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Appendix A: Positive Voting Process
Voting method and process for moving candidates through the Presidential Search Committee (PSC). (See Policy 3.E: Searches for Administrators and Guidelines for the Appointment of Chief Officers of the University)
The Presidential Search Committee (PSC) will use a positive voting process which allows each member to move forward the candidates who, in that member's judgment, are the most outstanding. The process immediately promotes harmony and positive direction in the search process, since candidates are moved forward according to the desires of each member of the PSC, rather than the possibility of being directly eliminated at an early stage. Committee members cannot veto any member's top candidates merely because a small group does not want him or her.
When identifying which candidate's files will be more carefully reviewed by the entire committee, each member will move names forward. Thus the PSC would carefully review candidates, each of whom has been identified by at least one search committee member. The larger the field, the larger the number of candidates each member will select. If the field is 100 or over, the number will be 10 for each committee member to choose. This number is on the high side to emphasize the positive aspect of this method. Since the initial field will have some who are obviously not qualified, many members will, of course, be choosing many of the same candidates. At each step of the process, logically some candidates are named by a number of committee members, while some may only be named by one committee member. Experience bears out that the field will generally be reduced by 50 percent to 70 percent. It is not a problem to have a large field after the first round of voting, as it preserves the spirit of the positive voting process. A larger field simply means one or two additional total rounds of voting will occur.
After the review of those candidates moved forward, the next round of voting continues this process, with each member again moving forward those candidates he/she judges to be the most outstanding, The number each member can choose is smaller than the previous round, which then produces an even shorter list of candidates.
Important Note - candidates may be added as the search process proceeds. In no way should the winnowing procedure preclude the addition of a candidate, even if a cut-off date has been announced and has passed.
The later stages of the process continue to move forward candidates to interview. For example, if there are 20 candidates remaining and the committee wants to winnow the list to 10 to interview, each PSC member will select up to 8 names to move forward. After the votes are tallied, the top 10 names are then selected to be interviewed. Likewise, when the committee wants to move from 10 candidates to five, for example, each PSC member has up to four names to forward. After the votes are tallied, the top five names are forwarded.
Note - the PSC could agree to add a person down the list for an interview, for any number of factors.
It is generally recommended that the number of interviews be a maximum of twice the number of candidates the PSC plans to forward to the Board of Regents for consideration.
After the interviews, the process for names to be forwarded to the Board of Regents will be accomplished just like the previous stage of voting for all candidates left.
Note - it is very important that all interviews be done back to back and that the discussion of the candidates interviewed should take place immediately after the final interview, with voting for final ranking immediately following that discussion. It is recommended that a maximum of four interviews be conducted in one day.
The Board of Regents may or may not want the ranking of those forwarded. At that time the Board of Regents could name one or more finalists; interview all, some, or none of those brought forward then name one or more finalists, or reject all of them; or could reject all of them without interviews. If all candidates are rejected, the search by the PSC would continue.
Those brought forward to the Board of Regents are not finalists. They are the recommendations of the PSC for the Board of Regents to consider, at this point. Before the Board of Regents identifies any candidate as a finalist, the chair of the presidential search committee shall notify the candidate of the Board of Regents' intention and obtain the candidate's permission to advance him or her as a finalist.


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In the eighth part of a series of look-aheads at Colorado's 2010 season, broken down by units, we look at the Buffs' defensive secondary…
Newcomers: Two true freshmen (left cornerbacks Jered Bell and Josh Moten) and three redshirt freshmen (free safety Parker Orms, strong safety Deji Olatoye and right cornerback Paul Vigo) made the two-deep as top backups when the first depth chart of August drills was released last weekend. Orms, a former Wheat Ridge High standout on offense and defense, will be the starting nickel back. Olatoye, from suburban Columbus, Ohio, was recruited as a cornerback and played that position through spring practice before getting a trial at safety. The rise of the youngsters is encouraging for a unit with seniors as starting cornerbacks.


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Video: Walt Talks iPad, Day Two!
Walt Mossberg was on the WSJ.com's "Digits" online tech show and also on Fox Business today, expanding on last night's iPad review. He explains why the Apple (AAPL) tablet could be a "game changer" for portable computing and addresses some key issues not mentioned in his review–including importing photos via the iPad docking port.


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June 25, 2014, 2:15 pm
Cartoons of the day: Egypt jails journalists
An Egyptian court has convicted three Al-Jazeera journalists and sentenced them to seven years in prison on terrorism-related charges. Observers are calling the trial a politically motivated sham. Editorial cartoonist Steve Sack suggests the Egyptian government considers a free press a toy, while David Fitzsimmons wonders why the U.S. gives financial support to Egypt.
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San Antonio mayor Julian Castro touts the Democratic education platform and President Barack Obama's record while portraying GOP nominee Mitt Romney as a danger to the American Dream. "It's a choice between a country where the middle class pays more so that millionaires can pay less—or a country where everybody pays their fair share," says Castro.
By Sandra Lilley, NBC Latino
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – For the first time in the Democratic party's history, and in a sign of Latinos' growing significance as a key voting block, San Antonio Texas Mayor Julian Castro was the first Hispanic to deliver the keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Castro, the son of a Latina community activist and an increasingly visible young Latino Democrat, had one overarching message to his speech — America is the land of opportunity, as long as it is a collective priority.
"Of all the fictions we heard last week in Tampa, the one I find most troubling is this: If we all go our own way, our nation will be stronger for it," said Castro, adding, "because if we sever the threads that connect us, the only people who will go far are those who are already ahead. We all understand that freedom isn't free — neither is opportunity. We have to invest in it," said Castro.
The 37-year-old Mayor of San Antonio spoke lovingly of his grandmother, who left Mexico as a little girl, never made it past the fourth grade, worked as a maid, cook and babysitter, and later in life taught herself to read and write in Spanish and English. Castro said only in America would the grandsons of this woman would end up as Mayor (himself) and the other on his way to the U.S. Congress (his twin brother Joaquin). In fact, it was his twin brother Joaquin who introduced Julian, a powerful image of two young Latino politicians who were raised in modest circumstances and are now in the national spotlight.
