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MARCH 1, 2016: Association officials joined our Texas counterparts on Monday for a series of meetings in Washington DC aimed at consolidating support for the passage legislation reforming the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP).
FEBRUARY 24, 2016: The Association will be on Florida's Gulf Coast during the week of March 1st for two membership meetings. For longtime members, please note that our meeting location has changed. We will no longer meet in St. Pete, but rather at a new location in Largo, FL.Members can expect to hear updates on the Social Security Windfall and Offset laws, retiree health insurance, life insurance, veterans benefits and a host of other legislative initiatives.
February 12, 2016: Today the Group Insurance Commission announced the schedule for the 2016 Health Fairs. This is an annual practice that the GIC conducts during its open enrollment which this year runs from April 6th to May 4th.
Mitchell Led Agency For Nearly 29 Years
DECEMBER 21, 2015: At the close of the state Group Insurance Commission's December meeting, Executive Director Dolores Mitchell stunned the crowded meeting by announcing her retirement. After leading the GIC for nearly 29 years, Mitchell will retire in 2016.
The fifteen-member Commission that governs the GIC will now begin the process of hiring a new executive director.
NOVEMBER 21, 2015: Members who are insured under the state Group Insurance Commission's (GIC) Option Medicare Extension (OME) plan will have a new prescription drug provider as of January 1, 2016.
As the GIC and our Association have been reporting for nearly a year, prescription coverage under the OME plan is being transferred SilverScript. Under federal law, retirees must be given the opportunity to "Opt Out" of the new drug plan.
OCTOBER 27, 2015: The federal government is about to come to the aid of public retirees who have been bracing for a major increase in Medicare Part B premiums for 2016.
Medicare Rates May Increase for Some Retirees
OCTOBER 9, 2015: A flat Consumer Price Index (CPI) means there will be no COLA increase under Social Security for 2016. The CPI-W is the federal standard used to calculate inflation.
Since 1987, a national debate has raged as to whether or not the CPI-W is an accurate gauge for retirees. Many, including our Association, feel a more accurate measure is the CPI-E (Elderly), which looks to inflationary pressures such as healthcare costs that impact retirees on a larger scale.
On Wednesday, October 7th, our Association will hold its first ever Springfield-Area meeting. The meeting begins at 11:00 AM at the Dante Club in West Springfield. All members are invited to attend. Guests are also welcome.
Dante Club1198 Memorial Ave.West Springfield, MA
On August 31, approximately 600 former state employees, who retired under the Employee Retirement Incentive Program (ERIP), will be receiving their first pension payment, retroactive to June 30, 2015. According to the ERIP law (Chapter 19, Acts of 2015), the State Retirement Board had 120 days (4 months) from the date of retirement (June 30) to issue pensions to the ERIP retirees.
Public Service Committee Grants Favorable Report
AUGUST 11, 2015: Legislation that would increase the basic life insurance benefit for state retirees and active employees has been released with a favorable report by the Joint Committee on Public Service.
Association officials worked closely with Committee Chairmen Rep. Jamie Murphy (D-Weymouth) and Senator Jim Timilty (D-Walpole) in recent months to advance the legislation forward prior to the start of the FY17 state budget cycle.
Since 1968 the Retired State, County and Municipal Employees Association has been the leading voice for Massachusetts public retirees and their families. Join with our 52,000 members as we continue the fight.
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The Grayville School board approved their amended budget Tuesday, Sept. 25 with only minor changes to the document.
The Grayville School board approved their amended budget Tuesday, Sept. 25 with only minor changes to the document. According to Superintendent Sarah Emery, one change shows the entire capital projects fund at zero after spending that $1,053,495 on health life safety and energy conservation projects on the district campus. The other change was showing an expenditure of $27,889 from Fire Prevention and safety fund. That money was also earmarked for the work on the campus.
The board also approved the recommendation of Bushue Human resources for the purchase of district insurance. The recommendation was to spend $21.837 on property and liability insurance. This is an increase of 17.25% over last year's premium of $18,624. The coverage is provided through First Insurance Agency. One company's bid for the insurance was slightly under the previous year but left substantial holes in the district's coverage.
