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(Reuters) - Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Wednesday endorsed an expansion of health coverage for the poor under President Barack Obama's reform law, joining five other Republican governors who have agreed to widen the Medicaid program in their states.
Snyder made his announcement at a hospital in the state capitol of Lansing.
"This makes sense for the physical and fiscal health of Michigan," Snyder said in a statement.
He said the move will add 320,000 state residents in the first year, and more than 470,000 by 2021, cutting the number of Michigan uninsured almost in half.
Snyder joins fellow Republican Governor John Kasich of Ohio, who made his Medicaid expansion announcement on Monday. The Republican governors of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and North Dakota had previously said they would expand the program.
It also follows new assurances that the Obama administration will defend federal funding for the program in upcoming deficit reduction talks with Congress.
Snyder is expected to unveil his budget for fiscal 2014, including the Medicaid program changes, on Thursday.
Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act calls on states to expand Medicaid to most Americans earning up to 133 percent of the poverty line. The expansion would revolutionize the program, which in many states is now limited mainly to children, pregnant women and the very old. Under the reform law, Washington would fund more than 90 percent of the expansion.
Analysts say pressure on states from local healthcare industries, combined with a new Republican interest in appealing to minority voters in the wake of Obama's re-election, has nudged some governors toward acceptance.
Ron Pollack of Families USA, a Washington-based consumer healthcare advocacy group, said the decision by Michigan and Ohio's governors will provided health coverage to "well over a million uninsured people."
"It is also indicative of an inevitable movement that will ultimately result in Medicaid expansions in all states across the country," Pollack said.
The Medicaid expansion is intended to bring 16 million uninsured people into the $2.8 trillion U.S. healthcare system. But many states, which would pay less than 10 percent of the cost under the law, have balked at the potential budget impact or rejected the prospect of participating in a new government program.
Since Obama's re-election, at least 10 governors have chosen to support the Medicaid expansion, including six Republican governors. Five Republicans have chosen to oppose it.
Another 14 governors, 12 Republicans and two Democrats, remain undecided, but experts say many are likely to reach decisions in the coming weeks as they propose new budgets for the fiscal year beginning July 1.
Snyder was joined at the announcement by business, consumer and human service groups, including the Michigan Health & Hospital Association and the state's Small Business Association.
Snyder said more than $20 billion will come into Michigan through 2023 by leveraging federal funds made available through the Affordable Care Act, and that the state's General Fund will see $1.2 billion in savings through 2020.
"The bottom line is that expanding eligibility for coverage in the state's Medicaid Program will save lives, save money and lead to a healthier population," said Kim Sibilsky, executive director of the Michigan Primary Care Association.
Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger, a Republican, said in a statement he remained "cautious and concerned" on behalf of taxpayers regarding the Medicaid expansion.
"The federal government has a history of working with states to start long-term programs while providing only short-term funding, and then sticking state taxpayers with the future financial liability that program creates," Bolger said.
(Reporting by Mary Wisniewski in Chicago; Editing by Greg McCune and Eric Walsh)


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Friday Style Icon: Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull has done a lot of cool stuff and some crazy shit also. She co-wrote "Sister Morphine." She did the original version of "As Tears Go By" after the Stones' manager gave it to her. She made Broken English. She recorded the super creepy theme song to that unnerving French movie about stealing dreams from kids. She inexplicably collaborated with Metallica, which I guess I'm actually pretty ambivalent about. She once did a bunch of drugs at Keith Richards' house and then when the cops showed up, she answered the door dressed in nothing but a fur rug. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" is about her. She played God on AbFab.
Here's a gallery of the 60's style icon's coolest looks from her heyday.

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dd, sometimes called GNU dd, is the oldest imaging tool still used. Although it is functional and requires only minimal resources to run, it lacks some of the useful features found in more modern imagers such as metadata gathering, error correction, piecewise hashing, and a user-friendly interface. dd is a command line program that uses several obscure command line arguments to control the imaging process. Because some of these flags are similar and, if confused, can destroy the source media the examiner is trying to duplicate, users should be careful when running this program. The program generates raw image files which can be read by many other programs.
dd is part of the GNU Coreutils package which in turn has been ported to many operating systems.
There are a few forks of dd for forensic purposes including dcfldd, sdd, dd_rescue, ddrescue, dccidd, and a Microsoft Windows version that supports reading physical memory.
Here are two common dd command lines:
dd if=/dev/hda of=mybigfile.img bs=65536 conv=noerror,sync
dd.exe if=\\.\PhysicalDrive0 of=d:\images\PhysicalDrive0.img --md5sum --verifymd5 --md5out=d:\images\PhysicalDrive0.img.md5
With linux in addition to
dd if=/dev/hda of=mybigfile.img bs=65536 conv=noerror,sync
You can wipe a drive with:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=4K conv=noerror,sync
For imaging a useful alternate invocation in Linux or UNIX is:
dd if=/def/hda bs=4K conv=sync,noerror | tee mybigfile.img | md5sum > mybigfile.md5
The above alternate imaging command uses dd to read the harddrive being imaged and outputs the data to tee. tee saves a copy of the data as your image file and also outputs a copy of the data to md5sum. md5sum calculates the hash which gets saved in mybgifile.md5
For all of the above
if => input file /dev/hda => the linux name of a physical disk. Mac has their own names. /dev/zero => in linux, this is an infinite source of nulls of => output file mybigfile.img => The name of the image file you are creating bs => blocksize 65536 => 64K (I normally use 4K in linux. That is what the linux kernel uses as a page size.) noerror => don't die if you have a read error from the source drive sync => if there is an error, null fill the rest of the block.
In linux, the blocksize value can have a multiplicative suffix:
c =1 w =2 b =512 kB =1000, K =1024 MB =1000*1000, M =1024*1024 GB =1000*1000*1000, G =1024*1024*1024 and so on for T, P, E, Z, Y.
Things to know:
Having a bigger blocksize is more efficient, but if you use a 1MB block as an example and have a read error in the first sector, then dd will null fill the entire MB. Thus you should use as small a blocksize as feasible.
But with linux if you go below 4KB blocksize, you can hit really bad performance issues. It can be as much as 10x slower to use the default 512 byte block as it is to use a 4KB block.
Without noerror and sync, you basically don't have a forensic image. For forensic images they are mandatory.
dd by itself does not hash, that is why the alternate command is provided.
Use extreme care when typing the command line for this program. Reversing the if and of flags will cause the computer to erase your evidence!


