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UPDATE: Fall commencement 2009 was canceled because of severe weather conditions.
The late Josefina Maria Niggli, a bigger-than-life writer and teacher who led the development of Western Carolina University's theater arts program, will be honored with a posthumous honorary doctor of arts degree during fall commencement Saturday, Dec. 19.
The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center. The event is open to everyone, and tickets are not required for admission.
Niggli was born in Monterrey, Mexico, in 1910, on the eve of the Mexican Revolution. Political turmoil forced her family to flee to the United States when she was 3 years old. Niggli published a book of poetry while earning a bachelor's degree in Texas, and she wrote a three-act play for her thesis while earning a master's degree in drama from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Niggli wrote plays, short stories, novels and screenplays during the 1930s and 1940s and worked in radio, television and film, scripting programs and writing for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and 20th Century Fox.
A graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism, Niggli held teaching positions at UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro before joining the WCU faculty in 1956 as journalism instructor and director of drama.
Niggli was regarded as a sensation and inspiration to legions of students during her two decades of teaching at WCU. Productions at the university's Little Theatre became so popular that patrons drove in from Asheville on a winding, two-lane road to see them. The theatre was later renamed in her honor. Steve Carlisle, associate dean of the Honors College and a former Niggli student, said the professionalism that she instilled in her students "opened a lot of doors for us."
"She turned wild horses into show horses," Carlisle said. "I can't imagine what my life would be without her."
Niggli retired in 1976 and lived in Cullowhee until her death in 1983. With the 100th anniversary of her birth occurring in 2010, WCU's Office of Undergraduate Studies is coordinating a campuswide celebration of her life.
The Dec. 19 commencement ceremony also will include the awarding of an honorary doctor of arts degree to bluegrass musician and WCU alumnus Marc Reagan Pruett. Jordan Parsons of Cullowhee, a graduating senior and member of WCU's Honors College, will deliver the primary commencement address.
WCU's fall class includes approximately 650 students who are currently completing academic requirements to receive their degrees. Other graduates who completed degree requirements during this year's summer school sessions and who have already been conferred degrees also are eligible to participate in the Dec. 19 commencement.
WCU Chancellor John W. Bardo will preside over commencement and deliver the charge to the fall semester degree candidates and summer graduates.
The commencement audience should enter the Ramsey Center through one of four upper concourse doors. Those with physical disabilities should use the northeastern upper entrance, adjacent to the stands of E.J. Whitmire Stadium.


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Democrats, where would you draw the line? When is there too much government control in the US?
Original post made by !, Another Pleasanton neighborhood, on Nov 21, 2009
"The goal of socialism is communism." Lenin
We will soon be unmistakably a socialist country after the passage of Obamacare which will likely happen. Along the continuum toward communism, what would stop us from arriving there under Obama?
At what point would you say STOP? This is a sincere question.
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a resident of Livermore
on Nov 21, 2009 at 4:36 pm
I say STOP. stop stop stop. This is a sincere response to your question.
a resident of another community
on Nov 21, 2009 at 4:43 pm
When the government steps in and declares that companies is too big to fail and use tax dollars to bail them out, the government has stepped away from free markets.
When the Federal Reserve (not officially the government) picks winners and losers in the financial industry by buy 1.3 trillion worth of mortgage backed securities with reserves meant for controlling monetary policy, then we are moving toward a system that Lenin had not even imagined. It isn't socialism or communism, any more than the system of government in China is communism, but is bad, and limits our freedom. Most (but not all) Republicans and Democrats are the problem. McCain/Palin would have done nothing to stop this huge government intervention in the market.
It is time for an alternative.
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a resident of Downtown
on Nov 21, 2009 at 5:32 pm
Listen Up Here:
No one wants a Government that is too much in control over our private lives, Democrat or Republican.
I really want to know exactly what Obama has actually done that constitutes being too powerful over our lives. The Tea Party, the Glenn Beck movement and all associated "constitutionalists" movements are ALL based upon fear and what if scenarios.
Really, we lost our freedoms and our anonymity due to the Bush Administration. Why were you not all freaking out then?
For decades we have had cops who beat people, judges who decide our lives and the lives of our children in divorce etc.
Democrats far from follow a leader blindly, so don't kid yourself.
When is a government to controlling? When do we really as a people loose our freedoms? When the Government controls our bodies and who we can and cant marry in part. Thats whats so ironic about Republicans.
a resident of Downtown
on Nov 21, 2009 at 5:37 pm
"We will soon be unmistakably a socialist country after the passage of Obamacare which will likely happen. Along the continuum toward communism, what would stop us from arriving there under Obama?"
Wow! Have you not noticed that the roads you drive on, the schools most children go to, Universities, the national parks, the VA, and SOCIAL Security are Government run? So, have we not been a "Socialist" nation all along?
a resident of Livermore
on Nov 21, 2009 at 7:58 pm
sorry boys, i don't believe that President Obama is who you're talking about. i think you guys and girls are all crazy...
a resident of Carriage Gardens
on Nov 21, 2009 at 10:03 pm
"Of particular contentiousness to moderates is a provision for the government to sell insurance in competition with private companies, subject to state approval — a part of Reid's bill expected to come under significant pressure as the debate unfolds."
Gee this really sounds like a total socialist government takeover of all our constitutional rights and privacy!
Wake Up Paranoids!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 21, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Comrade Pelosi and Comrade Reid do not know I'm posting this, so pardon my haste. What you say is true. We democrats are all secretly in league with our dear friend Comrade Obama, prime delegate from Kenya, to eradicate the scourge of american democracy and with the help of the UN and ACORN replace it with the purest form of socialism known to mankind. Our grand master Karl Marx himself will rise from his grave in a show of solidarity for finally putting his grand plans into practice. Our plans are nearly complete and soon we will have you all in our grasps and then you'll finally experience THE TRUE POWER OF THIS FULLY ARMED AND OPERATIONAL BATTLE STATION!!! YOU MAY FIRE WHEN READY, COMMANDER! Oh wait...wrong movie. Um...how bout YOU WILL PAY FOR YOUR LACK OF VISION...oh yeah, same wrong movie. Return of the Jedi not gonna cut it? Hmmm...maybe you can watch reruns of 24 to feed your delusions...or better yet, spend a few hours with fox and friends!
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 21, 2009 at 11:30 pm
Poster Boy:
With the exception of your above post, you've actually attempted to make sense in the past (tho I have only disagreed with 150% of your comments).
