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"Monday to Thursday, I'm dead on my feet most of the time, too tired to eat. When I try to read the paper, I fall fast asleep. But as soon as Friday rolls around I lay all my weekly burdens down, I put on my glad rags and paint the town. I am 'living for the weekend.'– the O' Jays
The O' Jays' classic "living for the weekend" started Thursday at Professor Larry Gibson's spacious home, where we prepared thousands of lawn signs and bumper stickers for distribution before the election, with Ralph Wright, Anderson Ward, Vivian "Dip" Armstrong, Charlene Cooper-Boston, Myra Queen, Lonnie Spruill and members of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity.
Friday morning I joined attorney Norman Ramsey, Salima Siler-Marriott, Victor Green, Libby Massey and attorney Paul Gardner downtown at the Office of Civil Rights and Wage Enforcement's annual breakfast at the Hilton. Radio personality Joe Madison was the dynamic speaker at the well-attended event. Guests seen were Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake, Kim Washington, Great Blacks in Wax CEO Dr. Joanne Martin and Michele Brown from Sen.Mikulski's office. Friday Night I'm in D.C. for Congressman Elijah Cummings' Congressional Black Caucus reception at the Carnegie Library. Guests enjoying the scrumptious food catered by Jimmy Britton and the music by Panama were Lt. Gov. and Mrs. Anthony Brown, California Congresswoman Diane Watson (D), Nykidra Robinson, Pat Burns, Sean Burns, Zach McDaniels, Rose Hamm and Rhonda Warner.
"Rise & shine" Saturday morning, I joined National Coalition of 100 Black Women Baltimore Metropolitan Chapter President Laura Knight, Michele Emery, Dr. Anne Emery, Dr. Thelma Daley, Diane Hocker, Sarah Smalley, Dr. Marian Davis-Foster, Karaleigh Henson and the rest of National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Baltimore chapter, at their 23rd Torchbearer Awards Breakfast honoring Maryland State Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lillian Lowery, Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Danette G. Howard and Assistant Secretary of Higher Education Dr. Tonja Ringgold as coalition members Rosemary Atkinson and Bernice Beard received the organization's Jewel Award and the President's Award respectively.
"Come Sunday" I'm "starting all over again" at the 25th Winter in the Park Picnic, hosted by 5 Women & 2 Guys, Blandette Lynch, Lyberian "Libby" Massey, Everlon Moulton, Maxine Turnipseed, Yvonne West, Willard Wright and Victor Green. The winter picnic started in December 1987. For years, partygoers endured frigid temperatures, ice storms, blowing rain and partied as if it was a "bright sunshiny day." Guests wore fur coats and sunglasses and stood around the fireplace enjoying the warmth of friendship! The name changed to PICNIC IN THE PARK since the park closes in October but the fun and friendships keeps growing.
"You don't need to be on the same wavelength to succeed in marriage. You just need to be able to ride each other's waves." Toni Sciarra Poynter
"You're all I need to get by" I left the picnic to attend the garden party celebrating Debbie and Errol Taylor's 10th anniversary at the beautiful Ashburton home of Earl's mom, Mildred Taylor. Guests enjoying the gorgeous afternoon were Audrey Freeman, Liston George, Ann Parker, Reggie and Sharon Pinder, Dr. J. Laws Nickens Jr., Dr. Anne Emery, Aldonna Wylie and Chandra and Ellsworth Jackson.
"Are we there yet?" Go Ravens! After Debbie and Errol's reception I headed downtown to the M&T Stadium to tailgate with Ravens Roost #35 before the Patriot's game. What a great way to end the day with Roost members, Tyrone Seymore, Vince, Thelma and the rest of the gang.
"Daylight come and me wanna go home" Inside the stadium I lost track of the time, it was 11:45 p.m., fifteen minutes before the weekend would be over. I told Marie (Dr. Washington) I think my "ebb-tide" has come and gone. We left the game during the fourth quarter, I was on Interstate 95 south blowing my horn when the Ravens won. I'm grateful for a fun weekend and my fantastic friends who make "living for the weekend".
"There's reasons to life! We can lift ourselves out of ignorance; we can find ourselves as creatures of excellence, intelligence and skill. We can be free! We can learn to fly!" Jonathan Livingston Seagull
I'm "fired up and ready to go!" We have a purpose; we have a destiny to move forward like Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
"Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote." William Simon
Remember the people who, like the seagull, believed they could fly so we could have the right to vote. Show what 47% can do "we've come too far to turn around." The last day to register to vote is Oct. 16.
"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history." Aldous Huxley
Cheers to1989 Morgan State University graduate and 2012 Grand Marshal for Morgan's homecoming parade April Ryan, White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks on launching her website www.aprildryan.com. Check out "what's happening."
Baltimore City College Class of June 1962 is hosting their 50th STAG ONLY Class reunion Oct. 13 at the Pikesville Hilton call 410-340-6471 or email [email protected]
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Carolyn Allen said her aunt Rose Thompson an 81-year member of Morning Star Baptist Church celebrated her 100th birthday. This active centenarian enjoys wearing big hats, going to church and playing the slots.
Our prayers to Napoleon Sykes, back from Littleton, North Carolina after funeralizing his uncle Hozie Faulcon and to Torrey Smith's family .
Happy 49th anniversary to the founders and brothers of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity.
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Christofferson, Johnson Lead Cyclones to Vegas Win
LAS VEGAS – Behind 20-point performances by Hallie Christofferson and Seanna Johnson the 23rd-ranked Iowa State women's basketball team (5-0, 0-0 Big 12) downed Eastern Washington (0-4, 0-0 Big Sky) 88-60 at South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. With the win, Iowa State improved to 5-0 on the season.
