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Aug 26, 2014, 9:34 a.m.
He has successfully climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and completed 22 half-marathons and three full marathons…all with two prosthetic legs. Steve Martin, a 44-year-old former military policeman and former HealthSouth Valley of the Sun patient, will tell his inspiring story of overcoming his disability to current and former patients on Tuesday, Sept. 23 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at a special rehabilitation reunion. The event will be held at the hospital, located at 13460 N. 67th Ave.
In 2008, Steve was working for the state department in Afghanistan when he was severely injured by an improvised explosive device (IED). He broke his hips, one arm and nearly all of his ribs; his legs and feet were shattered. After doctors spent a year and a half battling to save his legs, Steve opted for a double amputation. He spent one year for outpatient therapy at HealthSouth Valley of the Sun learning to use his prosthetics and walk again. Even with two prosthetic legs, his zest for adventure and his determination doesn't let his disability slow him down.
"Finding what motivates a patient is key to his or her overall success. For Steve it was learning to run again, so his therapy plan included meeting at a local community college five days a week to learn how," says Lonnie Coughran, HealthSouth Valley of the Sun physical therapy assistant. "What Steve's accomplished since then is truly amazing and inspiring to all of us at HealthSouth."
For those who plan to attend, an RSVP is requested on or before Sept. 17 and may be directed to Gina Gardner at 623-334-5423. Lunch will be provided after the presentation.
About HealthSouth Valley of the Sun Rehabilitation Hospital
HealthSouth Valley of the Sun Rehabilitation Hospital is a 75-bed hospital that offers comprehensive inpatient, outpatient and home health rehabilitation services. These programs are designed to return patients to leading active and independent lives. Serving patients throughout the Phoenix Metropolitan area and is located at 13460 N. 67th Ave. in Glendale and on the Web at www.healthsouthvalleyofthesun.com.
About HealthSouth
HealthSouth is the nation's largest owner and operator of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in terms of patients treated and discharged, revenues and number of hospitals. Operating in 28 states across the country and in Puerto Rico, HealthSouth serves patients through its network of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, outpatient rehabilitation satellite clinics and home health agencies. HealthSouth's hospitals provide a higher level of rehabilitative care to patients who are recovering from conditions such as stroke and other neurological disorders, cardiac and pulmonary conditions, brain and spinal cord injuries, complex orthopedic conditions, and amputations. HealthSouth can be found on the Web at www.healthsouth.com.
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Proposed rule; request for comments.
NMFS proposes to modify certain boundaries of the large fishing vessel prohibited area around Tutuila, the Manua Islands, and Rose Atoll in American Samoa to align with the boundaries of the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument. The proposed action would simplify enforcement and administration of the management area.
NMFS must receive comments on the proposed rule by May 11, 2012.
You may send comments on the proposed rule, identified by NOAA-NMFS-2011-0226, to either of the following addresses:
Instructions: You must send any comments to one of the above two addresses to ensure that NMFS receives, documents, and considers the comments. Comments sent to any other address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period, may not be considered. All comments received are a part of the public record and NMFS will generally post them to
The Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) prepared a regulatory amendment, including an environmental assessment and regulatory impact review, that provides background information on this proposed rule. The regulatory amendment is available from
Adam Bailey, Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS PIR, 808-944-2248.
The Council and NMFS manage offshore fisheries around American Samoa under the Fishery Ecosystem Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific. A mix of small troll and longline vessels and larger longline and purse seine vessels target tunas and related fish in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around the islands. A decade ago, small vessels known as alias dominated the fisheries. The alia use trolling or longline gear to target skipjack and yellowfin tuna and albacore for the fresh fish market and for canning in Pago Pago. More recently, larger vessels have made up most of the longline fishery. The large longliners also target albacore for canning, and they catch substantial quantities of yellowfin and skipjack tuna. In addition, U.S. purse seiners have occasionally fished around American Samoa to supply skipjack and yellowfin tuna for canning.
The mixture of small and large vessels operating in the same area for the same fish prompted concerns over the potential for gear conflicts and catch competition among the various fishing groups. Concerned that potential competition and conflicts could lead to reduced opportunities for sustained participation in the fisheries by smaller vessels, the Council recommended prohibiting large vessels from fishing in two areas of the EEZ around American Samoa. In 2002, NMFS implemented these "large vessel prohibited areas," or LVPA, one around Swain's Island and one around Tutuila, the Manua Islands, and Rose Atoll (67 FR 4369, January 30, 2002). The two areas prohibit fishing from vessels 50 ft in length overall or longer, and appear to have prevented conflicts between small and large vessels.
In 2009, Presidential Proclamation 8337 created the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument (74 FR 1577, January 12, 2009). The monument comprises Rose Atoll and surrounding waters to a distance approximately 50 nm around the atoll. The Proclamation prohibits commercial fishing in monument waters.
The monument and the LVPA around Tutuila, the Manua Islands, and Rose Atoll overlap, but the boundaries do not align. The Council is concerned that the non-alignment of the boundaries may confuse operators of large fishing vessels and reduce compliance with the fishing prohibitions in each area. To simplify administration and enforcement of the two areas, the Council recommended adjusting certain boundaries of the LVPA.
The boundaries of the existing LVPA are described in Title 50, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 806, by straight lines connecting the following coordinates:
The corners of the Rose Atoll monument are marked by the following coordinates:
This proposed rule would do the following:
(a) Move the existing northernmost LVPA boundary southward to align with the northern boundary of the monument,
(b) Move the eastern LVPA boundary eastward to align with the eastern boundary of the monument, and
(c) Move a portion of the southern LVPA boundary southward to align with the southern boundary of the monument.
The western and most of the southern boundaries of the existing LVPA would remain unchanged. The resulting proposed LVPA would be described by straight lines connecting the following coordinates (see Fig. 1):
This proposed rule aligns the northern, eastern, and southern boundaries of the monument with those of the LVPA, reducing the area of the LVPA by 326 nm
NMFS must receive any public comments on this proposed rule by the close of business on May 11, 2012, and will not consider late comments.
Pursuant to section 304(b)(1)(A) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the NMFS Assistant Administrator has determined that this proposed rule is consistent with the Pelagics FEP, other provisions of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, and other applicable laws, subject to further consideration after public comment.
This proposed rule has been determined to be not significant for purposes of Executive Order 12866.
The Chief Council for Regulation of the Department of Commerce certified to the Chief Council for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration that this proposed rule, if adopted, would not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities. The analysis follows:
"The large vessel prohibited areas (LVPA) were created to separate activities of large vessel fishing activities from those of smaller vessels. The LVPA were implemented in 2002 under the Fishery Management Plan for Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region. Subsequent Presidential Proclamation 8337 (74 FR 1577; January 12, 2009) established the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument (MNM). The Proclamation established the Rose Atoll MNM and banned all commercial fishing from the monument.
The proposed action would modify the boundaries of the LVPA around Tutuila Island, the Manua Islands, and Rose Atoll to align with those of the Rose Atoll MNM. The proposed action would move the northern boundary of the LVPA toward shore, while extending the eastern boundary and a portion of the southern boundary farther from shore to encompass the MNM. This would expand the area in which large vessels are allowed to fish by 326 nm
The proposed action would directly affect operators of vessels 50 feet in length overall and longer, i.e., American Samoa-based longline vessels with Class C and D permits and all purse seine vessels. All Class C and D longline vessels that were active in 2009 and 2010 are assumed to be small entities for the purposes of this analysis, because they have revenues below $4.0 million (see SBA size regulations at 13 CFR Part 121.201), while most purse seine vessels
Other options that met the objectives of the proposed action were considered, including the no action alternative and two action alternatives. The two action alternatives would also have re-defined the boundaries of the prohibited area to encompass the monument, but would have increased the LVPA by 3,560 nm
As a result, an initial regulatory flexibility analysis is not required and none has been prepared.
Administrative practice and procedure, American Samoa, Fishing, Longline, Marine national monuments, Prohibited area management, Purse seine, Rose Atoll.
For the reasons set out in the preamble, 50 CFR chapter VI is proposed to be amended as follows:
1. The authority citation for part 665 continues to read as follows:
2. In § 665.806, (b)(1) revise the paragraph and table to read as follows:
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Definición de broadside en inglés:
1A nearly simultaneous firing of all the guns from one side of a warship.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- To do this they would have to come up alongside our ships leaving them exposed to a broadside from English cannons on our ships.
- The Monitor proved impervious to the Virginia's broadsides and captured the imaginations of naval officials and the public.
