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2012 Sorensen Fellows
Download "Tracing Roots: Uncovering Realities Beneath the Surface," which highlights the Fellows' experiences. For PDFs of each essay, click here.
For video footage of the fellows' presentation "Tracing Roots: Uncovering Realities Beneath the Surface" of their time as Sorensen Fellows, click here.
To read an introduction to the fellows in BrandeisNOW, click here, and to read their reports "from the field" in summer 2012, click here.
Rachael Koehler '13, from Pennsauken, New Jersey, majored in Psychology with Religious Studies and NEJS minors. She was a community advisor for first year residents, an Undergraduate Department Representative for Religious Studies, and chair for Relay for Life, raising funds for the American Cancer Society. She did her Sorensen Fellowship internship with Beyond Skin in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which works to promote racial and religious coexistence through multicultural arts and media. She planned her own coexistence festival and brought people of different religions together in dialogue by producing a religious understanding radio show.
Mangaliso Mohammed '13, from Mbabane, Swaziland, majored in Environmental Studies and Economics with a minor in Legal Studies. Having lived in a developing country for a significant part of his life, Mangaliso is particularly interested in the sustainable development of informal communities such as slums in the urban areas of his home country. In summer 2011 he worked as an intern for the Municipal Council of Mbabane focusing on waste management and pollution control in the urban areas surrounding the country's capital. For his Sorensen Fellowship internship, also with the Municipal Council of Mbabane, Mangaliso worked on finding suitable, renewable, energy sources for low-income households to alleviate poverty as well as reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS in urban areas.
Karia Sekumbo '14, majred in Economics and International and Global Studies with a minor in Legal Studies. Although he is originally from Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, he has lived in several different countries including Botswana, Swaziland, Uganda, and now the United States. He is the current president of the Brandeis International Journal, a campus publication dedicated to discussing international relations and global affairs. He was an intern with Opportunity International, a microfinance organization in Tanzania, where he gained a more concrete understanding of the workings of microfinance and its important role in global poverty alleviation and the reduction of gender inequality in communities.
Robyn Spector '13 majored in Business and American Studies, with a minor in Journalism. Elected photography editor for the student newspaper The Justice in her first year at Brandeis, Robyn later served as an associate editor on the newspaper's executive board. In addition, she was one of the Journalism Undergraduate Department Representatives and has photographed campus events for the Office of Admissions, the Office of the Arts, and the Ethics Center. Born and raised in New York City, she has studied at the International Center for Photography, Maine Media Workshops, and has been featured in National Geographic and the Jewish Community Center of Manhattan's exhibition "ImagiNation: Young Photographers Engage the World." For her Sorensen internship, Robyn photographed and reported at The New Times, the central English-language newspaper in Kigali, Rwanda. Through the lens of a photojournalist, she examined journalism ethics in a developing country and learned about the roots and intricacies of Rwanda's history that are ingrained in its society today.
Andrea Verdeja '14 was born in Japan to Cuban and Spanish parents, and was afterwards raised in the Dominican Republic. She majored in Politics and International and Global Studies. She was the president of the International Club at Brandeis and assistant captain of the sailing team. Last summer she interned at the Jesuit Service for Refugees and Immigrants, working in both the Dominican Republic and in Haiti. She was an advocate for the legal rights of Haitian immigrants and their children, many of whom are arbitrarily being deprived of their legitimate nationality by Dominican government officials. She interned at the Al-Feniq (Phoenix) Center in Bethlehem, a community center in the Deheisha Refugee Camp led by Palestinian refugees working to serve their residents and advocate for their social and political rights.


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So, considering my late start on the posting today, I decided to capitalize on the the theme. Some days are just those stay-in-your-pajamas-and-watch-tv kind of days. Others, when the weather gets warmer, are the take-off-your-shoes-and-dance-in-the-rain kind of days. Whichever it is, you still have certain things to take care of if you go outside and come back in at all. Things like an umbrella, wet shoes, and bits of gravel that stick on the bottom of those shoes.
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Tournament Tips
Want to do well at your next tournament? We reveal hidden tournament secrets that will push you past the competition! An excellent resource for every tournament angler.
Defending the Classic Crown
See how Randy Howell scouts Lake Hartwell in preparation for the Feb. 20-22 Bassmaster Classic
Counting the Cost of Going Pro
Here's how to get a company to start loading you up with free baits or sending you a check every month.
Hard Learned Lessons Of The Pros
Top bass pros recall some of the hard learned lessons that cost them in tournaments.
Tournament Preparation Tips
With these tips you should be able to put together a solid game plan for any tournament.
In the Beginning – Mother and Son
Learn how Aaron Martens got into tournament fishing....from his MOM!
Tournament Head Trips and Mind Games
These are things that can help you avoid making one of the biggest mistakes in bass fishing. We reveal what they are inside.
Keeping Summer Bass Alive
Summer time coincides with some of the hottest bass fishing of the year literally and figuratively. Be sure to take extra steps to insure that the bass you catch live to fight another day.
Is Fishing In Your DNA?
Perhaps you would love to be a professional angler someday? Is it in your DNA? A pro angler's mother reveals the signs.
Pride Goes Before A Fall . . . But There's Hope!
The evolution of pro anglers, from rookie to seasoned pro.
Fishing with Aaron Martens…Mr. Perfect
What does Aaron Martens do differently from other anglers? I watched andI learned things I can't wait to change or do myself, and maybe I can inspire you as well.
Bass Fishing Tournaments: The Key To Winning
Professional speaker Brandon Gray teaches you how to overcome tough fishing conditions during tournaments, and turn them into wins using a process called Circumstance, Choice and Response. This might be the best next 6 minutes you spend today.
What Are You Going To Change This Year?
No matter how last year's tournament season was for you, there are always things you can change. Here's how!
Dealing with Big Changes
If it's tournament day and all your fish that you found during pre-fish are gone, odds are, you can find them again if you just do this.
Technology and Fishing
What type of electronics are available today, and do they help you catch fish? Find out inside!
Tournaments for Teens and Kids
If you love bass fishing, and want to help grow and promote our sport, there's no better way than helping and teaching youngsters who are eager to get started. Here's how.
Lady Angler Carol Martens Still Fishing Around
After 30 years of fishing tournaments, this senior and grandmother is still going strong. This is how she does it.
Great Times Ahead for All
It appears our sport has grown to a whole new level of fun and entertainment with no limits in sight! It's going to be a great year for all of us.
Handling Tough Tournament Conditions
When tournament conditions are tough, top pros rely on two techniques. We explain what they are inside.
My Panic Box
Classic champion Mike Iaconelli reveals the baits that will definitely help you put some fish in the boat!
How To Establish A Pattern
Discover what establishing a pattern means, and how making (sometimes subtle) changes to your presentation can lead to success!
Establishing A Pattern
Often mentioned, but rarely explained, establishing a pattern is a goal of every serious bass angler.
How To Be In The Top 10
Although the move to catching more fish on a regular basis requires some work, it is a much shorter trip than most anglers would guess.
10 Steps To A Better Tournament Angler
Follow this sage advice from the pros and better tournament results are just around the corner.
