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Doctor of Ministry (DMin) Program at BTS
Are you engaged in ministry and looking for ways to equip yourself with the skills needed to continue reaching your community? BTS offers advanced studies that train men and women to become practical, advanced missional leaders in their churches and ministries. Regardless of whether you are in ministry professionally or a lay leader, our courses will help you gain a robust knowledge of theology, culture, and along with the tools to gain the wisdom to become an effective leader.
Whether you are looking to develop a theology of cities based on Scripture, reinvigorate an established church or organization, or learn to interpret Scripture in a way that leads to effective communication, our Doctor of Ministry program offers exciting and challenging courses.
At BTS, all of our courses are geared to incarnate and communicate the story of Jesus with humility and authenticity. We strive to foster an environment where our students will develop the commitment, skills, capacities, and transferable habits to be effective missional leaders.
"BTS's DMin program has better equipped me to minister in diverse contexts as well as to dig deep in conversation about very sensitive issues. I love the diverse context that BTS provides in the program because it brings an added richness to the table as issues are unpacked and discussed."
Kevin Pugh, DMin Candidate
Overview of the Doctor of Ministry (DMin) Program
The Doctor of Ministry program is a professional program intended for men and women actively engaged in full time Christian ministry. The twenty-four credit program takes a minimum of three years to complete, with most students taking four years to graduate. The program provides an advanced understanding and integration of ministry in relation to missional theology, ecclesiology, and careful study of issues related to culture and context.
Students develop advanced skills and competencies for missional leadership and complete a doctoral-level project that contributes new knowledge and understanding of the practice of ministry. The program seeks to foster spiritual, professional, and vocational competencies that enable missional leaders to be sensitive and responsive to the contexts of their ministries.
Why pursue a Doctor of Ministry degree?
The DMin degree is a professional degree that advances ministry expertise and leadership. The equivalent of the Doctor of Ministry in other professions are, for example, Doctor of Education (EdD), Doctor of Jurisprudence (JD), and Doctor of Psychology (PsyD).
Pastors with the DMin degree have demonstrated the ability to reflect on advanced theological and biblical studies and apply them to the challenges of church leadership in their specific context. Earning an advanced professional degree such as the DMin means that the students have prepared themselves to accept new challenges and opportunities for the Kingdom and as the Spirit leads.
Why Biblical Theological Seminary's Doctor of Ministry Degree?
The BTS DMin program offers the following advantages:
- Week long residential courses are done in a learning community to maximize holistic personal development.
- Course calendar fits busy ministry schedules.
- Program can be completed in as little as 36 months.
- Applied research project is done in your ministry context.
- A project team is assigned to each student.
- Ministry application is immediately possible.
- Students are other ministry Professionals.
- Faculty are experienced ministry practitioners.
BTS's DMin program has given me a new set of missional eyes to see the bible, culture, and ministry in a perspective that has forever changed me.
Paul Chi, DMin Candidate
In addition, BTS is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools of the United States and Canada and by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Doctor of Ministry Curriculum
Core Courses - 12 Credits
Organizational Leadership Track - 12 Credits
This track provides students with the skills and competencies needed to turn around, reinvigorate, and propel established churches and organizations into more effective ministries that are strategically positioned for missional engagement in the 21st century.
Urban Missiology Track - 12 Credits
This track challenges students to develop a theology of cities based on the Scriptures. Students will discover how migration, global technology, and the removal of residential barriers have flattened how we view the world. Students will expand their cultural exegesis as they explore urban communities both locally and globally.
Biblical Exposition Track - 12 Credits
This track equip interpret Scripture in a way that leads to effective and compelling teaching, preaching, and communication to move God's people into God's mission. It focuses on the pastor as biblical interpreter and communicator, and seeks to empower ministry leaders to envision, interpret, teach, and preach the gospel with clarity and conviction within their cultural contexts.
Total Required Credits: 24
Course Workload and Length of the DMin Program
Residency weeks are scheduled so that students can prepare pre-course work before coming to campus. Typically 1500 pages of assigned reading required and twenty-five pages of written assignments precede the residency week. The post-residency is typically fifty pages of written assignments and is due within six weeks of the residency week.
The Doctor of Ministry Degree (DMin) can be completed in as little as three years, or up to six years. The vast majority of our students complete the program within four years of starting. Courses are offered at specific times to allow any student to complete the program at a pace that fits into a busy life schedule. Below is a sample of what the program looks like over the course of four years:
"I can't imagine leading the church without the education I received at BTS. Studying both the theological underpinnings of the missional conversation and the essential leadership principles for leading a missional church has been invaluable."Kirk Belmont, DMin 2011
How can the DMin Program help you?
- Allows you to learn more about your own church, how to effectively lead it in a changing culture, and how to help it grow.
- Broadens your exposure to churches and ministries in other parts of the U.S. and internationally as you will be studying with students from many different locations, cultures, and ethnicities.
- BTS's DMin students report that their DMin program gave them new perspectives, new ministry colleagues, and new approaches to ongoing challenges.
- Many BTS DMin graduates have found new opportunities as a result of their studies and project research, such as serving on non-profit boards, starting a local ministry effort, teaching as adjunct faculty in seminaries and Christian colleges, publishing articles and books, and becoming requested speakers in churches, conferences, and Bible colleges internationally
Am I Eligible?
Admission to the DMin degree requires a completed MDiv degree or its equivalent from an accredited institution and three years of ministry experience subsequent to the first theological degree. Students who are interested in the DMin program and who have a graduate degree but not hold the MDiv degree may qualify for the DMin program by completing a pre-doctoral course of study. MDiv equivalency is defined as broad based work in theology, biblical studies, and the arts of ministry and that include a master's degree and significant ministerial leadership. Applicants must complete all elements of the application forms and process.
Contact DMin
DMin Menu
Financial Aid for Doctor of Ministry Students
While the DMin program is not part of Biblical Seminary's graduate level grant program, Biblical does offer the following 25% tuition discount entitlements:
- An alumnus(a) who has completed a Master of Divinity degree at Biblical Seminary
- A domestic or international missionary who is required to raise a minimum of 50% of his/her support.
- The spouse, son, or daughter of an alumnus(a) who has completed a degree of any kind at Biblical Seminary
A 50% entitlement applies for the spouse of a full-time student.
As a way of encouraging the student's church or parachurch organization to support his/her endeavors in the DMin program Biblical Seminary will grant a one-third discount to a student whose church or organization commits to make payments on behalf of the DMin student in the amount of one third of tuition charges. Participation in this matching program reduces the tuition cost to the student by two-thirds.
(Please note that those students who opt for the church matching program are not eligible to receive the entitlement discounts listed above.)


