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BWW TV Exclusive: Debra Monk Reveals Details on Her Birthday Benefit Concert!
Beloved stage and screen star Debra Monk celebrates her 65th birthday February 24, 2014, in a free-wheeling rock 'n' roll concert produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. BroadwayWorld's Richard Ridge was in the rehearsal room with Debra and the gang to preview the show, and you can check out an exclusive interview with Monk below!
Debra Monk Birthday Bash (#debrabday) will feature the Tony Award winner and some of her most talented friends rollicking through a collection of their favorite rock and pop hits. Among those scheduled to join Monk are two-time Tony nominee Charlotte D'Amboise, Tony nominee Brandon Victor Dixon, six-time Tony nominee Scott Ellis, four-time Tony nominee and six-time Emmy nominee Victor Garber, two-time Tony and Emmy Award winner Andrea Martin and Tony and Emmy nominee Ron Rifkin.
Held at the Gerald W. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College, 524 West 59th Street in New York City, VIP tickets start at $175 and include access to an exclusive post-performance reception with Monk and the cast; performance-only tickets are $95. Tickets can be purchased at broadwaycares.org/debramonk or by calling 212.840.0770, ext. 268.
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Informix just came out with version 11.70.xC2. No big deal you may think. Wrong. It is a big deal! With xC2 we are making available a new edition: IBM Informix Ultimate Warehouse edition.
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The Screen Actors Guild Foundation and BWW Announce New Partnership on Conversations Q&A Series & Expansion of 'Backstage with Richard Ridge'
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation and BroadwayWorld.com have partnered for a new filmed and live Conversations Q&A series to recognize and celebrate the vibrant theatre community in New York City and the union actors who aspire to have a career on the stage and screen.
The Conversations series co-hosted by the SAG Foundation and BroadwayWorld will be moderated by Richard Ridge of "Backstage with Richard Ridge", the leading online talk show that sits down with Broadway's best and brightest. Events will be filmed in front of a live audience of SAG-AFTRA and AEA members. SAG Foundation programming is offered at no-cost to all union members (SAG-AFTRA & Equity).
"We're excited to work with BroadwayWorld.com" said Jill Seltzer, Executive Director of the SAG Foundation, "because this new partnership will allow us to provide important events for our audience of union members, and BroadwayWorld.com's filming of these events will allow us to host footage online and for distribution through our college and university outreach program."
"'Backstage with Richard Ridge' has long been the largest and most popular outlet for Broadway stars and legends to talk about their careers" said Robert Diamond, Editor-in-Chief of BroadwayWorld.com, "and now adding the live component will continue to help us grow the series. The work of the SAG Foundation is so important and their team is so enthusiastic, that we couldn't have found a better partner for this new program."
Past Legacy Conversations Guests Include:
Nicole Kidman, Brad Pitt, Forest Whitaker, Julia Ormond, Andy Garcia, Laura Linney, Kirk Douglas, Sydney Pollack, Michael Caine, Paul Giamatti, Shirley MacLaine, Adrien Brody, and Robert Duvall, Roger Rees, Judith Light, Elijah Wood and more.
Past "Backstage with Richard Ridge" Guests Include:
Nick Jonas (Smash and How To Succeed), Jesse Eisenberg (Academy Award-nominee for The Social Network) and Justin Bartha (The Hangover and The New Normal), Kristin Chenoweth, Hugh Dancy and Nina Arianda (Venus in Fur), Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Producers-Chicago-Smash), Marlo Thomas (Actress-Producer), Elaine Paige (Follies), Constantine Maroulis and Deborah Cox (Jekyll and Hyde), Brian d'Arcy James (Smash), Ramin Karimloo (Phantom), John Kander (Cabaret).
For more information about the non-profit SAG Foundation please visit www.sagfoundation.org.
Additional information about BroadwayWorld may be found at www.broadwayworld.com.
Founded in 1985, the Screen Actors Guild Foundation is an educational, humanitarian and philanthropic national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The mission of the SAG Foundation is to assist, educate and inspire actors toward their fullest potential in career, life and community. Our programs reflect the concerns and interests of ACTORS as well as their desire to "give back" to their communities. Programs include the Catastrophic Health Fund and assistance programs, Life Raft, Conversations, Casting Access Project, which offer career knowledge and inspiration, as well as the award winning children's literacy programs, BookPALS and Storyline Online. In addition, the SAG Foundation Actors Center and the Don LaFontaine Voice-Over Lab are unprecedented resource and educational facilities located in Los Angeles. The Foundation is independent from SAG and relies solely on the support from grants, corporate sponsorships, bequests and individual contributions to maintain our programs and create new ones.


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Comment comes after Supreme Court upholds laws allowing gay marriage, adoption by gay couples
From staff and wire ReportS firstname.lastname@example.com
MEXICO CITY — Mexico City's leftist mayor has filed suit against a Roman Catholic cardinal who suggested he bribed the Supreme Court to uphold a city law allowing adoptions by same-sex couples, according to reports by the Spanish news agency EFE.
Mayor Marcelo Ebrard is charging Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez with slander after Iniquez said in a sermon on Sunday, Aug. 15, that same-sex marriages are an "abberration," and asked his congregation, "Would you want to be adopted by a pair of faggots or lesbians?"
He then accused Ebrard of having bribed the Mexico Supreme Court justices to get them to uphold laws allowing same-sex couples to marry and to adopt, as well as ordering that same-sex marriages performed legally in Mexico City must be legally recognized throughout the country.
Iguinez said Monday, Aug. 16, that his archdiocese in Guadalajara has proof of his claims of bribery.
The court has denied and condemned the accusation. But the church is backing Iguinez.
In a statement, the Mexican Council of Bishops expressed its "solidarity and regards" for Sandoval Iniguez.
The council also stressed its continuing opposition to the adoption law and said "we regret that when these opinions are expressed, there are those who rebuke them and threaten to sound the alarm about intolerance."
"We spoke out, as part of the freedom of expression guaranteed by our democratic system, in opposition to the Supreme Court ruling,without implying any disrespect for the institutions of the Mexican government."
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition August 20, 2010.


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This is the guess the points thread for the Pacer game at Nets on 10/11/2005
Game time is 6:30 PM
Full rules for the guess the score contest were last posted here, however here is the short version:
- The difference between your picks for each team and their real score is added together. That is your "off by". Lowest wins. You pick Pacers 90 Knicks 80. The real score is Knicks 95 Pacers 81. You are off by 24. (90-81) + (95-80).
- No contingency picks.
- RoboDoug is a computer program. He can only understand your guesses if they are in a certain format. See the full rules thread for details.
- Winner gets his name listed in the winners list.
This thread will be closed to guesses and all valid guesses posted at approximately 15 minutes before game time.
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CLE gets:
Marvin Williams
Mo Evans
ATL gets:
TJ Ford
JJ Hickson
Leon Powe
IND gets:
ATL 2011 Second Rounder
This deal gets Cleveland a legit wing player going forward. They give up Hickson for him though, which could be a deal breaker.
PG - Williams, Sessions
SG - Harris, Gibson
SF - Williams, Eyenga, Gee
PF - Jamison, Samuals
C - Verajao, Hollins
Atlanta gets a PF/C to put next to Horford. They get rid of Williams long-term deal and get a PG who gives them another option for a playoff run this year.
