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Clarksville, TN – There will be an Employer Seminar (Veterans Hiring Advantage) on August 17th, 2016 at the Wilma Rudolph Events Center in Clarksville from 9:00am – 2:00pm.
The purpose of this seminar is to empower employers and human resource professionals about the rewards of employing veterans in their workplace.
Employer Advantage Seminar to be held in Clarksville at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center August 17th.
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Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder recognize the service and sacrifice of United States Army Air Forces Private Evans Overbey of Elizabethton was serving with the 93rd Bombardment Squadron, 19th Bombardment Group during World War II.
Overbey was reported to be captured in the fall of Corregidor. Nearly 2,800 prisoners of war died in the Japanese-operated camp at Cabanatuan on the island of Luzon, Philippines.
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Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam joined Tennessee Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder and Major General Terry "Max" Haston of the Tennessee Military Department to pay tribute to seven service members killed in action to include four Marines and one Sailor killed in Chattanooga on July 16th, 2015.
(Top L to R) Thomas Sullivan, David Wyatt, Carson Holmquist, Randall Smith, K.P. Wells, Alexander Bonnyman, Jr., and Gary Reese.
Clarksville, TN – On Monday, March 7th, 2016, Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) will host a Veterans Workshop at the William O. Beach Civic Hall in Clarksville from 12:00pm – 2:00pm.
Congressman Blackburn, Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett and City of Clarksville Chief of Staff Bill Harpel will deliver opening remarks. A panel of representatives from the Tennessee Department of Veterans Services, Fort Campbell, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Regional Office, the Veterans Service Organization of Montgomery County, the American Job Center and others will be on site to discuss opportunities and services they provide, as well as offer an opportunity for Tennessee veterans and retirees to ask questions about their benefits.
U.S. Congressman Marsha Blackburn
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder dedicated the new Brigadier General Wendell H. Gilbert Tennessee State Veterans Home in Clarksville today.
Haslam was also joined by Speaker Pro Tem Curtis Johnson (R-Clarksville), Representative Joe Pitts (D-Clarksville), Senator Mark Green (R-Clarksville), Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan, Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett, Tennessee State Veterans Homes Executive Director Ed Harries and Tennessee State Veterans Homes Administrator Warren Jasper.
Brigadier General Wendell H. Gilbert Tennessee State Veterans Home
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and First Lady Crissy Haslam today joined Tennessee Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder and Colonel Jimmie Cole from the Tennessee Military Department to recognize five veteran state employees and more than 506,000 Tennessee veterans of all ages and eras.
The Governor's Veterans Day event was held at the Tennessee Tower Plaza in downtown Nashville.
"It's an honor to celebrate these veterans and the contributions they make to state government," Haslam said. "There are nearly 3,000 veterans working for the state, and we are grateful for their military service and their service to Tennessee."
Clarksville, TN – Forty years after the fall of Saigon, Vietnam Veterans will at long last be publicly recognized for their service to our country.
Visit Clarksville is proud to partner with the Tennessee State Council of Vietnam Veterans of America, the USO and US Tours to present Welcome Home Vietnam – An American Veterans Parade.
Veterans Parade set for Tuesday, September 15th.
Program Will Assist Veterans With Commercial Driving Experience Finding Jobs As Commercial Drivers
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, Safety and Homeland Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons and Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder today announced the launch of the "Highways for Heroes" program that will help veterans and active military personnel who drove commercial grade vehicles during military service more easily find jobs as commercial truck drivers.
Under legislation passed by the General Assembly in 2013, the road skills test may be waived for qualified military personnel applying for a Tennessee commercial driver license (CDL). Applicants, however, are required to pass the applicable CDL knowledge test.
Missing in Action Soldiers Among Those Remembered
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam joined Tennessee Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder and Major General Terry "Max" Haston of the Tennessee Military Department to pay tribute to three Tennesseans who gave the ultimate sacrifice, including two service members previously missing in action for several decades.
Haslam presented surviving family members with the Honor and Remember Flag and an Iris which is the official state flower.
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Many-Bears Grinder joins the Tennessee State Veterans Homes (TSVH) Board in celebrating the announcement from U.S. News & World Report 2015 which names the Tennessee State Veterans Homes in Murfreesboro, Humboldt and Knoxville among the best in the country.
U.S. News and World Report rated more than 16,000 nursing homes using data research on nursing home safety, health inspection and staffing. The source of the data originates from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Tennessee State Veterans Home in Clarksville to open this Summer.

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This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 888,535, filed Jul. 22, 1986, and entitled, "System for Expedited Computation of Laplacian and Gaussian Filters and Correlation of Their Outputs for Image Processing " now abandoned.
This invention relates generally to the measurement of feature dimensions, and specifically, it relates to the measurement of feature dimensions without manual intervention using dark-field illumination to distinguish the edges of a feature and using image processing techniques to measure the disparity between opposing feature edges.
Dark-field microscopy is a technique in which an illumination source provides a convergent cone of light at a low angle to the plane of the specimen, centered on and symmetrical about the optical axis of the imaging system. The image is formed by collecting and focusing only that light which is scattered from topographic feature edges on the specimen. Since flat areas reflect rather than scatter, they appear dark in the image, while feature edges appear light.
In the prior art, techniques are known for extracting the dimensional information from the images generated by dark-field microscopy without manual intervention. Generally, these known techniques analyze the image to discriminate the opposing feature edges and calculate the distance between the opposing edges. These techniques use either a single scan line from the image or the average of multiple scan lines to reduce the effects of high-frequency noise. Typically, a target in the shape of a single rectangle is scanned and the resulting data is analyzed to identify the opposing edges. By focusing attention on detailed analysis of the feature edges, however, such prior art techniques have certain inherent limitations. Firstly, since the information representing the details of the edges are carried in the high spatial frequency region of the image spectrum, limited and laborious techniques for high frequency noise reduction are required. Secondly, the results are sensitive to the details of the contrast formation mechanism of specific samples and tend to vary from one type of specimen to another or even for different specimens of the same type. Thirdly, the contrast formation is sensitive to the illumination and other parameters of the imaging equipment, such as focus, so that results from a single specimen will be different depending on the settings.
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for measuring feature dimensions using selective dark-field illumination to distinguish opposing feature edges and using image processing techniques to measure the dimension between opposing feature edges. The standard dark-field illumination technique is modified to illuminate a target from a single direction at a low angle to the plane of the target. By selectively illuminating the target from opposing directions, the opposing edges of the target elements are segregated and captured in separate images. The separate images are then correlated at various offsets to determine the relative displacement of the images which produces the maximum correlation value. This displacement is proportional to the average dimension of the target elements.
