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In their appearance at Wake Forest last night, Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson presented their long-standing plan for federal deficit reduction and joined their voices to the growing bipartisan chorus reiterating the importance of finding a balanced approach to long-term federal deficit reduction that includes new revenues and targeted spending cuts.
While the Simpson-Bowles plan isn't perfect, it represents a reasonable starting point for "putting everything on the table" when it comes to federal deficit reduction, and especially the importance of including new revenues. It opens the door to a fiscally responsible alternative to the spending-cuts only approach to budgeting embodied in sequestration—the looming $1.2 trillion in across-the-board spending cuts to federal programs like Head Start, education, R&D, and our nation's military projected to cost North Carolina thousands of jobs.
Congress should build upon the Simpson-Bowles plan by replacing these sequestration cuts with new revenues created by allowing the Bush tax cuts on incomes over $250,000 per year to expire in January. This approach will negatively affect just 1.4% of North Carolina's families by reducing their tax cut and will generate more than $1 trillion in new revenues by 2023—an important down-payment on reducing the Federal budget deficit.


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Why did Wolves fall in to the abyss?
The abysmal structure in place at the Molineux has seen Wolverhampton Wanders experience the horrific shattering of the club's dreams with two consecutive relegations.
The extremity of this shows just how callous and unrelenting the world of football can be to the incompetent squads unaware of the high level of competition they face.
The stability the club enjoyed under Mick McCarthy's six years in charge seems like a long time ago even for the loyalist of the sides fans. The current state of affairs is a telling sign that the team has a long testing road ahead if they are to once again affirm their name as a promotional favourite.
The appointment of Stale Solbakken would have negative implications on Wolves, signs that where apparent to sections of the fans upon hearing the hiring.
If there is any hope of saving the ethereal morale condition of the players and more importantly the status of the club, a strong campaign, in which promotion is achieved, is the minimal expectations the squad will face from loyal wanting fan base.
The impending summer will see an exodus of the remaining high earners at the club and this could potential began with the departure of former Tottenham Hotspurs midfielder Jamie O'Hara who arguably has failed to live up to the £3.3 million price the club paid for him.
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Played Like a Raven – Dawan Landry
The fourth year safety has been having a very lackluster year, and has very obviously not been the player that he was prior to sustaining a spinal cord concussion last season. However, on Monday night, Dawan Landry showed glimpses that just maybe he is returning, slowly but surely, to his pre-injury form. He racked up four solo tackles, including one for a 3-yard loss and had another tackle, that would have went for a loss of 4 yards, nullified by a 12-men on the field penalty by the Ravens. Landry's 48-yard interception return touchdown provided the knockout blow that Ravens fans had been nervously awaiting all night.
This may come as a shock, but Landry now actually leads the team with his three interceptions. Granted, the entire team only has 9 picks through 9 games, well below 2008's 26 in 16 pace, but…there it is.
Hopefully this was a sign of things to come for Landry. We'll gladly take the interceptions, especially considering the lack therof coming from anybody else in the secondary, but it was his return to sure, aggressive tackling that bodes well for #26 moving forward.
Did Not Play Like a Raven – Wide Receivers
For the fourth straight week, this dubious honor goes to not a single player, but an entire group (previous three were: offensive line, anyone who got flagged, and secondary). This time it was the Ravens' wide receivers who failed to make the trip to Cleveland. The group, as a whole, managed only THREE catches all night; all were, of course, by Derrick Mason. Mason's long reception on the night was 41 yards, but about 30 of that came after the Browns DB whiffed and ran right by Derrick – it was by no means a stretch-the-field type catch.
The "howlitzer," as Jaws put it, on Flacco's shoulder was never on full display, due to, among other problems, the wideouts failing to get any separation down the field. Some blame also needs to go to Flacco, who still throws high way too often, and the offensive line, who seem to give Flacco much too small of a pocket, especially in front of him.
Despite the high throw, it was nonetheless a very catchable ball from Joe to Mark Clayton on a slant route from the slot – one that likely would have resulted in a long catch-and-run touchdown had Clayton pulled it in. It's a play that an NFL wide receiver needs to make.
Kelley Washington went without a reception for the first time all season, and was targeted only once.
An inability to move the ball in big chunks and put points on the board, against a lowly defense such as that of the Browns, does not inspire confidence for the upcoming contests against Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, and Green Bay. This group, along with pretty much everybody else on the offensive side of the ball, needs to step it up in a big way over the season's final seven games.


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ACLU Sues City Of Omaha, 32 Police Officers For Use Of Excessive Force, Warrantless Search And Seizure
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If there's any question as to whether the officers subduing Octavius Johnson (who was apparently asking why a vehicle was being towed) applied excessive force (looks like the officer gets a few swings in before other witnesses arrive), it was answered by the 20+ cops who stormed the house (without a warrant, obviously) in order to seize and destroy the footage of the arrest contained in Jaquez Johnson's cell phone. The fact that their wheelchair-bound aunt was thrown to the ground during this altercation is nothing more than a side effect of her inadvertently being between dozens of cops and the person they were pursuing.
The cops that stormed the Johnson house to destroy evidence failed to comprehend that everyone has a camera these days -- like, say, the neighbor across the street who obtained this footage of the excessive force and the blitzkrieg of Omaha cops that followed.
Omaha.com has a timeline of the incident, which begins at 5:23 pm when an officer responds to a call to check on an unoccupied vehicle. Two hours later, the aunt is on the way to the hospital while three of the Johnson brothers are being booked on a variety of charges. All three have one charge in common: the rather meaningless "obstructing an officer."
The neighbor's recording made it impossible for the Omaha PD to sweep this under the rug (not that it didn't try). The officers' own admission that they had seized Jaquez Johnson's phone and erased his recording made it impossible for the department to pretend everything that happened was purely legal. In the end, four officers were fired for their involvement in this situation. As PINAC reported back in May, even the county attorney was unable to find anything less than damning to say about the incident.
"The conduct inside after the officers went inside (the house) is much more disturbing" than what's on the YouTube video.Now the ACLU is joining the Johnson family in suing the city of Omaha, along with the 32 police officers involved.
Kleine on memory card: He said the knowledge that the memory card was taken by Officer James Kinsella "comes from Officer Kinsella himself and what he said to other officers."
Kleine: "The officer's conduct in taking that memory card is so out of line, it's criminal conduct. We don't know what's on that memory card" and that's what we want to find out.
On OPD trying to hide misbehavior: "It's of tremendous concern to the chief and it's a concern to us. We can't have this type of conduct. It's a betrayal of public trust."
Members of an Omaha family filed a lawsuit in federal court today alleging that excessive force and a warrantless search and seizure were used in response to a parking incident in March 2013. The Johnson family has never received compensation for the damages to their property or their medical expenses resulting from the incident. All charges against the Johnsons were dropped. An internal investigation resulted in the termination of four officers and criminal charges being brought against two of the officers for either tampering with evidence or being an accessory.Unbelievably, the entire situation was ignited by nothing more than a parking violation. By the end of it, the Johnson house had been swarmed by Omaha police officers, something the ACLU claims is not simply a misuse of public funds but a clear violation of citizens' rights.
