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Remarks by Rose McMurray
FMCSA Chief Safety Officer
National School Transportation Association
Annual Meeting and Convention
St. Louis, MO
July 26, 2010
Good morning everyone. Thank you for this opportunity to join you today and speak about pupil transportation, safety and your industry.
Back in April, our new Administrator Anne Ferro spoke to a group of school bus leaders in Washington.
Like the rest of our agency, she has a deep appreciation for your industry's commitment to high safety standards for school bus drivers and for keeping our children safe whenever they travel by school bus.
Your responsibility is great as you are entrusted with the most important of all road users-our nation's children.
And because of that, my agency and others within the Department of Transportation want to work with you to make what is already an impressive safety record even safer.
Safe and well-maintained vehicles, safety-conscious and fit drivers and competent companies that continually examine their safety practices are the cornerstones of maintaining that success.
For those of you who may be unfamiliar with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, let me explain that we are the federal oversight agency that:
- Establishes the policies,
- Writes the rules,
- Develops the programs and
- Oversees the safety performance
And as you know, because school buses meet the definition of a commercial motor vehicle, school bus drivers are subject to commercial driver's license requirements, including ensuring that drivers are tested for controlled substances and alcohol.
However, school bus operations are exempt from the remaining FMCSA regulations in two important ways.
Number one, school bus operations that transport school children only from home to school and from school to home are exempt from these other rules.
Number two, transportation by government entities are exempt from FMCSA regulations.
Since many of the companies represented here this morning are for-hire school bus contractors that transport school children not only to and from school but also across a state line and outside of the routine and daily home-to-school and school-to-home trip, you are subject to our requirements.
FMCSA Core Priorities
Our mission at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is just that safety - the safety of trucks and motor coaches, the safety of those who are behind the wheel and the safety of those who are on the road with them.
Each day an average of 93 people die in crashes on our nation's roadways-about 13 of those deaths involve a commercial vehicle.
As you know, school buses are among the safest vehicles on our nation's highways. Children are safer in the big yellow bus than they are walking, biking or riding in a passenger car to school.
In fact, every year, approximately 800 school-aged children are killed in motor vehicle crashes while traveling to and from school.
Fewer than one half of one percent of accident victims are school bus occupants. The rest are primarily and, unfortunately, victims travelling in passenger vehicles.
When I worked in traffic safety in our DOT sister agency-NHTSA- I was responsible for the pupil transportation program.
We focused mainly on how to help school districts protect children:
- From injury getting on and off the bus
- Reducing the hazards walking to and from school and
- Finding ways to convince parents not to drive their children to the school or worse, allow their teenagers to drive themselves and their friends to high school.
These continue to be some of the greatest risks.
I commend you and your industry for school bus safety's high marks. But there is always more we all can do to protect our children and meet the challenges of our overall safety mission.
There are three main ways my agency approaches our safety responsibilities at the federal level.
As our Administrator has directed,
- The first is we look for ways to raise the safety bar to enter the motor carrier industry in the first place.
- Second is identifying programs and oversight systems that companies and drivers need to meet to be able to remain in the industry; and
- Third is to remove high risk operators from operating when they flaunt or don't take seriously their safety obligations.
Let me briefly describe the specific activities we are undertaking to improve road safety and meet our priorities.
Raise the Safety bar
As I said, FMCSA must continue to raise the bar to entry not only for all motor carriers but especially for the passenger carrier industry.
FMCSA will continue to hold all passenger carriers to a higher standard of safety performance than general freight carriers.
I know this industry knows why this is the case.
One way we're doing this is by ensuring that new drivers-entry level drivers-receive mandatory training both in understanding the rules of the road and our regulatory requirements, but as well behind the wheel training.
A final rulemaking in this area is expected to be published by March of next year with the compliance date thee years later in order to allow time for states to modify their information technology systems and for the driver training industry to develop and begin offering accredited training.
This requirement will only affect new CDL holders & those drivers who's CDLs have been revoked or had expired more than 4 years earlier.
Our agency also is required to ensure that only medically fit and properly licensed drivers should be allowed to operate heavy vehicles.
In the past several years we have materially upgraded our medical oversight programs.
These changes range from requiring testing to our training standards for medical practitioners who conduct dot physicals, to revisiting the current list of medical requirements for drivers.
It had been decades since the agency critically looked at medical standards in light of new treatment options and the epidemic of certain diseases and conditions.
Commercial drivers sit for long periods behind the wheel, often eat fast food while they are driving and get very little exercise. This lifestyle doesn't make for the healthiest outcomes.
One of those medical standards that have garnered a great deal of industry interest is the area of fatigued driving and sleep disorders.
I'm sure you would agree that drowsy drivers have no place operating heavy vehicles and especially transporting passengers.
We asked our medical review board to offer us recommendations for how we might proceed with finding a fair and competent way to assess whether a driver may have a sleep disorder.
After several months of research, the medical review board identified a # of risk factors they believe are indicators of risk-neck size, weight and body mass index.
While these indicators of a possible sleep disorder are fairly agreed upon by sleep experts, the cost of having drivers receive sleep disorder screening can be quite expensive.
Our challenge is to establish standards on this and the full range of medical requirements that promote safety but which do not unnecessarily disenfranchise drivers.
Currently we are poring over the research and evidence but haven't decided if we will propose a new requirement. If we do, the public will be able to "weigh in" on anything we might propose.
Two other measures we have instituted in the past two years is more thoroughly scrutinizing a new entrant's request to enter the motor carrier business before we issue them operating authority.
This has helped us keep out companies with histories of unsafe operations.
We also have accelerated our audit of new companies and raised the standards for passing the audit to ensure the company has the right safety controls in place.
Maintain High Safety Standards
Our second focus centers around ensuring we keep high risk operators off the road.
One area of escalating risk is the burgeoning use of cell phones by the general population and the peril they pose to safe driving.
In 2008, nearly 6,000 people died in crashes involving a distracted driver and more than half a million were injured. NSTA is to be singled out as having been active and aggressive in calling for your members to prohibit cell phone use by your drivers.
Thank you for your recognition that a driver transporting children has to maintain 100 percent attention to their duties. Such a policy is fundamental to keeping our children safe.
Secretary of Transportation LaHood in fact is on a mission to rid us of distracted driving sooner rather than later.
Last fall, the Department held a summit on distracted driving. This September he is holding a second one.
So far, 31 states plus DC. and Guam have texting bans covering all drivers. That's a good start, but we've got to do journey on and continue to curb risky driving behaviors.
For commercial drivers, our agency has been active in this area. We are using our existing authority to prohibit commercial interstate truck and bus drivers from texting while driving, using a handheld cell phone or other device.
This past spring, we issued a proposed rule to ban texting for commercial vehicle drivers with a final rule expected out by the end of the year. We expect to issue a proposed rule on cell phone use also by the end of the year.
Our research shows that drivers who send or receive messages take their eyes off the road for an average of 4.6 seconds.
It may not seem all that long but count those 4.6 seconds off and I'm sure you'd agree that not looking at the roadway for 5 seconds is a significant amt of time in which to encounter a hazard such as stopped traffic or being cut-off by another vehicle.
I urge you to go to distraction.gov. It's a web site sponsored by the department is a national clearinghouse for information on distracted driving.
I invite you to use the information on the site to educate and raise the awareness of your employees about the dangers of distracted driving.
Removing High-Risk Carriers/Drivers
Fatigued drivers with a pattern of hours of service violations are high risk and so are the companies that permit their drivers to exceed driving limits.
To get at this, FMCSA issued a new final rule this year to require the use of electronic on-board recorders in vehicles for companies that have serious patterns of hours-of-service violations.
We are committed to cracking down on carriers and drivers who put people on our roads and highways at risk.
Carriers found with 10 percent or more hours-of-service violations during an audit will be required to install EOBRs in their vehicles for a minimum of two years.
This rule goes into effect in 23 months. In the meantime, we expect to publish another EOBR rule on the broader use of EOBRs by the end of the year.
Removing high risk carriers requires strategic and targeted efforts.
With state law enforcement officers, we have been conducting unannounced state and regional "strike forces" targeting passenger carriers.
For the pupil transportation industry, inspectors are most likely to come into contact with you when we conduct drug and alcohol or other specialized strike forces.
The most recent strike force activity spanned 14 states from Virginia to Maine.
Nearly 8,700 passenger carriers were stopped and inspected. Of these, about 1,000 were school buses.
We are also targeting high risk passenger carriers for future compliance reviews in the Southwest corridor and in Texas in particular.
