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Minutes of the Promotion, Tenure, and Salary Committee
November 30, 2009
1:10 P.M. in room 432 Wimberly
Present: Achenreiner, Cashion, Cooper, Delgado, S. Krajewski, Mc Andrews, Miskowski, Rajagopal
- Minutes of October 19, 2009 meeting were approved with the deletion of line one. MSP 8-0-0.
- Reviewed the following report to the Faculty Senate:
Promotion, Tenure, Salary Committee
Report to Faculty Senate: December 3, 2009
CHARGE: Review how the nepotism policy (as stated in section B-2 of the UW-L Handbook) impacts departmental voting and other administrative review procedures in light of the UW-L Spousal/Partner Hiring Policies and Procedures. Make any appropriate recommendations to Senate.
Section B-2 of the UW-L Handbook:
B-2 Nepotism
Nepotism is favoritism shown or patronage granted by employees to relatives or close
In selecting persons for employment, the applicant best qualified and available to perform in the position should receive the offer of employment. No restriction is placed on hiring persons related through affinity or consanguinity. However, to avoid possible conflict of interest which may result from peer judgment or administrative review procedures, a person so related must not participate either formally or informally in decisions to hire, retain, grant tenure, promote, or determine the salary of the other person.
After some clarification from Becky LeDocq the committee understood that this charge involved examining the nepotism policy in light of the spousal/partner hiring policies and procedures and proactively determining if the nepotism policy needs to be adjusted given the fact that there will likely be more cases of spousal/partner hiring.
The committee read the Nepotism Policy and the Spousal/Partner Hiring Policies and Procedures and discussed whether or not a change in the nepotism policy, with respect to promotion, tenure, and salary decisions, is in order.
The documents can be found at the following links:
Nepotism Policy: http://www.uwlax.edu/hr/current/docs/2008_UW-L_Handbook.pdf
Spousal/Partner Hiring Policies and Procedure: http://www.uwlax.edu/hr/current/Unclassified/Spouse-HirePOL.pdf
PTS RESPONSE: The PTS committee recommends ratifying the language of the final sentence of section B-2, adding the phrase "at any point in time," so that the sentence would read: "A person so related at any point in time must not participate either formally or informally in decisions to hire, retain, grant tenure, promote, or determine the salary of the other person."
CHARGE: Closely monitor UW-L's implementation of the UW-System Furlough Policy and make any recommendations concerning needed changes. Consider the question of whether expectations for retention, promotion and tenure need to be adjusted to reflect lost time.
PTS RESPONSE: PTS Statement regarding Adjustments in Work Expectations due to Furlough Policy: The PTS Committee recommends that adjustments to expectations for retention, promotion and tenure are not necessary due to the implementation of the UW-System Furlough Policy. The committee views the furlough policy as a reduction in pay more so than a reduction in work expectations. This recommendation is based on the temporary nature of the furlough policy (two years); difficulty of implementing adjustments due to furlough; and the clock stoppage policies that are already available. If the furlough policy is renewed for another two year period, becomes on-going or permanent, this issue should be readdressed.
CHARGE: Review the role of the Director of the School of Education in Personnel Processes (Document Attached)
PTS RESPONSE: PTS Discussed the role of the Director of the School of Education in personnel processes with Dan Duquette.
PTS understands that the director will report directly to the Provost.
· The definition of SOE faculty is clear in the document provided to PTS.
· The role of the SOE director in hiring SOE faculty is clear as stated in the document. Specifically, the SOE Director will convey DPI requirements for a position to the department and consult with department during the recruiting process. The consultation could include contributing to the position description, reviewing applicants, and/or participation in the interview process.
· The Role of the SOE Director in the Retention, Tenure, and Promotion of SOE Faculty- This section of the document should clarify that the SOE Director should review a SOE candidate's work as a teacher and provide written comments to the department, but will not have a vote on tenure or promotion of the candidate.
· PTS recommends that the role of the SOE Director in personnel actions should be assessed periodically.
- Scott Cooper reported that he had no further information from Bob Hetzel on distribution of the Recruitment and Retention funds. Gwen had talked to the CBA Dean's office regarding the data that we need for the next step in our analysis. It appears to be available in a form similar to what we need. A lengthy discussion followed around the Retention and Recruitment funds and our next steps. Gwen will get data set and send to Scott.
- Next meeting will be scheduled once data set is ready.
Adjourned 2:05 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Sandra Krajewski, Recorder of the day