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SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. - Four people were arrested Tuesday in an effort to enforce Seminole County's ban on synthetic drugs and remove the substances from local businesses.
In addition to the arrests, which were made in Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Chuluota and Winter Springs, 795 packages of synthetic drugs and more than 500 pieces of drug paraphernalia were confiscated by agents from Seminole County Sheriff's Office City-County Investigative Bureau, according to a release from the SCSO.
The illegal substances are sold under a variety of names, including "bath salts," "K2" and "Spice," and are believed to be marketed as marijuana, ecstasy, cocaine and amphetamine substitutes. The stimulants in the synthetic drugs can cause psychotic episodes, hallucinations, seizures, tremors and other reactions in users, though they are often labeled as "all natural," according to the release.
The arrests came as a result of a months-long investigation by the CCIB, where undercover officers visited local tobacco, liquor and convenience stores to obtain samples of suspected synthetic drugs. The suspect substances were then analyzed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's crime lab to test for chemicals prohibited by emergency order or state law. The release showed that three of the samples tested positive for the chemicals.
This past week, the CCIB obtained search warrants for four businesses that were selling the banned synthetic drugs, the release said, and the warrants were executed Tuesday.
Maurice McKnight, 35, was arrested at Casselberry Liquor and charged with possession of synthetic narcotics with intent to sell, possession of bath salts and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, according to the police report. Confiscated from the business were a shotgun, a handgun, 401 packages of K2, drug paraphernalia, and a small amount of cocaine and bath salts.
Derick Pagan-Cordova, 55, was arrested at the CITGO located at 1000 E. Altamonte Springs Drive and charged with possession of synthetic narcotics with intent to sell as well as possession of drug equipment. Drug paraphernalia and 35 packages of K2 were seized from the convenience store.
Nereida Pagan, 46, was arrested at the Tobacco and Beer Outlet in Winter Springs and charged with selling an imitation drug and possession of drug equipment. Agents confiscated 218 packages of K2 and multiple pieces of drug paraphernalia.
At Chuluota Grocery, Maged Youssef, 41, was arrested and charged with possession of synthetic narcotic and possession with intent to sell. There were 141 packages of K2 seized by officers.
The Tobacco and Beer Outlet also sold synthetic drugs that did not test positive for the banned chemicals, which are considered imitation controlled substances. When sold alongside drug paraphernalia, the distribution of these substances is a felony, according to the release.
The SCSO said in the release that it plans to continue visiting local businesses to ensure that they do not sell synthetic drugs, and it plans to work with the State Attorney's Office to prosecute violators of the ban.
Members of the community in possession of synthetic drugs are encouraged by the SCSO to turn in the substances, no questions asked, at drop boxes in front of each local law enforcement agency.
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== Gnome Support ==
By default Gnome 3 can't tell the difference between the headphone and speaker channels. If you aren't getting any sound through your speakers, check if the headphone jack is making sound.
By default Gnome 3 can't tell the difference between the headphone and speaker channels. If you aren't getting any sound through your speakers, check if the headphone jack is making sound.
Revision as of 02:28, 27 August 2011
This article is to provide information on how to get components of Apple's MacBook5,1 and 5,2 also know as the MacBook Aluminum, or the unibody Macbook, working in Arch. Please first visit the MacBook page that should work for these models and provide more detailed information.
Discussion of this in in this thread http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=444664
To install, follow the instruction on the MacBook page.
Multi-Touch Trackpad
Works partially with kernel 2.6.30. (follow MacBook instructions)
The Alsa section on Arch wiki covers the sound setup mostly. However to get speaker output working, edit the following file:
And put the following in:
options snd_hda_intel model=mbp3
options snd_hda_intel model=mb5
(yes, it's mb5, not mbp5).
It appears that alsa fails to correctly detect and setup the soundcard. This is typical behaviour on some older models aswell.
NOTE: "LINE" is speakers and "PCM" and others control speakers.
Gnome Support
The system should automatically switch between headphone and speaker output depending on whether you've plugged anything in the 3.5 mm jack. Sometimes this is not the case, and the system may default to headphone output. I am unsure as to why this is the case.
By default Gnome 3 can't tell the difference between the headphone and speaker channels. If you aren't getting any sound through your speakers, check if the headphone jack is making sound.
You can change between these channels by installing 'gnome-alsamixer', and adjusting the "Headphon" and "Front Sp" channels.
Aluminium MacBooks usually have NVIDIA graphics, so you can choose to use the free & open Nouveau driver or the closed NVIDIA driver. Each have benefits and drawbacks, however Nouveau is substantially more straightforward to set up.
Follow the instructions in the Broadcom_BCM4312 article and install the broadcom-wl driver.
Suspend/Power Management
Suspend works (tested in GNOME)
Issue: When using it in Cheese, logs spill out "uvcvideo: unknown event type 79." (number changes).
Sensors, temperature and fan settings
motion sensor: Works out-of-the-box - tested with neverball
an ambient light sensor: How do i test?
For reading temperature just install and configure lm_sensors. See Lm sensors page.
Controlling the fan speed could be done by installing the package cmp-daemon in AUR.
Add cmp-daemon to the DAEMONS array in your /etc/rc.conf.
For the daemon to work the applesmc (modprobe -v applesmc) module must be loaded.
Output can be seen in /var/log/daemons.log
If you have a macbook pro 5,2 you will notice that pommed will give you an error when you run it(something about you are using a MBP 5,2 badboy!). To get this to not be the case you have to edit the pommed.c file and look for MACHINE_MACBOOKPRO (there is many instances) and sooner or later you will see where they have a if statement that says if it is a 5,1 or a 5,5 then run this, so there you should copy and paste 5,5 and replace with yep, you guessed it 5,2. I sent a email to the developers so that they can change that.
Anything else?
If your box is freezing on reboot "restarting..." then just add "reboot=pci" at the end of your kernel line in menu.lst file.
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For maximum benefit I suggest using the discussion page for page editing collaboration.
Firstly, some things on the current page aren't really clear, imho:
- "The standard arch kernel can be use to boot the domUs."
So, domUs can use the standard kernel?
- "In order for this to work one must add 'xen-blkfront' to the modules array in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf"
On the domUs?
- "The basic idea behind adding a domU is as follows. We must get the domU kernels (...)"
BUT one can also use a standard archlinux kernel? Maybe there is an inconsistency.
- Maybe someone more experienced can explain how to use encrypted (LUKS) filesystems with xen;
- Maybe someone more experienced can add a section on how to use other OSs like Microsoft® Windows&trade.
- I opt to delete the alternative installation method because experienced users can figure this stuff out for themselves and it might be horribly outdated;
-- Voidzero 16:54, 7 May 2010 (EDT)
Thirdly: This is incorrect - was stated before to be a frontend for Xen - it is NOT - it is a frontend for xenserver by citrix
- openxencenter or openxencenter-svn is GUI similar to citrix xen console.
this is also not for xen directly - it is for xen cloud platform which is something different afaik
- xvp is web interface and vnc proxy.
After installing xvp, you need to generate /etc/xvp.conf with xvpdiscover tool and adjust your web server for using /srv/http/xvpweb/.
-- Friesoft 19:01, 23 May 2010 (EDT)
Old section about build failures with dom0 kernel 2.6.31:
Please note: At the time of this writing (23.5.2010) the current version uses a patched kernel version 2.6.31, which won't compile using gcc 4.5.
The problem can be worked around by temporarily downgrading gcc and gcc-libs to version 4.4.3. It may also be needed to build the gmp4 package. You can possibly find gcc-4.4.3 and gcc-libs-4.4.3 on ARM (see Downgrading Packages)
pacman -Ud gcc-* yaourt -S gmp4 # not sure if this is really needed
Note: this didn't work for me (friesoft, 23.5.2010)
- 1 necessary modules on Dom0
- 2 GRUB menu entry outdated
- 3 The standard i686 kernel cannot be used as Dom0 kernel
- 4 Suggestions to make this easier to read
- 5 Need to install bridge-utils to avoid an error on boot
- 6 Article HORRIBLY Outdated!
- 7 Disable IP Tables to not interfere with bridge interfaces
- 8 Massive re-write
necessary modules on Dom0
You need to load xen-blkback in Dom0 for /dev/xvda* devices. If you didn't load it, the DomUs won't find the device for the root file systems.
Similarly, you need to load xen_netback for the network connections, else xm create will pause for quite a while and then abort with a message that it could not configure vif.
(kernel 3.0)
After struggling with the apparently outdated install info, I finally managed to dredge up this tidbit: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=133220
The current instructions make it seem as though the AUR xen package will put a new kernel & img in /boot with Dom0 in the name. This is apparently not the case, as it seems to just re-use the existing kernel files (at least in x64 installs). Any chance someone more familiar with the subject could update the install instructions? Zootboy 23:39, 11 January 2012 (EST)
The standard i686 kernel cannot be used as Dom0 kernel
At least in my recently (May 2012) installed system. So I added a kernel verification subsection. Is that OK? Gnailuy (talk) 05:53, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
- This is true. The regular x86 (i686) Arch Kernel does not have Xen Dom0 support compiled in. I know that the x64 Kernel does have Dom0 support compiled in by default, and users are strongly encouraged to run Xen on a 64-bit host machine. It's good to have this section, but it should probably be reworked to explain better which Kernels have Xen Dom0 support and why. (I believe the LTS Kernel may have Dom0 compiled in the i686 version, but I'm not sure and I'm having trouble finding where I read that.) Zootboy (talk) 00:05, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Suggestions to make this easier to read
I think we should add guidance to add xencommons & xend to rc.d to run xend on startup.
Mentioning pv-grub (far superior to pygrub, security wise) is also probably a good plan.
Luceo 23.49, 21st July 2012 (UTC)
Need to install bridge-utils to avoid an error on boot
At least I think that's the correct method, worked for me. Unless someone says otherwise, I will stop back and add that at some point.
Timm (talk) 12:50, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, bridge-utils are necessary for networking to work properly in Xen. Zootboy (talk) 17:08, 4 September 2012 (UTC)
Article HORRIBLY Outdated!
It is NOT possible, to get a workign Xen running with this article! As with many other wiki-articles, since the recent changes in arch linux none of them is an appropiate walkthrough anymore.
Is the following correct for syslinux? Dom0 boots with this here at least
(You need to have mboot.c32 copied into /boot/syslinux/ for these examples.)
Add the following to your /boot/syslinux/syslinux.cfg
LABEL xen MENU LABEL Arch Xen KERNEL mboot.c32 APPEND ../xen-X.Y.Z.gz --- ../vmlinuz-linux console=tty0 root=/dev/sdaX ro -- ../initramfs-linux.img
An example to run Xen on a LUKS encrypted LVM host
LABEL xen MENU LABEL Arch Xen KERNEL mboot.c32 APPEND ../xen-X.Y.Z.gz --- ../vmlinuz-linux console=tty0 cryptdevice=/dev/sdaX:main root=/dev/mapper/main-root ro -- ../initramfs-linux.img
Disable IP Tables to not interfere with bridge interfaces
By default the bridge interfaces created will be filtered using the kernel netfilter code preventing certain packets (like broadcasts) from reaching the DomUs during operation. This makes things like a DomU running DHCPd impossible.
This resolves the problem:
# cat >> /etc/sysctl.conf <<EOF net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-ip6tables = 0 net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-iptables = 0 net.bridge.bridge-nf-call-arptables = 0 EOF # sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.conf
Massive re-write
Just finished a huge re-write of this whole article in my attempt to bring it up to date. For those who are curious: I stripped out the Debian guest instructions because this is the Archwiki. There are links on the Xen wiki for installing Debian. In its place, I put in my own instructions for creating an Arch guest. I also stripped out the instructions for building from source as there are several AUR packages that basically do all the same things anyway. Seeing as you have to build from source when you install Xen from the AUR, it seemed redundant. There are Xen AUR packages for current stable (4.2 atm) and bleeding edge unstable (4.3-unstable atm). That should be sufficient for most cases, so I saw no need for manual compilation instructions.
As an aside, I also seem to recall having to create the /var/lib/xen directory manually. I didn't put it in the article as I couldn't verify that it was still necessary. Zootboy (talk) 18:55, 1 March 2013 (UTC)


