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William H. Donaldson
News about William H. Donaldson, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
William H. Donaldson Named Chairman of Financial Services Volunteer Corps
The former S.E.C. chairman will fill a seat last occupied by John C. Whitehead, the former co-chairman of Goldman Sachs who died in February.
April 16, 2015, Thursday
Support Voiced for Plan to Increase S.E.C. Budget
Senator Charles E. Schumer and Mary L. Schapiro, the S.E.C.'s chairwoman, joined with four of her predecessors to urge passage of the proposal.
April 15, 2010, Thursday
Questions for Harry Markopolos
Harry Markopolos, the investigator who first raised red flags about Bernard L. Madoff years ago, tells The New York Times Magazine that while the Securities and Exchange Commission has made some improvements, it remains "poisoned by lawyers."
March 1, 2010, Monday
Elders of Wall St. Favor More Regulation
George Soros, Nicholas F. Brady, John S. Reed and others favor the so-called Volcker Rule to restrict bank activities.
February 17, 2010, Wednesday
Elders of Wall St. Favor More Regulation
George Soros, Nicholas F. Brady, John S. Reed and others favor the so-called Volcker Rule to restrict bank activities.
February 17, 2010, Wednesday
In 'Game Change,' Wall St. Makes a Few Cameos
More than a few Wall Street figures -- from Evercore Partners' Roger Altman to the Blackstone Group's Stephen A. Schwarzman -- make a cameo in "Game Change," the hot fly-on-the-wall recounting of the 2008 presidential campaign.
January 25, 2010, Monday
Obama Moves to Limit 'Reckless Risks' of Banks
Declaring that huge banks had nearly brought down the economy by taking "huge, reckless risks in pursuit of huge profits," President Obama on Thursday proposed legislation to limit the scope and size of large financial institutions.
January 21, 2010, Thursday
A Post-Mortem Should Precede Any S.E.C. Reform
Post-Mortem First,.
July 16, 2009, Thursday
Finger-Pointing in Financial Crisis Is Directed at Bush
The president faces the grim prospect of being blamed, at least in part, for an economic breakdown.
September 20, 2008, Saturday
Candidates Return Focus to Economy and Jobs
As the candidates emphasized bread-and-butter issues, John McCain's surrogates attacked Barack Obama's meeting with prominent economists.
July 29, 2008, Tuesday
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YORK is set to enjoy the fastest city wide broadband in the country thanks to a new partnership.
City Fibre, which provides the fibre infrastructure for the York CORE project, has teamed up with Sky and Talk Talk to create a new network delivering speeds of one gigabit (1000 Mbps) across the city.
This will be the first time a UK city has been connected with such high speeds on a city-wide basis, with the parties set to name two further cities that will follow York in getting the ultra-fast network.
The project will be an expansion of the York CORE project, which was launched initially to connect public sector site on a single network in the city. The venture between City Fibre and City of York Council was then opened up for businesses to join the network with the 119km fibre now connected 179 sites.
Once the new ultra-fast network is in place, Sky and TalkTalk will retail competing broadband services over the new infrastructure.
The joint venture plans to work with global technology provider Fujitsu which will install the pure fibre-to-the-premise network, with the first York customers to be connected in 2015.
Greg Mesch, chief executive of CityFibre, said: "This partnership is great news for UK plc. Working with two of the largest and most forward-thinking service providers in the UK we will continue to extend our existing metro fibre infrastructure and introduce a new generation of gigabit speed services to homes and businesses."
The announcement of the partnership marks the start of a six month planning process, with the entire network estimated to take around two years to fully install.
Councillor James Alexander, leader of City of York council said: "This announcement makes York the digital infrastructure capital of the UK.
"Gaining ultra fast broadband across the city is a huge boost for our economy; providing significant new opportunities for businesses based here and better quality and value to our residents."
Further details about the new service in York, including branding and launch date, and Sky and TalkTalk's customer propositions and pricing, are yet to be confirmed.
CityFibre, Sky, and TalkTalk will each have an equal 33.3 per cent equity stake in the new company.

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Topic: Video on Cyberknife at the Mount Vernon in UK London
Saw this piece on the news tonight about the first Cyberknife machine at the Mount Vernon hospital in London for NHS patients. It's just a short video, but it also mentions that a Cyberknife machine will be going into the Royal Marsden in London as well, again for NHS patients by next spring. Lets hope that more of these machines will start being introduced to other NHS hospitals up and down the UK!


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Place the water and matcha in a blender. Blend several seconds until the matcha has thoroughly dissolved. Pour into glasses, and place two ice cubes and two half slices of lemon, orange or tangerine in each glass. Refreshing on a hot summer day.
Per serving - 8 calories, 0 gram fat (7% calories from fat), 1 gram protein, 3 gram carbohydrate, 0 gram fiber, 0 milligram cholesterol, 9 milligram sodium


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Ladronka Park in Prague
Thinking of planning a city break to Prague. Expedia have a great range of hotels and accomodation in Prague near Ladronka Park that will help make your stay that little bit more special. But before you go make sure to check out the Expedia travel guide on Ladronka Park first, so you can find out everything you need to know before you go away.


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Pixel Bender and 3D (catching up on Links, pt 2)
Pixel Bender's heritage is from the 3D Pixel Shading languages, but we carefully removed most of that to make it specialized for signal processing. The lineage is there though, right below the surface, and Pixel Bender's utility for doing a lot of math fast makes it really attractive for doing 3D. I've written about 3D experiments from the community in the posts Some cool experiments with Pixel Bender and More Cool Pixel Bender Experiments. There has been a lot of really cool work done in the community since then, and I wanted to highlight that:
David Lenaerts has been busy combining Away3D and Pixel Bender, especially for Normal maps: Away3D 3.4.2: Pixel Bender to the max!
Kris Temmerman has also been experimenting with Pixel Bender and Normal Maps.
This is a demo video of a different ray tracer written in Pixel Bender by macduyhai.
Here is an article on integrating Pixel Bender and Papervision3D
Tom Beddard has been doing really cool fractal tools with Pixel Bender. His new Mandelbulbs are really beautiful.
Jerzy Drozda Jr did some experiments with Pixel Bender for UV Mapping in After Effects.
Stay tuned for more links!


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STUDENTS had model behaviour and an eye on the season's new looks when they hosted a fashion show at their school.
Hanley Castle High School collaborated with Isis Boutique, based in Great Malvern, to host the successful event which featured trendy clothing, dances and a fundraising raffle.
Year nine catering students made canapés which were served with complimentary bucks fizz before the catwalk which showcased a range of imaginative and creative garments produced by past and present students of Hanley Castle.
The clothing included a punk themed "Trashion" project and other concept pieces which were modelled by Hanley students.
Two groups performed GCSE dance routines and for the main show Isis showcased a wide range of their new season's clothing including very glamorous and extravagant prom dresses.
Money was raised for Midlands Air Ambulance and The Friends of Hanley Castle High School during the raffle which featured top prizes including a family day out at Eastnor and a tour for four at the Morgan factory.
Photographs of the evening were taken by upper sixth former Elliott Dean.