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The Elf on the Shelf (Spoiler Alert! Do not Read with your Children!)
We did it. Not because we wanted to, but because we were cornered. My youngest came home from school and announced "guess who's coming on Saturday?" And I naively thought she had invited a classmate over.
Her reply?
"The elf!"
At first I was confused. Then some memory was jogged – something I had seen online, in someone's Pinterest…something was clicking…"Oh,The Elf on the Shelf, how did you hear about that?" I blurted out.
Classmates were talking; their elves had arrived just after Thanksgiving. One (wise) classmate informed my Ruby girl that some elves don't arrive until December 1st. Phew. That gave us two whole days. Now I had to get an elf. But…what if I didn't? The world would not stop turning if our house did not have an elf. Plenty of children have survived the holidays without one up until now. I certainly had better things to spend $30.00 on (like half of a sip of gas!)
But as I stood there, faced with her unbridled excitement, not having an elf began to feel akin to the possibility of the tooth fairy not arriving. What if Thanksgiving skipped our house? How would that feel? Could we be the one home without an elf? Oh the pressure…clearly, I had to get my hands on one of those things. And not just any elf! As it turns out, a girl elf. Because that's what Ruby had convinced herself was on it's way…gulp.
And lucky for me, In this world of texting and Facebook and emails and Twitter, one just has to put out the S.O.S. So my distress signal went out and the replies were plentiful. But the news was bleak: "Lee Lee's has them!" I phoned Lee Lee's Boutique, and no dice – they had sold their last little girl elf that afternoon. Same with Collier's, Lienwand's…no luck. And then my phone rang. A friend had just left Books-A-Million which is almost an hour away from our house. She had seen my Facebook post (thank the Lord!) and was turning around because she was certain there was a little girl elf still in stock. Eureka! We had our elf! Now what?
Although I had heard some of the buzz, I did not know what to do with said elf. Luckily, she (or he) comes with a book that gives you some insight as to what this business is all about. In a nut shell, you get an elf with a book for about $30. You read the story with your child(ren) and hide the elf and box from your child until a pre-determined day when Santa's helper magically arrives, usually bringing some sort of mischief with it. The storybook will tell how your assigned elf watches throughout the day and then flies to the North Pole, reporting your childs behavior to St. Nick each night. On Christmas eve, she (or he) will leave with Santa, and hopefully return the next year.
But why would you want to add one more thing to your holiday craziness? I was admittedly apprehensive…until I watched my daughter absolutely light up. On the first morning, our elf had snuck into the fridge and dyed the milk green. So silly. So simple. So much bang for your buck! She was hooked. And all I had to do was hold up my finger at the first hint of misbehaving and say "the elf is watching this!" So much more effective than some other reminders I've tried.
And it really is fun. Silly, creative fun. The internet is rife with Elfin ideas. (I even downloaded some free printable cards created by Erin at www.royalbaloo.com here) Additionally, friends post on Facebook what their elves have been up to, and share photos. The kids compare notes with their classmates. And most importantly, it's an incentive for good behavior. They want the elf to return each morning and they certainly want it to give a good report to Mr. Claus. It's so effective at encouraging good behavior that the teachers are getting elves for their classrooms. The Elf on the Shelf is nearly viral.
So we have our elf. And she is working her magic, albeit in some very unorthodox ways (see reindeer poop above). And Ruby's classroom has an elf too. Will it have the desired effect? Eh, who knows…but we sure are having fun watching her adventures – stay tuned!

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The UN Foundation's Universal Access Project works to achieve universal access to reproductive health care – Millennium Development Goal 5 – which leads to healthier women, stronger families, and more stable, prosperous communities.
There are 222 million women around the world who want to time and space their pregnancies, but lack access to quality family planning services. This has critical implications – access to voluntary family planning is linked to a host of positive development outcomes, including improved maternal and newborn health, reduced poverty, increased economic growth and security, and more sustainable communities. Despite these connections, donor governments, including the U.S., have failed to prioritize funding for international reproductive health and family planning (IRH/FP) in recent years.
Since 2008, the UN Foundation has led an initiative to strengthen the role of the U.S. in advancing reproductive health and rights globally. The initiative is a collaborative effort of seven leading foundations committed to the idea that universal access to sexual and reproductive health education, services, and supplies must be an integral component of the global development agenda and a priority for U.S. foreign policy.
Our work seeks to engage and educate policymakers and the public to support IRH/FP as a central element of U.S. development assistance; to view IRH/FP as a critical component of any basic health package and a necessary tool to achieve improvements in global health; and to support comprehensive policies and services that effectively integrate IRH/FP into existing global health and development policies. To-date, the initiative has contributed to:
- A 30 percent increase in U.S. funding for IRH/FP since the start of the initiative in 2008;
- Sustained funding for IRH/FP for the 2012 fiscal year
- Reinstated funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
- Federal policies that increasingly recognize IRH/FP as essential components of U.S. development assistance, with IRH/FP as a centerpiece of the Global Health Initiative; and
- Expanded and more collaborative capacity of NGOs and others to advocate on behalf of IRH/FP.
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The theme of the service is "the resurrection of Jesus bringing hope to a hopeless world."
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In tax seasons 2004, 2005 and 2006 D2D, along with several community and private sector partners, pilot-tested Split Refunds: the capability for refund recipients to split their tax refunds into up to three bank accounts. Several bank account types are possible: checking accounts, savings accounts, Certificates of Deposits and IRAs. Based on results of the pilots, the IRS launched refund splitting for the first time in Tax Season '07. The IRS made refund splitting possible for all tax refund recipients through the introduction of IRS Form 8888. According to IRS estimates, as of March 5, 2010, 385,882 refund recipients chose to split their refunds of $1,701,827,906 between 2 or 3 different accounts. D2D and its partners created The Guide to Split Refunds for the free tax preparation community. See Split Refund Resources below.
In 2009, President Obama announced the introduction of a policy that further enhanced the capability of the Split Refund infrastructure. Tax payers who receive at least $50 in tax refunds can purchase a Series I U.S. Savings Bond at tax time. Read more about the policy and join our national campaign to build awareness of this policy here.


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Rupert Murdoch and his son James now say they will meet next week with British lawmakers investigating phone hacking and bribery by employees of their newspaper empire.
They initially turned down a request to appear before Parliament's Culture, Media and Sport Committee next Tuesday. But after lawmakers took the dramatic step of issuing a summons, the Murdochs agreed to appear.
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Yesterday, political opposition in Parliament forced the Murdochs to withdraw their bid for highly profitable network British Sky Broadcasting.
The deal unraveled after a rival newspaper reported that Murdoch's News of the World tabloid had hacked into the phone of a teenage murder victim in 2002. Hackers allegedly targeted thousands of others, too, including politicians, celebrities and families of dead soldiers.


