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An hour before he was scheduled to meet with US Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren at the State House on Thursday morning, Gov. Deval Patrick swung through the offices of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 1199 in Dorchester.
"We have work still to do," Patrick said, referring to the transportation reform debate expected to occur next year, including "how to pay for it."
"But I want to thank you for what you did, to give us the opportunity to do that work with the right people in office," Patrick told the crowd, which had gathered for a post-election briefing. "You are – you are a source of power. You are a source of power. And I want you to know I respect that power."
In Jan. 2010, 46 percent of union households supported Martha Coakley, according to an AFL-CIO poll that showed Scott Brown earning a few percentage points more. Massachusetts AFL-CIO's Steven Tolman pegs early estimates at 61 percent voting for Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday.
"Sometimes we'd have to push each other, but we were all in it together and we knew it," Tolman said.
Tolman's union made phone calls and dropped leaflets for Warren. "What it is, this wasn't created in September," Tolman said. "We started working this on Labor Day last year."

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The British & Irish Cup enters the double-header phase where the same two teams face each other on back-to-back weekends in December. In all bar one of the six pools there are top-of-the-table clashes to look forward to, meaning the next fortnight is likely to be make-or-break time for many of the participants.
Something has to give in Pool 1 as pool leaders and defending champions Leinster "A" go up against their nearest rivals Cross Keys. Along with Pontypridd, Cross Keys are the only Welsh side to reach the knockout stages of the cross-border competition. Both sides have nine points after recording wins in their first two games. Moseley play Ealing Trailfinders at Billesley Common. Ealing go into the tie on a high, having won for the first time this season with a 28-18 victory at Jersey.
Pool 2 pacesetters and defending Welsh Premiership champions Pontypridd welcome in-form Championship side London Scottish to Sardis Road. A 3,400-strong crowd turned out to see the Valley Commandos' last B&I Cup fixture: a commendable 29-22 win over London Welsh that gave Cardiff Blues-bound coach Dale McIntosh a fitting send-off. Scottish are second in the pool with winless London Welsh and Edinburgh Academicals, who play each other at Old Deer Park, bringing up the rear.
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Pool 3 is shaping up to be the tightest of pools with just two points separating all four sides a third of the way through the fixtures. Bedford's narrow win over Llanelli in round two – their first victory of the season – puts them level on points with the Scarlets. The improving Blues will go into the game in buoyant mood after becoming the first side to beat London Welsh in the Championship this season. A first-ever meeting with Rotherham Titans awaits Llanelli in round 3, while Bedford head to Ireland to play Connacht Eagles.
For the second year running, Plymouth Albion and past winners Munster A are paired together in Devon.
This Pool 4 tie is sure to be a keenly-awaited affair as both sides are unbeaten and top the pool with nine points apiece. Munster won 26-22 at Brickfields in the pool stages of last year's competition. Nottingham are away to Stirling County.
Aberavon face three B&I Cup games in the space of a week after their original tie against Bristol was abandoned and rescheduled between the Wizards' two games against Pool 5 leaders Leeds Carnegie. Bristol are at home to Gala prior to their trip to the Talbot Athletic Ground on Tuesday December 10th.
In Pool 6, inaugural B&I Cup winners Cornish Pirates come up against Championship rivals Jersey, who they defeated at home and away in the first and last matches of the 2012/13 league campaign. Pirates, like Pontypridd in Pool 2, are the only side to boast a perfect 10 points from 10 record after the first two rounds of action. Influential Jersey scrum-half Nicky Griffiths heads a list of former Pirates set to return to their former home. The remaining Pool 6 tie sees Ulster Ravens travel to Ayr.


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The Notre Dame football has great respect for Alabama. The two teams will meet January 7th for the national championship and the Irish know they are in for a challenge against a program that is playing in the BCS title game for the 3rd time in four years.
"I think Alabama has a great defense," says Irish quarterback Everett Golson. "You talk about their athletes and then you go to the defensive schemes. They are just well disciplined. They show that with the way they play their responsibilities and the way they conduct themselves."
And Alabama's offense brings similar traits that pose problems.
"I think they are great," admits Irish nose guard Louis Nix. "Alabama doesn't beat themselves. Barely make mistakes. They are a well coached team. I think they are a great team. They say this is a down year for Alabama. But God, they are a good team."


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My attraction to carnivorous plants lies in the traps and tricks they use to snag insects and small vertebrates. Many carnivorous plants live in poor substrates and have to find their nourishment elsewhere. So over the eons, the plants which have been most able to nourish themselves — I like to think of it as "filling their planty bellies" — passed along their adaptations to their progeny. When you look at one of these babies, you're looking at the result of millions of years of plant survival and specialization.
Plus, they're totally creepy. They lead me down an imaginary path to a future where plants have adapted to luring humans into their maws…
Any of these plants would be a great addition to your cabinet of curiosities — if you can keep them alive!
The cobra lily — with genuses native to Northwest US, India, and Asia — produces a sweet smell which lures insects under its flippy leaf. Inside the flower are a series of false exits, so trapped insects find it hard to escape!
