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Building and Equipment Maintenance
The Building and Equipment Maintenance Division of the Department for Facilities Management conducts a University-wide program on a continuing basis to identify and perform necessary maintenance on buildings and facilities. Special inspections are conducted periodically to evaluate the maintenance condition to identify necessary corrective action.
A portion of the facilities, particularly the mechanical systems, is covered by a preventive maintenance program, whereby the components are inspected, tested, and serviced on a scheduled basis. Required periodic tests and inspections of elevators, fire protection systems, and boilers are performed under contract in accordance with applicable codes and regulations.
Building users are encouraged to report any deficiencies as they occur. Requests for emergency or routine service will be received by Facilities Management during normal working hours (7 a.m. to 4 p.m.) by telephone, in person or fax. The telephone number is 809-4291. The fax number is 809-6270. Facilities Management is located on Gilbert Graves Drive behind the General Services Building off of Chestnut Street.
After normal working hours (4 p.m. to 7 a.m.), on weekends or holidays, requests for emergency service only will be received at the Murray State Police at 809-2222. Police Communications relays the message to the Shift Supervisor at the Central Plant. The Shift Supervisor will determine the nature of the emergency and react appropriately based on Emergency Policies of the Department for Facilities Management. A determination will be made to repair with personnel on duty, call in a technician for after-hours repair or record for assignment on the next normal work day.
Access Control
The Department for Facilities Management is responsible for the maintenance, monitoring and control of all locking systems throughout the campus. This includes the access for almost 2,000 residential rooms, more than 3,000 academic and staff classroom and office doors, and all access for satellite facilities throughout the region.
A request for keys or new locks is processed through a faxed memo or email stating the department's name, account number, responsible person, phone number and key core number. This is a chargeable service. Facilities Management's fax number is 809-6270. Repair to an inoperable lock should be reported to 809-4291 during normal working hours (7 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
Renovations/Reconstruction/Capital Construction
The Department for Facilities Management has the capability to plan and carry out all renovation requirements for all University facilities. There are several different classes of renovation/reconstruction/capital construction projects. The classes are as follows:
Minor Renovation/Reconstruction
Less than $500 -- does not require a Renovation Request form. Work will be accomplished by in-house work order.
Major Renovation/Reconstruction
Over $500 and Less than $10,000 with significant change in building use -- requires Completion of a Renovation Request form; work will generally be accomplished in-house; Facilities Management can obtain three bids for outsourced services. Over $10,000 and Less than $50,000--requires completion of a Renovation Request form; consulting and construction work will generally be outsourced; Procurement Services administers construction bidding process.
Capital Construction Projects
Any new Construction Projects--requires completion of a Capital Construction Project Request form; work will be accomplished in-house and/or outsourced; most generally administered by Facilities Design and Construction. Any Renovation/Reconstruction Project Over $50,000--requires completion of a Capital Construction Project Request form; consulting and construction work will generally be outsourced; Procurement Services administers construction bidding process.
* * In some cases, a certain amount of planning and estimating will be required to determine the class project. Facilities Design and Construction can help with this.
In-House Forces or Contracted Labor
Department for Facilities Management employees are trained in most principal trades required for maintenance, repair, construction, and renovation services in such areas as: building trades, electrical, elevator, environmental systems, painting, and plumbing. Maintenance and repair programs, routine and emergency, can be met by these skilled employees. Renovation projects of limited scope can be performed under authority granted in the Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS).
The scope, cost, time, or specialized nature of some proposed projects will require contracted services for design and construction. The decision to use in-house forces or contracted services rests with Facilities Management for adherence to KRS and administrative regulation of the Department of Finance of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Other Murray State University departments or operating units are not authorized to perform maintenance, repair, renovation, or alterations on any University facility or installed unit.
Utility Services
The Department for Facilities Management operates and maintains all power generation and distribution systems except telephone service.
Steam and chilled water are produced at the Central Heating and Cooling Plant for heating buildings and domestic hot water and for cooling all buildings except the residential colleges and College Courts apartments. The residential colleges and College Courts apartments have self-contained heating and cooling systems. All heating and cooling systems are operated and maintained by the Building and Equipment Maintenance Division.
On the main campus, Electric power is purchased from the Murray Electric System and is distributed by means of University-owned distribution system. Gas is purchased from the Murray Gas System and distributed by University-owned distribution systems. Water and Sewer services are purchased from the Murray Municipal Utility System for distribution and collection.
All utility services are managed by Facilities Management. Any malfunction associated with these systems or services should be reported to the department at 809-4291 during normal working hours (7 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and to the Murray State Police Department at 809-2222 after normal working hours (4 p.m. to 7 a.m.), weekend-holidays.
Energy Management
The University has long-range use goals, temperature and lighting standards, and facilities improvement programs to enhance buildings and systems efficiency for energy management. These goals were established in 1978. Building occupants are encouraged to turn off lights when rooms are unoccupied or when natural light is adequate and to maintain building temperatures of 70 degrees F or cooler when heating or 78 degrees F or warmer when cooling. When temperature cannot be maintained within these limits, Facilities Management should be notified by a service call to 809-4291 during normal working hours (7 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and at the Murray State Police Department at 809-2222 after normal working hours (4 p.m. to 7 p.m.).
The University received the Governor's Environmental Excellence Award in 1997 by Governor Paul Patton for Energy Conservation. Since 1978, the University has reduced its total energy consumption by 25 percent and educated the students, staff and faculty about energy awareness.
Building Trades
The building trades shop is comprised of carpenters, masons, locksmiths, glaziers and concrete craftsmen. It is responsible for key production; glass repair; cabinetry construction, installation and repair; masonry; and walk repair.
Central Heating and Cooling Plant
The Central Heating and Cooling Plant houses and operates three 1,200 ton chillers; two 2,100 pounds-per-hour natural gas fired boilers; to supply chilled water and heated steam, as required, to most academic and office buildings on campus. Most dormitories are heated and cooled by smaller, self-contained systems unique to each facility.
The Central Heating and Cooling Plant operates a computer-based Energy Management System which monitors and controls heating and cooling in most University buildings. This system also monitors smoke and heat alarms, pull fire alarms, and elevator emergency alarms. An operator is on duty 24-hours a day, 365-days a year. The staff manages all utility related matters after normal working hours.
Electric and Elevator Services
The electric shop regularly maintains three high voltage substations, electronics including circuit boards, fire alarm systems, and outside and inside lighting.
Prior to 1994, elevator maintenance was handled by contractors. Since then, University employees repair and maintain the more than 50 elevators and wheel chair lifts on campus. These lifts include 14 different manufacturers and 23 different types of control systems. The control systems designs range from 1948 relay controllers to 1998 microprocessor computer controllers. Because of the continued changes, the elevator shop is constantly involved in keeping up with new technologies. This would not be possible without the support of all the other crafts.
Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigerant (HVAC-R)
The environmental systems services shop is responsible for the maintenance and repair of all heating, air-conditioning, ventilation and refrigeration equipment in the residential colleges, College Courts Apartments, and academic and administrative buildings on campus.
The shop must maintain nine building specific Centrifugal Chillers, totaling 1800 tons of cooling capacity (The average size house is equipped with a 3-ton unit.); 13 boilers for producing hot water to heat the buildings during the winter months; nine high capacity water heaters for domestic hot water; fan coil units with associated controls in each room; and restroom ventilation systems for the residential colleges. The shop is responsible for the self-contained heating and cooling systems in the College Courts Apartments.
Ice machines, refrigerators and window style air-conditioning units are serviced by the HVAC-R shop, as well.
The paint shop routinely provides maintenance and repairs consisting of painting, plastering, removing carpet and covering floors.
Exterior and interior painting are scheduled on a cyclical basis and modified based on actual need. Exterior painting is scheduled frequently enough to adequately preserve facilities. Interior painting schedules may be modified as funding is made available. Colors are selected from a standard color scheme except for major public spaces which may utilize special color treatment.
