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Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel and his family have taken out an insurance policy to guard against the loss of potential future earnings due to injury, Manziel said Tuesday after the Aggies capped their second day of spring drills.
"It's just a precaution," Manziel said, via Sam Khan Jr. of ESPN.com. "I think there's a lot of players who have done it in the past and you never know what could happen. Football is a dangerous sport, so you kind of have to make sure that you take a precaution in that regard."
Manziel does indeed join a long line of college stars who have taken out similar policies as student-athletes, though most – like a Jadeveon Clowney, for instance – do so later in their careers. Of course, most sophomores (like Manziel) aren't fresh off a Heisman-winning season.
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"I talk to players all the time about different issues in their lives and guys that for whatever reason, feel like they need to protect their interests professionally, they have insurance policies," Texas A&M coach Kevin Sumlin said. "There's ways to do that through the NCAA and like I said, there's probably more people than you think that have done that over the course of the last few years."
Manziel said that his family and the university are handling the process of securing the policy. Student-athletes are able to acquire coverage through the NCAA's "Exceptional Student-Athlete Disability Insurance Program," which was established in 1990 and can provide up to $5 million in coverage, Khan notes.
Technically, Manziel could opt to enter the NFL Draft after this season – as a redshirt sophomore, he would be three years removed from his high school graduation at the completion of 2013. Is an early leap to the NFL something that's on his mind heading into spring practice?
"I'm not leaning any way," Manziel said when asked about the NFL. "Whenever that decision comes, [I'll] have to sit there and evaluate it just like you do anything else in your life.
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"If the NFL, you have an opportunity to go, then you look at it. Like I said, I love this place, I love coach Sumlin and all my teammates here. I'm very happy with being in Aggieland for five, six, however many years I'm here. I'm not in any rush to make a decision like that."
Until that decision comes, Manziel is in good hands with Allstate. Or like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Or he knows Aflac will give him cash, which is just as good as money. He's protected.

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Today's enterprise applications primarily target operational efficiency by standardizing workflows and minimizing human involvement in repetitive business activities. Now, as explained in the article, "The future of enterprise apps: Moving beyond workflows to mindflows,", a new generation of enterprise applications is blending human and software intelligence. This blending is particularly true for knowledge work in which reason, analysis, pattern recognition, and related cognitive skills can be supported by software's recall, filtering, and presentation of intelligence in the moment.
Because apps of this type explicitly model thinking in their design stage, PwC calls them mindful apps. Mindful apps engage humans as an integral part of enterprise processes. (See Figure 1.) They do so by modeling thinking and incorporating it into the business process of interest, using context and delivering intelligence in the moment to augment the capacity of employees to add value through knowledge work.
Mindful apps have new paradigms and expectations for user interactions, availability, readiness for integration, and design. New tools, platforms, and services are emerging to meet this new generation of computing challenges. The biggest expectation and impact is in elevating the user experience to a new level of simplicity and timeliness to support how individuals do their work. This article details some of the methods and tools that enable mindful apps across the following three categories:
These new tools and methods help designers understand the processes that occur in the mind of the knowledge worker. This activity is often idiosyncratic and personal, but it tends to follow patterns within a persona or a group. To contrast these cognitive, thoughtful activities with traditional workflows, PwC calls them mindflows. Mindflows are goal-driven thinking patterns—such as comparing, evaluating, and summarizing—used by anyone engaged in complex analysis and decision making. The journey to the goal potentially has many paths and unfolds in iterative divergence-convergence patterns. (See Figure 2.)
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Mindful apps engage humans as an integral part of a process
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Mindflows are goal-driven thinking patterns that usually unfold in iterative divergence-convergence patterns
Mobile technologies have created a deeply personal connection between users and the apps they use on mobile devices. Humans and computers now engage in an ongoing, collaborative exchange. Consumers have come to expect that technology, no matter the platform, will be able to deliver a hyper-personalized experience using the context of their current location, situation, and perceived needs. Whether this expectation is due to people now carrying an always-connected computer in their pockets or the new design patterns embraced by this new digital community, the lasting impact will depend on how well human thinking, or mindflows, is integrated into defining the user experience.
Capturing mindflows is not about mimicking how users reason, as expert systems or artificial intelligence systems tried to do in the past. Mindful apps leave the reasoning to the user and focus only on the states of thinking: a user's current understanding, what information a user needs to see, what a user is likely to do next, and so on. The following sections discuss emerging methods that vendors and enterprises are using to model and make explicit the mindflows in the context of a user experience.
Design thinking. As the name suggests, design thinking is a methodology to understand the cognitive or thinking activities anyone uses when doing his or her design work. This technique originated in engineering design and has spread to many other domains. Today it is an important trend in management thinking, particularly in support of innovation and creativity.
Design thinking is especially useful for addressing problems that are not well defined, thereby it is a good fit for the exploratory nature of knowledge work. "Everything we do is using design thinking," says Jonathan Becher, chief marketing and communications officer of SAP. SAP's design thinking experts engage with customers in multiday workshops. "We're getting in the mind of the customer and being empathetic. In two days we simulate actual work. We try to understand, 'At this point, why did you do this?' We are getting to their mindset," Becher explains.
As Figure 3 depicts, this methodology focuses on understanding users in context by observing, identifying, and characterizing distinct roles or personas and gathering user stories. The method requires iterative explorations of possible app behavior using rapid prototyping of experiences and frequent conversations with users.
What distinguishes mindful apps from traditional apps is they acknowledge many paths to an outcome—paths that depend on information and human judgment, not on a set of linear steps. Design thinking allows the identification and externalization of multiple paths to a desired goal.
Digital body language. The Internet continues to penetrate daily life. People have gone from visiting a few websites to making ever-greater portions of their total purchases on the web to using mobile computers to share pictures of places they're visiting—all within the last 20 years. All this online behavior creates a trail of data, or digital footprints. The websites people visit, the e-mails they open, the links they click, the likes they signal in activity streams, the reviews they post, and so on can be thought of as digital body language that, like physical body language, transmits information about themselves. (See Figure 4.) Steven Woods, group vice president of software development at Oracle, created the concept of digital body language when he was the CTO of Eloqua (now a subsidiary of Oracle) and has written a book on this topic.1
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Design thinking process as practiced in the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford
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As users live their digital lives, they leave behind digital footprints—the sum total of which is their digital body language that has clues to their interests and intents
What inspired Woods' concept was his realization that digital channels were redefining marketing and sales activities. In digital channels, a salesperson is no longer able to read a buyer's physical body language, cues that were once available to navigate the in-person sales process from prospect to close. But what the web took away, the web is giving back. Savvy marketing organizations use marketing automation products to read, so to speak, the digital body language of their customers and position a target's readiness for different types of marketing content. By delivering the right content to the right target at the right time, these organizations advance their marketing or sales processes.
This concept, which has transformed marketing, will have a similar impact on other processes. "The design of any application for any business function will exist within the same intensive world of information and media bombardment. They all need to catch the user's interest and thinking at the moment in time so as to cause the user to take an action that will move them forward," Woods explains.
The use of such data in targeted ads from Google or Facebook is now familiar. Their platforms monitor a user's Internet searching, status updates, or likes as indications of what a person is thinking and feeling about specific products, services, and even political candidates. Techniques and information associated with digital body language also can deliver powerful predictions of what a person is thinking in the enterprise context. When combined with well-defined models of mindflows associated with how a user's thinking evolves toward a specific decision or conclusion, digital body language can be a key enabler for orchestrating the overall experience.
Other methods to externalize mindflows. Additional methods to consider when attempting to capture and include mindflows in future apps include the following:
Armed with methods for formalizing the mindflows, the next challenge to defining the experience for mindful apps is to take advantage of context and deliver intelligence in the moment.
If mindful apps are to be impactful at the time of need, they must be available at the time of need. The rise of smartphones—mobile computers, really—uniquely established the possibility of delivering on this promise. They are the one computer that is always with a person.
Smartphones bring a lot of personal context with them. They generate a wealth of sensor information that helps apps to know where, how, and for what purpose a person is using the device. Developments to bring context to apps are taking place in both hardware and software. On the hardware front, the computing systems allocate a separate processor to manage context. For example, Apple's new iPhone 5S includes an M7 motion coprocessor to compute context, and Google/Motorola's new X8 compute system has a contextual computing processor.3 With a separate low-power processor, context can be continuously monitored and made available without draining precious battery life.
