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To: Chief Fiscal Officers, MMARS Liaisons and Payroll Directors
From: Martin J. Benison, Comptroller
James A. MacDonald, Deputy Treasurer
Date: November 17, 2011
Subject: Banking Transition of Emergency Advance Checking Accounts Comptroller Memo FY #2012-12
Executive Summary
The Treasurer's Office has announced Sovereign Bank as the apparent successful vendor for the department Emergency Advance Checking Accounts (also referred to as DYNACash accounts). It is expected, effective January 1, 2012, the new accounts will be active for any emergency payments. The purpose of this memo is to provide transitional guidance to all departments in closing all TD Bank emergency accounts as well as steps to open new accounts at Sovereign Bank. We have compiled and attached a list of frequently asked questions to assist you in this transition.
All TD Bank emergency (also referred to as DYNACash) accounts will be closed to the issuing of checks at the close of business December 31, 2011. Any notification of an issued check that is not received at TD Bank by January 6th will not be honored. In other words, checks presented for payment, that have not been recorded as issued by TD Bank by January 6th, will be returned to the payee as "unpaid / account closed". Checks issued on or prior to December 31st, with proper notification to TD Bank, will be honored.
The procedures for processing advances in MMARS will not change. The cost to departments will remain the same – no cost. To cash a check, the Sovereign's Interactive Reporting & Initiation Services (IRIS), their on-line banking system, will require the immediate notification and recording of checks issued, referred to as Positive Pay. This improves reconciliation and provides an additional and necessary level of security to the Commonwealth. Webinar training will be held in December. In addition, a demo is being planned for the Payroll User Group on November 30, 2011.
In order to begin the process of establishing your Sovereign account and activating the web application IRIS, the form in Attachment A must be completed, signed by an authorized signatory of the Department Head and returned to the Office of the Comptroller, One Ashburton Place 9th floor, Boston, MA 02108, attention: William Smith, Payee and Payment Manager no later than November 22, 2011.
The following information needs to be entered on the Attachment A spreadsheet:
Heading: Department Code - the 3 letter MMARS Code
Part A: Check Order Information – where checks will be delivered
1. Address (Line One)
2. Address (Line Two) if applicable
3. City
4. State
5. Zip
6. Telephone Number
7. Starting Check Number
8. Annual anticipated number of issued checks (the minimum order is 200)
9. Check stock requirements – options include the following:
- Executive Desktop - checkbook with 3 checks and stubs per page
- Laser Printer Checks, 1 check per sheet. Check on bottom and Remittance Information on top.
- Intuit Quicken/QuickBooks ® 1 check per sheet. Software and hardware required.
10. Special Request (i.e. checks over a $ limit require 2 signatures)
(if necessary please attach any special request or examples to Attachment A).
Note - All checks will include the text "Void 90 Days After Issue Date".
Part B: Signer/Contact Data – DHSA Check Signers and eStatement Contacts (may be same or different)
1. Authorized Signer (First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name)
2. PPAY (Positive Pay) Alert Contact (Name, telephone number, e-mail)
3. eSTATEMENT Contact (Name, telephone, e-mail)
Note: Sovereign will mail department account signature sheets directly to the department CFO.
This form should be completed and returned to Sovereign. A copy should be kept with the department's account records for reference.
Good Internal Controls dictate that signature authority should be reviewed at least annually and updated whenever necessary.
Part C: IRIS Permissions - Information needed to be set up on Sovereign's IRIS System
The Sovereign Bank on-line account system, IRIS, allows you to manage your account via internet access. IRIS lets you view account balances, monitor account activity, place stop payments, view check images and provide Positive Pay check issuance files to Sovereign. IRIS Webinars will be provided to each agency as requested.
Sovereign Assignments is for you to provide the name(s) of your staff that you would like to have Access to Sovereign's Interactive Reporting & Initiation Services (IRIS). The functions that need to be assigned are:
- Account Activity and Stop payment permissions - Account Activity provides views of current and previous day's transactions.
- Positive Payment Permissions - electronic verification of checks. Positive Payment must be done before any check can be cashed.
Balance Inquiries - All users will have this functionality.
Once the required information is submitted by departments, CTR and TRE will coordinate with Sovereign Bank to set up the new bank account to start business as of January 1, 2012. Any department with emergency payroll needs for the payday of January 6th should use the Sovereign account.
Prior to the activation of the new Sovereign Bank account, all TD Bank advances must be returned or expenditures of advance must be processed in MMARS. Notification from the CFO that final deductions are being processed in the current pay period may support an exception to the process.
Attachment B (Inactivating TD Bank Emergency Advance Account) must be completed and submitted to the Office of the Comptroller, One Ashburton Place 9th floor, Boston, MA 02108, attention: William Smith, Payee and Payment Manager.
On or about May 23rd, 2012, any remaining un-cashed checks over one year old need to be turned over to the unpaid check fund. The disposition of the un-cashed TD Bank checks issued within the past year will be determined by Treasury at that time.
The Comptroller's Office will provide emergency check writing assistance to any department unable to meet the deadlines for closing the advance on their TD Bank account.
Contact information
Checking Account Information - Gail St. Cyr, 617-367-9333, extension 530
Attachment B (Inactivating TD Bank Emergency Advance Account) - William Smith, 617-973-3555
Future changes to IRIS Permissions – William Smith, 617-973-3555


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Which Federal Policies Help or Hurt Economic Growth?
October 2, 2012
Many policies pursued by the Obama administration, as well as some pursued by the preceding Bush administration, have widely been thought to be stimulative. They have led instead to prolonged economic weakness, as a careful reading of history would have suggested. To turn the situation around, Washington needs to stabilize the dollar, freeze and reduce its spending, cut tax rates, and let the markets set interest rates freely, says R. David Ranson, a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis and president and director of research at H.C. Wainwright & Co. Economics.
So-called stimulus spending doesn't work:
- The faster government spending increases relative to the economy, the more slowly the economy grows; thus, excessive public spending "crowds out" spending by the private sector.
- The average dollar spent by government results in about two-thirds of a dollar of reduced private sector spending.
- As a result of stimulus spending, since its lowest point in the second quarter of 2009, real gross domestic product (GDP) has been growing at a rate far below that of previous cyclical recoveries: 1.75 percent per year through the first quarter of 2012.
Higher levels of government employment lead to the loss of private sector jobs:
- For every additional government worker, roughly half a private worker disappears, leading to a net gain of only half a worker.
- Over a three-year period, every government employee added results in a reduction in total employment of more than three workers!
- The fact that federal revenue has never surpassed 20 percent of GDP consistently suggests that tax rates in excess of 20 percent may well be revenue losers.
- Decades in which the top marginal rate of income tax increased were decades of inferior economic growth and stock-market performance.
- The evidence shows that reductions in marginal tax rates of 10 percentage points or more lead to higher levels of investment and higher stock prices.
Deficits and a declining dollar:
- Deficit spending does not stimulate economic growth, but it does stimulate inflation.
- Higher growth and better stock-market performance occur when the Federal Reserve creates less rather than more money. What debt monetization does stimulate is the rate at which the dollar depreciates.
- Depreciation in the value of the dollar has twice as great an effect on output as it does on employment, suggesting that one of the consequences of a decline in the dollar is lower labor productivity -- putting downward pressure on workers' wages.
Source: R. David Ranson, "Which Federal Policies Help or Hurt Economic Growth?" National Center for Policy Analysis, October 2012.
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a number of companies were working in the area," Talreja says. "The startups and so forth are starting to increase." Just from counting responses to an e-mail blast the software industry council sent last week, "there are easily 40 to 50 in the area," Talreja says. (The GIS steering committee plans to hold its inaugural meeting at UC San Diego's Computer Science and Engineering building at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 18)
One explanation could be the legacy expertise of the U.S. Navy in satellite-based global positioning technologies, as well as the development of location-based services for wireless devices at San Diego-based Qualcomm and other companies. ESRI, a world leader in GIS modeling and mapping software and technology is about a 2-hour drive up Interstate 15 in Redlands, CA. ESRI holds its international user conference annually in San Diego, with more than 14,000 people in attendance last year.
Local academic expertise also emerged in 2007, when researchers at San Diego State University's Visualization Center led an effort to provide detailed, real-time images and data about the out-of-control wildfires raging through San Diego neighborhoods. The visualization center was established within SDSU's Department of Geological Sciences, which has become increasingly proficient at collecting real-time information about natural disasters, using GIS technologies to combine the data, and making it available to the public over the Internet.
"GIS is gaining strength because it visualizes complex data and allows people to grasp ideas quickly," Slapin says. "Just think of the traffic maps of [the] live freeway movement. It will become important in agriculture, pollution monitoring and fields we have not thought of yet. The big trick with all this stuff is how you get the diverse data sets into one useable data structure for display…The heavy lifting is done somewhere in the cloud."