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AFP Top Ten (Week of August 9, 2017): Donor Segmentation, Better Fundraising Letters, Building a Culture of Appreciation & More!
Need some tips on how to do your job better? Or maybe just a reminder on some key skills, the insight on the latest research, and the latest, coolest ideas from the best minds in the fundraising profession?
Each week, AFP gathers the top blog posts, videos, articles and other resources to help you keep on top of latest trends and reach your fundraising goals. Here's this week's Top Ten:
1. How to Segment Your Donors (Nonprofit Storytelling Conference): According to Steven Shattuck, when we don't segment our messaging, we set ourselves up for failure. In this video, Steven shares some of his favorite strategies for segmenting your donors and other people in your database.
2. Four Donor Management Tips for Data-Driven Nonprofits (Volunteer Hub): With fewer resources and a smaller constituency than many of your larger counterparts, it's difficult for smaller charities to keep a hold of the donors you do have while growing your base at the same time. But it IS possible. Here's how.
3. There's A Complaint Born Every Minute… (Charity Choice): Interesting piece from the UK on donors opting-out of mailing lists and how charities can address them. Allowing donors the ability to opt out and to customize their communications easily is best for retaining those donors in the long run.
4. Meet The Donors: Some 'Who'd-Have-Thought-It?' Insights from Listening to a Few Real Supporters (101 fundraising): Ken Burnett talks about chairing a panel of donors and their thoughtful insights and advice to charities. Well worth reading!
5. Eight Ways to Write a Better Fundraising Letter (The Balance): Here are the Cardinal Rules of writing a fundraising letter, adapted from Mal Warwick's immensely useful How to Write Successful Fundraising Letters.
6. What to Put on Your Nonprofit Fundraising Plan Menu (Clairification): Claire talks about how a good fundraising plan should be broken into component parts so it's easy to wrap your brain around. But before you can get to determining your priority strategies, however, you need to do a mini fundraising audit, and here's where to start.
7. Creating a Culture of Appreciation (LinkedIn-David Langiulli): We talk all the time about creating a culture of philanthropy in our organizations. But what about a culture of appreciation? Here are some ways to show your appreciation both in one-on-one meetings and in a group setting.
8. #1 Year-End Fundraising Tip: Warm Up Your Donors Before The Ask (Fired Up Fundraising): Get the ball rolling on the fall fundraising season by first making sure your donors feel happy and connected to you. Thank them, and honor them for their support – well BEFORE you ask them for another gift.
9. Passion Boosting New Major Gifts (The NonProfit Times): A good, deep dive into major gift fundraising and how major gift fundraisers and charities are responding to change in the philanthropic environment.
10. ACLU: Stand for Rights. Stand for Freedom (SOFII): Fascinating case study from the ACLU about hosting a massive telethon on Facebook Live and being the first organization to use the Facebook Donate functionality.


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UH Manoa chancellor search beginsUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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Posted: Oct 28, 2011
HONOLULU (October 28,2011) – University of Hawai'i President M.R.C. Greenwood announced today the members of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Chancellor Search Advisory Committee and the timeline for selection of the next chancellor of UH Mānoa.
Search Advisory Committee
The committee is chaired by Dr. Klaus Keil, planetary scientist with UH Mānoa's Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, and co-chaired by Regent Emeritus and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Servco Pacific, Inc. Mark Fukunaga. The first meeting of the 23-member committee will be held on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 at College Hill.
The search committee includes faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students, deans, administrative staff, representatives of Native Hawaiian groups, colleagues from departments such as astronomy, tropical agriculture, education, natural sciences, and the schools of law, medicine, ocean and earth science and technology, and nursing, as well as alumni and community leaders. All share a common interest in the future of UH Mānoa.
Members include:
- Chair: Klaus Keil, PhD, Planetary Scientist, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, UH Mānoa
- Co-Chair: Mark Fukunaga, Esq., Regent Emeritus and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Servco Pacific, Inc.
- Robert Cooney, PhD, Chair of Faculty Senate, and Associate Professor of Epidemiology & Environmental Sciences, UH Mānoa
- Marla Acosta, Secretary to the Dean of the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, UH Mānoa
- Hazel Beh, Esq., Professor of Law, UH Mānoa
- Kim Binsted, PhD, Associate Professor of Information and Computer Sciences, and Co-Investigator in the University of Hawai'i-NASA Astrobiology Institute, UH Mānoa
- Paul Coleman, PhD, Specialist/Astrophysicist and Director of the Research Experience for Undergraduates Program, Institute for Astronomy, UH Mānoa
- William Ditto, PhD, Dean, College of Natural Sciences, UH Mānoa
- Nicholas Gibson, Representative of the Graduate Student Organization, UH Mānoa
- Gunter Hasinger, PhD, Director, Institute for Astronomy, UH Mānoa
- Jerris Hedges, MD, Dean, John A. Burns School of Medicine, UH Mānoa
- C. Manu Ka'iama, Instructor at the Shidler College of Business and Director and Principal Investigator of the Kaulele Program at the Center for Hawaiian Studies, UH Mānoa
- David Karl, PhD, Director, Center for Microbial Oceanography: Research & Education, UH Mānoa
- Anna Koethe, President, Associated Students of the University of Hawai'i, UH Mānoa
- Faye Kurren, Esq., President and Chief Executive Officer, Hawai'i Dental Service
- James Lally, Director Emeritus, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Member, University of Hawai'i Foundation Board of Trustees
- Ginny Pressler, MD, Executive Vice President of Strategic Business Development, Hawai'i Pacific Health
- Christine Quemuel, MA, Director, UH Mānoa Women's Center
- Georgette Sakumoto, Pre-Award Manager, Office of Research Services
- Frank Sansone, PhD, Professor of Oceanography, UH Mānoa
- Douglas Vincent, PhD, Animal Scientist and Department Chair, Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences, UH Mānoa
- Kelley Withy, MD, Professor of Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Director of the Hawai'i/Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center, UH Mānoa
- JoAnn Yuen, EdD, Associate Professor of Disability Studies, UH Mānoa
The search committee will be assisted in the process by executive search firm Isaacson, Miller, which has a staff of close to 100 recruitment professionals and offices in San Francisco, Boston and Washington, D.C. Isaacson, Miller serves leading educational and research universities, healthcare institutions, non-profit foundations and national advocacy organizations, and successfully completes close to 150 executive searches each year.
Search Timeline
The screening of applicants and nominees will begin in January 2012, and on-site visits by candidate finalists will be scheduled for March and April of next year.
"As part of candidate on-site visits, opportunities will be scheduled and announced for the campus and community at-large to meet the candidates and provide input," said UH President M.R.C. Greenwood. "We appreciate how deeply this community cares about UH Mānoa and we want to provide them the chance to participate in this process as much as we are able, without violating the privacy of individuals involved."
Greenwood hopes to submit a recommendation to the Board of Regents in late spring 2012.
The Board of Regents will act on the president's recommendation with an anticipated start date of the new chancellor in the summer or early fall 2012.
More information about the chancellor search process, including the complete committee membership, tentative timeline, job description and other details as they are confirmed will be available at http://www.manoa.hawaii.edu/executivesearch/.


