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MEDIA RELEASE: Tax plan embraced by Senate shifts load to middle-class, poor North Carolinians
A new report finds that tax plan provides windfall to wealthiest 20 percent of tax payers
RALEIGH (January 23, 2013) – North Carolina policymakers have embraced a new tax plan that would provide a significant windfall to the wealthiest 20 percent of state taxpayers, a new report finds, while requiring low- and middle-income households to pay more.
A study by a consulting firm chaired by Arthur Laffer, whose economic theories have been discredited by mainstream economists, addresses the false claim that taxes are the main barrier to job creation and economic growth. Commissioned by the Civitas Institute, the study says that tax cuts for businesses and high-income individuals will result in significant economic growth and hundreds of thousands of new jobs. Yet according to a new report from the Budget & Tax Center, a project of the NC Justice Center, the study's tax plan – which has been embraced by our state leaders – fails in crucial ways.
The plan is designed to raise no more revenue than the state does currently, meaning North Carolina would be unable to make adequate investments in education, transportation and other foundations of a strong economy, the BTC report said. It fails to raise enough revenue for both North Carolina's current and future needs.
The new tax plan is most generous to the wealthiest North Carolinians while raising taxes on middle-income households, the BTC report said. If implemented, a family earning $24,000 a year would see its taxes rise by $500 under the new tax plan, while one earning $1 million would get a $41,000 break. The wealthiest 20 percent of taxpayers will receive a significant tax cut – a cut paid for by shifting the tax load to 60 percent of the state's taxpayers, primarily middle class and low-income households.
In addition, the new tax plan's structure threatens the state's ability to respond to changing economic conditions. The tax plan would radically change the state's tax system by eliminating the personal income, corporate income, and franchise tax, which represent a combined 65 percent of the state's revenue and generate $12 billion in revenue for North Carolina schools, roads, and other public priorities. The revenue loss would be replaced via a higher sales tax that would cover more goods and services, a business license fee and a real estate transaction fee.
"The underlying theory of this proposal, that income taxes are a barrier to economic growth, is wrong," said Alexandra Forter Sirota, director of the Budget & Tax Center. "Tax cuts have not generated improved economic performance in the states where they have been implemented."
A sound tax system allows North Carolina to invest in schools, roads, public safety, and other public structures that build a foundation for economic growth, the report said. Yet the Civitas/Laffer plan does the opposite by benefiting high-income individuals and locking in a revenue level that fails to meet our needs now and in the future.
"A much better option than the Civitas/Laffer plan would be true tax reform that will help promote a brighter future for all North Carolinians," Sirota said.
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- Hans Bayer is Professor of New Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. View all resources by Hans Bayer
What do we learn about what it means to be a disciple of Christ - to be fully human - from Mark's gospel?
Hans Bayer - Discipleship 1 - Introduction
Hans Bayer - Discipleship 2 - Creating a Double Crisis
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Ginger! Gingeriffic Recipes, Tips, and Tools
Last week we showed you a Ginger Applesauce Cake from a great book on cooking with kids. Many of you felt, though, that there was too little ginger in the cake to justify its title. It's for kids, remember, so the spicy ginger was probably kept lighter for little tongues, but it made us also consider other recipes that have a lot more punch.
We adore ginger - it's good for you in so many ways! Here are over twenty recipes, good tips, and great ideas for eating (and drinking) more ginger.
• 1 D.I.Y. Recipe: Crystallized Ginger - Candied ginger is very good at soothing upset tummies; we always take it with us when we travel. It's also delicious in cookies and other sweets.
• 2 Recipe: Ginger and Cilantro Baked Tilapia - Ginger punches up a mild white fish.
• 3 Recipe Review: Indian Spiced Carrot Soup with Ginger - It also goes especially well with sweeter vegetables, like carrots...
• 4 Recipe: Sweet Potato Soup with Miso and Ginger ... or sweet potatoes.
• 5 Recipe: Kenny Lao's Rickshaw Dumplings - And where would pork dumplings be without a healthy helping of ginger?
• 6 Recipe: Clean-Out-the-Pantry Pumpkin, Peanut, & Ginger Soup - Thick and delicious.
• 7 Recipe: Fried Brown Rice with Ginger and Scallions - Easy and quick, and the ginger gives it a huge burst of flavor.
• 8 Recipe: Hot and Sour Mushroom, Cabbage, and Rice Soup - This soup also gets a nice punch from ginger.
• 9 Recipe: Apple-Blackberry Pie with Ginger - And now for sweets! Berries and apples are natural complements to ginger.
• 10 Apple Ginger Pie Bars - Another apple-pairing.
• 11 Basil Infused Ginger and Cinnamon Ice Cream - So much flavor!
• 12 Recipe: Ginger Cinnamon Caramels - A twist on the classic caramel.
• 13 Recipe: Peach, Plum, and Ginger Jam - An easy homemade jam with spicy ginger.
• 14 Recipe Review: Dark Gingerbread Pear Cake - Lots and lots of fresh ginger, molasses, and sweet pears.
• 15 Recipe: Mango Ginger Frozen Yogurt - A summery treat with tropical flavors.
• 16 Recipe: Spiked Lemon Ginger Sorbet - Another summer treat, with booze!
• 17 Recipe: Flu Season Ginger Honey Lemon Tonic - Maybe our all-time favorite ginger recipe, a simple and refreshing hot drink sure to cure you of that winter cold.
• 18 Cocktails and the Common Cold: Vodka, Honey, and Ginger - An even heavier-hitting booze and ginger concoction.
• 19 Recipe: Sujeonggwa (Korean Persimmon Punch) - A sweet Korean drink with ginger and persimmon.
• 20 Recipe: Authentic Chai - Real chai tea, spicy with fresh ginger.
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• Kitchen Tool: Ceramic Ginger Grater
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Hooksett school officials see Pinkerton contract problem
HOOKSETT — After signing a 10-year sending contract with Pinkerton Academy that calls for a minimum of 75 Hooksett students to attend per freshman class for the next five years, at least one Hooksett school board member is concerned that a criteria doesn't exist to figure out what would happen if 75 local students don't want to go to Pinkerton.
