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Activities of daily living (ADLs): Tasks that are performed as a part of daily life. These include managing medicines, housekeeping, preparing meals, eating, bathing, grooming and getting dressed. A person's ability to perform ADLs is a major factor in determining the type of care he or she needs.
Adult day services: A location where staff provides care and services during the day, and the senior returns home in the evening. Services can include health services, personal care, therapy, activities and meals.
Advance directive: A legal document describing a person's desires about future health care decisions if the person is unable to make such decisions in the future. Examples of advance directives include a living will, durable power of attorney and health care proxy.
Alzheimer's disease: A progressive neurological disease. The earliest observable symptoms are often thought to be age or stress related. In the early stages, the most commonly recognized symptom is memory loss, such as difficulty remembering recently learned facts, forgetting the names of people or objects, or forgetting how an object is used. As the disease advances, symptoms include confusion, irritability and aggression, mood swings, language breakdown, long-term memory loss, and general withdrawal.
Alzheimer's Association: The global leader in research and support for Alzheimer's disease. Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America employees receive regular training from Alzheimer's Association experts on the latest in care for people living with dementia. The Alzheimer's Association website has many resources and information.
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA): The former name of LeadingAge, the national nonprofit association representing more than 5,700 not-for-profit organizations.
Ancillary services: Tests, procedures, imaging and other support services provided in a hospital or health care setting.
Application for residence: A form completed by individuals applying for residency in a senior living community.
Assisted living: Senior living communities that provide services similar to independent living communities and include supportive care from trained employees for residents who may require assistance with activities of daily living, including managing medications, bathing, dressing, toileting and eating.
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): The branch of the U.S. Health Department and Human Services that administers Medicare and federal portions of Medicaid. It was formerly known as the Health Care Financing Administration. Rules and regulations issued by CMS are followed by Medicare-certified senior living communities.
Certified medication aide (CMA): A trained person who is certified to provide medication administration in a residential setting.
Certified nursing assistant (CNA): A trained and certified health care professional who assists individuals with health care needs and activities of daily living, and provides bedside care – including basic nursing procedures – under the supervision of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse.
Congregate housing: A style of living in which each individual or couple has a private bedroom or living quarters and shares with other residents a common dining room, recreational room and other amenities.
Continuing care retirement community (CCRC): Senior housing communities that offer independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing care on one campus. The service options provide residents long-term security and peace of mind knowing that if their needs change, the appropriate level of support is available in a familiar place.
Continuum of care: A comprehensive range of programs and levels of care.
Cottage: A single-family dwelling.
Dementia: A general term for a group of symptoms such as loss of memory judgment, language, complex motor skills and other intellectual functions caused by the permanent damage or destruction of the brain.
Duplex/Townhome: A house with separate apartments for two families.
Durable Power of Attorney (DPOA): A legal document appointing another person to act on an individual's behalf when he or she is unavailable or unable to do so. A Power of Attorney is "durable" if it includes that the document remains in effect or will take effect if the person becomes mentally incompetent. A Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care Decisions gives the representative the authority to make health care decisions. Financial decisions are covered under a financial DPOA.
Equal Housing Opportunity: In accordance with the federal Fair Housing Act, Equal Housing Opportunity provides protection from discrimination based on race, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex or physical ability.
Five-Star Rating System: The Five-Star Rating System from Medicare assigns each nursing home a rating of one to five stars. Communities with five stars are considered to have above average quality compared to others in that state. Nursing homes with one star have quality much below the average in that state but the nursing home still meets Medicare's minimum requirements. Ratings take into consideration health inspections, quality measures and staffing levels.
Health care power of attorney: A legal document in which an individual designates another person to make health care decisions if he or she is unable to make or communicate their wishes. The health care proxy has, in essence, the same rights to request or refuse treatment that the individual would have if capable of making and communicating decisions.
Health care proxy: A person named in an advance directive or durable power of attorney to make decisions for the person who signed the document.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): A complex law that includes privacy protections. Resident privacy is of great importance to Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America, and employees at all levels are trained in privacy protections.
Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS): Services to help people of all ages with mobility restrictions or disabilities. Every state has a mix of programs and funding sources, many paid for by Medicaid.
Home care: Services provided in senior's homes, including personal care, transportation, light housekeeping, meal preparation, shopping and errand assistance. Home care employees should be bonded and insured.
Hospice care: Supportive end-of-life care with a focus on medical, psychological and spiritual support. The goal is to help people who are dying have peace, comfort and dignity. The caregivers work under the direction of a physician to control pain and other symptoms so a person can remain as alert and comfortable as possible. The hospice care team includes physicians, nurses, home health aides, therapists, clergy, social workers, the family and volunteers.
Independent living: Residence in an easy-to-maintain, private apartment, townhome or cottage within a community of seniors.
LeadingAge: An association of 5,500 not-for-profit organization dedicated to making America a better place to grow old. Formerly the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, LeadingAge advances policies, promotes practices and conducts research that supports, enables and empowers people to live fully as they age. LeadingAge Kansas and LeadingAge Missouri are examples of state affiliates of the national organization.
Living will: A legal document that allows a person to express his or her wishes concerning the use of life-sustaining procedures.
Long-term care: A variety of services that include medical and non-medical care for people who have a chronic illness or disability and are unable to care for themselves without assistance. Long-term care helps meet health and other personal needs. Most long-term care services assist people with activities of daily living.
Managed care plan: A health insurance plan in which the patient agrees to stay within a comprehensive network of health care providers.
Medicaid: A program funded by federal and state governments that pays for health care for low-income individuals. This includes nursing home care for people meeting the medical eligibility requirements. In most states, Medicaid also pays for some long-term care services at home and in the community. Who is eligible and what services are covered vary from state to state.
Medicare: A federal program that pays for certain health care expenses for people over 65. Medicare pays for short-term rehabilitation if an individual meets certain conditions.
Medigap: Private insurance that supplements the gaps in Medicare coverage, helping to pay for Medicare deductibles, prescription drugs and services beyond Medicare's support.
Memory care: Special services that offer a protected and healthy environment for people living with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia or memory impairment.
Occupational therapist (OT): A health care professional who helps people to improve their ability to perform tasks in their activities of daily living or work environment.
Physical therapist (PT): A health care professional who uses specially designed exercises and equipment to help patients maintain or restore their functional abilities.
Post-Acute To Home (PATH®): Short-term rehabilitation in most Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America locations. PATH serves people who have been discharged from a hospital but still require therapy and special skilled care in order to make a successful transition to their home.
Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America (PMMA): A not-for-profit organization founded in 1949, Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America provides senior living options and services. The organization employs about 2,200 and provides services to approximately 2,400 seniors in 18 cities in Kansas and Missouri.
Quality of care: Federal quality indicators, customer satisfaction surveys and state surveys are a few examples of how quality care is measured.
Rehabilitation: After a serious injury, illness or surgery, a person may need to regain strength, relearn skills or find new ways of doing things. Physical therapy helps rebuild strength, mobility and fitness; occupational therapy helps improve independence with activities of daily living; and speech-language therapy helps with speaking, understanding, reading, writing and swallowing.
Resident council: An independent, organized group of residents in a senior living community that focuses on a wide variety of topics that may include menus, event planning and ideas for program and service development.
Respite care: Respite care refers to a short stay in a skilled nursing or assisted living center. It is essentially care for the caregiver, to give him or her a break – or respite – from 24-hour caregiving responsibilities. The length of time can vary from a weekend to a few weeks. During that time, respite care provides services and activities that are compassionate and appropriate to an individual's needs.
Retirement community: A retirement community or senior living community is an organization that provides residential accommodations for older adults. Far different from what many people think of as a traditional "retirement home," these communities offer wide-ranging services and amenities, activities and events to appeal to various interests, and usually access to health care services.
