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From that shop, Riley said, "I nailed more little boats together and floated them down the creek than even most boat builders ever put together in a lifetime."
He describes his sewing skills, however, as "minimal," which is how he ended up portraying a woodcarving character for several years at renaissance fairs. Around 2001, after helping with site work on the then-new Kansas City (Missouri) Renaissance Festival, Riley decided he wanted to play a character. The need was for street characters, and the easiest costume to make was a "sack dress" -- which became a cassock for "Brother William."
As part of his character portrayal, he began carrying a carving knife hung from his belt and would "pick up a stick off the ground and carve a flower and hand it to people." Eventually, he made some adaptations -- the knife at the belt was "too close to little hands," and kids would be handing him a stick they'd found -- after pulling off the poison ivy leaves. Riley as Brother William eventually made a knife holder in the end of his staff, with a little hole for a drill bit, and carried his own supply of sticks in a quiver.
"Every once in a while, a little kid would say, very quietly, 'I wish I could do that.'" With the parents' permission, Riley would take the child aside. "Rule Number One is 'always think about where the knife is going to go if you slip,'" he said. "I gave them pointers. Then we'd do one with them holding onto my hands, one with me holding onto their hands, and they'd do one.
"One of my proudest moments was with a little girl who was badly burned in her early years. I had talked to her mom and asked if a carving knife would be OK." On the family's next visit, Riley had made a carving knife slightly modified to fit the girl's hand, with a pouch from a leatherworker. "She sat down and promptly made a flower. The mom was pleased as punch, because she needed to exercise. This was something that she wanted to do that accomplished something she had to do. It was a win-win all the way around."
Riley no longer does renaissance festivals : "I started out in the 70s as an auto and diesel mechanic and broke enough fingers that they're stiff and sore all the time, and then spent 30 weekends a year from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. carving flowers; it pretty much tore up my hands," he said. "I'm paying for it now, but I wouldn't have it any other way."
And, that doesn't mean he's not doing woodworking. His current project, for example, involves trying to figure out how to rebuild a sewing machine cabinet with drawers shaped like partial ovals. "It's an interesting thought process that's been going on for about two or three months."
In general, Riley says, "I plan things in my head for a long time before they ever get going." And then, once it's built, it's unlikely he'd build that project again. "I'll do it until I get it right, but I won't do a second once I get it right," he said. "I rarely do pairs. If I do, I'll do drawings and I'll make a piece and a silhouette, and I'll give the person both pieces and the piece of cardboard with the drawing."
He did make several cedar sake cups for his wife to present to teachers in Japan as part of an exchange program -- but at the time, he was also turning 2"-diameter plates for a friend who likes to collect dollhouse-sized items.
Riley has been turning for quite some time: his very first homemade tool was a lathe he created in the 1960s with the motor and turntable from a record player he purchased at an auction. He presented that lathe to his parents as a Christmas gift; the following year, on Father's Day, his dad went out and bought a commercially manufactured wood lathe. "We assembled it, bought a motor, set it up on a bench in the garage, and then he said, 'OK, I'm done playing with it,' and walked off and left it to me," Riley said.
He has also done quite a bit of carving -- in addition to the flowers done as Brother William, he went through a series of homemade carving knives for a while. He would get a finished product, and then, "I would try it, and it wouldn't be quite right. I'd take it to the woodcarvers' group and somebody would say, 'That's pretty nice,' and I'd say, 'OK, it's yours.' I gave away a lot that didn't quite fit me, but if they fit somebody else, by golly, I'm better off letting them have it."
Riley's projects have been made out of a variety of wood. "I love sycamore because of the way it smells; it has fond memories for me," he said. "In Oklahoma below the dam where I learned to swim, it smelled like that all the time." Other than that, however, he'll pick "anything that has wild grain and that looks fun. If it looks good, I'm going to stick it in a corner, and it'll get used for something."


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Max 500-psi Compressor
At 500 psi, Max's 2.6 gallon twin-pontoon tank holds more air than the author's standard 9-gallon compressor (at left), but it doesn't refill the tank as quickly.
Since the Max weighs just 46.3 pounds, it's easy to unload from a pickup and move around the job site.
The Max's convenient control panel allows you to select the power mode with the push of a button. It also indicates problems and lets you know when it's time to rebuild.
To drain air and water from both pontoons, you turn a single easily accessible lever.
