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Management Accounting ? Beyond 2000
Wai Fong Chua
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Jane Baxter
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Pacific Accounting Review Millennium Edition, Vol 11, No 2, December 1999/January 2000
In this essay we consider the future of management accounting in the new millennium. We draw on the themes of post-industrialism to highlight the major discontinuities emerging in management accounting work. In particular, these discontinuities are discussed in the context of the following themes: the recession of the real; the rise of rival voices; the cyber-centred democracy; risk, trust and time-space; and the erosion of the bi-polar. We argue that management accounting will emerge as a paradoxical form of practice in the 21st century ? management accounting work will continue, but it may not be undertaken by professionals bearing the management accounting brand; reports will be produced for managing, but these reports will have an increasingly diverse authorship; financial representation will remain central to the internal reporting process, but there will be a growing need to represent activities and outcomes that do not have a material referent; management accounting will enter the ?business? of building trust, whilst enabling new forms of risk to emerge in more complex organisational and inter-organisational relationships. We conclude by arguing that postindustrialism creates significant opportunities for researchers in the 21st century.
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May is National Older Americans' Month, and King County Library System is participating with special programs and activities for all ages at each of its 41 branches. For more information on these and other older Americans' Month programs at KCLS branches, visit the
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Financial Workshop for Individual Investors, Tuesdays, through May 23, 6-8pm, 6-8pm, please register.
Bothell Regional Library (425-486-7811)
Music for Tots: Story Times, May 10, May 17, 9:30am, 11am, 1pm, suitable for ages 4-6, please register.
Make a Corsage for Mom, May 13, 3-4pm, suitable for ages 11-18, please register.
Talk Time, Mondays, May 1-29, 6-8pm, for all ages to practice speaking English.
Duvall Library (425-788-1173)
Traveling Young: Dare to do What Others Only Dream Of, May 11, 4:30pm.
Fall City Library (425-222-5951)
Reading Magic, May 12, 7pm, suitable for ages 5 and up.
Kenmore Library (425-486-8747)
Library Computer Catalog Basics for Seniors, May 11, 11:30am, please register.
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Friends of the Kingsgate Library Board Meeting, May 17, 7:30pm, members and prospective new members are always welcome.
Citizenship Preparation Class, through May 22, 7:30pm.
Mother Goose Story Time, May 18, 10-10:30am, for ages 12-24 months.
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Family Story Time, May 19, 7pm, free, Lake Forest Park Library.
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Second and fourth Wednesdays: 3:03-3:35 p.m. at the Maltby School, 9700 212th St. SE, Snohomish; 3:45-4:15 p.m. at the Rainbow General Store, 21825 Echo Lk. Rd., Snohomish.


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Student group takes home top award for children's theatre
Seniors Jacob Watson and Kelby Siddons and juniors Abby Schwarz and Allison Finn were on hand to accept the award and congratulations from Rives Collins, theatre faculty member and current AATE president. Photo courtesy of Purple Crayon Players.
The Zeta Phi Eta Winifred Ward Outstanding New Children's Theatre Company Award, named after former Northwestern professor Winifred Ward, has come home.
The annual award, given by the American Alliance for Theatre & Education (AATE) at its national conference, honors an up-and-coming theatre company serving young audiences. The 2010 recipient was Northwestern's own Purple Crayon Players, a student-run theatre and community service organization that produces professionally written theatre for young audiences within their mainstage season, as well as special projects and events by, with, and for youth. The Purple Crayon Players were honored at this year's AATE conference in San Francisco Aug. 5-8.
Winifred Ward taught at Northwestern from 1918 to 1950. Photo courtesy of University Archives.
The AATE evolved from Children's Theater Conference, an organization started by Ward in 1944.
"To receive this award affirms one of our essential beliefs: not only can people of all ages connect with Theater for Young Audiences, people of all ages can create a brighter future for Theater for Young Audiences," said Purple Crayon Players artistic director and senior theatre major Jacob Watson in his award acceptance speech.
According to the AATE web site, the winning company must "have attained a high level of artistic production and possess sound management practices while having stimulated community interest in its endeavors," as well as be organizational members of AATE. Companies in the running must have been in business for two years but for no more than five years.
Purple Crayon players work through a play-in-progress at the annual PLAYground Festival for new works. Last year's festival featured work by D.W. Gregory, Ramon Esquivel, and Jessica Puller (C07). Photo courtesy of Purple Crayon Players.
"We feel very lucky to have the support of Northwestern's School of Communication in our theatrical pursuits," Watson said. "Not only have we partnered with the Theatre and Interpretation Center to produce events and workshops such as our annual PLAYground Festival, but the School of Communication also helped to fund our spring 2010 touring production of The Phantom Tollbooth, allowing us to offer both discounted and free tours to schools in the Chicagoland community. Because we spend so much time working with local parents, students, and teachers, it is important to us to maintain a high level of professionalism. The funding, encouragement and validation we receive from the school are invaluable in this regard."
Northwestern theatre department chair Rives Collins, who is president of AATE, had the honor of presenting the Purple Crayon Players with the Ward award at the conference. Collins had no idea the Players were even nominated and was sure that he was purposefully kept out of the loop.
"When they won, I burst into tears," he said. "I think Ms. Winifred Ward would be so proud of the vision, the sense of purpose and the respect for young people that this company has."
Winifred Ward, a faculty member of the precursor to the School of Communication, started a children's theatre in 1924 to benefit the children of Evanston and to give university students a laboratory in the study of theatre for young people. Ward directed The Children's Theatre of Evanston for twenty-five years. Photo courtesy of University Archives.
Collins said the Purple Crayon Players are "transforming" the way undergraduate theatre communities engage the greater arts community. Their innovation, evident in the new PLAYground reading festival program the group started last year, Collins said, is a large reason they were recognized for the Ward Award.
Ward was a founder of modern creative drama and a founder of children's theatre education. She studied at the Northwestern University's Cumnock School of Oratory (the precursor to the School of Communication), receiving her diploma in 1905. After receiving her doctorate from the University of Chicago, she returned to Northwestern to teach from 1918 to her retirement in 1950. She died in 1975.
For more information about the Purple Crayon Players, visit www.purplecrayonplayers.com.


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I had all these grand plans of chores that needed to be taken care of Saturday …. and then …. I started watching the Baylor at West Virginia game. I suddenly turned into a TV Zombie. I was mesmerized by what I was seeing. It was like a 12 course meal with 4 different deserts. I had a haircut scheduled in the late morning and it was just killing me to pull away from footballs version of the"Fast & Furious" movies on steroids. Of course I had to get home in time to see the start of the ASU-Cal game. Yeah … I'll just watch the first few series and then go do my stuff. Doh …. it was as if my feet were super glued to the floor. My arms and legs stuck to the lounger like I was strapped to the electric chair. Okay now I'm just going to catch a little of that Texas and Oklahoma State game. An hour and a half later the sun is setting …. I could still take care of this stuff at night. Hey check out that Wisconsin-Nebraska game … Oh my gosh another nail-biter. click click click click back and forth Texas-OSU/UW-Nebraska/Texas OSU .. Hey the Arizona game is starting I better add that to the click fest. I haven't had a day like this in a long while. Every football game I turned to was compelling. Louisville-Southern Miss/TCU-SMU please stop the madness. Goodbye Saturday … most of those chores will hold off until next week.
That's kind of the way it feels in the NFL this year. I fell behind early in my Pick-the-pros and have been trying to catch-up by picking upsets. I just dig a deeper hole. Miss the upsets I pick … miss the other games that are upsets. I'm in Pick-the-Pros hell right now. This year is a perfect example of why the NFL has left Baseball & Basketball in it's dust. Anyone in a loser pool can attest to that. Point spreads don't seem to mean much. No Game is a gimme. But does anyone ever really expect the Kansas City Royals to rise up and be a playoff threat in Baseball? Free agent basketball players never want to go to Milwaukee. The Bucks have to hope and pray every draft is a good one and that they can hold their good players long enough to taste the playoffs. The NFL – worst to first seems possible in a very short time span. Sure there are a few poorly run franchises that never seem to dig out but their fans have more hope that maybe next year will be their year. If you haven't seen the classic Cleveland Browns Fan rant from last year it's worth two minutes of your life. His "Factory of Sadness – I'll see you Sunday" line remains one of my all time favorites. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRBDMMVctu8
I've finally come around to be a Cardinals believer. I just thought the offense was too suspect to put much faith in them. But they have got a winning formula going. Spectacular defense with superior special teams and an offense that does just enough to win games. I can't help but still be concerned about a team that is averaging 2.8 yards per rushing attempt compared to 5.4 for San Francisco. They're near the bottom of the league in yards per pass attempt at 6.6 but that just goes to show you how important field position is. Special teams and the Defense making sure the Cards offense doesn't need to drive as far as their opponents. Barring injuries the Cardinals should be a playoff team this year and we know what can happen in the playoffs.