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Today's tip comes from Erin of the blog Domestic Adventure.
Clever Erin shared several great tips for organizing her craft room. My favorite was how she stored her bobbins:
Erin says, "I accidentally realized that the metal bobbins are attracted to magnets, so I looked in the craft section of our local big box store and found strips of adhesive magnet. Then I just lined them all up!"
Looks great, Erin! Thanks for sharing your ideas. To see more clever organizing tips, check out her blog post {Craft Closet Makeover}.
Do you have great tips to share? Email modabakeshop{at}unitednotions{dot}com. We'd love to hear from you.
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Will Susana Martinez Run For President in 2016?
Governor appears on Greta Van Susteren's show
Gov. Susana Martinez appeared in prime time Monday night on Fox News taking questions on everything from New Mexico driver's licenses to whether she will run for president in 2016.
Martinez appeared on Greta Van Susteren's show. Van Susteren came to New Mexico this past weekend.
Martinez showed her where she grew up, spoke about her childhood, her early passion for politics, and why she decided to run for governor.
"The toughest question was what made me think I could be governor? And truly, it was a tough question but the answer is really very easy, because there were two wonderful teachers who let me believe I could be anything I wanted to be as long as I worked hard at it," Martinez told Action 7 News.
The governor told Van Susteren and Action 7 News she will not run for president in 2016. She said instead she plans to run for re-election.


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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The California State University system named a new chancellor Thursday to head the nation's largest collection of four-year colleges as it faces significant financial and academic headwinds.
CSU officials said Timothy P. White, currently the chancellor of the University of California, Riverside, will take charge of the Cal State system, which has 427,000 students on 23 campuses.
White, 63, will replace Charles B. Reed, who is retiring after 14 years. White plans to start the new job in late December when the 71-year-old Reed steps down.
Born in Argentina, White moved to Northern California as a boy and was the first in his family to go to college. He was a student in the CSU, UC and California Community Colleges systems.
"It's a very important day in my life personally. It's a day when I double down on my commitment to the state of California," White told reporters. "It's a nice chance for me to give back to this great state."
White is expected to receive the same compensation package as Reed: an annual salary of $421,500 plus a $30,000 supplement from CSU foundation sources and a standard benefits package.
After a nationwide search that began in May, the CSU board of trustees approved White's appointment Wednesday and is scheduled to vote on his compensation package in November, said spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp.
Over the past three years, Cal State has sustained unprecedented cuts in state funding, leading to steep tuition hikes and deep reductions to courses, staffing, services and student enrollment.
The CSU system could face a $250 million midyear funding cut if California voters reject Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot. Last month, the CSU board of trustees approved a measure to raise tuition by 5 percent early next year if the proposition fails.
"There's a lot at stake. It's really about the future of California's ability to remain competitive in the global economy," White said.
CSU board Chairman Bob Linscheid said White has the right experience and background to lead the Cal State system.
"His demonstrated leadership and commitment to student success are the right combination for the university's future," Linscheid said.
The Cal State faculty union, which has clashed with Reed over university policies and contract negotiations, welcomed White to the job.
"While we wish that the CSU trustees had been more transparent in making its selection, we are nevertheless eager to work with the new chancellor to rebuild the California State University," said union President Lillian Taiz, a history professor at Cal State Los Angeles.
Wednesday's CSU announcement comes a week after California Community Colleges named Brice Harris to head the 112-campus system. Harris, previously headed the Los Rios Community College District in the Sacramento area, will replace Jack Scott.
White grew up in the San Francisco Bay area suburb of Pleasant Hill, where he delivered newspapers and was an avid swimmer and water polo player. He went to Diablo Valley Community College, earned a bachelor's degree at Fresno State University, a master's degree at Cal State East Bay and a doctorate at UC Berkeley.
"The powerful lesson for me is, it's not where you start, it's where you finish," White said.
White, an expert in muscle plasticity, injury and aging, launched his academic career as a researcher at the University of Michigan. He served as a senior administrator at Oregon State University and the University of Idaho before becoming the eighth chancellor of the 21,000-student UC Riverside campus in 2008.
University of California President Mark Yudof, who heads the 10-campus UC system, called White an "excellent choice to lead the California State University system."
Yudof said he will soon appoint an interim chancellor for UC Riverside before launching a search for a permanent successor.
White has four sons with his wife Karen, who is a professor in the biomedical sciences program at UC Riverside.


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Originally, this category was created to give decided students (ie - if you KNOW that you're going to a certain school) a place to talk about the school, your plans, etc. In other words: to get away from the "where did you get in" discussions.


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Ovide, Maggie mix it up in final debateBy TIM BUCKLAND
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 01. 2012 10:04PM
GOFFSTOWN - With pointed arguments over casino gambling, abortion and property taxes, gubernatorial candidates Maggie Hassan and Ovide Lamontagne sought in Thursday night's debate to establish clear differences in the days leading up to Tuesday's election.
The candidates got into a heated exchange early in the debate, when Hassan, the Democratic former state Senate majority leader, said Lamontagne, the Republican candidate, would eliminate kindergarten.
"With respect, Ovide this summer said he thought it was a mistake for the state to require that kindergarten be established in every community," Hassan said after Lamontagne denied the charge. "Are you now reversing your position, Mr. Lamontagne?"
"Senator Hassan, again, you are misrepresenting my record," he said. "I support the law that currently requires students to attend kindergarten in New Hampshire and I would not sign a bill to reverse that."
The New Hampshire Union Leader and WMUR partnered to present the Granite State Debates. Tonight features back-to-back debates, with Republican U.S. Rep. Frank Guinta debating Democratic challenger and former U.S. Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (7 p.m.), followed by Republican U.S. Rep. Charles Bass taking on Democratic challenger Ann McLane Kuster (8 p.m.).
Hassan and Lamontagne also sparred over abortion during the debate, with Lamontagne saying that claims that he would work to undermine abortion rights are not true.
"As governor of the state of New Hampshire, I am duty bound to uphold the laws of this state and this country," he said. "Roe versus Wade is the law of the land whether I like it or not."
After the debate, Lamontagne said the governor could not overturn the federal law, but that he would personally prefer if Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal, were overturned.
Hassan, however, said the state could take steps to undermine abortion rights.
"There are bills in the New Hampshire Legislature right now that would essentially limit or ban abortions. The governor would have to decide whether to sign those," she said.
The candidates agreed that the state should expand gambling to include a casino, but differed on how to do so. Hassan said she would prefer a bidding process, while Lamontagne said the casino should be placed at Rockingham Park in Salem.
The Republican's position drew criticism from Hassan, who charged that Lamontagne, a business attorney, was targeting Rockingham Park because "it's one of his firm's clients."
"Yes, it's been a client of our firm's, but if I'm elected, I'm removing myself from my firm and selling my interest," Lamontagne said. "I'll have no interest in whether it's Rockingham or anywhere else."
He said expanded gambling should be a strategic move and that having a bill move through the Legislature would ensure transparency.
Hassan disagreed. "Because Rockingham is a client of his firm's, it doesn't instill public confidence in the process to have a candidate for governor essentially say that he has preselected the site."
When asked if they had visited a casino, both candidates said they never had.
Each candidate said they would, in some ways, govern like Gov. John Lynch, who enjoys high approval ratings. However, each said their approach would differ from Lynch's.
"I would be a leader," Lamontagne said. "I would either sign or veto a bill. I won't sit back and let bills become law without my signature as he has done."
Hassan said she does differ from Lynch on some issues, citing her support for expanded gambling as an example.
At one point, moderator Josh McElveen asked the candidates to respond "yes" or "no" during a lightning round that included questions about helmet laws, seat belts, whether to repeal the state's same-sex marriage law and whether to repeal the death penalty.
When Hassan gave long answers to some of the questions, Lamontagne gave the debate a light-hearted moment by replying, "Since it's a lightning round, no," when it was his turn to answer.
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Gregg appointed to medical center trustees board
Google executive also appointed to board
Gregg appointed to medical center trustees board
Google executive also appointed to board
Former Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire and a Google executive who got his start in Vermont are among the newest appointees to the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Board of Trustees.
Gregg spent more than three decades in public office before leaving the Senate in 2011. Joining him on the medical center's board will be Matthew Dunne, who served in the Vermont House and Senate and was the associate director of a public policy institute at Dartmouth College before going to Google, where he is head of community affairs.
The other new members announced Thursday are Dr. Steven Paris of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester, Dr. Richard Powell of Dartmouth's Geisel School of Medicine and Dr. Richard Rothstein, chairman of Dartmouth-Hitchcock department of medicine.