Let me end by updating you on what is the most challenging but exciting program we are working on and which corresponds with our three priorities.
We know this project has the attention of everyone we regulate. And for good reason...
It is our new enforcement business model that we began building seven years ago.
Contrary to some people's views of government, our interest is not to fine or penalize people, it's to provide a means for us to identify the companies and drivers who have poor safety records and then find remedies to improve their performance.
CSA or Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 was born out of a need to "work smarter" - not unlike the challenges small business owners like you face all the time.
We simply had an overwhelming number of companies we had to oversee, a rigid and labor intensive oversight process, and the inability to truly know the current and up to date safety condition of those thousands of companies.
We set out to find that "better mousetrap"- one that would capture a fuller picture of a company's on the road performance of both its vehicles and drivers.
One that could allow us to have contact with more companies from those companies with high risk safety profiles to companies having issues in a single area because we know that contacts between us and you increase safety performance.
We will now use operating information, mainly from a greater use of roadside inspections that will convey a company's operations on seven measures, instead of the four we use today.
CSA 2010 will give us early indicators of specific shortcomings in these seven areas and will provoke us to contact you and remind you of your obligations to operate safety.
This intervention can range from a simple warning letter to a formal notice of claim proposing a civil penalty. The intervention correlates with the number and severity of the violations.
We will be able to monitor over time whether you have taken steps to improve any weaknesses and, if you haven't, you will be subject to more serious scrutiny and penalties.
Every month your safety record will be updated and you will be able to see your safety results. So will your customers and insurance carriers.
In the case of your industry, school districts and vigilant parent groups that do their due diligence in contracting transportation services will be able to look at your safety performance information.
We hope this will motivate you to maintain good company safety practices.
As we developed this CSA concept it was important that we did this openly and with public input.
We had eleven listening sessions where you reacted to our early ideas.
On the basis of that feedback we made adjustments to our model and then adjusted even more during our 9 state operational model tests.
So-how do you, as a business owner, prepare for CSA 2010?
Obviously attention to safety is a key component.
But there are several suggestions I offer this group:
Go online to our FMCSA website and review the data we have on file for your company. Follow the directions and get corrected any data that is in error
Most importantly, ensure your drivers clearly understand that their actions will now reflect more directly on your company's safety rating.
That's because every violation, including vehicle maintenance issues uncovered at the roadside or during terminal or destination locations will count, not just out-of-service violations, which is currently the case.
Make sure your drivers are trained, medically certified and properly licensed.
So, simply put-there is nothing to fear about this new system-provided you hire safe drivers, maintain your vehicles and monitor your roadside inspection reports for accuracy and follow-up corrective actions.
We also have available to you a new information system that allows you to check the driver records of prospective drivers, called the pre-employment screening program, it gives you valuable insight information to help you make more informed hiring decisions.
We want to help you get ready for CSA 2010.
Please contact your FMCSA division office as a go-to resource. Know the FMCSA division phone number in your state. Call them for answers to any questions. Our safety investigators travel throughout the state and can arrange to travel to your business if an in-person visit would clarify questions for you and your drivers.
We know that some carriers don't typically have a dedicated safety director on staff. Small carriers might consider banding together and pooling resources to hire a contractor who could periodically make safety visits to multiple carriers at once.
As I close I want you to know that we value the work you do in taking our children to school - safely. Thank you for the opportunity to join you here today.


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2004 Year in Review
In This Issue
- Reports Released in 2004
- 2004 Events and Speeches
- 2004: Actions at the State Level
- Summary of COP 10
- Upcoming Reports in 2005
The Pew Center On Global Climate Change is committed to the development of a wide range of reports, briefs, and policy analyses that add new facts and perspectives to the climate change debate. Reports released this year include:
* Observed Impacts of Climate Change in the U.S.
* Coping With Climate Change: The Role of Adaptation in the United States
* U.S. Market Consequences of Global Climate Change
* Coral Reefs & Global Climate Change: Potential Contributions of Climate Change to Stresses on Coral Reef Ecosystems
Take a look at other reports released in 2004.
The Pew Center hosts conferences and workshops on selected topics to facilitate dialogue among business, government, and non-governmental organizations and develop pragmatic policy and technological solutions.
Read about meetings held in 2004 and speeches presented in 2004 by the Honorable Eileen Claussen.
2004: Actions at the State Level
Highlights of state action on climate change in 2004:
* The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, an effort by nine northeastern states to cap and trade carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, has made substantial progress towards developing a model rule, slated for release in Spring of 2005.
* The West Coast Governors' Global Warming Initiative approved recommendations for a coordinated climate strategy.
* Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode Island, Hawaii, New Mexico, Maryland, and Colorado all adopted renewable portfolio standards; Colorado voters passed the first ballot initiative requiring renewables.
* California issued regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles, implementing the Pavley bill passed by the legislature in 2002. Seven other states are set to follow these regulations if they survive a legal challenge from the auto industry.
* The year also saw states issuing climate action plans (Maine, Massachusetts), requiring CO2 offsets (Washington), and issuing appliance efficiency standards (Connecticut, California, Maryland, New Jersey).
Read about these and other initiatives on our states news page.
Climate negotiators gather in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 6-17 for COP 10 - the Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Read a summary of the COP 10 event.
The Cost of U.S. Forest-based Carbon Sequestration
Expected Release Date: January 19, 2005

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William J. Mann is the author of Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn, which was named a New York Times Notable Book.
Prince Charles is paying tens of thousands of pounds a year for Kate Middleton's glamorous outfits.
William and Kate were supposed to wear a handmade shirt and traditional dress to the event in Honiara on 16 September.
But critics fail to see the powerful message her appearance carries for young women, says Kate Betts.
Michele stayed with Kate Hudson immediately after Monteith's death because her home was surrounded by reporters.
Well, you see, it's nicer here by the river, and it's cheaper too; and—how's aunt Kate?
"I will do anything that you dare to do," replied Kate, stung by the flings of her companion.
"We wouldn't have to work them out if we had the faith of a child," said Kate, warmly.
"We are caught," said Kate, as Mr. Long moved down the pier.
He spoke to Kate, not glancing in the direction of Jacqueline.
fem. proper name, pet form of Katherine. In World War II it was the Allies' nickname for the standard torpedo bomber used by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Old English smið "blacksmith, armorer, one who works in metal" (jewelers as well as blacksmiths), more broadly, "handicraftsman, practitioner of skilled manual arts" (also including carpenters), from Proto-Germanic *smithaz "skilled worker" (cf. Old Saxon smith, Old Norse smiðr, Danish smed, Old Frisian smith, Old High German smid, German Schmied, Gothic -smiþa, in aiza-smiþa "coppersmith"), from PIE root *smi- "to cut, work with a sharp instrument" (cf. Greek smile "knife, chisel"). Attested as a surname since at least c.975.
Old English smiðian "to forge, fabricate, design," from the source of smith (n.). Related: Smithed; smithing.
Old English smiðian "to forge, fabricate, design," from the source of smith (n.). Related: Smithed; smithing.
Smith (smĭth), Hamilton Othanel. Born 1931.
American microbiologist. He shared a 1978 Nobel Prize for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to molecular genetics.
American microbiologist who isolated bacterial enzymes that could split genetic DNA into fragments large enough to retain genetic information but small enough to permit chemical analysis. The existence of these compounds (called restriction enzymes) was earlier predicted by Werner Arber, and their discovery revolutionized genetic engineering. For this work Smith shared the 1978 Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine with Arber and Daniel Nathans.


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USGS Groundwater Information: Branch of Geophysics
F.D. Day-Lewis and J.W. Lane, Jr.
New geophysical methods are required for monitoring hydrologic processes at the catchment and larger scales, and for quantifying fluxes between ground water and surface water. Fiber-optic temperature monitoring (FOTM) is an emerging technology for characterizing estuary-aquifer and stream-aquifer interaction. Although routinely used for monitoring temperature and (or) strain in petroleum wells, FOTM applications in hydrology are rare. Measurements involve sending a laser along a fiber-optic cable and analyzing either Raman or Brillouin backscatter. Analysis of Raman scatter for variation in optical power yields estimates of temperature, whereas analysis of Brillouin scatter for variation in optical frequency yields estimates of both temperature and strain. Commercially available FOTM technology can achieve spatial resolution of less than 1 meter and thermal resolution of less than 1 degree Celsius, at sub-minute measurement intervals. Measurements are taken along a reinforced fiber-optic cable, with cable lengths up to 30 km. Spatial, thermal, and temporal resolution are mutually dependent, and depend on cable length; hence there is a tradeoff between, for example, the scale of a study and the precision of temperature measurements.
