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@MJN, don't you remember Sam Palermo's and the right wing's outrage at the Reagan, Bush I and Bush II recess appointments? Or just 10 years ago, the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rice/Powell lying to us getting us into a ruinous war? Or their other war criminal behavior thereafter? Me, neither.
Sam Palermo - Some day some Rightist will have to explain whether there is ANY action which Obama has taken which they don't claim to be unconstitutional.
But luckily for America, the Framers left that determination up to the courts and not in the hands of panderin g politicians or uneducated members of the public. The Obama administration is appealing the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit relating to his recess appointments . Until that appeal process is completed and a final decision rendered by the Supreme Court (or the lower court decision allowed to stand by the SC refusing to hear an appeal) Obama is not required to remove his appointees.
The rule of law is alive and well in America !
Luc de Nord - Auroras appear in the north, never in the east. And the Saturady displays never made it south of cental Canada.
Hey, nothing to do with any of the topics above, but did anyone else see the aurora on Saturday night? From 7 - 8 before the clouds rolled in, saw it due East from a light-unpolluted part of Webster. No luck finding any mention in the regular news. Anyone else see or hear about it?
Troll Whisperer - j.a.m.'s headline is found in the same newspaper that carries stories about Newtown being a government plot, and stories about Obama turning the US over to the UN, and of his being a Muslim, a communist, a fascist and being born in Kenya.
@j.a.m.: Where exactly is that headline?
Headline: "Meteor strikes Russia; Liberals blame global warming and law-abiding gun owners"
@bernstein -- LOL. In case you haven't noticed, rational people have been voting with their feet for at least a generation.
I gather you intend to be the last one out. I'd remind you to switch off the lights, but by that time New York State probably will have outlawed all forms of energy.
yo - j.a.m.
You sound very progressive - if you hate NY so much, you'll probably like Mississippi - no "union goons" as you call them, not many labor laws to speak of, few workers' rights - sounds like your version of paradise. And they're really business friendly - they would let them pay less then minimum wage if the nasty feds would let them get away with it.
If you agree to move down there , I will pay your one-way bus fare. Think about it and get back to me.
@bernstein @TOPEL: What hampers a "strong and sustained economic recovery" in the former-Empire State is an ideology that ties up employers with red tape and union goons, while giving free rein to Luddite ignoramuses whose only goal is to stifle innovation and emerging industries.
"Keep America free! Free to choose what we do with our own bodies and free to choose our associations!"
Free to work for nothing -volunteer for everything.
Please help Charles and David Koch remain on their yachts, while we work three jobs!!!!!
Mr. Bertolone writes with an "upstanding moral" tone about the rights of workers and at will employment being an evil system. How convenient to point out slavery as it's basis, as anyone who may disagree , could be called a "Racist" as many do that disagree with our President. Does his morality include the freedom to choose who we associate with, and what we do with our own bodies? Using "laws" that are all enforced by government guns, to force someone to retain an employee is immoral! But what does he care, since he is involved in Law Enforcement and can take the moral high ground as the one wielding the government gun that would be pointed at employers, if his proposal were adopted. Keep America free! Free to choose what we do with our own bodies and free to choose our associations!
Mr. DeLoye:
With regard to supplying a head count of supporters, I cannot give you verifiable figures for the simple reason that we have been prevented from participating in a fair election. However, there is ample evidence that we command considerable support. For example, on January 10th we publicly announced a press conference at which Arild Remmereit was to speak and we made no attempt to selecte the people who attended. There was standing room only for the 225 people who showed up and it was obvious to all that a substantial majority of those present were opposed to the RPO Board. Maestro Remmereit received an enthusiastic standing ovation and as speaker after speaker made points in his favor, the spontaneous applause was ample proof that an overwhelming majority of those in the room felt that we were representing their opinions. In essence, our position was endorsed by a voice vote!
A further indication of our strong following was at the annual meeting of members held on January 23rd in Hatch Hall. Severa times during this meeting, there was an opportunity for the members to express their pleasure or displeasure at what they heard and once again, there was no doubt that the supporters of our position far outnumbered those who approved of the Board's actions.
I draw your attention, by the way, to the fact that the Board didn't announce Remmereit's firing until the day AFTER the annual meeting. Some interesting conclusions can be drawn from this which are beyond the scope of our current discussion.
With regard to representative democracy, you say that we know that the RPO board was elected by a majority of the ballots cast by eligible voters. I think that any fair-minded person would conclude that the election you refer to was far from fair. First of all, the ballot contained only names of nominees chosen by the board's Governance Committee which meant that the membership had no chance to vote for people that supported our position. Even if a substantial majority had chosen to express disapproval by leaving their ballot blank, it would have had no effect on the outcome. The Board's candidates had to win! There is a striking resemblance of this situation to that of "elections" held in countries ruled by dictators!
So you might ask why we didn't put up our own candidates. The answer to this is very simple. The deadline for submitting alternate candidates is fixed by the bylaws at October 31st. Our desire to submit an alternative slate arose only after Remmereit's contract was summariarly terminated and this didn't occur until November 28th, well past the deadline.
The only thing that the RPO Community Supporters group is asking is to be able to face the membership with a fair election in which there is a competing slate of candidates. Such an election would be a referendum on the current board's actions and qualifications to lead. I am quite certain that if this occurred, we would win by an overwhelming majority. It escapes me why the current leadership is so stridently opposed to holding a new election in which competing visions for the RPO can be submitted to the membership for a fair vote. This is really all that we are asking!