Robert Dulaney, senior project manager for Ameresco, reported the district's construction and energy service projects would be complete by next month. Dulaney said, " We are getting close to the end of this project. We have two items left to finish. We will finish the installation of new electrical services to Wells and new windows in the Wells Elementary School Gym in October. We should be out of your hair completely by then. It has been a pleasure working for you."
GHS Senior, Josh Burdin, presented the board with the Senior Trip itinerary, which included trips to the Smithsonian, The White House, The National Zoo, The Washington D.C. monuments, Arlington National Cemetery, Ford's Theater and The Holocaust Museum among other things. The board approved the trip. Board member John Gray quipped, "I hope you have time to get all that in."
Ag instructor Ashley Carey presented the board with their paperwork to participate in the Donkey Basketball game Friday night. She said the game would start at 7 p.m. with the school board facing off with the teachers. Tickets are $6 in advance and $8 at the door and are available at the school.
In other business, School board clerk was appointed to be a Local Election Official. The board also approved the annual salary compensation report that lists the salaries and compensation benefits of district employees. That document can be viewed on the Grayville School District website.
The board also created a science club activity account.
In her administrators report, Supt. Emery told the board two stones in the entryway at Wells Elementary were compromising the integrity of the entrance and needed repair. She said sinkholes under the driveway between the high school and grade school were filled with eight yards of concrete which will fix that issue and that a drainage issue behind the grade school can be fixed by the school custodians.
. After a short executive session, the board:
- Approved Kayla Schroeder as National Honor Society sponsor
- Approved maternity leave for Jamie Tillotson beginning around Oct. 29, 2012 through Jan. 3, 2013.
- Hired a bus aide for each afternoon bus route for the remainder of 2012; will re-evaluate in January.
- Approved Dr. Crow and Mrs. Emery to hire personal aides for two Special Education students discussed, if the need arises prior to the Board of Education meeting.


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Microsoft and Polycom have struck a multi-year agreement to link Microsoft's Office Live Communications Server with Polycom's conferencing products.
Microsoft hopes the connection will spur sales of Live Communications Server, a business instant messaging and "presence" product, while Polycom is keen to sell more desktop video conferencing hardware, representatives from both companies say.
With Live Communications Server, companies can run their own instant messaging network. Such a system can monitor whether users are online and available for communication in Office applications and extends this "presence" information to other applications.
In the first phase of the collaboration, Microsoft and Polycom aim to ease communications within an enterprise by allowing users of Live Communications Server and the Windows Messenger Client to see the status of Polycom's IP phones, desktop and conference room conferencing products and to launch intra-company conferences from within Windows Messenger.
To enable this first link, Polycom plans to deliver software upgrades for its Media Gateway Controller and WebOffice product in the fourth quarter. The updates are likely to be available at no charge for Polycom users with a service contract, but pricing has not officially been set yet, a Polycom spokesperson says.
The second phase of the partnership, slated for next year, will include updates from Microsoft and Polycom and will add federation, allowing users to set up conferences with users outside their own corporate networks. The products will also provide a link to Microsoft's Office Live Meeting web conferencing service.
In the third phase, planned for 2006, Microsoft and Polycom plan to add control of Polycom products and Live Communications Server capabilities to other applications, including the Microsoft Outlook e-mail client and CRM (customer relationship management) and ERP (enterprise resource management) products, the companies say.
The agreement between Microsoft and Polycom is not exclusive, says Dean Schoen, vice president of corporate business development at Polycom. The company is free to seek a similar alliance with, for example, IBM – another major player in the enterprise instant messaging space.
Microsoft already has partners including Radvision and First Virtual Communications whose products offer capabilities similar to the combination of Live Communications Server and Polycom's products, a company spokesperson says. However, these companies don't have the same reach as Polycom, he says.