On the software front, context-aware platforms, such as Qualcomm's Gimbal, allow developers to access sensor information and awareness of the surrounding environment. For example, if the phone hears that it is inside a movie theater, it can provide content related to the movie. Gimbal is offered as a software development kit (SDK) and therefore abstracts context information into application programming interfaces (APIs) for use by mindful apps.
The sensors and context-computing capabilities collectively define the contextual power that mindful apps can use to anticipate the next action the consumer wishes to take with as little user interaction as possible.
The effectiveness of any mindful app depends on how well it anticipates what the user needs and delivers it as content or functionality in the moment. Two technologies are relevant to this anticipation and delivery: development platforms that are an ecosystem of capabilities and that ease integration to access those capabilities; and real-time analytics so the apps can deliver predictions and analysis as events are occurring.
Development platforms become the foundations for mindful apps into which all other functions, such as analytics, can be integrated. Platforms can be on-premise or in the cloud, such as Fusion from Oracle, Force.com from salesforce.com, and HANA from SAP. There are also platforms specifically focused on integrations between software-as-a-service (SaaS) or on-premise applications, such as MuleSoft and SnapLogic.
Real-time analytics solutions are available from an array of solution providers. Vendors such as Chartbeat and Visual Revenue (acquired by Outbrain) present real-time insights in marketing or online media consumption contexts. Google and Webtrends provide real-time analytics platforms of online advertising data and website traffic data. Splunk and Vertica (part of HP) are emerging as general-purpose platforms for aggregating data across websites, sensors, machines, and other sources, and providing capabilities to process and analyze them in real time.
As explored in the Technology Forecast 2012, Issue 1, in-memory computing is bringing a new level of real-time capability to customers. Solutions such as Exalytics from Oracle, HANA from SAP, and in-memory analytics from SAS are some examples. In-memory technology achieves performance by keeping data in solid state memory rather than reading from disk, a process that adds latency to the process.
Predictive analytics solutions include algorithms and models that provide the ability to predict future actions that a user is likely to take based on current behavior. Vendors such as Angoss Software, Oracle, Revolution Analytics, SAP, and SAS offer such solutions. Increasingly, such analyses make use of big data analytics techniques as they work with large data sets and need access to scalable computing capabilities.
Mindful apps are complementary to the core system of records that most enterprises have and offer a way to extend their value to new use cases. In that sense, mindful apps do not need to be distinct or separate from core applications, except they bring the data residing in these systems to the point of action where it can have impact. Today many, but not all, mindful apps are on mobile devices because mobile apps have come to represent contextual, bite-sized, goal-oriented solutions—characteristics that they share with mindful apps. Hence, this section will briefly cover the trends in solutions for the development of mobile apps.
During the last five years, innovation for the means to develop mobile apps has occurred at nearly the pace of innovation of the mobile devices themselves. Developers can now create mobile apps using any number of popular languages, ranging from native C++ to JavaScript and HTML. Table 1 details the common mobile development platforms used in enterprises today.
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Mobile development platforms used in enterprises
Unlike traditional desktop or web applications, the life span of a mobile app is short; most mobile apps average around 14 months.4 And unlike the PC and desktop world, the mobile world presents a need to support multiple mobile devices and operating systems.
To meet these challenges, development platforms have the following key characteristics:
The development community has also explored the use of HTML5 frameworks for platform-neutral apps development. HTML5 provides many advantages, although it includes user experience tradeoffs because access to the native capabilities of a device is limited. For example, user experience concerns led to Facebook's high-profile decision to transition from HTML5 back to a native development approach.6
Hybrid app frameworks have become popular recently. Such frameworks use a combination of web and native technologies to provide the ability to rapidly develop, often in a cross-platform fashion, while reducing the performance and user experience issues historically associated with HTML5 frameworks. The technologies often encapsulate native user interfaces (UI) and other components so they can be used by web technologies such as JavaScript. An example is Appcelerator's Titanium framework, in which developers construct native UI elements using the framework's JavaScript bridge.
There are drawbacks to hybrid approaches as well. Users expect the app to act as a native app and not a web application in a browser, and they have little patience for substandard performance. A hybrid approach has limitations on caching data and offline functionality compared to a native app, which can limit the functionality that can be implemented. Sometimes it is also necessary to make changes for platform-specific idiosyncrasies, which removes the benefit of a single code base and raises maintenance costs.
As hybrid approaches continue to mature, mobile app design elements should continue to spill over into desktop and web apps. The impact of mobile design can already be seen in the responsive design approach taken by many large media websites, such as NYTimes.com and BostonGlobe.com.
Looking forward, mobile development vendors must address many challenges, in particular:
The design and development of a mobile app are only half the activities needed to launch a solution. The other half is the delivery and deployment channel. Much like development tools, the deployment and management of mindful apps will be influenced by emerging methods for the deployment and management of mobile apps.
The success of consumer app stores has cemented user expectations for how apps are discovered and acquired. These expectations and the employee-driven app-centric movement have turbocharged the mobile application management (MAM) and enterprise app store (EAS) ecosystems. Table 2 presents a sampling of vendors that provide MAM/EAS solutions to enterprises. MAM/EAS systems have gained traction in the enterprise by providing two core capabilities:
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A sampling of vendors that provide mobile app management and enterprise app store solutions
To continue to meet the evolving demands of today's organizations, MAM/EAS solutions need more than their initial core capabilities. Security is an important part of governance but without a flexible solution in place, these lock-down and control methods often inhibit the usefulness and value of the mobile business tool. Finding the balance between security and risk management is challenging. Without that balance, IT and governance will be viewed as adding bureaucracy, not speed.
Leading solutions also include or will need the following key characteristics to support mobile management goals:
As the number of apps and associated content increases, the need for features that discover helpful apps for a particular user also increases. In an environment with hundreds or thousands of apps, only a handful might be useful to any one person. How they are filtered becomes important. Matching apps to users can involve sophisticated algorithms that use information from a variety of sources such as identity systems, usage data, and an understanding of the process that any app is in and the roles it is designed for.
App stores today primarily manage mobile apps. That is expected to change. "An app store is an excellent way for users to find and access an app, whether it's a mobile or a desktop or a cloud application," says Sam Liu, vice president of marketing and business development at Partnerpedia, an MAM vendor. He forecasts a convergence to a single management solution to manage apps on all platforms, mobile or not.
More vendors are entering the MAM/EAS market, providing alternative approaches and services built on top of a core MAM/EAS platform. These vendors are working to solve not only security issues but also to provide approaches for better app and content management. Table 2 highlights some of the vendors providing MAM/EAS solutions.
With the continued move away from monolithic apps toward smaller, more narrowly focused solutions, the need for better app management will be great. MAM/EAS solutions must evolve into portal-like solutions that provide not just discoverability but also access to content, files, analytics, and other advanced features, as shown in Figure 5. These future MAM/EAS solutions may even become the bridges between enterprise data, partners, and customers.
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Evolution of mobile application management and enterprise app store solutions
The future of enterprise applications will unfold with the rise of mindful apps—apps that model human thinking as part of the business process of interest, use context to augment the capacity of employees to conduct knowledge work, and deliver intelligence in the moment. Although mindful apps don't need to be mobile, many are. That is because the mobile platform is personal, brings with it considerable context, and can support users in the moment.
In contrast to workflows, which have been the foundation for enterprise applications thus far, the foundation for mindful apps will be mindflows, which are goal-driven thinking patterns—such as comparing, evaluating, and summarizing—used by anyone engaged in complex analysis and decision making. Enterprises have access to methods and techniques such as design thinking, activity-centered design, and digital body language that externalize and make explicit the user's mindflows. These methods can be used during the design of the user experience to capture and model mindflows. They are complemented by solutions to develop and manage the overall user experience, available from a growing base of established and emerging vendors.
As mobile paradigms become mainstream, traditional applications and mindful apps are borrowing from mobile fundamentals, such as responsible web design, app stores, and cloud offerings. The expansion of mobile technologies is only beginning. Almost all enterprises are expected to adopt mobile solution in the next few years, which means the evolution and innovation in mindful apps will continue for some time. And they will change the form and character of apps on other platforms, such as desktop and web.
