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Lobbyists Get Local
City and state governments spend about $70 million a year on lobbyists, with the primary goal of getting far more money out of Washington.
By Julia Pflaum
October 04, 2007 | When the Senate passed a bill last week that would allocate $23 billion in funds for local projects around the country, the members of Congress whose districts will benefit the most were not the only ones vying for the money. Professional Washington lobbyists are increasingly becoming middlemen between the federal government and cities and states—so much so that the amount of money spent by city and state governments to lobby Washington has doubled since 2000, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
The deadly bridge collapse in Minnesota in August, end-of-summer flooding in the Midwest and continued Hurricane Katrina relief highlighted the funding needs of transportation and waterway repair projects throughout the nation, and city and state governments are working hard to secure their share of the available funding. The growth of the federal government has meant an expansion of the number of programs with funds that state and city governments can compete for to cover the cost of local projects. One way to effectively champion for these federal funds is by hiring lobbyists to push for bills, amendments and earmarks that serve local needs.
Bringing It Home: The top 15 city and state entities to spend money on federal lobbying in 2007
|Total spent on lobbying
|Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
|Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration
|Miami-Dade County, FL
|Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
|Los Angeles County, CA
|Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co
|San Diego County, CA
|City of Phoenix, AZ
|City of Haines, AK
|City of Jacksonville, FL
|Government Devel Bank of Puerto Rico
|Sacramento Area Flood Control
|Texas Office of State-Federal Relations
|Broward County, FL
|City of Indianapolis, IN
* Totals reflect data available from the Senate Office of Public Records on Aug. 14, 2007.
In the first six months of 2007, city and state governments spent about $34 million in taxpayers' dollars lobbying the federal government, putting them on track to exceed the $67 million spent in all of 2006 and far surpass the $35 million spent in 2000. Appropriations, or money the federal government doles out for specific projects and purposes, are constantly in demand by local and state governments and explain why budgetary issues top the list of issues lobbied on by government entities in 2007. In addition, matters pertaining to transportation, urban development and the environment, specifically regarding Superfund—the the EPA enacted program dedicated to the states' proper maintenance of abandoned hazardous waste sites—have garnered much of the attention from lobbyists representing municipal government this year.
"Over the past decade, there has been a steady increase of hiring lobbying firms due to budget pressures of local and state governments acting against the constraints of the federal government's spending on necessary programs," said Roger Gwinn, president of the Ferguson Group, a lobbying firm with 110 public agency clients. "These programs are being under-funded, and the lobbying is for more resources from programs and federal mandates that assist on a variety of local and state issues."
Hiring lobbying firms is an appealing prospect for city and state governments for many reasons. The firms they hire are usually located in or near Washington, while the cities and states may be on the other side of the country, far removed from the action on Capitol Hill. Usually, the lobbyists themselves have already established relationships with members of Congress, often having worked for them, and they understand the process.
Lobbying firms that specialize in working for local municipalities routinely boast on their websites how much return they can bring in, as one way to justify their costs. And for many local and state governments, hiring lobbying firms has become very cost-effective, as the money returned to fund specific projects usually trumps the lobbyists' monthly fees. In 2007, the Ferguson Group has earned $3.3 million, putting it at the top of the list of firms employed by local and city governments. Trailing behind are Alcalde and Fay, earning almost $1.9 million, and Holland and Knight with $1.3 million from government clients in the first half of this year.
The city and county of Denver, Colo., for example, have together spent $2.9 million on lobbying since 1999—more than most other local entities. Currently the city and county hire the same lobbyists and share the costs. Their efforts focus largely on legislative issues related to aiding the homeless, increasing law enforcement surrounding gang activity, enhancing the efficiency of air transportation and supporting public works projects. The city and county work with their lobbyists to chart their legislative strategy.
With nearly 1,700 miles between Denver and Washington, the lobbyists provide a direct route to the nation's capital. "Our lobbyists serve as a constant reminder to the representatives in Congress about the problems and issues we're facing all the way out here in Colorado," said Katherine Archuleta, Denver's senior advisor on policy and initiatives.
A city's proximity to the District of Columbia doesn't necessarily make it less reliant on lobbyists, however. Fairfax County, Va., which is less than an hour's drive from Capitol Hill employs lobbyists, who are able to attend hearings and may know about federal programs that municipalities do not, said Claudia Arko, who is Fairfax's liaison to the county's lobbyists. Infrastructure problems stemming from road construction, the employment restrictions of illegal immigrants and the funding needs of public schools command the attention of lobbyists working for Fairfax County.
Los Angeles County, which has spent more than $5 million on lobbying since 1999, hired a lobbying firm after the board of supervisors decided there was a need for a greater presence in Washington, according to Gerri Kariya, assistant chief executive officer for the County of Los Angeles. Lobbyists for the county are representing its interests related to HIV/AIDS prevention and education, assistance for the homeless and improvements to the health care system.
In addition to having better access to committees and lawmakers than the county could get on its own, the lobbyists often work around the clock, Kariya said. "Our lobbyists in Washington are regularly attending meetings after hours and on the weekends. It's not unusual for me to be fielding calls from them at any time of the day," she said. Keeping in close contact with D.C. often gives the county an advantage in learning about upcoming proposals and programs.
Hiring lobbyists isn't meant to replace direct contact with members of Congress, who are supposed to be the ultimate lobbyists for their districts. But while a congressman's district may comprise several, if not dozens, of cities and counties, lobbyists working for local entities can focus exclusively on issues affecting the constituency they are hired to serve. "We hold conference calls with our lobbyists twice a week, directing their efforts and assigning priority to issues and strategies they are constantly working on," Denver's Archuleta said. Elected representatives, on the other hand, must spread their time over various areas of interest, some of which extend well beyond their districts, such as the war in Iraq, global warming and immigration.
