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Study Finds Charbroiling One Burger Pollutes As Much as a Diesel Truck Driving 143 Miles
A commercial charbroiler cooking one 1/3-pound burger patty emits as much particulate matter as a 18-wheeler diesel-engine truck driving 143 miles, according to Bill Welch, principle development engineer in a study on commercial cooking emissions by the Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) at the University of California, Riverside.
How much particular matter (PM) is produced by charbroiling a burger? About five grams per 1/3-pound patty. Hank Campbell of Science 2.0 breaks down the calculations from a 2004 study [PDF] of emissions by different kinds of vehicles and a 1999 report [PDF] on California's Commercial Kitchen Ventilation and Emissions project.
Emissions from model years 2007-2010 Class 8 heavy-duty diesel trucks = 35 mg/mile Emissions from charbroiled hamburgers = 33 lbs. PM/1000 lbs meat cooked
(33 lbs. PM/1000 lbs meat) x (1/3 lb./patty) x (454 g/lb) = 4.994 g PM/patty (4.994 g PM/patty) x (1000 mg/g)/(35 mg/mile) =142.7 miles
Diesel engines are regulated to keep their emissions in check, but there are few regulations on cooking equipment. To help control emissions from cooking equipment*, CE-CERT is testing a device on commercial charbroilers that removes grease from exhaust and traps it in water. They've grilled over 4,000 pounds of meat in the name of research since May, with most of the food going to college students and a food kitchen, reports New York Times.
Commercial cooking sounds like a bad pollutant as far as PM goes, but at least it's not number one. "In its 2007 Air Quality Management Plan, SCAQMD determined that commercial cooking is second-largest source of particulate matter in the South Coast Air Basin," says UCR's media advisory. ..Okay, it's number two. So what is number one?
Paved road dust.
* As for other ways to control emissions, this document from 2009 outlines a few technologies that help reduce PM emissions from under-fired charbroilers. The document is a proposed amendment to Rule 1138: Control of Emissions from Restaurant Operations, which, as it stands now, seems to only apply to chain-driven charbroilers.
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When the 2010 Winter Olympics open up next month here in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Clara Hughes will create a little more history to put on her already impressive resume. Flag Bearer...finally.
The path from her troubled childhood to multiple time Olympic medallist and flag bearer for a hosting Olympic nation might not be what you expect, and certainly isnt the norm. But it has worked for her & now she is set to put another notch on her already amazing resume when she becomes the flag bearer for Canada in an Olympics on her home soil.
Clara will be trying to keep a couple impressive streaks alive for Canada as the flag bearer in the winter games. The last two flag bearers, Danielle Goyette (hockey 2006) & Catriona Le May Doan (speed skating 2002) both won Gold in their respective events. In fact, of the 5 females prior to Hughes to be selected, all of them won a medal in the games they were flag bearers. Goyette & Lemay Doan, Sylvie Daigle in 1992 won Gold in speed skating, Karen Magnuson with silver in 1972 figure skating & Nancy Greene in 1968 with a Gold and Silver in skiing. The men of recent years have not had the same luck when being chosen.
For Hughes, this will be her 3rd Winter Olympic games, and 5th Olympic games in total. Already a winner of 5 Olympic medals, the 2nd most in Canadian Olympics history to Cindy Klassen with 6, Hughes is also the only Canadian man or woman to win medals in the Summer and Winter games. Ontop of her Gold, Silver & Bronze medals in speed skating, she is also a 2 time bronze medalist in Cycling in 1996. Clara is one of only 4 Olympians ever to accomplish the feat of a medal in both winter & summer games.
Being flag bearer is something that Clara in the past was not wanting to do. She stated she did not want the honour for the 2006 games. She went out in those games & won 2 medals, which along with her bronze in 2002, gave her 1 of each colour. Now 37 years old, Hughes, a native of Winnipeg, Manitoba is ready for that responsibility.
A former World record holder in the 10000 metres, Hughes is one of the best there is in long track speed skating. On top of her Olympic medals, Clara has some top World Cup gold medals as well in the 3000 & 5000 metre events. These are the events she will be competing in when she comes to Vancouver, the 3000 & 5000, since there is no 10000M event for women.
Her bicycling career is nothing short of amazing either, with 18 National championships, 8 Pan American medals, 1 World championship silver and a glut of other accolades, her cycling career would be enough to make her one of the greatest Canadian female athletes in history already. When you add in her speed skating legacy, she could arguably be the greatest female athlete in Canadian history.
This career started out quite differently than most great Olympic athletes. It was not till she was 16, watching the 1988 Winter Olympics & seeing a bio on Gaetan Boucher winning gold for Canada in 1984 that she got the itch to be a speed skater, let alone an athlete of any type. She was a party girl in her early days, stemming from the split of her parents, she was seemingly headed for a wasted life. Bad grades, running away from home multiple times, no motivation to be something great, experimenting with drugs & drinking. This was the life Clara had early on. Its unlikely anyone at that point saw a great Olympic athlete in their midst. Then came the '88 Olympics & something clicked. Shortly thereafter her mother got her in a speed skating program & after a couple small bumps along the way, shes never looked back.
In Vancouver next month, Clara Hughes will look to try & tie or surpass Cindy Klassen as the most decorated Canadian athlete of all time (Klassen has 1 even at the 2010 games herself). She is afterall still a legitimate threat for a medal in the 5000 metres, as well as a possible medallist in the 3000 metres. If there is 1 thing her career & career path has taught us, its this, dont doubt anything Clara Hughes sets her mind to. If she is standing on the medal podium again these Olympics, no one should be surprised.
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Sam Lipsyte writes fiction for The New Yorker, and is the author of acclaimed literary novels The Ask and The Fun Parts. But his writing career started, he says in this video interview with Vol. 1 Brooklyn, with a frustrated urge to be a dungeon master in Dungeons & Dragons. This is a fascinating look at the geeky past of a writer who has never written a genre book — but was nevertheless inspired by fantasy role playing games.
Also, it sounds like Lipsyte's old DM may have influenced the darkly satiric writer in more than one way. Lipsyte describes how he was never allowed to DM ("That would be like becoming the president," he admits), and that the DM he had insisted on stark realism. Their party's characters always died ignominiously in some back alley with a drunken orc, rather than on quests for treasure. That's exactly the kind of D&D game we always imagined Lipsyte playing.
Read more on Vol. 1 Brooklyn.
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Affective imagery, or connotative meanings, play an important role in shaping public risk perceptions, policy support, and broader responses to climate change. These simple "top-of-mind" associations and their related affect help reveal how diverse audiences understand and interpret global warming. And as a relatively simple set of measures, they are easily incorporated into representative surveys, making it possible to identify, measure, and monitor how connotative meanings are distributed throughout a population and how they change over time. Affective image analysis can help identify distinct interpretive communities of like-minded individuals who share their own set of common meanings and interpretations. The images also provide a highly sensitive measure of changes in public discourse. As scientists, political elites, advocates, and the media change the frames, images, icons, and emotions they use to communicate climate change, they can influence the interpretations of the larger public. Likewise, as members of the public directly or vicariously experience specific events or learn more about climate risks, they construct their own connotative meanings, which can in turn influence larger currents of public discourse. This article traces the development of affective imagery analysis, reviews the studies that have implemented it, examines how affective images influence climate change risk perceptions and policy support, and charts several future directions of research.
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She is also accused of fighting with law enforcement as they took her into custody.
An 81-year-old Sebring woman has been arrested after authorities say she continued to feed wildlife in violation of a probation order, then fought with a state agent and deputy sheriff as they took her into custody.
The News Sun reports (http://bit.ly/1emiGSn ) that Mary H. Musselman was arrested Wednesday after the agent found trays with bird seed and corn in Musselman's yard.