1. Steven Woods, Digital Body Language (Danville, California: New Year Publishing, 2009).
2. "Activity theory," Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity_theory
3. "Cory Gunther, "Apple A7 and M7 CPUs come to contextually compute: Motorola X8 on watch," Android community, September 10, 2013, http://androidcommunity.com/apple-a7-and-m7-cpus-come-to-contextually-compute-motorola-x8-on-watch-20130910/
4. Josh Wolonick, "Where is the booming app market going?" USA Today, March 7, 2013, http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/03/07/booming-app-market-minyanville/1970245/.
5. The term composable refers to the characteristics that enable the development of new functionality by combining components of available functionality.
6. Daniel Eran Dilger, "Facebook admits HTML5 not competitive with Cocoa Touch," AppleInsider, September 11, 2012, http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/09/11/facebook_admits_html5_not_competitive_with_cocoa_touch.


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Peyton Toddler Quilted Bedding
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A timeless pattern in your choice of happy hues, this classic toddler quilt is hand sewn with a gingham frame in a diamond pattern that creates texture and loft.
- Pure cotton.
- Pure cotton batting.
- Pre-washed for added softness.
- Expertly quilted by hand.
- Quilt and sham feature a gingham appliquéd border.
- Quilt and sham reverse to solid white percale.
- Quilted sham has an envelope closure.
- Quilt, sham and insert sold separately.
- Machine wash.
- Imported.
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- Toddler quilt is sized for our crib mattresses to ease the transition when you convert your crib to a toddler bed.
- Sham has a quilted front and an envelope closure. Insert sold separately; down blend or synthetic.
Toddler Quilt
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- Machine wash in warm water; gentle cycle.
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Made of carefully selected suede for a more lived in, vintage effect the six eyelet high-top Santoni suede hiking inspired boot is a durable and stylish shoe to add to your shoe closet. Wool tongue and soft leather lining, this lace-up is a shoe connoisseurs dream.
- Soft kid suede upper with contrast laces
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Europe weighs strict limits on several allergens in fragrances, a move that could impact famous brands and shoppers around the globe. The fragrance makers, of course, are hopping (and spritzing) mad. In a case of allergy vs. Goliath, who will win?


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Central Utah 2002 Single Moms' Conference in Ephraim on Dec. 14. The conference will begin in the Crane Theater at 7:30 a.m. Breakout sessions will last until 4 p.m. Registration forms available at USU Extension offices and the Department of Workforce Service. For more information cal 435-283-7599 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
The Huntington D.U.P. will meet Nov. 14 at the Senior Citizens Center at 1 p.m.
Emery Country Recreation will be holding a public election for Emery County Youth Football president and officers on Nov. 14 at the Rec Center at 6 p.m. Anyone interested in being the new president, please contact the Emery County Recreation office at 381-2108.
The Southeastern Utah District Health Department will be conducting two Food Handler's workshops on Nov. 21 at the Health Department in Castle Dale (25 West Main) at 4 and 7 p.m. For more information call Terri at 381-2252 in Castle Dale or Dr. Bjork at 637-3671 in Price.
Castle Dale Elementary PTA will sponsor their Reading Roundup Book Fair Nov. 19, 8:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. and parents open house 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m.; Nov. 21, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.; Nov. 22, 7:20 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Also Donuts with Dad again on Nov. 22 at 7:00 a.m.
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The schedule for the Ballet Repertory Ensemble is as follows: annual Christmas concerts, Nov. 21-23, Nutcracker: Nov. 22-25, Angels, Animals Christmas, and Grinch, CEU Geary Theater, 7:30 p.m.: Missoula Children's Theater, Dec. 9-14, auditions, Dec. 9 at 3:30 p.m. in the BDAC Dance studio; two performances Dec. 14 in the Geary Theater at CEU, 3 and 7 p.m., three workshops, TBA: BYU Ballroom Dance Co. , Feb. 8, 2003, CEU BDAC, 7:30 p.m.: PACY Children's Play, FEB. 21, 2003, place TBA at 7 p.m.: Tribute to Broadway, Feb. 28-Mar. 1, 2003, CEU Geary Theater of Student Center at 7:30 p.m.: annual Spring concert, Apr. 24-26, 2003, classical dance forms, Apr. 25-28, 2003, contemporary dance forms, CEU Geary Theater at 7:30 p.m..
AARP Tax-Aide, the nation's largest, free, volunteer run tax counseling and prepartation service is seeking volunteers of all ages who want to learn tax law and prepare tax returns for taxpayers of low-to-moderate income, with special attention to those over 60. Call toll-free 1-888-227-7669. When prompted, select Tax-Aide program and the select Volunteer Recruitment program. Leave your name and number. You will be contacted by a Utah Tax-Aide volunteer.
Do you pay your own heating costs? Need help with your heating bill? Get in touch with H.E.A.T. You must meet certain income qualifications and will need to provide proof of income and expenses. Apply Nov. 1 to Mar. 29, 2003 at the Emery County Community Center, 40 South Center, Castle Dale. Call 381-5410 for an appointment.
Several area businesses are sponsoring the 4th annual Turkey Trot 5K and 1 mile runs on Thanksgiving morning Nov. 28. There will also be races for young children. At Huntington Elementary registration begins at 7:45 a.m. and races begin at 8:30 a.m. To pre-register, call 687-5533 or 687-2747. Lots of fun prizes and a turkey dinner to be given away to the largest participating family.
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A group of Emery County ladies are decorating a tree for the Festival of the Trees to be held the first week of December which benefits the Primary Childrens Medical Center. The group, under the direction of Sara Grindley, are planning "Sister to Sister" a tree dedicated to Toni Oliverson, an Orangeville cancer survivor. Anyone interested in helping or supporting, please contact Sara at 748-2940.
The Lily of the Valley Elmo Camp of the D.U.P. is sponsoring a pheasant hunters breakfast and luncheon on Nov. 2 and Nov. 9 at 55 South 100 East in Elmo. Breakfast begins at 7 a.m. and lunch begins at 10 a.m. Drawing for a quilt and prizes.
A seminar, Pain Management: Solutions for Improving your Practice; will be held Nov. 16 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the St. George Resort and Spa, 1450 South Hilton Drive. For more information, contact AHEC at 1-888-89-RURAL.
Green River High School will be presenting their school play "Into The Woods" on Nov. 6, 8,9 at 7 p.m.
A field service officer from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department Service Office, will be in your area to assist you in understanding and applying for rightful VA benefits, preparing and documenting application for compensation, pension, hospitalization and other benefits. The officer will be at Price Workforce Service Center from 9 -10:30 a.m. on Nov. 20.
At San Rafael Jr. High on Nov. 11 at 8:30 and 9:30 a.m.
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Engineering Experiment Station and the Pollution Prevention Association are sponsoring an Energy Efficiency and Pollution Prevention Conference on Nov. 7-8 at the Wyndam Hotel, 215 West South Temple. For more information call 801-581-6348 or visit the website at www.utah.edu/uees/E2/P2.
College bound high school students who want to take the ACT Assessment have two chances to register before the Dec. 14 test date. The postmark registration deadline is Nov. 8 and the late registration postmark deadline is Nov. 21
To learn more about the ACT Assessment, including registration forms and test locations, contact your high school counselor or go to the ACT website www.act.org which also offers useful tips and sample tests.


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How Much Does a Minimum-Wage Family Need to Work to Be 'Personally Responsible'?
In Mitt Romney's almost comically offensive leaked speech, in which he says that the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income taxes feel entitled to wild luxuries like "food" and "housing," the GOP presidential candidate also suggests that this 47 percent doesn't "take personal responsibility" for their lives. Some good things have been written about the qualitative validity of Romney's "personal responsibility" statement, but politics blog Squashed decided to look at its quantitative validity, also. Many people who don't pay income taxes have jobs, of course, but how much more would they need to work to be responsible in the eyes of Romney and his supporters? In short: A lot more.
How long a work day would you need to put in at a minimum wage job to pay federal income taxes? Because it's Romney's comment, let's use his family profile. We'll have two parents, one of whom works. And let's limit it to two children rather than Romney's five to avoid an unseemly number of exemptions.
So we have four exemptions at $3,700 each plus the standard deduction of $11,600. So even without tax credits, you would need $26,400.
Because one spouse isn't working, there is no child care tax credit. There could be up to $2,500 in education credits per child-but let's say the kids are younger and go with the lower $1,000 child tax credit for both of them. So that's a $2,000 credit. To owe taxes at this point, you'd need $19,000 in taxable income-or $45,400 in total income. This still a hair below the EIC phaseout in this case. So to hit zero exactly you would need a few more dollars to bring your annual income to $45,750.
