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Pentagon multi-year plans roiled by budget gridlock
Just as the Pentagon has asked for authority to put five programs on contracts that will run for up to four years, budget turmoil on Capitol Hill threatens to throw a wrench into the Pentagon's plan to save money and add stability to the industrial base on those and other long-term contracts.
Defense contracting specialists have argued that the Pentagon's vast industrial base would run more smoothly with multi-year contracts and save taxpayer dollars. That is a powerful argument, especially in today's current tight fiscal environment. But members of Congress have in the past been leery of granting multi-year contracts because they limit the ability of lawmakers to make changes in the future. This year, the debate is more than merely rhetorical.
By the end of September and the close of the fiscal year, Congress is unlikely to approve annual spending bills, instead proceeding with a six-month continuing resolution to keep the government running by extending programs included in last year's bill. That puts the Pentagon's request to buy Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopters, V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft or extend by one year an existing contract for F/A-18E Super Hornets in limbo. The military has also asked to buy Virginia-class attack submarines on a contract running from fiscal 2014-18. The current multi-year purchase of the SSN-774 subs runs out in fiscal 2013.
Unless Congress agrees to a special exception to allow the start of those procurement efforts, contractors will either have to wait for a fiscal 2013 bill to pass, or sign a one-year contract and come back with the multi-year request for 2014. Congressional aides are increasingly pessimistic about whether fiscal 2013 spending bills will pass at all, regardless of who is elected president in November. Existing multi-year agreements are likely to be able to navigate the continuing resolution, say industry officials and analysts.
Multi-year contracts also could be derailed by a potential across-the-board budget cut that will take place unless lawmakers replace a law currently on the books. With the presidential campaign in full swing, few expect Congress will avert the penalty for failing to reduce the deficit—known as sequestration—before the election.
If it does take effect, sequestration will cause "deep legal uncertainty," and will likely cause the government to pay more for less, says Richard Aboulafia, vice president of analysis for the Teal Group. Sequestration may not cause the cancelation of multi-year programs, but a 2004 effort to scuttle the multi-year purchase of Lockheed Martin C-130J aircraft created a legal headache for the Pentagon, he says.
Todd Harrison, defense analyst at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, says sequestration could prompt the government to renegotiate contracts, which would drive up the unit costs for programs. Defense procurement will have a bit of a cushion from sequestration, though, Harrison says, because the Pentagon does not spend all of its budget authority right away. "For procurement and R&D it will take three or four years before the 10% reduction in budget authority becomes a 10% reduction in outlays," he says.
In July, Sikorsky signed an $8.5 billion contract with the U.S. Army and Navy for 653 UH-60 Black Hawk and MH-60 Seahawk helicopters to run through the end of 2017. The multi-year agreement was approved by Congress in fiscal 2012.
Such large-quantity contracts typically have a minimum and maximum buy per year. It is possible a 10% reduction in the requested amount could still cover the minimum and avoid renegotiation. If sequestration causes the Pentagon to miss that minimum, however, penalties would result, says an industry official.
Harrison cautions that multi-year programs with limited quantities, such as the one granting the Navy the ability to make two Virginia-class submarines per year, could be even more difficult. "[The Navy] won't have the money to obligate the money on those contracts for two subs," Harrison says. "And you can't buy 1.8 subs."
Yet a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report on "government procurement in times of uncertainty," indicates the Pentagon may be able to do just that by slowing work on certain awards. Many government contracts include "changes clauses" that allow the government to reduce the scope of its contracts, the report points out.
A separate CRS report on the Navy's Virginia-class submarine program outlined both the benefits and the risks of the upcoming multi-year request. The Pentagon estimates it could save $3.8 billion or about 13.8%. But the report, issued in April 2012, notes that "skeptics could argue that in light of current uncertainty over future levels of defense spending, it would be risky to enter into a commitment to procure a certain minimum number of Virginia-class submarines over the next five years," writes CRS analyst Ronald O'Rourke. "Annual contracting, although more expensive than using [a multi-year program] arrangement, would give policymakers more flexibility for making changes in Virginia-class procurement rates in response to potential future reductions in defense spending."
|Fiscal 2013 - requested
|CH-47F helicopters
|V-22 tiltrotors
|F/A-18E and EA-18G aircraft
|DDG-51 destroyers
|SSN-774 ballistic missile submarines
|Fiscal 2012
|UH/HH-60M helicopters
|MH-60R/S helicopters
|MH-60R/S mission avionics and common cockpits
|Fiscal 2011
|MH-60R/S helicopters
|Fiscal 2010
|F/A-18 aircraft
|Fiscal 2009
|SSN-774 ballistic missile submarines
|Fiscal 2008
|CH-47 helicopters
|M1A2 tank upgrades
|M2A3/M3A3 upgrades
|SSN-774 ballistic missile submarines
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Take a look at some of Monday's midday movers:
Ubiquiti Networks moved higher after the Internet-gear maker won a favorable court ruling against an alleged counterfeiter. The stock, however, is still down more than 50 percent over the past 3 months. The owner of Ubiquiti, Robert Pera is currently having his $350 million bid for the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies reviewed by the league.
Facebook gained ground on news the company is planning to launch a jobs posting board. But that sent LinkedIn's shares lower.
Apple was higher after Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster made some positive comments about the company's upcoming smaller iPad, which he said will start at $299.
Health-care stocks rose, including WellCare Health Plans, Centene, MolinaHealthcare, and Healthnet on the heels of Wellpoint's $4.5 billion takeover of Amerigroup.
Campbell Soup moved lower after it said it would buy carrot and juice maker Bolthouse Farms for about $1.6 billion in cash.
FXAlliance soared after Thomson Reuters agreed to buy the electronic currencies trading platform for $625 million, or $22 a share.
Bridgeport Education plunged after it received notice that its Ashford University application for accreditation had been denied.
Questcor Pharmaceuticals hit a new high after it reported strong June sales for its Acthar multiple sclerosis drug.
Boeing moved higher after it said it finalized a $7.2 billion plane order with Air Lease Corp.
Warnaco lost ground after the clothing company said the ongoing economic crisis in Europe prompted it to review its operations as a way to save money.
Boston Beer fizzled after UBS downgraded the maker of Sam Adams to sell from neutral. UBS cited slow revenue growth.
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NEW YORK - Manti Te'o told Katie Couric the feelings he had for what turned out to be a fake, online girlfriend were real and reiterated he had nothing to do with the hoax.
The All-American linebacker said he was truly sorrowful and pained after finding out the woman he knew as Lennay Kekua died in September.
