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Rochester Ukulele Orchestra Holiday Concert
The Rochester Ukulele Orchestra, The Rochester Ukulele Support Group, and members of St John Fisher Ukulele Club will perform a Holiday Concert!
Date: December 5, 2019 - December 5, 2019
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Wilson Formal Lounge, Haffey Hall
Hosted by the Visual and Performing Arts Minor
The Rochester Ukulele Orchestra plays everything from folk and jazz to pop and rock music throughout Rochester. The group livens up music festivals, farmer's markets, senior living facilities, charity events, schools, parks, and wherever else people gather to enjoy good music and have fun.
In the past few years, they have performed at many events/venues including Fringe Fest, TEDx Rochester, the 19th Amendment Festival, Rochester Contemporary Art Gallery, the Little Cafe, the Uke Cruise on the Erie Canal, and their home away from home, Bernunzio's Uptown Music.
The Concert Playlist:
Rochester Ukulele Orchestra
Have A Holly Jolly Christmas
Blue Christmas
Mele Kalikimaka
Santa Baby
Jingle Bell Rock
Christmas at the Airport
Little Saint Nick
Let it Snow!
You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch
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I Want a Hippopotamus for Xmas
Here comes Santa Claus
I Have a Little Dreidel
Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer
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Feliz Navidad
Ochos Kandelikas
Silent Night
Jingle Bells
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Top food-safety sleuth Bill Keene, 56, dies
- Keene was a nationally known investigator of food-borne disease outbreaks
- He was a senior epidemiologist with the Oregon Public Health Authority
- He found the sources of multiple food-borne illness outbreaks
One of the nation's foremost food-safety sleuths died on Sunday. Bill Keene, a senior epidemiologist with the Oregon Public Health Authority, in Portland, was responsible for saving countless lives because of his dogged investigations of food-borne illness outbreaks, colleagues said.
"Bill was one of the best, and an extraordinarily able voice for public health," said Robert Tauxe, who directs food-borne illness outbreak investigations for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Uppermost in Keene's thoughts was always the safety of the people he served, said Craig Wilson, food safety director for Costco in Issaquah, Wash. "Bill's focus was always public health," Wilson said. "The sooner he gets done, the more people he could keep from getting ill. Our food-safety community has lost a significant pillar. He will be very difficult to replace."
Keene, 56, died of acute pancreatitis caused by gallstones. He had been ill less than two weeks, said Katrina Hedberg, Oregon's state epidemiologist.
Keene and his team of over 30 staffers helped crack numerous national outbreaks. He was known for hopping in his car to drive as far as necessary to get to the bottom of what was making people sick.
In 2011, Oregon public health officials noticed an uptick in cases of E. coli O157:H7, a deadly form of the disease. Interviews seemed to pinpoint strawberries, but the fruit had never been known to carry O157:H7.
"So Bill jumped in his car and drove over 100 miles to take samples in the strawberry field," Hedberg said. Keene collected deer feces and proved that deer could bring E. coli into fields that could then be passed on to humans who ate what was grown there.
His car even sported a personalized license plate: O157:H7.
In 2009, 3-year-old Jacob Hurley testified before a House subcommittee in Washington, D.C., about how sick he was when he became part of a national outbreak of salmonella that was eventually linked to peanut butter produced by the Peanut Corporation of America in Blakely, Ga.
"But it was Bill who went to Jacob's house to collect the leftover peanut butter crackers" so they could be tested, Hedberg said.
"There are not many in food safety that you can look at and say, 'This person really made a difference' — but Bill was one of those few people," said David Acheson, president of the Acheson Group, which works with companies to improve food safety. He is a former FDA associate commissioner of foods. "Bill's tenacity and insight saved lives, and he was truly a legend in terms of his epidemiological abilities."
Keene was one of the investigators who helped identify jalapeño peppers as the source of a national outbreak of salmonella that sickened more than 1,200 and killed two people in 2008. Federal officials initially linked the outbreak to tomatoes, but Keene helped figure out that it wasn't the tomatoes but something commonly eaten with tomatoes. That led him to salsa and then to the peppers that give salsa its kick.
He wasn't afraid of taking on big companies if he thought public health was in danger. Keene "linked salmonella to Del Monte cantaloupe from Guatemala and got sued for his efforts" in a 2011 outbreak, said Doug Powell, a former professor of food safety at Kansas State University. "The company lost."
"He was unique — even though he worked for government, he wasn't a suit," Powell said.
In fact Keene was known for putting out news releases fingering food items in ongoing national outbreaks before federal public health officials had made up their minds what was behind them. "Put a fork in it, it's done!" he would say.
One of Keene's most important contributions to outbreak investigations was what he called his "shotgun questionnaire," used by public health workers investigating outbreaks. The survey ran as long as 20 pages and systematically went through more than 400 specific food items. "It's like a shotgun full of pellets — you hit everything," he said in an interview with USA TODAY in 2007.
When investigators couldn't figure out what was causing an outbreak, Keene's team would call everyone who'd gotten sick and go through the full survey with them. The answers they got helped tease out food culprits that no one had even known could cause illness.
One example was raw almonds, which were linked to an outbreak of salmonella that sickened people in 12 states and Canada in 2004. No one knew almonds could carry salmonella, until the shotgun questionnaire helped pinpoint them as the source. That led to more than 13 million pounds of almonds being recalled by the producer, according to a CDC report about the outbreak.
Keene worked as an epidemiologist in Oregon's Acute and Communicable Disease Prevention section for 23 years. A Seattle native, he graduated from Yale and the University of California-Berkeley with a doctorate in public health.
He was deeply respected for his intelligence and tenacity and lauded by public health workers nationally and internationally. His team in Oregon and the Minnesota Public Health Department (home to "Team Diarrhea," public health graduate students who investigate more than 1,000 food-illness cases a year) collaborated on many investigations. The two public health departments maintained a friendly rivalry.
"On Monday morning, a huge bouquet of flowers arrived for the Oregon Health Department," Hedberg said. "It was from the Minnesota Department of Health."
Keene is survived by his wife of 30 years, Elise Gautier, his sisters, Pam Keene and Beverly Keene, and his brother, David Keene.


