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Beyond offering extra bucks, finance chiefs are finding that reshaping jobs, providing community-service and fitness opportunities, and supplying ad hoc vacation days are good tools to use to hang on to skilled finance staff.
Alix Stuart, CFO.com | US
August 26, 2009
The labor market is generally teeming with talent in search of work. But skilled finance and accounting employees are not necessarily any easier to find these days. Indeed, the accounting profession shed less than 2% of its jobs between June 2008 and June 2009, according to Ajilon Finance, and CFOs who have recently hired say salary levels remain high.
"It's still a very competitive marketplace for finance talent," says Tom Ackerman, CFO of Charles River Laboratories, who recently hired a direct report. Perhaps more worrisome, a recent survey of more than 450 accountants by Ajilon found that 23% plan to look for a new job when the economy improves.
That means that as corporate finance departments go leaner than ever, it's high time for finance executives to focus on winning the loyalty of their remaining staffers now and into the recovery, say experts. "At this stage, when most companies have had a restructuring or layoffs, you're going to find there are a lot of skeleton crews in corporate finance," says Jonathan Mazzocchi, general manager of the accounting and finance division at staffing company Winter, Wyman & Co. in New York. "If you lose anyone, it will probably be a key player or they would be gone already." And losing a finance staffer to a competitor means not only a business disruption but also losing money, considering that staff replacement costs are generally 120% to 130% of the salary of the person who leaves.
So what are some of the best ways to retain finance staff when budgets are tight? While it's tempting to look for cheap and quick gratification in the form of buying pizza for the office or offering spot rewards, many experts say the most effective retention tools don't need to cost anything at all — and could even save money. "The biggest driver of satisfaction is not free bagels, and not even your compensation, but rather more opportunities to do what you do best," says Chris Rice, CEO of human-resources consulting firm BlessingWhite.
When BlessingWhite surveyed some 7,500 employees around the world last year, including 270 U.S. finance employees, Rice found that perks didn't even make the top eight factors employees rated as key to their satisfaction. Instead, employees typically want more challenging work and more say in how it's done, plus a good relationship with their manager. "You can be working for a terrible place to work, but if you have a great relationship with your manager, that could mitigate a lot of the problems," says Rice.
With that in mind, here are three ideas to consider as you seek to keep your best and brightest:
1. Reshape jobs. "It's very easy to retain employees by giving them more challenging responsibilities and upgrading their titles," says Mazzocchi, even if that means adding a layer of titles that didn't exist before, such as assistant manager positions. Another way to mix it up: introduce some type of rotational program for finance, and help get managers closer to operations.
This year Grant Barber, CFO of Hughes Satellite, rotated three of his direct reports into new roles within finance for retention purposes. "I know they are being recruited," he says. "My goal is to have people look inside and say, when I compare my future inside Hughes to what I see outside, this looks much better."
Even though some of the three resisted initially, since most were comfortable in their roles, he was ultimately able to persuade them through one-on-one meetings. "I want them to have variety, growth, and flexibility," says Barber. "I didn't want to have to make the first move because somebody quit."
That type of flexibility can not only motivate employees but also pay dividends for the employer as businesses shift focus. The longstanding rotation program in finance at Actuant, a $1.66 billion (in annual revenue) diversified industrial company, has made staffers "generalists rather than specialists," says CFO Andrew Lampereur. That, he adds, has "really been a benefit in the downturn. As we've had to move people around even more, they're prepared for it; they're not like deer in the headlights."
If current budgets don't allow for the raises that often go along with such a promotion, Mazzocchi recommends, offer to revisit the issue of salary increases in six months, with a promise to increase it and even offer back pay if the company is in better financial shape at that point. "That way you keep the carrot out there," he says, without making promises not tied to the financial health of the company.
2. Help employees reshape life outside work. Finance and accounting staffers at Life Time Fitness decided several years ago that their department's annual summer boat cruise on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota, wasn't the most effective way to build group camaraderie. "It was nice, but we were looking for something with a little more meaning," says Ken Cooper, vice president of finance for the New York Stock Exchange–traded fitness center operator, which is based in Chanhassen, Minnesota. As a result, the boat cruise was replaced with a four-and-a-half hour bus ride to Wisconsin to clear trails for a day, something that about 75% of the 45-person department participated in last September. Cooper expects similar enthusiasm this September, when the group will repeat the community-service outing.
Community service is becoming an increasingly common team-building exercise, says Jodi Chavez, senior vice president at Ajilon Professional Staffing. Many accounting firms now allow staffers a set number of work hours for volunteering, for example. But not all team activities have to be service-focused. Cooper and Life Time Fitness controller John Hugo started a six-month program called "Fiscal Fitness" for all finance and accounting staff last April modeled after the TV series "The Biggest Loser." With nearly 100% participation, the department is currently divided into teams of four. Each team aims to make the most improvement in terms of weight, strength, and other fitness goals by October. Intermittent competitions, such as a bowling tournament or a run around the company campus, help teams assess where they stand.
The program has helped employees become more enthusiastic about the workplace and is helping to make it easier for them to reach personal goals. "For some, this is their first time on a team; for others, it's part of their DNA," says Cooper, who, along with Hugo, CFO Michael Robinson, and CEO Bahram Akradi, regularly participates in triathlons the company sponsors for charity. So far, he says, turnover is no higher or lower than it is normally.
3. Allow more time off and/or flexible work schedules. Many employers, particularly accounting firms, are formally allowing flexible work schedules, such as those in which employees can take every 10th day off. But offering a few bonus vacation days ad hoc can also be very appealing. "You might say to someone, 'You've been working hard — why don't you take the next two or three Fridays off?'" says Mazzocchi.
This clearly won't work during crunch times. With a little foresight, however, a CFO could make this offer to any given number of employees over the course of several months.
Another relatively inexpensive bonus: giving the gift of you. Some employees would lap up the chance to have lunch or play golf with the CFO, say experts. "The more you can get people to feel like they have visibility at a high level," says Mazzocchi, "the more likely they are to stay."


