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If you are diagnosed with Alzheimer disease (AD), it is important that you and your family members begin to make plans and decisions as soon as possible regarding your future care and treatment. You may eventually begin to lose the ability to do some tasks for yourself and will need a caregiver to help you. This caregiver may be a family member, friend, or hired health professional.
In the vast majority of cases, the primary responsibility for the care of patients with AD falls on a family member, usually a spouse. Over time, as the condition progresses, the spouse caregiver will find it more and more difficult to meet the needs of his or her loved one without additional help. Eventually, care becomes so burdensome that placement in a nursing home may become necessary.
A study of spouse caregivers of patients with AD showed the value of caregiver support. Nursing home admissions were delayed in those spouses receiving counseling, encouragement of weekly support group participation, and the availability of telephone counseling at any time.
Lifestyle changes that can help you function as the disease progresses fall into 2 categories:
As a person with AD, your abilities will gradually decline. You will be unable to address planning, caregiving, and treatment issues. The following guidelines apply to you, as long as you are able to be involved in planning, and to your family and caregiver.
Legal and financial planning should be done as soon as possible after diagnosis. Rely on trusted financial and legal advisers to set your affairs in order.
As the disease advances, you may not be able to make assessments about treatment and other healthcare issues. It is important to make your wishes known to your family and doctor early. In addition, choose a healthcare proxy (someone you trust to make health decisions for you when you are unable to do so yourself) and/or complete a living will.
A study found that cognitive function and brain efficiency may be improved by simple lifestyle changes such as:
Researchers hypothesize that such improvements may delay the onset of AD and perhaps even lower the risk of developing the disease. Talk to your doctor about how you can incorporate these changes into your routine.
As the disease progresses, though, your moods, capabilities, and behavior will change. That is why it is important for you to make arrangements for daily care, learn how to adapt your home environment for safety, and research available community services. These steps, when done early, will help make the transition smoother for you and your caregiver
Although healthcare facilities may not be needed immediately, it is important to research your options. This way, you or your caregiver can find a place that matches your philosophy of care, location, and financial capacity.
As the disease progress, your abilities will decline, leaving you unable to address a number of issues on your own. Thus, the following general guidelines are directed toward families and caregivers.
People with Alzheimer disease may become agitated and disoriented as the condition worsens. Therefore, keeping the home environment consistent, quiet, and restful is important in preventing and alleviating possible triggers of agitation. Some methods to create a calm environment include:
It will be very important to adapt the home for personal safety to prevent injury to a person with Alzheimer disease. There are many organizations that can provide detailed information on how the home may be adapted. Home safety changes include:
People with advanced stages of the disease will not be able to take care of their own hygiene and personal comfort needs. Caregivers will need to frequently monitor:
Memory aids may be very useful in the early stages of Alzheimer disease and may allow a person with Alzheimer disease to remain independent longer. Some examples include:
You or your caregiver should notify your doctor of any major changes or deterioration of behavior or symptoms. Let your doctor know of any adverse effects of medications.
Alzheimer's and dementia caregiver center. Alzheimer's Association website. Available at: http://www.alz.org/care/overview.asp. Accessed October 2, 2017.
12/5/2006 DynaMed Plus Systematic Literature Surveillancehttp://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T114193/Alzheimer-dementia: Mittelman MS, Haley WE, Clay OJ, Roth DL. Improving caregiver well-being delays nursing home placement of patients with Alzheimer disease. Neurology. 2006;67(9):1592-1599.
Last reviewed September 2018 by EBSCO Medical Review Board Rimas Lukas, MD Last Updated: 9/17/2014


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Wound Soaker Catheters for Control of Post-Operative Pain in Dogs and Cats
Alicia Karas, Emily McCobb, Lois Wetmore, Cheryl Blaze
History and Rationale
One of this decade's remarkable advances in managing post-surgical pain involves delivering local anesthetic directly to the wound, and is easily adopted for use in veterinary patients. Traditional nerve block techniques eliminate the pain of surgery but mastery can require significant expertise. In addition, commonly used local anesthetics have relatively short durations (lidocaine, 1 – 2 hours; bupivacaine, 4 – 6 hours). The availability of implantable infusion catheters makes it possible to use repeated dosing or continuous infusion of local anesthetics into surgical wounds, and improves pain control. FDA approved human use catheters are available, but costly. Two modestly priced catheters are commercially available for veterinary use (see below). Basically, they consist of a pliable catheter with tiny holes along the implanted end, functioning somewhat like a garden "soaker hose" (See figure 1a-c). The catheter is buried in the wound bed during surgical closure. Continue reading

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On this page, I'll include photos of our team in action.
Here I'll describe this photo. If the photo comes from a recent game, I might also write a recap of the game or mention a few star players.
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A truck driver stopped at a roadside diner for lunch and ordered a cheeseburger, coffee and a slice of apple pie. As he was about to eat, three bikers walked in.
One grabbed the trucker's cheeseburger and took a huge bite from it. The second one drank the trucker's coffee, and the third wolfed down his apple pie. The truck driver didn't say a word as he paid the waitress and left.
As the waitress walked up, one of the motorcyclists growled, "He ain't much of a man, is he?"
"He's not much of a driver, either," the waitress replied. "He just backed his 18-wheeler over three motorcycles."


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Danielle's Desserts, founded by Danielle Poux, celebrates the art of American Southern-style homemade baking. The Tysons Galleria bakery cafe showcases 57+ flavors of cakes, pies, cupcakes, cookies, and bars.
Our old-style, decadent desserts will transport you to a time when all desserts were made from scratch, using the finest ingredients, with no preservatives, and using local producers (when possible). That's why our brand promise is to give our customers the experience of "indulging in the taste".


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We Have Lost A Good Friend/
RIP George Gund
Your love of cinema & life, your generosity & great spirit were truly infectious. @SF_FilmSociety has lost a great friend.
I did not know George well, but I had had some good times with him, and very much enjoyed encountering him at festivals throughout the world. When he and his wife Iara Lee brought us and other filmmakers down to Brazil to lecture on Low Budget Indie -- it was the first time I really felt people got what I wanted to do and cared. That was George. It was such a gift.
Every where George went he communicated his love of cinema. And all that was before I knew all that he had done for the SFFS. I would not have had the SFFS organization to come to if it was not for him. It was what he built that gave me the hope that this was the base by which I could help indie film reach higher.
I am at Sundance now for the Art House Convergence -- and as this news leaks out to others, the outpourings of love and respect are huge. We ALL were all lucky to have George and his profound generosity as part of us. We will be sure to reflect his spirit going forward at SFFS and not let any of that be forgotten. He will continue to inspire me and our whole community. Thank you for George, thank you for sharing him with us, and keeping his love of cinema so strong.
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Henry J. Allen House
National Register of Historic Places (1973)
Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Wichita, Kansas residence in 1915 for Henry J. Allen, one of Kansas' most influential twentieth-century statesmen. The Allen family moved in after construction finished in 1919 and lived in the house until the late 1940s.