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In Park City, movie stars intermingle with ski bums and hordes of people dip in and out of cocktail parties in various pop-ups on Main Street. I'd been there for days, and it was a blur of screenings and bashes, drawing tens of thousands of attendees from LA, New York, and elsewhere to this tiny mountain town. In other words, it was the perfect place for smug people to out-smug each other as they skipped from party to party. But lest the attendees forgot, actual movies premiere here — and some of these films feature deliciously devious characters that make cutting the cocktail line look like baking cookies. Let's take a look at the three baddest to show up on the screens in Park City.
Philip Seymour Hoffman — God's Pocket
When Philip Seymour Hoffman breaks bad, he's very, very bad. Think the manipulative cult leader in The Master, where Hoffman's character lures unwitting lost souls into believing in his fake religion. Or the callous Freddie Miles in The Talented Mr. Ripley. Hoffman is just as devious in God's Pocket, the title of which refers to the tough neighborhood in South Philly where it's set. Mickey Scarpato is a drunk and a petty criminal who covers up the not-so-accidental death of his stepson. Naturally, things go awry. The film was directed by John Slattery, who plays Roger Sterling on Mad Men, and his co-star Christina Hendricks appears as Hoffman's grieving wife.
Michael C. Hall — Cold in July
Michael C. Hall may have owned the character of serial killer Dexter on the Showtime series of the same name. But things have changed slightly. Now, he's playing a less-prolific murderer in Cold in July, which premiered here in Park City. His character, Richard Dane, shoots a burglar who enters his house, then has to deal with the wrath of the victim's father, an ex-con played with viciousness by the legendary Sam Shepard. None other than Don Johnson, Miami Vice's Crockett himself, rounds out the crew of actors in this thriller. He plays an investigator circling the two, and the tension continues to build until a spastic finale.
Ryan Reynolds — The Voices
Ryan Reynolds goes dark in his strange new film, The Voices. He plays Jerry, a man who kills his date in the middle of the woods, then seeks advice from his pets about what he should do. Yes, he talks to his pets — and they talk back. He needs a lot of advice, because despite being played by the affable, likeable Ryan Reynolds, Jerry can't stop killing women he dates. Maybe he should get some new talking animals — ones that inform him that mass murder is not the best hobby to list on an online dating profile.
Of course, the devilish behavior around here wasn't restricted to the silver screen. Behind every door on Main Street was an open bar, and behind every velvet rope a cadre of celebrities. Big-time producers and studio heads lingered in every corner, waiting to snatch up a movie for distribution. Everyone may have been in town for the festival, but when the sun goes down over the Rocky Mountains, everyone has a little license to be naughty.
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Welcome to the parenting courses page!
Here you can view and sign up for a variety of self-paced, email-based courses that cover various topics in parenting. All of these courses are 4 weeks in length with a new email lesson coming every week for you to work through at your own pace. Emails include written copy as well as a streaming link to listen to the information if that works better for you. There is optional homework each week but it really is optional and only to be done if it helps you!
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Xtreme Snow Pros, a New Jersey and New York-based snow and ice clearing company owned and operated by a local family committed to providing high-quality, dependable, and affordable winter weather management services, this week announced they have received a 2016 Snow & Ice Management Association (SIMA) Award for their unwavering support to commercial client properties.
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The Resistance Tour Discussion ThreadI'm starting to think we should probably have a separate discussion thread for things relating to the tour where everyone can post and keep the actual tour date threads free for people who actually go to the gigs to discuss their gig only? I say this because, whilst I agree that the setlists are a bit sucky, I don't want to be a downer for anyone who actually enjoyed the gigs. Whine away.


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Publication Acceptance Date: 8/5/2010
Publication Date: 8/12/2010
Citation: Roy-Chowdhury, M., Jia, Y., Jia, M.H., Jackson, A.K., Fjellstrom, R.G., Cartwright, R.D. 2010. Identification of rice blast resistant gene Pi-z(t) in NSGC using DNA markers and pathogenicity assays [abstract]. 5th International Rice Blast Conference, August 12-14, 2010, Little Rock, Arkansas. Poster Abstract IV-CP-51.
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Technical Abstract: Rice blast disease, caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (formerly Magnaporthe grisea) is a major fungal disease threatening rice production worldwide. Genetic resistance in rice to M. oryzae typically belongs to a classic gene-for-gene system where a resistance (R) gene is effective in preventing infections by races of M. oryzae containing the corresponding avirulence (AVR) gene. Presently the use of R genes is the most economical and environmentally benign method to manage blast disease. Thus far, more than 80 race-specific R genes to M. oryzae have been identified and some of them have been molecularly cloned and tagged for marker-assisted selection (MAS). Among the tagged blast R genes, the Pi-z(t) gene initially identified by Kiyosawa has been effectively introgressed into numerous rice cultivars around the globe to prevent infection by a wide range of races of the rice blast pathogen. In the U.S., Pi-z(t) was first identified in the medium grain cultivar 'Zenith'. This gene has been shown to confer resistance to five U.S. races of blast, IH-1, IG-1, IC-17, IE-1 and IE-1k, and susceptibility to two races, IB49 and IB33, respectively. The objective of this present study was to characterize Pi-z(t) in 131 rice germplasm accessions selected from the NSGC using DNA markers and pathogenicity assays. Four simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers (RM527, AP4791, AP5659-1, AP5659-5) closely linked to Pi-z(t) were used to predict Pi-z(t) in rice germplasm and the results were verified using pathogenicity assays with an avirulent strain (IE1k) and two virulent races, IB33 and IB49. The presence of the Pi-z(t) gene in 98 germplasm accessions out of 131 was verified using both SSR markers and pathogenicity assays. The remaining 33 germplasm accessions containing unexpected SSR alleles were found to be different in their responses to blast races, IB33, IEIk and IB49, suggesting the presence of additional Pi-z(t) independent R gene(s). These characterized germplasms should be useful for genetic studies and marker-assisted breeding for improving blast resistance worldwide. References: 1. Kiyosawa S.1967. The inheritance of resistance of the Zenith type varieties of rice to the blast fungus. Jap J Breed 17:99-107. 2. Fjellstrom R, McClung AM, Shank AR. 2006. SSR markers closely linked to the Pi-z locus are useful for selection of blast resistance in a broad array of rice germplasm. Mol Breed 17:149–157. 3. Valent B, Farrall L, Chumley FG .1991. Magnaporthe grisea genes for pathogenicity and virulence identified through a series of backcrosses. Genetics 127:87–101.