Hiring Washington lobbyists to push city and state interests is not a new political strategy, but as more public bodies see payoffs from such efforts, it may become standard practice in the competition for limited federal funds. In that competition, some lobbyists may even know how to bypass the formal application process and secure valuable earmarks from Congress for specific projects, said Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, a watchdog group targeting pork-barrel politics. "Until members of Congress turn off the spigot," Schatz said, "cities and states will continue to use lobbyists to help them feed at the trough and obtain earmarks."
-CRP Lobbying Researcher Greg Gasiewski contributed to this report.


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How do I file a human rights violation complaint with the United Nations?
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The website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has several resources for people who want to communicate human rights concerns to the United Nations.
Certain conventions on human rights have mechanisms for addressing individual complaints, others may not.
Decisions of the human rights bodies on individual cases are usually restricted documents, unless the body decides to make them available. Case names and other information may be found in the reports on the session(s) at which the case was considered. This type of documentation is sometimes referred to as "jurisprudence" of the treaty bodies.
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By P G Tips
January 17 2018
Bath's European hopes hang by a slender thread as they prepare to play Benetton on Saturday. Last week's shock defeat by Scarlets has handed Bath the steepest of challenges. Knockout qualification is mathematically possible but will require one of their pool rivals to hammer the other and a number of improbable results in other pools to go their way. Whether they make the knockout rounds or not, the squads response will set the tone for the rest of the season.
In one dramatic encounter, defeat last Friday plummeted Bath from 5th placed qualifier (with real hopes of a home semi) to 12th in line. Their hopes of progress now depend on climbing the ranks of the second placed teams. For that to happen Bath will hope that Scarlets can shred the Toulon defence as readily as they showed at the Rec, leaving Toulon pointless from the tie and that other English clubs, with no hope of qualifying, will rouse themselves to shock performances. Wasps must beat Ulster, and Saints triumph at Saracens to make certain of Bath's passage: a Quins win away at La Rochelle would help too.
So what of the match itself? Benetton started the tournament determined to belie the "whipping boy" tag usually associated with Italian clubs. Their resistance proved futile against Bath in Round One, but they were desperately unlucky to lose at home to Toulon and then at Parc y Scarlets, having led both matches until the final minutes and played some excellent rugby. Their performances have tailed off in the last two rounds however, conceding over sixty points in two lame defeats. Now, with nothing to play for in Europe this season will they aim for a morale boosting win at home or focus on slim hopes of sufficient Pro 15 progress to make next season's tournament?
Although not dominating the Italy squad as they traditionally have, Benetton boast a number of seasoned campaigners. Up front De Marchi, Fuser, Negri, Barbieri and Zanni are notable and tough forwards. Behind them there is the control of Gori or Tebaldi, McKinley or Allan at half back and the running threat of Benvenuti, Sgarbi, Esposito and Tagicakibau. Should they gird themselves for a last act of defiance, Bath will have a fight on their hands.
Bath have to get 5 points from this game to stand any chance. Encouragingly, they enjoyed the majority of both possession and territory against Scarlets – the first time that has been the case this season. Scarlets gave Bath a lesson in what to do with that possession, attacking from all parts of the pitch and setting a tempo Bath could not live with. It would be unwise to copy that style in every detail: Bath should play their own game, but imposing themselves on their opponents and playing at pace, as they did against Toulon and Worcester is surely the way to win.
The work –ons for this match are clear from the failure of the last. Too many turnovers were conceded, the usually reliable scrum gave disappointing returns, as did the lineout. Once again, the opposition profited from ball kicked away: it was not the frequency of kicks that punished Bath, rather the inaccuracy and lack of potent chase. All these failings can be corrected and if they are, the attacking brio of the Toulon and Worcester matches can easily be restored.
Bath's fate may not be entirely in their own hands, but control of this match is. Knockout hopes aside, there is ample motivation. Comprehensive defeat last week demands an unequivocal riposte. The remainder of the season could well rest on an early reassertion of squad pride and morale – a strong performance is needed to ensure that. Then there are the individual motivations – 6 nations places and Bath's own domestic pecking order. It may be too early for England call ups for Underhill and Mercer, but Eddie Jones' back row options are currently thin. So too at loose head prop where, barring a change of heart or switching a tight head to the left, he must surely be considering Beno Obano to bench against Italy. Jonathon Joseph must show enough form to win his tussle with Slade for the 13 spot and Anthony Watson will want to erase one costly missed tackle in Eddie's mind and his. Then there is Freddie Burns. Injury and Priestland's form have forced him into second fiddle since he arrived from Tigers: Rhys's hamstring issue affords him a prodigal's chance to shine and gain preference.
In the preview for the home fixture I referred to Treviso's significance in Prosecco production. Bath will want to start like a cork exploding from the bottle. There are many reasons why they will want to bubble and sparkle. Is that what we can expect – or will they just fizzle out?
Possible Bath Team:
Obano, Dunn, Thomas, Phillips, Stooke, Garvey (Capt.), Underhill, Grant. Fotuali'I, Burns. Brew, Tapuai, Joseph, Banahan. Watson.
Replacements: Noguera, V Vuuren, Lahiff, Charteris, Mercer. Allinson, Lewis, James Wilson.
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Date: 08/29/2012
Writer: Jane Moorman, 505-249-0527, firstname.lastname@example.com
CLAYTON, N.M. - The fourth annual "5-State Beef Conference" will kick off its three-stop tour on Sept. 4 at Woodward, Okla., followed by a stop in Coldwater, Kan., on Sept. 5 and Clayton, N.M., on Sept. 6.
