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I Have a Dream: That it Won't Be $1 For Me and $0.57 For You
January 20, 2014 by Cameron Conaway 2 Comments
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Economic Disparity: When Is Enough, Enough?
December 13, 2013 by Warren Blumenfeld 31 Comments
Professor Warren Blumenfeld believes we aren't challenging inequity nearly enough. Here's his call for us to do so.
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Exclusive: BA Executive Club, Iberia Plus and Airmiles loyalty programme changes
Originally published on businesstraveller.com 01/09/2011 - Filed under: News »
British Airways has announced significant changes to its loyalty programme, BA Executive Club. Starting from November 16, Airmiles, Iberia Plus and the BA Exec Executive Club members will earn Avios points.
Speaking exclusively to Business Traveller, Andrew Swaffield, managing director of the Mileage Company which runs the Airmiles programme and manages the BA Executive Club and Iberia Plus programmes said that the intention of the new programme was to "create a new shared global reward currency to provide benefits for all three members."
Airmiles customers will see the biggest change, not only seeing their programme name change to Avios, but also having to pay redemption fees for their flights, something which until now they had escaped.
For BA Executive Club members, a welcome change is the introduction of a flat fee for European flight in zones one to three on a new nine-zone map for redemption bookings (reaching as far as Moscow) of £27 or Euros27 (the currency depending on the location of the member of the programme).
Swaffield estimated an average taxes charge being around £90 for these flights at present, and said that this new Rewards Flight Saver product had been as a result of feedback from BA Exec Club members.
"Our customers have been telling us that European redemptions are very popular, but with the taxes fees and charges it has become poorer value to redeem their miles on European flights. We wanted to make it more attractive to do so."
It should be noted that this is for "regular collectors", the definition of which seems to be those who have earned points in the previous 12 months. For all others, taxes, fees and charges will apply to all zones regardless of distance.
The name Avios, which "means nothing" according to Swaffield, was chosen because it was "easy to pronounce, scalable, international and would work around the world, yet also hinted at aviation and travel."
A one-way fare using Avios to zones one to three will pay £13.50 (BA Executive Club and Airmiles members). For all flights over 2,000 miles (zones four to nine) customers will pay the fare with Avios and the airline taxes, fees and charges separately in cash.
The other major change for BA Exec Club members is that from November 16 they can redeem their Avios points for hotels and car rental, as well as flights.
Less welcome will be the new fee of £25 for members when they want to make changes for redemption bookings. Swaffield said this was in part to stop some members from holding multiple bookings.
Exact details of the new redemption zones has yet to be released, but Swaffield said that New York is going down to 40,000 from 50,000 for economy bookings, with an upper range of 100,000 for zone 9, as today.
"BA Exec Club members will recognise the starting price for redemptions of 9000 and 100,000 as they are today, Swaffield said. For redemptions in zones 4 to 9 they will also recognise the taxes and fees which will remains as they are at present.
What's notable about the announcement is what remains the same for BA Exec and Iberia Plus members. All three programmes remain separate: Avios will replace Air Miles, but BA Exec Club and Iberia Plus remain as three distinct programmes "... keeping their brands and heritage which has value for the airlines which have different customer bases".
Tier points will remain as today, giving status and recognition in the programme.
Silver card members will continue to have lounge access. Miles – soon-to-be-points - will be good for upgrades. Airmiles members (soon to be Avios members) will get the opportunity to earn Avios when they buy an airline ticket for money, "...and this will extend to Oneworld over time".
Avios members will not, however, earn tier points. Anyone wanting to earn status would have to join one of the airline programmes.
Swaffield believes that customers will make the choice of whether to be an Avios customer and earn and spend on a range of options such as Eurostar journeys, hotel accommodation, UK days out at LegoLand, Alton Towers and spa and golf breaks, or one of the frequent flyer programme which will concentrate their efforts on flights, albeit with the addition of hotels and car rentals now being options for burning points.
Between the three programmes there are 5.5 million active members (ie: those who have earned points or miles in the previous 12 months). For those who have both Airmiles accounts and BA Exec Club accounts, here will also be the option of combining multiple accounts for redemptions. Air Miles members will see all their air miles being multiplied by 10 on November 16 to create parity.
In other news:
- the BA Amex card is being retained, as is the companion voucher and ability to earn miles – soon to be points – from spend.
- Airmiles customers can now use Avios for one-way flights or to mix and match the airports they fly to and from, e.g. into New York JFK and back from Boston
- The removal of the regional flight supplement for Airmiles customers
- Taxes, fees and surcharges, which are currently included in bookings made using Airmiles will be charged separately in cash for flights to all zones. Airmiles customers can continue to book under the current terms until December 15, 2011.
Visit ba.com, airmiles.co.uk/avios, avios.com, and click here to have your say on the changes on our forum.
Report by Tom Otley
NB: notes for Airmiles customers
Avios annual collection example
Grocery shopping
£150 per month
7200 Avios per year
100 litres per month
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Credit card spend
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6000 Avios per year
Online shopping
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NEW: Air travel spend in cash
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NigelHuggins - 01/09/2011 09:52
So BRITISH airways equate £1 to 1Euro do they??? It could only happen in little britain that the national airline deals its home population customer base a financial disservice! You really can't imagine this happening in ANY other country can you?
BTW after parity for BA miles and airmiles in November, does anyone know if "useless" airmiles can be transferred to BA miles?
mccann85 - 01/09/2011 23:09
@NigelHuggins if you bothered to read it fully you would have seen
"For those who have both Airmiles accounts and BA Exec Club accounts, here will also be the option of combining multiple accounts for redemptions. Air Miles members will see all their air miles being multiplied by 10 on November 16 to create parity."