The plumbing shop is responsible for miles of piping infrastructure that provides portable water for domestic use, chilled water for cooling and steam for heating. Waste water and storm tunnel water is also removed from campus with this pipe network. The installation and maintenance of these systems are the primary responsibility of the plumbing shop.
The shop coordinates and works with all department crafts with such tasks as locating and marking utilities for excavation work and repairing a broken water main. The plumbing shop also maintains a variety of equipment including: pumps for sewage, storm weather and feed water; air handler bearings for exhaust fans, air return fans and air supply fans; and belts for rotating equipment.
For the safety of University students, staff and faculty, the plumbing shop maintains the fire protection sprinkler systems, updates lab equipment and installs commercial kitchen equipment.
Welding repairs and metal fabrication projects are done by the plumbing shop staff as well.


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Well... My rally introduced itself to a curb at full throttle at the hands of my 5 yr old. His only task was to hit the gas and let go so dad could record it taking off for some slow motion shots at the wheels.
Within 3 seconds... And daddy yelling stop!! The Curb won! Though, the video below shows it grabbed some nice air!
Based on the telemetry kit and my iphone, It was at 48 when it met the slab. Soo, what actually happened? Photos and video provide details. But basically I need a new chassis, center drive shaft, front bulkhead and possibly front diff. I am unsure of servo, as well as the slipper and clutch assembly.
At least the boy is learning and hopefully dad can teach him some throttle control next time. Lol
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
ouch that sucks it least you will get very familiar with all the parts to a rally
Ooooh! I felt that one in my spine!
Make it idiot-proof and along comes a better idiot
That's too funny My son did that same thing the mine But into a tree Needless to say He's got his own Russler now Good times for everybody
I see u still have the stock motor installed. I was just wondering what u have your rally geared at to reach 48mph? thanks
That was cute.
ERBE, ERBE, Summit, Slash 4X4, Bandit,
Ouch, at least you can laugh about it now.
Always get a 2nd Opinion!
OUCH!!! that hurts to watch. I like the blue TRAXXAS lettering. I assume that was done with a sharpie?
Who needs nitro, when you got LiPo?
Unlucky one.... I see a new chassis on the way .
Rock n Rolla !
I will attempt to address all comments...
@Rusty4life: you're absolutely right! I was once very familiar with the stampede 4x4, so I can appreciate the simplicity behind traxxas' chassis and bulkhead design.
@zippogeek: I agree... A photo of my face when I cringed after hearing that "pop" when it hit the curb "spine cringing"
@M4nnysar: if you watch the video closely... It almost hit the lone tree on that outlet. Lol
@Byrdman313: I am not sure what its geared at, as I purchased it used, but practically new. I was running 2S 25C Lipo. Also, I made sure to "state" that the telemetry kit registered 48 on my iphone. I'm not exactly confident that the telemetry is accurate, as I assume it calculates speed based on RPM. I have the setting on stock slash, as the traxxas app does not show rally yet.
@Qykslvr: I believe you are right! And since I was running 2S Lipo, I wonder if the speed pinion is installed? I guess I'll find out when I tear the whole thing down. I have no clue what else could have broke I assume that the slipper clutch or diffs could be busted. I can spin the wheels and when I spin a rear wheel, the other rear wheel spins. Same for font, but not all spin, as you can clearly see that the bent driveshaft will not spin. That driveshaft is literally locked into place!
@Mugs and Zepher: yeah, it's funny now. Even funny then, as he felt bad for a moment, because he thought he wasn't a good driver. But then he laughed about it and clearly misunderstood the allowance part, as he went off running yelling yippee I get money. The wife thought it was hilarious and says serves me right for letting a recently turned 5 yr old play with a 400 RC car.
@4wheelin: yes... Blue sharpie! It's amazing what those things can do to enhance little things. I did the rims with the same blue marker. Just have to be careful and steady. One mistake and its permanent. Lol. I made a tiny boo boo on one of the rims, but its only noticeable if I point it out.
@craig.mitch: yep; a new chassi, poss. Front bulkhead, possibly front diff and possibly rear diff, new driveshaft, possibly servo, possibly slipper too. I'll let everyone know with some photos.
By the way... Zippogeek, your quote is spot on! I'm usually that idiot who comes along and makes engineers cringe
Thanks guys! Anyone have some extra parts lying around. Ha ha ha.
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
I'll be watching...I'm sure if I let my youngster have a go a similar thing would happen .
Rock n Rolla !
Almost sounds as if a diff got "locked"
And its definitely possible that the speed gear is installed. Or another pinion for that matter,
Everything overpowered...
Ouch!! BTW nice vid man. Might want to think about a chassis brace in the future. It might have saved you a chassis and some down time. Axis RC has one that is really clean. Just a thought.
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Thanks digg,
I was thinking about that for when I replace the broken parts... Though, a brace on the chassis could have still not been enough. May have saved chassis from breaking, but would the sudden jolt from the hit cause other internal damage?
I'll have to see what all happened this weekend when I tear it down.
@Qykslvr: I hope the diff isn't locked. I can spin the wheels, and no clicking sound or rough spots. I spin the rear wheel and the other rear wheel spins. I do the same with the front and that works. But not all four move at the same time. Largely due to the center driveshaft being bent and unable to move.
I will find out what pinion is installed when I tear it down and all. The guy I purchased it from didn't seem to know much about RCs, he sent me a comely dead 3s Lipo. Luckily I had Its warranty since he saved his receipts and sent those with the sale.
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
Plus... I still don't feel all comfortable with the telemetry kit. I know it can show temps and battery voltage/amps, but I have a temp gun for that and I really don't care for knowing the true speed. I just want to enjoy the rally! Not a speed demon searcher. If that were the case, I would have purchased a used nitro tech and converted to electric. Definitely can't afford an XO-1 and the issues it's had scares me away in the first place.
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
I spy with my little eye a Jeep Rubicon! *Jeep wave* Hey fellow Jeeper! That's a wicked crash your son had there. Sorry to see that! We've all had that one person that can drive our RCs and break stuff. It's normal! Good luck putting it back together! Nice job kid, would have done the same if I was that little! Lol. - From a Jeep MW3 Edition #3223/3500 owner
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Thanks man! Yeah I love the Rubi! Would love to have the MW3 edition! Such a sought after model, very expensive!
One guy at my work took his silver Wrangler and he had the body "coated" in that spray in bed liner stuff. He also has the snorkel installed. Pretty nice jeep, different, but nice!
Yes, the son was happy to help dad! If I had done it, I would have been far more upset, but there's no way I could have gotten upset at him for doing that. Maybe it's a good excuse to get some new, better, parts
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
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No worries bud... Happy to always talk jeep
I wanted to find a good jeep body for my previous Stampede 4x4. It's the perfect chassis and all! The summit would also be a great platform to do a jeep body.
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
Broke the rally down today. Not as bad as I initially thought, though, I haven't broken down the diffs yet. Simply because they still spin quite smoothly and I don't feel any rough catches or hear any obvious clicking noises.
The drive shaft is definitely bent. The chassis, broke. The servo.... Well nothing seems to be an issue, but I'll know once I get everything put back together. The front bulkhead is actually fine. It ripped away from the chassis, but didn't break. I did, however, lose a shock spring retaining cup on the bottom - whatever its called I may have one left from previous kits, so shouldn't be an issue replacing. I did manage to find out what pinion is installed. It's 19T. I think that's stock? The spur gear is stock, I forgot to check the tooth number on it, but based on this car's history, I'd say the guy kept it stock, except for adding the telemetry kit. Which brings me to the next question - how accurate is that telemetry? I wonder if the settings under the slash are what might cause the difference in the speed. The speedo read 48... I want to guess closer to 40, maybe 43. So it could be about 5 mph off. At any rate, hitting the curb at those speeds results in what happened to mine
Here's the videos of the wheels spinning freely.