In a typical application, this technique is used to measure critical feature dimensions in the manufacture of integrated circuits. The target is composed of elements having the same size as the smallest features of the integrated circuit.
In a preferred embodiment, the images obtained by selective dark-field illumination are each filtered before performing the correlation. The filtering method used in this embodiment applies a Gaussian convolution operator and a Laplacian operator to the image. The signs of the filtered images are stored and used in the correlation.
FIG. 1 is a representation of an apparatus for measuring feature dimensions.
FIG. 2 is a conventional dark-field illumination image of a target.
FIGS. 3a-3d are schematic illustrations of conventional and selective dark-field illumination techniques.
FIG. 4 is a photomicrograph of the target shown in FIG. 2, using selective dark-field illumination.
FIG. 5 is a photomicrograph of the target shown in FIG. 2, using selective dark-field illumination.
FIG. 6 is the image of FIG. 4 after filtering.
FIG. 7 is the image of FIG. 5 after filtering.
FIG. 8 is a correlation plot of FIGS. 6 and 7.
FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of an apparatus 10 for measuring feature dimensions using controlled dark-field illumination. An image acquisition system 12 is aimed at a target 14 contained on specimen 16. Image acquisition system 12 is coupled to an image processing system 18. Target 14 provides an artifact whose image can be analyzed to measure the dimensions of the features (elements) of which it is composed.
In one application of this invention, the target is used for measuring the dimensions of features in integrated circuit photolithography. In the manufacture of integrated circuits, the critical dimensions are those of the minimum feature size. Therefore, for this application, the target is composed of elements having the same size as the smallest features of the integrated circuit pattern which is being printed. The target is printed using the same processes used to print the integrated circuit, thereby providing a measure of the accuracy of the processes.
The spatial geometry of target 14 can be optimized to exploit the properties of the image processing technique to be described herein. This image processing technique operates optimally when the spatial frequency spectrum of the image is spread evenly throughout the band width of the imaging system. This condition is approximated by composing the target as a regular orthogonal array of potential elements, and populating the actual target by randomly filling 50% of the potential locations. Therefore, in this embodiment, the target is constructed by composing an array of dots with a dimension along their diameter equal to the minimum feature size of the integrated circuit (nominally one micron), and randomly placing these dots on a square grid of potential locations 2.5 microns apart on their centers. To facilitate identification of the target, the elements which compose the target are placed in a four-fold symmetric arrangement. The resulting target is illustrated in FIG. 2. It will be understood, however, that there is considerable flexibility in the design of the target.
Image acquisition system 12 comprises image illumination means and an image capture system. The illumination means may be any means for selectively illuminating opposing edges of the features to be measured. The particular image capture system is immaterial, provided it produces a digitized grey-level representation of the illuminated target.
In this embodiment, image acquisition system 12 comprises an Olympus metallurgical microscope having a 20x field objective lens and illuminator, with a camera mounted on the trinocular head of the microscope to record the image. The camera is an RCA series TC-1005 with a high sensitivity Ultricon tube. A 6.7x camera eyepiece is used.
The illumination source of this dark-field microscope normally provides a convergent cone of light at a low angle to the plane of the specimen, nominally centered on and symmetrical about the optical axis of the imaging system. The image is formed by collecting and focusing only that light which is scattered from topographic feature edges on the specimen. Since flat areas reflect rather than scatter, they appear dark in the image. FIG. 2 is an example of a conventional dark-field image.
To provide selective dark-field illumination, the standard (360�) dark-field illumination technique is modified, such that the uniform cone of light is replaced by a narrow "pencil" of light at a low angle. This selective illumination selects only those topographic feature edges which effectively scatter light from that direction. Other edges are suppressed in the resulting image. This technique is particularly well-suited for distinguishing opposing edges of the target.
FIGS. 3a-3d illustrate schematically the selective dark field illumination technique. FIG. 3a is a side view of microscope 30 viewing a specimen 32 using conventional dark-field illumination. FIG. 3b is a top view of the specimen 32 when illuminated from 360� using conventional dark-field illumination. All edges, and only the edges, are visible. FIGS. 3c and 3d are top views of the images created by selective dark-field illumination from opposite directions.
In this embodiment, a "pencil" of light is approximated by inserting a sector-aperture in the path of the illuminator, so that most of the cone of illumination is blocked, but a narrow sector is allowed to pass through the microscope optics in the usual way. A sector angle of 60� is used in this embodiment to produce the micrograph shown in FIG. 4, from the same specimen as FIG. 2. By rotating the sector-aperture by 180�, illumination from the complementary direction is obtained, producing the image shown in FIG. 5. The image is then recorded by the camera, digitized, and then processed by the image processing system.
By using selective dark field illumination, the opposing edges of the target are distinguished and captured in two separate images. The two images are then correlated at selected offsets to provide a measure of the average feature dimension, i.e. the average distance between opposing edges of the elements in the target. The offset, or relative displacement of the images (relative to the initial orientation of the captured images), which produces the maximum correlation between the images is proportional to the average feature dimension of the elements in the target.
The accuracy of the correlation measurement can be improved substantially by filtering the images to enhance their low frequency (clustering) structure and attenuate the high frequency (detailed) information. Although many different types of filters may be employed for this purpose, in the preferred embodiment a Gaussian convolution operator is used. The Gaussian convolution employed is a two dimensional Gaussian which functions to low pass filter the image in a way that attenuates high spatial frequencies, while preserving the geometric structure at lower spatial frequencies. The size of the Gaussian operator controls the scale at which structure remains in the filtered image. A Laplacian filter is also employed, to detect the locations in the image where local maxima in the rate of brightness change occur. These locations correspond closely with the locations where the Laplacian has a zero value. Only the signs of the Laplacian are stored and used (in binary form) in the correlation, thereby effectively comparing the zero crossings of the Laplacian of the convolved signals.
Because the order of application of the Laplacian and Gaussian operators does not affect the result of the filtering operation, either the Laplacian or the Gaussian operator may be applied first. Although a suitably programmed general purpose computer can be used to apply the Laplacian and Gaussian convolution operator to the digitized image and take the sign of the result, the image processing means of the preferred embodiment utilizes specialized hardware for this purpose. A method and apparatus for performing the Laplacian of Gaussian filtering is described in the copending commonly assigned U.S. patent application entitled "SYSTEM FOR EXPEDITED COMPUTATION OF LAPLACIAN AND GAUSSIAN FILTERS AND CORRELATION OF THEIR OUTPUTS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING", Ser. No. 888,535, filed Jul, 22, 1986 now abandoned. That application, which is hereby incorporated by reference, describes in detail the method and apparatus employed in this embodiment to perform these calculations. The results of applying this technique to the images of FIGS. 4 and 5 are shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, respectively. The Gaussian convolution was performed with an operator having a center diameter of 16 pixels. In FIGS. 6 and 7, the black areas 62, 72 represent the positive sign and the white areas 64, 74 represent the negative sign.