How it Happened:
Iowa State used a 20-point first-half performance by Hallie Christofferson to lead Eastern Washington 50-27 at the half. As a team, the Cyclones shot 53 percent from the field and went a perfect 10-of-10 from the line in the first half. The 23-point deficit was too much for the Eagles to overcome as they entered the second-half. EWU would never take the lead in the game.
Discuss it now. Visit our Facebook page to have your say on the turning point of tonight's match.
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Hallie Christofferson and Seanna Johnson. Christofferson netted her fifth-consecutive 20-point game while playing just 21 minutes. The Hamlin, Iowa native went 9-of-14 from the field and grabbed six boards as well.
Freshman Seanna Johnson nabbed a career-high 20 points with eight rebounds. She also went a career-best 11-of-12 from the line. Her 20-point effort was her third-consecutive game in double figures.
Cyclone Nation, who was your player of the match? Tweet the player along with the hashtag #CyclONEgameball to @CycloneWBB and we'll announce the fan's pick later.
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*Hallie Christofferson recorded her 19th career 20-point game.
*Christofferson is the fourth player in ISU women's basketball history to score 20+ points in five consecutive games (Angie Welle [6], 2002; Lindsey Wilson, 2003; Kelsey Bolte, 2011).
*Christofferson moved up to 15th on ISU's career scoring chart (1,265), passing Nicky Wieben (1,248; 2006-09).
*Seven different players made a three-pointer tonight, matching a season high.
*This is the first time ISU has won three consecutive games away from Hilton Coliseum since Nov. 21-26, 2010.
*This is the first time ISU has won three consecutive games by 25+ points since Dec. 12-29, 2010.
*Seanna Johnson recorded a career-high 20 points and dished out a career-high five assists.
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This whole Nebraska to the Holiday Bowl situation reminds me of a classic WWF moment. Does this parallel make sense to anybody else?
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLDy8W3lSTQ]YouTube - Vince McMahon Interview from RAW IS WAR - About the Montreal Screwjob - Part 1/2[/ame]
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oh god, wish I could see this but youtube is blocked at work.
Nebraska screwed Nebraska
I certainly hope so!
That is awesome!!
I had not thought of that comparison. If so, I don't think I mind.
Kansas Must Be Destroyed
Sic Semper Jayhawks
The only problem is that this could turn Herbie Husker into Bret Hart, and I like the Hitman, but not the Huskman.
Better question is... Do I care? They deserve it.
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Better question is... Do I care? They deserve it.
That's the whole point of the thread/video.
I hope the Big XII actually grew some balls and busted Nebraska down to the lowest bowl they could.
They are going to a bowl , enough said
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That's the whole point of the thread/video.
Bret Hart leaving for the WCW is a lot like Nebraska going to the Big 10. Aging former powerhouse leaving for more money in an inferior league.
Neb fans are ****** about going to the Holiday Bowl. Its funny. They ****** on the Big 12, what did they expect?
The gap in our economy is between what we have and what we think we ought to have--and that is a moral problem, not an economic one. - Paul Heyne
Uh the Holiday Bowl> insight.com bowl. Always has been. WWE>WCW, its apples to oranges :)
Isn't the holiday bowl a better bowl than the insight?
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Isn't the holiday bowl a better bowl than the insight?
Not anymore. The Big 12 bowl agreements shuffled after last year. The Insight moved up. The Holiday moved down.
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2012 - Sophomore Season: Saw action in 17 matches, including nine starts...started first four matches of the season...palyed 1,163 minutes...tallied two assists and 11 shots...had two shots in win at Purdue (Aug. 29)...attempted three shots vs. UT-Martin (Sept. 2)...credited an assist at Ball State (Sept. 16)...took three shots in win over Xavier (Oct. 7)...tallied an assist against Temple (Oct. 19).
Before Butler: Played in one match during the 2011 season at Illinois, logging six minutes of time vs. Gonzaga.
High School: Played three seasons at Shattuck-St Mary's College Preparatory Academy before transferring to Covenant Christian as a senior in 2010...selected 2008 Player of the Year and was the Shattuck-St Mary's team captain during the 2008-09 seasons...captained club team, Shattuck-St Mary's Soccer Academy, in 2008-09 and won Indiana State Cup championships in 2006-11...played for the Indiana ODP from 2006-10 and the Region II team from 2007-11, captaining the Indiana squad from 2008-10...attended the National Development Camp in 2008-09, ODP Thanksgiving Inter-regional in 2008 and 2010 and the ODP International Tour in Costa Rica in 2008...also competed at the varsity level in tennis.
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Houston, TX (Sports Network) - The United States opened its 2013 schedule with
a 0-0 draw against Canada on Tuesday at BBVA Compass Stadium.
The Americans went an impressive 9-3-2 in 2012, a mark which included
wins in Italy and Mexico, but throughout much of Tuesday's contest, the home
side was unable to find the final ball, despite getting some chances.
U.S. regulars such as Michael Bradley, Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey did
not participate in the team's January preparatory camp as manager Jurgen
Klinsmann's starting lineup included all MLS players for the first time since
The Americans had the better of the play for most of the first half, but it
was Canada that produced the first good chance of the contest.