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"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
13/54 is stock for the rally. The 19 pinion is the optional speed gear included with the truck but not installed. Have a look HERE for the rally specs. By the way, whats wrong with that driveshaft? It has character.
Who needs nitro, when you got LiPo?
Love the drive shaft... I will make a mini trophy for the son, so he can remember his first driving experience
I need to get a 13T pinion or does everyone recommend a different pinion for 2S lipo and stock esc and motor.
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
As long as you're using 2s, you should be safe keeping the 19t. You should see about 40mph out of that. Lowering the pinion size will keep temps cooler but reduce your top speed a little too. You should always have a infrared temp gun on hand just to be safe. I wouldn't let your motor get hotter than 160 or so maximum.
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Who needs nitro, when you got LiPo?
Yeah... I figure the 19 won't be too bad, though, I'd probably prefer like a 16 or 17. Seems like a happy medium, I'm not shooting for top speed runs, especially on stock electronics. If 19t on 2s is roughly 48, then I presume the telemetry is slightly off
There isn't a Rally option to pre load in the app, the closest is the slash. And that's not even the LCG slash. May need to manually create my settings.
Lastly, I do have an IR temp gun. You gotta have one with RCs to protect your electronics
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
Ok, parts came in and I decided to put everything back together. Love the Traxxas design on these cars! Very simple to work on and navigate about the chassis
First thing I did was "color" the chassis a bit Blue Magic Marker anyone???
I was also able to modify the slash/pede battery hold down brace so that I could fit the other Nimhs which had a cell on top. From the photos, you can see that it works fine, and will hold down any of the batteries I will use with no issues
I do have one possible issue, and it deals with the center driveshaft. Does anyone have any "play" with their center driveshaft? See the close up photo - I have the shaft moved up to the front u Tim it stops and there appears to be half an inch of gap at the rear. Lastly, when I spin the wheels to move the shaft, their is a tiny "hint" of wobble. Wobble as in it is not a "perfectly" straight and smooth rotation. There is a very slight bend or movement of it.
This photo below shows the gap at the rear of the center driveshaft
I even replaced the stock stickers on the chassis to the new one - just to keep the serial and everything.
Any help would be appreciated
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Looks good man. Love the outline work on the chassis. I pm ya on something.
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Thanks, I was wishing the blue didn't darken like it did. Almost looks, well it does actually look purple! Guess that's what happens when you color blue over gray. At first, it laid down a nice blue, but dried to look purple. I'll probably leave it alone, as I'm sure the more I mess with it, the worse it gets.
On another note, could you check the slop, if you have any, on your driveshaft. I picked up my driveshaft at the local hobby store, they said the rally and slash's are the same. I probably should just check the part numbers, but I missed that little detail, and assumed they were right, since mostly everything else is interchangeable.. I don't recall there being that much slack, but then again, I didn't really look for it in the past.
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
Never mind about the slack issue in the drive shaft... I did some research - apparently it's meant to have that slack to protect the driveline when the chassis is flexing under "driving" conditions. My center shaft easily moves up and down and I presume this is normal. The "slight" and I mean "slight" wobble may not be normal. I checked all the other parts while it was down, and didn't see anything bent or broken, but maybe the pinion shaft coming out the front diff may have a slight tweak to it that the naked eye can't see. I'll know once I give the car a drive. I left the telemetry kit installed, this way I can make a few runs and see if I match the same speeds. I really like the concept of the telemetry, especially live stats of temp, battery voltage, and the ability to make settings changes on the fly.
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
Yeah the driveshaft has some movement for chassis flex like you found. I've seen some people put o-rings on both ends to cut down on the clank. It would still allow for it to do its job.
On my Slash 4x4 build I used a Tekno bone driveshaft on it. It utilized cups at both ends with a couple of 0-rings for flexing. Really kewl design.
Check out my ► ► Desert Rat Slash 4x4 ◄ ◄ build sometime.
Weak Revenge
Strong Forgive
Intelligent Ignore
I'll definitely have to check that out. Makes sense too, especially if you drive in harsh conditions with a lot of dust/dirt.
Thanks dude!
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
Hey guys... Back to enjoying my rally I went ahead and installed a 15T pinion. Since I'm only running the Nimhs and a 2S lipo, I figured the 15T would be fine... A few notches above stock, but temps remain decent with few worries of over heating.
I did some video shots jumping the Rally off my ramp. I'll have the editing and final video done in a day or so. I'm still learning the ins and outs of iMovie.
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
O.K. so here's a short video of me jumping the Rally in the backyard. I didn't put any music to it.... Yet
"Incoming rounds always have the right of way!"
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Here's the correct video. With music. Sorry for the double posts
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Human trafficking is an issue that many people have not seen in this area, or even in the U.S. But it's a growing epidemic that's hitting closer to home than you might realize. When Santiago Alonso took a girl from meridian, and forced her into prostitution and drug use, many were shocked. This was the first ever human trafficking case in Alabama, but the sad truth is that trafficking is a crime that's growing in this area.
"With today's technology, with Internet and face book, more and more people are being lured away from homes and families by utilizing this technology," Sheriff Billy Sollie explains.
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center has taken in thousands of calls over the past few years. Of those, 41 percent of sex trafficking and 20 percent of labor trafficking cases referenced U.S. citizens as victims. And the Advocates for Freedom organization believes Mississippi is a hot spot. Supporters say there are corridors along the interstate.
"Human trafficking is probably the second biggest crime that's going basically unnoticed and unreported in our country, and the fact is, it's a $35 billion a year business," AFF supporter Jacky Jack White says.
The assistant district attorney in Houston County says many of these cases are not recognized for what they really are: human trafficking. And he hopes this case will help bring some publicity to that issue.
"The more law enforcement recognizes these cases for what they are on the trafficking end of the equation instead of the prostitution end," Banks Smith says. "And, you know, I think that's going to hopefully open the doors for some more recognition of what the issues are."


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Members of the East Texas Corridor Council (ETCC) were joined by TxDOT and Amtrak officials to formally recognize the start of work to study new service by conventional trains with a maximum speed of 79 miles-per-hour.
The report by Amtrak will estimate order-of-magnitude capital requirements and operating costs needed to provide state-sponsored passenger rail service, with trains making up to seven intermediate stops and operating up to two daily round-trips. The study will consider factors such as potential schedules, train operating costs, revenue and ridership, railcar and locomotive requirements and capital needs for route infrastructure improvements to accommodate new passenger service.
Rail capacity modeling will be performed by Union Pacific, which owns much of the route. The rail segment between Marshall, Texas, and Fort Worth is served now by Amtrak Texas Eagle, as part of its Chicago-San Antonio/Los Angeles route with one daily frequency in each direction and intermediate stops in Longview, Mineola and Dallas.
TxDOT has requested the study evaluate schedules with potential new Amtrak stops at Centre Port/DFW Airport (along the Trinity Railway Express commuter route), Mesquite, Forney, Terrell and Wills Point. The stops TxDOT selects for inclusion in the final provisional schedules will depend on a number of factors, such as estimated ridership and revenue, community demographics and railroad operating issues. The costs of building new stations or improving existing facilities are not within the scope of the study, since those are considered to be local expenses.
TxDOT has received $265,000 in federal funds for the I-20 corridor study through the ETCC, which represents the communities and government agencies at the local and regional level in Texas and Louisiana.
"If the study shows evidence that state-funded Amtrak service should be considered, both state legislatures would decide if they should support an expanded service," said Michael Franke, P.E., an Amtrak assistant vice president and leader of the Chicago-based study team. "We look forward to providing a report by the end of the year to aid in that decision-making."


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LOWELL -- With the UMass Lowell hockey team struggling to compete with the Hockey East Conference's top programs and bleeding money, the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees in early 2007 considered whether UMass Lowell should leave the powerful league.