PG - Bibby, Ford, Teague
SG - Johnson, Ja. Crawford, Jo. Crawford
SF - JSmith, Wilkins, Sy
PF - Horford, Powe, Powell
C - Hickson, Pachulia, Collins, Thomas
Indiana gets a second rounder for TJ Ford and don't take any salary back. Not a major deal, but we get something for Ford.


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As part of the countdown to the 2012-13 college basketball season, Sporting News takes an analytical look at 19th-ranked San Diego State:
Returning firepower. The Aztecs return four starters and three reserves from a 26-8 NCAA Tournament team that shared the Mountain West title with New Mexico last season. The returning experience equates to 81.5 percent of the scoring, 72.5 percent of the rebounding, 82.5 percent of the assists and 96.4 percent of the 3-pointers made from 2011-12. Plus, the Aztecs are adding experience with their newcomers—three of the six fresh faces are transfers who have started a total of 48 Division I games.
Incoming talent. Coach Steve Fisher brought in a freshman class that at least one national scouting service rated among the top 25 in the country. The group is led by 6-8 Winston Shepard, a versatile five-star forward. Fisher also attracted three sophomore transfers of impact: 6-7 J.J. O'Brien (Utah), 6-7 Dwayne Polee II (St. John's) and 6-9 James Johnson (Virginia). All except Johnson, who won't be eligible until after the fall semester, will play significant minutes immediately.
Guard play. In 6-5 junior Jamaal Franklin, 6-3 senior Chase Tapley and 6-3 junior Xavier Thames, the Aztecs have one of the country's best backcourts. All averaged double-figures scoring last year while earning all-conference honors, and Franklin is a legitimate All-American candidate coming off a season in which he averaged a team-leading 17.4 points and 7.9 rebounds.
Small ball. The Aztecs will start four guards again and have only one player in the starting lineup taller than 6-5. That means Franklin likely must lead the team in rebounding for a second consecutive season from his wing spot. Fisher is hopeful that 6-8 senior DeShawn Stephens and O'Brien can hold down the middle until Johnson arrives at the semester break.
Cohesion. Even with all the returning experience, Fisher has several new players to filter into the rotation. That must be done with care.
Ballhandling. The Aztecs feature plenty of guards, but they don't take care of the ball particularly well and tend to rely on one-on-one play. They finished 217th in the country last year in assists (12.3 per game) and finished 153rd in assists-to-turnover ratio (0.98-to-1).
College Basketball 2012-13
G - Jamaal Franklin, Jr., 6-5/195
G - James Rahon, Sr., 6-5/210
G - Chase Tapley, Sr., 6-3/195
G - Xavier Thames, Jr., 6-3/195
F - J.J. O'Brien, Soph., 6-7/215
Key reserves
F - DeShawn Stephens, Sr., 6-8/215
F - Dwayne Polee II, Soph., 6-7/195
G - LaBradford Franklin, Jr., 6-2/175
F - Winston Shepard, Fr., 6-8/205
Five biggest games
Nov. 9 - vs. Syracuse (Battle on the Midway)
Dec. 1 - vs. UCLA (Wooden Classic)
Jan. 26 - vs. New Mexico
Feb. 16 - at UNLV
Feb. 27 - at New Mexico
F J.J. O'Brien, Utah transfer. He should step right into a starting role inside. O'Brien averaged 6.4 points and 5.5 rebounds for the Utes as a true freshman in 2010-11 while starting 21 games. Most notably, he produced 18 points and 10 rebounds against one of SDSU's chief challengers for the Mountain West crown this season, New Mexico.
This group is reminiscent of the 34-3 Aztecs team that made the Sweet 16 two seasons ago. There's experience, plenty of offensive options and a potential first-round NBA Draft pick on the wing. That player, Franklin, could provide the same kind of leadership Fisher's last first-rounder, Kawhi Leonard, did during SDSU's memorable 2010-11 run. In anticipation, the school already has sold out 12,414-seat Viejas Arena for its 15 home games. Fisher will be going for his eighth consecutive 20-win season in San Diego.


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BROMSGROVE and Redditch AC saw their young guns perform well by taking second place in the YDL Young Athletes Track and Field League meeting in Worcester.
The team finished just behind winners Swindon, and 30 points ahead of the hosts.
In the U13 girls, Beth Lloyd excelled to win the 800m in two minutes and 32.9 seconds, javelin (32.07m) and second in 70m hurdles (12.4s).
Lauren Vale ran well for third in the 75m (11s), second in the 150m (22s).
Robyn Yeomans sealed second places in the 75m (11.4s), 150m (22.9s) and first in the shot (6.68m).
Katie Mellors was runner-up in the 800m (2-55.6) and won the shot (4.41m).
Lewis Byng was also outstanding for the boys in the under-13s and he was victorious in the javelin with a throw of 31.61m, shot putt with a personal best of 8.40m and high jump (1.23m).
Isaac Medley won the javelin in 19.95m and runner-up in the long jump (3.14m), while Will Thorley gained finished first in the long jump (3.67m) and second in 100m (14s) and 200m (29.1s).
Matt Green won the 100m (14.17s), while Josh Keyte (1st 800m 3.04-4, 2nd 200m 32.4s) also did well.
Liam Hallahan finished second in the 800m (2.38-05) and first in the shot putt with a personal best of 6.13m.
There was a win for Jack Johnston in the high jump (1.10m), David Peaty came third in the 1500m 6.05.3. First in the 4x100m, Will, Matt, Jack and Lewis.
In the U15 girls, Amy Mijovic-Caudwell won the 800m (2.32-9), finished second in the 300m (48.8) and second in the javelin (16.85m).


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WORCESTER has been hailed a "saucy number" in the Sunday Times's guide to the Best Places to Live in Britain.
The newspaper gave a low-down on the 64 cities, with Worcester being described as being "small enough to be a market town" but with plenty going for it, including regeneration plans for Lowesmoor Wharf helping it to evolve and transport links with the M5.
The Faithful City was also praised for packing in a "fabulous" cathedral, the University of Worcester, Worcester Racecourse, "several very good schools" and its heritage of producing Royal Worcester porcelain and Worcestershire Sauce.
Housing prices were also looked upon favourably, with the buyers' market being a "third less than in Cheltenham".
While across the county border, Hereford was labelled the "cider capital" and "more mellow" than most cities being "splendidly isolated from the big metropolises amid farming country".
It was singled out as a place to go for food fans and the imminent opening of the Old Cattle Market shopping centre was described as "hot news".
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U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October and employment gains for the previous two months were revised upward, the Department of Labor announced Friday in its last report before Tuesday's election.
Despite the additions, the nation's unemployment rate edged up to 7.9 percent in October from 7.8 percent the previous month – mainly because more people began looking for work.
The uptick in unemployment shows that job seekers are feeling more confident about their prospects, but it also reveals that many are still not finding work.
"This is a good news/bad news report," said Robert Kleinhenz, chief economist for the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. "We welcome the improvement in the economy and the job gains. We're continuing to see momentum in the labor market … I just wish it were a little stronger."
Friday's numbers offered the last broad snapshot of the economy before Tuesday's presidential election. Both sides have seized on the report to make their case with voters.
"We've made real progress, but we are here today because we know we've got more work to do," President Barack Obama said.