Now that you've gotten your chuckle from your above smartass post, would you care to answer the question...of just how much government control is enough and at what point does it become too much for you?
I ask this because I really do not know...since there seems to be no boundary line the Obama Admin does not want to cross.
They want to control our banking, auto, healthcare (including whether we should live or die prenatally or as a senior), manufacturing, communications, energy, education...their lust for control over our lives seemingly has no bounds.
Do tell me what your boundary lines are and where does the Constitution fit in with your ideals too?
a resident of Another Pleasanton neighborhood
on Nov 22, 2009 at 8:58 am
I'll tell you how much government control I want.
1. Put the Glass-Steagall Act back in place. It is federal government restrictions on banks and financial institutions. It had been working just fine since 1933.
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2. Put the uptick rule back in place. More federal regulation of business that had been working well since 1938.
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3. Reverse the deregulation of derivatives trading in Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000. Law restricting CDC had been working well since before 1920.
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That would be a good start. Next we could cap the pay of all executives at companies bailed out by the government to no more than the GS-15 government rate.
a resident of Canyon Meadows
on Nov 22, 2009 at 10:14 am
"They want to control our banking, auto, healthcare (including whether we should live or die prenatally or as a senior), manufacturing, communications, energy, education...their lust for control over our lives seemingly has no bounds."
Yo Dipstick.
Uh, these actions all started under the Bush Administration and almost all financial experts deemed these actions totally necessary to avoid what would have been a total collapse of our Country, as well as most other Countries at that point!
a resident of Bonde Ranch
on Nov 22, 2009 at 9:08 pm
Dont kid yourselves that our country has been saved because in my view it is quite the opposite. I believe Obama and Nancy and friends are doing this on purpose. They hate the United States and are trying to destroy it and doing a nice job of it.
a resident of Mariposa Ranch
on Dec 4, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Chuck Swanepoel is a registered user.
Sorry, I'm not a Democrat or a Republican for that matter. I would posit that neither party would draw any lines as to how far they would go. Politicians do what they think will get them elected, reelected, or derive a personal benefit from. While there may be a few out there who want to do the right thing, what is the right thing? Everyone has different opinions about what is right and usually from their own perspective it is right for them. You can't legislate morality. You can try to redistribute wealth through taxes, but ultimately become poorer as a result. The minority loses to the mob. Individual freedom and non-aggressive interactions are my nirvana, which may be idealistic, but at least a principle for discourse. Government can't operate in that domain because it uses aggression to achieve it's goals.
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Re: st: Re: laptop specs
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Re: st: Re: laptop specs
Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:33:36 -0400
You don't indicate a OS preference, so I will assume some
version of Windows - not to be parochial, but Mac
and Linux users are never fail to identify as such, while
Windoze users often do.
If so, then 2 tips. I suggest 64bit XP over Vista. And
if you want a laptop that will support XP, you'll have to
shop in the "business" section of the big suppliers - Dell,
HP, etc. They usually throw in a free Vista upgrade, by
now that may be a Win 7 upgrade. BUt if you go to a big
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you'll find that it comes with Vista and that there are
no XP drivers for much of it.
What is huge, by the way? My recently purchased Dell has
a 250gb drive, seems adequate for most purposes.
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I'm in the market for a new computer to do some large scale data
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Location: Sustainable Agricultural Systems Laboratory2013 Annual Report
1a. Objectives (from AD-416):
To provide national leadership in coordination of the minor use pesticide program in ARS; to ensure compliance with all Federal GLP directives; and to review, evaluate, and coordinate the development of data on efficacy, phytotoxicity, and residue data and ensure that these data are acceptable toward obtaining registrations for minor crops.
1b. Approach (from AD-416):
Interact with state and federal scientists and attend IR-4 and related meetings to determine minor use pesticide needs. Conduct meeting with ARS scientists to develop tentative annual programs, identify scientists to conduct studies, and review progress in meeting objectives. Recommend specific actions to Administrator's Office, to Area Directors, and to ONP to strengthen program activities.
3. Progress Report:
This report documents the coordination of research to develop the data that is required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to register pesticides on food crops and ornamentals. ARS and State cooperators attended the Interregional Research-4 (IR-4) sponsored workshops with growers, research and extension personnel to set priorities for the 2013 food and ornamental programs. A planning meeting at IR-4 Headquarters was attended by ARS/IR-4 chemists, the ARS/IR-4 Coordinator and State counterparts to develop a 2013 field and residue laboratory program. The six ARS field cooperators were provided with a list of projects to be conducted at their location. Research protocols, field data books and residue sample shipping bags were provided to the cooperators and the field projects were initiated. The two residue laboratories accepted crop samples as they were completed in the field and continued to analyze the 2013 and earlier sample sets that were received during the year. The 2013 reports from the field and laboratories were reviewed and forwarded to IR-4 Headquarters where petitions were developed and sent to EPA to establish tolerances for the food uses. The ornamental data developed by ARS was submitted to IR-4 Headquarters where it was packaged and submitted to the potential registrants for amending their labels with the new ornamental uses.
4. Accomplishments
1. Development of data to support the registration of pesticides for minor use and specialty crops. Growers of specialty crops such as fruits, vegetables, mint, hops, herbs, spices and other minor acreage crops generally lack the pesticides to control pest problems available for major crops such as corn, wheat and other small grains, soybeans and cotton. Pesticide manufacturers do not have the economic incentive to develop the data for labeling these minor acreage crops which are grown on less than 300,000 acres per crop whereas the major crops are grown on 12 to 72 million acres. ARS participates in a State-Federal program known as Interregional Research-4 (IR-4) to assist in the development of data to support pesticide residue tolerances that are established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and used by the pesticide registrants to add the crops to their labels. In 2013 ARS researchers at Charleston, SC, Prosser, WA, Salinas, CA, Tifton, GA, Wapato, WA, and Wooster, OH established 112 pesticide/food crop combinations in the field to treat with pesticides. ARS researchers at Tifton, GA and Wapato, WA will analyze 69 pesticide/crop combinations in the laboratory for pesticide residues on treated crops. In 2013, ARS contributed data from earlier years for tolerances on 28 crops and 18 pesticides to be used by registrants to label these uses to make them available to specialty crop growers. Crop value data were available for 14 of the 28 crops and they were valued at 16.9 billion dollars. Data on treated acreage were available for 13 of the 28 crops and if we assumed the new chemical would replace 10% of the treated acreage and there was a 10% yield savings on the acreage treated for these 13 commodities, growers would save $358.6 million.
