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Links to Tomorrow's "Deathly Hallows: Part One" World Premiere Livestream
Nov 10, 2010
DH Film
More details have been released about the live stream of the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One" World Premiere in London's Leicester Square tomorrow evening. Video platform Livestream will be broadcasting from the red carpet and has set up a page to watch the premiere at this link. Promising "behind-the-scenes secrets," the live stream begins tomorrow – 11th November 2010 – at 5pm GMT/12pm ET. You can also watch the webcast on UStream, via this link.
Alternatively, you can watch the webcast right here on Leaky via the LiveStream feed below:
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Leaky will be on the scene at the London and New York premieres, so stay close for new videos, pictures and more from the event! If you'll be in New York on Monday, don't forget to check out the Harry Potter fan post-Deathly Hallows Premiere party Leaky is planning along with our friends at Mugglenet. You can find the Facebook page for the event at this link.

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Shooting at Washington Navy Yard
WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities in the nation's capital are searching for a shooter, after at least one person was injured by gunfire this morning at a building at the Washington Navy Yard. One defense official says there were at least several injuries. Police and federal agents from multiple law enforcement agencies have responded to the scene.


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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Wade Davis stopped his five-game winless streak, Jeff Francoeur homered, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-3 on Sunday.
Davis (4-5) gave up two runs and five hits in six innings for his first win since he beat the Los Angeles Angels on May 15. It was the right-hander's first game against the Rays, who traded him to the Royals during the offseason.
After Francoeur hit a solo homer in the fifth inning, Alcides Escobar and Alex Gordon had RBI singles to put the Royals ahead 4-2 in the sixth. Gordon added a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Francoeur had only 13 hits in 83 at-bats before delivering his third homer this season.
Greg Holland, the fourth Kansas City reliever, earned his 14th save despite allowing a homer to Jose Lobaton in the ninth.
Roberto Hernandez (4-7) allowed four runs and nine hits in 5 2-3 innings for Tampa Bay, which went 4-6 on a 10-game homestand.
The Rays announced during the game that right-hander Alex Cobb, who was hit on the right ear by a liner off the bat of Kansas City's Eric Hosmer in the fifth inning Saturday night, had been discharged from Bayfront Medical Center.
Tests showed Cobb has a mild concussion. He was put on the 7-day concussion list, and Tampa Bay recalled right-hander Josh Lueke from Triple-A Durham.
In a message posted on his Twitter account, Cobb thanked Rays head athletic trainer Ron Porterfield and the doctors at Bayfront, and said that he "Woke up with only a minor headache today."
There was a loud cheer from the announced crowd of 27,442 at Tropicana Field when the news about Cobb was posted on the scoreboard after the top of the sixth.
Billy Butler had an RBI single in the first for Kansas City, which won three of four against Tampa Bay.
The Rays took a 2-1 lead in the first when Luke Scott drove in a run with a double and later scored on Desmond Jennings' single.
Davis prevented further damage by getting an inning-ending fly from Jose Molina with the bases loaded.
NOTES: Tampa Bay LHP David Price (strained left triceps) isn't ready to start a minor league rehab assignment and will have another bullpen session Tuesday. ... The Royals flew in 21 fathers and two sons of team personnel to be together for Father's Day. "I've never heard of anybody doing this before so I think it's a special treat for everybody," Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. ... Rays 3B Evan Longoria (right foot) was the DH for the fourth consecutive game. ... Kansas City LHP Danny Duffy (elbow ligament replacement surgery) made his second rehab start Saturday night for Triple-A Omaha. He gave up two runs, four hits and three walks in three innings.


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Casey and Toomey Introduce Bill to Give Beneficiaries Greater Choice in Medicare Advantage
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Pat Toomey (R-PA) introduced the Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act to restore the ability of Medicare Advantage recipients to change Medicare Advantage plans. The bill will reverse a change made in the Affordable Care Act that eliminated the ability of Medicare Advantage recipients to change plans during the first three months of a calendar year.
"This legislation makes a simple change to existing law that can be a big help to older Americans who want to change their Medicare Advantage plans," said Senator Casey. "This is an example of a change that can be made to improve the health care law that has broad support."
"Medicare Advantage recipients deserve the freedom to make decisions about what health insurance coverage best suits their individual needs," Sen. Toomey said. "The Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act gives seniors a greater say in their own health care by restoring their right to makes changes to their Medicare coverage as they see fit."
Section 3204 of the Affordable Care Act eliminated the one-time change of enrollment option under which new Medicare Advantage enrollees are currently permitted to change their selection to another Medicare Advantage plan during the first three months of the year if they determine the plan they enrolled in is not meeting their needs. Beginning in 2012, beneficiaries would be allowed to disenroll from their current plan and return to traditional Medicare between January 1 and February 15, but they can no longer enroll in another Medicare Advantage plan.
This bill would rescind the second part of Section 3204 and restore the three month time frame to change plans in the beginning of the calendar year as well as allow beneficiaries to switch to a different Medicare Advantage plan.
There are over 850,000 Medicare Advantage beneficiaries in PA and the western counties are among the highest penetration rates in the country, five with penetration over 60 percent.
Congressman Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX) has introduced H.R. 1580, the Medicare Beneficiary Preservation of Choice Act in the House.


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52X IDE CD-RW Recorder Roundup - Page 1
The 52X-recording race is already in full progress. Someone might say that
this is a chipset competition, meaning that the manufacturers have to choose
between the Ricoh or Mediatek solution for their 52X recorders. We have already
tested the proposals of BTC, Asus, CyberDrive (Mediatek) and this time we present
a huge-sized roundup, with four new drives from Aopen, Mitsumi, Teac and Waitec.
Both Aopen CRW5224 and Waitec STORM 52/2 use Ricoh chipset while the Teac CD-W552E
and Mitsumi CR-487ETE are based on Mediatek chipsets. Which recorder is the
fastest and which produced the best writing quality/media compatibility?
- AOpen CRW5224
CRW5224 is the fastest available recorder from AOpen. Some time ago we had the
chance to take a first look to the drive while it was an engineering sample.
Since the firmware was not finalized, we re-test the drive with the latest v1.06
firmware installed. Below you can see the drive's official specifications:
The 52X CAV CD-R and 24X RW CAV writing speeds among with the 52X CAV reading
speeds are possibly the most interesting features of the drive. Since AOpen
choosen the CAV technology for the 24X US-RW format, we can expect the drive
to give highest recording times in the corresponding tests. The maximum audio
extraction speed is not limited to a lower speed and the supported cache buffer
is 2MB. Nero Info Tool confirms the specifications above among with some more
detailed information:
The drive also supports the JustLink Buffer Underun Protection, and the Mount
Rainier format. The drive can also retrieve C2 error information. As with previous
AOpen drives, the default read speed is 40X, and pushing Eject button for 5
sec will change the maximum reading speed to 52X. At that time operation LED
blinks 2 times slowly. In order to change back to the 40X mode, you have to
reboot the PC. The following pictures show the available reading/writing speeds
for the 52X mode:
The JustSpeed function prevents writing error when high writing speed (24X
or faster) is selected. When "Just Speed" is ON, the drive decides
the most appropriate writing speed according to the result of medium calibration
and writes with the speed. This function is changeable in "mode select
command", and the default setting is "Just Speed" is ON. In the
following screenshot you can see that the drive has reduced the maximum allowed
writing speed to 40X, with non-certified 52X media inserted.
- Recording Technology
The drive supports the 52X recording speed with the use of CAV recording technology.
As Nero CD Speed graph shows, the drive starts writing at 23.29X and accelerates
to 52.81X by the end of the disc. That gives an average theoretical writing
speed of 39.90X with 80min CD-R media.
- The package
got the European retail package containing an application software disc with
Nero Burning Rom and Nero InCD, an application manual and the usual audio cable
and mounting screws. The package also includes one AOpen 52X CD-R and one 24X
US-RW disc. The drive is priced around 90 Euro making it a cheap drive.
On the front panel of the drive there are the eject/stop and play/skip buttons
used for audio CD playback. The volume selector and the headphone jack are placed
on the left side of the front panel. The AOpen drive is easily recognized from
the logos on the disc tray. The operation LED behavior is explained below:
1. LED blinking - during track at once, disc at once, format, erase recording,
the blinking interval is 2 second including ON is 1 sec. and OFF is 1 sec..
2. LED ON - when device is busy status such as seek, audio play, read, packet
load/eject TOC/PMA read and etc.
3. LED OFF - except for above status, led light is always off.
On the rear panel of the drive you will find the IDE connector, the configuration
jumpers, the analogue and the digital audio output connectors and of course
the power connector.
- Inside the drive
After removing the bottom screws we can see the internal of the drive. Note
that by doing this the warranty becomes invalid. The drive uses Ricoh chipsets
as well as the previous AOpen drives.
- Installation
The AOpen CRW5224 was installed as a Master device in the secondary IDE channel
of our test PC, and worked at Ultra DMA mode. After booting, it identified itself
as a "AOPEN CD-RW CRW5224". We used Nero v5.5.10, CloneCD v188.8.131.52
and Ahead InCD v3.51.91 for the recording tests. Within Nero, under drive properties
you can disable "JustSpeed" to enable the maximum burning speed (52X)
with all CD-R media.


