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Additional Resources
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has recently updated the first PAM, produced in the early 1990s and published in hard copy, manual formats. Previous models were designed for use by local, county, and State law enforcement agencies and had a manual to address each different type of agency. The updated model has been converted to an automated format using Access software, and organized so it is effective with agencies of any size or configuration.
New Model Provides Strategic Planning
The new model will automatically do all of the calculations to arrive at appropriate staffing level information through the user loading in localized or "autonomous patrol area" (APA) data. The updated model, produced by Anacapa Sciences, takes into consideration a variety of factors that impact staffing and coverage concerns that make the Personnel Allocation Model a valuable tool for police executives, managers, and planners.
Get Your Free Copy
The Police Allocation Model is available for downloading at no cost. To use the model, users will first need to download the files onto their desktop or laptop computers. The files are available via NHTSA's FTP server for direct download.
Technical Requirements
The PAM program is a Windows based application that does not require any special equipment. It was developed to be accessible and run on any PC computer with at least a 386 mhz central processing unit. The program is a "run-time" version of Access, however it is not necessary to have Access software to run the program.
To Download PAM
The download is a self-extracting zip file (36MB), which includes a user guide that addresses all of the applications of the model. Once unzipped, double click on "Setup.exe" to install and follow the directions in the program. User instructions for the Personnel Allocation Model are imbedded in the program.
Follow these easy steps to download the file:
- Step 1 - Click at the associated file (below) and click RUN
- Step 2 - Change the location of the files to be saved to c:\My Documents
- Step 3 - Click UNZIP
- Step 4 - Once all the files are downloaded, go to the newly created folder C:\My Documents\PAM and double click on "Setup.exe"


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Micro VR Head Bass Amp Head from Ampeg
Micro-VR Head News from Ampeg: Ampeg introduces a miniature solid-state version of the legendary SVT amplifier, known as the Micro-VR Head in a size ideally suited for smaller venues and recording studios where the original SVT rig would be both too large and too loud.
Donning classic Ampeg looks—including the silver face, black tolex, chrome corners and silver-blue grille cloth—the Micro-VR Head is no mere plaything. Despite its diminutive size (5.5" H x 12" W x 10" D), the head boasts a true Ampeg preamp, delivering up to 200 watts of pure Ampeg tone.
"We're the first to admit that the new Micro-VR rig is cute, but it shouldn't be lost that this is a real Ampeg and a truly professional amplifier," said Zane Williams, amplifier products manager for Ampeg. "It's the result of input from our artists and Ampeg customers who've been asking for a modular, portable and usable live/recording system that fits into a lot spaces, is easy to move around and delivers our signature tone."
For more details, please visit the product page.

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posted by Thom Holwerda on Thu 7th Dec 2006 21:31 UTC, submitted by ironfist
Pegasos.org has (one of) the (only) first reviews of the Efika, the system on a chip thing from Genesi (or bPlan? I lost track). "What can I say? It's a great piece of hardware. bPlan lives up to our expectations yet again. They even exceeded them about its media capabilities. For thin client or tiny desktop usage it will work just fine as long as you choose a low footprint window manager. As a network workgroup server I can't see any difficulties with this hardware. Configure it and you're set."


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Display upcoming milestones with due dates
A macro to display a bulleted list of upcoming milestones with their due dates. You can put it on your WikiStart page so everyone can see at a glance what's in store for the future.
Note: To get a meaningful list you need to enter a descriptive text as part of the milestone name. A version number alone as the milestone name won't be very helpful to most people.
Bugs/Feature Requests
Existing bugs and feature requests for PlannedMilestonesMacro are here.
If you have any issues, create a new ticket.
Download the zipped source from [download:plannedmilestonesmacro here].
You can check out PlannedMilestonesMacro from here using Subversion, or browse the source with Trac.
If you insert
== Planned milestones == [[PlannedMilestones]]
You will get something like this:
Planned milestones
- 26-01-2006 - 0.9.4 Bugfix Release
- (later) - 0.10 Plugable Backends
- (later) - 0.11 Integration of WebAdmin into core
The milestone names will be links to the actual milestone descriptions. In the example above, the links point to WikiStart for the lack of anything better.
There are two optional arguments
Filteris a pattern that is matched to the start of the milestone name to limit the displayed milestones. It can be left empty.
Nis the maximum number of displayed milestones matching the pattern in
Recent Changes
Author: jornh
Contributors: mgood, andyhan
Current Maintainer: rjollos


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Joe's Jeans Launches Worldwide Model Search
Joe's Jeans Wants You To Be Its Next Top Model!
So you want to be on top? Joe's Jeans is looking for a new face for its next ad campaign and not just any model will do. In celebration of its newly revamped site, Founder Joe Dahan has opened up a worldwide contest asking anyone who has a unique sense of style and character to submit a photo and clip of themselves. You don't necessarily have to be 6 feet tall with skinny hips. Joe wants real people with funk, spunk, and personality. The cool thing about this contest is us regular folk get to vote for our favorite top 10 models, 5 females and 5 males; think of it as American Idol for models.
After the top 10 contestants are chosen by the public, industry professionals will chose their favorite two to represent the Joe's Jeans worldwide campaign. You have from now until July 15 to submit your looks. Interested? Get more information. If you're not into the spotlight, you can still vote for your favorite model — fun!


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The SIM Card is the basic memory device inside of many mobile phones in use today. This small piece of hardware has been key to solving many cases in the world of SIM Card Forensics. However, without the proper knowledge of the SIM card's filesystem, the user will be missing out on all the valuable information the SIM Card holds.


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When you visit French Basque country, you can't miss the piment d'Espelette. In autumn, bright red bunches of peppers drape out of windows and hang off balconies throughout the region. Once the pepper has been dried - a process that takes more than two weeks - there's a place for it in just about every food. It's rubbed onto hams as they hang to cure. It's stirred into stews, whisked into sauces, sprinkled on fish or greens. It's even added to chocolate, both for drinking and in bar form.
Though the Basques like to say that you need to have been raised under the hot sun of southern France to withstand the heat of the peppers, piment d'Espelette is actually pretty mild. A pinch of it adds a subtle, spicy kick along with a sweetness similar to roasted red bell pepper with charred skin.
A must-have for authentic Basque cooking; excellent for just about any recipe that calls for dried red pepper flakes.
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Members of the Grand Island Riverside-Salem congregation joined 30 environmental activists at the Buffalo waterfront on April 16. The church was one of the sponsors of the Sierra Club's "Turn, Not Burn" campaign press conference. The campaign is promoting clean renewable energy - wind, solar and geothermal - as an alternative to coal and natural gas.
The congregation considers saving the Creation from the devastating consequences of climate change as one of the key moral issues of our time.
Members of the congregation, the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter supporters and partners are calling on Gov. Cuomo to make New York a clean energy leader. The launch was marked by local events, a petition delivery to Cuomo planned for Wednesday and a new ad campaign featuring billboards, online ads and print ads in Buffalo, Rochester, Binghamton, Auburn and Albany.
The ads urge the governor to take administrative action to meet and extend the state's renewable energy goals and develop new renewable energy sources like wind and solar instead of more dirty fuels.
The new campaign calls for job-creating renewable energy in areas that could benefit from the transition away from fossil fuels.
Participants applauded the governor's pledge to invest $1.5 billion over 10 years in solar energy through the NY-Sun Initiative, but pointed out that much more is needed to keep pace with states like Iowa and South Dakota, which are already getting 20 percent of their electricity from wind power. That compares to about 2 percent of New York's power from wind and solar.
"Niagara Falls was in the forefront of renewable energy a century ago with the creative development of hydroelectricity. It's time we reclaim that advantage and aggressively push for clean, renewable energy here in New York," said Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster at the event in Buffalo.
As part of its April "Peace on Earth Month" activities, the Grand Island Riverside-Salem congregation is co-sponsoring the premiere showing of "A Fierce Green Fire," a history of the environmental movement, at the Burchfield-Penny Art Center, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo, from 7 to 9 p.m., and the Sierra Club's "Renewable Energy Fair" at Singer Farm Naturals, 6730 Lake Road in Appleton, on Sunday, April 28, from 1 to 5 p.m. Members of the congregation also will be "wood-chipping" the nature path at the Environmental Chapel at 3449 West River Road on Sunday, April 28, beginning at 1 p.m. For further information on any of these events, call 716-773-1426.


