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March 26, 2008
Vermont Governor Jim Douglas approved a bill on March 19 that will promote energy efficiency and renewable energy throughout the state. Called the Energy Efficiency and Affordability Act of 2008, the new legislation creates a new $4 million fuel efficiency fund that will be financed from existing revenues and from the sale of emission credits under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The fund will provide energy efficiency services to the state's consumers of heating and process fuels. The state will use a competitive process to award the funds to service providers under performance-based contracts. The new legislation also assures that the state's residential and commercial building energy standards are upgraded to keep pace with changes to the international energy conservation code, and it doubles the spending cap for weatherization projects in homes of low-income families.
Regarding renewable and distributed energy use, the bill expands net metering to include renewable energy systems up to 250 kilowatts in capacity, up from only 15 kilowatts, and allows for combined heat and power systems up to 20 kilowatts in capacity. Net-metered systems earn credit for power fed back into the utility grid. The bill also doubles the cap on net-metered systems to 2% of the peak demand as of 1996. It allows farms to have all their electric meters consolidated on paper into one net-metered system, and it also takes the innovative step of allowing groups of buildings, such as all the municipal buildings in one town, or all the schools in a district, to be consolidated on paper into one net-metered system. Individuals, such as residents of an apartment building or a subdivision, can apply to be treated as a group, with all their electric meters consolidated on paper into one net-metered system, and even a geographically distributed group can apply, if such a group serves the common good. Such group net metering could encourage people to band together to install a large renewable energy system that will serve them all.
For customers that don't want to own their own renewable energy systems, the bill requires all utilities to offer a voluntary green power program. It also establishes an alternate education property tax of 0.3 cents per kilowatt-hour for wind energy facilities that are at least 5 megawatts in capacity, and allows businesses to earn solar energy tax credits. And it encourages the state to use more biodiesel in its vehicles and buildings. See the governor's press release and the full text of the bill, S 209.


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The Northern Trust is putting final arrangements in place ahead of the opening of the new emergency department (E.D.) at the end of June.
The new building will officially open at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 26, and will offer state of the art emergency facilities as well as a 24 bedded unit and a new medical records department.
It has been built to facilitate up to 90,000 attendances per year, and at 8,000 square feet, is over twice the size of the current department.
[Source: Antrim Guardian]
A huge swell of support for a new initiative aimed at boosting tourism and the general economy of Crossmaglen and the Slieve Gullion area was witnessed at the launch of the "Colourful Past Confident Future" strategy in Crossmaglen Community Centre on Friday, June 7.
Led by Newry and Mourne District Council and incorporating local businesses and voluntary sector groups, the scheme is a promotional campaign highlighting the positive programs, activity and efforts being made by local communities and agencies to stimulate development and economic growth of the area.
[Source: Examiner Newspaper]
Carlow senior boss John Meyler says he wasn't the least bit surprised by the county U-21 hurlers' sensational win over Dublin on Tuesday night.
Dublin, having reached each of the last two All-Ireland minor finals, were expected to make light work of the Barrowsiders at Parnell Park though, like their football counterparts against Longford earlier this year, slipped to a shock 1-13 to 1-11 loss.
Meyler doesn't have a direct involvement with the under-21 set up, which is managed by Pat English, though 12 of the players that featured on Tuesday are part of his senior squad.
[Source: Irish Mirror]
The Gathering tourism initiative is having a positive impact on visitors to the county, particularly from America, anecdotal evidence from those in the hospitality industry would suggest. The acting C.E.O. of B&B Ireland, Mary Doogan, told The Anglo-Celt that B&B Ireland online booking figures show a 66 percent increase for Cavan compared to this time last year.
"This is a great achievement, but we have to point out that this figure includes advance bookings for the entire year so it does not mean that the county has seen a huge rise in B&B visitor numbers up to now for 2013. The general trend in the B&B sector this year has seen an increase in visitors from the US and continental Europe, but in Cavan the U.K. remains a strong market because it continues to attract the anglers in particular."
[Source: The Anglo Celt]
Better consultation and planning is needed for festivals to avoid clashes, as has happened with this year's Feakle Festival and Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann.
That's the message from Councilor Pat Hayes, who says this year's Fleadh Cheoil, which takes place in Derry from August 12 to 18, will have a knock-on effect for other traditional music festivals in Clare.
He believes a shift in the fleadh's dates over time "has caused difficulties for other festivals, such as the Feakle Festival."
[Source: Clare Champion]
Cork comedian Tara Flynn used her talents to take a unique stand against racism recently after her husband was subjected to verbal abuse in her hometown, Kinsale.
Tara and her husband Carl Austin, were visiting Kinsale over Easter when he became the subject of ridicule while out walking his dog.
In response to the racial attack, Tara made a satirical comedy sketch focusing on the issue of Irish racism. The video stars many Kinsale residents, as well as Tara's husband Carl.
The incident occurred when Carl, from Los Angeles, was out walking his dog in Kinsale over the Easter weekend late at night. Passing a pub a group of men began shouting at him and calling him names.
[Source: Cork Independent]
Food critics from across the globe have been finding out exactly what the people of the city ate during the Siege of Derry as part of the Feast or Famine Food Tours.
Local chef Emmett McCourt treated a group of American visitors, including a leading food critic from New York, to a real taste of Derry as part of the City of Culture celebrations.
The group of 30 visitors was taken on a tour of the city's Food Heritage Trail guided by Emmett.
The food tour stems from the research Emmett undertook into the North West's culinary heritage for his book "Feast or Famine," which is due to be published later in the year.
[Source: Derry Journal]
A 70-year-old man living in west Donegal appeared in Dungloe District Court last Tuesday charged with seven alleged sex offences.
One charge relates to the alleged indecent assault of a male on a date in June 1984, while the other charges are of gross indecency against males on dates between February 2001 and June 2006.


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Lake of the Ozarks Watershed Alliance will host its second seminar on septic tank maintenance from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 29 at The Village Market Cafe, 2599 Highway MM, Sunrise Beach.
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Quote: and how do you decide that? all moral systems I know of consider taking a human life okay in certain circumstances, do you know any that do not or did you not really think before posting?
Quote: taking a persons life might be justifyed
but that doesnt make it right
bluntedinmichigan wrote: george bush jusifiyed the war on iraq in his mind?
does that make it right?
August Spies wrote: dallasboy:
obviously there are people who have fucked up views on who should be killed. But ALL societies allow for killing in certain circumstances.
So are you taking back your original statemtn or do you want to argue no noe should ever be killed?
Quote: But what you said is not true at all.
Quote: The teachings of Mahatma Gandhi for example showed there is a way to effectively avoid all forms of violence and still sway tyranny.
Quote: killing out of self defence=not as wrong but still wrong
bluntedinmichigan wrote: because killing anybody no matter the reason is wrong
August Spies wrote: bluntedinmichigan wrote: because killing anybody no matter the reason is wrong
killing is wrong because it is wrong?
circular logic.
Quote: what good from killing can come?
how can it be right when nothing good comes from it?
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I don't want to scare anyone ... but you might want to sit down for this. Kim Kardashian is considering shutting down her Instagram account.
(Explosions! Screaming! People running! CHAOS!!!!!)
Actually, Instagram is likely taking notice of Kardashian's threat, since she has more followers -- 5 million -- than anyone on the photo-sharing service by a wide margin. Kardashian says she'll switch to another social media photo company unless Instagram revises its new policies that has everyone's pants in a bunch.
Instagram has been under fire this week after announcing a new policy that seems to give the company power to sell user photos to outside companies without having to compensate the user. Instagram said this interpretation of the policy was not true and apologized for the "confusing" language. Instagram says it's revising the wording and will release a new terms of service in the near future.
But Kardashian isn't convinced (she's a wily one) and is telling friends she's thinking about shutting down her Instagram account and taking her followers elsewhere.