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No matter your skills or interests, there's a way for you to participate in the creation and manifestation of Black Rock City, both at the event and year-round.
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- Jul 25:
- Lane-splitting guidelines removed from CHP website
- May 16:
- Roadshow extra: Lane-splitting defense infuriates reader
- May 10:
- Roadshow: What's the size limit for lane splitters?
- Feb 17:
- Roadshow: Motorcycle lane splitting is sometimes fine with CHP
- Feb 7:
- Lane-splitting guidelines from the CHP
- May 3:
- Document: Survey on lane splitting
Diane Bagues had just moved to San Leandro a few years ago from another state, and she was stunned one day when a motorcyclist sped down the middle of the freeway inches away from her car and one in the next lane.
"Lane-splitting scares the *&^%&* out of me," she wrote in an email. "I've never seen this in any other state, and couldn't believe it was legal here."
She's not alone. Kicking off the start of Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, the state Office of Traffic Safety on Thursday released its first-ever survey on the controversial but legal practice of splitting lanes.
The survey found that 53 percent of drivers think splitting lanes is against the law but that 87 percent of motorcyclists do it. It also found that 7 percent of drivers admit to trying to block motorcyclists as they travel between lanes.
California is the only state to allow this common practice. While there is no law that deals directly with it, police say it's OK when done safely at moderate speeds. That usually means when traffic is creeping along at under 45 mph, but not 65 mph, when roadway conditions are light.
Many motorcyclists and some traffic cops say splitting lanes makes them nervous, but they know it saves them significant time on the road.
"Without lane-splitting, I would never get to work," said Eric Johnansen, who commutes across the Bay Bridge from Oakland to San Francisco. "It's a life saver. But I know it freaks out the car people, and I also know that it's not the safest thing I do all day."
Officer D.J. Sarabia of the California Highway Patrol office in San Jose calls the practice dangerous, but he does it.
"As a motor officer myself for the last 11-plus years, I am very apprehensive to split traffic but must do so to do my job," Sarabia said. "You definitely have to be aware of traffic patterns: speed of traffic, people making lane changes, stop-and-go traffic, etc."
Motorcycle deaths have fallen since 2008 after a decade of annual increases and are down nearly 30 percent, while the number of people injured decreased by nearly 11 percent over the same period.
Yet the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that per vehicle mile traveled, motorcyclists are about 39 times more likely than occupants of a car to die in crashes. Yet most crashes are the fault of the motorist and not the motorcyclist.
Will Clark, of San Jose, was clipped by a car when he was lane-splitting at 30 mph alongside a South Bay carpool lane. "He hit me just as his turn signal flashed for the first time," Clark said.
Safety officials say using turn signals is a huge safety tip they recommend, along with keeping an eye on traffic in adjacent lanes and behind.
That's why electronic freeway signs will once again urge drivers to be more aware of motorcyclists, saying: "SHARE THE ROAD. LOOK TWICE FOR MOTORCYCLISTS."
That message worked in past years, said motorcyclist Les Kurtz, of Fairfield.
"I felt a direct and obvious improvement in the way cars react to me on my motorcycle," he said of last year's effort. "More drivers do see me. As proof, I have had fewer cars changing into my lane."
But not all motorcyclists have the same experience. Albert Rios says he'll make eye contact with some drivers and then watch as they steer toward him. One time on 19th Avenue in San Francisco, a passenger in a car purposefully flung open his door as Rios passed by.
The survey found that 15 percent of motorcyclists say they have either been hit by a car or hit one. More than 45 percent say they've come close to being struck. More worrisome, perhaps: 70 percent say they were racing 10 to 20 mph faster than other vehicles.
Few have sympathy for those who split lanes at high speeds.
"Riding too fast is one of the most common things that motorcyclists do to make lane splitting unsafe," said safety spokesman Chris Cochran.
Added Patrick Caselli, of San Jose, a motorcycle rider since 1965: "Nothing makes me more angry than some guy flying in and out of traffic at 65-plus."
Contact Gary Richards at 408-920-5335.
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The race for who is the best cloud storage option around has never been tighter. Some of the popular options here on Android are Dropbox and Box.net, with Google Drive still in there somewhere. Today Box is back offering more incentive for users to go their route, by delivering new users 50GB of cloud storage absolutely free. You can never have too much so read on for more details.
This isn't the first time we've seen awesome deals like this from Box, but now that it's back and available for basically anyone we figured it was worth mentioning. Previously Box was giving 50GB to all LG and Sony smartphone users that downloaded and signed up with the mobile app, but today it is for any new customer.
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SQUINT : i like, just the top right extension of the ''N'' is awckward (if u know what i mean)
At least i got the characs down :D
Now, lets get down to tze beezwax, what needs to be done?
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SQUINT : i like, just the top right extension of the ''N'' is awckward (if u know what i mean)
At least i got the characs down :D
Now, lets get down to tze beezwax, what needs to be done?
Dude i could deflect that bulllet with my frying pan, and then pull some Oddjob shit and cut the ennemy's throat with my frying pan
I'm currently doing a college degree in restaurant and hotel managment, do my military service, maybe be an army chef, or just start my own brewing company
anybody tried out the otr Stealth ink? I saw some reviews but its hard to get a good idea of how good it is.
H1N1 pandemic
What is a philly style tag, I've hear of it alot, but I just dont know what makes it so special (all i know is that it comes from philadelphia.)
make sure that when you stick 'em, you stick 'em flat on the surface, make sure there is no air bubbles under it.
Thx guys, it helped alot
MINE - Just bring your E out to the right a little so we see it more, but just a bit
REK - your lines are kind of shacky, take ur time. Also (i have no idea how to say this) dont make ur letters...
dunno, i guess everybody learned a new expression and we are all eager to use it
It did, I was on a writers block for my throw, and that pretty much freed me from it, it may be sloppy, but i figured a new style, i just need to polish it
BARKS - Work your B a little
RUNCI- the first one sucks, the second one is better, trty to stick with simples
start practicing, but start with simples, dont start painting them until you get some good criticism.
VIRO - get out of the toy thread would be a good one (also make the left bar of your V longer(for the last pic))
BOREK - stick with simples, dont do the pointy thingies
KEM - nice and clean
CON - round up your C and make your O more...idk...fun?
MERC- your C is iffy, take out the two bottow extensions
heres mine, completely redesigned
crits plz...
imagin dying like going to a new school, your always afraid a bit, u dont have anyfriends, ur unsure how its gonna go, but in the end, you just wait and deal with whatever is thrown at you. Thats my...
u should post that in the blackbook thread, this is throwie
ME- make ur M more square, And add a horizontal line in the middle of your E so it looks more like a three
facethetruth: im not feeling the ''N'', also, a black fill dosent look good on paper.
Heres mine, first that is worth posting in a while
Img dont appear
Havent post in a while, my 2 latest sketch
Dope : only one forcefield is enough
KENR : Nice...
Toy, got my tag down, need to polish up my throwup and then work on my straight letters and piecing
I write KEIR
Partially cuz i got cuaght and started bragging about it..i realized i needed to go back unda da radar
Sounds kinda gay as a name, but it reminds me that i need to care about myself if...


