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(CNN) – An author of a highly critical report on pending immigration legislation has resigned his post at the conservative Heritage Foundation after his previous writings, including a dissertation citing lower IQ among immigrants, drew widespread anger.
"Jason Richwine let us know he's decided to resign from his position," a spokesman for the Heritage Foundation said Friday. "He's no longer employed by Heritage. It is our long-standing policy not to discuss internal personnel matters."
Richwine, who was described on Heritage's website as a quantitative analyst, penned a 2009 dissertation at Harvard titled "IQ and Immigration Policy" that asserted in its summary the "average IQ of immigrants in the United States is substantially lower than that of the white native population, and the difference is likely to persist over several generations."
His paper argued for a policy that sought out immigrants with higher IQs, which he claimed would ameliorate problems currently affecting immigrant populations like "a lack of socioeconomic assimilation among low-IQ immigrant groups, more underclass behavior, less social trust, and an increase in the proportion of unskilled workers in the American labor market."
The linking of immigrants with lower IQs drew outcry, and was met with a swift response from the Heritage Foundation, which said Richwine had no role in devising the methodology of the group's own immigration report, released this week.
"The Harvard paper is not a work product of The Heritage Foundation," wrote Mike Gonzalez, vice president for communications at Heritage, on Wednesday. "Its findings do not reflect the positions of The Heritage Foundation or the conclusions of our study on the cost of amnesty to U.S. taxpayers, as race and ethnicity are not part of Heritage immigration policy recommendations."
Richwine's dissertation was crafted while he "was a student at Harvard, supervised and approved by a committee of respected scholars," Gonzalez wrote.
The Heritage report released Monday, called "The Fiscal Cost of Unlawful Immigrants and Amnesty to the U.S. Taxpayer," has two authors listed: Richwine and Robert Rector, a senior research fellow in domestic policy at Heritage.
The report determined that creating a legal pathway for the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently in the country would cost taxpayers a minimum $6.3 trillion over the lifetime of those immigrants. It also argues the average undocumented immigrant is 34-years-old, has a 10th grade education, and receives $14,387 per household in government benefits in excess of taxes paid.
Those conclusions were questioned by advocates for the new immigration reform bill, including Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, a key author of the Senate "Gang of Eight" measure.
"I don't believe their report is really legitimate. I have a lot of respect for Heritage, but I don't believe their report is a legitimate one," the Florida Republican told CNN en Español's Juan Carlos Lopez, arguing that improving America's system of immigration would actually help bolster the economy.
"If they are legalized, they will be able to work and pay taxes, they'll be able to open businesses and in due time improve their financial situation and contribute to the country's wellbeing and not hurt the country," Rubio said. "So that's why I strongly disagree with that report."
Geez, and all the posters commenting on him before were applauding him for telling the truth, at least, the "truth" they wanted to hear. I guess even Jim DeMint can handle only so much bad press. Of course, the researcher was from Harvard, so he must be a closet leftie. Now, if he had been a Yale man, they would have hung onto him like a life preserver.
The gop and their stooge foundation have no credibility, just like the rest of the gop moron party with the teaparty stooge and bum demented. Headline. Gop loses house and senate in 2014 mid terms, gop losers,only the brain dead would vote for them.
He may be gone, but the pubbers will be quoting his report as if it were Gospel for years to come.
He was just speaking his hateful, racist mind. I thought that was the whole foundation of the Heritage Foundation. Isn't that why Demint is there now?
Come on CNN...why did you cherry pick the quotes from the dissertation to avoid the fact that he literally said it was genetic that Hispanics have lower IQs? You soften what was clearly a racist assertion on his behalf?
This Richwine jackhole also contributed to a rabidly nationalist, borderline white supremacist organization's website. Heritage knew all of this. Their claims that his views aren't part of their study are complete BS. The reality is, this guy's dissertation and his other crap were considered his conservative bona fides and qualfications for Heritage hiring him in the first place. And the report CLEARLY incorporates Richwine's racist assertions/beliefs, because one of the core assumptions the report makes is that Hispanic immigrants will not be capable of reaching sufficient education levels to contribute in a beneficial manner to the economy. It's how they justified not using the conservative gold-standard of "dynamic scoring" and thereby ignored any positive contribution Hispanic immigrants would make to the economy. In fact, professional consensus among most economists is that immigrant...even illegal immigrants here right now...contribute billions and billions of dollars into the economy.
Bottom line: This is just another example of the conservatives trying desperately to find new ways to mask their racism.
Stay classy, tightie Whities. The "Heritage" Foundation is sinking to the level of the Klan.
Someone needs to ask what the hell is wrong over at Harvard and that department that they would allow a dissertation like that to actually pass and result in a PhD.
Shorter Richwine and Heritage: "What gave us away? Was it the hoods?"
Any organization that has Jim DeMint at the helm is a bigoted, racist organization. Period.
The Heritage Foundation? You mean the KKK version 2013.
Please vote in 2014. Let us not repeat
2010. Midterm elections are important. Encourage those who voted in 2012 to vote in 2014. Vote the GOP out of office. VOTE.
The Heritage Foundation gave us Romneycare. The Heritage Foundation is part of the Neocon think. Their day is numbered. They want war with Iran, a country of 80 million people. Think of how Iraq II went with 29 million people. Republicans need to go the way of their Nazi brethern. Their racism is doomed to hell. Can't wait for the Santorum or Palin ticket in 2016.
Any study that already has its conclusion made and works backwards to find a thesis is clearly something to be avoided. Richwine was clearly a researcher who broke the number one rule of research: to let the data take you a conclusion to prove or disprove your thesis, and to reach a conclusion based upon that data. Do researchers on the Left have bias? Absolutly, they do: anyone who recalls that clown Ward Churchill a few years ago will remember his wacko ideas. The sad thing is that Heritage hired him knowing full well what his biases were and they still allowed him in: makes you wonder what passes for academic credentials on the political fringes these days.
I concur, Sniffit: Heritage is, or was and now officially isn't, totally A-OK with Richwine's racist assertions. If they're not NOW, it's because the press actually took an interest in one of the Heritage fellows' reactionary, turgid papers.
I hear a lot of name calling and partisan bickering on this board – but very little discussion of the issue.
I think the researcher is absolutely right – the incoming group of 3rd world immigrants DO have lower IQs than the native white population. They ARE dropping out of school at a stunning rate of 50% They ARE more involved in gangs, they DO have more out-of-wedlock births and they DO receive more social benefits (proportionally, on average) than the native white population.
Which leads us to the question: HOW does the amnesty of millions of illegal immigrants benefit America? Will it make our streets safer? Will it make our roads less crowded? What exactly IS the benefit to America by allowing this to happen?
The fact is people who are here illegally do not contribute more then they take .. if they did pay more in taxes or generate jobs or any number of things that Legal immigrants do then there would be absolutely no controversy over their living here.
People would say hey your from Mexico or Iran or China or France and you came here illegally well crap lets sign you up to be a citizen right away because you are great people and you help us so much.
But that is not true.. many are criminals and others simply cost us in money... Lots and lots of money.