Board Vice-chairman David Pearl said he is unhappy that the board has not determined whether some students would be forced to attend Pinkerton should 75 students not willingly sign up to go there.
"At (Tuesday's) board meeting I tried to get the board to engage in a criteria on how to get the 75 kids if not enough sign up, but got nowhere. The board had no ideas, so Superintendent (Charles) Littlefield said that if it becomes a problem, he would bring it back to the board," Pearl said. "He said he doesn't have a process either. That could be very problematic."
Board Chairman Trisha Korkosz said that the only reason the criteria wasn't addressed during Tuesday's meeting was due to the snowstorm.
"There was no other reason, I just wanted to get people out as quickly as possible," Korkosz said.
She added that the board has every intention of creating a path to address the matter.
"It is definitely something that is on our agenda," Korkosz said.
Pearl said waiting on addressing the matter is a bad idea.
"As far I can tell the board is just hoping this doesn't become an issue, well I hope that too, but we can't tell parents how this is going to happen. If we come up short of 75, I don't know who we are going to pick, so I think this could create a lot of doubt now with parents who thought they had the issue figured out," Pearl said.
Pearl said that part of his concern with the situation stems from a lack of communication with Korkosz.
"My frustration is that I have to talk to the press to get action on this because the chair doesn't talk to me, but will talk to the press, and I don't hold it against the press, but as a board member that bothers me, so at this point I have to communicate through the Union Leader," Pearl said.
Along with approving a 10-year sending contract, the Hooksett School Board also approved a one-year enrollment agreement that, according to Pinkerton officials, would serve as a bridge should Hooksett residents vote against the Pinkerton contract in March. Unlike the sending contract, the enrollment agreement would not have to be approved by Hooksett residents, but it would still call for a minimum of 75 students of the incoming freshman class to attend.
"The decision by the Hooksett School Board allows the districts' families to consider attending Pinkerton next year and it also allows Hooksett students to start planning for the fall," said Headmaster Mary Anderson.
According to Chip Underhill of Pinkerton Academy, even if the one-year enrollment agreement kicks in, Hooksett students who have attended Pinkerton will not be required to finish their high school careers there.
"This (enrollment agreement) is meant as a bridge in the event the long-term tuition agreement is not approved by Hooksett voters in March," Underhill said.
While Korkosz has previously said that Pinkerton is the best option for Hooksett, Anderson said, Hooksett's presence will be important to Pinkerton as well.
The course catalog will be distributed in early January and course signups take place through mid-month, Anderson said. Also, the high school's Eighth Grade Preview Night is offered Jan. 6 and 7, where families receive an overview of the Pinkerton program of studies.


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BASEBALL (Jeters Church of Zen)
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Baseball with a political twist
One-man show looks at baseball and democracy
By JERRY TALLMER
Here is a little taste of a one-man show at Tribecas Flea Theater called Boococks House of Baseball, written and performed by a clean-living 40-year-old kid named Paul Boocock who started life in Baltimore, Maryland, Babe Ruths home town:
The timing
A little while ago from now, just after some time ago.
Dick Cheney on a golf course. Hey Bob? How about them Mets? Hey Bob, I really like Darryl Strawberry. Hes the black Ted Williams. And Doc won a Cy Young Award when he was 20. Black Bob Feller. Black Nolan Ryan with a better curve. Dominant like Koufax though not a lefty like Koufax. And Koufax wasnt black. See, Im noticing that these guys are black and I like them. I like black people, Bob. Didnt use to. Now I do.
Elsewhere in this rigadoon, this potpourri of politics and hardball, there are references to Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the upstanding drunk racist circuit-court judge who as Major League Baseballs first commissioner banned Shoeless Joe and the remaining 1919 Black Sox for life; also to Ted Williams, the John Wayne of baseball and soul-oppressing stat man, whose single-minded devotion to zeroes and commas would someday lead straight down the slippery slope to Those seven trucks were moving WMDs from Iraq into Syria; also to bean-balling Colt .45 Roger Clemens of your Houston Texar-Fascists [in] beautiful Enron Stadium.
Not to mention baseball immortals Ty Cobb, Rogers Hornsby, and Tris Speaker show[ing] up for the same KKK rally.
One prospective immortal who comes off scot free is this generations Derek Jeter, shortstop, New York Yankees. Indeed, the subtitle of Boococks House of Baseball is Jeters House of Zen.
In short, Paul Boocock hero-worships Derek Jeter, and in his act lives out a couple of Jeters more fabulous moments on the field. My wife and I discuss him quite a bit, the performer says.
(Boococks wife is Peggy Grauwiler, who grew up in the West Village, is getting her Ph.D. in clinical social work, i.e., cases of domestic violence. They met as bartender and waitress at RoseMaries in Tribeca.)
Derek Jeters a lucky man who possesses a rare amount of self-esteem in all the healthy ways. His parents a mixed marriage seem very stable. Theyre from Flint, Michigan, a union town, that sort of thing.
And with all that, a journalist who is not a Yankee fan suggested, Jeter doesnt whine.
True, Boocock said. These days, the sports pages keep trying to get a whine out of somebody. Jeter rarely bites.
How about Kenesaw Mountain Landis? Was he really racist?
Thats a little bit of hyperbole, but in context, yes. In the late 1930s, Bill Veeck [Veeck as in Wreck, who once sent a midget up to bat] was going to buy the Phillies and stock the team with players from the Negro League. Landis wasnt having any of it. He wouldnt approve sale of the Phillies to Veeck.
And Cobb, Hornsby, and Speaker at a KKK rally?
I did read it somewhere. Its a rumor. At least they were all IN the KKK. Cobbs racism is well known. Hes from Georgia, was raised that way. Hornsby well, he was one of the greatest hitters ever, but also one of the greatest assholes.
How about those Houston Texar-Fascists?
I wish it WERE hyperbole. I think of baseball as not having Fascist qualities when done properly. Youll notice that the Texas teams dont win. The Rangers [once owned by George W. Bush] never won a World Series. The Houston Astros never came close. Texas baseball teams are run like football teams. You know what George Will said? Football encompasses the two worst qualities of America: endless committee meetings followed by extreme violence.
As a young man, Boocock said, I was once with a Williams College singing group in Texas. Everybody down there was very friendly, very smiley, very patriotic and could not stop themselves from showing off their guns.
