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A pristine Saturday morning at Danville's Mustang Soccer Complex saw more than 200 participants demonstrate their soccer abilities in front of the Quakes' coaching staff.
Local and international trialists, ranging from New York to India, played in full 11 aside matches with the aspiration of donning the Quakes' uniform. After having monitored the trialists, the coaching staff will announce a select group of 22 players to participate in a tryout the following weekend.
"I saw the open tryouts online and wanted to see how it is. I wanted to get the experience," said Michael Czyrnek, a collegiate midfielder from New Jersey. "I expected a high-quality, fast-paced game and I think that's what I got. It was a great experience and I think I did pretty well."
Quakes Assistant Coach Mark Watson and former player Kelly Gray were on hand to evaluate the hopefuls. "The tryout has been good. It's tough bringing a bunch of guys who haven't played together to develop the teamwork side of it. It's been really good. We've been pleasantly surprised," said Watson.
"You're just hoping to find a player or two. There are some good players out here who have played at a good level," continued Watson. "To be able to play for us, they have to have a little bit more. The guys looked good here today and we will evaluate what we got. We will condense it down to 22 players and then take another look at them next weekend."
Some trialists traveled from far and wide to pursue their dream of playing for the 2012 Supporters' Shield winners. Haabib Zaylaa, a goalkeeper from Lebanon, flew across the globe to participate. The tenured 21 year professional has playing experience in Qatar, Dubai, and Lebanon.
"I don't feel nervous. For me, going to a tryout is like going to your job," said Zaylaa. "I played with Raul Gonzalez and Gabriel Batistuta before. I thought I played good. I hope that they share this and that they will invite me to the next tryout."
The Quakes look to defend their franchise-best record of 19-6-9 with preseason camp opening on Monday, Jan. 21. San Jose will welcome their two draft picks, No. 15 Tommy Muller from Georgetown and No. 33 Dan Delgado from the University of San Diego.

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Dean Barbara Romzek Promotes Vision for SPA
Since taking over as dean of the School of Public Affairs in July, Barbara Romzek has logged some serious frequent flier miles. She guesses she's traveled out of state two times a month since she arrived from the University of Kansas, where she served in various academic leadership roles. In one week alone, she traveled to Baltimore, Chicago, Kansas City, and New York.
But all that jetting around serves a purpose — to promote SPA and further enhance its reputation as a leader in the field of public affairs. During her travels, she's met with many AU alumni and leaders in the field to discuss strategies and challenges facing schools of public affairs.
AU sat down to talk with Romzek about why she came to the university, what her vision for the school is, and what she's eager to do in D.C.
What brought you to AU?
I'm in the field of public affairs and doing public affairs in Washington, D.C., is as good as it can get. It's like doing finance in New York City. When AU called, it was an attractive opportunity to do public affairs in Washington. AU is smaller than my last school, but it's on a bigger stage.
I'm not the kind of person who likes to coast. It's a big job, and there's a lot to do, but that was what made it attractive rather than scary.
It's also great to find a great staff team in place at SPA. I would like to emphasize the importance of the people--faculty and staff--at the school for making the job attractive.
What do you think is the value of being on a "bigger stage" for AU students?
I think there are unparalleled opportunities to take what they learn in the classroom-whether undergraduate, masters, executive, or doctoral-and see if it resonates in the real world. In public affairs in particular, there is an expectation that your education combines theory and practice. And it's easier to do theory and practice in a place like Washington where you've got public interest groups, the federal government, the Legislature, the Supreme Court, etc. There's no shortage of opportunities for students to be exposed to government. They get to be flies on the wall. Students end up knowing more than just what they're taught in the classroom, which is what gives them their particular edge when they're out looking for jobs.
How does SPA work to get students out into the real world?
The undergraduate curriculum has students out in the real world in the first year. Their class assignments send them out to interview people targeted to the class content. There's an expectation that they take what they learn and bring it back to the classroom and process it. And we place students in internships in nonprofits, government agencies, etc. One student I was visiting with had an internship at the White House. How many students have that kind of opportunity?
What is it like for you to be an academic in D.C.?
It's exciting, of course. My area of research and expertise is in accountability. In my role as dean, I am in essence doing fieldwork. My administrative responsibilities and the leadership I provide to the school offer me opportunities to see if the research I do holds up in the real world.
The research I've been doing lately is on informal accountability, which is about how to get people to work together when they don't have to. We are just beginning to undertake school-wide planning in SPA. People have come to me to ask how can they help. My answer is engage in the process because what I need is for people to talk to each other through informal mechanisms about how we can make the school even better than it is today.
In what ways do you anticipate informal accountability playing out in SPA's school-wide planning process?
My hope in that process is that we will find ways to encourage people to work beyond the boundaries of the organization patterns that we've established so far. I want us to be a school and not just a collection of departments. I'm looking for ways we can tap the talent and energy of all the departments so that the impact of the school is greater than the sum of the parts.
Do you have an example of how you'd like that to happen?
We have a new degree program that's about to be launched — Policy, Politics and Law Scholars. It's a three-year BA program that draws from subjects across departments. In terms of curriculum, it's drawing on the three units to provide students with a degree that pulls those things together. I want that to happen for scholarship as well. It's not that everyone has to work on the same project. Rather, my hope is that individual research projects contribute to a cumulative impact for the school that is bigger than what the individual research projects offer on their own.
What are your goals for SPA?
We have a very impressive base, with impressive faculty and talented, hardworking, and ambitious students. But because the world, in particular the arena of public affairs, is changing so much, we need to adopt those changes and position the school to expand our impact on public affairs. We need to have a conversation about how to strengthen the quality that distinguishes us.
The school has remarkable alumni who have clearly benefited from the SPA experience and can tell us what they valued and what can be improved. We need to work on being better able to identify what we want the unique contribution of SPA to be. We need to do an even better job of research and education of our students. We can do this through our faculty research as well as our work educating students and preparing them to be successful alumni.
What do you really want to do in D.C. that you haven't done yet?
I haven't had enough time to do most of what I want to do. I love theater, I love opera, and I haven't had enough time to do any of that. The cultural amenities in D.C. are just great. I love live music. There's almost nothing I won't listen to. I love rock, I love jazz, I love opera.


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Shoulder issues in past, Darnell eager to get started
PEORIA, Ariz. -- At this point of his career, James Darnell would give just about anything to go through a season healthy -- from start to finish.
That's certainly the hope this season, as the 26-year-old third baseman/outfielder showed up at camp on Thursday ready to move on after having another season end with shoulder surgery.
"Everything is good to go," Darnell said.
Darnell hit .295 in Spring Training a year ago but was optioned to Triple-A Tucson. He joined the team in May after hitting .267 with seven home runs. But six days later, Darnell suffered a left shoulder subluxation while attempting to make a diving catch in left field.
After months of trying to rehabilitate the shoulder, the team opted to have Darnell undergo surgery in August. The operation was his second on the same shoulder. The first occurred in September 2011 after he dislocated it making a diving stop at third base earlier in the month.
Darnell said Thursday his shoulder feels stronger than ever.
"They did a great job. They tightened it to the point where it can't move around, in the front and back," Darnell said. "Both of [the injuries] were the result of playing hard, and that just happens. ... But you just keep going. It's behind me now. It feels really strong. All the muscles are strong."
Darnell, who owns a .299/.398/.508 line in parts of five Minor League seasons, faces a tall order in trying to make the 25-man Opening Day roster -- especially now that the Padres have asked infielder Logan Forsythe to take fly balls in the outfield, as well as ground balls at second base, shortstop and third base.


