieve the same risk levels across stocks, bonds, real estate, private equity and other asset classes in the portfolio.
But the fund's strategy does lean toward risk parity principles.
"The reason we have been considered risk parity is we target risk rather than dollar allocation," says Partridge. "We tried to reduce the dominance of equities as the main risk factor that impacts the returns of the portfolio. That means we have lower equity allocation and a higher fixed-income allocation because we just need more dollars invested in fixed income to get a risk contribution that is noticeable."
Partridge brought another pillar of the risk parity along when he was hired to oversee SDCERA in 2009 — leverage through U.S. Treasury futures, global equity futures and other derivative investments. SDCERA's policies didn't allow leverage — which adds a layer of risk — until Partridge was retained and its board adopted new rules.
In addition, SDCERA's fund now has significantly higher stakes in so-called alternative investments — hedge funds, infrastructure and natural resources — compared with its peers.
The county's pension fund has been burned by a hedge fund investment before. In 2006, it lost $105 million when Amaranth Advisors collapsed.
"Once you get out of traditional equities or fixed income where there's a wealth of data — once you start getting into these alternatives — people start painting with too broad a brush in how they characterize their risk exposure," says Bradley Belt, a senior managing director of the Milken Institute and former head of the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.
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|Release Date: October 08, 2010
|Running Time: 105 mins.
|MPAA Rating: R
|Box Office: $1,796,024.00
|Genre: Crime, Thriller
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Summary:As parole officer Jack Mabry counts the days toward a quiet retirement, he is asked to review the case of Gerald "Stone" Creeson, in prison for covering up the murder of his grandparents with a fire. Now eligible for early release, Stone needs to convince Jack he has reformed, but his attempts to influence the older man's decision have profound and unexpected effects on them both. Stone skillfully weaves together the parallel journeys of two men grappling with dark impulses, as the line between lawman and law breaker becomes precariously thin.


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ELON, N.C. -- Elon Athletics has announced game times for 11 of the Phoenix's 12 football games for the 2013 campaign.
The schedule features six dates at home in Rhodes Stadium and will begin with a visit to Georgia Tech on Aug. 31. Two of the maroon and gold's games will air on ESPN3 this season.
The season-opener against the Yellow Jackets will see a noon kick and will be carried on ESPN3. The Phoenix will then return to Rhodes Stadium to open the home portion of its schedule as the maroon and gold will host West Virginia Wesleyan in a 6 p.m. Military Appreciation Day contest on Sept. 7. Elon's Sept. 14 game at North Carolina A&T will also be a 6 p.m. tilt.
Week four brings the start of Southern Conference action for the Phoenix as Elon will play host to Appalachian State on Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. That night, Elon will recognize its 2013 Sports Hall of Fame Class. The following weekend (Sept. 28) will be Family Weekend as the Phoenix will battle Coastal Carolina in a non-conference game at 1:30 p.m.
The remaining seven games will all be league bouts, beginning with back-to-back 1:30 p.m. starts at Furman (Oct. 5) and Wofford (Oct. 12). Elon's game at Furman will aiso be broadcast live on ESPN3 as part of the SoCon's eight-game football package. The Oct. 19 Live Pink game at Rhodes Stadium against Chattanooga will also kick at 1:30 p.m.
After visiting Western Carolina on Oct. 26 (the lone game time not yet announced), Elon will play its final two home games of the year. The maroon and gold will host The Citadel in a 1:30 p.m. Homecoming contest on Nov. 9 before hosting Georgia Southern on Community Day at 3 p.m. on Nov. 16.
The regular-season finale will be played at Samford at 3 p.m. Eastern on Nov. 23.
Season tickets for six exciting home games are still on sale! Priority bleacher seats are available for $130 each with reserved bleacher seats on sale for $94 apiece. Young Alumni ($50) and Family Zone packages ($120 for two adult and two youth tickets) are also available.
Tickets can be purchased online at elonphoenix.com or by calling the Athletic Ticket Office at 336-278-6750.
2013 Elon Phoenix Football Schedule
Aug. 31 at Georgia Tech (12 p.m. on ESPN3)
Sept. 7 vs. West Virginia Wesleyan (6 p.m.) - Military Appreciation Day
Sept. 14 at North Carolina A&T (6 p.m.)
Sept. 21 vs. Appalachian State* (6 p.m.) - Hall of Fame
Sept. 28 vs. Coastal Carolina (1:30 p.m.) - Family Weekend
Oct. 5 at Furman* (1:30 p.m. on ESPN3)
Oct. 12 at Wofford* (1:30 p.m.)
Oct. 19 vs. Chattanooga* (1:30 p.m.) - Live Pink
Oct. 26 at Western Carolina* (TBA)
Nov. 9 vs. The Citadel* (1:30 p.m.) - Homecoming
Nov. 16 vs. Georgia Southern* (3 p.m.) - Community Day
Nov. 23 at Samford* (3 p.m.)
* SoCon game
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I am new to Zimlets and quite puzzled with the lack of "howto" docs ot very simple Zimlet examples.
I had to crawl in many forums just to guess how to use a ZmZimletBase.PROXY for example
My problem is that I am facing 403 http errors every time I want to do some very simple AjxRpcRequest (even when avoiding cross-domain attempts).
Let's say I want to call an URL like "http://www.google.com" after I drop a ZmContact on my zimlet (silly example but just to be simple...)
