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Welcome back to the -- for this final segment we turn our attentions from the next presidential election to recent diplomatic history.
Professor -- Germond of New York University joins me live from our New York studio to discuss her brand new book the -- papers.
The voices of diplomats in the cold war -- beyond published by Columbia university press professor -- welcome to.
A fox hole.
Thank you James thanks for having me our pleasure so tell us what this book is about exactly.
Well it's a history as you said dissenting diplomats from the beginning of the Cold War the military -- -- of the Cold War.
Two and US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
And it's really an attempt to look back at that history to recover some of these lost arguments to think about the merits.
And then some of the problems and the dilemmas of being an internal -- Now.
We're talking about diplomats which means were talking about people who work for the United States Department of State right.
Which is headed presently by secretary of state Hillary Clinton we're talking about 20000 people who work for the State Department and one capacity or another around the world.
But we're talking specifically about diplomats.
And you know if you take it from the perspective of the president of the United States whoever that is.
Certainly if we hearken back to the -- of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger when the latter was the national security advisor.
It in the White House in the late sixties early 1970s.
I think they would say and I think president since then would say certainly George W.
Bush and Dick Cheney the vice president.
When Condoleezza Rice was secretary of state they would say that.
Diplomats -- always opposed to the foreign policy the president and they've always regarded the State Department as a sort of hotbed of opposition to the foreign policy.
Of the commander in chief what he said -- that.
Well to some extent that is the case I mean it's hard to make -- generalization about an entire organization which has so many thousands of people.
But there has been a long history.
Tension in between that president and the State Department.
Really -- going back at least as far as -- but.
Even -- wasn't so fond of the State Department and but to some extent this is a lot hostility that involves ideological differences as well as a distrust of the bureaucracy.
-- are very jealous of their power particularly in foreign policy.
And and the diplomats and some other organizations have sometimes been seen as a threat to that power.
What are the new materials that you were able to -- to bring to the table here as a historian what did you find in that in terms of these papers that's new.
I'm a little bit if they -- to be honest a lot of it is -- well known but in in some sense not really seen at the history of dissent so we have.
Some older story is that deserve to be remembered the stories of the China hands who recommended cooperation and with.
The Communist during the Second World War are.
And we're fired as a result some of the newer information comes more recently from story is coming out of Iraq for example John Brady keys Lang who resigned after.
And dissenting against the US invasion and then all of that stuff is very recent history it's still being Reagan and I was interested in looking into how that's being -- and and what's being -- about it.
The late Tony Snow who was well known to Fox News viewers as the host of FOX News Sunday -- who became the Press Secretary at the White House under George W.
Once said that if there were such a thing as the archetypal Washington memoir it's title would be if only they had listened to me.
Comments like gather a lot of these dissenting diplomats feel that had their counsel been -- Certain catastrophic situations would have been avoided in these various wars and so forth did you find examples where of the dissent.
-- registered by these diplomats turned out to have been wrong.
I'm asked me to some extends George Tenet is the archetype all of the center.
And in 1940 -- -- he began to argue against Roosevelt's.
And what he -- as complicity towards the Soviet Union and and then he became known as the architect of containment.
At that time he thought he was right.
But within a few years as Washington caught on to his message and then started to discern that he decided that they had taken it too far -- in -- that's an example where Kennedy himself thought to some degree -- words have been twisted.
But that she also may -- didn't really understand.
The full power -- the full effect of his words.
And then he began to disagree with himself so that's an interesting.
George -- -- for the benefited younger viewers was a diplomat during the the World War II period and afterward and is credited with having developed the word and the and the concept of containment.
With respect to the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union he's the subject of -- big new biography that I think got one a lot of awards by John Lewis -- You view you do you discerned a professor -- In the in the situation today under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton any change in the in the -- for the State Department or whether or not dissent is being.
Is being heeded any more if you simply by policy makers when it comes out of the State Department today than in previous administrations.
And to be -- not really eight and you know when -- Obama was elected.
He made a point of saying that he was -- and transparency in government and transparency and foreign policy.
But especially -- post WikiLeaks there's been a real effort to crack down on transparency.
-- the other hand the State Department itself particularly at the level of the rank and file.
If interested in ways of promoting debate and promoting transparency.
Among senior policy makers I don't really see much of -- change.