Ahh, the classic Venus fly trap. Did you know it takes about 10 days for a pod to digest its prey?
It's not nice to taunt them, though — using up their snap-shut energy on a false signal can be dangerous to the plant.
Sundews are AMAZING!
Sundews have active adhesive traps. Their prey is also attracted with the aid of optical signals. Using stalked mucilaginous glands covering its leaf surface, the plant captures insects. In fact, to catch the victim, all species of sundew are capable of moving their tentacles toward the blade center. -Wikiepedia
Butterwort's sticky leaves are its insect trap! I love the words 'butter' and 'wort'.
And finally, you want to grow one? Paxton Gate likes Nepenthes alata, the Hanging Pitcher Plant.Recreate their natural habitat in a greenhouse or in place in a sunny bathroom! Nepenthes enjoy as much light as you can give them from bright diffused to direct sun. Also moisture is key. The soil should never dry out completely and misting is often helpful if you do not already have a humid environment. They will reward you with an abundance of greenish-red pitchers.
I hear they're not terribly difficult!
I've also found detailed information on growing pitcher plants and other carnivorous flora at rdrop.com, if your interest is piqued. Twitter recommends Seattle's Indoor Sun Shoppe for sourcing.
(Thanks to Libby Bulloff for your help!)
What's your favorite highly-specialized plant? Let me know so I can keep collecting them on Pinterest.


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text: Too Late for Obama to Dump Biden Print article Send a Tip by Dan Riehl 17 Aug 2012 post a comment Vice President Joe Biden has a wide repertoire of foot-in-the-mouth statements: America can't "lead the world in the 20th century in making automobiles ... You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking ... They gonna put y'all back in chains," meaning the Romney/Ryan ticket and GOP, as a whole - and those are only a few of his many ignorant, outlandish statements. He's also, in pour taste, invoked Paul Ryan's father, who Ryan lost at age 15. Yet, he remains on Obama's ticket, despite broad and significant speculation to the contrary. Some would ask, why? The better question may be, who else? In a year in which Democrats are struggling just to get the party faithful and elected politicians to their national convention, trade unions are balking at ponying up extra money, and Obama has seen his 2008 fund raising advantage wiped out, a ticket shake up now would only serve to demonstrate more Obama weakness. It's highly doubtful that the ego-driven "messiah" of 2008 would now want to be portrayed as the failed and struggling POTUS running for re-election who can't even win 2012 on his own. Besides, what smart, up and coming Democrat would risk going down to defeat with Obama in 2012, after he won with Biden in 2008, only to have a national embarrassment like Joe Biden say, I told you so? Most likely, none. Yet, at the same time, across the greater right and among Republicans, it appears as though some have a sort of Stockholm syndrome. The right would do well to re-assess reality around Biden. Obama isn't "sticking" with Biden, he's "stuck" with him, a fact that can only help to further demoralize an already nervous Democrat Party. Nationally, plenty of Democrats aren't only hiding from Obama, their running away from him. The mid-term elections of 2012 went overwhelmingly for Republicans. Scott Walker didn't just win a much contested recall election in a blue state, he romped to victory and blue Wisconsin is now seen as a real toss up state. Yet, many a Republican and conservative seems hesitant, almost frightened somehow of going against Obama again in November. Appropriate, or not, it seems fitting to quote a, for better or worse, far more accomplished Democrat than Barack Obama, Franklin D. Roosevelt, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Obama being stuck with a disaster waiting to happen,shouldn't be a puzzle, or considered a show of strength by Obama. It's just one more sign of the Democrats weakness they're stuck with as we move forward toward November. It's past time for Republicans to put hesitancy and fear aside and go out and win this thing. It may not be quite the same as winning one for "the Gipper." But winning for Romney/Ryan in 2012 would be a tremedous thing for America, especially as the alternative is a leftist like Barack Obama back for a second term in the White House with no future political considerations preventing him from implementing the disastrous change he has brought and seeks to bring more of for America.


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Puerto Rico's Reymond Fuentes, left, slides as second baseman Erisbel Arruebarruena attempts to tag him during a Pan American Games contest in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico. Arruebarruena is due to play for the Chattanooga Lookouts.Photo by Associated Press /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are sending another high-profile Cuban signee to the Chattanooga Lookouts, though the arrival may not be imminent.
Shortstop Erisbel Arruebarruena signed a five-year, $25 million contract with the Dodgers last month and recently was optioned to the Class AA Lookouts. The 23-year-old Arruebarruena defected last fall and has spent recent months in the Dominican Republic.
"He may not be breaking camp with the team," Dodgers player development director DeJon Watson said Monday. "We're trying to get him into baseball shape."
Last spring, the Dodgers optioned $42 million outfielder Yasiel Puig to Chattanooga. In 40 Double-A games, Puig hit .313 with eight home runs and 37 RBIs before being promoted to Los Angeles.
Puig and Arruebarruena have known each other since childhood and were Cuban League teammates in 2010 and 2011.
