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Yup, it's over. NY and LI's best days are behind them. Newsday has been saying for years that the MTA's funding stream should have been better integrated into the state budget. In addition to better oversight, this would have allowed more control over what has obviously been a pretty mismanaged disaster. Does anyone remember when they suddenly "found" a billion dollars…after claiming that they needed more money?
It used to be that what was "right" w/ NY in general–and LI specifically– far outweighted what was wrong…Not anymore. The situation is way beyond hopeless at this point. The Empire State is now, really, the Welfare State.
If you recall the 1990's you may remember a man named Bob Matherson. He was the owner of the infamous Oak Beach Inn nightspots better known as the OBI. He also ran unsuccessfully as a wildcard candidate for Suffolk County Executive.
In 1993, after becoming frustrated with bureaucratic red tape, financed a campaign urging the hard working people to "Move Out of New York State, Before It's Too Late." "It's a government not for the people; it's for the politicians," he said. "It's worse than organized crime, because the politicians steal legally."
In some ways Matherson may have had an underlying agenda due to some business problems, but what of the representation we Long Islanders and other suburbanites enjoy from our elected incompetents. Lately with the continuous rise in taxation and fees coupled with the lack of services here on Long Island, I'm starting to think of Matherson as a prophet.
It's now time for the people to take control of the Empire State government. To streamline redundant positions and replace the inept and shortsighted that have been driving our hardworking people out of state while claiming to make things better. Better for "whom" you may ask, not for most of the folks that I know..!!!
What do you expect? For many years New York State was governed by Democrats and Republicans who shared in raping the taxpayers. However, Republicans were not as adept at this heinous practice and actually kept the growth of government to the equivalence of a 4.8 40 yard dash. Good for a lineman but not for an end or running back. When the Republicans lost the state senate the Republican drag on public spending and taxation was lifted and now Albany has the 4.2 speed to accelerate through the line for a touchdown — nearly double digit increase in spending and taxation even during a recession! Remarkable.
Although your article about property tax protest sounds interesting but i'm not sure if i could agree with you in 100%.
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What do you expect? For many years the Democrats and republicans in New York press conference was raped taxpayer together. However, the republicans are not good at this detestable practices as had been growing, the government is the equivalent of 40 yards 4.8 unmatched. Ok, but not for a lineman end or running. When the state senate republicans lost public spending and taxes republican obstacles, now there was accelerated by line speed Albany 4.2 touchdown – nearly double-digit growth in consumption and tax even during the recession! Conspicuous.
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Kimberley - An investigation that exposes large-scale corruption in the learner transport industry in the Northern Cape, has uncovered how learners' lives are being endangered by rickety vehicles.
The document marked "secret" was compiled by the Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison's office in the Frances Baard District in August 2012.
While it was advised that criminal charges be laid against the service providers, no apparent action has been taken so far.
The investigation delves into how the transport scheme of learners to Nazareth House School in Warrenton, the Northern Cape Agricultural School as well as Tadcaster Primary School in Jan Kempdorp and Motswedi-Thuto Primary in Hartswater, was open to abuse.
Despite being paid hundreds of thousands of rands per month, the vehicles of the service providers were declared unsafe, were found to be heavily overloaded while false travel claims were submitted to the department for payment.
Learners at Tadcaster Primary School in Jan Kempdorp embarked on a strike, last year, refusing to be transported in buses that were leaking oil and emitting large, black clouds of smoke.
They were also at times, loaded into the back of a Ford Bantam bakkie.
The task team that was appointed to investigate these transport irregularities interviewed the service provider, who admitted that he only had one bus, instead of the specified eight vehicles.
He denied that he was acting as a front for his uncle, who was also the principal of a high school in Jan Kempdorp.
He received R192 044,60 every month from the department and admitted that he made use of subcontractors to transport learners.
The vehicles belonging to another service provider operating in Warrenton, Jan Kempdorp and Hartswater, had expired roadworthy licences on most of his buses.
Invoices submitted to the department amount to R562 076 during April and May 2012.
Instead of making use of eight vehicles as stipulated in the contract, he was only making use of one.
An inspection at his house in August last year revealed that there were no vehicles parked on his premises, except for a red Honda and that he did not possess a Professional Driving Permit (PrDP).
The operator indicated that roadworthy tests were done at a private testing station in Kimberley, although Jan Kempdorp is equipped with its own testing station.
The dossier detected a breach in the service level agreement signed on April 22 2012.
It reported and advised that his contract be terminated and that the money be recovered for services that were never rendered.
The principals of the schools and parents complained to the Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison that learners were arriving late for school since February 2012, where there was often no transport services available.
The report highlighted how 190 learners were transported to Nazareth House School in Warrenton in a 53-seater bus.
The driver had to make three trips to transport learners to school from Warrenton, Vermeulen's farm and Ikhutseng Community Hall.
This resulted in learners being late since October 11 2011 to date.
The service provider made use of vehicles owned by his uncle as the only form of back-up transport and did not have any other standby vehicles. His uncle also did not possess a valid PrDP.
Learners at the Northern Cape Agricultural High School were continually arriving late since February 2012 due to inconsistencies in the provision of transport.
They would only arrive at home between 5.30pm and 6pm and were often inconvenienced by the non-arrival of the driver as well as vehicle breakdowns.
On August 6 and 7 2012 learners were dropped off in Jan Kempdorp and were required to walk from town to school.
The principal had requested that another service provider be appointed because he was not satisfied with the quality of services offered.
The buses that were registered in the name of this service provider were not the same vehicles that were used to transport the learners.
Some of the vehicles that were listed in his name had broken down or were parked at the mechanic for repairs.
An inspection that was conducted on August 21 2012 at Nazareth School, discovered that a bus offloaded seven learners on the corner of the street while another 31 learners were dropped off at the school. The bus was overloaded where 38 learners were transported in a 26-seater bus.
Several other service providers in these districts, including a principal at Hartsvaal School, were also not compliant with the safety regulations and did not possess the necessary roadworthy certificates.
Spokesman for the Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison, Lebogang Majaha, stated that the department remained steadfast on service delivery.
"We uphold the Batho Pele principle as part of maintaining an open door policy for service delivery issues.
"However, our office wishes to study the nature of the allegations. We will respond promptly thereafter, on our findings."
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Hi Board - HAPPY 4TH! Hoping someone can help me make sense of this odd drop. FICO dropped 42 points today with an alert showing a balance decrease on a CC of only $360. NOTHING else has changed since last FICO change reported on 6/24 ( which was a FICO increase of 11 points after paying off 1/2 of a large $30K CC balance). No new credit, activity, public records. Checked bureau to determine if there were any odd CR lines reporting, fraud, new accounts...nothing?????
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Hi - Thanks for the quick reply. The card that was reported in the alert which contained the FICO score drop had a balance decrease (not increase) of $360 -balance =$2,760. The total line on the card is$11,000. The new balance after the decrease is only $2,400.
Sometimes, for Score Watch, scores move before alerts are issued. You should expect another alert in the next couple of days....
hmmm...Interesting. I'll keep an eye out for another alert in the next few days and report back my findings. Can't imagine what would have caused such a big drop in FICO. I pulled my bureau 30 minutes ago and all looks as it should. APPRECIATE the responses!
From what I've read on this board, if you have a fairly high score (750+), even small negatives can cause a temporary sharp decline in score. Assuming nothing big happened with you realizing, it should recover quickly.
No old, positive TLs fell off your report I take it?
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No old, positive TLs fell off your report I take it?
+1 . IME, most of my accounts dropped on the first of the month. SW doesn't alert to dropped accounts and of course the 42-point change was a net change that could have included balance changes, util changes, dropped TLs, etc.
any cards have birthdays this month (youngest card hitting a year, oldest card turning another yeard older, AAoA turning another year older?) Rebuckting from Age has given some peoeple some wild fluctuations.
