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Beginning Oct. 1, institutions and businesses that produce more than a ton of food waste each week will have to send them to composting sites, animal feed operations or plants that will convert them into energy under new state regulations.
QUINCY – New state law will require large institutions to recycle food wasteAbout 1,700 colleges, high schools, hospitals, restaurants and other businesses will soon have to think twice about tossing expired food and scraps out with the garbage.
And many of them don't know it yet.
Under new state regulations that take effect Oct. 1, institutions and businesses that produce more than a ton of food waste each week will have to send it to composting sites, animal-feed operations or plants that will convert it into energy.
The state Department of Environmental Protection posted the new rules along with a list of frequently asked questions on its website last month, but it hasn't yet notified all the schools and businesses that will have to comply.
Department spokesman Ed Coletta said that will happen soon.
"We're going to work with them and make sure they have a program that's up and running that works for them," he said.
The new regulations – part of the state's goal to reduce the amount of trash it produces by 30 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050 – target large high schools, colleges, hospitals, nursing homes, restaurants, resorts, convention centers and supermarkets. The rules do not apply to residences or small businesses.
About 25 percent of what gets tossed in the garbage in Massachusetts is food and other organic material.
School officials on the South Shore are already concerned that separating food waste, finding a way to store it and a facility to take it will drive up costs and create logistical headaches.
"This is what the state is good at, creating these mandates that we have to follow, and who knows what it's going to cost?" Weymouth School Committee Chairman Sean Guilfoyle said. "It's certainly a good idea, but my concern is that it's going to end up costing more."
Coletta said the state predicts complying with the new regulations will actually save money because it typically costs less per ton to send waste to a composting site than to a landfill. Through a state program, 300 supermarkets saved an average of $20,000 annually per store by diverting food waste for recycling, Coletta said.
But there are other issues like buying new equipment to store the waste and rearranging contracts with trash haulers or finding new ones, not to mention actually getting kids to separate food scraps from any packaging or other trash.
"Dealing with students and what they throw away off their plate is much more complicated," said Joanne Morrissey, food service director for the Quincy schools. "There are lots of logistics to work out."
Quincy, Weymouth and Braintree have schools large enough that they could fall under the new mandate.
There are about 28 facilities permitted to process food waste scattered around state, according to a list provided by the Department of Environmental Protection. The closest ones to the South Shore are in Needham and Norton. Coletta said the state believes they will have the capacity to handle the increased amount of food waste from the regulations.
Most of those are composting sites. A handful are anaerobic digestion facilities that convert food waste into environmentally friendly energy, which can be used for heat, electricity or converted into fuel buses and trucks.
Some hospitals and companies were aware the new regulations were coming.
Quincy-based supermarket chain Stop & Shop is already in compliance with the new regulations, company spokeswoman Lindsay Hawley said.
Officials at South Shore Hospital in Weymouth and Quincy Medical Center are reviewing their operations to make sure they will comply when the rules go into effect.
"We're evaluating it and measuring (the amount of food waste) to see how we fit into the regulations," South Shore Hospital spokeswoman Sarah Darcy said. "We'll do whatever we need to do to be compliant."
A spokeswoman for South Shore Plaza in Braintree declined to comment.
Stephen Clark, director of government affairs for the Massachusetts Restaurant Association, which has members on the South Shore, said he's not concerned about the new regulations because few restaurants produce enough food waste to be covered by the regulations.
"We don't see it impacting that many restaurants across the industry," Clark said. "There will be a cost initially to those who are impacted."
Coletta said the state will be checking to make sure those subject to the regulations comply. Those that do not could face fines of up to $1,000 per offense..
Christian Schiavone may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter @CSchiavo_Ledger.


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Iowa State University
The undergraduate program in technical communication addresses the natural relationship between practical communication and science/technology. Iowa State also offers an MA and a PhD in Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication.
The undergraduate program in technical communication meets the needs of its students, the university, and the community by addressing the natural relationship between practical communication and science/technology, since the dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge depends on well-trained communicators, enhancing the educational experiences of existing majors in the scientific, technical, business, and social science disciplines by offering a minor in technical communication, expanding the outreach mission of the university by attracting non-traditional students interested in pursuing careers in technical communication.
Iowa State's MA in Rhetoric, Composition, and Professional Communication features a wide range of courses in the history, theory, and pedagogy of rhetoric and writing; in communication theory and professional document analysis, design, and production and on a variety of special topics. An internship in professional communication is also available. Study in this specialization prepares students to teach business and technical writing, teach composition at the community college level, write proposals and grants, produce manuals and in-house publications, and edit various kinds of documents.
The PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication focuses on the theory and practice of rhetoric and written communication in professional communities such as worksites, disciplines such as science, and social groups. Students complete a core of classes in theory, history, practice, pedagogy, and research methods, but then have wide flexibility to pursue their own interests. The degree qualifies graduates for academic position in rhetoric and in business and technical communication as well as for work in the private sector as professional writing specialists, editors, and communications production managers.
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Miley Cyrus Jealous Of Selena Gomez & Vanessa Hudgens' Careers
Miley Cyrus is having a hard time right now! She feels like her career is completely falling apart, while all the other girls with whom she grew up are thriving!
Miley Cyrus has been dropping drastic weight and flashing her privates — and now we might know why. The 19-year-old starlet is frustrated with her career and is feeling like all her competition/friends are leaving her in the dust.
"Miley doesn't like seeing her peers, like Vanessa Hudgens, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez, getting roles and opportunities that she believes she should be getting," a source close to Miley tells HollywoodLife.com. "Miley is more frustrated with the lack of offers for films like Journey 2 and Spring Breakers."
Adds the source, "She was at one point bigger than all of them combined and doesn't like playing second fiddle. Add that with the weak response of LOL and she is at a standstill in her career, which she believes should be in the stratosphere."
Miley was in a huge rush to get out of the Disney Channel world, even branding herself as this "Can't Be Tamed" adult star. However, did she force the transition too quickly? Do you think she should be nervous about her career — or will she be just fine?
Reporting by Russ Weakland
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Recipes to Love
• 14 August 2007
Crostini with Shiitake Mushrooms, Prosciutto + Blue Cheese
Farmer's Market Crudités with Buttermilk Herb Dip
Baked Ziti with Sausage, Spinach and Tomatoes - add more pasta to the recipe
Pasta with Roasted Cauliflower, Arugula + Prosciutto
Turkey Lasagna
Rigatoni with Sausage + Zucchini
Main Courses:
Pork Chops with Creamy Mushroom Sauce & Mashed Potatoes
Chicken with Mustard Cream and Watercress
Herb Crusted Salmon with Roasted Lemons - go a little easy on the Dijon
Pasta with Roasted Cauliflower, Arugula & Prosciutto
Fennel Crusted Roast Pork
Hazelnut Encrusted Salmon
Spice Rubbed Chicken
Grilled Chicken Sandwiches with Mustard + Creme Fraiche (for an easy make-your-own creme fraiche recipe, click here).
Couscous + Parsley Crusted Fish
Pork Souvlaki (serve with a good Greek salad)
Roast Pork Tenderloin with Mustard-Tarragon Sauce
Parmesan Pork Cutlets with Lemon + Arugula
Best Ever Chinese Chicken Salad
Southwestern Salad - great as a main dish too
Butter Lettuce Salad with Bacon, Dried Cherries & Roquefort Dressing
Fresh Corn Salad
Romaine and Roasted Beet Salad
Carrot Souffle
Scallops in Parchment (sear the scallops first--very important)
Spaghetti Squash with Jalopeno Cream
Simple Cheese Souffle
Rosemary Corn Muffins
Potato Fennel Gratin
Fresh Corn Souffle with Bacon & Comte
Lentil Sausage Soup - Harmons Mild Italian/Spicy Italian is perfect
Roasted Tomato Soup
Winter Squash Soup - even without the Gruyere croutons, this is the best squash soup!
Banana Sour Cream Pancakes
Banana Crunch Muffins - French Vanilla granola is fantastic in this recipe
Quiche Lorraine - great for lunch or even dinner too (with a salad)
Wild Mushroom Quiche - ditto
Heavenly Gray Sea Salt Brownies
Top 10 Desserts
image from Blueprint Magazine (r.i.p)
9 comments:
- Maryanne said...
I loved your sour milk biscuits and have made them a few times. I can't seem to find the recipe again here or over at Zupas. Can you help me out? Thanks!
- January 11, 2011 at 3:14 PM
- Stephanie said...
Hi Maryanne,
Try this link:
- January 11, 2011 at 10:02 PM
- Maryanne said...
Thanks so much!
- January 12, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.
- November 9, 2011 at 11:09 PM
Here you will find a great collection of the best French dishes you can make for your family and friends, including french dessert recipes, French bread recipes, horsdoeuvres, pate recipes, fish recipes and the most divine French pastry!
- November 9, 2011 at 11:10 PM
- Clementine & Olive said...
I'm on a mission to make all these recipes!!
- February 11, 2012 at 8:02 PM
Looking forward to trying the cheese souffles. In a college class (about a hundred years ago) we made a variety of of souffles one day and it was the funnest experience. I'd been looking for a recipe to try this out again and I love that this one can be done in a couple of ramekins. Thanks a bunch!
- April 19, 2012 at 12:53 PM
- Gaynor said...
Hello Maryanne,
My name is Gaynor and I am the owner of www.french-recipes-to-love.com
I see that someone above - vi da nam - on November 9, 2011, has written a comment - all stolen from my website.