The conference is organized by the Cooperative Extension Service and university beef cattle specialists from New Mexico State University, Oklahoma State University, Colorado State University, Kansas State University and Texas A&M University.
"The program is primarily geared to cow-calf producers, but the material will be of interest to stocker or feeder operations and feedlots," said Manny Encinias, NMSU Extension beef cattle specialist.
"The main focus of this year's conference is the drought. The planning committee has put together an excellent program that should be of interest to all facets of the beef industry," Encinias said.
Program topics are:
? "Evaluating alternative and non-conventional feed resources," Justin Waggoner, Kansas State University beef systems specialist.
? "Evaluation of feeding systems for maintaining cattle," John Wagner, Colorado State University, professor of feedlot nutrition management.
? "Traits and tools for retention and replacement of female cows," Megan Rolf, Oklahoma State University Extension beef cattle genetics specialist.
? "Managing range resources during and recovering from drought," Nick Ashcroft, NMSU Extension range management specialist.
? "Trends and changes impacting livestock economics," Rodney Jones, Oklahoma State University area agricultural economist.
Each meeting is scheduled from 3 to 7 p.m. at each location with dinner provided. The locations are Sept. 4: High Plains Technology Center, 3921 34th St., Woodward, Okla.; Sept. 5: Coldwater Veteran's/City Building, 239 East Main, Coldwater, Kan.; Sept. 6: Clayton Elks Lodge, 201 South First St., Clayton, N.M.
Registration at the door is $50 for single ticket, or $65 for a couple. For more information on the conference, contact Encinias at 505-927-7935.
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As I have admitted before, I watch All My Children. Laugh if you must, I own up to it. And not long ago, I also added watching The Young and the Restless. It is actually better than AMC, but I've been watching that one so long, I doubt I could stop if I wanted to. (as I've said before, "listening" is more accurate as to what I do with television)
However, there is something that has come to bother the hell out of me about both soaps: Geography.
Yes, I can handle poisonings, baby swaps, amnesia, cheating spouses and on and on, but their geography is just bugging the heck out of me!
The Young and the Restless happens in the semi-fictional city of Genoa City, Wisconsin (the real one has a population of under 2,000). We are to believe that this Wisconsin town has
Fine, in today's world, corporations can be anywhere thanks to the Internet, but a major international airport? Sure a fashion magazine could use the same Internet excuse, but wouldn't you kind of want to be near where the designers and models are?
Then there is All My Children which takes place in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania. This city suffers from some of the same problems as Genoa City.
Yes… I said "ocean front property". It has been referenced several times that they can take their yachts to New York City or sail them down the coast to Florida, as they did in May 2005 for a wedding, but, yet… Pennsylvania does not touch any oceans. We've heard the waves breaking on the beach, people talk about how cold the ocean must be… YOU'RE IN PENNSYLVANIA! Yes, it touches Lake Erie, so in theory you could get to the ocean from the north, or through the southern part of the state if you wanted to go down the Potomac, but they have clearly mentioned "the ocean".
I think all of this first got on my nerves about a year ago when One Life To Live, which takes place 30-miles from Pine Valley in Llanview, PA was having a "dangerous blizzard". Over in Pine Valley? They were wearing wind breakers and sleeveless dresses. Because… I don't know, I'm sure there was a plausible explanation… we never heard…
I know, I know, its odd to argue the silliness of soap opera geographies, but come on, can't we keep the wackiness to suddenly discovering someone is alive who "died" 20 years ago and we've even seen their "ghost" during that time span? Keep the oceans where they belong!


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Merritt Schaefer & Brown Records
An Inventory of the Collection
Administrative History
Merritt Schaefer & Brown was a men's clothier that was started by Frank Merritt, A. O. Schaefer, Walter Finis Brown and Verno Blomquist in Austin, Texas in 1941. The original store location was 611 Congress Avenue. They carried medium-priced to high-end brand name men's apparel. During World War II they also sold military uniforms to bomber pilots. In 1956, the store was sold to Hart Schaffner & Marx, a national men's clothing maker. In 1992, HSSI, Inc., the company's retail store division took over. Over the years the store expanded to have satellite stores in area malls that all eventually closed because of financial difficulties. The last remaining store in downtown Austin store closed in 1995 after the Chicago company, The Hastings Group, that bought out the store in 1994 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Scope and Contents
This small (14 item) collection contains correspondence, programs, newspaper clippings and photographs that document the opening and closing of Merritt Schaefer & Brown. The eight black and white photographs document the opening ceremonies of the store in 1941 and feature then-Austin mayor Tom Miller and Lyndon B. Johnson as well as the owners of Merritt Schaefer Brown and their wives.
Restrictions on Access
Open to all users.
Restrictions on Use
Related Material
Administrative Information
Custodial History
Donated by a family member of Walter Brown.
Preferred Citation
Merritt Schaefer & Brown Records (AR.2004.029). Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, Texas.
Acquisition Information
Donor #: DO/2004/121
Donation Date: 2004
Processing Information
Finding aid created and encoded by Molly Hults/2010.
Detailed Description of the Collection


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- highly educated (Masters degree or above)
- mostly female but some men
- aged 25-60
- more book savvy than computer savvy (which is why I'm doing a
physical book and not just an eBook)
- professional
- "helping people" vs. business people
Many of these people identify more as "helping people people" vs. "business people" so the idea of starting their own business can be daunting.