"Despite the fact that no crime, drugs, or weapons were involved, more than twenty officers arrived at the Johnson's home, invaded their privacy, confiscated their property and unnecessarily injured four members of the family," said cooperating attorney Diana Vogt. "You do not lose your right to be treated with respect by law enforcement simply because of where you live in Omaha or the color of your skin."According to the ACLU's statement, the Omaha PD's actions have generated several reports of officer misconduct and racial bias over the past few years. The PD also seems to have a problem understanding that citizens have a right to record on-duty officers. The ACLU hopes this lawsuit will help change the PD's underlying culture.
"Pulling over twenty officers away from other parts of the city should sound an alarm for taxpayers," said ACLU of Nebraska Legal Director Amy Miller. "Omaha Police have already been warned by the ACLU about their failure to respect the rights of those filming law enforcement. This incident further reinforces that independent oversight is needed to help evaluate training practices and provide for responses when officers depart from their training and standards."
In the lawsuit, the Johnsons ask for monetary damages for their medical bills, damages to property, lost time from work and other expenses. Additionally, the ACLU hopes for punitive damages against four officers along with mandatory training for all OPD officers in de-escalation and First Amendment rights of those filming police.The firing of the four officers directly involved with the destruction of evidence is a good start. The fact that this escalated from a parking violation to 20 officers storming a house is a clear indictment of the mindset guiding Omaha's law enforcement entities. At no point did anyone try to defuse the situation or ask themselves why 32 officers were needed to arrest one man disputing his vehicle being towed. Notably, the first call for backup went out solely because "people were coming out of the house." If that's all it takes to shake an officer's confidence, any arrest happening in public is going to be a problem -- both for the skittish officer(s) and for any citizens who happen to be in the area, especially if they're carrying cell phones or cameras.
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When it filed for bankruptcy reorganization last week, San Diego Hospice didn't have the optimistic outlook often associated with such filings.
Rather than promise it would streamline its operations, restructure its finances and emerge stronger than before, it left that possibility very much in doubt.
"It is unclear if we will have a viable organization moving forward," said Kathleen Pacurar, the nonprofit's chief executive officer.
Further clouding the picture, Scripps Health announced that same day that it would purchase a small Poway hospice, bring a big new competitor into the marketplace.
Once the largest hospice operator in the region with a daily patient census of about 1,000, San Diego Hospice has seen its numbers dwindle to only 450, Pacurar reported Monday, when the organization filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The rapid decrease started in November when Pacurar announced that the organization faced a still-unresolved Medicare audit that appears to question the way it qualified patients for government reimbursement.
Medicare pays San Diego Hospice $175 per day for each hospice patient it cares for. However, Medicare expects hospices to admit only patients who are likely to die within six months.
In some cases, Pacurar has said, the hospice was too liberal with its admissions, continuing to claim reimbursement even though patients didn't show continuing signs of decline.
The hospice fears it will have to refund millions to Medicare, though it has not yet received final word from the government.
San Diego Hospice shuttered its inpatient hospital in Hillcrest at the end of the year.
Pacurar said Friday that shrinking patient volume has hurt the organization's balance sheet: Today revenues are about 30 percent less than expenses, a situation that will lead to another round of layoffs, she said.
It is a shocking change for a hospice program that is, by all accounts, well respected among its peers. Never just a hospice provider, San Diego Hospice has been a force in palliative care education, offering fellowships to doctors from around the world.
To lose San Diego Hospice would be a blow to the industry, said Jan Jones, chief executive officer of Elizabeth Hospice in Escondido.
"San Diego Hospice is really iconic in the hospice world. They have done great things not just locally, but nationally and internationally," Jones said.
It is not clear just how much of the drop in patients has to do with San Diego Hospice tightening its admissions and discharge standards and how much has to do with doctors losing confidence.
Jones said news of the audit at San Diego Hospice has had an effect on local doctors' willingness to refer their patients for care at many facilities, not just San Diego Hospice. She said many are worried about repercussions if they refer a patient who does not qualify under Medicare's guidelines. That trend, she said, can mean doctors wait longer to refer patients, meaning some can go longer without the end-of-life comfort that hospice can provide.
"One thing that we're trying to make clear to the community is that the onus of responsibility for admission falls on the hospice, not the doctor, so there is really nothing for doctors to fear in making a referral," Jones said.
There is also no doubt that hospice has become a competitive industry in San Diego County with more than a dozen operators sometimes competing for patients.
"There is competition in the community," Pacurar said. "There is no question that that may be part of it."
But she added that San Diego Hospice is simply not in financial shape to launch a marketing campaign that could help with referrals.
She said the audit and subsequent bankruptcy have forced leadership into survival mode, pushing it to ask Scripps Health, which was once its largest referrer of patients, to enter the hospice business.
Pacurar insisted that Scripps' entry into the market was welcome. She said that reorganization in bankruptcy limits the hospice's ability to grow.
"I can't serve the need right now because I can't pay all of my bills," Pacurar said.
Glenn Melnick, a health care finance expert with RAND Health, said San Diego Hospice has a fighting chance of survival, provided that the quality of the care it provides is perceived by referring doctors as above reproach.
"To the extent that they have a good relationship with their physicians, and that relationship was based on trust and quality, they probably could emerge no matter how bad their financial situation is at the moment," Melnick said.
There is no shortage of operators in the community who will stand up for San Diego Hospice and the quality of care that it delivers. But, at the same time, they add that the remaining hospice operators in the community will be able to expand if the region's most iconic provider cannot emerge from Chapter 11.
Suzi K. Johnson, vice president of Sharp HospiceCare, said she believes that other nonprofit and for-profit operators will be able to pick up the slack if San Diego Hospice should find itself unable to exit bankruptcy.
"This is an iconic organization that has provided excellent care for its patients and has done it over a long period of time. But, if they close, does it bring us to our knees? No," Johnson said.
Many in the community appear to be pulling for San Diego Hospice.
The Rev. Mary Allman-Boyle of First United Methodist Church of San Diego in Mission Valley, said San Diego Hospice has been the congregation's main provider for years.
"If they were to close, it would leave a vacuum, but, hopefully, they don't. Hopefully they will come out of bankruptcy quickly," Allman-Boyle said.


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Exmark Radius X-Series delivers the cut quality and durability professionals demand with a host of new features and innovations. Powered by Kawasaki FX engines, with Hydro-Gear integrated transmissions and up to 10 mph fwd. ground speed, Radius X-Series improves productivity, but a full-suspension operator seat with operator preference dial and elastometric vibration control (EVC) means maximum comfort. Cutting deck widths available: 48, 52 and 60 inches.
- UltraCut Deck Technology: Exmark's exclusive UltraCut decks are featured on Radius models in a choice of 48- to 60-inch cut widths. Every UltraCut cutting deck features Exmark's exclusive maintenance-free, sealed-bearing spindle assemblies for increased durability and reduced downtime, combined with zero maintenance.
