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Welcome to the new, facelifted Mercedes E-Class coupe and cabriolet; a sort of living design jam with a Ferrari 360, Kia Pro Cee'd, and a greyhound at full throttle. Oh, and new interior options, some futuristic safety tech, direct-injection four-pot petrol engines, and a brace of diesels.
But first, that design. Its revised snout is the headline news here, with a new single light cluster with anti-dazzle LEDs, new front bumpers that get an accentuated V-shape and those big, snorty air intakes.
The rear's also kept the old car's wing, a set of new tail lamps have been fitted and there are swollen bumpers with chrome-effect trim to, as Mercedes puts it, "discreetly underline the athletic appearance of these model series."
Inside, you can chose between wood and aluminum look dashboards. That three-tube instrument cluster's new, too, with dials backed in white and a trapezoid-shaped high-gloss frame around the infotainment screen. The centre console's also been re-sculpted, and Mercedes has done away with the mid-mounted gear stick.
The rag-top gets whisper quietness with the top down, too. Using the same Aircap technology as the old one (an unsightly peak that sticks out of the top of the windscreen that's curiously undeployed in the pictures MB sent us) that positions itself automatically above 25mph, wind noise is reduced to the lowest in its class. You can also get an optional neck heater for chillier top-down days.
Safety wise, there's the usual bevy of Mercedes futureland assistance systems. By gathering up a 3D view of the road ahead, and using radar sensors, it can detect oncoming or crossing traffic, and pedestrians to stop you crashing into them. It can even read road signs. On the new models, you'll get collision Prevention Assist (it beefs up brake pedal pressure during emergency stops) and Attention Assist (the coffee cup light that pops up if you've been driving for too long) as standard.
Optional extras include Distronic Plus with steering assistance (it keeps you at a set distance behind the car in front at variable speeds, and pulls you back into the right lane if you stray out of line), Pre-Safe Braking (it detects pedestrians and can initiate autonomous braking at up to 31mph), and Adaptive Highbeam (you can leave main beam on all the time without dazzling traffic with a clever cone that blocks light from other cars).
Engine choices range from mild to, umm, slightly less mild, and they all get a stop/start tech. We don't know any performance figures yet, but you'll be able to buy one of two petrol engines (the E200 or E250) or one of three diesels (the E220 CDI, E250 CDI, or E350) to begin with, and a range of direct injection turbocharged four-cylinder petrols later in the year. The latter use the same spray-guided direct injection technology you'll find in the current generation of MB's six and eight-cylinder engines. They'll be mated to two transmissions - a six-speed manual, or seven-speed flappy-paddle auto.
There's also the usual selective damping and electromechanical direct-steer system carried over from the saloon and estate.
So, d'you like it, TopGear.commers? Or is that styling a little too, umm, divisive?
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In the Middle of the Mess, Sheila Walsh explored the power we have in confessing, mediating on God's written word, and praying to our Creator. She opens the book by writing a letter to her dad who committed suicide when he was 34 years old. She realized that her father was broken. She lived with the regret of how she wished she could have tried to make him smile one last time. Sheila Walsh shared about she lived with depression and wound up having to go to a psych hospital. She revealed that she struggled with suicidal thoughts and she thought about jumping off the bridge overlooking the railroad tracks. She came to recognize that God came to save her in the middle of her pain and brokenness and He gave us the gift of salvation. One of the important truths she realized was the power of finding her a community of friends to help build her up. Friends can help us to pray for one another and we can remind each other what Christ has stated about us in His word.
I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who is ready to some hope and encouragement during the mist of the mess of life. I have read a few other books that Sheila Walsh has written. I have always enjoyed with how transparent she is in sharing the darkest times, like when she lost her father and mother. She is a very strong encourager and in this book, she suggested that there is healing and comfort when we surrender our lives to Christ completely. I liked how Sheila shared powerful scriptures people can mediate on if they are dealing with depression, fear, if God seems distant, if you're afraid of what's going on in the world around you, and much more. Sheila Walsh understands what it is like in living in chaos and being in a mess and feeling lost and alone. Her story will encourage you that if she made it thru, you can too!!
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This Greenpeace video is just sad and pathetic and frustrates me to no end. Organizations spreading lies and false propaganda just makes me sad.
Now, don't get me wrong... some of the things that Greenpeace pushes are good, alternative energy sources among them - but why resort to playing to people's fears and just spewing absolute garbage?
Take this line of crap:
If drastic measures aren't taken soon, there won't be any fish left in the sea by the time I grow up.
Huh? Where's the proof backing this statement? Have fish stopped breeding and I just haven't gotten the memo? Just because Paul Ehrlich said so, doesn't mean it'll happen. Besides, didn't he say:
In ten years, all important life in the sea will be extinct.
back in 1970? Well, I guess we can say that prediction was a bunch of hot air, why is it any different now?
Speaking of Paul Ehrlich, I find the bet he had with Julian Simons pretty amusing. The man is just repeatedly proven wrong...
The results of that bet are pretty typical with these "the world will end" type predictions you see people like Al Gore and Greenpeace going on about. When will people learn they are full of hot air and only do this in their own quest for power? And why do people continue to give it to them? It just boggles my mind...
The polar ice caps will be gone
Again, huh? I'm sorry, kid, but the temperature will have to start changing a lot more rapidly than it has been for the polar ice caps to completely melt. 1 degree every 120 years ain't enough to melt them by the time you're 20 in 6-8 years.