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WATSONVILLE - A 15-year-old boy was cited Tuesday night after police found him with an illegal switchblade and a large water pipe that he carried while riding a bike.
About 9 p.m., Watsonville police stopped the boy because he was riding without a light near Hammer and Winchester drives, said Sgt. Tony Magdayao. Police found the knife in his waistband and the bong in his backpack, police said.
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The Thunder have been nothing if not a team in transition all season. I'm not sure what version we are on but change has been constant. First we had a coaching change after game 13. During P.J.'s little sip of water with the Thunder this season the team was absolutely anemic on offense (92.5 offensive rating) and a bit above average defensively, using a lot of gimmicky zone defense (105.7 defensive rating). The offense was beyond terrible, running and gunning but inefficient and only scoring more than 90 points 4 times in those thirteen games, and only going over 100 once. Blowouts were the norm. I guess that was Thunder version 1.0.
Next came version 2.0 with Scotty Brooks in charge. The offense immediately took a huge jump in efficiency. Spacing was improved and the team began to attack the basket and get a bit slower and more deliberate. The defense meanwhile was completely destructed. The zone defense was sent to the shelf, double teaming was rare, and man to man was the order of the day. The results were pretty spotty. In Brooks' first dozen or so games the defense performed terribly, but it was sort of overshadowed by so much offensive improvement. The team began to get blown out a lot less frequently.
Brooks also was tweaking the lineup. Out of the rotation were Johan Petro, Chris Wilcox and Damien Wilkins. Durant went to the small forward position, Green the starter at the 3, and Collison manned the post. Desmond Mason finally solidified himself as our best defensive two, and Westbrook moved in as the starting 1. Things began to gel.
The team lit fire around the coming of the New Year and began to play .500 ball, which is saying something when you start the season 3-29. The team also plucked Nenad Krstic from Euro purgatory and began working him in. Brooks brought in assistant Ron Adams to help with defense.
Desmond Mason went down in late January, but the team kept up it's winning ways for the most part by playing above average offense and just enough defense. Kyle Weaver stepped in and the team adjusted.
Late in February and early in March found the Thunder without Kevin Durant and Jeff Green for a series of games due to injuries. Even the most optimistic Thunder fans probably thought that we would be fodder for every team in the league, but you know the story: The Thunder won 5/7 games without Durant and Green led by stingy team defense and crazy individual defense from Thabo Sefolosha picked up from Chicago on a trade deadline deal.
During that stretch of games without Durant (and some which Green missed) the offense was a bit below average, but not horribly so, but again, the defense was otherworldly by Thunder standards.
But now that Green and Durant are back in the fold, the defense has actually held up comparatively well with the defense played without them, but the offense has disappeared. Everyone including me was probably expecting the defense to stink and the offense to catch fire with Green and Durant, but just the opposite has happened.
I've been keeping a running tally of offensive efficiency and defensive efficiency (points scored and allowed per 100 possessions) by the Thunder all season. I ran the numbers after last night's game with Utah and the numbers validated what I thought I was seeing: the offense has been missing with Durant and Green in the lineup.
Here is the breakdown of the efficiency numbers for the season, broken down into four game blocks and separated from the first thirteen games coached by P.J..
As you can see, the differential between offense and defense has steadily improved under Brooks. Where the differential is closest, or positive you see it reflected in the win/loss column.
I think it's fair to say that the lineup of Westbrook, Thabo, Durant, Green and Krtic is struggling to find it's mojo. My first reaction is that perhaps Thabo isn't gelling with the other four the way Desmond Mason and Kyle Weaver did. Thabo has the third highest individual offensive rating on the team (109) just behind Durant and Collison, and the team lead in defensive rating (104). His offense and defense both outshine Weaver's and Mason's, yet for whatever reason, the team is struggling with this new lineup. I have my opinions about why this may be, but I am going to wait a bit more than the four games so far and see they validate themselves.


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About the unrepresented countries, the ISU should invite the top five counties and then have a rogue team as the sixth team.
This year it could have been
Yu-na Kim
Carolina Kostner (or Laura Lepisto)
Contesti (or Denis Ten)
Savchenko & Szolkowy
Kerr & Kerr (or Faiella & Scali)
I do not think it would be a good idea to try to squeeze this event in before Worlds. Then it really would interfer with skaters' preparation for Worlds, and be unfair because some skaters would have to go to this competition and others wouldn't.
I like it how it is. It is like the cast party at the end of a successful season's run.
Edited to add: AND ONE MORE THING. I am not much concerned about Scot Moir saying, my country is the greatest! Think of it as school spirit. Gimmie a C! C! Gimmie an A! A! ...


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Philly councilman wants restrictions on requesting social media passwords
A Philadelphia City Councilman says employers should not be able to tap into your social media accounts as a condition of employment.
Philadelphia Councilman Bill Greenlee has proposed a bill designed to stop employees or job applicants from being forced to turn over their social media passwords.
"We think it's a protection of privacy of an individual because there could be things on that site that are the person's own business like their religion, religious beliefs on issues, their sexual orientation, whatever that really their employer or prospective employer really doesn't need to know," he said.
Greenlee says there is no way to ban employers or prospective employers from using information from Facebook or Twitter since it is public.
"If there is a way to get that, they could still do that," he said.
The bill is similar to one currently under consideration in Harrisburg. New Jersey and Delaware have already banned colleges from requiring social media logins from applicants.
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The Screech Owl keeps in contact with its mate using a trilling song, known as the "bounce song."
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If you were to lurk on any of the dirt sheets, you would think the IWC is a bunch of hypocritical, indecisive lunatics who are just never happy. Which is not true at all, we are happy sometimes, it just lasts shorter than a New York minute.
The truth is though, there are some rules to make most (but never all) of the IWC happy. So instead of being all serious and boring, I'm going to
A NOTE FROM R(ob): I am approving this blog as a counterpoint to the "Dear Chris Benoit," blog that was approved last night. This will be the last Chris Benoit blog approved for a while. Thank you. Keep this civil, I will be watching!
Dear Murderer,
Oh, you might be wondering why I started this letter out by writing "Murderer", but you see Chris
(This may be my most polarizing blog yet, but I'm sticking with it.)
The Attitude Era's faux revival is crippling the WWE's bottom line.
It was observed last year that CM Punk's Shoot marked the end of the PG-Era and the rise of the "Reality Era" as some dubbed it came with it. Since I was always a fan of the name, I'm going to continue to use that term until I'm
Once again, I'm back with another let's look at a different perspective blog. This time, with Wrestlemania in full swing, it's only natural to stick with the cliched theme. As always I'll be a bit different and point out many "nightmarish" scenarios that could happen at Wrestlemania XXVIII.
Nightmare #1:
Michael Cole will Wrestle
Just a few lines in and
Had to make a pun at the accent...
I'll get to the point -- The WWE caught me a bit by surprise.
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LAGRANGE TOWNSHIP -- Deputies charged an 18-year-old LaGrange Township man with three burglaries after he allegedly took more than 66 pairs of women's underwear from three homes.
Police went to the 38000 block of Biggs Road on Aug. 21 where a woman said her 17-year-old daughter's room had been broken into. The girl said she was missing jewelry and some pairs of panties, according to a Lorain County Sheriff's report.
The following day, the father of Larry Moore, 18, contacted Grafton police after he found jewelry in his son's bedroom and the teen admitted to breaking into the home, according to the report. Moore and his father then spoke with deputies who searched his room at his father's house, finding nothing, according to the report.
When deputies went to check his room at his mother's Pheasant Run home, Moore admitted to breaking into two Stable Run homes. In the room at Moore's mother's house, deputies found a duffel bag with the underwear inside. One burglary victim said 32 of the pairs were hers, while another victim said 34 pairs were hers.
Moore was charged with three counts of burglary, three counts of theft and two counts of criminal damaging.
See Thursday's Morning Journal for more on this story.


