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Most read Realitybase posts in September 2014
The American Dream died in February 1973. With graphs showing stagnation of inflation-adjusted middle class incomes since the 1970s after strong and steady post-WWII growth.
The Dysfunction and Corruption of Our Healthcare System, Its Damage to the National Economy and other Basic Healthcare Matters (Guest Post) Describing a system that is destroying global competitiveness of American business, that violates fundamental insurance risk principles, and that has inherent conflicts of interest preventing quality national health care delivery and cost efficiency; and proposing a solution.
Comparative Advantage—The Unicorn of Free Trade Collection of sources and analyses demonstrating that the assumptions of classic Ricardian trade theory rarely if ever align with real-world conditions.
One chart refutes three myths about US foreign trade. About Smoot-Hawley, the post-WWII export "boom," and "self-balancing" trade.
The history of US per-capita petroleum consumption will surprise you. A graph and other data show US per-capita consumption of petroleum is down substantially from the 1970s, has been very stable since 1983 because of CAFE standards, and has fluctuated only slightly with retail price changes.
The Citigroup Plutonomy Memos With key quotations from documents that are being disappeared. This post has been the #1 response to a Google search for "plutonomy memo."
U.S. aircraft carrier and 15 other Navy ships sunk in the Strait of Hormuz in 5-10 minutes Reporting on the results of US war games when attacked by large numbers of speed boats and missiles such as Iran has in the hands of Revolutionary Guards reputed to be "cowboys," and suggesting still other ways we might get into an all-out war with Iran by accident.
US job creation has been declining since April 2000 and is now in freefall. Discussion around a dramatic graph showing the US employment-to-population ratio strongly increasing until 2000 followed by a devastating loss in 10 years of all the gains made in the previous 20 years.
Two hypotheses for why US CEO pay is so high Charts show that US CEO pay is about double that in other advanced countries, meaning there is either a shortage of talent in the US or the US CEO pay market is broken. Obviously, it is the latter.
John Maynard Keynes argued in 1933 that globalization had been oversold. A doctrinaire free trader in 1923, in April 1933 Keynes gave a formal lecture, National Self-Sufficiency, to acknowledge that, while economic internationalization has important benefits, it also has important costs, and he makes a case for relatively more self-sufficiency. "National self-sufficiency, in short, though it costs something, may be becoming a luxury which we can afford, if we happen to want it." He discusses the reasons why we may want it, including the suggestion that, contrary to the assumption just before the start of WWI, when economic globalization was at its highest point ever, peace may be easier to keep if national economies are not highly integrated. Includes a long quotation from the lecture.

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Panahon na ulit! Sali na! Sali na!
Rules and Conditions
1. The 11th Romeo Forbes Children's Storywriting Competition is open to all Filipinos.
2. Entries must not have been previously published, and all entrants must warrant the originality of their submitted entries.
3. Writers may submit only one entry, in English or Filipino, which shall be of 1,000 words or less. This word limit is a strict and absolute limit. Even just one word above the limit will be enough to disqualify an entry.
4. There is no particular theme, other than the use of this year's contest piece, a new work (shown above) by artist John Paul Antido, as the inspiration or basis for the entry.
A CANVAS review panel shall read and award points for all stories received based on the following criteria:
* Originality and Storyline (35%)
* Imagery (35%)
* Quality of Writing (30%)
Based on the points received, CANVAS shall forward a shortlist of three to five stories with the highest scores to the Artist. The Artist shall then provide comments on any or all the stories, for consideration by the panel of judges.
The panel of judges - taking the contest criteria and Artist comments into non-binding consideration - shall collectively choose the winner from the shortlist of stories.
If the judges cannot come to a consensus on the winner, they shall take a vote and the entry that gains the most number of votes shall be declared the winner.
None of CANVAS' review panel, the judges or the Artist shall see any entrant's name until the winner is chosen.
6. Entries must be submitted by email, as a Microsoft Word attachment, to email@example.com with the subject heading 11th ROMEO FORBES CHILDREN'S STORYWRITING COMPETITION. Entrants must include a cover sheet with their name, mailing and email address, and telephone number. Only the story title should appear on all pages of the entry.
7. The deadline for submission of entries is 5:00 p.m. (Manila time), Friday, 28 March 2014.
Kindly note that CANVAS acknowledges each and every entry that we receive. If you submitted a story, and do not receive an acknowledgement from us within 24 hours, please assume that your story was not received and kindly resend it to us.
Nevertheless, entries received after the deadline, even if sent earlier, may no longer be considered for the competition. CANVAS shall not be responsible for entries which are not received, or which are received after the deadline, due to technical failure or for any other reason whatsoever.
8. All entrants hereby agree to authorize CANVAS to post such entries on its website, as CANVAS deems fit, and free from any payments, royalties or fees whatsoever.
9. There shall be only one winner, who shall receive a cash prize of PhP 40,000.00 (less applicable withholding tax) for his/her entry. The winner shall be responsible for all applicable taxes.
The winning writer shall also be entitled to five (5) free copies upon publication of the book.
The winner shall grant and transfer to CANVAS all intellectual property and publication rights to the story, including any translations, adaptations or modifications thereto.
It is hereby understood that the cash prize to be awarded to the winner shall include consideration of such intellectual property and publication rights to the story, and the writer shall not be entitled to any other royalties or fees from earnings, if any, that may result from future publication of, licensing of, or other transactions on the same. (Please see our note below on why we have this rule.)
10. Except for the right to publish any received entry on its website, CANVAS shall not retain any other rights to entries that are not selected as the winner, except where separate agreements are reached with the writers.
11. CANVAS shall exercise full and exclusive editorial and artistic control over the publication of the winning entry and resulting book.
While, it is the full intention of CANVAS to publish the winning entry as a full-color children's book, CANVAS reserves the right not to publish the same for any reason whatsoever.
12. The winner of the CANVAS storywriting competition will be announced on or around the first half of June 2014. The winner will also be notified via email/text on the same announcement date.
13. CANVAS reserves the right not to award the top competition prize in the event that the judges decide that no entry was received that is deserving of the top prize. In such unlikely event, however, CANVAS shall have no right whatsoever over all entries that were received; and shall not publish any entry, in its website or in any other venue, without the prior written consent or agreement of the author.
14. The decision of the competition judges shall be final, and no correspondence or inquiries into the same - including requests for comments/feedback on received entries - shall be entertained.
15. Employees of CANVAS, and members of their immediate family, as well as the Artist's immediate family, are disqualified from participating in the competition.
Why We Ask for the Transfer of Rights
The competition rules (Rule 9) clearly state that the winning author should agree to transfer all rights to CANVAS and "...shall not be entitled to any other royalties or fees from earnings, if any, that may result from future publication of, derivative works, licensing of, or other transactions on the same."
This note is just to clarify where it is that CANVAS is coming from.
First of all, having complete ownership of the story rights makes it easier and less complicated for us to quickly and liberally share and give our consent to anyone who may ask for permission to use the winning story (something that we have always granted in the past).
It is for this very reason that the stories and illustrations of books we publish are all available for free viewing and enjoyment on our website (www.canvas.ph), despite the concern of some that the easy availability of the stories on the Internet could eat into the sales of our books (which, happily, has not proven to be the case).
Beyond this, all our stories are also available and downloadable on our website FOR FREE, in both English and Filipino. Just as we were fortunate enough to have been given permission to adapt "The Man Who Planted Trees," into our maiden publication - "Elias and His Trees," - we hope that the stories that we work on will inspire similar creativity.
A second reason why we ask for the transfer of rights is that CANVAS is a small nonprofit, and is not equipped to document and track royalty shares that ideally should accrue to authors and artists. It is for this reason that our prizes (we think), are quite substantial and approximates (if not exceeds) what writers would normally expect to receive in royalties.
Third, aside from the possibility for getting some of our books published abroad, we also sometimes talk with corporations about sponsoring the publication of books that can be given away to children in public schools and disadvantaged communities throughout the country.
(You can read our latest updates on this initiative by clicking here.)
Indeed, our dream is to give away ONE MILLION BOOKS in the next five to ten years!
Should we get really lucky and end up on the NY Times Bestseller List or say, get our book endorsed by Oprah, be assured that we will make things right with the artist and writer (you'll just have to trust us on this!). But until then, having demonstrably complete ownership over the rights makes it easier and less complicated for us to approach and negotiate with corporations eager to support children's literacy in the Philippines, or would-be publishers abroad.