"I really loved Instagram :-( I need to review this new policy," she wrote on Twitter. "I don't think its fair."
Notice the past tense there?
Kardashian has way more followers on Instagram than second-place member Justin Bieber (4,366,729) and President Barack Obama (1,834,079).
And, unfortunately for society, where one Kardashian goes, others soon follow. Her sisters Khloe, Kylie, Kendall and brother Rob are also in the Top 10 most followed on the site.
Half of Instagrams top 10 are named Kardashian. Why, America? Why?
TMZ's source said Kardashian is still waiting to see what happens before making the big decision. Your move, Instagram.
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The Daily Docket: AMR, US Airways Defend Merger
American Airlines and US Airways Group Inc. executives on Tuesday defended their planned merger before members of Congress who are seeking a thorough antitrust review to make sure the deal doesn't hurt competition and consumers. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.
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Tribune is looking at selling off its newspaper business, The Wall Street Journal reports.
According to Dow Jones Newswires, Residential Capital LLC won't try to block creditors from pursuing litigation against parent Ally Financial Inc.
According to WSJ, New Stream Capital LLC's owners were charged Tuesday with defrauding investors during the financial crash.
Corporate Intelligence has more on the General Motors chief executive pay leak.
Stockton, Calif.'s bankruptcy eligibility trial has been set for next month, the Associated Press reports.
Stockton also reached a deal on $21.6 million in debt payments with Ambac Assurance Corp., Reuters reports.
A Bloomberg video talks about why Argentina's bond issues could cause a bankruptcy.
Casey Anthony's bankruptcy case is staying in Tampa, Fla., despite objections, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
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BOSTON -- Carlos Beltran finished a World Series game for the first time, one day after making his debut.
The 16-year veteran singled in a run to help the St. Louis Cardinals even the Series with a 4-2 win over the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night.
Beltran had left the opener after bruising his ribs in the second inning but was back in the starting lineup for Game 2.
He singled in the first inning, then singled again to drive in the final run in the three-run seventh when St. Louis capitalized on fielding blunders by Boston to erase a 2-1 deficit.
"I wanted to be in the lineup. I worked so hard to get to this point," Beltran said. "Somebody would have to kill me in order for me to get out of the lineup.
"When I left the ballpark yesterday, I had very little hope that I was going to be in the lineup. Tomorrow, I know for sure I'm going to wake up feeling sore."
Michael Wacha beat John Lackey in a matchup of present and past rookie sensations, and this time it was the Cardinals' turn to take advantage of sloppy fielding.
David Ortiz put Boston ahead in the sixth inning with a two-run homer just over the Green Monster in left, ending Wacha's scoreless streak at 182/3 innings -- a rookie record for a single postseason.
But then Lackey, who in 2002 with the Angels became the first rookie in 93 years to win a World Series seventh game, faltered in a three-run seventh. St. Louis went ahead when Matt Carpenter hit a sacrifice fly that led to two runs, the second scoring on errors by catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and reliever Craig Breslow.
Beltran followed with an RBI single.
Throughout his career, Beltran has displayed an impressive combination of batting, power and speed. In 2,064 regular-season games, he has a .283 batting average, 358 homers and 308 steals. That earned him eight All-Star game selections.
But in 45 postseason games, he had never reached the World Series. Until Wednesday.
Beltran was sent to a hospital for scans Wednesday night after bruising ribs while banging into the right-field fence to rob Ortiz of a grand slam.
Beltran said Thursday he was given painkillers, and he appeared to be wearing protective padding under his jersey.
"Carlos is such a pro," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "He knows how to handle when he doesn't feel completely 100 percent, which he probably hasn't felt since February. But he's the kind of guy that knows how to make the best of what he has."
When the Series resumes Saturday night in St. Louis, Jake Peavy starts for the Red Sox and Joe Kelly for the Cardinals.
"Excited to get home. I know everybody is," Matheny said.
Wacha, a 22-year-old right-hander, was the N.L. championship series MVP. Wacha wasn't quite as sharp in this one, allowing two runs, three hits and four walks in six innings with six strikeouts.
He threw a career-high 114 pitches, and when he reached the dugout after Ortiz's homer, he slammed his glove onto the bench.
Still, the rookie improved to 4-0 with a 1.00 ERA in four outings this postseason, matching the number of regular-season wins he has in his brief career.
"He pitched outstanding," Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina said. "Just one pitch, to a great hitter like Big Papi. We take our hat off to him, but I mean, he pitched good tonight."
The Cardinals' hard-throwing bullpen combined for one-hit relief. Carlos Martinez got six outs, retiring Mike Napoli on an inning-ending pop-up with two on in the eighth. Trevor Rosenthal struck out the side in the ninth for a save, whiffing Daniel Nava with a 99 mph fastball to end it.
All three St. Louis pitchers were 23 or younger.
"It doesn't surprise me. Those guys got talent," Molina said. "Like I said before many times, they're not afraid to pitch."
A night after the Cardinals made three errors in the opener and allowed the Red Sox to romp 8-1, the fielding failures were on the other side.
Lackey, pitching a day after his 35th birthday, walked David Freese with one out in the seventh and Jon Jay singled. Breslow relieved, and the Cardinals pulled off a double steal as pinch-runner Pete Kozma swiped third -- an uncharacteristically aggressive move for the Cardinals, who ranked last in the N.L. with 45 stolen bases this year.
Daniel Descalso, who started at shortstop after Kozma made two errors in the opener, loaded the bases with a walk. Carpenter followed with a fly to medium left, and Jonny Gomes' throw home was slightly to the first-base side of the plate as Kozma scored the tying run.
Saltalamacchia allowed the throw to glance off his glove as Jay took off for third. Backing up the plate, Breslow was slow to throw and then sailed the ball over shortstop Stephen Drew covering third. The ball bounced into the stands as Jay came home with the go-ahead run.
"I'm sure Craig would like to have that ball back and hold it with a chance to shut down the inning right there," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "Uncharacteristic of the way I think we've taken care of the baseball this year."


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The Oak Ridge Industrial Development Board on Monday modified and approved a new tax increment financing (TIF) policy and set a special-called meeting and public hearing to discuss how the TIF relates to the redevelopment of the Oak Ridge Mall.
IDB members had scheduled the meeting and public hearing on the TIF and the Oak Ridge Mall redevelopment for September, but learned their current TIF policy was not in line with the state's policy. Members reviewed the policy and made the changes necessary to reflect the newest legislation on TIFs.
Those changes dealing with application and annual administrative fees were discussed and approved at Monday's meeting of the IDB in the Training Room at the Municipal Building.
IDB Chairman David Wilson asked that two sections of the policy be amended so the IDB could "have the authority to waive those fees."
Member Buzz Patrick also asked that the policy be amended to cap the adminstrative fee at $5,000.
Knoxville attorney Mark Mamantov, a legal advisor for the city of Oak Ridge, told IDB the state's uniformity in Tax Increment Financing Act of 2012 would give the IDB more flexibility. He said the uniformity act expands and clarifies what TIF can be used for.
"Crosland is asking for just that," Mamantov said. "It's more unique to this project."
Crosland Southeast is the retail and mixed-use development firm that signed a contract to purchase the Oak Ridge Mall property and is seeking the TIF plan to assist in site development.
"They (Crosland) want to move straight to the economic impact plan," Mamantov said about the IDB possibly waiving the fees to shorten the process.
"There's nothing wrong with the policy and you don't have to amend it, but it would be more flexible if it's amended," he said.
The IDB voted 8-0 to approve the amendments. Member Melissa Freiderich was absent.
The TIF policy change will go before City Council at its Oct. 14 meeting. The special-called meeting and public hearing will be at 5 p.m. Oct. 24.
