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Pro-Dex, Inc. And AO Partners Group Jointly Announce Voting Results
Jan 22, 2013, 04:05 ET
IRVINE, Calif., Jan. 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- PRO-DEX, INC. (Nasdaq: PDEX) and AO Partners Group jointly announced today the results of voting from the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on January 17, 2013.
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In June 2012, AO Partners Group, whose members own approximately 22% of the Company's outstanding common stock, nominated a slate of three director nominees to run in opposition to the Company's slate of five director nominees, four of whom were incumbent members of the Company's Board. At its January 17, 2013 Annual Meeting, shareholders of the Company elected AO's three director nominees, Nicholas J. Swenson, Raymond E. Cabillot and William J. Farrell III, along with two of the Company's nominees, incumbent Chairman William L. Healey and David C. Hovda, to fill the five seats on the Company's new Board of Directors. Mr. Healey will be the only member of the current Board to continue onto the new Board.
Michael J. Berthelot, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are pleased to have this behind us and we look forward to working with our new board. Every member of our management team and each of our associates remain committed to designing, developing and manufacturing the best possible products for our customers and in doing so creating value for all of our stakeholders. We thank our departing board members for their service to our Company and wish them well in the future."
Nick Swenson, member of the AO Partners Group and a newly elected director said, "We thank the shareholders for their support and we look forward to working with our management team as Pro-Dex enters a new chapter in its life."
About Pro-Dex, Inc.:
Pro-Dex, Inc., with operations in California and Oregon, specializes in the design, development and manufacture of powered rotary drive surgical and dental instruments used primarily in the orthopedic, spine, maxocranial facial and dental markets. Its OMS division designs and manufactures embedded motion control systems serving the medical, dental, semi-conductor and scientific research markets. Pro-Dex's products are found in hospitals, dental offices, medical engineering labs, scientific research facilities and high tech manufacturing operations around the world. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.pro-dex.com.
Statements herein concerning the Company's plans, growth and strategies may include 'forward-looking statements' within the context of the federal securities laws. Statements regarding the Company's future events, developments and future performance, as well as management's expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections relating to the future, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of these laws. The Company's actual results may differ materially from those suggested as a result of various factors. Interested parties should refer to the disclosure concerning the operational and business concerns of the Company set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Jun 27 2012
Rep. Noem Spearheads Bipartisan Letter to Leadership on PTC for Wind Energy
18 Freshman Lawmakers Join Noem in Requesting an Extension be Brought to the House Floor As Soon As Possible
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Kristi Noem was joined by 17 House freshman in sending a bipartisan letter to Speaker John Boehner, Leader Eric Cantor and Whip Kevin McCarthy today, urging them to bring an extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy to the House floor as soon as possible.
"The PTC has been an important player in bringing the wind industry to life." said Rep. Noem. "Over 75,000 American jobs are supported by wind, and the industry is a growing force in South Dakota. With MFG Manufacturing in Aberdeen, MTI in Mitchell and wind farms in other areas of the state, wind energy is helping families pay mortgages and put food on the table. If we fail to extend the PTC, thousands of jobs will be at risk, and that's why I'm pushing to get it on the House floor as soon as possible."
Noem is a cosponsor of H.R. 3307, the American Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011, which would extend the PTC for wind energy through January 1, 2017.
Text of the letter is below, signed letter attached.
The Honorable John Boehner
H-232, The Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Eric Cantor
Majority Leader
H-329, The Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Kevin McCarthy
Majority Whip
H-107, The Capitol
Washington, DC 20515
Dear Speaker Boehner, Leader Cantor, and Whip McCarthy:
As Members of the Freshman class, we write to you today to ask that you take up an extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for wind energy as soon as possible. As you may know, this unique tax credit is only available once a power plant is up, running and selling electricity. The PTC has achieved real, measurable results, strengthened our economy, and provided opportunities for individuals to succeed. The wind industry can continue its success story with an extension of the PTC.
The wind industry has achieved tremendous results since the PTC was first enacted. The average turbine now produces 30% more electricity and that electricity costs 33% less than it did five years ago. The PTC also leverages an average of $15 billion of private investment each year while only costing the US Treasury an average of $1.36 billion. There are now nearly 500 American manufacturing facilities making parts for the industry and wind turbines now contain more than 60% domestic content. The wind industry supports more than 75,000 US jobs, 30,000 of which are in the manufacturing sector. Long-term pricing wind contracts help protect electricity consumers from monthly fuel spikes and keeps monthly power bills stable.
The PTC is set to expire on December 31st, 2012. Manufacturers and developers in our districts have told us that within weeks, or months – as soon as their last component part is shipped off to the project site – they will be faced with little to no orders for 2013, and will begin to deal with layoffs and plant closures. Developers are now canceling projects beyond this year for fear that they won't be able to secure the private backing necessary to finance their investments. More than half the jobs in the industry are expected to be gone by this time next year if the PTC is not extended. Mr. Speaker, investors are looking to Congress for a signal that they should keep investing their private dollars in the wind industry.
Many of us do not support permanent tax credits and we would like to see the tax code overhauled to bring more transparency and fairness to all sectors of the economy. We look forward to working with you on this effort in the near future. However, if the PTC is allowed to expire before comprehensive tax reform, this industry will have already lost half its workforce, the manufacturing infrastructure, and investor confidence it will need to survive on its own. We are committed to working with you and the wind industry to ensure that it is standing on its own two feet in the near future. But, in the meantime, it would be a disservice to our country's energy security to let an industry that has come so far suffer such a setback.