When I think of Texas, said the journalist, I think of Dallas.
Yeah, thats the subtext. Thats something you cant erase. I went to the Grassy Knoll, Boocock said.
One little diversion in the act is when Boocock does a bit of a Babe Ruth movement based on old movie clips. The main elements are jiggling baby-hands and taking a couple of twinkle-toe steps toward the ball. You know his bat was twice as heavy as they are now, and he just flicked it. He was not a freak show, either. He was a great all-around ballplayer.
Boocock and his director are still working on the Babe Ruth item. My directors younger than I am and not particularly a baseball fan. Shes also a she: Mary Catherine Burke. He tests all his stuff on her.
Williams College, Boococks alma mater, is also, as it happens, the alma mater of George Steinbrenner, principal owner of the New York Yankees. My father, C. Brett Boocock, was in Steinbrenners class. Steinbrenner was a track and football coach, which shows in his decision-making process with the Yankees. You have to admire Steinbrenners willingness to give people another shot.
Including Billy Martin four times.
Yes, and you can see Steinbrenner wants Torre [manager Joe, in good times and now bad] to have a little bit of that i.e., Billy Martinism at this point. Push over the table in the banquet room.
Boococks father became headmaster of the Buckley School, in this city. And my grandfather was head of the Collegiate School. And his brother was headmaster of the Nichols School, in Buffalo, where Pete Gurney [playwright A.R. Gurney] went before he went to Williams in the same class with Steinbrenner and my father.
Paul Boocock is Williams 86. Before that, in high school, he was a second baseman. Good hands, no arm, and a banjo bat. Gave it up in college in favor of acting and music. With classmate David Latham, five years ago, worked up a two-man comedy act called Premium Bob, sort of a tribute to Bob & Ray.
If your hero is Derek Jeter, the journalist said, mine was a shortstop named Dick Bartell on the old New York Giants.
Three days later came the following e-mail:
On the way home [from the interview], I tried to think of the rest of the Giants team that Dick Bartell played with
King Carl Hubbell was their ace of aces. Fat Freddy Fitzimmons the No. 2? Then Hal Schumacher (Prince Hal?). Gus Mancuso catching. Bill Terry at 1st (the last National Leaguer to hit .400). Mel Ott and Jo-Jo Moore in the outfield. Couldnt figure out who Bartells double-play partner was, so I looked it up. Burgess Whitehead seems to be the answer, with an assist from Mark Koenig
Yes, Paul, youve got it astonishingly right. But what you dont know is how Fred Fitzimmons pitched or, rather, how the genial balloon-shaped Fitz wound up. He spun his right arm like a windmill and then swung his whole bulky body around until he was facing straight out to centerfield; then spun back around whoosh! to face the plate and the batter and, in that one pinwheeling movement, deliver the ball
Strike one!
Maybe Mary Catherine Burke can show you how to do it.
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"The Knicks' primary target this summer is LeBron James, but when it comes to the supporting cast Donnie Walsh plans to assemble, the team president has his eye on a free agent with New York ties.
The Knicks, according to sources, will make a strong push for Marcus Camby, who 11 years ago played a significant role in helping the Knicks reach the NBA Finals. Walsh has tried for two years to acquire the 7-foot Camby and last month lost out again when the Clippers traded him to Portland.
Although Camby turns 36 in two weeks, he still moves well and doesn't need the ball to make an impact. Instead, he is the shot-blocking, rebounding type of center Walsh and Mike D'Antoni covet.
"He only has great memories of New York," Camby's agent, Rick Kaplan, said on Friday in Toronto. "But he's having a great time in Portland. He really enjoys that team."
The Knicks' interest in Camby is a clear sign that management is convinced David Lee can't continue to play out of position at center. Although Lee's quickness gives him an advantage over most centers, his lack of size and girth under the basket have hurt the Knicks all season.
On Friday, Toronto scored 62 points in the paint despite All-Star power forward Chris Bosh missing the game with an upset stomach. Lee is neither a shot-blocker nor a player who is willing to draw charges. And when the Knicks' perimeter players are beaten off the dribble, Lee is vulnerable as the last line of defense."
-New York Daily News


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- 1 Open Source Malaria Series 4: The Triazolopyrazine (TP) Series
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Prior Knowledge of the Series
- 1.3 Other Sources of Compounds in this Series
- 1.4 Strings for Google
Open Source Malaria Series 4: The Triazolopyrazine (TP) Series
The Triazolopyrazine series is the newest of the OSM series. It was announced on September 10th 2013 as Series 4.
The series arises from industrial work that cannot be fully disclosed which was followed by some hit-to-lead work funded directly by MMV which can.
There is evidence from parasite ion regulation assays (below) that these compounds may be PfATP4 inhibitors. Such evidence distinguishes Series 4 from Series 1-3 where there was no experimental evidence for a mechanism of action.
As with everything involved in OSM, suggestions can be given in multiple ways.
What is Known at the Start of the Campaign
A briefing document written for MMV constitutes what was known at the start of the open project.
The contents will gradually become part of this wiki (below) as the project progresses.
The raw data behind the briefing document will be released when it is obtained. New ion regulation assay data has already been received (below).
What Can the Community Do Now?
Those wishing to contribute to OSM Series 4 should in the first instance read the briefing document. The first question is: Which 10 compounds ought to be made in Sept/Oct 2013 for evaluation?
Resources Needed: Chemists to either make new molecules, or help obtain existing compounds that might be relevant to this series.
Current Aims
1. Hit-to-lead synthesis and biological evaluation, to improve potency and drug likeness.
2. Validation of PfATP4 activity.
Current Questions for the Community
Starting-point questions are listed at the end of the briefing document. These translate into the initial question of Which 10 compounds ought to be made first? and Does anyone possess compounds that could be relevant to this series already?
Prior Knowledge of the Series
Potency of Hits and Analogs
(Detail will be placed here, but for the moment please browse the briefing document)
Possible PfATP4 Activity Deduced from Parasite Ion Regulation Assays
The following five compounds were evaluated in parasite ion regulation assays in the Kirk Laboratory; the hypothesis is that PfATP4 is a Na+ ATPase that exports Na+ and imports H+ (or equivalent) and that the effects of the compounds on Na+ concentration and pH are attributable to inhibition of this activity. Structures, potency, metabolism/solubility and raw PfATP4 assay data are here.