Would you please be kind enough to remove this for me.
Thank you so much.
- June 23, 2012 at 8:11 AM
- Stephanie said...
Hello Gaynor, I went ahead and deleted the comment per your request. I'm not sure why someone did that, but whatever. Have a great day!
- June 25, 2012 at 11:18 AM


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OWASP Media Project
OWASP Media Project
OWASP Media Project is an infrastructure project that gather, consolidate and promote OWASP content in video format on a central appealing hub. The main instance of the project is a YouTube channel for publishing global content and major conference recordings.
We are trying to be the global link between all video content produced at OWASP intended for global audience. We do guidance for live event video capture and recording as well as managing access to publishing. This project by itself doesn't provide the content directly.
Are you a chapter or project and want support with YouTube?
While some sporadic content can be uploaded to the main channel, we strongly suggest that leaders create their own channel to be linked from the front page if they plan to publish regular content. Send us an email into our project mailing list to be added. The main reason is that YouTube unfortunately doesn't scale well for access management and you'll find rapidly that having your own channel will give you the control you need.
AppSecUSA 2017 playlist
AppSecEU 2017 playlist
AppSecUSA 2016 playlist
AppSecEU 2016 playlist
AppSecUSA 2015 playlist
AppSecEU 2015 playlist
Live from AppSecUSA 2014 playlist
Live from AppSecEU 2014 playlist
OWASP Media Project is distributing content that is free to use. It is licensed under the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license], so you can copy, distribute and transmit the work, and you can adapt it, and use it commercially, but all provided that you attribute the work and if you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.
What is OWASP Media Project?
OWASP Media Project provides:
Project Leaders
See Project About for contributors.
Related Projects
Quick Access
Mailing List
News and Events
Academic Partner Münster University of Applied Sciences IT Security Lab
Help for Google Hangouts, YouTube Channel management and social media tips will be here.
- 1 Main
- 1.1 OWASP Media Project
- 1.2 Description
- 1.3 Are you a chapter or project and want support with YouTube?
- 1.4 AppSecUSA 2017 playlist
- 1.5 AppSecEU 2017 playlist
- 1.6 AppSecUSA 2016 playlist
- 1.7 AppSecEU 2016 playlist
- 1.8 AppSecUSA 2015 playlist
- 1.9 AppSecEU 2015 playlist
- 1.10 Live from AppSecUSA 2014 playlist
- 1.11 Live from AppSecEU 2014 playlist
- 1.12 Licensing
- 1.13 What is OWASP Media Project?
- 1.14 Project Leaders
- 1.15 Related Projects
- 1.16 Quick Access
- 1.17 Mailing List
- 1.18 News and Events
- 1.19 Partners
- 2 Help
- 2.1 Guidelines and standards for YouTube
- 2.2 YouTube uploading procedure
- 2.3 YouTube + Hangout streaming procedure
- 2.4 Event Promotion
- 2.5 Hardware and other software
- 2.6 Conference support
- 3 Road Map and Getting Involved
- 4 Project About
Guidelines and standards for YouTube
In order to achieve an acceptable level of quality and consitence trought the videos upload on the channel, each uploaded videos must meet theses requirements :
- Comply with YouTube Copyright regulations http://youtube.com/yt/copyright/what-is-copyright.html
- Fun introduction https://www.youtube.com/copyright_school
- Basically, do not upload any content or partial content that are from another source, that includes music, TV show captures, clips from movies/TV.
- If we get Copyright strikes, after 3 we are out and will be ban from YouTube. We are at one strike before the writing of the current requirements and lost some advantages of our partnership with Google. Current resolution of status is due April 2013.
- Deleting an infringement strike trigger (it's automated) videos won't help removing the strike.
- Respect basic quality standards for uploaded videos.
- 720p minimum, upload in 1080p Full HD if available (YouTube will create lesser resolutions versions automatically)
- Use recommended YouTube mp4/aac/H.264 encoding if possible (no conversion will be done, upload will be faster) https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/1722171?hl=en&ref_topic=2888648
- Use recommended 16:9 ratio if possible
- Slides must be readable in 480p (for mobile usage and default web view).
- Sound must be clear and with no electronic noise or with minimal white noise.
- Google Hangout are relaxed from theses quality standards as long as the slides are full screen and we can hear fine the speaker.
- Editing must be professional level or very minimal with YouTube tools or absent.
- 720p minimum, upload in 1080p Full HD if available (YouTube will create lesser resolutions versions automatically)
- Upload videos only with consent from the source even if it's OWASP (like a chapter or a conference).
- For meta data information:
- Put the subject and the speaker name in the title
- If the subject is too long, the speaker name can be omitted
- Link to the source on owasp.org Wiki and then any links you want
- Put the abstract if available and speaker BIO in the description
- Leave the OWASP Media Project signature
- Use the default tags (currently #owasp and #appsec) and optionally add some if desired
- Put the subject and the speaker name in the title
- If videos are from a logical batch, associate it with a playlist (Example: AppSecEU2013 playlist)
YouTube uploading procedure
- Have a Google account, preferably an @owasp.org one, that is added as a manager of OWASPGLOBAL YouTube channel
- If you plan to upload content regularly, you must be subscribed to our OWASP Media Project mailing list
- Read the "Guidelines and standards for YouTube" especially about copyright
- Use another browser or profile than your normal browser in order to upload to YouTube. If you browse YouTube as "OWASP", all history, likes and favorites will be shared with the channel.
- Take special care of your account because it is now having all access to a front-facing OWASP asset
- Login as OWASP on YouTube (TODO insert screen shots)
- As OWASP, Create a playlist with the name of your contribution
- For a conference, use the full name and the year
- Examples: AppSecUSA 2014, Projects Submit 2014, OWASP Global Chapter Meetings, https://www.youtube.com/view_all_playlists
- Upload the video using https://www.youtube.com/upload
- In Privacy settings on the right, make it "Unlisted" or "Private" if you don't want it to be shown right away
- As it upload and process, set the correct title and description (please leave the Media Project signature)
- Add tags related to the subject or the contribution. These are like keywords.
- You can use the Video Manager in order to tag many videos at once
- Save and wait until it is completely uploaded
- View the video and add it to your playlist
- Change the Privacy settings if it was Private or Unlisted
- Review title and description
- Share the video as you wish on Twitter, Facebook, etc.
- Use embed code to share it in HTML
- Use wiki code #ev:youtube|VIDEO-ID or #ev:youtubeplaylist|PLAYLIST-ID between {{}} for owasp.org wiki
YouTube + Hangout streaming procedure
You must already be familiar with Google Hangout On Air to follow these steps. https://support.google.com/plus/answer/2553119?hl=en
It is strongly encouraged that you try an event on your own channel/Google+ before attempting to do something on OWASP official channel.
Also, any speakers must try to do a "Hangout" before the real deal even if it's not On Air just to test the setup and install plugins.
- Have a Google account, preferably an @owasp.org Google Apps.
- Ask to be a a manager of [OWASP Google+ Page https://plus.google.com/114897759028714798478/posts] (includes OWASPGLOBAL YouTube channel management access)
- If you plan to broadcast content regularly, you must be subscribed to our OWASP Media Project mailing list
- Read the "Guidelines and standards for YouTube" especially about copyright
- Use another browser or profile than your normal browser in order to upload to YouTube. If you browse YouTube as "OWASP", all history, likes and favorites will be shared with the channel.
- Take special care of your account because it is now having all access to a front-facing OWASP asset
- Do not mix the two kind of links you'll have, "Link to share" starting with "https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/hoaevent/" is for participants and "YouTube Page" starting with "http://youtu.be/" or "Event Page" starting with "https://plus.google.com/events/" is for viewers.
- Login to Google+ and then switch to "OWASP Google+ Page" account
- Access the Hangout section of Google+ as "OWASP" https://plus.google.com/b/114897759028714798478/hangouts
- Start a "Hangout on Air" with the right title and description (will be the same on YouTube)
- You can schedule it for later in order to gather the required links in advance for attendees and viewers, see Media:Mediaproject-screencap1.png
- Please note the time zone when scheduling, you can change it later with Media:Owasp-media-project-timezone-screenshot.png
- The Audience is really for the viewers and not the same as participants in the Hangout
- You will be next redirected to the Event Page on Google+
- You can schedule it for later in order to gather the required links in advance for attendees and viewers, see Media:Mediaproject-screencap1.png
- In the event page of Google+, you can click on "Start" button to lunch the Hangout interface, see Media:Mediaproject-screencap5.png
- If it's a scheduled event, you can still click to see the interface, but don't click on "Start broadcast" until you are ready to be live
- You can also enable Q&A app and add a trailer to it, but this will have no effect on YouTube, it's just for Google+ so keep that in mind.
- Once in the Hangout interface, feel free to skip the invites Media:Mediaproject-screencap2.png and use the "Link to share" described bellow.
- People will see you as "OWASP", if they see your name, you are not doing it right.
- Make sure you have the right microphone selected in "Settings" and that it is working, see Media:Mediaproject-screencap6.png
- If you have a USB microphone or console and good Internet connection, change the quality to "Studio" in "Settings".
- If you don't plan to use your webcam, use the "Turn camera off" button, it will show the OWASP logo from the OWASP account
- Screen sharing is available in the Hangout app and works on Mac/Windows/Linux, see Media:Mediaproject-screencap8.png
- You can share only one application that you select, if you close the app it will fall back to webcam or default icon
- Share your whole screen if you are unsure or using a full screen PowerPoint
- You can also share a secondary screen (if you have a projector that is not mirrored for example)
- If you want other participants that just yourself, you can invite them with the "Invite People" button, but it is generally simpler to give them the "Link to share" by IM or email, see Media:Mediaproject-screencap3.png
- Note that anyone with the link may join the call. Be careful.
