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President's Cabinet
Dr. Daniel S. Papp - President
Dr. W. Ken Harmon - Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dr. Randy C. Hinds - Vice President for Operations, Chief Business Officer and Chief Information Officer
Dr. Jerome Ratchford - Vice President for Student Success
Mike Harders - Vice President for University Advancement and Development
Arlethia Perry-Johnson - Vice President for External Affairs
Dr. Flora Devine - University General Counsel & Special Assistant to the President for Legal Affairs
Dr. Erik Malewski - Chief Diversity Officer
Dr. Maureen McCarthy - Faculty Executive Assistant to the President
Vaughn Williams - Athletics Director
Lynda K. Johnson - Executive Administrator to the President and Chief of Protocol
Dr. Ron Koger - Special Assistant to the President for Consolidation
Daniel S. Papp
Daniel S. Papp became the third president of Kennesaw State University July 1, 2006. Prior to being named president by the Board of Regents, Papp served as senior vice chancellor for academics and fiscal affairs of the University System of Georgia. Senior vice chancellor since 2000, Papp was responsible for system-wide academic, faculty and student issues and concerns; business and financial affairs; academic and business information-technology systems; and strategic planning affecting all of the university system's 35 institutions. Before becoming senior vice chancellor, Papp directed educational programs for Yamacraw, Georgia's initiative to become the global leader in broadband technologies and components. Papp served as interim president of Southern Polytechnic State University from 1997 to 1998 and as executive assistant to the president at Georgia Tech from 1994 to 1997.
An international affairs expert, Papp was the founding director of Georgia Tech's Sam Nunn School of International Affairs from 1990 to 1993 and director of the Georgia Tech School of Social Sciences from 1980 to 1990. He joined Georgia Tech's faculty in 1973 as an assistant professor of international affairs. While at Tech, Papp was also visiting professor at the Western Australia Institute of Technology; research professor at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College; senior research professor at the Center for Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education of the U.S. Air War College; and visiting professor at Fudan University in Shanghai. In 1993, Papp was selected Georgia Tech's "Distinguished Professor," the first time the honor was awarded to someone other than an engineer or physical scientist. He has twice been awarded the U.S. Department of the Army's "Outstanding Civilian Service" medal.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth College, Papp received his doctorate in international affairs from the University of Miami. His academic specialties include international security policy, U.S. and Russian foreign and defense policies, and international system change. He is the author or editor of 10 books on these topics, including the biography of former U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk. He also has published more than 60 journal articles and chapters in edited books.
Many organizations have funded Papp's research, including the U.S. Department of the Army, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Information Agency, the U.S. Institute of Peace, the U.S. Department of Education and NATO. He has traveled widely in the former USSR, China, Europe, Southeast Asia, Latin America and Africa. He has held a Sloan Scholarship and a National Defense Education Act Fellowship.
Papp is past chairman of the American-Soviet Relations and Southern Sections of the International Studies Association, senior fellow for international security at the Southern Center for International Studies, and a member of the Society of International Business Fellows.
Papp is married to Susan Lord Papp. He has two sons, William and Alexander, and two stepsons, Michael and Benjamin. He also has five grandchildren, granddaughters Elena, Vivi, and Mila; and grandsons Bobby and Ayden.
Papp has served on the Church Council of the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection in Marietta, Ga., and coached youth basketball and football. He is a past captain of the Miami, Atlanta and Georgia Tech rugby football clubs. He has also been a participant in several Friendship Force home-stay programs in Russia.
Dr. W. Ken Harmon
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Ken Harmon is Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Kennesaw State University. Dr. Harmon has been in higher education for more than 27 years at several nationally-recognized institutions. Prior to his appointment as Interim Provost and VPAA, he served as Dean of the Coles College of Business and Director of the School of Accountancy at Kennesaw State, Dean of the Else School of Management at Millsaps College, and Chair of the Accounting Departments at University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Middle Tennessee State University, and Arizona State University West. He also served on the Accounting faculty at the University of Missouri and Drexel University.
A native of Memphis, Dr. Harmon earned a B.S. in Accounting, a Master of Accountancy, and a Doctorate in Accounting, all from the University of Tennessee. He is a CPA in the State of Tennessee. Dr. Harmon was a journal editor, has authored numerous publications, and served on 10 Editorial Boards.
Dr. Harmon specializes in accounting information systems, leadership development, strategic planning, and business education. He previously was a staff auditor with Price Waterhouse, was president of his own software company, and has been a consultant to numerous companies and universities.
Randy C. Hinds
Vice President for Operations
Chief Information Officer/Chief Business Officer
and Professor of Information Systems
Randy C. Hinds is Vice President for Operations, and Chief Information Officer/Chief Business Officer at Kennesaw State University. Hinds joined Kennesaw State as the university's first CIO in 1998. He has primary oversight responsibility for all academic and administrative information activities, financial services, safety, security, HR, facilities services, auxiliary operations, institutional research, and library support including archives.
Hinds came to KSU after completing a distinguished 30-year military career where he served in a variety of information technology leadership positions. His final military assignment was at the National Defense University in Washington D.C., where he served in leadership roles with the School of Information Warfare and Strategy, and the Department of Defense's Command and Control Research Program.
Hinds' research interests include investigating the relationship between information systems and organizational learning. He holds professor of information systems status at KSU and lectures within the university's graduate and undergraduate communications, computer science, and information systems degree programs. At the national level, he has served as a key member of the EDUCAUSE Current Issues Committee charged with identifying the critical information technology issues facing higher education institutions.
Jerome Ratchford
Vice President for Student Success
Dr. Jerome Ratchford is Vice President for Student Success and Enrollment Services at Kennesaw State University (KSU) in Kennesaw, Georgia. Prior to this position, Dr. Ratchford was Interim Dean of Student Success and Director of Student Development.
Dr. Ratchford has also held academic and administrative positions at Talladega College, Emory University and Lincoln University (Missouri).
Academically, Dr. Ratchford taught graduate-level educational leadership and curriculum development courses to aspiring principals and career teachers, and a graduate level course on how to work effectively with students who are culturally different to college student personnel professionals.
Dr. Ratchford has had administrative oversight or provided leadership to a number of units to include: Graduate Educational Programs, Department of Education, Lincoln University; Equal Opportunity Program, Emory University; Grants and Contracts, Title III Program, Talladega College; Career Counseling and Placement Services, Student Activities and the Thirteen College Curriculum Program at Talladega College; and Counseling Supervision at Atterbury Job Corps Center. He is an accomplished grants writer having written and received a grant for over $900,000 from the U.S. Department of Education for the Title III Program at Talladega College, Talladega Alabama. Dr. Ratchford received a B.A. in Education from the University of Kentucky in History and Political Science, a M.S. in Counseling and Guidance from Indiana University and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership in Higher Education from Bowling Green State University (OH).
Dr. Ratchford has served on innumerable academic and task-oriented committees while at Kennesaw State University. Some notable involvements include: Study Team Member, AASCU Hispanic Student Success Study; Task Force on the Foundations of Excellence in the First Year of College; Task Force for a Masters in Public Administration (MPA) Concentration in Student Services; Coordinating Committee, SACS Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP); Chancellor's Task Force on Pre-College Programs for Youth in At-Risk Situations (PREP); and a member of the Steering Committee for the NCAA Division I Self-Study Certification.
The Dr. Jerome Ratchford Award of Excellence was established by the Executive Board of the African American Student Alliance (AASA). Dr. Ratchford, the founder of AASA, was recognized for his leadership and service in promoting pluralism and an Afrocentric presence on Kennesaw State University's campus.
Among his many accomplishments, Dr. Ratchford was instrumental in bringing Greek-letter and other premier organizations on campus; obtaining line-item status (a budget) and office space for AASA; diversifying the student representation on the university's student activities fee allocation committee (SABAC); fostering the Black Alumni Society and the Human Relations Council; founding the Cultural Awareness and Resource Center (CARC); obtaining stipends for AASA executives; removing obstacles that generally stymied the qualify of life for Black faculty, staff and students on KSU's campus; and, in helping expand the growth in Black enrollment from 231 students in 1987 to 1,772 in 2002 (667% growth), etc. The Dr. Jerome Ratchford Award of Excellence is bestowed on a faculty, staff or student honoree who has exhibited behaviors at KSU that equate with the legacy briefly described above.