File:Original PfATP4 Activities.tif
MMV669000: no (potency: inactive)
MMV669304: yes (potency: 280 nM)
MMV669360: yes (potency: 356 nM)
MMV669542: yes (potency: 185 nM)
MMV669848: yes (potency: 114 nM)
MMV669000 did not dissipate the plasma membrane Na+ gradient or increase the plasma membrane pH gradient consistent with it not inhibiting PfATP4 at the concentration tested.
The other compounds dissipated the plasma membrane Na+ gradient and increased the plasma membrane pH gradient at a concentration of 2 μM, consistent with them being PfATP4 inhibitors.
(i.e. note the correlation: compound inactive in these assays is the inactive analog in the plasmodium screen)
Other Sources of Compounds in this Series
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MMV669000: O=C(N1CC(C=CC=C2)=C2C1)C3=CN=CC4=NN=C(C5=CC=C(OC(F)F)C=C5)N43; InChI=1S/C21H15F2N5O2/c22-21(23)30-16-7-5-13(6-8-16)19-26-25-18-10-24-9-17(28(18)19)20(29)27-11-14-3-1-2-4-15(14)12-27/h1-10,21H,11-12H2
MMV669304: FC(F)OC(C=C1)=CC=C1C2=NN=C3C=NC=C(CCCC4=CC=CC=C4)N32; InChI=1S/C21H18F2N4O/c22-21(23)28-18-11-9-16(10-12-18)20-26-25-19-14-24-13-17(27(19)20)8-4-7-15-5-2-1-3-6-15/h1-3,5-6,9-14,21H,4,7-8H2
MMV669360: FC(F)OC(C=C1)=CC=C1C2=NN=C3C=NC=C(COCC4=CC=C(F)C(F)=C4)N32; InChI=1S/C20H14F4N4O2/c21-16-6-1-12(7-17(16)22)10-29-11-14-8-25-9-18-26-27-19(28(14)18)13-2-4-15(5-3-13)30-20(23)24/h1-9,20H,10-11H2
MMV669542: FC(F)OC(C=C1)=CC=C1C2=NN=C3C=NC=C(C(NC4=CC=CC(Cl)=C4)=O)N32; InChI=1S/C19H12ClF2N5O2/c20-12-2-1-3-13(8-12)24-18(28)15-9-23-10-16-25-26-17(27(15)16)11-4-6-14(7-5-11)29-19(21)22/h1-10,19H,(H,24,28)
MMV669848: FC(F)OC(C=C1)=CC=C1C2=NN=C3C=NC=C(CN4CC(C=CC=C5)=C5C4)N32; InChI=1S/C21H17F2N5O/c22-21(23)29-18-7-5-14(6-8-18)20-26-25-19-10-24-9-17(28(19)20)13-27-11-15-3-1-2-4-16(15)12-27/h1-10,21H,11-13H2


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You've spent many years as an IT professional. You've written good program code; taken on complex projects — and succeeded; managed technical IT professionals; and studied the ins-and-outs of how the Web works. All of these things have helped you advance in your career. So now you're ready to be a CIO, right?
I had the opportunity to talk with a large number of incumbent CIOs when doing research for my book Unwrapping the CIO: Demystifying the Chief Information Officer Position. It was extremely interesting hearing about the things that surprised them when they first assumed their new CIO position. I also talked with CEOs about what they look for when hiring a CIO. As a result of these conversations, I have been able to compile some of the more salient traits necessary to be successful in that job.
Let's see if you are ready to be a CIO. If any of the following items make you feel like you are looking in a mirror, you may want to reconsider whether you're really prepared to be a CIO.
This information is also available as a PDF download.
#1: You are uncomfortable working with senior management
It would be a real problem if you aren't comfortable working with senior management since, as CIO, you are senior management. The CEOs I talked with were adamant about the CIO functioning well as a member of the senior management team. This means that the heads of the business units, such as finance, marketing, and sales, are now your peers. These are individuals who will interact with you on a daily basis. You will need to build strong relationships with the members of the senior management team to be successful in your job.
#2: The concepts of financial management totally elude you
It's common for the IT budget to represent anywhere from 3% to 5% of the total expenses in a company. That can be a huge number in a multibillion dollar corporation. You must also understand that the components of the IT budget are some of the most complex in the business. Many departments need to think only about people costs.
But as CIO, you must also be concerned with hardware costs, which include mainframes, desktops, servers, and all of the associated peripherals; the cost of the software that will run on those devices; the maintenance costs for both the hardware and software; the cost of providing an effective network, both voice and data; and the costs associated with acquiring and maintaining outside consultants on your team. You will also need to be concerned with the timing of purchases to ensure that maximum value is realized from these investments. Financial management is a major part of the CIO's job.
#3: You have no desire to participate in business strategic planning
Close to 80% of the CIOs I surveyed, indicated that strategic planning was the most significant aspect of their job. The business world today is extremely complex. Increased globalization; heightened merger activity; competition from nontraditional sources; shortened product life cycles; and a tightened regulatory environment are just a few of the items affecting a company's strategic plan. Information technology can affect all of these things... and more.
In addition, many companies use IT as the strategic weapon necessary to survive in the fierce competitive environment. It is the job of the CIO to understand all of the aspects of the marketplace in which the company participates to help it effectively use information technology to address these challenges.
#4: Any kind of change drives you crazy
As the CIO, you are the company's primary change agent. The CEO will look to you to drive a lot of the change in the company. Some of the changes will be related to technology, some will not. The CEO may make you responsible for improving the workflow of a key business process. This is in addition to the rapid changes in all aspects of technology that you are going to be required to manage. For example, the convergence of voice and data technologies could mean you will need to change the telephones that are on everyone's desk.
#5: You think SOX is a garment
The Sarbenes-Oxley Act (SOX) is just one of the many regulatory changes that are having a significant impact on companies today. It affects things such as financial reporting, corporate governance, and recordkeeping. In addition, if you are in a service organization, you must contend with auditing standards, such as SAS-70 (i.e. Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 70), which increases the requirements to disclose your controls and processes to your customers.