The standard hose (at right) and high-pressure hose (at left) have different male fittings to prevent mix-ups. The high-pressure fitting is closed at the end, with two small opposing holes on the sides; this arrangement prevents a pressurized hose from whipping around when it's disconnected from an outlet.
High-pressure pneumatics can really pay off at the business end. The compact tools are lighter and more powerful than their standard counterparts.
I was introduced to the Max PowerLite high-pressure pneumatic fastening system in 2007 while testing framing nailers for Tools of the Trade magazine. A Max 400-psi tool was included in the mix, and the company's AKHL1050E 400-psi compressor arrived along with it. Max had introduced the world's first 400-psi system in Japan back in 1994 - and brought it to the U.S. in 2003 - but I had never seen anything like it. Built for efficiency and ease of operation, the system was compact, lightweight, and extremely powerful.
The oilless compressor drew 15 amps, weighed just 51.7 pounds, and had a 2.6-gallon twin-pontoon tank that held as much air as a standard 8.3-gallon tank at 100 psi. It also had two standard and two high-pressure outlets with a separate regulator for each pair so it could operate both types of tools simultaneously.
Max is now replacing that compressor with the even lighter and more efficient AKHL1230E, and that's the version my crew and I recently test-drove. Here's what we learned.
Size: 14 5"8 inches wide by 21 1"2 inches long by 12 1"2 inches high
Weight: 46.3 pounds
Amps: 13
Decibels: 73 or 68
Air tank: 2.6 gallons
Maximum pressure: 500 psi
Cfm: 3.5 @ 100 psi, 2.8 @ 300 psi
Outlets: Two standard, two high-pressure
Price: $1,790
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The new 1230E weighs 46.3 pounds - less than a box of 16d sinkers - and is easy to carry with one hand. Like its predecessor, it has two standard and two high-pressure outlets and a 2.6-gallon twin-pontoon air tank. But the new model has three power modes instead of one.
In Normal mode, the 1230E cuts in when the pressure drops to 360 psi and shuts off at 420 psi, providing enough air for most applications. But if you need a boost - such as when you're nailing 23"32-inch subfloor to I-joists - you can switch to High Power. In that mode, the compressor cuts in at 435 psi and keeps pumping until it reaches 500 psi. At 500 psi, the tank stores as much air as a standard 10-gallon compressor at 100 psi.
The unit hums along at only 73 decibels when running full blast. But if you're, say, doing punch work in an occupied home, you can switch to Quiet mode. That drops the speed of the motor from 3,300 to 2,200 rpm and emits no more than 68 decibels, making the compressor about as loud as a common household vacuum cleaner.
The DC brushless motor includes an inverter circuit that measures voltage and adjusts the motor speed accordingly. If you're running a table saw off the same power source, for instance, the 1230E won't just kick in and blow the breaker - instead, it'll sense the low-voltage condition and adjust its motor speed to use only the available current, essentially waiting its turn until you've made your cuts.
Most high-volume electric compressors must be plugged directly into the power source to ensure adequate voltage. The 13-amp Max can be powered through a 12-gauge extension cord, and it can be set up as far away as 50 feet from the power source. This feature is especially helpful on crowded construction sites where space around the power pole is limited.
The control panel is located on top of the unit between the two regulators and their flush-mounted gauges; you can monitor the compressor at a glance and easily change the power settings with the push of a single button. One LED light tells you the unit is turned on, another (accompanied by beeps) warns of overheating or low voltage, and a third indicates when maintenance is due.
Foolproof hoses. The high-pressure outlets accept high-pressure hoses only, so there's no danger of connecting a standard tool to a high-pressure outlet.
Normally if you disengage a standard hose from a pressurized compressor and let go, it will flail until the air pressure inside the hose is exhausted. Getting smacked in the shin by a metal coupling propelled at 120 psi hurts - so think how much more it would hurt if the hose were pumped up to 320 psi. Max apparently thought about this problem and designed a unique coupling to deal with it. Whereas a standard male hose fitting is open at the end and exhausts all the pressure in line with the hose, Max's high-pressure male fitting is capped at the end and has two small exhaust ports, one on either side, to help cancel out the force. If you release one of these pressurized hoses and let go, it typically falls to the ground and lays still as the air pressure dissipates.
Easy drainage lever. Draining the air and water from compressor tanks each day helps prevent rusting. With my standard twin-tank compressors, I have to reach underneath each tank to find the drain valves. Not only that, but the valves themselves are often inoperable, because they're located in a place where they're vulnerable to damage. The 1230E has an easily accessible and better-protected ball valve. You simply turn the lever and both tanks drain.
