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NORFOLK (NNS) -- One of the Navy leaders instrumental in the development of the Navy's 21st Century riverine force turned over his command of Riverine Group (RIVGRU) 1 in a ceremony at Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., April 28.
As the RIVGRU 1's first commander, Capt. Michael Jordan led the development of the riverine force since its inception in 2006 which included the establishment of a group staff and three operational squadrons. Two squadrons have successfully deployed to western Iraq, with the third squadron on its way to Iraq. He also established a comprehensive training program that successfully prepared Sailors for combat operations in Iraq, and implemented new and improved technologies into the riverine force, such as a new riverine command boat and micro-unmanned aerial vehicles.
Jordan's relief, Capt. Anthony Krueger, comes to RIVGRU 1 from the Military Sealift Fleet Support Command where he served as the director of operations. Krueger says he had to depend on the guidance of Jordan and his staff to transform him from a blue water Sailor to a brown water Sailor. He noted he is honored to lead the Navy's new riverine force.
During the change of command ceremony, Rear Adm. Mike Tillotson, commander of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC), spoke of the importance of the Riverine mission to the Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower.
"The Maritime Strategy focuses on not only winning major wars, but also establishing and building partnerships to prevent war," he said. "Riverine also plays a role in that. When you look at riverine, it is a force that is a lot like other navies of the world. It is a force that is focused on coastal waters and territories."
Expeditionary Sailors -- including Riverine forces -- increase security and stability in an expanded maritime battlespace and fills the gap between the Joint Force Maritime Component Commander and the Joint Force Land Component Commander. They provide a continuum of security through the near-coast, inner harbors and ports and riverine maritime environments, ensuring sea lines of communications remain open to the last tactical mile.
The Navy's riverine heritage reaches back to the Revolutionary War, when American Sailors used small boats against Royal Navy warships operating on colonial waterways. Riverine warfare also was prevalent during the War of 1812 and the Civil War. However, riverine warfare's most notable chapter in history was during the Vietnam War, when the Navy's River Patrol Force and Army-Navy Mobile Riverine Force operated along the Mekong Delta and other rivers and canals in South Vietnam.
Most recently, Riverine Squadrons (RIVRONs) have been heavily involved in conducting missions in Iraq. While RIVRON 1 was deployed last year, the Sailors were working side-by-side with the U.S. Marine Corps and Army as well as Iraqi soldiers.
At the forefront of all Riverine missions, as well as any other Navy mission, is the expeditionary Sailor. Jordan says he is extremely proud of the Sailors he led during his time at RIVGRU1.
"It's the most special thing I've ever done from the standpoint of working with young Sailors who are motivated," said Jordan. "They've worked hard with a lot of long hours. They spend a lot of time away from home doing a lot of training."
Tillotson said he was aware of the hard work and dedication Jordan, his staff and fellow Riverine Sailors put into recreating the Riverines.
"Mike and his team started from scratch," Tillotson said. "They have made incredible progress and have set a very high bar for the future of Riverine forces. They also incorporated new tactics, using unmanned aerial vehicles for reconnaissance and human intelligence specialists to achieve mission success."
Jordan's next assignment will be a dual role as Commander, Task Force 56 and Commander, Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces in Bahrain.
Coming from the Military Sealift Fleet Support Command where he served as the director of operations, Krueger explained he had to depend on the guidance of Jordan and his staff to transform him from a blue water Sailor to a brown water Sailor.
"It is truly an honor to be your commodore," said Krueger. "I look forward to standing shoulder to shoulder with you attacking many challenges and opportunities that lie ahead of us."
Riverine forces make up two percent of the NECC's total force of approximately 40,000 Sailors, including individual augmentees. As one of the Navy's type commanders, NECC centrally manages the current and future readiness, resources, manning, training and equipping of expeditionary Sailors who are currently serving in every theater of operation. These capabilities include naval construction, dive and salvage, and explosive ordnance disposal, which have been a part of the Navy for several decades. Not only did NECC bring some existing forces together, they also introduced and restructured new capabilities, such as maritime civil affairs, expeditionary intelligence and expeditionary training.
For more news from Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/necc/.


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In This Issue...
Editor: Michael Baum
Proper Vaccine Refrigeration Vital to Putting Disease on Ice
Every year, billions of dollars worth of vaccines are shipped to thousands of medical providers across the country, and every year doctors must dispose of tens of millions of dollars worth of those vaccines because they became too warm or too cold while in storage. Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with funding from and in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), have completed the first of a series of tests* to determine best practices for properly storing and monitoring the temperature of refrigerated vaccines.
To ensure they are effective, most vaccines must be kept between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius from the time they are manufactured until they are administered. In addition to the cost of spoiled vaccines that must be destroyed, lack of temperature control probably has resulted in the administering of ineffective vaccinations to the public in a small, but significant, percentage of cases.
In this first phase of a larger study, NIST researchers compared standard-sized refrigerators without freezers against smaller, dormitory-style refrigerators under a variety of conditions, storage practices and use scenarios, including leaving the refrigerator door ajar for various periods, power loss and raising the ambient temperature of the room.
The NIST Thermometry group found that standard-sized, freezerless refrigerators outperformed the smaller, dormitory refrigerators by every measure, but the study also identified several good practices for vaccine storage. Among other things, the group determined that vaccines should never be kept on the door shelves because the relative lack of insulation in the door allowed unacceptable temperature drifts. Vaccines also should be kept away from the walls of the refrigerator, because the defrost cycle can cause the temperature of the walls to shift, and out of the crispers usually found at the very bottom of standard refrigerators because these areas were often shown to drop below 2 degrees Celsius.
