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He also worked in some of the world's most famous recording studios on projects with or for major artists including: Van Morrison, Sly Stone, Pablo Cruise, New Riders of the Purple Sage, Dan Fogelberg, John Fogerty, Mark Isham, Delbert McClinton, Syreeta, Wright, Enzo Avitabile, Tim Weisberg, Narda Michael Walden, Tower of Power, Dire Straits, Maria Muldaur, Tom Johnston (Doobie Brothers), Grace Slick, Marty Balin, Pat Thrall, Nate Ginsberg, Larry Graham, Raz Kennedy, Lenny Pickett, Greg Allman and Cher among others.
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Inspired by the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Motown, Alex first became a professional musician at the age of 13, and soon released his first record with (his band, Fever) a single release called, "Lazy" backed with "A Stone Shame", both of which were played on the San Francisco radio station, KSAN. Recording fame came later though, with "She's Not There", a song Alex recorded solo in Rome, Italy, which became a dance hall hit and is now on the collector's circuit.
Alex is recognized in "Who's Who in America" for his classical composition, "Transitions" for ballet.
Almost equally dividing his time between work in numerous bands, and his solo career, Alex has performed on The Cow Palace stage (that once held the Beatles), and (Bill Graham's ) Winterland Arena.
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It is a common thing. We are supposed to have our favorites. I am not sure why. With such a large body of material, why do we have to pick out a few favorites, or even a 'most favorite'? In some senses, it doesn't seem quite right. Do we have a favorite child? Do we have a favorite cousin? Do we have a favorite anything? I guess the question is more, 'should we'?
Perhaps it is the world or a weakness tendency in the human race. Another one of those great weaknesses like pride. Really, I guess it just is a manifestation of pride. Usually favorites seem to indicate those things that are most kin to us. They are those things which somehow seem to reflect or speak of us.
When in the whole, aren't we supposed to take the whole? Take into consideration all? Preferences seem okay, but they are the easy route. Is this another reason we don't like missionary work? We are forced to work with those people who are not our favorites? Or we are afraid we won't be a favorite anymore? Who knows.
Through the years, I have had one scripture which seems to reflect my feelings and passion of life.
One night as I spent the evening in the home of Terry McCombs, he gave me a scripture to think about before I retired for the evening.
"Ye endeavored to believe that ye should receive the blessings which was offered unto you; but behold, verily I say unto you there were fears in your hearts, and verily this is the reason that ye did not receive." (D&C 67:3)
As I laid there in the old comfortable bed, I read this scripture. There happened to be a set of scriptures on the bedside and I did not have my own. I could read it and think about it. It really hit me pretty hard. A whole host of blessings which I wanted to receive, but due to fears I was not receiving. Terry had given this scripture to me for a particular reason and fear with which I was faced. I just could not seem to let go of it.
Somehow I felt there must be an answer to this scripture. I did not know how to overcome fear. I did not know how to receive. I did not know a whole lot of things. I still don't.
Then somewhere around 2 or 3 AM I stumbled upon this scripture. Somehow in nearly all instances, it still speaks to me. When asked my favorite scripture, I almost just as quickly give the reference. In the mission field, the scripture took a whole new meaning. It applied to others and the work with which I was employed. Just a couple of weeks ago Brad Hales asked me my favorite scripture. I gave it to him just as quickly. While I am sure he must have heard it dozens of times, it meant nothing to him, no recollection whatsoever. Yet it has somehow always been a bedrock for me. It is somewhat out of context, but still very applicable.
"Yea, they shall not be beaten down by the storm at the last day; yea, neither shall they be harrowed up by the whirlwinds; but when the storm cometh they shall be gathered together in their place, that the storm cannot penetrate to them; yea, neither shall they be driven with fierce winds whithersoever the enemy listeth to carry them. But behold, they are in the hands of the Lord of the harvest, and they are his; and he will raise them up at the last day. Blessed be the name of our God; let us sing to his praise, yea, let us give thanks to his holy name, for he doth work righteousness forever." (Alma 26:6-8)
In the mission it was not to get baptisms or converts, but to put them in connection with and into the hands of the Lord of the harvest. All people. Member or not. To help them make that connection.
In my personal life, despite all the storms and whirlwinds that may come, God will uphold and protect those who are faithful. I thought of this scripture numerous times with the episode with Mom. I thought of it with adversaries in all things. Those who are truly converted will not be beaten or harrowed. They are gathered to their place and singing to God. Reminds me of "Guide us, O Thou Great Jehovah."
"When the earth begins to tremble, bid our fearful hearts be still. When thy judgments spread destruction, keep us safe on Zion's hill. Singing praises, singing praises, songs of glory unto thee, unto thee. Songs of glory unto thee."
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When the U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, it also struck a lot of raw nerves. A national survey from the Pew Research Center revealed 45 percent of Americans approved of the decision, while 40 percent disapproved. That gap mirrored the 5-4 split at the nation's highest court.
Before delving into some of the reactions prompted by DOMA's undoing, let's look at the decision itself.
It did not, for instance, proclaim same-sex marriage rights the law of the land. It did say federal benefits would have to be paid to gay couples married in states that recognize such unions. To do otherwise would violate the Fifth Amendment's guarantee that "no person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law."
Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the majority opinion, basically reaffirmed states have the right to decide the matter. He said DOMA essentially overrode states attempting to treat heterosexual and homosexual marriages alike.
"The federal statute is invalid, for no legitimate purpose overcomes the purpose and effect to disparage and injure those whom the state, by its marriage laws, sought to protect in personhood and dignity," Justice Kennedy wrote.
Many legal scholars and lawmakers alike can read the writing on the wall, however. This case likely will be used in attempts to overturn the various laws 38 states, including Kansas, have in effect to avoid giving equal treatment to gay and lesbian couples.
Those opposed to such treatment are outraged by the court's decision. Much like every other decision ultraconservatives don't agree with, the Supreme Court was deemed "activist."
But since this decision involved gay rights, the proclamations went much further.
A spokesman for the American Family Association claimed: "The DOMA ruling has now made the normalization of polygamy, pedophilia, incest and bestiality inevitable." The Westboro Baptist Church equated the decision with "USA's doom." And the Family Research Council is very upset florists throughout the country no longer will be allowed to discriminate by not decorating gay weddings.
Rep. Tim Huelskamp, R-Kan., said the "Court had neither logic nor constitutional principles in mind" in making the ruling that will cause "harm to America's children and all of society."
As such, Huelskamp hopes to amend the U.S. Constitution to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman. He cites all the research suggesting "children do best when they have a married mom and dad in the home."
Never mind the fact the Constitution doesn't specifically give the right to the federal government to decide matters of marriage. Huelskamp generally cites the 10th Amendment any time he is arguing the overreach of the feds, so he is aware of this. It will be tough to amend something that doesn't exist.
Perhaps a more useful item for the congressman to concentrate on, if he's truly interested in promoting kids in "traditional" settings and not simply espousing homophobic rhetoric, would be looking at actual trends.
Thirty-five percent of children are being raised in single-parent households. More than 3 million U.S. children witness domestic violence firsthand. Four percent of children are being raised by their grandparents. Barely half of Americans are married. Half of all marriages end in divorce or annulment.
On the other side of the coin, a mere 3.5 percent of Americans self-identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual. The real number likely is much higher, if this country actually offered equal treatment of all people. When people are harassed, bullied, beat up and even killed simply because they're attracted to the same sex -- or the perpetrator believes they are -- that will keep a lot of people closeted.
But here's a number Huelskamp and others should really pay close attention. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the number of same-sex couple households with children in this country is 115,064.
That is a ridiculously low number to change the U.S. Constitution for, even if the assumptions being made about such households were true. Equally ridiculous is the assumption two men or two women can't master parenting skills.
Rep. Huelskamp and others should reassess their seemingly prejudicial stances. Clinging to outdated notions of traditional families and the stability they possess simply reveals a lack of knowledge about reality. Most Americans understand this.
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ALICE is the acronym for Alert-Lockdown-Inform-Counter-Evacuate.
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The presentations provided some real experiences including tapes of 911 calls made during the Columbine, Colo. school shootings in 1999.
Drummer says, "With the training hopefully comes the understanding that this training isn't a "cure all" for an active shooter / violent intruder incident. As we all know nothing is 100 percent, however doing something is better than nothing."
The training sessions consisted of 60-90 minute-long Power Point presentations.
Following these, "staff or attendees are separated into groups then go to different class rooms in the respective building where instructors give examples of how to barricade a door, talk about repositioning of filing cabinets, desks or heavy objects to get those closer to a door etc. This takes usually around 30 minutes or so depending on questions by staff or attendees," according to Drummer.
Other school districts including GMG in Tama-Marshall counties and a pair of districts in Grundy County have received ALICE training from the Tama County Sheriff's Office.
Drummer says one of the goals of his office is to provide training to all school districts.
Drummer says the ALICE program goes beyond just staff training: "To add to the ALICE program would be a community forum for parents to attend to get an idea of what ALICE truly is with the opportunity for instructors to let parents know their children aren't being asked to "counter" or attack an active shooter / violent intruder. Also including lock down drills as part of semiannual or annual drills in the school that are treated just like a fire alarm or tornado drill."


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Earlier this month, 23-year-old Jackie Braxton sent a video to Mediatakeout.com in which she claimed to have intentionally infected about 500 people with HIV since her 1998 diagnosis. In the video, she hides her face behind a bandana, and names some of the people she supposedly infected in the Detroit, Mich., metropolitan area. Within two days, the video received more than 400,000 views, prompting several calls to the Detroit Police Department.
Police quickly identified Braxton, who runs her own pornography site (the address of which flashes repeatedly on the screen throughout the video). Because it is a felony in Michigan to knowingly transmit HIV, she was taken in for an HIV test at the city's health department, where she was confirmed to be negative.
Braxton admitted that the entire video was a hoax. Since she didn't actually infect anyone, experts aren't sure whether or not she can be charged with a crime. Regardless, her video caused a lot of controversy about the ethics of such a scare tactic.
In an interview with The Detroit News, Braxton said she wanted her video to increase awareness and "serve as a public service." However, she also admitted she made the video to market her porn site. She went on to apologize, but tried to point out the upside of her actions. "People's conceptions about [HIV] are still construed, but I bet you now they understand the virus more. There were so many people at the health department getting tested today. It was great feeling that you can make people do something positive." Indeed, health authorities reported that walk-in HIV testing more than doubled in Detroit beginning three days after the video surfaced.
In the video, Braxton calls herself a serial killer and states that the people she's infected will die. We know that HIV is no longer a death sentence, but she appears to feel that the people who don't know this are the very people she wanted to scare. Do you agree with her method? Would she have gotten more of your support if she hadn't used the video to advertise her porn site? Where do you think we should draw the line between raising HIV/AIDS awareness and raising HIV/AIDS panic?


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Customer demands for shorter lead-times, high quality products and lower costs have prompted many companies to install manufacturing cells in their facilities. Recently, I attended the eighth annual Work Cells Symposium, sponsored by the Institute for International Research (New York, New York), and had the opportunity to meet many people from companies that had implemented manufacturing cells.
Large manufacturers such as Boeing, Raytheon, and Pratt & Whitney, as well as small manufacturers such as Wainwright Industries in St. Peters, Missouri; Lantech in Louisville, Kentucky; and St. Jude Medical in St. Paul, Minnesota; have reaped major benefits from manufacturing cells. In upcoming columns, I will discuss how some of these companies have used manufacturing cells to improve their operations.
What is a manufacturing cell? A manufacturing cell is a grouping of all the resources (people, supplies, machines, tools and equipment) required to manufacture a part or product. The cell resources are arranged in close proximity to enhance communication and allow everyone to see what is going on throughout the cell. The cell arrangement must be flexible enough to handle fluctuating production demands efficiently.
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- Process Cell—Services multiple customers and completes multiple operations on a variety of products. A CNC machining center that can machine a number of parts completely is a type of a process cell.
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- Excess Inventory—A cell will generate inventory only for the output being achieved. Because of a manufacturing cell's layout, excess inventory cannot be tolerated, as there is no place to put it.
- Waiting—Operators do not have to wait for supplies or tools as they are all kept in the cell ready for use.
- Motion—Workers need not move throughout the plant because everything they need to do their job is kept in the cell.
- Part Transportation—In-plant transportation is reduced, as there is no need to truck parts from department to department.
- Over-processing—Unnecessary operations (such as packing and unpacking for in-plant transportation) are eliminated in a cellular structure.
How do I get started planning a manufacturing cell? Ideally, all manufacturing operations should be contained in a cell. However, this may not always be practical. There may be some processes which are not feasible for inclusion in a cell.
Most companies follow the same methodology when implementing manufacturing cells. They start by looking at the existing process for making a product. This leads to construction of a process map. When mapped, the flow of a product through a traditional manufacturing process may resemble a "spaghetti diagram" with lines running in many directions, some even overlapping. The process map is useful in identifying excessive product movement, bottlenecks and non-value-added operations. The process map is then used to develop a cellular layout.
How can I measure the success of these cells? Key factors need to be measured and compared to pre-cell manufacturing processes. These factors are:
- Cycle time—The length of time from the point a part is ordered to the time it is shipped. In a manufacturing cell, cycle time closely matches actual production time because most of the queue time and travel time (up to 95 percent of cycle time) is eliminated.
- Total area allocation in square feet—A cellular operation requires less space.
- Number of times a part is touched—This is a measure of materials handling.
Can manufacturing cells work in my operation? Yes. Pick a product or process and you will see.
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cite us and link back to our blog! Only traditional paper layouts/cards are eligible for our prize draw, no digital layouts/cards please. Please do not use our sketches for DT assignments, classes or publication submissions without prior written consent. You are free to use our sketches for other challenges (except sketch challenges for obvious reasons) as long as proper credit is given to our sketch artist and Sketch N Scrap. Only those linking back and providing proper credit to Sketch N Scrap and our sketch artists are eligible for the monthly prize drawing. If you have any questions at all please feel free to email us at email@example.com
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South African businesses breathed a sigh of relief Thursday night when President Jacob Zuma announced a raft of economic incentives to create jobs, including tax breaks for the manufacturing sector, in his second State of the Nation address.
Mr. Zuma's speech to the parliament in Cape Town was all the more a relief given the increasing pressure coming from Zuma's own party for more drastic government intervention into the economy, including nationalization of the country's mines. Zuma's list of promises excluded actual nationalization, but did pledge to support the creation of a state-owned mining company.
"The president has come to appreciate that minerals belong to us," said Julius Malema, the fiery African National Congress Youth League leader, after the speech. "We must now start eating mangos and not just having a mango tree." The ANC Youth League, along with trade unionists, was crucial in swinging support toward Zuma for his 2008 election, but has more recently become critical of Zuma for his perceived pro-business economic policies.
Zuma's ANC has control of almost two-thirds of the seats in parliament, so passing his parliamentary agenda should be no problem given sufficient political will. And it is the political will that critics of Zuma, both within his party and outside of it, are questioning.
Those on the left complain that Zuma still has not honored promises from his 2010 State of the Nation speech, in which he signaled a pro-poor focus for his government. Those on the right say that Zuma's accumulated promises would bankrupt the national budget at a time when the country's economy should be growing. But his almost single-minded focus on the economy and creating jobs for unemployed youths seems to have drawn tentative praise from all corners.
"In many ways, it's what you expect from such a speech in an election year," says Azar Jammine, director of the Econometrix forecasting firm in Johannesburg. "The big question is whether these intentions will be realized, and that's the same question that is posed year after year after year."
Job creation is key
South Africa's economic climate is strong. There was continued growth even throughout much of the global slowdown, Mr. Jammine says, "but it's not growing fast enough to reduce unemployment in an appreciable way. At one point, one has to ask how much progress could be made, even in a period of economic growth, without improving the skills base."
The forefront of Zuma's job-creation plan is a 9 billion rand ($1.2 billion) fund to help create jobs and a separate 20 billion rand ($2.7 billion) in tax breaks for businesses to create jobs, a proposal welcomed by both labor unions and business owners. Improving the skills base would entail on-the-job training for those who are already employed, developing further skills to make them more effective workers.
"We cannot create these jobs alone," Mr. Zuma said, reading his speech from an iPad. "We have to work with business, labour and community constituencies. Experience shows that we succeed when we work together."
Both ideas are almost certain to be passed, in part because the ANC's most bitter rival, the Democratic Alliance party, claims the jobs fund idea as their own.
DA leader Helen Zille – whose party controls Western Cape province which includes Cape Town – welcomed Zuma's speech, but she cautioned that the government needs to start improving its capacity to deliver basic services. "While we have an incapacitated state, none of the plans will come to fruition," she said.
Trade unions hold many of the cards
Zuma's strongest criticism came from within his own tripartite governing alliance – the ANC, the Congress of South African Trades Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party.
COSATU leader Zwelinzima Vavi told reporters after the speech that it welcomed Zuma's promises to promote "decent" work opportunities, but fretted that the proposals were vague and made no mention of improving workers' rights. "If it is business as usual, government aims will be completely defeated," Mr. Vavi said.
In the end, Zuma's success will be measured in how it deals with restive trade unions that form the base of COSATU's (and the ANC's) support in the election season. COSATU has always supported the ANC ruling alliance, but it has recently hinted that it could withdraw that support in local elections if it felt the ANC was not backing pro-worker policies.
COSATU had originally rallied hard to support Zuma's candidacy for leadership of the ANC, helping Zuma to oust the decidedly pro-business former South African President Thabo Mbeki as ANC leader. But COSATU's relations with Zuma have soured of late. In the leadup to South Africa's World Cup, wage strikes by several key trade unions nearly brought the South African economy to a halt.
This year, as other union contracts come up for renewal, COSATU-affiliated unions appear to be no less militant, with the truckers' union SATAWU threatening to shut down key sectors of the economy unless their demands for 20 percent salary increases (over two years) are met.


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It's not difficult to get arrested for domestic violence: A tossed cupcake or a soda shower can get you a ride in the back of a squad car. The Nov. 25 arrest of Baxter Troutman, a former four-term state representative from Winter Haven, is a case in point of how in some domestic violence episodes, the bar for an arrest can appear low.
WINTER HAVEN | It's not difficult to get arrested for domestic violence: A tossed cupcake or a soda shower can get you a ride in the back of a squad car.
The Nov. 25 arrest of Baxter Troutman, a former four-term state representative from Winter Haven, is a case in point of how in some domestic violence episodes, the bar for an arrest can appear low.
Although the domestic violence-battery charge against him was quickly dropped, Troutman first spent a night in jail, which he called a humiliating experience.
But, he said, people have been overwhelmingly supportive of him.
Troutman acknowledges throwing a bedspread in the direction of his wife, Becky.
She told a deputy it hit her in the face. He said it didn't hit her anywhere.
Sheriff Grady Judd, whose deputies arrested Troutman, said if someone calls about a domestic assault in his or her home, "somebody is going to jail. Every time."
Nobody disputes that domestic violence is a serious problem in Polk County. The shelter for domestic violence victims in Lakeland is always busy, often with seriously injured women.
There are numerous examples of domestic violence in Polk County this year that ended with the worst possible results.
In one case, Joshua Kimbrough, 36, is accused of dousing his wife, Megan, with gasoline and setting her on fire in Lakeland on Aug. 3. She died Nov. 10, and Kimbrough is charged with first-degree murder.
In another, Sheree H. Peters, 56, is accused of killing her husband, James, 62. His decomposed body was found in their Haines City home with a bullet wound to his belly. She was charged Nov. 24 with manslaughter and a variety of other crimes, including tampering with evidence. Sheree Peters told investigators the couple was arguing and fought over a gun. Both had a history of arrests for domestic violence.
But there are plenty of cases in which arrests were made where there was no brutality, for example:
In July 16, a 23-year-old Davenport man was charged with assault for what a deputy wrote in a report was grabbing his girlfriend's car keys so she couldn't leave. He then "flinched" at her with a clenched fist as if to strike her, the report said, and she was scared. The victim later signed a waiver of prosecution and charges were dropped.
In May, a 62-year old Babson Park woman argued with her mother, whose age wasn't listed in an arrest report. The report said the younger woman crumpled up a Little Debbie Cake and threw it, hitting her mother in the jaw. Prosecutors dropped the battery charge.
In July, a 67-year-old Lakeland man unplugged his wife's computer, his arrest report said. During the ensuing argument, he dumped a "Big Gulp" drink over her head, the report said. Prosecutors dropped the battery charge. The couple has been married for almost 50 years.
Statewide domestic violence figures have remained remarkably steady over the years, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. FDLE records show 111,681 cases in 2011, compared with 109,449 cases 20 years before.
What hasn't remained steady but has gone up, proponents of domestic-violence protection say, is domestic-violence homicides.
The various and sometimes lengthy state laws that apply to domestic violence haven't been significantly altered for a decade.
In a nutshell, you can be charged with domestic battery for touching or striking someone against their will. There doesn't have to be a wound or even a mark left on the victim's body as evidence.
Brian Haas, a spokesman for the State Attorney's Office, said threats to maim or hurt someone can also lead to domestic violence charges.
In Baxter Troutman's arrest, it was Becky Troutman who called 911 and summoned a deputy to their Winter Haven home.
After the bedspread was thrown, Becky Troutman told Deputy Bradley Staton that she pushed her husband out of the bedroom and he pushed his way back in.
Baxter Troutman said the arrest was "a calamity of errors on my part, on Becky's part and on law enforcement's part."
Judd said there were several factors in the decision to charge Baxter Troutman. Those included a written victim statement by Becky Troutman.
In it, she said: "Due to past behaviors and incidents, I felt my physical safety was in jeopardy."
Judd said Becky Troutman could have been arrested, too, but the deputy determined Baxter Troutman was "the primary aggressor."
Becky Troutman declined to comment for this story.
Police say responding to domestic calls is one of their hardest duties. Judd said victims call 911 because they're afraid.
It used to be, decades ago, that when deputies arrived at the scene of a domestic violence call, they could separate the combative couple by having one of the two parties agree to spend the night elsewhere.
That's no longer the case, for two reasons, Judd said.
The first is that deputies must take the utmost care to protect the victim from more violence, he said. "I am a big proponent of domestic violence protection."
The second reason: A domestic-violence case in which no arrest is made and that ends up with someone dead or seriously injured leaves the Sheriff's Office open to liability.
Lakeland Police Chief Lisa Womack agreed.
"There really is no discretion anymore in these cases," she said.
Judd said he would like to see the law change to allow more discretion in occasional cases.
"If there were some way other than jail to separate some of these parties overnight, it would be nice to have that extra tool," he said.
Baxter Troutman said his arrest made no sense. He said he plans to work to change the law so deputies have more latitude in making similar arrests.
"There's got to be a better way than, 'Somebody's got to go to jail every time.' It's a waste of taxpayers' money," he said. "I'm going to fight to change this if it takes years. You can bet on it. I want to help keep this from happening to others."
Heidi Shank-Bridges, a juvenile probation supervisor and former victim of domestic violence, said she thinks a change in the law is needed to give more clarity to what should really be considered an act of domestic violence.
"There needs to be a line drawn," she said. "Are you really in fear that you had a cupcake or bedspread thrown at you? There has to be some common sense at some point."
Shank-Bridges wrote a book, "No More," about her nine-year ordeal. She said overreaction to instances in which a heated argument includes actions like throwing small objects without the intent to harm someone "takes away the validity on what actual victims of domestic violence are going through.
"For cases like this, calling them domestic violence, and then comparing them to someone being set on fire ... it doesn't seem like that should be in the same category to me."
Shank-Bridges said she was first pistol whipped by her now ex-husband on their wedding night. That abuse continued for nine years before she left him with the help of law enforcement officers.
That experience, while horrible and tragic for her and her children, has helped her help others going through similar circumstances, she said.
Domestic violence can be devastating. And if an arrest isn't made and things go horribly wrong later, it can bring heavy criticism from the friends and family of the deceased.
On Oct. 28, 2010, the body of Virginia Varnum, 44, of Lakeland, was found by her brother in a shallow grave. She suffered multiple stab wounds. Lakeland police had been summoned to a disturbance call at her home Oct. 12, 2010.
That night, police handcuffed and placed her agitated boyfriend, Monday Demarsh, 38, in a squad car. Demarsh had a troubled past. But he calmed down, and officers let him go without an arrest.
During the incident, police said, Varnum told them Demarsh hadn't harmed or threatened her and that she wasn't in fear.
She was reported missing Oct. 21, 2010.
Demarsh is accused of killing her and is charged with first-degree murder.
Internal LPD reviews did not find the department responsible for Varnum's death. But they did find that documentation of conversations with witnesses in the case was lacking, and, as a result, LPD changed some procedures.
Womack said she wouldn't comment at length on the case, saying she didn't want to jeopardize Demarsh's prosecution.
She did say the fact Varnum told police she had no injuries or marks and she wasn't in fear played into the decision not to make an arrest.
Peace River Center operates a shelter in Lakeland for domestic violence victims. It houses 30 people and usually operates at 80 percent to 90 percent capacity.
Generally, half of the people sheltered at the facility are children. Usually there's at least one man in the shelter's population.
Sherrie Schwab, director of victim services at the Peace River Center shelter, said the reasons for people to seek protection are varied, including being beaten.
"Some have serious threats of violence against them," Schwab said. "Some have been stalked."
Many cases are dropped by prosecutors because of uncooperative victims, she said, "and the main reason victims are uncooperative is they're scared of the consequences."
Schwab said batterers need to be held accountable "and if they were, they wouldn't abuse people." She said many should be prosecuted even if their victims sign waivers.
"They (authorities) have a signed statement from the victim about what happened," Schwab said. "And often there are witnesses."
Haas, from the State Attorney's Office, said prosecutors do proceed with some cases in which the victim signed a waiver.
That's just one of the several factors in each case that goes into the decision of whether to prosecute, he said. Haas said the State Attorney's Office takes accusations of domestic violence seriously and examines the facts carefully.
Leisa Wiseman is a spokeswoman for the Florida Coalition Against Violence. She said studies show domestic violence is a vastly under-reported crime, and most people charged with battering a spouse have done so a number of times before being arrested.
Victims are often harassed, even from jail, to sign a waiver, she said. Or the accused will say, "I love you, I'll never do it again."
Many victims have signed waivers out of concern for their own safety, Wiseman said.
She said her organization provides domestic-violence training to law enforcement agencies across Florida, and better training is one of the keys to limiting domestic violence, not changing the law.
"In Florida, we have good domestic violence laws."
[ Rick Rousos can be reached at email@example.com or 863-802-7509. Reporter Jeremy Maready contributed to this story. ]


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Snowboarding on Mount Ruapehu
Snow, adventure, volcanos and stunning views - why decide for one when you can have it all on Mt Ruapehu?
Craving adventure? Not a problem. How about snowboarding on New Zealand's most active volcano?
Mount Ruapehu is an active volcano, situated in Tongariro National Park on New Zealand's North Island, not far away from Lake Taupo.
With Taupo being the adventure capital of the North Island, it is not really surprising to find yet another amazing adventure waiting for you in the neighbourhood!
Let me show you what snowboarding on Mount Ruapehu looks like:
The great thing about snowboarding on Ruapehu is that you can easily do it as a day trip from Taupo. You don't even need any special clothes or equipment – you can rent all of that on site!
And please don't be too worried about the whole active volcano thing: there are posters with safety instructions everywhere, even in the toilet stalls!
Snowboarding down an active volcano – only in New Zealand!
For more pictures and information see my post on My blog.


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As part of a regular Jay Leno segment called "Pumpcast News," in which an actor pretends to be a news reporter who talks to people filling up their tanks, Will and Monifa Sims delivered a spectacular karaoke performance at their local gas station.
The couple's renditions of Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer" and "Sweet Dreams" were so impressive, that the "Tonight Show" host invited them on the program to perform.
According to a new report by The Smoking Gun, Jay Leno's viral video prank might have been completely staged, with trained actors pretending to be the Sims couple.
The site claims that Will and Monifa are actually trained actors from Chicago, as opposed to the trainer and bartender they pretended to be during their appearance on "The Tonight Show." And Monifa appeared on a previous "Pumpcast News" segment in 2011.
In an interview with "The Smoking Gun," Monifa admitted to being an actress, but said that "Tonight Show" producers made up fake jobs because they "[didn't] want people to think that they planned this thing."
She chalked her two appearances on the "Pumpcast News" segment down to coincidence.


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My core script that runs my CMS is a perl script, and I need to find a way to get it working, preferably from within a www/cgi-bin folder, although I find myself wondering if that will help, either.
My main problem is in altering the file paths in my Perl script, which I can get working with no problem for the script output, but it cannot find its accompanying scripts in the same directory!
I've done the following to get myself set up here:
- I've gone ahead and updated my US installation to the latest Coral version (I confess, I greatly miss the toolbar controls!) and have installed Active Perl appropriately.
- I've transferred my site to www/ and my cgi scripts to the main UniServer/cgi-bin directory.
- Forced the shebang change--I understand I'll have to return all edits before going live, but that's something I'm willing to do...
- Altered all program paths in the scripts configuration file.
- Tested the script, it works, but can't find anything in my scripts folder. i.e., here's the error I keep getting:
"Can't locate /cra_changedatenew.pl in @INC (@INC contains: D:/UniServer/cgi-bin/coranto D:/UniServer/usr/lib .)" And YES, the file is in the @INC directory.
I've tried various ways of reconfiguring this, but this is ridiculous. Certainly, I should be able to run and test cgi scripts on a US dev server and upload them with minor alterations back to my live server. What am I missing here?
CGI is the core of my CMS, and I can't use US if I can't use it seamlessly.
Any and all help is appreciated.


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Admission to Indiana University
Most incoming freshmen admitted to Indiana University first enter the University Division, which provides them with academic advising. Some freshmen may, however, be directly admitted to the School of Journalism through the Direct Admit and Journalism Honors programs. All students are expected to meet the admission standards outlined in the freshman application materials. These materials and additional information are available from the Office of Admissions at 300 N. Jordan, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405; by e-mail requests to iuadmit [at] indiana [dot] edu; by phone requests to (812) 855-0661; or on the Office of Admissions Web site.
International students should request the International Application for Admission from the Office of International Admissions at 300 N. Jordan, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, by e-mail requests to intladm [at] indiana [dot] edu; by phone requests to (812) 855-4306; or on the Office of Admissions Web site.
Admission to the School of Journalism
Students who want to major in journalism may declare themselves journalism majors in the University Division during their first year at IU and may take several 100- and 200-level journalism courses. Before seeking admission as a major in the School of Journalism, students must complete a minimum of 26 credit hours of undergraduate course work, including the following:
- one of these three journalism courses with a grade of C or higher:
J 110 Foundations of Journalism and Mass Communications
J 200 Reporting, Writing, and Editing I
J 210 Visual Communication
- English composition with a grade of C or higher (or exemption) See Fundamental Skills.
- one semester of a foreign language See Fundamental Skills.
- one fundamental skills mathematics course with a grade of C– or higher (or exemption). Recommended: MATH-M 118, A 118, or D 116-D 117. See Fundamental Skills.
Students meeting these requirements with a cumulative IU grade point average of 2.2 (Extended-X grades will not be used in this calculation; FX will be calculated as F, DX as D, etc.) will be considered for admission to the School of Journalism. Each year the school will admit students, based on their grade point average, as the school's physical space, instructional equipment, and faculty/staff resources permit.
Application Deadlines
The School of Journalism will consider applications three times a year: when grades are official at the end of fall semester, spring semester and second summer session. Applications can be found on the Forms page of the School of Journalism Web site.
If transfer course work is to be included for admission purposes, it must be entered on the student's IU transcript by the application deadline. Transcripts from other colleges and universities should be sent to the Office of Admissions, 300 N. Jordan, Bloomington, IN 47405.
Direct Admission
High school students who have indicated an interest in journalism on their application to IU and who meet any one of the following criteria will be invited to complete the Selective Scholarship Application.
- SAT score (critical reading and math) of 1270 or higher.
- ACT score of 29 or higher.
- GPA of 3.8/4.0 or above.
- Ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class.
A completed Selective Scholarship Application is required to be considered for direct admission to the School of Journalism.


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2008 Virginia Business Person of the Year
- December 1, 2008
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by Robert Burke
Nicholas Chabraja used to be a Chicago lawyer, and he was good at it. Back in the spring of 1992, fresh from helping a major client, General Dynamics, fight allegations of fraud in a federal lawsuit tried in New York, he was heading home to Chicago, where he was a partner at one of the city's premier litigation firms, Jenner & Block.
Others, though, were making different plans for him. Longtime client Harvey Kapnick, a veteran Chicago businessman and the new vice chairman at General Dynamics, told Chabraja they needed his help at the company's Falls Church headquarters. The Cold War was over and defense contractors were staring at the abyss of billions less in federal spending. General Dynamics had to either buy itself to the top in every defense sector it was in, or sell out. But Chabraja wasn't interested. "I tried to push it off on one of the corporate lawyers in my firm, and Harvey said, 'No, you get your butt out here.' So I did."
It was a first step in a remarkable career change. Five years later, after brief stints as General Dynamics' general counsel, executive vice president and vice chairman, he was named its CEO, and Chabraja's Chicago days were over. He and his wife, Eleanor, packed up and moved to McLean. "The board said to me, 'Okay, Nick, you're next. If you want this job, you're going to have to finally quit practicing law.'" This time he didn't hesitate. "I was intrigued by the business problem," he says.
Chabraja's answer to that problem has been intriguing, too. Before he arrived General Dynamics had been selling off most of its operations, shrinking from $10.5 billion in revenues in 1990 to $3.5 billion in 1995. During his tenure, Chabraja has built the company through savvy purchases and tight management into a 91,200-employee global corporation with an expected $29.2 billion in revenues this year.
The company, divided into four major divisions, makes a lot of military hardware, such as M1 Abrams tanks and the eight-wheeled Stryker armored combat vehicle. It also has a stake outside the military market, with Georgia-based Gulfstream Aeronautics, maker of business jets. The company's biggest division is in information systems and technology, employing 34,000 people.
In recognition of his accomplishments, Virginia Business has selected Chabraja as its first Virginia Business Person of the Year. The annual honor will spotlight business leaders in the commonwealth who have transformed their companies, their industries or the state's economy.
People around Chabraja believe he deserves recognition. "Nick has become one of the finest CEOs that I have ever seen," says Lester Crown, 82, who served on the Board of Directors for 32 years until retiring in 2006. The Crown family has holdings in a number of major U.S. corporations and it is one of General Dynamics' largest single shareholders. "The company today is in the best shape financially that it has ever been, and that's primarily due to Nick." (The third quarter marked the company's 19th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in earnings per share, fully diluted, from continuing operations.)
Joseph Kampf, who sold his Fairfax-based business Anteon International in 2006 to General Dynamics for $2.2 billion, describes Chabraja as "smart as a whip. He knows what he wants strategically and he does his homework. He just has a style that makes it work well." There are admirers too, among those who track General Dynamics. In September, before an audience of analysts, Heidi Wood of Morgan Stanley introduced Chabraja by noting that General Dynamics "has been one of my longest-standing recommendations … I always hesitate to bet against Nick, and it's been frankly, over time, the right call."
Courteous but precise
Crown says that both inside and outside the company Chabraja is courteous and unassuming, but also well-prepared and precise. He relishes a debate but doesn't insist that subordinates yield to his side. He wastes little effort on the trappings of business power. "A lot of CEOs are dominant. 'I'm the boss, you listen to me.' That's not Nick in any way. He is interested in doing what's best for the company."
Chabraja, 66, thinks sparking a give-and-take among his senior executives is the best way to find a good strategy. "We have a good time, dealing with our business problems," he says, his voice tinged with the Chicago accent he grew up with. "I think our people think it's fun. I'm not looking for yes men. I don't want that."
At its low point around 1995, General Dynamics had only a few companies, among them Connecticut-based Electric Boat, maker of nuclear submarines, and Land Systems in Detroit, which built tanks. It was clear the company needed to get bigger or die. "For both of these products, whenever I picked up the newspaper, you would see … 'Cold War relic.' So you couldn't very well stand pat on that hand," he says.
In 1995, before becoming CEO, he engineered the $300 million purchase of naval shipbuilder Bath Iron Works in Maine, which fit well with the company's marine division. And after taking over the reins of the company, he kept hunting for others, telling his management team to look for defense-related acquisitions that fit with the companies they already owned.
Blessed with cash
To his good fortune, Chabraja's two predecessors had left him with plenty of cash. Bill Anders, CEO from 1991 to 1993, led the charge in selling off weaker parts of the business. James Mellor took over in 1993 and sharpened its day-to-day operations, generating even more capital for acquisitions.
Mellor also revamped the company's culture. Like many defense contractors, General Dynamics was focused on technology, he says. "We decided to really start running the business like a business. We had to make a lot of changes. We really turned the place upside down, but we got the right people in the right jobs, and that's what set the stage."
Chabraja credits the two men with showing him how to run the company; they credit him with making the strategy work. "I thought early on it was a good approach, and it turned out to be that and more so," Anders says.
One new venture that grew solely under Chabraja's watch is General Dynamics' Information Systems and Technology group, which has a big presence in Northern Virginia, employing 6,300 people. Chabraja says he didn't start out with any great insight into where the defense industry was going; he was just looking for tech firms that could outfit the ships and tanks he was already building. The new business unit started taking shape after a couple of major purchases — GTE Government Systems in 1999 and Motorola's Integrated Information Systems Group two years later. "When we put what GTE had together with what Motorola had, we had a very powerful networking business," he says.
About half the 50 companies General Dynamics has bought under Chabraja were absorbed by the IS&T group. Among them was Anteon. Kampf says that when he sold the company, it was clear that General Dynamics had the buying process down pat.
In October 2005 Chabraja invited him to lunch at the restaurant on the ground floor of General Dynamics' headquarters, where he made his case for why the deal was a good one for both sides. Being approached by a buyer "can be an unpleasant process" for the smaller company, but Kampf felt pretty good about the offer. For the next few weeks General Dynamics people came to work through details and that went smoothly. "They're very pleasant, direct, focused, and they know what they want," he says.
By mid-December, the deal was signed. Kampf's former COO, Dan Johnson, is president of General Dynamics' Information Technology unit, still headquartered in Fairfax. "I think the fact that an Anteon guy is now running GD-IT is a testament that it worked," he says.
Three runs at the shipyard
Not all the deals work out, though. Three times Chabraja tried to buy Newport News Shipbuilding, one of Virginia's largest private employers. The first time was in the mid-1990s, when he approached the CEO of Tenneco, which then owned the shipbuilding business. But they couldn't agree on a price. In hindsight Chabraja thinks he blew the deal. "I blame myself for that one," he says, laughing. "I was young and cautious. In retrospect it was a hell of a price. I just wasn't wise enough to have figured that out."
He tried again in 1999 with a $1.4 billion offer, but the Pentagon rejected the deal because it would leave the Navy with just one supplier of aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines. In 2001 General Dynamics lost a third bid to buy the business when Northrop Grumman Corp. acquired it in a deal valued at about $2.6 billion.
Chabraja dismisses critics who felt the deal would create a monopoly, arguing the merger would have cut operating costs at least $200 million a year. The two companies already were partners in building nuclear subs, he says, and there was little chance the market for nuclear subs would ever grow enough to allow two companies to really compete. "I thought it was nonsense," he says.
Gulfstream purchase
That is what some financial analysts thought as well of his 1999 decision to purchase Gulfstream Aerospace for $4.8 billion. Critics pointed out that General Dynamics had sold off Cessna Aircraft Co. in 1992, and they wondered why it wanted back in that market. Chabraja says he opposed the Cessna sale, because he thought the business aviation market was going to grow. "We took a fair amount of abuse from the investment community over why we'd done that," he says, but critics were silenced when the company did well for a few years.
Then in 2002 the market slumped, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks and a weakened economy. Companies just stopped buying jets. Chabraja admits they didn't handle the downturn very well "and naysayers were coming back out of the bushes. But subsequent events proved this was a powerful business."
Why? Chabraja says more businesses had global operations they needed to reach and the airline industry wasn't serving them well, so owning a jet seemed less like a lavish waste than "an efficient business tool." He also predicted that CEOs would start pushing the use of corporate jets farther down in their companies. "I certainly saw that happen on my watch. Companies that bought one aircraft for the CEO and CFO now have five. They're moving folks all over the place in efficient ways. So I think we were completely right about that market."
As a defense contractor, General Dynamics produces instruments of war. Yet its tools save lives as well, and word of that sometimes reaches Chabraja's Falls Church office. In October, a father of a U.S. soldier wrote him a letter "to thank me for the Stryker vehicle that saved his son's life in Afghanistan. He said they went over an IED (improvised explosive device) and [there was] a lot of shake rattle and roll, some bumps and bruises, but the kids all walked away. So when you get those letters, there's a lot of personal satisfaction, not only for me but for the guys who build these things."
Chabraja, in fact, doesn't get a lot of attention from the public or the media outside the industry press and financial community, mostly because he doesn't seek it. "It's just a little difficult for me to understand what our interest is in publicity," he says.
Defense contractors for the most part are trying to please just one customer — the U.S. government. In 2007, for example, federal spending accounted for $18.8 billion of General Dynamics' $27.2 billion in total revenue. "My ego doesn't desire seeing my name in print, in fact I'm kind of shy about it. And it's been my experience that if one seeks publicity, you may get some pleasant articles about you, but the same guy will be back to work you over. I'd rather be under the radar."
New CEO this summer
Chabraja's time as CEO at General Dynamics is short. At the end of June he'll step down as CEO and turn the job over to Jay Johnson, a retired Navy admiral and former chief of naval operations. Johnson, who joined the General Dynamics board in 2003, retired in June as CEO of Dominion Virginia Power after accepting the offer from General Dynamics.
Chabraja will stay on as chairman of the board until the annual shareholders meeting in May 2010. He says there were about five candidates inside the company and all were qualified for the job. But Johnson's experience in the military and his eight years running some of Dominion's operations won him over. Plus, Chabraja says, Johnson impressed him with his interest in the internal workings of General Dynamics. "So I went to the board and said, 'I'm going to throw you a curve. I want you to think about Jay Johnson.'"
As Chabraja leaves, a political change is coming to Washington. Republicans are generally considered bigger supporters of defense spending and thus better for contractors like General Dynamics, but Chabraja doesn't think it will matter too much. "I think shipbuilding is on a course that's not to be changed," he told analysts in an October conference call. "Congress is dead set on improving the numbers of ships in the fleet, and I think our submarine program is pretty much locked and loaded … So I feel pretty good across the board here, and I think it's not going to matter to me too much which party is in the White House."
He and his wife are planning to leave Virginia this summer after his time as CEO ends, and move back to Lake Forest, north of Chicago, to be closer to their three children and seven grandchildren. His work as chairman will bring him to the Falls Church offices maybe a week out of every month. He envisions a retirement of playing golf — he's about an eight handicap — and going to the opera, a taste he picked up as a young lawyer in Chicago. As methodical as Chabraja is, it's hard to imagine him doing anything other than what he's planned out. "Somewhere along the line," he says, "you have to claim victory and hand the baton to the next guy."


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It never occured to us, to warn our 2 year old that fire is burning hot. We kinda (wrongly) assumed it was obvious. Poor little guy burnt some of his beautiful eyelashes...smelled like burnt hair for a while in the room...but a few minutes later he was ready to continue with the cake.
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I as a citizen of Trimble County, Ky., object to the issuance of a modification of permit LRL 2008-600. This objection deals with the waste soil part of the permit.
The proposed lake site to be filled with waste soil is adjacent to Trimble County Water District wells that supply drinking water to Trimble County, Ky.
All citizens of Trimble County should be concerned about outside companies trying to use our town as a dump site for garbage, coal ash, sludge, and anything else! As a citizen of Trimble County, Ky., I object to the issuance of permit LRL-2008-600. Filling Liter's Quarry, located at Wise's Landing in Trimble County, with sludge from the Louisville Water Company presents many significant concerns.
Among these concerns are:
A note to the people of Trimble County: My name is Billie Jo Jones. Some of you may remember me. I served the people of Trimble County as Family Court Deputy Clerk for seven years and very much enjoyed my job.
I had the pleasure of working with Stacy Bruner. I am encouraging all voters to get out and vote on May 22, 2012 for Stacy Bruner as our new Trimble County Circuit Clerk. She is experienced. Stacy served as Deputy and then Chief Deputy in the Circuit Clerk's Office. She knows the job and what it takes to do it right.
On behalf of Trimble County Project Prom I would like to thank those who donated to us. Whether it was through a donation of money, items or time we appreciate all that was given to make this event such a success.
I would especially like to thank the Project Prom Committee and the dedication they have brought to this committee. Many were new to this committee this year and they were fantastic workers. Without a committee this event would not be possible.
On April 14th, Bob's Bunch Battling ALS held a fundraiser at the Morgan Community Center. The benefit was a huge success raising $15,545. The money raised will be used for research to find a cure and patient services.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Arkema Carrollton Plant and its employees for their support for my family. I was employed at this company for more than 25 years before I left to work home health full time. My brother-in-law was diagnosed with ALS three years ago and my family has been very active in fundraising for this non-profit organization to search for a cure, buy equipment and provide support for people affected by this terrible disease.
I write to you today in response to the letter written to you from Larry Graves. First, let me start by saying I am a career firefighter from Iowa. I attended a weeklong command and control class at the National Fire Academy in February with the Milton Fire Chief, Jason Long. This class was specifically designed for officers of fire departments that will deal with large scale incidents, i.e. tornadoes.
I write to you today in response to the letter written to you from Larry Graves. First, let me start by saying I am a career firefighter from Iowa. I attended a weeklong command and control class at the National Fire Academy in February with the Milton Fire Chief, Jason Long. This class was specifically designed for officers of fire departments that will deal with large scale incidents, i.e. tornadoes.
This letter is in response to Mr. Graves' Letter to the Editor.
If the fire department is making most of their money to stay in operation from the numerous fish fries, in turn to help the community, how feasible would a tent be? And what about health inspection? I feel that a person should base their opinion after checking with all sources. That is the difference between reality and fiction.
I am the president of Milton Fire and Rescue writing in response to Mr. Graves's letter in the April 4 Trimble Banner. This letter and these comments are my own.
These are some things the people of Milton and Trimble County need to know about.
First, the Tornado Victims Benefit Concert, held for all those affected by the March 2 tornadoes—although light in turnout—was a success.
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"Build green. Everyone profits." That's the message touted by the U.S. Green Building Council to promote its LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, a consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. The program was created by members of the Council, representing all segments of the building industry, to define "green building" by establishing a common standard of measurement.
Providing a framework for assessing building performance and meeting sustainability goals, LEED emphasizes strategies for sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. LEED recognizes achievements and promotes expertise in green building through a comprehensive system, offering project certification based on points (Table 1), professional accreditation, training, and practical resources.
Although an owner can obtain most of the LEED points toward project certification through architectural, site selection, and mechanical/plumbing systems, anyone that's been involved in a LEED-certified project before knows that the last handful of points can be very difficult and expensive to obtain — despite the fact that they've proven to be extremely cost-effective in the long run. As a result, compliance requires the creative design input from all design entities, including the electrical design/build contractor.
How can electrical contractors excel as a LEED participant? By being proactive. Not only must they possess engineering know-how and experience, but they also have to "walk the walk" in the field. Members of the electrical design and construction community can make a difference in many ways that contribute to LEED credits, including the following areas. (This article is based on LEED, version 2.1, an administrative update to version 2.0.)
Sustainable Site, Credit #4.3 — Alternative Transportation, Alternative Fuel Refueling Stations. The project electrical contractor must install alternate fuel refueling stations for 3% of the total vehicle capacity of the site. One method of complying with this requirement is to provide receptacles for charging battery-powered cars.
Sustainable Site, Credit #8 — Light Pollution Reduction. The purpose of this point is to eradicate light trespass from the building and the site, enhance night sky access, and diminish development impacts on nighttime environments. The electrical designer is required to first provide lower light levels than those recommended by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). In addition, a sophisticated photometric simulation with lighting analysis and modeling software is required to validate it. You can achieve this point with in house engineering expertise required to provide proper fixture selection and coordination and photometric analysis.
Energy & Atmosphere, Credit #1.1 — Optimized Energy Performance. The prerequisite for the Minimum Energy Performance category is to meet the minimum level of energy efficiency as specified in ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1 and/or the local energy codes — whichever is more stringent based — on a whole building simulation (Table 2). The electrical design professional must work together with the mechanical designer to collaborate on complete building energy savings.
An experienced electrical design/build contractor must work closely with the serving electrical utility to turn the energy efficiencies inherent in LEED-certified projects into energy incentives. Electric utilities in the Seattle area, for example, offer incentives for efficient lighting systems that use less energy than allowed by the local energy code. The calculated energy incentives are based on the total kilowatt-hour savings compared to the baseline of the energy code requirements. These savings are often calculated over the first year that the building is occupied and paid directly to the building owner.
The building owner can receive additional incentives from using wall- or ceiling-mounted occupancy sensors when they are not specifically required by the local energy code. A good LEED designer will combine LEED energy performance points with utility energy savings.
Energy & Atmosphere, Credit #6 — Green Power. The green power LEED point requires that the electricity used for your project must be generated from wind, solar, wave, geothermal, or biomass. A single point can be achieved by purchasing 50% of the building's power through green sources over a two-year contract. These utility contracts offer power at a premium over standard power contracts. A calculation of the expected energy use over a two-year period needs to be provided along with the premium kWH cost of the green power from the serving electric utility. The electrical engineer can then provide a projected monthly cost premium required to obtain this point.
Green power can prove to be a cheap point when faced with other potential points during the end of the LEED process. In addition, the project can be promoted as utilizing green power, which may help to attract environmentally conscious tenants and/or customers.
Material & Resources, Credit #2.1 — Construction Waste Management. Prefabrication procedures will limit the amount of construction personnel and waste in the field. This will not only limit the risk to the general contractor and owner's construction budget, but it can also help garner this point through reduced packaging waste at the project site.
During the design and planning phase, many facets of a project are identified for specific delivery packages to be sent to the project as a "ready assembly" (Photo 1 on page C14). These assemblies are built with all required supports, straps, and fittings and packaged in the warehouse. Complete units (rather than individual components) (Photo 2 on page C16) can be installed in the field. Excess packaging stays in the warehouse, helping the entire team obtain the LEED construction waste management point.
Indoor Environmental Quality Category, Credit #6.1 — "Controllability. "As a prerequisite, lighting controls per the local energy code (or ASHRAE/IESNA 90.1-1999 — whichever is more stringent) are required as a minimum on all LEED projects. In addition, improved lighting control technologies can significantly contribute to this point.
Typically, the basic energy code requirements incorporate the implementation of lighting control panels or occupancy sensors to turn off the lights during nonuse hours. You can use improved controls technologies to exceed the minimum required energy performance criteria. These enhanced lighting control systems include dimming ballasts and dimming controls, dual-technology occupancy sensors, photocells mounted in skylights, and sophisticated local controls, including digital addressable lighting interface (DALI).
Innovative & Design Process, Credit #2 — LEED Accredited Professional. It's important to hire a design/build electrical contractor with an in-house LEED Accredited Professional. Just having this person on staff will provide a point toward project certification. In addition, the LEED Accredited Professional credential illustrates a broad knowledge of the complete building systems and construction procedures required for project certification. This credential also certifies that the design professional understands the LEED point system and protocols required for project certification.
Innovative & Design Process, Credit #1.1 — Innovative Design. The LEED process offers several points you can obtain through innovative design. This is where both design expertise and a strong history of LEED-certified projects can significantly contribute to a project. The beauty of this point is that there are no specifically required measures to achieve it. The design or product must substantially exceed LEED performance criteria. The designer must apply strategies not covered in the LEED handbook, such as life cycle cost analysis, community development and education of occupants. The right design or product can combine owner construction cost savings with resident/customer life cycle cost savings and with LEED points.
Lane is a registered P.E., RCDD/NTS specialist, TPM, LC, LEED A.P. and serves as director and vice president of engineering at SASCO Design/Build Electrical Contractors and Consultants in Woodinville, Wash.


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Preschool Art – It Is All In How You Look At It
"Ms. J! Ms. J! Come look what I painted!"
Ella beamed at me from around our art easel in my 4 year old classroom yesterday, barely able to contain her excitement. It was catching. I wondered what I would see as I rounded the side of the easel: her name written across the white paper? A rainbow with pretty flowers underneath? Maybe an ocean with all sorts of sea creatures that only a 4 year old imagination could conjure?
Nope, I saw BROWN.
Brown. Brown paper, brown easel stand, brown paint brushes. Oh, they didn't start out brown. They were initially red, yellow, green and blue. But now, each of the easel's paint pots were a murky brown and each brush was dripping with the same goopy concoction.
This story could take two turns at this point. I, as Ella's teacher, could have chastized her for mixing the colors, rendering the easel unusable for the rest of the day and the rest of the class. I could have reminded her of our rule to take care of our room and the things in it so that everyone could enjoy it. And, I could have taken her paper down and thrown it away, calling it a "mess".
If you know me, though, this is absolutely NOT something I would do. Instead, I told Ella that her work was "impressive". It was a good word choice; it is quite neutral while still sounding encouraging. I then asked her to tell me about her painting.
Ella, in her own words, described to me her exploration of the primary colors. She mixed yellow and blue on the paper and realized she had a green color, but it didn't match the green in the paint pot. So, she tried adding some red. And then some more yellow, and some more blue. Pretty soon, she was swirling colors together and making a "yummy chocolate pie" on her paper. Yes, that's exactly what it looked like to me – pie, but without the boundaries of a crust. Free exploration with a lesson in color making. Wow.
That is what art needs to be for children – free exploration. Children need the freedom to create and explore in a non-threatening environment. They need encouragement and praise, even when all we see is a mess of brown. Becasue, in that brown is a lesson to be learned, and it is much more valuable than keeping the paint colors separate.


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The Stras got knocked around in just four innings of work against San Diego today, and maybe you'd be tempted to write it off as a fluke. Sometimes a guy just has a bad day. But this is Stephen Strasburg, and nothing can make him mortal. Nothing besides, perhaps, burning testicles.
In his postgame press conference, Davey Johnson made some allusions to a little chemical mishap that might have thrown off Strasburg's concentration. We'll let the bemused beat writers take it from here:
Remember kids, take a tip from the pros: menthol and scrota are a bad combination.