In my javascript HandlerObject file I wrote :
var req = new AjxRpcRequest();
var info_url = "http://www.google.com";
var url = ZmZimletBase.PROXY + AjxStringUtil.urlEncode(info_url);
req.invoke(null,url,null, new AjxCallback(this, this._resultCallback), true);
And my callback function is :
function(result) {
var r = result.text;
DBG.println(AjxDebug.DBG2, "result:" + r);
I also added a config_template.xml in my zimlet directory that I expected to allow the "google.com" domain.
So my questions so far are :
1) How can I get rid of the 403 http error and allow "nydomainname.com" domain ? Would not it be nice to have such info on wiki ??
2) How would you call an https:// URL ? same as for http:// ?
3) One of the arguments of the invoke method (BTW which one ?) allow to set http headers. How would you aggregate several Http headers to the request ?
I am just evaluating Zimbra as an Ajax mashup solution but I am getting lost with the Ajax Toolkit whitepaper as my only starting point.
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text: I have a buddy of mine that has a Deer PIW tag this year. He asked me for some help on locating a 190+ buck. I have found a few. But I also found a 215" 9x12 still in velvet a real monster of a buck and unique due to the velvet. I assume he has lost his testicles or somthing in that department is haywire. What would you do? Put my buddy on this buck? Or put him on a 190" and hope I draw this tag one day and take him for myself? The chances of drawing this tag is very slim but it could happen. Just want some thoughts. Thanx


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We are very excited to announce that we came home this weekend from the 2011 Great American Beer Festival in Denver, CO, with some new hardware! Above, Larry, Alicia, Jake and Ryan pose with Charlie Papazian as they accept one of three awards.
In the Wood and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout category, Bourbon Murder, the bourbon barrel aged version of Murder by Mashtun Stout brewed at our Portland Brew Pub, won a Gold Medal.
Pinot Jubel, a batch of last year's Jubelale aged in Pinot Noir barrels, won a bronze medal in the Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer category.
And a Bend Brew Pub favorite, Down 'N Dirty IPA, won a bronze medal in the English-Style India Pale Ale. This beer is brewed each year for the throngs of racers who participate in the Dirty Half Marathon each June.
Congratulations to our excellent team of brewers on continuing their GABF winning streak and thank you to all of our fans who come down to both pubs with adventurous palates, willing to try all of the experimental, one-off brews that are tap throughout the year. Bravely Done!


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High Point, NC -- Most people are probably not thinking about Christmas yet, but the Salvation Army is already getting ready for the holidays.
They're looking for heroes to ring bells during the holiday season.
The Salvation Army lost 100-150 volunteers when Greensboro's American Express call center shut down. They're looking to sign up bell ringers now, before everyone make their holiday plans.
"When you're actually ringing a bell, you're actually making sure a child that signed up for Christmas has a brighter Christmas," says Capt. Tony Perez with the High Point Salvation Army.
Bell ringing starts in November.
Capt. Perez says you can start signing up now by calling 336-881-5400 or visiting http://salvationarmycarolinas.org.
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Viva Las VegasWritten by on October 1, 2010 Getting Down In The Desert
Since 1998, the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender (VLV) has grown in size and stature. This year's 13th happening established the four-day shindig as the largest of its type in the world, and a prominent Las Vegas event. Since the beginning, the Shifters Car Club, from Southern California, has hosted a car show alongside the musical entertainment. We attended for a few years when the show was held at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino, but to be honest, the quality of cars present started to decline and it seemed the show had maybe run its course. Sure it was a fun time, but viewed as purely a car show, it was suffering.
With VLV's move to the Orleans Hotel and Casino last year, and the necessary relocation of the Saturday car show to a huge fenced-off section of the Orleans' parking lot, it seems the show's been rejuvenated, with both quality and numbers bearing this out. Over 700 cars attended the show in April, coming in from all corners of the country. With a strict pre-'63 policy, as well as a requirement that the cars be built in a style from that era or before, it seemed to us that customs outnumbered hot rods compared to our last visit.
While numerous bands played throughout the weekend inside the hotel, including Wanda Jackson, the organizers pulled off something of a coup and secured none other than Chuck Berry to play on a stage erected in the middle of the car show as the sun went down. While this necessitated a large empty area that seemed a little odd during the day when the rest of the show was bursting at the seams, it all became clear as the area filled to capacity as 6 o'clock neared.
The Shifters' Car Show is obviously part of the VLV, and tickets to the latter automatically grant access to the show, but we know some car owners were there for the cars, not the music/lifestyle event, though the organizers are aware of this and allow entry solely to the show. Let's face it, it's not like there aren't plenty of other things to do in Vegas!