If you dial high-pressure tools down to the lowest operating pressure that gets the job done - as recommended by Max - standard and high-pressure pneumatic tools will normally draw about the same volume of air from the 1230E's tank. In other words, you can push either type of tool at about the same pace before the tank begins to refill.
However, even though the 2.6-gallon tank holds as much air as a standard 10-gallon tank, it can't power as many tools. The Max delivers 3.5 cfm (cubic feet per minute) of air at 100 psi and 2.8 cfm at 300 psi. My standard Rolair 9-gallon wheelbarrow compressors deliver 6.9 cfm at 100 psi. That means a $700 Rolair can power a bigger crew than the Max can.
We tested the 1230E on a framing project at 5,500 feet above sea level using one standard and one high-pressure nailer. The carpenters worked at a steady, productive pace and didn't challenge the compressor at all. We also ran two standard trim nailers at 7,500 feet. At that altitude the thinner air handicapped the compressor by about 25 percent from its performance at sea level, but even so, we had to work hard to make it power up. Based on our tests and my prior experience with the Max PowerLite system, I'm confident I could run a small framing or siding crew or a production trim crew with the 1230E.
The 1230E is an exceptionally well-designed and solidly built compressor. But it lists for almost $1,800, an investment that makes sense only if you already run high-pressure pneumatics - or plan to convert to them completely. Max's high-pressure air hose costs about $1 per foot, and its 400-psi tools cost about $550 to $1,080 each. If I suddenly lost all of the standard compressors, hoses, and tools I've accumulated over the past three decades in a natural disaster, I'd seriously consider using my insurance money to go 100 percent high-pressure. Barring that, the cost of the PowerLite system puts it out of my reach.
Michael Davis owns Framing Square in Conifer, Colo.
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it's pretty basic, just a black dress and of course my hat!
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December 29, 2010
Soo...here's today's outfit of the day
this is one of my new dresses that I got shopping a few days ago (i got that hat at that same time) I reeeally loove this outfit, i think it makes me look more sophisticated.
I also just gotta show you my eyes, cause I love them today
it's kinda hard to see but I used pinks today and didn't put on as much eyeliner, if you're wondering how I did this look or in general if you're wondering how I do my hair, makeup or even where I get my clothes just message me and I'll let you know. All I'm gonna say about my makeup here is that for the base colour of this i used one of the colours in my new Kat Von D palette (it's the tattoo chronicles palette volume 1 btw) and I absolutely ADORE that palette I'm definately gonna buy it again when I use it all up and I got it for an AMAZING price ($51 canadian, it would be cheaper in the US, just so you know, idk about other countries). So yeah I think that the eyes i did today make me look sorta like a doll so I've decided that I wanna be a barbie doll next halloween just so that I can do these eyes.
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BUTLER — Kassandra Leann Weirich, 6, of Keller Road, Butler, passed away Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, after a brief illness.
She was born Sept. 30, 2003, in Springfield, Mo., to Michael and Rachel (Gingerich) Weirich. Kassandra's family moved to Ohio in 2005. Her parents are members of the Living Hope Conservative Mennonite Church near Ankenytown, where she enjoyed Sunday School. She was looking forward to starting first grade with her friends, but God saw fit to call her home to himself instead. We rest in God's sovereignty in this sudden death.
In addition to her parents, Kassandra is survived by a twin sister, Klarissa; a younger sister, Lakisha; and a brother, Zachary.
She was preceded in death by an uncle, Philip Weirich; and an aunt, Crystal Weirich.
Friends may call today from 7 to 9 p.m. or Saturday, Aug. 28, from 2 to 4 or 6 to 8 p.m. at the Living Hope Mennonite Church, 12683 Yankee St., just west of Ankenytown. A funeral will begin Sunday, Aug. 29, at 10 a.m. at the church with Bennie Hostetler and Levi A. Miller officiating.
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SPOKANE, Wash. -- A deputy with the Spokane County Sheriff's Office has been arrested for 2nd Degree Domestic Violence and 2nd Degree Assault according to Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich. He identified the deputy as Detective Dale Toliver.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office said Toliver is suspected of committing an assault near Odessa, Washington early Sunday morning.
The Lincoln County Sheriff said Toliver and his girlfriend were a guest in a home in Odessa when the owner called 911. Officials said Toliver was assaulting his girlfriend and the homeowner stepped in and was also assaulted.