Semi-private: Two residents sharing an assisted living or skilled nursing room.
Skilled nursing care: Care performed by a registered, licensed practical nurse or certified nurse assistant for individuals who have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living.
Skilled nursing facility: A center for those who require skilled nursing care.
Speech therapy: Speech-language therapy helps with speaking, understanding, reading, writing and swallowing and is often ordered by a physician.
Studio: a type of apartment consisting usually with a combined living room and bedroom area, a bathroom and a kitchenette. A private apartment always has a separate bedroom while a studio almost never does.
Suites: A type of apartment with multiple rooms. In addition to the sleeping area, a suite will include a living or sitting room, usually with a couch. Dining, office and a kitchenette are available in some suites.
Townhome/Duplex: A house with separate apartments for two families.


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Gifts are in the Bag
A few weeks back, I told you all about selecting my go-to pattern for holiday gifts. I perused our four issues of Interweave Crochet Accessories (which are now bundled conveniently on a single DVD) and came up with a few options.
One of the options was Sarah's Steampunk Collar by Brenda K. B. Anderson. (I pretty much love anything Brenda designs.) I like this collar because it gives just enough warmth, right where the cold wind tries to get at the nape of your neck. It's something like a dickie, but not, you know, dorky. No, indeed, it's elegant and ever-so-slightly nerdy in the way that Steampunk is.
Now, I have this problem when I find a pattern I like: I just keep making it. Beyond the need, even. I needed three collars, one each for my three friends. Before I could stop myself, I had half a dozen. Here's a look:
This is made with Berocco Flicker. It's is soft and elegant and has a bit of bling in it.
This collar, crocheted in Universal Classic Shades Frenzy in color Cellar Door, is exuberant and cozy.
This collar worked in Universal Wisdom Yarns Poems Silk in Wildberry is like a blend of the first two collars—it's colorful in an understated sort of way.
I love the way the swirl unfurls in this collar worked in Malabrigo Worsted in Stonechat.
This collar worked in Brown Sheep Yarn Top of the Lamb Worsted is heavier; it required fewer rows and the same number of stitches yielded a wider piece of fabric. The end result is a taller and somehow, even more Steampunk collar.
This ooh-la-la collar is worked in Hikoo Tiara (distributed by Skacel) in Gun Metal Grey. It is light and fancy and is just dying to go to a candlelit holiday event.
|The candlelight will show off its twinkly sequins and pearls.
So, there you have it: My go-to pattern for 2014. If you want to make this collar, you'll find the pattern in the store.
If this collar is not your cup of tea, however, you are certain to find your go-to pattern among the other 191 patterns in the Interweave Crochet Accessories 2010-2014 Collection.
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April 15, 2006
Wabash College alumnus Ryan N. Smith '03, is recovering in a Miami hospital after suffering a violent beating while vacation on the Dutch island St. Maarten last week. Investigators are calling it a hate crime.
On April 6, Ryan and some friends, including Dick Jefferson, the senior broadcast producer for CBS Evening News Saturday, were out for drinks at a club on St. Maarten, where they were renting a villa for the week. The men were harassed by a gang of four men and two women while in the club; it escalated to such a point that the club owner called the police, who did not respond. Later, the club owner asked the offenders to leave.
Shortly thereafter, Ryan and his friends headed to the parking lot, where the gang was waiting in their car. They beat Smith with a four-pronged tire iron. Jefferson witnessed the attack and came rushing to Ryan's side, only to be blind-sided by the same tire iron and knocked unconscious. Police still did not respond to calls for help. At the hospital, police were again phoned, but did not arrive to take a statement or produce a report.
Smith and Jefferson were airlifted to Miami, where Ryan underwent surgery on his brain. His skull was fractured and had suffered brain injuries that affected his vocal and motor abilities.
He was moved from intensive care on April 12 and on April 13 began to walk again. His injuries remain severe, and he continues to struggle with speech and his ability to write. Doctors believe he'll need months of in- and out-patient treatment and therapy.
Smith, a Lambda Chi Alpha and political science major at Wabash, earned his master's degree from the Columbia University School of Journalism. He interned with David Letterman and is currently a research producer for the CBS news magazine 48 Hours.
Since the attack, Wabash alumni have reached out to help Smith and his family. Tim Padgett '84, Time magazine bureau chief in Miami, put Patricia Smith, Ryan's mother, in touch with Human Rights Watch officials and began to draw media attention to the case, which St. Maarten officials were reluctant to investigate. Initial reports were that Ryan and his friends were victims of "gay bashing."
Alumni Greg Castanias '87 and Tom Koenig '85 have also been helpful to the family. Castanias, a partner with the Washington law firm Jones Day, has worked with the Smith on legal issues. Koenig, who is a professor at the Johns Hopkins Medical School and Dean of Students, has offered his assistance should Smith need long-term care.
Padgett's Time online piece of last week shed light on violence against gay tourists throughout the Caribbean islands, focusing on the murder of gay tourists in Jamaica. Since that time, Smith's case has been featured on Good Morning America and The Today Show.
Because Smith was the victim of a hate crime and criminal investigation is now underway on the island of St. Maarten, Ryan remains under tight security at Jackson Memorial Hospital. He cannot receive packages at this time.
Click here to view a CBS4 (Miami) story from April 14.
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Embattled movie producer Harvey Weinstein has reached out to friends about "the worst nightmare of my life" in a leaked email.
More than 80 women have come forward with allegations of sexual assault, harassment or rape against the movie mogul since October 2017, and he is currently awaiting trial in New York on sexual assault charges.
On Wednesday night, editors at TMZ.com published an email they obtained which was written by Weinstein. They claimed it was sent to members of the media he used to work with before the scandal broke out. In the email, Weinstein gave each recipient a series of links to articles about the New York case and criticized the police investigation before asking them to help him tell his side of the story.
"I've had one hell of a year... the worst nightmare of my life," he wrote. "As you can see from these articles, the police have played a very difficult role in my investigation. All 3 police officers have either been retired, or repositioned from the SVU (Special Victims Unit). The articles are self explanatory, but I'd like to speak to you on the phone if you have some time. There is more to this story... I appreciate your confidentiality.
"Have a read of these articles. I wish I didn't have to ask, but I'd be very appreciative of your time. Best, Harvey."
Weinstein's lawyer Benjamin Brafman has confirmed the email's authenticity, but claims it was sent to a group of close friends.
The 66-year-old has denied all allegations of non-consensual sex and has pleaded not guilty to the criminal counts, which relate to the alleged rape of an unidentified woman in his hotel room in 2013 and allegedly forcing another into a sex act in 2006. His legal team are trying to get the case dismissed.
A sexual misconduct charge was dropped in October amid reports suggesting the lead detective in the case had tampered with a witness.
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The culture of Indian Muntjac deer skin fibroblast cells presented in the digital image above was labeled for filamentous actin with Alexa Fluor 350 conjugated to phalloidin, and for the cellular mitochondrial network with MitoTracker Red CMXRos. SYTOX Green was also used to counterstain the cells, targeting nuclear DNA. Images were recorded in grayscale with a QImaging Retiga Fast-EXi camera system coupled to an Olympus BX-51 microscope equipped with bandpass emission fluorescence filter optical blocks provided by Omega Optical. During the processing stage, individual image channels were pseudocolored with RGB values corresponding to each of the fluorophore emission spectral profiles.
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Orange County should see one more day of warm, dry weather Tuesday before a major reversal sets in – modest cooling at first, then a blast of wintry weather by the end of the week.