In a given year, you have about 260 work days. Let's say you work a full day on all of them. This means that any vacation, sick days, or holidays you want had better be paid. To make your $45,750, you need to bring in $174.62 a day. Let's round that down to $174 to make the math work out more smoothly.
You're earning the federal minimum wage: $7.25 an hour. To get to $174 a day, you'll need to work for … 24 hours. Congratulations. You can sleep on the weekends. If you want to get down to an 8 hour day, you'll need to earn at least $21.75. (You still have to work every day.) Good luck finding an early-career job that pays that well.
See that? All you have to do to be responsible enough for guys like Mitt Romney is work all the time until you're dead. Your kids and spouse will never know you, but at least they'll remember you as a responsible absent parent.
For more on how Squashed came to its numbers, read the whole post here.
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Final Demolition of AGCO's Banner Lane, Coventry Tower Block Marks End of an Era
Six years after AGCO moved to its new European Office Facility at Abbey Park Stoneleigh in the UK, the company's long-time office block at Banner Lane, Coventry was demolished by its current owners, Persimmon Homes on 8 July.
"The Banner Lane tractor manufacturing plant which closed in 2003 and 16-storey office block at Coventry in the UK which we vacated in 2006, were very much part of the history of AGCO's Massey Ferguson brand and its successful development over more than six decades," said Richard Markwell, Massey Ferguson Vice-President and Managing Director Europe, Africa and Middle East (EAME).
"The Tower Block and the factory site at Coventry formed the centre of Massey Ferguson's global operations for many years. They played an important part in the working lives of thousands of people, helping to drive the spirit and camaraderie of one of the world's most famous farm machinery brands which continues to go from strength to strength," he stated. "2011 was an exceptional year for Massey Ferguson with record results, a host of new product introductions and major sales growth."
The demolition of the office block is part of Persimmon Homes ongoing redevelopment of the area which has already seen the construction of over 600 new homes with a further 400 properties expected to follow. The land will now form part of an area to be offered to Coventry City Council for the provision of a new school and playing field under the local authority's confirmed planning agreement.
The Tower Block served the Banner Lane factory site and was occupied by Massey Ferguson and, latterly its parent company AGCO until 2006 when the company moved to a new home some eight miles (12 km) away at Abbey Park, Stoneleigh in Warwickshire. This followed the closure of the factory in 2003 and the consolidation of European tractor production onto AGCO's manufacturing facility in Beauvais, France, now the site of the largest AGCO factory in Europe and the centre of Massey Ferguson's Europe, Africa and Middle East operations.
"We can look back at the Banner Lane site with great respect and lasting memories of the role it played in our rich heritage and evolution – it is part of our DNA," continued Mr Markwell. "While the Tower Block's demolition is a poignant moment for all of us who have been associated with it, world economics, the markets we serve and indeed, the company along with its products have changed dramatically. As we develop and face different business challenges, like any successful business we adapt to changing environments and ensure that we can continue to grow. We are firmly established at our European Office facility at Abbey Park Stoneleigh, housed in 21st century purpose-built offices where we employ 500 people and which also includes our UK & Ireland Sales and Training Centre."
"It is pleasing to know that the Banner Lane office block land is being considered as a site for a future school and that the housing development is providing the opportunity for people to get onto the property ladder for the first time. Once again the site will play its part in encouraging some highly positive developments," he comments
The Tower Block was officially opened by Albert A Thornborough, the then President and Chief Executive Officer of Massey Ferguson Limited on 21 September 1966. At its peak, it housed 500 people including functions such as Sales and Marketing, Finance, IT, Customer Support and Human Resources. In order to accommodate the growing number of employees, the only way to build was up and it became an iconic part of the local skyline.
Massey Ferguson was acquired by the US-based AGCO Corporation in 1994 and remains one of the few truly global brands of farm machinery, distributing its renowned red tractors, combine harvesters and other farm equipment in up to 140 countries. Machines bearing the Massey Ferguson marque are produced at factories worldwide including France, Italy, United States, Brazil, Mexico, India, Pakistan, Japan and China.
"Today, Massey Ferguson has one of its strongest-ever machine line-ups with numerous international awards to our name. We continue to gain market share, providing straightforward, dependable equipment which farmers across the globe can rely on to produce and care for their vital crops and livestock," says Richard Markwell.


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Lexie V. Berry is announcing the marriage of her parents, Jessica P. Davis and Christopher C. Berry. Jessica is the daughter of Garth and Yolanda Davis and Chris is the son of David and LaRue Berry and Glena Chidester.
The couple will be married on Nov. 20. A reception will be held that day from 7-9 p.m. at the Price 9th Ward building, 150 South 500 East, Price.


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Stephen and Jackie DeFriez announce the marriage of their daughter RaLynn to Jeremy Otto Wilcock, son of Hal and Roma Wilcock on Aug. 21 in the Manti Temple.
An open house will be held in their honor that evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Castle Dale Stake Center, 33 East Main Street, Castle Dale. There will also be an open house held on Aug. 28 from 6-8 p.m. at the Wilcock residence, 1040 South Cedar Knolls, Cedar City. In case of inclement weather, open house will be moved to the Cedar West Stake Center.
RaLynn graduated from Emery High, received an associates from Snow College and graduated from Southern Utah University with an applied science and technology degree. She also served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to New York , New York South. She is now working in Cedar City.
Jeremy graduated from Canyon High in Cedar City and is now working at Wal-Mart in Cedar City.
The couple will make their home in Cedar City.
Jack and Lorie Rogers are announcing the marriage of their daughter Meagan to Derek Judi, son of Vaughn and Marianne Judi on Aug. 21 in the Manti LDS Temple. A reception will be held in their honor that evening from 6-8 p.m. at the 800 North Chapel in Castle Dale. Friends and family are welcome to attend.
Meagan is the granddaughter of Bill and Mary Jane Rogers of Alamosa, Colo., and Grant and Dolores Stoehr of Shawano, Wis. Derek is the grandson of Lucille and the late Jack Judi of Price, and Paul and Lois Wiser of Vancouver, Wash.
The couple will be making their first home in Provo where they will continue their education at Brigham Young University.
Duane and Kolene Gilbert announce the marriage of their daughter Angie Yun to Gary D. Peacock, son of Dixon and Talma Peacock, on Aug. 21.
Friends and family are welcome to attend a garden reception that evening from 7-9 p.m. at the Gilbert's home, 355 South 300 East, Castle Dale.
Angie is employed at the Huntington Power Plant and Gary is employed at Genwal Resources. The newlyweds will be living in their new home in Orangeville.
Gordon and Darshan Bennett of Ferron are announcing the marriage of their daughter Colona MiKail Bennett to Adam Michael Palmer. He is the son of Martin and Yvonne Palmer of Magna. Their marriage will take place on Aug. 20 in the Manti Temple. A garden reception in their honor will be held on Aug. 21 from 7-9 p.m. at the home of the bride's parents at 595 W. Mill Road in Ferron.
MiKail is a graduate of Emery High School and Snow College and attended the University of Utah. Adam is a graduate of Cyprus High School and attended Utah State University. He served a mission for the LDS Church in the Romania Bucharest Mission. Adam and MiKail will both be attending the University of Utah this fall.
MiKail is the granddaughter of Ted Childs of Orangeville and the late Wilford and Colona Bennett of Holden. She is the great granddaughter of Vida and the late Reese Lewis of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Adam is the grandson of Marine Pierce of Rupert, Idaho and Clyde and Joyce Palmer of Dayton, Idaho.
Doug and Lorna Jennings announce the marriage of their daughter, Tammy Jennings, to Will Payne, son of Val and Bernice Payne of Cleveland.
The couple will be married Aug. 21 at the Gordon Creek Ward Pavilion.
A reception will be presented in the newlywed's honor that evening from 6-8 p.m. at the Gordon Creek Ward Pavilion, located at 175 North 1280 West in Price. Dancing will follow the reception until 11 p.m.
The couple will make their home in Cleveland and continue working in Price.