In spring of 2006, the U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Ground Water, Branch of Geophysics evaluated a FOTM system. We present results of several FOTM pilot studies, based on Raman scattering, at the 100-meter to kilometer scales. Study goals include mapping submarine ground-water discharge and identification of gaining stream reaches. For each project, additional hydrologic, chemical, or geophysical data are used to help confirm interpretations based on the fiber-optic temperature monitoring results.
Final copy as submitted to Society of Exploration Geophysics Hydrogeophysics Workshop for publication as: Day-Lewis, F.D., and Lane, J.W., Jr., 2006, Watershed-scale temperature monitoring of hydrologic processes [abs.]: Hydrogeophysics Workshop, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 31-August 2, 2006, Proceedings, Society of Exploration Geophysics.


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We have been pleased that our reports on Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) have generated much interest from the investment community and we have been able to continually find new ways to analyze and evaluate our thesis on the company. We noticed that because of the weakness in the unregulated power generation market and the solid performance of regulated utilities, Morningstar Investment Research assigns 4 and 5 star ratings to the power generation utilities like Exelon and 2 and 3 star ratings to regulated utilities like Wisconsin Energy (NYSE:WEC) because it believes that power generators will roar back to life soon. We noticed that the only utility that Morningstar has assigned a 5 star rating and a wide moat rating was Exelon. Travis Miller has been covering Exelon since 2007 for Morningstar. Unfortunately for Exelon's stakeholders, Morningstar's fair value estimates on Exelon's shares have been eroding since 2008. Exelon's share price has been declining steadily since 2008, and that enabled it to keep its Morningstar Rating between 4 and 5 stars during that time.
Source: Morningstar Direct
Dividend Yield, Payout Ratio and Growth:
Dividend Yield: Exelon stakeholders have been touting the company as a great value based on its 5.9% dividend yield. We concede that is the highest dividend yield in the industry and it is 270bp higher than the 3.2% dividend yield on Wisconsin Energy. Because of the flight to safety and income in June and July, we noticed that prices were pushed up on all utilities, especially high quality regulated utilities like WEC. As volatility has subsided in August, utilities have seen the share price gains dissipate. We don't care that WEC declined by 7.5% during August because if we had sold it in July, we would have had to pay 20% of our proceeds in taxes. EXC's decline in August was 5.5%. WEC is still up ~10.5% for the year because it doesn't grace its earnings reports with an alliterative alphabet soup of adjustments to its earnings like Exelon. Exelon's Alibi Ike routine hasn't stopped its stock from registering a 15% decline YTD though.
Payout Ratio: Wisconsin Energy's projected payout ratio for 2012 is 52%, which is well below Exelon's adjusted projected payout rate of 76%. Since Exelon has been able to maintain its $2.10/share dividend since 2008 in the face of steadily decline EPS, its payout ratio has grown from 52% in 2008 to 76% adjusted-projected in 2012. Wisconsin Energy has seen its dividend payout ratio increase from 36% in 2008 to 52% projected for 2012. However, this has come because WEC has increased its dividend from $.54 in 2008 to $1.20 in 2012. WEC is also expected to increase its EPS from $1.50 in 2008 to $2.30 in 2012. Because its Power the Future capital program was completed as of last year, WEC can harvest value for shareholders by increasing the dividend payout ratio while simultaneously increasing its retained earnings per share.
Source: Morningstar Direct
Dividend Growth and Cuts: We already established that Exelon's dividend has been frozen in time for the last four years, while WEC's has more than doubled during this time period. Going back to 2003 (when Gale Klappa was hired as President of WEC), we find that EXC's dividend per share increased by 2.2X during this time period. That's almost as impressive as WEC's dividend growth, which had tripled during this time period while it spent the majority of its time and money on a multibillion dollar capital investment program. We noted that Wisconsin Energy has a 50% dividend cut in 2000 in the wake of its merger with WICOR and initiating PTF. Exelon has not has any dividend cuts since its 2000 merger of Unicom and PECO however its constituent companies PECO, Commonwealth Edison and Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) have each cut dividends twice. Here is the tally of the utility dividend cuts:
- Wisconsin Energy, 50% in 2000
- PECO, 44.44% in 1998 and 43.64% in 1990
- Unicom (Commonwealth Edison), $.70 each in 1992 (23.3%) and 1993 (30.4%)
- Constellation Energy, 50% in 2009 and 71% in 2001
PE Ratio Comparison: While Exelon has a significantly higher dividend yield in addition to a lower PE ratio, we have found that Exelon's PE ratio is not that much different than WEC's. Using TTM reported EPS, Exelon has a PE of 15.23X versus 16.4X for WEC. Using adjusted 2013 EPS, Exelon's PE ratio of 13.33X isn't that much higher than WEC's 15.76X. WEC is expected to grow by 5.5% versus 4.9% for Exelon.
Price to Book, Returns on Equity, Assets and Invested Capital: On the surface, Exelon would be a better value since its Price to Book Ratio of 1.36 is lower than Wisconsin Energy's 2.1. However Exelon's returns on Equity, Assets and Invested Capital are a far cry from Wisconsin Energy's. In Q2 2012, EXC generated adjusted ROE of 9.47%, adjusted ROA of 2.7% and adjusted ROIC of 6.61%. Wisconsin Energy did not need to make adjustments to its results during the quarter and it generated 11.66% ROE, 3.4% ROA and 6.85% ROIC. What is impressive about WEC's results versus Exelon's isn't that WEC had higher ROE, ROA and ROIC but rather the fact that its reporting is cleaner, rather than an alliterative alphabet soup of "non-recurring charges".
Source: Morningstar Direct
Equity/Debt Leverage and Ratings: On the surface, Exelon has a slight advantage over Wisconsin Energy because Exelon has a lower utilization of debt relative to its capital in comparison to Wisconsin Energy. Exelon utilizes debt for 46.9% of its capital versus 56.1% for Wisconsin Energy as of Q2 2012. However, that is not as impressive as it appears. 11.8% of Exelon's equity is in the form of goodwill from its PECO-Unicom merger. Exelon has $2.625B of Goodwill on its Balance Sheet and let us not forget that it has already written down $3B from the Unicom deal. Considering that ComEd has seen its revenue steadily drift downward since 2000, we don't have as much value for this subsidiary as Exelon's stakeholders. Also, Exelon has $5.3B in unfunded pension and post-retirement benefit commitments. That results in Exelon's adjusted tangible leverage ratio of 56% being slightly ahead of WEC's adjusted tangible leverage ratio of 59.9%. Moody's rates Exelon Corporation Baa2 and Baa1 for Exelon Generation Company LLC with a negative outlook and a possible one notch downgrade. That does not compare favorably with the A3 rating for Wisconsin Energy and A2 for WEC's subsidiaries (Wisconsin Electric and Wisconsin Gas)
Source: Morningstar Direct
Pension and Post-Retirement Benefits: Exelon was at least able to say that its 2011 return on pension plan assets (11%) exceeded that of WEC's (3%). From 2008-2010, Exelon's return on pension plan assets was comparable to Wisconsin Energy's. Because Exelon made proportionately smaller contributions to its Pension and Post-Retirement than Wisconsin Energy, Exelon has a larger pension plan and post-retirement plan deficit in terms of absolute dollars and relative underfunding percentage (20% Exelon, 5% Wisconsin Energy).
Source: Morningstar Direct
Risks to Our Thesis: Risks to our thesis of Exelon being overvalued and an expected underperformer to the regulated utility 90 miles to its north are as follows:
- Hydraulic fracturing is banned or faces a draconian regulatory regime, which forces up natural gas prices
- The US expedites efforts to export natural gas to other countries
- WEC tries to replicate Exelon's attempts to merge with other big utilities
- WEC moves away from its culture of reliability and Exelon moves away from its culture of rent-seeking.
- The EPA intensifies its war on coal
- The State of Illinois reverses its culture of fiscal profligacy and the State of Wisconsin falls off the wagon of fiscal responsibility
- Exelon hires key Wisconsin Energy personnel for ComEd, PECO and BGE
In conclusion, despite the fact that EXC's stock declined by 5.5% in August, we find it still to be overvalued. Despite the fact that it has drastically underperformed the XLU Utility ETF over the last 4 years, its decline in August was greater than the 4.14% decline the XLU incurred in August. We can see that Exelon needs to be paying an above-average dividend to account for the fact that its PE is comparable to high-quality regulated utilities, its underfunded benefit plans, its below average ROE and the fact that its bogged down integrating a complex merger. Our upcoming reports will touch upon the following items of interest.
