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Revenue Ideas from Faculty Retreat
Ideas Generated by the Faculty for Raising Revenue
As the budget conversations begin again this year, the challenge that we are collectively facing is how to protect what we value about the college and either finding or maintaining a way to fund those things. This challenge poses a creative opportunity for us.
Part one: To begin our conversations and imaginings, we pondered three questions at the faculty retreat:
- When you think about Evergreen, what is it that makes you smile?
- What are the structures that you value?
- When you reflect back on conversations you've had with students, what is it that you hear them say is special about Evergreen.
Part two: After pondering and sharing answers to these three questions, we gave the faculty and staff the task of brainstorming ways of either bringing revenue to the college or rearranging how we do things to make them more efficient. These ideas should emerge from a place that preserve and nurture the things we value.
To prime people's thinking we shared a list of revenue generating ideas that Don Bantz generated.
When you think about Evergreen, what is it that makes you smile?
There are several themes that came out of this list. The categories are not perfect;they are simply there to help guide your mind. If you see better ways of organizing the list let me know:
Qualities of students
- energy and passion of students
- students actually read the program texts!
- fashion inspiration from our students
- First year students
- Students struggling with issues that have no right answers
- Student growth
- Excited, engaged students.
- Idealism of students
- Excitement from student learning
- Getting to closely participate in student progress and learning
- Students playing, reading and selling their wares on red-square.
- students who seem happy to see us
- Commitment of students to learning
Collaboration and Work relationships
- finding out about our colleagues' new teaching adventures
- Meaningful relationships -- staff, faculty and students
- Planning with faculty team
- Stimulating colleagues
- Interactions between colleagues/students (level of discourse)
- Human relationships
- opportunity to collaborate across boundaries
- open door policy everywhere
- Atmosphere of welcome and cordiality
- Thoughtful interactions with respectful people who 'get' process
- Exchange of ideas with colleagues
- Humor
General Learning Environment
- small size of workshops leads to individual attention
- Interdisciplinary teaching
- Teaching
- teaching is learning
- Environment that is passionate about learning
- Evergreen makes possible innovative and creative adult learning in the communities
- Transfer of learning beyond classroom
- Theme-based programs with intruiguing questions
- Love for students (helping creating opportunities for them to experience learning with colleagues)
- Creativity is valued not punished.
- Variety of curricular options
- Time and freedom to explore and reflect and criticise.
Faculty learning opportunities
- learning new stuff
- myriad of possibilities of teaching and learning for everyone
- Programs not centered on lectures - students' hands on work.
- Discovering new teaching strategies
- Opportunity to expand teaching skills . provided by staff
- We get paid for going to college
- Learning new disciplinary areas each year.
Qualities of Faculty
- Innovative engaged faculty
- Flexibility of faculty - involvement in things beyond academics
- practice our values
- The unpretentiousness in scholarly work
The Physical Environment
- the trees, the campus and the welcoming woman statue.
- forest/grounds and diversity of offices
- Landscape
- serenity and environment of campus (the trees!)
- Little bureaucracy
- Feel part of a whole that is contested , confused, challenged and beloved.
What are the structures that you value?
Faculty development
- Faculty retreat
- summer institutes, opportunities for research, media and computer support
- ability to grow intellectually & socially from designing new programs
- opportunities to share ideas in planning unit & faculty meetings and retreats.
- summer institutes.
- Team teaching - feedback
- Evergreen Center for Educational Improvement
- Professional Development Opportunities -- Summer too.
- Curricular freedom (MPA redesign)
- Curriculum planning process
- walking our talk
Teaching and learning structures
- Creating new curriculum each year
- having students long enought to do significant work
- team teaching
- interdisciplinarity
- Interdisciplinary nature of studies.
- narrative evaluations
- No grading
- bridging theory and practice
- flexible curriculum
- Time to go in depth in programs.
- Flexibility to choose the program schedule.
- Faculty-student ratio as advertised by the college
- Curricular autonomy -- no curric. comm.
- structural tolerance among faculty and staff
- Variety of teaching modes (programs, contracts, internships...)
- Sustained intensive work on interdisciplinary subjecst in program.
- Extended field trip/small class-size
- low faculty/student ratio (face to face)
- Interdisciplinary, team-taught, full time = time with colleagues and students
- Workshops not lectures
- Theory of "learning community" provides "extravagence of time"
- Flexibility of structure for programs, fieldtrips, labs, seminar, etc.
- Ability to tailor programs to specfic goals
- MES curriculum: core programs along with specific electives
- Integrative nature of teaching=synthesis
Support structures
- library responsiveness to faculty requests
- The resources that facilitate learning: library, technology, LRC.
- Academic Services - Advising, First People's and Key Advising, Outdoor Ed program -- Challenge
- email discussions listCascade,
- ILL & Library
- Public service centers embody/personify the Evergreen values in multiple public domains
Organizational structures
- Non-hierarchy in faculty rank
- Access to governance - decision making.
- Access to deans/ rotating deanships.
- Planning units (as opposed to no organized groups and to departments)
- Faculty cycle into deanery (close connection /access to administration)
- Shared governance based on core values,
- Create and define relationships/decentralized dec. systems.
When you reflect back on conversations you've had with students, what is it that you hear them say is special about Evergreen.
Teaching and learning structures
- experiential learning of all kinds
- safe risk-taking in a curricular structure
- flexibility of study options
- Learning experiences that make sense in their lives.
- Student perception of their intense, meaningful experience.
- Student direction of seminar discussions.
- Students may choose programs, individual learning contracts, internships -- that is, a variety of learning structures and environments.
- Serious intellectual challenge
- Challenge of interdisciplinary studies when done well
- Engaged in challenging work that affects entire community -real world, practical
- Choices
- Ability to pursue interests - beyond and within programs -- not being told "no"
- Active learning
- Flexibility to shape own degree/path
- Individual rather than competitive learning
- Peer to peer learning
- No grades
- Small class size,
- field trips
- independent & collaborative work,
- hands-on learning,
- student assessment of own needs,
- work in community settings
- self-determination of academic path.