The Henry J. Allen house is an L-shaped two-story structure with a basement. This large Prairie style residence designed by Frank Lloyd Wright measures approximately 125' long east to west while the one-story north-south wing is about 90' long. There is a courtyard on the north side of the main section of the house, which is enclosed by the building on the south and east, by a garden teahouse on the west, and by a massive brick wall on the north. -NRHP Nomination Form
The house is located in the northeast portion of Wichita, Kansas and still sits on its original site of approximately one acre of flat land in a residential neighborhood. The house is revered within the Wright World for being one of his last examples of the Prairie style, and as having influences from his Imperial Hotel, as seen in the curved roof lines, and his Usonian houses, as seen in the concrete blocks in the front of the house.
Still on original site. The house, located in the northeast portion of Wichita, Kansas, was built on approximately one acre of flat land in a residential neighborhood. Designed as a part of the total environment, the backyard courtyard area boasts a rectangular pool and plants.
The exterior walls are built of yellow-buff brick laid with the vertical joints cut flush and the horizontal joints deeply raked, typical of the Prairie Style. Ornamental stone trim is used extensively throughout the building, especially for column bases, window sills and planter boxes. Brick pilasters are used to separate each window or door opening. The roof features broad overhangs and a low-pitch, hip style covered with massive red-clay tiles. The casement windows are rectangular with brown painted wood frames. -NRHP Nomination Form
The house's social history comes into play in the context of local and state politics. The house was originally designed for prominent statesman Henry J. Allen who became the Kansas governor from 1919-1923. He then went on to serve as a United States senator from 1929-1930 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Charles Curtis. Before his stint in politics, Allen was known as a newspaper mogul, buying multiple papers such as the Salina Republican (later the Salina Journal), Manhattan Nationalist, Ottawa Herald and Wichita Beacon. As a prominent social and political entity in Wichita, Allen most likely would have been aware of how Wright was transforming the American household and understood how associating with Wright's progressive idea's would advance his career and political goals in the social realm of the city.
Known as the last Prairie-Style house designed by Wright, the building speaks to his unique horizontal aesthetic, as seen in the roof, brick work and window and furniture details. The house was built during a transitional period, not only for the United States as the nation entered World War I in 1917, but also for Wright and Allen individually. Wright was in the midst of designing and building the Imperial Hotel in Japan while Allen was running a bustling newspaper business only to soon become the governor of Kansas in 1919. The Allen House is thought to be the last Prairie style design of Wright's career and embodies the ideals of a "democratic architecture" for America. There are three main characteristics seen in the exterior that link this house to the design aesthetics of the Prairie style: the brick work, the window placement and the roof design.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the 1973 for its association with Frank Lloyd Wright and Henry J. Allen. These relations and the fact that this is the only Wright designed house in Kansas give historical importance to the building. The building is also the only house museum in Wichita.The Allen House is not only Wright's last statement of Prairie style architecture, acting as a transition piece between Prairie style, Usonian and Japanese influences, but it is also a symbol of an architectural democratic movement that began when Wright began to question the "classic" architecture expressed in countless homes across America.
The Henry J. Allen house is a combination of the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie-Style and a local political celebrity. The house is in great condition and is being maintained by the Allen-Lambe House Foundation however; it is only open for tours by appointment booked ten days in advance and no photography is permitted inside. The Allen House is of great importance to Kansas and should be more accessible for the local residents to enjoy.
City of Wichita. Wichita's History at a Glance. 2012. Web.
Connelley, William. Kansas. Kansas State Historical Society and Department of Archives. History of Kansas Newspapers: A History of the Newspapers and MagazinesPublished in Kansas from the Organization of Kansas Territory, 1854, to January 1,1916. Topeka: Kansas State Printing Plant, 1916. Web.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Allen-Lambe House. The Allen-Lambe House Foundation, 10 July 2008. Web. 20 Feb 2012.
Hall, Charles, and Richard Pankratz. United States. Kansas State Historical Society. National Register of Historic Places- Nomination Form. 1973. Web.
Huxtable, Ada Louise. Frank Lloyd Wright. New York City: Lipper/Vicking, 2004. Print.
Kansas. Kansas State Historical Society. Henry J. Allen. 2009. Web.
Kansas. Kansas State Historical Society. Henry J. Allen House. 2012. Web.
"Kansas Museums." Blue Skyways. State Library of Kansas. Web. 21 Feb 2012.
Legler, Dixie. Prairie Style : Houses and Gardens by Frank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie
School. New York City: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1999. Print.
United States. United States Congress. Henry Justin Allen (1868-1950). Web.
Wright, Frank Lloyd. An Organic Architecture: The Architecture of Democracy. Cambridge:
MIT Press, 1970, c1939. Print.
Yount, Lori. "Architect's Grandson Visits Rare Open House." Wichita Eagle [Wichita] 09 May 2010, n. pag. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.


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World Cup 2011: Round 1, Day 2: Leko, Wang Yue Eliminated
Most of the favorites continued smoothly along, qualifying for round 2 on Wednesday. Most, but not all! The two big upset victims from day 1, Peter Leko and Wang Yue, were unable to take revenge today against Sam Shankland and Alexandr Fier, respectively. Wang Yue did have his chances, but Fier escaped with a draw to advance. As for Leko, he tried to mix things up with the Modern Benoni, but was outplayed and wound up the recipient of a charity draw in a lost position.
Another noteworthy upset victim was Gata Kamsky. Diego Di Berardino ground him down, but fortunately for Kamsky that means playoffs tomorrow rather than his elimination. Another 2700 suffering a similar fate was Francisco Vallejo Pons, who lost today to the very young Peruvian GM Jorge Cori. They were almost joined by Michael Adams, who got into enormous trouble with White against Mark Paragua, but Adams held on to draw in over 100 moves, and thus won his match.
No Americans have been knocked out so far: Shankland, Alexander Ivanov (by forfeit over Wang Hao) and Alexander Onischuk (1.5-.5 over Ivan Ivansevic) advanced; Kamsky, Ray Robson (two draws vs. Etienne Bacrot) and Yuri Shulman (two draws with Vladimir Potkin) are headed for playoffs.
Viorel Iordacescu lost today, so he's off to playoffs as well.
Now for some links. The event website is here, and those with the time and opportunity should check out their live coverage, complete with lots of high-def webcams, commentary in both Russian and English, post-game interviews and even, on occasion, some winners demonstrating their games. Better still, you can watch it even now - just click the play button (the video is near the top of the linked page).
TWIC has good coverage, and you can see the report on today's games here.
The clearest bracket can be found on the event's Wikipedia page (scroll down).
Finally, my own contribution today: a couple of games I found of interest, here.