- How Commonwealth Edison became Exelon and its executive management
- How it got into nuclear, expansion into "renewable energies" and its operating assets,
- The major merger integrations that took place in 2000 for EXC (PECO-Unicom) and WEC (WICOR) as well as WEC's Power the Future Program
- We will also be revisiting the natural gas prices, and a deeper look at the utility businesses
Disclosure: I am long WEC. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.
Additional disclosure: This article was written by an analyst at Saibus Research. Saibus Research has not received compensation directly or indirectly for expressing the recommendation in this article. We have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. Under no circumstances must this report be considered an offer to buy, sell, subscribe for or trade securities or other instruments.


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From: "John F. Chandler" <>
Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: perpetual calendar
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 15:02 EDT
In-Reply-To: email@example.com message of Sat, 19 May 2001 10:42:33 EDT
Note that most so-called "perpetual" calendars are strictly limited
tables that don't provide for extrapolation. However, there is one
in the Rootsweb downloadable file archives that is truly perpetual in
that sense, yet fits on a single sheet of paper (including instructions
and examples). Look for perpcal2 in the GENEALOG files.
John Chandler
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Subject: BRIGGS: George Cardell Briggs--d.15/3/2004>UK
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 15:39:57 +0100
The Rt Rev George Briggs
(Filed: 02/04/2004)
The Daily Telegraph and the telegraph.co.uk
The Right Reverend George Briggs, who has died aged 93, was Bishop of
Seychelles from 1973 to 1979 after 36 years as a missionary priest in
He belonged to a company of unmarried Anglo-Catholic clergy who, in the
years before the 1939-45 war, felt drawn to sacrificial service in the
Universities' Mission to Central Africa, which had been formed in response
to an appeal made by David Livingstone in 1857.
Although Briggs never lost his missionary vocation, he was among those who
saw the need to prepare for the withdrawal of British missionaries from
Africa by training indigenous priests to become church leaders. From 1969 to
1973 he was Warden of St Cyprian Theological College, Masasi, where many
future African bishops passed through his hands.
When he left Africa in 1973 to become Bishop of the Seychelles it was to
play an important part in establishing a new Anglican province of the Indian
Ocean and again helping the Church, as well as the wider community, to
prepare for independence.
George Cardell Briggs was born at Latchford, Cheshire, on September 6 1910.
He went from Worksop College to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and then
to Cuddesdon Theological College to prepare for Holy Orders. He already
recognised a missionary calling to Africa, but first he was required to
serve a curacy in England, which he did at St Alban's Church, Stockport,
from 1934 to 1937.
The next three years were spent at Masasi, in what was then Tanganyika, and
served as the main base of the universities' mission in East Africa. By the
time Briggs arrived in 1937 it had been a diocese with its own cathedral for
10 years. His first task was to learn Swahili and become acquainted with a
country in which life was still primitive and where poverty ran deep.
He was well suited to missionary work, combining the devotion of a dedicated
priest with the gifts of a pastor and teacher.
From 1940 to 1943 he was at Mikindani, a missionary station north of Masasi,
and then moved to Newala, on a plateau to the east, where he remained until
1964, having become archdeacon in 1955. This involved much travelling to
missionary outposts where he was always warmly welcomed, though it
distressed him that in some places language difficulties made it necessary
for him to conduct separate services in English as well as Swahili.
In 1960, to Briggs's great joy, Father Trevor Huddelston, a leading figure
in the South Africa's anti-apartheid campaign, was elected Bishop of Masasi.
The two men worked closely in helping both the Church and the nation to
prepare for independence two years later.
From 1964 to 1969, Briggs was rector of St Alban's, Dar-es-Salaam, the
capital of Tanzania, where his experience was needed for the large
congregation of the fine church built in 1934 and also for the support of
the first African bishop of the newly-created diocese of Dar-es-Salaam. This
task completed, he spent four years as warden of the theological college
which trains priests for many parts of East Africa.
It was from there that he was appointed Bishop of the Seychelles in 1973, a
diocese which embraces 115 islands, only very few of which are inhabited,
spread across 400,000 square miles of the Indian Ocean. The total Anglican
membership was then about 5,000 in a population of 66,000, some 90 per cent
being Roman Catholic; but there were important church schools and social
work which Briggs strongly supported.
Besides helping to create a new province, incorporating six other dioceses
in Madagascar and Mauritius, he was immediately caught up in the
preparations for national independence scheduled for 1976. Little time
remained and Briggs, by virtue of his office, had an important role in the
entire community; he was therefore all the more disappointed when, just a
year after the independence celebrations, a coup d'etat established
one-party rule.
Throughout this period Briggs offered strong but sensitive leadership and,
soon after his retirement in 1979, his notable ministry during the closing
years of the British Empire was recognised by appointment as CMG. At various
times he had held canonaries of the cathedrals in Masasi, Zanzibar and
On his return to England he was for a short time an honorary curate at
Matlock and an assistant bishop in Derby diocese. He died on March 15 in a
home for retired clergy in Sussex.
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Princess Cruises: Star Princess Cruise Review by johnherm
Overall Member Rating
Princess Cruises
Destination: South America
Embarkation: Other
We booked a pre cruise option at the Intercontinental in Santiago and a Post cruise option in Rio at the Marriott. Included was transport from Hotel ship in Valparaiso.
Embarkation was uneventful but crowded. The agents suggest we embark after 2pm but their coach got us there at noon.
Our stateroom was a mini suite due to the fact that Princess balcony staterooms are much smaller than Celebrity and Royal Caribbean. The mini suite was the same size. It did contain a bath as well as a shower which the other line only had a shower. There was far more storage space than the other lines.We had no complaints about the ship.
Dining was adequate but nothing to rave about. The speciality restaurant Crown grill was not up to scratch as the meat was not well cooked and very leathery. Sabbatinis was excellent. A big plus was the anytime dining More option which the other lines did not have.
We did not avail ourselves of the childrens clubs but found the acivities very good. Enterainmen ws adequate but not as good as the other lines.We only used one shore excursion and had no complaints. The number of shops on board did not compare to the other lines nore was the Atrium area big enough.
We had to change our disembarkation time and the crew member who handled it did not give us all the facts and we had to make our own way to the hotel and not use the provided transport to the hotel.
We were very disappointed in the communication between the Captain and the passengers with regard to cancelling the scenic cruising round the Horn as well as not being allowed ashore at the Falklands. This was possibly political.
In conclusion for any first time cruiser this could have been a holiday of a lifetime but in comparison with other lines it fell far short.
We will not Use Princess again Less
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Cabin review: ABD322
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Windows 7 Overview: Better than Vista?
TechnoBuffalo: technobuffalo.com Follow me on twitter: cuthut.com Giving an overview of Windows 7
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Are you actually trying to be serious? The taskbar and the GUI is 100% windows, way back since Win95! But go on…..educate me about how similar they are! You CAN'T, moron, because they AREN'T! I use Leopard and Windows daily, and there are ZERO similarities between the two OS's. The only difference is that Windows is the most versatile, and OSX is the most dumbed down and dead-ended.
Oh, and like it or not, DOS is still the fundamental groundwork for Win7.
@TheUberDeity Ummm. Yeah. So not like Win95 at all, is what you're saying. Say, because it doesn't sit on DOS, for instance. Remember that big change? How everyone was amazed that XP didn't give you BSOD because it was built on Win NT?
I guess you don't remember that cuz it's just Win95.
What about the taskbar? You're actually saying the taskbar isn't heavily influenced by OSX? Have you used OSX lately?
The whole Win7 GUI is a ripoff of OSX.
God, another stupid comment from an inept newbie. Win7 didn't copy anything from OSX. Not a single thing . It's the same OS that people have been using since Win95, with a facelift built on the Vista kernel.
What the fuck are you on, moron? There's NOTHING WRONG with Windows 7 when it comes to gaming . Absolutely ZILCH. Don't be a shit.
my GOd 1.12 mb/seg
Windows 7 is horrid for games.
Hell yeah Fallout 3. Fallout 3 is badass.
But Win 7? Yeah, they didn't listen to the "core users" so much as they looked at OSX and copied it. I'm no Mac guy but let's just be truthful with ourselves here.