GOP challenger Mitt Romney noted that the nation's jobless rate is now higher than when Obama took office.
"We can do better," he said.
The government revised its data to show that 84,000 more jobs were added in August and September than previously estimated. August's job gains were revised from 142,000 to 192,000, September's from 114,000 to 148,000.
The economy has added jobs for 25 straight months. There are now 580,000 more jobs than when Obama took office.
"One of the pieces of this story that doesn't get much attention is that if you set aside the monthly gains, the economy has been adding jobs on a fairly regular basis," Kleinhenz said. "It's been 1.4 percent year-over-year job gains throughout 2012. That steady-as-she-goes kind of momentum is reassuring."
Since July, the nation's economy has created an average of 173,000 jobs a month, up from 67,000 a month from April through June.
The workforce – the number of people either working or looking for work – rose by 578,000 in October. And 410,000 more people said they were employed. The difference is the reason the unemployment rate rose slightly.
Kleinhenz warned, however, that the "fiscal cliff" presents a wildcard for future economic growth.
U.S. policymakers are deadlocked over how to rein in the federal deficit before the end of the year. If no action is taken, significant increases in taxes and cuts in government spending will automatically begin to take effect.
"If we fall off the fiscal cliff it could wreak havoc and cause a recession starting in the first half of the year," Kleinhenz said.
The biggest gains last month occurred in professional and business services, which added 51,000 new jobs. That sector includes everything from architects and accountants, to engineers, computer systems design and advertising.
Retail trade added 36,000 jobs, health care added 31,000 and leisure and hospitality – which includes hotels, restaurants, theme parks and museums – boosted its payrolls with 28,000 new jobs.
The construction sector – which in September showed a decline of 3,400 jobs in Los Angeles County and a slight uptick in the Inland Empire – added 17,000 jobs nationwide last month.
Gains in construction have been hard to come by in Southern California. But a groundbreaking was held Thursday in San Gabriel for a grade-separation project that's expected to create 8,900 jobs over the next five years. The $336.5 million project will create a 1.4-mile-long trench that will lower a section of the Union Pacific Railroad track through the city, eliminating traffic backups.
A slew of contractors, including Steve Bubalo Construction Co. in Monrovia, Alcorn Fence in Sun Valley and Meyer, Mohaddes & Associates in Ontario, will be involved in the work.
Steve Bubalo said his company's job will be to relocate sewage and drainage lines.
"Right now the lines are maybe 10 feet down, but we'll move them to a depth of 35 to 40 feet," he said. "We'll have 10 to 20 people working on it."
Renovation work is also under way at the Subaru-Mitsubishi of San Bernardino dealership to include a separate showroom and offices for Subaru.
It's a move that will generate at least 10 new jobs between the two dealerships, according to Mike Graeber, the dealership's general manager.
"With the separate identities, we anticipate increased sales and increased service," Graeber said.
The jobs will include new people in sales, service and other areas of the dealership.
Kenn Phillips, vice president of The Valley Economic Alliance in Sherman Oaks, said his agency recently held a large job fair in which employers were collectively looking to fill 1,800 positions.
"Whenever we do these events we ask the employers, `Are you looking to hire people at the low end, or for higher-paying jobs?"' Phillips said. "This job fair was unique because they were hiring for middle-level and higher-level positions. And a lot of them were high-tech jobs. There was some entry-level retail, but not much."
Phillips said employers also seem to be bringing on more full-time workers.
"What we saw two years ago was a lot of hiring through temp agencies," he said. "Businesses were reluctant to hire full-time because it's difficult to lay someone off once they're on the payroll. But now we're seeing more full-time hiring. It shows they have confidence in what they see in the future."
The most recent local figures show that Los Angeles County's unemployment rate dipped to 10.6 percent in September from 11 percent in August and 12.4 percent a year earlier. The county added 66,100 jobs year over year, according to the state Employment Development Department.
The Inland Empire's unemployment rate dropped to 11.6 percent in September compared with 12.3 percent in August and 13.5 percent a year earlier. The two-county region added 16,400 jobs over the year.
New local numbers are scheduled to be released Nov. 16.
Staff Writer Melissa Pinion-Whitt and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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PAT slaps pharmas with control system aftershave
Though users in other process industries have seen it coming for years, Process Analytical Technology (PAT) is now bringing similar improvements and benefits to many pharmaceutical applications.
HEY, HEY! The control system train has pulled into the pharmaceutical station! All aboard! Though PAT most directly applies to pharmaceuticals, its effects will be felt in other industries regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), such as food and beverage, as the FDA tightens its regulatory grip to include all ingestible products.
PATs benefits included reduced production cycle times, improved manufacturing efficiency, reduced rejects, and increased production uptime. PAT can also speed time to market for new products, improve operator safety, and improve relationships with regulatory agencies.
Encouraged by the FDA, the pharmaceutical industry is seeking to accelerate its manufacturing innovations. While it continues to spend on research and marketing, the pharmaceutical industry lags behind other automated process industries in manufacturing productivity.
To improve productivity, there is growing enthusiasm in pharmaceuticals for PAT, an FDA initiative to improve manufacturing efficiency and product quality, while also harmonizing regulatory expectations. PAT provides a framework for designing, analyzing, and controlling manufacturing. The PAT initiative focuses on the principles of building quality into products and processes, as well as continuous process improvement.
New century, new hope
Historically, innovation in pharmaceutical manufacturing was largely constrained by regulatory uncertainty. With the subsequent launch of its GMPs for 21st Century initiative, the FDA began calling for innovative approaches for process development, manufacturing, and quality assurance (QA). This was a paradigm shift that required quality to be designed in and not tested into products. Designing quality into products requires a comprehensive understanding of the process, including the impact of product components on process variability, along with mechanisms to manage the process.
Continuous improvement is a critical element in a sound quality system. The FDA expects pharmaceutical manufacturers to implement continuous improvement through the PAT framework. In addition to continuous improvement, the PAT framework also encompasses risk assessment, knowledge management, and on-line analysis.
Though the FDA published guidance on Pharmaceutical cGMPs for the 21st century to enable innovation and continuous improvement, specific GMP regulations have not yet changed. Despite this delay, the FDA is providing science and risk-based guidance related to GMPs.
Consequently, PAT will help pharmaceutical manufacturers design, monitor, control, and predict process performance. Many of these functions are now implemented separately, but PAT promotes an integrated environment that combines modeling tools for design/analysis, process analyzers, and process control/optimization. Knowledge of all these functions is required to efficiently apply these technological innovations to pharmaceutical manufacturing.
So, how do we in the pharmaceutical and other regulated industries implement PAT successfully? How do we hop on the control system train?
We must first bridge several gaps in existing infrastructure and control system architectures. This article presents a strategic framework for managing this transition effectively. We also identify a new standard PAT software platform that will supplement and improve existing control system architectures.
PAT monitors, controls, optimizes
The most basic implementation of PAT is process monitoring. This involves monitoring critical-to-quality (CQAs) variables to build process knowledge, establish process variance, and set the design space in which the product is robust (See Figure 1 above).
The next level up in PAT implementation adds control to the basic process monitoring functions. CQAs are now monitored and controlled to limit or manage process variance in the design space to ensure product quality. PAT software must be interfaced (See Figure 2 below) to a process control system (PCS) that performs real-time control.
