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As Marshall McLuhan once said, "Most of our assumptions have outlived their uselessness." This has never been truer than now, and we have customer data to thank for it.
While data has always played a role in experience design, the digitization of customer experiences — both online and in physical environments — has greatly expanded the depth and breadth of customer data available. As a result, the way CX pros use data is undergoing a significant change. Rather than be passive recipients of data reports, CX pros are becoming active data miners and explorers.
The effect of this exploration is that CX pros, empowered with data that they now have direct access to, are challenging long-held orthodoxy, assumptions, and conventions. Consider the following:
- CNN tunes its coverage to consumers' tastes . . . to the displeasure of critics. While critics may heap scorn on CNN for its extended coverage of Malaysia Airline Flight 370, the numbers tell a different story. After crunching the data, CNN concluded that viewers were not tiring of MH370 coverage. In fact, the analysis indicated that viewers wanted more of it. This led CNN to extend the coverage well beyond what CNN producers (and other network producers) intuitively assign to such an event. The call paid off as consumers continued to tune in, helping CNN boost its viewership.
- Zeebox backtracks on a best practice . . . after engagement drops 50%. Social TV app Zeebox (recently rebranded as Beamly) thought it was doing the right thing by moving from a tabbed interface to a navigation drawer, but the results were catastrophic — customer engagement dropped by half! Zeebox scrambled to issue an update that restored the tabbed UI. A second attempt proved equally disastrous. What started out as an attempt to embrace a widely used design pattern revealed that such best practices are contextual, not universal.
- Duolingo tailors its lessons based on your native tongue . . . not pedagogy. Language learning app Duolingo is using A/B testing to change the way its customers learn languages. Among its discoveries, it learned that Spanish speakers learning English had a harder time learning the gender-neutral pronoun "it" than other nonnative English speakers. This insight drove it to break from the norm and delay the introduction of the term until much later in the course.
Customer data is no longer the exclusive domain of data analysts. A new model has emerged where all employees have access to customer data and are empowered to use it. The result is a reexamination of every aspect of experience design. I'll be speaking more about how data is affecting CX pros at Forrester's upcoming Forum For Customer Experience Professionals East in New York on June 24th and 25th. I hope to see you there.
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The Airline Auto Theatre was opened prior to 1949. It became the Airline Drive-In and was later twinned. It is located on East Washington Street (State Route 32 East). This twin screen drive-in has a capacity for 500 cars. It was closed by Teicher Theatres in 2014. It was renovated and reopen late-summer 2016.
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I worked at the Airline as a projectionist back in the early 80's. At that time Mike Make the owner operated the Drive-In as a single screen. The Drive-In was built by Mike's parents who retired and turned the drive-in over to their son.
Mr. Make operated the theater up in till the early 90's when he sold the drive-in to a new owner. I do not know that owners name, but one interesting transformation that occured, was he planted X-mas trees on the outer are of the drive-in and sold X-mas trees there in the winter.
In the mid to late 90's Teicher Theaters out of Troy, OH. bought the drive-in. Teicher twined the drive-in sometime in the 2002 season. His company currently operates the drive-in weekly with first run films and the community patronizes the drive-in very heavly.
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This site is re-opening on April 20, 2007 under Teicher Theatres as the Airline Drive-In 2.
The E Wshington address does not map correctly. Use the State road 32. Google maps will have you land right at the box office!
This drive-in was listed as open in 1949 with the name at that time being the Air Line Auto Theatre. By the mid-1970's it was known as the Air Line Drive-In Theatre.
According to the Teicher Theatre websie all their theatres are closed.
It is being reopened
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior
An article released on Friday in the WSJ has raised quite a stink. It's been one of the most viewed/shared/commented editorial ever to grace the Journal's pages. So in the interest of breaking outside the usual PoliTalk mold, I'm seeking the forum's opinions.
I was born in China. I had stereotypical "Chinese parenting" for most of my K12 years. So it's something I can identify with. Most of the comments on the article itself are fairly negative, although most of them also reek of insecurity and nationalism.
So read the article and tell me what you think. I'm genuinely curious about how members of this forum have to say about it.
I personally think that, for the most part, the writer is spot on. It's time to get real on the myth that we should let the kids "decide for themselves". The truth of the matter is that the parents will always be the greatest influence on a child's life. And the difference between "Chinese parenting" and "Western parenting" is that the Chinese parent wants their parenting to be the biggest influence on their child's life instead of Western parent's desire to their kids do their own thing. But in reality, their kids aren't doing their own thing because their decisions will be based more on external factors (where their parents live and the kids that they interact with) than from any semblance of "free will".
Personally, I think most American kids could benefit more from "Chinese parenting" than "Chinese kids" can benefit from "Western parenting".
Anyone born in the 90's and on with "Western parents" are doomed.
First generation American here: This is truth.
Agreed, although the chinese kids who made my shoes probably can't be considered to have the best parents. We're all a product of our environment. All these crappy social programs that take the place of a father here in the US sure don't help. I personally am old school and will beat my kids ass if he doesn't get good grades and isn't good at sports.
My core belief why the United States is headed towards failure and China is destined for glory is because of this very topic.
With these attitudes how could you support anything going on with our government? The government is so involved in our lives now so how can you not see that it is a problem? Hey I'm just sayin'
Some of our parents and grandparents had to grow up in the toughest of conditions and had to deal with life's challenges in much different ways than we do now. That doesn't mean that I need to send my kids to war at 13 to get them to become good people like my grandfather.
This lady is nuts. I sincerely doubt her happiness and satisfaction in life with anything, including herself and her children. For one to be so strict and demanding and focused on a particular goal is not a temporary condition, alleviated once the goal is attained.
There are Western parents like this. They're the obsessive types who push their children into sports and instruments they themselves wanted to excel at. The ones who live through their children.
And the children? Sure, they know how to play violin really well. Sure, they're good at school. What about their social skills? Happiness? Their future relationships and parental skills?
What many people fail to realize is that life's success is not measured by money or medals or even skill. There are plenty of activities that contribute to none of the above and yet they're very important to the happiness and health of a person.