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Every time I visit TW there seems to talk of 'saving TW' and the measures that should be taken to revive it. However, I wonder if we can reach consensus on what TW should be saved from. The object of this thread: determine TW's bete noire and suggest methods to ensure its survival. Here are some potential candidates:- free speech- alter egos- Sysiyetti's fascism- self-referential topics- repeat topics- feral facial hair- MuslimsOf course, if you're really smart, Plume, you can come up with suggestions of your own! I'll give an example: Problem: facial hair: some posters sport such pilose hair that it infringes on their field of vision and, I believe, obscures the bottom line of the keyboard, explaining why they're so inept operating the space, comma and full-stop keys. This is a slippery slope and soon TW will be one huge hotch-potch of miscommunication.Resolution: arrange a whip round at pablo's local barbers for a thorough cutting and waxing session, eliminating his delicate tendrils and, consequently, his pervasive corrigenda. That'll do for now. But don't worry Pablo; I have equally riveting topics ensiled for next month's visit. [neon]I'm not trolling; I'm moderating. [/neon]
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If there's one thing that TW has going for it, it's that it's educational. I've learned two new words today:pi·lose also pi·lous (-ls) adj.Covered with fine soft hair.cor·ri·gen·dum n. pl. cor·ri·gen·da (-d) 1. An error to be corrected, especially a printer's error. 2. A list of errors in a book along with their corrections.Now, of course, the challenge is to use them both in the same spoken sentence, in front of someone I want to impress with my erudition.'Ullo John! Gotta New Motor?
This happens to us everytime we take a seat in front of our pc's:Perl actually stands for Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister, but don't tell anyone I said that.
The problem with TW is that not enough hot intelligent men are sending me PMs to hit on me recently. In fact, in recent weeks, the only propositional PMs I've received have all been from power2charm. And he qualifies neither as hot nor intelligent, both literally and metaphorically.The fact that he does this with remarkable persistence, and using a wide array of alter egos all of whom he goes to the trouble of making about 10 posts each with first in the vain hope of making them look legit is scant consolation.Resolution: all hot intelligent men are commanded to PM me at their convenience, enclosing recent photographs of themselves in their briefs. The briefs are optional.Let's all make TW great again.Extremists on both sides are driving the bus. Not just that, but they've persuaded the rest of us to pay to have the bus converted into a tank, and we're not allowed to look outside to see for ourselves what's really going on.
Would resurrecting the Mann Booker thread help, Colored Prism? Because I'm 20 pages from the end of The Sea and just chomping at the bit to shoot my wad about it. I've also managed a shortlister and a longlister since Christmas. These are surefire topics to drive Shelle far from us. Don't be surprised if her boyfriend, "Peter", appears on the thread just to get some respite from her.(Tip for TWers: I've discovered that employing the term "wad" adds zip to just about any post. Try it!)____Kid, you've paid your dues...dues and dues. ~J. Tweedy
...same goes for hot, intelligent girls and my PM inbox. Intelligence optional."I was borned in england." - b_mardle
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It's entirely down to you, sir. I'm certainly interested in your opinions. I was hoping I might've read one or two more on the list myself by now, if only by accident, but I don't think I have, and it was that long ago I've no idea where I was at. I have Coetzee's Disgrace, presently unread, which I've just noticed is a former winner (I shall return to this in a moment).Re. The Sea.... I definitely remember reading the first 50 pages or so, and objecting to one sentence in partic ... oh no, I remember: there was some letter reprinted in full which sounded so contrived and verbose -- and verbose in a way that really typified Murdoch's style up to that point in a NdPlume I-lost-my-thread-eight-paragraphs-ago-but-I'm still-gonna-patronise-you-in-every-way-I-know-how-kinda-way -- that I decided I couldn't be fooked wading through another 500 pages of the same. Assuming that (and it was a somewhat premature assumption - I vaguely remember having more pressing stuff to do at the time, as opposed to thinking the book outright bad) it all panned out to be the same. Plus, it was a library book, and I feel way less obliged to finish library books than books I've shelled out for myself. I've since found the list of previous Nobel Prize lit winners, I've been playing around with that somewhat. As I'm sure you know, Nob Prizes aren't usually given for a specific work; it's more lifetime contribution stuff. Anyway, it's sorta spurred me into Steinbeck, Gide and Sartre (with all of whom I was previously completely unfamiliar ). I've also discovered that Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha is a formidable contender for suckiest novel EVVVVAAA! Future already-purchased* reads from the list include: Jose Saramago's The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, and the aforementioned Coetzee.At the moment, however, I'm doin' a double whammy of Don Quixote (2/3 through) and John Dos Passos' USA (barely started), so don't please expect me on ya thread any time soon.*And before you proclaim me outright exuberant for buyin' all this shit I haven't yet read, I'll post as my defence the fact Waterstones' book vouchers are still valid until the end of April, at which point I hope to have acquired all of this year's reading material .[neon]I'm not trolling; I'm moderating. [/neon]


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|Dancers (left to right) Ceili Moore, Kevinah Dargan, Hannah Mong before prom.
Ceili Moore's prom night was typical for a lot of reasons: she donned a beautiful gown, danced with her friends, partied at a post-prom event and posed for loads of photos with other dolled-up gals.
What was different about her experience at this all-American coming-of-age high school dance is that Ceili flew in from Australia to attend.
That's not the only reason she traveled from the other side of the planet to be in the states. Ceili, the current Australian national Irish dancing champion in her age group, is stateside for the North American Irish Dance Championships, which are currently underway in Chicago.
She came over to the U.S. a week early to spend some precious time with her dear friends Kevinah and Fiona Dargan, both of whom are 2011 North American champions who dance for Rince Na Tiarna in Buffalo, N.Y.
|Ceili Moore, Fiona and Kevinah Dargan, Eryn Lynch at Niagara Falls.
Kevinah, a soon-to-be college freshman, made arrangements to bring her Aussie friend along to prom and her graduation from Williamsville South High School. The Dargans and Ceili also attended a Buffalo Bisons baseball game, visited nearby Niagara Falls, ate classic American foods (Buffalo wings and mozzarella sticks, for example) and went go-karting.
And though their nationalities, accents, cultures, dance styles and life stories are different, Ceili and the Dargan sisters insist that the bond created through Irish dancing is stronger than most other friendships.
Even Tracy Marks Dargan, Kevinah and Fiona's mother, is close friends with Ceili's mom, Fiona Moore. Both moms are also former Irish dancers, and Fiona Moore is the first Australian dancer to win the World Irish Dancing Championships. The two talk almost daily, Tracy Marks Dargan said. Like their daughters, they maintain contact through Facebook, Skype and free phone applications.
|Kevinah graduates from high school.
"I feel like Irish dancers all have that bond," Kevinah said. "Sometimes I feel closer to dance friends than my friends from school who I see every single day."
Fiona described the Irish dance part of her life as almost a second world, a reality that exists outside of everyday living.
"You might make a million mistakes in the real world, but in the Irish dance world, it's all erased," Fiona said.
Ceili, who dances for Scoil Rince Aisling in Australia, agreed with that sentiment, adding, "All of us give up so much for dancing. We are all in the same boat."
And while Kevinah and Ceili will both compete in the same age group (under 18, but different splits), they don't see each other as competition. In fact, they want to see each other win.


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Communication was a major issue on campus when Bradley Ebersole was chosen as the next president of Washington State Community College in 2011.
A year later, the school faced difficult financial circumstances brought on by a state-mandated switch from quarters to semesters and changes in federal financial aid, among other factors.
Based on his handling of those situations and the leadership demonstrated in his first 15 months on the job, the college's board of trustees in December unanimously voted to extend Ebersole's original two-year contract through June 2015.
"We really wanted to show commitment to stability and support to his quality leadership," board Chairman Ken Schilling said.
Ebersole, whose annual salary will remain at $150,000 over the additional years of the contract, said he's grateful for the board's decision.