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As much as we look forward to the beginning of college football season, it still takes us by surprise when it actually begins: It's actually kicking off tonight. In the spotlight game, it's Louisiana State, ranked No. 2 by just about everybody, travels to Mississippi State. The LSU fans are excited, and Mississippi State fans are more matter of fact, probably because they're about to take a beating.
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Preheat oven to 450°F. Wash and cut potatoes in half or quarters, depending on size. Put oil on a 15-1/2-by-10-1/2-by-2-inch baking pan. Heat three minutes on the lowest oven rack. Add potatoes and bake for 10 minutes. Carefully turn with a spatula and sprinkle with rosemary. Bake 10 minutes more. Serve immediately.
Serves two
Each serving contains about 141 calories, 2 g protein, 7 g fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 18 g carbohydrates, 2 g fiber, and 8 mg sodium.


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The Brunch Dish: Foie Gras Pancakes at Perla
Brunch menus to do your weekend right.
It takes a lot for me to order pancakes. In part that's because when it comes to breakfast and brunch, savory wins over sweet every time. But it's also because there's nothing quite like the disappointment that stems from crummy pancakes. You know, the crusty and leaden ones, the blandly cakey-sweet ones, the pancakes with no character, no contrast, no real interest other than a flood of sugar and fat.
These are not those pancakes.
The Foie Gras Pancakes ($15) at Perla sure are sweet. Dessert sweet, perhaps best a follow-up to a lumberjack's lunch of a sandwich. But they're also big on personality: half an inch thick with an almost yeasty character. An open, fluffy crumb welcomes the sweet-tart juices from caramelized peaches that come along for the ride.
And then there's the foie gras butter, less a weird pancake topping and more an extra savory and complex butter that foie lovers and novices can both enjoy—to say nothing of its natural affinity for peach. Swoop a syrup-drizzled dollop of the stuff with pancake and you won't think foie overload. You'll just think, "man, that's really good." It's the kind of artful restraint-by-way-of-excess we've come to expect from chef Michael Toscano.
Balance out the richness with a Rec Center Ping Pong ($13), a refreshing mix of Tito's vodka, Aperol, Combier, grapefruit juice, and basil. It's your morning grapefruit juice in harder form, easy to drink and not too sweet, with all the bitter complexity of grapefruit peels.
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Minnesota's supreme court upholds election of Al Franken to the US upper house.
Conservative movement secures Republican nominations in Delaware and New York ahead of midterm elections in November.
|Rick Lazio lost the Republican primary election for governor of New York State to a Tea Party candidate [AFP]
A conservative "Tea Party" favourite has won the Republican senate primary in the US state of Delaware, in a major upset to the Republican party's chances to recapture the US Senate in the upcoming November elections.
Christine O'Donnell defeated Mike Castle, a nine-term Republican representative, a fixture in Delaware politics for a generation and a political moderate.
Republican Party officials, who had touted Castle as their only hope for winning the seat in the Democratic-leaning state in Tuesday's primaries, made clear as the votes were being counted they would not provide O'Donnell with funding against Democrat Chris Coons if she won the primary.
However, O'Donnell shrugged off the likelihood the committee would not spend any money on her, telling CNN news channel: "They don't have a winning track record this season."
"The people of Delaware have spoken. No more politics as usual," O'Donnell told supporters at a victory rally. "The cause is restoring America."
The loss by Castle, who had been expected to cruise to victory in Delaware's November 2 election, gave Democrats new hope in the state and bolstered their chances to retain control of the senate.
Republicans must pick up 10 Democratic seats to reclaim the Senate, and Delaware was once considered to be safely in the Republican column with Castle as the candidate. Without Castle, Coons becomes at least a slight favourite to win the Senate seat in November.
James Hohmann, a reporter for Politico publication, in Washington, told Al Jazeera the win means that Republicans have almost no chance to taking control of the Senate in November.
"It is a huge victory for the Tea Party," Hohmann siad.
"These people were always there but they have mobilised in a way they hadn't in past elections and they've been wiling to challenge the powers that be within the traditional party structures.
"They are really frustrated. They feel they've lost control of government and that the Republican party, which they've always been part of, hasn't been responsive to them."
Anti-Washington anger
Castle is the eighth Senate candidate supported by the national Republican campaign committee to lose a primary this year, and the result was perhaps the biggest display yet of anti-Washington anger.
A Tea Party favourite was also a close second as votes were being counted in New Hampshire's Republican primary, and another Tea Party-backed candidate easily won New York's Republican gubernatorial race.
In New Hampshire's Republican Senate primary, Kelly Ayotte, a former state attorney general, trailed Tea Party-backed lawyer Ovide Lamontagne, who had been endorsed by Sarah Palin, the former Republican vice presidential candidate.
O'Donnell, the winner in Delaware, was also backed by Palin.
The Tea Party movement won another high-profile race in New York, where political newcomer Carl Paladino easily beat the establishment choice, former US representative Rick Lazio, in the Republican gubernatorial primary.
Paladino, who pledges to spend up to $10m of his own money, will be a huge underdog in the November race against Democrat Andrew Cuomo.
US representative Charles Rangel of New York, a veteran of 40 years in the House, survived a Democratic primary challenge despite an ethics scandal.
He awaits trial by his House colleagues on 13 alleged violations of House rules.
Hope for Democrats
The string of victories by Tea Party candidates was fuelled by broad voter dissatisfaction with Barack Obama, the US president, and the government in Washington.
The Delaware primary fight had gained new urgency after last month's upset of Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska showed that no incumbent was safe in a year when seven had lost congressional primaries.
Democrats hope the Republicans' shift to the right and the nomination of outsider candidates in Nevada, Kentucky, Colorado and elsewhere will help them in November by alienating moderates and energising Democrats in those crucial races.
Polls show tight Senate races in all those states. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, considered politically dead earlier in the year, is in essentially a dead heat with Tea Party-favourite Sharron Angle in Nevada, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Tuesday.
The rise of the Tea Party generated high Republican turnout in the primaries and created a broad advantage for Republicans in enthusiasm about voting, which Democrats fear could hamper their turnout.


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- Clear 3 levels of bricks by bouncing the ball with your paddle. Clear them all to advance to the next level. Grab the falling special features and use them to clear the levels faster.
- Move the paddle sideways with your mouse to keep the ball from dropping out. Release the ball, shoot the laser and the rocket with your left mouse button.
- Lasers and Rockets help you to destroy the bricks faster. You have to clear a level within the time limit to progress. You can escape early when the Warp hole opens.