The highest level PAT implementation adds optimization to the monitoring and control functions (See Figure 3 below). Optimization reduces process variance and optimizes process capability by running controlled Design of Experiments on the CQAs.
Optimization reduces process variance and optimizes process capability by running controlled Design of Experiments on the CQAs.
CQAs can be predicted based on history and the performance of the process by using a set of relationships that have been created with mathematical models. These predictions can be made available to the PCS for timely control.
PAT standardization fights complexity
A typical PAT System incorporating monitoring, control and optimization (See Figure 4 below) needs to acquire data, control the process, run prediction models, and display results. This implementation is easy to handle with one instrument, but grows exponentially more complex in typical applications with hundreds or even thousands of sensors and analyzers. Each instrument has its own process and instrument configuration, data modeling, method builder, and data analysis capability.
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MOST PHARMACEUTICAL processes are multivariate, which means multiple process measurements are needed to characterize a process, adding yet more inputs to the quality system. The system also needs to function at different levels of compliance: Development, during PAT application development; Information, during PAT application optimization; and Release, during PAT application execution.
One of the main problems is that each instrument vendor offers its own proprietary software, resulting in unique PAT applications. This situation was tolerable in PATs infancy, but in future PAT applications this proprietary model wont work.
As PAT applications proliferate, implementations with custom interfaces, point-to-point interfaces, custom modelers, and PAT data islands will be unwieldy. To aid multi-factorial analysis, its imperative that PAT applications interoperate in the control and modeling space.
Because of this need for an integrated environment, we propose that a PAT software standard be established. This software standard should include a standard user interface to setup and run instruments, a common modeling environment, and one environment to build and configure analyzers. It should also include bi-directional communications with PAT data storage systems.
Availability of a PAT software standard could help end-users develop and deploy new measurements by:
- Reducing validation costs for PAT devices
- Minimizing deployment time for PAT technology
- Improving PAT system robustness
- Reducing custom interface code
- Providing flexibility to repurpose PAT devices based on evolving needs; and
- Improving scalability and extensibility
Common PAT software architecture
A functional map implementing a PAT software standard (See Figure 5 below) shows the Instrument and Sensor Interface has a common interface for all process sensors, analyzers, and instruments. The control, operation, analysis, retrieval and prediction functions all use the PAT Common User Interface. During on-line operation, the user interface provides access to select appropriate methods, and generates results from predictions versus time.
The interface also reports status of prediction alarms and instrument alarms with appropriate alarm management functions. In off-line mode, the interface provides access to the method builder, PCS configuration, and Design of Experiments setup.
The user interface manages the PAT hardware configuration, and performs analyzer calibration functions. Any data retrieval from data storage takes place through the interface.
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Building PAT methods
To acquire, process, and execute real-time predictions, a PAT method needs to be created. This is usually created off-line and executed on-line in real-time. The method builder controls active modules, and adjusts integration time, exposure time, and signal gain or amplification. It also handles summations or averages of each data acquisition to generate a spectrum.
Once the analytical information is generated, the method acts on this information via various mathematical pre-treatments and prediction engines. The traditional approach uses quantitative models. Single or multivariate models generate calibration models, real-time analytical data, and predictions.
However, the need to generate these values is driven more by perception than necessity. This is changing and qualitative and trend models are now widespread, inspiring the term process signature.
All data should be stored in a way thats easy to access for analysis. Raw data files should be converted to a standard format such as Analytical Information Mark-Up (AniML, ASTM E13.15).
Events and context-based process data from other sources also should be available. Data storage must handle structured and unstructured information. Implementations can include existing data storage mechanisms, but these may need to be scaled and extended to new types of information. This data storage can be integral to the PAT software or it can be a part of a common data repository.
How do we get there from here?
Creating a PAT software standard will require committed suppliers and end-users working together. We anticipate that common functions will be identified first, and that products will then emerge. We also propose that end-users take advantage of standard PAT software when its available.
The first step is to standardize complex measurements. Spectroscopy methods are routinely adapted for PAT. Examples are near infra-red (NIR), Raman, UV-visible, fluorescence, and acoustic. Measurement technologies suitable for pharmaceutical needs must be identified. This will help suppliers meet implementation challenges and simplify deployment.
Presently, we spend a lot of time specifying a measurement for a process application. We would like to see standards created that will reduce required time, and make time commitments more predictable.
In the most advanced implementations, PAT systems are used for monitoring, control, and prediction. In these cases, data needs to be exchanged with systems that perform analysis, control, decision making, and reporting. A good first step for data exchange in advanced implementations is to create standard ways of trading data across existing systems.
Control system architecture impacts
Weve heard about several efforts to build master plans for deploying innovative measurement technologies. Most are done in isolation without considering effects on control system architecture, existing applications and infrastructure needs. However, any master planning effort has to consider these impacts.
The master planning effort must align strategies and derive specific objectives for infrastructure, applications, integration, and PAT systems. To do this effectively, all functions must be mapped to domains. New functions, such as process optimization and process improvement, should be considered.
For each of these functions, impacts on level and approach to automation must be considered. This master planning exercise will help end users understand their business readiness to embrace continuous improvement outlined in the PAT framework.
We all have to deal with existing systems and infrastructure, even when creating PAT software standards. Well have to exchange data with existing systems for process control, enterprise resource planning, laboratory information management, and manufacturing execution. A unified schema is critical to facilitate data exchange among these platforms.
Several organizations have developed schemas focusing on standard data related to functions of relevance. These include Analytical information Markup Language (AniML), Batch Manufacturing Language (BatchML), and Business to Manufacturing Markup Language (B2MML). While these schemas have been around for awhile, corporate schemas must be developed to use them effectively. Schema validation services for the entire pharmaceutical industry also will be required to support new PAT software standards.
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It's Thanksgiving again--and you know what that means; a beautiful, cornbread-stuffed turkey with all the fixings, traveling to be with family and friends, and giving thanks for a year's worth of blessings.
But it also means that those of us--like the staff here at the Animal Agriculture Alliance--wait with baited breath for the inevitable barrage of anti-Thanksgiving rhetoric from animal rights groups like PETA.
While perusing what has quickly become one of my favorite news websites for information and inspiration, the new Huffington Post Food for Thought (brought to you in part by "Big Burrito" aka Chipotle), I came across an animated video brought to you by PETA.
The video shows an animated turkey befriending a young boy, who inadvertently ends up in a turkey processing plant, where he is mistaken for a turkey himself. The video, meant to horrify the American turkey-loving public, is truly shocking. Even the Huffington Post, arguably a fairly liberal, anti-agriculture website, ran the video with the headline "Has PETA Finally Gone Too Far?"
Readers quickly took to commenting on the site writing:
- Shocking? No. Rather, it's tedious and stale. PETA has had this shtick for years and it almost borders on ridiculous self-parody, which is why they are irrelevant to the majority of the public.
- People like myself will fight any organization that wants to force its beliefs on to others. You live the life and make the choices you want and other people will do the same. (but thats not good enough for the "animal rights" crowd or any other kind of zealot).
- PETA is the very definition of an extremist organization. They are probably really miffed that they couldn't use a real little boy. Why do fools continue to give them press?
And my personal favorite: "Too bad we can't just deport the turkeys at PETA to Turkey."