A strong cold front is expected to move down the coast from the north, bringing a chance of rain, possible snow to the mountains and a sharp drop in temperatures, the National Weather Service says.
Highs from the beginning to the end of the week could drop 25 to 35 degrees, going from some 20 degrees above normal Monday to about 10 degrees below normal for this time of year.
Monday's highs climbed to the mid-90s, including 96 in Fullerton, 95 in Mission Viejo and 94 in Yorba Linda, as a high-pressure air system lingered over the region.
And high-pressure air centered over Nevada lingers Tuesday. Expect inland highs of 82 to 87 inland, 73 to 78 on the coast.
Wednesday is expected to be partly cloudy in the morning with some fog, then mostly sunny, with inland highs of 75 to 80, about 67 to 72 on the coast. Fog could be thick for the morning commute, cutting visibility to a quarter mile or less in some places.
The cold low-pressure system from the northwest, already making itself felt Wednesday, moves through the region Thursday.
Thursday manages only partly cloudy skies after some low clouds and patchy fog in the morning, with further cooling: 66 to 71 inland, 66 on the coast.
And there's a slight chance of rain Thursday evening, and a chance overnight and Friday morning, likely in the one-tenth to quarter-inch range.
We might even see a dusting of snow on the Santa Ana Mountains.
Temperatures should plummet Friday. Highs are expected to be in the 59 to 64 range with a slight chance of rain in the morning and another chance in the afternoon.
The chance of rain continues into the evening, with a slight chance Saturday morning.
Saturday is otherwise partly cloudy with highs of 60 to 65.
Sunday is mostly sunny and a little warmer, 67 to to 72, as high pressure returns.
Monday is mostly sunny and 76 to 81 inland, 73 on the coast.
It's best to be ready for more weather shifts, however. By midweek next week, more low pressure cold moves in.
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|Stephen Batchelder '15 and Dr. Hartnett contemplate what would have unfolded in the amphitheater in Capua. Not only did gladiators fight, but beast hunts and executions were probably also part of the display. Students prowled through the area underneath this structure's arena, where animals would have been kept before being released into the arena.


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From VDR Wiki
All TV application here, despite KaxTV, are using /dev/video, so a FF DVB card is needed. They are useful to look TV with VDR on your computer monitor, a TV is not necessary.
KaxTV on the hand is a self-contained application. It has the ability to watch digital TV independent from VDR.
Common problems
- As these applications are permanently accessing the video device /dev/video it is locked for other application. Other programs like the screenshot-plugin or VDRAdmin are not (fully) working then.
- One should pay attention that the right video device is used for access (e.g. /dev/video0, /dev/video1, ...), as often webcams and analog TV card are initialised before the DVB card.


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The National Basketball Association, Indiana Pacers, and Bankers Life Fieldhouse are committed to creating a safe, comfortable, and enjoyable sports & entertainment experience. NBA fans have a right to expect an environment
The arena staff has been trained to intervene where necessary to help ensure that the above expectations are met, and guests are encouraged to report any inappropriate behavior to the nearest usher, security guard or guest services staff member. Guests who choose not to adhere to these provisions will be subject to ejection without refund and revocation of season tickets and may also be in violation of city ordinances resulting in possible arrest and prosecution.
The NBA, Indiana Pacers and Bankers Life Fieldhouse thank you for adhering to the provisions of the NBA Fan Code of Conduct.


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Bevin by Zoya can be best described as a dusty, medium sage green with teal tones and a creamy opaque finish. A stylish and unique shade for when you want something different from the usual mint green.
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I see this is listed under green, but I consider it turquoise - almost like a Kingman turquoise from NM. It`s feminine and edgy at the same time. Wears beautifully, and opaque in 2 coats, though I like 3. This doesn`t look much like what you see online. For a color company, the images should look closer to reality.
Bevin is great! It has enough color to stand out, but not so much to the point where it can`t be worn in the office. I have fair, warm-toned skin and am very picky about the colors I put on my nails because I don`t want my skin to look totally washed out, but this color compliments my skin perfectly!
This is my first zoya product, and it made me a huge fan of the company! Fabulous, saturated color in 1 coat. Love it!
For me it is a minty green, which wasn`t what I was expecting- but it`s awesome!
The polish goes on very smoothly, I only put one coat on.
One of my new go-to colors. Great mix between green and blue. It comes out a bit darker than the bottle looks, which is nice.
Excellent coverage, love the shade.
I normally prefer metallics to creamy shades, but I received Bevin in a Birchbox and had to try it out. It was a very lovely pistachio green that felt just right for spring.
Love this minty green color! I had to have it when I saw it and it was a great purchase for me. Looks awesome against my fair skin.
When I first saw Bevin online, I thought I would hate it. I have neutral-toned pale-as-the-dickens skin, and the swatches of Bevin that I saw looked like they would make my skin appear grey or sallow in contrast.
I received a sample of Bevin through a beauty subscription service I use, and I was honestly a bit bummed that they had sent me this color. I reluctantly swatched it once, and I`m hooked! While I own several periwinkle blues and mint greens, I own nothing similar to the muted khaki/sage green of Bevin (and I actually think Bevin is more wearable than either of those two light, cool-toned options). It`s very appropriate for Spring, but I could see myself wearing it in Fall and Winter, as well. It`s like mint green`s sophisticated, cocktail party-ready older sister!
Two coats are more than sufficient for complete opacity, and I have no issues with application, streaking, bubbling or wear. I would recommend this color to practically anyone.
This polish is more blue than I was expecting. It`s still a pretty color, but I was hoping for more of a neutral-ish green.
I looked up swatches online before I bought this and I loved the color, but when I finally got it and painted it on my nails it looked a LOT darker! It`s still a nice color but would have preferred the actual color featured online.
Love this color- be prepared for comments and complements from strangers. Looks glossy and rich- definitely more green than photo. A med bluish teal that looks good on fair skin.
I *love* this shade of green, but I noticed that other polishes in this color are really bright, which gives me obnoxiously green nails. Not with this one! "Dusty" is an apt description as the green is gorgeous but very subdued, compared to other. I think of this of more of a aquamarine leaning on green than sage green, but either way, it`s beautiful! Color goes on smoothly, and it takes only 2 coats to get on nicely. A great addition to the world of aquamarine nail polishes!


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(AP) – NAME: Eric J. Barron
BORN: Lafayette, Ind.
FAMILY: Married wife Molly in July 1981. They have two grown children.
EDUCATION: Graduated from Florida State University in 1973 with bachelor's degree in geology, and received master's (1976) and doctoral (1980) degrees in oceanography from the University of Miami.
CAREER: Became 14th president of Florida State University in February 2010. Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., from 2008-2009. Dean of the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin from 2006-2008. Professor of geosciences, director of the Earth System Science Center, director of the EMS Environmental Institute and dean of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State from 1986-2006. Spent 1985-1986 as faculty member at the University of Miami. Scientist in the climate section of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., 1981-1985.
MISCELLANEOUS: A Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, the American Meteorological Society and the Geological Society of America. Recipient of national awards as a scholar, researcher and lecturer. Served as panelist and adviser for National Science Foundation, the NASA and NOAA. Work and research has been part of more than 100 published papers
Sources: Florida State University, Penn State University.
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Natalya wrote:Uhh, the fuck? You guys are messed up. I'm obviously kneeling along with half the team.
GoD got B& for being dumb.
The fuck are you going on about White Eagle?
Whiteagle wrote:Natalya wrote:The fuck are you going on about Whiteagle?
I'm talking about how the rest of your team is smiling, but you seem to be staring at the pretty circling lights.
You are the bleach-blond in the helmet who's in the second row, second from the left correct?
Natalya wrote:I mean I was looking at the people with the cameras. :/
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...That's exactly what I thought actually...