After the images have been filtered using either the above-described process or some other desired process, the filtered images are correlated with each other. The method and apparatus described in the above-referenced patent application are used by the image processing means of this embodiment to perform binary area correlations to compare the relative position of the sign areas (the sign of the Laplacian of Gaussian convolution in binary form) of FIGS. 6 and 7. The system described in that patent application automatically performs the correlation using various offsets of the two digitized filtered images. The relative displacement of the two which results in the highest correlation may be determined by making as many correlation measurements as desired.
FIG. 8 is a graph 80 of a cross-correlation of FIGS. 6 and 7, obtained by shifting the images in a single direction (represented by the horizontal axis 82) one pixel at a time. The direction of shifting is defined by the dimension to be measured, that is, the dimension between the opposing edges captured in the two images. There is a single peak 84, and the roll-off of correlation with displacement is relatively smooth and linear, which allows sub-pixel interpolation to measure relative displacement with accuracy and precision. To obtain more data and improve accuracy even further, the correlation may be extended in an additional orthogonal direction to plot a correlation surface. The location (on the horizontal axis) of the peak of the resulting cone is then determined using the technique described in the above-referenced patent application, or other techniques known in the art.
The invention has applications beyond the example of measuring critical feature dimensions in integrated circuits. The technique is applicable in any field where directional illumination can select opposing edges of the specimen whose dimensions are required. The specimen must have topographic relief to form the image contrast when illuminated from a low angle. If the topographic relief is in a material transparent to the illumination, then the opposing edges will exhibit only partial segregation when selectively illuminated, because some light will be scattered by the "ghost" edge. This condition results in a measured feature size that is small by a factor of (a-b)/(a+b), where a and b are respectively the integrals of intensity under the illuminated edge and the ghost edge. This bias can be compensated for to the extent these relative weights are known.
Although the circular dots used as target elements in this embodiment produced good results, it may be preferable in some applications to apply a compensating factor to the displacement measurements to account for the distribution of light around the feature circumference. Obviously, the technique is also applicable to features bounded by parallel straight edges, such as rectangles or squares, since this provides the most direct relationship between image correlation displacement and physical feature size.
In summary, selective dark field illumination is used to distinguish and segregate opposing edges of features in separate images, and these images are correlated to measure the feature size (displacement between the edges). This technique renders it feasible to use complex patterns of elements for measuring average feature dimensions. These patterns provide more data for a particular target area and camera field than the single-element rectangular target used in the prior art. These patterns can be adapted for a particular image processing technique to compensate for noise and distortion from the image acquisition system. When a pattern with low spatial frequency content is used with the low frequency image processing techniques described herein, accurate, reproducible results are obtained. By discarding some of the high frequency information, while retaining some of the low frequency information, the measurement is relatively insensitive to small distortions and high frequency noise.
The preceding has been a description of the preferred embodiment of the invention. Although specific details have been provided with respect to the preferred embodiment, these details should be understood as being for the purpose of illustration and not limitation. The scope of the invention may be ascertained from the appended claims.
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Ajpv12 changed sometime in the last couple of weeks. What's up on that site is the older version of mod_jserv.so which will result in the apache process hanging when you try to hit Tomcat through it. You need to compile the module from the present source tree. -----Original Message----- From: Jesper Jørgensen [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 5:51 AM To: email@example.com Subject: Tomcat+Apache not working The current tomcat code does not seem to work with the Apache Jserv connector. Setup: Redhat linux 6.1 Apache 1.3.9 with mod_jserv.so (downloaded from http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/tomcat/release/v3.1_beta_1/bin/linux/i386/m od_jserv.so) Tomcat latest from CVS and nightly builds 20000405 and 20000403 I switched back and forth between latest tomcat and tomcat-3.1b1 and everything works fine with the latter. With the latest tomcat, I get no answer to the browser for a while, then tomcat throws the following exception: ---- HANDLER THREAD PROBLEM: java.io.IOException: Stream broken, couldn't demarshal string :768:416 java.io.IOException: Stream broken, couldn't demarshal string :768:416 at org.apache.tomcat.service.connector.Ajpv12InputStream.readString(Ajp12Connec tionHandler.java, Compiled Code) at org.apache.tomcat.service.connector.AJP12RequestAdapter.readNextRequest(Ajp1 2ConnectionHandler.java, Compiled Code) at org.apache.tomcat.service.connector.Ajp12ConnectionHandler.processConnection (Ajp12ConnectionHandler.java, Compiled Code) at org.apache.tomcat.service.TcpConnectionThread.run(SimpleTcpEndpoint.java, Compiled Code) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java, Compiled Code) ---- I've tried to look for new jserv modules or a way to build jserv from the source in tomcat but I didn't find anything to suggest that I am not using the latest jserv module. I've been looking for the Tomcat+Apache HOWTO to see if there were new instructions, but I couldn't find it at all, has it been removed ? Shouldn't the apache integration work in 3.1 ? I will submit this to bugzilla, but I hope to get some response from here first that may clarify things. Jesper Joergensen, http://CAPUT.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: email@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: email@example.com
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In this project we compare recent developments in Norwegian regulation of family immigration to developments in Europe. It is part of a wider European study on family migration regulation.
Three outputs will be available online: The full national report on Norwegian regulation contributed to European Migration Network, a summary of the Norwegian report and a comparison of Norwegian regulations with legislation and practice in other European countries.
This project will study how different bargaining regimes and union agreements affect wage growth and wage dispersion.
The project surveys the existing literature on bargaining regimes and the relationship to wage growth and wage dispersion. Furthermore, we will describe the development of bargaining regimes and union treaties and the changes in the distribution of union wage premium centrally and locally in Norway, as well as describe empirically the wage growth and wage dispersion in Norway.
Finally, the project will provide a quantitative analysis of how the different bargaining regimes and union agreements and the associated premiums contributes to wage growth and wage dispersion, within and between workplaces and for different worker groups.
217 local referendums have been held in Norwegian municipalities, in order to explore public opinion on municipal amalgamation. This has led to a discussion of referendums as a democratic tool.
Questions have been raised about the practical implementation of such referendums, and whether there is a need for national guidelines.
The project maps and discusses various aspects of local referendums on municipal amalgamation, and the role of referendums in municipal decision-making more generally.