On the topic of Global Warming, wasn't it also discovered recently that Mars was having similar climate changes?
Mars and Earth, for instance, have experienced periodic ice ages throughout their histories.
I have to wonder if Al Gore, the first time he was at a beach during a tide change, ran screaming "OH MY GOD! The world is coming to an end! The water is rising! We're all dooooomed!!! All the land will flood like that really bad Kevin Costner movie, Waterworld! We'll be forced to live on oil tankers!"
Ever hear of cycles? These changes happen and will continue to happen as long as the Earth is around.
Okay, back to the video:
oceans will rise, entire countries will vanish
... pretty drastic predictions there, too bad there's absolutely nothing but theories (from "scientists" desperate for their 15 minutes of fame) to back up these claims.
Hey Paul, care to make a bet about this?
If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.
Oops, sorry Paul. Wrong again. Bzzzt.
there could be famine, world wide epidemics
That's something that could happen, even if humans didn't exist. Way to play to people's fears by preaching FUD. Have anything to say about this one, Paul?
The battle to feed humanity is over. In the 1970's the world population will undergo famines -- hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death
Thanks, Paul, for that very enlightening prediction. Too bad you were wrong yet again. Keep trying though, someday one of your predictions might actually be correct - playing the odds and all that.
life expectancy will be lower
this is based on... what, exactly? Life expectancy has been increasing since the dawn of man. Sorry to burst your bubble. The CDC has statistics on this stuff if you want to see for yourself.
you adults have known about this for years, and though you could have done something about it, you haven't
...we haven't? Could have fooled me... I am seeing more electric/hybrid automobiles (granted, more could have been done here) every day. We've gotten wind turbines and solar power (wind turbines, at least, are now more cost efficient than most other power sources and I totally support migrating to this new energy source). We've seen Government action to reduce pollution. One need not even look beyond your own neighborhood to see that, especially for those of us who live in cities like Cambridge/Boston - the Charles River has gotten a lot cleaner over the years, even since I've moved here.
Some Environmentalists have good intentions, but I think many of them have gone off the deep end. I doubt many people would label me as an environmentalist, but I do love nature. I am all for doing my part to keep the environment as clean as I can - I don't litter, I try to save power, I don't drive an SUV (oh, does anyone else find it ironic that self-proclaimed environmentalists will often own SUVs? A bit hypocritical, don't you think?).
It makes me sad that most of the world blindly follows this propaganda like sheep, never once stopping to think for themselves.
You want to know the saddest part of this video? It's all to motivate people to use alternative energy sources. You want to know what would have been a better (and less FUDified) ad message? How about pointing out wind energy is now just-as if not more cost-efficient than the energy source their audience is currently using (assuming they aren't already using "clean" energy sources?).
Had they just stuck to facts, they would have had my support.
You want to motivate a wider audience to change their ways in order to make the world a cleaner place? Make the alternatives cheaper and people will move to them, you won't even have to preach. They'll just do it.
Whatever you do, don't resort to spreading lies and false propaganda... seriously. It pisses me off and does not rally me to your side to help fight the good fight.
We have enough lies from our leaders, don't continue the tradition.
For more on the hypocrisy of Al Gore, I found this article rather amusing.


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Private equity boss: deals getting 'frothy'May 15, 2014: 10:33 PM ET
Private equity has a boatload of cash, but hunting down good deals is a tricky game.
That was the message from private equity titan David Rubenstein to an audience of investors at the Skybridge Alternatives Investment conference in Las Vegas Thursday.
"The markets are not cheap," the Carlyle Group co-founder said. "It's difficult to find deals."
Of course, the bull market has also meant huge windfalls for private equity firms that have taken businesses they own public.
Related: Boom times for the barbarians
Still, Rubenstein explained that a lot of public companies are trading at record highs and sitting on a lot of cash, which makes them less inclined to sell.
Private equity firms often finance acquisitions using large amounts of debt, and with interest rates still low, Rubenstein said it can be tempting for private equity to go big on borrowing.
"It's a little frothy," he said of the private equity deal landscape, adding that about half of recent deals consist of one private equity firm taking over another.
But compared to some of the mega deals in the tech world such as Facebook's $19 billion acquisition of messaging platform Whatsapp, private equity activity seems cheap, Rubenstein opined.
Rubenstein, for his part, is scouring the globe for deals, and is bullish on China.
"It's welcoming to private equity," he said of the world's second largest economy. "For long-term investors, it's a great place to invest."
As for Europe, Rubenstein called it "the biggest emerging market in the world." That's because investors abandoned the continent prematurely when the Eurozone crisis hit, he said. And now, it's looking pretty attractive from an investment standpoint.
Despite the current challenge of finding good opportunities in the United States, Rubenstein believes the once-opaque world of private equity will continue to open its doors.
"It's become a much more mainstream business," Rubenstein asserted.
Whereas these kinds of investments are traditionally available exclusively to big pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and the ultra-rich, Rubenstein wants smaller investors to get in on the action.
Related: Why the SEC is investigating private equity
While small investors are able to buy publicly-traded shares of private equity giants such as the Carlyle Group (CG), Blackstone (BX), and Apollo Global Management (APO), soon they'll be able to invest in the actual funds like the big guys, Rubenstein said.