Some trustees also floated the idea of eliminating the UMass Lowell hockey program all together, with then-Trustees Chairman Stephen Tocco suggesting UMass Lowell consider a strong football team that could become the campus' primary sports team.
"We were at high noon," said UMass Lowell Athletic Director Dana Skinner. "It was certainly a difficult period for the program."
But the UMass trustees decided not to push the program out of Hockey East or Division 1, and just six years later the UMass Lowell hockey team is on its way to its first Frozen Four.
Top UMass Lowell officials say the program's turnaround was no accident, but the result of a concerted effort by the university to address shortcomings that were preventing the hockey team from thriving.
The strategic planning began in 2007, shortly after Chancellor Marty Meehan came on board, and picked up steam in 2009 with the university gathering data about other programs to help plot the path forward.
A major step forward for the hockey program came in 2010 when the university purchased the Tsongas Arena from the city of Lowell, said Meehan.
Soon after, the university initiated $5 million in improvements to the facility, designed to generate more revenue and boost attendance.
Skinner said the university also adopted a very aggressive marketing strategy to promote the hockey program and its home games at the renamed Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell.
The efforts have paid off. The university is now in the top 12 in college hockey attendance in the country and revenue is up.
"The building is as good as any hockey facility in the country and we have a real home-ice advantage when we have 6,000 fans cheering on the River Hawks," Meehan said.
The increased revenue generated at hockey games has been plowed back into improvements to enhance player recruitment. Last year, the university opened a new strength and conditioning center for the hockey team that also includes state-of-the-art video equipment.
Bazin hiring vital
Another key element of the program's turnaround was the hiring of former player Norm Bazin as the head coach in 2011.
In the 2011-2012 season, a year after the squad only won five games, Bazin lead the team to the NCAA tournament and one win victory away from reaching the Frozen Four.
The growth continued this year, with the team capturing its first Hockey East tournament title and embarking on its NCAA tournament run.
"When Norm was on campus for an interview, he said, 'As an alum, you owe it to me hire the best coach you can get whether it is an alum or not,'" Skinner said. "It showed a lot about his character and desire to see the program succeed, and he has done a terrific job."
Hockey East Commissioner Joe Bertagna said he never had any doubts about the strength of the UMass Lowell program and is thrilled to see the team thrive.
"It is always satisfying to see a team get to the Frozen Four for the first time, and I don't think there is any danger of them just being happy to be there," Bertagna said. "Coach Bazin has really helped right the ship and is a very calm presence behind the bench."
Both Meehan and Skinner said the team's trip to the Frozen Four is gratifying because it is the culmination of the efforts to improve the program.
"It is very sweet," said Meehan. "The players, the coaches and the athletic department deserve the credit for their hard work to make this happen."
"This is no Cinderella story, it is something that has been brewing the last few years," added Skinner. "We followed the blueprint and going to the Frozen Four is the cherry on top."
Skinner also said he expects success for years to come.
"We have only three seniors, so what we are doing is going to be sustainable," he said.
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A sharply divided California Supreme Court today legalized same-sex marriage, a historic ruling that will allow gay and lesbian couples across the state to wed as soon as next month and inflame the social, political, and moral debate over gay unions.
Three Republican judges joined the lone Democrat in the 4-3 ruling.
More: Read the rest of the article here (San Jose Mercury News)
Celebrate: There's going to be a big rally in West Hollywood tonight (7pm, on the corner of Santa Monica Blvd. and San Vicente Blvd.). Sadly, I can't make it. Instead, I'll be making my way to New York City to help out with this weekend's AIDS Walk!
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Jersey City, NJ - Senior midfielder Jessica Graziano (Levittown, NY/Division Ave.) scored the eventual game-winner, her first goal of the season, just 20 minutes into the game to startup the Rams offense and lead the team to a 3-0 victory against New Jersey City on Wednesday afternoon in Jersey City, NJ.
Graziano scored on a breakaway off a through ball from freshman forward Tricia Pickford (Massapequa Park, NY/Massapequa) and fooled the keeper for the easy put away and a 1-0 lead for the Rams. Freshman forward Christina Cascio (Kings Park, NY/Kings Park) scored the second goal on a breakaway off a pass from freshman forward Janelle Reif (New Hyde Park, NY/Herricks) at 36:09. Freshman forward Renee Schondebare (Selden, NY/Newfield) scored the third and final goal as time ran out on a steal from the NJCU defender.
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Basic Shape Toolbox
The FreeMovieCompilerToolbox defines the following basic empty shapes:
The meanings of the arguments used in these functions are as follows:
Careful readers will notice that there are two functions for drawing second-degree Bezier curves:
To see a full set of basic non-filled shapes and learn how they are defined in FreeMovie fashion, the readers are encouraged to study the following example. The results should be similar to the drawing shown in the figure below, after the code listing.
Final Thoughts
As you can see, even though FreeMovie is a new kid on the block, it has some powerful abilities. I hope to show you other functions such as solid and gradient fills in a future article.
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2015 Mercedes S-Class Coupe Officially Announced
It's official! Moments ago Mercedes-Benz announced the date of the debut of the 2015 Mercedes S-Class Coupe. As we have reported earlier, the next-generation S-Class will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March. The 2015 Mercedes S-Class Coupe that will be featured in the event will be the S550 which is expected to carry a biturbo 4.7-liter V8 engine that can give off as much as 449 hp and 516 lb-ft of torque according to the report of LA Times. In addition, the power of the car will be distributed through its seven-speed automatic transmission via the 4MATIC all-wheel drive system. On the other hand, the source noted… Continue Reading »


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Colville heads to Pullman with playoff berth on the line
Indians eliminate Cheney Colville High (6-3, 3-2) will play for a State 2A football playoff berth Friday night in the Palouse against Pullman (6-2, 4-1). Game time at PHS is 7 p.m.The winner will qualify for the playoffs one week later as the second and last seed from the Great Northern League. The loser will see its season come to an end.Colville stayed in the playoff hunt with an impressive 19-13 win at home over Cheney (6-3, 2-3) last Friday night. The loss eliminated the Blackhawks from post-season contention. East Valley has annexed the GNL championship and top seed to the State 2A playoffs. Pullman is coming off a wild 41-38 triple overtime win at home last Friday night over West Valley (4-5, 3-3). That loss eliminated WV's post-season aspirations. PULLMANCHS surprised Pullman last season in the Colville mud, 26-20. The loss cost the Greyhounds an outright GNL championship. With any luck, the relentless CHS running game will find a muddy track in Pullman. Anything's possible—this one isn't scheduled for the plastic grass at Washington State University's Martin Stadium."I think it will be a tight game," CHS head coach Randy Cornwell said of Friday night's match-up at Pullman. "Obviously, both teams have a lot to play for."Cornwell, his staff and players would like nothing better than to leave their two-year stint in the GNL (and as the smallest school in the league) with a playoff berth. It looks like the Indians will be back in the Northeast A League next fall when student enrollment counts are released later this month. Colville was simply more physical than CheneyEnrollment counts will be based on 9th through 11th graders and not 10th through 12th as done previously. In addition, off-site alternative students won't be in enrollment counts. As the valid argument goes, why should schools count students that don't play sports?The new classification cycle will be four years and not two.If Colville plays like it did against an explosive Cheney team, the Indians certainly have a shot to play in the post-season."I thought the most physical team on the field (against Cheney) was Colville," Cornwell said. "Our kids brought the wood."In the win over Pullman last November, the Indians were clearly the more physical team on the field. But a lot appears to be different about this 2013 PHS team. For one thing, Mason Petrino, the son of University of Idaho football coach Bobby Petrino, solved a major quarterback problem at Pullman when his father took the job with the sad-sack Vandals."When the Petrino's decided to live in Pullman and not Moscow (home of the University of Idaho), they got better and more explosive," Cornwell said. "He isn't a very big kid, but he is a coach's son...a smart, heady kid who is quick-footed, knows the game and makes plays for them."Pullman, the top-rated offense in the league, also features running backs David Ungerer. Justin Pintak and Sam Druffel who get their share of carries for PHS.Pullman will also be the first team Colville will face this season that goes exclusively no huddle."It's a big challenge," Cornwell said of an uptempo Pullman team that has been dominating and has put up a lot of points this fall. **See full story in the November 6 edition of the Statesman Examiner**


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Leeds United put up for sale by Gulf Finance House
Leeds are up for sale again after owners Gulf Finance House (GFH) confirmed they are looking to offload the club.