Finally, we are also trying to be financially sustainable. We rely on self-generated revenues, some corporate support, and a small amount of grant funding to run CANVAS and conduct our activities, including co-sharing the publication costs of the books. We can only hope to recoup the expenses so that we can pursue our visions and dreams for children's literacy and Philippine art consistently and relentlessly in the years to come.
Please be assured of our continuing effort to balance our desire to contribute to the public domain in a manner that is also fair to the writers and artists, on the one hand; and our need to also be fiscally responsible with the grants and funds that have been entrusted to us, and to the publishers and corporations that we partner with, on the other.
Thank you.


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Stoke says it has reached an agreement to acquire midfielder Brek Shea from Major League Soccer's FC Dallas.
The Premier League club said on its website Tuesday that the 22-year-old was in England, underwent a medical exam necessary to finalize the deal and attended the 2-2 tie against Wigan. Shea also must obtain a British work permit.
``I think it is close now, and we are hoping that we can get that deal done in the next day or so,'' Stoke manager Tony Pulis was quoted as saying.
Shea has played for Dallas since 2008 and is recovering from November surgery on his right foot. He has no goals in 15 appearances for the U.S. national team. He would join American defender Geoff Cameron on Stoke.


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5 killed in Muslim-Christian clashes in Egypt
CAIRO (AP) — Clashes between Egyptian Muslims and Christians erupted early Saturday in a town near Cairo, leaving at least five people dead, security officials said.
Investigators said they are waiting for autopsy reports to confirm how the men — four Christians and a Muslim — were killed in a suburb of the city of Shubra el-Kheima, north of Cairo.
Police said the clashes started when young Muslims drew inflammatory symbols on an Islamic institute and a local mosque. Christian onlookers and Muslims nearby began quarrelling and soon residents wielding guns began firing on one another.
Residents interviewed by satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera Mubashir had different accounts of what sparked the violence, and said police arrived hours after the fight ended.
The clashes also resulted in a fire near a church in the area where the fighting took place.
Egypt's Coptic Christians, who make up about 10 percent of the country's 85 million people, have long complained of discrimination by the state. They are the largest Christian community in the Middle East.
President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood party condemned the sectarian strife.
"Security authorities should take all measures to resolve the problem and religious figures should intervene to end the tension," Freedom and Justice Party Chairman Saad el-Katatni said in a statement emailed to reporters.
Church officials in the neighborhood where the fighting took place, Khosoos, could not be immediately reached for comment.
Egyptian Christians fear that lack of security and political tension, along with hate speech by some ultraconservative Islamic clerics might give extremists a freer hand to attack churches and Coptic property, especially in the country's poorer areas.


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Facebook could potentially be a copycat; that is, if it's creating a video-chat app named Slingshot to go head-to-head with SnapChat.
The industry has been buzzing with rumours that the social media conglomerate has been quietly building up the app over the last few months, following SnapChat's rejection of a US$3 billion (RM9.64 billion) Facebook buyout offer late last year.
If Slingshot is underway, its release could be a "in your face" message to SnapChat because Mark Zuckerberg really wanted to buy the app (SnapChat broke his heart twice – he also previously made it an offer for US$1 billion (RM3.21 billion)).
It doesn't take a genius to figure out what Slingshot will be all about.
READ MORE: Facebook updates Messenger for easier photo, video sharing
Taking a shot at Slingshot
Although Facebook has yet to officially reveal information about it, we're taking a shot at guessing it'll allow users to flick over videos, or maybe even images, to their friends who can view it for a few seconds before it vanishes forever (does it really on Facebook?).
This is in line with what SnapChat rolled out recently – adding a good old text messaging chat interface and a new FaceTime-like video chatting feature – to its traditional photo sharing functionality.
Sources claim the app could be launched as early as this month in an attempt to build its dwindling social messaging base, and Slingshot will most likely be a standalone app, just as it's made its Facebook Messenger texting app (Facebook has been unbundling its social network as individual mobile services).
Either way, Facebook has got to play catch up fairly quickly if it wants to sit alongside its more popular peers.
[Source: PCmag]
READ MORE: How to never miss a Facebook update again


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Harvey gets 1st career shutout, Mets beat Rockies
NEW YORK (AP) -- Matt Harvey bounced back from a rare loss with his first career shutout -- not before giving everyone a scare -- and the Mets top position prospect Wilmer Flores drove in his first big league runs with a three-run double, leading the New York Mets to a 5-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.
Harvey (9-3) gave up four hits in his 33rd career start. He pitched nine innings of one-hit ball on May 7 but New York lost in 10.
Not this time. The rookie third baseman helped make sure of that.
Filling in for injured David Wright, Flores cleared the bases in the eighth against Manny Corpas. Omar Quintanilla and John Buck each had RBI singles off Jhoulys Chacin (10-6), who lost for just the third time in his last 11 starts. Flores got his first big league hit and scored on Quintanilla's hit in the second inning.
The Rockies lost for the eighth time in nine games on their 10-game road trip. Colorado played without All-Star left fielder Carlos Gonzalez for the second straight night. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list before Wednesday's game with a sprained right middle finger.
Harvey came out for the ninth to loud cheers. And they grew with each out.
He retired Corey Dickerson on a groundout to shortstop Quintanilla. Then Dexter Fowler grounded out to short. The fans stood and chanted "Let's Go Harvey!" when Charlie Blackmon stepped in. The cheers turned to groans when Blackmon lined a pitch off Harvey's knee that bounced into shallow right field. Harvey tried to wave off the Mets trainer but they checked their prized pitcher anyway.
Harvey then got All-Star Troy Tulowitzki to pop out to second base on his 106th pitch for the final out.
The 24-year-old right-hander struck out six without walking a batter.
In his previous outing, Harvey lost to a most surprising nemesis, the Miami Marlins. In four starts this season against the Marlins, he is 0-1 with a 3.52 ERA. Against the rest of the majors, he is 9-2 with a stingy 1.84 ERA.
Miami tagged him for three runs in 5 2-3 innings on Thursday, but he was in command from the start against Colorado.
Wilin Rosario grounded a single past a lunging Quintanilla with two outs in the second inning for the Rockies' first baserunner. Michael Cuddyer became the next Rockies player to reach with a two-out single to center field in the fourth.
Harvey then set down 11 in a row before Nolan Arenado reached on an infield single. Replays, however, showed the throw from shortstop Quintanilla just beat Arenado. No worries. Harvey got D.J. LeMahieu to ground into a 6-4-3 double play with his 91st pitch.
With closer Bobby Parnell on the disabled list and a low pitch count, manager Terry Collin's decision to allow Harvey come out for the ninth was an easy one. The Mets bullpen stayed quiet.
Chacin was nearly as good, doing it with guile instead of power. Barely reaching 90 on the stadium scoreboard, while Harvey routinely touched the mid-90s, Chacin struck out five and walked one in seven innings.
He had little trouble with the top of the Mets order but the bottom caused the trouble.
Flores and Buck had two hits apiece.
Ike Davis hit an opposite-field double down the left field line with one out and scored an out later on righty swinging Buck's single to right field for a 2-0 lead.
Batting sixth, Flores hit a ground rule double in the eighth off Corpas in center field to put New York up 5-0.
NOTES: Mets OF Lucas Duda (muscle strain in rib cage) was recalled from his rehab assignment and optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas. Duda has been on the DL since June 22. Duda went 7 for 45 (.156) with one HR and six RBIs in his rehab. ... The Rockies recalled LHP Jeff Francis from Triple-A Colorado Springs. ... When Harvey got his fourth strikeout, the Mets flashed on the videoboard "ZackKKKK," for the Mets other young ace, Zack Wheeler.


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Dept. of Ed. Office of Educational Technology
Tim Sizemore works at the office for Ed. Technology, part of the KY Dept. of Education
- What is KEN?