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NEW ORLEANS, July 29 (UPI) -- A law that would have required Mississippi's only abortion clinic to shut down places an "undue burden" on women who want to end pregnancies, a court said Tuesday.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled in favor of the Jackson Women's Health Organization. The clinic was unable to obtain admitting privileges for its doctor at local hospitals and argued that a new law requiring them is unconstitutional.
"Mississippi may not shift its obligation to respect the established constitutional rights of its citizens to another state," Judge E. Grady Jolly said, writing for the court majority.
"Such a proposal would not only place an undue burden on the exercise of the constitutional right, but would also disregard a state's obligation under the principle of federalism -- applicable to all fifty states -- to accept the burden of the non-delegable duty of protecting the established federal constitutional rights of its own citizens."
The court did not overturn the law but said the clinic has a good chance of winning its case. It extended an injunction granted by a district court.
The Center for Reproductive Rights, which represented the clinic, hailed the decision. A spokeswoman, Nancy Northup, warned it could be a temporary victory.
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Lenoir Community College Broadcasting Program graduates from 1983 and 1984 return to campus
It may have been a few years ago, but when some graduates of the Lenoir Community College Broadcasting Program came back to campus recently, it seemed like they had never left.
The 1983 and 1984 graduates gathered at LCC where the former campus radio station, WKNS, was located to reminisce and share stories of their college days and where they are now.
Jonathan Lee of Raleigh spearheaded the group by contacting many fellow graduates through Facebook.
�This is our 28th year reunion,� Lee said. �A few of us have been getting together in the past few years to have lunch, but this year we decided to have something more formal. We�ve been planning this for the past four months.�
Former instructor Robert Snowdon of Naples, Fla., was unable to attend, but Lee said the group hopes he will be able to join them in the future.
Lee was joined by fellow grads Robert Graham Krofchick of Greenville; Rick Carley of Raleigh; Daryl Boyette of Brazil; Mark Storie of New Bern; Paul Ladd of Nashville, Tenn.; Ricky Barwick of Mt. Olive; and Edward Hawkins of Kinston. Retired LCC instructors Charles Taylor, who taught the students history, and Louis Eargle, who taught them music appreciation, also joined the group, along with LCC President Brantley Briley and LCC Director of Institutional Advancement Jeanne Kennedy.
After graduation, the new broadcasters took to their craft and were known by their �on air� names � Krofchick was Robert Graham, Carley was Kris Richards, Boyette was Nick Castle, Storie was Smoke, Ladd was Paul, Barwick was Rick Moore, Hawkins was Ed, and Lee was Jonathan Lee, except for his last day on the air when he announced he was Marvin Gardens. After Lee graduated from LCC, his �on air� name was Joe Nathan.
The graduates have created an online version of the former radio station, K91online.com, complete with DJs.
After a King�s Restaurant lunch, the graduates toured their old stomping grounds. The group hopes to expand by reaching more graduates of the Broadcasting program.
For more information about LCC alumni, contact Kennedy at 252-233-2812.


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Bryan Singer is being sued by another man, accusing the "The X-Men" director of abusing him sexually when he was 17.
The unnamed British man alleges 48-year-old Singer sexually assaulted him in a hotel room following the London premiere of "Superman Returns" in 2006, according to TMZ.
Jeff Herman, the accuser's lawyer, says Singer and producer Gary Goddard started touching his client, at which point the man asked them to stop. He alleges that a large man then entered the room and got physical with the accuser, attempting to force him into sex.
Herman also represents Michael Egan, the 31-year-old man who last month accused Singer of sexually abusing him as a teen at a Hollywood party. In his lawsuit, Egan alleges Goddard also abused him.
Lawyers for both Singer and Goddard claim the allegations are untrue.
"It is time for the media and public to focus their attention on Mr. Herman's nefarious motives and tactics which seem to be driven solely by his need to shake down an innocent man like Bryan Singer," said the director's lawyer, Marty Singer.
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Guildford College
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Are you looking for a degree course that will give you practical skills for your career at a price you can afford? At Guildford College we focus on giving you industry skills and experience, resulting in increased prospects for employability. Our courses are validated by leading universities Surrey, London South Bank and Greenwich.
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E.zukiwski needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 315 designs submitted by 91 freelance designers.
BrightSky Power
We are looking for a logo for our renewable energy co-operative. We are developing a community-owned solar co-operative and will be selling shares to raise money for the project. This is among the first of its kind in our area, and is when it gets off the ground there will be a lot of public relations involved. We would like a logo that represents green/renewable energy, solar power, incorporates the sun or sunlight rays and portrays a warm feeling.
Be creative! You could incorporate a rooftop, or green leaves, power/energy symbols or include solar panel imagery.
Potential members/investors of the co-operative will be well educated, relatively affluent, between the ages of thirty and fifty-five and sixty percent female/forty percent male. These individuals would have values that lead them to live in a socially and environmentally responsible manner and includes the tendency to donate to charity, work in 'caring' industries like teaching and health care and be affiliated with a religious organization.
The logo will be used on our web site, business cards, press releases, all future brochures, pamphlets, etc. We will need the template to reproduce the logo for these purposes, and need something that is modern, professional and not cartoonish.
Colors are good but we do need something that will work on a variety of mediums like web sites, printed materials, product manuals, etc. Preferably no more that 2 colors in the design. We need a B&W version included as well for news print.
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Sittlington, Julie, Stewart-Knox, Barbara J., Wright, Marion, Bradbury, Ian and Scot, Jane A. (2007) Infant-feeding attitudes of expectant mothers in Northern Ireland. Health Education Research, 22 (4). pp. 561-570. [Journal article]
Stewart-Knox, Barbara J., Sittlington, J, Rugkasa, J, Harrisson, S, Treacy, M and Abaunza, PS (2005) Smoking and peer groups: Results from a longitudinal qualitative study of young people in Northern Ireland. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 44 (Part 3). pp. 397-414. [Journal article]
Sittlington, Julie, Stewart-Knox, Barbara J. and Wright, Marion (2004) Lowest global breastfeeding rates in Northern Ireland: exploring misconceptions. Journal of Human Lactation, 20 . pp. 450-451. [Journal article]
Rugkasa, J, Stewart-Knox, Barbara J., Sittlington, J, Abaunza, PS and Treacy, MP (2003) Hard boys, attractive girls: expressions of gender in young people's conversations on smoking in Northern Ireland. HEALTH PROMOTION INTERNATIONAL, 18 (4). pp. 307-314. [Journal article]
Sittlington, Julie, Millar, E and Stewart-Knox, Barbara J. (2003) Infant feeding attitudes in Northern Ireland. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 47 . p. 571. [Journal article]
Sittlington, Julie and Stewart-Knox, Barbara J. (2003) Breast and bottle feeding in Northern Ireland:what are the influencing factors in the uptake and duration of breast-feeding. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 47 . p. 574. [Journal article]
Rugkasa, J, Sittlington, Julie and Knox, B (2001) Smoking and gender identity in early adolescence. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 9 (1). p. 23. [Journal article]
Rugkasa, J, Stewart-Knox, Barbara J., Sittlington, J, Kennedy, O, Treacy, M and Abaunza, P (2001) Anxious adults vs. cool children: children's views on smoking and addiction. SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE, 53 (5). pp. 593-602. [Journal article]
Sittlington, J and Stewart-Knox, Barbara J. (2001) Health and diet from a teenager's point of view. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 60 . 169a. [Journal article]
Sittlington, Julie and Knox, Barbara J. (2001) Young adolescents and drugs in Northern Ireland: a longitudinal study. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 9 (2). pp. 253-254. [Journal article]
Sittlington, Julie, Rugasa, J and Knox, B (2000) Young adolescents' perceptions of health, smoking and other health risk. Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, 9 (1). p. 24. [Journal article]
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The World Conservation Congress held from 5 to 14 October in Barcelona, marked an important landmark for the Caribbean, with the launch by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) of a new Initiative for the region.