Just six minutes in, Canada striker Dwayne De Rosario got on the end of a
cross from Nikolas Ledgerwood and fired a shot that appeared earmarked for
the top-left corner, but U.S. goalkeeper Sean Johnson was able to parry it
The hosts got their first great opportunity in the 28th minute when reigning
MLS MVP Chris Wondolowski collected a ball in the penalty area off a nice low
cross from Tony Beltran, but sliced it wide right.
The Americans dominated play in the first half, keeping 69 percent of the ball
and firing eight shots, but neither side was able to find the back of the net.
Coming off a 4-0 defeat to Denmark on Saturday, Canada made the proper
adjustments during the first half, keeping as many players as possible behind
the ball and forcing the U.S. to try to pass its way through the back line.
To try to counteract Canada's defensive approach, Klinsmann switched to a more
attack-oriented 4-3-3 formation for the second half and brought on Sporting
Kansas City midfielder Benny Feilhaber and 21-year-old winger Joshua Gatt.
In the 53rd minute, Brad Davis had a fantastic chance to give the United
States the lead as a ball fell to his feet in the box, but the set-piece
specialist for the hometown Houston Dynamo pushed his right-footed strike just
past the far post.
13 minutes later, Feilhaber was taken down to win a free kick just outside the
box and lofted one into the area, but Omar Gonzalez's powerful header just
sailed over the bar.
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Morales was blocked.
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Good evening. Through the magic of Claritin, my favorite drug, I'm able to bring you tonight's edition. On the Net Neutrality front, the progressive left is getting delusional. They're pretending that it matters what their members of Congress think when their President has done not one thing to stop his FCC from going off on its own to break the law, defy the courts, and | Read More »


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I am using Zimbra Desktop (version 220.127.116.11) as my mail receiver on my desktop at home. When away from home, I use the webmail proposed by my French provider, Zimbra.free.fr. The two are not synchronized, i.e. if I delete some incoming mail on one, it doesn't get deleted on the other. It is a major problem for me since I am frequently away for several weeks and, when I come back, find that the hundreds of mail I have deleted on webmail still appear on my desktop.
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Valley Stream's elementary school students are learning how to stay to healthy and fit. But this important lesson isn't coming from their teachers, it's coming from other students.
Through a partnership of the four Valley Stream districts, high school students have been visiting second-grade classes at the 10 elementary buildings, talking about eating right and exercising.
A team of students from North High School have been training their younger counterparts in District 13. Central High's wellness trainers have been assigned to District 30 schools, and South students have visited District 24's three schools.
On April 5, Central's team of student athletes hit up all three District 30 schools in one day. "It was a lot of fun and very interesting watching the kids learn," said junior Brianna Ricotta. "Us being the teachers gained us respect for our teachers."
Ricotta, a volleyball and lacrosse player, added that she and her classmates want students to enter Central High School fit and healthy so they can play sports themselves.
Students from Central were chosen from SCORE, a scholar athlete group. Dan Tronolone, the group's advisor, said he was proud of how well the group of 16 students did in preparing a program for the elementary school students. "They pretty much just took it and ran with it," he said. "Kids teaching kids is a great way to get things accomplished."
The second-graders were broken up into smaller groups and visited various stations run by the high schoolers. Topics included healthy snacks, food labels and advertising, and staying active. The elementary children learned simple exercises they could do at home with either no equipment or common household items.
While this was Central's first year participating in the peer wellness training program, it was the second year for North and South. Franco Visone, advisor to the Athletic Honor Society at South, chooses his trainers. "I looked in my own organization and selected students I thought would be good teachers and are interested in health," he said.
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Early Development
As I stated earlier, Hævenstadt Harbor started as something smaller than what it is now becoming. Originally I had dubbed it Keresk Harbor and worked up an initial elevation file to show only the harbor itself. This included both an Upper and Lower portion of the city/town, naturally occurring docks, an engineered promenade between the two portions of the city/town and a short span of the sea cliffs that dominated the region.
The original idea was that all of these land forms came about naturally, except for the Promenade leading from Lower Hævenstadt to Upper Hævenstadt. That is still somewhat true. The problem with that original concept was the fact that the lower portion of Hævenstadt was simply a bit too unique given it's sole existence along a six hundred some odd mile length of coast. Why in the world would Hævenstadt be the only place where those sea cliffs were broken by one tiny little area that was located at sea level?
For a while, I didn't have an answer other than to say that "the gods made it so." For the characters, this answer might be enough, but from a geological stand point, it just wasn't enough for me. I needed something more, an origin that could have at least some foundation in reality. To that end, I let things simmer in the back of my mind as I worked on other projects, figuring an answer would come to me at some point in time. And that's exactly what happened.
I've mentioned before, that I grew up along the Oregon coast, Florence in particular. One of the big attractions in that area is a place called Sea Lion Caves. Sea Lion Caves (actually a singular cave) is (according to the Guiness Book of Records) the largest sea cave in the world, soaring to the height of a 12-story building and stretching the length of a football (American) field. It is also the only year-round, mainland habitat for Stellar Sea Lions.
During a recent trip home to visit with family, I happened by Sea Lion Caves and got struck by an epiphany. What would happen if the caves collapsed? How would it change the appearance of the lands above the caves? What could cause them to collapse? The more I thought about it, the clearer the picture became.It's a pretty awesome sight, by the way, and if you ever have a chance to visit, you should jump on the opportunity.
A massive earthquake . . . Collapse of the caves . . . The land above the caves crashing down to sea level . . .
I had my answer. It was still a bit far fetched, but it could, at least in theory, work.
