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America is now run by the best and brightest of Chicago. What they did to Chicago, they're doing to America.
Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Chicago's credit rating, citing the city's unfunded pension liabilities.
The agency announced Tuesday it's lowering the rating on $8.3 billion in debt from A3 to Baa1, putting it only three notches above junk-bond status.
Moody's Investor Service rated the city's upcoming $388 million bond issuance at Baa1, down from A3, a level set last year after an unusual triple downgrade.
Chicago will test the bond market for the first time since its bond rating dropped three notches, thanks to $1.9 billion in borrowings added Monday to the mountain of debt piled on Chicago taxpayers.
The lower rating means the city will have to pay high interest rates.
Moody's concluded Chicago has the highest level of unfunded pension debt "of any rated U.S. local government."
Chicago is home to one of the most troubled pension systems in the country. In total, the city's four pension funds -- for firefighters, police officers, and two for other city workers -- face funding holes of nearly $20 billion.
uesday's downgrades affect $8.3 billion in city debt, including $7.8 billion in general obligation bonds and $556 million in sales tax bonds. It follows previous downgrades by Moody's and other ratings agencies.
It also comes as the city prepares to issue hundreds of millions in new bonds, according to Moody's.
The latest hit to the city's general obligation and sales tax ratings puts that debt only a few notches away from junk status. Moody's said its outlook remains negative, which means additional downgrades could come.
Chief Financial Officer Lois Scott was asked Monday how much the downgrade would add to the city's borrowing costs.
"We haven't issued debt since then. So, we have no way of knowing," Scott said before hustling out of the City Council chambers.
Chicago now has the worst credit rating of any major city except Detroit.
Don't worry, Detroit, Chicago will get there soon. So will large chunks of California and New York City. And then they'll have to annex the suburbs, seize 401Ks and start selling office furniture on eBay.


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Browns 34, Patriots 14: Postgame analysis
Better question might be, 'How didn't the Patriots lose?' You name it, the Patriots struggled with it. For starters, the defense gave up over 400 yards (404) for the fourth time in eight games. Of those yards, 230 came on the ground which was the most given up by the Patriots since the Miami Dolphins ran up 256 on Dec. 29, 2002. The Patriots offense, which is struggling to find places to go for big plays, has only gained more than 400 once – against Buffalo — and had 283 against the Browns. Tom Brady had a lower passer rating (90.5) than Browns rookie starter Colt McCoy (101.6). Oh, and the special teams fumbled a kickoff, had a punt partially blocked and allowed a 36-yard kickoff return.
C Dan Koppen (undisclosed), DE Mike Wright (left leg) and CB Kyle Arrington (left leg) each returned to the game.
K Stephen Gostkowski (quad) left the game and was not able to return. Wes Welker had to conduct the place kicking duties.
1. The Patriots are still (sort of) tied for best record in NFL: They're tied with the New York Jets at 6-2 in the AFC East, but the Jets won the first matchup between the two teams. Rematch is set for Dec. 6. Patriots are also tied for the best record win the NFL with the Ravens, Falcons, and possibly the Steelers, Colts and Chiefs (depending on their late or Monday night games).
2. Woodhead and Hernandez: We'll have more on this in the next section, but they were the Patriots' offense. Aaron Hernandez was targeted a team-high nine times and led with five catches, 48 yards and two touchdowns. Danny Woodhead had 54 yards on nine carries, and 38 yards on two receptions.
3. They left Cleveland. Always a positive.
1. Patriots got manhandled: It's one thing to lose a game at the end, but the Patriots were dominated in all three phases. This was the first time in a long time where an opponent was much more physical for all 60 minutes than a Bill Belichick-coached team. The Browns imposed their will on the Patriots. And made it look easy.
2. Rush defense: Browns RB Peyton Hillis ran for 184 yards on 29 attempts (6.3 average). And it was the same from the first quarter (9 for 63, 7.0) to the last (9 for 70, 7.8). That success on the ground made the Patriots hesitate when it came to rushing Colt McCoy because they needed to stay square against the run. McCoy wasn't sacked once, and according to the stat sheet, the Patriots didn't register a quarterback hit.
3. Lack of offensive options: It's one thing for the Patriots to survive without Randy Moss when Deion Branch is healthy. But he wasn't for the second-straight game. Running the ball helped immensely against the Vikings, but 68 yards on 18 attempts by running backs (3.8 average) isn't going to cut it. Branch is running on one leg. Wes Welker isn't quite his old self. TE Ron Gronkowski was made invisible as the Browns tried to hit him early and often, and Brandon Tate dropped a key third-down play. That left Hernandez and Woodhead for Brady to use at weapons. They need much more if they aren't able to run the ball.
At Pittsburgh Steelers (5-2), 8:20 p.m. Sunday
Result: At Cincinnati (2-5) on Monday night.
What's up with them: The Patriots will have the benefit of the Steelers coming off a short week as they travel to take on the Bengals tomorrow night. In its last game, Pittsburgh lost 20-10 at New Orleans. Steelers had won two-straight after their bye week (and getting QB Ben Roethlisberger back from suspension) before the loss to the Saints.


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A gay man has spoken of his "shock" and 'Amazement" at being featured in numerous spoof headlines these past few months.
Larry Sabu, 20, said he was simply "minding my own business" while "cruising" the internet for pictures of human-shaped vegetables when he stumbled on a story about a "Gay Man".
"I clicked on it and little did I realise that I was entering a world of pure, unadulterated madness", Larry said.
What was most shocking was that all these stories featured a gay man with the exact same name and age as his - 'Larry Sabu, 20'.
"It was like I had hit upon an alternate universe where my doppelganger was doing all kinds of crazy, pointless gay things", said Larry.
"'Gay Man's Enormous Penis Rescues Sick Kitten From Tree'.
'Gay Man Teaches Monkey Love'.
Gay Man Explores Uranus' . . . it felt like I was vicariously living a life I'd always dreamed of, a wild and exhilarating lifestyle I could never possibly get away with in reality".
Larry wrote to the spoof website and asked if he could possibly become digitised and inserted into the stories.
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Gutsy kid of two years beats cancerPublished On: Tue, Nov 22nd, 2011 | Skin cancer | By BioNews
A British kid diagnosed with leukaemia has overcome all odds as doctors revealed she is now in remission.
Erin Colley has had repeated bouts of chemotherapy since she was diagnosed with leukaemia in August aged just two, The Sun reported Tuesday.
Erin's proud mum, Lisa, 38, said: "She was so brave considering she is so young and that she was in hospital for more than five weeks.
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DH and I are planning a vacation for late May and will be leaving from the DC area. We are in our mid-40s and are planning a romantic getaway. We are looking for a relaxing vacation, great beaches, good restaurants and some options for other activities (shopping is not a priority). We love to linger over breakfast on vacation and would love have an open air dining option where ever we go.
In the Caribbean, we've been to Barbados (Hilton), Aruba (Hyatt), and Antigua (Galley Bay). Last year we ventured away from the islands and went to the Mayan Riviera (Secrets Maroma). Of these, our least favorite was Aruba because the area was so built up.
We're currently considering Curacao (Hyatt) , St Lucia (Windjammer) and Grand Cayman (Ritz-Carlton). Here are our questions:
1. St Lucia - I know the island is beautiful but have heard mixed things about the beaches. Can anyone comment on what they are like? Also, any feedback on the Windjammer? I noticed that many of the villas have an open living area--are bugs a problem?
2. Curacao - Anyone have recent experience with the Hyatt? The tripadvisor reviews point to some issues with the beach--a dock running the length of the beach and beach in an inlet instead of looking out over the Caribbean. Does anyone know if this is the only beach area at the resort and if this is accurate? If so, this won't work as a great beach is really important to us.
3. Grand Cayman - The reviews of the Ritz are good but I was wondering how stuffy the hotel is. We're looking for something fairly low key. Also, any guesses on how crowded the beach will be this time of year?
Thanks for any help. As always, any other suggestions are appreciated.
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DH and I are planning a vacation for late May and will be leaving from the DC area. We are in our mid-40s and are planning a romantic getaway. We are looking for a relaxing vacation, great beaches, good restaurants and some options for other activities (shopping is not a priority). We love to linger over breakfast on vacation and would love have an open air dining option where ever we go.
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There are no beaches on St. Lucia with soft, white sand. A lot of the beaches are really beautiful, but they are nothing like Aruba.