Cdavies001 - 01/09/2011 23:20
Living much of the year in the US we participate in m at FF programs. With other US airlines we are pretty much able to use miles when we need to. Somehow over the years, we seldom see an opportunity to buy reward seats, and when we do, the dreaded 'taxes and fees' are often close to the price of a discounted fare elsewhere.
Overal, must be summed up as a poor program to date because of this.
VintageKrug - 02/09/2011 02:37
Nigel: BA Miles and AirMiles will not "have parity".
You will receive 10 Avios points (the new name for BA Miles) for every AirMile you hold on the transfer date in mid November.
IvorLevene1 - 04/09/2011 16:35
will Lloyds Duo mastercard continue to partner Airmiles/Avios?
gritzray - 07/09/2011 11:39
We have airmiles with iberia plus....can we use them at LEGOLAND, if so, how do we do that?


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Skip to comments.Who is Private First Class (PFC) Bradley Manning, US Army Intel?
Posted on 07/30/2010 8:27:30 AM PDT by davidosborne
By now we all know that PFC Manning may or may not have something to do with the latest leak of classified documents to WIKILEAKS. But what we know little about is PFC Manning himself/herself. A few questions to start this thread off
1. Employment history before joining Army? 2. Political Affiliations? Left wing suspected? 3. Is there a connection between this leak and the LGBT agenda? Is PFC Manning himself/herself transgendered? if so is it relevent to this matter
Transexual? impossible. How would the person get in the military.
Did I read that he is 22 (or was it 24) years old?
how did he get his job?
I want to know who his SUPERVISOR is............................
Check out the FB page on this article:
An undated photo of Army Spc. Bradley Manning
Whatever. He should be tried for treason and if found guilty, shot.
Since instituting DADT, recruiters are barred from asking or investigating a prospective recruits sexual orientation. It used to be that while at the MEPS station, you would actually have to swear under penalty of perjury that you weren't a homosexual, not anymore.
His security clearance however is much more disturbing. Up until recently, if a security clearance investigation had revealed homosexuality or homosexual conduct in a subject, that information would not only be used to reject the clearance, but it would probably be used to separate the service member from service. That has changed. Now, the DOD is not allowed to use that information - if uncovered - in separation proceedings against the service member. It's one of the directives that was quietly changed after Obama took office.
I think - although I could be wrong because I have been retired for 12 months - that the homosexual conduct can still be used to reject the security clearance. Again, I'm not positive.
Did the source mysteriously end with Bush's Presidency? Or, is this a clearly political effort designed to blame Bush and leave Obama unscathed? And, why hasn't the mainstream media noticed this time aspect that is right in front of their pinched faces?
John/ Billybob
The owner of Wikileaks, however, telegraphed HIS agenda the other day with the comment that there is so much stuff that it's going to take a long time to go through it, but he's SURE there are going to be some war crimes mentioned. THAT'S what the left is so excited about. They have been salivating at the opportunity to 'get' George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, and they think this may be it. It's interesting, also, don't you think, that all of this material only seems to cover the Afghanistan War up to the point where Obama was sworn in, but covers nothing after that?
My question is: is it normal to give this level of access to somebody 5 minutes out of boot camp?
Your right homosexual conduct will get you discharged rightfully so. The question I have is how can a transexual be in the military....I find that completely impossible. There are a ton of homosexuals in the military, but transexuals????? IMPOSSIBLE!!! :)
Hah! GMTA! I was posting much the same thing while you were posting your comments!
Nah, just horribly confused.
"Whatever. He should be tried for treason and if found guilty, shot."
Are you talking this PFC or that commander in chief?
Hopefully both.
There was a bit about him in the WSJ this morning. He is from a small town in the Midwest and was always somewhat of an outsider. His parents are divorced and he lived with his mother. The guy is not "transgendered" - he is, however, very short and small and was apparently very self-conscious about this. He held a few nothing jobs (pizza guy, etc.) and then went into the army. He was in Iraq, during which time he got demoted for some unspecified offense and seems to have a grudge against the Army for this.
OMG! He looks like the chick convected in the prison scandel in Iraq
and who is his supervisor?
For military members, perhaps. In my recent experience, DoD Contractors are not precluded from receiving a clearance based on sexual orientation.
If it's the later, and not the former, then yes, there's no way that person could be in the military. If it's the former, I'm sure there are plenty of cross-dressers in the military that are "undiscovered", assuming of course they don't parade around in public in such regalia, as that would be "telling" of the sexuality, and an actionable offense.
A traitor.
Not that your questions aren't valid and important...
I'm sure you're exaggerating, but yes. It is. Boot camp, advanced individual training of 9 months to a year, and possible advnaced MOS training beyond that. But by the 18 month mark at the latest soldiers in intelligence MOSs have received their clearance.
That is true. I did not think about the "cross dressing" part. I was just thinking about the surgery type...lol.
Yes, that's absolutely correct. It is different for service members because their "homosexuality" if discovered by an enemy or someone looking to extort them, could be used for just that purpose.
I suppose that a closeted civilian could be extorted, but the rationale is that the uniformed service member has much more to lose, so that's a risk the DoD isn't willing to accept - or at least they didn't used to be willing to accept it.
Lindsey Englund meets Bawney Fwank
He is from Potomac, Maryland, which, all in all, I consider to be a hotbed of elitist squish-heads.
The photo from gawker's capture of the FB page does look like Manning. If so the gay loaded "Likes and Interests" from the same FB alone does seem to make his point.
This one?