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I fantasize about the day I don't have to take prednisone. I would even be happy to get below 7.5 mg so that I would not have any side effects, especially since your body produces 7.5mg of cortical hormones naturally. In the past, I would really look forward to the days when I was supposed to go down on the prednisone. I would mark the time and only think about when I could get lower and look and feel more normal. And then, on some days, I would see my doctor and he would tell me that I had to either remain at the current dose for two weeks longer or I would have to go back up. On those days, I would feel such an overwhelming depression that I would cry for hours. I would think to myself, how can I make it two more weeks? Two weeks seemed so long, and I longed to be back to my old self.
Not long ago, I went to see the doctor, and he informed me that I should stay at 35 mg for about two more weeks. But it feels like I am able to handle the disappointment a lot better than I used to. I still feel really disappointed and wish that I could just make my body cooperate with me. And I wish that I could just be me and not this medicated, swollen, nervous, anxious, fat-faced, hairy, eyebrowed me. But at this point, that's just wishful thinking. I am what I am right now, and I have learned to focus instead on all of my blessings throughout the day.
I have also learned (with lots of practice), that I have to live moment by moment. I can not handle thinking about the future; because when I do, I end up stressing myself out. So I have to think in the moment and right now, it's not so bad. Right now, my knees hurt, but they are not swollen yet. Right now, the sun is shining (it has been raining a lot lately), earlier today some nice person let me into traffic, and I have a great family who loves me no matter what. Okay, I have to stay on 35 mg for maybe two more weeks, but right now I am okay.
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Faced with bruised nest eggs and high unemployment rates, older Americans—ever resourceful—are becoming entrepreneurs.
According to the nonprofit Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, individuals between the ages of 54 and 64 represented 22.9% of the entrepreneurs who launched businesses in 2010 – up from 14.5% in 1996. Since 2007, the foundation says, this age group has created new businesses at a higher rate than any other. The data, writes Kauffman's research director Dane Stangler, indicates "the United States might be on the cusp of an entrepreneurship boom—not in spite of an aging population but because of it."
Still, failure rates for new businesses are high—as high as 90% by some measures.
Accordingly, we sat down with Eric Ries, Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School, to talk about his forthcoming book, "The Lean Startup," which Crown Publishing Group is scheduled to publish on September 13. Here are edited excerpts:
Q: The stereotype of an entrepreneur tends to be that of a young technology genius. Yet the statistics tell a different story. What's going on?
A: The idea that you have to be a young 20-something just out of college to be a successful entrepreneur is just not true. Older entrepreneurs outperform younger ones in terms of their success rates. All you need is insight and a willingness to test your ideas.
Q: How can entrepreneurs reduce the odds of failure?
A: Entrepreneurial vision is very important, but it's important to test it as quickly as possible with empirical data. One good place to go is the web site kickstarter.com, which helps projects get funding. Before you go to the trouble and expense of producing a product, you can list it for a specific price on kickstarter and see whether people pre-order it. If you never produce the product, the web site gives customers their money back. By looking at pre-orders you can gauge demand for your idea. If you simply ask people whether they think something is a good idea or whether they would pay for a product, most are not going to be able to give you an accurate answer. People are very unpredictable. With kickstarter, they send the money up front, so you can see how they will really behave.
Q: Is it important to write a business plan?
A: I think business plans are obsolete. It's not that planning isn't valuable. But the goal should be to use tools such as kickstarter to research demand, rather than to speculate on demand in a business plan. You should do this type of business experimentation as quickly as possible so you don't waste time or money on product development. The failure rate for startups is astronomical. We can do a lot better.
Q: What if you want to test a service, instead of a product?
A: Instead of building a big, expensive version of your service, build the smallest, simplest version that enables you to get started testing it with potential customers. For example, some entrepreneurs I know in Austin, Texas had an idea for a service to help parents with meal planning that incorporates family members' food preferences, provides recipes, and keeps track of grocery lists. Rather than spend money developing software, they spent time with customers every week in the grocery store. They helped their customers by doing meal planning by hand. They wrote out menus on paper and as they got better at serving the needs of these customers, they added others. When they had a critical mass, they started to automate the service, by developing software. The rationale is that if no one is willing to pay for the concierge version of the service, no one is going to pay for the software either. The idea is to get just 10 customers to try it out and see how many people will pay for it. These techniques are very simple.
Q: What if you are offering a service, such as carpentry work, and you know there is a market. How can you go about testing whether your business will succeed?
A: I know someone who started a home interior design company. He knew that people would spend money on home refurnishing, but would they want to buy it from him? He spoke to prospective customers, to find out why it was that they wanted to remodel. It turned out that many potential customers in the place where he was based were women. He had the realization that they were not just buying home remodeling, but the sense of control a designer could create for them over their environments. He tried out tag lines for his business until he found a hit—which enabled him to market himself as offering something they could not get elsewhere. The tag line he chose was "unlike your husband, we listen."
Q: Should you spend money designing a web site for your company?
A: You can create a web site for little to no money. Keep it basic and simple and don't get distracted with business cards or stationary. It used to be that you had to wear a suit and hand out business cards. Those days are over. There are companies including unbounce.com that allow you to create web pages so that people can sign up for your service or product. [Ries, who is an adviser to unbounce.com, owns an equity stake in the company.] For example, if you are planning to launch a cleaning and organizing service, you can create a page geared to moms and you can create a separate page for businesses. Those web pages will look very different but this enables you to test both versions and see which does better.