Just the cost of education is $15000 a year per kid..
And Rubio thinks that paying a $500 fine makes up for everything.. well it does not..
Maybe this report had errors maybe it didn't but the facts are facts We pay TONS of money for 20 million people ... and that is more then the population of many states... they cost us big and legalizing them means one thing.. they can get more welfare..
Even Obama's own Aunt and Uncle are illegal Aliens and they took foodstamps and public housing .. that money should have gone to an American family.. Obama's Family needs to be deported because Kenya is not a place where there are people fleeing political hardships... they do not deserve special consideration after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in our taxes.
"If they're not NOW, it's because the press actually took an interest in one of the Heritage fellows' reactionary, turgid papers."
Somehow, it never seems to work out well for the GOP/Teatrolls when people bother to look behind the curtain.
Another thing to wonder about: why does Harvard allow similar nationalist/bigot jackholes to be in the department that gave this Richwine turd? I'm blanking on the guy's name, but he's a full blown professor over there and Richwine's work was no doubt done with his involvement and input. It's junk and totally perplexes me that Harvard lets it go unanswered.


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Wednesday, December 19, 2018
Giveaway! EGGS ON ICE by Laura Childs
81 comments:
We have a great theater in a town near us. We have attended many great productions over the years!! lindaherold999(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDelete
The drama department at the college I went to put on a number of good shows every year.ReplyDelete
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I have never been involved in a theater production, but it sounds like fun! mbradeen (AT) yahoo (DOT) comReplyDelete
I went to several plays from traveling groups. I love them debby236 at gmail dot comReplyDelete
Have never been in a theater production, sounds interesting.ReplyDelete
In college, I worked as a stage hand for a local theater. It was such fun.ReplyDelete
Every year when I was in grade school I was in the Christmas play. I still have nightmares about it once in awhile and it has been many years ago. Thanks for the chance to win. firstname.lastname@example.com
I enjoy attending theatre performances which are amateur and give me great pleasure and enjoyment. They are so memorable. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDelete
We attend at least one each year. Our town and a neighboring town put on 2-3 productions each year with local performers that are very good.ReplyDelete
Have seen both good and bad amateur productions, sometimes the bad ones are too funny for words.ReplyDelete
Amateur productions were well done and the audience loved the acting. The play was packed and amazing. elliotbencan(at)hotmail(dot)comReplyDelete
- email@example.com 19, 2018 at 10:14 AM
We are in a very rural area, and to beat the winter doldrums, the different communities all put on plays in February or March. Our town's play proceeds go to support the American Legion Hall where the play is put on.ReplyDelete
I'm a big supporter of the Dartmouth Players and have enjoyed their shows for years. Community theatre is alive and well in Nova Scotia, and I wouldn' have it any other way! roswita.hildebrandt at gmail dot comReplyDelete
I participated in several amateur productions in high school. It was hard work but also great fun. a4h(dot)cloverbud(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDelete
Alas I sit in the audience.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2018 at 11:01 AM
The productions I attend are usually at the local schools, but still fun! firstname.lastname@example.com
Never was in a play but saw children in them.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 19, 2018 at 11:10 AM
My two sons were in a high school murder mystery dinner. One was the butler and the other was the detective. It was fun!ReplyDelete
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I was never into theater or a stage hand. I did get to see an local theater production of Madame Butterfly. I honestly could not understand any of it and my date kept falling asleep (he snored too).ReplyDelete
- Vickie WilliamsDecember 19, 2018 at 11:11 AM
We have a small playhouse here in our area and we went years ago to see White Christmas. It was lovely and so much fun. Vickiela3(at)hotmail(dot)comReplyDelete
We actually have a couple of wonderful little theaters in town. I've only been twice but it was so fun both times! email@example.com
We do a few professional actor theatre productions a year and with three grandchildren in school, we usually have a couple there and one pageant at church plus my oldest granddaughters dance performances. After 11 years in dance she very "professional" looking for being only 15. I was only in a play in high school and college but none since.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousDecember 19, 2018 at 11:15 AM
Have not been to an amateur production in years, but did enjoy going to the productions that my high schools did.ReplyDelete
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I am bursting to know what happens next! I worked with someone for a number of years who was quiet, efficient and kept to herself. And then one day she told us about her involvement in front of a behind the stage at amateur theater productions and she came alive. What interesting stories she had to tell. Thanks for the giveaway and Happy Holidays.ReplyDelete
Although I've never been in any form of theatrical productions, I have been part of several skits or performances. First I must tell you that both hubby and I were clowns at one time. We were friends with and got the chance to clown with Emmett Kelly Jr. the reason I start off with this is that we are use to doing "strange" things in the course of our "hobby".ReplyDelete
The two that stand out so vividly in my mind were around the same group of clowns. The first was at a very refined banquet we "got" a friend on his 50th birthday after he said he couldn't be got. He was dressed in tuxedo presiding over the banquet. Hubby complete with mustache dressed in fully as a bride attire on cue from the music of "Happy Trails" came down the aisle to claim his "groom" that had left her standing at the alter when he forgot about his wedding. The bride slung him over his shoulder and carried of her true love. Needless to say he got had on his 50th which was recorded as well. The other was similar but with many more participants. All the men dressed as saloon gals and has to walk the streets of Tombstone, AZ asking for "donations". All the money was for a college scholarship and the winner was the one that collected the most money. It was a production that lasted all day and took a lot of behind the scene work to get these rough and rugged men to look like woman that would attract $$.
Although not on a stage, believe me they were productions including an audience, stage hands with the intent to bring entertainment and laughter to many.
Thank you for the fabulous chance to win a copy of "EGGS ON ICE" by Laura Childs!