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"The dream of raising a family in a place where hard work is rewarded is not unique to Americans," said Castro. "The dream is universal, but America makes it possible, and our investment in opportunity makes it a reality — America didn't become the land of opportunity by accident," said Castro. Castro then gave a vigorous defense of Obama's policies, saying Obama saved a million jobs by rescuing the auto industry, made a historic investment in public schools, and expanded college opportunities through Pell grants. Castro also said Obama succeeded where seven other American Presidents had not, in passing health care legislation.
Then Castro praised Obama for taking action on the Dreamers. "And because he knows we don't have an ounce of talent to waste, the President took action to lift the shadow of deportation from a generation of young, law-abiding immigrants called dreamers." He then urged Congress to "enshrine into law their right to pursue their dreams in the only place they've ever called home: America," bringing cheers from the crowd.
Castro's speech then went on offense against the Republican presidential candidate. "Mitt Romney, quite simply, doesn't get it," said Castro. Criticizing Romney for telling students to "borrow money from your parents," and saying to laughter, "Gee, why didn't I think of that?" Castro said, "I don't think Governor Romney meant any harm. I think he is a good guy. I just don't think he has any idea how good he's had it."
Castro then added, "The Romney-Ryan budget doesn't just pummel the middle class — it dismantles it." He then said Romney says "no" to getting the middle class back to work, respecting women's rights, "letting people marry whomever they love," and expanding access to good health care . He also accused him of undergoing an "extreme makeover" on issues.
Castro then ended his historic keynote speech on a note that touched on his immigrant grandmother's journey.
"In the end, the American dream is not a sprint or even a marathon, but a relay…My mother fought hard for civil rights so that instead of a mop, I could hold this microphone," said Castro, urging the re-election of Barack Obama to build on "shared prosperity." Castro's speech was well received on the convention floor, eliciting enthusiasm and cheers of "four more years."
Opinion: Castro should act like he belongs
After Castro, First Lady Michelle Obama gave a heartfelt speech in defense of her husband.
"After so many struggles and triumphs and moments that have tested my husband in ways I never could have imagined, I have seen firsthand that being president doesn't change who you are — it reveals who you are," said the First Lady to rousing applause. "But at the end of the day, all you have to guide you are your values — so when it comes to rebuilding our economy, Barack is thinking about folks like my dad and like his grandmother," said Michelle Obama, who talked of her father's struggles with multiple sclerosis, his pride at paying part of her college tuition, and Barack's childhood as the son of a single mother who spent much time with his grandparents.
And in a pointed remark aimed at Republican comments that Obama has pitted classes against each other, the First Lady said "our families didn't begrudge anyone else's success or care that others had much more than they did — in fact, they admired it."
Michelle Obama then passionately defended her husband's record, saying he tackled health care reform, signed the Lily Ledbetter act, and kept student loans from increasing, because for Obama, "these issues aren't political — they're personal." Saying he reads letters from Americans late into the night, she says, "I see how those stories … that's what drives Barack Obama every single day."
The First Lady also said, "If immigrants could leave behind everything they knew for a better life on our shores, then surely we can give everyone in this country a fair chance at the American Dream." She then said, "we must once again come together and stand together for the man we can trust to keep moving this great country forward," her husband, Barack Obama.
Castro's and Michelle Obama's speeches definitely roused the convention floor, and Democrats hope the energy and enthusiasm continue in the next two nights of the convention.
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Airline eBay for First Class
Airlines around the world have begun auctioning off upgrades on business-class seats that won't sell. WSJ columnist Scott McCartney joins Lunch Break to explain the trend that could be coming soon to your favorite airline. Photo: Air New Zealand.
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Driveway entrance landscaping can be a very difficult process. It is best to look into the two important aspects: the softscape and the hardscape. The softscape will refer to the use of the flora – whether you will need trees, flowers, or shrubs for your design.
On the other hand, hardscape will involve anything that has anything to do with the nails and saw and any type of construction material, which you feel suits your driveway.
What you should be looking at right now is a quality combination of both so that an aesthetically pleasing driveway emerges. Have the best driveway entrance landscaping that suits your home.
There could be countless ways by which you could achieve the driveway of your dreams. It actually depends on what kind of property your driveway leads to, how your driveway is structured, and your personal taste.
So you get the long-lasting feel of royalty in your own home, make sure to roll creativity and durability in one. To put this into concrete, we have gathered tips and guidelines to make driveway entrance landscaping easier for you.
The first step will need for you to decide what wall or fence to use for a good driveway entrance landscaping. Visualize the kind of mood that you want to create. Some homeowners feel that a grand and imposing entrance will do them good and prefer wrought-iron fences and giant statues.
The humble feel is the way to go for others. For entrance driveway landscaping to appear soft, you can choose bright-colored plants.
Now that you have in mind a slight idea of what you want to work on, you can start plotting your landscape by considering a certain focal point. Draw visitors' focus into a specific aspect of the home.
If, example, you pride over a well-structured garage, you may choose a design that would draw their eyes into the property. But if you have a beat-up garage, divert the visitors' attention to another aspect of your property such as your house.
You could draw the visitors' gaze to the rest of your property by planting beautiful flowers along the edges of your driveway.
The next step will have to do with lines and how you play with them. In driveway entrance landscaping, you need to see to it that you don't under-emphasize or over-emphasize the lines.
A curved driveway that looks artistic enough could best be enhanced by planting shrubs. Monotonous appearances should be avoided. If you have merely right angles and straight lines, you may give it the twist that it needs. Variety in landscape will do the trick.
For your driveway, you need to choose the materials that are durable enough. You have to note that the driveway can be very prone to damages caused by weather conditions and even vandalism.
Finally, choose what kind of plants you are capable of growing. In entrance driveway landscaping, consider the climate, the location, and your personal taste.