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Global equities have been on the defensive for the last twenty four hours as shown in the EMI Global Equity Table below. The only bourse that gained value over the last twenty four hours was China which had a minor gain in a global market that saw most all other bourses drifting lower. The EMI Index is now lower by 0.5% for the week resulting in the year to date gain narrowing to 6.5%. The rankings have remained the same with Germany still on top of the leader board with a year to date gain of 22.5% followed by Hong Kong and the US which are both still showing double digit gains for the year. Global equities have been a negative price driver for oil and the boarder commodity complex over the last day or so.
The weekly inventory cycle has been delayed by one day due to the Columbus Day holiday on Monday. The weekly oil inventory cycle will begin with the release of the API inventory report Wednesday afternoon and with the more widely followed EIA oil inventory report being released Thursday morning at 11:00 AM EST. With the global economy and oil fundamentals becoming more the focus of the trading and investing community this week's oil inventory report could be a price catalyst especially if the actual outcome shows a large deviation from the projections. However, any inventory reaction could be short lived if the macroeconomic data remains the main focus of most market players.
My projections for this week's inventory report are summarized in the following table. I am expecting the US refining sector to hold relatively steady even as there have been a rash of refinery issues over the last several weeks. I am expecting a modest build in crude oil inventories, and a build in both gasoline and distillate fuel stocks. I am expecting crude oil stocks to increase by about 2 million barrels. If the actual numbers are in sync with my projections the year over year comparison for crude oil will now show a surplus of 29.1 million barrels while the overhang versus the five year average for the same week will come in around 35 million barrels.


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Angelina Jolie Heads to a Business Meeting in New York City
Angelina Jolie looks effortlessly beautiful while heading to a business meeting on Monday morning (May 12) in the Upper East Side neighborhood of New York City.
The 38-year-old actress is featured on the cover of Elle magazine's latest issue and she talked about how she never thought she would have the life she has now.
"I never thought I'd have children, I never thought I'd be in love, I never thought I'd meet the right person," Angelina said. "Having come from a broken home — you kind of accept that certain things feel like a fairy tale, and you just don't look for them."
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AS to the comment about pogies from North America, browse http://www.hotpog.co.uk/
(British-made, too!)
BreezeBlockers produce a variety of handlebar-mounted wind shields for your hands, similar to those you see on some motorcycles. We reviewed the Aeroblade a while ago. The D.Flektr is one of three versions for mountain bikes and flat-bar commuter bikes.
Fitting is straightforward, at least in theory. An expander bolt with a peg on the end-cap fixes each D.Flektr to the end of the bar, while a rubber O-ring secures the other end in between the brake lever and gear shifter.
There are some caveats. You can't use grips wider than 14cm. You need the brake levers butted right up against the grips and tilted steeply downwards. Rapidfire shifters will need moving in a little. (You can't use gripshifts.) The internal diameter of the bar must be at least 17.6mm. And you can't use bar ends.
I read this list of exceptions only after I'd failed to fit them to: a urban mountain bike with a Rohloff; an old mountain bike with narrower-diameter bars; and a Brompton. I put them on a singlespeed mountain bike in the end. After removing its bar ends (all of my bikes with flat bars have bar ends), I adjusted the brake levers – which ended up too far outboard for optimal two-finger braking and were tilted downwards further than I'd like.
I used the D.Flektrs in typical UK winter temperatures of 2 to 5 degrees, wearing my thinnest full-finger summer gloves. I normally wear these when temperatures are at or near double digits, so the D.Flektrs clearly offer additional cold weather protection. Some cold air can get in underneath the guards, particularly if your brake levers are too horizontal. Your finger tips are exposed to the cold when braking, and the backs of your hands can get a bit cold too. There's no insulation as such; you're just reducing wind chill.
For those cyclists who suffer badly from cold hands and get white fingers in even the warmest gloves, that additional wind-chill protection could be the difference between comfort and bludgeoned-fingernail-pain misery. I found it superfluous. I've got a pair of Specialized Sub Zero gloves for when it's cold and wet and some Pearl Izumi Lobster Gloves for when it's cold and dry. Both are good to minus 5 and beyond. They're a bit bulky, but not so much that you can't operate brakes and gears.
If I were going to be out in temperatures much colder than that – not that winter often does get that cold in the UK – I think I'd get 'pogies' such as Moose Mitts. These are the big over-mitts use by snow bikers. They cover the handlebar, brake levers, shifters, and bar ends. I prefer this approach, because you get even more cold weather protection and you can still move your hands about; I absolutely hated having my hands locked into one position when cycling with the D.Flektrs. Pogies are more expensive than D.Flektrs, however. You'll probably have to buy them online from somewhere in the USA or Canada. (Google 'pogies'.)
As well as protection from wind-chill, the plastic D.Flektrs are intended to give your hands some protection from bumps and scrapes. They're in the BreezeBlockers 'armoured' range. I'm struggling to think of situations where this protection would be useful. If I'm crashing my bike, I'm unlikely to be holding onto the handlebar. I guess they would help when riding through tall brambles or nettles.
It's really all about the wind-chill protection, and how big a deal this is to you. If you have Reynaud's Disease or just never seem to have warm hands when cycling, even when you're already wearing good winter gloves, these are worth a try. They're not heavy or expensive and there genuinely is a difference when using them. If, like me, you don't particularly suffer from cold hands, just get some decent winter gloves instead. That way you're free to use bar ends and you can have your handlebar furniture set up just where you want it.
Limits wind chill for white-fingered cyclists but locks the hands into one position.
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road.cc test report
Make and model: BreezeBlockers D.Flektr
Size tested: Black
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
BreezeBlockers say:
Enable you to use light weight gloves and socks in severe conditions or no gloves in poor conditions.
Light weight and waterproof protecting you from the wind and rain.
BreezeBlockers offer improved aerodynamics.
BreezeBlockers create a pocket of warm air around your hands and feet keeping you warmer and drier for longer.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
They're made of 'tough and flexible ABS'
They do cut wind-chill but they mess with the ergonomics of your handlebar and brake setup.
They're pretty light.
My hands ached because they were locked into one position.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
It does cut wind-chill. It's probably worth about 5 degrees.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Me, nothing. But I can see them helping cyclists who suffer badly from cold hands.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Wouldn't fit most of my bikes. Forced me to remove the bar ends on the one that they did fit. Forced me to move my brakes around.
Did you enjoy using the product? No.
Would you consider buying the product? No.
Would you recommend the product to a friend? Yes, if they suffered from cold hands, even in good gloves.
Anything further to say about the product in conclusion?
I've yet to ride in conditions in which I would need this, and I ride all through the winter in the north of England.
About the tester
Age: 42 Height: 1.78m Weight: 65kg
I usually ride: Ridgeback Solo World fixed wheel My best bike is: Planet X Pro Carbon Track (with front brake)
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Every day I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: time trialling, cyclo cross, commuting, touring, club rides, sportives, general fitness riding, fixed/singlespeed, mtb,