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I have helped make scenery when in high school.ReplyDelete
I like see both Broadway in Chicago shows as well as local theater productions. Hamilton is still on my bucket list.ReplyDelete
The only experience I have is being a stage "mom" for my kids High School plays and musicals. That involved costumes,. props, and anything else you can think of. Thank you for this chance. 1cow0993(at)gmail(dot)com.ReplyDelete
I just saw Elf musical production at our local dinner theater. I love that place. nerdsrgood AT msn DOT comReplyDelete
I worked backstage in college productions and saw The Fantastics off Broadway in 1968.ReplyDelete
I go to as many shows as I can. I love theater! lkleback at hotmail.comReplyDelete
I loved going to our schools Jr and Sr high productions. Such amazing talentReplyDelete
Our town has a theater group that puts on wonderful plays 6 times a year.ReplyDelete
I go to all my local theatre productions. I have seen many fine plays.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousDecember 19, 2018 at 3:38 PM
I worked props and publicity for my University Drama Dept. for four years and we had such fun. I had to make cold mashed potatoes and color them for the hobbit. They had to look like several different items. Real food wouldn't work because the Actors ate it...the Director used to stop by and check out my progress and make unrepeatable remarks about it lol...ReplyDelete
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Our county has a high school for the arts that does amazing musicals. I've been to several of their productions.ReplyDeleteReplies
In High School we did a version of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Our play director changed the pronunciation of one the names to go with the town we were in. We had so much fun! I love all types of theater and have attended many plays, from grade school plays to Broadway, and everything in between. I love the theater. I love this series! I'm so glad the Cackleberry Club is back. Thank you for this chance. areewekidding(at)yahoo(dot)comReplyDelete
I haven't been to anything since high school and I don't remember what the plays were. I was in the audience as my friend was in the play. Thank you for this chance. pgenest57(at)aol(dot)comReplyDelete
I enjoyed being in and watching plays at my public school. They were always so much funReplyDelete
Our choir put on the musical Brigadoon when I was a senior in high school. End of my career...nettiem(at)toledotel(dot)comReplyDelete
I was in The Sound of Music and My Fair Lady in high school! Great experience and loved it!!!ReplyDelete
When I was little, about 5 years old, my bio dad took my to an off off broadway production of Snow White and I was chosen to go upon stage and be one of the 7 dwarves. It ignited my love of live theater and live music. email@example.com
When I was 11 I was on stage at my school Duchess Day School in Millbrook, NY. It was a play by Gertrude Stein. I had to stand on a ladder and say my lines. Quite a fumny memory!!ReplyDelete
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I've attended performances at my niece's high school.ReplyDelete
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I tried out when I was in middle school, but didn't make it and was relegated to backstage anajs95 at gmail dot comReplyDelete
I have been in the audience. Thanks for the great giveaway. doward1952(at)yahoo(dot)comReplyDelete
Several years ago, hubby & I were in a play. Our town didn't have a little theater group, but one of the men in town had written a play and wanted to put it on. He had been a part of a theatrical group in another town so felt he could do it. It was fun, and I if I do say so myself, I think it turned out quite good. Hubby played an outlaw, a bad one -- while in real life he was a pastor. He did it well though.ReplyDelete
Hubby and I have also attended Little Theater group plays in other towns, as well as school performances of plays. I always enjoy them, and wish we could go to more. I would also like to be in another play -- but memorizing a part might be hard anymore.
I have also attended big Broadway type productions when they go on the road and land in OKC. Someday I'd like to actually go to New York and see a production. But I understand tickets to those things are very pricey.
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I was in a production of Meet Me In St. Louis when I was in school - elementary or early jr. high. I played Tootie. I don't know if that is when I learned to project my voice, or if I just do it naturally. Normally soft spoken, I can speak to a room without any microphone.Delete
My grandchildren were in theater groups and I was in the audience every time. I was so proud of them doing something I would not have the courage to do at their age. Thanks for a chance to win.ReplyDelete
My parents encouraged my love of musicals, taking me to many of them since my teens. My hubby got me into running spotlights for the Opera de Lafayette (Lafayette, Indiana) back in the early 1980's. I look forward to reading this story. Thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
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I've never been involved, but have attended several plays put on by the community college, including local actors, making it a truly community production. I have enjoyed themReplyDelete
I have never been in a play or attended any kind of play!ReplyDelete
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I've never participated nor have I ever been to any type of productions. Now when I was about 8 my Grandma took me to see the Nutcracker Ballet. Thank you for the chance!!ReplyDelete
We do murder mystery wine and food pairing dinners. I write a basic script, 5 rehearsals and the production. We always sell out. Cheers (at) MarjimManor (dot) comReplyDelete
I was in some amateur theatrical productions in high school. Lots of fun.ReplyDelete
I have not been in any productions, but I think it would be fun!ReplyDelete
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I was in one play in high school, Dracula. I was one of the "witches". Not a glamorous or stand out role to say the least!ReplyDelete
I've been involved in amateur and semi-professional theater for many years as a stage manager, stage hand, and light board operator. I love all aspects of live theater and this book sounds right up my alley. Thanks for the opportunity to win! aut1063(at)gmail(dot)comReplyDelete
Living near Cleveland, Ohio we have a fantastic theater district. Although I only get to see a show maybe once a year it is amazing the work behind the scenes as well as the actors/actresses talent. Thanks for the opportunity to enter your giveaway. robeader53(at)yahoo(dot)comReplyDelete
I've never been in one but went to many when I was in college. The best one was Much Ado About Nothing. Thanks for the chance! JL_Minter (at) Hotmail (dot) comReplyDelete
Enjoyed being in school plays. kckendler at gmail dot comReplyDelete
I have many great memories of taking my children to the plays that DePaul University's theater department put on in Chicago. My children loved going. My favorite one was a version of Peter Pan. It was hilarious! Thank you for the opportunity to win a copy of Eggs on Ice. I love A Christmas Carol and watch all different versions of it. I think this will be a very entertaining book to read. Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
I have only watched productions. Enjoyed them a lot.ReplyDelete
- RochelleDecember 20, 2018 at 12:39 PM
I used to do Christmas Plays every year as a kid. One year I was even a Wiseman and I'm female lol!ReplyDelete
- RochelleDecember 20, 2018 at 12:40 PM
I used to do Christmas Plays every year as a kid. One year I was even a Wiseman and I'm female lol!ReplyDelete
I have never been involved but it sounds like something I would love.ReplyDelete
We saw an amateur production of Arsenic and Old Lace, it was really good (put on by a college) Tari H.ReplyDelete
A cult musical that started in a college in Canada for a musical theater class and then performed at local comedy club, staged as a workshop and then was performed at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal. It went to Off Broadway and is now being performed at colleges, is being seen around the country at performing arts centers and performed around the world with many local touring companies. Which musical is it? It's Evil Dead: The Musical.ReplyDelete
It's my favorite cult B movie and I'm so glad that the director and star of the movie gave permission to stage this musical. I've seen it three times, once in Montreal, once Off Broadway and once put on locally in my state.
What's my favorite part of the musical? It has to be sitting in the "splatter zone". That's where everyone in that section gets splatter with fake blood, although I would say splatter is an understatement. It's more like soaked.
It's a crazy fun time.
I was in my town the bicentennial play about the founding of our town I was a kid. Thanks for the chance. Maceoindo(at)yahoo(dot)comReplyDelete
This is one of my mom's favorite series. She loves your books!ReplyDelete
- Libby DoddDecember 20, 2018 at 3:19 PM
Years ago a friend wanted to treat us with tickets to The Nutcracker Suite. She thought it would be a memorable event.ReplyDelete
It was!
One of the soldier mice fell into the orchestra pit and the kid who was supposed to be fighting him had to figure out how to disappear offstage! At the end of the number we could see the adult mouse sneaking out of the pit!
It was memorable, all right!