Setting Tournament Goals
You must set goals before each season begins. Bill Wilcox outlines some valuable tips inside that could mean taking home a check.
Reaching Your Goals
So you know what you want to accomplish this tournament season, but are you going to achieve it?
Analyze This
Emotions can ruin a tournament. Here are some tips to keep you level-headed and focused on fishing during a tournament.
Attitude Adjustment
In your next tournament forget about finding secret lures, secret spots or getting lucky. Here's the most important thing.
Developing and Retaining Fishing Confidence
Confidence in bass fishing can take years to build but only one day to break it down. Here's how to keep that from happening.
Bass Tournament Shortcuts
Do you want to do better in your next tournament? Discover how to improve your performance in this eye-opening article.
Stay Focused!
Staying focused may mean the difference between the winner's circle and a long drive home.
Ten Tournament Tips
What does it take to have a successful tournament? It's more than fishing techniques or strategies. Find out inside.
Open Minded
Most bass fishermen get locked into certain beliefs concerning bass fishing. Buck the trend and catch more bass.
Tournament Etiquette
You're at your tournament. Somebody is sitting right on your spot. What do you do? We tell you inside!
Tournament Etiquette for Rookies
New to tournament fishing? We offer the following tips for newcomers to bass club tournaments.
Is It Still A Fair Game?
What is ethical? A look at the sides of the many-faceted premise of tournament etiquette and fairness.
Polygraph Controversy: To Test Or Not
There's hotly debated commentaries on the act of using polygraph examinations for fishing tournaments.
Tournament Strategy: Decisions, Decisions
Making the right on-the-water decisions may quickly spell the difference between winning and losing.
Adapting On the Water
Most successful tournament anglers have to be versatile. They must be able to adjust to the bass throughout the day.
Tournament Strategy
We reveal how successful tournament fishing can best be achieved by putting together a winning game-plan.
Run & Gun vs. Stay & Play
Personal style and environmental circumstances are determining factors in a pro angler's decision on where and how to fish.
Weekday vs. Weekend Bass
Don't get stuck on weekday fishing patterns when the weekend rolls around. You'll probably need to...
What's Not Hot Anymore?
What lures that once had a prominent place on the pro trail have faded to near obscurity? We reveal them inside!
Fishing Tournaments on Home Waters
Here's how to prevent getting skunked on your home waters. It's easier than you think!
A Conversation with Michael Murphy
Learn tournament strategy - from prefishing to final day - from pro Michael Murphy in this informative and frank article.
Be Versatile
If you want to become a better tournament angler, you need to fish all types of water conditions and locations.
Prefishing Tournaments
Some anglers fade away on the first day while others move up in the standings each day. The difference is their prefish strategy.
Time Management For Prefishing
Managing time on the water is critical during a tournament. Here's how to maximize it.
Tournament Pre-Fishing and the Bassmaster Classic
Learn from a contender at the top of his game how he prepares and scouts for the championship tournament.
Tournament Preparation
Classic champion Mike Iaconelli reveals his secret pre-tournament rituals for successful tournaments. A BassResource.com exclusive!
Pre-Tournament Practice
Efficiency is the key to successful pre-tournament practice. Here's how to maximize your prefishing time.
Proper Catch & Release
Most tournaments require live release, so once you've paid your entry fee, do your part to make catch-and-release real.
Extreme Bass Fishing
Doing whatever it takes to try to win will make you a more successful tournament angler. Here's how!
Still On Top
With all the new tactics, new lures, and new technologies you'd think all the young guns of the sport have it made, right? Wrong!
Fishing Tournament Hot Streaks
Catching a hot streak mainly stems from hard work, experience and the courage to take when you're in position to win.
The Three C's Of Bass Fishing
To rule out the luck factor of fishing and improve your results, follow the three C's of bass fishing.
The Success Formula
What is the key to a successful day on the water? How can you become more consistent? The answer is inside.
Factoring Out Luck
Want to do better at tournaments? Learn from 4-time Classic winner Rick Clunn how he consistently catches fish.
Tournament Lessons
These hard-learned lessons changed how I fish tournaments, but you can skip the pain and use them to improve your on-the-water performance.
Spinnerbait Sends Lee To Classic
I'm amazed at the difference the little things make. Add in a dash of confidence and you put yourself in the position to win.
Visualization: Seeing Is Believing!
Bass anglers have one of the most powerful tools available to them, but very few take advantage of it. Discover the secret inside.
You've Got To Be Willing To Lose, To Win
Want to win tournaments? We reveal what may be the only thing holding you back.
What Do They Have, That I Don't?
What separates the pros from the average angler? Do you have the hidden talents they exploit?
Co-Angler Clinic
Here is what every serious tournament angler needs to know in order to succeed in boater/co-angler format tournaments.
The Non-Boater's Guide to Tournaments
Are you just getting into tournament fishing, or are curious about it? Where do you begin? What should you expect?
From A Partnership To A Championship
Discover how individual tournament strategies and big picture planning decisions can turn into a championship season.
The Long Journey to Angler of The Year!
We'll go step by step and see what a team did, how they approached each lake, and how they caught their fish.
Making The Cut
Follow an angler through a grueling tournament - will he make the cut? See what happens next!
Final Flurry Eases Pain Of Second Place
That last 50 minutes of the tournament was special for me -- and my marshal, too! Here's what I mean.
Fishing Partners
We look at both the boat owner and non-boater to give you some guidelines for fishing etiquette and boating rules.
Getting Started in Tournaments
You've decided you want to fish tournaments. So, where do you start? What do you need to know? Read on!
Choosing Tournaments
Here's some tips in selecting a tournament trail that fits what you're looking for in fun and enjoyment, the best payback, or both.
Paddle Bassers
Kayak tournaments may have different rules than powerboat events, but the objectives are the same: fun and fish.
The Emotional Roller Coaster
Do you really have what it takes to become a professional tournament angler? Read on to find out.
So You Want To Be A Bass Pro?
With these ideas in mind, you should be well on your way to building a solid foundation for a bass fishing career.
Necessities In Tournament Fishing
What does it take to become a professional bass angler? Here's some insight directly from a pro.
From Federation To The Pros
Top bass pro Mike Iaconelli explains making the jump from the Federation ranks to the pro circuit. A BassResource.com Exclusive!
So You Want To Fish For A Living?
If you have your sights set on being a professional tournament competitor, here's some sound advice to set you on your way.
You Gotta Love It
Want to make it on the professional circuit? What do you need to do? Dean Rojas explains what it takes.
So You Want To Turn Pro?
Do you have what it takes to turn pro? Read about becoming a professional angler from a touring pro.
Chasing That Dream Career
Do you want to become a pro bass angler? Do you have what it takes? Read this article to find out!
Moving Up The Ladder
In order to move up to the professional tournament level of bass fishing, you must map out your strategy.
Bass Sponsorship 101
How do anglers get sponsors? Looking for a high-profile sponsor? It's relatively easy. Just start here.
Acquiring Sponsorships
If you want to be a pro angler, then you must have good sponsorships. We reveal how to find and build solid sponsor relationships.
Sponsor Relations: Be an Asset, Not a Liability
Here's a number of marketing differences that landed sponsorships for pro anglers, and the list includes...
