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|School of Business students teamed up in an Organization Development & Change class to serve as consults to ongoing organizations.
How about these energy-saving efforts in Ithaca's residence halls?
Stickers at washing machines urging the cold-water setting.
Stickers at all light switches reminding you to turn the lights off when leaving the room.
A "room reduction" energy use sheet placed in every room.
They were among recommendations a student group presented to the college's energy manager as part of its management seminar, "Organization Development & Change." All three are being implemented. The light switch stickers project began in May.
"After working with five classmates for just a few months, our finding will likely make a difference in Ithaca College's sustainability efforts," said Kevin Teague '11. "That's pretty cool."
In their final semester, 46 seniors enrolled in this School of Business capstone course for the management concentration, taught by management professor Linda Gasser. They broke into nine teams for a project serving as consultants to an ongoing organization. It's a road test in applying the skills they've learned in college.
Like any task force in the business world, each team had to study an issue, gather data, interview stakeholders, identify key issues, create and present a series of action recommendations with justification (what to do, how, and why), and deliver written and oral reports. Those reports were presented to both the client and to the rest of the class, with each team member participating.
"This project changed me by helping me realize that what I have been learning over the years does actually matter in the real world," said Matt Mees '11. Mees, Teague and four classmates – Dana Butler, Ryan Lowe, Dan Macken, and Sara Rawson, all '11 – called their consulting team Unplugged, signed a contract with college energy manager Michelle Jones to perform audits of residential units, adopted the team slogan "Turning it off turns us on," and used a tree in a light bulb as team symbol.
"I have never completed a project more valuable than this," said Rawson. "I am grateful that I got to experience what it is really like to have set deadlines, someone to report your progress to, and most importantly, that I was able to use the skills I have learned related to project management and team management."
Four teams went off campus to find clients. Four others also stayed on campus. No matter where they worked, they found serving a client a gratifying experience.
Working for a business "gave the project a feeling that we were making a difference for our client's company, which just so happened to be Ithaca College," said Mees. "Also, it was the first project that I participated in that was not hypothetical. The information that we gathered and what we presented is going to be implemented immediately for the coming year."
Working for the Office of Facilities – which manages operation of the campus of 669 acres, 2.3 million gross square feet of floor space, and 31 residence halls – Unplugged surveyed students about energy use in residential halls and generated intervention suggestions in three categories.
"We found that students wanted more knowledge and reminders regarding reducing energy use and other sustainable topics," Unplugged wrote in its project summary. "In an effort to get the most out of this data we came up with several recommendations for interventions that span from simple stickers to remind students to turn off the lights to a mock energy bill for each room on campus so students can get a feel for how much it would cost if they were responsible for paying for the energy they use in the residence halls."
After Unplugged presented its findings to Jones, she wrote to Gasser, "I was so impressed with their commitment to the project. Each student really participated in a meaningful way.
"The data and recommendations they provided to me are immediately impactful here on campus. I passed along my appreciation and delight with the quality of work they did and my ability to use the results to make a difference."
The students appreciated the practical application of what they'd learned in college. "This legitimizes my experience with Ithaca so much more because there was a direct correlation between the schoolwork and the relationship we had with our client," said Butler. "Our client was counting on our analysis of data to decide which step to take next."
Said Mees: "Working for someone other than my professor felt different in the beginning. However, as time went on, it became more natural and helped give the group a better feel for what we are going to experience once we graduate."
The seminar is a final preparation for the business world, said Teague: "I have more confidence presenting information to a professional. Two years ago, when I transferred into the school, I never thought about giving a strong, cogent presentation to a client that will actually have an effect on something other than my grade."


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It is with a mix of sorrow and hope that the family of Bruce Manning has generously established the Bruce J. Manning Fund in his memory.
Manning, widely known under his stage name of Trash Kavity, was a guitarist for the Thrill Kill Kult, an iconic industrial-electronic band originally from Chicago, Illinois. The band helped establish the industrial genre and frequently incited controversy and dialogue with provocative lyrics, symbols, and imagery.

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Brevard, N.C. - The Brevard College baseball team lost both games of a Saturday double header against Carson-Newman College at Gil Coan Field. The Eagles took the first game 12-3 in nine innings and C-N starter Wes McIntyre threw a seven inning no hitter in a 6-0 Eagle win in game two.
Carson-Newman took control of game one with a five run second inning. Evan Patterson got the scoring started with a two-run double to left center. Mills Rogers added an RBI single, and Jeff Lockwood took a Casey Burnette pitch over the wall in right for a two-run home run. Lockwood has 16 home runs this season, which is second in the country.
Carson-Newman tacked on three more runs in the fourth inning. Brevard responded with a three run frame of their own. Kellen Moman led off the inning with a single to left and was brought home on a double from Vance Crook. Eric Renegar singled through the right side to drive in Crook. Brett Brinson, who had a base hit earlier in the inning, scored on a wild pitch from Eagles starter Cy Fraker. Renegar had three hits in the game. Moman finished two for four with a run scored. Crook also had two hits, scored once, and drove in a run.
C-N plated a single run in the sixth inning and added three more in the ninth. Derek Long had four hits in six at bats with a run scored and an RBI. Lockwood was one for three with two RBI and two runs scored.
Fraker pitched six innings and allowed three runs on nine hits while striking out seven and walking two to get the win and improve his record to 3-0. Ryan Hendrickson earned a three inning save, his fourth of the season, striking out eight Tornados and allowing one hit.
Burnette worked three and a third innings and suffered his first loss of the year.
McIntyre was brilliant in game two, going the distance for Carson-Newman (21-8, 10-3) and allowing only four Tornados (6-19, 1-15) to reach base. He struck out 12, walked one, and only needed 85 pitches to complete his work.
Jackie Corn drew a walk and was hit by a pitch, and Moman reached first after a dropped third strike and a passed ball, but that was the only offense the Tornados could muster.
C-N put single runs across in both the first and third innings and broke the game open with a four-run sixth. Rogers had a key three RBI single and also hit a solo home run to left field in the second inning. He had three hits and four runs driven in and scored once in the game. Corey Lamson had two hits and an RBI.
With the win McIntyre improves his record to 3-1. Tornado starter Jacob White worked six innings and allowed six runs on 11 hits while striking out five and walking one. Joseph Lepore came on in relief of White and worked a scoreless seventh.
Carson-Newman hosts King March 29. Brevard next plays at Milligan College on March 31 in a double header with first pitch of game one scheduled for 5 p.m.


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When I think of marriage I think of grace, particularly the phrase "grace for the moment." Marriage requires grace every moment if it's going to be what God desires it to be. Thankfully, God extends his grace to us through marriage.Historically speaking, the church has always recognized marriage as a sacrament. This is important to understand when speaking of the mystery of marriage, as Paul does in Ephesians. The words "mystery" and "sacrament" are synonymous. The first is Greek and the seco … [Read more...]
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Brevard, N.C- Lincoln Memorial's Kalasia Green hit the game-winning three-pointer with 3.4 seconds remaining in regulation to push the Railsplitters past the Tornados 46-45 in Boshamer Gymnasium on Wednesday night.
LMU outscored the Tornados 21-8 over the final 10:06 of regulation to earn a split of the season series after the Tornados rallied for an overtime win in Tex Turner Arena on January 16th. Green finished with a team-high 12 points as nine different Railsplitters found their way into the scoring column.
It was Brevard who rallied back from a three-point halftime deficit, opening the second half on a 20-5 run to take a 12-point lead before the Railsplitters mounted their comeback.
While the Tornados held LMU to a 31.5 shooting percentage (17-of-54) in the game, BC shot only 27.9% (17-for-61) from the field in the defensive-minded matchup.
BC senior Micheala Watkins led all scorers with 17 points in 33 minutes off the bench for the Tornados, while Tuccoa Brackett had a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
The Tornados will look to rebound on the road as they visit the Lenoir-Rhyne Bears in Hickory on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. The Bears took the first game 77-49 in Boshamher Gymnasium on January 12th.
