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MONTPELIER Gov. Peter Shumlin signed an executive order Monday creating a new council to combat poverty and announced plans to fund initiatives to help the states low-income residents.
The $2.2 million in new spending is directed mainly at helping low-income Vermonters secure adequate housing or shelter. Shumlin, in a news conference Monday to announce the initiatives, said the funding will be included in his budget that will be presented to lawmakers next month.
Shumlin declined to say, however, what might need to be cut as the state tries to close a projected $70 million budget gap.
Governors have priorities. This is one of mine. Vermonts not the kind of place where were going to let Vermonters freeze in cold homes, where were going to let them freeze in the streets and where were going to sit back at a time when the federal government is making cuts to low-income Vermonters that make no sense, he said.
Shumlin said the Governors Council on Pathways Out of Poverty will have between 10 and 30 members and meet three times a year. The council will focus on ensuring that every Vermonter has the hope of a prosperous future in this state, he said.
As we know, were in a time right now where the gap between the rich and the poor in our country and in our state continues to grow, where the top 1 percent continue to prosper and where too many Vermonters and Americans are getting left behind watching their wages stagnate, having difficulty finding places to live, having difficulty staying in the place they live and losing ground in the economic battle for prosperity, Shumlin said.
The state has faced cuts in federal funding for programs that aid low-income Vermonters. About 775 Section 8 vouchers, which help low-income Vermonters pay rent, have been lost due to federal cuts, he said.
The state cannot make up all those cuts, but he said his budget will target several areas where the state can make a difference.
Shumlin said he wants to double funding for Vermonts rental subsidy program to $1 million. The program helps families stay in their homes.
This is a way to avoid having to use motel rooms, which weve had a lot of debate about in this state, and instead keep people in their homes, he said.
Shumlin said he will also propose spending an additional $300,000 $200,000 to replace lost federal funding for emergency shelters.
These resources will help us bring on more facilities, more beds, particularly in the winter months, he said.
An additional $650,000 would provide alcohol and substance abuse counseling as well as mental health treatment services for Vermonters receiving state assistance. That funding would be matched with about $575,000 in federal dollars.
Child care will get a boost in Shumlins budget with an $800,000 infusion to help more families gain access to child care services, he said.
Finally, Shumlin said he is proposing $200,000 for Family Supportive Housing, a new project developed by the Agency of Human Services and Department for Children and Families that provides financial assistance and counseling for homeless families and seeks specifically to reduce child homelessness in Vermont.
Human Services Secretary Doug Racine said the initiatives announced Monday are more aggressive than efforts put forth in other states.
These investments that the governor is proposing today will, indeed, make a difference. Were doing as well as any state out there in trying to deal with the shredding of the safety net, he said. This is a huge initiative. This will make a huge difference that you arent going to be seeing in the rest of the country.
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Happy New Year! A recent "Morning Edition" segment discussed how newspapers in England are more openly political than ours. In that story, NYU journalism professor Jay Rosen opined that we should know more about the biases and beliefs of reporters, rather than rely on their supposed objectivity (which Rosen referred to as "The View from Nowhere"). I think Rosen has a strong point. So, although I'm a columnist rather than a journalist, let me start this year by sharing some of the experiences that have led me to my present positions.
Of course, as consumers of media, our own biases and beliefs also affect the way we see things, and it's good to bring those to the surface as well. Each one of us has what I call a "Preferred Narrative"—a framework through which we interpret the world around us. Information that reinforces this narrative is attractive to us, and we may accept it without question; after all, it "makes sense." Information that contradicts our particular narrative is difficult to even see or hear, much less evaluate dispassionately.
This concept explains why two people can look at identical events and come up with two entirely different, mutually exclusive and seemingly irrefutable interpretations. It's easier to remove your own appendix than to get someone to abandon their Preferred Narrative, particularly if they've been working under its assumptions for a number of years.
Our Preferred Narratives are mostly subconscious—we may not even know we have them, or where they came from—but I think I can point to a couple of sources for my own.
In spring 1978, I was a senior at Harvard College during the "divestment" controversy. Student activists were trying to convince Harvard to discard any investments that supported the apartheid regime in South Africa. As an undergraduate, I had been pretty apolitical up to that time, preferring to focus on my studies, theatre, and other, um, extracurricular pursuits. So I didn't know much about the issue, or about the realities of life in South Africa.
As it happened, some of the top officials of the Harvard Corporation—the folks who handled the money—decided to hold an "open forum" where they could hear opinions about what they should do. Out of curiosity, I attended. One of the speakers was a journalist from Soweto who was at Harvard on a fellowship that year—and he spoke in moving, first-hand detail about the suffering that apartheid inflicted on the people of his community.
To me, his testimony was a revelation. I had not previously considered the high price at which my own comfort and privilege were being bought, and here I was being confronted by stark evidence. But even more of a revelation was the reaction of the wealthy and powerful folks at the front of the room: nothing. I saw no flicker of emotion, no dismay or concern or even sympathy on those stern faces. This was my introduction to a certain harsh reality.
Following this meeting, the Harvard Corporation announced that it would release a definitive statement clarifying its investment decisions. But that statement, when it came, merely declared that the corporation would undertake further study of the question, punting the issue into the fall. Students responded with a large protest and a brief occupation of University Hall.
