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Syrian soldier executed after graveside 'trial'
Rebel fighter Ahmed chuckles as he tells the story of the Syrian army sniper who was captured and executed by rebels, shot dead after a "trial" conducted at his own graveside.
He says Rami the sniper, firing from a high minaret at the local mosque, killed many rebels and civilians before he was seized by fighters from Ahmed's Amr bin al-Aas brigade which operates around the northern Syrian town of Azaz.
"We took him right to his grave and, after hearing the witnesses' statements, we shot him dead," said Ahmed, who has a rich, black beard and a broad, easy smile.
The rebels are waging a 17-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, during which government forces have frequently been accused of carrying out summary executions and other violations against fighters and civilians.
But video footage of a purported execution of pro-Assad militia and rebels making a gloating victory tour of an Aleppo police station still strewn with bodies, suggest both sides are capable of brutalities. And rebels themselves say they have no cause to show mercy to their opponents.
One of the witnesses at Rami's "trial" was a man who said he lost two sons to the sniper. But beyond a few witness statements, the justice dispensed appeared to be summary, at best.
Ahmed said his forces often capture a handful of soldiers in battle, and would know the names and faces of certain commanders or soldiers who were loyal to Assad. They would create courts for the captured men, and execute them.
"The culture of lawyers has long passed. I mean a guy like that," Ahmed said, referring to Rami the sniper. "What do you think his fate should be?"
Sharia Courts
Further south in Aleppo, a dozen prisoners stand against a wall with their hands above their heads, hours after surrendering to rebels who overran their police station on the southern fringes of the city, not the same building as the one shown in the video.
The former police officials face an uncertain fate at the hands of fighters who said they would be put on trial in front of a Sharia (religious) court. Sharia justice, implemented in its most literal form, can involve eye-for-an-eye retribution, up to and including the death penalty.
Others who chose to resist the rebel attack on the police station in Salheen district were overwhelmed and killed after a battle which activists said lasted several hours.
One of the policemen said he received a call from the rebels on Monday night, a few hours before the attack started, saying that if he wished to surrender he should bring his men out with their hands raised, chanting "God is Greater".
"I told my guys: 'Tomorrow when they come in, drop your weapons'. This morning we didn't fire a single bullet," he said, in a school building being used by the Aleppo rebels as a base and a prison for the captives.
"Of course at that moment we were very frightened, but they kept saying we would be safe so we went out and everything went as planned," he said.
None of the captives, wearing regular civilian trousers and shirts, showed signs of having been mistreated since they gave themselves up.
"Notice we haven't hit them in the face," said Abu Bakr, one of the rebel leaders at the school base. "Have we hit you once?" he asked, and was answered by a vigorous shaking of heads by his captives.
"These prisoners will be transferred to sharia courts to be tried by judges and clerics who have defected from the regime, and religious scholars," he said, adding their fate was in the hands of the rebel 'courts'.
"It depends on what the court decides and whether they have blood on their hands. Whatever they decide we will commit to that. For now they are going to prison."
As he spoke, a cleric in white turban and cloak entered and began talking to the captives.
Despite the reassurances, signs of growing brutality are present across Aleppo, Syria's biggest city and a possibly decisive prize in the 17-month struggle for power between Assad and the rebel forces.
Next to a nearby building two bodies lay on the ground - a police commander and his driver, according to the rebels - the last remaining corpses of the men killed at the police station.
Inside the school, an older man wearing a light blue robe appeared, his eyes puffy from beatings and blood dripping from his mouth. He was carried by apologetic men - interrogators who had mistaken him for a member of the pro-Assad shabbiha militia.
A rebel spoke of another captive, believed to be from the shabbiha. "Even I got to step on him," he said.
"He deserved to be killed. He has raped women and shot protesters. Everyone in Aleppo hated him and we've finally got our hands on him. For sure he is going to be killed"
Asked if he would be killed immediately, the rebel replied: "No, we will send him to be tried, but I can't imagine he won't get the death sentence".
[Source: By Hadeel Al Shalchi and Erika Solomon, Reuters, Azaz and Aleppo, 01Aug12]
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I-10. The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West
Erin C. Blake
This introduction to printed book illustration in the West from the fifteenth century to the present day presents a chronological overview of techniques, genres, styles, and artists. The course centers on illustrations in typical publications, with an eye to changing technology and changing reader expectations rather than aesthetic appreciation, although private press books and major artists are also touched on. The focus of the course is mainly English, French, and American material, though book illustration in other Western countries is discussed. The course relies largely on original examples from the extensive RBS collections and materials in UVA Special Collections.
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Erin Blake is Head of Collection Information Services at the Folger Shakespeare Library. She first came to the Folger in 2000, as Curator of Art. In 2004, her position was expanded to Curator of Art and Special Collections. After fourteen years, Erin took that curatorial knowledge behind the scenes to become Head of Collection Information Services. Outside the Folger, Erin served as chief editor of the national standard for art cataloging in libraries, Descriptive Cataloging of Rare Materials (Graphics), and remains an active member of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section of the Association of College and Research Libraries. She holds a Ph.D. in art history from Stanford, and has written and lectured widely on issues related to book illustration.Full Bio »