- teacher as well as learner
- owning work
- change lives
- Students find their calling
- transformation
- Students discover their uniqueness and space to blossom.
- having a place to sort out issues.
- school time for self-reflection
- collaborative learning/non-competitive
- freedom to get (and give) feedback
- In writing center, students tutors value that they are part of something important that they help create to help others learn.
- Ability to super major (not shared by all faculty)
- Access to higher education: 4 year school
- Students who come to center say they value co-learning environment.
- the road less taken
- relationship with work
Faculty attention
- individual hands-on attention from faculty and staff
- narrative and oral evaluations
- Easy access to faculty
- Committment of faculty to student learning.
- Relationships with faculty
- Challenging work coupled with support by faculty who know them
- Access to faculty
- faculty as colearners
- contact time
- hard, close, hands on, minds on work together (access to faculty)
Sense of community
- sense of community and cameraderie
- Retreats - program community
- learning communities
- media and other resources (visual, design, theatre, music, etc.)
- easy access to equipment
- egalitarian equipment access policies
- Resources and access to tools to do creative research and work with faculty and staff to use tools effectively.
Brainstorm of ideas for generating revenue
These are just the ideas that people wrote down at the retreat, there may be others. If you have any let us know.
Continuing Education plus
- Continuing Education -- computer cert. programs, e.g. evening and weekend space available.
- High end Professional development instititues.
- Start continuing education offerings in Seattle, Tacoma, San Francisco... put it anywhere we want.
- A non-MIT teaching certification program would be the only one in the region
- Short-term for profit training/certification programs (MPA model)
- Teacherclock hours (reinstitute teacher travel program fore K-12 teachers that we could administer)
- summer repertory theatre
- Welcome Elderhostel to campus
- increase lifelong learning by connecting to retired community members
Modified Learning structures
- Move to a semester system with a long intersession that could have short summer-school like courses, internships, or independent projects take place.
- Make community service (for credit) a graduation requirement - supervised by field superviser -- 18 credit model.
- Student peer to peer teaching of some skills, e.g. train up students to lead workshops for in-program skills (see Averno College)
- 2 to 4 credit lecture series (or recital performances) to be folded into students' full-time work
- coordinate activities of all visiting artist/speakers
'community of scholars' lecture series
Connect with new community resources
- Get senior volunteers to help with labs, etc.
Connect with businesses - applied learning spaces
- Start publishing house to publish interdisciplinary scholarship and teaching aids. Either web-based or paper.
- Start an industrial park. We own 1000 acres. Lease 20 acres for green industrial park. "green" companies that students could do internships at and use employees to teach.
- "Green Friendly" single log leases for small businesses, boat builders, wood-workers, etc.
- Devote land and build a lab school with excellent teachers. These teachers could contribute to C.E.D and M.I.T. Private Montessori or Waldorf renters.
- Off-campus conference center in Grays Harbor (WSU has/had it) for retreat.
- Ecotourism waterfront conference center model.
- Corporate sponsorship of E.S.L. with community based center.
Downtown facility -- good!
- Insitute for non-timber forest products - mushrooms, ferns, salal - research $.
- Turn organic farm into leased working farm.
- Organic farm commercial hydrangea drying; 100 bee hives for polination; "green dogs" organic meet -- annex Pat Labine's farm or any retiree lands (free ash storage after death)
- Native plant stocks.
- Granola business
- connection between alums who work at microsoft, development officer and Bill Gates.
- Set up "everlasting giving" and create a spot for burial urns.
- Cell tower - revenue stream of $50,000 annually
- Corporate sponsorship to underwrite things like faculty retreat, summer institute, etc.
- Could contract out with Coke or Pepsi for waters, juice only and get school benefit $. (Do we get $ now from machines?).
- Special parking lot @ $18/day
- Support canopy walkway with cell-towers as stabilizers.
- Install natural gas electric generating station and use it ourselves and generate power for Olympia. Ecological gas exploration first.
- Windmills possibly on building tops.
- Lease the Kalakala for bed and breakfast, wedding, conference, serve "green" products.
- Look at similar campuses and how they support their values


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The Great Showdown, Yankees-Sox, Part II
As Julia of Julia's Rants so eloquently put it, GAME ON!
It's Yankees-Red Sox, Round 2! This time the game is on home turf (Steinbrenner Field in Tampa). Derek Jeter, thanks to his two-out throwing error in the WBC game against Japan, is home early and ready to reclaim shortstop from Ramiro Pena.
As much as I believe in the "I want your best against my best" philosophy, I can't say that I am too disappointed to see the omission of the names Lowell and Youklis from tonight's starting lineup.
Damon, lf
Jeter, ss
Teixeira, 1b
Matsui, dh
Posada, c
Cano, 2b
Nady, rf
Ransom, 3b
Gardner, cf
Pitching: Burnett, Rivera, Marte, Ramirez, Robertson
Ellsbury, cf
Lowrie, ss
Ortiz, dh
Carter, lf
Baldelli, rf
Kottaras, c
Wilkerson, 1b
Green, 2b
Chavez, 3b
Pitching: Wakefield, Delcarmen, Ramirez
I like my chances of achieving my first victory of the season against Team Julia. Hopefully, when the game is over, Julia will be cryin'…
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Okay, that wasn't very nice of me. Sorry Julia…
On a separate and completely unrelated subject, I'd like to honor Aaron Boone who is scheduled to undergo heart surgery on Thursday. Godspeed, and our wishes for a quick and successful recovery!
Oh, by the way, Julia, do you happen to remember this?
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Oh, c'mon Scott, that was so wrong!
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Are you starting your research or are you feeling confident tonight? You guys have a good line up, and they have Wake on the mound. Play Ball!