You say any information I can provide that sheds light on the validity of our claim to represent anyone other than ourselves will be most welcome. I take it that you're saying that we represent no one but ourselves. If this is what you mean, all I have to do is to find one person who claims we represent him or her and you should be satisfied. I feel confident that we can do much, much better than that and I'm confident that in a fair election, we would come up with a substantial majority of members who would vote to make a significant change in the current RPO Board. Why can't we try?
Mr Perlman:
Since the self-styled RPO Community Supporters group censors any poster to its website who dares to suggest that supporting the RPO does not necessitate supporting Remmereit, or who asks embarrassing questions, perhaps you can supply a verifiable headcount of Supporters so that the public can determine for itself whether that membership is large or small.
On the topic of "representative democracy", we know that the RPO board was elected by a majority of the ballots cast by eligible voters to represent the competing interests of their constituency, i.e. all RPO members. As someone once said, "that's how representative democracy works".
What we do NOT know is just what constituency elected the RPO Community Supporters to represent them and how that election took place. Again, any information you can provide that sheds light on the validity of the RPO Community Supporters' claim to represent anyone other than themselves will be most welcome.
"Henrik Ibsen observed (in "An Enemy of the People") that "a minority may be right; a majority is always wrong."
Mr Fass - So what you're saying is, had the alternative slate of candidates for the RPO Board been permitted on the ballot and received a majority of the votes, those electing them would have been wrong?
Cellist Ingrid Bock's letter is eloquent in its description of musical excellence found and lost. Finally! An RPO musician speaking about musical values! This is what over 1300 petition signers are talking about - the music, which is the point.
A response to Doug Prosser (originally posted in response to his post on the RPO Facebook page)
Mr. Prosser,
The "trust me, if you knew what I knew, you'd agree with me" attitude of your letter does not present information that is helpful in making an informed opinion, and presents the same patronizing tone that the management has consistently used in its statements. Where is the evidence on which we can build our reasoning?
However, you will recall that you and I spoke at great length on Dec. 23, 2012. You told me details which you are reluctant to reveal in your letter. I was able to investigate several of problematic situations that you recounted in our conversation, and was able to find sources of information that contradict your views.
You will recall that one statement you made was that Betty Strasenburgh's boyfriend is Remmereit's attorney. Well, I set you right on that one then and there.
Another statement you made is that there were never problems with the staff until Remmereit became music director (Board member Mark Siwiec has made the same statement). That statement can be contradicted – Stuart Low in the D & C and Gil French in _Musical America_ have observed the flight of unhappy staff, coinciding with Charlie Owens' installment as CEO in 2007. And these former RPO staff members are themselves eager to talk about the serious and painful problems of Charlie Owens' management style – but fearing retribution (or having been forced to sign non-disclosure agreements), they will only do so off record. As Attorney Eileen Buholtz said in the Jan. 10 meeting, (about 40 minutes in) there are some things that really need to be known, but it will take litigation, discovery, subpoena power, and even court orders to bring those materials to light.
Further, some anti-Remmereit rumors have been propagated by management (presumably at the instigation of Owens) specifically to undermine Remmereit's relationship with the orchestra.
For instance at one point Remmereit gave the musicians' Personnel Manager a list of several musicians who Remmereit wished to meet with individually in order to discuss aspects of their technique that he felt needed improvement. This is entirely within the union regulations and also accepted convention. Remmereit can meet individually with a musician and the musician can have both the Personnel Manager and the Musicians Union rep. there at the meeting; the Music Director has every right to do this to try to try and improve the level of musicianship among the players. But the Personnel Manager did not keep Remmereit's wishes confidential, and the story somehow was twisted and spread by management into the claim that Remmereit had a "hit-list", a list of 15 musicians that Remmereit wanted fired. That version of the story (which, I heard from you, Mr. Prosser) of course created great anxiety and hostility among the musicians and defensiveness from the section leaders. Not only is the story wrong, but it also assumes that Remmereit is stupid and doesn't know how the Union works! *I* know how the Union works and *I* have never been a professional musician -- you can't just fire anyone!!
So here is an instance of Remmereit doing everything correctly, of wanting to work with the musicians individually to build the orchestra into a stronger ensemble; instead his actions were distorted and used against him, used to destroy the loyalty of the musicians.
If management was on Remmereit's side, working with him instead of trying to subvert his vision, the occasional and inevitable conflicts with the musicians could be worked out instead of being inflamed or even created. As Betty Strasenburg has repeatedly stated, Charlie Owens was out to fire Remmereit before he ever picked up the baton as Music Director. Owens is the source of the problems, and there will continue to be problems of this nature as long as he is in power. Sincerely, Liane Curtis
(Ph.D., Musicology, and President of Women's Philharmonic Advocacy, who presented Arild Remmereit and the RPO with the AMY Award on May 31, 2013. http://www.wophil.org/2012/more-on-the-pre… )
"Justice deferred is justice denied," wrote Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1963. As we examine Dr. King's legacy, can we claim that his beloved dream of justice has come true?
• Segregation: By many measures, America is more segregated now that it was Dr. King's day. Shameful economic discrimination and income inequality have replaced legal Jim Crow. Here in our region, Buffalo and Syracuse have been in the top 10 most segregated cities by neighborhood in the country, and Rochester itself was ranked number 23 in 2009. Monroe County's population is about 27% people of color, and yet the Rochester City School District is over 50% African-American, Latino, Asian and Native American.