Authorities said the homeowner fought Toliver off and did significant damage to his right eye. Toliver was transported to an area hospital.The woman and homeowner were also injured but they did not go to the hospital.
Sheriff Knezovich said Toliver made arrangements to surrender to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office at 1:30 p.m. Friday.
Toliver was later in court to be arraigned. He pleaded not guilty.Toliver was booked and later released.
The Sheriff told KREM 2 News that this is a serious matter and they are investigating it to the fullest.
Toliver was placed on paid administrative leave. The Spokane County Sheriff will be conducting an internal investigation to determine if Toliver's actions violated policies of the Sheriff's Officer.


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Study -- Texas' teacher merit pay program hasn't boosted student performance
By Terrence Stutz, The Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN – For the $300 million spent on merit pay for teachers over the last three years, Texas was hoping for a big boost in student achievement.
But it didn't happen with the now-defunct program, according to experts hired by the state.
The Texas Educator Excellence Grant, or TEEG, plan did not produce the academic improvements that proponents – including Gov. Rick Perry – hoped for when the program was launched with much fanfare in 2006, a new report from the National Center on Performance Incentives said.
"There is no systematic evidence that TEEG had an impact on student achievement gains," said researchers for Texas A&M University, Vanderbilt University and the University of Missouri.
The study focused on flaws in the way the program was designed and did not conclude whether merit pay for teachers in general is a good idea. A spokeswoman for Perry, who established a pilot merit pay program four years ago that grew into the TEEG program, said the governor still endorses the concept of performance-based pay.
"The governor supports incentivizing our best teachers through merit pay and he worked with the Legislature to consolidate these programs into one with an increase in total funding," said Allison Castle, a Perry spokeswoman.
The researchers examined reading scores on the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills for more than 140,000 students at schools participating in the program.
The TEEG plan, which provided incentive pay for teachers at about 1,000 campuses a year in lower-income neighborhoods, was discontinued by the Legislature after the 2008-09 school year because of design problems.
Until the national center report, however, there had been no analysis of whether the merit pay plan was working to improve student achievement – as shown by TAKS scores.
Lori Taylor of Texas A&M, one of the authors of the study, said one possible cause of the program's failure was that bonuses were relatively small and were given to most teachers at each school – about 70 percent – so that the incentive for individual teachers to push for higher scores was "relatively weak."
In addition, campuses that qualified already had to be higher performers, so it was difficult to register much improvement. "There were no significant declines at the schools, but there were no significant improvements, either," Taylor said.
The researchers also found little impact on another aim of the program: reducing teacher turnover.
Researchers note that in the first year of the program, teachers who received larger-than-average bonuses were less likely to leave their school. But most teachers received payments that were far less than what the state recommended.
While the Texas Education Agency recommended a minimum bonus of $3,000 and a maximum bonus of $10,000 for top teachers, school districts paid an average of $1,982 the first year of the program and $2,094 the second.
That indicates school districts decided to spread the money around rather than give it to a smaller, select group of teachers.
"We're not surprised by the findings," said Richard Kouri of the Texas State Teachers Association. "We predicted the program would be a flop, and that's what it turned out to be."
Still, he added, it put extra money in some teachers' pockets, so it wasn't all bad.
Although lawmakers discontinued TEEG, they provided nearly $200 million a year for another merit pay plan that began last year – the District Awards for Teacher Excellence, or DATE. Several North Texas districts, including Dallas, are participating in what is one of the largest merit pay plans in the nation.
In all, about one in five districts in the state signed up for the program and has distributed the first bonuses – based on 2009 TAKS scores and other factors – to qualifying teachers this fall. More than 800 districts skipped the plan last year, but some are opting in this year.
But teacher groups remain skeptical of the new plan, particularly its heavy reliance on student test scores – also a key feature of the TEEG plan.
"The problem is that these tests aren't designed for this purpose," said Jennifer Canaday of the Association of Texas Professional Educators. "You can't take a snapshot of students' performance on one day and extrapolate from that whether their teacher is highly effective over the entire school year."
One of the biggest problems in the TEEG plan was the stringent eligibility criteria, which caused significant turnover among participating schools from year to year. And that, researchers say, severely handicapped the program.
"The volatile participation rates was one of the biggest problems as large numbers of schools were in one year and out the next mainly because of the eligibility criteria," Taylor said.
Taylor said the new DATE plan will avoid the pitfalls that plagued its predecessor because eligibility guidelines are not as rigid and districts have more discretion in using the funding.