2. Chemical pesticides for growers of nursery and floral crops. The Ornamental Horticulture Program supports an industry valued at over $11.7 billion in annual sales and crops are grown under a number of conditions such as nurseries, greenhouses, and tree farms. The plants can be in beds, containers, or in-ground. The growers are involved in a number of diverse markets including flowers, bulbs, houseplants, perennials, trees, shrubs, nonbearing fruit trees, and others. These plants have a very high value per acre which can be a major deterrent to pesticide registrants labeling their products for these uses. The enormous number of plants and varieties present a challenge for crop safety when treated with pesticides so considerable effort must be spent in developing phytotoxicity data so that pesticide manufacturers will add these crops to their labels. ARS researchers at Charleston, SC, Corvallis, OR, Prosser, WA, Tifton, GA, Wapato, WA, and Wooster, OH and University of Maryland and Rutgers University cooperators supported by ARS funds established 140 pesticide/crop combinations in the field to treat ornamental plants with pesticides to evaluate them for crop safety in 2013. A select number of these combinations were also evaluated to see how well the pesticide performed against the target pest. In 2012, ARS contributed data toward the registration of uses for 77 crops and 8 pesticides that are now available to growers of florist and nursery crops to reduce losses from pests.
3. Expanding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) crop grouping scheme to assist pest control for minor crops. The current EPA crop grouping approach allows data developed on a few representative crops to suffice for many crops thereby increasing the efficiency of obtaining EPA tolerances. Crops are grouped according to their taxonomic classification as well as other factors including geographical distribution, cultural practices, pest problems and residue levels on edible portions of the crops. An ARS scientist served as the USDA member of the EPA/Office of Pesticide Programs Rule Making Workgroup for the Crop Grouping Regulation providing advice and peer review of crop grouping technical documents developed by the Crop Grouping Coordinator of EPA. Two new crop groups have been completed this year and include the Tropical and subtropical – edible peel crop group 23 and the Tropical and subtropical – inedible peel crop group 24. The Tropical and subtropical – edible peel crop group 23 will include 108 new minor use commodities. The Tropical and subtropical – inedible peel crop group 24 will include 104 new minor use commodities thus providing additional tools for the development of integrated pest management practices for the revised groups. All of the representative commodities for these two new groups are grown in the U.S. An ARS scientist also served on the IR-4 International Crop Grouping Consulting Committee. This committee provides input to IR-4 in the determination of the crop-grouping scheme which is proposed to EPA and subsequently results in a regulation for each crop group proposed. A draft crop grouping IR-4 petition for the Root and tuber vegetable crop group 1 was reviewed before submission to the EPA. Crop grouping adds about 4 crops for each crop tolerance obtained by IR-4 which results in a savings of about $450,000 per tolerance.


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Ray and JO obviously. Reed is still young, we will see.
McAlister has been a real class act the last couple of years and a huge credit to the organization. I don't know if anyone else noticed, but I thought his post-game comments after the Cleveland game were a reminder how far he's come as a stand-up guy. So he can be on my bubble.Festivus
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Google Senior Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundotra just posted an exclusive link on his Google+ profile for users to Hangout with their fantasy league at NFL.com.
The league is integrating Google+'s popular Hangout video-chat feature on NFL.com to give users a chance to visually interact with other Fantasy Football players from anywhere at any time. This is a huge advancement for the imagination-based sport, which typically eyes participation growth without any changes to technology.
According to The Wall Street Journal, this is the first time Google has implemented Hangouts into a third-party service. The feature is free and available 24/7 by way of a button on fantasy team pages. Google also increased Hangout's 10-person limit, because leagues usually have about 12 players.


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Freethought Radio Debuts Saturday Morning in Madison, Wis. (Will be Podcast, too)
Broadcasting should be broad-minded!
The feisty Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison, Wis.-based national association of atheists and agnostics, is launching a new radio show, Freethought Radio, this week. Freethought Radio is believed to be the only weekly radio broadcast devoted to "the secular point of view" in North America.
Listeners can wake up Saturdays to Freethought Radio from 8 - 9 a.m. on 92.1 FM, "The Mic, Madison's Progressive Talk," in Madison (the local "Air America" station). The show is streamed live at http://themic921.com/main.html. The Foundation podcast will be available at the Foundation's website, www.ffrf.org, by May 1.
Co-hosting are Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, the Foundation's co-presidents, who also hope to wake up listeners to the growing threat of the religious right. The pair describe Freethought Radio as offering "slightly irreverent views, news, music and interviews."The show opens and closes with the strains of John Lennon's freethought anthem, "Imagine."
The premiere show will feature the irreverent, freethinking views of one of America's most beloved lyricists, Yip Harburg, who wrote "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," "April in Paris" and "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime." The late Harburg, who defined himself as "an ardent agnostic," also penned light verse, Rhymes for the Irreverent, which was recently reprinted by the Foundation. Interviewed will be his son, Ernie Harburg, president of the Yip Harburg Foundation of New York City, and a former Madison resident.
The show also includes a segment with a University of Minnesota researcher detailing the startling results of a national study showing that atheists are the least accepted minority in the country. Prof. Penny Edgell will talk about some of the common misconceptions that dog the 14% of Americans who are not religious.
Future shows will introduce various segments, including "Theocracy Alert," "Ask-an-Atheist," "Freethinkers Almanac" and freethought music by Barker, a professional musician and songwriter, and other freethinking performers. Listeners may call in comments or questions at the Progressive Hotline, 608/663-7291.
"It's been the Foundation's intention from our start to go into broadcasting," said Gaylor. "Our plan is to place the program in other regional markets as finances permit. We want to do something to balance the religious broadcasts that can be seen or heard 24-hours a day through the public airwaves."
Added Barker: "This is radio for the rest of us!"
"We are reaching out to the general public with the Foundation's message in support of reason and the separation of church and state. Broadcasting should be broad-minded!""


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As -ssc type psmatch2.ado- will show, Leuven and Sianesi have already done #2! For a while the package was distributed with a C-language plugin, but the hassles of maintaining that (and providing it in several flavors) led to the routine being Mata-ized. Now whether it could be more efficiently Mata-ized I don't know; I imagine that if Bill Gould got his hands on the code it could be.
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Once lauded for building Columbia/HCA into the largest health care company in the world, Mr. Scott was ousted by his own board of directors in 1997 amid the nation's biggest health care fraud scandal.
