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STOCKTON - Matthew Arnaiz stood before a bleary-eyed City Council in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, becoming the face of a sales-tax initiative already under fire from local business leaders.
STOCKTON - Matthew Arnaiz stood before a bleary-eyed City Council in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, becoming the face of a sales-tax initiative already under fire from local business leaders.
The property developer turned political activist next heard City Hall register its opposition to his so-called Stockton Safe Streets initiative.
Even with Mayor Anthony Silva's backing, Arnaiz, 51, failed to convince a majority of the City Council that the tax initiative he crafted to boost police deserves a serious look.
The council voted 4-3 to oppose Arnaiz and anything resembling his proposal, which city officials fear could sabotage years of painful budget cuts and the ongoing bankruptcy and result in a "fiscal Armageddon" for Stockton.
Council members Dyane Burgos, Elbert Holman, Kathy Miller and Michael Tubbs backed City Manager Bob Deis' request to "vigorously oppose" the tax measure.
On the other side, backing Arnaiz, were Silva, Vice Mayor Paul Canepa and Moses Zapien.
The council meeting began at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, but a debate on the tax began about midnight and raged on until 2 a.m. A standing-room-only audience at City Hall thinned as the hours waned.
Arnaiz in a phone interview with The Record on Wednesday said he stepped to the podium seeking an opportunity to sit down with key city leaders and their consultants to hash out his plan, which he said remains a work in progress.
"Unfortunately that offer was rejected," said Arnaiz, calling the vote "a little confusing." He's not giving up.
Arnaiz drafted the proposal dated March 22 for a restricted half-cent sales-tax increase - requiring two-thirds voter approval and projected to raise $18 million a year - to put 100 more police officers on the street.
Silva campaigned last year on the tax hike and today asserts his mandate from voters to address the lack of public safety, saying residents are fed up with crime and demand action now.
The counterproposal - the city's Marshall Plan - has been in development for nearly two years. Deis is spearheading that effort to comprehensively address years of violence in the city.
The Marshall Plan was presented to the council earlier in the marathon meeting. It calls for adding 120 new cops in a first phase in addition to Project Ceasefire and a long list of programs designed to uproot the city's violent culture.
Deis said he is working on the Marshall Plan in parallel with bankruptcy. He also anticipates a tax measure, one that bolsters public safety and pays down debt that has been suspended under the cover of bankruptcy.
Coming to Stockton nearly three years ago, Deis said he was shocked to uncover incompetent management and hidden pay awarded to some labor groups that appeared to be agreed to in secret quid pro quo deals.
"I'm concerned that we're going back to some of the things we tried really hard to fix," Deis said. "I think we need to work on that."
Deis led an analysis of the tax proposal prepared by Management Partners, a consulting firm that has also guided Stockton's bankruptcy.
The analysis found that the restrictive tax measure would further cripple the city's general fund, leaving nothing for other city departments. The tax proposal would take control away from the city manager and City Council, the analysis said.
The city's lead bankruptcy attorney, Marc Levinson, said the tax spelled disaster for Stockton's next major effort to exit from Chapter 9. The city has yet to submit and get its exit plan in what's sure to be a fierce battle with creditors.
"I'm good," Levinson said. "But I'm not that good."
Without naming Arnaiz, Deis also noted worry that the sales tax was fronted by someone the city does business with. He implied that toxic special interests were at play.
Arnaiz today lives in Lodi but has worked in Stockton since 1987. He is behind the Cannery Park development in northeast Stockton. His father is Stockton developer Howard Arnaiz.
The younger Arnaiz said the Marshall Plan doesn't address Stockton's crime problem fast enough. His measure isn't intended to punish the city, Arnaiz said.
He criticized Management Partners for mischaracterizing his intentions and said he will adopt some of the consultants' points. He dismissed the claim as nonsense that he's creating a "shadow government."
He seeks to raise the city's sales taxes by half a percent, leaving another quarter-cent available, the most the city can raise taxes by law.
Arnaiz also denied claims that he's a developer blindly treading into unfamiliar territory of municipal finance and bankruptcy law. As a developer, he's waded into the city's business plenty of times, he said.
Boosting Stockton's crime fight is a matter of urgency, he said.
"How long do we have to wait?" Arnaiz said. "That's the big question. That's the kind of question that no one seems to answer in the city."
His plan has sparked a community debate. Two local business coalitions in the past week have written public letters urging more transparency in the development of the tax initiative. Some 30 residents spoke to the council, many supporting a tax hike if it makes Stockton safer.
For his part, Silva said he supported the Marshall Plan, although he meant to abstain when the council voted. He clearly said that he abstained, but then pushed the "no" button. The vote passed 6-1 in favor of moving ahead with town hall meetings to engage the public in how to make it a reality.
He voted in the minority on the tax initiative he's developing with Arnaiz.
"There's no reason to think these two ideas can't be commingled so the entire community benefits," Silva said, drawing cheers from the meeting's observers.
Arnaiz has met with most of the council members and Deis, who told Arnaiz at the time that it was perilous to attempt the tax hike amid bankruptcy.
Tubbs pressed Arnaiz to explain who else he needs to sit down with to get a clearer picture and asked what numbers the developer needed to understand the catastrophe awaiting Stockton if he is ultimately successful.
Tubbs urged Arnaiz to lead the effort - when the time comes - to raise money to finance the Marshall Plan, not a tax initiative circumventing City Hall.
"We want the same thing," Tubbs said of addressing crime. "You have the funding mechanism."
Arnaiz said he was committed to press ahead with his sales-tax measure, despite resistance from City Hall and the vote against him.
"I'm not planning on walking away from this," he said. "It's still a work in progress."
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Consensus Report
Nutrient Requirements of Small Ruminants: Sheep, Goats, Cervids, and New World Camelids (2007)Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Updating two previous National Research Council publications, this report provides an evaluation of the scientific literature on the nutrient requirements of sheep, goats, and other small ruminants in all stages of life. Proper formulation of diet for small ruminants to maintain good health depends on adequate knowledge of their nutrient requirements. The report provides information on how nutrient requirements vary depending on the breed and age of the animal and whether he or she is exercising, pregnant, or lactating. In addition, the effects of the environment, feed additives, and metabolism modifiers on nutrient requirements are addressed. For the first time, this authoritative reference work includes information on cervids (e.g., deer) and camelids (e.g., camels and llamas). Primarily intended for animal nutritionists, veterinarians, and other scientists, some sections will be useful to individual sheep and goat owners and managers and to those responsible for the care and management of wildlife species.

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'The Raven' is such an elegant film in every aspect: dialogue, setting, costumes, etc. Every scene is so delicate and it unravels rhythmically just like the poem, although at some points it does lack emotion and perhaps even tension. DirectorJames McTeigue did a great job using the poem as a base, filling it in with a few facts about Edgar Allan Poe's life and the city of Baltimore. More than anything I have to give him credit for inserting Poe into a poem of his by allowing him to play detective, it is an interesting twist to his work. This thriller/mystery film pays tribute to the author of the poem as well as the genre itself, by giving us an entertaining artistic story.
Edgar Allan Poe (John Cusack) is the one who takes us by the hand throughout this story; he's daring to earn a living as a writer by trying to get his work published at a local newspaper. No one seems to have any sympathy for the man, who is pretty arrogant, except for a few fans and his girlfriend Emily (Alice Eve). Poe gains credibility with his poem 'The Raven' and a book of grotesque stories of his which is also popular. These macabre stories begin to take a life of their own when a madman feels inspired by them. Between Poe and detective Fields (Luke Evans) they must try to solve each crime to determine the killer's next step and catch him.
Poe spent a great deal of his life being a critic, which is a job mocked in the movie as being "easy", but as one of the biggest writers in the world he was not easy on anyone. One definitely wonders how he would feel about this project, which made him a character inside one of his masterpieces. Just by the premise alone people will either be curious or turned off automatically. Cusack does a fine job at becoming Poe, his dialogue is illustrious but at times his rhymes and poetic prose become a bit irritating. His counterpart Evans on the other hand had flat conversations with Cusack about his romantic life and work, which was supposed to reassure the public about his respect for Poe but instead the conversations felt empty. Some of the action scenes are not very engaging, but the mystery that surrounds them is interesting.
This movie has a darkness and refinement that set a perfect mood for the tale; even the gruesome scenes have a neatness to them. The film is satisfying to a certain degree, it doesn't disappoint, but it also seems to not want to strive for more. It's very clean from beginning to end without taking too many risks, which perhaps was wise; since putting someone as idolized as Edgar Allan Poe as a main character is challenging for both director and fans considering that this is Poe in a different perspective.
Rated: Rated R for bloody violence and grisly images
Release Date: 2012-04-27
Starring: Ben Livingston, Hannah Shakespeare
Official Website: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1486192/#lb-vi733061145