Millions of years of erosion have slowly dug away the underlying bedrock beneath the area of Hævenstadt. Unbeknownst to the locals, the land, over that time, has cracked and started to slip, resulting in small earthquakes that have been attributed to the anger of the gods. Then a massive earthquake hits. All those cracks finally give way and a portion of Hævenstadt collapses, falling not quite into the sea, but far enough to put it at sea level. As for why it hasn't happened in other areas . . . Maybe the bedrock in this particular location wasn't quite as dense as it is in other locations, or maybe the erosion was helped along by a natural existence of the caves to begin with. Like I said, still a bit far fetched, but workable.
Now it was simply a matter of extrapolation. How could the people of Hævenstadt turn a rough, rocky grave into a viable piece of land again? A little engineering help from the Dvergar. Sure, it would take several years, decades, probably, but it could be done. And, of course, there'd likely be a bit of magic involved, but all of that could wait for a detailed write-up from a literary stand point. I now had enough to work with from a mapping point of view, so it was off to the drawing board.
At first, I did things "by hand," intending to import my manufactured elevation file into Terragen. I wasn't looking for extreme detail at this point, just some basics. I figured that, as part of the engineering and excavation process, some of the material culled from the collapsed area would be used to create "natural" docks and/or jetties. They'd also have to create a staircase (or Promenade) leading from the lower portion of Hævenstadt to the upper portion. That meant a little more work when it came to creating the elevation model, but it still was a pretty basic process that resulted in;
I plugged this into Terragen, added a few Surface Maps for some general coloring and rendered up a couple of quick images just to see where I was at. A birds eye view gave me a basic idea of what the area looked like on a whole;
But just to be sure things were working out the way I wanted them to, I took a look at the Promenade leading from Lower Hævenstadt to Upper Hævenstadt;
It wasn't pretty, but it was enough to start working with. Armed with a general idea of how things looked, I buried myself in the writing process for a time. As the story became a bit more involved and needed to expand into other areas, I realized I was going to have to do more with the mapping process. Like many things in my creative life, however, the project hit a brick wall when the professional and personal aspects of my life came calling. To that end, the project, as a whole, sat on a back-burner for quite some time.
One day, not too long ago, I got to looking for something online for FTPro. Well, actually, I was looking for my registration key. A major computer melt-down put me in a position where I had to install a new hard drive. Fortunately the people at Profantasy were able to help me out and, in the process, I happened across this forum.
In hindsight, I think I always knew about the Cartographers Guild, but I'd never taken the time to look into it. Now I'm kicking myself for that. In any event, I joined the forum, saw some great work and then caught the Challenge Bug. How nice would it be to have one of my own maps (one that will hopefully become known in the literary world as well) professionally produced as a wall map and available as a feature map on a professional site? It'd be great! So I launched myself into the January Challenge.


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The Bruins will need more scoring going down the stretch and it seems the 3rd and 4th line will have to score more goals with 13 games left. Shawn has not been effective lately and has not been his fighting self since losing to Scott of the Sabres and there has not been to many involving the Bruins as they move toward the playoffs.
The Bruins could use more skill on the 4th line and keep Shawn if they deem it proable they need some toughness in the their line up. A good 4 line scoring team is better than than just an energy line eating up minutes.
In this a short season, scoring is most important coming from all lines and sorry Shawn you don't score too much. The Bruins haven't had much scoring from these lines and if they can get a player like Soderberg or Spooner to help score than go for it .
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Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Tim Duncan and the San Antonio Spurs are headed
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Duncan scored a team-high 19 points and the San Antonio Spurs eliminated the
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Golden State's Harrison Barnes did not play in the fourth quarter. The rookie,
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LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today that a Saline County man has been arrested by agents from the Attorney General's Office for possession of child pornography.
Michael E. Rea, 43, of Bauxite, was arrested Thursday following an investigation by the Attorney General's Cyber Crimes Unit. Saline County Circuit Judge Gary Arnold found probable cause to arrest Rea on 20 counts of distributing, possessing or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child, a Class C felony, and four counts of computer exploitation of a child, a Class B felony.
Rea was being held at the Saline County Detention Center on $100,000 bond.
Rea, a Level 3 sex offender, is on probation for a 2010 sexual assault conviction. He also faces a probation revocation hearing.
"Through the collaborative efforts of our office and law enforcement agencies in Saline County and Hot Spring County, we were able to arrest a man who we believe was victimizing our children," McDaniel said. "Agents in our Cyber Crimes Unit will continue to work together with law enforcement officials statewide to protect our most vulnerable citizens."
The Attorney General's Cyber Crimes Unit launched an investigation into Rea in October after officials from the Malvern Police Department notified the Attorney General's Office that they suspected child pornography was being possessed at Rea's residence.
Special Agent Chad Meli from the Attorney General's Office accompanied a Saline County probation officer on a visit to Rea's residence, 6328 Sutton Road, in Bauxite. Multiple images of child pornography were found on a laptop computer at the residence. Electronic evidence seized from Rea's residence was analyzed at the Cyber Crimes Unit Forensic Lab in Little Rock.
Twenty-second Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney Ken Casady will appoint Assistant Attorney General Bart Dickinson as a special prosecutor to handle the case.
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Is there any chance of aspell (or something like it) landing in ZD any time soon? Most users will accept Prism, but it seems as if, to a fault, our upper-management wants something like Outlook/Outlook Express/aspell where they're forced to vet spelling in the message word by word.
I can see their point: Prism isn't very good with typo-caused word fragments (for example, "th e" instead of "the" is never flagged) and upper management isn't good with spending the time to review messages for little red squiggly lines.