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At some point, the Bears will honor Brian Urlacher as one of the team's all-time greats.
But the process of replacing him at middle linebacker has begun.
The Bears agreed to a one-year contract with veteran D.J. Williams on Friday. Williams, 30, was released by Denver on March 11 after spending nine years with the Broncos.
Terms of the deal were not announced. The Bears offered Urlacher a one-year, $2 million contract this week, which the 13-year-veteran referred to as an ultimatum. According to the Chicago Tribune, Williams has a base salary of $900,000 but could earn up to $1.76 million with incentives. Williams was scheduled to make $6 million if he returned to the Broncos.
"We see a player that has very good athletic upside who can contribute immediately at [middle] linebacker," Bears general manager Phil Emery said in a statement issued Friday by the Bears.
"He is also a versatile player who has played both outside linebacker positions, giving us flexibility in the draft."
Williams missed nine games last season. He was suspended six games for violating the NFL's performance enhancing drug policy and another three games after being arrested for the second time for driving under the influence.
Emery said Friday Williams' opportunity with the Bears gives him a chance to "restart his career after coming off suspension."
He led the Broncos in tackles in five of his nine seasons in Denver, where he played both inside and outside linebacker. He made 816 tackles and registered 20.5 sacks. He had a career-high 141 tackles in 2007.
Williams is a former first-round draft pick in 2004 out of Miami. He is the latest free agent signing by the Bears, who have signed left tackle Jermon Bushrod, tight ends Martellus Bennett and Steve Maneri along with defensive end Turk McBride in the past 11 days.
"Chi-Town here I come!," he tweeted along with including a photo on Friday. "I had a great time in Denver these past 9 years i thank #broncocountry for all."
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Previously in PHP Phanatics:
The Universal Web Form Processor
In the last article, the Phanatic was leading an expedition into a largely uncharted area. The conceptual project was a generalized form handler. The task's starting point was Matt Wright's famous "formmail" and included adding many more bells and whistles. While putting together the last tome, time and space were closing in on us, and in an effort not to strain the Phanatic's rapidly aging brain, we pulled into shore for a rest. Let's review the project's design goals before setting out to sea again.
The desirable conceptual characteristics of the form handler and the developed script should, based upon the form designer's choice:
Some of the task's more challenging programming considerations are:
Some of these issues were stowed away in the last article, so you might want to review that tome before continuing.
The Phanatic is a little late with this column because, as usual, things take longer than estimated, especially with a Herculean task like this one. This is a major script and as such deserves a special name. After burning some midnight oil and injecting enough sugar to kill a small colony of rodents, we have it: "The Phorm Manager," possibly a little grandiose, but what's the point of being a Phanatic if one is not somewhat pompous.
The Phanatic has such low self-esteem that he wants to be all things to all people. As a consequence, this project is about to emerge (degenerate?) into a Swiss Army chainsaw. You may not want all of the Phorm Manager's features in your application, so feel free to take out what you think is the Phanatic's application candy.
The Phorm Manager, being somewhat schizophrenic, can cope with different missions. There are three task handlers, namely:
Forms, especially those of the complicated persuasion, require a good bit of development work. It is frequently useful to test the form before placing it in production. A little cosmetic tweaking is somewhat like chicken soup when you're sick: It may not help but it can't hurt.
Before getting too involved in the inner workings of the Phorm Manager, it might help your understanding if you play with the demo for a bit. The demo form and processing script are designed to show off some of the Manager's features. If you enter your own e-mail address, you will get an e-mail copy of the finished product. There are a pair of radio buttons allowing switching modes between Test and Mail. Test mode displays the input data as well as the data help in the Form, System, and Environment arrays.
In addition, the first and last names will not allow null input. The e-mail address and ZIP code will be validated for correct format. The test numeric will pass only numeric data. More on these further on in this column; suffice to say, the form designer can determine which, if any, fields are to be non-null, e-mail addresses, ZIP codes, or numeric.
One feature used in the demo form requires some additional discussion so you can use the concept in your future form use. A PHP array can be populated with an explicit subscript such as:
$A[] = "abc";
$A[] = "xyz";
and so on. If a form variable can contains multiple vales and will subsequently be processed by a PHP script, the following code may be used:
<INPUT TYPE="CHECKBOX" NAME="OperatingSystem[]" VALUE="Unix">
<INPUT TYPE="CHECKBOX" NAME="OperatingSystem[]" VALUE="Linux">
<INPUT TYPE="CHECKBOX" NAME="OperatingSystem[]" VALUE="Windows">
<INPUT TYPE="CHECKBOX" NAME="OperatingSystem[]" VALUE="Other">
The GetFormData converts the array to a comma-separated list with the following:
foreach ($FormVariables as $Name=>$Value) {
if (is_array($Value)) $FormVariables[$Name] = join(",",$Value);
One note of caution: If all items are checked,
$OperatingSystem[0] contains "Unix" and
$OperatingSystem[3] contains "Other." However, if only "Windows" is checked, it will be
$OperatingSystem[0], and
$OperatingSystem[1..3] are undefined.
So, take a break and go to our demo here.(Editor note: For anti-spam reasons, we can not allow the e-mail to actually get sent, so you will see an error message. )
Let's ease into this session with a look at PHP's
mail() function. Firstly,
mail() is configured to use sendmail on a Unix box, and on other systems it will look for a local or remote mail server. If you have problems with mail, start by checking the SMTP directive in the
php.ini file.
The basic syntax of the mail function is:
mail(string to, string subject, string message[, string additional headers]);
A simple
mail() call, with apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, might be:
mail("email@example.com","The Subject is Love PHP",
"My message is: How much do I love PHP? Let me count the ways");
Note, a From: address is not required. The optional fourth parameter is a list of headers, each of which must be terminated with the CRLF (Carriage Return Line Feed) characters
\r\n. Here is an example using both From: and Reply-to: headers.
"From: $FromAddress\r\nReply-to:$ReplyAddress");
We'll return to mail shortly.
The Phorm Manager has two major conceptual arrays,
$FormVariables and
$SystemVariables. These arrays comprise the brain and nervous system of the Phorm Manager. Care must be exercised when designing your form. The difference between a system variable, a user form variable, or an environment variable can be as simple as one mistyped character. The test suite displays the names and contents of the form variables, the system (hidden field) variables, and environment variables without sending mail.
The heartbeat of this application is a series of hidden form fields. The hidden fields supply control and cosmetic information, as opposed to user-supplied data, for the Phorm Manager. There is only one required hidden field, the e-mail address to receive the e-mailed data. A typical form entry might be:
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="Recipient" VALUE="firstname.lastname@example.com">
Let's take a look at how FormVariables and SystemVariables come into being and how they interrelate.
The design of a good program involves breaking the task's specification into smaller and smaller logical parts. Computer science theorists like to call this process decomposition or partitioning. When the parts cannot be broken into smaller logical pieces, you have a blueprint for a coding solution. In essence:
Walk through the logic step by step. When you can say if
Sub_Program_One does its job and
Sub_Program_Two does its job, and so on, the logic is completed. When all the individual subprograms are successfully coded and tested, the job is done. The top of your program should, to a practical degree, be a logic road map with calls to subprograms and a minimal amount of individual executable statements. This technique avoids the "spaghetti code" characterizing so much poor programming. If you follow this paradigm, the Phanatic will be proud of you and the people (including you) who will modify your program in the future will be very grateful.
Good programing design and coding style transcend any specific language. Try and remember our goals: Effectiveness, Maintainability, and Efficiency.
The first series of the Phorm Manager's function calls are:
GetFormData($Method, $FormVariables);
The application's first subprogram call is to
StartUp(). This function loads the SystemVariables with allowable fields and, in some cases, default values. A few lines are:
$SystemVariables = array(
allownamealias=>True, # Allow name aliasing
recipient=>"", # E-mail recipient - only required hidden field
sendacknowledgement=>"", # Send submitter an acknowledge
subject=>"Form Submission", # E-mail subject
# Cosmetic properties. The first six are for the  tag.
bgcolor=>"WHITE", # Background color
linkcolor=>"BLUE", # Link color
vlinkcolor=>"RED", # Visited link color
textcolor=>"BLACK", # Text Color
alinkcolor=>"GREEN", # Active Link Color
background=>"", # Background graphic
$SystemVariables associate array defines all allowable "name" control and cosmetic properties. In addition, default values are established in some cases. To illustrate, the default display page default background color in the above initialization is
WHITE. If there is no hidden field named
bgcolor with a valid Name clause, white will be used. However, if there is a value passed to the Manager, it will override the default value.
Allowances are made from various naming preferences in the form's hidden field NAME clause. Then all spaces, dashes, and underscores are taken out and the supplied names are changed to all lower case. The following NAME clauses will all be equivalent:
First Name,
firstNAME, and any variation of this theme.
The next program call is to
GetFormData(). This function starts by determining if a
GET or
POST method was used when submitting the form. If a POST method was used, an array named
$HTTP_POST_VARS is loaded, and
$HTTP_GET_VARS is loaded if a GET method was used. The appropriate array is transferred to the
$FormVariables array, so there is no additional testing for submission method required.
Next, on the hit parade is a call to
FixArrays(). This function loops through the
$FormVariables array. When a form is submitted, there is no way to determine if a particular name/value pair started life as a hidden field or was entered by the Web surfer. While looping through the array, the converted name value is checked against the
$SystemVariables name properties. If a match is found, the value is transferred to the
$SystemVariables array and removed from the
$FormVariables array. At the end of this function, the
$SystemVariables array contains the default control variables plus any information from hidden fields that override the default values. The
$FormVariables array contains only name/value pairs pertaining to user inputs. Pretty clever even for the Phanatic!
MakeHTMLtop() simply generates the common top-of-page HTML. Modify this function to somewhat change the application's look and feel.
The call to
LegalDomain() was added since the previous column. If you don't control who can use your Phorm Manager, anyone can use it as a gateway. This is probably not a good idea. The program starts with the initialization of the
$AcceptableDomains array. Something like:
$AcceptableDomains =
LegalDomain() function uses the environment variable
$HTTP_REFERER, coupled with the
parse_url() function, to extract the domain of the caller. If the domain is not in the list, a warning message is issued and processing is terminated. The statements:
$URLparts = parse_url($HTTP_REFERER);
$Domain = strtolower($URLparts[host]);
are followed by a traversal of the
$AcceptableDomains array.
The Phorm Manager's task management is controlled by, what else, a hidden field named "formaction," or "FormAction" if you prefer.