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An ode to the 'no reason' of cinema, Rubberis without a doubt one of the oddest films in this year's Cannes collection. A tale of a tire rumbling through the desert whose psychokinetic energy can cause heads to explode, it's odd from concept on, and goes out of its way to ensure we've never seen anything quite like it before.
'Why is ET grey?' asks police deputy Xavier (Thomas F. Duffy), addressing the audience in the film's odd prologue. 'No reason. Why is the president killed by someone he's never met in JFK? No reason.' And so why does a tire come to life and spend its day obliterating all life in its path? No reason.
But while the script promises no greater than a film with no rhyme or reason, it all comes together to deliver a film brimming with comic brilliance and manic originality. The tire gets a credit, as Robert, and Robert deserves praise for his performance. You empathize with him, laugh at him, get to know him. You start referring to a piece of rubber as a 'him.'
Indeed, it's less outrageous comedy horror than it is a sweet and nuanced coming of age piece. We witness this tire come to life, take its first tentative steps in the world, go through reckless adolescence and graduate into adulthood from the film's start to its finish. ,br>All the while it's punctuated by reaction shots from a small group of audience members in the desert who are watching events unfold through binoculars. They comment on what we're seeing, on its believability and entertainment value. They live the film in real time and occasionally interact with its characters. It's all very odd and very meta, but it doesn't prove jarring. Instead it adds another surreal level to an already surreal movie.
But if Robert steals the show, performance-wise (and 'he' even got most of the attention during the film's Cannes premiere, as he was given a seat for the screening) it's Thomas F. Duffy selling the human angle. His police deputy is in on the whole thing, both part of the 'movie' and interacting with the 'audience' at regular intervals. In one of the funniest scenes, he tries to explain to the other police officers that everything is fake, and orders one to shoot him. When blood comes out he tells them about squibs and says he feels no pain. It has to be seen to be believed.
Director Quentin Dupieux, who also wrote, edited and shot the film, and composes the music under his pseudonym Mr. Oizo, seems to suggest some profound idea against which to set his film - though it's an inherently ridiculous notion if you give it a moment's thought - but he saves the concept from pretension by making sure the comedy is strong and punchy. And the film looks beautiful, at times gritty and real like a Gus van Sant indie, at others polished and planned like a Hollywood epic.
An idea like this runs every risk of becoming overplayed. There's such minimalism to the central concept that there was every chance the film would struggle to maintain its quality over a feature-length runtime. And perhaps that's it's greatest achievement, because that never happens. It's always strong, always funny, and always engaging.
It has no peer; nothing comparable to provide a recommendation. And while it centers around the lampooning of cinematic conceits, that's not to suggest it won't work for a general audience, nor definitely win over an audience of cineastes. It's simply its own beast: a true original.
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Our buddy Borges has a thing for long, super-packed sentences. Combine that with some random magical elements and a lot of esoteric references (Maimonides and Virgil's fourth eclogue, anyone?) and it makes for a pretty challenging read. But it's well worth it: the images that Borges creates are unforgettable. Plus, reading Borges just wins you automatic cool points.