Te'o's once-heartwarming tale of inspired play after the deaths of his grandmother and girlfriend on the same day in September was exposed as a bizarre hoax on Jan. 16. Deadspin.com broke the news that the woman Te'o had claimed to be in love with did not exist.
Te'o, who led Notre Dame to a spot in the national championship, has admitted that when his girlfriend's "death" became a story, he misled reporters into thinking he had met her in the flesh.
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"Shares in Nokia plunged 17% after the mobile phone giant surprised investors by saying it expected to make losses in the first half of 2012. The Finnish company said competition in the industry had led to lower sales particularly in India, the Middle East, Africa and China. Nokia had previously expected to break even in the first quarter." And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, the Lumia 900 is suffering from a software flaw, and the company has started offering $100 in compensation. Not a good start for such an important flagship device.


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Dish Network Drops Pursuit of Sprint, Clearing Way for SoftBank
Dish Network Corp. said it won't submit a new offer for Sprint Nextel Corp. by its Tuesday deadline, a move that appears to clear the way for the third largest U.S. wireless carrier to be bought by SoftBank Corp. of Japan.
Sprint last week accepted a $21.6 billion bid from SoftBank and gave Dish until Tuesday to present a best and final offer. Late Tuesday, Dish said it was "impracticable" to meet the deadline.


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Emergency medical services could access family and medical histories while en route to a home. A police officer could see a picture of a child if she goes missing. Firefighters could learn how many people and pets are in a burning home and where they might be in that home before arriving on scene, said David Ripley, the director of The San Juan County Communications Authority.
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The communication authority purchased the program with money that was collected through a gross receipts tax that funds emergency medical services and emergency dispatch.
Voters approved creation of the tax in 2003 and there is an election in March where voters will decide if the tax can continue indefinitely.
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The program asks for information about people and pets in a home, bedroom locations, medical information and the layout of the home, including how to turn gas and electricity on and off.
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text: Mark Hahn wrote: >>>> So, maybe the bold question to ask would be: what would be the best RAID >>>> config for 3 HDDS and a max 6 node HPC cluster? Should I just use RAID 1 >>> do you mean for each node? >> No, the nodes are diskless. I plan to scale the cluster and 1TB of >> storage is quite enough, even if I use 6 nodes, or 2x6 nodes. That's >> actually what I know from my small experience in running CFD codes on 96 >> cores cluster. That's the reason for thinking about RAID in the first >> place: create stable and good performing centralized storage for the >> future number of the nodes (i.e. 12 nodes with 4 cores and 16 GB of RAM >> each). > > perhaps I'm confusing multiple threads, but didn't you say earlier > that your workload was disk-intensive? from that I'd assume you'd > want the speedup you'd get from having each node do IO to local disks. > No, I've said that I have centralized storage and I want to make it fast and avaliable. :) And I've said that this is the first time I'm doing this and that didn't benchmark it yet, it's a two node machnine, that will be scaled after benchmarking if it shows promise. :) >>>> for the system partitions on one disk, and RAID 0 for the simulation >>>> data placed on the same partitions on other two disks: after >>>> post-processing, the data is gone anyway... and with a good backup >>>> strategy, I don't have to worry about RAID0 not recovering from a disk >>>> fail... >>> you're going to back up a raid0? >>> From your question, I sense it's a bad idea... :) I have no clue, this >> is the first time I'm doing this. > > well, using raid0 is a declaration that the files are purely transient > (have no meaning or value when the job or job-step is over.) so backing > them up is somewhat strange. or from the other direction: backing up > means that the files are valuable, and you don't want to use raid0 for > that. (unless, I suppose, the files are read-only...) > Thank you for the info, I only know about RAID what I was able to read from the short and out of date how-tos. I'm only thinking about it through the information I've got so far: RAID0 for speed, RAID1 for mirroring, RAID5 a hybrid that causes much discussion. That's it, so far. What does it mean that they don't have any value? They are at the disk and I'm the sole user for now, and after I've done with them, I can dispose of them and leave the processed simulation data on a safe place. I admit I'm getting lost here. >>> in any case, I think you should consider net-booting and using the node >>> disks as a 3x raid0. if the local files are really transient, then >>> your startup script can just reinitialize the local disks every boot. >>> (which would leave you with a working node even after a disk failure or two!) >>> that's assuming you need or can benefit from the capacity or bandwidth. >>> >> OK, I want a net boot because the nodes are diskless, the remaining >> question is how to use 3 HDDs with RAID to get a performance boost where > > since you're talking about IO over the net, which is gigabit, right, > it hardly matters. gigabit is 100 MB/s at best, and that's less than > one disk's worth of throughput. 3-disk raid10 will give you 50% space > efficiency but fast writes; raid5 will give you 66% space but relatively > slow writes. OK, that's correct. I guess I'll have to see how the writing is going to take place when a bunch of nodes (maybe 6 of them) send a lot of data (even over GigEth) to the master node. I was thinking ahead, with the RAID or whatever other option for expanding the storage, making it fast (parallel file system?) and reliable. I guess now that you've explained it, I'll have no problems with a few nodes, since the eth is the bottleneck, as it will probably always be. I just wanted to make sure that the nodes don't wait for the master to write down the data and that my OS and other installation is safe from disk failure. That's the strategy, but obviously my knowledge can't follow it at all. :) > >> I need it (like the /home where the data is written) and HA for the / >> dir., in case of disk fail. Is this the right way of thinking? > > you should always strive for simpler systems. don't introduce differences > in config unless they're clearly necessary. don't partition disks unless > necessary. > > How do you mean differences in config? I'm configuring the master, and the other nodes are to be diskless.. I have separated these partitions: /swap /boot / /var and /home. Is this ok? Thank you very much for the advice. 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Avella said he felt he could serve the people of Queens more effectively in his role as state senator.
"When I first ran for the State Senate, I ran on a platform of reforming Albany," read a statement from Avella. "It has become clear that there is still a lot of work left to be done."
Katz praised Avella's work as a legislator.
"For more than a decade, Tony Avella has worked around the clock to speak up for hardworking families in Queens, and fought to make their lives better," she said in a statement. "His presence in this race brought the focus to real issues facing voters around our borough, including education, affordable housing, and better healthcare for all Queens residents."
Avella's full statement:
"After much thought and consideration, I have decided to withdraw from the Queens Borough President race. This was certainly not an easy decision and I am eternally grateful for the overwhelming amount of support I received from people throughout Queens. Queens is my home borough and I will never stop fighting and advocating for all residents of Queens. Yet, at this time, I believe I can best serve the people of Queens by remaining a State Senator."