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Blair Bann named Best digger at Pan Am Games
OTTAWA (November 2, 2011) – Blair Bann of Edmonton was named the Best Digger at the Pan Am Games which concluded this weekend in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Bann was a member of the Canadian men's team that finished sixth and posted upset wins over the U.S., and Puerto Rico. Canada was represented at the Games by its Fulltime National Training Centre squad based in Gatineau, Que.
In 98 attempts, Bann collected 53 digs and 24 receptions for a 2.65 success rate per set. The former UBC Thunderbirds star was also ranked third among Liberos at the Games.
Spencer Leiske of Lacombe, Alta., was ranked third in tournament scoring with 103 points which included a 36 points effort in Canada's win over the U.S. He led Canada in scoring in every match at the Games.
Bansley and Maloney in Thailand
Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto are currently in Phuket, Thailand for a women's only stop on the FIVB beach volleyball circuit. Bansley and Maloney who have enjoyed a strong season this year have a bye to the main draw which starts Thursday.
In qualifying Wednesday, Annie Martin of Sherbrooke, Que., and Marie-Andrée Lessard of Ville LaSalle., were eliminated in the second round while Jamie Broder of Victoria and Kristina Valjas of Toronto as well as Caleigh Whitaker and Victoria Altomare of Toronto lost their opening matches.
Guimond in Romania
Former Canadian women's national team member Janie Guimond of Bécancourt, Que., landed her first pro contract in September earning a spot with SCMU Craiova in the Romanian pro league. ''It'll be the first time I'll leave the country for such an extensive period,'' she said. ''It promises to be a very enriching experience.''
New resource for media at fivb.org
The FIVB launched the latest section of its website on Friday as the Media page was finally unveiled.
The new area acts as a hub for all things media-related from the FIVB, bringing together a host of useful information.
Members of the media who have recently registered for the FIVB Media Club can login directly from the page and journalists who are interested in joining can sign up.
Meanwhile, all visitors have direct access to publications including the recently released FIVB Volleyball World Cup 2011 Media Guide, World Volley News and VolleyWorld as well as links to the FIVB YouTube channel, Twitter feed and Facebook page.
Additionally, links to the FIVB Heroes website and FIVB Web TV are also on offer as well as to the official FIVB iPhone app and the weekly FIVB e-Newsletter.
There is also the option to filter news stories to suit an individual's needs, allowing them to pick and choose what they would like to read about.
To view the new section of the website visit http://www.fivb.org/en/media/index.asp


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Located in the modern area of Teruel, just 10 minutes from the city centre and the famous Dinópolis theme park, Hotel Civera is a perfect cosy hotel to spend a few pleasant days in the city.
If you are looking for a hotel that is excellent value for money, has a central location in Teruel and a warm, pleasant and professional service, Hotel Civera is your choice of accommodation.
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Andrew White is a native of Western Oregon. He grew up near Portland, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. One of the most memorable events of his childhood was the eruption of Mount Saint Helens (65 miles north of Portland) on May 18, 1980.
After completing a bachelor's degree, Andrew spent two years doing volunteer work in Eastern Europe – mostly in Bulgaria. Returning to the USA, he went on to earn an M.A. in English at Oregon State University (1999) and a Ph.D. in English at Washington State University (2003).
Before coming to EMU in August 2008, Andrew taught at the American University in Bulgaria, an American-style residential, liberal arts college in the Balkans. His research interests include early American literature, ethnic studies, and Balkan literature. Andrew teaches courses in literary studies (including Global Literatures II, Shakespeare, and ethnic literatures), first-year writing, and speech.
Ph.D. English, Washington State University (Pullman, Washington, 2003)
Emphases: American Literature (to 1914), British Literature (18th Century), Spiritual Autobiography and Life-Writing
Dissertation: "'Keeping Clear from the Gain of Oppression': 'Public Friends' and the De-Mastering of Quaker Race Relations in Late Colonial America" (Albert von Frank, Ph.D., Advisor)
M.A. English, Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon, 1999)
Emphasis: American Literature, Minor: History
Thesis: "Counterfeit Utopias: Nathaniel Hawthorne's Response to the Culture of Reform" (David Robinson, Ph.D., Advisor)
B.A. English, Warner Pacific College, Portland, Oregon (1997)
- Article in a Peer-Reviewed Book: "Stability and Mobility: Hyperterritoriality and Ethnic Intersections on Andric's Bridge on the Drina." In Mobile Narratives: Travel, Migration, and Transculturation. Eleftheria Arapoglou, Monika Fodor, and Jopi Nyman, eds. New York: Routledge, 2013. (Ch. 18). 240-250. ISBN 13:978-0-415-82305-0.
- Article in a Peer-Reviewed Book: "'Expanding in the Sun': Margaret Fuller's 'Autobiographical Romance' and the Hellenic Topography of Early American Feminism." In Anglo-American Perceptions of Hellenism. Ed. Tatiani G. Rapatzikou. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Press, 2007. 116-129. ISBN 9781847182487.
- Article in Peer-Reviewed Journal: "A 'Consuming' Oppression: Sugar, Cannibalism and John Woolman's 1770 Slave Dream." Quaker History 96:2 (Fall 2007): 1-27.
Scholarly Presentations and Abstracts
- Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association: 67th Annual Convention. Vancouver, Washington (October 2013): "Countering 'the Gain of Oppression': John Woolman, Southern Hospitality, and Slave Remuneration."
- Media and Mediated Performances of Ethnicity: Eighth Biennial MESEA Conference, Barcelona, Spain (June 2012): "Picking Up the Simulacrum[b]s of the Past: Mostar's New-Old Bridge and Bosnian Identity."
- World Literature / Comparative Literature: American Comparative Literature Association Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada (March / April 2011): "Tortured Structures: Bridges, 'Great Powers', and Identity in the Balkans."
- Travel, Trade, and Ethnic Transformations: Seventh Biennial MESEA Conference, Pecs, Hungary (June 2010): "Stability and Mobility: Ethnic Intersections on Andric's Bridge."
- Building Balkan Studies: Integrating Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois (June 2007): "Ottoman Bridges and Balkan Identity." Workshop – Victor Friedman, moderator
- Reinventions of Identity in the Balkans Conference, Istanbul, Turkey (May 2006): "War of the Words: Language, Ottoman Power and the Construction of Identity in Ismail Kadare's Three-Arched Bridge"
- Studies in English Conference, Istanbul, Turkey (April 2006): "Democracy and English Studies in the Balkans: Listening, Imagining and Evaluating" (panel presentation with Dr. Mark Coleman and Dr. Dan Fredrick)
- Symbiosis Biennial Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece (July 2005): "'Expanding in the Sun': Margaret Fuller's "Autobiographical Romance" and the Hellenic Poetics of Early American Feminism"
- American Literature Association / Society of Early Americanists, San Francisco (May 2004): "'Bewailing' Anglo-American 'Luxury and Covetousness': John Woolman and the 'Failing Prospects' of the Indian Other"
- Northwest Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, Seattle, Washington (November 2002): "Reforming the 'Kingdom of Peace and Righteousness': Samuel Fothergill, the Transatlantic Quaker Community, and Race Relations in Late Colonial Pennsylvania"
- Pacific Northwest American Studies Association, Spokane, Washington (April 2002): "Confronting Violent Inconsistencies in a Pacifist State: John Churchman and the Reform of Quaker Race Relations in Colonial Pennsylvania"
- Pacific Northwest American Studies Association, Moscow, Idaho (April 2000): "Hawthorne and the Pyncheon-Maule Conflict in The House of the Seven Gables: Dispossession in the Context of the Mexican War and Slavery"
Other Presentations
- Parkview Mennonite Church (Harrisonburg, Virginia): "Sorrow and Doubt: Faith in the Poetry of Anne Bradstreet and Emily Dickinson" (March 2009, August 2009)
Church, Community and Professional Service
- Co-Facilitator, Adult Faith Formation Class: New Testament (Muhlenberg Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg, Virginia)
- Scripture Lector (Muhlenberg Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg Virginia)
Professional Memberships
- RMMLA (Rocky Mountain, Modern Language Association)
- MESEA (Multi-Ethnic Studies, Europe & America)
- ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association)
- MLA (Modern Language Association)
New Courses Taught
- Native American Literature (Fall 2012)
EMU Service
Faculty Senate & Academic Committee (August 2011 – May 2013)
University Appointed Committees
- Cross-Cultural Committee (August 2010 – Present)
- Campus Ministries Council (August 2010 – Present)
Search Committees
- Language & Literature Department: Spanish Faculty Search (2010-11, 2011-12)
- Music Department: Piano Faculty Search (2012-13)
Cross-Cultural Programs
- May-June 2012 (Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey)


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Wouldn't it be nice if you could make a wish to the Jean Genie for a pair of this seasons trendy cut-off jeans? Hell, I'd ask for every premium jean from here to Tokyo! Since that isn't going to happen, here's a way to breath new life into your old jeans. Copy the look that so many celebrities (Lindsay Lohan and Ashley Tisdale to name a few) are rocking. Show off those sexy gams of yours and sharpen those scissors of yours.