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I have an sqlite database that holds data collected by a Python program. I want to write some queries and do a few simple reports. It looked like Libreoffice Base (running on Gnome on Debian 7 system) would work. However, I cannot access the sqlite database using Libreoffice base.
What would be simplest and easiest database to use that will work easily with Libreoffice Base?


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Don't Read This Article
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
You idiot, I told you not to read this!
Why You Are Reading This
Even though you're not supposed to be reading this, you're reading it anyways. It may be from one of the following:
- You have a problem with authority
- You are really bored
- You have an insatiable curiosity
- You are a dumbass
- You're trying to get a duck, a fox and some bread across a river and only one will fit in the boat at once. Despite you being a smartass and working out exactly the way to do it without them all eating each other the duck keeps swimming away and it's all you can do to catch the duck and get back in time to stop the bread menacing the fox. You're too much of a coward to just knock one of them on the head so you've got out your laptop and are now hoping the problem will solve itself.
- You're a sick, twisted, sadistic bastard.
Global Effects Of Reading This Article
Hopefully the following will be sufficient to make you change your mind about reading this article. It would be better if you'd just stop reading now though. I SAID NOW YOU SON OF A BITCH!
- Dead ducks
- Famine in China
- Fall of CPC
- Compulsive hand-washing
- Town ponds turned into bread-marshes
- World saved from Bird flu
How do I kick the habit?
The fact that you've gotten this far and are still reading shows you're a pretty dire case. Escaping your addiction will be a mammoth struggle; you against your dark side, honour against depravity, good against evil, a titanic battle for your soul fought to the death by your inner demons. However, if you can't even stop yourself reading rubbish like that last sentence then it could be a pretty one-sided "titanic battle". Do not fear; help is at hand. With the following tips perhaps you (and our feathered friends) can still be saved:
- You can try going cold, ahem, turkey, but I think this is almost certainly beyond you.
- You could smash your computer and hide in a cupboard for a month.
- My personal favourite; give up on this sissy reading, and go kill ducks with your bare hands. The thrill of the chase, the small violent flutter of a duck who knows its time has come, the warm blood oozing onto your hands. And nobody will ever know! The little children will scream at the mangled bodies, old ladies lock their doors at night, everyone talking of the phantom duck murderer yet no one ever suspecting that it could be the nice, naive neighbor <insert name here>.
Ahem, yes anyway I'm told by other addicts (other as in other than you, not other than me since that would imply that I'm an addict which I absolutely am not and never have been) that this method is particularly effective and results in a sustainable rate of duck death even if you never kick the habit entirely.
Keep reading, you might find something interesting
How can I undo the damage?
You can't. You're screwed. Along with thousands of innocent ducks. Turning blue and pink in their agony before the end. This is pain like you could never imagine. Is it really worth reading to the end of this sentence? Too late, you just did. God, either you're an imbecile with no will power or you really hate ducks. A lot. Wow. There go another four.
But if you don't read this last sentence, there may just be a small glimmer of hope left for...
Oh, great! Now you've screwed everyone else as well! And I was looking so forward to that baseball game tommorow.
What would have happened if you didn't read this article
- You wouldn't be screwed
- Those thousands of ducks you just killed wouldn't be screwed
- You would have become a billionaire
- You would have got married
- North and South Dakota would have become a single Dakota
- I would have seen that baseball game
- Everyone else wouldn't be screwed
And you're still reading this, aren't you...


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The future holds great promise for A.D.G. Productions as the products they produce become more widely accepted as first class instructional tools for the music student. As new musical styles are created or older musical styles become popular, A.D.G. Productions would like to be able to integrate these styles into music intructional products.


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A Crystal Palace supporter seemingly wandered into the dressing room after the final whistle blew against Manchester United on Saturday, and casually chatted with manager Tony Pulis and David Kemp.
After joking he was there to pick up his boots, the supporter seemed a little starstruck when he bumped into the Palace boss, who was willing to answer a few questions before heading out to his car.
Not content with his brief encounter, Pulis's biggest fan waited in the car park before trying to encourage him to say that he hates Brighton; much to the amusement of the Palace boss; who laughed off the suggestion as he stepped into his car.


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What is this medicine?CORTICORELIN, OVINE is a diagnostic aid. It is used to find the cause of high cortisol levels in the blood.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for injection into a vein. It is given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?This does not apply.
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What should I watch for while using this medicine?Any side effects you might experience should go away quite quickly after the infusion is finished. Tell your doctor or health care professional if any side effects last for more than 24 hours.
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Where should I keep my medicine?This drug is given in a hospital or clinic and will not be stored at home.
Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.