It occurred to me at the time that the Harvard administration might have meant to offer us some instruction by their delay, a lesson entitled "Power Means We Can Do What We Want, When We Want To, and You Can't Force Us—Particularly When Money is Involved." But eventually, there was some divestment, even some by Harvard, and eventually, of course, the apartheid regime died.
So that, I think, was the genesis of my political outlook, of my distrust of the powerful, my belief in the amorality of wealth and my propensity to back underdogs. Then in the spring of 1979 came a little incident at Three Mile Island, which led me to Seabrook, NH, and the Clamshell Alliance, and… but that's a story for another time.
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In October, PLNU professor of sociology and director of the Center for Justice and Reconciliation Dr. Jamie Gates will deliver one of nine monthly lectures on the theme of science and ethics. Gates' lecture, "The Politics of Race, Class, Gender, and HIV/AIDS in South Africa," is part of a San Diego city-wide event responding to the award-winning book by Rebecca Skloot, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
Events across San Diego discussing the book and the topic of science and ethics are being sponsored by The Center for Ethics in Science and Technology and include an educational alliance between PLNU, San Diego State University, the University of San Diego, CSU San Marcus, Grossmont College, UC San Diego, and the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.
In addition to Gates' lecture, Dr. Mark Mann, director of the Wesleyan Center at PLNU, will host a panel discussion about religious views of death and immortality in April. Dr. Skip Rutledge, the coach of PLNU's forensics program, is hosting a regional debate at PLNU focusing on the book and the issues it raises. Many classes and reading groups at PLNU are participating in the discussion of the book, as well.
For more information, including a schedule of upcoming events, visit The Henrietta Lacks Series website at The Center for Ethics and Science in Technology.
Dr. Kathryn McConnell has agreed to accept the role of Dean of Arts and Sciences, after serving as interim dean for the past year.
McConnell joined PLNU in 1979 as a professor of Spanish, eventually serving as chair of the Department of Literature, Journalism and Modern Languages. She has also served on the executive board of the North American Foreign Language Association (NACFLA).
McConnell has spent the bulk of her time at PLNU guiding students in the Spanish language, literature, and culture. She has traveled extensively in Spanish speaking countries, principally in Spain, where she has conducted research in Madrid's major libraries: the Hemeroteca Nacional and Municipal, the Prado library, Biblioteca Nacional, Filmoteca Nacional, and the Biblioteca José Ortega y Gasset. She has also been a visiting professor in Baoding, China where she lectured on film theory and language proficiency.
In making the announcement, Kerry Fulcher, PLNU's provost and chief academic officer, said, "Kathy's diverse set of experiences as a faculty member, department chair, faculty council member, membership on several major committees and her many years of service to the university have made her an invaluable member of the academic leadership team. I can think of no other person I would rather have in this role at this key time in the life of our university."
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On May 14, PLNU celebrated the accomplishments of 565 undergraduate and 259 graduate students at Commencement. During the convocation ceremonies, 23 seniors were recognized for completing honors projects. In addition, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree was awarded to David Latter. Latter became president of Morehouse Foods in 1969, and he has guided the company to its current position as a multi-million dollar international business, specializing in mustard and horseradish. Latter has an undergraduate degree from PLNU.
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Luke Harmon, a 2010 business administration graduate from PLNU, was named the 2011 Entrepreneur of the Year by the Fermanian School of Business (FSB) at Point Loma Nazarene University. Harmon was one of five finalists in the FSB's Entrepreneur Enrichment Program (EEP).
Harmon's project, EHipp, is developing medical records software for overlooked sectors of the health care industry.
"Thank you so much for providing a platform for me to work on this project," said Harmon. "This experience has been incredibly challenging but at the same time amazing, and I have loved every second of it!"
Following a nearly yearlong process that began with the annual EEP Exposition and "pitch" last September, five student entrepreneurial ventures received mentoring throughout the 2010-11 academic year while developing a detailed business plan. There were three experienced entrepreneurial mentors for each venture from a wide variety of business interests throughout the western U.S. The mentors also served as judges for the plans. The plans were completed and submitted by April 15, 2011. The judges then had two weeks to review the plans on a secure online site.
"In the past year, I have dove fully into eHipp," said Harmon. "I have read books and articles, interviewed physicians, nurses, and medical students, attended classes and conferences, job shadowed venture capitalists, and met with recognized leaders and thinkers of medical innovation. Through this process, I have felt like it was up to me to find a place where this software could work and succeed. You will see from the business plan that I believe I have done that."
Randy M. Ataide, the EEP advisor and PLNU professor of entrepreneurship said, "Each year presents a different variety of projects and entrepreneurial interests, and this year was no exception. What stands out in this year's program was the dedication of most of the entrepreneurs to maximize the opportunity to be mentored."
The FSB announced Harmon's award at a banquet attended by approximately 85 entrepreneurs, mentors, students, and supporters on Wednesday evening, April 27, 2011.
Harmon earned a total of $3,000 in funding from the EEP Endowment towards supporting his entrepreneurial endeavors, and was mentored by Stephen Thesing, Robert Harp and Bart Grunau, all experienced EEP mentors.