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WASHINGTON (AP) — For all the talk of Washington gridlock, the three branches of government are asserting their powers this week, and sometimes surprising their closest observers.
The Supreme Court kept affirmative action alive on college campuses and cleared the way for gay married couples to get federal benefits. A compromise-crafting Senate passed major immigration legislation. And President Barack Obama issued long-awaited orders to combat climate change.
It's possible these events will ultimately amount to little. The House might stifle the immigration bill, for instance. And the Supreme Court ordered a lower court to look hard at colleges' consideration of race when recruiting students.
Still, the first week of summer proved that all facets of the federal government still pack punches, even in a capital riven by partisanship.
The Supreme Court decisions caused the biggest stirs. The justices infuriated conservative lawmakers by overturning the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
At least as surprising was the decision on affirmative action, which some legal scholars had expected the Supreme Court to curtail severely. The NAACP said it was "pleased that the court chose to affirm that there is a place for race in university admissions."
Others, however, said affirmative action won little more than a reprieve, because new waves of legal challenges to race-conscious admissions seem imminent. And later, the NAACP and other liberal groups expressed dismay at another Supreme Court ruling, which nullified key elements of the Voting Rights Act.
Obama, meanwhile, acknowledged that Congress can reach no agreements on climate change, and announced his own plans to limit heat-trapping gases from coal-fired power plants. Using executive powers, the president laid out the first-ever federal regulations on carbon dioxide emitted by existing power plants, which is partly blamed for global warming and rising sea levels.
Republicans and numerous business groups immediately denounced him. It was a reminder -- as if anyone needed it -- of why it's hard for the federal government to take major steps on the environment and many other fields.
"It is astonishing that President Obama is unilaterally imposing new regulations that will cost jobs and increase energy prices," said House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
Environmental groups welcomed the president's moves, even as they called them long overdue. Environmental activists have grown increasingly frustrated since 2009 as they watched Obama place health care, Wall Street reform, immigration and other priorities ahead of curbing greenhouse gases.
The 2009-2010 congressional struggle to enact Obama's health care overhaul exacerbated Washington's already-intense partisanship. By late 2010 -- when tea party-backed Republicans regained control of the House -- antagonism between the parties grew so heated that once-routine tasks became major chores.
Since then in fact, some of Congress' most consequential actions essentially resulted from the inability to agree on anything. Decision-by-indecision became Washington's new operating method.
In 2011, Senate Republicans devised a strategy that effectively washed Congress' hands of any role in raising the federal debt limit.
Then, when lawmakers struggled for bipartisan spending agreements, they tried to jump-start negotiations by establishing severe national consequences if talks ultimately failed. The talks failed nonetheless, and the once unthinkable consequences -- the "fiscal cliff" tax hikes and "sequestration" spending cuts -- became law this year.
Not terribly long ago, Democrats and Republicans reached agreements to enact budgets, raise the debt limit, pass farm bills and do hundreds of other tasks. Now, bipartisan accords on almost anything will turn heads.
"We have an historic opportunity here in the Senate," Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., said on the chamber floor Tuesday. He was speaking of the immigration bill that would tighten border security and grant pathways to citizenship for people here illegally.
"It doesn't happen very often," Durbin said. "A bipartisan bill! How about that?"
Some Americans, however, see bipartisanship as a betrayal of political principles.
"Primary Rubio!" someone shouted at a recent tea party rally at the Capitol. He was calling for a Republican primary challenge to Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican once seen as a tea party hero, and an author of the bipartisan Senate immigration plan.
The outbreak of robust government actions might not last. Congress is in recess next week, and many people expect a tough road for the immigration legislation in the Republican-controlled House when lawmakers return to Washington.
And Obama -- already accused of not using his presidential powers to inspire enough fear and friendships to advance his agenda -- may find his clout further reduced. The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the president violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate to appoint three people to the National Labor Relations Board.
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UPDATE: http://theexaminer.com/stories/news/man-guilty-stealing-elderly-womans-life-savings [3]
A Nederland man has pleaded guilty to stealing almost $200,000 in life savings from an elderly woman in California.
Bryson Miguel Cendejas was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury April 19, 2012, for felony theft and pleaded guilty to the crime Friday, Oct. 25, 2013.
According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by The Examiner, in April 2010, Laura Murphy Hovsepian of California contacted Cendejas, owner of Golden Triangle Associates in Nederland, to help her sell her gold and platinum coin collection. Hovsepian shipped 160 gold coins and 50 platinum coins in two separate UPS shipments to Golden Triangle Associates.
According to the affidavit, the coins were purchased from the U.S. Money Reserve in Austin for $176,803 and represented Ms. Hovsepian's entire life savings.
It seems Cendejas was eager to receive the coins, telling Hovsepian she was the proud owner of a collection worth at least $1 million, the affidavit said.
Bill McCann of the U.S. Money Reserve valued the collection in Nov. 14, 2011, at $248,564.
In July 2010, Cendejas began sending cashier's checks and money orders from the sale of Hovsepian's coins, first in the amount of $10,549 for the sale of 18 coins, then six $1,000 money orders in the following months for a total payout of $16,549, the affidavit said.
Growing suspicious and worrying about her investment, Hovsepian wondered if Cendejas was trading her coins without her approval and soon demanded Cendejas return the valuable coin collection in January 2011. Cendejas acknowledged the demand by phone, according to the affidavit, and told Hovsepian he would ship the coins back as soon as possible. A second demand for the coins was sent to Cendejas by mail in March 2011 and again, Cendejas said he would ship the coins, according to the affidavit.
No coins were ever shipped back to Hovsepian, and Cendejas never spoke to his aging client again, the affidavit said.
When he appeared in Judge John Stevens' Criminal District Court on Friday, Cendejas was asked by Stevens how he would begin to pay restitution in the case of more than $176,000.
"I'll just have to work and pay it off," Cendejas replied.
Stevens pried further, chastising Cendejas and asking him where all the valuable coins went.
"You're going to steal from an 83-year-old woman and take all her savings?" Stevens said. "Do you have any money at all to pay these people back, sir?"
"Not at the moment, sir," Cendejas replied.
"Where did the money go? How much? 176,000? Where did the money go?" Stevens asked.
"I lost a lot of money in my company," was Cendejas' reply.
Cendejas' defense said ultimately, it was Cendejas' failing business venture that caused Hovsepian's life savings to be eradicated, saying the
business was simply falling apart at the time.
"It certainly fell apart for the 83-year-old woman," Stevens said. "She doesn't have a lot of life left to get this money back to enjoy it."
Cendejas pleaded guilty to felony theft, taking a deal that would give him probation for 10 years, a $1,000 fine and more than $176,000 in restitution.
His formal sentencing is Nov. 18 in Judge John Stevens' Criminal District Court.
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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. – Josh Saunders' 91st minute penalty kick stop allowed two first half Galaxy goals to stand as Los Angeles collected all three points in a 2-1 win at Dick's Sporting Goods Park Saturday night.
The opening 45 minutes set the tone for the victory as a leaky Rapids back line opened the door for Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane, David Beckham and a potent Galaxy attack to strike twice in the first half. Though all signs pointed to a landslide victory after the opening 45, Omar Cummings' fantastic 63rd minute strike set up a dramatic finish in the closing seconds of the match.
With the Rapids desperately looking for the equalizer and energized by a frenzied home crowd, a take-down of Rapids substitute Andre Akpan resulted in referee Ramon Hernandez pointing to the spot despite pleas from the Galaxy. But on the ensuing penalty, Saunders guessed correctly by diving left and driving away Cummings' penalty attempt, allowing the Galaxy to claim their second straight victory thanks to two first-half strikes.
In the 21st minute, David Beckham's pinpoint free kick found an unmarked Mike Magee, who flicked the ball on. Rapids defender Marvell Wynne inadvertently touched the ball into the back of his own net for the opening tally, giving the Galaxy an early 1-0 edge.
In the closing stags of the half, Robbie Keane's through ball found Landon Donovan blowing by Rapids right back Kosuke Kimura, and the US international made no mistake on a classy short-angle finish to send the Galaxy up 2-0 at the half.
But in the second half, Omar Cummings fended off David Lopes for 15 yards and laced one home for his third goal of the season, immediately awakening a once-dormant crowd.
However, he Rapids would be denied a share of the points as the Galaxy held on despite a flurry of late opportunities for the home side, including Saunders' save.
The match started brightly for the home team – it took less than five minutes for the Rapids to strike fear into the Galaxy as Brian Mullan's clever through ball found Omar Cummings, who centered it for a wide open Tony Cascio. However, the rookie whiffed on the close-range shot.
OPTA Chalkboard: Rapids complete 200 more passes, dominate possession
But in the 9th minute, the Galaxy began to plant a solid foot into the match. Donovan found himself all alone in the center of the penalty box for an open header, however, the Galaxy captain inexcusably missed goal on a clear-cut opportunity right in front of net. Donovan's pace drew Rapids keeper Matt Pickens off his line for a sliding clearance two minutes later as the Galaxy spent the majority of the first half successfully finding holes in Colorado's back line.
Following the two goals and the halftime whistle, Pickens needed to be at his best to steer a Beckham blast from just outside the penalty box and over the crossbar.
Edson Buddle's 59th minute header required another stop from a busy Pickens, as the Galaxy continued to maintain pressure on the Rapids in the second half despite the lopsided score. However, it would be the defense that would save the day as LA survived despite being outpossessed 62 percent to 38.
The Galaxy (3-3-0) next host FC Dallas next Saturday, while the Rapids (3-4-0) stay at Dick's Sporting Goods Park to battle Chivas USA next Saturday as well.
Scoring Summary:
LA - Own goal (Marvell Wynne) 21'
LA - Landon Donovan 2 (Robbie Keane 2) 39'
COL - Omar Cummings 3 (unassisted) 63'
Disciplinary Summary:
COL - Jeff Larentowicz (caution) 23'
COL - Kosuke Kimura (caution) 43'
LA - Juninho (caution) 66'
COL - Omar Cummings (caution) 83'
LA - David Junior Lopez (caution) 91'
Colorado Rapids lineup: Matt Pickens, Kosuke Kimura, Drew Moor, Marvell Wynne, Luis Zapata, Jeff Larentowicz, Jaime Castrillon, Kamani Hill (Wells Thompson 78), Brian Mullan (Andre Akpan 88), Tony Cascio, Omar Cummings.
Subs not used: Stew Ceus, Tyrone Marshall, Hunter Freeman, Kohei Yamada, Joseph Nane.
LA Galaxy lineup: Josh Saunders, Sean Franklin, A.J. DeLaGarza, David Junior Lopez, Todd Dunivant, Mike Magee (Pat Noonan 81), Juninho (Michael Stephen 89), David Beckham, Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane, Edson Buddle (Chad Barrett 72)