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Vera Oliver, 94 - February 13, 2013Vera Francis Oliver, 94, of Gothenburg passed away Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013, at Gothenburg.
Services will be conducted at the First Presbyterian Church, 1020 Lake Ave., at Gothenburg on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. with the Rev. Matt Coplen officiating. Interment will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the North Platte Cemetery.
A visitation will be at Blase-Strauser Memorial Chapel in Gothenburg on Monday, Feb. 18, from 1 to 8 p.m.
Oliver was born Aug. 26, 1918, at Tryon, daughter of Charles A. and Lena Belle (Parkhurst) Daly. She grew up in McPherson County and graduated from McPherson County High School in 1934.
She taught elementary school in rural McPherson County until her marriage to Chancy A. Goodwin in 1936. She was married to Chancy Goodwin, Sr. from 1936 until his death in 1957. She then was married to Claren Goodwin in 1965 until his death in 1974. She was then united in marriage to Harold D. Oliver in 1977 who preceded her in death in 1998.
Oliver resided at several places including North Platte, Nampa, ID, Tacoma,WA, and in Gothenburg. While in Gothenburg, she was employed with Peterson's Supermarket as a department manager.
She was a member of the Gothenburg Presbyterian Church where she was ordained as an elder in 1976.
Oliver was involved with many church and Lions Club activities. She was also a member of the VFW Auxiliary and the former Prisoners of War Auxiliary.
She kept busy with many volunteering activities and was a longtime Meals-On-Wheels volunteer.
Family activities were important to her, and she enjoyed dancing and playing cards with her friends as well as reading, puzzles and gardening, according to family members.
Oliver was preceded in death by: her three husbands; her parents, Charles Daly and Lena Daly Traphagan; a son, Charles Goodwin; daughter, Y. Jean Keahey; three brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include: four sons—Stanley (Carmen) Goodwin, Duane (Karen) Oliver, Chancy A. Goodwin, Jr. and Lane Goodwin; five daughters—W. Joan (John) Swenson, Thaine (Clifford) Freese, Kimberly (Ken) Crisman, Sandra Downs and Carmen (Stanley) Goodwin; 23 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Memorials are suggested to the Helping Hands, 1322 Ave. I, Gothenburg, NE 69138, First Presbyterian Church, 1020 Lake Ave., P.O. Box 194, Gothenburg, NE 69138, and Meals-on-Wheels, 410 20th St., Gothenburg, NE 69138.
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Ruth A. Rountree, 80, of New Windsor died Saturday, March 30, 2013 at Aledo Rehab & Health Care Center.
Ruth A. Rountree, 80, of New Windsor died Saturday, March 30, 2013 at Aledo Rehab & Health Care Center.
Visitation is Wednesday, April 3, 2013 from 5-7 p.m. at Dennison Funeral Home, Viola. Per her wishes, there are no services. Memorials may be left for Aledo Rehab & Health Care Center.
Ruth Anne was born April 7, 1932 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa a daughter of Arthur and Helen Coleman. She married Edwin Burgess Rountree on December 17, 1955. He died Dec. 30, 1992. Mrs. Rountree was a homemaker and wonderful mother. He was a talented artist, mostly working in pastels. Ruth entered her artwork at shows in several states, winning many Best of Show and 1st Places. Her talents were also proven in sewing, knitting and cross stitch. She had a deep love for horses and dogs.
Those left to cherish her memory are her three children: Thomas (Elaine) Rountree, Milan, Debra Slavish and Patricia (Farmer) Miller, all of New Windsor; 18 grandchildren: Danyelle, Alexis, Travis, Ruth Ann, Anna, Kira, Wyatt, Kate, Robert, Tia, Jennifer, Jaymie, Nick, Randi, Ruth Anne, Elizabeth, Attilissa and Drexel; 27 great grandchildren; one great great grandson and three sisters: Pinky Lee, Michigan, Barb Bennett, Arizona and Fannie Mae Bashaw, Nevada.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and sister Mary Jeanette.
Online condolences may be left at www.dennisonfuneralhome.com.


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The changes would take effect June 30, when the current fiscal year ends.
BARTOW | Interim Superintendent of Schools John Stewart presented a plan to the Polk County School Board on Tuesday that will eliminate eight positions in the facilities division.
Stewart also discussed how the district will implement recommendations from the Florida Association of District School Superintendents on realigning duties for administrators and adjusting job titles. The move is expected to save the district $699,017. The board will take action on the staff changes at a later date.
Greg Rivers, the district's senior director of facilities, said a lack of funding and construction throughout the district has led to a need for fewer employees.
Four of the eight positions eliminated in the facilities division are in management and the annual salaries range from $66,540 to $102,047.
Chief among the FADSS recommendations was assigning area directors across the district to provide better supervision for schools. Five senior directors for elementary, middle and high schools would be reclassified as area directors.
Some administrators would have their positions adjusted as a result of the study. For instance, Paula Leftwich, the senior director of K-12 curriculum and instruction would become the director of K-5 elementary curriculum and instruction. The downgrade in position will save the district $21,568.
Denny Dunn, assistant superintendent of human resources, said the changes would take effect June 30, when the current fiscal year ends.
The discussion included giving bonuses to principals at schools that show increased proficiency in reading and math. Stewart proposes funding the bonuses from a $1.2 million grant from the federal Race to the Top program that rewards states for promoting reform that raises student achievement.
School Board member Hunt Berryman said he welcomes the incentive program. "They are the one person who can make a difference," he said.
Other board members want to see a more detailed proposal on how the bonuses would be given and what would be required to receive them.
Later Tuesday, district officials held the first of three community forums. They briefed a crowd of more than 30 people on the district budget and changes in class schedules at middle and high schools. The proposed changes would eliminate a period, extend the others, and allow for tutoring and coordinated lesson planning by teachers. The proposal would save the district an estimated $7.2 million.


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Tall rugged cotton V-neck sweater
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We used an extra-robust cotton yarn to create this sweater inspired by the hefty vintage knitwear favored by fishermen, soldiers and anyone else that needed to stay warm while on the job. Luckily for the rest of us, it works just as well in chilly offices as it does on choppy seas.
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Building your MLM business can be easier if you understand what needs to be done. It all starts with a strategy, your primary goals that do not change and then designing the tactical marketing campaigns to implement. Any business in any industry is created from the drawing board and then into real life. Before you can even push your opportunity to the next door neighbors, you will need a solid business plan. Creating this paper muscular hero is a challenge, especially for the traditional businesses. Lucky for you, you need to work out the basic operation, purpose, marketing, income use and a few other ideas to get into the idea that you have a serious business.
Building up business networks is a great idea, after you have gained enough ground experience. The overall strategy needs to cover the way that you intend to build networks for your MLM business. Your personal downlines is different story than the other networks; this is a source of income, while the others are not. The other networks may shrink or grow depending on if they leave to join your business or if you acquire new interested parties. This means that you can create different networks for different purposes. A business network may give you endorsements to reputation.
Your MLM business needs traffic from some of the networks, using them to move your ideas along is a great way to pull in the traffic. Once you get a stream of traffic or network traffic, your pages need evidence and a strong landing page to convert to sign up's for business or for sales for the product or opportunity. Keeping the pace up can seem to be a stumbling block but you have to realize that you cannot slow your marketing campaign down. How do you handle those who are bogging down the flow? These MLM business stumbling blocks are either sales in the making and they are indecisive or intentional road blocks designed to slow your business. You can handle it in a variety of means; however you have to find out the intention first.
If you are getting emails or your chat system is ringing off the hook constantly, it's time to handle some issues. Examine the email's intention, read it a few times to absorb the information before you respond. Compose your response carefully, always answer any questions, and invite them for a quick meeting. If your chat is acting haywire, get on and see if you can chat with the folks for a bit, answer their questions and offer to send them an info pack. What you don't have an info pack to give out? Most MLM business owners have a form of digital info pack that they can send out in a moment's notice. These psychological gifts are intended to provide a good amount of information that captures the interests of the parties by highlighting the best facts. It takes maybe about an hour to design one for your MLM business.