"It gives me an opportunity to think about the future in a longer timeframe, and I appreciate their support," he said.
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Ebersole's tenure at WSCC
July 18, 2011 - Bradley Ebersole, vice chancellor for academic affairs at Baton Rouge Community College in Louisiana, is approved as the new president of Washington State Community College.
Sept. 1, 2011 - Ebersole officially starts work at the college.
October 2011 - Ebersole forms the Business Action Team in an effort to collaborate between departments to assist local employers, eliminate duplication and improve efficiency.
Spring 2012 - Ebersole charges the enrollment management team with increasing enrollment for the school's first fall semester, in an effort to avoid
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the trend of declining numbers when colleges make the change from quarters to semesters.
June 9 - A record 457 students graduate from Washington State. The Class of 2012's numbers grew because of students wanting to finish their courses under the quarters system.
June 13 - The college's Board of Trustees approves a $14.5 million budget based on a projected 5 percent drop in enrollment, due to a number of factors including the quarters-to-semesters change.
Aug. 7 - The board approves voluntary furlough and retirement incentives to provide additional flexibility if enrollment is lower than forecast.
Sept. 17 - With an actual fall enrollment decrease of 15.7 percent, the board adopts measures to address a nearly $1.5 million projected shortfall.
Dec. 17 - The board votes to extend Ebersole's original two-year contract through June 2015.
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Enrollment was a major focus for Ebersole upon his arrival in September 2011, with the school seeing an approximately 6 percent drop in enrollment from the fall 2010 quarter's record level. With the quarters-to-semesters transition, changes in federal aid rules and an improving economy that saw more people heading to the workforce than back to school, a 5 percent enrollment decrease was anticipated for the college's first-ever semester.
The actual numbers came in around 15.7 percent, leading in September to Ebersole recommending and the board approving mandatory furloughs, the elimination of two administration positions (both individuals hired by Ebersole) and a casual labor job, plus other reorganization changes and the transfer of $300,000 from the college's reserves. The duration of the furloughs was based on recommendations from an employee survey.
Ebersole described the budget situation in the summer and fall as "challenging" and "tense," but said he believes there was "a sense of moving forward" once it was resolved.
"I hope that that experience built a sense of trust in that when we do face difficult times, everyone will be involved ... and we will make every effort to treat everyone fairly," he said.
Laura Garcia, associate professor of communication studies and faculty senate president, said she feels Ebersole made an effort "to include us in the why behind the what," which helped employees buy into the steps taken, even though they obviously weren't happy with them.
Garcia was part of the search committee that recommended Ebersole for the job, and she said the qualities of looking forward and being inclusive that impressed her about him then have not changed since he's come to Marietta.
"Being in the loop has never been an issue, and that's a good thing," she said.
Ebersole made the leaders of the faculty, professional staff and support staff senates a part of his executive cabinet. He also meets with those leaders regularly and attends their groups' meetings.
"The intent is to be open and sharing and have everybody included in the governance of this institution," he said.
In a previous interview, Ebersole said he might not have included the staff leaders in his cabinet had his first community college presidency been at another institution. But he knew that Washington State had been dealing with communication and trust issues between employees and leadership prior to his arrival.
Complaints about previous President Charlotte Hatfield's leadership style led the board to engage the services of a consultant who recommended training not only for her but also board members and employees. In January 2011, the board approved emotional and organizational trust covenant training, but put those plans on hold after Hatfield announced she was stepping down before her contract was up at the end of the year.
Schilling said last year the training originally recommended was never implemented and the board felt morale had improved. On Friday, he said the board is not going to take the campus culture for granted, pointing to plans for another employee survey in the coming months.
"We're actually going to work toward getting a pulse, or verification, if you will, but we like the atmosphere we're seeing around the college," he said.
Ebersole said he feels the institution's culture is moving in the right direction, but he wouldn't claim there's no room for improvement.
"There's always work to be done. I'm not about to say we've concluded that task," he said.
John Richardson, instructional systems supervisor and professional staff senate co-chairman, said he can't say whether the entire campus culture has changed, but he's pleased with what Ebersole has done.
"I think everybody comes to that decision in their own time," he said. "For me personally, I felt like I connected with him very early. I feel like I can walk into his office at any time and discuss anything with him."
Board of Trustees Vice Chairman Larry Holdren said Ebersole has led the effort to improve the atmosphere on campus, but it's taken the efforts of many to accomplish.
"I think everyone has done a better job of working well together," he said.
Ebersole said the budget issues forced everyone at the college to focus on how to recover, and those efforts are paying off. Spring semester enrollment numbers will be announced at the Jan. 28 board meeting, but so far, things are looking good.
"We are very close to being even with last fall," Ebersole said, noting the usual trend is for a college to see a 4 to 6 percent drop in enrollment for the spring. "Consequently, the tone at this institution right now is very positive."
Also during 2012, the college's strategic vision, mission, values and areas of focus were revised, along with the Campus Master Plan. The college began to focus more on not only providing access to students, something it's traditionally done very well, but also on student success, making sure they earn their degrees when they come. Ebersole noted student success will likely be an important component of how public colleges in Ohio are funded going forward.
"As well as doing it for students and it's the right thing to do, the institution will be funded on its success points," he said.
The college is also constantly looking at ways to be more efficient and better serve the community. Even as officials consider developing a fire academy and adding a student health and wellness facility with the aid of state funding, lower-performing programs are being reviewed to see whether they should continue.
"I'm glad to be here. I'm very happy to have this job. There are things I want to accomplish at this institution. There's work to be done," Ebersole said. "I feel very good about what's happening at Washington State."


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On June 27, Sleepy Eye pounded New Ulm Silver 11-0 to get some momentum going into the tournament.
On June 28, the momentum continued as the team beat Wayzata in an easy 10-3 win.
But trouble began on Saturday. Sleepy Eye faced Maple Grove and lost 0-1 in a heartbreaker. They had a chance to redeem themselves a few hours later when they took on Hutchinson, only to lose 4-9.
Meanwhile, the 14U VFW team has went 3-1 in their past four games. Sleepy Eye defeated Lamberton 10-2 on June 27, lost to Nicollet 0-4 on June 29, beat New Richland in a close 7-6 game on the same day, and most recently, defeated New Ulm 13-7 on June 30.
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I recently helped write a free online booklet called "A Parents' Guide to Mobile Phones," available at connectsafely.org/mobile, but much of the advice applies to all cellphone users. Were it not for some parenting tips such as the section on buying a child's first phone, it could just as easily have been titled "A mobile users' guide to reducing risk."
Notice I said "reducing risk," not eliminating it. When it comes to safety, security and privacy, the best we can do is to take reasonable precautions to reduce the chances of something bad happening. Just as with cooking, driving or getting out of bed, there is no way to completely eliminate risk. And, when talking about risk, it's important to distinguish between risk and harm. I know this seems obvious, but when it comes to technology dangers, some people forget that just because something can happen, doesn't mean it likely will.
There was a time when the cellphone carriers had complete control over what people did with their phones. I'd hate to go back to that time, but along with the freedom that allows developers to create apps comes the increased risk of problems associated with those apps. Cellular carriers are still a big part of the mobile phone ecosystem, but so are handset or operating system companies like Apple, Samsung, Google and Microsoft, along with hundreds of thousands of app developers. But, as we point out in our mobile guide "There are two other very important players in this ecosystem where families are concerned: you and your children. More than ever, it's up to the user to determine what to do with a smartphone."
Some of the risks associated with mobile phones are similar to the Web or any other connected technology. We need to be careful about what information we share, how we treat people via text messaging, email and social networks, and to guard against allowing phone use to interfere with other activities, including school, work, sleep or in-person time with friends and family. And, as with all communication devices, try to avoid any online scams.
But mobile phones have other risks, such as location awareness and the fact that they are more easily lost, stolen or broken than devices that are tethered to a wall plug.