Sponsorship Workshop
This article is designed solely for the purpose of helping individuals obtain and retain sponsorship agreements.
The Hard Truth About Sponsorship
If you want a company to sponsor you, then you need to ask yourself what you have to offer them. We explain inside.
Sponsorship: The Ins and Outs
Part 1 in a series that answers the question, How do I get sponsored and keep those sponsors?
Sponsorship: The Initial Contact
Part 2 in a series that answers the question, How do I get sponsored and keep those sponsors?
Sponsorship: Acceptance
Part 3 in a series that answers the question, How do I get sponsored and keep those sponsors?
The Allure Of Fishing
Competitive fishing has a magical pull that keeps tournament competitors coming back for more — no matter what the sacrifice.
The Fishing Industry and Sponsorship
Want to get sponsored? We reveal the secrets of looking outside of the fishing industry for cash sponsorship.
Sponsorship: It's Not About You
Determine if you can help sponsors achieve what they want, and you'll get the sponsorships you want!
Fishing Economics 101
So what are the factors that influence the life of a pro angler? You may be surprised! They're revealed inside.
Treat Fishing as a Business – Lessons from a CPA
If fishing is a business, make it just that. Here's how to be ready when the tax man cometh.
Fishing Resumes Versus Proposals
Simply stating that you'll proudly display their logo is considered ho-hum in the fishing industry. Here's how to get their attention!
Scout's Honor
Think you need a shiny rig to fish in tournaments? Read about the man who won $20,000 by fishing from a John Boat!
Mentors and Influences
Rarely do today's bass pros make it to the top by themselves. Here is a look at the mentors and influences of a few well-known pros.
Giving Fellow Pros A Peak At Your Playbook
With $100,000 at stake, do you think the pros help each other on game day? Find out the surprising answer inside!
Jays Ways
Jay Yelas reflects on winning Angler of the Year, and reveals his secrets to a championship season.
Third Time's A Charm
Mark Davis has won his third B.A.S.S. Angler of Year in Seven Seasons. Find out how he came back on top after his career nearly ended.
Adapt or Fail
How Three of the Very Best Elite Anglers Adapted to a Host of Changing Conditions at Bull Shoals
Take the Socks. Save the Back.
If Swindle does well this week, he'll avoid a sixth back surgery, and he'll make sure everybody is wearing socks as colorful as his personality.
Hackney Works Without a Net
If bass fishing had a Waylon Jennings, it might very well be Greg Hackney.
Biffle's Win Was of Rats' Nest and Sore Feet
The win came through the determination of a stiffened-up grizzled veteran to win whether away in Alabama, New York or right here at home.
Split Rings and Spider Monkeys
It's an odd combination, but it makes sense to Mike Iaconelli. Discover why inside.
Top BASS Contenders Under 30
A handful of young tournament anglers have been blowing the doors off the competition. Find out who they are inside.
Teen Idols Gone Fishin'
These teens and preteens would rather be casting a line than glued to the set catching the latest music video.
New Tournament Record
Dean Rojas broke the 100-pound mark for a record 108 pounds, 12 ounces for a five-bass limit catch in a four-day tournament.
B.A.S.S. Record Smashed
Byron Velvik demolished the three-day BASSMASTER record with 83 lbs 5 ozs at Clearlake California.
Records Were Made To Be Broken
Byron Velvik shattered the 3 day total weight record with 83-pound 5-ounces. The man and his tactics are examined in this article.
The Perfect Tournament
Some of us may never get to fish when the perfect conditions all come together. This is a story about the time that it did.
Bassmaster Classic Grand Lake Pictures Part 1
See pictures from Grand Lake, site of the Bassmaster Classic, like you've never seen before!
Bassmaster Classic Grand Lake Pictures Part 2
Here's some great shots in and around Grand Lake, site of the Bassmaster Classic!
Bassmaster Classic Grand Lake Pictures Part 3
Check out the sights in and around Grand Lake, site of the Bassmaster Classic!
Pictures From An Elite Series Event
See behind-the-scenes images from an Elite Series bass fishing tournament, held in Palatka, Florida
Pictures At A Tournament
Here's photos taken at an Elite Series bass fishing tournament - shots that you normally wouldn't see!
Shaw Grigsby Raw - Part 1
In this episode, Shaw explains how to find fish, his first boat, making it as a pro, and more!
Shaw Grigsby Raw - Part 2
In this episode, Shaw reveals his seasonal tactics, plus his favorite and least favorite lures!
Shaw Grigsby Raw - Part 3
In this episode, Shaw talks about his fishing heros, the early days of tournament fishing, and a lot more!
Shaw Grigsby Raw - Part 5
In this episode, Shaw shares his best moment on the water, and his funniest moment off the water!
Shaw Grigsby Raw - Part 6
In this episode, Shaw reveals his funniest moment on the water, advice for turning pro, and his background with snakes!
Shaw Grigsby Raw - Part 7
In this episode, Shaw explains boat control, eliminating water, confidence baits, and more!
Shaw Grigsby Raw - Part 8
In this episode, Shaw talks hunting, tournament etiquette, and his fishing tips!


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Rokee Leads Rams with 9 Points in Win over West Conn
Farmingdale State - 19, Western Connecticut - 7
Danbury, Conn. - The Farmingdale State women's lacrosse team improved to 1-1 overall with a convincing 19-7 victory over Western Connecticut (0-2) today in Danbury, Conn. Rams junior midfielder Theresa Rokee (Lindenhurst, N.Y./Lindenhurst) led the team with nine points (4 goals, 5 assists), while freshman attackers Heather Andersen (4 goals, 2 assists - Levittown, N.Y./Division Ave.) and Justine Rothar (5 goals, 1 assist - Levittown, N.Y./Division Ave.) both finished with six points in the win.
Junior midfielder Jennifer Jung (New Hyde Park, N.Y./Merricks) opened the scoring just 4:02 into the game off a pass from freshman attacker Alecia Fuschetto (Melville, N.Y./Hills East). Andersen connected off a Rothar pass just four minutes later to put Farmingdale on top by two, and then Rokee scored on a free position for the 3-0 Rams advantage.
Western Connecticut's Kara Kruczkiewicz countered with an unassisted goal to make it 3-1, but it would be all Farmingdale for the next 17 minutes, scoring seven straight to take a 10-1 lead into the halftime break.
In the second, the Rams scored first with a goal by Fuschetto on a Rokee assist, before West Conn came back with four goals to Farmingdale's two, cutting the deficit to 13-5 with 16 minutes left. The Rams took the momentum back and added six more to finish with the 19-7 win. Senior goalkeeper Janine Forman (Massapequa, N.Y./Plainedge) made 11 saves.
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Several PLHS athletes were selected for all-league honors in fall sports. They include:
Sophomore volleyball player Faith Smith was selected to the first team, All-Western League. The Pointers finished 14-19 overall (4-6 in league).
In boys' water polo, senior Kye Miranda scored 69 goals and added 12 assists to earn an All-Eastern League second team berth. The Pointers finished 7-24 overall (0-8 in league).
In girls' field hockey, senior Erin Green earned first team Western League honors. Teammate Sara Wildman, also a senior, was named to the second team. The Lady Pointers posted a 13-6 overall record (2-3 in league).