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The Young Adult Librarian and two other librarians saw Breaking Dawn Part 2 on opening day. We all agreed that it was the best installment in the series, and that the special effects have improved since the first movie.
Overall I thought the actors embodied the characters well. Lee Pace as Garrett was an especially entertaining edition, and the teenage girls behind us liked what he did with the role. The "twist" towards the end was quite a shock and elicited a strong reaction in the audience. The very end of the movie and the end credits gave the Twilight fans a lovely closure to the series.
I did not like the special effects with Renesmee as a baby. The tried to get the baby to look like the young actress who plays who throughout most of the movie, and it was jarring.
L. "The opening title sequence was epic."
J. "Excellent movie..."
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A FORMIDABLE spell of seam bowling from Ed Holdaway destroyed Burbage & Easton Royal and set Purton up for a simple eight-wicket victory in the WEPL Wiltshire Division.
Holdaway ripped into Burbage's top order to claim 4-16 from eight overs, including the coveted wicket of former New Zealand Test star Michael Papps, as the visitors capitulated to 34-5 and eventually 84 all out on a decent deck at the Purton Cricket Ground.
In reply, Akarshit Gomel hit a brisk 59 as the hosts cantered home under leaden skies, leaving skipper Elliot Hill delighted.
He told the Advertiser: "It was a much improved performance and that kind of result proves we're more than capable of competing at the high end of this league. We need to find some consistency to be in that top bracket of teams and unfortunately we haven't yet shown we can find that level of performance consistently over a longer period. That's the next challenge for us but this was a good win.
"The credit goes to Ed for the spell of bowling he produced and for getting Copey (David Cope) and Papps in his first over. Getting the Test match player to shoulder arms and clean bowling him shows a lot about the standard of the eight overs he bowled.
"When you rip through the top order with three quality spinners to come into the fray when the new ball's worn off a bit, good luck to any opposition. It was obviously pleasing and 84 was never going to be enough on that deck."
Purton's inconsistent season has left Hill's men floating in midtable, though they are just 21 points behind leaders Great Bedwyn.
For the skipper, however, thoughts of a promotion challenge are premature.
"It's a bit of a strange one. We've only won three of our seven games this season so we have to be cautious looking up and saying can we challenge for promotion," he said.
"It may be a bit too far but we need to prove we can put results together over the month of July and then we could be in for a fun August.
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Thursday, July 04, 2013 - 16:01 PM
Protective layer between our cymbals?
Yesterday I've posted a photo which showed a stack of Sand Rides in our storage here at Meinl. Someone asked whether or not our cymbals should have a protective layer between each of them to prevent scratches, as all the cymbals on the photo didn't have one.
The way we do it here at Meinl is that we put a special protective fabric only between each cymbal that has a brilliant finish. These are our Byzance brilliant, Mb20, M-Series Fusion, Soundcaster Fusion, Soundcaster, Mb10, Classics Custom, Classics Custom Extreme Metal, and some Generation X Series models. You see, almost all of our series are protected like that. The surface of all our other lines is less susceptible to scratches, or has a protective lacquer coating. Apart from that, once the cymbals are put in the storage, they are not moved around anymore until we pull them out for shipping. And as soon as that happens, every cymbal is packed into an individual bag regardless of its finish.
Just wanted to let you know how we do it. If you have any questions, just let me know.
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What I'm about to share with you today is so incredible that I'm just going to go ahead and apologize in advance for the massive cravings that might ensue after reading this post. I made this bacon as a snack, you see… an after-school snack. My son had asked me if I could whip up a little something for him to nibble on while tackling his math homework, and I brought him this: Candied Bacon
He looked at me all wide eyed and surprised, took a bite, and then he delivered a very enthusiastic, "THANK YOU!" I understood his enthusiasm. I had already sampled my slice of bacon, and I was definitely wishing I'd made more! This stuff is good. SOOOOO good. Really good. Like, you'll be craving-it-in-your-sleep good!
You'll need just three ingredients- bacon, brown sugar and cinnamon. That's it.
Mix the sugar and cinnamon, then coat the bacon slices generously with it.
You'll be baking this bacon, so place it on a rack that has been set on a foil- lined, rimmed pan. I like to poke the bacon down through the rack in a few places so it gets that wavy look when it's done.
And then let the oven do its magic. The bacon gets all caramelized and candied and wonderful.
If you can manage to get the bacon to a plate without eating it all first, you can serve it up for breakfast. But I'm envisioning much more than breakfast for this bacon! I see it in chocolate chip cookies. I see it sprinkled on top of maple cupcakes. I see it in my dinner salad. And I see it crunched into pancakes too. Are you craving it with me now?
Yield: 12 slices of bacon
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 15 min
Addicting. Seriously.
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
12 slices center-cut bacon (don't use extra-thick bacon)
1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and set a rack on top (like a cookie cooling rack). Spray the rack with nonstick spray.
2. Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Dip bacon slices in the cinnamon-sugar, coating both sides, and place the coated bacon strips on the rack. I like to poke the bacon into the grooves of the rack in a few places so your bacon will come out looking a little wavy.
3. Bake 15 to 20 minutes, or until the bacon appears to be caramelized and somewhat crispy. Watch closely after 15 minutes since the sugar can begin to burn when left in too long. Serve immediately.
*If you are preparing this recipe as gluten-free, just be sure to use a brand of bacon that is known to be GF.
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I red the data sheet (http://www.atmel.com/Images/8183S.pdf) of the 84A to find the right pins, and so I connected arduino-pin 10 to RESET-pin of the 84A, 11 to MOSI, 12 to MISO and 13 to SCK.
SPI: on the ICSP header. These pins support SPI communication using the SPI library. Note that the SPI pins are not connected to any of the digital I/O pins as they are on the Arduino Uno, they are only available on the ICSP connector and on the nearby pins labelled MISO, MOSI and SCK.
Micro pin 8 (SS) to ATtiny Reset PinMicro pin 9 (SCK) to ATtiny SCKMicro pin 10 (MOSI) to ATtiny MOSIMicro pin 11 (MISO) to ATtiny MISO
Nice catch Coding Badly, I keep thinking of the mini when I see micro.
I think those are physical pins. I think the diagram in the upper-left corner is the one of interest... MOSI is top-left; SS is next to MOSI; SCK is top-right; MISO is next to SCK.I suspect the ArduinoISP sketch will have to be modified for the SS pin.
[...] they are only available on the ICSP connector and on the nearby pins labelled MISO, MOSI and SCK
arduinoispmicro.name=Arduino as ISP on Microarduinoispmicro.communication=serialarduinoispmicro.protocol=arduinoarduinoispmicro.speed=19200
#define RESET 10
The Micro operates like a Leonardo so you will need to define a new programmer to use the arduino protocol instead of stk500v1. Create a programmers.txt in the sketch folder \hardware\microfix\:Code: [Select]arduinoispmicro.name=Arduino as ISP on Microarduinoispmicro.communication=serialarduinoispmicro.protocol=arduinoarduinoispmicro.speed=19200
I modified the ArduinoISP sketch to use D10 instead of SS:Code: [Select]#define RESET 10I used the modified cable to connect the breakout reset line to D10 on the Micro.I was able to successfully load sketches to a tiny85.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The state school board in Ohio is continuing to debate new regulations for how educators must seclude and physically restrain students.
The issue arose Monday during an Ohio Board of Education committee and during a board presentation.
Some educators have balked at setting rules for such practices, complaining they could overburden school systems with training, testing and paperwork. Parents and advocates for special-needs children generally want to see such policies in place to protect students.
The rules would identify the safest way to restrain and seclude youngsters to keep them calm.
Ohio Department of Education spokesman John Charlton said no vote will be taken on proposed rules during the two-day monthly meeting that continues Tuesday. To accommodate further debate, the decision has been deferred to January.