I'm sure none of you are surprised at PETA's latest attempt to encourage Americans to adopt a vegan lifestyle, even just for a day on Thanksgiving. I'm also sure that none of you are surprised by their blatant comparison between a child and animal, and the organization's belief that "a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy." PETA feels all animals have the same rights as people (or should), a philosophy that is as ingrained in the animal rights movement as its belief in the necessity for a vegan world.
Maybe it's my positivity or my naiveté (depending on how you look at it), but I firmly believe that Thanksgiving should be "off limits" to attacks of any kind, and not for the reasons you think.
It's not because I work for the animal agriculture community and happen to love a juicy slice of turkey (along with most Americans), but rather it's because Thanksgiving is a time to be with friends and family, count your blessings and give thanks. It's a time that should be judgment-free, a time where we put our strife aside, bury our disagreements and be together.
After all, that's the true history of Thanksgiving. It's not about what you eat (turkey or tofurky) or whether you call it "stuffing" or "dressing." It's about sitting down, celebrating the bounty of the harvest and sharing alike. If the Indians and the Pilgrims can do it (and they certainly had a rivalrous, acrimonious history) then we should be able to celebrate consumer choice and respect the mantra "to each his own."
More than that--we in this country are so truly, utterly blessed, which is why we can afford to have existential debates about morality in food production. The vast majority of Americans aren't worried about where their next meal will come from.
Yet, sadly, so few will actually give thanks to the farmers, ranchers and others responsible for all of the ingredients for our Thanksgiving feasts, from the turkey all the way down to the very last marshmallow to top your sweet potato pie.
So, PETA has shown its true colors once again, same old schtick, different day. I know I'm sick of it, and judging by the comments, so are a lot of regular ol' Americans. Not only was the video absurd, but it was thankless.
And there's nothing worse than a bunch of ingrates on Thanksgiving.
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ANAHEIM -- With Jason Castro healthy and taking on a full workload this season, backup catcher Carlos Corporan has only been starting when Lucas Harrell pitches. He'll make only his third start of the season Saturday when Harrell's turn in the rotation comes up.
Corporan, who played a lot in Spring Training, has been going to the bullpen in the fifth or sixth inning to get more work catching and has been doing more conditioning and exercising, as well.
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Corporan appeared in 27 games last year for the Astros, making 22 starts at catcher, but spent most of the year in Triple-A. Chris Snyder was Castro's backup last year, but Corporan came up when Castro was on the disabled list in the middle of the season and came up again when rosters expanded.
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So, was it a fluke?
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I don't think 5 straight wins in the NBA can be considered a fluke!?!
Ask the New Jersey Nets.
Fluke may not be the right word...aberration, perhaps?
Well, FWIW, the starting line-up that won games 4,5,6 and 8 is the same starting line-up for losses in games 9, 10, and 11.
So...your basic streak, I guess. They're all a fluke statistically.
Now, if we were the Cavs (heaven forbid), or Phoenix, then 6 or 7 in a row would be less flukey. We're not that level of a team, yet.
[~]) ... Cheers! Go Pacers!
Not sure fluke is the right word. every win counts.
But I do not believe for one minute that the 5-game streak shows us that if and only if we went back to the lineup we would be a good team or in any way continue on a winning streak.
Every team goes through stretches where they play well and then play bad.
At no time during that 5 game streak would the Pacers have won in Utah, for example
Fun fact: This season we are 1-9 with Troy Murphy. 5-1 without him.
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It's hard to say for sure. The team was more athletic prior to Murph's return, which gave us an edge on the defensive end and on the fast break. Granger did a good job with his assignments when he was put at the 4-spot and certainly was better defensively than Murph. We really didn't possess many defensive liabilities during that stretch of games. With that said, the same team managed to blow a lead and lose against the Knicks, but one could argue that we were on the tail end of a back-to-back facing a fresher team. Despite that loss, I personally think our team was better during that time.
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I can't say I'm a huge fan of the guy, but we are putting way too much blame on Murphy here people. We haven't won a game with Dunleavy either.
Murphy doesn't deserve any blame though. The person putting him on the floor is the problem.
The fact Murph has the worst season plus/minus of the year should get the coach's attention, particular since the Pacers post it on their website...AND JOb stresses Jeff's great plus/minus...yet says nary a word about Murph's terrible one.
Ay'm kinda sorry ta haffta be givin' an answer ta this question naow, an accounta I can't really give ya a straight answer while Ay'm talkin' like a Minnesowtan. But what I'd like ta say about dose five wins inna row bein' a fluke er not is that the word 'fluke' don't really have any meaning.
Dere are summa you young fellers taht's grown up lisnina common taters on the radio that thinks what dey got to say is maybe more important dan what it really is, if ya know what I mean. What I mean is, dey can make a prediction, and den dey ack like the thing is all decided right then and if whaqt dey said was gonna happen turn awt ta happen t' other way round that somebody made some kinda mistake insteada that they was wrong abowt the prediction.
So anyway, abowt the Pacers and their five wins in a row, I think there's no fluke to it, 'cause it happened. See what I mean?
Thinkin' it was a fluke means ya got some sort of a little bit of a defect in yer thinkin' process. What I mean is, if a team is gonna finish the season with a .250 average, it means the team is gonna go out dere and win 20 games over de course of the whole season. They're gonna lose abowt 62 games in there, too.
But what it don't mean is that dere gonna win one an' lose three, win one and lose three, win one and lose three, win one and lose three, all the way from November straight trough ice-fishin' season are right up ta April when the honkers start makin' their way back up ta Canida. Dere just ain't no rule that says a bad team can't win some games in a row, er, tother way rownd, that a team that wins some games in a row is gonna got right on and keep on winnin' at that same pace fer the rest of the season. If it did mean that, then they could just sorta call the season over after the first few games, 'cause the teams that was winnin' at the start was gonna keep right on winnin' at the same pace in just a genral kinda way.
But insteada doin' it the way I just said they got this 82 game schedule where all the teams play a lot of games. And what tend ta see happenin' is that sometimes a team will sorta start off like they're gonna set the world on fire but later on you look at the standin' and ya gotta keep lookin' furder and furder down the list 'cause all the sodden it seems like they're not winning anything but a trip ta see that popcorn machine dey got dere in Noo York.
So, anyway, Ay'm sayin' the five wins was no fluke, but that winnin' five times in a row was somtin' that happint, and wether it happens again or not is why we all keep watching the games, doncha know.
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I disagree. See my original post for the Utah post game.
"Look, it's up to me to put a team around ... Lance right now." Kevin Pritchard press conference
i say no it wasnt a fluke THAT TEAM did what it took to win, hustle and play defense......that team played defense and seemed as if they were hungry to win.
i believe we were one of the top teams in blocks........ and its seems like the younger guys have almost given up........why???????? who knows, maybe because coach automaticaly put vetreans coming off injuies right back in the starting line up and taking minues from the young guys who were winning.
my starters: watson, rush, d.jones, granger, hibbert
bench: price, head, dun, tyler,solo/jeff............IMO.......that team equals wins
Fluke meaning "if you tried to win those 5 in a row 100 times you would only do it, say 20% or less of the time" then I say yes.
At least if you tell me that in most of those attempts JOB would have his full roster at his disposal, where he made the rotation and play calls.
Unfair to Troy??? Bulls***. That's like saying Reggie had nothing to do with his team's winning. If you help then you can hurt, period.