...Are we sure Natalya isn't Boxxy?
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November 30, 2010
For the second consecutive week senior guard Wes Smith has been named the North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week.
Smith, a graduate of Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, received the honor for the second straight week after being named the Most Valuable Player at the Pete Thorn Tournament in addition to scoring 81 points and grabbing 20 rebounds in three wins for Wabash last week. The Little Giants defeated Hanover 68-55 on Tuesday night with Smith leading the way with 20 points. He scored a season-high 34 points in the opening round of the Pete Thorn tourney Friday night in a 71-54 win over Otterbein.
Saturday Smith led the Little Giants with 27 points and nine rebounds in a 60-45 win over nationally-ranked Randolph-Macon College. The Yellow Jackets were number two in the D3hoops.com preseason poll after advancing to the NCAA Division III national semifinals last season.
For the week Smith averaged 27 points and 6.7 rebounds per game in addition to handing out five assists, blocking three shots, and recording four steals. He shot 32-of-52 from the field for 61.5 percent.
Smith leads the NCAC in scoring with a 25.8 points-per-game average. He is fifth in field goal percentage (59.6), third in steals (2.7 spg), 10th in blocked shots (0.8 bpg), and 14th in rebounding (5.8 rpg)
Smith and the rest of his Wabash teammates have opened the season with six consecutive victories for the first time since the 1922-23 Little Giant team accomplished the feat. Wabash will play undefeated DePauw University (4-0) Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. in Greencastle, Indiana.


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Sometimes, all it takes is that simple admission: "I have sex."
Our government is afraid of our sex lives. Given their way, the Right and the majority of our current Congress would deny our right to fuck.
According to our current government, sex outside marriage and procreation is a sin. Birth control is a sin. Abortion is murder. Any steps taken towards making having sex healthier and safer is a sin. And as America's number one provider of reproductive health services, Planned Parenthood will bear the brunt of these hurtful ideological attacks. Tens of thousands of women (and men) who have relied on their reproductive health services will suffer.
If there is one thing that we've learned from the previous election cycle, it is that our votes matter. Our rights as individuals and citizens are being taken away. Congress has already come for our reproductive freedoms. Now they will come for our right to vote and hold municipal elections.
It's our time to push back. It's our time to tell others that we are sexual beings. We do have sex. We can't punish ourselves — and we can't punish others — by allowing our government to enact an anti-human agenda.


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A former Miss Delaware Teen USA who resigned her title after a sex tape surfaced online is due in a Maryland court next month to respond to a theft charge.
A judge rescinded an arrest warrant in Ocean City for 18-year-old Melissa King and scheduled an April 22 court date.
The News Journal of Wilmington reports that the judge agreed to recall the warrant at the request of King's lawyer.
Police in Ocean City, Md., charged King last summer with taking money from the cash box of a municipal bus. She's also accused of underage possession of alcohol.
King gave up her crown last month amid allegations that she appeared in an online sex video. King said she was aware of the video but denied appearing in it.


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So what's REDMOND all about, and why are we changing such a great magazine? MCP is nearly 10 years old, and we've never once changed the name. But the truth is, we've outgrown the MCP label, as many of our new IT management readers are not certified. We decided to replace a great magazine, Microsoft Certified Professional, with a far better one.
Our goal was to build a solid, general purpose IT publication serving the Microsoft community, not simply a cert book. We needed a name that screamed Microsoft, but didn't infringe upon any Microsoft trademarks or copyrights. That's the only way to be truly independent. Otherwise you must beg for permission from Microsoft, and hand it some measure of control. Unacceptable.
During a brainstorming session nearly a year ago, the name REDMOND was casually tossed out. Staffers snickered, and one was nice enough to say, "REDMOND, yeah something like that," meaning "something like REDMOND, but most certainly not REDMOND!" The name was about as popular as Linus Torvalds at a Microsoft board meeting.
But my publisher was smitten. He saw the possibilities and knew that REDMOND was the obvious and only answer.
He's right. To what we want to do, independence is a must. REDMOND will be a pure IT publication beholden to no one. That means we are an advocate for you, the reader, in each and every case.
Think of a magazine for the used car buyer. It would warn about dealers painting over washed-up yellow cabs, turning back odometers, and show irritated customers how to bring back that lemon. It sure wouldn't praise used car dealers for their innovation and savvy in ripping customers off!
There is a natural tension between buyer and seller. REDMOND represents the customer and the customer is always right. We'll tackle issues that readers/ customers face, and boldly take your side. Buggy software, poor support, scheming sales, predatory pricing, bloated software, vendor squabbling, needless incompatibility, and IT office politics will all get a critical look.
Good IT books are always in trouble, and we expect plenty of vendor flak. That just shows we're doing a good job. We're big boys. We can take it.
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REDMOND will be tough but always fair, never mean.
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I just finished watching the 1940 Census Opening Ceremony and now I am ready to find my ancestors...after its indexed.
My friend, Marge, will tell you that I want all records online, indexed and free. Don't we all? Of course I want access to all records, but they don't have to be online. If I can view them at the Allen County Public Library, I would be happy. Plus if they were all online, I'd stay home and never see any of my geneafriends. I'd love to have everything indexed, but I'm willing to make my own index. And I might wish everything to be free, but I know that it costs money to host all the images I want, so I'm willing to pay (a reasonable price).
I'm looking forward to finding my ancestors in the 1940 census. My
paternal grandfather wasn't in the 1930 census with his parents,
probably due to a miscommunication. And my maternal grandfather's family
has left Kalamazoo, Michigan by 1934 and they don't show up in
Cincinnati, Ohio until 1940. So I'm looking forward to finding out where
they said they were in 1935. Plus I can't wait to find all the great
aunts and uncles that I've lost in my research.
Since I know that the 1940 census index should be done by the end of the year, I'm not in a hurry find my ancestors. I know they will still be there waiting for me and I'll have spent my time more wisely by working on other projects.
Although I'm in no hurry to search the census, I have prepared for the 1940 census. I spent some time in the last month searching the city directories to find the addresses for my ancestors in 1940. But then I asked myself, "Why stop at 1940?" So now I am ready for the 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, and 2010 censuses.
I will be helping to index the 1940 census as part of the 1940 Census Community Project. Watch the online videos and find out how you can help to index as well. Then make sure you choose the Indiana Genealogical Society as your group (because I'm group administrator for IGS).
So while everyone else is finding enumeration districts and searching the 1940 census page by page, I'll be working on my other 2012 goals and indexing as part of the Indiana Genealogical Society's group.


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This book offers a new sense of empowerment for the intimate partners of people living with serious health problems. Collinge draws on cutting-edge scientific research along with his experience counseling couples facing serious illness to offer a range of insights, strategies, and techniques that caregivers can utilize to promote their partners' physical and emotional well-being—while also promoting their own.
Topics include:
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- Ways of involving family and friends in a network of support
- Simple massage and touch techniques to bring comfort and reduce symptoms
- How open, affirmative communication can contribute to healing
- Basic energy-healing techniques to promote well-being
"A bible for caregivers. Honest, straightforward, and very practical. I recommend it to everyone who is caring for a partner or spouse." —Christiane Northrup, MD
"Dr. Collinge has written a book that touches upon the true essence of caregiving. This is an important book for caregivers on enhancing their own well-being as well as learning how to better become partners in healing." —Gary E. Barg, editor-in-chief, caregiver.com
"Anyone wanting a practical guide to supporting health and wholeness in a loved one will be delighted by this book. We are currently in something of a golden age in healing research, of which Dr. William Collinge is an excellent guide." —Larry Dossey, MDReader Reviews


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At the 2009 IEEE Electrical Safety Workshop held in St. Louis in February, we presented the results from our new study, "Field Analysis of Arc Flash Incidents and the Related PPE Protective Performance." In this survey, we reported on 22 industry incidents in which workers wearing arc-rated clothing and equipment were involved in an arc flash.
