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Oct. 13 - Milwaukee Magazine published an in-depth feature on concussion research being conducted by Michael McCrea, PhD. The article also reports on Dr. Kevin Walter's work to enact legislation dedicated to youth safety in contact sports. Milwaukee Magazine
Oct. 8 - Milwaukee Magazine published an extensive article about MCW's research in mild traumatic brain injury, or concussion. Michael McCrea, PhD, professor of neurosurgery and director of brain injury research; as well as Kevin Walter, MD, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and director of pediatric and adolescent sports medicine at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, were profiled in the piece. Milwaukee Magazine
Oct. 7 - MCW named Dr. Carole Street Vetter as the inaugural David S. Haskell, M.D., Endowed Professor in Orthopaedic Education. Dr. Haskell is a 1967 alumnus and served on MCW's Board of Trustees. Biz Times
Sept. 30 - MCW named Dr. Carole Street Vetter as the inaugural David S. Haskell, MD, Endowed Professor in Orthopaedic Education. Dr. Haskell is a 1967 alumnus and served on MCW's Board of Trustees. Becker's Orthopedic Review
Sept. 15 - Raj Rao, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), has been appointed chairperson of the Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Devices Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Aug. 06 - Dr. Kevin Walter tells WUWM-FM that with the right mix of rest and activity, most adolescent concussion patients recover in a few weeks and have no lasting impacts. WUWM-FM
July 29 - A story on WUWM-FM explores the increase in concussion in children nationwide, and prevention, treatment and research around youth concussion. Kevin Walter, MD, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery and director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Sports Medicine program at Children's Hospital, was interviewed for the story. WUWM-FM
July 02 - In an article Becker's Spine Review Dr. Raj Rao identifies multiple Center for Medicare Services mandates as a major factor driving spine surgeons to hospital employment. Becker's Spine Review
June 25 - In a study published in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, Anne Hoch, DO and colleagues report that of 257 U.S. colleges and universities participating in the study, only 9 percent had nine or more of the 12 Female Athlete Triad Coalition screening recommendations on their pre-participation exam forms. Medicine Net
June 25 - In an article in OnMilwaukee.com, Dr. Kevin Walter noted that one of major problems with pediatric sports concussions is self-reporting; athletes avoid reporting head injuries because they know that they will be removed from the game. On Milwaukee
June 19 - Dr. Kevin Walter discusses the possible risks of intense long-distance running training on children in a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
June 17 - OnMilwaukee.com kicked off Kids and Family week with a Q&A about concussion with Kevin Walter, MD. OnMilwaukee
May 22 - In a Consumer Reports article on "10 Ways to Stay Healthy on Vacation," Dr. Raj Rao counsels caution when hoisting heavy suitcases into an airplane's overhead bin. One News Page
May 21 - In a USA Today article on sports helmets, Dr. Kevin Walter cautions that sports helmet manufacturers are getting savvy and market their products in a manner that implies that the helmets prevent concussions. USA Today
April 30 - In an article in Becker's Spine Review, Dr. Raj Rao identified the biggest challenges facing spine surgeons today are the increased regulation of the practice of medicine, and decreased reimbursement of services. Becker's Spine Review
April 23 - CBS-TV news and multiple additional news outlets reported on a study by Dr. Shayne Fehr that found that girls who suffer a concussion may have more severe symptoms that last longer compared to boys. CBS News, Health Day and US News
Apr 14 - Girls who suffer concussions may have more severe symptoms that last longer than boys, according to new research published by Shayne Fehr, MD. US News & World Report
Apr 3 - Dr. Sean Tutton reported at the Society of Interventional Radiology's annual meeting that a new type of vertebral augmentation proved successful in a clinical trial in relieving pain for patients with spinal fractures caused by osteoporosis or weakened bones. The Seattle Times, Science Codex, & dailyRX
Already extremely active with his alma mater, a Medical College of Wisconsin alumnus has made a substantial gift to establish an endowed chair supporting teaching and training in orthopaedic surgery at MCW.
March 20 - Raj Rao, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery, was elected to the Board of Directors of the 38,000 member American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) at its 2014 annual meeting. A long-time active member of the academy, Dr. Rao has served in several leadership capacities including chair of the AAOS Diversity Advisory Board from 2011-2014 and as an Academy Leadership Fellow in 2005.
Mar 18 - Officials with the proposed Harmony Initiative said they are planning to save the Laacke & Joys buildings near downtown Milwaukee if they buy the property for their new arts and health care project. Milwaukee Business Journal
Mar 18 - Dr. Raj Rao has been elected to the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Becker's Spine Review
Mar 5- A Milwaukee Business Journal article on the Milwaukee Ballet's executive director provides background information on the proposed Harmony Initiative; a venture among MCW, the Milwaukee Ballet and UWM's Peck School of the Arts to establish a hub of wellness, healthcare and the arts at a location in downtown Milwaukee, including an MCW sports medicine clinic. Milwaukee Business Journal
Feb 25 - An article on Major League Baseball's website discusses the work of Milwaukee Brewers Head Team Physician Dr. William Raasch to prevent injuries. Major League Baseball News
Feb. 18 - Kevin Walter, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Program Director of Pediatric & Adolescent Sports Medicine at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, has been selected to serve as a member of the National Council on Youth Sports Safety (NCYSS) to direct Protecting Athletes and Sports Safety (PASS), a two-year initiative to combat the incidence of catastrophic injury among young athletes. The council, led by David Satcher, MD, former U.S. Surgeon General, will review existing research, explore alternative solutions, and develop a strategic plan for the implementation of national guidelines on youth sports safety.
Feb. 11 - Already extremely active with his alma mater, a Medical College of Wisconsin alumnus has made a substantial gift to establish an endowed chair supporting teaching and training in orthopaedic surgery at MCW.
Jan 13 - Froedtert & MCW's new Orthopaedic, Sports and Spine Center in Menomonee Falls will open on January 13. Milwaukee Business Journal
New Annual Report available for Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Trauma Center
Dec 13 - Kevin Walter, MD, discusses concussion symptoms, treatment and recovery in a Fox 6 report. WITI-TV
Dec. 12 - Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin Orthopaedic, Sports and Spine Center (OSSC) will welcome patients on Jan. 13, offering orthopaedic, sports medicine and spine services to residents of Menomonee Falls and surrounding communities.