Troy does stuff like I saw last night. He leaves his man AT THE RIM, drifts off and watches the ball till it's rotated and fed right behind him to his man for a layup. When he does rotate for help defense he makes almost no effort to return to his man after the fact, something he did several times vs Utah.
Or something he and Tyler both did, Matthews drug Dahntay through a baseline screen and these 2 just let it happen. Instead of slowing Matthews down or clearing the path for Jones, they just stood oblivious or even expanded the screen with their floor position.
Later when it was Foster he gave Jones the path between he and his man so Jones could close out the shot. Or in the 2nd half when they tried to use TJ for this he stepped over and took the charge by Matthews.
The point being it's hardly a "what can you do" play. There are smart, helpful choices that have a serious impact on the outcome away from your own man scoring.
BTW, TJs good choice there aside, he's also a guy you put the finger on for typically not keeping up good awareness. Deron went off a baseline screen right to the corner for a catch and shoot. Not a fade, not a fake curl and drop, but a straight line for the corner. What does TJ do? Goes on the other side of the screen rather than following Deron through, giving him both the shot and honestly the baseline drive if he wanted it. Dumb.
For all the offensive shooting woes of Rush and DJones, those 2 read the court significantly better than Ford or Troy. Watson sees it better too. I can't stress enough how important that trait is. It turns bad situations into manageable ones and makes good plays out of nothing. It's why you want Dunleavy on offense and why you get frustrated with rookie mistakes.
And these plays often go unnoticed because it's a case of them not doing something. You just see the play on the ball, like Matthews getting his shot off over Jones. When I see that I back the Tivo up to see where he got open because it strikes me as odd when Jones "lets" his man get wide open. I think if you aren't doing that at times you probably aren't catching a lot of these issues, but they are there and they are hurting the team.
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I don't know if it was a fluke, but if you take it away, we're 1-11. Think about that for a bit.
J/K Shade... I get your point.
The simple fact is IMHO JOB has ran his course. The good he was able to do is a distant memory now. At this point, he's close to doing more damage than good to the players AND ticket counter right now. He does not maximize his players short term or long term.
It's time for a real coach who can maximize the roster, not try and make a race horse out of a plow horse.
Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.
"A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player. Losing yourself in the group, for the good of the group, thats teamwork."
-John Wooden
Actually, I think he is probably staying 1 season too long. This team is not ready...nor is it capable of attracting a great coach. However, what it does need is a good, young, motivated coach who will make better personnel decisions. The young players need to play. That's really the bottom line if this team wants to get back to being competitive.
To step in fer da real Putn'm here:
What exactly do you mean by the word "fluke"?
Yes, the five games ended with more wins than they likely would have under ordinary circumstances. IIRC, we shot the ball very well at times during the streak, which inflated our total of wins beyond what it would have been otherwise based on our overall execution offensively, and to an extent defensively as well. But, teams who have shooters will go on streaks and win several games in a row at some points, and sometimes upset better teams along the way.
That said, I don't feel that any of the losses should have been wins, either. Until things change in several areas, we won't threaten a winning streak of that magnitude for a long time, and are possibly more likely to have a much longer losing streak (even a Nets level losing streak is not out of the question except for the fact that our shots will fall some times).
The poor play and coaching mistakes alike took away what chances the Pacers have had in the 11 losses, and I feel is a more representative sample of the overall performance of the franchise throughout the season, in large part due to our propensity to take an ill advised number of 3's and the undue pressure that places on our defense due to longer boards being gobbled up by our opponents with those boards then leading to better offensive initiation by our opponents . Danny, in particular, should not have been taking all of those 3's, especially while dealing with heel and knee issues that affect his ability to get consistent lift and stability on his shot.
Oddly, I think there may be a parallel between the Pacers and the Colts to an extent here. Good offense can sometimes allow defenses to be more aggressive and effective than they otherwise would be, much like this year's banged up Colts defense, which has appeared to be the best defensive team the Colts have fielded in many years. Obviously, there really is little similarity beyond this at its most basic element due to the fact that the Colts do have perennial Pro Bowl participants at multiple positions on both sides of the ball, but without Peyton working his magic early in games, the Colts defense has struggled for short periods this year despite its overall brilliance.
Our defense performed better during that 5 game stretch not just because of the personnel, but because of the fact that our shooting placed additional pressure on the teams we beat to match our scoring. It also allowed our defenders, notably Dahntay and to a lesser extent Brandon, to be more aggressive on the perimeter than they ordinarily would be able to be. That additional aggressiveness then took pressure off of Roy particularly, leaving him less open to committing fouls than he has been since our shooting fell off. However, with Brandon reverting to Brandon 1.0, other teams have been more able to harrass our shooting better due to our having fewer threats on the floor with our primary lineup.
Fluke may be a strong word, but I don't necessarily disagree with it, either.
Brad - I thanked the 3rd post in this thread for using the more appropriate word.
The term aberration is more accurate. I think you all get the basic idea...but maybe I should have pointed this out more explicitly after the 3rd post.
I was given hope... and have been let down.
But I guess being a Pacer fan you get use to it...
I need to update the title to specify that this is about the 5 game "winning" streak.....in case there is some confusion now...;<)
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I'm heading to New Hampshire soon, and when I'm away on vacation I like to try the local beers that are in that state I'm in.
Thanks to Norm's book, I read about Squam Brewing Company, and will be seeking out places that carry them. I've never had this beer before, and know nothing about how their beers are, and that's a good thing. Too often there is hype, or bad word of mouth about a beer, but with them they're a blank slate for me, so I'm going to try them with no prejudice beforehand.
I'm also going to try, and make it to Ebenezer's Pub which is suppose to be home to the largest Belgian beers in the region. I love Belgian beer, and have been meaning to get there for a few years now, but kids always seem to prevent this, so we'll see what happens.
I'll also be making my annual trek to Moat Mountain. There's something about Moat Mountain that calms me down while on vacation. I like their food, but I love their beer even more. Their Czech Pilsner is amazing.
Someone also asked me if I'll be going to the New England Brewfest in Lincoln, NH on June 29th. No, I won't be, but my wife's aunt, and uncle will be. I've never been to this, but would love to know about anyone who has, and what they've thought.
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- Don't forget that today is Data Backup Day! Besides backing up your own genealogy data, it might be a good idea to make a suggestion to Santa on what equipment or online subscription you want for your data backup needs!
- Today is the deadline for submissions for the 100th Carnival of Genealogy! Please help Jasia get the magic 100 posts for this very special event.
- Today is World AIDS Day. Many families have lost loved ones to this pandemic and several genealogy bloggers will post about the disease and it's impact on their family history.
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Oct. 1 saw the first government shutdown in 17 years. The failure to reach an agreement on a budget has resulted in a partial closure of the federal government.
Most Americans are seeing relatively little immediate impact from the budget stalemate. Stock prices have remained fairly stable, with investors largely betting that the differences will be resolved. An estimated 800,000 "nonessential" federal workers are furloughed across the country. It is presumed they'll get retroactive pay once the budget dispute is resolved, but that isn't immediately assured. If the shutdown persists, the damage likely will grow.
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Mark Hamrick: From Bankrate.com, this is Your Money This Week. Here we connect the dots between what's happening in the world and your wallet. I'm Mark Hamrick reporting from Washington.