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(Annapolis, MD, February 23, 2012)—Today, the Maryland Senate voted 25 to 22 to recognize full marriage rights for same-sex couples. The Maryland House of Delegates approved the measure last Friday by a vote of 72 to 67. Gov. Martin O'Malley, the bill's sponsor, has already committed to signing the bill into law. Maryland will become the 11th jurisdiction in the country in which same-sex couples can marry when the law goes into effect on January 1, 2013. Opponents have pledged to try to take away the right to marry by putting the new law up for a popular vote before it takes effect. Maryland joins seven other states, Washington D.C., and two tribal nations that no longer discriminate against same-sex couples in marriage.
Statement by NCLR Executive Director Kate Kendell, Esq.:
"Today, Marylanders won a key victory in the quest for equality under the law for same-sex couples and their children. Enormous thanks are due to Governor O'Malley, our legislative champions in the House and Senate, and all those who came forward to explain why discrimination against families in Maryland's marriage law is just plain wrong. This fight is not yet over in the Free State, but today, we celebrate this fantastic achievement."
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This guide contains information for incorporating the theme into Primary sharing time throughout the year. It also discusses ideas for the children's sacrament meeting presentation. Primary leaders, bishopric members, and others involved in planning sharing time and the sacrament meeting presentation can benefit from the following resources:
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Visit an art gallery. Take in a performance. Hear a lecture. See a film. Tour a bamboo forest or a working farm. Whether you're looking for a day trip, a night out, a sporting event, a concert, or just a stroll on a field, in a forest, or among historic buildings, we've got something for you.
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So Much to Do, Something for Everyone
With five beautiful campuses in the heart of New Jersey, Rutgers is a great destination! There's so much to do and see here.
Visit the Zimmerli Art Museum
With more than 60,000 works in its collection, the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers is one of the largest and most distinguished university-based museums in the country. It collects, preserves, researches, and exhibits world-class art works for the university community and a large outside audience as well. Headquartered in a 70,000-square-foot facility, the collection ranges from ancient to contemporary art, featuring particularly rich holdings in the areas of French art of the 19th century, Russian and Soviet nonconformist art, and American and European works on paper, including prints, drawings, photographs, and rare books.
Rutgers Gardens
Take a hike, have a picnic, and enjoy one of the largest free gardens in New Jersey. Spread out over more than 180 acres, Rutgers Gardens is open seven days a week, 365 days a year.
There's always something going on here: concerts, lectures, and other events. The events calendar is your ticket to finding out what's happening.


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Anadarko says it won't help BP pay for the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
The Houston company, which owns 25 percent of BP's blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico, said Friday it has refused to send the $272 million contribution that BP requested in June.
As part owner, Anadarko was on the hook to help pay to corral and clean up the spill. The company believes it should be excused from payments because of BP's reckless handling of the failed deepwater operation.
"Multiple proceedings and independent investigations are under way into BP's actions and decisions on the rig," spokesman John Christiansen said in a statement. "Although we have notified BP that we are withholding reimbursement to BP at this time, we remain committed to working with BP in good faith."
BP says it is disappointed by the announcement and will evaluate its options about what to do next.
"They have failed to live up to their obligations," BP spokesman Mark Salt said in a statement. He said BP was notified of Anadarko's decision on Wednesday.
Another minority owner, Mitsui Oil, also hasn't responded to BP's request to help pay for the spill. Mitsui has until July 12 to pay, Salt said. Calls to Mitsui's office in Houston weren't answered on Friday.
In June, Anadarko CEO Jim Hackett put the two companies on course for what could be a high stakes battle over how much each should pay. Hackett issued a statement blaming BP for "reckless decisions and actions" in its handling of the well, particularly its failure to "react to several critical warning signs" as it drilled below the sea floor.
Legal experts say it could take years to decide if Anadarko and Mitsui should be excused from the payments. Their joint operating agreement puts the decision in the hands of an out-of-court arbitrator.
Analysts have put the cost of the gusher anywhere between $17 billion and $60 billion. However, Goldman Sachs said last month that costs could rise as high as $40,000 a barrel, more than $163 billion if the spill ended today.
As more crude washes ashore, cleanup costs, fines and legal claims could eventually force Anadarko to sell precious assets to stay afloat.
"Both are going to be hurt, but it will be much more severe for Anadarko," Oppenheimer & Co. analyst Fadel Gheit said.
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Anadarko shares have plunged about 45 percent, a loss of roughly $14 billion on the open market, since the April 20 blowout off the Louisiana coast. The company also has been named in class action lawsuits from commercial fishermen and other businesses that claim damages from the spill.
To get off the hook, Anadarko would need to show that BP acted with extreme recklessness -- the legal term is "gross negligence"—in its handling of the well.
That will be a hard standard to meet, said Adam Cohen, a lawyer and analyst for the independent Covenant Review.
"An arbitrator is going to have to look at Shell and other operators in the Gulf," Cohen said. "They're going to have to ask: 'As compared to their peers, did they have an utter disregard to what was considered safe and prudent?"'
The judgment will come down to how much BP's practices deviated from the industry standard, he said.
BP has been accused of several missteps in handling the well, including the use of cheaper materials to support the well. BP says it informed Anadarko about all decisions regarding procedures and equipment, though Anadarko argues it's the British company's execution of those decisions that are at fault.
"BP's behavior and actions likely represent gross negligence or willful misconduct and thus affect the obligations of the parties under the operating agreement," Hackett said in his June 18 statement.
So far, BP has paid more than $3 billion for the spill, and its June bill may be only the beginning. Damage claims will continue to pour in from around the Gulf Coast as the oil slick spreads.
Meanwhile, the uncontrolled well continues to pour millions of gallons of crude into the sea. Official estimates put the total amount between 87 million and 171 million gallons, enough to fill the Goodyear blimp Spirit of America nearly 113 times.
If it is eventually required to pay, Anadarko could draw on nearly $4 billion of cash to pay for its share of the bill. Anadarko also owns a number of assets around the world that could go a long way toward paying a cleanup tab. For example, it owns part of an oil field off the coast of Ghana that was valued at $4 billion by Exxon Mobil last year.