"When I first ran for the State Senate, I ran on a platform of reforming Albany. It has become clear that there is still a lot of work left to be done. From protecting against the threat of hydrofracking to preserving women's rights, there is a lot of unfinished business in Albany and I hope to take more of a leadership role in helping address these important issues, which reverberate beyond Queens and affect people across the entire state. That is why I believe I can be more effective for the people at this time in my role as a State Senator."
"Again, I would like to thank my supporters for their encouragement throughout this campaign and look forward to them joining me on this continuing journey towards reforming Albany."


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...food photography company requires a website to catalogue portfolio and advertise services. Requires Home Page, About Us, Portfolio, Contact pages. Only HTML pages, no script required. I will edit pages regularly so ability to alter in Dreamweaver is required. Clean design required, no clutter. Would like to see previous work on a similar project.
I need someone to alter some images. I have raw images of a wedding. I know nothing about photography but would like a dreamy romantic look. Exp. Rqd.
I want to get more visitors to my photography website. Visitors should live in the New York Area and be interested in wedding photography. The goal is to get more people who will buy wedding photography.
want to click photographs of my house . Job is not more than 30 min. Willing to pay an amount which would deem fit.
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My photography is a hobby am hoping transforming into a little media company. Am looking to kick start it as a business early next year and I have a few previoip works I have done informally. Mostly in line with product, studio and event photography. And I'd like to turn that into some killer business venture. If anyone can build me a proper image for
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I need 7 photos of a product for amazon . It's food wrap . 1 pic wraps only 2 wraps with food 3-7 lifestyle
I need a logo designed. for my studio
ANY ORIGINAL PHOTOS ACCEPTED. This contest is now open to ANY interesting Street photos or photos of people. It can be street photos, covering building facade, with or without people present. Pictures of several people or single persons, like close up picture of face or full body. Preferably persons with a natural look, not with make up, and with some kind of distinctive features. High reso...
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I need an iPhone Camera App similar to Moments giving the user full control of camera options. I want to add a few small functions to be discussed in private. If you are interested in partnership we can work on a deal that includes that idea. Needs to be user friendly professional camera app. ISO, WB, Fstop, focus points, exposure, live histogram, dslr style metabdata, raw formats and heif an...
We are looking to hire a product photographer to shoot photos of bedding articles such as mattress covers, Comforter and various pillow sizes. A bed in your studio is beneficial. North jersey area...
I am a wedding photographer with existing website and social media accounts. I need a marketing strategy and plan to implement CPC ads, social media strategy, etc. with the end goal of increasing traffic and conversions.
We are a small start-up that just ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to bring our idea for the most comfortable boardshorts to life. Our boardshorts feature an innovative built-in boxer brief that prevents chafe and skin irritation. They are made from premium, recycled fabrics that have 4-way stretch and are quick-drying. We've designed them with an 8" inseam and a scalloped leg to of...
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...'Jodie May'. The logo must be able to be used as just the initials or with the full brand name. The brand is an artist and photographer. She does paintings, sculpture and photography. The logo must not include images of cameras. I have attached a document containing logos I like, that you can use for inspiration. The design must be elegant, bold
I need a Logo for my new Photography company. I already have a design in mind but lack skills and access to programs that will allow me to perfect my design. I have attached my Logo design that I have in mind. It needs to have a transparent background for me to be able to paste it on other images. I also need a black variant as well as a white one
I am a photographer, mainly portraits and I have a very specific style I use currently. I'm looking to hire someone who can help me regularly with jobs as I want to concentrate more on shooting/business than I do editing.
I need someone that can create an order form like the attached order form to a file format that'll allow me to edit the text as needed, and allow me to print. Can be a Photoshop document or Word. Must also include my company logo (also attached)
...convert a 3D render (interior scene and interior close up scene) into a photography. All 3D render need post prod to add uneven edges, add scratches, dirt...add more reflection, decrease lights...color balance...all the little thing that make the difference between a real photography and a 3D render. Please post an example of 3d scene close up render and
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We are in need of a photographer for our 10 year high school reunion happening Saturday, October 6th evening in the Austin 78758 area code. We have a very limited budget but can offer dinner, drinks, and good company.
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More Kid-Friendly Removable Wallpaper
A few months ago we shared some particularly kid-friendly removable wallpaper choices and since I was doing a bit of shopping research in this area for my own home, I thought I'd share more in this vein. Many of these patterns and color schemes relate to a current trend in kids decor and most aren't specifically marketed for nurseries and kids' rooms.
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Studio Ditte Birdhouse, Removable Wallpaper
Crazy Kittens, Walls Need Love (5 color choices)
Birch by Lara Cameron, The Wall Sticker Company
Tri-Angled, Chasing Paper (3 color choices)
Clouds, Swag Paper (2 color choices)
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Loyola graduate, wife of NY Yankees All Star to host book signing
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Loyola press release - October 11, 2010
Loyola University New Orleans alumna Laura Posada '93, J.D. '96, author and wife of New York Yankees All Star Jorge Posada, will return to campus to sign copies of her new book, "The Beauty of Love: A Memoir of Miracles, Hope and Healing," at 5:30 p.m., Oct. 14, in front of the J. Edgar and Louise S. Monroe Library.
The new book chronicles the Posadas' experience of dealing with their son's battle with craniosynostosis, a severe cranial disorder that affects 1 in every 2,000 births worldwide. Craniosynostosis is a condition in which one or more of the fibrous sutures in an infant's skull prematurely fuses. This results in restricted skull and brain growth and increases the likelihood of brain damage.
The Posadas' story has gained national attention and recently was featured in Parade Magazine. The couple started the Jorge Posada Foundation (named after their son Jorge Jr.), which assists families in dealing with all aspects of the condition, serves to raise awareness of the condition, and supports research and education of the condition. It was recently singled out by President Obama for its positive impact on families struggling with the disease during an April trip by the Yankees to the White House.
"The sacrifices that Laura and Jorge endured for their son will resonate with parents everywhere. It's impossible to not be moved by 'The Beauty of Love'," said Kelly Ripa, co-host of "Live with Regis and Kelly."
All profits from the new book "The Beauty of Love: A Memoir of Miracles, Hope and Healing" will go to the Jorge Posada Foundation, which provides support to families affected by craniosynostosis.
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Wow. Shiny. Are you really using propane burners indoors? Seems like a bad idea to me - be careful.
Yeah, but having the tank indoors is illegal and dangerous. House catches on fire and you have a huge bomb ready to go off. I assuming the OP has this set up for photoshot purposes.Beautiful system!!!