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Hey guys, my IGN is Haykim and i main Gangplank. At the moment i'm only level 22 but i do fairly well as Gangplank. This is my first guide and i hope it is helpful. (Please tell me if i should change anything too make this guide better :] )
Pros / Cons
You Do a lot of damage mid to late game.
You're a ****ing Pirate.
You have great mobility thanks to raise morale and remove scurvy
You're a ****ing Pirate.
You're Ultimate can be placed anywhere on the map no matter where you are
You're a ****ing Pirate.
You drain a lot of mana early game and will be harrassed
Who cares You're a ****ing Pirate.
Ok the masteries may seem a bit dodgey but they are what i use for now, if theres anything i should change please tell me.
Early game the potions will help you stay alive long enough to be able to recall and buy your Statikk Shiv, when you buy that most lane harass will stop. When you buy your Infinity Edge you will start scaring a lot of champs (including yourself) if you luckily hit some crits, when you buy the phantom dancer you won't need luck because they will most likely always hit, from then on the Bloodthirster and Ravenous Hydra just make you deal way bigger crits and refund a lot of health from them. The Zhonyas at the end will make your Ultimate and Remove Scurvy a bit more useful.
Skill Sequence
Your Parrrley is whats doing all these massive crits so you will want to level that early. Raise Morale is great for supporting others and for also giving yourself a massive damage and speed increase. If you get CCed just eat an Orange and your all K. The Ultimate doesn't do a major amount of damage but the CC does help if used with your Raise Morale too catch up to the enemy, you can also use your Ult to kill low health enemies that have escaped your teammates.
Because of Parrrley, you gain extra gold if the unit is killed with that ability, making farming gold a whole lot faster.


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AMD 6000+ AM2 X2 Processor
I would have loved to actually been able to run benchmarks on this processor in a true 64 bit environment. Believe me, it was tried and between freezes during benchmarks, incompatibility issues with drivers and Vista just not being all it's cracked up to be, it was a nightmare not even worth showing.
If you are looking for performance out of the box and the AMD 6000+ wasn't recommended, then whomever it was that gave you the advice was truly making a mistake. The 6000+ is less expensive than its Intel counterparts, has a higher clock speed right out of the box and performs within a margin of error in most benchmarks, even though it has half the L2 cache and only a FSB of 200 MHz, opposed to Intel's 266 and 333 MHz. So if you are an end user looking for performance and price, this should not be overlooked.
Edit: I need to retract the error of my ways. Front Side Bus (FSB) is a term that many enthusiasts use when speaking in terms of overclocking. AMD uses HyperTransport technology, which actually runs at 2000MHz. This is a Front Side Bus replacement, as referred to on the Extras page. What I was actually referring to is the overclocking starting point (BIOS), which is 200 times some multiplier. Unfortunatly, even when you are in the BIOS, this clock speed is still referred to FSB by many manufacturers.
As an enthusiast, the 6000+ does fall behind in its overclockability and did fall behind in most of our processor benchmarks. SiSandra would be the benchmark that stands out the most; multicore efficiency was not even half of what its competitors scored, and due to its lack of L2 cache, did cause it to falter in the Cache and Memory benchmark. Where did the 6000+ shine? I would have to say when it comes to gaming. I purposely used a video card that had less memory just to prove a point. The point being that most gamers play at resolutions of either 1024 x 768 or 1280 x 1024 and this is where a processor still has influence. As I mentioned in a comment earlier while benchmarking the other chips, with the 8800 GTS 320MB card frame rates dropped anywhere between 7 to 22 FPS in Far Cry, but those rates did drop in the others as well, with different varying FPS. So with a difference of 5 to 7 FPS less, would saving some pocket money be worth it if all you wanted to do is game?
So out of the box, the 6000+ is a choice that all should look at. Even enthusiasts don't overclock all of their rigs, and I'm sure that your children, wife, girlfriend or Mom won't recognize the difference.