Dr Ratchford received Kennesaw State University's Administrative Service Award in recognition of administrators who go "above and beyond the call of duty, providing invaluable service to the campus community; " the prestigious Betty L. Siegel Award, named in honor of the nationally recognized former President, Betty L. Siegel. This award "seeks to recognize an individual who exemplifies outstanding qualities of scholarship, leadership and service to the Kennesaw State University community." He has also received a number of other awards which include but are not limited to the following: Administrator of the Year, CEEP/Cobb NAACP Education Award, Cobb NAACP Certificate of Honor for Meritorious Service, Golden Key International Honour Society's Ford Fellowship for Black Administrative Officers; and, Graduate Fellowship, Department of Educational Administration and Supervision, Bowling Green State University.
Dr. Ratchford holds the following lifetime certificates as issued by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education: Teaching (Social Studies, 7-12); School Psychological Examiner (K-12); Secondary Principal; and Superintendent. His memberships include Georgia College Personnel Association, American College Personnel Association, International Mentoring Association, National Association of School Personnel Administrators, and the NAACP
Michael J. Harders
Vice President for University Advancement and Development
Michael J. Harders is Vice President for University Advancement and Development. He has served in higher education for 11 years after a 10 year career in private industry. Harders leads the university's comprehensive advancement team, overseeing annual giving, major gifts, planned giving, corporate and foundation relations programs, and alumni affairs.
Prior to his appointment as Vice President for University Advancement and Development, Harders served as the Executive Director of Development at Missouri State University. At Missouri State, he was responsible for all fundraising operations for the University. He was also responsible for coordinating the successful $125 million "Our Promise-The Campaign for Missouri State University".
Harders began his career in higher education as a development officer for the Kansas State University Foundation. Over his seven years at Kansas State, he was promoted three times and held the position of senior director of development for the College of Arts and Sciences before joining Missouri State. During that period, he developed the college's first five-year strategic fundraising plan and increased private support for the college from $1.1 million to more than $7 million annually. Harders also served as the Mountain Region director for the successful $500 million "Changing Lives Campaign".
Harders and his wife, Leigh, have two children.
Arlethia Perry-Johnson
Vice President for External Affairs
Arlethia Perry-Johnson, Vice President for External Affairs, joined Kennesaw State University in October 2006 after serving nearly 12 years as associate vice chancellor for media and publications with the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. Her current responsibilities at KSU include serving as a member of the President's Cabinet, supervising the University Relations department, and managing the university's legislative, community and public affairs.
Perry-Johnson has enjoyed a 25-year communications career that spans public, investor and media relations, launched after early success in print journalism and commercial and cable television.
Perry-Johnson joined the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia in February 1995 as an assistant vice chancellor, charged with building a new public relations operation and with elevating the university system's national profile. Named associate vice chancellor for media and publications in September 2002, she developed and implemented communications strategies that impacted, positioned and marketed the state's 35 public colleges and universities. Among her duties, Perry-Johnson served the Board of Regents as chief spokesperson, working daily with local, regional, national and international media, campus presidents and a wide array of statewide constituents. In addition, she served as project director of the university systemís nationally recognized African-American Male Initiative, aimed at enhancing black male participation in college, which she continues in her role at Kennesaw State.
Perry-Johnson launched her professional communications career as a junior in college, working as a general assignments reporter for the New Pittsburgh Courier. Moving from print to television, she worked as an assistant to the producer for "PM Magazine/Los Angeles" and as a co-anchor for a live cable television public affairs program, "On Cable Tonight," in Memphis, Tenn.
Perry-Johnson joined the public information department at Penn State University Park as a writer/editor in 1984. In 1987, she was promoted to director of university relations at Penn State Great Valley in suburban Philadelphia. She continued her career in increasingly responsible positions, serving as director of media and external relations at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; as manager of national (and investor) media relations for the Tennessee Valley Authority; and as executive director of the news bureau at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she was responsible for new operations on the academic and medical campuses.
Perry-Johnson also wrote as a freelance writer, contributing to such publications as the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Cincinnati Enquirer, the Philadelphia Tribune, Black Issues in Higher Education and other outlets.
A wife and mother, Perry-Johnson also is active in several professional and civic organizations. In 2004, she served as one of the co-conveners of the "State of the African American Male" conference in Atlanta, an initiative of U.S. Congressman Danny Davis. She is a graduate of the 2003-2004 Associates Program of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, based in San Jose, Calif. She also is a graduate of the 1997 Class of Leadership Georgia and is included in the publication "Who's Who in Black Atlanta." Perry-Johnson serves on the executive committee of the Georgia Council on Economic Education and chaired its communications committee for four years. In addition, she serves on the board of directors and the executive committee of Communities In Schools of Georgia. She is a member and former secretary of the board of trustees of Region III of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). In 2001, she served as the program co-chair for CASE IIIís regional conference. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists and the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists (AABJ), and chaired AABJ's Minority Scholarship Competition for two years (1998, 1999). Perry-Johnson also has been a Georgia network organizer for the Ms. Foundation's "Take Our Daughters To Work Day" event, which she supported upon its inception in 1993.
Flora B. Devine
General Counsel / Special Assistant to President
Flora B. Devine, General Counsel / Special Assistant to President for legal affairs and diversity at Kennesaw State University, is an attorney and educator. During her legal career, she has represented management in government, in the private sector and in higher education. Her career in education includes executive-level administrative positions in legal affairs, organizational planning and marketing, and human resources.
Devine began her career as a city attorney in the City of Atlanta Law Department and later joined a private law firm. Before joining the administration at DeKalb College as legal counsel, she worked with the Federal Environmental Protection Agency Region V. Devine has been an adjunct professor at Clark College, Georgia State University and Kennesaw State, teaching communications law, higher education law, conflict resolution and multiculturalism in education. She is a frequent trainer and consultant on workplace legal issues, including conflict resolution and mediation, and managing diversity issues in the workplace (including discrimination and equal employment issues such as sexual harassment, and leadership and organizational change). She is the architect of KSU's New View of the Future Strategic Plan (1995) and the university's first strategic plan for managing diversity (2001).
Devine's recent community service includes past chair of the Georgia Indigent Defense Council (2004) and the Georgia Supreme Court Commission on Indigent Defense that developed the blueprint for overhauling the state system that provides lawyers for persons who cannot afford them. She is a former board member (two terms) of the National Association of College and University Attorneys and a Fellow of the American Council on Education.
Devine was recently inducted into the Martin Luther King, Jr. Board of Sponsors at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
Dr. Erik L. Malewski
Chief Diversity Officer and Professor of Curriculum Studies
Dr. Erik Malewski became Kennesaw State University's (KSU) permanent Chief Diversity Officer on July 1, 2012. Dr. Malewski, previously an associate professor of curriculum studies at Purdue University's College of Education, is an expert on multiculturalism, college internationalization efforts, and the theory and practice of teaching and learning. He has taught at Purdue since 2003 and during his tenure there he focused on infusing multiculturalism into teacher preparation programs and leading strategic planning in the area of diversity. Dr. Malewski has taught foundations of curriculum, multicultural education and contemporary curriculum theory in addition to extensive research on the work experiences of chief diversity officers. He served as senior diversity advocate at Penn State University in 2002 and served in the Office of the Vice Provost for Educational Equity prior to that.
Dr. Malewski, a native of Detroit, holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Loyola University Chicago; and he received his Master of Education in Higher Education Administration and Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Curriculum and Supervision from The Pennsylvania State University. He has worked in higher education for the past 15 years and is a respected scholar and teacher of diversity and inclusion. In addition to his diverse teaching career, Dr. Malewski is also a widely published author of numerous papers, articles, and books. He has also been the recipient of several academic awards and has a proven track record of success with obtaining research and program development grants.
Dr. Malewski comes to KSU with the vision, knowledge, and experience to further enhance KSU's commitment to advancing the principles of a diverse and inclusive campus community. As Chief Diversity Officer, he will coordinate diversity-oriented programs and initiatives at KSU and develop and implement a strategic plan for diversity and inclusion. He will also be developing policies, procedures and curriculum activities guided by the principles of diversity, inclusion, transparency, and shared governance.
Maureen McCarthy, PhD
Faculty Executive Assistant to the President
Maureen McCarthy is the third person to hold the post of Faculty Executive Assistant to the President at Kennesaw State University. Dr. McCarthy earned her MS degree in Counseling and PhD in Research and Evaluation from Oklahoma State University. As Professor of Psychology, Dr. McCarthy has taught Introductory Psychology, Research Methods, Experimental Psychology, Ethics and Professional Issues in Applied Psychology, Principles of Psychological Testing, and the Senior Seminar. Dr. McCarthy was recently named the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Distinguished Professor (2012).