I know there's an RFE for it, but there's not a lot of activity and it's flagged as fixed For internal planning, it would be good to know if I should be directing these people to ZWC for the forseeable future.


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1 small onion, diced
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2 Tblsp. butter
1 cup evaporated milk (1 cup of your favorite milk works)
salt and pepper to taste
Add water to clam juice to make 3 cups.
Bring to boil and add potatoes and onions.
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Blend flour in cold water until smooth; slowly add to potatoes, stirring until thickened.
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Let's say that you were given $1,900 per employee to spend on human resources for the year and your CEO wants you to spend that money in a way that generates the biggest bang for the buck. In other words: profit. Where are you going to put that money? Into compensation design? Training? A new human resources information system? And how are you going to demonstrate whether that investment did indeed produce a return for the company?
Sure, you may know in your gut that HR contributes to the bottom line, but intuition doesn't cut it in today's business world. Executives want proof that HR is a profit-maker and not just a cost center -- and they want you to design HR initiatives accordingly.
Fortunately, more and more studies are coming out that demonstrate a remarkable correlation between specific HR practices and shareholder return. Furthermore, an increasing number of individual companies are able to provide solid anecdotal evidence that HR is, if not a profit center, then at least an important contributor to their profitability goals. Together, the research and individual case studies provide significant insight into how the HR function must operate in order to drive the bottom line.
"HR has never been more uniquely situated and placed than they are right now in terms of helping organizations achieve bottom-line results," says Shirley Richard, president of the Richard Company, a consulting firm in Phoenix. Why? Because not only are executives beginning to understand that the "human" resource is the most valuable resource they have, but there's also proof available now to show that investment in human resources does pay off.
So what does the research say about HR's impact on profit? The news is good, very good. Ed Lawler and Susan Mohrman of the Center for Effective Organizations at the University of Southern California recently completed an intensive study of management practices in Fortune 1000 companies. Their study demonstrates that employee-involvement practices such as information sharing, skills training, rewards programs, and empowerment efforts -- all of which fall squarely into HR's domain -- show a significant bottom-line return.
In 1999, companies that were big users of employee-involvement practices boasted a 66 percent higher return on sales, a 20 percent higher return on assets, a 20 percent higher return on investment, and a 13 percent higher return on equity, USC investigators report.
"This study clearly suggests that the kinds of practices that HR develops and supports have an impact on the bottom line," Lawler says. "While HR doesn't directly produce revenue -- it doesn't go out and find new business or open new markets -- HR certainly improves the effectiveness of the organization, which allows the company to find new business or open new markets."
Chris Ryan, director of the People Strategy Practice for the Chicago Market Circle of Andersen's Human Capital Group, is conducting a study that is providing even more specific data about HR's contribution to the bottom line. He and his colleagues are reviewing a broad range of human capital practices and how they relate to total shareholder return. Although the study is still under way, early results clearly indicate that companies that use HR practices such as helping new hires to assimilate, letting employees know what is expected of them, and regularly pruning low performers tend to achieve higher total shareholder return over a period of three to five years than companies that don't.
"Our study, along with the work of other researchers, refutes the notion that HR is simply a cost center," Ryan says, adding that various studies have shown that 15 to 30 percent of the total value of a company can be correlated to specific human capital practices. So what does all this mean for HR professionals in the trenches? "The point is that HR professionals have a choice in terms of how they spend their money and invest in the human capital of the firm," Ryan says. "What the data makes clear is that some choices have much greater impact than others."
In order to boost corporate profitability, HR has two ways of looking at building profit: 1) cutting costs and 2) helping to generate revenue.
Cost-cutting is a quick and relatively easy way to boost profits. It is typically HR's first tactic. One of the most common ways that HR has gone about cutting costs is utilizing technology to provide employee self-service, says Alicia Main, HR analyst with Best Practices, LLC, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Self-service technology enables employees -- and their managers -- to do such things as pursue e-learning, change benefit options, get answers to stock and compensation questions, and manage performance without
the help of HR professionals or expensive HR handbooks.
Baxter International in Deerfield, Illinois, for example, has saved over half a million dollars by investing in employee self-service, says Karen May, vice president of human resources. Xerox Corporation, which uses a PC-based human resources management system to give employees and managers online access to personnel information, has slashed annual printing costs by $1.5 million. Although the cost of the system was $2 million, the aggregate annual savings made the investment worthwhile.
When done well, measures that utilize technology to bring efficiency to administrative processes have the potential to reduce costs an average of 30 percent, says Brian Lowenthal, benchmark director of Hackett Benchmarking & Research, a division of Answerthink, Inc., in Hudson, Ohio. Unfortunately, he says, many companies that have been focusing on cost reduction through technology "haven't been doing it very well." Despite all the focus on cost-cutting, HR costs have actually risen, on average, 16 percent since 1998. "This is because many companies have been focused on technology and cost-cutting and have not done much to
improve work processes or deal with the cultural-change issues," Lowenthal says.
Furthermore, research shows that even if companies do realize valuable savings through cost-cutting or technology, there are other, more effective ways for HR to build value over time. While these value-adding efforts go by various names, including transformational HR, strategic HR, and cultural support, they all, in essence, refer to the same thing: the ability of HR to select and retain the right employees and help them do their best work. This is where the real profit gains are to be found.
"Line and HR managers need to shift their focus from thinking of HR as a cost to be minimized and embrace the idea that investments in human capital can be a significant source of value creation for shareholders," says Mark Huselid, an associate professor of HR Strategy in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University and author of numerous studies demonstrating the financial impact of HR. So what do these "investments in human capital" look like in practice? What is value-added HR all about in real life? Well, when you take a look at companies that continue to be profitable despite today's brutal economic conditions, you'll find that their HR departments operate in much the same way.