Other honorees included brothers Derek Jackson, a senior double major at PLNU in business administration and music, joined by his brother Marcus Jackson, a PLNU business administration alumni from 2007, for their project Forte Gigs, a musician promotion and management company for student musicians, who earned an additional $1,500 from the EEP Endowment as well as winning the Dave and Dorothy Latter Free Enterprise Award. PLNU MBA John Cosby earned $1,500 from the endowment as well as nabbing the Social Entrepreneur Award of another $200 for his project, BorderTraffic.com.
The other completed projects were by Carl Gardner, a 2010 business administration graduate, who created Gardner BioFuels and Reid Sund, a 2010 accounting graduate, who developed Care Connection. All participating projects that completed the EEP received $500 each, and additional projects were announced for the 2011-12 EEP.
Craig Van Hulzen, CEO of Van Hulzen Asset Management in Jackson, Ca., and a co-founder of the EEP and the EEP Endowment, stated " While not a year of large numbers in the EEP, the quality of the completed plans is the best by far in the history of the EEP. It reflects the evolving nature of the EEP and the rising expectations of quality among the participants."
Wednesday is the 2010-2011 Entrepreneur Enrichment Program Banquet. The Entrepreneur Enrichment Program (EEP) seeks to encourage, stimulate, and nourish the entrepreneurial process in any full or part-time student and in all academic disciplines at PLNU by providing specific personal, business, and professional counsel for student-entrepreneurs' business plans from recognized industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and financiers.
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Edwin Towne, now 61, was tried and sentenced in 1989 for the death more than two years earlier of 15-year-old Paulette Crickmore. She was abducted on her way to Mount Mansfield Union High School in September 1986.
Towne wanted to use DNA technology developed since the time of the crime to reanalyze hair evidence from the case.
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We can probably tell you right over the telephone, whether or not are are qualified to get hold of financial compensation from the negligent or reckless transgressors who caused your accident or intentional injuries. If you have acquired a bad injury, the law says you may obtain justice through the California tort law system. This means you can get your hands on dollars to pay you back for your out of pocket losses for your medical care, time away from work while convalescing, and other bills, the genesis of which, was the incident that caused you disability. In fact, beyond this, you are also entitled as a matter of right, to the collection of objectively reasonable compensatory damages for your pain and anguish. Sometimes your suffering will be permanent, which means you could be entitled to lifetime money payments from the defendant, or their insurance carrier.
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Serious personal injury cases and the best possible representation requires strong knowledge of the local court system, forms and savoir faire in general. Michael P. Ehline has a thorough, personal knowledge, not only of the Manhattan local court system's requirements, but also of the South Bay community at large, Ehline Law is at the ready to help in all of the below practice areas, including:
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MONTPELIER Some small businesses in the state are weighing whether to continue providing health insurance to employees next year or have them enter a new health care marketplace as individuals and receive federal tax credits to help make it affordable.
State officials and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce sponsored a forum Wednesday in Montpelier to help small businesses with less than 50 employees navigate the states new health care exchange, known as Vermont Health Connect.
The new online marketplace for health insurance is part of the federal Affordable Care Act enacted in 2010. Signups for Vermonts exchange start Oct. 1 and take effect Jan. 1.
Countdown to Coverage forums will take place in every Vermont county.
But as officials look to provide information and guidance to small employers, many are facing difficult questions about what, if any coverage, they will continue to provide to employees.
Diann Percy of Dale Percy Excavation in Stowe said her company has already determined that it will drop employer-sponsored coverage when the exchange launches. About 25 of her 45 employees work only part of the year and providing employer-sponsored coverage for them through the exchange will be more expensive to those employees than purchasing insurance through the exchange as individuals.
After going into the subsidy calculator and looking at families and individuals, we just determined that it would be better for most employees, Percy said.
It was going to cost them less for their insurance if they went into the individual market, she said. Theyre getting subsidies in the plan that arent going to be available to them if we offer coverage.
Dropping coverage, however, will hurt the 20 full-time employees who currently have employer-sponsored coverage. Those employees likely make too much money to receive federal subsidies available to lower-income individuals and families through the exchange, Percy said, making health insurance more expensive for them next year.
The federal law requires employers to provide insurance coverage to all eligible employees if the employer offers a plan that is listed on the exchange.
Percy said her company will look into raising pay for employees because it is dropping employer-sponsored health coverage. However, doing so could cost the workers more in income taxes and property taxes, she said.
So far, she said the exchange has not been a benefit to her company.
If their families could get subsidized in the (employer-sponsored plan) it would be fine. It would be a neutral thing. But right now, Im looking at it and I dont think its a good thing, she said.
Others have yet to determine what they will do, including Jim Fecteau, owner of Fecteau Homes in Montpelier.
Were at the beginning of seeing how its going to affect us and what were going to do, he said. We waited a bit because weve been hearing that its confusing.
Fecteau said he planned to sit down with one of the 250 navigators across the state that are available to explain the exchange and the process for enrolling.
This looks good, in general, but each case is specific, he said.
Gov. Peter Shumlin, who addressed the three dozen or so business owners attending the forum Wednesday, touted the exchange but acknowledged that it is new and can be confusing.