— Scott Hopkins
Pointers sailors again claim regatta title
Point Loma High's famed sailing team kicked off the 2013 calendar year with yet another victory in a major sailing regatta.
The prep sailors cruised to victory in the Rose Bowl Regatta, sailed Jan. 5-6 in Long Beach and hosted by the University of Southern California sailing team and the Alamitos Bay Yacht Club.
The title was the Pointers' seventh consecutive Rose Bowl Regatta victory, according to event organizers.
Sailing in a 28-boat "Gold" fleet, the Pointers' varsity boat took first place with a point total of 80, a runaway victory over second place Coronado High School with 109 points.
Additionally, one of the Pointer junior varsity boats took fourth place overall with 121 points.
Members of the varsity boat crew included Scott Sinks, Rebecca McElvain, Greer Wattson, AJ Reiter, Mercedes McPhee and Trevor Hecht.
The junior varsity boat was manned by Will La Dow, Jennifer Johnson, Andy Reiter, Halea Holesak and Luke Kellerhouse.
La Dow had just returned from Florida where, with crew Nikki Obel, he won the Club 420 competition in a field of 74 boats at the Orange Bowl Regatta the previous week.
Pointer coach Steve Hunt, 37, told Rose Bowl organizers his team is only getting better.
"It's the largest team I've had. We get 15 boats on the water in practice, and I think success breeds success," Hunt said.
The Rose Bowl Regatta victory keeps the Pointers atop the 2012-13 standings for the Roy E. Disney Trophy, awarded annually to the top sailing program in the Pacific Coast Interscholastic Sailing Association (PCISA).
Stanford University won the collegiate division of the regatta.
The next PCISA-Disney event is the Golden Bear Regatta, taking place Feb. 23-24 at the Treasure Island Sailing Center.


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7850. Koala, S.. 1982. Adaptation of Australian ley farming to Montana dryland cereal production.. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Plant and Soil Sci., Montana St. Univ., Bozeman, MT 59717.
This study examined the potential to adapt the ley farming system used in Australia to dryland cereal production in Montana. The ley system alternates a grain crop with a self-seeding forage legume. The legumes tested in this study included 5 Australian medics, 7 subclovers, 2 lupins, fababean, and a native Montana black medic. One full cycle of the system was completed. All grain yields (spring wheat) were higher after the legumes than after fallow. Soil water to 120 cm was similar in all plots at wheat planting. The black medic treatment had the highest water use efficiency (100 kg grain/cm) and fallow the lowest (55 kg grain/cm). There were higher levels of soil nitrate after the legumes than after fallow. Re-establishment of the legumes after wheat ranged from 3 to 93% ground cover, with black medic being the highest. Overall, black medic from Montana performed best in this study.


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Are you more inclined to use Click-N-Ship or PC Postage rather than visit a retail outlet to save money on Priority Mail?
No one can accuse the U.S. Postal Service of following the pack. It not only dismissed the strategy of pricing packages based on size as well as weight (referred to as dim weight pricing); it actually plans to lower prices for a good portion of its flagship Priority Mail products.


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Today's most outrageous news story originated with London's Financial Times, which headlined a supposed scandal: "U.S. Faces Future of Chronic Deficits." The story begins: "The Bush administration has shelved a report commissioned by the Treasury that shows the US currently faces a future of chronic federal budget deficits totalling at least $44,200bn in current US dollars….[T]he Bush administration chose to keep the findings out of the annual budget report for fiscal year 2004, published in February, as the White House campaigned for a tax-cut package that critics claim will expand future deficits."
The Financial Times story spread like wildfire through the electronic press today, and will no doubt be headlined in most newspapers tomorrow. Here, for example, is CNN's report: "White House Scrapped Deficit Story." And here is the typically hysterical and irresponsible BBC spin: "Bush 'Buried' Critical Report." The BBC elaborated on the Financial Times' original story by claiming that the "buried" report "advocated tax rises." For those who missed the point, the BBC adds that "Those [tax] cuts, the opposite of what was reportedly recommended in the Treasury study, were signed into law by President George W. Bush on Wednesday." Other news sources have written that the "buried" report advocated a 66% increase in income taxes.
But the report in question isn't exactly buried; it is available here, on the web site of the American Enterprise Institute, where one of the report's authors is a visiting scholar.
The report, by Jagdeesh Gokhale and Kent Smetters, is highly technical and certainly has not been read, let alone understood, by most of the reporters who have used it as another pretext to bludgeon the Administration and to discredit tax cuts. The point of the report, titled "Fiscal and Generational Imbalances: New Budget Measures for New Budget Priorities," is to propose a new method of measuring the federal government's long-term budget obligations. The Administration did not include this paper or its findings in the 2004 budget report; instead, it included the 75-year projections for Medicare and Social Security which have been used by the federal government for a number of years. In other words, the current budget used exactly the same projections that have been used in past years, rather than adopting the new measure argued for by Gokhale and Smetters. Some scandal.
The claim that the report advocated tax increases is also false. The report says that the present value of the federal budgetary shortfall, projected in perpetuity, is approximately $44 trillion, virtually all of which is attributable to Medicare or Social Security obligations. This projection assumes that those programs are not reformed. The authors say, on page 5, that if there were no cuts in projected spending, payroll taxes would have to be increased by 17% of total payrolls, forever, or income taxes would have to be increased by two-thirds, forever, to correct the fiscal imbalance they project.
What the authors recommend, however, is not tax increases which on their face are out of the question. Rather, they advocate reform of entitlement programs. In particular, they argue for establishing personal retirement accounts to replace the current Social Security system; see the discussion beginning at page 13 of the report.
The author of the Financial Times article, Peronet Despeignes, can be forgiven for failing to understand the Gokhale-Smetters study. She cannot, however, be forgiven for failing to report correctly on what the authors of the study told her. The text of her interview with Kent Smetters is available here, and it negates the entire thrust of the article that she wrote and other news sources have slavishly copied:
"Smetters:…But the thing is Lindsey went, O'Neill went. It's perfectly reasonable that the new guys came in, they're hit with this, and they need some time to think about it. The Boston Globe article was written by two brilliant economists. But, in my opinion, that piece maybe made it sound too much like some kind of a conspiracy to kill honest accounting in order to save the tax cut, or something like that. It really wasn't. The new guys said, hey, this is something that could go to press within a week, and this is just a completely radical new way of looking at the budget.
"FT: So there wasn't any high-level conspiracy?
"Smetters: No, there wasn't. This point has to be really emphasized. In fact, if you look at this framework, the tax plan looks great….This is hardly stuff the Administration would kill because they're afraid of the tax plan looking bad."
So the thrust of the article published by the Financial Times, and elaborated on by CNN, the BBC, Reuters, and, no doubt, just about every newspaper in America by tomorrow morning, is the precise opposite of what the Financial Times reporter was told by one of the authors of the supposedly "buried" study.
One more thing: the just-enacted tax cut of $350 billion represents approximately .008 of the $44 trillion shortfall projected by Gokhale and Smetters. So if liberals think that entitlement reform can be avoided by negating the small tax cuts now in prospect, they are sadly misguided.