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A WOMAN whose two children drowned in the bath in Alresford 15 years ago has been punished for being involved in the supply of heroin.
It was on June 22, 1999, that Lyn Brownsea slipped and fell while supervising her two children, three-year-old Natasha Russell and 18-month-old Abigail Brownsea, while they bathed at her flat in Windsor Road, Alresford.
When she came around, she found the girls had drowned in the water.
Last Friday Brownsea was one of four defendants at Winchester Crown Court sentenced for charges related to heroin drug supply in Basingstoke.
The court heard Brownsea, 36, and her partner Adrian Twining, 49, had allowed their home in Tewkesbury Close, Popley, to be used by two Londoners to deal heroin in December last year.
Hassan Ocloo, 21, acted as a courier to take drugs from London to Basingstoke while a 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was a street dealer, Claire Marlow, prosecuting, said.
Robert Grey, mitigating for Brownsea, said her client had descended slowly into drug use since the tragic accident, and her and her partner were paid by the Londoners in heroin.
He said: "She's a Class A drug user because of that tragedy and she's motivated to come off drugs.
"She knows she cannot spend the rest of her life on drugs."
All four defending barristers said their clients were on the bottom rungs of a drugs syndicate known as Diesel.
Judge Jane Miller QC called Brownsea "a sad person".
She said: "I have read of the tragic event in your life and it was that that caused you to go into drug use.
"But you and your partner allowed your house for drug supply. Of course it was the only way you could get the drugs but that's no excuse."
She sentenced Brownsea to 15 months custody, suspended for two years, for allowing her house to be used in the supply of drugs, and for supply of heroin, two offences she had pleaded guilty to at a previous hearing.
Twining had pleaded guilty to allowing his house to be used in the supply of drugs. He received a 24-week sentence, suspended for two years.
Ocloo and the 17-year-old pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply Class A drugs. Ocloo, of Hanwell, West London, received a two year sentence, suspended for two years, while the 17-year-old received an intensive supervision and surveillance order for 91 days.


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9-year-old Robert Jeffrey certainly was - and he has the epic video to prove it. This week, Jeffrey posted the video on his Tumblr page, allowing the entire Internet to catch a glimpse of his seriously awesome moves (not to mention a nice look at the '91 New York skyline).


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The Hole is a short, 230'-250', yet very sharp dogleg left with a decline in elevation all the way to the pin. Think a backwards "C". From the Teepad, a Mandatory, and a row of small trees left of the the mandatory force players to throw the backwards "C" rather the direct route to the pin.
Lefty backhand I threw a touch anny here that hit the row of trees left of the mando and took a strange bounce around the mando landed on edge and rolled all the way to the putting circle.
Basically "that guy" was there and had to ruin the good time by saying the shot wasn't legal because it had hit left of the mando before bouncing off and going around the mando.
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so my ex (whom I'm still great friends with) wants to use me as a model for some of her goretastic endeavours.
here's some of her work, though DA took most of the best stuff down because it was too graphic. http://grotesquedarling13.deviantart.com/gallery/816852
what she wants to do to me is to take a picture of my hand with an incision along the top of the wrist and the skin being peeled down toward the fingers, revealing the musculature beneath. obviously she's not actually going to dice me up, it's a makeup effect.
NOW here's my question for you. what kind of twisted hand weapons/tools/whatnot can you think of that could be pictured alongside the hand, showing what did the deed?
I suggested a standard scalpel and forceps to her, but she wants something less sterile/surgical looking and more grim/twisted.
my other ideas are:
- scalpel with #12 blade
-woodboard saw
can any of you sick minds out there come up with some other ideas?