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C&C F2P to have "longest running beta phase in franchise history"
The upcoming free-to-play revival of Command & Conquer will open tentative doors to the public next year.
In a post on the game's blog, Command & Conquer's community manager revealed when fans can finally see what BioWare Victory has been up to behind the scenes.
"As planned right now, the Beta will start in the first half of 2013, and will be the longest running beta phase in franchise history," he said.
Interestingly, the site seems to have dropped all mention of the Generals 2 subtitle attached to the game before its free-to-play leanings were announced; it's not clear whether EA has two different projects on the go now and the lack of communication seems to be a deliberate strategy.
"We know you have a lot more questions about the new Command & Conquer and you may be wondering why we are so silent about it," the blog added.
"We've decided to actually let the game speak for itself, instead of starting the typical marketing noise you normally would expect."
The post certainly flies in the face of marketing conventions by breaking a taboo in mentioning less than stellar past entries.
"The team here and I know that previous Command & Conquer titles had issues – some less, some more," it noted.
"C&C4 (yes, I just named it) was especially far below the expectations and standards a lot of us had for C&C games. So we know how you guys feel – and I am talking a lot with our design team to discuss the game mechanics, features and meta-game of our new Command & Conquer in development."
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Medicare experiments with 'bundled' paymentsBy LAURIE SKRIVAN and JIM DOYLE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
November 17. 2012 11:19PM
ST. LOUIS - To improve the quality of health care and cut medical costs, the federal government is focusing increasingly on a simple, though powerful tool: changing hospitals' financial incentives.
Already, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is penalizing hospitals that provide ineffective medical treatment. Those hospitals with a high percentage of patients who are readmitted for the same condition within 30 days of a hospital stay will receive lower federal reimbursements.
Now, the agency is preparing to test a billing method called "bundled payments" to see if it can spur hospitals to lower treatment costs while delivering high-quality care.
If the pilot program is successful, it could be rolled out nationally to all Medicare patients.
Here's how the program will work:
. Medicare will reimburse hospitals at a fixed rate for all care related to an individual's primary diagnosis, such as a patient's need for knee replacement surgery.
. A hospital that delivers high quality care at a lower cost will make money on a treated patient. But a hospital whose treatment of the patient results in complications, hospital readmission and other problems will bear the cost of that additional care.
This pilot program is a creative way for hospitals and physicians to work together and take better care of patients at lower cost, said Walter Kopp, a hospital consultant based in San Anselmo, Calif.
"The health care industry is entrenched in fee-for-service medicine, and it has to break out," Kopp said. "This is an attempt to get at that."
SSM St. Mary's Health Center in Richmond Heights, Mo., and SSM DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton, Mo., are in the final stage of an application process to join the pilot program sponsored by the CMS Innovation Center, which is responsible for designing and testing models of health care.
CMS soon will select the hospitals for the program, which begins in January.
Emma Sandoe, a CMS spokeswoman, said that bundled payments will "encourage doctors, hospitals and other health care providers to work together to better coordinate care for patients both when they are in the hospital and after they are discharged."
Certain conditions
If selected for the program, St. Mary's will focus on bundled payments for patients with congestive heart failure, while DePaul will focus on knee replacement surgery.
"Our motivation behind doing this is to provide the best care to the patient that we can - the highest quality of care at the lowest cost possible," said Dr. Jay Moore, vice president for medical affairs at SSM DePaul. "That's value. We think that's the key."
Missouri Baptist Medical Center in west St. Louis County, which is part of St. Louis-based BJC Healthcare, also is awaiting word of final approval. If given, Missouri Baptist will focus on orthopedics, said Kit Kitson, a BJC spokeswoman.
If successful, the pilot program could be rolled out nationwide, CMS' Sandoe said.
A bundled payment system is very different from the CMS' current "encounter-based" system. Under the current system, there are few economic incentives for hospitals to reduce the risks of complications or readmission. Instead, hospitals are rewarded financially when they increase the number of treatments or procedures a patient undergoes.
Typically, a hospital gets reimbursed by Medicare on a preapproved "case rate" for particular transactions, and a separate bill is issued each time a patient deals with a hospital, physician's office, emergency room, or ambulance. Each visit is treated as a separate billable event.
Too many costs
The current system is burdened with high administrative costs, and gets even more complicated and costly when a patient receives additional care for the original problem at another medical office or hospital.
In a bundled payment system, one payment covers all treatment and procedures related to a patient's primary diagnosis - regardless of where or when the medical care is given.
Under this new system, the hospital assumes the financial risk for patient care during the entire process: Some patients will be ushered in and out of the system quickly, while others may suffer a complication, such as a blood clot that requires additional treatment.
"It puts the accountability for the cost of the care onto the provider (hospital or medical office), rather than the payer (Medicare)," said SSM's Moore. "That's better for patients .
"It does not make sense for a patient to have to pay and pay again for the same problem," he said. "It puts a cap on the total amount that the payer will be responsible for."
Ultimately, the patient is the payer - either through paying higher taxes or higher insurance premiums. In recent years, the cost of U.S. health care has risen about 8 percent a year.
While applauding the pilot project, Kopp cautioned that the bundled payment system is only one step toward the establishment of what he believes is needed: accountable care organizations.
Under the model of accountable care, hospitals and physicians share the risk of managing all the needs of a patient, from flu shot to surgery.
The Medicare system favors accountable care organizations as a way to reward providers who keep their patients healthy, and thus reduce costs.
Working together
Bundled payments require "hospitals and physicians to work together and there are opportunities for savings, but it's not the best way to manage care because you're not having the provider responsible for all care for the patient," Kopp said. "It's a halfway solution, but at least it's a step in the right direction."
In negotiating bundled payment rates with hospitals, CMS is crunching data to determine the average cost of treating a primary diagnosis in a particular region, such as the metropolitan St. Louis area, then lopping 2 percent off the top to put more pressure on hospitals to save costs.
As hospitals begin to consolidate their services and find ways to become more efficient, CMS is expected to further reduce Medicare reimbursements.
To be sure that hospitals don't provide an inferior level of care simply to save money, CMS plans to continue to monitor benchmark measures, such as surgery complication rates, readmission rates and patient satisfaction surveys.
Some private insurers have also experimented with bundled payments to cover the cost of treatment and procedures for certain surgeries and conditions.
"This is an idea that has been around for a while, but it is the first time Medicare has gotten into it in any significant way," Moore said. "It's just the right thing to do . I think this is a better way to take care of people. This ensures that wasteful care is not rewarded."