Musselman was put on probation two weeks ago after being charged with two counts of feeding black bears. A Highlands County judge had ordered her not to put out any food to feed bears or other wildlife for a year.
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Guest Columnists
Silencing Religious Expression through Courts and Legislatures
By Richard Garrett
Alabama Political Reporter
Within the last couple of weeks, federal judges in three conservative states have ruled that those states' bans on gay marriage are unconstitutional. These bans were instituted in legislation passed by the Legislature and state constitutional amendments approved overwhelmingly by the voters. Unfortunately, the endgame of homosexual activists is not simply to upend duly enacted laws defining marriage. The ultimate goal of their agenda is to use the force of law to silence sincerely held religious beliefs in opposition to same-sex marriage.
Activists in states that allow gay marriage have been targeting bakeries and photography studios owned by citizens who oppose gay marriage based on deeply-held religious beliefs. (Beliefs, it might be pointed out, that have been held by every religion and the vast majority of people for thousands of years.) Despite being in cities that have dozens, if not hundreds, of other bakers and photographers available, these activists demand that the religious bakers and photographers provide services for their gay weddings. These conflicts are not accidents; they are targets.
Keep in mind that these bakers and photographers are artists. They do not just sell a product off the shelf; they apply their training and talent to produce a unique experience. But the activists are demanding that these people use their talent for something they believe is in violation of their religious beliefs. When they refuse, they are dragged before a court or a "Human Rights Council" and ordered to comply. Criminal sanctions and loss of their business license can also be imposed. Most, if not all, of these business owners have given up their businesses instead.
Thus, in a country primarily founded to protect freedom of speech and religion, people are being denied those freedoms and also the freedom to choose a vocation where they can support their families and at the same time honor God. Freedom of religion is our first freedom. Certainly it is a breach of that constitutional right to require a business person to violate deeply held beliefs in order to do business in the public square. In addition, free speech rights and rights under some state's Religious Freedom Restoration acts are implicated.
Ask yourself why these activists target religious business people instead of going to any of the other dozens or hundreds available. The answer is obvious. They seek to create public examples demonstrating what happens to those who reject the homosexual lifestyle. Civil disagreement and divergent perspectives on controversial issues are hallmarks of a free society.
Targeting, intimidation and coercion are the tactics of regimes our nation has fought time and again over its history. The battle to protect basic freedoms never ends and all freedom-loving people must engage or those freedoms will soon be lost.
Richard Garrett is a senior fellow with the Alabama Policy Institute (API). API is an independent non-partisan, non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the preservation of free markets, limited government and strong families.
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Opinion | Former Sen. Brewbaker supports Montgomery tax referendum
If we want Montgomery to change for the better, we are all going to have to start living in our community rather than off of it.
I am in full support of the property tax referendum on the ballot this November. That may surprise some people because I have been critical of the performance of the Montgomery County Public School System in the past.
Until recently, student performance has generally been poor, financial management has been historically problematic, and there have been real and persistent problems with transparency. New Board leadership has worked hard to address these issues in a real way, but there is still work to be done.
However, whether we are talking about cars or public education, there is such a thing as trying to buy too cheap. Montgomery has been paying the legal minimum in property tax support for decades. It shouldn't come as a huge surprise to anyone that our schools' quality reflects our financial commitment to them.
Yes, it's true that more money isn't always the answer, but it's also true that money is part of the answer. Sometimes the bare minimum isn't enough, and this is one of those times.
Most people who vote on this referendum will not have children currently attending MPS. If you are one of those people, vote yes anyway.
Our public school population is declining because many young couples with children are leaving our city because they know their children can get a better education elsewhere.
This loss of young parents will eventually kill this city. We have got to turn the schools around before Montgomery's tax base is eroded beyond repair. Whether you have kids in the system or not, if you care about your local tax burden or the value of your property, it's time to vote 'yes.'
Need another reason to vote yes? Ok, here's one: Montgomery will eventually lose both our USAF bases if we don't show the Air Force we are serious about improving our failing schools. Already less than half of the airmen stationed in Montgomery bring their families with them.
Many military families view MPS as so low quality that they won't subject their children to them. If we don't fix our schools, sooner or later we will lose Maxwell and Gunter. If you don't believe that would be an economic nightmare for our city, ask around.
At the end of the day, passing this referendum is not only a vote to help children succeed, but also a vote to save the city in which we all live. It's ok to be hopeful, it's ok to be optimistic even about the future of Montgomery and its schools.
If we want Montgomery to change for the better, we are all going to have to start living in our community rather than off of it.
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Opinion | FEMA's Hurricane Sally response
So, how has FEMA performed in responding to Hurricane Sally? So far, pretty darn well.
Most people in Alabama have heard of FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Administration. Its name is a little misleading because emergencies by their nature aren't so much managed as responded to, often after the fact. You can't manage a tornado or an earthquake, for example, but you can and should respond to it.
Hurricanes are facts of life down here and nearly every part of our state, not just the coast, have been affected in some way by at least one. We can prepare for hurricanes and guard against the worst consequences and that starts with each of us as individuals, family members and citizens doing our part to be prepared to protect and take care of ourselves, family members and neighbors. Alabamians are actually pretty good at doing that.
But, there is also a role for governments at all levels. Local governments actually play the most important public role because they are closest to the people of their areas and have the first responders already employed and trained to take care of the needs of local residents during the period running up to, during, and in the immediate aftermath of the storm. State governments manage the preparations before the storm and provide the support local governments need afterward to do their jobs. The federal government supports the state and local efforts, which typically means providing the lion's share of the money needed, anywhere from 75 percent to 90 percent of the costs. So there's not one emergency management agency involved in responding to hurricanes but three, corresponding to each level of government.
The day before Hurricane Sally hit, I was individually briefed by the Director of the National Hurricane Center Ken Graham, FEMA Administrator Pete Gaynor and Coast Guard officials. That same day I went to the White House and made sure we had a good line of communication in case we needed help, which looked likely at the time. I have to say, the White House was immediately responsive and has continued to be so.
How has FEMA handled the federal response to Hurricane Sally? When the state of Alabama requested a pre-storm disaster declaration, which triggers federal financial support for preparations and response during the storm, FEMA and the White House gave the okay in just a few hours. On that day before when I spoke with the White House, I asked them to send FEMA Administrator Gaynor to my district as soon as possible once the storm cleared to see the damage and meet with local officials. He came three days after the storm and spent several hours touring the damage with me and meeting with local leaders. When the state of Alabama requested a post-storm declaration, triggering federal financial support for public and individual assistance, FEMA and the White House responded affirmatively in less than 48 hours – record time.
Public assistance is federal financial support for the costs to state and local governments as a result of a storm. This includes water bottles and meals ready to eat for locally requested points of distribution, debris removal and cleanup costs (think of the large tandem trucks picking up debris piled up on the right of way), as well as the costs to repair damage to public buildings and infrastructure like roads and bridges, and in the case of Sally damage to the Port of Mobile.
Individual assistance, as the label states, goes to individuals affected by the storm. Private assistance won't pay something you have insurance for, but it does pay for a variety of losses, particularly having to do with an individual's home. So far 60,000 Alabamans have applied for individual assistance and already FEMA has approved $42 million. If you haven't applied for individual assistance there's still time for you to do so online at DisasterAssistance.gov, or if you need help in applying call FEMA's Helpline at 1-800-621-3362. If you have applied for individual assistance and have been denied, appeal the decision because frequently the denial is simply because the applicant didn't include all the needed information.
Many people were flooded by Sally and over 3,000 of them have made claims to the National Flood Insurance Program. Over $16 million has already been paid out on those claims. The Small Business Administration has approved over a thousand home loans to people with storm losses, totaling over $40 million, and many more loan applications are still pending.