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- Quick Adjustable Rollover Protection System (ROPS): Uses an easy-to-fold up-and-down design built from round tubes and provides flexibility for placement of accessories.
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QR Codes: Ugly, Overused and Doomed
from the scan-this-banana dept
I've never understood the hype about QR codes. They appeared one day, and then suddenly every advertiser made them a priority, plastering them all over everything in print. It has always seemed like undue obsession with something that, ultimately, is not that useful to very many people -- and that's assuming most people even know what they are. I was pleased to discover that I'm not the only one: the Guardian has set up a Tumblr called WTF QR CODES to catalog the many bizarre and inappropriate uses of the technology:
Most people look at a QR code and see "robot barf", but marketers seem to think they are a must-have technology for their advertising campaigns. In their minds, eager consumers wander around with their smartphones, scanning square codes wherever they appear. As a result, the codes appear just about everywhere, and often in some really absurd places.
The examples range from the fairly mundane (QR codes in the subway, where there is no data reception and where they are often located on the inaccessible side of the tracks) to the completely outlandish and even dangerous (huge QR codes towed behind airplanes, or printed on highway-side billboards).
There's one thing the article doesn't mention that I think is an important point: even if QR codes were popular, they would be a doomed transitional technology no matter how you slice it. Image recognition technology has been progressing rapidly and is already being used in products like Google Goggles, which means visual machine languages are going to be unnecessary. The tech isn't perfect yet, but it's already at the point that smartphones are capable of recognizing ads based on color, configuration and other indicators. As visual search becomes more common, consumers are going to get used to the idea that they can snap a photo of anything and find related information online—and the QR code will be officially obsolete (at least as a marketing tool).
Until then, I guess advertisers will keep slapping them on everything from bananas to condoms.
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January 2012: The inaugral ceremony of Commercial Fish Harvesting under the Community Based Sustainable Management of Tanguar Haor project took place in late January with more than 1500 community people (including 300 women) and government officials in attendance.
The ceremony was attended by special guests including The Deputy Commissioner In Charge Mr. Md. Kamrul Alam as Chief Guest, Mr. Jafar Alam, Director of Department of Environment, Mr. Kazi Monirul Islam, Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Environment and Forest and Mr. Farid Hasan Ahmed, Senior Programme Officer of SDC as guests of honour.
During the official presentation many of the guest speakers expressed their desire to provide continual support for the project provided the community continued to show commitment, participation and enthusiasm. Mr. Kazi Monirul Islam, Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Environment and Forest reiterated the commitment of the government to establish a co-management model of Ramsar site management in Tanguar Haor. Mr. Jafar Alam, Director of Department of Environment further stressed the importance of maintaining ecological integrity of resources which will ultimately benefit the community an ensure the management system is sustainable. The comments were met with enthusiasm from community leaders who expressed their continued support of the project.
The official presentations were followed by a practical demonstration of fish harvesting where local fishermen caught 124.7 Kg of fish which symbolised to guests the strength of Commercial Fish Harvesting in Tanguar Haor.
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The Community Based Sustainable Management of Tanguar Haor project has proven to be a successful project to date with collaborative work between the community, district administration, law enforcers and local staff. Through practical demonstration and practice of fish resource harvesting by the community as well as associated management and close watch on illegal fishing in the Tanguar Haor by Project Staff the project has produced not only financial benefits for the community but also increased fish numbers in the region.
Financially, Commercial Fish Harvesting (CFH) has proven to be an important community event for the people of Tanguar Haor due to the valuable cash resource and vital source of earnings that fish provide both individuals and the community as a whole. In 2012, the community are expecting to harvest fish worth nearly Taka 1 Crore, a significant increase from 2011 when it was less than 7 lakhs,
Under CFH all participatory parties benefit, for example the fishermen receive 40% iof the accured benefit and all other professional members receive 36% of the accured benefit (indirectly through the Central Co-management Committee fund).
One of the major issues faced throughout this project is the continual practice of illegal fishing. A residental facility has been established under the CFH camp to ease this practice. The facility allows for greater efficiency, improvement management of resources and increased logistical support (i.e improved access to speed boats and access to petrol) for magistrates of duty in Tanguar Haor, ANSAR, police, community leaders and project staff to undertake their duties and to patrol the area.
Further, to help promote the benefits of CFH in Tanguar Haor the Deputy Commissioner of Sunamganj has distributed a leaflet to community members which encourages them to conserve ecology, stop illegal fishing and to join the fish harvesting campaign.
Future success of the project requires continued support and joint coordinated effort between all parties. Through field level demonstration, practice, learning, implementation and monitoring of resource management the following activities can be acheived:
- Operations of the Information Centre
- Annual participatory updating of existing PRMP
- Facilitate linking with existing reputed agencies
- Review and refine the Resource Sharing Concept developed in Phase-I and testing it on a larger scale and obtaining stakeholder agreement for its operation
- Documenting the experiences and dissemination
- Enriching of Fish habitat
- Monitoring of Haor sustainability established
- Capacity building of community and staff
The implementation of these activities will assist in ensuring successful community based sustainiable management of the Tanguar Haor.


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Auto bailout: How good policy became good politics
As the punditocracy dives deeply into its postgame dissection of Tuesday's presidential contest, the president's decision to help the auto industry and former Gov. Mitt Romney's famous call to "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" have loomed large in the discussion.
By winning Ohio, the president made the electoral math nearly impossible for Romney, essentially assuring a reelection victory.
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But here are two ironies: First, Romney's mid-November 2008 New York Times op-ed didn't have to become a millstone around his electoral chances. He could instead have used it to take credit for the auto rescue, perhaps allowing him to capture Ohio and other important Midwestern states.
And second, we on the president's auto task force in 2009 never gave the wispiest thought to political benefits that might accrue in Ohio in 2012 or even to the 2012 reelection at all.
Take the Romney op-ed. Apart from the unfortunate headline (which was not, of course, written by Romney), the substance of the piece was surprisingly prescient — and not wildly different from the plan that President Barack Obama ultimately adopted.
Remember that Romney wrote his op-ed before Obama's inauguration, when Congress was considering providing $25 billion of rescue loans to the hemorrhaging companies.
Among the problems with Congress's plan was that it would have imposed few conditions on the automakers — no restructuring, no new management, almost no new anything.
So Romney was quite right to weigh in. "If General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye," Mr. Romney wrote.
At the time, no one had a coherent plan for how to help Detroit. I know that — because of the possibility of my taking on the problem, I was paying close attention to the various ideas floating around for how to help the automakers.
Romney came close. His plan called for managed bankruptcies to strip away suffocating legacy costs, new management teams with limits on executive pay and investment in better products. Sound familiar?
The one consequential difference between the Romney plan and the Obama plan was that Romney called for government financing only on the way out of bankruptcy.


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MONTREAL - Here's my cell number. Call me, maybe?