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Police, community and calendar briefs for Dec. 20, 2013.
Officials confirm ID of fatal fire victim
Authorities have confirmed that the woman found dead inside her fire-ravaged southeast Ocala home was Roberta "Robin" Williams Seymour, 64, a former College of Central Florida professor and Lake Weir High School teacher.
Seymour lived alone at 1320 SE 14th St. and leaves behind a son and daughter, both grown. There were no signs of foul play; an investigation into the origins and cause of the fire is ongoing.
As of Thursday, fire officials said they had not been able to find any smoke detectors inside the residence.
"I don't think it has sunk in as yet. It's not easy," said John Priester, Seymour's ex-husband, about the how the family is coping with the news.
Seymour was inside the residence when fire broke out Tuesday night. Ocala Fire Rescue firefighters responded shortly before 9 p.m. and had the fire under control at 9:20 p.m. Firefighters said when they arrived, the home was 25 percent covered in flames.
Jennifer Hatchett, a neighbor, is caring for Seymour's chihuahua, named Paco. A veterinarian has said the dog is fine.
Bail set at $52,000 for suspected store robber
The Silver Springs Shores man arrested Wednesday in connection with the robbery of a convenience store made his first appearance in front of a judge Thursday morning.
County Judge Tommy Thompson kept bail at $52,000 total for Keith Ray Howell, despite Howell's request for a reduction.
Howell's next court date is Jan. 21. He declined an interview request from the Star-Banner. His attorney, Stacy Youmans, said she couldn't comment.
From Oct. 30 through Dec. 13, five convenience stores and a supermarket liquor store have been robbed by two black men dressed in dark clothing. Howell is charged in one case and suspected in the others.
Timothy Reid was arrested with Howell. Reid, who was charged with possession of a small amount of marijuana, has posted bond and been released from jail.
Bail cut for woman in human trafficking case
A woman who has remained inside the Marion County Jail after her Oct. 9 arrest on human trafficking charges convinced a judge to reduce her bail on Wednesday.
Upon arrest by the Ocala Police Department, Melissa Rodriguez, 41, had her bail set at $50,000. Defense attorney Jack Maro argued the amount is excessive that and his client has been overcharged.
He asked for bail to be reduced to $5,000, but Circuit Judge Hale Stancil would only go down to $20,000.
Stancil also said the defendant is not allowed to leave the state without a court order.
Rodriguez is charged with a second-degree felony: conspiracy to commit human trafficking. Authorities say she and co-defendant Ysbette Joseph, 31, accepted a $1,500 deposit to "buy" at least three women ages 17 to 23.
Rodriguez has denied the allegations.
Joseph was released from jail in October after posting a $50,000 bond.
United Way urging families to get KidCare
The United Way of Marion County continues to assist families with enrollment to help more uninsured children receive health care at a price their families can afford.
Florida KidCare accepts applications year-round from families with uninsured children younger than 19. Children enrolled in the program have access to preventive care such as regular doctor visits, immunizations, dental and vision benefits. Many families pay a monthly premium of just $15 or $20, but most pay nothing.
Families can apply in person at United Way or other convenient locations in Marion, Citrus and Hernando counties by calling 211 to make an appointment.
For more information, call 732-9696 or email email@example.com.
Ice rink downtown will be open through Jan. 5
Skate at the city of Ocala's downtown ice rink now through Jan. 5, excluding Christmas Day, for a chance at to win the Christmas at the Rink giveaway. The rink is open 3 to 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and noon to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sundays. Admission is $5.
With each paid admission skaters will have a chance to win a Disney movie. Drawings will be held every 30 minute session, and you must be present to win.
Participating skaters will also be entered into a Christmas Eve Drawing for a bicycle. Three new bicycles will given away on Christmas Eve. You need not be present to win.
For more information, call 401-3918.
Drunk and need a ride? Call Tow to Go program
To help make sure everyone has a safe ride home, AAA, Bud Light and Tri-Eagle Sales are offering the Tow to Go program for the holiday season.
The program is designed to help discourage an intoxicated driver from getting behind the wheel. The program runs through Jan. 1.
Tow to Go Services offers a confidential local ride within a 10-mile radius to a safe location and is free to both AAA members and non-members.
The AAA tow truck takes the vehicle and the driver home.
The number to call for a ride is 855-286-9246.
Scholarships available for abuse survivors
The General Federation of Women's Clubs launched the GFWC Success for Survivors Scholarship in 2011 to help those who experienced intimate partner violence.
$2,500 scholarships are available to help intimate partner survivors obtain a post-secondary education.
Deadline for applications is Jan. 31. For more information, visit www.GFWC.org/Scholarship.
Annual tree giveaway planned for Jan. 18
The Marion Soil and Water Conservation District's fourth annual native tree giveaway in recognition of Florida's Arbor Day will start at 10 a.m. Jan. 18 at the McPherson Governmental Complex field, 601 SE 25th Ave., Ocala.
Approximately 2,000 trees will be given away, including longleaf pines, redbuds, dogwoods, white oaks and common persimmons.
The trees will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Experts will be on site to discuss planting techniques and what trees to plant to attract wildlife. For more information, call 622-3971, Option 3.
NATIVITY: Live Nativity walk thru, 6 to 8 p.m. today and Saturday, St. Matthew's Church, 3453 NE Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. (629-5948 or www.stmattocala.org)
SANTA OVER THE RAINBOW: Annual lights display and Santa arriving by pontoon boat, 6 to 8 p.m. today through Sunday, Rainbow Springs State Park, 19158 SW 81st Place Road. Lights only Dec. 26-27. $2. (465-8555 or firstname.lastname@example.com)
CHAIR YOGA: Chair yoga, 9:30 a.m., The Senior Wellness Community Center, 9850 SW 84th Court, Ocala. (237-2094)
LINE DANCING: Beginner and intermediate for adults and teens, 5 to 7 p.m., Forest Community Center, 777 S. County Road 314A, Ocklawaha. (438-2840)
FISH FRY: Fish fry, 4 to 7 p.m., Veterans of Foreign Wars, 4805 NE 36th Ave., Ocala. $7. (732-7744)
MOVIE UNDER THE LIGHTS: "Miracle on 34th Street," 6 to 8 p.m., Citizens' Circle, 151 SE Osceola Ave., Ocala. (368-5517)
CAROLING: Holiday Caroling by St. John Lutheran Church, 6 to 8 p.m., downtown square, Ocala. (368-5524)
FPRA: Florida Public Relations Association Ocala chapter, 11:30 a.m., Holiday Inn and Suites, 3600 SW 38th Ave., Ocala. $20 for members, $25 for non members. (www.fpraocala.org)
BOOK SIGNING: Patti Wheeler will sign copies of her books, 5:30 p.m., Ocala Drive-In, 4850 S. Pine Ave., Ocala. (629-1325)
MASONS: Greater Ocala Masonic Hi-Twelve Club #665, 11 a.m., Ocala Elks Club, 702 NE 25th Ave., Ocala, Buffet lunch at noon. (854-9612)
CHRISTMAS SHOW: Opry Cast Christmas Show, 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday, Orange Blossom Opry, 13939 SE County Road 42, Weirsdale. (821-1201 or www.obopry.com)
LA LECHE LEAGUE: La Leche League of Marion County, 11 a.m., Marion County Public Library, 2720 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. (216-1435)
FAMILY DAYS: Free admission, 1 to 3 p.m., Appleton Museum, 4333 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. Meet Santa Claus, enjoy holiday treats and visit "A Dickens' Christmas: The Urban Family Collection." (291-4455 or www.appletonmuseum.org)
FLEA MARKET: Flea market and pancake breakfast, 7:30 a.m., Wall-Roves Post #58, 10730 U.S. 41, Dunnellon. $5 for breakfast. (489-4453)
GIVEAWAYS: Our Communities Matter, food, gas and toy give-aways, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Howard Academy Community Center, 306 NW Seventh Ave., Ocala. (622-3815 or www.gnbministries.org)
SCANDINAVIAN CLUB: Scandinavian Club of Marion County luncheon, 11:30 a.m., Ocala Hilton, 3600 SW 36th Ave., Ocala. $16. (687-1580 or 861-1235)
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM: Carrie Neal Choir and Hattie Maxey Dancers perform, 6 p.m., Little Chapel United Methodist Church, 2381 SE 73rd St., Ocala. (351-5125)
HOLIDAY MUSIC: Earth Wings Music, Piano & Opera, 6 to 8 p.m., Citizens' Circle, 151 SE Osceola Ave., Ocala. (368.5524)
ALIVE ON THE SQUARE: Christmas worship event, 7 to 9 p.m. on the downtown square, Ocala. (615-7726)
NATIVITY: Live Nativity, walk thru 6 to 7:30 p.m. and drive thru 7:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, 151 SW 87th Place, Ocala. (291-9199 or gspcocala.com)
To submit information for this list, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.ocala.com, scroll down and click on EVENTS CALENDAR on the right.