Dr. McCarthy conducts research in the areas of pedagogy, assessment of student learning, and program evaluation. As a member of the APA Education Directorate's Department Consulting Service, she regularly consults on department program reviews. She has authored and co-authored numerous publications including the American Psychologist article "Quality Benchmarks in Undergraduate Psychology Programs. An extension of this work—Using Quality Benchmarks for Assessing and Developing Undergraduate Programs—was recently released by Jossey-Bass publishers. This volume offers a comprehensive approach to program assessment and evaluation for to help programs and departments in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences use assessment data to improve undergraduate education.
Maureen McCarthy has served in a variety of administrative positions at several universities and recently served as Associate Executive Director for the American Psychological Association's office of Pre-College and Undergraduate Programs. While serving as the Associate Executive Director she successfully obtained a National Science Foundation grant for the Online Psychology Laboratory (DUE –0435058). Along with her textbook – Research Methods and Statistics – this project continues to provide important resources for faculty and students worldwide.
She previously served as President of Division 2, the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, and is a member of the Division 35 - the Society for the Psychology of Women, and Division 5 – Evaluation, Measurement, and Statistics. Dr. McCarthy is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Association for Psychological Science. Dr. McCarthy currently serves as a member of the Advanced Placement Psychology Test Development Committee and the Social Studies Academic Advisory Committee for the College Board.
Vaughn Williams
Athletics Director
Vaughn Williams brings his extensive knowledge and experience of collegiate athletics to the position of athletic director at Kennesaw State University.
Prior to accepting the job at Kennesaw State, Williams has had a prestigious six-plus year tenure at the University of Connecticut. While there, Williams served as an assistant athletic director, with his responsibilities mainly involving strategic planning, facility master planning and policy and procedure improvement. He also served as chair of the University of Connecticut's Sportsmanship/Fan Environment Initiative Committee.
At Connecticut, Williams directed the operation and management of 11 campus athletic facilities for 24 varsity sports and 600 student-athletes, as well as the university's recreational/intramural program, which serves 3,500 participants. He also oversaw the Huskies' event management team that provides support to varsity sports, including the hosting of Big East and NCAA post-season events. In addition, Williams served as the program's home game administrator for football and basketball games.
Before arriving at Connecticut, Williams had over 10 years of NCAA Division I athletics experience. He was a staple at Boston College in their athletic department as an assistant athletic director for six years from 1998-2004. While working at Boston College, he earned his master's degree in Administrative Studies.
Williams got his start working in collegiate athletics at the University of Utah. During his two years there, Williams went from the Assistant Director of Finance to the Director of Finance before leaving for the University of Toledo, where he served as the Associate Athletic Director of Business Affairs from 1996-1998.
Williams' experience in athletics reaches beyond the boundaries of administration. Earning his bachelor's degree in Sport Management from the University of Massachusetts in 1992, Williams was a four-year letter winner in football at UMass.
Williams and his wife, Eileen, have three children.
Lynda K. Johnson
Executive Administrator to the President and Chief of Protocol
In her capacity as Executive Administrator to the President and Chief of Protocol, Lynda Johnson brings 33 years of experience in higher education. The past 30 have been in the Office of the President at Kennesaw State University. Before coming to KSU, Ms. Johnson spent eight years in the corporate sector, five of which were in the corporate offices of Fuqua Industries Inc. and two years as Administrative Assistant to the Chairman in the North American headquarters of a Swedish-owned engineering company. Previous educational experience included working with the Dean of the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin, and 18 months at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She attended the University of Texas in Austin, Southern Polytechnic State University, and Kennesaw State University. She holds a B.S. in Sociology from Kennesaw State (magna cum laude). Scholastic memberships include Golden Key National Honor Society and Alpha Kappa Gamma Sociology Honor Society. She holds professional certifications in domestic and international protocol from the Protocol School of Washington, the only accredited school of its kind in the U.S. She is a member of the National Association of Presidential Assistants in Higher Education (NAPAHE) and Professional Diplomacy International-Protocol Officer Association (PDI-POA). She serves on the Advisory Board of the KSU Chapter of InterVarsity. She and her husband, Skip, are active members of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church.


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While developing software for the TraSer solution platform, we put much emphasis on shaping the emerging new solution to meet the needs of prospective small business users. Since these requirements are, as of today, only partly known, even by the users themselves, we decided to subdivide development in separate phases which deliver TraSer software in various releases. At the end of each development phase, users can download and install the new release and gain experience which is taken into account during further development.
All of these pre-final releases are, in fact, experiments which are, to the greater part, based on previous versions but are not necessarily compatible with them—for this reason, users are more than encouraged to try them in examples which are not business-critical, but we shall always remind them of the experimental nature of these intermediate releases. The final release, on the other hand, will be handed over to a community of TraSer users and developers as a ripe product, and from then on, compatibility between newer and older examples of the solution platform will be ensured to the highest possible degree.
The intermediate releases are focusing on two application fields: supply-chains (management of physical material in general), and electronic documents.
Supply-chain-related releases will be published as follows (see also detailed description further below):
SC release 1: February 2008SC release 2: March 2008SC release 3: May 2008SC release 4: October 2008Final SC release: January 2009
Much of the functionalities required for tracking of electronic documents are already developed as a by-product of supply-chain releases, therefore, a version especially dedicated to electronic document tracking will be presented only once, in July 2008.
If you are interested in the software implementation more in detail, please visit our OSC page hosted on . If you are considering joining the development, but have not made up your mind yet, check out our document describing why you should join us .
The "mainstream" of development and research efforts within the TraSer project focuses on a solution platform for tracking and tracing physical items, such as products in a supply-chain, hence the name "supply-chain releases". However, supply-chains are only one application example (nevertheless, one of the most demanding and critical ones) for the TraSer solution platform, not excluding a wide spectrum of other possible areas of use, such as "asset management", i.e., keeping track of equipment owned and operated by a company for a longer period of time, such as containers in logistics or lab instruments at a research institution, university etc.
February 2008: first public release for general use in supply-chains
In February 2008, the TraSer software will make its public debut with a release which will support simple supply-chain operations in general:
March 2008: second public release for general use in supply-chains
In addition to previous features, this release will put most emphasis on improved networking within a TraSer network, as well as external components, such as already existing ERP systems:
May 2008: third public release for general use in supply-chains
In addition to previous features, this release will focus on the integration of AutoID middleware, as well as enhanced networking functionalities:
October 2008: fourth public release for general use in supply-chains
This release will deliver further networking enhancements over previous releases, especially as far as handling of temporal aspects and networking functionalities are concerned:
January 2009: final public release for general use in supply-chains
The intermediate versions of the TraSer solution platform, along with the experience gained with them, will culminate in this release which is the final output of the project, and the first version whose improvement and maintenance will be entirely taken over by the community of TraSer developers and users after completion of the project. From this point on, later versions will be laid out for maximum compatibility to earlier versions.
This release will add the following features to those of the previous ones:
Although not the main concern in TraSer, the tracking of electronically stored documents is somewhat set apart from managing physical items, largely due to differences in the behavior of electronically stored entities (such as easy replication through copying). In order to cover this segment of small business needs, a special adaptation of the TraSer platform will be issued in a dedicated data tracking release in project July 2008. This release will exhibit all the features of previous supply chain versions of the platform and will allow the user to set up data management services characteristic to a networked version control system, for both centralized and distributed storage of the files to be managed.

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Barry Fox says that Hollywood's combined print bill for an English-language film release is around $6 million, and that "it would hardly break the bank for a billion-dollar industry" to double this cost by releasing films simultaneously around the world (17 June, p 50).
This would be true if the billion-dollar industry was based on only one film per annum. In 1999, the majors released 218 films. My guess is that the industry is worth more than a billion a year, but that $1.3 billion is still a big disincentive to simultaneous release.
The prohibitive cost of $100 000 cinema-quality digital video projectors Fox quotes seems unlikely to last. As Moore's lawwhich says the power of chips doubles every 18 monthshas analogues in other areas of electronics, it seems likely that the cost of projectors will fall.
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Passing the torch of political commitment to reduce hungerPosted on Friday, August 10th, 2012 at 1:20 pm
I am writing this blog some hours after a wonderful young Irish woman called Katie Taylor won an Olympic Gold Medal for boxing. The country is 'en fete' and all our economic problems seem a little lighter.
Britain has had a wonderful two weeks of the Olympics. The magnificent opening ceremony set the tone. Since then, the organization of the Games has been outstandingly good. British athletes have won more medals than anyone expected.
In 1992, Queen Elizabeth spoke about her 'annus horribilis' or her horrible year during her 40thyear of her accession to the throne. Twenty years on, as she celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, this seems to be a year of wonders, an "annus mirabilis" for Britain.