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Barnett Hall
Barnett Hall is a traditional style residence hall that houses approximately 100 students. It is co-ed by floor and for the 2015-2016 academic year has females on the first and second floors and males on the third floor. Each floor has a laundry room and large community bathroom. Barnett Hall also has a lounge on the first floor that can be used for study groups, meetings, programs, individual studying, and socializing. Barnett Hall is conveniently located on main campus next to The Lair.
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Our success story began in the late 70's, when a small, family-run stationery company was set up in Blackburn under the name Prestige Office Supplies. The company made a couple of aqusitions during the late 90's and early 2000's and incorporating them into the Blackburn site.
In 2008 the company aquired Sankey Office Supplies in Nelson, moved to the current site on Lomeshaye Industrial Estate and the name was chosen for the combined company. The company has continued to grow in the East Lancashire Region and in 2010 expanded to open an operational hub in the West End of Glasgow to service our growing customer base in Scotland.
Citrus Office Solutions supply clients UK wide. Our customer base ranges from Blue-Chip corporate business to many flourishing SME clients. We are Members and shareholders of an Office Products Marketing and Purchasing Group, Office Friendly, that has combined members turnover of over £500m in the UK.
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Crossroad Books caters to both avid readers and serious collectors of fine, used and out-of-print books. We are a used and rare book store with two floors of more than 40,000 volumes. Our inventory consists of both contemporary and antiquarian books. We also special order new books, carry some textbooks and feature new books of local interest and by local authors.
It is easy to check our growing selection of books available on a searchable database. We also encourage you to visit the shop and browse the aisles for the many more gems that are not listed online. View our book-related art for sale, framed maps and selection of greeting cards for readers and book-lovers. We also carry archival-quality, Brodart book jacket covers in all sizes so that you can protect the books that mean the most to you.
As an independent, community book store we offer an alternative to the sameness of chain stores and the anonymity of just online book shopping. Instead of a chain store full of bestsellers, we have a wide variety of unique, quality books in a building that shares the distinctive character of our downtown. You never know what treasure you will find tucked in a nook or cranny of our store. We work hard to find and offer titles few other book stores carry.
E-readers and on-line shopping may be convenient but can't compare to the charm of a shop full of books calling to you with various textures, bindings and topics. Escape the stress and pace of modern life and spend an afternoon browsing. You may discover a book you never knew existed and one that will add richness and depth to your life.
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Lawrence, D. H.
Signed, Limited Edition; #377 of 500. Near Fine; wrapped in Good, age-toned glassine wrapper.
Cook, Clarence
"A Description of the New York Central Park"
1869; early information on Central Park; illustrated. Green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration.
Sevareid, Arnold Eric
"Canoeing With The Cree"
First Edition. VG++ in VG- DJ. Nice copy of a hard-to-find title.
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Wilde, Oscar
"The Works of Oscar Wilde"
Leather bound 5-volume set, in dust jackets; with original box.
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Wells, H. G.
"The War of the Worlds"
1st U. S. Edition - 1st Illustrated Edition
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Putco CrossRails Oval Truck Bed Rails 69851
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Going to the movies on Christmas Day is usually thought of as a tradition for Jews, or anybody else not celebrating the holiday who's got the day off. But really, no matter how you're spending the holiday, there's probably going to be a time that you want to get out of the house and away from the family or friends you've gathered with-- or maybe you want to take them with you, but just get to a place where you don't have to talk to them much.
That's where movies come in handy, of course, and this Christmas season is as packed as ever with new releases that ought to appeal to everyone in your crowd. Some of them are holdovers from Thanksgiving, and you can consult our Thanksgiving movie guide for the rundown on those films like Life of Pi, Lincoln, Skyfall and all the rest. For the stuff that's new, read below as we let you know what they're all about (with links to our reviews were applicable), and who you should bring to see them. See you at the movies!
When everyone's ready for a good cry, but is also emotionally stable enough to handle it: Les Miserables Week after week of "Will it win Best Picture? Is it worthy of Best Picture?" buzz has drowned out the fact that it's exactly as crowd-pleasing and epic as the musical it's based on, and if anyone in your family has even been caught humming "Master of the House" while doing their chores, they're probably already planning to drag you there.
Best for: Families with at least one theater geek passionate enough to convince everyone to see a musical, dammit. Kind of like that time you all saw… The King's Speech in 2010, because you heard it had Oscar buzz and knew everyone would at least sort of like it. [ OUR LES MISERABLES REVIEW ]