The new initiative comes in response to a Resolution passed at the 2004 World Conservation Congress, and it will include a range of interventions aimed at improving the management of the region's major ecosystems by increasing knowledge, improving governance and empowering stakeholders at all levels (government, civil society and community) to be more effective in their natural resource management roles and responsibilities.
Preparation for a Caribbean Red List of Threatened Species, a programme on renewable energy, and work in integrated planning, ecosystem management and sustainable livelihoods, and climate change adaptation, are the main components of the initiave launched today.
Senator Lynn Holowesko of the Bahamas, who served on the IUCN Council over the past eight years, found it gratifying that the only new regional programme that was launched at the Barcelona Congress was this Initiative on the Caribbean. She said, "The Caribbean members are pleased that their call for greater IUCN involvement in the region has been answered in this manner. I am looking forward to this being a truly regional programme that integrates all the countries of the region in all their diversity." Ms. Patricia Abreu Fernandez, Under Secretary for International Cooperation in the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic, also welcomed the launch of the Caribbean Initiative, noting that "it is the fruit of close collaboration between sister countries of the region."
According to the Advisor on International Cooperation in the Ministry of the Environment in Haiti, Mr Joseph Ronald Toussaint, "The IUCN Initiative for the Caribbean is an important contribution towards improving the well-being of people in the region and it comes at a time when the Caribbean is grappling with complex problems linked to climate change and attendant issues of natural disasters, the exacerbation of poverty and the accelerated loss of biodiversity." Commenting on what it offers Haiti, he said, "The Initiative gives Haiti an opportunity to elevate the question of energy and ecosystem services on its development agenda."
The World Conservation Congress, which gathered more than 8,000 decision-makers, also gave members the opportunity to elect a new Council for the next four years. The Caribbean representative on that body will be Dr. Spencer Thomas from Grenada.


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DALLAS — Managing a fast-track project is like eating an elephant — you have to eat it one bite at a time, said Keith Bell, the owner of a Forney, Texas, electrical contracting firm.
"If you stand here and wring your hands for two or three weeks about all you have to do, it's too late," said Bell, who founded Intex Electrical Contractors Inc. in 1983. "If you fail to plan, then you actually plan to fail."
Bell, 38, should know. After 20 years in the electrical business, this industry veteran has discovered the secrets to finishing fast-track projects on time and within budget. His successful business philosophies and hands-on management style have not only boosted the revenues of his company, but also helped Intex build solid relationships with suppliers, clients and owners.
"We've got a reputation that if it's too big or too fast, then call Intex," said Bell, wearing a white Intex T-shirt, jeans and a proud smile.
His company wrapped up its latest landmark job — a fast-track shell and tenant finish project for Mackie Automotive, a pre-assembly plant for dashboards and consoles and a major supplier to General Motors — in just under 11 weeks. Intex not only became the only subcontractor to complete its work on time, but also doubled its budgeted profit through pre-fabrication, well-coordinated purchasing and intense schedule coordination. Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC), Alexandria, Va., awarded Intex's craftsmanship with the 2000 National Quality Award in Industrial Construction.
Bell attributes his team's success to a few key business management secrets: underpromise and overperform, create and stick to a critical path schedule, use goal-based management, prefabricate materials and partner with your suppliers.
Electrical contractors might find the following words of wisdom useful to meet deadlines, avoid the typical mad rush in the final weeks of a fast-track project and win the trust and respect of their partners.
Project managers often agree to an impossible schedule to please an owner or win a bid. Instead, they end up falling behind schedule and failing to meet both their deadlines and the owner's expectations.
"When people get frustrated if they're behind schedule, you'll either have indecision or knee-jerk reactions, and either one of those will cost money," Bell said.
Bell encourages contractors to negotiate in the beginning rather than waiting until the final weeks of the project.
"Underpromise and overperform — that's the way to run a business," Bell said. "Most folks don't understand that. Rather than fight the battle and have the confrontation upfront, they'd rather put that off until the end."
For example, the owner of Mackie Automotive, ProLogis, Dallas, requested that Intex complete their fast-track project in eight to 10 weeks.
"I told them I can't do eight to 10 weeks; I need 11," Bell said. "Well, they weren't very happy with that news, but came back later and said, 'Well, I know you're doing the best you can.' But when I came back and completed it in 10 weeks, it looked good. If I had come in at 10 weeks upfront, I wouldn't have gotten a letter or a high five. I would have just got a check."
Intex has always had success with this business philosophy, Bell said.
"It's going to be a problem to tell a company you can't do what it asks, but it's a whole lot smarter to do it upfront than to do it at the end," he said. "I've never lost a job for telling someone the truth."
Doug Blevins, the Dallas/Fort Worth manager of Nacogdoches, Texas-based Elliott Electric Supply, one of Intex's partners, said Bell is brutally honest and direct with everyone on the project from day one.
"When he comes into a situation that is somewhat confrontational, he'll just tell them, 'Look, I'm just going to apologize to you upfront,'" Blevins said. "At that point, he just tells the facts exactly how they are going to be and everybody knows where he is coming from. People in construction appreciate the fact that you're dealing with a 'known.' You don't have to guess what everyone is thinking, what is going on and what can be done. He just comes right out and tells you."
Bell not only "underpromises," but he can also overperform with his strong team of electricians.
"I've got some crackerjack people working for me," Bell said. "That's the key to any successful business. I'm only as good as my weakest employee. You can't underpromise and overperform if you have a company full of weak people."
After assembling a strong team, a contractor needs to develop a plan and stick to it. A critical path schedule can keep contractors focused on the ultimate goal — the project deadline.
"We sat down at a conference table and said, 'This is what we have to do in 11 weeks,'" Bell said. "Then we could take a project like this and break it down into a whole bunch of little pieces. We became task-oriented instead of becoming engulfed in the sheer size of the project."
Each person at the meeting was assigned a task and then expected to complete it. Bell used goal-based management to make sure his team was on track.