Nov 26 - Dr. Raj Rao has been named to the Executive Board of Directors of the Lumbar Spine Research Society. TMCnet.com
Nov 26 - NBC-TV/Channel 4 reports on a rare rotationplasty procedure surgery performed by Dr. John C. Neilson with colleagues at Froedtert and Children's. 620WTMJ News Radio
Alumni who participate in medical education as volunteer clinical faculty members give students practical, life lessons to complement the science. Alumnus Dr. Mark Harlow returns to Milwaukee from South Dakota every year to teach and encourages other alumni to consider giving the gift of wisdom to the next generation.
Nov. 19 - Raj Rao, MD, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery at the Medical College of Wisconsin, was appointed to the Executive Board of Directors of the Lumbar Spine Research Society, where he also chairs the Ethics Committee
Nov. 12 - Michael McCrea, PhD, Professor of Neurosurgery, and Kevin Walter, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, were invited speakers at the American Academy of Pediatrics national conference and exhibition in October. They gave a presentation titled, Cutting Edge Management of Concussion.
Nov 8 - Dr. Kevin Walter provides an editorial comment in Family Practice News on the importance of an American Academy of Pediatrics clinical report that recommends school accommodations that should be made for students recovering from concussion. Family Practice News
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Why Have CRM, 1:1 Marketing, and Customer Experience Failed?
I am clear that CRM, 1:1 Marketing and Customer Experience have failed to deliver on the promises made by professors/academics, authors/gurus, consultants and technology vendors. Why? Given the choice between changing our way of showing up and operating in the world or changing our words, almost all of us get busy learning-speaking a new vocabulary.
I have been investigating the domains of 'digital marketing' and the 'marketing cloud'. In the process I have been listening to pitches made by marketing vendors. All the relationship-experience centred buzzwords are there: customer experiences, digital experiences, the mobile experience, customer engagement, customer relationships, responsiveness to customers….. Yet, to the listening of a skeptic like me, something lies hidden under this fine rhetoric.
If you dig underneath what is it that you might find? You might find that the narrative comes down to the following:
- We will put at your disposal an advanced scalable platform where you can suck in anything and everything that you have or can purchase on your customers (and prospects) to give you a 360 view of your customers irrespective of any concern-respect for the privacy of your customers.
We have great tools that allows you to set-up customer journeys and determine when you want to hit customers with your messages, and how often you want to hit them with these messages.
You can use our advanced decisioning engine to figure out what 'product', what offer, what message to push at your customer. And If the customer doesn't respond to that message then our engine will learn and use this learning to come up with a better-different-more attractive message.
We will put at your disposal the ability to send your messages to your customers 24/7/365 through any and every digital interaction channel that your customer uses. So there is no escape. Wherever the customer is, you can invade his privacy, and message him/her. And,
By doing this you will drive up your marketing effectiveness, make more money for your organisation and live happily every after because you have the tools to make your customers buy, buy, buy – from you.
This is not technology enabled relationship building. It shows up for me as direct marketing on steroids. It is the nightmare scenario that my coauthor and I envisaged back in 2001 when we were advocating and advising on 1:1 marketing. It occurs to me that this is technology enabled stalking/harassment: it is the epitome of the business as usual (transactional) way of showing up and travelling in the world.
How is this best summed up? Allow me to share these words of wisdom from David Maister:
What all these problems have in common is that firms are not only "in it for the money," but they want the money now! As a result, they talk a good game about long term relationship building marketing efforts, the truth is that these efforts are never really executed well unless they deliver results immediately.
Here is my prediction:
- marketers (and their IT advisors) will lap up the story being pushed by consultants and technology vendors;
only a subset of marketers will do what it takes to become competent at making this technology actually work;
those marketers who do figure out how to make this advanced technology actually work (or who use outside agencies with technology savvy) will bombard customers with messages; and
the novelty of this 'seduction' will wear off and customers will learn to tune out and/or work around the marketer's arsenal.
I have been wrong. And I may turn out to be wrong again. What do you think?
Vizolution: A great way to drive sales conversions and improve the customer experience?
I have mixed relationship with corporate technology given my first hand experience of it. It is true that technology is essential and it brings many benefits. It is also true that most corporate technology is complex and expensive to set-up and operate. Last, and perhaps most important is that it does not show up as being usable nor useful to the people on the front lines that have to use the technology. Put differently, from the user perspective the disadvantages outweigh the benefits. A great example of such a technology is enterprise CRM systems. Can Vizolution prove me wrong?
I met up with Marcio Rodrigues, Customer Propositions Director, at Vizolution to learn about this technology. Here is what I learned:
- Vizolution technology is being used by three of the top five UK banks and two of the top 5 insurance companies;
- According to customer surveys, customers (95% of them) like the experience that is generated through Vizolution;
- By using this technology financial services companies have increased sales conversions anywhere from 14% (mortgage conversion) to 93% (life insurance and critical illness); and
- The folks in compliance love Vizolution as it sends/receives files using 128 bit encryption, allows complex issues to be explained properly, and enables a consistent sales process.
Ok, the banks and insurance companies like it because it improves sales conversion and improves compliance. What I was interested in was the customer. Why do customers like it? What does Vizolution bring to the customer experience? This is what I learned:
- By being able to see what the sales agent is talking about customers feel more engaged in the process;
- The on screen visuals make it easier for the customer to understand the financial product being discussed; and
- The process of signing-up for a financial product is so much easier and quicker – there is no waiting for the paperwork to arrive by post, reviewing and signing it, waiting for approval.
By now you might be wondering what is Vizolution and what does it do. As I understand it, Vizolution:
- Is patent pending software that allows businesses to engage their customers in sales conversations through an instant, easy, screen sharing session via the internet;
- Is simple and quick – with just one click the sales agent can initiate a Vizolution session and it is just as easy for the customer; and
- bypasses the typical issues in installing screen sharing software locally and navigating around-through corporate firewalls.