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Bring-your-own-device, or "BYOD" as it is commonly known throughout the federal IT community, promises greater productivity, lower costs and greater worker satisfaction. IT leaders must balance the perceived benefits of BYOD with existing requirements in addition to new challenges and requirements that often extend beyond traditional agency IT deployments. New devices, capabilities, and use cases have caused agencies to reconsider typical deployments of mobile devices that in the past centered primarily on BlackBerry services.
The Office of Management and Budget reminded agencies on Sept. 27, 2012, that the Federal Information Security Management Act and all other federal information security, privacy and records retention requirements apply to mobile devices:
"All existing federal requirements for data protection and remote access are applicable to mobile devices. For example, the security requirements in OMB Circular A-130, [the National Institute of Standards and Technology's] FIPS 140-2, Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules, NIST FIPS 199, Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems, and NIST FIPS 200, Minimum Security Requirements for Federal Information and Information Systems, apply (including appropriate security controls specified in NIST SP 800-53).
"Agencies should specify security requirements during the acquisition process and ensure that procurements capture the requirements of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (e.g. 52.225-5, Trade Agreements), OMB policy (e.g. M-06-16 and M-07-16), and NIST standards and guidelines. Additional guidance regarding the use and management of mobile devices will be developed as appropriate."
Traditional requirementsUnderstanding the requirements in that statement will be crucial for agencies that wish to successfully deploy BYOD capabilities. The main areas of focus for OMB were whole-device encryption and mobile device management capabilities. Mobile device encryption is explained in OMB M-06-16 and can be summarized as ensuring the full device is encrypted using FIPS 140-2 validated encryption, that multifactor authentication is used and, finally, that all requirements of FISMA and NIST are met.
The requirements of FISMA are most often met through the functions provided by Mobile Device Management. MDM solutions often include but are not limited to: user administration, geo-location services, remote lock services, remote wipe services, application installation, removal, and update capabilities, records retention, eDiscovery, legal hold, and FOIA search and preserve capability.
At a high level, these functions map back to the requirements of FIPS-200 and NIST Special Publication 800-53. Without these functions, a solution would likely not be considered compliant with FISMA and would most likely expose the agency to breaches or compromise. The existing requirements for mobile devices should form the foundation of an agency's BYOD deployment.
New requirementsBYOD presents numerous new requirements from technological, cultural and managerial perspectives. The CIO Council published a BYOD toolbox that explains some of the new requirements:
These new requirements entail a multi-disciplinary implementation approach from agencies to ensure they do not violate employee rights or agreements. From the CIO's perspective, a BYOD deployment will be different from any other IT project. A successful deployment will require bringing several organizational groups to the IT table that may normally not be present.
Finance and budget personnel need to be involved to ensure BYOD actually saves the agency money and is consistent with an agency's budget authority. Costs associated with increased complexity, help desk support, multiple devices and OS support must be considered. Many budget officers will also cite concerns surrounding budget augmentation that should be determined in writing with the aid of legal counsel. Finally, the agency must determine what, if any, re-imbursement an employee or contractor is entitled to receive. The results from the budget office could tip the scales towards or away from BYOD deployment.
In addition to reviewing concerns about financial augmentation and employee reimbursement, legal counsel should be involved in several areas. Agencies must determine what impact BYOD may have concerning existing labor bargaining agreements. They must also determine what privacy rights the employee or contractor is entitled to under the Privacy Act and how those rights should be protected. Finally, legal counsel must address e-discovery, FOIA, and legal hold considerations. In many cases, a legal hold may involve copying, seizing or imaging a complete personal mobile device.
Handling device proliferation CIOs operating a single device, single operating system, and single carrier mobile device program also have a challenge in ensuring a multitude of new devices, manufacturers, carriers, operating systems, and operation modes are supported in their infrastructure when they transition to BYOD. This additional complexity can quickly increase the cost of implementing a BYOD program. As noted in the CIO Council's toolbox, a careful survey of the employee and contactor population can provide the CIO with a measure of organizational interest and some information about the devices used by an agency's workforce.
It is also important to consider the interaction between BYOD and "Cloud First" initiatives the agency may have under way. Many agencies are adopting cloud e-mail solutions with integrated document sharing and collaboration environments. Data loss prevention mechanisms in cloud environments may be quite different from those that protect the on-premises network, and this can present security challenges when a heterogeneous array of enrolled devices are allowed access.
Through careful collaboration, research, and secure implementation, BYOD promises greater employee satisfaction and cost savings for the agencies. CIOs must fully understand not only new requirements, but also existing requirements to ensure a BYOD deployment would not expand costs or increase an agency's security and privacy exposure.
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The Federal Information Security Management Act creates some real challenges for BYOD implementation for government agencies, but I think they can look at some of the solutions that healthcare has come up with to meet the data security challenges of the HIPAA requirements. Our hospital is a good example of this; as we are taking a HIPAA compliant texting API by Tigertext called TigerConnect, and putting it together with a secure email PAI and the Dropbox API to make a security app that all the staff and doctors will install on their phones and tablets to ensure HIPAA compliance and security. Government agencies may have to implement a similar program for their BYOD implementations.
Superb article! Finally someone is looking at the entire requirements instead of focusing on the "could be" and unrealistic cost savings. This article is very timely given the latest Army IG report.
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When Michigan voters in 2006 banned racial discrimination by the state's colleges, they actually committed discrimination.
At least, that was the paradoxical, Humpty Dumpty ruling this month by a sharply divided federal court. It was a redefining of discrimination, and calls for correction by the U.S. Supreme Court.
When Michigan voters in 2006 banned racial discrimination by the state's colleges, they actually committed discrimination.
At least, that was the paradoxical, Humpty Dumpty ruling this month by a sharply divided federal court. It was a redefining of discrimination, and calls for correction by the U.S. Supreme Court.
At issue was Michigan's 2006 Proposal 2, also known as the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative (MCRI), a state constitutional amendment passed overwhelmingly by voters. It banned using race, sex, ethnicity, color or national origin as factors in government hiring, government contracting or admission to public universities.
The principle is basic. Government should treat individuals equally under law regardless of race, color, sex, etc. Giving preference to certain groups in competition, whether for contracts or admission, puts people from other groups at a disadvantage based on features they're born with.
Opponents, including the group By Any Means Necessary, objected because the law blocks college race-based affirmative action entry programs. In those, applicants from "underrepresented" minorities were given extra points based on such factors as their race or color. On Nov. 16, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati narrowly ruled 8-7 that, yes, using the constitution to ban racial discrimination by colleges was itself discriminatory.
The court ruling focused not on race but procedure. Eight judges ruled that, by putting the race-preference ban into the constitution, Michigan violated the 14th Amendment by making that issue harder to challenge than other preferences. "Legacy points," for example, are often awarded to children of alumni. Foes of that policy might seek change by running against university regents, the majority said, but Proposal 2 upset the "political structure."
The seven other judges, however, issued scathing dissents.
"If there is one feature of affirmative-action programs that favors their constitutionality, it is that they grow out of the democratic process," wrote Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton. " ... Yet this lawsuit turns these assumptions on their head. Democracy, it turns out, has nothing to do with it."
"For the first time," Judge Julia Smith Gibbons wrote, "the presumptively invalid policy of racial and gender preference has been judicially entrenched as beyond the political process."
"Today's decision is the antithesis of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment," Judge Richard A. Griffin added. "I urge the Supreme Court to consign this misguided doctrine to the annals of judicial history."
The dissenting judges are right for many reasons, and these in particular.
First, testimony showed Michigan university regents do not set admissions policies. They long ago handed that off to unelected faculty. "Having little or no direct or indirect influence on the bodies that actually set admissions standards — the faculty committees — the people of Michigan made a political change at the only level of government actually available to them as voters," Gibbons wrote.
She and other judges also noted no evidence to suggest that making opponents win a statewide referendum the same way MCRI-backers did is any more burdensome than the effort needed to win multiple elections for multiple years to capture all of the state's university boards.
Second, giving MCRI-related features such as race, sex and others extra preservation is not novel but common. Federal law, in fact, singles out those as "protected characteristics." A college admissions officer can joke about where or whether your parents went to college — those are not protected characteristics — but he risks violating federal law if he jokes about your race. Michigan voters simply took those same protected characteristics and applied them to government contracts and admissions — just as the U.S. Constitution bans biases selectively.
Colleges are plagued more by tuition inflation than by non-diversity. They could and should do more to assist applicants from poorer backgrounds. That would tend to help many of the same students who affirmative action programs target, yet would not harm applicants — Asian-Americans, for example — who some colleges believe to be "overrepresented."
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette should definitely appeal the Sixth Circuit's ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. Given that the Ninth Circuit has upheld a California bias ban virtually identical to Michigan's, it's probable the high court would take the case and resolve the conflict.
Hopefully, that will rescue the will of Michigan voters to ban egregious biases from the lower court's Humpty Dumpty logic.