All right our thanks to professor -- -- mention of New York University she's the author of the descent papers the voices of diplomats in the Cold War and beyond a fascinating -- to anyone -- did.
In the history of the of the presidency since World War II onward warfare and -- our diplomats figure into this high level policy making puzzle.
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EDHEC-Risk Institute and Lyxor are launching a three-year research chair entitled Risk Allocation Solutions to develop academic insights that can be used towards the design of high-performance multi-asset investment solutions, based on specific investor needs.
In a paper produced as part of the research chair on The Case for Inflation-Linked Corporate Bonds: Issuers and Investors Perspectives at EDHEC-Risk Institute, supported by Rothschild & Cie, EDHEC-Risk researchers have provided a comprehensive analysis of the sources of added-value of corporate bonds for institutional investors.
A new study from EDHEC-Risk Institute, entitled The Local Volatility Factor for Asian Stock Markets, has shown that using US VIX to hedge the volatility risk of Asian portfolios is not particularly effective.
Earlier this year EDHEC-Risk Institute organised two conferences, EDHEC-Risk Days Europe and EDHEC Risk Days Asia, which welcomed over 1500 delegates. The audience included institutional investors, private bankers, family offices and institutional money managers, in addition to over 70 speakers and panelists composed of industry professionals.
To support the build-up of a strong, home-grown cohort of financial sector and capital market leaders within ASEAN countries and the wider Asia-Pacific region, EDHEC Risk InstituteAsia is creating a scholarship scheme aimed at facilitating the participation of outstanding professionals in the executive track of its doctoral programme in Singapore.
This paper produced as part of the NATIXIS research chair on Investment and Governance Characteristics of Infrastructure Debt Instruments, is the first of a series discussing the opportunity for long-term institutional investors such as pension funds, insurance companies or sovereign wealth funds, to invest in large portfolios of infrastructure debt, both to manage their liabilities and to enhance yield.
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Collusion Behind End to Chicago Teachers Strike?
FBN's Lou Dobbs on the new contract reached with the Chicago teachers' union.
Sep 19, 2012
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-- -- -- I think it's political theater I think the deal is our had been cut.
I think it's been cut so that there -- people of Chicago and another -- you know they don't know -- that results from B they pony up.
For another round party paying 71 cents on the dollar -- -- great state for pension and health care.
-- -- As I said from the very beginning of the strike in Chicago that teachers union head Karen Lewis.
And mayor Rahm Emanuel were in collusion there was political theater from the beginning.
And the losers in this deal are the students and their parents.
I want to demonstrate Q just how right I walked this isn't news well a little and it's.
A little ego because.
I am so tired of the national media focusing on the story like this and not even reporting the details I don't ask that they always understand.
But it least report them.
-- Chicago is already face an estimated one billion dollar deficit we start up.
One billion by the end of this year the Chicago Public Schools.
Billion -- These teacher raises.
In this new deal.
That the that the mayor is just telling everybody it's a win for our students it's a great thing.
We're it's our reform of the Chicago schools which are desperately desperately in need of reform.
But this deal folks is a joke Noual I have another 200.
Million dollars.
Over the course of this contract teachers by the way in Chicago what are they make they make 76000.
And as I said from the very beginning.
Monday a week ago.
Doesn't include pensions.
Doesn't include health care.
Folks I'm gonna give you a number in a minute that I assure you we will.
-- This the -- by the way the among the highest in the nation this was before this new contract.
And by the way they told everybody it was a 2% increase of three to two.
Now it's a four point 4% per year.
At a minimum because you throw -- merit pay America means that -- Seniority.
And it means education level I -- master's degree that sort of thing.
So you get to four point 4% teachers on average will be getting.
Not this they'll be getting 718.
Point 6%.
All right that's it's that's the real -- over four years.
For here -- seventeen point 6% that's not bad is it.
Teacher evaluations by the way you heard Rahm Emanuel talking about they're gonna get things under control their principles are taken over.
They were previously based on the principles while observations -- performance.
And in the third year of the contract 30% of those -- valuations will be based.
Then will be.
Can you imagine.
There is gonna take a few years sparks but we're gonna get at least.
As to how their teachers are actually teaching.
But that won't just fall in line with already state law.
Not a new concession that mayor Emanuel one in this deal and the new contract also link -- school -- to seven hours from five hours and 45 minutes.
At elementary schools and Lincoln's a school you're a 180 days from 170.