Talreja acknowledges that there are more GIS-related businesses in Silicon Valley than in San Diego. But he contends that the stage has been set for the same sort of transformation that occurred when cell phones became a ubiquitous and must-have consumer device. "This is definitely an area where we could be—if not No. 1, then at least No. 2." Talreja says.


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A BlueWaterLabs event hosted at TurnToTech
An intro to IBM Watson moderated by @teddy777
BlueWaterLabs is a group dedicated to the proposition that the future of technology hinges on the intelligent management of data, big and small, and the careful nurturing of tech startups from Acorn to Oak Tree. This dedication is premised on the Power of We which manifests in our commitment to building communities through open dialogs, Meetups, Salons, underground events and strategic pooling of interests and disciplines. We aspire to be the go-to-guys for everything Data and Tech startup in these exciting seminal times.
Theodore Angelus ( @teddy777 ), the founder of BlueWaterLabs, is building communities of data science professionals and entrepreneurs in NYC tech. He is also an organizer of underground tech events for the startup community in Silicon Alley; and a proponent of the "Maker Movement."
Panel (more to be added)
Aditya Narayan, CEO & CTO of Turn to Tech
Aditya is Co-Founder, CEO, and CTO of Turn to Tech after having been Chief Architect at Marvel Entertainment & Head of Security Architecture at Starwood Hotels along with an Architect role at JP Morgan Chase. He holds an MS&BS in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology. He also founded 1to1Tutor, a successful online Math company & created InterStructures -the popular Win-Linux interop platform.
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text: A new sexual health services center in San Francisco's predominantly gay Castro district is set to open on July 9, providing gay male clients with a variety of services, including testing for sexually transmitted diseases and HIV antibodies, as well as group and individual counseling. Called "Magnet," the clinic is funded by Bristol Myers-Squibb and the San Francisco mayor's office. "This is the type of private-public partnership that maximizes resources and goes straight to the heart of community needs," said Mayor Willie Brown of the health center at a July 2 press conference announcing its opening. The clinic, located at 4122 18th St., will employ four full-time staff members and also will rely on a pool of volunteers. "Magnet is definitely not your typical VD clinic," said clinic director Steven Gibson. "Our community planning efforts showed that gay men wanted a place that provided sexual health services but wasn't just about diseases. We believe that expanding the way that gay men define health will improve our individual and collective health, body, and mind." For more information about the clinic, go online to www.magnetsf.org.


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Brandon Weber '97 and Vesna Straser '95
"Bard was extremely generous to both of us during our time there, Vesna as a
Program in International Education
(PIE) student in 1995 and Brandon as a regular undergraduate on scholarship from 1993 to 1997. We continue to feel a strong tie to Bard and are proud to contribute to its evolution. But as importantly, we recognize the debt of that generosity and hope to repay it so that it can be extended to students in the future." —
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Carson Koons Baker '12 and Christina Nye Koons
"The commitment of the Bard student's passion for the College is reflected in the comments made by one: 'with only eight semesters at Bard, why would anyone want to go anywhere else?' He was commenting on why he chose not to study abroad. I agree because I can see that my son, Carson, is completely engaged at Bard with majors in art and psychology. I feel that he is in the right place. Although I hope Carson will return to the great state of Washington to live, being on the East Coast has also been a valuable part of his education. The road trips between the coasts getting to and from school have added to his total experience, each via a new route with Bard students in tow. What a terrific learning adventure they are all having at this fine college. In this age of budget cuts everywhere, for everything, I feel fortunate to be able to support Bard."
—Christina Nye Koons, parent of Bard student Carson Koons Baker '12
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"I am continually gratified and impressed with the accomplishments of our students, faculty, and staff. Bard has never been better than it is today and clearly has a future of amazing promise and achievement to which we can all look forward."
—Dr. Benjamin J. Goldberg '91
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"Bard provided me with so much and it's always on my list for annual giving." —
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"The Bard experience encouraged me to grow in so many ways. The rigorous academic program, and the opportunity to connect with and build long-lasting relationships with my faculty and advisors, prepared me for a life less ordinary, and for that I am truly grateful. (Where else could one study Aramaic as an undergrad?) I hope my gift to the 150th Anniversary Campaign for Bard College will encourage other alumni/ae to give and ensure this experience is made available for generations of students to come. In Bard's hands, a truly 'liberal' education is an art unto itself."
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"I really appreciate my Bard experience. As I have developed as a professor, thinking about what it takes to foster critical thinking skills, I have appreciated Bard all the more."
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Each December, the Athens Banner-Herald chooses its Newsmakers of the Year, reflecting on those who made the greatest impact - positive or negative - on Northeast Georgia.
Think Time's Person of the Year on a local level.
This year, we're looking for your help.
Again this December, we will name our Newsmakers from four different categories.
Ask yourself who made the greatest impact in each of the following categories (or as many as you wish to nominate in): Newsmaker of the Year, Sports Person of the Year, Artist of the Year and Business Person of the Year.
For our sanity, please try to avoid inanimate objects ("the economy" or "drought") if you cannot put a real person to them. And no, Barack Obama is not eligible.
Please send us your nominations by logging onto onlineathens.com and clicking on the "Newsmakers '08" button. Then, vote in each category and please include a brief explanation for your choices. We will accept nominations through Friday, Nov. 21.
Into the 'Twilight' - really into it
Borders at 196 Alps Road will host a "Twilight" party at 7 tonight in advance of the movie's release on Friday.
The movie is based on the first installment of the "Twilight" series by Stephenie Meyer, which follows the love story of a shy human girl and a vampire.
The night's events will include a listening of the "Twilight" soundtrack and "Twilight" charades.
Workshop on Zen awareness today
Teacher and author Cheri Huber will today offer a day-long workshop on Zen Awareness Practice entitled "An Inspired Life."
Participants will experience the difference between living from conditioned mind, and its attendant problems, and living from center, the core of compassion we all share.
The workshop is open to the public. A registration pledge of $95 is required. Pre-registration is available at www.livingcompassion.org/cal081115.html. Registrants will be e-mailed the workshop location. For more information call (706) 714-1202 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Greetings from the Center for Teaching & Learning.
Welcome to the last week of classes for the 2011-12 academic year!
This will be my last newsletter as director of ACTL. While I may not have always managed to be entertaining or even palatably ambiguous, I hope you've found these weekly contributions to be at least mildly informative and somewhat useful.
Sincere thanks to all of you who have participated in ACTL events over the last three years. It's gratifying to work at an institution where so many dedicated people put students and student learning first. In particular, thanks to those of you who have joined our community in these last three years. It truly has been a privilege, an honor and a pleasure to serve.
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"The lip-tattoo system of identification is proven, is cost effective, and is easy to administer," he said. "Lip-tattooing provides a safe and unalterable means of identification."
The TRPB currently employs approximately 60 tattoo technicians throughout the United States and Canada. Each technician is trained in the proper means of identifying horses and application of the tattoo brand. The TRPB maintains a computerized database of branding reports and photographs of lip-tattoos at its headquarters in Elkton, Md.
For more information on the TRPB, you can visit their web site at http://www.trpb.com.
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An entertaining, low-key Mafia picture that found a release after the film's stars gained in popularity, "Knockaround Guys" offers fine performances from excellent actors. Those expecting an action picture will be dissapointed, but the situations and drama still add tension and intensity. The film was written and directed by Brian Koppelman and David Levien, who wrote 1998's "Rounders". This picture, while about different subject matter (that film was about poker players), this film does often have the same subdued, cool tone.
The film focuses on the lives of four sons (played by Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Seth Green and Andrew Davoli) of Brooklyn mobsters. They have all found it difficult to gain entry into the real world given their background, while their fathers see them as nothing much - after asking for more work, Matty (Pepper)'s father tells him, "You brought us these sandwiches. What else can you do?".
The kids are persistent, though - they keep pushing themselves as possibilities for jobs and eventually, find themselves with a gig: transporting a ton of cash - take a flight, bring it back. Simple -- or maybe not. With former cocaine addict Johnny Marbles (Green) as pilot and Matty supervising, things are fine until Johnny stops in a small Montana town for gas and hides the bag when he spots a set of cops and the town Sheriff (Tom Noonan) in the local airport.
Moments later, the money's gone and Marbles has to report back to home base that the simple task has been completely screwed up. Out flies Taylor Reese (Diesel), Chris Scarpa (Davoli) and Matty to find where in this small Montana town the cash has gone to. So starts the main part of the film, which is an interesting mix of mob drama, western, fish-out-of-water dark comedy and maybe a few other things, on top of all that.
While the film does have some noticable problems, it's certainly not as flawed as one might expect from a film that spent a little over a year on the shelf. The film does add elements of comedy on occasion, but the entire film is played with such seriousness that the comedy feels somewhat awkward amidst the dark tone. The ending doesn't work particularly well, either. Lastly, the 94 minute running time feels cut down - some additional scenes in the town could have filled out the movie and characters. While watching, I wondered what the Coen Brothers would have done with this film, as it seemed like something they might have been able to do more with.