In addition, they found that water bottles kept on the door shelves provided thermal ballast which helps to mitigate temperature rises caused by power failure, leaving the door ajar or raising the temperature of the room where the refrigerator is kept.
"While we don't advocate any particular brand of refrigerator, we can say that the standard-sized freezerless refrigerators perform very well, but the dorm-style refrigerators do not and should not be used for storing vaccines," says NIST physicist Gregory Strouse. "Among the many recommendations that we have made, we think one of the most positive upshots of this research is that medical clinics in most cases need not spend several thousand dollars on a pharmaceutical grade refrigerator simply for the purpose of storing vaccines."
The NIST group plans to do further comparisons of standard-sized refrigerators with freezers and pharmaceutical grade refrigerators and begin evaluations of strategies for transporting vaccines overland. They also intend to study various styles of temperature sensors for use in shipping.
* M. Chojnacky, W. Miller, D. Ripple and G. Strouse. Thermal Analysis of Refrigeration Systems Used for Vaccine Storage (NISTIR 7656). November 2009.
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Media Contact: Mark Esser, firstname.lastname@example.com, 301-975-8735
Engineered Metamaterials Enable Remarkably Small Antennas
In an advance that might interest Q-Branch, the gadget makers for James Bond, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners from industry and academia have designed and tested experimental antennas that are highly efficient and yet a fraction of the size of standard antenna systems with comparable properties. The novel antennas may be useful in ever-shrinking and proliferating wireless systems such as emergency communications devices, micro-sensors and portable ground-penetrating radars to search for tunnels, caverns and other geophysical features.
NIST engineers are working with scientists from the University of Arizona (Tucson) and Boeing Research & Technology (Seattle, Wash.) to design antennas incorporating metamaterials—materials engineered with novel, often microscopic, structures to produce unusual properties. The new antennas radiate as much as 95 percent of an input radio signal and yet defy normal design parameters. Standard antennas need to be at least half the size of the signal wavelength to operate efficiently; at 300 MHz, for instance, an antenna would need to be half a meter long. The experimental antennas are as small as one-fiftieth of a wavelength and could shrink further.
In their latest prototype device,* the research team used a metal wire antenna printed on a small square of copper measuring less than 65 millimeters on a side. The antenna is wired to a signal source. Mounted on the back of the square is a "Z element" that acts as a metamaterial—a Z-shaped strip of copper with an inductor (a device that stores energy magnetically) in the center (see photo).
"The purpose of an antenna is to launch energy into free space," explains NIST engineer Christopher Holloway, "But the problem with antennas that are very small compared to the wavelength is that most of the signal just gets reflected back to the source. The metamaterial makes the antenna behave as if it were much larger than it really is, because the antenna structure stores energy and re-radiates it." Conventional antenna designs, Holloway says, achieve a similar effect by adding bulky "matching network" components to boost efficiency, but the metamaterial system can be made much smaller. Even more intriguing, Holloway says, "these metamaterials are much more 'frequency agile.' It's possible we could tune them to work at any frequency we want, on the fly," to a degree not possible with conventional designs.
The Z antennas were designed at the University of Arizona and fabricated and partially measured at Boeing Research & Technology. The power efficiency measurements were carried out at NIST laboratories in Boulder, Colo. The ongoing research is sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
* R.W. Ziolkowski, P. Jin, J.A. Nielsen, M.H. Tanielian and C.L. Holloway. Design and experimental verification of Z antennas at UHF frequencies. IEEE Antennas Wireless Propag. Lett., 2009 vol. 8, pp. 1329-1332.
Media Contact: Laura Ost, firstname.lastname@example.com, 303-497-4880
Marine Lab Hunts Subtle Clues to Environmental Threats to Blue Crabs
The Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, long prized as a savory meal at a summer party or seafood restaurant, is a multi-million dollar source of income for those who harvest, process and market the crustacean along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Unfortunately, the blue crab population has been declining in recent years under the assault of viruses, bacteria and man-made contaminants. The signs of the attack often are subtle, so researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the College of Charleston (CofC) are at work trying to identify the clues that will finger specific, yet elusive, culprits.
Pathogens and pollutants impair the blue crab's metabolic processes, the chemical reactions that produce energy for cells. These stresses should cause tell-tale changes in the levels of metabolites, small chemical compounds created during metabolism. Working at the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML) in Charleston, S.C., the NIST/CofC research team is using a technology similar to magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify and quantify the metabolites that increase in quantity under common environmental stresses to blue crabs—metabolites that could be used as biomarkers to identify the specific sources.
In a recent paper in Metabolomics,* the HML research team describes how it used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to study challenges to one specific metabolic process in blue crabs: oxygen uptake. First, the researchers simulated an environmentally acquired bacterial infection by injecting crabs with the bacterium Vibrio campbellii. This pathogen impairs the crab's ability to incorporate oxygen during metabolism. Using NMR spectroscopy to observe the impact on metabolite levels, the researchers found that the yield of glucose, considered a reliable indicator of mild oxygen starvation in crustaceans, was raised.
In a second experiment, the HML team mimicked a chemical pollutant challenge by injecting blue crabs with a chemical** known to inhibit oxidative phosphorylation, a metabolic process that manufactures energy. This time, the metabolite showing up in response to stress was lactate, the same compound seen when our muscles need energy and must take in oxygen to get more produced. A rise in the amount of lactate proved that the crabs were increasing their oxygen uptake in response to the chemical exposure.