• Economic injustice: Dr. King fought not only for integration, but also for jobs and housing justice for the poor, working class, and especially for people of color. Yet today less than 50% of African-Americans or Latinos are homeowners, as compared to over 70% of European-Americans. In December 2012, 14% of African-Americans and 10% of Latinos were jobless, as compared to 7% of European-Americans. In 2011, 37% of African-American children and 34% of Latino children lived in poverty; 12% of European-Americans are poor. And as the Occupy movement has highlighted, the gap between rich and poor has widened into a gulf in recent decades while the middle class continues to shrink.
• Peace and violence: Dr. King spoke out in 1967 against the "madness" of war in Vietnam, and urged the country to choose "nonviolent coexistence [over] violent co-annihilation." Today, nearly five decades later, America's ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have racked up charges of more than $1 trillion, not to mention claiming the lives of thousands of our brave soldiers and countless innocent children, women and men. Domestically, we reel from 61 mass shootings in the last 20 years, mourning our children murdered in schools, our friends and families gunned down in movie theaters, shopping malls, and on college campuses.
What else can we conclude but that Dr. King's dream is still merely a dream?
--Tucker Ruderman
@BILL AND SALLY MCCOY: "I earned every benefit I get and then some. "
No, you did not. For that statement to be remotely true for the average recipient, we'd have to cut benefits immediately by at least 80%.
If you're really willing to live with the benefits actually funded by your own personal contributions, we could solve our fiscal problems overnight — problems that are all too real, notwithstanding your head-in-sand denials. (Thanks!!!)
And no, the answer is NOT to demonize the most productive members of society and concentrate even more power in the hands of useless politicians and bureaucrats — not in this America, pal.
Check this out below:
"This is one of the most powerful statements you will read about the lack of national, particularly presidential, outcry and pain when the children butchered are non-white Americans. Read and weep for the Black and Brown children who are slaughtered daily all over the world."
"There will never be an appropriate time to say that this nation only stands at attention when the majority of victims are white Americans, as was the case at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Connecticut, so I might as well say it today." --- December 17, 2012 , Kirsten West Savali.
Race and Violence In America: We Are All Newtown.
December 17, 2012 by Kirsten West Savali.


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80th General Session of the World Assembly of the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE)
The 80th General Session of the OIE World Assembly will address, among other issues: the adoption of international standards regarding the safety of world trade in animals and animal products; the fight against animal diseases and zoonoses and improving the quality of veterinary services; and the elections of the Council, the Regional and Specialised Commissions. It also will discuss national and international experiences and roles in previous and future developments in the "One World, One Health" approach, and celebrate the OIE's 80th anniversary.
dates: 20-25 May 2012 venue: Maison de la Chimie, 28bis rue Saint-Dominique, 75007 Paris location: Paris, France contact: OIE Headquarters phone: +33 (0)1 44 15 18 8 fax: +33 (0)1 42 67 09 87 www: http://www.oie.int/eng/Session2012/infos.htm#nf1

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Zombie Apocalypse
Okay I've been watching the show "The Walking Dead" these last few days and it's started me thinking about the adaptations one would have to make to survive and where the line gets drawn. I mean do we try and hold onto the final glimpses of humanity left or do we restart to the darwinistic theory of survival of the fittest.
The first thing I think would need to be considered is what type of zombies we're talking about here. So I'm going to go for the ones which aren't super quick but can move at a similar speed to us and are slightly stronger you know, so they can rip flesh or what have you. But for what they've gained in physical ability they lose out on intelligence.
Okay now onto the moral questions one may face. The first being how would you react upon an encounter with a zombie it comes down to the fight or flight mentality, me personally would probably go for flight, they have not rationale about us being another life we are solely food to them. But then my cardio comes into play and have to be honest I think I may find that lacking, so I'd probably need a large weighted stick to deal a trauma to the head.
Second item that must be considered is do we behave as a pack animal or do we try and act alone, for me, I would have to go for small packs maybe 5 at largest anything more decisions start falling to one man, which may not be the best choice. Any less you could easily get over run, almost inevitably leading to death.
This leads nicely onto the third issue, how do you act to other groups of humans, in my prospective there's three possible outcomes, A) You ignore each other and go your own way. B) Conflict with them as other humans would surely be in direct competition for resources etc. C) Join them. In all honesty ideally A would be the best option yet I seem to think B would be the more likely.
Another thing to be considered is where would you try and stay, or would you be nomadic. I'd say the main options for settling would be in a city, in the country side or in some form of highlands. First I'll discuss these then move onto my opinion of the nomadic lifestyle. Okay so settling in a city, the pro's of this is there are many places to live with shelter etc. not to mention the abundance of supermarkets where food would be easy to obtain without too much effort/risk. On the downside however, As this is where the majority of populations are chances are there'd be a lot of zombies as well, not good. Okay, so I move onto the country side, pros of this are the abundances of natural resources and the isolated nature of it reduces the risk of encountering a zombie. However due to how isolated you are medical resources would be a rarity. And the high ground option would come again with a lowered chance of bumping into a zombie however at the same time would present yourself with the problem of everything being more extreme the higher you go.