The film also takes a while to get going, but certainly gets involving when the money falls into the wrong hands. It's at this point that the writer/directors finally up the tension, especially when Tom Noonan's evil sheriff gets thrown into the mix. Clint Mansell's fantastic guitar-driven score also adds energy and intensity to many scenes.
The performances are generally very good, too. Diesel and Pepper offer commanding performances, while a Hopper, Malkovich and a subdued Green offer fine support. This certainly isn't going to be considered with the best in any of the genres it attempts, but "Knockaround" certainly isn't bad, either: it's an involving drama with solid work from a fine cast.
The DVD
VIDEO: New Line Home Video presents "Knockaround Guys" in 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen. The presentation isn't quite up to New Line's usual standards, but it's awfully close, with only a few very slight faults. Sharpness and detail are solid, as the picture appeared consistently crisp and well-defined, with fine shadow detail.
The presentation's few flaws were very brief and scattered only in a handful of scenes. The print used often appeared in excellent condition, although there were a few moments here and there where a small mark or two appeared. Edge enhancement was also rarely an issue, as only slight amounts were visible in a scene or two. No compression artifacts were spotted and the transfer handled all the dark/low-light scenes well.
Colors were also well-handled, as the film's subdued color palette appeared accurate and crisp, with no smearing or other faults. Black level remained solid, as well, while flesh-tones looked natural. This is a very nice presentation from the studio.
SOUND: New Line presents "Knockaround Guys" in both Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1. Surprisingly, this really wasn't a particularly aggressive soundtrack. Aside from the film's small number of action sequences later in the picture, there really aren't too many opportunities for consistent surround use. The film's score does get solid reinforcement from the rear speakers, but once it exits, the surrounds only kick in for slight ambience, at best. Audio quality is fine, as the score sounded rich and dynamic, while dialogue remained clear. Comparing the Dolby Digital and DTS soundtracks brought out few differences, aside from maybe a bit more depth and warmth to the score.
Commentary: The DVD offers a commentary from writer/directors Brian Koppelman and David Levien. This is a fairly enjoyable track, as the two first-time directors are able to provide quite a few interesting tidbits about their first experience helming a picture. When the track doesn't offer enjoyable production details, however, the two do occasionally fall back into narrating the story a bit too often.
Other than the commentary, there really isn't much in the way of supplements: 4 deleted scenes are offered with optional commentary from the writer/directors and trailers for "Dinner Rush", "A Man Apart" (an upcoming Vin Diesel theatrical release), "Knockaround Guys" and "Final Destination 2".
Final Thoughts: Faults aside, I found "Knockaround Guys" to be an enjoyable drama with a set of good performances. Those who are fans of the actors or the genre should at least consider a rental. New Line's DVD edition provides good audio/video quality and a few solid supplements.


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It's interesting that Nationality is listed as American or Russian, when I've thought of it as your ethnic makeup versus where you were born.
It's interesting that Nationality is listed as American or Russian, when I've thought of it as your ethnic makeup versus where you were born.
Here's a press release from ABC. Looks like the pro competition begins next week.
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"Dancing with the Stars" announces the first professional dancer competition where one lucky dancer, determined by viewers' votes, wichampion Ballroom dancer and Burn the Floor creator and choreographer Jason Gilkison. Burn the Floor has thrilled audiences ill become a part of Season Nine's cast. Six professional dancers, three men and three women, will compete live in a weekly dance competition for a guaranteed spot as a professional dancer to be paired with a celebrity on next season's "Dancing with the Stars." This week the six professionals will be paired into three couples and compete in the first round with their chosen style of dance, either Latin or Ballroom. One couple (two professional dancers) will be eliminated based on viewer votes.
Nationality means exactly that--the nation of origin. I.E. when you fill out a customs declaration slip, and there is a blank labeled "nationality', you put USA.Originally Posted by moflan;3415932;
I have watched every season of DWTS, and know Ashley del Grosso was on it for a season or two, but can't picture her to save my life--will have to Google.
I have found the Truth and it doesn't make sense.
Thanks for the info. I look forward to "meeting" the possible new pros, and watching them dance.Originally Posted by karalott;3417389;
I really hope Nancy will get to come back next season (as Tony's partner). Of the pre-season rehearsal clips I saw, she looked like she'd be a good dancer (not that I know anything), as well as a fun one to watch.
You and me both.Originally Posted by karalott;3415549;
I was thinking the same thing. That's not to say I didn't enjoy Misty or that I wouldn't like to see her get a second chance, but I really don't think it would be fair.Originally Posted by ky-la;3415776;
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I also don't think it would be fair to bring Misty back. It's a shame she had to drop out due to injury, but since she already had time on the show, I don't think it would be fair for her to return. Just my opinion.
What if she were to return at the fourth week (I think that's right for her injury, but perhaps I'm mistaken)? In other words, as far along as she'd gotten before?
Papi on being tested for steroids: "All they are going to find is a lot of rice and beans."
I cater to the Regs!
But then if Jewel and/or Nancy did come back they too would have an advantage over the others since they had their weeks of training before thier injuries.
I think I'd be in favor of bringing Misty back. It's not like she left the show because she wanted to, or because she had personal issues come up. Whether she would have lasted long or gone home early we'll never know, but I think she stood a good chance of lasting awhile. Maks seemed really excited having her as a partner. Her dancing left a lot to be desired, but I think that jive she and Maks were supposed to perform could have been her big breakthrough.
But I especially hope Nancy and Jewel get a chance. Nancy's been on my wish list to be on the show, but it's like adding insult to injury not allowing them to come back because she got an injury. Unlike Misty they didn't even get a chance.
I think Jewel and Nancy deserve a second shot at DWTS, I would like to see Misty get a second chance if she only participated in a few shows before her injury which I can't recall. I believe all 3 women required surgery followed by rehabilitation. They would be starting their dance training all over again as none of them dance professionally. Their comeback would rally the audience and fanbase making it an exciting season -- especially Misty. The question is would they be paired with their original partners?


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BOSTON — Josh Beckett needs a bigger trophy case: Now he has an AL Championship Series Most Valuable Player Award to go along with his 2003 World Series MVP.
Unflappable and close to unhittable, Beckett shut down Cleveland twice, including a victory in Game 5 that started Boston's comeback from a 3-1 deficit in the best-of-seven series.
Beckett wasn't even needed in Sunday night's 11-2 Game 7 victory over the Indians and will be well rested when he faces the Colorado Rockies and Jeff Francis in Wednesday night's World Series opener at Fenway Park.
"I'm looking forward to it," Beckett said. "I'd like to have another ring."
He had a 1.93 ERA in going 2-0 against the Indians, allowing three runs in 14 innings. He's 3-0 with a 1.17 ERA in three postseason starts — after becoming baseball's first 20-game winner since 2005 — perhaps the biggest reason the Red Sox are back in the World Series for the second time in four seasons.
"He's the best pitcher I've ever seen," Boston pitching coach John Farrell said. "He's a special, special pitcher."
Beckett gave a lot of the credit to his catcher, Jason Varitek.
"I don't know if we'll cut it in half or not," Beckett said of the award. "It's a team deal. I don't even know how I'm sitting here holding this. There's a lot of MVPs in here to me."
After center fielder Coco Crisp made a running catch on Casey Blake's drive for the final out, Beckett ran in from bullpen, raised his arms and hugged third baseman Mike Lowell, his former Florida teammate, in the infield. Beckett had offered to pitch in relief on two days' rest — he did that for the Marlins in Game 7 of the 2003 NL Championship Series — but the Red Sox didn't need him.
At home on the mound, he was less comfortable in the unfamiliar confines of the bullpen.
"He was like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockers," reliever Mike Timlin said. "He didn't know what to do, really. He didn't know when to throw, when to warm up. He was occupying himself. He threw a little bit on the side, played some catch with the outfielders."
In his first season in the AL last year after being traded by Florida, Beckett relied too much on his fastball. He finished at 16-11 with a 5.01 ERA and allowed 36 homers with 158 strikeouts and 74 walks. He was 20-7 with a 3.27 ERA this year, allowing 17 homers, striking out 194 and walking 40.
"I think maturity is the biggest thing," rotation mate Tim Wakefield said. "He's trusting himself, trusting whatever Tek is putting down."
Beckett won the series opener, allowing two runs in six innings during Boston's 10-3 win. Then, after Cleveland had scored 24 runs in winning the next three games, Beckett gave up just one run in eight dominant innings in a 7-1 win.
"The first couple of innings, you try to figure out what you've got and what's not going for you and what's not working so well," Beckett said. "Don Sutton used to tell me every time you go out there you're going to be a different guy."
Beckett is 5-2 with a 1.78 ERA in nine career postseason appearances, numbers that bring to mind pitchers such as Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax. On Wednesday night, he'll be back on the biggest stage for all to see.