All mobile phones know your location, which was originally mandated for use by 911 operators to locate a caller in an emergency. But today, location services are used by all sorts of apps ranging from navigation programs like Google Maps to friend-finder services to games. Last year, the Federal Trade Commission reached a settlement with a flashlight app maker that allegedly "failed to disclose that the app transmitted users' precise location and unique device identifier to third parties, including advertising networks."
When downloading any app, look for the section on permissions to find out what information it has access to. Facebook Messenger, for example, "needs access" to identify contacts, calendar, location, Wi-Fi information and a lot more. These permissions actually make sense, but it's hard to understand why a flashlight app would need to know your location. It would be unrealistic to expect people to spend a lot of time vetting every app they download, but it's a good idea to at least read the description, the list of permissions it needs and maybe a few of the reviews in the app store before you download an app that you're not sure about.
Be aware that apps can cost you money -- sometimes for the app itself and sometimes for "in-app purchases." Parents need to establish rules
It's also important to lock your phone. All smartphones have some type of locking system, such as a PIN number, a password, a gesture or a fingerprint reader. Locking a phone protects your privacy and keeps others from making calls, sending texts or using apps in your name. I have heard cases of people getting in trouble or being embarrassed because of things other people did with their phone.
A good case can help prevent breakage but a phone-finder app can help you locate it if it's lost or stolen. iPhone users should be sure to enable the Find My iPhone feature and Android users should be aware of the Android Device Manager. Both of these built-in apps allow you to locate the phone, cause it to ring at the loudest volume even if the ringer is turned off and remotely lock or erase a phone's content from any Web-enabled device. It's been awhile since I've lost a phone, but I misplace mine frequently and often use these services to locate my phone when it's between the couch cushions or under a stack of paper in my office. The feature only works if the phone is turned on with a working battery and in range of a signal. If the phone is off, the ringer will sound or the phone can be locked or erased as soon as it's powered up, which won't help if it's missing, but will if someone else finds it and turns it on.
These features can also be used to locate a person if you know their password. The iPhone has a Find My Friends app that you can use to let someone track you and there are other available tracking apps including Glympse for iPhone and Android and Find My Friends for Android.
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It's fascinating to watch a pro work, so I was mesmerized by Gov. Hickenlooper's state of the state address last Thursday. As an example of the high art of political obfuscation, I can't recall better: this guy is slipperier than Slick Willie Clinton at his oiliest.
We all have to pull together, Coloradans. For the children. For firefighters and police officers. For teachers. For illegal immigrants, gays, indigents... If he could have tied in freezer space for minority polar bears, he would have. Because it's for the future. Wow.
The governor, who has been able to hide his politics behind a divided Legislature for two years, is desperately trying to maintain his façade as a practical, middle-of-the-road, "come-let-us-reason-together" type, not to mention just an all-around nice guy. But that's not going to be possible anymore. Instead, the governor will have to decide which among the zanier and costlier ideas coming to him from a Legislature dominated by the left will become law. It doesn't look good.
In his speech Gov. Hickenlooper said that, since tax revenues are improving we can "restore" the $1 billion "lost" to state funding for education over the past several years. But from 2008 through the present, state education spending has remained a fairly constant 28-29 percent of the General Fund, which has risen from $17.2 billion in 2008 to $20.5 billion in 2012. The exception to this steady rise was 2010, the year in which the governor cut about $375 million from education, but added $442 million to Medicare/Medicaid funding.
His language shows that our governor is clearly ready for Washington prime time, in which a "cut" or "loss" means a reduction to the rate of growth, rather than to the actual dollars in the budget. So when one hears the words "restore" and "investment," it's time to hide the wallet. Big government is back.
The governor spoke about health care at length, mentioning his plans to expand Medicaid coverage and arguing that it will save money. It won't. Central to this scheme are three assumptions: first, that $280 million in "cost savings" can be found in the state's Medicaid funding over the next 10 years; second, that the federal government will provide 100 percent of the program's cost through 2016, and 90 percent through 2020; third, that physicians will flock to a system that underpays them to such a degree that many now refuse to see additional Medicare/Medicaid patients. If any one of these doesn't go exactly as planned, Colorado will be on the hook for additional costs which could be as much as $850 million through 2023.
Gov. Hickenlooper's comment on "gun violence" seemed curiously offhand; it was as though he knew he had to address the issue, but was at a loss about how to walk the line between the gun-grabbers of the left and the unlimited firepower advocates of the right. Consequently, his suggestion - universal background checks - had a superficial appeal, but... If I give my 30-year-old son an 1852 cap-and-ball Navy Colt, should there be a background check? How about if it's a 1770 York County firelock? These are real examples, which illustrate the ridiculous nature of anything "universal," particularly if espoused in the heat of a "say something, for God's sake" moment.
The most troubling bit in the speech came near the end, when the governor lumped together the TABOR and Gallagher amendments and educational funding. Do not doubt, an invitation to "rewrite the School Finance Act" is an invitation to undermine those pesky brakes on state taxing and spending - "for the children," of course. Those interested in government that lives within its means must watch this carefully.
There were praiseworthy elements, such as nods to cutting government red tape, unnecessary regulations and efforts to keep Colorado attractive when competing for businesses. So was the recommendation of uniform oil and gas drilling codes under the mantle of COGCC, coupled with implicit advocacy for continued gas extraction - which has helped the country reduce our per capita carbon emissions to the level we saw in 1960, as the governor reminded us.
There were odd rhetorical flourishes, such as Gov. Hickenlooper's admonition for Coloradans to "...fix our gaze on the horizon." One might remind him that this is unwise when the path is narrow, dangerous and strewn with obstacles.
The governor ended his speech with a reference to Robert Louis Stevenson's Lamplighter, and an exhortation to us all to "punch holes in the darkness." Ironic, since 19th-century lamplighters were doing so by burning fossil fuels. Perhaps he meant us to bring light to the night, as long as it's powered by renewable energy?
But that's for another time.
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2009-10 SEASON: Recorded 31 points (11g, 20a) in 31 games with Rimouski and Rouyn-Noranda of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ... Began the season in Rimouski, posting 26 points (11g, 15a) in 28 games ... Earned points in three straight games from 10/4-10/9, recording five points (2g, 3a) during that stretch ... Registered three points (1g, 2a) on 10/16 vs. Baie-Comeau ... Posted his second three-game point streak of the season from 11/6-11/10, earning six points (3g, 3a) in those games ... Tallied his second three-point game of the season (2g, 1a) on 11/10 vs. Moncton ... Traded to Rouyn-Noranda on 1/7 ... Appeared in three games with the Huskies, posting five assists ... Earned all five of his assists on 1/15 vs. Lewiston ... Suspended for the remainder of the season following a game on 1/17 vs. Quebec ... Appeared in nine American Hockey League playoff games with the Chicago Wolves following the conclusion of the QMJHL season.
2008-09: Recorded 51 points (23g, 28a) in 54 games with Rimouski ... Tied for third on the team in goals, ranked fifth in points and seventh in assists ... Ranked fifth on the team in power play goals (8) and was fourth with three game-winning tallies ... Earned three points (2g, 1a) in his first game of the sea- son on 9/27 at Baie-Comeau ... Tallied a season-high four points (3g, 1a) on 11/14 vs. Victoriaville ... Posted five points (2g, 3a) over a two-game span from 11/30-12/2 ... Registered a season-high eight-game point streak from 1/27-2/11, earning 11 points (5g, 6a) during that stretch ... Added 10 points (4g, 6a) in 13 playoff games ... Tallied a playoff-high two points three times: 3/20 (1g, 1a), 4/7 (1g, 1a) and 4/21 (2a).