Or maybe not. Cellphone users are doing less calling as they buy more smartphones and use the device for texting, emailing, web surfing, mobile apps, social networking and watching videos.
And it's that surge in data use that Canada's telecom companies — big and small — are banking on as the revenue driver of the future.
"It's no longer just your teenage kids. It's everybody," telecom analyst Brahm Eiley said.
"They use their phone the way they would use their PC," Eiley added, noting how the use of the web is evolving from computers to mobile devices.
Dan Maitland has an iPhone and hardly uses it for calls.
"These are not just phones," said Maitland, 39, who makes software that helps train pilots to be safer at flight simulator company CAE Inc. in Montreal.
"They are small computers that have the ability to make a phone call."
Maitland said he uses his iPhone for such things as web searches, apps, accessing files for work and reading.
And Maitland is doing exactly what wireless providers expect and want him to do to help increase their data revenues in the years ahead.
The amount of voice minutes used by consumers on cellphones isn't increasing, said Eiley, co-founder of the Convergence Consulting Group in Toronto.
"Over the last two years, voice minutes have not seen any growth, whereas smartphone penetration has almost doubled."
Faster wireless networks are also helping drive the increasing use of data by consumers, Eiley added.
The Convergence Consulting Group expects that about 55 per cent of all cellphone users in Canada will have smartphones by the end of this year. That's expected to increase to 65 per cent by the end of 2013 and go up to 80 per cent by year-end 2016.
The increase in the use of data is increasing revenues for Canada's big three wireless carriers.
Rogers (TSX:RCI.B), Bell (TSX:BCE) and Telus (TSX:T) have been experiencing year-over-year growth in wireless data revenues with the rise of smartphones.
Convergence Group's Eiley said by the end of this year, data will make up roughly 39 per cent of service revenue, which includes voice and data, for Canada's major wireless providers.
Rogers' CEO Nadir Mohamed looks to a data-driven future, noting that about 65 per cent of Rogers' customers have adopted smartphones.
"Ultimately, there's no reason for me to think of a world other than everybody will have a smartphone, smart device with a connection to data, and then it's just a matter of how much," Mohamed said at a recent telecom conference in New York.
"The underlying trend will be more and more data consumption."
Maitland said he changed his monthly plan to increase his data usage and brought down the number of voice minutes to 200 from 250 — and it's costing him less.
He doesn't like making calls.
"I almost even go out of my way, personally, to find ways to be able to communicate with other people where I don't actually have to use the phone itself."
New wireless carrier Wind Mobile also sees data driving its growth.
Wind chairman and CEO Anthony Lacavera said the company's customer base is shifting to smartphones and away from talk-and-talk phones, which now have a small percentage of sales.
"I would say 2012 was the year people figured out that mobile apps can do as much as they can do with their laptops," Lacavera said from Toronto.
"People now realize there's an app for everything and now I can do all the stuff I do on my laptop with my smartphone. Consumers have really figured that out and that's driving the data growth."
Lacavera is predicting that 2013 will be the year that smartphone users really start to watch video and TV on their devices.
"The next round of data growth is going to be driven by that."
Rogers' CEO Mohamed also noted that mobile commerce, which Rogers recently launched with CIBC, will also grow in the coming years as consumers use their smartphones to pay for transactions, also adding to growth.
Eiley said the major wireless carriers correctly predicted the increase in the use of data.
"The big guys were right, they were talking about this years ago. They were talking about how all these different uses of data would drive growth."
The country's wireless carriers will have the opportunity to bid on spectrum — radio waves over which cellphones operate — later in 2013 to build out faster data-friendly networks.
The federal government is expected to auction off the premium 700-megahertz wireless spectrum, which will give both rural and city cellphone users better service.
Rogers, Bell and Telus have already rolled out faster, next-generation networks with Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology that's suited to data use, and smaller carriers are expected to follow after the spectrum auction.
Despite the changes in how consumers use their mobile phones, landlines at home haven't gone the way of the Dodo.
By the end of 2012, 82 per cent of Canadian households will have a residential wireline phone, the Convergence Group said, and just under 18 per cent of households will have only a cellphone.
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Articles of Interest Tagged Middle East
Op-Ed: The West and the Durability and Problems of Monarchies in the Arab Spring
December 2011 | Dr. W. Andrew Terrill
The regional response to the Arab Spring has alarmed a number of international observers because a variety of ugly governments are displaying their ugliest side. No civilized person condones the nature of Libyan leader Muhammar Qadhafi's final hour, but equally no one doubts that he worked hard to earn such a fate. Likewise, in Syria and Yemen dictators are struggling to maintain power against waves of popular unrest and anger hoping to avoid the fate of their counterparts in Cairo, Tripoli, and Tunis. The Syrian regime is stronger than that in Yemen and continues to use unrelenting brutality because it can. The Yemeni president, by contrast, schemes and attempts to buy time. He kills demonstrators as well, but has no realistic chance of stamping out the rebellion by force as Damascus is attempting to do. Yet, the Arab World has monarchies as well as nonmonarchical authoritarian regimes, and it is worth considering the less violent ways in which the majority of these countries are coping with revolutionary upheaval. (Continue reading...)
The Arab Spring and the Future of U.S. Interests and Cooperative Security in the Arab World
August 2011 | Dr. W. Andrew Terrill
The Arab Spring is an ongoing and deeply significant process occurring in the contemporary Middle East that will have important implications for the United States government. In general, the spread of less corrupt and more democratic governments in the Middle East will be of tremendous benefit to the United States, since such governments are more often immune to radicalism and are more moderate, stable, and inclusive. Nevertheless, each country involved in the Arab Spring needs to be examined individually, and it must be understood that democracy is not an inevitable outcome for any of the countries involved in the current unrest. Many revolutions start out well and end badly. Consequently, caution is needed in assessing U.S. interests in this whirlpool of events.1 (Continue reading...)
The Arab Upheavals and the Future of the U.S. Military Policies and Presence in the Middle East and the Gulf
June 2011 | Dr. W. Andrew Terrill
The political and social upheaval in the Arab World known as the Arab Spring is one of the most significant set of events to unfold in the Middle East since the fall of the Ottoman Empire following World War I. The United States seeks a democratic outcome to all of these conflicts and is also concerned about the human rights of demonstrators in countries where they are treated with brutality. Additionally, traditional U.S. concerns for the region discussed by President Obama in a May 19, 2011, address include: (1) fighting terrorism, (2) opposing nuclear proliferation, (3) supporting freedom of commerce, including commerce in oil, and, (4) supporting Israel and the Middle East peace effort. Currently, the Arab Spring has had only a limited impact on these U.S. interests. The Arab monarchies, which are allied with the United States, appear to be the least vulnerable to regional unrest (except for Bahrain) and are moving rapidly to increase the stake of individual citizens within their political systems so as to prevent serious unrest. Bahrain, by contrast, is simmering with sectarian anger after the brutal suppression of its mostly Shi'ite demonstrators. Despite this situation, the United States can probably be more helpful to Shi'ites in that country by remaining engaged with the Bahraini government which has already shown itself responsive to some U.S. concerns about building an inclusive society. (Continue reading...)