"He's the best pitcher in the game right now," said Curt Schilling, the 2001 World Series co-MVP for Arizona, "and, if it's possible, he gets better in October, and that's saying something. He's a special, special kid with special stuff, and he's at the beginning of a long and storied career"


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If you were one of the many out there that thought Jarrod Saltalamacchia would end up on the disabled list after getting 12 stitches in his ear after Friday's game, you were thinking like me. And guess what, we were totally wrong.
Instead, Salty found himself behind the plate for the second straight night. But it wasn't what he did behind it, rather what he did at it.
Supposedly, Salty texted Bobby Valentine and said he'd be ready for the game last night and that he had a bomb in. Even if that's not true, Salty did deliver a home run, one of the solo variety in the 4th that came one at bat after Will Middlebrooks launched his 5th of the season. All told on the night Salty was 3-for-4 at the plate falling a triple short of the cycle.
Mike Aviles got only one hit on the evening but it was a lead-off home run to start the game off of Joe Blanton. David Ortiz got the start at first base and showed why the NL should abolish the pitcher hitting in interleague games as he went 2-for-4 including a monstrous two-run homer.
Ironically enough, it wasn't what Adrian Gonzalez did at the plate (0-for-4) but what he did in the outfield. While he was the only starter without a hit not including the pitcher's spot, he made two great catches in right field.
We all had high hopes for Jon Lester after his complete game effort last time out. But this time around, he wasn't all that good. He found himself in trouble for the latter part of his start. He threw mostly fastballs and at times during his outing, you couldn't tell the difference between his fastball and cutter. And when that happens good things aren't going to happen.
He did get the win despite allowing four runs in six innings of work on eight hits and a walk. This was the fourth time this season where he finished with three or less strikeouts (he had three).
The bullpen was pretty solid although Vicente Padilla was charged with allowing one run. And honestly if it weren't for this spectacular catch by Ryan Sweeney, the outcome of this game could have been quite different. Rich Hill did his job by getting the only batter he faced.
Alfredo Aceves was asked to get a four-out save and did exactly that while making it interesting as usual.
On a night where Lester wasn't at his best, the Red Sox offense did the job and the bullpen helped out. It was nice to see that even when one part wasn't working that the other two facets of the game got the job done. When all three are on, we know the Red Sox are a great team.
But you take what you can get on a nightly basis. Fortunately, this was one ended up in a Red Sox win.
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After winning 7-5 last night, the Boston Red Sox look to leave the City of Brotherly Love with a series win in the rubber game of a three-game set with the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.
First pitch is scheduled for 1:35 p.m. and the game will be broadcast on NESN in the Red Sox television market. If you live in the Phillies television market, you can catch the game on Philadelphia 17. And if you don't live in either market you're in luck as TBS will have national coverage of the game outside of the Red Sox and Phillies markets. If you can't catch the television broadcast, you can always listen to it on the Red Sox radio network.
One of the better hitting pitchers the Red Sox have, Josh Beckett, gets the ball for the eighth time this season. In his previous seven starts, Beckett is 3-4 with a 4.97 ERA. He took the loss in his only start against the Phillies in 2011 when he allowed five runs in six innings of work. Beckett has made 20 career appearances (18 starts) against the Phillies and is 8-5 with a 4.18 ERA. He's made four of those career starts as a member of the Red Sox and is 2-2 with a 5.33 ERA. Beckett has made nine career appearances (eight starts) in the City of Brotherly Love and is 2-4 with a 5.17 ERA. Five of those starts have come at Citizens Bank Park where he is 2-3 with a 6.52 ERA.
After missing some time with an oblique injury, Cliff Lee will make just his sixth start of 2012. In his previous five starts, Lee is 0-1 with a 1.95 ERA. He picked up the win after throwing a complete game shutout in his only start against the Red Sox last season. Overall in his career, Lee is 3-4 with a 3.56 ERA in 11 career starts against the visiting nine.
Here are today's lineups:
|1. Mike Aviles
|1. Jimmy Rollins
|2. Dustin Pedroia
|2. Juan Pierre
|3. David Ortiz
|3. Shane Victorino
|4. Adrian Gonzalez
|4. Hunter Pence
|5. Will Middlebrooks
|5. Ty Wigginton
|6. Jarrod Saltalamacchia
|6. John Mayberry
|7. Daniel Nava
|7. Freddy Galvis
|8. Marlon Byrd
|8. Brian Schneider
|9. Josh Beckett
|9. Cliff Lee
|Josh Beckett
|Cliff Lee
And here is how the hitters have fared against today's starting pitchers:
Notes: With the Red Sox short on outfielders right now, they have recalled Che-Hsuan Lin from Triple-A Pawtucket. To make room for him on the 25-man roster, they optioned Mauro Gomez to the PawSox.
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Red Sox piece it together in Philly [Boston Globe]
Sweeney grabs attention [Boston Globe]
Pitching decision: Try to save games or save the money? [Boston Globe]
Ross dealing with left foot injury [Boston Globe]
This is the last place they want to be [Boston Globe]
Veteran jogs to aid injured comrades [Boston Globe]
Take it to the Bank [Boston Herald]
Jarrod Saltalamacchia right back in there [Boston Herald]
Cody Ross limps out of already-thin outfield [Boston Herald]
Ryan Sweeney on center stage [Boston Herald]
Sox putting new spin on rotation [Boston Herald]
Source: Lavarnway was in Philadelphia [Rob Bradford – WEEI.com]
Ortiz back at 1B, Gonzalez in RF for banged up Red Sox [Clubhouse Insider]
Why Gonzalez owns Cliff Lee [Clubhouse Insider]
Bobby V on Saltalamacchia: 'We might as well ride that horse' [Clubhouse Insider]
Sox flex muscles, down Phils, 7-5 [CSN New England]
Saltalamacchia returns to lineup with a vengeance [CSN New England]
Defensive gems save Red Sox [CSN New England]
Report: Red Sox held 'heated' meeting May 11 [CSN New England]
Gonzalez to RF, Ortiz to 1B for depleted Sox [CSN New England]
Jim Kaat's take on Daniel Bard [ESPN Boston]
Rapid Reaction: Red Sox 7, Phillies 5 [ESPN Boston]
Boston Red Sox's unlikely OF trio of Daniel Nava, Ryan Sweeney, Adrian Gonzalez save the day [ESPN Boston]
Sox remain short on OF, add Lin [ESPN Boston]
Saltalamacchia gets the call again [ESPN Boston]
Red Sox call up Lin, option Gomez [Extra Bases]
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, the sluggingest catcher in the American League [Full Count]
Adrian Gonzalez, David Ortiz Play Flawless Defense Despite Position Changes [NESN.com]
Ryan Sweeney's Spectacular Diving Catch Proved to Be Game-Saving Play for Red Sox [NESN.com]
Bobby Valentine Remains Confident in Adrian Gonzalez' Abilities in Outfield as David Ortiz Starts at First Base [NESN.com]
Bobby Valentine's Lineup Choices Help Red Sox Find Power, Confidence on Offense [NESN.com]
Rich Hill Gives Teammate's Perspective on Great Career of Kerry Wood (Video) [NESN.com]
Jarrod Saltalamacchia Will Try to Make Big Night Spill Over Into Series Finale Against Phillies [NESN.com]
Cody Ross Relieved There Aren't Broken Bones in His Foot, Expects to Avoid Disabled List [NESN.com]
Ryan Sweeney Undergoes Concussion Tests, Could Be Candidate for MLB's New Seven-Day Disabled List [NESN.com]
Hamden's Joe Castiglione enjoying a storied career as Red Sox broadcaster [New Haven Register]
With Ross and Sweeney questionable, Lin called up [Projo Sox Blog]
Britton recovering from rocky start this time around [Projo Sox Blog]
With Ross and Sweeney questionable, Lin called up [Projo Sox Blog]
Valentine reflects on first ejection with Sox [RedSox.com]
Cook nears rehab stint; Dice-K's next start iffy [RedSox.com]
Youk few games from return, says Valentine [RedSox.com]
Salty takes licking, but back in lineup Saturday [RedSox.com]
Ross sits; Sweeney, Papi banged up in win [RedSox.com]
Adrian, Papi both in lineup; Sweeney, Ross sit [RedSox.com]
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The global economic recovery has hit stall speed, boosting the case for defensive stocks and gold, says a hedge fund manager who was one of the few to make money during the 2008 global market meltdown.
"I think we have already started a global recession," warns Nandu Narayanan, who oversees more than $500-million (U.S.) in assets as chief investment officer of New York-based Trident Investment Management LLC.
Prospects for U.S. growth have "gotten distinctly worse," he said. "Europe is definitely slowing down, and most of the emerging-market countries are also facing inflationary pressure issues so they are tightening."