- HMS Duke of York fired 80 broadsides; and the Allied ships fired a total of 2,195 shells during the engagement.
1.1A strongly worded critical attack: broadsides against political correctness
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- At this point, Rupert was going through a strongly republican phase and his newspapers contained frequent broadsides against the Royal Family, long before they became fair game for all comers.
- Vallandigham eventually made his way to Canada, where he spent the rest of the war writing broadsides against Lincoln and the Republicans.
- In fact, Stern's ratings surged this year after he began leveling his broadsides against the Bush administration.
1.2The set of guns that can fire on each side of a warship.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- The Confederate broadsides contained fewer guns with each shot and fewer missiles were launched from the attackers.
- Now within cannon range, the Hurricane and her consorts unmasked their broadsides and hurled a firestorm of plasma cannon fire at the Asp and the remaining corvettes.
- The battleships opened up their broadsides, and half the alien ships were crushed before their element command could react.
1.3The side of a ship above the water between the bow and quarter.
Oraciones de ejemplo
- Lining up your shot while not giving your foe a chance at your broadside is a challenge, and having the biggest ship doesn't always ensure victory.
- A mere five gun ports open across their broadside.
- Finally… he swooped down, raking the cruiser's starboard broadside with his guns, destroying three of the seven turrets placed there.
2A sheet of paper printed on one side only, forming one large page: a broadside of Lee's farewell address Also called broadsheet.
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- The story was printed as a broadside - a single sheet of paper about 2ft x 3ft - with high-quality paper and elegant typography.
- Randall's first publications in 1965 were literally broadsides - single poems printed on large sheets of paper that sold for fifty cents.
- Most of these were in print and available as broadsides, but that is not the point here: they were 'traditional' in the sense of having been in circulation time out of mind, and had not been made up by ballad-mongers between 1800 and 1850.
1With the side turned to a particular thing: the yacht was drifting broadside to the wind
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- If they must, they could turn the wagons broadside to the wind and use them for cover, and their felted tents and sleeping sacks would keep them from freezing to death.
- I lowered the rifle and saw that he had stopped and was standing broadside looking at us.
- What makes jack crevalle difficult to land is their tendency while resting to turn broadside to the angler.
1.1On the side: her car was hit broadside by another vehicle
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- One tank barely ten meters from Blaine had taken a shot full broadside.
- A purplish, long, vaguely cylindrical ship shot up into the air, and rammed him full broadside.
- Really, it was headed west on the Route 30 Interstate and it negotiated a lane change without signaling and it struck me broadside.
verbo[with object] North American
Collide with the side of (a vehicle): I had to skid my bike sideways to avoid broadsiding her
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- Three years ago, in Arlington Heights, Illinois, Police Officer Chuck Tiedge's squad car was broadsided by a hearse that ran a red light.
- This one I missed seeing until it was nearly too late, and as I took evasive action I nearly broadsided another car that I was not even aware was there!
- Caleb Kwan was in a rather serious car accident tonight when his BMW was broadsided by a large truck.
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Legalizing Marijuana Would End Black Market, Says Israeli Study
Legalizing marijuana would generate more than $450 million annually for the Israeli economy, according to a new study released by the Jerusalem Institute for Market Studies.
The black market for cannabis in Israel currently is worth $707 million annually, and legalizing the sale of grass, if taxed like cigarettes, would blow $268 million into the government's money pot. In addition, it would save law enforcement agencies $198 million since they would not have to spend money to smokers of weed.
The study found that approximately 275,000 Israelis, 4 percent of the population, used marijuana in the past year, only 26 percent of Israelis support legalization of marijuana, while 64 percent opposes it.
In the United States, slightly more than half go those surveyed support legalizing grass. Marijuana is illegal under federal law, but 20 states to allow the use of medical marijuana. However, the Obama administration last week gave the green light for Colorado and Washington to carry out their laws to permit recreational use of marijuana.
The Justice Department said it would bring charges on marijuana only in certain cases, such as distributing it to minors.
The announcement "demonstrates the sort of political vision and foresight from the White House we've been seeking for a long time," said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, an advocacy group.
The Justice Department added that it is watching Colorado and Washington closely to see if they can properly control marijuana use.
President Barack Obama has said he smoked grass when he was young, and a federal survey has found that 42 percent of Americans age 12 and older have smoked marijuana at some point in their lives.
The financial gains for states – and Israel is not being ignored,
"Recognizing the enormous financial gains that would come from legalization demands that the government take a serious look at the proposal to legalize cannabis use under specific guidelines," said Yarden Gazit, who co-authored the study in Israel. "There is no disputing that if the public is able to get past the wholly negative misperceptions associated with marijuana usage and appreciate the potential benefits with limited social or healthcare costs, this is an idea that needs open-minded and serious re-examination at this time."
News of the survey coincided with Canada's launch of controlled medical marijuana, an industry that is expected to be worth more than $1 billion in the next 10 years. Medical marijuana has been legal in Canada for years but has been highly regulated. Now it is available by mail-order with a doctor's approval.
Besides all of the arguments over whether marijuana is a drug that can lead to addiction, the underlying desire for governments to legalize it is money.
"We're fairly confident that we'll have a healthy commercial industry in time," Sophie Galarneau, a senior Health Canada official told the Canadian Press.
The Green Leaf party in Israel has been trying to get into the Knesset for years to push its agenda to legalize pot. In early pre-election polls, it usually receives support that puts it on the brink of winning the minimum number of votes to win Knesset seats, but when the real ballots are counted, it always loses out.
The pro-marijuana campaigns in the United States may generate new enthusiasm to legalize marijuana in Israel, where liberal leaders almost always turn to American for cultural guidance.
Portland, Maine media reported Wednesday that supports of legalizing recreation marijuana will start promoting their agenda on city buses, with a message that grass is a better and safer alternative to alcohol.
Critics have complained that the campaign should not be on buses because children ride them to school.
Portland's voter will go the ballot box in November to decide on a proposal to legalize marijuana by 2016. I
The Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project has targeted Maine and nine other states in its campaign to legalize grass within three years.
The JTA contributed to this report.Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu
About the Author: Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu is a graduate in journalism and economics from The George Washington University. He has worked as a cub reporter in rural Virginia and as senior copy editor for major Canadian metropolitan dailies. Tzvi wrote for Arutz Sheva for several years before joining the Jewish Press.
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That's why governments are against legalization. Money from both marketeers "cartels" and enforcement's money to arrest as well people living off the enforcement business, bribed politicians from all sides would lose big.
That's why governments are against legalization. Money from both marketeers "cartels" and enforcement's money to arrest as well people living off the enforcement business, bribed politicians from all sides would lose big.
Legalizing Marijuana should have been done a long time ago… such nonsense.. Big cartels and prisons and business interests and IGNORANCE prevents it.
Legalizing Marijuana should have been done a long time ago… such nonsense.. Big cartels and prisons and business interests and IGNORANCE prevents it.
It would work out very well so long The Israeli government does not follow the State of Arizona's lead which has priced itself out of the legal market by charging $350.00 for an Ounce of product or $20.00 for one joint. Leave it to the Boneheads(pun intented) in government to ruin a much needed revision of the law.
It would work out very well so long The Israeli government does not follow the State of Arizona's lead which has priced itself out of the legal market by charging $350.00 for an Ounce of product or $20.00 for one joint. Leave it to the Boneheads(pun intented) in government to ruin a much needed revision of the law.
weedbay420 Legal Marijuana $$$450 Million Annually For Israel
"Legalizing marijuana would end black market." That is a statement that is logically true, in and of itself, by definition of what a "black market" is. But so what? So would legalizing prostitution. Does that make it the right thing to do? No! Another nail in the coffin of keeping Eretz Yisrael the Holy Land!
Marijuana prohibition was a fraud from its beginning in 1937, when perpetrated by soon-to-be-out-of-work alcohol prohibition bureaucrat, Harry Anslinger. He desperately needed a new empire and no lie was too big to tell to get it.
In all it's miserable, counter-productive 76 years, marijuana prohibition has never accomplished one positive thing. It has ONLY caused vast amounts of crime, violence, corruption, death and the severe diminishment of everyone's freedom.
Thank goodness we are now ending the freedom-strangling American Inquisition!
After the dust settles on re-legalization, average quality marijuana will sell for around $50 an ounce, plus taxes. – It's just a plant.
Go Israel!
John Thomas i bet its way lower than that for the best when its legal across N America tax included
Israel has been too afraid of the U.S. to legalize it. As AG Holder tries to negotiate terms of surrender, maybe Israel can be part of the peace.