The project includs seven sub-projects, in which different types of data and methods are used:
1. A research-based overview of the use of local referendums
2. Analysis of existing data on the referendums that have been held
3. Carrying out and analysing an online survey to the municipalities that have held referendums
4. Analysis of qualitative interviews from a project on the Municipal Reform
5. Analysis and discussion of the electoral system (methods of alternative voting)
6. Analysis of survey data from the Norwegian Citizen Panel
7. A discussion of issues concerning the legitimacy of referendums
The project will collaborate closely with – and utilize data from – the project Reshaping the Map of Local and Regional Self-Government. A study of the Norwegian Local Government Reform (NLGR) processes 2014-2019.
Treff-2 is a strategic project (ISP) aiming to develop and to stimulate a solid environment for social security research in Norway. The project is based on research conducted in the Treff-project (ISP 2010-2015). Its basic tenet is that in modern welfare states there is a tension between the concerns related to income security provision and those related to incentives and activation.
The balance between these concerns is disturbed by new political impulses and external demographic and economic shocks. The Norwegian welfare state has experienced both: international impulses and political trends are towards more activation, often in the form of sanctions and conditionality, while the oil price plummets, unemployment rises and Norway experiences record-high inflow of asylum seekers. In such an environment, the social security policy will have to be adapted.
Treff-2 comprises two major research modules; Module A is on politics and legitimacy, i.e., studies of polical support and motivation for changes and the relationship between public opinion and politics.
Module B is on implementation and outcomes, i.e., studies of how politics affect case-workers practice and the clients' responses to these practices. Both projects employ qualitative and quantitative data, based on surveys and administrative registers. Both modules also explicitly endorse comparative dimensions.
Treff-2 is a collaboration between Institute for Social Research (ISF) and Center for the Study of Professions (SPS) at the Oslo and Akershus College of Applied Sciences. I addition the project involves collaboration with different departments and centres at the University in Oslo, such as Department of Economics, ESOP, Department of Political Science and Department of Sociology.
The project explores different degrees of attachment to the Sámi polity in Norway and Sweden: Who are inside and outside of the Sámi polity? To what extent are boundaries drawn between those who are included in the Sámi polity, and those who are not?
One main theme is people who have an attachment to the Sámi community, but have not enrolled on the Sámi Parliament's electoral roll, or do not meet the criteria to do so. When the Sámi Parliaments were established, it was necessary to make a distinction between those who had the right to register as voters and participate in Sámi politics, and those who had not. We will carry out qualitative interviews and study media content, in order to explore attitudes towards this issue in the Sámi public debate, among the non-enrolled Sámi themselves, and among political actors.
Another main theme is the varying degree of Sámi attachment among those who have enrolled on the Sámi electoral roll. This is done by means of quantitative voter surveys. We ask to what extent the increasing urbanization leads to a weaker attachment to the Sámi polity, and to conflicts between the urban Sámi and the Sámi in the traditional settlement areas.
A third theme is the distinction between Sámi and non-Sámi in policy-making, which is increasingly based on statistics. Using qualitative interviews and document studies, we will study the use of Sámi statistics in policy-making, and how the boundaries between "inside" and "outside" are drawn in Sámi statistics.
We compare Norway and Sweden throughout the project. Although Norway and Sweden are similar in many ways, there are major differences in the Sámi policy of the two states, and in the legal basis and authority of the two Sámi Parliaments. The relationship between the Sámi voters and their respective Sámi Parliaments and nation-states also varies between the countries.
A main part of the project is a representative voter survey with a sample drawn from the electoral roll of the Norwegian Sámi Parliament, carried out at the Sámi parliamentary elections in 2017. This is a follow-up of previous surveys from 2009 and 2013.
Key topics include:
1. Voter turnout and enrolment in the electoral roll
2. Voting and political cleavages
3. The political agenda – issues that are important for voting
4. Political trust
The project includes two in-depth studies. Work Package A studies how institutionalized and semi-institutionalized Sámi arenas are used to reach Sámi voters, and the use and importance of social media.
Work Package B studies the relationship between Sámi parties and electoral lists on the one hand, and other parts of Sámi civil society on the other. To what extent does a Sámi civil society exist, and how close is the relationship between Sámi civil society groups and electoral lists?
In the last decades, there has been a steep increase in the size of Norwegian ministries' political staff and communication units. This project will study effects of these changes on horizontal and vertical coordination in the Norwegian government.
The project is a collaboration between a research group covering three academic institutions (ISF, UiO, HiOA) and the Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (Difi).
The project is partly comparative through studies on Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
The project will consider concrete proposals to improve the coordination capability of the Norwegian government using three groups of measures: procedural changes; structural changes and formalization of informal norms and rules.
The project will address three main research questions:
The primary objective of the project is to provide in-depth knowledge about of i) the media policy field ii) the media industry field, and iii) individual news consumption.
The secondary objective is to analyze the implications of these changes for fulfilling media policy goals of an open and enlightened public discourse, and a corresponding enlightened understanding among the public.
The project combines a longitudinal perspective on media consumption and media policy development, with contemporary institutional field studies focusing on the interplay between key actors.
This combined approach enables us to consider the effect of media policy in detail, as it has occurred both on the field level and the individual level, and to provide historically embedded knowledge that can shed light on contemporary challenges.
Field analyses of the Norwegian media industry taken in the broad sense, including new, emerging actors, such as digital intermediaries, as well as established key players will allow us to analyze the impact of digitalization in relation to external and internal diversity, as well as quality.
This is combined with the analysis of a unique and complex data set on individual news consumption that includes information on sources/platforms used as well as content, and how this has developed in different user groups over the past two decades, i.e. the development in exposure diversity at the individual level.
Finally we make use of a large, comparative data set that enables the study of the development of political knowledge within different national media systems over time to probe the link between source diversity in a given system and an enlightened, politically knowledgeable population.
Ultimately, our design allows us both to provide most-needed empirical descriptions of current developments in media systems linked to digitalization and globalization, and to ask fundamental questions about the potential space for public media policies in an era of exponential increase in news offers, and in a situation where the policy field has been opened up to a range of new actors.
"Reshaping the Map of Local and Regional Self-Government. A study of the Norwegian Local Government Reform processes 2014?2019" is a cooperative project involving a number of Norwegian and Nordic social scientists and research institutions.
The outcome of the Local Government Reform is still (as of the project start date of February 1st 2016) uncertain, but the reform is potentially the most extensive reform of the Norwegian political and administrative system in decades, attracting much public interest.
The purpose of our project is to describe and analyse the reform as it progresses from the point of initiation in 2014, until a second main phase of municipal amalgamations is scheduled to be implemented by the end of 2019. The research group will, in other words, monitor the reform process and collect data as the process unfolds.