"Having the glucose and lactate biomarkers—and the NMR spectroscopy technique to accurately detect them—is important because the blue crab's responses to mild, non-lethal metabolic stresses are often so subtle that they can be missed by traditional analyses," says Dan Bearden, corresponding author on the HML paper.
The research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation.
The HML is a partnership of governmental and academic agencies including NIST, NOAA's National Ocean Service, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina.
* T.B. Schock, D.A. Stancyk, L. Thibodeaux, K.G. Burnett, L.E. Burnett, A.F.B. Boroujerdi and D.W. Bearden. Metabolomic analysis of Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, hemolymph following oxidative stress. Metabolomics, Published online Jan. 20, 2010, DOI 10.1007/s11306-009-0194-y.
** 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP)
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Stacking the Deck: Single Photons Observed at Seemingly Faster-than-Light Speeds
Researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland at College Park, can speed up photons (particles of light) to seemingly faster-than-light speeds through a stack of materials by adding a single, strategically placed layer. This experimental demonstration confirms intriguing quantum-physics predictions that light's transit time through complex multilayered materials need not depend on thickness, as it does for simple materials such as glass, but rather on the order in which the layers are stacked. This is the first published study* of this dependence with single photons.
Strictly speaking, light always achieves its maximum speed in a vacuum, or empty space, and slows down appreciably when it travels through a material substance, such as glass or water. The same is true for light traveling through a stack of dielectric materials, which are electrically insulating and can be used to create highly reflective structures that are often used as optical coatings on mirrors or fiber optics.
In a follow up to earlier experimental measurements (see "A Sub-femtosecond Stop Watch for 'Photon Finish' Races", NIST Tech Beat, March 14, 2008.), the JQI researchers created stacks of approximately 30 dielectric layers, each about 80 nanometers thick, equivalent to about a quarter of a wavelength of the light traveling through it. The layers alternated between high (H) and low (L) refractive index material, which cause light waves to bend or reflect by varying amounts. After a single photon hits the boundary between the H and L layers, it has a chance of being reflected or passing through.
When encountering a stack of 30 layers alternating between L and H, the rare photons that completely penetrate the stack pass through in about 12.84 femtoseconds (fs, quadrillionths of a second). Adding a single low-index layer to the end of this stack disproportionately increased the photon transit time by 3.52 fs to about 16.36 fs. (The transit time through this added layer would be only about 0.58 fs, if it depended only upon the layer's thickness and refractive index.) On the contrary, adding an extra H layer to a stack of 30 layers alternating between H and L would reduce the transit time to about 5.34 fs, so that individual photons seem to emerge through the 2.6-micron-thick stack at superluminal (faster-than-light) speeds.
What the JQI researchers are seeing can be explained by the wave properties of light. In this experiment, the light begins and ends its existence acting as a particle—a photon. But when one of these photons hits a boundary between the layers of material, it creates waves at each surface, and the traveling light waves interfere with each other just as opposing ocean waves cause a riptide at the beach. With the H and L layers arranged just right, the interfering light waves combine to give rise to transmitted photons that emerge early. No faster than light speed information transfer occurs because, in actuality, it is something of an illusion: only a small proportion of photons make it through the stack, and if all the initial photons were detected, the detectors would record photons over a normal distribution of times.
* N. Borjemscaia, S.V. Polyakov, P.D. Lett and A. Migdall, Single-photon propagation through dielectric bandgaps, Optics Express, published online Jan. 21, 2010, doi:10.1364/OE.18.002279.
Media Contact: Ben Stein, firstname.lastname@example.com, 301-975-3097
Manufacturing Competition Challenges University Teams to Stack a Better Pallet
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking university teams to participate in a May 2010 Virtual Manufacturing Automation Competition to simulate an industrial robot performing a common but complex shop floor task—stacking odd-lot boxes on a shipping pallet. NIST, the engineering society IEEE and Georgia Tech are co-sponsoring the competition. The winning team will run part of their simulated task on a robot at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2010 in Anchorage, Alaska in May as part of a demonstration of seamless transition from simulation to real-world systems.
"To participate, the teams need a computer gaming engine that is available for about $10," says engineer Steve Balakirsky, adding that "from there they can use existing computer code, or create their own, to develop a simulation of a robot picking up boxes of various sizes and weights from a conveyor belt and arranging them on a pallet for shipping." NIST's interest, Balakirsky says, is in devising "performance metrics" that can be used to determine what makes a "good" mixed pallet.
The "mixed palletizing" task is a current manufacturing research interest because plants that produce multiple products often have to ship a variety of items to a single location. The problem is familiar to anyone who has packed a variety of gifts into a larger box for shipping. A sound solution could lead to more efficient delivery of mail, food and other wholesale items.
Building a mixed pallet is an efficient method of transporting the goods, but programming a robot for this task requires knowledge of robotics, mobility, mapping and scheduling in a manufacturing environment. Additional consideration in creating the mixed pallet are package density, pallet stability and how to know which packages need special care due to weight or fragility. The current state-of-the-art use of robots to place products on pallets involves stacking a predetermined number of boxes of the same size and weight. The challenge posed by the VMAC competition will stimulate advances in many areas of robotic algorithms, ranging from the perception of the boxes' geometry, the grasping and positioning algorithms, and the overall planning procedures for intelligently configuring the mixed pallets based on the available boxes.