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- Describe a challenge you've overcome or a smart resource you've found for your kitchen.:
- When we moved in, the kitchen was in desperate need of a cosmetic update. The brick red paint was too dark for the space, and pockmarked with previous tenants holes from hanging pots and pans - I've included a before picture. We painted the kitchen Benjamin Moore "Grand Hotel Mackinac Island Blue" the first day we moved in as a fitting tribute to our home state. We try to use IKEA sparingly, but it has really been our go-to resource for inexpensive temporary solutions. We hung the shelf above the counter for more reachable storage, and the breakfast table folds down to save space. We've used the odd nook of the side of the kitchen as a "butler's pantry" of sorts, we hung a pegboard for pots and pans, and there is more space for our overflowing collection of cookbooks. You can definitely tell that being avid readers of The Kitchn has influenced our space.
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What Causes Wives to Stray
When Wives Jump in the Sack with a Man who's not Their Husband
Ever since the inception of marriage, there has been infidelity. Initially, the husbands were the culprits but these days the equation seems to be shifting. When women cheat, it's often considered a scandal. Never has cheating been as accessible as it is today with infidelity just a click away. So, what's driving wives to stray?Loading...
You are Giving Her Little Sex
Let us put it in simple words- women want to feel wanted. If you're not making her feel that way, she could seek it elsewhere. To keep that spark alive, ask her out on date nights, send her provocative e-mails at lunch, and by all means, don't let life get in the way of kissing, cuddling and sex.
She Likes to Sow Wild Oats
Life changes like major weight loss, new job, new friends, mid-life crisis, etc could cause the frisky behaviour rear its ugly head. Keep the lines of communication open and she'll be more likely to talk to you about what's going on instead of spilling her guts to a stranger in the night.
She Needs a Self-esteem Boost
Sex is a self-esteem booster that makes women feel sexier, more beautiful and more loved. Pay attention to her, ask her questions and don't hold back on compliments — a little flattery goes a long way with women.
She wants to Avenge Something
When you break her trust, and possibly her heart, she wants to hurt you the same way you wounded and betrayed her. To regain her trust, it's not enough just to tell her you're sorry; you have to show her. Actions speak louder than words.
Your Marriage Lacks Intimacy
A house, two-car garage and multiple bathrooms can't fill the void caused by the lack of intimacy in any relationship. This is what every woman wants. Touching, kissing, cuddling, and communicating- everything has its importance. Women crave it, and she could seek it elsewhere if she's not getting it at home.
You Neglect and Under-appreciate Her
She is a housekeeper, errand-runner, grocery shopper, babysitter and what not but everyone treats her like a maid- that's when she could stray. The fact that you spend all your time at work or on the golf course gives her double reason to seek attention elsewhere. You could at least say thanks and share the work around house.
She is Emotionally Deprived
Once you retreat from the relationship, she sees it as a sign that things are through — a breakup is inevitable. So, she's not really cheating, she's moving on.
The Sex has no Variety
The same position, same setting! To avoid routine, avoid repetition. Sweep her away for the weekend, make out at the movies, and kiss her for no reason at all. The unexpected adds excitement and prevents adultery.
This is Her Exit Strategy
An affair is the easy way out — or at least that's how she sees it. Instead of breaking up with you, she cheats on you. That way she doesn't have to deal with the broken relationship, which is much harder to fix. That's another reason communication is key.
Her Heart Needs Healing
Because you cheated, she wants to get back at you and give you a dose of your own medicine. Ask for her forgiveness, assure her it will never happen again and suggest couples therapy to help you get through this tough time.


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"Once something is textualised..." - that's true of course. But for me the greatest idea in West's Making of the Iliad (and probably in the Odyssey book too, when we'll have it) is to problematise the very process of textualisation without calling everything that's out of place an interpolation.Scribo wrote:I agree with your other post too, once something is textualised then it is open to the same level of variation as everything else (though occasionally Homeric papyri seem to reflect contact with a living tradition, no?) and this why Nagy's evolutionary model fundamentally fails. Textual criticism at times is like a much needed enema for Classicists I swear lol.
And yes, probably the papyri reflect living tradition too - rhapsodic interpolation and all that.


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Job Search / Re: Offered part-time job as a 1L but don't want to work during 1L« on: July 02, 2005, 06:38:27 AM »
Doesnt the ABA prohibit working during your fulltime 1L year -- or at least there is a cap on the hours. Schoolwork is DEFINITELY most important!!


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TO7BC Mayotte
After that I came up to the shack to see if I had installed any new QRM generators. Switched to 10m PSK31 and heard a single solitary station - TO7BC from Mayotte!
I'm not a DXer but this signal on its own in the clear was too much to resist. It took about 15 minutes to break the pileup. I couldn't hear any other callers so I used XIT to dial in 0.5kHz up and hoped for the best. After a while with no success I decided to go up another 100Hz and he came right back! I must have been the only station who received a 579 report.
I shall check the website later to see if I got in the log. I will also have to find out where Mayotte Island is! I don't often get to work DXpedition stations so I'm quite pleased with this afternoon's work. I'll check for QRM generators another time.
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The Huffington Post reports what anyone who has ever covered elections could already tell you, that the Republican "poll watchers" and vote challengers go almost exclusively to districts with high percentages of poor and minority voters. Because those voters will tend to vote Democratic.
A partial list of precincts targeted by a Pittsburgh Tea Party group working on behalf of the Republican Party shows that nearly 80 percent of the voters in those precincts are African-American, compared to 13 percent countywide, according to civil rights and union groups who on Monday called on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate.
An Ohio political blog is reporting that forms submitted to election officials by Tea Party spin-off group True the Vote in Franklin County — which includes Columbus — show poll watchers heading to 28 precincts, where most voters are African-American. Overall, the county electorate is 20 percent African-American."We've been concerned from the beginning that the efforts of True the Vote and aligned groups were going to be targeted largely in communities of color," said Eric Marshall, manager of legal mobilization for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. "We've seen in the past where these kinds of tactics can lead to intimidation and harassment of voters."
A potentially even greater concern now is that the groups will use the voter challenge process "for the express purpose of creating lines and confusion," Marshall said.
This is always the case. When the news outlet I edited, the Michigan Messenger, reported in 2008 that the Republican party in Michigan was planning to use foreclosure lists to challenge voters, they would have done so in those precincts with high foreclosure rates. That means areas where the residents are mostly poor minorities, like the city of Detroit. And the purpose of that is precisely to create chaos at the polls, to make people wait longer, to make them have to cast provisional ballots that are not counted until long after election day, and to make other people have to leave before they can vote. It's all part of the massive effort at voter suppression that the Republican party has been doing for the last 30 years, at least.