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A neat old survivor, this T roadster pickup had all the cool stuff, from ribbed dirt track tires on spindle-mount 12 spokes and worn metalflake paint, to an oil-encrusted quick-change feeding power to those aged slicks.Obviously Watson-inspired, this panel painted '59 Thunderbird was stock bodied down to every last piece of trim. Paint, chrome reverse wheels, and lowering are sometimes all that are needed to make a great mild custom.If you're a fan of Overhaulin' you'll recognize the '54 Customline from season 5, episode 7. Originally a four-door sedan, it was transformed into a two-door "roadster" live over eight days at the SEMA show in 2007.Not what we've come to expect from a Shifters member, but very cool nonetheless. Car show organizer Alex "Axle" Idzardi's latest is this gasser '56, running a flip front hiding a dual-quad tunnel ram-fed 427, diamond pleated upholstery, and white fenderwell headers.The unusual hue on Tonia Edwards' T roadster caught our eye, and the six-carb Nailhead kept our attention. Edwards took the Ladies Choice award for the best female-owned car.A nicely proportioned chop and hefty lowering job made this F1 stand out. Rolling on chromed steelies wrapped in wide whitewall radials, twin Holleys on a tunnel ram help fill the deep engine compartment.An original '60s custom out of Arizona, this quad headlight '57 Chevy also features scoops where the hood gun sights used to be, molded side pipes, and chrome reverse wheels. The shortened side trim works well too.Steve Glucoft is one of the organizers of the annual Hotrod-A-Rama Show in Washington, and brought his amazingly detailed and tasteful prewar-style '29 roadster down to VLV. The 21-stud Flathead runs a dual-carb high rise and stock exhaust manifolds with shorty pipes.Still powered by its 241ci flathead inline-six, though now with an Edmunds finned aluminum head and twin two-barrels replacing the stock Carter single-barrel carb, this '38 Chrysler Royal coupe made for a rare machine. Falling somewhere between "rod" and "custom", it made our personal "want to take it home" list!
Though on its way to becoming a street rod (recessed firewall, "late" small-block, and radial tires), there was enough of this original '32 roadster intact to retain its original hot rod build style (split chromed 'bones, early drum brakes, steering box, and nicely patina'd body).A modified '56 Plymouth grille is one of the nicer transplants in traditional customs, seen here filling the painted stock opening on a '53 Chevy. We're seeing so many, we're beginning to wonder if Chevy offered a chopped version from the factory!


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When I send a message using an external SMTP client, DKIM signauteres on messages will not successfully validate.
When I use the built in Zimbra webmail client they validate successfully every time.
Both tests use the same email address, username/password etc. The only difference is the client used to send the mail.
I used this guide: Configuring for DKIM Signing - Zimbra :: Wiki to configure DKIM without any issues other than the one noted above.
$zmcontrol -v
Release 8.0.0.GA.5434.UBUNTU10.64 UBUNTU10_64 FOSS edition.
To test DKIM, I used the port25.com service. Upon emailing firstname.lastname@example.com, here are the relevent results I recieved for both the Webmail send, and the SMTP send.
SMTP Test:
Result: fail (wrong body hash: expected RzsU67ywQxiXDb1FZkrH7WnlatX9SyWIGQ8D3jY6geA=)
Webmail Test:
Result: pass (matches From: email@example.com)
I get the same results using Gmail's "mailed-by:" and "signed-by:" headers. Messages send using the Zimbra Webmail client are 'signed' whereas messages sent using a SMTP are also signed, but do not validate.
What other pertanent information can I supply to help?


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I've started to use the dnsmasq split DNS setup on new Zimbra servers now because of how much simpler it is than the bind based setup and how much less likely I have been to have missed a step or end up having trouble with it.
However, it appears that something I've done has changed the way that DNSBL lookups are working, such that on the servers that I'm using the bind setup, I'm getting URIBL_BLACK, RED, and GREY rules triggering properly, but on the servers I'm using dnsmasq with, I'm instead getting URIBL_BLOCK, which is a SpamAssassin "rule" that simply indicates that my lookups are being blocked by the URIBL guys. Both of the servers in question are ZCS 8.0.4 on RHEL 6.4. One is NE, the other is OSS. This has had a substantially negative effect on my ability to block spam. I've followed the Split DNS article for dnsmasq, I'm not having any mail transport issues, and I've successfully checked everything in the "verify" section of the Split DNS article.
One difference I've noticed between the bind setups and the dnsmasq setups is that the dnsmasq setup actually wants me to put in an upstream DNS server. The bind setup doesn't. My ISP and/or Google's DNS probably are blocked from doing URIBL lookups because of how heavily they're used by so many people. Any way I can configure dnsmasq to keep Zimbra happy and the DNSBLs happy at the same time?


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We want to install zimbra on a secondary disk and tried copying the /opt/zimbra full directory to the directory /DATA/zimbra an using a symbolic link in /opt/zimbra -> /DATA/zimbra.
We checked the permissions to be all zimbra user and zimbra group.
It started ok, but we wonder whether there is something else we have to do.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


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The life of a slave
Q&A | Only with Jesus as his Master, writes Michael Card in his new book, can a person find true freedom
"The life of a slave" Continued...
Singer-songwriter and author Michael Card has been a slave for Christ since he was 8 years old, but attending an African-American church helped teach him what that really means. His latest book, A Better Freedom, explores that theme.
Q: Why did you write your new book, A Better Freedom: Finding Life as Slaves of Christ? I was discipled in an African-American church. When we prayed we would always call Jesus "Master." I had not experienced that in the white, Southern Baptist culture-in fact, my first experience with church was looking down the aisle to see a line of deacons blocking the door in front of a black family that was trying to visit our church. Wendell Berry talks about the "hidden wound," and that was kind of a hidden wound experience for me.
