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kathy foos 3 years, 9 months ago on Kristopher L. Hammond: Build the casino for me
Kristopher L. Hammond: Build the casino for me
Yes,wouldn't want to see an out of work lawyer.The gambling will hurt people in retirement.I have seen life savings lost for perfectly smart people trying to have some fun.
kathy foos 3 years, 9 months ago on Rob Douglas: Comment out of bounds
Rob Douglas: Comment out of bounds
As long as you are clearing the air about extreme opinions,here is one more.....A new picture for Rob is needed,he looks so hot and scratchy!(I've wanted to say that all summer)Please give the firefighters enough money to live on.Pilot,if the comment poster must put up with Robs policing and attacking post's,how about paying money to the few comment writers that are left ,as you will pay Rob for his writing?Bring back the anonymous writers ,please.One of these days you will have no comments to publish at all.Who want's to be attacked by Rob(the pot calling the kettle black?) for a composing a comment,and the Pilot pays him for it?
kathy foos 3 years, 9 months ago on Our View: Oil, gas views help voters decide in election
Our View: Oil, gas views help voters decide in election
"Methane making an appearance in Pennsylvania water supply",written on Aug.28,2012 ,by Scott Detrow.This story is part of the State Impact Pennsylvania Project.State Impact is a collaboration between NPR and member stations examining the effect of state policy on peoples lives.
kathy foos 3 years, 9 months ago on Do you support oil and gas exploration in Routt County?
Do you support oil and gas exploration in Routt County?
People with good manors don't say "S***" in an opinion.Allot is not a properly spelled word and Phippsburg is how the town's name is spelled.Everyone has a right to a clean valley and that includes ALL of the people.
kathy foos 3 years, 10 months ago on 4 new energy companies seek drilling permits in Routt County
4 new energy companies seek drilling permits in Routt County
Peak oil is over.....sorry but your oil based shampoo is running out!it is water and air polluting hydro gas fracturing that is totally offensive to the public and planet..Do you live under a rock?Do you care about Routt County at all?Fracking is not safe and we don't have to just take it, so you won't run out of hair care product's.
kathy foos 3 years, 10 months ago on Rob Douglas: Should 'ignorant' people vote?
Rob Douglas: Should 'ignorant' people vote?
In making assumptions about the general population's intelligence about civics is lacking so severely that we are unfit for voting,is in itself an ignorant idea.All student's are taught civics and have been for a long long time.Our men and women have fought ,been wounded and died,for the right of every citizen in this country and voting is one of those rights.
kathy foos 3 years, 10 months ago on Our View: Lawsuit should give clarity
Our View: Lawsuit should give clarity
How about a petition to the state in support of Longmont?They shouldn't have to have those fracking operation's in the neighborhood .
kathy foos 3 years, 11 months ago on Quicksilver hopes for compromise with Routt County
Quicksilver hopes for compromise with Routt County
In Routt county we've got to make prudent decisions about what option is best for our water ,air and citizens.If eveything is so safe about your fracking process,WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?We cannot control what the rest of Colorado does,but this is OUR home and not yours to do what you please with.The EPA will make it "even worse" for you in a year with even stricter rules.
kathy foos 3 years, 11 months ago on Lenny Herzog: Editorial misses mark
Lenny Herzog: Editorial misses mark
Yeah the "Our View Gang",they are the ultimate arm chair quarter backs who can't write an opinion all by themselves and put a name on it.They put down the sheriff Birch's decision about the Balloon Rodeo ,well that decision was a good one.Colorado has been burning all summer and the sheriff department manage's in a pro active way, the Our Gang makes an issue about a decision that was made for fire safety in our county.Have a little respect for the sheriff department,they are elected you know.They are concerned with the welfare of citizens,the paper want's to sell paper's and seem to be cool,but the paper is a bully.An ignorant bully at that.Oh !bring back the anonymous writers pilot,they sure do a better job than the Our Gang and Rob Douglas.
kathy foos 3 years, 12 months ago on Routt commissioners table energy exploration request again
Routt commissioners table energy exploration request again
I'm so proud of the commissioners,you have helped to establish a trust in our county leaders ,you represent the people who live in our beautiful Routt County .To be listened to by a commissioner is so vital.Thanks to the many citizens , tourist's,and people in the whole country who signed the petition and spoke up for a clean planet.Thanks to you the water will be clean in Routt County,that is a huge thing to remember you by.I can't thank you enough.


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Last-day relegation battle for Ji
by Ashley Houghton
On-loan striker facing dramatic final game of 2012-13.
Ji Dong-Won could play his final game for FC Augsburg this weekend when the South Korean's on-loan side host Greuther Furth in the German Bundesliga.
Should Ji's side better the result of relegation rivals Fortuna Dusseldorf, who host Hannover, they will avoid playing a play-off match against Bundesliga.2 side Kaiserslautern to decide who will play in the German top flight next season.
If both Augsburg and Fortuna Dusseldorf pick up three points then, barring Augsburg making up a five-goal deficit on Dusseldorf, Ji's side will play the play-off match against Kaiserslautern.
Should Augsburg lose their game with Furth, they would be in danger of slipping into the automatic drop-zone should Hoffenheim pick up a surprise win at Borussia Dortmund.
It is set to be a tense last day for Ji, who has scored four goals in 16 games since joining up with Augsburg in January.

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The trailers for the latest Johnny Depp film, Transcendence, look very intriguing and visually, the film has a lot of neat effects. Story-wise, the movie starts out strong, but somewhere down the road it begins to lose its way. As it goes on, the story's engine builds more and more and then it just coasts the rest of the way through to very unsatisfying ending.
Described as a "British–Chinese–American science fiction mystery thriller film" Transcendence is about Dr. Will Caster (Depp), an artificial intelligence researcher wanting to make a difference in the world using technology. He and his wife Evelyn (Rebecca Hall), also a scientist, are a happy couple. He hates talking in front of people but Evelyn knows that they need him to do a speech at a conference or they will not get the funding for their latest project.
However, the Casters opinions are not well received by some. At the conference, Will is shot by "extremists" who don't like the idea of robots ruling the world. (What could go wrong?) Though he survives the attack, Will's life is changed forever. With the help of Evelyn and friend Max (Paul Bettany), Caster really gets into his work – literally. The end result is a man wanting to play God and we know how that is never a good idea.
Morgan Freeman plays Joseph Tagger, a fellow scientist and friend of the Casters who becomes more and more uneasy with the couple's activities and Max isn't so sure about the couple's dealings either. Kate Mara plays Bree, a leader of the extremists who will do pretty much anything to stop them.
Transcendence tells the love story between the Casters and how grief can lead people to do things that they normally wouldn't do. The film has all the right ingredients to make a decent movie, but it appears that Director Wally Pfister must have gotten bored with it half way through. The tense story becomes more and more silly making it hard to take the film seriously. Thrillers usually build to an exciting ending, but this one just sort of sputters and in the end you're left thinking, "this is it?" The film apparently has a message to it, but it's hard to know what that is exactly. The film should be re-titled to "What Just Happened?"