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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Congressman Tom Latham, who had been considered the establishment Republican choice for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated next year by retiring Democrat Tom Harkin, announced Wednesday that he won't seek the job.
Latham, a 10-term Republican from Clive, said in a statement that he could not "in good conscience launch a two-year statewide campaign that will detract from the commitment" to the new district he was elected to in November.
He faced considerable pressure to run from throughout the Iowa Republican establishment, including Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad. Latham, a soft-spoken former businessman, had represented more than half of Iowa's counties during nearly 20 years in Congress and was considered a good fundraising match for Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley.
Attention now turns to U.S. Rep. Steve King, an outspoken conservative who has said he is weighing a Senate bid but was not expected to challenge Latham in a primary. King said Wednesday in a statement: "It is too big a decision to be rushed."
King gave no timeline for a decision. "A potential Senate race remains an analytic decision first and then one that requires deep conviction," he said.
Democrats would have been expected to hold the seat before Harkin, 73, opted last month not to seek a sixth term. Republicans, who need to gain six seats in 2014 to win the Senate majority, immediately claimed to have a real shot at the seat.
But in the month since Harkin made his announcement, Democrats have coalesced around Braley, a four-term congressman from Waterloo. He is the only Democrat to announce his candidacy for the seat.
Trying to foster an organized process for Republicans, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad had urged Latham this month during a private meeting at the governor's mansion in Des Moines to seek the nomination. Branstad, who also met with King privately, said he urged King to develop more of a statewide network and consider running in 2016, should Republican Sen. Charles Grassley decide against running for a sixth term.
A national group started by former George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove had identified King as a potential target of attack ads in its mission to field candidates more acceptable to general election audiences after GOP Senate candidates lost in races seen as within their reach in 2010 and 2012.
Branstad, who is expected to seek re-election next year, hopes to field a strong GOP ticket and avoid a potentially nasty Senate primary that could dishearten portions of the GOP coalition.
He also is urging Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, a loyal Branstad protege, to consider seeking the GOP Senate nomination.
"I know the respect and support she has throughout Iowa," Branstad said in a statement provided to The Associated Press. "I have been greatly impressed with the work she has done here in the lieutenant governor's office and would urge her to explore a run."


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Health Initiative: Mayor Unveils Behavioral Health Improvement Initiative
Mayor Edwin M. Lee today unveiled the CARES (Contact, Assess, Recover & Ensure Success) initiative that provides a new comprehensive, citywide approach to helping residents suffering from severe mental health and substance abuse issues.
The CARES initiative will expand the Community Independence Placement Project, add a new psychiatric respite center at San Francisco General Hospital that includes peer counselors; provide new support for family members and Transitional Aged Youth; and additional case managers to care for residents with severe mental health and substance use issues. This initiative will also support a longer-term effort to advance Citywide data-sharing and coordination practices. Read more.