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Growing criticism of Israel's West Bank operation
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Thousands of Israeli soldiers have been combing the West Bank inch by inch, searching homes, crawling into caves and even pumping wells to try to find three teens who Israel says were abducted by the Islamic militant Hamas.
But nearly two weeks into Israel's most extensive military operation in the West Bank in a decade, there's no sign of the missing.
With the disappearance unresolved, Israel has been using the searches to try to dismantle Hamas' operations in the West Bank. Israel says it has delivered a painful blow to Hamas, arresting 270 Hamas activists and raiding more than 60 businesses and institutions linked to the group.
But in broadening the goals of the campaign, Israel has invited growing criticism, following the initial condemnation of the abductions by Palestinian leaders and the international community.
Palestinian officials say the sweep is boosting the Islamic militants' popularity at the expense of Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. They say Israeli forces have needlessly escalated tensions, targeting sites with tenuous links to Hamas while sparking protests that have left four Palestinians dead — including a teenager.
They also argue that after years of Israeli and Palestinian crackdowns, Hamas was already weak when the new sweep began.
"Israel has no real targets," said Maj. Gen. Adnan Damiri of the Palestinian security forces. "Israel is doing a show."
In Israel, some asked why Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hasn't come forward with what he claims is "unequivocal" proof of Hamas involvement in the June 12 abduction of three Jewish seminary students in the West Bank.
Others warned that pushing too hard could also endanger a key Israeli interest — continued security coordination with Abbas' forces.
Netanyahu has demanded that Abbas dismantle the Hamas-backed unity government he formed earlier this month.
Abbas has said Israel has presented no proof of Hamas involvement in the kidnapping and that the unity government is following his political program.
"After the Americans and Europeans supported the unity government, Israel used this abduction to weaken and embarrass the Palestinian Authority," Damiri said.
In the international community, there were first signs of concern about possible overreach by Israel.
Israeli must avoid "punishing individuals for offenses they have not personally committed," senior U.N. official Jeffrey Feltman told the Security Council Monday.
As part of the battle for international public opinion, the parents of the missing teens spoke to U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday.
Rachelle Fraenkel, mother of 16-year-old Naftali, said she was grateful for the worldwide condemnation of the kidnappings, but that "much more can be done and should be done by many" to bring the teens home.
She told the council about the missing — that her son plays guitar, another youth loves sports and the third is an amateur pastry chef.
She also shared the parents' anguish.
"My son texted me, he said he is on his way home. And then he is gone. Every mother's nightmare is waiting and waiting endlessly for her child to come home," said Fraenkel who, like Naftali, has dual Israeli-American citizenship.
In Israel, the fate of the teens has become an obsession, with intensive media coverage and prayer vigils. It was reminiscent of the aftermath of the capture of an Israeli soldier, Gilad Schalit, by Hamas-allied militants in Gaza in 2006. Israel traded more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for Schalit in 2011, dozens of whom have seen been re-arrested, some in the current sweep.
There were signs Tuesday that the West Bank campaign is winding down ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
Israeli media quoted military officials as saying the campaign against Hamas is being scaled back for lack of targets. Four Palestinians were detained overnight Tuesday, the lowest number since the start of the operation.
Israel's military chief, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, said there are no plans to halt the search, but acknowledged that "with the passage of time, fears grow." He said the working assumption is that the youths are still alive.
Asked whether Israel is winding down the operation, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said soldiers are "concentrated on a focused operation."
The risks of Israel's clampdown became apparent over the weekend in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Early Sunday, Israeli troops searched a downtown printing company with purported links to Hamas.
Palestinians threw stones, first at Israeli soldiers and then at a Palestinian police station. The demonstrators were angry because the Palestinian officers had remained indoors during the Israeli raid, one of the rules of security cooperation.
Such cooperation has been in place since Hamas seized the Gaza Strip from Abbas in 2007, and Abbas wanted to avoid a repeat in the West Bank.
Abbas publicly defended security cooperation even after the newest Israeli crackdown, putting him at odds with much of his public.
"We don't want security coordination," about 200 marchers chanted Monday in Ramallah, but were blocked by Palestinian riot police.
Netanyahu has blamed Hamas from the start for the kidnapping.
The top Hamas leader, Khaled Mashaal, said Monday he has no information about the kidnappers, but said they are "blessed" if they took hostages that can help press for the freedom of Palestinians held by Israel.
The raids of offices and companies with purported Hamas ties have yielded 700,000 shekels ($200,000) in cash, a pile of green Hamas flags, a few hand grenades, firecrackers, computer discs and posters glorifying Hamas militants, said Maj. Guy Inbar, an Israeli defense official.
Palestinian officials said Abbas' security forces and Israel troops had already dismantled the Hamas infrastructure over the past seven years, firing Hamas-linked mosque preachers, shutting down the group's charities and drying up the flow of donations from abroad.
Ghassan Khatib, vice president of Bir Zeit University near Ramallah, said that when Israeli forces raided the campus a few days ago, they walked away with flags, posters and other materials used by one of the student groups, the Islamic bloc, during recent student council elections.
"They are not doing anything serious at all," said Khatib, a former Palestinian Authority spokesman. "Instead, they are increasing public admiration for Hamas."
Under the Palestinian unity deal, Abbas has nominally regained control of Gaza after seven years of Hamas rule. But in reality, Hamas remains in charge.
Late Tuesday, Gaza militants fired at least four rockets into southern Israel. The army said the Iron Dome defense system intercepted two rockets, while the others fell in open areas, causing no injuries or damage.
Associated Press writer Ian Deitch in Jerusalem contributed to this report.


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The Raiders announced the signing of two-time Pro Bowl long-snapper Jon Condo to a three-year contract extension Sunday, their second special teams move of the week.
Condo, in his seventh season out of Maryland, joins place kicker Sebastian Janikowski, whose contract extension was announced Friday.
Selected to the Pro Bowl following the 2009 and 2011 seasons, Condo was a reluctant snapper as a college linebacker at the University of Maryland.
"I hated it. I was playing outside linebacker and there was no other snapper and they just threw me in there,'' Condo said. "It took away from the defensive side of the ball. The coach keep doing this and you can make some money, you can make a living out of it.''
The Raiders discovered how valuable Condo was in the season opener last season, when he sustained a concussion on kick coverage. Issues with emergency snapper Travis Goethel helped contribute to a 22-14 loss to the San Diego Chargers.
The financial commitments to Janikowski and Condo, plus the signing of return specialist and coverage player Josh Cribbs, along with the addition of special teams coach Bobby April, illustrate the importance the Raiders are putting on special teams.
"There's a definitely an emphasis on the special teams,'' Condo said. "You look at the great teams, it's good defenses and great special teams. It's all about field position, where you start, and making explosive plays on the punt team or punt return, it's huge and a momentum builder and it can break down the opposing team.''
Terms of Condo's contract were not available.
_ Quick hits from the Raiders training camp practice Sunday morning:
— Lots of players sitting it out either due to injury or getting a rest, including six projected defensive starters _ defensive tackle Vance Walker, defensive tackle Pat Sims, defensive end Lamarr Houston, linebacker Sio Moore, cornerback Tracy Porter and cornerback Mike Jenkins.
Also out was right guard Mike Brisiel, with the interesting shift of Khalif Barnes from right tackle to right guard with Alex Barron taking over at first team right tackle.
First-team corners with Porter and Jenkins out were D.J. Hayden (still in a no-contact red shirt) and Chimdi Chekwa. Kaelin Burnett replaced Moore, joining his brother Keith and Nick Roach as the first-team linebackers.
— The Raiders worked out defensive end Ryan Baker following practice because of injuries along the defensive line
— Offensive players wore silver jerseys, having won them from the defense during Saturday's afternoon session.
— During a two-minute drill session, first-team quarterback Matt Flynn drove the offense to a touchdown capped by a perfect back-footed flip to Rod Streater in the back of the end zone against Chekwa.
Pryor led the second-team to a score, rolling right and finding Jacoby Ford in the right corner of the end zone.
— Left tackle Jared Veldheer was back at practice after leaving Saturday's session with a triceps injury and getting an MRI.
— Season-ticket holders got on wide receiver Andre Holmes for a pair of drops during drills, then cheered wildly when he held on to one.
— Running back Darren McFadden continues to look strong as he always does during training camp. When games begin, however, expect most of the work to go to the likes of Deonte Williams and James Stewart.
— Practice ended with team sessions that were run at approximately half-speed.


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CINCINNATI — University of Cincinnati right-handed pitcher Christian McElroy (Middletown, Ohio/Monroe/Sinclair CC) became the third UC draftee in 2012 when the Cincinnati Reds selected him with the 982nd overall pick in the 32nd round of the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft on Wednesday.
McElroy becomes the second right-hander from UC drafted by the hometown Reds in as many years after Dan Jensen was taken by the Reds in the 20th round of the 2011 MLB Draft.
McElroy, a 6-foot-4 redshirt sophomore, pitched in 13 ballgames with nine starts for the Bearcats in 2012, posting a 4.41 ERA with four wins and 46 strikeouts in 63 1-3 innings pitched. McElroy finished the season ranked sixth in the BIG EAST Conference in fewest hits allowed (59) and 12th in opponent batting average (.252).
McElroy was named to BIG EAST Honor Roll for his performance at Notre Dame on April 15, when he tied his career-high of seven innings pitched and allowed just one unearned run on three hits with four strikeouts. In his second-to-last start of the season May 13 at Villanova, McElroy recorded a career-best eight strikeouts while allowing just one earned run in 6 2-3 innings.
After right-hander Zach Isler (Union, Ky./Covington Catholic) was taken by the Chicago White Sox in the eighth round and outfielder Jake Proctor (Cincinnati, Ohio/Oak Hills) was chosen in the 14th round by the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday, McElroy's selection gives UC a trio of draftees in the same year for the first time since 2009 and the fifth time in program history (1977, 1988, 2001). The 2008 draft class saw a school-record four Bearcats selected.