Wow, yeah, that dude's a fag and a hardcore leftist. Mainly the Army seems to attract lesbians, so I'm kind of surprised to see him there...
It's related because he told Adrian Lamo that DADT is what motivated his theft in the first place.
Maybe it's Skippy!
An earlier article said that he was reduced from Spec5 to PFC for some unspecified behavioral problem.
The gist of the article was that this guy has apparently been a chip-on-your-shoulder loser since he was in kindergarten.
Why he was given a top secret clearance, and allowed to keep it after his demotion, is beyond me. I'd like to know who the hell approved his clearance, and who approved his keeping it after the demotion.
"Whatever. He should be tried for treason and if found guilty, shot."
I know it was fiction, but I keep thinking about Cpl. Klinger on MASH. He was cross-dressing to get OUT of the military. Now cross-dressers are trying to get IN.
FRAG him.
We got no use for his kind of traitor.
Thanks for capturing that! It's funny he's chosen to 'share only with friends' when he shows all his likes. The picture set my gaydar twanging but the likes peg the meter.
Passing it on my FRiends.. I posted this on the Breaking News bar because I thought it was very relevent and more news on this matter is breaking everyday. The more we know about PFC Manning the more we will understand how and why the matter is being dealt with.... PFC Manning has some interesting supporters out there raising funds for his defense... The purpose of this thread is not so much to discuss the facts of the case.. there are plenty of other threads for that... But rather I am interested in knowing WHO this guy or gal is which could explain the motive for his/her actions.
He's a fan of Robert Gates. Disturbing.
Future US Senator from NY or CA
I think the "Poke Bradley" button says it all....
This guy had better end up in Leavenworth prison. Since they can't shoot people anymore or hang em... a long prison sentence is the only solution.
He should be charged as a traitor.
The guy's a fruit.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Future US Senator from NY or CA
Best answer so far diing ding ding
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DermaEarth, based in San Diego has done a great deal of research in organic technology and has discovered one of the most revolutionary natural skin care lines offered on today's market.
High performing natural skincare products such as DermaEarth offers clients the same or better results as the products using chemical ingredients sold at high end department stores.
"When shopping for a high quality natural skin care line, it is important to look for products that do not contain paraben, kojic acid or arbutin," said the company's spokesperson.
Starting with cleansers, it is important they contain the right ingredients that give noticeable results.
"A person using DermaEarth can notice the decreasing fine lines, softening of wrinkles and the disappearance of age spots," said the company's spokesperson. "To achieve this small miracle we use a combination of high performing natural peptides and natural ingredients formulated with almost pharmaceutical grade technology."
As people age, they may begin to notice changes in their skin, which of course vary from one person from another. The changes can depend on how much the person has been in the sun unprotected, what they eat, their lifestyle, and if they have adhered to a skin care routine over the years.
Even those who have remained faithful about skin care are bound to see some signs of aging," said the spokesperson for Skin Care Heaven, an e-commerce store and skin research center based in San Diego.
If so, it may be time to begin investigating new products geared for the areas around the eyes, forehead and around the mouth, which are the first areas to age.
Some of the signs of premature aging on the face are fine lines, rough patches, age spots, enlarged pores and dry skin.
The best ways to slow the march of time is to use sunscreen, exfoliate a few times a week, and use retinol which has been proven to reverse sun damage.
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Commander Rick Sturckow, Pilot Lee Archambault, and Mission Specialist and Flight Engineer Steven Swanson checked out Atlantis' hydraulic systems and flight control surfaces beginning at 8:58 a.m. today. That was followed closely by the steering jet tests at 10:08 a.m.
All seven astronauts spent the day stowing equipment for the landing, and then came together just after 2 p.m. to discuss their mission with NBC, ABC and CNN. The crew is scheduled to go to sleep at 8:38 p.m. and wake up at 4:38 a.m. Thursday.
The Mission Management Team worked into the early evening to ensure the shuttle is safe for landing. Some fuzz from a gap filler poking out on the outer edge of the left wing was noticed during Tuesday's late inspection and deemed safe for reentry based on its location and measured protrusion of about 4/10 of an inch. Also, the MMT reviewed additional data presented on the thermal blanket damaged during launch on June 8. The blanket was repaired during the third spacewalk of the mission and cleared for reentry.
Discussions centered around thermal models developed by engineers to assess whether any damage may have occurred to underlying structure, but photographs taken by Danny Olivas – who affected the repair – clearly showed no heat effects.
Entry Flight Director Norm Knight indicated that the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, would be the only landing site considered Thursday, based on consumables that provide flexibility to land as far out as Sunday. The weather forecast shows a chance of rain showers within 30 miles of the runway at landing time with a cloud deck at 5,000 feet – both are landing violations. The plan calls for a deorbit engine firing at 11:50 a.m. for the 12:55 p.m. landing and a 1:25 p.m. deorbit burn for the 2:30 p.m. landing opportunity.
If landing is moved to Friday, two landing opportunities would be available in Florida and two in California at the Edwards Air Force Base. Three sites would be available Saturday in order of preference – Florida, California or at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico.


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Gnuplot data analysis, real world example
Creating graphs in LibreOffice is a nightmare. They're ugly, nearly impossible to customize and creating pivot tables with data is bloody tedious work. In this post, I'll show you how I took the output of a couple of performance test scripts and turned it into reasonably pretty graphs with a few standard command line tools (gnuplot, awk, a bit of (ba)sh and a Makefile).
The Data
I ran a series of query performance tests against data sets of different sizes. The sets contain 10k, 100k, 1M, 10M, 100M and 500M documents. One of the basic constraints is that it has to be easy to add/remove sets. I don't want to faff about with deleting columns or updating pivot tables. If I add a set to my test data, I want it automagically show up in my graphs.