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It's been a pretty great week in Jets Nation. A frenetic win over Toronto, including a powerplay that looked like nothing we'd see all year (thank the Hockey Gods equivalent of baby Jesus), had the MTS Centre hopping. Points in four straight, a feeling like the playoffs are within reach. Derek Meech and Grant Clitsome look like contributors in the absence of Enstrom. The penalty kill has been perfect 9 games running. And maybe best of all, there is a string of good news on the prospect front, including Scheifele, Trouba, and rumours of college free agent signing on the horizon.
Recently, Hockey News canvassed NHL scouts for their Future Watch feature, and put up a teaser on the website. That teaser includes how the 2012 draft would be ranked if it were re-done today. There is a surprising amount of change, and it's worth the read. Of note for Jets fans? Jacob Trouba jumps from #9 where he was taken to #4, behind Yakupov, Galchenyuk, and Ryan Murray. Patience is always the key word with prospects, and it might be 5 years before we know what we have in Trouba, but it's gratifying to hear professional scouts say that as of today, he might be the 4th best player in his draft year.
In other prospect news, the OHL Eastern Conference Coaches Poll results came out this week, showing Scheifele's improvement year-over-year, and ranking him among the best goal scorers in the Conference. Scheifele earned Most Dangerous in the Goal Area, Best Shot, second in Faceoffs, and tied for second in best Shootout Shooter as well. This compared to last season's rankings of #3 in Most Dangerous in the Goal Area, #3 in Faceoffs, and #2 in best Shootout Shooter. I can't wait to see him back in a Jets uniform. Scheifele just keeps improving, and while the OHL isn't the NHL, being among the most dangerous scorers in your conference (even as an over-ager) is impressive.
And finally, this story about Northern Michigan Wildcats goalie Jared Coreau caught my attention. Coreau has been sniffing around rookie camps for a few years now, attending with the Sharks, Rangers, Flames and Oilers over the past 2 years. A 21-year old, 6'4" Junior-going-on-Senior, Coreau notes in the artcle that he's been talking with the Jets "a lot" this year, and that at least 6 other teams have expressed interest. His coach, Walt Kyle is quoted as saying he could be All-American in his Senior year if he were to stay, but will certainly get offers if he turns pro. Coreau was one of only 5 goalies in the NCAA to stop more than 1,000 shots this past year after starting all 38 games for the Wildcats, and won two CCHA Goaltender of the Week awards.
For a team looking to add prospect depth and develop internally, adding College free agents is like found money. His development is three years further along than a drafted player, and he costs nothing but money and a name against the 50-man contract limit. With both Pasquale and Dekanich struggling on the farm this year and an established and underwhelming back up in Montoya, Coreau may have a chance at some heavy playing time in the Jets system.