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SYDNEY, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Juan Martin del Potro escaped the upset bug that took out four other seeded players Wednesday at the Apia International Sydney tennis tournament.
Del Potro lost his serve twice in the first set of a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 decision over Nicolas Mahut. He had 14 of his 15 aces and won nearly two-thirds of the points on serve the rest of the way.
No. 4-seeded Dmitry Tursunov also needed three sets to get by Lukas Rosol 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 as seeded players went 2-4 Wednesday in the second round in Sydney.
Alexandr Dolgopolov roared past second-seeded Jerzy Janowicz 6-2, 6-2 in 56 minutes. Dolgopolov lost only seven points in eight games serving and broke Janowicz's serve four times.
Marinko Matosevic also didn't drop serve in a 6-3, 6-4 upset of third-seeded Andreas Seppi while Sergiy Stakhovsky took out No. 6-seeded Julien Benneteau 6-3, 6-2 and Denis Istomin was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Marin Cilic, the No. 7 seed.
Radek Stepanek grabbed a quarterfinal spot opposite del Potro with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) decision over Albert Ramos and defending champion Bernard Tomic edged by Blaz Kavcic 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in Wednesday's other matches.


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Tejon Anthony
Western Tech, 132 pounds, junior
Making history defines Anthony, who went 35-4 and became the first "Triple Crown" winner at Western Tech when he won the Baltimore County, 2A-1A North regional and state championships at 120 pounds last season. He beat Oakland Mills' Tony Farace, a three-time state champion, in the state semifinals.
C.J. Austin
Fallston, 152 pounds, senior
Austin went 37-2 a year ago, coming within two points of winning a 2A-1A state title at 145 pounds. With inspiration for this season after the close defeat, the Fallston standout plans to use his three years of postseason experience to capture the 2A-1A crown.
Wes Cook
Winters Mill, 145 pounds, senior
A 44-3 season, highlighted by 26 pins, propelled Cook to the Carroll County, 2A-1A West regional and state titles at 138 pounds. The Falcons wrestler's deceptive speed is a strength that allows him to work his game plan to its finish.
Michael Doetsch
Severn, 106 pounds, freshman
Even at 106 pounds, Doetsch is undersized for the weight class. His hard-nosed and determined attitude earned respect in junior league competition, and Doetsch's development under coach Art Saumenig should be compelling.
Ryan Friedman
St. Paul's, 113 pounds, sophomore
Following in the footsteps of his brother, Eric, who graduated as a four-time Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association and Maryland Independent Schools state champion, Ryan brings experience, toughness and technique to the mat. He moves up this year from 106 pounds.
Toby Hague
McDonogh, 160 pounds, junior
Hague routinely gave away 10 to 12 pounds in each match while wrestling in the 160-pound weight class as a sophomore, but he still won a MIAA title and finished second in the MIS and National Preps tournaments. Will his success continue this season?
Cameron Harrell
Broadneck, 132 pounds, sophomore
As a freshman last season, Harrell's confidence led him to a 36-2 record and a 4A-3A state championship at 120 pounds. This year, his mental toughness will face new tests as the Bruins wrestler moves up to 132 pounds.
Corey Huntley
Archbishop Curley, 126 pounds, junior
At 113 pounds, Huntley enjoyed a super sophomore season as he swept the MIAA, MIS and National Preps championships. He can control the tempo of matches and dominate opponents, which was demonstrated by his 40-3 record last year.
Logan Kirby
River Hill, 195 pounds, junior
Kirby earned respect last year with a runner-up finish in the 4A-3A state tournament at 195 pounds. With strong work ethic and commitment, the Hawks wrestler is looking to finish one spot better this season.
Zeke Salvo
Mount St. Joseph, 126 pounds, junior
Exhibiting excellent skills and a strong mat awareness at Perry Hall, Salvo went 36-2 and earned the 4A-3A state title at 106 pounds. After transferring to Mount St. Joseph, he'll look to move up three weight classes and find similar success against private-school competition.
Other notables:
Jacob Asher, Dulaney
Rowan Belch, Broadneck
Shane Cockerille, Gilman
Nathan Cook, Harford Tech
Sean Donoghue, Century
Nyonbou Farley, Kenwood
Ismail Grady, Poly
Cole Graves, Archbishop Spalding
Matt Green, Perry Hall
Dion Harvin, National Academy Foundation
William Holder-Moore, Bel Air
Eddie Howlette, Glenelg Country
Corey Jones, Poly
Joe Kendrick, Mount Hebron
Kevin Kinyua, Joppatowne
Billy Krop, St. Paul's
James Krug, Sparrows Point
Wayne Maddox, Dundalk
Myles Martin, McDonogh
Emmett Mobley, City
David Mohler, Loyola
Akintola Morakinyo, Wilde Lake
Pat Mullens, Atholton
Jack Mutchnik, St. Paul's
Ridge Myers, Fallston
Bryce Pappas, St. Mary's
Steven Schmitz, South Carroll
Conan Schuster, Loyola
Austin Seivold, Calvert Hall
Nick Shearin, Centennial
Malik Smith, North County
Mike Still, Archbishop Spalding
Scott Strappelli, John Carroll
Michael Sullivan, Reservoir
Ben Swanson, C.M. Wright
George Weber, John Carroll
Tyrell Wells, Randallstown
Eli Winston, Digital Harbor
Anthony Wyler, Boys' Latin
Jeff Zander, Severna Park


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Springtime safety tips for your pets
Springtime safety tips for your pets
Spring has sprung, and with the change of season, our thoughts inevitably turn to Easter celebrations, spring cleaning and much-needed home improvement projects. But the new balmy weather can prove not-so-sunny for curious pets—or their unwitting parents. Before you embark on seasonal chores or outdoor revelry, take inventory of potential springtime hazards for your delicate, furry friend. To help you out, our ASPCA experts have come up with a few seasonal tips that will help prevent mishaps or misfortunes.
Click here for some great ways to protect your pet this spring


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Great Granola
I tried Jamie Oliver's home made muesli the other day. I've never tried making it myself but it was both rather quick and above all very easy.
Here's my version of his version ( I make a double batch, or else it'll be eaten in just 3 days…)
Begin with
- 400 g oatmeal
- 150 g of almond (becomes fantastic when roasted)
- 100 g seeds (50 pumpkin/50 sunflower)
- 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 3-4 tablespoons honey or maple syrup
- drizzles of canola oil
Combine the above dry ingredients and spread in two oven trays. Drizzle honey/syrup and oil, mix well and put trays in the middle of the oven 175C. Let sit for 25 min and stir the mixture every 5 minutes. Don't leave the kitchen, the mix will burn easily. Meanwhile chop dried fruit.
Afterwards add:
200 g chopped dried fruits of your choice. I like cranberries, dates and apricots.
Other suggestions: raisins, figs.
Add the fruit to the mix then it's out of the oven and let everything cool. Store in airtight containers for up to 2 weeks. Serve with ice cold milk/yoghurt/sour milk.