I'd like the book cover to reflect the following themes:
- my book has everything they need to know
- use the book to success is in the future
- taking this bold move will help them professionally and personally
Title of the Book: The Independent Clinician
Subtitle: Guide to Private Patients
Author: Jena H. Casbon, MS CCC-SLP
I have attached a picture of myself (EM0842Grad(2), a logo I made on one of those "design it yourself" logo sites (LogoColorTextBelow), a few stock pictures that I use on my site (which will also give you an idea of the types of customers I have)
I don't have a feeling for whether I want to just text, pictures or my logo, which is why I've chosen to hire a designer. Be creative! My only request is that it's fairly clean and not too busy with colors or images.
I use a lot of bold blue and purples on my site, so perhaps sticking in that color genre would be good- http://www.IndependentClinician.com. I want it neither masculine or feminine looking.
I want to use this cover for:
- books that I'll be printing off myself at Kinko's
- a smaller graphic that I can put on the site
I am NOT very computer savvy- so putting the book cover in .pdf might be easiest for me. If you could do a smaller .jpg graphic (perhaps that is rendered as a coil bound book, that would be awesome.)
Book Format:
I am not entirely sure about how the book will be bound in future editions, but for now, I'm planning to do a coil-bound book that is 8 1/2 by 11 inches. Please make sure that the formatting will allow for the coil. The book itself is about 100 pages in length.


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>Ever have a friend who
likes who you like too?
Or would you suddenly
feel attracted to people
who friend you admire in
the classroom? Naturally.
Apparently, according to
research, that's the way
women think about men
who liked other people.
According to a study
quoted by Indiana
University, she noticed a
man who noticed by
others. Women do not
just look at what his
friends think about a
male figure, even the
opinions of strangers
once did will be a
consideration in like a
male figure. This is called
"cheating mate choice",
and this often occurs in
other species, especially
fish and birds.
In an explanation, Skylar
Place, led the study says,
"People are not in a
vacuum bottle. We have
evolved mechanisms,
which makes us take
advantage of the
information we can from
the environment."
This study included 40
men and 40 women. All
were students of Indiana
University, who asked to
watch a video
impressions from the
interaction of speed
dating sessions focusing
on a few pairs of men
and women who are
dating mini for a few
After the impressions of
each pair, respondents
were asked to tick the
box that says if if they
would meet again with
the last (of the opposite
sex). The study authors
say, this mini-dates the
play turned out to be a
realistic example of how
women choose their
partner. Respondents
were asked to rate the
ratings success dating
from each partner, and
the researchers
examined how the
participants wanted to
be involved in a romantic
relationship with an
individual who is in it.
The male respondents in
general to be interested
in the woman on the
video and will grow
interested if the man in
the video also looks
interested in the woman
(especially if the man
considered to have
attractive qualities as
So whatever happened to
the female respondents
seemed more attracted
to a man if the woman is
in the video looks
interested (unlike men).
Interest in men also will
decrease if the woman in
the video did not appear
interested in him.
Therefore, the
conclusion, the opinion of
someone who is alien to
the women also would
affect the assessment. Of
course women will think
about what the opinions
of family and friends
about the right partner
for him. However,
uniquely, for women,
consciously or not, the
opinion of strangers also
have an influence.
>How Women Select Men
>Ever have a friend who


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Congratulations Writivist Sima and Erica!
Long Dying Gracefully by Sima Mittal in The 2015 Writivism Short Story Prize Longlist
Blues for Absalom by Erica Sugo Anyadike in The 2015 Writivism Short Story Prize Longlist
Sima Mittal was born (1974) in India and was raised in Arusha, Tanzania, from where she moved to Dar es Salaam in 2002. She has studied in Tanzania, India and the USA. Although she holds a Bachelors of Engineering in Computer Science, her love for writing began when she explored reading with her two little girls. She loves reading poetry and children's books. She feels a writer and an illustrator weave the magic of a children's picture book together. Through her short stories, she hopes to connect with and mesmerize audiences of all age groups. She has been blessed to be a part of the Writivism programme. Because of Writivism her short story was published in the Daily News (Tanzania) and on Muwado.com.
Erica Sugo Anyadike has worked as filmmaker and a broadcaster for the past fifteen years. She's Tanzanian, married to a Nigerian. She lived in South Africa for over a decade before moving to Nairobi. She has written, produced and directed a short film and two television dramas. She's written for Kwani. She likes pretentious conversations about popular culture. Her superhero skill is mixology. She loves a good story in any medium.


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Chapel Of The Holy Family
The formative experiences and long-lasting bonds that happen at Camp, cannot happen without the engagement/investment/support of many people. Dinner with the Director provides opportunity for Camp Hardtner's leadership to connect with its campers, families, alumni, and other community members, so that together all can work toward having the greatest impact
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First Camp is for campers going in to grades 2 and 3, along with their parents. This two night session is basically a mini-version of our longer sessions packed in to one weekend. First Camp introduces children and parents to sleep-away camp, and specifically to the Camp Hardtner summer camp
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Angels, Thieves and Winemakers
Joseph Mills
Winston-Salem: Press 53
86pp $12 (paper)
Everybody who enjoys wine often enough and long enough ends up being something of a poet. Winedrinkers just naturally seem to connect each facet of the splendor in the glass with everything in their universe. This is a reaction that's only occasionally provoked by beer and not at all by spirits.
What's up here? Is it the way wine focuses the attention as its flavors unfold? Is it wine's curious ability to provoke the appetite as it quenches thirst? Is it the twelve per cent alcohol? Maybe it's the way that winemaking has of reminding us of ourselves, of seasons and aging, hopes and rituals.
Given the poetifacient nature of wine it's surprising that there's not much wine poetry, at least not poetry on paper and without slightly slurred speech. Joseph Mills, who seems to have kindred spirits in Billy Collins and Robert Frost takes on the business of making the connections between wine and the rest of life and making the words sing in the process.