"If push comes to shove, Anadarko can raise $4 billion in a heartbeat—at least," Gheit said.


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Merrill Perlman, and Lisa McLendon both have a passion for language. They join Kerri to discuss their work and their observations of our evolving language.
Merrill Perlman is a consultant who works with news organizations, private companies and journalism organizations, specializing in editing and the English language. She spent 25 years at The New York Times in jobs ranging from copyeditor to director of copy desks, in charge of all 150-plus copy editors at The Times. Her blog, The Language Corner, is featured on the Columbia Journalism Review website.
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If you're in a startup and have a full-time job a the same moment as I do, that's a post for you.
The initial startup pressure and tempo is huge. Focused on the features you can bring to life more and more of them. How often do you load your project, collapse it's whole structure and ask questions:
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It might seem that those opened questions are unneeded, to silly to ask, but from last time I asked them, they became a weekly routine. To show you, I'll give you an example.
I write tests. As you already know, not always unit tests, but… During one of my write test/run/fix error cycles I noticed that it was quite hard to get all the information I needed. There was an assert failing and without debugging, only by viewing logs I had no idea what might have gone wrong. I reopened the project and did 'what am I missing here?' After global review of the whole solution I did found a thing. During all the feature based design I did a silly mistake not providing any logging in the application. You know, these _if_log_isDebugEnabled_ stuff (take a look in the NHibernate code). It took me no more than 10 minutes to spike it with some console appender and I rerun my tests. Ha! Some components did not log one or two operations and that was it.
It's worth not to loose the (overused phrase) big picture and from time to time, stop providing features and ask these silly, ordinary questions.


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What is the future of the GOP? Will it make history and nominate a 3rd Bush for President in 2016? Would Rand Paul filibuster a Jeb Bush nomination, or endorse him as he did Mitt Romney?
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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is clearly contemplating a presidential bid for 2016, or beyond, as he has long hinted.
What is the future of the GOP? Will it make history and nominate a 3rd Bush for President in 2016? Would Rand Paul filibuster a Jeb Bush nomination, or endorse him as he did Mitt Romney?
Yesterday, Jeb Bush openly flirted with a presidential campaign, telling Fox News' Chris Wallace that he saw no "Bush baggage" noting that he was proud to be a Bush, while praising his brother and father for their terms in office. No immediate family has ever had three members in the White House, though an aristocratic tendency has often swept oligarchical dynasties into power for multiple generations.
"I don't think there's any Bush baggage at all. I love my brother, I'm proud of his accomplishments, I love my dad, I am proud to be a Bush," Jeb Bush told Fox News.
Jeb stated that if he chose to run in 2016, it would be because "It's the right thing to do for my family," which is in keeping with a political family that has continually sought power, while enhancing their strong ties to intelligence agencies, the Eugenics movement, oil, banking, war munitions and other business.
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Bush III, who wants to be 45 to his brother's 43 and father's 41, also toured ABC News, with more hints about running for the White House in talks with George Stephanopoulos, a segment which began with both presidents in his family promoting his candidacy for the highest office in clips:
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Verizon has said precious little about Motorola Droid 2 – the highly anticipated successor to the smartphone that is widely credited for kick starting the Android revolution. However, the steady supply of leaks and rumors has ensured that we already know a fair amount about it.
A North Carolina Best Buy store was careless enough to put dummy units of the new Droid on display. As you can see from the snap procured by Engadget, the Droid 2 will be available for $199.99 with a two year contract and for $599.99 without. There is nothing shocking about the pricing, but it's always nice to have some confirmation.
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THAT SOMETHING EXTRA: California is full of quirks, you might have heard, and we rather believe that this is because we don't simply tolerate the offbeat things but encourage and support them. Thank goodness for that, because the unexpected things that pop up here tend to be on the good side, and, yes, this is purely anecdotal, but we'll also say that many quirks tend to be on the food side. Never tell a Golden State winery or restaurant or cafe or public market that they can't do something interesting, beyond what they normally do, because they'll laugh at you and shake their spatula and tell us to mind our own narrow-minded business. Take the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Sure, a lot of places have film festivals, but not every film festival boasts a palate-pleasing partner. By that we mean an auxiliary food festival, happening alongside the cinematic doings. Napa Valley has one, with a big focus on wine, of course, each fall, and Santa Barbara? The foodie to-do that runs alongside the movie party has many moving parts, deals, and routes to taste-and-tummy happiness. It's called Santa Barbara Food Feast, and it is set to sizzle -- or saute or fry or bake, if you prefer -- from Jan. 30 through Feb. 9.
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Vail International Dance Festival Celebrates 25th Anniversary
This week marks the 25th Anniversary of the Vail International Dance Festival in Colorado, renowned as a showcase for diversity: from ballet masterpieces, to new work by established and emerging choreographers, and dancers and companies from New York City to Seattle and beyond. It is also a place of experimentation: traditional dance styles can blend with novel forms of movement, often with eye-popping results. Prime example: Charles "Lil Buck" Riley, whose cross-pollination of the Memphis-born jookin' street dance and classical ballet has gained him worldwide acclaim.
At 25, he has toured with Madonna, performed with cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and served as an artist-in-residence at Vail. His take on Dying Swan, developed with Memphis's New Ballet Ensemble and School and founder Katie Smyth, embodies the essential mood of the original while demonstrating Riley's exceptional musicality and mind-boggling footwork. Damian Woetzel, the festival's artistic director and former New York City Ballet principal dancer explains, "With him it goes so far beyond the footwork, but, boy, that pointe work on sneakers and intricate movement—it is not even a technique that I understand."
New work is a Vail hallmark. This summer, there are five world premieres, including a piece by modern dance maker Paul Taylor, set to Stephen Foster songs. Foster's essential American style is about as far from tango music as it gets. In Colorado, the sensational tango dancers Gabriel Missé and Analia Centurión will step it up. "They epitomize a subtle excellence, coupled with an underlying raw power," says Woetzel, "like a 500-horsepower engine that purrs."