Hello HiLine - you were right. I did receive another alert on 7/5...but it was for another very small $60 balance DECREASE on another card??? I also checked to see if any of my cards might have decreased my line amounts (increasing my util % - only thing I could think of with no other changes on my bureau). No changes there either. I'm so confused what could have caused this large drop in score. Another member suggested checking to see if an old TL dropped off my bureau - no to that too. My oldest TL of 24 years (AMEX) is still there and it's a card I still use.
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Erith: Bass to 2lb, flounders and the occasional sole have been landed at Morrison's Jetty.
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Small resource stocks are likely to close in the red this week although they have managed to outperform their industrial counterparts despite growing global concerns that have exposed cracks in the United States' recovery story and sovereign debt issues in Europe.
These macro issues should weigh more heavily on the resource sector given that junior industrials tend to be domestically focused, but weak local consumer sentiment that has been highlighted by the shock profit downgrade from upmarket department store
The ASX Small Resources Index has fallen around 2 per cent over the past five trading days while its industrial counterpart has tumbled over 3 per cent. Interestingly, the S&P/ASX 100 Resources Index is down by around 3 per cent for the week as well.
The rally in the spot gold price to a fresh nominal record high near $US1600 ($1495) an ounce is one reason for the outperformance as small gold miners are more leveraged to movements in the price of the precious metal.
This helped Canadian and Australian-listed
The miner started its Efemcukuru gold mine in Izmir, Turkey, at the start of this month and the facility has a nameplate production of 120,000 ounces of gold a year, although management is looking to expand production to 150,000 ounces.
The start up of Efemcukuru and the scheduled opening of its Chinese mine Eastern Dragon in the March quarter of next year will help the miner achieve its goal of producing over one million ounces of gold by 2013.
The stock has bounced strongly since hitting a record low of $12.62 on June 21 but the stock could have around a 40 per cent upside from here, according to Salman.
Eldorado jumped 6¢ to a 2½-month high of $16.55 in early trade.
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The direction of its share price will largely depend on whether it can develop the project in a timely manner, with management reaffirming that it was on track to start early works on the construction of the rail and port infrastructure before the end of this calendar year.
While Sundance is arguably only suited for those with a stomach for risk, the potential upside seems to justify the risk. All brokers polled on Bloomberg rate the stock a "buy" with an average price target of 85¢ a share.
Sundance was trading flat at 39¢ this morning and if it closes at this price, it would mark its highest level since the start of June.
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Turkey Roulade with Wild Rice and Rhubarb-Cherry Stuffing
This recipe from chef Emeril Lagasse is the perfect dish to kick your Easter dinner up a notch.
- Servings: 8
Source: The Martha Stewart Show, April 2009
- 1 boneless turkey breast half, about 3 pounds
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- Emeril's Wild Rice Stuffing
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- Rhubarb-Cherry Sauce
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Fit a shallow small roasting pan or baking dish with a roasting rack; set aside.
Place a piece of plastic wrap on a large cutting board. Place turkey breast flat on plastic wrap. Holding the blade of the knife parallel to the board, about halfway down, slice into the thickest portion of the breast. Cut along the length of the breast, but not all the way through. Unfold so the turkey opens like a book. Remove tough piece of cartilage. Cover with another piece of plastic wrap and pound with a meat mallet to an even thickness of 1/2 inch.
Remove top piece of plastic wrap, and place turkey breast skin-side up on bottom piece of plastic wrap. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Turn turkey breast skin-side down on plastic wrap. Season flesh side with remaining salt and pepper; spread stuffing evenly over turkey, leaving a 1-inch border. Starting with one short end, roll into a log, completely enclosing stuffing. Using kitchen twine, tie the roulade at even intervals so that it remains tightly rolled.
Rub roulade with olive oil and place on roasting rack. Transfer to oven and roast until golden brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the roulade registers 150 to 155 degrees, 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Remove from oven and let stand 15 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board, remove twine, and slice into 1/2-inch-thick slices. Serve hot with rhubarb cherry sauce.


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By CALVIN PYNN
After eight years in the making, the SheaDawn Park Way in Dublin will become a new hub in Pulaski County.
Jim Hager of Diversified Developers, along with the Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce, will host a groundbreaking ceremony for SheaDawn Park Way this Wednesday. The new Park Way sits over 100 acres of currently vacant land, according to Christiana Majakangas with the Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce.
The developers for the site have envisioned 30 acres of commercial real estate for businesses such as grocery stores, gas stations, restaurants, and office spaces. Diversified Developers have also planned 82 acres of land with rail access for a possible manufacturing facility or warehouses in an effort to create jobs for the area, Majakangas said.
Hager believes SheaDawn Park Way will combat the fact that manufacturers do not always choose to move to the Pulaski area, sometimes due to a lack of options for corporate staff. However, as the Park Way will be located near Randolph Park, the commercial businesses in the front should attract more options, Hager said in the release.
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Italian BLTs Recipe
- 2 turkey bacon strips, diced
- 4 slices Italian bread (1/2 inch thick)
- 2 slices reduced-fat provolone cheese
- 2 lettuce leaves
- 1 small tomato, sliced
- 4 teaspoons fat-free Italian salad dressing
- 1/3 cup panko (Japanese) bread crumbs
- Butter-flavored cooking spray
- 1/2 teaspoon olive oil
- 1. In a small skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Layer two bread slices with cheese, bacon, lettuce and tomato; top with remaining bread.
- 2. Brush outsides of sandwiches with salad dressing. Place bread crumbs in a shallow bowl. Coat sandwiches with bread crumbs; spray with butter-flavored cooking spray.
- 3. In a large skillet over medium heat, toast sandwiches in oil for 2-3 minutes on each side or until bread is lightly browned. Yield: 2 servings.
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"These were so YUMMY! I was expecting them to be good, but these actually exceeded my expectations. They were a hit with the adults in my family as well as our children. My youngest helped me make them. They are simple to make and have the taste of a restaurant. We stuck to the recipe except, we used 2 slices of bacon per sandwich and used Texas toast vs. Italian bread. (only because this is what was in the house) I would definitely make these again. Thank you!"
"Oh my gosh! These were a huge hit with the adults and children! (ages 9 & 12) My husband doesn't care for Italian salad dressing, but LOVED these sandwiches. I followed the instructions almost all the way. I did use 2 slices of the turkey bacon on each sandwich. We also chose to use Texas Toast, because it was what we had in the house. Super delicious! Thank you for this recipe!"
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Look for the Penguins' general manager search to kick into another gear very soon, as ownership is expected to start conducting formal interviews – perhaps later this week.
As of Thursday there was no final list of candidates.
The Penguins are expected to formally interview interim general manager Jason Botterill and seek permission to interview Tampa Bay assistant general manager Julien BriseBois.
Botterill and BriseBois, both 37, are viewed as up-and-coming potential management stars. As noted here a few times already, Penguins ownership is high on Botterill and does not believe he is too close ideologically with Ray Shero, who hired him seven years ago. Also, ownership is tight with its Tampa Bay counterpart, which makes looking at BriseBois – especially given his reputation – an obvious option for the Penguins.
Some personnel with clubs currently still playing are also potential interview candidates for the Penguins:
*Jeff Gorton (New York Rangers assistant GM)
*Norm Maciver (Chicago assistant GM)
The Penguins could interview those candidates during the respective NHL conference final series, or wait until those wrap next week.
Toronto vice president of hockey operations Dave Poulin is also said to interest the Penguins. Poulin, 55, played 13 seasons in the NHL. He was brought to Toronto by former general manager Brian Burke, and has run the Maple Leafs' AHL affiliate for most of the last two seasons.
>> The Penguins are said to prefer having a new general manager in place within 2-3 weeks. That would give the new general manager time to make a decision on head coach Dan Bylsma and the assistants before the NHL Entry Draft, which is slated for June 27-28.
Nobody within the Penguins expects Bylsma to be retained, but that decision will be the new general manager's to make.