Over the past decade, there has been limited anecdotal evidence on workers being protected by arc-rated clothing and equipment. However, in this study, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the protective performance of the arc-rated protective clothing and equipment based on the data available from real arc flash incidents (Photo 1). We also reviewed ASTM F18 test methods for determining arc ratings of protective clothing and equipment based on laboratory-generated arc flash exposures (Photo 2) and standards for testing arc-rated clothing finished products. New ASTM testing initiatives for determining the arc rating of gloves, creating a rating system for arc-protective blankets and developing a new arc-in-a-box test method, were also discussed (Photo 3).
Existing ASTM testing methodology and the range of available hazard analysis methods can create potential mismatches between hazard levels and protective performance of arc-rated PPE. For this reason, we focused on two issues: (1) Whether or not the field performance of arc flash protective clothing and equipment provided the expected protection in real-world arc flash incidents, and (2) Whether or not there has been a pattern of mismatches between arc flash protection and the arc flash hazard level.
Based on our findings, we concluded that arc-rated clothing and equipment does provide the expected protection level. However, of the 30 workers exposed in the 22 arc flash incidents, 18 received burn injuries. These injuries were not caused by underperforming PPE, but rather by the workers not wearing all of the elements of necessary PPE — or not matching the arc rating of PPE with the hazard level of the task they were performing. Following are some statistical highlights from the study:
Eight of the workers received burn injuries because of failure to wear the needed hand or face protection.
One worker received a burn injury due to wearing a short sleeve shirt.
Five workers received burn injuries due to wearing clothing with an arc rating below the exposure level or clothing that was not designed to provide adequate body coverage.
Four workers received burns due to ignition of non-melting cotton clothing comparable to the NFPA 70E HRC(0) level of protection.
For 18 of the 30 workers involved in an arc flash incident, a hazard analysis approach was employed in selecting protective clothing and equipment.
For the remaining 12 workers, no hazard analysis approach was employed in selecting protective clothing and equipment, and 10 of these 12 workers received burn injuries.
We also drew the following conclusions, based on our analysis of the PPE performance:
Arc-rated protective clothing and equipment provides the expected level of protection when it is matched to the exposure level and worn in accordance with the NFPA 70E standard.
Selecting protective clothing and equipment based on an arc flash hazard analysis is an effective way to reduce arc flash burn injuries.
Selection of protective clothing and equipment based on a hazard analysis does not mean workers will actually use all of the required protective clothing and equipment that is needed. About half of the injuries were due to not wearing gloves, a face shield, or a hard hat.
Author's Note: Additional incident data would be helpful to increase the value, range, and effectiveness of this ongoing study. If you have an arc flash incident to report, please contact us directly for an arc flash incident survey form (contact information is below). A copy of the 2009 IEEE Electrical Safety Workshop paper should be available soon on the IEEE Xplore® database at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/dynhome.jsp.
Doan is a principal consultant with DuPont, Wilmington, Del. He can be reached at [email protected]. Neal is a principal consultant with Neal Associates, Bonita Springs, Fla. He can be reached at [email protected].
The original technical paper on which this article is based was presented at the IEEE Electrical Safety Workshop in St. Louis, Mo., in February 2009. The copyright of the original paper is assigned to IEEE.


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Julia Roberts: I know Meryl Streep 'more intimately'
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Julia Roberts believes she understands Meryl Streep "more intimately" since working with her on 'August: Osage County'
Julia Roberts understands Meryl Streep "more intimately" since working with her on 'August: Osage County'.
The 46-year-old actress worked alongside the award-winning star in the John Well's adaptation of the spooky play, and she has praised her for being "even cooler" than she initially thought she would be.
Speaking in December's issue of Marie Claire magazine, she said: "I had many imaginary conversations with Meryl about working together... When a person goes from being on a pedestal in your mind, to even cooler, better and more fabulous up close, you get to understand them a little more intimately."
The brunette beauty also admitted she would probably react differently to the first time if she were to receive a second Academy Award.
She explained: "Listen, every actor wants to win an Oscar, full stop. It doesn't mean you try to design things around how to accomplish that because that's impossible.
"Now that I'm a grown-up person and have things of such greater value to pin my idea of joy and fullness on, if something like that were to happen again, my feeling of thrill would be defined in a completely different way."


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text: Researchers have discovered that significant differences in brain development occur as early as 6 months old in children who develop autism."We didn't expect that almost every pathway we examined was going to show these differences," said Dr. Kelly Botteron, a Washington University child psychiatrist at St. Louis Children's Hospital. "That was very striking." Washington University School of Medicine has joined with three other research centers to form the Infant Brain Imaging Study Network. Together, the scientists studied 92 infants who have older siblings with autism and are at higher risk for developing the disorder, marked by impairments in communication and social skills. The findings were published online last month in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The study looked at the brain's white matter -- made up of nerve fibers that send information to different parts of the brain -- by conducting brain scans on the children after they fell asleep at night. The scans were done at the age of 6 months, 12 months and 24 months. Twenty-eight of the of the study participants were diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders by age 2. While researchers expected some parts of the brain to show differences, they were surprised to find so many so early in infancy. Researchers analyzed 15 separate tracts of white matter and found the infants with autism showed differences in all but three of the tracts. "As this study moves forward, we may want to scan babies at even younger ages so that we can try to see how early this pattern is emerging," Botteron said. The brain changes were identified using fractional anisotropy, which measures the movement of water molecules through brain tissue. The molecules flow at particular speeds and directions depending on the tissue structure. The researchers discovered that in infants with autism, the water movement is quicker and more organized -- meaning the development of their neural pathways is more advanced. "They are looking like they are developing mentally ahead of others," Botteron said. But around 12 months, the movement is similar to that of other infants. And by 24 months, it becomes slower and more random. The hope is that this information can lead to a way to diagnose children at younger ages because early intervention has been shown to improve symptoms. Children are often diagnosed around the age of 2 using behavioral and developmental tests, but many with milder forms are not diagnosed until later. "At this point, it's preliminary, albeit a great, first step toward thinking about developing a biomarker for risk in advance of our current ability to diagnose autism," said the study's lead author Jason Wolff, a postdoctoral fellow at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Researchers are seeking more families with high-risk infants to participate in the study. For information, contact Lisa Flake at 1-888-845-6786, or email@example.com. (c)2012 the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Visit the St. Louis Post-Dispatch at www.stltoday.com


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Academic Policies
The Savannah State University Catalog provides you with the latest academic information. Your personal copy may be obtained from the Registrar's Office. Each semester the Registrar's Office also publishes a schedule of courses which informs you of the time, place and instructor of each course offered during a particular semester and contains information about registering for courses, dropping a course, withdrawing from the College and other pertinent academic information. You are urged to read both publications with care since you are responsible for knowing all academic regulations and requirements.
Certain academic regulations are listed in these pages and in the Student Handbook. You are expected to know them and refer to them when the occasion dictates.
Academic Honesty
Students are expected to demonstrate a high standard of academic honesty in all phases of academic work and college life. Academic dishonesty represents an attack on intellectual integrity without which there can be no true education. In taking tests and examinations, completing homework, laboratory work, and writing papers, students are expected to perform honestly. Consequently, Savannah State has established the following policies for detected acts of academic dishonesty.
- All cases of detected academic dishonesty will be reported by the faculty to the Vice President for Academic Affairs.
- Plagiarism or cheating in any academic work will result in a recorded grade of "F" for that work.