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Women's soccer head coach Kevin O'Brien has announced the dates of the fall ID camp, Sept. 13-14th, on the campus of Lipscomb University.
O'Brien invites all interested players to get an insider's perspective into the Lady Bisons soccer program, beginning with watching the Purple and Gold take on Central Arkansas on Friday Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. On Saturday, the athletes will showcase their talents with the Lipscomb coaching staff.
"Our ID camps have arguably been our best recruiting tool in the short time we have been here," O'Brien said. "It is a great way to get to know our prospects in a more personal manner, both on and off the field. This has been key to our ability to sign high character and highly competitive kids."
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Last night, the ' Wayward Pines ' episode 'Betrayal' brought us a creepy look inside the town's school again. The attitude towards parents' relationships with their children is a Leftist indoctrination dream: "Your job is to feed them and keep them safe. Let us do the rest." School is a secretive place where parents aren't even allowed inside the building: -Megan: Good morning, guys. Nice to see you, Theresa. -Hi. -Hey, Ben. Mrs. Burke. -Megan: Amy, will you help Ben find a biology textbook? There's a big stack of them behind my desk. -Yeah, sure. Come on. -Theresa: You know,... continue reading
USA's TV show ' Mr. Robot ' prides itself on its subtitle, "Our democracy has been hacked." Yet, after tonight's episode, they may have succeeded in hacking more than just democracy. After watching the following scene, where the "FSociety" underground that is holding corporate America hostage releases its militant manifesto on the internet, it has become alarmingly clear to me that the leftist, techno-drama may have hacked the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign as well: Hello, Evil Corp. We are society. Over the years, we have been watching you. Your financial abuse of the poor; your corruption of governments; your cover-ups... continue reading
It must have been cold there in the shadow of radical gay activism, race-mongering, and all the other liberal causes that have served as the recent vanguard of the left's culture war. But with last night's premier of 'Zoo' on CBS, the animal rights activists have finally been shown a slim ray of the limelight. Though, not too much. 'Zoo' is a TV adaptation of James Patterson's novel, where humans are, in the words of Patterson himself, "doing a lot of bad stuff and they need to be reminded. 'Zoo' is a fable saying, 'Look at what's going on here... continue reading
One of the more intriguing aspects of the so-called "educational," well-meaning, well-intentioned, gay-centered television shows on ABC Family is that few, if any of them, turn out to be well-meaning or well-intentioned at all. Take last night's episode of " The Fosters ," "More Than Words." For those who don't know, "The Fosters" is the show about an interracial lesbian couple and their blended family of biological and adopted children of varying ethnic and sexual orientations. Most infamously, last season they had the distinction of bringing us the youngest ever on-camera gay kiss between two 13 year old boys. Well,... continue reading
**SPOILER ALERT** The Fox TV show ' Wayward Pines ' is an M. Night Shyamalan mystery-thriller, which means that all is not as it seems and there are major plot twists and turns. If you don't want the 6th episode 'Choices' or the series spoiled, don't read any further! **WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD** Last week's big reveal was that the reason the town of Wayward Pines is so Orwellian, insular, and creepy is that the elites are hiding the fact that the year is actually 4028, the people living in the town have all been cryogenically frozen for 2000 years, and... continue reading
It takes most new series at least 5 or 6 episodes before they complete the metamorphosis into full-blown mouthpiece for the left. Then there's USA's new series "Mr. Robot," which took literally all of about 5 or 6 seconds to come to full collectivist froth. The following clip is from the very beginning of the very first episode: What I'm about to tell you is Top Secret. A conspiracy bigger than all of us. There's a powerful group of people out there that are secretly running the world. I'm talking about the guys no one knows about, the guys that... continue reading
The gals on The View had quite the time on Monday yucking it up over a Texas pastor who preached that that women who use the Lord's name during sex should be sent to prison. They laughed at the backward Christians and wondered how they thought people got here if not for sex. One problem: It was a hoax – complete and total . No Texas pastor ever said that. The article that purportedly broke the story was satire. Whoopi Goldberg brought it up on The View on Monday, because she had bought a phony story that reinforced her prejudice... continue reading
How ABC's 'The Astronaut Wives Club' Shamefully Sends America's Heroes Plummeting Back Down to Earth
When I saw the previews for "The Astronauts Wives Club" were set to the Meghan Trainor song that goes "I know you lie cause your lips are moving," I just knew the new ABC show would set its sights on tearing down America's heroes by showing them in an unflattering light - and I was right. The show focuses on the seven wives of NASA's original Mercury astronauts during the height of the space race, when America was transfixed by exploration into the Final Frontier. The hour long series premiere is a whirlwind, taking place over two years, from the... continue reading
Comedy Central "Nightly Show" host Larry Wilmore unwittingly – which is how it normally works on Comedy Central – swerved into making the case for how the Rachel Dolezal story is an exact metaphor for climate change advocates, while attempting to prove that Dolezal is a metaphor for climate change deniers. In responding to Dolezal's statement that she didn't like the term "African-American," but did indeed consider herself to be black, Wilmore said "Let me see if I can clarify that. It is her opinion that she is black. Much like climate change denial, this is not based on science."... continue reading
So the media has finally found a member of the LGBT community they feel comfortable criticizing/downplaying: a Republican one. On Wednesday night's edition of ET, the show led with coverage of Caitlyn Jenner going through the drive-thru at Jack in the Box. I suppose to show all men out there that just because you change the way you "self-identity," the Sourdough Jacks and Spicy Sriracha burgers need not stop. There is hope. But quickly after cataloguing the latest wanderings of America's largest symbol of societal decay, the episode turned critical. Specifically of ESPN and their decision to award Jenner with... continue reading


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Audit report shows positive gains for Standish
STANDISH — In an audit report given to the Standish City Council, the city has made positive gains in a number of areas including the city water fund.
The report given at a city council meeting held on Nov. 18, David Youngstrom, a partner at Yeo & Yeo in Saginaw said the city made major improvements from 2009 to 2010.
Youngstrom reported that in 2009, the city water fund was at a deficit of $69,356. That deficit has since been eliminated.
"Right now the city has a positive amount of $1,900," he said. "It's not much, but the big thing is, they erased that deficit."
Youngstrom said that the city has made improvements and cut costs in its day-to-day operation.
"(The city) has improved (its) entire system," he said. "There have been big changes from start to finish."
According to the report, Standish was found to be in compliance with its deficit reduction plan that it filed with the State of Michigan.
One major issue was journal entries for the internal controls. Youngstrom said those entries have been cleaned up and are efficient.
City Manager Michael Moran said getting a positive report is great news for Standish.
"We are able to balance our budget, and a few thousand dollars here and there can make a huge difference," he said.