Were on to a whole new era with Vermont Health Connect and I believe that its going to be a good thing for Vermont, he said.
The governor promised the exchange will be ready for enrollment Oct. 1, when it begins offering health plans through either MVP or Blue Cross Blue Shield effective Jan. 1.
People are worried about whether or not well be ready, Shumlin said. I can assure we will be ready. Were on track for you to shop for insurance starting on Oct. 1.
Still, Robin Lunge, director of health care reform for the Agency of Administration, said the state is working to ensure a contingency plan is in place if the exchange doesnt launch as expected. She was peppered with questions Wednesday from small business owners on the enrollment process.
We are working with the carriers and others on backup plans. But, we are on track for Oct. 1, Lunge said. Were definitely working on contingencies, so no worries there.
Lunge told employers that beginning Oct. 1 they can visit the exchanges online portal and begin enrolling in a health care plan for employees. They will be able to compare available plans and coverage and choose how much they want to contribute toward employees coverage.
Once a plan is chosen, employees themselves will have a period of time to select coverage from the plans selected by employers. Lunge said Vermont Health Connect will then send a bill to employers instructing them how much to deduct from each employees pay to cover the cost.
Shumlin said the exchange is a good first step to health care reform and the state is committed to getting the most out of it as we possibly can.
However, the exchange is not the silver bullet that will bring our rising and unsustainable health care costs under control in the long run, he told the small business owners.
Shumlin said he will continue moving the state toward a state-level single-payer health plan in 2017.
Im committed to continuing our efforts to bring real health care reform to Vermont, the governor said. I believe we have a tremendous opportunity in Vermont to create jobs and economic opportunity by finally bringing costs under control by paying for quality outcomes rather than for quantity, which is what drives the current system.
Shumlin, who ran for re-election promising such a health care system in Vermont, repeated a familiar promise.
Ive committed to you before and Ill say it again: We will only move forward with a universal, publicly financed system for health care if we succeed in our cost containment goals, he said. I believe that we will.
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When I saw the preview of the names, I expected Nelly to be nervous nelly, which is a phrase I have always heard and wonder about its origin other than the obvious alliteration. Never even heard nice nelly before.
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I thought it would be Negative Nelly.
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Welcome, it's New Nelly to me as I never heard of nice Nelly before.
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Originally Posted By: KarenSWhen I saw the preview of the names, I expected Nelly to be nervous nelly, which is a phrase I have always heard and wonder about its origin other than the obvious alliteration. Never even heard nice nelly before.
I've always heard "nervous nelly" too. My grandmother used it
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To some, it's a daunting mystery. It can follow you around, tracking your decisions at work and as a consumer. While you could be using it to anticipate customer requirements and better forecast your product needs, your company could also use it in production to ensure quality. At the time he wrote his ghost story, "The Turn of the Screw," in 1898, Henry James could never have anticipated the potential of what we are talking about now__big data.
Last week, the Wall Street Journal ran "How Many Turns in a Screw? Big Data Knows," which highlights how companies, such as Raytheon and Harley Davidson, use automated systems to gather and analyze factory floor data.
"Manufacturers are looking harder at data partly because of increasing pressure from customers to eliminate defects and from shareholders to squeeze out more costs. Regulators are also demanding more data collection to trace safety problems," James R. Hagerty writes. "The cost of computers, scanners, and other hardware has also come down, and technology for storing and moving data has improved."
At Raytheon, manufacturing execution systems (MES) are able to monitor tiny yet important details, such as if a screw that needs to be turned 13 times is turned only 12 times. When you are building missiles, those screws need to work exactly right. Raytheon uses its big data to monitor the names of all the machine operators who worked on any part and the humidity and temperature at each stage of production. That helps company leaders look back and determine what went wrong if flaws emerge.
At Harley-Davidson, leaders used their MES to find bottlenecks in production, keeping them on track for their goal of building a motorcycle every 86 seconds. For example, managers recently used data to determine that the installation of a rear bumper was taking too long. A factory configuration change enabled faster installation. Likewise, the system can keep the fan speed and temperature in painting booths constant, which creates more standardized product outcomes. Revealing the mystery
While there are many definitions of big data, according to the APICS Big Data folio, experts agree "big data encompasses creating, enabling, and operating a data storage, processing, and reporting structure that enables deep insight resulting from the analysis of all available data. Big data becomes a foundation that permits applications such as data mining or data analytics."
In the future, supply chain and operations management will depend on information. Lots of it. Therefore, you now need to increase your understanding of big data, position your company and career to take advantage of it, and know what to expect. With its extensive research on the subject, APICS can help. Visit apics.org to download the APICS big data report and folio. Then, consider how you can put big data to work for you.
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Mike McCarthy will argue with you until the cows come home if you try to tell him that his Green Bay Packers defense was bad last season.
But the Packers coach was more than willing to cop to the obvious on Wednesday morning: The defense was bad at the worst possible times: In showdowns with superstar running back Adrian Peterson and their NFC North rival Minnesota Vikings, and in the team's season-ending 45-31 NFC Divisional Playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
Before you accuse McCarthy of having a Duh! moment at Wednesday morning's NFC coaches breakfast during the final day of the annual NFL Meetings, understand this: McCarthy isn't simply dismissing his defense's struggles against the Vikings and 49ers as bad days. They are instead going to be offseason points of emphasis that players will hear about again and again.