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Who wants to be Daniel Victor's assignment editor?
How Daniel Victor's 'Central PA NewsVote' is raising the bar on beatblogging
The media industry is in trouble. That much is clear. But instead of grieving the death of a long-suffering system, the important question we should be asking is, "What can journalists do about it?" Daniel Victor, 24, is a reporter for The (Harrisburg, Pa.) Patriot-News, and he thinks he's got an answer.
"My new assignment editor? You, the community" is the headline of the post written by Victor on PennLive.com's blog. Left alone, it sounds like a gimmick. Yet, the first sentence dispels any ambiguity in what Victor means by his title: "In the face of some skeptics, I stubbornly believe PennLive readers should be involved in deciding which stories we write."
Pitch your stories. Vote on them. I'll write them. I'm all yours.
On March 3, 2009 Central PA NewsVote officially launched. What is it? How does it work? As a "hybrid mobile journalist/general assignment reporter," Victor will take the best story ideas from the comments section of his blog, create a poll on the site and allow readers to vote on which story he should do next. Then, the chosen story is the one he will write.
The people are his assignment editor.
Already, in the first week Victor received dozens of story ideas which he compiled into a small poll widget. The idea is to report on the hyper-local stories that matter most to the people. The result is that the blog will eventually become the number one, go-to site for members of that community.
"If you check this new blog every day, you will always learn about a new wrinkle in your community," writes Victor. "That's a wonderful promise for a news site to make."
Tackling the Skepticism
It's a wonderful promise, indeed. But is it even possible? Can a reporter really rely on an often-snarky forum culture that lives on the Internet? What if the readers contribute bad stories? What if they don't contribute at all? Is there a plan B? All these questions press upon Victor's new endeavor.
"I am trying to build up a bank of story ideas that people can vote on; that's the backup plan," Victor explains. "I can get my own pitches and let people vote so they feel like they're participating, even if their not producing story ideas."
Victor has already done a lot of work to get things started off on the right foot by using social media, and building a small army on Facebook and Twitter in order to get people used to sending in pitches.
According to Tech Dirt's culture blogger, Mike Masnick, a mere voting mechanism sort of misses the point of what the community can add. It should go beyond voting to actually helping out — giving tips, feedback, ideas, facts and opinions, he writes. Masnick suggests letting the community go so far as actually helping to research a story.
"That's kind of what I'm doing with Twitter," Victor said in response. "That's my main way of reaching people. I could see possibly using the blog to say, 'this story won.'"
How It All Started
Victor, who has been covering Hershey, Pa. local news for almost three years, is not your typical journalist. Ever since he graduated from Penn State, he has focused on reaching out to mentors in the industry who were changing and innovating the way of thinking about the business. Call it insight or intuition, but Victor simply knew that beatblogging (along with mobile journalism and crowdsourcing) was journalism's future.
Victor's first pet project was acting as a guinea pig for Jay Rosen's BeatBlogging.org, a site that is aiming to push the practice of beatblogging by following those who are doing it and recruiting and teaching those who want to do it. Victor took his beat, the local community of Hershey, Pa. and created a Ning network under the Patriot-News name.
In case you're not hip with the new media lingo and you haven't heard of this beatblogging stuff, it is, put simply, the implementation of social networking into beat reporting, often through a blog. This could mean using Ning to build an online community, creating and promoting Twitter hashtags to track trends on a beat or scouring the comments on a blog and using story ideas straight from the readers. As long as you have a beat, utilize social media and/or a blog and you engage the readers, use their ideas, ask them questions and treat them as real, professional sources — you are beatblogging. The idea is that using the community to produce stories will make the reporter's task easier, and as a result, make stories more important because it's what the people want to read.
Convincing The Editors
After finding mixed success in the Ning site, Victor set out to try improve on his original ideas.
"It was kind of a lightbulb moment," he said. "It has always been an interest of mine to be interactive with readers, but it's just a matter of making ourselves open to them. It hasn't really been done."
Victor started with an e-mail to his editors. It stated a new concept, wherein he would be the author and community manager of a new blog.
"It was fairly easy," he said. "I walked over to the corner office, explained my idea and my editor was receptive to my pitch. Then, people just kind of bought into the idea."
Victor calls it a "community-directed reporting" experiment, (a term he enthusiastically admits he stole from blogger/journalist/web developer Ryan Sholin). His goal is to have at least one originally reported story per day; stories that are "next-door slices of life that are usually the first to go because of shrinking staffs." These types of stories could include a new playground, a business closing, an art gallery exhibit, a street being repaired, etc.
The Real Problem? Snarky, Spamming, Anons
What Victor is most worried about are the sarcastic, unforgiving, filthy-mouthed commenters whom he openly refers to as "smartasses." For example, take the one anonymous commenter who mocked Victor's new project and wrote: "How 'bout naming it 'Farmed Out' because you're too cheap to go get stories, so you want them to come to you."
One of the important things Victor learned from his from his first beatblogging experience with the Hershey Ning-powered social network was how to create high level discussion.
"It's certainly unavoidable, we'll have some bad eggs," he said. "It's up to the productive people to set the tone and make the unproductive people feel unwelcome. It's an ambitious goal, but it could work if we focus on creating that environment from the start."
Overall, Victor is pleased with the positive feedback he has received from Facebook, Twitter and other bloggers he has met in real life. He truly believes that by setting an example from the beginning, his idea of a "for the people by the people"-type reporting system might flourish.
"I would love it if something really does work out well," he said. "I would love to see other papers try it. Some reporters have said that they should try it. We'll see."
So Who's Doing It Already?
No one! At least not really.
There's BusinessWeek's Editor-in-Chief, John A. Byrne who asks readers "What's Your Story Idea?" and posts their comments online. Then there's British magazine, The New Statesman, which encourages readers to vote for the investigative journalism stories the paper should cover and/or suggest topics the paper might have missed. Followed by the SciGuy, Eric Berger, who asks his readers what kind of science stories they would like him to report on and selects the best one. And lastly, HULIQ, an independent news site, which offers bloggers the ability to make their own sites popular by covering news and publishing it on HULIQ.com.
All four examples are just a few of many organizations that promote citizen journalism. However, the missing ingredient is the one Victor offers: complete, unchallenged control. Victor isn't merely highlighting readers' suggestions, or picking what he or his editor find as "the best story" or even suggesting that anyone's story can make it to the front page. What he is proposing is a system where the readers contribute, vote and decide. Then, he is completely at their request and demand and must tackle the story as promised, without any say in the matter.
Focusing on the End Goal
Victor ultimately has faith in the people. He believes that a lot of normal, everyday readers who care about the community have story ideas but don't even realize that they have them. In attempting to democratize the news process, Victor will allow these readers to have a direct impact on what hits the pages of The Patriot-News and PennLive.com, both by making reporters aware of stories and by deciding which ones will be told.
"Our role is shifting," writes Victor on his blog, ByDanielVictor.com. "We are not just story-tellers, we are community-builders. Harnessing the power of the Web is a crucial part of that."
And judging by the snark-free, positive comments that are swamping the young reporter after only one week, he may be onto something big.
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SIKESTON -- For at least two hours Sunday, political views and personal feelings will be set aside as a variety of people from the community come together to sing and pray for American troops during a community hymn sing.
"Sunday will be a chance to bring all religions, all races and all classes of people together to devote time to worship God and pray for our country and troops," said Harry Howard, originator of the idea to have a hymn sing.
Although the event, which is scheduled from 3-5 p.m. Sunday at the First United Methodist Church in Sikeston, was planned weeks ago by Howard, it became extremely timely that prayers for American service men and women be included in the hymn sing, he said.
"I got to thinking about the hymn sing and with the war going on, I thought, 'Let's do some praying and singing for our people -- locally and nationwide,'" noted Howard.
The service will include congregations singing 12 favorite hymns as well as a brief history of the music. Leaders from a variety of churches will introduce the songs and offer prayers for the needs of the community and nation. A candle will be lit for each song.
A lot of the older ladies felt gospel singing has become contemporary so it was decided to do a hymn sing with more of the classical Christian songs everybody knows, Howard explained.
"A lot of the young people don't know the old hymns so this is a way for them to hear them," Howard said.
Hymns scheduled for singing are "How Great Thou Art," "On Eagle's Wings," "Shout to the Lord," "Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus," "Blessed Assurance," "I'll Fly Away," "How Firm a Foundation," "Because He Lived," "It Is Well With My Soul," "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" and "Be Still My Soul." Steve Clinton will be playing bass guitar for the hymn sing. He said he thinks it's a wonderful thing for the community to come together and praise God.
"We need some camaraderie and fellowship in the community, especially with the state the world is in right now," noted Herman Gardner, who will be singing "I'll Fly Away" and "Blessed Assurance" on Sunday.
Gardner said it's actually been neat to see how the songs came to be and why they came to be. Most of the songs were created by the songwriter's trying times and then they bring good things into view, he said. It's trial before their testimony of it, he added.
For example, "I'll Fly Away" was written by a man who worked in cotton fields and who had led a hard life and singing was a spiritual endeavor for him, Gardner said. "Blessed Assurance" is about a lady who is blind, but sees that Jesus is with her always.
"After reading the background of the songs, I have a greater appreciation for them. They've grown dear to my heart," Gardner said.
A special offering will be collected and administered by the Sikeston Ministerial Alliance toward the collaborative efforts of all ministries in meeting the needs of the poor.
"As funds have continued to decrease our pastors and lay leaders have recognized the need for more creative and effective efforts to be made that will enhance the work of our existing ministries," Howard said.
It is the hope of the committee that the gathering of people of all faiths from across the community will evolve into a quarterly event, including service for the National Prayer Day in May and the Messiah Sing Along in December, which was introduced by Howard to Sikeston in 2002.
"The main focus of the hymn sing is on the peace of the city and our country," said Howard. "We also want the people who attend to appreciate the importance of music during worship."
Howard has been working with Janie Pfefferkorn to make the hymn sing happen and said he is so glad everything is fitting into place.
"This is so great," Howard aid. "God is the center of everything we're doing."
For more information about the community hymn sing, contact Howard at 471-3859 or Pfefferkorn at 472-4141.