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Leadership From the Top, Well-Trained Workforce are Key to DoD Audits, Experts Say
November 18, 2011
Accounting experts from outside the Defense Department say getting the Pentagon ready to undergo an audit by a 2017 deadline is going to be a huge challenge. Challenging, but doable, as long as there's continued pressure from the highest levels of the department.
DoD is one of only two cabinet-level agencies that hasn't been able to get a clean audit opinion so far. Under current law, the Pentagon has to get its financial statements sufficiently squared away to withstand the scrutiny of outside auditors by fiscal year 2017.
And an even tighter deadline was put in place last month by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who came into office pronouncing his personal commitment to the issue. He's told the department to be ready for a partial audit by 2014.


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I was raised on NL baseball and there just isn't any way I'd choose DH baseball. That's the way I was imprinted. I like asymmetry and strategery. I think it makes the games more interesting. If you want purity, then go to 2 platoon offense/defense lineups.
But I think it's a chocolate vs. vanilla ice cream choice. There is no right answer and it just depends on your tastes.


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Dam Program Overview
Certificate of Dam Approval and Safety Application
State Requirements for Building a New Dam in TN
Dam Location Data
Association of State Dam Safety
Living With Dams: Know Your Risks - FEMA
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Water Supply Contact Lists
Drinking Water Program
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Safe Dams Program
Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program
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Water Withdrawal Registration Program
Well Program
Environmental Permitting Handbook
Operator Certification
Source Water Assessments
State Revolving Loan Fund Programs
TDEC Drought Management Plan
Guidance for Drought Management Plans
Tennessee Rural Water Needs Report
Water Resources Regional Planning
American Water Works Association
EPA Ground Water and Drinking Water
Tennessee Association of Utility Districts
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Geological Survey
The purpose of this brochure is to inform you, the prospective dam owner, of the requirements for building a dam in Tennessee. Under the Tennessee Safe Dams Act, a dam is defined as any structure that is at least 20 feet high or that can impound at least 30 acre-feet of water.
The responsibility of building and maintaining a dam rests solely with the owner. As a dam owner, you are liable for the water stored behind your dam. A dam failure, resulting in an uncontrolled release of the reservoir, can have a devastating effect on people and property downstream. Additionally, a dam failure could mean loss of a vital resource to you. Therefore, proper construction, operation, maintenance, repair, and rehabilitation of a dam are key elements in preventing a failure, limiting your liability, and maintaining your water resource.
Construction or alteration of a dam may require permits from the Safe Dams Section (SDS) of the Division of Water Resources and the Natural Resources Section (NRS) of the Division of Water Resources. Application for these permits can be made by completing an application (CN-0821) and submitting it to the address on the form with the appropriate fees. These permits are discussed in greater detail in the following section.
You may also need to apply for a Section 404 permit from the Army Corps of Engineers and/or a Section 26-A permit from TVA. The addresses and telephone numbers for these agencies are listed in the "Where Can I Get More Information?" section. Information is also provided about storm water runoff requirements under "ARAP and Storm Water Runoff Considerations".
You will probably need to obtain one or more permits to construct your dam. The key points to consider as you plan to construct a dam are summarized in the following checklist format.
An Aquatic Resource Alteration Permit (ARAP) must be obtained when the dam that is being built impounds water on a stream or creek. The ARAP program is administered by the Natural Resources Section of the Division of Water Resources. Under the provisions of ARAP there must be allowances made for the continuous flow of water downstream during and after construction of the dam. Considerations should be given to minimize the disruption of the water's natural flow patterns. ARAP also monitors the control of pollution during construction of the dam. Pursuant to an ARAP, a judgment is made of the effect the dam construction and final presence will have on pre-existing aquatic life. Long lasting environmental impacts are considered under ARAP, such as the use of sulfur and iron bearing borrow material that can have a negative impact on the environment as a long-term leaching source. A fee of $2,500 is assessed for projects that impact the stream for 1,000 feet or more. A fee of $1,000 is assessed for projects that will affect stream waters of less than 1,000 feet. Finally, there is a charge of $50 for a private farm residential projects regardless of stream length.
If construction of your lake and dam will disturb one acre or more of land, you must control erosion from storm water runoff and submit a "Notice of Intent" to perform construction activity prior to starting construction. Approval is generally automatic and an individual permit is not required. Additional information can be obtained from the DWPC at the telephone number and address in the "Where Can I Get More Information?" section.
Dams are assigned hazard potential categories that reflect the threat to life and property in the event of a failure. These categories are high (1), significant (2), and low (3). Safety inspections of dams are performed by SDS staff every one, two, and three years, respectively, for these categories of dams. Inspection fees also vary by category, the highest being $250 for a high hazard dam. A plans review fee that ranges from $300 to $500, depending on the height of the dam, is assessed when a new dam is to be built in Tennessee.
Certain classes of dams are exempt from regulation under the Safe Dams Act. The main exemption is for "farm ponds". Farm ponds are defined in the regulations as "...any impoundment used only for providing water for agriculture and domestic purposes such as livestock and poultry watering, irrigation of crops, recreation, and conservation, for the owner or occupant of the farm, his family, and invited guests, but does not include any impoundment for which the water, or privileges or products of the water, are available to the general public." A farm pond is exempt from the Safe Dams Act, but may NOT be exempt from other permitting requirements such as ARAP, etc.
The Safe Dams Section of Water Resources in the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is responsible for carrying out the requirements of the Safe Dams Act of 1973. The duties of the Safe Dams Section include:
Dam owners who fail to comply with the law are subject to fines and prosecution.
To get more information on dams and water quality issues, contact one of the offices listed below.
Division of Water Resources, Water Supply Program
William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower
312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 11th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 532-0191
Division of Water Resources, Water Quality Program
William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower
312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 11th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 532-0625
Statewide Environmental Assistance Centers
You may also visit the TDEC website.
Nashville District Corps of Engineers
Regulatory Branch
P. O. Box 1070
Nashville, TN 37202-1070
(615) 736-5181
Mr. Robert L. Curtis
Natural Resources Building
Norris, TN 37828
Phone: (423) 632-1552
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation is committed to the principles of equal opportunity, equal access and affirmative action. Contact the TDEC EEO/AA Coordinator or the ADA Coordinator in the William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower, 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 2nd Floor Nashville, Tennessee 37243, 615-532-0103 for further information. Hearing impaired callers may use the Tennessee Relay Service (1-800-848-0298).


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Family – and Aliens – Are Worth Fighting For
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Starring: The Voices of Brendan Fraser,
Rob Corddry, Ricky Gervais,
Jonathan Morgan Heit, Jessica
Alba, Sofia Vergara, Paul
Sheer, Sarah Jessica Parker,
Steve Zahn
Genre: Animated/Comedy
Audience: Older children to adults
Rating: PG
Runtime: 89 minutes
Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
Director: Cal Brunker
Executive Producer: Marcin Peart
Producer: Like Carroll, Catherine Winder
Writer: Tony Leech, Cory Edwards, Cal
Brunker, Bob Barlen
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345 Hudson Street, 13th Floor
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(BB, C, AC, APAP, Ev, E, Ho, PC, L, V, A, M) Strong pro family message with moral, redemptive themes of heroism, self-sacrifice, and even a short anti-communist reference (though made by the human bad guy), but with some Anti-American political undertones where the American humans are power hungry bad guys, short references to evolution, global warming and "Don't Ask Don't Tell," and a human and alien do online dating; one light profanity and one "darn"; light animated action violence with aliens fighting humans and humans shooting tranquilizers; no sexual content but some light kissing and woman alien stares longingly at a male alien; no nudity; character drinks wine; no smoking; and, boy talks back to his father disrespectfully, aliens have a food fight, brothers bicker with each other.
ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH is an animated comedy about two alien brothers who get captured on Earth and imprisoned in Area 51. ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH isn't a great movie, but it has some good themes of heroism and family, but also some Anti-American, liberal political undertones that require caution.
ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH is an animated movie about an alien race on the planet Baab. Scorch Supernova is a daring rescuer who works for BASA, an organization that travels the universe saving those who need help. Even though Scorch is a national hero and the muscle of BASA, his older brother Gary is the brains that assists him from mission control.
After another successful mission is accomplished, Scorch and Gary are informed by their boss Lena that a rescue mission is needed. An SOS signal is coming from the deadly planet called Earth. Because no alien ever returns from Earth, Gary says it's too dangerous. Scorch disagrees and decides to go anyway without Gary's help. Gary quits his job in protest and goes home to his wife and son.