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Cinnamon Raisin Bread Recipe
My grandma's raisin bread is a long-standing tradition in our family.
- 2 packages (1/4 ounce each) active dry yeast
- 1/3 cup warm water (110° to 115°)
- 1 cup warm whole milk (110° to 115°)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1-1/4 teaspoons salt
- 5-1/2 to 6 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/3 cups golden raisins
- 1-1/3 cups raisins
- 1 cup water
- 1/3 cup apple juice or cider
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water. Add the milk, sugar, butter, eggs, salt and 2 cups flour. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough.
- 2. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 6-8 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 1 hour.
- 3. In a saucepan, bring first five filling ingredients to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook for 15-20 minutes or until almost all the liquid is absorbed, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; set aside.
- 4. Punch dough down. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead for 1 minute. Divide in half. Roll each half into a 12x8-in. rectangle; brush with egg. Spread half of the filling over each rectangle to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a short side; pinch to seal. Place each loaf seam side down in a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 1 hour.
- 5. Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until bread sounds hollow when tapped. Cover loosely with foil if top browns to quickly. Remove from pans to cool on a wire rack. Yield: 2 loaves (16 slices each).
Nutritional Facts
1 slice: 160 calories, 3g fat (2g saturated fat), 27mg cholesterol, 126mg sodium, 30g carbohydrate (12g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 fruit.
Reviews for Cinnamon Raisin Bread
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"I tried this once and it was very good, the two types of raisins are a great combo. It is very sweet and it is diabetic friendly it says."
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Bonus fact
Szoldra's trying his hand at real news. He's interning at Business Insider and working toward a master's degree in digital journalism at the University of South Florida — St. Petersburg.
Barely a year after posting its first fake news story, The Duffel Blog has become a household name among troops.
There's even a hashtag on Twitter labeled "#should havebeenDuffelBlog," which readers use to tag strange or unbelievable real news stories they would have expected to come from their favorite satirical military news site. And civilians are catching on, too.
Former Marine Sgt. Paul Szoldra, the site's creator, has been featured in stories by The Wall Street Journal and National Public Radio.
In November, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., wrote to officials at the Pentagon asking them to check into a report that prisoners at Guantanamo Bay were going to start receiving Post-9/11 GI Bill education benefits. But that "report" was from The Duffel Blog.
"It's one thing to say, 'I was in Military Times or The Wall Street Journal,' " Szoldra said. "But to know a senator wrote a letter ... so The Duffel Blog is in the congressional record of the United States — I mean, to think about that is amazing to me, and I think funny as hell."
Szoldra dropped by the Military Times newsroom to chat about life at The Duffel Blog.
Q. You make fun of them all, but which service is the funniest?
A. I think Marines are the easiest, with the stringent rules and the way we talk with the "errs" and "devil dogs." We have the most animated higher-ups, too. There are sergeants major and gunnies with the most ridiculous looking haircuts, like the horseshoe — who thought that was a good idea? Then it gets banned and they're outraged like, "Let me have my look." The Air Force is also just really easy to make fun of because if you're not in it, you're so jealous. At least from an outsider, they practically have room service. I bet they do, actually. Investigate that.
Q. What's the highest rank of the service members who contribute to the blog?
A. Everybody wants this, but I won't give it up. Funny thing is, I could actually say, "I have a three-star. He's a great guy, and he works with the lance corporals to write really funny stories." Then you'd probably go to the Pentagon and say, "Hey, there's a three-star writing for The Duffel Blog?" Then Pentagon public affairs would flip out, saying, "Oh my God, what three-star is it?" They'd probably be jumping through hoops. So long story short: I have a three-star writing for me.
Q. What is the best thing that has happened since you launched The Duffel Blog?
A. I think the best was getting an email from Gen. James Mattis. I told him we wrote the story about him becoming commandant because Marines wish he was. I said it was an honor to serve in the same Corps as him. He wrote back and said the reason he stayed in for 40 years was because of young patriotic Americans like me giving their all and doing their best for the country. I can't believe a guy who was in the Corps for 40 years thanked me for my service, but he's that leader. And now if someone doesn't like my site, I can say, "Well, General Mattis does."
Q. Do you feel like you're breaking down barriers between the branches and getting troops in other services to understand each other?
A. I do. When you're in, you're stuck in that tiny subset, and you don't get much exposure to anything else if you're not in a giant command. A lot of the contributors didn't even know who Gen. Mattis was when we started doing stories about him. And I think we're showing that the humor and circumstances in the military transcend the branches. I get emails from Vietnam or Korean War vets, and it's amazing that someone who served 40 years ago still gets stuff that we're writing now.
Q. What topics aren't considered fair game for satire? Is there anything you guys won't touch?
A. If there's a firefight somewhere, we'll never do a story about people being killed there. Everything else is open. I take criticism from people who don't get satire for touching hot-button issues. I'm fine with it. Military suicide is not funny, but the response to it has been really crappy. So I wrote an article about how people were killing themselves during the PowerPoint briefs because they were so awful. I got flack, but I wasn't making fun of suicide. I was making fun of leadership and the response to it. With an issue like that, we make sure it serves an end.