The Local Government Reform could be characterised as one reform, but many reforms. It is one centrally led reform, rooted in the parliament's and government's decisions, and supported by a wide range of means and instruments – but also manifests itself in a variety of differentiated local and regional processes, where different actors discuss the conditions for amalgamations between municipalities (and between county municipalities). The research group aims to capture the reform as it unfolds at the various levels, and the dynamic between central and local processes.
Our data will consist of surveys, interviews and various documents. A number of local case studies will be carried out. With respect to methods, comparison will be an essential tool. The local processes in different parts of the country vary, and the differences call for explanation. The processes will also be analysed in light of experiences from other European countries, historical experiences from our own country, and other domestic cross-level reforms of the public sector.
In the project we investigate the characteristics of fathers who do not make use of the entire father's quota in the parental leave scheme in Norway, why these fathers do not make use of the entire father's quota, and what would make them use more of it.
The project has three parts:
1. A literature review or previous research on these topics in Norway
2. Empirical analyses based on Norwegian registry data of the proportion and characteristics of fathers who do not use the entire father's quota
3. In depth interviews with fathers who have note used the entire fathers' quota


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With a stay at Is Arenas Resort in Narbolia, you'll be next to a golf course and close to Is Arenas Beach and Ruins of Cornus. This 5-star hotel is within the vicinity of Putzu Idu Beach and Sa Mesa Longa Beach.
Make yourself at home in one of the 62 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have rainfall showerheads and complimentary toiletries. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages. After a day at the private beach, you can enjoy other recreational amenities including an outdoor pool and a fitness center. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, concierge services, and babysitting/childcare (surcharge). Guests can catch a ride to nearby destinations on the area shuttle (surcharge).
Enjoy a meal at a restaurant, or stay in and take advantage of the hotel's 24-hour room service. Relax with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge or a poolside bar.
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Featured amenities include a business center, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Free self parking is available onsite.
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- Full-service spa
- Children's pool
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- Area shuttle (surcharge)
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- One meeting room
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- Newspapers in lobby (surcharge)
- Children's club (free)
- Garden
- Library
- Private beach nearby
- Luggage storage
- Concierge services
- Free breakfast
- Free self parking
- Pool sun loungers
- Outdoor pool
- Supervised childcare/activities (free)
- Spa treatment room(s)
- 24-hour front desk
- Poolside bar
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- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
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- Free WiFi
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- Total number of rooms - 62
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- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free toiletries
- Minibar
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Down comforter
- In-room safe
- Air conditioning
- Slippers
- Phone
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- Hair dryer
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- Free bottled water
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- Room service (24 hours)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
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- All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport.
- Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation.
- Reservations are required for golf tee times. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
- One child 5 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Pet fee: EUR 80 per pet, per stay
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One of the 'cooler' pieces of technology to come out of Microsoft Research and make its way into the Unified Communications group is something called Microsoft Roundtable, which I have spoken about before.
It's quite difficult to explain what Microsoft Roundtable does and how it works without playing one, even I had trouble talking to people about it until I had access to a few.
Well it looks like the guys over in Redmond have sent a Roundtable to Tom at TMC who has put together a neat little summary and review of what Microsoft Roundtable is, including a short flash demo and some pictures.
I am glad to say he was pleased with the device, his only complaint is that the panoramic view doesn't work with any other software except Livemeeting or OCS. He concluded by saying….
"All in all, I was pretty impressed with the Microsoft RoundTable. With its panoramic view and active speaker video switching functionality, you almost feel as though you are there in the conference room. I do wish the panoramic USB camera device worked in other applications besides LM 2007 and OCS 2007, but at least the active speaker video works. Although not released for general availability, the Microsoft RoundTable is expected to retail for around $3,000 putting this in the category of high-end videoconferencing systems. However, with fuel costs and other travel expenses, a high-quality, high-end videoconferencing system can pay for itself very quickly."
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Works great with my Cox high speed internet connection.
When I learned I was paying Time Warner Cable $7 a month for a DOCSIS 2.0 modem (no longer in use) for many years and could purchase my own - I did. I followed the "where to plug in the three cables" instructions (cable company line, ethernet line to router and power line). With my computer and modem on, I called "TWC technical support" to give them the MAC ID number on the side of the unit. The TWC rep "set up" my new modem and removed the monthly charge. The entire process of hooking it up and finishing with TWC was less than ten minutes. I took longer to hide the new power cable behind my desk.
Ordering online is a few bucks cheaper than purchasing in the store (and cheaper than Best Buy, Office Depot and Frys). My Walmart is a few blocks away so I had mine shipped to the store. They emailed me when the modem arrived. Walmart has a special line for "ship to store" pickups - so no waiting in the "merchandise returns" line.
I will never pay a monthly modem fee again. So far, so good. Thank you Walmart.
This is my second purchase of this model. First one 6 months ago is at home and this one at my son's college house. Both needed to be Comcast compatible and DOCSIS 3.0 to be future proof. They are fast, and easy to set up after the required call to Comcast support to allow them on their network. My only complaint with the modems is every once in a while they trip off and restart for no reason. I have not researched this issue yet, because it is very brief, albeit annoying.
Another complaint is with Walmart's stock reporting system. My second one's online purchase confirmed in stock status, but none was at the store when I arrived, the out of stock text came while I was leaving the parking lot. So, I cancelled that purchase and ordered it from a store near my son's house, which also showed it in stock, but a text came saying it was on back order a few days. There is definitely a problem with Walmart's stock inventory network and its communication with their online store.
I am not enough of a tech. to know or use all the features but for my 4 lan and 3 wifi house it works perfectly. The modem set itself up and got on line with Comcast automatically. I had to fill in a few questions about my account on line and then it was up and running. I did call Comcast tech support just to make sure all was well and the operator confirmed that the Motorola SB 6121 had setup automatically.
My old Zoom modem worked great for 4 years but then Comcast changed something in their system and it began to drop the connection. Comcast, of course, wanted me to pay $8/month to rent one of their modems. Buying my own from Walmart for less than $80 made more sense to me. The Morotola SB6121 is rated one of the top compatible modems at the Comcast tech site. In another 3-4 years some other change may out date this modem but by then it will have paid for itself 3-4 times over. I guess I need to put the Zoom on craig's list.