Scorch arrives at planet earth and is almost immediately captured by Shanker, the villainous commander of Area 51. The planet of Baab is devastated at the capture of their beloved hero, but no one more than Gary. Gary doesn't know what to do. He's not a hero like Scorch; he's just an ordinary guy. However, his wife and son inspire him to try anyways, so he takes a spaceship to go save Scorch. However, Shanker captures Gary as soon as he arrives.
Inside Area 51, Scorch and Gary are introduced to other aliens from other planets who have all come in peace, but were then captured and thrown in prison. Shanker makes the aliens invent new technology for him. His latest project is a laser that has the ability to destroy an entire planet. Alien planets. It's up to Gary and Scorch to stop him.
ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH lacks skillful writing. Also, the A-list actors involved in the animated film do little to help the stale dialogue. The animation is good, but not on the level of Pixar or Dreamworks. The movie has redeeming themes like heroism, fighting for your family and others, and doing the right thing. Even though the core of the movie is pro-family, strangely enough there were quite a few political undertones. Practically all the humans are power hungry bad guys who want to build heavy weaponry to destroy each other and their alien enemies (who ironically are all peaceful). There are also light references to evolution, global warming, and "Don't Ask Don't Tell."
ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH is mostly void of violence and foul language with the exception of one OMG, but some of the heavier political ideas might concern parents. So, MOVIEGUIDE® recommends caution, and we encourage parents to sit down with their children to discuss the subject matter presented in ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH.
In Brief:
ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH is an animated movie about an alien race on the planet Baab. Scorch Supernova is a daring rescuer who travels the universe saving those who need help. Even though Scorch is a national hero, his older brother Gary is the brains that assists him from mission control. After finishing another successful mission, they're informed by their boss, Lena, that a rescue mission is needed from the deadly planet Earth. Gary knows that no alien leaves Earth. He says it's too dangerous, but Scorch goes anyway and is captured. So, it's up to the timid brainiac Gary to save the day.
ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH lacks skillful writing. Also, the A-list actors involved in the animated movie do little to help the stale dialogue. Even though the movie has some good themes like family and heroism, there are a lot of liberal political undertones that parents should note. For example, all of the humans are bad guys who like weapons of mass destruction. Global warming and evolution are also mentioned. Parents should exercise caution regarding ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH.


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Will's Windmill column: Side-dressing nitrogen produces highest corn yieldsFeeding nitrogen to corn roots, through a side-dress application, is a way farmers can improve yields.
By: By Will Yliniemi, DL-Online
Feeding nitrogen to corn roots, through a side-dress application, is a way farmers can improve yields. When corn is growing from knee-high to shoulder-high, the maximum rate of nitrogen uptake occurs.
From 1998 to 2006, scientists at the Southwest Research and Outreach Center in Lamberton, Minn. studied the timing of nitrogen application on yield. The studies show that side-dressing is a nitrogen management practice that has consistently produced the highest yields when various times of application are compared.
"When nitrogen is applied after emergence, side-dressing supplies the nitrogen at a time when there is maximum need," says George Rehm, University of Minnesota Extension soil scientist and professor emeritus. "The time of application and time of maximum rate of uptake are matched."
Rehm reminds growers that a foliar application is not the same as a side-dress application. "Regardless of the product used, very little nitrogen used in a foliar application enters through the leaf tissue," says Rehm. "The vast majority of the nitrogen absorbed by the corn plant must enter through the roots."
The efficiency of nitrogen is the same whether it enters the plant through the leaves or through the roots. "Products that might be used in foliar applications are not more effective than the traditional, less expensive nitrogen products," he adds.
Many corn producers broadcast 46-0-0, although 82-0-0 and 28-0-0 have an equal impact on corn yield when applied as a side-dress application. "Incorporation of side-dress nitrogen is recommend if 28-0-0 or 46-0-0 is used," Rehm says. "A light cultivation will work or timing application ahead of a quarter-inch or more of rain would really be good."
On irrigated corn, a split side-dress of nitrogen is highly effective to minimize the potential of leaching.
Early effects on corn influence later development
With our corn planted, it is important to remember that the first few stages of corn growth will set the tempo of the hybrids health and yield. Starting with emergence, the corn plant develops primary roots and by the second leaf stage (vegetative stage-V2) has first whorl roots elongating.
By V4, the plant has second whorl roots elongating with these nodal roots already a major part of the root system. At this same time, the growing point is still below the soil surface. However, leaf and ear shoots are already being initiated. This initiation will be complete by V5 (five-leaf stage). Also by V5, a microscopically small tassel has been initiated at the growing point.
Soil temperatures can greatly affect the corn development even with the growing point below ground. Colder soil temperatures (below 50 degrees Fahrenheit) can increase the time between leaf stages, delay tassel formation and reduce nutrient availability. The growing point, however, is protected from hail, wind or frost while under ground.
Unfortunately, the growing point is not protected from saturated soil water conditions. Remember that early weed control is also important. Weeds compete for water, nutrients and light. Chemical control, cultivation and higher plant populations or crop rotation can reduce weeds. If cultivation is used, shallow cultivation after V2 is important, as deeper cultivation will destroy nodal roots.
For more information on crop production and related topics, please contact me, Will Yliniemi, Hubbard/Becker County Extension educator, by phone at 1-218-732-3391 or 1-218-846-7328, by cell at 1-218-252-1042, or by e-mail at email@example.com.
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How to Lose Weight Without Going Hungry
Three Methods:Learn How Weight Loss WorksStart FreshKnow How and What to Eat
Many people know they need to lose weight, but dread the thought of going on a diet to feel the hunger that generally accompanies cutting back on daily food intake. However, with a bit of new knowledge and effort on your part, you can lose weight without feeling hungry all the time.
Method 1 of 3: Learn How Weight Loss Works
1Make your calories count. Calorie counting is an important part of weight control but does nothing to help the body if the calories are of no nutritional value. Make your calories count by only eating nutritious foods--that way you can eat plenty while fueling your body with the nutrients it needs to stay healthy.Ad
2Learn the difference between good and bad carbohydrates. High-fiber (good) carbohydrates help keep you full and prevent hunger. Carbohydrates that are high in starch send signals to the body to store fat. High-starch (bad) carbs should be avoided as much as possible if you want to curb the spikes in your appetite.
3Avoid trans fats. Trans fat has been linked to several health conditions while natural fat is good for the body and can help fill you up. Healthy fats can be found in nuts, olive oil, poultry, and fish. Do some research and discover what other foods offer natural, healthy fats.
4Research low-calorie foods that are known for their filling qualities. Make a list of all of the foods that you can incorporate into your daily diet. Think about how you might use those foods to alter some of your favorite recipes. Search for new, healthy, low-calorie recipes on the Internet or check out your local library for books on the subject.
5Consider switching to organic foods. Foods that are free from pesticides, preservatives and artificial flavorings are going to provide healthier options for your body and studies have even shown that because organic foods pack more nutrients, they are actually more satiating.Ad
Method 2 of 3: Start Fresh
1Remove all the junk food from your house. If it is not available, you will be less tempted.
2Make a shopping list of only healthy items and try to avoid straying from that list as you're shopping. It can be difficult once you are in the store to avoid impulse buying with all of the delicious aromas and visual temptations assaulting you. Do your best to stay focused.
3Eat more produce. Incorporate this into salads and as side dishes; try to include some in every meal. Produce will help enrich your diet with essential vitamins and minerals. Use fresh produce as your go-to snack throughout the day to help fill you up while keeping calories down.
4Look for whole grains to add extra fiber to your meals to help fill you up quicker. Whole grains are now available in rice, crackers, breads, pastas, and cereal as well as many other packaged items. Per each gram of fiber in a single ingredient, you can consider the item with one less gram of fat.Ad
Method 3 of 3: Know How and What to Eat
1Learn to eat at a leisurely pace. Make sure to take at least 20 minutes to eat your meal or snack. Eating slowly gives the body a chance to realize that it is being fed. Slow eating will help you avoid eating more than is necessary to feel full. Take the time to appreciate the foods that you are eating. You will receive more satisfaction out of your meal by savoring it than if you quickly scarf it down.
2Try to have some source of protein at every meal or snack to assist in keeping you full for longer periods of time. Peanut butter, beans, lean meats, and nuts are effective for this purpose.
3Keep your dairy products on the low-fat side whenever possible. More often than not, you will not even notice the difference in flavor or texture.
4Plan to alter your choice of beverages. Stay clear of soda and sweetened drinks. Instead drink plenty of water. Oftentimes what you initially interpret as hunger is your body's way of telling you you're dehydrated--drinking plenty of water will curb those feelings and reduce your hunger significantly.