"I think the hardest thing that most contractors have to overcome is the ability to delegate," Bell said. "The key is learning how to manage with goal-based management. You establish the goals and then you hold someone accountable for achieving those goals. It's a no-brainer. It's not emotional. It's black-and-white."
To keep the project on schedule, Bell also appointed dual general foremen.
"We split this job into two pieces and had one responsible for lighting and power and one responsible for the service and distribution," he said. Then on a project of this magnitude, somebody has to be held ultimately accountable for its overall failure. If you put two people in a equal position, you have no singular accountability."
Bell solved this problem by taking on the role of the project manager.
"As high profile as it was, as big as it was and the dollars that were involved, I chose to do the project management for this project myself," he said.
Bell led the first pre-construction meeting both as the CEO and project manager, along with his director of operations, both of his general foreman, his field superintendent, his pre-fab shop foreman and the estimator.
"What was unique about this project was as fast as it was, we put our entire project team in the office and had a pre-construction meeting," Bell said. "As a team, we determined what materials we were going to prefab."
The team decided to prefab branch wiring and lighting whips, which were all premade in the Intex warehouse and shipped out to the job site on a daily basis.
"If we prefabbed it in the shop, it would take less manpower on the project on a daily basis," Bell said. "It would circumvent the logistics of getting material here and finding a place to store it."
After only a few weeks had passed, Bell could tell that his project was on target to meet the completion deadline.
"Typically for us, we can tell within 25% of the project with a critical-path schedule whether or not we're going to make that job," he said. "That's the key. I'm a big believer in job cost management."
Intex uses software to separate jobs into different tasks and then phases. From there, the estimator can determine how many man-hours are needed for each phase and then how many man-hours it will take to do the task.
"The hours that have been assigned are paralleled with our budgeted hours. Therefore, at each task, if you can get the task done in the parameter of time that is allotted, you're going to make the budget as well," Bell said. "If you start seeing that your tasks are being completed earlier, then you accelerate your critical-path scheduling. That's when you see yourself gain days."
Contractors who fall behind schedule, however, need to identify the root of the problem as early as possible in the construction schedule.
"If you're not getting those tasks done, you have to discern if there's a problem — material, productivity, manpower unavailability or indecision on the contractor's part," Bell said. "If you don't fix the problem the first week, you're going to fail. So many times, people say they're going to make that up the next week and the next week and then all of a sudden, they run completely out of time. Then there's going to be a circus at the end of the job and it's going to go around the clock."
On any project, however, contractors are challenged with obstacles that might prevent them from meeting their daily goals. Bell recommends building extra days into a construction schedule to deal with these issues.
"If things get out of sequence, you have to either adjust your manpower or accelerate other pieces to take its place," he said. "As long as you can stay on that path and always build three days into the front end of your project, you'll be fine."
Intex, for example, worked a total of 14,000 manhours in 10 weeks on the Mackie Automotive project. This can be broken down into 1,400 hours a week/six days per week = 233 man-hours per day. Three extra days add up to 700 man-hours, which are built into the estimate, and account for 5% of the total man-hours.
"You have about 5% of your hours in variance in the event you get into a bind," Bell said. "If you never get in a bind, you finish the job a few days early."
Intex ended up being the only subcontractor to meet the deadline.
"Even though a lot of other folks didn't get finished on time as far as the schedule date, it really didn't impact the tenant moving in. But it just doesn't count if you don't finish it on time. That was our goal."
Intex Electric met its 11-week deadline for the $1 million project by not only sticking to a critical-path schedule, but also partnering with its vendors and suppliers, such as the Lighting Alliance, Carrollton, Texas, for lighting fixtures; Moon Township, N.J.-based Cutler-Hammer for switchgear and Elliott Electric Supply Inc. for miscellaneous electrical supplies.
"Without partnering with our vendors and suppliers, there's no way that we'd gotten the job in the matter of time required," Bell said. "You cannot do a project of this magnitude without bringing everyone to the table, putting together a team and having everybody on the same page. It's just not going to work."
Elliott Electric Supply Inc., which has its regional distribution center in Arlington, Texas, became a part of the project team from the beginning.
"I think the main thing is for us to be intimately involved in the project even before the materials are even shipped," Blevins said. "If we know the scope of work that is involved, there won't be any surprises as the job progresses."
The bulk of Elliott Electric Supply's materials are stored at its regional distribution center, making it possible for the distributor to make multiple deliveries a day.
"We were close by, so fill-in orders to keep the job going smoothly were not a problem for us," Blevins said. "It's a whole lot easier to be responsive to a partner when the little things come up that were not planned for. You drop what you're doing and you make it happen."
Partnering also became paramount due to the lack of material storage on the job site.
"When we started the project, it only had a roof on 25% of this building," Bell said. "Therefore, there wasn't a lot of room and it was very difficult to store or manage materials."
The Lighting Alliance, a lighting rep agency, shipped the materials as they were needed due to the lack of storage space.
"I took the job to the Lighting Alliance and said, 'This is how many fixtures I need. I've got to have this many lamps, but I can't take them all at once.' Lithonia just shipped them directly to the project in phases."
Cutler-Hammer, which has a satellite plant in Arlington, Texas, built the switchgear and delivered a panel at a time. They then stored their switchgear at their plant.
"You just don't normally get those kind of services," Bell said. "It takes years to partner with suppliers. It's based on relationship and trust."
Doug Blevins of Elliott Electric Supply said his company has partnered with Intex for the past five years.
"We consider Intex to be not a partner on a job, but a partner all the time," Blevins said. "When you've got a good relationship with a customer, it makes things go a whole lot more smoothly. Business is a whole lot easier to do. We feel like the service level we can offer a partner will always be better than to the general Joe contractor out there."
Intex has been able to successfully complete fast-track jobs because of its solid partnerships with suppliers and vendors, Blevins said.
"You talk to most contractors in town and they couldn't get that kind of effort out of their vendors because they're not supporting them day in and day out," Blevins said. "Keith partners with the people he does business with so that when something like this comes up, it's not a question of, 'Are you going to help?' or, 'Can you be found?' Keith has developed a network of support people that know that he's going to support them. We'll do whatever it takes to support him in return."
Intex Electric not only partnered with its suppliers and vendors to wrap up the electrical installations on time, but also won another job — a service contract at Mackie Automotive.
"We picked up all their maintenance work after this facility had been built," Bell said.
"That's one of our goals. If my people in the construction business don't get this job on the front end, my service department doesn't have a leg to stand on. If you do a good job doing it, somebody has to maintain it."
The Mackie Automotive plant, which once was an empty shell with a quarter of a roof and no doors, now has a flurry of activity, with trucks buzzing up and down the aisles and workers preassembling dashboards and consoles. Bell said Intex enjoyed the challenge of the $1-million, fast-track job.