Congratulations Chicago.
You've gone from having one of the very shorter school years in the country.
It simply falling in line with the national average.
You know what's not on line with -- national average in Chicago.
-- graduation rates the Chicago graduation rate.
Is 60% they're drop out rate.
And that's what's next in the media mayor Emanuel Chicago teacher's union backroom dealing well.
I hate to tell you this it's gotta be the pensions I told you about those -- pension sucking up in just term.
Sucking up 71 cents out of every education dollar and Illinois.
This the Harriman analysts -- product and the political theater that was indulged here.
I didn't even address the unfunded teacher pensions the teachers' pension fund.
In Chicago.
We've got ten billion dollars and assets that sounds like a lot of money right ten billion.
But they're pulling a billion out.
A billion plots each year.
They may go broke.
Over the course of the next few years because -- paying out more than that one billion here much more than it's bringing in.
And they're not funding it and by the way they were supposed to be contributing to that -- the teachers but -- -- the state and federal government and the local.
Residents and taxpayers and parents of those students get to -- that.
And -- they borrow money to do that to.
So this is a disaster this is a calamity.
It just so you fully understand if -- -- suggest what I've met Chicago's schools are in.
And what I -- this entire teacher deal it is.
-- put this.
One in ten American students attend private schools.
But did you know in Chicago.
Nearly 40%.
Of those same teachers who just signed up for this new deal.
I don't even send their kids to public school in Chicago.
That's right.
40% of the public school teachers are sending their kids.
To private school.
What does that tell us about the mess in Chicago.
And he got a lot mayor Emanuel.
And the Chicago teacher's union.
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Where do I go to disable the password complexity policy for the domain. I've logged onto the domain controller (Windows Server 2008) and found the option in local policies which is of course locked from any changes. However I can't find the same sort of policies in the group policy manager. Which nodes do I have to expand out to find it?
You're looking to change the password complexity setting you found in the "Default Domain Policy", not the local group policy. Then do a "gpupdate" and you'll see the change take effect. Open Group Policy Management Console (Start / Run / GPMC.MSC), open the Domain, and right-click and Edit the "Default Domain Policy". Then dig into the "Computer Configuration", "Windows Settings", "Security Settings", "Account Policies", and modify the password complexity requirements setting. Editing the "Default Domain Policy" is definitely a quick-and-dirty thing to do. The better thing to do, once you get a better handle on group policy management, would be to return the default back to default settings and make a new GPO overriding the default with the settings you want. To get you by fast, though, editing the default isn't going to hurt you. | |||||
I'd also like to point out that in a Windows Server 2008 domain, you can have multiple password policies applied to different OUs; with previous versions of AD, you could only have a single global password policy for each domain. | |||
There's also a great article at the Technet site: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc137749.aspx That helps explain the differences between the new Windows 2008 password policy options and the "old" Windows 2003/2000 domain password policies. It's good reading to make sure you understand what you can do now, especially since you stated that you are using Windows 2008. | |||
You should find it in Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Accounts Policies > Password Policy There is an option labeled "Password must meet complexity requirements" disable this to achieve what you want. | |||||||||
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Fabric Finishing Options
Proper finishing of a textile is crucial as it provides a polished look and a sense of quality to a product. Without proper finishing, the quality of the print may be diminished or negated entirely.
In the wide-format industry, fabrics and textiles are an important part of creating effective signage. One thing that is not often mentioned in regard to creating signage is the finishing of these products. When it comes to finishing textiles, banners, and fabrics, the importance of seamers, industrial-strength sewing machines, heat presses, and fabric steamers cannot be underestimated. Proper finishing of a textile is crucial as it provides a polished look and a sense of quality to a product. Without proper finishing, the quality of the print may be diminished or negated entirely. While the type of finishing depends upon the substrate and the nature of the print process, it cannot be argued that it is an integral part of the process. Our experts weigh in on the topic.
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Josh Marten, director of franchise business at Global Imaging, Inc. discusses the type of equipment that best serves the wide-format industry in regards to fabric finishing.