- A second offense during the course of a student's academic career at Savannah State will result in an "F" for the course in which the academic dishonesty has occurred. In addition, students who have committed a second offense of academic dishonesty during their academic career at Savannah State will be placed on academic probation for a minimum of one semester.
- A third incidence of academic dishonesty during a student's career at Savannah State will result in immediate dismissal from the College.
An auditor is one who enrolls for informational instruction only. Regular attendance at class is customary without other participation and without credit. Audit registrations are not permitted in any applied music courses or in field biology courses. A student who is registered as an auditor may change to credit status within the three weeks following the first day of classes. A change from audit to credit status requires the approval of the instructor, the completion of all regular class work assigned, and payment of the balance of course fee due per credit status. A student who is registered for credit may change to audit status up to four weeks before the last day of classes. The specific dates are stated in the respective semester or term Class Schedule. Class Attendance
Each student is expected to attend all classes for which he/she is enrolled. The attendance policy for each course is determined by the instructor of each course. This policy shall be made known to the class at the beginning of each semester. It is the student's responsibility to know the policy on attendance for each course in which he/she is enrolled. It is the responsibility of students to attend every class session held when they are not ill, involved with a personal emergency, or traveling with approved team activities. Consistent class attendance and participation are essential to academic success. Poor class attendance is a major factor in nearly all cases of academic failure. Absences Due to Illness - students should contact their instructors at the earliest opportunity preferably prior to the class meeting (especially if any graded work is scheduled). Absences Due to Emergencies - students should notify the Student Affairs Office if they must leave the College for any extended period of time because of hospitalization, injuries, or family problems. Instructors will be contacted, but it is the responsibility of the student to arrange for any make-up work. The Instructor in each course is responsible for administering any deferred examination. Student-Athlete Absentee Form: student-athletes should complete an absentee form for each class missed due to competition away from the college. The forms should be requested at least two class days prior to the competition. The form confirms that you are participating in a college-sanctioned competition. It does not serve as an excused absence from that class. Your instructor has the final say in excused and unexcused absences and it is the student's responsibility to know and abide by that policy. A student who is inexcusably absent from class on a day on which a test or examination announced in advance is given will receive the grade of "F" and will not have the opportunity of making up the test. In case of an excused absence on such a day, he/she will consult with his/her instructor as to what arrangements are to be made for taking care of the situation.
D-F Repeat
A student is permitted to repeat a course in which a grade of D or F has been earned. In deciding to exercise the D and F repeat option, the student agrees to accept for the record the grade earned for the course as repeated. The earlier grade and grade points will remain on the transcript but will not be used in computing the student's grade point average and number of hours attempted/earned. The student will receive the grade and grade points of the repeat, which will be used in determining the grade point average and the number of hours attempted/earned. Upon completion of a course repeated for grade under the above policy, it is the student's responsibility to request the recalculation of the grade point average in the Office of the Registrar.
Finals Examinations
In some cases procedures other than final examinations may be used as a part of a student's evaluation. Such a substitute procedure should be noted on the course syllabus and be approved by the Department Chair and Dean of the College. There are occasions when the time and date of a final examination may be changed according to the following policy: A student having three final examinations scheduled on one day may request an adjustment by:
- Listing the courses scheduled for examination in alphabetical order
- Taking the final examinations given in the first and third classes
- Requesting a change in the date of the final examination from the professor of the second class.
Grade Reports
Grade reports are issued by the Registrar at the end of each semester. Related to students' grades, instructors will use testing devices such as quizzes and examinations frequently enough to establish a pattern of regular study of course content by the students. Within reasonable time, instructors in courses will return quizzes, examinations, papers, and projects in order that students may know at least the general level of personal performance of courses.
Incomplete Grades
Courses in which a student received a grade of "I" must be completed within the following semester, excluding summer sessions; otherwise these grades become "F". The responsibility rests with the student in making up the work required, or taking the examination to change an "I" within the allotted time.
Withdrawal from Course
A student may withdraw from a course during the first week of classes with no entry on his or her official college transcript. From the second through the tenth week of classes (or two thirds of the semester for classes not offered on a regular basis), a student may withdraw from a course with a grade of W on the transcript. Courses may be added only during the first five days of classes. A student who finds it necessary to drop a course or withdraw from college after registration must complete the proper form in the Registrar's Office or give WRITTEN notice, by mail, to the Registrar's Office. THE DATE OF WITHDRAWAL IS NOT THE DAY THE STUDENT STOPS GOING TO CLASS BUT THE DATE THE PROPER WITHDRAWAL NOTICE IS RECEIVED IN THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE. Students who fail to comply with this regulation will receive an "F" for all courses for which they have registered and forfeit all tuition refunds. The dates and refund schedule are listed in the current Class Schedule.
Severe Weather
In all cases of severe weather the Vice President for Academic Affairs will officially announce delayed or cancelled classes. The following is the class schedule for bad weather.
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Names Named, Heads Should Roll
Names Named, Heads Should Roll
Michigan's epic document dump provides a harrowing window into the world of TPS reports, staplers, and increasingly alarmed emails that is the University compliance environment. I started reading these things and I could not stop, delving deeply to 73-page Exhibits that are little more than compliance folk making heroic efforts not to bludgeon the football administration and hardly getting responses.
A couple things are clear.
Brad Labadie should be fired. Now. I'll leave the decision as to whether he should be put in stocks on the Diag up to Brandon, but I vote yes. The vastly ineffectual management of Scott Draper should also see him go out the door. If either of these individuals had competently executed his job, there is a strong possibility this whole thing never happens.
Brandon said yesterday that none of the seven people who got naughty notes put in their permanent record would see further repercussions. I strongly disagree with this decision.
Here's why:
You Can Take This Job Description And Shove It, Except You Can't Because It Doesn't Exist
The CSO made several attempts to obtain written job descriptions for the quality control staff from Scott Draper and Brad Labadie during 2008 and 2009. A copy of the written correspondence related to these efforts is attached as Exhibit 15. Draper provided the first version of the job descriptions on August 28, 2009 after the University began its investigation following media inquiries. See Exhibits 3 and 4.
Exhibit 15… good lord.
April 2008
Judy Van Horn asks Ann Vollano to get job descriptions for all sport-specific administrative staff. Her only sin here is saying "Let's strategize on how to implement."
July 2008
Van Horn emails Draper about a meeting that Draper may or may not have to attend about "compliance monitoring systems that are under Brad's purview":
There have been some glitches with systems that Brad thought would work better under Rich but haven't as well as times where Brad has felt hounded by CSO staff and CSO staff have felt him to be nonresponsive. I think we need to touch base to make sure we can close out 2007-08 and have a workable plan and strong relationship moving into 2008-09.
In this email Van Horn mentions the CSO is expanding monitoring of QC-type people, a "growing employment area" subject to "increasing NCAA scrutiny and controversy" and they are proactively attempting to get these agreements in place in order to avoid any troubles.
Draper responds:
If there is an issue with Brad, I need to know about it. If he was disrespectful or anything along those lines that is something I need to address. If it is not, then as his supervisor I should be made aware of it and handle it with Rich. … Please help me understand what is going on I am in the dark. If there is an issue I need to be made aware of it. Brad reports to me.
August 2008
Vollano sends a memo requesting job descriptions for all sport-specific staffers in an effort to ensure Michigan is "meeting NCAA coaching staff limit requirements," asking for a response no later than August 22nd.
September 2008
Vollano emails Draper, reminding him to turn in the form requested in August. Draper says he did it, asks Vollano to look for it again. Vollano says it is not present and the CSO has been "on high alert looking for it." Draper says he will re-do it and bring it in in the morning. Rich Rodriguez is CCed on this email. He does not receive further correspondence.