The output of the test script is a simple tab separated file, and looks like this:
#Set Iteration QueryID Duration 500M 1 101 10.497499465942383 500M 1 102 3.9973576068878174 500M 1 103 9.4201889038085938 500M 1 104 2.8091645240783691 500M 1 105 2.944718599319458 500M 1 106 5.1576917171478271 500M 1 107 5.7224125862121582 500M 1 108 5.7259769439697266 500M 1 109 4.7974696159362793
Each row contains the query duration (in seconds) for a single execution of a single query.
Processing the data
I don't just want to graph random numbers. Instead, for each query in each set, I want the shortest execution time (MIN), the longest (MAX) and the average across iterations (AVG). So we'll create a little awk script to output data in this format. In order to make life easier for gnuplot later on, we'll create a file per dataset.
% head -n 3 output/500M.dat #SET QUERY MIN MAX AVG ITERATIONS 500M 200 0.071 2.699 0.952 3 500M 110 0.082 5.279 1.819 3
Here's the source of the awk script, transform.awk. The code is quite verbose, to make it a bit easier to understand.
BEGIN { } { if($0 ~ /^[^#]/) { key = $1"_"$3 first = iterations[key] > 0 ? 0 : 1 sets[$1] = 1 queries[$3] = 1 totals[key] += $4 iterations[key] += 1 if(1 == iterations[key]) { minima[key] = $4 maxima[key] = $4 } else { minima[key] = $4 < minima[key] ? $4 : minima[key] maxima[key] = $4 > maxima[key] ? $4 : maxima[key] } } } END { for(set in sets) { outfile = "output/"set".dat" print "#SET\tQUERY\tMIN\tMAX\tAVG\tITERATIONS" > outfile for(query in queries) { key = set"_"query iterationCount = iterations[key] average = totals[key] / iterationCount printf("%s\t%d\t%.3f\t%.3f\t%.3f\t%d\n", set, query, minima[key], maxima[key], average, iterationCount) >> outfile } } }
This code will read our input data, calculate MIN, MAX, AVG, number of iterations for each query and dump the contents in a tab-separated dat file with the same name as the set. Again, this is done to make life easier for gnuplot later on.
I want to see the effect of dataset size on query performance, so I want to plot averages for each set. Gnuplot makes this nice and easy, all I have to do is name my sets and tell it where to find the data. But ah ... I don't want to tell gnuplot what my sets are, because they should be determined dynamically from the available data. Enter, a wee shellscript that outputs gnuplot commands.
#!/bin/sh # Output plot commands for all data sets in the output dir # Usage: ./plotgenerator.sh column-number # Example for the AVG column: ./plotgenerator.sh 5 prefix="" echo -n "plot " for s in `ls output | sed 's/\.dat//'` ; do echo -n "$prefix \"output/$s.dat\" using 2:$1 title \"$s\"" if [[ "$prefix" == "" ]] ; then prefix=", " fi done
This script will generate a gnuplot "plot" command. Each datafile gets its own title (this is why we named our data files after their dataset name) and its own colour in the graph. We want to plot two columns: the QueryID, and the AVG duration. In order to make it easier to plot the MIN or MAX columns, I'm parameterizing the second column: the $1 value is the number of the AVG, MIN or MAX column.
Gnuplot will call the plotgenerator.sh script at runtime. All that's left to do is write a few lines of gnuplot!
Here's the source of average.gnp
#!/usr/bin/gnuplot reset set terminal png enhanced size 1280,768 set xlabel "Query" set ylabel "Duration (seconds)" set xrange [100:] set title "Average query duration" set key outside set grid set style data points eval(system("./plotgenerator.sh 5"))
The result
% ./average.gnp > average.png
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Wrapping it up with a Makefile
I don't like having to remember which steps to execute in which order, and instead of faffing about with yet another shell script, I'll throw in another *nix favourite: a Makefile.
It looks like this:
average: rm -rf output mkdir output awk -f transform.awk queries.dat ./average.gnp > average.png
Now all you have to do, is run
whenever you've updated your data file, and you'll end up with a nice'n purdy new graph. Yay!
Having a bit of command line proficiency goes a long way. It's so much easier and faster to analyse, transform and plot data this way than it is using graphical "tools". Not to mention that you can easily integrate this with your build system...that way, each new build can ship with up-to-date performance graphs. Just sayin'!
Note: I'm aware that a lot of this scripting could be eliminated in gnuplot 4.6, but it doesn't ship with Fedora yet, and I couldn't be arsed building it.
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Many of us accept as uncontroversial the belief that the world is comprised of detached and disparate products, all of which are reducible to certain substances. Of those things that are alive, we acknowledge that some have agency while others, such as humans, have more advanced qualities such as consciousness, reason and intentionality. So deeply-seated is this metaphysical belief, along with the related distinctions we draw between subject/object, mind/body and nature/culture that many of us tacitly assume past groups approached and apprehended the world in a similar fashion. Relational Archaeologiesquestions how such a view of human beings, 'other-than-human' creatures and things affects our reconstruction of past beliefs and practices. It proceeds from the position that, in many cases, past societies understood their place in the world as positional rather than categorical, as persons bound up in reticular arrangements with similar and not so similar forms regardless of their substantive qualities. Relational Archaeologiesexplores this idea by emphasizing how humans, animals and things come to exist by virtue of the dynamic and fluid processes of connection and transaction. In highlighting various counter-Modern notions of what it means 'to be' and how these can be teased apart using archaeological materials, contributors provide a range of approaches from primarily theoretical/historicized treatments of the topic to practical applications or case studies from the Americas, the UK, Europe, Asia and Australia.