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FORT WORTH, Texas — If the NCAA men's basketball Final Four wasn't enough to play havoc with the NASCAR schedule this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, rain is playing a role Sunday, delaying the start of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.
Heavy rain hit the track throughout Sunday morning and continued past 1:30 p.m. ET, and NASCAR has put all prerace activities on hold for the race, which was scheduled to go green at 3:17 p.m. ET.
The rain let up a bit around 2:15 and NASCAR began track-drying efforts. Driver introductions and prerace ceremonies were completed by 4:30 p.m. ET but the track was still wet thanks to the cold, intermittent rain and weepers where water seeps up through cracks on the track.
The National Weather Service predicts a 40 percent chance the rest of the day. The race is scheduled for 334 laps, meaning the race is official if the leader completes 167 laps.
MORE: Race lineup breakdown | Junior's chase | Picks, predictions
Texas Motor Speedway has lights and no curfew, and it is expected that TMS and NASCAR officials would run well into the night to finish the race. They typically do, but they have extra incentive to avoid racing in the same market Monday as the NCAA men's basketball championship game in Dallas. NASCAR has five of its new Air Titan track-drying mechanisms, three of its "old" version of the Air Titan and the track also has six jet driers in hopes of getting the 1.5-mile surface dry in 75-90 minutes.
TMS is the only track on the circuit that has a ticket policy where if the race is rained out, a fan who doesn't stay for Monday can exchange the ticket for a TMS race either later this year or the spring race next season.
"I would think you could go green flag 8 (or) 9 o'clock (Central) and still get it in before midnight or so," TMS President Eddie Gossage said. "I remember we have raced at Charlotte until 2 in the morning, if they want to do it. We'll see. Everybody loses in every way that we're looking at it, but I think your preference is to do it today as opposed to tomorrow."
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Racing Monday (where there's a 30 percent chance of rain) not only would mean getting overshadowed by the Final Four, it also could create a logistical challenge for the sport's support personnel trying to reschedule travel for late Monday or Tuesday amid the Final Four.
The Final Four semifinal games Saturday were the reason NASCAR is running a Sunday afternoon race at Texas, which has traditionally had a Saturday night race in April.
It is NASCAR policy not to start a race if it is not prepared time-wise to run to the finish. Once it starts a race, the priority is to get to at least halfway. Fox Sports will televise the race, and it has the option to move the race from Fox to Fox Sports 1 after 7 p.m. ET.
Tony Stewart is on the pole for the event, the seventh race of the Cup season.


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Plus: Amar'e and Ciara at Fred's, Victoria Beckham at Norma's, and more, in our weekly roundup of celebrity dining.By Ray Rahman
AHEM, Ron Perelman.By Chris Rovzar
Plus, Stephen Colbert loses a debate with bag of Sun Chips, on our regular late-night roundup.By Dorsey Shaw
We made Julian Schnabel, Gabriel Byrne, and Sting rap about Eyjafjallajökull.By Maridel Reyes
Now we can all sleep easy.By Katie Goldsmith
Plus: 'In Treatment' returns! Angie Harmon returns! 'Top Chef' returns (in a way)!By Adam K. Raymond
One man's snub turned into another's gain.By Mark Graham
Plus, dish on Barack Obama, Kate Moss, and Mel Gibson in our daily gossip roundup.
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Dan and Dr. Lane hash out their feelings about HBO's new therapy drama.
Robert De Niro and David Bowie were cordial at Vanity Fair's party for the Tribeca Film Festival, despite reports that De Niro is mad that Bowie's High Line Festival comes right after Tribeca. Also at the party: "Friends" Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump (as we told you yesterday). And Jann Wenner, with cuckolded boyfriend Matt Nye. Amy Sacco will open a hotel in the financial district. CBS's Bob Schieffer and Lesley Stahl may have been behind a hit piece on Katie Couric in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Speaking of Couric, her cell phone ringtone is the Pussycat Dolls's "Don't Cha." Bill Clinton is going to a party at Gabriel Byrne's house to fundraise for Hillary. Les Moonves went to go see his son's rock band play at the Plumm.


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Good morning Southeast and Southwest Portlanders!
Neighborhood news you should know about:Neighbors in Sellwood-Moreland have pushed the city to put a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries. A dispensary opened across from a church and near other establishments children frequent.
Have you noticed that little blue light next to the red on the signal at Southeast Hawthorne and Southeast 16th Avenue or Southeast 87th Avenue and Southeast Division Street? Joseph Rose reports the light comes in peace. It isn't watching you -- it's notifying bicyclists they're in the sweet spot for detection and a green light is on the way.
Janet Eastman reports a Southwest home will be featured in the Stately Home Tour of Old Northwest and Southwest Neighborhoods next month.
Don't panic about the Mt. Tabor nursery being reduced to a muddy expanse. It hasn't been sold to a developer, and it won't stay mud. Terry Richard reports budget cuts brought an end to the nursery. The trees were removed and planted in city parks or given to neighbors early this month. The city will plant grass and maintain the space as informal green space.
Former Central Catholic football player Connor Humphreys will be visiting OregonLive.com for a live chat Thursday at 3 p.m. to take questions about committing to Arizona State and and the Rams' state championship title run.
The Sunday market in Sellwood, which has been open weekly since November, will switch to Tuesday evenings May 20 so vendors can go back to their usual Sunday summer markets.
The Rose Festival medallion hunt is back this year! We'll publish cryptic clues on OregonLive.com everyday May 26 through June 8 that will guide you to the medallion hidden in the metro area. Winner gets $1,000 (plus other prizes not yet disclosed).
Upcoming events:
JK Goats will be holding a contest to name two baby goats born Sunday at the Sellwood market next to Stone Cottage, which is located at 8609 S.E. 17th Ave. Photos here!
Have an event or meeting you'd like to see included in a roundup? Or a story you think deserves coverage? Please email me! I'm always looking for story ideas. You can also follow and interact with me on Twitter at @SEPDXreporter and @SWPDXreporter.
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While Fools should generally take the opinion of Wall Street with a grain of salt, it's not a bad idea to take a closer look at particularly stock-shaking upgrades and downgrades -- just in case their reasoning behind the call makes sense.
What: Shares of Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN ) surged 5% this morning after Wells Fargo upgraded the daily deals specialist from market perform to outperform.
So what: Along with the upgrade, analyst Trisha Dill boosted her valuation range to $13.00-$14.00 (from $5.00-$6.00), representing about 35% worth of upside to yesterday's close. While momentum traders might be turned off by the stock's slide in recent months, Dill believes that Groupon is ready to bounce, given how nicely management's strategic and growth initiatives are gaining traction.
Now what: Wells now expects Groupon to post 2013 EPS of $0.08, and 2014 EPS of $0.25. "We believe Groupon is positioned well to take continued share in the massive local commerce market," noted Wells. "We also view mobile commerce as an incremental opportunity for Groupon given mobile users buy 50% more than non-mobile users, app downloads are accelerating (9MM in the most recent quarter, up from 7.5MM in Q2), and Groupon's mobile offering is improving." With Groupon shares up nearly 150% from their 52-week lows, and trading at a 40-plus forward P/E, however, I'd wait for a much wider margin of safety before buying into that growth.
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UNIONDALE, N.Y. — It wasn't completely against their will that the Flyers were dragged into the time machine last night.
They went passively, almost sleepily, and awoke uncomfortably sometime between 1980 and 1984. Mike Bossy was knocking down two goals, Bryan Trottier was having a five-point night, Denis Potvin was making those crisp outlet passes, Billy Smith was making all the required saves and the Flyers were
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This definition is for allocation of lesions with preinvasive/borderline properties. It is currently aimed at newly identified neoplasms, which may be similar to those described in humans. In mouse pathology, many adenomas may be preinvasive/borderline lesions. However, their inclusion in the preinvasive category can be justified only upon development of better diagnostic criteria.
- Squamous dysplasia
- Composed of airway epithelial cells with squamous metaplasia. Degree of atypia, maturation, orientation towards the basal membrane and involvement of full thickness of mucosa may vary.
- Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia
- Focal and diffuse lesions involving alveoli and terminal bronchioles and consisting of relatively uniform atypical cuboidal to columnar cells with dense chromatin. Degrees of cellular hypertrophy and hyperchromasia are variable. Cellular and nuclear atypia are the distinctive features as compared with hyperplasia. Their relevance to human AAH and mouse adenomas remains to be determined.
- Diffuse idiopathic pulmonary neuroendocrine cell hyperplasia
- Diffuse accumulation of groups of neuroendocrine cells confined to bronchiolar epithelium in the absence of airway inflammation or diffuse interstitial fibrosis. Not reported to occur spontaneously.