2007-08: Appeared in 51 games with Rimouski, tallying 41 points (18g, 23a) ... Earned a career-high five points (1g, 4a) on 9/21 at Baie-Comeau ... Posted seven points (6g, 1a) during a four-game point streak from 11/14-11/25 ... Registered a season-high seven- game point streak from 2/24-3/12, earning eight points (2g, 6a) during that span ... Added nine points (4g, 5a) in nine playoff games ... Earned a playoff-high two assists on 3/22 at Baie-Co- meau ... Matched his post-season high with two points (1g, 1a) on 4/4 at Rouyn-Noranda.
2006-07: Earned 21 points (11g, 10a) in 53 games during his rookie season in Rimouski ... Made his QMJHL debut on 9/15 at Saint John ... Scored his first career goal on 9/30 at Shawinigan ... Tallied a season-high three points (2g, 1a) on 10/12 at Gatineau ... Matched his season-high with two goals on 1/28 vs. Saint John ... Registered a season-high three-game point streak from 1/28- 2/2, recording four points (2g, 2a) during that stretch.
INTERNATIONAL CAREER: Has represented Canada in interna- tional competition three times including the 2009 and 2010 World Junior Championship and the 2007 Under-17 World Hockey Challenge ... Served as team captain at the 2010 WJC, posting five points (2g, 3a) in six games while helping Canada to a Silver Medal ... Led Canada to the Gold Medal at the 2009 WJC, earning three points (1g, 2a) in six games.
CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Selected by New Jersey in the second round, 54th overall, of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft ... Acquired by the Thrashers from New Jersey with Johnny Oduya, Niclas Bergfors, a first-round choice in the 2010 Draft (later traded to Chicago – Chicago selected Kevin Hayes) and a second-round choice in the 2010 Draft (later traded to Chicago - Chicago selected Justin Holl) for Ilya Kovalchuk, Anssi Salmela and a second-round choice in the 2010 Draft (Jonathon Merrill).


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Buffett to Congress: Don't 'coddle' me
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Billionaire Warren Buffett believes that rich Americans should pay higher taxes and that it won't hurt the job market.
Billionaire Warren Buffett believes that rich Americans should pay higher taxes and that it won't hurt the job market.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Billionaire investor Warren Buffett, saying he doesn't want to be "coddled" by Congress, says that wealthier Americans should pay higher taxes, and that higher taxes do not dampen job growth.
Buffett, chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway (BRKA, Fortune 500), wrote in an op-ed piece published Monday in The New York Times that taxes should be raised on Americans who make at least $1 million per year.
While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks
," wrote Buffett, who has mentioned in past interviews that the rich should pay higher taxes.
The philanthropist said that his 2010 federal tax bill, including income and payroll taxes, was $6,938,744.
"That sounds like a lot of money," wrote the Omaha, Neb.-based billionaire. "But what I paid was only 17.4% of my taxable income - and that's actually a lower percentage than was paid by any of the other 20 people in our office."
He added that some investment managers were taxed only 15% on billions of dollars in income. He compared that to the middle class, with its income tax bracket of up to 25%.
0:00 / 2:15 Buffett: Tax cuts for all but the rich
He said that 40 million jobs were created between 1980 and 2000, when the tax rate for the rich was higher than it is now. "You know what's happened since then: lower tax rates and far lower job creation," he wrote.
Buffett proposed that Congress impose a higher tax rate on millionaires, and an even higher tax rate on those making at least $10 million per year.
"My friends and I have been coddled long enough by a billionaire-friendly Congress," he wrote. "It's time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice."
Will free trade create or kill U.S. jobs?
Buffett, a Wall Street guru who has made billions during his 60 years of investing, has pledged to donate 99% of his wealth to charity.
In a recent interview with Fortune, Buffett said he still believes the United States is an AAA-rated nation, despite the recent Standard & Poor's downgrade of the credit rating. He said he also continuing to buy stocks, because recent market volatility has created lots of deals.
17.4%? Goddamn! i love that quote about Afghanistan.
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And here's a history of tax rates for comparison:
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The historical data so overwhelmingly points to the necessity of taxing the rich to help sustain the economy (you know, funding things) that it takes a truly breathtaking level of ignorance to be able to claim the opposite.
Or you just have to be a liar.
Either way, it's still completely insane to me how the Democrats, with the presidency and a majority in both chambers of Congress, were unable (unwilling?) to end the Bush tax cuts. The numbers show indisputably that those cuts benefit the wealthiest Americans and hurt low income-earners...and we're still stuck in the worst recession this country has seen in 8 decades, where any sort of populist rhetoric on the part of any politician will get him poll numbers...and they didn't have either the intelligence or the spine to end the fucking tax cuts!
In any case, my go to site for economic analysis/research is the Economic Policy Institute (I've plugged it here before and will definitely continue to do so):
It's the single best site I've seen for making clear sense of all things economic.
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It's like America fears some sort of (perceived) devolution into a European mentality that favors higher taxes across the board for greater social services. Inevitably some politician plays the socialism-dominoes-into-communism card, and then the whole system rolls back to square one. I don't know much about economics, it's true, but it makes sense to me that taxation should be proportionate to income. The more you make, the more you have to give. But the ethos of a free market and the self-made man is both unrealistic and detrimental for most Americans: those that can partake in capital ventures already have money that they are ultra stingy with and refuse to give it up for the benefit of the nation as a whole. When that mentality is applied to governmental spending and taxation it creates this cyclic process where the many changes hands but rarely, if ever, goes toward the people that need it most. Clearly the opposite is typically true, where the majority of the money remains with the upper 5% because of selfishness, myopic viewpoints, and plain avarice. Furthermore, the idea that Americans need to be taxed less so that they may take home a greater amount of money skirts the broader issue of whether or not wages are commensurate with the cost of living, inflation, and the utter inability of most people to actually save something up for the future. I know it's an oversimplification to say "don't lower taxes; raise them and pay people more" but I have to believe there's a lot of truth in that statement. Companies need to realize that they need to find a balance between net revenues and a market that has enough money to actually buy their service or product. Politicians need to be humbled by 1) term limits and 2) an eradication of lobbyists. I don't see any of them taking a pay cut or worrying about retirement. There are too many distractions that cloud many a politician's true motives, objectives, and responsibilities in a nominally democratic society. There is something perverse about public servants being paid like royalty and acting with what is, for all intents and purposes, indemnity. If a politician cheats on his wife he's a bastard and has to make public apologies so he can maybe keep his position. But if he cheats the people he represents directly, indirectly, or out of ignorance he's just a cog in the bureaucratic machine, and that is, to put it mildly, bullshit. Prioritize the political mindset before the usage of funds.
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Holy fuck did you guys look at that chart. In the 1950 the tax rate for top income was over 90%. Where were the depressions then? Everyone had a Cadillac, and if they didn't they had a Pontiac.
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Says a lot about our countries government when we get more good ideas and general concern for the country from people outside of the 3 branches than those we put in office trustingly to help us recover and advance. All these ball-less deuche bags in congress/senate/localgov are much to concerned with getting re-elected to do anything truly helpful.
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Dolores J. Rush
Am sending you an email. I have a question about Col. Henry T. Titus to ask you.
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on Mar 24, 2015 12:57 AM
Kathleen Clemence
Turla/Chassagne Memorials
Dear Antonio,
I notice you have left virtual flowers for Leopoldo Turla and Julio Chassagne that contains quite a bit of information. Per Find A Grave "biographical information and obituaries should not be included in a virtual flower."
Therefore, I would appreciate it if you would delete those virtual flowers and send me the information - I would be happy to post.
Thank you -
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on Sep 05, 2014 11:29 AM
Julie Tremols
Rafael Gual Inclan
Dr. Guas Inclan was married for a second time to Maria de los Santos Perez Diaz, daughter of Senator Pablo Luciano Perez of Pinal del Rio and Rita Maria Diaz Vivo, on June 29th 1967 in Miami, Florida. Maria Guas Inclan became a widow on October 12, 1975 after Dr. Inclan passed away. Maria Guas Inclan has a PHD from the University of Havana, Cuba and is the author of a well known book of poetry by the name of "Entre la luz y la sombra".