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Highlights from BPMN 2.0: Event Gateways
Event Based Gatewaysby Rick Geneva
This post is a continuation of the Highlights from BPMN 2.0 series.
At Last! The long awaited changes to the numerous problems with the event based gateway. First off, there was only one type of event based gateway in BPMN 1.0 – 1.2, and it is exclusive behavior. Exclusive event behavior means that only one event can trigger the gateway. Also, there was only one shape that served a dual role of start and intermediate event, yet the shape did not have any variations as the event shapes do (see Demystifying the Event Based Gateway from my previous post).
First, let's take another look at the original Event Based Gateway from BPMN 1.0 – 1.2

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Note to Self – An everyday Guide
by Sanshiru
A list of personal fails of mine, updated as soon as they occur (if I am still able to post them afterwards..).
Note to Self #1:
Don't keep your fingers in between the door and door frame when attempting to close the door.
Result if you don't follow that advice: Very painful!
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I'm a photographer planning to be in San Luis Potosi in June to shoot around the La Huasteca area. I'm looking for good tips on economical and safe accommodations and transport options for myself and my team. Also would like to know if anyone has photographed at the Edward James, Las Pozas, concrete project and has knowledge about access or proximity to area from lodging and services. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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"I think the Science meets Industry Talks are a great way for students to really engage with industry and could make finding industrial training a lot easier.
Having UNSW organise these events is a much easier way to talk to interested employers and potentially gain work experience than sending out piles of resumes. It also gives us a chance to learn more about what they're looking for and whether we would be a good fit for their company in the long run.
It would be great to have more of these happen in the future."
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As well as offering internships and scholarships, our Industry Partnships program organises regular Science Meets Industry events with our industry partners.
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What a pity the WordPress 'front page' now contains full page ad type posts including the text " Tickets now on sale"
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LUDINGTON, Mich. (WOOD) Families love to get away during the summer, and there's a lakeshore community that's perfect for family fun.
Ludington is just a couple of hours from downtown Grand Rapids. Visitors and locals alike love to stop by Waterfront Sculpture Park for some gorgeous lakeside views. It's not far from House of Flavors, a must-stop destination.
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Trudy is Coming!
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Set in a rich Steampunk universe, Trudy's Mechanicals is our upcoming turn-based tactics game in development for the PC.
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Who can claim a child as a dependent for tax purposes in Nebraska? 1 Answers as of February 11, 2011Many years ago, my husband's divorce decree stipulated that he would claim his son for tax purposes, and his ex-wife would claim his daughter. When his daughter graduated from high school, the ex-wife threw her out of the house and she moved in with us. We did not go back through the court system to modify the decree, as he only had about 7 months of child support left to pay (daughter was 18, but age of majority is 19 in our state) before our daughter turned 19. Since then, she has continued to live with us (for the past 3 ½ years), we have provided all of her support, housing, college tuition assistance, etc. Her mother has provided no monetary support whatsoever. This year, it occurred to us that we should be claiming her as a dependent, as her mother threw her out of the house and has not supported her in any way financially. We told the ex-wife that was out intention and she said we can't, because that isn't what the divorce decree says. It would seem that when she threw her daughter out, and our daughter reached the age of majority, then the decree no longer "rules". Can we claim our daughter on our taxes?
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Commissioner Jordan and Ted Lucas spread holiday cheer
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Photo: Audria Green of Miami Gardens takes a peek into the basket full of Thanksgiving items donated by the Ted Lucas Foundation, Commissioner Barbara Jordan and several sponsors.
Miami Gardens, FL - Smiles, laughter and sincere messages of gratitude greeted Commissioner Barbara J. Jordan and record mogul Ted Lucas as they delivered Thanksgiving baskets to several needy families in North Miami-Dade County. The dynamic duo teamed up once again to deliver food baskets with all the trimmings for the Thanksgiving holiday. Before going door-to-door to drop off baskets, alumni from the Miami Dolphins joined Commissioner Jordan and Lucas by handing out turkeys to the elderly, handicapped, and social organizations that service the community.
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More than 750 turkeys were provided to residents throughout the day. Those turkeys were accompanied by fresh vegetables, canned goods and beverages. This year's turkey basket distribution was made possible by the Ted Lucas Foundation, Farm Share, Landmark Aviation, Miami Dolphins, Suffolk Construction, and World Waste Recycling.


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ASL and Deaf Studies Certificate program
The American Sign Language/Deaf Studies Certificate is an interdisciplinary program in which students learn about the history, culture, and language of the American Deaf community. Extensive research in recent decades has established that American Sign Language is an autonomous, natural language, comparable in complexity and expressiveness to oral languages, that American Sign Language is associated with a distinct culture of Deaf Americans, and that the study of American Sign Language provides opportunities for exploration and research comparable to those offered by spoken languages. Through the study of ASL, students come into contact with a language which is not only semantically and grammatically very different from their own, but one which operates in a different sensory channel as well. As with the study of any foreign language, students come to understand the nature of their own language better by broadening their understanding of how languages may be constructed.
There is now a substantial and growing multi-disciplinary literature documenting a distinct Deaf culture in the United States. Students who study ASL discover a rich and complex cultural group that has created a wide range of social, political, and economic organizations, a periodical press, a distinctive material culture, rules of etiquette that differ from those of the larger hearing society, a unique means of transmitting cultural knowledge between generations, and a fascinating history. Students of ASL also encounter a rich and diverse literature. Like most of the languages spoken in the world today, ASL does not have a written form, but it does have a large and rapidly growing literature recorded on film and videotape dating back to the early 20th century.
Students in a wide variety of disciplines find the ASL/Deaf Studies certificate a useful addition to their major, in particular those majoring in linguistics, anthropology, history, American Studies, psychology, education, speech pathology and audiology, and social work. The program permits students to link study in three or more disciplines into an organized investigation of a language and culture. In addition, a certificate in ASL/Deaf Studies will serve as a valuable confirmation for employers and graduate schools of a student's specialized knowledge in the field.