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In an acquisition that's expected to provide incremental revenue and align with its strategy to expand into system-on-chip solutions, flash memory maker Spansion (UNKNOWN: CODE.DL ) said it will acquire the microcontroller and analog business of Fujitsu Semiconductor for approximately $110 million, plus approximately $65 million for inventory.
As customers seek faster and more intelligent devices, embedded nonvolatile memory has become a key differentiator within the microcontroller market. By acquiring the products, intellectual property, and employees of Fujitsu, Spansion believes its flash technology will accelerate the next generation development of the "Internet of everything" in automotive, industrial, and consumer applications. Cisco has said it estimates by 2020 there will be some 50 billion devices connected to the Internet.
Spansion president and CEO John Kispert said: "We will gain valuable people and intellectual property as well as microcontroller and analog products that will enable us to expand our customer base, addressing complete embedded systems requirements in automotive, industrial and consumer markets. We have been strategic partners with Fujitsu Semiconductor for decades and share many of the same customers. We expect a seamless transition for all of the employees and customers."
The acquisition is expected to be completed sometime between July and September, and the net impact is expected to be accretive for Spansion.


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Through more than 90 years of providing patient care, research and education, Emory University Hospital has become one of the most vital medical centers in the country. Emory offers expertise in over 100 specialties and sub-specialties. We'll be glad to provide you information about particular specialties. Meanwhile, here are a few highlights.
Cardiac Care
The Emory University Hospital cardiology program has been recognized as one of the top 10 programs in U.S. News & World Report for nine years since the magazine began ranking hospitals in 1990. Emory has long been a major referral institution for patients with complex cardiac problems. The Emory Heart and Vascular Center offers total vascular care to our patients for both cardiac and peripheral vessels.
Emory pioneered angioplasty, a procedure now used worldwide for opening clogged coronary arteries without surgery. Research by our cardiac team has shown that for some patients angioplasty is just as effective as bypass surgery, even for more than one blocked artery.
Emory is the only multiple organ transplant center in the state of Georgia. Since the first corneal transplant was performed at Emory in 1947, we have been a pioneer of transplantation for the state of Georgia. Today, heart, lung, liver, pancreas, kidney/pancreas, and kidney transplants are performed at Emory University Hospital. And, in certain situations, combination transplants such as heart/lung, liver/kidney, and heart/kidney are also being performed.
More than 320 organ transplant procedures are performed at Emory each year. We have the distinction of being both a preferred transplant center for many insurance carriers as well as a Medicare-approved center.
Pediatric transplantation is performed at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, our affiliate children's hospital.
Cancer Treatment Services (Oncology) at the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
In cancer treatment, teamwork really counts. This complex disease has many facets, often requiring the expertise of several medical specialists. The Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University is the coordinating center for a vast array of resources in medical, surgical, and radiation oncology, diagnostic imaging, and the subspecialties of cancer care spread throughout Emory, from blood and bone marrow stem cell transplantation to internationally recognized breast reconstruction.
As a leader in cancer patient care and research, the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University offers unique new therapies including more than 150 clinical trials for all tumor types and stages of cancer.
What makes Emory different is its growing ability to provide individualized care based on the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University's strength in scientific discovery and research such as cancer genomics. Winship Cancer Institute scientists are increasingly able to identify specific genes that make cancer cells form and spread. Determining why some people develop cancer, why some cancers are more aggressive than others, and why some tumors respond differently to different treatment is pointing the way toward new means of prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.
In addition, Winship offers many options for patients to participate in clinical trials. Combined with our research, this is a discovery accelerator, making a difference in the fight against cancer. The Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University impacts cancer treatment, early diagnosis and prevention as a proud participant in the Georgia Cancer Coalition. The GCC promotes state-wide collaboration and oversight for the quality of cancer care in Georgia.
Diagnostic Radiology
No longer limited by the one-dimensional images of conventional X-rays, Emory physicians use advanced imaging techniques to diagnose and guide treatment of diseases and injuries, often without exploratory surgery.
Emory is the only medical center in Georgia with a cyclotron and radiochemistry laboratory accompanying its positron emission tomography (PET) scanner. These make possible the production of various radionuclides needed to image different parts of the body.
We are finding new applications for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), such as helping us diagnose and treat cardiac disease and strokes.
Emory's interventional radiology program continues to make advancement toward less invasive, less costly, image-guided procedures to improve the quality of patient care.
Emory is a leader in the neurosciences, especially in the treatment of aneurysms, brain tumors and movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease.
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County landfills will close a little earlier daily and shut down on all holidays, and trash pickups on holidays will be nixed with no makeup of the lost service beginning Friday, according to the county Department of Environmental Management.
Michael Ratte, acting Solid Waste Division chief, said Tuesday that plans for the changes are in place with signs posted and fliers distributed at all landfills, information put in the last refuse billing statements and the county website updated with new schedules and hours. Landfills will remain closed on Sundays, and there's no curbside collection on Sunday.
The changes are:
* No refuse collection on county holidays; customers will have their refuse collected on their next regularly scheduled pickup.
* Closing the Central Maui Landfill an hour early at 2 p.m. (current hours are 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.), Monday to Saturday. The landfill also will be closed on county holidays; it is currently open on an abbreviated schedule on all holidays.
* Closing the Hana, Molokai and Lanai landfills an hour and a half early at 1 p.m. (current hours are 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.), Tuesday to Saturday. They will be closed on county holidays; currently, the landfills are open on five county holidays on an abbreviated schedule - Kuhio and Kamehameha days, the general election, Veterans Day and New Year's Eve.
In a Viewpoint published in The Maui News on July 20, Ratte and Kyle Ginoza, director of the Environmental Management Department, explained that the department currently lacks the staff to address compliance, safety, engineering and operations issues that have cost the county $4.5 million in fines and violations since 2006.
Four positions sought to resolve the compliance issues and to reduce the fines were denied by the County Council, they said. Council members said that the department should have the ability to continue operations as in the past, but with more than $560,000 annually in noncompliance costs the status quo should not be the goal, Ginoza and Ratte said.
"(This) simply does not meet our goals from an environmental or regulatory perspective," they said.
In addition, the council placed a priority on recycling by restricting funding solely for those services; the money could not be used for higher priority compliance and safety issues, they said.
"Without the compliance-related positions, . . . the division has no choice but to reduce landfill hours and refuse collections in attempt to address compliance," they wrote.
Ratte and Ginoza also refuted claims that landfill operations received $337,000 more for operations; they said that figure included funds for union-negotiated wage and benefit increases and for residential refuse trucks. They said landfill operations actually received $400,000 less in the current fiscal year budget.
Council Budget and Finance Committee Chairman Mike White told The Maui News on Tuesday that the department received everything in the mayor's budget with the exception of three expansion positions. He noted that those three positions represent a small proportion of the solid waste management budget - $90,000 of the total $30 million budget.
"We gave them practically all they asked for," he said. "I see no reasons for it. We didn't cut their budget. We simply gave them the budget the mayor requested except for the three expansion positions. . . .
"We're quite puzzled by their actions. We have no idea why they are cutting services."
On the fines for violations, White lauded the department for doing "a good job" under Arakawa. He said that there have been only $140,000 in fines since 2011.
"I don't see the ongoing threat of violations because they seem to be doing quite well," White said.
The council member noted carryover savings by the department and that the department could have tapped funds set aside by the county for wage and benefit increases. Most departments made requests for those funds, with the Police Department drawing $1.6 million, White recalled; the Solid Waste Division made no such request, he said.
Communication with the administration has been difficult since Arakawa last month issued a memorandum that directed all county civil service employees and administration directors and staff to halt direct written and verbal communication with council members and their staffs. The directives channel communications through the mayor's office and the managing director's office.
White said he learned about the landfill hour and refuse collection changes from someone who picked up a flier at the landfill.
"We really need to get better communication, with that department in particular," White said, referring to the Environmental Management Department. "That is a really silly way to run the government and certainly doesn't help the working of the machine of the county."
The council will be looking into the changes in the coming weeks, he said, but noted that the council can only gather information and set policy but not delve into department operations.
Still, he is not so sure these changes will take effect.
Last year, when the mayor proposed his budget, he called for shutting down community recycling centers, White said. There was a community uproar, and the administration backed off.
"Have to see if they are put in place," White said of the landfill and refuse collection changes. "My guess is they won't be."
If the changes do go into effect, the lack of refuse collection will affect him personally. White said that he has one-time-a-week service - on Mondays, the day on which many holidays fall.
"We are all impacted by this," White said. "We'll just have to see if the administration follows through on this."
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Gabriel Gonzaga. Photo property of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Former UFC heavyweight title challenger Gabriel Gonzaga will reportedly take on Gladiators Fighting Series veteran Josh Hendricks at UFC 91, which will likely take place on November 15 at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, according to Five Ounces of Pain.
The report cites a source speaking on the condition of anonymity. Bout agreements are apparently yet to be finalized but both fighters have verbally agreed to fight.
Gonzaga fell in his only UFC heavyweight title opportunity to date, losing to Randy Couture via third-round TKO at UFC 74. He was then stopped with strikes by longtime rival Fabricio Werdum at UFC 80 but bounced back to submit Justin McCully at UFC 86 in July.
Hendricks, who has also fought inside the confines of King of the Cage, is currently riding a ten-fight undefeated streak. He most recently scored a first-round knockout of James Powell at Legends of Fighting 21 in November of last year. However Hendricks' record against UFC veterans isn't so promising; he has been defeated by Sam Hoger, Travis Wiuff, and Tom Murphy.
UFC 91 is also expected to feature a possible heavyweight title bout between Couture and Brock Lesnar, as well as a lightweight contenders showdown between Kenny Florian and Joe Stevenson.
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CLEVELAND - Reports that Chiefs coach Andy Reid and Browns CEO Joe Banner parted ways in Philadelphia on poor terms didn't mesh with Reid's comments on a conference call.
Reid was effusive in his praise of Banner, who was president of the Eagles for 12 seasons. Reid was the Eagles coach for 14 years before being fired after last season.
"I'm a big Joe Banner fan," Reid said. "I spent 14 years with him and we had a ton of success together. He was one of the persons that was instrumental in me being part of the Eagles and then giving me the opportunity to, along with (Eagles owner) Jeff Lurie, win football games.
"He's a brilliant guy. He knows football; he knows talent. He knows what it takes to win and I think he'll do a nice job there."
Reid believes Banner made the right call in hiring Rob Chudzinski as coach. He said Cleveland "is lucky to have him (Banner)."
FAMILY MATTERS: Browns offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz will enjoy a homecoming in Kansas City. His older brother Geoff is a backup offensive lineman for the Chiefs, and both parents will be in attendance.
Schwartz's mother plans to wear a jersey to show support for both sons. The parents try to attend as many games as possible, setting aside Cleveland trips for before the weather turns bad.
"It's harder living back in Los Angeles," Mitchell said.
Geoff was a seventh-round selection of the Carolina Panthers from the University of Oregon in 2008. Mitchell was picked by the Browns in the second round of the 2012 draft out of Cal.
IT TAKES TIME: Running back Willis McGahee said receiver Josh Gordon will eventually "get it" in terms of maturing on and off the field. Gordon has had off-the-field issues and is occasionally criticized for not always giving a complete effort in games.
"Everyone gets it. It depends on when," said McGahee, an 11-year veteran. "I didn't get it until my fourth or fifth year. I said, 'All right, I have to start eating right and I have to start doing this.' He has the talent. You can see it in him. He's going to put it together."
NOT TO FAULT: Offensive coordinator Norv Turner didn't blame Gordon for not coming down with a fourth-down pass from Brandon Weeden deep in Packers' territory last Sunday. Gordon didn't appear to make a strong effort to pull in the ball as he battled defender Davon House.
"He's running free and is open and Brandon got hit right when he threw it, and the ball didn't have much on it," Turner said. "Those are hard balls to time. As I perceive it, Josh jumped too early because he thought the ball had more on it. I thought he did the best he could."
INJURY REPORT: Linebacker Quentin Groves (ankle) missed practice again. Linebacker Brandon Magee (oblique) and defensive lineman Billy Winn (quadricep) were limited.