Arruebarruena was Cuba's shortstop in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, hitting .375 with two RBIs in six games. Los Angeles has Hanley Ramirez and Dee Gordon at shortstop and a touted prospect in Corey Seager, a first-round pick of the Dodgers in 2012 who hit .309 last summer at Single-A Great Lakes and is expected to start this season in high Single-A.
The Lookouts are scheduled to play their annual exhibition game against Chattanooga State next Tuesday night before opening Southern League play next Thursday against the visiting Jackson Generals.
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|Our Struggle Is Not Against Flesh and Blood
|By Bevil Bramwell, OMI
|Sunday, 07 October 2012
You know this line from the Letter to the Ephesians: "our struggle is not with flesh and blood but with the principalities, with the powers, with the world rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in the heavens."
In this election season, there are many intelligent well-meaning people doing their all for their party, but the arguing and reasoning is getting drowned out by venom and untruths, a sure sign that there is more going on than meets the eye.
We might start out with the inability of the U.S. Church to respond authentically and maturely to the culture of the Enlightenment. Then there is the culture of modernism that dislikes anything from the past to such an extent that people can be regarded as cultured without even knowing what they reject.
Underlying the weakness of institutions to function is the sinfulness of individual human beings, of course, and the effects of their sin, which fog minds and retard authentic actions. The struggle of people who desire and work for the good, not an imagined good but the good that can be argued for from divine revelation, has to be seriously grounded in prayer and fasting. As the Holy Father said to the Catholics in Ireland – in what is, after all, a parallel situation with the Church in the United States:
I say that our situation is parallel in some ways to the Irish Church because many U.S. Catholics have willingly hived off into what I might call the U.S. Cultural Catholic Church. Even if they still call themselves Catholics – and to some extent still are – they have weakened the Body, just as abusing Catholics, lay and ordained, in Ireland brought the Irish Church low.
Two or Three Gathered in My Name by James Tissot, c. 1890
Let's not fool ourselves that abuse is only done by clergy. Many people in Ireland as here have allowed abuses to happen or actively supported them. If we expand the notion of abuse, then likewise the Cultural Church in America simply follows the most decadent aspects of American culture (which are denials of Catholic truth), while retaining the sacraments and holding the bishops mute and ineffectual.
The U.S. Cultural Catholic Church has condoned or actively participated in a myriad of intrinsically evil actions while less than half of American Catholics work hard at leading good lives and avoiding sin. The U.S. Catholic Cultural Church exists as a kind of metastasis of the Catholic Church in America and has paralyzed the Catholic Church and hindered its ability to speak to the nations.
The U.S. Catholic Church is being shown, day in and day out, just how much it depends on the grace of God for its mere existence, paralyzed as it is by the sins of so many of its members, both lay and ordained. The only response to sin is prayer, fasting, and the sacraments so that perhaps God will restore his Church.
All of this reasoning is founded on the special kind of unity that Christ constituted in the Church. Vatican II explains: "if one member endures anything, all the members co-endure it, and if one member is honored, all the members together rejoice." But then too: "the Church, embracing in its bosom sinners, at the same time holy and always in need of being purified, always follows the way of penance and renewal."
So by baptism we are very much obliged to carry the burdens of our brothers and sisters, and to be carried by them in our turn. And for the good of society we must repent for them and for ourselves.
So as the psalmist sang about the First People of God: "O LORD, our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, though you punished their offenses. Exalt the LORD, our God; bow down before his holy mountain; holy is the LORD, our God." Then perhaps we can win this struggle that is not simply against flesh and blood!
Bevil Bramwell, priest of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, teaches theology at Catholic Distance University. He holds a Ph.D. from Boston College and works in the area of ecclesiology.
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How much money did Facebook fork over when it acquired Fb.com last year? A cool $8.5 million, more than 42 times the amount the company originally paid for Facebook.com. In November, it was revealed that Facebook was launching a revamped version of Messages. It combined SMS, messaging, chat and e-mail into one interface, although Mark Zuckerberg repeatedly iterated that, "It's not e-mail." One feature of the new Facebook Messages is that it assigns you a personalized Facebook.com e-mail address.


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The University Gallery
The University Gallery, housed in Ingram Hall, hosts six exhibitions between September and May. Featuring many prominent local artists, shows vary from printmaking, painting and ceramics to installation projects. In addition to local artists, the gallery features two shows a year dedicated to work by PLU student artists. These include a juried show in the fall and a senior exhibition in the spring. Every two years the gallery hosts a National Print Exhibition that features current printmaking techniques used across the nation.
In addition to the full gallery in Ingram Hall, the University Gallery Art Annex in the University Commons hosts a number of shows a year that connect and compliment the Gallery's main show.
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Check out photos of a recent Annex Exhibition, featuring Professor Steve Sobeck's frog pots.