Tools needed: Tape measure, pen, scissors.
Step 1: Mark the length on the midthigh, adding an extra 1/2 inch for fraying.
Step 2: Cut straight across the legs with sharp scissors
Step 3: Machine-wash and dry to encourage frayed edges. the more jeans are washed, the more the fabric will unravel.
Tip: To get the best length, lay a favorite pair of shorts on top of the jeans and match up the crotch seams. Cut along the hemline.
PRPS Ladies cut-off denim short in Splatterpop, $349 (as seen on Lindsay Lohan)
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: I recently salvaged a 1950's two piece white toilet from a house that was being torn down with hopes of rebuilding the insides and using it in my summer cottage. When I brought the toilet home and started to dismantle it, I realized that it is a very unusual type of toilet and that I probably won't get parts for it. The brand name on the tank and tank lid says CASE RICHMOND. It was made in Illinois. The bowl has no markings. The tank connects to the bowl by one long bolt that is built in to the bottom of the overflow pipe. This bolt extends straight down and goes through a hole in the back part of the toilet bowl (where the water from the tank pours in) and is secured to the bowl on the outside underneath this area by a large nut and a large flat and rubber washer.
: This is like no other toilet that I've seen! There are no other bolts that hold the tank to the bowl. The tank has two small holes in the back where I guess it could be hung on the wall for a high tank toilet.
: I went on the interent and researched CASE toilets but everything I saw indicated that CASE made one piece toilets.
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University Libraries Digitizes 19th-Century Prefect Diaries
The diaries, which include some of the earliest first-hand accounts of the daily lives of students and Jesuits at SLU, are now available online.
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Prefect Diaries for the years 1851 to 1894 from the Saint Louis University Libraries Special Collections are now available online. Part of the Historical Records Collection in the University Archives, these diaries were kept by University prefects, or supervisors, who oversaw the studies and discipline of small boys attending the school.
At that time, students as young as 10 years old could be enrolled. The diaries are some of the earliest records of the University and preserve first-hand accounts of the daily lives of students and Jesuits at Saint Louis University, dealing with administrative, educational and spiritual matters as well as social life and entertainments.
The opening entry for the diary of 1870 records that on Sept. 2 the prefects Charroppin and Weinman left the College Farm in north St. Louis, where they had spent the previous summer months while school was out of session, to begin the academic year on Sept. 5 with 168 boys making up the student body. But book learning and spiritual guidance were not the first concerns of Jesuit educators at the beginning of the year — for already on the first day of school the "boys got their tickets" for the upcoming baseball game between the St. Louis Red Stockings and the Empires Baseball Club.
Both the Empires and the Red Stockings were early amateur baseball teams in St. Louis, although the Red Stockings did go professional for one year in 1875 as part of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. The Red Stockings' field, which was known as Compton Field, was located on the west side of Compton Avenue at Gratiot Street, several hundred yards north of the intersection of Chouteau and Compton avenues. Ironically, Saint Louis University is currently laying out a new baseball diamond at this same Chouteau and Compton location.
The Prefect Diaries are only part of the larger Historical Records Collection, which is being digitized and added to the Digital Collections of the Saint Louis University Libraries with the assistance of the Digitization Center. For more information about these or any other materials in Archives and Manuscripts, contact John Waide, University Archivist, at 314-977-3091 or email@example.com.
About the University Libraries Special Collections
Special Collections houses the archival, audio-visual, manuscript, and rare book collections of Saint Louis University. It collects, preserves and provides access to these materials and offers a laboratory for learning and research that enables students, faculty and visiting scholars to engage directly with unique, rare and original sources. Visit Special Collections online or view the digital collections. Follow Special Collections news and activities through its blog "Special Collections Currents" or follow it on Twitter.


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At Staten Island University Hospital, we strive to provide
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We provide accredited training and
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Philip Seymour Hoffman's death, from what appears to have been a
drug overdose, is a tragic loss. Unfortunately, there are many Hoffman's on
Staten Island and the rest of the country whose deaths have gone unnoticed; except by their loved ones.
Hoffman's death underscores that heroin use is not relegated only to the poor, the disenfranchised and the marginalized. As we mourn the loss of a brilliant actor, what lessons can we learn?
First, injecting drugs is a dangerous practice: injecting any substance increases the risk of overdose, and it exposes the user to blood borne infections such as, Hepatitis C, HIV.
The risk for unintentional overdose is much higher when multiple drugs, including alcohol, are involved. Cocaine, which seems to be making a comeback, when combined with heroin (the so-called "speedball') is deadlier than heroin alone.
If you are not ready to quit, do not use alone.
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Our society values abstinence from opioids and other forms of drug abuse; but abstinence is often difficult to achieve without professional help or community based supports, such as self-help groups.
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Toyota to Finally Get Onboard With Direct Injection, Turbocharging to Boost Efficiency
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Toyota is finally going to catch up to the competition
Toyota is known for producing boring family sedans and SUVs that appeal to a large audience. The company is also known for its fuel efficient
Prius family of hybrid vehicles
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manage to achieve 50mpg on the highway thanks to a fuel-sipping gasoline engine backed with a continuously variable transmission (CVT) and an electric motor/battery.
Toyota has largely ignored making significant advances in its traditional gasoline engine/powertrain department; with efficient transmission/engine offerings lagging the competition (the Toyota Corolla still uses a 4-speed automatic transmission when the competition has moved to 6-speed units and CVTs).
However, no longer will its traditional vehicles take a backseat to its hybrids according to Takeshi Uchiyamada, Toyota's product development chief. "By 2015, through improvement in the engine and powertrain alone, we aim to achieve a fuel-efficiency improvement of 10 percent to 20 percent on the models adopting the improvements," said Uchiyamada.
The Toyota Corolla still uses an archaic four-speed automatic transmission and lags behind the competition in fuel economy
Competitors like Ford have already embraced direct injection and turbocharging across much of the produce range (see
), and Toyota is following suit. Toyota plans to introduce a direct injection version of its 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine (this new engine will first see duty in hybrid models). The engine will also find its way into vehicles like the Camry, RAV4, and Venza.
In addition, Toyota will also introduce a 2.0-liter, turbocharged four-cylinder engine that will likely take the place of the 3.5-liter V6 currently found in midsize Toyota sedans and crossovers.
Toyota is also looking to add 6- and 8-speed automatic transmission to its vehicles. This should help vehicles like that aforementioned Corolla with its archaic transmission boost fuel efficiency ratings. The company will also add CVTs to more of its models, a move that has long been championed by Nissan. Nissan provides CVTs in everything from its
tiny Versa subcompact
to the large Pathfinder crossover.
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Central Europe Pipeline System Programme Board
The Central Europe Pipeline System Programme Board (CEPS PB) is responsible for all policy decisions related to the management of the Central Europe Pipeline System (CEPS); it also approves the annual budgets and the long-term strategic plan. In sum, the Board establishes general policy, objectives, missions, and approves financial resources for the CEPS.
From an organizational point of view, it is the governing body of the CEPS Programme. It acts with regard to the collective interests of NATO and all member countries participating in the CEPS Programme, i.e., Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and the United States.
These participating countries each have representatives on the Board. Other representatives can participate, but not in the decision-making process.
Working mechanisms
The CEPS Programme Board is comprised of representatives from each member Nation.
Each representative on the Board may be assisted by national experts who may participate in the discussions at Board meetings.
Representatives of the NATO Military Authorities (NMAs), the NATO Office of Resources (NOR), the Support Agency General Manager, the Programme Manager of the CEPS Programme office, and the NATO Defence Policy and Planning (DPP) Division's Petroleum Logistics Office shall be invited to participate in all meetings of the CEPS Programme Board. Additionally, the Board can invite other parties to participate as appropriate.