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The mission of the undergraduate social work program is to prepare students for beginning social work practice and lifelong learning. To this end, the program teaches the knowledge, values, and skills of generalist social work, with an emphasis on self-evaluation, critical thinking, information literacy, and understanding the intersections of people and their environments. Students apply micro, mezzo, and macro frameworks for assessment and intervention through experiential learning that includes two field placements over the course of three semesters. The program prepares students to adhere to the ethical standards of social work, to advocate for social and economic justice, and to promote the strengths and well-being of diverse individuals, families, groups, organizations and communities. Students graduate with the core competencies appropriate to entry-level generalist social work as well as the foundation for graduate social work education.
Goals for the Undergraduate Social Work Program are linked to core practice competencies as set forth in the Council on Social Work Education's 2008 Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). With the liberal arts as its foundation, BSW graduates are prepared to engage in entry-level social work practice through mastery of these ten core competencies. As such, it is our goal that by completion of the program, students will be prepared to:
EP 2.1.1: Identify as a professional social worker and conduct oneself accordingly.
EP 2.1.2: Apply social work ethical principles to guide professional practice.
EP 2.1.3: Apply critical thinking to inform and communicate professional judgments.
EP 2.1.4: Engage diversity and difference in practice.
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Im having boot problem, i'll provide some pictures so that u see what is happening here, i need some comment on this & its solution,
-Monkeys are like nature's humans.
-=Tron=- is correct. The chances of me or anyone else with half a brain downloading those pictures to our PC's and opening them are slim to none.
Hm, ok then, this is what i see when i use bootable cd from hakin9 magazine, i need some comment on this & its solution,
On the way to boot the cd...
*starting Linux Live scripts
*mounting /proc and /sys filesystems
*creating /dev entries for block devices
*starting loop device support
*starting cdrom filesystem support
*starting squashfs support
*starting aufs support
*starting vfat support
*starting ntfs support
*setup directory for changes
*setup union directory (using aufs)
*looking for data directory
*starting USB support...
Fatal error occured - LiveData not found. Searching for BT directory.
You are maybe using an unsupported boot device (eg. SCSI or PCMCIA CD-ROM)
Try to copy the directory BT from CD/USB to your IDE/SATA harddisk,
for example to /mnt/sda1/ in Linux or C:\ in Windos. Then boot again
*Something went wrong and we cant continue. This should never happen.
*Please reboot your computer with CTRL+ALT+DEL ...
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I just bought this laptop, the specification for this laptop :
OS : Vista Home Premium
CPU : Duo T5750
Memory : 2GB
Laptop : F80Sseries (Asus)
U may download the picture for better understanding such previous thread.
A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.
Nope, i never download any source of backtrack from the internet, i get those cd from the hakin9 magazines. For most all of the backtrack cd from that magazine can be boot with other laptop or dekstop pc that i use before, maybe the latest version of laptop (Asus) might give such problem.
Another ASUS user, i have A7Jc Linux bt 220.127.116.11 i686 HD install, Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2400 @ 1.83GHz,100 gb HDD and it really makes ya learn cause nothing seems to work as easily or as smoothly as other people report it does, means ya gotta work a lot out for ya self.


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Not to be a jerk. But who cares? My friend was running a cross the street and dropped her iPhone 4 and when she realized what had happen a coke truck ran over it. And guess what it still works just find with only a nick on one of the corners on the back. So who cares.
And right, android is really secure and malware free. Um no. I love android as much as I love iOS. But android is not secure. I hate iOS without a jailbreak, but iOS jailbroken is superior to android IMO. And what is your argument with the cloud? Is it against apple or samsung? Cuz apple's iCloud isn't mentioned in the commercial.
I bought the new Samsung Galaxy S2 with T-mobile after having been with ATT and iPhone for about 4 years. Got fed up with ATT in particular and didn't care for the upgraded iPhone 4s so I decided to also try out the new Samasung while I was at it. Been using it for about a week and I have to say, I like the Android OS a lot. The OS takes getting use to after having been with iPhone for many years but it does work very well. I am not even going to bother comparing ATT with T-mobile but suffice it to say ATT service is crap on all levels compared to T-mobile when it comes to service and coverage where I live. With the Samsung you get just as fast performance, lighter, can change the battery out, display is bigger and nicer. Apple is so restricting in everything from the way you can use their phone. Durability test was demonstrated on the previous page by one of our members, iPhone durability is a joke. You also get....Not locked into ATT phone service, can unlock the Samsung after 3 months of service and no jailbreaking war crap that ppl are forced into doing because of ATT/Apple. Plenty of apps to choose from on the Android market. Really hate the way Apple does it business with people. Now I know the iPhone lackies here will continue to argue their points but they need to face the fact that Samsung is beginning to kick Apple's ***** now and the iPhone is NOT standing out as the clear leader anymore. On a side not....Glad to see Apple is now losing thier battles in court on infringement rights so now they are getting a taste of their own medicine. Nice to see ATT lost its bid on T-mobile since it would narrow competition and increase prices. Way to go Samsung/Android, keep up the good work.
I have iPhone for many reasons
But I do not trust this cloud crap one bit since its on someone elses server, can be hacked into
As far as your post I was just commenting but not to you personally
Didn't I agree? Its what +1 means
And how should they make a phone?
Fliphones looked similar
other phones look alike
should it look like a Football? Basketball?
The Drop test proves feel is nothing and Durability everything
I agree the iPhone
is not as Durable as other phones
Hold it wrong and it no signal or poor signal
5.0 and even 5.0.1 have battery issues
so the iPhone is not perfect so what? I still have a 4 and enjoy it.
Captivate is not perfect as well, Galaxy II not perfect..............
BTW glass is outdated by years
the newest tech is coming, flexible phones, phones that will roll up, How come APple has not developed this current tech is beyond me, Samsung is............ Soon it may be Apple copying
InAVate - Touchscreens roll up after graphene breakthrough

Last one does not look like any iPhone I have seen
Apple did not have the first touch screen phone with apps and store
Palm did
Did apple copy palms idea?
As far as the new tech of bendable screens rolling up and such
Millions if not billions will have them
No more easy to break screens
Super light
Any way life calls and trying to discuss with some people is useless
iPhone was marketed well
Its iOS needs more work still
Yes i4 and 2 3GS in family so I have iPhones
I consider myself a mild fanboy and I think the ads are funny. Some of u take things too serious. Lighten up.
i dont get it really. the fact that he already has the galaxy 2 or the fact that samsung had cloud first or what. the reason he has a samsung is because there was no line to get one lol jk apple fans dont care about vacation time or feeling in their legs. i apologize i dont understand it or cared to pay attention lol. i love my apple and am willing to try other phones but after using my moms phone for a whole day i was so relieved to use my iphone again. android is blurry and very laggy for some reason i dont know why. i cant live without the retina screen.
I made a choice and it turned out to be a mistake. So I corrected it. Name one person who's never made a bad choice or a mistake.


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Can four highly accomplished men in their 40s navigate life and romance to find love and success in urban Korea? Kim Do Jin (Jang Dong Gun), architect and manager of a construction company, is highly analytical and finds it difficult to give his heart to a woman because it means that he has to share his wealth too. Dr. Choi Yoon (Kim Min Jong), an ophthalmologist, is still trying to recover from the loss of his beloved wife seven years ago but a young woman tries to win his heart. Im Tae San (Kim Soo Ro), a macho architect and co-CEO of an architecture company, is in a relationship with a cold-hearted woman but is intrigued when he learns that Song Ye Soo (Kim Ha Neul), a high school ethics teacher, has a crush on him. Ko Young Do (Lee Jong Hyuk) marries a rich older woman and becomes the head of a coffee shop company, but his womanizing is putting his marriage and his cushy life in jeopardy. Will the four friends make the right choices when it comes to romance? "A Gentleman's Dignity," also called "The Gentleman's Club," is a 2012 South Korean drama series directed by Shin Woo Chul. It has been referred to as the male version of the popular American television series "Sex and the City."