Q: And calling Jesus "Master" signified . . .? My pastor said it was a hold-over from slavery: Slaves called Jesus "Master." When I read it in the Bible, curios originally meant "owner." Mary says, "Behold the slave of the Master." Paul talks a lot about it. You've got the Philemon issue: Why does Paul send Onesimus back? Why wasn't Paul a William Wilberforce?
Q: According to church tradition, Onesimus later became a bishop. Yes, I believe he did. Some people say I can't say that, but I think he did. That's why Philemon is in the Bible; Onesimus becomes a leader of the church. Paul must have written other letters like that, and they didn't make it in there.
Q: You mention four different types of slavery in your book. The first is slavery in Old Testament times for the Israelites: What was that like? The first block of commandments after the Ten Commandments is laws to protect slaves. Slavery in Israel was very limited-households had slaves, it wasn't part of the economy-but we still see abuses: Sarah abused Hagar. Any time you own somebody there are abuses, but in general Old Testament slavery was pretty benign, so Moses or David would say, "I'm a slave of Yahweh," and that was a good and positive thing to say: God says, "My slaves, the prophets."
Q: Then we move to the Greco-Roman world: The "glory that was Greece" wasn't particularly glorious. Greco-Roman slavery is a completely different world in terms of abuse. Not until later were there any protections for slaves. Chattel slavery: You would die in slavery; your situation was hopeless. Sexual abuse was just part of it.
Q: Similarities between New Testament slavery and African-American slavery? Very important, very direct. Some people say that it's not valid to make applications from one to the other, but they are much more similar than they are dissimilar: It's chattel slavery, you're going to die in your chains. Similarities: In both cultures, when you're bought your name is changed, so whenever you're bought or sold you lose just a little more of your identity. Even the instructions on feeding and caring for slaves were a one-shirt-a-year kind of thing. It was just almost exactly the same as African-American slavery.
Q: Jesus entered a brutal era . . . The more I study Rome I see that: It was a monstrous age. And yet there are people in the midst of that who stand up for principles and what's right. That's another connection between African-American slavery and Roman slavery, because where I'm from there are a lot of Southerners who say, "Well, African slavery, that was just part of the time; everybody accepted it." No! There were people who stood up where it was accepted, in the South, and said it was wrong.
Q: So after the Old Testament and Roman varieties of slavery came African-American slavery, and we're still very much paying the cost. We will go on paying the cost.
Q: And the fourth slavery you describe is the current variety, which includes sex trafficking. There are more slaves now than at any other time in history: Last year more people became slaves than in the entire 300 years of African-American slavery. It's horrible to think of it.
Q: You have Bible teaching and music in your DNA. Your grandfather was a Baptist preacher? Yes, both grandfathers. One was a Southern Baptist preacher as part of the Southern Baptist Convention. The other did the Baptist Hymnal, so I've got serious Southern Baptist credentials.
Q: Both your mom and dad were musicians. What kind? My dad was a big-band jazz trombonist. I call big band jazz "let's forget about World War II music," and we had a big fight because my mom was an excellent classical musician who played violin and string quartet. My brother and sister are both musicians-it's something you couldn't get away from in our house.
Q: So you have all these influences tugging at you? Tugging is a good word, 'cause we never had the family band: We always fought about music. My brother played blues and my sister has a master's degree in classical organ. So as you can see it was a pretty crazy household.
Q: You mentioned somewhere that as a small boy you saw very little of your father. He came home from practice, closed himself in his study, and you would push drawings and other things under his door to try to get his attention. Did it work? No, it didn't, actually. I wrote a song called "Underneath the Door." I grew up eating supper at 8 o'clock because my mom would wait for my dad. In those days when the father would come home the kids would come to the door and greet him. My kids don't do that with me; they just sort of look up from their video games and say, "Oh, you're home."
Q: You were the designated dad-bringer. My family would always send me to go get my dad, and I had to get his attention somehow, because he was locked away in his study. But he was a phenomenal person, my father. The older I get the more I appreciate him. He was a good man.
Q: That sounds frustrating. It was frustrating. One of my major themes is that you are not your gift, and my father thought he was his gift. He thought that medicine was all he was, so when he was forced to retire he died a few months later. He could not imagine living without being a doctor.
Q: I've read that you became a Christian at age 8. Even then I fought the status quo: They asked, "So you've asked Jesus into your heart?" And even as a little kid I said, "No, He's asked me into His heart." I recognize that the impetus really came from Him and that He was inviting me, and that was big.
Q: And when you were 14 a black Bible teacher became important to you. Yeah, an old woman in our town, who was blind, taught the Bible from memory. She had the whole Bible memorized. Through being exposed to her I just got this bizarre hunger for Scripture. From the time I was 14 up into my 20s I read a book of the Bible a day; I was a total Bible geek. I discovered that if I finished everything by 3 o'clock in the day, I could generally get whatever book I wanted read.
Q: Any book in a day? Philemon was an easy night. Psalms was a little harder. I did that for years and years and could never get enough. So often God gives us gifts and we misuse them. I turned into a Bible-thumper, beating people up with the Bible. I cringe at how I treated people in those days, but God still used it.
Q: In high school you went to school only two or three days a week and spent the rest of the time walking around the mountains? In our school nobody kept track of where I was. I was very serious and not until college did I find anybody who was really serious about learning.