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I love this book because all of the snakes in the book have something that they could attack or defend with. My favorite part of the book was when it talked about the vipers. The Puff Adder, one type of viper, has cool horns on its head and is less than three feet in length. The snakes reminded me of when I was at my Boy Scout meeting and I got to hold a corn snake. I have learned so much about different snakes from reading this book.
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Illegal residents could get in-state rates under proposed legislationBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
January 07. 2014 10:03PM
CONCORD — Students who entered the country illegally would be eligible for in-state tuition at University System of New Hampshire schools under a bill lawmakers will act on this month.
"These children in many cases were brought here when they were very young," said bill sponsor Peter Schmidt, D-Dover. "We should not punish them for something that is no fault of their own."
However, opponents of the bill, which was approved by the House Education Committee on a largely partisan 11-7 vote, say illegal residents should not pay lower tuition than legal residents from other states.
House Bill 474 would require the students to apply for legal residency or sign an affidavit that they will apply for legal residency as soon as they are eligible to do so. Under a 2012 law, all students seeking in-state tuition must sign an affidavit that they are legal residents of the United States. A copy of the application for legal residency or the affidavit must be filed with the University System.
Students would have to meet all current requirements for in-state tuition. They would also have to have lived in the state at least three years and have graduated from a state high school or a program to obtain a high school equivalency certificate.
An estimated 100 students would be eligible for in-state tuition through the proposed legislation.
Schmidt said he introduced the bill, which has been filed before but killed, at the request of the American Friends Service Committee.
"I thought it was an issue that ought to be discussed and debated by the Legislature," said Schmidt, who taught at the University of New Hampshire for 10 years.
But others argue the state should leave immigration issues to the federal government, which to date has failed to approve any major changes in the current system.
House Education Committee member Rep. Ralph Boehm, R-Litchfield, said in a message to House colleagues "It is not right for your children or grandchildren to not be able to take a course because it is filled by illegal residents."
Boehm said the federal government has repeatedly said immigration is its purview and the states should not interfere.
Under a federal law passed in the 1990s, illegal immigrants are not eligible for in-state tuition rates, but more than a dozen states have since passed laws to circumvent that provision. Similar legislation is pending in a number of states, including Massachusetts.
"We are taking about kids who grew up in New Hampshire, went to school in New Hampshire, graduated from high school in New Hampshire, and want to continue their education in New Hampshire" said Arnie Alpert of the American Friends Service Committee.
The House Education Committee decided to retain the bill, which allowed members to refine it before lawmakers decide its fate.
The university system took no position on the bill.
Schmidt said he had not seen the changes the committee made to the bill, but suspects its members have expertise he does not have.
"If it improves the opportunities for these kids, then I will support it," Schmidt said. "It is not in the state's best interest to say 'You don't count, you have no rights and you do not have a right to make contributions to this country."
If the House passes the bill, the Senate will still have to approve it before it would go to Gov. Maggie Hassan, who would have to decide whether to sign it, veto it or let it go into law without her signature.
The bill is scheduled to come before the House Jan. 15.
In-state tuition and out-of-state tuition is respectively:
• University of New Hampshire: $13,670 and $26,390;
• Plymouth State University: $10,410 and $17,830;
• Keene State College: $10,410 and $17,795;
• University of New Hampshire-Manchester, $13,350 and $26,070;
• Granite State College: $285 per credit hour, $305.
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Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert is a writer, a comedian, and an actor. Colbert is Catholic, an erstwhile Sunday school teacher,[1] and a self-proclaimed liberal Democrat. [2] Even though he says he is a Christian, this directly goes against his very liberal points of view.
His show, The Colbert Report, gained credibility by featuring Conservapedia on December 8, 2009, including an interview in his studio.[3] Apparently pleased with the popularity and quality of the segment, Colbert selected and featured the same episode as a subsequent rerun. The show had previously mentioned Conservapedia on prior occasions.[4] Some Colbert fans responded to the references to Conservapedia by attempting to vandalize the site.[5][6]
Colbert began his career at Comedy Central in the year 2000 on the show Strangers with Candy. He later left in order to become a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, where he began to build what would later be the character he would play on The Colbert Report. He was well-regarded on the show and occasionally guest-hosted for Stewart.
Due to his work on The Daily Show, he won three Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards along with the other writers.[7] [8] The Colbert Report will end at the end of 2014 as Colbert will be replacing David Letterman as the host of the Late Show on CBS. Colbert will host the show as himself and the Colbert character will presumably be retired after the Report ends.
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report (pronounced Col-bear Re-pore) is a late night satirical program hosted by liberal Christian Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central. The show stars the character Stephen Colbert, a news anchor who makes many of his jokes parodying conservatives and conservative values. It started in 2005 as an spinoff of The Daily Show.
Colbert plays a character who shares his name. Colbert's character is a liberal stereotype of a conservative pundit, particularly a mockery of Fox News host Bill O'Reilly and The O'Reilly Factor. Colbert has a guest every episode on the last segment, including authors, activists, and occasionally politicians and political personalities. He has said that his personality was based on O'Reilly, Anderson Cooper, and Geraldo.
Colbert's interviews are short and almost never serious, where Colbert's character often jokes around and never to the point, making often unrelated jokes and random obvious fallacies.
Colbert is famous for coining words, most notably truthiness, which states facts are meaningless and one should trust his gut, which was coined to mock conservatives by saying they are unintelligent or unlearned.
Colbert has also used the show to condone vandalism on Wikipedia and Conservapedia on several occasions.
A book, I Am America (And So Can You!) was written by Colbert and his writers in the persona of his character in which conservative values are mocked and it is merely a pure extension of Colbert's character.
A Better Know a District segment frequent on The Report is where Colbert will have a congressman from a district appear on the show, and Colbert has had a disproportionate showing by party, having significantly more Democrats than Republicans on the show. The interviews, which are pre-recorded, are later edited to cast the interviewee in a poor light. For example, a congressman's answer to a question might be made to appear as though in reply to a totally different question, making the answer, and by extension the congressman, appear ridiculous, immoral, biased or ignorant. Another technique used in these interviews is Colbert's asking of loaded questions, such as his famous "George Bush- great president or the greatest president?"
The Colbert Report has a following which the Colbert character often uses for his various pranks. For example, in every public vote for naming something, Colbert urges his fans to vote for him. He also leads frivolous wiki-vandalizing campaigns, having requested viewers vandalize Wikipedia several times and Conservapedia (see Relationship with Conservapedia section later in the article).
In his recurring segment "The Wørd", which is a parody of O'Reilly's "Talking Points", Colbert coined the word truthiness on the show's pilot, which refers to the quality possessed by statements which, though factually false, are repeated by supporters who feel in their hearts that they ought to be true, and regard it as quibbling to object to their falsehood.
Colbert has poked fun at Wikipedia and its apparent democratization of truth. He has coined the word "Wikiality" (as opposed to "reality") and caused trouble for Wikipedia by suggesting that his listeners alter articles. In August of 2006, he encouraged users to state that the population of African elephants had tripled in the last decade. Colbert's point was that if enough people believe something, it becomes "the truth". Wikipedia responded by reverting and locking down the pages to prevent further vandalism.
Colbert had viewers write in his name to a public vote done by NASA to name a new room addition to the International Space Station. Colbert's cult-like followers won the contest for him with an astonishing 230,539 total votes, 40,000 more than NASA's choice of Serenity.
In September of 2010, Colbert testified in character before Congress.
Colbert "ran" for President in the South Carolina primary in 2008, and announced a possible run in 2012.
Mr. Colbert founded the Colbert Super PAC, which was designed to make fun of the Citizens United ruling. The ads made fun of former Republican candidate Rick Perry, and the negative ads about Mitt Romney.
See also
- ↑ http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/07/13/ask-tv-squad-stephen-colbert-teaches-sundayschool/
- ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors/page/4 Rolling Stone Interview, Oct 31, 2006
- ↑ "The Colbert Report (December 8, 2009 episode)". The Colbert Report. 2009-12-08.
- ↑ "The Colbert Report (October 7, 2009 episode)". The Colbert Report. 2009-10-07.
- ↑ Example of vandalism on the Stephen Colbert article
- ↑ Example of vandalism on the Genesis 1-8 page of the Conservative Bible Project
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170306/awards IMDB List of Stephen Colbert Awards
- ↑ http://126.96.36.199/news/pressrelease.asp?ID=151 List of 2007 Peabody Award Winners