Crackup! You'd think you could come to that conclusion without a study considering that there's not really any point or demand for legal things on a black market..
everything you think you know about cannabis is a lie
the story goes instate wengerocracy and legalize marijuana in palestine and israel on the same day and the next 3000 years will be peace. thats my bible
Here is a list of 25 studies showing that marijuana cures cancer, categorized by the type of cancers being cured in each study. Note that the consistent theme between them is that marijuana shrinks tumors and selectively targets cancer cells.
Cures Brain Cancer
Cures Mouth and Throat Cancer
Cures Breast Cancer
Cures Lung Cancer
Cures Uterine, Testicular, and Pancreatic Cancers
Cures Prostate Cancer
Cures Colorectal Cancer
http://gut.bmj.com/content/54/12/1741.abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22231745
Cures Ovarian Cancer
Cures Blood Cancer
the greatest plant in the universe is almost free for all, LET FREEDOM RING!!!
hundreds of thousands die every year from alcohol and tobacco, every year! not one death from marijuana, ever…cannabis is about to revolutionize the planet, LOVE and FREEDOM
I love weed
Prohibition is a crime. Legalize NOW !!!
Haiti should do same.
Yes, Haiti should the same.
I think Haiti should do the same.
What the article doesn't tell you, is that Canada is also taking the private production rights away from current patients. The industry is starting its pricing 10X the current cost to patients that provide their own medicine. In effect, the most marginalised and unable, are being silently sacrificed to economic interests. Harper is building new prisons to hold us….


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The 20-year-old Kim, from Del Mar, Calif., beat Robby Shelton IV of Wilmer, Ala., 1 up in the morning quarterfinals, and topped Eric Sugimoto of San Diego 4 and 3 in the afternoon semifinals.
"I didn't make any bogeys in the afternoon round," said Kim, the low amateur in the U.S. Open at Merion after winning the Jack Nicklaus and Fred Haskins awards as the college player of the year. "If you do that, you're going to be tough to beat."
The 19-year-old Niebrugge, from Mequon, Wis., edged 16-year-old Dou Zecheng of China 1 up in the quarterfinals, and beat James Erkenbeck of San Diego 3 and 2 in the semifinals.
"Today was tough," Niebrugge said. "Thirty-six (holes) today (meant) your legs were getting tired, so you had some errant shots, but I just reminded myself about posture and started hitting it a little better. Overall, I played great."
The tournament is limited to players who don't hold privileges at any course that doesn't extend playing privileges to the general public. The winner of the 36-hole final traditionally receives a spot in the Masters, if still an amateur.
"It would mean a lot," Kim said. "I look around at the banners that are up of previous winners—Trevor Immelman, Brandt Snedeker, Tim Clark.
Kim, set to play in the Walker Cup matches, is No. 2 in the world amateur ranking.
"I think I'm playing well enough to stay with anybody right now," Niebrugge said. "I've been under par every match. If I keep doing that, I'll keep the match close. That's the main goal: Keep it close and you never know what can happen."
The temperature reached 98 degrees.
"We usually complain whenever the wind picks up because the course plays harder," Kim said. "But the last few days, we were so happy when it was blowing so we could stay a little cooler."
Niebrugge fought to stay hydrated.
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SUNY Plattsburgh is thinking big. The college has expansion projects in the works. One of those projects will help both health patients and health students. WPTZ's Alison Carey has more in this health beat report.Video Transcript
SUNY PLATTSBURGH IS THINKING BIG.. THE COLLEGE HAS EXPANSION PROJECTS IN THE WORKS.. ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL HELP BOTH HEALTH PATIENTS AND HEALTH STUDENTS... WPTZ'S ALISON CAREY HAS MORE IN THIS HEALTH BEAT REPORT. - WHILE SUNY PLATTSBURGH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MUTLI-MILLION DOLLAR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT ... IT'S ALREADY PLANNING IT'S NEXT BIG EXPANSION. IT'S ONE THAT WILL NOT ONLY BENEFIT STUDENTS BUT ALSO COMMUNITY MEMBERS SEEKING EXPERTISE IN NEUROBEHAVIOR AL HEALTH. JOHN HOMBURGER PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION this has given us the opportunity to actually move forward with it now. We've been waiting and waiting for actually a couple years. SUNY PLATTSBURGH IS GETTING FOUR MILLION DOLLARS THROUGH NEW YORK'S CAPITAL PROJECT FUND FOR AN EXPANSION PLAN. THE MONEY WILL PAY FOR IMPROVMENTS IN THE SCHOOL'S NEUROBEHAVIOR AL HEALTH OUTREACH PROGRAM. THE CENTER SERVES ABOUT 2,200 PEOPLE WITH CONDITIONS LIKE AUTISM, BRAIN INJURIES AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. JOHN HOMBURGER PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION what it enables us to do is to actually consolidate all of our outreach clinics in Sibley -- in one building. PART OF THE SIBLEY GYMNASIUM WILL BE RENOVATED TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE HEALTH-RELATED RESOURCES. ALISON CAREY Z in addition to facility improvements and providing better resources for the community, another goal of the program is to provide more hands on opportunities for students to prepare them for internships and job opportunities. JOHN HOMBURGER PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION there's counseling dealing with different forms of dementia and students will be able to enter those fields. CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN NEXT SUMMER AND WILL LIKELY BE FINISHED BY 20- 17. THE ENTIRE RENOVATION IS PROJECTED TO COST AROUND EIGHT POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS. THE REMAINDER OF THE MONEY WILL COME FROM THE SUNY CONSTRUCTION FUND. JOHN HOMBURGER PRESIDENT FOR ADMINISTRATION We've been able to through the state of course being able to support us and build new buildings as well as improving old buildings. REPUBLICAN SENATOR BETTY LITTLE WAS ONE OF THE POLITICIANS WHO HELPED MAKE THIS PROJECT POSSIBLE. SHE RELEASED A STATEMENT ON THE PLAN SAYING IN PART -- THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNTIY TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF NORTH COUNTRY RESIDENTS, CREATE JOBS AND ENHANCE UNDERGRADUATE D and GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES AT THE COLLEGE. I'M ALISON CAREY WPTZ NEWSCHANNEL
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E.J. Dionne, Washington PostWASHINGTON -- Rebranding is trendy in the Republican Party.Rep. Eric Cantor gave a major speech on Tuesday to advance the effort. Gov. Bobby Jindal wants the GOP to stop being the "stupid party." Karl Rove is setting up a PAC (it's what he does these days) to defeat right-wing crazies who cost the party Senate seats.But there's a big difference between rebranding -- this implies the product is fine but needs to be sold better -- and pursuing a different approach to governing. Here's an early action report.
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A few things I've learned.
Some practical advice.
Ingenious Viral Marketing Campaign: Slap Chop
I'm not sure if the strategy for Slap Chop was planned out from the beginning, but if it was, whoever came up with it, while simple, is a genius.
Simply by allowing/paying an artist to remix their infomercial into an entertaining and sharable piece of media, they were able to get a large number of eyes to see their product and create a memorable experience.
The reason I believe it is a pre-conceived strategy is because each step was carefully orchestrated to fit into the campaign.
Here's the basic formula:
1) Take a fairly typical "As Seen on TV" product:
Slap Chop – Dice, Chop & Mince in Seconds
2) Create a
borderline cheezy late-night infomercial:
(Feel free to only view the first 15-30 seconds, the next video is the real kicker)
What's interesting is the subtle hints in the infomercial that opens it up to be a perfect candidate for a funny remix. Parts of the script–"You're gonna love my nuts."–seem to be begging to be made into a parody. Coincidence?
3) Encourage (or even pay?) artists to create an entertaining remix:
As of the writing of this post, the Remix has 5,587,762 page views on YouTube (compared to less than half as many views, 2,467,519, for the original version).
The great part of this remix is that it is well-done, but does not immediately jump out as a typical corporation-backed high-production value video. It keeps you guessing.
4) Let the sharing begin!
Once you see it, you too may find it just funny enough to pass on. And at some point in this chain, someone will actually like the product and make the purchase.
Making a Quick Assessment is Better than No Assessment at All
For a producer, knowing your teams strengths and weaknesses is just as important as those characteristics are to the individuals success. Given that you're likely to be working with new individuals often, you have to rely on quick ways to gauge your team. To that end, its good to find quick ways to feel out different aspects of your teams work.
For example, one of the most important qualities to understand when working with someone is whether they work best on their own, or if they need constant guidance to move forward.