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has discussed the crisis in the Middle East with US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
As Australia prepares to take up its seat on the United Nations security council (UNSC) from January, Ms Gillard held informal talks with Mr Obama at a dinner to open the East Asia Summit (EAS) in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh on Monday night.
She said the Middle East issue was raised during a "wide-ranging discussion" during which Mr Obama congratulated her on Australia's UNSC election, and she congratulated him on his recent re-election.
"We had the opportunity to talk about issues that are on the agenda for the East Asia Summit, as well as circumstances in the Middle East," Ms Gillard told reporters in Phnom Penh on Tuesday.
Ms Gillard also said she had spoken with Mr Netanyahu on the telephone last Friday.
"I made the points very clearly to him then that we absolutely condemn as a government the rocket attacks from Gaza into Israel and they must cease," she said.
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I find tools like LinSSID and inSSIDer very handy, so if I can get something similar working, that'll be great!
I'm happy to report that LinSSID was successfully installed in Peppermint 3 (based on Ubuntu 12.04) following the instructions given by Joel and now runs happily on this 10-year old PC, hitting barely 3% CPU in the task manager! Well done! BTW, the data provided for the neighborhood wifi routers are identical with those provided by InSSIDer 2 for Windows (checked those a few minutes ago), so I take it that LinSSID is accurate, too.
If I may suggest something, there should be a way to verify the signature, for, when updating, I got the message "W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net precise Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 55E2097C08E6D617". Nevertheless, when I subsequently issued the command to install LinSSID, it installed OK, save for a warning about the LinSSID not being authenticated. I suppose something like that could be a bit worrisome for some users.
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I have now managed to start the compiling process, but it gets stucked at :
g++ -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,relro -o dist/Release/linssid build/Release/Getter.o build/Release/main.o build/Release/MainForm.o build/Release/prefsDialog.o build/Release/AboutBox.o build/Release/passBox.o build/Release/moc_passBox.o build/Release/moc_Getter.o build/Release/moc_AboutBox.o build/Release/moc_prefsDialog.o build/Release/moc_MainForm.o -L/usr/lib /usr/lib/libboost_regex-mt.a /usr/lib/libqwt.so -lQtGui -lQtCore -lpthread
g++: error: /usr/lib/libboost_regex-mt.a: No such file or directory
make: *** [dist/Release/linssid] Error 1
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I have the package boost-regex-1.48.0-14.fc17.i686 installed.
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Posted by Lotg on December 11, 2003
In Reply to: The point... posted by R. Berg on December 11, 2003
: : : : : : : : : : All of a sudden, or All of the sudden?
: : : : : : : : : : I get what it means but don't you think it sounds stupid if you really think about it? All of a sudden what? Obviously it means a sudden moment in time but there is no such thing as "a sudden"
: : : : : : : : : : I just thought I would see what you guys have to think about this, thanks. ;)
: : : : : : : : : "All of a sudden" sounds natural to me, but "All at once", which means the same thing, sounded awkward to me the first time I heard it. I'll have to vote Not Stupid on "All of a sudden"!
: : : : : : : : "Sudden" was used as a noun in the 16th and 17th centuries, now marked obsolete in the Oxford English Dictionary. Definition: "A sudden need, danger, or the like; an emergency." Earliest quotation for this sense: "Howe redye they be in matters of dowbte, howe constant in the Sodeyne of dayngers" .
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: : : : : : : Is that a noun? It sounds like an adjective. ie. sudden danger (is describing the nature of the danger, which is sudden), even 'the sodeyne of dayngers', although I admit to treading on dangerous and unknown ground on this one, sounds like it's again describing the type of 'dayngers'. I don't know, I'm just asking. Still, I've never thought about it before, but 'sudden' is a damn good word isn't it??? It implies something far more abrupt than say immediate, or even urgent.
: : : : : : If you're impressed by 'sudden' then try 'catastrophic': it'll blow your mind.
: : : : "Sudden" is a real noun, if an obsolete one save for its use in "all of a sudden." You don't think the OED would get something like that wrong, do you?
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: : : No wasn't querying the dictionary, just didn't understand how it worked. I repeat your examples didn't sound like nouns. Don't they seem odd to you? If not, well congratulations, but I had no idea I couldn't query why. I thought the idea of this website was to explore words, and even if the bibles of words say something, surely we can still wonder why (in fact on this site, that's what we usually do)?
: : It sounds like an adjective because we aren't used to hearing it as a noun because it's obsolete - but clearly in the example given, it is used as a noun. That much isn't open to debate. So, yes, it sounds odd. There's no great mystery in that but ponder on if it makes you happy.
: : As an aside, the great thing about the OED is that it isn't like a bible at all. It's a living document. If I find a reference earlier than someone else's, the OED will use my reference in the next printing. Some people in this forum are contributors. So when something is in the OED it's not the last word (pardon the pun) but most people take it fairly seriously because it so well-researched and ironically because it is constantly questioned, improved and revised.
: I quoted the OED because the information that "sudden" was once a noun answers the original question about the odd phrase "all of a sudden," in which an otherwise obsolete use of "sudden" has survived. In "the sudden of dangers," "sudden" was clearly used as a noun; the tipoff is "the" before the word and "of" after it. It does sound odd to me because that sense of "sudden" is obsolete rather than current. Language changes, and that's why the OED, a historical dictionary, answers so many questions about phrases. You're free to wonder about anything you want to.
Thanks guys, I feel better now. And it's lucky I'm free to wonder, cos as a blonde, I do an awful lot of wondering - he he.
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Club games are from Matrix, Ageod, Slitherine, The Lordz Games Studio, Histwar, General-Staff, Paradox and HPS Simulations / John Tiller Software games such as:
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There is someone out there in the bleachers who is watching this game.
I don't know who this person is, but he or she downloaded some of Pierre Lagasse's picture on my Ancestry site.
Pierre Lagasse and Mathilde Leblanc
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He or she had been looking for information on Beatrice Delores Robear.