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Teenager And Composer Argue Over File Sharing
from the fight-it-out deptEarly last week, reader dcm sent over an interesting blog post by Jason Robert Brown, a somewhat well known theatrical composer where he posted a debate he had with a teenager concerning file sharing. Since then, it appears the story also appeared on Reddit and some other sites, and now everyone is submitting it to me (that'll teach me not to leave interesting stories to write up over the long weekend...). Anyway, the basics of the story aren't too surprising: Brown is upset that the girl isn't paying him, the girl tries to explain that she wouldn't buy his work otherwise (she doesn't have the means), but is trying to promote his work because she likes it and thinks more should know about it. And, from those two very different viewpoints, nothing approaching agreement is ever reached.
It's definitely an interesting discussion, in that both sides mostly remain friendly throughout the debate. Brown starts off with a simple request to various users of some file sharing system to please stop sharing his works because it's "totally not cool" with him. Thankfully, he doesn't threaten anyone or break out any legalistic cease-and-desist type language. There is some back and forth at the beginning where the girl doesn't believe that "THE" Jason Robert Brown is really emailing her, but then the conversation gets a bit more interesting. She starts out by asking him a simple question about why he's spending so much time asking everyone to take down his scores:
I'd like to ask you a question. Why are you doing this? I just searched you on this site and all of the stuff that people have of yours up there say that it's "Not for Trade Per Composer's Request." Did you think about the aspiring actors and actresses who really need some good sheet music? If you're really who you claim to be, then I assume you know that Parade, Last Five Years, 13 The Musical, etc. are all genius pieces of work and that a lot of people who would love to have that sheet music can't afford it. Thus the term "starving artist." Performers really need quick and easy ways to attain good sheet music and you're stopping a lot of people from getting what they need. It matters a great deal to them that they can get it for free. Why does it matter so much to you that they don't?Brown takes a while to actually get around to responding to the questions (there are some emails in between), but he finally says:
I should think the answer is obvious: I think it's annoying and obnoxious that people think they're entitled to get the sheet music to my songs for free, and I'd like to make those people (you, for example) conscious of the immorality, illegality, and unfairness of their behavior.The teenager, Eleanor (sometimes referred to as Brenna, but that's not worth discussing), points out that many artists have no real means of obtaining his works, but by being able to download the scores for free and use them, they're making many more people aware of his works. She presents a hypothetical that describes the value of word of mouth marketing for those who might not be aware of his works, even highlighting how many of those people will likely end up making transactions that help his bottom line. He, not surprisingly, is not buying it:
That same scenario could take place exactly the same way if you paid for the music. And that's how that scenario is SUPPOSED to take place. You assume that because a good thing comes from an illegal act, it's therefore mitigated. That's nonsense. I'm glad people want to sing my songs, and I'm glad that when other people hear them, they enjoy them -- that doesn't mean I surrender my right to get paid for providing the sheet music.This is a point that is raised quite often, but misses the point, which Eleanor is quick to point out: that the scenario won't happen, because many up-and-coming artists will simply shift to music from composers who do allow it to be traded for free:
You think the same scenario could have taken place exactly the same way? Funny. Most of the teenagers I have met who are into theatre would do the free song before they would do the one for $3.99 unless they had a really good reason. It could theoretically take place the same way. The question is would it? And the answer is probably not. I never said that it was an amazing thing happening and I never said that it doesn't start with what I'm sure seems to you as a bad thing. I "assume that because a good thing comes from an illegal act, it's therefore mitigated"? .... Yes. I assume that because something that good comes from something so insignificantly negative, it's therefore mitigated.Brown comes back with a few comments about how it's not worth arguing with a teenager who thinks anyone who tries to correct her is "the enemy," but then comes up with three "stories" of his own about why file sharing is wrong -- even though none of them actually show that. Instead, there are two that are about borrowing a physical item, and one about fair use. What's most amusing here, however, is that Brown seems to have no problem with the kind of fair use where you rip a CD, but doesn't seem to think that Eleanor's use of his music could possibly be fair use. Then he concludes with four paragraphs where he tries to convince her she's wrong and tells her she should take his works out of the library instead:
Now you're frustrated because even if you wanted to do the right thing, the ethical and legal thing, you still need a credit card to buy the sheet music and that isn't going to happen. Listen, Eleanor, I'm frustrated on your behalf. It really sucks to be a teenager. I'm not being sarcastic or ironic, I really get it. I wrote a whole show about it. But being able to steal something doesn't mean you should. If your parents really won't pony up the four bucks to buy a copy of the sheet music, then you can ask them to take you to the library and you can take out all the music you want, free, and pick the song you want to use for an audition or a talent show, and you can keep borrowing the book from the library until you're done with it or until the library demands it back. My song may not be in your library -- you could ask them to get it from another library, through an interlibrary loan (this is common, standard library practice), but if you're in a time crunch, that's not practical -- so you may have to just pick another song. It may not be the perfect song, but if you're a talented girl, it won't matter all that much. As long as it shows off what you can do and who you are, it will suffice because you are a teenager and the people who you are auditioning for will cut you slack on that account.Not surprisingly, I side more with Eleanor than with Brown in this debate, but I do think it's a good thing that the two sides engaged in a civil discussion on this topic, and think it's a bit unfortunate, as Brown notes in his "update" that he's hearing from "hostile" men who are trying to "educate" him on this subject. I would bet, of course, that many of the people trying to educate Brown are not, actually, hostile at all, but I'm sure some of them certainly are. And it's unfortunate, then, that he automatically lumps all such responses into the "hostile" camp.
That's the end of my jeremiad, and I'd be surprised if it persuaded you in any real way, but it is the truth and it is your responsibility as a citizen, as a member of the theatrical community, and as a considerate human being to pay attention to the laws, ethics and customs that make it possible for you to do the thing you love. I'm very much impressed by how passionately you've stood your ground, and how articulate you've been in doing so, and I can't tell you how excited I am that you didn't misspell anything, not once in this entire exchange. (Well, you wrote "you're" when you meant "your" once, but I'll let it go.) But being able to argue a point doesn't make it right -- lots of lawyers lose cases all the time.
I'm sorry if you still think I'm a jerk, but what I'm talking about here is not "insignificant." The entire record business is in free-fall because people no longer feel the moral responsibility to buy music; they just download it for free from the Internet, from YouTube, from their friends. When I make a cast album or a CD of my own, I do it knowing that it will never earn its money back, that I'm essentially throwing that money away so that I can put those songs out in the world. That shouldn't be the case, and I suspect in your heart you believe that too. All of us who write music for the theater are very much concerned that the sheet music business will eventually go the same way as the record business. I'm doing my little part to keep that from happening.
If you want me to talk to your parents and ask them to buy you the sheet music, just have them write me an email. You know how to find me.