- Feel free to use the control room during the event to manage sound from participants
- In the Google+ Hangout interface, bottom right, click on "Links" and share the the "YouTube Page" link with viewers. This will be the same link as the offline recording of your broadcast. See Media:Mediaproject-screencap4.png
- This is the same as the "YouTube page" from the event page on Google+, you can also share the "Event Page" itself, but it is recommended to use just the YouTube link to avoid confusion.
- Click on "Start broadcast" at the bottom to start publishing on YouTube
- It can have a little delay to start
- Everything is automatically recorded into YouTube and will be published as a normal YouTube video once you stop the broadcast.
- If you stop the broadcast, you will not be able to restart it. It is a one shot deal. Note that it is possible to edit the recorded video on YouTube and cut parts of it if needed.
- If you leave the call, it will ask you for confirmation and the broadcast will be over
- If you close the Hangout window or crash, you'll be able to rejoin the live broadcast by clicking Start on the event page again (make sure you are as OWASP into Google+ when you do so)
- After broadcasting, make sure you are not using Google+ or YouTube as "OWASP" anymore by switching back to your account.
Event Promotion
Using our current main platform YouTube, there's many ways you can promote your events and have people receive notifications:
1) Subscribe on YouTube. This will send notification by email (see this example), on youtube.com and with the mobile app. People will receive notifications when it's live on their cellphone!
2) Add to circle on Google+ for the Media Project page: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/114897759028714798478/114897759028714798478
3) When you go to the event page directly, you can quick add to Google Agenda and join in if you are on Google+ to receive direct notifications. https://plus.google.com/events/c1p0oltvpr94is9f9n57rpqki44
It is advised to have a separate communication channel when you share the event page on Google+ and the YouTube page. We don't want to force people to register to G+ or YouTube if they don't want to.
Hardware and other software
In order to get the best "bang for the bucks" hardware possible, we have used and tested many devices. We apologize to direct you to specific products but some people needed direct suggestions.
If the presenter is in front of a presentation laptop, use the microphone on that laptop. If it happens to be a MacBook Pro, you'll get great sound. If not, any USB microphone that is around the 100$USD mark will do the job. The H1 Zoom has been reported as worked on Mac, Windows and Ubuntu is a plug-n-play manner. It can also used as an stand-alone offline recorder (event with a pro lapel mic).
Note that any phone devices (dials in, Bluetooth) will reduce the sound quality and that might be problematic if you are aiming for the better quality.
Also, wireless is great, but costly. If you have a budget between 500-1000$USD for sound and operating staff, go for it, if not you're better with wired equipment.
Video capture
For low budget recording, we strongly recommend using software screen recorder and no hardware. Aside for Google Hangout Plugin, you can use Open Broadcaster Software to stream and locally records any content. It's free and open source and for Win/Linux/Mac but we have tested only the Windows version. It also supports captures cards and webcams.
For the capture part, you can input from a dedicated capture cards. Many of them are branded for gaming recording purpose and will do the job. The main advantage of the capture card is that you don't need to install any stand-alone software or plugins on the presenter's laptop. You'll quicker results and quality won't be touched much, except if you have a bad VGA cable. Some cards can "wiretap" by offering a bypass between the projector and the computer.
Officially, OWASP uses X-CAPTURE-1 to capture from HDMI and VGA, all with bypass features. It's biggest limitation is that it is Windows (DirectX) compatible only but they capture the greatest range of outputs on earth for that price (around 350$USD). For official big OWASP events those cards are available for lending.
Conference support
OWASP Media Project will provide support for recording talks during a major OWASP conference, but in order to assure painless success some hard requirements are to be followed.
First, here's what you get as an OWASP Global Conference:
- Full implication during the conference from directly involved project leaders
- Equipment that is pre-setuped and already works. We have laptops and captures cards in inventory.
- Direction and tips/hints on how to achieve best result in an effective but cheap way.
And here's what you need to commit:
- Covering travel expenses for the leaders that will do full time shift on site
- Find local volunteers to be part of the recording effort
- Respect the ratio of trained volunteers (not counting the on-site lead) of one (full-time) per track recorded
- Basically, 1h of volunteering == 1h of recording. Simple!
- Trained volunteers must go through *one full day of setup/training the day before the first day of recording
- If everything goes well during that day, it can be less work and more fun so the team will get to know each other
- Any volunteer that is not trained must be paired with a trained one for the first half-day of their shift
At the end of the day, the alternative is to do use a audio/video company. You'll be looking at a $30,000 to $60,000 bill that you will still have to direct them to do so. Also, a/v folks know their stuff better for camera filming, projector placement and cables, but not about streaming, recording and computer image acquisition; we do. To be fair, the cost of using volunteers is not 0, but you'll be basically paying for people that wants to listen to the talks as they are being recording and we think there's value in that as well. Also, it is recommended that the recording volunteers are used full-time as their job is mostly to be sit and watch the talk and troubleshoot if needed.
If you have the budget, we strongly recommend having a live recording professional crew for cameras *for just the keynotes*. That way you'll be able to achieve the best usage of a professional team while still giving the content to the volunteers.
Next goal
Getting www.youtube.com/owasp for the channel.
- ✓ Create and setup an official YouTube channel with a non-profit partnership with Google
- Get youtube.com/owasp
- Connect YouTube with official OWASP Twitter account.
- ✓ Use the channel to publish live webcasts (Google Hangout) contents from OWASP Global Chapter Meetings project
- Gather videos from all around the web and put in into the channel and make them searchable and sharable easily
- ✓ Film on location at AppSecUSA Plan for more conferences, have teams, and synchronize with organizers
- ✓ Projects Summit interviews
- ✓ Interviews with Mark Miller during the conference with people of interest
- ✓ Find and uploads recording of talks ASAP (<12h after) (achieved <24h)
- ✓ Assimilate OWASP Webinar Series (Hangout+YouTube vs. GotoMeeting) done!
- ✓ Try a webinar with GotoMeeting
- ✓ Contact Webinar organizers - Live webinars will be on GotoMeeting for registration and viewers tracking purpose and recordings will be uploaded to YouTube.
- ✓ Webinar presentation about the new system (January) done!
- ✓ Film on location at AppSecUSA Plan for more conferences, have teams, and synchronize with organizers
- ✓ Link with other channels on YouTube, promote them into the channel
- ✓ other OWASP channels As playlists
- ✓ Some OWASP chapters Channels
- ✓ Some OWASP projects Channels
- ✓ AppSec Tutorial Series (Jerry Hoff)
- ✓ Old OWASP uploads Christiaan008
- Get more contributors and add them as channel managers
- ✓ OWASP Community Update, Michael Coates
- ✓ OWASP en Español, Fabio Cerullo
- Motivate people to make videos and provide a way of publishing them on the channel
- Idea : open Webinars; send us your videos we'll publish (Youtube) and promote (Connector).
- In the long term: expand our team by having more central hubs (other than YouTube, or language specific channels).
- If it needs to get bigger: recruit people with video editing skills, make shows, etc.
- Provide an appealing video central (out of YouTube) for owasp.org in place of the old one (this one in pending the front page changes of owasp.org).
- Document requirements for good A/V recordings during a conference
- potential camera http://www.bestbuy.com/site/ricoh-8gb-flash-memory-camcorder-360-degree-digital-camera-black/4595161.p
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shafnutz05 wrote:Pitt87 wrote:shafnutz05 wrote:This is probably old news to most of us, but he caught Deadspin's attention this week.
Odd that you say 'the truth' when you and the author of the article can't know for sure.
The title of the thread wasnt meant to be a serious critique. I just thought it was funny Deadspin covered him since he's gotten so much attention on the board. Are you Hockey Insidderrr?
With three r's...


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- Dec 8, 2004
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PHILADELPHIA — A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with **** and other crimes.
Authorities allege that former officer Richard DeCoatsworth left a party with two females early Thursday and took them to another location, where they allege that he produced a handgun and "forced the two females to engage in the use of narcotics and sexual acts."
A police spokeswoman said the two called police after he left, and 27-year-old DeCoatsworth was later arrested.
According to court records, DeCoatsworth was arraigned Saturday night on charges including ****, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, trafficking of persons, false imprisonment and aggravated assault. His bail was set at $60 million.
DeCoatsworth was hailed as a hero after he was shot in the face during a traffic stop in September 2007 but still
managed to chase after his attacker, who was later sentenced to 36 to 72 years in prison.
DeCoatsworth was invited by Vice President Joe Biden to attend the president's televised February 2009 address to Congress and sat with first lady Michelle Obama. He said he didn't know why he had been singled out, but being in the presence of the nation's leaders was an honor "that I will keep with me for the rest of my life."
WCAU-TV, which first reported his arrest, said DeCoatsworth retired from the department on disability in December 2011.
Police said no other information on the alleged attack would be released Saturday to protect the victims and the integrity of the ongoing investigation. Authorities declined to say give even general locations for the party and alleged crime scene and also wouldn't say when DeCoatsworth was arrested.
A listed number for DeCoatsworth has been disconnected and it was unclear whether he had an attorney.
Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey told a Philadelphia Daily News columnist in February of last year that he believed he had made a mistake in granting the former officer's request to go back to work too soon after he was shot.