While Mr. Narayanan may not be a household name, he is known for his early bet on the 2008 U.S. housing and financial crisis. His CI Trident Global Opportunities Fund, which he runs for CI Financial Corp., earned nearly 44 per cent that year, while its peers lost an average of 18 per cent.
Mr. Narayanan said his bearish outlook on the economy leads him to prefer defensive stocks in areas like consumer staples, pharmaceuticals and water utilities. He also likes integrated oil companies that will continue to enjoy decent sales even in a weak economy.
He believes that higher-quality "boring companies," such as Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble , have been ignored in the runup of the past three years and should do well as investors seek companies that can expand in tough times. "When growth is scarce, people bid up stocks that have a good dividend and good business models."
Gold stocks are also "absurdly undervalued," said Mr. Narayanan, who has over 10 per cent of his funds in gold equities and bullion. "They haven't even kept pace with gold over the last four or five years."
The manager, who predicted in 2009 that gold would soar past $1,000 an ounce, remains bullish on the metal. It now trades at around $1,643 an ounce after retreating from a record high of more than $1,900 last month. "Gold can easily go to $2,500 an ounce" as investors flock to it as a store of value when countries like the United States are printing money and devaluing their currency, he said.
He is also invested in bonds of "highly solvent" countries like Canada, Norway and Australia largely through derivatives like options. And he owns corporate bonds from developing countries like those issued by Chinese oil companies and State Bank of India.
He has warmed up to the Canadian stock market because of its strong resource component, particularly in the energy sector, and Canada's well-regulated banking system.
In the longer term, emerging stock markets are compelling because developing countries are growing faster than developed ones, and many emerging nations are in better fiscal condition than their Western counterparts, he said.
Mr. Narayanan's strategy seems to be working this year as his CI Trident Global Opportunities Fund rose 6.5 per cent for the first nine months while markets were mired in the red. The go-anywhere fund has earned an annualized 11.2-per-cent return over the past 10 years versus a 0.5-per-cent loss for the MSCI World Index in Canadian dollars.
Dan Hallett, a fund analyst at HighView Financial Group, described Mr. Narayanan as a "skilled manager," but cautioned that it can take several years before his bets pay off like they did in 2008. "His performance has been good, but very lumpy [with small losses in 2009-10] You have to be patient."
Mr. Narayanan said his losses in 2009 and 2010 came about because he "miscalculated" the amount of stimulus that the United States and European countries were willing to throw at their economic woes. "We were unwilling to get aggressively invested," he said. "Our view is that the house is burning. We are not going to go near it."
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This ETF owns multinational companies like Proctor & Gamble, Kraft Foods and tobacco giant Philip Morris. "We think that in a slow-growth environment they will do the best," Mr. Narayanan said.
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Summary: Breastfeeding news and studies of late have established the benefits to baby. A recent study shifts the spotlight to moms and what's in it for them. According to the report, women who breastfeed get the added benefit of protection from high blood pressure for decades beyond.
A new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology highlights the work of a team from the University of Western Sydney School of Medicine. The researchers investigated the relationship between lactation history and the incidence of high blood pressure in 74,785 Australian women, ages 45 years and over.
What they found is that women between the ages of 45 and 64 years, who had breastfed for more than six months in their lifetime, or more than three months per child, had a lower chance of having high blood pressure. They found that the benefits of breastfeeding were diminished after age 64.
"Hopefully this research will add to the discussion between women and their physicians and midwives. Whenever possible, women should be encouraged to breastfeed as long as possible as the protective effect of breastfeeding increases with the length of time breastfeeding," said Dr. Lind, a senior lecturer in molecular biology and genetics and one of the study's authors.
This is the first study of its kind to find a correlation between breastfeeding and its protective effect on hypertension in Australia. A similar study was done in the U.S. and was published in the Journal of Epidemiology. The conclusions concur that "never or curtailed lactation was associated with an increased risk of incident maternal hypertension."
While no one is claiming proof of the cause of these findings, one of the American researchers, Alison Stuebe, pointed to animal research that has found that the hormone oxytocin, which is involved in breastfeeding, has long-terms effects on blood pressure. Also, women usually experience a short-term decrease in blood pressure immediately after breastfeeding.
Still, the decision to breastfeed, or not, and for how long, is a very personal decision, and one which every women must make for herself, hopefully with the help of an informed and caring physician or midwife.
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Lady Gaga lets her lovers call her by her real name. The eccentric singer – whose real name is Stefani Germanotta – admits she would be "freaked out" if anyone used her on stage persona to refer to her in the bedroom.
Asked by '60 Minutes' interviewer Anderson Cooper how he should address her, she said: "Call me Gaga. Some people do call me Stefani. Especially in bed."
Anderson then commented: "You don't want somebody yelling out 'Lady Gaga' in the throes of passion."
Laughing, Gaga – who is in a relationship with bar manager Luc Carl – replied: "No. Especially then. No. That would freak me out."
The '60 Minutes' special featuring Lady Gaga is due to air in the US on Sunday (13.02.11).
An earlier preview clip of the show featured the 24-year-old singer returning to her old New York apartment – only for the current tenant to refuse to let her in or even open the door as she didn't want to be filmed.
Instead, the 'Bad Romance' hitmaker showed Anderson a box of personal mementos, including the sheet music to the first song she ever wrote, which was entitled 'Dollar Bills'.
She recalled: "This was actually the very first song I ever wrote. I think I was four."
Lady GagaLady Gaga ist eine us-amerikanische Sängerin und Songwriterin. Die 1986 geborene New Yorkerin heißt mit bürgerlichem Namen Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Mit ihrem Debütalbum "Fame" gelang ihr 2008 der Durchbruch.
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New figures posted on EMI's website show that its music publishing arm, which owns the rights to songs written by stars including Norah Jones, Kasabian, Megadeth and Jamie Cullum, enjoyed a 14.6pc increase in sales in the year to the end of March.
Revenue increased from £409m to £468m in the 12-month period which translated into earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of £135m compared with £113m in 2008.
Previously disclosed figures showed that EMI's recorded music operation had a 4.6pc increase in sales to just over £1bn. The two divisions together resulted in group revenues rising 7.4pc to £1.6bn and earnings rising to £298m from £164m.
EMI's private equity owner, Terra Firma, is in protracted talks with Citigroup which provided a £2.6bn loan to finance Terra Firma's 2007 acquisition of the music group for a price tag of £4bn.
Terra Firma, led by its founder Guy Hands, wants Citi to write off about £1bn of its loan to reduce interest costs in return for Terra Firma injecting a further £1bn in fresh equity. But although EMI can continue to meet its debt servicing liabilities, the refinancing talks with Citi have run into stalemate.


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The new Spanish Autonomous Communities fiscal stability framework
From to beginning of year 2002, the Spanish Autonomous Communities (CC. AA.) fiscal performance is conditioned by a new legal framework compounded from the financial agreement and the legislation on budget stability. This new framework implies a change in the CC. AA. fiscal behaviour. Are the CC. AA. ready to provide its citizens the public services they demand and fulfil its fiscal stability commitments? Are all the CC. AA. in the same position? Using political economic models and data on past budget execution, this paper is aimed at shedding light over the factors that jeopardize the CC. AA. budget stability in the future and the differences between CC. AA. relevant to its fiscal performance. JEL classification: H61, H62, H71, H72, H77
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To keep the water running in LasVegas, recognize scarcity and let water rates rise-- double or even triple. Encourage homeowners to trade water rights. Let the market determine how much water people use, not the water police.
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A prospective, randomized trial shows significantly better patient outcomes in selected surgical procedures within 30 days wen ChloraPrep is used preoperatively, compared to Povidone-iodine.
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Data published in January 2010 in The New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates that use of CareFusion's patient preoperative skin preparation ChloraPrep®
(2 percent chlorhexidine gluconate and 70 percent isopropyl alcohol) reduced total surgical site infections (SSIs) by 41 percent, from 16.1 percent to 9.5 percent, compared to use of povidone-iodine solution, the most commonly used preoperative skin preparation.
In this prospective, randomized and well-controlled outcomes trial designed to compare the efficacy of skin antiseptics in reducing the risk of SSIs, ChloraPrep proved superior in clean-contaminated abdominal, urologic, gynecologic and thoracic surgery.
The Costs Of SSI On Patients And The Health Care System
SSIs are one of the most common types of health care-associated infections (HAIs); 1.7 million people suffer HAIs each year, resulting in approximately 271 deaths per day.
Approximately 300,000 to 500,000 Americans develop SSIs each year, resulting in an annual cost of approximately $7.4 billion. The issue is not limited to the U.S. In the United Kingdom, one in twenty (five percent) patients undergoing surgery is at risk of developing an infection and SSIs account for one-third of all deaths following surgery.
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Furthermore, the problem of SSIs is often the center of discussion on third-party payment policies. For example, in October 2008 the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) stopped reimbursing for treatment of select health care-acquired conditions, including certain SSIs.