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Le Creuset Stoneware Oval Casserole Dish - Cherry Red
Le Creuset Oval Casserole Pan - Cherry Red
Liven up your perfect casserole with a Le Creuset casserole pan enameled in a color to accent your table and your individual personality. Each Le Creuset stoneware cookware piece is hand crafted which creates slight variations and makes your Le Creuset casserole pan a one-of-a kind masterpiece. The 5.75 quart oval casserole dish with lid is oven safe up to 500 degrees F and is safe to put in the freezer, if and when you have leftovers. The high fired porcelain enamel glaze makes the stoneware virtually non porous to repeal staining, scratches, flavors and even food particles for easier cleaning. This 5.75 quart oval casserole dish with lid in bold Cherry red is perfect for marinating, baking, or just keeping your favorite dish warm at your next dinner party or when transporting it to a family get together.
- 5.75 quart casserole dish made of high fired stoneware and enamel finish
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Enjoy Lufthansa's great offers on flights from Larnaca to Frankfurt. Situated on the banks of the River Main, Frankfurt is an important European and international financial centre, and its skyscrapers have earned it the nickname 'Mainhatten'. Why not take a stroll through the streets of the Altstadt to see some of the city's fine architecture? The Goethehaus and Goethe Museum offer visitors an insight into the life and works of Germany's most famous author. The city also offers visitors a diverse range of restaurants. Why not try some of the local cuisine and traditional apple wine? Book your Larnaca Frankfurt flights (LCA - FRA) with Lufthansa today!
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In This Cycle, M&A Is Lagging
Michael White and Robert Armstrong of Dow Jones Investment Banker, report:
The causal connections between credit creation, stock prices and M&A activity are anything but simple. This much is clear, however: The historical relationships between the three haven't held up in the current bull market.
That suggests M&A activity is poised to accelerate. But valuations may have to back off, or credit terms ease still further, before this happens.
The accompanying graph shows the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index versus U.S. M&A volume, high-yield bond issuance and leveraged loan originations from 1995 through 2010. One interesting fact jumps out: Compared with the past two cycles, M&A volume in this bull market is lagging relative to the rise in credit creation and stock prices. To put it slightly differently, the S&P 500, high-yield bonds and leverage loans shot up in 2010, while the dollar volume of M&A deals merely nudged ahead.
What is more, M&A is lagging despite the fact that credit creation is actually rising faster than it did at the same point in the last cycle.
This would suggest that M&A volume has room to run–the credit is there and the animal spirits are running hot. Add to this, private-equity funds are primed to go on a buying spree, with lots of committed capital uninvested and bankers pitching financing for buyouts at seven to eight times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or Ebitda, near the high water mark of the last cycle. And investors clearly want more high-yield paper.
The fact that the hyper-levered capital structures built in the go-go years of 2006-07 have for the most part been successfully refinanced clears the way for another round of aggressive deals.
Factor in the wearingly familiar point about heaps of cash on corporate balance sheets and poor organic growth prospects, and you might think a deal explosion was on the way.
Yet there is another, far more sobering observation to be made. In both of the past two cycles, M&A volume peaked well before stock prices did. One plausible explanation: Corporate deal makers balk at rising valuations before stock investors do. Could it be that corporate decision makers are choking on current credit-driven valuation levels and are choosing to be patient? There are some encouraging signs that M&A activity has ticked up in 2011, but two months do not a trend make.
If this reading is correct, we may still get an M&A uptick. But contrary to the historical pattern, the explosion may come only after the equity market takes a big step back, or debt terms ease further and become impossible to refuse.