Q: You found Professor Bill Lane at Western Kentucky University. Yes, majoring in forestry. I wanted a job that didn't have anything to do with people. But then I met Bill Lane and everything changed for me.
Q: How did Bill Lane affect you? He was a biblical scholar, pastor of the church I went to, and the life-giver who brought together the puzzle pieces of my life without even knowing he was doing it. He's the person who said, "You know, I think you have gifts for music; I think you should write us a song."
Q: How did he discern that? He used to say, "You can play guitar, you can attract girls with guitars." It was nothing remotely spiritual. But even when I started writing music for his sermons, it wasn't a deeply spiritual experience for me. I was just trying to please Bill. From that I've learned that God even uses our mixed motives. God uses those things, thank goodness, because it's all we've got. He takes our foolishness and our fragileness and does incredible stuff with them. Praise Him for that.
Q: Is the "Christian music industry" healthy? The good news is the industry as we've known it is dying, and the internet and people doing it on a smaller scale is growing. When I was younger you started playing around at local churches and gradually the circle of churches you played in got bigger and bigger. Early on it was a family, and then as the industry rose up the family died. The good news is the family is kicking again. Local artists, playing in your local church: The value of that is coming back. It's weeding out the suckers, too, which is a good thing. The industry doesn't have this promise anymore to make people famous, and that's a good thing.
Q: Big difference between an industry and a community? Absolutely. An industry is focused on money and power, and community is the opposite of that. When there's a moral failure in an industry, everybody gets up in arms that the industry wasn't doing anything about it. What is it supposed to do? If there's a moral failure the community comes alongside and copes with it, forgives, and disciplines. I'm not sure the industry is equipped to do anything about it. The industry is just supposed to sell records.
Q: How do you avoid going from "community" to "industry"? I don't know that I've done that good a job of avoiding it. There are three or four artists that I've been close to for a long time. We keep each other accountable. We're drawn to each other. We're hurting and foolish and fragile and recognize that we need each other.
Q: You've described yourself as the broccoli of Christian music: People don't really like it but it's good for them. Would you rather be the banana split or the chocolate? Of course I'd rather be the cool guy, but I'm not. I'm the singing Bible geek guy. That's OK. Bill used to say, "Never despise your own gift and never covet another." That's a good saying.
To hear Marvin Olasky's interview with Michael Card, click here.


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Philosophy has always been the heart of a liberal arts education, and the basic task of philosophy is to train students how to think clearly in their quest to become educated citizens. Philosophy is literally "the love of wisdom," and the philosophy major at Finlandia University aims to establish a commitment to seeking truth through questioning assumptions and basing beliefs on reason by equipping students with skills in critical thinking, a grounding in philosophical history and exposure to a wide range of philosophically pressing issues. In order to do so, the major has three components: 1) the Philosophy Core; 2) Topics in Philosophy; and 3) the History of Philosophy.
The Philosophy Core provides students with the essential skills of philosophical analysis, including the ability to examine contemporary ethical problems from multiple perspectives with a critical lens and a proficiency in understanding complex conceptual arguments through reading difficult texts rooted in the history of philosophy. The Topics in Philosophy component examines essential sub-disciplines of philosophy, including environmental ethics, biomedical ethics, the philosophy of sex and gender, and others as students gain a more nuanced understanding of the complexity of arguments in specialized contexts. Finally, the History of Philosophy component provides students with an expansive knowledge of the various historical strands of philosophy, including the Continental and analytic traditions in the Western world, and elements from non-Western traditions.
Philosophy majors go on to pursue an impressive array of occupations after finishing their degrees. Not only is a B.A. in philosophy excellent preparation for graduate school in philosophy, theology, communication, and other disciplines in the liberal arts, it also is exceptional training for law school. Those who choose not to pursue graduate-level education will benefit from the ability to think critically and creatively, which is valuable in any profession, but is especially useful in the business world, the realm of politics, and careers in marketing.
Regardless of what one does with a philosophy major, students will definitely leave with a better understanding of one's own beliefs and transferable skills in reasoning to bring with them in life after college.
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Before I go into what I am looking for I want to talk about what makes a book sell.
It is NOT how fabulous your website or blog is. It is NOT how many facebook or twitter friends you have, how many publishing links you forward or put on said website, blog, facebook and twitter. It is not how much editors and agents like you, though being a pain in the arse will NOT help you in any way, shape or form.
What sells a book is THE WRITING coupled with an ORIGINAL, COMPELLING CONCEPT!
You have heard that great writing will rise to the top and find its way. Yet we all know that not all great writing sells. There is marketing and sales to contend with, and even in my 2 short years of being an agent I have had quite a number of books that editors loved and sales and marketing told them that it would sell, but just not enough....and the books are still not published. Breaks my heart. Breaks the editors' hearts. And oh, the author. So very unfair. BUT, publishing is a business and fair is not the leading part of the equation here.
But couple GREAT WRITING with an ORIGINAL AND COMPELLING CONCEPT and you are 75% there. The rest is luck, timing, bizarre unknown factors that none of us understand but we kill ourselves trying to, and kismet. When HARRY POTTER, TWILIGHT, WIMPY KID, 13 REASONS WHY, etc were brought to acquisitions meetings and given the green light, publishers made an educated guess that these books would sell. They make those educated guesses on other books (and in some cases pay big advances and pump marketing dollars into them) that are equally fantastic but for some mysterious reason never find their audience. I worked in marketing for a couple of decades and this is just how it goes. What made the Pet Rock, Silly Bands, Chia Pets, Fuzzy Wuzzy was a Bear Soap, etc sell? Don't know.