If you didn't like Aruba, I really don't think you'll like Grand Cayman either. Granted, most of the hotels on Grand Cayman are not big high-rises, though the Ritz-Carlton is, and there aren't American fast-food establishments to the extent there are in Aruba, but it's still busy with a lot of traffic. The beaches are quite beautiful, with soft, white sand, but this is not really a low-key resort. You might like the Ritz-Carlton on St. Thomas a bit better, though that island is also built up. I don't think the Ritz-Carlton is stuffy, but it's a huge, busy resort with lots of families. Sort of the opposite of what you're looking for. If I were you and still interested in Grand Cayman, I'd take a look at a condo or the Reef Resort out on the east end.
Curacao has some beautiful beaches, but I don't know the one at the Hyatt Regency well enough to advise you there.
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Went to Grand Cayman twice. I agree, Grand Cayman is alot like Aruba. However, we loved both. You will find better snorkeling and beaches in Grand Cayman compared to Aruba, St. Lucia and Curacao. We stayed at the Courtyard by Marriott when it was a Holiday Inn. The beach is across the street. No issues walking over there. We had a pool side room and it was very quite. Our second trip was a cruise. I feel if you stay away from Georgetown during the busy part of the day and when the cruise ships come in, it won't be as much of an issue with crowds like Aruba. We never even realized when the cruise ships hit Aruba. If I'm not mistaken, I read that the Ritz-Carlton is not directly on the beach, but you walk through an over head walk way to get there. You might look at the Westin or the Marriott on 7 Mile Beach instead.
St. Lucia is the exact opposite of Grand Cayman and Aruba. It is very lush with mountains, flora, fauna, plantations and waterfalls. Reminded us of Jamaica and Hawaii. Many people complain abour the winding, hilly roads, but we didn't have any issues with them. Driving can be a little difficult and everything is quite spread out. The beaches are made up of coarse brownish/biege sand and the water is a dark blue. There are a few black sand beaches also. We went there for the sightseeing, not for a beach vacation per se.
Curacao is nothing like Aruba. It was kinda of our first thought after going to Aruba since it's the next Island over. Reminded us of Arizona with beaches. There is also no long stretches of beach like Aruba or Grand Cayman. Their beaches are small coves mainly on the West side. The sand is made up of crushed coral so water shoes are a must. People rave about the snorkeling there, but that wasn't our experience. We stayed at the Lions Dive in a 2 bedroom apartment, which I would highly recommend over the Hyatt. The Lions Dive is a small hotel with 3 resturants and several more within walking distance. Also within walking distance is the Sea Aquarium. The beach at the Lions dive and next door Mambo Beach is a very nice area.
If your interested we have our pictures of each of those Islands here.
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Just had another thought. If you want beautiful beaches, low key with decent resturants and love water related activities, then look at Turks and Cacios or St. John, USVI. Sounds exactly like what your looking for. We have those Islands on our picture site also.
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The Hyatt Resort in Curacao is a beautiful property, if a little remote, but perfect for the romantic getaway your planning! I really like the beach, especially the left part of it is excellent for swimming and not too far from the beach bar (important detail ). As you said it is on the entrance of an inland lagoon with open access to the ocean. The dive shop over there also provides snorkel trips both from beach and by boat. The area as a whole has a wonderful relaxed feel, lot's of open air dining and a great golf course. The plantation on which it is located even has some dedicated indian hiking trails.
I you would like a very private high end option with a beautiful beach I can also recommend Baoase Resort (www.baoase.com). This is a very asian inspired small resort with very private villas and a lot closer to town.
In general there is a lot to do on Curacao. I don't know too much about the other islands you are looking at, but I do agree with KVR that the island is nothing like Aruba! It has a pretty cosmopolitan feel, which is unual for a Caribbean island. You may want to visit the island pages on www.curacao-vacation.com for more background info on the island.
Whatever destination you choose, I wish you a wonderful vacation!
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I agree with others on Aruba/Grand Cayman. Havent been to St Lucia so cant comment.
If thinking about Curacao, I would recommend Kura Hulanda Lodge. Far from the city; beautiful surroundings; great food. I wouldnt stay in town. The suites are wonderful with great patios overlooking the ocean for breakfast.
Peace, Greenie
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You are all over the map in terms of choices. To answer your question about the Hyatt, I just came back from staying at the Hyatt Curacao. It's true that the beach area is man-made and faces the inlet. So that will be a deal breaker for you.
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I think Curacao would be the best for you. You want to do more than just lay on the beach and the island is full of culture! In fact, we were surprised how much there really was. We loved the bright buildings and the Dutch language. It's fun to walk across the pontoon bridge, which is over 100 years old. Can't help with the hotel as we stayed at the Marriott. I could go on and on. Great restaurants. Hook's Hut was a nice bar/restaurant within walking distance to the Marriott, but other than that, we had a rental car for several days, took the transportation offered from the hotel and used cabs.
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Just to clarify a comment made above, the Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman is on the beach but does also stretch to the bay side. So if you want a garden view, you walk to the beach via an enclosed walkway.If you want a beach front room,it's available.
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To take over the world, one language at a time
Before moving to Montreal, I lived in Sao Paulo (Brazil), Berlin (Germany) and New York (USA), so I'm definitely a city person (or an enthusiastic "urbanite", to be more precise).
Personality-wise, I am an export-only, ten-fingered Margot Tenenbaum.
Academically, I'm kind of a nerd. I collect university degrees. Got two in Portuguese (Philosophy B.A. and B.Ed.), in Brazil, two in English (MA in Philosophy and Ethics & Society), in the U.S., and am getting one in French (Philosophy PhD), in Montreal.
Now, in spite of all the above, I'm really not that weird. There's the 1% of us out there who is actually normal. I promise.
Now, these are the places I've been to:
visited 25 states (11.1%)Create your own visited map of The World or Triposo world travel guide for Android
I've also traveled quite a lot (but not enough) within the US:
visited 17 states (34%)Create your own visited map of The United States or website vertaling duits?
And then I also traveled through most of the Brazilian coast:
visited 13 states (48.1%)Create your own visited map of Brazil
I am a lover of beauty, and I seek virtue, above all.
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
I host, I surf. The works.
So far, I hosted quite a few surfers:
Narayana Alves, from Brazil (in Montreal, April 2011)
Denis Placette and his wife, Laurence, from France (in Montreal, September 2011)
Adam and his sister, from Australia (in Montreal, February 2012)
Cleber and Paula Figueiredo, from Brazil (in Montreal, March 2012)
Stefanie Juell, from the USA (in Montreal, April 2012)
Yu-Jen, from Taiwan (in Montreal, April 2012)
Elisabeth Mendes, from Belgium (in Montreal, May 2012)
Marc Barei, from Toronto (in Montreal, September 2012)
Frédéric Merme and Guillaume, from France(in Montreal, October 2012)
Jael Potterie, from France (in Montreal, October 2012)
And I was hosted by these amazing people:
Elena Lerín (Ottawa, February 2011)
Benoit Martel (Québec City, March 2011)
Lucy (Toronto, October 2011)
Joel Beaupre (Ottawa, April 2012)
I've also met some couchsurfers around the world (at CS events, for instance).
All of it has been great!
Languages. I'm obsessed with learning foreign languages. But not just learning the basics. I like being fully proficient in them because, why not? (Too bad these days I don't get to practice them as much as I would like to...)
I also read. A lot. I love anything related to the arts (films - not simply "movies" -, photography, sculpture, music etc.) and culture. I love gastronomy, in general. And stout beers, especially Guinness or anything that comes from a local brewery. And music. I love music (almost anything from Beethoven to DJ Tiesto).
Sport-wise, I'm a fan of pilates, and I also jog & run (I usually do 5K races; trying to move on to 10K). Yoga? No, thanks.
I'm generally engaged in environmental causes. I do volunteer work for a number of organizations dealing with environment and sustainability. Food ethics is one of my greatest passions. Even tough I am not a vegetarian, most of the stuff you'll eat at my place will be organic, fair-trade, and GMO-free.
I am all for a sustainable world and the REAL good things in life.
- arts
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Scandinavian movies are really my thing. I am also a big fan of Austrian director Michael Haneke. In general, I tend to prefer European to American movies (esp. mainstream American movies).
I'm obsessed with British Pop/Rock (esp. the 1980s). American alt rock from the 1990s are my next passion. And indie rock.