- KEN is the statewide network that currently connects K12 schools
- Contract with AT&T to get last mile out to school districts
- AT&T is covering all of the build out costs of digging trenches and putting in fiber (not covering costs if they need to tear up a parking lot or similar construction)
- School districts will then have fiber in within their districts to connect the individual chools
- AT&T will manage the backbone and the last mile to the district & provide an edge router @ the school district
- Nortel (under contract from Department of Ed (DoE) will manage the network behind the edge router
- Since the network is being built with an existing contract, it is covered by E-Rate w/ no competitive bid
- Funded by the state
- Kentucky DoE Office of Education Technology has experienced an large budget increase to cover management, circuits, and installation of instructional devices
- Cost Structure for state networks
- KEN-AT&T primarily contractor (per month)
- 10 Mbps $3544 Telco + $320 Commonwealth office of Technology (COT)
- 100 Mbps $8800 Telco + $320 COT
- 250 Mbps $1450 Telco + $320 COT
- KPEN-Windstream (per month)
- 10 Mbps $4000
- 100 Mbps $5500
- KEN-AT&T primarily contractor (per month)
- Brief History
- Originally started as hub and spoke w/ connection going back to Frankfort
- Lots of things are centralized @ state DoE, including records, email, etc.
- Is now installing 10 or 100 or 250 Mbps connection
- Success Factors
- Governor's prescription for innovation
- Therefore people and legislators understand technology more than they used to
- Connect Kentucky lobbied legislature for KEN
- Governor's prescription for innovation
- Barriers & Sustainability
- Wasn't sure if they would get the appropriation to pay for the network
- Now, the challenge is to maintain the appropriation and to figure out the next steps in KEN, including connecting libraries in the next round of appropriations
- B&M Gates Interventions
- Formulate plans
- Decide what the stakeholders will pay for
- Decide what Gates will pay for
- Have a split
- Program to raise awareness
- Help plan w/ stakeholders
- Formulate plans
- Misc.
- Connect Kentucky
- Tim was on an E-Community Leadership team and thought that CK was doing a great job and that the E-Community Leadership teams were great!
- The teams helped to build demand and awareness
- As possible evolution of KEN, Connect Kentucky may take over management of the network
- Ideas for Internet2 in Libs (Tim
- Video Conferencing
- Education Gaming
- Digital libraries
- Connect Kentucky
Mark Rutledge
Mark is the commissioner of the Commonwealth Office of Technology.
- Kentucky they have a procurement code
- Except for utilties
- Whatever territory they are in, they use the LEC
- What they did was develop a statewide mechanism
- This will allow standard pricing structure throughtout the state
- Developed partnerships through contracting that is managed by BellSouth now AT&T---who then sub-contracted w/ local
- Gave them a postalized rate for all connection
- Commonwealth Office of Technology (COT) then adds a group of services to the telco
- Internal wiring and management, router management & install, e-mail
- Thinks that the de-regulation by legislature helps spur broadband deployment across the state
- De-reg coupled w/ KIH helped telcos re-coup their investment
- Coupled w/ centralized purchasing authority (COT), you gain enormous efficencies
- Also commits to a period of time to allow for the build-out to occur
- KEN is a logical network that has no physical infrastructure—logical configurations to create a virtual circuit
- Libraries can join KEN
- B&M Gates
- Develop a mechanism to develop a mechanism whereby libraries can aggregate demand
- Show them a business case via the aggregated demand, coupled with multi-year contract to pay off any build out that would be required
- This is how they were able to get good rates for their network
- If telcos have to compete for each bid, they won't cut the margins as much
- Willing to help w/ telco negotiations
- Final Thoughts from Mark
- Basically, they think the postalized rates coupled with long term contract incent AT&T to build connectivity
Barry Bishop
Barry is the VP of Wireline Services at Windstream, the number two telco provider in Kentucky
- Footprint of Windstream
- Wireline around Lexington, London, Ashley, Campbell, some out west.
- In 16 other states
- Merger of Alltel & Valor wire lines
- Serves a variety of population density & demographics
- Broadband
- General offering of DSL
- DSLAM & SADSLAM (does not reside in main switch office) 80% of footprint is covered
- In new builds, they are doing fiber to the premise
- Does not market video at this time
- Will be up to mid to late 80s
- Connect Kentucky is helping to determine where to deploy
- Statewide network
- Provider to KAPEN (higher education network) 100 Mb—is prime contractor
- Run backbone and run last mile where they are the ILEC—partner with others in their territory
- Provider to KAPEN (higher education network) 100 Mb—is prime contractor
- Does not connect libraries
- Can provide DSL or dedicated circuit to connect broadband
- Everyone can have broadband (they will run T1)
- It is a question of affordable broadband
- General offering of DSL
- Connect Kentucky
- Partner & investor in CK from the get go
- They are great advocates for broadband deployment
- Not out there beating them up over broadband
- Gets leads from CK on who doesn't have broadband
- Got everyone more focused
- Would not have spread it as evenly as they would have if CK hadn't acted as a catalyst
- Would prioritized broadband deployment based upon demand (and CK help id the demand or would come straight from customers)
- CLECs
- Several CLEC competitors
- 3 facilities-based Telcos (Municipal, County & Windstream) in one city
- Barriers
- Last 10-15 percent
- Computer ownership..everyone that wants has
- 1600 new sites w/ broadband in 2k6 (in all 15 states)
- Bills
- Beneficiaries of some of the bills, but were rolling out broadband anyway.
- What factors roll out broadband
- Demand and competition
- Willing to let others set up ISP while they decided what to do with broadband
- Take rate
- Depends on the site
- Can put in sites for 8-10k all the way up to $250,000;
- 25% penetration across the state
- Good marketing helped draw the people in (Connect Kentucky played a crucial part in that)
- 10% before investment
- Depends on the site
- Gates Recommendations
- Regional library approach (would like to have something like that
- Great RFP proposal
- Then share a backbone internet connection
- Regional library approach (would like to have something like that
Joan Coleman President of AT&T and Amy Scarborough Director of Legislative and External Affairs
- They think they are building out ok and have a significant amount of deployment to public libraries
- Will have 100% broadband availability by the end of the year
- Merger conditions and what it means in Kentucky
- Commitment of 100% broadband deployment by the end of the year
- Relationship with WildBlue to deploy to areas un-served areas of the state
- Issues affecting the broadband deployment in the state
- Looks to Connect Kentucky to help (especially w/ de-regulation)
- Barriers of entry because of geography
- Wants to be the only provider for their customers
- Since 2004 to beginning in '06 all deployment was to communities of less than 900
- Success factors
- Investment in backbone to increase deployment
- Difficult to get infrastructure to get on the backbone E.g. placement of DSLAMs
- Put in remote terminals in rural areas
- Re-using equipment—when replaced, old equipment goes to where it hasn't been deployed before
- Take Rate
- Some areas with a lot of wealth that they didn't think exist before—when AT&T deployed, they used DSL for creative activities
- E.g. Editing books online, communities with professors, home businesses
- 35.95 for a 1.5 Mb connection
- Thinks that libraries can get more if they pay for more
- Some areas with a lot of wealth that they didn't think exist before—when AT&T deployed, they used DSL for creative activities
- Leg and/or Policy changes
- IPTV is a driver of deployment in every state
- Video Franchising--
- House Bill 550
- Set up the opportunity for providers to get grants, but appropriation was not made
- May get appropriation in the future
- Money from appropriation may go to help a failing dam
- AT&T likes the grant because they are able to apply
- Not intended for overbuild; is for un-served areas
- Broadband Task Force
- Has disbanded
- Looked @ deployment at the time
- Sees Connect Kentucky as the task force (views task force as a child of legislative process)
- Did good job of discussing issues @ margin and bringing together legislators
- Was put in place as an accountability measure
- Relationship w/ Wild Blue
- Does not know any details
- Partnering w/ them for deployment opportunities
- In areas where AT&T is not deploying, WildBlue is the provider
- Connect Kentucky is working to bring down the cost via partnership
- Coordinating partner w/ KIH2
- Schools were a part of KIH2
- There was a lot of work done to get connections out to each school district as part of KIH2
- Worked to get the infrastructure out there
- 17 Partners coming together because of KIH(1)
- Which partner gets which school is dependent on ILEC
- What recommendations do you have for us?
- Removing regulatory barriers to allowing providers to come in and offer service
- Did not want to have to re-sell broadband to CLEC---shares POTS but didn't want to sell DSLAM access
- Infrastructure is in place and seeing if there is an issue—the question is that is the broadband connectivity enough and is it affordable?