<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="FormAction" VALUE="Test">
Only the first letter is needed in the
FormAction value clause, but we can keep the shortcut a secret. Set this variable's value to
T to test the form without actually e-mailing anything.
We'll use a PHP switch structure to control program flow.
The application's traffic cop is the switch statement. The switch construct falls into the class of PHP statements called "syntactic candy." They don't provide anything you couldn't do without them, but they make programming easier, cleaner, and more self-documenting. The ternary condition the Phanatic loves is another example of syntactic candy.
There is no equivalent to PHP's switch statement in Perl -- unfortunately -- but there is one in C. Here is the switch road map:
switch ($Action) {Finally followed by:
case "M": # Action is to mail results to the recipient
# Check for data entry errors
if ($Errors) { # If there were errors, process them.
} # End of if ($Errors)
$Redirect = $SystemVariables[redirect];
if ($Redirect) {
header("Location: $Redirect");
} else {
if ($Result)
$HTML.="Mail Successfully Sent to $SystemVariables[recipient]\n";
if ($AcknowledgementSent)
$HTML.="
Acknowledgement Successfully Sent to $AcknowledgementSent\n";
$HTML.="
The following are the name/value pairs of data submitted\n";
case "T": # Action is Test form
# Check for data entry errors
if ($Errors) { # If there were errors, process them.
} # End of if ($Errors)
$HTML .= "
Form Variables\n";
$HTML .= "submitted using the \"$Method\" method.
\n";
DisplayArrayVariables($FormVariables,$HTML); #$Display variables);
$HTML .= "
System Variables
\n";
DisplayArrayVariables($SystemVariables,$HTML); #$Display variables);
$HTML .= "
Environment Variables
\n";
DisplayArrayVariables($HTTP_ENV_VARS,$HTML); #$Display variables);
default: # In case there is no "M" or "T"
$HTML .= "
Invalid Action
\n";
} # End of switch ($Action)
print $HTML;
If you understand the logic of a handful of lines, you understand what makes this 400+ line script work.
The HTML code is accumulated in the variable
$HTML, which is passed by reference to the function adding HTML. Displaying the variable once at the end of the program saves a great deal of I/O overhead.
A template is a good place to start when designing a new form to be processed by the Phorm Manager. Here is a link to a typical template.
The template contains the following hidden fields. The comment line about the hidden field, or group, should be self-explanatory.

<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="Recipient" VALUE="firstname.lastname@example.com">

<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="SendAcknowledgement" VALUE="Yes">

<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="Required" VALUE="FirstName,LastName">

<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="CheckEmail" VALUE="TestEmailAddress">

<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="CheckNumeric" VALUE="NumberField">

<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="CheckZipCode" VALUE="ZipCode">

<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="FormAction" VALUE="Mail">

<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="TextColor" VALUE="BLUE">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="BGcolor" VALUE="WHITE">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="LinkColor" VALUE="GREEN">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="VlinkColor" VALUE="RED">

<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="ReturnLinkURL" VALUE="http://oreilly.com">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="ReturnLinkTitle"
VALUE="The O'Reilly Home Page">

<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="Redirect" VALUE="">
<!-Heading names must begin with a "H" and be followed only by numbers -->
VALUE="==================== Phorm Manager ====================">
The headings require some additional explanation. Sometimes, especially with long forms, it's desirable to have section headings. When the submitted fields are displayed, both on the screen and in the e-mail, the fields are listed in the order they were displayed on the form page, from left to right and top to bottom. Any heading fields must therefore be inserted in the appropriate place. You can see the effect of heading fields in the demo form. The system determines heading fields by their name. The first character in the
NAME clause must be an
H, either upper or lower case. This letter must be immediately be followed by between one and three numeric digits.
The Phorm Manager optionally performs four types of validation. The most frequently used is simply to prevent a null input in a specific field. The hidden field
Required contains a comma-separated list of field names to be checked. An example would be:
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="Required" VALUE="FirstName,LastName">
The form variables
FirstName and
LastName will not be processed unless they both have a non-null value.
A second type of validation is e-mail addresses. As a practical matter, e-mail addresses cannot be checked in real time. A mail server may be temporarily down or unreachable. Failure to contact a remote mail server doesn't mean the address is invalid. What the function ValidateEmail() does is use a regular expression to determine if the supplied address is in the correct format. Although interposed characters will not be detected, it will catch the majority of common errors like a missing
@ or invalid characters. Again, a comma-delimited list contained in a hidden field named "CheckEmail" determines which of the form's fields are to be validated.
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="CheckEmail" VALUE="TestEmailAddress">
The third type of validation is US ZIP code. Again, the input is only checked for valid formatting. There are many potential but unused ZIP codes that would be passed by the
ValidateZipCode() function. However, the function will check for either 5-digit or 9-digit ZIP codes. Designated fields requiring validation are passed as a comma-delimited list in
a hidden field named
The last validation uses the function
CheckNumeric() to validate numeric fields. It will pass either integer or floating-point numbers but will not pass numbers with formatting such as 1,234.66. Once again, a comma-delimited list contained in a hidden field named
CheckNumeric will cause numeric validation of these fields.
Sample Scripts
In the last article, the Phanatic introduced NuSphere. This easy-to-install package contains Apache, PHP, Perl, and MySQL. Having all of this functionality on my PC saved an immense amount of time while developing this application. There was no need to keep uploading files to a web site, testing, and repeating the process. All that was required was to edit, save, and run. Check the last column for a complete description and installation details.
If you want to use PHP to send mail from your PC, you have to configure an SMTP server. In the path
C:\nusphere\apache\php (assuming you took the default path when installing) is a file named
php.ini. Edit the following line with your mail server.
SMTP = mail-server-host-and-domain-name;
Related Reading
PHP Pocket Reference
So there we have it, PHP fans. A generic form processor with more bells and whistles than the Trans Siberian Express. It has been a challenging and fun project. The Phanatic aims to please even though there are times when he is not a good shot.
If you would add any enhancements, or would like to see some enhancements, or just have some comments, drop me a note. As usual, please let me know what types of things you would like to see in future articles.
Urb LeJeune is a 25-year programming veteran with over 10 years of Internet experience thrown in for good measure.
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PLAYOFFS: Ohio State vs. Clemson; Alabama vs. Washington
Council members to discuss plan to revitalize Salem's downtown
SALEM – City Council's Committee of the Whole, which includes all seven council members, will begin discussions regarding the Downtown Salem Technical Advisory Committee findings tonight at 7 in council chambers.
The report was presented during the last Committee of the Whole meeting last month by Scott Cahill, a downtown building owner who spearheaded efforts to come up with a plan for revitalizing the downtown. According to the report, about 100 people came together for the task which began last fall.
In an email to fellow council members, Councilman Dave Nestic, who chairs the Committee of the Whole, said he won't be asking for presentations on the plan, but will ask Cahill and his wife, Lisa, to be present to answer any questions.
He also said he's asked Salem Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Audrey Null to attend to talk about existing chamber committees which could have an impact on implementation activities for the TAC plan.
Members of the Salem Area Industrial Development Center known as SAIDC also may attend and could address SAIDC's involvement or the involvement of the Community Improvement Corporation.
Nestic noted that the Chamber organized a walking tour of downtown Salem last summer and included members of city council and the administration to look at the conditions of downtown and the buildings in downtown. He said in his email that the Cahills and the TAC effort "elevated the discussion and presented potential action items and structure."
Plans call for the Committee of the Whole to review the reports and activities and discuss the next steps.
The TAC proposal asked council to take several actions related to buildings, parking, traffic, funding, Internet access and business development for the downtown. The report included the TAC findings, recommendations, cost projections and benefits, statistics related to crime, income, transportation and poverty in Salem and action items for the city of Salem to consider. A copy of the report is available on the Salem Downtown TAC Facebook page.
Cahill said earlier this week that what he wants is for council and all the players to look at the plan, suggest changes and move forward with it.
"I want everybody involved," he said, including business and building owners.
Cahill wanted to clarify a couple of key points regarding the funding for the proposal, most especially the fact that any money raised through a proposed tax would not be used to renovate any buildings. Any renovations to buildings would be shouldered by the building owners.
He said that's been a big misconception out there. Any money paid by citizens would go to management and parking and to remove the buildings falling down on the streets.
As for a tax, he said he originally described it as $50 per resident for two years, but what he meant to say was an amount of money equal to $50 per person for two years. The way to do it would be up to the city, but his suggestion was to do it as a special income tax that would be decided by council and go before the voters.
Cahill said he had no problem with people having an argument with the document, but he urged anyone with concerns after studying the document to let themselves be heard. He said he heard one person was claiming they planned to close Broadway and that's not the case in any way, shape or form.
He said he thinks everyone agrees something needs to be done. He said if all the players can come together in the same boat, they can save the city.
"If we fail, we are doomed," he said.
Mary Ann Greier can be reached at email@example.com