"Setting up a shop with the right equipment for fabric finishing will lead to a successful and profitable business model without the bottle necks, delays, and waste that could otherwise occur," says Marten. "The type of printing used (e.g. Latex versus dye sublimation) will determine whether a fixation calender or other press is needed. Commercial and industrial Latex users don't require fixation. Dye sublimation users need a calender press for the sublimation process, such as the Klieverik calender press that ranges from 67 inches to 10 feet wide. Shops producing frequent or large runs of roll-based fabric that must be cut will realize a savings of hundreds of labor hours per year by investing in a flatbed cutting system tooled for fabric that will automate the process, such as a Znd cutter. These are available from 48- to 126-inch widths. Also important is a hemming system that is appropriate for the scale and materials that are being finished. We also recommend having some simple items on hand, such as a hot knifes, which are great when hemming is not necessary."
Kjell Eliasson, senior sales manager at Forsstrom High Frequency AB, states: "The most appropriate machine for making a soft sign (billboard, banner, etc.) is a traveling radio frequency welding machine, such as our models Forsstrom TD, Forsstrom TDW, and Forsstrom TDW-Mega, mounted on a long track. The longer the table and track, the more versatile the machine is."
Karel Lansu, director of sales at the Netherlands' Klieverik, explains the process by which some textiles are prepared and the reason for using specific equipment for the finishing process.
"There are several different dye systems to print on textiles, as you probably know. We, at Klieverik, are specialized in transfer printing on polyester fabric by means of pre-printed paper with disperse dyes. Traditionally, these pre-printed papers were made by specialized companies like a.o. Transfertex in Germany. Over the years, digital printing took over a part of this market and numerous smaller companies started to print their own limited amount of printed paper. Also, this digital market has started to print directly (without the use of paper) on the fabric. One way or the other, there is a need for an additional machine for finishing the direct printed fabric or the transfer paper.
Lansu continues: "This machine is called a calender (sometimes a press), which are produced by Klieverik. On this transfer calender, the fabric together with the pre-printed paper is running between a hot cylinder and a belt. The dyestuff on the fabric or on the transfer paper is transformed by heat into gas. This gas is penetrating into the open pores of the heated polyester fibers. After reducing the heat when the fabric is leaving the hot zone, the pores are closing and the dyestuff is trapped inside the fibers. This method generates very bright colors and a good wash-, wet-, and light-fastness. Transfer printing results in the highest sharpness of print and brightness of color. Direct printing on fabric results in a better penetration. In general, one chooses transfer printing for highest quality and for items close to the eye. Direct printing is very suited for flags. Klieverik supplies solutions for both systems."
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Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library, Deakin Geelong Waterfront Campus
Banks' Florilegium: the Australian Botanical Prints is the latest exhibition from Deakin University Library to showcase items exclusively from the Library's own Special Collections. This visually stunning exhibition features a selection of prints taken from the engraved plates prepared by Joseph Banks after his circumnavigation of the globe with Captain Cook in 1768-1771. The plates depict the new flora he found on the voyage and the prints on display represent a selection of Australian plants.
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Saint Brogan of Mothil
Also known as
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Sixth or seventh century scribe and bishop of Mothil, Waterford, Ireland. May have been the nephew of Saint Patrick, and may have served as his secretary.
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Casio CZ-230S
A wolf in sheep's clothing, the CZ-230S uses exactly the same synthesizer technology as the CZ-101, mini keys included. But a few things give it more of a 'home' keyboard type image; firstly it had a built-in speaker; secondly it had 99 preset sounds with no way of editing them (only four of the sounds in the sound bank could be programmed by linking the synthesizer to a computer via its MIDI port).
However it had a built-in programmable drum machine (from the Casio RZ-1) and sequencer (step and realtime) which almost made it a workstation before its time. Midi in/out/thru was undoubtedly a first for a 'home' keyboard. Used by Vince Clarke of Erasure on the album 'Wonderland'.
Only issue is I used to have an editor for mine and I can't find one that works on Windows 7 x64, I may have to write one I suppose.
Sounds are a bit cheesy in places but they scream early Erasure :-)
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Programming the Casio CZ-230s SequencerSound Synthesis Handbook - Scanned and submitted to us by Olaf Wagner.
Sound Data Handbook - Scanned and submitted to us by Olaf Wagner.
Manual - Download the original owner's manual from SoundProgramming.net.
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- Polyphony - 8 note
- Oscillators - 2 DCO using Digital Phase Distortion Synthesis
- #Instruments - 4 part multitimbral
- Keyboard - 49 note mini keyboard (no Velocity or Aftertouch)
- Memory - 100 presets
- Control - MIDI In/Out/Thru
- Date Produced - 1986
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Democrat Jim Graham will seek a fifth term on the D.C. Council.