Is it way better at downloading music & web browsing than vista??
holy shit dude u got some nice specs on ur computer the processer actually was the best and the 64 bit
@TheUberDeity. I've had XP for sooo long. It's been the only OS I have ever used but just today I bought Windows 7! I'm so excited to get it in the mail. It's just time for a change and I didn't see the point to switch to Vista but when 7 came out I saw potential in it and I need something new anyways.
lol i came to see if windows 7 could play fallout 3 but look at my luck
@NikolaGB It is an icon for google chrome web browser
Dude… I freakin hate windows 7… switching to it was prob the worst move I ever made on this damn laptop…
Exclusive windows 7 themes for any operating system with the video on my channel!! Free.
what does that google button on your taskbar do
but i didnt write here to get help, just to complain XD
but i'll stick to windows xp
Maybe it was a bad install? Did you try reinstalling windows 7? I dont know, but Windows 7 runs wicked for me. No problems at all
My computer:
Grahics: ATI XFX HD 5770
Processor: AMD Phenom 9850 Quad-Core 2.50 GHz
RAM: 6gb
it CANT be my pc man. anyways ive changed to winXP. it rocks
windows xp and ubuntu ftw 😀
Must your PC man. Windows 7 is perfect for me. If Windows 7 really was shit like you say it is. It never would have gotten good reviews like it did from experts. I say that agian, EXPERTS. People that know what they are talking about. I say that just so you cant come back to me with a "the reviewers dont know what they are on about" remark.
what do you mean by that? Windows 7 is far more stable and far more reliable then Vista will ever be.
windows seven rocks
SO beautiful… So nifty… and it doesnt do SHIT 😀
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Look at Demi Lovato, always putting her fans first. In a vague tweet yesterday, Demi released this photo to her Lovatics, along with an announcement about an upcoming special on MTV about her road to recovery. In this mini-documentary, the Demster spills the deets on all the events that led up to her days in rehab. She says about the feature,
"I wanted to share my story but I knew it had to be honest, it had to be real. I have daily challenges but so do many kids who are struggling to feel comfortable in their own skin. If opening up and sharing my story inspires even one person to stay strong or to get the help they need, I've succeeded."
The "Demi Lovato: Stay Strong" special premieres on March 6 at 10p, so make sure to tune in!
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Virtuoso duo "Prophet Birds" to perform a world premiere of composition by Samuel Adams at Birmingham-Southern College
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The world premiere of "Aves Nostradamus" by young composer Samuel Adams will be offered in the first-ever joint concert alongside the music of his father, Pulitzer Prize winner John Adams. The performance will be March 9 in Hill Recital Hall on the campus of Birmingham-Southern at 7:30 p.m. The concert is open to the public, and admission is free.
Australian pianist Lisa Moore returns to Birmingham-Southern for the recital of avian-inspired duos for violin and piano with violinist Karen Bentley Pollick. The duo will also perform "Bird as Prophet" by Yale composer Martin Bresnick, "Road Movies" by John Adams, "Elapsed Time" by Paul Dresher, and "Sonata for Violin and Piano" by Leoŝ Janáček.
Samuel Adams is an award-winning composer, pianist, and contrabassist from Berkeley, Calif., who studied composition at Stanford University. He currently attends The Yale School of Music where he is pursuing a master's in composition.
John Adams, born and raised in New England and educated at Harvard, won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Music for "Transmigration of Souls" written for the New York Philharmonic to mark the first anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. His opera "Doctor Atomic" had its New York premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in October 2008. His other stage work includes two nativity oratorios commissioned to celebrate the 250th birthday of Mozart. His recently released autobiography "Hallelujah Junction" was named one of the "most notable books of 2008" by The New York Times.
Moore, an Australian-American performer who is based in New York City, has been crowned "New York's queen of avant-garde piano" by "The New Yorker" magazine. The New York Times claims "her energy is illuminating" and "The American Record Guide" writes "her concerts are legendary." She collaborates with a large and diverse range of musicians and artists including Steve Reich and Bang on a Can and has released four solo CDs and 30 collaborative discs. She currently teaches at Wesleyan University and the Yale-Norfolk New Music Workshop Summer Festival.
Pollick, a native of Palo Alto, Calif., has performed as a violinist with Dresher's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble since 1999. She performs a wide range of solo repertoire and styles on violin, viola, piano, and Norwegian hardangerfele and has several recordings of original music. Along with choreographer Teri Weksler, who is an adjunct instructor at BSC, and percussionist John Scalici, Pollick is a recipient of a Cultural Alliance of Greater Birmingham 2008 Interdisciplinary Grant to Individual Artists. The premiere of their original work will be at Birmingham-Southern on May 2.
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Glidden Community Fair Chequamegon National Forest
Northern Continental Divide Ashland County Forest
The Great Walls of Glidden Glidden History Museum
About the Wisconsin World's Record Black Bear:
The world's record Wisconsin black bear was shot five miles northeast of Glidden during the 1963 hunting season. Otto Hedbany and Donald Struebel, both of Milwaukee, were the hunters who bagged this trophy-size animal which was estimated to be twelve years of age.
The bear dressed out at 665 pounds and required seven men to pull it out of the woods. The bear's height was 7 feet 10 inches. The world's record black bear ws purchased by the Glidden Chamber of Commerce and has been on permanent display in the Log Cabin Home since 1964.
Obviously, if bear hunting is your game, the Glidden area deserves the title of "Black Bear Capital of Wisconsin." Black bear hunting seaon is usually open in September.
Glidden other feature attractions include the beautiful Marion Park and the very interesting Marion Park Pavilion. The Marion Park Pavilion is on the National Resister of Historic places and was accepted to the register because of its architectural uniqueness. It was constructed in 1938 by public works program. See section link on this page for more details.
The Glidden History museum is also located on the grounds of Marion Park and consists of two adjoining building. The History Museum is managed by the Glidden Area Historical Society, Inc. and is open to the public on all special occasions at Marion Park or upon request. See section link on this page for more details on the museum and for Glidden history memorabilia.
Glidden Community Fair is celebrated at Marion Park on Labor Day weekend annually. The first fair was celebrated in 1926 and the event still remains the main event for the Glidden Community annually. See section link on this page for more details.
The Little Free Library
What is a Little Free Library?
It's a "take a book, return a book" gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library, is a box full of books where anyone may stop and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another to share. Please come enjoy the fantastic resource provided by the Glidden Community Development Corporation. Pictured below is the Glidden Girl Scouts


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Month: September 2016
Communication in Dating
There are lots of choices when it concerns finding a day. You could be established by a pal. Someone might ask you out or you can ask someone special out. You have an usual rate of interest and also find on your own investing a lot of time with each other bring about a day. Possibly you have actually started with dating online.
There is dating communication included with any type of day and also there are skills needed to help. Not everybody is significant as well as rattle of amusing one-liners, perhaps that takes place only in films. So when you attempt doing that in the real world, it might backfire. Therefore, reaching start a discussion, attempting to recognize more about the various other individual could need skills that you never recognized of.
surveys can assist you to find a match
Planning for how you are mosting likely to successfully interact ought to begin with the beginning. Think about ways to ask the individual out when you are connecting personally. It is a smart idea to get ideal to the factor. Just ask! If you are dating online you will enroll in a dating website and also have a background check. You will certainly likewise complete a survey giving details of just what you desire and some details regarding you. This will certainly assist match you with a day.
Then you will get e-mail interactions for those that are interested in speaking to you. You have the possibility to browse the e-mails and also select who you intend to speak to and also that you don't. Being rejected belongs of communication. It can take place face to face and also online. It is simpler to deny a person when you are not looking at them. On the internet rejection becomes part of that kind of dating.
wRITE WHAT YOU DESIRE
When speaking online or face to face think about concerns as well as discussion topics beforehand. This will help you locate things to review that may be fascinating and also continue the interaction during a date. When e-mailing you can write what you desire and also review it over prior to sending it. If you do not such as the phrasing or something that you composed after that you could rewrite it.
When talking to someone it is tough to take points back. That could make individuals worried. Although some individuals are extremely anxious as well as may even get tongue linked, when conference personally, building an attractive relationship online could be helpful. A minimum of it could assist the other individual recognize the nature and also shyness instead of taking it as no passion. Online dating does have its plus points as well as this is just one of them.
When it concerns dating communication be patient and take a deep breath. Not every person is comfortable interacting. You can be much more comfy creating and dating online is a method in order to help you. Otherwise, you might actually appreciate chatting as an excellent type of communication. If you are going on a date and fidget communicating personally after that exercise your communication skills. Learn more about your day and points that intrigue them. You can obtain them to talk about themselves, which will certainly assist and even result in more discussions.