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Sons of Martha
"The Sons of Martha" is a poem written by Rudyard Kipling. It is inspired by the biblical story of Mary and Martha as told in Luke 10:38–42. It celebrates the careful work done by workers and builders to provide for others' physical needs.
"The Sons of Martha" was written in 1907 and was adopted by the author in 1922 to be part of the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer performed by Canadian engineers they graduate.
In the Bible story, Christ visits a home where two sisters, Mary and Martha, live. Mary sits at the visitor's feet to listen to him while Martha races about attending to the hospitality until her patience runs out, and Martha calls on Mary to help her. Martha is chided for her mundane concerns and is told, "Mary has chosen what is better".
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- The Sons of Martha at Tricolour.net
- The Works of Rudyard Kipling at Onlineliterature.com
- Luke 10:38–42 at Biblegateway.com


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Watch as the young girls discuss their complex "dating" issues here.
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Osteoporosis & You: Protecting Your Bones
Bone Density: A Clue to Your Future
Health-conscious women who wouldn't dream of skipping their Pap test or mammogram appointments can be woefully ignorant about another type of vital health check -- the bone density test.
This quick and painless evaluation, often done for the first time after menopause, can help predict whether you'll sprint through your middle years and beyond, or shuffle along painfully due to thinning bones and fractures. More importantly, the test results can help your doctor decide if medication or lifestyle changes are needed now to rescue your "thinning" bones.
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Bone Thieves: How to Defend Yourself
Think you're doing everything you can to protect your bones? Are you sure? Here are 11 thieves that could be raiding your bones without you knowing it, and some expert tips to protect yourself. Thief 1: Sunscreen. "People don't realize how important vitamin D is to bones," says integrative medicine physician Robin Miller, MD. "They think they're getting it from sunlight, but they're using sunscreen, and vitamin D doesn't get through sunscreen." The Fix: Keep using sunscreen....
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Predicting Bad Bones: Bone Density Tests
"Bone density tests turn out to be a good predictor of fracture risk," says Felicia Cosman, MD, clinical director of the National Osteoporosis Foundation in Washington, and a New York physician. Minimizing that risk is important, because the older you are, the more serious a fracture can be -- often resulting in lengthy hospitalization and long-term loss of your mobility.
And certain women are at higher risk of low bone mass, called osteoporosis, in which bones are likely to fracture. What increases your osteoporosis risk?
- A family history of the disease
- Having a small, thin frame
- Certain medical conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis
- Taking certain medications, such as corticosteroids
- Lifestyle factors: Alcohol use; getting little exercise; smoking; drinking cola; a diet low in calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D.
Unfortunately, many women are unsure if -- and when -- they need a bone density test, if they're aware of the test at all.
When Should You Get That First Bone Density Scan?
Some of the confusion about the test is understandable because official recommendations and advice from physicians on when to first get tested isn't in perfect agreement.
For instance, the National Osteoporosis Foundation as well as the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists recommends all women aged 65 and over , as well as women and men after age fifty who experience fractures, get a bone density test. They also suggest that younger women who have gone through menopause and have one or more risk factors (such as family history of spine fractures) get tested, too.
Despite those guidelines, many physicians say that all average, healthy women should get a bone density test when they enter menopause, says Laura Tosi, MD, director of the bone health program at Children's National Medical Center in Washington. That makes sense, she says, because bone loss tends to speed up in the years after menopause, so getting a baseline idea of where you stand as you enter menopause gives you something to compare later scans to.