"Without partnering and prefabbing, there's no way that we could ever make this happen," he said. "It's been a great job for us. It's one of those jobs that you take and it's an all or nothing kind of deal. If you make it happen, you get accolades and kudos. If you fail, you're done with the owner, and the general contractor."
Intex met and exceeded its goals by getting electrical inspections done days before the actual deadline. Rather than trying to swallow a whole elephant, Intex took a step back, assembled a strong team, partnered with suppliers and took it one bite at a time.
"Everybody was on the same page from top to bottom from the start," said Blevins of Elliott Electric Supply. "From the conversations we had during the course of the project, I believe Keith was on top of it from the first day."
Owner. ProLogis, Dallas, John Clinton.
MEP Engineer. Tolk Inc., Dallas, Russell Wing.
General Contractor. CF Jordan LP, Dallas, Karl Steen.
Electrical Contractor. Intex Electrical Contractors Inc., Forney, Texas, Keith Bell.
Partnering with suppliers on a daily basis gives contractors like Intex someone to depend on, not only during a fast-track project, but also during an emergency situation.
In summer 1988, Doug Blevins of Elliott Electric Supply Inc. said Intex was called in to replace the switchgear for a 13-story tenant building in downtown Dallas.
On a Friday, a short in the penthouse sparked a flame, which set off the sprinklers. Water from the sprinkler system ran down from the top of the building down the bus duct to the basement, which destroyed a 4,000A switchboard.
Keith Bell collaborated with his partners to assemble a team to measure, design and build the custom switchgear by Sunday evening.
"It's one of those things where you have a lot of tenants in the facility and when power goes off, they don't like that too well," Blevins said. "To go down on Friday and to be back up and running by Sunday evening is pretty miraculous."
February 2000 — The owner, ProLogis, awarded the contract for the shell building and interior finish-out to the general contractor, CF Jordan LP, Dallas.
April 17, 2000 — Intex received the electrical subcontract for the shell building and finish-out. At this time, the tilt-wall panels were erected and the roof framing was complete but not decked. Intex began installing the light fixtures in the warehouse and the associated conduit and wiring immediately after the installation of decking and roofing.
May 15, 2000 — Intex energized the service and 50% of the lighting by working with the owner, general contractor, suppliers, consulting engineer and the staff engineer to acquire the necessary approvals and materials.
May 29, 2000 — Intex receives $150,000 in change orders, which hinders the company's ability to meet the proposed substantial completion date.
June 19, 2000 — The deadline for substantial completion for the project.
June 30, 2000 — Intex received a final inspection green tag and was the only subcontractor to finish the project on time.
July 5, 2000 — Final inspection and occupancy date.
Keith Bell, owner of Intex Electric, offers the following tips for contractors who are striving to finish fast-track projects on time.
Meet with your entire pre-construction team including your foremen, field superintendent, estimator and pre-fab shop manager. "The first order of business is to assemble your team and have a pep rally," Bell said.
Create a critical-path schedule.
Make it clear what the goals and expectations are. What are the ramifications of success or failure?
Look at the whole project and ask yourself, "How can we prefab this job? How can we value engineer this job?"
Compare the additional costs of the materials to the labor hours saved. "In a project this size, even if it's more expensive from a budgetary standpoint in materials, but it increases your productivity and reduces your daily manpower hours, then that's an investment for a successful project," Bell said.
Get the pre-fab and value engineering issues approved with your engineers.
Determine which suppliers you can partner with and start building relationships with them before the project begins.
Start taking the project apart by tasks. Start with the primary goal — the completion date — then back that into "What do I have to get done in each of these 11 weeks?
Once you know exactly what you want accomplished in each week leading up to the completion date, then break that down into days. Once you break it down into days, then you break it down into crews.
Use goal-based management. "If you hold each person responsible for the task, and you see that each task for each crew is completed each day, you'll wake up at the last day and as long as you didn't leave out anything within your critical path schedule, the job will be completed." he said.
Intex Electrical Inc., Forney, Texas, completed the electrical work for an Arlington, Texas, preassembly plant for Mackie Automotive, in less than 11 weeks. Intex which was founded in 1983, specializes in telecom carrier, light industrial and commercial tenant finish-out projects. Below are the facts and figures on the project.
485,000 sq-ft-building with 12,000 sq ft of office space and 473,000,000 sq ft of manufacturing space.
26-acre job site
4,000A, three-phase, 480V electrical service
9 transformers
20 panels
798 high-bay lights
151 lay-in fixtures
35,750 lineal ft of MC cable
39,790 lineal ft of feeder cable
49,800 lineal ft of conduit
A 28-man crew of Intex electricians worked four 10-hour days, eight-hour days on Friday and 10-hour days on Saturday for the first six weeks of the project.
10,032 regular time hours
3,764 overtime hours
Q&A with Intex Owner Keith Bell
Q: How did you get interested in the electrical industry?
A: When I was 15, my best friend called me and said his cousin, who was in the electrical business, needed some more helpers for the summer. I actually worked for that fellow for three years part-time. I was in the industrial cooperative training program and a member of its association, VICA, in high school. I went to school half a day and worked half a day.
Q: When did you found your business?
A: I was 20 years old when I started Intex Electric in 1983. I had to hire a master electrician to work for me because I didn't acquire my master's license until 1985.
Q: What made you decide to start your own company at such a young age?
A: By the time I graduated from high school, I was making $11/hour and had a brand new truck and a boat. How are you going to quit and go to college with that? That was really good money in the late 70s and early 80s. I worked for some other contractors after high school and got promoted to a service manager. I was doing everything but signing the checks. I started my own company and have been doing it ever since.
Q: How did the industry respond to a 20-something owner?
A: It's been a hurdle. Almost every banker in Dallas County looked down their noses at me during the first few years. They don't like contractors anyway, and they sure don't like kids in the contracting business. I showed up 18 years ago and they weren't gray-headed and neither was I. Now we both are and we're working together.
Q: How is your business doing now, 18 years after you founded it?
A: We have 100 men and will do $13 million. We started a plumbing division in 1995 and started a datacom division last year. We relocated our business to Forney, Texas, a town of about 5,000. It's about 24 miles east of downtown Dallas. In Forney, Texas, I'm the third largest employer behind the school district. When you're out of Dallas, it's a little easier to be a big fish in a little pond.
Q: What are Intex's specialties?
A: We do a lot of telecom-type work with Allegiance Telecom here in Dallas and Frontier Telecommunications both in Dallas and Denver. That's our forte — fast-track, design-build finish-outs and telecom switch sites. That's the mainstay of our business. We've also been successfully doing fast-track industrial projects.
Q: Describe a day in the life of the owner of an electrical contracting company.
A: When you own a company, it's 24/7. You wear so many hats. I'm the project manager, technical consultant and engineer and I'll go back and be a CFO this afternoon, a school board member tonight and a dad when all that gets done. I can be whatever I need to be, from just one of the guys to a businessman in a suit and tie.
Q: What is the most difficult part of running a business?