The simple fact of the matter is that Brown is, in fact, wrong on many of his key points, though it's not surprising that he is. For example, his claims that "the entire record business is in free-fall because people no longer feel the moral responsibility to buy music," is quite an incorrect statement. First of all, since when has there ever been a "moral responsibility to buy music?" There hasn't been. And, of course, while certain major record labels may see their business in free-fall, the actual music business is doing incredibly well -- in fact, it's having quite a renaissance in terms of the number of albums released, and the amount of overall money that people are spending on it. It's just that they're not spending it on recordings (or sheet music) directly.
That said, Brown has made his living this way for a while, so you can see why he'd be upset that the old way of making money has been disappearing, but I doubt that a significant portion of his earnings came from teenage girls buying his sheet music in order to perform it at talent shows. In fact, since most of his work is for the theater, there are numerous business models available to him that have little, if nothing, to do with direct recordings, and for which file sharing -- like the kind Eleanor cites -- could help attract more revenue if he'd learn to adapt, rather than demand that the rest of the world adapt to him.
In the end, though, Brown did not go legalistic (even if he did go moralistic) and seemed at least willing to engage with Eleanor. I doubt he's going to change his mind any time soon, but we've seen a lot worse and a lot more obnoxious from folks who were a lot less informed. Brown strikes me as the kind of guy who, if actually given more evidence on this subject might actually come around to recognizing that, perhaps, it was he who made the wrong assumptions, rather than Eleanor, even if it might take quite some time before he realizes this.
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ALAMEDA — A new commander took over U.S. Coast Guard operations for the Pacific on Tuesday beneath a cloudless sky amid speeches, music and a gun salute.
During the change-of-command ceremony, the flag of Rear Adm. Charles Ray was also raised on the cutter Waesche just after the flag of outgoing commander Vice Adm. Paul Zukunft was lowered.
But Zukunft, who is heading to Washington, D.C., to assume leadership for the entire U.S. Coast Guard, downplayed the significance of his leaving for the rank-and-file.
"It's just a newer, younger face that will step in to take my place," Zukunft said.
As the new Pacific commander, Ray's responsibilities will cover more than 74 million square miles of ocean that stretches from the Western United States to Asia and from the Arctic to Antarctica. It involves 13,000 Coast Guard personnel.
"The best job in the Coast Guard," Ray said as he looked out on dozens of men and women in full dress uniform for the ceremony, which aimed to underscore that a continuity of command will be maintained.
An Arkansas native, Ray is a 1981 graduate of the Coast Guard Academy and has more than 5,000 hours of flight time as a helicopter pilot. He has served in a host of leadership roles, including as a military advisor to the Iraqi government, and was named the Coast Guard's deputy commander for the Pacific just last year.
Ray will be promoted to vice admiral under his new duties.
"This is the first time that I have had the privilege, literally, of picking my relief," said Zukunft, who still must receive U.S. Senate confirmation before he can become Coast Guard commandant.
Zukunft took over the Pacific leadership in April 2012 and oversaw security on San Francisco Bay during last year's America's Cup, a task which included making sure that cargo ships and commercial vessels had easy access to local ports.
The change-of-command ceremony on Coast Guard Island in the Oakland-Alameda Estuary came just days after the Coast Guard cutter Stratton returned to the base following its first ever operational deployment. During the 97-day mission off Central America, the crew of the Legend-class cutter seized about 500 kilograms of cocaine and disrupted the transportation of an additional 1,650 kilograms valued at more than $70 million.
The ceremony also follows the Coast Guard releasing a report earlier this month into the death of Petty Officer Third Class Travis Obendorf, a crew member of the Alameda-based cutter Waesche who died in December as a result of injuries that he received the previous month during a search-and rescue-operation near Amak Island, Alaska.
The report found several factors contributed to Obendorf's death, including equipment failure.
In a public letter thanking Bay Area residents for their support, Zukunft noted that Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne was also killed during his time as commander here.
Horne was fatally injured in 2012 when his boat was struck by a panga suspected of smuggling off the Santa Barbara coast. A Mexican national was later found guilty of second-degree murder and other federal charges in connection with Horne's death.
"Though the circumstances behind both deaths were very different, it reminds us that our jobs are inherently dangerous and we depend on the support of our community agencies to get this mission done, both while deployed and at home," Zukunft said.
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One of the most significant, yet little known contributors to the early motion picture industry was Edward Hill Amet (1860-1948) of Waukegan.
The Lake County Discovery Museum maintains a collection of photographs, documents, lantern slides and objects related to Edward Amet and Essanay Studios.
This electrical engineer and self-styled "consulting inventor," invented the first practical 35mm motion picture projector—the Amet Magniscope.
In the 1890s, when electricity was not readily available, Amet's Magniscope, being hand-cranked and offering a choice of either electric or gas illumination, could be used anywhere. In many ways, it was an improvement over Thomas Edison's Kinetoscope.
The Kinetoscope was a motion picture viewing machine which used the 35mm film format, patented by Edison. Kinetoscope parlors were all the rage in major cities, but the machine allowed for only one person at a time to view moving images through a peephole. Amet had seen the Kinetoscope in 1894 in Chicago and was impressed, but not satisfied. Photo of Kinetoscope parlor in San Francisco, circa 1895. (above)
Amet improved on Edison's design by projecting images for all to see. The Amet Magniscope, using Edison's 35mm film format, had gears which pulled film strips behind a lens at 32 frames per second, making the projected images appear to move realistically. Amet's now familiar reel-to-reel arrangement was also a significant step forward in film projection design.
According to George K. Spoor (1871-1953), while he was the co-manager of Waukegan's Phoenix Opera House in 1894, Amet approached him for money to complete work on his "machine for the projection of motion pictures." There is dispute among historians whether Spoor indeed gave Amet the money to start his business, but most agree that Spoor did manage Amet's motion picture interests.
Spoor (third from left in bowler) discussing Amet's Magniscope with curious onlookers, about 1933. From the 1920s on, there was a great deal of interest in Amet's work and promoting Waukegan as the birthplace of motion pictures.
When Amet's projector was finished in late 1894, he acquired two discarded Kinetoscope films, cemented them end-to-end and using the Magniscope projected them against a wall in a factory building. "After the demonstration that night, there was not much sleep for any of us," recalled Spoor.
Again, according to Spoor, the next day he bought 14 more discarded Edison films, and put out advertisements for the "Great Motion Picture Show" at Waukegan's Phoenix Opera House at 10, 20 and 30 cents admission. They showed the films with Amet's machine and made $400 the first week. Phoenix Opera House (right) in ruins after it was gutted by fire in 1904. The Phoenix was located on Washington Street, and was formerly Dickinson Hall where Abraham Lincoln spoke in 1860.
It is generally accepted that the French Lumiere Brothers' showing of motion pictures in Paris to a paying audience in the winter of 1895 was the beginning of the movie era. If Spoor's memory can be trusted, and later accounts by Amet's brothers, the Magniscope showing pre-dates the Lumieres' by one year.
From about 1895 to 1899, Waukegan became the center for the movie machine business as Magniscopes were produced at the Electrical Recording Scale Company and then sold for $100 each.
