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Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Geaghan, Kimberly Ann Author's Email Address email@example.com URN etd-07112008-090700 Title Influences on Effective Local Wildfire Mitigation Programs Degree Master of Science (M.S.) Department Environmental Studies Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Margaret A. Reams Committee Chair Kevin S. McCarter Committee Member Maud M. Walsh Committee Member Michael W. Wascom Committee Member Keywords
- National Fire Plan
- wildfire risk mitigation
- wildfire policy
- social-ecological resilience
Date of Defense 2008-06-23 Availability unrestricted AbstractThe purpose of this research is to identify key components of community wildfire risk reduction programs and potential influences on the adoption of these program elements. Community wildfire programs have been developed to educate and encourage property owners to adopt "vegetation management" practices such as creating defensible space around structures, landscaping with fire-resistant plants, and removing potential wildfire fuels such as trees and shrubs. The analyses are based on a survey conducted by investigators from Louisiana State University in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service. This survey was distributed to wildfire mitigation program managers listed on the National Wildfire Programs Database website. A Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was conducted on the data returned from this sixty-nine-item survey. A range of socioeconomic variables was gathered from the 2000 Census Bureau and was used along with a fire history variable created from data extracted from the survey to examine the extent to which the variables are associated with program development.
Five factors were identified from the PCA as being indicators of key components of risk-reduction programs. Local programs with these elements are assumed to have a greater capacity for effectively reducing or mitigating wildfire risks to communities within the wildland-urban interface (WUI). The factors are more local regulations and codes, larger numbers of public education, vegetation disposal, risk assessment activities and fewer reported problems with program funding. These factors were regressed with demographic variables selected for each survey respondent's geographic area. Several different demographic variables were found to be significantly associated with the selected factors. These are population density, property value, wealth, percent of homeownership, percent of population with a college degree, and population change. Formulation and implementation of these desirable program components were found to be associated with slower growing, less densely populated communities, and those with wealthier and better educated residents.
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If the "old" box and the new box are member servers, once you restore the shares, you will find that the shares have permissions granted to "unknown accounts". The SIDs for the accounts and groups do not match. Microsoft has released a new (Jan 5, 2000) KB article, Q250267 which details how to copy shares from one member server to another with the ACLS intact.
You use Resource Kit utilities getsid to copy the SIDS from the old server, scopy to copy the files and acls (now Unknown), and Subinacl to apply the getsid data and make it all work. The following command can be used to print out the acls for a file:
subinacl /verbose=1 /file c:\whateverfile.txt /display
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North Star Alpacas offers handspun and millspun alpaca yarn, alpaca roving, raw alpaca fleece, and handmade items from my own alpacas and sheep. Some alpaca is as soft as cashmere and most is warmer and stronger than wool, making it a knitter's or crocheter's dream. Besides all this, alpaca will felt to a soft, fuzzy fabric.
North Star Alpacas offers handspun and millspun alpaca yarn, alpaca roving, raw alpaca fleece, and handmade items from my own alpacas and sheep. Some alpaca is as soft as cashmere and most is warmer and stronger than wool, making it a knitter's or crocheter's dream. Besides all this, alpaca will felt to a soft, fuzzy fabric.
- All 102
- Alpaca Fleece 5
- Sheep Fleece 2
- Alpaca Roving - Natural 11
- Sheep Roving - Natural 1
- Roving -Dyed 11
- Alpaca Yarn - Millspun 15
- Alpaca Yarn - Handspun 2
- Alpaca Handknit Hats 23
- Cowls / Scarves / Shawls 10
- Angora Bunny 2
- Alpaca / Wool Socks 4
- Handmade Spinning Tools 1
- Other stuff 2
- Books - Knit, Weave, Dye 7
- Books - Spinning 6
ancient on Aug 7, 2017
Beautiful quality. Can't wait to use it. Thanks
Devon Guthrie on Jul 29, 2017
Doing What I Love
I'm 75 and so fortunate to be healthy and doing just what I want in my Retirement. I'm eager to get up in the morning and get to the barn to feed and clean up after my 20 alpacas, 5 sheep, and 2 horses. Most of the income from my sales goes right back into caring for my 4 leggeds.
I love working with my fleeces. I wash, dye, pick, card, and spin the gorgeous fleece that the alpacas grow for me. Some of my fleece is sent to Zeilinger's mill in Frankenmuth, Michigan to be made into roving. Zs also spin my sock yarn. The yarn is then sent on to Northland Woolands in Minnesota to be knit into socks. Some of my fleece is also sent to Stonehedge in East Jordan, Michigan, to be made into my yarn that is listed as mill spun.
I do like to knit but get very bored easily so keep my projects brief, thus my fondness for making hats. It's very difficult for me to make two of the same thing,
My husband died 8 years ago and I have learned that I can manage most of the farm work by myself. After he died, I sold my breeding girls because the birthing was stressful for me by myself. I'm now a fiber farm,
Like my son says, I'm lucky to be doing something that I love that actually pays for itself.
In the fall of 2015, I was contacted by the PBS show called A Craftsman's Legacy to produce a half hour show called The Yarn Spinner (Season 3, Episode 2). You can probably find it on the PBS station that you watch. You can go here to view the short preview video to visit my barn, Eric (the host), and myself. - http://craftsmanslegacy.com/episodes/season_3/Episode-2
If you would like to know more about my daily animal and fiber life, I talk a lot about it on my FaceBook page. Come visit and like me ☺ - https://www.facebook.com/pages/NorthStarAlpacas/277109716245
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Northland Woolens
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Nothland Woolens is a small fiber mill in Minnesota, who do an incredibly beautiful job knitting socks from my animals' fleece.
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Stonehedge is a small family run mill in northern Michigan. I send my fleece to them because they process beautiful yarn for me.
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Vermont Fiber Mill is a small mill in Vermont processing animal fibers.
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Zeilinger's Mill has been a family run business for over a hundred years. They process all types of animal fiber into products for the fiber arts world, as well as finished items like socks, yarn, comforters..
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I promise to every four legged friend that comes to my farm that they will be treated humanely and with respect - and will never be EATEN. My life is centered around loving and caring for my animal friends. Fortunately, my Etsy sales allows me to pay for their feed, their veterinary calls, and to provide the very best for them.
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Fiber folks must be conscientious and dependable because I have never had a bad transaction. If you need time to pay or have to cancel a purchase, just let me know. I'm naievely trusting and trustworthy.
I ship within 48 hours. If you check my Reviews, you will see that I am quite speedy.


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Social-engineering attacks are more common than attacks on security vulnerabilities. Traditional defense against malware is a URL-based filter to screen out known malware websites. Microsoft introduced a new defense called Application Reputation that is available in Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) through the SmartScreen Filter.
Application Reputation allows publishers and their applications to build a reputation over time through these principles:
- Well known "good" applications have a better reputation than new applications
- Well known "good" publishers have a better reputation than unknown publishers
- New applications signed by known "good" publishers can have a relatively high reputation from first release
Reputation can be built for unsigned and signed applications. Signed applications can build reputation at twice the rate of those that are unsigned. Reputation based on signing relies on the identification of the publisher by a trusted certification authority and the issuance of a code-signing certificate. Reputation is built by signing 'good' applications, but can be easily lost if the certificate is used to sign malware.
Traditionally browsers have presented a trust dialogue box for each application download. IE9 with SmartScreen® Filter does not present a trust dialogue, if the application has built a good reputation. The benefit is that applications with good reputations will be installed without the user making a trust decision — they simply choose "Save" or "Run." This means when IE9 does detect an application with an unknown reputation, the user is not de-sensitized to trust dialogues and will most likely make the right decision.
For more information on Application Reputation, see the following MSDN blog posts:


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The Minnesota House Committee on Housing Finance & Policy held an informational hearing on January 16 on H.F. 83, the "Homeowner's Bill of Rights." The bill, authored by Rep. Mike Freiberg (DFL-Golden Valley), Rep. Raymond Dehn (DFL-Minneapolis) and Rep. Karen Clark (DFL-Minneapolis) addresses four key measures to tackle the ongoing foreclosure crisis in Minnesota. The committee, chaired by Clark, heard testimony from the public about the devastating effects foreclosures have on communities throughout Minnesota. A press conference preceded the hearing.
PRESS CONFERENCE from the State Capitol
HEARING from the State Office Building
The bill protects homeowners by calling for the implementation of a mediation program, banning "dual tracking," requiring a single point of contact for the process and allowing homeowners to sue their bank if a loss occurs as a result of dual tracking.
The current bill language as introduced can be found here: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0083.0.html&session=ls88


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Michelle Obama says Barack `always upbeat` about Congress
Washington, Mar 21 : Michelle Obama has revealed that the US President never badmouths the Congress or its speaker John Boehner in his conversations with her.
The First Lady made an appearance on the 'Late Show with David Letterman' on Monday night and the host asked her if Barack Obama vents his feelings about politics when he comes home.
"Hypothetically speaking, at the end of the day, has your husband ever come home and said to you, 'Oh, that John Boehner, what an idiot'," Politico quoted Letterman as saying.
However, Michelle assured him that is not the case.
"It has never happened. Never, never. He is always upbeat, particularly about Congress," she said.
As the audience laughed Letterman quipped, "Yeah. … How can you not be upbeat?" (ANI)
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By way of some background information on this Peter's World Map:
Arno Peter, a cartographer and historian, first introduced this map in Germany in 1974. While the map has generated much debate, it nevertheless shows all areas of the world according to their actual sizes. As such, developing countries, which have traditionally been shown on maps to be smaller than their industrialized counterparts, are represented in their true proportions. Regardless of your own views, at its essence, this map shows us that there are many ways to see the world.
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Bemidji HS girls golf: Phelps plays at the top of her game, makes state
At Friday's second round of the 8AAA girls golf meet Bemidji's Meg Phelps had to be at the top of her game just to survive.
The junior was in a group that featured the girls who would eventually finish one-two-three in the 36-hole tournament and some golfers would feel intimidated by such a pairing.
Phelps, however, viewed it as a stroke of good fortune.
"Actually, being in that group helped me play better," Phelps said. "Usually for me when I play with the better golfers I stay more focused and Friday they brought out the best in me."
Phelps' best was a 42-42-84 on the par 36-37-73 Long Prairie layout and Friday's score combined with Thursday's 88 to give Phelps a 36-hole total of 172. Phelps will have another opportunity to be grouped with talented golfing partners as she earned a berth in the state meet which begins June 15 at Bunker Hills.
Alexandria won the team title at 356-352-708 and Maggie Leland of Alexandria was the meet medalist with a 76-73-149.
Leland qualified for state as a member of the winning team so there were five other state meet individual spots available. Katie Kruchien of Apollo claimed one of them with her 81-83-164 and Megan Davis of Buffalo grabbed another by shooting 84-82-166.
"I played with Maggie, Katie and Megan and I knew how they were doing," Phelps said. "I also thought I was playing well but I didn't know how anybody else was doing so I didn't know where I stood."
As it turned out, Phelps worked her way into the perfect position as her 172 was the fourth lowest score of the tournament and she made the state cut by six shots.
Bobbie Bohlig of St. Cloud Tech claimed the fourth individual berth at 93-82-175 and Molly Hoppe of Brainerd captured the final spot with her 90-88-178.
"Meg held her own, she stayed within her game and she kept grinding," said BHS coach Jeff Nelson.
"I can relax now," Phelps said after her round. "The fact that I am going to state hasn't really sunk in yet. But I am excited."
With three holes to play Phelps figured that if she could post a few pars she had a chance of gaining state.
"But I messed up on No. 16 with a three-putt for double-bogey," she recalled. "But I played better on the final two holes, going par/bogey and I felt I had a chance when the round ended.
"Qualifying for state is really a surprise," Phelps said. "Before the section meet I thought I might have a chance if I didn't psyche myself out and after Thursday's 88 I felt I was in good position."
Phelps admitted to a few butterflies Friday morning but after a successful start to her round the tension was gone.
"I was nervous for the first two holes but when I went par/bogey I told Nellie (Nelson) that I had relaxed and could enjoy the rest of the round," Phelps said.
"And that's the way I want to play at state," she continued. "I hope to have fun and not be too worried about my score."
Shelby Sauer missed the state cut by five shots as she finished 95-88-183. Emily Frosaker shot 93-104-197, Amy Frosaker 111-104-215, Katelin Craft 106-109-215 and Aimee Sandquist 102-114-216.


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falcon93 121 Report post Posted July 7, 2011 Hi everyone! Well, I'm stuck. I've tried learning the basics in DirectX 11 programming for about 3 weeks now, but so far, the only thing I've actually managed to do is a window. I've followed plenty of tutorials about initializing DirectX and then draw a picture on my window, but every try has just resulted in errors or crashs. I've rewritten my code so many times now that I've lost count... I've been programming in C# and XNA beore, but I never realised that it would be this huge difference between them. I would be so happy if someone could actually help me out from this swamp As said, I've managed to write the code for a 800x600 window that successfully shows up. My goal now is just to draw i simple image in that window. I know that I have to somehow initialize DirectX and then create a sort of variable which will hold my texture, load the texture and finally draw it. I know that it isn't just that easy, for example I have to somehow create a square from 2 sets of triangles. The problem is that the tutorials I've found is just like a big shock to me, and they doesn't even work. I mean, 300-400 lines of code shouldn't be necessary for just drawing a simple image, even if it's C++ and DirectX, right? I've posted my current code below. Could anyone please tell me, with maybe an example, the [i]most simple [/i]way of drawing an image on my window? All help would be really nice, but examples and even step-by-step help would be even more helpfull Please help, Falcon93 [code]
#include <Windows.h>

LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
WNDCLASSEX wc;
HWND hWnd;
MSG msg;

ZeroMemory(&wc, sizeof(WNDCLASSEX));

wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX);
wc.hbrBackground = (HBRUSH)COLOR_WINDOW;
wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW);
wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_WINLOGO);
wc.hInstance = hInstance;
wc.lpfnWndProc = WindowProc;
wc.lpszClassName = L"MFGCLASS";
wc.style = CS_VREDRAW | CS_HREDRAW;

RegisterClassEx(&wc);

hWnd = CreateWindowEx(NULL, L"MFGCLASS", L"MyFirstGame", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, 0, 0, 800, 600, NULL, NULL, hInstance, NULL);

ShowWindow(hWnd, nCmdShow);

while(true)
{
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 DispatchMessage(&msg);

 if (msg.message == WM_QUIT) break;
 }

 else
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 }
}

return msg.wParam;
}

LRESULT CALLBACK WindowProc(HWND hWnd, UINT message, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch(message)
{
 case WM_DESTROY: PostQuitMessage(0); return 0;
}

return DefWindowProc(hWnd, message, wParam, lParam);
}
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text: NEW YORK ( TheStreet) - The unofficial start of earnings season kicks off after the bell today and TheStreet's Debra Borchardt is with Jon Corpina, managing director of Meridian Equity Partners, discussing the outlook for the next several trading weeks.The season is considered to begin when Alcoa ( AA) reports after this afternoon's close. A the aluminum company slumps, does it make any sense to look for the success of the rest of corporate America based on its results? According to Corpina, not really. While the earnings in general seem to do better when Alcoa beats top and bottom line estimates, it's unrealistic to think that one company can shed light on thousands of others in different sectors and industries. While economic data points give investors a much broader sense of the global economy, earnings have a "micro" focus on individual companies, he said. So what's Corpina watching for in the coming weeks? No necessarily individual stocks, he said, but the energy and financial sectors, because they provide insight as to how the U.S. economy is really doing, as well as how it's being affected by Europe, China and the Middle East. "Those typical sectors are going to help investors get a better idea of what our earnings season might look like," Corpina concluded. JPMorgan ( JPM) and Wells Fargo ( WFC) both report earnings this Friday and will kick off the financials. -- Written by Bret Kenwell in Petoskey, Mich. Follow @BretKenwell