"Adrian Peterson and the San Francisco game were our two black eyes," McCarthy said. "And that's where we've got to be better. Those are big games. We've got to play better defense in big games."
In 2012, the Packers finished 11th in scoring defense (21.0 points per game), 11th in total defense (336.8 yards per game), fourth in sacks (47) and tied for 19th in takeaways (23). During defensive coordinator Dom Capers' first three seasons in Green Bay, the Packers finished seventh in scoring defense in 2009 (18.6 points per game), second in 2010 (15.0) and 19th in 2011 (22.4); finished second in yardage allowed in 2009 (284.4 yards per game), fifth in 2010 (309.1) and 32nd (dead last) in 2011 (411.6); were tied for 11th in sacks in 2009 (37), tied for second in 2010 (47) and tied for 27th in 2011 (29); and led the NFL in takeaways in 2009 (40), were sixth in 2010 (32) and tied for first in 2011 (38).
Among the defensive starters or key reserves who missed games this season due to injury were inside linebacker Desmond Bishop (18, including playoffs); outside linebacker Clay Matthews (four); safety Charles Woodson (nine); first-round draft pick Nick Perry (12); defensive tackle B.J. Raji (two); cornerback Sam Shields (six); inside linebacker D.J. Smith (12); defensive end C.J. Wilson (four); cornerback Davon House (seven); and rookie defensive end Jerel Worthy (four).
Capers acknowledged after the season that the defensive performance against the 49ers deserved scrutiny and criticism and that the buck had to stop with him. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick rushed for an NFL single-game quarterback record 181 yards, including a pair of touchdowns, and the 49ers finished with the fourth-most total yards ever gained in an NFL postseason game in league history (579).
But Capers also believed that one game did not erase the improvement the defense had made during the season.
"(The 49ers are) a talented team but I feel good about our guys. I've seen us make great strides this year," Capers said during the week after the final game. "It didn't look that way the other night, but I've seen us make great strides, and I think with the number of young people we've got that we can move forward with this group. Obviously, you always want to add a few things here or there, but what I hope is that game's not a total evaluation of what this group has done this year, because I think there were some very good things that were done."
In addition to Kaepernick's record-setting performance, running back Frank Gore ran for another 119 yards on 23 carries. Kaepernick also threw for 263 yards and two more touchdowns after starting the game with a pick-six interception to Sam Shields on the opening series.
Afterward, veteran defensive back Charles Woodson said the Packers defensive caches "didn't make any adjustments" after Kaepernick began having success and suggested the Packers weren't prepared for the read-option.
"I just think when the game is going the way it is, you've got to try something different," said Woodson, whom the Packers released in a cost-cutting move on Feb. 15. "It's hard to just continue to do the same thing over and over again and continue to get burned. That's what I was talking about going forward."
In an effort to be more prepared for Kaepernick and the read option, McCarthy sent his coaching staff to Texas A&M earlier this month to learn more about the scheme from Aggies coach Kevin Sumlin and his staff. While multiple head coaches at the NFL Meetings dismissed the read-option attack as a fad – Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin called it "the flavor of the month" – McCarthy isn't viewing it that way.
He acknowledged that the defense was ill-prepared for the read-option game against the 49ers, and said he fully expects 2013 opponents – and not just Philadelphia, Washington and San Francisco, who have it in their schemes already – to use it against them.
"I'm not a crystal ball, but I know we're going to see it early and often. If I was playing against us, I'd make sure if we had that kind of quarterback that you would test the Green Bay Packers. Everybody's going to watch the last game. Let's not be naïve to that.
"It's like any scheme. You have to stop it. If people didn't stop the Wildcat, they'd still be running that, everybody would be running that right now. It's another great example, it's not about scheme, it's about fundamentals. Fundamentals win, and that will never change in this league."
As for the Packers' preparation for the read-option and Kaepernick that week, McCarthy said the practice structure – influenced by injuries on that side of the ball – didn't help during the final month of the season.
"We weren't regimented enough, that's definitely the case. And there's other factors that were involved in that. (But) frankly, they're just a bunch of excuses," McCarthy said. "The way we practiced the last month of the season, frankly, wasn't conducive for getting ready for a scheme that was definitely going to make you hunker down and play base defense and trust your fundamentals. … There's other factors that put you in position to prepare a certain way, and it didn't help us."
But the Packers had all kinds of time to prepare for Peterson, and they never really had an answer for him, either. Unquestionably, Peterson had a phenomenal season, coming back a 2011 Christmas Eve knee injury and reconstructive surgery to win the NFL MVP and rush for 2,097 yards, nine shy of Eric Dickerson's the NFL record.
Of Peterson's 2,097 yards this season, a whopping 409 (19.5 percent) came in his two regular-season games against the Packers. He ran for 199 yards in the Vikings' victory over the Packers at the Metrodome in the Dec. 30 regular-season finale and 210 yards on Dec. 2 at Lambeau Field. Although the Packers "held" him to 99 yards on 22 carries in their NFC Wild Card playoff victory over the Vikings on Jan. 6, they got an assist from inept backup quarterback Joe Webb, who started for an injured Christian Ponder and was horrible (11 of 30, 180 yards, 54.9 passer rating).