Scott….um….my friend……hmmmm….Game on! I'll be back later to give you some suggestions about great Red Sox players you can write about!😉 I hope not too many tears fall into your wine – I know my "whiskey" will taste just fine!
1 down, 8 to go until you have to start writing – and I too send my best wishes to Aaron Boone. We Red Sox fans don't hold grudges. (Well, maybe against Yankees bloggers……😉 Kidding!)
NO grudges?? Lest you're forgotten Bucky "(Bleep)ing" Dent?? LMMFAO
And YOU, Scott?? I'd think you'd be ecstatic that a fellow Yankee fan (one Mr. Obermann) has joined our happy little MLBlogs family. I've done MY welcome to him…what's wrong with you two?? LMAO
The question has been asked by the Brownie Brigade Scott – what happens if the game is a tie? Who do we have to write about?
Just keep it the same as last time…Mets or Twins (Erin is still waiting!)
I think we owe it to Erin to write about the Twins. So, if it's a tie, then we both have to pick a Twin to write about (past or present). Of course, I know who Erin would want us to write about…
Hey, Scott …
Well, nice speed by Brett Gardner to tie score at 1-1 in the bottom of the 6th inning …
— Mariano Rivera looked great throwing 16 pitches and recording a 1-2-3 inning 7th inning.
— Yanks in a little trouble in top of 8th inning …
Red Sox have 1st and 3rd with one out … Marte pitching !!!
Jimmy [27NYY], "BY&L"
Okay – if it is a tie we will each choose a Twins! You can have her favorite player Scott! But of course this won't be necessary!😉 Oh – and how do you feel about green and pink?
2-1 Yankees in the bottom of the 8th! I might make Jane Heller proud yet! 🙂
Yankees 7, Red Sox 1 [top of the 9th]
Jimmy [27NYY[, "BY&L"
Congrats Scott – I guess I have my work cut out for me! I'll be burning the midnight oil.
"Congratulations", Scott !!!
Yes, way to go !!!
Game Over … Yankees Win !!!
Yankees 7, Red Sox 1
— Jimmy [27NYY], "BY&L"
Wow, if you guys are this serious in Spring Training, you are going to be OUT OF CONTROL by September. I can't wait to watch. : )
A very fun evening, I must say! I can go to sleep a very happy man tonight! All is right in the world! 🙂
My "concession" blog is up! You sent the standard high with your Red Sox blogs. Hope I can do as well!


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Mae Hong Son "Muang Sam Mok "
The city of three mists a mingle of Thai Yai (Shan) and Burmese culture. The remotest province in the north of Thailand about 920 kms., from Bangkok and 200 kms. from Chiang Mai.
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Hortense Garza, 81, was driving a Chevrolet Silverado with her husband, Dan Garza, 81, as a passenger at the intersection of U.S. Highway 59 and Loop 463 at approximately 5:30 pm. when Thomas Lyons, 37, of Katy attempted to turn west onto Loop 463 when collided with the Silverado, according to Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Vern Sterry.
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Friend praised assistant coach Trent Robinson for shoring-up the Roosters tackling, which appeared to be a forgotten art earlier this year when they conceded 60 points against the Bulldogs in round three.
"Robbo has got us working as a team much better in defence," Friend said.
"We also do a lot of technique drills and wrestling after training.
"We knew we'd need tough defence to compete in the finals.
"We have a different plan for different teams each week, but in the end it all comes down to having a good attitude."
This is particularly welcome to the suffering Catalans fans, because the club's defensive performances have been shocking this year under departing coach Kevin Walters.
There will be plenty of attacking talent in the Catalans squad, with the running games of Greenshields, Bosc, and Farrar, the field kicking talents of Bosc and Dureau, and the strong muscled pack of forwards. But a strong defence is essential to win games, so Robinson's obvious talent in developing that realm of the game for the former NRL wooden spooners the Sydney Roosters augurs well for the current SL wooden spooners Les Catalans' prospects in 2011.
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Why Conservatives Should Embrace Gay Marriage
I already mentioned that marriage, kids, and a mortgage are very strong indicators of conservatism. Here's a straightforward causal explanation: when you're invested in something, you don't want it to be taken from you, and you're skeptical of starry-eyed meddlers doing anything that might threaten it. Probably the best thing done for the cause against gun control was teaching others how to use and maintain a firearm: once people own one, it sharpens the mind to cut through any argument for taking it away.
But a gun is a small investment compared to a committed and intimate relationship, custody of children, and homeownership. A dollar taxed is one that you can't spend on your family when they want something, a dollar borrowed is one that your kids will pay back, and that meddler on TV is rolling the dice with a major part of your life.
In the case of immigration, Hispanics are already primed to be conservative because they're already invested. With gay marriage, you have a group trying awfully hard to get more invested.
The conservative argument for embracing gay marriage is that marriage seems to be a fine institution that benefits even people who can't have children together, and that it may strengthen the institution and the country to expand the institution so that a nontrivial minority of the population is on the inside trying to protect it rather than on the outside where their exclusion leads to thorny political issues of respect and tribalism.
Another conservative argument is that if gay marriage is politically inevitable, conservatives should proactively move through legislation to ensure that it goes smoothly without infringing on other freedoms (like those of association and contract), rather than allow this to play out entirely in the courts or in a referendum. If conservatives keep trying to board the windows, more stuff is going to end up broken than if they just opened the door.
As with immigration and Hispanics, marriage may not be gays' top priority, but it matters, and the way Republicans approach and discuss the issue can signal that "you're not one of us," which is poison for coalition-building.
The flip side of that coin doesn't have to be pandering; given the consciousness of gay communities about targeted violence and bullying, it'd be awesome if conservatives taught more gays how to use and maintain firearms.