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The Bridge Direct passes along new images of their Hobbit toy line, unveiling two new two-packs. These include Legolas and Tauriel (pictured above - 3.75" scale figures in 2-pack), as well as Thorin and the Goblin King (below - 3.75" scale figure Battle Pack).
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ASM Alarm Management Guidelines and ISA-18.2: How Do They Stack Up?
The ISA Standard and the ASM Consortium Guidelines Both Offer Important Information About Alarm Management. Although Their Approaches Differ, They Complement One Another
By Doug Metzger
Since the early to mid '90s there has been an increasing recognition within the process industries that alarm systems, particularly in distributed control systems (DCSs), have gotten out of hand. Results of studies by the ASM Consortium (www.asmconsortium.com) documented in 1995 (Nimmo, 1995) concluded at that time that better handling of abnormal situations in the U.S. petrochemical industry alone could save up to $10 billion per year―a figure that has been repeatedly quoted in literature. Alarm systems have often been identified as part of the problem, rather than the solution. Because of the ease of adding alarms in a DCS, and the apparent added security of doing so, the numbers of alarms an operator must deal with have grown over the years from a few hundred to many hundreds or thousands (Andow, 2000). This often presents the operator with excessive, redundant and unnecessary alarms, overloading the operator and obscuring real problems. As Bransby observed, during plant upsets "there are real risks of important alarms being missed by the operator―with potentially severe consequences." (Bransby & Jenkinson, 1998, p. 62). Unfortunately, experience has shown that there is not a single quick and easy solution to the problem.
Work by the Engineering Equipment and Materials Users Association (EEMUA, www.eemua.org) in the 1990s resulted in publishing its guidelines in 1999―EEMUA Publication No. 191, Alarms Systems, a Guide to Design, Management and Procurement. This document and its update in 2007 (EEMUA, 2007) have been the premier guide for the emerging worldwide consensus on principles and practices for alarm management in industrial process control. Along with documenting the basic principles of good alarm system management and successful techniques in use, EEMUA Publication No. 191 set some clear alarm system performance targets―among them, less than one alarm per 10 minutes as "very likely to be acceptable" and less than ten alarms in 10 minutes following an upset as "should be manageable, but may be difficult" for the operator.
EEMUA performance targets, though aggressive, based on study of industry norms (Bransby & Jenkinson, 1998), and the core principles of alarm management established in Publication 191, have had a normalizing influence on the field of alarm management in the process industries.
The ASM Consortium
The Abnormal Situation Management Consortium (ASM Consortium) began in the early1990s, as an outgrowth of issues around alarm management in distributed control systems. The Consortium's focus of "abnormal situations" is broader than just alarms, but alarm management remains a central theme.
As part of its activities, the ASM Consortium had supported EEMUA's efforts to produce and publish its guidelines in 1999 (and later in 2007). Realizing early in this decade that the EEMUA performance targets were quite aggressive, the Consortium conducted human factors research which showed that EEMUA targets were, in fact, appropriate from an operator loading standpoint (Reising, Downs, & Bayn, 2004). Meanwhile, a study of Consortium member sites (Reising & Montgomery, 2005) showed that (a) such averages can be achieved, but that (b) most operating plants were not meeting these numbers, some off by an order of magnitude or more.
The EEMUA Publication 191 provided a very good basis for alarm management practices; but in a desire to achieve the EEMUA targets, the Consortium members felt the need for more specific recommendations and examples drawn from the collective experiences at member company sites. Like EEMUA, Consortium members wanted to produce guidelines and not standards. The ASM Consortium guidelines on effective alarm management practices were first created in 2003 for use within the Consortium membership, and have undergone six revisions since the first release. The current release, completed in 2009 (Errington, Reising, & Burns, 2009), was made available for purchase by the public on June 15.
The ISA18 Committee
Unlike EEMUA and the ASM Consortium, production of standards documents is one of the missions of the International Society of Automation (ISA, www.isa.org). In June of 2003, the ISA Standards and Practices Board reactivated its SP18 Committee (which had produced a standard in 1979 on Annunciator Sequences and Specifications―ISA-18.1-1979) to create standards for computer-based alarm systems for the process industries.
The first full committee meeting was held in June of 2004 (a skeleton group had met in October of 2003), and from then until now has been comprised of a cross section of experienced personnel from process control and alarm systems producers, users, consultants and engineering contractors. There are currently around 90 members on the committee, 25 of whom are voting members. Members meet face-to-face twice yearly and participate in the interim by editing and commenting on the drafts, both formally and informally. According to Nicholas Sands, co-chairman of the committee, there have been eight interim drafts, and since May of 2006, over 8,000 formal comments have been received and tracked to resolution by the committee. It was approved by committee vote in April 2009, the ANSI/ISA approval process was completed on June 23, and it was made available for purchase in July of this year (ANSI/ISA-18.00.02-2009).
The ISA18 committee was intentionally comprised of known experts in the field, including some with ties to the earlier work by the ASM Consortium and EEMUA, so that the results would be consistent with and a part of the emerging worldwide consensus on alarm management principles and practices.
Different Approaches, Same Target Problem ASM Guideline Document Structure
The structure and content of the ASM guideline document was driven by a number of factors:
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The capsule collection embodies the DNA of both brands, fusing Cottweiler's unique vision with the technical and cultural legacy of Reebok.
A young guy, easy and spontaneous with a lot to tell. From his experience in music, sports and shop, he comes to fashion with a fresh and personal point of view who brought him to be considered a landmark with his style.
13 Bonaparte unveiled the lookbook for its "Collection 10", shot by Francois Coquerel.
For Spring/Summer 2018, they have expanded into menswear while keeping their androgynous ethos.
Sunglasses brand Etnia Barcelona and Reebok Classic teamed up to say goodbye to Summer in a very special way: the Brunch Before Brunch.
Titled "Within The Time Within", the collection was inspired by the deteriorated interiors of eighteenth-century Portuguese palaces, manor houses and garments from the same period.
You may have spotted Ms Celine Dion wearing a similar design.
Yoonjae Jang, Jaemin Cho and Taewoong An captured by the lens of Hyunjong Ryoo, in exclusive for Fucking Young! Online.
NOMANUAL. unveiled the lookbook for its Fall/Winter 2017 "THIS IS MY HOME" collection.
The Spring/Summer 2018 collection from LUNYEE is inspired by nature and a desire to tap into the wider side of our surroundings.
The campaign pictures and videos have been shot in Senegal, Africa, with street casted models.
Chinese brand ROARINGWILD unveiled its Fall/Winter 2017 lookbook, featuring Chaoping Huang photographed by Qiaochen.
The collection, and Vasilis' design aesthetic in general, plays with masculinity by confronting themes of dominance, sexuality and gender identity.
Christopher Bailey unveiled his "See Now, Buy Now" collection for Burberry during London Fashion Week.
The most promising names on Finland's new fashion scenario will be the stars of the Guest Nation project sponsored by the Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery during Pitti Immagine Uomo 93.
This collection is a celebration of the essence of Versus in 90's New York. Printed shirts, swimwear, flared pants and mesh vests become the essentials for today's young men.
You may have spotted Ms Celine Dion wearing a similar design.
Humberto Leon and Carol Lim unveiled their Spring/Summer 2018 collection for Opening Ceremony.
Nicopanda launches onto the London Fashion Week schedule under the Creative Direction of Nicola Formichetti for the brand's debut runway show for Spring/Summer 2018
Marsio Bellizzi – Italian, born and bred – is a 37 years old motion graphics designer who's
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"When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell." -- Bernard Baruch
Solid earnings reports from Google (GOOG) and IBM (IBM) have the bulls feeling optimistic this morning, but the bears are hoping for a sell-the-news reaction as we have been pricing in such news for weeks now. We've had a big, straight-up run, so the conditions are in place for some profit taking, but that has been the case for quite a while and it just hasn't happened.
The pattern of the market recently has been some early nervousness and then we find support an hour or so after the open and then close strong. Since the first of the year, we have not had a single close at the low. In fact, we have closed near the highs virtually every day, which is classic bull market action.
I've written quite a bit lately how the best approach to this market is to stick with the trend and to ignore the bears that keep trying to call tops. The bears have been convinced that sentiment is too frothy and the news not that great. Perhaps that is so, but I suggest that the time to be bearish is when there is actually some weak price action. Since we haven't even managed a weak close once this year, there is little reason to believe that the market is in trouble and ready to collapse.
The good earnings reports from GOOG and IBM are going to provide an excellent test of the market today. In the early going there is already some hesitancy in the indices and the bears are going to be quick to argue that these are company-specific reports and not indicative of a generally healthy market.
Of course the Apple (AAPL) report tonight will be the real test of the mood of this market. No stock has been as badly beaten up as this one lately and the issue is whether expectations are now so low that it will jump even on a mediocre report or will the change in character of this stock be confirmed? It is a roll of the dice, but I'm sure there are many who will be anxious to place a bet.
One of the easiest things to do in this market right now is to overthink the action. By any measure the market is acting very well. The bears can always find things to complain about, such as sentiment, overbought stochastics, big-picture economics and politics and so on. But there is nothing wrong with the way the market is moving other than maybe that it has gone up too far, too fast. Betting against the market on that basis hasn't worked very well in the last few years.
I'm sticking with my bullish stance until I see a concrete reason not to. A weak close and a sell-the-news reaction to good earnings would be negative, but I'm going to wait to see if that actually happens rather than try to anticipate it.


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CHAMPIONS Old Malton St Mary's made it three wins out of three in the York Minster Engineering Football League premier division with a 4-1 success at York RI.
A brace from Dean Nuttall and finishes from Rob Baker and substitute James McLoughlin ensured that the away side took maximum points, despite a consolation goal from Darren Sellars.
Tadcaster Magnets also maintained their perfect record in their first season of top-flight football with a 3-0 victory at Easingwold Town.
Their second success was secured thanks to a goal from Rob McDermid and two from substitute Joseph Smyth in the last ten minutes.
Riccall United ended Dunnington's unbeaten start to the season with a 2-1 home win.
Gary Collier and Chris Coxon got on the scoresheet and, despite the away side halving the deficit, they could not grab an equaliser.
Dringhouses earned their first point of the season with a 2-2 draw at Terrington Glory.
Ollie Varey gave the home side the lead but Robin Jefferson levelled before half-time.
Glory regained the lead through a Jonny Brown strike before Wilson Briggs' equaliser just before the final whistle.
Huntington Rovers also gained their first points with a 2-2 draw at Harrison Signs.
Neil Fryirs strike gave the hosts the lead before James Edmond equaliser for Rovers.
Fryirs' second regained the lead before a late Pete Laidlaw goal earned a share of the spoils.
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Will the Queen Marlena/Cringer packaging be the same size as last year's Orko/Adam set?We actually are not going to comment on the secret accessory until after he is released for those who still want the joy of experiencing the accessory for the first time when opening the box.
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The Ghostbusters 2 gift set was a great idea but they all seem to be sitting on the shelves at my local Toy"R"Us stores, no doubt due to the fact that the figures are based on the second film instead of the original. Have you considered releasing a different set this year that will include all the Ghostbusters in their original film colors to boost interest in the line?It actually is not vital to the line to do this. The line is doing fantastic on Mattycollector.com.
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Dean Koontz's NEVERMORE makes it's Dynamite launch to comic book stores everywhere this coming March 2011 from Dynamite Entertainment.
"My original intention was to write NEVERMORE as a novel, and I still might do that one day," explains author Dean Koontz. "In the meantime, it is great fun for me to watch Keith Champagne, Leno Carvalho, Darick Robertson, and Tyler Walpole bring the concept to life so brilliantly."From the moment they first met, Bobby Godric and Nora Watson were meant only for each other. Together, the two built an empire from their true love and hard work. Young, brilliant, and wealthy, the entire world was open to them until fate cruelly intervened, and Nora died suddenly.
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"Nevermore is a tale of alternate dimensions, scary alien monsters, destroyed worlds, and stakes so high, the fate of the entire multiverse hangs in the balance," says writer Keith Champagne. "But beyond the sci-fi trappings, the engine that drives this story is love. Bobby Godric loved his wife, Nora--and vice versa--with all his heart and soul. He'll literally move worlds to find her again and he'll never give up, no matter how many times it comes out wrong. God help anyone--especially The Hydra--that get in his way!"
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Kibble wrote:It may or may not be official info, I dunno, but diving a little deeper into the VW and Porsche warbot thing...what I've read is that it supposedly has more to do with the fact that VW and Porsche have actual Nazi ties, thus the reason they don't want anything to further associate them back to that. So while Lambo may be a subsidiary of those companies, they at least don't have any connection to WWII or Nazis. If you buy into that, then we might not be any closer to licensed MP Bumblebee or Jazz.
I think it's all just hearsay that's been repeated throughout the fandom so many times that fans just assume it's fact. If someone can point me to an official statement by Hasbro, VW, or Porsche I'd be very appreciative of seeing some factual statements instead of rumors and hearsay.