October 2008
Vollano emails Draper having received football's "limitations form" but still needs the job descriptions.
December 2008
I have left a couple of messages but I thought that maybe email would be easier. I want to remind you that I need job descriptions for all of your non-coaching-specific staff members, As you may recall, the "Designation of Coaching Category" form for the 2OO8·09 academic year was changed and to include space for each member of your non-coaching sport specific staff to sign. In addition, a copy of each sport specific staff person's job description was to be attached. I have your form but I do not have any job descriptions for any of the non-coaching sport specific staff. The job descriptions should include the title of the position and a description of duties. Once we have the job descriptions, we will have the staff members sign an agreement related to their role with your sport. The role of non-coaching, sport-specific staff continues to receive increased scrutiny from both the NCAA and Big Ten Conference staff. These agreements will ensure that we are meeting NCAA coaching staff limit requirements. Thanks for your attention in this matter. An Email would be sufficient if it is easier for you, Take care! Ann
P.S. I have attached a copy of the form with all of the signatures and positions that you turned in. lf there are any people missing, please let me know. Thanks!
Labadie responds that he "just listened to the voicemail from earlier where you said you are not taking it personally" and asks for the people who need job descriptions… that Vollano has already told him twice already on the memo.
August 2009
The 28th: Draper submits a job description for QC staffers. It is a hastily slapped-together piece of crap.
The 29th: Free Press report published.
The 30th: Draper submits another job description for QC staffers.
You Say CARA, I Say "Shut Up, I'm Playing Halo"
You know the CARA forms? Yeah… about them:
The CSO made repeated requests for the CARA forms during 2008 and 2009. Most of these requests were made to Brad Labadie by email. See Exhibit 18. Scott Draper received a copy of several of the e-mail requests to Labadie. The CSO also notified Joe Parker, Senior Associate Athletics Director, Development/Corporate Relations, about the football CARA forms issues in early 2009. After the requests to Labadie produced no CARA forms from football, on May 19, 2009, the CSO office again informed Parker about the absence of CARA forms for football. Parker contacted Labadie and Draper about the issue the same day. Van Horn also notified University auditors of the issue, and the auditors found no CARA forms for football when they reviewed CSO records in April and May 2009. …
CSO officials did not meet in-person with Rodriguez to notify him of football's failure to provide CARA forms until July 30, 2009. The University is satisfied Rodriguez was unaware of the problem until he received the auditor's memorandum dated July 24th, 2009.
… The CSO was persistent in its efforts to gather CARA forms from football, including eventually seeking the assistance of the direct of athletics. The University believes, however, t he CSO should have met with Rodriguez to alert him to the CARA forms issue and seek his assistance much sooner than it did. The University believes that had the CSO done so, the CARA forms issue likely would have been addressed at a much earlier date.
The next section details what Rodriguez's part was in this. The U did not believe Rodriguez knew about the specific CARA procedures; RR states that he was not briefed until the summer of '09, but the matter was on multiple rules education agendas. Van Horn stated she and RR "agreed that Labadie and Draper would continue to be the administrators responsible for football compliance issues."
As you'd expect, the compliance issues are sheltered from the coaches as much as possible since they have more important things to be doing. The U is "satisfied Rodriguez did not know that the football program had failed to submit its CARA forms for more than 18 months."
Let's go to Exhibit 18, then. It's 73 pages.
January 2008
"Compliance assistant" Rachel Strassner sends a general email asking for telephone recruiting logs, off campus contacts, and CARA forms for December '07—before Rodriguez was hired. On the 31st, Strassner specifically emails Labadie asking for CARA forms from October, November, and December of '07, telephone logs for December, and a bunch of other stuff. Again: before Rodriguez is hired.
February 2008
Monthly reminder from Strassner. On the sixth, Strassner emails Labadie again requesting missing docs: one week of CARA forms from November, recruiting logs from Mike Debord, December telephone logs from all coaches, and October contact logs from most of the coaches. On the 12th she emails again asking for the missing CARA week, a number of contact logs, and everyone's telephone logs. On the 20th she's still missing the single CARA week and believes one other week has an overage.
March 2008
Reminder ping. Strassner now sending emails with the subject line "Compliance Documents – STILL MISSING". The November 18th week that has been outstanding for months is still outstanding, as are contact logs and telephone logs. Questions about possible overages have not been answered.
A week later, Strassner sends an email to Michael Parrish, cc-ing Labadie and asking for CARA forms for January and February, February telephone logs, and February contact logs. Vollano replies to this, noting the university's auditor will be in on Thursday and "Auditors like to find things missing so they can put them in their reports." A week later, both Vollano and Strassner request the missing logs again. A week later, the email mentions the auditor "is in the process of reviewing football's records"; it does appear that the rogue November CARA form has been submitted along with most of the missing Carr-era documentation and the contact/eval logs from the first couple months of the Rodriguez regime.
April 2008
Ping. Strassner now trying "Compliance Forms Missing – DELINQUENT." We have our first Labadie sighting as he emails that Carr and Rodriguez didn't make calls in certain months and that the CARA forms are "being completed." Quiet month after this.
May 2008
Ping. Apparently everything except the CARA forms has been submitted because Strassner's gone down to DEFCON 3: "CARA Forms – Delinquent" and all the telephone/contact log mentions have been dropped. Unfortunately, as time passes the CARA forms keep building up. Labadie has not submitted CARA forms since January 6th. At the end of the month Strassner asks again. Also, CSO still needs Fred Jackson's telephone log from December.
June 2008
Draper is now getting CCed on "Football CARA forms MISSING"; Strassner has taken the desperate, futile step of using the little doohickey that makes your emails "high" importance. CARA forms and the rogue Jackson telephone log have not been submitted. Getting slightly snippy: "Please let me know when I can expect these."
July 2008
This is the point where Brad feels "hounded by CSO staff" and CSO staff feels he could be a tetch "nonresponsive." The department stops asking about the 2008 CARA logs here so it seems like they were submitted at this point.
August 2008
Michigan sends a memo to all coaches and admin staff reminding them about CARA forms for 2008-09.
September 2008
Strassner has either moved on from a student job or an internship or thrown herself off U Towers, leaving one Roy Shavers Jr the thankless task of attempting to get CARA forms from Labadie. He takes up the monthly pings. The U reduces the submission frequency from weekly to monthly. It is the CSO's hope that this will simplify the process by "avoiding the need to ask you at the end of each year to account for past weeks of your team's countable athletically related activities."
October 2008
Just a ping.
November 2008
Ping, and then Shavers emails Labadie to remind him he needs to turn in CARA forms for August and October.
January 2009
Ping, ping. The U has pinged Joseph Parker at this point and he now (Jan 8) asks Draper, Labadie, and Parrish to get the CARA forms completed, mentioning that "we need to put a process in place to ensure this information is delivered to the CSO staff in a timely manner." Bill Martin is CCed. Labadie responds that he will get CARA "cleaned up" at upcoming meetings/workouts.
Twelve days later, Parker emails Labadie again asking about CARA.
March 2009
Ping, ping. Parker emails on the fifth noting that "as a follow-up to our conversation yesterday, compliance has not received any CARA Forms for football for 2008-09." Draper replies that Brad is acquiring the "last remaining signature[s]" from the seniors.
April 2009
Ping. On April 3rd Vollano asks "any idea when we can get the CARA forms?" Incredibly, she then adds "I do not want to bug you about it but as an FYI, the university auditors are going to start their audit of CARA" instead of "if you do not give me the forms I will chop your head off."
On the eighth Shavers emails Vollano noting that they are missing all CARA logs and the telephone logs from November, December, January, and March. Vollano pings Parrish.