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Manny Pacquiao's next bout will be an April 12 rematch with Timothy Bradley,Top Rank announced Saturday.
That's not what Gilroy's Robert Guerrero was hoping. He wanted to fight Pacquiao.
But let's face it, the public is less interested in seeing Pacquiao -- or Bradley -- fight Guerrero than in seeing them fight each other again, so Guerrero might be wise to rethink his current campaign to renounce Golden Boy to defect to Top Rank or any other promoter. Golden Boy offers most of Guerrero's best options.
Bradley is Pacquiao's best option, and Top Rank's, too. The lack of other options gave a bit of weight to Guerrero's ploy. So many of Guerrero's Golden Boy stablemates are unavailable to Pacquiao.
The obvious reason to cheer the Pacquiao-Bradley rematch is that the outcome of the first bout in June 2012 was unsatisfactory. Despite hitting Bradley as no one else has and winning 10 to all 12 of the rounds by the reckoning of many, including me, Pacquiao came out on the short end of the split decision.
When Pacquiao then got caught by a sudden knockout punch in a fight he was winning against Juan Manuel Marquez in December 2012, it was time to question whether Pacquiao, then 34 and already a busy Philippines congressman, had fallen out of the top tier.
Then Pacquiao's energetic and one-sided victory over Brandon Rios two months ago convinced the public that Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 knockouts) still bears watching. He sustained action far more forcefully than he did against Bradley or in his 2010 and 2011 bouts.
Bradley (31-0, 12 knockouts) actually lost face by getting what so many felt was an undeserved victory , and I thought Bradley had been diminished further last spring when he got into a slugfest with unsung Ruslan Provodnikov and was knocked down a couple of times.
But that bout ended up winning plaudits for fight of the year, and Bradley's gritty performance made him considerably more popular He followed up with a close but convincing decision victory over Marquez in November 2013, and Provodnikov followed up by overpowering Mike Alvarez.
Bradley has quite a body of work now, as we were reminded Saturday when former Bradley victim Lamont Peterson fought impressively to retain his IBF junior welterweight title Saturday against fearsome and unbeaten Dierry Jean.
Bradley now outranks Pacquiao in the pound-for-pound ranks, and don't be surprised if he's the betting favorite.
It would be great to see Guerrero fight either guy someday, but he definitely must fight someone else in the meantime. Marquez would be nice, but Guerrero needs to broaden his view of prospective opponents, not so much because he lost convincingly to the great Floyd Mayweather last spring, but because he hasn't accomplished anything since. He needs a fight, and soon.
Pacquiao-Bradley gives boxing fans something big to anticipate, and right now No. 2 on that list is Canelo Alvarez vs. Alfredo Angulo, a bout in which Angulo has only a puncher's chance, and only rumblings of a Mayweather bout with Amir Khan, in early May presumably, provide further hope beyond April 12.
Let's hope the spring-summer schedule changes a lot in the next three weeks or so and that Guerrero is somehow part of it.


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Review: Ionocraft Racing by Pan Vision AB
By Eric Pankoke
Apparently there will be pod style racing some day, because that seems to be what so many futuristic racers depict the vehicles being like. I kind of get that feeling from Ionocraft Racing as well, but that's okay because I like the whole "hovering craft" type of thing. The game also has a pretty nifty customization system. Unfortunately, the lack of any game modes beyond career / quick race and the absence of drivers other than yourself kind of dampen the festivities a bit. Thankfully there is some decent track design to help pick it back up, and in the end you come out with a solid single player affair.


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Board of commissioners improves pay bump for pollworkers
Increased pay will help compensate extra responsibilities, skills needed for new vote centers.
GOSHEN — Some poll workers in this year's county election will receive a daily pay increase thanks to a new ordinance.
The Elkhart County Board of Commissioners approved an ordinance Monday, March 10, to increase per diem pay for clerks, sheriffs (formerly called judges) and supervisors (formerly called inspectors).
In addition, the title "precinct election officer" will change to "vote center board member."
When proposing the pay increase, Chief Deputy Clerk Christopher Anderson said that incoming poll workers will need to be more computer literate in order to use the new vote centers' electronic poll books, and they'll be dealing with larger groups of people.
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Even with the approved increase, the county will save around $26,000 per year in election worker wages compared to previous elections, according to Anderson. That's because the county will now employ 225 workers – nine at each of the county's 25 vote centers – compared to the 585 workers previously needed to run the 117 voting precincts.
Per day, supervisors will now receive $150 (previously $110), Democratic sheriffs will receive $115 (previously $70), and Republican sheriffs and clerks will receive $110 (previously $65).
Vote center board members will continue to receive an additional $10 for daily food allowance and $10 for each training session they attend.


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College Hockey:Former Wisconsin-Stout player Britton found not guilty of murder
Former Wisconsin-Stout skater Jared Britton was found not guilty Friday night of murder and aggravated battery in the 2010 death of Bradley Simon.
Allegedly, shortly before 2 a.m. last Sept. 18, Simon left a tavern in downtown Menomonie following an altercation with Britton that involved a group of Stout hockey players and others. After taking a bike from behind a house, a criminal complaint said Simon was allegedly pushed by either Britton or Jedediah McGlasson, an incoming recruit from Alaska, causing Simon to veer into a wall and fall off the bicycle.
Simon sustained a brain injury and died five days later at a hospital in Eau Claire. According to testimony during the trial, Simon's blood alcohol was 0.225, nearly three times the legal limit of 0.08.
"This is a clear example of why college students should limit their drinking," defense attorney Earl Gray told the Chippewa Herald.
"These are college kids, not gangsters," Gray told the jury. "They were out having a good time. Unfortunately, a tragic, tragic accident happened. You can't put the blame on Mr. Britton."
Because of pending civil litigation by the Simon family, the Brittons declined a request for an interview by the Herald.
The trial of McGlasson on charges of party to the crimes of felony murder and aggravated battery is set to begin Aug. 9.
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Today on May 26, 2014, Examiner.com had the opportunity to interview Prosenjit Sen who is the founder of the new fashion mobile app StyleChat. StyleChat is the mobile social commerce network for fashion that lets you discover, wear and share your style with anyone, anywhere and anytime. Whether you're a fashionista or a fashion professional, Stylechat offers an integrated mobile solution, including its groundbreaking StyleMe try on technology connecting user to their entire fashion world.
Tell us about the application.
It's no secret that the mobile fashion app market is very crowded. But, existing apps are typically focused on one area of functionality such as organizing and managing your closet, shopping, fashion styling, sharing or keeping up with the latest fashion trends. Consumers want to manage their fashion needs easily, but up until now have had to use several fashion apps to accomplish this. Adding to this, there has been a gap, and demand, in the market for mobile digital try on where you can actually try on items within the app before buying. StyleChat solves this by providing fashion lovers a complete solution to connect them with their entire fashion world, and with its unique StyleMe digital try-on technology, that lets you "try before they buy".
How does it work?
Visual social commerce solutions like Pinterest are significantly and positively affecting consumer purchase behavior. Users visit these sites online, but actually increasingly through mobile devices, and look for inspiration on what to buy. StyleChat takes this trend to the next level with a mobile social commerce platform integrating tools that allow you to style, try-on, mix and match and share across multiple channels simultaneously, as they discover and share with friends.
With StyleChat, you initially create a StyleWall profile in minutes that displays a personalized feed and activity from those you follow like your friends, brands, designers, bloggers, fashion influencers, etc. and also lists your postings to your followers. You can then start using all of the unique feature including a built-in fashion browser so that you can search for any item, anywhere online. To add an item to your wish list or a collection, just touch the image and it's instantly added. From here, users can snap a selfie and digitally try on items or style complete looks. StyleChat users can also add items from their closet to mix and match with newly discovered items. Share your collections on your StyleWall for followers to browse, style, wear digitally, and then buy with one-tap. Connecting and sharing with other social networks is really easy too with a just a simple tap. StyleChat is a great tool for fashion professionals ... to use as it enables them to engage in interactive visual communication with partners and customers to drive commerce.
What inspired you to make it?
I love shopping online but always felt the lack of tools and the ability to communicate instantly was missing. I was intrigued by augmented reality and computer vision a few years ago, and realized that if we can allow shoppers to try items on their selfie to see how it looks, that would of great value. As an entrepreneur I am always looking for ways to disrupt the market with new technologies and ways of doing things. It was a difficult problem to solve, but that's what made it exciting.
What makes it unique?
Our StyleMe digital try-on technology lets you grab fashion items from any online site, remove the background from the image with a few taps, snap a selfie and digitally them on. This is the result of three years of research and development using augmented reality, image extraction and computer vision. You can remove the background of any fashion item found on the web very easily, without requiring Photoshop or any image-editing tool. You can crop, resize and place it on your selfie to see how it looks, and complete the look by adding other fashion items from collections or your closet.
What are your goals for it for the future?
Evolve the app as users surface interesting features or capabilities they need to build StyleChat as the leading mobile social commerce network for style. In the short term, enable digital try on for any type of garment or accessory, including men and women's fashions, makeup, hair, home and everything that you call style.