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Wales drop into third tier with defeat against Australia while All Blacks remain top of the pile in IRB world rankings.
New Zealand remained top of the International Rugby Board's rankings ahead of Monday's pool draw for the 2015 World Cup in England despite ending this year with a stunning 38-21 defeat by England.
Saturday's Twickenham trouncing was not enough to knock the reigning world champions off the summit and nor was it sufficient for fifth-placed England to break into the top four of the standings.
Meanwhile, Wales's 14-12 loss to Australia in Cardiff dropped them into ninth place and the third tier of seeds.
This could potentially hamper the chances of Wales, semi-finalists at last year's World Cup in New Zealand, reaching the knockout stages in three years' time as they will now face two currently higher-ranked sides in their pool, with only two going through to the quarter-finals.
Wales had to beat Australia on Saturday to avoid slipping from seventh place and they were on course for that victory at 12-9 ahead until Kurtley Beale's try with just 20 seconds left on the clock at the Millennium Stadium rescued a 14-12 win for the Wallabies.
Defeat dropped Wales below Samoa and Argentina in the IRB standings.
World Cup pool draw bands:
Band 1: New Zealand, South Africa, Australia, France
Band 2: England, Ireland, Samoa, Argentina
Band 3: Wales, Italy, Tonga, Scotland
IRB rankings after Saturday's matches: (position, country, ranking points):
1 New Zealand 90.08
2 South Africa 86.94
3 Australia 86.87
4 France 85.07
5 England 83.90
6 Ireland 80.22
7 Samoa 78.71
8 Argentina 78.71
9 Wales 78.39
10 Italy 76.24
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There's smart, and then there's "super smart." With five degrees (a B.A., M.B.A., and M.S. from Harvard and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton), Dr. H. Woody Brock is clearly the latter. In a stark speech heavy on humor and academic theorems at the 2012 Strategic Investment Conference jointly hosted by alternative investment firm Altegris and Millennium Wave Investments in Carlsbad, Cailf., Brock set out Thursday morning to tell attendees "how to get out of the economic mess we're in."
The session, tilted "Wither Capitalism, and Liberal Democracy," posited the question of whether or not Americans would prefer to live in a government-controlled, centrally planned version of capitalism, or a true liberal democracy.
"It's no longer about capitalism versus communism, it's about liberal capitalism versus statist capitalism," Brock (left) said of the current debate in Washington.
Citing everything from Game Theory to his teacher and mentor John Nash, subject of the 2001 biopic "A Beautiful Mind," Brock, who is founder of Strategic Economic Decisions, explained the underpinnings of the current debt debate, which he said "is becoming boring."
"The deficit justifies austerity and gets bonds involved," he explained. "Everyone is now worried about the rise of inflation, and not by hundreds of basis points, but by thousands, which is now common in some countries."
He added that the question of whether debt and deficits matter is moot; it's whether or not it is "good debt or bad debt."
"If you want good debt, it wise to use it at the intersection of Keynesian indicators and those of economist Kenneth Arrow," he continued. "Keynesian indicators involve low private sector growth, which is then stimulated with public debt, but it's critical not to abuse it. Arrow's equation about rates of return demands that we improve public sector infrastructure. Unlike the Japanese, who constantly update their infrastructure, we will experience a high rate of return on such projects because we have not done so for 50 years."
That, he said, is an example of good debt, but unfortunately he claimed 97% of our current spending is "unproductive."
"We have the available labor for an infrastructure 'Marshall Plan,' and we must do it. For anyone who thinks this is a left-wing argument, capitalists first and foremost want the highest rate of return. In a world where many 'McMansions' have a negative rate of return, this is a no-brainer. Einstein, Nash and Arrow; the theroms they developed are not questioned."
In the biggest laugh line of the presentation, Brock joked that "mathematics and sex induce performance anxiety in many men, because the outcome of both cannot be faked."
Moving on to the subject of health care reform, Brock criticized President Barack Obama for focusing on "cost reduction rather than expenditure reduction."
"Obamacare is all about increasing demand, but does nothing about increasing supply," he said. "It will cause people in the medical profession to get out. When you focus on cost-control, you can actually shift the demand curve backwards."
He concluded by tackling three controversial issues: politics, education and taxes.
"The problem with politics is the incentive structure; it encourages people to mortgage our children's future in order to get re-elected. With education, I want a constitutional amendment that requires the system to increase, not decrease productivity, which we have not had for 60 years. If there is no increase, then I want the amendment to require all teachers unions to be fired. With taxes, believe it or not, we must have a progressive rate. If you advocate for a flat tax I will make a fool of you, because the incentives are all wrong."
See complete coverage of the 2012 Strategic Investment Conference on AdvisorOne.


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"The future of Medicaid has a lot riding on the November elections," writes Harris Meyer at Modern Healthcare.
Seventeen states have declined to expand Medicaid since the Affordable Care Act made that an option in 2014. This year, voters in a number of those states will pick new governors who could expand the federal health care program or not.
And some states will have ballot measures directly relating to expansion.
Here's a breakdown of some states where gubernatorial races could determine the future of Medicaid expansion and estimates for the number of enrollees who could be added through expansion. Click through to Modern Healthcare for a more detailed analysis of each race.
- Alaska (has expanded Medicaid; 40,000 potential enrollees)
- Maine (has not expanded Medicaid despite voter approval of a ballot measure last year; 70,000 potential enrollees)
- Florida (has not expanded Medicaid; 700,000 potential enrollees)
- Georgia (has not expanded Medicaid; 500,000 potential enrollees)
- Kansas (has not expanded Medicaid; 150,000 potential enrollees)
Here are the states that will vote directly on Medicaid expansion via binding ballot measures:
- Idaho (90,000 potential enrollees)
- Nebraska (90,000 potential enrollees)
- Utah (150,000 potential enrollees)
In Ohio and Michigan, the Democratic and Republican candidates disagree on whether to add work requirements to the Medicaid expansion programs.
Beyond the gubernatorial races, Democrats also hope to gain ground in some state legislatures, where they could make expansion more likely.


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Most commonly performed on patients over the age of 40, the facelift procedure tightens sagging skin and is frequently accompanied by liposuction to remove excess fat from the neck and face.
A facelift is typically performed as an outpatient procedure under general anesthesia. Temporary side effects may include swelling, bruising, discomfort, and numbness, and most patients are able to return to work and light activities in one to two weeks.