According to CMS, certain SSIs "can reasonably be prevented" with the use of evidence-based prevention guidelines that include use of patient preoperative skin preparations and good clinical practices. This change in policy has necessitated that health care facilities focus more than ever on reducing the risk of HAIs, not just because of the human costs, but because of the financial costs.
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text: I have an Eden 210XLT rated at 8ohms. My amp only has a switch for 2/4 ohms. What I want to know is how bad is it to run an 8ohm and 4ohm cabinet together. Even if they are the same exact cab with different impedance. There is a 4ohm version of the 210XLT for sale. I want that cab because I can use it as a standalone cabinet for small shows and rehearsals. I can't sell the cab I have now because it's in rough shape and and I will get next to nothing for it...AND it still sounds amazing. I think I read that an 8ohm/4ohm combination results in 2.67 ohms. But would the 4ohm cabinet see more power resulting in a different sound?


text: I started a band 3 1/2 years ago. We are still going strong now with good people, but it takes a lot of patience to find the right people. Here's a chart of our band members over time. Purple is drummers, orange is keyboards, blue is guitarists, red is singers.


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Hi Carol, good to hear from you. It's fun to share with people with similar likes isn't it?
A beautiful photo, Kate! I too love shadows - and trees and leaves. :)
Thank you both. I appreciate your comments.
Nellies, I loved your Thoreau quote - what a gift to give your children. Sometimes I wonder from what land my drummer came to me but I appreciate the beat and the music.
Cathy, I'm so glad you like my tree trunks. I get absolutely enchanted with their diversity of color and pattern and design. Nature delights me and renews me, Kate
Great picture! I love your tree trunks and your shadows !! And your comments are often absolute gems!!!
Shadows are always attached to something and I like to picture the other view. Thanks for a nice image.
Thanks JC. Again my shadow philosophy - whenever I see shadows, I know there is sunshine.
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James Robinson has caught the eye of the Argos.
A receiver who is as raw as they come, Robinson is on the verge of becoming one of those feel-good stories that dot the CFL landscape, a no-name with a limited football background who is nonetheless carving a name for himself as the daily grind of training camp continues.
Whether Robinson catches on permanently is a question that remains unresolved, but for now he hasn't looked out of place.
"He stands out,'' Argos head coach Rich Stubler said yesterday, coach-speak for this kid is good.
The Argos aren't very deep when it comes to import receivers, a position that became thinner in the wake of David Boston's foot injury and the release of Matt Miller.
The operative word in describing Robinson might as well be thin, as in he's thin on experience.
But it's his athleticism, explosiveness and ability to integrate with the team's veterans that have endeared him to just about everyone in the early part of camp.
Robinson was brought to the attention of the Argos by Rickey Foggie, the Fog Dog, who coached and mentored Robinson when the Florida native competed in the Arena League.
Foggie played in the CFL and earned a Grey Cup ring with the Argos in 1991 under head coach Adam Rita, the club's current general manager.
"I didn't really have a lot of people who could give me the proper guidance and structure,'' Robinson, 25, said.
"Coach Foggie took me under his wings and told me he'd lead me in the right direction.
"He's a great coach and a great friend. He told me to work hard and learn all you can because no one can take that away from you."
Robinson first joined the Argos last September and spent his time on the club's practice roster getting acquainted with three-down football and its nuances.
He liked what he saw and vowed to make it to this year's camp, his first in pro football.
"He's a great, great athlete,'' enthused Stubler.
In high school, Robinson won a state basketball championship playing alongside Taurean Green.
On the track, Robinson won state titles in the 100 and 200 metres, long jump and 4X400 relay.
He attended little-known Butler County Community College in Kansas, where he played safety, corner and receiver.
"This is my fourth year playing receiver,'' Robinson, whose semi-pro background includes, among others, a stint in the obscure National Indoor Football League, said.
When you watch the 6-foot-3 Robinson run routes in practice, he doesn't look out of place.
The true test will arrive when the Argos break camp and play a real opponent.
Until then, Robinson plans to heed Foggie's advice of working hard and absorbing everything.
On his first day of camp, Robinson befriended veteran Bethel Johnson. The two have become inseparable.
"He has raw physical ability,'' Stubler said of Robinson. "His whole thing is he has to keep doing it until it becomes a habit because football is a game of habits.
"There's a lot of guys who have great skill-sets but no habits. And they're the ones pumping gas for a living.
"I'm hoping he's not one of them because he's a good young receiver."
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ECOMAL has introduced a reflective SMD sensor supplied by the Vishay Sensor & IRDC Division with the designation TCND5000 which can detect objects at operating distances up to 30 mm.
The large operating range means that the device is suitable for use as an object recognition, contact or proximity sensor in a large number ot industrial, consumer and automotive applications.
The small chips are ideally suited to detect the presence of objects in applications such as mobile telephones with a speaker function. The sensor detects that the user has placed the phone close to his or her ear and immediately turns down the volume. Key features of the TCND5000 include high sensitivity, low crosstalk (reduced by the placement of an optical barrier between the emitter/ detector pair), an IR bandpass filter to suppress daylight interference, an IR emitter wavelength of 950 nm and a low aging rate. The sensor fully complies with RoHS/WEEE requirements (lead-free component soldering), and the components are fully compatible with reflow soldering up to 260°C. ECOMAL GmbH, 79199 Kirchzarten, Germany.www.ecomal.com .


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She even gets a job cleaning hotel rooms and attracts the eye of a boy who works there (Spencer Treat Clark, 2009's The Last House on the Left remake). But she can't escape everything — namely, the demon still inside her.
Still produced in part by Eli Roth (Hostel) but directed by new blood Ed Gass-Donnelly, this sequel does something new for this series without doing one damn thing new for possession pictures. I have to give it major credit for continuing the story without just telling the same story again. For one thing, it's not another found-footage vehicle. For another, it transplants the action — or, as is the case for roughly half the running time, inaction — to New Orleans.
The NOLA culture of masked revelers, boobs for beads and urine-stenched streets is ready-made for plopping such a sheltered, homely heroine into. While I greatly miss Patrick Fabian's charlatan preacher of the original film, Bell again turns in a solid performance as Nell. With her jumpy, fraidy-cat demeanor and homespun speech ("Shush, you!"), I believe she is that girl.
Unfortunately, while she may give it her all, The Last Exorcism Part II itself feels halfhearted. Its best scenes arrive at the very beginning and the tail end, with wildly varying results in between. It's not the disaster its tepid theatrical take suggests, but neither is it a success. It sits somewhere in the middle, its head awkwardly arched.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment's Blu-ray boasts one of the year's most memorable extras in a two-minute prank compilation titled "Hair Salon Scare: The Last Exorcism Part II Goes Viral." Unlike the movie, I had to watch it twice. —Rod Lott
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I have joined Udayan Care for 3 weeks and, even if it was a short period, it was a challenging and instructive experience. I have worked at the Head Office and I dealt with the creation of long-term partnerships with the principal foreign Universities aiming at receiving International students as volunteers or interns at Udayan Care.
The working environment was really nice and cooperative. The volunteer department supported me, but at the same time they demonstrated to trust me by allowing me to work independently and to take responsibilities.
I discovered a keen interest in networking and public relations tasks.
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Don't waste the gifts you've been given
Getting the Most from Gift Cards
by Veronica Bowman
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Were you among the lucky ones who received one or more gift cards as a holiday or special occasion gift? Have you thought about how to incorporate them into your frugal living lifestyle? You might be surprised at how many ways a gift card can help you whenever you're on a tight budget.
When you receive gifts cards, it's basically the equivalent of getting free money to do whatever you wish with. Living on a tight budget often means there's little or no money left for fun stuff after you've paid the necessary bills. You could immediately rush out and enjoy a shopping spree or dining experience with your gift card, and there's certainly nothing wrong with that. However, you could hold onto it and make it work for you in a variety of ways.
Wait for Sales
By waiting until stores have end of season sales or sales centered around special days and events, you can buy more with your gift card than if you shopped before prices were reduced. If you know that sometime in the near future you will be making some changes such as moving or changing jobs, you might want to hold onto your gift card. You could use it to help with decorating your new home or to purchase some new clothes or wardrobe accessories to wear to your new job.
Boost Your Budget
If you have a twelve-month budget prepared, you know that some months are tougher on the budget than others. The months when semi-annual or annual home owner's or car insurance is due can strain a budget that is already pretty tight. Months with high power bills also put a strain on the budget. You can get some excellent advice concerning preparing a yearly budget at Investopedia.com. If you received one or more gift cards from a store that sells groceries as well as other merchandise, you could use your card to ease the budget related stress you feel on your most financially difficult months. Using the card for groceries would surely be helpful at this time. When you realize how much those cards can help when you're experiencing a financial pinch, you'll congratulate yourself for planning ahead and holding onto them.