"You know, and it's a two-way responsibility between the coaches and the players," McCarthy said. "Dom's very up front and disciplined in the fact that when you rep things during the week and they don't turn out the way they're supposed to, he's not going to call them in the game. So it's no different in the game. If people aren't doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing, then he'll go away from it. It's something we continue to work through.
"We were very young for a big part of the season last year on defense, but the thing that was exciting was we got better as the year went on. Our defense continued to improve throughout the whole year."
Since those playoff games, the Packers have cut Woodson, allowed outside linebacker Erik Walden to walk as a free agent, brought veteran inside linebacker A.J. Hawk back at a reduced salary, re-signed backup inside linebacker Robert Francois, and passed on veteran defensive end Chris Canty after he visited and was put through a physical.
The Packers have yet to sign any free agents, although McCarthy suggested that it could happen, and hope that Bishop and others come back fully healthy. They'll also look for their younger players – Shields, Casey Hayward, House, Perry, Dezman Moses and others – to take big steps forward and add again through the draft.
"I feel our defense is going to be better just through the growth internally," McCarthy said. "We had a number of rookies that made an impact last year; I'm confident in the way our offseason program is structured that we will improve with our players from Year 1 to Year 2. And, we have a number of Year 2 players going into Year 3. So I have great confidence that we're going to improve with the players that we have.
"You still have free agency, and there might be some things that happen there, and we'll add another draft class and there'll be some guys that come out of there that will help us. But I feel good about the defensive players on our board. Very confident. I feel better today than I have a number of times at this time in my coaching career."
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In what is likely to be his last news conference and in a series of media interviews, President George W. Bush is understandably trying to put a positive spin on his eight years in the Oval Office.
Unfortunately, his next action demonstrated why so many observers — though willing to wait awhile longer for more informed perspective — found his presidency so unsatisfactory.
Remember the $350 billion still in the pipeline from the $700-billion-plus financial bailout passed by Congress in a moment of institutional panic in October? The money that was supposedly to be spent buying troubled financial assets (though nobody knew how to do it effectively) but which was then used to invest directly in troubled financial institutions — i.e., partly nationalize them? The money that from all reports (though we remain hopeful) has done little or nothing to get the credit markets anything close to normalized?
Well, $350 billion of that mythical paper money has already been spent, for various purposes not specified in the original legislation, but Congress requires a request from the president to get access to the other $350 billion.
Bush said Monday he had no intention of making the request unless President-elect Barack Obama asked him to. Upon receiving the request, he complied.
That pretty much completed the process of George W. Bush bailing out on what he claimed were firm convictions about free markets in favor of a regime of heavy government intervention in the marketplace. But this was hardly the first instance.
Under this president, domestic discretionary spending — not military or intelligence spending but domestic spending not mandated by previous law — rose faster than at any time since Lyndon Johnson's misbegotten "Great Society" days. Federal intervention into what had traditionally been the local responsibility of providing government education was increased with the "No Child Left Behind" law. In a period when federal entitlements threaten to overwhelm the national budget, Bush added a new one, a prescription drug benefit under Medicare.
All the time he was increasing federal spending and federal intervention into the economy, President Bush declared he was a devoted advocate of free markets and deregulation (though he actually increased regulation, including financial regulation). As his presidency implodes in a financial crisis that leaves him discredited, the danger is that his practice of touting the benefits of free markets and smaller government while intervening in markets and expanding government will discredit the philosophy of smaller government and reliance on the discipline of the marketplace rather than the arbitrary whims of Congress.
And we haven't even mentioned two unnecessary wars, unwarranted wiretapping of ordinary Americans, authorizing at the highest levels enhanced interrogation tactics tantamount to torture and spending American blood and treasure on nation-building in parts of the world that don't especially want Western-style nations built.
This president has a great deal to answer for. We wish him a quiet retirement and time to contemplate the implications of his actions. As uneasy as we might feel about the incoming president, we won't be sorry to see this one go.


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X-Parameters Technology Sets New Standard for Price-Performance in Simulation Software
SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 17, 2010
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced Genesys 2010, a new release of its industry leading, low cost, high-performance RF/microwave design software. The software, used by circuit board and subsystem designers, now includes breakthrough nonlinear X-parameter simulation and modeling technology. This enables the most accurate and convenient RF nonlinear circuit and system designs.
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Genesys 2010 provides the most cost-effective design environment in the industry for deploying X-parameters. X-parameter modeling technology is also fully integrated into the Genesys nonlinear circuit simulator. This allows X-parameter models with load-pull impedance and bias dependence to be used in nonlinear circuit design or for co-simulation with the Genesys Spectrasys system simulator. For the first time, nonlinear circuits can be accurately tuned or optimized to meet system simulation specification in a single pass. Previously, nonlinear circuit-system co-simulation relied on the batch creation of inaccurate circuit behavioral models that were used with disconnected system simulation.
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I want to clarify a statement in last week's newspaper.