This simulation-based competition allows students to engage in real-word research that is ideal for learning robotic architectures, motion planning systems and multi-robot control, Balakirsky said.
The deadline for entering the competition is Feb. 15 and the competition is May 2-3. More information about the competition, including a simple example of a robot simulation, can be found at www.vma-competition.com. Contact NIST researchers at email@example.com with questions.
Media Contact: Evelyn Brown, email@example.com, 301-975-5661
NIST Releases Final Report on Cowboys Facility Collapse
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its final report on the May 2, 2009, collapse during a severe thunderstorm of the fabric-covered, steel frame practice facility owned by the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys. The final report is strengthened by clarifications and supplemental text based on comments provided by organizations and individuals in response to the draft report on the collapse, released for public comment on Oct. 6, 2009. The revisions did not alter the study team's main finding: the structure collapsed under wind loads significantly less than those required under applicable design standards.
Also left unchanged after the comment period is NIST's recommendation that other fabric-covered frame structures be evaluated to ensure adequate performance under design wind loads. These evaluations, says NIST, should determine whether or not the fabric covering provides lateral bracing for structural frames considering its susceptibility for tearing; whether the building should be considered partially enclosed or fully enclosed based on the openings that may be present around the building's perimeter; and whether the failure of one or a few frame members may propagate, leading to a partial or total collapse of the structure.
The Cowboys facility was designed as a series of identical, tubular steel frames with a tensioned fabric covering. Assumptions and approaches used in the design of the building resulted in significant differences between the original calculated wind load demands and structural capacities compared to those derived by NIST. For instance, the NIST calculated internal wind pressure due to the presence of vents and multiple doors based on classifying the building as "partially enclosed" rather than "fully enclosed" as stated in the design documents. Also, NIST did not rely on the building's fabric to provide lateral bracing (additional perpendicular support) to the frames in contrast to what was stated in the design documents. Finally, NIST included the effects of localized bending in calculating the expected wind resistance of the structure, whereas the design documents did not indicate that such bending was taken into account.
Based on data acquired during a reconnaissance of the collapsed facility, NIST developed a two-dimensional computer model of a typical structural frame and then analyzed that frame to study its performance under various wind conditions. NIST worked with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Severe Storms Laboratory to estimate the wind conditions at the time of collapse. The researchers determined that, at the time of collapse, the wind was blowing perpendicular to the long side of the building. Maximum wind speed gusts at the time of collapse were estimated to be in the range of 55 to 65 miles per hour—well below the design wind speed of 90 miles per hour as specified in the national standard for wind loads.
NIST and NOAA analyzed the available wind data and concluded that a microburst (a small, intense downdraft which results in a localized area of strong winds) was centered about one mile southwest of the structure at the time of collapse. The wind field in the vicinity of the structure was predominately lateral, as assumed in design.
NIST is working with various public and private groups toward implementing changes to practice, standards, and building codes based on the findings from this study.
The complete text of the final report may be accessed at http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=904696.
Media Contact: Michael E. Newman, firstname.lastname@example.com, 301-975-3025
NIST Issues First Release of Framework for Smart Grid Interoperability
GAITHERSBURG, Md.—The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued today an initial list of standards, a preliminary cyber security strategy, and other elements of a framework to support transforming the nation's aging electric power system into an interoperable Smart Grid, a key component of the Obama administration's energy plan and its strategy for American innovation.
NIST Director Patrick Gallagher announced the publication of the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0, to the some 700 engineers, scientists, and business and government executives attending the IEEE Innovative Smart Technologies Conference, which NIST is hosting.
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) set development of the Smart Grid as a national policy goal, and it assigned NIST the "primary responsibility to coordinate development of a framework that includes protocols and model standards for information management to achieve interoperability of Smart Grid devices and systems …"
"This is an important milestone for NIST, for the entire community of Smart Grid stakeholders, and for the nation," Gallagher said. "This first installment of the Smart Grid interoperability framework will pay dividends to our nation for decades to come. Just as Congress intended, we are building a foundation for sustainable growth and future prosperity."
By integrating digital computing and communication technologies and services with the power-delivery infrastructure, the Smart Grid will enable bidirectional flows of energy and two-way communication and control capabilities. A range of new applications and capabilities will result. Anticipated benefits range from real-time consumer control over energy usage to significantly increased reliance on solar and other sources of clean renewable energy to greatly improve reliability, flexibility and efficiency of the entire grid.
The new report presents the first release of a Smart Grid interoperability framework and roadmap for its further development. It contains:
Under EISA, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is charged with instituting rulemaking proceedings, and once sufficient consensus is achieved, adopting the standards and protocols necessary to ensure Smart Grid functionality and interoperability in interstate transmission of electric power and in regional and wholesale electricity markets. However, some of the standards listed in the NIST report are still under development and some others, such as those already used voluntarily by industry, may not warrant adoption by FERC or other regulators.
"NIST is working closely with FERC and state utility regulators so that we can coordinate development of additional technical information on individual standards to support their evaluation and potential use for regulatory purposes," said George Arnold, NIST's national coordinator for Smart Grid interoperability.
In November 2009, NIST launched a Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) to assist NIST in carrying out its EISA-assigned responsibility, including working with regulatory bodies on evaluating and implementing standards in this and subsequent releases of the NIST interoperability framework.