...."He's a great symbol from our point of view," said Richard J. Kirsch, the national campaign manager for Health Care for America Now. "We cannot have a better first person to attack health care reform than someone who ran a company that ripped off the government of hundreds of millions of dollars."
Conservative health care activists, while glad to have a potential ally willing to spend $5 million out of his own pocket, are not fully embracing Mr. Scott...."I just don't understand why he would be a messenger people would listen to," said Charles N. Kahn III, who was a senior executive with the insurance industry group that ran the "Harry & Louise" advertisements credited with helping to kill the Clinton plan 15 years ago but who is working for a deal now. "I don't think people are waiting to hear from him."
....Mr. Scott has said his sole policy interest is to see to it that whatever overhaul Mr. Obama and Congress consider does not move the country toward a socialized system and away from what he calls his four pillars of reform: "choice, competition, accountability and personal responsibility."
Ah, yes: competition and accountability. Let's talk about that, shall we? Or, rather, let's outsource it to our very own Blue Girl, who just happens to have worked at HCA back when they were bilking the taxpayers out of millions of dollars. If you want to know how they did it, she's got the story right here. It was simple! And it'll remind you of Enron, IndyMac, AIG, and all the other bright lights of competition and accountability in corporate America that we've come to know and hate.
And for a real zeitgeist blast, there's also this: Scott steadfastly maintains that he did nothing wrong, and for his current venture he's hired the same PR firm that represented Swift Boat Veterans for Truth in 2004. Central casting could hardly do better. The wingers really know how to pick 'em, don't they?


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Back with another edition of the NFC East's rolling All-Division Team, which this week features yet another change at quarterback. The New York Giants' Eli Manning has taken over the top spot after a second straight interception-free victory. Tony Romo has more yards and a better completion percentage, but Romo has also cost his team two games with second-half interceptions while Manning has been the steady leader his team has needed him to be while recovering from its early-season injury problems. Since the second quarter of the Week 2 game against the Rams, Manning has been unflappable and, when it's been needed, excellent.
The Eagles' Michael Vick had the best individual Week 4 game among division quarterbacks, but while I'm sure the vast majority of people who comment on this post and harass me on Twitter about it will ignore what I am about to type here: This list is meant as an overall evaluation of the way the players have played to date, in all four games this season. It is not -- I repeat, NOT -- based solely on performance in this past week's games. (For example: Ryan Torain is not the running back, because LeSean McCoy has had the better year.)
That out of the way, here is the list to which you're all scrolling down anyway. Some notes will follow:
Quarterback: Eli Manning, Giants (Last week: Tony Romo)
Running back: LeSean McCoy, Eagles (McCoy)
Wide receiver: Hakeem Nicks, Giants; Jeremy Maclin, Eagles (Maclin, Miles Austin)
Tight end: Jason Witten, Cowboys (Witten)
Fullback: Owen Schmitt, Eagles (Darrel Young)
Left tackle: Jason Peters, Eagles (Peters)
Left guard: Evan Mathis, Eagles (Kory Lichtensteiger)
Center: Will Montgomery, Redskins (David Baas)
Right guard: Chris Snee, Giants (Snee)
Right tackle: Tyron Smith, Cowboys (Smith)
Defensive end: Trent Cole, Eagles; Jason Pierre-Paul, Giants (Cole, Pierre-Paul)
Defensive tackle: Cullen Jenkins, Eagles; Jay Ratliff, Cowboys (Jenkins, Ratliff)
Outside linebacker: DeMarcus Ware, Cowboys; Brian Orakpo, Redskins (Ware, Ryan Kerrigan)
Inside linebacker: Sean Lee, Cowboys; London Fletcher, Redskins (Lee, Fletcher)
Cornerback: Asante Samuel, Eagles; Aaron Ross, Giants (Samuel, Mike Jenkins)
Safety: Kenny Phillips, Giants; LaRon Landry, Redskins (Phillips, O.J. Atogwe)
Kicker: Dan Bailey, Cowboys (Bailey)
Punter: Sav Rocca, Redskins (Rocca)
Kick returner: Devin Thomas, Giants (Brandon Banks)
Punt returner: Brandon Banks, Redskins (Banks)
Austin and Darrel Young lose their spots due to injury, and Nicks and Schmitt delivered performances worthy of those spots anyway.
On the offensive line, I'd had Mathis and Lichtensteiger very close for the past couple of weeks, but I just think Sunday moved Mathis past the Redskins' guard ever so slightly. Washington's offensive line has been underappreciated as a reason for the early success, and they get consideration at every position. (Chris Chester is playing great at right guard but trapped on this list behind maybe the best one on the league). Will Montgomery at center has been a revelation, and replacing Casey Rabach with him might have been one of the critical moves the Redskins made in the offseason. Don't begrudge Tyron Smith that big late sack. He's been a monster all year and done much more to help the Cowboys win than to help them lose. And yes, I'm interested to see who steps up and takes the left tackle spot with Peters out a few weeks. No one's really pushed him for it yet this year, though Doug Free finally had a good game Sunday.
Did some Redskin-shuffling on their excellent defense. I doubt Kerrigan will mind losing his spot to Orakpo, his mentor, who had a monster game. Those two could trade off all year. And I thought about rewarding Rocky McIntosh for his big game by giving him Fletcher's spot, but Fletcher's been that defense's heart and soul all year and has done nothing to lose it. Oh, and I moved Landry in at safety over Atogwe because, while it's only been two games... wow.
Cornerback was tough, as it's been all year because so few in this division are playing it well. Ross' assignment wasn't as tough Sunday as was that of Corey Webster, who had to take on Larry Fitzgerald. But Ross has been delivering excellent, reliable coverage all year for the Giants with very few (if glaring) mistakes, and I think he deserves this spot. Jenkins has been fine, but I think overall Ross has played a little bit better and should be acknowledged, especially since he's outperformed the expectations that attended his ascension to the role when Terrell Thomas got hurt.
I keep waiting for Brandon Banks to break a big kick return, but he hasn't done it, and I think Thomas has looked a little better overall. Banks still remains unchallenged in the punt-return category.
Okay, fire away. Let me know where I screwed up.


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Hello! My name is Sydney. I'm 21 years old and I just graduated college and I'm looking for ways to better myself in all ways possible. So typical 21 year old stuff.