Today, much of the regulatory compliance requirements are performed electronically. Therefore, the CIO must understand all aspects of compliance requirements and issues. As CIO, you will be required to assist the company in avoiding the liabilities associated with noncompliance with these regulations.
#6: To you, asset management and building management are the same things
Information technology represents a major investment of the corporation. A large amount of the corporate assets are in the hardware, software, networks, and data center facilities in IT. Therefore, asset management plays an important role in the job of a CIO. The CIO must understand asset life cycles and the techniques for managing assets through their life cycle. The CIO also needs to know the value of those assets and must be able to manage them efficiently. In the case of the data centers, asset management and building management may be the same thing. However, that is not true for the rest of the IT assets.
#7: The idea of selling anything scares you to death
A considerable part of the CIO job is selling. CIOs must sell the need for the new server technology when the company already has more than a thousand servers; sell the need to keep processing in-house and not outsource to an offshore company; sell the change in processes that will affect multiple business units; sell the refresh strategy for the desktop technology; and so on.
It would require a lot more space than we have here to list all of the ideas, techniques, methods, and technology that a CIO must sell. At times, that sale will be made to your peers who are the heads of the other business units; other times, to the CEO or the board of directors. A CIO should not be frightened of selling or the sales process; it's a large part of the job.
#8: Indecision is one of your strong points
It always amazes me the number of managers who are comfortable pushing decisions up the management chain. If you are the CIO, guess where the buck stops? That's right... you're it. A CIO is required to make hundreds of decisions a day. Some are popular; some are not so popular. There are technology decisions; process decisions; and people decisions. There are decisions on how much or whether to challenge your business peer who is planning to pursue technology that is inconsistent with your direction. There are the decisions about how to inform the CEO of the failure of a key corporate strategic project. And of course, there is always the decision as to whether taking on the CIO assignment was a good one in the first place.
#9: You're really skilled in one key area of information technology
I have met IT professionals who believe that being highly skilled in Web technology is the key to being a good CIO. Of course, I have also met people who have said the same about data management, networking, storage, and security technologies. So then the question becomes, "In which technology should you specialize?" The answer is all of them.
The CEO and the rest of the senior management team are going to expect you to be the senior information technology person. Therefore, they will just assume that you are knowledgeable in all areas of IT. You and I both know that's impossible. The key is to develop an understanding of the different technologies and surround yourself with experts in each.
#10: You believe that CIO stands for "career is over"
CIOs must have many personalities to perform their job on a daily basis. They must be a financial manager one minute and a technology chief the next. They may spend their morning discussing competitive strategies with the board of directors. Their afternoon could consist of discussing bandwidth requirements with the networking professionals or negotiating an IT contract with a vendor. As a result of this wide range of skills, many CIOs are progressing to the CEO position within their company. So if you think that becoming a CIO is the end of your career, you may want to rethink whether you have what it takes to be a CIO.
The job of CIO is complex on a good day. Only one in a million IT professionals can do the CIO job... and do it well. It is a job that requires a unique set of business skills as well as a strong understanding of IT technologies. However, the CIO is also in an exceptional position to have a major impact on the success of the company. So if you still think you want to become a CIO, you should be aware that you will gain membership to one of the most elite group of professionals on the planet.
Wayne L. Anderson is president and chief IT strategist at Anderson Professional Systems Group, LLC. He trains and coaches CIOs at Fortune 500 companies. He is the author of Unwrapping the CIO: Demystifying the Chief Information Officer Position and Powerful People are Powerful IT Professionals: A Daily Guide to Becoming a Powerful Systems Person. In addition, he has written numerous articles on successful IT management. Wayne currently writes a weekly blog on IT Leadership for TechRepublic. For more information about Wayne's books and services, visit his Web site or e-mail him.


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What's So Special About Research? Dr. Carl Dieffenbach Answers
By Candace Y.A. Montague
May 18, 2011
Today is National HIV Vaccine Awareness day. It is a day to recognize the thousands of volunteers who have given their time and bodies for research. It is also a day to spotlight how participation in trials is critical in the pursuit of a cure. Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, answered my questions (and questions from others) about clinical trials recruitment and the impact of the failure of FEM-PrEP.
Out of the six current clinical trial networks, which ones do you see the most success with and which ones do you see the greatest deficits?
Each [of the trials] has their own strengths. Therapeutics is focusing on the best first line and second line treatments for HIV. In the past 15 years, we have moved from essentially treatment that was a hand full of pills twice a day to one pill once a day. One pill once a day is very well tolerated and if successfully taken on a regular basis can provide lifelong treatment for the individual. That's pretty amazing. We've made HIV/AIDS, which used to be pretty much a death sentence, to a chronic manageable disease. Globally, we've gone from being able to treat maybe 300,000 people in the world to over five million globally. That never would have happened without those clinical trials. The other area we have focused on is HIV prevention. We have been able to give people the tools to protect themselves. But the fundamental challenge with that is getting people to use them. How do you make it attractive and market it?
Give three specific steps that NIAID intends to take to ensure that future trial design and implementation fosters participation by women, people of color and low-income people in the way of the GRACE study.
The easiest way to get to a specific population is to know what you want and go get it. In order for the data to be relevant to a given population within a clinical trial, we need to hit a target number of those types of people. For example out of 2,000 people we need 750 women. When we get to a point where it looks like we don't need to fill a quota we'll say no more men, only women. We have stopped the enrollment of the easy population and gone after the populations that are difficult to find. Additionally, a protocol starts with a group of people talking about a research question and what we try to do is to ensure that members of the community are at the table when the protocol is being designed. The GRACE study was very good at that.
Low-income people are a population we're extremely proud to serve because we do not require insurance like some trials do. Some trials require you to have insurance to cover the co-meds. We take all comers if they are in a specific group that we are seeking to study and have the disease. Additionally, we have gone to the communities where people of color are. This is an epidemic in the United States of people of color and people of poverty. So we moved our trial sites to those places.
In DC, the last two trials we ran were in the absolute poorest parts of the city. They had incredibly successful enrollment. One [trial] targeted high-risk women and the other was black MSM. We had recruiters who were people who looked like the community and were from the community. We brought them in and trained them. In some ways HIV/AIDS invented this approach.