- A lot of work has been done and continues to be done to spur deployment
- Another avenue is in Science, Engineering and Math—Kentucky has entities has content and then to build broadband out using Science and math as a driver, which will in turn allow the libraries to be more attractive
- Removing regulatory barriers to allowing providers to come in and offer service
Mark David Gross Chairmen Kentucky Public Service Commission
- Legislation
- 2 or 3 years ago a bill was passed to de-regulate broadband provisions from the commission's jurisdiction
- Proceeding session there was a deal that de-regulated local telephone service
- Bills to de-regulate telecommunications (much less than 3 ½ years ago)
- Issue: PSC does not reg. cable so telephone argued that they are regulated but cable is not
- Impact
- De-reg of broadband has been helpful in getting broadband deployment in the state
- Telcos said they couldn't deploy because of PSC
- To get de-reg, the ILECs would have to provision broadband in rural
- Doesn't think 92% of deployment w/out de-regulation
- Bell South was able to sell investment to corporate b/c then they wouldn't need to share facilities
- Thinks they have done a good job, but there are pockets that are unserved
- Wife (school board) says that usage by children is great!
- How much oversight do you have?
- Telcos
- Virtually none
- They ask for some reporting, which they give freely
- Could not have reporting requirement
- Complaints & advertising oversight
- Regulates the basic phone service with price (basic local service w/ no frills) approx 20-25%
- De-reg has not increased complaints
- Fully regulate the power companies for their power utilities
- But not for broadband
- Duke KY has expressed interest & had pilot project of broadband over powerlines
- In some rural areas, the public utilities offer cable
- Telcos
- Power company bill
- Bill to allow power companies to drive broadband
- Main purpose: sell propane and other services (not broadband)
- Problem in his mind is that getting broadband in the last 8% of the state where the population density is low, there is a fixed, low income preventing them from adopting
- Has concerns and doubts that the last 8% will be completed
- Thinks that the wireless from DCI is interesting but not sure if wireless will be a viable solution for eastern KY
- How he characterized state of broadband:
- Vastly improved since 2004
- Gets better each month
- Thinks it will be interesting to see how close to 100% they actually get
- High-speed (anything but dial-up)…thinks most can get it
- Been happy w/ CK and telephone providers
- Pleasantly surprised—though they were being lied to about de-reg promises
- Broadband task force appointed by legislator w/ cross-section of people to monitor what the telcos were doing to ensure compliance
- Issued a report and not sure if it is still around
- Knew that they must follow through in order to get land line de-reg
- Not involved in KEN
- Had not even heard of the project
- Success factors of 92%
- The entities that have had the abilities to deploy broadband has been freed up by decision maker (e.g. corporate) that the numbers work. Even though the cost is high, they can make it up in some of the more urban areas to subsidize this high cost
- Skeptical of broadband de-reg, but is now a supporter
- The hue and cry of folks in rural Kentucky who want what their cousins in urban areas has
- Thinks the companies have been responsive to this cry—they want to make profit and if it makes sense, they will deploy
- Governor has done a good job of getting the word out and hammering the issue
- The public is aware of it b/c the governor has said it, president says it and federal people say it
- Barriers
- Geography
- Socio-economic status & abilities
- Does not want or can not afford the connection
- These people are the ones libraries should be attracting
- Bill and Melinda Gates Interventions
- Wondering if there would be some way to piggy back off of access that is already in the community
- College professor @ SE Community College…wanted high speed @ home and couldn't get it…lived within several hundred yards of fiber
- Wonders if there could be greater collaboration between public libraries and other public institutions
John Higginbotham
John is the superintendent of the Frankfort plant board that provides cable TV, telecom, water, power, Internet, and security services.
- Services they provide
- Electric and Water Plant Board of the city of Frankfort
- Muninciple provided---Independent of the city gov't
- Provide Electric, Water, Cable (1952), Telecom (CLEC—ILEC is AT&T/Bell South), Broadband (2001)
- Cannot subsidize cable and telcom w/ Water and Electric
- All three are separate businesses
- Also go to Whitford county and Shelby county
- Non-profit organization
- 10,000 residential and commercial telco lines, 9700 Internet Access, 17,000 cable
- Uses POTS and Cable VOIP (approx 60% of the residential lines)
- Interconnected city school district to central office then out to Commonwealth Office of Technology (gave them the fiber network)
- Provided 2 Mb synchronous fiber link that FPB gives to them @ retail for staff
- Provided a 8 Mb 1 Mb up cable modem
- Partners with lib for community taping industry
- Owns a network to connect state offices
- 40 municipal electric companies (12 or 13 that is in the cable/telcom)
- They have been on the leading edge of broadband; leaving the private sector behind
- Important Factors that are affecting broadband deployment
- Cost of upgrading equipment was large (only 512K until the new equipment was in place
- Now they need to go even faster
- Realized that they needed to make broadband available to library after library board was planning to build their new building
- 2 Mb for $500 /month & cable for $100 / month
- Have a few hundred homes left to wire
- Cost of upgrading equipment was large (only 512K until the new equipment was in place
- Biggest Barrier to Broadband
- Cost and ability to make revenue back on the expenditure
- Low population density
- Reaching some of the really rural areas (nearly $10,000/mile to wire)
- Topography of the county is large
- Adelphia (now bought by Time Warner) did not pay for upgrades to infrastructure
- Cost and ability to make revenue back on the expenditure
- Recommendations for Gates foundation
- Will email us later
- Interface with the library
Kirk Poling
Kirk works for Insight Communications, the largest cable company in Kentucky, but has only been with the company for 6 months. Insight is a privately held company (no public scrutiny).
- Has worked for many years on broadband deployment to various
- Trying to figure out how to get into the business market
- $1 Billion of revenue every year (7th largest)
- Is looking for a way to build out the fiber to business and figure out how to build infrastructure
- Trying to determine where there is a need (serves KY, IL, IN and OH)
- Do you serve libraries?
- They do have some libraries—do not have exact numbers
- Active in K12 space and is working on Higher Ed
- The factors that go into business decisions
- Build it they will come (attitude of the early 2000s), but ineffective
- Do not build it but hope they will come is the new attitude
- His philosophy is that it is important to look into both sides of the equation
- Want to quantify ROI on 12-36 months
- Looks at each situation case by case
- Fiber to the business; schools, universities, and libs (not to the home)
- Trying to figure out how to spread out the up-front costs for deployment
- No plans for FTTH deployment
- B&M Gates interventions
- I don't know
- IF you have value-added resource and application would be great
- Partner w/ public service organization
- Lack of dollars and cents (although cost of bandwidth is dropping)
- Look at each opportunity to determine feasibility
- What do you think of CK?
- Great initiative (let's get w/ the companies to get deployment)
- Tying to get Insight involved in CK activities
- Thinks that Insight is a good way to deploy broadband ($1 billion of revenue to spend)
- Great to help consumers and now branching out to business
David Hemingway
David is a Senior Account Executive at Digital Connections, Inc. (a infrastructure company)
- What is DCI?
- Carrier to ISP is not a function they normally have fulfilled
- DCI started as a data networking company in 1992
- @ the time that frame relay was taking hold
- Survived the crash
- Stumbled onto Connect Kentucky
- Had done several wireless integrations
- Putting together 7 conty wi-fi network
- Hooking up the service is now done w/ a partner
- Synergy is providing the Internet connectivity, hooking up, marketing and retailing of the service
- DCI provides the access points and backhaul
- 900 MHz spectrum is used (non line of site and unlicensed)
- looked @ 700 MHz, but is owned by someone who does not want to lease to DCI
- Will lease the tower from Crown Castle (a tower management company)
- Has a radio to go out to customers and then a separate radio to act as a back haul
- 2600 sq mi
- Finish up deployment by the end of the year (2007)
- Speeds
- 512k down (@29.95) to 2.5 Mb down
- Maximum speed is somewhere 3.0 Mb
- Do you have to provide services to some public entitites?
- 10% rebate has to go back to people helping to fund portions of the network
- Offer a free hotspot to all counties as part of the contract (all bandwidth is free)
- Taking customers away?
- Only satellite people for the most part (in most cases)
- There are places where there will be overlap w/ wire companies
- Is this service going well?