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The Sierra Nevada Vital Signs Network (SIEN) consists of four NPS units, including Devils Postpile National Monument (NM), Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks (NPs), and Yosemite NP. Sequoia & Kings Canyon NPs and Yosemite NP are Class I air quality areas; Devils Postpile NM is a Class II area.
Sequoia & Kings Canyon NP and Yosemite NP have extensive air quality monitoring. All network parks are in ozone non-attainment areas. An ozone injury risk assessment indicates the risk of injury is high in all SIEN parks.
The Network map below provides information on air quality monitoring. Ozone, sulfur dioxide, dry deposition, and meteorology are collected by the Clean Air Status and Trends (CASTNet) and Gaseous Pollutant Monitoring (GPMN) networks. Ozone is also monitored with passive samplers and portable continuous analyzers. Wet Deposition is monitored through cooperation with National Atmospheric Deposition Program/National Trends Network (NADP/NTN). The Mercury Deposition Network (MDN), part of NADP, collects precipitation samples that are analyzed for mercury. Visibility is monitored as part of the Interagency Monitoring of Protected Visual Environments (IMPROVE). Additional details on these parameters are described in Air Quality Monitoring.
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BFenix wrote:cool battle, megablocks makes good scenery ^^ the mecha and necronians are awesome, take and hold objectives are a good idea
Warhead wrote:Excellent battle. I hadn't gotten around to using that black armour on my Undead (your Necrons) yet, they look really good so I'll be using it in future. Good photo's too.
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Mexico raps US immigration bill on border security
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government objected on Tuesday to an immigration bill that appears headed for approval in the U.S. Senate, saying the initiative's heavy focus on border security is not consistent with the relationship between the two countries.
Foreign Relations Secretary Jose Meade said that instead of expanding a border fence, as proposed in the bill, the United States should modernize border bridges to expedite commerce.
"Fences do not unite," Meade said while reading a statement to reporters during a news conference where he didn't take questions
"Fences are not the solution to migration and are not consistent with a modern and secure border," he added. "They do not contribute to the regional development both countries seek to propel."
It was the first time the Mexican government had addressed the U.S. immigration bill.
The U.S. Senate could have a final vote Thursday or Friday on the bill, which could offer a chance at citizenship for millions living in the country illegally while also calling for beefing up border security.
It would then go to the House, where conservative Republicans in the majority oppose citizenship for anyone living in the country illegally.
The measure includes adding 20,000 U.S. Border Patrol agents, doubling their number along the border with Mexico, and completing 700 miles of fencing.
Meade acknowledged the bill might benefit several million Mexican migrants living in the United States, but said measures "that could affect ties between communities move away from the principles of shared responsibility and neighborliness."


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I have a friend who is an IT Officer for a local NHS (National Health Service, UK) Trust and he has dealt with literally thousands of hard drives over the years. Only a tiny fraction of a percent actually fail.
This is a Buffalo link station which has its own built in drive (up to 300GB) and has two USB2 ports to act either as a print server or to plug in one additional USB2 drive to increase the available network storage. Obviously, this is not RAID, but I back up my files to another USB/Firewire drive by hand via a local connection on another PC. The linkstation is accessible by any machine plugged into my LAN using a utility bundled with the device.
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Effects of moderate, substrate-free hypoxia on ventricular action potential duration (APD) in the isolated goldfish heart. APD in hypoxia was significantly shortened at 90% of full repolarization, but not at 50% (=5). Inset shows representative action potential configuration in one experiment (normoxia at left). Values are means ± 1 s . e . m . **Significantly different from values recorded under normoxic conditions (<0.01).
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There are a few factors contributing to this overwhelm, and progress — or a lack thereof — is at the crux:We're addicted to meaningless progress. We fail to define our meaningful goals. We lack a method for tracking our progress.
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And there's one more factor to be conscious of: uncertainty. When you're doing new things, mapping new territory, you rarely know how long the journey is going to take, because no one's made the journey before. A concept that we can distill down to the phrase: Everything takes longer than you think it will.
The writer Oliver Burkeman recently introduced me to Hofstadter's Law, which ingeniously captures this dilemma:
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.Hofstadter's Law:
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Because everything takes longer than you think it will — even when you know it will take longer than you think it will — tracking progress is crucial. If you're not going to hit the finish line on time, the only way to stay engaged is to feel, at the very least, a satisfying sense of momentum.
So whenever I'm feeling overwhelmed, I ask myself:
I'm currently developing a new podcast called Hurry Slowly , launching this October 2017, which requires me to conduct 30 interviews, create 10 episodes, and land 2 sponsors. And each of the interviews has multiple mini-phases: booking the interview, conducting the interview, and editing the interview. It's a lot to do, and I was feeling a little overwhelmed.
So I bought a 4-foot-wide roll of kraft paper, and I created a roadmap of everything I have to do over the next two months to reach launch. And I built in "progress trackers" for all the key pieces. This is the roadmap:
Here's all the things it tracks:
It also tracks some other stuff, but you don't need that much detail. The point is, there are lots of things that I get to cross off as I track my progress: weekly tasks, interviews booked, episodes completed, sponsors landed, etc.
It's worth noting that I am also tracking all of these items in a Google spreadsheet, but having a digital document gives me zero feeling of progress. You need the analog for that: You need to be tracking your progress by writing things down . We need to see our progress, writ large in the physical world, to feel it.
The minute I created this roadmap, I felt more grounded, motivated, and in control. I can see the path forward, and I can see myself progressing down that path. It's hard to overestimate how good this feels.