Written in August of 2009, well before this article. Here is a tidbit:
As for my feelings on the article (I did read the whole thing): I felt it was very refreshing to read something so honest. You can tell the woman was not lying at all. No sugarcoating either. Nice change. Would I raise my kids like that? Not exactly. I'm not going to go into deep specifics, but I would want my kid to play sports, and maintain a minimum of a B average.
I truly think parents are becoming pvssies. Kids need direction, guidance, and discipline to help shape them as individuals. Do they need it to the extreme this woman has shown? I don't believe so.
There is hope though. My wife and I know a couple who are about to have a child in little more than 2 weeks. They are good people and know what kind of children America is raising, they hope to not be one of these parents that won't do the three things I mentioned above.
Well said Hayabusa.
The US is a big country and its a melting pot of probably every ethnic group in the world. It's improper to generalize that the whole country represents a single ideal. But we are also big enough so that you can find whatever stereotype that you are looking for.
Would I raise my potential kids exactly the way that the writer did? No. But I'd rather raise them closer to that model than the way most American parents raise their children.
Asian Americans have the highest math scores and the most college degrees per capita than any other ethnicity. That's the only reason why they're close to matching non-Hispanic whites in income while every other demographic is making less than 2/3 of non-Hispanic whites make.
Let's get real. Children are short sighted, stupid, and ignorant. It's better for parents to forcefully drill their children than to let them run amok. Most American parents, from what I've seen, don't spend nearly enough time training their children as they should.
Regardless, it doesn't change the fact that in the US, we are falling behind, especially in math and science skills. We are creating a generation of lazy non-thinkers who think someone else will take care of it for them.
How are they going to compete with the rest of the World? I'm sure every generation before have been shocked by the generation coming to replace them, but I really think it's different now. That we have reached a crossroads with this last generation of children that cannot be expected to just succeed with what they have now.
There's some truth in that article, but she over dramatize things.
And it doesn't go deep enough on the subject. It remains a mother's opinion and her experiences. I'd rather read a scientific, in depth article by an expert in the area, not a casual Reader's Digest piece.
Many topics she didn't address:
Out of the 34 violins in the New York Philharmonic, 14 of them have Asian surnames. That's 41% of the violins while representing less than 5% of the population.
First, I'm not a westerner. I suppose, from your English and the contents in your posts, you are either an ABC or came here very early in life.
If so, I have more first hand experience in this topic than you do. :shhh:
Second, 41% is far from the 90% dominance of blacks in NFL and NBA. That's the result of true free enterprising (get the best you can) when no affirmative action or any other bs political influence is at play. BTW, even in middle and high school, the orchestra is closer to 80% Asian. :shhh:
Third, those are valid questions.
I mentioned them as examples of topics that I'd like to see addressed by the author, as opposed to a "how I got my daughter to play the piano" essay. Not that I wanted you (or anyone else here) to answer them.
I have my answers to them, but they would fit more in the political forum. If you knew what my answers were, you'd not be so confrontational.
I said I was disappointed with her piece. It was too superficial and I'd rather see a more in depth article on these topics...
Financial success? Is that all that life is about to you?
Here's a good comment:
I wish someone would.as a lawyer, she must be aware that she is violating several un conventions-and those on fundamental human rights, on the rights of the child and on prevention of torture.
Children are short sighted, stupid and ignorant? Is that the Chinese Mother coming out in you? Children are open minded, free of hate and full of possibilities. Who are you to decide what pleasures in life your child has to pursue?
What about the mother? Did similar upbringing make her happy?
She must never sleep (she equates less slumber with a fuller life): She teaches full time, writes lauded books and papers, maintains a grueling travel schedule and, most important, devotes herself to Chinese motherhood. "The truth is I'm not good at enjoying life," she readily admits.What a joke!
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I will be forced to tear down two tanks. I want to show my thanks to the people of tpt and the new york aquatic family. So I want to give away my plants. No room where im staying right now to start anything new. My tanks are sort of in stasis right now. blacked out and cold. but amazingly the plants are doing ok. list of plants include,
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oh dear :(
maybe someone can pick up the plants from you and divide amongst everyone..
We'll be sure to give your plants back to you when you are ready for more tanks again!
Thats a bummer frrokk :( Youre staying with your...mom? (dont remember exactly) Hopefully once you are able to get space and tanks again, you can get your own plants back again!
Where are you in sheepshead? Im near there usually, but Id only have space to take in some crypts/sag
When you're ready to start your tanks again, let everyone know.
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no, that was Bluek24(edit: guess I'm the one with the bad memory >.>)
I think we can get someone (like jellie?) who has a large tank and car to pick it up... and whoever wants plants can share the price of fuel...? and pick the plants up later.
Joe, I would be interested in your crypts. If I can keep them going well till you get your tanks back I can then give you crypts back when you're ready.
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Oh I thought it was you who's living with the mom...
I'm interested in the mini pellia :O
Mike, if you are closer, maybe you can pick up the whole lot for joe and meet up with everyone else?
Whatever works for you guys. I'm breaking down the tanks on Saturday.
I should have room for most of what you have Joe, but I dont know what I will be able to keep alive for a long time since its a low light low tech tank.
Frrok, I am sending you and all others affected by the storm good vibes.
It is so inspiring to see your graciousness during a difficult time.
Many blessings to you, and all of NYAPS!
Im about to put my 55g on steroids with CO2 and 2x20W LED FLood lamps this coming weekend
I'll be living through alot of you in the next few months. That's for sure!
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Any SD meets to come?
Whats up everyone. Another San Diego post. Im here in Chula Vista seeing whats up with any local san diego meets at all, if anyone knows some info, let me know please. Thanks.
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Let start one. I have been on several forums and lots of people in San Diego want to meet. Let set a time and day meet in a large parking lot, roll on a ride to julian, or ramona or campo. What do you think?
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I'm ready...julian sounds fun, let me know if you guys get something started...im in oceanside....z
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Im in SD mission Valley area, im down just that my car is in the shop for some mods, ill get it in 3 weeks or so, but ill roll by.