So, how has FEMA performed in responding to Hurricane Sally? So far, pretty darn well. I want to thank FEMA Administrator Gaynor for coming down here so quickly after the storm and for FEMA's quick and positive responses to all our requests. And I want to thank President Trump for his concern and quick response to Alabama's requests for disaster declarations. Hurricane Sally was a brutal experience for us in Alabama, but FEMA's response shows that government can do good things, helping people and communities when they really need it.
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Opinion | An inspirational pick
Many progressives, it seems, claim to believe in the power of women, but only for women who think and talk like they do.
A century ago, the Suffragettes finally succeeded in winning the right to vote for women. They would be thrilled to see the nomination of a woman so uniquely qualified to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court as Judge Amy Coney Barrett, were they alive today. It's easy to imagine them storming the streets of America and urging that Judge Barrett be confirmed, and by a wide margin.
After all, the four female justices nominated before her were confirmed with lopsided votes by the U.S. Senate: 99-0 for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 68-31 for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, 63-37 for Justice Elena Kagan and 96-3 for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Sadly, it speaks to the times in which we are living that Judge Barrett's vote by the Senate will most likely come down to a tight vote, with nearly every Democrat opposing her nomination.
As governors who are either the first or second females to be elected in our respective states, we are rightfully proud to see diversity expand among the highest levels of government. Notably, however, our support for Judge Barrett hinges not on her being a female, but rather her superior intellect, unflappable composure and impeccable integrity, all which combine to make her eminently qualified in every way.
Regretfully, we know – as do many others – that the climb for women into the upper echelon of American leadership has always been a bit steeper. After all, when was the last time a man's haircut, the color of his tie or suit or the number of children in his family were scrutinized as part of the public discourse?
It is bittersweet that Judge Barrett followed her father's advice that she could do anything her male counterparts could do, only better, and yet, sadly, millions of women appear to oppose her nomination simply because she interprets the law as-written, rather than siding with them on every issue. Is this the new standard for qualification?
Many progressives, it seems, claim to believe in the power of women, but only for women who think and talk like they do.
We applaud President Trump for choosing Judge Amy Coney Barrett for service on our nation's highest court; she may well be one of the most qualified, extraordinary picks during the past century, and we urge the United States Senate to confirm her nomination in short order.
We especially like the direct answers Judge Barrett provided to two of the Senate Judiciary Committee members who questioned her last week.
When Sen. Chris Coons, D-Delaware, suggested that Judge Barrett would vote in the same manner as the late Justice Antonin Scalia, a conservative for whom she had clerked earlier in her career, she calmly responded, "I assure you I have my own mind."
And when the Committee's ranking Democrat, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, asked her whether she believed that Medicare was unconstitutional, she cited the "Ginsburg Rule," so named for the late justice she will be following, of providing "no hints, no previews, no forecasts."
Perhaps one of the most powerful witnesses to speak in support of Judge Barrett was her former law student at Notre Dame, Laura Wolk.
Ms. Wolk is totally blind, but before pursuing the "impossible dream" of becoming the first blind law clerk at the Supreme Court last year, she was struggling with her classwork as a first-year law student, fearful of failing.
Laura recalled, "Judge Barrett leaned forward and looked at me intently. 'Laura,' she said, with the same measured conviction that we have seen displayed throughout her entire nomination process, 'this is no longer your problem. It's my problem.'"
Ms. Wolk went on to say that Judge Barrett helped her see a pathway to success. She said the Judge will "serve this country with distinction not only because of her intellectual prowess, but also because of her compassionate heart and her years of treating others as equals deserving of complete respect."
When Judge Barrett raises her right hand to take the oath to "administer justice without respect to persons" and to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States," it will be a win-win for every female – young and old alike during the past 100 years – who has dreamed of seeing women advance to the top positions of our government.
Moreover, it will be a signal to every little girl – and boy – that the most qualified individual will get the job.
Governors Kay Ivey of Alabama, Kristi Noem of South Dakota and Kim Reynolds of Iowa authored this column.
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Opinion | Hearings give public opportunity to weigh in on coal ash plans
ADEM will make sure the closure and cleanup of the coal ash sites will be done in a way that will protect the state's land and water resources now and in the future.
The mission of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is to ensure for all Alabamians "a safe, healthful and productive environment." It's a mission that ADEM and its nearly 600 employees take very seriously.
Ensuring a safe, healthful and productive environment means more than simply being the environmental cop, though that certainly is part of ADEM's job. When the Alabama Legislature passed legislation in 1982 that led to the creation of ADEM, lawmakers' intent was for the agency to promote public health and well-being.
The term "healthful" in ADEM's mission statement speaks directly to that. ADEM's work is to contribute to the health of Alabama's environment and the health of all Alabamians.
An example of that work is managing the process that will determine how coal combustion residuals (CCR) – or coal ash – are dealt with in a safe and effective manner. Managing CCR promotes a healthful environment by protecting our land and water.
On Oct. 20, ADEM will hold the first of a series of public hearings on permits drafted by ADEM to require electric utilities to safely close unlined coal ash ponds at their power plants and remediate any contaminated groundwater. The hearings, and the comment periods leading up to them, give the public the chance to provide ADEM input on the requirements in the draft permits.
To understand how we got to this point today, let's go back to Dec. 22, 2008, in Kingston, Tenn. On that frigid night, the containment dike surrounding massive ponds holding decades worth of CCR produced by the coal-burning TVA power plant collapsed, spilling more than a billion gallons of coal ash sludge into the Emory River and onto 300 acres of land.
That spill drew the attention of regulators and the nation to the issue of coal ash storage, for which there was little regulation at the time. It also started the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the road to adopting a federal CCR rule, which took effect in 2015. The Alabama Environmental Management Commission approved a state CCR rule in 2018, patterned after the EPA rule.
The rules address two primary issues: closing coal ash ponds to avoid threats of spills into waterways or onto land, and preventing and cleaning up groundwater contamination from arsenic, mercury, lead and other hazardous elements that may leach from the coal ash.
Both the EPA and state rules give the electric utility operators two options in closing the ash ponds. One allowable method is to excavate the millions of tons of coal ash and either move the coal ash to a lined landfill or find an approved beneficial use for the ash. The other is to cap in place, where an impervious cover, or cap, is placed over the ash impoundment. Both methods have been used successfully for decades to close some of the most contaminated sites in the nation.
It must be emphasized that the closure method selection is made by the utilities, as allowed by both federal and state rules. Alabama Power, TVA and PowerSouth all elected to utilize the cap-in-place option.
The permits will also set out the steps to be taken to clean up contaminated groundwater caused by the coal ash ponds. ADEM's job, in its environmental oversight role, is to ensure the closure and groundwater remediation plans proposed by the utilities and included in the permits meet federal and state standards and protect both waterways and groundwater. The permits provide for regular monitoring to confirm the closure and cleanup plans are being implemented as required. If necessary, the plans will be adjusted to ensure the intended results are being achieved.
Currently, ADEM has scheduled public hearings on the permits for three Alabama Power plants. The first is Oct. 20 for Plant Miller in Jefferson County, followed by Oct. 22 for Plant Greene County and Oct. 29 for Plant Gadsden in Etowah County. Permits for the other five sites in Alabama are in development, and hearings will be scheduled when they are complete.
The purpose of these hearings is to allow the public, including nearby residents, environmental groups and others, opportunities to weigh in on the proposed permits. This past summer, Alabama Power, TVA and PowerSouth held informational meetings in the communities where their affected plants are located to explain their proposed groundwater cleanup plans(including the CCR unit closure component) and answer residents' questions.
The draft permits, the hearings' dates, locations and times and other information are available on ADEM's website, www.adem.alabama.gov. The public can also mail or email comments related to the permits, including the closure plans and groundwater remediation plans, directly to ADEM during the proposed permits' 35-day minimum comment periods, which will run one week past the date of the public hearings. Those comments will be considered in the decisions to issue the permits, and ADEM will provide a response to each issue raised.