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Im curious to see if anyone else around here is having or had the same issue. I have had my Sigma 70-200 F2.8 II EX DG APO HSM a little while (late 2008). I have quite enjoyed using the lens, but it hasnt had as much of a work out as I would have liked.
Anyhow, I have been using it a bit more regularly of late and have noticed a fault that is now becoming frustrating when using it outdoors and it heats up, the auto focus noticeably slows and at some points even stops. Once everything cools down a bit, all appears to return to normal. I was using it at lunch time today, where it was around 33deg C ambient outside. It took about half an hour from being outside to see the AF slow. From a rough count in my head, it was taking about a 3rd longer to go from infinity to close focus. If I was outside longer and the lens got a chance to heat up more, I am sure it would have nearly ground to a halt. Ive been back inside about an hour now and operation is normal.
Manual focus is fine, so its not the mechanism binding.
I have spoken with a few Motorsport togs that I know who use this lens and other Sigma Lenses (but other mounts) and some have reported the same issue. One of these guys had a particular lens (300 F2.8 not an insignificant lens) repaired under warranty a few times and the problem still persists. He still uses the lens but has been known to put it in the fridge or a cooler from time to time to keep it cool.
I have contacted the local importer/official repair centre and in a round about way they indicated that they have fixed one or two lenses for undefined auto focus faults (I.E., yep, it happens, but we are not going to admit to it over the phone) and it may cost around $250 aus to get repaired. The tech I spoke to on the phone also suggested that a lot of electronic devices wont work well in that temperature (the first time I noticed it, it was in the mid to high 30s outside).
What I would like to know is if others here have had similar issues as well. What have you done to resolve it? One thing that I have been considering (apart from repair) is getting a white (dammit!) lens coat and seeing if this would reduce internal temps enough to keep the lens operational when it gets hotter.
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A white color would only help if the source of the heat is direct sunlight.
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Have you tried putting a fresh battery in once it is focusing slowly? Just wondering if the load is too much over time...
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I'm pretty sure that its heat build up from the outside in that is causing the issue. I have been sitting here for the last half an hour with the lens cap on, running the focus backwards and forwards and there is no discernable difference in rack speed (I.E, infinity to close back to infinity).
I have also thought of the batteries at the moment the lens is on my 7 film camera and the batteries are showing as full. I also tried it on the A700 with batteries from 100 down to 70%. Ill give it a try and see how that goes.
I suppose what I could do is make a paper lens coat (or even one out of an old white T shirt) and see if that makes a difference as well
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I have just done a bit of googling and came across this youtube video:
I thought that this was blindingly faster then mine AF wise, but I then did actual focus tests and found that mine was kinda similar but a bit slower - but then again, I am inside, its night and I am just testing by focussing on a lamp and then the computer monitor.
If anyone has one of these lenses, can they tell me how it fares?
EDIT - removed my rant after some more testing!
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No issues with overheating in the UK
personally I find the AF speed really good on the sigma in real world use - if you just let it cycle through it's entire range then it seems a little slow but in real life use it locks on straight away to your subject. The sigma's AF speed/accuracy is more dependable than the minolta 80-200mm f2.8 (back version) I also have
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LOL! I remember living through a London Heatwave when I was there in the mid 90s. I dont know how you guys survived the 3 days about 30deg C! ;-)
I played with the lens this morning before coming to work and most certainly it performs stella in daylight, so maybe my (deleted) rant was possibly unjustified. Anyhow, I still have the issue with the AF slowing (and I am talking crawling here) in the heat, so I do think it is probably best to get it fixed. I now need to decide whether I use the local repairer who is not the official sigma repair office or send it to the official repairer and get it flashed for SLT usage (for a camera that I dont own yet and probably wont own for a few years to come)
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Age of Greed shows how the single-minded and selfish pursuit of immense personal wealth has been on the rise in the United States over the last forty years. Economic journalist Jeff Madrick tells this story through incisive profiles of the individuals responsible for this dramatic shift in our country's fortunes, from the architects of the free-market economic philosophy (such as Milton Friedman and Alan Greenspan) to the politicians and businessmen (including Nixon, Reagan, Boesky, and Soros) who put it into practice. Their stories detail how a movement initially conceived as a moral battle for freedom instead brought about some of our nation's most pressing economic problems, including the intense economic inequity and instability America suffers from today. This is an indispensible guide to understanding the 1 percent.
About the Author
Jeff Madrick is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books, a former economics columnist for The New York Times, and editor of Challenge magazine. He is an adjunct professor of humanities at The Cooper Union, and senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, The New School. His previous books include The End of Affluence and Taking America, and he has written for The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Institutional Investor, The Nation, and The American Prospect.
Praise For…
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book
"A fascinating and deeply disturbing tale of hypocrisy, corruption, and insatiable greed. . . . A much-needed reminder of just how we got into the mess we're in."
—The New York Review of Books
"Compelling . . . Important . . . Age of Greed abounds with powerful men, ugly fights, infamous scandals, twists and turns, and, true to the book's title, lots of shameless cupidity."
—The Washington Post
"Richly detailed and often riveting. . . Clear and compelling. . . A must-read."
—The Huffington Post
"Bold. . . Readers will find worthwhile stories in these pages."
—The New York Times Book Review
"The timing could not be better for a book like Age of Greed . . . A solid review of half a century of economic history . . . A commendable compendium."
—San Francisco Chronicle
"Excellent . . . Straightforward . . . We owe Madrick thanks for what he has done."
—The American Prospect
"A compelling and worthy read. Madrick is an able journalist; an excellent and cogent storyteller in a field that often defies the straightforward plot or easy explanation—economics."
"Persuasive . . . Vivid . . . As a comprehensive survey of the way institutions work together to create wealth for a few individuals and destroy it for a mass of others, Age of Greed deserves attention."
—The Columbus Dispatch
"Madrick pulls no punches . . . Readers who want to understand where we are, how we got here, and some possible outcomes will repay their investment in reading time if they pick up this new volume."
—Free Lance-Star
"Age of Greed is lucid and compelling because of its character-driven nature."
—Dallas Morning News
"Meticulous . . . Madrick makes a good case—and financial news junkies will savor it."
—Boulder Daily Camera
"Jeff Madrick has written one of those rare, wonderful books that allow us to understand a huge and important historical development that we may not have realized was a coherent and coordinated series of events. Madrick's account of Alan Greenspan's ideologically-driven mistakes alone is worth the price of admission, but it is but one course in a feast of wonderful reporting and writing. If you want to know what has happened to your country, read this book."
—Robert G. Kaiser, author of So Damn Much Money: The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American Government
"Jeff Madrick's devastating biography of greed is rife with carefully documented cautionary tales of the rich, greedy and unregulated, which collectively constitute the definitive answer to Milton Friedmanesque laissez faire economics."
—Victor Navasky, author of Kennedy Justice
"In Jeff Madrick's important new book, Age of Greed, we are introduced to some of the best and brightest moneychangers in the murky world of high finance."
—Gay Talese, author of A Writer's Life
"Madrick tells us who did what and how they did it—the ideologues, demagogues, corporate titans, and crooks. A wonderfully insightful but deeply troubling account of the movers and shakers who toppled America."