I obviously read a lot of philosophy (for "work"), but literature is my second biggest passion in life. All-time fave books include: Jeffrey Eugenides' "Middlesex", Nicole Krauss' "The History of Love", Thomas Bernhard's "Der Untergeher", Albert Camus' "L'Étranger".
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I've worked as a volunteer translator (English-French) at the United Nations, in NYC.
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Michael Solomon is the editor of ForbesLife. He was previously an editor at Esquire, and The Daily Beast. His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, Elle, Newsweek, and The Guardian and he has published several books, including the Malcolm Gladwell parody Blank: The Power of Not Actually Thinking at All.
The Selected Poems of Sarah Palin
On June 10, 2011, more than 24,000 pages of Sarah Palin's emails were released to the public. Discovered among this trove, through the literary sleuthing of editor Michael Solomon, was language that was clearly intended to be poetry. The result is 50 previously unpublished poems by Alaska's comedic bard.
Writing on everything from moose hunting and beauty pageants to state politics and tanning beds, I Hope Like Heck places the Belle of Wasilla in the poetic pantheon of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emily Dickinson and Dr. Seuss.
As Solomon writes in the foreword: "Verse, like America, yearns to be free. Few twenty-first century poets understand this better than Sarah Palin. Not since Walt Whitman first heard America singing has a writer captured the hopes and dreams of her people so effortlessly—and with so many gerunds."
Praise for I Hope Like Heck:
"Not since Donald Rumsfeld's Pieces of Intelligence has an American politician arrived on the literary scene with such a stunningly unintentional poetic debut. Michael Solomon has done us all, and Sarah Palin, the great service of not looking for deeper meanings in her comments. By so doing, he helps us appreciate them for what they truly are – a random collection of words."—Jacob Weisberg, editor of Palinisms: The Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Sarah Palin


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This is not the Super Mario Bros. game you want the kids playing.
Great Goombas, what has gotten into our little plumber friend? One minute he's defacing train cars with spray paint, the next he's splattering Mushroom Kingdom with the fresh blood of policemen. Under the black balaclava he's wearing, is that really Wario?
Needless to say, this is not Nintendo's newest effort to appeal to the Vice demographic. Although I'm not sure of the authorship of this hacked Mario Bros. video, which was posted to Facebook by Germany's I Love Graffiti, it's likely that the Berlin street-art crew 1UP had something to do with it. (Just a guess from all the prominent "1UPs" appearing throughout the level.) The shadowy group has established a prominent foothold in its city's public-transit system, according to Urban Art Core:
I'm pretty sure, everyone who ever visited Berlin, knows at least a handful of 1UP graffiti. Whether up on the roofs, down in the subway tunnels or on trains, cars or walls, 1UP is everywhere and for that reason an inherent part of Berlin's street culture and graffiti scene.
This footage shows a Berlin train marked with a huge 1UP tag, much like the one Mario makes:
The graffiti Mario concept is particularly suiting, given that the thickly mustached hero already appears in a lot of street art throughout the world. And his mayhem-sowing rampage shouldn't be a shocker: For a character who traditionally loves stomping on heads and lighting people on fire throughout his gaming adventures, the pugnacious plumber has been about a good role model as A Clockwork Orange's Alex DeLarge. This is just Mario embracing a bit more of his inner darkness:
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NAFCU Skeds Cordray for Beantown Confab
NAFCU has added CFPB Director Richard Cordray to the speaker list for its 46th annual conference set for July 9-13 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston.
"NAFCU has forged an ongoing dialogue with Director Cordray and his staff", said Fred Becker, NAFCU president/CEO. "His remarks to the assembled during NAFCU's annual conference will provide a unique opportunity for credit unions to hear his view on the bureau's activities and their impact on our industry."
Also speaking at the conference will be NCUA Chairman Debbie Matz. Becker also will give his final address before his retirement from the trade group.
The conference also will feature educational tracks, a Solutions Expo, a Small Credit Union Roundtable with the NCUA and forums for senior managers, board chairs, directors and supervisory committees.
Registration is online.


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Big data for development and humanitarian action
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Hereby we would like to invite you to the event Agile transformations in large-scale and regulated environments at Leiden University - Campus The Hague, on Friday, 11 December, 2015. This event is organised in cooperation with PwC and CA Technologies Agile Central .
We invite you to join the discussion on the opportunities and challenges regarding the way we feed the world in the future.
[ This masterclass will be in Dutch ] Op 2 en 3 november 2015 vindt er weer een masterclass plaats waarin op een laagdrempelige manier kennis wordt gemaakt met Big Data. Leer hoe de nieuwe inzichten die Big Data biedt gebruikt kunnen worden ten behoeve van bijvoorbeeld Smart Cities, effectiever beleid en een slagvaardige overheid. Deze masterclass is gericht op professionals die in en om de publieke sector actief zijn en graag meer inzicht willen krijgen in hoe Big Data in te zetten in hun dagelijkse realiteit. Een technische achtergrond is niet nodig! Meer informatie en aanmelden kan via het Centre for Professional Learning .
Hoe zetten we digitale data in voor innovatieve oplossingen van het wereldvoedselvraagstuk? En hoe kunnen de werelden van softwareontwikkeling, internationaal beleid en diplomatie en die van landbouwonderzoek en -praktijk daarin concreet samenwerken? Die uitdagingen stonden centraal tijdens de Data4Food Challenge die van 11 t/m 13 september a.s. plaatsvond in Den Haag.
Technology can drive peace and justice. Innovative solutions increasingly make use of new types of data, mobile technologies and social media. Big or small (data), high-tech or low-tech: the challenge is to maximise the benefits while minimising the risks that come with the so-called data revolution.
The Venture Academy of the Centre for Innovation in The Hague encourages students to establish their own start-up businesses, not only to make profits but also to tackle social problems. The Centre for Innovation detects the growing demand among students to complement the academic skills that are taught at universities today, and to gap the bridge between student-life and the job market.
Every Friday you're welcome to join our open workspace, with free Wi-Fi, good coffee and great company. Our doors are open from 10:00 to 17:00h.
On Thursday June 18th (17:00 - 18:00), Jean Richard Witteveen and Caroline Kroon will share their vision on the Future of Data for Humanity.
This summer school is for professionals and students with a keen interest in the impact of Big Data for the international peace & justice sector. You will learn about the latest trends in data-driven innovation, about the lessons learned thus far regarding Big Data in the sector, and how to apply new methodologies to collect, analyse and disseminate data streams. No prior IT knowledge is required.
In this inspiration lab, Prof. Sandra Groeneveld and Matthijs de Jong (Deloitte) will share their vision on the Future of Work. What are the trends and developments in the fields of Organisation Theory and Human Resource Management? What is the impact on unemployment rates? And what is the impact on income inequality?
In this Inspirationlab, Prof. Simone Buitendijk and Prof. Edwin Bakker share their visions on the future of open education. How does open education influence Leiden University's strategy? And what can we say about its relevance and impact? Registrations for The Future of Open Education are now open!
On 24 and 25 February the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with Leiden University and other partners organised the conference 'Responsible Data for Humanitarian Response'. This expert meeting brought together senior management (responsible for innovative practice) in the field of humanitarian response from public and private sectors as well as academia and INGOs/NGOs.
On Wednesday, February 25th, from 18:30 - 20:00h we hosted a screening of the documentary "Peace in Our Pockets", followed by a Q&A with Kevin Sudi (Partnerhips Manager at Sisi ni Amani in Kenya) and Agnes Koppelman (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands, Policy Officer East and Southern Africa).
We are happy to announce the official release 1.0 of our online network visualisation software ' Lynks '. Lynks has been designed as an easy-to-use online software for visualising networks.
Over the last five months, 31 students of the Minor Entrepreneurship for Society (E4S) spend 26040 hours working on 11 business proposals for social impact. The student start-up teams took up a societal challenge, developed a business plan and crowd funded their pilot. Learning how to go from having an idea, to making it happen.
How can Agile methods improve the quality of project management in IT organizations? Acquire the knowledge necessary to lead an enterprise agile transformation by applying the Scaled Agile Framework, and its underlying principles of lean thinking, and product development flow.
What kinds of changes and developments can we expect to see in our financial and monetary system in the coming years?
To celebrate the opening of the new Agile for Excellence (AE) initiative of Leiden University – Campus The Hague, a launch event was hosted on Tuesday 2 December 2014. This event was organised in cooperation with Rally Software and Leiden University - Campus The Hague.