Under the DATE plan, at least 60 percent of the funds must be used for bonuses based on student performance. Remaining funds can be used as stipends for teachers at hard-to-staff schools or in high-demand subjects such as math and science. Stipends can also be paid to teacher mentors and for professional development.
In addition to the Dallas school district, which is getting $10.5 million a year in DATE funds, a dozen other area districts also are participating. Among them are Garland, Irving, Mesquite, Plano and Richardson.
TEEG: The Texas Educators Excellence Grant plan was for teachers in schools with a high percentage of low-income students. It involved an estimated 50,000 teachers at 1,148 campuses in its first year and similar number of teachers and campuses in its second and third years. Teachers received average bonuses of $1,982 in the first year and $2,094 in the second year, far less than the $3,000 to $10,000 range recommended by the Legislature. Bonuses for this past year were distributed this fall. Districts were not required to match the funds.
DATE: The District Awards for Teacher Excellence plan began last year and was open to all school districts, but only one in five chose to participate, including Dallas. The plan recommended a minimum $3,000 bonus per teacher and was designed to provide enough money to reward as many as 50,000 teachers – about one of every six in Texas – for improved test scores and other signs of student achievement. Some funds can also be used to recruit teachers to hard-to-staff schools or in high-demand subjects like math and science. There is more state funding this school year, and more districts are opting in. The grants require a local match.
SOURCE: Dallas Morning News research
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WASHINGTON (BP)--Planned Parenthood recorded nearly 20,000 more abortions and not even half as many adoption referrals in 2008, according to a new report.
The fact sheet released from Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) showed its affiliates performed 324,008 abortions in 2008, the latest year for which statistics have been reported by the organization. PPFA reported doing 305,310 abortions in 2007. The 2007 total was an increase from 2006, when the country's leading abortion provider reported 289,750 of the procedures.
Meanwhile, the latest fact sheet showed PPFA made only 2,405 adoption referrals in 2008. It recorded 4,912 adoption referrals in 2007.
"Keep in mind that Planned Parenthood is a business making a very clear business decision," said Rita Diller, national director of American Life League's Stop Planned Parenthood International project. "Abortion is its most lucrative 'service,' and like all businesses, Planned Parenthood is simply maximizing its profits from its primary moneymaker."
The fact that PPFA "is in the business of killing preborn children" is "macabre," Diller said in a Sept. 9 written release publicizing Planned Parenthood's new statistics. "Each one of those 324,008 abortions took the life of a unique, innocent and unrepeatable human person."
PPFA received about $350 million in government grants and contracts during the 2007-08 financial year. It has yet to release its financial report for 2008-09.
Planned Parenthood's abortion figures include those performed by surgical means in its clinics, as well as those done by use of the abortion pill RU 486.
PPFA may be responsible for far more abortions, however. For instance, its affiliates distributed about 1.44 million "emergency contraception" kits in 2008. "Emergency contraception," also known as the "morning-after" pill, works to restrict ovulation in a woman, but it also can act after conception, thereby causing an abortion. This mechanism of the drug blocks implantation of a tiny embryo in the uterine wall.
MD. SUSPENDS ANOTHER DOCTOR -- The Maryland Board of Physicians suspended another abortion doctor's medical license Sept. 8, soon after it took similar action against three other abortion providers.
The board disciplined Romeo Ferrer, 69, as a result of his failure to care properly for a 21-year-old woman who died after he performed an abortion on her in 2006. She was 16 weeks pregnant. The board found Ferrer gave her too much anesthesia and failed to monitor her condition according to his own policy.
The Philadelphia (Pa.) Inquirer reported Sept. 3 that the Maryland board: 1) ordered Steve Brigham, who operates 15 abortion clinics in four states and is unlicensed to practice medicine in Maryland, to stop performing abortions in the state; 2) suspended the license of George Shepard Jr., part-time director of Brigham's Maryland clinics, for unprofessional conduct and aiding Brigham in defying credentialing mandates; and 3) suspended the license of Nicola Riley, who has been traveling from Utah to Maryland every other week to do abortions in a Brigham clinic, after she injured a woman during an abortion.
An Aug. 17 police raid of one of Brigham's Maryland clinics uncovered frozen aborted babies as much as 36 weeks' gestation. Police also raided Brigham's clinic in Voorhees, N.J., which is near Philadelphia, Pa.