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Switek, Brian. Written in Stone: evolution, the fossil record, and our place in nature
Early proponents of evolution by natural selection were hampered by their inability to provide "transitional" fossils demonstrating the stages of change from one species to another. Darwin theorized that human ancestors would be found in Africa—rightly, as it turned out—but none had yet been discovered. In many other species lineages, similar gaps in the fossil record led to misunderstandings of those species' histories and the connections between species. Switek ably and clearly traces what I might call "the evolution of evolution" in this popular-science work. Each chapter focuses on a particular type of animal…horses, whales, reptiles, etc…tracing a path from scientists' early understanding of that species and its place in nature through to our current views, explaining the importance of the transitional fossils that have been discovered while never losing sight of areas in which science's understanding is still limited.
Written for the layperson, the book nevertheless does not "dumb down" the science, instead laying out the facts clearly and allowing the careful reader to see the connections for him or herself. Fascinating portraits of some of the early naturalists and evolutionary theorists, including Darwin; Cuvier; Lamarck; and Lyell fill out this able survey of the history of evolution and natural science.


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(USA TODAY) October's first college football weekend produced its share of wild — and sometimes controversial — finishes. But when the dust settled, there was very little movement in the USA TODAY Sports coaches poll.
Alabama retained the No.1 spot after going through the motions in dispatching hopelessly overmatched Georgia State. But No.2 Oregon chipped a bit off the Crimson Tide's lead. The Ducks took two first-place votes from Alabama and now has a total of four to the Tide's 57. Alabama's overall lead shrank from 67 to 58 poll points.
The rest of the top five held steady for the fourth consecutive week. Ohio State remained third after surviving a tough road battle at Northwestern. No.4 Clemson, a road winner at Syracuse, retained the final first-place vote. Stanford stayed put at No.5 after surviving a scare from Washington at home.
Stock up: Florida State.
The Seminoles rode a 63-0 demolition of previously unbeaten Maryland and another standout performance from freshman sensation quarterback Jameis Winston to a two-spot gain, vaulting past both Georgia and Louisville to its highest ranking of the season at No.6.
Stock down: Northwestern.
The voters were kind to the Wildcats for their valiant effort in defeat against the Buckeyes. But a couple of the weekend's winners still edge past Northwestern, which slid three positions to No.18.
Stock up: Florida.
There wasn't much room for advancement with the lack of upsets, but the Gators were able to gain a couple of places to No.17 after handling Arkansas.
Stock down: Georgia.
Maybe it was a hangover from the huge effort needed to get past LSU the week before. Whatever it was that caused the Bulldogs to struggle and require overtime to get past a rebuilding Tennessee on the road wound up costing them a valuable poll position. They check in at seventh with an undefeated Missouri coming to Athens next week.
Stock up: Baylor.
The Bears' 864-yard, 73-point explosion against West Virginia could only net them one position in the poll. But it got them to the top 15 and sets them up for chances to move up as their back-loaded schedule heats up.
Stock down: Louisville.
It's not the Cardinals' fault; they can only play the teams on their schedule. But thumping winless Temple wasn't enough to keep them from being leapfrogged by the red-hot Seminoles. Louisville falls a space to No.8 but has a Thursday spotlight game up next against Rutgers.
New kid on the block: No.25 Virginia Tech
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Fox News recently hosted businessman Thomas Belesis twice to analyze the 2012 elections and President Obama's handling of the economy. Belesis attacked Obama's economic record and praised Mitt Romney. During both segments, Fox identified Belesis as the CEO of John Thomas Financial but didn't disclose that he's also an official for the New York State Republican Party.
According to the biography on his website, Belesis "is currently Co-Chairman of the New York State Republican Finance Committee." A July 2011 press release states that he "was a key backer of the State Party's efforts in the 2010 election and has also been an active supporter of the Republican National Committee over the last election cycle."
During today's Fox & Friends Saturday, Belesis claimed there's "no doubt" that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's win "sparked" a stock rally. He added that "when Romney" wins the election, "you're going to see a huge rally in the market that will go on probably over the next several years."
Belesis' effusive praise of Romney prompted co-host Dave Briggs to say, "You're obviously a Romney supporter" to which he replied, "Very big Romney supporter." During the segment, Belesis' Republican ties were never disclosed.
Belesis also appeared on the May 1 edition of Your World with Neil Cavuto to discuss the presidential campaign. Fox News again did not identify him as a Republican official.
During that appearance, Belesis attacked Obama for a recent ad criticizing Mitt Romney and claimed Obama "failed miserably" creating jobs and has a "horrible track record" on the economy. Belesis said Romney is a "very competent man and everything he's done has been a success from the Olympics, to governor, to businessman." Obama, by contrast, can only argue he's good at "speechmaking" and he needs to "step aside."
Cavuto asked Belesis if he thinks Republicans or Democrats are better for the stock market. The Republican official replied that he preferred Republicans.
Fox News has repeatedly hosted Romney advisers John Bolton, Jay Sekulow and Walid Phares without disclosing that they are helping his campaign. Fox has also heavily promoted contributor Karl Rove's anti-Obama super PAC efforts and hosted him to promote his group's message.
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Phase Two of Boshamer Gymnasium Renovations CompleteJune 21, 2008
Brevard, N.C. – On Friday, June 20, the second phase of the renovations to Boshamer Gymnasium on the campus of Brevard College was completed, as fresh new paint was put up on the interior walls of the venue.
The gymnasium which plays home to the Brevard College volleyball and men's and women's basketball teams is scheduled to receive a number of changes this summer.
The new paint job is just one of a number of renovations that will be done to Boshamer Gymnasium this season. The renovation process has reached phase three, as both phase one, the removal of the old bleachers, and phase two, new paint, are now complete.
Phase three includes additions such as new shot clock equipment and a new three-point line to meet with the new rules for the NCAA Division II men's basketball legislation.
The installation of new chair back seats with steps and hand rails for our BC fans and students will wrap up the renovation which is projected to be completed in early August, allowing our student-athletes, students, fans and community members to enjoy the new up-to-date changes come fall 2008.


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On Fox & Friends, Fox Business anchor Stuart Varney continued attacking unemployment insurance, by seizing on a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed by Harvard economist Robert Barro, which claimed that unemployment rates would have been at 6.8% had Congress not extended unemployment benefits. But Barro's theory and similar claims -- that extending unemployment benefits in the current recession provide a disincentive for people to find work -- have been widely disputed by experts.
Varney cites WSJ op-ed in continued attack on unemployment insurance
Varney seizes on WSJ op-ed to claim that "unemployment would be at 6.8%, not the 9.5%," if Congress hadn't "extended unemployment benefits." On the August 31 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, Varney cited a Wall Street Journal op-ed by Harvard economics professor and Hoover Institute senior fellow Robert Barro to claim that, in Varney's words, "If we had not extended unemployment benefits to 99 weeks from the standard 26 weeks, [Barro] says, unemployment would be at 6.8%, not the 9.5%." According to Varney, Barro argued that "you extend benefits like this and it discourages people from going out to look for work especially, you know, the start of the benefit period because it's nearly two years."
Barro looked at unemployment data from 1982, compared it to current recession, and theorized that if unemployment benefits hadn't been extended, "the unemployment rate would have been 6.8%." In his column, Barro argued that "although the peak unemployment rate (thus far) of 10.1% in October 2009 is very disturbing, the rate was even higher in the 1982 recession (10.8% in November-December 1982). Thus, there is no reason to think that the United States is in a new world in which incentives provided by more generous unemployment-insurance programs do not matter much for unemployment." He then compared the 1982 "peak unemployment rate" to the current recession and concluded that "[t]he dramatic expansion of unemployment insurance eligibility to 99 weeks" caused the current unemployment rates to remain high. Without this extension, he argued, "the unemployment rate would have been 6.8% rather than 9.5%." From his column:
To begin with a historical perspective, in the 1982 recession the peak unemployment rate of 10.8% in November-December 1982 corresponded to a mean duration of unemployment of 17.6 weeks and a share of long-term unemployment (those unemployed more than 26 weeks) of 20.4%. Long-term unemployment peaked later, in July 1983, when the unemployment rate had fallen to 9.4%. At that point, the mean duration of unemployment reached 21.2 weeks and the share of long-term unemployment was 24.5%. These numbers are the highest observed in the post-World War II period until recently. Thus, we can think of previous recessions (including those in 2001, 1990-91 and before 1982) as featuring a mean duration of unemployment of less than 21 weeks and a share of long-term unemployment of less than 25%.