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I am looking for a non-smoker, social/non- drinker, career minded person who pursues goals. Possessing a radiant smile and positive attitude, you approach any issue with tact. You are a lover of travel, and see life itself as an adventure. You'll find balancing time with me along with your friends, family, career and interests easy. You'll appreciate my affectionate personality and reciprocate in your own ways. You enjoy nights out with friends, movies, theatre, live music/bands, cards, long walks, cooking together, travel, laughter and fun...
TV: The Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, American Idol, Celebrity Apprentice, Gold Rush Alaska, The History Channel, PBS.
Movies: Bridesmaids, The Avengers, Thor, Kingdom of Heaven, The Prestige, Amistad, Amazing Grace, The Wizard of Oz, great old B&W's like Rebecca or Homicidal and more recently I'm really into British detective movies.
Music: Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis, The Ready Set, Fall Out Boy, Bon Jovi, Neon Trees, Fun, Hot Chelle Rae, Owl City, The Script, Fever Ray, Pink, Godsmack, Amy Whinehouse, Adele, Bruno Mars, GreenDay, Katy Perry, Ke$ha, Jason Mraz... Mostly top 40, but also some obscure indie bands like Brother.
Food: I try to eat a real food diet -no processed, chemical laden foods and mostly organic or locally grown. I do not eat anything that lives in the water.
Honestly, as long as I have happiness, serenity, love, laughter, kindness and peace in my life I can make do without everything else.


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WASHINGTON (Dec. 26)
B'nai B'rith national defense committee obtained 125 Torah Scrolls for use in Jewish religious services at Army chapels throughout the country in a nationwide campaign launched before the United States was attacked by Japan, it was announced here today by Henry Monsky, B'nai B'rith president and chairman of its defense committee.
Of this number, 31 have been presented to and are in use at 28 different Army posts in the United States and Hawaii, 16 have been assigned to additional Army camps and Air bases in the United States and the Canal Zone and 78 are being held pending the completion of Army chapels and calls from the Jewish Welfare Board, through whose committee on religious affairs the Torah Scrolls are assigned and made available to Army chapels, Mr. Monsky stated. All of the Torah Scrolls obtained by B'nai B'rith were borrowed by its units from synagogues and temples for the duration of the emergency.


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Shredded Scarf by Linda Permann
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Pattern in original magazine is in UK Terms.
"Wrap yourself in luxury with this extra-soft alpaca scarf. A stitch pattern that alternates between basic stitches lends it a subtle, woven look. The mindless pattern is great for men or women, and a perfect way to use a yarn that pools with other stitches.