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By Steve Weinstein | Sunday Nov 17, 2013
Christine Quinn's failed campaign to become New York City's first out-LGBT and female mayor has aroused a debate about whether we have moved beyond identity politics and into a "post-gay" political universe.
NYC Gets 1st Mexican-American Council Member
By Deepti Hajela | Thursday Nov 14, 2013
When someone asked longtime community activist Joel Magallan a couple of years ago when New York City would see its first Mexican-American elected official, he figured it would take another decade. Then along came Carlos Menchaca, who is openly gay.
Maine Candidate for Governor Announces He's Gay
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PORTLAND - A six-term congressman and former paper mill worker hoping to unseat Maine Gov. Paul LePage next year announced that he's gay - a response to what he called a "whisper campaign" by political opponents hoping to weaken his gubernatorial bid.
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Todd Giroux, who is openly gay and a Bristol resident, has announced he will seek the Democratic nomination for Governor of Rhode Island in 2014.
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Creative Arts Therapy Club of Hofstra (CATCH)
This active student club provides members and alumni with a forum for communicating, networking, supplemental learning, social activities, and invitations to events year round. CATCH is a support system that provides mentorship, resources, and a place where students cultivate long-lasting friendships and professional connections.
Typically, the CATCH Board invites speakers to present on current topics. CATCH also sponsors a student art exhibit in the fall and participates in Hofstra's Creative Arts Therapy conference every Spring. CATCH and the CAT program faculty members encourage friends and family to attend events in order to understand this rapidly growing profession.


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We present you Croatian cellist Ana Rucner. Her parents are classically trained musicians so they were big influence on Ana, who started playing at the age of 7. Education is very important to her. That's why she holds the title of cello professor. In her work she always tries to connect classical with modern music. Vintage & Rare talked to Ana about her work.
Could you please tell us a bit about how and when you got into playing music?
I was six and a half years old, almost seven when I told my mom I wanted to play cello just like her. My mom is a beautiful woman and in that segment of my life she was my role model and somehow I just wanted to be like her. It is great for a kid to have a role model like I had. That is how I started. My mom supported me of course, we bought a small cello. It all started 22 years ago.
When did you start playing electric cello?
It was exactly ten years ago; I have it at home for ten years. That all happened in period when my thinking about music was changing. I got the instrument that actually changed my whole life.
Your music has elements of classical, modern and ethno. Could you explain us why you initially got into the type of music and genre you're playing?
I am classically educated, that is where classic comes from. Without it I couldn't do anything else. As far as modern approach is concerned, growing drew me to do something different. When I create my music I always put myself into the listeners position, I want it to be pleasant and nice to them. That is how I do it. As far as ethno elements are concerned, I respect a lot Croatian tradition. It is my country, country where I grew up. I think that combination of traditional instruments and classical music through modern approach is amazing. It is available to everyone. In some spontaneous way, it all came together.
What musicians have inspired you the most over the years and why?
I think I will never forget one cooperation that happened ten years ago. I was playing at Maribor philharmonic as a part time member during my studies. Every month I used to go to Maribor,Slovenia; worked whole week there (rehearsals, project etc.). One day came a man called Lalo Schrifin. He created a hit "Mission impossible"; great man, musician, conductor, pianist. He was playing his greatest movie hits on the piano and conducting the orchestra I played in. Lalo inspired me a lot.
Everything changed for me and I fell in love with classic and modern music. He is not the cause of my thinking but he helped me to grow. Of course my other role model is my mother. She is a great cello player and a woman. Every now and then musicians find new inspiration. But the most important is to know what you want and stick to that.
What do you prefer, playing solo and/or with other musicians?
I usually play solo. Playing solo is my favourite choice because I have complete freedom. But of course I am not always completely alone. Sometimes I have with me ''Gudački kvartet Rucner'' where my mother and father play with two more musicians. I love to play with orchestra; they put some extra touch to the sound.
I also love to play Bach's suites on acoustic cello; when the surrounding is good, special occasion, good acoustic that is a special moment just for me and my cello. That is special connection for me and I prefer that more than anything else.
Any artists and ensembles around the world that you would like to play and record with?