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Worried about how you're going to pay for retirement? Join the club. A PBS Frontline documentary called The Retirement Gamble shows that you're in good company. The silver lining: a brighter spotlight on hidden fees, plus information to help make the most of whatever you can sock away.
Kudos to journalist Martin Smith, who 'fessed up to the common mistake of saving for his kids' education at the expense of his own retirement security (more on why it's okay – and necessary – to put your retirement first). Life events like a divorce didn't help his retirement bottom line. Like many others, he'll likely be working until his mid-70s. But at least he'll be doing it on his own terms as a small business owner.
Other brave people in the documentary put a human side on the realities of the stock market bubble, being younger and afraid of what the future holds, and being older, out of work, and under water on your home. What will likely hit home for many: how long-term unemployment can drain your retirement nest egg when you have no other way to pay for the roof over your head and your other bills.
If you watched "Gamble" and you're not that familiar with how fees play into the retirement planning industry, it was likely an eye-opener. In fact, seven out of 10 people don't know that they pay 401(k) fees according to this study conducted for AARP. Instead of a retirement security system, finance journalist Helaine Olen calls the patchwork of what Americans are dealing with "a retirement mess."
Here are some key takeaways from the documentary, and some information to help – whether you're mid-30s to mid-50s or beyond.
- Fees matter to 401(k)s and IRAs, and could erode your retirement savings by as much as 30% over time. You may be paying as much as 10 times more than your neighbor or spouse. Grab your statement and try AARP's 401(k) fees calculator (available to all regardless of age).
- Retirement jargon can be overwhelming – but it doesn't have to be. This online glossary from 401khelpcenter.com makes it easy to look up key terms.
- If you have a financial advisor, ask how they are compensated (and make sure elderly relatives do the same). Financial designations are confusing, and more than 85% of financial advisors have a vested interest in pushing certain products. Fee-only planners work for you, and it's important to know what to ask.
- Index funds are your friends. Also known as exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, this form of fund is available in many 401(k) offerings. They tend to have much lower expenses than actively managed mutual funds, and better performance over time is a win-win for your retirement bottom line.
- Social Security remains a vital safety net for all generations. You've paid into it for decades, and odds are you're going to need more than your own IRA or 401(k) to get by. About one-third of current retirees live on a Social Security benefit of around $1,236 per month (and didn't have self-funded investment options in their early work years). Long-term solvency will take some fine-tuning, but Social Security will be there for our children and grandchildren.
Worried that you're past 50 without enough saved and you'll never catch up? Take a deep breath and get some wisdom and action-oriented advice via Barbara Friedberg's article.
Above all, be glad that Americans are finally talking about the importance of saving for the future and what can get in the way – and that more employers are getting clued in to the value of older workers. Cheers to raising awareness, and to greater retirement security for all.
Let us know your thoughts in the comments. If you're on Twitter follow @AARPMoney and join the conversation there, too.
Also of Interest
- Foriegn Lottery Scams Target Older Americans
- Why Is Social Security Stockpiling Bullets?
- Join AARP: Savings, resources and news for your well-being
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Holy Name priest and nun achieve remarkable lives of service
IN A time when people change jobs as often as hairstyles, one man's lifelong commitment to the Catholic Church stands out like a beacon.
Fr Thomas Keegan has spent the past 60 years doing God's work in Australia, after arriving by boat from Ireland in 1953.
His story is an inspiring one, littered with tales of sacrifice and fulfilment.
As a child, Fr Keegan always knew his life's path lay with the church.
"Every time my Aunt Lizzie and the other women would come over, they would ask me 'What are you going to be when you grow up Tommy? You're going to be a priest, aren't you?'"
"'Oh, of course,' I would reply.
"That was when I was four or five years old."
He went straight from school to the seminary at St Patrick's College in Tipperary - the same college in which the first bishop of Toowoomba James Byrne was educated and ordained.
"We went in and became kinds of mercenaries," Fr Keegan said.
"It was a case of 'Where do I go now to be a priest?'
The rector, a former neighbour of Bishop James Byrne, suggested Toowoomba.
"When I asked what sort of a place Toowoomba was, he told me there was lots of elbow room," Fr Keegan said.
"Never a truer word was spoken."
Times have certainly changed since Fr Keegan came ashore on Australian soil and headed to Toowoomba in 1953.
There were six other priests on board the ship, alongside 14 nuns.
"I've been here from the days of camel traffic to the days of the satellite," he said.
"In those days, there was an abundance of priests in the Toowoomba Diocese."
So many, in fact, that one-fifth were "on loan" to other dioceses as far afield as Western Australia
Fr Keegan's first placement was closer to home, spending his first few years of priesthood in Warwick.
His first post as a parish priest was in Cunnamulla, before eventually taking up the post at the Holy Name Parish in 1988.
"I used to love writing home to tell my family that my parish was twice the size of the whole of Ireland," he said.
Half century of devotion
VERY few things have remained the same over the past 50 years, but Sr Margaret Norris' devotion to upholding the values of the Catholic Church has broken that mould.
In February, she will celebrate half a century since becoming a Sister of Mercy and setting about doing God's work.
Her path was not always clear to her, but her faith was always strong - as was her love of music.
Born-and-bred in Toowoomba, Sr Margaret received her childhood education at St Saviour's College.
"Music played a big part in teaching at Catholic schools in those days," she said.
St Saviour's would become permanent fixture in her life, returning after graduation to become a music teacher.
For six years, she continued in the role before joining the Sisters of Mercy.
The idea first came to her at 19, but soon fell by the wayside.
"Circumstances brought the idea back into my mind at the age of 23," she said.
Five years of training followed before she was professed and entered a journey that took her all across southern Queensland.
She was living and working at All Hallows' Convent in Brisbane in 1975 when a St Saviour's nun fell ill and she was transferred to take her place.
"Life was so different then," she said.
"When I arrived here we had 20 sisters - now there are only two."
She still lives at the school but joined Holy Name Parish in 1993.
She continued teaching music at St Saviour's until 2006, but the school still holds a dear place in her heart.
"When I came back to teaching at St Saviour's the children would very often some come in and ask if I remembered their mothers from school," she said.
"Eventually, they began asking if I knew their grandmothers.
"If I was still teaching, I think they would be asking about their great-grandmothers now."
- Fr Thomas Keegan will celebrate his 60th Jubilee together with Sr Margaret Norris's 50th anniversary on Sunday, February 10 at Holy Name Catholic Church.
- All parishioners are welcome to attend the 10.30am mass, followed by a celebration lunch.
- To RSVP call 4632 1899.