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The Gold Coast
One by one, big California law firms are raising associate salaries. An article in today's Recorder reports that as of Feb. 1, Palo Alto-based giant Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati will raise its annual salaries for first-year associates from $125,000 to $135,000. Second-year associates, meanwhile, will get bumped to $145,000. The move follows other big firms –O'Melveny & Myers; Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker; and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher — all of which have implemented similar pay hikes in recent weeks.
Historically, law firm pay hikes have followed a predictible path. Within a specific geographic area, it's the biggest firms (at least measured by numbers of lawyers) that typically lead the way in setting associate salaries, with smaller firms following along to the degree they decide to.
As the Recorder story points out, however, the current California escalation unfolded with a handful of mid-sized law firms leading the way. In September, Los Angeles firms Irell & Manella; Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges; and Munger, Tolles & Olson lifted salaries in a market that had "been largely frozen since the dot-com days."


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-- Diana Kohnle
(HealthDay News) -- Muscle soreness can develop as you challenge
yourself physically, but certain warning signs warrant a call to
the doctor.
The American Academy of Family Physicians says you should
contact a physician if you have:
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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We reported last week that Panasonic was cutting several jobs in Asia. That was the what, today brings the why. On Wednesday, Panasonic is expected to announce a net 300 billion yen ($3.36 billion) loss for the business year that ends in March. The loss will be Panasonic's first since 2001.
The loss is attributed to "streamlining" manufacturing operations and valuation losses on its stock. Panasonic is not the only Japanese electronics company hurting in this economy. Hitachi, Toshiba, Sony, and Sharp are all expected to announce losses for the year. Pretax profits from the group are expected to fall by more than 12 trillion yen ($133.5 billion), a 24.5 percent fall. These number show the global scale of this current recession.
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Home Ownership Matters
It's more important than ever to support responsible home ownership.
If regulators get their way, many qualified home buyers in Memphis, Tenn., may be shut out of the market very soon. That's one of the reasons the National Association of Realtors® will be in town this weekend as part of its Home Ownership Matters Bus Tour.
As NAR's Home Ownership Matters bus crosses Alabama this week, Realtors® are providing assistance to victims of the April 27 tornadoes with funds raised from Realtor® donations across the country.
The long-term viability of America's housing finance market requires comprehensive reform of the secondary mortgage market. Toward that end, the National Association of Realtors® supports H.R. 2413, the "Secondary Market Facility for Residential Mortgage Act of 2011."
According to the 2011 National Housing Pulse Survey released today by the National Association of Realtors®, 72 percent of renters surveyed said owning a home is a top priority for their future, up from 63 percent in 2010.
The ability to buy, sell and own property has defined our nation throughout its history, and as the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 235 birthday, Americans continue to reaffirm their support of and aspirations toward home ownership.
Seventeen local and state Realtor® associations have been awarded over $60,000 through the Housing Opportunity Program Grants, a National Association of Realtors® grant program. The funds will be used by the associations to promote and expand affordable housing opportunities in their communities.
The U.S. continues to remain a top destination for foreign buyers as international purchases surged by $16 billion this year, one of the highest increases in recent years.
While the past few years have been challenging for many, owning a home continues to be a goal for Americans of every background, according to John D. Trasviña, Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
A panel of industry experts told several thousand Realtors® gathered at a special symposium that the pendulum on mortgage credit has swung too far in the other direction after the recent housing downturn and is putting an unnecessary burden on creditworthy consumers, impeding the economic and housing market recoveries.
Realtors® from across the country are meeting with legislators, public policy makers and industry leaders this week to address pressing concerns and issues that affect home owners, aspiring home owners and real estate investors everywhere.


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CHAFFEE - Loretta Harrell, 87, died at 8:30 p.m. Dec. 21, 2002, at the Chaffee Nursing Center.
Born Oct. 16, 1915, in Painton, daughter of the late Joseph and Philomine Glastetter Brucker, she was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church and the Daughters of St. Ambrose in Chaffee.
On Oct. 22, 1941, she married Leland Harrell who preceded her in death on March 31, 1994.
Survivors include: one son, John Paul Harrell of Chaffee; one daughter, Patricia Griesemer of Huntsville, Ala.; one brother, Eugene Brucker of Advance; one sister, Cora Gosche of Chaffee; and 10 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
One son and one brother also preceded her in death.
Visitation begins at 5 p.m. today at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, where parish prayers are scheduled for 7 p.m.
A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Ambrose Catholic Church with the Rev. Ralph Duffner officiating.
Burial will follow in the St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: Chris Griesemer, Aaron Harrell, Seth Harrell, J.P. Harrell, Joe Crader and Mike Crader.