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President Obama said today he will not rush his decision on whether to send more troops to Afghanistan, telling a crowd of U.S. troops, "I won't risk your lives unless it is absolutely necessary."
"And if it is necessary, we will back you up to the hilt," Obama added in remarks at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Fla. "Because you deserve the strategy, the clear mission, and the defined goals as well as the equipment and support that you need to get the job done."
The president spoke as a growing number of Republicans argue that delay of the Afghanistan decision could threaten the mission.
Obama also paid tribute to the 14 Americans who died in the helicopter crashes in Afghanistan. "While no words can ease the ache in their hearts today," he said, "may they find some comfort in knowing this: like all those who give their lives in service to America, they were doing their duty and they were doing this nation proud."
Obama spent most of his remarks thanking the crowd of about 3,500 people for their service to country, saying, "we have the finest Navy and the finest military in the history of the world because we have the finest personnel in the world."
In paying tribute to the Jacksonville Naval Air Station in particular, Obama noted that it had produced "a great patriot named John McCain," the man he defeated in last year's presidential election.
McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona, is among the Republicans who have urged Obama to step up his decision on Afghanistan.
"The sooner the decision is made, the sooner we get people over there and are able to implement the strategy that will succeed," McCain said Sunday on CBS' Face The Nation. McCain also said he is confident that Obama will endorse the strategy put forward by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.
In his remarks at the Naval Air Station, Obama said he will "never hesitate to use force to protect the American people or our vital interests."
"I also promise you this, and this is very important as we consider our next steps in Afghanistan," Obama said. "I will never rush the solemn decision of sending you into harm's way."
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Marquez Mission To Extend Winning Streak
As MotoGP™ World Champion Marc Marquez makes the journey from Argentina to the south of Spain he has one mission on his mind – to extend his winning streak at the start of a highly successful title defence.
The 21 year-old Repsol Honda rider dominated the visit to Termas de Rio Hondo from start to finish, taking his third successive victory and maintaining a 100% record in 2014 ahead of the trip to Jerez. The Gran Premio bwin de España is the first round of the season in Europe and the first of a series of six GPs on the 'old continent'.
Jerez is a favourite track of Dani Pedrosa who won the race there last year from second on the gird and has been a regular podium finisher at the venue. He aims to hunt down the rampant Marquez and close the 19 point gap at the top of the standings – having been on the rostrum at every round so far this term.
For Movistar Yamaha MotoGP's Jorge Lorenzo Argentina brought a return to form, with a solid run to third place and the 2010 & 2012 MotoGP™ World Champion will also be striving for victory at round four. Lorenzo of course has a corner named after him at Jerez and is assured of plenty of support from the home crowd.
His teammate Valentino Rossi is third in the standings after finishing fourth in Argentina. Rossi was also fourth at Jerez last year but he has a superb pedigree at the track in Andalusia and will push to return to the podium there for the first time since 2010.
Rossi's compatriot Andrea Dovizioso arrives at Jerez looking to build on his first Ducati podium from Austin, having slipped to ninth in the race in Argentina. Dovizioso will be rejoined in the Ducati Team box by Cal Crutchlow in Spain, the Englishman having missed round three due to a finger injury sustained in Texas.
The top Ducati finisher in South America was Pramac Racing's Andrea Iannone in sixth – his best premier class result to date. The young Italian stands fifth in the overall rankings following a strong start to the year.
Stefan Bradl (LCR Honda) has bounced back from a Qatar DNF with two top five results, whilst Monster Yamaha Tech 3 pair Bradley Smith and Pol Espargaro will be looking to edge their way up the top ten on the return to European racing.
The pressure is on for Alvaro Baustista (GO&FUN Honda Gresini) following three successive DNFs, whereas his rookie teammate Scott Redding has been in the points twice already on the 'Open' Honda RCV1000R.
Aleix Espargaro (NGM Forward Racing) is still the highest ranked 'Open' rider overall, in spite of a crash in Argentina, whilst Hiroshi Aoyama (Drive M7 Aspar) was the top Open finisher in Sunday's race, just ahead of Nicky Hayden.
Further down the pack the likes of Yonny Hernandez (Energy T.I. Pramac Racing), Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing), Colin Edwards (NGM Forward Racing) and Danilo Petrucci (IodaRacing Project) go in search of positive results in Jerez, as do Paul Bird Motorsport pair Michael Laverty and Broc Parkes, along with Avintia Racing's Hector Barbera and Mike Di Meglio.
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2- Dani Pedrosa SPA Honda 56
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Moto2'Ñ¢: Rivals aim to pin back Rabat in Spain
As the World Championship hits Europe for the first time in 2014 the riders in the Moto2™ class are looking forward to the atmosphere of the Gran Premio bwin de España, with a home favourite having emerged as a strong title contender over the first three rounds.
Tito Rabat (Marc VDS Racing Team) has started the year with a bang, taking victories in Qatar and Argentina, achieving a haul of 70 points from the maximum possible 75, to leave his opponents trailing in his wake. Rabat's goal in Jerez will be another win from pole position, though his rivals will be doing everything they can to stop him.
Closest to 2013 Jerez race winner Rabat in the early 2014 championship standings is his teammate Mika Kallio, who became the first Finnish rider to reach the milestone of 200 Grand Prix starts in Argentina. Kallio is 28 points adrift of Rabat and aims for his first victory since Brno last year to try and reduce the deficit.
Third in the standings is rookie Maverick Viñales (Pons HP 40) who crashed out in Argentina and was therefore unable to build on his marvellous Austin victory.
The Moto3™ World Champion had been outshining his teammate, compatriot and fellow debutant Luis Salom (Pons HP 40) before the trip to Termas de Rio Hondo, but Salom's excellent ride to third at the new South American venue will fill him with confidence.
Simone Corsi (NGM Forward Racing) hustled his way to a third successive fifth place at round three and strives to convert that consistency into a podium result in Jerez. Another consistent rider, Dominique Aegerter (Technomag carXpert), sits just behind Corsi in the standings so far, but he wants to step onto the rostrum more often having finished third in Austin just over two weeks ago.
Aegerter's compatriot Thomas Luthi (Interwetten Paddock Moto2), Argentina runner-up Xavier Simeon (Federal Oil Gresini Moto2), the experienced Anthony West (QMMF Racing Team), the aforementioned Salom and English newcomer Sam Lowes (Speed Up) complete the championship top ten going into round four. Expect those names to be amongst the frontrunners again in Jerez.
Also jostling for positions will be Johann Zarco (AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing) and Mapfre Aspar Team Moto2's Spanish pair Nico Terol and Jordi Torres, with all three keen to improve on results thus far in 2014.
Josh Herrin (AirAsia Caterham Moto Racing) is set to miss out again due to a collarbone injury and he is replaced Ratthapark Wilairot for round four.
World Championship Standings Moto2'Ñ¢
World Championship Standings Moto2'Ñ¢
1- Tito Rabat SPA Kalex 70
2- Mika Kallio FIN Kalex 42
3- Maverick Viñales SPA Kalex 38
Moto3'Ñ¢: Miller hungry for more glory ahead of Jerez
Australian youngster Jack Miller leads the way by 17 points in the overall standings as the Moto3™ riders arrive in Andalusia for the Gran Premio bwin de España.
The Red Bull KTM Ajo rider was in the hunt for a third consecutive 2014 victory in Argentina, but a strong move from Romano Fenati (SKY Racing Team VR46) at the last corner gave the Italian victory and gave Miller plenty to think about.
Fenati was given a penalty point for the pass at Termas de Rio Honda but ultimately the victory allowed him to keep Miller in his sights from second position in the championship.
Behind Miller and his fellow KTM-equipped rival in the rankings is Efren Vazquez (SAXOPRINT RTG) who has shown his pace in the early rounds on the evolving Honda Moto3 package. Vazquez is sure to be fired up for the Jerez round, in front of the passionate Spanish crowd.
Alex Marquez and Alex Rins (both Estrella Galicia 0,0) will also get good support this weekend at the first European GP of the year, though Rins will be desperate to outperform his teammate.
Marquez has been able to get more out of the team's new Honda bikes so far and like Miller he will be determined to beat Fenati, the Italian having also made contact with the younger Marquez brother on that crucial final corner in Argentina.
Also keep an eye out for the likes of the ultra-experienced Alexis Masbou (Ongetta-Rivacold) and young Czech rider Jakub Kornfeil (Calvo Team), the latter having demonstrated glimpses of his pace again this season.