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I love French onion soup, but I don't always like to take the time to caramelize the onions. To properly caramelize onions it needs to be low and slow and can take 45 minutes to an hour to get them perfectly golden. But then I discovered that you can caramelize onions in the slow cooker….that's right, in the slow cooker. I found the recipe over at Full Belly Sisters blog and I had to try it. It was so incredibly easy. You just slice up a bunch of onions, add a little olive oil and let them go in the slow cooker all day long. Click here for the exact recipe. They turned out golden and wonderfully sweet, just like caramelized onions are supposed to be.
Having these caramelized onions on hand made making this French onion soup so quick and easy. You can whip this up any night of the week, it literally takes minutes to make! I had homemade stock on hand, but you could totally make it with store bought stock, too. And, of course, all French onion soup needs some cheesy croutons to go on top of it. I usually melt shredded Swiss cheese on top of sliced baguette. Today I only had sliced Swiss on hand and that worked out just fine, so use whatever you have on hand.
This soup is great as a first course or perfect for lunch or a light dinner. So make some caramelized onions in your slow cooker and give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed!
World's Easiest French Onion Soup
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 cups caramelized onions, using this recipe
- 1 tbsp cognac
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme, chopped
- 1 cup beef stock
- 2 cups chicken stock
- salt and pepper
- 1 demi baguette, cut into thin slices
- olive oil
- about 1 cup shredded or several slices Swiss cheese (I had sliced on hand)
- chopped fresh parsley for garnish
Melt butter in a soup pot over medium heat. Add garlic and saute for about 1 minute
Add caramelized onions, stirring to coat with butter. Add cognac to deglaze the pan, cooking for about 2 minutes to cook out the alcohol. Stir in thyme.
Add both beef and chicken stocks and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and then reduce to a simmer.
While soup simmers, prepare the cheese croutons. Preheat broiler. Place bread slices on a cookie sheet and brush each piece with a little olive oil.
Put bread under the broiler and broil until lightly toasted.
Turn bread pieces over and top with cheese.
Return to broiler until cheese is melted and bubbly. Ladle soup into 4 bowls for a first course or two bowls for a main course and top with one or two cheese croutons. Serve any extra croutons on the side.
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Victim of Robbery Uses Xbox Headset to Get Help
Usually, when we hear about technology helping a victim of robbery or home invasion, it's thanks to an alarm or security system installed by the victim. That, or they used their phone to call for help. However, a Pennsylvania man recently used his game console to call for help after he had been robbed.
According to MSN.com, Derick Shaffer, a 22-year-old in suburban Pittsburgh, was playing on his Xbox when his house was broken into. Shaffer was upstairs in the house and, when he heard the intruder enter the dwelling, assumed it was a family member arriving home. Once discovered by the burglar, MSN reports that the 22-year-old was bound and forced to take the robber on a tour to collect all valuable items in the house.
The burglar then left, taking Shaffer's car with him. Shaffer used his Xbox Live headset to contact a friend who in turn contacted the police. Police have not yet identified the subject (though they did find Shaffer's car). Microsoft's Larry Hyrb, also known as Major Nelson, tweeted about the incident last week, saying, "Glad everyone is safe, but wow."
Nope. Just because the majority of this site are PC snobs doesn't change the fact that consoles, especially the Xbox, are way more popular for games.
Besides, how would the robber play Madden on a PC? He would have to settle on just NBA 2K.
zeratul600man i love america, burglars enter your house and left, and people tell you to get a gun and kill the bastard, but in venezuela if a burglar broke in to your home he will kill you, if for some reason you had a gun in your house, then people will tell your family that you got attacked because the burglar wanted the gun, so they better resist the urge to buy a weapon to defend themselves...
prodigygamerOnce discovered by the burglar, MSN reports that the 22-year-old was bound and forced to take the robber on a tour to collect all valuable items in the house.
How do you make a cell phone call while bound?
He was playing online with friends and left the console and controller on, therefore able to still communicate to his friends even while bound, after the robbery.
Article is old news, yet people still fail to read properly before commenting.
Couldn't agree more. Security is not about having a fool proof system, it is merely a matter of having a system that is either intimidating (dog/alarm), or would have severe consequences (gun). Simply make a target that is not worth the effort.
All the more reason not to live in some shit-hole of a country like Venezuela. Besides, most people don't have time to go for their gun, load it before the intruder attacks them. Need to learn self defense and grab your biggest kitchen knife, THEN make your way to your gun after holding off, or scaring off the intruder. But hey, they don't breed intelligent people these days...
lghostNot worthy of an article, he could have just walked next door and used the neighbors phone... I thought he was going to report someone breaking on the headset and they called the police while he was forced to give his stuff away and then the intruder was met outside by the police when he left... They didn't even catch the guy, so what exactly has the headset done?
You're so right! Why bother with self-defense? Grabbing your ankles and bending over is so much more efficient. Only criminals should be allowed to have weapons. Police come along to clean up the mess.
Lol, "why so serious" comes to mind with you.
I bet you're the life of a party! hahaha!


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Zach Johnson wins John Deere in British Open tuneup
SILVIS, Ill. – Mike Bender was in awe.
"How good was that shot?" said Bender, Zach Johnson's swing coach and caddie for the week, as he choked back tears. "Unbelievable. The crowd got louder and louder. I thought, "That's getting close.' "
Inches close, from 192 yards. A 6-iron out of a fairway bunker. One clutch swing, on the second sudden-death playoff hole with Troy Matteson. A tap-in birdie that let Johnson fulfill a dream.
"It just feels so awesome," Johnson said after winning the John Deere Classic Sunday for his ninth career PGA Tour victory, second this season. "I can't really put it into words. This tournament has meant so much to me and my family over the years."
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This is the closest the Tour comes to Johnson's native Cedar Rapids. This is the one that gave the Drake graduate, trying get some traction with his professional career, sponsor's exemptions in 2002 and 2003. The one that includes Johnson on its board of directors.
"Most successful board member ever," tournament director Clair Peterson joked before Johnson accepted the trophy and a first-place check for $828,000.