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Rejuvenating injectable skin treatments such as BOTOX, Dysport, injectable fillers, and other in-office treatments can often help patients fight an aging appearance without the recovery time associated with surgery.
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FIFA 18 Points Packs.
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500 FIFA 18 Points.
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Starting from the completion of the Steps and ending 14 days after the Closing Date.
1. This FIFA Points ("Offer") is open to those who are Sony Entertainment Network ("SEN") (previously known as PlayStation®Network ("PSN")) account holders and meet the Additional Eligibility Requirements ("Eligible Persons").
2. This Offer opens on the Opening Date and closes on the Closing Date. The period from the Opening Date to and including the Closing Date shall be referred to as the "Promotional Period".
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A brief explanation for my long-ass absence:
So I finally got over my weaboo era once and for all, but I got out of it HARD. I basically stopped watching anime or reading manga for a few months. I've been watching a lot of live action shows now, but I also want to get back into anime and manga, so I'm going to try to. Sorry about that. :(
Favorite [whatever]:
- I tend to enjoy seinen anime and manga (excluding many ecchi stories), but manage to find something to love in any demographic (including yaoi and yuri). I also like shoujo, because those are the types of stories that got me hooked on anime and manga in the first place.
- My favorite genres include psychological, horror, thriller, and adventure. I love tightly woven, engaging stories that make you think, but aren't overly pretentious or convoluted. I tend to gravitate toward anime and manga aimed at older readers, but I have a soft spot for magical girl stories. Most magical girl shows and books are gratingly annoying, but I love a lot of them anyway.
- My least favorite genres include mecha, harem, reverse harem (adapted from otome games), and slice-of-life (including moe). I used to dislike sports anime and manga, but have been warming up to the genre lately. Mecha anime tend to bore me as I never found the mech battles particularly engaging, and I feel like a lot of the mech pilots are pretentious douchebags. I'm sure that there are some good mecha series out there, but I don't want to slog through more anime to find them. Harems annoy me for three basic reasons: 1.) the mandatory female tsundere, 2.) the bland, wish-fullfilment protagonist, and 3.) the replacement of plot and characterization with ecchi and random bouts of lust. Are there good harems out there that break the mold? Yeah, and I don't include them in this. But a lot of harems are just excuses to show breast shots and panty shots. Which brings up the following point--why didn't I include ecchi in this list? Because if ecchi doesn't become the purpose of the show (which is possible, as it doesn't have to be a genre), I don't mind it. I mean, who doesn't like seeing an artistically rendered pair of pantsu every now and then? Now, for reverse harems. I'm not including most non-otome game adaptations, because those can and sometimes do have strong, likable characters and intricate plots. (Granted, some are crappy, but they pale in comparison to some reverse harems). Otome game adaptations suffer from the wish-fullfilment protagonist problem, sometimes having protagonists so boring they don't even have names. I played a bit of an otome game as a super sweet, competent-until-the-plot-wouldn't-let-her-be-competent protagonist. And, yeah, it felt really sweet when a sexy young man acted all tsun tsun around me and blushed when I tended to his wound. But then I would turn the game off and realize that, not only was I not the cute heroine, but I was also not getting serenaded anytime soon. That's kind of how I feel watching most reverse harems. Like, "damn, it would be so awesome if ten bishies fell head over heels for me." And then reality hits and I'm just left sitting there thinking about how crappy the show was. Stupid reality. Finally, the slice-of-life and moe genres! (Yes, it has gotten to the point that the general consensus is that moe is in fact a genre.) The problem with slice-of-life is that it's either a boring story about some characters with lives slightly more interesting than mine (yep, reality hits you REALLY hard with this genre), or it's entertaing. More often than not, I lose out and find that bland slice-of-life story. Moe, which used to be a subgenre of slice-of-life, is crap aimed at people who like watching cute little girls doing cute things and just generally acting cute. If I need to explain why 99.99% of the stuff in this genre is absolute sh*t... then I've got some news for you.
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I've left the site... it was nice knowing you :)
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I love your avatar, so cute. :)


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ChopChop Children's Food Magazine Wins Coveted Beard Award
Cooking Magazine is First Non-Profit Ever to Win "Publication of the Year."
ChopChop: The Fun Cooking Magazine for Families, a quarterly food magazine created to promote healthy eating amongst school-aged children and their families, has been awarded the prestigious 2013 James Beard Foundation Award for Publication of the Year.
The Beard Awards, considered by many to be the Oscars of the food world, were presented at a ceremony in New York City on Friday evening, May 3 at New York's Gotham Hall.
ChopChopKids, the non-profit behind ChopChop Magazine, was founded in 2010 by Beard-nominated cookbook author Sally Sampson. The organization's mission: To inspire and teach kids to cook real food with their families through its namesake magazine, which offers nutritious, great-tasting, ethnically diverse and inexpensive recipes, as well as interesting and little-known food facts, games and Q and As.
Since its launch, ChopChopKids has reached more than two million families annually through the distribution of ChopChop Magazine, a quarterly publication available in both English and Spanish. The magazine is distributed to children and families via doctors, hospitals, and youth-based community organizations, as well as through schools, after-school programs, food banks, farmers' markets, grocery stores and individual subscriptions. The magazine is available in every U.S. state and seven countries.
The James Beard Publication of the Year Award recognizes a publication—in magazine, newspaper, or digital format—that demonstrates fresh directions, worthy ambitions, and a forward-looking approach to food journalism. ChopChop Magazine is the only non-profit publication ever to win the award.
"We are honored to receive this prestigious award from the James Beard Foundation," says Sally Sampson, founder and president of ChopChopKids, and publisher of ChopChop Magazine. "This recognition will help ChopChopKids further our goal of eliminating obesity, by getting kids in the kitchen and making real, healthy food with their families. Kids who cook cultivate a lifetime of healthy habits — they won't need to be reminded about what they should be eating. We focus on the fun, and the rest follows naturally."
Endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics and named as a "Best Practice in Childhood Obesity Prevention" by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, ChopChop is distributed to more than 10,000 pediatricians' offices nationwide— nearly half of all pediatric practices in the United States. And, through the generosity of the New Balance Foundation and the rest of its partners committed to child nutrition, ChopChop is distributed to neighborhood health centers and afterschool programs in underserved communities. All proceeds from subscriptions and donations help support the distribution of ChopChop to low-income families.