Why Conservatives Should Embrace Free Immigration
After the election, Righty circles are naturally engaging in some soul-searching, finger-pointing, and bickering. Some of this is unproductive venting, but it's also the start of the process of working out how to move on and improve, and there's no time to waste.
My conversations with fellow Righty operatives and bloggers have spurred me to suggest several ways Republicans could simultaneously make the party more attractive (or less repulsive) to voters and achieve more conservative results. This post is about immigration and reversing the trend of Hispanics rapidly abandoning the GOP; the next is about gay marriage; and the final post is about entitlement reform.
First, let's dispense with the notion agreed upon by many on the Right: seal the border first, so that whatever follows is more controlled and orderly. This is an expensive fantasy. Conservatives need to apply their skepticism of huge, complex, market-distorting government plans to every issue surrounding immigration, starting with any plan to spend tens of billions of dollars on thousands of miles of fence, surveillance, unionized government employees, and a verification system forced on every employer in the country.
It's a joke that the Republican Party, which is practically defined by marriage, babies, and mortgages, holds at arm's length a whole demographic (Hispanics, especially foreign-born) that tends to be more religious, marry younger and longer, and have larger families than the average American voter.
Mass immigration could work for the GOP if the GOP went with the tide instead of trying to stop it.
- If Republicans want school choice, they should have natural allies among those who are religious, have large families, and see their children suffer under the worst public schools. When you hear complaints that Hispanic immigrants don't speak English, suggest vouchers and education savings accounts for private-school English language instruction.
- If Republicans want to revive farms and stop the population drain from rural areas, make legitimate cheap labor more available: open up a bunch of farm worker visas.
- If Republicans want to cut the cost of new housing so that young people can form households and families, make legitimate cheap labor available for that too. Heck, why not try to break various trade unions by inviting enough skilled immigrants to swamp or bypass their system?
- So the entitlement system is a problem? Yeah, Milton Friedman famously said you can't simultaneously have free immigration and a welfare state. Shouldn't the Republican response be "Bring on free immigration"? If math dooms Medicaid and the subsidized industrial-age hospital model, why not make the math even harder?
- Conservatives have longed to shift taxes away from production and toward consumption. Nobody wants to remove labor tax wedges (AHEM: the payroll tax) as much as someone in a labor-intensive business, the kind that tends to thrive when there's a lot of cheap labor available. That goes for both employers and the employees whose compensation is tilted toward wages rather than benefits; we know it suppresses the Hispanic savings rate. And the payroll tax, of course, helps to maintain the accounting fiction that SocSec and Medicare are like savings.
Now, about the security problem: is it easier to pick out a genuine security threat in the crowd if everyone just has to pass a security check, or if hundreds of thousands of people are trying to cross the border undetected because the only legal route is a seven-year byzantine process?
Heather Mac Donald at NRO offers a potential counter-argument: Hispanics are more suspicious of Republicans for supporting class warfare than for opposing immigration according to a poll (from March 2011), and a majority favor gay marriage, so they're not such a conservative bunch. But:
- Immigration may not be most Hispanics' top concern, but it isn't trivial either. And because politics is so tribal, there are many ways to alienate a group without actually disagreeing on policy – many of which Republicans blunder into when discussing immigration.
- Republicans shouldn't cede the class warfare argument either: it wouldn't hurt if the party focused more on the poor, as Mac Donald's colleague Kevin D. Williamson exhorts the GOP to do. If you're a small-government type who reads the previous sentence as a plea to compromise on principle, that reaction is part of the problem.
- Finally: social issues. Mac Donald points out that a majority of Hispanics favor gay marriage. I'll argue in my next post that conservatives should proactively embrace gay marriage, which should resolve this issue nicely.


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I Have a Dirtly Little Secret Too
Yesterday Barbara Walters came out and admitted to having a long-time affair with former U.S. Senator Edward Brooke. It only took her 30 years to disclose, which makes the story that less exciting, but hey, she had a reputation to uphold. Now that no one cares about her anymore, I see her confession as a very smart move. There is no such thing as bad press…
Unless you're Roger Clemens. As if using performance-enhancing drugs to get an edge and then lying to a federal grand jury wasn't enough, it has now become known that Clemens probably had a predatory affair with a 15-year-old girl. But wait, there's more: infamous golfer John Daly's ex-wife, Paulette, is now accused of have having an affair with Roger too! Yikes! Drunks, cheaters and hot-heads, boy, that Paulette sure knows how to pick 'em! Coincidentally, my mother called me this afternoon to report that she too had an affair with Roger Clemens; but she was quick to point out that she ended the relationship shortly after he said "Your son throws like a girl. Let's shoot him up."
Thanks, Mom.
So all this truth-telling has moved me to disclose my dirty little secret too. I'm not proud of it; but it's time to come clean. A few years ago, when I was at very low point in my life, I had a promiscuous relationship with a mouse. Yes, a mouse. We had a love child, and though I haven't seen him since he was born, I keep track of all of his accomplishments through the newspaper. Here's the only picture I have of him. No matter what distance is between us, I will always love him. He's so cute. I think he has my ear.
And if this isn't enough honest drama for you, the Cardinals v. Cubs series kicks off tonight. Though the managerial matchup of LaRussa v. Piniella is not as fiery and bound for mischief as LaRussa v. Baker, remember, LaRussa and Piniella have some history too. Who doesn't remember the 1990 World Series?
Oh. No one remembers it. That's right.
In any case, the Cards win this series AND the respect of ESPN. Okay, maybe only the first part is true, but you know what I mean.
Just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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Roger's affair all seem to involve him providing "financial support". It's almost as though his personality alone wasn't enough.
Thank you, Russell, for taking the high road and not making fun of me for having sex with a mouse. I appreciate it. We bloggers shall not judge… well, we can judge Roger, but no one else.
Yes, Matt, he's all ear, and fortunately, he has my good looks as well. You'll be 'hearing' more about him later.