5Start each morning off with a nutritious breakfast. Fueling yourself properly at the beginning of the day ensures that you don't put your body in starvation mode by lunchtime. Starvation mode essentially means that your body holds on to fat, even if you don't eat much. It also ensures that when you do eat, you will overindulge to compensate.
6Eat small meals several times a day rather than eating 3 large meals. This will help keep you fuller throughout your day because your energy levels will be more stable. It will also help keep your blood sugar levels stable.
7Indulge yourself periodically with a favorite treat. This will make a healthy eating plan much more acceptable and easier to stick to. Take into consideration when you plan to indulge. Eating rich or sweet foods after dinner will allow you to stop easier at a reasonable point, as you are likely to already be full from a full day worth of healthy foods. Keep the portion size limited to avoid over-indulgence. Consider when you last treated yourself. You want to space your indulgences to once per week, at the most. This will allow you to enjoy an indulgence without sabotaging your weight loss efforts.Ad
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- Keep your diet interesting by adding new twists to recipes to alter flavors. Test out foods you've never tried before. Many unusual food items can be found in the ethnic isle of your supermarket or at specialty shops.
- Exercise more! Understand that the best way to lose weight is by cutting back on eating unhealthy foods while engaging in regular exercise. When done hand in hand, the results is far quicker and better than if you were to just follow a diet.
- Really relish your food. The more you enjoy it, the less you'll need to eat to feel satisfied.
- Pay attention to your body--when and why do you normally get hungry? Learn to recognize when you are actually in need of food vs. eating when you're bored/upset/etc.
- Improve your eating habits rather than just using a diet as a way to drop some extra weight. Once your goal is reached, if you go back to your old habits, the weight will begin to creep right back up on you.
- Learn to read the labels on the foods that you purchase. Some items will offer more nutritional value than others and will do so with fewer calories. It may be a challenge at first, but you will come to realize which products offer the best healthy options for your dietary needs. Shopping healthy will eventually become second nature to you.
- Incorporate healthy, low-calorie snacks into your day to boost your energy level, add nutrition and keep you from feeling hungry. Healthy snacks play an important role in obtaining all of the nutrients that are required in a day.
- Although everyone wants to see fast results, never resort to starving yourself or binging and purging to lose weight. In the long run, having an eating disorder will hurt you infinitely more than it will help you.
- Avoid any of the diet aids or supplements for sale on the weight loss market. These are typically only a temporary answer and not a permanent solution. Additionally, weight loss pills can be dangerous; if you're determined to use medication to lose weight, make sure to consult your doctor beforehand.
- Always check with your health care specialist before starting any significant changes in your diet. This is particularly important for people with health issues that may be affected by dietary changes.
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I keep coming back to the question of men who just want to watch the world burn.
What Does Male Evil Look Like?
Not a Joke: Why Do Our Boys Keep Up the Mass Shootings?
I am left with the question of what is going on with our boys that they exclusively are prone to the strike to such powerful, insane, derranged, and hurtful forces that would cause some tiny fraction to come up with a plan to go into a school or a movie theater or an isolated island to kid as many innocent children as possible?
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|April 4, 2011 | Volume 86, Number 12
Bishop resting at home, reduces schedule
Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo is following a reduced schedule the first part of April on the advice of his doctors and is resting at home. He was ill for several days in late March.
He is feeling much better and is expected to return to his office at the Diocesan Pastoral Center in a few more days.
Lisa Draucker, CYAM staffer, dies
Alysia (Lisa) Draucker, who was administrative assistant with the diocesan Office of Campus and Young Adult Ministry since July 1997, died March 27 after a brief illness. She was 58 and was a member of St. Edward Parish in Richmond.
She is survived by her husband, Gerard (Jerry), four sons, Jason, Adam, Kyle and Michael, and several grandchildren.
Memorial Mass will be celebrated on Friday, April 8, at 10 a.m. at St. Edward the Confessor Church. The liturgy will be preceded by visitation from 9 to 9:45 a.m. in the chapel.
Fr. Henry Harper, Josephite who served in Norfolk parish, dies
Father Henry Harper, a Josephite priest who served at two parishes in the Diocese of Richmond in the early 1970s, died March 29 in Baltimore after complications from a fall. He was 86.
Father Harper was associate pastor at St. Mary Church, now the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk in 1971. He was then named pastor of St. Joseph Church in Alexandria in 1973 when it was part of the Diocese of Richmond.
While in Norfolk he was honored by the NAACP of Norfolk.
'Lean into Lent'
Parish leaders and youth ministry volunteers along with Catholic School educators attended the recent annual Diocesan "Lean Into Lent" Youth Workers Retreat sponsored by the Office of Youth Ministry. The yearly retreat at Roslyn Conference Center in Richmond provides an opportunity for adults who work with youth to grow spiritually in preparation for Lent. This year the retreat was hosted by Joan Root (former Diocesan Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry from the Diocese of Lexington, KY) and Father Norman Fischer (priest of the Diocese of Lexington, KY).
Clergy appointment
Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo has announced the following clergy appointment, effective immediately:
Jerre Burke, lay leader of St. Nicholas, dies
Jerre Burke, pastoral associate of St. Nicholas Parish in Virginia Beach, died March 28 after a three-year illness with pancreatic cancer.
Her involvement at St. Nicholas began when she began as a volunteer catechist. She then became director of Christian Formation and later served as pastoral associate until her death.
"She was also active in the Eastern Vicariate through Christian formation in addition to justice and peace work," said Msgr. Raymond Barton, pastor of St. Nicholas. "Her ministry spanned almost 30 years."
She is survived by her husband, Ted, and their son Terry and his wife, Melissa; daughter Kathy and her husband, Tim and son Tim; and two sisters, Joene and Jaylene.
Mass of Christian Burial was April 1 at St. Nicholas.
'Faith, law and medicine' topic of St. Benedict seminar
Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo will be part of a seminar panel studying the legal, spiritual and medical dimensions of end of life decisions for seniors and their families on Sunday, April 17, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Benedictine High School gymnasium in Richmond.
The seminar is entitled "Faith, Law and Medicine" and will be sponsored by St. Benedict Parish Knights of Columbus Council 11533. The event will feature a meal served by the Knights.
In addition to Bishop DiLorenzo, the panel will include Gray Jennings, a St. Benedict parishioner and lawyer who will speak about a living will and "the will to live," and Dr. Therese Duane, a trauma surgeon at Virginia Commonwealth University-Medical College of Virginia, who will speak on end of life decisions and the Catholic faith.
Dr. John Seeds, an ob-gyn physician who is also a St. Benedict parishioner, will be moderator of the seminar.
The seminar fee, which will include dinner, is $15. Those interested can reserve a place by going to the St. Benedict Parish website www.saintbenedictparish.org and click on "Electronic Donations" and follow instructions, or contact the parish office at 804-254-8810 for assistance.
All proceeds will benefit Richmond's Pregnancy Resource Center, a ministry that offers alternatives to abortion.
National Pastoral Musicians preform
The newly formed Richmond chapter Of National Pastoral Musicians presented "The Organ: from Wurlitzer to Worship-Music as Essential to Worship vs. Entertainment for the Masses" at Blessed Sacrament Church in Norfolk. Approximately 20 music ministers, cantors, and others came to hear Msgr. R. Francis Muench, Judicial Vicar and the diocese's Episcopal Vicar for the Eastern Vicariate, at right, describe the history and the passion behind the use of the organ in liturgy. With him in photo are Gregg Marino, music director and administrative assistant at Blessed Sacrament, and Sylvia Chapa, music minister at St. Nicholas, Virginia Beach. For more information on the NPM Richmond Chapter events, visit the website www.npmrichmond.org.
Home again
Lucia Jordan, the first administrator of the diocese's St. Francis Home in Richmond and who worked at the residential home for seniors until 2003, celebrates her recent return to the home where she is now a resident at a celebration in her honor March 17. Ms. Jordan, a native of Colombia, served as administrator of St. Francis Home from 1973 to 1984 when she was succeeded by Bill Vesey as the home expanded its operation. She then became the home's activities director. "She has really brought a great deal of energy to the home and is very interactive with the other residents," said Mike Pyle, current executive director of St. Francis.
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As President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf prepares her pending reshuffle in government, too many maneuverings are taking place either one official undermining his colleague or scheming to ensure that his perceived enemies are out of public service.
The victim of this kind of politics is the former General Manager of the Roberts International Airport (RIA) Ms. Ellen Cockrum. She was reportedly asked to resign.
Investigation conducted by this paper established that Madam Ellen Cockrum who was ahead of reform at the RIA, was said to be entrapped in key policy glitch involving a top government official on one hand and the road construction supremo SSF of the Fawaz on the other, with an estimated USD$200,000 to rehabilitate the runway of the RIA.