For maximum protection of the environment, ADEM encouraged the power companies to go beyond the minimum requirements of the state and federal CCR rules. ADEM's scientists and engineers who analyzed the plans through an exhaustive review and revision process determined the final plans provide the environmental protections Alabamians expect and deserve. But we want to hear from the public.
Certainly, there are pros and cons of each option in closing the coal ash ponds. The daunting task of cleaning up contaminated groundwater will be undertaken regardless of which closure method is utilized. As one opinion writer recently said, there is no easy answer to the coal ash problem. But this is a matter we cannot duck. We must deal with our coal combustion residuals – by EPA requirement and for the sake of our environment.
Here's what you can count on from your state agency charged with protecting your environment. ADEM will make sure the closure and cleanup of the coal ash sites will be done in a way that will protect the state's land and water resources now and in the future.
Ensuring that is our mission.


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Cheating Atlanta schools facing court actions
ATLANTA (AP) — A Fulton County judge has refused to dismiss the case against dozens of Atlanta educators accused of conspiring to cheat on standardized tests.
Superior Court Judge Jerry Baxter's decision is a victory for prosecutors. Baxter had expressed concerns about the prosecution's case last week after he said it appeared the defendants had been threatened with the prospect of losing their jobs if they didn't cooperate with the investigation.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports (http://bit.ly/14CT7W0 ) that Baxter will allow his decision to be appealed before trial.
In March, former Superintendent Beverly Hall and 34 other former Atlanta Public Schools educators were named in a 65-count indictment alleging a conspiracy to cheat to bolster student test scores.
The trial had been set for May 2014, but that could be delayed by pretrial appeals.
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Rimsha Masih is a young Christian girl, believed to be developmentally disabled and around fourteen years in age, who faced charges in Pakistan for allegedly burning sacred Muslim documents—a crime punishable by death in that country.
Masih was arrested in August 2012 after a local cleric, Mohammad Khalid Chisti, said she had burned pages of the Noorani Qaida, a religious book used to teach the Qu'ran to children. Hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside of the police station where Masih was being held, demanding she face formal charges.
The case took a turn in September 2012, when police arrested Chisti and charged him with fabricating evidence against Masih. Masih has since been cleared of the charges against her. However, Rimsha and her family will feel the consequences of the charges forever, as they—along with many Christians living nearby—have already relocated from their home and live in hiding in fear of vigilante retribution.
On June 30, 2013, it was announced that Rimsha and her family had safely relocated to Canada.
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VICTORIA — An overflow crowd of New Democratic Party members gathered on the weekend to pick a nominee for a coming byelection to fill Victoria's vacant seat in federal Parliament.
Four candidates were in the running for a nod seen by New Democrats as the closest thing to a sure ticket to Ottawa. In the last election, NDP standard-bearer Denise Savoie, whose resignation for health reasons created the vacancy, piled up a 16,000-vote margin en route to a third term as MP.
Given the stakes, almost 600 party members including a who's who of capital region New Democrats turned out Sunday, overwhelming organizers who'd not printed enough ballots or booked a big enough meeting room at the University of Victoria.
Once those shortcomings were supplemented with a second hall and a second printing, proceedings settled down for what was expected to be a long afternoon, with multiple rounds of balloting and a gabfest in between. "You can tell it is an NDP meeting," said one of the participants. "The halftime entertainment is more speeches."
So the outcome, when it came, was anticlimactic if decisive. Winning handily with 352 votes on the first ballot was Murray Rankin, a 62-year-old lawyer, civil libertarian, environmentalist and UVic professor.
He'd rounded up two-thirds of the votes over also-rans Elizabeth Cull, a former provincial cabinet minister; Charley Beresford, a former school board chair; and Ben Isitt, still in his first year as a member of city council.
Not surprising to see Beresford (51 votes) and Isitt (36) finish well out of the running. But I figured Cull to do better than her 96 votes. She was one of the better ministers in the Mike Harcourt NDP government, serving in health, environment, finance and as deputy premier.
After losing her seat in 1996, she made a success in the private sector with Dig This, an innovative string of gardening shops catering to green thumbs in the provincial capital region.
But whatever prompted her return to politics, it wasn't evident from her flat and uninspiring presentation to the assembled party members Sunday afternoon.
Rankin, seeking office for the first time, arrived well-rehearsed with a strong delivery and some crowd-pleasing lines. "We do not want Canada to be the energy Walmart of the world," he said, denouncing Prime Minister Stephen Harper's bitumen-piping aspirations. "We have got to stop this man."
He also showed himself to be relatively proficient in French compared to the other three candidates, an emerging point of qualification in a party where more than half of the caucus hails from Quebec.
He'd worked the riding like a first-timer learning on the job, too, bicycling to the homes of party members, soliciting their support in the ones and twos.
Necessary that, given complaints that the highfalutin lawyer and adjunct UVic professor hadn't put in sufficient grunt work in a party where seniority and door-knocking still count.
Some doubts were voiced too about Rankin's reputed wobbling in the last decade, when he'd lent an unofficial hand in the campaign by Bob Rae, the apostate former NDP premier of Ontario, to win the leadership of the federal Liberal party.
But helping to overcome any grumblings about Rankin's credentials as "one of us" were some heavyweight backers. Party president Moe Sihota. The head of the Victoria labour council. Savoie's former constituency assistant. Three of the party's five local members of the legislature (Rob Fleming, Lana Popham and Maurine Karagianis) and the parents of a fourth, Carole James.
They were swayed by Rankin's lengthy resume, including his service in providing legal and other critical advice to the party. When the NDP was in power in the 1990s, he helped shape NDP initiatives on access to information, treaty negotiations and land use. Most recently he helped provincial leader Adrian Dix formulate his legal position regarding the Northern Gateway pipeline.
Though Rankin hasn't run for office previously, it was not for lack of overtures. Almost a decade ago, he was asked to seek the provincial leadership in the contest eventually won by Carole James. He passed because of a calculation (correct as it turned out) that the party was facing 10 years in opposition.
In terms of his current prospects, the byelection is expected to be called later this fall. Also nominated to run are two other UVic professors, Paul Summerville for the Liberals and David Galloway for the Greens. The Conservatives are expected to nominate non-academic Patrick Hunt.
Presuming Rankin lives up to his party's expectations, he'd be on his way to Ottawa before the end of the year. He must be thinking too, that if the federal New Democrats manage to lever their opposition status to the next level, he'd be on the cabinet short list for the country's first NDP government.
I wrote yesterday that Chris Olsen had been "fired outright" as press secretary to Premier Christy Clark. He advises that he was offered reassignment to an alternative position or severance and himself chose the latter. "So I wasn't fired outright." My mistake.


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First Nanotube Computer Could Be Future of Electronics
Scientists unveil the first working computer built entirely from carbon nanotube transistors in a significant step toward finding the future of electronics beyond silicon. Lee Hotz joins the News Hub with details. Photo: AP
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NORWALK >> An assistant football coach at Darien High School has been arrested after police said he failed a sobriety test and fought with officers.
Christian Garnett of Stamford was charged with operation while under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and other charges. He posted $10,000 bond and is to return to court on Nov. 8.
Norwalk police say the 32-year-old Garnett was driving fast on three tires.
He's accused of kicking an officer trying to arrest him and was punched in the face by another officer and subdued by a stun gun.
Police say he was still belligerent when taken to Norwalk Hospital and was handcuffed to a bed.
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*Woodfired Pizza
*Macaroni Grill
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*PF Changs
*Sushi Eki, Eki....local place, really delicious sushi
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Whose MP3s Are They, Anyway?