My last question to Marcio was on costs: purchasing, installation, and use. What I can tell you is that the pricing showed up for me as being modest even cheap given the difference that this technology has made to sales conversion rates. At this point I could not help being a 'strategic consultant' and so I advised Marcio and his team to rethink the pricing!
If you want to learn more about Vizolution then I suggest that you contact Marcio. His email address is email@example.com
If you have used this software solution either as a manager, a sales agent or a customer then I'd love to hear from you. Please leave a comment.
Please note that I am taking a holiday over August and as such I do not expect to be writing any posts until September. I thank you for reading and hope you make August a great month for yourself and all the people you 'touch'.
Disclosure: I am happy to write about Vizolution as it occurs to me that this is a simple useful technology. I am not being paid, in any way, for writing this post. Please note that I am not promoting Vizolution and with every technology I encourage you to do your research before you buy.
WalkMe: a Great Way to Improve the User Experience and Harvest Business Benefits?
Issue: how do I do this online?
Travel is an essential part of my life as a management consultant and business advisor. Occasionally, whilst I am on my travels I get a call from either my wife or children asking me for help on getting some task done on the web. During these remote conversations I tend to be gripped by a sense of frustration and futility. Why? Because I get that the most effective way to help them, and not get another call, is to be by their sides guiding them through the job they want to get done online.
Solution: WalkMe?
This week I came across WalkMe and spoke with their Head of Marketing, Boaz Amidor. He tells me that the founder of WalkMe found himself in the same boat – his mother needed the help again and again – and this is what led him to create WalkeMe.
What is WalkMe™? It is an "interactive self-guidance technology that guides prospects, customers, employees or partners through any Web experience." As I understand it, WalkMe it sits on top of your website and as such does NOT need any integration or changes with the underlying site.
Why use it? If you use it intelligently – focussing on the scenarios/tasks that matter – then WalkMe reduces your customers' frustration of waiting for assistance, shortens the time it takes for support personnel to handle an incoming request and strengthens your company's support reputation. It also occurs to me that this technology can improve sales conversion as not all customers who want to buy from you call support when they cannot buy from you – some go elsewhere, I do!
How does it work? "Through a series of interactive tip balloons overlaid on the screen, tasks are broken down into short, step-by-step guided instructions, which help customers act, react and progress during their online experience. As a result, customer support managers can empower their customers to self-task successfully even through the most complex processes."
You can get an introduction to WalkMe by taking a look at a short demo video: http://vimeo.com/48888010
And , you can learn more about WalkMe and even try it for free. Check out www.walkme.com
What can you expect from the WalkMe team? Boaz Amidor told me that their customer support team is not called the customer support team, nor the customer services team. It is called the Customer Success team. Why? Because "The philosophy here is to make sure that our team is committed to the success of the customer. WalkMe brings the value and our team is here to ensure the success." I say that this resonates with my idea of service.
About WalkMe
WalkMe was founded in 2011, has offices in San Francisco and Tel Aviv. It is funded by Mangrove Capital Partners, Giza Venture Capital and Gemini Funds.
WalkMe recently WON the Red Herring Top 100 Award. Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring, said the following regarding WalkMe's win: "We looked at hundreds and hundreds of candidates from all across the continent, and after much thought and debate, narrowed the list down to the Top 100 Winners. Each year, the competition gets tougher but we believe WalkMe demonstrates the vision, drive and innovation that define a Red Herring winner."
WalkMe has been included in the list of "Cool Vendors" in the "Cool Vendors" in the CRM Customer Service and Social 2013″ by Gartner.
You Should Know
I am not a fan of complex technology, I have grappled with it (MIS, ERP, CRM, e-commerce) and it tends to be hard work to implement, and it rarely generates the promised benefits.
I am a fan of simple technologies that are easy to implement, simplify-enrich lives, and create value. This is how WalkMe showed up for me this week and this is why I agreed to write this post.
I am not being paid, in any shape or form, for writing this post. Or any other post that I have written to date. My commitment is to write from a context of service.
As with everything I write, I urge you to "try things out AND do your homework".
Customer-Centric Leadership: What Can We Learn From Jeff Bezos?
Jeff Bezos and Amazon have been in the news courtesy of Bezos latest letter to shareholders. If you have any interest in what constitutes a customer-centric orientation then I throughly recommend that you print out this letter and read it. If you are up for creating a customer-centric organisation then I recommend that you read this letter every day.
Annette Franz on Jeff Bezos and Customer Experience
Annette Franz over at CX Journey has a written an enthusiastic post referring to Jeff Bezos as a CX dream come true!. I recommend reading it, and I share one particular part of her post with you:
As a leader, Mr. Bezos shows that he's both the customer and the employee champion. Reading through the 2012 letter again, the following traits and qualities come to mind – all of which are certainly descriptive of a customer-centric culture:
- Trust
- Transparency
- Best interest of customers
- Integrity
- Honesty
- Not being opportunistic
- Customers ahead of shareholders
- Innovation
- Passionate
- Humble
- Proactive
- Delight
Do any of those describe your organization's values and culture?
Bruce Temkin on Amazon and the customer-centric blueprint
Bruce Temkin says that Bezos letter describes Amazon's customer-centric blueprint. Bruce picks up on Bezos strategy of making investments and sacrifices today (to benefit customers) knowing that some of these will pay of in the long term. There is one particular paragraph from Bruce's post that I share with you here as I say it goes to the heart of the customer-centric orientation (bolding is my work):
Bezos understands the value of Amazon's most critical asset, customer loyalty, which I've defined as the willingness to consider, trust, and forgive. That focus is what put Amazon.com on the top of the retail sector in the 2013 Temkin Experience Ratings. Great leaders focus on building that customer loyalty asset with the knowledge that it will generate the best returns for all stakeholders in the long run.