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1. As I sail life's stormy seas,
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But I know my Father cares,
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With my Savior as my friend,
I will endure to the end,
just one day at a time.
3. So with all my heart and soul
I will strive to reach my goal
to be worthy and to stand
on the Father's right hand,
and be counted.
[Second part of chorus—to be sung after verse 3]
On a battlefield I stand,
awaiting God's command.
A trumpet sounds the call,
"Come to Jesus, one and all,
And wear the armor of God."
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Music: Kate McSweeney
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Composition Date: 1994-10-01
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Michael Hollingsworth 1941-2013
Funeral service for Michael Hollingsworth, 72, of Emmetsburg will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 1, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Emmetsburg.
The family will greet friends from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Joyce Funeral Home in Emmetsburg. There will be a Knights of Columbus Rosary at 6 p.m. and a parish vigil service at 6:30 p.m.
Michael Phillips Hollings-worth was born Jan. 16, 1941, during an ice storm. He is the son of Jack Ecton and Mary (Phillips) Hollingsworth.
On Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, Mike passed away at Palo Alto County Hospital in Emmetsburg, during an ice storm. He was 72.
Mike was adopted by Chet Hollingsworth as a child. Mike was a graduate of Walsh High School in Ottumwa, and he joined the United States Air Force in 1959 serving until 1964. Following his service, Mike lived in California where he attended Sacramento State University. In 1971 he returned to Ottumwa. He began working for Target where he met his wife to be, Sharon.
On Oct. 6, 1973, Mike was united in marriage to Sharon Gabel in Ottumwa.
The couple moved to Emmetsburg in 1983 where they owned and operated Ben Franklin. During retirement, Mike worked for Iowa Lakes Community College in the maintenance and intercampus courier departments.
Mike enjoyed fly-fishing, golf and the outdoors. He loved his family, and treasured every minute he spent with them.
Mike was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church. He was the past-Grand Knight for the Knights of Columbus.
Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Sharon of Emmetsburg; daughter, Amy Smidl (Chris) of Palatine, IL, son, Andy of Ames, and daughter, Kiera Russell of Moulton Borough, NH; brother, Dennis Hollingsworth (Rita) of Waukegan, IL, brother, Paul Hollingsworth of Bath, ME, sister, Denise Dunlay (Mike) of Waterloo, and brother, Bill Ecton (Judy) of Blue Springs, MO; five granddaughters and one great-granddaughter.
Mike was preceded in death by his parents.
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Many people think that they can go to a company or agency and apply for their own security clearance. This is far from the truth. Only the federal government can grant someone a security clearance, and to get one the applicant must work for a government agency or contractor and conduct business that justifies granting him or her access to highly sensitive information.
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Any person who has worked or will work for an organization that requires access to restricted information more than likely has or will need a security clearance.
The largest source of individuals with security clearances is the military population. Once this group finishes their military career, the majority pack up their uniform and security clearance to look for a civilian job. There are over 200,000 military personnel transitioning out of the service each year. These separating military members look for employment in fields such as the commercial defense-related fields where they can utilize their expert military training and technical skills. In addition, these jobs generally require background checks due to the sensitive nature of the materials the individual handles on a daily basis - this is where the former military member's clearance becomes a valuable commodity.
The importance of a security clearance does not stop with defense contractors. The medical, telecommunications, education and financial fields (to name a few) have an increasing number of jobs where company information needs to be guarded and HR managers seek out individuals with current security clearances.
Experts project that a security clearance can increase your salary anywhere from $5,000 to $15,000, and in some cases, even more. When employers do not have to invest time and money into a background check and the paperwork that goes with that, the saved money often goes back into the employee's salary. Former military personnel who have security clearances are very appealing to employers. In addition to the thorough background check that has already been completed, these employees are disciplined, dependable and have strong leadership skills - priceless attributes in today's market.
Certain federal employees and certain employees in the private sector are required to have security clearances because their job requires them to have access to classified documents. Various other work takes place in secured facilities. The occupant of any such job is said to hold a "sensitive" position, defined as "any position, by virtue of its nature, could bring about a material adverse effect on national security". At any given time, there are about 3 million people with security clearances. In addition, there are about 1.5 million security clearances in the hands of private contracting or consulting firms. Contractors participate in what is called the industrial security program administered by the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) which is part of the Joint Information Systems Technology (JIST), a military agency.
One out of every thirty Americans has some sort of security clearance. It has been estimated that one out of every thousand of these can be expected to compromise the secrets they are entrusted with. Some need money, some can be blackmailed, some are disgruntled and want revenge and some are just sloppy. American industry is a prime target for espionage as well as domestic terrorism and white collar crime.
A security clearance is technically a license issued by the head of a department, division or agency of the federal government. The type of security clearance that one can be approved for also depends upon the department, division, or agency involved. For classification purposes, the types of security clearances are:
- Confidential
- Secret
Top Secret
- Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (SCI)
- Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI)
The Confidential security clearance is the easiest to obtain. Whereas other classifications will almost always involve a background check by the Defense Investigative Service (DIS), clearance programs for a confidential classification may be operated by the agencies themselves, like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Energy (DoE), the Department of State, etc.