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Catskill Mountain Club hike/snowshoe
March 1, 2013
Join CMC board member Bob Moses on a scenic hike or snowshoe (if snow) from the parking area on Campbell Brook Rd., 11am. It is a moderate hike, over a couple of hills down to the lean-to at Trout Pond. The total round trip is about 6 miles and will take about 5 hours. Bring lunch or snacks. Maximum group size is 20. Dogs are welcome. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 607/746-3645.


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File-Sharing Programs:
GAO-03-1115T: Published: Sep 9, 2003. Publicly Released: Sep 9, 2003.
Additional Materials:
- Highlights Page:
- Full Report:
- Accessible Text:
(202) 512-7487
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The availability of child pornography has dramatically increased in recent years as it has migrated from printed material to the World Wide Web, becoming accessible through Web sites, chatrooms, newsgroups, and now the increasingly popular peer-to-peer file sharing programs. These programs enable direct communication between users, allowing users to access each other's files and share digital music, images, and video. GAO was requested to determine the ease of access to child pornography on peer-to-peer networks; the risk of inadvertent exposure of juvenile users of peer-to-peer networks to pornography, including child pornography; and the extent of federal law enforcement resources available for combating child pornography on peer-to-peer networks. Today's testimony is based on GAO's report on the results of that work (GAO- 03-351), Because child pornography cannot be accessed legally other than by law enforcement agencies, GAO worked with the Customs Cyber-Smuggling Center in performing searches: Customs downloaded and analyzed image files, and GAO performed analyses based on keywords and file names only.
Child pornography is easily found and downloaded from peer-to-peer networks. In one search, using 12 keywords known to be associated with child pornography on the Internet, GAO identified 1,286 titles and file names, determining that 543 (about 42 percent) were associated with child pornography images. Of the remaining, 34 percent were classified as adult pornography and 24 percent as non-pornographic. In another search using three keywords, a Customs analyst downloaded 341 images, of which 149 (about 44 percent) contained child pornography. These results are in accord with increased reports of child pornography on peer-to-peer networks; since it began tracking these in 2001, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has seen a fourfold increase--from 156 in 2001 to 757 in 2002. Although the numbers are as yet small by comparison to those for other sources (26,759 reports of child pornography on Web sites in 2002), the increase is significant. Juvenile users of peer-to-peer networks are at significant risk of inadvertent exposure to pornography, including child pornography. Searches on innocuous keywords likely to be used by juveniles (such as names of cartoon characters or celebrities) produced a high proportion of pornographic images: in our searches, the retrieved images included adult pornography (34 percent), cartoon pornography (14 percent), child erotica (7 percent), and child pornography (1 percent). While federal law enforcement agencies--including the FBI, Justice's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, and Customs--are devoting resources to combating child exploitation and child pornography in general, these agencies do not track the resources dedicated to specific technologies used to access and download child pornography on the Internet. Therefore, GAO was unable to quantify the resources devoted to investigating cases on peer-to-peer networks. According to law enforcement officials, however, as tips concerning child pornography on peer-to-peer networks escalate, law enforcement resources are increasingly being focused on this area.
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Roundup: Rangers add Manny with minor league dealJuly 04,2013
ARLINGTON, Texas Manny Ramirez is apparently cutting his long dreadlocks for another shot at the major leagues.
The Texas Rangers said Wednesday they had agreed to terms on a minor league contract with the 41-year-old slugger, who hasnt played in the big leagues since 2011 with Tampa Bay.
Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said part of the deal was Ramirez, twice suspended for testing positive for banned drugs, agreeing to cut his hair and comply with our minor league rules on appearance and discipline.
Ramirez was set to report to Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday, and he will be a designated hitter whenever he is activated. He played for three months in Taiwan before leaving the Rhinos on June 20.
Its kind of a no-risk flier, said Daniels, indicating there was no time frame for him to be called up to the majors. We like giving guys second chances. We know on and off the field the good and bad in Mannys career. But were inclined to give him an opportunity here.
Ramirez hit .352 with eight homers and 43 RBIs for the Rhinos. The team tried to keep the 12-time All-Star, but he wanted to return to his family in New York.
Daniels said Ramirez was looking for an opportunity to play either in the United States or Japan.
Ramirez was suspended for 50 games in 2009 while with the Dodgers after testing positive for a banned drug. He retired in April 2011 instead of serving a 100-game ban for a second positive test, but later agreed to a reduced 50-game suspension and played in the minors for Oakland in 2012.
A lifetime .312 hitter, Ramirez is 14th on the career home runs list with 555.
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. Andy North needed as much time as it takes for a tap-in putt to accept an invitation to be a vice captain for U.S. Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson at next years matches.
The television analyst and two-time U.S. Open champion jumped at Watsons invite over dinner earlier this year.
I was absolutely giddy over the opportunity not only hopefully to have a role to get the Cup back but also to be able to help a dear friend, North said during a conference call Wednesday at The Greenbrier Classic. If I can take a little bit of the responsibility off of his shoulders and make it an easier week for him, that will be awesome for me.
The Ryder Cup will be held in September 2014 in Gleneagles, Scotland. The Europeans have won seven of the last nine Ryder Cups, including the last two.
North won the 1978 and 1985 U.S. Opens and played on the U.S. Ryder Cup team that lost to Europe in 1985.
When you win a couple of U.S. Opens, he knows what it takes to close the deal, and thats what we need on the Ryder Cup team, Watson said. We need players who can close the deal.
Now a golf analyst for ESPN, North believes being at PGA Tour events makes him qualified to help Watson make solid choices for the team.
A points system will determine the top nine spots on the U.S. team and Watson will make three captains picks.
The one thing I do bring is a lot of experience of being around these players and hopefully I can help Tom get a good grasp on some of them, North said. Its nice to have four eyes looking at players versus just two.
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A mural is worth a thousand words
June 12, 2013 —
HONESDALE, PA — The mural painters have a really big canvas—the side of a brick building at 7th and Main streets in Honesdale, and as the artists work, a rural farm scene emerges—a red barn in the distance under a brilliant blue sky, a contented brown cow in the foreground staring at passersby, a farmhouse surrounded by fields of dazzling green, a bounty of vibrant fruits and vegetables spilling into the foreground, and at the bottom of the canvas, a waving banner where the words "Wayne County Grown" will be painted. (More about that in a minute.)
On Sunday there was a good turnout of painters—a mix of talented local artists and average citizen volunteers. The on-site coordinator, Jeff George, a local professional artist and member of the Wayne County Arts Alliance (WCAA), gives each newly arrived volunteer a specific section to work on, helps each novice mix paint colors, and demonstrates how to paint with a steady hand. Soon a line of painters is hard at work.
"We get a lot of shout-outs when we're working here," George reports. "Someone driving by will holler, 'Lookin' good,' or 'Hey, you missed a spot.'"
The mural was conceived by a group of Wayne County farmers who are members of the statewide Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA for short). As the project came together, the farmers received plenty of guidance, encouragement and hands-on help from some members of the WCAA.
The project was funded by a grant from a small private foundation.
"The idea of the mural," explains Billy Templeton who, along with Amanda Avery Templeton and Susan Klikus, wrote the original grant proposal, "is to highlight both the area's strong agricultural roots and to show the future that we hope to see take place here. With PASA's eyes on sustainability, we are looking to build a community that's based on sustainable farming practices here in Wayne County, using that concept to bring a new era of farming here."
Sustainable farming is based on following natural, chemical-free growing methods; protecting the soil from erosion and loss of nutrients; and avoiding groundwater contamination. But that's not all; sustainable farming also seeks to create a living (sustainable) wage for farmers and farm workers and to rebuild rural economies and nurture strong local communities.