How does the Fem-PrEP study cancellation impact the NIH funded research on pharmaceutical preventions and interventions?
The answer is that it will stimulate research because I, as a scientist, need to know why it didn't work. We had an evaluation of Truvada in MSM for HIV prevention. One pill once a day doesn't stop transmission. The answer was yes the data was very clear that the more consistent you are the better. So much so that in men who took it consistently the percent of effectiveness was 80-85%. That's a whopping number. That's the kind of thing you want from a vaccine. FEM-PrEP came along, they tried it with the women and stopped it for futility. So we look at the data in the test group and in the control group. You have a dichotomous result. On the face of it, there's a difference between men and women.
Maybe the women didn't take the medication and there's some evidence that they didn't. Is there a biological difference between men and women underneath it all? The answer is I need to know more.
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Two drivers involved in two-car crash Friday on Route 96 were taken to Strong Memorial Hospital and then later released.
Ontario County Sheriff's deputies said Ronda K. Stiles, 40, of 3530 County Road 18, Canandaigua, was driving a 2008 Nissan south on Route 96 and had stopped in traffic near Turk Hill Road shortly after 6 p.m. Another vehicle, a 2008 Chevrolet driven by Lew F. Ahrens, 71 of 7448 Williams Road, Prattsburgh, was also headed south and behind Stiles. Deputies said Ahrens' vehicle failed to stop and collided with Stiles' vehicle.
Stiles sustained a head laceration and Ahrens was incoherent resulting from the crash, deputies said. Both were taken to Strong Memorial Hospital by Victor Farmington Ambulance for treatment. According to Strong Memorial, both Stiles and Ahrens had been discharged by Saturday afternoon.
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The City eventually made Main Beach a public park, also known as the 'window to the sea.' The gay culture naturally moved to the 1400 block of South Coast Highway, which was home to The Coast Inn, Boom Boom Room and a gay dinner house, which has changed hands several times over the years. Bob Gentry was the first openly gay elected official in Orange County when he became mayor of Laguna Beach in 1982, further welcoming the gay community to town. He served during the height of the AIDS crisis.
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Weds 18 July, 6.00-7.30 pm
In this BoF attendees are invited to consider what The Open Group has delivered on securing Cloud and SOA environments, what current and planned activities exist in our Forums and Work Groups to deliver more, and what further security-related activities are most relevant for them. All ideas are welcome in the discussion – including things not currently in any declared program of work items. [Read more]
The Open Group Plato Collaboration System
Thursday July 19, 8:00 - 8:45 am
This session will provide an overview of Plato, The Open Group Collaboration System and how it can be used to provide a homestead for Forums and Work Groups, including document management, action items, events scheduling, and review documents. This session is recommended for all members who are participating in work streams within The Open Group Forums and Work Groups.
Cloud Work Group
Thursday, July 19, 9:00-10:30 am
- Open Meeting on the Cloud Work Group
This meeting will enable interested delegates to find out about the Cloud Work Group: its composition, way of working, and current projects, and will feature an in-depth review of the work of the Cloud Computing Interoperability and Portability project, which is producing an Open Group Guide to Cloud Computing Portability and Interoperability, and a White Paper on Cloud Brokers.


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One Ardmore family's dreams are coming true with help from Habitat for Humanity and Noble Energy.
"It's really amazing. My dream was one day to have a house," Mirna Dominguez said.
Dominguez and her two children will be the recipient of a house currently being built by Habitat for Humanity.
She works at Ardmore Middle School, where her son Jose is in seventh grade. Her daughter Melissa is a sophomore at the University of Oklahoma.
"I'm really excited," said Jose Dominguez, who added that he wants a blue room.
To receive a Habitat for Humanity house, people have to go through an application process. The homeowners have to be employed and able to make payments. They also have to give 300 hours of sweat equity, in which they volunteer on their own home, someone else's home or the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.
Payments are interestfree and the volunteer labor and donated supplies keep the cost of the house low.
"We work to make sure it is a payment they can afford," said Laura Mc-Neill, Ardmore Habitat for Humanity public relations.
This week, Noble Energy employees are helping to finish the Dominquez house, which is the first brick house the Ardmore chapter has built. Working in two shifts a day, with about 20 people each, over 80 Noble Energy employees are volunteering Monday through Thursday.
Noble Energy employees have also worked on a house in Houston, which sparked the idea to do the same project in Ardmore. Employees from the Houston and Denver offices came to Ardmore to work on the house.
In addition to volunteering time this week, Noble Energy donated $10,000 to the Ardmore Habitat for Humanity.
"Energizing the world is just part of our mission. We also are bettering people's lives. We do that by sharing our time, talents and financial success," said Gerry Stevenson, Houston, Noble Energy treasurer.
Employees painted primer on the walls and baseboards of the new house Monday.
"The best part is knowing that we are truly helping someone change their life and helping them secure a future and bless them," said accounting manager Mary Hunter. "Hopefully, the people who live in this home will pass it forward to someone else and we can start a flood of giving." Dominguez said she has every intention of passing on the blessings.
"I can't do it with money, but God gave me two hands, if somebody needs help, I will help them," she said.


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I look forward to learning from those that wish to teach/share. And for those that dont wish to share, thats ok too. I wont hate.
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Chancellor Hinshaw thanks campus budget supportersUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Posted: Mar 30, 2010
Mahalo to the many campus and community members who stepped forward to support UH Mānoa in response to our recent Budget Alert. Your active, strong response sent a loud and clear message regarding the damage that would be created by the proposed reductions of $59M in SB2695 (http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/bills/SB2695_HD1_PROPOSED_.htm).
Your actions, including visits, emails, phone calls, and testimonies, were impressive and impacting. I offer a special note of appreciation to the strong, passionate group of folks who spent many hours with us at the Capitol during the Committee hearing – this group included our students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, donors, business leaders, emeriti and current Regents – mahalo for your extra effort in being there and staying into the early morning hours.