>> The Penguins will know more about Olli Maatta's status soon, but the summer is already off to a lousy start for him and the other Penguins' top young defenseman: http://triblive.com/sports/penguins/6154455-74/penguins-shero-pouliot#axzz32SWK6nLX
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NC lawmakers returning to decide on veto overrides
Posted September 3, 2013
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina General Assembly is returning to work Tuesday to consider whether to override Gov. Pat McCrory's first two vetoes.
The legislature is scheduled to reconvene in Raleigh at midday Tuesday, more than five weeks after it adjourned for the year.
The state constitution required McCrory to call legislators back when he issued the vetoes. Watch Tuesday's special session live on WRAL.com this afternoon.
Republican lawmakers say they're poised to override two vetoes by McCrory – one on legislation that would require drug testing for those seeking certain kinds of welfare and another on a bill expanding the definition of "seasonal labor" that don't need an immigration status check.
Both measures passed the House and Senate by wide margins, and legislative leaders say they expect lawmakers to pass the bills despite the governor's objections.
If all members are present and voting, that would require 72 votes in the 120-member House and 30 votes in the 50-member Senate.
Although the special legislative session is expected to convene formally at noon, the House isn't expected to take action until late afternoon. House Republicans say they expect to hold a caucus – a closed-door meeting among members of the same party – around 3 p.m. Tuesday.
They do not anticipate taking up the vetoes until 4 p.m. or after. It is unclear whether the Senate will wait for the House to take action Tuesday night or come into session on Wednesday morning to handle the bills.


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Siemens' New Boss
Workers at a Siemens (SI ) unit that makes X-ray machines and other diagnostic equipment were shocked when, in 1998, a cocky new boss asked them to work more flexible shifts to speed production. The new guy, a 40-year-old up-and-comer named Klaus Kleinfeld, even wanted some people to work weekends, then practically unheard of. Yet employee representatives knew the unit in the Bavarian town of Forchheim was getting beat up by rival General Electric Co. (GE ), and that shareholders were nagging Siemens to dump its medical equipment unit. Everyone's job was on the line.
The negotiations were tough. But Kleinfeld won over workers, hanging around the factory asking detailed questions. He answered e-mails from employee reps almost immediately, even late at night, recalls Werner Mönius, chairman of the workers council in Erlangen, Germany, home base of Siemens Medical Solutions Div. "He was able to motivate people to pull together," says Mönius. The workers signed off on Kleinfeld's plan, which helped cut the time it took to build a $100,000-plus diagnostic scanner from six weeks to one. Siemens Medical is now Siemens' most profitable business.
And that cocky young boss? This month Kleinfeld, now 47, becomes chief executive of Munich-based Siemens, a $100 billion behemoth that operates in 190 countries and makes subways, light bulbs, power plants, auto parts, automatic mail-sorting equipment, and more. With 430,000 employees and 12 major divisions, Siemens is the rock of Germany Inc., which still needs to learn how to survive and thrive in a world where heavily taxed, slow-moving European companies operate at a disadvantage. If Siemens can reach new levels of profitability, maybe the rest of Corporate Germany has a chance, too.
Siemens Chief Executive Heinrich von Pierer and the company's supervisory board, which includes such corporate luminaries as Deutsche Bank (DB ) CEO Josef Ackermann and former Allianz Group CEO Henning Schulte-Noelle, skipped over more seasoned top managers to choose the ferociously energetic Kleinfeld. He's a prime example of a new breed of German manager, fluent in English and comfortable in settings from Tokyo to Toledo. "This generation has grown up in a much stronger international environment than the earlier one," says Hermann Simon, chairman of Bonn consulting firm Simon-Kucher & Partners. "They understand the need to be global." With his big laugh and knack for storytelling, Kleinfeld knows how to network globally as well. He sits on several corporate and charitable boards abroad, including aluminum-products maker Alcoa (AA ) and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. "I love him. He's a generous, funny man," says Beverly Sills, chairman of the Met, who gushes about Kleinfeld's ability to appraise opera performances.
But Kleinfeld probably should not let such praise go to his head. His swift rise and role as an internal consultant at Siemens, which had him parachuting in to fix troubled businesses, inevitably bred resentment in some quarters. And it will take Kleinfeld years to match the stature of von Pierer, who has become something of a national hero after steering Siemens through an age of rapid globalization. If Kleinfeld pushes for change too hard, he will face resistance from labor, the government, and even colleagues on the Siemens management board.
If nothing else, Kleinfeld should help put to rest stereotypes about dour German execs. At a November dinner in Munich with business journalists, one Italian scribe waved his Nokia (NOK ) mobile phone in Kleinfeld's face and demanded to know how Siemens can compete with the handset industry's market leader. Kleinfeld replied by snatching the Nokia phone and dropping it in a glass of water. The message: We'll drown the competition. (Kleinfeld later gave the journalist a waterproof Siemens phone instead.) But the reporter's question was legitimate. Does Kleinfeld have what it takes to fix Siemens' money-losing mobile-handset business and other underperformers?
On the plus side of the ledger, Kleinfeld inherits a company that has made massive progress under the diplomatic von Pierer, who took over in 1992. Since then, Siemens sales have nearly doubled, to $98 billion, and profit has more than tripled, to $4.5 billion, a sum analysts expect to increase by at least another 10% in 2005. Contrast that with Swiss-Swedish ABB Ltd. (ABB ), battered by asbestos-related litigation and overexpansion. Once seen as Siemens' equal, ABB is now struggling to regain investment-grade status for its debt.
In its home market of Germany, where Siemens has 38% of its workforce -- compared to 58% in 1994 -- employees are demonstrating a willingness to work longer and accept modest pay raises to keep jobs from moving overseas. Abroad, Siemens can draw on a lower-cost workforce and decades of experience to cash in on rapid growth in giant markets like China and India. In December, for example, Siemens won a $460 million order to supply locomotives to China's state railway. Profit in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30 was up 40% over 2003.
But Siemens still suffers in comparison to archrival GE, whose shares have had a total return of 423% over the past 10 years, vs. 273% for the German company. Von Pierer himself has admitted that he wasn't always able to push change as fast as he would have liked. It's not just a question of cutting costs. "In the innovation game, productivity and R&D matter more than cost structure," says William M. Castell, CEO of GE Healthcare. Siemens boasts that its engineers and scientists generate more than 8,000 inventions a year, but it needs to do more to turn those innovations into commercial products. Siemens was a leader in introducing mobile-phone handsets with color screens and built-in MP3 music players, for example, but wasn't able to translate its tech edge into market strength.
At a fundamental level, Kleinfeld must justify Siemens' existence. In contrast to GE, Siemens has not persuaded the market to value the company for more than its 12 units would be worth separately. Munich bank HVB Group figures Siemens is worth about $96 per share based on a sum-of-the-parts valuation. The stock trades at about $80. Siemens' performance is just not consistent enough, investors say.
Take the 2004 fiscal year. Some Siemens divisions recorded double-digit profit margins, such as the Automation & Drives unit, whose products are used in manufacturing and logistics, and Osram, a maker of lighting products. But Siemens Transportation Systems posted a $570 million loss because of a costly recall of defective streetcars. "You never [see] a great year when all businesses are performing well," says Henning Gebhardt, head of German equities at DWS, a big mutual-fund company. Only by eliminating the "conglomerate discount" can Kleinfeld silence critics who say Siemens should be broken up.
Can Kleinfeld succeed? He doubtless has the drive. Kleinfeld's father, a shipyard laborer who became an engineer by studying nights, died when the boy was 10. That was a "brutal" experience, Kleinfeld says, but the hardship that followed forged a determination to succeed. An only child, he stocked grocery shelves at age 12 and has held a job ever since. After studying business at Georg August University in Göttingen, Kleinfeld put in stints at a Nuremberg market research firm and at drugmaker Ciba-Geigy before joining Siemens' corporate sales and marketing department in 1987.