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An end-user view on wireless instrumentation
What do end users want from wireless, and a wireless standard? ExxonMobil's instrumentation team leader weighs in on the ISA100.11a standard.
Those who have been following developments of the ISA100 standard should know the name Patrick Schweitzer. He is co-chair for ISA100 and the user member of the ISA100 Wireless Compliance Institute board. If that isn't enough, his day job is instrumentation team leader for ExxonMobil. As someone who will have to work with the outcome of the standard development efforts, he keeps his company objectives in mind. We sat down for a talk at the ARC Advisory Group summit in February.
CE: ISA100.11a is complete. Are you happy with it, and what is the next step?
"In the sense that we knew it would work, 11a has worked. Now it's a matter of going to the next level and finding out what are the other things we can do with it. It's nice to have a network. It's nice to say,'I'm going to save money on wires.' That gets you the infrastructure. The next thing you want to put in is the innovation part. The base standard will get us into the applications so we can start thinking about the next thing we can do with it. We haven't even touched it yet. Sure, I can put a pressure sensor in wirelessly and get information we didn't before. We've done it. But what else can we do? What else can we get? Can I go over to this area and get some energy numbers that I didn't have before? Can I enhance my margins because I'm looking at something else? You put the infrastructureout, and then you start building the rest of it."
CE: Can one wireless device standard or network do everything?
"You need a single logical network at the device level that everything is built upon. You don't want multiple networks. They're just too hard to maintain and way too expensive to install and deploy. End users know that. We went through it in the wired world with all the field networks. I think we counted 18 wired networks at one point. It's very expensive.
"You want your network to support communication, but you want something you can innovate off of. It's hard for me to say what that's going to be yet, because I don't know. I think the application profiles, those optional behaviors that we've written into the standard, are going to get us to the next level. We'll start with an installed base, and now where do you go from here? Is there something innovative out there that's going to allow me to connect with another device's network? ZigBee's one. They want to be part of the ISA100 process. Let's say I have an 11a network, and ZigBee's got a new application that I want to get to. Is there a way of using that optional behavior to allow them to be part of my network without changing the whole network? That's what I'm hoping this is all going towards. I have a single logical network but with the greatest diversity of applications that I can get. I think we're headed to that kind of flexibility.
"Let's say we discover that new device that truly innovative, but uses a different protocol. We know we're going to make a billion dollars using this sensor, but now it's disjoint from everything else. What do we do? Set up a new network? I have to build a method into my original standard where I can go to the maker and say,'I understand you've built this thing, but we need you to insert this little application.' So now I can bring that into my network and I don't have to change anything."
CE: How far ahead are you thinking?
"I'm an oil and gas guy, and we take a long view on everything. If we're going to set up a network today, I'm looking for some stability so I don't have to reconsider this every five years. This looks like a great idea today, but what's it going to look like in another 10 or 20 years? Let's go back to the analog control days. Who would have thought back then that today we'd have plant services that have everything integrated in one system? But the 4-20 mA standard that was developed back then has spanned 30 years and more. Wireless needs to be as durable as that standard."
CE: How have you been incorporating end-user requirements?
"I think one of the things that has been misunderstood is the idea of meshing. For a while, everybody was saying that everything needed to mesh. But if you start talking to some users and seeing some presentations, you begin to realize that there are limitations to mesh networks. It's not the answer to all. So when the committee asked the users,'What do you want?' the answer was, 'We want to be able to engineer our system.' There will be times when mesh will get us what we need and it will be very robust, but there will be times when we may need to go point to point, or set boundaries around our network. Some of that flexibility allowed us to engineer the unique solutions we needed for our sites."
CE: So, when you wear your ExxonMobil hat, you want all the flexibility you can get, but within a standard.
"You want to keep it as open as possible, which is the reason we have consistently supported the ISA100 standard. It was a place where we could propose our stuff and be vetted in the open market. When we started working on wireless, WirelessHART didn't exist. We went to the open consensus-based standard, and that was ISA100."
CE: What about WirelessHART? Where do you see it?
" WirelessHART stuff works, there's no doubt about it. We wanted them to come to the table. We were working on ISA100 and we knew it was not going away. So now we've come to the point where we now have two competing standards-or at least two, I hear there are others-that are addressing the same industrial space. So, now what do we do? ExxonMobil is still supporting ISA100, but really what we'd like is a single standard that everybody can deal with. We're pushing for convergence which we think will be beneficial to users as well as suppliers. I'm starting to hear the rest of the user community going the same way. Having to deal with two standards is very confusing. Users don't know which one is right. If producers have to support both, what's that going to do? Eventually the additional costs will filter down into the price of the product and some of the gains we hoped to see from wireless will go out the window.
CE: So there is a solution?
"The end goal of a standard is to provide a basis for everybody to build off of so they can achieve the goals they've set for themselves. I think the solution is out there. The users have to get together and tell the suppliers that if they can come to the table on this one, it will benefit everybody. I don't know how we're going to do that. I'm trying to lead the bandwagon on this, and I'm not going to give up. I know the solution has to be there, I just have to keep pushing to find it."
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The event will be held at the UAB National Alumni Society House on Tuesday. It's free and runs from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.
It's open to the public. Medical professionals, teachers and parents are encouraged to attend.
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SOMERSWORTH — The streets of Somersworth will transform into the streets of Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, on Saturday, July 20. Local nonprofit, the Friends of Somersworth, Inc. (FOS), is hosting the city's first ever Indonesian cultural festival — Jakarta Fair. From noon until 6 p.m., Constitutional Way in Downtown Somersworth will be shut down to traffic and feature dozens of food vendors, as well as performances, language exchanges, and cultural exhibits.
As the FOS sought ways to unify the community and promote the rich cultural fabric of the Hilltop City, it was clear that the burgeoning Indonesian population provided a great opportunity to celebrate the living history of Somersworth's changing demographics. Somersworth, along with Dover, boasts the largest Indonesian community in Northern New England. Attendance at Jakarta Fair is expected to be high with visitors coming from as far away as Boston and New York City. The Indonesian Consulate of NYC has already committed support for the event.
The event is hosted by FOS board chair, Emmett Soldati, and board member Cherry Mawikere-Donald. Mawikere explains the origin of the food festival idea, "Most of the Indonesians in New Hampshire regularly host their own small food fairs throughout the summer, often referred to as Food Bazaars, through their church groups and local communities. It's so nice to see the City of Somersworth, the Friends of Somersworth, and the local community come together to celebrate our culture, our cuisine, and our experiences." Mawikere is a first-generation immigrant, having moved to the Seacoast from Jakarta as a teenager. She owns a small consignment fashion store in downtown Dover, C-Style, and recently organized a large fashion show to support local development and health services organization, Community Partners.
Soldati identified Mawikere in his search to plan the festival, "Cherry is very well connected and has a strong ability to bring people together from diverse backgrounds. She's the reason we're expecting so many vendors and cultural programs for the day. It's going to be a great coming-together of new and longtime locals." The event is free and open to the public. A great experience for families with music and dance performances, as well as a 'language cafe' where festivalgoers can learn Indonesian.
The event is sponsored by the Cooperative Alliance for Seacoast Transportation, known as COAST. Coast has proudly served the Seacoast region of New Hampshire and Berwick, Maine, with affordable, safe transportation since 1982. More information about Coast Bus can be found at www.coastbus.org
Jakarta Fair is an Indonesian Food Festival held all day on July 20. Taking up all of Constitutional Way, this street fair will feature dozens of Indonesian food vendors as well as music and dance performances, language exchanges, and cultural demonstrations. The event is free and family friendly.
The Friends of Somersworth is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) charitable corporation dedicated to the promotion of the arts, sciences, and culture through the creative re-use of the Hilltop School building in Somersworth. Through a public-private partnership with the City of Somersworth, the organization is currently raising funds to rehabilitate the building for future use. For more information, visit their website at www.friendsofsomersworth.com


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Hannah Kill and Joseph LeMay would like to announce their engagement. Parents of the couple are Ted and Barb Kill of Hancock and Terry and Luann LeMay of Sauk Rapids. Hannah graduated from Morris Area High School in 2006 and Alexandria Technical College in 2008. She is employed at St. Cloud Medical Group as a medical coder. Joseph graduated in 2005 from Sauk Rapids-Rice High School and is currently employed at Spee Dee Delivery. A June 11, 2011 wedding is planned.