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BY MANY ACCOUNTS, THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN "THE YEAR of the consumer" in the power industry. That distinction, of course, is a double-edged sword.
The consumer - dare I mention "the Bakersfield effect"? - came roaring onto the national scene as pockets of discontent over smart meters made themselves known. In several high-profile regulatory cases, state utility commissions slowed the trajectory of investor-owned utilities, insisting on a balance of financial risk between shareholder and consumer and tangible benefits for the latter. Consumers themselves came under the microscope as a subject of study. What do we know about this strange animal and where does the industry need more research to better understand it?
These developments demanded that knowledge centers focus on consumers and that their concerns be included in this year's list of the top 11 knowledge centers for smart grid.
The same goes for electric vehicles and storage. Electric vehicles of various stripes actually hit the market in the past few months and nearly everyone, it seems, needs information about them-particularly utilities seeking to ensure that the grid can accommodate them.
With many states on an uphill march to meet renewable energy portfolio standards or self-imposed goals, and federal stimulus dollars directed at various efforts around energy storage, that topic also gained a much higher profile than ever before.
Thus the following list has shifted from last year. In an industry with a deep bench of organizations that qualify as knowledge centers, this year's list reflects emerging hot topics.
Knowledge needs are changing
Of course, the nature of one's query is what makes a topic hot. Widespread organic interest certainly makes consumers, electric vehicles and storage top of mind. But any given knowledge center may be critical to the seeker based on his or her needs.
If you're a utility, your staff's needs for knowledge range across the entire spectrum of topics. If you are a newly minted state regulator, you're standing right between those two parties, with a need to assess the pressures on utilities and the rights of consumers. If you're that elusive consumer (let's face it, we all are), you may be hungry to understand those smart meter-related headlines or presidential speeches on energy, and what it all means to you and your pocketbook.
If you seek knowledge about consumer issues, you'd do well to consult the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) or the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA). Early this year, the SGCC released the "2011 State of the Consumer Report," which synthesized myriad, disparate studies about consumer attitudes and behaviors, while identifying significant gaps in knowledge. Last year, NASUCA released the influential white paper "The Need for Essential Consumer Protections: Smart Metering Proposals and the Move to Time-Based Pricing," which coincided with NASUCA taking a bigger role in industry discussions in Washington and many states.
Those cases in which an organization issues a report that crystallizes the discussion of the moment and advances the conversation are somewhat rare. More often, an organization's consistent efforts continued to inform an ongoing discussion.
Thus if electric vehicles are on your mind, the Electric Drive Transportation Association will be on your short list. Punch "energy storage" into a search engine and it would be hard to miss the Electricity Storage Association. If your agenda includes home area networks, you're likely to find the ZigBee Alliance or its "coopetition" useful.
Mercurial smart grid
I haven't seen the smart grid compared to a drop of mercury, so I'll coin that analogy here. It has been broadly defined as the addition of digital technology, especially computing and communications, to make the grid more reliable and resilient, while creating a two-way flow of information down to the meter and, possibly, beyond. But as soon as you put your finger on it, it tends to re-form in a new shape. Defining it can be frustrating.
That point carries over to the knowledge centers serving the industry and the public. Organizations listed here either focus squarely on the topic as defined earlier or they are organizations much broader in scope that happen to include smart grid technology, policy or practices. No one in the electric utility industry can escape the influence of major organizations such as the Edison Electric Institute and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, or the steady output of fundamental research by the Electric Power Research Institute, which has become a staple for grid modernization.
Weights and measures
This list, therefore, is not intended as a linear ranking. Instead, we provide an indication of each group's size and output by using a handful of criteria so readers can get a quick sense of the dynamics and influence of the organization. You can weigh the apples and oranges. And with such a deep bench of knowledge resources available, providing 11 of them is an admittedly arbitrary number by which to make a cutoff.
A word on the criteria and their role in this list: Quantity and quality may be the twin pillars of influence, but weighing them is art, not science. An organization with a small membership of heavy hitters may produce and disseminate more knowledge than a group with a seemingly endless roster. One influential report can produce more knowledge than a flurry of white papers. Thus we've applied and weighed objective criteria to develop this list of knowledge centers. But behind the numbers, as always, lies a more complex picture.
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This summers blockbuster Green Lantern film had quite a cast of alien Lanterns, featured in the scenes on Oa and some of the space combat with Parallax. And so it was that when Mattel set out to fill the ranks of its film-based figures they did so with a bunch of non-terrestrials. Of course, some of those aliens made more of an impression on audiences than others, and those were the ones fans hoped would appear in plastic. While he didnt have a whole lot of screen time, Kilowog was definitely one of the standout Green Lanterns with a very memorable scene in which he trains Hal Jordan with his unique style. There have been several Kilowogs in the 4 inch figure line, but he hadnt made his way into the Movie Masters... until Comic-Con. One of Mattels many SDCC exclusives this year was the mighty poozer himself, and he makes for quite a figure.
The films characterization of Kilowog was pretty close to his identity in the comics, though stripped down for time. Kilowog hails from Bolovax Vik, a planet that was destroyed while he was away leaving him alone in the universe. Despite his size and appearance Kilowog is actually one of the smartest Green Lanterns with knowledge in many scientific areas. His combat prowess and natural leadership abilities led to his post as drill sergeant for new Corps members, a duty at which he excelled. It is in this capacity we see him in the film, giving some tough lessons to the rookie Hal Jordan.
Like the Mattycollector exclusive Green Man (see our review HERE) before him, Kilowog comes packaged in an oversized window box version of the Movie Masters bubble and card. Also like Green Man, the drill instructor comes packaged first in a sturdy outer box that has the figures name and the movie logo. Inside youll see all of the familiar green, with the bulky plastic outline reminiscent of the Green Lantern symbol with an insert of swirling green and black GL energy. Behind the figure is a huge GL symbol, further reinforcing the brand. The reverse panel of Kilowogs box has the standard Movie Masters description along with a large image, brief bio, and statistical information on the huge poozer.
When I reviewed Green Man, I thought he was big. But Kilowog blows him out of the water. You can see from how hes packaged crouched way down that hes a big guy who couldnt fit in the box if he were standing. Out of the box Kilowog is over 9 inches tall (dont believe those who are re-printing that 8 inch height), head and shoulders above even Green Man! His look is purely film-inspired with the wrinkled face, hunched head, massive shoulders, elephant-like skin, and huge hands and three-toed feet.
Also like Green Man, Kilowog benefits from a great sculpt that shows off his unique skin texture. Green Lanterns dont really wear clothes; rather, their uniforms are essentially made of painted on energy. In Kilowogs case this reveals his lumpy and bumpy hide. Other than the pattern of bumps across his body, the hefty Lantern has huge muscles and thick, fleshy folds in his skin that are most noticeable on his legs. True to his size, Kilowog has the largest Green Lantern ring of all the figures, and it looks great on his massive right fist (the left hand is sculpted open). As usual, on top of a really good body sculpt is one heck of a head sculpt. Kilowogs unique head is rounded and bare on top with a face only a mother could love. Wrinkled and lumpy, its got plenty of character with a large brow ridge, sunken beady eyes, a porcine nose, and animal-like lip flaps. The only thing missing is the stubble!
Kilowog bucks some of the trends in the other Green Lantern Movie Masters figures when it comes to paint. Eschewing the metallic hues seen on the others, the big man instead has an overall matte look that if anything makes him fit in better with comic book GL figures. The design of his uniform is very organic, with green emanating from the torso to the shoulders and waist, and extending up the limbs from the hands and feet. The remainder, the upper limbs and abdomen, is a dark gray. Also unlike the other Lantern figures, Kilowogs uniform leaves his fingers exposed so we actually see a bit more skin tone than usual. This aliens flesh is an uneven and mottled orange/brown, while his piercing eyes are pale blue. Kilowogs chest emblem is comprised of white and a brighter green hue that also appears on his ring.
The Movie Masters figures generally have excellent articulation, and this might the one area where Kilowog falls a little short. Hes articulated with a ball-jointed neck, ball-jointed shoulders, hinged elbows, rotating wrists, waist, front-back and side hinged hips, ball-jointed knees, and hinged ankles. Its by no means a bad set of joints, but it feels like there could have been more, especially some sort of biceps or ball-jointed elbows. Because the arms and shoulder joints are so big, in some poses you might end up exposing Kilowogs armpits where the inner part of the joint is painted to match the top of the shoulder. Keep his arms lower than shoulder level and it wont be a big deal. Regardless, his articulation is good enough to get some nice poses including ring-slinging and threatening, perfect for a drill sergeant.