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A reader wrote in asking that I take the time to remind residents that those trash containers that are sometimes left for several days after scheduled pick-up are not only unsightly, but they are also a road hazard when they are blown into the roadways. Also, with school now in session they can obstruct a driver's view of children waiting to be picked up by the bus. Please take care of them promptly after your waste hauler picks up your trash.
Our Migratory feathered friends will soon be heading to their winter homes and it may be a good idea to stock up on bird seed to feed these tiny creatures before their flight south.
The Warren County treasurer's office has informed county supervisors of an "unpaid taxes" scam in which people are contacted by an automated call which tells them they owe taxes and to send the money to a certain address to take care of the overdue taxes. The treasurer's office does not use automated calling, and the treasurer advises that if anyone gets a call they should call his office at 761-6375.
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The Sugarloaf Seniors group will be hosting a defensive driving course on Thursday, Sept. 12 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Thurman Town Hall. Jerry Ferro of Corinth will be conducting the course. The fee for AARP members is $17 and $19 for non-AARP members. Bring your lunch and your driver's license. The class can take up to 40 reservations, so call Norma to reserve your place at 623-9425.
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The Thurman Fire Co. holds their meeting on the Friday of the first full week of the month at the Fire House. This month that falls on Sept. 6 at 7 p.m.
The County sponsored seniors' bus service to Glens Falls runs next on Friday, Sept. 13 and is free to people age 60 and over. Those who wish to go, call Laura by Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 623-9281.
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Today's students are tomorrow's leaders.
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In an attempt to raise funds for the replacement of the local defibrillator batteries and electrodes/pads, The Lions Club is having a used book sale at the rear of the Lazy Bean in the Square. We need all your used books, you can drop them in to the shop or if you want them collected give Seanie Lonergan a call 0863913639 or any member of the Cahir Lions Club.
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Motivated by the consistency of black hole complementarity, Sekino and Susskind have conjectured that no physical system can "scramble" its internal degrees of freedom in time faster than (1/T) log S, where T is temperature and S the system's entropy. By considering a number of toy examples and general Lieb-Robinson-type causality bounds, I'll explore the range of validity of the conjecture. Some of these examples suggest that nonlocal Hamiltonians can delocalize information at rates exceeding the fast scrambling bound, but the physical relevance of these examples is unclear.
We investigate a simple FRW spacetime realized by a brane construction. This also comes from a Coleman-de Luccia decay from a metastable de Sitter. We motivate a dual description in terms of a low energy effective field theory (EFT) on FRW in one lower dimensions. This EFT is coupled to gravity with a time-dependent Planck mass that grows to infinity at late times. We investigate the entropy bound, correlation functions, and various particle/brane probes as first steps to understand the degrees of freedom building up the EFT. This is work in collaboration with B. Horn, S. Matsuura, E.
I will discuss recent work engineering "semi-holographic" constructions of de Sitter space in string theory, using elliptic fibrations and orientifolds to uplift known Freund-Rubin compactifications. The dual brane construction is compact and provides a microscopic realization of the dS/dS correspondence of Alishahiha et al., realizing de Sitter space in d dimensions as a warped compactification down to d-1 dimensional de Sitter space coupled to a pair of large N matter sectors. This provides a parametric microscopic accounting of the Gibbons-Hawking entropy.
Neutron star mergers represent one of the most promising sources of gravitational waves (GW), while that the presence of strong magnetic fields may offer the possibility of a characteristic electromagnetic signature allowing for concurrent detection. In this talk will be presented a new hybrid-passive approach to match the full GR-MHD evolutions of the binary neutron star mergers to the force-free equations in order to study numerically the dynamics and interaction of their magnetospheres.
Starting from AdS/CFT, one can introduce ingredients which produce cosmological solutions, including metastable de Sitter and its decay to FRW. In the de Sitter case, this produces a compact brane construction which mirrors the dS/dS correspondence realizing de Sitter as a pair of warped throats coupled to gravity. In the FRW case, I will present simple solutions sourced by magnetic flavor branes and explore their holographic description.
Gauge/gravity duality is our most complete construction of quantum gravity, but it gives in a simple way only the observations of an observer at the AdS boundary. I discuss various issues regarding the representation of the bulk physics.
Black hole-neutron star (BHNS) binary mergers areimportant gravitational wave sources and (possibly) gamma ray burst progenitors. Fully relativisticsimulations have only recently begun to try to capture neutron star physics beyond the polytrope approximation.
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UIEvolution, Inc., a global connected screen solutions company specializing in highly scalable mobile products and services, announces today the release of a 3D augmented reality application called Shatter Isle, representing a breakthrough for AR experiences. Shatter Isle uses Qualcomm® Vuforia™, a software platform that enables apps to see and connect digital experiences to physical products.
UIEvolution developed Shatter Isle to demonstrate the many possibilities of the next generation of augmented reality (AR), recognizing and interacting with individual objects for marketing and advertising purposes.
"We see value for our Enterprise clients to utilize AR to drive consumer engagement," says Jennifer Hodges, Vice President of Product Studio at UIEvolution. "Until recently, augmented reality applications were only able to recognize single objects on flat surfaces. Developing Shatter Isle was important for us to showcase our ability to extend this cutting edge computer vision technology for brands and consumer product companies. Shatter Isle truly demonstrates where the line between the real and the fantastic grows blurry."
Shatter Isle works by players identifying objects in the physical world that trigger virtual game elements and hazards. Players conquer each level of the augmented reality game, knocking down elaborate 3D structures in which everyday objects on the flat surface become part of the playing field. Players battle against the likes of knights and ogres in an immersive environment where the player's home or office space seems to transform into the knight's world of colorful floating islands. Adding a little intensity to the harmless physics genre, players must physically move out of the way to avoid incoming oncoming objects or risk "cracking" their smartphone screen.
Shatter Isle is free to play on the iOS App Store or Google Play. Recommended hardware includes iPhone 4s, Retina iPad or newer, and Android devices with a multicore processor and rear-facing camera. For more information, visit http://www.shatterisle.com.
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Disclaimer: I received an advance reader's copy (ARC) of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. All opinions expressed are my own, and no monetary compensation was received for this review.
This was my first Stephen Graham Jones novel and it won't be my last.
I've always had a pet peeve against the second-person narrative. Using the second person the writer is constantly confronting the reader assuming that he/she'll react positively, thinking that he/she'll be drawn into the story, but requiring increased suspension of disbelief for him/her to actually enjoy the story. For me "suspension of disbelief" has to be avoided at all costs. In this case the approach worked almost pitch perfect.
Also in some places, because of the second-person narrative, the usual barrier set between the writer and the reader was quite obvious. The "you" was the killer here. It did not allow full-rounded characterization. The "you" was not supported by an identifiable and recognizable narrator. I usually found myself becoming dependent mostly on narrative description since internalization, action, and dialogue were connected to the fuzzy (and hazy) "you":
"Because you were still a hero, and because he'd probably done all twelve grades in one classroom and never had a Mrs. Rankin to test him on the quadratic formula,you'd asked him where algebra fit in? In answer he'd rubbed his nose in the shameless way of old men, shrugged, and said that that kind of fancy arithmetic was what you might call a murder investigation - the kind of problem where you already have the answer, a dead person, then all this evidence bunched up on the other side of the equals-sign. Your job as a detective, then, is to arrange the evidence in such a way that only one variable will work with them to produce a dead body. And that variable, that x, that's your killer."
(NB: This not first-person narrative voice; it's second-person in full splendour)
Writing second-person novels is not for roller-coaster readers. As a reader I don't like roller-coasters. That said, this book was really up my alley.
Technically Graham Jones had some trouble avoiding the dreaded 'You' with every sentence, but on the whole I think he quite succeeded.
Another thing that impressed me a lot was the fact that Graham Jones' second-person narrative didn't strike me as a mere device. This story had to be told this way. It allowed playing with POV in order to transform the story.
- I was completely drawn into the action. Using the "you" and describing action as it happened, it propelled the story and me, the reader, forward;
- Using the second-person, because it's not often successfully done, it's always refreshing. It allows me to have a different perspective about the story being told.
Jones is not a prose stylist, but boy, he sure knows how to tell a story. At times he is quite brilliant. He can write his ass off.
It suffices to say that second-person narrative is not everyone's cup of tea.