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We have a couple local theater groups and I'm always amazed at how talented the amateur actor are.ReplyDelete
In elementary school I was in a play; no lines, just in with the other kids who were singing. It was like the Hatfields and McCoys - two feuding groups: the Azmigooths and Chizzlewinks. One side wore red and the other side wore blue. I was on the red side and wore a red and white baseball shirt with Garfield on it and red pants.ReplyDelete
nani_geplcs(at)yahoo(dot)com....My daughter treated me to an amateur production of Grease! I totally enjoyed it..! I've also seen several others..Wicked being one. I've always enjoyed them. The actors really work hard, hard! Thanks and Merriest Christmas all!ReplyDelete
I've done drama at different times throughout my school years. A couple of skits in elementary school, and I was part of the drama club for two years in middle school. Working on those plays were so much fun. Thank you for the chance to win. robbfan141729(at)yahoo(dot)comReplyDelete
I have been I couple of church's plays. I scared at first but once I got use to it I loved it. xzjh04(at) gmail dot comReplyDelete
Thanks so very much to all who entered. The winner has been chosen by random and is now being notified.ReplyDelete
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Bust A Move
Young Mc
"Bust it
This here's a jam for all the fellas,
try to do what those ladies tell us,
get shot down cuz you're over zealous.
play hard to get,
females get jealous.
Ok, smarty, go to a party.
girls are scantilly clad and showin' body,
a chick walks by, ya wish ya could sex her,
but she's in another world like you was poindexter.
Next day's function, high class luncheon.
Food is served, and you're stone could munchin'.
Music comes on, people start to dance,
but then you ate so much you nearly split your pants.
A girl starts walkin', guys start gawkin', sits down next to you and starts talkin'.
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Lookin' for love in all the wrong places, no fine girls, just ugly faces.
From frustration, first inclination, is to become a monk and leave the situation.
But ever dark tunnel has a light, I hope, so don't hang yourself with a celibate rope.
New movie's showin', so you're goin', could care less about the five you're blowin'.
Theatre gets dark just to start the show, then you spot a fine woman sittin' in your row.
She's dressed in yellow, she says hello, come sit next to me ya fine fellow.
You run over there without a second to lose, and what comes next,hey, bust a move.
In the city, ladies look pretty, guys tell jokes so they can seem witty.
Tell a funny joke just to get some play, then you try to make a move and she says no way.
Girls are fakin', goodness sakin', they want a man who brings home the bacon.
Got no money and got no car, then you got no woman and there you are.
Some girls are sophistic, materialistic, lookin' for a man makes them opportunistic.
They're lyin' on the beach, perpetratin' a tan so that a brother with the money can be their man
So, on the beach start strollin', real high rollin', everything you have is yours and not stolen.
A girl runs up with something to prove, so don't just stand there, bust a move
Just bust a move
Break it down for me fellas
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You say neato, check your libido, and roll to the church in your new tuxedo.
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Choteau Acantha Article – Industrial wind farm has broken ground in county-pub 3-30-16- WINData LLC
Choteau Acantha Article – Industrial wind farm has broken ground in county–pub 3-30-16–
Choteau, Montana March, 30, 2016
By Nancy Thornton, Choteau Acantha reporter
A second industrial wind farm has broken ground southeast of Choteau, even as a wind farm half the size located on the new project's western boundary was sold to a New York-based renewable energy investment company.
Teton County Commissioner Jim Hodgskiss said a Greenfield Wind LLC official, Matt Wilson, notified him that contractors would break ground during the week of March 20 for a 15-turbine wind farm next to the six-turbine Fairfield Wind project that was completed in May 2014.
The Teton County commissioners last summer approved a 10-year tax abatement for the proposed $47 million Greenfield Wind project while denying an abatement for the $19 million Fairfield Wind project.
Subsequently, Fairfield Wind appealed the state Department of Revenue's determination that Fairfield Wind had a $19,118,781 market value. The matter is now before the Montana Board of Tax Appeals with all "discovery" documents due by April 25 and the hearing set for July 19.
Fairfield Wind's 2015 tax bill was $323,569.83, an amount, with some later adjustments, that was paid under protest.
The Fairfield Wind farm is located in the Choteau elementary and high school districts and the proposed Greenfield Wind farm is in the Power High School and the Greenfield Elementary School districts.
Revenue officials estimated that Greenfield Wind would generate an estimated annual tax bill in the neighborhood of $863,000 under the cost approach, although with the tax abatement set for 50 percent during the first five years, local governments would receive only half of that.
Wilson works for Foundation Windpower LLC that owns a majority-member equity interest in Greenfield Wind LLC. The minority member of Greenfield Wind is Fairfield resident Martin Wilde who developed both wind farm projects under his company, WINData LLC.
Wilson and Wilde did not respond to invitations for telephone interviews.WINData has filed two lawsuits against Foundation Windpower in Teton County District Court that Judge Robert Olson recently dismissed. However, WINData has appealed the two cases to the Montana Supreme Court.
In December 2015 Foundation Windpower sold its interest in the Fairfield Wind project (the legal entity at that point was called Fairfield Wind Master Tenant LLC) to Greenbacker Wind LLC, which is a business created by Greenbacker Renewable Energy Corp. and Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co. LLC of New York, New York.
Greenbacker, in a December press release, said it acquired the Fairfield Wind project for $6,615,000 in cash and the assumption of $12,412,000 in debt for a total of $19,027,000 on Dec. 8, 2015. It is a "publicly registered, non-traded limited liability company that expects to acquire a diversified portfolio of income-producing renewable energy power plants, energy efficient projects and other sustainable investments," according to its website.
The wind farm has two 1.6-megawatt and four 1.7-megawatt turbines. The generated electricity is sold to NorthWestern Energy under a long-term power purchase agreement that has 18.5 years remaining on the contract.
Greenbacker, citing the project as a "fund portfolio" for its investors, forecasts a 10.7 percent initial yield on the investment, but cautioned in its literature that that yield is not a measure of the fund's performance and it is not necessarily indicative of distributions that the fund may provide to investors.
Wilde has had disputes with Foundation Windpower since mid-2015 and in court documents said he filed a notice of dissociation with the Fairfield Wind entity over Foundation Windpower's refusal to supply him with accounting information, among other things. He refused to sign off on Foundation Windpower's proposed monetary value of WINData's 10- percent equity interest in Fairfield Wind and he declined to agree to the sale.
However, Foundation Windpower's attorney Stephen Brown of Missoula successfully argued in Olson's court in February that the operating agreement the pair of companies signed required that the dispute be brought in a California forum, not one in Montana.
Brown successfully argued a similar point when in July 2014, the Montana Supreme Court found in favor of San Diego Gas & Electric Co., (against Naturener USA that owns wind farms in Glacier and Toole counties) determining that the "consent to conduct all" provision of the first contract between the two parties required the parties to litigate all disputes Industrial wind farm has broken ground in county–pub 3-30-16– 2 pertaining to that contract in California. Brown represented San Diego Gas.
In a similar way, Olson dismissed Wilde's lawsuit against Foundation Windpower, first in the dispute over Fairfield Wind, and second, over the Greenfield Wind
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"In September, Linux Mint released its first try at Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) that, like its Linux Mint predecessor, fine-tunes and improves the base distribution for users. Just before Christmas, a new LMDE release (201012) came out, and I thought I would check it out to see how it improved Debian.
In a word: brilliantly.
The installation of LMDE, launched from within the LiveCD runtime, was very smooth and interestingly not very long. Most Linux installs are streamlined these days, but the LMDE install was a screen or two shorter than others. This is attributable to the fact that you don't choose between desktop environments (this is GNOME all the way, baby) and there wasn't a "use case" package selection choice point. If you want to configure an LMDE machine to be a Web server or programming machine, you're going to need to set this up post-install, not before."