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Embrace, Explain, or Evade
How Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Huckabee are handling the issues that could sink their campaigns.
When former Washington Mayor Marion Barry mounted his political comeback after being caught smoking crack cocaine, he tried to turn his difficulties with drugs into an asset. "I'm in recovery," he said, "and so is my city."The pitch worked. * Barry was re-elected, offering hope to all politicians who face a less acute but similar problem: how to handle that one liability that could sink your campaign.
There are three options: embrace, explain, or evade. In the last several weeks, we've seen examples of each approach from Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and Mike Huckabee as they all have tried to put the best gloss on what might appear to be the weaker parts of their resumes.
Though the campaign has yet to get underway, Romney has already tried two of these approaches. His problem is the health care bill he signed into law in Massachusetts. Conservatives don't like it because it's similar to President Obama's national plan, which 80 percent of Republicans oppose. Given that level of antipathy, it is a compulsory exercise in the Republican presidential competition to denounce Obamacare. Romney didn't at the Conservative Political Action Conference last month. The omission seemed like an extreme version of the evade technique: Romney was evading his own plan so thoroughly he wouldn't even talk about the Obama plan to which it had been compared. This naturally brought more unfavorable attention to Romney's plan.
Next he tried explaining. Saturday in the crucial primary state of New Hampshire, he acknowledged he would have done some things differently in passing the law, though he didn't explain exactly what. Romney went on to say that what distinguished his effort from the president's is that he was acting as the governor of a single state. Obama had overreached by imposing a solution on the whole country.
This federalist argument isn't going to win over those who say Romney's plan is "socialism," as Mike Huckabee called it. But Romney is never going to win over those doubters. He and his aides hope that it will be sufficient to satisfy those who merely have doubts but for whom the health care issue won't determine their vote. Romney's uncertain support for his own legislation does, however, raise questions about his "authenticity," a problem that Slate named as his biggest liability in 2008.
One Romney adviser pointed to John McCain's difficulty with immigration reform in 2008 as a possible analogy. Republicans were angry with McCain, but the issue didn't kill him because he had other attributes he could offer voters. (Romney should know: He's the one who tried to damage McCain on the immigration issue.) Romney's hope is that by offering himself as a successful businessman who knows what's necessary to get the economy producing jobs again, he can minimize the damage from his support for universal health care.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has been bolder with his liabilities. His successor, John Boehner, is trying desperately not to repeat the government shutdowns of the mid-'90s. Gingrich took ownership of those shutdowns in a Washington Post column and proclaimed them a success. By standing on principle, he said, he was able to get a balanced budget and reform welfare.
He took a similar route with his personal liabilities. Twice divorced, he is an admitted adulterer with the woman who is now his third wife. Rudy Giuliani, who faced the identical problem, kept his wife largely out of the campaign. Gingrich has taken the opposite approach: His wife Callista is a full partner in the enterprise. Her photograph is almost larger than Gingrich's on his exploratory Web site, and as Ben Smith points out, her name was the first word Gingrich uttered when he announced he was going to think about preparing for a presidential run.
The benefit of taking control of your liabilities is that you define them on your own terms before your opponents and the media do.
Mike Huckabee will have to once again face questions about Maurice Clemmons, who was serving time in an Arkansas state prison for burglary when Huckabee granted him clemency. Clemmons went on to murder four police officers in Washington state. At a session with reporters hosted by the Christian Science Monitor recently, Huckabee grabbed his decision with both hands:
There was a kid who was 16 years old, he committed a burglary, it was aggravated, but not armed. And for that he got 108 years. … It was clearly a disproportionate sentence. … I'd love to tell you this isn't true, but that kid was black. And if he'd been white, and upper-middle class and had a good attorney, he wouldn't have served a day. He'd have had probation, he'd have gone to see a counselor, and he'd probably gone to college, and he'd probably be on Wall Street making a couple billion bucks a year. If I had the same file in front of me today that I had then, I would make the same decision.
Some liabilities are clearly insurmountable. That's why Sen. John Ensign, R-Nevada, decided on Monday not to seek re-election. His campaign was likely to be all about his extramarital affair with the wife of a top legislative staffer whom his parents then tried to pay off. Ensign allegedly tried to help his former staffer get a lobbying job. Had Marion Barry been in the same spot, he would have pitched the whole business as proof of his talents at community outreach and job creation.
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Hurricane Isaac hit south Louisiana with the expected rain and wind.
Hurricane Isaac hit south Louisiana with the expected rain and wind.
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The oil spill poured millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf, much of which washed up on our shores, fouling our coast and destroying untold numbers of animals and plants along the way.
It also left giant deposits of oil on or beneath the floor of the Gulf, where passing storms can bring it to the surface and push it ashore, continuing the devastating fallout of the spill more than two years later.
It sounds like a problem Louisiana might be forced to endure for years to come.
That situation is exacerbated by the fact that the U.S. Coast Guard, the federal agency overseeing BP's efforts to clean up its oil, seem content to let the oil remain.
The Coast Guard's Capt. Samuel Walker, the coordinator of the cleanup, acknowledged Tuesday that his agency is not even requiring BP to find the buried oil that unquestionably still exists in the Gulf.
If the oil is found, Walker said, BP is expected to remove it.
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BP has a moral responsibility to remove the mess it created. That is an active responsibility to find the oil and clean it up, not to simply wait for nature to dig up the contamination it put in the Gulf.
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I'm going to go back to the Admins themselves here...... Yes, it's easy to spread a virus around the amateur users, (read: Home), but I constantly hear of large companies being brought down by a virus or worm..... That's unacceptable, Period.
The excuse that the constant patching is, IMO, just that... an excuse.
I have 650 workstations to manage from a security point of view. I own 350 of them and the others are managed by sysadmins of varying competence from average to absolutely incompetent. In this scenario I had to make a decision. It was clear that patching my machines when they are open to the other 300 that are less than well managed was a waste of time. Protecting my perimeter was the best I could do. So, I have the following list of precautions and policies in place for all network users:- (these are off the top of my head.... I'm not at work right now and it's friday night...
1. Policy: Email may only be collected from the email client set up by the sysadmin of your organization.
2. Policy: You may not install any software without the explicit permission of your SysAdmin.
3. Policy: You will not use any form of Instant Messenger
4: Policy:You will not use any form of P2P network, see 2 above.
5. Policy: you will not try to circumvent any safeguard put in place by me or your SysAdmin.
6: Precaution: Firewall blocks all incoming then ports are opened to specific machines.
7: Precaution: Firewall blocks all outgoing ports then ports are opened as necessary.
8: Precaution: All publicly available machines are automatically patched daily, regardless of potential harm.
9: Action: Incoming mail is scanned for spam, spam is ditched to a hold folder.
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11. Action: Incoming mail is passed to attachment scanner. Executables are ditched to a hold folder.
12. Action: Incoming mail is passed to a content scanner. Suspicious content is removed.
13. Action: Incoming mail is sent to a secondary mail server that rescans for viruses with a different scanner.
14. Action: Primary AV scanner is updated hourly, secondaries: 4 hours and daily.
15: Action: Except on specific machines Outlook denies access to potentially dangerous attachments, (level 1 files)
16. Action: Employ SurfControl to block access web sites that are not "authorized".
17: Action: IDS reports any machine other than SMTP servers sending outbound SMTP. (Firewall blocks them too).
18. Action: IDS reports any machine domonstrating scanning activity.
19: Action: IDS reports IM attempts, P2P attempts, webmail attempts etc. Users get "slapped"
I work for a non-profit so I don't have money to throw at problems but I am an entirely Windows shop....... I don't have the figures here but I will guarantee that my _entire_ expenditure has not exceeded $15,000 - that includes all the hardware.
My record over the three years many of these "precautions" have been in place:-
1. Prior to attachment checking got Kournoukova - killed in 2 hours.
2. During a "downtime" of SurfControl got Klez... <sigh> - Killed in 3 days
3. There is no three.....
I firmly believe that proper perimeter protection is the answer - Remember, my patch level on internal machines, frankly, sucks.... I would like to do better but the reality is I can't.... But the perimeter protection by a competent SysAdmin, (blowing my horn there, in case no-one noticed), is far better then wasting your time chasing patches around a network.
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Sarah Gardner: Health care has become one of the biggest and most contentious issues in the presidential election. Obama's running on his reforms. Mitt Romney is running against them. The two men don't agree on much, except that something needs to be done to bring down costs. And if the past is any indication, it's not going to be easy.
Before Congress passed the new law expanding health insurance, Massachusetts did it when Romney was governor. Today 98 percent of residents there are insured and Massachusetts has the highest per capita health care spending in the nation.
From New Hampshire Public Radio, Dan Gorenstein reports.
Dan Gorenstein: There's this persistent myth about health reform that's pretty common, even in health policy circles.
Ashish Jha: If we could just give everyone health insurance, somehow we would save billions and billions of dollars.
That's Harvard Public Health Professor Ashish Jha.
Jha: It turns out empirically it's not true.
If anything, the health reform experiment here has proven insurance doesn't equal savings.
Jha: I always say, if the goal is to save money on health care, the best way to do it is just deny everybody health care.
Jha says the secret about giving people health insurance is they use it. Folks who had held off going to the doctor -- scared for their wallets -- now are making appointments. So, spending continues to rise 4-7 percent a year. Everyone agrees that's unsustainable, and in Massachusetts now it's against the law. This summer legislators passed a plan that says health care costs can grow no faster than the state's economy -- that means health care increases must be cut roughly in half.
But even before the legislation took effect, insurers, hospitals and doctors were on the sacred quest to save money.
David Elvin: It's great to make people healthy. It's really spectacular to make people healthy and save people money at the same time.
Dr. David Elvin and the team at the Cambridge Health Alliance hospital group have targeted their 400 sickest and most expensive Medicaid patients.
Elvin: We are talking about patients that inexplicably seem to be costing a lot of money and are clearly not getting better.
Like this one woman with diabetes.
Elvin: Her numbers they were just getting worse and worse and worse.
Elvin dispatched his staff to investigate and after digging into this woman's life a little, they found out...
Elvin: This person's child, the adult child, was stealing her medications and selling them. And each month she just promised herself that she would keep the medicines safe. And each month he would come into her home and rob her.
At that point, Elvin and his staff did something unusual.
Elvin: We accompanied her to court and got a restraining order.
The patient held onto her meds, got better and costs fell. Elvin says he's got lots of stories like this, which is why the new program is on track to reduce spending by 3 percent. He says here's the lesson: if doctors really want to bend the cost curve, they've got to address whatever gets in the way of their patients getting good care.
The state's top insurance companies are also changing the way they operate to save money. Doug Thompson works with Elvin on the business side. He says there is a growing move among insurers to give doctors and hospitals a lump of money, say $5 million to manage 1,000 patients a year.
Doug Thompson: More and more here in Massachusetts each patient will be part of a budget.
That means questioning every test, every procedure, every prescription.
Thompson: And we will need to manage those resources even more than we did in the past.
Under these deals, the more money the docs save, the more they make -- and if patient health improves, bonuses kick in. If they go over budget, doctors and hospitals may owe the insurance company money.
That's why guys like Gene Muise have become a hot commodity.
Gene Muise: I am a licensed pharmacist in Massachusetts.
Muise works for a group of doctors, the Mount Auburn Cambridge Independent Practice Association (they call it MACIPA). He's the guy who keeps the drug costs down.
Muise: I look at the drugs that are available, I look at what those drugs cost... And what I do is, I provide that information to our physicians so that we can make a choice on what drug is best for the patient.
Dr. Barbara Spivak is president of MACIPA.
Barbara Spivak: I have a patient who has 18 different problems and 25 different medicines. If you look at one of the most common reasons why people get sick it's because of confusion about their pills.
These new contracts are forcing doctors to make tough decisions about the things they do every day, and it appears to be working. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the state's largest insurer, says it reduced costs by more than 3 percent last year.
The Blue's Dana Safran says numbers like that means matching spending increases to inflation is within reach.
Dana Safran: We have to get health care spending growth look more like the rest of the economy so that health care isn't eating everybody else's lunch.
Safran says health reform 1.0 -- getting everybody insurance -- is in the rearview mirror.
Health reform 2.0 -- solving out-of-whack cost increases -- that's still a long road ahead.
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|October 10, 2008, 02:32 PM
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Is there a way to combat an "anything goes" attitude?
I get the impression from a lot of our opposition that they feel that any tactics are permissible from their end, because "they are right."
Hence, you see stuff like flawed/false research, voter registration fraud, etc., and -all- of it is ignored and excused with "it's being done for a good reason."
How can one work to alter that thinking?
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|October 10, 2008, 02:48 PM
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No offense and not to start a flame war in the new forum but it is common human psychology to have what is known as confirmation bias. One only seeks out information that is in agreement with your position.
So on technical issues, all political persuasions only quote what agrees with them and do not look for disconfirming evidence.
As far as fraud, etc. - all are equally guilty of such shennigans. It is confirmation bias to declare yourself a member of group A and think only group B does thins.
As far as doing it for a good cause - if one looks at a strongly held ideological belief - pro-Rutabagas or ant-Rutabaga - the zealots think that position is for a good cause and act accordingly.
A good read is Terror in the Name of God that examines how folks who propose to follow the tenets of various religions that preach all kinds of nice things - become monstrous killers.
Also, don't forget that many politicos do what they do for sheer self-interest - they have little real beliefs beyond their own venial desires and need for success. They take ideological positions to hoodwink their disciples into following and supporting them.
How to break this? People need training in empirical methods to rationally examine positions on the basis of the merits of the issue. Many folks don't - they are socialized to the emotional, playing on fears and the like.
They are taught to be self-centered and anti-intellectual. If we could break that - we would be in business. One can read many books on the areas of logic and thinking that people engage in. Training in such flaws would be useful.
So examine yourself and say - did you look at both sides of the issue? Are you overemphasizing one incident to the exclusion of the whole picture?
If we move away from guns and 'our' opposition - you would find that the correlated groups are just as irrational on many issues as you may think 'our' opposition is on guns.
Hope, I wasn't too political or shying away from our mandate. If the purpose was to say that political position A is a paragon of decision making rationalilty as compared to B on all things - I don't buy it.
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|October 10, 2008, 03:34 PM
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I think what I was looking for was "the end justifies the means."
There are otherwise "nice" folks out there who consider vandalism to be a viable response to a political sign or bumper sticker - Has this country become so polarized, so mired down, that we won't be able to establish a dialogue with those folks? Right now, if some side says that the sun will come up in the morning, the other side wheels out the skin cancer experts, or proclaims that the first party is responsible for using up the sun at too rapid a rate...
And people pay attention.
Because for reason to work, there needs to be bilateral communication. As it is, when the second amendment comes up, they do the equivalent of sticking their fingers in their ears and singing... How can one get past that?
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|October 10, 2008, 04:42 PM
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My point was that it isn't just the 2nd Amend - although that is our focus here.
When folks have a belief, probably locked in by emotional evaluations, they don't look disconfirming evidence.
A person whose loved one was killed by a nut with a military derivative rifle is not going to read a book on the pros of the 2nd Amend.
A person who defended themselves with gun against a rapist is not going to read evidence that overall guns are dangerous to society.
Either will focus on their experience and overestimate its validity.
It takes explicit training in empirical methods to overwhelm the emotional.
One might decry a person who vandalizes your progun sticker. At work, we had a person with a Darwin fish on their car and it was vandalized. Some folks justified the vandalism as acceptable because that statement was contrary to their beliefs. Someone who vandalizes a progun sign probably has the cognitive belief that guns are only instruments of unacceptable violence and that preventing such violence is a greater good that justifes the action.
Only if folks are willing to objectively analyze the situation can you change beliefs. There are various persuasion techniques in many disciplines. Will folks go to the effort - no - most are intellectually lazy unless they are forced by circumstance to do this.
So I ask - have many progun folks read articles and books that might suggest gun control has utility - to see if empirically some programs might be good for society? Have antigunners read the progun literature? It has been done by some - McClurg, Kopel and Denning have a great book - Gun Control and Gun Rights - A reader and Guide - 2002 NYU press. It is a rational pro and con.
If one says apriori that there is no value to any antigun argument - then that's the problem. Emotional evaluation as compared to empirical.
If one wants one to come up with the magic progun argument.
1. It's a right from God
2. It is to protect against tyranny
3. More guns, less violence or crime
and expect not to back it up to an anti - that won't happen. I think the people who change position have the cognition resources to actually think about the issues.
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|October 10, 2008, 09:27 PM
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So what brought this on? Did someone deface the Bogie-mobile?
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|October 10, 2008, 11:39 PM
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Bogie, you've raised a good question.
Glenn, your answers are superb and well thought. But your best points were buried in the verbiage.
But let's get into some specifics. You aren't going to change the mind of a hard-core anti-gun person, not even with the most impartial of facts. So ignore that part of the equation for a moment. The focus has to be on the "ends justify the means" mentality.
Someone who defaces property because it holds a pro-gun message or pro-something message have a form of self-delusion and/or mental illness. This would include any of us who might deface property because of a "No Guns!" sign.
Those who push such actions as acceptable need to be interrogated as to when such actions are NOT acceptable. If it's okay to deface a car with a McCain/Palin sticker, is it also acceptable to trash a Prius with the Obama sticker? Why not? The response is likely to be informative about the mindset of the person.
The follow-on question is, of course, Supposing your justification is true, is there ANY law you won't violate to support your cause? Once they admit there are certain laws they'll obey, then the question becomes why it's permissible to break some laws, not others. And consequently, if you can lead them to justify violating some really serious law like arson or murder then step back and paraphrase it like "so you think it's okay to burn down people's property or kill them if they don't follow your view?"
Of course, this presumes you can actually carry on a dialogue with them. Usually attempts at a serious dialogue are met with ridicule, hyperbolic statements (you'd let 3rd graders take machineguns to school!) and frequent forays into off-topic subjects like racism, social inequities, class warfare, ad nauseum.
Discussing flawed research is usually beyond the scope of competence for most of the anti-gun crowd. When I pointed out that Kellerman's 43-times study exempted lawful uses it was dismissed as irrelevant. But when I point out that his study is tantamout to studying only the survivability of plane crashes while ignoring the vast majority of safe flights, it gets a little more thought (albeit not very much in some cases).
If you listen carefully to left-wing speakers on media shows, they try to monopolize as much time as possible in rapid fire to prevent questioning of a point or continue talking regardless of someone calling them on something. When they do the same thing in a personal discussion or small group discussion, it's the verbal equivilent of putting their fingers in their ears and singing.
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|October 11, 2008, 07:23 AM
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Nope... The Bogie-mobile is still unscratched...
How long it would remain that way at a "rainbow gathering" could probably be measured with a very small hourglass. But I think that an Obama-stickered vehicle would likely be fairly safe at most "conservative" events - altho it might end up getting a little damp at Knob Creek...
Thing is, I see a pretty fine line between "the group is willing to vandalize property" and "the group is willing to have the area 'cleansed.'"
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Lord knows that our side is pure as driven snow in things like this...
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|October 11, 2008, 10:21 PM
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Well, I -have- had vehicles vandalized... likely from folks who felt "justified" in it...
(lemme tell you - when the vehicle in question is a clapped-out 1987 2.8 litre Chevy S10 4x4 with a "done at the range" spraybomb paint job (altho I was taught how to do it at Unca Suga's Woodland Art Studio...)," it is pretty much useless, and actually somewhat amusing, to have someone key the thing...
Two minutes, good as new...
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|October 12, 2008, 02:59 AM
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<chuckling> Here's a good test...
Take your painted-at-the-range S10 and park it next to a Pirus somewhere near a known "liberal zone" (e.g. university). Put McCain/Palin stickers on both, then set up a camera in a nearby spot to record the fun.
Though the comparison test would be to put Obama stickers on both and park them at a tractor-pull or NASCAR racetrack parking lot.
Which do you think would show more "action"?
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The end justifies the means
And "you can't make an omlet without breaking a few eggs". In simplest terms, it is the law of the jungle. Might makes right. Except in this case, we are talking about the morality of your particular cause (might) and since your cause is moral and just, whatever you do to further that cause is just (right).
The basic premise has been with us since the first proto-human ripped up a plant or killed an animal because he was hungry. And since Og bashed Thag and took the food away from him, because he was hungry.
When we became "civilized" we created rules which govern the morality of our actions. Whether it is the rule of law, or the will of the gods, these rules state which actions are considered just, and which are unjust. It is the general agreement of the people to follow these rules that creates and allows society to function.
There is a strong tendency for mankind to consider those who break the rules as evil. Most of the time that is how we define evil. This carrys over to lesser things as well. We tend to think of those who disagree with our positions (rules) as wrong (because, mostly, they are), and it is a small, indeed, a very small step from there to bad, and from bad to evil. The greater the moral importance of the cause to you, the more likely those opposing it are considered evil.
And since they are evil (and no doubt in league with the Devil - by whatever name you know him), then whatever harms them must be "good". Someone keying your car because of your bumper sticker is at one end of the spectrum, and terrorist bombings the other.
The only solution that has proven to work is codifying the forbidden acts (laws), and punishment for breaking them. AND punishment only works as a deterrent IF the potential perpatrator believes the punishment WILL happen to them, AND it is severe enough to deter them from committing the action contemplated. Most criminals do what they do because they do not believe they will be caught. And even if caught, the punishment is not more than they can easily bear.
There is very little deterrence from "slap on the wrist" justice. Fines and even jail time are not deterrence to some people. For them, the only solution is to remove them from society.
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text: Updated: Dairy Supply Management Could Affect States Differently November 6, 2013 03:43 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Jim Dickrell Dairy Herd Management Dairy Editor Email Update: National Milk Producer Federation reaction to Bozic study, released late today, is listed at bottom of story. As they say, life happens. The same will be true whether new dairy policy includes a market stabilization program or not. Analysis by Marin Bozic, a University of Minnesota dairy economist, suggests that even though the rules will be applied nationally, dairy market stabilization program (DMSP) could affect states differently. He examined milk production changes by state retrospectively from January 2008 through July 2013. During that period, the market stabilization program would have required production reductions in 16 of those 66 months. "It would appear that the DMSP is well timed, as it nearly always coincides with declines in national milk production growth," he says. But states might be impacted differently. For example, Bozic found Minnesota milk production declined in only two of those 16 months. That's likely because Minnesota dairy farmers grow most of their own feed, and have lower feed costs. In contrast, California milk production declined in 14 of the 16 months—likely because California producers purchase more of their feed. "This suggests that while both Minnesota and California might have equal imposition of penalties, Minnesota might have a much higher burden of adjustment. [Minnesota] producers would be forced to cut back milk supply which they otherwise would not do," he says. "In contrast, due to their different business model, it is possible that many producers in Western states would be reducing milk production anyway," Bozic says. Bozic has created an interactive graph for the 23 major dairy states to show milk production. You can view the graphs here. The National Milk Producers Federation has reacted strongly to Bozic's study. Here's a statement, part, NMPF released this afternoon. "Every farmer in the U.S. -- no matter where they live -- is treated equally under the Dairy Security Act (DSA). There is no greater "burden", to use the paper's term, on a dairy producer in one state vs. a producer in any other state under the DSA. Bozic's claim is that market stabilization could impose a higher burden on states whose milk production was growing during recent, historic periods when DMSP would have been activated, compared with states whose milk production grew more slowly, or declined, during such periods. But the historical movement in state milk production numbers has nothing to do with the decision any individual dairy farmer in any state will make on whether to participate in the DSA." Back to news