Five years after the financial crisis, a feeling of "here we go again" fills the air in the nation's capital. Between the government shutdown that began Oct. 1 and the looming debt ceiling, plenty of risks abound. We chat with the leading economists about the fallout, and Bankrate's Doug Whiteman checks in with what you need to know about Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act.
But first, we begin our conversation with Dr. Nayantara Hensel, the former chief economist for the Department of the Navy, and I asked her about the impact of the failure to fund the government, which has led to furloughs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
Hensel: There are so many concerns about contracting delays that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced that he was going to be bringing back 90 percent of the 350,000 civilian workers who were sent home because of the shutdown. And that was again because we were already seeing slowdowns in contracts. That's part of the reason why the defense contractor Lockheed Martin is furloughing about 3,000 workers today here on Monday. United Technology originally had a planned furlough of nearly 2,000 Sikorsky Aircraft workers, but it canceled that when Secretary Hagel announced that he was bringing back some of the 350,000 civilian workers.
The main issues, though, are there is a ripple effect. It's not just an issue of contracts not moving within the Department of Defense or within other federal agencies. It's an issue of the fact that the federal employees become very uncertain. They're much less likely to buy, their consumer confidence is down, retail spending is down; it causes a chain effect, really, throughout the economy.
Hamrick: And we tend to focus on the Washington area because it's where we live, but I know that you said even members of your own family are affected by this far, far away from Washington.
Hensel: Absolutely. I mean, particularly in the Department of Defense, there's a number of different bases, different bases from different institutions linked to the federal government and linked to the Department of Defense all over the country. And those can have significant geographic impacts.
And there are chain effects, too. Many state governments -- including North Carolina, Arkansas, Rhode Island -- are furloughing employees whose pay would come from the federal funding. There are also concerns, for example, that the housing market is going to slow down because lenders won't be able to verify borrowers' income with the IRS and the Social Security Administration.
Hamrick: So the other thing that's out there, of course, is this looming worry about hitting the debt ceiling and Treasury Secretary (Jack) Lew saying that essentially that we will run into a problem with that no later than Oct. 17. And that brings about the specter of an unprecedented federal default. That is such an unmanageable concept to most people. What would the impact of that be on people's everyday lives if indeed that were to happen?
Hensel: Oh, it would have a very significant impact because it would substantially push up the interest rates that the U.S. government is going to be facing. The value of the dollar would plummet. We could see negative spillovers that could reverberate around the world.
Now I think that there are some possibilities that the default, if it happens, would happen around Nov. 1, because that's when actually the Treasury Department is scheduled to make about $60 billion in payments to Social Security, Medicare providers, active-duty military service members and so on. But the hope is that this isn't going to happen, that some improvement is going to happen and this gridlock will be broken.
Hamrick: And I was thinking about the fact that if, indeed -- I mean, we are talking about the risk if it does because it is so significant. But isn't it the lesson of financial crises, particularly one like this, that would be unprecedented, is that things happen that you really cannot predict also?
Hensel: Well, I think that that is very true. It's a lack of predictability. And it's unfortunate because this is a time when the Fed is looking at some positive economic data and thinking about whether or not they should taper off the (quantitative easing) program. Now they can't even get the labor report that came out on Friday. And as a result, economic data will be delayed.
Plus I do think that this could have, depending on how long it takes, a 0.3 (percent) to 0.5 percent reduction in GDP if it's a short government shutdown. If it's a longer government shutdown, it could be a decline of 1.4 percent if it runs three to four weeks. And that, in turn, would prevent the Fed from doing a tapering-off as soon as it had planned to because, again, the economic data, when it comes out, may not looking good.
One thing, though, that I think is very different about this relative to the previous federal shutdown in '95, early January '96, is that the economy at that time was growing by about 3 percent then. And that is obviously much higher than what we have seen so far with the most recent quarter's pace being below 2 percent. It was a different world in those days, and that's why I think that this is unprecedented.
I mean for example in the '95-'96 shutdown, defense bills had passed, defense spending bills had passed, and that allowed many major contracts to continue, and it limited the blow to both the public sector workers and the private sector defense firms. And we don't have that right now.
Hamrick: Yes. The dysfunction in Congress is really unfortunately being leveraged across the government with the officials' inability to plan on a long-term basis. If you want to try to do some capital investment in a department or invest in your workforce, it's rather difficult if you don't have a budget, right?
Hensel: It is. And you don't know how long this is going to last, how big your budget's going to be. And it makes this very, very tough to make more long-term decisions of significant capital investment or other things.
Hamrick: Dr. Nayantara Hensel, it's always a pleasure to catch up with you and we appreciate your time.
Hensel: Oh, it's a pleasure. Thank you very much.
Hamrick: Dr. Nayantara Hensel, former chief economist for the Department of the Navy. She spoke with us from Washington.
Next up, cutting through the noise surrounding health insurance. To be sure, there is a heightened political debate surrounding Obamacare. Well, what about the question whether you should look into the opportunities afforded individuals under the law? Bankrate's Doug Whiteman takes a look.
Whiteman: Obamacare's state health insurance exchanges for online marketplaces offer the promise of affordable plans for the uninsured or those who currently buy their own coverage in the individual insurance market. But what if you are insured through your job? Anyone can shop for health insurance in the state marketplaces, but one of the advantages is the tax credits that can cut the monthly premiums for those with household incomes either at or as much as four times the federal poverty level. But even if your income is within that range, you wouldn't qualify for a subsidy if you have employer-based health insurance that's considered affordable or adequate.
Affordable means your share of the premiums for an individual plan wouldn't eat up more than 9.5 percent of your household income. Adequate means the plan covers at least 60 percent of your medical costs. For more on whether Obamacare might beat your company's health insurance, visit Bankrate.com. I'm Doug Whiteman.
Hamrick: Finally, our look at this week in history. On Oct. 9, 1701, the colonial legislature of Connecticut charted the Collegiate School in Saybrook. The school moved to New Haven, Conn., in 1716, renamed Yale College two years later. It would become a university over the following century and awarded its first doctoral degrees, the first in the United States, in 1861.
You have been listening to Your Money This Week. Our thanks to this week's guest, Dr. Nayantara Hensel. If you enjoyed the podcast, please check us out on iTunes and rate and subscribe to the program. We're hoping that you can help us to get the word out. Also, check out our other podcast, Special Report with breaking news and special features. For more on this and other personal finance issues, visit Bankrate.com and you can follow us on Twitter at Bankrate.
Thanks to producer Lucas Wysocki for his work in the studio. I'm Mark Hamrick. From all of us here at Bankrate, here's hoping you have a great week.
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SAN BERNARDINO — Ten children suffered minor injuries Wednesday morning when a school bus they were riding in was rear-ended by another vehicle.
The bus was stopped at a red light on H Street, north of Ninth Street at 7:15 a.m. when it was struck by a 2010 Chevy Suburban, said California Highway Patrol Acting Sgt. Kevin Aguilar.
"Ten students were transported with minor injuries, complaint of pain," Aguilar said.
Paramedics took six of the Richardson Prep Hi students to Loma Linda University Medical Center, two to Community Hospital of San Bernardino and two to St. Bernardine Medical Center.
Both vehicles sustained minor damage in the crash, but district officials made arrangements to have the remaining students taken to school on a different bus, said San Bernardino City Unified School District spokeswoman Maria Garcia.