Of course there are lot of orchestras, musicians; at the moment I am not thinking much about that. In Croatia I played with ''HRT Symphony Orchestra''. With ''Zagreb philharmonic orchestra'' I just recorded project ''Ode to joy''. That video got an award in Berlin; ''Das golden Stadttor'', so-called tourism Oscar for the best video.
I had different co operations. Maybe I will play with amazing orchestra from Oman, composed with great musicians. I would love to make a project with them. But something completely different, maybe pop-punk-rock combination. I became really good at that. I hope that this will be achieved in the near future.
Can you tell us about the cellos you are using?
Acoustic cello that I have been using for 15, 16 years was a gift. I was 13 years old when I got it. That is really old but amazing instrument from Italy, 1845. Ladies cello, slightly narrower than the standard, but meets the standards of the entire cello. The sound is special, warm, and receptive; I coalesced with it and it is the most important to me, to have a good cello.
As far as the electric is concerned, at home I have two Yamaha cellos. One I bought in Birmingham, near London. It is produced by great man David Johnson from the Violectra Company. It was done by the extent of my acoustic one.
I also have few, made of carbon; I bought them for fun and dyed in crazy colours. I love to decorate them, they even have Swarovski crystals. Those are not the instruments for classical music, but they look really good on photography and recordings. For now I have six of them, but that is not the end, just the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
Does the cello you play in concerts and live differ from the ones you're during recording work?
Mostly it does not. Actually, when I record in the studio, it is always acoustic cello. That sound cannot be compared to electric one. As far as modern expression is concerned, I have a good electric cello which can of course be very much strengthened and has many effects. These instruments cannot be use under all conditions. It is not wise to take acoustic cello on extreme temperatures. Even though I did that and nothing happened.
So basically I play classical music on acoustic cello, modern music on electric one and I always record on acoustic cello. As I already mentioned, I also have some cellos that are more for photos than to produce sound. With my white cello I would never play classical music because I don't think it would give the same sound as acoustic one.
Any famous last words?
I would like to greet all the readers; it was really nice talking to you.
When you love what you do it is very important to be persistent, innovative and to have the inspiration. You simply take what you have and go all the way with it. It is also very important to have an instrument that breathes with you. There are a lot of good cellos, but not all of them suit everyone. Instrument must be your best friend.
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Second Alarmers Association and Rescue Squad of Montgomery County, Incorporated An overview 1938 to present – www.SARS.org Since its founding in 1938, Second Alarmer's Association and Rescue Squad of Montgomery County, Incorporated (SARS) has grown to become one of the largest private not-for-profit pre-hospital Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers in the region, responding to over 12,000 emergency incidents each year. SARS is a combination department composed of 100 volunteer and 123 career members, delivering service from five stations with 20 vehicles, including twelve advanced life support ambulances. SARS provides crucial lifesaving Emergency Medical and Rescue Services to over 125,045 1 residents in 49,1492 households in a 56.683 square mile area that encompasses Abington, Upper Dublin, Upper Moreland and Whitpain Townships, as well as the Boroughs of Hatboro, Jenkintown and Rockledge. SARS is also the primary contracted EMS and heavy rescue company for 15 miles of the Pennsylvania Turnpike from the Willow Grove Interchange. On a daily basis mutual aid assistance is provided to the eight EMS organizations adjacent to our coverage area which could include major incidents in the City of Philadelphia. SARS participates in the County/State/Federal wide mutual aid agreement to respond wherever dispatched by 911. In addition, Second Alarmer's provides ongoing EMS standby support to many community events each year. SARS has also developed and become one of the leading training centers in the 5-county Philadelphia area; offering monthly community first-aid and CPR classes as well as providing numerous courses for first responders, such as Healthcare Provider CPR, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Pre-hospital Trauma Life Support. We were also one of the first to have pre-hospital instructors certified to teach Tactical Combat Casualty Care; a course designed for the military; however, easily adapted to the civilian arena, especially law enforcement. Unlike local fire and police departments, Second Alarmer's does not receive recurring tax funding; our survival is dependent upon reimbursement for services provided, grants and generous donations. Over the past several years, SARS has been reinvigorated by new leadership which has focus on creating long term structure, including the adoption of a strategic plan, to make the organization a premier business operation. We have ensured that policies and procedures are established with the strict oversight of the Board of Directors, Executive Director, Administrative Staff, Operational Officers, Internal Audit Teams and