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Another View: At last, rail is being put back on track in New HampshireBY COLIN VAN OSTERN
February 05. 2013 5:51PM
The Capitol Corridor rail project is back on track again. The rail and transit study that was halted by last year's Executive Council now has strong, bipartisan support that reflects its popularity with business leaders and New Hampshire residents alike. The study will very likely pass shortly and be completed by the end of next year.
But this resuscitated study alone won't determine rail's fate in New Hampshire. To prevent another political derailment in the future, we must think ahead:
--Judge rail based on overall economic development, not ridership alone. Earlier this month, an executive from the largest private employer in Concord and another from the fastest-growing startup in Manchester each pled the case for rail to me - separately - using almost the same words, hours apart: "Help us grow, bring new workers to the area and reduce barriers between us and Boston so New Hampshire's advantages shine even brighter," each said.
They both want rail because of its overall economic impact and they recognize that rail boosts their own (and the state's) economic growth. This is the prize - and it is far larger than the economic bump from rail line construction jobs or the loss from covering operating costs.
--Secure a long-term, bipartisan vision, not stop-and-go development. When one party alone controlled the fate of rail in Concord last year, the project stalled (and by the way, that opposition cost some lawmakers their seats). Now, rail is back on track because Democrats and Republicans are working together to re-start this study. If the past decade is a guide, the Republican and Democratic parties will each have their day in the sun in our state before this project is done - so we need to embrace this as a practical issue, not a partisan one. We're in this together.
--Benefit the whole state, not just one community. The strongest case for rail - both economically and politically - is one that benefits as many New Hampshire residents as possible. Bridging Boston with Nashua's businesses, Merrimack's outlets, Manchester's airport and Concord's connections to the lakes and North Country would fill the hole left by today's existing rail lines along our state's Eastern and Western borders. Ideologically driven opponents of rail want to stake one region of the state against another, but what's best for New Hampshire is a transit plan that benefits all of us.
--Consider our transportation infrastructure as a whole, not just a stand-alone project. Rail must succeed as part of a well-planned transportation web that connects Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, an expanded I-93 and a rapidly-growing bus network across the state. Less traffic, more mobility and more commerce with our neighbors to the south creates a strong foundation for economic growth in New Hampshire. Both our bus lines and the Downeaster rail line in the Seacoast are setting records and stand to gain from the amplification rail provides.
There's no question that the promise of rail for New Hampshire is huge: attracting new workers for growing New Hampshire businesses; delivering tourists, shoppers and business visitors to our state; lessening traffic on I-93; easing commutes; and amplifying the growth of new Granite State bus routes and the Manchester-Boston Regional airport.
There are also significant costs to building and operating rail, and the coming study should shed some light on the costs of transit options in the Capitol Corridor. Once that study is completed, we must take an objective and comprehensive look at how those costs stack up against the tremendous economic benefits of rail.
This year won't produce a final decision on rail, but it will lay the foundation for whether that ultimate decision is made the right way. If we focus on economic development; if we set aside partisanship, if we focus on New Hampshire as a whole; and if we take a holistic look at our transportation systems; we'll stay back on track this time.
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"They're gonna watch the ABC TV!"
It's hard to believe that we have been in school for a month! We currently have seven centers open in our classroom -- discovery, cooking, art, sand and water, blocks, toys and games, and library -- and will open the remaining two centers -- dramatic play and computers -- next week. Even in just a month of school, some of my students have already started to develop their "favorite" centers. Ana loves to work in library, Liliana enjoys drawing intricate pictures in art, and Suniah can most often be found in the block area.
While each center naturally lends itself to a specific type of activity, it is important to remember that every domain of development and academic content area can be addressed in every center. For example, Suniah has been working in blocks fairly consistently for the past two weeks. She builds small houses with foam blocks, makes furniture out of bristle blocks, and assigns family roles to the miniature people. Suniah likes to work with her peers, but she sometimes gets frustrated when they don't follow her directions. Having observed Suniah in blocks for several days, I knew that she was naturally getting practice identifying shapes, comparing quantities, and thinking creatively about problems. These are all important cognitive development skills that my students learn in pre-k.
During center time this week, I made a note that I wanted to observe Suniah and join her play to facilitate some more social/emotional and language development. Suniah went to blocks at the very beginning of center time today; she made a flat rectangle of blocks, added several bristle blocks in the middle for "beds," and lined the miniature people up in rows. Over in art, Aaliyah started talking about the TV shows that her mother likes to watch. Suniah apparently heard this, because she soon announced, "Okay, guys, it's time to watch TV!" This was my opportunity to jump in.
"Suniah," I remarked, "did you hear Aaliyah talking about her mommy watching TV?"
"Yeah, we're gonna watch TV!"
"Oh, is there a TV in your house?" I asked, gesturing to her block house.
"Nooooo, it's right here!" Suniah exclaimed with exasperation, gesturing to our alphabet chart on the wall. "They're gonna watch the hippopotamus channel!"
"The hippopotamus channel? With the letter H?"
"Yeah! They're gonna watch the ABC TV!"
At this point Stephen, Jose, and Julia came over to Suniah to see what all the excitement was about.
"Sit down," Suniah instructed the other students "It's time to watch the ABC TV! Now we're gonna watch B.../b/ /b/ baby!" Suniah confidently pointed to the "B" card on our alphabet.
"Now C.../c/ /c/ caterpillar channel!" exclaimed Stephen, eager to get in the game. Suniah obliged, and pointed to the letter C.
This process went on for several minutes; Stephen, Jose, and Julia eagerly called out letters and Suniah quickly pointed to the letters, adding in any information that her friends may have missed (such as the letter sound or corresponding picture).
With a little bit of careful "kid watching," I was able to determine what developmental domains Suniah needed to focus on in centers, and I was able to naturally integrate those domains into her play. She practiced working collaboratively with peers, taking directions from others, and identifying letter names and sounds. In the future, if Suniah continues to work frequently in blocks, I will encourage her to read, write, make patterns, build more complex structures, etc. -- the possibilities are endless!


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FOX News Anchor Megyn Kelly Wants To Make It Clear That Santa Claus & Jesus Are White
FOX News anchor Megyn Kelly wants to make it clear to viewers that Santa Claus is white--and so is Jesus.
And that's just the way it is. Watch!
Someone may want to remind Megyn that Santa isn't real and really could be any race. (That's how imagination works.)
As for Jesus--she might be surprised to find that that Middle Eastern man wasn't quite as white as she thinks (or hopes?).
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The point was we should not change the color of a person skin. It would be the same if I change the color of martin Luther king skin because as a Latino I can't lined my self with him, can't find empowerment with his words because he's African American stop the PC and just love a person for who they are,
Was it Welsh or Norwegian , it was a long time ago that I heard about the tradition & @ Vic thats what I heard about the tradition .As I remember they a a leather bound hard copy book on all the traditions of Christmas around the world . Beautiful book with beautiful illustrations and all . I wish I knew the name of the publishing . I would say it was in the 60s that I remember seeing it .
Santa is real, he was a bishop and his name was Nicolas he went around England and would leave money and Food on the doors steps of poor and sick he made his name because he would leave extra gifts for children of those family,unfortunately he was white and maybe Jesus was not white but more middle eastern but we should not change a person race creed or sexual orientation to gain followers, would one change the race of any gay leaders or change their personal struggles just to be more favorable to the masses?