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HOUSTON - Harris County will spray 63,000 acres in the northwest portion of the county by air to combat West Nile virus.
The spraying has been scheduled for Wednesday evening, unless it rains.
Officials with thee Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services' Mosquito Control division said West Nile virus activity has recently increased. It has been confirmed in more than 300 mosquito samples and nearly 100 dead birds, officials said.
"Harris County is experiencing an increase of West Nile Virus infection in mosquitoes and, most notably, in the dead bird population," Dr. Rudy Bueno said. "This situation has prompted the need to supplement the ongoing countywide ground treatment with aerial treatment in the designated areas to better protect the health of our residents."
The county has reported six human cases of West Nile virus this year. There have been 13 human cases in the city of Houston, and three of those cases was fatal. There have been more than 20 West Nile virus-related deaths in Texas in 2012.
The insecticide that will be sprayed is Dibrom, which has been approved by the Environmental Protection Agency. It's considered to be safe for the environment and is routinely used to combat mosquito-borne disease.
"Because of the very small amount of active ingredient released per acre of ground, the estimates found that for all scenarios considered, exposures were hundreds or even thousands of times below an amount that might pose a health concern," an EPA representative said.
Officials recommended that people stay indoors while their area is being treated, as a precaution.
Authorities also recommend that people take personal measures to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. It is recommended that people use an insect repellent containing DEET, Picaridin, oil of lemon eucalyptus or IR3535 as an active ingredient. Wearing long-sleeved shirts and long pants at dawn and dusk, when mosquitoes are most active, is encouraged.
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A motorcyclist and his passenger were both killed Wednesday when they collided with a passenger vehicle at about 2:45 p.m. in Big Lake Township.
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The driver of the passenger vehicle was identified as Cody Moen, 19, of Monticello. He suffered minor injuries and was released from the hospital.
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Odessa launches industry platform
This year's edition, which will be held during the 4th Odessa International Film Festival (OIFF) from July 12-20.
Odessa's Film Industry Platform (FIP) has ambitions to become a leading venue for international film professionals in Eastern Europe.
This year's edition, which will be held during the 4th Odessa International Film Festival (OIFF) from July 12-20, will have a pitching forum of ten projects in development or production with the potential for co-production with Western Europe, and financing in place from such post-Soviet states as Georgia, Armenia and Belarus.
In addition, master classes are planned on distribution in Western and Eastern Europe, cinema digitisation and film marketing.
Meanwhile, the festival organisers have announced that Roger Corman and Jiri Menzel will deliver workshops at the OIFF Summer Film School, and a retrospective will be dedicated to the work of Sergei Paradjanov along with the Ukraine premiere of Serge Avedikian and Olena Fetisova's Paradjanov, starring Avedikian as the iconic director.
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Who's the Boss? When Jobs Are Scarce, the Kids Are
The Wall Street Journal, March 16, 2011
By Sue Shellenbarger
The lemonade stand. For some teens, this summertime staple is no longer a pastime, it's a profit center.
An estimated 120,000 kids in 31 cities are expected to attend one-day entrepreneur-training events in May, called Lemonade Day. The program, launched in 2007 with 2,600 participants, teaches children and teens how to borrow and repay investors who help start their stands, and what to do with profit, including donating some to charity, says founder Michael Holthouse, a Houston philanthropist.
With summer approaching, an increasing number of high-schoolers around the country are preparing to launch their own start-ups—and not just lemonade stands. With lawn-mowing businesses, hand-painting of tennis shoes or Bosnian-language computer repairs, teens are bucking long odds in the dismal job market and earning their own mall money or cash for college.
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With just under two weeks until the Nov. 6 election, Gary Johnson—former governor of New Mexico, extreme athlete, marijuana advocate and Libertarian candidate for president—is talking about his campaign in the past tense.
"The only way I think I was going to have a chance of winning was to be in the national debates," he says. Needless to say, he didn't make the cut; even a federal court complaint didn't earn him a place at the table in Monday's foreign policy debate.
But on a recent Friday, six volunteers for Johnson's presidential campaign stood at the corner of Cerrillos and Zafarano Roads, resolutely waving signs.
"This is a microcosm, obviously," says Christopher Thrasher, a 27-year-old campaign consultant holding a Gary Johnson sign. "We've got a ton more volunteers."
Few cars honked, but Thrasher didn't seem to mind.
"The real key here is just to get people to know that there is a third option," he says, noting that the Johnson ground campaign is undertaking "all the usual campaign stuff"—door-knocking, phone-banking—on a shoestring budget. (They've raised nearly $3 million—an almost laughable amount compared to the roughly $1 billion raised by the two major-party candidates combined.)
In 2008, Thrasher was a "dedicated Obama supporter." This year, disillusioned with Obama, he's supporting a candidate whose views better align with his own.
But Johnson faces an uphill battle—not just in terms of fundraising, but also in media recognition and ballot access. That he hasn't been invited to any of the big presidential debates has undermined his ability to gain support, and major-party activists have tried to keep his name off the ballot—all of which raises the question: Is a vote for Johnson a throwaway vote?
After his election in 1995, Johnson, a fiscally conservative Republican, earned the nickname "Governor Veto" for issuing more than 750 vetoes during his two terms. Late in his second term, the former marijuana user alienated himself from some Republicans by opposing the war on drugs—a stance that still attracts voters like Thrasher today.
Johnson started his 2012 presidential run as a Republican, but then switched to the Libertarian party in December. If elected, his first priority would be to submit a balanced budget to Congress, calling for a $1.4 trillion—roughly 43 percent—reduction in federal spending.
"Could you imagine the raging debate at the session that would ensue with that document?" he says.
He also wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service and repeal Obama's health care law, but supports maintaining some type of social safety net.
Since many Republicans share those views—just as some Democrats support his proposal to legalize marijuana—much of the media coverage around Johnson's campaign has focused on whether he would siphon votes away from President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, particularly in battleground states like Ohio and Colorado. Still, when it comes to voter support, Johnson rarely reaches double digits in the polls that bother to include his name.
Johnson has also faced ballot access issues in places like Pennsylvania, where the state Republican Party hired a former FBI agent to investigate his bid to appear on the ballot.
"Man, you can't make it up," he says. "You just can't make it up!"
In the end, his name will be absent from the ballot in just two states: Oklahoma and Michigan. In Michigan, where the Republican secretary of state invoked a rarely used "sore loser" law barring candidates who switch parties from the ballot, Johnson is running as a write-in candidate.
Carla Howell, executive director of the National Libertarian Party, says that, among the Libertarian faithful, there's been more enthusiasm for Johnson than for the 2008 nominee, Bob Barr. "Gov. Gary Johnson is much more solidly Libertarian [than Barr]," she says, adding that many voters who supported Republican US Rep. Ron Paul's presidential bid may also support Johnson. A party activist for 16 years, Howell says "a lot of people didn't know what the word [Libertarian] was 20 years ago." The national party's membership, she says, has now reached nearly 14,000 members.
While Johnson hopes his candidacy will raise awareness about the Libertarian platform, he says he shouldn't have "been so naïve" about a third-party candidate's ability to break into a presidential race.
"It's not the fairy tale that we all believe it is," he says. "…I was not given an equal shake."
Even so, Johnson's supporters reject the idea that a vote for him is a throwaway vote.
"I'm getting it from both sides," says supporter Todd Yocham. "My Democratic friends are telling me that if I vote for Gary, then I'm taking votes away from Obama, and my Republican friends are telling me that if I vote for Gary, I'm taking votes away from Romney…they keep saying, 'Well, if you vote for him, then you're wasting your vote.' I say, 'Well, no. You can never waste your vote if you're truly voting for somebody you want to vote for.'"


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After 170 years, a signed copy of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is returning to the North Yorkshire town of Malton, where locals say the author found the inspiration for Scrooge's counting house.
Dickens gave a signed copy of his Christmas classic to the widow of an old friend, whose office he visited shortly before writing the book.
Malton resident Selina Scott writes in The Telegraph that the community bought the signed copy in New York for $35,000 and will put it on display and donate it to the University of York. When the book arrived in the town it was greeted with a bowl of Smoking Bishop, a punch made with warm red wine, port, oranges and cloves.
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Winnipeg's Great Plains Publications has a new managing editor.
Mel Marginet, originally from Bruxelles, comes to the publishing company from the YM-YWCA, where she was co-ordinator of communications, special events and fund development and co-ordinator of the annual Women of Distinction Awards. The U of W theatre and film honours graduate is also co-founder and artistic head of Theatre by the River.
She will manage production of Great Plains titles, ensuring budgets and timelines are met.
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A new novel by Governor General's Award-winning author David Gilmour (A Perfect Night to Go to China) will be the first release from the new HarperCollins imprint Patrick Crean Editions in fall 2013.
Gilmour's new novel, Extraordinary, is described in industry publication Quill & Quire as a story of a brother and sister's reminiscences as they prepare for her assisted suicide.
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Somewhere, an ape is throwing a Kindle in the air in celebration.
The works of Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey and dozens of other science fiction novels and story collections, will soon be available as e-books in the American market.
The late author's estate has an agreement with digital publisher RosettaBooks to publish 35 of Clarke's books electronically. Clarke's other books include Childhood's End, Rendezvous with Rama and The Sands of Mars. The author, who died in 2005 at age 90, was also a science theorist whose ideas helped to bring about modern communications satellites.
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In an effort to address the gender gap in Canadian book reviewing, the advocacy group Canadian Women in the Literary Arts has named its first "critic in residence" -- Montreal poet Sue Sinclair.
Sinclair, originally from St. John's, is the author of four books of poetry, including Breaker (Brick Books) and The Drunken Lovely Bird (Goose Lane).
The creation of the paid position follows a study CWILA conducted of reviews published in 12 Canadian literary magazines, plus the Toronto newspapers The Globe and Mail and National Post, in which books by women accounted for 23 to 64 per cent of reviews in each publication.