A public-private partnership, the SGIP is designed to provide "a more permanent process" to support the evolution of the interoperability framework and further development of standards, according to the report. With NIST, the report explains, the panel will "identify and address additional gaps, assess changes in technology and associated requirements for standards, and provide ongoing coordination" of standards organizations' efforts to support timely availability of needed Smart Grid standards.
Over the past two months, almost 500 organizations have joined the SGIP. A total of 1,350 individuals from membership organizations have signed up to participate in the panel's technical activities.
A copy of the NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 1.0, can be downloaded here: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/smartgrid_interoperability_final.pdf
Comments on the draft report can be found here: http://collaborate.nist.gov/twiki-sggrid/bin/view/SmartGrid/IKBFramework
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Baldrige Conference Provides Path for Those on 'Quest for Excellence'
Learn about the exceptional performance management practices and results of the 2009 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award at the Quest for Excellence XXII, April 12-14, 2010, at the Hilton Washington in Washington, D.C. The 2009 Baldrige Award recipients —listed with their category—are: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, Kansas City, Mo. (manufacturing); MidwayUSA, Columbia, Mo. (small business); AtlantiCare, Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (health care); Heartland Health, St. Joseph, Mo. (health care); and VA Cooperative Studies Program Clinical Research Pharmacy Coordinating Center, Albuquerque, N.M. (nonprofit).
Throughout the three-day conference, senior leaders and others from the 2009 Baldrige Award recipients and former recipients will present and answer questions on their processes, tools and results in areas such as leadership, strategic planning, and customer and employee engagement. Two pre-conference workshops on April 11 will help attendees better understand how to use the Baldrige criteria for innovation and performance excellence as a tool to assess and improve their organization.
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The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
The Prince Respect and Reputation Quotes
How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #7
[I]f a ruler can't avoid hatred altogether, he must first try to avoid the hatred of the country as a whole, and when that proves impossible he must do everything he can to escape the hatred of the classes that wield the most power. (19.10)
Power comes from cash or weapons. In ancient Rome, it was the weapons of the army. In Italy, it's the money of the nobles and wealthy merchants. Either way, you don't want to make these guys angry.
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It's hardly surprising, then, that despite being a new arrival he was able to hold so much power: his enormous reputation always protected him from the hatred people might otherwise have felt as a result of his pillage and violence. (19.16)
That's nice, isn't it? Who needs to fight when your reputation precedes you? Severus—the guy with the reputation here—has it made.
Quote #9
Two things led to his being both hated and despised. First, his extremely lowly background: he had been a shepherd in Thrace - everybody knew it and thought it scandalous; second, on becoming emperor he had put off going to Rome for the formal investiture and got himself a reputation for extreme cruelty by ordering his prefects in Rome and all over the empire to carry out numerous atrocities. (19.20)
Maximinus went a little too far here. Machiavelli didn't say not to try at all. He just said don't worry about your reputation too much.


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Startup Camp
By webmink on Sep 27, 2006
You may recall that I recently wrote about attending FOO Camp, the archetypal "unconference" that Tim O'Reilly runs each year to cultivate the community that powers his publishing business. An unconference is a gathering of the sort of people you'd find at a conference doing the sorts of things people at conferences do when they aren't in sessions. I wrote:
Unconferences are less about deconstructing authority and more about expressing the connectedness that comes about when "the network is the computer" express itself when people come together too.
I'm not saying the more structure sessions weren't valuable ... But the world will be changed by the relationships formed at FOO this year, not by the sessions that were presented. That's what good unconferences do - rescue us from content and return us to the power of relationships.
So I'm delighted to say that Sun is supporting an interesting new unconference that's being organised by the people behind Mashup Camp, David Berlind and Doug Gold. It's Startup Camp, and registration is open now. The event will be held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, on November 2nd and 3rd 2006. I hope I'll be able to find a way to be there, not least becuase I want an open source startup to win the Best Startup Contest. And yes, Robert, you are welcome at this one!


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10 Comic-Con 2012 surprises we're hoping for
Marvel announces the director and team line up for 'Guardians of the Galaxy'
Although it won't be "officially" announced until Comic-Con, we already known that Marvel's next big cinematic superhero teaming will be the lesser-known Guardians of the Galaxy. The property has huge potential to be a multi-film outer space adventure, but two questions remain: Which of the various team members will make the cut for the big screen, and who will direct such an ambitious feature? We're hoping that they'll answer the first question with a virtual roll call of such heroes as Star-Lord, Groot and the diminutive butt-kicker Rocket Raccoon (pictured). And with a release date of August 14, 2014 already set, it's not unlikely that Marvel could be making one of their famously outside-the-box directorial choices known to fans this weekend in San Diego.
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TV Ratings: 'The Voice,' 'Revolution' returns help NBC dominate Monday
'Dancing with the Stars' drops, but keeps ABC on top overall
For one night at least, NBC is back!
The returns of "The Voice" and "Revolution" lifted NBC out of its midseason doldrums and put the struggling network back in first place in all key measures -- Other than, you know, "overall" -- on Monday night.
Of course, it's a matter of spin how "The Voice" and "Revolution" actually did compared to previous performances.
"The Voice" was either way down from last winter's premiere (a reasonably unfair comparison, given the post-Super Bowl bounce), or slightly up from the show's fall premiere or slightly down from the fall finale. No matter how you spin it, with a 4.7 rating among adults 18-49 and 13.4 million total viewers, that's a very good return for "The Voice."