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Carmen Hernandez-ochoa
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I wish to thank you for including my mother's name in the Memorial for Carlos Prio Socarrás. She was his first wife,Gina,and the mother of his first daughter,my sister,Rocio Guadalupe,affectionally called Kitty. We all worshipped him,even I who was not related to him in blood.Please know that he was a great human being and the best,and most charismatic of Cuba's presidents. God rest his soul.
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on Jun 20, 2010 1:16 PM
John T. Pickett
I received a paper that was not published by a gentleman who was working on the Picket papers entitled JTP: buccaneer or Diplomat. His thesis as well as others John was a bit of a hothead and bungler. Then I found some papers in the NA in Santa Anna's files. Near the end of his life The US sponsored his return to power. Secretary Stanton appointed John Thomas to be the leason to him and give him assistance.
To me this puts a whole new light on John's activities. Stanton was also the founder of the secret service and a co-founder of Wells Fargo and some say a spy network during the Civil war. If this connection bares out here is another reason John was not a co-defendant of the trial of Filibusters, in spite of his arrest.
You also asked me if the two Picket lines were related. Simply yes. George and John were not only cousins but fellow Masons. Further James sponsored the Hungarian revolutionary that John served under in 1848 to the US (He settled in Ohio), George came to the lecture series in DC (a list of attendees exists in the NA). George, Sister married at the same church in LA as George did his first wife. Her husband was involved in a railroad project that failed with John. This railroad was to go to Mexico.
My question is "Was John a government operative (Union)?
He served with Breckenridge in the first attempt at reconciliation between the North and South and both escaped Kentucky's warrants and joined the government of the South when they arrived in Richmond. He traveled in cogito to various towns and was appointed ambassador to Mexico. I also found his commissions as Col. and Brigadier in the congressional record of the Southern union.
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Three-Legged Willie
Dear Mr. De La Cova,
I just found this web site about R M Williamson and I want to thank you for posting Robert's picture. I am his gr,gr grandson. I have been trying to publicise his many contributions to the creation of the Republic of Texas and all the battles he fought in. The Texas Ranger museum, the San Jacinto monument and the museum at Washington on the Brazos does not even have a picture of him on display much less a bio. I can't even find where his wife, my gr,gr,grandmother is buried. Suppose to be in Independence, TX (Mary Jane Edwards)b:abt 1818,Tenn; d: dec 11, 1858, Independence, TX.
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When Brian McAllister was coming of age in the 1950s all he cared about was playing basketball and chasing girls. However, over the years, he became the heart and soul of the business his Irish ancestors built and he fought hard to keep it from sinking out of the hands of future generations.
Today McAllister Towing and Transportation Co., Inc. is one of the nation's largest towing companies with operations in ports all over the East Coast and Puerto Rico. Captain Brian McAllister, now 76, directs the action from his corner office at the tip of Manhattan overlooking the harbor where so much of his family's history happened. Working with him are two sons and three nephews steering future generations along in the family trade.
The first generation
The story began in 1864 when James McAllister left Cushendall, County Antrim, to come to New York, then the largest Irish city in the world. His brothers Daniel and William soon joined him. Along with many other Irish families, such as the Morans, they found their calling in the water traffic of New York Harbor. Indeed there were so many tug boats in New York Harbor, they were known collectively as the Irish Navy. James began with a single-sail lighter (a vessel that moves cargo between pier and ship) and called it Greenpoint Lighterage Company after the Brooklyn neighborhood where he had settled. Expanding into towing, McAllister's first tug boat began operating in 1876 while the Brooklyn Bridge was being built.
James had four sons and six daughters in his first marriage and all the sons grew up working in the business, along with an assortment of cousins and other relatives. One day in 1899, his oldest son, James P. (known as Captain Jim) stormed out of Greenpoint Lighterage to go into business for himself around the corner from his father and uncles, but the family soon reunited to form McAllister Brothers and move to new offices at South Street along Manhattan's East River waterfront. In 1909 they acquired the Starin fleet of excursion steamboats with regular runs to Coney Island, the Statue of Liberty and Bear Mountain. When James died in 1916 he left the towing and lighter business to his sons from his first marriage and the steamboat business to his two brothers. After James's first wife died, he remarried and had three more children, though none of them became involved in the business.
Captain Jim, who was Brian's grandfather, was always finding ways to promote the company and in 1914 offered the tug JP McAllister to Harry Houdini. The famous escape artist had himself handcuffed and sealed into a packing case and tossed into the harbor near the Battery. Miraculously, a few minutes later, he surfaced, free of the packing crate and his handcuffs.
Another story that has gone down in family lore is the visit of Eamon de Valera to New York. It began in 1922, when New York's mayor Jimmy Walker called Captain Jim to see if he could pick up de Valera who had arrived by steamer in Hoboken to do some fund raising in Manhattan for the Irish cause. The captain sent his son Anthony, then 22, along to escort de Valera. More than 30 years later when Anthony and his wife passed by Parliament House on a visit to Dublin, he asked the guard to extend his compliments to the prime minister. To his astonishment, de Valera remembered him and asked McAllister and his wife to come around later for a visit.
During World War I, Captain Jim fitted out tugs for crossing the Atlantic during the war and was put in charge of the United States Army's floating equipment. (During World War II, McAllister transported all the Army's explosives through New York Harbor.) Captain Jim was described by one family member as the spark plug who kept the company expanding into new ventures. He lived to see the business triple in size and then get hit so hard by the Great Depression they were down to only one running tug. In 1935 Captain Jim died at 66. When Brian asked what caused his grandfather to die so young, his father told him he died of a broken heart.
Fortunately, all of the McAllisters had large families. Captain Jim had 10 children including three sons, Anthony J. (Brian's father), James P. II, and Gerard, who, along with a few cousins, kept the business afloat. Although some daughters did work in the company offices from time to time, they were not given ownership. By the end of World War II, Brian's dad and his two uncles had 35 tugs running, even though they were mostly worn out wooden steam tugs. They got through the Depression but at that time, Brian recalled, there was not enough work for everybody so only the smartest and hardest workers survived. The family built the company back up in the 40s and 50s and were operating 50 tugs in six ports. "After World War II, Moran had sealed up 70 percent of the ship business in the harbor. That was enormous," Brian said. "McAllister had maybe 15 percent." He said they were all highly competitive and engaged in price wars.


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Webcast Q&A: Demystifying External Authorization
By B Shashikumar on Mar 21, 2012
Thanks to everyone who joined us on our webcast with SANS Institute on "Demystifying External Authorization". Also a special thanks to Tanya Baccam from SANS for sharing her experiences reviewing Oracle Entitlements Server. If you missed the webcast, you can catch a replay of the webcast here.
Here is a compilation of the slides that were used on today's webcast.
We have captured the Q&A from the webcast for those who couldn't attend.
Q: Is Oracle ADF integrated with Oracle Entitlements Server (OES) ?
A: In Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g and later, Oracle ADF, Oracle WebCenter, Oracle SOA Suite and other middleware products are all built on Oracle Platform Security Services (OPSS). OPSS privodes many security functions like authentication, audit, credential stores, token validaiton, etc. OES is the authorization solution underlying OPSS. And OES 11g unifies different authorization mechanisms including Java2/ABAC/RBAC.
Q: Which portal frameworks support the use of OES policies for portal entitlement decisions?
A: Many portals including Oracle WebCenter 11g run natively on top of OES. The authorization engine in WebCenter is OES. Besides, OES offers out of the box integration with Microsoft SharePoint. So SharePoint sites, sub sites, web parts, navigation items, document access can all be secured with OES. Several other portals have also been secured with OES ex: IBM websphere portal
Q: How do we enforce Seperation of Duties (SoD) rules using OES (also how does that integrate with a product like OIA) ?