The James Beard Foundation Awards are the nation's preeminent recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries. Founded in 1986, the James Beard Foundation is dedicated to celebrating, nurturing, and preserving America's diverse culinary heritage and future. For more information, please visit jamesbeard.org.
Endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, ChopChop, The Fun Cooking Magazine for Families, is a nonprofit quarterly food magazine. Published byChopChopKids, Inc, a 501(c)(3), ChopChop's mission is to inspire and teach kids to cook and eat real food with their families. ChopChop is also the recipient of a coveted gold award from the Parents' Choice Foundation, the nation's oldest nonprofit guide to quality children's media and toys— the only cooking magazine ever to win this designation. to learn more about ChopChop's mission, and to support the organization by subscribing to ChopChop Magazine or by donating to its cause, please visithttp://www.chopchopkids.org. Follow ChopChop on Twitter at @chopchopmag, on Facebook at facebook.com/chopchopmag or on Pinterest atpinterest/chopchopmag. Watch for ChopChop's new cookbook, ChopChop: The Kids' Guide to Cooking Real Food with Your Family, coming this fall from Simon & Schuster


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CARSON, Calif. – The playoffs appeared a most unlikely dream for the reigning MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy back at the end of May.
There's been a pretty dramatic turnaround since then, to the point that the Galaxy are now on the verge of clinching their fourth straight postseason berth.
A victory Saturday night over Toronto FC at the Home Depot Center (10:30 pm ET; TSN/RDS2 in Canada; MLS Live in the US) ensures what is certainly inevitable, but it's not really on LA's radar – at least not until reporters pointed it out at Friday morning's training session.
"It hasn't been talked about, actually," left back Todd Dunivant said at training on Friday. "You guys just told me for the first time. So we didn't know that. I think at this point, obviously we're jockeying for position in the playoffs – not that it's a foregone conclusion that we've made it – but I think our goal now is to finish in the top three [in the Western Conference, to avoid the wild-card round], and that's really what we're focused on. That's very important going in [to the playoffs]."
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The Galaxy (14-11-4) were 3-8-2, sat last in the West, and had lost six of seven games back in June when MLS took its mini international break. That miserable stretch included a tepid loss to a lower-division side in the US Open Cup, and precious few signs that good times lie ahead.
Since then, they are 11-3-2 in MLS play, the best mark in the league, just ahead of Chicago's 10-4-2, have climbed to third in the conference ahead of Real Salt Lake on total goals, and look like a prime contender come November.
"I think now it's safe to assume that we're most likely going to be in the playoffs," captain Landon Donovan said. "But there's a lot going on with seeding, with our conference and the East that could matter in the end, so we've got to keep winning games.
"I think our attitude is good, I think we're confident, and we've just got to go on the field and perform. It's really as simple as that. If we do the things right, then more often than not we're going to win games."
Supporters' Shield leaders San Jose (17-6-6) already have a postseason berth, and second-place Seattle (13-6-9) and RSL (14-11-4) also can clinch Saturday, leaving one Western spot open.
That said, getting to the playoffs is just a starting point.
"[Our play since mid-June has] been great, but that revival and three dollars gets you a cup of coffee," Donovan said. "It doesn't mean anything if we don't put it to good use these last few [regular-season] games and into the playoffs.
"But we've positioned ourselves now where we have a realistic chance to make some headway and to do some damage in the playoffs, whereas before we had no chance. We're proud of [this run], but we still got a long way to go."


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Ariz. woman reunited with stolen Book of Mormon
- The rare book was discovered missing in May
- Thief sold pages of book to Texas book dealer
- Book is is believed to be one of about 200 first-edition printings in existence
MESA, Ariz. -- Bookstore owner Helen Schlie was heartbroken in May when she discovered a trusted friend had stolen her original Book of Mormon and sold a few pages to a rare-book dealer in Texas.
But Schlie, 89, was relieved Tuesday when Mesa police detectives returned the tome. She smiled as she read her late husband Walter's signature on a back page.
A team of detectives first tracked pages from the stolen book to Texas dealer Reid Moon, who had purchased them from Jay Michael Linford, 49, not realizing they had been pilfered.
Police later recovered the rest of the rare first-edition book, valued in the tens of thousands of dollars, when the U.S. Marshals Service arrested Linford on June 11 in northern Virginia.
Linford, who previously had published a book of Schlie's poetry, pleaded guilty to theft on Jan. 10 and is scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 12 by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Cynthia Bailey.
Linford's plea agreement calls for a sentence that includes probation.
He could also be sentenced to 7 1/2 months to two years in prison.
Police returned the book to Schlie because it was no longer needed as evidence.
Tuesday was the first time Schlie had seen her book since May.
She noticed the book was missing on Memorial Day weekend, when two missionaries stopped by her bookstore and asked to see it.
"This has hurt my heart terribly. Jay had been such a help to me," Schlie said. "I can't understand what happened in his mind to do this. I'm just happy to have it back.''
Schlie's family has owned the book, published in 1830, for 40 years.
It is believed to be one of about 200 first-edition printings in existence.
Schlie said she has sold a few pages of the book, but the majority is intact.
"It was in better condition 40 years ago," Schlie said Tuesday as she examined the book.
Because of heavy media coverage of the theft, "it's the most publicized Book of Mormon,'' she added.
The book's binding is loose, and there are glue stains and wrinkles, impressions created when the books were stacked after printing, Sgt. Chris Rash said.
He said the unique characteristics, along with photographs taken by Schlie before the theft, helped police identify the missing book.
"Each book has its own imprint. It's similar to a fingerprint,'' Rash said.
Detectives tracked how the pages were sold to Moon for $7,500 and shipped to him, consulted with experts on the book's authenticity and worked with federal agencies, including the FBI's art unit, he said.
Lead Detective Jodi Schock considers the Book of Mormon caper among the most unique and satisfying of her career.
"I'm so happy I could get it back to her," Schock said.
Schock said she called Moon because he had discussed purchasing parts of the book from Schlie prior to the theft.
"Even though he was out the money, he wanted her to get her property back," Purington said.
Linford's plea agreement calls for him to repay Moon his $7,500.
Court documents said the book itself is valued at $50,000, with a second document quoting a range of $25,000 to $100,000.
But Schlie said the book is priceless to Mormons, who often come by her bookstore near the Arizona Temple to be photographed holding the rare edition.