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The United States is on the road to recovery from 30 years of Bush-Reagan fascism. Except for having the airports in Anchorage and Washington, D.C., named for two of the worst hard-core fascist criminals of the 20th century, and the five fascist Justice majority U.S. Supreme Court, Bush-Reagan fascism is receding into history.
However, at the state level fascist corruption is alive and well. In Alaska we have Governor "Capt. Zero" and Congressman "Major Disaster" leading the way back to the bad old days of fascist corruption exemplified by Ted Stevens and the Corrupt Bastards Club being bought and paid for by Bill Allen and big oil.
The major fascist propaganda organizations i.e., the NRA, Murdoch's Fox network, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Republican National Committee, Tea Party, fascist talk radio, etc. continue to spew their big lies. They have unlimited funding from anonymous big money sources, thanks to the fascist majority Supreme Court's "Citizens United" decision. If that can be corrected, fascist corruption at the state level may dry up as well.
Frank Vondersaar


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Richard Childress Racing
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Nationwide Series Preview for Texas Motor Speedway
April 1, 2014
Richard Childress Racing
NASCAR Nationwide Series News and Notes
Race: O'Reilly Auto Parts 300
Date: Friday, April 4, 2014
Location: Texas Motor Speedway
Richard Childress Racing at Texas Motor Speedway ... In 48 NASCAR Nationwide Series starts at Texas Motor Speedway, Richard Childress Racing has led 812 laps and won five races. RCR has accumulated 17 top-five and 29 top-10 finishes at the 1.5-mile track. The team has an average starting position of 10.9 and an average finishing position of 11.7 in their Nationwide Series starts at TMS.
NASCAR Race to Green ... NASCAR Green has become one of the most powerful environmental awareness platforms in the country. The Race to the Green initiative will run from March 29 to April 29. Fans can visit www.NASCAR.com/Green and donate a dollar to plant a tree in an area of need. Be sure to follow @NASCARGreen and share your green activities using #NASCARGreen.
Auto Club Rewind ... In the TREATMYCLOT.COM 300 at Auto Club Speedway, Ty Dillon, Brian Scott and Brendan Gaughan posted eighth, 12th and 15th place finishes, respectively.
Get to the Points ... Richard Childress Racing's three full-time Nationwide Series drivers remain inside the top-10 of driver championship point standings. Ty Dillon leads the RCR drivers ranking third, Brendan Gaughan sixth and Brian Scott seventh heading into this weekend's O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway
Social Media ... To stay on track with the latest news, information and to view exclusive, behind the scenes content visit RCR's Twitter page - @RCRracing, RCR's NASCAR Nationwide Series team Twitter pages - @RCR2BScott, @RCR3TDillon and @RCR62BGaughan. RCR's Nationwide Series driver twitter pages - @bscottracing, @tydillon and @Brendan62. For additional photos, news and video log on to rcrracing.com.
Coverage of the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 ... Coverage of this weekend's race at Texas Motor Speedway will be televised live on Friday, April 4, beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2. It will also be broadcast live on PRN and SiriusXM channel 90.
Brian Scott
No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week's Shore Lodge Chevrolet at Texas Motor Speedway ... Brian Scott and his No. 2 Shore Lodge Chevrolet Camaro will race chassis No. 129 this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. Scott finished seventh in the team's first intermediate race this season and has a solid notebook on the series most popular type of race track heading into the 1.5-mile track. This chassis has finished 12th or better in four out of five previous races it has been utilized. Scott earned an eighth-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway last November.
Scott at Texas Motor Speedway ... Scott will be making his ninth start this weekend in the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300. In eight previous starts, Scott has captured two top-10 finishes with an average start of 12.5 and an average finish of 18.4. Scott has completed 1455 of 1605 laps (90.7 percent), with two laps led at the 1.5-mile speedway.
Shore Lodge: Old is New ... In 2014, Shore Lodge Celebrates 66 years of serving up McCall adventures with a healthy shot of luxury. All 77 rooms at the Shore Lodge have been updated with rich, warm earth tones. Make your reservation today by calling 1.800.657.6464 and asking for the 'Old is New' package.
What are your points? ... Brian Scott and his No. 2 RCR Chevrolet Camaro team enter Texas Motor Speedway seventh in the Nationwide Series driver point standings.
Rearview Mirror ... Brian Scott and his No. 2 Anderson's Maple Syrup Chevrolet Camaro qualified ninth for the TREATMYCLOT.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway on March 22. Scott was a contender for the race win early on as he battled inside the top 10. The Anderson's Maple Syrup Chevrolet battled with the front-running contenders, but lost track position as tight conditions through the corners continued. Scott fought hard for the remainder of the race and collected a 12th-place finish.
What are your thoughts about racing at Texas Motor Speedway?
"Texas is a great track that has a lot of character. It's kind of progressing into an Atlanta. You have a ton of tire fall off, the grip goes away, and you need a good handling Camaro, but it's also really fast. It's an interesting place. I normally am fast there, but there are certain parts of Texas where the track and I haven't connected. I'm always excited about it, it's a fun race track. You can kind of race anywhere and since we were strong in Las Vegas, we're excited to go to Texas."
How much did you learn at Las Vegas (1.5-mile track) that you can carry over to Texas Motor Speedway?