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Procuring Healthy Foods
Promising Practices for Building a Healthy Inventory
Healthy Food Outlets Map
This Healthy Food Outlets map is intended for food shelves to use to identity nearby food sources and establish connections with them. If you are interested in reaching out to a nearby food source, please consider connecting with MHD staff or with the nearby food shelves to make a "coordinated ask" from these donors. To view details about each point on the map including level of interest in the food shelf network, existing relationships, days and hours of business, and food resources or needs, hold your cursor over the object of interest and right click. Do note that more information is available for some of the locations than others. Please email [email protected] if you find any incorrect information or have questions about this resource.
Food Rescue
Second Harvest Heartland's Food Rescue Program diverts millions of pounds of food that would otherwise be thrown away to food shelves. Member agencies can contact the food bank to establish a relationship with a retail outlet and receive rescued food, including fresh produce and whole grain items.
Retail Outreach Strategy
Food shelves that are not members of Second Harvest Heartland are encouraged to conduct retail outreach using this Retail Outreach Strategy guide for soliciting healthy donations.
Food Safety Guidelines
Offering healthy items like whole grains and fresh produce is a safe, legal practice that reduces clients' risk of obesity and chronic disease. Fresh produce and whole grains are non-potentially hazardous foods that do not always require refrigeration, but should be sourced and transported responsibly. For more information about food safety, review these MDH and MDA guidelines in addition to consulting your local regulatory inspector.
Grow a Giving Garden
A Giving Garden is an innovative way for a business or organization to help its employees and community become healthier. Beneficiaries of the seasonal, fresh produce would be local food shelves that participate in the Minneapolis Healthy Food Shelf Network. Learn more about Giving Gardens here. Share the idea of Giving Gardens with others! Access a printable handout!
Grow a Giving Garden Resource Guide
Healthy items are not regularly donated to food shelves and are often expensive for food shelves to purchase on their own. However, food shelves and their customers love receiving fresh, high quality produce! This Grow a Giving Garden Resource Guide is intended to guide businesses or organizations through the process of starting and maintaining a worksite Giving Garden. A Giving Garden offers a bounty of benefits to employees and the business/organization itself. In addition, by donating produce from a Giving Garden to a local food shelf, businesses or organizations can help provide nutritious foods for individuals and families in need, and contribute to the overall well-being of their community.
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A definition could be written here, but it still would not do the perfection that is Audrey Hepburn justice.
"Audrey Hepburn? You mean that actress who starred in Breakfast at Tiffany's and Roman Holiday? Oh, she has such elegance and grace, I could go on forever about her!"
by Audrey Adorer October 16, 2011
the epitome of class and style; could wear heels like nobody's business; UNICEF ambassador
Audrey Hepburn says, "Quell night!"
by Kate April 07, 2004
One of the few people ever to truly possess grace. Star of, among others : my fair lady, roman holiday, breakfast at tiffany's, etc. Spent part of her childhood under the Nazis; out of hunger, was forced to eat tulip bulbs and try to bake bread out of grass.
Audrey Hepburn was frickin amazing; like a fairy tale.
by IamI May 17, 2005
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The most beautiful woman who ever lived.
by Holly Golightly July 01, 2004
Flawless actress (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston in Belgium on May 4, 1929) with a low voice and known for her incredible grace, swan neck, and enviable figure. She was double-barreled by her father to the surname Hepburn. Her family starved throughout her childhood because of lack of money due to the war, and which she put it in her head that she didn't need food to get by. She taught ballet to local girls for extra money for food. This had a lasting effect on her body for the rest of her life, she vowed to herself to never exceed 103 pounds (except when she was pregnant). Being so slim caused her to have several miscarriages but ended up having two children. She was married twice. First to Mel Ferrer and then to Andrea Dotti. She passed away in Switzerland January of '93 due to a year long battle with colon cancer. She first starred in the 1951 Broadway play Gigi and is known for many movies such as Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Charade, and My Fair Lady.
The lovely lady with huge doe eyes and perfect bone structure. Yep, That's Miss Audrey Hepburn.
by FemmmeFatale April 12, 2011
Born Edda Kathleen von Heemstra Hepburn -Ruston on May 4, 1929 in Brussels, Belgium. Physical stats= 5'7" 116lbs. 34"-20"-34". Star of such notable movies as Breakfast at Tiffanys and Sabrina. Considered by many to be on of greatest actors of all time. Devoted later years as U.N.I.C.E.F. ambassador in Africa and other impovershed regions. Extremly self consience and fought deppression. Died of Cancer JAn 20, 1993.
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October 23, 2012
Hurray for Solos and Small Firms
From the Editor
Hurray for Solos and Small Firms
In North America, roughly two-thirds of the lawyers in private practice work as solos or in firms of two to ten lawyers. They are the unsung heroes of our profession, doing the day-to-day legal work required by millions of individuals and small businesses.
Although solos and small firm lawyers are frequently out of sight and out of mind in the mainstream media, not so here at Law Practice or in the ABA LPM Section. Solos and small firm lawyers seem to recognize the value we deliver. So in this special small firm-focused issue, we are pleased to help them with a valuable set of articles on practical tools for more successful and profitable practices. A note to lawyers in midsize and large firms, though—don't put this issue aside. You will find that most of the advice is relevant to you, too, because it focuses on what individual lawyers can do to better serve their clients and run their practices.
We open with the important topic of client service. Catherine Sanders Reach points out that all of our clients are online and using technology–and they expect their lawyers to be technology literate, too. She provides some practical advice on various technology tools that can be used to improve client service. Also, for small firms attracting and keeping quality staff can be a struggle. Pascale Daigneault describes some out-of-the box ideas for cultivating a positive work environment and a happier, more productive staff.
DIY marketing is the rule at solo and small firms where there is no marketing department or big marketing budget. Solo Michele Allinotte outlines how you can use traditional marketing along with some of the new social media tools to keep clients coming through the door. For even more help on the business development front, Steven Shaer's article will help you excel at the three most dreaded networking moments: greeting strangers, introducing yourself and making small talk.
Managing a trust account is likely near the top of many lawyers' most disliked but necessary tasks lists. And this shows as trust account issues are among the most frequent trouble spots when it comes to transgressions of the rules. So don't miss Sheila Blackford's excellent refresher on how to properly manage your trust account.
See you at ABA TECHSHOW! This issue includes a preview of the great programs that will be presented at the 25th ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago April 11-13. I'm particularly excited about keynoter Lawrence Lessig. Read the Q&A with Paul Unger inside for more details, and join us in Chicago!
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UK gov to create central procurement team
New body will contract for widely used goods and services at single price
The Cabinet Office is to create a central team for the procurement of widely used goods and services for the whole of government. Named Government Procurement, it will set up contracts that use a single price for a specific good or service, and is aimed at removing disparities in price between departments.
It will be led by the government chief procurement officer, John Collington, and draw members from the government procurement agency Buying Solutions and departmental buying teams.
In announcing the move, the Cabinet Office highlighted previous examples of departments and agencies paying widely different prices for the same laptops and printer cartridges, and claimed it will provide savings of £3bn a year by 2015, accounting for 25 per cent of current annual spending on the items.
It also announced efforts to increase the amount of business going to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). These include increasing the use of the "open" procurement procedure – which removes the need for a pre-qualification questionnaire – and five further "product surgeries" in which SMEs can pitch their proposals directly to government.
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude said: "It is bonkers for different parts of government to be paying vastly different prices for exactly the same goods. We are putting a stop to this madness which has been presided over for too long. Until recently, there wasn't even any proper central data on procurement spending."
He added: "In the last year, we have already made significant changes to drive down procurement spend by £1bn, but this new centralised service means we will continue to deliver savings which are expected to reach more than £3bn a year."
Procurement of common goods and services is being centralised across all central government departments and their agencies. They initially include energy, fleet, information and communications technology, office solutions, print and print management, professional services and travel.
This article was originally published at Guardian Government Computing.
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By John Goralski
Sports Writer
If anybody thought that South Windsor was going to pose a challenge on Friday, Nov. 15, the Blue Knight football team erased all doubts in the opening minutes.
Southington took the field for just 12 plays in the opening half, and it resulted in six scores. The clock began running between plays. Fans began calculating the implications of the 50-point rule, and the Knights cruised into halftime with a 42-0 lead.
The second half was more of a victory lap than a varsity contest, but it allowed Coach Mike Drury to use an early timeout to allow his senior defender to walk off the field to a standing ovation. The lopsided, late-season contest served as a perfect backdrop for Southington's senior night festivities.
"It was awesome. Coach Drury did a great job setting that up," said senior co-captain Stephen Barmore. "In basketball you can take people out of a game and get an ovation, but in football you don't see that a lot. It was really cool that he was able to do that for us."
On the other hand, it showed a growing concern among the coaches as Southington tries to prepare for a postseason run. For the second week in a row, Blue Knight starters played limited roles in the second half. With one week remaining, a four-win team is the only thing that stands between the Knights and the postseason.
Southington hasn't been challenged since a loss to Hall in mid-October. The only other time was a tight victory on opening day. Drury said that the Knights are trying to make the most out of a difficult situation, and he was pleased with his team's focus during the 45-0 win.
"We haven't had an opportunity to be in that situation in the last few games, but I tell the guys that every game will be our hardest game from here on out," said the coach. "We want to get out there and practice to be able to play the best we can on Friday night or Saturday morning or whatever it is, and that's what we did. Offense, defense, and special teams were flying around out there."
On Southington's first drive, Tyler Hyde capped a four play, 57-yard drive with a four yard plunge into the end zone. On the second drive, Barmore completed a 21-yard touchdown pass to Alex Jamele. Jamele scored a 30 yard pass on the second play of the third drive. Zach Maxwell covered 29 yards on two runs at the end of the first quarter, and Southington led, 28-0.
"We wanted to get all the seniors touches," said Barmore. "We wanted to get everybody in the game and everybody active. We wanted to give everyone a chance to walk off the field and get recognized by the crowd for being a senior and putting the work in to be dedicated to this program."
Hyde scored again at the start of the second quarter. Jamele caught his third touchdown pass before halftime to bring his season total (22) within three scores of the single season state record. Kyle Smick converted all six extra points in the first half and capped the scoring in the third quarter with a 37-yard field goal kick.
Barmore completed 10 of 12 passes for 211 yards. Jamele led the receivers with four catches for 125 yards. Hyde (74 yards) and Maxwell (54 yard) led the ground assault.
"Our offense is looking to play at a high tempo and a high speed," said Drury. "Give the ball and give the best chances for our playmakers. We were able to run the ball and throw the ball. Steve did a great job, and the guys did a great job getting open."
Defensively, the Knights were just as dominant as they held South Windsor to just 87 yards of offense. Zak Jamele led the blitz with seven tackles. Steven Hamel contributed six tackles, and Zach Spooner recovered a fumble. Senior defender Mike Lange deflected four passes.
Lange said that he likes the challenge of playing teams like Glastonbury or Manchester, but said that he enjoyed playing with his senior defensive unit for a final time on Southington's turf field.
"It's an unbelievable feeling. It's a brotherhood, and you have all our brothers right next to you," he said. "Everybody's playing for you. Nobody's playing for themselves. Nobody cares about their stats or anything. Everybody's playing for each other."
And everybody's winning. Southington improved to 8-1 with one game remaining. The Knights currently trail Hall (8-1) and Glastonbury (9-1) for the final spot in the upcoming Class LL tournament, but a win over Cheshire (4-6) on Thanksgiving Day would secure a postseason berth.
The Knights aren't about to celebrate yet. Last time that Cheshire entered the game with a losing record was in 2007 when a Rams upset spoiled Southington's bid for an undefeated season and home field advantage.
"I'm going to just try to treat it like any other game," said Barmore. "We're going to prepare for it like any other game like we have all year. It would certainly be nice to get a victory against Cheshire on Thanksgiving as my last senior regular season game, and that's exactly what we intend to do. We're going to stay the course and carry this momentum into playoffs."
Seniors bowl over Bobcats; Thanksgiving Day win would secure a tourney bid
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we (a group of people starting OLPC Europe, website below) would like to apply
for a project hosted on laptop.orgs infrastructure, currently mostly to have
a central git repository to store the sources for the Documentation,
Presentations, Information, Code and Press Material.
1. Project name : OLPC Europe
2. Existing website, if any : http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Europe
3. One-line description : OLPC Europe is a OLPC grassroots organisation in
4. Longer description : quoted from
1 OLPC Europe
We recognize, that under certain situations an european
platform can make life easier for local OLPC
grassroots, also for the newly starting ones, and for
the people at the MIT. This platform shall under no
circumstances be meddling with the local grassroots but
instead help them to grow and flourish.
We propose the following very simple and basic common
guidelines which shall help in forming this platform:
1.1 OLPC Europe IS
1. a Forum / Platform for exchange between local
2. groups, towards MIT and back, European institutions
and with other groups worldwide
3. helping in organizing XOs for the local groups
4. supporting and cherishing the autonomy of local groups
5. focusing on rough consensus and running code
1.2 OLPC Europe IS NOT
1. going to do a local pilot in your country
2. going to tell you what you are allowed to do
5. URLs of similar projects : I dunno
6. Committer list
Username Full name SSH2 key URL E-mail
-------- --------- ------------ ------
#1 holger Holger Levsen <email@example.com>
#2 crazy-chris Chris Hager <email@example.com>
#3 bastiaan Bastiaan Bakker <email@example.com>
If any developers don't have their SSH2 keys on the web, please attach them
to the application e-mail.
-> Chris and me already have a ssh2 key on laptop.org, I'll send Bastiaans
key when I resend the application to firstname.lastname@example.com tomorrow - as
described in http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Project_hosting
7. Preferred development model
[X] Central tree. Every developer can push his changes directly to the
project's git tree. This is the standard model that will be familiar to
CVS and Subversion users, and that tends to work well for most
8. Set up a project mailing list:
[ ] Yes, named after our project name
[ ] Yes, named ______________________
[X] No, not yet. For now we will use
9. Commit notifications
[x] A separate mailing list, <projectname>-git, should be created for
12. Notes/comments:
Shell accounts and translation infrastructure are not needed.
Grassroots mailing list