The nomadic option comes with a lot to be considered, do you have any direction in where you travel or is it just to not keep yourself pinned down. the directional choice comes with the ability to carry on looking with the possibility of settling down provided the right place is found. However the random movement does also present the opportunity to ensure you can't be caught on your heels due to emotional ties you may have with a place, however both of these present the issue of not knowing how long it'd be till you next found a place with food, water and a decent amount of shelter.
All things considered I think I would go for the country side, the chance of encountering a pathogen would be so greatly diminished due to the lack of human encounters I don't think it needs to be too greatly worried about.
Okay the final thing I'm going to consider, not due to running out of things to write about but rather lacking motivation to continue. Right so if you managed to find a member of the opposite sex, or same if that's how you roll, that was interested in you and vice versa do you risk it. I know that seems obvious in a world where everything's been torn apart why not try and find something worth living for right? But then what if it came down to the issue of one of you getting infected if the other was your sole reason for surviving you end two lives rather than one. Although with such an epidemic to occur one would have to adopt the responsibility of needing to repopulate the human race, does that mean with anyone and anything or what?
So to conclude, when the zombies come I will be looking for four people to live with, who are capable of keeping up with a tedious cardio regime and are handy with a weapon, and ideally all female, to go to a farm somewhere remote and warm for a lot of the year, enjoy the little things you know. And all in all try and avoid being Jamie a la dente.


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Angira is a primitive, violent planet -- and young Prince Vikram returns from Earth filled with new ideas. When Sulu and Spock accompany Vikram home, they walk into a bloodbath: reactionary forces, afraid of any modernization, have seized Vikram's rightful throne. Suddenly the men from the Enterprise are on an underground journey with a Prince who is coming of age. The future of Angira is at stake, and each man's survival depends on his skill -- and daring -- with a sword!


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Karen D. Johnson, Ph.D.
Vice President, University Relations - IL and AZ
Since 1994, Karen Johnson has been directing the external relations efforts of Midwestern University at both its Downers Grove, IL, and Glendale, AZ, campuses. As Vice President of University Relations, she oversees the offices of admissions, development and alumni relations, and marketing and communications for the University's graduate and professional programs in osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, dental medicine, optometry, and the health sciences.
Christine Clouse, M.A.
Director of Development
Glendale, AZ
As Director of Development Christine coordinates the development efforts for the Glendale Campus. This includes major gifts, corporate sponsorships, grant writing, personal solicitations, donor cultivation, planned giving, and stewardship. Working closely with senior administrative and academic leaders Christine develops fund-raising initiatives among business, alumni, and community constituents and assists them in gift planning including special campaigns, commemorative opportunities, and named student scholarships.
Barbara Wysocki
Director, Development & Alumni Relations
Downers Grove, IL
Barbara provides leadership and direction for all Alumni & Development Programs on the Downers Grove Campus. She collaborates with the Administrative Team, Deans, Department Chairs, staff and volunteer leadership to identify, cultivate, and solicit gifts to benefit MWU. In addition, Barbara works with donor constituencies to ensure that their philanthropic support of MWU is appropriately received, recorded and recognized.
Robyn Bailes
Sr. Administrative Assistant
Glendale, AZ
Robyn provides administrative support to the Office of Development and Alumni Relations on the Glendale campus. She works closely with the Director of Development and the Manager of Alumni Relations on various projects, special events, meetings, corporate sponsorships and programs, and campaigns. Her responsibilities include follow up, mailings, acknowledgements, correspondence, and all necessary administrative assistance. Robyn maintains the Glendale DAR database, processes purchase orders, initiates check requests, and takes care of the departmental deposits and credit card.
Karen Ewing
Manager of Alumni Relations
Glendale, AZ
Karen develops and coordinates alumni relationships and outreach programs for the Glendale Campus, including the Glendale Alumni Leadership Council, e-communications, alumni web pages, special events, and alumni receptions at professional conferences. She is the Glendale Campus liaison for the Alumni Senate, represents the University at alumni events on a local and national level, and participates in campus special events.
Lois Fehse
Manager of Development & Administrative Services
Downers Grove, IL
Lois works with the Director of Development to identify key donors and develop fund raising strategies and campaigns. She maintains annual and cumulative donor giving clubs that are listed in annual stewardship report and manages the CARS database for development/alumni relations. Lois prepares various donor and fundraising reports.
Jessica Progar
Development & Alumni Relations Assistant
Downers Grove, IL
Jessica is responsible for office organization and administrative work for the Office of Development and Alumni Relation on the Downers Grove Campus. Jessica helps maintains our alumni database and coordinates and executes various mailings and individual correspondences. Along with preparing purchase orders and check requests, Jessica assists the Director of Development with donor and financial reports. Jessica also assists with special events and various alumni receptions.
Robin Strachan
Manager of Development
Downers Grove, IL
Robin is responsible for identifying and cultivating prospects/donors and developing fundraising initiatives among constituents, university-wide. Robin's fundraising efforts consist of major gifts, special events and campaigns, faculty/staff giving, corporate and foundation support, online giving and planned giving. Robin manages the Heritage Circle, donors who have included MWU in their estate plans. Robin makes prospect/donor visits, raising awareness of the University.
Alex VerVynck
Manager of Alumni Relations
Downers Grove, IL
Alex acts as a liaison between Midwestern University and the Downers Grove Campus alumni to implement a strategic vision to foster strong alumni connections. He works closely with the colleges to enhance and strengthen existing and emerging alumni councils by facilitating opportunities for alumni involvement. Alex organizes and coordinates alumni events, programs and activities on the Downers Grove campus, along with local and national alumni receptions. Alex also handles e-communications and alumni web pages for the Downers Grove Campus.