Mormons consider the Book of Mormon another testimony of Jesus Christ, equal in standing to the Bible.
One couple brought their newborn boy to Schlie's store and took a photograph of him putting his hand on the book, saying he could take the picture with him on his church mission 19 years later, Schlie said.
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Why do small businesses absolutely need credit card machines? The cashless society certainly seems to be on its way. More than 60 percent of UK adults possessed a credit card at the end of 2011, and some 90 percent had a debit card. Total card purchases for 2011 were close to £500 billion. Clearly any retail business that has not yet begun accepting card payments with credit card machines had better do so, and quickly.
Most credit card machines run on PDQ technology ("Parallel Data Query" or "Process Data Quickly"), communicating with the merchant bank to validate card payments via an Internet connection or a wireless connection. PDQ accelerates the validation process by breaking down a query into pieces so that several parts of it can be searched simultaneously. Most card terminals can process a payment in less than six seconds.
Over the past decade Chip and PIN technology has replaced hand signatures as a method of validating card transactions. "Chip" refers to a computer chip embedded in the customer's debit or credit card, and "PIN" for the Personal Identification Number the customer supplies to confirm identity as the owner of the card.
Merchant card service providers typically offer card machines along with their processing services. You may also purchase your credit card reader separately, from one of a growing number of UK suppliers, and still use it with your existing merchant service provider. You can even rent a credit card terminal, which is a popular option for start-ups and merchants working the occasional trade show or adding capacity for the Christmas holiday season.
As we stated at the outset, any business that sells any product or service would probably expand its sales by accepting credit card payments, and to do so they need a credit card machine. Portable hardware and mobile networks now make card payment possible in situations traditionally restricted to cash, such as trade fairs, outdoor markets, taxicabs, and even the plumber who comes to fix a leak in your flat.
Beyond the initial cost of buying or renting a credit card machine, you will pay a transaction fee, which is a fixed percentage of each card payment you take. This fee will vary according to your transaction volume. Your merchant service provider may also charge application, set-up or account activation fees.


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Ackman urges General Growth Properties to sellAugust 23, 2012: 4:24 PM ET
Shares of General Growth Properties (GGP) spiked as much as 12% Thursday after activist hedge fund investor Bill Ackman urged the shopping mall owner to put itself up for sale.
The company has already been in play, but Ackman, who runs the hedge fund Pershing Square, doesn't want General Growth shareholder Brookfield Asset Management to be the only buyer.
Rival mall operator Simon Property Group (SPG) has unsuccessfully tried to buy General Growth twice over the past two years. During its most recent attempt in October 2011, Simon was roadblocked by Brookfield, noted Ackman in a letter filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday.
Brookfield then proposed a counter offer to Simon, which included selling 68 General Growth shopping malls to Simon. But Simon wasn't interested and Brookfield has struggled to secure financing for its own purchase, according to Ackman's letter.
In his letter, Ackman accused Brookfield of obstructing Simon's acquisition by causing the REIT to be "effectively handcuffed and gagged from considering or proposing a transaction for which it needs no financing." Ackman owns roughly 10.2% of General Growth.
Related: Why Ron Johnson is paying for the privilege of running J.C. Penney
As an activist shareholder, Ackman typically urges company to break themselves up or sell, but recently he's also pushed companies to make operational changes. At JCPenney (JCP), where he owns a large stake, he pushed the board to hire new CEO Ron Johnson, Apple's (AAPL) former retail chief.
He also recently disclosed a stake in Procter & Gamble (PG) but his plans there are so far unclear.


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CIOs are using brokers to find the best cloud prices and help integrate multiple systems from different vendors.
As public-sector agencies continue to shift applications and data to the cloud, choosing the right cloud providers can be a difficult task for CIOs. Depending on the user base and complexity of the systems involved, one company may be all that's needed, or it could be a mix of three or four vendors.
But a new service has sprung up in the past year or so that's helping agencies identify the best cloud providers for them — cloud brokers.
Think of the service as a technology version of an insurance broker, but with a much wider scope. Organizations aren't just using brokers to find the best cloud prices. They're also relying on them to match an agency's technical needs to the most appropriate cloud provider and when needed, help integrate multiple systems from different vendors.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology defines a cloud management broker as a platform that provides a user with an interface that accesses multiple cloud providers.
For example, if an agency needs to set up public-facing high-volume Web pages, it might turn to Amazon's cloud. But that doesn't mean it should stick with Amazon to build and host other applications. If there's another provider such as Microsoft Azure or Verizon's Terremark that fits the project better, a cloud broker can identify that and suggest which to use.
The brokering services are delivered not just by people, but also by software applications created by companies to give agencies updated information about a cloud provider's capabilities and cost at any given time. That type of platform typically can handle integration and service-level management tasks associated with cloud brokering.
Cloud Brokers: At a Glance
What it is: A technology and service that functions as a bridge between an agency or organization and cloud providers.
Benefits: An apples-to-apples comparison between different cloud services, and lower prices depending on the relationship between the broker and the cloud provider.
Drawbacks: Selecting a broker with few cloud vendor relationships may lead to limited choices and financial savings; poorly written contracts could result in being bound to a subpar broker.
Suggestions: Always choose a broker that integrates well with your organization and the cloud providers. Draft all cloud broker contracts with clear expectations on performance and the ability to terminate and retain service with the vendors.
"It's just not good enough to say that every [cloud] component is available 99 percent of the time because if any one part fails, the user doesn't get what they need," said Mark Day, director of the U.S. General Services Administration's (GSA) Office of Strategic Programs. "So the broker can do that service-level monitoring across the services you consume."
The GSA is starting a pilot project using a cloud broker to help agencies transition to the cloud more effectively. Day said the program will start small, featuring a couple of federal agencies toward the end of 2013. He added that the goal is to figure out what features of cloud brokers prove to be valuable and whether it will help agencies that have shared services to sell.
The concept of cloud brokers has been kicking around in the private sector for a few years. But it has only gone mainstream in the last year or so, according to Feza Pamir, a partner relationship executive at Unisys.
Pamir said cloud brokering originated with large-scale commercial outsourcing. When companies wanted to buy hardware from one vendor, and services from another, they needed a middleman to help manage it. Cloud brokers are a further extension of that model.
Chris Smith, U.S. federal chief technology and innovation officer for Accenture, said that from a public-sector perspective, cloud brokering is all about aggregating and facilitating the consumption of services so that government agencies can deliver on their missions as efficiently as possible.