Last Updated: 20/03/13 4:13pm
GFH only bought United on 21 December but in the company's statements for the year ending 31 December 2012, they have revealed an 'active plan' to sell their stake in LUFC Holdings Limited.
Bahrain-based GFH also described the acquisition of Leeds as a 'bargain purchase'.
"The Group has an active plan to sell its stake in LUFC Holdings Limited, and accordingly, the asset and liabilities acquired were classified as held-for-sale and presented in the consolidated statement of financial position," GFH stated in the company's accounts for 2012.
"Subsequent to the year end, the Group has commenced negotiations relating to the sale of its stake in LUFC Holdings Limited."
Businessman Steve Parkin has been linked with a fresh attempt to buy the club by local media after he failed in his previous attempt.
To add to the sense of uncertainty around Elland Road, Leeds manager Neil Warnock has indicated he will leave at the end of the season if they do not make the play-offs.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Illinois Senate President John Cullerton is on board with the newest Illinois House pension solution plan.
Spokeswoman Rikeesha Phelon says the Chicago Democrat plans to amend his proposed pension fix with language from a bipartisan House plan announced Wednesday. But Cullerton would retain other provisions he says would ensure the plan's constitutionality.
House Republican Leader Tom Cross and Democratic Rep. Elaine Nekritz say their plan would reduce the state retirement systems' $96 billion debt by 30 percent and eventually move the state away from funding teacher and university professor pensions.
The new twist would make public school and university employees enter a system that includes a 401(k)-style plan and negotiated contributions by the local employer.
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Arsenal are being linked with a move for Palermo striker Abel Hernandez, according to reports.
The Daily Mail claims the Uruguayan forward is one of a number of options to Gunners chief Arsene Wenger in the January transfer window, with 'the professor' ready to spend big as he searches for a replacement for Robin Van Persie.
It's speculated that that the Arsenal manager has £35 million to spend in the opening month of 2013, and the Frenchman has already told his scouting network to start drawing-up a list of possible targets.
Other names said to be in the frame in north London include Fernando Llorente and Stevan Jovetic, and Hernandez's goalscoring record with the Rosanero would suggest that any move for him would be a gamble.
The 21-year-old has netted just 16 times in Serie 'A' over the last three-and-a-half seasons, with injury impacting his number of appearances at the Stadio Renzo Barbera in each of the campaigns.
His international form would give Arsenal fans more hope however, with three goals in eight appearances since making his debut in 2010.
With Olivier Giroud yet to find top form and Gervinho playing a central role at the start of the campaign, a move for a striker seems logical at the Emirates Stadium, but it will be up to the Arsenal boss to decide which player he pursues in January.
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Wish For Our Heroes (W4OH), the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Indiana National Guard are teaming up to provide fans with an opportunity to help send active United States military or veterans to the Indianapolis 500, Kroger Super Weekend at the Brickyard or Red Bull Indianapolis GP in 2013.
The "Wish Fund" program gives fans four ways to salute American service members through contributions or donations at wishforourheroes.org:
Wish For Our Heroes is a national, non-profit organization based in Noblesville, Ind., that provides tickets to active United States military or veterans for Indianapolis Motor Speedway events.
INDYCAR episode of 'Mythbusters' airing May 22: An INDYCAR-themed episode of the popular Discovery television series "MythBusters" will air at 9 p.m. (ET) Wednesday, May 22.
The one-hour episode, which was filmed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, will test such racing myths as whether man can beat machine in a 30-foot standing-start sprint, whether a driver can lose 10 pounds during a race and whether a tire's grip can loosen a manhole cover during a street race.
Fans can purchase IMS ticket memorabilia: A wide selection of Indianapolis 500 ticket memorabilia is available now through a new licensing agreement between the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and That's My Ticket, the nation's leading manufacturer of unique sports, concert and theater ticket-related products and displays.
Tickets from the 2013 Indianapolis 500 and previous editions of "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" are available in such products as frames, albums scrapbooks and more, ranging in price from $9.90 to $34.90 each. Other products feature the race's ticket images in their designs including 4x6 picture frames as well as Mega Tickets and Mini-Mega Tickets.
Visit www.ThatsMyTicket.com for pictures and more information or to purchase Indianapolis 500 ticket collectibles.
Ticket purchases can benefit children's hospital: Fans can buy tickets for the 97th Indianapolis 500 in the Tower Terrace section overlooking the front straightaway at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, with a portion of their purchase benefiting Riley Children's Foundation, through a partnership between IMS and Tickets-for-Charity.com.
Tower Terrace tickets are available for $97 at ticketsforcharity.com.
The Riley Children's Foundation is committed to improving the health and well-being of children through philanthropic leadership in support of Riley Hospital for Children-Indiana University Health in Indianapolis and its research programs.
2013 Indianapolis 500 tickets: Tickets are on sale for the 97th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race on Sunday, May 26 at IMS.
Race Day ticket prices start at just $30. Fans can buy tickets online at www.ims.com/tickets, by calling the IMS ticket office at (317) 492-6700, or (800) 822-INDY outside the Indianapolis area, or by visiting the ticket office at the IMS Administration Building at the corner of Georgetown Road and 16th Street between 8 a.m.-5 p.m. (ET) Monday-Friday.
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A new UNCTAD publication on Organic Fruit and Vegetables from the Tropics: Market, Certification and Production Information for Producers and International Trading Companies (UNCTAD/DITC/COM/2003/2) looks at how developing countries can enhance their production and export capacities in organic agriculture, a growing market in the industrial world that is expected to grow between 10-and-30% over the next five to 10 years. But organic production methods are not yet well established in tropical developing countries, and so far the largest share of emerging markets for organic products, especially high-quality organic fruit and vegetables, has gone to farmers in the North.
The export value for organic food in 2000 was approximately US$ 20 billion. Europe led, with sales of about US$ 9 billion, followed by the United States (US$ 8 billion) and Japan (US$ 1.5 billion).
But market entry for organic food is heavily restricted. The major challenge faced by many exporters of organic agro-food exports, particularly in least developed countries (LDCs), is to meet the sanitary, phytosanitary and technical requirements of importing countries. Rising consumer concerns in the affluent countries over the quality of organic food compound the difficulty of small farmers in meeting higher standards. The new UNCTAD publication thus recommends that developing countries implement food quality and safety programmes to strengthen their ability to protect and enhance brands and private labels, promote consumer confidence and conform to regulatory and market requirements. Intended for producers and trading companies from emerging markets, it looks at general aspects of organic farming in the tropics and subtropics, and studies the organic cultivation of such fruits and vegetables as guava, lychee, avocado, aubergine and watermelon. It contains information on market potential and conditions for access to European, American and Japanese markets for organic products; details of production and processing requirements and best management practices; and a list of useful addresses and contacts in the target markets.
Substantive contributions to the publication were made by the Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau (FiBL), Institut für Marktökologie (IMO), Naturland and the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO). The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) provided financial support.
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The Thermo Scientific Rapid Separation Multiple Wavelength Detector (MWD-3000RS) allows you to collect UV-vis data from up to 8 different wavelengths between 190 and 800 nm simultaneously.
It offers reliable UV-vis detection for conventional and Rapid Separation LC applications at data collection rates up to 200 Hz per channel.