My take on Jeff Bezos, Amazon and the customer-centric orientation
I say that the core of authentic customer-centricity is a relentless ongoing commitment to creating compelling value for customers. What does Jeff Bezos say? Here is an extract from his 1997 letter (highlighting is my work):
From the beginning, our focus has been on offering our customers compelling value….. we set out to offer customers something they simply could not get any other way, and began serving them with books. We brought them much more selection than was possible in a physical store, and presented it in a useful, easy-to-search, and easy-to-browse format in a store open 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. We maintained a dogged focus on improving the shopping experience, and in 1997 substantially enhanced our store. We now offer customers gift certificates, 1-ClickSM shopping, and vastly more reviews, content, browsing options, and recommendation features. We dramatically lowered prices, further increasing customer value.
But we are not in 1997 and Amazon is now the gorilla of the online space not an upstart, a revolutionary. So lets take a look at the present situation. I say the real test of authentic customer-centricity is what you do when you have arrived, when you dominate the marketplace. I have worked with many large successful organisations. Again and again I have seen these organisations 'squeeze' the customer and take 'advantage' of the customer's trust or the customers weakness to maximise profits. Has Amazon fallen into this trap? Here are two paragraphs from the April 2013 letter:
When you pre-order something from Amazon, we guarantee you the lowest price offered by us between your order time and the end of the day of the release date…….. Most customers are too busy themselves to monitor the price of an item after they pre-order it, and our policy could be to require the customer to contact us and ask for the refund. Doing it proactively is more expensive for us, but it also surprises, delights, and earns trust.
In 2012, AWS [Amazon Web Services] announced 159 new features and services……. AWS Trusted Advisor monitors customer configurations, compares them to known best practices, and then notifies customers where opportunities exist to improve performance, enhance security, or save money. Yes, we are actively telling customers they're paying us more than they need to. In the last 90 days, customers have saved millions of dollars through Trusted Advisor, and the service is only getting started. All of this progress comes in the context of AWS being the widely recognized leader in its area – a situation where you might worry that external motivation could fail. On the other hand, internal motivation – the drive to get the customer to say "Wow" – keeps the pace of innovation fast.
Why has Amazon bucked the trend here? Why is Amazon not exploiting its dominant position? Why is Amazon not extracting value from its customer relationships to maximise short-term profits and drive up the share price?
My answer is that Bezos is not playing the profit maximisation game. I say that he is playing "maximise service not profits" game and as such he has built a culture and management doctrine that drives the appropriate thinking and behaviour. Here's what Jeff Bezos say in his l2013 letter:
One advantage – perhaps a somewhat subtle one – of a customer-driven focus is that it aids a certain type of proactivity. When we're at our best, we don't wait for external pressures. We are internally driven to improve our services, adding benefits and features, before we have to. We lower prices and increase value for customers before we have to. We invent before we have to. These investments are motivated by customer focus rather than by reaction to competition. We think this approach earns more trust with customers and drives rapid improvements in customer experience – importantly – even in those areas where we are already the leader.
I say there is value in simplicity. I say that there is value in exceeding customer expectations. I say that one of the best ways of exceeding customer expectations is to give customers more than they expect. I say that customers expect companies to play dirty and take advantage. I say a sure route to delighting customers is not to do this and instead treat people right. What does Jeff Bezos say?
To me, trying to dole out improvements in a just-in-time fashion would be too clever by half. It would be risky in a world as fast-moving as the one we all live in. More fundamentally, I think long-term thinking squares the circle. Proactively delighting customers earns trust, which earns more business from those customers, even in new business arenas. Take a long-term view, and the interests of customers and shareholders align.
In amidst all this content it is easy to miss what really matters: the context. So let's just take a look at the context. Between the 1997 letter and the 2013 letter, a span of 15+ years, there has been consistency:
- Leadership: Jeff Bezos continues to be in charge
- Focus: creating compelling value for customers
- Strategy: take calculated risks, innovate, invest today to create value for customers and look for payoff in terms of customer loyalty and market leadership in the longer run
- Management doctrine: the fundamental pillars of the management doctrine are set-out in the 1997 letter.


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Filed under: The Sanctuary, Utah | Tags: bunny house, volunteering
Hahaha, get it out of the way. Everyone that's heard me mention that I'd be volunteering in the bunny house has chuckled and made reference to Nevada's seedy tradition. Yes, I'm volunteering in a bunny house. No, it's not in any way related to a bunny ranch, Playboy bunnies or any other sex-related industry.
Now, on with the story.
Best Friends Animal Sanctuary has hundreds of bunnies (here are just a few) and only a handful of staff to care for them. They need volunteers to help out so I decided that's where I'd apply some time each month. It's not as high-profile an area as Dogtown, but I'm convinced that these bunnies are just as cute as any of the puppies at the sanctuary. And so, I'm spending two four-hour shifts per month at the sanctuary's Bunny House cleaning cages, helping to feed and water them and socializing with them (translation: holding and petting).
Of course my first day on the "job" it's one of the coldest days so far in Kanab and I've layered up with lined jeans, wool socks, three shirts, a coat and a hat. Good thing because I spent nearly two hours outside cleaning cages. The main bunny house has a population of bunnies that include some sick and less healthy ones, so the runs are two-part with an indoor area and an outdoor area. The outdoor areas are like bunny playpens with fleece throws and blankets, toys, wicker items for chewing and boxes to hide in. And poop. Lots of poop.
Did you know rabbits poop 300 times a day? That's why the motto when cleaning the runs is "Don't Look Back." And you shouldn't.
I got to work shaking out the throws and towels, sweeping up the poop, picking up toys, cage after cage. At first the bunnies were still inside, but as I worked my way down the line they started coming out to see what I was doing. That's how I came to meet Toodles, a big boy that's super friendly and just likes to snuggle with his run-mate. I also got some help cleaning from Kelso and Hyde, brothers who just couldn't help but hop around at my feet as I moved toys around and swept up their messes.
Fuzzy is by far my favorite little bunny, not because she's handicapable, but because she's just so darn friendly. She was born during the Great Bunny Rescue in Reno in 2006 and has a neurological disorder. She drags her two back legs behind her but that doesn't stop her from meeting people. In fact, staff member Burke said that because of her condition and the number of times she's been seen by vets she's used to people. That's a good thing because I really enjoyed playing with her while I cleaned her area.
Another great bunny that I don't have a photo of is Heathcliff. He's a tiny little bugger, just bigger than a softball, all black with little ears that lay back. Ah, so cute!