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Along with the New Year comes a new start, new love and potentially a new relationship. The best thing about ending a year and starting another is the since of hopefulness and the feeling of completing one chapter and starting another. 2010 is the start of not only a year but a decade. What are you going to do different to get the relationship you want?
The first step to getting what you want is deciding what you've been doing wrong. For some this is the hardest thing to do because it involves taking a look in the mirror. If you are repeatedly finding yourself in the same situations can you really blame everyone else? There must be something you are doing to negate change.
The second step is to decide what you don't want. What are the common behaviors in your past relationships that you are unwilling to deal with in your future? Tell yourself that you do have the power to ask for what you want and refuse to settle for anything less than you deserve. The fear of being alone often times is the main reason a person will settle into a relationship and try to stick it out. In 2010 face that fear head on and know you are worth the wait. Do not try to make someone that is not giving you what you want into something they are not and probably never will be. The only person you can change is yourself. The only person's behaviors you can control is your own. Remember the person you are trying to have a relationship with is not your child. You cannot force them to do things your way. So why waste your time with someone that does not want the same things you want?
While planning for the start of this new decade, plan on falling in love. If you are currently in a relationship, plan to put that love first. Resolutions are meant to improve upon the status quo so resolve to be more spontaneous, more daring, and more direct in this New Year.
If you put your energy into a new hobby, you will start to feel better about yourself which will result in higher selfesteem that will allow you to make the best decisions for yourself in your relationships. If you know you are worth more than what your significant other is giving you, you will have the strength to move on.
Some great hobbies that will not only benefit yourself but will benefit others include, running a marathon, volunteering or going back to school.
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Spinoff Halyard Health gets boost from Ebola fears, stock up modestly in market debut
Kimberly-Clark spinoff Halyard Health, and its suite of protective gear, is a beneficiary of the Ebola fears striking West Africa and the U.S. airwaves. The stock is up a little more than a dollar since Monday's IPO, and stands at $38.72 on the New York Stock Exchange prior to market open today.
Intersect, Ocular ready to test the med tech IPO waters
A pair of med tech companies--Intersect ENT and Ocular Therapeutix--are on the road and ready for an IPO this week. Both of these companies have high-profile corporate investors, Medtronic and Baxter, respectively. They are trying to cash in on the recently renewed, public investor interest in life science IPOs to raise the money to market FDA-approved products and advance pipelines.
ReWalk Robotics marches to market with $58M IPO
Two weeks after scoring an FDA nod for its innovative robotic exoskeleton, ReWalk Robotics is marching to market with a $58 million initial public offering.
CardioDx revives IPO plans with infusion of fresh leadership
CardioDx, the heart disease test developer that delayed plans to go public in November due to poor market conditions, has decided to test the IPO waters again. This time it will be doing it with some new leadership.
IPO emigre Lombard Medical looks to raise $60M in a Nasdaq debut
Stentmaker Lombard Medical has set the range for its pending U.S. IPO, aiming to raise $60 million with the sale of 3.6 million shares priced between $15 and $18.
Last year's M&A darling, Biomet files for an IPO
Biomet, a maker of medical devices based in Warsaw, IN, has reportedly filed with U.S. regulators for an IPO nominally valued at $100 million.
Medical laser company Lumenis details its plans for a $100M IPO
Israel's Lumenis is bucking the hesitance of many medical device companies to pursue the public markets and is moving ahead with its IPO plans. The maker of minimally invasive medical lasers released further details in a recent regulatory filing, noting that it wants to sell 6.3 million shares and raise approximately $100 million.
Amedica readies its offering, leaving investors with a relative bargain
Amedica has priced its public offering, and in doing so has lowered expectations for the second time this week. The Utah medical device company said it will roll out of the gate with an offering of 3.5 million shares of common stock at $5.75 per share, a price much lower than the company initially proposed.
Foundation Medicine hits the Street with $106M IPO
Diagnostics wunderkind Foundation Medicine has made its way to the Nasdaq, hauling in a $106 million IPO at the top of its range.
2012: A lackluster year for medical device and diagnostics IPOs
Put lightly, it was less than a banner year for medical device and diagnostics companies looking to go public. Check out the report >>


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Unemployment in November
December 06, 1999
The number of unemployed persons, 5.7 million, was essentially unchanged in November, and the unemployment rate held at 4.1 percent (seasonally adjusted).
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The jobless rate has been below 4.3 percent since August. Unemployment rates for the major demographic groups—adult men (3.3 percent), adult women (3.6 percent), teenagers (14.1 percent), whites (3.5 percent), blacks (8.1 percent), and Hispanics (6.0 percent)—showed little or no change over the month.
Also, about 1.1 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in November. These were people who wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months but were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.
These data are a product of the Current Population Survey. Find out more in "The Employment Situation: November 1999," news release USDL 99-346.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Unemployment in November on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/1999/dec/wk1/art01.htm (visited June 26, 2016).
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CHICAGO — Jon Witschy, sales manager of Spindle Technologies' management software team, is a true believer of the adage, "What gets measured gets managed."
"It's very important to have good criteria for determining how well things are going in the business," he says.
Witschy applied this adage and stressed the importance of creating standards and criteria for laundry processes in a recent webinar hosted by the Association for Linen Management (ALM), titled Set Expectations, Track Results and Make an Impact on Your Bottom Line.
"Standards allow you to review the inner workings within a facility to make improvements possible in various areas, and to zero in on issues, whether it's with personnel or production equipment, or process flow," says Witschy, who adds that standards ultimately create structure and cohesion within a business.
"The standards, and the analysis of the standards, become a language that is understood at all levels of the organization, from the plant floor to management."
Regardless of which method an operator takes to establish operational standards for his or her facility, standards should never be set in stone, Witschy stresses.
"All standards should be regularly reviewed for potential modification down the road," he says. "As you change process flow, or equipment, or even a type of product, such as moving from a natural product to a synthetic product, you should be open to change within the standards in order to better suit the operation."
Setting realistic goals and standards is also key, according to Witschy.
"If we were to set a standard too high, the feedback that we're constantly giving our operators is demoralizing," he says. "If we set [standards] too low, the motivation is reduced because your worst performers are hitting the standard, or doing better, and they might think, 'Why work any harder?'"
Setting standards should account not only for the performance of an employee, but for the equipment as well.
"You may have two ironers or two folders that are right next to each other, and one of them might be significantly older than the other, and thus you have to have different standards for each of those pieces of equipment."
At the core of establishing operational standards lie the opportunities for improvement, according to Witschy.
"With the information you're obtaining as you collect against the standards, it indicates where changes can be made to improve the operation."
If individual employees are having difficulty perfecting a specific procedure, for example, Witschy says, "look elsewhere in the operation to see where they might be a star at another particular process so we can either retrain them, or reassign them."
Standards can also pave the way to equipment analysis, according to Witschy.
"One of the other things [about] having standards and having the performance percentage … is you've got the information to justify a costly repair or even a replacement of [a] machine," he says.
Operators may also have the opportunity to adjust process flow, for example, by adding another employee to an ironer shake-out team to not only mitigate the process, but also reduce the overall time required for the task, explains Witschy.
When collecting performance numbers based on these standards, relaying the progress to team members, celebrating their efforts, and constant coaching is of importance, according to Witschy.
"We can always collect them and post them, but unless the numbers are followed up with some sort of consultation or coaching for the employee, they lose their effect," he says.
"Visibility of standards adds peer performance as a motivator," Witschy adds. "Obviously, no one wants to be at the bottom of the list [when] looking at the overall performance numbers."
And in terms of how often feedback is given, "real time" works best.
"When operators receive that feedback more regularly … It actually prevents any anxiety or any concerns about what's going to take place at a performance review because when they see their numbers daily, they know exactly where they are," he says, adding that standards push operators to do their best.
"We start to kind of change the attitudes that the operators have and really how they look at their individual performance."