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31st > August > 2009 Archive
AMD plays it cool with low-volt Istanbuls
AMD is today expected to complete its rollout of the six-core Istanbul series of Opteron processors with the final chip in the family: a low-voltage part for two-socket servers.
Feds break Apple's code of App Store silence
Fail and YouOh, Apple Computer. What sorts of antics are you into this month?
Spotify, DRM and the celestial jukebox
With Spotify launching a new offline music player for iPhones, it has taken a big step forward to giving itself a future. Now it faces the same dilemma as Real's Rhapsody: why pay for a universal jukebox when your music will disappear when the sub runs out?
Japan gives the wheelchair a hi-tech overhaul
A Japanese firm has developed a hi-tech wheelchair that's able to avoid obstacles and find its way around - while being more comfortable for the passenger.
Apple joins expanded HTML 5 leadership team
Apple is stepping up to an expanded leadership team helping steward the magnum opus that is HTML 5.
'Grid computing Red Hat' lands elephant on VMware cloud
Cloudera - the star-studded Silicon Valley startup that commercialized the epic number crunching of the open source Hadoop project - is now offering a version of its stuffed elephant distro for use on VMWare's imminent vCloud.
Intel says data centers much too cold
Intel wants you to know that data centers are wasting energy - and money - by over-cooling their servers, burdened by warranties that may prevent them from aggressively raising their temperature.
Soundcast Outcast Junior
ReviewAimed at outdoor music lovers, the Outcast Junior comes from American manufacturer Soundcast Systems and, compared to the larger Outcast model, is the more compact and affordable version. It features four 3in drivers at the top of the unit and a 6.5in sub-woofer in the base, all powered by a 60W digital amplifier. Despite looking like a cross between a parking bollard and a pedal bin, its form is borne from its genuine ruggedness.
Sun sales plummet 30.6% in Q4
If the impending acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle was meant to be reassuring to Sun's customers and to stabilize its sales, that sure didn't work. Not with revenues down 30.6 per cent to $2.62bn and the company posting a $147m net loss in the fiscal fourth quarter ended in June.
Iomega desktop NAS getting iSCSI support
Iomega has introduced an updated desktop NAS box, a kind of pre-loaded Drobo with added iSCSI block storage access.
US health-care debate clogged world's inboxes
When the US debates health care reform, the world's inboxes get clogged with health-related spam.
Microsoft denies "screw-Google" political lobbying
Microsoft is certainly working to outflank Google in Washington, DC, but it has dismissed the notion that it holds regular "screw Google" meetings.
Semiconductor sales rise 5.3% in July
Sometimes, the good news is that things are getting less bad. So it seems to be with the semiconductor industry. According to a report from the Semiconductor Manufacturing Association today, worldwide chip sales hit $18.2bn in July, up 5.3 per cent sequentially from the $17.2bn level set in June.
AppleT&T's MMS legal woes double
Two lawsuits filed earlier this month against Apple and AT&T Mobility alleging that the companies misrepresented the iPhone's ability to send MMS message have been joined by two more.
SMBs unimpressed by netbooks
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German state election exit polls leaked on Twitter
German election officials are once again shaking their fists at Twitter after forecasts for several state elections were leaked ahead of schedule.
VMware vSphere gets more gadgets
Server virtualization juggernaut VMware kicks off its VMworld fest in San Francisco today by rounding out its vCenter management tools for the new vSphere 4.0 stack, which wraps around the new ESX Server 4.0 hypervisor.
IIS bug gives attackers complete server control
A hacker has uncovered a previously unknown bug in Microsoft's Internet Information Services webserver that in some cases gives attackers complete control of vulnerable machines.
iPhone thieves collared by Jobsian GPS
A trio of blundering brigands have been busted after an iPhone they had stolen betrayed their whereabouts.
IT test cloud follows Amazon with tunnel to earth
Less than a week after Amazon introduced its Virtual Private Cloud, letting you readily marry your internal IT infrastructure with an external setup floating on its EC2 web service, the Jeff Bezos-backed Silicon Valley startup SkyTap is offering much the same thing on its own infrastructure cloud.
EMC absorbs FastScale Technology
Storage giant and systems management software wannabe EMC added another tool to its data center utility belt today when it snapped up FastScale Technology for an undisclosed sum.
Japanese boffin boasts electrospray OLEDs
Displays created using self-illuminating organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology "could be manufactured as inexpensively as printing newspapers," according to one of the researchers involved in developing the new manufacturing process.
Judge acquits mother in MySpace suicide case
A federal judge has officially acquitted Lori Drew, the Missouri mother accused of using MySpace to bully a 13-year-old neighbor girl who later committed suicide.
Microsoft says US is top malware target
Windows users based in the United States are the most likely to benefit from Microsoft's malicious software removal tool, which has removed malware from nearly 2.2 million US machines, more than the other nine top countries combined.


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WASHINGTON — Senate-passed sanctions against the government of South Africa ''will not increase U.S. influence on the pace and direction of change . . . and will reinforce those elements most opposed to that change.''
That is the official White House reaction to last week's 80 to 12 Senate vote on a bill calling for economic sanctions against South Africa unless it begins to modify its policy of official racism known as apartheid.


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Loma Palisades is a Pet-friendly Community.
Each apartment home may have a maximum of two pets. Residents will be required to provide management with a recent picture of the pet at move-in. Cats must be neutered or spayed. Kittens are not allowed. Dogs must be neutered or spayed and at least six months old. Each dog breed's temperament and ability to adapt to community living will be researched. All dogs must also be "interviewed" and physically approved by the Property Manager.
The following breeds of dogs, pure breeds, or mixed breeds of any of the following, including but not limited to, are restricted: Akita, Bedlington Terrier, Chow Chow, Doberman, German Shepherd, Karelian Bear Dog, Mastiff/Dogue de Bordeaux/Fila, Pit Bull/American Staffordshire Terrier, Presa Canario (Canary dog), Rhodesian Ridgeback, Rottweiler, Shiba Inu. Reptiles or exotic pets are not allowed.
Pet deposit: $500
Pet Rent: $50 per pet per month
Please refer to the Residential Lease for complete information about Pet Rent, Pet Deposit, and Pet Policy.