Moran said that the turnaround would not have been possible without sacrifice and the hard work of the city clerk and treasurer, Peggy Burch.
"The diligence of (Peggy) has brought our budget around in a positive way," he said.
Moran said trimming the budget was not easy, adding that city employees are working fewer hours and doing more work.
"We have had to make a number of sacrifices and, unfortunately, layoffs," he said.
Moran said a number of changes had to be made including, the Teamsters Union Local 486 pushed back their pay increase from 2011 to 2014, the administrative staff has cut work hours to a 32-hour work week, and changes have been made to medical insurance.
"Our administrative staff has made significant sacrifices," he said.
Youngstrom said that in the current economy of Michigan, the results were impressive.
"Given the hand (Standish) was dealt with the loss of (Standish Maximum Correctional Facility), getting balanced results this year is incredible," he said.
Youngstrom added that they city still has work to do, adding that if the administration continues to work hard and stay on top of their budget they can "weather the economic storm."
"I believe the key to success is a stable financial plan," he said. "When you're stable finically, it allows you to do so many things."
Youngstrom said there are still a few things that city management can work on.
According to the report, Yeo & Yeo suggested that the city management review transactions that are being handled electronically and develop a formal policy to meet the needs of the city's internal control system for policy and procedures, such as money transactions.
The reports also suggest that the city record all activity monthly, like all of the regular accounts the city has. It is also suggested that Standish request the that the Authority Board establish procedures to monitor and establish a budget before the end of the end of fiscal year, ensuring expenditures are not in excess of the amount appropriated.
Youngstrom said he believes the city will continue to see future success in the coming year.
"The next few years will be tough as well," he said. "They just have to watch their budget."
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Sample Documents
It would be nearly impossible to collect all of the documents available from the four campuses featured in the Advancing Community Engagement With Student Leadership How-to Manual, let alone keep them up-to-date. As a result, we have included brief descriptions of a small sample of some of the best materials that are provided in the appendix section of the Manual (pages 103-146):
- Program Director Job description – CSU Chico
The CAVE Program Director Job Description is an example of the detailed information provided to student leaders. This format not only shows students detailed expectations for their performance, it also introduces them to the more formal job descriptions they will see when their careers begin. Rather than create specific descriptions for each of the programs, one overall document has been created, with a section that provides additional details specific to each program. (For example, the State Facilities Director collects money for weekend trips, while no other director has this duty.)
- Service-Learning Intern Job Announcement – Humboldt State
This is a detailed job announcement for the Service-Learning Intern position at Humboldt State.
- (SL)2 Application Packet – CSU Monterey Bay
This document provides an excellent example of the process used to hire student leaders and the detailed information provided to those who are interested in the (sl)2 program at CSU Monterey Bay. It includes a bulleted list of qualifications, a checklist of application requirements, essay questions to be completed by the applicant, information on program requirements, reference checking documents, and more.
- Service-Learning Interns & YES Program Consultants Training and Orientation – Humboldt State
This training agenda highlights the types of topics and lengths of sessions during the first student leader training for the Humboldt State community engagement program. This training is focused on bringing together the highest level of student leaders in the program to prepare them for their positions and the roles they will play in training new student leaders in subsequent sessions.
- Course Syllabus – CSU Monterey Bay
This document is the formal syllabus for the course (sl)2 student leaders enroll in during the Summer of Service Learning program at CSU Monterey Bay. It includes required readings, course assignments, and expectations, as well as deadlines related to the course.
The CSU Center for Community Engagement gratefully acknowledges the Surdna Foundation for its generous and visionary support of The Next Stage: Boosting Service Learning to New Heights, three-year grant initiative.


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In its self-study for the decennial Middle States Commission on Higher Education re-accreditation, New York University has chosen to focus on multischool, interdisciplinary programs that exist outside or alongside the school and department structure of the University. Such programs have propelled many of the recent major initiatives at NYU, and several are being developed as University priorities. This trend is of special significance for a historically school-centric university – presenting both opportunities and challenges – and so warrants examination. The four areas on which the self-study focuses are public health, cities and the urban environment, humanities and the arts, and data science. Working groups were formed in each of these areas to explore organizational structure, leadership and governance, faculty, finances, the student community, the curriculum, the University administration, support services, and assessment procedures. In addition, information has been collected for this report from other multidisciplinary centers at NYU: the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, the Center for Neural Science, the Neuroscience Institute, and the Media and Games Network (MAGNET).
Public Health
There is a growing recognition of the importance of advancing public health as a fundamental building block of prosperous, stable, and just societies. And universities – through their key missions of research, education, and service – can play a critical role in that effort. Improving the state of the nation's and world's health requires professionals and experts from across the spectrum: physicians, nurses, dentists, psychologists, social workers, policymakers, managers, engineers, and sociologists. After several years of consultation with deans and faculty, NYU was ready in 2012 to launch the Global Institute of Public Health (GIPH), which draws on the scholarship and clinical work of 11 schools. GIPH includes doctoral, master's, and undergraduate degree programs. Ten undergraduate majors combining public health with another field provide interdisciplinary education for students entering the workforce or going onto graduate school. The master's program prepares students to become public health researchers and practitioners. The doctoral program specializes in the biological bases of public health, health systems and services research, population and community health, and sociobehavioral health. A goal of the Institute's new dean is to evaluate how current cross-school faculty align with research areas, such as chronic disease, infectious disease, and public health and community practice.
The Council on Education for Public Health, on an accreditation site visit to NYU in 2010, commented favorably on the resources that have been committed to public health, the smoothness of the collaborative relationship among units, and the mentoring of students, postdocs, and junior faculty. Challenges remain, including the still-strong pull toward school-
based programs and faculty as the norm; the dispersal of faculty and students over several geographic sites; the potential for conflicting policies and procedures in student and faculty affairs, and financial planning. And with an institute the breadth and scope of GIPH, there is a pressing need for ongoing communication among all participants.
Cities and the Urban Environment
For the first time in history, more than half the world's population lives in cities. By 2050, seven out of 10 people will. The world's anticipated population growth in the next few decades, from 7 billion to 9 billion, will take place largely in cities in the developing world. While urbanization has the potential to reduce poverty and promote economic development, if done too fast or without proper planning for infrastructure or human needs, it presents grave threats to the environment and quality of life. The physical, social, political, and economic forces that shape the well-being of urban residents are complex, and they demand multifaceted solutions. As a university that was founded to be "in and of the city" and makes its home in New York City, NYU is well positioned to study urban issues. It has scholars in a wide range of disciplines crucial to understanding cities: applied sciences and technology, sociology, economics, law, history, environmental sustainability, and policy and planning.