So for now, sue me for not taking my camera to get some good photos of my day, but watch for some in a few weeks after my next volunteering session.
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The New York Times has the best CEO compensation viewing tool ever. This is the best way to see how bloated the pay package of the U.S. company CEOs is.
My favorite CEO on the list is John Thain for managing to negotiate Merrill Lynch (MER - $42.60) shareholders out of $83 million for doing not much more than quitting his job at the NYSE and moving into his new office. I want this guy on my team next time I buy a car. Though, unless he considered me a charity case, I couldn't afford him.
In terms of good value CEO's, Steve Jobs, who pays himself $1 a year but owns $850 million in Apple (AAPL - $147.51) shares; Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK/A - $129,000), at $175,000 a year; and James Rogers of Duke Energy (DUK - $18.11) who took only $500,000 in perks and kept his job.
In the long run, it seems investing with CEO's more interested in creating shareholder value than increasing their own pay package is a great way to make money,
Disclosure: I own Apple (AAPL) and Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A). I do not own Merrill Lynch (MER) or Duke Energy (DUK). I have traded Merrill Lynch in the past year. I have not traded Duke Energy (DUK) in the past year but may buy it soon.


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Few would have expected James Anderson to claim 300 Test wickets when he took just five at the cost of 82.60 apiece in England's 5-0 whitewash at the hands of Australia in 2006/07.
Many felt that rubber was the chance for Anderson to finally establish himself for his country, four years on from showing his ability on the world stage as a 20-year-old with an array of dazzling performances.
Indeed, the series - somewhat strangely considering he was just 24 - appeared to represent something of a crossroads for the Lancastrian, and it is fair to say he did not fare well.
Australia's powerful batting line-up proved too much for a swing bowler struggling to get to grips with a changed front-on action, altered due to him having suffered stress fractures.
At the time, I worried for Anderson - whom it appeared may become one of sport's great unfulfilled talents.
The bowler on show was not the same man who famously swung the ball viciously late, at pace, against Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup to claim 4-29 in a breathtaking display; his delivery to castle Mohammad Yousuf - then named Yousuf Youhana - would sit happily alongside any of Waqar Younis' greats.
But as much as those efforts seemed a distant memory when Anderson was being dominated by Matthew Hayden et al, so to do his struggles during that dismal winter Down Under when he reached 300 Test wickets today.
It says a great deal for Anderson's mental strength, as much as skill, that he has become just the fourth England man to reach a triple-century of five-day scalps.
While others would have wilted after such personal disappointment, Anderson rallied, reverted back to his more familiar action, regained a place in the England team and has since become one of his generation's greatest bowlers.
It is perhaps fitting that his latest landmark - and most significant to date - was reached versus New Zealand, for it was against the same side that the turning point in his career came.
With England 1-0 down in a three-match series, Anderson celebrated his recall at Wellington with a 5-73 and helped the tourists emerge with a 2-1 triumph.
At the time, fans were facing a familiar questions: was this sort of display going to now become the norm, or would he revert to type and continue to prove inconsistent?
They would never ask, for Anderson was now a world-class performer rather than just a someone capable of world-class performances.
In the ensuing period, with his wickets in Wellington included and up until ousting Peter Fulton today, he had claimed 238 wickets at an average of 28.14, numbers that maybe still do not do justice to his consistency.
No longer was Anderson a man who only performed when the ball was swinging - although it usually does under his mastery - he could now effect the outcome in any conditions.
It is common at this kind of juncture to remember great performances, and there are many - particularly his quite outstanding showings as England beat Australia away for the first time since 1986/87 just over two and a half years ago, a redemption effort some might say.
Yet I remember the previous tour against the old enemy, because his memorable troubles make today all the more remarkable.
Who would have thought then that Anderson would end up having a very realistic chance of surpassing Sir Ian Botham's long-standing mark of 383 wickets?


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Educause Security Discussion
mailing list archives
[Please excuse the cross-posts. I wanted to make sure that the CIO,
ICPL, and Security communities had immediate access to this
announcement. Please let me know if you have any questions.]
The FERPA Final Rules appeared in today's Federal Register. See
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-28864.pdf (PDF) or
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-28864.htm (HTML). You may recall
that the proposed rules addressed issues ranging from the status of SSN
and student ID number as "directory information" to matters of "health
and safety emergencies" and the "notification of parents". We will
complete a more thorough analysis of the changes in the coming days, but
I urge you to share this announcement with your FERPA officer and legal
counsel and seek their advice regarding implementation.
A few of the important information technology and information security
items that we addressed in our written comments to the proposed rules
were addressed by the Department of Education as follows:
SSN's and Student ID - the Department said that "directory information
does not include a student's- (1) Social security number; or (2) Student
identification (ID) number, except as provided in paragraph (c) of this
section. (c) Directory information includes a student ID number, user
ID, or other unique personal identifier used by the student for purposes
of accessing or communicating in electronic systems, but only if the
identifier cannot be used to gain access to education records except
when used in conjunction with one or more factors that authenticate the
user's identity, such as a personal identification number (PIN),
password, or other factor known or possessed only by the authorized
user. (emphasis added)
Information Security - the Department said, "We acknowledge that there
are many sources available concerning information security technology
and processes. The Department does not wish to appear to endorse the
information or product of any company or organization; therefore, we
have included only Federal government sources in this notice." They
continue, "Although FERPA does not dictate requirements for safeguarding
education records, the Department encourages the holders of personally
identifiable information to consider actions that mitigate the risk and
are reasonably calculated to protect such information. Of course, an
educational agency or institution may use any method, combination of
methods, or technologies it determines to be reasonable, taking into
consideration the size, complexity, and resources available to the
institution; the context of the information; the type of information to
be protected (such as social security numbers or directory
information); and methods used by other institutions in similar
circumstances. The greater the harm that would result from unauthorized
access or disclosure and the greater the likelihood that unauthorized
access or disclosure will be attempted, the more protections an agency
or institution should consider using to ensure that its methods are
reasonable." (emphasis added)
Security Breach Notification - FERPA does not require an educational
agency or institution to notify students that information from their
education records was stolen or otherwise subject to an unauthorized
release, although it does require the agency or institution to maintain
a record of each disclosure. In any case, direct student notification
may be advisable if the compromised data includes student SSNs and other
identifying information that could lead to identity theft.