Danny Kent (Red Bull Husqvarna Ajo) is eighth overall thus far on his return to Moto3 and would love to return to the podium for the first time since 2012. Livio Loi (Marc VDS Racing Team) rode brilliantly to fourth on his 17th birthday in Argentina and will hope for another strong result at round four, whilst Spaniard Isaac Viñales (Calvo Team) looks to move up from tenth in the overall standings in front of the home fans.
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Some new works from the most talented painter in Vancouver, Drew Young.
Some new works from the most talented painter in Vancouver, Drew Young.
Recent paintings by Andrew Young. Vancouver.
Here's a little video of Andrew Young, Scott Sueme, and Ensoe painting together in Primary Flight during Art Basel. I spotted some work by Aaron De La Cruz and Kofie in there too!
Watch it below!
Paintings by Andrew Young. Definitely my favourite painter in Vancouver at the moment, supremely talented, and a nice guy to boot. You better get your hands on his work while you can still afford it.
Paintings by Andrew Young. I spoke to Ben Tour's class at Capilano University on Monday, and he told me to check out Andrew's work. Andrew is a second-year student there, and he certainly has a bright future.


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reVITAlize w/ Larry Fowler in Appleton, WI
Ryan Frank
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (CDT)
Event Details
Networking opportunities. You'll meet children's ministry leaders and volunteers just like yourself. And the cool part? These are people in your area!
A nice lunch. Come hungry. We'll have the food ready!
Training Sessions with:
Larry Fowler. Larry is an executive at Awana and is the author of several books, including Rock Solid Volunteers and his upcoming book, Rock Solid Children's Ministry. Larry will be speaking on "Power Triangle: The Right Power in Children's Ministry." You'll learn how to Think Right, Do Right, Feel Right. You will walk away with clear direction and practical advice that you can immediately put into practice in your children's ministry!
Kris Smoll has been the Director of Discovery Land children's ministries at Appleton Alliance Church since 1993. She was blessed to grow up at AAC in a family who put God first and served as a family in children's ministries. She graduated from Moody Bible Institute with her degree in Christian Education. Kris is very passionate about reaching kids for Christ, both locally and around the world, and challenging them to know God and grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ.
FREEBIES!! We can't let you in on all the surprises, but we can tell you that no one will leave empty-handed!
You won't want to miss this epic event held at the beautiful Appleton Alliance Church in Appleton, Wisconsin.
A glimpse at the schedule:
9:00 - Training Session w/ Kris Smoll
"Taking a Second Look: Evaluating Your Ministry"
10:00 - Training Session w/ Larry Fowler
"The Greatest Opportunity to Teach Kids About God" - How to reflect the nature of God when you discipline a child.
11:00 - Tour/Refreshments
11:30 - Lunch
12:00 - Show and Tell (We'll showcase some current and effective resources that's out there.)
12:45 - Training Session w/ Larry Fowler
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2:00 - Q&A Panel discussion with Kris Smoll and Larry Fowler
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1. Re: Disabling Users in EPM or IOP ?886918 Oct 11, 2011 8:11 AM (in response to Lokesh Rathi)Deleting user from IOP is not available. IOP uses fallback mechanism to store users. Even if user is deleted from EPM, those users will be stored in IOP database for history. Those users will be shown in red color.
If you are importing IOP fallback users before importing metadata, you should not get errors. Please refer auto generated migrate script for importing IOP fallback users.
For deleting/disabling users from EPM, you can refer shared services console user guide.
2. Re: Disabling Users in EPM or IOP ?Lokesh Rathi Oct 11, 2011 11:14 PM (in response to 886918)Hi ,
First IOP 11.X version we either need to delete the User or deactivate the user form EPM.
If we delete it in EPM > User no longer visible in IOP
If we deactivate it in EPM > User is visible in IOP but errrored out while importing the model.
The only way I can see it is possible is : Remove the user from everywhere you have assigned it in model (eg key metrics, constraints, security filters, analysis types etc.) and then export and then import it.
Also i am not sure if the fallback users are the same what is generated as csv file.
3. Re: Disabling Users in EPM or IOP ?886918 Oct 12, 2011 6:49 AM (in response to Lokesh Rathi)Can you Run following commands before importing the model in your migrate script?
stage replace from file \"%INTERLACE_HOME%\export\migration\data\users.csv\" using file \"load-users-migration.xml\""
load update users
4. Re: Disabling Users in EPM or IOP ?user729142-Oracle Oct 12, 2011 7:08 PM (in response to 886918)IOP doesnt do user and group management. They are managed externally and only the artifacts created in IOP are managed in IOP. These have owners. So, if you assign explicit owners and then delete those owners, then you need to use come and remove the users from IOP artificats.
I dont understand why you need to import and export.


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Miami: George Zimmerman, the Florida neighbourhood watchman whose shooting of an unarmed black teenager triggered a national controversy in the United States, has been detained over alleged domestic violence, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
Police in Lake Mary, central Florida, were looking into a "possible domestic battery" involving Mr Zimmerman, 29, who was held and then released, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
The report cited police saying it was not immediately clear if a weapon found at the home of the parents of Mr Zimmerman's estranged wife was used in the alleged offence.
Shellie Zimmerman filed for divorce last week.
A police spokesman did not immediately confirm the report.
But in the wife's emotional 911 call to police – a recording of which was released on a local news website – Shellie Zimmerman said her estranged husband threatened her and her parents with a gun.
"[He is] in his car and he continually has his hand on his gun . . . and he keeps saying 'step closer'," she said in the 911 call released by police.
"He's just threatening all of us. He's going to shoot us . . . He accosted my father, took my iPad out of my hand and smashed it . . . I'm really, really afraid."
"Dad, get behind the car or something. Dad, get inside the house," she is heard shouting, before requesting medical attention for her father. "Oh my god, Oh my god."
The police phone operator is heard trying to calm the wife, and saying that officers have been sent to the scene.
Lake Mary police chief Steve Bracknell confirmed later that Shellie Zimmerman and her father, David Dean, had declined to press charges.
"They both have declined to press charges against George," Chief Bracknell said. "We have no victim, no crime."
Mr Zimmerman reportedly described his wife and her father as the aggressors.
The incident played out at a house where, the Orlando Sentinel reported, Mr Zimmerman and his wife lived during his high-profile trial in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Mr Zimmerman admitted to shooting Martin, but insisted it was in self-defence, claiming the teen had wrestled him to the ground and pounded his head against the footpath.
In July, a jury found Mr Zimmerman not guilty on a charge of second-degree murder and he walked free.
The shooting happened when Mr Zimmerman was following Martin on suspicion that the 17-year-old, who was walking home from the store with a bottle of ice tea and a pack of lollies, was involved in robberies in the neighbourhood.
An initial decision by Florida investigators not to press charges set off widespread protests, with Martin's supporters alleging racism and pointing to the fact the teenager was unarmed and had no criminal record.
The incident was widely covered by the media, and also ignited debate over the state's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law, which allows the use of a gun in self-defence even when it is possible to flee.


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Underdog Cats: SSHS faces No. 6-ranked McKinney Boyd in bi-district
By BOBBY "BUTCH" BURNEY | News-Telegram Sports Editor
March 18, 2008 - Life doesn't get any easier for the Sulphur Springs Wildcats, who must travel west to take on McKinney Boyd in the bi-district round of the soccer playoffs.
The teams will face off at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at Boyd's field adjacent to the high school.
Not only do the Wildcats have to take on the Broncos on their home field, but they are also underdogs against the No. 6-ranked team in the metroplex, according to the Dallas Morning News. Boyd (17-4) had been ranked in the top three most of the season.
The Broncos finished third in the most competitive 4A district in the region. District 15-4A champion Mesquite Poteet is ranked No. 1, while runner-up McKinney High is ranked No. 2.
Boyd split games with Poteet and was swept in two games by McKinney.
"Finishing third in that district tells you how good of a team they are," said SSHS head coach Andy Holt. "They're a solid, well-rounded team."
Sulphur Springs (14-5-4), meanwhile, finished as runner-up in District 16-4A, with the only two district losses coming to Mount Pleasant.
Sulphur Springs and Boyd flipped a coin to determine home field advantage, and Boyd won, which means the game will be played on Field Turf. That also gives Boyd a slight advantage because the Broncos are more accustomed to the faster artificial turf than the Wildcats, who played only two district games on it - at Mount Pleasant and Pittsburg.