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"The Price of Wind Power in China During its Expansion: Technology Adoption, Learning-by-doing, Economies of Scale, and Manufacturing Localization"
Journal Article, Energy Economics, volume 34, issue 3, page 772785
May 2012
Authors: Yueming Qiu, Laura Diaz Anadon, Associate, Environment and Natural Resources Program
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Using the bidding prices of participants in China's national wind project concession programs from 2003 to 2007, this paper built up a learning curve model to estimate the joint learning from learning-by-doing and learning-by-searching, with a novel knowledge stock metric based on technology adoption in China through both domestic technology development and international technology transfer. The paper describes, for the first time, the evolution of the price of wind power in China, and provides estimates of how technology adoption, experience building wind farm projects, wind turbine manufacturing localization, and wind farm economies of scale have influenced the price of wind power. The learning curve model presented includes several important control variables, namely, wind resource indicators and steel prices. The results indicate that joint learning from technology adoption and learning-by-doing through cumulative installed capacity, wind turbine manufacturing localization, and wind farm economies of scale are the three most significant factors associated with reductions in the price of wind power in China during the period under consideration. The two types of learning investigated are associated with a 4.1%4.3% price reduction per doubling of installed capacity, providing an estimate of the evolution of the price of wind power, a technology widely used in other markets, which in China has benefited from technology leapfrogging, established supply chains, and operational experience in other countries. Because of the change of bidding rules in 2007, our estimates can be interpreted as the lower bound of the true joint learning rates. Our model also indicates that most learning about the installation and operation of wind farms was common to the whole industry (i.e., we found little evidence for intra-firm learning). The policies that have contributed to the growth of the Chinese knowledge stock through the promotion of technology adoption are also discussed.
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Many Oahu bus riders had to tack on a few more minutes of wait time at bus stops this year, but some of the old schedules and routes are back on line.
Some of those who catch the bus say sitting at and waiting for long periods of time can get annoying, but relief for riders on five routes are on the way starting Sunday.
"We're restoring service frequencies," says Mike Formby, Director of Transportation Services.
Mayors Kirk Caldwell is sticking to one of his campaign commitments to restore bus routes. Phase two of the mayors plan to reduce passenger wait times rolls out Sunday starting with Route 55.
"Some of the changes that happened in 2012 we're good, but most we're bad," says Formby.
The Route 55 services Ala Moana from Kaneohe to Haleiwa. Buses frequencies are every 60 minutes but the city will now reduce that by 15 minutes.
Thats just the first of five route improvements, four more are set to begin on Tuesday. Many of them because of the communities response to last years bus cuts.
"We had petitions, we had emails, we had telephone calls, and then we actually went out to neighborhood boards," says Formby.
Another route concerning riders is Route 5 from Manoa to Ala Moana. This routes frequency is currently at one hour.
"For the people that are coming down into town to go to work, that's too much so we're putting buses back," says Formby.
Bus frequency for Route 5 will now go back to every 30 minutes.
Daisy Higa catches the Country Express Route C to town from Waianae. She says wait times can reach up to an hour and a half, stranding her from her daily job in town. On Tuesday, the city will restore mid day service to every 30 minutes.
"Most of us would be really happy to continue to ride the bus and get to work on time because that's our main source of transportation," says Higa.
"Transit is the lifeline for the transiting public, that's how they get to work, that's how they shop, that's how they go to the doctors, they rely upon it," says Formby.
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The governor said Vermont transportation and emergency management agencies were prepared for a weekend response, and the Vermont State Emergency Operations Center will remain open as long as needed.
I spent part of Friday surveying damage from flash flooding that hit areas of Chittenden County hardest, but now our threat is sustained rainfall that could cause more widespread flooding in others areas of Vermont, Shumlin said in a statement. He said Vermonters should drive with caution and avoid water-covered roadways, and keep an eye on local rivers and streams as the rainfall continues.
The National Weather Service posted a flood watch Saturday in most of northern Vermont and a flood warning in Caledonia County. A flood warning was also in effect in St. Johnsbury and Lyndonville, but not limited to those areas. Water was expected to approach low-lying areas of Routes 5, 114, 122 and Stevens loop Road north of Lyndonville, the weather service said.
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Baseball with the folks
I did not grow up in a baseball family. These days, however, if I'm at my folks' house in Brooklyn and there's a game on, they're happy to watch. They've even taken to watching games on their own sometimes. So, my parents are learning. In the meantime, though, watching baseball with them can lead to an amusing moment or two.
Yesterday, Mom, Dad, and I were watching Mets/Phils. After Shane Victorino's annoying home run, Mom asked:
"His name is Victor Reno?"
"Yeah, Victorino."
"Like Janet Reno's brother?"
"Yes, Mom. Just like that."
Not too long afterwards, I saw who was stepping to the plate for what would be the final Mets at bat of the game.
I groaned. "Franco."
My dad replied: "Is he a pitcher?"
Okay, so not as fun as uproarious dugout dancing and antics, but I'll take watching the game at my childhood home in Brooklyn with Mom and Dad to soften a pesky loss.
Love you, Mom and Dad!
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I wonder what your mom would make of Antonio Alfonseca?
PS Zoe, have you been keeping up with all the controversy about the lame New Era BP lids? The players apparently hate them– the Mets guys were in the forefront of the resistance movement, but got some kind of scolding from MLB.
David Wright may have been laughing yesterday but the blog below proves that his future is not too bright.
By the way,I enjoy your blog.
Yup, I did see that the Mets tried to escape those weird BP caps. Eh, pay me millions and I'll wear a **** cap too. It's part of the job, but good for them for at least showing their objections.
And as to David Wright? Ah, the Golden Boy is too ever-careful. Looking forward to seeing him get a bit loopy at the All-Star game, but we know what quotes he's going to give already. "As a kid, you dream about the All-Star game." "It's such an honor to be included with all these players I've looked up to." Blah blah blah.
it's times like this that I really miss Cliffy. David would still be giving us soundbytes, but Cliff would give the boy a reality check or two.


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Obito had a chance to go out with Konan (Who's way better than Rin)...and what he did? He killed her.
Seriously, this guy has obviously no tastes. One girl dies, life goes on, and he finds a new one that actually can battle.
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Home List of Titles Japanese cost management meets Sri Lankan politics: state regulation and management controls in a privatized utility
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- Japanese cost management meets Sri Lankan politics: state regulation and management controls in a privatized utility
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- Wickramasinghe, Danture; Hopper, Trevor; Rathnasiri, Chandana
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- The Sri Lanka Telecommunications company was recently partially privatised and a major Japanese company became responsible for its management. Previously, it was a government department characterised by rule bound, bureaucratic management and political interventions into operational issues. The longitudinal study illustrates how a Japanese manager's charismatic and patrimonial leadership eliminated bureaucratic controls, brought new management controls and reward systems, and achieved some commercial success. However, some employees unsympathetic to the changes allied with politicians frustrated with their exclusion from organisational affairs to get the Japanese manager removed and restore formal bureaucracy. This was achieved not through direct intervention but largely through the politicians' control of the regulatory system. Conflicts between the two competing management control ideologies were profound and violent. The paper traces how modes of production and management accounting and controls in less developed countries are related, and are transformed in an unpredictable and often unexpected fashion due to cultural, economic, and political factors.
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- Paper presented at the Asia Pacific Conference for Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Accounting (APIRA 2001), Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 15-17 July 2001
- Publication year
- 2001
- Keyword(s)
- Bureaucracy; Japan; Management accounting; Privatisation; Sri Lanka
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- University of Adelaide
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- Copyright © 2001 The authors.
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- A revised version of this paper was later published in Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 85-120 (2004).
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What a game last night. Let's hope this is just the start a return of our hitting. And to get Peavy?!?! Wow. If he and the others remain healthy, this could be the best rotation in baseball for the next 4 years. I am excited!