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Earlier this week, we posted about the top ten speed traps in Denver, as compiled from 2013 posts on the Speedtrap.org website. Then, when we shared the list on the Westword Facebook page, we asked if there were any speed traps we'd missed -- and as always, our readers came through in a big way. He ... More >>
Both locations of Marczyk Fine Foods (the original at 770 East 17th Avenue, and the second store at 5100 East Colfax Avenue) will donate a percentage of their Friday Burger Night sales from 5 to 7:30 p.m. tonight to the Niman Ranch Next Generation Scholarship Fund. The scholarship supports "children ... More >>
Tom Ryan and his partner Rick Schaden are on a roll -- a burger roll, a 24/7 restaurant roll and a pizza roll. The two men, both of whom are the entrepreneurial brains behind Consumer Concept Group, one of the country's top companies in the field of restaurant development and investment, founded Sm ... More >>
In 2008, a woman was brutally raped by two men. But the case remained unsolved for years, until a DNA hit led to the arrest of Connie Liphford for the crime. Liphford was sentenced for the crime a year ago this month. Now, Domonique Huntington, charged with being the second perpetrator in this terr ... More >>
Update, 3 p.m. 4/5/13: We've received a statement from Swallow Hill CEO Tom Scharf and also spoke with Hilarie Portell, Public Relations & Marketing Director for Lowry Redevelopment Authority, who both gave us more insight into the situation regarding Swallow Hill's planned expansion into Lowry. Bet ... More >>
New Year's Eve is packed full of amazing shows and events, but few will compare to the party that is in store at City Hall with Amon Tobin. Before the spectacle begins, we caught up with the long time experimental producer while he was on a holiday trip to Quebec, and he enlightened us with his wisd ... More >>
Almost exactly a year ago, our Alan Prendergast shared a post featuring the top five speed traps in Denver -- a roster culled from the most recent entries on Speedtrap.org. Now, it's time for an update. Below, see interactive graphics of the ten latest speed traps as chosen by users of the site, co ... More >>
The Connie Liphford case offers a strong counterargument to those who see the routine collection of DNA from arrestees as a potential violation of privacy. After all, Liphford had apparently evaded responsibility for a 2008 rape, until a DNA hit three years later.
Koffi Toudji has been making a positive impact on Denver as a drummer, dancer and teacher of both for more than half a decade, and now he wants to take his energy full circle. Toudji is originally from Kpalimé in Togo, West Africa, and he's putting on the Koffi Togo fundraiser this Saturday, ... More >>
Colorado has a rich film history. Nearly 400 movies have been shot here in more than 100 years. But, as explained in this week's cover story "The Reel West," Colorado is experiencing a bit of a film drought lately, something that lawmakers and industry folks hope to reverse. Instead of shooting in t ... More >>
Late last year,Tony Pasquini was making changes to his 25-year-old chain of pizzerias, building out a Cherry Creek address, which opened in late January, and getting ready to ink a deal for a new spot on East Colfax. At the same time, he was quietly buying back his franchises, bringing all restaura ... More >>
Correction: Bop Skizzum performs at Moe's BBQ & Bowling on New Year's Eve. An earlier version of this story included an incorrect venue. While there's plenty of action in the clubs over New Year's weekend, there are also a ton of bands playing in Denver and Boulder, and a lot of them playing multip ... More >>
In 2001, Matt Robinette sat with his wife, Roberta, brother Jonathan and sister-in-law Cristina in a Tahoe cafe, where they pondered selling Roberta's Pueblo-style green chile in California, an area of the country that wasn't familiar with the stuff. It took nearly a decade -- as well as a move back ... More >>
Yes he was.Jack Kerouac was here. He came here and wrote about it in On the Road, his most enduring work, and fell in love with Denver to the extent that, at one point, he actually bought a house in Lakewood. Yes, Kerouac was indeed here, but one thing that will not be here, apparently, is Fr ... More >>
Our bikini models don't have to wear snow boots and mittens. Because it's July. With Canada Day (tomorrow, although celebrations are starting today) and the 4th of July (Monday) so close together, it's important to do what Americans do best: compare our independence day to that of our neighbo ... More >>
Photo courtesy US Ski & Snowboard AssociationZach Stone (Canada), Rocco van Straten (Netherlands), and Michael Macho (Austria) on the podium at Denver Big AirMore than 14,000 snowboarding fans turned out for the LG FIS Snowboard World Cup Big Air competition on the Denver Big Air ramp in Civi ... More >>
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Male fulfillment, and lack thereof, is on full display in The Promotion.
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One hundred football players were "teamed up" with one hundred students to go on a shopping spree at Meijer.
It's part of the Kelly Cares Foundation founded by Notre Dame Football Coach Brian Kelly.
Monday night one hundred football players were paired with one hundred underprivileged children from St. Joseph County. Kids were each given a one hundred dollar Meijer gift card.
The foundation donated ten thousand dollars for the students to go on a surprise shopping spree.
Students could spend the money on anything they wanted and many picked out presents for their family.
"That's the whole thing, you can see the excitement on their faces," says Coach Brian Kelly. "Now they are not practicing today so they are a little bit more excited but just to get out and to be with kids and being part of the community, it's more than just playing the games. It's about what they get out of it as well and helping kids."