I decided to purchase this modem after our previous Motorola SB5100 began having sync issue. After spending nearly an hour troubleshooting our connection issue with cable provider, I was offered a replacement through them at a monthly lease charge of $6.99 a month. For that amount I justified the cost of this replacement and avoiding the monthly charge. Setup of the Motorola SB6121 was easy and straight forward. A 10 minute phone call to cable tech support to switch out the equipment and we were back up and running. Our internet connection is a 30x5 we were averaging 19x1 with the old modem. We now are getting 30x4.3. The added feature of the multi-speed Ethernet port is nice. If your Router WAN Port is Gigabit capable, the lag when connecting and downloading is gone. The modem is great for those who stream video, music, and online game. It also resolved a lag issue when streaming content from our DirecTV dvr.
I bought this modem after Time Warner decided to start charging a lease fee for their modem. After using it for a full day, I no longer lose my wireless connection on my laptop and have been streaming Netflix all day with no streaming loss. Both of those were huge issues daily. I am more than satisfied with this product!
A word of caution to TWC internet and phone users. The first tech told me if I were to buy my own modem, I would have to return their modem to a TWC store for a phone-only modem. Thankfully, I decided to get the modem up and running before wasting time and gas going to a store with the old modem in tow. The second TWC CS I contacted to add this modem on my account told me I did NOT have to return the old modem; they would just give me the same one (Arris) anyway as it was a phone and internet modem. She hooked me up, removed the modem lease charge and made sure everything was fine with the old modem which is now only working for phone-only. Just make sure to get a 5-1000 splitter (Walmart only had a 5-2000 which works fine) and a 2 more coax cables to hook up both modems.
I purchased the Motorola SURFboard SB6121 DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem as an upgrade from a DOCSIS 2 modem so I could take advantage of the higher 50 Mbps speed offered by my cable company. It was very easy to set up: I followed the directions in the startup guide, connected the ethernet cable, and contacted the cable company so they could complete the activation. (If one is setting up cable service for the first time, the steps may be a bit more involved, but the modem itself is not difficult). So far it is working just fine. It looks nice on the desk, doesn't take up a lot of room (it's "footprint" is about 1.5" x 5") and I like that the LED status lights on the front are little icons, so one can tell at a glance which is for power, connectivity, etc.
My previous modem was also a Motorola SURFboard product, and it was working fine after more than 18 months. As earlier mentioned, I only replaced it to be able to upgrade to higher internet speeds. With the cable company wanting $7.99 per month to rent a modem from them, it had already more than paid for itself. I fully expect this one will do the same.
if you have cable like Comcast----------MAKE SURE THAT YOU DISCONNECT THE COMCAST MODEM AND TAKE IT BACK TO COMCAST AND TELL THEM YOU OWN YOUR OWN MOODEM NOW00A SAVE-INGS OF 8.00 OFF YOUR BILL AS NO MORE RENT THEIRS-------BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THATA THEIR PHONE OFFICE WILL NE ABLE TO GET YOU UP AND RUNNING--THEY HAVE TO SEE ON THEIR COMPUTERS IN THE BILLING OFFICE THAT YOU RETURNED THEIR OLD MODEM TO YOU BEFORE THEY WILL CONNECT YOU-------SO MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW THIS ADVICE--IT WILL MAKE YOUR NEW MODEM GET ON LINE RIGHT OFF-----OK THATS THE DEAL THIS MODEM DOES REAL FAST FAST AND I HAVE THE SLOWEST HI SPEED COMCST OFFERS(29.00-PER MONTH) AND IT WILL DO YOUTUBE-VIDEOS LIKE THE FASTEST HISPEED-----SO YOU CAN GET THE CHEAP HI SPEED LIKE I HAVE AND IT WILL WORK FAST WITH THIS MODEM
I followed the recommendation from my Internet Service Provider (ISP) to get a DOCSIS 3.0 modem to replace my older model. After carefully looking for reviews, this model was highly rated. It was delivered within the expected time. I was a able to install it right out of the box just following the Read Me First instructions. I noticed the power transformer gets very hot (will keep checking). I performed a speed test and yielded 18.51 Mbps downloading and 7.12 Mbps uploading from an old Sony VAIO (2011) model. My ISP claims it can deliver 25 Mbps. Verifying if the firmware was up to date was rather cumbersome. The firmware loaded 188.8.131.52 is not the latest from the manufacturer, there are other newer versions available 22.214.171.124. I have been using it for 3 days concurrently with 2 MacBooks, one Sony VAIO, and 2 iphone 4s, serviced by a Airave GPS antenna hooked up to the router. Very good!
When ordering Comcast internet, I decided to buy a modem rather than pay $7.00 per month for the rental of thier router. I only want internet from Comcast, maybe more later. I was expecting a need to program the unit for it to work properly. I looked for an instruction book for programming and there is'nt one. You must go online for that. I would much prefer a physical manual. It was a surprise to me when I plugged it in and immediately had internet access! Everything worked after a two minute install (plug three cables in). There has not been one glitch! I am happy with the modem and my decision to buy it.
Bought it to replace the one from the cable company and right off I saw a greater CLEAR reception, computer loaded faster that I have ever seen it load. And buying it it saves me
$91.00 a year rent, and like I said, it is a better modem! Semper Fi.
the modem works with comcast (although it took forever to initialize on their network, but that's one time only). it wil pay for itself in a year.
I got this modem because I was having connection proplems. My internet would either be fine, run slow as a snail, or randomly drop for no reason. The modem that I had was installed by the cable company and after doing some checking on their website, I found that it wasn't compatable with the speed rate package that I signed up for, and I couldnt change the channel on my wireless modem. Instead of paying monthly fdor one, I opted to buy my own. Setup was very simple. Once installed I was able to change my wireless channel to a stable one, and my problem went away.
So I replaced my old, cable company provided modem because I refuse to pay a nickle more to utility companies than I have to. I had an older Motorola SB500 series for years. So lo and behold, the minute I installed this device, my download speeds increased considerably. On Speedtest.net my results went from the 10-12 MPS range to 25-30 MPS due, I assume, to the channel bonding capabilities of this modem. I watch almost all my TV from streaming devices and many of the issues that I had been having (lousy quality, frequent reloads, freezing) have disappeared entirely. So the net of it is... I give less to the Cable company PLUS I get improved service that I hadn't anticipated. Excellent choice!
No problems yet. Easy to hook up and get running. Cheaper than renting a modem from Comcast. Also my speed increase from 15mbps download to 55mbps.