If you have a CD or book you don't want anymore, you can sell it. The law says that's perfectly legal. But what about an MP3 or an e-book? Can you legally resell your digital goods?
This was the question before a judge in the case of Capitol Records v. ReDigi Inc.
Launched in 2011, ReDigi is basically a digital version of a used-record store. You can sell the company your old MP3s, and you can buy "used" MP3s that other people have sold.
ReDigi says its technology ensures that the person selling a used MP3 can only sell it once and can't keep listening it after it's been sold.
But, not surprisingly, record labels don't like the idea of people buying and selling used MP3s. A month after ReDigi launched, it got a cease and desist letter from the Recording Industry Association of America that said "there can be no doubt that ReDigi's conduct constitutes willful copyright infringement."
Last year, Capitol Records sued ReDigi. Their complaint alleged that ReDigi "makes and assists its users in making systematic, repeated and unauthorized reproductions and distributions of Plaintiffs copyrighted sound recordings."
The case revolved around a legal concept known as the first sale doctrine, which basically says that once you buy a copyrighted work like an album it's yours to do with as you wish.
"You can sell it to someone else; you can give it away, lend it, use it as a doorstop, use it as a Frisbee," Bill Rosenblatt of GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies told me.
The founder and CEO of ReDigi, John Ossemacher, says if this law applies to physical albums, it should also apply to digital albums.
"We see it very, very clearly that a copyright good is a copyright good and buyers of those copyright goods are entitled to certain protections under the law, " says Ossenmacher. "Those apply to digital just as much as they apply to any format."
The transcripts of the court case show just how complicated this issue can get. It veers from discussions of law and legal precedent to these pretty existential questions.
Do you really own something if it's just a bunch of ones and zeroes on your computer? If you take a digital song and you move someplace else, did you actually move it or did you just make a copy and destroy the original?
And, like so many discussions that touch on the nature of existence, the discussion in the courtroom led to Star Trek:
THE COURT: I kept thinking about this, but — I'm not a Trekkie, but I kept thinking it's the difference from Captain Kirk going from the Enterprise to the planet through that transporter thing, where he's not duplicated, to the cloning where there's a good and a bad Captain Kirk where they're both running around. I think one is a copy and the other is — the other was transported and it's only one Captain Kirk.
MR. MANDEL: Right. And, you know, that's part of the problem we have at a basic level because it's not Star Trek here, and I don't think they're really saying —
THE COURT: Wouldn't it be cool if it were?
Also, Willy Wonka:
MR. ADELMAN: I mean, one of the examples I was thinking of was Willy Wonka. Remember when they put Tommy on the stage. They beamed him, and you saw the particles go across the top and, boom, there he was, miniaturized, but still him in that TV. What's so hard to believe?
Despite all the references to the future and new technology, it was a word from the 1970s that was really at the heart of this case: phonorecord.
First sale doctrine states that "the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made" is entitled "to sell or otherwise dispose of the possession of that copy or phonorecord."
The lawyers for Capitol argued that ReDigi couldn't be protected by first sale because the process of selling digital music through the company's platform created a copy of the music file, a "new phonorecord."
In the end, the judge sided with Capitol. He wrote:
...the fact that a file has moved from one material object — the user's computer — to another — the ReDigi server — means that a reproduction has occurred. Similarly, when a ReDigi user downloads a new purchase from the ReDigi website to her computer, yet another reproduction is created. It is beside the point that the original phonorecord no longer exists. It matters only that a new phonorecord has been created.
So does that mean you can't sell your MP3s? No. It just means that you can't sell them on ReDigi.
The judge said that the first sale doctrine does apply to digital works, but it only protects the sale of that " 'particular' phonorecord, be it a computer hard disk, iPod, or other memory device onto which the file was originally downloaded."
In other words, the judge said you can sell your old MP3s — as long as you sell them along with whatever device you used to download the MP3s in the first place.
Capitol Records declined to comment for this story.
Jason Schultz, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who used to work for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said that the ruling may kill off the used-book and record stores of the digital age. "There is a lot of value both economic and social that we get from having secondary markets," he told me.
The people at ReDigi say they'll appeal the ruling. They also say they've created new technology, "ReDigi 2.0," to comply with the ruling. With the new technology, ReDigi customers who buy new MP3's will have the MP3s sent directly to ReDigi's servers in the cloud.
In many ways, the Internet and the digital revolution have made it easier to buy and sell used stuff - think Craigslist, eBay, Amazon. But there is one way that the move online has complicated the buying and selling of secondhand goods. Here's Caitlin Kenney from our Planet Money team.
CAITLIN KENNEY, BYLINE: Josh Madell makes money doing something that nowadays seems old fashioned: selling used CDs and records.
JOSH MADELL: Talking Heads, Teenage Fan Club, there's a lot of good stuff here. Down to Hank Williams, you know, 8.99, cheaper than a download is, a lot of times.
KENNEY: Josh is the co-owner of a store called Other Music in New York City. His store is an example of what economists call a secondary market, a place where people buy and sell used goods. And Other Music illustrates why secondary markets are good. People can make money off stuff they don't want anymore, and they can use that money to buy new stuff, stuff they do want.
It works well, except for one thing: a problem that's kind of hard to see at first. To find it, you have to ask the customers here to dig into their bags.
Do you have, right now on you, any digital device for listening to music?
ARI MAISONAVE: Yes, I do. The iPod.
KENNEY: You have an iPod?
MAISONAVE: Yeah.
KENNEY: Can you take it out for me?
MAISONAVE: Sure. You're funny.
KENNEY: This is Ari Maisonave, 50 years old from downtown Brooklyn. I asked him to scroll through his iPod and show me something he hasn't listened to in a while.
MAISONAVE: Adel.
KENNEY: You just stuck your tongue out.
MAISONAVE: Yeah. It's just - you know, it's played so much, that I'm over it.
KENNEY: Now, here's the problem. Ari owns Adel, but he doesn't want to listen to Adel. If he purchased the album on CD or record or cassette, he could just resell Adel 10 feet over at the counter, get the money and buy some music he actually wants. But Adel in her current form, a collection of digital MP3 files, is pretty much worthless.
Josh, the owner of this store won't buy the album. You can't hawk these used MP3s on eBay, and it's not just Adel.
JOHN OSSENMACHER: There are hundreds of billions of dollars of pent-up digital wealth on people's computers.
KENNEY: John Ossenmacher wants to free this wealth. He's the CEO and founder of a company called ReDigi.
OSSENMACHER: ReDigi is the world's first marketplace where consumers can lawfully buy and sell used digital goods.
KENNEY: In other words, ReDigi is an online used record store for your MP3s that you don't want anymore. But it's turned out to be more complicated than buying and selling used CDs. Last year, they were sued by Capitol Records for copyright infringement. The case revolved around this one legal concept: the first sale doctrine. Bill Rosenblatt runs GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies. He says under the first sale doctrine, once you buy a copyrighted work, like an album...
BILL ROSENBLATT: It's yours to do with as you wish. The publisher no longer has any control or say in what you do. You can sell it to someone else. You can give it away, lend it, use it as a doorstop, use it as a Frisbee.
KENNEY: And the CEO of ReDigi, John Ossenmacher, says if that law applies to an Adel CD, it should also apply to an Adel digital album.
OSSENMACHER: We see it very, very clearly that a copyright good is a copyright good, and a buyer of those copyright goods are entitled to certain protections under the law, whether it first sale doctrine or other items. And those apply to digital just as much as they apply to any other format.
KENNEY: The transcripts of this court case show just how complicated this issue can get. It very quickly veers from discussions of law and legal precedent to these pretty existential questions. Do you really own something if it's just a bunch of ones and zeroes on your computer? If you take a digital song and you move it someplace else, did you actually move it, or did you just make a copy and destroy the original?