Is it all word of mouth? Is it superior product--maybe yes in books, but in Pet Rocks? What do you think?
What I am looking for is based on what I personally gravitate to mashed up with what editors have told me they are looking for. Please know this is not the same list that every agent will want, nor every editor. Every agent is different, and that is why it is so impt to do your research to find the right agent for you.
WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR updated July 2011:
-THRILLERS-up the stakes and make me unable to put down the book until I know that everyone is OK, or not.
I am NOT talking about Boxing Helena or Shutter Island, as I am a huge chicken and will have nightmares. I am talking more CSI and Law & Order, Die Hard and Armageddon (yes, I am a Bruce Willis fan), Men in Black and Independence Day (and a huge Will Smith fan). Thrillers are cinematic. As I read I want the movie playing in my head.
-ROMANTIC YA-Contemporary, mystery, paranormal, historical, scifi, ROMANTIC COMEDIES...doesn't matter---it is about characters--soul-searching, groin-yearning, heart thumping, heart breaking, fast paced, laughout loud, cry out loud, make me want to be your character ROMANCE!
BTW, I want my romance from the GIRL's POV. I have amazing male writers who are writing romance and YA from the male POV so I am looking more for girl povs.
-Original/Out of the box PARANORMAL MG & YA that keeps me at the edge of my seat and has a fantastic payoff at the end.
-Upper MIDDLE GRADE that captures the reality of Middle School with an intriguing plot + authentic emotion. 7th & 8th grade = hormonal roller coaster where kids strive to be independent yet are still such babes in the woods.
-Younger MG-FUNNY BOY & GIRL illustratable for 3rd-5th grade be it b/w line art all the way to graphic novel. I'm talking IVY & BEAN, CLEMENTINE, FANGBONE (new from Michael Rex), BIG NATE, LUNCH LADY.
-COMING OF AGE GIRL MG & YA with commercial hook and beautiful writing. School stories, sibling stories, friendship stories but with something fresh and NOT QUIET.
-MG ADVENTURE that is not episodic and where the main character is as imperative to the story as the action. A character who readers will want to follow into the clutches of death and back again.
-Regarding picture books, I am so, so very picky that I don't even have an actual want list on this. I would say very short...max 700 words, prefer 500 or less.
-Look at our agency website, we rep some of the top pb author/illustrators, illustrators and authors in the world, so your book has to be better than that!
LIST OF RECENT DEALS--a few more will be listed in the next couple of weeks:)
BTW, when I say I want something fresh/out of the box/original, I mean that you should know what is out on the market and make yours different. None of us have the time to read every book but you sure can do some research to see if yours is truly original. RESEARCHING COMP BOOKS
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WASHINGTON (WUSA-9) -- I didn't intend to write a Jordan Crawford trade blog post when the deadline deal originally went down Thursday afternoon.
Then came the outpouring of reaction blasting this trade, which I thought was baffling. Let me go full circle here.
It was obvious to even the homeless guy who plays the drums outside of the Verizon Center that the peevish guard was on his way out of town. "Steez," as he affectionately became known after one of his comedic media sessions, Crawford tallied a total of 11 minutes the last six games and saw his run time in January nearly cut in half. He gleefully sulked on the bench during the past four games, relishing in his role as the uncooperative soul -- good luck getting away with that in Boston. Crawford, who has compared himself to Michael Jordan, thought his role as a sixth-man was beneath him. He'd rather not play.
So the organization pulled the plug on the entire charade. They swallowed any amount of pride they had left and gave away Crawford for [insert any generic dollar store item here]. Wizards fans are programmed to forever instill every ounce of their hatred towards Ernie Grunfeld, no matter what kind of deal is made. As I circle on towards my main point, the lack of interest from any other contender outside of Boston shows how winning organizations view Crawford.
I've defended some of Grunfeld's recent moves, but called for his firing following his laughable press conference in June. Local basketball fans can no longer look at the Wizards objectively. Too many bridges have been burned. Too many trades have been authorized to "just get rid of somebody, not to actually try and get somebody," tweeted Wizards beat reporter Michael Lee. So the backlash towards Grunfeld is understandable. Wizards fans are stuck with him. But for those who know what winning basketball looks like, the reaction to Crawford leaving still is amiss.
I get that die hard fans and loyal bloggers empathized with Crawford because he was the Wizards class clown. He provided dozens of hilarious pixels through Dan Steinberg, Wzznts, Bullets Forever, DC Sports Nexus, RecordsandRadio and Truth About It. Crawford was a vice for all the losing; someone who we all related to. He had long lost all hope in there ever being a successful edition of the Wizards, just like most of us have in the year 2013.
So we chose to ignore his selfishness, his arrogance, his knuckleheaded ways. From the outside looking in, Crawford was a symbolic figure to Wizards fans. The only one outside of John Wall who has truly mattered; an occasional electrifying scorer who won Washington several games during his tenure.
But let me paint you the bloody truth about Crawford and why this deal was bound to happen: he was the laziest defender on the roster, the one who didn't give a flying f*** about winning, or team chemistry. You can let someone like Monta Ellis or Deron Williams get away with behavior like that. But not Jordan Crawford.