Control of Access to Education Records by School Officials - the
resulting standard is to "use reasonable methods to ensure that school
officials have access to only those education records in which the
official has a legitimate educational interest." The Department said,
"We believe that the standard of ''reasonable methods'' is sufficiently
flexible to permit each educational agency or institution to select the
proper balance of physical, technological, and administrative controls
to effectively prevent unauthorized access to education records, based
on their resources and needs." (emphasis added)
Outsourcing - the Department said that "one way in which schools can
ensure that parties understand their responsibilities under FERPA with
respect to education records is to clearly describe those
responsibilities in a written agreement or contract." They continued,
"Schools outsourcing information technology services, such as web-based
and e-mail services, should make clear in their service agreements or
contracts that the outside party may not use or allow access to
personally identifiable information from education records, except in
accordance with the requirements established by the educational agency
or institution that discloses the information."
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Rodney J. Petersen, J.D.
Government Relations Officer & Security Task Force Coordinator
1150 18th Street, N.W., Suite 1010
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 331-5368 / (202) 872-4200
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Cord blood banking?
I didn't have an opportunity to do this because I delivered early and before I set everything up properly. From what I understand, it's a long way off from becoming regulated and therefore you're buying into an insurance policy you're not certain will be effective. Having said that--It may buy peace of mind.
We didn't store, but would have donated it if we could have. I didn't find it to be easy to donate (at least at our hospital) which I found to be unfortunate.
As a previous poster mentioned, it's an insurance policy that may not work out if/when you need it, depending on the circumstances. I do think the marketing of it plays into a lot of people's fears. But for us, the cost of storing, weighed against the "what if" and the fact that there's no data on success rate many years out led us to not banking.
We didn't store either for all the same reasons listed above. It was a difficult decision not to store but we didn't feel there was enough information about it at the time.
We did have a friend recently diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. When she met with her oncologyst for the first time his first question was did she store her sons cord blood. She didn't but now wishes maybe she had. He couldn't guarantee it would have helped but if she needed a bone marow transplant it could have possibly been used.
But the good news is she is doing great and woudln't have needed it anyway :)


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Up for sale we have a nice post Civil War Son's Of Veteran's sword. The sword is etched with SV with a vine design and flags on one side and marked Schnitzler A&A Solingen on the other.This measures 34 1/4 inches out of the scabbard and 36 1/2 inches in the scabbard. Having a highly decorated handle and guard this also retains the original leather grip and wire wrap. This also has P.M.J. Reed Pihla. marks on the sword who retailed it. If you need more inforamtion just ask.
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CLEVELAND, Tenn.—A state board has rescinded its previous letter calling on the company clearing storm debris in Bradley County to "cease and desist."
The Board of Licensing Contractors, a part of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance, issued its second letter late Friday.
On Thursday, the board had ordered Unified Recovery Group to stop work because it had not obtained a state contractor's license.
But the board's second letter noted that the company changed its contract with Bradley County.
"The change order removes portions of the scope of work that constituted contracting," said Carolyn Lazenby, executive director of the board.
Dan Howell, executive assistant to County Mayor D. Gary Davis, said in a news release that the initial letter from the Board of Licensing Contractors was in response to a complaint from two Bradley County contractors who submitted bids for the work.
Howell said the companies did not meet Federal Emergency Management Agency guidelines and their bids were "much higher" than the company that won the contract.
"After listening to the two contractors' complaints, the State Contractors Licensing Board argued that 'removal of tree stumps in the right of way' constituted construction work and therefore required Unified, the company doing the work in Bradley County, to have a state contractors license,'' Howell said.
The county disagreed.
"Our scope of work was patterned after the scope of work performed in Davidson County following the 2010 floods in Nashville,'' Howell said. A contractor's license was not required in that case.
Unified, which does have a Tennessee business license, has done other storm recovery work in Tennessee, Howell noted, and a contractor's license was not required.
Late Friday, Bradley County removed the "stump removal'' portion of the contract and the board rescinded its order.
Earlier Friday, Davis and Unified made it clear the work would not stop. It continues today.
Randall Higgins covers news in Cleveland, Tenn., for the Times Free Press. He started work with the Chattanooga Times in 1977 and joined the staff of the Chattanooga Times Free Press when the Free Press and Times merged in 1999. Randall has covered Southeast Tennessee, Northwest Georgia and Alabama. He now covers Cleveland and Bradley County and the neighboring region. Randall is a Cleveland native. He has bachelor's degree from Tennessee Technological University. His awards ...


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it's a mystery to me. we have a greed, with which we have agreed. and you think you have to want more than you need. until you have it all, you won't be free.
society, crazy indeed. I hope you're not lonely, without me. society, have mercy on me. I hope you're not angry, if I disagree.
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The Candidates Play the Authenticity Game
than in Bill Bradley There was George W. The Republican Authenticity So who is Making Kosovo Safe for Gangsters "Things So much
1992, when those who bothered to vote desperately wanted someone to lead the
country out of the recession (never mind that it was already ending). The '00
contestants are endeavoring to be all-whatever. Yet there've been a few
has been hawking himself as the non-packaged politician, a down-to-earth fellow
with real-American values. His pitch is simple: What you see is what you get.