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what is the difference between invoice and a debit note.
If I underinvoice a customer, should I raise a additional invoice for the difference or shud i raise a debit note. if i need to raise debit note, then why not invoice or if i need to raise an invoice, then why not a debit note
Dear Sachin,
Debit Notes are Transactions signifying a payment that your Customer Owes you, just like Invoices. In fact structurally they are very much like Invoices. Though they have a different meaning. Invoices always depict Sales or Service rendered , while Debit Notes on the other hand are used for deducting money from your Customer's Account without a sale being made.
Debit Notes are always raised for doing adjustments in the Accounts and is not for invocing a sale to Customer. Invoices are always raised against the sale.
Hope it is clear.
Debit note is generally used to issue an invoice for already sold goods w/o physical goods movement involved.
If raw material prices increases which are utilized in production of Finished goods. then the business will submit the relevant documents as proof at customer.
Once Customer is accepted, then price increase effective date will be finalized , Then business issues debit note request for the required material & its converted into debit note. ( all this will be done, based on agreement with the Customer). Generally this scenario is most widely used in Manufacturing / Automobile industry.
where as, If invoice is created with less price than actual, you dont need to create debit note, instead you can either Cancel this invoice or create Invoice Correction request.
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what is the difference between invoice and a debit note.
Simple difference is that Invoice will always be generated when goods leave the delivering plant. Raising a debit note is like doing a post mortem job.
G. Lakshmipathi
Suppose, you have delivered 10 units to the customer, created an Invoice (Billing document)for it ,in which you have charged for 8 units or you were supposed to charged Rs.100per piece but you have charged Rs.95 per pieces.
In this case, your Invoice is incorrect an incorrect one. So, in this case either you need to go for cancelling the said invoice and create a new one.
If you do not want to go for cancellation, then you need to go for Invoice correction process and ultimately it will lead to a Debit memo for the difference from the Invoice correction request.
Now, there will not be any goods movement in this case as you creating a Billing document (Debit memo) for the goods already delivered. Debit memo is an Order-related Billing document, no delivery associated with it.
Invoice is raised for goods or services supplied to Customer. For example:
Scenario: Sale of Goods
When a TV is sold to customer A.
Scenario: Service rendered.
TV is out of Warranty and customer wants to get the same serviced. Providing Service is possible, but the customer will have to pay for the same.
Debit Note is a document which is raised in the cases as below:
Price difference
as a compensation against some damage done to returnable material
Advertising / Promotions on cost sharing basis
& so on..
Rajesh Banka


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As American's prepare for another Hallmark holiday (Mother's Day), there are a group of individuals who are preparing for a day of sorrow or simply are not planning to celebrate or feel anything in reference to Mother's Day. While Mother's Day is a nice way to say 'thanks Mom', motherless children are reminded day in and day for weeks and it hurts that they can no longer say 'thanks mom'.
Most everyone grew up with a female role model in their formative years. That woman could have been a mother, an aunt, a sister, a grandmother, a godmother or even a foster mom. She is the one who helped mold you in the person you are today; therefore the void in your heart and the annoyance of this holiday is totally understandable.
So how do motherless children cope with Mother's Day? There is no correct answer to this question. Everyone has to find their own way to move forward and find a new focal point for this day. While your heart may be empty, there may be a child looking to you as their mother now.
Still wondering what to do if you have no children to shift the focus to in order to ease your pain? Here a few ideas to remember your mother and pay tribute to her on a day you miss her presence deeply.
- Take out an old photo album and let your mind and soul be filled with wonderful memories of younger days
- Run up to Lowe's, Home Depot or a local nursery and purchase a plant that was a favorite of your moms. Plant the blooming flower in your yard or in a pot for the deck or patio
- Call up a cousin or perhaps a family friend and ask if they would share memories with you for a few moments
- Go to the store, grabs snacks that you and mom liked and veg out on the couch with a good movie. Sometimes the best medicine is to just keep it low key and simple
For those of you, who still have your mother in your life, treasure every moment. We are not promised a tomorrow and neither are our mothers, so make time this year to give your mother some Mother's Day love. It's also important to be sensitive to your friends or family members who's mother is no longer in the picture; their hearts are fragile.
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The following items are required in order to submit an application for a building permit. No building permit application will be accepted if any of the items are missing. For Class 2 Site Plans and/or Commercial Development, additional procedures may apply. When a plan, sketch or other information relative to the issuance of a permit is provided to the Town, it is assumed that this information will be complete and accurate. Incomplete information will result in unnecessary delays of the process.
Submit a plot plan. Footprint of proposed building must be the same as building plans submitted.
- Submit a plot plan. Footprint of proposed building must be the same as building plans submitted.
- Zoning Permit Application - completed. (Purple form) (20-01-06)
- Driveway Permit Application. Driveways must conform to the Zoning Regulations, specifications attached to application form. (Driveways on state roads require a permit from ConnDOT.) (Pink form) (DPW-01006)
- Two (2) sets of building plans and specifications. (Stamped by Licensed Architect or Licensed Engineer when required.) One set will be returned to applicant when a permit is issued.
- Building Permit Application - completed. (Trade applications can be completed after permit is issued but prior to inspections are requested.) (White form) (BA-01-06).
- Energy Code Calculations.
- A septic design approved by Director of Health / Sewage Disposal Application (Gold form) (HD-01-06)
- Proof of Workers Compensation and/or Sole Proprietorship (BA-02-06)
- Documentation of any necessary Land Use Approvals. (Inland Wetland & Watercourses, Planning & Zoning, etc.)
Applications containing the above listed material will be conditionally accepted. However, should additional information be required once the application has been accepted, the applicant will be notified by the respective department.
|New Construction / Alteration / Addition to a
Single Family and two family dwelling
|Outdoor Swimming Pools, Spas or Hot Tubs
|Commercial Building Application
|Decks, Sheds & Sunrooms
|Outdoor Woodstove Boiler
|Demolition – entire structures only
|Propane Gas Line (Fire Stove)
|Electrical Service
|Roofing / Siding
|Woodstove – Pellet Stove
|Change of Use
|Permit to Construct or Repair a Sewage Disposal System
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Actress and activist Holly Robinson Peete was on hand at an AT&T store in Burbank yesterday to announce a new partnership between her HollyRod foundation and AT&T's Speak Hope campaign.
As we're wrapping up Autism Awareness Month, AT&T is looking to continue the discussion on families living with autism, by doing some fundraising for HollyRod's Gift of Voice program, which helps supply tablets and software to children afflicted with the disorder. We've seen some positive results from providing autistic children with communication tools to help them communicate with parents and peers. Some non-verbal children are eventually able to transition to speech.
It's an impressive use of consumer technology, opening up new tools and potential for treatment and education. One child in every sixty eight is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.
The Speak Hope campaign aims to add some additional funding for the Gift of Voice program, and get more people in various communities sharing and talking. From now until 06/30/14, for every person who likes the Speak Hope Facebook page, and for every tweet which includes the hashtag #ATTSpeakHope, AT&T will donate $1 towards Gift of Voice. The Speak Hope page is also a place for families to share stories about using technology with their children.
It's an easy cause to support. You can watch the attached video for more information, or read AT&T's press release below.
AT&T is collaborating with Holly Robinson Peete, an influential celebrity, mother to a child with autism and activist in the autism community, to launch Speak Hope, a social sharing initiative that drives donations to support Robinson Peete's HollyRod Foundation's Gift of Voice program. The program offers tablets with specially-designed apps to children with autism; in essence providing them with a voice. AT&T is committed to making technology accessible and beneficial to everyone, which is why they are proud to team up with the HollyRod Foundation on this important initiative.
Here's how participation can help make a difference:
Share Stories of Success – Go to the AT&T Speak Hope Facebook page at att.com/speakhope to submit your story about how technology has made a positive impact in the life of someone living with autism for a chance to meet Holly Robinson Peete and attend the 16th Annual DesignCare Gala, which will benefit the HollyRod Foundation. You could win a VIP experience to hang out with Holly, enjoy some cocktails and walk the Red Carpet in the lively city of LA – for a good cause!
Drive Donations of Technology – Engage with the community by Tweeting or retweeting using the hashtag #ATTSpeakHope or "Like" the Speak Hope Facebook page and AT&T will donate $1 to the HollyRod Foundation, up to $25,000, through 6/30/14. See att.com/speakhope for details.
AT&T will donate $1 to the HollyRod Foundation for each Facebook "Like" on the Speak Hope Facebook page and for each tweet or retweet that uses the hashtag #ATTSpeakHope between 4/21/14 and 6/30/14, for a minimum donation of $15,000 up to the maximum of $25,000. Limit one Facebook "Like" per person. See att.com/speakhope for details.