- Not deployed yet
- Have completed beta test that exceeded expectations
- Moving forward on more deployment
- Other providers seem to be done well
- 46 WISPs in Indiana using Motorola equipment that they will be using
- 20-25 miles is max (going to go to 10 mi) $85,000 per tower
- Profitable @ 5400 in seven counties (13-15% consumers in the county)
- B&M Gates Foundation
- Maybe some uses for libraries
Samantha Finke @ ConnectKY
As far as the success factor I would have to say that I think the biggest reason Kentucky has been successful has been the drive of our local communities and ConnectKentucky's grass roots efforts. We are also lucky to have several legislators who are very passionate about seeing Kentucky succeed and who recognize the role that technology, particularly broadband access, plays into that success. Thus, I don't think our success can be attributed to any one thing – instead I think the combination of public, private and local efforts has made many folks more aware of technology and the need to build infrastructure and implement applications to support growth. Kentucky is by no means perfect but we are definitely making great strides in the availability, awareness and adoption of technology!
I keep hearing the statement Nancy made about how technology centers are just not necessary in the presence of libraries and think that was a GREAT point. I think one thing that we all need to advocate at the state and local level, particularly in Kentucky, is getting people to recognize that. I agree there is no point in wasting more resources to build something in addition to what already exists in libraries. Instead, the resources that have been allocated for technology centers and the like should be put into libraries to enable them to serve as the learning/technological center of the community – it just makes the most sense. This way both the libraries and their communities will benefit. Also, with the level of broadband connectivity that now exists in KY, I think it would be very easy to reinforce libraries as the centerpiece of the community again. In recent years I think that libraries have unfortunately been neglected by states. As a result, my speculation is that those that aren't up-to-date with the technological age have probably been disregarded by some, whereas those that are up-to-date with technology have probably seen a resurgence in activity – now that is just pure speculation on my part. In any case, technology is definitely going to play a major role in the future of libraries. I think they definitely should be the hub of the community and I see interactive learning classes, programs, and such to be huge opportunities for libraries. I feel very strongly that Kentucky could use funds from the Gate's Foundation to boost libraries with technological and innovative learning programs, which in turn would draw more of the community in and bring libraries back to the stage they belong – a centerpiece for the community.
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Last week the British government announced a deal with the French utility EDF over the construction of two new reactors at Hinkley Point in Somerset. It is the first new nuclear power station to be built in Great Britain in a generation, and it has drawn vigorous criticism from the environmental community. Nuclear power is not safe – see Chernobyl and Fukushima. There are unresolved problems such as nuclear waste. It undermines the future of renewable energy. And with a guaranteed price at twice the current market rate, nuclear electricity will be obscenely expensive. Rarely has the case against nuclear power been so easy to make.
From the historian's point of view, there is even more ground for scepticism. After all, this is not the first time that we are getting a lousy deal on nuclear power. Since Fukushima, the risk of a nuclear meltdown is plain. But the history of nuclear power does not look much better if we look at it in purely economic terms.
Nuclear reactors are expensive to build, cheap to run, and expensive to dismantle. In other words, building a nuclear reactor means hedging a bet on energy needs for decades into the future, far more so than for fossil fuels and renewables. It is the kind of risk that corporations usually shun unless there is an emergency.
The 1950s and 1960s, when the first commercial reactors were built, were no such time. In the history of modern energy, these were the easy years: never before or since has energy been so little of a problem. Nuclear power was conceived and born in a world where profits were second-rate issues. Promoting nuclear energy was about cutting-edge technology and staying abreast in a science-based world. It was about visions of all things nuclear, culminating in plans for nuclear-powered airplanes that look like a bad joke nowadays. And it was about the bomb.
In the end, nuclear power became a very complicated way to heat water. For a high-tech project supposed to pave the way to the future, that was a pretty meagre result.
It is important to recall that the utilities – today the embodiment of nuclear power – were initially lukewarm about the new technology. They had good reasons. The economics of nuclear energy was highly uncertain as a result of lack of experience. Entrenched interests supported existing modes of power production. And in the fifties and sixties, there was no urgent power gap waiting to be filled.
But the utilities were negotiating with governments who dreamed about a coming nuclear age. Even more, governments had invested huge sums into nuclear research and development that they were hesitant to write off. That brought the utilities into a favourable position: they did not need reactors, but they knew that the government did. With that, they could ask for generous subsidies and other concessions. And they got them.
Which brings us to the negotiations that led to last week's decision. For a scholar of nuclear history, they look terribly familiar. A clever strategy would have defined parameters for future energy goals, along with an invitation to submit ideas. It is unlikely that corporations would have come up with nuclear solutions by themselves – way too risky as a business proposition. But the government chose a different strategy. They announced that they wanted to build nuclear reactors. And then they sat down with companies that might fulfil their wish. Little wonder that EDF got such a great deal.
Environmentalists like to talk about nuclear risks, and every update from the Fukushima clean-up makes their case more convincing. But maybe narrow-minded capitalist thinking is just as good as an ally here. If we cannot get nuclear reactors unless we negotiate poorly and dish out huge subsidies, it's probably bad business.
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Mayor Newsom Announces Governor Run on Twitter
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom took to the Web Tuesday to announce his candidacy for governor of California.
"It's official- running for Gov of CA. Wanted you to be the first to know. Need your help," Newsom wrote on his Twitter feed.
The mayor also posted a video on YouTube and a note on his Facebook account. He raised approximately $15,000 the first day in online donations.
Newsom, a Democrat, was first elected mayor in 2003 and was re-elected in 2007.
In November, he joined other mayors from the San Francisco Bay Area to announce a series of initiatives aimed at making the region the electric vehicle capital of the U.S. by 2012, and last month he opened the GigaOm Green:Net conference.
Former eBay president Meg Whitman announced in February that she would also run for governor as a Republican.
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Bracket Briefing: 7 reasons not to pick Louisville
Welcome to our Final Four session of Bracket Briefing, our attempt to provide you with essential information on the Big Dance — highlighting the Florida Gulf Coasts and Wichita States of the college basketball world.
Soundtrack: Before you read any more, take a listen to this morning's jam of the day.
The first word: Finally, it's the weekend. It's not just any weekend, though. It's Final Four weekend. Saturday night, Louisville, Wichita State, Syracuse and Michigan will take the court in Atlanta to set up Monday night's championship game.
FINAL FOUR GUIDE:TV schedule, breakdowns
WATCH:Final Four matchup breakdown
Finally, we can start talking about the actual games for a change after a week of other news. Rutgers and its ball-chucking, now-fired coach Mike Rice along with just-resigned AD Tim Pernetti have dominated the spotlight that was supposed to belong to the teams in Atlanta. But tourney madness has the power to trump all scandals. Tipoff of 6:09 p.m. ET cannot come soon enough.
Going against the odds: If you picked Louisville to cut down the nets on Monday night, please, don't consider yourself a genius. It was the obvious choice for a number of reasons back on March 17. The Cardinals had just won the Big East tournament, were boasting a momentous winning streak and their defense was unquestionably the best in the country — supporting the defense wins championships adage. Now, with Final Four games here, Rick Pitino and his players are even better positioned to have their one shining moment. Of all the shockers that happened in this NCAA tournament — Florida Gulf Coast's Sweet 16 run, Harvard's first-round upset, Wichita State ousting Gonzaga — Louisville not winning would be just as surprising.
PATH TO ATLANTA:How each team reached Final Four
FLASHBACK:10 stunning moments in '13 tourney
But there's a reason plenty of sports fans don't want the New York Yankees to win every year. It's boring. That's why the tournament has an unmatched aura. Only in the NCAA tournament can an Atlantic Sun coach become the front-runner for a USC coaching vacancy in mere weeks. Only in the NCAA tournament can Ali Farokhmanesh be pronounced correctly. Only in the NCAA tournament can Christian Laettner be ranked ahead of Michael Jordan.
Yesterday we discussed the key ingredients to Wichita State staging one of, if not the biggest upsets of all-time if it were to take out the heavily favored Cardinals. Here's a simpler hypothetical rundown of how and why favorite Louisville won't hoist up the title.
- Louisville will lose against Wichita State if Russ Smith isn't going on a scoring tear.
- Louisville will lose against Wichita State if Malcolm Armstead outperforms Peyton Siva like he did Aaron Craft.