Similarly, with a 2.7 rating among adults 18-49, "Revolution" was either roughly flat against its end-of-fall averages, slightly down against its fall finale or way down against its September premiere. It's not an unqualified returning success, but it's certainly not a disappointing return.
When it comes to other numbers, there was a lot of dropping all around. "The Voice" took a huge bite out of "Dancing with the Stars" on ABC and forced CBS' 8 p.m. comedies to season lows. Also dropping were FOX's "The Following" and "Bones," plus The CW's "The Carrie Diaries."
For the night, FOX averaged a 4.0 rating among adults 18-49, far ahead of CBS' 2.4 rating in the key demographic. ABC's 2.2 rating and the 2.1 rating for FOX followed in the key demo, well ahead of the 0.3 key demo rating for The CW.
Overall, though, ABC still won the night with 12.95 million viewers and an 8.3 rating/13 share, beating NBC's 6.6/10 and 11.32 million viewers. There was a drop to CBS' 7.76 million viewers and 4.8/7 and FOX's 4.1/6 and 6.69 million viewers. The CW averaged 681,000 viewers and a 0.5/1 for Monday.
8 p.m. - "Dancing with the Stars" led the 8 p.m. hour overall with 13.84 million viewers for ABC, coming in third with a 2.3 rating among adults 18-49. NBC's "The Voice" returned with 12.46 million viewers and an hour-winning 4.2 key demo rating. FOX's "Bones" averaged 6.745 million viewers in third and a 1.9 key demo rating in fourth. CBS was fourth overall, but second in the key demo with low numbers for "How I Met Your Mother" (6.85 million and a 2.7 key demo) and "Rules of Engagement" (6.18 million and a 2.1 key demo). The CW's "The Carrie Diaries" averaged 941,000 viewers and a 0.4 key demo rating.
9 p.m. - ABC narrowly held onto first overall in the 9 p.m. hour with 14.32 million viewers for "Dancing with the Stars," which finished third with a 2.4 rating among adults 18-49. NBC's "The Voice" rose to 14.27 million viewers and a 5.1 key demo rating. CBS was third overall and second in the key demo with "2 Broke Girls" (8.55 million and a 2.9 key demo) and "Mike & Molly" (8.64 million and a 2.6 key demo), which were both actually up a hair from last week. FOX's "The Following" had another week of declines against increased competition with 6.63 million viewers and a 2.3 key demo rating. The CW's repeat of "Hart of Dixie" averaged only 421,000 viewers and a 0.1 key demo rating.
10 p.m. - "Castle" won the 10 p.m. hour overall with 10.685 million viewers and finished second with a 2.1 rating among adults 18-49. CBS' "Hawaii Five-0" averaged 8.16 million viewers for second and a 2.0 key demo rating in third. NBC's "Revolution" won the 10 p.m. hour with 2.7 key demo rating and finished third with 7.25 million viewers.
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High school learning has a vital mission
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The primary school offer young children is a growing matter, which start bearing fruit and a strong pressure will be felt once they join the higher level of the education system. Obviously, in many developing countries secondary school participation rates is low and couldn't grow as expected without changes in the structure and nature of their financing. Changing the role of secondary schools relates to curricula patterns, and these carry implications for the school organization and resources. The primary school curricula stress the importance of these basic learning tools to lay the foundations for more systematic acquisition of skills and capabilities at higher levels. The secondary school curricula are typically more focus on analytics and abstract skills in principle as well as practice, stress links with outcomes that relate to that which is useful in employment and adult life. It is a secondary school level that science and technology can be developed in depth, language skills can be consolidated and higher cognitive skills refined and applied to problems. It also recognizes that surging demand for secondary education in many parts of the developing countries creates an invaluable opportunity to build up in large scale a workforce that is well trained and capable of generating knowledge-driven economic growth. In today's world, secondary education has a vital mission - one which combines the policy peculiarities of being at the same time terminal and preparatory, compulsory and post-compulsory, uniform and diverse, general and vocational. Secondary education is now being recognized as the cornerstone of educational systems in the 21st century. Quality secondary education is indispensable in creating a bright future for individuals and nations alike.
In the two groups of countries (developed and developing) are the most important causes of differential social and economical levels are only the differences in the scientific and technological infrastructure and in the popularization of science and technology. An essential prerequisite to a country's technological progress is early recognition of necessity of a good educational system. This was one of the key factors that contributed to Japan's economic success. The critical size of human resources and infrastructure, and the amount of investments in these areas, illustrates how science and technology importance are neglected in developing countries.
Industry and universities in Turkey face shortages of researchers -10 for every 100,000 of population compared with 280 in US, 240 in Japan, 150 in Germany, 140 in the UK. In 1984, in Turkey non-defense research expenditures were 0.20% of GNP, while in the US they were 2.74%, 2.65% in Japan, and 2.54 % in Germany. Thus, developing countries have principal shortcomings in their funding and supporting scientific infrastructure. The practical use of science through technology created the climate for ever increasing emphasis on the pursuit of science and education in developed countries, where funding scientific enterprises is widely accepted as a vital and long-term investment. Contributions of industry to national expenditures on research and development are about twice this amount.