"God bless him for still wanting to get out there and do police work, but did I act in his best interest? In hindsight, I would say probably not," Ramsey told columnist Sty Bykofsky.
$60 million in bail... that has to be a misprint.


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Epping Market Basket protest seeks to save CEOBy JASON SCHREIBER
Union Leader Correspondent
July 16. 2013 8:45PM
EPPING — The signs said it all.
"Keep Calm and Artie Strong," read one sign.
"Save Arthur T. Demoulas" said another.
Holding their signs for all customers and passing motorists to see, more than 70 employees, their families and others gathered for a rally outside the Epping Market Basket Tuesday night to show support for Market Basket CEO Arthur T. Demoulas, whose leadership is being threatened by a family feud.
"With all the corporate greed out there today, Mr. Arthur T. Demoulas is one of the few leaders out there that actually gives back to us, his people, all the way down to the stackers, to his managers, to the customers. He's always thinking about everybody else," said Epping store manager Cindy Whelan.
Rallies were held at other Market Basket locations as well, including a store in Warner where about 20 people had shown up by 6 p.m., many holding similar signs of support. Customers also signed a petition encouraging the company's board of directors to keep Arthur T. Demoulas on as CEO when they decide whether to oust him at a meeting Thursday.
"We had signs made up today and people are signing the petition," said Elaina Corey, office manager for the Warner store.
Many employees and customers fear a leadership change will shake up the company and lead to job losses and higher prices, while allowing shareholders to realize bigger returns.
Employees and managers took out a full page ad in the New Hampshire Union Leader urging the board of directors not to fire Arthur T. Demoulas.
"Think of the people and communities first, not the shareholders' pockets. Respect your fiduciary duty and responsibilities," the ad read.
By early Tuesday evening, nearly 40,000 people had signed an online petition to save Arthur T. Demoulas's job. Tens of thousands more had signed petitions outside Market Baskets in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.
The signers were people like Mark Davidson, who was 15 ½ when he got his first job 40 years ago as a Market Basket floor sweeper and grocery bagger.
He worked at the supermarket for just two years, but it was long enough for him to earn the money he needed for a trip to Europe. It was also enough time for him to learn the importance of a locally-owned family business that cares about its workers and customers. Davidson signed the petition at the Epping store moments before Dr. Jerry Scolamiero of Exeter showed up and signed without hesitation.
"It's the prices. It's the quality of the people who work here. I know the managers. The owner of the company cares about his employees, and more importantly, he cares about middle income people throughout New England. If not for Market Basket, I could not have fed my family and I'm not alone," said Scolamiero, a loyal Market Basket shopper for the past 35 years.
Walter O'Brien, assistant store manager in Epping, has been with the company for 32 years; his wife, Kim, is an assistant store manager in Hooksett has been employed for 23 years.
"My biggest fear is that there's going to be job loss and the growth of the company is going to be slowed down. Employees are nervous about their jobs. They all want to show their support for Arthur T. Demoulas. The guy is a great man. The several times I've talked to him he's always treated me with respect," Walter O'Brien said.
Epping Market Basket meat manager Dave Dimartino, a 17-year employee, said employees are on a "first name basis" with Arthur T. Demoulas. "Mr. D has been a great leader," he said. "It's not always about business."
Nick Wright, manager of Market's Kitchen at the Epping store, agreed."I'm proud to say I work for a family company. It's like an extended family," he said.


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Rush's 'Clockwork Angels' Slated for High Chart Debut
Rush look to have its highest charting album in nearly 20 years. Billboard is reporting that 'Clockwork Angels' will likely debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 when the chart is released on Wednesday (June 20).
Based on their data, 'Clockwork Angels' is expected to sell approximately 90,000 copies in its first week of release, roughly double the total of the projected No. 3 album, British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran's "+." This will give the Canadian rock legends their best chart placement since 'Counterparts' reached the same spot back in 1993. Rush have never topped the Billboard 200.
However, it is unlikely to sell enough copies to top the chart. Usher's 'Looking 4 Myself' will claim the top spot with somewhere between 120,000 and 130,000 copies sold. Then again, Usher has a very strong female fan base.
Although Rush's last album, 2007's 'Snakes and Arrows,' sold 93,000 copies in its first week of release, it could not reach higher than No. 3.
'Clockwork Angels,' Rush's 19th studio release, is a concept album about a young man's search for truth. Bassist Geddy Lee recently said the songs were inspired by the "steampunk aesthetic " of "one foot in the past, one foot in the future."


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Stop & Shop to close NH stores; 670 to lose jobsBy DAVE SOLOMON
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 06. 2013 11:36AM
Stop & Shop Supermarkets on Tuesday announced plans to close all six grocery stores and three gas stations in New Hampshire on or before Sept. 21, with layoffs expected for 670 employees, according to company spokesman Suzi Robinson.
The announcement comes just a week after Shaw's Supermarkets announced it was closing six of its 34 grocery stores in the Granite State.
The decision by Stop & Shop amounts to a complete retreat from New Hampshire, where Market Basket and Hannaford have been gaining market share and opening new stores in recent years.
The Stop & Shop closings will be at 7 Kilton Road, Bedford; 9 Wason Road, Hudson; 137 Portsmouth Ave, Exeter; 601 Nashua St., Rte. 101A, Milford; 777 S. Willow St., Manchester; and 365 Lincoln St., Manchester.
"We continually assess our stores and operating performance. Our six stores in New Hampshire have not achieved performance goals after many years of investment, and we have made the difficult decision to close these under-performing stores," said Joe Kelley, president of the Stop & Shop New England Division. "This action will allow us to focus our investment and resources on continuing to grow our business in other areas of the Northeast."
Stop & Shop, which entered the New Hampshire market 10 years ago, continues to own and operate 400 grocery stores in New England, New York and New Jersey. While closing stores in New Hampshire, the company continues to expand elsewhere.
"Last year we entered a new market and opened an energy-efficient store in Wayland, Mass.," said Robinson. "This year we opened stores in Medford in January and Somerville in June. At the end of June, we opened a second store in downtown Nantucket."
The New Hampshire market has not been as favorable for the company, with New England division headquarters in Quincy, Mass.
"We are sensitive to the impact this decision will have on our associates, our loyal customers and the communities we have served. We deeply appreciate the years of dedicated service our associates in New Hampshire have provided since 2003, and the loyal patronage from our customers," said Kelley.
Robinson said the company will work with the employee union, United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1445, as well as state and local government to provide job search assistance and to support employees who will be losing their jobs.
Stop & Shop was founded in 1914 as the Economy Grocery Stores Company in Somerville, Mass., according to the company website. The name was changed to Stop & Shop in 1947.
The company was acquired in 1996 by the Dutch conglomerate Ahold, one of the largest food retailers in the world, traded on the European stock exchange Euronext.
Closures by Shaw's and Stop & Shop will leave several anchor tenant positions vacant in shopping areas throughout New Hampshire. Robinson said Stop & Shop is a tenant in all six locations and will continue to honor its lease obligations.
"We will work with the property owners with respect to the future of the store premises," she said.
Stop & Shop loyalty card holders will still be able to redeem points at New Hampshire Stop & Shop gas stations until they close, and at participating Shell locations, at least for the time being. "We do not have further information yet on Shell stations regarding their continued participation in Stop & Shop Gas rewards in New Hampshire," said Robinson.
The layoff by Stop & Shop was large enough to trigger a mandatory notification to the state. Shaw's has still not determined the exact number of layoffs resulting from its store closures, as efforts to continue to reassign some of those workers to remaining stores. "We're still working though that process and will be for the next couple of weeks," said Shaw's spokesman Steve Sylven.
Stop & Shop customers with questions may call the company's Consumer Affairs Department at 1-800-767-7772 (option 3, then option 6) Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup's new CEO is continuing to put his imprint on the bank, naming co-presidents on Monday.
CEO Michael Corbat tapped Jamie Forese and Manuel Medina-Mora for the roles.
Corbat took over as CEO of the New York company in October after Vikram Pandit unexpectedly stepped down from the post. Pandit had reportedly clashed with the board over the company's strategy and its relationship with the government.
Forese will be responsible for all of Citi's institutional businesses, and Medina-Mora will continue to oversee global consumer banking and Citi's franchise in Mexico.
Forese had served as CEO of securities and banking for the institutional clients group.
Citigroup said that the operations and technology functions that support the institutional and consumer businesses will not report directly to Forese and Medina-Mora, respectively. The move was made to better align the operations and improve efficiency.
Corbat also named Jim Cowles as CEO of the company's Europe, Middle East and Africa division — a position previously held by Corbat. The company also made some other personnel announcements, including appointing Brian Leach as head of franchise risk and strategy.
In addition, Vice Chairman Lew Kaden plans to retire in the coming weeks. Kaden previously served as Citigroup's chief administrative officer and spent more than seven years with the company.
Citigroup, which announced in December that it would cut 11,000 jobs, will submit its capital plan to the Federal Reserve on Monday.
Citigroup Inc.'s stock shed 27 cents to $42.16 in morning trading.


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The Organic Seed Grower
A Farmer's Guide to Vegetable Seed Production
The Organic Seed Grower is a comprehensive manual for the serious vegetable grower who is interested in growing high-quality seeds using organic farming practices. It is written for both serious home seed savers and diversified small-scale farmers who want to learn the necessary steps involved in successfully producing a commercial seed crop organically.