Here's a quick way to know…
First, assign or ask an individual to accomplish a fairly simple task and give them a long-term deadline or no deadline at all. For example, ask them to send you an email containing a simple piece of information you know is easily and readily available to them (maybe their AIM or some other relevant, but easily available piece of information).
Second, based on how long the individual takes to fulfill your request, you can determine how to interact with this individual and to manage expectations going forward. If the individual completes the task immediately, you can assume that they are self-sufficient and will not require frequent check-ins for monitoring progress once a task is assigned. On the other hand, if the individual waits until the very last moment of the deadlineto fulfill the simple task–or doesn't fulfill the task at all–you can identify the individual as needing more frequent direction to make progress.
Of course, this is not an end-all-be-all solution; it can be wrong based on a number of variables, but its better than nothing at all. You can always continue to reshape your expectations over time. You can easily vary also by the medium. For instance, are they more responsible to email rather than remembering a verbal request, etc.
Great is Good Enough, a.k.a. not everyone needs a Porsche SUV.
Most projects start with two basic scope limitation: Time & Cost. That is to say, an agency is required to tailor a solution's Scope to a predetermined cost-requirement as well as time-limitation. In these instance, I find a lot of teams struggle to produce within a presented set of time and cost boundaries. It's understandable that everyone wants to do their best work, and wants every piece of work to be portfolio-worthy, but the reality of the business world is that the client can't afford (and doesn't always need) extraordinary work, but simply needs a great product within their budget and time limitations that will move their business forward. That is to say, in my implied analogy of car-buying, not every driver can afford the Porsche, and not every driver necessarily needs an SUV, and even fewer drivers really require the Porsche SUV. Right-scoping helps the client meet their goals without the headaches of delayed projects (not to mention dealing with change orders, etc.), and it helps the agencies by keeping projects within budget and more importantly, keeping the client happy.
To that end, its critical for all team members, including User Experience Designers, Visual Design, and Developers to adhere to the time and budget set before them. Rather than simply thinking of the OMFG-the-absolute-best-two-million-dollar-idea-that-can-take-four-years-with-all-the-bells-and-whistles, truly great creatives from these disciplines take these limitations into consideration when defining ideas and executing them; ultimately outputting a solid product whose end result is great for the client, but also for the agency.
How to: Easily Dial Into Conference Calls From Your iPhone
The short version is this:
Dial-in: 1-888-555-0000
Passcode: 1234567#
Leadercode: *9898#
To easily dial into the above number from your iPhone, just add an entry in your calendar invite or your address book as follows:
The below example uses the "Wait" function, but I've found it to be useless and have had a much easier dial-in experience using just the "Pause" function.
The long version is this:
If you're like me, the first few minute of many of your phone calls are identical. While i don't have a solve for people joining the call late, I do have a way to make it easier to dial-in from you mobile phine. You Dial into the same conference number, you dial the same conference code, and then you dial the same leader code to get started. While a relatively easy task when the phone number is seen on a screen other than the phone itself, this can be a very painful experience if you try using your mobile phone to dial what seems like 40 characters. If you don't want to take up extra space in your brain to memorize, a little setup up front will save you a lot of headache when the need to dial-in to these calls arises.
There's a rather easy way to do this with most mobile phones that have PAUSE (typically using the comma – ',' ) and WAIT (typically using the semicolon – ';') as part of adding a phone number to the address book.
- PAUSE – pauses for 2-3 seconds then dials the remaining numbers in the string.
- WAIT – 'waits' for the user to take an action before the numbers that follow are dialed. When using the WAIT feature on the iPhone, where the END button typically appears is split into two buttons: END and DIAL… at the bottom-right. The phone will dial the remaining numbers once you hit the "DIAL…" button.
As an example, let's say you need to frequently connect to the following conference call:
Dial-in: 1-888-555-0000
Passcode: 1234567#
Leadercode: *9898#
To easily dial into the above number from your iPhone, just add an entry in your address book as follows:
Here's what it would look like (the last few characters can't be seen, but you get the idea):
The above will do the following:
- Dial 1-888-555-0000
- Pause 2-3 Seconds
- Dial 1234567
- Wait for your input and continue only upon you pressing DIAL (this automatically becomes available when you use the WAIT feature). See below screenshot and you'll notice the button on the bottom-right.
- Dial *9898#
Pro-tip: When sending out invites for these types of meetings, use the above format for sending out dial-in information and people who will be dialing in from their mobile phones will appreciate you that much more.
For more information on PAUSE and WAIT, especially for Android and Blackberry devices, click here
A Practical Guide to Project Post-Mortems
Few would disagree that post-mortems, in theory, are extremely important in business, especially as part of the project management processes. The problem, however, is that in most companies, in practice, a lot of teams use Post-Mortems as therapy sessions. That is, a lot of problems are discussed, even documented, but rarely are the lessons-learned communicated to others.
The Problem
The main issue with the standard approach to Post-Mortems is that the output of these sessions is frequently not translated into a usable and easily digestible format. Unfortunately, while they are documented, the information is often too overwhelming for someone to desire to delve into them. I, personally, don't really enjoy going through lengthy word documents. And if someone does in fact muster enough time and patience to actually review the Post-Mortem documents, they'll most likely leave with little they can leverage to improve their next project. Often, the information is too specific to a project for it to translate.
The standard post-mortem practices leave little evidense behind of their occurrence. Commonly, organizations will make the mistake of having detailed discussions of a projects successes and its downfalls, documenting them, and filing them away. This practice seldom provides a great ROI for the time spent in the discussion and documentation of a project's post-mortem. Specifically, the only time that a post-mortem of this nature is useful is if the same exact team happens to do a near-identical project in the future. This is one of few scenarios in which the information of the post-mortem will be beneficial to the organization. And even-so, the chance that the team will review the outcome of the post-mortem is slim to none.
The Standard Post-Mortems
The main objective of Post-Mortems is essentially to discuss hind sight, which is always…well, you know the rest.
It's critical that Post-Mortems aren't purely associated with negative connotations. That is, it's just as important to recognize the achievements and give the accomplishments their due credit, as it is to discuss what didn't go well, and how it could have been done better.
It's also important that the focus of the Post-Mortem improvements are limited to 3-5 topics at most in order for the sessions to be useful.
A simple survey prior to the meeting can gauge the groups overall areas of concern. The conductor of the meeting should use these as agenda items. An anonymous survey will especially empower even those team members who may not voice their concerns publicly to participate. The results of the survey should be used to extract topics for discussion in the meeting.
As areas of improvements are discussed, confirm if the issue exists, and direct the conversation towards how you can realistically and practically improve it. Sticking to reality is important here, so make sure solutions are actionable and a very clear way to address it is discussed.
Extracting Solutions from Post-Mortems
Here's an example of what you can extract from discussing a Post-Mortem improvement area. Let's assume the result of a Post-Mortem indicates that several team members were frustrated with the amount of changes that were needed through a project's life. A logical next step would commonly be to understand that it's impossible to limit changes that can come last minute from the client or due to a necessary improvement.
However, even without needing to control the unknown (last minute changes from the client or internal lead), this area can still be improved by applying process. Digging further into this issue, one might discover that changes were happening too rapidly and priorities were uncertain. To address this issue, a solution–and outcome of this Post-Mortem topic–could be to a apply a process by which changes were controlled: Change Management. An actionable solution could therefore be simply to log changes in sprints and then review and prioritize them in intervals as opposed to working on the solution on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Post-Mortems in Large Organizations
It's actually simpler than you'd think, and coincidently, can be modeled after website analytics. That is, a more useful method of capturing and leveraging the benefits of post-mortems is to set metrics (quantitative as well as qualitative). The data that should be captured should be general enough to be applicable to a large array of project types within the organization, but specific enough to yield actionable metrics.
Post-Mortems in Practice
If you've made it this far, you're either truly onboard, just curious, or both. Either way, let's look at a practical way of implementing Metrics-Based After Action Reports.
First, set the performance metrics that are applicable across all projects in the organization.
Then, start tracking the hours as they would be mapped in the post-mortem. For example, comparing 1) number of hours spent on a deliverable from time tracking [Wireframes], 2) the overall team satisfaction of the deliverable from post-mortem analysis [Quality], and 3) the size of the deliverable [Pages], could yield a pattern showing the relationship between the number of hours spent, the overall satisfaction, and the amount of work. Therefore, a direction relationship of hours to pages can be made for future project projections. Over time, this data can be used to predict more accurate time estimates for delivering similar products.