Secret (sometimes called "Ordinary Secret") and Top Secret classifications almost always have some amount of military involvement in the clearance process. These types of licenses are typically found in agencies like the CIA or NSA. One of the differences between Secret and Top Secret is how "expansive" the background check is, i.e., how far and deep the investigation goes into your dependents, friends and relatives.
SCI classifications are only cleared for a few people and the background investigation process as well as the continual monitoring is extremely intensive.
The amount of time it takes to receive a security clearance is usually between six months to one year, if all goes well. Rarely, if ever, are temporary clearances granted during the review process.
The scope of investigative work needed to grant a security clearance depends on the level of clearance being requested. There are three basic levels of security classification:
This refers to material, which, if improperly disclosed, could be reasonably expected to cause some measurable damage to the national security. The vast majority of military personnel are given this very basic level of clearance. This level needs to be reinvestigated every fifteen years.*
The unauthorized disclosure of secret information could be expected to cause serious damage to the national security. This level is reinvestigated every ten years.*
Individuals with this clearance have access to information or material that could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security if it was released without authorization. This level needs to be reinvestigated every five years.*
* Reinvestigations are more important than the original investigation because those individuals who have held clearances longer are more likely to be working with increasingly critical information.
Any person who is employed by an organization that is sending, receiving, or developing information that the government has deemed as important to National security will need to obtain a security clearance.
Currently, there are more than 500,000 background investigations pending for security clearance approval. When an individual is going through the process for clearance, it may take up to a year before a determination is made. This makes a military candidate who already has clearance even more appealing to a hiring company. If the company hires a person who will need to gain a clearance, they may wait over a year before the person is eligible to work on the project for which they were hired. This is a lot of lost time and money to a company. If they can identify a person who has the necessary clearances, such as a candidate with a military background, that person immediately becomes more valuable.
There are three main phases to receiving a security clearance:
- The first phase is the application process. This involves verification of U.S. citizenship, fingerprinting and completion of the Personnel Security Questionnaire (SF-86).
- The second phase involves the actual investigation of your background. Most of the background check is conducted by the Defense Security Service (DSS).
- The final phase is the adjudication phase. The results from the investigative phase are reviewed. The information that has been gathered is evaluated based on thirteen factors determined by the Department of Defense (DoD). Some examples of areas they consider are; allegiance to the United States, criminal and personal conduct, and substance abuse or mental disorders. Clearance is granted or denied following this evaluation process.
A Periodic Reinvestigation (PR) is required every 5 years for a TOP SECRET Clearance, 10 years for a SECRET Clearance or 15 years for a CONFIDENTIAL Clearance. However, civilian and military personnel of DOD can be randomly reinvestigated before they are due for a PR.
A security clearance is a valuable commodity outside of the military. This is because civilian companies who do classified work for the Dept. of Defense (DoD), or a national security related contract, must bear the cost of security clearances for their employees and clearance investigations can cost several thousands of dollars. Because of this, many DoD contractors give hiring preference to ex-military personnel with current clearances. However, you want to do your job-hunting right away, after separation. Once your clearance expires, you cannot simply request that DoD issue a new one or conduct a Periodic Reinvestigation, simply to make your job-hunting prospects easier. To be issued a clearance, or to renew your clearance by DoD, your present duties/assignment, or pending duties/assignment must require such access.
An individual cannot apply for Security Clearance. A cleared contractor or government entity must sponsor you. You either (a) must be an employee of or consultant for that cleared contractor, or (b) you've received and accepted a written offer of employment from the cleared contractor. That offer must also indicate your employment will begin within 30-days of receiving your clearance.
The cleared contractor's Facility Security Officer (FSO) starts the process in two ways. First the FSO sends an investigation request through the Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS). Second, the FSO has the employee complete a clearance application in the Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (e-QIP). After review and approval of that information, the FSO submits the completed e-QIP to the Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office (DISCO) for review. Once DISCO approves the information, it is sent onto Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which conducts the actual investigation and sends the findings back to DISCO. DISCO then either gives clearance, or forwards the results to Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) for further action.


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Update: Wonderful Ceremony, But They Weren't The Highlanders
Kudos to the Red Sox for taking the concept of the mega-ceremony to a new level. Whereas the Yankees closed the old Stadium in 2008 by putting a comparatively small group of all-time greats on the field at their old positions, the Olde Towne Team went the egalitarian route, and for once, bigger really was better.
The ovation for Terry Francona was terrific, and the scene of Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek pushing the wheelchairs of the long-ago doubleplay combo of Bobby Doerr and Johnny Pesky was indelible. But to me, just as important was seeing Bobby Sprowl and Billy Rohr and Wayne Housie and Jim Landis and those other dozens of the 230 in attendance whose Red Sox tenures were more cameos than careers.
This is the essence of the difference between the franchises. The Yankees are about an elite, and a sense that only the best even matter. The Red Sox – at least until ownership went crazy last fall and cut off its nose to spite its face – have always been predicated on the idea that everybody, great or trivial, has contributed something to the heritage.
I will protest, however, on behalf of historical accuracy, the continual references right now to how the opponents in both today's game and the first ever at Fenway exactly a century ago were the New York "Highlanders." This is one of those misunderstandings of history that never seems to get straightened out. Yes, the New York American League team was colloquially known as "The Highlanders" when it was moved from Baltimore in 1903. And yes, the name "Yankees" wasn't formally adopted until 1913.