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People ask, what kind of writer do you want to be. I say, I want to be like Brancusi. I want my writing to have that rigour, that beauty, and that ability to see the world in a new way.Coffee House Press is one of the very few publishers whose books I will buy simply because Coffee House published them (another, in case you're curious, is Small Beer Press. Apparently, I am partial to publishers with beverages in their names). At this year's AWP conference, I happened to pass the Coffee House booth, and I was curious to see what was new. On a table at the front of the booth, J.M. Ledgard's Submergence grabbed by eye: a novel partially about events in East Africa, with a cover blurb by Teju Cole, published by Coffee House ... how could I resist? I could not. Life caught up with me, though, and I didn't have time to read the book until this week.
—J.M. Ledgard
I begin by writing about where and why I bought the book because I'm trying to stay specific and concrete when what I most want to do is enthuse and exclaim, and I fear hyperbole, and I fear overselling the book, setting up expectations that can't be met by anything written by a mortal. I want to say: This is the best contemporary novel I have read in a long time, and I've read some excellent contemporary novels this year. I want to say: If you can only read one book in the next week/month/year, read this book. I want to say: We need more books like this book, and yet how can other books be like this book? I want to say: This book could change your life.
I won't really say any of that, though, because it all sounds jejune, and anyway, different readers respond differently. For instance, at The Guardian, Todd McEwen had a generally negative response to Submergence. Reading his review made me think terrible things about Todd McEwen, I will admit, but it also reminded me that
(If you would rather judge for yourself, Bomb published a good excerpt.)