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Sione Pouha was getting ready to work out with his Jets defensive linemates and realized he still needed an NFL regulation football.
He looked around his house and found one — in his trophy case.
"I figured it had some more meaningful uses than it being on display," said a laughing Pouha, who had the ball as a memento of his two fumble recoveries against Baltimore last season. "Maybe next time we'll use a Nerf ball."
Hey, whatever works. That's what life's like these days for NFL players as the lockout drags on.
"This lockout has really given me an appreciation for the equipment that we have because you're trying to replicate that," defensive end Mike DeVito said, "and this is the closest we can get."
Pouha gathered a handful of his linemates, including DeVito and first-round pick Muhammad Wilkerson, at a high school field in New Jersey on Thursday to go through position drills. Because of the lockout, players have been on their own — no contact with coaches, no workouts at team facilities — to try to stay in football shape.
"It was nice to get out here, do some drills and go through some of the techniques," said Wilkerson, the 30th overall pick out of Temple who met his teammates for the first time. "It's kind of a difficult situation. Pouha got in touch with me and some of the other D-linemen and it's cool for them to take the time out and show me some things."
Pouha, Wilkerson, DeVito, Jamaal Westerman and Ropati Pitoitua hit blocking sleds and went through other drills for about an hour, adding the physical element they've been missing while working out individually.
"It was good just getting our feet back under us," DeVito said. "All the lifting and running is great, but for it to translate to football, it takes some time, so to do the bags and hit the bags and sleds, and get the feet moving, I think it really helps mentally with your timing and everything. It was good to just get back in the groove and to build from that now."
Pouha, who received permission from the school's football coach to use the field and equipment, says the group plans to meet frequently while the lockout continues.
"Mark Sanchez has 'Jets West,'" Pouha said, referring to the Jets quarterback's camp for offensive teammates in Southern California. "Well, we have 'Florham Park Jets City Club League,' or something like that."
Though Sanchez had flashy T-shirts made up for his camp, the five defensive linemen were in normal workout shorts and T-shirts — with Wilkerson wearing a green Jets shirt — while practicing on a patch of grass down the left-field line of the school's baseball field.
"Maybe we'll make up our own socks or something for our camp," Pouha said, laughing.
For Wilkerson, this was an important meeting since he has been in limbo as far as trying to learn Rex Ryan's defense. He received a playbook the day after he was drafted — the lockout had been lifted briefly at that time — but is hoping to pick his teammates' brains to try to learn it.
"I'll bring that tomorrow and the guys will help me out with that, too," he said. "I'm just looking forward to what we started today."
Wilkerson has been working out on his own at his old high school in Linden, so this get-together was a welcome change. He also impressed his new teammates.
"I'll tell you what, he's a natural athlete," DeVito said. "We'd tell him something one time and he's already got it. Just from this little bit today, you can tell he's going to be good. That's a great sign."
Pitoitua, a guy who has impressed the Jets' coaching staff, appeared to be on the road to being a big contributor last season before tearing his Achilles' tendon in training camp.
"Right now, I would say I'm about 75 percent," said Pitoitua, who added that doctors told him his recovery would take about 18 months. "I need to try to get the strength back. Right now, the strength is still a little weak, so I'm doing exercises and I have a routine."
Pouha said he thinks the attendance will increase during the next few weeks as more teammates get word of the workouts and make room in their schedules. Meanwhile, the players will just try to keep preparing for a football season.
"My wrists are still getting used to the jolting," Pouha said, shaking his hands, "and my reads are barely coming out of hibernation, I guess you could say, but it was good to be out here."


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Jose Reyes has stolen the hopes and dreams of every Mets fan faster than he swiped 370 bases for the club.
The Mets' all time leader in stolen bases has reportedly run from his nine-year home in Queens and flown south this winter after biting on a six-year, $106 million contract the new Miami Marlins used to bait him onto their hook.
The shortstop leaves Flushing as one of the greatest statistical players to ever don a Mets uniform, ranking second in hits with 1,300, first in runs scored with 740, first in triples with 99 and his .292 batting average is the seventh best in franchise history.
Once time passes and cooler heads prevail, and Mets fans cease cursing the Wilpon name, wiping the tears from their eyes and looking up the career statistics of Reuben Tejada (.256 batting average with one homerun and 51 RBI over 174 games), they will realize Reyes' exit should be of no shock to them.
Fans have surely heard an ear-full about the Wilpons' financial troubles and learned months ago that the team will cut payroll significantly.
Considering Reyes' career year this past season, during which he became the first Met to win a batting title, it was fairly obvious he would be highly coveted and likely not be back in Queens.
Reyes' departure, which transforms Roosevelt Avenue into the "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," is also the latest and largest example that the Mets have drastically changed their philosophy – the team's free agent frenzy switch has been flipped from dim during last year's offseason to complete darkness this winter.
In other words, if they weren't in rebuilding mode before, the Mets just blew up their house.
According to reports, the Mets did not make a legitimate attempt to sign Reyes – as a matter of fact, they never even made an offer. The team has gone from chasing any and every free agent and having one of the largest payrolls in the league, to one of the clubs they used to pity, watching their stars leave for bigger bucks.
The sad truth, however, is that with or without Reyes, the Mets weren't competing with the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves for the National League East title, let alone the pennant or World Series, in the coming seasons – reference this past season and the four previous years.
The team's financial situation demands rebuilding, and giving Reyes over a $100 million (with a reported $22 million option in his seventh year) is too much cash to commit to a guy you have to pray plays over 120 games a season for a team that will be mediocre at best. His tremendous numbers this season also make Mets fans forget the multiple collapses and immaturity he has shown during his tenure as the team's shortstop.
What rightfully stings is that he went to the Marlins – not only a division rival but a team that beat the Amazins' on the last day of the season in 2007 and 2008, eliminating them from the playoffs on both occasions. It will be understandably difficult for fans to see Reyes in a Miami uniform, and not just because of how hideous they are.
Time, however, heals all wounds, and while it will be odd for many not watching Reyes between second and third next season, come April, the team's supporters will have plenty on their plate to worry about.
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By Brett Norman
POLITICO, January 29, 2013
When the health exchanges open next year, they will cover some of the sickest and costliest patients, people who cannot easily get insurance precisely because they are so likely to run up bills that no insurer would want to be on the hook for.
The federal health law contains several measures designed to spread the risk and tamp down some of the expected turbulence in the market. But a recent change in how the Department of Health and Human Services plans to run a three-year, $20 billion fund — known as reinsurance — to cushion health plans that end up with lots of high-cost customers is forcing states to rethink their own timetable for shifting some of their highest-risk people into the exchanges.
The fear, of course, is that if all the sick people flood the exchanges and younger, healthier ones hold back, premiums could surge. The health law has a bunch of mechanisms to try to avert rate shock — but questions remain about how well they will work.
More than 300,000 people are now covered through special plans for people with pre-existing conditions — about 100,000 in pools created by the health law and more than 200,000 in older, state-run pools.
The federal plan was designed from the start to be temporary and to shut down as soon as the exchanges open.
But many states had planned on moving their high-risk pool populations into the exchanges slowly to mitigate the shock to the individual market. But now, the state high-risk pools may offload as many people as they can onto the exchanges as soon as they open in 2014 or risk losing a piece of that $20 billion pie.
The Affordable Care Act program requires all insurers to pay into the reinsurance fund — and to be paid out of it if they have a big share of really expensive customers in the individual market. State officials had anticipated having a voice in distributing those payments to hard-hit plans in their states, but HHS in December proposed that it would give the money to plans with enrollees that cost more than $60,000 per year. And state high-risk pools wouldn't be eligible for the cash.
The reinsurance program is front-loaded, with $10 billion in the first year, $6 billion in the second and $4 billion in the third and final year. By year three, the hope is that a broad range of people will be in the state exchanges, balancing out the really high-cost patients.
"I don't think it's going to be enough — it will offset some but not all of the effect of the high-risk pools on the individual market," said Jonathan Gruber, an MIT economist who has studied the issue in several states.
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Section 1343 of the Affordable Care Act provides for a permanent risk adjustment program. To protect against potential effects of adverse selection, the risk adjustment program transfers funds from plans with relatively lower-risk enrollees to plans with relatively higher-risk enrollees. It generally applies to non-grandfathered individual and small group plans inside and outside Exchanges.
The methodology that HHS proposes to use when operating a risk adjustment program on behalf of a State would calculate a plan average risk score for each covered plan based upon the relative risk of the plan's enrollees, and apply a payment transfer formula in order to determine risk adjustment payments and charges between plans within a risk pool within a market within a State. The proposed risk adjustment methodology addresses three considerations: (1) the newly insured population; (2) plan metal level differences and permissible rating variation; and (3) the need for risk adjustment transfers that net to zero.
The proposed risk adjustment methodology developed by HHS:
• Is developed on commercial claims data for a population similar to the expected population to be risk adjusted;
• Employs the hierarchical condition category ("HCC") grouping logic used in the Medicare risk adjustment program, with HCCs refined and selected to reflect the expected risk adjustment population;
• Establishes concurrent risk adjustment models, one for each combination of metal level (platinum, gold, silver, bronze, catastrophic) and age group (adult, child, infant);
• Results in payment transfers that net to zero within a risk pool within a market within a State;
• Adjusts payment transfers for plan metal level, geographic rating area, induced demand, and age rating, so that transfers reflect health risk and not other cost differences; and
• Transfers funds between plans within a risk pool within a market within a State.
This document provides the detailed information needed to calculate risk scores given individual diagnoses. (The report then goes into 14 pages describing the algorithm for the HHS-Hierarchical Condition Categories risk adjustment model.)
By Don McCanne, M.D.
In a single payer financing system, health care is simply paid for out of a publicly-financed, single risk pool that covers everyone, regardless of how much appropriate health care is provided to each individual.
In our current fragmented financing system, risk pools are segregated and thus are each vulnerable to an influx of high-cost patients (adverse selection). The spending on an excess of high-cost patients drives premiums up ever higher until they are no longer affordable, patients drop out, and the insurer must then shut down (death spiral).
To protect against excessive costs being borne by any single risk pool, policies have been established to cover patients who have preexisting disorders, to provide reinsurance for costs exceeding defined limits, and to transfer funds from risk pools that enrolled healthier patients to risk pools that cover more high-cost patients.
When the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was written, it was recognized that many people with preexisting conditions could not purchase insurance because the insurers wanted to keep their premiums competitive, so they refused to accept these patients. For that reason, a temporary three-year program was established to provide subsidies to new risk pools that concentrated patients with preexisting disorders. Only about 100,000 people were enrolled since the premiums were still unaffordable for many who would otherwise qualify, plus there were restrictions such as a requirement to be uninsured for at least 6 months.
Although these pools for those with preexisting disorders didn't work very well, at least these individuals would be able to participate in the state insurance exchanges once they become operative next January 1, since ACA requires that every qualified person be accepted regardless of prior conditions (guaranteed issue).
A problem is that adding high-cost patients will drive premiums up, perhaps to a level that could precipitate a death spiral. It was thought that this would be a problem only initially, since later on the pools would be filled with younger, healthier patients who could absorb the higher costs of the sicker patients (a very dubious assumption which we will not address here).
Since this was thought to be a temporary problem, the authors of ACA added another special three-year program – a reinsurance scheme. For any enrollee whose costs exceed $60,000 per year, the government would pick up the balance. Many believe that the $20 billion to be authorized over the three years of the p
rogram is not enough to cover the anticipated need.
Well, by the time that plan is terminated, there will have been established a permanent plan to address this problem of unequal distribution of risk between these segregated risk pools – a risk adjustment scheme. This is to be done through the HHS-Hierarchical Condition Categories risk adjustment model mentioned above.
It should be pointed out that a fairly recent study of the Hierarchical Condition model used for Medicare Advantage plans has demonstrated that the private insurers have already learned how to game the system, making patients appear much more ill than they really are (NBER Working Paper No. 16977, April 2011).
It's too bad since, by enacting a single payer system, Congress could have eliminated the need for temporary high-risk pools, the need for temporary reinsurance, and, especially, the need for risk adjustment schemes which the private insurers will always manipulate to their own advantage.
You might want to click on the link to the HHS Risk Adjustment Model Algorithm (above) and skim through the pages just to get a feeling of the complexity of the risk adjustment process. Better yet, click on the following link and in one picture you'll understand how the process really works:


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Thursday, December 15, join the OWS Hunger Strikers for a national 24-hour fast to protest the violent evictions across the country that have robbed the Occupy Movement of our right to free speech and assembly. Thursday will be the thirteenth day of the hunger strike for space.
"For us, space is not a mere necessity- a place to lay our head, to eat our meals, to congregate and assemble- it is also a symbol and a direct action," said Diego Ibanez, one of the hunger strikers. "Literally, vacant lots are voids that we fill with physical representations of our concerns, hopes, fears and dreams."


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By road[edit]
It is recommended to travel in this area by car. If you get there by train, you'll have a long walk along a noisy road without sidewalks. It is also hard to find entry points for hiking trails without a car. Unfortunately, the nearest car rentals are located quite far away: Marugame, Takamatsu, and Tokushima.
National Highway 32 winds along the Yoshino River through the pristine valley. Coming from Osaka, Kobe or Tokushima, take the expressway and exit at Ikeda. Then follow route 32 towards Kochi for about 20 kilometers to Oboke.
A tunnel also connects Oboke to the western Iya Valley.
By train[edit]
Both Oboke and Koboke have stations on the JR Dosan Line from Kochi to Takamatsu via Ikeda. Stops in Koboke are rare, though.
By bus[edit]
Buses to the Iya Valley from Oboke Station run almost hourly on weekends/holidays, less so during the week.
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There's one big reason to visit: the rapids rushing through the gorge below. There are observation platforms on the highway and near the train stations if you're content to gaze from a distance, but more daring types will venture down onto the Yoshino River for a sightseeing cruise (¥2000 for a one-hour loop), and more adventurous types yet will try their hand at white-water rafting in the class 4 rapids. The rapids are Japan's biggest and most exciting, with amazing rock formations and crystal clear waters.
If you survive the experience without developing acute hydrophobia, both Oboke and Koboke have onsen hot springs offering more bubbling water to soak in.
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Ikeda is the closest town with a real supermarket.
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The local specialties are ayu and amego, delicious river fish salted and barbecued on a stick.
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By meeting preparation with opportunity, senior Asha Sharma has co-founded a local teen center and secured a highly coveted position at Microsoft.
A first-century philosopher once said that luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. That adage is quite appropriate when considering Carlson School senior Asha Sharma's undergraduate career. Her preparation has translated into co-founding a teen center and securing a highly coveted full-time position at Microsoft after graduation.
Since her freshman year, Sharma has made her own luck by following a carefully designed plan to attain experience that would complement her Carlson School education and future career interests.
"I knew I wanted to start my own business at some point, so I pursued internships that helped me get hands-on experience in certain functional areas of business such as sales, marketing, trading, and accounting," says Sharma. "Then I went after internships that helped me better understand how to grow and fix businesses to understand business development. Finally, my favorite aspect of business is technology, so I acquired an internship in that sector which would also give me direct experience in owning a P&L and running a business."
In her four-year collegiate career, Sharma has completed seven internships, as well as being an active participant in the Carlson Consulting Enterprise, not to mention traveling to Poland and Hungary to work on a live case for Cargill.
Her goal of creating a business recently came to fruition with the grand opening of The A-list, an innovative, Brooklyn Park, Minn. nonprofit teen center with a mission of entrepreneurship, education, and personal growth.
The "shop," which Sharma co-founded with fellow Carlson School senior Matt Norris, a Brooklyn Park native, fills the local teens' longstanding desire for a safe environment for social engagement and employment.
"The A-list is a social entrepreneurship venture in which teens produce 30 percent of the revenue to support the organization," says Sharma. "It's a unique business model where we provide employment in our snack and apparel business units and offer education and personal growth opportunities such as daily tutoring sessions, insights on post-secondary education, interaction with business mentors, and fun events like dances and hip-hop classes."
The A-list recently reached the half-million dollar mark in cash and in-kind funding, and several municipalities have approached Sharma and Norris inquiring about the opportunity for replication.
"Matt and I have a shared vision to see The A-list in every community of need," says Sharma. "Our goal for the next three years is to make this the best-run model to maximize impact in Brooklyn Park. From there, the opportunities will be endless."
For most students, building a nonprofit from the ground up would be time-consuming enough, but during the two-year build-up of The A-list, Sharma was also pursuing her post-college career ambitions.
"Through combining preparation, drive, and the education provided by the Carlson School, I believe that my peers and I are just as competitive as students from the Ivy League, and consulting, banking, and tech jobs can be ours for the taking if we want them," she says.
In her job search, she targeted a short but distinguished list of companies that included a global management consulting firm, a Silicon Valley tech giant, and Microsoft Inc.
Although it took six months of persistence and leveraging influential networks, one company, in particular, Microsoft, came calling. Moreover, upon calling they requested that she travel to Redmond, Wash. the next day.
Not long after her arrival in Redmond, Sharma was on a bus along with 15 Harvard students (it was Harvard week at Microsoft) on the way to Microsoft headquarters to start the interview process.
"When we arrived at the headquarters, the recruiter was very blunt and told us that they had only three openings, and it didn't matter whether you were an MBA or undergrad, it came down to the best three interviewees," Sharma says.
After a full day of interviews and tours, Sharma received an internship offer on the spot.
This past summer, after a successful internship in Microsoft's product management area, Sharma received a full-time position offer. She will start her Microsoft career in July as an associate product manager working on Windows.
While Sharma and Norris are pursuing their professional ambitions, they remain committed to The A-list's long-term future. "Matt and I aren't going anywhere," says Sharma, who will work remotely on the A-List as well as commute to attend board meetings. "We're very excited to move forward towards career milestones with The A-list right by our sides."
With The A-list underway, a position at Microsoft in waiting, and a BSB degree in marketing within reach, Sharma has undoubtedly had a successful undergraduate career. Whatever opportunities might come her way in the future, it's probably safe to say that she won't rely on sheer luck to capitalize on them.
"Getting the job was essentially a culmination of my passion and all the skills I had learned from the Carlson School - from networking and resume review to case interviewing and behavior interviewing," she says. "After all, luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity, right?"