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Because we are engaged in the ministry of Christian marriage counseling we offer this, our statement of beliefs and affirmations.
1. Christianity is the foundation of all ethical and moral systems operative our society and culture today. Christianity's core values underpin all our professional marriage counseling programs provided to individuals, couples, children and families.
2. We focus upon helping marriages to become spiritually and emotionally strong.
Strong marriages and families provide strength to society and to our community as a whole.
3. Our goal is to provide ethical, moral and values-based marriage counseling. We believe that, for the counselor to be effective, he must deliver the highest quality counseling. It must be spiritually compelling and to the point. It must also present clear and effective solutions to the serious issues we face each day.


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Stark Bros Ltd is a family owned and operated business servicing the marine industry from the Port of Lyttelton since 1958 .
The company is fully conversant with all aspects of the Ship Repair Industry, from afloat maintenance to full dry docking and survey work, and the skills associated with a strong Boatbuilding foundation. With the combination of Specialist Personnel, Facilities, Equipment, Knowledge and Experience of Ships and the Marine Industry, Stark Bros Ltd are able to provide a very high level of service and expertise, at competitive prices.
Stark Bros Ltd have chosen to focus exclusively on the Marine Industry, therefore General Engineering does not feature in our aspirations. Being specialists and therefore constantly reliant on the Marine Industry it maintains a permanent focus to continually meet expectations of the Shipping Industry expectations which are amongst the most demanding of any industry, particularly regards time sensitivity.
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Interested in teaching for MOLLI? The MOLLI program provides accessible and innovative learning environments for adults 50+ from all backgrounds and levels of education. Our teachers are some of Montana's best, including current and emeritus University of Montana faculty as well as professionals and scholars from the community
Our program offerings are academically focused in the areas of Fine Arts, Humanities, Current and Political Affairs, as well as Natural and Social Sciences. MOLLI courses are typically offered as 6-week terms during the fall, winter, and spring; each class session lasts approximately 90 minutes a week and is predominantly held on either Thursdays or Fridays.
This is truly learning for learning's sake – no exams, no grades – just fun!
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DMANC enhances the professional competence of its active members and provides insight into industry-shaping issues. From large destinations to small, senior to junior experience levels, members can gain from involvement in ways such as:
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Telmap, pioneers in mobile location-based services, announced today a new partnership with HRS, Europe's leading hotel portal. Users of M8 in the UK can now benefit from this integration by having location-relevant access to HRS's vast directory of hotels, serving as a launch pad for making reservations to said hotels. Integrated hotel booking effectively supports Telmap's mission of providing people with instant, relevant, reliable and fun information while on-the-go.
Operating a global electronic hotel reservation system, HRS caters to business and private travellers by offering a database of more than 250,000 hotels worldwide (with several thousand in the UK) and across all price ranges. This comprehensive database now empowers M8 users in the UK to search for hotels near them or in areas they will be traveling to and make informed decisions by reviewing hotel-specific information all from within M8, make reservations free of charge, with immediate confirmation and at the continually-updated special HRS prices. Furthermore, users may proceed to make their reservations and ultimately navigate directly to their chosen hotel. M8 users are not the only winners here as Hotels can now effectively provide their potential guests with search that is based on location; not to mention simplified reservations booking and ultimately offering their guests first-in-class navigation to the hotel itself.
"Partnering up with trusted, well-known content providers is part of Telmap's long-term strategy of aiming to offer significant added value to our users. In this vein, we are excited to be collaborating with HRS in our M8 UK offering; essentially closing the "on-the-go" hotel search loop by offering our users a first-class location-based hotel search, booking and navigation experience." – Tim Owen | UK Country Manager, Telmap
"M8 is the ideal partner for us as mobile solutions become increasingly significant. More and more people book their hotels spontaneously and at short notice. We are thrilled with this strategic partnership, which will help us to expand our mobile business in UK", said Bjoern Kraemer, Director Mobile & New Media at HRS.
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The Sun-Gazette's daily sports section was named one of the nation's 10 best in its circulation category at the 2012 Associated Press Sports Editors contest this past week.
In addition, Sun-Gazette sports writer Mitch Rupert placed in the top 10 for feature story in the Sun-Gazette's category of under 30,000 average daily circulation.
Section judging was based on four section entries. Two were optional dates chosen by the newspaper and two were mandatory dates randomly chosen by the contest from 2011. All contest entries were judged by APSE member sports editors from across the country from news organizations of all sizes at the APSE winter convention Feb. 18-22 in Orlando, Fla.
"We always strive to provide the best local sports coverage in central Pennsylvania. This award is a great honor and I am very proud of our staff. The long-term success of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette is built on the foundation of delivering the best local news, local sports and local value to our readers." said Sun-Gazette publisher, Bernard A. Oravec.
"I am so proud of what our sports staff accomplishes every day," said Sun-Gazette Editor David F. Troisi. "This recognition is well-deserved and hard-earned."
"These awards show that we've built upon our previous good work. Recognition from our known peers is the most rewarding to many of us in sports journalism," said Sun-Gazette sports editor Ben Brigandi, who also serves as APSE's third vice-president.
The first optional date was Tuesday, Aug. 10, which covered part of the Babe Ruth Mid-Atlantic baseball regional held in the city, and included a follow-up story by Rupert on a overnight bus crash involving the Williamsport Crosscutters during a New York City road trip.
The second optional date was Saturday, Aug. 21, which covered Keystone's first game at the Little League World Series.
The two mandatory dates were Monday, May 23, which contained a look ahead to the District 4 baseball and softball playoffs, and Friday, Nov. 4, which contained End Zone Extra to preview high school football plus District 4 soccer playoff coverage.
Rupert's Crosscutters bus crash story earned him the Top 10 features award. Final numerical rankings for the APSE writing contests will be released later this spring. Sections are not ranked numerically.
This is the second consecutive year that the Sun-Gazette's sports staff has earned national APSE recognition. The Sunday section won honorable mention honors and Rupert placed in the Top 10 for game story writing for work in 2010.
"We believe that every game, no matter how small, from developmental pee wee leagues to high school, is a 'big game' to someone. Our sports reporters understand this and take pride in preserving these special memories for a lifetime." concludes Bernard A. Oravec, Sun-Gazette publisher.


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Troopers: 2 killed when motorcycle, car collide
Published 7:49 AM EDT Oct 15, 2012
Two people were killed when a motorcycle and car collided Saturday night.
The wreck happened at 8 p.m. in on Highway 25 near North Spear Road in Greenville County.
Troopers said a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was traveling on Highway 25 when it collided with an Oldsmobile.
Both people on the motorcycle were killed, authorities said.
The two people in the Oldsmobile were taken to the hospital with injuries.
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Enforcement of 2010 ADA Standards began on March 15, 2012. Sweeping accessibility changes affecting the hospitality business, and many public facilities will be required and enforced. Compliance is mandatory!
ADA Standards for Accessible Design provides you with an all-inclusive guide that puts both the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design, which governs construction and alteration of places of public use, together with the Department of Justice's Guidance on the Standards for Accessible Design, in one complete book.
The 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design includes:
This volume makes compliance easy, with a side-by-side look at both the 2010 ADA Standards, and the requirements you need to meet those Standards. You'll find the Department of Justice's Guidance provides in a shaded box immediately after each section. The Guidance clearly shows you all the changes to the Standards, the reasoning behind those changes, and the responses to public commentary received on them.
Enforcement of these Standards began on March 15, 2012 for all new construction projects. With the help of this manual it will be easier for you to stay in full compliance and avoid a non-compliance lawsuit.