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Java and Security, Part 1
Pages: 1, 2, 3, 4
Security policies let you protect a wide variety of server resources. For instance, you can decide who has access to the Administration Console, who can start and stop the servers, and who can access the connection pools, web applications, EJBs, enterprise applications, J2EE connectors, a particular branch of the JNDI tree, and more. Security policies offer very tight control over the authorization settings within the WebLogic domain. Although scoped roles look very similar to policies, policies define access control while roles do not. In summary:
- A policy statement is used to protect a resource.
- A policy statement lets you specify a number of conditions under which users may access the resource.
A security policy uses a superset of the conditions that are available to a role. You can define a policy in terms of a logical combination of usernames, group names, time-of-day settings, and roles. The roles used in a policy can be either global roles, or those scoped to the resource for which you are defining the policy.
Note: A WebLogic resource is protected only when it has been assigned a security policy. Some WebLogic resources come with a set of default policies applied to them.
Whereas role information is stored by the Role Mapping Provider, policy information is stored by the Authorization Provider. Even though you may configure the security policies in the same way as the roles, we recommend that you set up roles to identify user responsibilities and create policies to specify access restrictions using these roles. That is, you should define roles in terms of existing users, groups, and time-of-day settings, and then you can use these roles to configure a policy statement for the resource. This scheme fits nicely with the J2EE role-based security model covered earlier in the section "Overview."
A policy can be assigned in a number of ways:
- WebLogic can assign policies to web applications and EJBs automatically, after it has read their deployment descriptors.
- The Administrator can assign policies to WebLogic resources manually and tweak their configuration.
- WebLogic provides default security policies that are applied to many resources.
Using the Administration Console
An Administrator can explicitly define security policies that help protect WebLogic resources. You can assign a security policy in the same way that you define a scoped role for a resource. Simply select the resource from the left pane of the Administration Console, then right-click and choose the Define Security Policy option instead. EJBs offer an additional option, "Define Security Policies and Roles for Individual beans," that allows you to define a policy for a particular EJB and to further limit this policy to selected EJB methods. Web service modules offer similar functionality, allowing you to define a policy for a particular web service within a module and to further limit the policy to selected web service operations. This same functionality exists for JMS destinations, whereby the policy can be limited to either a send, receive, or browse operation on a queue, or to a send or receive operation on a topic.
Enabling user-defined policies
In WebLogic 8.1, new policies that you create using the Administration Console will, by default, not be applied. Instead, only those policies that were defined using deployment descriptors will be in operation. For example, if you add a new scoped policy for all .html files in a web application, and assuming that you had no such security constraint defined in the deployment descriptors, your new scoped policy will not be operational. To toggle this behavior, you need to select the security realm from the left pane of the Administration Console and then select the General tab. The Check Roles and Policies setting can assume two possible values.
Web Applications and EJBs Protected by DD
This option ensures that WebLogic honors only those security constraints defined in the deployment descriptors of web applications and EJB modules. This is the default behavior of the security realm. All Web Applications and EJBs This option ensures that WebLogic honors any security policies that are configured for the web applications and EJB modules using the Administration Console.
All Web Applications and EJBs
This option ensures that WebLogic honors any security policies that are configured for the web applications and EJB modules using the Administration Console.
Thus, you must change the value of the Check Roles and Policies setting to the latter option if you need to enable the policies defined using the Administration Console.
Using the deployment descriptors
WebLogic supports the J2EE security model, which relies on the security roles defined in the descriptor files to determine access privileges. WebLogic's Authorization Provider examines the deployment descriptors when the EAR or WAR is deployed and creates internal security roles based on the configuration settings. In addition, the provider defines a security policy that grants access to all principals that belong to these roles. Later, we'll see how to alter the default behavior of the providers by instructing them to ignore the security data held in the deployment descriptors.
Default policies
WebLogic comes equipped with a number of default security policies�for example, WebLogic supports a default policy that restricts access to the Administration Console. The following security policies are based on role membership:
Administrative resources
The Administration Console and other administrative resources are protected by a security policy that demands that the caller be in one of the following roles:
Admin, Deployer, Operator, or
Server resources
Resources under the Server node in the Administration Console are protected by a security policy that demands that the caller be either in the
Admin or
COM resources
Resources under the Services/jCOMnode in the left pane of the Administration Console are protected by a policy that demands that the caller be in the
By default, all application-specific resources, such as those related to JDBC, JMS,
EJB, EIS, MBean, and Web Services, are accessible to all users. This is possible
because these resources are protected by the default policy, which demands that the
caller be in the
everyone group. You can always view the default security policy that applies to a WebLogic resource. For instance, if you right-click the Connection Pool node under the Services/JDBC node and then choose the Define Security Policy
option, you can view the default policy for all connection pools.
When you configure a new resource�for example, a new JDBC pool or a web services component - it automatically inherits the default security policy. Any new security policy associated with a resource also uses the inherited policy conditions. However, if you define a new security policy for a resource with new policy conditions, these settings override the inherited policy conditions. That is, if you define a policy for a resource, the inherited policy conditions are ignored. For instance, if you define a policy constraint for a JDBC pool that requires that the caller be in the role MyRole, it overrides the default policy constraint that the caller be a member of the group everyone.
Ignoring the Deployment Descriptors
When an application is deployed, WebLogic inspects the security constraints defined in the deployment descriptors and sets up the appropriate role and policy statements in the various providers. Because these roles and policy statements are not persisted to the deployment descriptors (but rather to an internal store), reading this information from the descriptor files the next time the application is deployed means that WebLogic may overwrite any changes that you make to the role and policy information. You can prevent this overwriting behavior by instructing WebLogic to ignore the security constraints in the deployment descriptors the next time the application is deployed. To configure this, navigate to the security realm using the left pane of the Administration Console, and then in the General tab change the value of the On Future Re-Deploys* attribute. The default value for this setting�i.e., initialize roles and "policies" from DD�ensures that WebLogic does create the roles and policies based on the security information held in the deployment descriptors. If you set the attribute to "ignore roles and policies from DD," you can prevent WebLogic from reading the security information held within the deployment descriptors.
Because the providers manage all the information about the roles and policy statements, you have greater control over this access control information now that you can decide when WebLogic should ignore the security data in the deployment descriptors. You have two basic options, each with their own security implications:
If you choose to ignore the deployment descriptors before actually deploying an application, the security constraints for the application need to be configured manually from the Administration Console. The providers will persist the access control information in their own stores, and the security data in the deployment descriptors will be ignored completely.
If you choose to ignore the deployment descriptors after deploying the application, the providers already will be populated with the security constraints in the descriptor files, which you can later further refine from the Administration Console. Once again, the providers will store this information in their own stores. However, because the security settings in the descriptor files have been ignored, they can no longer override any changes you�ve made to the roles and policy statements.
Figure 17-1 summarizes the security architecture that we have just described.
Figure 17-1. Static structure of authentication components
As you can see from the figure, users may belong to groups, and groups may contain other groups. Roles may be defined in terms of users and/or groups. Roles can either be global or scoped to a particular kind of resource. Here we haven�t shown all resources�just the hierarchical connection pool resources. A particular connection pool is contained in the Connection Pools resource.
Note: Strictly speaking, policies are applied to a
ResourceMBean. At runtime, a
ResourceMBean will exist that represents each actual JDBC Connection
Pool, all of which extend to another MBean that represents the "container"
holding all of the connection pools. Inheritance of policies
works because the
ResourceMBean extend each other in this way.
Scoped roles and policies may be associated either with the Connection Pools container (in which case it is inherited by all its instances), or with a particular JDBC Pool itself. All policies are scoped because they are always associated with a particular resource.
Next week's excerpts from Chapter 17 of WebLogic: The Definitive Guide will cover WebLogic's various security providers and their default implementations, along with a look at how to authenticate using JAAS, and examples of Authentication and Identity Assertion Providers.