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Madonna Unveils Second 'MDNA' Cover
Madonna has released a second cover for her forthcoming album, 'MDNA,' following the announcement of her epic world tour.
Fans got a glimpse of the Material Girl's first album cover last week, which features a close-up shot of the singer, complimented by rainbow hues. The new image uses a similar ribbed effect, but features a wider shot of the 53-year-old star in a crimson dress and fingerless gloves.
'MDNA' will reportedly feature 18 new tracks, 15 of which have already surfaced online. Three more bonus tracks are expected to arrive soon. The LP is currently slated to be released on March 26, and features the Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.-assisted single, 'Give Me All Your Luvin'.'
Madge performed the cheerleader-inspired track at the halftime show at Super Bowl XLVI as part of a super medley of hits, which included 'Vogue,' 'Music,' 'Open Your Heart,' 'Express Yourself' and the closing number 'Like a Prayer.' Stars like M.I.A., Nicki Minaj, LMFAO and Cee Lo Green also shared the stage with the iconic singer.
Madonna will kick off her world tour on May 29 in Tel Aviv, Israel, and begin her North American dates on Aug. 28 in Philadelphia, Pa. This will be the pop star's first tour in three years.


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ATLANTIC, Va. (AP) — NASA says a private company can conduct a test launch this week of an unmanned rocket intended to help eventual supply runs to the International Space Station.
Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles plans to launch its Antares rocket Wednesday from Wallops Island, Va., and it could be visible in cities from Washington to New York.
But NASA said Tuesday there's only a 45 percent chance weather conditions would allow a launch Wednesday. Orbital would try again Thursday if need be.
If successful in sending a practice payload into orbit, Orbital aims to send its cargo ship to dock with the International Space Station this summer on a test run.
Orbital and California-based SpaceX have contracted to make space station supply runs with NASA, which ended its shuttle program in 2011.