I thought we only had room for one big body part in the family. now u show me this ear thing and my pride is shattered!!! Thanks a lot son………
I thought we only had room for one large body part in the family. Now u show me this big ear thing and my family is shattered. Thanks a lot SON!!!!!!


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Glossary of Finance-related Terms
Bond. A debt instrument through which an investor loans money to a borrower for a set period of time at an agreed-upon interest rate.
Bond counsel. A lawyer or law firm retained, usually by a bond issuer, to help ensure that the issuer is authorized to issue the proposed bonds and that all legal, including tax-related, requirements are met.
Bond maturity date. The date on which a borrower must pay bondholders any remaining principal and interest on the loan.
Bond term. The lifespan of the investment, that is, the time from when bonds are issued until all payments must be made by the borrower and received by the lender.
Categorical aid. Support from the state or federal governments that is targeted for a particular purpose or program (e.g., special education) and, with rare exception, cannot be spent on anything else. In education, such money is usually given in addition to general-purpose revenue.
Conduit issuer. A public entity, such as a state bonding agency or a city, that may issue a taxexempt bond on behalf of a third party, such as a hospital or a charter school. A conduit issuer provides indirect access to financing. A conduit issuer is not an underwriter but works with one.
Construction inflation index. A statistical measure of changes in the cost of construction over time in a specific area (e.g., region, state).
Credit enhancement. Improving the credit-worthiness of an entity or individual seeking financing.
Debt-service reserve fund. An account established and uniquely dedicated to paying off bonded debt if a borrower defaults on a loan.
General obligation bond. A bond backed by the full faith and credit of the government and repaid through a variety of tax revenues.
Letter of credit. Arrangement with a bank or other lending institution that agrees to substitute its credit for the borrower's credit and guarantees payment of the borrower's debt up to a specified amount. Borrower pays fees to the bank providing a letter of credit.
Limited obligation bond (also known as a revenue bond). A bond issued by a municipality, state, or other public entity authorized to build, acquire, or improve a revenue-producing property (e.g., public transit system, toll road). Revenue bonds are payable from specified revenues only, usually the revenues from the facility for which the bond was originally issued.
Moral obligation bond. A moral obligation is not backed by the full faith and credit of the government and the government is not legally obligated to repay the debt. A moral obligation is backed by the non-legally binding promise of a governmental entity to repay the debt.
Municipal bonds. A debt security issued by a state, municipality, or county to finance its capital expenditures. Municipal bonds are exempt from federal taxes and from most state and local taxes.
Operational revenue. Funding used to pay for regular, ongoing costs of doing business, such as staff salaries and utilities costs.
Reserve fund. A pool of money dedicated to repaying investors in the event of a loan default.
Tax-exempt bonds. Bonds for which earnings are exempt from federal taxes.
Trustee. An individual who holds or manages assets for the benefit of another. In the case of bonds, a trustee works on behalf of the bond issuer to handle administrative aspects of the loan (e.g., receiving payments from the borrower and passing them to the lenders).
Underwriter. The investment banker or group of investment bankers that purchase new bonds and earn money by distributing it to investors. As part of this, they evaluate the risks involved in the bonds.


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Now we know why AMD is dropping the brand name, even if it is not the main reason.
Arctic Cooling, a well-known supplier of power supply units (PSUs), cooling systems and other PC accessories, has reportedly decided to sue Advanced Micro Devices in a bid to prohibit the chip company from using Fusion name to describe its chips that integrate x86 processing cores with Radeon stream processors on the same piece of silicon.
Arctic has been using Fusion brand to sell its power supply units for some time now and first applied for registration of the trademark back in early 2006. According to Heise.de web-site, Arctic attempted to negotiate with AMD, but the latter continues to use the word "Fusion" to classify its initiatives and products. The maker of PSUs, coolers and other products believes that usage of "Fusion" trademark infringes its rights.
While Arctic may own rights for the Fusion trademark, it is hardly unlikely that AMD will be ordered to stop selling its popular Fusion chips since it is pretty hard to prove that buyers acquire processors instead of PSUs or wise-versa. In fact, the industry knows a lot of examples when the same trademark is used for different products. For example, Art Lebedev studio sells Optimus keyboards, LG Electronics ships Optimus smartphones and Nvidia Corp. calls its power consumption optimization technology as Optimus.
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The Best Sex for Making Babies
While there is no scientific proof that having intercourse in certain positions can help you and your partner conceive, there are several positions recommended by fertility experts that may do just that.
It's simple, really. Positions that promote the deepest penetration are the best for baby-making because they allow for your partner's semen to be deposited very close to your cervix. The closer his sperm are to your egg, the less work they have to do! In contrast, sexual positions that defy gravity and discourage the upward mobility of sperm may make becoming pregnant more of a challenge.
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Minnesota goes for no DWI deaths on New Year's Eve
Published On: Dec 28 2012 06:18:39 AM CST Updated On: Dec 30 2012 06:18:00 PM CST
Public safety officials are aiming for the fifth consecutive year with no drunken-driving deaths in Minnesota on New Year's Eve.
In the past 10 years there have been eight drunken-driving deaths in Minnesota during the New Year's holiday, but none in the past four years.
Although drunken-driving incidents are down in recent years, officials say New Year's Eve still can be a dangerous night on Minnesota roads.
Officials are urging party-goers to plan a safe ride home on New Year's Eve and throughout the New Year.
Many law enforcement agencies statewide will be stepping up DWI patrols on New Year's Eve.
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It's racist, calling Obama a chimp. Even if you don't like him, there's no reason to call him a chimp.
It also seems to suggest violence towards Obama, seeing as they just shot the chimp to death. Once again, no reason for that.
It's so random to bring up Obama/stimulus plan in this story, it just doesn't make sense. It just seems they're going out of their way to insult him. Whoever drew the cartoon obviously has some sort of personal vendetta against him.