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By Team Titleist On March 25, 2011
It's turning out to be a great week of golf on the PGA Tour and LPGA and we're excited to be sending several Team Titleist members out to see the action on both coasts!
Team Titleist members A. Bechtel and J. Seavey won tickets to the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill Club & Lodge, through Team Titleist and will be on hand in Orlando, Fla., as many of the world's best get their games ready for the start of the major championship season. (Thirteen days and counting to the Masters!)TV coverage of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Golf Channel and NBC is as follows (all times ET):• Thursday, March 24: 3-6 p.m. (Golf Channel)
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• Saturday, March 26: 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC)• Sunday, March 27: 2:30-6 p.m. (NBC)For more information about the tournament or to purchase tickets, please visit http://www.arnoldpalmerinvitational.com/• • •
On the other side of the country, the LPGA is at Industry Hills (Calif.) Golf Club at Pacific Palms for the KIA Classic.Team Titleist members J. Zuhlke, E. Carrigan and L. Groon won tickets to this event through Team Titleist, and will be on hand as a star-studded field looks to build momentum for next week's Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major of the year.
TV coverage of the tournament on Golf Channel is as follows (all times ET):• Thursday, March 24: 6:30-8:30 p.m.• Friday, March 25: 6:30-8:30 p.m.• Saturday, March 26: 6:30-9 p.m.• Sunday, March 27: 7-9 p.m.For more information about the tournament or to purchase tickets, please click here.
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Niagara Falls State Park
With awe-inspiring scenery year-round, thrilling attractions, interactive exhibits, miles of hiking trails, and delectable dining options in a family-friendly environment, Niagara Falls State Park is an adventure-packed experience! No passport is needed to experience an unforgettable and breathtaking Niagara Falls vacation.
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Cave of the Winds
Get closer to the Falls than ever imagined when you descend 175 feet into the Niagara Gorge and experience the power of the Falls from the Hurricane Deck.
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Visit our Discovery Center to learn more about the Falls, take a hike into the Niagara Gorge or explore the ruins of the Schoellkopf Power Plant.
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I've got wifi in the station, but not on the train. So once the train pulls out of the station, I've no access until tomorrow morning.
On the other hand, maybe I'll get some writing done without the distraction. But then, I'm hoping for scenery types of distraction en route.
I'll be traveling over night. The last time I did this was in coach, with the marching band during college. Having abhorred that situation with a royal purple passion, I sprang for a sleeper car. This is going to be an adventure!


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Jd 140 Custom Fenders?
Started by farmshopmafia , Jun 05, 2014 08:12 AM
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Posted June 05, 2014 - 08:12 AM
Got my 140 in the shop for restore...the guy who owned it be for me wasnt the brightest..long story short here is he butched up the back of the fender pan with a sawsall....ya it ugly..my question is has anyone on here done a custom fender set up on a 140??? I was thinkin of doin a 4020 style fender/seat set up..just need something to look at to help get started..pics on google are worthless shots..i hope someone can help me out...thanks to all...mike
Posted June 05, 2014 - 08:54 AM
Hi Mike and welcome to GTT - sorry, can't help you...
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Posted June 05, 2014 - 12:08 PM
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Posted June 05, 2014 - 02:27 PM
Here is a link to a topic by member Don Campbell where he turns a JD430 into a half scale JD4020. You should be able to see a lot of the rear fender detail.
http://gardentractor...lf scale 4020
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School snow days should be turned into e-learning days with students attending class online, a Halifax education expert says.
Paul Bennett, director of Schoolhouse Consulting and adjunct professor of education at Saint Mary's University, said the "throw away" days hurt students' education.
He said in 2008/09, Nova Scotia had a record high number of snow days — and test results fell in every board.
Bennett said the lack of make-up days means students miss about two weeks of learning each year.
In the U.S., some districts have introduced e-lesson days when snow days pile up. In Ohio, it kicks in after five snow days in one year.
21st century learning
"It's an ingenious response to a never-ending question about why aren't we doing something about the school days that are being lost," he said.
Paul Bennett wrote a 2010 report for the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies called: School's Out, Again: Why "throw away" school days hurt students.
Pupils log in via computers or mobile devices and spend the day participating as usual.
"They make the best possible use of the day. It's basically 21st century learning," he said.
Bennett said the concern that not every student has access to computers, or a fast internet connection, is not reason enough to prefer lost days.
"People will find a way to get computer access on a day when school is closed. You ask any family what their kids are doing on a day school is off. I will guarantee they are online, and yet education will be the last to take advantage of that," he said.
"You'd be surprised at how ingenious those American school districts are in overcoming that problem."
Meanwhile, the Nova Scotia government told Internet provider Eastlink Thursday that it has until the end of the year to offer rural broadband service to isolated pockets of the province that don't already have high-speed service.
Attendance rises on e-learning days
Bennett noted that on any given day, 10 per cent of high students are absent. If 90 per cent could access e-learning, it'd be about the same rate, he argued.
Students could use home computers, community access points or mobile devices. Bennett said studies show 90 per cent of high school students have mobile devices that connect to the internet.
He said attendance sometimes rising on e-learning days in the U.S. "Because it's exciting, it's different and everyone is involved."
Here's a tally of board-wide snow days in Nova Scotia this winter:
- 10 in the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional School Board (13 for pupils north of Smokey)
- 7.5 in the Strait Regional School Board
- 9 in Annapolis County
- 8 in Kings County
- 7 days in the Municipality of West Hants
- 7 in the Chignecto School Board
- 6 in the South Shore Regional School Board
- 2 in the Halifax Regional School Board
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So I had my first meeting with the "reality dude" . . .
to see if he could possibility play any role in my current work-in-progress screenplay.
Forgive me for admitting that I have never managed to shake my bias – of deeming anyone who appears in a show with the word "Real" in the title . . . as anything but.
Although I was initially adverse to the idea of a rendezvous with a reality star . . . I was persuaded by my good friend Mark who thought us meeting could potentially be a win-win situation.
So we met Continue reading Blog #12: Reality Stars Are People Too


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Accidentally caught by the spam filter. I've put in a request so that posts from "email@example.com" will always go through. - Jim -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Baker [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 3:47 PM To: email@example.com Subject: [Moderator Action] LOCK and Office 2000 I'm having trouble getting Office 2000 to believe our Novell NetPublisher server when it says that a document is locked: I open a Web folder file and it always opens read-only. I've sniffed our response to the lock and compared it with Microsoft's (IIS 5 on Jim Whitehead's UCI machine). There are three differences: 1) Office 2000 doesn't specify a depth; the WebDAV spec says that "If no Depth header is submitted on a LOCK request then the request MUST act as if a "Depth:infinity" had been submitted." Because of this sentence in the spec, we return a lock of depth infinity; IIS 5 returns a lock of depth 0. 2) Office 2000 requests and receives a timeout of "Second-120" from IIS 5. Our server doesn't (yet) support timeouts, so we don't include a timeout XML element in the response. 3) The lock token from IIS 5 differs from tokens specified in the spec. One attempt to lock returned the token "opaquelocktoken:AA9F6414-1D77-11D3-B825-00105A989226:214748364853" The decimal digits after the last colon are not defined in the UUID spec (ISO-11578) as far as I've been able to determine. I've tried changing the server code to more closely match IIS's response, in each of these three ways (depth, timeout, locktoken). In all three cases, Office 2000 still opened the file read-only. My gut says that case 3) above is what's causing the problem, but I don't know what it is that IIS puts, or what Office 200 wants, in this value. Does anybody have any information about this? email@example.com on Saturday, 10 July 1999 18:37:23 UTC
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Hardly a day goes by when I don't get an email, a tweet, a Facebook message from someone who's used travel to mend their broken heart, or been inspired in some other way to find themselves once again.
I've been touched and humbled by your personal stories, and I really want to showcase them on NotWedOrDead – a kinda real-life Lonely Hearts Travel Club.
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The crew of a warship docked in Belfast spent their last day in the city helping out in the garden at the NI Children's Hospice.
HMS Duncan sailed into Belfast Lough on Saturday and hosted civic and business leaders as well as opening to the public on Sunday afternoon.
The Royal Navy vessel – a Type 45 destroyer carrying the latest in missile technology – has been twinned with the city and the hospice is now its nominated charity.
On Monday, the sailors also gave the hospice headquarters in Newtownabbey a fresh lick of paint – and handed over £1,100 donated by members of the public who toured the state-of-the-art ship on Sunday.
Commander James Stride said: "We have made many friends across Northern Ireland and wherever we are we will be keeping in touch."