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After my last post I had quite a few people asking me about the muffins I mentioned using as "ice packs" in my travel day cooler. Since I am in the air again today I made a batch yesterday and wanted to share this VERY simple (3-5 ingredient!) recipe with you. Be warned – these are not your typical gigantic, sugar-laden muffins….
These are bodybuilder diet-approved Sweet Potato Muffins! I think they taste pretty good, but to be sure I also had a non-RD, non-dieting friend test them out, and they received good remarks!
Sweet Potato Protein Muffins (adapted from my coach, Kurt Weidner's recipe):
1. In a blender, combine
- 6 oz. sweet potato (cooked) – I include the skin!
- 80 g (about 1 cup) dry oats
- 2.5 cups liquid egg whites
- Optional, but recommended: Cinnamon (to taste)
- Optional, but recommended: Stevia (or sweetener of your choice) to taste
2. Pour into lined muffin tins and bake at 350 F for 30 minutes in a preheated oven.
{Post Baking}
This recipe fills 12 regular sized muffin tins with each muffin containing 7g protein, 7.5 g carbohydrate, and 0.5 g fat. I highly recommend eating them topped with peanut butter! 🙂 I bet Kurt's original recipe produces better results as it incorporates more ingredients, but this is the bare bones recipe approach I tend to take with most things!
To use them as temporary ice pack, I freeze them in 2 sets of ziplock bags and pop them in my travel cooler, eat some when thawed, and store the rest in the refrigerator when I get to my destination!
What is your go-to travel recipe? How about your best "bare bones" – i.e. minimal ingredients and instructions – recipe? Share the link with us, please!
Until next time – and P.S. an AWESOME giveaway coming up on the 21st (July, 2014) so check back for that!


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First Presbyterian Church of Moscow is a member of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), which has approximately 2 million members in over 10,000 congregations across the country and works with partners in mission in over 100 countries around the world.
Our mission is to be a welcoming, caring family of faith, called to love the Lord and our neighbors. We are growing in Jesus Christ through worship, teaching, fellowship, and service to others.
Our ministry is founded on the following values and beliefs:
We are called to
• Nurture spiritual growth, strengthen faith in God, cultivate gifts of the spirit, and change lives. • Develop a personal relationship with Christ Jesus. • Be God's love to others through compassionate Christian care and mission actions. • Glorify God through worship, fellowship, and prayer. • Express the grace we have received by embracing the value and worth of each one of God's people and welcoming each one into our fellowship. • Give the gift of the good news of Christ and our faith to others through word and deed.
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Time magazine`s selection of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping as 1985`s Man of the Year has overshadowed the more somber assessments coming from Peking about China`s economic reforms.
The hullabaloo created in China and abroad over the reform movement and its ``success`` has thus far left politicians, academics and journalists in the West either unwilling or unable to take a more realistic and hardheaded look at what is happening in the People`s Republic. For too long, the central issue of the relation between the economic reforms and China`s political development has been off-limits for serious debate.


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|Get Alone Undistracted by Tony Reinke
Never Offline.
These words on a recent Time Magazine cover are intended to unnerve us with the ominous future of a techno-invasion. Computers are getting strapped around us and stuck on us, moving into our watches and our glasses, "attempting to colonize our bodies."


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Hamlet is a very good book, but I much prefer a Ham Omelet.
A great book for every true pilgrims. The description is exactly our journey to where we came from if we must make it then read and practice it. So inspiring and makes one to be heavenly conscious. It is ever green
very nice book
A translated German tale that illustrates a lesson about how a small act of kindness can really mean a great deal. This short, well written story is definitely worth downloading. I am certainly going to look for more books by Ebers.
Please note that even though most of the story centers around Heaven, Hell, angels, death and the Savior, this one may conflict with the salvation view.