Currently, NYU has four relevant multidisciplinary undergraduate programs focused on cities and aspects of urbanization, three in the College of Arts and Sciences and one in the School of Engineering – which together enroll 300 majors. In addition, there are departments in several other schools and at NYU's global sites, which provide opportunities to study cities. Several schools, such as the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and the Graduate School of Arts and Science, offer related master's degrees. There are a large number of active centers at the University, housed in different schools, through which faculty conduct research on urban problems, including transportation, land use, housing, culture, education, poverty, climate change, and urban growth. One of the newest is the Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP), which aims to collect, link, and analyze large data sets to improve urban efficiency. The University has recently launched the Marron Institute on Cities and the Urban Environment, which will span the entire University and serve as an umbrella institute for many of NYU's centers in this area. These programs are aided by a vigorous faculty, the potential for connection with an array of cities in which NYU has a study abroad presence, and a vibrant student community.
Here, too, challenges remain: some fragmentation and lack of coordination of curriculum and research, faculty allegiance to multiple departments, still-developing undergraduate programs, insufficient use of NYU's global network, and vestigial administrative barriers to multischool classes and research.
Humanities and the Arts
Since 2005, NYU has created more than 100 new positions in humanities in the Faculty of
Arts and Science. The field has also grown in the Gallatin School of Individualized Study,
the Liberal Studies Program, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human
Development, and the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. Humanities and the arts
are also embedded in less obvious venues, including the School of Law, the Robert F.
Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, and the School of Medicine. Finally, the Tisch
School of the Arts and the Institute of Fine Arts are, respectively, among the most highly
regarded programs for the performing arts and art history. These are unsettling times for the
humanities, as reflected in a spate of recent reports. Since the 1960s there has been a decline
in the number of postsecondary degrees in the field, government support for less-commonly
taught languages has been cut drastically, and the job market for graduate students in the
humanities has rarely been worse. In this climate, the most competitive students seek to be
conversant with more than one field in their disciplines, and NYU has been at the forefront of
articulating and creating interdisciplinary connections in the humanities and arts.
In addition to the programs located in separate schools, many humanities centers exist outside the purview of a single school. This self-study concentrates on five that share common goals but differ with respect to funding, personnel, longevity, and interactions within and beyond the University.
⁻ The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, based in the Tisch School of
the Arts, has extensive contacts with over 45 institutions in the Americas as it
operates a performance archive and network aimed at exploring, teaching, and
enabling performance in the Western Hemisphere. The network also provides workstudy
and internship positions, which benefit skills training and create a supportive
community for students and alumni.
⁻ The goal of the Humanities Initiative at NYU is to mobilize "the talents and energies
of our faculty and students across the University to provide a forum for crossdisciplinary
discussion and collaboration in the humanities and arts." It funds research
groups, conferences, and workshops, and it partners with libraries and other
humanities centers in New York State.
⁻ The Remarque Institute, founded by the esteemed late professor Tony Judt, has
become a leading interdisciplinary center for scholarship in European studies,
including history, literature, politics, sociology, law, and journalism. It sponsors
fellowships, lectures, and a monthly European history seminar for graduate students.
⁻ The NYU Abu Dhabi Institute includes an outreach program designed to bring
together Emirati, expatriates, and others for talks, concerts, and ongoing research. It
has a conference and workshop program geared to issues that focus on Abu Dhabi
and the Gulf as places of transition and geographic, economic, and cultural
intersections. And it funds large-scale research projects in the sciences, social
sciences, and humanities.
⁻ The University's digital humanities projects are engaged in the creation and use of
technological methods to investigate humanities scholarship.
Taken as a group, these humanities initiatives at NYU constitute a unique assemblage,
allowing a broad range of teaching, research, and collaborative projects that have national
and global reach. The primary challenge for these programs consists of the three Cs –
collaboration, continuity, and connectivity – as ways of enhancing a fourth C, creativity.
They have common needs: adequate space, staff, and oversight. They also have the challenge of maintaining strong relations across NYU's global network to strengthen their offerings and disperse their benefits more widely. Finally, integrating undergraduates into these programs will establish strong humanistic foundations for students at the start of their studies.
Data Science
Our networked world is generating a deluge of data that no human, or group of humans, can
process fast enough. Much of the new data is unstructured and is captured from the real
world through a variety of means: sensors from scientific experiments, pictures and videos
from the Web, location data from smartphones, link and click data from social networks,
customer data from e-commerce, text from news sources, blogs and collaborative filtering
websites, and more. Data science is on the cusp of revolutionizing all areas of intellectual
endeavor and is becoming a necessary tool to answer some of the big scientific and
technological challenges of our time. NYU has a strong presence in data science, particularly
in deep learning, information visualization and visual analytics, data management,
provenance and reproducibility, large-scale computation, and mathematical statistics and
In 2012, NYU established a Center for Data Science to serve as a major research and
education center, bringing together many of these competencies. The University also has five
other data science–related graduate programs, with a sixth to start in fall 2014. In addition,
many NYU research centers and departments have significant activity in the field, including
the Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, the Center for Social and Political Behavior,
the Computational Intelligence, Learning, Vision, and Robotics Lab; and the Division of
Biostatistics at the NYU Langone Medical Center. Two principal purposes of these activities
are to bring together faculty with significant research activities in data science who are
currently scattered at the University. These activities are linked closely with NYU's global
network, especially the Abu Dhabi and Shanghai campuses. These projects require
substantial resources, including classroom and faculty space and equipment. As is common
with interdisciplinary efforts, junior faculty are often concerned about the effect of their
participation on promotion and tenure in their home departments. Another challenge is to find a flexible University-wide approach to obtaining corporate sponsorship. Nevertheless, there are many opportunities to develop new NYU strengths in this area and for the University to become a leader in the field.
Overall Strengths and Challenges
As stressed throughout this report, interdisciplinary work has enormous potential for intellectual innovation and the solution of complex problems, such as rapid urbanization of the world's population, challenges in national and international economic development, public health threats, and political instability. As an urban university with an increasingly global identity and departmental strengths across a wide range of natural and social sciences and the humanities, NYU is well positioned to capitalize on interdisciplinary initiatives. Because some departments have little in the way of process for managing faculty hiring, promotion, and tenure, it is sometimes necessary to introduce new procedures. Similarly, despite increasing cooperation among faculty in different fields, there is a continuing need for oversight to assure that programs are coordinated and duplication is avoided. To be successful, interdisciplinary endeavors require significant investment of time and money and the steady development of information technology.