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Experimental swine study of the hemodynamic charcteristics of Onyx 18, 20 and 34 as a new liquid embolic agent in the treatment of arteriovenous malformations in humans
Experimentelle Studie an deutschen Landschweinen zur Charakterisierung von Onyx 18,20 und 34 als neues Flüssigembolisat in der Behandlung arteriovenöser Malformationen beim Menschen
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Objective: Even if there is an ever increasing widespread use of Onyx as a liquid embolic agent in the endovascular treatment of AVMs in humans, the hemodynamic characteristics and differences in the use of Onyx 18,10 and 34 has not yet been described. This was the aim of the experimental study on 36 swines, using the rete mirabile as a biological AVM model, which were performed between January and November 2005.
Methods: 42 swines were investigated totally, 6 had to be excluded from data analysis because of death or dissection of the feeding artery of the rete mirabile. Due to an endovascular approach modifying the rete mirabile with an av-shunt from the "arterial" to the "venous" part, the remaining 36 swines werde divided into 18 high flow(>30 ml/min) and 18 low flow (<30 ml/min). These groups were subdivided into 3 groups of Onyx 18,20 and 34 with 6 swines each.
Results: There are differences in the volume and time intervals of adminstration between Onyx 18,20 and 34, as well as the ratio of injection- and breaktimes (standardized as 1 min after reflux) in the embolization of the rete mirabile. The flow rate is an important factor for the volume of Onyx which can be administrated, but seems not to be so important as the differences between the densities of the various Onyx. The data analysis is still in progress.
Conclusions: Experimental data in standardized adminstration of Onyx 18,20 and 34 in high and low flow situations, using the rete mirabile in swines are helpful characterizing the hemodynamic parameters in these substances. The data support the rationale of choosing the best Onyx in the individual treatment of human brain and spinal AVMs.


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The Environmental Entrepreneur
Should I go work for a green nonprofit or start my own?
Do you have a real-life do-gooding dilemma? Please send it to firstname.lastname@example.com, and Patty and Sandy will try to answer it.
Dear Sandy,
I'm a student in my mid-20s studying environmental philosophy. I'm considering heading into nonprofit work and am volunteering a bit right now, though I'm not convinced I'll be able to find a paying job in the field.
My father owns a small business, and I've always felt a pull toward the idea of starting my own business, so I'm thinking about starting an environmental nonprofit—something local that isn't looking to rake in millions and reach around the globe, but an organization that can be effective within modest aims. Is this a good idea? Essentially, is it better to start a new group with a more specific aim related to my interests, or is it better to try to help an existing nonprofit that isn't as aligned with me personally?
Social entrepreneurship is hot right now. From President Obama's call for $50 million to start the Social Innovation Fund to NBC's new show The Philanthropist, it seems that everyone is interested in the social sector, which means a lot of people are asking exactly your question. While I understand the appeal of starting your own nonprofit and applaud your entrepreneurial spirit, it doesn't sound like you have a particularly persuasive reason to do so right now.
A study by the Urban Institute found that the number of registered environmental and conservation organizations grew at an average rate of 4.6 percent per year from 1995 to 2007, or nearly twice the rate of all nonprofits. I'm not going to jump on the "too many nonprofits" bandwagon, but I don't see any point in starting an organization that doesn't bring something new to the sector. The recession has hit foundations and individual donors hard, and even established nonprofits are having trouble staying afloat in this climate.
Starting even a "local" nonprofit demands a lot of work, money, and time. So why not take some time to learn the field first? Start by asking yourself whether you can address a clear need that isn't met by existing programs or nonprofits. Have you already explored what organizations exist and whether there are opportunities for collaboration? Just as your father wouldn't have started his small business without doing a market analysis and finding a true market need, neither should you.
Since you are a recent graduate, I also urge you to consider how much you could learn from working in the field for a few years. You'll see who's doing what, what's working well, and where there is room for improvement. An Idealist guide to starting your own nonprofit points out that experience in the sector isn't just important to bolster your own background but can also make or break you in the eyes of potential funders, employees, and constituents. Working at a great nonprofit should also give you the opportunity to learn important skills you'll need when you start out on your own: leadership, fundraising, strategic planning, etc.
But all warnings aside, if you do have a compelling vision: Go for it! Many notable organizations were started by young people with big ideas. Wendy Kopp proposed the creation of Teach for America in her undergraduate thesis and managed to raise $2.5 million at age 21. City Year was started more than 20 years ago by Harvard Law School roommates Michael Brown and Alan Khazei. And an organization that I worked with in college, Project HEALTH, was started by Rebecca Onie when she was just a college sophomore.
Where to begin? The Foundation Center has a great list of online resources for starting a nonprofit, as does Idealist. Read the Skoll Foundation's Social Edge, a blog "by social entrepreneurs, for social entrepreneurs," to learn best (and worst) practices. Also explore different funding sources. The Echoing Green Fellowship provides seed funding and mentorship to individuals or teams with innovative solutions to significant social problems. Both Teach for America and City Year received funding from Echoing Green before they launched.
And if I've scared you away from starting your own nonprofit but you still have a burning desire to start a project that matches your exact interests, think about approaching an existing organization with a complementary mission. This can allow you to avoid the red tape of starting your own nonprofit while still pursuing your own idea. See if the organization is interested in incubating your project or acting as a fiscal sponsor. Fiscal sponsorship is usually a formal agreement between an individual or unincorporated group and an existing 501(c)(3). This allows the new project to use the organization's tax-exempt status, and often its back office services (accounting, HR, etc.), while maintaining a certain amount of programmatic autonomy. Ideally, it ends up being a win-win situation for both parties.
Do you have a real-life do-gooding dilemma? Please send it to email@example.com, and Patty and Sandy will try to answer it.