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While dining at my hotel's restaurant, I got to try their Curried Pumpkin and Butternut Squash Bisque which was seriously THE MOST DIVINE thing I've ever tasted (shoot... even Chubster, who's not into curry, downed almost the entire bowl)!. I've been thinking and thinking about that soup ever since and finally, I've decided to try my hand at it. While it's not the same, it still came out pretty good, giving you those warm "fuzzies" you get from eating a comfort food. And just in time for the cold season too!
What you'll need:
- 1 medium butternut squash, trimmed
- 1 small sugar pie pumpkin, trimmed
- 2 tbsp ground ginger
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 3 tbsp of hot curry powder
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp ground white pepper
- 2 large leeks, sliced
- Sea salt & pepper (for taste)
- 1 32oz box of low-sodium chicken stock
- 1/2 box of coconut cream
- 1 can of coconut milk
- Cooked clams (optional)
- Roasted sunflower kernels (optional)
1. Toss butternut squash and pumpkin with some melted coconut oil and seasonings and arrange evenly on baking tray.
2. Roast at 400F for 45min - 1hr or until softened.
|Roasting the squash with the spices is supposed to help "toast" the spices more, thereby allowing for more fragrance and flavor
|Because I had to roast the pumpkin separately (my baking trays aren't big enough), I didn't add any spices to it
3. Add about 2 tbsp of coconut oil to stockpot over medium-high heat. Once oil is heated through and through, add leeks and saute until thoroughly softened.
4. Using blender or food processor, puree roasted butternut squash, pumpkin, and leeks together.
5. Add puree back into stockpot.
6. Add chicken stock, coconut cream, and coconut milk to puree and stir over medium-high heat.
7. Adjust taste of chowder with seasonings. If you want it spicier, add more curry powder.
8. Once soup is heated through and through, spoon some chopped clams to bottom of bowl.
9. Ladle chowder over clams and sprinkle some sunflower kernels. Serve and enjoy!


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The voice on the telephone drawled but there was an undertone of excitement. "Found a new place. Nice little pool deep enough to dive without breaking your neck.
"Taking Chris for a little fun in the sun. Want to come along?" Before I could answer, Nick added: "Been there a couple times; no one else around. Really remote."
The place lived up to the billing. Nick's Maui cruiser limped down the dirt road aimed at the ocean. Parallel pasture fencing turned the one-laner into a rural alley, or maybe a driveway. No sign of life anywhere.
Nick dropped the right wheels of the car off the dirt, nearly rubbing the fencing on that side. Once the rackety engine was shut down the silence was deafening.
"Here we are," Nick announced. Here seemed to be nowhere. "The pool is over there," he said, gesturing off to the right.
We ducked through the barbed wire with towels and a small cooler. Nick found a footpath through the pasture grass. Five minutes later, we arrived at a small stream running freshly over a large, flat-topped basalt boulder. The water fell 6 feet or so off the pohaku into a pool maybe 10 yards across.
Nick immediately walked to the downhill edge of the boulder and hit the water below with a splash. On the left side of the pool was a footpath leading back to the top of the rock. He trudged up, sat down and brushed back his hair. "Ah. This is the life."
The three of us spent an afternoon without interruption. It was a time for easy conversation among friends, companionable silence and casual inroads made on the contents of the cooler. Sit and fry. Jump and cool. Repeat. It was a small adventure of the type that made the cost of living on Maui more than affordable.
The footpaths made it obvious others knew about and used the pool. The lack of trash and the long hours of solitude made it obvious those who knew were not many. Nick was shown the pool by a local who made him promise to keep its location a secret shared - if at all - with a small circle of friends.
For decades, that's the way Maui's hideaways were protected. Locals who knew kept the knowledge to themselves. Let the tourists have the beaches on the other side of the island. Local spots were for locals and trusted friends of locals. The knowledge was a kind of shared ownership, not so much of location but of a unique experience.
Experiencing special places on the island - a ridgeline, a way through a forest, unique views of the ocean, freshwater swimming holes - didn't always require tapping local knowledge. Roger Hawley was fearless when it came to translating a topographical map's wiggle of altitude lines into feet-on-the-ground exploration.
Up, down and sideways. It didn't matter to Hawley. He'd scramble through rocky streams, mountain goat up cliff sides and generally risk limb, if not life, far from any help.
He also liked to share particularly interesting locations with a sedentary columnist at The Maui News. He'd call, excitedly describe some discovery and hoomalimali the columnist into agreeing to a hike.
The adventures were never the same, but each yielded the grist for a column describing the adventure. If readers knew about the spot, the location was readily recognizable. If they didn't, the location was a mystery. No one had to tell me to keep unique island knowledge to myself.
One of the first "Conversation" shows on Hawaii Public Radio's KIPM 89.7 FM included an interview with a travel writer who aimed his book at hikers wanting to go off the beaten track. The interview prompted an email warning the show's producers they wouldn't win any friends on Maui by promoting the book.
A series of travel writers trying to top each other soon had tourists tromping around all the "local" spots. The worst of the books showed the way through private property and, sometimes, endangered tourists by luring them into hazardous areas and situations.
Tourists loved going home and telling everyone they'd had a Maui experience far beyond the island's beaches and shoreline waters. Locals arriving at one of "their spots" only to find it crowded with visitors ground their teeth and wanted to ban the books.
Broadcasting the location of natural hideaways was a violation of trust. There are some Maui experiences that should be earned, not just learned.
* Ron Youngblood is a former staff writer for The Maui News. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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How to reduce your WordPress CPU load without upgrading your web hosting server? The last thing you'll ever want is a slow server which might affect your Google ranking, a constant server crash (if you're on dedicated server) or your web hosting company shutting off your blog without warning due to excessive usage. Here are the 7 method I used to reduce my WordPress CPU load and bandwidth without upgrading to a much more expensive server.
Related ➤ 10 Dedicated WordPress Optimized Web Hosting Server For Speed and Performance
01 – Remove Jpeg and PNG Metadata
Remove the hidden metadata in all of your jpeg images in the 'upload' folder. Google doesn't rely on these metadata on ranking or for keywords, I did a simple test by inserting a unique 10 digit number into a jpeg's metadata, then I waited for a month and did a quick search for that 10 digit number on Google Images and the result was zero.
On average, each jpeg consist of 15 to 19KB of metadata. Assuming that average jpeg is roughly 60 to 80KB in size, this translates into a saving of 20 to 30% of bandwidth, not to mention the CPU load. If your WordPress Theme comes with lots of background images, by removing the metadata will greatly affect the overall performance.
I did an experiment on www.homeless.com.my by removing all of the jpeg's metadata in the WordPress Theme and the bandwidth usage dropped by half, same goes for the CPU load, not to mention the time it takes to load is much more faster than it previously was.
As for PNG, here is a loss-less compression which I used. Not only was the software able to remove the metadata, it did a great job at compressing and optimizing the PNG. The file size is smaller with no visible loss of image quality.
- PNG Gauntlet (free) – Loss-less compression for PNG and Gif, somewhat slow
- Stripper (free) – Remove unnecessary metadata from JPG/JPEG/JFIF & PNG files, no loss of image quality
02 – Compress Jpeg
Jpeg itself is a compressed image/format; to further compress it is to reduce the quality of the image, subsequently the size. The average jpeg size in the 'upload' folder is about 80KB, by removing the metadata it comes to about 60KB, and by compressing it further with this software I was able to reduce the size to 45KB on average.
- JPEGmini (USD19.99) – Possibly the best image compressor ever!
- Advanced Jpeg Compressor (shareware) – Batch compress jpeg, remove metadata and fast
Based on my test result using Advanced Jpeg Compressor with 5830 jpeg images – 259MB (Before) vs 105MB (After). That means for every 100MB the server transferred, it was able to save 150MB. This will greatly reduce the server's load and web hosting bandwidth.
Plugin that does the optimizing job inside WordPress:
03 – Optimize your CSS
By removing unnecessary codes and line breaks, you might have the opportunity to reduce the CSS file size by 50%. Again, this translates into massive bandwidth saving due to the fact that your style.css file is downloaded every time a unique visitor visits your blog. Here is one of my favorite online tool – Online CSS Optimizer or Clean CSS.
Don't just stop there, remove and optimize all those unwanted codes from the two most requested pages – index.php and single.php, remove line breaks, empty spaces, comments, redundant codes and many more. This will probably shave off another 10KB. This can be done automatically on the fly with 2 cache plugins:
04 – Outsource All Images via CDN
You can dramatically reduce your CPU load by hosting your WordPress Theme's images on another server, no plugin or special software required. You don't even have to spend much on another web hosting plan – simply upload the images to a CDN.
Some argued on the additional DNS connection required, again, based on my test with tools.pingdom.com, my site is faster than before. The best solution going forward is to use a CDN, also known as Content Distribution Network. For small blogs, here are 2 of the more affordable CDN in the market:
- Amazon CloudFront CDN (Fee depends on usage, postpaid)
- MaxCDN (Flat rate, prepaid)
- Jetpack Photon by WordPress (Free)
- CoralCDN is a free CDN, but the reliability may vary from time to time.
Read our previous article on – 5 CDN Comparison MaxCDN, Amazon CloudFront, CloudFlare, CacheFly and EdgeCast. Why use a CDN? Check out the video:
05 – Clean WordPress Options
When you activate a plugin, it leaves a small footprint in the MySQL 'wp_options' database. It may be a good idea to clean the WordPress Options database. WordPress Clean Options plugin's goal is to give users an easy and safe way to get a bloated wp_options table down to a manageable size, thus improving the performance of their blog. Remember to deactivate and delete unused plugins before performing the cleaning up process.
Note: This plugin is somewhat outdated, but it still works. Remember to backup your database before performing any cleaning or removing of data.
06 – Optimize your MySQL Database
Imagine entering a library where books are scattered everywhere without proper archiving. Just like Windows, your MySQL database gets fragmented as time goes by. By optimizing (defrag) your database, WordPress is now able find the bits and pieces faster, this translates into lesser time it requires for the CPU to search and compile the information, thus more time to serve newer queries or request. If logging into your MySQL database is too troublesome, the WP-Optimize plugin does the job right inside WordPress.
07 – GZip Compression
According to Webo, by enabling Gzip compression on your blog, it will significantly increase the CPU Load while reducing the bandwidth. If you have a fast CPU, by all means go ahead. GZip has its own strength and weakness, the good thing about GZip compression is pages tend to load faster due to the smaller size, on average the the files are 60 – 75% smaller.
Smaller file size means faster serving/downloading, meaning to say your CPU have more processing power for some other stuff. I guess this is a very subjective topic. Anyway, to enable GZip in WordPress, simply insert this code into header.php, it must be above everything else, not before any other code.
<?php if (substr_count($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING'], 'gzip')) ob_start("ob_gzhandler"); else ob_start(); ?>
Alternatively, you can insert this simple Gzip code into your .htaccess file
SetEnvIfNoCase ^(Accept-EncodXng|X-cept-Encoding|X{15}|~{15}|-{15})$ ^((gzip|deflate)\s*,?\s*)+|[X~-]{4,13}$ HAVE_Accept-Encoding RequestHeader append Accept-Encoding "gzip,deflate" env=HAVE_Accept-Encoding AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/atom+xml \ application/javascript \ application/json \ application/rss+xml \ application/vnd.ms-fontobject \ application/x-font-ttf \ application/xhtml+xml \ application/xml \ font/opentype \ image/svg+xml \ image/x-icon \ text/css \ text/html \ text/plain \ text/x-component \ text/xml
Here are three of my favorite GZip site verification tools. Each with its own uniqueness when it comes to the report, such as the speed it loads, method used and many more.
GZip compression are performed automatically by W3 Total Cache and WP Super Cache plugin.
08 – Lazy Load Plugin
Developed by Automattic, the guys behind WordPress. Lazy load images to improve page load times and server bandwidth. Images are loaded only when visible to the user. Very useful for those with lots of images.
09 – Enable the Default WordPress Object Cache
WordPress 2.0 and higher comes with a feature known as WordPress Object Cache, sadly it is not enabled by default, therefore making this feature somewhat of a mystery.
- Step 1 – Open your wp-config.php file
- Step 2 – Insert the following code
define('ENABLE_CACHE', TRUE);
To set it's expiration time you can add this line:
define('CACHE_EXPIRATION_TIME', 900);
If you're using Wp-SuperCache of W3 Total Cache, ignore the WordPress Object Cache feature. Last but not least, use a good WordPress theme, choose wisely, a well coded theme will greatly reduce the number of queries, have minimal W3C error and is Google friendly. Insert this quote to find out the number of queries for different themes:
<?php echo $wpdb->num_queries; ?>q, <?php timer_stop(1); ?>s
Test Your WordPress Speed
After optimizing, it is important to test the final outcome. There are 3 web application that does this for free. Google PageSpeed is my favorite.
Remember that speed is important but not the most important factor in ranking.