Anyways you may be wondering why I am a huge Taylor Swift Fan, how long I've been a fan for and why I like listening to her music so much. Well I can answer all of those questions for you. I've been a fan of Taylor Swift since 2008. Right in-between the transition from her first album to the Fearless era. Ever since then I haven't gone back. As far as the reason why I am such a huge fan it's just because Taylor's music has just always been there to narrate my life. I don't know how I would of gotten through high school without Taylor's music there to provide clarity about how I was feeling and what I was going to. She felt like the best friend or sister who I could always rely on to be there for me and even though she has no idea who I am, she's one of my best friends.
Taylor has been there to teach me so many lessons. She helped me understand so many things about myself. She taught me through her music to always stand up for what I believe in. To never underestimate my dreams and to embrace change. That people are going to throw bricks at me and put me down but that doesn't mean that I should stop striving for great things. She also taught me that I need to define how I want people in my life to treat me and that I shouldn't surround myself with people who are constantly putting me down. That it's okay to cut people out and be clean if that person is hurting you. Music is one of those things I have always clung onto when I've needed clarity in my life and her music is always one of the first places I look.
Over the years both me and Taylor Swift have done quite a bit of growing up. However we haven't become completely different people. One thing I love about Taylor is that no matter how many successes she has and glass ceiling she breaks, she will always be sort of awkward and nerdy, just like me (although she makes it look a lot cooler). I hope those things about us never change.
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At Large in Ballard: In memoriam: Justin Amorratanasuchad
"I'll probably read about your trip to Barcelona in the Ballard News," my dentist teased me a few days before I left town. While in Barcelona I didn't give Ballard a thought. What cats? What column? What bell tower?
Ignorance can only last so long. I flew back by way of New York for a visit with family in the Boston area. During a layover at JFK Airport I was confused by the frenzy, not sure if it was NYC normal. It wasn't. I learned that tornadoes had been ripping their way up the Southeastern states, devastating towns and cities and leaving travelers stranded, and worried about home.
The following morning I was awake when "The Boston Globe" hit the doorstep at my sister's house with a pre-dawn thud. My sister's family was still out of town for their spring break so it was just me and her lonely cat reading the paper before sunrise. The headline was painful even before I read the words on the top line of front page of the Metro section, "Emerson student dies in fall from building." Justin Amorratanasuchad, hometown Seattle.
I realized I was reading, not just about a talented local college student who had died in an accidental fall, but about a Ballard High School 2008 graduate, whose film work I've probably seen.
I didn't expect to be reading about Ballard while I was in Topsfield, but here is what I want to share from the East Coast. Justin's death is being mourned greatly here. It is now four days since Justin died after a fall from the roof of a building in South Boston but every day "The Boston Globe" continues to provide information about Justin's filmmaking career and plans for a memorial service at Emerson College.
The media speculates that he was probably filming his final project for a cinematography project interpreting the poem, "A City in Four Parts." City of Boston officials have since warned all landlords to double-check their rooftop security.
After middle school in Seattle students shift around the city depending on their interests, but alliances continue and form as some students meet at football games, others at film festivals. Ballard's own Jesse Harris has helped put Ballard students and all high school filmmakers on the map with the National Film Festival for Talented Youth. In a bittersweet coincidence NFFTY 2011 is actually happening this week in Seattle.
Meanwhile on the East Coast the Boston Marathon has come and gone. The local sports teams continue to hold on through their playoff games but the real emotions this week have been over two news stories; Justin's death and that of a fifteen year-old boy murdered near Boston in 1969. Forty-two years after the death of John McCabe, three suspects have been arrested. The arrests are credited in part to a family who never forgot their child and a police detective who didn't live long enough to see the case solved. The McCabe family offers proof that even a child who dies too soon is never forgotten.
I didn't know Justin Amorratanasuchad or his family, but I know those Ballard Video Production students and their talented counter parts at Center School and Rrrl Girls. For their sake we parents act in their productions, we store leaves for months in the garage, deliver batteries to "on-location" filming. We revel in watching their creativity, try to support them and keep them safe.
You won't be reading about my trip to Barcelona. How I wish I wasn't reading about Ballard. There is no distance or time limit when it comes to the loss of someone's child, no matter their hometown.
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Qualifications: MUST be enrolled in a College or University or a recent graduate (within 6 months) to be eligible.
Summary: Assist in the day-to-day operation and advancement of Golden 1 Center and Downtown Commons-related online activations.
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No one gave the Cypriot minnows a chance against the might of Jose Mourinho's star-studded line-up, but Ivan Jovanvic's men managed to hold their illustrious visitors for 74 minutes at the GSP Stadium.
However, their fairytale story was crushed by the second half introduction of Kaka and Marcelo, as the two substitutes inspired the Spanish side to victory.
Benzema was the first to strike in the final 16 minutes, converting a pinpoint cross from Kaka.
The provider than turned scorer as he made the most of a pull-back from Marcelo.
Benzema added his second and Madrid's third before the final whistle, stroking the ball into an empty net, following a cross from Mesut Ozil.
As expected, Jovanovic set his team out to frustrate and disrupt Real Madrid's dynamic attacking football.
Their defensive banks maintained their shape and discipline as the visitors swept the ball across the pitch in a bid to draw their opponents out.
When Mourinho's men did break through the home side's rearguard their finishing abandoned them.
Ozil was the first to waste an opportunity. The German returned Paulo Gomes's headed clearance with interest, but APOEL goalkeeper Dionsis Chiotis was equal to it, diving to this right to beat the volley away.
It was only a matter of time before Madrid's goal machine Cristiano Ronaldo tested Chiotis and as the half hour mark approached the Portuguese attacker stung the goalkeeper's hands with a left footed shot.
Minutes later Benzema – who had scored 12 goals in 17 games in 2012 prior to this match – added a clip to this year's blooper reel.
Nuri Sahin combined with Ronaldo to present the ball on a plate for the former Lyon striker, but with an open goal staring him in the face the Frenchman somehow miscued his shot and sent it over the bar from close range.
Before the referee had time to blow the half-time whistle, Ronaldo was uncharacteristically off target again, guiding Ozil's cross wide of the post.
The half-time interval offered little respite for the hosts as they soon found themselves under heavy attack at the start of the second period.
Inspired by their vociferous home support, APOEL Nicosia stood firm. Then with 63 minutes on the clock, Mourinho brought on Kaka and Marcelo and the tide turned.
With just over 15 minutes to play, Kaka whipped a teasing cross into the box from the left and Benzema flung his body at the ball to send it flying past Chiotis via his forehead.
Eight minutes later it was 2-0. Marcelo burst into the box, darting past Paolo Jorge before picking out his Brazilian team-mate arriving late in the box, who planted a right foot shot into the back of the net.