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FAYETTEVILLE — The battle for the Arkansas starting quarterback job is expected to continue throughout the spring. But the Razorbacks' first scrimmage showed sophomore Brandon Allen has an early lead on senior Brandon Mitchell.
Allen worked with the first-team offense during the 74-play scrimmage inside the Walker Indoor Pavilion on Saturday, while Mitchell practice with the second unit.
Allen completed 11 of 19 passes for 137 yards with a touchdown and interception, including a 65-yard strike to receiver Javontee Herndon. Mitchell was 7 for 14 for 112 yards with a 4-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brad Taylor.
"I would think going into today Brandon Allen might've had a little bit of an edge," Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said. "But I really like the way Brandon … Brandon Mitchell's got great presence with the team. The kids are into it."
Each quarterback led the offense on a touchdown drive. Allen's score came on the big play, when he found Herndon open downfield for scrimmage's longest play. But he also threw the only interception, tossing an ill-advised deep ball that was intercepted by safety Rohan Gaines.
"He threw a couple of deep balls today that I don't want, but he has been throwing the deep ball very well," Bielema said. "We don't want to throw a prayer up there. We want to throw a completion. We've got to make sure that gets corrected."
Mitchell led the offense on an eight-play, 75-yard touchdown drive late in the scrimmage. The drive included four penalties, but the Razorbacks still scored when Mitchell hit Taylor alone in the end zone.
The quarterbacks will get another scrimmage opportunity next Saturday.
"Like I say to the kids all the time, competition brings the best out of people," Bielema said. "I wish I had that type of competition at every position just because it puts a stress on the people involved. It makes you coach better.
"You can't have enough competition in my mind."
Minor Moves
The first open practice revealed a couple of position switches. The most noticeable was junior Keante Minor, who has gone from wide receiver to running back.
Minor had three carries for 4 yards in Saturday's scrimmage. Bielema said the 6-foot, 225-pound Minor was "shocked" about the move at first, but has shown some toughness at the position in his first week as a running back.
"We'll just try it now," Bielema said. "If it's like we want it to go, it'll stay a permanent move. … I just thought where he's at on the depth chart at wide receiver, he's a skilled player. We'd like to get him on the field and thought that might give him an opportunity.
Arkansas also has moved sophomore Davyon McKinney from cornerback to safety, while Jerry Mitchell has gone from safety to linebacker. Bielema said last week he anticipated a few minor changes as Arkansas moved into its second week of drills.
"I wanted to give the kids the first week to kind of let us see them, let them see how we act and react," Bielema said.
Leading Rusher?
Arkansas fans may recognize the number worn by the team's leading rusher during Saturday's scrimmage (No. 33). But the player isn't exactly familiar.
Walk-on Patrick Arinze, who is wearing the number used by former Hog Dennis Johnson the previous five years, finished with eight carries for 35 yards. The 5-foot-10, 254-pound back bulled his way to bruising yards during the scrimmage and is competing with Jonathan Williams (five carries, 26 yards), Nate Holmes (six carries, 19 yards) and Jojo Wynn (two carries, 5 yards) for rushing attempts this spring.
"He came as a fullback," Bielema said. "He's got really good feet, balanced, extremely physical. He's kind of like a bowling (ball) out there. He's just as tall as he is wide and square. Which is kind of a nice feature to have him as athletic as he is. He just joined us in the second semester, walked on and has done a tremendous job."
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Safety Defonta Lowe is not with the team this spring because he is concentrating on academics. Bielema said Lowe's return to the team will depend on the sophomore's performance: "It's really in his hands, what he does in the classroom and what he does away from the football field is going to determine that." … Two players were injured during the scrimmage. Receiver Demetrius Wilson suffered a head injury after making an acrobatic catch on the first series and tight end Mitchell Loewen injured an ankle. Neither player returned, but neither of the injuries appeared serious. … Linebacker A.J. Turner also was limited because of a broken wrist he suffered during the winter. Bielema said Turner complained about a sore wrist a few weeks ago and the break was discovered. "He'll have that thing casted up for about five or six weeks and then he should be good to go after that," Bielema said.