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Here is a collection of photographs that capture the beauty that you only see traveling the back roads. From the mountains and plains of Montana and Yellowstone National Park to some hidden places in Washington, then onto the badlands in the northwest corner of New Mexico.
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A former chemist at the state crime laboratory in Amherst was sentenced to 2½ years in a county jail Monday for stealing drug evidence for her own gain, said the office of Attorney General Martha Coakley.
Sonja Farak, 35, of Northampton will have to serve 18 months of that prison sentence, followed by five years of probation.
If she is in trouble with the law again or violates probation conditions, she could have to serve the remainder of the sentence.
Farak pleaded guilty in Hampshire Superior Court to four counts of theft of a controlled substance from an authorized dispensary, four counts of tampering with evidence, and two counts of possession of a Class B substance.
"State lab chemists have a duty to uphold the law and protect the integrity of the evidence in their control," Coakley said in a statement.
"This defendant has admitted to stealing drug evidence from the lab and in some cases even replacing the samples with counterfeit substances in an attempt to cover her tracks."
As part of her probation, Farak must undergo drug and alcohol evaluation and treatment and complete 500 hours of community service.
The Amherst lab, which stores and analyzes drugs confiscated by local and State Police, first contacted State Police investigators in January 2013 to report a discrepancy in the inventory.
State Police investigators learned that Farak tampered with the evidence, and they learned that she had cocaine in her possession, at her work station, and in her car. She was arrested at her home on Jan. 19, 2013.
A further investigation showed that Frank tampered with four drug samples at the laboratory, and twice mixed drug evidence with fake drugs to hide what she had done. On two occasions, the samples were simply missing.
Farak's case is not related to that of Annie Dookhan, the disgraced chemist at the center of the Hinton drug laboratory scandal.
Dookhan pleaded guilty in November to widespread tampering with drug evidence, jeopardizing tens of thousands of cases over several years.
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Let me warn you right up front — my goal is to change the way you think about leadership. I do not aim merely to add one more voice to the conversation about leadership, I want to fundamentally change the way leadership is understood and practiced.
For the better part of the last three decades, leadership has been a major cultural preoccupation and a professional obsession. Walk into an airport bookstore and you will find the front tables filled with books promising to make you a better leader. Apparently, people passing through airports have a healthy appetite for books on leadership. Walk into a Christian bookstore, and you will find ample evidence of the same hunger.
If you are like me, you have probably read a small library of books on leadership, attended numerous conferences and seminars, and you likely read leadership newsletters and professional journals when you find the time. Hotel conference rooms overflow with people listening to speakers deliver talks on leadership and colleges and universities have gotten into the business as well, offering majors, degree programs, and even entire schools devoted to leadership studies.
And yet, something is missing.
I was born in 1959, right at the center of the golden age of American management. The "managerial revolution" was in full swing, and America's corporate leaders were managers of the first rank, but no one considered them leaders. President John F. Kennedy took office in 1961, assembling a cabinet of youthful and technocratic managerial experts, largely drawn from America's leading corporations. Writer David Halberstam was later to call these men "the best and the brightest."
Lyndon Johnson, Kennedy's vice president, was considerably impressed by Kennedy's collection of managerial expertise. When he gushed about them to former Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, the Speaker retorted, "Well, Lyndon, you may be right and they may be every bit as bright as intelligent as you say, but I'd feel a whole lot better about them if just one of them had run for sheriff once."
We get his point. Those managers were among the brightest of their generation, but they managed the nation right into the disasters of the 1960s. Evidently, management is not the same thing as leadership.
As a teenager, I was already looking for examples of leadership. I read about Winston Churchill, and I recognized that he was no mere manager – he was a leader of world-changing courage. When he spoke, a nation was given hope and determination to fight a war that simply had to be won – against odds that left even many of his own friends and family convinced that England's future was already lost.
I cut my political teeth working as a high school volunteer in Ronald Reagan's campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 1976. Early that summer, no one had to ask me twice to be part of the line welcoming Governor and Mrs. Reagan into War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale for a major speech. I got to shake Reagan's hand, and then hear him speak. He did not talk about vague policy goals and political bromides. He spoke with passion about ideas and the possibility of changing the way Washington was run.
I recognized that he was a leader, and that his leadership was transformational. I knew that he believed what he was saying, and I could see that he persuaded others to believe with him.
Reagan did not win the nomination in 1976, of course, but he went on to carry 49 states in the 1980 presidential election. By that time, regardless of partisan identification, Americans were learning again to look for a leader.
In college, I studied political science before landing as a religion and philosophy major. If my exposure to political science was any indication, those folks cared very little about leadership. Every class seemed like a statistics assignment.


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This book is a simple but effective tool for developing and maintaining a daily meditation practice. The book is arranged in four themes: connection with self, acceptance, extension of the heart, peace. Each theme has seven lessons, one per page, so readers can read a lesson per day, changing themes each week, and repeat the cycle as they wish every 28 days.
I love to travel. I love to learn. I love to grow each day into being a better person. This book embodies parts of that. Enjoy! For further information about this book and the meditation tradition from which it comes please visit www.sinseecenter.com
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Feb. 21, 2013
Once again this season, GoHuskies.com will check in from time to time with the captains of the different event groups on the Husky track and field team. The leaders of the sprinters, distance runners, jumpers, and throwers will update fans on practice progress, recent highlights and upcoming meets. Distance captains Joey Bywater and Christine Babcock here talk about some of the early highlights for the distance crew and look forward to the MPSF meet.