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Top Gear Season 14 Episode 1 (Full Episode)
Dec 29
Top Gear and Audi are well… both car related so as you all know I like them. Top gear has recently, along with the rest of the world fallen in love with the Audi Brand. There was a time when Top Gear really didn't have anything nice to say about Audi or Audi cars but not any more. Episode 1 of season 14 of Top Gear does not have any Audi's but it has a Lamborghini, the R8 in disguises. Enjoy the full uninterrupted episode.


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Nate Powell's latest book is "March: Book One." It was co-written by Representative John Lewis and Andrew Aydin.
"Girls should have the ability and the education and the information to make logical choices themselves about what they want to do with their bodies."
A new biography by ISU Professor Michael Shelden challenges the traditional notion that Mark Twain spent his last years bitter and depressed.
John and Lynn Bower have produced six books of John's stark black-and-white photographs that concentrate on places and objects that have fallen by the wayside.
Bloomington born author Tom Stempel to give talk on his book "Understanding Screenwriting: Learning from Good, Not-quite-so-good, and Bad Screenplays."


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Time for my state-of-the-backpacking-kitchen blog. I don't get over here much anymore since I worked most of the kinks out of the backpacking eating situation, but I do have some protein notes to share since we've starting eating paleo at home. You can bet I'm doing my best to transition that onto the trail!
Tag Archives: North Lake
Eating across the Sierras: < 1.5 lbs of food
Jack & I started our JMT backpack with an average of 1.24 lbs of food per person per day for the first 11 days and about 1.34 for the next 11 days, including the 10 oz of secchi salami Mr. Jack threw into the Muir Ranch re-supply box for "emergencies."
Aside: In all fairness to Jack, although I whine mightily about his intractable penchant for bringing along salami, I am first in line when he starts slicing it up at the end of a long day. On this hike, as on so many others, the salami did not survive to fulfill its function as emergency rations unless one considers overwhelming desire to consume salami at the first opportunity an emergency!
In addition to the food we packed into our bear canisters—nearly all of which was gone by the time we got to our car, as I mentioned in the introductory blog—I also ate on the trail 3 chocolate-based food bars (avg 1.6 oz each @ 190 calories) given to me by Karen from Vermont and a handful of raw cashews (probably also about 1.6 oz @ about 260 calories) donated by a couple on top of Forrester Pass who were on their way out. She was eating a Snickers bar; I had politely declined to accept any candy.
You'll notice that our daily food weight is slightly lower than the suggested range of 1.5-2 lbs per person suggested by most backpacking experts. How do we get away with such low food weights? It comes from understanding that all calories are not created equal and planning a menu that optimizes nutritional density and eliminates—as much as possible—empty calories and ounces. Which is not to say we are ever going to give up our tea!
We know this menu works because we've used similar food plans in the past
- In 2008, on the 8-day High Sierra Trail backpack, ending over Whitney Portal (107 miles, 2 passes) Jack lost 5 lbs he was happy to see go, and I lost none, coming home at the 135 I'd left with.
- In 2007, on the North Lake-South Lake semi-loop (55 miles, 3 passes @ 11,000'+ in 5 days), we came home with no remarkable weight loss.
So why, this year, did Jack lose nearly 20 lbs & I lose just over 5? Maybe it was the considerably longer backpack with many more passes, but I particularly suspect the unseasonably cold weather, particularly the hail storm through which we hiked for nearly 2 hours, including 3 frigid high-water crossings.
Next blog, I'll provide a sample day's worth of backpacking food with calorie count and the percentage breakdown of fat, carbs and protein, including a fiber report. First, though, I'll have to plug all the foods into the Red Elephant's Daily Plate account over at Mr. Lance Armstrong's LiveStrong.com. Once all the information's in, we can check details to see how our backpacking food plan compares to yours … and to the experts' recommendations.


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Dynamics and Testing Useful Links
Structural Dynamics Videos
The following are links to video clips that are interesting from a structural dynamics point of view. Please note that NAFEMS is not responsible for the content of external pages that are linked to from this site.
- Excessive vibration of the London Millennium Bridge in June 2000
- Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse
- Helicopter tail rotor failure
- Helicopter breaks up on landing in Brazil
Professor Peter Avitabile at the University of Massachusetts Lowell has written a number of "Modal Space" articles over the years, which explain key concepts of modal testing. He also delivers a course on Basics of Modal Analysis annually at the IMAC conference in the US for which the notes are publicly available. These can be accessed from the following links:
The following are links to videos that were shot during the NAFEMS DTWG Workshop on 28 September 2010 at the University of Bristol. Workshop participants were required to construct vibration isolation systems for hard disk drives from a range of household materials. These are the results of testing on an earthquake shake table:


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James W. Nickel holds a joint appointment in the Philosophy Department and the Law School. He teaches and writes in human rights law and theory, political philosophy, philosophy of law, and constitutional law.
Nickel is the author of Making Sense of Human Rights (1987, heavily revised 2nd ed. 2006) and of more than sixty articles in philosophy and law journals including the Columbia Law Review, Ethics, the Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophy and Public Affairs, and the Yale Journal of International Law.
His essay, "Poverty and Rights," received the 2004 Essay Prize from Philosophical Quarterly. His human rights entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy receives almost 7,000 hits per year. Recent articles include "Rethinking Indivisibility: Towards a Theory of Supporting Relations between Human Rights"; "Who Needs Freedom of Religion?"; "Are Human Rights Mainly Implemented by Intervention?"; "The Philosophy of Human Rights" (with David Reidy); and "Philosophical Issues in International Environmental Law" (with Daniel Magraw).
Nickel has enjoyed research fellowships from Corpus Christi College, Oxford; the Rockefeller Foundation; the National Humanities Center; the American Council of Learned Societies; and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
From 2003-09 Nickel was Professor of Law at Arizona State University where he was also an affiliate professor in the Department of Philosophy and the School of Global Studies. Prior to that he was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado, where he directed the Center for Values and Social Policy from 1982 to 1988, and chaired the philosophy department from 1992 to 1996. He has held visiting posts at the Georgetown University Law Center, the University of Utah, and UC Berkeley Law School.
The courses Nickel has taught include: International Economic and Social Rights (Georgetown Law, Miami Law); Philosophy of International Law (Georgetown Law); Constitutional equality (ASU Law); Constitutional liberties (ASU Law); Environmental ethics (CU philosophy); International human rights (Berkeley JSP, ASU Law, Miami Law); Law and morality (CU philosophy, ASU law, Miami philosophy); Minority rights in international Law (ASU Law); Philosophy of Law (CU philosophy, Miami philosophy and law); Political philosophy and Contemporary Political Philosophy (CU philosophy, ASU philosophy); Race and American law (Berkeley JSP); Rawls seminars—including ones on Rawls and Raz and Rawls and Scanlon (CU philosophy); Seminar on personal autonomy (CU philosophy, ASU philosophy); and Seminar on the human moral capacity (CU philosophy).


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Trainspotting 2 trailer released
20 years ago a film was released which has since seen a massive cult following. Danny Boyle has revived one of his biggest films and Trainspotting 2 is hitting our screens early next year.
Danny Boyle offers a more human Frankenstein
The National Theatre recently broadcast a live production of Frankenstein at cinema's across the country. Steven Lawrence gives his verdict on the monstrous tale.
Prestige, but predictable? 2011 Academy Awards review
Last Sunday saw the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony celebrate some of the best films of the past year. But how obvious were their choices?


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Jose Aldo Calls Fedor Emelianenko The GOAT, Places Himself In 5th Ranking
"Man, I think we all have a list. The number one for me is Fedor Emelianenko. I'm a big fan of him, the guy is so amazing. In second I put Royce (Gracie), then Chuck Liddell, Anderson Silva, then there's me."


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View segments on the need for skilled workers in advanced manufacturing as part of Fox Valley Technical College's ongoing effort to fill the region's skills gap.
Fox Valley Technical College is hosting a number of activities this week in celebration of National Manufacturing Month in October.
Transportation job fair at FVTC highlights the need for skilled workers.
Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch and Department of Workforce Development Secretary Reggie Newson visited Fox Valley Technical College to commemorate an award of $3.6 million to the college through a Blueprint for Prosperity Fast Forward grant.
Fox Valley Technical College to receive $3.6 million as part of Governor Walker's Blueprint for Prosperity grant, aimed at job creation.
Fox Valley Technical College will use a $3.6 million grant from the Wisconsin Fast Forward program to train workers for high-demand fields including transportation, health care, manufacturing and logistics.
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Rihanna has released the official video for her new single What Now.
It's beautiful, VERY sexy (obviously) and - well - interesting .
Only Rihanna could make writhing around in an undecorated room sexy.
We don't know how she manages it, but even when she's just contorting around in a corner, she does it while oozing sex.
That said - the Barbadian Beauty of the ten page rider 's new video might not hit the weirdness of Disturbia but it comes comes close.
There are moments when we braced ourselves in case the girl from The Ring attempted to crawl through our screen.
RiRi had been whetting our appetites all week with teasers and sneak peaks from the new video.
The Umbrella singer described the theme for the video as: "Kind of eerie, very creepy."
She wasn't lying!
"What Now is one of those songs that you could get really boring with the video," she added.
"Everyone's probably expecting a narrative type of video or a love story of some sorts or something really soft and pretty.
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Howard County Police officials are pleased with the results of their reverse prostitution operations. Friday they released that 11 men had been arrested in the first operation of the year.
It goes down like this – Female officer in plain clothes work in areas target for prostitution. Men who reportedly approached female officers and offered money for sex were arrested.
The following suspects were arrested as a part of the operation:
Leonard Raymon Moon, 49, of Rockville
Zeeshan Siddiqui, 25, of Laurel
Alhassan Mansaray, 50, of Laurel
Alfredo Rafael Salazar, 45, of Laurel
Daniel Tinoco Bucio, 24, of Elkridge
Morris Mendez Ruiz, 46, of Rockville
Regulo Magih Ramirez Aguilar, 32, of Laurel
Ricardo Gonzalez Salazar, 22, of Randallstown
Cenovio Joel Reyes, 20, of Lanham
Rodney Landrum, 57, of Laurel
Harry Michael Richard, 32, of Laurel
Howard County Police officials say they will continue to address prostitution and related criminal activity in the county. Citizens are encouraged to call 410-313-STOP with tips or information. Callers may remain anonymous. Citizens may also provide anonymous tips through the free smartphone app, "iWatchHowardCounty."