- Price
- Performance Out of Box
- Mildly Overclockable
- 3.0 GHz
- Mildly Overclockable
- Multiplier Just About Maxed
- 2MB L2 Cache
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I am forced to withdraw all advertising dollars for the the US AG
Listening to the radio this week I was shocked at what I heard coming from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. I have listened to him in the past and been shocked and surprised by some of his previous statements before congress but this weeks statements went to far! If I were to say the same things in my workplace I would be fired if not sued. It is called the Department of Justice for a reason.
You should not fire a person without talking to them. You would not fire someone without a cause. You can not lie about reasons for termination, particularly under oath. Alberto did all three. It was as if he had no care for the people he was offending. He showed no understanding that they were innocent victims of stereotypes being used by the AG's producers.
Since the promoters and producers of AGAG (weird that his initials are the same as the role) will not take action, I withdraw all advertising dollars I might have spent on shows where the AGAG was scheduled to appear. I also withdraw all advertising dollars from legal shows that include references to AGAG. I highly recommend that advertisers like GM no longer be the official vehicle of the department of Justice until such time as the AG is changed. I also think AG should have to appear on the Al Sharpton radio show. And finally AG should have to visit the fired US attorneys and apologize in person since he did not have the character to talk them in person before. AGAG has taken an important moment from those career jurists and that can not be changed by his continued broadcasting of his understanding of how bad his actions were..............
If AGAG will not resign, he should be demoted to US attorney and then fired without explanation.
".......Finally, I rise to embrace the employees of the Department of Justice. I assume this office knowing that the dedicated men and women here are focused on protecting the lives and the liberties of our citizens."
Albert Gonzales, Feb 14 2005 at his swearing in: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/02/20050214-2.html


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- Significantly improved contact list scrolling and overall application performance
- Push-to-Email option allows incoming messages to be forwarded to your email
- Autoreply feature will instantly notify your contacts that your are in Push mode
- ICQ / AIM / AOL / iChat group chats
- ICQ contacts can now be added into your AOL/AIM/iChat contact lists and vice versa
- VKontakte and Yandex IM services are now supported
But, we must also remember that MSN/Live Messenger is also now gone, so you are warned--don't upgrade if you need that! Anyways, besides the loss of Live Messenger, we like the improvements and additions. Grab IM+ here in the Marketplace (if update doesn't show, just back out and head back in to the Marketplace to refresh).


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New Food market report from Euromonitor International: "Baked Goods in Georgia"
Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/01/2014 -- In 2013 packaged goods manufacturers were able to not only expand the range of products on offer, but also expand distribution, covering more regions of Georgia. The expanded range of packaged goods led to consumers shifting their buying behaviour from consuming ordinary unpackaged products, to trying a variety of packaged food products at higher prices, with different ingredients and taste. This trend was in line with increasing consumer spending power. The increasing popularity of...
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Brian Eno
When my grandfather, my mother's father, was born, in 1897, they named him Albert Thomas Diamond Jubilee Doughty (The Diamond Jubilee bit was to signify Queen Victoria's sixtieth year on the throne). The son of Amos Doughty and Virginia (Ginny) Duffy.
You may wonder what any of this has to do with Brian Eno and you would be right to concur, not a lot. Not a lot apart from that both my dear old granddad and Brian Eno were born in Suffolk and both have odd middle names.
Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (to give him his full name) was born on 15th May 1948 in Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Woodbridge is an area neighboring the Mildenhall U.S. Air Force base and as a child he grew enamored of the American music of doo wop and early rock & roll (Eno this is and NOT my grandad). A time at art school introduced him to the work of contemporary composers. People such as John Tilbury and Cornelius Cardew as well as minimalists John Cage and LaMonte Young. Instructed in the principles of conceptual painting and sound sculpture, Eno began experimenting with tape recorders, which he dubbed his first musical instrument.