That does not mean the 1912 New York team wasn't known as the Yankees. In fact the name was in common use no later than 1907. Evidence?That is a postcard advertising the following Sunday's edition of The New York American newspaper, which was to include a full-sized version of the 1907 Yankees team picture. This was just after 1907's opening day, five years before the christening in The Fens.
They were the Yankees. Not the Highlanders. Stop saying it.
Update: Yes, I understand that the Yankees' official history identifies the pre-1913 teams as the Highlanders and doesn't assign the "Yankee" name to the teams until after the 1912 season. But this isn't about a simplified record for people who don't really care about historical accuracy (another example: the Dodgers claim their franchise began in 1890, when in fact the 1890 team was the same one that represented the old American Association in the 1889 World Series). This is about what the fans at brand new Fenway Park, a hundred years ago today, would've called the visiting team from New York.
Second Update: As those who never question "history" continued to push back on this idea that because the team didn't officially call itself the Yankees until 1913 it wasn't the Yankees in 1912, I decided to go back to where I first heard the story of the slow evolution from "Gordon's Highlanders" (the name of a famed British army regiment of the time, which stuck because the first team president was named Joseph Gordon, and because their ballpark was at one of the highest spots in New York) to the Yanks. Frank Graham wrote his first version of The New York Yankees in 1943, when a lot of people who had seen the full 40-year history of the franchise were still alive – Graham, who became a sportswriter in 1915, included. I read the copy my father had had since childhood, either in 1967 or 1968.
The relevant passage is on Page 16:
"With 1913 coming up, there was an almost complete new deal. Jim Price, Sports Editor of the New York Press, had been calling the team the Yankees because he found the name Highlanders too long to fit his headlines; and by 1913 the new name had been generally adopted."
So the Yankees were the last people to call themselves the Yankees and as Graham wrote nearly 70 years ago, the nickname had been generally adopted before the club went through the formality – in 1913.
Some of the less in-the-know fans at Fenway at its christening might have referred to the visitors as "The Highlanders." The vast majority would've said "Yankees" – as the New York Times had after the 1912 opener in New York: "The Yankees presented a natty appearance in their new uniforms of white with black pin stripes."
More evidence? In the biographies on the back (as shown in the lower left hand corner), there are occasional references to "Highlanders." But the 1911 baseball cards refer to them – unofficial or not – as the Yankees:By the way, "Quinn" in the top row? That's Jack Quinn, whose oldest-victory mark was just broken by Jamie Moyer. These are 1911 cards. Quinn is also in the 1933 set.
In point of fact, the Yankees were the Yankees before the Red Sox were the Red Sox. Created in 1901 when the American League was founded, the Boston team was known variously as the Pilgrims, and simply "The Americans" (as opposed to "The Nationals"), the new team drew much of its talent from the successful, but eminently cheap National League team in Boston. From its earliest days in the National Association (1871) and N.L. (1876) that team had worn red stockings, and were once formally known by that name.
In 1907, the N.L. team's manager Fred Tenney became worried about the threat of blood poisoning supposedly posed by the red dye in the socks getting into spike wounds. By year's end, he had convinced owners John and George Dovey to eliminate the color from the uniforms. A block away, where the nascent A.L. team was struggling to gain a foothold in what was still a National League town, owner John I. Taylor immediately jumped on the opportunity and announced his team would don "the red socks" in 1908 – and a name was born.
The Yankees were the Yankees by 1906. The Red Sox weren't the Red Sox until 1908.
Parenthetically, the N.L. team's next nicknames – the Doves, for the Dovey Brothers, and, in 1911, the Rustlers (because Doves increasingly sounded stupid) – didn't catch on. The Doveys sold out in 1912 to a bunch of New York politicians from Tammany Hall. Since that organization had a Native American for its logo, its operatives were known as "braves" – and thus the Boston N.L. club adopted that name, and have carried it since. In fact, a week ago Wednesday was the 100th Anniversary of the first appearance of the Braves.
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Keith your next job should be some sort of historian for MLB. I love this kind of stuff
Just because "Yankees" was growing in usage doesn't mean "Highlanders" had been phased out. At least as of 1911, per the item in this eBay auction. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Photo-1911-New-York-Highlanders-Baseball-Team-/200536746858#ht_1405wt_1185
You should tell the yankees to correct their history page that states their name was changed in 1913. oh wait, didn't they fire you too?
Why does this article end suddenly? Is it just me? When I first started loving baseball, I read a book about the first century of the Yankees and it called them "The Highlanders" too. However, the first day my daughter returned home from her first experience of college, she asked, "Guess what I learned?" I couldn't wait to hear! Answer: "Never to believe anything you read." I was thrilled! Great, as usual, Keith! Nobody does a blog better!
It was just me. Sorry.
Seeing Pumpsie Green, who integrated the Red Sox in 1959 (becoming the last of the original 16 to do so) but I wonder if Gene Conley showed? He not only played for the Sox, but for the Boston Braves AND the Boston Celtics as well!
Yes, the nicknames back then were anything but permanent (and usually bestowed upon a club by the newspapers), so it's likely that they were known as both the Highlanders and Yankees in 1912. The Yankees' own website puts the official adoption of "Yankees" as April 1913, when they moved to the Polo Grounds: http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/history/timeline1.jsp (then click on 1910s).