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Thanks!After a year, you can lead the way and actively eliminate nursing sessions- generally, as long as your LO is eating a decent solid food diet and is nursing 3-5 times a day her nutritional needs are being met. Or you can let the baby lead the way, in which case the demand level will still go down as the baby naturally and gradually transitions to a majority solid food diet and becomes less and less interested in nursing. I prefer the latter approach because it's easier, but it can be a lot slower than the mother-led approach. For example, my first LO was still nursing around 10-12 times per day at a year old, and she didn't go down to 3-5 sessions per day until after she turned 2. (She really, really loved "pupple.")
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Resolve to stop making the same resolution
The Columbus Dispatch - December 31, 2013 09:10 PM
Who is making a New Year's resolution to lose weight and get healthy?
According to a study by Scranton University, many of you. Losing weight was the No. 1 resolution made last year. The same study says: 1) 45 percent of people make resolutions; 2) 47 percent make a resolution of self-improvement; 3) 38 percent make a resolution to lose weight; and 4) eight percent are successful in achieving their resolution. All of those new faces in the gym in January tend to disappear by mid-February, and 60 percent of gym memberships go unused, according to Time Magazine.
The purpose here is not to discourage you from making a resolution to get in shape, of course, but to help you succeed and keep from making the same resolution again next year.
Make your goal realistic and attainable, yet specific
Let's say you're significantly overweight, don't exercise and eat too much processed foods, junk food, fast food, etc. Do not make your goal to become a raw vegan, to work out five days a week and lose 50 pounds in three months. You are doomed to fail. Scale down your goal to something more manageable. There is nothing worse than feeling as if you've failed. Your motivation will disappear and you'll stop trying. Instead, say you want to lose five pounds a month, work out three times a week and cut out the fast food. Maybe you want to lose that last 10 pounds from your last pregnancy and you eat fairly healthy. Don't pressure yourself to lose that weight in one month and go on a strict calorie-cutting diet. Shoot for a pound a week and find one part of your diet to focus on improving. Also, don't just say, "I want to lose weight". Give yourself a specific target, something you can measure. "I will go to the gym three days a week and play basketball once a week." "I will cut out 80 percent of processed food from my diet and walk four days a week."
Take baby steps
This works in tandem with the first tip. You can't go from point A to point B in one giant step. It takes many small steps, and it's important to embrace that and be patient. The danger of starting out too hard too soon is twofold: you're likely to get injured, and you're likely to get burned out and quit. If you don't currently exercise, start by going to the gym or working out at home maybe twice a week, and doing a physical activity that you enjoy once or twice a week. Maybe that's walking, running, biking, or hiking. If it's something you enjoy, you're more likely to stick with it. The more active you get, the better you'll feel and the easier it will be to do those not-so-favorite things. In time, you'll add more gym days or start running or doing sprints or something else to kick it up a notch. Make a weekly or monthly plan, and account for those times when you may get sick or your kids get sick and you can't work out. If you already work out regularly and you resolve to add something new, to get leaner, build muscle or run a marathon, don't change too much at once. Try adding in the new thing once a week. Then when you're comfortable with that, add another day. If you're new to running, don't throw it in the mix four days a week. Try once a week. Then add some sprints once a week. Then add another day or two later on. If you want to start dead lifting (and I know that you do), start with light weight, maybe dumbbells, and perfect your form. Add weight over time. Do not throw 45s on the barbell on your first attempt and think you're going to get it off the floor with good form.
The same holds true with your diet. Let's say you eat pretty healthy, but your daily diet includes pasta, cereal, sandwiches and sweets. Maybe you don't do fast food, but you eat out three or four times a week. Instead of vowing to cut out all of that right off the bat, start with one thing and cut back some each week. Instead of never eating out, eliminate a trip or two and make better choices. Before you know it, eating healthier will become a habit and you'll continue to improve little by little.
Allow yourself a cheat
I have yet to meet someone in the health and fitness business who doesn't cheat. Some cheat more than others (ahem), but we all allow ourselves something sinful from time to time. I try to keep my cheat to one meal per week. Sometimes it turns into a cheat "day". Sometimes it's twice a week. Regardless, I don't beat myself up about it because I know my diet is good 90 percent of the time. Maybe you shoot for 80 percent. Just don't feel as if you've failed when you cave and have some of those cookies that your co-worker brought into the office. Enjoy it, recover, and move on to the next day. Piece of cake. Or gluten-free, sugar-free, vegan cake maybe.
Get professional help
Some people can rewire their house. But most of us would feel safer calling an electrician. Same holds true for your body. If adding strength training to your routine is your goal, it's best to get help. Without guidance on proper form and technique, you may hurt yourself. You may hurt yourself anyway, but at least you will have a professional to go to for advice and tips. Besides, fitness professionals know how to help you achieve specific goals, whether it's fat loss, muscle building or sports performance. I cannot tell you how huge this has been for me in my journey. I have a very knowledgeable trainer who is happy to share all that he has learned, much of which came from other professionals. As a recently certified health coach, I also know the importance of having a guide while you make a lifestyle change. Anyone can do a Google search. Only the pros know how to find the most credible sources and how best to apply the knowledge to meet your specific goals.
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The Marlins' new look began to take shape back on September 28, when the signing of Ozzie Guillen, as their new manager, was made official with a press conference. Things took off from there. Next came changing the team name from Florida Marlins, to Miami Marlins, which subsequently lead to a new logo, as well as new uniforms. But the biggest news thus far isn't the new uniforms or manager, but the newest members of the Miami Marlins, Heath Bell and Jose Reyes. Reyes–who signed a six-year, 106 Million dollar contract–is sure to help the Marlins out tremendoulsy, with his great speed and hitting ability, while Bell–who signed a three-year 27 Million dollar contract–is sure to close out plenty of games. Both of these signings were great ones for the Miami Marlins, but all this money spent so far brings up a major question: Will the signing of Bell and Reyes increase attendance for the 2012 season?
So, will the addition of Heath Bell and Jose Reyes to the Marlins spark baseball fans' interests enough to get them to buy tickets and take a trip to the ballpark? The Marlins better hope so. I need not remind you of the scene that took place at a Marlins-Reds game in August of this past season. A mere 347 "fans" attended that game:
The Marlins needed to find a way to boost attendance levels, and I think they found it. With the additon of Guillen, Bell and Reyes–with talk of Pujols recieving a ten-year offer exceeding 200 Million dollars– combined with the new ballpark and uniforms, I think the 2012 attendance levels will be up, and stay up as long as the Marlins begin, and continue, to win. If not, I can very easily see the Marlins' attendance going back to their well-known levels.
Please take a moment to vote in the polls below.
1) On a scale of 1-5 (with 5 being AWESOME) how would you rank the Miami Marlin's new uniforms?
2) On a scale of 1-5 (with 5 being AWESOME) how would you rank the Miami Marlin's new logo?
3) Lastly, do you think the Miami Marlin's attendance levels will increase for the 2012 season?
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Why are people hating on the new logo/uniform? I think they look nice- modern and clean but with a Miami flare.
I think they'e absolutely terrible. As a designer – and a person whose dream job is to design sports logos and uniforms – I judge the team designs unbiasedly form an artist's view.
The Marlin in the logo is awkward looking and very weakly shaped.
The M font is nice, clean, works for Miami. But the colors are whack. Dolphins orange? With blue, yellow, black and silver? Ew. The black would work with the blue, and they'd be unique since the Blue Jays went updated retro.
Overall, the feeling of Miami does not come thru in the uniforms. I've lived in Miami. Miami is neon, latin, white buildings, blue water, high fashion, European, etc.
I just don't get a Miami feeling out of anything except the font.
And don't get me started on that gaudy monstrosity of a "homerun feature." Could be the worst money ever spent.
That – and the uniforms/logo – are what you get when the art dealer owner thinks he has good taste.