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LEDs - I used 5mm LEDs. You can change the type of LEDs as long as you augment the calculations accordingly.
Bridge Rectifier - Converts AC to DC.
Perfboard - The size of perfboard you buy will depend on the size of light bulb you wish to create.
Soldering Iron and Accessories - The cheapest of soldering irons will do.
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Cable Ties - The question here is not if you have them, but, rather, how many hundred of them do you have.
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Wax Paper - I used a silicon cookie sheet (that rolled up blue thing) instead. You can use practically anything that has a high temperature tolerance and doesn't conduct electricity, but I have found these to be the best materials for the job.
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1. What does the 1.4 value calculation?
2. Can I use size rectifier 2A 400V instead of 400V 1.5A?
I did everything following your diagram and it was a nice glitter show for a microsecond. It appears about 10 LED's are dead.
What did I do wrong?
Long story short: yes, and for the most part I would recommend it, especially if you go with 12v you could easily convert it to an off grid solar project as well, since smaller projects like that stick with 12v.
Everything I found so far is for low voltage, don't know if it would be as simple as slapping in the Mosfet in series with the LEDs.
I used 5 mm Ultra Bright White LEDS. VF is in the range of 3.4 Volts to 3.6 Volts. The Hydro here, is in the range of 115 +/- 5 Volts AC 60 Hz. It's the Country, things go up and down. The Math given did not account for numbers on the other side of the decimal point. So 46.05263 was rounded off to 46 LEDS for a Voltage of 125 Volts AC or 175 Volts DC..
Using the Math given 120 Volts X 1.4 = 168 Volts DC.
168 Volts DC/3.6 VF Max = 46.6666 # LEDS Do we round off to 47 or leave it at 46?
110 X 1.4 = 154 Volts DC
154 Volts DC/47 # LEDS = 3.27 Volts this is lower than 3.4 Volts VF Min.
The AC Voltage range it will work in is then:
47 # LEDS x 3.4 VF Min = 159.79 Volts DC/1.4 = 114.14 Volts AC Min
47 # LEDS x 3.6 VF MAX = 169.2 Volts DC/1.4 = 120.857 Volts AC Max
this is a 6.717 Volts AC Variation.
I used 46 LEDS
46 # LEDS x 3.4 VF Min = 156.4 Volts DC/1.4 = 111.7 Volts AC Min
46 # LEDS x 3.6 VF Max = 165.6 Volts DC/1.4 = 118.28 Volts AC Max
I made 9 all the same type with 46 LEDS in series, powered by a Bridge Rectifier. No Epoxy this time. 2 failed after 2 seconds of power on. The rest worked Ok so far.
I'll monitor the line voltage, for maximum and minimum spikes for a while, see what the AC voltage variation actually is. Might have to fix this with a resistor, or more LEDS or something??
I'm not trying to be negative, and I hope with some explanation I won't be "kept in the dark" for any longer...
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» 1/19/13 - DIII approves sickle cell measure
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In its review of legislative proposals for Saturday's business session, the Division III Presidents Council reiterated its support for sickle cell testing.
Proposal No. 3 would require a sickle cell solubility test be offered as part of the mandatory medical examination, unless documented results of a prior test are provided to the institution or the student-athlete declines the test and signs a written release. The proposal applies to all incoming and continuing student-athletes. Division I adopted the policy last year and Division II is voting on the same proposal on Saturday.
The Division III presidents have consistently supported the measure, but during their meeting on Thursday they heard of dissent from various membership pockets. The Council wasn't certain whether the concerns were based on the merits of the proposal or rather reflected a lack of education about how it affects student-athlete well-being. Regardless, the presidents said they weren't backing away from thinking the proposal was good for Division III.
In that vein, they urged their colleagues to spread the educational word at remaining conference meetings before Saturday and to clarify any confusion members may have about the intent of the proposal and its implementation.
Some of the concerns surround cost. As noted in the Convention legislation Q&A document, though, if a student-athlete has a record of their newborn screening or previous test, there is no associated cost. Additionally, the NCAA has an agreement with Quest Diagnostics' national laboratories that will give NCAA member institutions and their student-athletes access to screening exams for sickle cell trait at nationally negotiated costs.
NCAA Division III Vice President Dan Dutcher also indicated that funding from the conference grant program also could be used to support the testing initiative if necessary.
While the Presidents Council acknowledged the financial issue, members didn't think it outweighed the student-athlete well-being component of the proposal.
In other items from Thursday's meetings, the presidents met with the Division III Management Council and Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee to discuss issues SAAC identified as priorities for the coming year.
Among them was a request about how to get campus SAACs more involved in the athletics budgeting process at their institutions. The topic came up after the Division III SAAC reviewed the Division III Financial Dashboard Pilot and its institutional utility.
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And to top the week off.
This spending -- McGraw the White House planning to take point seven million unspent budgets in states and -- them descended on roads and bridges and -- Panels -- about it says instead of spending more -- The president is should be taken the time to fix this -- the border already adding insult to injury -- he would email us.
Well start any like deciding packed a lot -- that are starting led Joseph Biden's comments.
You know the the president came out yes said that Joseph Biden's phrasing of what -- -- in Danville Virginia was a distraction away from the real issues here.