Football player Kendall Moore says, "I think that she taught me a little bit about how to shop so that was a good time, you know kind of learned a little bit and got me into the Christmas spirit."
The children were from John Young and Navarre Middle School. They also had dinner with the team afterwards at Papa Vinos.


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Two chief information officers are in the civil service's highest standard pay band: health's Christine Connelly and work and pensions' Joe Harley. Christine Connelly is employed on senior civil service pay band three, with a salary of between £99,960 and £205,000 for her permanent contract as the Department of Health's director …
Government bloody workers
should just be cut off, not paid one brass razoo, they are like a bunch of needy and greedy children expecting handouts from us hard working lot, whilst they doodle on forms and concoct further misery to inflict on others.
Come the revolution, I suspect we won't even be using walls.
Not all of us
I work bloody hard for less than 20k. I'm on call 24/7 with no perks except my pension. Clearly some are paid too much, but a) we're not all like that and b) believe it or not, the Govt generally want their pound of meat for what they pay you.
Oh and C) (not that you made this mistake) for the terminally stupid out there, Government workers do still pay taxes. Unbelievably I've met people complaining that we don't know what it's like to pay tax!
As far as concocting further misery goes, I don't get to do any of that, I get to feel that flack when the Daily Fail stirs up its readership!
Pint, because even though it's a friday, that's the closest I'll get to it for some time
I get throughly cheesed off with how much our Exec group get paid and how much crap the frontline staff have to put up with for next to nothing in terms of wages. I wouldn't mind if weren't for the amount of hardwork you see a lot of staff put in compared to the 'swanning' around the town hall the Exec group do.
To all the frontline staff of local authorities across the country, I'd like to say well done for all the hard work you've done with the current weather issues.
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Average Salary: Public Sector ~22K, Private Sector ~20K
Average Weekly Working Hours: Public Sector 35, Private Sector 37.5
Anuual Leave: Public Sector Average 4 days more
Productivity change last decade: Private sector +28%, Public Sector -3%
So let's dump the myths once and for all. There are many hard working people in both sectors but only one group is being shafted.
Well then...
...you know what to do about it.
If you're good enough.
How old are they?
There may be a trend of bumping up salaries in final year in order to maximise one's pension (if you know what I mean - final year salary and all that).
Final salary pensions, what are they ?
Oh yes that's were they pay a measly 3.5% (N. Ireland Civil Service) pension contributions and end up with a fat pension that I pay for.
Just to pee people off....
...looking after the NHS, 100K doesn't seem that much.
Bet there are many web designers, programmers and consultants on more than that per year...
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A/C "Government bloody workers"
Fine, enjoy emptying your bins, treating your own wounds, building your own roads, putting out your own fires, policing your own neighbourhood, running your own school..
If you check the published DWP accounts you'll find an entry for Mr Harley and his salary on page 34
As always a pay band isn't the same as a salary....
strictly speaking the band 1 person in HM Treasure could be paid more (£116k top end) than those in band 3 (£99k bottom end).
And the problem is...
Ok, I'm going to put the cat amongst the pigeons here, but what the heck is the problem?
Assuming they are performing, you'd expect to have someone fairly kickass at the head of department that spends in excess of a billion pounds. In fact you would expect to get the someone who is incredibly good. In those situations you will be competing with the top CIO of financial institutions.
You need that kind of salary to attract the best. There will be few people in the country with the required experience to manage that size department.
Sure I'm opening myself to a whole bunch of cynical comments on how these departments are all rubbish and therefor the head must be rubbish as well. I really don't know whether the departments are any good , or whether under that leadership we've seen improvement. My point is if you want someone that is good in that role expect to pay some serious money. If they are good their pay will be justified 1000x.
Of course, we could put an IT support pleb in charge instead, whack his wage up £21k which will make him happy and see what happens with the 1.5Bn budget..... yeah...right
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"Of course, we could put an IT support pleb in charge instead, whack his wage up £21k which will make him happy and see what happens with the 1.5Bn budget..... yeah...right"
Hmmm.. Put the PFY in charge of the NHS? Sounds like a interesting plotline for BOFH - over to you, Simon!
Within the Range of Private Sector CIO's
Seems reasonable to me. I doubt there are many Private sector CIO's paid under the 100k mark, as others noted, its possible for ordinary developer types to hit the wrong side of 50k.
The NHS IT initiative comment is pertinent to though - however one suspects its due to kack requirements - this is where most IT projects fall down.
By the numbers
Sad though it may be, I looked up the sizes of those departments in their Departmental Annual Reports, and compared CIO Budget against headcount.
Department | Employees (FTE 2008/9) | CIO £ per capita
Home Office | 26,016 | £196
Defence | 270,820 | £319
Justice | 76,343 |£3,170
Comm & LG | 5,376 | £5,655
Int'l Dev | 2,400 | £10,417
Work& Pensions | 102,374 | £11,624
Health | 3,468 | £432,526
There's no good way to post a table here, but the bottom line is that Health spends *over two THOUSAND TIMES* as much on CIO function per person than the Home Office does. What am I missing?!!1!