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It's been a few weeks since the draft and I'm about ready to turn the page, but since I haven't read or heard much coverage about the Reds' 7th Round draft pick, I thought I'd take a quick look at Josh Fellhauer. Fellhauer was drafted out of Cal State Fullerton with the 209th overall pick. He stands 5-11, tips the scales at 180 lbs, bats left, and throws left.
Fellhauer first caught my eye at the College World Series this year. Or, perhaps more accurately, his swing caught my eye. He's got a smooth lefthanded stroke that should play well in the professional ranks.
Fellhauer played three years for the Titans. He started out his collegiate career as a platoon outfielder, but emerged as the starting leftfielder and one of the better hitters on the team as a freshman. He ended up the season with a slash line of .304/.379/.429/.808, which is a solid debut season for a freshman.
As a sophomore, Fellhauer was the everyday centerfielder and was selected to the All Big-West Conference Second Team. He took his offensive game to another level in 2008 by adding more power, as he posted a .335/.392/.517/.909. He posted a 10 game hitting streak and two 6 game hitting streaks. He finished 2nd in the Big West Conference with 62 runs scored, 3rd in hits with 90, 3rd in doubles with 20, 6th in triples with 4, 2nd in total bases with 139, and 9th in stolen bases with 17.
In 2009, as a junior Fellhauer had his best season to date. He flashed an intriguing, well rounded offensive game against top collegiate competition. On the season, he hit .396/.480/.529 with 6 homers, 18 stolen bases, and a 26/26 K/BB ratio. Obviously, there are some significant positives, but a few red flags as well. His 18 stolen bases come with 13 caught stealings. And, as impressive as his isolated on base percentage is, it was achieved in part by 16 hit by pitches. Now, there is nothing inherently wrong with using the hit by pitch as an offensive weapon (Craig Biggio used it to great effect), but it remains to be seen whether it will continue to be a weapon at the professional ranks. It's one thing to leave your elbow out over the plate against a collegiate curveball, but it's something else entirely to do it against a big league fastball.
Overall, Fellhauer has continued to improve his game as he has gained more experience. He doesn't seem to have any true standout tools, but his offensive game is well-rounded and he can certainly hit. In addition, he has baseball in the bloodlines, as his grandfather, Richard, played for the St. Louis Browns and his father, Robert, was a 6th round draft pick of the Oakland A's as a shortstop.
In 2008, Fellhauer was selected to play for Team USA in the FISU World Championship. The team went 24-0 to win the gold medal. He played all three outfield positions, hit .299 with two homers, 6 doubles, and stole two bases. He obviously built on that experience during his impressive junior campaign at Fullerton. It's always a good sign when a player has success at the international level, as well as in collegiate ranks.
At the plate, Fellhauer uses a quiet approach. His stance is slightly open and a bit wider than shoulder width. He uses a very small stride to trigger the weight transfer and close up his stance. He maintains good balance and exhibits good body control throughout the swing. His hand position starts in front of his left shoulder and he brings them back into hitting position as the pitcher gets ready to deliver the ball. As his weight transfers, Fellhauer uses good hip rotation to clear them out of the way and generate bat speed. He keeps his head down on the ball and uses a compact, line drive swing that allows him to center the ball on the barrel of the bat. On his follow through, he keeps both hands on the bat, which arguably limits his extension, but increases his control and stability throughout the swing.
Overall, Fellhauer has a nice, compact swing and maintains good balance and body control throughout. If you want to take a look at his swing, then check out this scouting video from MLB.com.
On the defensive side, Fellhauer has a solid arm and runs well. During his time at Fullerton and for Team USA, Fellhauer has spent time at all three outfield positions. Obviously, the versatility is a good thing, but it also may indicate that his range is a bit stretched in center. It'll be interesting to see how the Reds use him once he signs.
Fellhauer is an interesting prospect. He lasted until round 7 because he lacks plus tools and his frame doesn't allow for a great deal of projection, but he has a nice, well rounded game and he certainly knows how to hit. He strikes me as the kind of player whose overall game is greater than the sum of the individual parts. His prospect status will likely be driven by his defensive position. If he can handle centerfield, then his bat will be less critical. In addition, he projects as more of a table setter than a run producer, so his game would profile better in centerfield than it would in a corner spot.
Overall, I like his swing and his approach at the plate, which could be his ticket to the majors. Things would have to break right for him emerge as an everyday MLB player, but a smooth, line drive swing is certainly a nice place to start.
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- AnonymousJuly 11, 2009 at 5:47 PM
where do you seem him reaching possibly starting outfielderReplyDelete
Hey Anon,ReplyDelete
It's too early to say. Obviously, a lot of that will depend on Fellhauer himself. At first glance, it seems likely that his chances of starting at the MLB level depend on his ability to stick in centerfield. He probably won't ever develop the power that MLB teams require in their corner outfielders.
If he reaches his projected ceiling, then he'll likely be a table-setting centerfielder. It'll be fun to see how he develops. At the very least, he's got a real nice swing at the foundation of his offensive game.
Anyway, thanks for the comment!
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Source: Mitt Romney Digital, 5-19-12
After celebrating Mother's Day with Ann, Mitt hit the campaign trail focusing on his message of more jobs and less government. With President Obama's policies only leading to bigger government and out-of-control-spending, more Americans want to see him as a one-term president.
Mitt has the private sector experience needed to help turn the American economy back to prosperity. On November 6th Americans will be given a choice between a president with a record of failed leadership or a businessman who is ready to lead.
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Outtake: Best Pizza's Surplus Oven Real Estate
"That's one hell of an oven these guys are working with. Wish I could cook in something like that," said dmcavanagh in a comment on my Best Pizza review today.
What I didn't show you all, though, is the surplus oven real estate that extends into the Best Pizza backyard area. You can see it above. That's all oven, folks. Unused oven. See, that's an old coal-fired bakery oven. The back half of it, which extends about 15 feet into Best's backyard, is walled off from the portion that's actually used. (Best Pizza uses wood, too, instead of coal.)
It's funny, because only days before I took the photo at top, I was talking to Scott "Pizza Tours" Wiener about old coal ovens and he whipped out a picture from the notebook he always seems to have with him. Fortunately, he also blogged about what he told me:
Frank Pepe has a huge coal burning bread oven that was built by the Middleby Company, now popular for their conveyor belt air impingement ovens found in most Domino's and Pizza Hut locations. Back in the early 1900s, they were building big masonry units that required their own structures. You can see in the photo [above] that there's an addition to the back of the building. That's where the oven lives! The chimney is all the way in the back of the building. If you look really close, you can see a vertical white line in the brick to the left of the chimney under the tree where there was a second addition to incorporate more storage space onto the property.
According to Scott, if you've got a careful eye, you can often spot these old structures, which are a telltale sign that a place either is or was an old-school bakery or pizzeria.