These numbers provide a stark contrast with joblessness today. The peak unemployment rate of 10.1% in October 2009 corresponded to a mean duration of unemployment of 27.2 weeks and a share of long-term unemployment of 36%. The duration of unemployment peaked (thus far) at 35.2 weeks in June 2010, when the share of long-term unemployment in the total reached a remarkable 46.2%. These numbers are way above the ceilings of 21 weeks and 25% share applicable to previous post-World War II recessions. The dramatic expansion of unemployment-insurance eligibility to 99 weeks is almost surely the culprit.
To get a rough quantitative estimate of the implications for the unemployment rate, suppose that the expansion of unemployment-insurance coverage to 99 weeks had not occurred and--I assume--the share of long-term unemployment had equaled the peak value of 24.5% observed in July 1983. Then, if the number of unemployed 26 weeks or less in June 2010 had still equaled the observed value of 7.9 million, the total number of unemployed would have been 10.4 million rather than 14.6 million. If the labor force still equaled the observed value (153.7 million), the unemployment rate would have been 6.8% rather than 9.5%.
Barro's claim and claims like his have been widely disputed by experts
Business Insider: Barro's argument is "really, really thin," in part because, "in 1984 we weren't coming off a massive multi-year bubble." In an August 30 Business Insider article, Joe Weisenthal wrote:
Harvard economist Robert Barro is out with a new piece arguing that if Obama hadn't extended unemployment benefits, we'd be at 6.8% unemployment and not 9.5%.
How does he arrive at this number? Simple, he just presumes for no reason that the nature of the recent jobless spike is no different than the one seen in the early 80s.
(An examination of unemployment in the early 80s vs. right now was made recently by David Leonhardt in the NYT. He noted that in 1982, 22% of the population experienced joblessness, whereas this time that peaked at 16%).
So anyway Barro just says: Well, unemployment fell fast in the early 80s, when we had a shorter period of being able to collect benefits, ergo, it should be the same now.
This is really, really thin, because it presumes that the different lengths of being able to collect unemployment-insurance is the defining difference between now and then. But in 1982 we weren't coming off a massive multi-year bubble. And we're not merely in a post-burst era -- home values are still going down, and construction is at something of a standstill, which means this is an active drag on the economy.
Housing is just one difference, but as this chart from Calculated Risk -- which compares housing starts and employment -- reminds us, it's a powerful predictor of jobs. And sure, it's probably not the only issue, but Barro could at least try to argue why this is not a relevant factor to consider before decrying the jobless benefits that can represent the last barrier between joblessness and total devastation for many families.
Robert Reich: "Anyone who bothered to step into the real world would see the absurdity of Barro's position." In an August 30 post, University of California Berkley professor Robert Reich wrote:
The economy is so bad that the social fabric is coming undone, and what used to be merely weird economic theories have become debatable public policies. Tonight it was Harvard Professor Robert Barro, who opined in today's Wall Street Journal that America's high rate of long-term unemployment is the consequence rather than the cause of today's extended unemployment insurance benefits.
In point of fact, most states provide unemployment benefits that are only a fraction of the wages and benefits people lost when their jobs disappeared. Indeed, fewer than 40 percent of the unemployed in most states are even eligible for benefits, because states require applicants have been in full-time jobs for at least three to five years. This often rules out a majority of those who are jobless - because they've moved from job to job, or have held a number of part-time jobs.
So it's hard to make the case that many of the unemployed have chosen to remain jobless and collect unemployment benefits rather than work.
Anyone who bothered to step into the real world would see the absurdity of Barro's position. Right now, there are roughly five applicants for every job opening in America. If the job requires relatively few skills, hundreds of applicants line up for it. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says 15 percent of people without college degrees are jobless today; that's not counting large numbers too discouraged even to look for work.
Barro's son, Josh Barro: In today's economy, "UI extensions should do less to foster unemployment," due to the high number of job seekers. In a July 27 National Review article, Robert Barro's son, Josh Barro, rebutted recent studies which suggested that unemployment insurance increased unemployment rates, writing, "Two Fed studies suggest that they may have contributed 0.4 to 1.7 percentage points to current unemployment. But a closer look at this research makes me skeptical that the effects have been so large." Barro pointed out that:
[T]oday, there are more than 4 unemployed members of the workforce per job opening. Even if a significant number of unemployed people who are nominally in the workforce actually prefer to stay unemployed, other job seekers will easily fill those available slots. As such, UI extensions should do less to foster unemployment when the economy is weak than when it is strong.
Krugman: Charge that extending benefits makes unemployment worse during a recession is "dead wrong." In a July 4 op-ed, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman wrote that some "honestly misinformed" people "who believe, for example ... that extending benefits would make unemployment worse" hold a belief that is "dead wrong." Krugman explains that although "it's a real effect when the economy is doing well ... it's an effect that is completely irrelevant to our current situation" because there are fewer available jobs. According to Krugman:
When the economy is booming, and lack of sufficient willing workers is limiting growth, generous unemployment benefits may keep employment lower than it would have been otherwise. But as you may have noticed, right now the economy isn't booming -- again, there are five unemployed workers for every job opening. Cutting off benefits to the unemployed will make them even more desperate for work -- but they can't take jobs that aren't there.
Labor economist Lawrence Katz says possibility of unemployment benefits extending joblessness isn't currently a concern due to the scarcity of jobs. In an August 2009 New York Times article, Harvard labor economist Lawrence Katz said that the claim that unemployment benefits prolong unemployment "should not be a concern now because jobs remain so scarce." From the Times article:
Traditionally, many economists have been leery of prolonged unemployment benefits because they can reduce the incentive to seek work. But that should not be a concern now because jobs remain so scarce, said Lawrence Katz, a labor economist at Harvard.
For every job that becomes available, about six people are looking, Dr. Katz said. "Unemployment insurance gives income to families who are really suffering and can't find work even if they are hustling to look," he said.
With the economy still listing, he added, a temporary extension can provide a quick fiscal stimulus. And, Dr. Katz said, when people exhaust unemployment and health insurance, many end up applying for disability benefits, which become a large, unending drain on the Treasury.
In a July 15 USA Today article, Katz also warned against comparing unemployment date "from the 70s and 80s" to today, by noting that the "old findings were distorted":
Research from the 1970s and '80s found that about a third of unemployed workers took jobs as soon as their unemployment benefits ran out. But Harvard economist Lawrence Katz has said the old findings were distorted because factories often timed temporary layoffs so they could bring employees back to work when their checks ran out.
MarketWatch chief economist Irwin Kellner: "[T]here are now more than five applicants for every job. Clearly, this is not caused by more benefit checks." In a July 13 MarketWatch op-ed, chief economist Irwin Kellner wrote:
To the extent that duration of unemployment and benefit checks move together, it is a spurious correlation, like electric motors and school grades. Both may appear to correlate, but in actuality they are related to something else.
In the case of the duration of unemployment and number of benefit checks, both are really determined by the lousy economy!
Specifically, I am referring to the after-effects of the bursting of the housing bubble, the financial crisis and technological change, which resulted in the worst recession in 70 years and the highest overall jobless rate since the 1930s.
As a consequence there are now more than five applicants for every job. Clearly, this is not caused by more benefit checks.
Washington Post: Unemployment benefits are "probably not discouraging many people from accepting available work," because in "reality ... jobs [are] scarce." A July 13 Washington Post editorial also pointed out that low job openings make the argument that unemployment benefits keep workers from finding jobs irrelevant: "In theory, longer periods for drawing benefits reduce recipients' incentives to find work. In the current reality, with jobs scarce and unemployment benefits hardly lavish, the program is probably not discouraging many people from accepting available work."
Alan Greenspan: "When you're in a period of job weakness ... then obviously you want to be temporarily generous." In 2003, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said to the Joint Economic Committee:
Unemployment insurance is essentially restrictive because it's been our perception that we don't want to create incentives for people not to take jobs. But when you're in a period of job weakness, where it is not a choice on the part of people whether they're employed or unemployed, then obviously you want to be temporarily generous. We ought to be temporarily generous.