A: There were some hard times in the 1990s. We went from 33 to 9 people in one day. That probably was the most difficult time we've ever had. It was a learning curve. The economy was slowing and we ended up getting all our eggs into one basket. The good thing about that is it's a learning experience that a lot of folks today don't have. The economy is going to slow again and having weathered that storm; I know exactly what I need to do to make it through a recession. You just have to make difficult decisions. It's not easy to pick nine out of 33 and tell the rest of them, "Check you later." You've got to make those decisions or you go out of business.
Q: The electrical construction industry has experienced a major labor shortage. What is your secret to retaining good employees?
A: A lot of my foremen today I hired prior to the 1990 layoff. I have eight of the nine that I kept in 1990. You have just got to be able to motivate people through trust, respect and compensation. I can't tell you that everyone works for me because I'm the best thing since sliced bread. They make good money working for me, and I spread the wealth. That's the key. If you can't motivate someone with money, they can't be motivated. We try to give them a good work environment and benefits and good or better wages than they can make anywhere else. It's like a major corporation but with a home-boy atmosphere.
Q: What does it take to be a successful leader and garner the respect of your employees?
A: Many rank-and-file employees think all owners do is talk on the phone, eat lunch and play golf. I can tell you I've gained more loyalty and respect because I'm a licensed master electrician and will go and work with them. Last night I spent half the night downtown on a shutdown hooking up a generator. They called me at home at 10 p.m. because they had encountered a problem. I left my home at 10:30 p.m. and didn't get back home until 3:30 a.m. I worked with them for about three and a half hours actually in the switchgear terminating the conductors. You'd be surprised how much camaraderie that builds within the company. It becomes a pep rally. I could tell the demeanor of my employees changed when I showed up at 10:30 p.m. They had confidence in me and said, 'He's on the job and he's going to take control of it.' You then work side-by-side and they respect you for that.
Q: What are some other key management secrets?
A: Management is about trust. If your people trust you, they'll walk through the fire for you. You also have to start out with crackerjacks and you have to be a good cheerleader. For example, General Electric is one of the largest innovators in the world and CEO Jack Welch is one of their best cheerleaders. He could walk up to your desk and do your job or walk into a room full of employees and get everyone fired up. As a CEO, your big job is to be a visionary and a coach — those are the qualities of a true leader.
Q: What do you do in your free time?
A: I'm a local school board member in Forney, which is a full-time job. That venue probably has helped me more than anything as far as running a business at this level. I'm also on the board of directors on the IEC of Dallas, the president of the IEC of Texas chapter as well as chair of the legislative committee of the IEC. I also coach my oldest daughter's softball team, which recently qualified for the USFA World Series in Panama City, Fla.
Q: Overall, how do you feel about your career as an electrical contractor?
A: God has blessed me and it's been fun. It's been a great experience and I can sit here and give credit to God and every single employee that I've ever had working for me from 1983 to present.


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While the majority House and Senate lawmakers have left Washington for the holidays, President Barack Obama is trying to seize the opportunity to slam House Republicans for failing to pass the Senate-passed payroll tax cut extension.
As first reported by National Journal, Obama will speak tomorrow at 12:15, according to a tweet posted to the White House official account signed "-bo."
In the tweet, Obama promised to talk about what $40 dollars — the amount the average family saves under the payroll tax cut every week — means to Americans, from " groceries, daycare, gas, [and] copays."
Obama spoke with Speaker of the House John Boehner today to asking him once again to pass the two-month extension which passed the Senate with bipartisan support on Saturday. Boehner's caucus is objecting to the short-term extension, and many have pledged to oppose it.
Boehner is calling on the Senate to return to negotiate a one-year extension, which Democrats say they will only do after the House removes the immediate threat of a tax hike.
The issue has become a major public relations victory for Democrats and Obama, who have succeeded at piercing the GOP's reputation as the party of tax cuts. Obama has postponed his planned vacation to Hawaii, where First Lady Michelle Obama and his two children already are, while congressional lawmakers left the Capitol, providing Obama another boost.
If Congress doesn't act, the average American family will see their tax bill increase by $1000 next year, and the economy may see GDP growth drop by 1.7 percentage points, according to some economists.
The speech was not listed in Obama's daily schedule sent to reporters late Wednesday.


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Without seeing the dog's actual behavior in person, it's tough to tell, but you have a couple things to check:
1) the constant in/out ... is it because the dog needs the "bathroom"? Is he drinking a lot of water? Consider a visit to the vet to a checkup including bloodwork.
2) the barking and dominance ... often a sign of anxiety or reaction to change... did you get a new pet, kid, person, etc. in the house? Is there a new dog in the neighborhood?


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The Pink Cat needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 106 designs submitted by 37 freelance designers.
Would love to have an outline of a cat in pink, perhaps wearing a diamonte necklace and a nice bushy tail and with the words "The Pink Cat" included. BUT very open to other suggestions!
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This is a new online retail business selling designer products and accessories for cats and cat lovers.
An outline of a pink cat with a diamonte necklace and the words The Pink Cat included was how I have envisioned it but I am open to suggestions.
This logo will be applied to the website, business cards, stationery etc and perhaps on products as well, so very important that it has the "WOW" factor.
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Actress Krysten Ritter is hoping to kick-start 2014 with a new friendship after striking up a conversation with her childhood crush Jared Leto online.
The "Breaking Bad" star took to her Twitter in the early hours of Thursday to praise the actor/rocker for his performance as a HIV-positive transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club, and she was stunned to receive a response from Leto himself.
She tweeted, "I've been in love w/ (with) @JaredLeto since I was 10. He is so amazing in Dallas buyers (sic)! What a talent!"
The compliment prompted Leto to reply, "Thx (thanks) so much Krysten Xo", to which Ritter wrote back, "@JaredLeto follow me so I can send you my number … it's a new year- i'm being bold".
It is not yet known if Leto reacted to Ritter's invite to give her a call.
The actress has been dating "Boardwalk Empire" actor Brian Geraghty since 2011.
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In a surprise, New York Times' Public Editor Margaret Sullivan criticized her paper in a Thursday afternoon blog post for downplaying the congressional hearings into the deadly attacks on the U.S. consulate in Libya. The Times made the interesting decision to put the second day of hearings on page 3 Thursday, in the International section, as opposed to the National section, which begins in the middle of the paper. In contrast, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal both put the hearings on the front page, while the Los Angeles Times carried original reporting from Libya (not the hearings) on the front page.
Sullivan asked the Times's editors why they chose to ignore the story in their main section and soon got a response: "there were six better stories."
As the public editor noted:
...The New York Times was not among [the papers giving significant coverage]. The six stories on The Times's front page included one on affirmative action at universities, one on Lance Armstrong's drug allegations, two related to the presidential election, one on taped phone calls at JPMorgan Chase, and one on a Tennessee woman who died of meningitis. The major artwork on Page A1 was from Syria, and the only mention of the hearing on Libya came in a one-paragraph summary at the bottom, leading readers to a well-displayed story on Page A3.