But he's also enlisted a claque of Madison Avenue ad execs to cook up an
advertising campaign. The slogan they invented is the Nike-esque "It Can
Happen." Alex Kroll, the adman in charge, caused a day of bad press for
Bradley last week when it was reported that Kroll headed Young & Rubicam
when it was handling the Joe Camel account for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco. Bradley
has his own Big Tobacco connection! exclaimed the Gore posse (who are still
smarting from the stink raised when Gore retained as his main message man Carter
Eskew, the architect of the tobacco industry's $40 million propaganda blitz
against the Clinton-Gore-backed tobacco legislation). Kroll dismissed it, noting
R.J. Reynolds was but one of 5000 clients for whom his firm toiled, and the
flap blew over. But what was most significant about this tempest was that Bradley–supposedly
the anti-Slick Willie–had retained the same hucksters who plot devious
ways to prey upon consumers' insecurities in order to sell them soap, toothpaste,
beer and cars. Not so authentic.
something distinctly inauthentic–Howard Kurtz at The Washington Post
called it "highly misleading"–about one of the first two television
ads the Bradley campaign unveiled. In the spot, a woman named Maureen Drumm
noted that Bradley proposed a law allowing women to stay in the hospital for
48 hours after giving birth and that because of that "my daughter is alive
today." Within seconds of its release, reporters discovered that Drumm's
comment was not accurate. In 1993–two years before Bradley proposed the
law–Drumm and her first child developed problems 26 hours after the delivery.
But her insurance company allowed her to remain in the hospital and the illness
was treated. She went on to have another child. The daughter who "is alive
today" thanks to Bradley actually is her third child, according
to the Bradley campaign. How so? Bradley's mouthpieces say Drumm would
have been too afraid to have this child without Bradley's two-day hospital
stay law–even though she received her two days during her problematic first
pregnancy and then went through a second pregnancy without this law. The Bradley
ad was stretching the truth. Even worse, when opponents and reporters challenged
the Bradleyites on this, Eric Hauser, his press secretary, indignantly pronounced
all criticism of the ad an attack on Drumm. CNN's Bernard Shaw said the
Bradley advertising campaign is "selling integrity." That's a
nice way of putting it. But integrity is better demonstrated than sold.
Bush would seem to be on the winning side of the authenticity gap with Vice
President Al Gore, if only because he is no mystery. Gore, on the other hand,
is a definition-in-waiting: Washingtonian or Tennessean, mountain-climbing jock
or Internet nerd, loyal hanger-on or his own man, dark suit or tan suit, alpha
or beta? Bush is a fratboy who was, like Gore, born into the right family. (Now
that the coke and National Guard questions have been shoved aside, here's
another query: How did a guy with a C average at Yale get into Harvard's
Business School?) As for authenticity, Bush's problem has become authentic
intelligence. To prove he's no ninny on foreign policy, he gave
a speech on the subject last week. But a more revealing event came a few days
prior to the address, when AP reporter Glen Johnson conducted a phone interview
with Bush about the upcoming speech. During that conversation, Bush read Johnson
a portion of the draft speech in which he promised to take action "if the
Russian government attacks innocent women and children in Chechnya." Johnson
asked if such attacks were already under way. Bush had no answer. He moved the
phone from his mouth and called out to someone, "They are attacking women
and children, aren't they?" He then told Johnson, "Condi Rice"–that's
Condoleeza Rice, who worked at the National Security Council for Bush's
father–"is shaking her head in agreement." It seems reasonable
to expect a presidential candidate to know whether or not Russia is engaged
in a public activity that warrants U.S. threats before he issues such a threat.
Bush was willing to bang his chest without possessing the crucial details–an
authentic Bush moment.
with the most serious authenticity problem is Steve Forbes. He ran in 1996 as
a New Jersey horse-country libertarian. He mocked the religious right, refused
to talk the talk on abortion. This time out, he's campaigning as if he
were reared in the Bible Belt, not the manse country of the Garden State. He's
gotten religion on abortion, and he's come out for a new gimmick to push
prayer into public schools. At a campaign stop in Trenton last week, the publisher-candidate
declared his support for state legislation that would require public school
children each morning to recite a 56-word passage from the Declaration of Independence
("We hold these truths to be self-evident…"). This is an idea worthy
of the propagandists of North Korea or the old Soviet Union. What could render
these words more meaningless than rote recitation? This brainwashing bill has
been around for 11 years, yet not until Forbes was trying to corral Christian
rightists into his camp did he endorse it. How authentic is his support?
is much in demand, but short in supply. John McCain, the fierce and earnest
advocate of campaign finance reform, pockets gobs of cash from the special interests
he decries, claiming he has to play by the current rules of the corrupt game.
His message: I may be authentic, but I'm no fool. Pat Buchanan, that devoted
anti-Communist, heartily accepts the endorsement of pseudo-Marxist and political
cult leader Lenora Fulani. Buchanan–say what you want about his hateful
rhetoric and demagogic tribalism–used to be, at least, an authentic ideas
man, one who preached absolutist and fundamentalist values. Now he's just
another situationalist.
the most authentic guy in the race? Donald Trump. He's genuinely
abrasive, crass, egomaniacal, weird and impetuous–and he makes absolutely
no effort to hide any of that. I'm not pronouncing him the most authentic
because I like his soak-the-rich-and-erase-the-debt proposal, his criticism
of the NAFTA treaty, his opposition to privatizing Social Security and his call
for Canadian-style universal health insurance. He does, alas, appear much too
eager to carpet bomb North Korea. With all his hubris, there's not much
room for hypocrisy. If the public is truly hankering for authenticity, Trump
may be wise to ante up.
As President Clinton
was preparing for his trip to Kosovo last week, I came across an e-mail from
an acquaintance who works in the Pentagon and who was recently in Kosovo. His
note was a scathing counter to the official happy-talk appraisals of life in
Kosovo. For example, when Gen. Michael Jackson, NATO's top commander in
Kosovo, recently vacated that post, he declared, "We have seen a return
to normality" in Kosovo. He also hailed the "successful demilitarization"
of the Kosovo Liberation Army and "the establishment of law and order."
My Pentagon pal's dispatch neatly sums up the troubles there–and illustrates
the hollowness of the Clinton promises that accompanied the bombing of that
province. With his permission–and in accordance with his wish to remain
unidentified and employed–here are his observations:
seem much gloomier today than when I was there in the summer. I can only speak
for myself (and the dozens or so various people who told me similar things),
rather than on behalf of the U.S. government, but it is clear the UCK (KLA to
non-Albanophones) is totally out of control, and unlikely to live up to its
commitments on demilitarization. Ethnic Serbs and Roma continue to be attacked
and leave the province. Right after I left the city of Pec (Peja in Albanian)
in the western part of Kosovo, where violence was at its heaviest in the spring,
a group of Serbs leaving the province, only ten miles from crossing into Montenegro,
was attacked by a mob and barely got out alive (though their cars were all burned).