Detailed profiles for each of the major vegetables provide users with practical, in-depth knowledge about growing, harvesting, and processing seed for a wide range of common and specialty vegetable crops, from Asian greens to zucchini.
In addition, readers will find extensive and critical information on topics including:
- The reproductive biology of crop plants
- Annual vs. biennial seed crops
- Isolation distances needed to ensure varietal purity
- Maintaining adequate population size for genetic integrity
- Seed crop climates
- Seed-borne diseases
- Seed-cleaning basics
- Seed storage for farmers
- and more . . .
This book can serve as a bridge to lead skilled gardeners, who are already saving their own seed, into the idea of growing seed commercially. And for diversified vegetable farmers who are growing a seed crop for sale for the first time, it will provide details on many of the tricks of the trade that are used by professional seed growers. This manual will help the budding seed farmer to become more knowledgeable, efficient, and effective in producing a commercially viable seed crop.
With the strong demand for certified organic produce, many regional seed companies are increasingly seeking out dedicated seed growers to ensure a reliable source of organically grown seeds for their farmer and gardener customers. This trend represents a great business opportunity for small-scale commercial growers who wish to raise and sell vegetable seeds as a profitable part of their diversified small-farm operation. Written by well-known plant breeder and organic seed expert John Navazio, The Organic Seed Grower is the most up-to-date and useful guide to best practices in this exciting and important field.
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As interest grows in sustainable agriculture practices, the need for organic seed is also on the rise. For a farm to be certified organic, the seed also has to be designated as such, but it's not just those seeking or holding certifications who are leaning toward using this kind of seed. Gardeners, hobby farmers, community garden managers, and others are driving demand, particularly for heirloom vegetable varieties. Although there are several commercial companies that offer organic seed for sale, smaller growers and hobbyists are finding enjoyment and affordability in 'seed saving' for themselves. In this valuable, highly detailed exploration of the topic, John Navazio takes readers through the steps necessary to produce an organic seed crop, with best practices, a primer on crop plant biology, and tips on seed storage. Navazio is well-versed in the topic as the senior scientist for the Organic Seed Alliance and a plant breeding and seed specialist for Washington State University Extension. Insightful and experienced, Navazio provides information in a straightforward, easy-to-follow manner. After a fascinating stroll through the history of agricultural seed, he then covers vegetable families—such as alliaceae, brassicaceae, and cucurbitaceae—and their characteristics before delving into the details of particular vegetables, like leeks or lettuce. Even for those who don't plan on seed saving, these chapters are stunning in their straightforward presentation of complex material, including soil and fertility requirements, growing methods, harvest, and genetic maintenance. As a farmer might say, every description is nutritionally dense. Although the guide is most relevant to farmers who might want to sell seeds as part of a diversified small-farm operation, Navazio's expertise will likely be fascinating to the backyard gardener as well. Much like other types of homesteading skills, seed saving can be something of an art, and, fortunately, Navazio is an expert teacher.
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"John Navazio has written a fantastic guide for organic seed breeders and producers. He has taken organic seed production to a higher level with extensive information on selection, genetic integrity, isolation distances, and seedborne diseases. Although his focus is on plant breeders and commercial growers, much of the information is also applicable to small-scale farms producing seed for on-site use."--Suzanne Ashworth, Del Rio Botanical; author of Seed to Seed
"With The Organic Seed Grower, well-respected plant breeder and seed expert Dr. John Navazio has written "The definitive book on organic vegetable seed production. Encyclopedic, yet well written and approachable, this seminal work deserves a place in every grower's library. From the organic farmer seeking a comprehensive reference, to the family farmer who wants to learn how to guarantee access to a favorite variety, to the progressive seed saver committed to success – all will find this book an indispensable guide and Navazio a trusted partner in organic seed improvement."-- Jim Gerritsen, president, Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association (OSGATA)
"John Navazio has made a keystone contribution to the future of the grassroots organic seed movement. The Organic Seed Grower is a fundamental resource for the preservation and improvement of agricultural biodiversity. It is an essential guide to high-quality, organic seed production: well grounded in fundamental principles, brimming with practical techniques, thorough in coverage, and remarkably well organized, accessible, and readable."--Jeff McCormack, Ph.D., founder of Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
"There is nothing more important right now than growing and saving seeds; that most essential aspect of life. While we may have all done this once upon a time, we have mostly lost these skills to private industry or urbanization. Until now. John Navazio reveals all the techniques and tricks, some simple and some complex, that he's learned only after decades of careful observation and practice. Incredible photos help tell the story of life that seeds represent. The Organic Seed Grower is what we need to take back community control of seeds from those who have taken it from us."--Tom Stearns, president, High Mowing Organic Seeds
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Strong Grassroots Activism Helps Defeat Mountaintop Removal Scheme in Virginia
Even in coal country, Big Coal is being met with grassroots resistance it hasn't experienced before.
Last week, the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) upheld an earlier decision to deny a permit for a mountaintop-removal mine on Ison Rock Ridge in Wise County in southwest Virginia after an appeal by the A&G Coal Corporation. The opposition was led by activists from the Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards (SAMS) and the Sierra Club, and residents fed up with the destruction and devastating health effects from mountaintop-removal mining.
"I'm so pleased to finally see the DMME stand up for the people they are supposed to represent," said Sam Broach, president of SAMS. "The people living in the areas affected by surface mining can sleep well tonight knowing that the mountains above them won't be blown up, and the air they breathe will be a little bit cleaner. This courageous decision will save our waterways, too."
The permit would have threatened to decimate nearby Callahan Creek -- already considered legally impaired by pollution -- and affect the health of families in the area. Nearly two dozen peer-reviewed studies have confirmed high rates of cancer, birth defects, and heart and lung diseases in people who live near mountaintop-removal sites -- a fact ignored by Big Coal.
For years, residents have urged the EPA and the state to deny the permit. In 2011, hundreds of Virginians rallied in front of EPA's headquarters in Washington, D.C. At the rally, SAMS Vice President Jane Branham said, "We're fighting to protect our homes and our families. The state has given A&G Coal permission to blow up our mountain and poison our streams. We're gathered today to send the EPA the message that we need them to intervene. The risks are too serious."
Since then, the state had become increasingly concerned with Southern Coal -- the company that owns A&G -- and its dubious record. During the permitting process, the company was asked to resolve at least four outstanding mine permit violations in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia.
"Coal executives already realize that Appalachian coal production is going down, and markets are drying up. Surface mines like those operated by A&G have already taken too high a toll. It's time our leaders woke up to what's happening, and get behind efforts to build a sustainable economy in the coalfields. Until that day, community activists will stand up to protect the mountains, our homes, and our lives," said Marley Green, a Sierra Club organizer based in Wise County.
"We are thrilled to be working with Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards, a group of local residents who have fought tirelessly and courageously to protect spectacular Ison Rock Ridge and their community from the horrors of mountaintop removal mining," said Aaron Isherwood, a Sierra Club attorney who works closely on Appalachia issues. "The DMME's decision to deny the permit is a powerful example of how local residents working together can take on the powerful coal industry and win -- even in the heart of coal country!"
Congratulations to the families of Virginia for this hard-fought victory!
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Gunman's doctor before rampage: 'No problem there'
Gunman's doctor before rampage: 'No problem there'
Jan. 31, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman who killed 12 people in last year's rampage at Washington's Navy Yard lied so convincingly to Veterans Affairs doctors before the shootings that they concluded he had no mental health issues despite serious problems and encounters with police during the same period, according to a review by The Associated Press of his confidential medical files.
Just weeks before the shootings, a doctor treating him for insomnia noted that the patient worked for the Defense Department but wrote hauntingly "no problem there."
The AP obtained more than 100 pages of treatment and disability claims evaluation records for Aaron Alexis, spanning more than two years. They show Alexis complaining of minor physical ailments, including foot and knee injuries, slight hearing loss and later insomnia, but resolutely denying any mental health issues. He directly denied having suicidal or homicidal thoughts when government doctors asked him about it just three weeks before the shootings.
In a bizarre incident in Newport, Rhode Island, Alexis told police on Aug. 7 that disembodied voices were harassing him at his hotel using a microwave machine to prevent him from sleeping. After police reported the incident to the Navy, his employer, a defense contracting company, pulled his access to classified material for two days after his mental health problems became evident but restored it quickly and never told Navy officials it had done so.
Just 16 days later, after Alexis, 34, told an emergency room doctor that he couldn't sleep, the doctor wrote that his speech and thoughts seemed "clear and focused" and noted that he "denies flashbacks, denies recent stress."
"He works in the Defense Department, no problem there," the doctor added.
Alexis, a defense contractor and former Navy reservist, went on a deadly shooting rampage at the Navy Yard on Sept. 16, spraying bullets in a hallway and firing on workers from a balcony. He died in a gunbattle with police.
He had purchased the shotgun he used two days before the shooting from a gun shop in Virginia. Alexis had been involved in at least two earlier shooting-related incidents, in 2004 when he was arrested in Seattle and charged with malicious mischief for shooting the tires on a construction worker's vehicle and in 2010 when he was arrested in Fort Worth, Texas, for firing a rifle into a neighbor's apartment.
No charges were filed in those two cases, but it was not immediately clear whether Alexis was answering honestly on Aug. 23 when he was asked whether he still had any weapons. The FBI told the AP it found no weapons when it searched the hotel where Alexis had been staying after the shootings.