Swap or Sell It
There are places such as GiftCardGranny.com that offer you the opportunity to sell your gift cards. In a real pinch or in situations where the card you received is not one you can use, this is a good way to still get some benefit from the card. You may be able to find cards for sale that are more relevant to your lifestyle or needs. Sell your card and buy one you want. No one will ever have to know how you turned their gift, that wasn't an ideal match to your preferences, into a gift you really wanted and could use.
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The winter season can seem to drag on forever sometimes. By holding onto a gift card you received during the holidays, you can use it later in the season to chase away the cold, gray, winter day blahs. Treat yourself to a fun shopping spree without worrying about the budget. Buy something that will cheer you up. Fresh flowers would brighten up your home. A colorful article of clothing could improve your mood. A funny movie or book could also make you feel better.
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If you received a card to a nice restaurant, make going there a big event. Get dressed up for the dinner. If possible, invite someone to join you. Pretend, at least for one day or evening, that you don't have to pinch pennies to enjoy a fine dining experience.
Holding onto a gift card until you can use it in the most frugal manner is simply a smart financial decision. You could look at it as a way of extending the holiday spirit or prolonging a birthday celebration.
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text: Great Clips Names New President and COO Effective Jan. 1, former Great Clips chief operating officer Steve Hockett was named president of the 30-plus-year-old franchise and salon brand. By Jayme Cyk on January 2, 2014 Great Clips is making changes to top management for the New Year.Effective Jan. 1, former Great Clips chief operating officer Steve Hockett was named president of the 30-plus-year-old franchise and salon brand.Hockett replaced the company's president, Charlie Simpson, who will stay on part-time as an executive advisor focusing on executive development and strategic issues. He will also serve on the Great Clips Inc. board."Steve has played an integral part in our current growth," said Rhoda Olsen, ceo of Great Clips."[Steve] believes in the strength of the franchise model and understands that growth can only come by working together to make franchisees profitable."In his new post, Hockett will concentrate his efforts on developing the senior leadership team, according to the company. Hockett will report to Olsen and will "establish visibility" among Great Clips' thousands of franchisees across the U.S. and Canada.Rob Goggins, former senior vice president of real estate and development, will replace Hockett in the role of chief operating officer and will oversee business services and operations.Hockett, who told WWD he joined the company in 1988 after unsuccessfully attempting to operate a franchised salon in Minneapolis-St. Paul, said he learned valuable lessons from his experience. "I believe my lack of success as a franchisee motivates me to provide the direction and resources all of our Great Clips franchisees need to be profitable," said Hockett.Assuming the role of chief operating officer in 2012, Hockett is credited with "driving franchise profitability and growth reaching billion-dollar-brand status. And the milestone of reaching the count of 3,500 salons in the U.S. and Canada," according to a company statement. To access this article, click here to subscribe or click here to log in. load comments blog comments powered by Disqus


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The New York City Bar Committee on African Affairs cordially invites you to a panel discussion, LGBT Rights as Human Rights: Recent Legal Developments in Africa. This panel considers developments in LGBT rights in relation to recent anti-gay legislation in Africa. These laws seek to criminalize any same-sex activity or organizing on behalf of LGBT people. Panelists will address the tension between these developments and the recent formal recognition of LGBT rights by the United Nations. This event is free and open to the public.
When: Monday, April 23, 2012
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 P.M.
Where: 42 West 44th St. (bet. 5th & 6th Ave.)
Register online today! Visit the New York City Bar Committee.
BORIS DITTRICH, LGBT Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch;
BRUCE KNOTTS, Executive Director, Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office;
WADE McMULLEN, Donald M. Wilson Fellow, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights;
PAM SPEES, Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights;
DR. CHEIKH TRAORE, Sexual Diversity Team, United Nations Development Program;
MALIKA ZOUHALI-WORRALL, co-director of the award-winning documentary "Call Me Kuchu" about David Kato, Ugandan LGBT rights activist who was murdered in 2011;
JORDAN BACKMAN, (moderator), Chair, Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights.
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Smooth! Zlatan Ibrahimovic starts a partnership with Xbox in France wearing a white silk bath robe [Pictures]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's official Twitter account broke the news on Tuesday after that the PSG superstar is the new ambassador for Xbox in France.
Xbox and Zlatan broke the news in bombastic fashion, with the Swedish striker picture sitting in a grand white chiar in a large vintage ball room, with Ibra wearing a Hugh Hefner-esque white silk robe.
Barefooted, but with a glove on one hand, Zlatan sat with an Xbox controller on his knee.
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Goal! FC Dallas 0, New York Red Bulls 1. Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the center of the box to the bottom the goal. Assisted by Thierry Henry.
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- RED CARD: Je-Vaughn Watson ejected for flying with his studs up on Tim Cahill1:28
- SAVE: Raul Fernandez quickly reacts to powerful blast from Eric Alexander0:42
- YELLOW CARD: Thierry Henry called for tumbling over Danny Garcia1:10
- MISS: Tim Cahill low free kick goes wide1:04
- YELLOW CARD: Fabian Castillo booked for a dive1:17
- SAVE: Raul Fernandez huge stop on Thierry Henry free kick0:42
- SHOT: Dax McCarty fires from a distance, but it is saved by Raul Fernandez0:34
- SAVE: Luis Robles defuses an incoming attack and punches it away0:51
- MISS: Blas Perez approaches from a distance and launches it too high0:26
- PK SAVE: Luis Robles amazing instinct and reflexes shut down Blas Perez0:45
- SAVE: Raul Fernandez quickly reacts to Lloyd Sam boot from close range0:32
- PENALTY: Tim Cahill throws down Danny Garcia in the box1:12
- SAVE: Luis Robles, on fire, leaps up and handles a devastating blast from Danny Garcia0:20
- SAVE: Luis Robles too good for Danny Garcia0:36
- YELLOW CARD: Lloyd Sam booked for pushing Blas Perez0:55
- CHANCE: Thierry Henry jumps up for a header, but it goes wide0:41
- SAVE: Luis Robles leaps high into the air to take care of a corner kick0:33
- BLOCKED: Fabian Castillo weaves in and out of NY defenders, only to be shut down by Jamison Olave0:23
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The Division of Pediatric Pulmonology provides family-centered care for children with respiratory disorders, including asthma, cystic fibrosis, and chronic lung disease.
Research efforts aim to improve the health of children with lung diseases.
2010 Highlights
- Philip Farrell, MD, PhD, received an American Recovery and Reinvestment (ARR) supplement of $99,810 from the NIH. He also was awarded the Wisconsin Medical Society's Presidential Citation for his significant contributions to medicine or public health.
- Theresa Guilbert, MD, received the Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation's Champion in Women's Health award for Excellence in Research and Policy in alcohol and tobacco cessation. She also received a two-year, $100,000 grant from the Wisconsin Partnership Program for her project, "Clinical and Public Health Data Exchange: Estimating Asthma Prevalence in Wisconsin."
- Mary Schroth, MD, received a five-year renewal of her Maternal and Child Health Bureau-funded Pediatric Pulmonary Center (PPC) grant. The grant supports multidisciplinary care teams for children with complex pulmonology disorders, and provides funding for trainees in medicine, nutrition, social work, nursing, and respiratory therapy. The University of Wisconsin-Madison PPC is one of only six in the nation, and the only one in the Midwest.
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Recent Publications
Groose MK, Reynolds R, Li Z, Farrell PM. Opportunities for quality improvement in cystic fibrosis newborn screening. J Cyst Fibros. 2010 Jul;9(4):284-7.
Hayes D Jr, West SE, Rock MJ, Li Z, Splaingard ML, Farrell PM. Pseudomonas aeruginosa in children with cystic fibrosis diagnosed through newborn screening: assessment of clinic exposures and microbial genotypes. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2010 Jul;45(7):708-16.
Tluczek A, Becker T, Laxova A, Grieve A, Racine CN, Rock MJ, Gershan WM, Green CG, Farrell PM. Relationships among health-related quality of life, pulmonary health, and newborn screening for cystic fibrosis. Chest. 2010 Nov 24.
Guilbert T, Gern JE, Lemanske RF Jr. Infections and Asthma. In: Leung DYM, Sampson HA, Geha RS, Szefler SJ, eds. Pediatric Allergy: Principles and Practice. St. Louis: Mosby, Inc. 2010; 363-376.
Guilbert TW, Denlinger LC. Role of infection in the development and exacerbation of asthma. Expert Rev Respir Med. 2010 Feb;4(1):71-83.
Guilbert TW, Garris C, Jhingran P, Bonafede M, Tomaszewski KJ, Bonus T, Hahn RM, Schatz M. Asthma that is not well-controlled is associated with increased healthcare utilization and decreased quality of life. J Asthma. 2010 Dec 6.
Guilbert TW. Identifying and managing the infant and toddler at risk for asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2010 Aug;126(2):417-22.