Secondary education is indeed a central stage for the education system. This is where most primary school teachers are trained; it is also where the future students of higher education are selected and taught essential foundation skills. Students enter secondary school as children and leave it as young adults. What they experience there will influence the course of the rest of their lives. It is the level at which youngsters consolidate their basic knowledge gained in primary school, but also where they acquire the common culture that will allow them to be useful citizens in a peaceful society, where they build knowledge through experience and experiments, where essential subjects such as science, health education and technology are first taught in a formal way. Finally, this is where youngsters learn how to think, how to be, how to work, and how to cooperate with others. If those countries with the lowest high school enrolment rates continued to utilize scarce resources to (teachers, infrastructure, research, etc) will be less efficient than the primary schools. According the studies secondary school could be the most expensive to GNP per capita for those countries with the lowest enrolment rates. In sub-Saharan Africa where economic growth has been low, with high population growth and dependency ratios and this also could limits the scope for increased investment per student.
The two greatest challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa for the secondary level are to absorb the growth numbers of students from expanded primary systems and to provide skills, broaden their competences and enhance their employment opportunities. The two challenges recognize the importance of the problems emerging related to secondary provision. Rates of return for secondary schooling remain high and are often argued to be above the opportunity cost of capital and the rates of return for many other types of investment in agriculture, industry and infrastructure (World Bank, 1995). In an ideal world, primary education would be universal and publicly financed, and all children would be able to attend school regardless of their parents' ability or willingness to pay. The reason is simple: when any child fails to acquire the basic skills needed to function as a productive, responsible member of society, society as a whole—not to mention the individual children—loses. It also implies changing the culture of many head teachers, who would have to be trained to be real managers. The cost of educating children is far outweighed by the cost of not educating them. Adults who lack basic skills have greater difficulty finding well-paying jobs and escaping poverty. Education for girls has particularly striking social benefits: incomes are higher and maternal and infant mortality rates are lower for educated women, who also have more personal freedom in making choices.
In its broadest sense, learning can be defined as a process of progressive change from ignorance to knowledge, from inability to capability, and from unconcern to understanding. Also in many low income parents affecting demand for education to their children is perceived as value-less. Perhaps because parents have the poor quality of the education available to them may not have enough information to assess the return on an investment in their children's education accurately. In most developing countries, where weak demand for education is not attributable to cost, school attendance will not improve until cultural barriers and prejudices are overcome and the higher opportunity costs for girls than for boys are addressed. Improving the quality of secondary education, therefore, must include policies which use current resources creatively and more effectively. Teachers and principals are the most expensive, and possibly the most critical, components in establishing quality in education systems. New and more effective approaches to the preparation, deployment, utilization, compensation, and conditions of service for teachers, accompanied by more effective school leadership, are therefore necessary in achieving higher standards of quality in secondary education in Africa. The fiscal capacity of most governments to improve teachers' compensation and conditions of service is extremely limited. Increase in or reallocation of public funds to secondary education as a general remedy is not feasible. Ensuring an adequate supply of qualified teachers requires monetary resources that many countries do not presently have and are unlikely to get in the near future. Countries therefore will need to make better and more creative use of the resources that are already available to secondary education.
Eighty percent of the learning capacity of the human brain is defined in the early years of life, before a child enters school. Given the right start, a child has a better chance of overcoming obstacles and succeeding in creating a positive and productive life. No education reform could succeed without the provision on a continuous basis of highly qualified and motivated teachers. The articulation of this paper is for developing a creative ways, mobilizing and providing continuous training for such a teaching force. In order to prepare young people for life and work in a rapidly changing world, secondary-level education systems need to be re-oriented to impart a broad repertoire of life skills. Such a model of secondary education is expected to equip young people with multiple skills so that they are prepared to enter and re-enter the workforce several times in their working lives
Dr. Ghirmai T Kefela
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Christie on CPAC Snub: 'That's Their Prerogative'
By Heather Haddon and Sharon Adarlo
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie brushed off the snub from the Conservative Political Action Conference, saying it was "their call" not to invite him to speak at the annual gathering of Republican politicians and conservative leaders.
"That's their prerogative," the governor said Wednesday when asked about CPAC at town-hall event in Montville, N.J. "They get to decide."
Christie said he learned he wasn't invited when he read news reports two days ago. He pointed out that he receives several hundred speaking invitation each week and doesn't track them all.
CPAC organizers included Christie in last year's gathering, but the popular New Jersey Republican has since come under criticism from conservatives for praising President Barack Obama in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy and attacking GOP congressional leaders over a delayed relief bill.
Christie's conservative critics gained additional fuel Tuesday, when he announced he would accept federal funds through the Affordable Care Act to expand Medicaid.
The governor appeared to take the flap in stride on Wednesday. "I wish them the best," he said in reference to CPAC.


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Denver (AP) Officials say the number Colorado drivers who should have lost their licenses but can still drive legally because of a backlog at the department of motor vehicles is higher than originally thought.
KMGH-TV in Denver reported earlier this month that an estimated 3,000 Colorado motorists whose licenses should've been suspended are still behind the wheel.
That's because the state has only 17 hearing officers to handle traffic violations, so it can take up to seven months for a Driver's license to be suspended.
The exceptions are drunken-driving or vehicular homicide cases, which require a hearing within 60 days of the conviction. Following the station's report, the head of the department of Revenue asked DMV officials for an exact number of drivers awaiting a hearing.
The station reported Wednesday that further review showed the number actually is 5,279. And of those, 268 drivers have committed additional traffic offenses and remain behind the wheel.
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Bestop, Inc., market leader in vehicle soft tops, today announced a collaboration with Polaris Industries to create exclusive soft-top cab systems for RANGER side-by-side vehicles. Bestop will bring its technology in tops and storage systems for Jeeps, trucks and SUVs to the PowerSports industry.