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President's Message
Take the Lead in Promoting Traffic Enforcement
Russell B. Laine, Chief of Police, Algonquin, Illinois
ach month, the Police Chief provides IACP members with insights into emerging law enforcement issues, such as the threat posed by weapons of mass effect or the latest advances in forensic technology, keeping us up-to-date on the cutting edge of policing and providing perspectives on the new leadership challenges we all face. Although each of these issues is significant, it is also absolutely imperative that we not forget the critical importance of our more traditional law enforcement responsibilities, such as promoting highway safety and reducing the number of people killed or injured on our roads and highways.
There is little doubt that some of the most costly problems we face are the loss of lives, the amount of personal injury and suffering, increased health-care costs, and financial losses due to damage to property caused by traffic crashes. In the United States alone, these incidents kill an average of five people every hour. Crashes result in nearly 1,400 emergency room visits every hour and cost the U.S. economy more than $150 billion a year.
Tragically, nearly every traffic crash is preventable. Studies have consistently shown that almost every crash is caused by a violation of one of the "rules of the road."
It is for this reason that the IACP Highway Safety Committee continues its leadership role by developing and supporting strategies that save lives. It presented for ratification at the 115th Annual IACP Conference an ambitious resolution adopting a national highway safety goal of halving fatalities over the next two decades, or by reducing fatalities by 1,000 per year. The committee believes that this goal can be attained when active, sustained levels of traffic enforcement target the types of violations that cause crashes as well as the times and places where these violations predominate.
In addition, the Highway Safety Committee's Law Enforcement Stops and Safety Subcommittee (LESSS) has sought to reduce the number of officers struck and killed by vehicles. Currently, an average of one police officer is struck and killed each month. To this end, LESSS has assisted the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in developing a new "Analysis of Officers Accidentally Killed" form that will be available later this year. The form will eventually provide much-needed data that will reveal the factors that cause officers' deaths, allowing us to address them. LESSS also has produced and distributed to U.S. and Canadian law enforcement agencies three roll call videos: Your Vest Won't Stop This Bullet, P.U.R.S.U.E., and Saving Lives . . . One Stop at a Time.
The IACP's international Drug Evaluation and Classification (DEC) program continues to train officers to recognize impairment in drivers under the influence of drugs other than, or in addition to, alcohol. Once officers complete this intensive training, they are certified for two years as drug recognition experts (DREs). Since its inception in 1990, the DEC program has expanded from four pilot states to 45 states, the District of Columbia, and most of Canada and has certified more than 15,000 DREs, about 6,000 of whom are now actively removing from our highways impaired drivers who threaten the safety of others. The 15th Annual IACP Training Conference on Drugs, Alcohol, and Impaired Driving will be held in Little Rock, Arkansas, between August 8 and 10, 2009.
In addition to these efforts, the IACP is working closely with the Division of State and Provincial Police and other key stakeholders as Congress debates the reauthorization of the National Surface Transportation Policy (also known as SAFETEA-LU). This legislation will determine funding levels and priorities for the next five years for highway construction and safety programs. Significantly, it will also set parameters for the strategic highway safety plans of all 50 states. The IACP will work with policy makers to provide increased funding for highway safety programs and to place added emphasis on addressing the human factors that cause the majority of highway crashes. In addition, the IACP will continue its strong support for proactive safety measures, such as ignition interlocks and maintaining the national drinking age of 21 years.
All of these efforts are critical because we, as police leaders, know that consistent enforcement of traffic laws provides immediate payback in terms of reduced deaths, injuries, and property damage. We also know that traffic enforcement also brings other benefits to a community. Criminals, like law-abiding citizens, travel by vehicle; when they observe signs of visible traffic enforcement activity in a specific jurisdiction or area, they shy away from it and take their crimes elsewhere.
Clearly, highway safety and effective traffic enforcement are important to everyone. Although traffic law enforcement is not "sexy"—Hollywood will never make movies or television series about traffic enforcement—it is an area where we can truly have an impact on the safety of those we serve. I am proud that the IACP continues its unparalleled commitment to actively develop and support programs and activities that save lives and reduce injuries.
It is vital that we, as police leaders, take a leading role in promoting and implementing effective traffic enforcement efforts. We know that traffic enforcement saves lives and that it also helps to identify or prevent other criminal activity. We need to be leaders both in word and in deed, as we work to develop community-based strategies that will involve parents, educators, and activists who share the goal of promoting safer highways and, as a result, safer communities. ■
From The Police Chief, vol. LXXVI, no. 8, July 2009. Copyright held by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, 515 North Washington Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 USA.