Other Business Metrics to Track
- Internal to Internal Communication
- Client to Client Communication
- Internal to Client Communication
- How did the actual amount of work compare to your assumptions?
- Hours Estimated to Actual Hours
- Billable Cost to Actual Cost
- Time Estimated to Actual Time
- How well would you rate the final Wireframe deliverable?
- How well would you rate the final Functional Specifications deliverable?
This level of tracking can be overkill for certain organizations or even specific projects. However, for larger organizations, it can provide the necessary gauges with which large-scale adjustment decisions can be made.
Finding the Right Software with the Right Features, A Directory
I'm always interested in the latest software, especially for Project Management. Basecamp being one of a number of such applications that I already knew, when I came across Wrike today, I thought to myself "wouldn't it be great if I could go to a single site and be able to see and compare a number of available software that would help me make a decision?"
Then I thought: "maybe I need to make one!" and of course, followed by: "It probably already exists."
And it does; introducing Capterra, a directory of software that has most of the information you'd want to compare for the software you're looking for. There's a nice directory to help you find whatever type of software you're looking for, including Project Management Software.
I think the name could've been a little more informative, but the again, look at Google. Dub Dub Dub SoftwareDirectory Dot Com is already taken anyway.
Great Synthesis of the Internet/Browser Relationship
If the average picture is worth a thousand words, this one is worth about a million.
This is a great example of how a somewhat complex concept can be simplified and communicated rather easily with visual representation.
Keeping Your Email Inbox Organized
My basic approach is to make sure my inbox contains only the things I need to address. In essence, my inbox functions much more like a checklist.
When I get an email, I first determine if I am responsible for any actions. If yes, I keep it in my inbox until I've completed the task, if not, I file it to my archive folder so I can search them later if necessary. I frequently create a folder for a specific project that contains all communications for that project in case I need to reference them.
If you have the ability to tag/categorize your emails (with MS Outlook or GMAIL), you can also make use of these. They help both for your immediate inbox as well as later for reference.
For instance, I've made it such that emails that are only addressed to me (which makes them higher priority) are highlighted differently than those I am cc'd on. I also have emails from different clients or projects highlighted with different colors.
This way, I can just scan my inbox and get a general sense of which of my clients have more pending needs, which I'm solely responsible for, etc.
Of course, the best way to do this is to setup several "Rules" that run automatically so your mail client automatically categorizes your emails.
Here are some examples of different approaches to categorizing and prioritizing emails automatically.
- Highlight emails in which I am the only recipient in RED: At a glance of my inbox, I can quickly pickout the highest priority emails.
- Highlight emails from [Project] in [Color]: As noted above, being able to see which project has a larger number of open issues can help determine priority.
- Forward emails from [Email Address] to [Recipient(s)]: This is a tricky one because it can quickly turn to spam. I generally tend to use it with clients who have Basecamp in situation where I'm the only official Basecamp member in my team. This ensures that any feedback that is shared for a project will quickly get disseminated to the rest of the project team. Used specifically when I'm out of the office.
- Delay sending emails by 2 minutes: If you've ever sent an email only realizing after a split second that it's missing your intended attachment, you'll appreciate getting a 2-minute delay to add and/or change the attachment you're sending. Sometimes, you will want or need to bypass the delay in order to send an email immediately. Thankfully, most email clients allow for exceptions to be added. For mine, I have an exeption to my rule such that if I type the combination of /k/ in my email, it will bypass the 2-minute delay. This of course can be set in a variety of combinations.
Adding tags, especially colored ones to emails has a unique side-effect in which most mail clients will also process the rules you set above on Calendar Invitations. In case of color coding by client or project, or direct email versus being cc'd, seeing these at a glance on the calendar are pleasantly helpful.
Budgets Part III: Reconciling the Budget
Reconciling the Budget
Let's assume that being over budget is not an option, and so it's necessary to reduce scope in order to lower cost. Reducing scope is a process on its own and will be discussed later. For now, let's assume that the scope is reduced, and that the reduced scope translates into lower overall expenditures estimated at $4,000.
For example, it can be determined that the project can now expend $1,000 less for the remaining 4 months (though it could mean that a single month is reduced by $4,000 or other deviation, depending on the nature of the scope change). And so, it needs to be reflected in the Plan as follows:
Note that the Plan Estimates have been adjusted to reflect this, now being reduced to $19,000.
Now, assuming that updated plan accurately reflects the updated scope in terms of expenditures, the project should be in good shape.
The only way to ensure that the project is within budget is to continuously track and adjust the budget.
Risk and Risk Mitigation
I was recently reading an article, Ten Things You Didn't Know About Apollo 11 Moon Landing, and one of the ten things reminded me of Risk Mitigation in Project Management. In my ever-consuming pursuit of expressing Project Management tools in simpler terms, I've broken down how Risk Mitigation works using this real-life example.
Real-life Example of Risk Mitigation
The part of the article that caught my eye was this:
"The Apollo's Saturn rockets were packed with enough fuel to throw 100-pound shrapnel three miles, and NASA couldn't rule out the possibility that they might explode on takeoff. NASA seated its VIP spectators three and a half miles from the launch-pad."
The above statement can be broken down into the following three variables: 1) Risk, 2) Tolerance, and 3) Mitigation.
1) Risk: The Apollo's Saturn rockets were packed with enough fuel to throw 100-pound shrapnel three miles.
To put this in perspective, a standard 5.3g 9mm bullet can travel about 1.5 miles. Which essentially meant that the explosion from the rocket could be more dangerous than a handgun to say the least. NASA was willing to entertain certain risks to the ship and occupants, after all, they were planning a launch to the moon! And so decided to continue with the launch.
2) Tolerance: NASA couldn't rule out the possibility that they might explode.
Every risk has to be measured against the individual or organization's tolerance. In this case, NASA had no tolerance for the potential harm to the spectators and therefore chose to move everyone outside of the presumed blast radius:
3) Mitigation: NASA seated its VIP spectators three and a half miles from the launch-pad.
To completely avoid harm to viewers, NASA went as far as adding an additional 1/2 mile to their assumptions to further mitigate the results of a catastrophic event.
The Every Day Project
In terms of the every day project, mitigating risk starts first at identifying the risk, then attempting to quantify or qualify your tolerance to the risk, and finally to decide what to do to eliminate or minimize the impact.
Here's what to ask yourself when addressing risk:
- What could potentially go wrong?
- What is the likelihood of this happening?
- What can I do to reduce the likelihood of the risk, or at least to reduce the potential negative impact on the project?


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By Staff Sgt. Gaelen Lowers, 8th Theater Sustainment Command Public AffairsDecember 7, 2012
MILILANI, Hawaii -- Getting into the Christmas spirit, the Soldiers of the 65th Engineer Battalion, 130th Eng. Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command, and the students of their partnership school, Mililani Middle School, came together to hold a toy drive, Nov. 30, for two organizations that embody the true nature of Christmas: Toys for Tots and the Make a Wish Foundation.
Community supporters brought and gave more than 500 toys during the drive; toys ranged from an action figure to full-youth bicycles.
"It's a really special event," said 1st Lt. Courtney Heaps, assistant plans officer, 65th Eng. Bn., 130th Eng. Bde. "Many people have tunnel vision when it comes to their family and their community, so we are trying to get these kids to see that a lot of other children are not as blessed and not as fortunate, and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. They are seeing that they can really make a difference and make someone's Christmas a little bit better."
The battalion visited the school a week prior to get the kids excited about the upcoming drive, and for every three toys donated, the students and Soldiers would make a lap around their school's soccer field. The two organizations split the toys that were donated, and each was very appreciative of all the community support.
"The only way Toys for Tots can work is if the community is involved," said Edward Hans, primary Toys for Tots coordinator for Maui and Oahu. "Without events like this, it doesn't work. We really rely on these events to get our toys and help the community."
Lori Anderson, official wish granter with the Make a Wish Foundation, echoed Hans' comments.
"This is just a fantastic opportunity for us," she said. "We are in need of toys for our toy closet. We have about 70 kids spread across the island that are waiting for their wishes to be granted.
I can't tell you enough how much this means to our kids. We can't show our appreciation enough."
The Soldiers and students recognize the importance of holding these types of events, and the ripple effect it makes throughout the Oahu community.
"There might be times that are hard growing up, but we can always give something back -- no matter how big or small it might be," said Spc. Mary Steward, information technician, 65th Eng. Bn. "Personally, I was not as fortunate growing up and was on the receiving end of Toys for Tots, so for me to be able to give back is a wonderful turn around."