At $25, Kilowog is a pretty great deal for such a huge figure and a Comic-Con exclusive to boot. Hes definitely a must-have for Green Lantern collectors, and you wont regret the purchase when you display him towering over his fellow Corps members. A limited number of SDCC exclusives, including Kilowog, are available in the Mattycollector store starting today, so if you need one then head over there ASAP.
Review and photos by Scott Rubin.
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The fourteenth annual Salary Survey was redesigned for 2013 and new information was collected. The survey focused on salaries for applicators and agronomists this year, but new questions were added to reveal insights as to what influences the base salaries companies offer.
The survey remains informal and is sent to agronomy department managers, agronomy assistant managers, general managers, assistant managers, location managers and operation managers. Respondents change from year to year and no data is kept to identify if a respondent replies from one year to the next. Although data from one year to the next cannot be exactly compared because different respondents are used each year, trends can be gleaned.
Like most years, a majority of the respondents who took the survey indicated they were in Midwestern states. Nearly 69 percent of the respondents said they were located in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. The largest percentage of respondents (13.8 percent) indicated they were located in Iowa. This year, we had more respondents than ever before.
Because not all retail facilities do custom application, we asked respondents to indicate if they employed full-time applicators. A total of 89.9 percent hired full-time applicators. We also asked how many full-time applicators they employed and answers ranged from one to 750, which demonstrates that respondents ranged in size from small, local dealerships to large regional and national dealerships. Because of the wide range in answers, the average number of applicators employed per company was 13.3. However, the largest percentage (64.4 percent) hired only one to six applicators.
In years past, AgProfessional asked respondents to identify the salary of the top applicator. In this year's survey, we asked respondents to provide the base salary of the company's entry-level, full-time applicator/machine operator. Only 67.8 percent indicated they provided a base compensation plan for entry-level applicators. From this new questioning, the average entry level, full-time applicator/machine operator earned $34,225.
In 2012, the average salary for the top applicator was $42,312 we didn't ask for a base salary. In this year's survey, salaries for a full-time, entry-level applicator ranged from $20,000 to $65,000 compared with $25,000 to $65,000 in the 2012 Salary Survey.
To get a better idea of how much an applicator's base salary changed, or the average wage increase, in one year, we asked what percentage their salaries had changed. The results showed that 23 percent had no change in salary, but 76.8 percent said they had a raise. And a mere 0.3 percent indicated the base salary had decreased for applicators in the past year. Of those that indicated a pay increase, we found that 36.6 percent indicated an increase of between 1 percent and 3 percent, 25.7 said the salary had increased between 4 percent and 6 percent and 10.7 percent indicated the base salary had increased between 7 percent and 10 percent. Only 3.8 percent indicated that pay increased more than 11 percent in the past year.
In addition to base compensation, we wanted to get an idea what influences may impact how companies set the base salary for applicators. So, we asked how much competitors' entry level salaries influenced the base salary offered for applicators. Competitors' salaries had a strong influence for 30.4 percent, but 50.1 percent said it only had a minor influence. Thirteen percent said there was no influence and 6.5 percent said competitors' salaries were not applicable to setting their base salaries.
In determining what attracts a potential applicator or agronomist candidate to a company, we asked if companies thought the benefit package they offered influenced a candidate's decision to choose that company to work for. Interestingly, 61.6 percent said they believed the dollar value of the benefits package they offered was a strong influence on a candidate's decision to work for a company. Only 35.5 percent said it was a minor influence, while 2.9 percent said it was no influence at all.
A high school education remains the top answer for the minimum level of education necessary for an entry level applicator. Sixty-seven percent said a high school degree was necessary to be hired as an entry level applicator. No requirement was necessary for 19.2 percent of respondents. Only 5.1 percent required some college, 5.7 percent required an associate's or tech degree and 1.1 percent required a bachelor's degree.
In past surveys, many had indicated that more education equated to a higher salary for an applicator. This year we asked if more education for an entry level applicator equated to a higher salary. Only 38.8 percent said yes, while 55.3 percent said no. For those that indicated more education did bring more pay, we asked how much additional salary more education earned an applicator on average. Answers ranged from $500 to $20,000. The average amount that education increased salary was $4,885. The highest percentage of responses (33 percent) indicated that more education and extra knowledge earned the entry-level applicator $4,000 more.
In previous years, we've also asked how experience impacts salaries. This year we asked if more experience equated to a higher salary when companies hired a new applicator. For applicators, 89.8 percent said experience did help increase the entry level salary. Only 7.9 percent said it did not lead to a higher base salary. Experience increased the base salary of applicators between $100 and $42,000. The average amount that experience increased salary was $5,587. The highest percentage of responses, (27 percent) indicated the base salary was increased by $4,500.
Based on these numbers this year, it appears that although employers are willing to pay more for experience and education, they are willing to pay slightly more for experience than education.
This year, we asked respondents to indicate what qualified an entry level applicator for a pay raise. Respondents could pick multiple answers. Here is the list they could choose from and the percent of each answer chosen:
- Earning additional education: 23.3 percent
- Earning a CCA certification: 24.7 percent
- Met bonus goals: 28.6 percent
- Hours worked: 33.9 percent
- Profit/state of the economy: 39.2 percent
- Customer service recognition: 43.1 percent
- Another year of experience: 64.7 percent
- Increased duties/responsibilities: 66.1 percent
- Positive attitude: 71.7 percent
- Manager's discretion: 77.8 percent
- None of the above: 1.7 percent
In addition to base salary, we asked if companies offered applicators a bonus in 2012. Nearly 72 percent indicated they did offer bonuses. When asked what factor the bonus was based upon, 47.3 percent said it was acres treated, 28.5 percent said company profit, 1.5 percent said hours worked, 21.9 percent said overall job performance/discretionary and 0.8 percent indicated another factor.
Along with applicator base salary trends, we also asked for the base salary of the company's entry level, full-time sales agronomists. This year, the average base salary for an entry level sales agronomist was $42,362. Last year, the average salary for the top agronomist was $56,927. Again, last year's number is higher because we asked for the top sales agronomist salary instead of the base salary, which we asked for the 2013 survey. This year, agronomist salaries ranged from $18,000 to $100,000 compared with $32,000 to $150,000 in the 2012 survey.
The same as we asked for applicators, we asked if companies employed full-time agronomists. Of those responding to this year's survey, 88.5 percent said they hired full-time agronomists. We also asked how many full-time agronomists they employed and answers ranged from one to 700, which again demonstrates that respondents ranged in size from small, local dealerships to large regional and national dealerships. Because of the wide range in answers, the average number of sales agronomists employed per company was 10. However, the largest percentage (56.7 percent) hired only one to three agronomists.
Companies were asked what the minimum level of education was necessary for an entry level sales agronomist. The highest percentage (39.4 percent) indicated a bachelor's degree was the minimum degree needed. For others, 10.9 percent required a high school diploma, 16.5 percent required some college, 25.1 percent required an associate's/tech degree, 0.6 required a master's degree and 5.9 percent had no requirement.
As with applicators, we asked if more education equated to a higher salary for an entry level agronomist. Slightly more than 59 percent indicated it did, while 33 percent said it did not. For those that indicated education did equate to more pay, the average additional amount offered was $6,827. Answers ranged from $3 to $50,000. The majority (32.4 percent) said their company offered an additional $5,000 for more education than required for an entry level sales agronomist.
In addition to education, we asked respondents if experience equated to a higher salary when hiring a new sales agronomist. A whopping 92.5 percent said yes, while only 4.5 percent said it did not. When asked to convert that experience into an additional amount of salary they were willing to offer for more experience, respondents indicated they offered an average of $8,525. Thirty-one percent (the largest percentage) offered $5,000 for additional experience. Companies indicated they offered between $1,000 and $300,000 more for experience.
We also asked what qualified sales agronomists for a raise in the past year. Respondents could pick multiple answers. Here is what they could choose from and the percent that each answer was selected:
- Hours worked: 18.4 percent
- Earning additional education: 37.0 percent
- Customer service recognition: 48.0 percent
- Profit/state of the economy: 52.0 percent
- Met bonus goals: 56.8 percent
- Earning a CCA certification: 57.3 percent
- Another year of experience: 57.9 percent
- Increased duties/responsibilities: 62.4 percent
- Positive attitude: 66.4 percent
- Manager's discretion: 77.7 percent
- None of the above: 2.0 percent
A majority of agronomists were offered bonuses in 2012 with 85.7 percent of companies offering bonuses, while only 10.9 percent said they did not. When asked what factor determined the sales agronomists' bonus, respondents said company profit (34 percent), job performance/discretionary (31 percent), department sales (17.3 percent), department profit (15.7 percent) and other (2 percent).