The Wildcats hope to use the speed of some of their faster players, i.e. Cruz Lozano and Tate Ramirez, to create some offensive opportunities. Ramirez leads the team in goals (13) and assists (6), while Lozano has 12 goals and three helpers. Oscar Marroquin and Omar Ortiz both have nine goals and Zach Junot has recorded four goals and five assists.
Defensively, the Wildcats have posted eight shutouts behind goalie Mario Arellano.
McKinney Boyd is led offensively by Travis Hybiak, who has a team-high 13 goals, and Daniel Lankford, a Delta State University signee. The Broncos have posted seven shutouts.
The winner of the bi-district match will face Dallas Hillcrest, the No. 3-ranked team in the metroplex, in the area round.
Directions to McKinney Boyd High School: From Greenville, take SH 380 to McKinney. Stay on 380 past the U.S. 75 intersection for a couple of miles. Take a left at Lake Forest Drive, and the school is less than a mile from the highway.
Notes: Paris, the third-place team in 16-4A, will take on 15-4A runner-up McKinney in Denison on Thursday. Mount Pleasant, the district champion, received a bye.
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Nick Krijno makes blown out contemporary still lives that are the best things to look at. Made out of hot dogs, slinkies, spiders, and clothes, his images update the classic tradition in a way that everyone can get relate to and get behind. It's a great, inspirational reminder that if you're ever feeling down about the your staid surroundings, just organize them into an interesting composition, make a backdrop out of your friends' shirts or some colored paper, and voilá–you've got yourself a modern still life. Now just paint it or take a picture of it or take a note from yoko ono and burn it. (via)
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Kenya Hara's Architecture For Dogs
If you think your dog sweaters or home cooked dog food doesn't quite express the extravagant love you have for your dog, you might want to take a note from Kenya Hara designing and building a house specific to their size and aesthetics. Hara is a japanese art director, designer, and architect who commissioned eleven architects from around the world to design tiny structures based on the personalities of individual dogs. I love these. Partially because it's reminiscent of the fact that humans effectively designed all these dog breeds themselves, but mostly because it is always fun to see dogs' complete disinterest to things people have spent huge amounts of time designing for them, like presenting newborn babies with the socks you crocheted for their feet–just having no idea what caring even is, much less to care about whatever this thing on or around you. Yet the elegant maze does seem Papillon-esque and the geometric dome like a neurotic pug. Tons more day-makers after the jump. (via)
Hiroyuki Shinozaki's Open House
For anyone who grew up in the 80's & 90's, Hiroyasu Sakaguchi's House T will look vaguely familiar, namely because House T is laid out like a level in Mario, or most other Nintendo games for that matter. All the spaces in a house that we have gotten used to as individual, semi-private rooms have been stripped of their walls and joined into one long inter-connected space. I love it because it reminds us of the tension between psychological and physical space, how we compartmentalize various aspects of our life into respective spaces. House T reminds me of Gordon Matta Clark's work, albeit much cleaner, Japanese, and way less punk rock, but the altering of our perception of space is in them both. (via)
The Strange Beauty Of Mexico City As Captured By Mark Powell's Photographs
Mark Powell is a Mexico City based photographer who has done an amazing job documenting his city. As someone who has lived in the city, I can attest that Powell's images do the difficult work of capturing the gorgeous strangeness that is DF (Distrito Federal). It's a city that's at once ancient and modern, chaotic and simple, deeply catholic and extremely progressive, the largest metropolis in the Americas yet seemingly invisible. Mexico City is hyperbole and juxtaposition and has seemed previously impossible to document in a sufficient way until Mark Powell's photographs gave it some of the justice it so deserves. My advice: Paw through Powell's portfolio, vote, and if the elections don't turn out as you might want them to, jump the border for the next few years and get to know the urban wilderness of Mark Powell's Mexico City. (via)
Alex Gibbs' Comic Bleakness
Alex Gibbs is an English artist whose paintings and drawings are equal parts despairing and funny. I love his mix of patterns, graphic contours, and all-over narratives–sex on a couch in a party room with a man huddled and crying; dancing by yourself in a room filled with big floral prints; a (presumably) dead couple holding hands in airplane seats surrounded by puzzle-like pieces of their airplane. His work doesn't make light of human tragedy per-se, it just gives it a little perspective by flattening us into the shapes and patterns of the world we live in, relishing in the absurdity of our perceptions. ( via )
Lizzy Stewart's Charming Folk Art Inspired Illustrations
Lizzy Stewart is a British illustrator who makes incredibly charming images. Inspired by Eastern European folk art and medieval painting, her drawings are wonderfully flat and full of simple shapes. Her work reminds me of some of her contemporaries like Pia Bramley and Carson Ellis, all of whom practically force a better mood on their viewer. Aside from her drawing and painting, Stewart makes graphic novel-style books as well. A lot of her stuff is available for sale in the store on her website too, so if you haven't donated all your extra dough to the Red Cross' Sandy recovery efforts, you can do some one stop christmas shopping and support a young burgeoning artist all in one foul swoop! (via)
Kelly Björk's Space Blanket And Lenae Day's Astronaut Wives
Northwest artists Lenae Day and Kelly Björk are opening their new show tonight (Nov 1), at the Corridor Gallery in Seattle, with the ultra charming title Space Blanket / Space Cadet. For the show, Day spent a month in Florida studying the lives of astronauts' wives to create a body of work that combines short stories with re-created photographs, playing every model herself. Björk makes large, energetic pieces that combine her love for contour drawings with still life portraiture and the colorful patterns in the blankets we covet. The show sounds like a ton of fun. If you're in the Seattle area, you should check it out! The reception will have live readings by Day, but if you can't make it, the show will be up through the first of December. Here's the PR:
"Inspired by the people around her and the devices they use to soothe themselves, Kelly Bjork's drawings depict weightless humans, surrounded by blankets and floating in comfort. When creating these pieces, Bjork had her subjects lounge on her couch for hours, each with their blanket of choice. Color is used to highlight the geometric shapes in the blankets, creating a colorful, abstract cloud in which her subjects lay.
Lenae Day re-stages old images from magazines by playing all of the characters herself and making most of her costumes and props. The images and stories in this show deal with the Mercury Seven Astronaut's Wives, the Mercury Thirteen (women pilots who went through astronaut testing, but were not allowed to participate in the space program) and herself somewhere in-between. These works are a part of the forthcoming edition of "DAY MAGAZINE," her third magazine produced in this fashion that will be released with a subsequent West Coast tour in 2013." ( via )
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(CNSNews.com) - Defenders of traditional marriage plan to release a pro-family "manifesto" on Tuesday. The 36-page document recognizes the "power of family and faith" in changing times.
The manifesto offers a "concise, coherent, compelling case for the family," including a "pro-family worldview" and an "action program," the press release said.
"It tells the story of the family -- how society advanced in tandem with the natural family -- places our current family crises in an historical context and, finally, offers a vision -- a set of principles for developing the pro-family political/cultural agenda of tomorrow."
Details will be announced at a Tuesday afternoon press conference in Washington organized by Allan C. Carlson of the World Congress of Families; and Paul T. Mero, president of the Sutherland Institute.
Recent news events highlight the need for a pro-family manifesto and a family-friendly culture, Carlson and Mero say.
Their press release specifically refers to Monday's California court ruling striking down heterosexual marriage as unconstitutional -- a ruling that defies the will of California voters. In 2000, 61 percent of California voters approved an initiative defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
"Concern about preservation of the traditional -- or natural -- family has never been higher," Carlson and Mero say. "Threats to family stability from divorce, promiscuity and the redefinition of marriage have never been more daunting."
The pro-family advocates also note the power of faith and family as portrayed by Ashley Smith - the widowed mother in Georgia who shared her faith with the suspected Atlanta courthouse killer who took her hostage - and later released her unharmed.
Participants in Wednesday's gathering at the National Press Club include Carlson, Mero, George Marlin (chairman of the Philadelphia Trust Company and author of "The American Catholic Voter: 200 Years of Political Impact"); Dr. Janice Crouse (Concerned Women for America); Patrick Fagan (The Heritage Foundation); Dr. Paul Schenck (Priests for Life); and Cristina Vollmer de Burelli (Alliance for the Family).
The press release said other conservative leaders (Gary Bauer, Phyllis Schlafly, Rabbi Daniel Lapin, Father Frank Pavone, Jerry Falwell, Pastor/author Rick Warren, and author Phillip Longman) have issued statements that will be shared at the press conference.
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