And I think that's what we have done in the past and it has worked well.
I think that because it is stringent in normal periods, that one should recognize that people who lose jobs not because they did anything and can't find new ones, you have a different form of problem, which means that you have to allow the unemployment system to be much broader and, indeed, that's what we need to do.
Economists agree that unemployment insurance has strong stimulative effect on GDP, employment
Krugman: "Aid to the unemployed creates jobs quickly." In his July 4 op-ed, Krugman wrote:
One main reason there aren't enough jobs right now is weak consumer demand. Helping the unemployed, by putting money in the pockets of people who badly need it, helps support consumer spending. That's why the Congressional Budget Office rates aid to the unemployed as a highly cost-effective form of economic stimulus. And unlike, say, large infrastructure projects, aid to the unemployed creates jobs quickly -- while allowing that aid to lapse, which is what is happening right now, is a recipe for even weaker job growth, not in the distant future but over the next few months.
CBO scores "increasing aid to the unemployed" as the highest-scoring policy proposal to stimulate economy. In a January 14 report on "Policies for Increasing Economic Growth and Employment in 2010 and 2011," the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) stated:
Policies that could be implemented relatively quickly or targeted toward people whose consumption tends to be restricted by their income, such as reducing payroll taxes for firms that increase payroll or increasing aid to the unemployed, would have the largest effects on output and employment per dollar of budgetary cost in 2010 and 2011.
According to a table in the report, CBO estimated that increasing aid to the unemployed would have the greatest effects on GDP per dollar of budgetary cost and the second highest cumulative effect on employment of the policy options considered.
Elmendorf: Policies such as unemployment insurance "have a significant impact on GDP." In January 2009, CBO director Douglas Elmendorf testified:
Transfers to persons (for example, unemployment insurance and nutrition assistance) would also have a significant impact on GDP. Because a large amount of such spending can occur quickly, transfers would have a significant impact on GDP by early 2010. Transfers also include refundable tax credits, which have an impact similar to that of a temporary tax cut.
A dollar's worth of a temporary tax cut would have a smaller effect on GDP than a dollar's worth of direct purchases or transfers, because a significant share of the tax cut would probably be saved. The nonbusiness tax cuts in H.R. 1 would reduce revenues much more in calendar year 2010 than in calendar year 2009 because much of the reduction in taxes would be realized by households when they filed their returns in 2010.
Zandi estimated that extending unemployment insurance benefits provides significant stimulus. In his July 24, 2008, House testimony, Mark Zandi, Moody's Economy.com chief economist and a former adviser to John McCain, rated "Fiscal Economic Bank for the Buck," defined as "One year $ change in real GDP for a given $ reduction in federal tax revenue or increase in spending." "Extending UI Benefits" was the second-highest of 13 policy options, behind "Temporary Increase in Food Stamps." The Economic Policy Institute created the following graphic based on Zandi's figures:
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: "The money gets spent fast and its effects spread through the economy." From an April 16 Center on Budget and Policy Priorities document:
Temporary increases in unemployment insurance benefits score high in "bang-for-the-buck" calculations of their economic impact as stimulus. The money gets spent fast and its effects spread through the economy. As a result of such policies, local businesses are less apt to lay off workers and cut back on orders from their suppliers during a downturn; and in the early stages of a recovery, they are more apt to hire additional workers and step up their orders. Policymakers have always ended these emergency UI benefits once a strong and sustainable economic recovery is underway.
Joseph Stiglitz: Stimulus "should begin by strengthening the unemployment insurance system." In a January 23, 2008, op-ed, Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz wrote that "America's economy is headed for a major slowdown" and that "[t]he country needs stimulus." Proceeding to describe the "optimal package," Stiglitz recommended: "We should begin by strengthening the unemployment insurance system, because money received by the unemployed would be spent immediately."
Blinder: "Extending unemployment benefits is one of the best forms of stimulus we know." On July 2, NPR reported that former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve and Clinton economic adviser Alan Blinder "supports the effort to extend expiring unemployment benefits." NPR quoted Blinder as saying: "Extending unemployment benefits is one of the best forms of stimulus we know."
Martire: Stimulus from unemployment benefits "greater than any other fiscal action government can take." In a June 30 piece in the State Journal-Register of Springfield, Illinois, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability Executive Director Ralph Martire wrote:
As for the contention that extending UI encourages people to avoid finding jobs so they can stay on the public dole -- well, it's just plain goofy. In May 2010, the private sector created only 41,000 jobs. That's 72,000 less than what's needed to keep up with the demand generated by natural work-force growth, much less creating the positions needed for the unemployed to find work. No one's thumbing a nose at getting hired to live in luxury eating government cheese -- there simply are no private sector jobs available.
Perhaps the hawks have forgotten that consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of the nation's economy. The best consumers are low- and middle-income folks, who don't earn enough to save, so they spend their paychecks. That is, when they have paychecks. See, if they've lost their jobs and the private sector isn't creating jobs and the feds cut off unemployment benefits, their ability to spend drops to, well, nil. Which is why the amount of private sector economic activity stimulated by unemployment benefits is greater than any other fiscal action government can take. In fact, dollar-for-dollar, it's five times more stimulative than the Bush tax cuts.
Sure, the long-term deficit has to be dealt with -- but honestly and responsibly. Short-term, deficit spending -- particularly on things like unemployment insurance, food stamps, housing assistance and the like -- is creating jobs and saving the U.S. economy from disaster.
EPI's Mishel explains why unemployment insurance is "such good stimulus." In a June 10 hearing before the House Ways and Means Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee, the Economic Policy Institute's Lawrence Mishel testifed:
As I have explained, the only real option for increasing economic activity and consumer demand for goods and services is federal government intervention in the economy, specifically through more deficit spending. The safety net programs are a vital part of this picture.
The reason extending unemployment insurance is such good stimulus is that it gets money to people who are the most likely to have depleted their savings and thus tend to have no choice but to quickly spend essentially every dollar they receive on necessities found in their local economy. In other words, virtually every dollar spent on extending unemployment insurance benefits goes directly, and immediately, toward the purchase of local goods and services, providing an extremely efficient demand boost. Not only is extending and expanding UI benefits the right thing to do for the people hurt most by this economic downturn, it is also excellent economic policy.
CEPR's Schmitt: Unemployment insurance helps "sustain a community." In an April 28 article, McClatchy Newspapers reported:
And allowing workers to fall off the unemployment insurance rolls can have negative ripple effects, said John Schmitt, senior economist with the Center for Economic and Policy Research.
"It hits individuals hard, but it also hits their communities, and more broadly the country," Schmitt said. "Having unemployment insurance benefits can help sustain a community through a very difficult time."
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Was speaking to James Doolan and he suggested a Writers' Fighter of the Year, love the idea but since there's so few of us, thought it would be a lot better to do a Fighters' Fighter of the Year award. Think it's a pretty cool idea, and it should mean a lot more to guys than the popular vote because it's by peers and less of a popularity contest. Be interesting to see how it compares to the regular vote too.
Here's how it's going to work- if you've fought at pro/C-Class/semi-pro MMA at any stage and want to vote, message me with your top three nominations for the year, in order.
I'm not going to throw out any candidates because I think this one should be entirely open, and it doesn't necessarily have to be for the fighter who has had the best year. It could be someone who's had loads of exciting fights or fought top competition but lost a few. Basically whoever has impressed the most in 2012 from your (a fighters) point of view.
Unlike the football, people can vote for team-mates...just don't take the piss with it and vote for someone who's 0-3 this year (not a dig at anyone, just saying). I'll try it this way and see how it goes, if it turns out everyone's just voting for team-mates, will change it.
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HERE (see Off Broadway). By August Strindberg. Adapted by Sung Rno and Andrew Pang. Dir. Pang. With ensemble cast. 1hr 30mins. No intermission.
August Strindberg's trippy, musically structured A Dream Play already poses a challenge to an audience grown unaccustomed to turn-of-the-century Symbolism. A 1901 fantasy, it features a living, plant-like castle sustained by mulch, a visiting goddess and a cartload of Swedenborgian symbols wrapped up in poetry. Clarity, clearly, was never the play's raison d'être, but there is a kind of slippery logic inside it—and it shouldn't be treated as random nonsense.