From the way microscopic debris in the champagne glass provides the birthplace of bubbles, Mills finds praise for our impurities, hoping that they make us sparkle. From the champagne flute molded from Marie Antoinette's breast, he fantasizes drinking-each of us-from the shapes of our beloveds. In his tiny daughter's mimicry of his behavior with a wine glass, he conjures the hundred fears that parents live with and reminds every parent of the fears they live with.
A few of these poems are startling, more tell truths that we may have forgotten. One or two, like The Ordinaries and Riddle are heartbreaking: some others like American Beaujolais are wry. It's hard not to love his suggestion that a great first date activity is watching your date open a bottle of wine, praying for a broken cork or his reminder about a full wine rack:
A full wine rack
is a Saturday morning,
the first day of summer vacation
a tank of gas,
a promise of good dinners
and future celebrations.
Look, the shelves say,
There's plenty,
Don't worry.
You're safe.
I know-you've had that feeling. Me too. But Joseph Mills had that feeling and wrote these poems and I think they're worth a toast.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Angels, Thieves and Winemakers
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With 2300 radiological images dispersed throughout the text, this source provides an expansive armamentarium of case studies and examples showcasing both common and uncommon liver pathologies. Serving as an unparalleled how-to source for the investigation of liver disease by MRI, this guide demonstrates key MRI techniques currently utilized in clinical practice, as well as explains the choice of acquisition sequences, specific parameters, and the use of contrast media for each application.
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About a year and a half ago, I asked our top San Bernardino County executive to commence a study to evaluate the management of our vehicle fleet and to determine whether or not we were efficiently using taxpayer resources. This request was largely ignored until Greg Devereaux, our current chief executive officer, came aboard and carried out the request.
I have been briefed on the nearly 200-page report by Mercury Associates Inc. Analysts thoroughly studied our operations and have offered up praise and constructive critiques that they believe would result in annual savings in excess of $1.6 million
($1.2 million due to centralization and $400,000 in fuel purchasing). They also calculated the cost of take home vehicles to exceed $4 million a year – a matter that will receive ongoing review by our leadership as we continue to deal with potential budget reductions.
Mercury submitted an extensive list of recommendations for the near-, short- and long-term time horizons. Without getting into the minutiae of each specific recommendation, it is fair to say that most of these recommendations appear to be realistically achievable. Now would be an appropriate time to acknowledge Mr. Devereaux for his leadership and commend him for implementing five of the recommendations before the report was even finalized.
The primary thrust of the study centered on the fact that although the county has an existing fleet management division, the sheriff's department and the fire department also separately manage their fleets. Additionally, some departments purchase fuel at private commercial facilities instead of the county yards. Thus, the study concluded that greater centralization of vehicle maintenance would result in significant savings in addition to enhanced bulk purchase price reductions in the cost of fuel should the entire county fleet make a concerted effort to purchase fuel from county yards.
On page 52 of the Countywide Fleet Operations Review section of the report, the study concluded that our existing fleet management division was an excellent foundation upon which the county could centralize operations and that current levels of service provided to other departments was exemplary. In fact, it was suggested that preventive maintenance intervals exceeded industry practice.
The study also concluded that some departments purchased fuel or outsourced maintenance because they believed they were actually saving the taxpayers money. However, they noted that due to incorrect cost calculations, their well-meaning intentions were actually counterproductive. Misunderstandings and a lack of communication have created this silo-effect that must be overcome in order to reestablish trust so that these projected savings can be realized.
This exhaustive look into how our county manages its vehicle fleet gave me a general sense that with some tweaking, we can achieve optimal performance and focus our attention on other areas of the county that also need attention. That is not to say that there aren't any serious flaws in our current operations. However, I am confident that the county will take the necessary steps to fully maximize the savings identified by this study.
If you would like to read the report for yourself and or submit your comments to me, I encourage you to visit my website at www.sbcounty.gov/derry or visit my Facebook page at www.facebook.com/supervisorderry.
San Bernardino County Supervisor Neil Derry represents the 3rd District.


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This SHARP distance sensor bounces IR off objects to determine how far away they are. It returns an analog voltage that can be used to determine how close the nearest object is. Comes with 12" long 3-JST interface wire. These sensors are good for detection between 20cm-150cm. For over 1 m distance, we suggest using sonar sensors.
To use, connect black wire to ground, red wire to 5V and white wire to analog input. The analog voltage out will range from 3V when an object is only 4" (10 cm) away and 0.4V when the object is 32" (80 cm) away.
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Contributing our voices to the Kony 2012 debate
One of the positive unintended consequences of the Kony debate was the rise of the African voices coming to the microphone. This conversation was of particular concern for me because it hit home. Unlike other do-gooder debates (1 million t-shirts, Sevenly, SWEDOW and malaria) I've contributed to, which were about Africa in general, the Kony 2012 debate featured Uganda heavily.
Apart from my initial response that I penned and published before our site went down due to a merciless hacking job last week (sorry about that), I was fortunate enough to be invited to publish op-eds for CNN and the New York Times. My piece at CNN covered some of the reasons I thought the video created the wrong buzz:
What does it say about our capacity to care when we are barely moved by video shot on shaky cellphone cameras of innocent people being slaughtered, but we suddenly get a collective conscious because of a slick Hollywood production documenting a 25-year-old issue on the decline.
More children die of malaria, diarrhea, and nodding disease in northern Uganda on a daily basis than the monthly average of Kony's 25 years of killing. Where's the slick viral video for those children?
Over at the New York Times, I was extremely thrilled to join eight other voices in a global debate published in the NYT's Room for Debate portal. My concise contribution covered the need to use our social media clout to elevate the voices of those we want to help:
The takeaway for me is that social media is a powerful tool for flattening the conversational landscape. It is imperative that we don't hijack the voice and agency of the actors we are trying to help. Instead we should use our social clout to help them realize they have a voice, and we shouldn't dare assume we know what's best for them.