I never thought my internet service would get any faster; that is, until I bought this little guy!! I used to get speeds of 10-15 mbps with Comcast. Now, with this new Motorola SURFboard DOCSIS 3.0, I truly am able to "surf" the internet. I am getting speeds of around 30-40 mbps now! I am able to watch 1080p YouTube videos on 4 different devices without any lagging. I would definitely recommend this product!! Works exceptionally well and delivers as promised - SURFing the web!!!
this surfboard does everything it states. It took a while for comcast to get the signal, but one it registered hooking up to wireless router was easy. comcast cable approved unit. After i purchase i check ebay and you can get it cheeper at least $20 less if you can wait out the bidding process. overall perfect for comcast customer
The cable company wanted me "rent" their modem for $11 a month so I read up on modems. This model was highly recommended. The cable guy asked me if I had my own modem & who I was using for cable at the time (I was moving & Time Warner was all that was offered at my new place) I told him I had previously had Comcast & he said that my modem from them would work with Time Warner. He also said it wouldn't work with At&t or Dish, Direct Tv, etc...I looked at my roommate's modem we used with Comcast internet & tv & it was a Motorola Arris..This model is a newer one of what we had & was only $62 at our local Walmart. Sure beats paying for rented equipment. I own this & can use it with a variety of internet and/or cable providers. Very happy with my purchase & it was very easy to install.
I don't leave feedback as a rule, only when something is very good or bad. This modem is great and was easy to set up. I have COX cable and read a few of the reviews and this is how I set it up.
It is not the fault of the modem that it takes four passes on COX self-registration. But it is not hard either.
I connect the cable and did not connect my router, but connect directly to my computer from the back of the modem. I powered it up and it took about a minute to connect to internet.
I started browser and got the COX self-registration page. I put in information and it hung so I dropped the browser and restarted. I got down the road a bit more but it hung again and I restarted.
The four time I got to the "put in your S/N and Mac address". I did that (using the long serial number and MAC address) and COX accepted it. It was 5 minutes in when I lost connection to internet so I drop the browser again.
The next time it came up it was pointing to Google so it work.
My speeds went from download (4 to 11 depending on the time of day) and upload (from .2 to .4). I should have been getting 20 down and 4 up with Premier Service.
My pervious modem was a cheap Docsis 1.0.
Now I get download of 24 and up is testing at 29. It is too fast for the test sites I use.
I call that a happy problem and my internet is really reliable and very fast.
Hope this helps and I did not have to use COX helpdesk.
I bought online from Walmat and it was ready in a few hours when I went to the store to pick it up.
Brand new in a box and perfect condition.
We use it for 2 laptops, an Ipad, Directv Genie System, Netflix, and Wii, and we have had no problems or lag coupled with our standard Time Warner Internet. It has exceeded expectation!


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The "installer" and "toucan" repositories for the portableapps project - https://www.ohloh.net/p/portableapps/enlistments - failed ten days ago in "counting lines of source code". The "launcher" repository updated successfully eleven days ago. This is shortly after a full recount due to negative line counts and the integration of my NSIS parser on the 9th - https://github.com/robinluckey/ohcount/pull/1 - which according to the "on production servers in about a week" matches quite closely with the "ten days ago". (So I suspect it may have been working eleven days ago, on the 15th, but not ten days ago, on the 16th.)
The installer and launcher repositories are almost entirely NSIS code, but I don't think the toucan repository has any NSIS code (don't have a copy of it handy). And I'm able to run ohcount locally and it works fine on both the launcher and installer repositories. So I really don't know quite what is happening with it.
Probably related is the fact that I am unable to add a new enlistment - http://portableapps.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/portableapps/development-toolkit - "An error occured connecting to the server. Check the URL, username, and password."
Well, it looks as if you shouldn't be having any problems adding the extra enlistment since it is in the same repository as the rest of your enlistments. Experimentally, I added it OK. Must have been a temporary glitch (I hope!) Please check it to be sure the new enlistment is as you expect it to be.
Regarding the stuck enlistments, I need to report that it must have been our problem at this end since the error message indicated that the crawler couldn't find a specific piece of local ohloh storage when it went to crawl the two repos. I re-fetched the two and things seem to be working again.
I'll report back here once all the jobs have finished.
The re-fetches and all other associated jobs ran OK and in addition another update ran immediately after. (No additional commits were processed.)
Analysis is at Apr 26 2011 and last commit is at 2011-04-26.
Please be sure to let me know here if there are any further problems.
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On the hillside overlooking Woody Point, Bonne Bay and Gros Morne Mountain, on the road to Trout River and the majestic Tablelands this cabin is located in one of the most beautiful and scenic areas to be found anywhere. Parks Canada's Discovery Centre is in walking distance. Located on the outskirts of the town, this property is peaceful and private.
Woody Point is a registered heritage community, located within a UNESCO World Heritage site, Gros Morne National Park. The town is well known for the Writers at Woody Point Festival each August, as well as being a location for the wonderful summer events of Gros Morne Summer Music.
There is a television in the house, but currently no cable service although there are videos to watch if requested. There is cellular coverage for companies using the Bell cell network and recently the Rogers network became available here too. There is no telephone in the house.
There is a lot on the go in Woody Point during the peak of the season. In the spring I send an email to guests coming for the season with information about the area.
Some comments from my guest book:
"We had a fantastic time staying in your cabin!The view from the back deck combined with the extra comfy bed made it the perfect stay! :-)"
"Thank you for the great house! We lived the view and had a wonderful time in Gros Morne. We loved the wildlife at your house, a noise came to visit one morning, we also saw hummingbirds and crows."
"We stayed in your wonderfully artistic, warm & inviting home for the last days of our 2 week visit to Newfoundland. It rained, but fortunately your house us so delightful it did not matter. We made great food in your kitchen, so well stocked, and enjoyed the deck when the rain paused."
"We had a wonderful time at your cabin. Amazing views, great weather, many hiking adventures. Lived sitting on the back deck enjoying the beautiful views. Learned many interesting facts about the area. Everyone is so friendly."
"Thank you for sharing this lovely retreat with us. It was the perfect home base for exploration if the Park & local communities. The night at the Seaside was particularly memorable - the music was lovely!"
My Dad was from Woody Point, and I have recently built this house on land given to me by my aunt, for whom the property is named. My aunt was a well-known outdoors woman in her day.
There are great Park Trails nearby, such as the Green Gardens Trail. Gros Morne Mountain is on the north side of the park, about an hour's drive around the bay, where also are the communities of Norris Point and Rocky Harbour. Also the Western Brook Pond is located north of Rocky Harbour.
Cozy home with a beautiful view of Bonne Bay and the Tablelands. Just minutes from Woody Point, the Discovery Centre, the Tablelands and Green Gardens hiking trail, it is the ideal location to enjoy many beautiful hikes and activities. We loved our stay in Gros Morne!
Spent 4 days here with hubby, son, daughter in law and their dog. Chalet was as described in listing, but better. It was comfortable and homey with enough room for all of us. The beds were comfortable, the view was fantastic. We enjoyed relaxing on the deck in the evening after a long day of hiking. The location was perfect and we spent our days hiking and exploring nearby towns. The owner was very helpful and suggested many of the places we visited. We would definitely stay there again if we visit Newfoundland again.