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Jitesh Panchal
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
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West Lafayette, IN 47907-2088
Office: ME 2192
- Ph.D. (ME), Georgia Institute of Technology, '05
- M.S. (ME), Georgia Institute of Technology, '03
- B.Tech. (ME), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, '00
Research Interests
- Collective innovation
- Open source product development
- Complex networks
- Agent-based modeling
- Computational design
- Robust design and uncertainty management
- Integrated products and materials design
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Application Area(s)
Awards and Recognitions
- NSF CAREER Award, 2010 - 2015
- Robert E. Fulton SEIKM Best Paper Award at the ASME Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) conference, 2013
- Reid Miller Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award by the College of Engineering and Architecture (CEA), 2012, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- Teaching Excellence Award, 2011, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
- Young Engineer Award, 2010 ASME Computers and Information in Engineering Division
- Robert E. Fulton EIM Best Paper Award at the ASME Computers and Information in Engineering (CIE) conference, 2004
- NSF/ASME Essay Competition Winner at ASME International Design Engineering and Technical Conferences (iDETC), 2004
- Woodruff School Doctoral Teaching Fellowship, 2005, Georgia Institute of Technology
- University Silver Medal, 2000, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati
- Merit Scholarship, 1996-2000, IIT Guwahati
Selected Publications
McDowell, D. L., Panchal, J. H., Choi, H.-J., Seepersad, C. C., Allen, J. K., and Mistree, F., 2009, Integrated Design of Multiscale, Multifunctional Materials and Products, Elsevier. ISBN: 9781856176620.
Hawthorne, B., Panchal, J. H., 2013, "Bi-level formulation of a Policy Design Problem Considering Multiple Objectives and Incomplete Preferences," Engineering Optimization, in press (available online). DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2013.819093
Taha, A. and Panchal, J. H., in press, "Multilevel Decision-making in Decentralized Energy Systems with Multiple Technologies and Uncertainty," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics: Systems.
Panchal, J. H., Kalidindi, S. R., McDowell, D. L., 2013, "Key Computational Modeling Issues in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering," Journal of Computer-Aided Design, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 4-25.
Le, Q. and Panchal, J. H., 2012, "Analysis of the Interdependent Co-evolution of Product Structures and Community Structures Using Dependency Modeling Techniques," Journal of Engineering Design (special issue on Dependency Modeling in Complex System Design), Vol. 23, Nos. 10-11, pp. 804-825.
Le, Q. and Panchal, J. H., 2012, "Building Smaller-Sized Surrogate Models of Complex Bipartite Networks based on Degree Distributions," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans, Vol. 42, No. 5, pp. 1152 - 1166. DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2012.2183589.
Panchal, J. H., Messer, 2011, "Extracting the Structure of Design Information from Collaborative Tagging," Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 4, 041007(1-11).
Le, Q. and Panchal, J. H., 2011, "Modeling the Effect of Product Architecture on Mass-Collaborative Processes," Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 1, (011003)1-12.
Panchal, J. H., 2009, "Agent-Based Modeling of Mass-Collaborative Product Development Processes," Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 3, (031007)1-12.
Panchal, J.H., Paredis, C. J. J., Allen, J. K., and Mistree, F., 2009, "Managing Design-Process Complexity: A Value-of-Information Based Approach for Scale and Decision Decoupling," Journal of Computing and Information Sciences in Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 2, (021005)1-12.


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What does it take to make theatre magic? Put together a stellar cast, design team, and a golf cart and you've got it. Don't miss the opening show of Penobscot Theatre Company's 40th Anniversary Season, "Fox on the Fairway." You only have five more shots to see it! See how we make it happen:
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Some of my fondest memories are from when we use to go on family vacations. I could tell you a lot of funny stories about our travels. We certainly had a lot of fun.
However, I remember how me and my brother could also be very rambunctious. We use to fight here and there, and this used to drive my parents nuts.
Imagine going on a road trip and driving on the highway, and your two boys complaining about how the other is touching them or harassing them. Or what about wanting to go to the rest room at the wrong time.
I also remember when we traveled by plane. My mother used to think of everything. She packed the entire house with stuff that she felt that we needed.
Traveling with children can be fun and stressful all at the same time. That is why it is important to plan every little detail of your trip, especially when you travel with children.
Here is a very short article I found on Tips for Traveling with Children This very short article has a couple of useful tips for helping you make sure that your next trip with children is a fun and smooth one.
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After another devastating ISIS attack in France, this time against a priest in his 80s while he was saying Mass, the answer isn't just, "Do nothing." As racism distorts race and sexism corrupts sex — so does pacifism affront peace.
Turning the other cheek is the counsel Christ gave in the instance of an individual when morally insulted: Humility conquers pride. It has nothing to do with self-defense.
The Catholic Church has always maintained that the defiance of an evil force is not only a right but an obligation. Its Catechism (cf. #2265) cites St. Thomas Aquinas: "Legitimate defense can be not only a right but a grave duty for someone responsible for another's life, the common good of the family or of the State."
A father is culpable if he does not protect his family. A bishop has the same duty as a spiritual father of his sons and daughters in the church, just as the civil state has as its first responsibility the maintenance of the "tranquility of order" through self-defense.--
Were it not for Charles Martel at Tours in 732 and Jan Sobieski at the gates of Vienna in 1683 — and most certainly had Pope Saint Pius V not enlisted Andrea Doria and Don Juan at Lepanto in 1571 — we would not be here now. No Western nations as we know them — no universities, no modern science, no human rights — would exist.--
The dormancy of Islam until recent times, however, has obscured the threat that this poses — especially to a Western civilization that has grown flaccid in virtue and ignorant of its own moral foundations.
The shortcut to handling the crisis is to deny that it exists.
On the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, there were over 60 speeches, and yet not one of them mentioned ISIS.
Vice has destroyed countless individual souls, but in the decline of civilizations, weakness has done more harm than vice. --
The priest in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvrary in Normandy, France, was not the first to die at the altar — and he will not be the last.
In his old age, the priest embodied a civilization that has been betrayed by a generation whose hymn was John Lennon's "Imagine" — that there was neither heaven nor hell but "above us only sky" and "all the people living for today." When reality intrudes, they can only leave teddy bears and balloons at the site of a carnage they call "inexplicable."


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Status of Overseas Microgrid Programs: Microgrid Research Activities in the U.S. (English version). Berkeley: LBNL, 2008. LBNL-56E..
The Potential for Distributed Generation in Japanese Prototype Buildings: A DER-CAM Analysis of Policy, Tariff Design, Building Energy Use, and Technology Development. Berkeley: LBNL, 2004. LBNL-56359..
Lessons Learned from Microgrid Demonstrations Worldwide. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2012. LBNL-5825E..
Assessment of Distributed Generation Potential in Japanse Buildings. Berkeley: LBNL, 2005. LBNL-57978..
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"Regional Analysis of Building Distributed Energy Costs and CO2 Abatement: A U.S.–China comparison." Energy and Buildings 77 (2014) 112-129. LBNL-6678E..
"An Analysis of the DER Adoption Climate in Japan Using Optimization Results for Prototype Buildings with U.S. Comparisons." Energy and Buildings Journal Vol. 38.Issue 12 (2006) 10. LBNL-60594..