Before the Navy Yard shootings, Alexis left behind a note that FBI agents recovered saying he had been targeted by ultra-low frequency radio waves for the previous three months — the period that covered his visits to the VA medical facilities when he denied he was experiencing any stress or violent thoughts.
Sidney Matthew, a lawyer representing the family of one of the shooting victims, told the AP it's possible that Alexis was evasive with his doctors but expressed skepticism that physicians adequately questioned Alexis about why he wasn't sleeping.
Matthew noted that Alexis aggressively confronted a family at Norfolk (Virginia) International Airport on Aug. 4, just days before his encounter with police on Aug. 7 that was so bizarre that police contacted the Navy about their concerns. Alexis' family also had concerns about his mental health during the period.
The AP obtained 114 pages of Alexis' medical records under the Freedom of Information Act after requesting them a few weeks after the shootings. It is unusual for the government to disclose anyone's medical files, but the Veterans Affairs Department agreed that the public interest in the mass killing outweighed Alexis' privacy rights in keeping his treatment records secret after his death. In the records the AP obtained, the government withheld the names of all the doctors and others who treated Alexis to protect their privacy.
Congress and the Pentagon are investigating the shootings, including whether faulty security clearance procedures allowed him to get and maintain his job. Some lawmakers have said Alexis fell through the cracks at the VA and should have been treated by mental health professionals, but they have stopped short of specifying what government doctors should have done differently.
Associated Press writer Eric Tucker contributed to this report.
Gunman's medical records: http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1010448-alexis-medical-records.html


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Best Place To Stock Your Backyard Henhouse
Under a new city ordinance, Sacramento residents are now allowed to keep up to three egg-laying hens in their backyard. Which raises the question: Where exactly do you buy egg-laying hens? Answer: BRADSHAW FEED & PET SUPPLY. Located on a dusty stretch of Bradshaw Road about 15 minutes outside town, this old-fashioned country store carries 35 to 40 chicken varieties, including standard breeds such as Rhode Island Red, White Leghorn and Ameraucana, and so-called "fancy" breeds like Golden Polish, Mottled Houdan and Sumatra. The baby chicks ($1.25 to $5 apiece) are housed by the dozens in deep, glass-fronted drawers. Once you make your selection, a staffer pops your chicks into a brown paper bag, gives you a care sheet and sells you everything you need to get started as an urban chicken keeper: heat lamp, pine shavings, chick waterer, food, etc. The payoff comes five or six months later, when your chickens start laying eggs. 7285 Bradshaw Road, Sacramento; (916) 369-8225
Best Modern Furniture
Interior designer Curtis Popp is not about to tell you what to think of his Soft Side Table, the first offering from his CPOPP WORKSHOP. He will say, however, that the 18-by-18-inch round wooden table with three brightly colored legs is "approachable but not stuffy." We definitely agree on both counts: The warm walnut or white oak tabletop, with green, blue, orange or yellow legs, illustrates that Popp knows how to put the fun in functional. He sells the tables exclusively through his website, though he's been approached by retailers wanting to carry the line. There's also been interest from renowned hotelier Ian Schrager, and the table was featured in the Sunset Idea House this fall. Next up for CPopp Workshop: a coffee table version of the Soft Side Table. (916) 207-9106; cpoppworkshop.com
Best New Florist
Philip Rice was still in high school when he started working for a florist in Colusa. After the shop closed in 2009, he decided it was time to move to "the big city." Yes, Sacramento—that big city. After purchasing EAST SAC FLORIST earlier this year, he considered changing the name to something "more designery," then thought better of it. "The name fits the neighborhood. It's casual but elegant," he says—a phrase that also nicely describes Rice's design style. Rice has worked for two governors and the Tournament of Roses parade, and he flies all over the country doing floral design and lighting for special events and destination weddings. Here in Sacramento, he's especially known for his unique plant combos, such as topiaries underplanted with succulents and decorated with manzanita limbs. "It's amazing what a dead branch will do," he quips. 5379 H St., Sacramento; (916) 457-2699; eastsacflorist.com
Best Home Décor
Can't spare the time (or the money) to fly to Paris for the famed Marché aux Puces
flea market? Then do the next best thing and drive to FLEURI in Carmichael. Owned and operated for the past 13 years by sisters Sonia Moreno and Sylvia Frazier, this charming shop overflows with gorgeous French antiques, linens, garden décor, pillows, vintage ribbon, china, candles and other things for the home too numerous to mention. Frazier goes to Paris on a shopping expedition once a year and brings back all manner of Francophilic treasures: farmhouse tables, chandeliers, iron beds, fireplace screens, hotel silver, antique postcards . . . the list goes on and on. We'll always have Paris as long as Fleuri is around. 7301 Fair Oaks Blvd., Carmichael; (916) 973-9848
Best Wine Design
Helwig Winery owners David and Nancy Helwig wanted their new Amador County winery to reflect the history of the area. When they met with SAGE ARCHITECTURE, they immediately knew they'd found the right people for the job. "They had a very creative, subtle approach in capturing the rustic charm we wanted without making it look dated," says Nancy. Through the use of metal roofing, board-and-batten wood siding and galvanized metal, Paul Almond and Pam Whitehead of Sage designed buildings that stand out from their surroundings yet blend in beautifully. With a nod to sustainability, the architects made use of oak and pine harvested during the clearing of the site in the tasting room and other areas of the property. 11555 Shenandoah Valley Road, Plymouth; (209) 245-5200; helwigwinery.com
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Best Gourmet Doughnuts
You can find all sorts of artisanal products these days: bread, cheese, beer, even popsicles. The latest foodstuff to get the artisan treatment? Doughnuts. This summer, Sacramento's first gourmet doughnut shop, DOUGHBOT, opened in Southside Park, serving made-from-scratch doughnuts in such cutting-edge flavors as dulce de leche, chai tea, and peanut butter and jelly. Owners Bryan Widener and Dannah O'Donnell got the idea for the shop after trying a bacon maple bar at Portland's famous Voodoo Doughnut. Doughbot serves its own version of that inspired confection, along with a rotating menu of flavors. Our favorite? The Dude: a White Russian-flavored doughnut filled with Kahlúa-vodka custard. 2226 10th St., Sacramento; (916) 444-5157; doughbotdonuts.com
Best New Bakery
Divine smells waft out of SUGAR AND SPICE, a bakery that opened in early 2011 on a slightly dodgy stretch of 12th Street. Owner Carissa Jones concocts imaginative pastries such as spicy chili chocolate cupcakes, s'mores Pop-Tarts and an upscale version of the Hostess Snowball. She likes to mix things up, creating bread pudding squares in interesting flavor combos such as blueberry/white chocolate and hazelnut/dark chocolate. "It changes on my whim," says pastry chef Jones, who worked in the kitchens of Slocum House and Mason's. 1201 F St., Sacramento; (916) 952-5253; sugarandspice.me
Best Use of Social Media
Local chef Jason Azevedo loves two things: pork and people. He recently figured out how to combine the two through his popular Meatups. Held once a month at a local cafe or restaurant, the MEATUPS are a chance for local foodies to mix and mingle while picking up orders of artisanal sausage, bacon, hot dogs and other porky products. Using hogs sourced from local ranchers, Azevedo makes everything himself, including Louisiana-style hot links, Italian sausage, kielbasa and a fiendishly rich condiment called bacon marmalade (caramelized onions, bacon bits, rendered bacon fat and thyme). Azevedo uses Facebook and e-mail to take orders and announce Meatups. To get on his invite list, e-mail him at email@example.com or look for Jason Azevedo on Facebook.
Best Food Movement
History will record 2011 as the year GOURMET FOOD TRUCKS finally arrived in Sacramento. Long a mainstay of the food scenes in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, food trucks got their toehold here in February when Mini Burger Truck hit the streets, tweeting its location as it moved around town. Soon, other trucks started appearing: Drewski's Hot Rod Kitchen, Mama Kim on the Go, Wicked 'Wich. In April, 9,000 people jammed into Fremont Park for SactoMoFo, the city's first mobile food fest. Now, as the City Council is rethinking its anti-truck ordinances, a gathering of food trucks is held every Thursday evening at different spots around the region. Local food blogger Catherine Enfield, one of SactoMoFo's organizers, says it's only a matter of time before Sacramento is as food-truck-friendly as L.A.: "We've shown that if you tweet it, they will come."
Best New Bottle Shop
Newsflash: Beer is the new wine. Looking to capitalize on beer's newfound status as an artisanal product, Rob Archie recently opened PANGAEA BOTTLE SHOP next door to his Pangaea Two Brews Cafe in Curtis Park. He scours the world for interesting craft beers and rare and unusual brews, posting on Facebook when he gets in a shipment. Depending on the day, you might find Fantôme Saison (a Belgian-style farmhouse ale), Pliny the Elder (a cult favorite) or Samuel Adams Utopias, which retails for—gulp—$200 a bottle. Knowledgeable staffers can steer you to an interesting bottle you've never tried—Champagne-style beer, perhaps. While you're there, why not pick up some cheese, crackers and charcuterie and have yourself a beer bash? 2743 Franklin Blvd., Sacramento; (916) 454-4942; pangaeatwobrews.com
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb
Written in Water
Exhibition within the exhibition Collection in Motion
for the 17th museum education action of the Museum Education and Cultural Action Section of the Croatian Museum Society (HMD)
2. 5. – 18. 5. 2012
Opening: Wednesday, 2 May 2012 at 17:00
The exhibition Written in Water is part of the big educational project that takes place in 55 museums and 27 cities throughout Croatia from May 2-18, 2012, coinciding with International Museum Day, which falls on 18 May 2012.