I don't mind because I do not own my ancestors or my ancestors' relatives even if I have been searching a lot for the past three years.
Pierre is my great-grandfather's brother.
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This person was looking for Emma Lagasse, daughter of Pierre Lagacé and Mathilde Leblanc.
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Truth Martini comes out before the match to say that he has the breakout star of 2012 in Michael Elgin, the World TV Champion Roderick Strong, and now he wants tag team gold, so he introduces the faceless Guardians of Truth.
Jay & Mark Briscoe vs The Guardians of Truth
he Guardians of Truth are a couple of guys in Executioner-style long black trunks and black masks, and they jump the Briscoes as soon as the bells rings. They work Mark over after dumping Jay out to the floor, but the Briscoes regain the momentum and take Guardian #1 out before Mark hits a rolling senton off the ropes on #2 for a 2 count. The Briscoes are all over the GoT as the fans chant "fix the ropes" to reference the fact that they appear dangerously loose. Briscoes with the double football tackle on Guardian #2, but #1 switches in and lays Jay out. GoT with a side suplex/flying legdrop combo on Jay for 2, then they put the boots to him, but Jay makes the hot tag and Mark comes in with Redneck Kung Fu. Mark comes off the top with a flying elbow (coming off the ringpost since the top rope was too loose for him to stand on), then they set up for the Doomsday Device. Whichever Guardian was on Jay's shoulders tried a victory roll, but Jay just dropped down on top of him and got the pin.
Winners: Jay & Mark Briscoe
The Briscoes try to give Truth Martini the Doomsday Device after the match, but the Guardians shove Mark off the top rope and attack Jay until security runs in to break them up. Match seemed to have had its momentum slowed down a lot because of the loose ropes.
Eddie Edwards vs Homicide
They traded slaps at the start, Homicide goes after Edwards and gets suplexed. Homicide rolls out to the floor, so Eddie comes through the ropes with a dive that smashes him into the guardrail, then they trade chops all around ringside with Edwards getting the better of the exchange. They go back inside and Eddie comes off the top rope with a dropkick that gets 2. Homicide tries a back suplex, but Eddie lands on his feet and hits a full rotation german suplex, then hits Homicide with a running kneestrike for 2. They go back to trading chops in the middle of the ring, then they decide to upgrade and go back and forth hitting Yakuza kicks until they both go down. They make it back to their feet and Homicide has the presence of mind to hit an overhead belly to belly suplex. Eddie leapfrogs Homicide and tries a charge in the corner, but Homicide moves and Eddie smashes his shoulder into the ringpost. Homicide, being the gentle soul that he is, grabs Eddie and runs him into the post a second time. Homicide grabs a chair, but the referee takes it away from him, so he grabs Eddie's arm and bends it awkwardly around the top rope instead. Homicide goes back to work on Eddie's arm, which was fairly heavily bandaged coming in, and gets a Fujiwara armbar before releasing the hold to drop a knee on his elbow. Homicide hits two of the three amigos, but Eddie reverses on the third to two of his own amigos. He also goes for the third, but Homicide breaks free and hammers his elbow down across Eddie's arm. Homicide goes to the top rope as the fans chant "si si si" at him, but Eddie nails him and hits a top rope superplex. Homicide goes for an Ace Crusher, Eddie counters to an F5 and a fisherman's buster for 2. Back and forth exchange ends with Eddie getting a schoolboy rollup for 2, then countering Homicide's kickout right into the Crippler Crossface. Homicide makes the ropes, then hits a tornado DDT for 2. Eddie tries for a Backpack chinbreaker, but Homicide blocks and hits the Ace Crusher for 2. Homicide with a northern lariat, Eddie blocks a second lariat with a big boot, but Homicide hits him on the second try and gets 2. Homicide is starting to get frustrated and goes for the cop Killa, but Eddie slips out the back and gets a forward victory roll for 2. Homicide charges for another lariat, but Eddie rolls through into the Achilles Lock, Lance Storm-style. Homicide gets out and small packages Eddie for 2, then another elbowsmash to the arm stuns Eddie long enough for Homicide to hit the Cop Killa for the win.
Winner: Homicide
EXCELLENT MATCH! I was saying to Mike Johnson as we were watching this that this could main event an ROH show, and they wrestled like they were main eventing.
Hybrid Fighting Rules: Kyle O'Reilly vs Adam Cole
Fans are solidly behind Cole as they circle one another. Cole tries to sweep O'Reilly's leg, but O'Reilly steps out of the way, goes behind and takes Cole down with a waistlock. Cole tries a go behind, but O'Reilly overhooks Cole's arm and hiptosses him. Cole finally gets a shot in, so O'Reilly takes Cole down and just pounds the snot out of him. They do a fast paced martial arts exchange with neither man able to connect, and they wind up at a stalemate. O'Reilly with a boot to the gut and he tries a back suplex, Cole slips through and tries one of his own, O'Reilly comes down bad on his ankle so Cole quickly tries to capitalize by shooting on the leg. O'Reilly spins behind, but Cole comes around on top of O'Reilly and dropkicks his bad leg out from under him. Cole with a dragon screw legwhip, then he tries another and O'Reilly counters to an enziguiri. Cole manages to hold onto the ankle, so O'Reilly tries another enziguiri, but Cole ducks and uses O'Reilly's momentum to make the next dragon screw legwhip even harsher. O'Reilly is down in the corner and Cole pummels him with punches until the referee forces him to back off. O'Reilly gets a roll through into a cross armbreaker, Cole makes the ropes and tries to fire back at O'Reilly, but O'Reilly catches him with some stiff shots and Cole goes down. O'Reilly lets the referee count, but Cole starts to get up, so O'Reilly puts him in a seated abdominal stretch and repeatedly drills him with open hand strikes to the face. O'Reilly tries an arm wringer, but Cole breaks free and hits a flying leg lariat. Cole with a series of back elbows using the good arm, but tries an ill-advised suplex and winds up in a strike exchange. They hit simultaneous big boot and both go down, but they both beat the count back up and go back to trading right hands and literally beat each in the face until both their faces are covered in blood. They give that up and instead do the old Danielson-McGuinness headbutt exchange off the ropes, Cole gets the advantage and superkicks O'Reilly square in the face. O'Reilly beats the count and knocks Cole down, but he pops right back up. Both men are covered in blood as O'Reilly gets several more hard strikes and a backdrop suplex. The crowd boos as the guy from the NY State Athletic commission takes a seat at ringside, O'Reilly gets a front guillotine choke but Cole muscles him up into a brainbuster onto his knee. O'Reilly somehow gets to his feet, so Cole superkicks him square in the face and O'Reilly is knocked out and tumbles to the floor. He somehow manages to make it back in yet again and gets a cross armbreaker, Cole reverses to a Texas Cloverleaf, O'Reilly tries to reverse to the LeBell Lock, but Cole blocks and gets a figure four, and O'Reilly taps.