Joey Bywater, Senior, Distances
The 2013 indoor track season has been underway for some time but as far as we're (the men's distance crew) concerned, the previous meets have been hardly more than rust busters. That's not to say the rust-busting phase hasn't had its share of excitement as highlights include:
6 sub 4:10 milers: Gareth Gilna, Brad Whitely, Kyle Blume, Nick Harris, Mike Miller and myself. PR's in the 3k from Tyler King, Aaron Beattie, Dylan Morin DMR almost winning the UW invite closed By Gareth Gilna's monster mile leg. Freshman Mitch Montgomery running a 4:21 despite being tripped and going head over heels. 3 freshmen showing strong potential in Hap Emmons, Nick Harris, and Mitch Montgomery Brad Whitley making 1:51.96 for 800 look easy at the Husky Classic
We simply plan on seeing the fruit of our winter mileage begin to show when our wins count as points and we're sluggin' it out with our Pac-12 opponents. That part of our season begins this weekend as we have our first scored meet in which the distance crew expects to hold its own in helping the UW track team compete against the Pac-12 and a few others schools that make up our indoor conference meet. At this meet, I'm particularly excited to see Aaron Beattie and Tyler King look at knocking on the door of our top 10 list in the 5k as well seeing All-American and sub-4 miler James Cameron debuting after going more than a year without seeing competition. The DMR also hopes to post a NCAA qualifying mark and return to indoor nationals for the second year in a row.
Christine Babcock, Senior, Distances
Hi Husky fans!! I will warn you now...this captain's report may have to break off the rust after not composing one for almost nine months, so bare with me. Hopefully it won't be too bad! :)
Training has been going well and we are all gearing up for MPSF's this weekend. Look for a well-assembled DMR team, awesome 5ks, blazing miles, and exciting 3ks (my personal race of choice for the weekend)!! We are excited to have another opportunity to compete in front of our home crowd and would love all of your support this weekend! So come out and see what the Dempsey has to offer!
This year the astounding Coach Drake has added some much needed entertainment to our track meets! Not only have we welcomed the return of the video board (in a bigger and better fashion, I might add), but also we have guest appearances by Harry the Husky and the cheerleaders, armed with free t-shirts for those with the most spirit! And don't forget your kids--they can get the chance to race Harry the Husky in the 60m dash...it's always entertaining! There is also the opportunity to guess the winning times/heights/distances for the chosen events of the weekend, with the winner receiving a Portage Bay gift card! If it wasn't an NCAA violation, I would be first in line to guess the winning time, so take my place and make sure you check that out at the table near the front entrance!
Besides all the indoor excitement, we are thoroughly enjoying using our new purple outdoor track! It was well worth the wait...for those of you who have been around long enough, like myself, you know that this supposed purple track has been promised for years. I am blessed that it finally came to fruition before I graduated! If you have yet to see it, you should definitely go check it out!! When I say purple, I mean PURPLE (not the faded shade of purple that is in the Dempsey). It is awesome!! And, compared to our old red track in the stadium, it feels like you are running on a cloud! We also have some trusty friends in the form of wood coyote cutouts, helping keep the geese (and all that comes with them if you know what I mean) off our nice track. But don't worry, as intimidating as they may look, the coyotes won't bite!
Well, I better get back to preparing for this weekend, but thanks for reading and I hope to see you all there! GO DAWGS!!


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St. Augustine, Fla, (April 29, 2014) – The 68-year-old memorial to veterans who paid the ultimate sacrifice was decommissioned by the Pilot Club of St. Augustine, Florida.
At exactly 10: 00 a.m. Capt. Charles Stratman, USN (retired.) rang 4 bells signaling the commencement of the decommissioning ceremony. The bell was presented to Stratman by the crew of the U.S.S. Tallahatchie County, AVB2. Stratman had the rank of LCDR and was the Executive Officer of the ship. The ship, according to the history on http://www.usstallahatchiecounty.com/history.html, began as LST-1154. LST meaning Tank Landing Ship and was one of the only two steam powered LST's built by the U. S. Navy.
Kay Burtin, President of the Pilot Club of St. Augustine began the ceremony telling of her brother-in-law's return from WWII in 1946 and the subsequent commissioning of the memorial at the current location. Plaques acknowledging WWII, Korea and Vietnam veterans reside on 3 sides with the dedication plaque residing on the east side facing the rising sun. In years past, members of the club would give a day engaged in the age-old tradition of polishing the plaques using toothbrushes readying the memorial for the laying of a wreath on Memorial Day.
St. Augustine Mayor Joe Boles offered a story of his father, a WWII Navy Frogman. "He never spoke of his time in the war," said Boles. "I can't imagine what life was like in a war. I did not have to serve because those before us made it so we did not have to serve." He thanked all who were instrumental in making this move a reality.
Burtin introduced John Valdez, the "anonymous" contractor who stepped forward and offered his services to move the memorial. Valdez thanked several other contractors who have stepped forward and volunteered their time and materials. "Without them this move might still be in the planning stages," said Valdez. Continuing on, Valdez gave a brief description of the process for deconstruction, beginning with the cannon ball atop the memorial. "That will be the easiest part of all as years of weathering have caused cracks not only on the coquina sides of the monument, but also on the crown." "If we are unable to remove it intact, we will be able to replace it. In fact we have the technology to recreate the cracks on the sides."
Col. Rik Erklens, USA (retired), President of the Ancient City Chapter, Military Officers Association of America spoke about the upcoming move, the installation of additional plaques to recognize fallen veterans of the wars since Vietnam. "On the coming Memorial Day, immediately following the ceremony at the St. Augustine National Cemetery on Marine Street, a parade will be formed from the cemetery to the plaza for the dedication."