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Blue Jays on brink of elimination following loss to Indians in Game 3
Blood was everywhere at the Rogers Centre on Monday night.
It was in the nostrils of the Cleveland Indians, who sensed the opportunity to go for the kill and take a 3-0 stranglehold in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series.
Blood was quite literally on the hands of Tribe starter Trevor Bauer, whose drone-damaged pinky finger barely held together through one Jays hitter.
And in the end, after a deflating 4-2 defeat before a sellout crowd of 49,507, blood was on the hands of the Jays batters, who once again came up small against the Central Division champions.
In short, it's now a bloody mess for the Jays, who need a win here late on Tuesday afternoon to avoid being swept by the Indians and for the second consecutive year not advancing past the ALCS and into the World Series.
"We're going to have to do it as a unit, get some runs across," said Jays catcher Russell Martin of a team that has scored just three in three games. "Nothing much really surprises me in this game anymore. I definitely expected to score some more runs. Maybe we're saving it for Games 5, 6 and 7. It's not over."
It sure looks, feels and smells that way, however.
In the deepest of holes, the Jays will attempt to extend the series on Tuesday with starter Aaron Sanchez on the mound. But the long-view odds are beyond grim, both in historical context and the Jays performance over the previous four days.
The 2004 Boston Red Sox are the only team in MLB history to overcome a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series, with their epic ALCS comeback over the Yankees. And that team was managed by Indians skipper Terry Francona who will no doubt be preaching the perils of a 3-0 lead on Tuesday.
"We've got our work cut out for us," Jays manager John Gibbons said afterwards. "We'll run the boys out there tomorrow. They got us here to this point. They're due."
While the Jays and their fans were waiting for the big bats to awaken — hello Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion and Josh Donaldson — the Indians were doing the same.
Mike Napoli and Jason Kipnis were a combined 0-for-13 in the ALCS before noisily checking in as the series shifted north of the border for Games 3, 4 and if necessary, one more. Both hit solo home runs on Monday and an RBI double from Napoli in the first inning got the Indians on board, sustaining the momentum from the two narrow wins back in Cleveland.
Jays starter Marcus Stroman wasn't dynamite, but he allowed just three hits through 5 1/3 innings. Unfortunately, those three were the blasts described above.
The Jays managed to scatter seven hits and were helped by a Michael Saunders home run in the second inning to fire up the leery crowd under the closed dome. Other than that, the slugging offence that this team lives and dies by remained mostly dormant.
Time after time, the Jays came up flat with easy pop ups and ground outs.
Take the bottom of the third as a representation. After a Bautista single to start things off, the Jays' two, three and four hitters responded with meek popups.
When lethal Indians reliever Andrew Miller — he of five strikeouts in each of the first two games of the series — came in with two down in the bottom of the eighth, the gloom in the dome was palpable.
The powerful lefty has been dominant this post-season and the management of Miller and the rest of the Indians staff was brilliant by Francona.
Miller's strikeout of Martin, the first batter he faced, was the 11th of 13 Jays he's faced over the three games and an ALCS single-series record. Miller, the final of seven Indians pitchers, added two more strikeouts in the ninth and that was that.
So now a Jays team that swept aside the Texas Rangers 3-0 in the ALDS, must find a way to stop an Indians team that has won six in a row in the post-season and nine overall. On Tuesday, Cleveland will start Corey Kluber, whose lethal slider stymied the Jays in Game 1.
On Monday, the Indians drew first blood — literally and figuratively — in the first inning. In the top half, a five-pitch leadoff walk by Stroman to Carlos Santana was as costly as you might expect.
When "circumstances" prevented Bautista from making a catch in right off a Mike Napoli blast, despite briefly having the ball in his glove, Santana made his way around for the first Cleveland run.
The home half of the first was ugly in a gory way. Bauer, the self-professed nerd who gashed himself with his drone last week, was a bloody mess.
The 11 stitches used to mend the wound had clearly burst and there was blood everywhere — on his Indians uniform, his sock, the pitcher's rubber, the baseball. Gibbons hailed the umpires to protest and Bauer's evening was done early.
Bauer's exit may have offered a glimmer of hope to the Jays hitters, but they weren't able to take advantage. Saunders' shot to left that just cleared the wall in the second inning showed some promise, but the rest of the lineup wasn't able to back it up.
The Jays managed to tie it at 2-2 in the fifth after a leadoff triple by Ezequiel Carrera was followed by a chopper up the middle from Ryan Goins that brought the Toronto left fielder home.
But the Indians, who have hit a home run in each of their six post-season games this fall, went deep again in the sixth, this time on a Kipnis rip to right field.
It was just the fourth time in Stroman's career that he had allowed more than one home-run in a game and it came at the worst possible moment, given his own team's inability to pound bat to ball.
If there are any signs of that changing, they've yet to emerge. And with first pitch for Game 4 coming at 4:08 p.m. on Tuesday, hopes aren't particularly high that those changes will arrive on time.
"They know what's at stake," Gibbons said. "They worked hard to get to this point. One thing we know is that they are resilient. They will be out there (on Tuesday.)"
Out there or out of opportunities.