Winner: Adam Cole
This was just insane, absolutely way more than I was prepared for and so, so good. When I reviewed their first match over Wrestlemania weekend, I said that it was okay, but thought they could do a lot more given more time and a higher profile spot. This was that match, and one you absolutely need to go out of your way to see. Cole tries to shake O'Reilly's hand, but O'Reilly smacks him in the face and walks out.
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How tribal courts can end war: Traditions stem gunfire after 4,800 die in Enga, Papua New Guinea
Mostly isolated from outsiders until the 1950s, Papua New Guinea's Enga tribes fought with bows and arrows until 1990, when their young people and mercenary "Rambos" began using shotguns and semiautomatic rifles, igniting 20 years of warfare that killed 4,816 people.
Wars diminished among some 110 Enga tribes when they tired of bloodshed and economic chaos. Clan and church leaders restored peace using traditional indigenous institutions: outdoor village courts sanctioned by the state, University of Utah anthropologist Polly Wiessner reports in the Sept. 28 issue of the journal Science.
The University of Utah and the Enga Provincial Government funded the study.
From 1991 through 2010, about 500 wars among tribal clans killed about 1 percent of the 400,000 to 500,000 Enga people. Chaos reigned. "Missions and high schools were burned, entire valleys vacated, thousands became refugees and government services and development were disrupted," Wiessner says.
But starting in 2005, "the number of deaths and the duration of wars declined steadily; by 2010 and 2011, few wars were fought in Enga," says the study by Wiessner and Nitze Pupu, a blind Enga law school graduate. "Social technology from generations past was adapted to contain the impact of adopted modern technology. … New institutions build on former rules, norms and values; history matters."
Village court magistrates don't focus on punishment but on restitution or "restorative justice," usually in the form of pigs. They send a quarter of combatants home to "drink Coca Cola" and make peace, which replaced a tradition of chewing sugar cane, say Wiessner and Pupu, of the Enga Tradition and Transition Center in Wabag.
Wiessner says the study shows that using indigenous means of local conflict resolution may be better for a government like Papua New Guinea's than imposing Western law.
"The Enga case provides a rare opportunity to examine the construction and adaptation of institutions to promote peace, as well as quantitative measures of their effectiveness," Wiessner and Pupu write.
"Their system is built on restoring respect, accepting liability and responsibility, and paying compensation," says Wiessner, who has studied the Enga since 1985. The Western judicial system "is for a broader anonymous society. Our system is effective for taking offenders out of circulation – which theirs isn't – but often the offender doesn't accept responsibility or compensate, so the victim gets nothing."
The Better Angels of an Indigenous Society
Harvard University psychologist Steven Pinker contends in his book, "The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined," that human societies began in violent anarchy and grew less violent over time.
"Our study shows that small-scale societies had effective means of conflict resolution and peace-making unlike what many people, including Pinker, argue for pre-state societies," says Wiessner. "Extreme violence came when traditional, small-scale, face-to-face societies evolved into larger-scale, anonymous societies where people didn't know each other anymore. I'm not saying Pinker is wrong, but the Enga show there can be great variation in different simple societies' effectiveness in controlling violence."
In the study, Wiessner defines a war a bit differently than the conventional idea of a large-scale conflict between nations. Enga wars are "organized armed conflicts between political communities, in which the ends were defined by peace agreements." These wars were fought by clans with 350 to 1,000 members. Each tribe has six or seven clans.
The study shows that during 1991-2010, Enga clans fought 500 wars that claimed 4,816 lives. And while the number of wars increased until about 2009, Wiessner's data show that after the elders and tribal courts stepped in, the wars were stopped earlier and with fewer deaths.
Comparing 1991-95 with the period 2006-10, the proportion of wars with 51 to 300 deaths fell from 9 percent to 1 percent, and the proportion of wars with one to five deaths rose from 23 percent to 74 percent, indicating conflicts were halted earlier.
Average deaths per war rose from a mean of 3.7 in pre-colonial times to 19 during 1991-95, and fell to 17 during 1996-2000, 10 during 2001-05 and five during 2006-2010.
A History of Peace and Violence
About 350 years ago, local traders introduced the sweet potato to the Enga, allowing pigs to be fed and raised in surplus for trading. People moved to fertile areas, and these population shifts led to raging wars. The Enga considered wars a last resort to avenge insult or injury, display strength or re-establish a balance of power.
To quell violence, the Enga in about 1850 began to pay compensation – pigs and other valuables – to make peace with enemies, boost a clan's reputation and re-establish the balance of power, the researchers say. New indigenous, religious ceremonies arose to instill discipline in young men, honor ancestors and unite tribes.
"Massive exchange networks called Tee [pronounced 'tay'] grew up before contact with Europeans, involving 60,000 people and the exchange of hundreds of thousands of pigs," Wiessner says. "Pigs were the currency. As exchange networks grew 150 to 200 years ago, people without European contact created indigenous ways of making peace so exchange could flourish."
Australian colonial rule began in the 1950s. Armed administrators kept peace. Enga traditions waned. The last great ceremonial Tee exchange was in 1978-79. A few years before Papua New Guinea gained independence in 1975, "warfare resurged as social inequities grew," the study says.