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Every high-class café or bar used to have a piano player, before playing background music from a CD or a music service became ubiquitous. Some people — including those at piano maker Petrof — would like to keep the old tradition going. The New York Café-Prague at Boscolo Prague Hotel and the famed piano maker are sponsoring the second-annual Pianist of the Year contest.
Pianist of the Year
Entries: Until Jan. 10, 2014
Rounds: Feb. 2 and 16, March 3 and, 16 and 30, 2014
The geographic boundaries are a bit vague, as anyone in the world can enter but the structure of the contest with one qualification round and five public elimination rounds about every two weeks pretty much limits participants to the Prague area, although one participant did commute from Vienna last year. In addition, six contestants were foreigners who lived in the Prague area.
"This competition is looking for someone who can play pretty much everything, which is hard, you know, because a lot of the training is specialized in one or two [musical genres]. Even if some people can play jazz pretty well, some of them can't improvise that well. A lot of people just learn it by the score," contest judge and concert pianist Jitka Fowler Fraňková told the Prague Post.
She is one of three judges, along with pianist composer and arranger Petr Malásek and banjo maker Rostislav Čapek of Čapek Bluegrass and Jazz Instruments. "There is a fourth judge, the audience. They actually have quite an influence. ….So the people who come to the round, they can actually influence who gets into the next round," she said. In addition, there is Internet voting to choose a wildcard finalist from among the eliminated contestants.
Judging a contest for a café or bar pianist is quite different than judging a classical piano contest, said Fraňková who was involved in last year's contest. People also ask how such diverse judges coming from completely different fields can judge the contest. "If someone is good and someone creates the atmosphere and gives music with some heart and soul I think you can tell," she said.
"Mainly it is the proficiency, obviously, and the technique, but also the atmosphere — the different colors they provide on the instrument," she said. Some of the criteria are very basic such as "whether they can entertain and be musical," she added.


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Truda 'Trudy' Thomas
Truda Roberta "Trudy" Ritchie Thomas, 64, of Newport, died on Saturday (May 4, 2013). She was born April 3, 1949, the daughter of the late Clem and Alice Tieman and the late Parke Ritchie. She was a 1967 graduate of Marietta High School. Trudy enjoyed quilting, bowling, genealogy and spending time with her grandkids.
On Jan. 25, 1972, she married Lewis Thomas who survives along with one daughter, Jamie (Eric) McAfee of Newport and her three grandchildren, Brayden, Allyson and Jackson McAfee. Also surviving are two sisters, Patricia (Charles) Stille of Lower Salem and Vicki (Ray) Whittle of Marietta and three brothers, Robert (Lisa) Ritchie of Marietta, David Ritchie of San Springs, Okla. and Frank (Menchu) Tieman of Goose Creek, S.C.
Also along with her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Clayton Thomas; and one sister, Mary "Susie" Stille.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Trudy's name to the Newport Volunteer Fire Department.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday (May 8) at 1 p.m. at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral home with Pastor Keith Kapple officiating. Burial will follow in Newport Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. on Tuesday with family present from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Messages of sympathy may be sent at www.lankfordfh.com.


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It is hard now to remember the feeling that swept over our country five years ago Monday. Our country, our people, had suffered a devastating and destructive attack by a shadowy but malignant force whose motivations we struggled to try to understand.
In the aftermath, however, we were all Americans together, all determined to figure out who (the why could wait) and bring them to justice, all determined that this attack would not only not destroy this great country but make it stronger. The rest of the world shared our pain, our sorrow, our anger, our determination.
It couldn't last, of course. A country as large and diverse as the United States could not stay unified forever. Besides, unity is an overrated virtue, especially in a country founded on individualism and freedom. Since politics is inherently grounded in opposition, one to the other, it was no doubt inevitable that unity would revert to partisanship, although the polarization of the present day is troubling in its own way, if only because it feeds the illusion that there are only two choices in public life when in fact there are thousands of alternatives potentially open.
Those who fly are reminded each time they board a plane of what the terrorists have done to a society whose primordial instinct is to be free and trusting and open. We flinch at the indignities and tell ourselves it is possibly in service to security. Small towns across America have shiny new fire trucks in tribute to the American tendency to throw money randomly at a perceived problem. 9/11 didn't "change everything," but it changed a lot. The government has more power and Americans have less freedom, but the spirit of freedom remains.
We live now with our leaders' failure to understand that the terrorists don't hate us so much for who we are, with our vaunted freedoms and occasional license, but for what our government does in other parts of the world. The invasion of Iraq compounded the perception that Uncle Sam seeks not so much vindication against those who harm us as domination of other parts of the world.
Instead of concentrating on those who attacked us the government sought to settle an older score, adding a thin veneer of terrorism-related justification. Now Iraq has become a recruiting tool for jihadist terrorists and a sand trap for our military, consuming resources and lives in a cause that is difficult to define, making the definition of victory ever murkier.
To be sure, there is evidence that deploying financial, special forces and other military and law enforcement tools has degraded al-Qaida into an outfit that inspires and assists in rather than carries out terrorist activities. Yet it may be more dangerous in that role, as the threat becomes more dispersed and capable of striking societies, as London and Madrid now know all too well, from within as well as from without.
Osama bin Laden may not be the master coordinator, but he is still alive and at large, provoking misery.
Are we safer now? It is a plaintive question without a clear answer. Government agencies, private businesses and ordinary households have increased security in ways both wise and foolish. But we live with the knowledge that in a country as open as ours, with so many tempting targets, a determined terrorist can and probably eventually will find a way to do damage.
We also know, however, that America, with all its divisions and occasional hostilities, is remarkably resilient. And so long as we stay true to our highest ideals of liberty, justice and compassion, hostile forces may be able to hurt us, but they can't destroy us as a country.
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I love studying the Bible with people. Whither it is in a class where I am teaching, like Sunday morning where I am teaching currently on the "Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, or on Wednesday night where brother Mac Johanson is teaching on 1 Corinthians, or in a one on one in any venue. I have been known to study with people most anywhere, even a fast food restaurant parking lot. I just LOVE to study the Bible with people. It is a joy to see people interested in studying God's Word. There is little better than that in this world.
I love history, and the Bible is a book of history. I love God, and the Bible is the revelation of God's will for us and his letter of love to us. I love people and the Bible is the greatest book for the improvement of man's condition. I love reading about TRUE adventures, and the Bible is full of them, and they are, above all else, true.
When knowledgeable people get together to discuss the scriptures the proverb/parable in Proverbs 27:17 is met, Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another.
The reason there is so much diversity in the world by people that claim to follow the same book is due to a lack of study, today, and in the past as well. To a preacher that would teach error, it would be a fearful thing to address an audience that knows the scriptures. Sadly, there are too many people that teach things from "Christian pulpits" today and in the past that are contradicted by the word of God, without any real fear of challenge.
An honest Bible teacher/preacher would have no fear of someone they are trying to teach, asking to see what is being taught, in the scriptures. The apostles and preachers of the first century didn't mind it. "Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so." Acts 17:11. For a godly preacher it is good thing to hear you are studying the Bible.
Don't be caught swallowing just anything. Choose to be in Bible study this week. We offer three times publicly, but we can make arrangements outside of these times study as well.