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"An Optimization and Assessment on DG Adoption in Japanese Prototype Buildings." International Symposium on Sustainable Development of the Asian City Environment (SDACE) 2005. Xi'an, China: LBNL, 2005. LBNL-61116..
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Warning….this post may contain some great links that may lead to an increase or overload with your time on-line. :)
1. New to my History blogroll….Miss!...the daily fun of a second year high school social studies teacher.
2. New to the education blogroll….Confessions From the Couch
3. I've added Classtools.net to my resource blogroll. It's a new web 2.0 site providing free flash templates to use in the classroom. You can create your own games, diagrams---fishbones and venns, etc., and more…The really great thing is you can save your work on your blog or website and open your creation again for editing.
4. I've also added Active History to resources. It's a facinating site regarding teaching history in the U.K.
5. Educahistoria.com is a site from Spain and is written entirely in Spanish, however most of us these days have the ability to read sites in our own languages. I'm thinking this site would be wonderful to share with students….students who speak Spanish and are learning English.
While we want them learning and reading English we also want them to have a little "comfort"reading, don't we? I know I would want a few English resources if I suddenly found myself in Spain or Mexico and didn't have a clue….which I wouldn't. :)
6. Make sure you check out Educahistoria's Blogosphere page for other Spanish sites too.
7. Every year I begin by teaching a short study skills unit since I've found most students have no idea what it means to study. They also generally don't know how to set a goal and follow the steps necessary to achieve it.
I think I've found something I can add to my unit box…..Follow this link to Teaching Moments: Goal Setting for Students--- where it states, "Today's students will be tomorrow's Generation Y employees. …they will dramatically change every aspect of society over the next ten years."
Hmmmm….that could be a scary prospect, but with a little shaping, a little guidance we might be ok in our old age. From the website you can purchase Goal Setting for Students for only $6.95. What a bargain! There are also links to sign up for a newsletter and a blog.
8. In case you missed it the last round up of blog posts dealing with education was hosted by Matthew K. Tabor's site while this week's education carnival can be found over at the Education Wonks.
9. The History Carnival posted around the first of September. You can find it over at Greenman Tim's wonderful site.
10. Do you know about Bibliodyssey? It is clearly one of the best image sites on the web. Check the current page out as well as the archives.
11. World History Blog has been on my history blogroll from day one. Miland posts several times a week regarding various events in world history. There is something interesting over there every time I visit.
12. Topics From 192 Countries is a group blog that has many different authors. There are new postings every day that clue you in to what's going on around the world. Scroll down the sidebar and see if your country needs an author.
13. I'm sure that many 13 readers are royalty buffs. World of Royalty is an interesting site that places royalty resources in a one-stop-shop for your convenience. There is always new information to be had.
Finally, this blog will be hosting next week's education carnival. Education posts can be fowarded to my email located at the top of the sidebar or use this handy submission link.
Visit other Thursday Thirteens here.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
13 Various Odds and Ends I Need to Mention About this Blog and the Edublogosphere in General
Posted by EHT at Wednesday, September 05, 2007
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wow, now THAT's a list!
Happy T13!
I'll have to check out #12 sometime.... *goes off to nose about*
- Addicted to crafting said...
great TT!!!
I hadn't heard of most of the items on your list. Thanks for sharing.
Oh no! Another sleepless night of wonderful blogs! Thanks for the great links.
- EHT said...
Thanks for visiting everyone.....
- Unknown said...
...as if I don't spend enough time online as it is! You've succeeded in making it difficult for me to lay my head to rest - LOVE history and your linking other sites. P.S. LOVE your "avatar" - photo too!
- Miss A said...
thanks for adding me
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Of course, the Reformation is inextricably linked with the name Martin Luther, but it would have been impossible for one individual to reform a religion. Luther had the support of a host of people: important, brave men and one woman – Katharina von Bora. She was born on 29 January 1499, the daughter of an impoverished nobleman who was forced to spend her childhood in a convent. She fled in 1523 and found refuge in the home of Lucas Cranach the Elder, a close friend of Luther. Katharina von Bora and Martin Luther married in 1525 and moved to the old Augustinian monastery in Wittenberg. Katharina managed the household, taking care of the money, running a farm and a brewery and even taking a lease on a fish farm. Martin Luther called her "my lord Katie" – an indication that she was in charge at home. She died in Torgau on 29 December 1552. At that time, Philipp Melanchthon was the leading figure in the Reformation who, even when Luther was still alive, was its theorist and a great networker with close connections to the Elector and to European scholars. The university had to appoint three new teachers to carry on his work after he died in Wittenberg on 19 April 1560, two years and one day after Johannes Bugenhagen, Luther's spiritual adviser and friend, who he met in 1521. In 1523, Luther arranged for Bugenhagen to be elected as the new priest of the town church, making him the first Protestant priest of Wittenberg. The fact that Luther was able to live there unhindered was due to his benefactor, Frederick the Wise, who had refused to surrender him to Rome in 1519. Then, in 1521, he petitioned the Emperor to allow Luther safe passage to the Diet of Worms, and continued to ensure his safety thereafter. Although the Elector protected Luther throughout his lifetime and thereby allowed the Reformation to take hold, he only professed to the new doctrines shortly before his death. Johannes Calvin was an important contemporary of Luther, although not an associate. He instigated a reign of terror in Geneva in 1539. Ulrich Zwingli, who Luther met in 1529, was also active in Switzerland, this time in Zurich.
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Zebra® Printers and Wristbands Help Improve Patient Safety and Automate the Identification Process
As science and technology progresses, one of the biggest challenges is to reduce hospital errors as much as possible. As soon as the patient is admitted to hospital, the various processes and the intervention at different levels by medical professionals (from paramedics, nurses and doctors, to administration and laboratory staff), all increase the risk of mistakes being made. For this reason, automatic patient identification (patient ID) has become significantly important in hospitals, where it succeeds in reducing errors virtually to zero.
In April 2007, the Healthcare Department for Valencia Autonomic Government (Conselleria de Sanitat de la Comunidad Valenciana) benefitted from this advanced technology and issued a tender to implement a new patient Auto ID system over 3 years. This new solution uses patient wristbands onto which text or barcodes can be printed directly. This has already been implemented at 28 hospitals.
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Covering a population of some 5 million citizens, Valencia's hospitals deal with an average of 7,500 daily admissions, and manage approximately 15,000 beds. Tracking tests, records and prescriptions is a critical factor, and the implementation of an Auto ID system can help minimise the risk of errors. The previous system had used handwritten patient wristbands which resulted in misunderstanding and transcription errors.
Valencia Healthcare Department selected the printing and wristband ID solution from Zebra Technologies to implement this new system at 28 of its hospitals. The systems integrator involved in this project offered not just the complete solution, but also has also taken responsibility of installing the printers in a fast and efficient way.
This 1.3 million project will be implemented over 3 years. During this period they will supply 9 million wristbands (3 million per year), of which 8.7 million of these will be in adult size and 300,000 of these in child sizes.