After it was over, a Johnson family reunion broke out by the 18th green. Johnson kissed his wife, Kim, and greeted his sons, Will and Wyatt. He hugged his parents, Julie and David; his sister, Maria; and his brother, Gabe. There were more.
"How about that one?" Johnson, now 3-0 in playoffs, said as he left the family lovefest.
Johnson's bogey-free final-round 65 put him at 20-under 264. Johnson has now shot 16 consecutive rounds in the 60s at TPC Deere Run. Matteson, the leader since the first round, matched him with a closing 69.
"My hat's off to Zach," Matteson said. "It's a great story, you know. The hometown kid."
Johnson vaulted to second on the FedExCup list, just 32 points behind Tiger Woods. His season earnings ballooned to $3,912,941, third-best on tour. And he heads to this week's British Open knowing he's a virtual lock for the Ryder Cup team this fall in suburban Chicago.
Johnson's victory brought an end to Steve Stricker's three-year reign as Deere king. Stricker started the final round in second, three shots back of Matteson. Stricker got within a shot of the lead several times, but a bogey at the 14th took the air out of his bid to become the fifth player in Tour history to win the same event four consecutive times.
"It was a great run," Stricker said. "It was a great run this week, too. I look forward to coming back here next year and trying to win again."
Matteson didn't lose the lead until making double bogey on the 15th hole. Johnson, playing in the group ahead, had birdied the 13th and 14th holes to get to 19 under. Matteson's misfortune made Johnson the leader.
Johnson started sluggishly with six pars to open the round but birdied six of the last 12 in regulation. Johnson had a two-shot lead on the 18th, where he split the fairway and then hit his second shot to 20 feet. As he walked to the green, a huge roar broke out behind him.
"It was an eagle roar," Johnson said. "I didn't know if it was Stricker or Matteson."
Matteson had made a 60-footer for eagle at the par-5 17th to catch Johnson at 20 under. Both players parred 18 and the playoff started at the 18th. It was not a playoff for the ages.
Matteson drove it right, into the trees. Johnson hit it in a fairway bunker left. Matteson's second shot found the water, opening the door for Johnson, who proceeded to hit his second into the water as well.
"I hit it really thin," Johnson said.
Both players ended up making double bogey, and the playoff returned to 18. Johnson found the same bunker on his drive, while Matteson hit the fairway. Johnson, playing his approach first, hit his shot to remember.
Johnson couldn't see his ball because of sun's glare on the greens. The fans packed around the green told him it was a good one.
"What do you call it?" Johnson said. "The crescendo?"
Bender, an Iowa native, was filling in for Johnson's usual caddy, Damon Green, who played Sunday in the U.S. Senior Open. Bender joked several weeks ago that he wasn't playing for second. He also said he's never been on hand to see one of his pupils win a tournament in person. He crossed that off his bucket list.
"I'm glad he got it done," Bender said. "It's hard to win at home sometimes."
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I bypassedheat control valve last week. What I have is extremely poor circulation from water pump, cylinder head hose. I have removed hose from heat control valve and run it back into coolant reservoir,then rev up engine. almost no flow until 4000 rpm.. Since I am reluctant too remove intake manifold, and explore into cylinder head for blockages, I decided to remove heat valve and install a "booster pump" through heater core.THis works very well and customer now has heat.Albeit without help of control except for the blower fan..Financial considerations from the customer have limited further diagnoses.AS we have already installed Coolant reservoir(old one bondo patched) water pump, thermostat, transmission cooler T stat, old one broken and filled with silicone as gasket.Heater core return hose.I have back flushed heater core 4 times and inspected the results in large bucket. had thermostat on off 4 times to blow through cylinder head( no restrictions,likewise water pump. etc. etc. This is the second time I have installed a " booster pump to produce heat . either at Idle or low rpms. sometimes too much time and money to dig into engine or heater core replace. Tepps
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Foreign Secretary has sent the following letter to Lord Rothschild:- Foreign Office, November 2, 1917.
Dear Lord Rothschild, - I have much pleasure in conveying to you on behalf of his Majesty's Government the following declaration of sympathy with Jewish Zionist aspirations which has been submitted to and approved by the Cabinet:-
"His Majesty's Government views with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use its best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of non-Jewish communities in Palestine, or the rights and political status enjoyed by Jews in any other country.
"I should be grateful if you would bring this declaration to the knowledge of the Zionist Federation. -Yours sincerely, Arthur James Balfour [Foreign Secretary].
National Status for Jews. The "Jewish Chronicle", in its issue of today, in the course of a leading article dealing with the Government declaration regarding the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, says:- It is the perceptible lifting of the cloud of centuries, the palpable sign that the Jew, condemned for two thousand years to unparalleled wrong, is at last coming to his right.
Instead of as a Jew filling a place at best equivocal and doubtful even to himself, and always with an apologetic cringing inseparable from his position, he can as a Jew stand proud and erect, endowed with a national being in place of being a wanderer in every clime.
There is to be a home for him in his ancient land. The day of his exile is to be ended. It is a triumph.
New Palestine Gains (From the War Office.) General Allenby reports that about midnight November 6-7, our troops assaulted the Turkish works south of Gaza and captured them. During the day they pushed forward through the town and advanced as far as the mouth of the Wadi El Hasi, eight miles north of our original line.
Our aeroplanes inflicted losses on troops retiring and on concentrations at railheads. General Allenby reports that the captures of prisoners, guns, ammunition and stores are considerable. Instead of meeting the frontal attack upon which he had apparently counted, [the enemy] finds General Allenby's forces threatening to enclose him within a pair of claws which are ever gripping more tightly.


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Jordan's King Abdullah II called on Israel and the Palestinians Saturday to "seize the occasion" of their upcoming summit in the United States to find a just and durable peace, officials said.
After a meeting Saturday night with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, the king was quoted as stressing "the importance of seizing the occasion" in order "to reach a just, durable and comprehensive peace in the region, which has suffered so much the repercussions of conflict."
