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Amelia Garcia, who graduated from Brownstown Central High School on May 25, was named March Youth of the Month by Brownstown Exchange Club during a recent club meeting.
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Actress Patty Duke's life in Couer d'Alene, Idaho, is filled with happy, everyday moments such as taking her granddaughters to dance and gymnastics lessons, cooking for Thanksgiving and enjoying time with her husband of almost 25 years.
As she hosted a conference call recently to promote her latest movie, "Unanswered Prayers,†which debuts at 8 tonight on Lifetime, she welcomed each person on the line individually, joked about the cold weather and spoke honestly about her journey that got her to this point in life.
"I've been very lucky,†she said. "I have a very full plate.â€
Her contented life these days is far from the time she won an Oscar for "The Miracle Worker†in 1962, became famous as the child star of "The Patty Duke Show†which aired from 1963-66, and later became known for her hard life, marriages, substance abuse, mood swings and other off-screen antics before she finally was diagnosed and received treatment for bipolar disorder.
She has since written two best-selling books about her life, "Call Me Anna†and "A Brilliant Madness: Living With Manic Depression Illness.â€
Duke, who is about to turn 64, thanks God that some of her own prayers went unanswered in her youth.
"I attempted suicide a number of times. I'm very glad that prayer wasn't answered. I obviously had more to do here. I thank God and the professionals in the medical world who made it possible.â€
Lifetime's "Unanswered Prayers†is based on the 1990 hit song by Oklahoman Garth Brooks, the Grammy Award-winning country music artist who was an executive producer on the show along with Lisa Sanderson, producing partner and chief executive of Red Strokes Entertainment.
The television movie stars Eric Close as a happily married father who encounters his high school flame, played by Madchen Amick, and wonders what could have been ... with her. Duke stars as the man's mother-in-law. Samantha Mathis plays his wife.
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Join us at the Menasha Public Library Children's Department for a Clifford the Big Red Dog Book Party to celebrate Clifford's 50th birthday. Meet and shake paws with Clifford. Then join in activities, crafts, games, and treats based on the popular series. Fun for all ages. This program is part of the Chillin' With a Good Book Winter Reading Program. No registration necessary.
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In a prospective study of 251 women with HER2 -positive breast cancer, women with elevated blood levels of a protein called troponin I had significantly higher rates of cardiotoxicity (heart damage) during treatment with trastuzumab (Herceptin) than women who did not have elevated levels of troponin I before or during treatment. Women with elevated troponin I were also three times less likely to recover from the observed heart damage. The results came from a study led by Dr. Daniela Cardinale of the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, Italy, and were published online August 2 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Measurement of troponin I levels "seems to allow us to distinguish patients with a more favorable cardiac outcome from those in whom close cardiologic monitoring is mandatory and for whom prophylactic strategies for prevention of…cardiotoxicity should be planned," Dr. Cardinale and her colleagues wrote.
The new data add to the growing body of knowledge concerning the relationship between anthracycline -based chemotherapy, trastuzumab, and heart damage. Cardiotoxicity in patients receiving trastuzumab is more likely if they have had previous anthracycline treatment, and those patients treated with sequential anthracycline therapy and trastuzumab are less likely to recover cardiac function than patients not previously treated with this class of drugs. Anthracyclines cause heart damage through a well-understood pathway, and the Italian researchers had previously shown that elevated troponin I levels can predict chemotherapy-induced heart injury.
For the current study, the researchers prospectively enrolled 123 women receiving adjuvant trastuzumab for newly diagnosed breast cancer and 128 women receiving trastuzumab for metastatic breast cancer. All of the women had their left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)—a measurement of heart function—and troponin I concentrations evaluated before and during the study and during follow-up visits.
Patients who developed heart damage during the study discontinued trastuzumab and began heart failure treatment with the drugs enalapril and carvedilol , with additional heart treatments allowed as required. Doctors did not alter any patients' treatment in response to changes in troponin I levels.
Overall, the researchers found elevated troponin I levels in 36 women, including 7 who had elevated levels even before trastuzumab treatment, most likely due to pre-existing heart damage from previous chemotherapy. In an analysis that looked at factors associated with risk for cardiac damage, including age, hypertension, high cholesterol, and smoking, elevated troponin I was the only independent predictor of heart damage during trastuzumab treatment, although previous treatment with an anthracycline neared statistical significance .
Sixty-two percent of the women who experienced trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity (TIC) had elevated troponin I levels during treatment. Sixty percent of all women with TIC recovered normal heart function after withdrawal of trastuzumab and treatment with heart-failure medications, but this recovery was not uniformly linked to low troponin I levels. While all of the women who did not recover heart function had elevated troponin I levels during treatment, 36 percent of women with elevated troponin recovered normal heart function.
Ninety percent of patients who experienced TIC had previously received chemotherapy with an anthracycline. The relationship between heart damage induced by these drugs is still being studied, explained Dr. Michael Ewer of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Dr. Steven Ewer of the University of Wisconsin, in an accompanying editorial .
One proposed explanation for the increased incidence of TIC in patients previously treated with anthracyclines is that trastuzumab by itself is not especially toxic to heart tissue, but that the drug aggravates anthracycline-induced heart damage by blocking HER2. HER2 is expressed in heart muscle as well as in breast tissue and may play a vital role in cardiac cellular repair mechanisms. Therefore, blocking HER2 may prevent the heart from repairing itself after exposure to anthracycline-based chemotherapy. "What we seem to be seeing is a modulating effect of trastuzumab on the vulnerable and previously damaged myocyte [heart muscle cell]," they wrote.
These results "are potentially very useful in terms of helping identify patients who may be at high risk for developing irreversible cardiac toxicity," said Dr. Stanley Lipkowitz, senior investigator in the Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology in NCI's Center for Cancer Research and an attending physician at the National Naval Medical Center's Breast Care Center . However, this relatively small study does have several limitations, he explained. Patients were treated in both the adjuvant and metastatic setting and with several different chemotherapy regimens. "It would be helpful to confirm the results in larger studies in each setting and ideally in studies where the chemotherapy is consistent," he said.
In addition, Dr. Lipkowitz continued, longer-term follow-up is needed for women receiving adjuvant trastuzumab who have a longer life expectancy than women with metastatic disease. These women are at risk of late-stage side effects, and further research might refine the factors that predict TIC.
"Importantly, 10 out of 36 patients with elevated troponin I during trastuzumab treatment did not develop cardiac toxicity, and 9 out of 26 patients with elevated troponin I and TIC during trastuzumab treatment recovered LVEF," explained Dr. Lipkowitz. Additional studies are needed to confirm these results and to refine the levels or kinetics of troponin I elevation that correlate with cardiac outcomes, as well as how best to use such tests to guide treatment, he said.