In addition to the 140 printers required, these hospitals will receive a Zebra maintenance support for the project's duration, which will also cover any service issue.
To further improve the wristband printing process, it has been necessary to develop a specific software application. This has been handled by one of Zebra's main channel partners in Spain.
The whole wristband printing process is very simple and efficient. Each hospital has 4 printers plus an additional 1 for backup purposes: 2 of them (1 for each wristband size: adult and child) are located at the general admission desk area, and the other 2 at the emergency admissions desk area – an area which prints the highest amount of wristbands.
When the patient is admitted, their wristband is immediately printed and applied to the patient's wrist when they are admitted into their room or an area for undergoing further tests. This procedure allows any member of the hospital's staff requiring information about this patient, to obtain it immediately and without errors, simply by reading or scanning the patient's wristband barcode.
The initial results from this project have seen immediate positive feedback. Valencia hospital staff have stated that "…the new wristbands contain all the information we need about each patient in a clear and error free way."
What is even more significant is that the new patient Auto ID wristbands, both with barcodes and/or with text, provide the resources needed to prevent medical mistakes. This is because it allows any member of the hopsital staff instant access to reliable and detailed information about each patient.
"This advantage increases not only the efficiency of the five basic rules for drug prescriptions at hospitals, and compliance with EC norms, but additionally it protects the patient's privacy and the reliability of the information", adds David Parras, Business Development Manager at Zebra Technologies, for Spain and Portugal.
"The improvement in safety levels and reliability with automated patient identification has been outstanding," concludes Parras "…with a virtually zero error index."


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President's picks are getting Borked.
Robert Bork's 1987 nomination to the Supreme Court, and the uproar over his ideology that ultimately led to his defeat, forever changed the process by which the Senate confirms judges. In the 25 years that have followed Bork's nomination, the two parties have fought increasingly bitter battles over high court picks in an effort to tilt the third branch of government their way. In 2002, the Oxford English Dictionary added the verb "to bork" -- to systematically defame or vilify a person, especially in the mass media -- to their lexicon.
Now there are signs that amid a growing atmosphere of poisonous partisanship, what happened to Bork, who died last week at the age of 85, is beginning to bleed into fights over other nominees.
In just the past two weeks, President Obama's first choice to head the State Department after Hillary Clinton retires has withdrawn her name from consideration, while the candidate most likely to be named Secretary of Defense is left twisting in the wind, his impending nomination losing momentum fast.
There has long been a general consensus on Capitol Hill that, barring a nominee's significant legal, ethical or moral pothole, a president should be able to run his administration with the personnel he chooses. But as he builds a team for his second term, President Obama has allowed Congress to influence his choices.
While Supreme Court nominees now must undergo all but guaranteed political fights, Cabinet nominees have rarely had to sweat out a close Senate vote. And almost none have had to overcome a filibuster; even arch-conservative Republican John Ashcroft, picked to become George W. Bush's attorney general, avoided a filibuster and won confirmation with just 55 votes. In American history, before Obama took office, only seven Cabinet appointees have been rejected, and another thirteen have been withdrawn before the Senate turned them away.
But the pace is picking up; seven of those unlucky 20 nominees have occurred under Presidents Clinton, Bush and Obama. Clinton tried four times to pick an attorney general after his first choice, Zoe Baird, withdrew just five days after she was nominated; his second and third picks demurred even before they were officially nominated. Anthony Lake, Hershel Gober, Linda Chavez, Bernie Kerik, Bill Richardson and Tom Daschle all pulled the plug on their own nominations.
The increasing frequency of a president's personnel picks who can't win confirmation could be a symptom of an increasingly partisan Senate, where 60 votes are required to overcome more common filibusters, said Sarah Binder, a senior fellow of governance studies at the Brookings Institution and The George Washington University.
"The pattern of challenging would-be nominees is consistent with Republicans' willingness to exploit their procedural rights across the president's agenda," Binder said. "When the parties aren't so polarized, it's easier to find a nominee acceptable to your own party and to some centrist members of the opposition. When the parties polarize, it's not so easy to find acceptable nominees, particularly if senators are willing to flex their parliamentary muscles."
As Clinton prepared to leave her perch in Foggy Bottom, all signs suggested Obama was leaning toward appointing Susan Rice, his ambassador to the United Nations, to take over. But Rice's misinformed comments in the immediate aftermath of the attack on a consulate in Libya that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens made her a target for Republican senators angry at the administration's handling of the situation. Rice's own abrasive style hurt her relations with those senators -- personal meetings with Sens. John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Kelly Ayotte and even moderate Susan Collins failed to assuage their concerns. After initially defending his potential nominee, Obama ultimately accepted her decision to withdraw from consideration in the face of an almost-certain filibuster.
And with Leon Panetta preparing to leave the Pentagon, Obama appeared set to tap former Sen. Chuck Hagel, the Republican Vietnam veteran who left the Senate in 2008. But Hagel has come under assault for his past comments about what he termed the "Israel lobby" and for his comments about an openly gay nominee he opposed in 1998. But the White House has left Hagel's not-yet-nomination twisting in the wind as President Obama delays a final decision. And the opposition, from gay rights activists and Israel's closest allies in Congress, has gone from a whisper to a roar. A once-certain nomination now looks tenuous at best, and dead in the water at worst.
In both cases, the nominees-in-waiting have come under fire for their ideology and public positions, rather than for any personal sins. Susan Rice does not have an undocumented worker for a nanny, and Chuck Hagel is current on his taxes, as far as anyone can tell.
In both cases, it's not simply Republicans standing in the way of President Obama's nominees. Some on the left began to question Rice's tenure overseeing African affairs during Bill Clinton's administration, a time when the United States stood by while dictators and militias hacked a bloody path through their countries. And the harshest blow to Hagel's potential nomination came Sunday, when New York Democrat Charles Schumer pointedly refused to endorse his old colleague's nomination on NBC's Meet The Press.
And in both cases, a qualified alternative who has his or her own allies in Congress has waited in the wings. With Rice out of the picture, Obama turned to Sen. John Kerry, the Massachusetts Democrat who won praise from McCain, Graham and other colleagues even while Rice looked like the more likely pick. And if Hagel isn't Obama's pick, he would likely turn to Michele Flournoy, the former Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, who has her own fans on Capitol Hill and within the defense and military communities.
Whether by dint of an unwillingness to fight for his nominees, because he has other priorities or because he sees more important fights coming down the pike, President Obama is allowing the personnel moves that will become critical in forming his foreign policy legacy to be influenced -- even decided -- by Congress. But unlike Baird, or Kerik, or Daschle, Rice and Hagel are in trouble for their policy views, not their personal sins. The borking, in other words, is no longer confined to the Supreme Court.


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I just posted on the welcome topic and I said "I don't know anyone who hasn't been caled on somthing by draco" so I thought lets test that.
so if you've never been called post here and I'll give one point to the members, but if you have been called post and I'll give one point to Draco.
This could get fun if you go along with it and post if you get called.
I've been called on at LEAST 3 different things. But I don't think that Aaron has ever (or can ever) be called. So...


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