Like so many discussions that touch on the nature of existence, the TV show "Star Trek" was invoked. To help us out, here's NPR's legal correspondent Nina Totenberg, reading from the court transcript.
NINA TOTENBERG, BYLINE: Judge Sullivan: I kept thinking about this. I'm not a Trekkie, but I kept thinking: It's the difference between Capt. Kirk going from the Enterprise to the planet through that transporter thing, where he's not duplicated, to the cloning, where there's a good and a bad Capt. Kirk, where they're both running around.
KENNEY: In the end, the judge stuck to the very specific language of the law, and ruled against ReDigi. He said, yes, it's legal to sell your used MP3s, but only if you sell the physical object on which you originally downloaded them. Meaning, if you want to sell Adel, say goodbye to your iPod or your computer.
Jason Schultz is a professor of law at UC Berkley. He says this ruling has huge implications - not just for ReDigi, but for lots of companies who might be interested in this secondary market, other online retailers, even libraries who lend out eBooks.
JASON SCHULTZ: There's a lot of value - both economic and social - that we get from having secondary markets. This case potentially kills them all off for the digital world and allows the copyright owner to say, well, if you ever want to read this book or see this movie or listen to this song, you have to come back to me, the original company, and get it from me. You can't get it from anyone else.
KENNEY: The people at ReDigi say they will appeal the ruling. They also say they've created new technology to get around these legal issues. This fight is far from over. Caitlin Kenney, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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It's hard to imagine how 20th Century Fox topper Darryl F. Zanuck expected 1942's "Moontide" to transform the great Gallic thesp Jean Gabin into an American movie star. A twisted romance set among waterfront lowlifes, the b&w pic resonated with neither critics nor auds, though as this DVD debut makes clear, there seems every reason to hope cineastes may now embrace it for what is always was: a keenly observed, highly atmospheric film distinguished by several superb performances and a captivating, if quotidian, mise-en-scene. Solid extras like a full commentary track and meaty "making-of" featurette should only help raise its standing.
Based on a salacious 1940 novel by thesp Willard Robertson as scripted by literary highbrow John O'Hara, pic follows unlikely romance between rough vagabond stevedore Bobo (Gabin) and San Pedro hash-house waitress Anna (Ida Lupino in unusually vulnerable mode), a would-be suicide he saves from drowning. Material may be tame by today's standards, but anyone familiar with the production code and its strict enforcement will marvel at how Zanuck and company ever got it made. Bonus features imply they barely did.
Though much must be inferred (prostitution, casual sex, violent tendencies), some elements remain eyebrow raisers even now, most especially the strange homoerotic relationship between Bobo and his psychopathically possessive friend Tiny (Thomas Mitchell, brilliantly cast against type), who ultimately assaults Anna in an attempt to keep Bobo for himself. Also notable is Claude Rains' unexpected turn as a dog-eared wharf philosopher.
"Moontide's" virtues extend beyond storyline and acting to tone and mood. For that, Fritz Lang deserves some credit, as studio records reveal he shot three weeks of footage before Archie Mayo ascended as helmer. Salvador Dali hovers as well, having sketched the alcohol-fueled blackout scene that haunts Bobo.
But kudos for the pic's fog-shrouded, noir-lit nautical setting really belong to lenser Charles Clarke (who netted an Oscar nom for his work) and art directors Richard Day and James Basevi, both legends in their field. Though obviously soundstage bound, the pic smells of salt spray.
Extras here add much, providing context for fully appreciating the film. But though the featurette "Turning of the Tide: The Ill-Starred Making of 'Moontide'" is one of Fox's best — insightful comments and useful information balance out the occasional vapidity — the commentary track is more problematic.
Prepared and narrated by the worthy Foster Hirsch, it suffers from his stubborn refusal to let the pic breathe. He fills practically the entire run time with overdub, resulting in needless repetition and annoying padding. That said, Hirsch has certainly done his homework, and the best of the information he imparts enriches our appreciation of a film that seems poised for increased regard.


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The "After Dark" Film festival extends their indie horror reach as they create After Dark Originals, their own film film production arm. Continuing to showcase new talent, the new venture allows them to produce their own movies with new directing and producing talent.
Prepare yourself; Sigourney Weaver is going to bite you. The veteran actress has signed on to play a Queen Vampire in Amy Heckerling's horror comedy, "Vamps"! Weaver will be starring alongside Alicia Silverstone and Kristen Ritter.
Craig Gillespie, director of "Lars and the Real Girl", has been tapped to direct the upcoming "Fright Night" remake proving that there actually is one person out there that still cares about this project!
Liv Ullman will be in "The Ghost Brothers of Darkland County", a musical collaboration between John Mellencamp and Stephen King. Read that again; 'a musical collaboration between John Mellencamp and Stephen King'!
Most men have at least thought about using their junk as a weapon at one point in their lives, but not that many can say they've attacked a female police officer with their testicles. Lithuanian "Cops" must be the greatest show ever.
Are you dying to get your hands on a piece of pop culture history? Prepare yourself, because the syringe that delivered the fatal dose to Michael Jackson is about to go up for auction! The bidding is expected to start at $5 Million dollars, plus 1 soul.
965 - Pope Leo VIII dies of a stroke during sexual intercourse. Perhaps the best way for a man to die, but not a very appropriate choice for the Bishop of Rome.


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After packing the flip-flops and beach balls into storage bins and sending them to the basement for another year, you take a moment to breathe in your new clutter-free home. The moment is short-lived, however, as a new culprit called "back to school" threatens to overtake your tidy oasis.
School season brings a new array of stuff. Lunch boxes overtake kitchen counters, backpacks clutter the entryway, textbooks engulf the dining room table and art projects overwhelm all remaining surfaces.
Rebecca Childs, a Brockville, Ont. professional organizer and owner of Organized for Good (OrganizedForGood.ca), has seen school take over many homes, including her own, and shares her plan to prepare all the rooms of your house for the back-to-school rush.
If your home isn't equipped with an entryway closet, add some hooks for backpacks and jackets to get clutter off the floor.
"A basket in the same area to hold seasonal items is perfect for finding what you need in the morning when it's time to get out the door," Childs suggests.
The hub of the home can quickly become a dumping ground for lunch boxes, permission forms and everything else.
Childs suggests designating an area of the kitchen for lunch preparation.
"Empty a kitchen cupboard that has rarely used items in it so you can dedicate it to lunch making supplies," she says.
Remove bills and children's artwork from the refrigerator, replacing them with a family calendar. "A calendar is indispensable to keep the family organized," says Childs.
Place the calendar at your children's eye level so they too can see what's happening in the family. Encourage them to write down their school trips, birthday parties, school concerts or major projects on the calendar.
"As kids get older, give them a calendar in their room to write in things that affect them, like big projects that are due and weekly music lessons," Childs suggests.
Add an in-and-out box to your kitchen counter or wall for permission forms, tests that require a signature and other school paperwork.
Childs also recommends adding a bulletin board and whiteboard.
"The bulletin board holds notices, tickets, forms that need to be used in the upcoming weeks.
"Just make sure to clear off old items so important things don't get lost. The whiteboard is for phone messages and notes to family members that need to be seen easily and quickly," she says.
Whether your child has a dedicated homework space in his or her bedroom or in a shared family space such as the dining room or kitchen, take some time before the start of school to organize the area. Gather extra school supplies and make a homework caddy out of a picnic basket.
"Have pencils, erasers, pencil crayons and a ruler in this caddy so a lack of supplies never causes a problem," says Childs.
Create a bulletin board or brag board to display choice assignments or artwork. Displaying these achievements near the homework space not only helps control the clutter but gives your child that extra motivation they need to do their homework.