During the meeting, which covered preparations being made for the summit, the king also expressed hope that the summit would be "crowned with success," resulting in "important results permitting the initiation of peace in the region in light of resolutions of international law."
Barak will be meeting Palestinian President Yasser Arafat at the US presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, hosted by US President Bill Clinton, in an effort to put an end to more than 50 years of conflict.
The Jordanian statement said that the king and Barak discussed "the efforts made by the various parties concerned, notably the United States, for this summit to come to something."
Barak's meeting with the king lasted more than an hour and took place over a dinner, which was also attended by Jordanian Queen Rania and Barak's wife.
The Baraks were seen off on an Israeli helicopter by the royal couple following the meeting, without the prime minister making any statement.
Earlier Saturday, Arafat met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdel-Ilah Khatib, who said Jordan stood behind the Palestinians in next week's three-way summit.
Jordan "supports the rights of the Palestinian people" and the creation of "an independent Palestinian state," Khatib told reporters after the meeting.
He gave Arafat a message from Abdullah reaffirming "the continuing Jordanian support for the Palestinian positions" on the peace process - AMMAN (AFP)
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I don't know the OP, But he asked an open question and got some honest answers. I'm not an AR expert But the two Ive shot Both worked flawlessly, and could be shot easily both left or right handed. DR
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I don't know the OP, But he asked an open question and got some honest answers. I'm not an AR expert But the two Ive shot Both worked flawlessly, and could be shot easily both left or right handed. DR
As gasmitty pointed out, I'd pick up a plain old Marlin 336SS(I like stainless steel) in 30-30...the pride of my long guns.
Well, I'd like to think I'd be able to learn somewhat quickly, but who knows.
Anyways, there's a gun show this weekend near where I live, so I'm thinking I may go look around at both and see which I like better.
Thanks again to everyone.
For target and home defense, I would stay with the pistol caliber rifles. .357 and .44 levers are a good choice. But, I would lean toward a 9mm,40 S&W, 45ACP carbine. Any of the rifle calibers will easily penetrate the walls of a house and anyone you shoot inside the house. I think pistol cal carbines with good hollow points would be a better choice even though they can still penetrate walls. The carbine adds about 150-200 fps to the velocity from a 5" bbl pistol. I think of them as range extenders - making the handgun cal good to 75-100 yds. Ruger used to make a model in 9 and 40, and Marlin also. In the used market they will be at the high end of your price range. For ~ $300 you can get a new HiPoint carbine in any of those cals. I bought one 3 months ago in .45, and it has performed flawlessly for ~2,000 rounds. No (none) failures to feed, extract or fire. I ran a box of WWB through it for the first shoot, and have been using Tula since then as a torture test. Accuracy is 1 1/2", 5 shot groups at 50 yds and it would do better if I used a rest. It sits in the safe with the Rugers, Smiths, Winchesters and Remingtons, and they don't complain. A friend, who is a big Kimber fan, laughed until he shot it and then got one himself. It's more fun per $ than any gun I own (almost).
The red dots are usually 1x (no magnification) and you just have a red dot in the center of the scope that you align with the target. They also make a red / green where you can select which color. The RGBs that I have seen have magnification and a crosshair which is in R or G or Blue. I have a cheap ($40) red / green dot on my carbine, and it is great for the 100 yd or less use I give it. Choosing colors is good if you have a vision problem or if the background / lighting makes one color difficult to see.
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I am going go outside the box on this one. These come in 40 MM and 9MM I know pistol ammo but it is a rifle for HD and could have a good time with it at the range. They already have a rail on them so you could add any type of site. Plus large detachable mags. I like lever and bolt rifles but I would rather a semi with a large cap mag for HD if I had the choice.
Many of the rifle calibers will not easily penetrate the walls of the house or anyone you shoot inside the house. There are many modern defense loads specifically designed to fragment on impact - they weigh less than pistol bullets (by usually 50% or more), and have much greater effects on target than any "good hollow point" could ever accomplish.
I have no dog in this fight - nothing against pistol caliber carbines. There is obviously a market for them or they wouldn't exist. But please check your facts before you go making decisions based on advice from internet forums or gun stores.
If you got with the Storm the ammo is reasonably priced ( 9MM/40MM) So you could shoot it alot!
I just rephrased his statement to make it more true. Bullets go through walls - unless you are shooting #9 shot from 20 yards, then maybe not. If you're expecting to hurt someone with a bullet, whether or not it may go through a wall shouldn't really be part of the criteria. A heavy bullet from a pistol that is designed to retain maximum weight, compared to a lighter bullet from a rifle designed to fragment on impact - which would you think will penetrate further?
Since this IS a defensive rifle & SHOTGUN forum (and I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned yet), got to throw in my $0.02. Consider a simple pump shotgun for your home defense weapon. Many people believe in this weapon for home defense (including me) and I wouldn't have anything else outside the safe. Just point (not aim), shoot, cycle, and repeat. If 6-12 rounds of 12ga #2 (or bigger) won't stop him...you're in trouble anyway. Granted, this solution only solves the HD issue, not the target/plinking issue, but there are plenty of other options out there for target fun.


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A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy was left with horrific burns on his foot after a routine visit to the family doctor.
Rebecca Bentley made an appointment with her son's GP after his feet started to become sore with verrucas.
She and her son, Leon, were given an appointment with Dr Nadia Amir — a GP registrar — at the Heaton Medical Centre, on Monday, February 10.
After inspecting Leon's verrucas, Dr Amir treated the verrucas with a freeze spray and applicator.
Mum of three Mrs Bentley, aged 37, who also fosters three children, said: "It was so awful what happened. I told her we had tried to treat them using gel and other remedies from the chemist, none of which had worked.
"She then fetched a cylinder of the freezing solutions and just started applying it to his feet. As she did it, I could see the spray streaming down his foot to his ankle.
"I didn't like to challenge her, but it didn't look right. I put my hand down to catch the fluid and she nudged my hand away. When she'd finished, Leon seemed okay, so I took him home."
But that night at their home in Hollywood Road, Smithills, Leon "sobbed and moaned" with pain.