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This is a method for comparing several independent random samples and can be used as a non-parametric alternative to the one way ANOVA. Get latest updates on the related subject in Statistic Homework help, Assignment help at transtutors.com
The Kruskal-Wallis test statistic for k samples, each of size ni is:
- where N is the total number (all ni) and Ri is the sum of the ranks (from all samples pooled) for the ith sample and:
The null hypothesis of the test is that all k distribution functions are equal. The alternative hypothesis is that at least one of the populations tends to yield larger values than at least one of the other populations.
· random samples from populations
· independence within each sample
· mutual independence among samples
· measurement scale is at least ordinal
· either k population distribution functions are identical, or else some of the populations tend to yield larger values than other populations
If the test is significant, you can make multiple comparisons between the samples. You may choose the level of significance for these comparisons (default is = 0.05). All pair wise comparisons are made and the probability of each presumed "non-difference" is indicated (Conover, 1999; Critchlow and Fligner, 1991; Hollander and Wolfe, 1999). Two alternative methods are used to make all possible pair wise comparisons between groups; these are Dwass-Steel-Critchlow-Fligner and Conover-Inman. In most situations, you should use the Dwass-Steel-Critchlow-Fligner result.All such points are covered inStatistic Homework help,Assignment help at transtutors.com
By the Dwass-Steel-Critchlow-Fligner procedure, a contrast is considered significant if the following inequality is satisfied:
- where q is a quantile from the normal range distribution for k groups, ni is size of the ith group, nj is the size of the jth group, tb is the number of ties at rank b and Wij is the sum of the ranks for the ith group where observations for both groups have been ranked together. The values either side of the greater than sign are displayed in parentheses results.
The Conover-Inman procedure is simply Fisher's least significant difference method performed on ranks. A contrast is considered significant if the following inequality is satisfied:
- where t is a quantile from the Student t distribution on N-k degrees of freedom. The values either side of the greater than sign are displayed in parentheses results.
An alternative to Kruskal-Wallis is to perform a one way ANOVA on the ranks of the observations.
It also gives you and homogeneity of variance test option with Kruskal-Wallis; this is marked as "Equality of variance (squared ranks)".
The test statistic is an extension of the Mann-Whitney test and is calculated as above. In the presence of tied ranks the test statistic is given in adjusted and unadjusted forms, (opinion varies concerning the handling of ties). The test statistic follows approximately a chi-square distribution with k-1 degrees of freedom; P values are derived from this. For small samples you may wish to refer to tables of the Kruskal-Wallis test statistic but thechi-square approximation is highly satisfactory in most cases (Conover, 1999).
From Conover (1999, p. 291).
Test workbook (ANOVA worksheet: Method 1, Method 2, Method 3, Method 4).
The following data represent corn yields per acre from four different fields where different farming methods were used.
Method 1
Method 2
Method 3
Method 4
To analyze these data in your work sheet you must first prepare them in four workbook columns appropriately labeled. Alternatively, open the test workbook using the file open function of the file menu. Then select Kruskal-Wallis from the Non-parametric section of the analysis menu. Then select the columns marked "Method 1", "Method 2", "Method 3" and "Method 4" in one selection action.
For this example:
Adjusted for ties: T = 25.62883 P < 0.0001
All pair wise comparisons (Dwass-Steel-Chritchlow-Fligner)
Method 1 and Method 2 , P = 0.1529
Method 1 and Method 3 , P = 0.0782
Method 1 and Method 4 , P = 0.0029
Method 2 and Method 3 , P = 0.0048
Method 2 and Method 4 , P = 0.0044
Method 3 and Method 4 , P = 0.0063
All pair wise comparisons (Conover-Inman)
Method 1 and Method 2, P = 0.0078
Method 1 and Method 3, P = 0.0044
Method 1 and Method 4, P < 0.0001
Method 2 and Method 3, P < 0.0001
Method 2 and Method 4, P = 0.0001
Method 3 and Method 4, P < 0.0001
From the overall T we see a statistically highly significant tendency for at least one group to give higher values than at least one of the others. Subsequent contrasts show a significant separation of all groups with the Conover-Inman method and all but method 1 vs. methods 2 and 3 with the Dwass-Steel-Chritchlow-Fligner method. In most situations, it is best to use only the Dwass-Steel-Chritchlow-Fligner result.
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>Should i create my own xsl file externally for the new test class(FooterTest)? OR It would be created at compile time? You should create your xsl file and then compile it. If you want to create a FooterTest you need the following: -Define the new test in TestType.java -Provide an implementation FooterTest.java. If it is a XSLT test (AbstractXSLTTestImplementation child) you only need to override getTestType method (returning the value previously defined in TestType.java) -Create a FooterTest.xsl that carry our the test. -Then make sure that you compile it. (There is an ANT task -build- that fulfils this compilation) Anyway, there are a user and developer manuals (that need some updating) that explain some basic usage and checker design. Regards, Abel. ________________________________________ De: Ashwinkumar Vairu [mailto:email@example.com] Enviado el: jueves, 23 de octubre de 2008 13:20 Para: Abel Rionda CC: Guido García Bernardo; email@example.com Asunto: Re: Query on MobileOk Hi Guido, I am little bit confused here, I have configured the project as follows: * Set Tester.java as a main class * Arguments are: http://www.example.com FOOTER -r D:\MobNetk\Output\TestResult\result.xml -m D:\MobNetk\Output\Intermediate\intermediate.xml * When i build it, it is creating .xsl files and a Compiler.class file in build\classes\org\w3c\mwi\mobileok\basic\xslt Should i create my own xsl file externally for the new test class(FooterTest)? OR It would be created at compile time? I would like to create a test case where it can check whether it contains a href/link at the end of given URI or not. Could