Although the weather doesn't automatically get cool when Sept. 1 arrives, back-to-school sales and department store promotions provide a great opportunity to clear out closets and replace outgrown clothing. "Kid or adult, everyone needs to get unused, 'un-liked' and outgrown clothes out of their closets," Childs says.
Before hitting the stores, go through the closet and make a list of items that need replacing.
Since children are constantly moving through sizes, Childs recommends putting a bin under their bed or in their closets for outgrown clothing.
When the bin is full, host a clothing exchange with cousins or friends or donate them to charity.
During the school year, clean out children's backpacks regularly.
Keep tabs on paperwork, filing papers you want to keep and recycling those you don't. Set up a bin or basket for younger children's artwork and go through the basket together each month, picking out one or two items you want to keep.
Turn these into a scrapbook at the end of the year, creating a nice memory they can cherish into adulthood.
Home-improvement centres such as Rona and Home Depot are among outlets turning their attention to controlling clutter as summer winds down.
Both stores are highlighting their space-saving and storage options.
These include simple fabric drawers to storage benches or cabinets, garage organizers and more.


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Guest Artist Wine and Cheese Reception
Anne Brecher-Bogart, from Georgetown, Maine and Danbury, Connectucut, will be exhibiting a variety of media and techniques. Land and sea views that are constantly evolving with ongoing light, sky and weather changes. Her work and life are firmly entwined with her art, which reflects emotion and experience. Exhibit up from March 10th to May 3rd.Find out more »


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sa.global and Pleasant Valley Business Solutions to Take Microsoft Dynamics AX Government Contractor Solution to Market
Leading Microsoft Dynamics partners sign agreement to drive Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP solution to the government contractor market
Seattle, WA – June 5, 2014
sa.global, the leading global provider of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP solutions and services to professional services organizations, today announced that they have signed a partnership agreement with Pleasant Valley Business Solutions (PVBS) to promote Microsoft Dynamics AX to the government contractor market. The companies will begin working together immediately to market and implement their joint solution to help professional services organizations and other commercial entities that serve the Federal Government meet their Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) and Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements.
sa.global, the inaugural Microsoft Dynamics Service Industries Partner of the Year award winner, helps IT & management consulting firms, architecture and engineering firms, and other professional services organizations gain efficiencies and optimize key business processes through the implementation of their Microsoft Dynamics AX Service Industries ERP solution. sa.global has experience working previously with commercially focused organizations that generate a portion of their revenue from the Federal Government, however this new partnership with PVBS will allow the organization to more aggressively pursue the government contractor market.
"The government contractor market is a significant opportunity for sa.global and Microsoft Dynamics AX, and based on our long history of providing Dynamics AX solutions to professional services firms, is a natural extension of our industry strategy," explained Rita Clinton, US Country Manager for sa.global. "This market has been largely dominated by Deltek for many years, but we believe that the market will be excited to have a viable alternative that not only provides a strong base of functionality for government contractors, but that also works like and works with their existing Microsoft investments."
Since 2002, PVBS has been Microsoft's leading solution provider for companies that provide services and/or sell products to the United States Government with its Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) compliant Microsoft Dynamics NAV for Government Contractors offering. PVBS has a successful history of providing Microsoft technology to government contractors. The company's reputation made it an attractive partner to Microsoft resellers, integrators, and solution providers who have longed to bring Dynamics AX to the government contractor market.
"PVBS has been selling Microsoft Dynamics solutions to government contractors from the day the company was created. We have an unparalleled understanding of these companies and their business needs," said PVBS CEO Bernard Mustafa. "We clearly understand the unique challenges and difficult business and accounting requirements these companies have to fulfill when supporting the Federal Government. The Dynamics AX project accounting solution we have developed will ensure that companies that do business with the government have what they need to allocate indirect costs, account for subcontractor labor, budget and forecast projects, and provide the project and financial reporting larger government contractors need."
About sa.global
Founded in 1990, sa.global is the leading global provider of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP solutions and services to professional services organizations. With offices in 15 countries around the globe, sa.global is the largest specialist Microsoft Dynamics AX consultancy in the world. sa.global provides a comprehensive set of solutions and services that help organizations become more efficient and profitable through the use of Microsoft Dynamics AX. For more information, please click here
About Pleasant Valley Business Solutions
Pleasant Valley Business Solutions (PVBS), a "Microsoft Business Solutions President's Club Member," offers the premier Microsoft Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA)-compliant solutions for government contractor ERP, financial management and project accounting. Microsoft offers a better project accounting and financial management solution than what's been available in the past to high-growth government contractors. Only PVBS offers Microsoft Dynamics solutions that were created specifically for high-growth and large government contractors in order to help these companies better manage and optimize their Federal Government contracts while ensuring compliancy. PVBS services government contractors around the globe. Visit PVBS at www.pvbs.net.


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Startups.co.uk reported and earlier this year that ¼ of 15 to 18 year olds stated that they wanted to start a business as their future career option. Young entrepreneurs are indeed on the rise. I'm fortunate to know a few myself including 17 year old, self-published Author and Young Entrepreneur, Louisa Brown. I have had the pleasure of knowing this young lady for the last eight years and during in this time I have seen…Read More


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I am new to being a Atheist and I keep having people mostly family question me over and over again. I find I am at a big disadvantge because I don't have a lot of knowledge about the facts and the proof of no god( im not sure if that made sence).
When I say to them" I just dont believe that is all" that is not good enought for them. And they keep throwing things at me like bible verses and so forth. I have not read the bible enought to counter what they are saying. I feel totally dumb when it comes to those who question me and I hate that. I think it makes me and other Atheist look bad. I have made a few attempts to explaine that I do not see any proof for a God and that it is just what I believe. I have come out and even asked why it matters so much to them what I believe, I am not hurting them in any way. And they say to me prove there is not god. The best I can say to them is prove there is a god. They say to me we have faith and then tell me I also have faith for me to belive there is no god it takes faith. That is just plan crap to me. But I end up being shut down and I feel it is the lack of my information.
I have tried to read books like The Making of the Fittest by Sean B. Carroll, Darwin, Christopher Hitchens and to be honest they are hard reads for me. I have found a book called The homemade Atheist by Betty Brogaard " A Former Evangelical woman's Freethought Journey to Happiness" That is a little easier to read. But it does not state many facts or im just missing them.
What I would like help with is, is there some books out there that have facts and information that is a somewhat easy read that will help me stand up to those who come at me.
I want to learn as much as possible for myslef and so I can have a intelligent conversation.
My husband is a Atheist and we have some really good talks but he is way above my head in his knowledge and I at times feel like im just not getting it. But I will keep trying.
If anyone has any ideas for some reading I could do to help me out here I would love it.
I will even keep tying to read the ones that seem hard to me to understand but maybe a few books that are a little simpler to start out with.
I am sorry for the any words not spelled right I am in a hurry and also a bit frustrated as I was hit with questions once again just last night. I did my best but feel I fell short.
Thanks for your time and any advie given
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Ok I just found a book called The Counter- Creationism Handbook. by Mark Isaak . Looks like tuns of information has anyone read this? Also found the book Thank God For Evelution by Michael Dowd any thoughts on this book?
Welcome CJ to the world of atheists and atheism. Read Dan Barker's book "Godless" about his journey to atheism: He was an ordained preacher and did the winning of 'souls' since the age of 15 then reason started kicking in and now he's one of the world's best known atheists. There is also "Courage to Doubt" by a friend of mine, Steve Hurlin who was also a preacher turned atheist.
You probably also know Richard Dawkins' "The God Delusion" and others; When I wrote my SciFi novel "Moses was a Liar" I read quite extensively including the Bible, Qu'ran etc and also works by theologians such as Karen Armstrong (Google her) She wrote an excellent biography of the bible (she was a catholic nun), who wrote it it's weaknesses etc. the life history of Muhammad etc Another book I enjoyed that explains the whole evolution etc in easy to understand and humorous language is Bill Bryson's :"History of just about everything" You get an illustrated version too.