by the independent financial audits of Nihill Riedley & Company Certified Public Accountants of Philadelphia. Financial audits are prepared annually and voluntarily given to all municipalities served. SARS also voluntarily initiates Compliance Billing Audits by the law firm of Page, Wolfberg and Wirth and is member of the Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Organizations. It is our goal to pursue accreditation to further improve our operation and continue transparency for further public trust. Originally chartered in the state of Pennsylvania in 1938 with the purpose "to form an association to serve coffee, lime water, seltzer, etc. to foreman and police and rescue workers" with a single truck converted as a canteen unit that could go anywhere requested and in years to come would travel to states as far away as Mmississippi4. Within less than a decade, SARS placed its first ambulance in service as back-up to the local hospital and police departments who provided the primary service. Those who know of Second Alarmer's think first of our bus fleet which where know as Disaster Units. The first was put into service in June of 1950 and continued providing services through 1968. This bus like vehicle came completely equipped with every possible type of medical equipment needed; including, blood plasma, oxygen, asbestos suits, rescue blankets, hand tools, inhalators and resuscitators and acetylene cutting equipment. It accommodated six stretcher patients and four ambulatory patients, was completely heated and air conditioned, provided running hot and cold water, contained a public address system and five radio frequencies, as well as a 100 volt automatic generator. The Disaster Unit was so modern, unusual and well equipped that it was considered to be 10 years ahead of other rescue squad services. It was also considered by fire, police and Civil Defense officials of the time to be one of the finest pieces of equipment in the United States. In 1975, after many years' worth of reputation for being on the cutting edge of providing rescue and patient care service, Second Alarmer's was one of the first companies in the country to place the "Jaws of Life" into operation. Designed by the Hurst Corporation of Warminster, it was the newest tool in our toolbox to help save lives. Between 1979 and 1981, SARS grew from providing primary ambulance service for Upper Moreland Township and parts of Upper Dublin Township, to also providing services for Abington Township and the Boroughs of Rockledge and Jenkintown as their respective police departments ended their emergency medical services. In 1994, Second Alarmer's was recognized as the Ambulance Service of the Year, by both the Montgomery County Regional EMS office and The Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council. In 1997, an academic partnership with Temple University was formed to develop pre-hospital research. This was the first, purely academic, partnership of its type in the county. Since inception, papers have been published and presented at conferences including the National Highway Safety Administration and the National Association of Emergency Medical Physicians EMS Agenda for the Future Conference in May of 1998. In 1998, recognizing the benefit of early defibrillation in cardiac arrest patients, we initiated a program to help provide local police departments with an AED (automatic external defibrillator) for each patrol officer along with the appropriate training needed to operate the unit. In 1999, after the Enterprise Fire Company of Hatboro decided they could no longer afford to provide their ambulance service to the borough, they, along with the Borough Council requested SARS be the service to provide Emergency Medical Services to the residents and visitors of Hatboro Borough. The beginning of 2003, after a long relationship with various career personnel leasing companies, SARS became the sole manager of its career personnel. Later in that same year, SARS was awarded a contract to provide leased career firefighting personnel to the McKinley Fire Company through the Abington Township Fire Oversight Committee. This was also the year a bi-monthly newsletter was started. The publication is divided today, to an internal newsletter to keep the lines of communication open with our staff and an external newsletter going to local government officials as well as our residents to keep them informed and offer safety tips. In 2004, SARS received various donations and grants to begin the process of providing support for area tactical responses. We currently have a trailer that houses 6 bicycles along with a heated/ air conditioned mass casualty tent with a generator. This unit has been used a large local community events for patient treatment and at some emergency scenes for fire rehabilitation. The bicycle team was such as success for quicker response through crowded areas or on uneven terrain that SARS was the 2006 EMS sponsor for the 60 mile long Philadelphia 3-day Susan > Koman Breast Cancer Walk. In late 2006, after an 18-month long process of evaluation for the EMS industry and five different local EMS organizations, township supervisors unanimously voted to award SARS with the contract to be the primary EMS provider for Whitpain Township. In the same year, SARS also became a member of the Montgomery County / State of Pennsylvania Strike Team. Our team can be deployed at the request of PEMA and/or FEMA and have been sent to the gulf coast for deployment after Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav. In 2007 and 2008 SARS added addition medical billing staff to its payroll and