The CEPS Programme Board meets three times a year, but shall meet as soon as possible in response to a specific request by any member nation, the Chairperson of the Board, the Representatives of the NATO Military Authorities, Programme Manager of the Programme Office or the General Manager of the NATO Support Agency (NSPA).
The CEPS Programme Board shall arrive at all decisions by consensus.
The CEPS Programme Office (CEPS PO) based in Versailles, France, implements the decisions of the CEPS Programme Board and manages the daily operation of the system.
Evolution of the Board
Changing institutions
When the CEPS was created more than fifty years ago, there were two governing bodies: the Central Europe Pipeline Office (CEPO), and the Central Europe Pipeline Policy Committee (CEPPC). The former was responsible for all decisions related to the operation of the network and the latter for the general policy and finances. The executive agency, named the Central Europe Operating Agency (CEOA), was created on 1 January 1958.
In 1997, the North Atlantic Council endorsed the new Central Europe Pipeline Management Organisation (CEPMO) Charter approved by the two directing bodies. The Charter defined the structure and responsibilities of the new management organization of the CEPS: CEPMO, which comprised one single CEPMO Board of Directors (BoD) and the Agency (CEPMA).
On 1 July 2012, the new NATO Support Organisation (NSPO) was created by merging the former NATO Maintenance and Supply Organisation (NAMSO), the former NATO Airlift Management Organisation (NAMO) and the former Central Europe Pipeline Management Organisation (CEPMO). The former CEPMO became the CEPS Programme within the NSPO. The former CEPMA became the CEPS Programme Office (CEPS PO) within the NATO Support Agency (NSPA).
New challenges
In the post-Cold War period, the Board and the Agency were faced with the challenge of maintaining the necessary CEPS capability with reduced national defence budgets.
The Board decided to help reduce costs by closing down storage and pipeline systems that were no longer needed and to augment revenues by increasing non-military activities. As a consequence, once military needs are satisfied, the CEPS provides fuel transport for civilian requirements in Central Europe. The military priority clause in all transport and storage contracts ensures that CEPS fulfills its primary role – responding to military needs - however, it has also become an important fuel transporter for civilian use.
The possibility of commercialization was first authorized by the North Atlantic Council in 1959 but it only became a significant part of daily activities from 1994.
Smart CEPS
In 2011, a review of the current Business Model was initiated by the former CEPMO Board of Directors. Optimization of the current Business Model and rationalization of the layout of the system were important topics of this review. A new system layout was approved in 2012 with the aim of generating significant cost reductions over the next five years starting in 2013.


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The Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas encompasses a wide variety of terrain, from harsh desert to lush green forests. Take this quiz to learn more about these magnificent sights.
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Where is Guadalupe Mountains National Park located?
43 miles from the New Mexico border
85 miles east of El Paso
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124 miles from the Arizona border
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When was the park established?
It was established in 1966.
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86,416 acres
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How high is the highest peak of Guadalupe?
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Rick Bowness Plans on Playing Garrison on the Left Side, So the Right Side of the Canucks' Defense Remains a Big Question Mark
Thomas Drance
November 15 2012 09:47AM
Jason Garrison stands on Alex Edler's right side in this photo. But don't get used to seeing that, says Rick Bowness.
On Tuesday morning, Canucks assistant coach Rick Bowness (who is primarily responsible for handling the team's defense) appeared with Scott Rintoul and Jason Botchford on the Team 1040. Bowness talked about the NHL lockout, the spectre of a super short training camp should there actually be an NHL season in 2012-13, and also briefly discussed his plans for how to deply newly minted Canucks defenseman Jason Garrison in a hypothetical upcoming season.
Read past the jump for more.
Here's the full quote of Bowness' response to Rintoul who asked, "Do you have a gut feel for who will play with [Jason Garrison]?":
"We've talked a lot about that, with losing Sami the right side obviously changes a lot. We've got to sort out, if we're going to move someone over who that is... I know Jason is more comfortable on the left-side, so his teammate will most likely be either Kevin or Alex Edler on the right side. I know he's more comfortable on the left-side and that's where we're planning on playing him."
Now before we wade into the analytical muck, let's remember that Bowness was asked a philisophical question, and didn't exactly give a firm answer (though he did reveal that the team has been talking about it a lot). For now Bowness is planning on playing Jason Garrison on the left-side, possibly breaking up Vancouver's ace shutdown pairing, while potentially moving Alex Edler to his off-side.
I like the sounds of absolutely none of that, but realistically the team hasn't gone through training camp, and Bowness hasn't been able to interact with the majority of his blueliners in nearly two months. So we'd do well not to over-react to Bowness' preliminary quote here.
That said, if the Canucks aren't even planning on trying Jason Garrison out on the right-side - he played there on the power-play in Florida last season and Mike Gillis hinted that the team considered him a right-side fit this summer - then he really might not fit in with the Canucks' current lineup.
Consider that the Canucks now have five defenseman signed for 3 million or more, and only one of those well compensated blue-liners is a proven, tough-minutes option who can play the right-side (Kevin Bieksa) in top-four minutes.
Keith Ballard, for example, is so uncomfortable playing the right-side than when he played with Andrew Alberts, who isn't the most highly skilled defenseman around, last season - Alberts was the guy who switched sides. Dan Hamhuis played some right-side point on the power-play, but he's most comfortable on the left and philisophically I don't think it makes a lot of sense for the Canucks to do anything that might neuter the effectiveness of their best defensive defenseman.
That leaves Alex Edler, who is a relatively permissive defender even when playing his natural left-side. Last season he played roughly 170 minutes on the right-side, most of them with Dan Hamhuis but he played about 60 minutes with Keith Ballard as well. Hypothetically, a guy with Edler's skill level would be the natural candidate to switch sides, but I don't find the idea tthat he's capable of making the adjustment full-time to be complelling in the slightest. While 170 minutes isn't a big sample, the Canucks were outscored to the tune of four-to-ten last season when Edler played the right-side at even-strength...
Luckily, Bowness hasn't had a chance to really observe any potential pairings at this point. Maybe the Canucks will shelter Edler in an extreme fashion for the first third of a season while he works out the kinks and adjusts to his off-side. But there are draw backs to this approach, and you probably want to challenge Edler to the fullest extent imaginable in his contract year. Best to know exactly what you've got before you make a highly-talented but infuriatingly inconsistent player like Alex Edler the highest paid defenseman on the club.
Presumably the Canucks will go through some trial and error with different defensive combinations during a shortened training camp and preseason, and probably into a shortened regular season as well (god willing). So again: we don't really know anything yet, and it's still very much possible that Garrison ends up on Edler's right-side.
But if neither Garrison nor Edler can adjust to playing the right-side point, and based on the stats and my own observations, I'm very bearish about Edler's prospects as a permanent fit on the right-side; well, then the Canucks blue-line looks like something of a clusterfuck.
Theoretically this could leave the team with four defenseman who play the left-side exclusively and are highly paid, while an undrafted free-agent with 60-ish games of NHL experience (Chris Tanev) would be counted on to slot into the top-four. Tanev is a quality defenseman and a superb defensive player, but I'm not convinced based on what we've seen, that he's ready to play a shutdown role on a conteding team. Better to have him crushing it on the third-pairing, I think.
But beyond Tanev the other ride-side options on the Canucks' depth chart are Kevin Connauton and Frankie Corrado. I like both players as prospects, but yikes.
Obviously none of this is ideal, and it seems to me that something has got to give (like moving Ballard, who probably has negative trade value at this juncture). Or perhaps a creative sollution could be found, but nonetheless this should be an area of concern for the Canucks and their fans. Top-four defensemen are nearly impossible to affordably acquire in-season, so if neither Garrison nor Edler can figure out how to be effective in relatively tough minutes while playing the right-side in the top-four, then the Canucks' defense might be appreciably worse than anticipated.
Meanwhile, the Canucks whiffing on Justin Schultz's services and the departures of Sami Salo and versatile switch hitter Aaron Rome could loom large...
I've been arguing that the Canucks brought Garrison in to be an Aaron Rome upgrade for awhile. No one will notice because they'll expect Garrison to get power play time and top 4 minutes and to switch to his off-side often.