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Over the course of a week, Louise Mandumbwa and Felistus Ndlovu spent many hours together, from tracking warthog tracks to small group discussions on gender-based violence to University lectures on water scarcity. Although the two teenagers hailed from different sides of the Botswana-Zimbabwe border, their communities faced a common set of challenges, including water shortages, declines in wildlife populations, and two of the highest incidences of gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS in the world. Despite these obstacles, the two future leaders exhibited the intellectual vitality and drive essential to guiding their communities to a brighter future.
Alongside 28 other Batswana and Zimbabwean youth, the two secondary-school students shared a tent -- and with that, many conversations -- at the Tachila Nature Reserve, 15 kilometers south of Francistown in Botswana. Jointly organized by the U.S. Embassies in Gaborone and Harare, their program included two days at the Tachila Nature Reserve followed by two days near Matobo National Park in Zimbabwe. Amongst the native flora and fauna of the region, the students would learn about human-wildlife conflict and the potential for wildlife-based tourism to bolster their respective countries' economies. They would discuss healthy lifestyle choices, prevention of HIV/AIDS, and how to address gender-based violence. They would also learn about the role of water in the region, visit a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Khami Ruins), participate in community service projects, and share their perspectives on the preservation of minority languages and cultural traditions. It would be an exciting, action-packed week for the group of dynamic 16-18 year olds that were hand-picked by their respective U.S. Embassies for their leadership skills and extracurricular involvement.
The program got even better the next day, when two U.S. Ambassadors and the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (DAS) for Southern African Affairs arrived at the nature reserve, ready to engage the students on a range of issues, including career development. Louise was ready with her burning question: "How do I get to be where you are?" Over the course of the program, Louise and the other students had the opportunity to discuss with U.S. Ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana Michelle Gavin, and DAS Shannon Smith how they too might one day lead their countries. It was the first opportunity for these youth to engage with high-level U.S. officials, but given the talent, ambition, and leadership ability represented in the group, it is unlikely to be the last.
Young leaders like Louise and Felistus are the key to fostering a prosperous, healthy, and democratic future for Africa. Exchange programs of this kind expose rising stars to broad discussions on the multi-faceted challenges facing the continent, promote mutual understanding between their respective countries and the United States, and empower them with the necessary tools to one day lead their countries. During the program, EducationUSA representatives provided information on study opportunities in the United States and introduced a recent Zimbabwean graduate of Stanford University who discussed the value of an American education. Subsequent efforts will introduce these and other youth in both countries to additional resources, including exchange opportunities like the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Washington Fellowship. The message is clear: the United States is committed to the success of tomorrow's African leaders.
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In a rebroadcast from Nov. 17, 2012, Florence Schwein welcomes back fitness & nutrition expert Patrick Hopkins to talk about holiday eating. Holiday meal time shouldn't be a roller coaster event. Hopkins explains why you don't have to sacrifice all your favorite foods during the holidays just as long as you make smart & healthy choices in regards to portion control and food preparation. http://www.builtbypatrick.com/patrick_hopkins.html
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Corruption is universal. It affects all regions of the world and all levels of society, but the impact is greatest in developing countries.
The effects are far-reaching: corruption can undermine political, social and economic stability, and ultimately threaten the safety and security of society as a whole.
Corruption creates a fertile ground for organized criminal activities, even terrorism, as criminals are aided in their illegal activities by the complicity of corrupt public officials.
Economic globalization has made corruption a borderless crime. The competitive world of international business can leave companies exposed to bribes and fraudulent financial practices. Corrupt transactions can cross multiple jurisdictions, making the ensuing police investigation time-consuming and complex.
What INTERPOL does
The ability to coordinate global action is vital for the world's police and judicial systems. INTERPOL's initiatives include:
- International asset recovery: The Global Focal Point Network for Asset Recovery assists law enforcement bodies in returning stolen public funds to victim countries. Accessible via INTERPOL's secure global police communications network (I-24/7), the platform allows authorized users to exchange information and better coordinate their investigations. Among the tools on offer is SECOM, a secure web-based email capability.
- Operational support: We can coordinate working meetings between member countries in order to facilitate investigations that cover more than one jurisdiction.
- Training: Success in international asset recovery depends on sound and credible investigation. INTERPOL offers regional training workshops to investigators and prosecutors, focusing on evidence, through the INTERPOL Global Programme on Anti-Corruption, Financial Crimes and Asset Recovery .
The complexities of international corruption require a multi-sector and cross-border response. As such, we work closely with a number of partners to fight corruption globally. Activities include promoting the exchange of information, establishing best practices and providing training to officers around the globe. The United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) sets out an international framework invaluable in the fight against corruption and serves as a guide to many of our initiatives.
Our international partners include, among others:
- The World Bank;
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime;
- US Department of State;
- United Nations Development Programme;
- Basel Institute on Governance.
As part of our projects and partnerships, we take part in and organize a number of corruption-related events, such as conferences, meetings and training workshops, involving our partners, contact points, member countries, prosecutors and investigators. In November 2015, the 6th Global Focal Point Conference on Asset Recovery was held in New Delhi, India.
INTERPOL strengthens cooperation in combating corruption in Africa
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December 26, 2012 —
PENNSYLVANIA — One of the major stories of the year was that the Pike County Commissioners and a local group called "Save Cummins Hill" protested a plan by the Tennessee Pipeline Company to cut through environmentally sensitive land around Cummins Hill Road to lay a 7.1-mile stretch of pipeline as part of the company's 300 line called the Northeast Upgrade Project (NEUP). The new line will carry gas produced from the Marcellus Shale gas fields in central Pennsylvania to markets in New Jersey and New York.
The protestors are claiming that the National Park Service is blocking the company from widening its current right of way through the Delaware Water Gap National and Recreational Area.
Several elected officials have written the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to open new hearings on other alternative routes. FERC has not so far responded to the requests.