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Dr. Bil Kerrigan named Person of the Year by The Daily and Sunday Jeffersonian
Associate Professor of History Dr. Bil Kerrigan has been named one of three 2008 Persons of the Year by The Daily and Sunday Jeffersonian newspaper.
Each December, the newspaper's editorial staff reflects on the past year, thinking back on those whose contributions have helped make the community better. Dr. Kerrigan was chosen for his leadership on a variety of important community projects, as well as his efforts to preserve the regions' history.
Most recently, Dr. Kerrigan spearheaded the effort to bring the Ohio Chautauqua to New Concord for the first time in the event's history. The week-long event, which featured a variety of performances of famous historical figures from Ohio, was heavily attended by audiences from the region and from all over the state.
Dr. Kerrigan's commitment to the community has gone far beyond his natural interest in history, however. An avid outdoorsman and kayaker, he was instrumental in the successful effort to build hiking trails and bridges around New Concord Reservoir, and has hosted several "introduction to kayaking" events which were sponsored by the New Concord Area Arts and Recreation District.
In addition to these community projects, Dr. Kerrigan also has worked with his students to produce three books on the history of the region. A Pictorial History of the Salt Fork Region was published last year, and Cambridge, Ohio was published in 2006. Soon to be released is A Pictorial History of Muskingum College. All are available at the Muskingum College Bookstore, or from Arcadia Publishing.
Beyond these activities, Dr. Kerrigan also has served on the board of the John and Annie Glenn Historic Site and has been a member of the New Concord Area Planning Task Force, as well as volunteering for "Let's Pick It Up, New Concord," an annual community clean-up event.
"I love this community," Dr. Kerrigan says. "I love this region and the landscape. It's a close-knit community. There's a lot of neighborliness."
To read the Jeffersonian article, click here. Photo courtesy of The Daily and Sunday Jeffersonian.
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Chatham Large File + Storage Desk + Hutch
$199 – $999
- Overview
Retro details give this roomy desk smart style that works. The two cabinets – one for files and one with two drawers and a cubby – allow for plenty of storage so you can free up your work space.
- Crafted from premium-quality plywood, veneer, and MDF, an engineered wood that lends exceptional strength and ensures structural integrity over time.
- Antique White finish is gently distressed by hand.
- Dark Espresso finish goes through a multi-step process highlighting the wood's natural grain.
- Add the Snack Cabinet + Top, File Cabinet + Top, or Chatham Bookcase (all sold separately) next to the desk for extra storage and organized set up.
- Add our large hutch or desktop organizer( both sold separately); large hutch has two cubbies and two sliding doors that open to extra storage space.
- File cabinet has two deep drawers with label holders on the drawer front; adjustable file glides fit letter-sized folders.
- Brushed-iron-finished hardware creates an industrial look.
- Storage Desk + Hutch: 60" wide x 22" deep x 30.25" high
- Dimensions + Care
- Overall: 60" wide x 22" deep x 30.25" high
- Desktop: 60" wide x 22" deep x 1.5" thick
File Cabinet
- File Cabinet: 20" wide x 22" deep x 29.5" high
- Top: 20" wide x 22" deep x 1.5" thick
- Drawer Interior (2): 13" wide x 15" deep x 12" high
Storage Cabinet
- Storage Cabinet: 18" wide x 20" deep x 29.5" high
- Top: 18" wide x 22" deep x 1.5" thick
- Large Drawer Interior: 13" wide x 15" deep x 12.25" high
Large Hutch
- Overall: 59.5" wide x 10.75" deep x 33" high
- Cubby Interior: 57" wide x 9.5" deep x 20" high
Desktop Organizer
- Overall: 35" wide x 8" deep x 5.5" high
- Drawer Interior (2): 8" wide x 6" deep x 3.5" high
- Dust with a soft, dry cloth.
- To protect the finish, do not apply abrasives or household cleaners.
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This item is delivered by our Premium In-Home Delivery Service. With In-Home delivery, the item is brought into your home, unpacked, and assembled (except for some headboards and Style-It Desk components, which are not unpacked or assembled. Our service also does not mount hutches and shelves to customer's walls.) Delivery is by appointment. Monday-Friday, in all areas; Saturday delivery in some areas. Our delivery service will contact you to arrange a day. This service is available in the contiguous 48 states only. Please allow approximately 2-3 weeks for delivery. Returns of mattresses are subject to a $40 return shipping fee.
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Winery thinks pink
HIT: Shannon Ridge Winery donated $425 to Sponsoring Survivorship of Lake County.
MISS: Nearly 40,700 women in the United States died from breast cancer in 2009 (the most recent year statistics are available), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Homeless support
HIT: The Lake County Continuum of Care plans to conduct the annual count of Lake County's homeless population next week. The tally helps put Lake County in position to seek grant funding.
HIT: Clearlake Police are developing a homeless-liaison program to enhance public safety.
Middletown man flips pickup
MISS: A Middletown man suffered major injuries after his truck crashed against a narrow bridge, crossed a creek and rolled off Highway 29 in Napa County between Calistoga and Mount St. Helena.
Arrests made in kidnapping
HIT: Following a month-long investigation, sheriff's detectives arrested three men Tuesday in connection with a brutal, early-December kidnapping in Upper Lake.
MISS: The trio is accused of abducting a woman, stealing from her and threatening to torture, rape and kill her.
Escaped inmate found
HIT: Sheriff's deputies and Clearlake Police officers located David Allen Brown three days after he escaped from the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility.
MISS: Brown, 22, got away from minimum custody by scaling a fence surrounding the male dormitory.
MISS: He was sentenced to the county jail under the Criminal Justice Realignment Act, serving a term that would have previously been completed in state prison.
Driver sentenced for '09 wreck
HIT: Judge Stephen O. Hedstrom Tuesday sentenced Alejandro Aurelio Arias to 15 years to life in state prison for causing the violent, high-speed crash that killed Charlane Hill in Lakeport Sept. 11, 2009.
MISS: Authorities said Arias blew through a highway red light at 100 mph right before colliding with Hill's car. He was pulled over and warned for speeding less than a half-hour beforehand.
HIT: Arias, 31, of Kelseyville admitted culpability, pleading no contest to second-degree murder late last year.
MISS: Hill's family had to wait more than three years for the criminal case to resolve.
Charges filed in July fatal crash
HIT: Prosecutors charged Dylan Eugene Waters with vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated stemming from the crash off Highway 29 that killed his older brother and another man north of downtown Lower Lake July 3.
Century-plus tree removed
MISS: A 100-year-old Chinaberry tree in Lakeport was cut down because of rotting.
HIT: The homeowners plan to plant another tree in its place.
Gazebo gratitude
HIT: Lakeport Mayor Tom Engstrom presented the Lakeport Rotary Club a certificate of appreciation for the renovations to the Library Park Gazebo.
Honoring Jane
HIT: The Lakeport City Council approved the Westside Community Park Committee recommendation to name Phase 2 of the park "Jane Barnes Field."
Crab season
HIT: Lake County seafood aficionados have multiple opportunities to enjoy fresh crab while supporting community groups.