May 2009
Ping. On May 7th Vollano emails Labadie with a last-ditch plea: "I just wanted to let you know that the auditors are here doing CARA. They have an empty folder for football. Any chance you bring them over?" Double incredibly, she ends the email "Thanks for your help" instead of "I hate you so much."
Labadie actually responds here: "Figured out what the voicemail was about. Sorry I've been out this morning and I just got the auto reply that you are out later today." Vollano replies the next day asking for the forms ASAP so the auditors can review them, nothing that their report goes to "Bill, the President and Regents."
Two weeks later, Parker emails that Vollano has been requesting the documents for "several months" and asks if they can submit the CARA forms by tomorrow. Labadie replies "Yep. Had them finished yesterday at workouts and they should have been delivered today."
Poor, sweet Ann G.Vollano the next day:
For this, she has been officially censured. Poor, poor Ann G. Vollano.
August 2009
Van Horn and Draper set up a meeting. Unclear why, but "CARA forms" is on the agenda. A week later, Michigan sends out the annual CARA memo. A meeting agenda with Martin on August 18th summarizes the "formal communication" regarding the 2008-09 CARA Form fiasco, noting that "at the time of audit during may 2009, no football CARA forms from the 2008-09 academic year had been submitted to the CSO," that "all other varsity sports" had submitted the forms, and that an "inordinate amount of communication occurred between CSO, football administrative staff and sport administrators regarding football CARA forms."
A section later it notes that "having student-athletes provide written verification of the time they spend in CARA activities protects the head coach and institution from unfounded allegations."
August 28th: CSO finally receives CARA forms for winter and fall of 2008. They are signed by Rodriguez, but not student-athletes.
August 29th: Free Press report.
August 30th: Vollano emails Labadie a special individual ping stating they need the August 2009 CARA forms. Labadie replies in 21 minutes. Subsequent CARA reports are submitted monthly with student-athlete signatures.
You'll note a few things other than a torrent of email from poor, sweet athletic department compliance personnel virtually begging Labadie for CARA forms: the documentation problems started before Rodriguez even arrived, that Labadie had been "hopeful" the bookkeeping processes would be better under Rodriguez, and not even the freaking auditors being in the office looking at an empty folder could get a response other than "ohhhhh, that's what that voicemail meant." The main document also states that Labadie was the responsible party for the warm-up and stretching time that put Michigan over on Mondays during 2009, although Labadie said that this opinion was based on conversations with Barwis. Why the person in charge of football compliance administration thinks he should talk to Barwis instead of compliance is unknown.
Most importantly, either Labadie lied to Draper when he said he was just getting the "last signatures" from the seniors for the 2008-09 forms or Draper lied to CSO. The main document states the CARA forms, hastily submitted the day before the Free Press report, have no student signatures. Draper, for his part, made zero effort to check up on his employee despite his apparent desire to play Tropico at work all day. He had no idea there was anything going on for months, and complained to compliance that he needed to know what was going on with the person who reports directly to him.
The worst part of all of this is how comprehensive, intelligent, and concerned the compliance side of all this was. CSO constantly badgered Draper and Labadie for the missing documents and was in the process of putting together a system that would hopefully have clarified what the QC assistants could and could not do. They anticipated potential problems with the QC staffers! Judy Van Horn just won a prestigious award and it's not hard to see why: Michigan's compliance department was machine-like in its precision. Its primary flaw was being far too polite to the unresponsive Draper and Labadie—not once did Strassner threaten to mail Labadie's pets to Albania, or shave his head in his sleep, or put him in a bun and leave him on Justin Boren's doorstep. If they had been cut-throat about it and immediately raised holy hell with Martin, Rodriguez, and others this may not have occurred.
Maybe there are things yet unrevealed by 100 pages of emails. Maybe there were behind-the-scenes reasons Labadie could not put the documents together. However, if there were the proper thing to do was to express this. Labadie didn't even get them in when threatened by an audit; it took the freakin' Freep report to get the sloppy, unsigned CARA forms in—the ones that Labadie claimed he was just getting the last signatures on five months earlier. The main document specifically states that when Rodriguez took over it was decided to leave the CARA process exactly the way it was under Carr, and Labadie still completely failed to file reports for a whole year when the system had been in place for several years and was apparently not an insurmountable task for anyone else in the department. Rodriguez's response makes it explicitly clear that no one informed him the already-prepared job descriptions for QC people had not been submitted and that the lack of CARA form submissions was also unknown. Why was it unknown?
Labadie told the enforcement staff that he did not tell Rodriguez that he had failed to submit CARA forms because he did not want Rodriguez to look unfavorably upon him.
There is no possible excuse for the massive breach in protocol here and the missing CARA forms and QC assistant job descriptions are the primary reasons Michigan is reporting major violations instead of a selection of secondary ones. Everyone involved with Michigan football compliance administration has failed massively and should be fired. Now.
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The first and only time Cody Ransom started an Opening Day, he was wearing spotless pinstripes.
Oh, and filling in for some Yankees third baseman named Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez later returned from hip surgery and Ransom tore a quad after only 79 major-league at-bats that season, but the veteran infielder would come out of his New York stint with a World Series ring.
"Hopefully," Ransom said with a smile Saturday morning, "we get the same result at the end of this season."
Four years after subbing for A-Rod, the Padres newcomer has another unexpected assignment: replace All-Star Chase Headley at third base in Monday's season opener against the New York Mets.
Originally projected to begin the season with Triple-A Tucson, Ransom made his third career Opening Day roster after Headley's fractured thumb and Logan Forsythe's plantar fasciitis opened a spot for the 37-year-old.
"You never wish injury on anybody," said Ransom, who will be in the lineup Monday against left-hander Jonathon Niese. "Unfortunately, it's part of the game."
Ransom has bounced around in that game for the last 15 years, recording 5,007 minor-league at-bats but only 583 for six major-league teams. Nearly half of those came last year, when he played in a total of 90 games for Milwaukee and Arizona.
He hit .220 (.264 against lefties) with 11 home runs and 42 RBI — both career-highs.
"To be able to get at-bats last year was a lot of fun," said Ransom, who signed a minor-league contract with the Padres in December. "I'm used to doing that in the minor leagues. It gives you a chance to not worry about going 'ohfer' one day, because you're gonna get a chance to redeem yourself.
"There's not as much pressure on you, not from the outside, but internal pressure, pressure you put on yourself. You're able to relax a little more."
Now, with Headley possibly out for the first month, Ransom figures to continue seeing regular playing time. He's likely to start at third whenever a lefty takes the mound.
"I am who I am," Ransom said. "All I can do is play the game I know how to play. I can't try and be Chase. I couldn't try and be Alex back then. I've been doing this for 16 years now. You're gonna get what you're gonna get."
And when Headley and, later, Forsythe return? That's when Ransom's versatility could become especially convenient.
"Whatever they need. I've done a little bit of everything," said Ransom, who will wear No. 1 this season. "If they want to move me around, I can play anywhere in the infield, play a couple games in the outfield."
Ransom's major-league experience spans 146 starts at shortstop, 80 at third, 34 at second, 24 at first and one in left field.
"Cody was projected to probably go to Tucson," Padres manager Bud Black said, "and add depth and experience to our group down there and, in case there was a need, to come up and provide it."
The need has arrived sooner than anyone, Ransom included, expected. Injuries aside, that's not a bad thing for Black, who's already comfortable with his new infielder.
"It's tough coming into a new team, and all of a sudden you're on the team," Black said. "But I think he's a guy that, as far as coming onto our group, knowing our bunt plays, our pick-off plays, knowing how to play our game — no worries. He knows how to play."


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