You're missing the NHS
Almost none of the staff managed and ultimately kitted out with IT by the department are civil servants directly employed by the department. Mostly they work for the NHS, which is one of the largest employers in the world.
By the numbers
Jonathan Richards 1 wrote:
"Health spends *over two THOUSAND TIMES* as much on CIO function per person than the Home Office does. What am I missing?!!1!"
Are you using number of civil servants in the Dept of Health for headcount but using expenditure across all of the NHS?
"HM Treasury was the only department to report that its CIO, Karen Delafield, is on pay band one"
Funny how the beancounters' office is the only place where it's actually quite difficult to screw a ricockulously obscene salary out of your own budget.
"You need that kind of salary to attract the best."
I call bullshit. What's needed is more of a K-Mart blue light special attitude toward hiring executives: maybe not quite as good, but a whole lot cheaper. Considering that Britain is essentially bankrupt, even if the IMF hasn't yet come knocking on the door to haul the chancellor away, where does the idea come from that the UK can even afford the best? Can't afford it, seems to me.
Frankly, most management positions could be filled quite well by wandering out to the nearest bus stop and tapping some random person on the shoulder. The management caste has managed (excuse the pun!) to put forth the meme that they're special. They're not; at best they act like a bunch of Dilbertesque pointy-haired bosses, at worst they actively terrorize their underlings, the people who actually do useful work.
When I was still working, I was moaning to my immediate supervisor about the CEO's penchant for fucking the dog and other assorted wasteful sillinesses. Reply? "Oh, but he's the CEO, he can do anything he wants!" My response? "He's paid a great deal of money and should therefore be held to a much higher standard of behavior."
I wish I had a photograph of the puzzled non-comprende look on the supervisor's face.
In moments when my imagination runs wild, I dream of a society in which there are two rules of management compensation. One, that no one in an organization can make than a fixed-by-law multiple of what the most poorly paid minion makes. A factor of 4.0 or maybe 5.0 would be about right. Two, that all managers must have at least 10% of the drones under them making more, on the grounds that anybody can "manage", but only a few can do truly specialized work demanding real talent, experience, and education.
Apologies to our Divine Moderatrix for going off on a rant, but over compensated, under worked, utterly unqualified managers are a particular peeve of mine.
@Jonathan Richards 1
Very intersting numbers.
My guess was salary proportional to IT budget (roughly).
More pissing people off
Those salary ranges don't look unreasonable. I've known "consultants" making bottom end of that range "teaching" Windows s**t. True they don't get the big fat mega pension that the civil service gets. Particularly since Gordon put is greasy fat mitts into everyone else's pension pot (His first action as chancellor was to tax the income of the whole private pension industry, got to fund Ex Ministers pensions some how).
If you compare those incomes again public sector salaries for CIOs they wouldn't look out of order. If you want to be really pissed off by other peoples salaries go compare your IT works salary against the idiots who make up the average company sales force.
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"I know the mills were talking firm on the increases, but they came to me late last week and had more of a what do you need kind of tone again," one Midwest buyer said. "Im not sure if the price increases are standing. Theyre trying, but the market is soft."
Recently slated $50-per-ton increases havent translated into transaction price hikes in that amount, mill and buyer sources said, but they have eliminated many of the barrel-scraping discounts seen in the days leading up to the move (amm.com, March 7).
Many attributed the absence of a real pricing upswing to the lack of a seasonal uptick since the start of the year. Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., said March 14 that first-quarter earnings look depressed after failing to see an anticipated pickup (amm.com, March 14).
"I think the reality is that user demand is just not robust. The first two, two-and-a-half months of this year were less busy than the same period last year for me," a second Midwest buyer said. "For me, thats a bellwether of whats going on in the marketplace."
Hot-rolled sheet held steady at $31 per hundredweight ($620 per ton), sources said, with most deals done at $30.50 to $31 per cwt. Others said prices below $30 per cwt were unseen.
Relatively high raw steel output continues to depress tags, market players said. U.S. raw steel output totaled nearly 1.83 million net tons last week (amm.com, March 12).
"Its a little starch in the laundry," the first buyer said. "Theres still too many people chasing too little business. At the end of the day, its about supply and demand. The mills can talk about cost and what their costs are, but the conversations are moot. If you can buy tons at mill A lower than at mill B, nothing else matters."
Business, while lackluster, has remained stable, and lead times remain in a range of two to three weeks.
"I think the mills are up. Id say maybe half of the increase has stuck, but lead times have not extended at all. People are buying very small orders and buying what they need," a third Midwest buyer said.
While there was some chatter in the market this week about the potential for another price hike, some said there might not be enough strength for one in the near term.
"Lead times are short, and that has people worried about making another price increase. I havent heard of anything yet," a fourth Midwest buyer said. "On the demand side, were doing fine. Am I optimistic about prices? My head is in the sand and I cant get my arms around it."