Additionally, I took part in an emergency panel discussion at SXSW convened by Sam Gregory from witness.org. The conversation attempted to look at the meta lessons we can take away from the buzz that the video created. What can we as a society take away from a phenomenon where 70 million people engaged with one video? An archive of notes from the conversation can be found here [PDF].
Finally, I doubt I will ever have have time to respond to the more than 400 comments around the 3 posts that I published. Even if I did, I doubt I could ever do justice to that many voices engaging this African in conversation if I tried to synthesize what it all means. Instead I will say thank you everyone for taking the time to consider another perspective in to the debate and conversation. This is also a thank you to all those who engaged in a respectful manner, even if you didn't agree with what I had to say, or how I said it.
The development communications landscape is changing, and I think that is good for those of us classified as recipients by the development aid complex. The rise of our voices is going to be something the world isn't ready to accept. But I think it a necessary and urgent tool central to our development. We have a right for our voices to be heard. And we have a right to be partners and contributors to our own rescue. I, for one welcome louder, deeper voices, cogent voices rising from the lower pyramid. Let's flatten the development paradigm by becoming equal partners and not just the perennially down-trodden.


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I have installed the Dinan Stage 3 Suspension Upgrade on my 2003 Z8. This system includes the Dinan Springs, Dinan Adjustable Sway bars (front and rear) and the Dinan Camber/Caster Plates.
Overall, I think this is a relatively affordable upgrade that has more benefit than leaving the Z8 stock, especially if you enjoy spirited driving and the occasional track event.
Handling is definitely improved as a result of mainly the adjustable swaybars and the increased positive caster from the caster plates. The ride quality is noticebly stiffer and at times seems to "bottom out" much more easily than stock (mild size bumps or potholes).
Dinan recommends initial swaybar settings as follows to decrease understeer:
LEFT / RIGHT (front)
LEFT / RIGHT (rear)
After installation of the complete suspension, Dinan recommends an alignment. Their alignment settings are as follows:
Tire pressure 35lbs. and full tank of gas recommended with no weight in vehicle.
Camber: -0.7 +/- 0.5
Caster: +6.5 +/- 0.5
Total Toe: 0.17 +/- 0.06
Camber: -2.2 +/- 0.5
Total Toe: 0.34 +/- 0.15
Problems I encountered were as follows:
Alignment at my dealer was way off (see previous post on Roadfly). I got a second opinion regarding the alignment from another shop and was very close to spec. Minor adjustments to toe and camber we necessary but it now is right on specifications.
Ride quality on the street has definitely suffered on my local streets. I have contacted Dinan regarding this and they have spoken to my Dealer but no solution as of yet. Since the Springs seem to be installed correctly, Dinan suspects that possibly the "wrong springs"(?) were shipped as my ride height is much lower than what they advertise. I have nearly 3/4 inch on the lower in the front and only about 1/8 inch lower in the rear or maybe they are defective(?), neither of which sound good to me (although I suppose anyone can make a mistake). At the time of this writing, I am still working through this problem and will report back when solved.
Assuming the above problem to be correctible, Overall, I would give this system an overall thumbs up rating. Considering the relatively low cost ($1700 plus labor), I think this is one of the relatively cost effective ways to improve the handling of your Z8..... Although at a minimum I would recommend the Adjustable sway bars (recommend one setting stiffer than what Dinan recommends: 00X0 / 0X00 front and 00X / X00 for the rear) and is readily available through your local BMW Service Center.
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I would like to build but time becomes an issue. Thinking of using oratex to shorten covering time but also thinking of going with a stage 2 or 3 wing. What do you guys think about the time saved here and is it worth the cost?
Also, who has tried the spoilers and are they worth the effort. Weather would be an issue with a hole on top of the wing?


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This is a lesson about using the light from the star during an occultation event to identify the atmosphere of a planet. Learners will add and subtract light curves (presented as a series of geometrical shapes) to understand how this could occur. The activity is part of Project Spectra, a science and engineering program for middle-high school students, focusing on how light is used to explore the Solar System.
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A Perspective on Landslide Damsby Robert L. Schuster, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA,
John E. Costa, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO, USA,
Document Type: Proceeding Paper
Part of: Landslide Dams: Processes, Risk, and Mitigation
The most common types of mass movements that form landslide dams are rock and soil slumps and slides; mud, debris, and earth flows: and rock and debris avalanches. The most common initiation mechanisms for dam-forming landslides are excessive rainfall and snow melt, and earthquakes. Most landslide dams are remarkable short-lived. In a sample of 63 documented cases, 22 percent of the landslide dams failed in less than 1 day after formation, and half failed within 10 days. Overtopping was by far the most frequent cause of landslide-dam failure. Backwater flooding behind landslide dams can inundate communities and valuable agricultural land. Floods from the failure of landslide dams are smaller than floods from constructed dams impounding bodies of water with the same potential energy, but larger than floods from failure of ice dams. Secondary effects of landslide-dam failures include additional landslides as reservoir levels drop rapidly, aggradation of valleys upstream and downstream of the dams, and avulsive channel changes downstream.
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December 5, 2010 -- CNU Holiday Open
Post date: Feb 9, 2011 2:44:06 AM
The Captains opened the 2010-11 Indoor Track & Field season on their home track for the Holiday Open. Junior Dira Hansen's 800m was the team's performance of the meet – a new School Record and Provisional Qualifier for the Division III National Championships.