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A team of recognized best-in-class media and marketing professionals joined with a noted philanthropist in May to create Angel Wings Entertainment, LLC, a company on a mission to find and inspire "human angels" across the country.
Angel Wings Entertainment is currently developing a national television series featuring the stories of real-life human angels. These are the everyday people so touched by a need, they devote themselves to alleviating it through personal sacrifice and tireless service. The show will be the lynchpin of Angel Wings Entertainment's multi-media effort to "shine a light on the best of human behavior" and encourage everyone to become an Angel.
"We're all more technically connected than ever today, but we've never been so emotionally separated. We hope to change that," says Angel Wings Entertainment Chairman Jim Lindsey, a renowned brand builder and former vice-chairman of the top advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi Worldwide, as well as a leader of ad agencies McCaffrey & McCall and Hill Holiday/Wakeman & DeForrest.
Lindsey, also known for directing corporate development and acquisitions for a host of clients, from MGM/UA and Orion Films to Sears, Marriott Resorts, Mercedes Benz, and Epson, says the project will include a significant charitable component. "We have to teach people how to give again," he says.
The company's board of directors also includes CEO Tom Keegan, an entertainment industry veteran who has worked on more than 500 productions for ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS and national syndication, including the Emmy Award-winning Yes Virginia, There is a Santa Claus (ABC), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (motion picture for NBC), The Hollywood Reporter, Front Runners and Celebrity Sweepstakes.
"I've waited my entire career to produce a show like this," Keegan says. "This is an opportunity to do something that's good all around – good for everyone."
The production is funded in part by an endowment from John Shimer, a director of the charitable corporation Fortune Family Foundation and a veteran specialist in fundraising for nonprofits. His work with a "human angel," a woman who established a vocational school in impoverished Uganda, inspired him to launch the Angels Among Us Project, which in turn led to the creation of Angel Wings Entertainment.
"If you want people to be their best, or just better than they are, you need to shine a light on what that looks like," Shimer says. "People tend to become what they see."
The company is actively recruiting nominations for Angels and invites the public to submit candidates for recognition by visiting its website, www.AngelWingsEntertainment.com. Follow it on Twitter: @AngelsNextDoor.


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SPOKANE, Wash. – Pacific found themselves stymied by an aggressive Whitworth defensive attack Saturday, while the Pirates put together a season-best day for their running game as they dispatched the Boxers 48-6 in Northwest Conference football action at the Pine Bowl.
Pacific (0-7, 0-4 NWC) was under pressure from a constantly blitzing Whitworth defense all afternoon. The Pirates limited the Boxers to 11 first downs and just two scores, both on Moses Villareal-Gomez (Fr., Stockton, Calif.) field goals. Whitworth (2-5, 1-2 NWC) picked off Pacific quarterbacks three times, converting two of those interceptions into touchdowns.
The Boxers were limited to a season low 193 yards of total offense, 151 of those coming in the air. P.J. Minaya (So., Wahiawa, Hawaii) completed 10 of 18 passes for 85 yards with one interception to lead Pacific at quarterback. Starter T.C. Campbell (So., Kaimuki, Hawaii) completed just 5 of 14 passes for 66 yards and was picked twice.
Jordan Fukumoto (So., Mililani, Hawaii) led seven Pacific receivers with 44 yards on four catches. Gunther Schultze (So., Bellflower, Calif.) had two catches for 33 yards and rushed for 17 more yards. Davis Jacobs (So., Tigard, Ore.) rushed eight times for 18 yards to lead six Pacific ball carriers.
Zac Hill went the distance for Whitworth at quarterback, completing 10 of 16 passes for 161 yards and two touchdowns as the Pirates racked up a season high 464 yards of total offense, which included a season best 313 yards rushing. Ronnie Thomas came alive for 159 of those rushing yards, including three touchdowns. Wade Meyer caught three balls for 63 yards and a touchdown.
Pacific saw their opening drive stunted four plays in with Whitworth's Kainoa Raguindin intercepting Campbell at midfield. The Pirates converted the turnover into a score when Thomas rushed in from two-yards out to go ahead 7-0 just five minutes into the game.
The Boxers opened their next drive in Whitworth territory with Deven McKinney (Fr., Spanaway, Wash.) running the kickoff back 41 yards to the Pirates' 45-yard line. Whitworth's defense held the Boxers to a field goal, with Villareal-Gomez scoring on a 38-yard field goal to make it a 7-3 game.
Whitworth made it 13-3 on their first possession of the second quarter. Thomas once again did the honors, rushing in from 13 yards with 10:36 left in the half. The Pirates' defense held Pacific on each of their next two possessions before Hill found Jake DeGooyer for a 10-yard touchdown pass with 22 seconds to go, which gave the home team a 19-3 halftime lead.
The Pirates opened the second half in much the way they ended the first. Thomas did most of the duty in the six-play, 73-yard drive, which included a 46-yard sprint for the score. Austin Ehlo then connected on the two-point conversion attempt that put Whitworth up 27-3 four minutes into the quarter.
Minaya marched the Boxers down 40 yards in what became their final scoring drive of the game, which was buoyed by a pair of 15-yard Whitworth penalties. Villareal-Gomez connected on the 37-yard field goal to bring the Boxers within 27-6 with 9:11 left in the third.
Raguindin grabbed his second interception of the game on Pacific's next drive, picking up Minaya in Whitworth territory and running the ball back to midfield. The Pirates needed two plays make it a 34-6 game with Sean Scott rushing in from 12 yards out for the touchdown.
Whitworth scored two mote touchdowns in the fourth quarter to secure the rout. Meyer made it a 41-6 game when Hill found him for a 51-yard scoring strike on the first play of the period. Scott finished off scoring when he rushed in three yards to cap an 11-play, six-minute drive.
Bryan Mills (So., Imbler, Ore.) finished with a Pacific season high 12 tackles, which included a half tackle for loss. Tim Hastie (So., Auberry, Calif.) finished with eight tackles. Paul Miller, Ryan Loutsis and Jonathan Allan each had six tackles to lead the Pirates.
Pacific plays their final home game of the 2011 season next weekend, hosting Puget Sound for homecoming. Kickoff at Lincoln Park Stadium is set for 1:30 p.m. Whitworth comes south to face Willamette.