Workforce talked to the HR directors at three such companies to learn what they do to support the company's bottom-line goals. These companies are:
Universal Technical Institute, Inc., based in Phoenix, Arizona. This 1,100-employee company is a nationwide leader in providing technical training for heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems. If you operated a Mercedes-Benz car dealership and needed technicians who could work on the cars' climate-control systems, you might send employees to courses sponsored by UTI. Over the last 18 months, UTI has implemented a major cultural-change initiative that boosted revenue by 17.5 percent, reduced employee turnover by 35 percent, and increased enrollment in the company's manufacturer training program by a whopping 228 percent.
Whole Foods Market, Inc., based in Austin, Texas. This chain of natural foods stores has 22,500 employees in 23 states and Canada, and is adding an average of 20 stores per year, an annual growth rate of 20 percent.
Valassis, a marketing services company based in Livonia, Michigan. This 1,400-person company helps other companies market their products and services, most notably through coupon inserts in Sunday newspapers around the country. Valassis posted 10 percent net growth last year and continues to grow despite the tough climate for advertisers.
There are many similarities in how the HR efforts at these companies help to strengthen the bottom line. What's important to remember when reviewing these efforts is that not any one of them, in isolation, can build profit. As Joe Buys, a partner with Crystal Clear Concepts, Inc., a management consulting firm in Detroit, says: "You can't look at any one element in isolation." HR activities must work together to create an overall culture that is conducive to profit-making. Profitable companies have the following HR initiatives in common:
They communicate extensively. The vision, values, and goals of the company are regularly communicated to employees. Not only that, but bad news is routinely shared, and successes are celebrated. "There is no rule in our book that says you can over-communicate," says Marcia Hyde, vice president of human resources and the communications center at Valassis.
At Whole Foods, the thrust for open communication is taken so seriously that all managers and executives -- including the CEO -- maintain an open-door policy. "I came in to work on Monday and had 1,000 e-mails to answer," says Cindy Strunk, vice president of team member services and human resources. The e-mails were about everything from paternal leave to a disagreement about a termination, and Strunk worked to answer each one.
The company also discloses wages so that every employee, if interested, can learn what coworkers, managers, and executives are paid. "While this openness takes some getting used to," Strunk admits, "we're a company based on knowledge, and we don't believe in hiding any knowledge or information from our team members."
Employees are involved in setting goals. About 18 months ago, UTI decided to pursue a new business model that would orient employees to a new customer. Instead of focusing solely on the students in its training programs, UTI decided that the industry -- the car manufacturers and dealerships that utilize its students -- was also a key customer base. This new strategic focus mandated a new way of thinking about the business.
Sharon Gleeson, vice president of HR, says the company's executives did not sit down and devise a list of objectives for every employee to follow. Instead, each one of its 1,100 employees was involved in creating the new strategy and finding revenue-generating opportunities predicated on the new customer base. Employees from all divisions in the company worked together to identify the business drivers, create the strategic plan, devise the leadership principles, set the accountability measures, and roll out the communications surrounding the new strategy. Many of the employees had no previous experience with such efforts.
Involving employees in this way has had an impact not only on profits -- gross earnings at UTI rose 44 percent in 2000 and 28 percent in 2001 -- but also on morale. According to employee surveys, between 1990 and 2001, overall employee satisfaction and morale moved from 37 to 75 percent; belief in the company's vision increased from 82 to 93 percent; and employees' understanding of how their jobs contribute to the company's business objectives soared to 96 percent.
Employees understand how their jobs affect the bottom line and how the bottom line affects their paychecks. As UTI's experience demonstrates, when employees understand the impact of their work, amazing things can happen. But research proves that in addition to devising a clear line of sight between an employee's job and company success, it's vital for a company to share its success with employees. Hyde says that when employees understand the vision and how they contribute to it and benefit from it, they are much more inclined to help achieve it.
There are a number of ways to share financial gains with employees. Whole Foods has had great success with a team-based gain-sharing program. Employees have the opportunity to receive gain-sharing payouts every four weeks, if their teams achieve certain goals related to sales and profit, Strunk says. Unlike profit-sharing, which reflects the performance of the company overall, the payout is based on a team's performance, and gain-sharing targets are determined by whatever measures are important to that team. Every four weeks, payouts are possible for the company's 1,300 teams, and in keeping with the open communication policy, all gain-sharing results are posted on the company's intranet.
HR is not solely responsible for HR activities. When UTI decided to reorient the company toward a new customer, HR facilitated the process by bringing in consultants and hosting meetings. But employees themselves did the actual culture-change work. "Our measure of success is that HR does not take any claim for doing this," Gleeson says. "Companies fail if they believe any one department should handle cultural responsibilities."
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Mallincam Wireless Exposure Controller; Yes or No?
Posted 15 January 2013 - 04:13 PM
In looking at the various packages I see that there is an available wireless exposure control. Does anyone see this as a necessary item? I would love to hear opinions, but please let me know why or why not.
Oh, and I am also slightly technologically challenged, so the Mallincam is already going to have a pretty big learning curve for me without additional complications. It would be nice to hear if the wireless controller makes things easier or harder to learn.