In another energy story, the National Park Service (NPS) granted permission for two electric companies—PPL Utilities Company and the Public Service Electric & and Gas Company—to build large electric towers to carry electricity and cut through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area (DWGNRA), even though it has denied the same permit to the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (TGP)
"The two projects are very different," said Jane Ahern of the NPS. "The two utilities will take significant steps to avoid and minimize adverse impacts on federal land and will contribute at least $56 million to a mitigation fund to purchase and preserve land for public use."
But environmental groups are suing to stop the project.
Also in 2012, the group Transition Honesdale came forward with several projects designed to enhance sustainable living in the borough. One project was a large community garden at the Ellen Memorial Health Facility. The garden was open to the clients of the facility as well as members of the local community.
Another project was to conduct skill-share workshops where people could train others in skills like how to build a dry-stone wall, how to can vegetables and how to improve woodworking skills. The group also publishes a newsletter explaining how people can help others in developing environmental projects.
The Cooperage was resurrected in 2012. The old building on Main Street in Honesdale, where barrels were once manufactured in the old days, has been renovated and made into a community center for local individuals and groups. Musical events and various workshops are held there every weekend as well as a farmers' market on every Saturday, where local farmers bring their products to market.
In July, a Pennsylvania court sustained four counts in the suit against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania challenging the constitutionality of Act 13, a law that would supersede local municipalities' abilities to zone oil and gas drilling operations. The court upheld counts charging that the act is unconstitutional because it is an improper exercise of police power; that, by allowing for incompatible uses in certain zones it is in derogation of municipalities' comprehensive zoning plans, and does not allow them to create new or follow existing comprehensive plans; that it is in violation of the state Municipal Planning Code; and that it delegates authority to the Department of Environmental Preservation without definitive standards or authorizing language.
The case was appealed, but in August, a Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled that municipalities are not required to obey Act 13 while the Robinson Township decision is appealed to the state supreme court. A final ruling has not yet been issued.
After a year and a half of investigation by a Pike County Grand Jury, Donald and Eleanor "Nelia" Wall were exonerated of any criminal activity. However, Donald was removed as zoning officer and Nelia, a township supervisor, had to resign from the board. Stating that the decision did not come from a plea-bargaining offer, they did not admit to any wrongdoing. Part of the agreement called for the couple to pay $7,500 to Shohola Township as "restitution."


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For those who have yet to discover Christmas at the Canal Towne Emporium in Wurtsboro, NY, this year looks to be bigger and brighter than ever before. Proprietors Gary and Lyman Holmes have gone above and beyond to bring shoppers a holiday experience that harkens back to a simpler era, keeping a tradition alive that began with their great-great-grandfather in 1869 and has flourished over the course of four generations.
The Christmas Shoppe at Canal Towne is a permanent, year-round installation, added on to the original, historic building, which opened as a general store in 1838, owned and operated by H.R Morris. Purchased by canal boat builder Joseph Holmes in 1870, the enterprise continued to expand, even after the canal closed in 1898. Operating through the years under the guidance of Joseph's son, Lyman, the store closed its doors in 1958, but remained in the family. Determined to keep the tradition alive, Holmes matriarch Doris decided to reopen in 1976 and sought the guidance of designer Gary Eckhart, who removed past attempts to "modernize" the establishment and restored the original ambiance of a turn-of-the-century emporium.
"This was our mom's idea," the Holmes brothers informed, "and it's far beyond tradition at this point. Our entire family banded together to make the shoppe what it is today. Our desire has always been to make our customers feel the same way we do. Our guests are our family, too." Specializing in hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind gifts and furnishings, Canal Towne thrives all year 'round, but once holiday season arrives, the 5,000 square-foot showroom takes on a life of it's own and has become not only a tradition, but a destination for visitors who often travel hundreds of miles to select treasures that the brothers present for their discerning customers. "We start decorating the second week in November," they shared.
Master designer Eckhart was seen climbing ladders and putting final touches on trees as the brothers talked about the family's history. Asked how the traditions have grown through the years, Lyman Holmes grew excited when pointing out Canal Towne's newest installation, dubbed "Dance of the Light." Now in its fifth year, the shoppe presents a music and light display presented nightly outside of the building. Beginning the day after Thanksgiving and shown once a night, the show, which features thousands of lights dancing to coordinated music, is "different every year... and lasts for twelve to fifteen minutes." The holiday display was "the brainchild of Wurtsboro electrician Michael Roosa," Holmes informed. "Michael began this spectacular display at his own home, but it grew so large in scope that he came to us and asked if he could move the entire operation to Canal Towne."
Thrilled to become the new home of the illuminated holiday presentation, the brothers readily agreed and a new tradition was born. "Over a mile of wires is involved in the process of creating this magical display," Gary Holmes observed. "It takes about three weeks, working around the clock to make the store and light show come to life." Once complete, a visit to Canal Towne is an incredible "step back in time" and offers the public an opportunity to embrace "old-fashioned service, holiday treats and country pleasures" wrapped in a glittery, homespun, stunning display.
"We search for, and discover, hand made gifts and furnishings from all over the world" the brothers shared "but we also take great pride in presenting many fine creations that have been crafted locally by American artisans." Scouring the countryside for unique offerings, the Holmes brothers begin their search in January every year and make every effort to present previously undiscovered items to their customers, who have come to expect surprises through the years. A visit to Canal Towne will reveal thousands of ornaments, hand-made Santas and wreaths as well as Hanukkah items, hand crafted furniture and decorative accessories.
Open 7 days a week, the Shoppe is located at 107 Sullivan St in Wurtsboro. For more information, call 845/888-2100 or visit www.canaltowne.com [5].