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Twenty years ago, a regular Army man like Sgt. Maj. Stan Richards could identify a reserve unit when he saw one, from telltale differences that reflected their part-time status with only a weekend a month and two weeks per year in training.
But since 9/11 and the war in Iraq led to deployment of Army Reserve and National Guard units to the Middle East, with "train-up" time before and constant practice training in the field, you can't tell the difference anymore, said Richards, one of three soldiers who spoke by phone to the Mirror on Friday from Iraq.
In fact, if there's a difference now, it tilts in favor of the reservists. They're the ones who can go out of their job classifications and sometimes get things done faster and just as well using civilian skills they honed in their regular jobs at home.
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"Firefighters, police, electricians, plumbers," said Lt. Col. Anthony Bohn, commander of the 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, which includes the Altoona-based 298th Maintenance Company, one of six companies in the battalion. "There are a lot of skilled craftsmen."
By contrast, in a regular Army unit, everyone specializes.
"If it's a transportation unit, they're all truck drivers," Bohn said. "It becomes very one-dimensional."
Not only do their regular Army colleagues treat them as equals, they've come to recognize the reservists "bring a little more to the table," said Capt. Jim Grassmyer of Altoona, commander of the 298th, which has been in Iraq for seven months.
The 298th left Altoona on May 12 for pre-deployment training in Texas before leaving for Iraq.
Grassmyer said his soldiers regularly think outside the norm to solve problems.
Mechanics have gone to the wood shop to build products like desks, bookshelves and command boards or to the machine shop to fabricate parts to avoid ordering "through the system" and having to wait for them to arrive, Grassmyer said.
The battalion command thinks so highly of the 298th that it took the unusual step of placing a regular Army ordinance platoon under its command, Bohn said.
"That speaks volumes for the skill set of the company," he said.
During the last couple years in Iraq, services and security have improved, according to Bohn, whose battalion is stationed in northern Iraq.
Following the first Gulf War, the nation "stood still," doing virtually no infrastructure work as money reportedly went into palaces, he said.
Then came 9/11, the U.S. invasion of 2003 and the dark period of 2005 and 2006.
Services came to a complete halt, he said.
In recent times, however, workers have repaired roads, cleaned up piles of trash and repaired sewage and electrical systems, he said.
The "security situation" has also improved dramatically, Bohn said.
The country is "taking control of its destiny," he said.
Battalion soldiers are helping them do it, he said.
The battalion administers contracts with Iraqi companies that supply laborers to repair shipping containers, and the soldiers teach, supervise and work alongside those laborers, who earn certificates they can use elsewhere to show they've mastered welding and other skills.
The bestowing of the certificates generates a "huge outpouring" of support and attention from the labor supply companies and the Iraqi government, reflecting the big step up in earning power the skills and the certificates represent for the workers - 20 to 30 times what they could earn in their old agrarian occupations, Bohn said.
And the education is free.
Armed with those certificates, they can get married - marriage is expensive in Iraqi culture - and attain the equivalent of the house with a white picket fence, Bohn said.
There's a lot of construction going on in villages, reflecting that success, he said.
They want "everything that we want," Bohn said, including protection and education for their families and a way to make a good living.
"There's no difference in the human dynamic," he said.
The time spent earning the certificates has generated friendships between workers and soldiers, as reflected in gifts exchanged in the certificate ceremonies, Bohn said.
Some of those friendships will outlast the soldiers' tours of duty, he predicted.
In keeping with the adage that if you teach someone to fish, you feed him for the rest of his life, authorities are planning programs to "train the trainers," so the Iraqis can sustain the effort on their own.
The Iraqis don't always do the work "perfectly our way," Bohn said, but that's fine because it's better "if they do it their way."
"All we are is enablers and facilitators," he said.
Nor do the Iraqis resent the help as paternalistic, he said.
"They completely welcome it," he said. "With open arms."
Mirror Staff Writer William Kibler is at 949-7038.


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Father Founder
Annibale was born in Messina on 05 July 1851. His parents were Francesco Di Francia and Anna Toscano. The third of four children, his father died when he was two years old.
When he was eighteen he felt called by the Lord to the priesthood. "My calling was sudden, irresistible yet sure..." He was ordained priest on 16 March 1878 in the Church of the Holy Spirit.
While still a deacon Annibale met a poor blind man called Francesco Zancone. For Fr Annibale this meeting was providential. He discovered the Avignone district, the poorest in Messina, and he remained there. His charity transformed that place into a holy land and that populace into a people of God.
Love of God and Neighbour
Love for God and love for one's neighbour became the norm that ruled his Christian and priestly life to the point of heroism. He loved children and the poor but he discovered another and greater poverty as well. It was the lack of good workers. This caused him such pain that he spent his whole life countering it.
"Who will evangelise the poor", thought Father Annibale, "if there are no evangelisers? Who will lead the people in God's ways, if there are no pastors?"
"Zeal for your house consumes me like a fire" (Ps 68:10)
Discovery of the Rogate
Delving into the inexhaustible richness of the Gospel he found a pearl of great price. It was the Rogate pearl. It means "...pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest to send workers into his harvest." (Mt 9:37-38; Lk 10:2).
It seemed that these words of Jesus had always been part of him. The Lord had etched them in his heart and attuned it to his own Heart.
From then on this confident and unceasing prayer to God the Father, the Lord of the harvest, became his "obsession", and the "secret of salvation" for so many men and women who would come to know the joy of the Gospel.
Foundation of Two Congregations
But who could Annibale share this discovery with?
Where could he find women with a motherly instinct for abandoned children, women who would work for the Church? Where could he find women whose lives of prayer would obtain from God's heart apostles to proclaim the Gospel?
Captivated by Fr Annibale's untiring service in the infamous Avignone area of Messina, a number of young women, moved by love of God, resolved to serve the downcast and to tirelessly implore God for workers for the harvest. Hence the Daughters of Divine Zeal congregation was born with Madre Maria Nazarena Majone as co-foundress.
The name "Daughter of Divine Zeal" (FDZ) expresses the ardent love (zeal) of Christ when "seeing the crowds he was filled with compassion, for they were harassed and helpless like sheep without a shepherd" (Mt 9:36).
With this name Fr Annibale encapsulated the ideal and the mission of each FDZ and of the whole Institute.
Fr Annibale also founded the Rogationist Fathers, entrusting both congregations with the mission to pray, to spread prayer for vocations and to be good workers themselves first of all.
A Life in the Service of God and Neighbour
On the occasion of his beatification on 07 October 1990, Pope John Paul II described Fr Annibale as "an anticipator and precursor of the modern pastoral care of vocations".
Father Annibale's response to the poverty of human beings was his prayer and charity. He became a symbol of Christ's compassion and tenderness for all humans.
For he was indeed for everyone... their "father".