"Bestop looks forward to not only adding to the RANGER accessory offering but also being the only OE-approved premium soft-top cab system supplier in the ATV/side-by-side industry," said Tim Alary, director of OEM sales at Bestop.
The RANGER's design, popular with ranchers, hunters and off-road enthusiasts, will provide a solid base for a jointly-designed and developed Bestop Premium Soft-Top Cab System. PURE Polaris will sell the systems exclusively starting in December.
"Cab systems are one of the most highly sought-after products for Polaris RANGER owners," says Chris Witte, product line developer for PURE Polaris.


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Thesp Sid Conrad, who was featured in dozens of TV shows from "The Young and the Restless" to "West Wing" and "ER," died April 16 in Williamsburg, Va. He was 86.
Raised in Otsego, Mich., Conrad served in the U.S. Army during World War II going from the Bulge to the Elbe. Using the GI Bill he went to Columbia U. for his bachelor's degree in history and a master's in journalism. He later earned a master's in arts adminstration from UCLA.
As an actor he appeared regularly on TV in commercials as well as on such daytime soaps as "The Young and the Restless" and "The Days of Our Lives." On primetime he appeared on "West Wing," "ER," "Chicago Hope," "JAG" and "Moonlighting" among others.
He performed in the one-man shows "Will Rogers USA" and "Spencer Tracy" and also appeared on regional stages including in California, New York, Alaska and Florida.
Survivors include his wife, Sheila; two daughters; three granddaughters; and a sister.
Donations may be made to the Actors' Fund, 729 7th Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10019.


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Freda Marie Stoneking, 89, of Parkersburg, passed away Nov. 20, 2012, at the Worthington Manor Nursing Facility.
She was born June 1, 1923, in Wood County, a daughter of the late William Wallace and Della Pearl Smith Johnson.
Freda was a member of the Sand Hill United Methodist Church and was a Homemaker. She was a member of TOPS and the Red Hat Society. She enjoyed Quilting, Sewing, Cooking and socializing with people.
Surviving are two sons, Harold J. (Shirley) Stoneking Jr. of Winchester, Ky., and William Patrick (Diana) Stoneking of Reno, Ohio; three daughters, Elaine (Don) Hannaman of Ocalo, Fla., Jane (Johnny) Jurado of Parkersburg and Nancy (Richard) Line of Clifton, Va.; 12 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren; two brothers, Arthur Ken Johnson and Robert Wayne Johnson, both of Parkersburg; one sister, Carolyn Johnson of Harrisville and many nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Harold J. Stoneking Sr.; daughter, Doris Mae Stoneking, infant daughter, Roberta Marie Stoneking; brother, Willim Daniel Johnson and five sisters, Anna Lee Chaplick, Lena Murray, Christine Murray, Ruby Hajjar and Mary Hammett.
The funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at Kimes Funeral Home, 521 Fifth Street, Rev. John Frum will officiate and burial will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. The visitation will be Friday from 2-8 p.m. and an hour prior to the service on Saturday.
Messages of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting www.kimesfh.com


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you, well it ain't no lie h a p p y come back down from your grey cloud feel born again, say it out loud don't you know hope can be found take
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up hands up Scooter's in the house, hands up hands up H.P.'s in the house, put 'em up put 'em up H.P.'s in the house He makes us jump jump jump
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A couple days ago, the Vancouver Aquarium reported that Kavna, a popular beluga whale under its care had died suddenly. It had become sick over the weekend, and died suddenly at age 46. Raffi, who had had a brief fling with Kavna in the experimental 1970s, tweeted his sadness to followers:
But here's the thing: for a wordsmith who built his career on exploiting the subtle differences beween oaples and banonos, eeples and baneenees, and ayples and banaynays, Raffi's phrasing wasn't great.
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Midnight Sun Service Dogs does hands-on training with dogs and their human handlers at its South Anchorage facility. Merchant says initially MSSD was helping anyone with special needs, but recently, she has begun only helping military men and women with PTSD or other disabilities.
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KKLA radio personality Frank Pastore injured in 210 Freeway motorcycle crash
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Statements posted here are those of our readers and do not represent the BaseballThinkFactory. Names are provided by the poster and are not verified. We ask that posters follow our submission policy. Please report any inappropriate comments.1. JoeC Posted: November 21, 2012 at 10:24 AM (#4307392)
Yikes! Best wishes for his recovery. I just happened across his show a week or two ago while flipping channels on the way home from work. Didn't realize it was the Christian station for a while - he was engaging, thoughtful, curious, and relaxed while discussing something like whether to let your kids play football. He integrated the religious perspective organically and discussed intelligently how it contributed to the decision making process. A real credit to his religion; they could use more like him.2. Baseballs Most Beloved Figure Posted: November 21, 2012 at 03:34 PM (#4307687)
Just like Joe Louis was a credit to his race?3. Hello Rusty Kuntz, Goodbye Rusty Cars Posted: November 21, 2012 at 04:08 PM (#4307716)
I'll be driving through that part of the 210 on the way to and from dinner tomorrow. Pastore was a credit to his 1980 rotation.4. You Know Nothing JT Snow (YR) Posted: November 21, 2012 at 07:12 PM (#4307782)
Just like Joe Louis was a credit to his race?
Nah, Joe Louis was amazing.
see below6. Rafael Bellylard: The Grinch of Orlando. Posted: November 21, 2012 at 09:48 PM (#4307856)
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Frank Pastore also held a record for 21 years until it went down in 2008.
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