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Audiences have never been hungrier for experience, but these productions need a rigorous approach, says Miriam Gillinson
This a new age for enjoying performances. We invited the radio into our homes. We opened our door to televisions, to the internet and everything else that has come with it. But this is a reversal in the arts, where we the audience are being invited in. Theatre is no longer set in building- but like heart that defines the home, the audience will now define the performance.
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Theorizing the Contemporary
Like "Hot Spots," this is a new online forum. Hot Spots engages anthropologists (and those beyond) in the immediacy of current events from inside the moment. "Theorizing the Contemporary," by contrast, features attempts to engage the contemporary through theoretical critique, analytical innovation, paradigm-making or breaking. We aim for interventions that smartly, creatively, radically engage the contemporary moment through theory (including challenges to what constitutes "theory" in the first place). This first Theorizing the Contemporary forum features five commentaries on a recent book by Jean and John Comaroff, Theory from the South: Or, How Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa, along with a response by the authors. We are open to suggestions of all types and ask that proposals be made to us directly (firstname.lastname@example.com, email@example.com).
Finance (April 2012)
The Human is More Than Human: Culture@Large Session from the 2011 AAA Meeting (March 2012)
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Guillermo Parra-Bernal – Reuters, 01/24/2013
Brazil's central bank is committed to bringing down inflation, its president said, as he defended the government against criticism it had abandoned cornerstones of its economic policy.
Policymakers are not ruling out the use of traditional monetary tools to contain rising consumer prices, central bank President Alexandre Tombini told an audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland late on Wednesday.
Tombini said the central bank is committed to bringing inflation down to 4.5 percent this year. In the 12 months to mid-January, it accelerated to 6.02 percent from 5.78 percent one month before, putting it near the top of the bank's target range of 4.5 percent plus or minus 2 percentage points.


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Natasha Anzik has helped the Crimson start the season with four straight victories (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard women's squash team continues its non-conference slate with four matches this weekend. The Crimson, currently ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate Squash Association (CSA) poll, is looking to extend its win streak after starting the season 4-0.
Dec. 2 – NYU – 5 p.m.
Dec. 3 – Amherst – 11 a.m.
vs. Wellesley (at MIT) – 2:30 p.m.
vs. Boston College (at MIT) – 4:30 p.m.
No. 1 Harvard
The Crimson is off to a 4-0 start for the seventh consecutive season and 18th time in the last 20 years. Harvard features a mix of veterans and underclassmen, as one senior, four juniors, one sophomore and three freshmen have seen time in the top nine. Nirasha Guruge, Natasha Kingshott, Haley Mendez and Sarah Mumanachit have started the year with undefeated 4-0 marks. Julianne Chu (3-0), Eliza Calihan (2-0) and Laura Gemmell (2-0) also remain undefeated.
Guruge, Kingshott and Mendez have swept their way to 4-0 records this season, winning all of their matches by 3-0 tallies.
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The top-ranked Crimson women's squash team defeated No. 8 Dartmouth, 8-1, and No. 12 Middlebury, 9-0, to claim its third and fourth consecutive victories to open the season at Hanover, N.H., Wednesday. All-American Laura Gemmell made her season debut in the No. 1 position against Dartmouth and downed Corey Schafer, 3-1 (11-7, 11-7, 7-11, 11-1). Nirasha Guruge, Haley Mendez and Natasha Kingshott moved to the No. 2-4 positions, after starting the first two matches at No. 1-3 for the Crimson, and swept each of their matches. Sarah Mumanachit and Julianne Chu added sweeps at No.5 and 6, respectively, to propel Harvard past No. 8 Dartmouth. In the nightcap, the Crimson rolled past No. 12 Middlebury, 9-0, in true sweeping fashion, winning all nine matches 3-0. Julie Monrad received her first start in the top-nine and capitalized with a 3-0 win (11-7, 11-6, 11-7) in the No. 9 position against Middlebury.
New York University
The Bobcats squash program is currently classified as an emerging club team by the CSA. NYU is ranked No. 38 of 39 teams in the CSA poll.
The Crimson women's squash squad has never faced NYU in the program's history.
The Lord Jeffs (1-0) opened the 2011-12 season ranked No. 15 after finishing at No. 14 in 2010-11. Amherst beat No. 20 Vassar in its season-opening match Wednesday in a convincing 9-0 shutout. The Lord Jeffs won 27-of-28 games played against Vassar.
Harvard leads the all-time series with Amherst, 9-0. The Crimson last defeated the Lord Jeffs, 9-0, in 2003.
The Blue has dropped its last four matches and enters the weekend with a 2-5 overall record. Alexandra Spiliakos posts the squad's best individual record with a 3-4 mark in the No. 6 position. Wellesley is ranked No. 26 in the latest CSA poll.
Harvard has not met Wellesley since 1982, when the Crimson downed the Blue, 7-0. Harvard leads the all-time series against Wellesley, 7-2.
Boston College
Boston College finished seventh in the Epps Cup (D Division) a year ago and ended the 2010-11 campaign ranked No. 31 in the CSA rankings. The Eagles return four players from last year's top nine and are again ranked No. 31 by the CSA.
This will be the first meeting between Harvard and BC in women's squash.
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Roy Jones Jr Knocked Out Cold in 10th Round By Denis Lebedev
Jones looked pretty awful throughout and it appeared his only goal was to survived. He did throw a few flurries here and there, and even caught Lebedev flush a fight times, but the Russian was never in any danger.
Jones' hand speed is still there and he does have some pop on his punches, the problem is his legs are stone and his defense is non existent.
Jones was never very technically sound, so when his physical skills eroded he had nothing to fall back on besides leaning against the ropes and trying to cover up when his legs failed him.
Lebedev for his part seemed to be carrying Jones to the disgust of the Russian crowd, but in the 10th he landed two flush right hands that had Jones out on his feet.
The ref did an awful job and did not jump in allowing Lebedev to delivered one more crushing right hand to Jones' jaw so vicious that more people in attendance seem to be more concerned about Jones' life than the KO.
Jones was knocked out cold and doctors rushed in.
Thankfully he was able to get to his feet after several minutes and do a post fight interview where he said he wasn't sure if he was done with boxing.
The only way Jones will stop fighting is if his entire team just refuses to work with him, they can't keep sending him out there to get his brains beat in, it is not good for his long term health.
He has had series of scary KO losses and there is real concern in the boxing community if he continues he will suffer some sort of brain damage.
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Great Lakes Land Use Report Winter 2011
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Land Use Committee Report Winter 2011
Federal Issues
Savanna Ecosystem Restoration Project
GLFWDA will assist Otto Township with their litigation of the Savanna Project. Non-tax deductable donations to assist with the costs of litigation can be made at
. Make sure to list Savanna Litigation in the notes so we know where the funds are intended to go.
Hunting/Snowmobiling ban in Semi-Primitive Areas
The comment period for this will have closed shortly before this report is printed. GLWFDA will be submitting comment supporting Alternative 3. This would redefine several Semi-Primitive Non-Motorized Recreation Areas to other classifications more suited to the uses those lands actually witness on a regular basis.
State Issues
GLFWDA is involved with the legislative process again this year. The LUC recently met with Representative Huuki's staff, CRAM, DNR, and Republican Policy staff to review the 3 Draft Bills just released from the Writers. A few corrections were made and the Bills were resubmitted to the Writer for revision. There is a great deal of language from the Bills we introduced last year, with some minor changes. Carried over to these Bills from last years Bills:
Increase Permit Fee to $30.50
Liability protection for maintenance workers/grant recipients
Increase in Permit Trigger from 20 people to 75 ORVs
Define "Other Route" to mirror the recent Attorney General's opinion
GLFWDA will meet with the Writer and Huuki's staff again when the new Drafts are out to ensure they say what was intended. Then they'll be released to Committee early next year.
Off Road Vehicle Advisory Workgroup (ORVAW)
The meeting was held at the Ramada Inn on Saginaw Highway in Lansing on Nov 9th.