But although lots of people of -- offended governor wilder sat on your show that this is an an appropriate comment for -- and to make.
I'm stand -- Jackson went on Hannity last night who has Jesse Jackson's daughter and said that Joseph Biden should apologize.
Archer Davis who was a former representative from Alabama.
Who actually was a surrogate for President Obama in 2000 -- also came out and said this is partially the reason why.
He has switched his voter registration from Democrat to Republican.
And so -- look at got a new study came out today showing 800.
1000 people have dropped their Democrat status since 2000 may you've got a big problem for President Obama going into November.
Well you know edited and in -- good -- it -- political gonna swings in fortunes -- way alarmingly so.
And very quickly.
But I think what made this less.
Particular week interesting to me in the Wyatt I went and framed it -- -- but hopefully not too boring as I did this week and this day and that this show is that.
I didn't ask -- I think loves I think this week was unusual in that.
It all combined.
So hurt the president's base I think when you hurt your base -- you.
Prompted to say wait a minute like you were mentioning about that you know the Doug Wilder isn't some of these others.
Dad should should be an alarm and and I'm wondering if that's not so we easy to recover from as a.
It's really not they think that the White House responds to Joseph Biden's comments and the response to outrage by governor wilder isn't and people like art archer Davis.
By doing this condescending tone of what you just didn't understand -- he was talking about that's something that the Obama administration -- Obama campaign has used throughout.
But -- that the last year when people come up with something that they're offended about rightly so.
The White House segment back into the they just they understand the context they just to understand the point of the conversation when.
-- -- people know exactly what Joseph Biden was getting -- they understand what.
-- super pacs but what's was affiliated with the former White House a deputy Press Secretary was talking about when they imply that Mitt Romney killed.
A man's wife I mean the American people can read through.
The the condescending tone have a bit YSI but it -- -- I'm sorry -- but there is another cynical view on this and it was raised by no -- in my buddy Charlie Gasparino on Fox Business.
And that is this idea that there might have been a purpose of this that it might have been ironically to try to rally the base and Friday it.
To to get the loyal supporters the president -- -- them.
But if you're right I suspect you warrior given the the number of just African Americans and spoken out against that.
An African American fund raisers and spoken out against it I think it backfired.
I think it at that -- backtrack -- agree US Charlie Gasparino -- on that this could have been a -- thing you know the Obama campaign.
Is been focus on things like Mitt Romney's tax returns and -- do everything but.
Focus on the economy and quite frankly that facts surrounding Medicare I mean you played the clips of President Obama saying that he would veto any thing.
That reversed the cuts that.
That are taken from Medicare to pay for obamacare.
They're talking out of both sides of their mouth to mouth your Stephanie Cutter deputy campaign manager said that -- cutting back from the Medicare but that she -- Yet -- -- David Axelrod out there on the campaign trail accusing.
Up Paul Ryan being the one who's actually gutting Medicare even though Paul Ryan's own mother is eighty living in Florida and on Medicare.
And so they've really got to get their message.
You know honed in here and kind of reevaluate where they are Hillary Clinton -- doesn't want to be the VP.
But it doesn't -- -- -- sorry that's a story that's out there we don't know but we do know that oldest son Middle East -- stores on Medicare and out it would affect seniors.
In Florida latest polls that team Romney's leading but that could be fleeting but it is interesting in a week that was certainly worth noting as we did -- always a pleasure thank you thank.
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Five Steps to a Brighter Future for the Blazers
Early on this season the Portland Trail Blazers looked like one of the good stories of the post-lockout 2011-12 NBA season. On January 10th the team sat at 7-2, already with wins over the Philadelphia 76ers, L.A. Lakers, L.A. Clippers, Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder. Yours truly even wrote a piece praising the offseason decisions of the team's management, claiming they had filled their holes well.
Even then, as many pointed out at the time, there was reason to wonder if it could last. They turned the ball over too much. Point guard play was inconsistent. Wesley Matthews was struggling compared the previous season. Since being 7-2 the Blazers have gone 12-19 in the past two months, falling from the top of the conference to out of the playoff picture completely. They are in the midst of a seven-game road trip (which they have started 1-2 after being blown out in Boston, then recovering for a win in Washington) that will take them through the 2012 NBA trade deadline.
Turnovers kill them every game, as does poor shooting and inconsistency from all players not name LaMarcus Aldridge or Nicolas Batum. As Alex Kennedy described in detail yesterday, Coach Nate McMillan's job is also on the line and the Blazers, a team with so much promise early on, are looking at the trade deadline to cash out, to build on their available cap space for next summer, and start over with Aldridge and Batum the franchise's focal points.
With all of that in mind, here are five things for the Blazers to keep in mind as the trade deadline nears.
1 – Keep the Ending Contracts
The Blazers sit at $66.04 million on the season, but if they do nothing shed about $25 million from that number for 2012-13. Marcus Camby ($12.87 million), Raymond Felton ($7.56 million) and Greg Oden ($1.5 million) all will come off the cap. Nicolas Batum ($2.16 million) will also come off the cap, but can become a restricted free agent with a $3.17 million Qualifying Offer issued by June 30th of this year. By this point it should be pretty clear that will happen and keeping Batum will become Portland's top priority this summer. Maintaining, if not maximizing, that cap space – Portland will be $16 million under the cap before signing Batum and draft picks – has become the franchise's top priority as they slid down the standings. As much as people may want to see Portland use those contracts to shake things up, the deadline may pass with all three still in red and black (well, Camby and Felton at least).