Looking forward, though, some sources are wary that the stability in prices could be short-lived.
"Fundamentally, the only thing thats changed is the scrap number. Lead times havent pushed out. The supply vs. demand problem is preventing the increase," a fifth Midwest buyer said. "Theres not a real bright future for the increase. They (the mills) have their backs against the wall on scrap input costs, so they have to be strong and hold."
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Rapper Lil' Wayne was in Omaha Tuesday, August 20th. But fans weren't the only ones showing up to his concert.
Controversy over a YouTube clip of him stepping on an American flag drew the American Legion Riders to his concert.
They stood outside the CenturyLink Center holding flags high.
"We just felt that this is an opportunity to truly respect our flags, and remember the many men and women who have given their lives for this country, so that the freedoms Lil Wayne and others are free to do in our country, and we are here to quietly show respect for the flag," said Brian Mann, American Legion Riders Omaha Post #1 Chapter Commander.
A small group took issue with the display of flags.
"Half the people up here have never heard Wayne's music, don't know that Wayne has continuously supported the United States, and I just came out here to let them know that what they are doing right now is wrong," said an artist on Lil' Wayne's Tour, Shanel.
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Yes, 21 Italian students found themselves with a new "mamma mia" when they were here visiting as part of the Italian exchange run by WHRHS. Indeed, the students lived for 12 days as part of a Watchung Hills family, hosted by students who had gone to stay with them in Italy back in late March. Sixteen American students were taken to the town of Borgo San Lorenzo for 10 days, a half hour north of Florence by Patti Grunther, Italian teacher and Norma Scott, Spanish teacher who is also fluent in Italian. While in Italy, the students visited Rome, Venice, Pisa and, naturally, Florence, more than once. They learned how to bake bread in a wood-burning oven, biked 18 kilometers through the Tuscan countryside and met with Eleonora of Toledo, a renaissance princess, in Florence's City Hall (an actress impersonating Eleonora held court to the students in a specially arranged visit in the actual chambers where she once loved atop the "Palazzo Vecchio"). Whether climbing to the top of the Tower of Pisa or visiting Michelangelo's statue of David in the Accademia dell'Arte or shopping at outdoor street markets (where students bargained in Italian with local vendors), the WHRHS students enjoyed every minute, all the while bonding with their Italian host students and families.
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Monitoring sea conditions. Analyzing meteorological data. Developing accurate forecasts for virtually any locale in the world. Aerographer's Mates do hands-on work that helps Navy Meteorologists and Oceanographers prepare Navy forces to succeed in any physical environment.
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Whether it's hurricanes or fog, high tides or shifting ocean currents, weather has an important influence on daily operations and planning in the Navy. Those in the Aerographer's Mate (AG) role are the Navy's meteorological and oceanographic experts, trained in the science of meteorology and physical oceanography. Using instruments that monitor weather characteristics such as air pressure, temperature, humidity, and wind speed and direction, they distribute this data to aircraft, ships and shore-based commands.
Serving as Enlisted Sailors (high school diploma or equivalent required), Navy AGs are part of the Information Dominance Corps (IDC) – a group of highly specialized information experts fully integrated across surface, subsurface, air, space and cyberspace domains. With shared functions, capabilities and resources, IDC members leverage their skills to optimize decision making and to maximize the use of sensors, weapons, network communications and control systems for purposes of national security and warfighting.
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Those who work in the oceanography and meteorology field have the responsibility to supply important environmental information that impacts Navy missions of all types. As an Aerographer's Mate, you will perform duties that may include:
- Collecting, recording and analyzing weather and oceanographic information
- Making visual and instrument observations of weather and sea conditions
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- Preparing up-to-date weather maps and oceanographic data
- Issuing weather forecasts and warnings
- Providing weather/oceanographic briefings
- Using, testing, calibrating, and performing minor and preventive maintenance on meteorological instruments
- Working under the oversight of METOC Officers (four-year degree required) who manage information related to meteorology and oceanography
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Aerographer's Mates serve on large ships such as aircraft carriers, amphibious ships and cruisers as well as at Naval air stations, weather centers and other shore-based facilities located in the U.S. or overseas – generally dividing time between assignments ashore and afloat. The work is mostly analytical. Typically, duties are performed in a clean, comfortable office-like environment and involve working closely with others with little supervision.
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Upon completion of initial 7–9 week Recruit Training (known as Boot Camp), those pursuing an Aerographer's Mate role report to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., where they receive formal Navy technical training at "A" School for 19 weeks. Here, they develop a working knowledge of meteorological observation, recording and equipment in preparation for their first assignment.
From there, AGs work toward qualifying as environmental observers and prepare for advanced training through "C" School – which comes with career progression. Over time, they will transition from the role of observer to forecaster to supervisor. In the course of service, specialized training received could lead to credentialing, certification, licensure and/or apprenticeship opportunities from a number of national boards and organizations. Promotion opportunities are regularly available but competitive and based on performance.