Andrew Pang's plodding, amateurish staging for the National Asian American Theater Company (NAATCO) reduces the visuals to hash and its characters—archetypes all—to awkward acting-school exercises. People move portentously yet hesitantly, looking for all the world like drama students caught practicing Viewpoints. We might be able to overlook shabby production values if we were to hear the text with some freshness, some connection. Unfortunately, adapter Sung Rno (splicing in sequences from Inferno, Strindberg's quasi-autobiographical novel about a schizoid break) and Pang work hectically, destroying as they go. They have yet to grapple with the surreal, proto-montage structure of the original; added texts and performance tangents (a pole dancer?) only further confuse the impact.
The company's mission is a great one: Mia Katigbak and Richard Eng founded NAATCO as a means to produce contemporary plays and classics with Asian-American casts. Some very fine pieces of theater (their modern-dress Ivanov, a strange and wonderful Mother Courage) have been the result. But you would never know it from this knock-kneed, barely professional presentation. Best to stay away, so that you won't be tempted to judge the troupe by it.—Helen Shaw
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GSA Celebrates Dedication of African Burial Ground Memorial
October 5, 2007
Contact: Renee Miscione, (212) 264-8260
NEW YORK – A distinctive memorial commemorating and communicating the story of the African Burial Ground – a national monument and the single-most important, historic urban archaeological project undertaken in the U.S. – was unveiled today announced the U.S. General Services Administration.
"This work by architect Rodney Léon pays a graceful tribute to origin and culture, and yet is contemporary and powerful enough to engage and inspire this generation and all that will follow," said GSA Administrator Lurita Doan, during a dedication ceremony in lower Manhattan.
The ceremony marked another key milestone in an amazing story that began in 1991, when, during excavation work for a new federal office building, workers discovered the skeletal remains of the first of more than 400 men, women and children. Further investigation revealed that during the 17th and 18th centuries, free and enslaved Africans were buried in a 6.6 acre burial ground in lower Manhattan outside the boundaries of the settlement of New Amsterdam, which would become New York. Over the decades, the unmarked cemetery was covered over by development and landfill.
Administrator Doan said the overall project is a testimonial to a positive and collaborative partnership between many parties, including the Department of the Interior, the National Park Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Howard University, members of Congress and the descendent community.
One of the five designers selected from a pool of 61 applicants, Mr. Léon responded to an initial call for proposals in 1998. Mr. Léon delivers "a quiet masterpiece that amends the record with precision and clarity on behalf of the men, women and children of the African Burial Ground," said Administrator Doan. "Today, we celebrate an achievement we can see and touch, a monument that better informs the history of this great nation," she said.
For more information about GSA's African Burial Ground project, visit www.africanburialground.gov.
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,600 government-owned or leased buildings and 208,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 425 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and E-Gov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
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What do you all make of this?
personally think it's a bit rediculous to claim he doesn't have time to prepare, yet expects the replacement fighter to be able to prepare in the same time frame.
was always a big vitor fan but these days he makes it hard. they take away his performance enhancing drugs and he basically decides he doesn't want it all that much.
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The most popular locally produced TV show on Eight, Arizona PBS takes over CityScape in downtown Phoenix Sun., April 28, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., for a live food event aptly called Eight's Check, Please! Arizona Festival.
Eight, in collaboration with R Entertainment Company, will transform CityScape into an exploration of Arizona's independent restaurant scene – from five-star dining establishments to tucked-away cafes. The event will showcase cuisine from at least 36 of 117 independently owned Arizona restaurants previously featured on the show.
In its third season, the Emmy Award-winning series Check, Please! Arizona features favorite local restaurants as nominated by viewers. Those viewers come in studio to share commentary about their favorite dining spot and exchange opinions with fellow guests who experience each other's favorite place as well.
Chef Demonstrations, Panel Discussions. TV Auditions.
Among event highlights are cooking demonstrations, panel discussions and the chance to audition for a spot on Check, Please! Arizona. Producers seek congenial fans who are passionate about their favorite local restaurant, articulate about food and honest about their dining-out experiences. Cameras will be present to tape the auditions.
For the camera-shy guest or those who simply avoid the limelight, a diverse array of culinary offerings will be featured by the participating indie restaurants, as well as samples of fine wine and craft beer, all included in the ticket price. A James Beard Award-winners' panel hosted by James Beard Award-winner Robert McGrath is planned, as well as talks on locally sourced foods, fine wine and craft beers. In addition, a cooking demonstration stage will be in full gear, featuring at least four independent chefs.
Independent restaurants participating include:
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Mrs. Whites Golden Rule Café
General admission is $60 and VIP tickets are $100. Tickets include food, as well as wine and beer sampling. VIP ticket holders will enjoy the James Beard Award-winners' private chef seminar; exclusive wine tastings; early entry to the festival 30 minutes before general admission; and VIP valet parking.
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Sounds possible, but I think it would take some fancy scripting to get history dumps from browsers. I would suspect this type of script would first need to know under which browser it is running. I assume that different browsers would store their history in different ways.
You could accomplish almost the same thing with a man-in-the-middle attack, or DNS hijacking.


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Section 30 of Order 2508, as amended, is further amended by the addition under paragraph (a) of a new subparagraph to read as follows:
Authority under specific acts. (a) In addition to any authority delegated elsewhere in this order, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, is authorized to perform the functions and exercise the authority vested in the Secretary of the Interior by the following acts or portions of acts or any acts amendatory thereof:
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(49) The act of September 18, 1970 (84 Stat. 843) which authorizes reimbursement to the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah for tribal funds that have been used for construction, operation, and maintenance of the Uintah Indian irrigation project Utah.
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This is the indoor fan that produces a dry evaporative mist for enhanced cooling without dampening surfaces. The fan generates gentle ultrasonic vibrations that create microdroplets of mist that feel dry to the touch and evaporate instantly, creating a fan-driven, cooling mist. Ideal for use in dry, hot climates, the device circulates the cooling mist up to 1,600 cubic feet, its louver rotates 360� for targeted cooling, and its 1 1/2-liter tank produces up to nine hours of mist before needing to be refilled. The fan has three speeds, casters that enable easy relocation, and the mist can be turned off for use as a traditional fan. With an LED display, remote control, built-in timer, and a removable water tank. Remote requires two AAA batteries. 31" H x 15 3/4" W x 7 1/2" D. (16 1/2 lbs.)
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Not for bedrooms!
By stella
from so cal
forget sleeping in a quiet, darkened room! when the mister is on, the bottom front panel is bright blue; the noisy fan is accompanied by bright flashing panel at top. since we live in a dry climate, the water capacity is not large enough to last through til morning. would be fine in different daytime setting.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Excellent Fan and Mister
By minuetinj
from Calgary, Canada
I ordered this fan for my professional office with no windows which has poor circulation of cold air, and I work at a desk where computer/lights, etc. generate extra warmth and becomes too toasty. I see clients in the same office (with door closed) on a regular basis, and need things to be comfortable for them. I researched many types and brands of fan, and this one fit the bill perfectly with no window access needed, built in cooling and quiet operation. I took a chance having it shipped to Canada from the US (returning it could be costly but backed by a great return policy from HS) and I am very happy I did. I use the mister off and on again as you can feel it when you're about a foot away, but it's absolutely moisture free, even to the touch. Ideal for my small office and leather furniture nearby. This product I could easily use at home or office, and I'm very impressed with the user friendliness, usability and transportability, among many other things. It's definitely worth the extra cost.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Fan is a savior in drought summer!
By mo
from Denver, CO
This Evaporative Mist Indoor Fan has been a welcome relief in the dry Colorado climate! I especially enjoy the different levels of Wind and Speed settings. The Swing Fan is an added bonus with its sweeping air flows.
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A must this year!
By Sarb Jit
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Easy to use. Enjoyed mister but water dispenser is a bit small.
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Unique. Could be improved.