The new Siemens chief was a multitasker before anyone used the term. Many of his generation milk Germany's free university system for years. But Kleinfeld completed his doctorate at the University of Würzburg while working full-time at Siemens and raising a young family. (His wife, Birgit, is a teacher, and they have two school-age daughters.) "That was an extreme burden," recalls Ulli Arnold, now a business professor at the University of Stuttgart, who supervised Kleinfeld's thesis work on corporate identity and strategic management.
His stamina is already legend inside Siemens. "Working hard earns the right to play hard," Kleinfeld once told students at the University of Rhode Island, and he lives the creed. George C. Nolen, CEO of Siemens Corp., the company's U.S. unit, recalls returning from a European trip with Kleinfeld, who runs or lifts weights every day. "I was dead tired, and he runs the New York City marathon. The guy has endless energy," Nolen says.
Kleinfeld's résumé reflects ambition as well as talent. He has held 10 jobs within the company in 17 years, including building Siemens' in-house consulting arm into a power center. The unit had eight consultants when he took it over in 1995. Under Kleinfeld, it grew to 170 operating under direct control of the management board, and was involved in turnarounds of divisions such as power generation. It helped formulate and run the TopPlus program, a late-'90s drive to apply stricter standards to managers and fix or prune marginal businesses.
His job-hopping and role as an internal consultant have led to muttering that Kleinfeld is short on operational experience. "He's a bit full of himself," says one outsider who has worked with Kleinfeld. But his stint as a consultant has also allowed him to explore every corner of the far-flung Siemens empire. He enjoys regaling dinner partners with tales of his adventures, such as an all-night session with the glum managers of a troubled Japanese unit. By dawn, fatigue and sake loosened the managers' reserve: They worked out a new business plan.
Winning friends and influencing people -- and neutralizing the rest -- is crucial at a vast company where local barons have built their fiefdoms over the years. Kleinfeld was one of the main inventors of One Siemens, a program designed to get company units to cooperate better to win business. He got a chance to put theory into practice when Siemens sent him to the U.S. in January, 2001, first as chief operating officer then, a year later, as CEO of New York-based Siemens Corp. Under Kleinfeld, units including Medical Solutions and Power Transmission & Distribution joined together to supply diagnostic equipment, software, telecommunications, and power to a new hospital being built in Temple, Tex., for Scott & White Healthcare System.
Siemens used the same approach to play a major role in the construction of Houston's Reliant Stadium. Such solidarity works: Kleinfeld inherited a roughly $500 million loss when he arrived in the U.S., according to the company. By the time he left at the end of 2002, Siemens' U.S. operations were $500 million in the black on sales of $20 billion. Now Siemens is rolling out One Siemens worldwide.
Kleinfeld won't enjoy unlimited power as he tries to crunch Siemens into a seamless unit. Formally, he is not CEO but chairman of the management board, a body that operates on the principle of consensus. One board member, CFO Heinz-Joachim Neubürger, 52, also campaigned for the top post, say people close to the company. If Neubürger stays on, his control over finances could allow him to obstruct Kleinfeld initiatives (the company insists the two have a collegial partnership). Von Pierer will also remain very much a presence as chairman of the supervisory board, which also includes labor representatives.
Von Pierer promises not to be paternalistic. Still, the presence of so many gray heads on the board may act as a brake on Kleinfeld early in his tenure. Last year, Kleinfeld's fingerprints were on the decision to merge Siemens' mobile and land-line telecom businesses, a move analysts say was long overdue. But more radical steps such as further job cuts may be necessary at the communications division, which had operating earnings in fiscal 2004 of just $176 million on sales of $6.5 billion. The money-losing handset business may have to merge with a rival such as Japan's NEC Corp. (NIPNY ) or China's Huawei Technologies Co. Siemens may also need to find a partner for its large but unprofitable information technology services arm, Siemens Business Services.
Kleinfeld probably can't take such action without von Pierer's support. But he may get it. Siemens is scheduled to announce plans for the handset unit on Kleinfeld's first day as CEO, and von Pierer has said sale or closure are options. Even in labor relations, Kleinfeld has room to maneuver. Labor leaders know that they must give way on wages and hours to slow the outflow of jobs to Eastern Europe and China. "We can hinder it, but there's not much we can do to stop it," admits one top official of the IG Metall union, which represents Siemens workers.
A whole generation of young Siemens executives, keen to conquer the world and frustrated with the bureaucracy, is also rooting for Kleinfeld. Robert H. Schaffer, a Stamford (Conn.) consultant who has helped design training programs for Siemens as well as GE, says that the mid-level managers at Siemens "are as bright and as aggressive as any I have met." Bright and aggressive -- that describes Kleinfeld, too. The talent is there. But the task -- transforming the prime symbol of Germany Inc. -- is huge.
By Jack Ewing
With Diane Brady in New York
— With assistance by Diane Brady


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Sydney Airport is looking to combine domestic and international operations across all three terminals at a time when it is also locked in negotiations with Qantas to buy back the airline's lease over Terminal 3 which is due to expire in 2019.
The final master plan covering the period to 2033 is due to be submitted to the federal government for approval December 2. A Sydney Airport spokeswoman on Wednesday said details on where individual airlines were located had not been part of the preliminary draft master plan and remained subject to "commercial discussions".
Analysts expect the purchase price of the Terminal 3 lease may depend on talks about the other issues surrounding the future of the airport, including where Qantas and Jetstar operations will be located. That could delay a deal until after the master plan is finalised.
Sydney Airport wants to have two mixed use precincts to maximise capacity at the airport because international and domestic flights have different peak departure and arrival times.
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The move would also allow for more seamless transfers from domestic to international flights for passengers using one airline or alliance.
Sydney Airport had initially proposed that Qantas and Jetstar and their alliance partners occupy the current two domestic terminals and that
However, Virgin resisted that option because of the longer distance it takes to travel to the CBD from Terminal 1 and Sydney Airport has since backed away from that proposal.
In Perth, Virgin has taken a different view and will next year move into a new domestic pier at the current Perth Airport international terminal, which is also farther from the CBD than the existing domestic terminals.
During a post-results analyst briefing in Sydney on Tuesday, Mr Joyce indicated one possible outcome of discussions with the airport was that Qantas's mainline domestic and international operations and flights from partner Emirates would occupy the Terminal 2 and 3 area while Jetstar's domestic and international operations would move to Terminal 1.
Separation a compromise
Sources who attended the meeting said Mr Joyce indicated the separation of Jetstar was not Qantas's first choice, but it would be considered.
That would leave enough room for Virgin to also operate from the current domestic precinct, but it would not allow for all the airline's key alliance partners, including Air New Zealand, Singapore Airlines, Etihad Airways and Delta Air Lines, to do so as well.
It is understood Virgin may be willing to move its low-cost subsidiary operation, Tigerair Australia, to Terminal 1 if Jetstar makes the same transition.
But Virgin does not want to be separated from its international alliance partners.
There are suggestions Virgin will appeal to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission if it believes Qantas has gained an unfair advantage from Sydney Airport.
A Qantas spokesman said his airline was in talks with the airport about a range of options.
"The proposal to combine airlines domestic and international flights in the same terminal will provide a vastly improved experience for customers and significantly improve the efficiency of the airport," the spokesman said.
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SB 736 passes Senate, heads to House
Not surprisingly, the Florida Senate has passed Senate Bill 736 to change teacher contracts, evaluations and pay by a vote of 26-12.
Two Republicans, Paula Dockery of Lakeland and Dennis Jones of Treasure Island, opposed the measure. One Democrat, Gary Siplin of Orlando, backed it.
In her comments, Dockery said the bill takes many positive steps to improve the teaching profession in Florida. Still, she continued, it had three areas that needed improvement, including the need to extend three-year contracts to teachers who receive strong evaluations. Most critical, she said, the bill needs money to back it up.
"We don't even know what it's going to cost," Dockery said, noting the looming costs required to create assessments needed to evaluate teachers.
Other senators acknowledged the bill was not perfect. But they said the state has three years to put meat on the bones.