- Louisville will lose against Michigan if Trey Burke carries the most offensively potent team on his back like he did in the second half/overtime against Kansas.
- Louisville will lose against Michigan if UM's role players — Nik Stauskas, Glenn Robinson III, Mitch McGary — have big shooting nights.
- Louisville will lose against Syracuse if the Orange's vaunted 2-3 zone forces the Cards to get turnover-happy.
- Louisville will lose against Syracuse if if the Orange can handle the Cards' fullcourt pressure better than they did in the Big East tournament title game when Louisville turned a 16-point second-half deficit into an 18-point lead.
- Louisville will lose if a key player suffers a serious injury, particularly if it's a guard where they do not have much depth after Kevin Ware's injury..
Final Four corner: Background behind each team.
— The matchup (at 6:09 p.m. ET): Louisville vs. Wichita State in-depth analysis.
— The matchup (approx. 8:49 p.m. ET): Michigan vs. Syracuse in-depth analysis.
— Syracuse: Point guard Michael Carter-Williams is the Orange's 'rock.' Read the story here.
— Louisville: 10 reasons why the Cardinals will win the national title. Read the story here.
— Wichita State: Former oil-changer Armstead steering Shockers' well-oiled machine. Read the story here.
— Michigan: John Beilein "born" to be head coach, never an assistant. Read the story here.
— 75th Anniversary: Fans pick best players, moments, games. Did they get it right? Read the story here.
No hard feelings: Mike Kyrzyzewski posed with Louisville stars Russ Smith, Peyton Siva and Gorgui Dieng for the photo of the day.
Quotable: "I saw the USA TODAY. I think I'm getting underpaid, too. So I don't know what's going on here." -- Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said jokingly.
In the news: Legendary coach Jerry Tarkanian is poised to be inducted into the hall of fame. (Via USA TODAY Sports)
The highlight reel: Detroit's Doug Anderson landed a reverse between-the-legs 360 dunk to win Thursday's College Basketball Slam Dunk Contest. It was rather Vince Carter-like.
Must-read: Columnist Bob Kravitz argues, If coaches can jump schools, why can't athletes? Via USA TODAY Sports
Sounding off: "Rutgers is Penn State all over again. It's another sports program at a major university run amok. It's athletic department leaders who look the other way and/or make very wrong decisions. And when the outside world finds out, those leaders duck for cover and call it a "failure of process," not the very personal failing that it is." — USA TODAY Sports' Christine Brennan.
Kickin' it old school: The vintage clip of the day goes to...
Vermont, T.J. Sorrentine stun Syracuse.
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Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) is the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee and a rather smart guy. He's been in Congress since 1993 and seen the power technology wields in the political specter. So, why does he allow himself to sound like a self-absorbed, well, twit when it comes to social media?
Wednesday, Hoekstra marveled at the remarkable role Twitter has played in the Iran election, and the protests unleashed afterward. With U.S. media first falling down on the job in its election coverage -- and then ordered not to cover any protests -- tweets from Iranians and other observers have been the only way to get information out of that country.
Supportive Twitter users outside Iran have helped as much as possible by spreading the tweets and identifying their own locations as "Tehran" in order to confound Iranian authorities trying to track down internal tweeters.
All of the above is factual and Hoekstra is quite right to be amazed at a new technology having such impact in an international event. But, he had to take it a step further:
"Iranian twitter activity similar to what we did in House last year when Republicans were shut down in the House," Hoekstra tweeted from his BlackBerry on Wednesday, referencing how House Republicans used the Web to get their message out after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi adjourned the House before an energy vote last August.
Pete, why you wanna go there pal?
Partisan sniping over an energy bill isn't quite in the same league with the potential overthrow or at least transformation of a theocratic regime. In fact, it's not even the same sport or universe.
Yes, the House GOP minority used various guerrilla communications tactics last August to attract attention to the need for more oil drilling. Members made speeches from the floor of the House, those speeches were blogged and tweeted and drew the attention of a curious media. Other conservatives created a site calling on Congress to stay in session until a drilling option was passed. Eventually, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was embarrassed enough to include a drilling option, though the broader energy bill never went anywhere.
So, House Republicans won a brief tactical victory, but didn't get the bill they wanted. It goes without saying that no GOPers were arrested, thrown in jail or shot during their floor protest. Those are the realities faced by Iranians taking to the streets to stop what they see as their election being stolen.
How about Republicans just take advantage of the technology that's out there, use it to spread their message and try not to draw larger comparisons to its more profound uses?
Hmmm...actually, even that scenario has been somewhat problematic with the GOP lately. Might be better to leave this Twittering thing to a society where more than half are under the age of 25 -- like the Iranians.
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A lot of people want to lead a greener lifestyle, whether for ethical or economic reasons. The trouble is that many people think the only way to live an environmentally friendly life is to give up all of their worldly possessions and live in a mud hut, or alternatively to spend a ton of money on super-efficient state-of-the-art appliances and devices. Neither are true, of course, and Guide Me Green will help you find the best ways for you to make a positive environmental impact in a way that works best for you.
The site currently only catalogs businesses and services in the UK, but the tips and suggestions on environmentally friendly purchasing, gardening, organic and home-grown foods, special diets, and outdoors activities are applicable anywhere in the world.
Guide Me Green works in two ways. First, the site provides a platform for companies that have strong corporate social responsibility statements and ethical business practices a place to showcase their products and services to draw in the growing customer base that's concerned with such things. Second, the site is a directory and knowledge base for consumers looking to find ways they can lessen their personal impact on the environment, or at least offset some of their impact with positive contributions. The site itself is also green, donating a portion of its revenue to UK environmental charities and organizations.
Guide Me Green hosts a number of articles that outline what "fair trade" means, and why some people consider special diets for environmental, health, or ethical reasons. One article provides a detailed history of organic coffee, another examines whether or not organic coffee is worth the price for the environmental impact that it has. Other articles discuss the pros and cons of using wind power as a practical energy source, and another will help you plant a green garden and minimize the amount of harmful chemicals you use on your own food.
Businesses can add themselves to the site's partner listings, and consumers can search for companies that specialize in fair trade products, organics, environmentally friendly services and products, and more. Choose the category you're interested in and your location (again, only areas in the UK are currently available) and you're presented with a list of companies that can help you, along with their Websites and contact information.
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Game #27: Blue Jays at Indians pregame
Toronto (13-13) at Cleveland (15-8)
at 7:05 p.m. ET at Jacobs Field
Today's lineups:
Alex Rios, RF
Adam Lind, LF
Vernon Wells, CF
Frank Thomas, DH
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Troy Glaus, 3B
Aaron Hill, 2B
Royce Clayton, SS
Sal Fasano, C
PITCHING: RHP Victor Zambrano
Grady Sizemore, CF
David Dellucci, LF
Travis Hafner, DH
Victor Martinez, C
Trot Nixon, RF
Ryan Garko, 1B
Jhonny Peralta, SS
Casey Blake, 3B
Josh Barfield, 2B
PITCHING: RHP Jake Westbrook
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This is ridiculous. The Jays always find a way to lose this season, and Gibbons is partly the blame for it as well. The Bullpen is just horrible and Gibbons is just an idiot. Fire him
All I can say is, other than Josh Towers, the bullpen allowed two runs from the sixth through the 11th. Those two runs came on a broken-bat single that bounced off Vernon Wells' glove, and a check-swing double that landed in left field when the drastic pull shift was on. Topping it off, the homer that Towers gave up came after Alex Rios let a fly ball bounce off his glove, putting two men on base for Jhonny Peralta. All things considered, the bullpen did well on Wednesday night against the Indians.
I think Gibbons should consider Josh Towers for the closer role. That way, we could at least wait 'til the end of the game before we know for sure if we lost. A change of scenery might do him some good. BTW–Gibbons is NOT an idiot, and the bullpen has given pretty good value for the money this year. We just happen to have BJ Ryan and Brandon League on the DL–both key to our success, and Josh Towers, who might as well be on the DL. And it could be worse. We could be the Yankees!
Between watching Gibbons strutt to the mound and watching Towers try to pitch I think it's time to switch to watching hockey. Oh and by the way Gibbons is an idiot
gibby is not an idiot he is a puppet if the real idiot had spent some money on pitchen instead of thomas we might be ten and five ?????