This year, the seventeenth annual museum education action focuses on water. Its host and initiator is the Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, and the Museum Education Section of the Croatian Museum Society is the organizer of the action "Water."
The project is before all designed for young audiences - primary and secondary school students - but also for anyone who cares about water and for whom the theme of water is significant.
With this exhibition within an exhibition, in the midst of MSU's Collection in Motion curated by Nada Beroš and Tihomir Milovac, we once again want to demonstrate that the display of MSU is not static, but is constantly changing and flowing. This impression of motion also helps these "water works," which we have especially emphasized on this occasion with ocean-blue self-standing legends. These are the works of artists from different generations and modes of expression, like Miroslaw Balka (The Eyes of Purification), Ivan Kožarić (Fragment of the River), Dalibor Martinis (Circles Between Surfaces; New York, New York), Magdalena Pederin (Well), Vanja Radauš (Decalcomanie) and Marko Tadić (I Speak True Things).
Additionally, we filled the intriguing "museum container" with five more new works for the Collection in Motion. These are video and film works by Ivan Ladislav Galeta (Zagreb Watercolour; Water pulu 1869-1896), a video installation by Ksenija Turčić (Sunt lacrimae rerum?) and the video works of Tanja Dabo (Welcome) and Dan Oki (Generatio Aequivoca).
Just for this exhibition, the artist Ksenjia Turčić donated the video installation Sunt lacrimae rerum?/Tears of Things? to the MSU Collection of Media Art.
Artists: Miroslaw Balka, Tanja Dabo, Ivan Ladislav Galeta, Ivan Kožarić, Dalibor Martinis, Dan Oki, Magdalena Pederin, Vanja Radauš, Marko Tadić i Ksenija Turčić
Curator: Nada Beroš, Head of the Educational Department
The exhibition Written in Water is accompanied by a special publication/catalogue in the form of a workbook, created for children in the upper levels of primary school and in secondary school. Tena Letica designed and illustrated the workbook. Texts and excercises accompanying the artworks in the exhibition Written on Water were written by curator Nada Beroš in collaboration with Ana Majstorović, MSU volunteer and first level student at Zagreb's Ninth Gymnasium Ivan Supek.
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- JDK 1.5.0 (Required by Tomcat 5.5)
- Maven 1.0.2
- Tomcat 5.5.15
- Subversion 1.2.1
- Jetspeed 2 Source code
Note that other versions of Java, Subversion, and Tomcat may work. These are the versions used to create this guide on Suse 9.2. Maven 2 will not work, but you may want to look at the BuildUsingMaven2 article.
Environment Settings
Set the following environment variables (JRE_HOME is needed by Tomcat 5.5).
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk/ export JRE_HOME=/usr/local/jdk/jre/ export MAVEN_HOME=/home/opensource/apache-maven-1.0.2/ export CATALINA_HOME=/home/opensource/apache-tomcat-5.5.12/
set JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/jdk/ set JRE_HOME=/usr/local/jdk/jre/ set MAVEN_HOME=/home/opensource/apache-maven-1.0.2/ set CATALINA_HOME=/home/opensource/apache-tomcat-5.5.12/
Modify Tomcat's tomcat-users.xml to contain the following lines
<role rolename="manager" /> <user username="j2deployer" password="j2deployer" roles="manager" />
Checkout Jetspeed source
svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/portals/jetspeed-2/trunk portals-jetspeed-2
Create build.properties
Create a build.properties text file in the root of the source code directory (portals-jetspeed-2).
org.apache.jetspeed.server.home=/home/opensource/bin/apache-tomcat-5.5.15 org.apache.jetspeed.server.shared=/home/opensource/bin/apache-tomcat-5.5.15/shared/lib org.apache.jetspeed.deploy.war.dir=/home/opensource/bin/apache-tomcat-5.5.15/webapps org.apache.jetspeed.services.autodeployment.user=j2deployer org.apache.jetspeed.services.autodeployment.password=j2deployer org.apache.jetspeed.catalina.version.major=5.5 org.apache.jetspeed.project.home=/home/opensource/svnProjects/portals-jetspeed-2 org.apache.jetspeed.portal.home=/home/opensource/svnProjects/portals-jetspeed-2
Building Jetspeed
Build the Maven plugin
maven initMavenPlugin
Clean all, build all, and create documentation (allSite is optional)
maven allClean allBuild allSite
Deploying Jetspeed
Set up and deploy Jetspeed and the demo portlets
maven j2:quickStart
Running Jetspeed
Start Tomcat.
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/catalina run
View Jetspeed.
What Next
What can I do next? Try creating a very simple portlet or try to modify the source code or create your own simple servlet portlet.
I'm thinking about Jetspeed documentation. What can be done about it. Here are some things that can be done by Users, Developers, Administrators, and Managers.
Users can customize the layout, customize the layout decorator, customize the portlet decorator, customize templates, create pages, create folders, create separators, create links, arrange portlet on pages, add portlets to pages, remove portlets from pages.
Developers can create a very simple portlet, write portlets, configure portlets, write layouts, write styles, write modes as well as anything a user can do.
Administrators can install Jetspeed, optimize Jetspeed, cluster Jetspeed, create users, create groups, create roles, manage applications, deploy applications. As well as anything a user or developer can do. They are extremely lazy people who often say "That's the developers job".
Managers can approve the use of Jetspeed.


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Tip Of The Week - Installing a Decal
Our tip of the week explains each of the layers, show pictures of each step and exactly how to install a decal properly. Many first timers can feel overwhelmed or intimidated, but our simple application tips will have you feeling like a pro. We hope you find these tips helpful and we would love to hear your feedback. To view this tutorial click "Decal Installation" in our left navigation. For more tips and tricks check out our new Tips & Tricks section.


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A Historical Framework for Accountable Care Organizations:Will CMS Meet Its Long-Term Goals with this Initiative?
By Jeffrey D. Zigler*, Director, Global Health Economics, Reimbursement & Public Policy, Musculoskeletal Clinical Regulatory Advisers, LLC (MCRA)
On March 31, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced proposed rules1 which would establish and govern Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to " improve coordination and communication among doctors and hospitals, improve the quality of the care their patients receive, and help lower costs" by incentivizing providers through a cost-sharing program with CMS, according to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).2 The three-part aim of ACOs is to provide 1) better care for individuals, 2) better health for patients, and 3) lower growth in expenditures. The ACO program will ideally achieve cost reduction for the Medicare Program, as well as establish quality metrics for enhanced clinical care, as part of CMS' value based purchasing initiatives. Two key aspects of CMS' well publicized "roadmap" for implementing value driven healthcare involve identification and promotion of quality measures through pay-for-reporting and pay-for-performance, both of which are underpinnings of the ACO program.3
The economic responsibility encouraged by the ACO program is certainly worthy of praise – but will the intended cost savings to the Medicare Program actually be realized over the long-term? Or will further strain be placed on the nation's healthcare system five, eight or ten years following inception of ACOs under the rule? This article will summarize key elements of the proposed rule including the structure of ACOs; consider the need for such a program in light of value based purchasing initiatives currently underway; and discuss a historical framework by offering examples of the impact that establishing such a cost-sharing program has had on another healthcare system in the recent past.
Rationale for and Structure of ACOs, GenerallyUnder the proposed Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) regulations4 , which follow from Section 3022 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)5 , ACOs would enter into cost- (read: potential profit-) sharing programs with doctors and facilities which provide medical services to Medicare beneficiaries.6 The premise of these cost-sharing programs is that the incentivized coordination of care and enhancement of communication would lead to a reduction of redundancies and inefficiencies, resulting in an overall cost savings to the Medicare Program.7 ,8 CMS allows for ACOs to be developed under two types of tracks: those participating in the two-sided risk model where ACOs share not only in the savings but also in the losses, thereby potentially receiving greater reward under the program because of the increased risks; and those participating in the one-sided model, which are not willing to accept downside risk of shared losses, but which may share in a lower amount of cost savings, if savings are realized.
Pursuant to the proposed MSSP regulations, ACOs are structured as legally recognized entities (e.g., LLCs, PCs) under three-year-term agreements, receiving and distributing payments for shared savings to participating providers, which may be summarized under four major requirements:
With an estimated 75-150 ACOs expected to start-up in 2011 and 2012, a potential of $500 million or more in savings may be realized over the first three years under this program.9 The savings realized from the MSSP would be shared among the participating providers based on the track the ACO participated in: one- or two-sided risk model. As with any risk-sharing arrangement, there is a possibility that ACOs will incur losses in either model. But even if ACOs show savings in the short-term, what assurances are there that goals of longer-term savings to the Medicare Program will be realized?
The Case Study for Pay-For-Performance Healthcare: A Double-Edged Sword
The impetus behind CMS' development of the ACO program is noble, but it is not a novel idea. CMS has already implemented other value-based purchasing (VBP) arrangements that link provider reimbursements to quality metrics including a "pay-for-performance" or "P4P" model in addition to the current fee-for-service model. However, if long-term savings are sought by CMS as a response to rising healthcare costs, the ability of such a P4P program to meet the goal of sustainable, long-term savings for the Medicare Program should be considered in a historical context.
The United Kingdom's (U.K.'s) National Health Service recently reported its findings on a P4P program of its own, the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF). Introduced in 2004, QOF is a voluntary incentive scheme for general practitioners in the U.K. Working in conjunction with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)10 , physician practices were rewarded under the P4P program according to their performance based on discrete measures, including the quality of clinical care, patient experience, and other pre-defined scoring metrics.