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Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Notes Progress on Transportation Plans
Fairfax County Office of Public
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
April 4, 2005
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
Notes Progress on Transportation Plans
In 2004, construction was completed on 18 transportation projects in Fairfax County. More than 20 additional projects designed to decrease congestion and improve safety are currently under construction. The Fairfax County Department of Transportation presented a status report on transportation capital projects within the county to the Board of Supervisors at their regularly scheduled meeting today.
Projects included in the transportation capital projects report are funded through several different mechanisms, including the Fairfax County Four Year Transportation Plan, the VDOT Six-Year Improvement Program, the VDOT Six Year Secondary Construction Program for Fairfax County, the Governor's Congestion Relief Program, and federal funding programs such as the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality and Regional Surface Transportation Programs.
The county's Four Year Transportation Plan, which was adopted by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 9, 2004, includes a $215 million commitment of capital funds to improve major highway and transit projects, spot capacity and safety intersection improvements, and pedestrian improvements throughout the county. Funding for this significant transportation initiative is a combination of $50 million in federal Regional Surface Transportation Program and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality funds, as well as $165 million in county General Obligation Bonds approved by voters on Nov. 2, 2004. Of the 25 projects in the county's Four Year Transportation Plan, 12 are slated to begin construction in 2005, one is under construction, and one has been completed. Design is underway on the remaining 11.
"The county's Four Year Transportation Plan seeks to augment the state's efforts through specific, necessary transportation improvements," said Gerald E. Connolly, chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors. "This Board has identified transportation as one of our priorities and so we're very encouraged to see the progress that has been made both on the Four Year Plan and the other transportation capital projects."
Eighteen transportation projects were completed in 2004, including the following significant projects:
- Route 123 – Widen to four lanes from Davis Drive to Lee Chapel Road and from Lee Chapel Road to Burke Lake Road
- Route 28 – Interchange at Barnsfield Road
- Beulah Street – Widen to four lanes from Franconia Road to Franconia-Springfield Parkway
- Springfield Interchange, Phases IV and V
- West Falls Church Metro Parking Garage Expansion
More than 20 projects are currently under construction, including the following major projects:
- Springfield Interchange – Five of seven construction phases are now complete, and the project remains at the $676 million budget mark. Phases VI and VII are well underway and on schedule to be completed by late 2007.
- Woodrow Wilson Bridge – To date, approximately 23 of 30 contracts are either underway or completed. Currently, 32 percent of the project is complete. The project is on schedule and under budget. The first of the two bridges (outer loop) and tie-in roadway are estimated to be open in mid-2006. Total project completion (including four interchanges at Telegraph Road, Route 1, Route 210 and I-295) is anticipated by 2011. Construction of the remaining major components of the Route 1 interchange is underway as well as right-of-way acquisition and utility relocations for the Telegraph Road interchange.
- Route 28 – The Westfields interchange is on schedule for completion in fall 2005.
- Route 1 – The six-lane section from Lorton Road to Telegraph Road is on schedule for completion in fall 2005.
- West Ox Road – The four-lane section from Ox Trail to Lawyers Road is scheduled for completion in summer 2006.
- Lorton Road – The six-lane section from Armistead Road to Silverbrook Road is on schedule for completion in summer 2006.
- Burke Lake Road – The four-lane section from Lee Chapel Road to the Fairfax County Parkway is scheduled to be completed in fall 2005.
- Clifton Road – The four-lane section from Route 29 to Braddock Road s nearly 50 percent complete.
- Gallows Road / Hummer Road / Annandale Road intersection improvements are underway and expected to be completed in 2005.
- Gambrill Road Park-and-Ride Lot – Project is scheduled for completion in June 2005.
- Reston Town Center Transit Center – Construction is underway and scheduled for completion in winter 2006.
Construction is slated to begin in 2005 on approximately 30 projects, including:
- Fairfax County Parkway - The final segment from Rolling Road to Fullerton Road is scheduled to begin construction this fall; to be opened on a full or partial basis in fall 2007.
- Centreville Road (Route 657) - As a part of the Route 28 PPTA, construction of the 4-lane section from Metrotech Drive to McLearen Road is scheduled to begin this year, with completion in winter 2007 (funded through Fairfax County Four Year Transportation Plan).
- West Ox Road - The four-lane section from Penderbrook Drive to Ox Trail is scheduled to begin in spring 2005, with completion in fall 2006.
- Route 50 at Waples Mill Road at-grade intersection improvements – Utility relocations are underway with construction completion anticipated in summer 2006.
- Spring Hill Road -The four-lane section from Route 7 to International Drive is scheduled for construction bid advertisement this summer, with completion anticipated in late 2006.
- Route 1 at Engleside Post Office - Construction will begin in mid-2005 and should be complete in winter 2006 (funded through Fairfax County Four Year Transportation Plan).
- Route 7 at Glen Carlyn Road - In final design and scheduled for completion later this year (funded under the Governor's Congestion Relief Program).
- Route 50 at Annandale Road - Construction is scheduled to begin this spring, with completion in fall 2005.
For the Dulles Rail Extension project, the Record of Decision from the Federal Transit Administration was received in March 2005, signifying completion of the environmental study and federal funding approval. The focus now turns to preliminary design on the Phase I section from Tysons to Wiehle Avenue, which is expected to be completed by early next year.
For more information on the transportation capital projects, contact the Fairfax County Department of Transportation at 703-324-1100, TTY 711. Additional information about transportation initiatives is also available on the county's Web site www.fairfaxcounty.gov.