—Robert B. Reich, author of Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future
"This is a book that bears reading by everyone with an interest in the American economy and the American future."
—David Nasaw, author of The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
"Madrick provides a powerful story of the damage done to our nation by hubris, delusions and lust for money."
—David Cay Johnston, author of Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill)


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ClearFA needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 252 designs submitted by 53 freelance designers.
Clear Financial Advisors
We provide conflict-free, fee-only financial planning and investment management to middle America. Our service is innovative in that we seek to provide a level of service and price based on a client's needs, investments based on a client's own investment thoughts, and we have a clear way we are paid.
We are open to any ideas and hope to see a lot of creative designs. Picture marks are OK, but please, nothing related to money, dollar signs, stock graphs, etc. Looking for a creative, modern logo. It can simply be focused on the words in the name. Prefer 1, 2 colors max.
We like the word 'clear' for several reasons that may be incorporated into a logo -
1) The first is clarity, providing advice that is understandable, while the topics and emotions we deal with are not simple, we want to come off as being experts at complex, but able to explain in understandable terms;
2) The second is transparency, that our cost structure and advice is known and clear to a client; that they can see what they are paying for and the value they receive. So many in our business are paid both by clients and products that we want to make clear our fees are in the open.
Our demographics is anyone with financial concerns -- we seek to provide solutions to everyone, whether on an hourly basis to begin. We would like to eventually target specific markets such as those working in public service jobs, and enhanced money management services for higher net worth clients and corporate executives, and so would like to logo to appeal to all types of clients, but not be something that would be a turn-off to the 23 year old starting a career, or 55 year old CEO.
Our firm seeks to incorporate technology to provide better, and cost effective advice. We are innovators as we will be offering low-fee services that is not done in a cookie-cutter fashion, but seeks first to understand the clients goals, instruct them on their finances, and help them find the best solutions.
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In early 2004 I noted in "The passion of Billy Jack" that I have been a huge fan of Mel Gibson. I nevertheless had serious qualms about his "Passion of the Christ." I tried (unsuccesfully, in the eyes of many readers) to lay out my response to the film in as inoffensive a manner as possible in "A spaghetti Eastern."
If one is inclined, as I am, to the view that the personal beliefs of artists may be relevant to an interpretation of their works — a view that the New Critics discounted as "the intentional fallacy" — Mel Gibson's alleged drunken tirade provides some evidence to support my qualms regarding the film. Gibson's statement on his arrest seems to lend credence to the report of his drunken tirade.
UPDATE: Thanks to Philadelphia Inquirer book review editor Frank Wilson for helping me get my fallacies straight, so to speak. Wilson blogs at Books, Inq. and writes the "Editor's Choice" column each Sunday in the Books section of the Inquirer.


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Understanding business apps from Microsoft
Business apps are a part of Microsoft's Business Premium offerings. The apps are designed to increase productivity and enhance communication. The app descriptions below give examples of how a business app can help you manage your business.
Note: You must have a Business Premium account to access business apps. Learn more about GoDaddy Office 365 plans.
Microsoft Invoicing
Microsoft Invoicing is an easy to use online and mobile app for creating and sending professional looking PDF invoices to customers. With Microsoft Invoicing, you can get paid faster by seamlessly creating, editing, sending invoices, and accepting payments while on the go. You can add or edit customers and itemized lists from your phone, mark invoices as paid when you receive payment and view monthly and yearly sales. You can also synchronize your customers, products and invoices with QuickBooks online. Learn more about using Microsoft Invoicing.
Microsoft Listings
With Microsoft Listings, you can grow your business online by making it easier for people to find you, learn about your business, read your reviews, and more. You can do this by publishing your business listing to Bing, Facebook, Google and Yelp. You then monitor your online presence from the Microsoft Listings dashboard, and see how your business is doing on those sites. Microsoft Listings pulls your information from your business profile. This is the information you entered when you started using Office 365. You can also update your information from the Listings dashboard. Learn more about using Microsoft Listing.
Microsoft Bookings
Microsoft Bookings is an online and mobile app for small businesses who provide services to customers on an appointment basis. Examples of businesses include hair salons, dental offices, spas, law firms, financial services providers, consultants, and auto shops. Learn more about using Microsoft Bookings.
Microsoft Connections
Connections is an easy to use app to build customer loyalty, get new customers, and grow your business. Connections helps you build a mailing list of contacts that you can use to send targeted email campaigns to create new leads by nurturing your existing happy customers, and turning them into advocates. You can use Connections to send referrals. newsletters, offers and other promotions to your customers. Learn more about using Microsoft Connections.
Outlook Customer Manager
Outlook Customer Manager helps small businesses track and grow relationships with customers. It adds functionality to Outlook to show customer communication history, surface important tasks and reminders, and track deal activities in one place to enable teams to stay on top of customer relationships. Because Outlook Customer Manager is built into Outlook, there's no need to install or learn new software, and Outlook Customer Manager can rely on data in emails, calendar, Skype for Business, and the Office Graph. Learn more about Outlook Customer Manager.
MileIQ automatically records your drives to make it easy for you to log every deductible or reimbursable mile. Once drives are recorded, you can use the mobile app and web dashboard to view, classify, edit and report them. Learn more about using MileIQ.
More info
- Review the set up checklist for my Business Premium plan.
- Learn more about using Office 365 from GoDaddy.


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by Paula M. Riley
In the universal language Esperanto, Devigi means "compel" or "drive." When Chestnut Hill resident Nadine Gelberg, Ph.D, named her fitness apparel line, she wanted something that would give anyone who exercises confidence and energy to reach for intensity in their workouts.
"Don't 'just do it,'" Gelberg said. "Do it with intensity."
Gelberg believes her clothing line empowers men and women to demonstrate this intensity. The launch of the Devigi apparel takes place at an open house on Wednesday, Dec. 5, from 4 p.m. – 9 .pm. at Balance Chestnut Hill, 12 West Willow Grove Ave.
"When you feel like you look good and when you are comfortable, the barriers of participation are reduced, and you get an extra bounce in your step," Gelberg said. "That bounce pushes you to go further."
Designed to combine style and performance so customers feel and look great, Gelberg's products drape elegantly across the body, fitting and flattering sizes from zero to 18 by enhancing the right curves and camouflaging the others. Quite simply, they are designed to hug the chest and hide the belly while producing a sophisticated look.
The key to this, Gelberg explains, is the fabric. She searched high and low to find just the right material that would meet her design and performance goals. The magic element she discovered was bamboo – a naturally antimicrobial, thermal-regulating, and UV-protecting fabric. Combined with cotton and spandex, the apparel is luxuriously soft and light. Devigi has the cozy feeling of a favorite sweatshirt without all the bulk and thickness.
Gelberg, mother of a high school student at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, knows that she and her friends often combine a workout with errands on the Avenue, stop for coffee or school pick-up. This consideration was important in her design. The apparel needed to be comfortable, light, but also very attractive so it could be worn well beyond the gym or running path.
New to the apparel business, Gelberg has learned much since she first had the idea to launch a clothing line. The lessons range from the importance of a fabric's weight, the benefits of personal relationship with suppliers and lenders, and the importance of local production (all Devigi products are manufactured in Philadelphia).