Good Luck and remember the chances are believers are not inclined to accept reason, logic etc...they have "faith".
Thank you so much I am going to look into these books today.
library was not helpful. It is a small time library will keep looking
My library has an awesome service tucked away on their website called the Interlibrary Loan Program. You can get almost any book, as long as some college or private library who is in the Program has a copy to lend through your library. Ask your librarian next time to see if your library participates. It is really great!
Ok thanks
I can understand your frustrations. I had the same issue with my family, I still do to this day. They are pretty hardcore Catholics, and when I woke up and realized it's all bologne, and expressed my opinions, I was looked at like a fool, but I was prepared. Over the years I have done a ton of research on the history of the Christian faith, and when you study the history, you very quickly realize it's all fake. So, I started my conversation with a group of family members saying this "Tell me how the catholic religion started". Wow, the answers I got were like speaking to 4 year olds, everyone was clueless!! I got answers like "After Jesus died his disciples started the religion"...LOL! WRONG!!! I quickly told them their religion was started by saul, AKA St. Paul the apostle, with a schizophrenic vision he had about a divine being named Jesus. (BTW, some of them though St. Paul was a disciple, he wasn;t, he never knew Jesus). I said St. Paul then went on a pilgrimage through peasant towns and villages and then up to rome, spreading a story about this divine being, which grew in popularity, and like broken telephone, the story grew bigger, and changed rapidly. In some of St. Paul's writings, he says "If Jesus would have lived on earth, he would not even have been a priest"..meaning, this vision he saw never lived on earth. about 60 years later a guy named Mark wrote a gospel based on St. Pauls teachings, and filled in the massive gaps with Pagan beliefs, such as the virgin birth...etc. Mathew, Luke and John gospels were identical copies years later of the Gospel of Mark. So, let's fast forward about 200 years. A roman emperor decides that he wants this peasant religion called Christianity to be the new state religion, and forces it upon all of our ancestors (We are Italian). The pagan temple which once stood in our little village in Italy was destroyed and a church built over it. The emperor stated anyone conduction pagan rituals would be killed. I also told my family that there are over 100 famous historians that lived in the Holy land around the time they say Jesus lived, not one of these historians mentions jesus or anything of that nature, and they recorded just about everything that happened in and around that area.
their tone quickly changed, but a few stupid ones still said "Well, Jesus still is the son of God". They also believe in Adam and Eve and the talking snake, and trying to explain evolution to them and natural selection is impossible. These are grown ups with children, that believe in talking snakes. It's scary.
see that is the kind of knowledge I need to share when asked about god and religion. Research is what I must do. And a lot of it. Thanks for sharing
You're welcome. In no way am I trying to take faith away from family members, but when they look at me with disgust, I have to back myself up.
A word of advice: never enter into an argument unless you're sure of your facts...nothing worse than being challenged on the facts, your sources etc and you're unable to reply. I've often responded to the flat authoritarian statement :"I read it in the bible" or "Revelation says..." with "Show me where it says that...". You are invariably met with a blank stare or some excuse...Christians generally are highly ill-informed about their Bible...
I agree, I always back my arguments up with sources, regardless, my sources will always be based on evidence and known facts, catholic sources are based on the bible.
I agree so how then do I communicate with those who ask me about being a Atheist?


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The Parents Television Council is sounding off over the Sons of Anarchy premiere, which featured a school shooting.
During the premiere, portions of the episode followed a young boy through his day. As the season opener drew to a close, the child removed a gun from his backpack, walked inside his school and began shooting as the camera panned over some disturbing imagery in the boy's journal.
Sons of Anarchy Postmortem: Creator Kurt Sutter defends controversial premiere
In a post on the PTC website, the group called upon its members to contact Congress to back an á la carte cable option that would give viewers the option to pay for cable channels separately instead of in a package.
"What FX chose to show — a scene of a young boy murdering innocent children in a school with a semi-automatic gun — is enough of a reason for consumers to have the choice not to underwrite such horrifically violent and disturbing material," PTC President Tim Winter said in a statement. "Think about the parents who have been personally affected by real-life school shootings — even they were forced to contribute to FX on their cable bills. This is an outrage, and the time for consumers to have real choice has come."
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"Changing the channel is simply not enough — that's a lazy excuse from the cable industry's own talking points that does not address the real problem," he continued. "Consumers are forced to subsidize cable networks like FX just to get access to networks they do watch. It's clear to see that the cable industry model of forcing consumers to buy bundles of networks is broken. We urge Congress to take seriously the Television Consumer Freedom Act, which will allow consumers the ability to choose and pay for only the cable networks they want, and the Video CHOICE Act, which would pave the way for a choice solution. It's time for consumers to have a real voice in what they want to pay for on their cable bills."
Both series creator Kurt Sutter and FX Networks CEO John Landgraf have gone on record saying that it was never the show's intention to be purposefully gratuitous. Read their full interview here.
Sons of Anarchy airs Tuesdays at 10/9c on FX.


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ECO:nomics: Better Ways to Combat Climate Change?
Focusing on reducing emissions over the past 20 years has not yielded any results says Bjørn Lomborg, Director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center. Joel Kotkin, Distinguished Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman University says we need solutions that do not change people's daily lives.
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Gross Says U.S. Must Spend to Avoid 'Mini Depression'Okay, now that's better… "There is a potential catastrophe if the U.S. government continues to focus on billions of dollars."
By Kathleen Hays and Dakin Campbell
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bill Gross, co-chief investment officer of Pacific Investment Management Co., said the U.S. may slump into a "mini depression" unless policy makers spend trillions of dollars to spur growth.
"This economy needs support from the government, a check from the government in the trillions," Gross said today in a Bloomberg Television interview from Pimco's headquarters in Newport Beach, California. "There is a potential catastrophe if the U.S. government continues to focus on billions of dollars."
President Barack Obama has proposed a stimulus package intended to spur growth estimated at as much as $900 billion. The U.S. economy shrank by 3.8 percent in the fourth quarter, the most since 1982 as consumer spending recorded the worst slide in the postwar era, the Commerce Department said last week.
Pimco won a Federal Reserve contract in December as one of the four managers of a $500 billion program to purchase mortgage-backed securities. The company was also one of the managers selected to run the Commercial Paper Funding Facility in October.
The Fed will have to step in and buy Treasuries, Gross said, to keep long-term interest rates low as the U.S. increases its debt sales to finance a growing budget deficit and stimulus programs. Central bank officials said Jan. 28 they were "prepared" to buy longer-term Treasuries.
'Significant Day'
Government borrowing will probably reach $2.5 trillion during the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Speculation has risen that China, which holds $681.9 billion of Treasuries as the single largest investor in U.S. debt, may stop or slow the purchases of U.S. debt as its own economic growth slows.
"To the extent that the Chinese and others do not have the necessary funds, someone has to buy them," Gross said. "It is incumbent upon the Fed to step in. If they do, that will be a significant day in the bond market and the credit markets."
Gross, 64, increased his holdings of U.S. government debt, a category that includes agency securities, in December for the first time in a year, according to the company's Web site. He said today that he will not buy Treasuries.
"A potential catastrophe" shakes me into action – now I'm on the phone calling my Congressman and begging him to bail out Bill Gross with my money and the future earnings of my children as well!
You know, wasn't he just saying how people would be crazy to be buying up Treasuries at these levels? But this article says that Gross "increased his holdings… in December for the first time in a year," but then he said today "that he will not buy Treasuries." Which is it? Or is he just playing word games with everyone again? Come on Bill, that's Gross. Funny, but does anyone get the feeling they are touring the county fair? All I think I hear is "oink, oink!"