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Ever look at the treadmill's mileage counter and realize you're only halfway through a run? And you realize the second half will be tougher than the first, which surely is not good news. That's college basketball.
The first couple months are a light jog around a lake compared to the mountain trails that beckon the rest of January and all of February. Those hills will not relent.
But here's a chance for everyone to take a breath, grab a swig of water and remember everything we enjoyed from the season's first half. There's so much more fun (and pain) to come:
Coach of the half-year
1. Gregg Marshall, Wichita State. It's always feels great to choose a guy for an award when he's riding a one-game losing streak, but falling on the road to a capable Evansville team is not going to dissuade us given what Marshall has accomplished against the sternest odds any successful coach has faced this season.
Marshall had to replace his five top scorers from last season, and injuries have claimed three of this season's top seven. Evan Wessell, Carl Hall and Ron Baker have missed a combined total of 16 games. And still the Shockers have lost twice, to Tennessee and Evansville. They're halfway to a 30-win season. Shocking.
2. Tubby Smith, Minnesota
3. Billy Donlon, Wright State
4. Herb Sendek, Arizona State
5. Leon Rice, Boise State
Player of the half-year
1. Trey Burke, Michigan. A lot of people, Burke included, wondered if entering the 2012 NBA draft might be his best move. There was such a dearth of able point guards that Kendall Marshall, an exceptional playmaker with limitations as an athlete and shooter, was chosen in the lottery. So why not take a shot?
Because it would have been dumb. Burke has established himself as a far better prospect than anyone previously imagined, demonstrating an exceptional command of the offense, improved athleticism and the potential to be an NBA starter.
"My biggest area of growth and strength is my lower body," Burke said. "I'm able to be more explosive, take some hits I wasn't able to take last year—be more valuable throughout the game, the last 10 minutes of the second half."
2. Doug McDermott, Creighton
3. Mason Plumlee, Duke
4. Ben McLemore, Kansas
5. Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State
— SN's midseason All-Americans
— Field of 68: Who's in, who's on the bubble?
Freshman of the half-year
It's our award, so we're excluding those freshmen (Arizona State's Jahii Carson and McLemore, for instance) who were able to practice last spring and learn how to be college players. It's an advantage these guys did not have:
1. Marcus Smart, Oklahoma State. When we informed Oklahoma State publicist Mike Noteware that Marcus was on our midseason All-America team, this was his response: "Marcus is a rare breed, that's for sure. He has been an absolute joy to work with. I haven't worked with a better student-athlete in my 20 years in this profession."
Indeed, it's part of Noteware's job to say nice things about Oklahoma State players, but this was entirely unsolicited and in keeping with what scores of basketball people who've encountered him will say, notably those who coached him last summer with USA Basketball. Smart's tremendous physical gifts are obvious to those watching him create, score and rebound, but he's also an uncommon leader.
2. Anthony Bennett, UNLV
3. Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA
4. Nerlens Noel, Kentucky
5. Yogi Ferrell, Indiana
Best game
1. UCLA 97, Missouri 94 (OT). OK, so it wasn't exactly a defensive clinic, but we've surely had plenty of those in what currently is the lowest-scoring college season since the basketballs were made of stone. Watching Phil Pressey deal on the pick-and-roll would have been a delight even if there'd been no defense on the floor—and he was on the losing side. What about Shabazz Muhammad's 27 points for the Bruins?
2. Butler 88, Indiana 86 (OT)
3. Arizona 65, Florida 64
4. Gonzaga 69, Oklahoma State 68
5. Duke 76, Louisville 71
Surprise team
1. Kansas State. The Wildcats appeared mild in stumbling to two losses in their first nine, both by double-digit margins and against the only major opponents they played in that stretch. But Michigan and Gonzaga also are two of the nation's 10 best teams.
Now that K-State is getting a chance to punch in its own weight class it is knocking out the competition: OK State, West Virginia and even Florida, which might be on par with the Wolverines and Zags. Bruce Weber has done a sensational job making this team work for him.
2. Charlotte
3. Oregon
4. New Mexico
5. Wyoming
Surprise player
1. Nik Stauskas, Michigan. By the consensus ranking compiled by RSCI Hoops, Stauskas was considered the 78th-best prospect in the 2012 recruiting class. Think there are 77 freshmen having a better season? Think there are 77 players, period, who are better? Stauskas didn't even open the season as a starter, but rapidly demonstrated he is much more than a shooter. He can drive the ball to the rim and to a pull-up jumper.
2. Jordan Adams, UCLA
3. Shane Larkin, Miami
4. Alex Kirk, New Mexico
5. Jordan Loveridge, Utah
Most improved player
1. Russ Smith, Louisville. It's to the point now where Rick Pitino's postgame jokes about Smith's unpredictability seem like a ruse to convince opponents not to take him seriously. Oh, but they should. Smith has progressed from a gimmick to a great. He still has a volatile game, a streaky game, but the mistakes that plagued him last year are increasingly rare. He has become a superb, disruptive defender and a clutch scorer. If Louisville is back in the Final Four, Smith will have his fingerprints all over the achievement.
2. Larry Drew, UCLA
3. Quinn Cook, Duke
4. Jeff Withey, Kansas
5. Victor Oladipo, Indiana
Most disappointing team
1. Kentucky. Is it fair to judge a team with so many freshmen so harshly? Honestly, we're not trying to be harsh. Perhaps it's just that if you look at our preseason top 25, almost everyone included is doing roughly as well as expected. Except UK. And perhaps it's the bar that was set for this group of Wildcats by their predecessors. But it's also giving up 40 points to a mid-teens scorer and losing at home to a middling Baylor squad. Kentucky can do better.
2. North Carolina
3. West Virginia
4. Texas
5. Oregon State
Biggest upset
1. Caly Poly 70, UCLA 68. It's getting to seem the Bruins are good for one of these a year. The players aren't intense enough, neither is Pauley—and there you have it. This game is becoming particularly hard to explain given that Poly is under .500 overall and only 3-2 in the Big West, while the Bruins are riding a nine-game winning streak and threatening to become the Final Four contender many expected when Muhammad signed.
2. Boise State 83, Creighton 70
3. Pacific 76, Saint Mary's 66
4. South Alabama 76, Florida State 71
5. DePaul 78, Arizona State 61
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General Motors recently revealed pricing and some engine specs for its upcoming full-size pickups, the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and 2014 GMC Sierra. Both trucks debuted at the Detroit Auto Show earlier this year.
The automaker announced the trucks will be no more expensive than their 2013 counterparts. That means a base-level 2014 Silverado should start at $24,585 including shipping. A base-level extended-cab model will start around $30,500, while a 4-door Silverado crew cab will be closer to $36,000 before options. The top-end Silverado, a leather-trimmed LTZ Crew Cab, should start around $41,000.
As for the Sierra, GM says pricing will be $500 more than last year's model across the board -- a fact the company says is due to extra standard equipment. That means a 2014 Sierra should start around $25,000, while an extended cab model will be closer to $31,000. A Sierra crew cab will start around $36,500. And the highly luxurious Sierra Denali will likely start around $51,500.
Although three engines will be offered in the Silverado and Sierra, GM only announced details about one. That's a 5.3-liter V8 that will stand as the models' mid-level powerplant. It's also the only engine that will be available at first when the Silverado and Sierra start production early this summer.
GM says the new 5.3-liter V8 makes 355 hp and 383 lb-ft of torque. That's a major boost over last year's 5.3-liter V8, which made just 315 hp and 355 lb-ft. GM also says the new direct-injected engine is more efficient. The automaker pegs gas mileage at 16 miles per gallon city and 23 mpg highway. That's up from last year's 15 mpg city/21 mpg highway.
Despite the power boost, GM's new 5.3-liter V8 still falls short of the Ford F-150's EcoBoost V6. That engine makes 365 hp and a whopping 420 lb-ft of torque. But the 5.3-liter V8 is more powerful than standard V8 engines in the Nissan Titan, RAM 1500 and Toyota Tundra.