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Beyond offering access to professional credentials and certifications, Navy technical and operational training in the field of meteorology and oceanography can translate to credit hours toward a bachelor's or associate degree through the American Council on Education. You may also continue your education through opportunities like the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges Navy (SOCNAV) Degree Program, Navy College Program and Tuition Assistance, and the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
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Aerographer's Mates are rewarded with excellent benefits – including competitive pay that's dependent upon rank or rate and years in service. Like most positions, your increase in rate and rank is earned. Promotions depend upon your performance and time in service.
A high-school diploma or equivalent is required to become an Enlisted Sailor in the meteorology and oceanography field in the Navy. Those seeking an Aerographer's Mate position must be U.S. citizens with normal color perception who can meet eligibility requirements for a security clearance. They should have an interest in aviation and weather and have good speaking, writing and record-keeping skills, a good working aptitude of math, and the capability to do highly detail-oriented work.
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The specialized training and expertise you gain as an Aerographer's Mate may prepare you for a wide range of job opportunities available within the federal government, including future employment in areas focused around areas such as meteorology, oceanography, hydrology, physical science, and astronomy and space science.
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Well onto how this all affects the New York Jets. I am speculating now, but you have to think that the Jets get fired up when they see a division rival, especially one with as much bad blood as the Pats, win the Big one. This should make the Jets hungrier for next season but the Pats will be tough to beat again. They have something like 7 picks in the first 2 rounds, Tom Brady is only 26, the coaching staff looks like it will stay intact, Roosevelt Colvin will be back and their style of play allows them to win with new faces. Next year will definitely be an uphill battle.
This is what I am hoping the NY Jets took out of Sundays Super Bowl:
A great offensive line means everything. The Pats allowed exactly ZERO sacks in the 2003 playoffs. That is staggering. I mean they went up against Jevon Kearse, Kevin Carter, Dwight Freeney and then maybe the best D-line in the NFL last Sunday and Tom Brady NEVER touched the ground. Unbelievable. The Jets need to realize that this is how you win games. They need to get Chad Pennington some more time and give him the comfort level that Brady receives in the NE pocket. The Jets need to find an answer to Dave Szott (if indeed he is going to retire) as soon as they can. I think the Jets line is pretty good but they seemed to tamper off at the end of last season. They need to be better than ever if the Jets are going to contend next year.
A defensive line means a lot too. The Panthers D-line is unbelievable. I know they had no sacks in the Super Bowl but they opened big holes for their linebackers, allowing them to take down runners in the backfield. They also pressured Tom Brady into some bad throw and pretty much caused him to throw that interception in the endzone. I found it fascinating how much better a teams secondary looks when the pocket is closing in on the QB. The Jets have tried to get better on the defensive line by drafting Abraham, Ellis, Thomas and Roberstson. They looked good at the beginning of this season but once Abraham went down so did their sack total. The players and the coaching staff really need to commit to improving this facet of the defense. They need Josh Evans back to inspire this group, they need Shaun Ellis to play at the same level he played for the first eight games of 2003, and they need Dwayne Robertson and Bryan Thomas to justify their high draft picks. Football is won in the trenches and the Jets need to realize this.
Game time adjustments by the coaching staff are critical. The first 28 minutes of the Super Bowl were all about defense and grinding out yards. The next 32 were about offense and big plays. I think that both coaching staffs saw weaknesses in each other and exploited them. Jake Delhomme started looking downfield more and threw 2 long TDs. Tom Brady recognized more blitzes and took advantage. The Jets coaching staff seems to have their Sunday afternoon game plan and sticks to it no matter what. The reason the Jets look better in the first half than in the second is because opposing coaches make halftime adjustments. They sniff out our screens better, stuff our runs better and take away Santana more because they recognize packages, plays, formations, etc. Herm and the staff need to start hiring guys that think on the fly and can make game plans up in situations they call for.
It is important to have change of pace type running backs. The Panthers have speed and fitness in Stephen Davis and power and explosiveness in DeShaun Foster. The Pats have a bruising back that grinds out yards in Antowain Smith and a small and speedy back in Kevin Faulk. The Jets have two types of runners and I thought the coaching staff would switch things up a bit last season. They seemed to only use LaMont Jordan in third-and-short or goal line situations. I hope Paul Hackett and crew watched the playoffs and saw what an advantage a team has when they can throw two types of running backs at teams.
Teams, not players, win Super Bowls. I eluded to this fact in a previous article about the Pats some weeks back. The Panthers are the same type of team. The key to winning in the NFL relates back to something Coach Norman Dale said in the movie Hoosiers All players function as one single unit; no one more important than the other. I think that Herm Edwards tries to instill this sense of teamwork into his players. I know people make fun of his barbecues, his light practices and his Mondays off after a win dictum but I think he does all that to bring them closer together. I think it has worked to some degree but obviously not last season. He is on the right track on the emotional part of the equation; he just needs the players to get it on the physical and mental level (a very tough task).
I dont profess myself as being a football genius and I am sure that most other people who frequent this website recognize the importance of these five points. Hopefully Herman Edwards and his staff do too.