"Is this a finished work? Is the Sistine Chapel ceiling finished? Perhaps not," said Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, calling some of the concerns brought forth "justly raised." The state must move ahead, though, to get the improvement process started, said Sen. Evelyn Lynn, R-Ormond Beach.
"It is time for all of us to get on the same page and continue with the reforms we started, because we have not gone far enough," Lynn said. "This may not be the perfect bill or the bill you want. Bottom line is, this is a good bill, it is one step in the right direction."
After the vote, the bill was immediately certified to send to the House, where the Education Committee continues to debate its own very similar version.
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Reconciling Some Conflicting Evidence on Decision Making under Uncertainty
Laboratory experiments concerning decision under uncertainty tend to uncover systematic violations of Bayesian rationality. When models that posit Bayesian rationality are compared to non-experimental data, though, they fit the data well. One possible explanation is that an agent's global pattern of choices may not be rationalizable, but that the pattern may satisfy weak conditions sufficent to rationalize the limited range of choices required by any particular decision protocol. Examples of such patterns are constructed here. An agent who adopts a protocol acts rationally, but an experimenter induces irrationality by imposing distinct protocols in various phases of the experiment.
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The planning team for Broward100 - Celebrating the Art of Community is inviting you to participate in a historic moment in Broward County. The public can take an online survey and suggest a name for the event that will be showcasing the extraordinary talent of Broward's visual and performing artists. Taking place in October 2015, this centennial grand finale will be the premiere of what will become Broward's annual signature trademark event. It's an important name for an important time in history!
In the spirit of celebrating creativity, the grand finale will bring together the diverse talent that can be found in Broward through a countywide finale October 2-4, 2015. A team of Broward's creative minds assembled to develop a unique approach to showcase our local talent in a series of performances. The grand finale will bring thousands of people together to celebrate Broward County's 100th birthday through art, culture and entertainment. It will also launch an annual signature event to showcase the talent of Broward County, create global connections and set the stage for the next 100 years.
Through a unique partnership among Broward Cultural Division, the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Community Foundation of Broward, Broward 100 will commemorate the centennial with bold, innovative art and performance projects that attract visitors and bring Broward residents together using our arts, sports and recreation venues, natural attractions and incredible diversity to creatively bridge, bond and build their communities.
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I'm curious to know how you researched which farms are cruel to their livestock. It would be useful in convincing my non-vegetarian friends to eat more animal-friendly.
I will savor it. I am okay morally and ethicially with eating meat. I however understand the aversion to the way some meat is processed, and I try to get mine locally or from places that dont "torture" the animals. My stepsister( by marriage not blood)is a vegetarian, and on thursday she was just annoying. She didnt bring her own food, and didnt tell my mom her preferences, just assumed that my mom would basically cater to her. My mother did make her a seperate stuffing with no animal broth, or tidbits, and she did make acorn squash, plain green beans, mashed potatoes, rolls etc. at the table we are all passing the plates, and she plain as day REFUSED to touch the bowls or plates where there was "DEAD FLESH" her words, not mine. I just thought she was straight up rude, selfish, elitist and smug. I told her after the millionth time she lamented over the ham that there was a coffee table in the living room for her if she didnt shut up. I ate twice the amount of meat to make up for her share. ahahahahah
the mass slaughter of turkeys for thanksgiving is disgusting. i'll stick with the veg and adopt one instead!
Tofuky all the way!
@esk. You're right, animals eating animals is absolutely natural. I don't have problems with people eating meat. But I have an enormous problem with meat farmers who are unnecessarily cruel to the animals they handle. Do you seriously not see a problem with overpacked poultry being kicked, having their beaks cut off without pain medication, and being generally tortured? Don't try to justify the cruelty of humans by comparing it to the cruelty of less evolved animals. That's illogical and ignorant. If you want to eat animals when you don't have to, fine. But I think we can all agree that animals deserve better treatment.
My take is it's good to eat :)
ok other animals eat other animals all the time, and often they don't kill their prey in the nicest ways... have you ever seen something be drowned to death by a crocodile? or mauled by a tiger? perhaps squeezed and already being digested while its still alive by a snake? perhaps seen a baby seal tossed around by a pod of orcas and thats just for fun not even for food... I don't see whats the big deal is with us eating turkey
I don't even like turnkey!!! I usually eat a smallll smallll piece just to make my family happy. I dunk it completely in the mashed potatoes so I don't really have to taste it. I prefer ham. But I have to wait for Christmas for the real big ham.....
I only eat turkey at Christmas, I'd never order it in a restaurant
I agree with foxie. HariboLicorice, I'm pretty sure that's the most offensive thing I've seen in a comment on this site.
..To me, mocking the animal rights struggle qualifies as a moral disorder. And @ kitty, if it WERE meant to be eaten, why does it have feelings?
To me, vegetarianism qualifies as an eating disorder. Feast away.
Lol hyper somnia and purrtykitty!
if it wasn't meant to be eaten, then why is it so tasty?
Hooray for vegan thanksgivings!
my uncle and my brother go out turkey hunting... and when I'm there thats always best, but I love turkey, and thats pretty much the begining and the end of the story for me...
That pictures makes me feel like a monster. Mister Turkey looking at me with that look of utter shock, like he can read my mind about tomorrow's meal... Please forgive me Mister Turkey!
Tofurky for me as well!
Butterball brand spray paints their birds in the face and kicks and stomps on them for entertainment. My husband and I will be having tofurky. Yummy!... and death-free!
DELISH. and also why i could never be a true veg.
Could you be more vague? Is this about taste or morals? lol. When I ate meat, I loved turkey. After eight years, it's the only meat I crave.
I like it, if a turkey was big enough, it would eat us- we're just softies :) As long as the slaughter is quick and clean, i'm not fussed.
I like it.
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Six years ago, when Babak arrived in Sheffield from Iran under the government's asylum seeker dispersal system, he had no friends, spoke no English and was haunted by nightmares about deportation. Today he has refugee status, speaks English and is in the final year of a psychology degree at Sheffield Hallam University.
Babak also attends community events and visits schools to discuss asylum issues. "I'm from Iran, but Sheffield is my home," he says. "Home is where there's a feeling of belonging and where I feel equal to my neighbours, safe and secure - that's what Sheffield means to me."
That Babak feels part of his community is not only due to his determination to belong but also thanks to several voluntary and faith groups wanting a better vision of how Sheffield could support refugees. A City of Sanctuary project began three years ago and, in 2007, Sheffield was declared the UK's first City of Sanctuary.
Craig Barnett, the voluntary organisation's national coordinator, says the project aims to dispel misconceptions and build a culture of hospitality. "It is about offering a positive vision of our city as a place of sanctuary," he says.
Today, the organisation is hosting a conference in Sheffield for 15 other towns and cities interested in developing a similar approach. The scheme has worked in Sheffield, says Barnett, due to its history of multiculturalism. As well as a large Pakistani community, there is an established Somali and Yemeni community and more than 45,000 of its 500,000 population is from an ethnic minority.
Since 2005, 84 organisations in Sheffield, including schools, community projects, student groups and faith communities, have made a commitment to welcoming asylum seekers. They offer friendship and advocacy, and invite asylum seekers to hold positions of responsibility - Babak sits on the City of Sanctuary management committee - or provide emergency accommodation. Around 1,000 asylum seekers are supported in Sheffield by the government's UK Border Agency at any one time and Barnett estimates there could be up to 1,000 destitute asylum seekers in the city. He says it is not possible to estimate how many asylum seekers the project has helped as its purpose is to spread goodwill and change cultures rather than offer direct assistance.
Donna Covey, chief executive of the Refugee Council, says the project's grassroots origins makes it unique: "It comes from the wider community. These aren't people who work in the refugee sector, or campaigners necessarily. They are just ordinary members of the public who want to provide a place of safety to people who are forced to flee to the UK."