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Josh Casassa, school resource officer at Havelock Middle School, entered the school�s gymnasium to rock-star treatment.
Josh Casassa, school resource officer at Havelock Middle School, entered the school�s gymnasium to rock-star treatment.
Students and staff gathered for a pep rally to surprise him with various awards, including a Certificate of Recognition from the Craven-Pamlico chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
"He never misses a day of work, and he always spends time in the cafeteria talking to each and every one of you," Havelock Middle Principal Tabari Wallace told the students during the pep rally. "He has changed how you perceive those who protect and serve."
Wallace said Casassa took a leadership role with students after the mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn., in December.
"He said nothing would happen to students at Havelock Middle School under his watch," Wallace said.
Wallace said eighth-graders at the school actually wrote the nomination for Casassa to receive the award from the MADD chapter, which is holding a more formal dinner to recognize all of its honorees in New Bern.
Casassa also received a school award and a special collage created by the students and presented by eighth-grader Alyssa Crowe.
Casassa entered the gymnasium to loud applause and slapped hands with students seated for the pep rally.
"I think of all of you as my family," he told the students during the pep rally. "If you ever need anything, I�m here."


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UPDATE: It's true...Romney won.
Go crazy, folks. Go crazy.
Will Mitt Romney make it "zing" tonight. Or will he sing to President Obama -- how about Bob Seger's "Get Out of Denver" ("Because you look just like a Commie/And you might just be a member...")
Want to read some "zingers" even lamer than Romney's -- follow me on Twitter for some weak one-liners and shallow observations as the 2012 campaign joins the Mile High club at 9 p.m.. Or you can be anti-social...media and post your own reactions below.
What, you were expecting a "live blog"? Dude, that's so 2004.


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Former Naval Officer Helps Women Navigate Business School
MBA student Heidi Sandell served four years in the U.S. Navy as a division officer, then a navigator. She completed two eight-month deployments to the Middle East and Persian Gulf fulfilling disaster relief, theater security cooperation, and anti-piracy missions. She then completed an internship just before beginning her MBA studies last fall.
Today, Sandell is sharing her story to steer more exceptional women candidates to join the Carlson School community: As part of a new initiative, Sandell mentors women who are considering graduate school.
"For women, it can be intimidating to apply to business schools where most of the students are male," she says. "Just like the military, it's fairly male dominated. In order to keep attracting strong female applicants, it's important to form a real connection with them, bring them into the community, and show them this is a place to thrive and be successful."
Although she's only recently begun her second semester in the Full-Time MBA program, Sandell has plenty of enriching experiences to impart to her mentees. She's received an internship offer from her top choice company and is once again participating in the Elite Eight Brand Management Case Competition this year.
Despite her qualms about transitioning from military service to student life, Sandell has been pleasantly surprised to discover her military training is applicable to her MBA studies and will likely boost her future career. Skills like team building, decision making, communication, and resiliency have helped her along her first semester.
"Coming from the military, you get used to making tough decisions with limited information that have impacts not just on mission outcome, but on people. It teaches you how to distinguish individual personality differences and motivators between people, and you really learn how to communicate differently depending on which team you're working with," she says.
The Carlson School offers specialized resources for veterans in the form of coaching, financial support, and career services.
Upon completing her MBA, Sandell hopes to join an organization in communications or marketing where she can put down roots and grow her career. For more on her journey, check out this Q&A in the Financial Times.


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City of Lincoln
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The City Public Works and Utilities Department will implement additional parking restrictions Sunday, May 5 along the route of the Lincoln Marathon. On-street parking will be prohibited in all areas where temporary no parking signs are posted. The temporary parking restrictions will be in effect at 5 a.m. Sunday and will be removed when the last runner has cleared the area.
The additional temporary no parking signs will be posted along the following roadways:
More information on the 36th annual Lincoln Marathon can be found at lincolnmarathon.org.


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Food Processors Make Progress on Sustainability Goals in 2011
General Mills, Kellogg Co., Kraft and Purdue Farms talk about what they are doing to meet their sustainability goals.
For our September 2011 series on sustainability, we've reported on consumer perceptions of sustainability, sustainability rankings; and leaders in sustainability. We've also highlighted several food and beverage manufacturers' sustainability initiatives (for instance: ConAgra; Unilever ; Odwalla and MillerCoors.) As most food processors are learning, it's essential for food and beverage companies to commit to a long-term strategy of sustainable business practices. As part of our sustainable processing coverage we've talked to many food and beverage processors about their sustainable business practices. Read on to find out what General Mills, Kellogg Co., Kraft, Purdue Farms are goind to meet their sustainability goals.
General Mills Makes Substantial Progress on Environmental Sustainability Goals
General Mills made substantial progress on achieving environmental sustainability goals during fiscal 2010, along with developing expanded and more aggressive sustainability goals for our manufacturing facilities by fiscal 2015.
New equipment was brought online that burns oat hulls left over from the milling process to provide 90 percent of the steam to operate its Fridley, Minn., facility that makes oat flour for Cheerios and other products, saving about $390,000 per year.
"Burning them on-site is a more sustainable – and cheaper – solution over the long haul," said John Hellweg, Fridley manufacturing manager. "There is an environmental cost around the transportation of a bulky fuel like oat hulls." In recent years, the oat hulls, which have roughly the same energy value as bituminous coal, have been used to fuel a U.S. Steel plant in northern Minnesota and as fiber for a food company in Cambridge, Minn. Currently burned by Koda Energy, a biomass plant in Shakopee, Minn., the oat hulls generate enough electricity, on average, to power about 17,000 homes.
General Mills' first U.S. facility to produce some of its own electricity via solar panels came online at its Methuen, Mass., and a second bank of solar panels was installed at its headquarters in Minneapolis. They supply about 55 percent of its annual electricity needs – 80 percent of its consumption in the summer and about 40 percent during the rest of the year, enough energy to power about 12 average Massachusetts homes each year, and save $19,000 per year in electricity costs. To help underwrite the solar panels, General Mills received a combination of state and federal incentives that Massachusetts has used to create more "green" jobs in the state. While a northern state like Massachusetts may seem like an unlikely place to install solar panels, the sun shines an average of 202 days annually in Methuen, making it a good location for generating solar power.
LEED-certified buildings opened their doors, including a distribution facility in Georgia, and an existing office building in Minneapolis that was upgraded. And all of the company's European manufacturing locations are now ISO 14001 certified, a globally recognized environmental management system.
Chairman and CEO Ken Powell is an avid supporter of sustainability. In addition to championing sustainability within General Mills, Powell chairs the Grocery Manufacturers Association's (GMA) Sustainability Leadership Committee. At the GMA/FMI Sustainability Summit in December, Powell delivered the keynote address and said sustainability efforts are not only the right thing to do, but are also good for business.
Companywide efforts to reduce its environmental footprint have been furthered by two ongoing internal movements: Continuous Improvement (CI) and Holistic Margin Management (HMM). Continuous Improvement leverages standardized tools to help cross-functional teams identify, eliminate and prevent waste. CI encourages total employee ownership of processes – from plant production lines to the creation of company advertising.
As of the close of fiscal 2010, General Mills achieved a 33 percent reduction in solid waste generation, a 9 percent reduction in water usage; an 8 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; and a 6 percent reduction in energy consumption in its wholly-owned manufacturing facilities.
New, expanded goals for General Mills (using fiscal 2005 as a baseline) are to reduce energy usage by 20 percent, greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent, and water usage by 20 percent by 2015 (From a fiscal 2006 baseline) and solid waste generation by 50 percent. In addition, the company's transportation goal for North American operations is to reduce the fuel used to ship a pound of product by 35 percent by fiscal 2015.
"We're pleased with our overall progress and feel confident we have the systems in place to achieve more substantial gains in the next five years," says Larry Deeney, director of environmental sustainability.
Kellogg Sustainability Goals Doing G-Gr-R-Reat!
Battle Creek, Mich.-based Kellogg Co. has made good progress toward its environmental goals by continuing to embed sustainability practices into every aspect of its business. Since 2005, the company has decreased its energy use by 7.5 percent, greenhouse gas emissions by 9.8 percent, water use by 7.4 percent, and decreased total waste sent to landfill by 41.5 percent per metric ton of food produced.
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posted by Thom Holwerda on Mon 18th Jan 2010 16:57 UTC, submitted by wanker90210
ACM's latest journal had an interesting article about RAID which suggested it might be time for triple parity raid. "How much longer will current RAID techniques persevere? The RAID levels were codified in the late 1980s; double-parity RAID, known as RAID-6, is the current standard for high-availability, space-efficient storage. The incredible growth of hard-drive capacities, however, could impose serious limitations on the reliability even of RAID-6 systems. Recent trends in hard drives show that triple-parity RAID must soon become pervasive."