By Can't sleep in the heat
from Calgary, AB
This device is not the strongest fan nor the best mister. But it is a unique combination of both.Installation Tip: Press down firmly on the water reservoir every time you refill it. Otherwise the ultrasonic mister will not engage.The LED user interface is quite bright and may wake you up in the middle of the night.
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By Ralph
from Florida
This product is used to circulate air in our bedroom which is other wise hot being farthest away from central A/C main ducts. Works fine.
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By rmckee
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works great if humidity is low, under 6%,
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Cooled my son's room by 10 degrees in hr
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I love this fan, it works so well. My son's room is upstairs over the garage and using it made it a lot cooler.Replaces running air conditioner
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economic cooling
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from Fairbanks, AK
The cooling is great, almost as good ad an AC. Using less electricity.
This has brought me thru a heat wave very comfortably.
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I love this fan. Easy to use & attractive to look at.The only objection I have is the locking screw on the water pan. It could be made easier to use.Something to use with fingers instead of a screwdriver.
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This is Rumpelstilton as never before. Instead of the nasty, baby stealing gnome, Rump is a young boy, small for his age, malnourished, and picked on by village bullies. His mother died when he was born and the last thing she uttered was his name. In a kingdom where your name is your fate, how much worse could it get than to be named Rump? But is it his full name?
The orginal story is here. There's the greedy miller, his beautiful daughter, a gold loving king, and a boy who can spin straw into gold. Add in messanger gnomes, gold crazed biting pixies, witchesin woods, and smelly trolls and readers will agree that Shurtliff can spin some tale.
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Hey guys,
in BT3 was GNU netcat with SSL support included. In BT4 it isnt any more. I think the SSL support is quite helpfull for security audits, so it would be gread if you can provide a GNU-netcat package which has SSL support enabled.
Yes, it is CryptCat. Netcat by design did not have any encryption.
There is also Socat.
more info: Top 2 Netcats
Cryptcat is not working with SSL.Code:bt ~ # netcat -E --dontcheckhost www.xyz.de 443 GET / HTTP/1.0 HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:10:09 GMT Server: Apache Last-Modified: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:16:58 GMT Content-Length: 151 Connection: close Content-Type: text/html
you can use netcat from BT3 also in BT4, just copy the netcat binary (located in /usr/local/bin/netcat - BT3)
on BT4 do the following:
Code:root@bt:~# file netcat netcat: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.16, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped root@bt:~# ./netcat -h ./netcat: error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory root@bt:~# ln -s /usr/lib/libssl.so.0.9.8 /usr/lib/libssl.so.0 root@bt:~# ln -s /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0 root@bt:~# ./netcat -h GNU netcat 0.7.1, a rewrite of the famous networking tool. ...
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I think I understand more of what you are asking for.(probably a language barrier but hopefully we can work through it.) By default BT4 final has netcat, cryptcat, and socat all installed.
These commands should help you to get on your way, in a terminal type:
Code:nc -hCode:cryptcat -hI'm not sure yet whether you are trying to enumerate a listening ssl port or attempt to connect to a ssl server. Hopefully these should help you do what you are wishing.Code:socat -h
From what I've seen from an unknown source is that the developer of netcat no longer supports it. They probably aren't around anymore. It's uses are amazing and work very well even to this day, I have nothing to complain about with netcat. Although I like getting used to newer tools based off of netcat such as socat or cryptcat. They are all good tools to have and provide a lot of functionality in a quick and easy to use payload. As far as I remember most BT distributions had at least netcat and probably cryptcat aswell. Socat is fairly new I believe but can be found in the latest version of BT.
Taking a closer look at the socat help you will see some openssl commands that take host:port inputs and you can also setup a ssl listener. It has a lot of interesting stuff like proxies, piping and tunneling. IPv4 and IPv6 suport.
Hope this helps and good luck!
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If you want true SSL connections then just use openssl in s_client mode.
Code:openssl s_client -connect www.google.com:443
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Vince Withers laughed when The Telegram asked him if he's going to be the next lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.
"If I am, I'm the last one to know about it," he said.
Just after noon today, VOCM News sent out a breaking news alert saying that Withers was going to be the next Lieutenant Governor, replacing John Crosbie whose term expires this year.
"VOCM News has it on good authority that the province will soon have a new Lt. Governor. Vince Withers is the name being bandied about," the news alert from VOCM said.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has a public photo opportunity at 3:15 p.m. this afternoon in Ottawa, and rumours started to circulate that it would be to announce Withers as the new lieutenant-governor.
Withers founded the Eating Disorders Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, and has been very active in the community.
When The Telegram reached him around 1:30 p.m., Withers said he's got other plans this afternoon.
"I have a meeting now and I'm giving a talk about twenty minutes from now, so unless somebody gets to me pretty quick, they're going to have to pick somebody else."


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'This is the final game of a three-game homestand for the Wild, who head west next week for games at Phoenix, Colorado and Edmonton. At 5-8-3, they are struggling at home with only one win in their past eight games at Xcel.'
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Tour members are already thinking about the possibility of a trip to the coast in 2017.
CHARLOTTE | Wilmington's much-rumored role in playing host to the PGA Tour's Wells Fargo Championship is not a done deal.
But that doesn't mean members of the tour aren't already thinking about a trip to the coast and Eagle Point Golf Club in 2017.
"I love Eagle Point. I think players would love it," said Webb Simpson, who is a member at both Quail Hollow Club, current site of the Wells Fargo tournament, and Eagle Point.
"I think the tricky thing, guys don't like going to tournaments where it's a new course for the first time. But Carl Pettersson and I are members, other guys have played it, I think we'll sell it and get them to come down. It's a fantastic golf course, and it'll get good feelings."
Quail Hollow has been selected as the site of the 2017 PGA Championship, precipitating the one-year move of its annual PGA Tour stop. While other courses have held both a PGA Tour event and a major in the same year – Torrey Pines in San Diego and Pebble Beach in northern California come to mind – the PGA of America, which runs the golf season's annual final major, won't allow it here.
That means the event must leave town for one year, and Eagle Point, an exclusive club in northern New Hanover County, has connections.
Quail Hollow president Johnny Harris is a member, and the course has been ranked in Golf Digest's top 100 courses in the country for the past six years.
"I think it would be so much fun," tour member Johnson Wagner said Tuesday. "I've had more fun the two times I've been down to play. It's such a great atmosphere and (founding member) Bobby Long … he's just such a fun-loving guy. The place kinda exudes his personality. I think this would be a home run down there for a couple years or a year or whatever we have."
The tournament would return the PGA Tour to Wilmington for the first time since 1970 and the Azalea Open, which was a non-tour event in its final season in 1971. While logistics would not be easy, Porters Neck Road is the only access to the club, Simpson feels it would be worth it.
It also would not be the first time a tournament has had to overcome challenges. He referred to the 2012 PGA, at Kiawah Island, S.C., which suffered through lengthy traffic delays and weather issues because of its isolated location.
"A couple of guys have asked me what it's like. But not any logistical questions … they'll figure it out," Simpson said. "I always think, if Kiawah can host a PGA, anywhere can host a regular tournament."
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Helmut Lang Spring 2014
Were those handbags we saw on the Helmut Lang runway?! Indeed, they were—large-scale envelopes trimmed with pixel-y watersnake skins; large bowling bags with hyperfunctional iPad pockets and cool, custom hardware; and slender little evening clutches, so precise and compact. "Doing the show looks, we started to feel that our girl needed a bag," said designer Nicole Colovos about why she and Michael Colovos thought now was the time for more accessories (the couple already makes shoes in small batches with Tiffany Tuttle). "It just came about naturally. Offering something that's really beautiful with lots of attention to detail, somewhere between the very highest and lower price points, was the goal."
As accessories to the looks, the bags did just what they should: support without totally stealing the show. And a strong show it was. Clothes that one could easily "throw on" were what the designers found themselves most interested in making, and to do that they relinquished things like waistlines and slim fits, embracing what Nicole called "easy, languid, straight silhouettes," instead. "There's nothing too tight and it's all a little bit boyish, not in a menswear sense, but because it sits on your hips and you don't have to tie it or zip it, it's just done," she explained. Looks that came out early on—leather tops tucked casually into matching calf-length skirts, and a dress so slippy it'd be a sack without the high, high slits up both sides—illustrated the couple's ambition perfectly. If not for the skin that they let show—on shoulders, hips, and thighs via asymmetrical straps, cutouts, and split seams, respectively—one might call this collection prude.