A review of the QOF program after three years of data collection revealed gradual improvement in the achievement of "clinical targets" based on pre-defined scoring.11 One such clinical target was the improvement and impact on diagnosis and treatment of diabetes, relating to cognizable health gains for patients. The data reviewed covered over 17,000 patients admitted to facilities within one county. The data showed that improvements in the quality of diabetes care increased nearly 20 percent after three years under the QOF program.11
However, despite the improvements realized in the quality of diabetes care, the QOF program also revealed evidence of a rapid increase in the number of diagnoses of diabetes. In fact, annual diabetes diagnoses actually doubled during the program, placing further strain on the U.K. healthcare system. Whereas other programs launched by HHS, like Partnership for Patients, which projects saving 1.6 million U.S. patients from lengthened inpatient hospital stays or unnecessary readmissions due to hospital-acquired conditions,12 ACOs may create an environment where new patients would actually be entering and utilizing the healthcare system at an increased rate, thanks to the efficiencies developed by participating providers. The double-edged sword of providing increased quality of care in a single-payor system reveals itself: improving the quality of care for patients is a good and noble thing, but it has the potential for placing increased utilization and strain on the system in unforeseeable ways.
As history has shown, unforeseeable challenges may arise over time with P4P programs like the MSSP initiative. So even if all ACOs are accountable for their care, positively impacting the system in the short-term by lowering costs and improving quality of care based on Secretary Sebelius' metrics, the ACO program may not result in longer-term savings to the system. History warns that P4P programs, like the QOF initiative, may result in added financial burden on a healthcare system via potential overutilization of services, which may only first occur after passage of the initial, "honeymoon" period following their inception.
CMS May Not Need ACOs to Accomplish Specific VBP Goals
One major benefit to CMS of the MSSP is data collection. Under the proposed rule, ACOs would maintain infrastructure for the reporting of quality, utilization, and cost data which would further CMS' VBP initiatives.13 ,14 Such data may provide CMS with additional information to follow-up on hospital-acquired conditions, among other measures, to reduce healthcare expenditures.
VBP initiatives put forth by CMS have involved the implementation of a multitude of programs, many of which are well underway at this time. Despite the recent momentum of the MSSP, there are already a number of programs available to meet CMS' VBP goals. Independent analysis shows that the 65 quality measures accounted for in the ACO program already overlap with 58 quality measures in one or more other quality reporting programs currently underway by CMS.15 Along with concurrent studies conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)16 , CMS has a more modest, domestic program for informing consumers (and Medicare's funding habits) within its Hospital Compare program, implemented by HHS in 2002. Although consumer-oriented, this program compiles important data on patient satisfaction and outcomes-related statistics reported by participating Medicare provider facilities across the nation.17
A tool such as Hospital Compare, by which consumers (and Agency decision makers) may compare hospital choices, would help inform healthcare decisions in a similar manner as contemplated under the ACO program. And since the Hospital Compare program's infrastructure is already well in place, having been created through joint effort of CMS, HHS, and members of the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA)18 , CMS would perhaps be better advised to further expand on and develop these databases to include other providers of care, garnering additional support for providers' use of this infrastructure to collect valuable data on hospital and physician providers, better informing the Agency's VBP.
The three-pronged goals CMS has for the proposed ACO program overlap with numerous other VBP initiatives currently underway by HHS. Aside from quality measures and reporting to be provided by this program's structure, the added promise of cost savings to Medicare may never result in long-term sustainability anticipated by the ACO program, based on its comparisons to other P4P programs recently implemented in other jurisdictions, as well as the program's redundancy to other of CMS' VBP initiatives already underway.
With so much long-term uncertainty surrounding the MSSP initiative proposed by CMS, it is important for all stakeholders to provide comment on these proposed rules. Comments on the proposed ACO rules will be accepted until June 6. CMS will respond to all comments in a final rule to be issued later this year.
*Mr. Zigler is a non-practicing attorney with MCRA, consulting to the medical technology industry. He advises clients on medical technology reimbursement and regulatory matters. He may be reached at email@example.com or (202) 552-5800.
The Federal Register announced the proposed legislation on ACOs April 7, 2011 after having placed it on public display March 31, 2011.
HHS News Release: Affordable Care Act to improve quality of care for people with Medicare, available at: http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/03/20110331a.html
General CMS Roadmap Overview, available at: https://www.cms.gov/QualityInitiativesGenInfo/downloads/RoadmapOverview_OEA_1-16.pdf
CMS' Value Based Purchasing Roadmap, available at: https://www.cms.gov/QualityInitiativesGenInfo/downloads/VBPRoadmap_OEA_1-16_508.pdf
42 CFR Part 425; CMS-1345-P, available at http://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0938-AQ22/medicare-shared-savings-program-accountable-care-organizations-cms-1345-p-
P.L. 111-148, March 23, 2010
42 CFR Part 425 ( CMS-1345-P), available at: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/pdf/2011-7880.pdf
Fierce Health Payer, April 1, 2011. Cigna ACO pilots are improving quality, cutting costs. Available at: http://www.fiercehealthpayer.com/story/cigna-aco-pilots-are-improving-quality-cutting-costs/2011-04-01
McCarthy M. New Health Rules Can Save $960 Million, HHS Says. National Journal, March 31, 2011. Available at: http://www.nationaljournal.com/healthcare/new-health-rules-can-save-960-million-hhs-says-20110331?print=true
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) provides guidance to the U.K.'s National Health Service, setting quality standards and managing a national database to improve people's health and prevent and treat ill health. Available at: http://www.nice.org.uk/aboutnice/
Bland D. The New General Practitioners (GP) contract: improving the way healthcare is delivered in the UK. Available at: http://www.bma.org.uk/images/QOFbrief0908_tcm41-178056.pdf
HealthCare.gov Implementation Center: Partnership for Patients: Better Care, Lower Costs. Available at: http://www.healthcare.gov/center/programs/partnership
CMS, VBP Roadmap, available at: https://www.cms.gov/QualityInitiativesGenInfo/downloads/VBPRoadmap_OEA_1-16_508.pdf
McDermott Will & Emery, CMS Releases Proposed Regulations Regarding Formation of Accountable Care Organizations, available at: http://www.mwe.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/publications.nldetail/object_id/3bf8ec04-7a4d-4a4e-8ffe-b4281889b282.cfm
Medeanalytics, ACO Proposed Rule: Nine out of Ten Quality Measures Mirror Other Quality Reporting Programs, available at: http://www.medeanalytics.com/healthcare-news-events/pr-2011-04-ACO-Proposed-Rule-Nine-out-of-Ten-Quality-Measures-Mirror-Other-Quality-Reporting-Programs.html
AHRQ is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—the Nation's lead federal agency for research on healthcare quality, costs, outcomes, and patient safety. It is the health services research arm of HHS, focused on:
HHS Hospital Compare program, available at: http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/
In December 2002, the organizations representing America's hospitals joined with consumer representatives, physician and nursing organizations, employers and payers, oversight organizations and government agencies to launch the Hospital Quality Alliance (HQA). The HQA is a national public-private collaboration that is committed to making meaningful, relevant, and easily understood information about hospital performance accessible to the public and to informing and encouraging efforts to improve quality. Available at: http://www.hospitalqualityalliance.org/
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Mar 31, 2008 at 8:06 pm
Nice car! That was a nice ride we took the other day! I'm going to work on some video editing tomorrow so stay tuned for some new videos!!
Mar 14, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Great garage! My daily driver is a Grand Prix. Looking forward to the G8.
Mar 8, 2008 at 2:18 pm
WOW!!!! You've had some awesome Pontiacs!!!!


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Dale Larson, 75 - April 08, 2009
Dale Robert Larson, 75, of Gothenburg died Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at Kearney.
Services were held at Banner United Methodist Church on Tuesday, March 31, with the Rev. Janie Freeman officiating. Interment followed at Fort McPherson National Cemetery at Maxwell.
Larson was born Sept. 30, 1933, at Gothenburg, son of Laurence August Larson and Ethel Mae (Jagger) Larson.
He graduated from Gothenburg High School in 1952 and entered the United States Air Force where he served his country for 22 years in Vietnam and Europe.
While in the service, he received his bachelor degree in oceanography from a Florida university. He specialized in nuclear weapons and was a guidance systems lead tech for missile systems at Cape Girardau. He also served an extended tour in Vietnam and was chief inspector for the microwave relay stations throughout Europe.
After retiring from the Air Force, Larson returned to the family farm where he worked as a television and electronic installation and service technician. At that time, he also gave care to his father who was terminally ill. Later, he was the primary care-giver for his mother during her extended illness.
Larson lived a half-mile north of the Banner Methodist Church and was a life-time supporter. He was an avid reader and enjoyed tinkering on anything electronic, according to family members. He also enjoyed his two cats, Charlie and Blue, as well as enjoying music, especially classical and big band.
He was preceded in death by: his mother, Ethel Mae Mahan; his father, Laurence August Larson; an infant brother, Gene Norman Larson.
Survivors include: his sister, Maridee Boots of Killeen, TX; a niece, Charlotte L. Poss; great-nephew, Dallas J. Davis; great-niece, Brooklyn M. Davis; many extended relatives.
Memorials are suggested to the Banner Methodist Church and the Gothenburg Senior Center.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.blase strauser.com. Arrangements have been placed in the care of Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel of Gothenburg.
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