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Accessories to suit any style.
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Customize this wreath year after year.
While nothing beats the smell of a real pine wreath, there are times when it's just not practical to use live evergreen branches to decorate. This artificial pine wreath measures an impressive 24″ in diameter, and is easy to decorate with ribbon, ornaments or lights. When the season is over, simply pack it away for next year.
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Give your home old world charm this holiday.
Dress up a mantle or doorknob with an oversized, wooden star ornament for a casual, organic holiday look.
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Break with tradition this year and choose a chic stocking.
Double your decorating options with this reversible Christmas stocking. One side is a gorgeous mocha sateen, while the other features a juicy red damask print. Whichever side you choose, this stocking is sure to make a sophisticated holiday statement hanging from a mantle or footboard.
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Create a subdued, homemade holiday look with simple decorations like these woven star ornaments. Or, use them to trim a tree and balance out traditional holiday glamour.
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FORMER Wootton Bassett three-quarter Jonny May has been picked for England's Six Nations campaign.
The centre and winger, whose form at Gloucester over the past year has caught the eye of the national selectors, is part of his country's 35-man squad announced today by the RFU ahead of the campaign opener against France.
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My current dilemma is this. I sometimes OAT the hell out of thin rimmed discs...
Now if I throw a thin rimmed discs veery gently, like I do my TLs, things are pretty good. Unfortunately this type of throwing doesnt work with more overstable discs, not for me atleast. My grip is the same as Feldbergs.
I can get TLs around 330 -360' when I throw them gently, with nice straightness and very little fade.
Buut if I throw my main driver, a S-PD like this, it goes to around 330'. Now if I use more force I can get PDs easily to 390' or even around 420' but consistency goes to hell, I OAT them like a crazy person 60% of the time. This is so frustrating, specially in windy conditions.
Now with a PD2, or a Destroyer I have zero problems. I throw them flat and they do pretty much what I want. PD2 goes to 390' easily and an E*Destroyer even as far as 460' (490' with a good backwind).
The problem is, PD2 has that insane fade, so it cant bee used in every situation. And Destroyer goes waaay too far.
What should I do? I train regularly, almost daily, for a few hours. And I do most of my training on an open field, just trying to control my discs. Yet I cant seem to get rid of that nasty OAT with PDs and also Teebirds.
If I can train myself out of this, I will...But I´m tempted to start throwing more wide rimmed discs, since they work so so sooo consistently. I can count on them 100%.
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Vermont native Dr. Jesse Hahn has joined the orthopedic surgery team at Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, providing surgical and non-surgical care for injuries and diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
A native of Essex, Dr. Hahn is a graduate of Essex High School and the University of Richmond in Virginia. He went on to earn his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, where he also completed his residency and served on the faculty as a clinical instructor.
Dr. Hahn has now joined Gifford full-time, is staying in Randolph, and is relishing the opportunity to provide local care.
"I am now a neighbor," Dr. Hahn says. "That's what I enjoy, taking care of neighbors."
The ability to help people is what drew Dr. Hahn to medicine. He offers a friendly, comforting, patient-focused approach. Seeing a doctor shouldn't be nerve-wracking, he notes, likening his job to that of a mechanic. He is providing a service, but the service he provides goes beyond that of technician. He is also caring for an individual, and partnering with that individual to meet his or her unique goals. Sometimes meeting those goals takes surgery. Sometimes more conservative approaches, such as physical therapy and time, work best.
"I am eager to help in any way I can," says this modest caregiver with up-to-date training.
Dr. Hahn provides care for all types of bone, joint, and tendon injuries. Early in his medical education, he contemplated a career in pediatrics. Orthopedic care for children and adolescents consequently remains a special interest of Dr. Hahn's along with trauma, fractures and upper extremity ailments.
Dr. Hahn is a member of the Orthopedic Trauma Association and AOTrauma, an international community of trauma and orthopedic surgeons, researchers and operating room personnel. In the spring, he begins a trauma fellowship, first in Germany and then in California.
Dr. Hahn is accepting new patients at Gifford's orthopedics practice in Randolph. Call Gifford's central scheduling office at 802-728- 2777.
Dr. Hahn works with orthopedics physician assistant Brad Salzmann in Randolph. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Stephanie Landvater works out of Gifford's Berlin practice, the Gifford Health Center at Berlin, and provides surgery in Randolph.
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Topic: How do you deal?
My mother died less than 4 weeks ago. I understand that most people's lives have gone back to "normal" but not mine.
So why is it that the calls have all but ended? Where are my friends? The ones I would've sworn would continue to be supportive seem to have forgotten. Though there are a few that have surprised me - ones I didn't think would continue to show they care, they are the ones that continue to check in to see how I am doing.
A general "How are you?" can't really be answered. I want people to talk to me about my Mom. I want to talk about my Mom! She was a wonderful woman and I have many feelings right now about her death - anger, deep sadness, and still a bit disbelieving that she's actually gone from this earth. I want to act like a toddler, stomp my feet and scream "This is NOT FAIR!" I feel like my heart is going to burst from my chest sometimes. I think an anti-anxiety med may be in my near future.
My nine year old son is the only one that asks me, multiple times a day, how I'm doing. I don't think my husband knows what to say, so his way of helping is to pick up some slack with my mom/wife duties, which is a big help. And of course I have my sister and brother, they're going through the same pain I am. My sister and I have always been super-super close, but it's brought my brother and I closer, and for that I'm thankful.
I am having a very hard time dealing with my mother-in-law. She is an absolutely wonderful person, kind and caring. She lives next door, is retired but very fit and active, and has always been a huge help with my children. This is hard to put into words, but there's a part of me that doesn't want to see or talk to her. I met my husband when I was just barely 18, so she's been a part of my life for over 23 years. She's the next closest thing I have to a mother - she's my husband's mother - but she is still here and my own mother is not. Why do my kids get to still have her for a grandmother, but their Grammy is no longer a presence in their lives? Does that sound insane? I tried to verbalize this to my husband last night and he had this look on his face that I was crazy, he didn't know what to say. I let it drop.
How can you ask for support when you really don't even know what to ask for? I want to erase the last year and a half and have my mother back, but no one can give that back to me.
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Ebay is asking its 145 million users to change their passwords due to a cyber hack, but some users are reporting site difficulties.
Businesswire reports eBay saying cyberattackers compromised a small number of employee log-in credentials, allowing unauthorised access to eBay's corporate network.
Some Australian users have contacted Kidspot to say they've been unable to change their passwords or their site IDs are not being recognised.
After testing its networks, eBay says there is no evidence of unauthorised activity for eBay users, and no evidence of any unauthorised access to financial or credit card information, which is stored separately in encrypted formats.
The company recommends changing passwords to help enhance security for eBay users.
EBay is now working with law enforcement and security experts to aggressively investigate and apply best practices to protect customers.
The database was compromised between late February and early March and included eBay customers' names, encrypted passwords, email addresses, physical addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth.
However, the database did not contain financial information or other confidential personal information. The company said that the compromised employee log-in credentials were first detected about two weeks ago. Extensive forensics subsequently identified the compromised eBay database, resulting in the company's announcement in the US yesterday.
The company said it has seen no indication of increased fraudulent account activity on eBay.
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