you please assist? Thank you. Regards, Ashwin. On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Abel Rionda <email@example.com> wrote: Hi Gudio, Thank you very much Guido for your fast response on this. We really appreciate your collaboration. Regards, Abel. -----Mensaje original----- De: email@example.com [mailto:email@example.com] En nombre de Guido García Bernardo Enviado el: jueves, 23 de octubre de 2008 12:52 Para: Ashwinkumar Vairu CC: firstname.lastname@example.com Asunto: Re: Query on MobileOk Hi Ashwinkumar, It seems that the file FooterTest.sxx is not found. SXX files are the result of your stylesheets compiled with Saxon. You can find the class XSLTCompiler in the package org.w3c.mwi.mobileok.basic.xslt Try to run it as java XSLTComplier path_to_xsl_dir (where path_to_xsl_dir is the path to the directory where you have the xsl files), as that should generate again your SXX files. Then cross your fingers and try again ! Best regards, Guido. Ashwinkumar Vairu escribió: > Hi Guido, > > Please find attached java files. > > *I am stucked over here, your advice would help me to move ahead.* > > Previous error i am getting with NetBean v6.1 and I am unable to > print(SOP) values on console. > > I have opened project with eclipse v3.3.2 and now I am getting > following error. > > Inside the main Mehtod().................... > Info: Writing MOKI document to > D:\MobileOk\2007\mobkOut\intermediate\expli1.xml > Info: Writing result document to > D:\MobileOk\2007\mobkOut\result\explr1.xml > [Fatal Error] :12:3: The element type "body" must be terminated by the > matching end-tag "</body>". > > Class Name::FooterTest > Resource Stream:: org/w3c/mwi/mobileok/basic/xslt/FooterTest.sxx > Exception in thread "main" org.w3c.mwi.mobileok.basic.TestException: > java.io.FileNotFoundException: > build\org\w3c\mwi\mobileok\basic\xslt\FooterTest.sxx (The system > cannot find the path specified) > at > org.w3c.mwi.mobileok.basic.DOMUtils.getResourceStream(DOMUtils.java:171) > at > org.w3c.mwi.mobileok.basic.AbstractXSLTTestImplementation.loadTransformer(AbstractXSLTTestImplementation.java:43) > at > org.w3c.mwi.mobileok.basic.AbstractXSLTTestImplementation.runTest(AbstractXSLTTestImplementation.java:32) > at org.w3c.mwi.mobileok.basic.Tester.runTests(Tester.java:74) > at org.w3c.mwi.mobileok.basic.Tester.main(Tester.java:206) > Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: > build\org\w3c\mwi\mobileok\basic\xslt\FooterTest.sxx (The system > cannot find the path specified) > at java.io.FileInputStream.open(Native Method) > at java.io.FileInputStream.<init>(Unknown Source) > at > org.w3c.mwi.mobileok.basic.DOMUtils.getResourceStream(DOMUtils.java:169) > ... 4 more > > Does anything is missing in configuration? > > Thank you, > > Regards, > Ashwin. > > On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Guido García Bernardo > <email@example.com <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>> wrote: > > Hi Ashwin, > > You have to add two lines in the enum : > > public enum TestType { > ... > *FOOTER,* > ... > > static { > final Map<TestType, TestImplementation> temp = > new EnumMap<TestType, TestImplementation>(TestType.class); > ... > *temp.put(FOOTER, new FooterTest());* > ... > } > } > > And your FooterTest class should look like : > > public class FooterTest extends AbstractXSLTTestImplementation { > public TestType getTestType() { > return TestType.FOOTER; > } > } > > Let me know if you already did it. Could you please paste your > complete stack trace ? > > Regards, > Guido > PS. I suggest you to prefix your tests in order to make them > easier to maintain (i.e. EXT_FOOTER) > > Ashwinkumar Vairu escribió: >> Hi, >> >> This is Ashwin, a software engineer. >> >> I have downloaded the MobileOk source code and now trying to >> create a new test case by which i would like to test whether a >> footer link is exist in the given page/URI or not. >> >> I have created a FooterTest class extending the >> AbstractXSLTTestImplementation class. Then i have added the >> FOOTER type in the TestType class. >> >> While running application(Tester is set as a main class), I am >> getting following error. >> >> *" Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: >> No enum const class org.w3c.mwi.mobileok.basic.TestType.FOOTER "* >> >> >> Could please suggest me what's the wrong with the application? >> What could be the resolution? >> Do you have information/documents to create/costomize new test >> cases? >> >> I have gone throught the document provided by the MobileOk in >> CVS. But, I still require some more information on application. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Regards, >> Ashwin. >> > >Received on Thursday, 23 October 2008 11:55:09 UTC
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HEARTS should take a significant step closer to exiting administration this week, the administrator of their largest creditor said yesterday.
Ukio Bankas creditors are due to meet in Lithuania on Friday, and according to Gintaras Adomonis are certain to approve the transfer of the company's 29.5 per cent shareholding in the Tynecastle club to Bidco, the Foundation of Hearts' purchase vehicle. "It is considered that the creditors of Ukio Bankas will approve the deal of Hearts sale to Bidco," Adomonis said. "There are no reasons to believe in any other decision, as no alternatives have been proposed to be included in the agenda."
If the Ukio sale is approved, only one step will remain before Hearts can complete their Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) and come out of administration – the transfer of the 50 per cent shareholding owned by their former parent company Ubig, who have yet to confirm a date for their creditors' meeting.
Adomonis, who works for Ukio administrators Valnetas, has no official connection with Ubig, but expects that transfer to go through when the relevant meeting is held. It was previously reported to be scheduled for Friday, but that is not the case.
"As far as we know, Ubig's creditors' meeting is planned at the end of the next week, but it is still to be confirmed," he said. "We believe that the creditors of Ubig will also approve the deal. If the approval by the creditors of Ukio and Ubig is on hand, the process will move forward as soon as possible."
Hearts administrators BDO received an initial approval of their CVA proposal at the end of November, conditional on the agreement of the two groups of shareholders in Lithuania. Bryan Jackson of BDO was in Lithuania last week for negotiations.