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For Martin Truex Jr. and Furniture Row Racing, the workmanlike performance paid off, as Truex picked up 10 positions in the two-lap green-white-checkered overtime finish to post a 12th-place result in Sunday's Camping World RV Sales 301 Sprint Cup Series race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Truex struggled with restarts during the 305-lap event but poured it on when the race went green for the final time as his Furniture Row/Denver Mattress Chevrolet sped forward through a cluster of cars, jumping from 22nd to 12th in track position.
"'The biggest reason we gained 12 positions on the final restart is that we had fresh tires and got in the right lane," explained Truex. "We never had good restarts all day, but once we settled in and had a decent car we made a move at the end. You have to keep fighting -- you never know what can happen. That was a good call to come in for two tires during that last caution."
Truex, who gained three spots – from 26th to 23rd in driver points, added, "The good news is that we came back with a respectable finish, but still not where we want to be."
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i just found this new reconstructed pronunciation of sophocles, electra, 1126-1170, it's not in the main menu of the "rhapsodoi" site so i didn't know it existed until today...
if anyone hasn't listened to the rhythm of greek iambic trimeter before, this is definitely worth listening to. iambic tri's rhythm was considered "most similar to normal speaking" of all the poetry metres. the greek is really nice: a classic grieving scene from one of sophocles' tragedies.
if it seems a bit too hard, i've just rewritten the start in normal prose, and added in extra words (in red), to make it more simple...
[face=SPIonic]w} mnhmei=on[/face] [face=Arial]oh, memorial (vocative neuter, talking about the urn in her hands)[/face] [face=SPIonic]filta&tou a)nqrw&pou[/face] [face=Arial]of the dearest man[/face] [face=SPIonic]e0moi\[/face] [face=Arial]to me[/face] [face=SPIonic]pa&ntwn a)nqrw&pwn[/face] [face=Arial]of all men,[/face]
[face=SPIonic]w} loipo\n[/face] [face=Arial]oh, remainder (the ashes in the urn)[/face] [face=SPIonic]yuxh=j[/face] [face=Arial]of the life[/face] [face=SPIonic]'Ore/stou,[/face] [face=Arial]of Orestes (her brother),[/face]
[face=SPIonic]ei0sedeca&mhn[/face] [face=Arial]I have received[/face] [face=SPIonic]w!j s' a)p' e0lpi/dwn[/face] [face=Arial](how (far) from all hopes!)[/face] [face=SPIonic]ou0x w{sper[/face] [face=Arial]not the very thing which[/face] [face=SPIonic]e0ce/pempon[/face] [face=Arial]I sent (talking about Orestes: she sent him away a person, and got back ashes).[/face]
[face=SPIonic]e0gw_ ga_r me\n[/face] [face=Arial]For I, on the one hand (reversing the sentence order here to make it clearer)[/face] [face=SPIonic]e0ce/pemya& se,[/face] [face=Arial]I sent you,[/face] [face=SPIonic]lampro/n,[/face] [face=Arial]LIFE'S BRIGHTNESS, (Orestes is himself the brightness which Electra sent) [/face] [face=SPIonic]do/mwn [/face][face=Arial]from home(s) (gen. plural),[/face] [face=SPIonic]w} pai=,[/face] [face=Arial]oh child,[/face]
[face=SPIonic]nu=n de\[/face] [face=Arial]but now on the other hand[/face] [face=SPIonic]basta/zw [/face][face=Arial]I lift[/face] [face=SPIonic]xeroi=n[/face] [face=Arial]in (my) 2 hands[/face] [face=SPIonic]ou0de\n o1nta[/face] [face=Arial]NOTHINGNESS ("nothing being". acc. participle).[/face]
[face=SPIonic]w(j w!felon[/face] [face=Arial]How I ought (to have done: followed by infinitive)[/face] [face=SPIonic]e0klipei=n[/face] [face=Arial]to depart (aorist infinitive, here "to have departed")[/face] [face=SPIonic]bi/on[/face] [face=Arial]life[/face] [face=SPIonic]pa&roiqen[/face] [face=Arial]before/then (so, "how i ought to have ended my life then"),[/face]
[face=SPIonic]pri\n[/face] [face=Arial]before[/face] [face=SPIonic]e0kpe/myai se,[/face] [face=Arial]sending you (aorist infinitive),[/face] [face=SPIonic]kle/yasa,[/face] [face=Arial]secretly (aorist nominative participle),[/face] [face=SPIonic]toi=nde xeroi=n,[/face] [face=Arial]with these hands,[/face] [face=SPIonic]e0j ce/nhn gai=an[/face] [face=Arial]to (that) foreign land,[/face]
[face=SPIonic]kanasw&sasqai/ se[/face] [face=Arial]to save you[/face] [face=SPIonic]fo/nou[/face] [face=Arial]from "murder",[/face]
[face=SPIonic]o1pwj,[/face] [face=Arial]so that,[/face] [face=SPIonic]qanw_n th=| to/q' h9me/ra|,[/face] [face=Arial]dying then on (that) day,[/face] [face=SPIonic]e1keiso,[/face] [face=Arial]you were buried (at that time),[/face] [face=SPIonic]ei0lhxw_j koino\n[/face] [face=Arial]obtaining a share/part in (perfect participle active masc nom sg) (koino\n in this sense followed by gen.)[/face] [face=SPIonic]tu/mbou[/face] [face=Arial]the tomb (gen.)[/face] [face=SPIonic]patrw&|ou[/face] [face=Arial]of (your) father (gen).[/face]
when someone puts a good audio reading of greek online I think it's worth trying to learn the text, particularly for us who don't have teachers to listen to regularly…


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Telling a good story through art has been a passion of mine unmatched by any hobby I could possess. So much so that I have dedicated my life to the development of better ways to tell the stories in my head. This drive, this unending hunger for something greater has inspired me to continue with my work despite the naysayers and bring these tales to the people who want them most. I long to meet individuals who share this same drive. I work with like minded people every day and I am looking forward to expanding my efforts and meeting more people like myself. If you would like to become part of the development in Cure Interactive please contact me. If you feel this same drive them I'm already looking forward to it! Regards, Leviscus Tempris CEO and Founder of Cure Interactive
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Researchers who presented a symposium on student perceptions of race relations at the University of Alabama say campus ideas on race mirror regional and national attitudes.
Researchers who presented a symposium on student perceptions of race relations at the University of Alabama say campus ideas on race mirror regional and national attitudes.
"What you see here at the University of Alabama, I don't think you should see as elevated," said sociology professor Michael Hughes of Virginia Tech.
Hughes was part of a group of six researchers who surveyed 4,451 UA students between January and March to study racial attitudes on campus. The other primary researchers included UA social work professor Celia Lo, UA political science associate professor Utz McKnight, UA graduate student Gabrielle Smith, UA political science department chair Richard Fording and UA research scientist Debra McCallum.
The survey pool proportionally reflected the demographics of the campus community. About one in five students on campus participated, McCallum said.
Among the questions on the survey, students were asked about their feelings about different races and groups, social interactions with other races, campus race relations and the Greek system, and the reasons for disparity among races.
The results were presented Wednesday at the Gorgas Library. The 2013 survey was the latest in a series of periodic surveys dating back to 1963, when UA professors C. Donald McGlamery and Donal E. Muir sought to measure white students' attitudes toward the pending integration of campus. The surveys of racial attitudes by McGlamery and Muir were repeated in 1966, 1969, 1972, 1982 and 1988.
The 2013 survey replicated the methodology and many of the same questions of the earlier surveys as a way to collect new data on the old questions, said McCallum, director and senior research scientist at the Institute for Social Science Research at UA.
Hughes, a UA alumnus, helped collect data during the 1966 survey as part of a class project. His presentation primarily focused on the responses by white participants, noting that the majority of the surveys — up until 1988 — were conducted with only white students.
Student resistance to integration and prejudice was strong on campus in 1963 but not overwhelming. A little less than half of the participants in 1963 disagreed with the principle of integration and basic rights, though perceptions based on stereotypes and desires for personal social distance from blacks remained strong.
Based on the surveys from 1966 through 2013, Hughes said support for the principle of integration and basic rights among white UA students increased while belief in stereotypes decreased along with the aversion to being in social situations with black students.
As traditional "old-
fashioned" racism has declined, a set of racial resentments has emerged in its place.
According to the researchers, there is a belief that inequalities and difficulties experienced by minorities, especially blacks, are the result of their own actions rather than racism and could be overcome with a stronger work ethic.
Racial resentment rather than traditional racism has become the most important indicator of attitudes toward policies to address racial inequality among white students, according to Hughes.
The 2013 data show black UA students are more likely than their white counterparts to believe racial discrimination limits their options significantly.
Also, white students are more likely to view race relations on campus favorably, Lo said.
While white UA students have relatively high levels of racial resentment and opposition to ameliorative policies, according to the 2013 data, the levels are similar to those found in the South and nationally, according to Hughes.
Using information from General Social Surveys conducted by the University of Chicago from 1972 to 2012, sociology professor Steven Tuch from George Washington University described a general trend nationally among whites toward a positive view of integration in principle, though a persistent resistance to policies meant to offset traditional socio-
economic inequalities among races.
Discussion of the survey and symposium began a year ago when Hughes contacted McCallum about the possibility of a project to mark the 50th anniversary of the original surveys, according to Fording, who moderated the symposium.
Fording said the data is especially timely as the campus community discusses integration and race relations following allegations of discrimination during sorority recruitment this fall.
"We had no idea it would be so salient and important this fall," Fording said.
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UFC Fight Night 53: Nelson vs. Story — Live Results & Commentary
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UFC Fight Night 53: Nelson vs. Story is underway at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, featuring emotionless submission ace Gunnar Nelson, the big homey Ilir Latifi, and a bunch of prelim fighters with near-unpronounceable names. We haven't exactly given this event a lot of coverage on CagePotato, but our Fight Pass correspondent Bear Siragusa is here to give you live results from the main card, which kicks off at noon PT / 3 p.m. ET / 9 p.m. local time. Follow us after the jump for round-by-round updates, and refresh the page every few minutes for all the latest.Read More DIGG THIS


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Taiwan Denies Use Of 'Pirate Party' Name Because People Might Think They're Actual Sea-Faring Pirates
from the aaaaargh dept
Are they really concerned that the party will advocate sea-faring piracy?
In its ruling, the High Administrative Court agreed with the Ministry of the Interior's stance that the use of the word 'Pirate' did not accurately describe the true aims of the Party.
The MOI said that the term "pirate" could mislead members of the public into voting for people they believed to be real, sea-based pirates. The country's Criminal Code outlaws acts of piracy, the MOI added.


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I'm looking for an addon that will let me know which of the various pet trainers I have / haven't done the daily quest on yet. If it can also tell me the location of the quest giver that would be a bonus.
Thanks in advance,
Khel @ Madoran (WarcraftPets)