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BearCat armored vehicles welcomed in many NH townsBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
March 25. 2012 10:51PM
The LENCO BearCat whose purchase has caused a stir in Keene over the last few months joins a cadre of armored police vehicles across the state.
New Hampshire State Police, the Nashua Police Special Reaction Team, the Manchester Police SWAT Team, the Central New Hampshire Special Operations Unit based in Concord, the Southern New Hampshire Special Operation Unit in Derry and the Seacoast Advanced Response Team in Portsmouth all own armored vehicles.
Manchester Police Sgt. Joe Mucci, who is both a patrol officer and SWAT team leader, recalled an October 2009 incident in which the SWAT Team's BearCat was used to rescue a woman from her front porch, after she had been shot by her estranged husband.
'I can tell you as a team leader on a SWAT team, it's an essential piece of equipment that we can't go without and no SWAT team should go without,' Mucci said.
He said the vehicle's primary use is 'to get tactical officers to and from hostile situations, to recover and protect civilians as well as rescue injured civilians and officers.'
Most of those interviewed said the armored vehicles are used about once a month. Mucci said the Manchester vehicle has been deployed more than 100 times since its purchase in 2007.
Keene City Council's acceptance of a $285,933 Homeland Security grant to purchase a LENCO BearCat Special Missions for the police department late last year riled some residents, who said it would be a waste of federal funds and/or a militarization of the small city's police department.
After several public hearings, Keene councilors voted again to accept the grant. City Manager John MacLean said the vehicle has been ordered, and will take several months to be built.
Nashua: It's invaluable
Nashua police purchased a BearCat with drug forfeiture money in 2003.
'Using the BearCat has just been an invaluable tool to safely accomplish our goals,' said Nashua Police Capt. James Lima, who is in charge of Nashua's Special Reaction Team. 'Even if you only use it once a year, if you are using it in a situation that prevents police officers or civilians from potentially being injured, then once is more than enough.'
Like the vehicle Keene ordered, the BearCat is built to protect up to 10 officers from high-velocity rifle rounds.
'We use it whenever we need to go to any high-risk type of incident,' Lima said. 'That would involve armed individuals or individuals that we believe to be armed and it provides certainly a high level of protection and safety for our officers to get into a position to deal with that situation whatever that might be. It also allows us to evacuate civilians from those same situations - a barricaded gunman, a situation where we believe a hostage is being held.'
Lima said a public announcement system on the vehicle also allows police to bring in a negotiator to communicate with a subject when a cell phone or land-line phone is not an option.
In January 2011, the BearCat was deployed to Pelham on a brutally cold winter day for a barricaded suicidal person.
'It allowed us the opportunity to rotate officers so we weren't stuck out in the elements for extended periods of time,' Lima said.
Positive feedback
Manchester purchased its BearCat in 2007 using a Homeland Security grant, then donated its Peacekeeper, another armored vehicle, to the Central New Hampshire.Special Operations Unit.
Concord Police Sgt. Steve Smagula said before owning the Peacekeeper, officers would have to enter a hostile area using hand shields.
'It was very slow, it was very dangerous cause you can't put shields all around you and, if you had to make a rescue, it was very dangerous and it took a long time,' he said.
Portsmouth Police Detective Michael Maloney said the Seacoast Emergency Response Team purchased its BearCat several years ago through a Homeland Security grant.
'In the years that we've had it and the times that we used it, it's been an absolutely invaluable piece of safety equipment both for civilians and law enforcement who use it,' Maloney said.
The Southern N.H. Special Operations Unit also purchased its BearCat with a Homeland Security grant, said Unit Commander and Derry Police Capt. George Feole.
The BearCat is used 'anytime an officer is deployed into a hazardous environment,' he said.
The armored vehicles are also used in the communities for parades and brought out on National Night Out events as well as Touch-A-Truck events.
'We've had nothing but positive feedback from the community,' Feole said.
Salem Town Manager Keith Hickey, whose town is a member of the Southern N.H. Special Operations Unit, said it makes sense for his town to be part of a regional group that owns a BearCat.
'It's great to have a regional team that reduces the cost of having a vehicle like that,' Hickey said.
A fact of life
Rye Selectman Joseph Mills said the Seacoast Advanced Response Team BearCat is housed in the Rye fire station because of its size. Sometimes when residents see it and think it was a town purchase, they get upset. Once he explains it is a regional vehicle purchased through a grant, they calm down, he said.
He said he doesn't understand the big deal over the Keene BearCat purchase.
'It's a needed thing today with the society we live in. It's a fact of life you have to have that. I don't know why the people in Keene would refuse the funds. I just don't understand their logic,' Mills said. 'You may not use it once. It's there in case you need it.'
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Candidates for offices at all levels —�federal, state and local — took the stage Wednesday for the last in a series of forums sponsored by the county's League of Women Voters and the Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce.
Candidates for offices at all levels —�federal, state and local — took the stage Wednesday for the last in a series of forums sponsored by the county's League of Women Voters and the Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce. The first to answer questions was Tobias Schlingensiepen, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives' 2nd District. That seat is now held by Schlingensiepen's Republican opponent, Lynn Jenkins, who was not in attendance for the forum. Schlingensiepen said he was primarily concerned with getting Kansans back to work. Jeknins has also made that a plank in her re-election campaign. But he said to do that will require someone who can break gridlock in Washington. Schlingensiepen accused Jenkins of being out of touch with her contstituents, pointing to her high-dollar fundraisers in Washington. "My question is who does she represent, you or these wealthy corporations?" Schlingensiepen, a Topeka minister, asked. Candidates for two state House races then took the stage. Democrat Harold Fevurly of Easton is running against incument Republican Connie O'Brien for the seat representing the 42nd District, which includes most of the rural portions of the county. Those in attendance also heard from Republican Willie Dove of Bonner Springs and Democrat Pete Henderson of Basehor, both running for an empty 38th House Distrct seat. The candidates addressed issues on state tax policy, economic development and education funding. O'Brien said she planned to introduce legislation to give veterans in-state tuition and said she would advocate other reforms. "I'd like to see more money spent on technical education," she said. O'Brien then said that while cuts had been made to education in 2009 and 2010 to balance the state's budget, funding was still up from a historical standpoint. Fevurly said as a board member in the Easton School District, he knows firsthand what kind of position those funding cuts put schools in — choosing between paying bills or paying teachers. Dove said he would not advocate for increasing education spending when districts still have funds in reserve. As a former teacher, Henderson said he thought education funding needed to be restored to at least the level mandated by a 2005 lawsuit against the state. "I think it's an investment — we pay it forward," he said. Henderson also said he was against the switch to KanCare, a managed-care system replacing state-administered Medicaid. He said that private health insurance companies who had been contracted to manage the care were driven by profit and that he could see the current care level, with individual case managers, falling by the wayside. Dove said he had worked with and was impressed by similar managed care systems before and said Henderson's experience with the current system sounded familiar to him. "That's what KanCare will do, with more benefits and less money," he said. Henderson and Fevurly both also said they would not support the recent income tax resutructuring signed into law by Gov. Sam Brownback. Henderson said the cuts would "blow a hole" in the state's budget and effectively increase taxes on the lowest income Kansans by eliminating certain deductions and rebates. Fevurly said he worried that a reduction of revenues of that scale — some $2.5 billion over five years —�could mean tough times for property owners. "Those taxes have to be made up somewhere," he said. Both Dove and O'Brien, however, said they supported the plan. O'Brien said eliminating some deductions meant hard decisions for legislators but that the reduction in income taxes on small businesses and limited-liability corporations — also part of the plan —�would spur job growth. Dove agreed, pointing to success stories on the economic development front in other states where the income tax was reduced or eliminated. The three Lansing mayoral candidates — Billy Blackwell, Don Studnicka and Andi Pawlowski — then took the stage to tell voters why they should be elected to succeed the city's top elected official for almost 30 years, Ken Bernard. All three are current members of the City Council and agreed on several issues. But they did differ somewhat on visions for the city. Blackwell said his main priority would be getting the city on the road to completing its comprehensive plan. "I think the comprehensive plan will go a long way to setting the future of the city," he said. Blackwell also said he would like to set up citizen committees in each ward to inform residents of ongoing developments. Studnicka said he would like to eliminate the perception of Lansing as a "bedroom community" by bolstering economic development with a fair and equitable incentive package and not "give away the farm." While he said the Kansas Highway 7 corridor study and the K-5 connection were both great projects that the city was pursuing in the near term, he had other ideas for the long term. "I'd like to see another bridge across the Missouri River," he said. Pawlowski said she felt the K-5 connection was "absolutely essential" to the future of the city. She said she opposed raising property taxes until the economy rebounds and said she thought the city needed to do more to draw in resident participation. "It's not the council's city, it belongs to the people who live here," she said.


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Hawaiian Rolls
I've used Reinhart's Portuguese Sweet Bread recipe to make Hawaiian Rolls for a friend on a couple of occasions. I modify the recipe in his Bread Baker's Apprentice book to use a poolish at 100% hydration and to include more flour as I find this recipe very sticky for some reason. The original recipe's overall hydration is not that high, but maybe I screwed up the measurements somewhat. Next time I may try Floyd's Hawaiian Rolls recipe which is similar but includes pineapple juice.


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