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I can see the future: English will be the only language that matters for future generations. I don't say this with disrespect to languages that are dying off such as French and German or without realization that there are sad implications for humanity as a whole; I know this will happen because of utility. It has nothing to do with British colonization or American economic influence. I am not a Sinophobe and don't worry about the 21st century being dominated by China. As China becomes the center of the world economy, it's language will be secondary to English. This will happen for one simple reason: flexibility of language.
In English words, not tones, matter. Communication is about conveying your meaning, removing tones from the equation is a huge faciliator to learning. For example, an American, Scottish and Australian drinking together will pronounce things differently, in different tones, but be able to communicate nonetheless. You don't even need people from different countries to hear the differences, within Englsh speaking countries you can find a wide variety of pronunciation. You say "tomáto," I say "tomaato," we don't need to call the whole thing off, we can still argue about what real football is. This is a huge advantage for English becoming the dominant language, it makes learning substantially easier than languages that have tones or exact pronunciations.
As the world further globalizes and becomes interconnected, there is a need for a common language. The ease of learning English, where people can learn by studying phonetics and memorizing vocabulary is a huge contributor to why it will be the world's language. Beyond the spoken language is the written, when it comes to contracts and trade, the fact that English has an astonishingly wide vocabulary of specific words allows both parties to feel confident agreeing to terms. There is no context required to understand what is being agreed to, no "this means 'big' and 'feces' depending on how it's used." I don't know about you, but I don't want to receive a shipment of shit boxes instead of big boxes…
The single largest reason English will become the world's language is adaptability. It is the only major language that people can officially invent in. Invention, creation and evolution is and will continue being the driving force behind development worldwide, and only English can do this. Do you know why this is? English does not have a Language Regulator, it is the free-market, evolutionary language. In all other major languages new words need to be approved by academics and officially added to a language.
In English, if you create a cool word and people use it, guess what? It becomes part of the language. When new technologies are created, only English is able to adapt quickly enough, that is why the English word "computer" has been adopted throughout many languages. The academics at the language regulators aren't able to keep up with progress, therefore the English word won (see 2010 Oxford American new words and The Simpson's effect on English). English is the only major language suited for an ever faster moving and evolving world.
English becoming the dominant tongue does have some regrettable effects though. It will accelerate language and culture assimilation, or more bluntly, death. Language shapes the way we think and experience life, there are many studies that have shown that our mother tongue has a permanent affect on our thought process (see this and this). English is a horribly literal language, we are bound by our verbs and words that cause us to categorize more than contextualize (see The Geography of Thought). English also isn't sexy, it doesn't slide off the tongue the way Portuguese does. As future generations learn English instead of other languages, we lose a little understanding of history, culture and maybe even knowledge. As sad as this may be, evolution cannot be stopped and English is the right tool for the job: communicating in a global world.
We should not cease learning other languages or travel expecting everyone to know English ("for their own good"). The fact is that bilingual and multilingual people are more successful (see this) and there are cognitive benefits to learning another language (see this). Learning another language, especially Mandarin and Spanish, is not only useful, but will make you a better person.
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Meeting planned on controversial proposal for state to lease Daly Field in Brighton to private entity
A community meeting is scheduled to be held next week on a controversial proposal to have the state lease Daly Field in Brighton to a private, nonprofit group and for Simmons College to renovate the run-down, 8.6-acre green space.
The proposal has been criticized because it allows the state to designate times when Simmons, Brighton High School, and the Allston-Brighton Little League would have the chance to use the site, a set-up some worry could severely restrict general public use. Others are concerned about potential environmental impacts to the Charles River waterfront property.
A law signed by Governor Deval Patrick in August allows, but does not require, the state Department of Conservation and Recreation to lease the field to the nonprofit Allston-Brighton Friends of Daly Field, which is led by a 15-member board of residents and city, state, and Simmons representatives.
S.J. Port, a spokeswoman for the state conservation and recreation department, said Tuesday that the state has not leased the property and reiterated that the newly-signed law "is permissive, not determinant."
"The project is dependent on proposals received by DCR and public input we will seek on those proposals," she said.
Port said the state is not associated with the meeting planned for next week.
The meeting was organized by the Allston-Brighton Friends of Daly Field.
"As DCR said last year when the legislation was passed, DCR will begin its own public process once we have a proposal from Simmons College," Port wrote in an e-mail Tuesday. "DCR has not received any project proposal (draft or otherwise) from Simmons."
The friends' meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5 in the library at Brighton High School, according to an e-mailed notice.
"The meeting is being held to provide community members an opportunity to hear more about the project, to ask questions and to provide feedback to members of the Friends of Daly Field," said an e-mail from Janet Fishstein, a member of the friends group and assistant vice president for administration at Simmons.
The friends organization also said in the notice that it plans to soon launch a website, www.friendsofdalyfield.org, "where the community will be able to learn more about the project and stay up to date with the future activities of the Allston Brighton Friends of Daly Field."
"The website will also allow members of the community who cannot attend the March 5th meeting to submit questions or comments online," the notice said.
If the plan moves forward, Simmons would spend $5 million to renovate the property to create a multi-purpose outdoor sports complex with two new synthetic fields, a running track, tennis courts, river path, lighting for the entire parcel and other amenities for athletes and spectators, officials said. The college would also give $500,000 for restoration work along the Charles River in Watertown.
The worn-down green space is flanked by river to the north and Nonantum Road to the south. It currently features space for softball and soccer. The rebuilt athletic complex would allow for uses including football, soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, rugby, softball, and tennis.
The lease would be for 20 years with an option for a 10-year extension and would allow the friends group to oversee the property. The newly-signed law stipulates that scheduling of the field's use would be controlled by the state's conservation and recreation department.
The law explicitly reserves full use of the site for Simmons from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on weekdays from March to May and from mid-August to November.
Brighton High football would have the space reserved from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. on weekdays and on Friday nights from mid-August to November for its practices. The Allston-Brighton Little League would reserve weekdays from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. from May to July.
Saturdays would be shared by Simmons College and the local and abutting communities. Sundays would be reserved for local community use.
"The general public will continue to have access to the fields, even during these times, if not in use by the identified users," Senator William N. Brownsberger of Belmont, who sponsored the legislation, wrote on his website over the summer, adding that "the site would continue to remain open and accessible — no closed gates."
Some legislators have said that the field is currently underutilized. The state said that the field is in use about one-third of the time by permit holders and is also used often for pickup games, the Globe has reported. And those who use it said it is very popular with softball and soccer teams, among others.
"The biggest change for most people will be that the fields will be in good shape," Brownsberger wrote over the summer. "My personal expectation is that use of the fields by the general public will increase substantially as a result of this partnership."
Daly Field was once home to Brighton High School football. But due to deteriorating conditions, the team abandoned the space more than 20 years ago. Since then, the Bengals have used other sites, most recently White Stadium at Franklin Park. But football team has not had a home field since it left Daly Field
The law signed by Gov. Patrick on Aug. 6 is part of Chapter 223 of the Acts of 2012. Before he signed it, the House voted 155-0 to pass the bill and the Senate voted 34-3 to approve.
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Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano believes his side has the measure of fierce rivals Real Madrid after the Catalans' dominance in the fixture over the last two seasons, but says it must take nothing for granted in Wednesday night's Copa del Rey quarterfinal second leg at Camp Nou.
Barca won the first match 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu last week and will advance to the last four of the competition by avoiding defeat on Wednesday, thereby gaining some revenge for its loss to Jose Mourinho's men in the final of last season's Copa del Rey.
That match remains the only disappointment for Barca boss Pep Guardiola in the Clasico since taking over at Camp Nou in the summer of 2008, and the only time Mourinho has tasted success in the famous fixture, too.
"We have the measure of Madrid," Mascherano told Goal.com in an exclusive interview. "But that doesn't always guarantee success and we are still not in the semi-finals of the cup," he added with a note of caution.
"The tie against Madrid isn't won yet, but we are optimistic; we have a good advantage from the first leg but it is no good being over-confident and we know Wednesday will be a harder match than the one at the Bernabeu."
Mascherano says Sunday's sublime showing at Malaga, where Barca beat the Andalusians 4-1, will give the Catalans confidence for the latest Clasico clash and adds that his side depend on themselves on Wednesday.
"The three points we won at Malaga on Sunday in the league will give us more energy for the cup match," he said. "We are working well and now we have to finish the job at home.
"We know that Madrid will give us a difficult match because they are obliged to come out and win if they want to get to the semi-finals, but this game depends on us and if we manage the situation well, we will be in the next round."
The Argentine midfielder, who has been utilized in defense by Guardiola on numerous occasions over the last two seasons, claims he is looking forward to what he describes as one of the world's finest fixtures.
"The atmosphere is guaranteed and the passion as well," he enthused. "Nobody can doubt that this is one of the best games in world football today."
And aside from their first-leg lead, the former Liverpool star claims Barca have one more big advantage over their biggest rivals: Lionel Messi.
"For me there is no doubt," he stated. "Leo Messi is the best player in the world whether he scores three goals in a game or whether he doesn't score at all. With him we have a plus point that no other team can count on."
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