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Eldridge Cleaver
Name at birth: Leroy Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver helped found the militant group the Black Panthers in 1966 and became famously controversial as the group's outspoken Minister of Information. His 1968 book Soul On Ice, based on essays he had written in prison years earlier, cemented Cleaver's reputation as a spokesman for Black Power. The same year he was wounded in a Panther shootout with Oakland police; Cleaver jumped bail, fled to Algeria and lived in exile there and in Paris. He returned to America in 1975. Paradoxically, in later years Cleaver renounced his former radical views, became a born-again Christian, embraced conservative political causes and even ran for political office as a Republican. He also suffered well-publicized struggles with drug addiction in the years before his death in 1998.
Cleaver described his religious and political conversions in a 1978 book, Soul on Fire.
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Langston Hughes was a poet, novelist, playwright and short story writer. He was a major contributor to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, and continued to be an influential writer into the 1960s. He was a passionate traveler, describing his experiences in The Big Sea and I Wonder As I Wander.
The Library has many works by and about Hughes, including children's books, poetry, novels and short stories. To find works by Hughes in the Library's catalog, search by author under Hughes, Langston. To find books about Hughes, search by subject under Hughes, Langston.
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I. Findings
What do subway riders want?
They want short waits, trains that arrive regularly, a chance for a seat, a clean car and understandable announcements that tell them what they need to know. That's what MTA New York City Transit's own polling of rider satisfaction measures.1
This "State of the Subways" Report Card tells riders how their lines do on these key aspects of service. We look at six measures of subway performance for the city's 20 major subway lines, using recent data compiled by MTA New York City Transit.2 Much of the information has not been released publicly before on a line-by-line basis. Most of the measures are for all or the last half of 2010.
Our Report Card has three parts:
First, is a comparison of service on 20 lines, as detailed in the attached tables.
Second, we give an overall "MetroCard Rating"3 to 18 of the 20 lines.4
Third, the report contains one-page profiles on each of the 20 lines. These are intended to provide riders, officials and communities with an easy-to-use summary of how their line performs compared to others.
This is the fourteenth Subway Report Card by the Straphangers Campaign since 1997.5
Our findings show the following picture of how New York City's subways are doing:
1. The best subway line in the city was the J/Z with a "MetroCard Rating" of $1.45. The J/Z ranked number one in the system for the first time since the Straphangers Campaign Report Card started in 1997. The J/Z ranked highest because it performs best in the system on regularity of service. It also performs above average on three measures: delays caused by mechanical breakdowns, seat availability at the most crowded point during rush hour and subway car announcements. The line did not get a higher rating because it performed average on subway car cleanliness and amount of scheduled service. The J/Z runs between Broad Street in Manhattan and Jamaica Center in Queens.
2. The 2 was ranked the worst subway line with a MetroCard Rating of 90 cents, tying with the C line for last. This was the first time in fourteen annual Straphangers Campaign Report Cards that the 2 came in last. The 2 performs worst in the system on seat availability at the most crowded point during rush hour and next to worst on regularity of service. The line also performs below average on subway car cleanliness. The line did not get a lower rating as it performs above average on three measures: amount of scheduled service, delays caused by mechanical breakdowns and subway car announcements. The 2 runs between Brooklyn College and Wakefield Avenue in the Bronx.
3. For the third year in a row, the C was ranked the worst subway line, with a MetroCard
4. Systemwide, for 20 lines, we found the following on the three of six measures we can compare over time: car breakdowns, car cleanliness and announcements. (We cannot compare three remaining measures due to changes in definitions by New York City Transit. Also, the M's routing was too changed in mid-2010 to make comparisons with the previous year on some indicators.)
5. There are large disparities in how subway lines perform.
II. Summary of Methodology
The NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign reviewed extensive MTA New York City Transit data on the quality and quantity of service on 20 subway lines. We used the latest comparable data available, largely from 2010.6 Several of the data items have not been publicly released before on a line-by-line basis. MTA New York City Transit does not conduct a comparable rider count on the G line, which is the only major line not to go into Manhattan. As a result, we could not give the G line a MetroCard Rating, although we do issue a profile for the line. In addition, major changes were made to the route pattern of the M line in June of 2010; since then no comparable rider count data has been made available. For this reason, we could not give the M line a MetroCard Rating, although we do issue a profile for the line.
We then calculated a MetroCard Rating — intended as a shorthand tool to allow comparisons among lines — for 18 subway lines, as follows:
First, we formulated a scale of the relative importance of measures of subway service. This was based on a survey we conducted of a panel of transit experts and riders, and an official survey of riders by MTA New York City Transit. The six measures were weighted as follows:
Second, for each measure, we compared each line's performance to the best- and worst-performing lines in this rating period.
A line equaling the system best in 2010 would receive a score of 100 for that indicator, while a line matching the system low in 2010 would receive a score of 0. Under this rating scale, a small difference in performance between two lines translates to a small difference between scores.
These scores were then multiplied by the percentage weight of each indicator, and added up to reach an overall raw score. Below is an illustration of calculations for a line, in this case the 4.
Finally, we converted each line's summed raw score to a MetroCard Rating. We created a formula with assistance from independent transit experts. A line scoring, on average, at the 50th percentile of the lines for all six measures would receive a MetroCard Rating of $1.15. A line that matched the 95th percentile of this range would be rated $2.25, the current base fare. The 4 line, as shown above, falls at the 41st percentile over six measures, corresponding to a MetroCard Rating of $1.00.
New York City Transit officials reviewed the profiles and ratings in 1997. They concluded: "Although it could obviously be debated as to which indicators are most important to the transit customer, we feel that the measures that you selected for the profiles are a good barometer in generally representing a route's performance characteristics… Further, the format of your profiles… is clear and should cause no difficulty in the way the public interprets the information."
Their full comments can be found in Appendix I, which presents a more detailed description of our methodology. Transit officials were also sent an advance summary of the findings for this year's State of the Subways Report Card.
For our first five surveys, we used 1996 — our first year for calculating MetroCard Ratings — as a baseline. As we said in our 1997 report, our ratings "will allow us to use the same formula for ranking service on subway lines in the future. As such, it will be a fair and objective barometer for gauging whether service has improved, stayed the same, or deteriorated over time."
However, in 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010, transit officials made changes in how performance indicators are measured and/or reported. The Straphangers Campaign unsuccessfully urged MTA New York City Transit to re-consider its new methodologies, because of our concerns about the fairness of these measures and the loss of comparability with past indicators. Transit officials also rejected our request to re-calculate measures back to 1996 in line with their adopted changes. As a result, in this report we were forced to redefine our baseline with current data, and considerable historical comparability was lost.
III. Why A Report Card on the State of the Subways?
Why does the Straphangers Campaign publish a yearly report card on the subways?
First, riders are looking for information on the quality of their trips. In the past, the MTA has resisted putting detailed line-by-line performance measures on their web site. That has been gradually changing. In 2009, for example the MTA began posting monthly performance data for subway car breakdown rates on its website, www.mta.info. In 2010, it made some of the performance measurement data bases available publicly on its developer resources page. Our profiles seek to provide this information in a simple and accessible form.
Second, our report cards provide a picture of where the subways are. Overall, we looked at the three measures we can compare over time — car breakdowns, car cleanliness and announcements. We were unable to compare the other three measures due to changes in methodology by transit officials.
Future performance will be a challenge given the MTA's tight budget.
Lastly, we aim to give communities the information they need to win better service. We often hear from riders and neighborhood groups. They will say, "Our line has got to be worst." Or "We must have the most crowded trains." Or "Our line is much better than others."
For riders and officials on lines receiving a poor level of service, our report will help them make the case for improvements, ranging from increases in service to major repairs. That's not just a hope. In past years, we've seen riders win improvements, such as on the B, N and 5 lines.
For those on better lines, the report can highlight areas for improvement. For example, riders on the 7 — now a front runner in the system — have pointed to past declines and won increased service.
This report is part of a series of studies on subway and bus service. For example, we issue annual surveys on payphone service in the subways, subway car cleanliness, and subway car announcements, as well as give out the Pokey Awards for the slowest city bus routes.
Our reports can be found online at www.straphangers.org, as can our profiles. We hope that these efforts — combined with the concern and activism of many thousands of city transit riders — will win better subway and bus service for New York City.