Two days later Mrs Bentley, aged 37, discovered large blisters beneath the verruca on his heel and took him to A&E.
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She added: "It was really upsetting because when I picked him up from school he was in agony and that's when I realised he had been burned by the freezing fluid.
"It was obviously hurting him. When I took him to A&E, they confirmed it was a burn and dressed it. This kind of freeze spray is clearly a dangerous substance that should be used with extreme care."
Mrs Bentley has since made an official complaint to the Heaton Medical Centre, which issued an apology.
A surgery spokesman said Dr Amir was on pre-arranged annual leave "for the next few weeks".
Dr Dharmesh Mistry, a GP partner at the practice, added: "We cannot comment on individual complaints due to patient confidentiality.
"We take all complaints very seriously and have launched our own internal investigation into this matter."


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Montcalm County treasurer hires new deputy treasurer
STANTON — Montcalm County has a new deputy treasurer.
Dorinda Kirshman began deputy treasurer duties on March 5. She replaces former deputy treasurer JoAnne Vukin, who is now treasurer. Vukin was in charge of hiring her own replacement.
A total of 32 people applied for the deputy treasurer job.
Kirshman formerly worked for the Montcalm County Equalization Department from 1981 to 2005. She also worked for the Mecosta County Equalization Department from 2005 to 2006, was assessor for Pine Township from 2006 to 2008 and worked for Gratiot-Isabella Regional Education Service District (RESD) from 2006 to 2011. She also volunteers for EightCAP and Lakeview Community Schools.
Kirshman attended Lakeview Community Schools and Montcalm Community College. She is a Level 3 Michigan advanced assessing officer, a personal property examiner and has also completed training through the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Michigan State Police.


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Friday Night Lights went off with a ton of talent on hand, even if a lot of that talent didn't perform. The Florida Gators got to show prime prospects the school, facilities, and a competitive atmosphere and most came away impressed.
Scout.com was on hand to bring you dozens of updates in both real time and after talking to many of the prospects on hand.
You will find updates from Jeff Holland, Ray-Ray McCloud, Te'Von Coney, Martez Ivey, Tyler Jordan, Jordan Woods, Camrin Knight, Houshun Gaines,Dexter Williams, Freddie Swain, Jalen Merrick, Savion Smith, Naquan Howard, and more.
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Description: On March 16, 2010, an Americanos bus traveling from San Antonio, Texas to Matamoros, Mexico overturned in south Texas, leaving at least two people dead and numerous passengers injured. The accident happened at approximately 10 a.m., on southbound Interstate 37, just north of Campbellton, Texas in Atascosa County, Texas. After the accident, the bus came to rest on its side in the grassy median.


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President Obama stressed the positive numbers in today's employment report, hailing a 29th straight month of job increases and saying the economy is slowly but surely heading in the right direction.
Obama also said, "Let's acknowledge -- we've still got too many folks out there who are looking for work; we've got more work to do on their behalf."
The president addressed the jobs issue as his aides and their Republican foes stressed different numbers in today's "good news, bad news" report from the Labor Department.
As Democrats pointed to the 163,000 jobs created in July -- higher than expectations and the biggest number since February -- Obama said the economy has created 4.5 million jobs in those 29 months; he stressed that he inherited a brutal recession.
"We knew when I started in this job that this was going to take some time," Obama said at an event to advocate new middle-class tax cuts. "We haven't had to come back from an economic crisis this deep or this painful since the 1930s."
For Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and other GOP members, the key statistic is the fact that the unemployment rate increased, from 8.2% to 8.3%.
"Today's increase in the unemployment rate is a hammer blow to struggling middle-class families," said Romney in a statement.
But the higher rate reflects that more people are re-entering the workforce, a potentially good sign for Obama.
Alan B. Krueger, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, wrote on on the White House website: "While there is more work that remains to be done, today's employment report provides further evidence that the U.S. economy is continuing to recover from the worst downturn since the Great Depression."
The Associated Press looks at the new jobs number:
July's hiring was the best since February. Still, the economy has added an average of 151,000 jobs a month this year, roughly the same as last year's pace. That's not enough to satisfy the 12.8 million Americans who are unemployed.
The rate increased because the government uses two surveys: A survey of businesses showed job gains, but a survey of households showed fewer people had jobs. Economists say the business survey is more reliable.
High unemployment could hurt President Obama's re-election hopes. No president since World War II has faced re-election with unemployment over 8 percent.
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Basketball • Reggie Miller is joining his sister, Cheryl, in the basketball Hall of Fame.
The former Indiana Pacers star will be inducted into the basketball shrine on Friday night along with Don Nelson, the winningest coach in NBA history, and Nike co-founder Phil Knight.
Ralph Sampson, the only three-time college player of the year, and Jamaal Wilkes, who won two NCAA titles and four in the NBA, will be inducted.
Also to be honored are seven-time NBA All-Star Chet Walker; the All American Redheads, known as the female Harlem Globetrotters; two-time Olympic gold medalist Katrina McClain; former Soviet coach Lidia Alexeeva; Don Barksdale, the first black player on the U.S. Olympic team and in the NBA All-Star game; two-time NBA MVP Mel Daniels, and longtime NCAA referee Hank Nichols.
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Cycling • Overall leader Alberto Contador moved closer to winning the race for a second time, while Daniele Bennati won the 18th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Thursday in Valladolid, Spain.
Bennati edged Ben Swift by a tire to win the 127-mile leg in 4 hours, 17 minutes, 17 seconds. Contador leads Alejandro Valverde by 1:52, and Joaquin Rodriguez is 2:28 behind in third place.
Contador finished 10 seconds behind Bennati, who won his seventh Vuelta stage.
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For a long time Psalm 121 has been one of my favorite psalms. I used to think the opening was lovely and inspiring "I lift up mine eyes unto the hills. Whence cometh my help? My help comes from the Lord who made heaven and earth." I still think it's inspiring, but in a more "Yikes, let's get real!" kind of way. Because the hills are seen as places of danger. Ambushers, avalanches and wild animals come down from the hills. So when the psalmist is looking up to the hills, it's more like "I lift up mine eyes to the (dangerous) hills. Where is my help going to come from on this journey?" The psalmist, perhaps embarking on a pilgrimage to the Temple at Jerusalem, is asking who will be with him in the unknown dangers that lurk in the hills and crags that line the path he's walking along?