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What's Next for MEMS?
By Paula Doe, SEMI
While MEMS sensors and actuators are key to enabling most of the high profile markets of tomorrow, from wearables to smart objects in the Internet of Things, MEMS companies face challenges today in transitioning to those new opportunities as basic MEMS devices increasingly becoming commodities. Large corporations are hiring their own inhouse MEMS engineers, as standard platforms ease integration and programmable ASICs ease design spins, and new materials and smarter software enable new applications.
Tough competition: Much of the growth in the MEMS market in 2013 was concentrated at a handful of companies, including Bosch, Knowles, Canon, Avago, and InvenSense. Chinese microphone suppliers AAC and Goertek also saw strong growth, to take share away from microphone market leader Knowles. But roughly half of the 30 leading companies saw revenues decline, as increasing unit sales did not make up for falling prices.
Source: Yole Développement
While demand for MEMS devices continues its fast growth across all sectors, the relentless pressure from consumer markets and increasing competition continues to drive prices down and reduce margins. "Whatever the application, from microphones to even advanced 6- and 9-axis inertial sensor modules, the players who not so long ago dominated a niche with 70-80 percent market share now see their share dropping to 60 percent, 50 percent, or even 40 percent, as more players start to offer alternative products, and as prices keep coming down even more," says Jean-Christophe Eloy, Yole Développement CEO and president, who will speak at this year's SEMICON West MEMS program.
MEMS makers have typically reduced cost by reducing die size, but the sensor die size has stabilized over the last few years as the sensing elements are reaching their practical limit of scaling. The next generation of inertial sensors will need to replace the traditional comb drive capacitive technology with some other technology. Some potential alternatives range from Qualtre's BAW-based sensor to Leti/Tronics nanowire strain gauge that senses piezo-resistance, to mCube's MEMS on CMOS approach, but introducing a new technology into a high volume, low price market is a challenge.
The other path forward for successful companies is scaling to increasing volumes, and adding increasing value with integration, software or systems. Others can find it hard to compete with the high volume and diversified markets of an IDM like Robert Bosch, which not only sells its sensors but also its systems to the automotive market, while simultaneously growing a consumer business, notes Eloy.
All that raises the major question of who will invest to add capacity to support future growth. The sector has yet to grow enough big fabless companies to support a large volume foundry business for its idiosyncratic products. InvenSense and Knowles remain the only two fabless companies to yet make it into the top 30 MEMS makers, and total foundry production still remains under ~10 percent of total MEMS production value, according to Yole estimates. That suggests most future investment will come from the IDMs, who will weigh additional investment against the return on their IC business, and can capitalize on synergies with IC and systems business, says Eloy.
New players, more applications
But there's still a healthy market for smaller volume products outside the smartphone world, and that's drawing in more new players. "What is exciting me is that some of the largest corporations in the world have now started to get on this MEMS train and hire a team of their own in-house MEMS guys to look into it," says Tomas Bauer, Silex Microsystems VP of business development and marketing, and another speaker at SEMICON West 2014, of the new kind of foundry customers he's seeing. "Instead of just buying a MEMS startup with a prototype, these big systems makers are now actively developing their own applications. I'd expect we'll start to see the results from this shift in the center of gravity in the next two years or so."
Development of generic platform modules by multiple suppliers in the maturing MEMS sector helps ease the entry of these new players. Silex has focused particularly on integration/packaging platforms with its through-silicon via technologies, for relatively low-density connections, but through full-thickness wafers that don't require special handling or bonding/debonding. Recently it's developed a through-glass version, with~30µm vias at <100µm pitch for capping RF devices, with more stable permeability than high resistivity silicon.
The company is also working with IC foundry partners on a relatively low cost SiP solution using full-thickness silicon interposers with the these metal vias and four layers of copper damascene for fine pitch microbumping, allowing the user to buy the interposer with microbump interface from the foundry, then get final packaging from the OSAT, without the thin wafer handling and bonding/debonding issues.
Programmable ASIC platforms speed time to market
As smaller sensors require more sophisticated signal processing — and as the sensors themselves become more of a commodity — more value is moving to the ASIC, and spurring development of more support infrastructure there as well. The ASIC can account for more than a third of the cost of a complex MEMS device, for more than a ~$3.5 billion annual business, according to Yole estimates. And now a few suppliers are starting to offer programmable ASICs to reduce development time and cost.
"It can take a long time to get from a MEMS prototype to an optimized working device, and a programmable ASIC to use in development can dramatically reduce time to market, from 18-24 months down to as little as 12 months," says Scott Smyser, EVP of business development for Egypt-based ASIC design company Si-Ware. That company is making a version of the evaluation platform it uses in house available to customers to test their devices. The development boards offer a programmable ASIC for high performance single-axis inertial sensors, which can be adjusted for things like different capacitance ranges, drive frequencies and output parameters, providing the electronics for modeling and checking the MEMS device to ease the iterations required to tweak the properties of the sensor and evaluate its match with the controller. Originally designed for a single axis inertial sensor, the board can be used for multi-axis devices by daisy chaining units together. Users so far have ranged from companies looking to enter the consumer MEMS inertial sensor market to those developing high performance inertial sensors with particular capabilities. Si-Ware is also working now to extend the platform for more applications, starting with pressure, temperature, humidity and other resistant bridge and capacitive sensors.
These speakers will be joined by Jack Young of Qualcomm Ventures on health and medical sensors, Chris Keimel of GE Global Research on new metal switch technology, Arjen Janssens of SolMateS on PZT thin film technology, and others, in the MEMS TechXpot, Tuesday morning, July 8, at SEMICON West, discussing the coming challenges and opportunities for next generation MEMS. [Register here: www.semiconwest.org/register]
This MEMS event at SEMICON West 2014 is produced in conjunction with the MEMS Industry Group, which will also host its annual party Wednesday evening.
Other upcoming SEMICON exhibitions and conferences include SEMICON Russia (May 14-15), SEMICON Taiwan (September 3-5), SEMICON Europa (October 7-9), and SEMICON Japan (December 3-5).
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The earliest Kerr Jars were made for Kerr, which was actually a jobbing company, by Illinois Pacific Glass Company and Hazel Atlas Company.
Home-canning operations in agricultural sections of the United States gave the company the largest volume of business on record in 1931.
During World War II, at the encouragement of the U.S. government, Americans began canning and preserving food in an attempt to help the war effort.
Kerr Glass went public in January 1970 with an 853,000-share initial public offering. The deal consisted of 800,000 shares sold by the company, with principal stockholders selling the remaining 53,000 shares. Of the company's proceeds, about $13 million was used to partially retire about $60 million of short-term bank debt, and the remainder was added to working capital.
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AAMFT continued to make progress in obtaining MFT jobs and paid clinical internships at the federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The VA has agreed to fund 45 paid positions for MFT clinical interns over the next 5 years, starting in Fall 2015. This is a major win because: 1) two-thirds of all VA clinicians started as VA clinical interns, 2) previously no MFT clinical interns were paid, and 3) many MFT academic programs report difficulties in obtaining the clinical internships required for MFT licensure.
VA also continued to post jobs of licensed MFTs, although the numbers of postings are still many fewer than for Social Workers. In 2015, AAMFT expects the number of MFTs at VA to rise substantially as a result of enactment of $5 billion in added VA spending to hire additional behavioral and other clinicians. These new MFT hires at VA bring the total new MFT jobs at VA and the Department of Defense to about 375 over the past 5 years.
Another big 2015 win was doubling the number of our federally-funded Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) MFT graduate students from 25 to 55. This increase resulted from Congressional enactment of the President's Now Is The Time initiative, which opens the MFP Program to Masters as well as Doctoral students. In the 2015-16 grant year for the MFP we received $793,978.00 in funding for the MFP-Doctoral, and $586,055.00 in funding for the NITT-MFP-Y, bringing our current total funding to $1,380,033.00. This is used to support 66 Fellows (25 Doctoral and 41 Master's).
In December of 2015 The president signed the "omnibus" appropriations spending bill that would fund the government through September of 2016. The bill included a lift of the sequester spending caps that have been in effect since 2013 and included an agreement to increase discretionary spending by about $80 billion over two years. Among other things it included a $2 billion funding increase for the NIH (the largest budget increase for NIH in over 12 years), more than $1.5 billion for the National Institute of Mental Health, and increased funding to fight opiod abuse.
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