He dabbled with an assortment of avant-garde performers which gave him a grounding for what was to become his first breakthrough with the legendary art-rock band Roxy Music where he played synthesizer and electronically treated the bands sound. A flamboyant enigma decked out in garish makeup, pastel feather boas, and velvet corsets, his presence threatened the focal dominance of frontman Bryan Ferry, and relations between the two men became allegedly strained although there is another school of thought that suggests it was in fact the groups recording company, Island Records, that drove a wedge between the two parties; anyway, after just two LPs -- 1972's self-titled debut and 1973's For Your Pleasure Eno left Roxy Music and pursued a series of ambitious side projects.
The word genius gets bandied about and awarded to every slightly talented man and, to be fair, I am not sure the term applies to Brian Eno anymore than it does to say Paul McCartney but, like the aforementioned gent, Brian Eno has added something that wasn't there before him and has helped to shape the music world, and change it for ever, with his input.
His music is both architectural and free form. And he is largely responsible and credited for having invented the term 'ambient'.
Of course he is famous for having worked on David Bowie's brilliant 'Berlin Trilogy', Low, Heroes, Lodger. Also, for working with King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp. Other acts he has produced and worked with included U2, James, Paul Simon, Talking Heads. He will be largely remembered as a producer BUT it is his input into electronic music that I feel is his most remarkable achievement.
In many ways it is the very essence of European culture. Sculptured, refined, sophisticated, ambivalent, controlled and yet, at the same time, it has those very obviously American influences in terms of its free form capacity and its expansive heart and, conversely, an almost Japanese feel about its shape and minimalist tones. Truly original and it doesn't lose its heart. It isn't just a case of making a sound for the hell of it. It has soul. It has elegance and it has enough space for the listener to fall in and to react with emotionally. In a word, it is a sublime creation. One as worthy as that wholly American created art form, Jazz.
If you have any nagging doubts about ambient music, be it that it is largely music for shopping malls and lifts then listen to 'Another Green World' or 'Another Day On Earth'. I guarantee you will be impressed.
Trust me, you WILL enjoy.


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M.L.S. Requirements (18 cr.)
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Does Bush proposal threaten access to the pill?
White House seeks to protect health-care workers who object to abortion
By Rob Stein :: The Washington Post
updated 12:27 a.m. ET, Thurs., July. 31, 2008
A Bush administration proposal aimed at protecting health-care workers who object to abortion, and to birth-control methods they consider tantamount to abortion, has escalated a bitter debate over the balance between religious freedom and patients' rights.
The Department of Health and Human Services is reviewing a draft regulation that would deny federal funding to any hospital, clinic, health plan or other entity that does not accommodate employees who want to opt out of participating in care that runs counter to their personal convictions, including providing birth-control pills, IUDs and the Plan B emergency contraceptive.
Conservative groups, abortion opponents and some members of Congress are welcoming the initiative as necessary to safeguard doctors, nurses and other health workers who, they say, are increasingly facing discrimination because of their beliefs or are being coerced into delivering services they find repugnant.
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But the draft proposal has sparked intense criticism by family planning advocates, women's health activists, and members of Congress who say the regulation would create overwhelming obstacles for women seeking abortions and birth control.
There is also deep concern that the rule could have far-reaching, but less obvious, implications. Because of its wide scope and because it would -- apparently for the first time -- define abortion in a federal regulation as anything that affects a fertilized egg, the regulation could raise questions about a broad spectrum of scientific research and care, critics say.
"The breadth of this is potentially immense," said Robyn S. Shapiro, a bioethicist and lawyer at the Medical College of Wisconsin. "Is this going to result in a kind of blessed censorship of a whole host of areas of medical care and research?"
Broad implications
Critics charge that the proposal is the latest example of the administration politicizing science to advance ideological goals.
"They are manipulating the system by manipulating the definition of the word 'abortion,' " said Susan F. Wood, a professor at George Washington University who resigned from the Food and Drug Administration over the delays in approving the nonprescription sale of Plan B. "It's another example of this administration's disregard for science and medicine in how agencies make decisions."
The proposal is outlined in a 39-page draft regulation that has been circulated among several HHS agencies. The FDA has not objected, but several officials at the National Institutes of Health said that the agency had expressed serious concerns.