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Because Benefitfirst™ technology is proprietary, we can easily update it to support the new employer requirements under PPACA as they are implemented.
Columbia, SC (PRWEB) October 01, 2013
New calculations, new reports, new employee notifications ... complying with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) means a heavier administrative load for employers. It also puts a premium on accurate, dependable data. The Benefit Company, Inc. (http://www.thebenefitcompany.com) – an established life, accident and health brokerage agency and owner of the proprietary Benefitfirst™ benefits management solution – is offering new data and reporting capabilities specifically designed to help clients meet PPACA's employer requirements.
Three of these requirements are (1) reporting both the employer and employee cost of health coverage on Forms W-2, (2) reporting on and paying the PCORI fees for self-insured plans based on the number of covered lives – the first of which was due July 31, and (3) the employer mandate to offer affordable coverage that meets minimum value standards if the employer has 50 or more full-time or full-time-equivalent employees.
Clients of the Benefitfirst benefits management solution have new capabilities to help them meet these requirements.
- W-2 reporting: Allows clients to generate a Benefit Premium Report showing employer and employee cost of health coverage quickly and easily. The client can then click "Export to Excel" to simplify the process of including the totals on their employees' W-2 forms.
- PCORI reporting: Allows clients with self-funded plans to generate a report showing the number of employees and dependents by benefit plan for calculating the fees and reporting to the IRS.
- Employer mandate: Allows clients to easily track and report on benefit declinations by employees to help the employer avoid any penalties. Beginning in 2015 (delayed from 2014), if an employee receives a subsidy through the government healthcare exchanges, the employer may have to pay a substantial penalty without proof that the employee was offered and declined affordable health coverage.
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These new Benefitfirst capabilities and other system upgrades will also support the delayed (and most likely simplified) employee-specific reporting requirements, as well as other elements of PPACA as they become effective, including:
- Code section 6055, which requires insurers and self-funded employer plan sponsors to report to the IRS and plan participants whether plan coverage offers minimum essential health coverage.
- Code section 6056, which requires employers of 50 or more employees to report to the IRS and plan participants specific information regarding its employer-sponsored coverage and the employees who are covered.
- Support for electronic posting of employee notice on public healthcare exchanges beginning October 1 of this year.
- Automatic enrollment (companies with 200+ full-time employees required to auto-enroll employees in their medical plans) based on client and government rules once final guidelines are released.
"The main goal of our Benefitfirst solution is to ensure accuracy, control costs and increase efficiencies in benefits administration," says Steve Lunceford, president of The Benefit Company, Inc. "Because Benefitfirst technology is proprietary, we can easily update it to support the new employer requirements under PPACA as they are implemented."
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To make it easier for clients to find what they need to generate newly required PPACA reports, each client's custom Benefitfirst website now has a link titled "ACA Reports" on the homepage. With just a few keystrokes, clients can generate the reports they need, including employer and employee costs for any benefit enrolled or managed through Benefitfirst and for any timeframe.
Lunceford recommends that employers consult with their legal, tax and/or benefits advisor to ensure compliance with the ever-changing requirements under PPACA. For more information about Benefitfirst's capabilities and healthcare reform requirements, see your benefits advisor or contact us at 803.726.9735 or busdev(at)benefitfirst(dot)com.
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Members of the Politics Department have many computing support options, some targeted at general computing needs, and others specialized for research and teaching. These resources are divided on the menu at left into general computing support (computer configuration, hardware and software installation, and troubleshooting) and specialized assistance (consulting services, web-based applications, and specific computing technologies).
Please note that in most cases, the Politics SCAD (for Politics-only affiliates) or WWS Helpdesk (for Politics affiliates whose primary appointment is in the Woodrow Wilson School or its centers or programs) should be your starting point for any computing support needs.
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Clerkenwell pub history index
This is named Nettlefolds by 1934. This is listed as 2 & 3 Myddelton Street in the 1882 directory and later, and as 3 Myddelton Street in 1869 and earlier. *
A listing of historical London public houses, Taverns, Inns, Beer Houses and Hotels in Clerkenwell, London. The Clerkenwell, London listing uses information from census, Trade Directories and History to add licensees, bar staff, Lodgers and Visitors.
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1856/Abraham Nettlefold/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1869/Abraham Nettlefold/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1881/George Wilks/Beer House Keeper/41/Leighton Buzzard, Bedford/Census ****
1881/Mary Wilks/Wife/32/Mansfield, Nottingham/Census
1881/William Joplings/Barman/24/Wiltshire/Census
1881/Thomas Cockle/Barman/23/London, Middlesex/Census
1881/Isabel O'Baren/Servant/27/Wiltshire/Census
1881/Henry Wait/Potman/17/London, Middlesex/Census
1882/George Wilks/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1891/John Brown/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1895/John Brown/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1899/John Brown/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1910/Mrs Eliz Mary Mills/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1911/George William Dipple/Manager (Beer House)/38 years 4 months/Mile End, London/Census ****
1911/Emma Lydia Dipple/Wife, Manageress (Beer House)/38 years 3 months/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1911/Caroline Dipple/Daughter, Assistant/19 years 3 months/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1911/George Dipple/Son/14 years 1 month/Mile End, London/Census
1911/William Dipple/Son/5 years 2 months/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1911/Rose Dipple/Daughter/4/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1911/Albert Dipple/Son/2 years 9 months/Bethnal Green, London/Census
1911/Nellie Eldridge/Servant/21/Haggerston, London/Census
1914/George William Watkins/Beer Retailer/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1915/George William Watkins/beer retailer/../../Post Office Directory *
1934/Chas Butler & Jas Wm Jefferies/Nettlefolds/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1938/Chas Butler & Jas Wm Jefferies/Nettlefolds/../../../Post Office Directory ****
1944/Chas Butler & Jas Wm Jefferies/Nettlefolds/../../../Post Office Directory ****
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A man driving a genuine NYPD car filled with imitation firearms has complained after he was arrested by police and quizzed for four hours.
Mark Knight, 33, was spotted by officers from Surrey Police after he parked his black and white squad car up on double yellow lines in Guildford town centre while he popped into a McDonald's.
Armed officers swooped to the scene and took him away in handcuffs.
Police seized three guns – a shotgun, a hand gun and an AK47 - in the £12,000 vehicle which were found to be decommissioned, as well as a canister resembling CS gas that was, in fact, purple dye and a baton made from foam rubber.
Mr Knight, from Churt, was locked up for four hours and quizzed by detectives before he was cleared and told he would face no further action.
He has been left furious by the incident, insisting that he uses the car for events and charity work.
When he returned home from the cells he found his house had been searched.
Mr Knight also alleges that officers left medication out which his dog ate and is now seriously ill.
Megan, a 19-month-old boxer cross Staffordshire terrier, was on a drip at a local vets on Tuesday, recovering after consuming drugs used to treat her owner's high cholesterol.
"I'm annoyed and frustrated," Mr Knight said. "I feel victimised, harassed and humiliated.
"I wasn't even pulled up on the double yellow line parking. I would have taken a ticket on the chin otherwise. I was kept in a police cell for four hours and then questioned.
"This could have been avoided. I can't believe it got to this. As for my dog getting ill, if she dies, that's not right.
"It could be she has medication for life if there's anything wrong with her kidneys. I know my medication was in a high shelved wall cabinet when I left home but when I got back it had been eaten and the packet was on the sofa.
"I can only think it was left at a height or a position where it could be got at.
"I took her to the vets immediately. I don't know how bad she is. She's on fluids. I hope she pulls through.
"If the officer had made the correct checks and looked under my name or registration plate to check these guns, it wouldn't have got to this," said Mr Knight.
A spokesman for the force said: "Surrey Police can confirm it has received a complaint relating to this incident; this is being dealt with by the force's Professional Standards Department."


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Distance from Boles, IL to Chesterfield, IL
Driving distance between Boles, IL and Chesterfield, IL is 184.55 miles (or 297.01 kilometers). If you drove an average car (using about 3.6 gallons of gas per mile), the gas would cost you around $, since you would need about gallons of fuel.
Leaving from Boles, IL you would reach Chesterfield, IL in about 3 hours 12 mins if you keep an average speed of miles per hour, assuming you don't make any breaks or get stuck in traffic.