Lemanske RF Jr, Mauger DT, Sorkness CA, Jackson DJ, Boehmer SJ, Martinez FD, Strunk RC, Szefler SJ, Zeiger RS, Bacharier LB, Covar RA, Guilbert TW, Larsen G, Morgan WJ, Moss MH, Spahn JD, Taussig LM; Childhood Asthma Research and Education (CARE) Network of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Step-up therapy for children with uncontrolled asthma receiving inhaled corticosteroids. N Engl J Med. 2010 Mar 18;362(11):975-85.
Rock MJ, Sharp JK. Cystic fibrosis and crms screening: what the primary care pediatrician should know. Pediatr Ann. 2010 Dec;39(12):759-68.
Sanders DB, Bittner RC, Rosenfeld M, Hoffman LR, Redding GJ, Goss CH. Failure to recover to baseline pulmonary function after cystic fibrosis pulmonary exacerbation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010 Sep 1;182(5):627-32.
Sanders DB, Bittner RC, Rosenfeld M, Redding GJ, Goss CH. Pulmonary exacerbations are associated with subsequent FEV(1) decline in both adults and children with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2010 Oct 21.
Sanders DB, Hoffman LR, Emerson J, Gibson RL, Rosenfeld M, Redding GJ, Goss CH. Return of FEV1 after pulmonary exacerbation in children with cystic fibrosis. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2010 Feb;45(2):127-34.
Danov Z, Schroth MK. Respiratory management of pediatric patients with neuromuscular disease. Pediatr Ann. 2010 Dec;39(12):769-76.
Lewelt A, Krosschell KJ, Scott C, Sakonju A, Kissel JT, Crawford TO, Acsadi G, D'anjou G, Elsheikh B, Reyna SP, Schroth MK, Maczulski JA, Stoddard GJ, Elovic E, Swoboda KJ. Compound muscle action potential and motor function in children with spinal muscular atrophy. Muscle Nerve. 2010 Nov;42(5):703-8.
Swoboda KJ, Scott CB, Crawford TO, Simard LR, Reyna SP, Krosschell KJ, Acsadi G, Elsheik B, Schroth MK, D'Anjou G, LaSalle B, Prior TW, Sorenson SL, Maczulski JA, Bromberg MB, Chan GM, Kissel JT; Project Cure Spinal Muscular Atrophy Investigators Network. SMA CARNI-VAL trial part I: double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of L-carnitine and valproic acid in spinal muscular atrophy. PLoS One. 2010 Aug 19;5(8):e12140.
Grant Support
|Principal Investigator
|Funding Agency
|Farrell, Philip
|DHHS, PHS, National Institutes of Health
|Pulmonary Benefits of Cystic Fibrosis Neonatal Screening
|Farrell, Philip
|Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
|Pulmonary Benefits of Cystic Fibrosis Neonatal Screening
|Farrell, Philip
|Medical College of Wisconsin
|A Rapid-Throughput Feedback Intervention for Population-State Communication Quality Assurance Projects
|Rock, Michael
|Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|A Multi-Center, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized, Efficacy and Safety Study of Denufosol Tetrasodium
|Rock, Michael
|Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|Study 08-114: Open-Label Extension of Study 08-110 -- A Multi-Center Study of Denufosol Tetrasodiom Inhalation Solution in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease
|Rock, Michael
|Inspire Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
|A Phase 3, Efficacy and Safety Study of Denufosol Tetrasodium Inhalation Solution in Patients with Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease and FECI >= 75% Predicted
|Rock, Michael
|Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
|EPIC-002: Schedule 3.0 The Epic Observational Study — Longitudinal Assessment of Risk Factors for and Impact of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Acquisition and Early Anti-Pseudomonal Treatment in Children with Cystic Fibrosis
|Rock, Michael
|Seattle Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center
|EPIC-001: Efficacy and Safety of Intermittent Antimcrobial Therapy for the Treatment of New Onset Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Airway Infection in Young Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
|Rock, Michael
|University Of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
|Infant Study of Inhaled Saline (ISIS)
|Rock, Michael
|Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Therapeutics
|Cystic Fibrosis Therapeutic Network
|Rock, Michael
|Axcan Pharma
|Efficacy and Safety of Ultrase MT12 in the Control of Steatorrhea in Cystic Fibrosis and Pancreatic Insufficient Children Aged 2-6 Years Old
|Rock, Michael
|Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
|Cystic Fibrosis Center Grant
|Rock, Michael
|Wisconsin Department of Health Services
|Congenital Disorders Program
|Rock, Michael
|Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
|Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Research Fellowship
|Schroth, Mary
|Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
|Phase I/II Trial of Valproic Acid and Carnitine in Infants with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type I (CARNI-VAL Type I)
|Schroth, Mary
|DHHS, PHS, Health Resources and Services
|Pediatrics Pulmonary Center
|Schroth, Mary
|Engineering Evaluation of Enhanced Leak Detection for Non-Invasive Ventilation in Pediatrics


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Hi Mat I've started the hard wood Jarah octagonal gazebo here in Perth WA. I drew my own sketch up models based on your octagonal roof framing tutorials. I've got some progress pics for you. Can I post the pics to you on this blog or do I put them up somewhere else thanks Ad Perth WA
In Australia we put warm cartons of beer in these voids during winter and cold cartons during summer. The statistical data is not over whelming and you do need an extended line of credit at the bottle shop but in this modern age of many global beers the practice does help to determine which beer tastes better at which temperature. Ad Thermal Performance Assessor Perth Western Australia.
Hi Mat from sunny Perth, Western Australia I am a carpenter and a Thermal Performance Assessor for residential buildings as well (energy efficiency software)I like to do a lot of outdoor decks, gazebos, alfresco areas etc. (there is a much higher chance of beers at the end of a job when its a deck area as opposed to rehanging someones fly screen door) I have just fallen into sketch up and am loving the modelling process for my ideas. I am instantly noticing clients responding much more positively to concepts Id like to pitch (and sell)to them when they can actually see it in normal vision (many people glaze over at 2d plans). Rather than me pointing about the place with a timber off-cut explaining all these imaginary beams and skillion roof planes, the missus can go " oh I like that" and hubby signs up. I appreciate your easy paced narration, no umms, buts, argh, just focused thoughts rolling straight out the mouth at easy listening pace - good stuff And despite a man of your experience and skill succumbing to mild embarrassment when you make a mistake its actually quite beneficial. If your going to make a mistake then chances are hundreds more will make the same mistake. By you making the mistake the issue is highlighted and red flagged even more so and so better learning goes on. It just so happens I have to build a large octagonal gazebo and boardwalk around a large private pond out of a classic Australian hardwood - Jarrah. I searched the net for some basic octagonal gazebo guidelines and was very disappointed with the rubbish I had to trawl through, to the point where I decided Id just graph paper it out and move ahead myself. I started delving into sketchup and found all your roof framing tutorials and the octagonal one was gold! Perfect. Thanks once again Matt Adam Perth Oz seeyalater
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At Earth Contact Products we are working every day to find and offer products that
will help customers make ''going green'' easier while still being cost effective.
As a result, from the founding of our company in 1998, we committed our company
and resources to offering more eco-conscious steel foundation products and to make
these items available at prices that make the choice an easy one. We continue to
actively seek out green products and procedures that meet our high quality standards.
Please feel free to send us your suggestions via email to: firstname.lastname@example.com
Our commitment to reducing our footprint on the planet does not end with simply
selling more eco-conscious products. We also looked closely at both our personal
and business practices and committed ourselves to operating as a green business
by following the standard of reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Here are some of the things that we do:
• Use the most recycled product on Earth - Steel
• Reclaim production waste
• Reuse boxes as often as possible for shipping.
As technology advances we are continuously looking for new ways to "go green."
For more information about Steel recycling and LEED building click here. ECP's
ongoing efforts to be an ecologically sound company are reaping benefits for our
customers and our planet. Environmental consciousness creates a better world for
us all to share. At ECP, environmental consciousness creates a quality product as
well. That's how we do business. Current construction practices has a profound impact
on our natural environment, economy, health, and productivity.
In the United States alone, buildings account for:
• 72% of electricity consumption
• 39% of energy use
• 38% of all carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
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|Lake Barcroft
About the Website
Lake Barcroft is a community of approximately 1025 homes in Falls Church, Virginia. Our homeowners organization, the Lake Barcroft Association, provides this web site as a service to the community through its Publications Committee.
For general matters about the Lake Barcroft Association contact Jim Kilbourne, Association President or contact the LBA Management Office. The mailing address is below or call 703-941-1927.
Site admin and content manager is Sarah Mattingly, please contact her if you wish to update or expand the site content, have a question or administrative matter, or would like to be part of the site operation.
We also owe Michael Ward our thanks for having the foresight to lock up the lakebarcroft.org name early on and for contributing the costs associated with name registration to the community. This site owes much to the previous site, developed and maintained by Charles Turner. A great many features were created by him, thanks!