Trained in sport technology policy, Gelberg is a fitness buff whose mission has always been to get people active and engaged.
"I want fitness integrated into everyday life, and these clothes let you do just that." Gelberg said.
Devigi apparel will be available on consignment for three months at Balance. Devigi is also available online at www.devigi.com


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Field Ornithology
EEB 3898: Field Methods in Ornithology
Intensive Summer Session 1, June 7th - 25th, 2010 MTWThF
Instructor: Alejandro Rico
Office: Biol/Pharm 404
Phone: 860-486-0309
Office hours: variable & flexible (call, email, drop by)
Course Objectives
➢ Acquire bird identification skills
➢ Learn how to take field notes
➢ Learn and apply basic field research techniques, study design, and data analysis
➢ Develop an individual project
Tentative* schedule
*: Schedule is subject to change pending weather conditions, or unforeseen birding and research opportunities.
Course Materials
• Required
o The Sibley Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America
o Binoculars (available from us if you don't have any)
o Field notepad/notebook
• Recommended
o Sibley's birding basics
o Birding by Ear: Eastern and Central North America
o Old shoes or hiking boots, & proper outdoor clothing (poison ivy, weather)
o Insect repellent (ticks, mosquitoes)
o Sunscreen
Exams: June 16th (MIDTERM) [50 points]; June 25th (FINAL) [50 points]
Individual Project Paper: June 15th (Intro and Methods) [30 points]; June 24th (Final) [50 points]
Individual Project Presentations: June 15th (Intro and Methods) [20 points]; June 24th (Final) [25 points]
Field Notebook Submissions: June 14th (First) [20 points]; June 22nd (Final) [25 points]
Field trips (5 points each): June 8th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 21st, 24th [30 points]
Total: [300 points]
Grading scale: A = 100-90%, B = 89-80%, C = 79-70%, D = 69-60%, F = 59-0%. Plus/minus system will be used for the final grade.
Additional References & Websites
• Bibby CJ, Burgess ND, Hill DA, Mustoe S, editors. 2000. Bird census techniques. San Diego, USA: Academic Press.
• Gill F. 2007. Ornithology. New York: W. H. Freeman and Company.
• Stiling P. 1999. Ecology: theories and application. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
• Clark, G. A. 1999. Birds of Storrs, Connecticut and vicinity. 3rd Ed. Mansfield, CT: Natchaug Ornithological Society & Joshua's Tract Conservation and Historic Trust.
• SORA (Searchable Ornithological Research Archive): http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/index.php
• Cornell Lab of Ornithology "All About Birds": http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds
• Natchaug Ornithological Society: http://www.nosbird.org/ (esp. "local hotspots" http://www.nosbird.org/hotspots.html)
• Connecticut Ornithological Association: http://www.ctbirding.org/index.htm
• CT Audubon Society: http://www.ctaudubon.org/
• CT Department of Environmental Protection: http://www.ct.gov/dep/site/default.asp
Website design by Diego Sustaita


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I found this lovely quote via Pinterest, and I love it so much I've decided to share it with my family overseas.
Since it would be to heavy to send a block of wood/stone, I've re-made the quote on my computer and used one of my old picture frames so they can easily put it on their fireplace or another place in their home. Little will they know that they're a picture of me and my beloved inside! (hopefully they will one day open that picture frame!)
Here's a free printable of the template I used (just save and print!) (:


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LICI needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 67 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Legacy International Church
We are a new multicutural, non-denominational church leading a millenial generation while blending all past generations to impact future generations. Our music is modern and contemporary in it's approach as well as diverse and culturally relevant youth and children's ministries.
Our target audience is all generations. We kind of have an old-school name with a modern look. Our target audience more specifically is families, youth, young adults, children, singles, mature adults, married couples, and those who are new to church or have been in church a long time.
The tag line for our church is "Leaving an impartation beyond our lifetime" and would like to see some logo's with and without this tag line applied. I have no specifics as far as colors, fonts or anything like that. I am really just looking for a 2020 logo in a 2011 year. Something beyond expected and something to grab the eye!
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Securing Your Asterisk Server, Part 1
The Importance of Passwords
If you're using Asterisk for your voice over IP needs, you'll need to lock down your Asterisk server, and that begins with secure passwords.
Asterisk@Home ships with a bunch of default passwords that many people know. Moreover, it sends server administration traffic in the clear, rather than over HTTPS. This means that anyone on your local network could easily sniff out all those passwords after you go to the trouble of changing them. OpenSSH should be configured to use RSA key pairs instead of the root system login, which is both more secure and more convenient. Today's and next week's installments will tell all about how to do these things. Disconnect your Asterisk server from the network, and away we go.
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- 1. The Importance of Passwords
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Key Performance Indicators
UNITAR tracks a number of key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess organizational performance against the Institute's intended outcomes and strategic objectives. KPIs serve as the corporate performance dashboard, with measures on beneficiary outreach, types of programming, gender and development status of beneficiaries, client feedback and utilization, and financial metrics. KPIs are updated quarterly.


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EXCLUSIVEThis might be the fanciest trailer park in the world ... "Saw" star Betsy Russell is trying to unload her Malibu mobile home for just under $2 MILLION. Yes, we said MOBILE home.
Betsy -- who played Jigsaw's hot ex-wife in all 372 "Saw" flicks -- listed the property with realtor / Bravo's "Million Dollar Listing" star Madison Hildebrand a few weeks ago for $1,999,999.
It's like no mobile home we've ever seen ... 2,400 square feet, 4 bathrooms, 3 bedrooms, marble counter tops, stainless steel appliances, outdoor fire pit and a patio overlooking the ocean.
Then there's the location ... the mobile home park is considered one of the most luxurious in CA -- 24/7 security, pool, spa, sauna, tennis courts ... and crazy views of the Malibu coastline. It's ridiculous.
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Malli wrote:At my work, we have about 10 associated clinics wich come in to use our surgery, if the owner requests, or the animal is recovering slowly or seems to need monitoring, they stay overnight, no charge. But we (the Ward Nurses/Vet assistants) are there all night and so is a Tech. and ER Dr.
I agree with Pocketpit, there are other problems too like an animal that is not watched closely loosing balance and injuring itself. It seems either clients are totally oblivious or overreact to the slightest abnormality.
Besides, isn't that why we have all laws and rules? Its because of the stupid people We all suffer for them....
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Nightly Business Report Tonight on Nightly Business Report - Alcoa kicks off earnings season. CEO Klaus Kleinfeld discusses the results and shares his outlook for the company. And, NBR will show you how to protect your nest egg as some big tax changes take effect. D
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Going Blind GOING BLIND is a unique documentary film that increases public awareness of sight loss and low vision issues profoundly affecting the lives of more and more people around the world by Peabody Award winning director Joseph Lovett. Director Joseph Lovett has glaucoma, a disease that robs 4.5 million people worldwide of their vision. After years of slowly losing his sight, Joe decides to take action: to investigate how people all over the country respond to vision-loss. D
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Return When 13-year-old Fred Sondermann escaped from Nazi Germany in 1939, on the eve of World War II, he never imagined he would return. His homeland held only horrific and traumatizing memories of discrimination, persecution and death. However, an opportunity in 1969 to spend a sabbatical in Germany represented a chance for Dr. Sondermann to make sense of, and peace with, his experiences. D


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T-SQL Tuesday is a recurring blog party, that is started by Adam Machanic (Blog | @AdamMachanic). Each month a blog will host the party, and everyone that want's to can write a blog about a specific subject.