A source indicated that the SSF Construction Firm put forward in advance US$200,000 proposal to rehabilitate the run-way of the Roberts International Airport. However, the Director General considered the proposal as inconclusive and far from the general vision of dealing with the holistic approach towards remodeling the airport.
With a master plan afoot, Madam Cockrum found the SSF plan as a cut and paste rehabilitation of the run-way. The RIA former Boss saw the plan as wasteful and lacks durability.
After 62 years of inaction towards maintenance, Madam Cockrum, an industry expert was required to deal with the problems of the Airport.
Our source indicated that a cabinet minister (not name) made a telephone call instructing Madam Cockrum to go ahead with the SSF run-way rehabilitation project.
In a report submitted by Madam Cockrum, she indicated the instruction given to her by the unnamed cabinet minister something which began her trouble. In the report she named the minister and quoted him as giving her the instruction to go ahead with the run-way project.
As the report backfires, the top official resulted to extreme arm twisting thereby calling on Madam Cockrum to withdraw her communication in which she exposed him of giving her instruction to proceed with the project.
However, Madam Cockrum rejected the request on grounds that it was unprincipled to withdraw such report. In the wake of the former RIA boss' refusal to comply with the top official's withdrawal mandate, the minister began to maneuver as a way of ensuring that Cockrum either resigned or sacked for exposing him in her report. The top official is closed to the Executive Mansion.
Madam Cockrum rejected the request to withdraw her report based on her credibility and principles.
Investigation continues.


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In graph theory, breadth-first search (BFS) is a graph search algorithm that begins at the root node and explores all the neighboring nodes. Then for each of those nearest nodes, it explores their unexplored neighbor nodes, and so on, until it finds the goal.
BFS is an uninformed search method that aims to expand and examine all nodes of a graph systematically in search of a solution. In other words, it exhaustively searches the entire graph without considering the goal until it finds it. It does not use a heuristic.
From the standpoint of the algorithm, all child nodes obtained by expanding a node are added to a FIFO queue. In typical implementations, nodes that have not yet been examined for their neighbors are placed in some container (such as a queue or linked list) called "open" and then once examined are placed in the container "closed".
Note: Using a stack instead of a queue to store the nodes yet to be visited would turn this algorithm into a depth-first search.
Then this function performs a breadth-first search on that graph when passed the graph's root node (a Node instance) and any function to be applied to each node in the graph:
For example, this script finds the sum of the integer values of each node in the graph:
Main Algorithm of apply Breadth-first search to graph G=(V,E):
Since all of the nodes of a level must be saved until their child nodes in the next level have been generated, the space complexity is proportional to the number of nodes at the deepest level. Given a branching factor and graph depth the asymptotic space complexity is the number of nodes at the deepest level, . When the number of vertices and edges in the graph are known ahead of time, the space complexity can also be expressed as where is the cardinality of the set of edges (the number of edges), and is the cardinality of the set of vertices. In the worst case the graph has a depth of 1 and all vertices must be stored. Since it is exponential in the depth of the graph, breadth-first search is often impractical for large problems on systems with bounded space.
Since in the worst case breadth-first search has to consider all paths to all possible nodes the time complexity of breadth-first search is which asymptotically approaches . The time complexity can also be expressed as since every vertex and every edge will be explored in the worst case.
Breadth-first search is complete. This means that if there is a solution breadth-first search will find it regardless of the kind of graph. However, if the graph is infinite and there is no solution breadth-first search will diverge.
For unit-step cost, breadth-first search is optimal. In general breadth-first search is not optimal since it always returns the result with the fewest edges between the start node and the goal node. If the graph is a weighted graph, and therefore has costs associated with each step, a goal next to the start does not have to be the cheapest goal available. This problem is solved by improving breadth-first search to uniform-cost search which considers the path costs. Nevertheless, if the graph is not weighted, and therefore all step costs are equal, breadth-first search will find the nearest and the best solution.
Breadth-first search can be used to solve many problems in graph theory, for example:
The set of nodes reached by a BFS (breadth-first search) are the largest connected component containing the start node.
BFS can be used to test bipartiteness, by starting the search at any vertex and giving alternating labels to the vertices visited during the search. That is, give label 0 to the starting vertex, 1 to all its neighbours, 0 to those neighbours' neighbours, and so on. If at any step a vertex has (visited) neighbours with the same label as itself, then the graph is not bipartite. If the search ends without such a situation occurring, then the graph is bipartite.


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And straight from a Verizon customer, I am considering switching to T-Mobile in May/June when the Galaxy S4 launches.
I'm just trying to get a testimony from a NON-T-Mobile employee who lives in Connecticut how Tmobiles network is, in Connecticut, New Britain Hartford area. But the whole state as well.
I need to free up some cash for other expenses like gas for my car and payments on my credit card.
I'm in the same predicament sort of. My Verizon contract is up in May. I just may give T-Mo a shot. I like what I'm hearing from them. Only I'm in NYC so coverage is great no matter what and I only travel to and from major metro areas. So it might work out for me. Much as I love Verizon and they are the best, I would like to save a few bucks myself.
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(Saturday, November 1st)
Final Score: (17) BYU 45, Colorado State 42
Fort Collins, CO (Sports Network) - Max Hall completed a 17-yard touchdown pass to Dennis Pitta with 22 seconds remaining in the game, and 17th-ranked BYU escaped with a 45-42 win over Colorado State.
Hall completed 28-of-35 passes for 389 yards, with five touchdowns and one interception for the Cougars (8-1, 4-1 MWC), who have won two games in a row since a 32-7 setback to TCU on October 16. Harvey Unga rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown, while Pitta finished with 175 yards and two scores on 12 receptions. Austin Collie caught nine balls for 156 yards and three touchdowns.
"It came down to which team could execute one more play than the other to win the football game; certainly plenty of mistakes that occurred by both teams on both sides of the ball to make it interesting," said BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall.
Billy Farris connected on 18-of-35 passes for 251 yards and three touchdowns for the Rams (4-5, 2-3), who have dropped three of their last four outings. Dion Morton had 129 yards on six receptions, including two scores, and Gartrell Johnson added a rushing touchdown.
Following the break, Farris directed an 11-play drive that ended with a six- yard touchdown pass to Rashaun Greer on a fade pattern, giving Colorado State a 28-21 lead with 6:56 left in the third quarter.
Mitch Payne drilled a 30-yard field goal, cutting BYU's deficit to four, and the Cougars reclaimed the lead early in the fourth quarter on Hall's 23-yard TD pass to Pitta.
A seven-yard TD run by Johnson put the Rams up 35-31 with 7:20 remaining in the final frame, but Unga responded less than two minutes later, breaking off a 40-yard run for the go-ahead score.
Colorado State then advanced the ball to the Cougars 46 before Farris threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-six with three minutes to play in regulation.
Looking for a big play on defense, Gerard Thomas intercepted Hall, but a personal foul negated a 56-yard touchdown return. The infraction placed the ball at the CSU 45 and the Rams went back up top, 42-38, as Farris threw a 55- yard TD pass to Morton on first down.
BYU got the ball back at its own 24-yard line and with 1:36 remaining on the clock. Hall proceeded to complete 5-of-6 passes, including a 17-yard strike to Pitta for the game-winning score.
"We're obviously disappointed that we weren't able to win the football game tonight," said Colorado State head coach Steve Fairchild. "We definitely had our chances. I liked our effort. I liked the way we played physical and showed up tonight. I think our kids certainly believed we could win this game. Having said all that, it was a close game. We had our chances but we didn't make enough plays to get it done."
After Colorado State went three-and-out to begin the contest, BYU aired it out on first down and Hall completed what looked to be a 66-yard touchdown pass to Collie, but the Cougars receiver had stepped out of bounds before catching the ball, nullifying the score.
Two plays later, with BYU in the shotgun, the Rams blitzed and hurried Hall, who lost the handle on the ball. Mychal Sission recovered the fumble at the BYU 20 and raced to the end zone, giving the home squad an early 7-0 lead.
BYU quickly answered as Hall hooked up with Collie for a 58-yard touchdown on the ensuing series.
The Rams couldn't muster anything offensively on their next possession and Anthony Hartz came on to punt, but a roughing the punter infraction moved the chains. Colorado State then marched down the field, and John Mosure's nine- yard TD run capped the 12-play, 74-yard drive and put the Rams up 14-7 with 3:27 remaining in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, BYU opted to go for it on fourth-and-one from the CSU three and the decision proved ill-advised as Unga was stopped for no gain.