Multischool collaboration provides students with an opportunity to explore different epistemological traditions and to capitalize on new methodologies, technologies, and forms of analysis. An interdisciplinary focus also helps the Washington Square campus work more closely with NYU's study abroad sites. Experience in low- and middle- income countries assists students in understanding the varied nature of local problems throughout the world. Nevertheless, with multidisciplinary approaches come theoretical and pragmatic challenges. The lack of an historical anchor for some of the innovative work can be taxing for students, and the bounds of interdisciplinary topics can be more diffuse, or less easily articulated, than ideal to shape research and pedagogical aims.
This self-study makes recommendations for strengthening interdisciplinary programs and tackling the significant administrative, fiscal, operational, and above all, academic challenges they face.
The self-study covers portions of Middle State's Standards 5, 7, 9, 10, and 11. The document review addressed other portions of those Standards, as well as all of Standards 1-4, 6, 8, and 12-14.


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By Patricia Zavella
When Ana and José García (all names used are pseudonyms) were 18, they could no longer cope with the lack of jobs and crushing poverty in their rural Mexican town, so they decided to migrate with their toddler son to the United States. Since the waiting list in Mexico for family immigrant visas could be as long as 20 years, the couple couldn't wait for authorization.
Those who migrate without authorization often cannot return home, since it entails a second life-threatening border crossing. Even though the Garcías have made a life here, their sacrifices have often been painful, especially living as unauthorized (undocumented) residents. They must stay in the shadows, knowing they could be deported at any time.
Women migrants such as Ana experience two familiar and difficult scenarios: First, they often have to separate from their children or other close family members when they come to the United States. Secondly, once they live in the U.S. their families are often composed of members with differing legal status, making some vulnerable to deportation and others not.
Mixed-status families are commonplace in the U.S. Jeffrey Passel of the Pew Hispanic Center estimates that within the estimated 6.6 million unauthorized migrant families in the U.S. in 2005, 3.1 million of the children were U.S. citizens. The legal privileges afforded to citizens or permanent residents but not to unauthorized family members have significant material consequences, especially in terms of health care and education. Ana García enrolled her second son—a U.S. citizen, because he was born here—in Medi-Cal for his health care, but has to pay out of pocket for the health care of her unauthorized son.
Meanwhile, much-needed immigration reform has been stalled by business interests that exploit immigrant labor. It's time to make a feminist perspective on that reform known. Instead of ICE raids that destroy the lives of the unauthorized and separate families, we should provide pathways to permanent residence and better access to health care and higher education for immigrants and all their children.
Excerpted from the Winter 2009 issue of Ms. - join the ms. community at www.msmagazine.com.
PATRICIA ZAVELLA is professor and chair of the Latin American and Latino Studies department at the University of California, Santa Cruz.


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WiSE - Women in Science & Engineering
Located in Reynolds House, The WiSE (Women in Science & Engineering) program is an opportunity that fosters engagement in the world of science and engineering to females, who are typically outnumbered in such majors and programs.
WiSE was created to offer females a strong support system to help with everyday challenges, from studying for a physics exam to working out an issue with a roommate. This system of support includes upper class women serving as mentors of the program as well as several staff members from across the university.
Francesca Merchant '09, a biology major and mentor, says," WiSE serves to remind these women that they belong here too. It's challenging to sit in an aeronautical engineering class and be in the minority. In WiSE, the girls can come back to their mentor, who remembers that same challenge, or to her peers who are experiencing the same issues, and feel comforted knowing that they understand."
WiSE also offers its members extraordinary opportunities to network with successful alumnae, participate in social functions, attend guest speaker appearances, workshops and study sessions and meet with helpful offices such as the Career Center.


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- Premier League
Wenger stunned by match-fixing 'tsunami'
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has admitted he has been stunned by the match-fixing storm that has rocked football in recent days and has claimed the revelations could overwhelm the sport.
After a Europol investigation uncovered that hundreds of matches may have been fixed in a wide-scale betting scam, the Arsenal manager pulled few punches as he was asked to address the issue of match-fixing.
His passion for the subject is motivated by a personal grievance, as his Monaco side were caught up in the French match-fixing scandal involving Marseille in the early 1990s and Wenger called for severe punishment to players and referees found guilty of accepting bribes to fix matches.
"I was completely surprised by the number of games that were revealed to have been fixed and for me this is a real tsunami (for football)," said Wenger. "I cannot accept this. I was always a believer that there is a lot of cheating in the game and that we are not strong enough on what is happening.
"First doping, then the corruption of referees and now match-fixing. It is time we tackled these issues and people who cheat need to be punished in a very severe way. Sport is full of legends who are, in fact, cheats and we had a recent example of that. We all have a responsibility to fight against that.
"You cannot accept that someone who works a whole week to get the money to go to a game and you cheat him because all is decided before he gets to the stand. I cannot stand up for that and I cannot accept that."
Wenger admits the frustration he felt when his Monaco side were undone by fixed games against Marseille still lingers, but he remains convinced that English football remains clean of match-fixing.
"You spend sleepless nights worrying how to win the next game, what kind of team you can pick and then you discover that what you do is pointless as it is already decided and it is all a waste of time and energy," he reflected. "I discovered this to be true over the course of two of three seasons and it is difficult to take, but it is very hard to come up with the proof.
"You can have your own belief and I knew what was going on, but when people ask to show the proof, it is very difficult to do that. I discovered what was happening (with Marseille) over the course of two or three seasons, but it is very tough to prove that.
"In sport in general, cheating is a problem, but it is not at all a problem in the English game. That is why we are so shocked by the news this week. It is not a perfect world here, but match-fixing is not a problem in this country. I know the English media would be very harsh against that and people know that as well."
Meanwhile, Wenger has emerged as an unlikely opponent to the financial restrictions that were approved by Premier League chairman at a meeting in London on Thursday.
The Arsenal boss has been a long-time supporter of UEFA's Financial Fair Play rules that are designed to force clubs to work within the budgets they generate from their own business, but he rejects the suggestion that the internal financing of Premier League clubs needs to be controlled.
"I am personally for financial fair play in the way that companies and clubs manage themselves with their own resources and for the rest I believe in freedom on how you manage your finances," he added. "I am not in favour of Brussels-style society controlled by complicated rules. Every company should manage their company as they want to do it."
Wenger also confirmed that the process to replace the departing Liam Brady as Arsenal's youth development chief is underway after the Irishman announced he would be stepping down from his role at the end of next season.
The Arsenal manager revealed that Gunners legend Patrick Vieira, who is currently working as Football Development Executive for Manchester City, and 'any of his former players' could be contenders to land post he described as 'crucial' to the club's future.


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