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TurtleSkin Bravo Police Glove
The TurtleSkin Bravo Police Glove offers a Breathable and conforming stretch back whilst combining fingertip and palm protection provided by a flexible layer of puncture resistant TurtleSkin aramid fabric.
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- Breathable mesh knit, keeps skin cool
- Puncture resistant palm and fingertips
- Good cut resistance
- Excellent dexterity and comfort
Suitable For:
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Partner Spotlight: Dr. George W. Davis Senior Center
At the southeastern end of San Francisco, in the Bayview... More ►
As essential public services and information move online, many low-income families are left behind in the digital darkness.
Currently, residents of low-income housing developments have limited access to training in digital skills and the knowledge they need to get out of poverty. Here at Community Technology Network, we meet people where they live, then we train community members to serve as technology advocates and mentors. We have forged deep and lasting relationships with our Partners, Volunteers, and Learners to empower those in need to lift themselves out of poverty with education, training, and digital literacy.
Community Technology Network works tirelessly to transform lives through digital literacy. We couldn't do this work without a network of partners. Community-building efforts have the best chance of success when many of us work together to change the world for the better. Our community and corporate partners play important roles in our efforts.
Here are some of the ways we partner:
Community Partners are organizations, such as housing developments, senior centers, and libraries, that provide technology access and digital literacy programming to Bay Area communities in need. Click here to view a map of our Community Partners.
Corporate Partners join us to support digital literacy, support community development, and encourage volunteerism among their employees. We work with companies that offer their employees an opportunity to use their technology knowledge for social good, teaching community members in need or participating in other local area nonprofits.
Project Partners hire us to provide on-site digital literacy training.
Interested in becoming a partner? Do you lack the resources to provide in-house educational programming to potential users of your computer center? We offer customized, low-cost, sustainable computer center training services to strengthen the educational impact of your computer center. Email us to start the conversation.
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Community Technology Network Volunteers transform the lives of people in need. Digital literacy skills that you might take for granted, such as using a keyboard and mouse, searching the Internet, communicating online, and creating a resume are vital skills that many people lack. With a commitment of as little as three months to Community Technology Network, you can feel the joy of helping someone learn to use a computer, apply online for public housing, apply for a much-needed job, or Skype with a loved one thousands of miles away. Volunteer opportunities are available today for tutors, assistant instructors, translators, and anyone with a passion for digital literacy. Help transform lives by volunteering to teach digital literacy to Bay Area youth and low-income residents in need. Become a Community Technology Network volunteer today.
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We serve San Francisco Bay Area low-income youth, families, and mature residents who are vulnerable, disenfranchised, and underserved.
Did you know that many low-income families are unable to access vital services because they lack Internet access? A CETF 2015 survey reports that 48 percent of people without a high school diploma lack home broadband access. Among the reasons for not having Internet service at home, 36 percent of responders said it was too difficult to set up or learn how to use.
Currently, residents of low-income housing developments have limited access to training in the skills and knowledge they need to get out of poverty.
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Guantanamo As Prison and Courtroom: Is a White House Policy Unraveling or Coming Together?
According to a story in the New York Times, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will authorize new military commission trials for detainees facing charges brought by the Obama administration. The question now is whether this signals a shift from the administration's long-standing commitment to prosecutions in federal court.
Last August, President Obama's national security advisers, including Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, met in the White House situation room to decide whether and how to go forward with trials for some Guantanamo prisoners.
Congress, even in the hands of Democrats, opposed moving detainees into the United States. And pressure was building from within the Pentagon to start long-promised military commission trials for a number of detainees, including those accused of a deadly attack on the U.S.S. Cole in 2000. Military prosecutors had been preparing cases against those detainees for nearly a year and were anxious for the go-ahead from Gates.
In the situation room, members of Obama's inner Cabinet went back and forth, weighing three factors: the need to bring detainees to justice; a long-standing commitment to prosecutions in federal court: and a desire to avoid trials at Guantanamo, where military commissions were held during the Bush administration.
How, some advisers asked, could the administration successfully argue that it remained committed to closing Guantanamo if it was willing to hold new trials there? How could officials argue they were also committed to trials in federal court if the only trials taking place were in military commisions? Others countered that it was more important to bring whichever detainees they could to justice quickly than to preserve a two-track policy that was unpopular and unraveling.
Details of the meeting, recalled by participants and several others who were briefed, have not been previously reported. But they shed new light on the closed-door struggles of the Obama administration to hold on to its Guantanamo policies.
At the time of the discussion, a single Guantanamo prisoner was on trial in federal court in New York, and another detainee was facing old charges in a military commission. Having separate prosecutions underway simultaneously in both venues seemed possible, and Obama's principal advisers did not want to give up.
According to several officials, Gates, Holder and Clinton left the White House that August day committed to moving forward simultaneously with prosecutions in federal court and military commissions. No military trials would be held anywhere unless trials in federal courtrooms were held at the same time.
That commitment is being tested today. According to a story in the New York Times, Gates will authorize new military commission trials for detainees facing charges brought by the Obama administration. It is unclear where those military trials would be held.
More important is whether this precedes an announcement of trials in federal court. That would determine whether today's news is in fact a change in policy for the White House or a signal that federal prosecutions—the cornerstone of Obama's Guantanamo policy—are still to come.
There were indications just last month that the earlier policy could crack. For a year, Holder and Gates displayed a unified public commitment to trials in military commissions and federal court. They jointly announced in November 2009 that five detainees would be prosecuted in federal court and another five in a military commission.
That commitment appeared to hold throughout 2010. As Congress began sealing off options for federal trials, Gates made no moves toward military commissions.
But last month, Holder was alone in asking Congress to ditch new efforts to prevent prosecutions in the United States. For the Justice Department, a ban would make it extremely difficult to hold any trials in federal court. For the Pentagon, it would make it difficult to hold military commission trials anywhere outside Guantanamo. But Gates did not co-sign Holder's letter to congressional leaders or send his own, even when it became clear that the restrictions would be inserted into a defense spending bill. Congress ignored Holder and inserted the restrictions.
Around the same time, military defense lawyers assigned to represent detainees were told by prosecutors to begin preparing for trials. It was unclear which detainees would be charged first, according to several lawyers who discussed the conversations anonymously. But there were indications that prosecutors were readying for trial.
When Obama signed the spending bill earlier this month, he issued a signing statement saying his administration would "work with the Congress to seek repeal of these restrictions, will seek to mitigate their effects, and will oppose any attempt to extend or expand them in the future."
The White House has not said how the administration will "mitigate" the effects, but some experts have suggested that the restrictions affect only the Pentagon. Justice Department funds could still be used to move prisoners to the United States. If that is the White House view, it will be known only when a prisoner is moved to the United States for trial. And only then will it be clear whether the White House policy to move simultaneously on prosecutions in federal court and military commissions still holds.
Spokesmen for the White House, the National Security Council and the Justice Department have not yet responded to requests for comment.
What is clear now is that the month of January has been something of a curse for Guantanamo.
It was January 2002 when the first detainees, shackled, blind-folded and outfitted in orange jumpsuits, arrived at the U.S. Naval Base on the Cuban island. It was January 2004, when military defense lawyers first announced they would challenge the legality of military commissions there in the Supreme Court. Two years later, the lawyers won. Congress passed new legislation authorizing military commissions. Obama, then a senator, voted against the Military Commissions Act.
The following January, in 2007, the Pentagon issued new rules for the military commissions and began preparing trials for top suspects, including those accused of plotting the 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States.
But those trials never fully got under way.
In January 2009, a newly sworn-in President Obama suspended the commissions, promised to bring detainees to trial in federal court and issued an Executive Order to close Guantanamo by January 2010. That was not to be. Instead, in January 2010, the administration, under pressure from Congress, abandoned plans to hold trials in New York for the accused plotters of the 2001 attacks.
One year later, in January 2011, on the eve of the ninth anniversary of the prison, Obama signed the spending bill whose provisions make it difficult to move detainees into the United States. Also this month, Obama is expected to issue a new Executive Order. This one would formalize detention without charge or trial for dozens of detainees.
The news today that the Obama administration has decided to go forward with new military at Guantanamo—as former President Bush had done—will test its commitment to a two-track policy and Obama's first promise as president: to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
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I'm just an ignorant nobody, but neither scenario works for me. Wurrah Wurrah what to do? Public trials might expose less than ethical and or legal actions by U.S. and affiliates, creating a quandary for this administration, who is following standard protocols of NOT indicting previous seat holders.(Protecting the guilty) Both Federal and Military courts leave open the public perception of more coverups, the spectre of impropriety. Neither court is above reproach so simulated fair trials are a foregone conclusion. If no one objects to detention and torture without charge or conviction, why would guilt or innocence enter into the picture at all. How many of the detainees could just have been in the wrong place at the wrong time, or falsely accused for nefarious reasons? How many of US would not ultimately become the terrorists we are accused of being after such appalling treatment, administered at the hand of our supposed liberators. I fail to find justification for any remedy conceived by those who should have had the moral fortitude to stand up and prevent the dilemma that now faces them. Their rules of war are the same as their claims of moral conviction, situational or nonexistent. Elections and public perceptions are the driving force behind both parties arguments. Another 911 attack on Guantanamo just might solve all their problems, especially if they can make it look like IRAN is behind it. ....Par for the course, Saudi friends slap your face, so what do you do? Attack Iraq . Afterwards, out of the goodness of their hearts, the oil companies offer to come in and save the devastated economy by taking over their oil production. Afghanistan, we're not the enemy at your gate, we're in your house. Right damn Christian of us, huh?. I'm quite sure you'll want to convert.
Just like Israel we have a two tierd justice system…one for muslims and one for non-muslims. This system is a direct result of christian fundamentalist ideology. How soon before we start persecuting non-christians? You change the rules for one group, you will change the rules for every group except the one in power. This nation is going down the toilet and the hand on the flusher is conservative.
I can assure you that the US military has no authority to try a non-US military personnel. I know that in WW II there were the Nuremberg trials, but even those were not by the military, and I believe they were constituted by at least some legislation. The US military has no authority to try POWs, that I'm sure is barred by the Geneva conventions.
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Rest assured the plan IS there, and has been for a long time. "Sunday Laws" are on the books, just waiting to be implemented. Not just non christians targeted, but non" RELIGIOUS RIGHT" christians as well. Like the accusations they level against the muslims, they have the same politically religious view, "If you can't be converted to THEIR fold, YOU SHOULD BE KILLED." Don't forget, they now have their own mercenary army waiting in the wings,..... for HOME deployment.(BLACKWATER / XE INTERNATIONAL/ now after another name change….." XE SERVICES") Well funded by multimillion $ no bid Govt.military contracts and tea party "fanatics with a purpose." Political and Judicial protections supplied, to get around that silly antiquated concept of JUSTICE. Their deployment to New Orleans after Katrina, was testing the waters….. pun intended. Posse comitatus Act doesn't apply to them. Right is wrong and wrong is right….. It's just a damn shame their mothers were pro life.
Jimbojamesiv…. The way around that, is designation of "NON COMBATANT." For every law, they have found a way to get around it. They are operating under MARITIME LAW, no longer recognizing Constitutional Common Law. This applies to U.S. citizens as well. Note the Gold fringe on the flag in every courtroom , this denotes Admiralty, (Maritime ) Law. Look it up on the net.
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Just a week after Student Resource Officers discovered a Mt. Juliet High School student had weapons on school campus, the Wilson County Board of Education voted Sept. 6 to pay half the salary of an additional SRO to be placed at Gladeville Elementary.
The board voted 4-1 in favor of adding the SRO with Zone 4 member Ron Britt voting against the measure. Mike Davis, director of schools, said the county Law Enforcement Committee voted against the idea 5-2 in their last meeting.
Were putting the safety of our kids on the back-burner, said Greg Lasater, Zone 5 board member.
Lasater pointed out that no K-5 elementary in the county has an SRO and said all of the schools should have those officers to keep students safe. Lasater pointed out that recently Gladeville has had several incidents where it was placed on lockdown, one of which involved a police chase in the area of two robbery suspects.
Zone 1 board member Vikki Adkins pointed out that Gladeville is unique compared to other county K-5 elementary schools because it is not located within a close proximity to law enforcement offices. Response times to the school in case of an emergency would be much longer than at the other schools.
Mt. Juliet Elementary has the Mt. Juliet Police Department, so does W.A. Wright, Lakeview is close by, Adkins said.
Britt pointed out that he polled many school systems near Wilson County and said only one, Rutherford County, has SROs at its K-5 elementary schools. Lasater replied that Rutherford County has 41 schools and 40 SROs.
He said his objection to voting for this measure was because the Law Enforcement Committee had already indicated the county would not pay for the other half of the officers salary.
I have a problem voting for something thats dead-ended, Britt said.
The salary would be $60,000 for one year, to be funded through the Education Jobs Program Grant for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Davis said the money would no longer be available after June 30, 2012.
He also pointed out the school board has no authority to dictate where the SRO would be placed, as the officer would be employed by the Wilson County Sheriffs Department. Davis did say that Sheriff Terry Ashe agreed the officer would be placed at Gladeville Elementary.
Also during the meeting, the board approved selling property where its Bus Maintenance Facility is located to Custom Packaging Inc. and purchasing new property for a new maintenance facility.
The existing facility is behind Custom Packaging on 204 McCowan Drive and would be sold for $675,000.
The board voted 4-1 with Britt opposing to authorize the sale of the property. Custom Packaging offered to buy the property in order to expand its facilities. The board also approved the purchase of a new facility on Maddox-Simpson Parkway in a 4-1 vote with Britt opposing.
Before this came along we were not looking for a new facility, Britt said, pointing out the $350,000 difference in the sale price of the old facility and purchase price of a new facility.
The new maintenance facility is owned by Rollins Leasing LLC, and the property could be purchased for $875,000. Davis said moving everything from the old facility to the new one would cost about $150,000 more.
This would meet the needs of the school system for the next 25 to 30 years, Davis said.
The $350,000 difference between the two prices would come from the school boards fund balance and County Attorney Mike Jennings said the purchase of the new facility would be contingent on selling the old.
Don Weathers, Zone 3 board member, asked to have the $150,000 in transition costs be pulled from the measure and have it bid to see if the move can be completed more cheaply.
We have plenty of time and I want to know what its going to take, Weathers said.
During the meeting, Roger Perry, head football coach at Mt. Juliet High School, and Mel Brown, principal of MJHS, asked the boards approval to begin raising funds through the schools booster club to construct a new weight room.
Perry said the existing weight room was too small to accommodate the 125 football players and that they also do not have enough locker space for the players. Perry proposed turning the old weight room into a Junior Varsity locker room once the new weight room is built.
We have growing pains and in our football program we dont have enough lockers, Perry said.
The project would not require any money from the school board, but would be built on donations alone. Perry indicated an individual had already donated $100,000 to get the project underway. The board unanimously approved the request to raise they money.
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The strategy To work out whether I need to undertake a recontribution strategy.
Ugh. Do I even want to think about that? Not unless you're getting to an age where estate planning or the age pension are on your radar. Now that most of us can withdraw our super tax-free once we retire after turning 60, there's no great need to worry about how the different bits of your super are classified for tax purposes.
But if you are likely to leave your super to someone such as an adult child (who isn't regarded as a dependent for tax purposes), a recontribution strategy might be an option. Deborah Wixted, Colonial First State executive manager, technical services, says most advisers using recontribution strategies are using them for estate planning to reduce the tax payable on super by adult children.
How does that work? The problem arises because while you can take your super tax-free after 60 and your spouse or a dependent child can receive the money tax-free if you die, an adult child receiving your super tax benefit has to pay tax on it. Just how much tax depends on the different components of your super for tax purposes. The proportion of your super that relates to pre-tax contributions, for example, forms part of the taxable component which is taxed at 16.5 per cent in the hands of an adult child. A recontribution is simply the act of withdrawing money from your super fund and putting it back in with the aim of reducing that taxable component. Wixted says most people undertake them after they have reached 60 and retired so they can withdraw the money tax-free. They then recontribute it as an after-tax or ''non-concessional'' contribution, which means it forms part of the tax-free component of their super.
When they die, that part of their super can be paid out tax-free to an adult child.
You'll need expert advice as it is critical to remain within the non-concessional contributions cap of $150,000 a year (or $450,000 averaged over three years if you're under 65). Wixted says a cost-benefit analysis should also be done to determine whether you'd be better off relying on the anti-detriment provisions, which effectively provide a tax refund on death to compensate for the effects of contributions tax over your working life.
If your fund offers anti-detriment payments (and it's worth checking whether it does), Wixted says it is calculated on the taxable portion of your super. So a recontribution strategy could reduce your anti-detriment payment.
Are there other reasons to consider recontributions? If you plan to retire before 60, Wixted says you can withdraw up to $165,000 of your taxable component tax-free once you become eligible to make a withdrawal.
If you then recontribute this as a non-concessional contribution, it will boost the tax-free component of any pension that you take from the fund. This used to be a popular strategy but most people now wait until they turn 60 to take a pension as it is completely tax-free. She says couples with a big age difference may be able to use recontributions to boost the older partner's Centrelink entitlements. She says super is only assessed in the Centrelink means test when you reach age pension age. So if one partner is about to turn 65 and the other is 55, the older partner could potentially boost their age pension by withdrawing money from their super fund and recontributing it to their spouse's.
Wixted says while there has been talk that similar ''spouse recontribution strategies'' might be useful if the government goes ahead with its plan to allow a higher contribution cap for people with less than $500,000 in super, this may not be effective. One option proposed by the government would capture any withdrawals in the $500,000 limit, so recontributions would be no help whatsoever.