Hansen Opens Captains' Season With Record Run
800m Qualifier Among 12 Team PRs
The Captains opened their Indoor Season as usual with the Holiday Open on the first weekend of December. Most of the Cross Country team extended their fall season training to go for fast times on their home track – and they did just that. Fastest of all was junior Dira Hansen (Culpeper, VA) who's resume included Provisional Qualifying Marks in events ranging from the High Jump to the 400m Hurdles in previous seasons along with two near-qualifying runs in Cross Country. Now she can add the 800m to her list of Nq events.
From the gun, Hansen set the pace to go after the 25-year-old School Record held by Karen Humphrey at 2:17.04. Hansen was easily on pace and clear of the field for three laps before Concord's Shawnee Carnett challenged and passed her on the final circuit. Carnett helped drag Hansen across the line in 2:16.00 – a new Record and the first National Qualifier on the Division III 800m lists. Michelle Stauffer (Fort Valley, VA) posted her second fastest indoor 800m time (2:28.21) and freshman Jessica McClelland(Stafford, VA) made her collegiate indoor debut with a 2:29.63.
In the men's race, Matthew Winkler (Palmyra,VA) clocked his second fastest indoor 800m ever to finish third in 1:57.63. Scott Teribury (Woodbridge, VA) did likewise with his 2:00.21 to hold off rookie Shaowei Tu's (Mechanicsville, VA) 2:00.64.
The milers had a good day, too, with Laurie Murphy (Louisa, VA) opening the season at a CNU #4 All-Time 5:21.17. Sophomore Emily Whitby (Alexandria, VA) cut her indoor best by 5 seconds to 6:19.62. Corey Lofton (Vienna, VA) led all-comers across the line in the men's race with a seven second PR 4:28.83. Senior Jeff Ball (Chesapeake, VA) slashed 14 seconds from his previous best to 4:35.29. Daniel Austin (Culpeper, VA) (4:44.40) and Scott Wright (Oak Hill, VA) (5:03.01) also netted indoor PRs.
Ray Gamache (King George, VA) entered new territory in the 5,000m. He dropped 45 seconds off his PR (and missed CNU's Top-10 List by 0.2 seconds) finishing in 15:48.47. Joshua Bowling (Crewe, VA) (16:20.19) and William Kirk (Mechanicsville, VA) also set new bests at 16:20.19 and 16:23.63, respectively, with Patrick Cunningham (Williamsburg, VA) tagging along for a 16:25.11 debut.
A couple of freshmen overcame the collegiate-debut jitters with notable performances in the vertical jumps. Jenna Elliott (Fredericksburg, VA) cleared 1.52m/4-11.75 in the High Jump – an inch shy of her indoor PR and virtually equal to the #10 performers on the CNU All-Time List. Alexander Hurd (Stafford, VA) matched his indoor best in the Pole Vault – and then kept going for another four heights. His final clearance was 3.66m/12-0. Brittany Jacobs (Warrenton, VA) and Cheria Jackson (Woodbridge, VA) started in indoor season with 16' landings in the Long Jump (Jackson at 4.92m/16-1.75 and Jacobs at 4.90m/16-1) and 10.87 second runs over the 60m Hurdles (a PR for Jacobs). Freshman Noel Bartley (Waynesboro, VA) matched her elders in the hurdles and sophomore Olivia Green (Fairfax, VA) followed them with her first landing over 15' in the Long Jump indoors (4.58m/15-0.5).
The Captains are off for Finals and the holidays before returning to work in the New Year. Next on the schedule is the Maryland Terrapin Invitational in mid-January.
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So now that it is universally agreed upon that I'm just like Hemingway, I'm going to let go of the need to be chronological or recent. I'll go back in time and just start telling stories as if they happened yesterday. I'm going to revive this sad little empty attempt at a blog. Starting with my birfloff.
We took a real live lunch break this time. Crissa, Jillian, and Maygan joined me at Spring, one of my favorites. It was no ordinary Spring lunch, though, because once a year, right before they close for August in the summer (as all Paris restaurants do), they have 3 days of lobster sandwiches.
I've read about this for the past two years but have never been able to go, so since the first day was on my birthday, I knew it'd be the perfect lunch!
Please note the flying babying. Normal.
An inspiring work of genius.
Once work was over at 8pm, 4 of us hopped on bikes, with party hats still on, and rode over to the 6th, where a birthday dinner party awaited.
The theme was black & white with a touch of red, so everyone had a red accent.
I wore a red dress, as suggested by the girls at lunch.
Jillian is house sitting for the family she used to nanny for, and they have a huge beautiful French apartment that is appropriately referred to as "the mansion" by all of us. It was perfect.
Jillian & Rick were the grand chefs in the kitchen, and everything they made was delicious. We started with an apero of mozzarella/tomato/basil skewers, melon wrapped in prosciutto, pastry puffs, saucisson, and escargots.
Then I was presented with the "Sabre de Champagne" - that's right, a Champagne saber. Essentially a refined pirates sword used for the sole purpose of popping the top of the champagne bottle in style. By cutting it off.
You prep the bottle, find the seam, and then run the saber up the edge all the way to the top, where the glass will break at the top right where the cork is, and they fly off together into the street. At the moment this happens, the champagne comes shooting out the end, and everyone quickly turns around to close the window without looking back, just in case the cork and huge knob of glass flying from the 5th floor happen to fall and hit somebody in the hit, damage a car, or injure a small yappy dog.
Pause. Record scratch. Is this photo not the Paris of my dreams?? Standing in this window with that background, sabering a Champagne bottle into the street with a giant Champagne sword while wearing a birthday hat?? I'd argue, yes. Yes it is the Paris of dreams. And also Johnny Depp and Ryan Gosling are standing behind me dressed like fire fighters, holding Champagne flutes waiting to celebrate.