The good news is that today the House Finance Committee reduced its proposed cuts of almost $59M for UH to "only" $2M; however, our contention is that no additional cuts should be made. So, unfortunately, our struggles are not yet over. Still alive is also another proposed cut of $10 million for UH (http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2010/lists/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2200) – this is in addition to our current reductions of $66 million which represents 26% of UH Mānoa's State general funds. Please continue to keep in close communication with your legislators at (http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov).
In the remaining month of the legislative session, we must maintain the pressure and the presence of our voices. There are three activities we must all pursue:
· educating government and community decision-makers about the value UH Mānoa provides as a major generator of educated citizens, new knowledge, jobs and resources for Hawai'i;
· emphasizing the reality that the future of Hawai'i depends on strong state support of higher education, especially to maintain its sole leading research 1 institution;
· demanding that UH Mānoa not be cut any more – in fact, we need to be discussing restoration of support.
I will strive to keep the campus informed as developments emerge and I hope you continue to share your ideas with me: email@example.com.
Mahalo for your support,
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Texas (AP) - A Texas death row inmate granted new DNA testing in his case says his "nightmare is almost over."
Hank Skinner was convicted in the 1993 killings of his girlfriend and her two grown children. He once came within an hour of execution.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has granted a stay.
Last month, the Texas Attorney General's office reversed its longstanding objection to running DNA tests on a list of 40 pieces of evidence.
Skinner tells the Houston Chronicle that he expects the tests will exonerate him. But like his attorneys, Skinner says he questions how prosecutors could not find a windbreaker found near the body of his girlfriend, Twila Busby.
His supporters argue Busby's now-deceased uncle may have committed the stabbings in Pampa, in the Texas Panhandle.


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Kalispell and Billings teachers are finalists
Sept. 22, 2006
Gary Carmichael first felt the pull of history when his mother took him and his brother to visit Montana ghost towns and other historical sites.
From that beginning, this fourth-generation Montanan pursued his love of history into a teaching and library career that has taken him from Saco to Great Falls to Whitefish.
He now teaches history at Whitefish High School. This September, Carmichael was selected as Montana's 2007 Teacher of the Year by the Montana Professional Teaching Foundation.
To be chosen Teacher of the Year is the highest honor a Montana teacher can achieve.
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Montana Teacher of the Year Gary Carmichael
Carmichael finds the key to teaching American and World History in "actively engaging students as working historians," combining technology and old-fashioned research skills to make history a living aspect of the world we live in.
Weaving the Whitefish and Montana stories into the American history curriculum, he has his students research Whitefish census and insurance data from the 1920s to develop an accurate picture of their own community while also learning research skills.
His students create digital movies using their research findings on the Great Depression. They learn computer graphing techniques to develop their research on Civil War topics.
Carmichael believes that "students who are actively involved as working historians can discover not only the content being taught and the technological skills being used, but also the problem-solving processes they will need in later life. That is what teaching is all about: preparing students for the future."
Former student Chase Giacomo said, "Mr. Carmichael is the kind of person who is so passionate and dedicated that they inspire us to journey into their passion. He not only inspired me to learn about U.S. history, but he also inspired me and my peers to become people of character and principle." Giacomo carries that inspiration with him as he heads off to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point this year.
Since his days as a social studies teacher at the small Hi-line school at Saco, Carmichael has also served as a trainer and online resource for the Discovery Channel School. This unique opportunity allows him to create educational materials used worldwide and collaborates with outstanding teachers around the country.
Outside the classroom, his activities range from coaching youth basketball (including kindergarten basketball) to creating the website for the Rocky Mountain Museum of Military History at Fort Missoula.
Another satisfying school/community project has been the collection of oral histories of Montana veterans for a joint partnership activity with Whitefish High School and the Library of Congress.
When it comes to education improvement, Carmichael's motto is "Think BIG! Start small."
"As educators we are much like our students; we build upon our successes and learn from our failures," he said. "Success breeds success; so as we reach short-term attainable goals we can't help but be successful in improving Montana education."
An activist in the teaching profession, Carmichael has served as vice president of the Whitefish Education Association, MEA-MFT.
As Montana's Teacher of the Year for 2007, Carmichael will represent Montana at the National Teacher of the Year event, sponsored by the Council of Chief State School Officers. He will also serve as a spokesperson for the teaching profession throughout the year.
Along with other state teachers of the Year, he will meet President Bush at a White House ceremony in spring 2007 and will attend International Space Camp in Alabama next summer.
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Other finalists in this year's Montana Teacher of the Year event are Kari Peiffer, second-grade teacher at Evergreen Elementary School, and John W. Miller, honors biology and environmental studies teacher at Billings West High School.
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Presidential second terms are for second chances. They provide the least awkward chance for presidents to redirect their mission, update their goals, and rearrange key advisors and positions. Second terms also solidify agendas and the way forward, giving Congress assurances about where the next four years are going—thereby making compromise more tenable.
Of course, new political issues and catfights will emerge. Martha Kumar, professor in the department of political science at Towson University and director of the White House Transition Project told the Government Business Council (GBC), "Presidents end up with issues that are often the leftovers that didn't get enacted in the first term. A couple of issues that come up in most administrations are immigration and social security. They come up because they are so hard to get through". Importantly, she notes, second term presidents are more experienced and wise to the ways of Washington .
In a recent study seasoned political appointees were surveyed about their relationships with career executives. Eighty-nine percent of appointees reported that working with career executives is either important or very important. When asked to list three things they would recommend to their successor, the appointees recommended listening, trust, and communication as the key things that are important for any transition process. Appointees undoubtedly have an appreciation for the necessity of working with career federal employees; however times of change can make the process more complicated. The Government Business Council (GBC) has combed through its archives of case studies, reports, focus groups, and surveys to identify important tips that will help federal managers through any presidential transition. In concert with expert interviews and secondary research, the following areas were identified:
- Show Your Worth: Many federal managers have concerns about taking credit for their accomplishments for fear of appearing pugnacious. However, how will your new leader know your previous contributions if you don't make them known? Don't be afraid to take credit for the successful projects you played a key role in. In doing so, make sure to give credit where credit is due. Your colleagues likely helped you on your path to success. Demonstrate that you are a team player by advocating on behalf of your peer's contributions too.