With holiday music playing and the Soldiers and students joking, laughing and running around the field, this event was more than just a toy drive, said Heaps. The event brought the community a little closer together and reminded everyone what the season of Christmas was all about.
"This not only helps Toys for Tots, but helps the community," Hans said. "The kids are very excited about their donations and are asking lots of questions about how to help out further. Events like these bring out the spirit of giving and the true nature of Christmas."


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Ford Recalls Over 88K Vehicles Due To Stalling ProblemFord issued a recall on more than 88,000 cars and SUVs in the U.S. over concerns the engines could stall without warning.
Cars Of Tomorrow Displayed At Detroit Auto ShowThe cars of tomorrow are being shown off at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Chrysler Expands Air Bag RecallChrysler is bowing to demands from U.S. safety regulators, and will add about 179,000 vehicles to a recall list for air bags that could explode with too much force.
Death Toll From GM Ignition Switches Rises To 38Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM to compensate victims, updated the totals Monday.
2015 Chevy Colorado Crowned Truck Of The YearThe new mid size pickup was cited for what Motor Trend called a "right-sized" package.
Takata Says Recall Decision Is Up To AutomakersThe Japanese company has refused to comply with a U.S. government demand for an expanded recall of its air bags that can explode and shoot out shrapnel.
Black Friday Boosts November Car SalesChrysler sales rise 20 percent. GM sales up 6 percent. Ford sales drop 2 percent.
Death Toll From GM Ignition Switches Rises To 36At least 36 people have died and 44 have been seriously injured in crashes involving General Motors cars with defective ignition switches.
US Closes Ford Steering Probe Without RecallU.S. safety regulators have closed an investigation into steering problems in more than 500,000 Ford full-size cars without seeking a recall.
Ford's New F-150 To Get 26 Mpg, Tops Among PickupsFord said Friday that its new aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup will get up to 26 mpg on the highway, making it the most fuel efficient gas-powered full-size pickup.
Minivans Do Poorly In New Crash TestsThe Honda Odyssey was the only minivan to earn the highest safety rating in new crash tests by the insurance industry.
Safety Agency Pushes For National Air Bag RecallThe federal government is demanding that the auto industry recall millions of additional cars equipped with faulty air bags that can injure -- and even kill -- a driver.


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Ex-ECB Member Orphanides: Bond-Buying Plan No Silver Bullet
The European Central Bank's plan to buy potentially unlimited amounts of government bonds of selected member states is legal but isn't a silver bullet to end the region's debt crisis, said Athanasios Orphanides, a former member of the ECB rate-setting Governing Council.
Addressing a research conference at theSwiss National Bank last Friday, Mr. Orphanides endorsed ECB President Mario Draghi's argument that Outright Monetary Transactions, as the latest bond-buying plan is known, don't violate the bank's core mandate, but mustn't become a permanent form of support for ailing euro member states.
Instead, the euro zone's permanent bailout facility, or European Stability Mechanism, should eventually undertake all purchases of state debt. Such a move would give the ECB the freedom to return to its "traditional role of providing the liquidity that may be necessary to implement ESM decisions, within its mandate," Mr. Orphanides said. The SNB is due to publish the speech later this week.
Mr. Orphanides' warnings about the plan's limitations reinforce the perception that concerns about the implicit moral hazard aren't restricted to hawks, such as Germany's Jens Weidmann, the only member of the governing council to vote against the OMT plan at this month's council meeting.
"It is essential to recognize…that the OMT cannot on its own provide the basis for lasting stability," said Mr. Orphanides, who left the ECB at the end of April when his term as head of the central bank of Cyprus expired. He now teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management.
Mr. Orphanides acknowledged that the ECB's plan would "provide temporary monetary financing support" to certain euro member states and warned that this support "cannot persist indefinitely."
"[They] could be seen as supporting the reduction of financing costs of some member states at the possible expense of an increase of financing costs of other member states," he added.
But the ECB's actions shouldn't be confused with monetary financing in the classical sense, he said, namely the financing of euro-zone public expenditure through inflation.
"This is not the case. When looked at from the perspective of the euro area as a whole, the ECB is taking care to stay true to its mandate of pursuing and defending price stability in the euro area as a whole," he said.
Mr. Orphanides, who was educated at MIT and was a member of the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy staff from 1990 to 2007, warned that "the ECB is ill-suited" to redistribute public finances among member states, saying that this is more the remit of elected politicians.
"It is the governments themselves that should control the extent to which fiscal resources are transferred to a state under pressure and the extent to which mutual insurance on the cost of financing is engineered," he said. "The ECB, as the central bank of the euro area, could facilitate the implementation of these political decisions, within its mandate."
Mr. Orphanides expressed concern at the lack of political progress in setting up the necessary institutions for a region-wide banking union. European finance ministers ended two days of meetings in Nicosia Saturday still far apart on how to create the safety nets that are needed as a complement to new rules allowing the ESM to recapitalize banks directly.
"The absence of a solid proposal to create a European agency for deposit insurance is not encouraging," he said.
Europe needs an institution similar to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in the U.S., which guarantees bank deposits in all states, he said.
"An FDIC-type authority with taxing power on deposits in the euro area as a whole would be able to finance bank resolution, and do so efficiently, working together with the ECB in its new supervisory authority," he said.
Mr. Orphanides warned that "without a stronger political union that limits significantly the sovereignty of state governments to control their future spending decisions, solutions of the crisis that involve mutualization of risks associated with the issuance of sovereign debt would be detrimental to the European project over the long run."


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CORPUS CHRISTI – For the second consecutive year junior Peter Nagy has been named the Southland Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year, the league announced today. In addition, Director of Tennis Steve Moore earned the Men's Tennis Coach of the Year honor for the eighth straight year and becomes the first coach in the history of the Southland Conference in any sport to win coach of the year eight consecutive years.
The Islanders (17-9, 6-0 SLC) placed a total of four players on the all-conference teams for singles play with sophomore Ricardo Mayagoitia and sophomore Javier Pujol joining Nagy on the all-conference first team, and freshman Paul Cook earning a spot on the second team.
Nagy, a native of Budapest, Hungary compiled a perfect 6-0 record this season in Southland matches at No. 1 singles, and never lost a set throughout league play. He also finished the regular season with a team-best 18-3 dual-match record in the No. 1 position. Nagy has tallied a 15-1 career record in the Southland, with his only loss in his career in conference play coming during his freshman year. Prior to winning Southland Player of the Year last season, Nagy was tabbed Southland Freshman of the Year in his first year as an Islander. As a team, the Islanders have earned the player of the year honor four times, with Nagy winning the award twice, and Andrey Kumantsov (2007) and Laurent Montoisy (2011) each claiming the accolade once.
"I love that Peter got this award, because he is the hardest working, most motivated guy, and it really validates that hard work pays off," Moore said. "Peter has improved so much, he's changed his body and become much more physical. He has improved every facet of his game. I really believe Peter has a career as a tennis player for 10 years after college. What I am most proud of Peter is how coachable he has become and what a great leader he has developed into. He sets the tone for this team with his fighting spirit and passion.
"Peter is such a great model for our team because he embraces the athletic disciplined lifestyle, the rest, eating, the hydration that allows a player to have the energy to practice hard day in and day out, build and retain muscle, and keep a high immune system. These are the things that really matter in player development, but often are not talked about enough. Peter chooses to be as good at these things as any player as I have ever coached."
Joining Nagy on the first team in singles play is Mayagoitia and Pujol. Mayagoitia garners his second consecutive first-team honor after compiling a 5-1 conference record in the No. 2 spot. The native of Monterey, Mexico is this week's Southland Conference Men's Player of the Week after clinching the final regular-season match for the Islanders. The victory clinched the seventh straight Southland Conference regular-season title for the Islanders. He enters this weekend's Southland Conference Tournament with an overall 13-7 record in No. 2 singles.
"Ricky stands for everything good about the Islanders," Moore said. "Ricky came in playing No. 8 in singles a year and a half ago and through extreme hard work and discipline he has developed into one of the top players in the country. There is no player that I don't believe Ricky has a chance to beat because he is such a fighter and never quits. He has been such a rock for us. I can't believe how fulfilling it is to see the guy that shows up and practices extra everyday become a great player and what a great message that sends."
Pujol is the third Islander to earn a spot on the first team after earning second-team distinction a year ago. Along with Nagy and Cook, the sophomore tallied a perfect 6-0 record in Southland play and is currently on a five-match winning streak. Pujol earned four of his conference wins at No. 3 singles and two at No. 4 singles, while recording an overall 15-9 record.