A: A product like OIM or OIA can be used to set up and govern SoD policies. OES enforces these policies at run time. Role mapping policies in OES can assign roles dynamically to users under certain conditions. So this makes it simple to enforce SoD policies inside an application at runtime.
Q: Our web application has objects like buttons, text fields, drop down lists etc. is there any "autodiscovery" capability that allows me to use/see those web page objects so you can start building policies over those objects? or how does it work?
A: There ae few different options with OES. When you build an app, and make authorization calls with the app in the test environment, you can put OES in discovery mode and have OES register those authorization calls and decisions. Instead of doing this after the fact, an application like Oracle iFlex has built-in UI controls where when the app is running, a script can intercept authorization calls and migrate those over to OES. And in Oracle ADF, a lot of resources are protected so pages, task flows and other resources can be registered without OES knowing about them.
Q: Does current Oracle Fusion application use OES ? The documentation does not seem to indicate it.
A: The current version of Fusion Apps is using a preview version of OES. Soon it will be replaced with OES 11g.
Q: Can OES secure mobile apps?
A: Absolutely. Nowadays users are bringing their own devices such as a a smartphone or tablet to work. With the Oracle IDM platform, we can tie identity context into the access management stack. With OES we can make use of context to enforce authorization for users accessing apps from mobile devices. For example: we can take into account different elements like authentication scheme, location, device type etc and tie all that information into an authorization decision.
Q: Does Oracle Entitlements Server (OES) have an ESAPI implementation?
A: OES is an authorization solution. ESAPI/OWASP is something we include in our platform security solution for all oracle products, not specifically in OES
Q: ESAPI has an authorization API. Can I use that API to access OES?
A: If the API supports an interface / sspi model that can be configured to invoke an external authz system through some mechanism then yes


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Herbalife: We're Ready to Tear Apart Bill Ackman's Short Thesis
Herbalife — the company hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman last week called a "pyramid scheme" — looks like it's revving up a major rebuttal against its critics after the holiday season.
The nutritional supplement maker announced this morning it will host an analyst and investor meeting on Jan. 10. Herbalife said in a press release that its senior management will offer a "comprehensive response to investor questions on its business model," as well as regulatory perspectives and an update on the company's growth prospects.
The company also acknowledged it expects to exceed its previously announced plans of buying back $50 million of stock each quarter.
Yet Herbalife's disclosures haven't done much to help the company's sagging stock price. And now, analysts are starting to throw in the towel on the stock.
Shares fell as much as 11% today, piling on to last week's drubbing. The stock is now down about 50% this year, and briefly fell below $25 for the first time since the summer of 2010.
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Herbalife's announcement comes in the wake of Ackman's criticism last week. The founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management disclosed at a conference that he's been shorting Herbalife's stock for months — a position that he described as "enormous." Ackman also went into great detail describing how the company operates as a pyramid scheme.
Herbalife responded to Ackman's claims multiple times last week, at one point calling Ackman's stance "a malicious attack on Herbalife's business model based largely on outdated, distorted and inaccurate information."
The latest drama surrounding the company prompted at one investment bank to downgrade the stock last week. And on Monday, another elected to discontinue its coverage of the stock.
B Riley analyst Linda Weiser — who had a $101 price target on the stock — told clients that she is dropping coverage of Herbalife. The decision, however, is not because her bullish thesis on the company's fundamentals have changed.
"Herbalife's share price has been impacted significantly by market speculation related to high-profile short sellers," she says, even as the company has reported better-than-expected sales, earnings and cash flow over the last few quarters.
"We believe the business fundamentals and near-term financial performance of the company will not be the key drivers behind share price performance for the foreseeable future," Weiser says.
Ackman's attack comes seven months after hedge-fund manager David Einhorn peppered the company with pointed questions on an earnings call, which sent the stock tumbling. Einhorn has not disclosed what, if any, position he has taken in the firm's shares.
–Kevin Kingsbury contributed to this report.
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SAN JOSE -- Wailing in anguish, the uncle of a 15-year-old Santa Teresa High School student begged his nephew to "come back, please come back to me" as he tried in vain to resuscitate the boy's knife-ravaged body, according to a brief 911 tape played for the first time Tuesday in court.
The short tape, played by the prosecution on the opening day of a murder trial for Jae Williams, one of slain classmate Michael Russell's accused killers, drew tears from many in the packed courtroom, including one of the men on the jury who took off his metal glasses and dabbed at his eyes.
Williams and Randy Thompson, now both 20, are accused of stabbing Michael to death in November 2009 for the sheer thrill of it after befriending him. They are being tried separately as adults, with Williams going first in a trial expected to last four to six weeks.
The attack took place in Michael's backyard on Comanche Street in South San Jose early in the evening. Williams and Thompson lured him out to smoke marijuana and then tackled him, pinning him down so they could each stab him, prosecutor Valerie McGuire contended in her opening statement.
Williams listened impassively to the six-minute 911 tape that captured Michael's uncle, Thomas Russell, trying desperately to administer first aid. Because the uncle had his cellphone on speaker during the emergency call, even the thumping sound of him compressing Michael's chest was eerily discernible.
"He's been stabbed, oh my God, please, somebody help me," Thomas Russell sobbed as the 911 operator sought to calm him down and get an accurate address. "Come on, son ... no ... no ... Michael, come back."
Michael suffered at least 12 significant stab wounds, one of which perforated his larynx, jugular vein and carotid artery and another that collapsed his right lung. Another penetrated 7 inches deep through his chest and into his heart. His hands were nicked when he tried to defend himself.
"Jae Williams and another boy -- cloaked in friendship -- went to Michael Russell's house and unleashed a ferocious attack," McGuire said in her 75-minute opening statement. "The truth is, they butchered him."
Williams' attorney, Lewis O. Romero, reserved his right to present an opening statement in his defense until after McGuire finishes her case. Both young men face life sentences if they are convicted.
McGuire must prove Williams is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. But she said she can do better than that, based on the evidence, including DNA and an alleged confession Williams gave to police after they got a tip about his involvement.
"He is guilty beyond any reasonable doubt," she said.
Despite the severity of his wounds, Michael didn't bleed much, probably because many of them were so devastating that they slowed down the rate at which his heart was pumping blood, Santa Clara County pathologist Dr. Joseph O'Hara testified Tuesday afternoon.
Williams, who was 15 at the time, talked to police a few days after the Nov. 10, 2009, attack, which occurred after Michael's mother left to go to Target, seemingly bragging that he and Thompson long planned to kill Michael.
They took a chef's knife from Thompson's mother's kitchen, Williams said, which McGuire showed the jury on a screen. The knife looked ordinary, except it was streaked with Michael's blood, DNA tests concluded, she said.
After killing Michael, Williams and Thompson wrapped the weapon and a serrated knife that may not have been used in the attack in some clothing and casually discarded the bundle in Thompson's driveway, between two cars, the prosecutor said. Thompson's father found it and one of Thompson's sister's friends reported it to police.
Police also retrieved sweatshirts belonging to Williams and Thompson that they'd discarded in the bushes nearby, based on information provided by Williams. Both items of clothing had Michael's blood on them, McGuire said.
Williams reportedly told police he killed Michael for several reasons, including that they were not close. He also said he worshipped Satan and had already beaten a cat to death.
Thompson was particularly keen to make his first human kill, Williams told police. Tuesday, McGuire said the two boys were so close they exchanged rings and gave each other nicknames -- Grimm and Goure, which she said stood for grim and gore.
"Two rings, two friends, two sweatshirts, two knives," McGuire said, "and one boy who had no chance, absolutely none."
Contact Tracey Kaplan at 408-278-3482. Follow her at Twitter.com/tkaplanreport


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