Sheffield Quakers and The Co-operative kickstarted the project's funding. It now has a small budget of £12,200 from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Allen Lane Foundation and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. Babak says the project is vital not only because it helps correct misconceptions about asylum seekers - often confused with illegal immigrants - but because a welcoming host community provides a lifeline while someone awaits a decision on an asylum claim. "You live in fear of being deported, it's like being in limbo," he says. "I was lucky as I only waited six months for my refugee status."
The first steps Sheffield took towards becoming a City of Sanctuary was for community and faith groups to pledge their support. Over the next two years, representatives spread the word and Sheffield city council came on board. Organisations agreed on a long-term vision of inclusion for asylum seekers and refugees - talks at schools and launching social and cultural events, for example. Gathering community support and drawing up an inclusion strategy are two of the main criteria for becoming a City of Sanctuary.
Successes include the distribution of signs reading "We welcome asylum seekers and refugees" displayed around the city. A significant moment, says Barnett, was when an elderly couple used their savings to buy two houses to accommodate eight homeless asylum seekers. The scheme is about to pilot a refugee-run cafe at a church hall for Refugee Week, which runs from June 16 to 20, offering meals from around the world. If successful, the cafe could become permanent.
The challenge for some organisations is understanding that the project is not just a quick fix with quantifiable targets, says Barnett, but a long-term vision of cultural change. Not all areas will be able to adopt the Sheffield approach, he adds. "We launched it here because of the city's history of multiculturalism. There has to be something to build on."
One of the lessons he has learned is the need for support beyond established organisations. "You must reach new communities, those not connected with any official refugee groups," he says. "I've met people in areas where we thought we wouldn't have any chance of support, but we got to know the neighbours and some have become advocates for asylum seekers."
Barnett's ultimate aim is for other areas to adopt Sheffield's approach. Leeds and Norwich both have City of Sanctuary groups and Leicester is in the running to become the second City of Sanctuary.
For Babak, the future may include a master's degree or a career in psychology. What is certain is that he will remain in Sheffield. He says: "I feel Sheffield has welcomed me, and it's important to me to give something back."


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UNITED NATIONS (Aug. 15)
As the Security Council debate entered its third day today, following a blistering attack yesterday by U.S. Ambassador John Scali on international terrorism which included a sharp rebuke of Israel's interception of a Middle East Airlines plane last Friday, the Israeli delegation appeared less than happy. Observers here noted that Scali's rebuke was sharper than expected and went beyond the declaration issued Saturday by the State Department. Observers also noted that Scali's statement might have laid the groundwork for a U.S. veto of any resolution that would go beyond condemning Israel's interception.
There was, nevertheless, some feeling that Scali's statement reflected a heightening of an Administration squeeze on Israel to settle with the Arabs and also appeared to reflect, as one observer noted, a growing reluctance on the part of the U.S. to "bail out" Israel in the Security Council, especially so soon after the U.S. exercised its veto power last month to kill a resolution that would have strongly deplored Israel's continuing occupation of Arab territories captured in the Six-Day War.
Scall told the Security Council yesterday that the U.S. "deplores this violation (the interception of the plane) of Lebanese sovereignty. We deplore this violation of the United Nations Charter and of the rule of law in international civil aviation." The U.S. diplomat, who is this month's Security Council president, noted that threats to safety of civil aviation have increased at an alarming rate in recent years and that ways must be found "to reduce and ultimately eliminate such threats." He added that air travel "must no longer be a pawn in international conflicts."
Noting that no lives were lost and material dam- age was incurred in the interception incident, Scali declared: "While this does not modify our concern, we strongly urge all parties to retain a sense of perspective and prevent this incident from leading to further reprisals and counter-reprisals. It is high, time to call a full stop to all such acts and related acts and threats of violence."
Scali noted that Israeli Ambassador Yosef Tekoah had explained earlier to the Council that the reason for the interception was to apprehend individuals responsible for terrorist acts. One of the terrorists that was scheduled to be on the intercepted airliner but cancelled his trip at the last moment was Dr. George Habash, head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
Nevertheless, Scali continued, Israel's action was "unjustified and likely only to bring about counter-action on an increasing scale," He observed that the U.S. government "has been second to none in its condemnation of terrorism (and) in the search for new instruments of international law to counter terrorism…."
Effective action to control terrorism, Scali said, must "go forward within and not outside the law" and that this "imposes certain restraints or the methods governments can use to protect themselves against those who operate outside the law." He recounted recent acts of terrorism, mentioning the attack in the Athens Airport in which three people were killed and 55 were injured, and the hijacking of the Japan Air Lines jumbo jet. The only other reference Scali made in this context was the downing by Israeli pilots of a Libyan commercial airliner over the Sinai Feb. 21 in which 106 people were killed.
Noting that the record of the United Nations in dealing with the overall problem of international terrorism "is not so far a record of which we can be proud," Scali declared that the Council was now meeting "to deal with a specific complaint about a specific incident. It should deal, promptly with this complaint, on the basis of the facts, while keeping in perspective the broader Issue. Our task now is to unite on a resolution to express the common attitude of this world body toward the regrettable and deplorable incident under discussion."


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Moses of Washington County VA [1 March 2009]
it is not clear to me that the Moses who died in Washington County in 1806 is the same Moses who was son of David Edmiston and Isabella. Evidence that they are the same individual is needed. If true this would be an interesting connection, since it might be taken to suggest that David Edmiston who married Isabella was indeed related to the Edmiston's who settled in SW VA. However, those later Edmistons where in place by about 1770, and I've seen no record to suggest that a Moses Edmiston was among those early arrivals. He might have come later, but itseems more likely that the Moses who died in SW VA in 1806, was a child of one of the early edmiston descendants, rather than a child of David. Q 13:25, 1 March 2009 (EST)


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Do you manage your projects using a Critical Chain approach as opposed to Critical Path? Are you scheduling
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Advice for Everyone Draw Muhammad Day
Controversy exploded late April after South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker received death threats for including a depiction of Islam's prophet in a recent episode. To show solidarity and support free speech in the face of these death threats, Secular Student Alliance affiliates at UIUC, UW-Madison, and Northwestern each sponsored events in which they went around campus chalking stick figures labeled "Muhammad." These actions were controversial within each group and drew responses from the respective schools' Muslim Student Associations.
Other secular student groups have expressed interest in participating in "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" on May 20th, 2010. Deciding if and how your group wants to get involved is obviously completely up to your group. However, since it's an event which can easily elicit negative feelings and divide groups if you're not careful, here are some suggestions which will help you effectively convey your message if you choose to participate:
- Decide if you want to do this:
While there are lots of good reasons to stand up for freedom of expression in the face of threats of violence, doing this constructively is likely to take a lot of time. It is also difficult for some people to make the distinction between deliberately insulting Muslims and standing up against threats of violence (e.g. Eboo Patel's blog about this). It's an important task, but not an easy one. Also, let's face it, threats of violence have been made. We obviously don't want anyone to get hurt.
Even if you don't want to engage in chalking Muhammad, there are other ways you can engage these issues that we've listed below.
- Discuss what, exactly, your message is:
Discuss with your group what you hope to achieve. Are you setting out to offend Muslims, or protesting the use of threats of violence to project certain ideas from criticism? (Hint: the latter.) Make decisions with that in mind, and the event will go more smoothly. You don't need to post images that would be tasteless whether they featured Muhammad or not - the South Park version or smiling stick figures labeled "Muhammad" do the trick.
- Respect people even if you don't respect ideas:
Don't make your event about atheists against Muslims. That would only distract from the intended message. You can assert the right to draw Muhammad without going out of your way to insult Muslims. Invite everyone to join you in condemning using threats of violence as a tool of persuasion!