Or how about this nugget (which you'll see itself play out in the upcoming year):Crawford was sabotaging Bradley Beal from becoming the leader of the Wizards.
Beal, who let's remember is still 19, effectively bossed around older players at Florida last season, and the Gators began to click. He's a much more cerebral leader and speaker than John Wall, who would gladly hand the authoritative keys to Beal. Here's the thing: Wall wasn't around for the first few months of the season and at the exact same time Crawford was flourishing (averaged 19.1 ppg in December) and Beal was sputtering. Crawford acted like the alpha dog and wasn't welcoming to Beal. Randy Wittman idiotically let this situation continue to play out, delaying Beal's emergence and giving false hope to Wizards fans about Crawford's fools gold appeal.
Now Beal won't feel like he's stepping on anybody's toes. Using one of Crawford's old quotes, "people gravitate towards me," is actually true in a good way about Beal. Without Crawford snorting laughter in the background and undermining any type of serious approach to basketball, Wizards fans are about to meet the real Bradley Beal.
I don't mean to sound pompous, but I've been around the Nationals, Redskins and Wizards locker rooms. I'm not calling myself an expert, but you can feel vibes when you're that close to a sports team. I realize the NBA is more of a flamboyant, me-first work environment, but the Nats have zero players with a comparable attitude to Crawford.
The 'Skins have one player comparable to Crawford and it's DeAngelo Hall. It's much easier to ignore Hall in a 60-person room than it is Crawford in the Wizards 15-person close-knit crew. But at least Hall pretends to care about winning. Crawford doesn't even put on an act.
Wanting to win is contagious if you have right people in leadership roles -- ask the Redskins players about Robert Griffin III. Beal now has a chance to start developing those skills. Comcast tweeted this on point statistic on Thursday, which shows Beal is a more confident player with Crawford out of the picture.
You are who you surround yourself with. That goes in groups of friends, co-workers and NBA locker rooms. Jordan Crawford was the last piece of shrapnel left over from the knucklehead Wizards era. Crawford was never as big of a cancer as Andray Blatche or JaVale McGee, but his irrational persona had become a misfit puzzle piece. Certain players don't value winning. Crawford was that way in D.C. Maybe he will change in Boston while surrounded by savvy veterans. Maybe not.
Regardless of his future, it seems like Washington is finally done trying to pretend certain players are the right fit. Calling for Grunfeld to be fired at this point is like seeing homeless people in the city: we are all desensitized to it. Bitching about Grunfeld is extremely bad for your health. It's time to accept he's here for at least another season and admit his riddance of Crawford was the right step.
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Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Brandon Jennings netted a game-high 25 points
and handed out six assists as the Milwaukee Bucks continued their recent
dominance of the Brooklyn Nets with a 108-93 victory on Wednesday at the
Bradley Center.
Monta Ellis scored 20 points on 7-of-14 shooting, while Mike Dunleavy added 17
points for the Bucks, who have won 13 straight games against the New
Jersey/Brooklyn franchise. Ersan Ilyasova donated 17 points and 11 boards and
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Brook Lopez scored a team-high 21 points and ripped down 10 rebounds, while
Andray Blatche netted 14 points to go with five rebounds for the Nets, who
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Good morning, Chairman Hastings, Co-Chairman Cardin, and distinguished members of the United States Helsinki Commission. I am pleased to be here today on behalf of the U.S. Department of Labor. Thank you for holding this hearing on the trafficking of humans for the purpose of forced labor—one of today's worst human rights tragedies. It is an honor to be here today with my fellow panelists, who are all dedicated to the global fight against human trafficking—Ambassador Mark Lagon (U.S. State Department/G-TIP), Mr. Michael Feinberg (U.S. Department of Homeland Security), Ms. Eva Biaudet (OSCE), Mr. Roger Plant (ILO), and Mr. Kevin Bales (Free the Slaves).
The United States is committed to ending the brutal practice of human trafficking. As President George Bush stated at the signing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act in January 2006, "Our nation is determined to fight and end this modern form of slavery." In signing this legislation, the President also called upon other nations to take action. The U.S. Government is working at home and with other governments, such as the 56 countries participating in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to eliminate human trafficking around the world. Alone, we can have an impact, but together we can have an even greater and more lasting impact.
Across the world, the transnational phenomenon of human trafficking involves both trafficking for sex and labor exploitation. Trafficking for commercial sexual exploitation in OSCE countries, particularly in Eastern Europe, opened the world's eyes to the global problem of trafficking. Yet as we know from the ILO's 2005 report A Global Alliance Against Forced Labour, most victims of trafficking in the world are actually victims of forced labor. Private agents typically traffic these individuals through coercion, forcing them to toil in sweatshops and other hidden workplaces under brutal conditions with no access to legal protections.
In the OSCE region, the trafficking of adults for forced labor in the construction and agricultural industries is pervasive and the trafficking of children for commercial sexual exploitation and labor remains a grave problem. Children specifically trafficked for labor find themselves forced into begging, petty crime, street vending, and domestic work; or work in agriculture, construction, or manufacturing.