Inspired by the contemporary artist Wade Guyton, whose paintings are often little more than textured white pigment on an as-white canvases, the duo kept to a focused color palette: black, white, pale pink, and hot pink. "We often do shades of white, but this season it's all optic. Crisp and clean," said Nicole, using adjectives that could just as easily apply to the collection's bonded leather, high-density jerseys, and dry, crinkly cotton poplins. "To me, these are such luxurious fabrics," she said. "And it's all interchangeable, all of the pieces go together. Modular dressing, that's a luxury, too."


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WATERBURY, VT -- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has named Paul D. O'Brien president of its Asia Pacific business.
O'Brien comes to the Waterbury, VT, roaster from Sara Lee Corp., where he was managing director of the Kitchens of Sara Lee Pty. Ltd. in Australia. He also has served in executive posts in various Asia Pacific regions for other U.S. companies, including Kellogg Co., where he was director of strategy and business development for its Asia Pacific business.
Separately, Green Mountain announced that its current president of international business development, Gerard Geoffrion, will retire at the end of 2014. He was Van Houtte's president and chief executive before GMCR acquired it in December 2010.


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WE WERE BEING SARCASTIC!: Wow. We wrapped up our yearlong presidential election coverage on Tuesday with a column about how we were all of a sudden backing Mitt Romney, and the response was breathtaking in its scope of how it was deciphered by some of our more credulous but cherished readers. God bless you all, and God bless America.
Sarcasm is a fragile thing, and our attempt at the ethereal form was stomped on like a groom's glass at a Jewish wedding by some readers.
We thought that Reason No. 4 for why we switched to Romney, "We got hit really hard on the side of the head with a snow shovel," would introduce enough slapstick to give a hint that we were sort of tongue-in-cheeking the thing, but apparently we needed more warning stickers.
A few Romney Republicans thanked us and the newspaper for backing their man. And some Obama Democrats excoriated us for single-handedly sabotaging their man's effort. One such fellow suggested we'd be comfortable wearing a white sheet for some reason.
In a letter to the editor, David Freeman of Long Beach wrote, "There may be good reasons to vote for Romney as he is a decent man, but this list is mostly lies. Appears Grobaty did learn the GOP way of just LIE and our feeble-minded public might be swayed."
Sigh. Somebody hand us a snow shovel.
THE END OF BICKERING: We feel so empty now. We still maintain that people we think are wrong are wrong, because they are. And it still enrages us that people think we're wrong, because, clearly, we're right.
But the first Tuesday of November in 2012 has finally come and gone and the country has suddenly been stripped of its chief topic of debate over the past three years.
Obviously, we'll always have politics, but it's no fun without the Election Day jackpot to more or less settle things for a while.
The 2016 campaign doesn't begin until shortly after Valentine's Day 2013, so what are all of us ultraknowledgeable debaters to do until then?
Here are some topics you can bring up when things get dull at Thanksgiving, or just if you feel like bickering with someone in these debating dog days between now and when Hillary Clinton announces her candidacy.
1. USC-Notre Dame. This topic doesn't have legs, but it's good between now and Nov. 24 when the two sworn enemies clash, with both having great teams this season. Our beloved father-in-law Charles V. Carroll played hockey at Notre Dame. We're going with our Holy Mother Church because, for the second day in a row, we know which side our bread is buttered on. Plus, only whackos root for USC.
2. Which syllable should be stressed in Knott's Berry Farm? Too many morons put the emphasis on the word "farm." You're supposed to put it on "berry." Knott's BERRY Farm, because the berry part is the weird part, not the fact that it's a farm. Use your head.
3. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Don't be a dunce. By any measure, the chicken came first. Even science-scoffing creationists know that God created all the animals, not a bunch of animals except, in the case of the chicken, an egg. An egg can't hatch without a chicken sitting on it, so the chicken came first. You say egg, you're wrong.
4. Best rock guitar solo ever. You're going with something by Clapton? That's something Sean Hannity would pick. Try knocking the stupid out of your ears and listen to Ry Cooder's solo on "Jesus on the Mainline." The Rev. Al Sharpton will back us up on that.
5. Acceptable hot dog condiments. Oh, please fulfil our ill feelings about your opinion by saying it's OK to put mayonnaise on a hot dog. You've just turned the thing into a bologna sammich. We're mostly a purist, going with mustard - and French's regular yellow mustard at that.
6. If the universe started with the Big Bang, who made the Big Bang, and what was there before the Big Bang? Hey, Cheech, where do you keep the weed?
7. Apples or oranges: Oranges. Duh.
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NFL Draft > 2009 Prospects > QB > Mark Sanchez
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Mark Sanchez, QB, USC
Sanchez is a fourth year Junior who redshirted his first year (2005) at USC. He appeared in six games, completing three out of seven passes for 63 yards and one INT. In 2007, Sanchez was the primary backup for John David Booty. He started three games in place of the injured Booty, completing 14-69 passes for 695 yards (60.5%) with 7 TDs and 5 INTs. Sanchez was named the Trojans' full time QB in the spring of 2008. He sustained a knee injury prior to USC's season opening game against Virginia. Nevertheless, Sanchez was able to make his first start of 2008 against the overwhelmed Cavaliers. He had an outstanding 2008 campaign, passing for 34 TDs with only 10 INTs. Sanchez had an outstanding performance against the vaunted Penn State defense in the 2009 Rose Bowl. He was voted Offensive Most Valuable Player after his 413 yards (28-35) and 4 TDs performance. He also ran for another score. Big (6-3) and blessed with a powerful right arm, Sanchez looks like the second coming of former Trojans great Carson Palmer. At times during the season he looked to be "a man playing against boys". Sanchez also possesses good mobility and is deceivingly fast (4.74). Physically, he has everything NFL teams covet in a QB prospect. He is still assimilating to the progression process and he could use more experience, but he is ready for the NFL now. Sanchez is a sure first rounder (could go as high as one overall now that he has declared). During the later part of the season there were indications he was ready to declare. Factors such as the renewal discussion around the NFL of a rookie salary cap pushed Sanchez into the 2009 Draft pool. Plus, he remembers the experience of Matt Leinart just a few years ago.
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Prediction: 1st Round
Ironmanbednarik this is wildhoglipscomb and you don't know what you are talking about.
He has a delivery that could be quicker, but there is nothing awkward about it. He is known for his accuracy, so, I don't know how you pulled that out of your behind, and, everybody in the world has praised his footwork.
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Prediction: 1st Round
Although Sanchez is a sure fire first round pick he shows a lot of different problems in his game. Unsure feet, an awkward delivery and average accuracy were all viewable at the combine. Mark Sanchex could be the 4th or 5th ranked QB to come out of this draft class.
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Can I take my bike with me on-board the train?
Yes, we love greener ways to travel so your bike can be carried free of charge on all Virgin Trains East Coast services as long as you have a valid ticket of course! However we don't have room for hundreds, so all bike spaces are subject to availability.
Save a space for your bike on your next journey when you book online at virgintrainseastcoast.com. Just enter all of your journey details as normal (departure station, destination station, dates and times, etc) then when you confirm the ticket price you wish to purchase you'll be given the option to reserve seats and a 'Bicycle Space'. Click this option and the system will check for open spaces on that journey. If space isn't available for some or all of your journey we'll give you the option to book a different time or route, or you can just decide not to take your bike.
Because bicycle spaces are very limited on certain routes it's worth making sure space is available before buying your ticket. If you are travelling with a tandem bicycle make sure you reserve two spaces. If you've already purchased your train ticket, you'll need to visit a mainline station Travel Centre to reserve your bicycle space. A little word of warning - everyone jumps on their bike during the summer months, so spaces fill up very quickly.
If you're travelling with another train operator on your journey you'll need to check their own policy too. You can do this by visiting the National Rail website.