- Write your resume: Martha Kumar, director of the White House Transition Project, also offered some advice to federal managers. "Amid any transition, federal managers should write their resume and send it to their new leaders," says Kumar. In doing so, new leadership will get a sense for your previous experience and recent accomplishments. It will also be a good way to get some (virtual) face time with your new manager.
- Work with your leaders, not against them: You will not succeed in spite of your leader. No matter if you are working in an agency or a company, being successful virtually never happens in spite of your manager—it usually happens with the help of him or her. John Acton, Director of DHS's Leadership Development program, told GBC, "it is very important that any [career] executive has the perspective to help the new administration. Their job is not to change minds necessarily, but to find the best way to move ahead with new agendas." Helping your leader succeeding is akin to helping you succeed. During a transition or not, work with your leader to achieve your mission.
This is just a preview of an upcoming report from the Government Business Council on How to Manage through a Presidential Transition. Look for a preview in the print edition of the December issue of Government Executive and the full report online in the beginning of December.
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August 23, 2012, 2:08 pm
Day's best: Signs of housing recovery
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Finally, some housing news that is firmly in the good news category.
Sales of new homes jumped 3.6 percent in July, a bump that matches a two-year high hit in May. Along with other markers, the data released Thursday by the U.S. Commerce Department are evidence that a lasting housing recovery is finally taking hold.
And thank goodness. A strong housing market will do wonders for the economy and will help rebuild the personal wealth lost in the recession.
There's no doubt the economy has a long way to go from the depths it hit during the recession, but at least the housing market seems to be moving in the right direction.


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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian security forces in Borneo are attempting to persuade more than 100 armed intruders from the southern Philippines to leave peacefully, police said Thursday.
The standoff with the men who apparently call themselves part of a "royal army" belonging to a Philippine Muslim sultanate has sparked one of the biggest security scares in recent years in Malaysia's eastern Sabah state, which is less than an hour by speedboat from the southern Philippine provinces.
Malaysian Police Chief Ismail Omar said the intruders landed in Sabah's largely rural coastal district of Lahad Datu this week. They have demanded official recognition as members of the Sultanate of Sulu, which wields influence among some southern Filipino Muslims, and an assurance from Malaysia that their people who enter Borneo would not be forcibly returned to the southern Philippines, which has endured a decades-old Muslim separatist insurgency.
Authorities have told the men that they should leave first and let such matters be determined through diplomatic channels, Ismail said.
"We see the negotiations are under control, and security forces have taken early action to surround this village" where the intruders have sought shelter with local residents who appeared to be friendly with them, Ismail said.
Police have not said what kind of weapons the intruders possess. Details from the remote area, about 500 kilometers (300 miles) from Sabah's capital city, have been scarce.
Philippine defense and security officials were in touch with their Malaysian counterparts to get details about the incident, Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez said in Manila.
Security along Malaysia's sea border with the Philippines has been problematic for Sabah, where tens of thousands of Filipinos have tried to migrate over the past few decades.
In 2000, southern Philippine gunmen slipped twice into Sabah and abducted people for ransom, including tourists from a diving resort.
One of the most recent kidnappings involved two Malaysians snatched from a plantation in Lahad Datu in November. They were believed to have been taken to the southern Philippines.
Associated Press writer Jim Gomez in Manila contributed to this report.


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Paul Delvaux's nudes and skeletons are well known and much discussed; but trains, rail stations, and switching yards also figure in his paintings. C. S. Giscombe—poet, essayist, railroad engineer—talks about Delvaux's trains and their relation to issues of race, representation, eros, and public transportation in poetry.
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He's just been announced as the director and star of the upcoming Sandman graphic novel adaptation, but Joseph Gordon-Levitt is no stranger to being in front of AND behind the camera. This year saw the release of the talented multihyphenate's screenwriting-directing debut, Don Jon, a film that looks at the ridiculousness of love, sex, dating, and the media. Gordon-Levitt's impressive first feature is on a number of critics' top tens and has been nominated for Best Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards.
The film follows Jon (Gordon-Levitt), an image-conscious porn-watcher from New Jersey who meets a girl (Scarlett Johansson) who's seen way too many Hollywood romantic comedies. Each of them has a skewed idea of what a relationship would be like, but it'll take finding common ground for them to truly find intimacy and happiness. The cast also includes Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headley, and Brie Larson.
If you'd like to be one of two winners of this acclaimed independent film from one of Hollywood's smartest people, all you have to do is have a valid email address and tell us in the comments below which Joseph Gordon-Levitt performance is your favorite and why. That's it! It's as simple as pie. Give yourself this Christmas present; you've earned it. You've only got until midnight on Tuesday, December 31st, or your chances will be as gone as 2013. But, look on the bright side, if you miss out, that's also the day the Don Jon Blu-ray and DVD come out.


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Ford has recalled certain 1993-1994 Taurus, Mercury Sable, Lincoln Continental, and Lincoln Mark VII vehicles for a concern with the headlight switch. The headlight switch may cause the headlights to flash as a result of an internal issue. Dealers will replace the headlight switch and the wiring harness if necessary.


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Praxair CEO to speak at WCSU graduate commencement
DANBURY, CONN. — Stephen F. Angel, chairman, president and CEO of Praxair Inc., will speak to students receiving graduate and doctoral degrees at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 20, in the Feldman Arena of the William O'Neill Athletic and Convocation Center on the Western Connecticut State University Westside campus, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury.
Angel joined Praxair in 2001 as executive vice president overseeing the company's businesses in North America, Europe and Asia, as well as its healthcare division. He was named president and chief operating officer in 2006 and became chairman in 2007.
Prior to joining Praxair, Angel worked for General Electric, beginning in 1979. After several promotions, he became general manager of GE's power equipment business, directing eight business units and six joint ventures in four countries.
Angel is a director on several boards, including PPG Industries, the U.S.-China Business Council and the American Chemistry Council. He also is a member of the Business Roundtable and the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum.
A native of Winston-Salem, N.C., Angel holds a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering from North Carolina State University and an M.B.A. from Loyola College in Baltimore, Md.
Praxair is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America, with 2010 sales of $10 billion. The company produces, sells and distributes atmospheric, process and specialty gases, and high-performance surface coatings.
For more information, call (203) 837-8486.
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