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Bethesda Softworks The Drunken Whaler tab
The Drunken Whaler from the game Dishonored Artists - Bethesda Softworks & COPILOT Tuning - Standard (This is my version of listening to it, and writing it down on tabs so if you can improve upon this it would gladly be appreciated). What will we do with the drunken whaler? X3 Early in the morning.....E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------| RA 11-11-11-11-11-4-7-11-9-9-9-9-9-4-7-9-11-11-11-11-11-13-14-16-14-11-9-6-4-4----| ED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------| P X3G -------------------------------------------------------------------------------| EB -------------------------------------------------------------------------------| AE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------| TBasically the rest repeats as the song goes on, and as the song gets more intense you can play 1 or two beats more if you want... this is a great creepy song, and if you have the right effects you can play this for halloween :D good luck everyone i hope this helps those who love this song too. Please leave suggestions, and tips on how i can improve this is my first time submitting a tab onto Ultimate Guitar. Also, if anyone can improve upon this i would gladly have that replace this :D


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Boulez leads his young Lucerne Festival musicians along two modernist paths
…Pierre Boulez has managed to maintain the venerable tradition of the composer conductor largely by guiding musicians through pieces that support, and often those that helped to shape, his own creative voice.
…Boulez's crystalline clarity of line, seasoned with masterful timbres that let each piece blossom of its own accord.
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Three Fans at the Western Conference Finals Were Rocking Sacramento Kings Jerseys, Earning a Shoutout from Quincy Acy (Tweets)
I guess there's no rule that says if you pay an obscene amount of money to attend a sporting event, then you have to root for one of the two teams playing. Because three guys who must have dropped some serious coin on lower-bowl tickets to the much-hyped Warriors-Thunder Game 7 used the contest as an opportunity to show their support for the…Sacramento Kings.
Btw, love the effort, fellas. Be my guests on opening night. Message me directly, we'll hook it up.#SacramentoProud pic.twitter.com/wCHErR0ars
— Chris Granger (@cgkings) May 31, 2016
Naturally, the Kings, who have missed the playoffs for a staggering ten consecutive seasons, weren't going to say no to some free publicity. So forward Quincy Acy gave the trio of knuckleheads a shoutout:
Shout to the 2 people in Sacramento Kings jerseys behind OKC's bench right now… I see you #HoldItDown #ForeverPurple
— Quincy Acy (@QuincyAcy) May 31, 2016
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Maintaining the Dignity and Autonomy of Older People in the Healthcare Setting
Lothian, Kate
Philp, Ian
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Open Thread: Everything You're Reading, Watching, Listening To and Looking At
This is your place to talk about the TV, movies, music, books and art that are thoroughly entertaining you.
Duhhhhh "Arrested Development" is coming back. How excited are you?
No, seriously. How ... excited are you?
I feel like if any show deserves the equivalent of those men's magazine spreads on sitcom actresses who are funny AND hot, it's this one. (There is nothing wrong with me! Thanks for asking.)I started watching "Arrested Development" back in '03 because my Dad called to tell me there was a new show on FOX with a lot of prison jokes. Sign me up. On first inspection, I remember irritating my family with such comments as, "I love Jason Bateman! Ever since Valerie! Jeffrey Tambour looks amazing! So thinnnnn! Who's the hot dude playing the magician??!"
The point is, I was in deeply in love with the cast and still am. It's the talent, obviously -- they're the best comedic cast in television history. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.If you're like I am, and unnaturally attached to a fictitious family of never nudes, magicians and criminals, then you've probably ranked the Bluths and co in bangable order in your head. I'm sharing mine with you and I expect you to do the same.
So here's my list in bangable order of the men I want to have "Afternoon Delight" with. I need a hobby.
1. Gob Bluth -- He's a magician. He's arrogant. He's the Fredo to Michael Bluth's Michael Corleone. He was a stripper. His song is "The Final Countdown." If that's not baby making music, I don't know what is.2. Michael Bluth -- He's a widower, adorable, clueless, and full of hubris. He has a kid, but the kid is kind of raising him. Great hair.3. Buster Bluth -- I'd bang Buster if nothing else so I could have Lucille Austero/Liza Minnelli's sloppy seconds. And all that ARMY training! Plus, that no hand thing? Kinky!4. Uncle Oscar ("I'm Oscar!...dot com!") Bluth -- Passionate secret lover of Lucille Bluth, falsely imprisoned for mistaken identity, Buster's real father and what gets me going is the ponytail and weed. Game on.5. George Michael -- That skin! Those shirts! That self-deprecation! It can be like high school all over again! (Please don't put me in jail! HE IS LEGAL.)6. Tobias Funke -- Closet case or no, jeans shorts or no, who doesn't want to sleep with an analrapist?7. Steve Holt- -- He's kinda hot in a meathead fashion. He screams his name a lot in response to everything…and he has good genes (being Gob's illegitimate son). STEVE HOLT!8. Gene Parmesean -- He's a mediocre detective and a master of disguise. But I bet he'd make you scream like Lucille does every time he appears!9. Bob Loblaw -- Bobloblaw. He's a lawyer. He slams books shut. He's dreamy and I could dress up like a maid and go to his house.10. Hel-loh Annyong Bluth -- An adopted Korean boy with an axe to grind and a secret past? Annyongggggg, nurse!


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Dravet syndrome is a severe, life-threatening form of epilepsy that starts in infancy and presents with an array of co-morbidities besides seizures. These include sleep disorders, ataxia, cognitive dysfunction, and in some case, a phenomenon known as sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP). Close to 30% of epilepsy cases, including those associated with Dravet, are resistant to treatment through traditional medication regimens, making it imperative to better understand the pathways involved in these diseases to improve outcomes for epileptic patients.
Dr. Kalume's team and University of Washington collaborators have developed a mouse model of Dravet syndrome that closely mirrors the primary symptoms and co-morbidities expressed in human patients. It is known that the syndrome is caused by mutations in SCN1A, a gene that produces the sodium channel NaV 1.1. Conditional knockouts of this gene in both localized and expansive regions of the mouse brain have allowed Kalume's group to characterize how this single gene deletion can lead to a host of co-symptoms beyond seizures. Specifically, understanding the link between sleep dysfunction and prevalence of seizures has been a significant area of focus. Studies of global and conditional knock out animals showed that sleep disorders in Dravet correlate with dysfunction of GABAergic interneurons in the reticular nucleus of the thalamus (RNT), whereas seizures are linked to functional impairments of GABAergic interneurons in the hippocampus. Thus, the two symptoms may be treated by appropriate enhancement of GABAergic transmission.
A further feature of Kalume's mouse model that makes it ideal as a model organism for Dravet syndrome is that seizures are reliably triggered following acute increases in body temperature. This allows a high control of test conditions when new medications or treatments are being investigated.
Beyond developing a more comprehensive understanding of Dravet syndrome and epilepsy as a whole, the mouse models developed by Kalume and his collaborators have the potential to serve as model organisms for studying epilepsy co-morbidities such as sleep disorders and cognitive dysfunction. Moving forward, Kalume is interested in working on collaborative projects to improve common diagnostic practices and treatments for Dravet syndrome, and potentially to develop gene-based therapies under the classification of a pediatric orphan disease treatment.
To learn more about partnering with Seattle Children's Research Institute on this or other projects, please contact:
Dr. Elizabeth Aylward, Director
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Julius Stroffek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> This hook seems very strangely defined to me. Why did you not put the >> hook at the point where the current geqo-vs-regular decision is made? > > The reason is that I thought about gaining a control over the algorithm > used to solve individual subproblems in make_rel_from_joinlist.
That would be an entirely different problem, I think. If you want to replace the *entire* planner, there's already the planner_hook to do that. If you're just looking to change the join order search method, the place where GEQO hooks in is the most convenient place for that. It's not clear to me what would be usefully accomplished by putting the hook somewhere else; you can't just willy-nilly replace the code for single-relation path selection, at least not without a whole lot of changes elsewhere in the planner infrastructure. My thought was that the reason for this hook to exist was simply to provide a convenient way to replace only the join search order algorithm. I'm willing to entertain the thought of other hooks in other places for other specific purposes, but where you want to put it seems not well-matched to any problem that would be likely to be solved without replacing all of the planner. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster


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President's Report
Academic and Professional Faculty Meeting
March 15, 2013
Strategic Plan. As a continuation of our ongoing planning process, the draft strategic plan is available for review. Steering Committee Co-Chairs Patricia Sullivan and Stella Turk presented and discussed the plan at last week's meeting of the College Council and the "Wonk" meeting earlier this week. The SUNY New Paltz Foundation Board and the executive leadership of the Student Association and Residence Hall Student Association will discuss the plan next week. The Steering Committee co-chairs will also be meeting with the Budget, Goals and Plans Committee. I encourage you to review the plan and participate in open forums on April 1 and 2 (classified staff only, April 1, 9 a.m., Student Union 100; all campus community members, 3 p.m., Lecture Center 100, both days). Those forums will focus on increasing understanding of the planning process, strengthening the plan and the clarity of objectives, and ideas on measuring its success. Drs. Sullivan and Turk are also receiving feedback and soliciting ideas through the planning email address (firstname.lastname@example.com). As always, I am grateful for the work of the Steering Committee and the participation by so many members of the campus community in this important planning process.
Alumni and LGBTQ Task Force Updates. I charged both groups since my last monthly report. The Alumni Relations Task Force is meeting weekly, advancing a goal that has emerged as one of the top priorities in the draft strategic plan ("Engaging Alumni in the Life of the College"). The LGBTQ Task Force has begun meeting to develop recommendations for key actions that will further enhance the campus climate for LGBTQ students, faculty and staff, based on our recent survey and report (http://www.newpaltz.edu/lgbtq/). Recent disturbing postings on a Facebook site (which the College does not control) have upset students, faculty and staff, and these examples of cyber bullying, misogyny, racism, homophobia, and transphobia highlight the importance of our continued vigilance in creating and sustaining a campus environment that is safe, open, and accepting of all members of the community.
Student Diversity. A myth is floating around the campus that the racial and ethnic diversity of our student body has declined, and that our academic standards and admissions policies "conflate college rankings and selectivity with educational success." In our entire institutional history, the three years with the most students of color in our incoming first-year class were (in order) 2011, 2012, and 2010. This year, our entering class of transfer students included more students from historically underrepresented groups than ever before. For at least the last 9 years, the best statistical description of our enrollment patterns is an increase in the percentage of students of color in our entering classes. The percentage of Asian and Latino students in our incoming classes has been increasing, while the percentage of African-American students in our first-year class has been stable at 6-7% for the past six years. These statistics hardly reflect a decline in student diversity, and as you encounter this notion, I hope you will share these trends to help this myth disappear.
A diverse living and learning community remains a distinctive and valued feature of SUNY New Paltz. Recruiting, retaining, and promoting the academic success of all students, including students from historically underrepresented groups, remain a top priority for this institution. We are justifiably proud of our success in recruiting a diverse student body while increasing our selectivity and admissions standards, at the same time we seek to do better by continuing to address challenges that we and other collegiate admissions offices wrestle with to recruit outstanding minority students.
Budget process. About 60 people participated in an open forum on February 27 about this year's budget-allocation process and reviewed the proposals being considered for new budget allocations. Assistant Vice President for Finance and Administration Michele Halstead and I shared perspectives on the economic context of our budget planning, and the numerous sources of uncertainty in the resources we will have to support our mission. The Provost outlined his priorities for new faculty lines, which have been developed in close consultation with the Deans based on proposals put forward by departments. Cabinet has begun prioritizing one-time-only and other requests. Our goal is to have priorities established so that we can finalize budget decisions as soon as possible after the state and SUNY budgets are established and our campus budget for next year is known. In reaching these decisions, we certainly must consider possible changes in our revenue and expenses beyond 2013-14.
Graduate School Open House and Accepted Students Days. Thank you to the faculty and staff who gave their time and energy to showcase graduate education opportunities to prospective students at the Graduate School Open House on February 26. Participants were asked to respond to a short survey about their graduate program interests, and the responses provide useful insight into our continued planning. Many expressed particular interest in evening courses, hybrid and online offerings (more strongly the former than the latter), and especially course offerings during summer (94% of respondents), winter session (100%), and weekends. This semester Provost Phil Mauceri and Graduate Dean Laurel M. Garrick Duhaney are evaluating trends in enrollments in particular graduate programs, to inform decisions that we must make to eliminate or re-vamp those programs that have been losing students, and to encourage thinking about new graduate offerings.
Our "Accepted Students Day" events are scheduled for March 16 and April 13 – two events rather than the single one we have hosted in past spring semesters. We expect the same total number of students and guests as in the past (about 1,100 expected for this Saturday), but the new format will provide the opportunity for an official welcome and more personal one-on-one interaction with faculty and staff, much like our competitors. As always, I appreciate the work of departments and faculty and staff to ensure that accepted students and their families are welcomed to the campus and able to learn as much as they can about our programs.
I have written before about the dynamic and unpredictable nature of student recruitment in the current economic and competitive environment. Our own application and acceptance numbers this year are strong and encouraging, but happenings on other SUNY campuses catch our attention – two that are facing budget issues because of enrollment declines of more than 5% since last year, others that are experiencing 8-9% declines in number of applications for fall 2013 admission. We must continue to be focused on this important part of our institutional success – it requires a community effort. I thank you in advance for your contributions to Accepted Students Day programs.
Chancellor's Awards for Student Excellence. We are very proud that five New Paltz students have been chosen to receive Chancellor's Awards for Student Excellence. These students have demonstrated exceptional achievement in their academic and other endeavors, and have excelled in a variety of leadership roles. They are: Faith Hassell (industrial and organizational psychology major); Kimberly Lepore (psychology); Destiny Denise Saldivar (psychology); Melissa Stephani (interpersonal/intercultural communication); and Chelsea Stokes (English). Please congratulate them as you see them in class and elsewhere on the campus. Vice President Rooney and I will participate in the Chancellor's recognition ceremony in Albany on April 4.