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The New Mexican
Days remaining in session: 30
Green measures: A pair of bills in the Senate, (SB318) and (SB420), aim to promote green jobs in the state. Sen. Eric G. Griego, D-Albuquerque, is carrying the bills.
One would require spending of a minimum of $1 million each year from the Development Training Fund for green industry development training.
The second bill would require the State Investment Council to invest up to 6 percent of the Severance Tax Permanent Fund in green industries.
"In addition to preparing ourselves to build a greener economy, in the case of the first bill I introduced," Griego said in a statement, "we also need to position ourselves to take advantage of federal `recovery package' monies."
Bad actor bill Senate Bill 382 is dubbed the "bad actor" bill by the state Environment Department, but has nothing to do with films.
Sponsored by Rep. Cynthia Nava, D-Las Cruces, the bill would allow the state Environment Department to deny an air quality permit to an applicant with a bad track record of falsifying reports, giving misleading information on reports or committing felony violations of environmental laws.
Jim Norton, director of NMED's Environmental Protection Division, said other environmental laws carry bad actor clauses, but not the air quality law. Norton expects the bill to be controversial.
SB 382 is scheduled for its first hearing today before the Senate Conservation Committee at 1:30 p.m. in Room 311.
Ben Ray's YouTube: As the state Legislature debates webcasting, a New Mexico member of Congress is putting more of his videos on the web.
U.S. Rep. Ben Lujan, D-Santa Fe, now has a YouTube channel, his office said.
The channel will have floor speeches and videos from events in New Mexico and Washington, DC, as well as video commentary from the Congressman.
#The channel is at: http://www.youtube.com/user/Repbenraylujan
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Verizon to Spend $3B to Bring Fiber TV and Net Access to NYC
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And another $17 billion to fiber the whole country
Competition is heating up for
Verizon as its massive team of fiber optic technicians hurry
to network together states stretching from California to New York. Verizon is competing with companies like Cablevision, Time Warner Cable and others to not only gain market share but also to keep it from losing more customers.
Verizon is currently on a massive project to replace its aging copper lines with new highly durable and ultra-fast fiber lines. Verizon hopes to connect roughly 16 million homes and apartments across the US, with an estimated 3.1 million homes in New York City alone. The cost of such a mammoth project is huge. Verizon says it expects to spend roughly $20 billion by 2010 to complete the new network. With it, Verizon will be able to offer better phone, video, Internet and other IP services.
Companies such as Comcast and Vonage are striking hard in the phone business, taking a chunk of customers away from Verizon virtually on a daily basis. Comcast is also involved in cable TV and other businesses that Verizon is not. However, with the new optical network in place, Verizon is rolling out a new type of TV service called FiOS TV.
With FiOS TV, a digital signal is sent through a fiber optic network rather than traditional copper cable. The optic network provides massive bandwidth and allows Verizon to scale up video quality as the time comes. More HDTV channels, multi-channel audio and better quality are all part of Verizon's game plan.
Verizon is also introducing a dual-tuner DVR with its FiOS TV home service. The DVR allows customers to watch programs from anywhere in the house using streaming video. The DVR will act as a central video hub, streaming video and audio to other client hubs throughout the house. FiOS customers are required to pay $3.95/month per client box and $19.95/month for the DVR hub.
previously reported that
TiVo is also readying its dual-tuner CableCARD DVR
. TiVo stated that its Series3 tuners are already in the hands of several major cable networks for testing.
Verizon is also planning to roll out FiOS Internet services on a national scale. Currently, Verizon's FiOS services are available in a limited number of select areas. With newer residential and business developments, Verizon is going in early, hoping to persuade builders to allow it to install fiber lines to each unit. Certain builders however, have prohibited Verizon from installing fiber lines despite their obvious advantages. Verizon also has to compete with AT&T and the family of Bell companies.
As the race for wiring up the nation in fiber heats up, Verizon along with its competitors are hoping that the big short term investments will bring in long term rewards.
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A woman near the lake said that she hadn't heard from her brother in many years. She would like to find him and see if he's OK. The dispatcher called information and found a listing for a man with the same name in San Antonio. A message was left for the person to call the Live Oak Sheriff's Office. When he called, a deputy advised him that his sister was trying to get in contact with him.
A man near Pawnee reported that he had shot a bobcat that attacked him. He wanted to know what to do with the carcass. A game warden was notified; he said to tell the guy to get rid of it.
A Three Rivers man wanted to speak to an officer about a man who kept calling his wife and he wanted it to stop. His wife had already told the man to quit calling her and that she would not leave her husband for him.
There was a white pick up in the parking lot of an IH37 convenience store with the alarm going off. The driver of the vehicle could not turn the alarm off. The store clerk wanted an officer to check to be sure the vehicle wasn't stolen. The responding deputy advised that everything was all right.
A George West woman reported a telephone scam. She had received a call from a man who told her that she would be receiving a UPS package in the next 48 hours. He wanted to verify her home address. She said that he had her old address and then told her that he needed to verify her birth date. She refused to give him her birth date and hung up on him. She contacted UPS to report what had happened and to see if she did have a package. The UPS representative advised her that no one would ask for her birth date and there was no package.
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A Three Rivers man found an ATM machine ripped open on a county road west of town.
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Groups support minority cancer patients
Cancer rates, deaths rates higher in some groups
Sandra Sheridan, Contributing writer
All women deserve the same care and hope for recovery from disease, and now minorities with breast cancer have reliable support. But racial and ethnic minorities have endured in health care and prolonged suffering from cancer. Delayed diagnosis and inappropriate care, poverty, a lack of insurance and inadequate cancer treatment all have led to higher cancer rates and lower survival rates.
Fortunately, many programs and services now exist to support minorities in need of breast cancer information, screening and treatment.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has developed programs to improve the health of minority women. As the
"Racial and ethnic minorities suffer disproportionately from diseases ... and are less likely to receive routine medical services," said Dr. Garth N. Graham, deputy assistant secretary for minority health.
One is the Office of Minority Health Resource Center, which offers support in English or Spanish at 800-444-6472. The OMH programs serve American Indians and Alaska natives, Asian Americans, black people, Hispanics, native Hawaiians and other Pacific islanders.
Within the National Center for Infectious Diseases, several programs seek to level the playing field for health care among racial and ethnic minorities.
The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program makes early testing available to low-income women without health insurance. Since 1991, nonprofits and local health clinics have partnered with NBCCEDP to provide free or low-cost screening services to more than 7.8 million women. The Department of Health in each state has information about the nearest programs, and more information is available online.
The American Cancer Society also initiates programs designed to be culturally appropriate, respectful and supportive of different communities' values.
By 2015, the ACS aims for measurable improvement in cancer patients' quality of life and reduction of cancer death rates by 50 percent.
"The ACS programs now in place are making a difference, and we will continue to do what is necessary until these disparities are eliminated," said Eve Nagler, director of special populations in the cancer control department.
Cancer information specialists at the ACS can answer questions in several languages 800-ACS-2345.
The best place to begin looking for local resources is with your state and local governments. Through national projects and local partners, information and support services are more widely available than ever before.
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General NBS Round Four Documentation
Public Use Files
Public Use File Round Four Documentation
Public Use Round Four Data Files
National Beneficiary Survey (NBS) Round Four
In 2010, we fielded the round-four NBS to two sub-samples: (1) the fourth national survey of all beneficiaries (the Representative Beneficiary Sample) and (2) a cross-sectional Ticket Participant Sample. Originally, round four was to concentrate on following the Ticket Participant Sample interviewed in earlier rounds and on interviewing new Ticket participants in Phase 3 States. However, the changes to the TTW regulations in 2008 made it less meaningful to track beneficiaries who participated under the old regulations. As a result, we did not re-interview Ticket participants from previous rounds in round four.
For round four, we completed interviews with 2,298 individuals in the national sample of beneficiaries and 2,780 from the Ticket Participant Sample, for a total of 5,078 interviews completed across all sub-samples. The weighted response rate for the Representative Beneficiary Sample was 72.8 percent. The weighted response rate for the Ticket Participant Sample was 71.4 percent.
General NBS Round Four Documentation
The following paper, completed as part of the Ticket to Work (TTW) evaluation, provides a description of the sampling design and the data collection activities for Round 4 of the NBS. This paper includes a description of the survey design as well as tables with descriptive statistics based on NBS data for beneficiaries with disabilities.
"2010 National Beneficiary Survey: Methodology and Descriptive Statistics" Final Report.
We are providing the following NBS documentation in PDF format (these documents relate to the full restricted use version of the NBS data, but most of the information in these files is applicable to the public use files as well):
NBS R4 Editing, Coding, Weighting, and Imputation.pdf
NBS R4 Data Editing Report.pdf
NBS R4 User's Guide.pdf
NBS R4 User's Guide Appendices.pdf
NBS R4 Questionnaire.pdf
NBS R4 NonResponse Bias.pdf
NBS R4 Bias in Earnings Report.docx
The public use files are only available for the Representative Beneficiary Samples for each round. The Ticket Participant Samples are not available for public use. For more information on the public use files, visit the public use files page.
Public Use Files Round Four Documentation
We are providing the following NBS documentation in PDF format:
NBS R4 PUF Codebook.pdf
Public Use Round Four Data Files (released June 2012)
We are providing the following NBS data file in SAS 9.1 format:
We are providing the following NBS Data file in CSV format:
For those who have an older version of Excel, we have separated the CSV file into the following five sections: