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Acronyms are just letters arranged in an order. The validity of those acronyms vary depending on who is judging them. The list of acronyms that make up personal training certification agencies numbers at least 75, which is too many for some in the business.
"I'd like to see some certifying agencies disappear," says Ellie Ciolfi, executive director of Strength in Numbers Inc., a personal training business in Maryland.
She's not alone.
"We want quality rather than quantity," Al Wasser, fitness coordinator at Red Rocks Community College in Lakewood, CO, says about certifying agencies.
The large number of certifying agencies dilutes the credibility of a personal training certification because it seems that any person can walk off the sidewalk and say he or she has a personal training certification, says Joey Lowery M.S., head personal trainer at the Monroe Athletic Club in Monroe, LA.
"If we reduce the number [of certifying agencies] and people just go to a group of four or five certifying agencies, you'll see the best of the best will come out on top in this industry," he says.
Much to the chagrin of certifying agencies, fitness facility owners and managers aren't concerned with keeping the 75 or more personal training certification organizations in business. Instead, they want a smaller group of good-quality agencies that will provide them with well-trained personal trainers.
The recommendation by the International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) could be the tool to decrease the certifying agency numbers and sift out the bad certifications.
"This process was driven by our member clubs saying, 'Give us some guidance. How do I choose from these certifying organizations out there?'" says Helen Durkin, director of public policy at IHRSA. "So the drive to do this came from the membership."
IHRSA recommended that by the first of this year, IHRSA-member club owners only hire personal trainers with certifications from agencies that have been accredited by (or are in the process of obtaining accreditation from) the National Commission of Certifying Agencies (NCCA) or have had their curriculum accredited by the Council for Higher Education and Accreditation (CHEA) or the U.S. Department of Education. Currently, five agencies have received NCCA accreditation and at least five others have applied to receive accreditation.
Wasser approves of IHRSA's recommendation because it forces some of those organizations to say, 'What do we have to do to become IHRSA recommended?'
"I'm for anything that will minimize the number of certifying agencies so the personal trainer will be thought of as highly as a certified public accountant," he says.
More to the Mix
Were that all there was to the certification issue, the matter would be simple. The large certifying agencies with the funding and the small ones that secure the funding (accreditation efforts can run more than $25,000) would receive accreditation while the other certifying agencies would slip through the accreditation funnel never to be heard from again.
However, the National Board of Fitness Examiners (NBFE) has added itself to the mix by offering written and practical exams that it has termed "national boards." At least 14 certifying agencies that are not pursuing third-party accreditation have signed on as affiliates of the NBFE, betting that personal trainers and club owners will prefer the status of passing a national board to having a third-party accredited certification. So far, 1,200 personal trainers have signed up to take the NBFE exams, according to the organization, despite the fact that the NBFE is not part of IHRSA's recommendation and the group does not intend to seek accreditation through NCCA or CHEA.
While IHRSA has not taken an official stance on the NBFE, Durkin indicated the trade association is open to seeing where the effort goes. The main concern about the NBFE is that accredited certifications have already created a pool of qualified trainers. Requiring trainers to qualify again by taking the national boards asks them to requalify themselves, but taking the exam won't make them any more qualified, she says. Therefore, the national boards could lessen the pool of qualified trainers because trainers may not want to qualify a second time.
Who Is Following Whom?
Now all clubs face a decision about whether to hire personal trainers with accredited certifications, hire those who have passed the NBFE exam or require them to do both.
IHRSA is not tracking how many member clubs are following its recommendation, says Durkin. However, if Ron Clark's numbers are any indication, many clubs are following the recommendation. Clark's certifying group, National Federation of Professional Trainers (NFPT), became accredited by NCCA on Nov. 15. Gross revenue since then has increased 150 percent to 200 percent, he says.
"We cannot believe the spike in business since we've become accredited," Clark says. "The only contributing factor has to be our accreditation."
In the past month, the National Association of Sports Medicine (NASM) also has seen a spike in registrants for its accredited exam, says Alan Russell, director of the Health Sciences Institute at NASM. In the first week of January, the organization exceeded the number of registrants in its entire month of January last year, he says.
However, many are still debating whether to follow the IHRSA recommendation or the NBFE.
Some of the Sport & Health Co. clubs in the Washington, D.C., area are following the IHRSA recommendation, says Don Konz, CEO of Sport & Health. However, that doesn't mean he's against the national boards, which as of yet, are not a requirement at his clubs, but he said they're moving in that direction.
IHRSA-member club Monroe Athletic Club, is following IHRSA's recommendation, says Lowery. The club has gone even further, though, in that it won't even consider a personal training candidate if that person does not have an exercise science-based degree.
The personal trainers at Monroe Athletic Club who don't have accredited certifications have one year to receive an accredited certification. Personal trainers must cover their own cost to take the exam. For the most part, the club's personal trainers have not balked at the requirement, says Lowery.
"They see where I'm coming from in the sense that anyone just walking in off the street can come in as a personal trainer," says Lowery. "They don't want to be put in the bad apple bunch. They want to be known as the good people and competent."
The Westerville Parks and Recreation Department in Westerville, OH, is not following IHRSA's recommendation, per say. Prior to the recommendation, the organization had only accepted certifications from three certifying agencies — all of which either already have NCCA accreditation or have applied for it.
"We'd been doing it already in recognition that those are the best in the industry for personal trainers and group fitness," says Mike Herron, fitness manager at Westerville Parks and Recreation. He especially likes that the certifications require a minimum of a bachelor's degree to take the tests.
"We want to make sure that our personal trainers have that undergrad experience," says Herron.
Educational requirements aren't important to everyone. If Wasser could set up industry requirements to become a personal trainer, he would require that personal trainers take one national exam and then take one of the top five or six certification exams depending on their area of specialty.
That doesn't mean Wasser is a proponent of the NBFE. While he understands the intent of the group, he is concerned that some of the certifying agencies that he considers top quality are not affiliates of the NBFE. The NBFE welcomes any certifying agency to join it, but most of those who pursued NCCA accreditation have chosen not to join the NBFE.
The lack of certain certifying agencies on the NBFE affiliate list also bothers Herron who is not yet recommending that his trainers take the national boards. Instead, he is waiting for pass/fail numbers on both parts of the national board exam.
"If the industry leans toward that, then we will," Herron says.
Ciolfi also is taking a wait-and-see attitude about the NBFE exams.
"I guess any kind of a process that this industry will go through to enhance our image and to help create a more professional and more educated work force will be helpful," says Ciolfi.
What's Up Doc?
Beyond decreasing the certification agency numbers, efforts in this area may help increase the likelihood that doctors would recommend personal trainers to their patients. IHRSA's objective is to educate the medical community, policy makers and the public about the role that exercise plays in health care, Durkin says, and that effort could include educating them about accredited certifications.
The NBFE has stated that because doctors are familiar with the term "national boards" they will be more likely to refer patients to a trainer that has passed the boards.
While Lowery is taking a wait-and-see attitude about the NBFE exam, he agrees that doctors may take a personal trainer who has passed a national board more seriously than one with an accredited certification.
"I understand how boards are," says Lowery, who trains several physicians. "If you took the time to do that, you are on top of your game."
Ciolfi says doctors will look at trainers' academic background and training, but she agrees that the term "national boards" may be a motivator for them when it comes to deciding which trainer to recommend to patients.
Do You Have a License for That?
The IHRSA and NBFE efforts are especially important if the industry wants to keep government out. During this legislative session, Georgia has introduced legislation to license personal trainers in that state, IHRSA's Durkin says. Other states have expressed interest in licensing at one time or another, but nothing has come of those efforts. Once most states hear about third-party accreditation of certification, they back off of their licensing talk, Durkin says.
Wasser is not opposed to licensing for trainers reasoning that it would increase the level of professionalism associated with personal trainers, he says.
"When the public sees a CPA or lawyer, they have a certain image in mind," says Wasser. "When they hear personal trainer, do they have that same image?"
He's aware that licensing isn't a popular notion in the industry, which wants to regulate itself. However, he hasn't seen self regulation work yet to decrease the number of poor certifying agencies, he says.
"What would be the fear of being licensed?" Wasser asked. "If someone wants to be the best personal trainer they can be and help people, they want to make their training as rigorous as they can, and if that takes licensing, so be it."
However, Ciolfi calls licensing "a slippery slope."
"I'm not sure we need to go that far," she says. "We're still a young industry. I want to see where this process goes first."
David McGarry, fitness director at Cooper Aerobics Center at Craig Ranch, takes a middle-of-the-road stance on licensing.
"Not being a huge fan of government regulation, I'd probably go against it, but it could help," says McGarry. "It could at least set a minimum bar."
Clark and Durkin say that third-party accreditation would prevent state-by-state licensing because it shows that standards are in place in the industry and that the industry is regulating itself.
However, Dr. Sal Arria, executive director of the NBFE, says the only national standards in place are those set by the NBFE.
"If a single certification organization were able to create a true national standard via NCCA accreditation, then there would be a great deal of commonality of content between certifications and their examinations. In actuality, there is a great deal of difference between the educational requirements, curricular content and examinations from the certification organizations holding or pursuing NCCA accreditation," he said at a certification panel session presented at the Club Industry show in November.
While the NBFE is not pushing licensing, Arria says that the national standards the group has in place would help prevent 50 different standards and 50 different state board examinations should licensing occur.
Where It Goes from Here
Whether these efforts prevent licensing or increase the likelihood of doctors recommending personal trainers to their patients, both models have stirred up discussion in the industry.
"Ultimately, the debate is good because it does bring issues to the table as far as saying we have some issues that need to be addressed," says McGarry. "Do we have the answer yet? No, but we are moving in the right direction in talking about it."
Lowery agrees.
"We have 8,000 people in the United States who are personal trainers, and half are not certified or are certified with an unrecognized certification," he says. "People have been hurt or haven't seen the gains they want due to the lack of knowledge of their personal trainer. If a narrowing of the playing field occurs, a lot of good things will come from it in the personal training world and the client world."
The decisions that fitness facility owners make in this area over the next few years could change the industry. The industry isn't taking the decision lightly, but the two "competing" sides are creating confusion, Herron says. For him, the decision is about ensuring that the time and money he invests will be invested for the long term. "Will it be around in 10 years or do I spend all this money and in 10 years it's out of business?" he says.
Herron is hopeful that as people learn more about their options and make their choices, the best option will rise to the top or the right compromise will be funneled out to create a larger group of quality trainers.
The Case for Accreditation
The International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) recommended that by Jan. 1, 2006, IHRSA member clubs hire trainers with certifications from organizations that had been accredited by (or were in the process of receiving accreditation from) the National Commission of Certifying Agencies (NCCA) or established accreditation bodies recognized by the Council for Higher Education and Accreditation and/or the United States Department of Education.
What Proponents Say
Proponents of third-party accreditation say that this path will lead to a more professional view of personal trainers and will prevent licensing of the profession because it will show legislators that the industry is taking an active hand in policing itself. Proponents also contend that doctors are more likely to refer their patients to a personal trainer with an accredited certification.
What Detractors Say
Detractors say that third-party accreditation still does not set one, single standard for the personal training profession. They contend that a single standard is necessary to increase the professionalism of personal trainers, increase the likelihood that physicians will recommend their patients to personal trainers and decrease the likelihood of licensing — while also being prepared with a single standard should licensing occur.
The Case for NBFE
The purpose of the National Board of Fitness Examiners (NBFE) is to provide nationally standardized examinations for different levels of personal training based on scopes of practice, no matter what school or program a personal trainer attends. To do so, the group is offering "national boards" or a nationally standardized test for personal trainers.
The NBFE engaged Thomson-Prometric — a developer and provider of testing services — to guide development of the personal fitness trainer examination. Registration for the knowledge-based written component, or Part I, of the exam is open. Part II, the practical exam, is anticipated this year. Candidates must have successfully passed Part I before they are eligible for Part II.
Personal trainers with a current certification from a certifying agency that is an affiliate of the NBFE or with a two- or four-year degree in a fitness-related field can register to take the exam.
What Proponents Say
Proponents say the NBFE opened its development process to input from the industry, welcoming anyone to participate in the process; therefore, the group and its exam have been inclusive. They developed the largest personal fitness trainer job task analysis ever conducted, creating the industry's first formalized standards of practice. The belief is that by using the same nationally conducted job task analysis in education, certification, accreditation of organizations and for national board testing, there will be a consistency and continuity in the fitness industry that has not existed before.
What Detractors Say
Some certifying agencies contend that the NBFE is just another certifying agency in an industry with too many certifying agencies. They say that the process that the NBFE undertook to create its exam is no different from the process that quality certifying agencies undertake for their exams. Detractors say that no recommendation exists to take the NBFE exam; therefore, why would personal trainers subject themselves to the additional time and expense to take another exam?
As of Feb. 1, 2006, the following is the status of these certifying agencies.
Certifying Agencies with NCCA Accreditation
- ACE (American Council On Exercise)
- NSCA Certification Commission
- NCSF (National Council of Strength and Fitness)
- NFPT (National Federation of Professional Trainers)
- NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine)
Certifying Agencies that Have Applied for NCCA Accreditation
- ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine)
- IFPA (The International Fitness Professionals Association)
Certifying Agencies Applying for Both NCCA and NBFE
- The Cooper Institute
- National Exercise Trainers Association (NETA)
- National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association (NESTA)
Certifying Agency Considering Doing Both NCCA and NBFE
- NCCPT (National Council for Certified Personal Trainers)
Certifying Agencies That Are Affiliates of the NBFE
- American Aerobic Association International/International Sports Medicine Association (AAAI/ISMA)
- Academy of Applied Personal Training Education (AAPTE)
- Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA)
- American Fitness Professionals and Associates (AFPA)
- International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)
- National Association for Fitness Certification (NAFC)
- National Council for Certified Personal Trainers (NCCPT)
- National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association (NESTA)
- National Exercise Trainer Association (NETA)
- Professional Fitness Instructor Training (PFIT)
- The Cooper Institute
- World Instructor Training Schools (WITS)
- International Association of Resistance Trainers (IART)
- U.S. Career Institute
Other applicants are also awaiting review. Visit www.NBFE.org for updates to the current list of affiliates. To learn about the types of accreditation, go to www.clubindustry.com/types_of_accreditation.


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Blueberry Muffin Loaf
25g plain flour
20g unsalted butter, diced
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200g self-raising flour, sieved
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75g soft brown sugar
50g caster sugar
70g unsalted butter, melted
160ml full-fat milk
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
130g blueberries
You will need a greased 900g/2lb loaf tin, the base and ends lined with a strip of buttered baking parchment.
Preheat the oven 180oC/160oc fan oven/gas mark 4.
Make the topping first. Tip the flour, butter and sugar into a bowl and, using your fingers rub the butter into the flour until it resembles a crumble mixture. Alternatively you can do what I do and add the ingredients a food processor and pulse.
To make the loaf, sieve the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl, add both of the sugars and mix well.
Melt the butter, leave to cool slightly and then mix with the milk, egg and vanilla extract and whisk until smooth.
Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and pour in the milk and egg mixture. Using a large metal spoon, fold the two mixtures together until only just combined. Fold the blueberries into the mixture, making sure not to overmix the batter as this will result in a heavy sponge.
Carefully spoon the mixture into the prepared loaf tin, scatter over the crumble topping and bae on the middle shelf of the preheated oven for about 1 hour or until golden, well risen and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
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The story of this phantom Merc convert reads like a Hollywood script: A fading movie actress past her prime gets a last chance at stardom by undergoing extensive plastic surgery.
Virtually unrecognizable in her new skin, the old gal makes a stunning return and, at her debut, captures the hearts of all who see her. You can almost hear the applause, can't you?
In this case, the fading actress is a '40 Mercury coupe, tired and worn after a film career at Universal Studios. Her savior is Dick Wallen, a video and book producer from Escondido, California, who saw street rod potential beneath the Merc's thinning paint and rough sheetmetal.
There's even a cameo role in this story: Famed designer Pete Brock, who penned (among other things) the Cobra Daytona Coupe for Carroll Shelby, agreed to design a new look for the Merc. His vision—of a lower, sleeker car—required some major metal surgery, from channeling 4 inches from the body and raising the fenders 3 inches to sectioning the hood 3 inches and replacing the roof with a chopped Carson top. Brock's design also included a custom grille, a one-piece windshield and custom bumpers.
Ron Batson of Batson's Sheet Metal in Santee, California, brought Brock's sketches to life. The two men worked together in the early stages of the buildup, and later Batson added his own custom touches, including the filled cowl vent and the custom shroud running from the point of the grille to the radiator. Batson cut away the running boards, removed the hood, the trunk and the body moldings, and frenched the headlights. Wallen's wife Lou Ann didn't care for the frenched look, though, so Batson brought them back out to a close-to-stock location.
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Given the amount of attention paid to the Merc's looks, you'd think that this car was destined for the show circuit only. Not so, said Wallen. He wanted to debut the car at the Oakland Roadster show, "but it will be a driver after that." Towards that end, Ron Batson fabricated a road-ready chassis by boxing the original frame and replacing the old suspension with Mustang II pieces. Power comes from a well-detailed, 300hp Corvette LT1 mated to a 700-R4 tranny and a Mustang II 8-inch rearend. The car rolls on a Wheel Vintiques/BFGoodrich wheel-and-tire combo.
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Last Sunday we went to Peaceful Heart Alpacas in Fancy Gap, Virginia. It's an alpaca farm with a yarn store. I just love this photo and had to share it first.
Another room in the store is full of alpaca yarn from The Alpaca Store and Plymouth Yarn (not from the alpacas on the farm).
I think Ireland was having a good time, she was impatiently waiting to go outside and see the alpacas.
And finally we went outside
Aren't they just precious? Look at the cute brown one...I can't remember all of their names.
The alpacas are so curious. They didn't care much about being petted and rubbed but they would give kisses. I also learned that alpacas only have bottom teeth...no top ones...very interesting
The black boy below is Maximus...I do remember his name. He was interested in smelling of Ireland's hair. These are such gentle animals. I think there are between 45 and 50 alpacas on the farm.
I think Ireland enjoyed the goats more...they were her size. I love taking her to new places to experience new things.
After leaving the farm we decided to drive to Boone to shop and eat. We took the Blue Ridge Parkway part of the way. We love going to the mountains in the winter... the view below is from one of the overlooks. (I really wished I had my camera)
In case you were wondering what I bought:
I've started a scarf for Ireland with the pink.
and this calendar
Go to the website to learn about Sharla, Linda, Mike, and David. They run the farm, store, and offer several classes throughout the year.
I hope to go back and buy some of the natural fiber produced from their alpacas (I don't know why I didn't buy some)...and maybe take a class.


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Beatboxing recorded with a cheap webmic into Ableton Live and edited with Audacity.
This is a beatbox 'snare' by me.
Some or all of these snare samples would have belonged to a rhythmic loop. Some of the loops I discarded and just kept some individual sounds.
They are mostly very top heavy since the webmic was not good at capturing lower frequencies. You will probably need to adjust them with EQ to compensate.
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Second Saturday of the month, 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
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"After running a local summer holiday club for 7 years we saw a need for a place where kids could learn about God and his son Jesus throughout the year not just in the summer. Thankfully God asked me to help him put this in place so that's how our first Kidz Klub started; a fast moving, fun packed Saturday morning with a Christian message. Over the years Kidz Klub has developed and we now lead assemblies, lunchtime clubs and RE days in local schools as well as running Saturday Kidz Klub in Scarning, Ashill and soon to be Thetford.
The Bible tells us of how God just loves spending time with his kids, seeing them have fun, teaching them and watching them grow. All who are involved with Kidz Klub share his passion and joining in God's vision for kids in Norfolk is great fun, at times challenging but always rewarding."
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When and Where does Saturday Kidz Klub happen?
1st Saturday of each month at Wayland Junior Academy, Watton
2nd Saturday of each month at King Street Baptist Church, Thetford
3rd Saturday of each month at Scarning Primary School, Scarning
Who makes Kidz Klub happen?
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- Matt Beckett
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We also have a team of volunteers
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- Assemblies
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- Summer Holiday Club
- Educational Experiences
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The Schmoes Know Movie Show: The Top 5 Animated Villains
Who are the Schmoes, and what exactly do they know?
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libical was originaly started by softwarestudio.org; It got into use within a range of projects; after the upstream lost interest to continue maintaining libical, a couple of big projects started maintaining their bugfixes in forks of libical. After some more or less successfull tries to find a new maintainer, Art managed to get in touch with the original author so we could revive the original http://freeassociation.sf.net project. Next effort was to merge in bugfixes from the various branches, and "get the band back together". Currently libical is maintained in a cooperative effort of the downstream projects and others.
libcitadel started out as a set of utilities used in several citadel components. Meanwhile it contains some components that might be of use for others:
StrBuf goes new ways to handle strings in C more efficiently. Main problems with general C-String tackled are:
- getting their length is expensive (strlen)
- managing their memory is complicated:
- most functions don't know about the buffer size, or if, can't readjust it on themselves to beir their results
- if you manage memory to strict, you have to alloc, memcpy & free a lot
- alloc / free doesn't scale well in multithreadded environemnts if invoked to frequent (at least with current glibc implementations), so doing less of them is a good thing.
- while strcat might look like a smart idea, its not. StrBuf commands with an Append in their name start their work at the end of a current string, like strcat does. Flush it first, if you want it to be an empty string.
- StrBuf hides its content to you, think of them as being 'private' in a C++ object.
StrBuf manages its memory by itself; it will double its size until everything fits in. StrBuf has a default buffer size, which you can set at the start of your application. There are also tools to evaluate such values (counting reallocs, slags pace on delete..) For not wasting memory nor doing to frequent reallocs, you can hint StrBuf for instances that are going to be extraordinary big by using NewStrBufPlain(NULL, <size>);
StrBuf also has a bunch of string-Transcoding functions which will escape / transcode / de-escape contents for commonly used patterns, like Quoted-printable encoding, URL-encoding, XML/HTML encoding, gzip compression.
StrBufs are assumed to have ASCII or UTF-8 contents in many Places; many other places don't care about the content, even pure binary data like images are no problem. Its up to you to treat it appropriate, or use for example the QP decoder with its internal iconv wrapper to get utf8.


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Everything Everywhere is to launch OS-specific training for its staff, awarding accreditations in iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phones, or in the ability to sell them at least.
The money will be spent on the new Development Academy with 7,000 staff benefiting from the initial round of training which will be focused on specific operating systems. The UK's largest operator wants to get all its 12,000 customer-facing staff trained up in the pros and cons of the various platforms as it prepares for a future where customers chose products by OS and expect staff to support them.
Staff training is a big deal, as network operators ape Apple's reinvention of retail as the cool hangout. EE likes calls its own branded stores "a new creative concept in communications retailing", and boasts that staff are so highly trained that the actual act of selling phones is deferred to a touch-screen expert system while staff focus on high-fiving customers and ensuring everyone has access to a charging socket.
EE should take care however: it seems unlikely that customers will want to be greeted by staff laying into each other over the benefits of the intent communication model, or the advantages of dynamic typing*, or any of the other multitudinous debates which rage whenever two or more OS experts are gathered together.
The training won't be limited to staff in the Orange and T-Mobile (and EE) stores, it will equally apply to online and telephone support which will now be predicated by questions about which OS you're running.
Hopefully you're not using Bada, as that's not in the list of smartphone platforms on which EE will be training staff despite it making up around three per cent of the world market.
But EE is betting that the mobile business ends up as OS-dependent as the desktop computing market, so customers will come in (or log on) looking for an iOS or Android device, or perhaps one running Blackberry or Windows, and want to speak to a specialist in that OS, so that's what's EE's "creative concepts" will be ready to provide. ®
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How to contribute to Samba?
Like all OpenSource projects, Samba is reliant on volunteers. You don't need special skill to help this project. Everybody can help! :-)
There are several category groups you can work on, e.g.:
- Improve documentation
- Update/provide Wiki articles
- Help testing
- Report bugs
- Help to verify patches in Bugzilla
- Create patches (C developers)
- Anything else you can imagine
Samba now has official mirror on GitHub. The Using Git for Samba Development page has details on how to prepare patches using git.
Mailing patches to samba-technical
Samba's development process is still based around patches and a mailing list. You are always welcome to use git format-patch and mail your patches to the samba-technical mailing list.
Regardless of how you send us your patches, please ensure you have added Signed-off-by tags to your commits, and follow the Samba copyright policy
How to Add/Correct Samba Documentation
Samba man pages are generated from XML sources. Providing patches based on the generated man pages does not make sense. If you would like to report typos or any other errors, you can create a bug report and point out the error(s). If you like, you can provide a patch, and earn all the Ohloh credits yourself! ;-) Instructions on creating and providing man page patches is explained below.
- Check out the current source code. Please see Using Git for Samba Development for more information on that.
- The documentation is located in the docs-xml/ subdirectory.
- All man pages, except the smb.conf man page, are located in docs-xml/manpages-3/. The smb.conf man page is generated out of all the files in the docs-xml/smbdotconf/ subdirectory. There are separate XML files for each parameter assorted by sections in separate subdirectories. To find an XML file for a certain smb.conf parameter, just use the 'find' command, e.g:
user@host:/data/samba/v3-4-test/docs-xml/smbdotconf> find . -name workgroup.xml ./base/workgroup.xml
- Make your changes or add documentation for a new smb.conf parameter or a new command by creating the corresponding XML file. Copying an existing file makes things a bit easier. Adapt the new file to your new parameter.
- Commit you changes to your local GIT repository using 'git commit'. Please use an appropriate commit message.
- Build the man pages running 'make manpages3' in the docs-xml/ directory. Test that it works and that there are no warnings, if possible. (If you don't have a working build environment for the docs, just skip this step and comment in the bug report/on the list when publishing your patch.) See How to build Samba documentation for information on that.
- Create the patch, e.g. using 'git format-patch HEAD^..HEAD'.
- Attach this patch to the corresponding bug report or send it to the samba-technical mailing list.
- Ask for review. The reviewer will make sure that your patch will get into the affected branches.
How to Build Samba Documentation
To make sure that changes do not introduce any warnings or build errors, the man pages must be rebuilt before committing a patch. If you encounter any issues setting up a build environment, please feel free to ask!
To build the docs, the following tools are needed:
- GNU Make
- GNU autoconf
- xsltproc
- inkscape
Running ./configure, tests which tools are already installed and which ones are missing. It also identifies which components can currently be built.
user@host:/data/git/samba/master/docs-xml> ./configure checking for xsltproc... xsltproc checking for rm... rm checking for inkscape... inkscape checking for inkscape... (cached) inkscape checking for inkscape... (cached) inkscape checking for inkscape... (cached) inkscape checking for inkscape... (cached) inkscape checking for inkscape... (cached) inkscape checking for inkscape... (cached) inkscape checking for pngtopnm... pngtopnm checking for pnmtops... pnmtops checking for dblatex... dblatex checking for plucker-build... no checking for html2text... html2text checking for perl... perl checking for xmllint... xmllint checking for docbook2x-texi... no checking for makeinfo... makeinfo Summary: -------------- Building the plucker versions requires : plucker-build Building the TexInfo versions requires : docbook2x-texi You will be able to build: tex ps pdf html htmlhelp htmlman3 manpages3 pearson texiinfo undocumented txt configure: creating ./config.status config.status: creating Makefile.settings config.status: creating build/catalog.xml
There are several make targets for different documentation components. Building the man pages is the most common task. To build the man pages, run the following command:
user@host:/data/git/samba/master/docs-xml> make manpages3 xsltproc --xinclude --stringparam noreference 0 --output tmp/manpages-3/cifs.upcall.8.xml xslt/expand-sambadoc.xsl manpages-3/cifs.upcall.8.xml xsltproc --output output/manpages-3/cifs.upcall.8 xslt/man.xsl tmp/manpages-3/cifs.upcall.8.xml Note: Writing cifs.upcall.8 xsltproc --xinclude --stringparam noreference 0 --output tmp/manpages-3/eventlogadm.8.xml xslt/expand-sambadoc.xsl manpages-3/eventlogadm.8.xml xsltproc --output output/manpages-3/eventlogadm.8 xslt/man.xsl tmp/manpages-3/eventlogadm.8.xml Note: Writing eventlogadm.8 xsltproc --xinclude --stringparam noreference 0 --output tmp/manpages-3/findsmb.1.xml xslt/expand-sambadoc.xsl manpages-3/findsmb.1.xml xsltproc --output output/manpages-3/findsmb.1 xslt/man.xsl tmp/manpages-3/findsmb.1.xml Note: Writing findsmb.1 [..]
After adding new XML files, you should run make clean before re-building the docs to make sure that your changes take affect.
Known issues
To build the pdf files, dblatex >= 0.2.9 is needed.
How to Write Tests for Samba
Samba uses a selftest framework to check for protocol correctness and code regression errors. This framework is run using 'make test' from a Samba source tree. This framework primarily uses tests written in the Samba4 test suite smbtorture.
New tests can be added to smbtorture in the source4/torture directory. Anyone wishing to contribute new tests should first read the Writing Torture Tests Guide.
How to Provide C Patches for Samba
- You should introduce yourself on the samba-technical mailing list and join the #samba-technical IRC channel on irc.freenode.net to get in touch with other Samba developers.
- Samba uses GIT as a version control system. You should make yourself familiar with GIT. A good start for that is Using Git for Samba Development. Further GIT information can be found in the GIT tutorial.
- The Samba Developer's Guide is a good introduction into the technical stuff, even when it's not up to date.
- Samba has coding standards. To prevent superfluous work, you should read them before starting. They are summarized in the README.Coding file located in the Samba tarballs.
- If you don't know what you'd like to work on, look at the list of current bugs or check SoC/Ideas (proposals for Summer of Code projects).
- Get in communication with the Samba developers, and talk about what you want to do. This makes it easy for us to tell you "Oh, we're already working on that, you can help!" or "The best way to do that would be..." ;-)
- Checkout the latest Samba source code from GIT. You can see instructions for how to do this on the Samba development site. For new features, you always want to work against the latest master branch of Samba. To create bug fixes for a certain version, checkout the corresponding release branch. See the Samba development site for more information on current branches.
- Write some code. Make sure that your patch is as simple and small as possible and follows the Samba coding standards. And make sure that you license each file correctly.
- Test your code. Make sure it works, and run 'make test'.
- Commit the changes to your local GIT checkout using 'git commit'. Make sure to use an appropriate commit message, including the bug number if available. Create the patch using 'git-format-patch'.
- Submit your patch in Bugzilla or directly send it to the samba-technical mailing list.
- Ask for review
- Once your bug has passed review, the reviewer can commit the patch to GIT.
Samba is a huge project. Getting into it takes a certain period of time. Don't give up! ;-) Feel free to ask on all mentioned channels!
A good commit message
Good commit messages are very important. Commits should always be separated in meaningful pieces. Please make sure that your commit messages include at least the following information:
- A short summary of the fix/feature including the Samba version and component followed by a blank line.
- A more verbose description.
- A bug number if available (required for backports to a released branch, so please file a bug first)
- Your Signed-off-by tag per the Samba copyright policy
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Legislation that would prevent the Illinois High School Association from regulating how news organizations use photos and videos of sporting events sounds like a good idea to most central Illinois lawmakers.
Legislation that would prevent the Illinois High School Association from regulating how news organizations use photos and videos of sporting events sounds like a good idea to most central Illinois lawmakers.
"I think it's a mistake for the IHSA to try and regulate the press," said Rep. David Leitch, a Peoria Republican who once worked as a reporter for the Peoria Journal Star. "I have a good relationship with the IHSA. I just think they're wrong on this one."
Leitch said he would vote for House Bill 4582 if he gets the opportunity.
Rep. Bill Mitchell, R-Forsyth, said he probably would vote for the bill and added: "The IHSA seems to want ... an infringement on news organizations' freedom of the press, in my opinion."
Springfield-area lawmakers said they want to examine the measure more closely, but their initial reaction is to look favorably on the bill.
"It seems like they're trying to limit free enterprise, and we should never do that," said Rep. Raymond Poe, R-Springfield.
"I think it's probably something I would support," said Rep. Rich Brauer, R-Petersburg. "I think they're trying to rewrite policy, and I certainly don't agree with that."
While none of the lawmakers contacted Thursday and Friday said they would oppose the legislation, at least one, Rep. Keith Sommer, R-Morton, said he isn't sure yet what he thinks about regulating the sale of photos.
Rep. Joe Lyons, D-Chicago, is sponsoring the bill, which was filed this week in the Illinois House. Sen. James DeLeo, D-Chicago, has agreed to introduce identical legislation in the Senate, according to the Illinois Press Association.
Debate on the bill won't happen until next month, at the earliest, because lawmakers aren't due back in Springfield until after the Feb. 5 primary.
HB4582 results from a dispute between the IHSA and the Illinois Press Association that escalated last fall and led to a lawsuit. At one point, the IPA withdrew a motion for a preliminary injunction against the IHSA because the two sides had revived negotiations.
The state high school football championships took place shortly after that in Champaign, where the IHSA denied on-field access to photographers from four newspapers, including The (Springfield) State Journal-Register and Journal Star.
The IHSA said it was denying field access to newspapers that continued to sell photos online, which the IHSA contends violates its policy.
IHSA executive director Marty Hickman said Friday that news reports about the legislation have not been fair.
"It's frustrating for us to see the one-sidedness of this," he said.
"We think lawmakers will see through this," Hickman said about HB4582.
"They'll see it has nothing to do with freedom of the press, nothing to do with news."
"It's about selling pictures," he added. "It's clearly about selling pictures."
Don Craven, attorney for the IPA, said that isn't true.
"This has nothing to do with photographs," Craven said. "This has everything to do with the IHSA wanting to claim ownership of high school sports. They want to be NASCAR.
"Illinois newspapers don't make enough money selling photos of IHSA finals to pay for the camera, much less to pay for the photographers."
A new wrinkle to the battle unfolded this week, when the IHSA said it probably would drop live television broadcasts of high school basketball and football championship games if lawmakers pass HB4582.
"Each year our television coverage is accessible to millions of Illinois citizens," says a statement posted Thursday on the IHSA Web site. "Our viewership has long enjoyed this coverage, but without the ability to regulate its distribution, it is very likely that we will no longer be able to televise events."
After reviewing the statement, Craven said: "I don't understand that at all."
The full statement is available online at www.ihsa.org. Click on "IHSA Responds to House Bill 4582."
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Well, the public is about to find out as the "American Idol" host just listed his Hollywood Hills home for $11.985 million, reports the Los Angeles Times. Seacrest's home features six bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms with beamed ceilings, a bar, a screening room, gym, and wine cellar to boot. Other amenities in the lavish 10,000-square-foot crib include a detached guest house, tennis court, swimming pool, and a cabana.
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Yes, it's warm weather's bane. Bugs. *shudder*
Anyway, it's been a full week of crits and writerly fun, yes? Our Secret Agent is still among us, working through the list. Keep your eyes open (as if I have to tell you that).
I received an amazing piece of advice yesterday that has energized me just when I needed it most. Not on the WIP, which is moving along swimmingly (close to 50K--how can it be?!). No, the advice has to do with my beloved, overly-queried, I-believe-so-strongly-in-this-I'm-not-giving-up manuscript.
It's on Draft 5, and of course it keeps improving as I go. But the original novel was completed, oh, three years ago, I think? And in those three years, my writing has grown and developed--which is, of course, what's supposed to happen. Right?
So here I sit, on the brink of a huge I've-got-to-make-these-characters-come-to-life-once-and-for-all breakthrough, and I'm...blanking out.
Sound familiar?
Enter the Best Advice of the Month (you know who you are, oh Advice Giver--shall I name you?): Your writing is stronger now than when you wrote the novel. Don't edit. Rewrite.
Oh, yes. There it is. Exactly what I needed to hear.
Not that I relish the thought. The specific approach calls for outlining each chapter, then sitting down and rewriting. Stronger voice, stronger sense of the story's cadence. Knowing where I'm going from the beginning, but getting there a better way.
Gives me goosebumps.
And, ya, it also gives me indigestion. Because...well, we're talking about a lot of work here.
Here's the thing. I'm not willing to give up my 1000-word-a-day progress on my WIP. And one of the areas in which I've been lacking is multitasking. I've always been a One Project sort of gal.
Silly. And ultimately not efficient.
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Get your suits and ties ready, folks! Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z are hitting the road this summer. The duo have announced their joint trek -- dubbed Legends of the Summer -- that will have them performing at various stadiums in North America.
The jaunt will kick off July 17 in Toronto, Ontario, before hitting major U.S. cities like New York (July 19), Chicago (July 22), San Francisco, Calif. (July 26), and Los Angeles (July 28), among others. The tour wraps up on Aug. 16 in Miami.
Tickets for the tour will go on sale to the public Feb. 28. Details for the New York tour stop at Yankee Stadium will be announced separately.
The Legends of Summer stadium tour will be in support of Timberlake's third album, 'The 20/20 Experience,' which is the singer's first solo project in nearly seven years. As for Hov, well, since his wife, Beyonce will be busy with her own world tour this summer, he might as well do the same thing and entertain his fans.
Timberlake's 'The 20/20 Experience' will be in stores March 19th.
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In an email going out to supporters early Friday morning, Feingold called it a difficult decision but said he wanted to devote his time to teaching full time at Marquette Law School, finishing the book he is writing on the U.S. response to the Sept. 11 attacks and leading the political committee he founded, Progressives United.I take that to mean that he doesn't think he'd be able to win. I mean really, a book on the U.S. response to the Sept. 11 attacks? Shouldn't that have been done and ready to go on the 10th anniversary of the attacks? Or is it possible that Russ Feingold is a serious law professor writing a scholarly book of real depth?
I assume he'd rather be Governor now than Senator again, and I think it's sound judgment to stay away from the recall context. Wait for the next regular elections. Recalls have a nasty edge to them, and Feingold needs to reclaim the middle ground politically to win a state-wide majority. Being the hero of the protesters won't get him anywhere near far enough. Remember this Russ Feingold?
"This game is not over until we win" is not — ironically — what will win the governorship in Wisconsin. Better to be a law professor for a while, publish a serious book on national government, and be reborn as the wise moderate. Take the governorship and, with all that moderation and executive experience, there's still time to run for President. Even in 2016!
I'm creating my "2016 campaign" tag right now, in honor of (that insight about) Russ.
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His decision leaves the Democratic Senate field wide open, though many Wisconsin Democrats will now regard U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin, with her political base in vote-rich Dane County, as the early favorite for the party nomination.Dane County — basically, Madison — may be "vote-rich," but having the Madison brand on you — and Baldwin, of course, deserves it — is going to hurt you elsewhere in the state. But, go ahead Tammy, run.


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HOUSTON, TX – 14 Jun, 2017 – The Board of Directors of American Oil & Gas Inc. (OTC Markets: AOIX), is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ronald Pantin as Chief Executive Officer and board member effective immediately. Mr. Shane Reeves will continue to serve as interim president and board member.
Mr. Pantin was previously a co-founder and served as the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of Pacific Exploration & Production. During Mr. Pantin's leadership, Pacific was a premier independent oil company in Latin America, achieving gross production levels exceeding 300,000BOE/D. Mr. Pantin worked in the Venezuelan oil industry for over twenty-three years where he has held numerous senior executive level positions at Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), including; President of Corporacion Venezolana del Petroleo, President of PDVSA Exploration, President of PDVSA Servicios. During Mr. Pantin's tenure, PDVSA was the second largest producing oil company in the world with record levels of production.
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Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed that it's near field communication (NFC) contactless payment systems will go live on buses in the capital on Thursday.
The systems were meant to be rolled out in time for the London 2012 Olympic Games, but were delayed due to "complexities with the technology".
NFC allows users to benefit from contactless payments using their credit or debit card.
At present Computerworld UK understands that it is just buses that will be going live with the technology. TfL was unwilling to disclose what proportion of the network was going live or when it would be extended to the Underground.
Further information is expected to be released on Thursday, but TfL has previously said that the project will not be completed until the end of 2013.
Shashi Verma, TfL's director of customer experience, said earlier this year: "We are leading the world in pioneering this exciting new technology that will make paying for journeys quicker, easier and more convenient for passengers on London's transport network. We will only roll it out once we are confident it is 100 percent robust.


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In the News: Federal Wildlife Services Makes a Killing in Animal-Control Business
The Sacramento Bee, Tom Knudson, November 18, 2012 (posted 12/04/12)
While this artlcle does not specifically address Mexican gray wolves, Wildlife Services is the agency that kills and traps Mexican wolves like the Fox Mountain Loba.
A coyote is caught in a neck snare set by Wildlife Services trappers in Nevada. Wildlife Services trappers have killed more than 150,000 animals since 2006.
As founder of one of the nation's largest urban wildlife damage control companies, Kevin Clark is no stranger to competition.
But one competitor costs him more business than any other: the federal government.
"Government is not supposed to compete, head to head, with the private sector when the private sector is already fulfilling the need," said Clark, chief executive officer of Critter Control, a franchise with branches in California. "Nuisance wildlife control operators are more than capable of handling these problems."
His concern is directed at an agency called Wildlife Services, which is already under scrutiny for its lethal control of predators and other animals in the rural West. A Bee investigative series earlier this year found the agency targets wildlife in ways that have killed thousands of non-target animals, including family pets, and can trigger unintended, negative ecological consequences.
Now the agency's killing of other species in more populated settings is drawing fire from entrepreneurs who say it siphons jobs away from private companies, lacks transparency and overlooks nonlethal alternatives.
"It's been such an uphill struggle," said Erick Wolf, CEO of a California firm called Innolytics, which developed a form of birth control for Canada geese and pigeons with help from Wildlife Services' scientists in Colorado.
Wildlife Services – which has killed 170,000 geese and more than 950,000 pigeons since 2000 – does not use it.
"All they want to do is shoot, trap and poison," said Wolf. "They don't want to consider anything else."
Wildlife Services spokeswoman Carol Bannerman defended the agency's contracting practices.
"Congress has provided Wildlife Services with the legislative authority to conduct wildlife damage activities, except for urban rodent control, wherever there is a need expressed by the public," she wrote in an email. "Wildlife Services advises all requestors of the existence of other service providers."
Interest is growing in Congress. A bill was introduced this fall to direct the U.S. Government Accountability Office to detail agency activities in conflict with private business.
"Where is the room for business to breathe?" said Gene Harrington, director of government affairs for the National Pest Management Association. "If you are going to suck the air out of the animal control business, what's next? Why not get into roofing? I'm sure OSHA could come up with a good roofing division."
Clientele to die for
Wildlife Services has broadened its reach in recent decades, thanks to an expansion of its mandate to "nuisance mammals and birds" in nonagricultural settings in 1987 by Congress. It also authorized the agency to continue to contract with clients and charge fees.
The agency has long shielded the names of its clients from disclosure. But recently it provided a partial list to The Bee in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.
The information shows Wildlife Services does business with more than 2,500 customers, from Fortune 500 companies to ranchers, prisons to zoos, country clubs to cemeteries, landfills to airports to other agencies.
Collectively, those clients paid $72 million in fees to the agency in 2011, up from $52 million in 2006.
Corporate clients include American Airlines, Au Bon Pain, BP, Chevron, Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, Ford, General Mills, PG&E, Princess Tours, Pfizer, Toyota, Union Pacific, US Bank, Walt Disney World, Wells Fargo and Verizon Wireless.
Government agencies are even more abundant. They include Amtrak, NASA, the Army, Navy and Air Force, Sacramento County and San Quentin State Prison. The agency also works for hundreds of private individuals whose names were redacted for privacy reasons.
"This list reads like the who's who of potential customers," said Wolf, the nonlethal pigeon control executive. "They are taking the cream of the crop, the biggest and best customers. We don't have a chance."
Entrepreneurs say they face barriers competing with the agency – none larger than its hefty public funding: $89 million for 2011, an average of $243,000 per day.
"The deck is stacked against the private guys because Wildlife Services is operating as a subsidized source," said Dixon Herman, vice president of the National Wildlife Control Operators Association. "They are not responsible for any profit margin."
The agency describes its urban and nuisance wildlife services on its Web page. These include shooting and dispersing waterfowl around airports and on golf courses, trapping beavers, skunks and raccoons in suburbs and killing pigeons and other birds in towns and cities.
"Geese, deer and feral pigs can destroy golf course greens, fruiting plants (and) lawns," the agency says. "The excrement and noise from a roost of vultures or crows can be so severe that backyard swing sets, grills (and) lawn furniture become useless."
That's work private operators say they can do, too.
"If we're talking dengue fever, avian flu, massive crop damage or depredation problems, those things on a big scale, they certainly have a right and a need to be involved," said Clark, the Critter Control CEO. "But they have no business trapping a squirrel or doing a small bird job in cities where they are competing directly with small-business people who are struggling in this economy."
Often, competing for agency work is not possible because many of its clients don't ask for bids.
"In pretty much every case, they are getting work from public entities through sole source contracts," said Harrington. "So operators don't even have an idea that they've lost a contract, because it's never put out for bid."
One of those no-bid contracts is with the County of Sacramento. It pays Wildlife Services $113,300 a year to control raccoons, pigeons, skunks, coyotes, wild turkeys and other animals.
"Why are they not hiring local businesses that could easily do that work?" Harrington said. "That's just nuts."
County Agricultural Commissioner Juli Jensen defended the no-bid contract, saying the county has been working with the agency since the 1920s.
"We feel that private contractors do not have the experience and expertise needed to properly handle our more rural wildlife issues such as coyotes. Many private companies do not handle all wildlife – most do urban trapping," she said in a statement.
She also said Wildlife Services chips in an additional $69,000 to support the work of two agency trappers in the county, something no private company can offer.
"I don't believe any of them are willing to pay for 40 percent of the program," Jensen said. "I believe our taxpayers are getting the best value going this route."
But Carter Niemeyer, a retired Wildlife Services trapper and district supervisor, said such arrangements have hidden costs that hurt taxpayers.
"Behind the trappers, you've got district supervisors. Behind district supervisors, you've got state directors. You have trucks, retirement programs – a whole government infrastructure. Private guys don't have to maintain a government infrastructure," Niemeyer said.
Wildlife Services' Bannerman defended its sole-source work, pointing out in an email that an agency directive forbids it from bidding. "When agencies conduct an open bid process, WS may not participate," she said.
The federal brand
Earlier this year, one agency sales pitch turned up in an email to a New York golf course seeking a federal migratory bird permit to trap and relocate Canada geese.
"In case you do not yet have a wildlife management firm, I have attached the price sheet of Wildlife Services costs," the email reads. "If you do desire Wildlife Services, you would no longer need to obtain a permit as the work would be conducted under our permit."
Instead, the work went to Cody Baciuska, founder of Loomacres Wildlife Management, who said the agency should not be part of the permitting process.
"Wildlife Services' role is a clear conflict of interest and gives WS an unfair advantage," he said in an email.
But Bannerman disagreed. "The letter is a first attempt by WS to gather additional information to complete the required forms," she said.
"Every time we market our services to clients, it seems like they are in the background undermining our efforts," Baciuska said. "It's a continual fight to get work."
To land the job, Baciuska had to drop his bid to compete with the Wildlife Services price of $6 per goose, plus mileage. Others have been less fortunate.
"Everything was all set," said Dave Cheaney, vice president of National Bird Control in Seattle, who was looking forward to a job protecting salmon fry from seagulls at a federal dam on the Columbia River two years ago.
"It was a $200,000 to $300,000 contract," Cheaney said. "At the last moment, we were told USDA (Wildlife Services) was taking charge. Come to find out, they did it for $40,000 or something."
"That started my blood to boil," said Cheaney, whose clients include Lowe's and Costco. "They are taking money right out of my pocket."
Bannerman explained the agency's low prices: "WS is a not-for-profit, service organization. It does not collect funds above the total cost of providing the service."
The agency's client revenue has climbed 80 percent over the past decade, from $39.4 million in 2001 to $71.7 million in 2011. Other figures are on the upswing, too.
Since 2000, the number of Canada geese killed by Wildlife Services has more than tripled from 7,500 to 23,700 last year. Over the same period, its lethal control of seagulls has risen 55 percent, raccoons 58 percent, pigeons 62 percent and mallards more than 200 percent.
One deadly encounter played out early this year at Clear Lake in Northern California where 70 to 80 semi-domestic geese were shot and killed in nighttime Wildlife Services hunting operations.
"I don't agree with how it was handled. It was not humane at all," said Lake County Supervisor Anthony Farrington. "They went straight to the lethal approach without exploring other options. To me, that was unnecessary and a disservice to the public."
Wolf believes there is a better way: birth control.
A decade ago, he began working with a product that prevents the eggs of geese and pigeons from hatching. "It's just remarkable," he said. "The effect is like night and day."
He also turned to Wildlife Services' state-of-the-art National Wildlife Research Center in Colorado. The results were so impressive the agency co-developed the product, called OvoControl, with him and promotes its use for geese and pigeons in brochures and on its website.
"It serves little purpose to just continue to shoot them," said Wolf. "Whatever is left just backfills the population so quickly you never get ahead of the curve.
"It takes about a year to lose 50 percent of the population. It's a very safe, humane, efficient way of managing a pigeon population," he added. "This product is not a toxicant. Nothing ever dies. Nothing is ever in jeopardy."
In recent years, Wolf has sold the product to Hill Air Force Base in Utah, Shell Oil in Martinez and other major clients – but not Wildlife Services.
"They won't even try it," Wolf said. "They take credit for it but don't want to use it. It doesn't add up."
Bannerman disagreed. "The product is an available option," she said. "Typically, the time needed to conduct OvoControl baiting and treatment make it more appropriate for the property owner to apply rather than for federal personnel."
Wolf is skeptical.
"If they can trap, shoot and poison, what would prevent them from using a contraceptive? That's just silliness. It doesn't make any sense," he said.
This article ran in The Sacramento Bee online.
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John Mayer may be known for being a joker, but there's nothing funny about his admiration for Taylor Swift.
"There's something about Taylor that she would have been a star in any decade," John told Access Hollywood's Maria Menounos of the 19-year-old country-pop crossover sensation. "Taylor's like this fresh voice."
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The two collaborated on "Half of My Heart," off his new album, "Battle Studies," and although he shared credit with the teen, he couldn't be more pleased.
"I don't normally make records to share tracks with people. I've never had somebody's name underneath the title of my song and I couldn't be happier that she's on there," John told Maria. "I consider her a friend. I think she's a really remarkable person and it'll be nice to have her name on the record for the rest of my life."
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John smiled when speaking about the teen singer, who recently cleaned up at the CMA Awards, netting four honors including the highly coveted Entertainer of the Year award.
"Taylor Swift is the last person to know she's Taylor Swift, which I think is totally sweet," John told Maria of the young woman's wonderment with life and the accolades that have come her way because of her big talent. "It's almost like Taylor Swift is like a character in a movie about a small town girl who has her dreams come true and what any small time girl would do when their dreams come true is to freak out.
"I still like it that she freaks out, but pretty soon she's gonna have to stop because it's sort of like, 'You're that good. You're that good. You might have to go to therapy and have someone else tell you you're that good,'" John smiled. "So it's great to have someone who's hugely talented and still is able to receive the pleasure in all moments."
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But while John is a big fan of Taylor, he has a lot of sympathy for her MTV Video Music Awards stage invader, Kanye West.
"Here's how we work in America: We raise them and then we drop them, we raise them and we drop them so it went like this, 'That was messed up Kanye! You deserve a punishment.' Then all of a sudden the punishment got so severe I was like, 'Time out!'" John explained. "If you just woke up now and you looked at the backlash on Kanye you'd think that he actually firebombed the stage.
"It's the MTV Video Music Awards," John continued. "It's not the G8 summit. Kanye West got in more trouble than the guy who yelled, 'You lie!' to the President. The guy who yelled 'You lie!' in the middle of Congress got like a two-day slap on the wrist and Kanye West — his entire career is in escrow because he jumped on stage at the Video Music Awards."
And John added that he believes the hip-hop star has learned from the incident.
"I think he's remorseful," John said of Kanye. "I think this guy's got to be reconsidering how he's gonna act, and that's fine. We learn from our little mistakes that happen in public. I've taken my little prat falls… and you pick yourself up."
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Come October, the America takes on a decidedly pink tinge. National monuments are flooded in pink light, kitchen appliances are offered in special pink enamel editions, pink feather boas and balloons flutter in the wind at charity walks and runs across the land, and questionable products from fast food to cosmetics to even handguns are emblazoned with pink awareness ribbons. Given all of the promotion, spending, and cause marketing associated with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month since its inception in 1985, it's almost surprising that a cure for the disease hasn't been found yet.
So where does all the money being raised actually go? There are many nonprofits that have joined the pink war against the disease, but the most prominent group behind the pink tide is the non-profit foundation, Susan G. Komen for the Cure (Komen). In 2011, Komen reported a net of $439 million in public support, but the foundation spent most of that on education, screening and treatment – and more on fundraising and administrative costs than it did on research. (In 2009 and 2010, executives earned between $400,000 and $500,000 in annual salary.) Despite the fact that it defines its mission as finding a cure for breast cancer, the organization spent $75 million on research in 2011, which is just 17 percent of its revenue, on finding a cure.
One of Wisconsin's premier breast cancer researchers, Dr. Judy Tjoe, credits the pink movement with raising awareness and gradually reducing deaths due to screenings, but she said too little money lands in the hands of scientists.
"Well, I think some of it should still go to screening, but definitely a large part of it has to go to research to try to understand the disease," Tjoe told WISN 12 News. "The only time we get rid of a disease is for us to understand what causes it and to find a way to prevent it, and a lot of times, it required a vaccine, and so the question is, Can that approach be used with cancer? And people are looking into that, and I think we're still a long way off."
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Panama Jack's history began in 1989 when the first Panama Jack seal was engraved on the leather of a boot. Its founder, Antonio Vicente, and a team full of hope began to develop high quality shoes in a small workshop in the city of Elche, Alicante. Today, many things have changed but the special way of making Panama Jack footwear is still the same.
Every pair of shoes, boots and sandals are handmade with love so that everyone can enjoy walking through life every day. We cater to authentic people who try to find adventure in the day to day, people who value a natural style and want to feel comfortable either in the city or the mountains. We want to make sure that every morning when you tie your shoes, you feel the comfort and quality that will accompany you wherever you go.
Our dream is to be part of a world where people walk around with respect and naturalness. Therefore, in Panama Jack we put all our attention on people, providing good working conditions for our team, engaging in serious and transparent relationships with our customers and suppliers, and paying special attention to each product detail and services we offer our customers.
We are also committed to preserving the environment, supporting cultural developments and helping our equals anywhere in the world. The use of solar panels, our commitment to local industry, the collaboration with the Ruta BBVA and participation in projects such as the Vicente Ferrer Foundation are just some examples of the actions that we promote with passion and reflect the commitment of Panama Jack as a company.
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The most innovative style Indian wedding invitation with the Baraat theme printed on the chocolate bar in edible ink. This delicious chocolate bar is the best wedding invitation ideas that will stand out in front of your guests. Kick off your wedding celebrations in style with this unique chocolate bar with a vibrant Baraat theme printed on the chocolate bar itself.
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text: Boob-Shaped Cushions Could Almost Turn Me Lesbian Addy Dugdale 13 years ago -Filed to:cushionsdesignweird Share Most people think that all boobs are cushions, but these Funwari Milk-chan, or Fluffy Milk, are real boob cushions. Like the real thing, they come in all different shapes and sizes. Unlike the real thing, however, they're furry. There are five different boobs to choose from, each with its own character:Funwari Milk-chan, in the center, is easy-going, but would like to be bigger than she is. Likes: collagen, sleeping. Top left is Can Milk-san is a wannabe celeb with an American boyfriend (that'll be Chen, then) who loves beauty salons. Below her is Ganguro Milk-chan who, despite her pierced nipple is mature and level-headed. Loves dancing, apparently. Peach Milk-chan is an arachnophobic fashion victim who's pretty frightening when she's angry, is up on current affairs and loves low-brow stuff — um, sounds like me. Finally Miko-chan is the baby of the group, and a total genius. She loves to invent things, and her brain is in her pacifier. Their official website is rather fabulous, full of slightly odd drawings of boobs standing on each other and toppling over, boobs in sunglasses, singing boobs as well as boobs beating their friends at Halo 3 cartoon strips of the Milk Village quintet's exploits. They cost around $9 each in, yep, Japan. And before you accuse me of being sensationalist, I would just like to say that I was made to write that headline by one of our editors. [Fumiwari Milk via Pink Tentacle] Share this Story Get our Newsletter Subscribe