You are so right , Gibby Is nothingn but a yes man for another idiot,only reason he kept his job!!, also tells you how bad it has got when they put towers in the bullpen ,WHY ,To blow leads of course, they don t really want to win!!
If the Jays were 10 and 5 it would mean that they had somehow missed 12 games.
Towers has the best K/BB ratio on the team, and even after last night he has a better ERA than two pitchers whose slots in the rotation aren't in doubt.
I meant 18-9 Sorry You cant blame Towers for Tues……Remember we only have one M.L.B. team in Canada I think they serve us well Thankyou torgen for setting me straight Jorden good BLOG no GREAT


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CHICAGO — Of all the noise surrounding the Chicago Bears' 21-13 loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, Dec. 16, general manager Phil Emery easily could ignore the pregame chatter that revealed his team as one unable to back up big talk.
Emery could tune out telling boos from a fed-up fan base at Soldier Field that greeted the Bears throughout their fifth loss in six games. But if Emery doesn't get the message wide receiver Brandon Marshall sent after the Packers clinched the NFC North title, he is tone-deaf.
"Everybody involved in this offense should be held accountable, even if that means jobs," Marshall said, fighting back tears. "It's been this way all year. There's no excuse."
Even if that means jobs.
This wasn't an overwrought sports-talk radio caller hanging up to listen for his answer or any knee-jerk media critic. This was the Bears' best player, a bundle of talent and intensity the Packers contained again, saying what needed to be said under dire circumstances. An air of football finality hangs over the city.
The Bears took another treacherous step toward becoming the first team since 1996 to start 7-1 and miss the playoffs. Their narrative screams for change and, after seeing a team leader like Marshall emotionally call out the organization, the sooner the better.
The accountability Marshall begged for starts with Lovie Smith, who did nothing in perhaps his last game on the lakefront to remove uncertainty over his status. Neither, interestingly, did Emery. In a pregame interview on WBBM, Emery only increased the ambiguity around a head coach who failed for the sixth straight time to meet Smith's self-proclaimed No. 1 goal of beating the Packers. "I'm just focused on today," Emery answered when asked generally about the future.
Sounds like a GM counting his head coach's tomorrows.
Next in line should be offensive coordinator Mike Tice, who makes Mike Martz seem more misunderstood every Sunday. During the Bears' 1-5 stretch, Tice's offense has averaged 14 points. On first-and-goal from the 5, Tice called three straight Matt Forte runs — or three straight Forte dances — with no misdirection.
On fourth-and-goal from the 1, the Bears marked the death of smash-mouth football in Chicago by lining up in an empty backfield. Officials nullified the ensuing touchdown pass by calling Alshon Jeffery for offensive pass interference. Only the Bears offense could turn three chances inside the 5 into fourth-and-goal from the 16. Whine all you want about Jeffery's interference call, but a power-football team with imagination never finds itself at the mercy of a ref's whistle 3 feet from paydirt.
The other man whose job merits scrutiny after a game more one-sided than the score suggested, the guy Marshall never would dare implicate, plays quarterback. The most obvious difference between the rivals remains that the Packers have Aaron Rodgers and the Bears don't. Jay Cutler swung the game's momentum with his 17th interception against the Packers as a Bear, a gift the guy from Santa Claus, Ind., gave to cornerback Casey Hayward.
It came with 1 minute, 36 seconds left in the second quarter when Cutler threw a pass he cannot throw to a spot he expected Devin Hester to zig. Hester zagged. Whose fault? Who cares? Forget the same page, Cutler and Hester have struggled to speak the same language for four years.
"I'll take responsibility," Cutler said.
Only because Mike McCarthy made the dumbest decision imaginable by an NFL head coach did the Bears even have a prayer on the final possession. In command with 7:54 left, the Packers called for punt returner Randall Cobb to throw a lateral across the field to Jeremy Ross. The razzle-dazzle fizzled, and the Bears recovered the fumble at the Packers' 16, but the NFL's most predictable offense, predictably, settled for a field goal.
"For us to not take advantage of that kind of opportunity is another reason you lose football games," Cutler said.
Of all the reasons the Bears lost, resist putting officiating atop your list. Safety Chris Conte deserved the pass-interference call on third-and-13, and Julius Peppers earned the fourth-quarter roughing-the-passer penalty for a helmet-to-helmet hit on Rodgers. The three offensive pass-interference penalties on Jeffery indeed were unusual and inconsistent, but, after the first two, shouldn't a rookie with a tendency to push off have adjusted?
Packers fans who still remember Golden Tate's shove in the loss to the Seahawks might say NFL officials owed them one.
"That's not what lost the game," Cutler said correctly.
The Bears didn't get jobbed, they got what they deserved. The refs might have been bad, but the Bears were worse on a day they lost control of their postseason destiny.
"We have to get to the playoffs a different way," Smith said.
He might need a good ticket broker — and possibly movers.


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The Boondocks, the award-winning animated Adult Swim series based on Aaron McGruder�s comic strip by the same name, returns this spring for its third season. After taking a two year hiatus, creative and executive producer McGruder announced on his twitterfeed (@aaronmcgruder) that the third season premiere of The Boondocks will air on Sunday, May 2nd at 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Adult Swim. The series, produced by Rebel Base in association with Sony Pictures Television, includes the vocal talents of Regina King ("Southland") as Huey and Riley Freeman; John Witherspoon ("Friday After Next") as Granddad; Gary Anthony Williams ("Boston Legal") as Uncle Ruckus; Cedric Yarbrough ("Reno 911") as Tom Dubois; Jill Talley ("American Dad") as Sarah; and Gabby Soleil ("Johnson Family vacation") as Jazmine.
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Jim Messina, campaign manager for President Obama's 2012 reelection, has joined Charlie Crist's campaign for governor.
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@Messina2012 to the People's Team. Join us at http://charliecrist.com ," Crist said via Twitter on Monday night.
Shortly after that announcement, the campaign touted another big-hire from Obama's team: Teddy Goff, digital director for the president's reelection campaign, who oversaw its social media, web video and online advertising efforts. Goff has been hired along with his firm, Precision Strategies, which includes other top Obama advisors.
For Crist, the announcement serves multiple purposes: It underscores the close ties Crist has with Obama's political team, it quiets concerns from some Democrats doubting Crist's party bonafides and it softens the blow of the mysterious departure of Bill Hyers late last year, who quit before he officially became campaign manager.
Hyers declined to comment on the move, as did Crist.
Crist couldn't be reached nor could Messina, who's expected to act as more of a senior advisor instead of a campaign manager.
In a recent interview with The Miami Herald, Messina downplayed talk of becoming Crist's campaign manager. But he clearly expressed his support and admiration for Crist, a Republican turned independent turned Democrat.
"Gov. Crist was obviously very helpful to the 2012 re-elect. He did whatever we asked and was very helpful giving strategic advice," Messina said.
"He gave a very important Democratic National Convention speech," Messina said. "It framed the election in an important way. And he was very important to the fact that Barack Obama won Florida."
Well before the 2012 elections, Messina and Crist met at an Orlando restaurant where, Messina said, Crist offered his unqualified support for President Obama's reelection effort.
Counting Messina and Goff, at least nine former campaign workers from Obama's 2008 or 2012 campaigns have signed up for Crist's campaign. Gov. Rick Scott's campaign announced last week that it was bulking up, naming spokeswoman Melissa Sellers as campaign manager and state Sen. John Thrasher as campaign chairman.
Crist leads Scott in the polls, but the Republican is walloping Crist in fundraising. Crist is posting solid fundraising numbers, and the news of Messina should help boost him further.
Crist is leading his main Democratic rival, former Weston state Sen. Nan Rich, by double digits in polls of their party's primary.
The Republican Party of Florida's communications director, Susan Hepworth, tied Messina to Obamacare and PolitiFact's "Lie of the Year" in this statement: "As Charlie Crist tries desperately to cover up his failed record he will definitely need help from the ultimate spin doctor who sold the lie of the year that 'if you like your healthcare plan you can keep it.'" Hepworth also Tweeted out a pictures mocking the pick.
Judging by the laser focus on Crist -- and private conversations -- Scott's backers and Florida Republican operatives are worried about a Crist comeback. The addition of Messina could make them even more concerned.
But Obama's far less popular now than he was in 2012, and he's dragging down some Democrats in the polls as well.