LA. PENALIZES CLINIC -- The state of Louisiana revoked the abortion facility license of a Shreveport clinic Sept. 3, making it the first one to face closure under a law enacted earlier this year.
The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (LDHH) ordered the Hope Medical Group for Women to stop performing abortions immediately, according to The Shreveport Times. Under the new law, the abortion clinic must surrender its license in 30 days if it does not appeal the revocation.
At an unannounced survey of the clinic Aug. 11-13, LDHH found the clinic did not perform physicals on women prior to their abortions and did not have qualified personnel to administer anesthesia or monitor patients' conditions while under anesthesia.
"The violations were so egregious and so consistent that we felt it was necessary to order them to cease and desist immediately," said Anthony Keck, LDHH's interim secretary, The Times reported.
BLACK LEADERS APPEAL -- Black pro-life leaders have called on President Obama and Congress to remember unborn children when they seek to revitalize the economy.
"We urge an immediate end to all abortion funding with taxpayer money," Day Gardner, president of the National Black Pro-life Union, said in a Sept. 9 written release. "Let's use our hard earned tax dollars to renew the spirit of our nation by helping [Americans] live -- not die!"
Dean Nelson, executive director of the Network of Politically Active Christians, said legislators "who focus on the economy must ensure that their actions encourage the birth and not the termination of the next generation who will have to pay for all the debt we are now incurring."
Since taking office in 2009, Obama has revoked pro-life spending policies that barred federal funds for groups overseas that promote abortion. The federal government also has continued to grant money to abortion providers such as the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
40 DAYS SETS RECORD -- The 40 Days for Life campaign that will begin Sept. 22 will have the most locations in its short history.
The pro-life effort, which has occurred twice a year since the fall of 2007, consists of 40 days of prayer and fasting to end abortion, as well as community outreach and peaceful prayer vigils outside abortion clinics.
This fall's campaign, which will end Oct. 31, will be at 238 sites. Those include locations in 46 states, six Canadian provinces, Australia, Denmark, England and Northern Ireland.
According to 40 Days for Life, here are some of the reported results from the six previous campaigns:
-- 2,811 unborn babies have been saved from abortion.
-- 35 abortion clinic employees have quit their jobs.
-- Six abortion clinics have closed after 40 Days efforts.
Locations for this fall's 40 Days outreach may be found at http://www.40daysforlife.com/location.cfm.
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Abramson Eliminates More than 660 Positions In Metro Government Workforce
Wednesday May 28, 2003
Mayor Jerry Abramson today announced that he will eliminate more than 660 unneeded positions in Louisville Metro Government, saving more than $10 million in the budget he will propose on Thursday.
About 75 percent of the cuts--520 positions--were made by eliminating vacancies, many held open as a result of a four-month hiring freeze. The remaining 140 job cuts require layoffs, and employees yesterday began getting notice that their jobs will be eliminated June 30.
"It won't be an easy time for the employees or the supervisors who deliver the news," Abramson said during a Wednesday news conference. "It will not be easy for the co-workers who will have to pick up the slack and the managers who will have to do more with less."
Eliminating duplication is the chief reason for the workforce reduction, Abramson said.
Departments throughout the merged government simply have more people than necessary to do the job. However, declining revenues resulting from a continuing national economic decline also make it necessary to act now, he said.
"We should do more with less because that will fulfill the promise of merger," Abramson said. "We must do more with less because the realities of a sputtering national economy demand it."
The eliminated positions include more than 300 full-time positions and 360 part-time and seasonal positions, Abramson said.
The 140 employees who get layoff notices this week will be added to the government's talent pool and get "priority consideration" for positions that need to be filled in other areas of government. Those employees also will get job placement assistance and help with paperwork for continuing health benefits under federal law.
Abramson said that today's announcement will not be the end of efforts to streamline the new government and eliminate duplication, changes that may result in additional layoffs.
In some areas where layoffs are occurring, Abramson said the new government is outsourcing the services provided to private companies "that are more cost-efficient and effective for taxpayers."
In addition to the position cuts, the mayor announced that non-union employees will not receive pay raises and he challenged union employees to "share in the pain in years to come" by agreeing to new contracts that include no pay raises for the first year. Union employees will get pay raises in the upcoming year, ranging from 4 percent to 6 percent, under the terms of 26 multi-year contracts carried over from the old city and county governments. The cost to taxpayers is about $7 million, not including health insurance benefit increases.
"As each of the 26 union contracts expires, workers can expect the first year of the renegotiated contract to include no pay raise," Abramson said. "I've long supported unions and unions have supported me. But that's the only fair thing to do."