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Archival documents can tell us many things. In a general sense they can provide dry statistical evidence about life many years ago. They can also illuminate, amuse, bewilder, excite and educate. At their best, archival documents can provide a glimpse into the lives of those who have gone before us that changes the way we look at life. The two documents which have been transcribed for this post are examples of my favorite sort of archival material. The sort of document that shifts your perspective.
These letters provide a glimpse into the life of a 19th century family that we are almost never permitted. When looking at the relationships of those who have gone before us, there is a tendency to think that everything was peaceful and cordial. These letters by Dennis McGrath (or McGraah as he signs his name) about his second wife Lucy quickly expose any myths of domestic tranquility. These are people with lives every bit as nuanced and complicated as our lives. There is a great deal of anger and emotion shown here. In fact, the first document could really be classified as a rant. The vehemence with which seemingly petty complaints (sitting up until 9 pm) are expressed is staggering.
Dennis McGrath, a native of Ireland, came to Lower Granville, Nova Scotia in the 1780s. After the death of his first wife he married the widow Lucy Crow in 1811. Evidently problems had been brewing for some time before these letters were written in 1826. As always, the original spelling and grammar has been maintained. I would like to thank Ian Lawrence for this transcription.
The couple sitting in today's post are not Dennis and Lucy McGrath. I figured that I needed an archival picture of a married couple and John Milledge and Isabella Harris fit the bill. I hope that their marriage was happier than the one in these documents.
All for now,
The pedigree of a woman that aught to be a friend. I thought her to be a fine woman by her talk, fair proposals and fair promises, joined and confirmed the bargain but soon found a hornet in room of innocent bee, trudged a slow pace, her setting up untill 9 o'clock short nights in the month of June nitting cotton stockings for her girls that she scattered, about Wilmot and elsewhere, and sleeping untill about 9 o'clock Every morning till my two poor motherless girls would milk put it away and get break, then the lady would get up sweep her parlour wash her fine hands with fine scented soap fine towell, then get breakfast in the nicest manner for her self and for her dear pet, Next set in her room about two weeks afor every Wilmot & Ayelsford voyage preparing her dress to see her friends Meet Gallants and look for third husband fool or Cuckold as she is very capable of meaking me, Did not bring a cow did not milk a cow did not churn one pound of butter, but when the poor husband so called is back was turned, off to the Indians with the little butter the two girls Milked Churned & put up, trotted off with it like a leam duck to buy Combs & fine things for her Girls that she scattered abroad, when I found fault in a mild manner with her Extravagant Mode or way of living in using butter milk & Meat to Excess she told me that four cows was little Enough to give a small family butter and milk Enough, I told her that I informed her of my Circumstance at our Coming to gether and at our first acquaintance and she told me that she would use all the Prudence that she was Capeable of and that she had Every Reason and Confidence that She would Retrieve with her Industry & Prudence together with her £12 per year dower & Considerable furniture that she would bring & discharge in a reasonable time what debts We owed in lieu thereof my girls spinning scrubbing and at all other heavy & Dirty work, her Pet Running true the fields picking strawberry Run in the Milk Room skim all the Morning Cream & devour it all day so that one of my Girls had often to lock the Door to keep her out.
Saint John, N.B. June 28th, 1826
I take this favourable opportunity of letting you know that I have not only arriv'd safe in Saint John but also enjoys health & pleasure after all the dangerous attempts you made to distroy both myself & property but after all enough remains still in my possession to make me Comfortable with a handsome middleaged woman who keeps me clean & neat. Your silk cloak & spencer I have got here but intends giving them to you with many other Articles of realize. I would at all times wish to see you and Should afford you every Consolation were it not for the ill tratement I receiv'd from you & your daughter many times depriving me of the small realize of one Cup of tea or milk with my breakfast and was often oblig'd to take water which was a grievous thing to a man of my age after so many years toil and labour, putting a Comfortable Property together and then for it to be distroy'd by a person who I took to be a wife for to take care of it for her self and family. However I could at the present time Collect as much as would settle me and you for life happy Strong and fat in spirit and fun.
Denis McGraah S.P.
On the 8th of June I had the same pleasure is had the 3 night the fire was in St. John. You know what I mean.
Denis McGraah
Mr. Croneen You (-------) what you & I was talking about. The Person is all willing provide for me come over (Read it for her if you please) Denis McGraah. Mr. Cronin, be so good as to let me know as soon as possible how you and family is. Be also kind enough to read this letter for Mr. Merritt and family before Lucy gets it.
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The Inn on Maple
Midway up the Door Peninsula in the Village of Sister Bay on a residential street is our Inn, a turn of the century building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The "Inn on Maple" sits below the bluffs of Green Bay and is located between Peninsula State Park and Newport State Park, as well as being convenient to other county parks, the village beach, restaurants, shops and marina.
Pastimes in Door County might involve boating, biking, fishing, golfing, hiking, horseback riding, and swimming in summer. Cross-country skiing, sledding, skating, and snowmobiling are popular in the winter. The Ridges Sanctuary, the Mink River Estuary, the American Folklore Theater, the Peninsula Music Festival, the art galleries and outdoor concerts are available nearby. We are happy to provide menus, maps, information about events happening locally and tips for enjoying your stay with us.


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I was famished. After attending a meeting on the United States Census at a nearby community hall, I was tantalized by the sweet smells emanating from a nearby restaurant. As I approached, I couldn't help but notice the masses that were in the eatery a few hours ago when I arrived at the meeting, were no longer present. It was a bright early afternoon at the corner of New Peachtree Road and Chamblee-Dunwoody Road in Chamblee and the restaurant looked like it emptied out. Perhaps they were taking a long break before dinner, I thought. I went through the front doors and was quickly greeted.
"We still have dim sum going," the hostess announced.
"Great, I love it and I haven't had it in ages," I replied.
It's true. I did a Dim Sum Morning with a large group of aficionados over 15 years ago in the same area in Chamblee.
When I sat down, the carts started coming with barbeque pork buns, egg custard tarts, shrimp and pork dumplings, Chinese broccoli, shu mai, duck plates and spare ribs. The problem here is that I couldn't stop and the staff knows it so I'm quite a sucker for such feasts -- not that there's much wrong with that. The final bill didn't set me back much and to be honest, it's worth every penny.
Still, I recommend attending these "Dim Sum Sessions" in large groups. This way, everyone may pass around plates and share which makes the experience even more fun.
Arriving in the early afternoon at Oriental Pearl is a good strategy since the crowds are typically gone -- which means that the pressure on the staff is reduced and that translates into a relaxed atmosphere.
Oriental Pearl is located at:
5399 New Peachtree Rd
Chamblee, GA 30341