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- Remove mite treatments and antibiotics (see labels). - Add supers to hives as needed. - Manage for swarm prevention via equalizing hives, making splits/ nucs or Demaree method. - This is the time of year to register your bee hives with our state apiarist by June 15th. - Register for EAS (Eastern Apiculture Society) Conference July 28 - August 1, 2014 Eastern Kentucky University, … [Read more...]
June 2014 – The Beekeepers Calendar
Queen Grafting Workshop June 14th
Bee Pride in Lebanon will have a queen grafting workshop on June 14th with Khara from Sorority House Queens and later a presentation of her experience with the Farmer to Farmer program with bees in Nicaragua. For more info on these two events please email directly: email@example.com or visit their website: beepride.com … [Read more...]
May 2014 – The Beekeepers Calendar
→ Inspect the brood pattern at the beginning of dandelion bloom. → Check the queen's performance, symptoms of brood disease and Varroa. → Reverse brood chambers if bees are in the upper box only. → Apply mite treatments and requeen failing queens if necessary. → Divide and requeen colonies at fruit bloom via multiple frame splits or colony divides to recoup winter … [Read more...]
Honey Bee Package Installation
A video of a package of honey bees being installed in southern Maine by Master Beekeeper Erin MacGregor-Forbes and beekeeper Geoff MacLean in April 2010 Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Demonstrates installing a package of honeybees … [Read more...]
Wouldn't Your Life Be Better with a Bee Buddy?
Part I by Louise Sullivan; Part II by Elinor Redmond Part I: Louise Confessions of a Slap-Dash Beekeeper I've had bees in my backyard since 2007. Motivated by the desire to be a friend to bees, I took Beginning Beekeeping from Rick Cooper, built a hive and installed a package of unsuspecting Italians from Georgia. It was a blissful first summer. The hive flourished and survived the winter in … [Read more...]
Agricultural Council of Maine (AGCOM)
by Barbi Ives, Sacopee Valley Beekeepers' Club president For over a year, I have been representing the MSBA at AGCOM meetings. AGCOM meets on the last Tuesday of every month of the year except December. The MSBA is one of 19 regular, 13 associate, and 8 ex-officio members of this council. Members include commodity group representatives; investment organizations; universities and … [Read more...]
April 2014 – The Beekeepers Calendar
→ Monitor food reserves. → Feed medicated (Fumagilin-B) light syrup (1:1) to hives low on stores. → Scrape bottom boards and check the brood pattern on a mild day. → Install package bees April 15th or later and feed light syrup. Some people medicate with Fumagillin. → Apply mite treatments to wintered colonies if Varroa are detected … [Read more...]
March 2014 – The Beekeepers Calendar
• Have you renewed you Maine State Beekeepers Membership for the year? • Check colony conditions. If honey reserves are low, feed candy or dry sugar. • Colonies that consume feed should be monitored and fed as needed. • Feed protein supplements (pollen substitute) for brood production to hives colonies that you are planning to split. Make sure they have sufficient … [Read more...]
January 2014 – The Beekeepers Calendar
There are lots of great things for the Maine Beekeeper to do to keep cabin fever at bay during these snow months. For instance: Assemble and repair beekeeping equipment. Purchase new equipment if necessary. Read beekeeping texts and periodicals. Sign up for a beekeeping course offered by Extension, Adult Education or local beekeeping association. Renew your Maine … [Read more...]
Past-President Extraordinaire – Jacky Hildreth
Last night the Cumberland County Chapter of MSBA honored Jacky Hildreth as he completed his 7th year as president of the chapter. During his tenure, the chapter grew from 35 members to over 230 today. Jacky has been a generous and tireless leader. He teaches beekeeping courses and is a mentor to many beekeepers. He became a Master Beekeeper last year. The chapter recognized his rich … [Read more...]


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Britney Spears: "I Don't Really Have Anything to Prove"
Britney Spears has no qualms about turning 30 on December 2.
VIDEO: See Britney's first live performance in two years
"I hear the older you get, the wiser you get and the more you know what you want," Spears told The Associated Press Thursday. "Hopefully it'll be a good year."
PHOTOS: Britney's sexiest tour costumes ever
The "Criminal" singer -- who's currently in Europe promoting her Femme Fatale tour -- added that life is much easier now that she has "a good group of people around me."
"We have the show at a certain time every night," she said. "And we just try to stay consistent on having a routine and staying fit and healthy."
PHOTOS: Britney and other stars' career backup plans
After more than a decade in the business, the pop star said she's happy with the state of her career. "I don't really have anything to prove at this point," Spears, who's sold more than 70 million albums, explained. "I just do it for fun and see what happens."


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January 4, 2013 at 5:17 pm
Athletic Bilbao have agreed contract extensions with Ander Iturraspe, Jonas Ramalho and Enric Saborit.
Defensive midfielder Iturraspe has been involved in every game of the 2012-13 campaign so far, and has featured over 80 times for Marcelo Bielsa's side after graduating from the club's famous Lezama youth system.
The new deal will keep the 23-year-old at Bilbao until the 30th June 2017 with a substantial buy-out clause of €40 million also included in the new contract.
Also extending his stay at the San Mamés is right-back Ramalho, another product of the club's youth system, who has featured four times for Bilbao under Bielsa as well as making 11 appearances for the Spanish Under-19 side.
The 19-year-old, who was the first mixed-race player to play for Athletic in an official competition, will now remain at Bilbao until the summer of 2015 with the new contract featuring a €25 million buy-out clause.
Completing a trio of deals is left-back Saborit who is currently playing for Bilbao's B team in the Segunda Division.
The Barcelona-born 20-year-old has featured 16 times for Bilbao Athletic this season scoring once and providing two assists.
Saborit's new deal will see him stay with Los Leones until June 2016 with an identical buy-out clause to that of Ramalho.


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Born: September 03,1976 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Spouse: Priyanka Alva Oberoi
Parents: Suresh Oberoi
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Biography: Vivek oberoi (born 3 september 1976) is an indian actor. he made his film debut with ram gopal varma's film company. his performance in the film earned him filmfare awards for best male debut and best supporting actor. he has acted in several hit films which includes saathiya, masti and yuva. he also starred in ram gopal varma's critically acclaimed film rakht charitra.See full bio Read on Wikipedia
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"I am pleased to support the NTIA Short Form Notice Code of Conduct," said Jules Polonetsky, Executive Director of the Future of Privacy Forum. "A 'food label' type approach to a privacy notice will give consumers a standardized way to get key privacy information at a glance and will help consumers better understand how apps collect and share data."
The sample notices below show examples of implementations of the short notice developed by a number of the multi-stakeholders. We expect that consumer testing will lead to even better versions that will deliver easy to use information to consumers.
Example 1: Data Use Highlighted
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Please also check out the short form notice example from the Association of Competitive Technology, which demonstrates another clear way that apps can implement the code in an easy-to-use manner!
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Transparency means nothing without choice. The simple fact is that participating in business and society forces us to use technology that is available from a few sources only. All three geolocation service options on my mobile device have essentially the same terms of use and data collection practices.
Now I will know that more clearly, and vendors will taut their commitment to privacy without having to make any substantive changes.


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ATTRACTIONS: This trail has access to Slate Creek Drainage and various tributaries. It begins up the Haystack Fork of Slate Creek Trail and ends at Dry Dallas Creek.
Directions: From Jackson, Follow Hwy. 191 north to Gros Ventre road and make a right. Go past the bridge at Crystal Creek roughly 0.75 miles to Slate Creek road. Turn left and proceed another 1.5 miles to river. Either ford here or access trail via Dry Dallas Creek road further upstream just across bridge over Gros Ventre River.
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The Lee Pro Auto-Disk powder measure is perfect for the high volume reloader utilizing a progressive reloading press. The innovative design will not cut powder and almost totally eliminates leakage, the large hopper with shut-off valve is attached with brass thumb nuts for the ultimate in disk changing convenience. The positive pull-back lever increases safety. Comes with four disks, swivel adapter and spring return lever with spring. Designed to be mounted on the Lee Pro-1000 and Loadmaster presses with Lee powder-through expander dies.
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Material: Plastic and Metal
Metering Chamber: 24 Cavities measuring different volumes of powder
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Four disks with 6 cavities per disk to measure powder
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Powder Charge Thrown: Between 2.7-14.4 Grains of Unique and 4.0-21.1 grains of IMR 4064 (Double Disk kit (sold separately) will effectively double the charges able to be thrown. Will work with all types of smokeless powder.
Notes: The Lee Pro Auto-Disk Powder Measure will work with turret presses when setup properly although it was not designed for this application.
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Material: Plastic and Metal
Metering Chamber: 24 Cavities measuring different volumes of powder
Features: Elastomer Wiper and Teflon Coated metal casing
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Notes: The Lee Pro Auto-Disk Powder Measure will work with turret presses when setup properly although it was not designed for this application.
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Skeletons, mummies, blood-suckers, bizarre creatures, ghostly apparitions, dead animals, insects. Each is associated with Halloween. And they can be found at the Yale Peabody Museum.
A brisk, October Saturday found me heading down to New Haven with my nine year-old daughter and three year-old son. The Peabody is housed in an ornately-styled, Gothic-inspired stone building.
My son was the first to notice the dinosaur prints embedded in the walkway. He followed them right to the highly detailed torosaur statue in the front of the building. The garden area surrounding the torosaur is becoming a model of with ancient plants.
After paying, we went to the right of the register and walked past the gift shop into the Native American display. We missed this section the last time we came. After the Native American exhibit is an exhibit on the findings that support the Theory of Evolution and then the fossils from the Ice Age (yep–just like the movie) with a mastodon, saber-tooth cat, and even a sloth.
Then we entered the main hall that houses the tyrannosaurus rex skull, the stegosaurus skeleton, and the apatosaurus (which used to be a brontosaurus if you are as old as I am). The apotosaurus is impressively large.
Although the Invasion of the Bloodsuckers had the pests we have to deal with regularly, like ticks and mosquitoes, modeled in a huge scale. It was like having a 3-D microscope where you could see all of the detail.
Fish Inside Out has ghostly x-ray images of fish both familiar and new. My daughter enjoyed finding fish she recognized. Along with the x-rays were a few specimen jars. Yep–creepy!
The third floor has meteorites (including one that landed in someone's house right in Connecticut) and minerals. The beauty of the facets and colors were on full display. My favorite part? The beautiful jewelry. Great inspiration this close to Christmas.
The kids were impressed with the large, North American mammals and the dioramas. They enjoyed seeing how the materials in the display were matched to the photo and murals of the backgrounds. Almost as much as they enjoyed posing as if the big bears were going to attack them.
We read the animals that were listed in the Southern New England diorama and tried to find them all. Since I'm not a naturalist, it was hard to figure which bird was which. The descriptions could really benefit from a small picture or illustration to go along with the animal names.
The kids were desperate to get into the Egyptian exhibit. We spent very little time looking at the birds of Connecticut, though the dodo is always good for a laugh. I thought the insect display that shows the families of insects was very educational and really showed the commonalities.
We learned a lot about the mummies (yes–more than one). The Peabody has two human remains and two mummies made from animals. One of the remains is an intact woman dead for thousands of years. The other mummy is of a young king who was "disposed of" because of his bad leadership.
We saved the Discovery room (the 'please touch' portion of the museum) for last. There were ants, taxidermy examples, skeletons of small animals, hissing cockroaches and more. Drawers were full of items that can be explored. My three year-old like using the magnifying glasses that were available. My nine year-old spent a lot of time watching the snake and bearded lizards.
Around the musseum, the Peabody had docents with "please touch" displays. We explored the cast of a t-rex tooth and even touched coprolite (fossilized dinosaur dung). The North American mammal display had skull reproductions which helped us learn how scientists figure out whether an animal is a meat eater, vegetable eater, or omnivore based on their teeth. The kids also used hieroglyph stamps to record their names in the Egypt room.
We had a great time. We spent five hours at the museum, including a special presentation with Atka the Wolf from the Wolf Conservation Center which lasted an hour, and we really couldn't spend any more time there. So save yourself some cash and eat lunch at home. If you plan to get to the museum at 12:30 to 1 pm, since it is open until 5, you should still have time to enjoy all of the exhibits. Also, search for coupons on-line. I found one that gave me free admission for one child with a paid adult.


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LGBT opponents were right: their support is vanishing
ACLU of Massachusetts communications director Chris Ott wrote this guest blog.
Opponents of equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people aren't right about much, but they were right about one thing: how quickly their support would vanish.
Dreading the indefensibility of prejudice would explain their hot, sudden rush during the 2000s to pass constitutional amendments to block the freedom to marry for lesbian and gay couples. They essentially tried rigging the game in their favor before their support simply melted away.
It might also explain the despicable cheap shots they've used to oppose, in vain, basic legal protections for transgender people in Massachusetts and elsewhere.
In just under a decade since Massachusetts led the way, the freedom to marry for lesbian and gay couples has gone from something that was not just unimaginable but simply unimagined, by most people.
In the same way, how many people would have thought, even just a few years ago, that frat brothers anywhere would do what members of Phi Alpha Tau at Emerson College have done? They're raising money for a brother's gender reassignment.
As important as it is to win freedom and equal rights at the level of politics or in court, it's important to win them at the level of simple human kindness. This Emerson fraternity's move is the latest example.
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
Stockmar Block Crayon Roll
I just finished this crayon roll for Yoav's birthday. It can hold 12 Stockmar block crayons. Disregard the water marks - I used a water erasable pen for markings...
Outside fabric, inside fabric and interfacing fabric: 6.5" x 11.25"
Red fabric (two pieces): 4" x 11.25" (folded in half lengthwise before sewing to the inside fabric)
Ribbon: 20" (this time I used ribbon from Lillalotta).
1. Cut all fabrics
2. Iron interfacing to wrong side of inside fabric
3. Fold crayon-holding fabric (my red fabric) in half lengthwise and iron. Pin in place (fold is toward the inside of the crayon roll). Make a vertical mark at 2.125" from the left edge, then four more markings every 1.75".
4. Stitch along markings, going back and forth a bit at beginning and end.
5. Fold ribbon in half with pattern on the INSIDE and topstitch to right side of inside fabric.
6. Pin ribbon to the inside fabric so you don't accidentally sew over it.
7. Place right side of outer fabric to right side of inner fabric and sew with 1/4" seam allowance, leaving a 3.5" hole for turning right side out (I left hole at short end on the side without the ribbon).
8. Trim corners and turn right side out.
9. Poke out corners with a knitting needle or similar, iron and topstitch 1/8" all around.
10. Insert crayons and enjoy!
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The starting lineup for the Tigers is: Austin Jackson, Don Kelly, Brennan Boesch, Miguel Cabrera, Victor Martinez, Jhonny Peralta, Alex Avila and Brandon Inge. Team owner of the Tigers is Michael Ilitch. Jim Leyland manages the team while David Dombrowski is the general manager. The Detroit tigers shares rivalries with many other baseball teams like the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, Kansas City Royals, Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays. The Tigers have faced the Chicago Cubs four times and the St. Louis Cardinals three times in finals of the World Series Championship.
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Written by Davide Sonzogni, GWSB MBA graduate 2012.
It was almost 3 years ago when my dear friend Anna said: "You can do it, you should do it, and you will do it!"
In fact, before submitting my MBA application I was not sure if going back to school in my late thirties was a good idea. I was not sure if it was worth the time and the financial efforts required to study at grad school and work at the same time.
Well, I did it!
It is like yesterday when I decided to start the application process and I can't believe that three weeks ago I attended the "monumental" GW Commencement on the National Mall.
I applied to GW because I liked the school's atmosphere, and the excellent international department.
I also think that there is something really transcendent that linked GW and me. Don't get me wrong, I am not superstitious, but there is an amazing series of coincidences that I would like to share with you.
April 30 is my birthday, George Washington took office on April 30, I received the admission letter on April 30 – because I mentioned those two facts during my interview -, I have completed my last paper on April 30 (submitted on May 2, though), and I faced the Washington Monument during Commencement while past years students faced the Capitol.
I chose the Accelerated program because it fit perfectly with my needs: a cohort format for one and half years with classes on Saturdays and one weekday evening followed by one and half semesters of electives, real world group projects, and professional students as classmates were the magic formula.
Although it was hard to keep up with the fast pace and I had to give up most of my social life, I found the learning experience energizing and motivating.
I tried to take advantage of every opportunity to grow: group projects, presentations, simulations, and even a short term study abroad trip in China.
The entrepreneurship class was one of my favorites because the professor stimulated our creativity and questioned many of our assumptions. It was a wakeup call and a source of inspiration. The international management and the international business strategy classes gave me a broad view of the evolving global situation. The excellent public policy course professor opened my eyes on many areas that I didn't know about. The Global Corporate Responsibility class gave me the tools to view opportunities for balancing profit and sustainability. Finally, the icing on the cake was the negotiation class which was worth every penny of tuition because the professor was engaging, and the syllabus was the perfect mix of theory, group and individual experiences, and class activities.
Two years went fast and it is unreal! I have so much free time and, instead of wasting it as I did sometime in the past, now I feel so motivated to fill it with meaningful things. The words of our Commencement speaker, Brian Williams: "please take us somewhere. Please keep us moving. Push us, lift us up. Make us better", that closed a humorous and inspirational speech, opened a new chapter of my life. It's time to do something and to make a difference.


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First Reading: Sirach 3:19-20, 22, 32-33
19 My son, do thy works in meekness, and thou shalt be beloved above the glory of men.
20 The greater thou art, the more humble thyself in all things, and thou shalt find grace before God:
22 Seek not the things that are too high for thee, and search not into things above thy ability: but the things that God hath commanded thee, think on them always, and in many of his works be not curious.
32 A wise heart, and which hath understanding, will abstain from sins, and in the works of justice shall have success.
33 Water quencheth a flaming fire, and alms resisteth sins.
Psalm: Psalms 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11
4 And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness.
5 Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence,
6 Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place:
7 God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres.
10 Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect.
11 In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor.
Second Reading: Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24
18 For you are not come to a mountain that might be touched, and a burning fire, and a whirlwind, and darkness, and storm,
19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they that heard excused themselves, that the word might not be spoken to them:
22 But you are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the company of many thousands of angels,
23 And to the church of the firstborn, who are written in the heavens, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of the just made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel.
Gospel: Luke 14:1, 7-14
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees, on the sabbath day, to eat bread, that they watched him.
7 And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:
8 When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him:
9 And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.
10 But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place; that when he who invited thee, cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee.
11 Because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.
12 And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.
13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind;
14 And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recompense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just.
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Re: Great Articles on Brady/Pats
posted at 12/15/2010 8:47 PM ESTknightsailor there no argument: Brady is a GREAT QB.Brady is absolutely part of those YAC numbers because he delivers such an accurate ball to the correct receiver. These are difficult skills for even an NFL QB, so there's nothing to scoff at.
Re: Great Articles on Brady/Pats
posted at 12/15/2010 8:51 PM ESTIn Response to Re: Great Articles on Brady/Pats:can't even believe you faggs are new englanders. You let a California pretty boy come over here on his mommies coat tails and now you worship him? It's fukkkin lame. this statement sir earns you an ignore forever
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Not until now??? I've had him on ignor for about a week now, lol!
Re: Great Articles on Brady/Pats
posted at 12/15/2010 9:59 PM ESTIn Response to Re: Great Articles on Brady/Pats:" I looked at this link and read about half way. The tip off came early on when he brought up "cheating". From then on you knew how biased and bs he was ." Yea, I too, got to about here: " Not, for posterity's sake at least, until Tom Brady leads his Patriots to a Super Bowl championship in the post-cheating era of New England Patriots football ." ~knightsailor's garbage article of "facts" ...and realized that IF this is his best starting thesis, the rest must be fantastic b#llsh#t... So honestly, counting the 2007, 2009, and 2010 season's where Brady's been under center, Tom Brady has been the QB for W-L record for NE, of 38-9...this is good, right? So, what the author of the article's essentially sayin' is, IF Asante Samuel holds on to the INT instead of it sailing through his hands, Or IF Vrabel and/or Seau (I believe), tackles Eli Manning instead of letting him squirm out of their grasps, THEN Tom Brady WOULD be a bonafide legitamite "Great Quarterback". Yup, makes sense ta me...
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It was Adalius Thomas that Failed to Bring Eli Down..... Glad to see his sorry, over-ratedazz gone...
Re: Great Articles on Brady/Pats
posted at 12/16/2010 12:20 PM ESTI read the article about Brady being overrated, and all the comments, and Brady was backed in virtually all the comments, especially those who weren't Brady fans. Everyone ate the writer for breakfast.Read it. It was a joke. Montana was great and Brady had a better yards per catch (the #1 reason for Brady being a bum) than Montana, but also Manning, Brees etc.What a laugh!
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posted at 12/16/2010 12:31 PM ESTIn Response to Re: Great Articles on Brady/Pats:In Response to Re: Great Articles on Brady/Pats : It was Adalius Thomas that Failed to Bring Eli Down..... Glad to see his sorry, over-ratedazz gone...
Posted by SmokingJoeThe thing was that Goodell had just passed out the memo that there was no more filming the other teams bench, and then shortly after, BB got caught.It's like the tuck rule. I live in SF and most of my friends, no all of my friends are Raider fans and everyone of them claim to have studied the film over and over and over. Each one says Brady's arm was going back, when if you look at the film, if anything he was bringing the ball in to his abs. He may have had 2 hands on the ball, but never had possession.When you tell these fans about AFC title game vs the Raiders in 1977, where the ball was at the Pats 12 with seconds remaining, when Hamilton got called for roughing the passer when he was airborne before Stabler let go of the ball (not even today would that be called), they don't care at all. They won and that is all that matters.But the tuck rule game, they still had the lead, could have stopped the Pats in OT if they could have played D, and Lincoln Kennedy knew the Raiders would lose after the call. We all know the Pats would have stepped up after the call if it had been the other way around.They (all) think the league is against them, like many fans here, though they take it to another level.Calls for them that were obviously wrong calls are ok, but against them is wrong.Most fans here appreciate great play, at least the older fans, but so many other fans want all the calls, and b@tch about those against them.
Re: Great Articles on Brady/Pats
posted at 12/16/2010 2:32 PM ESTThere's an article in Vogue Magazine, mostly about Gisele and a bit about Tom, but it answers one question that a certain number of men would like to ask Tom Brady:
"Does Gisele have a sister?"
The answer is yes, and one of them lives in Boston.
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Re: Great Articles on Brady/Pats
posted at 12/21/2010 9:11 PM ESTNice find TexasPat. Great article.
Man, this thread sure got sidetracked. Lol!
Here's an oldie from 2005: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/patriots/2005-01-24-team-concept_x.htm
Here's a good one on Brady and Manning: http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/articles/2009/11/12/their_arms_are_linked/?page=full


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How Bush Broke the Government: To Gain a True Sense of Bush's Legacy, We Survey the Systematic and Politically Motivated Ways He Undermined the Federal Government
McKelvey, Tara, Chen, Te-Ping, Friedman, Ann, Kaplan, Esther, Kaplan, Sheila, Kolodner, Meredith, Petri, Carolyn, Rosenberg, Alyssa, Walker, LaNitra, The American Prospect
There is nothing new about presidents who are eager to overstep the bounds of their power, whether they are conservative or liberal in their political views. But the strategies that George W. Bush used to strengthen his presidency--and weaken other branches of government--have been more widespread than the ones employed in the past. Rather than isolated abuses of executive power, such as Bill Clinton's bombing of Kosovo without congressional approval, the actions of the Bush administration have been the most systematic abuses of executive authority since the branch's powers were curtailed in the wake of Watergate.
"You know how there are all these checks and balances in the government?" says Rick Perlstein, author of Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America. "Under the Bush administration, all that was turned on its head. When you look at what they did, it's like reading the opposite of the Federalist Papers." Despite the fact that Alexander Hamilton clearly articulated that there should be checks on the president's power--especially in a time of war--the Bush administration selectively interpreted the Federalist Papers to claim that Congress has no right to restrict the president. Government lawyers such as John Yoo, who worked in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, went so far as to assert that Hamilton's view of "executive unity" allows for a supercharged executive branch with unlimited power.
Some of Bush's power grabs made national news. Unaccountable military contractors in Iraq and ideological shenanigans at the Justice Department were front-page headlines. However, to gain a true sense of Bush's legacy we must look beyond these individual transgressions and examine how the administration employed politically motivated strategies throughout the federal government--with devastating results. In other words, to understand what happened to government under the Bush administration, we must look at the methods that were used to break it down.
These methods, which included everything from meddling with scientific research to get the desired results to appointing former lobbyists to watchdog positions, were not, of course, all directly supervised by Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, or other high-level officials. They were often carried out by an array of lower-level officials, many of whom were political appointees, all of whom were operating in the same climate of secrecy and working for a government that condoned and encouraged attempts to expand the reach of the executive branch and its political agenda.
These are deeply entrenched problems that do not lend themselves to easy solutions. It is unlikely that they can be resolved in the first month--or even the first year of Barack Obama's presidency. He will need to take a systematic approach to fixing government, just as Bush took a systematic approach to breaking it down. To what extent Obama is willing to do that and how quickly he will embark on the project are urgent questions. "Giving up power is one of the most difficult things to do," says Karen J. Greenberg, executive director at New York University Law School's Center on Law and Security. As she points out, George Washington may be celebrated for relinquishing kingly power, but scaling back is not so common these days.
In order to roll back the damage Bush has done over the past eight years, we must have some idea of its scope. In the following pages, we survey some of the systematic ways the Bush administration undermined the federal government, in the hope that the new administration can begin to repair the damage.
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I f**king hate the Sheamus chest punch thing. I always feel like it's going to shoot stop someone's heart someday. I watch wrestling because people get fake hurt. It looks cool as shit but I don't have to feel bad about myself for enjoying watching the suffering of others. That's why I can't do MMA much. Every match I've seen is two guys laying on each other until one of them punches the other one in the side of the head enough to knock him out. It doesn't look cool and it's actually f**king someone up. I know people get hurt in wrestling too but the point is generally to avoid serious damage and I really don't want to watch someone die because Sheamus needs five signature moves and one of them is the heart-stopping rope punch that probably has some shitty Irish pun name.