VP Search updates. Applications are coming in for the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations search. The committee, with support from the consultant, will begin reviewing applications this month, with off-campus interviews planned for early April and on-campus, finalist interviews later in April and in early May. The process of selecting a search consultant for the Vice President for Administration and Finance is nearly complete, and we will be advertising that position soon with anticipated interviews during May and June. Our goal is to have the VP for Development and Alumni Relations on board by June 1, and the VP for Administration and Finance here before the start of the next academic year.
Park Point. In the fall, the faculty passed a resolution that student and faculty/staff housing at Park Point be designed to the same or an equivalent environmental standard as campus buildings, currently LEED Silver. An energy consultant was retained by Wilmorite, the developer of Park Point, to analyze and score the design and planned features of Park Point housing relative to National Green Building Standard (NGBS) and LEED standards. He recently reported his findings to the Town Planning Board, concluding that Park Point is designed in a way readily consistent with NGBS "Silver" certification. If LEED were to have been selected as the standard, Park Point as designed would easily exceed the LEED "Silver" qualification. This analysis should offer assurance that Park Point is being designed in a way consistent with the College's commitments and standards for environmental sustainability.
Wilmorite will share this and other information as it develops written responses to questions and issues raised during the public comment period of the environmental review process. Those responses will be incorporated into a "Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)." We are contributing to that process by responding to concerns raised by the New Paltz Town Board that the College's interest in this project is to expand our undergraduate enrollments – increasing traffic congestion and exacerbating other issues.
Beyond emphasizing that our long-term, publicly stated plan is to maintain current undergraduate enrollment levels, I will point out that New Paltz ranks last among nine SUNY comprehensive colleges in the number of residence hall beds per student. Even though Park Point will not be part of the campus, the beds at Park Point, along with our current and planned residence hall capacity, would bring us only to the average capacity of our sister campuses. The additional housing provided by Park Point would allow us to serve current numbers of students at a level already enjoyed by students at other campuses. Furthermore, I am again emphasizing that we have less academic space per student than any other SUNY comprehensive campus. Even with a new science building, we will remain "space-tight" in classrooms, laboratories, and studios, a pressing constraint even if we wanted to grow our undergraduate enrollments.
We are conducting a small "experiment" this spring to test directly the demand for housing among transfer students, one of the groups of students that Park Point would serve. We are stretching our resources (i.e., risking an increased rate of "tripling") to offer a limited number of residence hall beds (about 100) to transfer student applicants for fall semester, something we have not done for many years. We are early in our admission season, but our "yield" – the number of accepted transfer applicants who have paid deposits to attend New Paltz – has increased substantially (by more than 50%) even though numbers of transfer applicants and accepted transfer students is down. The difference is driven by transfer students who have also paid housing deposits. This effort provides very compelling evidence about the need and demand for student housing on and near the campus. This need is continually reinforced in my conversations with students, who are excited about the prospect of high-value apartment style housing adjacent to campus.
In addition to sharing such information as part of the FEIS, I will be writing to the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency (IDA), the body that reviews and approves a PILOT – Payment in Lieu of Taxes. The student housing at Park Point qualifies for PILOT consideration, and my message will attempt to help the IDA understand the high level of student housing need and demand in New Paltz. Even with a PILOT for student housing, Wilmorite will pay full taxes on the housing units for faculty and staff, a key point that has been missed in some of the public and media discussion of this issue.
I share this information so that you are apprised of these recent developments, and also to inform your advocacy efforts for this project, which is so clearly critical to our future success in a terribly competitive student recruitment environment.
Ottaway Visiting Journalism Professor. The 2013 James H. Ottaway Sr. Professor of Journalism is Deborah Amos, National Public Radio's Middle East correspondent. She will meet and interact with students and be a guest speaker during a two-week residency on campus this spring. She will be introduced to the campus community at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9, in the Honors Center, where she will be interviewed about her life and career. At 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, Ms. Amos will give a public speech called "A Passport to the Middle East: A Career of Revolution, Upheaval and Hope" in the Coykendall Science Building auditorium, with a reception to follow at which she will sign copies of her book, Eclipse of the Sunnis: Power, Exile, and Upheaval in the Middle East.
Ms. Amos is an award-winning journalist who has reported extensively on the Arab Spring and sectarian conflicts in the Middle East. In 2012, she was one of the only American journalists allowed into war-torn Syria. Her career has included numerous roles with NPR, a decade in television news, production of award-winning documentaries, and authorship of two major books.
Distinguished Speaker Series. This spring's Distinguished Speaker is U.S. Ambassador Dennis Ross, who will speak on "Challenges for American Foreign Policy in the Middle East" at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, in Lecture Center 100. The Q&A following the talk will be moderated by Deborah Amos. Alumnus Howard Goldblatt, a member of Dean James Schiffer's LA&S Advisory Board, helped arranged Ross' visit to campus and has provided financial support to help make it possible. The event is also being co-sponsored by the Center for Middle East Dialogue.
Construction. Beyond sharing that the Wooster renovation remains on schedule, I regrettably cannot report any change in status of our other projects. It is not clear when the disbursement-cap logjam might be broken so that our Library renovation and new science building projects can continue. We anticipate that any action on addressing the residence hall bonding authority constraints will come later in this legislative session.
I look forward to seeing you at this week's meeting, and to responding to your questions and comments.
Donald P. Christian


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This book is about a women who is hiding herself in the small town of Shakespeare, Arkansas. She finds the dead body of her former land lord in a park and calls the police anonymously, not wanting to blow her cover. She soon realizes the suspicions are turning to her and in order to save herself needs to find the murderer.
I have to be honest, I am not much of mystery fan. I know this, but, I do love Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse and Harper Connelly books so I decided to try this one as well. The story line was ok, but the narration and writing of the story seemed impersonal to me at times, and I just could not pick up a flow and get in to it. The book itself is small, only about 214 pages, so it didn't take too long, but actually reading it, it felt like an eternity.
I give it 2/5 stars. ★ ★