Some of our (US) guys told me that in several villages where the ethnic Albanian
citizens had elected their own mayors and councils, the UCK came in and told
them who their new mayors would be. It's clear that disenchantment with
the UCK is not limited to Serbs. It also appears that the judicial system is
a sham, since all judges not associated with the UCK have been shot at or have
quit their jobs or have been intimidated into releasing suspects. It's
possible the UN Mission will turn that around, but I'm not optimistic.
In essence, the international community went into Los Angeles, drove out a corrupt
and brutal LAPD, and left the Bloods and Crips as the de facto government. This
is hardly an original revelation on my part, but the vision of a multi-ethnic
Kosovo is giving way to reverse ethnic cleansing. I agree that we needed to
dp something about the mayhem which Milosevic and Company authored. Unfortunately,
it seems that we drove the Yugoslav military and police out with the promise
that we (the entire international community) could provide a safe and stable
environment for all Kosovo's citizens. And we just could not deliver."
for the authenticity of that Clinton endeavor.
than in
Bill Bradley
There was
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The Vikings reverted to their pattern from the first two games of the season – shaky in the first half, dominating in the third quarter. With help from some terrible playcalling and uninspired defense by the Rams, the Vikes were easily able to pull away for the 38-10 victory.
Another good game from Brett Favre, 18/24, 232 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT before being yanked for Tarvaris Jackson in the fourth. Adrian Peterson didn't exactly light it up numbers-wise in this game, but he did score 2 TDs, and looked like he might get rolling in the second half when the score got out of hand and Chilly removed him.
Big ups to the following Vikings: Jared Allen (2 fumble recoveries), Benny Sapp (several big tackles and a tipped ball in the endzone), Favre, Sidney Rice (3 catches for 61 yards including an acrobatic 47 yard reception to set up one of the TDs), Chad Greenway, Naufahu Tahi (a career-long 32-yard reception from T-Jack in garbage time).
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Cave Hill, Barbados – An excellent spell off off-spin bowling by skipper Liam Sebastien has given the Windward Islands a slight advantage over Combine Campuses & Colleges at tea on the opening day of the WICB First-class semi-final at the 3Ws Oval.
Cave Hill, Barbados – A steady knock of 38 not out by experienced opener Romel Currency has put Combined Campuses & Colleges in a good position against the Windward Islands in their WICB First-class semi-final at the 3Ws Oval on Friday.
CCC reached 96-2 at the scheduled break. Skipper Omar Phillips was leg-before to Nelon Pascal for five in the day's third over, while Shacoya Thomas was also trapped LBW by off-spinner Liam Sebastien for 32.
St Augustine, Trinidad – Jamaica held the upper hand over Trinidad and Tobago after the first session in the WICB First-class semi-final match at UWI SPEC on Friday. Having been sent in to bat, the tourists lost Simon Jackson for one with just three runs on the board but reached 49-1 at the break.
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad – An absorbing contest can be expected, when Trinidad & Tobago face Jamaica in their semi-final of the WICB First-class championship, starting on Friday.
Both teams have cause for optimism entering the match. T&T finished the preliminary competition strongly with a resounding victory over Guyana, and Jamaica have an enviable record against their hosts, as well as their status as title-holders at the University of the West Indies Sports & Physical Education Centre.
Cave Hill, Barbados – Combined Campuses & Colleges are set to unleash their spin threat against the Windward Islands in this weekend's semi-final of the WICB First-class Tournament.
The duo of Ryan Austin and Kavesh Kantasigh had a combined total of 70 wickets in seven matches during the league campaign and are the two of the main forces behind their side topping the table with 55 points.
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De Laroque was born in Paris, but writes in English, occasionally translating his songs back into French. "Au Seuil du Monde", the lone Francophone tune, is dark and mysterious until it erupts into pop happy do-do-dos.
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PRINCETON, N.J. , Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mikros Systems Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: MKRS), announced its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 . Revenues for the second quarter increased $217,897 or 26...
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Year to date, revenues increased
Mikros continues to invest for the future. The decrease in net income was due partially to the cost of additional engineering work on independent research and development projects, including development and testing of a prototype buoy for the Phase I Navy Power Buoy SBIR. The Company also experienced increased personnel costs including professional consulting fees related to higher levels of bid and proposal activities as well as stock option and incentive compensation. These expenses were expected and are in line with the Company's operating budget. Management believes these additional expenses in 2008 will contribute to the growth of the Company in future periods.
Chief Executive Officer Tom Meaney stated, "We are very pleased with our second quarter results. Our marketing and research efforts in the first quarter are starting to pay off as evidenced by the increase in revenue during the second quarter. We remain on budget, our cash position continues to increase, and we expect our business will continue to grow throughout the remainder of 2008. We are fully focused on both developing our existing programs, including ADEPT, RWSE, AIRchitect-EMC, and Autonomous Power Buoys, and targeting new R&D opportunities in the Department of Defense and Homeland Security SBIR programs. Over the years, we have developed many deep customer relationships and built a strong reputation in the defense industry. We believe that we can build off of these relationships to expand into engineering support services. For example, our recent Seaport-e contract gives us the opportunity to partner with other defense contractors to bid for a wide array of engineering service contracts for the entire Naval Enterprise, including Naval Air Systems Command, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command, Military Sealift Command, Naval Facilities Command, Strategic Systems Programs, the United States Marine Corps, and other Department of Defense agencies."
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The Archdiocese of New York has asked the Yarumal Missionaries to take the temporaryadministration of Our Lady of Mercy. Fr. Tulio and Fr. David, who are currently serving Our Savior Parish on Washington Avenue, not far from here, will be coming to OLM for Masses while at the same time continue at Our Savior Parish. Fr. Conrad will be living here in OLM until we learn about the decision of Making All Things New at the beginning of November. Please pray for this new transition and assist Fr. Tulio and Fr. David in the best possible way. Thank you and welcome Fr. Tulio and Fr. David.
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