Like I said, I love when it looks real. Big Show was really dull to watch for a while but man, these last two matches with Sheamus he has really put it down. He legit looks like he's crushing Sheamus' bones into dust that I assume he'll later imbibe, because, you know, giant jokes.
Big Show is doing some classic heel shit. Pulling the ref in the way rules and so does bullying the ref and calling him a dumbass. It makes the win look cheap but doesn't make Show look like weak. An added best for JBL making the most sense of anyone and making the totally logical point that you should NEVER stop until the bell rings. That's sports 101 (I assume. I was an education major.), and should always be abided by. I think With Leather recently posted a video of a pee-wee football game where some kids didn't pay attention to the whistle and now an entire team of youngsters are going to have war-time flash backs to the day when their fathers stopped being proud of them.
I thought that was a heel turn. Sheamus beats Big Show mercilessly with a chair until he cant get up. Big Show is writhing in pain and shamefully asks for the beating to stop. Sheamus demands Big Show beg for mercy and then when he obliges, Sheamus kicks his f**king head off. THAT'S A HEEL TURN. WHY ARE YOU (people) STILL CHEERING? When Brett Hart held a bloody Austin in the sharpshooter until he passed out, Austin came out the hero, Hart came out looking like an asshole. All he did was beat on Austin after the bell a bit. Sheamus attacked Big Show and then laughed at his request for mercy and hit him anyway. That's what super villains do, not the guys you're supposed to cheer. This is really confusing me. Del Rio I get. Wrestling fans are racist. Del Rio is Mexican. Whoever is beating up Del Rio is the face. Wrong or right (It's wrong. Very, very wrong), I understand why it's happening. This has me legit stumped. I swear I heard someone in the crowd scream "cripple him." What the f**k did Big Show do to you, guy?
Big Show's sell. I didn't hate all of it but first he's (I assume) trying to do the Ziggler flopping dead fish thing, but it doesn't work because Big Show's 450 goddamn pounds and trains with a dude named Dodd (note: Not Todd) that rides a bike that works like an elliptical machine. He's in no condition to do a Ziggles-style sell. Then, we cut away and the announce team says whatever to recap and set up the rest of the show. The camera cuts back to presumably start the next match and JESUS CHRIST is Big Show is STILL on the ground crawling up the ramp? Doesn't WWE have a medical staff? They were putting Brad Maddox on a stretcher before the crowd had a chance to chant "Feed Me More" for the 157th time that night, and that dude doesn't even work there. You just signed Big Show to an "Iron Clad" big money contract. Maybe help him up off the f**king ramp within five minutes of him getting assaulted.
Vortex Commercials! From what I can gather, it's a kid's show where power rangers and Iron Man watch people do kickflips. It appears to have no plot and be mostly quick splices of Kofi Kingston jumping and flashing lights; perfect for a generation pre-disposed to Adderall reliance and the vast emptiness of the human condition. Also, did you see how high he jumped! Goddamn that was awes… Oh, Power Rangers!


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Published Sunday, November 18, 2012
From Staff Reports
Lee Middle School held its annual Veterans' Day program Nov. 2 in the school's gym, where more than 50 veterans were honored by students, faculty and staff.
During the ceremony, Dr. Bob Heaberlin, Lee's principal, spoke about the origin of Veterans Day and how it evolved. Heaberlin introduced each veteran by branch of service and read about the each veteran's military career. Among those honored were:
• United States Army: Joe Dumas, Joe Brooks, Lawrence Ondovchik, Darrel Ervin, David L. Adamson, Vivian Kelley, Craig Moran, Jeremy S. McCallister, Tom Ragan, David Ricker, Benjamin D. Herring, Jeffrey Bouchard, Edward Hall, Bert W. Lyons, Kevin Wimbley, Regina L. Allen, Darnell Myers, Jim Wright, Danny Ogletree, Steve Day, JoAnn Rogers, Joaquin Bonilla, Barry Kirby, Gerald D. Green, William Y. Querry, Jr., Woody Holmes, Louis F. Berry Jr., Carl Dellaquila and Bobby Prince.
• United States Marine Corps: Roy Stocking, Kevin Kibodeaux, Earl James Hanners IV, Shawn Stephens and Jeff Chaffin.
• United States Navy: Henry Dewberry, Samuel T. Towery III, Chad Williams, Ron Wilson, Yolanda McKoy, Edwin Bean, William Mullen and Nils Anderson.
• United States Army Air Corps and Air Force: Homer Terry, George Redmond, Michael Olive, Carl D. Wilson Jr., Robert L. Heaberlin, Brad Burkhalter, Kay W. Mack, Lisa Rand, Will Schwartzer, Kenneth L. Rand, Peter Minca, Russ Thomas, Troy Sperberg, Ronald B. Orr and Malcolm Jackson.
• United States Coast Guard: Mark Haldeman.
Maj. Joe Dumas (U.S. Army-Ret.) discussed the various types of military awards that are presented to members of the armed forces. These medals are given for gallantry, heroism, distinguished service, and meritorious service. The top 10 military awards in order of precedence are the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Soldier's Medal, the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart and the Meritorious Service Medal.
Several veterans in attendance had earned prestigious medals and were recognized by Maj. Dumas. One of the most highly decorated veterans was Col. Homer Terry (USAF-Ret.). Col. Terry was a fighter pilot in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and was awarded the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross (two awards) and 11 Air Medals.
Maj. Dumas reminded the audience that Coweta County has two Congressional Medal of Honor recipients: Major Stephen Pless, U.S. Marine Corps (1967) and Colonel Joe M. Jackson, U.S. Air Force (1968). Both men were awarded the medal for their gallantry and heroism in Vietnam.
Maj. Dumas is one of four Lee faculty members who also are military veterans. Others are U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 (Ret.) Jeff Bouchard; U.S. Army Sergeant First Class (Ret.) Kevin Wimbley and U.S. Air Force Sergeant Cindy Allen. Maj. Dumas received the Bronze Star, the Meritorious Service Medal, and the Army Commendation Medal (four awards) for his service in Asia while CWO4 Bouchard was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.
Heaberlin recognized his father, U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sergeant (Ret.) Robert L. Heaberlin, who served in Korea and Vietnam and received the Meritorious Service Medal as well as the Navy and Air Force Commendation Medals. Heaberlin also recognized his father-in-law, Bradley Burkhalter, a World War II U.S. Army Air Corps veteran. Lt. Burkhalter flew 35 combat missions on a B-17 (twice on D-Day) while earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and several combat air medals.
The award-winning Lee Middle School Chorus performed "God Bless America" and the Armed Forces Salute. Chorus director Bonnie Krider played the guitar as eight choral members sang the song "More than a Name on a Wall." The song, which was written about the Vietnam Wall, was performed by Nikki Steingraber, Hannah McLay, Gracie Robbins, Courtney Copeland, Nele Langhof, Kayli Sample, Caitlyn McNut and Allison Haskell.
The Lee Middle School Band of Champions performed "Nation's Prayer," "America the Beautiful" and the National Anthem. The band is under the direction of Rusty Wilson. Laura Roden, president of the LMS National Junior Honor Society, led the veterans and student body in the Pledge of Allegiance. The East Coweta High School Marine Corps Junior ROTC presented the colors of the United States at the program.


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Microsoft is brewing a Windows cocktail bound to be hard to swallow, either shaken or just stirred. The Redmond company's consistent headway in the development process of Windows 7 is forcing customers to consider a scenario where multiple possibilities weigh in balance. All because, Widows 7, Windows Vista Service Pack 1/SP2 and Windows XP (now with SP3) will be available on the market concomitantly. Albeit upgrading to Windows 7 might look like the easy way out, sticking with XP or with Vista, or migrating to Vista now, ahead of Win 7, are also valid answers. Microsoft is of course not much help, as it risks negatively affecting sales of the operating system, given the current context of the Windows client lifecycle.
But of course that the question remains, for both home and corporate users, "should I wait for Windows 7?" It's hard to take into consideration the Windows 7 product roadmap, as a definitive factor in mapping out the next move when it comes to Windows, since there is no official, confirmed timetable for the delivery of the next iteration of the Windows client. Microsoft continues to insist on a three-year gap between Vista GA and Windows 7 general availability. Information from a leaked product map for Windows 7 indicated October 2009 for the RTM of the operating system. The software giant has already wrapped up with the Beta and is already cooking the Release Candidate branch builds of Windows 7, RTM next, then GA. That much is certain. But in the end, to wait or not to wait for Windows 7 is a question of the users' environments in the context of the evolution of the technology landscape. Or a case of tell me what you're running so I can tell you what to upgrade to.
Windows Vista
With a usage share of over 22%, according to statistics from Net Applications, Windows Vista has long passed the 200 million sold licenses milestone. For users that have already jumped aboard the Vista wagon, Windows 7 will represent an opportunity to upgrade to Vista R2. Even if labeled as the seventh version of the Windows client, the actual version number of Windows 7 is 6.1, in an effort to preserve compatibility with existing hardware products and software solutions. In this regard, Microsoft aims to deliver an evolution in terms of performance, features, capabilities, usability, reliability and compatibility moving from Vista (v6.0) to Windows 7 (v6.1).
"We made huge changes 'under the hood' that made it difficult for driver and application developers to ramp up – as a result, the Windows 'ecosystem' was not prepared. Vista itself had some problems with performance and stability that were fairly well publicized (and the Mac vs PC ads definitely didn't help)…so 2007 was a rough year for adoption. The beginning of 2008 saw the release of Service Pack 1, and a year's time had given our partners a chance to get their hardware, drivers, and applications updated for the latest operating system release. So, the folks who have seen and used Vista over the past twelve months probably have had a good experience with it. We're finding that the major problem out there today is public perception," explained Mike Fiorina, Microsoft technology specialist.
By mid-2009, with speculation pointing to April, Microsoft will offer Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista. SP2 is designed to take Vista a step forward, but of course that the operating system won't be in any way on par with Windows 7. Consumers that will want to enjoy the evolution of the graphical user interface along with Windows 7 specific features such as the multi-touch interaction model on new hardware will have to buy at least an upgrade package with the new operating system. But of course that there are those who continue to see Windows Vista as the core behind the bells and whistles of Windows 7. Microsoft has already confirmed officially that it has started, let's not call it working but planning, on Windows 8. But even with the most optimistic estimates, Windows 8 is at least three years away. Vista users that want more and that are not ready to wait until 2012-2013 for Windows 8 should move to Windows 7. In terms of hardware, machines tailored to Vista will be able to run Windows 7 not only with no problems, but actually with superior results.
And yet, there are those that just now are starting to embrace Windows Vista. "Enterprise adoption is about what we saw with Windows XP 2 years after its release. The one recurring theme in discussions with corporate customers is that application compatibility is a problem. Applications may not run in Vista, or maybe they can, but it's not supported by the vendor. Remediation will be costly and time consuming. We get it. Many of the acquisitions and investments we've made in the past few years are targeting that problem specifically (Application Virtualization – SoftGrid, Enterprise Desktop Virtualization – Kidaro, etc.) Operating systems are traditionally tied to hardware, user data, and applications. We want to decouple them so that it is feasible and relatively easy to perform an in-place OS migration. Our Desktop Optimization Pack technologies are a must have for those considering an upgrade any time soon," Fiorina added.
Windows XP
Home and corporate users running XP are running an eight-year-old operating system. Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer recently was cited pointing out that corporations have to keep up with the pace of home users in terms of adopting new technology. And adoption is streamlined by the Redmond company offering the possibility of discounted upgrade prices for Windows 7. "Customers can purchase upgrade media and an upgrade license to move from Windows XP to Windows 7; however, they will need to do a clean installation of Windows 7," a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed to Softpedia.
Of course the biggest issue with Windows XP is the impending mainstream support cut-off date. "Service Pack 3 was released last spring, and as a consequence, SP2 support will be retired on July 13, 2010. Windows XP overall leaves Mainstream Support and enters Extended Support in just a few months - on April 14, 2009. Windows XP with SP3 will be supported until April 8, 2014. So that gives XP environments some breathing room, but not necessarily as much as you might think (more on that in a minute)," Fiorina said.
Fact is that, home users that have ridden XP this far can continue to do so and squeeze everything that the operating system has to offer until Windows 7 hits the shelves. Unless in need of a critical system upgrade, it makes all the sense in the world to skip Windows Vista altogether, and move straight to Windows 7. By the time Windows 7 is out users will be able to buy what in 2007 were machines tailored to Vista much cheaper, but still perfectly capable of running Windows 7. It makes less sense to continue with XP beyond Windows 7. All good things must come to an end, and XP is one of them, even if two years after the GA of Vista the operating system still enjoys 60%+ usage share. Of course, users will have to go against the perfectly comfortable feeling that XP provides, and actually try something new.
Obviously, Microsoft would have users follow a different upgrading strategy: "We recommend that both consumers and enterprises start using Windows Vista now to take advantage of its existing benefits; Windows Vista will be smooth and straightforward upgrade path to Windows 7 when it is available, due to its high compatibility with hardware and software that works well with Windows Vista," a Microsoft spokesperson stated.