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Are all of humanity's problems caused by fear?
Are all of humanity's problems caused by fear?
So I'm sitting here thinking about why humans do the things they do. Why do we fight and argue and threaten violence and mock and demean and feel depressed and hopeless? I believe fear is the basis for everything wrong with an individual's and consequently the collective world's problematic behaviors. Fear. People are insecure about who they are and are frightened to discover the truth. Men posture and peacock and pick fights because they are insecure about their manhood and feelings they are afraid to confront. Maybe a parent left when they were little and they feel abandoned and rather than discuss their insecurities, they build a protective wall of violence because they are afraid of what happens when that wall crumbles.
We are insecure about our sexuality, our age, our physique, our imperfections. We live miserable lives because we are afraid to test the boundaries of our limitations. We don't want to know that we can't do something and so we don't apply ourselves fully. To give a complete effort and to fail would be devastating and so we work jobs that are beneath us. We put off finishing that college degree. Instead of pushing ourselves physically and finding out how strong we are, we blame genetics and take the easy way out. We are afraid of failure.
We are afraid of death and so we have created make-believe fantasy worlds called religion. We have constructed pleasurable eternal lives that transcend death and then we embrace this comfort belief so fiercely that we go to war when others challenge it. We are so afraid of death that we would rather kill another human being than accept the harsh finite truth.
There is an element of fear at the basis of every immoral behavior.
"Ain't got no last words to say, yellow streak right up my spine. The gun in my mouth was real and the taste blew my mind."
"We see you cry. We turn your head. Then we slap your face. We see you try. We see you fail. Some things never change."
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aurora (15-01-2013)
RE: Are all of humanity's problems caused by fear?
I think you're on the right track with your thesis, although I wouldn't place fear at the roots. Fear is an emotion and thoughts come before emotions. Thus, a more accurate approach would be to ask what thoughts cause the emotions that drive us to act irrationally. And, since thoughts are a product of our historical experience, we must ask what it is about our histories that causes us to think the things we do. Since our histories begin with childhood and, childhood is the time when our personalities are formed, it stands to reason that our adult behavior can be traced to our childhood experiences.
As children, we are heavily indoctrinated with contradictory moral rules, stories of imaginary beings and we are expected to honor and cherish the accidental. Is it any wonder human beings walk around confused and scared?
Contradictory moral rules: Don't hit others to get what you want and if you do, I'll hit you to get you to do what I want.... says the parent.
Respect others' property and if you don't, I'll take away your property.... says the teacher.
Think for yourself, don't follow your peers, and don't embarrass me in front of my peers... says the parent.
Always be honest, and never tell your fat aunt she smells funny.... says the parent.
Imaginary beings: Santa Claus knows what you're doing so if you want gifts for Christmas, you better behave, says the parent.
God knows what you're doing so you'd better not touch your privates or you'll burn in hell forever... says the priest.
The accidental: (Your country) is the best and you should honor it because you were born here.... says the politician.
Your team is best because you go to this school.... says the coach.
You're better than other people because you were born with this color skin.... says the parent.
↑↑↑ All with no empirical evidence and often with contrary evidence. ↑↑↑
Is it any wonder that human beings believe nonsensical, contrived bullshit and want to go around killing and imprisoning everyone who isn't like them?
Not to me.
RE: Are all of humanity's problems caused by fear?
I highly disagree that thoughts come before emotions. After all, human beings experience emotions long before they can even form cogent thoughts in their developing brains. Infants will always be afraid of a snarling, barking dog, even without a thought process or a past experience to decide whether or not to be afraid. If you want a root deeper than fear itself, I would simply suggest that our chemical makeup determines our fear levels and our reactions to them. Human beings are programmed to fear, to overreact to that fear, and to inflict violent retaliation all in the name of survival.
So all human problems stem from having to survive for so long against predators. I wonder if humans existed on a similar planet, never having come into contact with any other species, if they would be a more peaceful race, since they're no longer programmed to fight to survive.
"Ain't got no last words to say, yellow streak right up my spine. The gun in my mouth was real and the taste blew my mind."
"We see you cry. We turn your head. Then we slap your face. We see you try. We see you fail. Some things never change."
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RE: Are all of humanity's problems caused by fear?
I think fear used to cause most of humanity's problems, but I believe as we advanced so has the driving force behind our problems. Jealousy.
RE: Are all of humanity's problems caused by fear?
There is no doubt that fear drives a lot of bad behaviour, but it isn't the root cause of all of life's problems. Anger causes a lot of problems too, but it's only one emotion that causes problems as well. You could take away our emotions, and we would still run into plenty of problems. The universe is chaotic, and we are insignificant pawns playing our parts, getting in one anothers way, causing problems for others and ourselves. There are plenty of other outside forces beyond humanities control that cause problems too...forces of nature, limited resources...there are going to be problems no matter what. Conversely, fear can sometimes be a good thing, it is a concept without an agenda. It can be used to control, enslave and destroy by humans, but fear itself can be beneficial. It causes us to take action...kill the predator that might kill us, move into a safer neighborhood, back down from a fight that would result in pain and injury.
Fear is a tool. Tools can be used for good or evil.
RE: Are all of humanity's problems caused by fear?
(15-01-2013 01:39 AM)Ape_Linkin Wrote: I think fear used to cause most of humanity's problems, but I believe as we advanced so has the driving force behind our problems. Jealousy.
Every other emotion I could come up with to blame, I found could be further deduced to fear. After all, what is jealousy? Desiring something that someone else possesses and you do not. Why do you desire it? Insecurity. You subconsciously feel less of a person because you are absent a possession, or a trait, or a skill that someone else has. They can do what you cannot and instead of recognizing this and still finding peace, you panic and seek to quell this growing fear and unease by either diminishing the value of the object (by making fun of it or claiming it's not that important) or by striking out. Person 1 doesn't have as much money as Person 2 and so he vandalizes Person 2's porsche to make himself feel better. Or attempts to sleep with Person 2's hotter wife. Acts driven by fear and refusal to know thyself.
"Ain't got no last words to say, yellow streak right up my spine. The gun in my mouth was real and the taste blew my mind."
"We see you cry. We turn your head. Then we slap your face. We see you try. We see you fail. Some things never change."
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aurora (15-01-2013)
RE: Are all of humanity's problems caused by fear?
I'm not sure if I can attribute jealousy to fear, I can however anger to jealousy.
RE: Are all of humanity's problems caused by fear?
I guess in a sense you are right. After some brief thought, I stand corrected.
RE: Are all of humanity's problems caused by fear?
Human's develop cognitive reasoning skills in utero. We are born with underdeveloped brains, not undeveloped brains. By the time a baby is out of the womb, it doesn't take long for him to recognize potential threats to his survival and, since there is a minimum of past experience to draw from, most new things pose a real threat in his perception. Also, let's test your thesis:
If we are in a pitch dark room and I kick you in the knee, are you scared before I kick you? On the contrary, your knee sends a signal of pain to your brain which then processes that pain along with the lack of knowledge about its origin and its potential for happening again as fear. Once I tell you I've kicked you, your brain then processes that information and the fear is replaced with anger toward me. Of course, most of this happens in mere nanoseconds but none the less, you don't feel the emotion until your brain processes the input and your brain cannot process input it has not received. The same applies to babies' brains. They don't cry before someone yells BOO, because their brain has no information to process into fear. Likewise, they don't have to be able to form a cogent thought in order to process a snarling dog as a threat but, they do have to see a snarling dog.
As chemicals go, we aren't programmed for fear any more than we are programmed for speaking Mandarin. We are programmed with the ability to process information into emotions and our default position is rational self interest. We learn how to react (and over react) from our environments, in the same way we learn to speak our native language.
Since our subconscious informs most of our emotional reactions and since most people lack the self-knowledge to process their subconscious thoughts, it does indeed seem sometimes that emotions arrive ahead of thoughts. However, the mechanics of our biology prove this assumption invalid.
Also, the notion that early humans were most threatened by other species of animals is simply untenable. Humans are and always have been at the most risk of being hurt or killed by other humans. The farther back in history we look, the more we see infanticide and murder for myriad reasons, ranging from ritual human sacrifice to the irrational fear of females that fueled the infanticide of almost all girls born. The latter practice being commonplace, even in the west, into the early twentieth century.
RE: Are all of humanity's problems caused by fear?
I tend to think selfishness and lack of empathy are as important or more important. I think that fear of other people comes from a lack of empathy, and the scary spectres we make other people into come from our inability to see them as people we can relate to.
Give me your argument in the form of a published paper, and then we can start to talk.
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The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 107 people in the United States. Power outages now stand at more than 2.2 million homes and businesses, down from a peak of 8.5 million. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state.
Memorial held for firefighter hit by falling tree. Deaths: 3. Power outages: 85,000, down from a peak of 625,000.
Ship heading to Elizabeth, N.J., to house emergency workers, power crews and others. Deaths: None. Power outages: none, down from 400,000.
Rationing system for auto fuel takes effect in northern New Jersey, creating confusion and frustration. State allowing displaced residents to vote by email or fax. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announces she will visit Sunday. Deaths: 23. Power outages: 1.1 million, down from 2.7 million.
Lights go back on in lower Manhattan after days of darkness while resentment builds in hard-hit, still-powerless outer boroughs. Children go back to school Monday. Deaths: 48, including 41 in New York City. Power outages: 900,000, down from 2.2 million.
Between 250 and 300 polling places remained without power just days before Tuesday's election. Red Cross closes all but two of its shelters. Deaths: 15. Power outages: 100,000, down from 1.2 million.
President declares a major disaster, freeing up federal funding for recovery efforts. Volunteers in Westerly work to clear away debris. Deaths: None. Power outages: none, down from more than 122,000.
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visits and pledges resources for state to recover from heavy snowfall. Deaths: 6. Power outages: 65,000, down from 270,000.
Other states with storm-related deaths: Maryland (4), New Hampshire (1), North Carolina (3), Ohio (2), Virginia (2).
Sources: Local and state authorities; AP reporting


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SUFFIELD — The body of a possible homicide victim — wrapped in a black plastic garbage bag, stuffed into a large duffel and left in a heavily wooded area — was discovered by two hikers near Quarry and Phelps roads on Friday, police said.
Police are treating it as a homicide, and said they believe that it happened elsewhere and that the body was then dumped in the wooded area.
"It's generally a nice town, but unfortunately this is the third time we've encountered this in the past three or four years, of bodies that were dropped on our town," police Chief Michael Manzi said.
Two teenage hikers called police at about 2 p.m. to report a suspicious and foul odor, Manzi said. The body was found at the base of a cliff in the woods near a portion of the Farmington Valley Greenway Trail, which runs through parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The victim appears to be a white man, Manzi said.
The Office of the Chief State's Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. The state police Major Crime Unit was also on the scene Friday.
The investigation was still underway late Friday night and police are asking anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in that area over the past couple of days to call 860-668-3870.
Text by Kelly Glista, Hartford Courant; Video report by Fox CT reporter Jeevan Vittal.


text: For sheer summer escape, it's hard to beat a good zombie flick. Good, bad, always ugly, the undead are a highly amusing genre as a whole. "Zombieland" from 2009, with Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone riding shotgun and Woody Harrelson wielding one, remains my favorite. "Warm Bodies," a clever hipster twist on the old trope starring Nicholas Hoult and Teresa Palmer out earlier this year, comes close. But for now, consider indulging in the campy, eco-eccentric fun of Brad Pitt's battle with the undead, their teeth-chattering and bad hygiene giving "World War Z" its bite. And don't let the environmental message scare you either. Director Marc Forster understands it's the absurdities and the oddities that bring zombie movies to life. Something — virus, plague, aliens, a studio exec in need of a horror film in his portfolio — is causing the undead to rise in "WWZ." They have a swarming tendency, making giant hills of undead bodies with their undead buddies. So cool. The best is when they hit a wall. Ah, zombies, always a message for the living in the undead.


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A vampire fantasy thriller starring Gemma Arterton & Saoirse Ronan as a pair of mysterious women who move into a run-down seaside town. Clara (Arterton) quickly secures shelter for them in the dilapidated Byzantium Hotel, while Eleanor (Ronan) finds solace in the companionship of a local boy. The bond proves dangerous however, as she mistakenly deems him trustworthy and reveals the truth of who she is and how she survives. As Clara and Eleanor become more exposed, the body count begins to rise, resulting in a wild hunt for blood.
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