Sullivan asked Executive Editor Jill Abramson and Managing Editor Dean Baquet about the placement:
"I said that I wanted us to weigh the news value against the reality that Congressional hearings are not all about fact-finding," she said. In other words, they are often deeply politicized.
[Managing Editor Dean] Baquet, who ran the afternoon news meeting at which the decision was made, said the reasoning was simple enough: "I didn't think there was anything significantly new in it," he said.
Like Ms. Abramson, he was wary of the political nature of the hearing, noting that "It's three weeks before the election and it's a politicized thing, but if they had made significant news, we would have put it on the front."
And, he added, "There were six better stories."
The paper's readers didn't agree, questioning the paper's news judgment: "The lead story in today's paper is about Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong!" Another reader fault the paper portraying the hearings through a partisan prism.
The hearings, which made major revelations, are presented as simply partisan wrangling. The major elements on the story this morning are not brought up until the end of the story."
Times Watch also found that the Times buried the first day of hearings on Page A10, while their rivals at the Washington Post put the hearings on the front page.
The Public Editor concluded:
I believe that the Libya hearing story belonged on The Times's front page. It had significant news value, regardless of the political maneuvering that is inevitable with less than four weeks to go until the election. And more broadly, there is a great deal of substance on this subject that warrants further scrutiny.
I can't think of many journalistic subjects that are more important right now, or more deserving of aggressive reporting.


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Pug wrote:Over and over 'he wore a Help the Heroes' t-shirt - the charity for British Soldiers, which today (23.5.13) states their website has crashed due to over-demand.
Pug wrote:The now-named victim or vicsim - Lee Rigby - 25, a drummer in the 2nd Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.
analucia wrote: I'm asking more for weigh-ins on any insight or educated guesses what you all think the hoped result of this hoax is, what you think the intended agenda is, if you think there is an intended reaction to this story. :
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Upset winner isn't horsing around
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ted Yoho is one of the best-known large-animal veterinarians in Central Florida. So in May, when an old friend needed help castrating several miniature horses, Yoho rushed off in between radio interviews he was doing to talk about his underdog congressional campaign and lent his friend some scissors and a hand.
After the deed was done, Yoho held up the horse's testicles and proclaimed: "Washington needs a few more of these."
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Suffice it to say, Yoho's campaign to become the congressman from Florida's 3rd District has been less than conventional.
Yoho has never held public office but pulled off the stunner of the primary season, beating 12-term Rep. Cliff Stearns, who had amassed a war chest of $2 million and held a powerful oversight subcommittee chairmanship. Yoho's 24-year-old campaign manager Kat Cammack was his sole paid employee throughout the race and she'd never run a campaign before (nor had she ever helped a veterinarian castrate a mini horse). Their headquarters was a refashioned 20-foot-by-20-foot shed a few feet away from the Yoho's Gainesville home.
Yoho may be unconventional, but he did follow a familiar formula from the past election cycle: He harnessed a deep anti-Washington, anti-politician sentiment, proving once again that "incumbency" and "experienced politician" are still very dirty words to an unpredictable electorate fed up with the status quo.
"In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way,'" Yoho said in an interview. "That's how we came up with our campaign slogan: 'Had enough?'"
And Yoho made that point visually, spending a good chunk of his limited campaign funds on his only TV ad of the cycle depicting "career politicians" rolling around in a pig trough and slinging mud at each other. Practically every voter he meets tells him they saw the ad and almost all of them remark how much they liked it.
"People are fed up with the career politicians who created this mess or failed to prevent it and neither was acceptable, and the only way we could change that was by sending a different type of person to Washington," he said. "Cliff Stearns talks about what he did to Planned Parenthood, making Solyndra a household name — why didn't he do this sooner? Why didn't he see it coming? It's the oversight committee, not the hindsight committee."
While most of Washington sat stunned that Stearns had lost by a mere 842 votes to a complete unknown, Republicans in Yoho's district say his primary win was no shock to them. He campaigned, and campaigned hard, in the rural counties where he'd tended cattle, horses and pigs as a large-animal vet for 30 years. He and his wife, Carolyn, seem to know everyone and it's hard to go two blocks without seeing his face on a sign.
"We couldn't get Cliff Stearns to come to Columbia County. To my knowledge, he made one stop early on. We weren't surprised at all," said Buddy Hines, chairman of the Columbia County Republicans. "He is one of us, and we are excited as heck to have a representative in Washington that knows us here."


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NOAO > Observing Info > Approved Programs > 2012B-0361
PI: Joshua Pepper, Vanderbilt University, firstname.lastname@example.com
Address: Physics Department, VU Station B 1807, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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Abstract: The KELT survey uses wide field telescopes in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres to detect transiting planets around bright (8 < V < 11) stars. Transiting planets around bright stars are especially valuable for further scientific analysis. From the KELT light curves we have identified a large number of promising transit candidates, which now require radial-velocity observations to eliminate common false- positives and to verify as exoplanets for future detailed study. We also seek here to acquire full, high-precision radial velocity orbits for a small number of planet candidates that have already passed initial vetting. This proposal deals with the fall/winter targets for our ongoing campaign of transit candidate followup. We previously received NOAO observing time in 2012A on these facilities for the spring/summer targets.
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Facing a scandal over his administration's role in creating a traffic jam near the George Washington Bridge, the potential 2016 GOP presidential contender avoided fights with Democrats, who control both houses of the Legislature and have been emboldened by the scandal. He didn't...


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I took a look and was a little intimidated by the process of making my own font and converting it, as I know almost nothing about fonts. (Also FontForge crashes on my computer.)Thank you!
#include <glcd.h>int xPos = 0; // X position value.int pot; // Potentiometer value.void setup(){ GLCD.Init(); GLCD.ClearScreen();}void loop(){ for(xPos = 0; xPos < 127; xPos += 1) { pot = analogRead(A0); // Sample ADC pot = map(pot, 0, 1023, 0, 63); // Scale down readings to LCD's vertical pixel count. GLCD.DrawVLine(xPos, 0, 63, WHITE); // Erase column of pixels previously set. GLCD.SetDot(xPos, pot, BLACK); // Set new pixel. delay(10); } // End FOR statement. if(xPos == 127) { xPos = 0; // Return to the first column when the last column is reached. } // End IF statement.} // End void loop()
If I must rewrite the full display, I guess I could store all 128 columns in an array and write them all over every time I refresh. I'm not sure how efficient that is, though.
A graphics lib such as GLCDv3 for KS0108 controller has a much more convinient programming interface. But GLCDv3 also depends on the fact that it can read memory from the display frame buffer.
- maybe provide hints to the low level PAGE_NEXT function as to which area(s) are "dirty" and need updating.
- Could it treat the page buffer as a write through cache instead?
- Could it create a full frame buffer to provide additional functionality?