For corporate consumers things are by no means as simple as for home users. Market analyst firm Forrester, indicated that even in the enterprise some 15% of IT decision makers are skipping Windows Vista altogether and moving to Windows 7. And in the context in which corporations have, at this point in time, not even considered planning, let alone actually started to plan for an upgrade to Vista, Windows 7 is the best answer. With migration plans and the testing process taking as much as a couple of years, corporate users that have already started planning for Vista, or that are already deploying the operating system, should by all means continue and not wait for Windows 7. Microsoft promises that the transition from Windows Vista to Windows 7 will be natural, and that preparing for Vista is actually preparing for Win 7.
Windows 2000
Toss it out! No excuses! According to Net Applications, there are still over 1% of users running Windows 2000, while in the enterprise environments the operating system still has a market share of 10%. For both home users and corporations this is the perfect time to upgrade, and Windows 7 is the obvious answer, but fact is that even Windows Vista will do. When I asked Microsoft whether it would allow Windows 2000 users to buy upgrade media of Windows 7, a company representative stated that the software giant had no details to share at this point in time.
"Windows 2000 has largely gone by the wayside on the client – thankfully so, as support for 2000 ends on July 13, 2010. Anyone who is convinced that we'll extend that date is playing with fire. Yes, we did so with NT4, but that shouldn't be considered a precedent setting event. Retire those machines this year so you don't have a firedrill in 2010 – especially if your company is subject to SOX, PCI, etc.," Fiorina advised.
Windows 7
There will always be users that will embrace the latest technology releases as soon as they are available. Home users will have the option to buy either Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Ultimate if they want all the features of the operating system. Businesses have the Windows 7 Professional edition, while corporations will yet again flirt with the Enterprise SKU. It's a valid possibility, that just as Vista Enterprise was launched two months earlier compared to the rest of the operating system's editions, Windows 7 Enterprise will also be made available ahead of the Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional and Ultimate SKUs of the platform. "Windows Vista Home Basic users will be able to upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium or Windows 7 Professional. Windows 7 Enterprise is available to customers who have already purchased or will purchase Software Assurance through one of our volume license offers," a Microsoft spokesperson added.
Windows 7 is in fact, and will continue to be until February 10, 2009, available for download for free as a Beta release. Downloading, installing and testing Windows 7 Beta is an experience sufficient in itself to convince users either that an upgrade is necessary or that it is not. However, I fear that once they try Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 there will be no way to go back to XP or to Vista for the vast majority of them.
For enterprises, yet another impediment in adopting a new Windows operating system is the tradition to wait for the first Service Pack as a measure of the product's maturity, and only afterward deploy the operating system. Microsoft is signaling that this move will not be necessary with Windows 7. "While Windows 7 is a major release from our perspective, it does not involve any huge architectural changes, so I personally feel that the 'waiting for SP1' methodology is unnecessary. Given how aggressively that we've been working with the partner ecosystem, I would expect that they will be much more ready to support Windows 7 at the time of availability than any prior release of Windows, Fiorina.
Windows 7 Beta is available for download here.
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The Clemens Farmstead is one of the few remaining structures of Longtown AKA the Greenville Negro Settlement. Mr. Clemens (1781-1870 founded the settlement, officially bought the land there in 1818 and lived in the settlement until his death. It is estimated that the house was built between 1822 and 1857. According to William Siebert in his manuscript The Underground Railroad, Longtown was a stop in the Underground Railroad. In Siebert's interview with Col. David Putnam of Palestine August 13, 1898 Mr. Putnam states "At the Greenville Negro settlement was another station. The Clemens and the Alexander's were the leaders in the movement there. These were Negro families." The Clemens are listed as Darke County operators in Appendix E (Directory of the Names of Underground Railroad Operators) in Wilbert H. Sierbert's The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom. Also in the manuscript is a letter from Jno. Reily Knox dated on August 7, 1884 to Professor Siebert Mr. Knox that states "The hunters visited Greenville, and after consultation with a certain law firm, they went in the night to the colored settlement and searched several cabins." In a 1981 letter from Mrs. Kenton Dye of Winchester Indiana to Mrs. Toni Seller the Director of the Garest Museum, Mrs. Kenton writes that she talked to Maze Clemens a descendant of James Clemens. He stated to her that "His grandfather escorted runaway slaves from Newport (now Fountain City, Indiana) to Longtown where they were hidden all day before being transported to Paulding, Ohio, where it was assumed they were safe."
Visitor Information: Currently not open to public.
Location: 467 Stingley Road, Greenville, 45331
Website: James and Sophia Clemens Farm
National Park Unit: No
Ownership: Cleo Mason & Mary Goens
Location Type: Site
UGRR Operatives: James Clemens,Sophia Clemens


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Session Details
Wednesday, 30 December
683. Postcommunist Brecht
12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., Howe, Loews
Program arranged by the International Brecht Society
Presiding: Vera S. Stegmann, Lehigh Univ.
1. "Brecht Really Combines East and West?" Shaojing Wu, New Mexico State Univ., Las Cruces
2. "'Die Wahrheit ist konkret' or 'Verdunkelung der Tatbestände'? Brecht and Images of War in Contemporary Context," Kristopher Imbrigotta, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison
3. "1980–2010: Brecht after the Great Awakening," Norman Roessler, Temple Univ., Philadelphia
Respondent: Vera S. Stegmann
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The fans are cheering. It's not exactly a touchdown, but there's cause for cheer: recruitment process outsourcing has gone global. For years, the RPO buyer has searched for the mythical one-stop global answer. Today, customers can actually get a global solution.
"We've already started to connect the dots on several customers to offer (RPO) services under one umbrella globally," says Rebecca Callahan, president of SourceRight Solutions,a Randstad company. In the past, there really hasn't been much activity globally because most of the providers have been North America-centric, she says. Others say global RPO took a while to get traction. Staffing Industry Analysts' own buyer survey indicates that 30 percent of respondents already engage an RPO in some way, while another 23 percent are seriously considering it within two years.
The 2011 acquisitions have helped change the vendor landscape. "Now many of the service providers are forming strategic alliances with RPO service providers on other continents. The goal: to provide buyers with better candidates faster because of their deep contacts in and vast knowledge of specific local markets," claims Callahan.
Customers want local expertise. A local recruiter hiring candidates is part of a local infrastructure with a global contract. The model is globally managed with an escalation process, account management and reporting structures all in place.
Global activities aside, do your homework. "There are a lot of different models out there. And my advice to the buyer is to get educated and to review the variety of RPO models that are emerging in the market place because this is not a one size fits all," says Callahan.
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Very nice article you have posted there. I do agree that customers certainly want local expertise as they want the employees to know well about their job and so that the employees can communicate with them well.
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