The Red Sox should have kept the name "the Americans." Who's going to say "I hate the Americans!"? I was reading about the first game at Fenway. The crowd was on the field at game time so new groundrules had to be made– all hits were two bases. The Boston Globe article said this gave the "Highland laddies" an advantage because most of their hits were singles (unlike Swish and Chavez) while Boston was hitting home runs into the crowd that just counted for two base-hits. The all white hats look pretty bad. Is this the first time Jeter has worn his socks up like that? At any rate, the Yankees didn't become the Yankees until Babe Ruth got there.
Can anyone pick out who's who in that 1907 picture? Is that "Wee Willie" Keeler standing on the right? "Happy Jack" Chesbro sitting on the left? Hal Chase sitting 2nd from left? Branch Rickey was also on that team, but I don't think he's in the picture. Clark Griffith might be in there too, probably one of the guys sitting at top.
Wee Willie and Pee Wee Wanninger were two of the first Yanks I studied when I went to baseball school. I just love the names. Fairy tale fun! Sweet as old timey taffy! xo
The NY team 100 years ago was the Highlanders AND the Yankees. One team, two names. Baseball Nuggets: Fenway Park Opener – 1912.
While team nicknames were oddly flexible in the pre-WWI era, with team owners and scribes often varying wildly in what they called a given team, even later periods would undergo some nickname flux. The Braves also had the brief "Bees" period back in the late '30's. Unlike the Phillies brief "Blue Jays" experiment in the mid-40's, it was actually official. They even referred to Braves Field as the Bee Hive during that time. But, even though it was nice and short for the headline writers (and nowadays, would be far more politically correct), "Bees" never caught on.
Probably just as well. I can't picture Hank Aaron or Dale Murphy with Bees on their uniforms.
I really enjoy all of the history too. And your encyclopedic knowledge of baseball is nothing short of amazing, Keith. The baseball cards are striking, but they sure were heavy-handed with the ink or coloring in 1911. The boys look like they're wearing lip and cheek rouge. Yikes.
LOL, Shoe. That Chase player looks more kissable than even I was on a Saturday night in my teens. Our local news crew used to really overdo the make-up, too. Some of the sportscasters looked like dime store floozies. But still loved to watch them! xo
Know what this whole thing reminds me of? Of how Saturday Night Live started out as NBC's Saturday Night, but so many people just called it "Saturday Night Live" (even though there was another program called "Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell" on ABC that pretty much nobody watched and was nothing the same) that as soon as the Cosell show went off the air and wasn't using the "Saturday Night Live" name anymore, NBC grabbed it and formally renamed the show what everyone was calling it anyway. Not that this relates to baseball, but still. Well, aside from those "Beisbol been bery bery good to me" sketches.
Forgot to say before that the photo of you and Jake and Eve up on the masthead of your blog is so fitting and so wonderful. The maestro and his two darling pupils! 🙂
It's easy to find all sorts of articles in the NY Times from the era. I found a few articles referring only to "Yankees" in 1909 through 1911. And article in 1907 used both names.
http://spiderbites.nytimes.com/ (the label says the articles are free, but I don't know whether they're behind the paywall).
Keith I always enjoy your blogs but it appears that they were called the Highlanders in 1912 just as much as they were unofficially known as the Yankees. The official adoption of the new name in 1913 certainly demonstrates that use of 'The Yankees' had become more favorable but anyone who states that they were known as The Highlanders in 1912 is also correct.
A rose by any other name still…smells like gym socks. I think we could call these teams anything and still love them. Or still watch them for sure!
Excellent – as usual. I love this stuff. I'm a Yankees fan all my life (well six years old onward) and for 51 years have enjoyed the ride. Keith, just keep it up – please!!!
I think people get confused because what they were actually called was "New York" and EVERYTHING else was a nickname, coined by sportswriters for descriptive and creative writing reasons. Whether a sportswriter called them "Hilltoppers," "Highlanders" or "Yankees," the reader would know that he was talking about the New York Team That Played On The Hill, so he would use the names interchangeably.
And apparently the original Washington AL team didn't *officially* call themselves the Senators until the mid-1950s, after owner Clark Griffith died — before that, they were just as commonly known as the Nationals/Nats. They didn't even put the Senators nickname on their jerseys until 1959, just before the franchise was moved to Minnesota.
[Can anyone pick out who's who in that 1907 picture? Is that "Wee Willie" Keeler standing on the right? "Happy Jack" Chesbro sitting on the left? Hal Chase sitting 2nd from left? Branch Rickey was also on that team, but I don't think he's in the picture. ]
I would have sworn that was Chase, but I would have been wrong. Here's a key:
Calling them the Highlanders is technically correct. Which is the best kind of correct. Nicknames are irrelevant. If it were 1913, then fine, but that was their official name like it or not.
Blabbermouth is a hypocrite who on one hand inaccurately refers to the Yankees referring to the team in that era as the Highlanders as being a misunderstanding, and then a few paragraphs later concurs they are historically accurate. As usual he's trying to show how smart he is and instead demonstrates the opposite. Can't stand the guy, and it's no wonder he was fired, again!!
As for putting unofficial nicknames over official names in a ceremony celebrating an historical event, I agree with the Red Sox position of using the official name, given we are living in a politically correct world these days. I'm not one to stick up for the Red Sox, but they got this one right. As for trying to slight the Yankees on their handling of the closing of the old Yankee Stadium, how about pointing out how the Yankees are the role model for all of sports when it comes to recognizing their past heroes with awards, presentations, and celebrations. Their annual Old-timers Day is unlike any other. To say they slight the little guy is an insult to our intelligence.