In the 90th minute Benzema all but ended the tie as a contest as he made amends for his glaring miss in the first half.
Presented with an almost identical chance, this time courtesy of Ozil, he made no mistake, sweeping the ball home.
The nine-times European champions head back to the Bernabeu with three away goals and one foot in the semi-final.


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Advani's key aide Sudheendra Kulkarni quits BJP
The BJP's defeat in the Lok Sabha elections not only ended L.K Advani's prime ministerial dream, but also took a toll on his aide Sudheendra Kulkarni, who walked out of the party on Saturday. Who's Kulkarni?delhi Updated: Aug 23, 2009 23:53 IST
The break-up came on Sunday but was in the works for almost three months.
The BJP's defeat in the Lok Sabha elections not only ended L.K Advani's prime ministerial dream, but also took a toll on his aide Sudheendra Kulkarni, who walked out of the party on Saturday.
Kulkarni, in charge of Advani's campaign office and Internet push to make him the PM, was left with little to do.
He knew that Advani, who he owed his rise in the party to, would see his influence weaken, according to the BJP leaders. He didn't try to hide his frustration over the election outcome even though he was part of the poll strategy team and seemed to have made up his mind to go.
In June, he publicly blamed the RSS, the party's ideological parent, for making a "strong leader" like Advani look weak and helpless. It was the first step towards snapping ties with the BJP in search of other avenues.
Kulkarni announced his decision to end his association with the BJP in a newspaper for which he writes a column.
"From now on, I will be totally independent. I will work with like-minded members of other parties...," he told TV channels.
Kulkarni could move to Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party. He shares a good equation with the agriculture minister.
BJP leaders like Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Balbir Punj shrugged off Kulkarni's decision as of little consequence. But insiders say it will weaken Advani's standing in the BJP vis a vis the RSS. It may even increase pressure on him to quit as the Leader of Opposition.
This year's Lok Sabha elections were not the first time that Kulkarni was at odds with the party brass.
In 2005, when Advani was in trouble over his remarks on Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Kulkarni, too, came under fire.
Party leaders said it was he who had suggested that Advani praise Jinnah as a secularist for effecting an image correction.
As the RSS insisted that Advani step down as the BJP chief, Kulkarni wrote that it must let go off the party, allowing it to win over minorities and appear secular.
Advani echoed the views when he addressed a party meet in September.
Kulkarni, however, has said his decision to leave the BJP has nothing to do with the expulsion of Jaswant Singh. He had decided to leave the party weeks ago and Advani knew of it. He, however, did say Singh's book doesn't praise Jinnah. "He has only given a political portrait of Jinnah."


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The 2014 Land Rover LR4 is still as boxy as it's ever been, but the three-row luxury SUV will be more efficient than its predecessors.
First we saw Chrysler's Pentastar V-6 in 3.6-liter form, then as a 3.2-liter engine.
Lexus is bringing a new concept to the 2013 Frankfurt Motor Show, and pictured above is all we know so far — really.
The Ford Everest concept just debuted in Australia, but don't expect a production version to ever see U.S.
Though the SRT Viper was just launched in 2013, the 2014 model sees a price increase of $2000 over the 2013's introductory price.
Potential 2014 Jeep Cherokee buyers now have another way to prepare themselves for the crossover's imminent U.S.
The Toyota Tundra burst back onto the full-size truck scene for 2007 with more attitude, space, and capabilities.
The 2014 Honda CR-V has been priced.
Chrysler may be extending production of existing models such as the Dodge Grand Caravan and Dodge Avenger, The Detroit News reports.
Toyota and Ford are going their separate ways when it comes to developing a rear-drive SUV and truck hybrid system.
Mercedes has just released a great way for enthusiasts everywhere to waste five minutes — with the new 2014 CLA250 build-your-own feature.
Full-size pickup customers who prioritize fuel economy may want to put Chevrolet and GMC back on their list.
Lexus isn't going further downmarket than the CT 200h hybrid hatch, but a sedan variant of the CT could help expand the lineup and increase sales.
Buttons and knobs are returning to Ford cabins.
Nearly every 2014 Audi has been officially priced, from the base-model A4 to the 12-cylinder A8.
Mopar's version of the new 2013 Dodge Dart compact sedan has been priced at $26,480, including destination.
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Winning Workplaces' Best Bosses 2004 Distinguished Finalists
Stephen Adele, President, iSatori Global Technologies, Golden, Colorado Steve Adele has bootstrapped iSatori, a three-year-old marketer and distributor of dietary performance-based supplements, with the goal of being an ethical, research-based provider of nutritional supplements. The 12-employee firm is growing rapidly and building a broad geographic market through its Web-based sales. From the beginning, Steve has worked to utilize current management tools, and he has attracted a loyal employee base that the firm invests heavily in developing further. Along with aggressive growth goals, the firm has a clearly articulated code of ethics that employees take pride in. Their efforts are rewarded tangibly through profit sharing and intangibly through a strong sense of teamwork and a family-friendly work environment.
Randy Cohen, CEO, Ticketcity.com, Austin, Texas Ticketcity.com is a 14-year-old company that sells tickets to concerts, theater and sporting events. CEO Randy Cohen stresses open communication in the workplace and devotes considerable time to coaching his managers on how to address employee concerns. Senior managers follow a model that Cohen calls "LAER": Listen to what employees say, Acknowledge their remarks by repeating it back, Explore their comments with follow-up questions, and Respond accordingly to their concerns. The company has grown from $8 million in sales in 1999 to more than $14 million in 2003. In addition the company successfully acquired and integrated another ticket brokerage into their operation, engaging employees in the decision to purchase Soldout.com in 1999.
Cynthia Driskill, President and CEO, CDG & Associates, Carrollton, Texas In the 17 years since Cynthia Driskill founded CDG & Associates, a Human Resources Information Systems consulting firm, she has seen the marketplace for HRIS support expand dramatically and contract even more quickly. The company has sustained itself with a current base of 30 employees by creating a learning organization and focusing on a mission of self actualization through servant leadership. To support this mission, the company has adopted open-book management, sharing all financial data with employees, and has created an employee stock ownership plan. Knowing that client satisfaction and return are key to success, and that consultants' job satisfaction is tied to client relationships, the firm has adopted an employee "Passion Survey" to measure employee satisfaction and established clear goals to increase employee "passion" for their work. This is a distinct challenge since the company is largely virtual with consultants working 100 percent at client sites.