"Javi showed great courage this year, moving up to No. 3 when we needed him and delivering big for this team," Moore said. "Javi won because he has the biggest heart and an amazing fighting spirit. On a hot windy day he is the guy everyone fears playing. He has matured so much mentally and developed his game tremendously. Over the last year he has been put into some of the biggest matches for us, and been the last guy on the court, and risen up like a gladiator for the Islanders."
In just his first year, Cook tallied a perfect record in conference play in the No. 6 spot with a 6-0 record to earn second-team honors and the conference championship at No. 6. After joining the Islanders in the spring, Cook registered an overall 9-4 mark with eight of those wins coming in the sixth slot. He is currently on a five-match winning streak and has really been a consistent player for the Islanders in singles and doubles play this season.
"Paul grew tremendously this year," Moore said. "He really matured, listened and learned very well. He started making good choices and his game propelled up because of it. Paul really stepped in and became a force for our team in singles and doubles. He showed tremendous competitive spirit and consistency at the end of the year. I'm very proud of Paul for the way he improved this spring. He made a great contribution to our team."
Moore earns his eighth consecutive coach of the year award after leading the men's team to seven straight Southland Conference regular-season titles. Under his leadership the men's team only allowed five points in Southland play this season, for a total season record of 35-5. The Islanders have won 12 consecutive regular-season conference matches in three years. In addition, the men's team has lost just one regular-season Southland Conference match in the last eight years since Coach Moore returned to take over the men's team in 2007. Moore was previously tied with Aaron Fox of UTSA in indoor track and field and Sonny Jolly of Lamar in outdoor track and field at seven straight awards.
A&M - Corpus Christi also placed a pair of doubles teams on the all-conference teams with the tandem of Nagy and Guillaume Rauseo earning first-team honors and the sophomore duo of Mayagoitia and Pujol on the second team.
Nagy and Rauseo collected a 4-1 record in the conference in the No. 1 spot and an overall mark of 9-6. The pair is currently on a three-match winning streak and earned the conference championship at No. 1 doubles.
"Peter and Guillaume really grew as a team," Moore said. "They are playing excellent doubles at the time of the year that matters the most. They really made a commitment to play the right style and work hard on the right things, and they just kept improving every week. They compete extremely hard and compliment each other very well. Peter was used to playing No. 1 doubles and has been a great leader. I'm very proud of Guillaume for the way he has risen up and developed as a doubles player. These guys both have a great future in doubles as well as in singles."
Mayagoitia and Pujol teamed up together for the first team this season at Lamar in the No. 3 spot to win, 8-1. The pair then won their next three out of four matches at No. 3 doubles for a conference mark of 4-1 to win the conference championship at No. 3.
"Ricky and Javi stepped in and just started outfighting people at No. 3 doubles," Moore said. "They are tough and smart. Their weapons are their footwork and their hearts. They are extremely tenacious competitors and have really become a high-level doubles team. I'm very proud of the improvement they have made."
Also earning a conference championship in doubles play was the senior-freshman duo of Matt Westmoreland and Cook at No. 2 doubles. The pair registered a 3-1 mark in conference play in the No. 2 position. The duo started the season on a four-match winning streak and has put together a 7-6 overall mark.
The Islanders will host the men's and women's Southland Conference Tournament this weekend at the Thomas J. Henry Tennis Center. The men's team earned the No. 1 seed and will face No. 4 New Orleans at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 26. For more information on the tournament click HERE.
For all the latest on Islanders Tennis, like the team on Facebook (IslandersTennis) and follow them on Twitter and Instagram (@IslandersTennis).
2014 All-Southland Conference Men's Tennis Teams and Individual Awards
Individual Awards
Player of the Year: Peter Nagy, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Freshman of the Year: Partha Adavelly, Nicholls
Newcomer of the Year: Josip Smoljan, UIW
Coach of the Year: Steve Moore, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
First-Team All-Conference Singles
Peter Nagy, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Nico Mertens, Nicholls
Partha Adavelly, Nicholls
Ricardo Mayagoitia, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Javier Pujol, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Josip Smoljan, UIW
Second-Team All-Conference Singles
Paul Cook, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Nikita Lis, Lamar
Bernard Wezeman, Nicholls
Marco Bensley, Abilene Christian
Juuso Laitinen, Lamar
Nico Agritelley, Abilene Christian
First-Team All-Conference Doubles
Peter Nagy/Guillaume Rauseo, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Partha Adavelly/Bernard Wezeman, Nicholls
Borta Cortes/Guilherme Gesser, Abilene Christian
Second-Team All-Conference Doubles
Ricardo Mayagoitia/Javier Pujol, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Jason Proctor/Nico Agritelly, Abilene Christian
Evan Karatzas/Nico Mertens, Nicholls
Conference Champions
No. 1 Singles: Peter Nagy, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (6-0)
No. 2 Singles: Nico Mertens, Nicholls (5-0)
No. 3 Singles: Josip Smoljan, UIW (6-0)
No. 4 Singles: Bernard Wezeman, Nicholls (5-1)
No. 5 Singles: Jeandre Hoogenboezem, Lamar (3-0)
No. 6 Singles: Paul Cook, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (6-0)
No. 1 Doubles: Peter Nagy/Guillaume Rauseo, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4-1)
No. 2 Doubles: Paul Cook/Matt Westmoreland, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (3-1)
Jason Proctor/Nico Agritelly, Abilene Christian (3-1)
No. 3 Doubles: Ricardo Mayagoitia/Javier Pujol, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (4-1)


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HOWARDVILLE -- Henry R. Hopson Duncan, 80, died Feb. 4, 2006, at his home.
Born July 13, 1925, in New Albany, Miss., son of the late Andrew and Ora Robinson Duncan, he was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army. He also sang in a quartet for years.
In 1967, at New Madrid, he married Mary Louise Whitfield who survives of the home.
In addition to his wife, survivors include: two daughters and sons-in-law, Edmonia P. and Henry Jackson of St. Louis and Sandra and Michael Gillespie of Bloomington, Ill.; six sons and four daughters-in-law, Willie and Leslie Duncan and Richard and Donna Hopson of St. Louis, Walter Grant of Chicago, Al Porter of Maryland, Aaron and Thelma Porter of Denver, Colo., Patrick Duncan of New Madrid and Walter and Mary Whitfield of Apple Valley, Minn.; and 21 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, John Porter; three brothers; and two sisters.
Visitation is from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Richards Funeral Home Inc. in New Madrid, where services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Charles K. Burton Jr. will officiate.
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Personal-Finance Site Mint Expands to Allow More Banks
Starting Monday, personal-finance site Mint.com will double the number of financial institutions from which it can receive account information.
The change is important for Mint as the site seeks to expand beyond its core base and address the regular complaint that specific financial institutions aren't listed. The site will provide access to more users than just those who use banking juggernauts like Bank of America, Citibank or HSBC, for example. It's an especially timely development, as many consumers are reconsidering their relationships with financial institutions.
The expansion is possible because Mint is now using data and aggregation software from Intuit Inc., the company that makes Quicken and TurboTax and bought Mint for $170 million last fall. Previously, Mint partnered with Yodlee for back-end data on account aggregation, said Aaron Forth, head of product at Mint.
"Historically, one of the more difficult parts [for] Mint was the fact that there's an enormous number of financial institutions," Mr. Forth says. "It was a bit difficult to expand."
Today's move allows more than 16,000 financial institutions to have more than 17 million individual accounts listed on Mint.
Currently, Mint has more than 2.8 million users. The budgeting site is among the recession's winners, seeing traffic spikes that at times seemed inversely correlated with the Dow's dives. When times got tough, for some, there was a boom in budgeting and fee-slaying.
As a start-up, Mint branded itself as the Anti-Quicken, a dig at the established budgeting software made by Intuit. But now as part of the acquisition, Quicken online users will be transitioned to Mint, and the site is hoping to expand beyond the tech-savvy crowd.
"Whatever people spend, we want to show them that information," Mr. Forth says.
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What's an author? Duh. The person who wrote the book you're reading, obviously. Pretty simple, right?
Well, yes and no.
The idea of authorship has changed over time, and is shifting still. In early periods, authors like Big Willy Shakespeare wrote under a system of patronage; that is, royalty and aristocrats supported writers and artists financially, but they had some say in what those guys were writing.
Modern authors, on the other hand, get their dough from the literary marketplace. Instead of patrons, authors have to please those hoards of hungry readers, all clamoring for the Bestsellers shelf at Barnes & Noble. Plus, with the emergence of collectively written Internet sites like Wikipedia our ideas about authorship are changing even now.