I'd still prefer it of the Canucks went out and got themselves another right handed shot and ditched Keith Ballard,
Agreed with Drance on the Rome upgrade idea - you don't pay someone $4.6M to play on the 3rd pairing on purpose. We already brought in Ballard with the hopes he could play in our top 4 with Edler and he's now stuck earning $4.2M on our third pairing. I doubt we plan on putting Garrison in his place so he can sit in the press box at that price.
While it might not be a lineup quite ready for this year, having Tanev and Corrado play increased roles on the right side of Edler and Garrison would certainly spread the workload and look impressive on the scoresheet. It takes us even further away from the idea of a #1 D-man or having our best players log the most minutes.
It worries me that Bowness still thinks Edler can play the right side.
November 15 2012, 12:42PM
Connauton is a lefty. So the only right side option is Corrado. 10 bucks they get a righty back in a goalie trade.
"Agreed with Drance on the Rome upgrade idea - you don't pay someone $4.6M to play on the 3rd pairing on purpose. "
The thing is Rome was never cemented in a the third pairing. He was up all over the place, playing the top 4, the powerplay, the PK, and the bottom 3. Have you forgotten how much Canucks fans raged about Rome being in those situations while Ballard languished?
The problem was Rome was a bottom pairing guy often put into top 4 situations. Garrison would be able to navigate that grey area much better than either Rome or Ballard could.
Basically, I expect him to be the Higgins of defense.
Still think they trade for a righty. Huge drop off in depth in that area. Bieksa to Tanev to Corrado is not acceptable.
November 15 2012, 01:59PM
Am I the only one that thinks Edler may not finish the year as a Canuck?
Whenever (If ever...) the new CBA is finalized, Edler may end up being a RFA instead of an UFA. This is going to be huge for the Canucks. It's pretty much guaranteed that the salary cap is going down, and as a UFA, Edler will command top dollar on the open market. The Canucks will simply not be able to afford him, he would easily be the teams top paid D-man, but he is not the teams best D-man.
Imagine a mega deal involving Lu and Edler ( I've been playing too much NHL13 lately) In which that coveted 3-4 right side D-man is acquired, along with a top 6 winger.
What mega deal though? Edler won't be Canucks property when hockey resumes in the 2013-2014 season.
Pro tip: Learn the difference between "right side" and "right-side". Right now your writing stands out in a bad way.
November 16 2012, 08:56AM
Interesting stuff. We've seen over the past two seasons how dominant the defense was with everyone playing a comfortable role, then what a mess it was at times when guys were out of place.
There are legitimate issues with both the forwards and D structure right now. If there is in fact a shortened season it's going to be a mad scramble.


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126 Mill for 12 years?
Brian O'Neill
June 18 2009 03:05PM
Hank and Dank, just like your girlfriend, are looking for something long term and serious. They want 63 million each for 12 years. Thats roughly 5.25mil each a year or 10.5 a year for the pair. Fans in Vancouver are all mumbles and grumbles over this. By fans I mean the ten people who follow the Canucks from mid-june until April 12thish. Just like your situation at home, I think it might be time for something a little more long term. You're not going to do any better.12 years from now the twins will be 40. That's not a North American 40, thats a Swedish 40. Sundin is 38 but he is an anomaly and still didn't put up a point a game. If Mike Gillis thinks theses boys will be 80pt players at age 40 he's f'n high. However, 5 mil is still a substantial discount. Brian Burke will be dropping some extreme offer on them come July 1st.
The Sedin's are looking for a little quid pro quo. They know they are more than 5 mil players now, but are aware that they will be substantially less than 5 mil players in 2021. Since the economy has pulled a real Cloutier as of late, the increasing trend of cap limits has grown uncertain. If the cap increases over the next decade, then 5 million might not be all that bad when they are playing like Demitra in the next decade (sorry Pavol).
I think the Canucks have two routes to take:
(1) Ditch the Twins, trade Lou and suck it up for three sweet years, going for the first overall picks.
(2) Sign the Twins, resign Lou and look forward to quasi competitive hockey annually for the next 6 years.
As sick as it sounds, I like the prospect of sucking. It will lessen my wait time for season tickets, and maybe we can have back to back Calder candidates like Chicago.
However, the instant gratification nature of my ADD brain insists that we accept the Sedin's offer and gamble on their future. If they really end up sucking in a couple years, we can run them out of town. This is Vancouver, we can run anyone out of town, ask Lou.
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First off, the contracts will be significantly front loaded, meaning 8 million or so a year for the first 3 or 4 years and having a back end in the area of 2-3 million annually, the cap hit is the total contract divided by the term, Wearing my GM hat just as the season ended, I was prepared to offer them 10 years and 60 million so 12 at 63 sounds pretty nice. 2 to 3 million a year at the end means they will be easier to move if a the Canucks become sellers by then, and just as easy to buy out with a minor cap it if they really start to Naslund it up. Second, if you think it would just take 3 years of garbage to turn this team around after running the Sedins and Lou out of town I think you sir are the one that is high. Chicago was garbage for a lot of years before their scouts managed to find consistant talent to select with their picks, the same goes for Pittsburgh. The Canucks scout team isn't exactly known for their keen eye at this point. Let's hope this current crop and next weeks picks prove me wrong. Finally, what number do you think Hodgson will wear next year seeing as Bernier is back and will have 18? I want to get my Jersey before the mad rush of people realize how amazing this kid is going to be.
June 18 2009, 07:34PM
That's a pretty reasonable contract that the Sedins are looking for, regardless of what the peanut gallery (myself included!) says.
@ Jeff: Hodgson will wear 19 if he has the balls to do it. If not maybe 81, 91, or 39.
The more important question is which Moose jersey to buy for when they are in Abbotsford on the road.
If the Canucks come in last, we won't need scouting staff for the first round. I don't think three years would turn the team around but three first overalls would surely help.
I'd just rather start from scratch then come in 9th every year.
In addition, Lou said tonight that he'll see what the Twins do before he thinks about resigning. AKA distraction from inevitable abandoning of ship.
You've gotta expect the twins to retire by 35 or so. They don't seem like the type to overstay their welcome, and I'm sure they'll be happy to quit skating at a mediocre level to spend their millions with their families by then. So, although the actual amount of cash paid out will be higher due to front-loading, think of it as a 7 year contract for 36 mil or so. Sounds like a bargain, even if for the final couple years they are Demitras.
@ Chris Whelan: We still take the cap hit for the whole contract if they retire. The only way is to trade them to get cap relief.
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@ Chris Whelan: We still take the cap hit for the whole contract if they retire. The only way is to trade them to get cap relief.
I believe that only applies if the contract was signed after the player is 35, not if the player turns 35 during the duration of the contract.
@ kingsblade: If thats the case, then why not sign Luongo to 5 mil a year for 40 years and continue to pay it out after he retires, thereby avoiding a substantial cap hit? I think I read when DiPietro signed that gargantuan contract, that you cannot avoid the cap hit if he retires.
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@ kingsblade: If thats the case, then why not sign Luongo to 5 mil a year for 40 years and continue to pay it out after he retires, thereby avoiding a substantial cap hit? I think I read when DiPietro signed that gargantuan contract, that you cannot avoid the cap hit if he retires.
That's the point, you don't keep paying it out. That's why contracts like that are front loaded. What did you think was the point?
The idea is that the player gets most of his money up front so that when he retires before it expires he doesn't leave a lot of money on the table while the team can maintain a lower cap hit by adding on the extra years.
It's found in article 50.2 of the CBA in the section discussing what salary is to be counted:
All Player Salary and Bonuses earned in a League Year by a Player who is in the second or later year of a multi-year SPC which was signed when the Player was age 35 or older (as of June 30 prior to the League Year in which the SPC is to be effective), regardless of whether, or where, the Player is playing, except to the extent the Player is playing under his SPC in the minor leagues, in which case only the Player Salary and Bonuses in excess of $100,000 shall count towards the calculation of Actual Club Salary;
Why do you think Detroit has Zetterberg signed through 20-21 at one million for each of the last 2 years? If his contract only ran 9 years his cap hit would be 7.5. With the extra 3 years his cap hit is just over six. The contract is purposely signed beyond his likely retirement so that he can come of the books but still get most of the money. If they wait until he is past 35 that is no longer an option.
Think back to Neidermayer in Anaheim. Remember when he couldn't decide if he was coming back or not and Anaheim didn't want to use up the cap space so they would have room for him if he came back? Same idea. If he retired it wouldn't count.
Is that clear enough yet or would you like to make further condescending asinine remarks?