Sandra S. Fekete, CEO, Fekete + Company, Columbus, Ohio Fekete + Company, a nine-person, 21-year-old marketing communications business, learned the importance of a strong culture and sound leadership by nearly losing what they had built together. In 2000, Sandra Fekete was approached by a larger agency to sell the firm and did so, only to watch it go under. Rallying as an intact team, they recreated Fekete+Company, and within a year had regained the momentum they had prior to the sale. They also retained all of their clients. Fekete+Company's employees are experienced professionals who are attracted to the firm because it provides strong work/life balance. Flexibility and trust that all will do their jobs are hallmarks for the organization. Sandra Fekete's goal is to help the staff fulfill their potential, and she makes it her business to know her employees' professional goals. They measure productivity, keeping their metrics simple and easy to capture. Fekete says they are proud to have created a company that has "soul."
Nathan Fineberg, President and CEO, Interface Software, Oak Brook, Illinois In an economy in which investment in software has been deferred or rejected altogether, Nate Fineberg has kept Interface Software, a 109-employee developer of customer relationship management for professional services organizations, growing and profitable. While a superior product and exemplary customer relationships are drivers of success, both of these rely upon an able and engaged workforce. To keep employees energized and their attention on their work, Interface has developed a specific "employee life" role that coordinates programs that range from work-related support services and volunteerism opportunities to employee-run peer recognition programs. Employees actively participate in the business through firm-wide meetings, employee-stock ownership and shared financials. A "no-jerk" policy, which insists workers treat each other with respect, assures that employees enjoy strong peer relationships.
Carolyn Gable, President/CEO, New Age Transportation, Lake Zurich, Illinois New Age Transportation is a 15-year-old, third-party logistics company. CEO Carolyn Gable, a former waitress and the single mother of five children, started the organization out of her home. Today New Age Transportation is a $25-million company. The organization has averaged 37 percent growth over the last five years and has worked with such high-profile clients as AOL Time Warner and Charter Communications. Gable has fostered an environment where employees, particularly those with children, can focus on their jobs while still maintaining a healthy work/life balance. Their offices include an onsite playroom where working parents can bring their children, a "quiet room" where employees can take a break and recharge, and a deck with a grill where the staff can get together for barbecues on warm days. Gable also encourages her staff to take care of themselves outside of the office by paying for health club memberships and offering employees $250 per quarter for up to a year to quit smoking.
Joseph R. Krusinski, CEO, Krusinski Construction Company, Oak Brook, Illinois Joseph Krusinski founded Krusinski Construction Company 31 years ago, and it has grown to employ 45 full-time employees. Today, it generates more than $35 million in revenues annually. The economic rollercoaster of the last few years has led the firm to employ new management approaches, such as involving employees in a strategic planning process, and seeking employee suggestions for cost-saving ideas, sales leads and productivity improvements. The firm has also initiated a client-satisfaction survey, a new safety program, and common access to information technology tools. There has always been a sense of family among the company's employees, and family members are active in the business; Joe's brother Jerry became President and COO early in 2004. Further, the firm's commitment to employees was demonstrated in the most recent recession when despite declining revenues, there were no layoffs of permanent employees.
Jeff Medeiros, President, rs-unix.com, San Francisco, California San Francisco-based rs-unix.com is an eight-year-old information technology consulting firm that provides IBM solutions to businesses. Jeff Medeiros has placed an emphasis on building teams and rewarding them for customer satisfaction. The company uses an innovative software program called the IT Change Control Database to solicit feedback on issues affecting productivity. Requests are prioritized according to impact and cost to the company and reviewed weekly by the operations manager. The system has allowed the company to address problems quickly and efficiently, raising both productivity and employee morale. The firm's emphasis on teamwork, communication and customer satisfaction has helped it weather the recent downturn in the IT market. Last year, the company posted one of its best years ever with 51 percent sales growth.
Marco Monsalve, President and CEO, McManis & Monsalve Associates, Manassas, Virginia Marco Monsalve acquired McManis and Monsalve in 2000, and in four years the management consulting firm that works with both government and business has grown from five to 23 employees with virtually no employee turnover. In addition, it has grown its revenues 370 percent. Employees are actively involved in making key decisions, such as an office relocation in which all participated in a series of exercises designed to optimize both business processes and geographic location. The outcome was that the firm moved to a "virtual" shared space arrangement with all employees being supported to establish home offices, resulting in a 30-percent cost reduction. The firm emphasizes employee training, provides quarterly reviews of all employees, and assigns each employee a mentor. Communication is assured by quarterly staff meetings and an annual business meeting.
Jeff Morris, President, Alexis Fire Equipment Company, Alexis, Illinois Alexis Fire Equipment Company is a 59-year-old builder of customized fire trucks. Jeff Morris has focused the energy of this family business on quality and customer satisfaction. Employees at Alexis Fire Equipment Company take pride in their work and Morris recognizes their contributions: Anyone whose craftsmanship was instrumental in building a piece of equipment are listed on a tag placed inside the door of the vehicle. More importantly, employees are confident that their work is valued: There is no union in this ISO 9001-certified operation, and the staff has opted for a performance-based pay plan. Jeff has led the organization into the global economy, consistently growing revenue and doubling the staff over the last five years with limited turnover.
John Nicholson, Principal, Botanicals, Inc., Chicago, Illinois Botanicals, Inc. is a 17-person, special-event floral design firm that has wed aesthetic flair with sound business principles to grow significantly in recent years. John Nicholson intuitively understood the importance of developing a meaningful and compelling ethic and set of company values from the start. By adding the discipline of clear business goals and developing strong sales and marketing expertise, he has moved the organization to a new level of success. Through it all, employees have remained loyal: Turnover is less than 6 percent, largely because employees are hired less for their skill set than for their potential and desire to learn the business. Nicholson then invests in training employees in the Botanicals ethic with an emphasis on customer service values.
Valerie W. Perlowitz, President and CEO, Reliable Integration Services, Inc., Vienna, Virginia Reliable Integration Services is a 16-year-old systems integration company. Valerie Perlowitz works from a philosophy that "no failure is intolerable, but errors are to be used to learn." The company provides employees with upward of 80 hours per year of training for each employee and empowers them to make decisions. An employee forum that they call the "Site Lead Council" allows workers, including those who are generally offsite, to voice concerns about the workplace to senior management. Reliable's emphasis on employee development and communication has helped improve business performance. The firm has experienced 30 percent sales growth per year over the last five years in a struggling IT market.