"People get into a brawl, or someone steals a pig, rapes a women or kills someone, and the clan must show that it has the strength to defend itself," says Wiessner.
In 1974, the Village Court Act set up a state-sanctioned system – separate from formal government courts. Local leaders were elected magistrates with little government training or direction. They were told to apply "custom" to achieve justice and harmony.
A village court branch named Operation Mekim Save or OMS was set up in 1982 to settle tribal wars via arbitration by village court magistrates. The Enga later established lower-level "worry courts," where one or two leaders mediate a dispute on the spot.
Discontent simmered through the 1980s, but wars involved bows and arrows and fewer casualties. "I used to take my lunch up a hill and watch a war," Wiessner recalls. "It was almost like a football game."
Then, "in 1990, guns, formerly rejected in warfare to avoid carnage, were adopted by some hot-headed youths to the dismay of the majority, igniting an arms race," the study says. "High-powered rifles were obtained from businessmen and politicians or 'acquired' via the police and army. … Ambushes and raids, executed outside the control of elder clan leaders and OMS [courts] replaced pitched battles. Warring clans employed mercenaries skilled in the use of semiautomatic weapons, called 'Rambos' or 'hiremen.'"
Wiessner recalls an elder telling her that he tried to settle a conflict as he had in the past, "and the young bucks came up to him with their high-powered weapons and said, 'Get out of here, old man. Your day has come and gone.'"
The Road to Peace
Wars raged during 1990-2005, "and then for the last five years [2006-10] you get a reduced number of deaths per war, indicating people were fed up and stopping wars early," she says. Few wars were fought by 2010-11 as the village courts regained control.
"Three core ingredients turned the Enga to peace," says Wiessner. "One: economic exhaustion. People were driven off their land and totally exhausted with war. They could see it was unproductive."
"Second: When this point was reached, traditional village courts practiced indigenous law to solve problems," says Wiessner. "Unlike formal Western-based justice systems, village courts satisfy community needs: They restore relations by mediation and material compensation, and consider local politics and future relationships."
"Third: Most Enga people consider themselves Christians. Christianity hasn't stopped wars, but when people didn't want to fight anymore, they went to village courts, and backed that up with Christianity as an ideology for peace, as they did with their own traditions in the past. Christian festivities pave the emotional landscape for peace."
Village courts "made it possible to control the wave of violence after the adoption of guns in a way that neither the colonial powers nor state could manage," says Wiessner.
The study found that only 10 percent of cases in state District Courts result in a fine or jail, while the rest are dismissed when witnesses don't appear or are withdrawn and taken to intertribal court. There, 98 percent of cases result in a compensation order, a mediated compensation settlement or an agreement to negotiate and settle out of court.
An Uncertain Future
If natural resources and foreign aid are applied to development, the Enga "will have more to lose and may continue to turn away from war," Wiessner and Pupu write.
But they also cite a "burgeoning population of discontented youths" and political conflict over natural resource exploitation by multinational corporations, and they add that "a new round of warfare could erupt over the politics of tangible resources." And as Enga society grows, clan members may be less likely to make compensation payments on behalf of kinsmen they barely know.
"If this happens, local institutions founded on principles of kinship, respect and restorative justice will not suffice, and the Enga may find themselves in another cycle of violence as the scale of their society increases," Wiessner and Pupu conclude.
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Frank Stein started the topic From Data to Decisions: The Power of Analytics in the forum Smarter Government: Analytics to Outcomes 8 years, 3 months ago
On November 30, the Partnership for Public Service (http://www.ourpublicservice.org) released their new study, "From Data to Decisions: The Power of Analytics." [i]
Keynoting the event was Shelley Metzenbaum, Associate Director for Performance and Personnel Management, OMB. She told the audience that Performance Management is a core pillar of the Obama Administration and that "Measurement and Analysis" was the key tenet to PM. She encouraged the audience to identify analytics practices that work and spread the word to others. She exhorted the audience to not just collect data but to use the data to pinpoint problems – "Ask Why, Why, Why" with respect to performance problems.
The report studied 7 programs[ii] in 8 federal agencies to understand how they use analytics and how it helped them achieve better program results. The study provides clear examples of how data is being used to understand problems and improve mission performance. It documents how CMS is using data to answer the question why isn't health care quality better and how can we direct scare resources to improve it? In a similar fashion, VA and HUD are using data to figure out how to reduce homelessness of Veterans including identifying bottlenecks that are keeping their voucher program from being more successful. David Zlowe, Performance Improvement Officer at VA, emphasized in the study that the power of VA's analytics approach "isn't in the numbers but in the discussion that are sparked….having leadership engage in an appreciative conversation guided by hard data." The 4th program that the Partnership reported on in some detail is the FAA's Safety Management System. This program helps to identify risks and to understand what contributes to all levels of air traffic hazards.
The Partnership event included a panel discussion with Michelle Snyder, Deputy COO, CMS; Estelle Richman, COO and Acting Deputy Secretary, HUD; and David Zlowe, PIO, VA. Ms. Snyder's advice to the audience was, "Take data, analyze it, tell the story to the people so it relates and influences the decision makers." Ms. Richman's recommendation was to remember that the analytics are but a method to accomplish the "goal of creating an outcome that can improve people's lives". And Mr. Zlowe summarized by saying, "We don't lack data, we lack answers."
We'd like to hear your experiences driving decisions based on data in the government. If you'd like a free, softcopy version of the report, write to me at: [email protected]
Frank Stein
Director, Analytics Solution Center
Washington, DC
[i] The Study was a collaboration between IBM's Center for the Business of Government and the Partnership for Public Service
[ii] HUD and VA Veternans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program; Safety Management System (SMS) in the FAA; HHS CMS nursing homes and transplant programs; Coast Guards' Business Intelligence system (CGBI); NHTSA "Click it or Ticket" campaign; Navy's Naval Aviation Enterprise; SSA's use of mission analytics n customer service.
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