How the Safety Education Money is Used
Corporal John Morey, distributed and reviewed a handout detailing the ORV safety education fund. Appropriation by department/DNR division: Civil Service $1,200, DTMB (information technology) $13.600, Grants (education grants to counties) $150,000, FMD (grant administration) $6,600, Law Enforcement Division (education supplies, materials, equipment, personnel, instructor academy, etc.) $87,400, Marketing and Outreach (printed student/class materials, personnel, guidebooks, etc.) $54,100. Annual revenue is approximately $200,000. Fund balance is decreasing rapidly. End of FY 2010 was $285,000. End of FY 2011 estimated is $190,000. Chair Dunn asked what impact implementation of the on-line course would have on the budget. Cpl. Morey replied it is unknown at this time. Tim Kobasic asked if the snowmobile safety instructors were notified about the on-line snowmobile safety education course. Cpl. Morey said there was a press-release and noted the on-line course is not intended to replace the hands-on course, but to provide an alternative for certification.
ORVAW Appointments
Chair Dunn, announced that Tim Kobasic, John Chad and Jim Faiella have been reappointed for two year terms.
Legislative Ride Update
Amy Trotter reported she received an email from Jim Faiella who has contacted
Representative Bumsteads office to begin planning a legislative ride in the Baldwin area next May. Amy is compiling a list of invitees and will work with Jim.
Tim Kobasic reported the UP ORV Tail Development Association invited legislators to a 7 hr. work secession this year but if fizzled out. They are planning a recreational ride with UP legislators next spring noting Representative Huuki is very supportive of the ORV program.
ORV Program Budget Needs
Chair Dunn, distributed an information from the long-range financial workgroup that was
convened in 2008-9. Steve Kubisiak explained the workgroup identified 29 budget need categories and estimated funding level to support the optimum program. He said in order to meet the optimum program desired by stakeholders a fee of $35 - $45 would be needed. The first column of the handout shows the optimum budget that was proposed for 2010 and the second column illustrates program reductions by category that would be needed if a $30 fee were instituted. Chair Dunn noted that while a $45 fee may be the optimum a $25 - $35 fee may be more politically palatable. Discussion by the ORVAW members then turned to questions about specific program categories and the need for more information. Staff will provide the ORVAW members with the full 10 year plan that was developed by the long range financial planning workgroup and the current FY 2012 budget. Amy Trotter asked if anyone has approached the State Park Blue Ribbon Panel. Chair Dunn will contact Erin McDonough.
2012 Meeting Schedule
Chair Dunn opened discussion on the 2012 meeting schedule and asked if 4 meetings are necessary. It was the consensus of the workgroup to hold quarterly meetings. Tentative dates are February 8, May 9, August 8 and November 7. Amy Trotter will check availability of MUCC office. The workgroup will confirm the schedule by email.
ORV Law Review Committee
Tim Kobasic, expressed concern with the safety education teaching text and that the test should be matched to the age of the student. He believes 97% of the students already ride and expressed concern with the 90% cc issue. He noted problems with test content regarding operation of full size vehicles. He proposed a two-tier curriculum, one for youth under age 16, and one for older adults. He also suggested that anyone born after 1990 be required to take a safety course. Cpl Morey asked Mr. Kobasic to send him his concerns and recommendations concerning the ORV safety education program so he can share it with the safety education workgroup.
Drummond Island Update
Pat Brower, reported the Drummond Island Writing Team met for the second time last Monday and Tuesday. The topic was recreation and he was very pleased with the outcome of the consensus based recommendations. The first meetings addressed hunting, fishing and trapping, the second meeting dealt with recreation, and the third meeting scheduled for December 7 and 8 will address education and outreach. No details will be available until the final plan is published.
SB 248 Update
Steve Kubisiak, referred the workgroup to the House Committee summary of SB 248 in their meeting packets. He said the Governors Office has implemented changes in the way state departments do bill analysis and that official positions will now be issued by the Governors Office. Tim Kobasic expressed concerns with the legislation citing possible implications to the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund and Park Endowment Fund. Amy Trotter said MUCC is opposed the legislation.
Tim Kobasic made a motion seconded by Amy Trotter that the ORV Advisory Workgroup oppose SB 248. Motion unanimously carried.
Chair Dunn will advise the Michigan Snowmobile and Trials Advisory Council on the action taken by the workgroup.
Bill Gilbert supports a two-tier ORV safety education program and believes the more education the better and safer the program will be in the future.
Kristin Throll, Recreation Program Coordinator, Huron-Manistee National Forest reported they are taking comment on their Forest Plan revision until December 23. She announced that Rose Ingram and Ted Schultz are retiring and the forest has been directed to operate at a 10% reduction.
Amy Trotter reported that MUCC has an action alert on HB 4684 and is opposed. The bill would prevent the DNR from issuing orders to restrict equine riding on state lands and could jeopardize federal wildlife funding.
Drummond Island ORV Route
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is coordinating the development of a Drummond Island Comprehensive Resource Management Plan (Plan). As part of this process, they have created a Drummond Island Plan Writing Team, which is comprised of a variety of organizations, agencies, and individuals with an array of interests concerning natural resources and Drummond Island. GLFWDA has secured two positions on this Team.
The purpose of the Writing Team is to create a Comprehensive Resource Management Plan that would provide resource management recommendations and alternatives that are acceptable within the mandates of the DNRs mission, while meeting the overall needs of Islanders, DNR, and resource users. The Plan will also focus on strategies for providing quality hunting, fishing, and trapping opportunities, and promote Drummond Island as a special place to attract resource-based tourism.
Meetings have concluded and the finial recommendations will be released for public comment when they are presented to the Natural Resources Commission in February or March 2012.
County Issues
North East Michigan Council of Governments
The NEMCOG intends to produce a comprehensive recreation map for their area. The electronic map would list any and all trails, from hiking and biking, to orv and kayak routes. Theyve received considerable attention from other areas and it is believed that this would serve as a template for other regions to use promoting their areas. GLFWDA has met with the program administrators and GIS specialist to gauge their knowledge of the issues surrounding back-country driving. They had little. It was suggested they consider including a brief summary of the rules for each major jurisdiction as well (CRC, State, and NFS). They were excited to hear that GLFWDA has a strong desire to work closely with them to ensure the maps accuracy across all the jurisdictions involved.
Oceana Rustic Roads Project
The LUCs next step will be working with an Attorney to determine which course of action would be appropriate for this workgroup to focus its energies upon to gain maximum impact for the rustic travelways in Oceana County.
Sullivan Township Scramble Area
This project could also use some additional assistance. If you are interested in a project near the Muskegon/ Ottawa county line, please contact
to find out how you can help.
Respectfully submitted:
LUC Secretary, Mike Olmstead & LUC Chairman Pat Brower
Auckland Four Wheel Drive Club Inc, 4x4 Challenges NZ Inc, NZFWDA life member, Friends of 42 Traverse Inc.
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GREAT report!
THANKS LUC folks!!
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Sevilla midfielder Luis Alberto will use the success of Spaniards in the Premier League to motivate him as he prepares to join his compatriots in England with a move to Liverpool.
The 20-year-old is expected to fly into Merseyside for a medical and discuss personal terms on Friday afternoon after the two clubs settled on a fee, believed to be in the region of £6million initially with potential add-ons.
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Taxation of property held by SecretaryAll property subject to a lien held by the United States or the title to which is acquired or held by the Secretary under this subchapter other than property used for administrative purposes shall be subject to taxation by a State, Commonwealth, territory, possession, district, and local political subdivisions in the same manner and to the same extent as other property is taxed: Provided, That no tax shall be imposed or collected on or with respect to any instrument if the tax is based on—
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Symantec plans to move most if not all of its storage and security applications to the cloud while making sure the cloud becomes a channel-friendly place in which to do business.
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