I don't know if it matters, but I would be using the Mallincam in a 14.5" f/4.3 Starmaster with a MFR 3 with 10mm extension, as well as in my EON 120, though not as often as the Starmaster. I would probably be using my laptop or a 9" LCD monitor. Wish I could use the Speco that everyone raves about, but my observing shed is too far from the house to access AC.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 05:01 PM
The first consideration is your laptop, if it's always around the scope then of course you have the option of PC control, if not then the wired/wireless remote combo will be required. Note the wired/wireless comment, to use the Xtreme remotely (to do anything beyond 3 second exposures) without a PC you need BOTH the wired hand controller and the wireless exposure controller on the camera at the same time.
Any minor installation issues aside I've found the PC control to be more "straightforward" to understand and use compared to the menu system built into the cameras. You will still need to understand some of the background of the menu system to get the most out of the camera but I find when all the PC control stuff is in front of me that I do a better job of controlling the camera.
If you go the manual remote control route you'll really need to sit down and understand the menu system on the camera. I found that the material written for the MCHP camera made the most sense, and then I brushed up on the differences with the Xtreme (longer exposure, flexible cooling, CCD mode, etc.). Virtually all the material written for the Xtreme is oriented towards a PC controlled setup.
Once you've achieved some reasonable comfort using the camera that way you'll still likely find that you don't want to be "jumping around" between dsos and solar system objects too much. It's much easier to keep the camera in it's extremely sensitive modes of operation and only work with the exposures and such. You will also find that you'll need to tweak the contrast/brightness and perhaps a few other video controls on your monitor or PC.
There is of course a ton of info on the Yahoo Mallincam group as well as on Jack Heuercamp's website. Another great source of knowledge is on NightSkiesNetwork.com, there's nothing like watching a live broadcast and interacting with the guy controlling the Mallincam to understand what's going on.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 05:41 PM
It's good if you don't want camera shake by touching the rear of the camera.. Or if walking the 20+ feet might cause the universe to spontaneously combust around you.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 06:45 PM
Looking again at Jack's site, and reading one of the reviews that he links to, it looks as though using my laptop would be the preferred method for using the Mallincam Xtreme. Not to mention that going without the wireless/wired controllers saves more than a few dollars!
As to software, is the free download MC software decent enough, or would I be better going with one of the third party drivers that have been mentioned on this forum?
Here's what I am now looking at, but I am open to suggestions for any additional items:
MC Xtreme w/o wireless or wired controllers
MFR 3 with 10mm extension
a frame grabber device, either the one offered by Mallincam or one of the cheaper models on Amazon
Anything else? I was also wondering about filters, such as an IR or Ha filter?
Sorry for all the questions, but I sure appreciate any and all replies.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 08:50 PM
There are a number of great Mallincam Xtreme control software apps. A few of them are also minimal pay for type as well. I'd start of with one of the free ones and then see if you want/need some of the features in the other ones. The "standard" one is listed as Mallincam Control Software version 2.8 (or "Stephan's" software).
Some of the apps are control only and some include the video presentation portion as well. If you choose a control only app there are plenty of great video presentation apps as options as well. Under Windows AMCAP is the most basic but something like SharpCap is my favourite (in terms of capabilities and ease of use). Many of the regular imaging apps (such as Nebulosity) also have the capability of displaying a webcam video feed (which is what most of the USB video frame grabbers look like to a PC). Because of the USB frame grabber sitting in between the PC and the Mallincam on the video side you usually won't find a camera entry for a "Mallincam" in most software products.
When you are looking at connectivity of the whole setup I find it helps to remember that these are two completely separation concepts (control vs. video) and they are not interrelated in anyway other than both originating at the camera.
Posted 15 January 2013 - 09:08 PM
As for other stuff like filters and such ...
I'm not sure an IR cut filter will do much with your big reflector. Perhaps something general to cut mild light pollution and sky glow - a Lumincon DeepSky, or one of the LP specific models (Astronomik CLS-CCD, Orion SkyGlow Imaging, Hutech IDAS LP v2 etc.). Beyond that it depends on your conditions and what you are viewing. Astronomik UHC for bad LP, a fairly narrow Ha, and an OIII would cover most situations and objects.
Posted 16 January 2013 - 05:00 AM
Stick with the laptop. It makes things a lot easier.
Posted 16 January 2013 - 09:24 AM
So, laptop control it is, and I will check out the free control software first as well as a decent LP filter. I already have an Orion Ultrablock and OIII filters but those are both visual rather than imaging filters. I am in a borderline yellow/green zone, and on a good transparent night, my NELM is typically in the 6.0 range, though light pollution is gaining steam thanks to "progress".
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Posted 16 January 2013 - 10:50 AM
FWIW, a few years ago I was observing with someone who had both the MC and an I3, and he also preferred the MC. At the time I preferred the I3, because it was more like the observing that I was used to. OTOH, I found the color views of objects to be more visually pleasing. Another consideration for me is that I have a communications tower across the road from me. The red housing at the top of that tower has faded to the point of being almost clear, so it puts out a flash that is more white than red, and I fear what may happen should the telescope slew past that light, thus giving the I3 a dose of strong white light. FWIW, I've been after the local Sheriff to fix that light for 4 years, but without success.
Posted 16 January 2013 - 03:29 PM
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Posted 17 January 2013 - 12:53 PM
This one is a single light tower, so it is painted orange/white with red markers and a red obstruction light on top. It's the housing for that top obstruction light that is faded to white, and the one that I have tried repeatedly to get the Sheriff's office to repair. I've even offered to pay the $250 for a new top light, but have never received a response.
Posted 17 January 2013 - 01:09 PM
Jack, it was great chatting with you today!