Magniscopes were available to anyone without territorial restrictions, were manually operated, and did not require electricity as an illuminant source. Amet sold at least 200 to traveling showmen who were using lantern slides to entertain audiences, and who easily adapted to the moving picture format. Photo of Amet's laboratory in his backyard on North Avenue, Waukegan. This is where he developed his film and worked on his inventions. The building was razed circa 1966. (above)
Amet is credited with at least 59 patents, including a musical instrument the "ethelo," a guidance system for naval torpedos (which he sold to the British government), a process for producing acetylene gas as an illuminant, and a fishing reel.
Remarkably, the Magniscope was not patented. Thomas Edison (1847-1931), who earlier had patented the 35mm movie film format, sued Amet and other inventors and entrepreneurs for using this film type. The results of the lawsuit meant that Amet could no longer manufacture the Magniscope. But with hundreds already in use, Amet was ready to move on to other inventions.
Amet's brother, Herbert, recalled (in 1957) that because of Amet's improvements to the Edison Talking Machine, "Edison detested Ed with an undying hate. He had those gramophone patents." Rumors abounded that Edison sent his thugs into towns to destroy any newspaper evidence of Amet's invention, in order to claim sole title to inventing motion pictures. Photo of Herb Amet, 1898. Herb worked with his brother in his laboratory and was a "player" in his films.
In 1907, George K. Spoor founded Essanay Studios in Chicago with cowboy actor / director G.M. "Bronco Billy" Anderson. Read my post on Essanay Studios for more on that motion picture venture.
Amet left Waukegan around 1913, heading west and settling in California. He continued working on motion picture devices, as well as other inventions. When he died in 1948, he was working on a cure for cancer.
His obituary appeared in the New York Times and stated:
Edward Hill Amet
Redondo Beach, Calif., Aug. 17 - Edward Hill Amet, an inventor of motion-picture equipment, died at his home here yesterday. His age was 87. In 1895, Mr. Amet perfected the nagnagraph, known as the "grand-daddy of motion picture cameras." The first model of the camera is in the Smithsonian Institution.
The Lake County Discovery Museum acquired a Magniscope in 2001, which is on permanent display in the museum's exhibition galleries.
Edward Amet's home at 421 North Avenue in Waukegan (above) was originally the home of Oliver S. Lincoln, who had it built around 1840. The house is still standing, and is part of Waukegan's Near North Historic District which was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
Amet's pioneering films will be discussed in next week's post.


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Introduction to the AIICS Division
The Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Computer Systems Division (AIICS) has circa 20 members and three research laboratories which include five (research) groups. The director of the division is Professor Patrick Doherty who may be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The main focus of interest for the AIICS division is artificial intelligence and its application to intelligent artifacts. Intelligent artifacts are defined as man-made physical systems containing computational equipment and software that provide them with capabilities for receiving and comprehending sensory data, for reasoning, and for rational action in their environment. Examples of such artifacts range from PDAs and software agents to ground and aerial robots (UAVs and UGVs). An equally important focus is the development of integrated systems which include hardware, software, sensors and human users.
Knowledge Processing Lab
Research topics of current interest include the following:
- Multi-Agent Systems - Research with multi-agent systems involves the study and development of AI problem solving and control paradigms for both single and multi-agent systems where issues related to interaction, cooperation, autonomy, and distribution are paramount.
- Planning and Diagnosis - Research with automated planning involves the study and development of algorithms which generate strategies or sequences of actions to achieve goals. Research with automated diagnosis involves the study and development of algorithms which capitalize on cause-effect information in a system or environment of a system in order to trouble shoot and provide explanations and remedies for faulty system or cognitive behavior.
- Cognitive Robotics - Research with cognitive robotics involves the study and development of higher-level cognitive functions that involve reasoning and empirically testing such functions on deployed robotic systems. Central to the endeavour is the efficient use and and representation of models of both the robot and its embedding environment and grounding these models in such environments through sensing and perception systems. Logic is often the modeling language of choice in this respect.
- Applied Logic - Research in applied logic involves the study and use of logic as a representational mechanism for constructing models and a reasoning mechanism for using such models in intelligent artifacts such as software agents or robotic systems.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technologies Lab
Research topics of current interest include the following:
- Autonomous Systems - From our research perspective, autonomous systems are man-made physical systems containing computational equipment and software that provide them with capabilities for receiving and comprehending sensory data, for reasoning, and for rational action in their environment which is independent of human control. The degree of independence varies relative to task and purpose. Consequently, systems can be more or less autonomous. Our focus is on the study and development of hardware, software and algorithms for autonomous unmanned aircraft systems which interact with both other agents and with human operators.
- Perception and Control - Perception is the process of attaining awareness or understanding of sensory information and using that information to act. Control is the process of influencing a dynamical system to act in a goal-directed manner. Taken together, perception and control is an essential component in an autonomous system.Our focus is the study and development of perception and control systems for both fixed-wing and rotor-based unmanned aerial vehicles systems.
Cognitive Autonomous Systems Lab
Research topics of current interest include the following:
- Explorative Software Systems and Architectures
- Electronic Publishing
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Dillon Leonard has received the highest rank advancement award of Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of America in a Court of Honor ceremony on Nov. 18.
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Rabies alert issued for Swissvale area
A Swissvale woman is receiving treatment for rabies because a cat that bit her tested positive for the disease, the Allegheny County Health Department reported on Thursday.
The health department is asking anyone who was bitten or scratched by a gray cat around the 7300 block of Denniston Avenue in Swissvale from Nov. 16-26 to call the agency at 412-687-ACHD.
"We're encouraging anyone else who may have been bitten or scratched by this cat to come forward so they can be evaluated and treated if necessary," said Dr. Ron Voorhees, acting health director.
Likely a stray, the cat was hit by a car on Monday and went to a home nearby, where a woman tried to help it and was bitten, said health department spokesman Guillermo Cole.
"The cat went onto the porch, and she tried to be a Good Samaritan. She is being treated and is not expected to get rabies," Cole said.
The animal is the first rabid cat reported in the county this year. It is the second case of human contact with a rabid animal in the county in 2012; a rabid bat bit a person in Verona in July. This year, officials said they confirmed 16 reports of rabid animals. Besides the cat, there were eight raccoons and seven bats.
Last year, 18 animals, including three cats, tested positive for rabies in the county.
Rabies exposure typically occurs through a break in the skin that comes in contact with an infected animal's saliva. The disease almost always is fatal if untreated.
People should avoid contact with all stray dogs and cats, health officials said.
Rick Wills is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-320-7944 or at [email protected].


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HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Constellation Energy Partners LLC (NYSE MKT: CEP) today announced that it has engaged Lantana Oil & Gas Partners, Inc. ("Lantana") to assist with the possible divestiture of its assets and operations in the Robinson's Bend Field in the Black Warrior Basin in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
The assets considered for sale include 508 operating natural gas wells in the Robinson's Bend Field and related leasehold interests and infrastructure. CEP's average working interest in the wells is 100% with an approximate 75% average net revenue interest. Daily net production for the wells has averaged approximately 12 MMcf for the year to date.