- Make your intentions apparent: [Suggested Talking Points]
Many people won't understand why you would go out of your way to do something that Muslims find offensive. Talk to people when you can! You can't stand at every flyer, chalked image, or talk to every passer-by, try to make it clear what "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" is about: protesting the notion that it is okay for anyone to use threats of violence to protect ideas from criticism. So think about other ways to let people know what you're doing. For example, next to the image, you could write "This shouldn't bring death threats" or "We stand with Matt & Trey (South Park)." We really like the statement of purpose that Chris Calvey, leader of the University of Wisconsin - Madison groups, wrote:
"We must all eventually come to the agreement that no religion, person, idea, or sacred cow should be granted immunity from criticism. In a free society, even opinions which the majority may find reprehensible have the right to be heard. Among these is the right to criticize religion and to perform actions considered "blasphemous." When that right is under threat, as it clearly is today, we have a moral obligation to exercise it to ensure that it is not lost. We cannot tolerate limitations to our freedom of expression, whether they come from violence, intimidation, or self-censorship out of political correctness."
You might want to post something like this on your group's Facebook page, blog or website.
We have created a list of suggested talking points that you may find useful for talking with people about what you're doing.
- Encourage a constructive dialogue:
Don't just put up images of Muhammad and think you're done. Use the event as the beginning of a conversation! Talk to people about free speech and the controversy surrounding the South Park episode. Consider inviting representatives from the Muslim student groups - or many religious groups - on your campus to participate in a panel discussion about taboos, sacred cows, and censorship.
The group at UW - Madison made contact with their campus Muslim Student Association to let them know what was about to happen. Reading about their experiences will likely be helpful. The other two groups have also been in touch with their respective MSAs.
The group at Northwestern used their drawings as a way to promote two discussion meetings which were open to everyone in their campus community. They also submitted an excellent op-ed in their campus paper about their actions. An op-ed or letter to your campus paper is an excellent way to express you views on drawing Muhammad if you agree or disagree with chalking Muhammad.
- Be mindful of your school's policies:
Find a way to hold your event while following your campus' rules. If your campus doesn't allow chalk drawings, perhaps flyers are the right way to go. Get permission for what you need permission to do. The last thing you need is for a procedural controversy to detract from your message.
- Get Informed:
Know the facts of the situation. The editorial by Ayaan Hirsi Ali in the Wall Street Journal is a good overview. The threats against Parker and Stone occurred within a long-standing history of both threats of violence and actual violence in response to criticism of Islam, as described in this 2006 Washington Post piece. It's worth reading the Wikipedia article on Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.
- Alternative to Chalking:
Some Secular Student Alliance affiliate groups want to address this issue without chalking Muhammad. There are lots of ways to do this.
Historical Images
At least one group is planning to print out depictions of Muhammad from the middle ages created by Muslims who did not believe depicting Muhammad was a problem. They believe that this will make their point in a less distracting way.
South Park Marathon
Have a South Park Marathon. You can legally watch most of the episodes at http://www.southparkstudios.com Of course, the Super Best Friends (from 2001) episode and other episodes with depictions of Muhammad have been taken down.
Letter Writing Campaign to Comedy Central/Viacom
Although they were responding to veiled threats of violence, it was technically the decision of Viacom to censor the depictions of Muhammad. Your group call all write them letters telling the why you think they should have made a different decision.
Contact your local Muslim Student Association and host a joint event
It is unlikely that your local MSA will be willing to cooperate in any event that has a depiction of Muhammad at it, but your MSA may be willing to join you in hosting an event that denounces using threats of violence in response to depicting Muhammad. Whatever you end up doing, reaching out to your local MSA is a good idea.


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Louis Quinn, Character Actor, 73
Published: September 19, 1988
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17— Louis Quinn, a veteran gag writer turned character actor who became known to millions of television viewers as Roscoe the horse player on ''77 Sunset Strip,'' died Wednesday of lung cancer. He was 73 years old.
Mr. Quinn began his writing career in radio after graduation from Los Angeles High School, turning out material for such stars as Orson Welles, Paul Whiteman and Milton Berle and for such shows as ''The Breakfast Club.'' He also appeared in such movies as ''Gypsy,'' ''The Al Capone Story'' and ''The Crowded Sky.''
Mr. Quinn is survived by a daughter, brother and four sisters.


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This document is targeted to Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (VSM) customers running Video Surveillance Media Server (VSMS) 6.2.x or earlier who are interested in monitoring for IP camera availability via SNMP or an SNMP-triggered alerting mechanism. It contains an overview of SNMP trapping services available in VSMS 6.2.x and earlier to deploy a simple IP camera alerting and network monitoring strategy, as well as a step-by-step process for enabling SNMP on VSMS in addition to basic call-flows and troubleshooting examples. This configuration does not apply to any 6.3.x or later versions of VSMS, as VSMS 6.3 introduces the Health Monitoring dashboard, which will obviate the procedures contained in this document via introduction of a comprehensive video surveillance monitoring framework. In addition, the BROADWARE-EVENT-MIB will no longer be used in 6.3.x and later releases of VSMS. Please refer to 6.3 documentation for information regarding available network monitoring and camera management strategies in 6.3.x and later versions of VSMS.
There are no specific requirements for this document.
The information in this document is based on these software and hardware versions:
Cisco IP Camera 2500 running Firmware 2.1.2
VSMS running 6.2.1-12d
Video Surveillance Operations Manager (VSOM) running 4.2.1-14
The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command.
Refer to Cisco Technical Tips Conventions for more information on document conventions.
The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) describes a client-server framework allowing an SNMP Manager to collect information from (or configure) an SNMP Agent using a Management Information Base (MIB), where an SNMP Agent is running on any managed node. Included in this information collecting is the ability for an SNMP Agent to transmit management information to an SNMP Manager without being solicited to do so by the SNMP Manager. This managed node (which houses the SNMP Agent) could be a server, an IP Phone, a network router, network switch, or any IP capable device which includes an SNMP software stack and is therefore capable of being managed via SNMP. In summary, SNMP enables network managers to remotely monitor and control the evolution of network objects.
Three commonly deployed versions of SNMP exist: SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3. The remainder of this article concentrates specifically on the SNMPv2c Trapping capability as configured in VSMS. Using the above diagram as a reference, the SNMP Agent resides on the VSMS server (the managed node) and reports SNMP Trapping information to the SNMP Manager, which could be a third-party Network Management System (NMS) platform. Common NMSs include HP Open View Network Node Manager, Tivoli Netview, and Solarwinds Orion.
Note: A detailed analysis of the SNMP protocol, including versioning differences, is beyond the scope of this document.
SNMPv2c traps utilize the UDP transport protocol (dest. port 162) and are therefore considered unreliable. For example, if an SNMP trap reporting an IP camera streaming error is lost in transit to the NMS, the VSMS will be unaware of this loss and the SNMP trap will not be retransmitted by VSMS. As a result, the Network Operations Center (NOC) operator relying solely on SNMP will be unaware of the IP camera failure. This unreliable behavior is applicable to all SNMP trapping architectures and is therefore not specific to VSMS. Besides the use of UDP port 162 (common to all SNMP trapping implementations), each trap transmitted from VSMS to the NMS includes some other common event-diagnostic information:
The SNMPv2c Community String "broadware-snmp"
The NMS trap receiver daemon must be configured such that it is capable of processing and presenting SNMPv2c traps ingress with community "broadware-snmp". SNMP Community names are a simple password-like security mechanism meant to authenticate communications between the SNMP NMS and the SNMP managed node. Unlike the version of SNMP or the trapping destination station address, the VSMS default of 'broadware-snmp" cannot be changed. See the section entitled Configuration Procedure to confirm which aspects of the VSMS SNMP implementation are configurable.
sysUpTime (OID 184.108.40.206.22.214.171.124)
sysUpTime is a non-Enterprise MIB object defined in the SNMPv2-MIB (RFC 1213) and reports the time (in hundredths of a second) since the network management portion of the system was last re-initialized, which typically matches the uptime of the VSMS server.
In order to utilize the procedure below to monitor VSMS components, an NMS capable of receiving, parsing, and presenting SNMPv2c traps is required. Further, to translate BROADWARE-EVENT-MIB SNMPv2c traps to understandable event names, the BROADWARE-EVENT-MIB.txt definition file should be installed on the NMS. In order to downloaded this file in the appropriate format, connect to the VSMS via http://<ip_address_or name of_vsms>/vsmc.html, navigate to SNMP Trap Destinations, and click on the VS Event MIB hyperlink.