Abramson also announced that all non-union employees will begin working 40 hours a week as of July 1. The longer workweek, which will come without pay increases, will also be a key topic in renegotiating union contracts.
Based on comparative research, Abramson said most Louisville Metro Government employees who work 35 or 37.5 hours a week are already compensated at levels on par with private sector employees working 40-hour workweeks. "Most people who pay our salaries work at least 40 hours a week and expect the same from us," Abramson said.
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In his first speech before the United Nations General Assembly Taur Matan Ruak, President of the Republic, praised the "remarkable successes" of the decades-long partnership between Timor-Leste and the UN
The Ministry of State Administration (MoSA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today signed an agreement to work together on a new initiative that will improve the resilience of local infrastructure against climate change and variability
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched its Asia-Pacific Regional Report 'Leveraging Change for Better Lives' in New York today, highlighting a string of successful programmes implemented between 2008 and 2012 in the region.
Representatives from government ministries, NGOs, donor agencies and development partners met today to exchange ideas and expertise at an inception workshop for the new project, Strengthening Community Resilience to Climate-Induced Natural Disasters Along the Dili-Ainaro Road
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New York, 3 September, 2013- Mr. Haoliang Xu assumes his role as the new Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on 3 September 2013.
Climate change poses a severe threat to future growth and development in Timor-Leste and will require targeted mitigation and adaptive measures at the national and local levels to protect the country's economy, infrastructure and overall progress. This according to the final draft of the Initial National Communication on Climate Change or INC, the first in a series reports that will serve to develop a long-term Strategy and Action Plan to assess and mitigate the impact of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) and address climate-related vulnerabilities.
Timor-Leste's Courts have launched the first systematized training program specifically designed for court staff. This major new training initiative, supported by system-wide procedural improvements, will involve all administrative staff and is based on a comprehensive needs assessment designed to ensure consistent implementation across all judicial districts.
Dili - Leaders from the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) returned on Monday 5 August from Nepal where they had been learning firsthand about that country's peace-building and social cohesion practices. The week-long study tour provided both of the post-conflict countries with a rare opportunity to share the challenges, opportunities and best practices each has experienced in peace-building and state-building.
Mr. Knut Ostby met today with H.E. Mr. Taur Matan Ruak, President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, as the new Resident Coordinator of the United Nations and Resident Representative of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Timor-Leste.
UNDP Administrator Helen Clark has strongly condemned the attack today on the UN Common Compound in Mogadishu, Somalia, where UNDP personnel were among the casualties.
To kick-off this year's effort, UN Volunteers sponsored a one-day briefing for the students of Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa'e (UNTL) to enhance their ability to engage rural communities, especially youth, during their field work in the districts and empower them to solve their challenges.
The UNDP, UNFPA and the Provedoria for Human Rights and Justice (PDHJ) will host a training programme on HIV and AIDS in Timor-Leste and the potential human rights issues that can impact those living with the diseases.
More than 200 hundred men, women and children gathered in Timor Plaza today to participate in Our Family, Our Future", an interactive theatre forum performance that focuses on domestic violence prevention.
UNDP Justice System Programme (JSP), NGOs, PRADET, AlFela, Hametin Lia Tatoi (HLT) and the National Police Force's Investigator hold legal outreach and training sessions for Covalima students.
The final version of the revised land law package will be presented to the public prior to being sent to the Council of Ministers for debate.
João Rui Amaral, Secretary General of the National Parliament, today conferred Certificates of Merit on 21 members of the Secretariat staff that successfully completed the Parliamentary Training Programme on Economics, Public Finance and Budget Management.
The 2013 Human Development Report (HDR) says Asian countries at the forefront of the 'Rise of the South' must address ageing, the environment and inequality to sustain current progress. The 2013 HDR indicates that Timor-Leste has made important strides in human development.
The Secretary General of the National Parliament will today inaugurate a training programme designed to strengthen the capacity and knowledge of Members of Parliament and Secretariat staff in the areas of economics, public finance and budget management.
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The massive data breach that hit Target last week may have grown in scope with the revelation that those responsible may have also stolen encrypted PIN numbers from their victims.
One payment executive at Target told Reuters Thursday that, in addition to the millions of compromised credit and debit card numbers, PIN number data -- although encrypted -- was also swiped.
"Target, at this point, may or may not understand the information that truly has been compromised," Mark Lanterman, CEO and chief technical officer of Computer Forensic Services, commented.