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Three men held over dissident activity in Co TipperaryFriday 08 February 2013 15.32
Three men have been arrested as part of an investigation into dissident activity.
The men are aged in their 30s and were arrested in Cahir, Co Tipperary.
A number of explosive devices were seized along with two cars.
The men are being held at Clonmel and Cahir Garda Stations.


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BMW K 1600 GTL: If You Like Big Bikes…
Much of the joy of motorcycling stems from carving perfect corners and moving quickly along narrow, winding back roads, typically on a small, light sport machine. But there's also something to be said for large bikes.
I recently spent a couple of hours on BMW's latest touring bike, the 2012 K 1600 GTL. What makes it stand out on paper is its 1.6-liter in-line six-cylinder engine. The German company built its car business on the smoothness and power of its so-called "straight sixes." But a six on a bike seems like overkill, right?
In the past that has mainly been true. Motorcycles with that many cylinders have often come across as indulgent, ill-balanced and overpowered. But the new BMW is no 1979 Honda CBX. Its engine, which is mounted with the row of cylinders perpendicular to the bike's frame, is fairly narrow and mostly hidden beneath sleek bodywork.
When I got on the K 1600 GTL, started it up and maneuvered out of a tight parking lot I was surprised by how light it felt. Sometimes large motorcycles feel as if they are just waiting to tip over — to overpower their riders with immense weight. But the BMW was nicely balanced and felt like a bike you could ride every day or even use for short errands. Indeed, the K 1600 GTL is about as graceful as a 700-pound two-wheeler can be.
On the road the smooth-running engine was a joy. It had a classic locomotive-style power that seemed to pull me along with great strength, but never yanking. The six-speed transmission shifted smoothly, though shifting gears sometimes felt like a formality.
At one point I slowed down but neglected to shift to a lower gear, and wound up putt-putting along at a speed where second gear would have been appropriate. But there I was in sixth, suddenly needing to accelerate to keep up with my riding group. The bike should have been bucking and rumbling in protest, but it just accelerated as if nothing was wrong.
Though short, the ride covered a range of roads from interstate highway to rural switchbacks, and the K 1600 GTL handled them all well. While it was in its element on fast sweeping bends, the BMW felt like I could ride it almost anywhere. So when justifying its $23,200 base price to your spouse and friends, you might argue the K 1600 GTL is more like two or three bikes.
The price includes a lot of technology including anti-lock brakes, which is standard equipment on BMW bikes starting with the 2012 model year. The bike I rode also had heated hand grips and a heated seat that made the 40-degree day more manageable.
I'm planning a longer test-ride of the new bike within the next month and will have more details about it then. For now, though, if you were looking at sporty touring bikes like the Kawasaki Concours 14, Yamaha FJR 1300 or Moto Guzzi Norge, you can add the K 1600 GTL to your shopping list.


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|QKLS > SEC Filings for QKLS > Form 8-K on 14-Nov-2012
|All Recent SEC Filings
Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
On November 14, 2012, QKL Stores Inc. issued a press release regarding its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
As provided in General Instruction B.2 of SEC Form 8-K, such information shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, and it shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Exchange Act, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. Description
99.1 Press release dated November 14, 2012


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Bingsu of the Week: Persimmon Bingsu
Summer is Bingsu time in South Korea, when shaved ice is the treat to beat the heat.
The traditional favorite is patbingsu, shaved ice with red bean. But in recent years, cafés and bakeries have offered an elaborate, dizzying array of toppings on shaved ice. Fruits, ice cream, frozen yogurt, jelly, rice cake, nuts, cookies – sometimes all at once.
Through the summer months, Korea Real Time will the week with a look at one restaurant's take on bingsu. (If you have any suggestions, write us at firstname.lastname@example.com.)
Persimmon Bingsu
Where: Coco Bruni, various locations in Seoul (Itaewon: 02-512-6058, Apgujeong: 02-516-1875). The sign out front spells it all lower-case: coco bruni.
Persimmon is known as an autumn fruit, but traditionally Koreans preserve it in various ways to enjoy the honey-sweet fruit all year round.
Coco Bruni's persimmon-themed bingsu has a range of persimmons — dried, ripe and frozen — with persimmon sherbet on top. It contains less red bean than traditional bingsu which helps emphasize the natural sweetness of persimmons. If you crave for more red beans, it's an additional 500 won.
Price: 12,000 won. Good for 2-3 people.


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Hi Ladies! I hope that everyond had a wonderful weekend! I finally am over my nasty 7 day cold. That was bad especially with allergies to top it off. I sure hope that none of you ladies get what I had! I did get some cleaning done but I really was super tired. And still am.
On sunday we found out that we need to get our mini van fixed, either its the battery (which i hope it is) or the alutantor (sp?) which wouldnt be a cheap fix. It sucked cause I had to walk all 4 kids to the bus stop this morning. And Naomi just want having it. So i had to carry her the whole time, Needless to say my back is super sore right now. Not to mention that she cried the whole time we were at the bus stop. Sigh..
Well this week i need to get some major cleaning done since Noah will be having his 5th birthday party on Friday. And I still got to do some major pick up in the kids rooms. And cover up all Naomi's lovely wall art with paint! I seriously have no idea what to get Noah for his birthday!!


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