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HP inkjet cartridges have built-in expiry dates
Carly's cunning consumable plan
A corporate user who has an HP BusinessJet 2200C, an expensive model with separate ink catridges and printer heads for black and CYM, said his printer stopped working earlier this week with the message: "Cyan Ink Cartridge has expired".
And that has led to the discovery that the only fix for this cunning consumables plan is to either set systems to dates in the past or, you guessed it, go change the cartridge or buy a new one.
HP has told him that the date printed on the ink cartridge is not the expiry date, and that is determined either by a cartridge being in the printer for 30 months, or the cartridge is 4.5 years old, whichever comes first.
The date on the cartridge, which you'd every reason to think was the expiry date if you didn't know, is 2.5 years after it was manufactured.
There are oblique references to this on the HP site. On this page, for example, one message runs "Cart near expiry". HP attempts to explain this away by saying "nearly expired" cartridges don't give "optimum" printer quality. They do, however, give optimum profits on the consumables.
As the corporate sys admin points out, organisations like his buy cartridges in quantity for discounts, with unused ones being stored.
He told the INQUIRER: "I just cannot believe this. The cartridge is still 50 per cent full, and HP wants me to throw it away. That's a new way of making money. But only short term. We bought the cartridge because we needed the printer to work". But, he added, after he reported this to his boss, the firm has decided to buy Lexmark printers in the future. We think some of those may have a similar mechanism too, however. µ
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After completing a year-long teaching contract in China, I decided to travel around Asia before returning to California. This book contains only a fraction of the pictures that I took while on my 16-day journey. To me, the joy of photography is that each photograph can be interpreted differently according to the interpreter.
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Diesel Exhaust Cancer-causing, Says WHO Cancer Research Agency
by Thilaka Ravi on June 13, 2012 at 12:02 PM Cancer News - G J E 4
Diesel engine exhaust has been classified as cancer-causing by the World Health Organisation's cancer research agency on Tuesday and the UN health body has urged action to reduce human exposure to it.
"Diesel engine exhaust causes lung cancer in humans," said Christopher Portier, chairman of a working group at the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
AdvertisementThere was also a "positive association" with an increased risk of bladder cancer, said the UN body.
"Large populations are exposed to diesel exhaust in everyday life, whether through their occupation or through the ambient air," said a statement.
People are exposed to the exhaust gases of diesel cars, trains, ships and power generators.
"Given the additional health impacts from diesel particulates, exposure to this mixture of chemicals should be reduced worldwide," said Portier.
In 1988, the IARC had classified diesel exhaust as "probably" carcinogenic.
Portier's group also concluded on Tuesday that petrol, or gasoline, exhaust was possibly carcinogenic, a finding unchanged from its previous assessment in 1989.
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Lecture Series
The RL program sponsors nationally-known scholars of rhetoric--the study and analysis of how symbols (e.g., speeches, visuals, letters, memos, social protest, opinion pieces, web postings) influence people and so exercise power--to lecture at UWM on various aspects of leading people through language and arguments rather than formal authority.
2015 Lecture
The 2015 Rhetorical Leadership Lecture was presented by Associate Professor Jeremy Engels of Pennsylvania State University, who studies democracy with a particular interest in classical and contemporary practices of the care of the self. His recent work includes two books: The Politics of Resentment: A Rhetorical Genealogy (2015) and Enemyship: Democracy & Counter-Revolution in the Early Republic (2010). In this talk entitled "The Rhetoric of Gratitude: From Debt to Freedom," Dr. Engels turned his focus toward the positive and proactive. He established that, repeatedly and resoundingly, from the halls of academia to the pop culture salons of morning talk shows to the folksy pages of self-help books, gratitude is heralded today as the single most important emotion for living happier, healthier, more fulfilling lives. He argued that anytime something, be it a product or a drug or an idea or an emotion, is said to be a universal panacea for what ails us, we must look carefully at what we are being sold to make sure it is not snake oil. While gratitude is offered to Americans with the best of intentions, Professor Engels believes that gratitude as it is generally understood in the West--as a feeling of obligation or indebtedness to someone who has given us a gift or done us a favor--fails to address our genuine causes of suffering. This gratitude is not the antidote to zombie capitalism and relentless consumption that its proponents claim. In this presentation, he offered a critique of what he called "the debt of gratitude" and discussed how we might take gratitude back from the jaws of debt. Photos of the Event
2013-2014 Lecture
The 10th Anniversary Rhetorical Leadership Lecture entitled "Abraham Lincoln's Rhetorical Leadership" was presented in February of 2014 by Professor Emeritus David Zarefsky of Northwestern University. Professor Zarefsky is an internationally recognized expert in rhetoric, argument, public address, and presidential studies. In this lecture, Zarefsky dissected President Lincoln's challenges in persuading Congress to pass the 13th Amendment, a move that would abolish slavery permanently and throughout the nation not just during the course of war or only in the seceded areas. The Civil War's impending end made the task urgent, even as seats lost in the recent election and the remaining members' prior voting records cast doubt on prospects for Lincoln's success. Professor Zarefsky argued that Lincoln's rhetorical leadership in this situation combined high-minded appeals to principle and pragmatic tactics as two sides of a single coin. Most importantly, Lincoln employed rhetoric to mold public sentiment through his narrative construction of history, inoculating people with how they might respond to prejudicial arguments rather than advocating more directly, and his use of analogies.
Dr. Zarefsky has served as president of the National Communication Association, Rhetoric Society of America, and the Central States Communication Association and is former Dean of Northwestern's School of Speech. He has published 6 books and over 70 articles. Zarefsky has earned numerous awards for his scholarship, including two Winans-Wichelns Awards for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address, one for his book on President Johnson and one for his book on the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Photos of the Event
2012-2013 Lecture
Professor Charles E. Morris III of Syracuse University's Communication and Rhetorical Studies Department presented "Sunder the Children: Abraham Lincoln's Queer Rhetorical Pedagogy" as the 2013 Rhetorical Leadership Lecture. The lecture aimed to queer Lincoln memory and pedagogy in the interest of rhetorical K-12 education and LGBTQ world-making. Morris argued that schools constitute a primary habitat of homophobia that contributes centrally to devastating bullying in the U.S. Drawing on the work of queer educational theorists, Morris weighed constraints on intervention, especially longstanding and pervasive discourses of recruitment, against the prospects of curricular resistance by means of rhetorical pedagogy. Then, with a queer inflection on Lincoln's rhetorical corpus and performance, Morris used Abraham Lincoln as the queer modality of turns on conventional thinking about his sexuality and lessons, examining what useful these might bring to the K-12 classroom. In the doubled sense of queering public address and embodying the "citizen-scholar," this project extended and deepened what Cara Finnegan and John Murphy envisioned as "Lincoln's rhetorical worlds." Dr. Morris's research interests include rhetorical criticism, queer studies, and public memory. He has twice won NCA's Golden Anniversary Monograph Award (2003, 2010) for publishing the best article in the field. Photos of the event
2011-2012 Lecture
In October, Pennsylvania State University Associate Professor Kirt H. Wilson presented the 2011-12 Rhetorical Leadership Lecture entitled "Imitation, Leadership, and Violence: How to Understand Racial Hostilities After the Civil War." In the lecture, Dr. Wilson analyzed the rhetoric surrounding the birth and initial growth of the Ku Klux Klan. He posited that rhetorical leadership, which is often thought to originate from political and cultural elites, is sometimes little more than the rearticulation of widespread social narratives. He argued first that, after the Civil War, U.S. citizens debated the meaning of freedom and citizenship through narratives about African-American behavior. Second, Professor Wilson contended that contrasting narratives led to contrasting interpretations of social mimesis (imitation) in Southern communities. Some European Americans viewed the growing similarity between blacks and whites as a threat and responded violently. Southern white leaders who were not violent often rehearsed the narratives of those who were; consequently, rhetoric functioned not as an alternative to violence but as an explanation for why intimidation, whipping, murder, and arson were necessary. Finally, Professor Wilson speculated on what kind of rhetorical leadership via narratives might have helped to interrupt this cycle.
Dr. Wilson is Associate Professor of Communication Arts & Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University. His research specialty is public discourse regarding race relations. His 2002 book Reconstruction's Desegregation Debate won both the Winans-Wichelns' and the Nichols' national book awards. He publishes in journals including Quarterly Journal of Speech and Rhetoric & Public Affairs. Photographs of the event
2010-2011 Lecture
On March 11, 2011, Professor Catherine Palczewski, delivered the Rhetorical Leadership lecture "Taming Women's Embodied Argument: The Transgressive Potential of Suffrage Advocates' Body Argument and Social Responses of Recuperation." She argued that, although the rhetorical enactment of political leadership by suffrage advocates' body argument played a powerful role in winning the vote and reconfiguring meanings of citizenship, it did not proceed unanswered. The answers came not only through overt responses on the part of opposing rhetors, but also through dispersed reactions in the popular culture. Much as the infamous "Don't tase me, bro" video domesticated police brutality by making it appear funny or merely a prank, Dr. Palczewski analyzed how postcard images of police reactions to woman suffrage protestors made police brutality against them funny and contained the oppositional potential presented by their protesting, hunger striking, and suffering bodies. Her insights are relevant to contemporary political protests based on the "massing of bodies " and she challenges the notion that humor tends to be politically benign or progressive. Access the lecture.
Dr. Palczewski is Professor of Communication and Affiliate of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Northern Iowa. She is also the 2010 NCA Women's Caucus Francine Merritt Award winner and publishes in journals including Quarterly Journal of Speech, Argumentation & Advocacy, and Women & Language. Photos of the 2011 event.
2009-2010 Lecture
In February, 2010, John M. Murphy, Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Illinois presented a lecture entitled "Barack Obama, the Joshua Generation, and Political Leadership." Professor Murphy argued that Barack Obama is unprecedented. Not only has an African American never before been elected to the presidency, but Obama did not possess the sort of military, political, or cultural experience that might have automatically qualified him for the office in the eyes of Americans. Murphy showed how Obama rhetorically adapted a powerful religious narrative, the Exodus story, and the roles available within it to assert his ability to lead the nation. In a series of speeches, Obama defined himself as a Joshua, Moses' successor, poised to lead Americans into the new millennium. In turn, Murphy claimed, citizens renewed their covenant as American citizens when they elected him president of the United States.
Professor Murphy's research focuses on American public address, with specialties in presidential rhetoric, the liberal tradition, and the Civil Rights movement. He is winner of the national Golden Anniversary Monograph Award and is a regular contributor to such select journals as Rhetoric & Public Affairs and Quarterly Journal of Speech. Murphy is especially well known for his work on the rhetoric of the Kennedys, Bill Clinton, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Photos of the 2010 event.
2008-2009 Lecture
Professor Martin J. Medhurst delivered the 2008-9 Rhetorical Leadership Lecture entitled "Presidential Speechwriting and the Nomination Acceptance Address, 1932-2004" on September 25, 2008. His lecture examined the formal, functional, and stylistic dimensions of acceptance addresses across 72 years in order to identify the ways in which presidential speechwriters have influenced the creation, development, and generic expectations of this staple of political discourse. Professor Medhurst argued that acceptance addresses are a transitional form that draws from the candidate's rhetorical past while creating space for a new rhetorical future.
Professor Medhurst is Distinguished Professor of Rhetoric and Communication and Professor of Political Science at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. His research centers on studies of rhetoric and the presidency with additional specialties in Cold War and religious rhetoric. He is the author or editor of eleven books and more than 75 articles or chapters. He is founder and editor of the journal Rhetoric & Public Affairs and of a scholarly book series of the same title published by Michigan State University Press. Professor Medhurst has earned numerous awards, including the National Communication Association's Distinguished Scholar Award and its Golden Anniversary Monograph Award. Photos of the 2008 event.
2007-2008 Lecture
The 2007-8 Rhetorical Leadership Lecture entitled "Mediating Hillary Rodham Clinton: The News Media as Arbiters of Political Authenticity" was given by Professor Shawn J. Parry-Giles on April 16, 2008. Dr. Parry-Giles is Professor of Communication and Director of the Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership at the University of Maryland. Her research centers on the study of rhetoric and politics. This lecture drew on research for a book project examining the U.S. news media's coverage of Hillary Rodham Clinton as First Lady from 1992 through her U.S. Senate campaign in 2000 culminating in her bid for the presidency in 2008.
Professor Parry-Giles is the author or co-author of three books: The Prime-Time Presidency: The West Wing and U.S. Nationalism, Constructing Clinton: Hyperreality and Presidential Image-Making in Postmodern Politics, and The Rhetorical Presidency, Propaganda, and the Cold War, 1945-1955. Her research has garnered numerous awards, including the Eastern Communication Association's Everett Lee Hunt Award. She regularly publishes in top journals for political rhetoric and was guest co-editor for a special issue of Rhetoric & Public Affairs on Campaign 2004. Parry-Giles also serves as Co-Project Director for Voices of Democracy: The U.S. Oratory Project and co-edits the on-line academic journal Voices of Democracy. Photos from the 2007 event.
2006-2007 Lecture
Professor Bonnie Dow, Associate Professor of Communication and Women's and Gender Studies at Vanderbilt University, delivered the 2006-7 Rhetorical Leadership Lecture. The lecture, entitled "Rhetorical Leadership, Movements, and Media: The Difficult Case of 1970s Feminism in the U.S.," was delivered on March 28, 2007. Professor Dow's research interests include rhetoric and representation of the first and second waves of feminism in the United States. This lecture drew on research for her new book tentatively titled Framing Feminism: Television News and the Women's Liberation Movement.
Professor Dow is the author of Prime-Time Feminism: Television, Media Culture, and the Women's Movement Since 1970, which won the prestigious Winans-Wichelns Memorial Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Rhetoric and Public Address as well as awards from the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender and the Popular Culture/American Culture Association. She recently co-edited (with Julia T. Wood) The Sage Handbook of Gender and Communication and co-edited The Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writers, Volume One: 17th-19th Centuries. Professor Dow also has served as co-editor (with Celeste Condit) of both Critical Studies in Media Communication and Women's Studies in Communication. Photos of the 2006 event.
2005 Lecture
In February, 2005, Professor James R. Andrews of Indiana University presented "Rhetorical Leadership and the Struggle for an Ethical Culture." This lecture was based on the premise that civic and social values are largely shaped by history, tradition, sacred texts, and practical experience -- all of which are interpreted and negotiated through the art of rhetoric. Therefore, Professor Andrews argued, rhetorical leadership can be said to have played a singular role in defining the shifting, elusive "American identity" as well as the ethical code that both molds and reflects this identity. He developed these ideas and their implications for an ethical society using the illustrations of the 1963 March on Washington and President Woodrow Wilson's position on issues of race.
Professor Andrews, who is Professor Emeritus of Communication and Culture, American Studies, and Victorian Studies, is the author or co-author of seven books and scores of essays, many of which focus on the historical-critical investigation of American and British public discourse. His other research interests include the role of rhetoric in forming an "American" national identity and rhetoric and imperialism. The National Communication Association has honored Professor Andrews with the NCA Distinguished Scholar, the Douglas Ehninger Distinguished Rhetorical Scholar, and the Winans-Wichelns Award. He also earned the Paul Boase Prize for Scholarship, a lifetime achievement award. Photos of the 2005 event.
2004 Lecture
On March 17, 2004, Professor G. Thomas Goodnight of University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communication presented the inaugural lecture entitled "Rhetoric and Risk: Problems, Puzzles and Paradoxes." He argued that the concept of risk structures public argument in the modern age. Professionals have to communicate with the client, institutional, and public levels to help people and institutions avoid, cope with, or change the nature of hazards. Before we can "manage" risk, Goodnight said, we must understand the role and flexibility of "risk" in contemporary public discourses. His presentation explored the communication strategies of initiative and containment and the challenges that they present. The examples used to illustrate centered on post-9/11 proof standards in discourse regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction and terrorist attacks.
Professor Goodnight publishes widely on argumentation and the public sphere, rhetorical theory, history and criticism, and argumentation and foreign policy debates. He has won the National Communication Association's prestigious Woolbert and Golden Anniversary Monograph Awards for his scholarship. In 1999, the American Forensic Association named him one of the top five scholars in argumentation for the latter half of the 20th century. He has edited the journal Argumentation and Advocacy. Photos of the 2004 event.