are contracted to provide billing services for Bryn Athyn Fire Company Ambulance and Berwyn Fire Company Ambulance. Also in February 2008, SARS recognized the need to supplement the volunteer operational staff by developing a career officer program offering for 24 hour 7 day a week field supervisor to meet all operational needs. In 2009 SARS was asked to spearhead a movement to bring EMS agencies together that surround Abington Memorial Hospital to start a regional 12-lead transmission project. This project has grown to include providers in a 10 mile square radius around Abington Memorial Hospital which incorporates other others and agencies from Philadelphia and Bucks Counties. SARS was the lead agency to file for a 2009 Regional Assistance to Firefighters Grant for this project. Second Alarmer's was named the #23 Best Place to work in Pennsylvania for 2010. This distinction is awarded to only 100 employers from across the commonwealth through a process supported by the Pennsylvania Foundation and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. To achieve this honor, SARS was required to undergo a stringent assessment process that included questionnaires for SARS administration as well as career staff members. 2011 saw SARS participate in our community's 300th anniversary celebrations. One of staff served on the Tri-centennial Steering committee and was instrumental in helping to plan a block party that included an open house at our headquarters building. There was an estimated 3,500 people in attendance. For 2012, SARS is working on several new and exciting projects. For example, by the end of September we hope to be piloting a program that will give FDA approval for the use of non-invasive hand-held brain scanners that give a measurement of acute brain hemorrhage. This equipment is critical in the early detection and treatment of subarachnoid hemorrhage stroke, which is the most deadly stroke with a more than 50 percent fatality rate and of the survivors, approximately half with suffer permanent disability. [1] 2010 US Census [2] 2010 US Census [3] www.Wikipedia.org [4] www.sars.org/history |


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Beware the Unprotected Saildrive
Paying close attention to anodes and your sailboat's bonding system will help prevent corrosion that can quickly cripple these power units.
So, how's your drive? I'm not talking about your daily commute or personal energy level here. I'm talking about your saildrive, if you have one. Increasingly, boatbuilders are adopting saildrives over the traditional shaft and propeller, and with good reason: They're much easier to install, and they offer a considerably quieter ride when the wind dies and you simply must fire up the diesel. During CW's Boat of the Year competition in 2009, for example, a third of the new boats we looked at were equipped with saildrive propulsion, so they're here to stay. And though early adopters of the drives experienced some well-publicized problems, the technology has evolved considerably since then.
I can remember some of the conversations with my colleagues when saildrives first appeared. Thoughts of failure of the rubber bladder that seals them to the hull were at the top of the list of why they were a bad idea. Some of us had lingering memories of Outboard Marine Corporation's early attempt at offering saildrive functionality, basically by using an outboard-engine power head with a lower unit mounted inboard. They were very problematic and only lasted a few years before they disappeared into the not-such-a-great-idea department.
Well, we're past all of that. Today, both Volvo Penta and Yanmar offer complete saildrive solutions. The initial fears of rubber-bladder failure are simply no longer an issue. I haven't heard of one case in which this has occurred. Certainly this is a maintenance item that needs addressing at some point, but premature failure has not been a factor.
What has been a factor is rampant corrosion of the aluminum drive units, with total replacement—at great expense—sometimes required. In some cases, the rapid decay has been so severe that drives appear to have dissolved off the bottom of the boats to which they were fitted. Many online forums and discussions have addressed this problem, and much misinformation about the causes for this corrosion has been distributed widely. I hope to end much of the confusion right now.
Anode-to-Cathode Relationship
The essence of the problem centers around one basic corrosion-mitigation premise: that there exists a proper relationship between the surface area of the anode, typically a zinc or aluminum-alloy fitting, and the surface area of the cathode, which includes the saildrive, the propeller, and any other metal below-the-water fittings. What this means simply is that the amount of metal exposed to the electrolyte (the water in which the boat floats) must be proportional to the amount of sacrificial anode installed on the boat.
It's important to remember here that drive manufacturers install anodes on their drive units at the factory that are intended to protect the drive units only as shipped with their standard propeller. Let me repeat that: The anodes supplied are engineered to protect the drive units and standard props only. Many sailors will add a bronze feathering propeller to the drive, which means that more anode area is going to be needed, though too often this is overlooked. This simple alteration is going to decrease the anode service life because more cathode area has been added. Additional bronze through-hull fittings may also be added, again requiring additional anode surface area.