Resume play. Apparently there can be such a thing as a "bad bottle". The first bottle was such a bottle, and the first time I went to hit the end, instead of it flying off effortlessly as it should have, it did not. I just hit the edge, twice, and then finally, on the third try, the bottle exploded in half, leaving me drenched with champagne on my face, hair, and lower half of my dress, holding half a champagne bottle with jagged edges of glass. (Haaaappy biiirthdaaay tooo...you?) I did a quick survey to see if I was bleeding anywhere, noticed I was fine (whew), and proceeded to pour champagne from the jagged half broken bottle. Cheers!
There was an apartment full of people across the way who came out to their balcony to watch this all go down. They were surely impressed when I just shattered the entire bottle. In style.
An incredible cheese course was to follow. The cheese was so delicious that we actually had a standing ovation for the cheese that lasted about five minutes.
Such is the quality of certain French cheeses. These are my people. The kind of people that would stand an applaud cheese.
Cut with the Champagne saber, obviously.
Everyone sang a round of the catchy pop-style birthday song the French like to sing, which is not at all the tune of Happy Birthday but an upbeat "Op-py Birth-day tooo ya...Oppy biiiiiirthday-OPP-Y Birthday..." over and over, followed by a round of "Oppy Birfloff Say Ooo". Both very traditional.
A million more stories to come.


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Alum selected for prestigious Fulbright Student Program
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Boles, a Prattville, Alabama, native, has been awarded the Fulbright Study/Research grant to pursue a master's degree in public policy and human development with a concentration in social protection policy at Maastricht University in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Boles earned a bachelor's degree from the UAB School of Public Health in 2017 and is an alumna of the UAB Honors College. She aspires to do work related to poverty prevention and alleviation through government policies and programs. Boles currently works as an AmeriCorps State/National Member with Impact America as a SpeakFirst high school debate coach. She spends the majority of her time working on debate cases and debate tournament preparation with 22 Birmingham and Pelham City Schools students.
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Rival's Challenge by Abby Green
When one night with a stranger becomes more…
On the eve of a business deal, nerves get the better of Orla Kennedy, and a drink with a handsome stranger ends in a night of passion she'll never forget! Only after does Orla discover that the man in question is Antonio Chatsfield–her rival!
Antonio never wanted to return to The Chatsfield, but his sister needs his help, so he has little choice. But when he meets the woman who came apart in his bed just hours before, Antonio decides to set his sights on a different kind of merger
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Rivals Challenge is a quick consuming read. Once you get started, you won't want to put it down. I haven't yet read any of the other books in the Chatsfield series, and this is my first book by Abby Green, but I thought she did it superbly. I love the European flair. It almost makes you feel like you're there hearing the accents coming through and visually seeing the sites described. The Harlequin Presents imprint always caters to quick steamy reads and this one does not disappoint. The intimate parts are heavy and hot, but unlike some of the other storylines in this line, this story also has some depth to it.
For anyone that wants a quick getaway with lots a sexy scenes, but who also want to walk away with a little more out of the story, this would be for you.
I received a complimentary copy from the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
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Catch the last episode of the present series of The Big DebateFriday, 11 December 2009
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The Big Debate: Dinokeng ScenariosMonday, 2 November 2009
The Dinokeng Scenarios team is aiming to share the messages more widely across the country through a series of television shows and national newspapers supplements.
THE BIG DEBATE: DINOKENG SCENARIOSThursday, 29 October 2009
Following the success of the first series, "The Big Debate" returns to the eNews Channel and eTV with a new weekly series hosted by Redi Direko and produced in partnership with the Dinokeng Scenarios. South Africans will again have a rare opportunity to tackle the most complex and controversial issues facing the country, together with ministers, business leaders, activists and experts.
Dinokeng Scenarios NewsletterMonday, 12 October 2009
The Dinokeng Scenario Team and Secretariat are happy to share with you an overview of the engagements which have been undertaken on behalf of Dinokeng in the dissemination phase.
As you know the objective of the Dinokeng scenario exercise has been to:
".. create a space and language for open, reflective and reasoned strategic conversation, among the broad community of South Africans, about possible futures for the country and the opportunities, risks, and choices these futures present."
South Africa at a CrossroadsTuesday, 5 May 2009
What will South Africa look like in 2020?
South Africa stands today at a crossroads. Since 1994 we have made great strides towards a democratic and more prosperous society. But we have also made many mistakes that could become critical if not addressed.


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12 comments
- Davidleft no stone unturned, firing it's big guns WRONG. The possessive of IT is ITS.
- The B.He's right you know, it is its, I find myself making that mistake all the time and then having to change it when I proof-read.
- Jeffrey A.BW, can you please stop resizing your images using a slide rule. Awful. Ta!
- Mike e.Page 3, that reminds me, it's (and that's the correct use of it's BW) national melons day peeps, so lets all celibrate and go outside and grab ourselves some melons.
- Mike e.However, that is not the correct use of celebrate, fucks sake...
- Jeffrey A.Lets all celibrate Mike's spelling :(
- Eddyyeah but you still would ;)
- Jeffrey A.No, I wouldn't, because I have the gay!
- Daily D.It's good to know you can count on The Sun. Or should that be The Scum? The best thing about the death of Michael Jackson was that The Sun finally removed the link on their menu to Jade Goody.
- zeddy@Daily Mail Dave: Aren't you knowledgable about your "scum"?
- Nobby> The possessive of IT is ITS. When I look at that, why do I just see TITS?
- Mike e.It's national melons day Nobby, tis why. (Please note correct use of 'it's' not 'its' 'tits' or 'tit's')