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|Hawai`i tops Vandals in finale
HONOLULU, Hawai'i - The Idaho volleyball team dropped its season finale Thursday night as No. 3 Hawai'i wrapped up a perfect 16-0 Western Athletic Conference season by topping the Vandals 3-0.
The Vandals finish the regular season at 13-14 overall, and 8-8 in the WAC. Idaho finished in a tie for fourth place in the conference and will be the No. 5 seed in the WAC tournament. The Vandals will face Boise State in the first round of the tournament on Nov. 22.
UH beat the Vandals 25-18; 25-17 and 25-13 to complete the sweep. Idaho freshman Allison Walker narrowly missed her fifth consecutive double-double in the match, finishing with a team-high 11 kills and nine digs. Alicia Milo and Julia Church each had six kills in the match for the Vandals. Jenny Feicht had 22 assists for Idaho, Cassie Hamilton had 14 digs, and Kelsey Taylor led the Vandals with four blocks.
The Vandals hit .167 in the match, while Hawai'i hit .327. The Rainbow Wahine also held a 52-40 advantage in digs, and a 7-2 edge in service aces. Both teams finished the match with five total blocks.
Idaho started off the match strong, jumping ahead to an 8-2 lead capped by back-to-back kills from Church. But after Hawai'i took a time out, they bounced back to tie the match at 10-10, and would take the lead for good at 14-13.
Game two was tied 6-6 before UH stormed to an 18-9 advantage. Idaho chipped away at the lead and got it down to five at 21-16 but could not pull any closer as the Rainbow Wahine pulled ahead 2-0 in the match with a 25-17 win.
Hawai'i pulled ahead 5-1 in the third set and Idaho was unable to close the gap as UH rolled to its 40th consecutive conference victory. UH did not lose a set in WAC play this season, winning all 16 conference matches 3-0. The win lifts the Rainbow Wahine to 27-1 on the season.
Idaho advances to the WAC tournament for the sixth consecutive year, and will have a chance to avenge its loss to BSU in the opening round of the tournament a season ago. The Vandals and Broncos split a pair of matches in the regular season, with Boise State winning in five sets in Boise, and Idaho winning in four sets in Moscow. The WAC tournament takes place at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev., Nov. 22-24. The tournament champion will receive an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament.