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Drunk driver arrested for hitting young boy and leaving scene
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A Traverse City man has been arrested by Leelanau County Sheriff's deputies after he hit a teen boy and left the scene on Sunday.
The Leelanau County Sheriff's Department reports that the crash occurred on Pearl St. and Second St. in Leland at 4:29p.m. 14-year-old Carson A. Rosa of Cedar, was walking with several members of his Blue Stars baseball team on Pearl St., on their way back to an end of the year picnic, when the group noticed a Jeep that was traveling westbound had left the roadway and was out of control.
"This really crazy jeep just starts flying down the road, swerving back and forth," said Carson.
The group was along a guardrail at Second St. and all of the boys except for Carson were able to jump over the rail to avoid being hit. Carson was hit by the Jeep and was later transported to Munson Medical Center by Leland Rescue. Carson suffered a deep laceration to his right knee.
"I just stood there, and kind of braced myself for it. It kind of just clipped me and I flipped off the side of the car and flipped and hit the side of the road and he kept driving I guess," said Carson. "I don't know why he did that."
Carson's mother, Katy Rosa, was back at the party, and found out just moments later.
"One of the moms turned to me and said, 'Katy, Carson just got hit by a car,' and I immediately ran outside in the rain and thought the worst," said Katy.
While some of the teammates stayed with Carson, other's ran after the car, and ran for help. They told law enforcement that it was a yellow Jeep, and that it was out of control when it hit their friend. They last saw it head south on Main Street.
"I give them so much credit and I think they deserve to be recognized too," said Katy.
The Sheriff's Department reports that Leelanau 911 was alerted and deputies were given the vehicle description. A citizen called in that the vehicle was on S. Manitou Trail passing Duck Lake Road, and that it had a flat rear tire. A deputy located the driver and the vehicle that had a missing tire and was driving on a rim, in southern Leland Township Leelanau County Sheriff reports that the driver was located within 13 minutes of 911 being alerted.
The 27-year-old driver from Traverse City was contacted and appeared intoxicated. He told authorities that he was coming from a wedding in Leland and that he knew he had lost a tire. The driver failed field sobriety tests and blew .16% on his Breathalyzer test. He was arrested for Operating While Intoxicated 2nd offense, having been convicted of OWI in 2009.
The suspect is expected to be arraigned in court on Friday. The Sheriff's Department reports that they will be seeking additional charges.


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EDMONTON - Your name is Dallas Eakins and 14 games into your NHL head coaching career your team appears to already have been eliminated from the playoffs as a result of the second-worst October in franchise history.
Your name is Dallas Eakins and there are questions about how how a power-play unit could have gone from eighth last year to 24th, how penalty kill unit could have gone from ninth to 26th, how your five-on-five could have given up more goals than any other team in the league and if the so-called swarm defence is understood by any of your defencemen.
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"I feel it. I understand it," said the new head coach of the Edmonton Oilers when your correspondent asked what it's like to be in this sort of jackpot to begin a NHL head coaching career.


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Phil Knight Discusses State Of College Basketball Coppolella Banned As Part Of Braves' Penalties Jones Won't Sue NFL Owners Over Goodell Dish/CBS Dispute Likely To Affect Thanksgiving NFL MillerCoors, NASCAR Yet To Reach Extension Ruppe Is UA's Latest Exec Departure Sellout Crowd Turns Out For Crew Playoffs FC Cincinnati Owners Sign Option To Buy Stadium Site Duracell, SoFi Buying Six-Second Ads On Fox NBC's Preschlack Says Chicago Cuts Part Of Evolution
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NFL Lockout Watch, Day 96: New CBA Reportedly Closer To Completion
Negotiations between the NFL and NFLPA for a new CBA "are 80-85 percent complete," according to a source cited by Mike Freeman of CBSSPORTS.com. The two sides, meeting this week outside DC, have "made such fast progress" that it is "catching many of the principals by surprise." Some of the lead negotiators believe that an agreement "will be reached within a matter of days." Freeman noted the negotiations "continue to move solidly into that threshold of a season will be played, not if one will be played." That "doesn't mean the negotiations can't revert back to the primordial days of disgust and hatred, or that the talks can't implode." It does mean, however, that the discussions "are in such a good place it would be difficult for even the most selfish, destructive personality to affect them." The tone of recent meetings "has taken such a dramatic turn it has indeed been like a different set of gatherings." In addition to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA Exec Dir DeMaurice Smith having dinner together last week, "several owners and players have had private lunches together," and these "smaller, informal meetings also have helped" (CBSSPORTS.com, 6/14). Sources said that both the NFL and NFLPA are "evaluating and strongly considering concessions on all fronts, and that has led to a belief that a deal could be done in two to four weeks." NFL.com's Albert Breer noted in a "sign of the progress made, the legal teams on both sides have returned to the meetings, after sitting out the sessions" in suburban Chicago and Long Island the past two weeks. Two sources indicated that a framework for a new CBA "could be in place before the owners' meetings next Tuesday in suburban Chicago" (NFL.com, 6/14).
LET'S MAKE A DEAL: Sources characterized the owners and players as "being in a 'deal-making mode' and hope to make significant progress over the next two or three days." Another source said that the "major topic this week is the percentage that goes to players" (ESPN.com, 6/14). YAHOO SPORTS' Dan Wetzel cited a source as saying that the framework of a new CBA "could be in place by this weekend." The source said, "A June 30 or July 4 announcement is a reasonable expectation." The source added that "negotiations this month have been marked by both comity and urgency" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 6/14). In DC, Mark Maske cites sources as saying that "an accord just before the July 4 holiday appears increasingly realistic." Sources noted that the recent talks "have been marked by a dramatic change in tone," perhaps because "courtroom decisions that favor the owners have affected negotiating leverage and the threat of a shortened season looms if the talks stall again" (WASHINGTON POST, 6/15). In N.Y., Bart Hubbuch cites sources as saying that attorneys for both sides were invited to this week's negotiating sessions "to sign off on the numerous line-by-line details of an agreement that could resolve the three-month-old work stoppage by the end of the month -- if not sooner." A source said, "Hope is in the air. It's not a done deal, but it's looking very good" (N.Y. POST, 6/15). However, USA TODAY's Gary Graves notes an "end to the lockout does not appear imminent," and predicting such "would be premature" (USA TODAY, 6/15). ESPN's Adam Schefter cited sources as saying that it is "hard to imagine a deal getting done in the next couple of weeks." However, to keep the "entire preseason in place and to allow time for free agency, they're going to have to get a deal done by roughly July 14th." Schefter: "There's a real push now from both sides to try and get this done" ("NFL Live," ESPN, 6/14).
IN IT FOR THE LONG HAUL: In L.A., Sam Farmer cites a source as indicated that "many owners are feeling more encouraged that a deal is within reach than they have been at any other time throughout the process" (L.A. TIMES, 6/15). On Long Island, Tom Rock notes the NFL ahead of next week's gathering in Chicago "has told the owners to clear their schedule and be available not only Tuesday for the meeting but also for the possibility of meetings Tuesday night and even into next Wednesday." While it is "not clear they are opening time for a possible vote on a proposal, it's another sign of promise that the ... lockout could be gasping its final breaths" (NEWSDAY, 6/15). In N.Y., Ralph Vacchiano notes rather than voting on a tentative CBA next week, it "seems more likely the owners would be briefed on the progress, discuss the direction of the negotiations, and then send their negotiating team back in the hopes of striking a deal the following week." The hope is that a new deal "will be in place by early July, which would give teams enough time to conduct their free-agent business so training camps could open on time and the full preseason could be saved." Still, sources "cautioned that while progress is being made, an agreement is still far from complete" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 6/15).
TALKS ALMOST SHUT DOWN YESTERDAY: ESPN's Adam Schefter cites a source as saying talks "almost blew up yesterday." That moment came "shortly after lawyers from both sides were brought back into the process." Two sources said that as tensions "rose and anger grew ... Smith instructed his lawyers to 'stand down.'" The process "was said the get back on track" once the lawyers were removed from direct negotiations. Schefter: "The incident is an example of just how tenuous these talks can be and how quickly they can be derailed. ... To say this is going to be done in two weeks, one source said, 'is borderline insane'" (ESPN.com, 6/15).SI.com's Peter King wrote, "I don't believe the owners meeting will be held to vote on a new collective bargaining agreement. I don't think it's that close ... I think it's more likely we're a couple of weeks away from even a preliminary agreement" (SI.com, 6/14).
A LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE: A Patriots player rep said, "There finally seems to be a level of professionalism about what's going on in these meetings." In Boston, Manza Young & Bedard note if a "settlement is struck in the first week of July, it would leave time for a shortened free agency period, and training camps could start in early August, a little bit later than they would normally" (BOSTON GLOBE, 6/15). In Michigan, Tom Kowalski wrote, "If this deal really gets done by the middle of July, it will mean that intelligence and common sense trumped greed. Wow. Could it really happen?" (MLIVE.com, 6/14). CBSSPORTS.com's Clark Judge wrote, "I don't know that we gain a settlement soon, but it sure seems as if we'll get a season. And when that happens, people will congratulate commissioner Roger Goodell and NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith and tell them how grateful they were that they returned the NFL to us. But I'm not so sure it was either who jumpstarted these talks. I'll credit the calendar, the courts and money instead" (CBSSPORTS.com, 6/14).
NBA, Players Reportedly Hundreds Of Millions Apart On New CBA
NBA and NBPA officials met yesterday to discuss CBA proposals made during the Finals, but the two sides "remain hundreds of millions of dollars apart," according to sources cited by Ken Berger of CBSSPORTS.com. NBA Senior VP/Marketing Communications Mike Bass said that yesterday's negotiating session included Commissioner David Stern, Deputy Commissioner & COO Adam Silver, NBPA Exec Dir Billy Hunter and the union's "in-house staff." A larger meeting "including the owners' full labor relations committee and the players' executive committee is scheduled for Friday in Manhattan." One of the sources said that the owners "have twice offered to delay their vision of at least a 33 percent pay cut for the players, delivered through a hard salary cap with shorter and non-guaranteed contracts -- first through a two-year phase-in and then, in a verbal offer during the Finals, by adding at least one more year to 'soften the landing.'" But sources added that "once the phase-in period ends, the owners are still insistent on their original plan -- proposed in January 2010 -- to deduct approximately $900 million in expenses from the league's basketball-related income (BRI) and reduce the players' share of that from 57 percent to a 50-50 split" (CBSSPORTS.com, 6/14). ESPN.com's Chris Sheridan cited sources as saying that the owners "have not moved off their demand for the players to give up approximately $750 million from the $2.1 billion" in BRI they earned last season. In addition to "rollbacks on salaries due for next season and beyond, owners are also proposing a 10-year agreement with a hard salary cap, a reduction in the length of contracts and an end to fully guaranteed contracts, among other things" (ESPN.com, 6/14).
A MIDSUMMER NIGHTMARE: NBA.com's Steve Aschburner noted a "real-world parallel headed the NBA's way, it looks like, could be a growing disparity between the haves and have-nots." The past two CBAs "were mindful of the league's middle-class players, serving them with cap exceptions, full and early 'Bird' rights clauses and other provisions." But owners "have found that it's not so much the max-salary deals that financially strap their teams, it's the $30 million, $40 million and $50 million packages paid out to average or slightly better players." Aschburner: "Now those rank-and-file types might have to settle for a CBA that is worse than what they've had for so many years" (NBA.com, 6/14). Clippers G Eric Gordon said, "I don't really know what's going to happen and I don't think the player representatives know much yet. All I know is that they are working hard for us to have a season next year" (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, 6/15). CSNBayArea.com's Ray Ratto said, "If the NBA locks out, it's going to be just like the NHL lockout. It's going to take them three years to get the audience back and five years to get the ratings back" ("Chronicle Live," Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 6/14). ESPN's Tony Kornheiser: "The NFL can go away for a year and the moment it comes back, it's as big as it was before. The NBA can't do that" ("PTI," ESPN, 6/14).
DIFFERENT THAN THE NFL: In S.F., Bruce Jenkins writes, "This isn't quite like the NFL, where the ongoing lockout is pure insanity. ... The NBA has legitimate issues. Teams are in trouble." The owners' plan allegedly is to "shut down the game, wait for the players to get desperate, then watch them surrender," and that is "exactly what will happen." Jenkins: "Football fans will come back in droves, and so will people interested in watching the best basketball players in the world. We're all suckers in this scam" (S.F. CHRONICLE, 6/15). In Buffalo, Allen Wilson writes with the NFL situation, there was "always a feeling the owners and players would come to their senses and realize how stupid it would be to mess up a good thing." Wilson: "It looks like the NBA and the players union are intent on shutting the doors, shutting out the fans and wringing the golden goose's neck" (BUFFALO NEWS, 6/15). San Jose Mercury News columnist Tim Kawakami said the NBA will have a lockout "because the economics are going to force them into it." Kawakami: "The NFL can't do it because it's too stupid to shutdown the league" ("Chronicle Live," Comcast SportsNet Bay Area, 6/14).
Scioscia Downplays Suggestion That MLB Could Eliminate Divisions
Angels manager Mike Scioscia yesterday "shot a considerable hole through speculation" that MLB is considering eliminating divisions as part of its realignment plan, according to Mike DiGiovanna of the L.A. TIMES. Scioscia, a member of MLB Commissioner Bud Selig's Special Committee for On-Field Matters, said, "I haven't heard anything about eliminating divisions -- I don't think that works. I think divisional play and the geographic rivalries that come with it are important. More teams have opportunities to get to the playoffs in five-team divisions." He added, "Our committee has not discussed eliminating divisions" (LATIMES.com, 6/14). Cardinals P and player rep Kyle McClellan yesterday confirmed that "discussions about realignment of divisions are part of ongoing talks" between MLB and the MLBPA regarding the next CBA, and he believes that "there are strong arguments for change." McClellan said, "I really like (interleague play). I think it's exciting for us to see the stadiums and to face the different players. But the way it's set up is unfair." Current alignment requires teams in the same division to play interleague schedules "that include series against a designated 'rival' team." McClellan said, "It's very important to play the same schedule when it comes down to the best record getting you into the playoffs." He would not "handicap the chances of realignment occurring because the issue is one of many in play" (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 6/15).
CHANGE WILL DO YOU GOOD: In DC, Dave Sheinin notes while MLB officials are giving realignment a "less than 50-50 chance of coming to fruition by 2012, this is a time of soul-searching and brainstorming within the game, and you have to applaud the effort spent trying to level the playing field." For teams such as the Orioles and Nationals, the "notion of two-15 team leagues with five playoff teams apiece -- and no more ties to East-Coast divisions full of huge payrolls -- has to be welcome news." It will not "be possible to satisfy everyone," but players and management "appear amenable to making changes in the interest of fairness, and that's good news for baseball" (WASHINGTON POST, 6/15). In Cincinnati, Paul Daugherty suggests ways to improve MLB under the header, "Suggestions For Selig." Daugherty: "Go ahead and realign. Send Houston or Arizona to the AL. Then divide into three, five team NL divisions. Do it by market size" (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 6/15).
DON'T MESS WITH A GOOD THING: SI.com's Joe Lemire writes if MLB realigns into two 15-team leagues and eliminates divisions, the league "might as well hand the ballplayers pucks and a hoop, too, because baseball will have lost its playoff identity and joined the NHL and NBA in their free-for-all postseason entrance." Lemire: "If baseball is intent on expanding its postseason to five teams per league, then it should just go ahead and add the second wild card without abolishing the divisional format that has served baseball so well since 1969" (SI.com, 6/15). In San Diego, Nick Canepa writes, "Realignment should be reserved for automobiles and spines, not baseball. They're constantly massaging this game. They should leave it alone." Realignment, "in some form, is going to happen." A baseball official said, "There's a definite probability something's going to come out of this." Canepa notes the "proposed system guarantees interleague play isn't going to go away," because with two 15-team leagues, "there would have to be an interleague series once a week." Padres Vice Chair & CEO Jeff Moorad said "Our fan base seems to respond well to interleague play. The competition is there and that's a positive. I don't know that interleague play won't have less meaning as we go along" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 6/15).