Farris botched the exchange on the Rams' next drive and BYU's Shawn Doman scooped up the loose ball at the 39-yard line of Colorado State. Four plays later, Hall completed a 15-yard pass to Collie, who was all alone in the back of the end zone.
Farris threw a 32-yard TD pass to Morton with 3:50 to play in the half for a 21-14 edge, but then Hall countered by hooking up with Collie for a 10-yard score in the final minute, and the clubs went into the break locked at 21.
Game Notes
BYU has won the last five meetings...The Cougars outgained Colorado State, 551-401...Johnson rushed for 102 yards.


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Three months after a fire swept through a Cecil County horse barn, killing 24 thoroughbreds, investigators have not determined what caused it, a spokesman for the state fire marshal said yesterday.
The fire marshal's office sent a letter this month to a Virginia horse owner, saying the fire was under "criminal investigation," but Deputy State Fire Marshal W. Faron Taylor said yesterday that the description was a matter of "semantics." Taylor said fire investigators have no evidence that the Nov. 1 blaze at the state-owned Fair Hill Training Center was arson.


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The call came unexpectedly on a day in early January. Marion Rickenbacker, a sprightly girl with skunk-striped hair, was roaming Second Life's bustling landscape – she likes its nature, shrines and dance clubs – when her friend Kuraxgo Nedkov texted her. There was a protest underway on Porcupine Island, since December the headquarters of the [...]
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Kabul Bomber Kills American
This just in from the Associated Press: A suicide car bomber hit a convoy of security contractors in the Afghan capital Thursday, killing an American and a Nepalese citizen and wounding three other Americans, police said. The Taliban claimed responsibility. Two Afghan civilians were wounded in the attack in eastern Kabul, said Najibullah Samsur, a [...]
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Afghan Militia Fight Taliban
Poorly paid, poorly trained Afghan tribal militia bore the brunt of the fighting in recent battles with Taliban fighters in southern Afghanistan. One June 15, hundreds of Taliban based in the mountains of Uruzgan province, north of Kandahar, launched attacks against Dutch, Australian and Afghan forces and civilians in the provincial capital of Tarin Kowt [...]
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War Is Boring #14
I almost cause a plane crash. Background here. Video here. Archives here.
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Afghanistan Photos
The flickr set from my Afghanistan trip is complete. Check it out.
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Vice Readers Are Meanies
Check out some of the brutal comments on my Timor comic at the Vice Magazine website: "Smart answers aside this is fucking bollocks really, i mean my fucking dog could do better. Give it up fella, go get a fucking microsoft qualifcation or something, they like need computer engineers and shit." "this is crap and [...]
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East Timor Vice
Vice Magazine published a comics adaptation of my East Timor reporting. Click on the thumbnail to read. The artist Matt Bors also draws my biweekly "War Is Boring" strip. Background here.
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Afghans Decry Corruption
Traffic in Kabul converges at a major intersection adjacent to a sprawling market ringed by wedding halls. Here, a dozen Afghan traffic police in white uniforms stop seemingly random cars. Heated conversations ensue, documents are passed back and forth, then money changes hands and the cops wave the drivers through. The driver's violation? "They are always [...]
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Where Were the Aussies?
Dutch and Afghan forces reportedly did most of the fighting in last week's battle for Tarin Kowt in southern Afghanistan. So where were the Aussies? That's a question I've been asked a dozen times by desperate Australian reporters, soldiers and members of the public. 700 Australian troops are based alongside the Dutch at Kamp Holland, but [...]
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"Killing Children on a Day of Prayer"
Tom Hyland at the Australian Sunday Age newspaper has written an excellent analysis of the June 15 Tarin Kowt suicide bombing, which killed 11 Afghan children and one Dutch soldier outside a girls' school: Accounts of what happened highlight the risks faced daily by troops who need a ring of armoured vehicles to protect them as they [...]
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Axeghanistan Day Ten: Dutch Commander Defends Troops
This story should have run in The Washington Times. I wouldn't know. As you read this, I am on an airplane somewhere over the Atlantic. The Dutch commander of a combined Dutch and Australian force in the southern province of Uruzgan on Wednesday defended the conduct of his troops amid hand-wringing from the Dutch Ministry [...]
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Axeghanistan Day Ten: Back to Work
At Kamp Holland near Tarin Kowt, the Dutch are mourning the loss of a second soldier: 44-year-old Sergeant Major Jos Leunissen, who died in a mortar accident during combat with Taliban forces around the town of Chura on Monday. I'm not attending the memorial service; I attended last week's service for Private 1st Class Timo [...]


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Frankie 'Sis' (Pipkin) Moore
Frankie "Sis" (Pipkin) Moore, 81, a 40-year resident of Cashmere, died Thursday, March 13, 2014.
She worked as a fruit juice processor at the Tree Top Co. in Cashmere.
Survivors include her daughter, Sherrie Moore of East Wenatchee; and her siblings, Francis Rodgers, Mary Reeves, Lilly Miller, Kenneth Pipkin and George Pipkin, all of Cashmere, Ed Pipkin of Winthrop, Rachael Bowser of California and Martha Snyder of East Wenatchee.
A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, March 24 at the Cashmere City Cemetery.
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To have your address verified you need to order something that is shipped or if you signed up via cashle you can have the verification letter sent.. if you did order something cheap... the admin approve the orders in the order they were received so just be patient
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I know that it's a show meant for little kids, and maybe part of it is a bit of precocious nostalgia, but my "big" kids absolutely love the Mr. Men Show. If they stay home sick? That's what they're looking for on the television. It's kind of adorable.
Then again, what's not to like—there's a Mr. Men or Little Miss character to suit everyone, and they're so delightfully goofy, they appeal to kids (and adults) of all ages.
Well, we're thrilled to announce that the Mr. Men Store here at Ty's has been revamped and restocked and now carries just about anything you could possibly want for your favorite Mr. Men and Little Miss enthusiast. From personalized clothing to books and DVDs to toys and games, if it's Mr. Men or Little Miss themed, you'll find it here.
Now, don't make me launch into a story that starts, "Back in my day, we only had little square Mr. Men books, and they cost a dollar apiece, and we liked it…." Because I totally will, and a story like that can only end with, "You darn kids get off of my lawn."
So yeah, the characters have been around for a while. But they're still awesome, and it's always fun to watch your kids fall in love with something you loved as a kid.


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"The government is planning a comprehensive reform of the entire law enforcement system," First Vice-Premier Vitaliy Yarema said meeting in Kyiv on Wednesday with British Ambassador to Ukraine Simon Smith.
"We're not only planning to change the name "militia" to "police". We are going to thoroughly and systematically reform the entire system of law enforcement agencies and rebuild the people's trust in them. We understand that punishments are not enough to stabilize the situation in the country and regain trust in the authorities. That's why we're actively working on economic reforms, restoring normal business operations, and fighting corruption," Yarema said. The British ambassador said that the UK would provide Ukraine with expert assistance in the law enforcement reform. He suggested adopting British practices of establishing a department of complaints of unlawful actions by law enforcers in Ukraine.


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RN Mobility - Admission
Admission to the RN Mobility Tracks is a two-step process.
Applicants are first considered for admission to The University of Alabama as lower division students. After completion of lower division coursework, students apply for promotion to the upper division (nursing courses) of the curriculum.
Click here to view the states from which the College of Nursing currently accepts applications for admission.
A complete listing of required classes is available at the Program of Studies page.
Lower Division
Prospective RN Mobility students are admitted to the lower division once they meet The University of Alabama admission requirements and declare "Educational Opportunity for Registered Nurses" (EORN) as their major on the application. The application for admission is available at http://mybama.ua.edu/apply.html. Please read the following instructions before trying to create the application.
- click on "First time user account creation" link
- create a login ID and PIN
- click on "Create a new admissions application" link
- click on "Distance Programs" link (5th on the list)
- click "Undergraduate Distance Learning Programs" link
- click "Create new application"
- choose "General Degree" in the application type section
College Transcripts should be mailed to:
UA Office of Records
Box 870134
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Students may have completed many lower division courses at another institution. Students who have questions related to the RN Mobility Track admission process should contact:
- Katara Wilson, Mentoring and Recruitment Coordinator, RN Mobility Program, at 800.313.3591 (toll-free), 205.348.6639 (direct), or firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Michelle Cheshire, RN Mobility Coordinator at 800.313.3591 (toll-free), 205.348.6318 (direct), or email@example.com.
Upper Division
To be admitted to the upper division of nursing, students must submit an application for promotion before enrolling in online nursing classes. To enroll in the full-time plan of study, or the part-time plan of study, RN to BSN students must complete all core courses prior to beginning any nursing courses.