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7.62x54 Mosin help with SHTF
Among my handguns, I have a 10-22, a 22 magnum rifle and a Mosin Nagant 7.62x54 rifle with iron sights. I realize the Mosin is not the premium weapon to be left with in a SHTF scenario, but as money goes, I just can't swing anything else, at least not in the foreseeable future. I have a couple hundred rounds for it, and the ammo is pretty inexpensive. I can get 880 rounds delivered for about $165. Should I do that and call it a day, with the comfort in knowing I have satisfied my minimum 1000 round per gun requirement? Or should I save my money in the hopes that I will someday have enough to get a weapon in a more suitable caliber?
It worked good for the russians for a while. I would look for something with a better rate of fire. I got an sks for 250 not to long ago. The ammo is alittle cheaper and she shoots as fast as I can pull the trigger.
For the price on 880 rounds I'd go ahead and...pull the trigger ...on that one, pun intended. It's cheap and plentiful now but it's not going to be like that forever, there IS a finite supply of the mil-surp stuff, lots of folks snapping up the 91/30's right now.
Between your handguns, the 10/22 and Mosin it sounds like you pretty much got your needs covered. Good rifles (as I'm sure you know) can be had at reasonable prices, feed the mouths you have first, then go from there...
Mosins are great rifles and will get the job done. There are much worse choices for the price range. If you get it now you will have a fantastic shooter even if you get a better gun later.
Just becareful they have a tendency to multiply in a gun safe.
But I think I will stock up. Cheap shooter for sure.
Ordered today! Thanks to all for the push.
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American Repertory Ballet Announces its 2/22 On Pointe Enrichment Series Event: 'Spring Repertory Preview'
On February 22, American Repertory Ballet will present an inside look at its upcoming spring performance season.This On PointeEnrichment Series event, "Spring Repertory Preview", will be held at 5:15pm in the Company's rehearsal studios at Princeton Ballet School (301 North Harrison Street, above McCaffrey's Supermarket). ARB launched its On Pointe series in 2010 to help make ballet more accessible to the community by offering free lecture demonstrations, guest lectures, intimate company performance previews, and panel discussions.
This spring, ARB will be performing the premieres of Artistic Director Douglas Martin's Rite of Spring and Romeo and Juliet, in addition to Resident Choreographer Mary Barton's Five Men and a Concerto, a world premiere by acclaimed contemporary choreographer Patrick Corbin, and a major revival of famed Joffrey Ballet choreographer Gerald Apino's Viva Vivaldi. At "Spring Repertory Preview", ARB's dancers will perform excerpts of some of these works alongside a discussion with Martin.
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The integration of women into our military to date has been overwhelmingly positive, but there have been undeniable downsides that we should learn from. One example: When the Army integrated basic training a generation ago, physical requirements were lowered for everybody (we pretended otherwise). We now have the chubbiest, tubbiest military since Sgt. Bilko. Physical toughness should be requirement No. 1 for every soldier or Marine.
(The gender integration of basic training also destroyed the folk-poetry tradition of magnificently obscene, hilariously inventive marching and running cadences — political correctness killed those wonderful "jodies.")
On the other hand, the Neanderthals among us have to recognize that more than a few women in uniform have not only participated in combat, but performed heroically. In the Military Police Corps, convoy escort duty often led to ambushes and firefights in Iraq. No-nonsense female NCOs won medals for bravery leading men in combat.
What ultimately matters is who can fight. This can't be about gender above all. It has to be competence-driven.