League Notes
Adam Helfant yesterday said that he is stepping down as ATP Exec Chair & President at the end of this year "on good terms." Helfant: "Negotiations are negotiations, but my relationship with the board is perfectly fine, perfectly professional." He refused to discuss specifics about why he is leaving the ATP, saying, "The job has been challenging but, in that regard, it is no different to other jobs at the top level of sports business. I'm used to dealing with complex challenges so it certainly hasn't been anything I couldn't or didn't handle. I'm really proud of what we've accomplished in my three years with the ATP." Helfant added, "I just decided when my contract is up at the end of this year (and) it will be the right time to move on. I don't know where I go from here. I haven't spent much time thinking about it" (GUARDIAN, 6/15).
STREET PARTY? IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard said that he would "like to add a street race in Houston" to next year's Izod IndyCar Series schedule. Bernard said that he "eventually would like to expand the 17-race slate to 22-24 races with an emphasis on larger markets that maximize exposure." He wants to "keep a 50-50 balance between ovals and road/street courses but said dropping races remained a possibility" (USA TODAY, 6/15).
HITS JUST KEEP ON COMING: In Phoenix, Mark Faller wrote the violence in the Canucks-Bruins Stanley Cup Final and in the playoffs overall is an "uncomfortable coda to an NHL season that wrestled with serious injury all year." Canucks LW Mason Raymond and Bruins RW Nathan Horton both "have been hurt badly enough to be knocked out of the series, or worse." There has been a "lot of hand-wringing over changing the NHL rules to address hits to the head, and protecting players from blindside shots." Faller noted people's "hearts are in the right place, but I'm not sure any rules change would have protected" Raymond or Horton (AZCENTRAL.com, 6/14).
GOING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS: In Rochester, Jeff DiVeronica noted nearly five years after MLS Commissioner Don Garber indicated the league would like to add a franchise in the city, MLS "has added a half-dozen cities not named 'Rochester' and is thriving." Asked about Rochester's prospect of landing a team, MLS Exec VP/Communications Dan Courtemanche said, "(MLS) respects the rich soccer tradition in Rochester and western New York, but Rochester is not currently under consideration for a future MLS expansion team. It has been a few years since any active discussions took place" (ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, 6/12).


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Short of hooking up a GPS on each of his Team Canada players, how does Peter Chiarelli and the rest of the Canadian management braintrust hope to find their way to the podium for a gold medal in Russia?
"Speed, speed, experience … and speed," Chiarelli said. "You can easily get lost on the big ice surface out there."
Give the Canadian hierarchy credit for practising what they preach — at least with some of their selections anyway.
For example: Why, the critics were quick to ask on Tuesday, would San Jose's Patrick Marleau get the nod, a name that caused more than a few eyebrows to be raised when it was announced as part of Team Canada's roster?
Because, even in his 30s, the San Jose Sharks forward is one of the fastest players on the planet.
Having good wheels was a factor in selecting the polarizing, enigmatic, super-skilled P.K. Subban. And it was a big reason why young Matt Duchene, 23, had his entire home town of Halibuton, Ont., celebrating when he was picked.
Will it be a recipe for success? Not necessarily, but it will help.
According to star centre Sidney Crosby, positioning will be just as important as skating skills. With more territory to cover on the larger European-sized rink, Crosby feels it is more difficult to defend, especially in your own end.
Here is a position-by-position breakdown of Team Canada's 25-man roster, complete with projected lines:
Chris Kunitz Sidney Crosby Steven Stamkos
Jamie Benn Ryan Getzlaf Corey Perry
Patrick Sharp Jonathan Toews Jeff Carter
Matt Duchene John Tavares Rick Nash
Extra Forwards: Patrick Marleau Patrice Bergeron
Debate the selections all you want, but this much is certain when you scan Team Canada's lineup up front: There are no specialty players — some would unfairly dub them "one-trick ponies" — as have been selected in the past. No Rob Zamuners. No Kirk Maltbys. No Kris Drapers. No Brenden Morrows.
While those individuals should be credited for their contributions in past Olympics, would you consider inserting any of them on your first two lines during a Winter Games tilt? Of course not.
On the other hand, all 14 forwards selected by general manager Steve Yzerman and his staff can play as part of the top six — no questions asked.
In Turin eight years ago, Team Canada had difficulty scoring goals en route to missing out on a medal. Putting the puck in the net should not be an issue this time around.
Marleau and the Rangers' Rick Nash arguably are the biggest question marks, but both won Olympic gold in Vancouver four years ago and are valued for their experience. Marleau certainly hasn't slowed down in that time, while officials are hoping that a finally-healthy Nash can regain his status as an elite power forward who becomes a great compliment to some of his quicker teammates.
No matter which way you break it down, this is the deepest cache of forwards at the Sochi tournament.
Duncan Keith Drew Doughty
Jay Bouwmeester Alex Pietrangelo
Marc-Edouard Vlasic Shea Weber
Extra Defencemen Dan Hamhuis P.K. Subban
Leaving Subban off the team would have been a huge mistake.
As coach Mike Babcock said on Tuesday, Subban can be a "difference maker," especially in a one-game showdown. In the process, there is a strong enough leadership group here to keep the defending Norris Trophy winner from getting distracted with the extra-curricular on-ice activities he often finds himself.
In Keith and Doughty, you have two of the best-skating puck-handling blueliners on the planet. Both are also very composed, which will be key when opposing forecheckers are bearing down on you on the big ice.
Bouwmeester would not have been part of this particular ink-stained wretch's team, having looked slow and plodding during his previous Olympic experience in Turin eight years ago. But his partnership in St. Louis with the ever-improving Alex Pietrangelo in St. Louis gives this duo a chance to be an outstanding shut-down tandem, one the likes of Alex Ovechkin will not enjoy playing against.
The ornery Weber, meanwhile, will make sure opposing forwards don't skate into the Canadian end with their heads down. Or else.
Will Vlasic and Hamhuis make Canadian fans forget about the better-known Dan Boyle and Kris Letang? We don't think so, but the braintrust likes them. We'll see.
Carey Price
Roberto Luongo
Mike Smith
Luongo is the defending gold medal starter. Price arguably is playing the best right now. Those two were slam dunks.
We're not as sold on Smith as some of the so-called experts might be, but he does have recent experience on the big ice, having played for Canada at the 2013 World Hockey Championships.
If not Smith, then who?
Had Chicago's Corey Crawford not missed so much time to injury, he would have been the choice here. In fact, he still should have been, health permitting.
As for Pittsburgh's Marc-Andre Fleury, he simply allows too many bad goals. Case closed.
Peter Chiarelli really noticed Dan Hamhuis during the 2011 Stanley Cup final between the Boston Bruins and Vancouver Canucks.
And Hamhuis wasn't even playing.
"You could really see how much they missed him when he was forced to sit out that series because he was hurt," said Chiarelli, the Bruins' general manager. "He just brings such a stabilizing aspect to their blue line."
In Hamhuis and San Jose's Marc-Eduoard Vlasic, Chiarelli and the Team Canada braintrust opted to go for two players who have garnered far fewer headlines than the Dan Boyles and Kris Letangs of the world.
True, both are left-handed shots, which gave them an edge over the likes of Boyle and Brent Seabrook, both of whom shoot right. Team Canada officials wanted an even four-four split between lefties and right-handed shots, one that they achieved with their selections.
But Chiarelli said both Hamhuis and Vlasic bring far more to the table.
"Both can skate, both are smart and both are good two-way players," Chiarelli said. "Maybe a lot of Canadians don't see them play because they play out west, but these are two very good talents."


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One of the first of "free schools" in England has been accused of serious financial mismanagement including "fabricated invoices" and poor "internal controls".
An Education Funding Agency (EFA) report reveals allegations of financial irregularities and even possible fraud at Kings Science Academy in Bradford. The leaked report was first revealed by the BBC Newsnight programme.
The report found that £59,560 of payments were not supported by any evidence of payments being made, and £10,800 of this was supported by fabricated invoices for rent.
The published report, which has been partly redacted, highlighted "serious concerns" about "internal control, financial accounting systems and payment processes in operation" in the Academy until November 2012.
The DfE's internal audit investigation team said...
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COTTONDALE, Ala. (WIAT) — An elderly woman in Tuscaloosa County may never regain the use of one of her feet after living through a dog attack.
The attack happened on Clements Road in Cottondale Tuesday afternoon.
According to witnesses, the woman they all know as Sylvia was walking down the road when one of the dogs attacked her.
Neighbors helped get the dogs off of her and called for help.
"One had her by the foot and the other two little white ones was just eating her," said Tina Stanley. "I don't know if she's got any more bites on her. Her grandson said she didn't."