"You always have little tweaks, but for the most part you kind of get a mile and a half program you like, settle in on it and not make a lot changes. You have to change for bumps and tires and travels a little bit, but it all stays pretty close."
Ty Dillon
No. 3 WESCO Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week's WESCO Chevrolet at Auto Club Speedway ... Ty Dillon will pilot chassis No. 136 this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, the second time the chassis is scheduled to race in 2014. Dillon previously piloted No. 136 to an 11th-place finish at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, after qualifying on the pole. The chassis was raced last November at TMS by Austin Dillon and finished fifth.
Dillon at Texas Motor Speedway ... Last November Dillon notched his third-career victory in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the 100th overall victory for Richard Childress Racing's legendary No. 3 car, after leading 130 of 147 laps. In addition to one victory in the Lone Star State, Dillon has three top fives and one top-10 finish. He also made one Nationwide Series start last fall in the No. 33 Chevrolet Camaro and finished 12th.
Stockman and the Lone Star State ... Although he has never recorded a victory at Texas Motor Speedway, crew chief Danny Stockman has finished inside the top-five four of the last six times he's been on top of the pit box. Stockman, a two-time championship winning crew chief with RCR (2011 NCWTS, 2013 NNS), is in his fourth full-time season. This is his first full season with driver Ty Dillon.
Did you know? ... WESCO supplies over 215,000 products, and is recognized as one of the largest electrical distributors in the country. Based in Pittsburgh, Pa., WESCO supplies items ranging from light fixtures to safety equipment.
Last time out at Auto Club Speedway ... Dillon drove the No. 3 WESCO Chevrolet Camaro to its fourth top-10 of the season, finishing eighth. The No. 3 team remained inside the top-10 for the entire race despite battling tight conditions and tire wear on long, green flag stretches. On the race's final restart on lap 134, Dillon held on to eighth-place in his career debut at Auto Club Speedway.
What's your points? ... Dillon remaind third in the Nationwide Series driver point standings, trailing the leaders by only six points. Also competing for the Sunoco Rookie of the Year title, Dillon currently sits in second place with 64 points - three points behind leader Chase Elliott.
Media availability ... Ty Dillon is scheduled to be available for questions in the media center on Thursday, April 3 at 3:45 p.m. CST. Dillon is competing in his first full-time season in the Nationwide Series.
What are you looking forward to when getting back to TMS?
"Winning again. We got a win there last year in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, which was one of our top moments of 2013. I love going there, it's definitely one of my favorite tracks. Hopefully, we can carry the mentality and that confidence from last season at Texas Motor Speedway over to the Nationwide Series. Danny and I have worked really well together in the first few races, so we should be able to pick up where I left off last November and be a contender for the win."
You have finished inside the top-five four of the last six times at TMS, what is it about the track you like the most?
"Those are pretty cool numbers when you think about it. It's definitely one of my favorite race tracks. It goes along with the theme 'everything is bigger in Texas' and we're looking forward to going there. I think our 1.5-mile program is one of the top in the sport. Having a driver that is comfortable at that sort of track makes it fun to compete at a place like Texas Motor Speedway."
Brendan Gaughan
No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Camaro
Event Preview Fact Sheet
This Week's South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet at Texas Motor Speedway ... Brendan Gaughan will drive chassis No. 130 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. This chassis was previously piloted at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in March. In 2013, chassis No. 130 was utilized by Kevin Harvick at Chicagoland Speedway in September and by Paul Menard at Kansas Speedway in October, who both brought home top-10 finishes.
Lone Star State Stats ... The South Point Hotel & Casino driver will make his fifth start at Texas Motor Speedway in the Nationwide Series Friday night. Gaughan has had success at the track in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series; he holds a two-year unbeaten streak of four consecutive victories in 2002 and 2003 and leading 207 laps in 19 starts. He's also accrued nine top five and nine top-10 finishes.
A South Point Did You Know ... The South Point Arena & Equestrian Center hosts over 40 Men's and Women's college basketball games annually.
To the Points ... Brendan Gaughan and the No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Chevrolet Camaro are sixth in driver point standings in the Nationwide Series leading into the O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway.
In the Rearview Mirror: Auto Club Speedway ... Gaughan qualified 10th for the TREATMYCLOT.com 300 at Auto Club Speedway. The No. 62 Chevrolet Camaro drove to a 15th-place finish.
What did you learn at Las Vegas that you can bring to the Texas Motor Speedway?
"You can always learn from 1.5-mile tracks. Our goal for Texas is to unload off the hauler and be really good, so we have plenty of time to fine tune our Chevrolet. We are going to take a little different setup then what we had at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. During the race in Vegas we needed a lot of changes during the first run. After we were able to come in and make some adjustments, the car was very fast and that is what we want to start the weekend off with at Texas."


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So Christmas has finally come and will soon be gone. Time to tear down the decorations, dump the tree on the curb—or in your neighbors yard—kick the relatives out and forget any of this ever happened. But before you do that, tell us what we've been dying to know: What did you get? A shiny new ZuneHD? Sansa Clip? Those headphones you've been eying? A toaster?
Let us know what the fat man brought you in the comments below.
By the way, we received a lump of coal. Apparently, what happened in Vegas, did not stay in Vegas.