Rather than a monologue, this psalm seems to be a dialogue between an anxious traveler about to embark on a journey and a nameless reassurer. Verse 2 rather than "My help comes…," might be better rendered simply "Help comes…"
The reassurer answers the psalmist's anxious opening question: "Who is traveling with me?"
The George W. Bush Presidential Center is opening at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas where I teach later this week. President Obama is making the journey here. So are all the living presidents and many dignitaries. There will be a total of around 45 protectees coming to campus. These are people who travel with protection. What about you and me? We're not famous, probably, but when we travel, who do we take along?
A few weeks ago I took my Narrative Preaching Class at Perkins School of Theology to the Temerlin Advertising Institute across the campus of SMU at the Meadows School of the Arts. Professor Carrie La Ferle was kind enough to offer a lecture on the similarities between advertising and preaching. She said, "Some companies lie about their product. If you have to lie about your product, spend some research money and improve it. If you have a good product, you don't need to lie about it." Our Christian faith, informed by the treasures of the Old Testament, is a good product. We don't have to lie. We don't have to oversell it. When we do, that's called the "prosperity gospel." I don't have to lie and give people a superficial, "God is my bubble wrap" version of Psalm 121.
The reassurer in the psalm answers the question for the anxious traveler: Who is traveling with me? The psalm promises that God is our keeper. The Hebrew word to keep (shamar) shows up 450 times in the Hebrew Bible. It has varying nuances of caring for flocks, guiding (as the angel of the Lord guided the Israelites through the wilderness in Ex 23:20) and guarding, as Proverbs 2:11 and 4:6 promise that wisdom will deliver the seeker from evil and temptation.
Who is traveling with you? The psalm doesn't promise that no dangers will strike. It does pledge that God will cover us in the shadow of God's wings for recovery and relief (verses 5,6)and that God walks on our right side where a counsel or protector would stand (Ps 121:5; Ps 16:8; 109:31)
Who is traveling with you? The psalm describes One who is not a sleeper. God will never say, as we approach, "Sorry, I'm on break right now." or the dreaded, "This register is closed."
A glib promise of protection on life's path never flies, but especially not in this week of bombings, plant explosions and earthquakes. But the promise of a traveling companion who will keep your "life" (nephesh), who will keep your going out and coming in from this time on and forevermore- that is much more than a glib promise. That is the testimony of our faith. It means that, while danger and even death may strike, God won't let it destroy our essential being or our relationship with God (our nephesh). It means that loved ones who have died are with God and that God is with the injured as they find their way again.
I'm not suggesting this as a sermon to the freshly bereaved. I'm suggesting it as a reminder to those of us who comfort them: some thoughts to hold in our hearts as we hold them in our arms.
As we do so, we embody the answer to theirs and the psalmist's question "Who is traveling with me?"


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Charges of bias leveled at PBS yesterday in this post here at Newsbusters about PBS's airing nationwide tonight of "Gold Futures," documentary regarding a proposed gold mine in Romania, are backed up today with new information revealed by John Fund in the Wall Street Journal.
"Gold Futures," by Hungarian filmmaker Tibor Kocsis, apparently is based on Kocsis' 2004-released documentary titled "New Eldorado," which had the subtitle "Gold. The Curse of Rosia Montana," and is clearly biased against the mining project.
Fund writes:
Tonight, PBS will air "Gold Futures," a film by Hungary's Tibor Kocsis. The film focuses on residents in Romania's Rosia Montana, a rural Transylvanian town, who are divided over the benefits of a proposed gold mine. It also features Gabriel Resources, the Canadian mining company trying to convince them to relocate so it can dig for a huge gold deposit estimated at 14.6 million ounces, worth almost $10 billion. PBS describes the film as a "David-and-Goliath story."
While the film gives time to supporters and opponents of the mine, it leaves unsaid that half of the villagers voicing opposition have now either sold their homes or will not have to move, because they live in a protected area where the village's historic structures and churches will be preserved. Viewers who see pristine shots of the Rosia valley won't realize the hills hide a huge, abandoned communist-era mine, leaking toxic heavy metals into local streams--or that while the modern mining project will level four hills to create an open pit, it will also clean up the old mess at no cost to the Romanian treasury.
The other side to the controversy is told in a new film that will never be shown on PBS, but is nonetheless rattling the environmental community. "Mine Your Own Business" is a documentary by Irish filmmakers Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney. They conclude that the biggest threat to the people of Rosia Montana "comes from upper-class Western environmentalism that seeks to keep them poor and unable to clean up the horrific pollution caused by Ceausescu's mining."
Mr. McAleer, a former Financial Times journalist who has followed the mine battle for seven years, says he "found that everything the environmentalists were saying about the project was misleading, exaggerated or quite simply false." He produced his film on a shoestring $230,000 budget largely provided by Gabriel Resources, but says he was given complete editorial control.
The Gabriel funding caused environmental groups to label the film "propaganda" and demand the National Geographic Society cancel plans to rent its Washington, D.C., theater to the free-market Moving Picture Institute for a screening. The Institute notes opponents rarely challenge the film's facts. As for Mr. Kocsis's documentary, his Flora Film corporate Web site lists as its partners Greenpeace, the Hungarian Ministry of Environment and the George Soros-backed Energy Club of Hungary, all of which oppose the Romanian project on either environmental or nationalistic grounds (Transylvania used to be part of Hungary).
High-profile mine opponents such as [Vanessa] Redgrave (who hasn't visited Rosia Montana), have declared undying opposition to the project: "Our planet is dying and we have no right to destroy an ecosystem." In April, Mr. Soros, the chairman of the Open Society Institute and a large funder of groups opposing Rosia Montana, wrote to Wayne Murdy, then CEO of Newmont Mining, the Denver company that owns 19% of Gabriel Resources. He urged him not to invest in "a dubious project such as Rosia Montana," citing "the social costs involved in involuntarily resettling hundreds of people" and "the potential for disastrous environmental impact." Mr. Soros did not respond to an interview request.