Eric Plantenberg, President, Freedom Speakers and Trainers, Madison, Wisconsin Freedom Speakers & Trainers, a firm that specializes in training and motivational speeches, has logged an annual sales growth of 23.4 percent during a period in which training budgets are being cut. What's more, its staff has expanded from six in 2001 to 27 today. Eric Plantenberg has developed a performance-driven and principle-based firm that is also somewhat virtual, with fewer than half of the employees working out of the organization's headquarters. To stay connected, they hold weekly teleconferences and quarterly two-day retreats. Each employee has clarity concerning job function and goals, and Eric, as the visionary and primary motivator, keeps a steady eye on moving the business forward.
Satish Sachev, President, Klein and Hoffman, Inc., Chicago, Illinois Klein and Hoffman is a 50-year-old, 77-employee consulting engineering firm that has both grown its revenues and retained its employees through the most recent recession. Satish Sachev leads the second-generation of officers of the firm, and he was instrumental in the transition from ownership by the founders (Frank Klein and Ed Hoffman) to a shared-ownership group with seven officers. Among his priorities has been creating new means of gaining employee input into the key decisions of the firm and providing employees with both career-development and financial incentives to assure a stable and motivated workforce.
Jai Shekhawat, CEO and Co-Founder, Fieldglass, Inc., Chicago, Illinois In just four years Fieldglass has become a leader among providers of technology and solutions for services procurement. The quickly-growing, 70-employee firm has retained both employees and customers, making it one of the most stable workforces in the services procurement space, and its products are gaining visibility in the industry. Jai Shekhawat has built a culture designed to attract and retain talented knowledge workers, one that stresses self-determination, output, creative problem solving, motivation and high achievement. The firm focuses on employee development and satisfaction, providing certification training in the company's primary application and regular performance discussions, and it encourages employee initiative and problem solving. Jai appeals to employees' entrepreneurial spirit and desire for meaningful work. He encourages an environment of collective opportunity (all employees are shareholders) and open communication (the company's' financial results are shared openly). Employees respond with initiative and a high level of trust in Jai's leadership.
David Silverstein, President and CEO, Breakthrough Management Group, Longmont, Colorado Breakthrough Management Group is a five-year-old, 84-employee Six Sigma training and consulting group with an average annual growth rate that approaches 100 percent. David Silverstein has led this growth with minimal turnover by focusing on his employees. Unlike many of his competitors, he hires full-time, permanent consultants rather than contract workers, limits their travel to 60 percent rather than the industry norm of 90 percent, provides continuous training, involves remote employees in the business, and engages the staff in growing the business. These practices have led to building stable relationships with clients and continually developing innovative products and services, which have resulted in Breakthrough being deemed the "world's fastest growing Six Sigma training and consulting firm."
Margie Traylor, Founding Manager, Sitewire Marketspace Solutions LLC, Tempe, Arizona Sitewire is a five-year-old e-marketing consulting firm. Co-founder Margie Traylor provides her staff with opportunities to grow with the organization. She works with her people to continually asses where employees' skills will be best utilized and fills the majority of high-level positions from within. As a result, the company has experienced only one instance of voluntary turnover in its entire history. The firm has grown at an impressive rate from its inception and has tripled monthly revenue since the beginning of 2003.
Bruce Turkel, CEO/Executive Creative Director, Turkel, Coconut Grove, Florida Turkel is a 20-year-old advertising and brand management agency. The firm is one of the few remaining independent-owned advertising agencies in the Southeast. Bruce Turkel's company has managed to remain competitive in this rapidly consolidating industry by emphasizing teamwork and open communication. The agency has a flat structure that leverages the creativity of the entire staff. Through the organization's intranet and scheduling system, any employee can stop a job or voice a concern on a project at any time. As a result, Turkel is able to address small problems before they get out of hand and ensure quality work for their clients. Currently, the agency is averaging $7 million of revenue per employee, a figure almost unheard of in the advertising industry.
Dawn M. Willey, President and Founder, Bridgeforce, Inc., New Castle, Delaware Bridgeforce provides an array of consulting services to the financial services industry and, as a young, entrepreneurial presence in a sophisticated and well-populated segment, it focuses on differentiating itself through quality of service to its clients. Dawn Willey knows that the quality of the firm's services are directly linked to the quality of the consulting team, and she has invested a great deal in building a strong team of consultants who can grow with the firm. In addition to hiring the best consultants, the firm conscientiously provides them with feedback and developmental opportunities. There is a strategic focus on the marketplace, and the firm is building a values-based culture that stands for integrity, commitment, excellence, innovation, and confidentiality. Dawn involves employees in addressing issues facing the firm, and puts their ideas to work. Bridgeforce's record of growth in a soft economy predicts that it will be a force to be reckoned with by larger consulting firms for years to come. Read More New Articles


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Study: Permanent Supportive Housing Reduces Homelessness
July 8, 2014
Today's blog post was written by Sarah Mesrobian, research intern with the Alliance's Homelessness Research Institute (HRI).
Over the past decade, federal permanent supportive housing programs (PSH) have grown pretty consistently. From 2007 to 2013 alone, the number of PSH beds has increased 50.7 percent from about 190,000 beds in 2007 to about 280,000 beds in 2013.
At the same time, chronic homelessness decreased by 25.2 percent. While there have been a variety of studies looking at the effectiveness of PSH in ending an individual person's homelessness there is limited research into the impact PSH has on homelessness in the overall community.
In a recent longitudinal study looking at the time between 2007 and 2012, researchers found that increased investment in PSH decreased the rate of chronic homelessness by 35 percent. The study used a variety of statistical models controlling for a number of community and individual factors to isolate the impact that PSH had in a community.
Overall, the longitudinal study saw decreases in the number of chronically homeless individuals in communities that had more PSH units. A community that adds one PSH unit per 10,000 individuals would have seen a reduction in the rate of chronic homelessness of one percent.
This study shows that the federal policy prioritizing PSH has had the intended impact of reducing chronic homeless. The study also shows that, while increases in PSH units lead to decreases in chronic homelessness, the association is not strong as one would expect.
That suggests that communities may not be targeting the majority of their PSH units to chronically homeless individuals. At the end of 2012, only 27 percent of PSH had been designated exclusively for chronically homeless individuals.
These findings show PSH is ending chronic homelessness, not just on an individual level, but on a community level. Communities should continue to increase investment in PSH. Additionally, communities should work hard to target PSH resources- both new units and turnover units-to the most vulnerable chronically homeless persons and households in order to make the most of the resource.