Thank you for the auspicious writeup. It actually was once a amusement account it. Glance complex to far brought agreeable from you! However, how can we keep up a correspondence?


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BSM-Argentina is now up and running; thanks, Jaime! It will take a couple of weeks to set up the system, and then we will start the southern survey. If you have any bright (V<11) stars for which you want all-night time series in the southern hemisphere, let me know and I might be able to schedule them in at this commissioning time. Such opportunities will also be available during each full moon period.
BSM-California will be configured soon and shipped to Bob Stine in early August. The enclosure is ready to go for the system, so it may be operational during August.
NMSU61 now runs under computer control. We need to buy a permanent computer for the facility and get software up and running. Initially, we'll use an existing ST-7 camera, but that will be upgraded during the Fall. This site is also in the monsoonal flow, so we don't expect much imaging until September.
BSM-Australia is having its mount serviced by a local distributor. I don't have a timeline for when it will be functional.
I'm planning on revamping the observing queue for BSM before it starts up again, removing stars that have been well-covered and pruning down the survey list as other BSM systems come on-line.
Matt and Doc have completed the pipeline automation, so each telescope gets processed around noon eastern time automatically. We still expect a staff member or volunteer to examine the jpeg diagnostic images and make comments about their quality; this will probably be an afternoon exercise. However, the actual images will be available on a consistent schedule this Fall.
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Majesty Wine Tours is the perfect solution for a great wine tasting day in and around Fredericksburg, TX and the Texas Hill Country. We pledge to make your wine tasting experience personable and unforgettable. Our 14 passenger shuttle bus is the ideal way to see the Texas Hill Country vineyards and wine tasting rooms as well as take in the best the Fredericksburg, TX and the Texas Hill Country has to offer. For more information click here ›››
LBJ National & State Park
Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site is in Gillespie County, between Fredericksburg and Johnson City, and contains 717.9 acres. Visitors can enjoy bus tours throughout the former President's ranch, historical study, picnicking, nature study, fishing, swimming, view Texas Longhorn cattle, browse in the visitor's center and visit Sauer Beckmann Farmstead, an 1800s era working homestead. For more information, click here ›››
National Museum of the Pacific War
The National Museum of the Pacific War is the only institution in the continental United States dedicated exclusively to telling the story of the Pacific Theater battles of World War II. Located on a six-acre site, the Museum includes the George Bush Gallery, Admiral Nimitz Museum, Plaza of Presidents, Memorial Courtyard, Japanese Garden of Peace, Pacific Combat Zone, Nimitz Education and Research Center. For more information click here ›››
Tex-Fest: Oktoberfest, Food & Wine Fest, Night in ole Fredericksburg etc.
Fredericksburg, Texas is home to many, many festivals. Plan your stay around one of them or if you've already booked your travel, see what's happening when you're here. For more information, click here ›››
Lady Bird Golf Course
Practically across the street from the Cotton Gin Village is the Lady Bird Jonson Golf Course. Enjoy a round of golf on this 18-hole, par-72, 6,432-yard championship golf course nestled in the serene beauty of the Texas Hill Country. The course includes practice facilities that feature 20 hitting stations, 2 practice greens, and a practice bunker to help you work out the kinks in those tricky little shots around the green, or those long sand shots that golfing nightmares are made of. For more information, click here ›››
Pioneer Museum
Immerse yourself in the life of Fredericksburg through exploration of historic structures, authentic objects, photographs, and much more. Together, this creates a shared narrative of this community's past. Located on 3 acres of shaded grounds, the museum is landscaped with plants native to the Texas Hill Country. Frequent activities and educational programs enliven the visitor experience for all ages. For more information, click here ›››
First Friday Art Walk
There are several art galleries in Fredericksburg that participate in the First Friday Art Walk. Usually serving wine and hors d'oeurves, galleries stay open late for a fun and relaxing art stroll down and around Main Street. For more information, click here ›››
Rustlin Robs Gourmet Market
If a way to a man's heart is through his stomach, this is the express lane! If you have a tastebud, you will enjoy this Main Street "must see." For more information, click here ›››
Main Street Shopping
One of the biggest reasons (there's many!) that visitors flock to Fredericksburg, is the shopping! We have a charming historic Main St. filled with oodles of shops with everything including fashion, art, toys, home décor, wine tasting, and so much more. If you haven't planned some shopping time on Main St., we highly recommend you fit it in.
Fredericksburg Trade Days
Every 3rd Saturday of every month, you'll find over 6 barns full of 350 vendors selling everything from antiques to homemade jelly. And it's located just east of Fredericksburg on Highway 290. You can even relax in the biergarten while listening to live music. Enjoy over 100 varieties of bier and FREE WiFi. For more information, click here ›››
Just 15 minutes outside of Fredericksburg is a rare piece of Texas history. The little town of Luckenbach -- where "Everybody's Somebody" is one of the oldest settlement's in Gillespie County. Any day of the week you can sit and have a beer in the old general store while listening to pickup music. Or stop by on a weekend and you're sure to find a host of motorcycles and live music in the old fashioned dance hall. For more information, click here ›››
Live Music
Fredericksburg has a wide variety of Live Music every week. For a schedule of current shows, click here. (You can also download the PDF of weekly events from that link)
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