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Christmas at the Cathedral: A Different Perspective on Sports
A disclaimer right off the bat, this article has nothing to do with sports, yet its a perfect fit for a sports site.
As a sports radio host and a sports fanatic just as you probably are, this is a must read.
On Saturday night, I was fortunate enough to be invited along with my wife to the Christmas at the Cathedral program here in Sioux Falls. If you have never attended, make it a point to do so in the future. Great performances, great scenery and overall a great experience.
But that is not the purpose of this article. The purpose is to relay my experience for 3 hours Saturday night and put it into perspective as to what I do for a living.
First of all, my blackberry and me are connected at all time. Last night however, that was not the case, as it was not used for a record 4 hours. No checking scores, reading sports articles or breaking news. Instead, it was a night of spending time with great co-workers, my wife and meeting other tremendous individuals from around the Sioux Empire.
Considering what happened in Connecticut on Friday with the tragedy at the elementary school there, this weekend was already filled with more perspective on my part. Must win games, important headlines, free agent moves and sports stars that are idolized just hasn't felt the same.
As I mentioned on my show "Overtime" on Friday, sit back and reflect on what is truly important this weekend.
I did just that as I sat in the pew at the Cathedral in downtown Sioux Falls. I reflected on what I do for a living, my family and those that made that night such a success. As I thought about the job I do each and every day, I came up with a few conclusions.
First of all, I do what most sports fans would love to do as a profession. I get to cover sports, interview top athletes, coaches and analysts as well as do a show every single weekday that I love and have a huge passion for.
Secondly, I thought that as much effort as I put into my coverage of sports, that at the end of the day, the real importance of what I do goes much deeper than relaying and interacting on the sports stories of the day.
Instead, it allows for an escape for everyday individuals to leave their hectic lives and have a release in a matter that we call sports radio.
I am blessed to do that here in the Sioux Empire and hope to continue to do so for a long time to come. Sports are great. We cheer, we show passion and we all have fun doing so. I'm not trying to take away at all from what makes them just that. But look at them with perspective.
Friends are important, family is important and on a weekend that we all appreciate those things so much more considering the Connecticut tragedy, I had the opportunity to enjoy both of those things while attending a tremendous performance at the this year's "Christmas at the Cathedral."
So as I asked you the listeners on the Friday edition of "Overtime", I do so again. Call your loved ones and tell them you love them. Hug your spouse and kids one extra time, because folks, Sports are a great release to life, but life, friends and family are what make this world so great!


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I just saw this post "Useful Approaches to BIM for Renovations" by Jose Oliveira.
He talks about the approach to modeling a project in an existing building (by using existing documentation, CAD or hardcopy, and filling in the blanks with laser scanning), as well as the benefits of doing so.
Obviously, coming from the owner side, my approach is different for projects. If we have a model (RVT), and we make a small change in-house, or notice an inaccuracy, I update that. If we only have CAD and need to make a small change, I update that. If we only have blueprint documentation of a specific area, I'll draw it up on our CAD plans, using a PDF underlay as a reference.
We don't create these DWGs or RVTs from scratch in-house, they are all done as a part of construction projects. We have budgets for new construction, but, we do not have budgets for documenting existing spaces, so we often have to wait a long while to get updated electronic files.
As appalled as most on the design side are, that I say we're still about 12 years out from completing our CAD to BIM transition, I have to point out that things do not happen fast in Facilities this big. It took us 15 years to get the majority transitioned from paper to CAD.
Our spaces are renovated an average of every 15 years (with revenue-generating spaces being reno'd more often, and support spaces being renovated much less often).
A space being renovated today is prepared in the Revit family, and will be used with Maximo for CMMS (and the existing conditions were turned over to the design team on CAD).
The last time this space was renovated, it was done with AutoCAD, and was used with MP2 for CMMS (and the existing conditions were turned over to the design team on paper).
The preceding 70 years? All on paper.
It does make one curious to know what technology we'll be transitioning to in another 15 years.


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Va. man gets 5 life terms after admitting he killed 8
Former security guard pleaded guilty to killing four family members, four others in January 2010.
A rural Virginia man was sentenced to five life terms Friday after earlier pleading guilty to killing four family members and four other people in January 2010.
Christopher Speight, 42, pleaded guilty to three counts of capital murder, one count of attempted capital murder of a police officer and five firearms counts.
A former security guard from Appomattox, Speight admitted gunning down his sister, her husband, their two children, two neighbors, their teenage daughter and a teenage boy. He said in court he had shot most of the victims from a treehouse.
He also shot at a state police helicopter during the manhunt for him, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing.
In addition to the five life sentences, the judge tacked on 18 years.
Investigators seized several military-style assault rifles, a 9mm pistol, multiple rounds of ammunition and more than 40 homemade bombs.
Speight believed his sister, Lauralee Sipe, was plotting to kick him out of the house they inherited after their mother died in 2006. Family members said that she had no such plans and that Speight had a history of mental problems.
During questioning, Speight told investigators that an Egyptian princess named Jennifer told him to shoot his family because they were possessed by demons, WSET-TV noted.
Speight was initially diagnosed to be too ill to stand trial, so a judge sent him to a state mental hospital.
Besides his sister, Speight killed her husband, Dwayne Sipe, both 38, and their 4-year-old son, Joshua; Morgan Dobyns, Lauralee Sipe's 15-year-old daughter from a previous marriage; Morgan's friend Emily Quarles, 15; Emily's boyfriend Ronald "Bo" Scruggs, 16, and her parents, Karen and Jonathan Quarles, both 43.
Kim Scruggs, Ronald's mother, cried as she scolded Speight, the Associated Press reported.
"Christopher Speight, you look at me! You were a coward up there that day when you shot my son in the back, running for his life," she said. "May God have mercy on your soul."