2 – Trade the Pieces that Don't Fit
So who is a priority to try and move? That would be the contracts on the roster lasting longer than this season and not fitting into Portland's long-term plans. The youngsters – Nolan Smith, Elliot Williams and Luke Babbitt don't fit into this category because all still have potential to grow into long-term contributors and they are cheap. LaMarcus Aldridge will not be moved. At minimum salaries, Kurt Thomas and Craig Smith aren't going to return much either. That leaves just three players: Gerald Wallace ($9.5 million Player Option), Jamal Crawford ($5.23 million Player Option) and Wes Matthews ($20.64 million over the next three seasons). Those contracts are the ones Portland could look to move, either in exchange for ending deals or long-term fits. Of the three, trading Wallace should be the top priority. Why? Matthews gets it. He understands the system and he works hard; he wants to be in Portland. Playing the odds, Crawford is mostly likely to decline to invoke his option because he can hit the free agent market and get just as good of a contract (or better) in a situation that will fit his desires better. Wallace? He will get a free agent contract, but it's conceivable it's closer to $5 million than $9.5 million so it's possible he invokes his option and hits free agency in 2013. The Blazers are not willing to take that risk. Since they are going to go all in for Batum, it makes sense to move Wallace now.
3 – Keep Nate McMillan – For Now At Least
It will do the organization no good at all to fire Nate McMillan during the season. This is a team that will look drastically different in July than it does now, so they have little to gain by removing him during the season unless the whole thing degenerates into a schoolyard mess. It's unlikely to get that bad because while McMillan doesn't see eye-to-eye with some of his players, they are all still professionals. When Maurice Cheeks was fired late in the season several years back that wasn't the case and the change had to be made because of how dark the mood in the locker room had become. This group may be unhappy, but it's not poisonous. It's worth remembering, too, that the players who have been earmarked to be kept – namely Aldridge and Batum – are on the same page as their coach.
4 – Don't Take on Long-Term Deals…Unless They Make Long-Term Sense
There is a caveat to the mantra of cutting long-term debt. If the player they could acquire that does have a long-term deal is as good or better than someone they could look at in free agency, make the move now and take on that debt. For example, the Blazers will be looking for both a starting point guard and a center in free agency and the draft. If they can get a player with Camby's ending deal to be a starter at that position for the Blazers for the rest of the season and beyond, even if it's at a price of $10 million, then that's a move they should pull the trigger on. Not taking on long-term debt is the guideline they should adhere to, but it shouldn't be treated as an absolute. Each offer, each player, each situation is unique and should be evaluated accordingly.
5 – Change the Entire Franchise's Mentality
Five years ago (has it been that long already?) when the Blazers drafted Greg Oden many people (yes, including me) predicted one or more future championships for Portland with a roster centered around Oden, Aldridge and Brandon Roy. Now Roy and Oden (soon) are gone. For too long now the franchise has been reactive, trying to fill the holes the injuries of Oden and Roy created. That has to end now. The team has to take a proactive approach to their next incarnation. Instead of thinking about how they need a center to replace Oden or a point guard to plug a hole – which is exactly how they treated both Andre Miller and Raymond Felton, for better or worse – they need to step back and evaluate the specific traits they need. The team knows they want Aldridge and Batum to be their cornerstones, so they need to – without looking at draft prospects or potential free agents – step back and ask this question: Which traits of other players complement those two the most? Build that list and using that they need to then turn to the draft boards and free agency. They also need to understand that all the proper pieces may not be found this upcoming June or July and this will be a process. Be patient and understand that the best fit is not necessarily the best player available at a given position at a given moment. Roster slots will need to be filled no matter what, but the key will be maintaining flexibility if it's not the perfect fit. Don't spend the money just because it's there.
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ON THE MEANING OF TOUR… By John Hart
Posted by Wanda in Authors as Guest Bloggers on July 27, 2011
By John Hart, author of IRON HOUSE, on sale now
Tour is a strange time for an author. Just saying it feels odd.
"I'm going on tour…"
Tours are for rock stars and celebrities, for people with well-known faces, limousines and handlers that drink top-shelf liquor and tip with folded bills and cupped palms. Not that we authors are shy or overly-retiring – we're usually not – but we do spend most of a year shut up with our imaginary friends. We live in the stillness of our minds and have learned to be wary of questions asked at cocktail parties and by the pool.
It's not that people are unkind with their questions. In fact, most are warm, wonderful people with genuine curiosity about how this whole writing thing works. That's not the problem, at least not for me. I'm a superstitious guy when it comes to writing. I don't like to talk about what I'm doing for fear that such conversation might drain some vital energy or sap my will in a nefarious way. The net result is that I keep to myself when working on the next book. I stay with my family or near the close friends who long ago lost whatever fascination they might have had with writing, writers or the number of books I've sold.
I remind myself that without the reader I cease to matter in the world of books.
Tour, however, is a very different animal. It's a sustained commitment to openness, a carefully orchestrated reinsertion into the human race. This is a good thing, of course, but only if I prepare for it. The tour for IRON HOUSE is six weeks long, so I store up time with my loved ones. I exercise and lose weight, ready myself for photo-shoots and TV spots. Most importantly, though, I remind myself that without the reader I cease to matter in the world of books. This is no platitude, so let me say it again: Readers matter. It's an easy thing to forget, especially as successes mount and career rises behind me like a plateau so tall and broad it might have always been there.