"We've identified the possible divestiture of our Black Warrior assets as a strategic alternative that supports our continuing focus on the oil opportunities available in our Mid-Continent asset base," said Stephen R. Brunner, President and Chief Executive Officer of Constellation Energy Partners. "We're delighted to bring the Lantana team on board to assist with our further evaluation of this strategic alternative and the possible sale of these assets."
About the Company
Constellation Energy Partners LLC (www.constellationenergypartners.com) is a limited liability company focused on the acquisition, development and production of oil and natural gas properties, as well as related midstream assets.
Forward-Looking Statements
We make statements in this news release that are considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are largely based on our expectations, which reflect estimates and assumptions made by our management. These estimates and assumptions reflect our best judgment based on currently known market conditions and other factors. Although we believe such estimates and assumptions to be reasonable, they are inherently uncertain and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that are beyond our control. In addition, management's assumptions about future events may prove to be inaccurate. Management cautions all readers that the forward-looking statements contained in this news release are not guarantees of future performance, and we cannot assure you that such statements will be realized or the forward-looking events and circumstances will occur. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements due to factors listed in the "Risk Factors" section in our SEC filings and elsewhere in those filings. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this news release. We do not intend to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These cautionary statements qualify all forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf.
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CHICAGO - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed this week that St. Alexius Medical Center (SAMC) in Hoffman Estates, Ill., violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by failing to accommodate a hospital greeter with a cognitive disability.
John P. Rowe, the EEOC's district director in Chicago, said the agency found reasonable cause to believe that SAMC was aware of the employee's disability and that the employee requested an accommodation, but the company would not even consider the possibility of accommodating her.
"When an employee requests an accommodation, the ADA requires employers to engage in an interactive process with the employee to identify possible accommodations," said Rowe. "Here, our pre-suit administrative investigation indicated that SAMC apparently refused to consider whether it could provide any reasonable accommodations to the disabled employee, including providing written job instructions."
The EEOC filed suit under the ADA after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement with SAMC through its conciliation process. The case, EEOC v. St. Alexius Medical Center., N.D. Ill. No. 1:12-cv-07646, was filed September 25, 2012 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. Supevisory Trial Attorney Gregory Gochanour and Trial Attorney Laurie Elkin will litigate the case on behalf of the EEOC.
The EEOC's Chicago District Office is responsible for processing discrimination charges, administrative enforcement and the conduct of agency litigation in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and North and South Dakota, with Area Offices in Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov.


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Having conversations with your parents about their care can be very stressful. The stress can even be multiplied when you bring your other family members or loved ones into the conversation. Further stress comes when worries start to arise about how your parents and loved ones will react to the broaching of this delicate subject. Will they be hurt? Will they be angry? Will your relationship with them suffer? As a result of all these factors, many people will outright avoid or delay this imperative conversation. In order to help mediate some of this stress, we have developed several tips to help you prepare and have a productive conversation with your parents about their care.
Don't wait
It can be very difficult to start a conversation about anyone's care; however, it is even more uncomfortable or awkward to initiate a conversation about your parents care with them or with other family members. Despite this difficulty though, you are never going to be certain of what others think if you do not talk to them. Moreover, waiting can make the conversation even harder to have. It helps to prepare ahead of this conversation by coming up with questions and talking points that you would like to cover with your loved ones. Your conversation might occur when not all involved members may be present, so remember to plan ways to keep everyone in the loop and avoid unexpected surprises for them and you.
Ask and then listen
After taking the difficult first step of initiating the conversation, sit back and listen to your loved ones. What are their concerns? What are their worries? Actively listen to your loved ones and try not to dismiss any points they bring up—no matter how inconsequential as they may seem to you. They are obviously important to your loved ones, for one reason or another, and as such deserve your time and consideration.
Collaborate on solutions
Instead of presenting your solutions as absolute, present your solutions to your loved ones more as suggestions that are open for discussion. No one likes to feel like they are being forced onto a specific path of action. They are much more likely to be open to your ideas if you are willing to discuss them. More importantly, keep yourself open for alternative solutions. Someone else might be able to present an even better course of action, because of their different perspective on the problem.
There is bound to be more than one concern brought up by you and your loved ones. Instead of trying to tackle the whole lot from the start, prioritize concerns from those that need to be addressed most immediately to those that can stand to wait. Make sure to discuss this within the group. Remember that there may not be a consensus. Instead you might choose to create a prioritized action plan within your family as to who is doing what and in which order.
Keep calm
Make sure not to take on too much. Trying to rush things can lead both to burn out and mistakes; neither of which is good for you or your loved ones. As suggested above, try to spread duties across a couple of family members and friends that are willing and able to take them on. Many hands make light work. To avoid confusion, be explicit in who is doing what and make sure everyone is aware of who is responsible for what.
Be patient
Remember that these types of decisions do not resolve themselves overnight. Instead, think of the conversation about your loved one's care as a process and processes take time! Try also not to fixate on what you cannot accomplish now. This is one of the main sources of stress for caregivers when making decisions about their loved ones care. Try instead to come up with healthy outlets that can divert your attention and give you a chance to unwind.


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The pomp and circumstance of the Change of Command Ceremony for the JROTC program at Bastrop High School was witnessed Friday morning as Cadet Lt. Col. Rachael Lara relinquished command of her battalion, handing it over in true military style to Cadet Lt. Col. Devondria Jones.
The inaugural ceremony was was held at the BHS Ram Stadium to recognize the contributions of this year's Cadets and to transfer cadet responsibility to a new group of students.
Under the leadership of Col. (Retired) Stephen Jeselink, Sgt. First Class (Retired) Fred Harrison and Sgt. First Class (Retired) Tina May, the JROTC program was present at every home football game and participated in numerous events outside of school such as parades. They also had a leading role in this year's Relay for Life event.
Lara, along with her Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Cadet Command Sgt. Major Jamal Hill, led the JROTC to place first in unarmed exhibition drill, third in unarmed regulation drill, third in armed regulation drill and fourth in overall inspection of cadets at a competition in Little Rock, Ark. in May. They competed against 15 other JROTC programs from Arkansas.
The battalion-sized organization is comprised of approximately 160 cadets, with four companies having two platoons each.


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These Cakes Are Not Wrecks (But They Play Them on TV)
So I had an "industry insider*" send me a bunch of photos a while ago from various TV shows celebrating their 100th episode or whatnot. Sadly, there's not much Wreckage here to report (although the Charmed & Boston Legal ones are a little rough), but I thought you might find them interesting anyway. Of course, I have been known to be wrong before...
I like all the medical implements placed around the cake - particularly the little metal tray thingie. I remember throwing up into a larger version of one of those after getting my tonsils removed as a child. [gazing off wistfully] Ah, memories. 'Course, I never thought I'd associate that particular memory with cake, though.
Many thanks to my anonymous industry insider!
*And let me tell ya: I've always wanted one of those.