Opponents of the mine claim that Rosia Montana residents agree with their stance. "Local opposition to the mine is strong and organized" says a statement signed by 80 environmental groups in January. In his letter, Mr. Soros cites a recent poll organized by some members of Romania's parliament that "found 90% of respondents rejecting the project." But the poll turns out to be an unscientific Internet survey, and one of the environmental groups Mr. Soros funds urged people outside Romania to participate in it.
The Fund/WSJ article raises some serious questions that the press ought to be asking Soros, specifically, why is he working so hard and spending so much money supporting groups intent on stopping the mine, a project that is desperately needed in a town where, as Fund explains, unemployment tops 70 percent and three-quarters of the village's 600 families lack indoor toilets.
Is Soros driven by latent Hungarian nationalism to oppose the Romanian project? After all, Rosia Montana is located in Transylvania, which used to be part of Hungary. Or perhaps simple greed is the answer. Soros has at various times been heavily invested in gold mining. A few weeks ago he invested heavily in Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., a mining company, and Soros also owns a large stake in Canadian gold mining company Goldcorp, a competitor to Gabriel Resources, according to Marketwatch.
Perhaps Soros believes, not unreasonably, that the opening of a new mine bringing an additional $10 billion worth of gold to the market would put downward pressure on gold prices, negatively affecting the price of his gold mining stocks
It's worth asking though, as WSJ noted, Soros did not respond to an interview request.
It's also worth asking PBS to air Mine Your Own Business, a documentary presenting the opposite point of view, as a way of providing its audience a truly balanced look at the issue.
Update: Rosia Montana resident Gheorge Lucian, on his blog Report from Rosia, writes,
I understand that the television station PBS in US, will present a manipulated story on Rosia tonight. I invite you to tell them to show the other side of the story too. Go here to tell them to show Mine Your Own Business.
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1. Which years require filing for waivers of the 50% IRS penalty for late RMDs? I agree wit the EA here, if the 2012 DIst was done before the end of the Estate's tax year
But wouldn't the 2012 esttae year be Oct 2012, not Oct 2013?
2. Who files the waiver, the Estate or the 4 subsequent beneficiaries? Again, I would agress, because during that tim the estate WAS the beneficiary (quite honestly I'm surprised that the bene's didn't simply inherit as per the will here... someone must have made a mistake, regarding the beneficiaries not beng on file?
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Because the ESTATE has already taken
and that relates to the next questions, no there should not be RMDs taken twice in the same tax year
although they don't match ... Calendar vs fiscal, the 2013 RMD has been taken
It's interesting that the estate doesn't pay the taxes for the years it TOOK the RMD, however, ... does the PLR address this in some way?
No clue as I haven't read the ruling. I think the ruling simply states my wife and the other 3 benes get to be benes of the IRA. The EA had the 4 benes individually pay the tax as it said the forthcoming form K-1s to the denes will show each bene's share of the rmds.
Now, it WOULD make sense that the bene's pay tax on the BALANCE? But if newly created beneficial IRAs were created then they won't have RMD (and taxes) until 2014 in my opinion
Ahhh ok, that means the trust took a deduction for the distribution so THEY have to pay the tax ... that makes sense
AND you want it that way ... as the tax bralets of the trust ae much lower (higher tax on the same amount of money)
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Not over $2,450 15% of the taxable income
Over $2,450 but $367.50 plus 25% ofnot over $5,700 the excess over $2,450
Over $5,700 but $1,180 plus 28% ofnot over $8,750 the excess over $5,700
Over $8,750 but $2,034 plus 33% ofnot over $11,950 the excess over $8,750
Over $11,950 $3,090 plus 39.6% of the excess over $11,950
OK so to recap, based on the info I provided you, your opinion is that only the late 2011 RMD requires a waiver request, which will be filed by the Estate. And my wife does not need to take her own 2013 RMD by 12/31/13 that would be in addition to the 2013 RMD the estate already took. Does that sound right?
You have it ... what IRS will want to see is a 2013 tax year RMD taken and it was, otherwise you have double taxation
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Throughout the off-season, I will be previewing the available free agents at a few positions of need for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The purpose of these articles is to explore the free agent market, and in my case, to dig deeper into the players who are available. I spend so much time focusing on the players in the Pirates system that I don't get a lot of time to dig deep into the numbers for other players around the league. So my process for these articles is to research every player on the list, trying to find a reason why they would be a good option for the Pirates, or reasons why the Pirates should avoid them.
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Advancing the accreditation process for Dallas County Health and Human Services
The Foundation's initiative, Advancing Accreditation in Large Jurisdictions, was designed to supply financial and technical assistance to big cities and states to catalyze application to the Public Health Accreditation Board for accreditation of their public health agencies.This grant will enable Dallas County Health and Human Services to accelerate its readiness to submit a statement of intent (SOI) to apply for national accreditation by the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). The first set of objectives will fulfill gaps in the department's current ability to meet accreditation measures. These objectives include: (1) creating a workforce-development plan based on core competencies for public health professionals; (2) assessing how well health care services and policies address cultural and linguistic competence; and (3) creating a continuity-of-operations plan for emergencies or natural disasters. The second set of objectives will facilitate the accreditation-application process, including: (1) developing and implementing software to monitor and facilitate completion of the remaining documentation needs and to support a performance-management team; and (2) providing training on evaluation and performance-management strategies to inform the choice of documentation for accreditation. Deliverables will include documentation of the completion of these objectives and submission of an SOI to apply for accreditation by PHAB by December 1, 2014.
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Awarded on: 4/1/2013
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I see that that miserable liberal governor of my state of New Hampshire has vetoed SB318 which is the "castle bill" essentially the same bill just signed into law by the Oklahoma governor.
Boy, did I send Governor Lynch a steaming email!!
I encourage any other NH residents to do the same.