"The term 'broker' has stuck because it's this concept of a capability sitting in the middle of an ecosystem of those services," Smith said. "If you think about the multiple flavors that are out there today just on infrastructure, there's a need for an organization to be able to manage that set of capabilities and seamlessly allow the businesses to purchase them. The broker really sits in the middle of that and allows that fluid, easy access."
From a software perspective, the primary benefit of a cloud broker is automation and license management. The technology lets agencies tap into multiple cloud services as they become available.
Texas is an early public adopter of cloud brokers. The state's Department of Information Resources (DIR) is in the midst of a pilot to study how agencies can adopt cloud technology and enable widespread adoption.
A select group of Texas agencies were allowed to choose a virtual cloud-based infrastructure as a service from a variety of providers offered through Gravitant, a cloud broker. The idea was to provide decision-makers with an apples-to-apples comparison in pricing and functionality.
Todd Kimbriel, director of e-government and IT services with the Texas DIR, said the pilot is an experiment to better understand the concept of market choice in the public sector. He added that while the private sector can acquire goods and services fairly easily, the public sector is continually mired with constraints and boundaries that make a purchasing decision more difficult.
One of the key benefits Texas has experienced with cloud brokers is in the billing department. Kimbriel explained that Amazon requires advance payment for its cloud services. That's a problem for Texas, as the state has a statutory requirement that services must be paid for after they are rendered.
But a cloud broker helped alleviate that. Instead of contracting directly with Amazon, Texas had the broker hold the contract with Amazon and paid the broker service instead. This way the agency didn't run afoul of state law.
"The cloud broker's role is to absorb all of the gaps and differences — make sure that the business model of the cloud provider is successful, reliable and stable and that the needs of the public-sector agency are also predictable and satisfactorily met," Kimbriel said.
Accenture's Smith believes that using a cloud broker will enable agencies to get the top cloud services at the lowest prices. Instead of having individual contracts, an organization can take advantage of the relationships a broker has fostered with the bigger cloud providers.
Smith added that the public sector faces huge challenges in technology, particularly pressure to increase productivity with fewer resources. He said it was paramount that CIOs structure IT agencies as entrepreneurial entities that can respond to requests for the latest technology. Cloud brokers can handle the service-level agreements and be part of the solution.
"You don't want to be the house of 'no' and saying, 'You can't have this great new service,'" Smith said. "You want to be able to stand it up in an online, almost e-commerce catalog-type way."
Brokers also can help automate decision-making. If an organization wants, a broker can assign certain computing aspects to particular cloud providers, taking the decisions out of human hands. For example, if a broker has six different cloud vendors and an agency doesn't want the hassle of deciding which one is best suited for each of its applications, the broker can choose for the agency based on a number of variables. Or, if an agency doesn't want to lose individual control, it can have the broker program into the service a set of rules and conditions that dictates what application goes to what vendor.
But while that can be done, control is still important to many public-sector agencies. Maintaining that control is a big factor for the GSA as it moves forward with its pilot. Day said it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that some federal agencies could end up with 40 different cloud providers when you look at all the different software-as-a-service options that might be available.
Day explained that most brokers have workflow engines that allow customers to program their own financial and acquisition rules into the system.
"GSA is looking at how we can help agencies consume the cloud efficiently and effectively," he said. "What we are not doing is transferring to the cloud broker the decision as to who the cloud providers are [or] making fair opportunity acquisition decisions. That remains a government function."
Despite the advantages of using a cloud broker, they still come with caveats. Experts agree that CIOs should ensure that a broker has relationships with numerous cloud providers before entering into a contract. This way an agency gets a wider variety of vendors to evaluate which providers work best for them.
In addition, agencies should have a contract that addresses how to move to another broker if a disagreement arises. A cloud broker holds the agreements with the individual providers, not the agency. So if that agency wants to switch brokers, it doesn't want to be left without the use of services.
For example, if a state IT department puts an application on infrastructure hosted by Microsoft Azure and the state is going through a cloud broker to access Azure, there should be an out in the contract that lets the state move to another broker without disrupting services with the provider.
While Texas' pilot is still running, Kimbriel agreed that there's always a risk that a contractual relationship will sour. He said that if the DIR were to leverage a cloud broker after the pilot has concluded, he'd work language into the contract that clearly defines the disentanglement process between agency and broker.
Shawn P. McCarthy, research director at IDC Government Insights, agreed with Kimbriel and encouraged agencies to draft carefully structured service-level agreements that explicitly state the level of performance that's expected.
The importance of ensuring that brokers respect government procurement rules was another key point for Day. He cautioned agencies to avoid brokers that have limited vendor relationships.
"That really doesn't give the government the flexibility it needs to be an efficient consumer or making sure there is a good, competitive environment to keep our pricing as competitive as possible," Day said.
Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst of the Enderle Group, said the key things to consider about cloud brokers are security and that the broker can easily integrate with the agency's back-end system.
He also believes that public-sector agencies should confirm that the providers being used by the broker comply with security regulations and are auditable — particularly small providers that may have financial difficulties and potentially go out of business.
"If they do have a problem and fail, you need to be able to pull your stuff off and recognize [where the data is stored] particularly with regard to the use of overseas resources," Enderle said. "With government services, you are not allowed to put that information overseas and you want to make sure those rules would be adhered to."
JP Balakrishnan, vice president and CTO of cloud for Infosys Public Services, had a different take on the pitfalls of brokers. He said one of the chief priorities when looking at an automated cloud broker program is the broker's emphasis on maintaining the technology and data coming to it from the vendors.
He said that without diligence in keeping the broker program updated, it could lead to agencies not getting accurate information and added that a program produced by a larger company will likely be more trustworthy because of the technical power and capabilities of a bigger organization.
"It has to dynamically adapt to the changing back-end service providers offerings, and the program has to be updated on a regular basis," Balakrishnan said. "So you need to make sure that you are [with] a large host that has the muscle to continually update and monitor all of the key players in the market."
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At Galvin, we have a strong emphasis on family.
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We take pride of giving our team the training they need to grow and develop. We offer WSET training and we work timelessly with Apprenticeship schemes with Westminster Kingsway College, Colchester Institute and University of West London.
Here at Galvin Restaurants, we pride ourselves on providing excellent training and development opportunities that allow you to improve and meet your professional aspirations.


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