This month the subject is "Cloud Atlas". If you want to read the opening post, please click the image below to go to the party-starter: Jorge Segarra (Blog | @SQLChicken).
My Perspective
In the past year, my career has a had a little shake up. I left a development manager position, I took on a sales engineering position in the same industry, and finally I left all that madness and ended up as a full time DBA. In that time, I've seen three different, yet similar takes on the cloud from three seperate compaines.
We don't know
When I was making development choices, to include database decisions, we discussed the cloud. I wrote a call center application that leveraged dynamically spun-up Asterisk in the cloud, as well as MySQL in the cloud (now defunct Xeround). Those decisions were mine to make as it was more of a proof of concept than a dedicated product offering. The reason the project didn't move beyond the POC phase was the fear of substainable knowledge. Who was going to run this contraption if I got hit by a bus? Who knew how to manage Cloud computers? The syadmin team certainly did not, the other developers were all .NET guys, and NOBODY knows how to manage MySQL.
In this case, all the push back was on the technology used, not the platform, but there was certainly push back on the platform as well. At this company, they had limited resources who already had full plates which had no direct monetary reason for them to take on learning a new unproven platform. These old systems using Visual FoxPro on legacy hardware is good enough to carry us into the future. (true story)
We dont' Get It
After leaving the call center, I went to work as a Sales Engineer deploying and customizing the main call center solution I had been hacking away at for the previous years. Being my first sales type job, I did not listen when my wife indicated 8 days of travel per month actually means 15, but I digress. This company had a cloud based product based off SalesForce.com, but they didn't really get 'the cloud'. When I think of the cloud, and I believe most technologist tend to agree, the cloud is a commodity. Use what you want, stop when you want. Its about on-demand, not long term contracts to lock you in, thats the old way. This new mentality centers upon deliverying a service that someone can pay for a portion of (an hour/ a day/ a month) , and then leave if they don't extract value from the service that was provided. The provider was paid for the time service was provided, the user got the service they paid for, and there would be no need to play a legal game with affordable 4k monitors of how much money can I extract from you.
This company required 12-months upfront. You had to know how many users you wanted and lump sum a payment right in the begining, before you had a chance to prove their product worked. Prepay for a product I have yet to test drive? I was not asked to get behind that product nor asked to help deploy it for customers. I was asked to work on the Avaya based version of their product which I knew and loved (still do). At this company, they are used to their old sales cycles, their old contracts, and the old way of doing things. They just don't 'get' the most beneficial parts of the cloud, which is the availability to fail fast and move on if neccessary.
We have the cloud
At my current gig, they get the concepts, but eschew the public cloud in favor of a very robust private cloud, which they have truly embraced. While I knew about VMware and the concepts, I've never learned as much about the products available in this space as I have while on this contract. The team here understands how easy disaster recovery can become utilizing some of the enterprise cloud based tools. They understand how maximizing resource utilization with virtualization saves time and money. The team here gets virtualization, yet they still have a 'keep it close' mentality, which I understand due to the industry requirements.
In the End
The cloud is coming, neigh, it is here. Just like those crazy horseless carriages, and desktop computers, it is here to stay. With time, the hold outs will lower their guard and understand, and at some point, embrace the advantages that cloud based computing offers. Others will, through time, understand what terms customers will accept with their new cloud offerings. In time, just like other commodities, cloud services will be abundant, and cheap.


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Creative composer and kora maestro Kadialy Kouyate on this A World In London! Click: https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-wo ... mber-2016/
We were totally mesmerised by Kadialy Kouyate in the AWIL studio, soothed by his smooth & perfect singing voice and stunned by his wizardry on the kora. Coming from one of the most distinguished griot families in Senegal, Kadialy's musical education began during his toddler years alongside a whole heap of agricultural chores. His artful skills in music brought him to the UK over ten years ago and it's London's diverse community of musicians that have fed into Kadialy's ongoing 'sound archive', laden with spiritual & humanitarian observations and experiences. He has worked with Baaba Maal, Mumford & Sons, The Royal Shakespeare Company, and many more. His wonderful second solo album, Na Kitabo, featuring members of his five-piece band, is a talking book of his latest collection of songs made over 2016, and Kadialy has played numerous roles in its production aside from being at the centre of its creative force. Hear Na Kitabo on this AWIL and see Kadialy on stage at The Green Note in Camden on January 6th! www.kadialykouyate.com www.focusorganization.com
Hossam Ramzy Sabla Tolo IV Egypt/UK
Bernhard Schimpelsberger Smells Like Teen Spirit UK/Austria
Lambrego Nina Brazil/UK
London Lucumi Choir Mase: Arará UK/Cuba +
Kadialy Kouyate Du Courage Senegal/UK
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My Dinner With Vladimir
In 2007, I had the rare opportunity to spend several hours with Vladimir Putin. It was a jarring and sometimes surreal experience that provided insights into the Russian leader's personality and thinking that help clarify his motivations in Ukraine today.
I was there with colleagues from Time magazine, preparing the article that would crown him our 2007 Person of Year. We met Putin on a chilly December afternoon at his dacha, Novo-Ogarevo, part of the sprawling Russian presidential retreat set among the birch and fir-tree forests west of Moscow. The visible security was minimal, though we were warned not to stray from the pathways, lest the snipers along the rooftops get the wrong idea.
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What struck me most during the conversation was the extent to which Putin is burdened by, and no doubt motivated by, a conviction that the West looks down on Russians. At one point I tossed a softball question, asking if there were Western misconceptions of Russia he'd like to clear up. He suddenly became agitated and went on a rant:
"I don't believe these are misconceptions," he spluttered. "Everybody is made to believe it's OK to pinch the Russians. They are a little bit savage still, or they just climbed down from the trees and probably need to have their hair brushed … and the dirt washed out of their beards."
It was jolting, and unprovoked. Amid such outbursts, it was hard to make a personal connection with Putin—and I don't envy diplomats and officials tasked with that challenge. Putin was probably the least playful person I've ever interviewed. Most leaders seem thrilled when journalists' questions move away from geopolitics to something lighter, like hobbies or sports allegiances. Putin routinely deflected such attempts.
Indeed, despite our repeated efforts to inject levity, he laughed exactly once during our 210 minutes together. A Time colleague generously characterized me and a fellow reporter as "Russia experts." Putin snickered derisively and said: "Ha! They're more like 'Soviet' experts." Other than that, not even a sympathetic chuckle. My notebook is filled with comments in the margins like, "definitely not cuddly."
Another underlying theme in Putin's remarks was a view that the West had overplayed its hand after the breakup of the Soviet Union, and had too quickly disregarded Russia's influence and interests. His comment on NATO was priceless: "I wouldn't call NATO a putrid corpse of the Cold War," Putin said, "but it is a leftover of the past."