Posted 17 January 2013 - 08:27 PM
As for the wireless timer, the Mallincam Extreme is limited to a 2.1 second integration without the wireless timer or computer control. I found taking a laptop computer out into the desert every night, booting it, launching apps, getting all the dongles connected, a royal pain in the ar$#. The camera is actually well designed to work stand alone with no computer. So, I decided to give up on the laptop for now. So, without a computer to control it, you definitely need the wireless timer. With it you have essentially unlimited integration times available. I also find the wired remote control essential. It is just not convenient to walk up to the telescope and use the controls on the back of the camera, especially since you really need to be watching the image on your monitor to see what the controls are doing to the image.
As for documentation, I found that it was rather confusing and helter skelter. There's alot of it, but it isn't integrated well. The most helpful document I found was a 1 page "cheat" sheet that gave you the default settings for many different types of objects. From there it is easy to jump off and experiment on your own. I have thought of doing my own documentation, based on my learning curve, but haven't been able to get around to it yet.
Posted 17 January 2013 - 09:11 PM
Posted 17 January 2013 - 09:21 PM
I found the cheat sheet in a bunch of documents I downloaded from the Mallincam web site. I'll see if I can find it on my computer and post it somewhere.
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Posted 18 January 2013 - 10:33 AM
Thanks for your thoughts!
While I may buy a portable monitor, like the Watec 3.5" or similar for travel, I plan to stick with my plans to use the laptop for most of my Mallincam use.
Fortunately, I live under mag 5.7-6.0 skies (even with that bloody radio tower), and my observing shed holds my telescopes and other gear, so I very rarely travel to star parties or other darker sites. While I do have some setup time, the laptop setup will be minimal, and it can be hauled out with my eyepiece case. I really don't see how I could save much time, if any, by using a standalone monitor rather than the computer, and it can't be anymore of a hassle than hooking up the wired remote and trying to find a place on my telescope to hang it, IMO.
Since the MCX is really built with computer control in mind, I want to start out that way. Besides, I seriously doubt that I could find a standalone 12 VDC monitor that would beat my laptop's 17" HD display. I only wish that I could use the MCX with a HDMI cable.
I really do look forward to this new learning curve though!
Posted 18 January 2013 - 11:32 AM
With a good laptop (display wise) I would just get a good quality S-video cable (all gold ends and good shielding) and probably bite the bullet on the Mallincam USB frame grabber. Yes it's more money than most USB frame grabbers but it does (in the E version - MCV-1E) have the addition of a black level adjustment which really does make images stand out on a good LCD display. This additional capability is not available on any USB frame grabber, it usually requires another piece of gear (video processor or the obsolete Mallincam DVE).
There are S-Video to HDMI adapters/converters but they aren't cheap and don't appear to buy you anything video quality wise over the MCV-1E. With a full remote site setup (no lappy) and the desire to run with minimal power and off of a nice LCD display then maybe the HDMI converter route might make sense.
Using the supplied control cable and a suitable USB-serial adapter (and probably tape the connections together) along with a good S-Video cable and USB frame grabber you can bind them together so they can be stored and rolled out very simply. The next step up from this might be a nice combined control/video (and maybe power if that made sense as well) cable from Zeningeering (who makes the control cable).
Remember that you've always got that second video output on the Mallincam (it's always active) for a composite video connection. This makes a lot of sense for folks who want a small monitor at the scope for focusing or framing and don't want to mess with the primary video connection. You can also use thinner and more flexible video cable for this second monitor if it's going to be close to the camera.
Posted 18 January 2013 - 11:51 AM
Hmmmmm, now I am back to considering a Watec 3.5", or similar, monitor to keep at the scope for focusing. Since my laptop will be out of the dew in my shed, I was kind of wondering how I would check focus without running back and forth. I didn't even think about the fact that I would have an extra connection available.
OK, having looked at the Watec 3.5" online for around $400, maybe I can find a small LCD monitor that's a bit cheaper! I wonder if something as cheap as this monitor would work well enough to achieve focus, if not for normal observing?
Posted 18 January 2013 - 10:09 PM
If you are just going to be using the small monitor at the scope for alignment, and focusing i thinkmyoumcan go,cheap. I use a 9" Portable DVD player with composite input and its totally fine. I think I paid $89 for it 6 months ago.
You are going to,have alot of fun with the mallincam. Enjoy!
Posted 18 January 2013 - 10:52 PM
There's also a 7" LCD monitor with two NTSC inputs (RCA only) for under $40 .
Wow, excellent advice! It so happens that when I placed my order yesterday, I did actually purchase the MCV-1E USB Frame Grabber. I was going to go to a cheaper one on Amazon, but figured I would just go with a higher end grabber.
Hmmmmm, now I am back to considering a Watec 3.5", or similar, monitor to keep at the scope for focusing. Since my laptop will be out of the dew in my shed, I was kind of wondering how I would check focus without running back and forth. I didn't even think about the fact that I would have an extra connection available.
OK, having looked at the Watec 3.5" online for around $400, maybe I can find a small LCD monitor that's a bit cheaper! I wonder if something as cheap as this monitor would work well enough to achieve focus, if not for normal observing?
A step above is the excellent Lilliput 7" HD , high definition, with analog and HDMI inputs for around $180 . This has way better definition than the low cost screens , higher contrast , better color reproduction and is used frequently by the pros . Also runs a couple hours on its internal rechargeable battery.
Posted 18 January 2013 - 11:41 PM
Matt, thanks! I was looking at the Lilliput. I may give that one a try later on.


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