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The outcome of a number of closely contested Pima County races may not be known for days as 10,000 or more ballots remain to be verified and counted.
County election workers finished counting Election Day votes and early ballots delivered by Monday.
But that still leaves at least 8,000 early ballots that must be verified and counted, said Elections Director Brad Nelson.
In addition, many voters - perhaps more than 2,000, based on the number of phone calls to the Pima County Recorder's Office - had to cast provisional ballots Tuesday after they were told their names were not on the roster at the polls.
Nelson said that's more than normal because it appears errors were made in the voter rosters.
Pima County Recorder F. Ann Rodriguez said she doesn't know yet what caused the confusion, but those ballots will be counted.
Nelson expects to have a more exact number of uncounted ballots and an estimate on when they will be tabulated this afternoon.
People who voted by provisional ballots can track their ballot at recorder.pima.gov online. Click on "provisional status," put in your last name and the number on the receipt you were given, Nelson said. The receipt also has a toll-free phone number voters can call to make sure their vote is counted.


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Rick Jensen: Why was Raub held in a psych ward
You come home from serving your country in Iraq or Afghanistan. You're honorably discharged and considering your next job or career. Meanwhile, you also blog and post personal political views and song lyrics on Facebook. You have threatened no one, but that doesn't stop the FBI and police from showing up at your door.
You're handcuffed, taken away, briefly interviewed by a psychologist and confined in a psychiatric ward against your will.
You're not charged with any crime. Without legal representation, you disappear. Perhaps for a few months, maybe a couple of years. You could be administered drugs.
Attorney John Whitehead, a respected attorney who heads The Rutherford Institute, a nonpartisan civil rights organization he founded and operates with his wife, tells me this has happened to about 1.5 million Americans this past year.
How many Americans have been administered psychotropic drugs against their will?
"While we have assisted other veterans and been alerted to the fact that other veterans are being targeted, we cannot vouch for how many others, other than Brandon (Raub), have been faced with the possibility of forced medication."
John tells the haunting story of Brandon Raub, a former Marine who has served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan who was forcibly taken from his home on Aug. 16, 2012, by FBI agents and police in Chesterfield County, Va. and placed in a psychiatric ward against his will.
His crime?
Posting personal political views and song lyrics to his Facebook page. Outraged onlookers filmed the arrest and posted the footage to YouTube, which has since gone viral, and the public continues to clamor for his release (watch the video here: http :// tinyurl.com /lc9w6tj).
"Government officials disregarded Raub's explanation that the Facebook posts were being interpreted out of context, sentencing him up to 30 days' further confinement in a VA psych ward where he was forced to undergo psychological evaluations," Whitehead said.
"Fortunately, in an unexpected ruling handed down by Circuit Court Judge Allan Sharrett, the government's case against Brandon Raub was dismissed on the grounds that the petition for Raub's detainment 'is so devoid of any factual allegations that it could not be reasonably expected to give rise to a case or controversy.'"
You are likely disbelieving this story. I would if I hadn't interviewed Whitehead many times over the years concerning civil rights cases he has successfully litigated. He's genuine.
John also warned that the psychiatric interview was only two minutes long. The psychiatrist claimed it was 15 minutes long.
Really? The government is sentencing former military men and women to psychiatric centers with no criminal charges based on two-minute or 15-minute interviews?
The psychiatrist said that it was Brandon's long pauses between questions that compelled him to commit Brandon.
Fortunately, Whitehead was able to help Brandon and was informed by other veterans groups that other veterans are being targeted for Facebook posts.
How can they do this without arresting someone?
Involuntary civil commitment.
I asked John what can we, ordinary citizens do to stop this Orwellian torment.
He said, "Start local groups. Meet and share this information. Invite your senators and congressional representatives to your meetings and share this information with them. Ask them to help stop this government force against citizens legally expressing their personal views from the privacy of their own homes. Protest."
I will use this column to lobby my congressional delegation as well as all those who read this.
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Actress Kim Fields may be a lot of things, but she's certainly not a quitter!
The iconic child star, who made her reality show debut on The Real Housewives of Atlanta last season, was like a fish out of water amongst the ladies of the popular reality show during season 8, and many of her fans felt it was a bad decision from the start.
Now, despite claims back in March that she was "one & done" with the show (click HERE if you missed that), Fields is now alluding that she may actually be returning next season.
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John England
Occupation: Partner and U.S. Oil & Gas Leader - Deloitte LLP
Church Affiliation: Kinsman Lutheran
Northland Association: Since 2003
What Northland means to me:
Northland provides a great, Christian environment where kids can learn, pray and grow together. The faculty and staff really care about the kids and the kids learn to care about each other. We're blessed to be part of the Northland family!
Rocky Gay, PhD
Occupation: Safety and Operational Risk-Upstream, BP
Church Affiliation: Faithbridge Church
Northland Association: Since 2013
What Northland means to me:
Northland is answered prayer to my family and me. My wife and I take education seriously and have tried almost every type: public schools, private schools, Department of Defense Schools, and home-schooled, as we traveled extensively in the military. We did a lot of praying and research before we chose Northland. We found what we were looking for academically, spiritually and athletically with excellent programs run by leaders who really care about developing students to glorify the Lord in all things. We immediately felt accepted and welcome at Northland. The staff and faculty as well as the parents have really made our time at Northland a genuine blessing.
Lloyd Hajdik
Occupation: EVP and CFO
Oil States International, Inc.
Church Affiliation: Champion Forest Baptist Church
Northland Association: Since 2011
What Northland means to me:
Northland's top quality academics and extracurricular activities administered in a Christian environment have made a lasting and positive impact on our family. It's such a blessing to raise up your children in an environment that will prepare them to meet life's challenges and become leaders in our society.
Jeff Ingram
Occupation: SVP of Managed CareApria Healthcare
Church Affiliation: John Wesley United Methodist Church
Northland Association: Since 2008
What Northland means to me: Northland is a school where I know my children can be exposed to a Christian environment with great teachers and supportive, solid group of families. After 6 years so far, we have had a fantastic experience and look forward to many more.
Kent Lamb
Occupation: Chief Financial Officer of the Manhattan Insurance Group
Church Affiliation: Houston First Church of the Nazarene
Northland Association: Since 2001
What Northland means to me: Clearly the best school on the face of the earth. The coaches are amazing!! The teachers are fabulous!! The booster club is energetic!! The school board has the most amazing people I have ever met serving on the board!! Dan Woods is the best in the business. Coach Nelson is the best football coach in the business. These folks all shape my son's life, and mine and allow us to be the best we can be.
Becky Lanier
Occupation: Retired attorney
Church Affiliation: Champion Forest Baptist Church
Northland Association: Since 1997
What Northland means to me: With five kids, my husband and I are entering our 19th year as a Northland family. Before finding Northland, we tried other schools, public and private around Houston. Once we found the solid academics and strong Christian environment unique to Northland, we made it our home. From the nurturing start in the preschool program to the careful direction for college placement, Northland has led my children to become the educated and compassionate people of character they are today.
Rod Leis
Occupation: Retired: ExxonMobil International Human Resources Manager (32 years)
Retired: Captain US Coast Guard Reserve (28 years)
Church Affiliation: St. Dunstan's
Northland Association: Since 2005
What Northland means to me: Northland provides our students with one of the highest value education experiences in Houston, surrounded by caring parents and nurturing teachers who pursue excellence in a Christian environment. Our focus is Forever Preparation -- creating great future college students, citizens, parents, and leaders who will make a difference in our world.
Dr. Guy Lewis
Occupation: Cosmetic Dentist, Texas Center for Cosmetic & Implant Dentistry
Church Affiliation: Bammel Church of Christ
Northland Association: 24 years on Northland board, 23 years of children at the school
What Northland means to me: Northland has been instrumental in shaping my children into well adjusted, highly educated, well-rounded Christian men and women of good judgment, character, and compassion. There is nothing more a parent could ask from a school. Holly and I have also benefitted from our association with the "Northland Family" through life-long friendships and a sense of community that feels like home.
Ada Petro
Occupation: Wife, Mother, Grandmother
Church Affiliation: Champion Forest Baptist Church
Northland Association: Since 2004
What Northland means to me:
Northland's welcoming, accepting environment made it easy for my husband and me as parents to entrust the educational and spiritual development of our daughter with the faculty and staff. The special young lady she has become is in no small part due to the constant encouragement she received at Northland to question, challenge, and improve herself and to make a difference in the world. I'm seeing the same growth in my three grandchildren who are current Northland students.
Dale Quisenberry
Occupation: Partner, Polasek, Quisenberry & Errington, LLP
Church Affiliation: Champion Forest Baptist Church
Northland Association: Since 2008
What Northland means to me:
Northland was our first choice for a private school education for our son. After 7 years, we are still very happy with that choice! From the top-notch college preparatory education, to an outstanding prayerful faculty and staff, we are blessed to be a part of the Northland family. We look forward to seeing how God continues to grow Northland!
Patrick White
Occupation: Account Executive - LSI Industries
Church Affiliation: Faithbridge
Northland Association: Since 2004
What Northland means to me:
Preparing students for college and career is only a part of the Northland mission. There is so much more to the development of young people that Northland provides. A Christian perspective in a Christian community gives our students something much more valuable than a worldly mission – it's VICTORY FOREVER!