Having spent 4 nights here and seen the entire park, I cannot imagine there is a better place to stay in all of Gros Morne. We loved meeting Gayle, and her house is as comfortable as home. We hope to come back!
Woody Point is renowned for its beauty. It is nearby to the Tablelands, part of an ancient oceanic tectonic plate, and evidence of the theory of tectonic plate movement. Beauty and the Tablelands are 2 of the reasons that Gros Morne National Park has UNESCO World Heritage status.
Park and community trails and walking are nearby, also the Parks Canada Discovery Centre is very close. I have a great view of Gros Morne Mountain, for which the park is named, but you'll have to drive around the bay to climb it, as it is on the north side of the park, along with Rocky Harbour and Norris Point.
Woody Point is home of St. Patrick's Church, now a performance space where many events of Gros Morne Summer Music are held. Also we are the home of the famous and immensely popular festival "Writers at Woody Point" each year in August.
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Mercy Health to hire 30 care coordinators after successful pilot program
A yearlong program to improve care and reduce medical costs for some of Mercy Health's sickest patients paid dividends.
Mercy had nurse care coordinators closely manage 310 high-risk patients, both as inpatients and outpatients. Officials were so pleased with the results, they plan to hire 30 more of the coordinators for 2013.
Over 12 months, Mercy saw a 51 percent reduction in hospital admissions among the group. That corresponded with a 35 percent reduction in readmissions and a 37 percent reduction in emergency department visits.
Nearly 12 percent of patients quit smoking.
Dr. Anthony Behler of Mercy Health Fairfield Internal Medicine and Rheumatology said the program helped him to do his job.
"Having someone else looking at patients and getting to know them personally makes managing these patients much more effective and gratifying," he said.
Patients in the group had conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. Often, they'd been in the hospital several times already.
Hospitals across the country are under pressure from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reduce readmissions, medical errors and costs. For example, in October, the federal government began taking money away from hospitals that see too many patients coming back after being discharged, as the Business Courier reported. Across the country, 2,211 hospitals will give up a total of $280 million in Medicare funds in the first year of the program.
Margaret Namie, divisional vice president of quality at Mercy Health, told the Courier in August that the nonprofit health network had hired six care coordinators for its physician practices and three care-transition nurses for its six hospitals.
The coordinators in the pilot worked with patients at four Mercy Health Physicians practices designated as patient-centered medical homes. They visited patients in the hospital before discharge, and they reviewed progress during office visits, home visits and periodic phone calls. They also taught health education classes and, when needed, referred patients to behavioral health counselors.
Mercy Health officials now believe that if they employ nurse care coordinators across all Mercy Health Physicians primary-care practices, they will see a 5-to-1 return on investment.
Behler said the program targeted approximately the sickest 5 percent of patients. As it expands, it will probably focus on the most severe 10 percent to 15 percent. As a result, he said, future improvement statistics might not be as dramatic, but more patients will be helped.


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Not a Picture-Perfect Father: The Real Martin MacNeill
Act 1: Family and neighbors describe the Utah doctor as arrogant or stern.
Martin MacNeill's Frantic 911 Call About His Wife
Act 2: MacNeill hangs up three times and fails to give the operator an audible address.
After Tragic Death of MacNeill's Wife, Gypsy Willis Moves In
Act 3: Three weeks after his wife's death, Martin MacNeill's lover moves in as his daughters' nanny.
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Dr. Martin MacNeill: Verdict Reached
A Utah jury has found Dr. Martin MacNeill guilty of drugging and drowning his wife.
Inmate Says Utah Doctor Called His Dead Wife a 'Bitch'
An inmate testified about his conversations with Dr. Martin MacNeill at a federal prison.
End of Closing Arguments Puts Martin MacNeill's Fate in Jury's Hands
Jurors must now decide if Dr. Martin MacNeill is guilty of murdering his wife.
Alexis MacNeill on Guilty Verdict: 'Such a Relief'
MacNeill's father, Martin, was found guilty of murdering her mother six years ago.
Martin MacNeill's Lover Explains Photos Sent Day After Wife's Death
After Michele MacNeill's death, Gypsy Willis said she wanted to keep Martin MacNeill's attention.
Wife Killer Tried to Use Jail Razor to Kill Himself
Martin MacNeill was hospitalized after guards discovered his suicide attempt.
Utah Doc's Wife Drowned, Expert Testifies
Michele MacNeill regurgitated at least seven cups of water, according to report.
Utah Doctor Guilty of Drugging and Drowning Wife
Prosecutors allege doctor drugged, drowned wife so he could be with mistress.
Doctor's Mistress 'Shocked' by Guilty Murder Verdict
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Fifty Shades of Grey may have exposed tens of millions of readers to a new world of sexual fantasy, but it seems many of them were only taking a temporary detour down their bookstore's erotica aisle.
The sexually charged trilogy has been on bestseller lists since 2011 with an estimated 70 million copies sold. Publishing executives around the world rushed to publish similar titles, and Canada's Harlequin was well ahead of the pack with a large inventory of already published books and a slate of new arrivals ready for publishing.
"[Has] erotica as a category got a lot more attention?" Harlequin chief executive officer Donna Hayes asked in October. "The answer is definitely yes. We've actually put out probably half a dozen books, which we had in our backlog, which are doing very, very well in U.S. market right now. And we expect to do more of that. So we are hoping that our trends will continue and we will benefit from that."
Nobody seemed better poised than Harlequin, which has sold 6 billion books to date. But, the anticipated surge in readership hasn't materialized. Revenue dropped 5.4 per cent for the Torstar Corp.-owned publisher in the first six months of the year to $202-million, while operating profits fell 28 per cent to $27.6-million.
"We had anticipated lower earnings at Harlequin," said Torstar chief executive officer David Holland. "But not to this extent."
RBC Dominion Securities Analyst Haran Posner called the slip a "source of disappointment," adding the management thinks it is unlikely things will get much better this year.
The biggest problem has been the publisher's direct-to-consumer offerings, which is basically a book club for interested readers. Harlequin also blamed weak economies in Europe from dragging down international sales (North American retail sales and digital revenue, meanwhile, were largely unchanged from last year).
Part of the 50 Shades phenomenon has been driven by the e-reader – people who may not have wanted the world to know what they were reading can now read the graphic sex scenes in public without anyone knowing what they're up to.
One way Harlequin hopes to entice some new readers into its pages is through a partnership with Cosmo magazine. The recently announced deal will see the publisher crank out two e-books a month.
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