Already, at least one bank has admitted it is concerned the thieves could crack the code and make fraudulent withdrawals from its customer's accounts. That's why many banks are now urging customers to take even greater steps to protect themselves.
Target did confirm some encrypted data was stolen, but the company has not offered any details. Yet, whether or not the nation's third largest retailer knows or just isn't saying, Lanterman said he would not be surprised if the PIN numbers are also compromised.
"Even though I'm not personally involved in this investigation, I knew -- just from the use of the term 'track data' that PIN numbers were likely compromised," he said.
The sort of data that was affected is found on the magnetic strip on the back of most credit cards, and security blogger Brian Krebs, who first broke the story of the breach, said the data is already flooding the black market, fetching upwards of $100 per card.
"Think of the hackers as farmers. What they've done is they have collected their crop and now they're going to take it to market," Lanterman said.
The retail breach is already being hailed as the second-largest in U.S. history, with as many as 40 million credit and debit card users who shopped in stores between Nov. 27 and Dec. 15 affected by the theft. Yet, Target responded to the Reuters report by saying they have "no reason to believe that PIN data, whether encrypted or unencrypted, was compromised."
Regardless of whether PIN data was compromised or not, cyber security experts like Lanterman say this breach should serve as a wake-up call for both the industry and consumers alike.
"We've reached the point where the value of this information to the criminal element is so high that they will put a huge amount of time and effort and technology into getting the information," Alan Brill, computer security expert, said. "Until we make the transition to a more secure system, this is likely to continue to happen."
Until now, Target and card-issuing banks have urged customers to monitor their statements for suspicious activity; however, Lanterman cautions the only way to ensure affected customers won't be victimized further is to get a replacement card with a new number.
"Consumers need to take responsibility for their own security," he recommended. "If you have used a card at Target during this period of time, cancel it."
The investigation into the data breach remains ongoing. Both the U.S. Secret Service and the Department of Justice are involved.
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The agency announced late Friday roads throughout Illinois will be icy and those who have to travel should reduce speeds.
Conditions along Interstate 55 in central Illinois will be especially hazardous because of icy and snow-covered roadways.
Authorities say motorists should monitor road conditions before leaving and remember to keep emergency items in the car.
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MANKATO — The Vikings signed first-round wide receiver Percy Harvin to a five-year contract on Sunday.
Harvin's agent, Joel Segal, said his client was en route to Mankato this morning and the Vikings say Harvin will arrive in time for today's 3 p.m. practice. It's the Vikings only scheduled practice today. "Percy is excited to get to camp," Segal said. "He was talking about wanting to be at practice and getting ready to start helping the club win a lot of football games."
Harvin, the 22nd overall pick in the draft last April, missed the first two days of training camp (four practices) while negotiations between Segal and Vikings vice president of football operations Rob Brzezinski continued. Segal did not want to get into any specifics of the sticking points between the two sides. Segal also declined to give the financial terms of the contract. Running back Felix Jones, selected with the 22nd pick of the draft in 2008, received a $10.53 million contract with $7.67 million guaranteed and a $3.57 million signing bonus.
Harvin's arrival is expected to generate excitement in the Vikings camp. A multi-talented threat at the University of Florida, Harvin dropped into the second portion of the draft because of concerns about his character and about some injury issues he had in college. Harvin reportedly tested positive for marijuana at the NFL Scouting Combine in February.
Harvin's talent, though, caused the Vikings to stop his fall in the draft. Coach Brad Childress made a visit to Harvin's home shortly before the draft to talk to his family and came away convinced that Harvin was a player he wanted. Harvin was used both as a wide receiver and running back during his three seasons at Florida.
Harvin started 26 of 36 games he played at Florida and set school career records for wide receivers with 32 touchdowns (19 rushing, 13 receiving) and 1,852 career rushing yards. Harvin became the first player in Florida history with 1,000 rushing and 1,000 receiving yards in a career, passing both milestones during a sophomore season in which he earned all-SEC first-team honors.
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An Australian man and his brother learned the hard way that cage diving with sharks isn't as easy as it looks.
Shaun Harrington, 27, and his brother wanted to make an extreme video of them cage diving with sharks for their surfing and fishing clothing line called The Mad Hueys.
They were mad all right; mad for trying this crazy stunt.
It turns out that the sharks weren't in on the stunt. A shark actually swam up next to Harrington and tried to attack him and his cage.
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