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Rollins seized control in the first five minutes of the game with the Blue and Gold tallying five goals before the Bears were able to counter on the board. The Tars scored their first four goals on free position shots and saw Rollins finish 7-for-15 in that department. Rollins kept attacking in the first half and held a 14-5 lead at the break.
Rollins continued the pressure in the second stanza with the offense cracking off seven goals, while Lenoir Rhyne only posted three on the board.
Offensively, Erica Pagliarulo ignited the offense with a season-high six scores and was joined by Sophie Townsend on the score sheet with four markers of her own. Cat Kelley, Tori Snow and Caroline Lamere tallied two goals. The Tars also received support from Ginevra Czech, Courtney Bianculli, Sarah Ann Showell, Anna Townsend and Steph Wiedenhofer with one goal apiece.
Elyse De Lisle had a quiet night between the pipes as the defense was stifling all night long as De Lisle only needed to make four saves on the evening.
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TRIBUTES have been paid to a pedestrian who died following a crash in Worcester in the early hours of this morning, named locally as Chris Willmott.
The 48-year-old was hit by a car close to Ford Bristol Street Motors in Cotswold Way, Worcester, just after 1.10am today.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Today tributes have been paid to him online.
Commenting on a Worcester News post on Facebook, Debi Williams wrote: "Sad news to wake up to. R.i.p chris. Thoughts are with the family xx"
Dawn Elizabeth Lilburn posted: "Chris it was a pleasure to have been your friend we grew up together as kid's skiving at my house when you didn't want to go to school so sad to have to say goodbye rip Chris xx"
The car travelling along Cotswold Way collided with Mr Willmott, before crossing into Blackpole Road and impacting a lamppost, causing damage to a vehicle in the dealership.
The driver of the car, a 34-year-old man, has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and is currently in custody.
Mr Willmott was with a group of people at the time of the accident, with at least one person in that group believed to be a child.
There was also one passenger in the car.
After the collision the car also crashed into a lamp post in front of the car dealership, knocking it onto a Ford Focus parked in the forecourt, smashing its windscreen and bonnet.
Adam Sandford, manager at Bristol Street Motors, said: "There was damage to one car. It was a bit of a shock, we didn't expect to get that.
"I had a phone call at 2.30am this morning to tell me what had happened.
"Someone has died, it's shocking really. It's unlucky really at that time in the morning, the car may have been travelling fast as there are skid marks in the road."
An ambulance and a paramedic officer attended the scene.
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman confirmed the man died at the scene despite the efforts of paramedics.
He said: "Crews arrived to find a man and a car that had been in a serious collision.
"Unfortunately, it quickly became apparent nothing could be done to save the man and sadly he was confirmed dead at the scene."
Police are now appealing for witnesses. Anyone with information is urged to contact PC 3036 Ashley or Sgt 1914 Allen at Bromsgrove Operational Policing Unit on 101 quoting incident number 39 of 1st August.
The road was closed but reopened at 8am this morning.


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If I kept crashing my car, I might well decide that I needed to keep a bigger chunk of cash available to repair it, but I would also consider whether I needed to improve my driving.
Following the same logic, regulators' efforts to force banks to hold more capital to guard against operational risk seem to me to address only half the issue: the other half is about ensuring basic management competence at financial institutions.
As Brooke Masters writes in Monday's FT:
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A TOWN centre estate in the middle of a row over repair works and poor housing conditions has been visited by Bury South MP Ivan Lewis.
He spoke to tenants following complaints of damp, mouldy conditions, rotting bricks and leaking roofs on the St Thomas' Estate as revealed in the Radcliffe Times last week.
Conditions in many of the 90 houses in the Six Town Housing-managed estate were deemed so bad by tenants that they have called for the properties to be condemned.
Mr Lewis said: "Following complaints I've received from residents I wanted to see what conditions were like on the St Thomas estate for myself.
"Many residents were very positive while others raised concerns relating to the need for urgent roof repairs and internal refurbishment works.
"I intend to raise these issues with Six Town Housing and will work with them and local councillors to resolve these issues as soon as possible."
A spokeswoman for Six Town Housing said most of the problems highlighted had now been corrected, with repair works carried out for several "satisfied"
However, she said other cases had been more problematic because residents had not officially reported the complaints or were not at the property when Six Town Housing visited.
The spokeswoman said: "Six Town Housing understands, and continues to take seriously, the ongoing concerns of residents on St Thomas' Estate, Radcliffe.
"The property condition report mentioned in the story was commissioned as a result of residents previously raising concerns.
"To implement the full recommendations of the report is a major piece of work, requiring significant investment, and needs both planning and building control consent. The improvement programme will include reroofing and cladding of the spoiling brickwork.
"We will continue to carry out day-to-day repairs until the programme starts and would ask tenants that if they are experiencing any problems, to please contact us straight away.
"Significant investment is planned for St Thomas' Estate in the 2015/16 financial year and Six Town Housing would like to reassure all tenants of our commitment to their safety and the safety of their homes."
But Magda Csatlos, ex-chairman of the now disbanded St Thomas' Estate Tenants and Residents Association, said 2015 or 2016 could be too long to wait.
She said: "This is not right.
These houses cannot wait two years or a year — they are a danger. The houses will be past repair if Six Town Housing does not fix them this year."
To register a complaint with Six Town Housing: call 161 686 8000, 0808 144 5368 or 0161 686 8368, go to sixtownhousing.org/contact-us or download the Six Town Housing app.


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Matthew Morrison, Stephanie J. Block, and More Featured on A VERY BROADWAY CHRISTMAS Album
An all new Christmas CD Recording titled A VERY BROADWAY CHRISTMAS will feature a host of Broadway Stars to support the Dr. Carol Channing-Harry Kullijian Foundation For The Arts in its mission to promote the arts in public education. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this CD will go directly to support schools in Union Beach, New Jersey who lost all of their musical instruments after Hurricane Sandy and have been forced to cancel their music classes and programs indefinitely.
A VERY BROADWAY CHRISTMAS features the talents of Matthew Morrison (Tony Nominee - Light In The Piazza; South Pacific and Fox Television's GLEE), Susan Egan (Tony Nominee - Disney's Beauty And the Beast; Cabaret; Triumph Of Love), Stephanie J. Block (Wicked; 9 to 5 and currently starring on Broadway in The Mystery Of Edwin Drood), Krysta Rodriguez (The Addams Family and newest co-star on NBC Television's SMASH), Cathy Rigby (Seussical; Peter Pan); Eric Kunze (Miss Saigon; Les Miserables; Damn Yankees), and more - and featuring a very special reading of "The Night Before Christmas" by impressionist Rich Little and all of his voices.
The CD will be available on December 7, 2012 and can be purchased on The Channing-Kullijian Foundation website at www.channingarts.org
The Dr. Carol Channing and Harry Kullijian Foundation For The Arts is dedicated to restoring the arts to our nation's public schools in an effort to provide a complete and adequate education that includes a comprehensive, quality arts education as part of the core curriculum to every child in America.
The Foundation's primary goals are to raise awareness, on a national level, of the vital need for the arts in our schools while building a grass-roots coalition of parents, teachers, communities, community leaders and celebrated individuals who will advocate for, and insist upon, restoring the arts to our children's core curriculum, and to raise monies to support bringing the arts back to our nation's schools including, in some cases, funding the salaries of arts teachers in communities with the greatest need. National research provides overwhelming evidence that children who participate in the arts perform better academically, are less likely to drop out of school and the arts are key to developing creativity, communication, self-esteem and tolerance and respect for the differences in others. To quote Carol Channing and Harry Kullijian - "we are not trying to save the Arts, we are using the Arts to save our children".
A VERY BROADWAY CHRISTMAS is available for a $15.00 tax deductible donation to The Dr. Carol Channing-Harry Kullijian Foundation For The Arts, via the Foundation website. $5.00 from the purchase of every CD will go toward purchasing instruments for the schools in Union Beach, NJ who lost their music programs due to Hurricane Sandy.
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