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Pep Guardiola does not want to turn Bayern Munich into a new Barcelona
Pep Guardiola insists he does not want to turn Bayern Munich into a new Barcelona, rather nurture the current qualities.
By Simone Bargellini
Last Updated: 25/10/13 3:31pm
The former Barcelona boss won countless trophies with his old club, including the treble of La Liga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Champions League in his first season in charge in 2008/09.
Guardiola took over at Bayern in the summer after they had completed their own treble and he insists he does not wish to turn his new side into his old.
In comments reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Guardiola is quoted as saying: "I don't want to transform Bayern in a new Barca.
Different mentality
"The mentality is different, and the style, the environment, the culture, the players too. This club has won too much to copy others.
"I came here because I wanted to coach these players.
"Bayern Munich are bigger than my ideas. I have only to maintain last season's level, of an unbeatable team that played in an incredible way.
"A coach must understand the qualities of his men and be able to take advantage of these."


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Laleh Mehran: Men of God, Men of Nature
Men of God, Men of Nature is a site-specific work designed by Laleh Mehran especially for the Fuse Box. The daughter of Iranian scientists, Mehran has lived most of her life in the U.S. and has been a professor at the University of Denver since 2007. Her complex relationship with political, scientific, and theological concepts drives her work that often has an interactive component. Her works are intended to be meditative and seductive, inviting viewers to consider their own relationship to the issues she presents.
Performances that Laleh Mehran plans for the course of the exhibition will be published on the website calendar after they are scheduled and displayed in the Related Exhibitions & Events section at right.
Planning note: The Fuse Box and the modern and contemporary galleries on level four of the Hamilton Building will be closed periodically for construction work August 14–September 8. When possible during that time, we will make the Fuse Box accessible via the stairs from level three.
The exhibition is on view through February 17, 2013.
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Blog: Behind the Scenes
Local Artist Tackles Large Installation at the DAM
Local artist and University of Denver professor Laleh Mehran said she first started thinking about her installation at the Denver Art Museum in 2009. The modern and contemporary art curator at the time, now DAM director, Christoph Heinrich had seen some of Mehran's work and asked her to create something for the Fuse Box gallery. The unique space on level four of the Hamilton Building is dedicated to exploring emerging artists in the new media field. More
Blog: Behind the Scenes
Mehran's Inspirations for Men of God, Men of Nature
You'll be hard-pressed to find a 90-degree angle in the Daniel Libeskind-designed Hamilton Building. That was part of what inspired Colorado artist Laleh Mehran to place a monumental black cube in the level four Fuse Box space. Playfully calling her installation—Men of God, Men of Nature—a collaboration between herself and Libeskind, Mehran shines a light on the physical and metaphorical multi-dimensionality of the deceptively simple shape. More


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Full Pandorum Trailer Now Online
Foster, Quaid, Gigandet, monsters
Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster and Cam Gigandet star in Christian Alvart's Pandorum, and there's a new trailer online. For those keeping score at home, this gives us our second Euro-directed sci-fi movie trailer story in as many days (after Nr Nobody yesterday).
The film sees Quaid and Foster wake up from cryo-sleep aboard a spaceship with little memory of who they are or what their mission is. They venture into the body of the ship to find out more - and find more than they bargained for.
We suspect that this trailer may be somewhat spoilerific - it seems to show what synopses and previous teasers barely hinted at - but it does look like scary, atmospheric stuff, and gives Quaid in particular a welcome break from playing avuncular types in indie rom-coms or someone's father in a kid's movie. Also, Cam "Gigidy-gigidy" Gigandet of Twilight appears in it, so it should get a considerable teen following - something that already seems to be troubling Gigandet himself.