Albanian children, for instance, are often trafficked to beg in Greece or Italy. Other children from Eastern Europe, especially from orphanages and vulnerable Roma (Gypsy) populations, are trafficked to beg on the streets of large cities throughout Europe. They are often physically abused, underfed, addicted to drugs or alcohol, and have no access to education and health services. Children from Central Asia are trafficked, often by their parents or acquaintances, for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation or for strenuous labor in markets, construction sites, and agriculture.
The illicit and hidden nature in which human trafficking occurs sometimes makes the search for solutions seem insurmountable. Yet significant progress is being made, especially in research and data collection—key tools in the fight. OSCE member states have underscored the need for reliable research and data on the nature and magnitude of the trafficking problem to design policies and implement programs for prevention, and protection and assistance to victims.
From the Department of Labor's work on eliminating the worst forms of child labor internationally, data collection and research have been central to increasing our knowledge of the extent and nature of the exploitive child labor, including the trafficking of children. In compliance with Trade Promotion Authority, for example, the Department issues reports on respect for core labor standards, including forced labor, for all nations which the U.S. seeks negotiations for a trade agreement. The Department also produces the Congressionally mandated Trade and Development Act Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor report that includes information on forced child labor and child trafficking in 141 countries. Data collection and research efforts at the Department have laid the ground work for identifying priorities, designing strategies, and measuring and monitoring progress towards the elimination of these problems. The July 2007 Government Accountability Office's Report on Human Trafficking acknowledged that the Department of Labor had the necessary elements in place to monitor and measure the performance of its anti-trafficking projects.
Nonetheless, the development of policy and collection of data should not preclude the immediate and urgent need to rescue those men, women, and children who have been trafficked for forced labor.
At the Department of Labor, we are engaged both domestically and internationally in efforts to combat trafficking in persons for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. This engagement builds upon the Department of Labor's long history of working to protect and assist vulnerable workers.
The Department's Bureau of International Labor Affairs has been active in combating trafficking around the world, including in many OSCE countries, and has enlisted the support of several international, nongovernmental, and faith-based organizations. So far, more than 1 million children have been rescued from the worst forms of child labor and provided with education and training opportunities through DOL-funded projects.
Since 1995, the Department of Labor has obligated over $595 million to organizations globally to prevent and withdraw children from exploitative work. Of this amount, the Department has set aside more than 40 percent, or $219 million, to combat trafficking in persons for the purpose of labor and commercial sexual exploitation. In this year alone, the Department provided $28.4 million to address the trafficking of children for commercial sexual exploitation and labor purposes.
Excellent examples of emerging good practices to eliminate the trafficking of women and children for labor are from U.S. Department of Labor-funded projects in the OSCE region. In 2003, the Department of Labor funded a $1.5 million regional project through the ILO to work in the Central and Eastern European countries of Albania, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. This project, entitled PROTECT CEE (Project of Technical Assistance Against the Labor and Sexual Exploitation of Children, including Trafficking, in Countries of Central and Eastern Europe), assisted in the rescue of 2,600 children. Children were provided with educational opportunities, skills training, and the necessary psychosocial interventions. The project was also successful in working with governments to advance legal reforms, including bilateral agreements, to protect and assist child victims of trafficking. At the community level, local government units in pilot areas have established child labor monitoring systems comprised of teachers, labor inspectors, and health professionals to document and refer trafficking victims to social service providers for rehabilitation services. To expand on these efforts, we funded a second phase of the project at $ 3.5 million in FY 2006 to include Bulgaria and the UN Administered Province of Kosovo.
Through President Bush's $50 million anti-trafficking initiative, ILAB also funded a $1.25 million project through Catholic Relief Services in the Republic of Moldova in 2004. The project targets young, at-risk women and seeks to reduce the incidence of trafficking and assist victims through a combination of job development, employment assistance, and skills training. We have found that a root factor contributing to the vulnerability of trafficking victims—poverty—can be tackled by creating economic incentives and employment opportunities that offer legitimate and sustainable forms of income.
The U.S. Department of Labor has also been pleased to participate in the last two sessions of the OSCE Alliance Against Trafficking in Persons Conference. Experts from the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division shared the unique way investigators carry out civil law enforcement in the nation's workplaces, and are able to identify individuals who have been trafficked into forced labor in the United States. Working to ensure compliance with domestic labor laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, Wage and Hour investigators monitor workplaces, especially low-wage industries, on a daily basis and are often the first government authorities to witness exploitive conditions and talk to victims.
By participating in more than 38 local human trafficking taskforces around the country, which include federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies as well as nongovernmental organizations, faith-based organizations, and assistance based organizations, the Wage and Hour Division takes part in law-enforcement networks designed to end the practice of human trafficking in the United States. In fiscal year 2007, the Wage and Hour Division collected over $85,900 in back wages and liquidated damages for 61 workers in response to 7 task force-referred or other trafficking-related investigations.
It is this type of collaboration and information sharing that will allow us to advance our efforts and make a real difference.
At the Department of Labor, we are continuing to focus on several critical areas in the fight against human trafficking: institutional and legal reforms, capacity building to implement these reforms, and direct assistance to victims and potential victims. We are proud to be a part of the U.S. Government's interagency efforts involving the Department of State, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and U.S. Agency for International Development to assist current victims of trafficking, and those at-risk of entering harm's way.
I want to commend the Helsinki Commission for helping to bring the plight of trafficking victims in the OSCE region to the attention of the American public. Thank you again for allowing me to join you today for this important event.
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