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Community award winner Molly Hopkins was a VIP for the day at a Trowbridge extra care housing complex.
The 84-year-old, who is a resident at Florence Court, was chosen to open the fete, raising funds for the residents' social calendar.
Mrs Hopkins said: " We raised over £300 which I think is marvellous for our first event.
"We need to start some fundraising to organise trips and social events."
Christine Newman, manager at Florence Court, said Mrs Hopskins was the ideal person to open the fete.
She said: " Molly is always coming up with ideas. She organises a bingo night on a Thursday and sing-a-long with Molly on a Tuesday.
"She thought up the idea of the fete and the residents all came together for a great afternoon."
Mrs Hopkins recently won the Trowbridge Town Council award for her work in the town She is a founder member of the Trowbridge/Leer Twinning Association and retired as organiser of the Studley Green Day Care Centre at the end of October 2013 after being involved with it for over 25 years.


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Outgoing chancellor: Charles Reed faced controversy, challenges
Reed's impact: Cal State San Bernardino | Cal Poly Pomona | Cal State Long Beach | Cal State Northridge | Cal State Dominguez Hills | Cal State Los Angeles | Cal State Fullerton
Incoming chancellor: Tim White unafraid of challenges ahead
LONG BEACH - Like universities across the state, Cal State Long Beach has seen its share of budget cuts.
But despite tough fiscal times, Long Beach still remains a high-demand campus and one of the best deals in higher education, said Cal State Long Beach President F. King Alexander.
And that's thanks largely to Cal State University Chancellor Charles B. Reed, Alexander added. Reed will be retiring this week after nearly 15 years as head of the CSU system.
Alexander, who has served as president since 2006, said he and Reed have enjoyed a close working relationship over the years since they both live in Long Beach.
"Charlie has worked tirelessly to expand the reputation of the CSU, and I wish the people and students in California knew the national and international respect the CSU has today thanks to his leadership," Alexander said. "Here in Long Beach, our attractiveness to students has never been higher."
Alexander said CSULB continuously receives record numbers of applications from first-time students, making the university a top choice in California second only to UCLA. The university is anticipating a record 80,000 applications from freshman and transfer students for fall 2013.
Despite recent tuition hikes, CSULB is still regularly listed as one of the nation's "Best Value" public universities by The Princeton Review.
"We're rated as one of the best values in the country, and we're also the best system in keeping students out of debt," he said. "We're a role model on what universities should be doing."
Alexander said the CSU, at Reed's direction, regularly posts information on its website about average student debt after graduation, tuition rates, projected salaries for graduates and more.
"A lot of colleges don't want people to know about their student debt, but we want to put that information out there for the public good," Alexander said. "Colleges are now just starting to catch on and post this information for the public, and here we've been doing this for the last five years. Thanks to Charlie, the CSU has been on the forefront of many changes."


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Jocelyn Workman '07 receives outstanding senior award from teaching association and is named as teaching assistant in France
Jocelyn Workman '07 has received the Outstanding Senior in French Award from the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) and has been named as the English language teaching assistant at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie in Nice, France for the 2007-2008 academic year.
A political science and French major, Workman will receive the award this April during the college's senior seminar presentations. The AATF award recognizes a graduating senior who demonstrates excellence in the study of French, as well as exceptional commitment to the French language and many cultures where it is spoken.
Workman was cited by the AATF for having participated in Muskingum's study abroad program for a semester at the University of Toulon-Var in France, serving as president of the college's French Club and as vice president of its chapter of Phi Sigma Iota, the international foreign language honorary. She also has attended a workshop in Washington D.C., sponsored by Women's Foreign Policy Group and Women in International Security, for those interested in a career in foreign service with the U.S. Department of State.
Workman was selected for the position of English languague teaching assistant based on her academic performance, her experience as an exchange student at the University of Toulon-Var in France and her service to the language programs at Muskingum College.
In addition to her work in French and political science, Workman has studied German and Spanish at the college and plans a career in the foreign service after graduation
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Just as you should consistently ask applicants questions that get you all the information needed, so should you question yourself every time you consider hiring a new employee. By Mel Kleiman, Contributing Editor. One of the fastest growing classes of lawsuits today are employment law filings. In addition to discrimination and wage/hour actions, we're seeing
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Low postpartum blood calcium remains one of the largest constraints to postpartum feed intake, milk yield and energy balance in transitioning dairy cows.
Supplemental dietary anions decrease the dietary cation-anion difference (DCAD) and reduce the risk for postpartum hypocalcemia. Prepartum management strategies aiming to minimize social stress and diet changes have resulted in a need to explore the effects of extended exposure to a negative DCAD (>21d) diet.
Holstein and Holstein-cross dairy cows (n=60) were assigned to one of three treatments 42days before expected calving to evaluate effects of supplying anions for 21 or 42days during the dry period on energy status, postpartum production, and Ca homeostasis.
Treatments included:
- A control diet (CON; DCAD=12mEq/100g of DM).
- A 21-day negative DCAD diet (21-ND; DCAD=12 and −16 mEq/100g of DM).
- A 42-day negative DCAD diet (42-ND; DCAD=−16 mEq/100g of DM).
Cows fed CON were fed positive DCAD prepartum for 42days. Cows fed 21-ND received the positive DCAD (12mEq/100g of DM) diet for the first 21days of the dry period and the anionic diet (−16mEq/100g of DM) from day 22 until calving.
Cows fed 42-ND received the anionic diet for the entire dry period. Control and anionic diets were formulated by using two isonitrogenous protein mixes:
- 97.5% soybean meal
- 52.8% BioChlor (Church & Dwight Co. Inc.), 45.8% soybean meal.
Supplementing anions induced a mild metabolic acidosis, reducing urine pH for 21-ND and 42-ND compared with CON. Prepartum DMI was not different among treatments. Postpartum DMI was higher for 21-ND compared with CON (20.8 vs. 18.1±1.1kg/d), and 42-ND had similar DMI compared with 21-ND. During the first 56days of lactation 21-ND had greater average milk production compared with CON (44.8 vs. 39.2±2.1kg/d). Average milk production by 42-ND was similar to 21-ND. Postpartum total blood Ca concentration was greater for 42-ND. Cows fed anionic diets prepartum tended to have lower lipid accumulation in the liver after calving compared with CON. These data suggest low-DCAD diets fed for 21 or 42days during the dry period can have positive effects on postpartum DMI, Ca homeostasis and milk production.
Source: Journal of Dairy Science/W. Weich, E. Block, N.B. Litherland