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An African-American physicist diverts his curiosity from the physical world to the complex sociology of Charleston, South Carolina. Daniel M. Smith, Jr. explores Charleston's history of slavery, black
slaveowners, miscegenation, and the spectrum of life generated by this milieu to answer a few questions:
-How did the caste system based on skin color arise?
-How did churches come to be defined by the social class of their members?
-What accounts for the wide disparity in education and income within the African-American community?
Unlike studies of the physical world, exploring these questions does not reveal laws and principles but instead uncovers the intricate entanglement of African-American history with that of the larger Charleston community. Table of Contents: Preface, Antebellum, Civil War and Reconstruction, Schools, Artists and Artisans, Churches, Early 20th Century, Civil Rights, Notes, Index
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When Barbra Streisand took to the stage to sing at a Sept. 16 fundraiser for presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, she opened not with a song, not with a joke, but with . . .Talmud.
According to an eyewitness report from an ardent Obama-ite, the star, who played a male yeshiva student in Yentl, recalled for the assembled Democratic elite of Hollywood a lesson she learned, oh, a few years ago as a child in Hebrew school: "To save one life is to save the world."
As the eyewitness told Hollywood Jew:
"It was a thrill of a lifetime to attend tonight's reception for who I hope will be the 44th President of our United States.
"There was a huge crowd at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel…Phil and I had amazing seats because as those of you who know my husband know that when he sees a sign that says "Do not enter" he actually reads it as "Phil enter here" so we ended up sitting in the VIP section in the front row just to the left of the stage.
"Ben Harper sang and played his guitar but of course he was the warm up act for none other than…BARBRA STRIESAND!!! She began by talking about the TALMUD!!! (Honestly and truly, I kid you not)
"She recalled how she was a child in Jewish religious school where she learned that, 'To save a life is to save the world' and that Barack has dedicated his entire life to improving the lives of others. She went on to say that Obama gives us faith in the promise of the American Dream. She then sang 'make someone happy' and ended it singing:
'We know Barack is the answer…he'll make us all so very happy…and the world will be happy too…'
"She said she gets so upset to hear that the McCain/Palin ticket says they are about change… 'What change?' she asked 'From bad to worse?'
"Other songs followed and then…
"It was time for Obama to speak and speak he did…about how our country is SO off track and how we must reclaim it for the sake of our children…he pointed out that we are now living the reverse of the American Dream where this generation is not living as well as our parents did…he spoke about how America needs to be the light in the world again…he is without doubt articulate, poised, and most importantly…PRESIDENTIAL!
"He said he is asked how is able to remain so calm when the race is so close and he says he has faith in the American people that come election day they will not choose to continue down the same destructive path we are on and they will in fact vote for a real change…to end the futile war in Iraq/to improve the economy/to make health care affordable for all Americans/to vote for women's rights/civil rights and for a better more optimistic life for all!
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Asparagus with Chorizo and Croutons
Adapted from Jacques Pépin
First of all, some confessions: This may be a six-minute meal for you, but some of us still had to be pains in the tuchus' about it. I ordered a par-baked country loaf from Fresh Direct that first needed to be baked and cooled, before it could be rendered into croutons. (Could I be more ridiculous?) Then I fell all gaga over some cranberry beans at the Greenmarket yesterday, so I had to shell and pre-boil them before adding them to the dish. (Though canned and drained beans, or skipping the beans entirely, would also do.) And yes, I know asparagus season has really passed but that off-season stuff isn't a quarter bad.
And now, some cooking notes: The asparagus will be very al dente, cooked in this method. We love it that way, but if you like yours with more give, you can start it a couple minutes earlier in pan or steam it for a minute or two before you add it. Marcona almods are fantastic if you can find them, but because I couldn't, I used slivered almonds which burned easily — not recommended; use the whole ones. The beans are optional and not part of the original recipe, but we liked them in there a lot.
Serves 4
1 pound large, thick, firm asparagus, lower third of the stalks peeled with a vegetable peeler or snapped off
1/4 cup good olive oil
4 ounces Spanish chorizo (but Portuguese chouriço will work as well), cut into 3/4-inch pieces
1 1/2 cups 3/4-inch bread cubes (croutons), preferably from a baguette or country bread loaf
1/4 cup whole almonds
1 cup cooked beans (optional; I used 3/4 pound fresh cranberry beans, shelled then boiled for 20 minutes in lightly salted water)
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Make this right as you are ready to eat. Cut each asparagus stalk into 3 or 4 pieces. Heat the oil in a large skillet until very hot. Add all the ingredients except the beans, if using, and salt and pepper. Cover and sauté over high heat for 5 to 6 minutes (thinner asparagus might be done sooner), tossing or stirring the mixture a few times, so it browns and cooks on all sides. Add the beans, if using, and salt and pepper, toss again, and serve.
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As part of the celebration of this year's National Public Health Week, I was invited to participate in a day of events sponsored by the College of Health and Human Services at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte (UNCC).
We began the day with Charlotte Talks – a local radio talk show – discussing the role of prevention and access to health care in reducing health disparities. I was joined by Dr. Crystal Piper (UNCC) and Mr. Brad Wilson, CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for the interview with Mike Collins, host of Charlotte Talks.
For an hour, we engaged in a rich dialogue and debate about issues ranging from personal responsibility for health, poverty and other determinants of health, to the benefits, challenges, and costs associated with insuring access to health care for all.
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On the opening possession of their 11 a.m. tip-off against La Salle, Saint Joseph's got an alley-oop dunk from Ronald Roberts courtesy of a great pass from Halil Kanacevic.