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This question is in reference to the paper arXiv:0810.1545
Can someone help understand this scaling argument and the proof(?) that there is a conformal symmetry in Navier-Stoke's equation? (..am I even reading the result right?..)
Is one saying that the equations 3.4 encode the full symmetry of equation 1.1? If yes, how? What calculation do I need to do to check that?
I am unable to understand how to read 3.4
Also what role does equation 2.9 play? Are the new symmetries specific to the form 2.9 or they apply to the general 1.1?
Also 2.9 and 1.1 don't seem to be the "same" as apparently claimed- 2.9 has the time derivative of a0 and also a viscosity-Ricci term. What's going on?


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Jan 29, 2010 11:57 AM
Jeremy Northam's singularly brilliant and swoon-able turn as Mr. Knightley in the 1996 version of Emma aside, the new Masterpiece Classic: Emma miniseries ($22, on DVD 2/9/10) might just be our personal favorite adaptation of Austen's classic novel to date. (Please note: we didn't say the most faithful to Jane Austen's novel, we just said our personal favorite.) Romola Garai is effervescent as Emma Woodhouse, the slightly ditsy, spoiled, flighty sweetheart who thinks herself Cupid personified. This interpretation is light, funny, and just plain lovely in its' attention to period detail and subtle humor. We do hope you'll agree.
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I really love this version. She makes a great Emma!
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When conservatives use the term, "The Establishment," conservatives usually mean the Republican Establishment.
But it may shock some conservatives to realize that there is a "Conservative Establishment" too.
There is nothing inherently evil about having a "Conservative Establishment." The Republican Establishment wants to fight conservatives and surrender to liberals. We know who the Republican Establishment figures are.
But who are the Conservative Establishment figures and what are they doing now that is so wrong?
The Conservative Establishment is made up of both individuals and groups that have huge influence on the conservative movement. These are individuals like Glenn Beck and groups like the Senate Conservatives Fund and Freedom Works.
They have decided to go after certain Senators this year to make an example of them and replace them with more conservative Senators. They are going after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in Kentucky. McConnell has offended conservatives by stabbing Ted Cruz in the back and cutting deals that ran contrary to every principle he says he stands for. The Conservative Establishment is backing unknown Matt Bevin. Bevin has no track record. McConnell has a Heritage Action rating of 80. When the average Republican score is 67 that is not something to ignore.
In Kansas, the Conservative Establishment is going after Senator Pat Roberts. Roberts does have his issues, including whether or not he even lives in Kansas anymore. The Conservative Establishment is supporting Dr. Milton Wolfe, whose primary claim to fame is that he is Barack Obama's cousin. Like Bevin, Wolfe has no track record in office. Pat Roberts has a Heritage Action score of 90! He is the fifth most conservative Senator in the United States Senate.
But there is one race where the Conservative Establishment is shockingly absent from.
Which one is that?
It is the Tennessee Senate race.
Senator Lamar Alexander is running for reelection. If anyone personifies the RINO Republican Establishment, it is Lamar Alexander.
Alexander is one of the most liberal Republican Senators. There is a reason why conservatives in Tennessee refer to him as "Liberal Lamar."
Alexander has a Heritage Action rating of 46! He votes with the enemy more than he votes with the people who elected him!
State representative Joe Carr is challenging Alexander. He has a conservative track record.
Where is the Conservative Establishment in this race?
The answer is they are completely missing in action.
Why they are absent is a complete mystery. The Conservative Establishment says it wants to take out liberal Republicans. Yet one of the most liberal Republicans is vulnerable this year to a conservative with a track record and yet the Conservative Establishment is going after other targets.
Pat Roberts, for all of his flaws, has a very solid conservative voting record. Mitch McConnell has a decent voting record, though he has no business being in the Senate Leadership. Every incumbent should be challenged in every election.
However, when conservatives have a chance to knock off a real liberal like Lamar Alexander, someone needs to start asking why the Conservative Establishment is letting him off the hook.
Why isn't Glenn Beck and Freedom Works and The Senate Conservatives Fund supporting Joe Carr?
If these groups want our support, then we need an answer. Why aren't they working to take out a vulnerable liberal Republican?
Conservatives want to know.
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Lamar Alexander is already spending big bucks on television ads. What are his talking points? Idiotic trivia, like "freedom to fish" and that he "played at the Ryman".
No ads from Joe Carr yet, but the garbage coming from Alexander's camp won't help him at all, IMHO
Equally unimpressed. You'd think after 10+ years in the Senate he'd have something a bit more substantial to run on than this drivel.
Backing is important but not imperative. Would rather have people voting based on knowledge and research than on what Glenn Beck has to say. Ted Cruz made it that way and so will Joe Carr.
I heard a Joe Carr ad this morning on the radio....during Rush I think; however it stood out in my mind as the first I'd heard from Carr.
Have heard some Joe Carr ads in West TN .
The ads are good. Could be better. Not yet going for the jugular.
I hope you'll share what the reason is because this is the first I've heard of them not working or supporting another candidate in place of Alexander. I have family members in TN and I share info w/them.
Soooo, Judson, maybe a little call or email to Glenn Beck is in order? Or, if the author of this piece lives in TN, then, a grassroots campaign against Lamar is certainly in order! The TEA Party was not originated to sit back and wait for an "establishment" to do all their legwork... I'm astounded that this would even be suggested! I listen quite alot to conservative talk shows, including Beck's radio, and I'd like to hear some callers from TN about this! The change needs to start with YOU!
Judson - what is the answer?
The riddle to the answer is ....all ways seek the whole truth, and just maybe we can build on that.
Conservatives all want money to sing and dance their own tune.
Below is a link to the documents of a ONE MAN CHRISTIAN ARMY against OBAMA. I have not seen him sign and dance yet. He has systematically drilled down on the issue of an ILLEGAL ALIEN sitting in the White House Chair; a subject that Congress and the Supremes play OSTRICH with. They all stick their sorry ASSED HEADS in the Ground.
Beck dances and sings but not to the right tune.
The TUNE is that the United States is being subjected to CRIMINAL ACTIONS right before your eyes and the SO CALLED ELECTED leaders stick their heads in the SAND.
Well, here is the works of a ONE MAN ARMY and the Commander in Chief of this ARMY, Douglas Vogt, is fighting to save most of the sorry assesses of the people of the United States from a dictatorship and liars in Government.
List of documents at the bottom hypertext linked to PDF Files. Read all of them.
There is going to be a big cut in Military spending coming. The Defense Secretary (another obuma suck up) is going to cut the budget and the Military back to before WWII levels. Here is a chance for the true conservatives elected officials to stand up and prove where they stand. If buma gets this thru then he will achieve what he wants. He will have defanged our military and make it so much easier for a complete marxist takeover before 2016.
I don't know where to find it but I know that there is a place where we can find where all the republicans vote/stand when this issue comes up. This will give us Constitutional Conservatives a starter list of politicians we need to eradicate.
Does anyone know where We can find the voting records on this politicos? Both the Senators from my State are on the armed services committee and I am all ready preparing my stance to them. They are Senator Collins and King. I need some help. It seems a disabled Vet such as me does not have much say in this world anymore.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Actually, while the spending cuts would supposedly bring us back to 2001 levels, personnel and equipment cuts will bring us back to pre-WWll levels. Considering the state of the world right now I'm not sure that is such a good idea.
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Harris practicing, Henderson new starter at right tackle?
CORAL GABLES — QB Jacory Harris, who injured his left, non-throwing shoulder against Pitt, participated in Tuesday morning's practice.
Harris threw passes in 11-on-11 and individual drills. As for his left shoulder, which he hurt when he was sacked from behind early in the fourth quarter, it's hard to tell how much it's bothering him.
— The biggest development in practice was that true freshman RT Seantrel Henderson was working with the first team during 11-on-11. Tuesday and Wednesday are the heavy practice days, so it looks as if Henderson will start Saturday at Clemson.
As I wrote in an earlier blog, Henderson, who looked good against Pitt, was in the game for both of the 'Canes' 1-yard TD runs. He paved the way for RB Damien Berry's score on the opening drive.
— CB Brandon McGee went over to the sideline during individual drills Tuesday and had his lower left leg examined by a trainer. The problem appeared to be his ankle. McGee got up and jogged gingerly with a limp, then backpedaled. He returned to drills still limping noticeably.
— In other injury news, backup RG Malcolm Bunche didn't practice because of an apparent knee injury. He was wearing a brace on his right knee and walked with a limp. Starting RG Brandon Washington, who was hurt in the fourth quarter, practiced, as did LB Ramon Buchanan, Marcus Robinson and Luther Robinson.