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Re: Kurt Busch to SHR
Annalee wrote:Okay....... I will throw this in the drama... On the way home my husband was listening to a local radio station, kinda call in program. Some one called in and said that Furniture Row was bought out by Gene Haas.....that is why the director of competition is going to RCR because SHR has that covered and Kurt Busch wasn't offered a job for 2014 from Furniture Row, because they were in negotiations with the buy out.... Don't know who this person with the info was cause DH didn't catch the name and didn't start really listening until they mentioned SHR.....take it for what it's worth.....I know BLACK HELICOPTERS.... it's a little far fetched but who knows ?? I just find it interesting!
that would consist of my whole keeping it all in the family black helos as well.
problem with this part is the guy that owns the 78 is a billionaire & loves his nascar. he could take a loss every year & still fund that team. Now maybe to help your black helicopters thing, they could reconnect with SHR (or Haas) as a partnership. maybe that they could have been negotiating.
this black helicopter things fun.


text: Artwork by Lisa Moren, associate professor of visual arts, is on display at the President's Gallery of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY (City University of New York), 899 Tenth Avenue in New York. The exhibition, Truth of the Matter: paint, concept, memory, on display from February 1 through 28, presents three artists whose work focuses on memory. Professor Moren's work, Marbleized Paper from the Gulf of Mexico, is made with pigments drawn from the polluted waters created from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.


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The fact is the body will continue to manufacture the enzymes needed to benefit from food; supplemental digestive enzymes simply aid the digestive process. Are enzyme supplements safe to consume with prescription drugs?They believe their supplemental enzymes, as they are naturally occurring in nature, are among the safest nutritional supplements available. With a lack of conclusive scientific evidence, they recommend consulting a physician before combining or replacing prescription drugs with supplemental enzyme products.Are these products safe for everyone?Enzymedica has formulated products specifically for children ages 3 and up, and adults. Because of unique herbal blends, products like Acid Soothe may not be appropriate for the special nutritional considerations of new and expecting mothers. Until more research is completed, they recommend that pregnant or lactating mothers consult with their physician prior to using Acid Soothe, Acid Soothe Chewables, pH Basic, Natto K, Repair Gold, SerraGold, ViraStop, and ViraStop 2X.Why are plant-based enzymes considered "The Ideal" enzyme source?Approximately 80% of the enzyme supplements sold in health food stores today are plant-based. The other 20% is made up of glandular/animal-based (such as pancreatin, trypsin and chymotrypsin), and plant (bromelain and papain). It is important to understand that the assays used to measure activities of each of these ingredients are different. Do not try to compare the active units (the measurement used to determine how much protein, fat or carbohydrates an enzyme can break down in a matter of minutes) of a plant or glandular enzyme with a plant based enzyme. Specific assays are designed to test for different sources of enzymes. What should I look for when reading labels?Avoid fillers such as magnesium stearate, apple pectin and rice starch. Looking at the label of a high quality enzyme product, you will find measurement units you may not be familiar with. With most supplements, we are used to comparing products based on weight. However, with enzymes we are interested in the activity and potency available. It is important to recognize that there is no direct relationship between weight and enzyme activity. Typical units of measurement include testing methods established by the Food Chemical Codex (FCC). The FCC is published by the National Academy Press and is the accepted standard of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The system for determining enzyme potency used by the American food industry is derived from the FCC. This is the only National Standard for evaluation of plant-based enzymes. This system establishes activity levels and potency for enzymes. Where FCC testing methods do not apply, validated industry based assays are used for laboratory analysis.Are enzymedica's products organic (or certified organic)?Enzymedica takes great pride in producing safe and effective high quality supplemental enzyme products. Their enzymes come from organic sources that have not come into contact with any pesticides or preservatives however, they are not considered "certified organic.Are supplemental enzymes destroyed by stomach acid?Plant based enzymes tolerate stomach acid well. Enzymedica's Thera-blend plant based enzymes were formulated to perform in a wide pH range including acidic and alkaline environments.Why do none of their products contain HCL (Hydrocloric Acid)?Enzymedica developed a Thera-blend process for four main types of enzymes -protease, amylase, lipase and cellulase. Thera-blending allows these enzymes to work across the board in the pH range of a 2-12. Whether the person is acidic or alkaline, every range of the human body with or without HCl, Thera-blend enzymes are active. Can I take candidase and a probiotic?Yes. Probiotics manufacture enzymes for the body. Proteolytic enzymes (protease in Candidase) will only hydrolyze the 4 D's (Dead, Damaged, or Dose not belong). Thus they will not interfere with colonization of probiotics. Can enzymes be used for healthy weight management?Lipase is the enzyme that breaks down (digests) fat. When added to your meal as a supplement it is able to do this in the digestive tract. This takes stress off the gallbladder, liver, and pancreas. When taken between meals, they can be of great support systemically and in some cases stored in the liver for later use. Many overweight people have metabolism imbalance or will soon create one. The endocrine system is our metabolism. Once we are able to fortify the endocrine system, get the bowels working regularly, and digest our food rather than turning it into fat, we have a successful combination for healthy weight management. This process is not instantaneous, because we have to lose fat instead of weight. A person has to lose a great deal of fat to equal one pound of weight. It takes longer, but it is more healthy and lasts longer. Best of all, it does no harm.About EnzymedicaEnzymedica produces cutting edge enzyme formulas that provide targeted support support for digestive issues, food intolerances, cardiovascular issues, proper immune function and healthy inflammatory process. Established in 1998, Enzymedica leads the enzyme category by offering products that contain the highest therpeutic activities available. They are ranked the #1 selling enzyme company by third party reports and offer the best-selling digestive enzyme blend, Digest Gold. Enzymedica is dedicated to using only the highest quality plant and plant-based enzymes in their products. Their exclusive Thera-blend process is used in the manufacturing of its protease, lipases, amylase and cellulase enzymes, achieving greater activity over a broader pH range. This process increases potency by enabling each enzyme to break down more bonds throughout the entire digestive system. When formulated for therapeutic purposes. Thera-blend enzymes are customized for optimal performance throughout the entire body.