That play set the tone for Saint Joseph's as the Hawks led during the majority of the contest in a 75-64 win over the Explorers at Tom Gola Arena.
After an 8-0 run by La Salle solely on the back of Tyreek Duren, Saint Joseph's went on a 12-0 run, taking a 16-8 lead after Roberts made a layup as the Explorers could not deal with the combination of Roberts and Halil Kanacevic in the first half after Jerrell Wright got into early foul trouble.
Saint Joseph's (17-7, 7-3 Atlantic 10) never relinquished the lead after their 12-0 spurt and extended their lead to double-digits as they headed into the locker room on a three-point make by Langston Galloway from at least seven feet beyond the three-point arc.
"Our seniors have been great since the summer," Saint Joseph's coach Phil Martelli said after the game after being asked about the job the Hawks seniors did in the first half. "We said at halftime that the seniors are taking us here."
Meanwhile, La Salle (12-12, 4-6 A-10) struggled to score in the first half, as they hardly resembled the team that became a national media darling on their way to the Sweet 16 in last season's NCAA Tournament.
In the second half for Saint Joseph's it was the DeAndre Bembry show.
Bembry, who was held scoreless during the opening half, scored seven points in the opening four minutes of the second half as the Hawks used a 9-0 run to balloon their lead to 46-30 with 15:42 to play.
The Hawks would continue to control the game for most of the second half, keeping the lead in double-digits on most occasions.
However, La Salle did make a couple of runs in the second half to keep things interesting. The first run cut the Hawks 16-point lead in half as the Explorers scored eight points in a 52 second span, punctuated by a Tyrone Garland three-pointer, which made the score 56-48 with 10:57 remaining, prompting Saint Joseph's coach Phil Martelli to call a timeout.
Saint Joseph's responded by quickly scoring the next seven points, with a three-pointer from Bembry suddenly bringing the Hawks lead back to 15 with 8:37 on the clock.
In the closing minutes, La Salle used a 10-0 run to cut what was a game-high 16-point St. Joe's lead down to 6 as Taylor Dunn's third three-pointer of the game made it 68-62 with 2:12 left.
Saint Joseph's was able to withstand the late Explorers rally though as they made 7-of-8 free throws in the final 80 seconds to seal their seventh Atlantic 10 victory of the campaign along with their 13th win in their last 16 games.
It was a balanced scoring attack from the Hawks as all five of Saint Joseph's starters finished in double-figures with Galloway leading the way with 18 points while the freshman Bembry scored 16 points in the game, all coming in a sensational second half performance. Roberts netted 15 points while swatting away 3 shots, as he was the player who contributed most to Saint Joseph's first half success. Kanacevic had a typical Kanacevic-like game as he stuffed the stat-sheet with 10 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks while Chris Wilson also finished with 10 points for the Hawks.
Wright led La Salle with 16 points as he also corralled 15 rebounds to record a double-double. Duren and Garland finished with 15 points apiece in the losing effort for the Explorers.
Two key factors in today's win for Saint Joseph's were taking care of the ball and knocking down free throws. The Hawks had 13 assists compared to just 8 turnovers while making 18-of-22 free throws in one of their best outings from the charity stripe all season.
Coming into the game, Joe Lunardi, color commentator for Saint Joseph's radio and ESPN's "bracketologist" had Saint Joseph's listed among the first four teams out of the NCAA Tournament, however, with today's win, one would think the Hawks could possibly have a spot in the projected field of 68 in Lunardi's next bracket.
Nevertheless, the NCAA Tournament push is on for Saint Joseph's as the Hawks are putting together their best stretch of basketball at a crucial period in the season.
Saint Joseph's is next in action on Wednesday evening as they travel to the Ryan Center in Kingston, R.I. for a 7 p.m. tip-off against Rhode Island.
The Hawks have three road games remaining on their schedule and Martelli put it best after the game by saying "our (Saint Joseph's) fate is going to be decided by how we play on the road."
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LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – The Bachelorette 2013 spoilers latest update already indicates who wins Desiree Hartsock's Bachelorette 2013 season. Brooks Forester is your Bachelorette 2013 winner, so claims RealitySteve reveals to news. The mystery over who wins The Bachelorette 2013, and who does Desiree Hartsock pick, was answered by Steve earlier this month. The purported Bachelorette 2013 winner, however, is far less problematic than in previous seasons.
RealitySteve.com tells news that Bachelorette 2013 spoilers may not be as confusing this season. Apparently the on-air chemistry between Desiree Hartsock and suitor Brooks Forester, a 28 year old from Salt Lake City, is very obvious. And while other men have been revealed in Bachelorette 2013 spoilers as your 2013 Final Four, it was apparently clear during filming that Desiree was going to pick Brooks in the end over the other men. Who are the final four this season? RealitySteve tell news in spoilers this week that the other final four are Zak Waddell, 31, from San Antonio; Drew Kenney, from Scottsdale; and Chris Siegfried, 27, from Seattle.
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Ironically, Monday night in reality television will be a "Brooks" night this May. On Bravo, Brooks Ayers wins Vicki Gunvalson heart on Real Housewives of Orange County. And on ABC, Brooks Forester does the same for Desiree Hartsock on the Bachelorette. But how will fans react to Brooks with Desiree?
Tonight's season premiere kicks off with a stunner, however. RealitySteve tells news that one contestant comes on the show with lots of baggage. In his latest Bachelorette spoilers, Steve tells news "As I tweeted yesterday, there is some drama on the first night that happens regarding one of Desiree's guys. So apparently, one of the guys who shows up used to date Desiree's roommate", RealitySteve indicates to news.
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