VSMS is capable of transmitting both SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c traps, although SNMPv2c is recommended due to enhanced MIB support. VSMS also supports SNMPv2c inform messages, which are identical to trap messages, except that an inform is acknowledged by the NMS. As a result, a layer of reliability is added.
Note: In VSMS 6.2 and earlier only unsolicited SNMP trapping is supported. SNMP polling of the BROADWARE-EVENT-MIB on the VSMS from an NMS station is an unsupported operation. In Appendix C, the MAX-ACCESS clause for bwEventDesc object is set to accessible-for-notify.
The VSMS maintains a proxy instance for each encoding device, which is used to receive the media stream from the encoding device and write it to shared memory for later transmission to a VSOM viewing client, another VSMS (child feed), or to local storage via an archive. From a protocol perspective, each proxy instance behaves according to the device type being managed and type of media configuration. For example, proxies created for Cisco 4500 IP Cameras configured for 1080P using H.264 will first be authenticated by VSMS. Subsequent to authentication, the VSMS will inform the camera of its desired streaming properties using Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP). Finally, using streaming information derived via RTSP, the Cisco 4500 IP camera will begin to stream its media flow to the VSMS using Real-Time Protocol (RTP). This entire transaction can be captured on the VSMS CLI using the tcpdump –nn host <IP_of_encoding_device> command.
Note: Cisco IP cameras will authenticate the VSMS by default using HTTPS in 6.x versions of VSMS. If using non-Cisco encoding devices, check for authentication requirement and method by engaging third-party product support.
After handshaking with HTTPS and RTSP, VSMS will transmit a bwProxyEvent trap stating Proxy [proxy_name] Connected to device #a_#b@ip_address, where #a is the device input number and #b is the configuration number for the input. It is important to note this bwProxyEvent trap is transmitted after the HTTPS/RTSP handshake, regardless as to whether the media stream is being received by VSMS. See Appendix A.2 for an example bwProxyEvent Connected to Device trap and check the ims.log for success/failure status of the HTTPS and RTSP control plane:
HTTPS handshake successful:
[ proxy(851).p_s1_Mathers_1 GL_UTIL=1 <HttpsClient.cxx:267> ] got reply header
HTTPS handshake unsuccessful:
[ proxy(851).p_s1_Mathers_1 GL_UTIL=1 <HttpsClient.cxx:246> ] Https(curl): Unable to curl perform[couldn't connect to host]
RTSP handshake unsuccessful:
[ proxy(851).p_s1_Mathers_1 GL_UTIL=1 <RtspClient.cxx:546> ] connect(addr='10.1.1.1:554', fd=6): Connection timed out
If either HTTPS or RTSP connections from VSMS to the IP camera are unsuccessful, eventually, a bwConnectionEvent trap is sent stating Proxy [proxy_name] Unable to configure or handshake with the device #a_#b@ip_address and is accompanied by this ims.log message:
[ proxy(851).p_s1_Mathers_1 BE_PROXY=1 <Proxy.cxx:169> ] Unable to configure or handshake with the device
See Appendix A.3 for an example "Unable to configure or handshake" bwConnectionEvent Trap.
After a successful handshake, if the VSMS proxy fails to receive the media stream from the encoding device (IP Camera) for a period of 10s, the VSMS transmits a bwConnectionEvent trap informing that a problem connecting to a given encoding device exists. This trap states Proxy [proxy_name] Streaming error. Device disconnected or network error and is accompanied by these ims.log entries:
[ proxy(17741).p_s1_Mathers_1 GL_UTIL=1 <RtpClient.cxx:703> ] Timeout (10 secs) waiting for data from encoder.
[ proxy(17741).p_s1_Mathers_1 BE_PROXY=1 <Proxy.cxx:207> ] Streaming error. Device disconnected or network error.
Consult the drivers or analyze network traces to confirm the handshake and streaming protocol behavior of a non-Cisco encoding device.
Note: Generally speaking, in the event an analog camera connected to a multiport encoder loses power or is removed from service, the encoding device will still stream black-screen. As a result, the VSMS will not be able to understand the analog camera failure and no SNMP track for streaming loss will be generated.
The bwArchiverEvent Notification-Type can be used to signal the start and stop events of configured loop, recurring, or one-time archives.
When an archive is started, a bwArchiverEvent trap is generated stating Start archive SUCCESSFUL for archive_name.
When an archive is stopped, a bwArchiverEvent trap is generated stating Stop archive SUCCESSFUL for archive_name.
Video Surveillance Management Console (VSMC) is a web-based configuration GUI used to view and configure VSMS systems management options directly, without using VSOM or the HTTP API. Generally speaking, VSOM is a user-facing GUI, primarily used to configure and view application specific items, such as proxies, archives, events and views. Conversely, system-wide management items can be viewed and configured in VSMC, including system logs, SNMP, data backups, etc.
Access the VSMC of the Media Server via http://<ip_or name of_media_server>/vsmc.html, choose SNMP Trap Destinations > SNMPv2c from the Protocol pull-down list, and enter the IP address of the NMS to which the traps will be sent:
After updating SNMP Trap Destinations in the VSMC console, verify they are successfully placed in /usr/BWhttpd/etc/snmpd.conf:
bxb-vsm:~ # more /usr/BWhttpd/etc/snmpd.conf | grep trap2sink # trap2sink: A SNMPv2c trap receiver #trap2sink localhost broadware-snmp trap2sink 10.116.181.137 broadware-snmp
In addition to BROADWARE-EVENT-MIB Traps, enabling SNMP per this process initiates some generic system-level traps. See for a detailed description of these additional traps.
A.2 bwProxyEvent (Connected to Device)
A.3 bwConnectionEvent (Unable to configure or handshake)
BROADWARE-EVENT-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN IMPORTS MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, Integer32, enterprises, NOTIFICATION-TYPE FROM SNMPv2-SMI SnmpAdminString FROM SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB netSnmp FROM NET-SNMP-MIB RowStatus, StorageType FROM SNMPv2-TC InetAddressType, InetAddress FROM INET-ADDRESS-MIB ; broadware MODULE-IDENTITY LAST-UPDATED "200701300000Z" ORGANIZATION "www.broadware.com" CONTACT-INFO "postal: BroadWare Support 3333 Octavius Dr. Santa Clara CA 95054 email: firstname.lastname@example.com" DESCRIPTION "Top-level infrastructure of the Broadware enterprise MIB tree" REVISION "200701300000Z" DESCRIPTION "First draft" ::= { enterprises 28196} events OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { broadware 1 } !--- !--- Broadware Notifications !--- broadwareEventNotificationPrefix OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { events 1 } broadwareEventNotifications OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { broadwareEventNotificationPrefix 0 } broadwareEventNotificationObjects OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { broadwareEventNotificationPrefix 1 } !--- !--- Broadware Notificationi Desc !--- bwProxyEvent NOTIFICATION-TYPE OBJECTS { bwEventDesc } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Notification that the proxy hosted in Broadware Media Server (BMS) has changed its state. Proxy is a process which maintains the view of a particular video cam." ::= { broadwareEventNotifications 1 } bwArchiverEvent NOTIFICATION-TYPE OBJECTS { bwEventDesc } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Notification that the archiver hosted in Broadware Media Server (BMS) has changed its state. Archiver stores the captured video information into a secondary storage device." ::= { broadwareEventNotifications 2 } bwConnectionEvent NOTIFICATION-TYPE OBJECTS { bwEventDesc } STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Notification that the network connection has been lost with the encoder/ camera". ::= { broadwareEventNotifications 3 } !--- !--- Broadware Notification Objects !--- bwEventDesc OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX SnmpAdminString MAX-ACCESS accessible-for-notify STATUS current DESCRIPTION "This object describes the event corresponding to the notifying entity." ::= { broadwareEventNotificationObjects 1 } END