Then there's the matter of what the author means to say.The relevance of an author's intentions have long been debated in literary criticism and theory. The New Critics rejected the idea that an author's intentions had any impact on a text's meaning. French critic Roland Barthes' famous 1967 essay "The Death of the Author" declared that authors, their intentions, and their biographies no longer matter when interpreting texts.
Take that, Twain. No one cares what you think.


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Winning Time: 1:10.67
Also Ran:
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4 - Liz Lemon,
3 - Hannah G
Scratched Horses:
Snow Trillium (Veterinarian)
Winning Owner:
Blue Stork Stables
Winning Trainer:
Mitchell E. Friedman
Winning Breeder:
Ocala Stud
Winning Time: 1:44.48
Also Ran:
9 - Almost an Angel,
1A - Runway Ready,
2 - Cotton Pickin
Scratched Horses:
Win for Kitten (Off-Turf),
Stick to Your Guns (Trainer),
Aventurine (Off-Turf),
Implied (Off-Turf),
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Winning Owner:
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Winning Trainer:
Rudy R. Rodriguez
Winning Breeder:
Lucy Edwards & Randell Edwards
Winning Time: 1:09.98
Also Ran:
7 - Sensational Slam,
4 - Regal Strike
Scratched Horses:
Roman Invasion (Stewards),
Take Down Two (Veterinarian)
Winning Owner:
Carmelo Cirrincione
Winning Trainer:
Rudy R. Rodriguez
Winning Breeder:
Mike G. Rutherford
Winning Time: 1:37.53
Also Ran:
2 - Erin Enchanted,
7 - Go Unbridled,
3 - Harbor Mist
Scratched Horses:
Fiftyfour Forever (Trainer)
Winning Owner:
Waterville Lake Stable
Winning Trainer:
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Winning Breeder:
Waterville Lake Stables Limited LLC
Winning Time: 1:44.21
Also Ran:
7 - Snake Pit,
8 - Yellow Mountain (IRE),
6 - Right Right,
4 - Lead Singer,
9 - Baker Street
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Arc Above (Veterinarian),
Gun Point (Stewards)
Winning Owner:
Dennis Narlinger
Winning Trainer:
Michelle Nihei
Winning Breeder:
Jack R. Swain
Winning Time: 1:44.15
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2 - Mariel N Kathy,
7 - Floral Romance,
8 - Sweet and Lovely
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Zultanite (Stewards),
Centring (Main-Track-Only),
Clarinda (Main-Track-Only),
Composition (Veterinarian),
Thisizsparta (Main-Track-Only),
Flash Forward (Main-Track-Only)
Winning Owner:
Ramsey, Kenneth L. and Sarah K.
Winning Trainer:
Chad C. Brown
Winning Breeder:
Six Winters Farm, Inc.
Winning Time: 1:45.42
Also Ran:
1 - Printer's Alley,
9 - Polaris Dream
Scratched Horses:
Fluent (Off-Turf),
Dapper Draper (Stewards),
Aurora Lumiere (Off-Turf),
Fiddlers Chico (Off-Turf),
I Captivate Myself (Off-Turf),
Bundestag (GB) (Off-Turf),
Circadia (Stewards),
Old School (Veterinarian)
Winning Owner:
Loparnos Racing
Winning Trainer:
Patrick L. Reynolds
Winning Breeder:
Timothy J Rooney
Winning Time: 1:08.87
Also Ran:
5 - Killin Me Smalls,
4 - Lawn Man
Winning Owner:
Orlando DiRienzo
Winning Trainer:
Jeremiah C. Englehart
Winning Breeder:
Bridlewood Farm
Winning Time: 1:50.14
Also Ran:
3 - Pentagram,
2 - Fastinov,
12 - Olympian
Scratched Horses:
Our Emerald Forest (IRE) (Off-Turf),
Jack's R Wild (Off-Turf),
Corinthian Summer (Off-Turf),
Hardest Core (Off-Turf),
Federal Agent (Off-Turf),
For the Ages (Off-Turf)
Winning Owner:
Black Rock Stables, LLC
Winning Trainer:
Todd A. Pletcher
Winning Breeder:
Caldara Farm
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Harry Potter Star Paid $50 Million for Final Two Films?
Posted on Friday, June 29th, 2007 by Peter Sciretta
But interestingly enough, this still doesn't put Radcliffe on the highest paid actors list. Keanu Reeves was paid an estimated $160 million for The Matrix Reloaded/The Matrix Revolutions due to a deal that gave him 15% of the gross. Bruce Willis also took in over $100 million on The Sixth Sense with the same type of deal.Cool Posts From Around the Web:


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Featuring four M1014 Network Cameras from AXIS the 0520-044 bundle is a great system for buildings that have an existing Ethernet network. The M1014 supports storage on both microSDHC cards, network locations such as Network-Attached Storage (NAS) or servers. They also support video motion detection, saving a great deal of storage space as the cameras can be set to only record when motion is detected, and an active tampering alarm.
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Inside NPR
Photos From Michele Norris' Interview With 'Lean In' Author Sheryl Sandberg
Last night was "the biggest event in Washington," announced a beaming Shelton Zuckerman to the sold-out crowd gathered in Washington, D.C.'s Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, of which Shelton is a co-founder.
Brimming with a largely female audience, the synagogue played host to a conversation for aspiring female leaders and led by women who have earned their corner offices: NPR Host and Special Correspondent Michele Norris and Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer for Facebook. This event was Sandberg's latest venture championing women to embrace leadership in the workplace, a central theme in her new book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead.
Recap the Conversation on Twitter
Audience members live-tweeted questions and added their own voice to the discussion using the hashtag #LeanInDC.
Read more tweets from the event from This is NPR (@NPR), Michele Norris (@michele_norris) and Sixth and I (@SixthandI).
During the conversational session, Norris asked Sandberg about the challenges that some women face balancing their career and home life, and why women still have trouble landing top positions across most industries. Turning to her own experiences as a professional, a wife and a mother, Sandberg encouraged women not to fear "aiming higher." Lean In, Sandberg said, was written as practical advice for women who want to do just that.
Hear Sheryl Sandberg on NPR's Morning Edition
"I'm writing this book for every little girl who has ever been called bossy," Sandberg declared, prompting a burst of laughter and applause from the crowd.
The discussion was prefaced by a note from NPR President and CEO Gary E. Knell, who recalled NPR's own early adoption of female leaders and continuing commitment to female leadership within the organization. Knell praised Norris and other NPR influencers as pioneers for women in media, along with a warm shout-out to NPR's four "Founding Mothers" – Nina Totenberg, Susan Stamberg, Cokie Roberts and Linda Wertheimer – who he cited as critical voices in shaping the success of NPR.
Flip through the slideshow for more highlights from last night's event.
Hide captionNPR President and CEO Gary E. Knell stands with the honored guests of the night, (l-r) NPR Host and Special Correspondent Michele Norris and Facebook COO and author Sheryl Sandberg.Emily Hellewell/NPR
Hide caption"I'm so excited to be interviewed by Michele Norris!" Sandberg exclaimed at the start of the interview. "I'm a big fan of NPR."Bruce Guthrie
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Hide captionNorris and Sandberg listen as attendees share their thoughts and ask questions. One woman asked for advice on negotiating at work; Sandberg answered by directing to her website, www.leanin.org, which hosts a series of instructional videos for women.Bruce Guthrie
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The Forward reported yesterday on the unique problems of religious accommodation in complying with the federal Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 faced by ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools. Under the Act and implementing regulations, federal assistance for a school's food program is available only if the school's menus meet specified nutritional guidelines. Orthodox Jewish schools have encountered two issues, only one of which has been resolved so far. First, government standards limited the amount of grain-based food that could be served. Orthodox Jewish students needed a slice of bread in order to say the traditional Hamotzi-- the blessing over bread with which each meal is begun. That left no room for other grain-based foods. USDA officials agreed that schools could increase the amount of grain consumption, so long as it stayed within the calorie limit set out in USDA regulations.
The second issue involves the requirement to serve leafy dark-green vegetables as part of school meals. Ultra-Orthodox standards for kosher observance require special inspection of leafy vegetables to be sure that they are not insect infested. This would pose prohibitive costs on schools, and if they did not provide for inspection parents would advise their children not to eat the vegetables. The schools are consulting with a nutritionist to attempt to find equally nutritious alternatives.
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Schools Seeking Religious Accommodations In Complying With Federal School Nutrition Rules
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