Thing is though, it hasn't.
My success came through hard, consistent effort. It came from talent and drive, from a belief in myself so searing and clear it could be laser-cut. So, I'm not ashamed to feel proud. This is a brutal business, after all, and few become bestsellers. What's most important, though, is to remember the other side of the equation, the readers and reviewers, the publishers and booksellers who put gas in the tank and keep the pedal floored. Writing may be solitary, but success is shared.
Tour is the time to celebrate that mutual endeavor.
This means the most important preparation for tour is not the haircut or the new suit. Rather, it is a careful, heartfelt reminder that though I may have heard the same question a hundred times, it's new to the reader asking it. It's a mental note that these are real people with busy lives, free thinking souls who care enough about what I do to show up and share their feelings. They stand in line to tell me why my books matter to them. They tell their friends about what I do. They turn off the television and read.
Think about that.
So, as the tour unfolds, I remind myself every day what matters. If I'm giving a talk, I give the best damn talk of my life (never mind that I've given it two-dozen times already). I don't shake hands and smile like I mean it. I mean it.
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When I first saw this video I was amazed, entertained, and educated (in that order). I loved every minute of this wonderful tour of the International Space Station. Still, perhaps the most exciting thing about this was that the woman who leads the tour knows how to fly. At one point she describes sleeping in a weightless space station, in another she explains how space toilets work. But, maybe the most interesting thing she had to say was that she [ Read More ]


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Support for welfare depends on how secure we feel on our rung on the social ladder, new research shows
Support for welfare policies goes up when economic difficulties strike higher up the social scale, new research shows.
Where the risk of unemployment or other misfortunes threatens people already on low incomes and at the bottom of the social scale, opposition to the welfare state is strongest. When that threat begins to climb the social ladder, for example in times of widespread recession, support for welfare policies tends also to migrate up the ladder and to widen out among a larger proportion of the population.
The findings, reported in the American Political Science Review published by Cambridge University Press, emerge from a study by three researchers from Yale and Ohio State University. Philipp Rehm (Ohio State), Jacob S Hacker and Mark Schlesinger (Yale) examined attitudes to welfare policies within the US and across 13 other countries to conclude in their paper, 'Insecure Alliances: Risk, Inequality, and Support for the Welfare State', that when the disadvantaged and job-insecure are mostly one and the same, the base of popular support for the welfare state is narrow. When the disadvantaged and job-insecure represent two distinct groups, popular support is broader and opinion less polarized.
Rehm, Hacker and Schlesinger surveyed citizen's support for unemployment insurance across 13 nations (Portugal, Switzerland, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Germany, Australia, United Kingdom, United States). They then surveyed US residents alone on their support for specific social policies within the United States and asked people to assess major economic risks (both their level of worry about them and their level of expectation that they themselves would experience them).
"We also probed their attitudes about spending on existing programs, the role of government relative to the private sector in providing economic security, and hypothetical social programs that could be created to deal with major economic risks," said Rehm. "Our research all produced highly consistent results across nations and within the US."
Rehm, Hacker and Schlesinger found that economic events that make better off people feel insecure are likely to reduce their traditional opposition to welfare. This has the effect of raising a nation's average support for welfare intervention as those who normally perceive themselves as self-sufficient feel at greater risk of losing jobs, homes and other major fundamentals of life.
Conversely, the trio also found that when economic hardships strike only those who are generally on low incomes most of the time, opposition to the welfare state remains strong higher up the social scale. It takes a more widespread misfortune, such as national or global recession, to shift attitudes. They write:
"To create cross-class coalitions - that is, a wider proportion of the population supporting the welfare state - risks have to broaden in reach, not just deepen in impact on the already disadvantaged."
Rehm, Hacker and Schlesinger conclude that a broad coalition of support across the social divide is necessary for welfare states to survive: "There seems little question that welfare states cannot long swim in a sea of public hostility, that widespread support is a necessary condition for their sustenance."
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Although I usually remain a ghost around the forums, these next few days will be little worse... and for those of you who have my SN, it's pretty clear why I haven't been around lately.
I'm working too much and my brother's been admitted to the psych ward since Friday so the rest of my family has been stressing me out ten times more than they usually do.
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In an imaginatively renovated Georgian townhouse just off St Stephen's Green, this was the first of Erik and Michelle Robson's 'series' of Ely wine bar/ cafés; it first opened in 1999 and, since then, they have built on their commitment to offer some of the greatest and most interesting wines from around the world - earning an unrivalled reputation for their unique list and, especially, for the quality and range of wines offered by the glass.
And the exceptional wine offering is backed up by other specialities including a list of premium beers; on the food side, organic produce, notably pork, beef and lamb from the family farm in County Clare, is a special feature - and you will not only find premium cuts, but also products like home-made sausages and mince, which make all the difference to simple dishes like sausages and mash (from which a euro of every order goes to Barnardos) or beefburgers.
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Have you noticed? I looove options.
It all boils down to my decision making skills.
I'm not typically an indecisive person. Ok, maybe sometimes.
But when I know what I want, I am quick to make up my mind.
However, when I know what I want AND THEN I can think of 5 jillion different ways to make/decorate it…
YOU get options. I just limited myself to two.
Salted Caramel & Pecan Pretzel Turtles.
Salted Caramel & Pecan Turtles. Sans pretzels.
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