Still, the Obama campaign was a cult of Obama. Without Obama, it's unclear how well this Florida iteration of his operation will fare.
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, an independent regulatory agency under the direction of the Senate Agricultural Committee, regulates trading on the 11 U.S. futures exchanges which offer active futures and options contracts. It reviews the terms of proposed futures contracts, and registers companies and individuals that handle customer funds or give trading advice. The commission regulates the activities of commodity exchange members, public brokerage houses (futures commission merchants), commission-registered futures sales people and associated persons, and commodity trading advisers and commodity pool operators. The commission ensures that the futures trading process is fair and that it protect both the rights of customers and the financial integrity of the marketplace.
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Insurance Requirements for Contractors
The policy of the Saint John's Physical Plant requires that all contractors, consultants, service providers, and/or vendors doing business with the OSB/SJU Physical Plant maintain general auto and liability insurance, as well as worker's compensation insurance.
Typical insurance requirements are included on the "Request for Certificate of Insurance" form, though these limits may be increased for high risk jobs, as required by contract.
The standard minimum insurance requirements are also listed below:
- The Order of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University must be included as additional insureds on the policy.
- Policy shall be endorsed to waive all rights of subrogation against the Order of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University.
- Minimum insurance limits for work on the Saint John's campus are listed below:
- Worker's Compensation - State Statutory
- Employer's Liability- Bodily injury by accident - $500,000 each accident; $500,000 per disease policy limit; $500,000 per employee.
- Commercial General Liability - (including without limitation Premises Operations; Independent Contractors (let or sublet work); Contractual Liability; Products and Completed Operations, Personal Injury and Advertising Liability; Incidental Medical Malpractice; Amendment of Pollution Exclusion - hostile fire; Cross-liability and severability of interest); Minimum Coverage $1,000,000 Combined Single Limit per occurrence and a $2,000,000 general and products/completed operations aggregate limits.
- Commercial Auto Coverage - $1,000,000 Combined Single Limit per occurrence. (This policy shall cover all contractor furnished, owned, hired, and non-owned vehicles, including the loading and unloading thereof.)
- Umbrella Excess Liability - (following form on Employer's Liability, Comprehensive General Liability and Commercial Automobile Coverages). Minimum Coverage - $5,000,000 Minimum Limit of liability coverage.
- The limits of liability shall not be reduced by the costs of defense.
- The Contractor shall maintain the required insurance in force continuously from before commencing work for a period at least twelve months after final completion, or for such longer period as may otherwise be required by the Contract Documents.
- If greater limits or coverages are required elsewhere in the Contract Documents, the Contractor shall provide those coverages and limits as well.
- The Contractor's Contractual Liability Insurance shall cover the Contractor's obligations and any other contractual defense or indemnity obligations of the Contractor under the Agreement or Contract.
- Should any portion of the above be cancelled before the expiration date, the issuing insurer(s) will agree via endorsement to mail 30 days written notice to SJU/OSB.
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SCHURTER offers a wide range of illumination technologies to light up your product. Spot light or full illumination, it is your choice. The HMI market is increasingly using glass as switching surface. Within SCHURTER our specialists have adapted several lighting technologies to be used in combination with many different technologies and materials. We developed many different solutions to highlight your most important areas within your front panel. All our factories have designers to bring your ideas to life. Please contact us to find out how your front panel design can stand out from the crowd.
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Holiday House Gamsblume
up to 6 guests
4 rooms
3 bedrooms
2 bathrooms
Mountain view
Distance to centre 4 km
Distance to ski / mountain lift 250 m
Swimming Pool
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"Gamsblume", 4-room chalet 90 m2 on 2 levels. Comfortable and cosy furnishings: entrance hall. Living room with satellite TV. Exit to the terrace. Open kitchen (4 hot plates, dishwasher, microwave) with dining table. Shower/WC. Top floor: 3 double bedrooms. Bath/WC or shower/WC. Terrace. Marvellous view of the mountains. Facilities: safe. Please note: non-smokers only. Kitchen: microwave or oven. Two rooms have either a double bed, bunk beds, twin beds or a French bed. The living room has a gas oven in fireplace design.House/Residence
Child friendly, cosy holiday village "Dachstein West". 4 km from the centre of Annaberg, in a sunny position on a slope, 250 m from the skiing area. For shared use: indoor pool (11 x 4 m). In the complex: reception, WiFi, sauna, spa area for shared use, shopping facilities, washing machine (for shared use, extra). Linen change (suppl. charge extra). Bread roll service. Parking. Supermarket 4 km, restaurant 250 m, bathing lake "Waldbad Lungötz" 8 km. Chair lift 1 km, skisport facilities 500 m, ski school 1 km, children's ski school 1 km, cross country ski track 6 km. Nearby attractions: UNESCO Weltkulturerbe Hallstatt 37 km. Well-known ski regions can easily be reached: Zwieselalm, Donnerkogel Annaberg, Gosau - Russbach 1 km. Hiking paths: Klettersteig Donnerkogel, Rundwanderweg Zwieselalm 1 km. Please note: the photograph shows a typical example. All houses/apartments are individually designed/furnished. Family summer programme (May – Sept.): use of tennis court, entrance to the forest baths of Lungötz, uphill and downhill drive with the Donnerkogelbahn 1x / person, guided hikes, basic course in Nordic Walking. (All offers on site are subject to operational restrictions).
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777 m a.s.l. >>Craggy rocks, dreamlike pastures and rare plants make this unique natural landscape. The Dachstein West ski area includes the villages of Annaberg, Russbach and Zwieselalm and is directly accessible from the city center. Cosy, family-friendly holiday centre with 2'223 inhabitants, situated at the foot of a mountain, in an idyllic position, 60 km south-east from Salzburg. In the resort: shops, butchery, bakery, restaurant, disco, evening entertainment. Hiking, sauna, solarium, massage. Besides: doctor. Sights Denkmalhof Gererhof, UNESCO Weltkulturerbe Hallstatt 37 km, Kids' club Brunos Bergwelt Russbach 23 km, Cultural events heuART Festival im Herbst. Access: motorway E55, exit number "Eben". Folk Museum.Summer
Bathing lake, 4 km from the resort. Outdoor swimming pool 8 km. Diving, river rafting, canyoning. Tennis (2 outdoor courts). Minigolf. Riding. Paragliding, summer tobbogan run, climbing park, high rope course. 3 cableways, 1 km, 80 km hiking paths, children's hiking paths, free hiking bus. Mountain bike routes, bicycles and mountain bikes for hire.Winter
Ski-region Dachstein West, total of 64 lifts. Total 150 km ski runs, snowboard slope, snow park, halfpipe. Ski school, children's ski school, ski kindergarten from 1 year old. 130 km cross country ski tracks in the region (2.4 km illuminated), winter walking paths. Toboggan runs. Curling. Ski bus (free of charge). Horse-drawn sleigh rides.
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Earlier today I was in a presentation where my boss had used the Wordle tool to generate a word cloud that described our library. A word cloud visually captures a snapshot of text and presents the words in different font sizes and weights to illustrated the frequency of a word used within that text.
This is a tool I've heard of before, and had played around a little with, but had never seen used in a meaningful or illustrative way. I wondered if I could find an interesting way to generate a genealogy-related word cloud. Particularly, I wondered if I could somehow extract surnames from my genealogy software and create a cloud that would illustrate how frequently a family name appears in my database.
I have to say I'm fairly pleased with the results:
For privacy reasons, I decided to first exclude all living people from my cloud, since there are a handle of names used in recent generations only among the living. To generate the data used (using Reunion):
- Identified all non-living people using one of Reunion's preset searches. It finds all people with a death date, death place, burial date, or who is over 100 years. Imperfect, I know, since it is possible to have relatives living more than 100 years (I have none). It also omits anyone who has no birth or death dates at all -- many of whom in my database are in fact deceased. Nevertheless, I got a decent sized sample of 590 people.
- I marked the resulting people Reunion had identified as non-living, then exported a text file of their surnames.
- Copy and pasted the list of names into Wordle to generate the word cloud. Once in Wordle, you can play with fonts, colors and layouts, though Wordle determines the sizes of the words. (Regarding privacy: By not saving my Wordle to their gallery, the site claims none of my text was saved to their site: http://www.wordle.net/faq#secure)