One woman says dogs roam the area but have never attacked anyone before.
Three dogs are being quarantined at the Tuscaloosa Animal Shelter.
Investigators say another dog escaped before it could be captured.


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Heise earns Distinguished Insurance Agency distinction
Chris Heise, an American Family Insurance agent in West Fargo, has been recognized for providing outstanding customer experience under the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Insurance Agency Program. Heise joins other American Family agents who have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to outstanding customer service.
Heise has been an agent for American Family since 1994. His office is located at 722 13th Ave. E., West Fargo, ND.
"Consumers expect value from insurance agents, as they do from any other service providers," said Dan Schultz, American Family president and chief operating officer. "This award helps consumers to identify the best of the best, with respect to customer service and customer satisfaction." Heise has qualified for this award consecutively since 2006 since American Family joined up with J.D. Power and Associates.
The service excellence distinction was determined through an evaluation process conducted by J.D. Power and Associates. The process consists of a customer satisfaction survey which measures customers' overall experience with their current American Family agent. Agents must meet or exceed the standards measured on a national benchmark established by J.D. Power and Associates' annual auto and home insurance customer satisfaction studies. Only agencies that perform in the top 20 percent of all insurance agencies nationwide based on customer satisfaction surveys are eligible to become a Distinguished Insurance Agency.


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" Brand: Post-it / Type: Stationery "
I always find that when I need a bit of paper there's none to be found anywhere despite the face that I own several notepads. I think it's because notepads are a little big and unslightly to keep in the kitchen. I was really glad when my daughter bought me this dispenser for my birthday as it's lovely and girly and looks nice enough to sit on the side in my kitchen.
The dispenser came in a clear, plastic box and was sat in a cardboard tray. It's solid and quite heavy which is good because when you pull the post it notes out you don't end up moving the dispenser accross the counter. The dispenser itself is a lovely dark pink colour and has been made into a heart shape. It's a shiny, smooth plastic with a recangular hole in the middle where the post-it notes come from. You re-fill the dispenser by taking the back off and putting a new pack of notes in. It's really simple to do.
When I first got the dispenser, it came with a little packet of pink post-it notes which looked lovely in the pink dispenser. They're like normal post-it notes with the small adhesive strip at the top so you can make notes then stick them on the wall or cupboard doors if you're me. They stick pretty well so they're increidbly handy to use when you're in the kitchen and discover you've run out of something, you can make a note of it and stick it on the fridge to remind you later.
The dispenser is lovely, it's really easy to use and the post-its come out easily. I found myself trying to find excuses to make notes about anything when I first got it just as an excuse to use it. When the pink post-it notes ran out, I bought the normal yellow ones to re-fill it which are available at most places like Asda, Tesco, WHS, wilko's etc for a couple of pound. On my last shop, I discovered a pack of three post-it note pads in different colours for £2. You get a blue pad, pink pad and green pad which look quite pretty in the pink dispenser.
I'd definitely recommend this dispenser, it looks ever so pretty on my kitchen counter and comes in handy on a daily basis. It's ideal for home or work to jot down sudden brainwaves, appointment reminders, shopping items etc. I've had lots of compliments from visiting friends about it. It's sturdy, does the job and looks pretty, what more could you ask for?
You can get these dispensers from a variety of shops and online but make sure you shop around as they vary quite greatly in price. The cheapest I've found them for is £5.99 on ebay but there was the same one on amazon for £18.00 so be sure to find the best price if you buy one!
So our house is a bit of a post it shrine but for some reason there is never any to hand when you need them. So when I saw this on offer I had to have it for the hall side table.
So it's pink, shaped like a heart and holds your standard size post it notes. What else would you need to know. Well quite a few things are important when dealing with post it notes in a dispenser.
First for me is can you pull the notes out one handed? That gets a great big yes. The base is weighted which makes it nice an secure on the table for pulling out your notes. It has the added advantage of doubling as a paperweight if required.
The next question is does it hold a reasonable amount of notes at a time? Again a big yes. Admittedly the initial pack it came with was not that big but there was plenty of space for more and there is a pop up part to the dispenser which ensures the pack always sits at the top. The only problem with this is that you can't see how many notes you have left.
And finally, is it easy to refill. Now that's a mixed answer. Actually opening the device and refilling couldn't be any easier. Just turn it over and there is a clip to press and the base separates from the top with the new pad of post its ready to go in. It clicks reassuringly back into place when closed. You need to choose carefully what notes to fill it with however. Your ordinary notes just won't work and you need the concertina ones. You could create your own by swapping alternate notes round but that would be way to dull. Post it do sell these packs but I'm not aware of any of the slightly cheaper alternatives doing so.
A nice wee dispenser that is easy to use.
In our house whenever we want a piece of note paper we can never seem to find any despite having several note pads in various places, so a few weeks ago my Mum brought me a posit note dispenser, I have one of these at work, although the one at work is rather plain and boring, and so far I have found it to be extremely useful, so having one around the house was also going to be handy as it meant I would always have a piece of paper to hand should either of us need it.
The Post it Note dispenser came in a large clear plastic box, it had the name of the product written on the top and the dispenser itself sat within a cardboard tray to keep it still and from moving around as the whole thing is quite heavy.
The Post it Note dispenser is basically a large bright pink shiny heart shape , it is totally plain apart from the Post it logo in white in the corner, however this is very small and does not detract away from the dispenser itself. Right in the centre of the dispenser on the top is a large slit about a couple of centimetres high and about an inch long, this is where the Post it Notes come from. The base of the Post it Note dispensers is a slightly darker coloured pink compared to the top, near the pointed part of the heart shape is a small leaver set within the plastic, if you push this one way it releases the top of the dispenser from the base allowing you to put the Posit Notes inside ready for use. Setting up the dispenser was very easy, this actually comes with a small packet of pink square Posit Notes, or as they are sometimes known Z Notes, these are basically Posit Notes joined together in Z shapes so that when you remove one Posit Note from the dispenser another one appears in its place ready for use, a bit like when you take a tissue from a tissue box.
To set up the dispenser I simply pressed the leaver on the base to remove the top, inside there was a small square sharpened area, I sat the Posit Notes within this an poked the first Posit Note through the slit in the top of the dispenser, I then put the top part back on top of the base and clicked to the two sections back together, that was basically it the Post it Note dispenser was ready to use.
The pink square Posit Notes which come with the dispenser are the proper Post it Note brand, they are basically a small square of pale pink paper, they have a sticky strip along the top of each note so that you can stick notes to things whether it is a reminder for yourself or someone else. The sticky strip sticks extremely well to all sorts of surfaces, however you can easily remove them without leaving a glue mark behind. The Post it Notes pull out of the dispenser very smoothly and as soon as you remove one note another one is instantly in its place ready for use.
Personally I like the design of the dispenser, it is a little bit different to the regular boring ones you see in offices and I particularly like the bright pink colour, despite the brightness of this product it does not look tacky or out of place at all. We actually keep ours on the table next to our telephone, that way we know where it is and it is also handy should you want to write something down when on the phone. The Posit Note Heart Dispenser can be purchased from a variety of shops, my Mum got mine from Tesco, it should have been sold at £10.00 which personally I do think is a bit on the expensive side, I do really like the design and style of the product but I'm not sure I would be prepared to pay £10.00 for it, however when my Mum purchased mine they had money off and she only paid £2.00 for it, personally I thought this was an excellent price and a real bargain, I would certainly be happy to pay this for the product. Obviously the price does vary depending on where you purchase it from for example Amazon have them for £8.99. I do think this product has proved to be extremely good value for money especially at £2.00, but I would not pay £10.00 for a Posit Note dispenser.
Overall I would definitely recommend the Posit Note Heart Dispenser, we have had a lot of use out of ours, it is very handy to have in the house as you can always find a piece of paper when you need it rather than having to hunt around for a note pad. I particularly like the design and colour of my dispenser, it is a bit different to the boring ones you tend to see in offices. It is easy to refill the dispenser when needed and the Post it Notes needed are readily available from a variety of stationary shops as well as some supermarkets, also you do not have to stick to the pale pink Posit Notes that come with the dispenser, you can buy these in a variety of colours. My only criticism with this is probably the price when it is sold at full price, however as mine was only £2.00 I would definitely say it was well worth the money. I would certainly recommend the Post it Note Heart shaped dispenser, it is extremely useful to have in your home, or you could even use it at work to brighten up your desk.