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We here at Ye Olden Comics Chanelle of Crave Online are big fans of Scott Snyder (the guy who's currently kickin' it live on Batman and American Vampire and soon will be bringing his talents to Man of Steel) and Sean Murphy (who elicited the highest of praise for his recent Vertigo series Punk Rock Jesus). Therefore, when those two guys team up on a book, we sit up and take notice.
Case in point, MTV revealed the cover of The Wake today, along with a few details of what the project is about. Here's their blurb:
When Marine Biologist Lee Archer is approached by the Department of Homeland Security for help with a new threat, she declines, but quickly realizes they won't take no for an answer. Soon, she is plunging to the depths of the Arctic Circle to a secret, underwater oil rig where they've discovered something miraculous and terrifying…
Writer Scott Snyder and artist Sean Murphy bring their acclaimed talents to this sic-fi epic that explores the horrors of the deep, probes the origins of human history, and leaps far beyond to a frightening future.
This looks fantastic. Why? Because Murphy's PRJ examined what happened when a corporation clones Jesus Christ for a reality show, picking apart the nuts and bolts of our society, and because Snyder's Batman has been building the history of Gotham City very densely. There are no two creators better suited to explore the origin of the species than these guys.
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"Education… has produced a population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading." – G. M. Trevelyan
On Friday, Buzzfeed published a post entitled "The Least Important Football Game Ever."
Now, before I get into this, let me first acknowledge that I am not a Buzzfeed-hater. Their political coverage, for example, rocks. So this isn't a "we hate Buzzfeed" story. It is, however, a story about my growing concerns about online journalism.
Buzzfeed's account documented the previous week's contest between Idaho and New Mexico State, devoting over a thousand words to a meaningless game with no competitive interest (both teams were a godawful 1-10 entering the contest). If the post had a point, it's that it had no point: Neither university has a large or marketable fan base, none of the players had particularly good or bad performances, and the teams aren't even rivals.
The writer didn't even go so far as to ironically suggest that the game was interesting due to the sheer magnitude of its irrelevance, which the title more or less suggests. It's almost as if he wrote the title and then found a thousands words to substantiate it, with little regard for whether or not there was any value in writing the piece at all.
So why do I care, aside from the letdown I'm feeling after getting my hopes up over an article that I thought might be funny?
I'm worried about online journalism
While online journalism has revolutionized the way we receive and process information — a shift that I would argue is, on balance, a good thing — "The Least Important Football Game" represents many of the problems I have with online media.
But first, so you can be sure that I'm not just some grumbling luddite, here are a few of the reasons why I think online journalism makes our society better (for a more thorough defense of Twitter, et. al., click here).
Simply by nature of the ways in which they are delivered, online and print media are bound to differ drastically. The most obvious difference is that print is limited: For example, The Kenyon Observer, which I edit, publishes a five-article issue every two weeks, with no article exceeding 1,600 words (two pages, given our layout and font). If a writer can't condense their argument to 1,600 words, or if six people have great ideas for a given issue, that's too bad; our budget only covers a certain amount of print per semester.
This limitation is one of the reasons why we started a blog to go alongside our print publication. Articles that don't quite fit into the print issue, or time-sensitive reactions that will be stale by the time the print issue is actually published, can still find a home online. And this is significant: to paraphrase TalkingPointsMemo's Josh Marshall, this means that no worthy story need die for lack of space.
While online journalism is useful for the writer, it's also useful for consumers and society as a whole. With the advent of Twitter, journalism that was once aristocratic is now democratic. Instead of a section editor deciding which articles get cut and which get read, content is tweeted out and, if it's good it's retweeted, shared, commented on, and linked to. That fact that anyone with an Internet connection can blog and tweet has shattered traditional barriers to entry, as you no longer have to get hired to publish a good idea. Some post are read more. and some less, but every story and idea can be evaluated in the public sphere; this puts the readers in charge of which authors and stories (hopefully the most deserving) reach the widest audience.
However, and here's where my issues start to arise, unfettered democracy in the media isn't necessarily a good thing. The ways in which people select and process online information create a set of perverse incentives which further exacerbate problems that print journalism itself has always been in a constant struggle to avoid.
The Internet is too fast
Competition for readership means that "saying it first" risks becoming more (or at least as) important as saying it best, or even saying it right.
When America's political class was waiting on pins and needles for the Supreme Court's decision as to whether or not to uphold Obamacare, all it took was for one jerk to tweet out that the law had been struck down for both CNN and FOX to race ahead with a catchy, completely incorrect story.
Online, these mistakes are instantaneous; in print, it takes some time to make an error of that magnitude, extra time that prevents some (although perhaps not all) of the most egregious errors from occurring. (Though at least online you can quickly correct/delete the original error (though there's no way to un-viral a false-fact that's already out there) — no such luck with dead trees.)
Clicks over content
Aside from errors, the competition for eyeballs has always placed what I feel is an unfortunate importance on titles (as John Aravosis can attest, I'm terrible at coming up with them) and other methods of generating traffic. Since readers have a limited amount of time, they will naturally gravitate towards stories that grab their interest.
But once you've bought the Times, they don't care which stories you read, taking away their incentive to dilute or misrepresent their content with headlines crafted merely for shock value. While the headlines in the printed New York Times are competing with each other at most, the Times' tweets are competing with everyone else's tweets.
On the Internet, revenue is based in part on the number of ads you can put in front of the reader's face, which means that it's based on the number of overall readers, the number of pages each reader visits, and how long they stay on each page (it's big money, too: the Times' website produces roughly $5 per second in revenue). The degree to which a title elicits an emotional reaction from the reader, regardless of the actual content of the article, determines the number of clicks an article gets and, by extension, how well the site performs financially. Content is easily simplified or distorted by a title that is catchy first and accurate second, which does a disservice to both the reader and the content itself.
Having said that, at some point you risk running up against the "once burned, twice shy" problem where people learn that your hyperbolic tweets aren't reflected in actual wow-worthy content.
The informational fire hose
Click-based financing encourages publishing for the sake of publishing, as more posts equals more clicks equals more revenue.
Unlike print journalism, where some care must be taken in determining what is and isn't news, or what is or isn't a well-thought out argument, online journalism is a mad dash to say as much as you can as quickly as you can. While newspapers publish roughly the same amount of content every day, and are rewarded financially for attracting and maintaining a readership based on the newspaper's quality (or at least they were — nowadays all media is struggling to survive), online outlets like the Drudge Report are rewarded financially for being a steady stream of something, whether or not that something is entirely accurate or particularly insightful.
This isn't to say that online journalism is inherently bad. On the contrary, and as I noted above, on balance I think that the proverbial death of print has the potential to be good for journalism. The issues I see in the online world are still present, if not as prominent, in the print world, and online journalism's biggest weakness – the incentive to publish for the sake of publishing – goes hand in hand with its biggest strength – the readers' control over what content is rewarded by mass distribution.
However, journalism's shift from paper to screen puts the onus on writers to take pride in their stories, with the understanding that more/faster isn't always better.
If it really is the least important football game ever, then no title is going to be snazzy enough to save a story that should never have been written.


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After successful encyclopedias on reggae music such as 'The Guiness Who's Who of Reggae', 'The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae and Reggae', 'The Rough Guide' it's now time for another one.
On November 13 Sterling publishes 'The Encyclopedia of Reggae: The Golden Age of Roots Reggae' written by Mike Alleyne, Professor of cultural and economic history of Carribbean music as well as being a music critic and a journalist. The book's foreword is penned by well-respected drummer Sly Dunbar.
'The Encyclopedia of Reggae: The Golden Age of Roots Reggae' tells the reggae story from the late 1960's ska and rocksteady craze to the mid-1980's heyday of dancehall. It features more than 500 images, including rare album art and ephemera, and profiles more than 200 key performers, impresarios and producers from reggae's history.
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Paint Jamaica
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The human figure is the primary subject matter in most African art.
The Pan African Market in Cape Town offers an impressive display of African culture, craftsmanship and artistic talent.
The fair is located in a national monument on the historic Long Street and comprises more than 30 stores and stalls representing at least 14 countries in East, West and Southern Africa.
You will meet salesmen and women from Cameroon, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Senegal, Mozambique, Mali and of course, South Africa itself.
When this African flea market began in 1997, its founders aimed to show that African art is not the homogenous mass that it is sometimes mistaken for.
From humble beginnings on the first floor of the building, and with just five traders, the market has grown enormously, showing African entrepreneurship as well as artistic talent!
Today, the market boasts incredible variety and sets the standard in African art and craft markets on the continent.
Visitors can explore three floors laden with stunning objects, artwork and artefacts. You should feel free to ask the traders for information and stories from their countries of origin. This not only contextualises these art pieces, but also enhances your appreciation and knowledge of the cultures of Africa.
The African craft market is located in an accessible and friendly environment. It's a well-known meeting place for African migrants and visitors from all around Africa and the rest of the world.
Besides browsing around for gifts or souvenirs, the Long Street building is bustling with entrepreneurs offering services ranging from hair dressing and tailoring to holistic healing and indigenous catering.
The traders who operate the stalls at the Pan African Market are completely independent and the market is an important source of employment in this regard.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
Pan African Market
Tel: +27 (0)21 426 4478
How to get here
The Pan African Market is situated in Long Street in the Cape Town CBD.
Best time to visit
If visiting Cape Town during the wet winter months, the Pan African Market is a perfect place to spend a rainy day.
Length of stay
'African time' is the clock that beats at the Pan African Market and you will easily spend a couple of hours browsing around for a masterpiece to buy or just admiring what is on display and enjoying the atmosphere.
Where to stay
Cape Town has many hotels, B&Bs and backpacker establishments.
What to eat
Named after the famous commune of Nigerian musician and socio-political commentator Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Kalakuta Republik is the heart of the Pan African Market in Cape Town. The food and drinks menu at Thembi's Soul Kitchen at the Kalakuta Republik are a constant reminder of the incredible diversity of Africa's food cultures. The Soul Kitchen is open daily from 9am to 6pm.


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June artwork of the month
Monday, June 17, 2013
June artwork of the month
Check out June's artwork of the month, "The Eiffel Tower" by Diego Rivera.
Diego Rivera, The Eiffel Tower, 1914. Oil on canvas, 45 ½ in. x 36 ¼ in. Private collection, lent courtesy of Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, EL.2003.16