"This is causing a lot of distress," said one NIH researcher who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal discussions. "It's a redefinition of abortion that does not match any of the current medical definitions. It's ideologically based and not based on science and could interfere with the development of many new therapies to treat diseases."
Since a copy of the document leaked earlier this month, outside advocates and scientists have voiced growing alarm that the regulation could inhibit research in areas including stem cells, infertility and even such unrelated fields as cancer.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Bush :: Now he's gone too far...
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- Limerick Tango said...
So if I'm a doctor and it is my "personal conviction" that rapists don't deserve medical attention am I to receive support if I allow a known rapist to die due to lack of medical attention. Of course I'm not, I'm supposed to get on with the job I'm being paid to do. Yes I'm allowed to lobby my employer towards my "personal convictions" but otherwise heat, kitchen, yadda yadda
- July 31, 2008 at 5:39 AM
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Taking Journalists to Task
Nicholas Kristoff, one of the very few journalists who has covered Darfur throughout the crisis, takes the media to task in his column today for failing to cover the genocide.
One suspects that in a decade or so when we are commemorating Darfur, as we commemorated Rwanda last year, the media will have plenty of criticism for today's political leadership -- as well they should. But they could play a very important role in bringing the world's attention to this tragedy and they have chosen not to.


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Originally posted by HotSauce
reply to post by wdkirk
Yeah I guess it does. Don't you find that to be horrendous? How would you like it if your mother decided to have you sucked out in pieces?
I am just givng a visual wording of what actually happens. It is not a pretty thing,so why should I try to make it so.
Originally posted by galatea
So I take that most of you are against the death penalty.. I mean they are alive.
Originally posted by HotSauce
reply to post by wdkirk
REad this reply to the tune of "its my life and I will do what I want".
It's my thread and I will do what I want
It's my thread and I will do what I like
Originally posted by HotSauce
reply to post by captaintyinknots
Oh now cmon. Have you ever read a comment I have made on this site and not accused me of being a troll. This isnot trolling. It is choosing words to paint a picture ofwhat is acutally happening.
Do you think if these babies had "pro-choice" that they would choose to die? Lets look at it what it is. Two life forms go in and one life form comes out.
However if you want to make a post in here to try to paint it all as magic faries taking the baby to happyland feel free.


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God Please Let The Sabres Make Playoffs
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the lord my Sabres to keep, and if I die before I wake, I pray the lord the Playoffs we make! Ok not the best prayer out there but come on anything will help at this point! LET'S GO BUFFALO!


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The treatments for peripheral artery disease include medications, lifestyle changes and surgical procedures, states the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Peripheral artery disease develops when the arteries narrow, reducing blood flow to the limbs, reports Mayo Clinic.
Medications are used to treat the symptoms of peripheral artery disease and prevent complications, explains the NHLBI. These medications prevent blood clots, reduce elevated cholesterol levels and relieve the pain caused by reduced blood flow to the limbs. A person with peripheral artery disease should also make lifestyle changes to help manage the condition. Increasing physical activity, reducing cholesterol levels and maintaining normal blood pressure help relieve symptoms and prevent peripheral artery disease from worsening. People with peripheral artery disease should also stop smoking and work on reducing their blood sugar levels if they have diabetes.
Angioplasty, bypass grafting and atherectomy are the procedures used to treat peripheral artery disease, states the NHLBI. Angioplasty helps restore normal blood flow to a narrowed artery. Bypass grafting is indicated when blood flow to one of the limbs is partially or completely blocked. During this procedure, the surgeon makes a graft out of a healthy blood vessels, allowing blood to flow around the blocked artery. Atherectomy is a procedure used to remove arterial plaque. The doctor uses a small cutting device to remove plaque from the affected blood vessel.


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Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts
In an oppressive future, Guy Montag has the job of burning all books. In Guy's isolated society, the government, fearing a well-read, thinking public, has outlawed books. Guy's zombied-out wife who gets all her information from a wall-sized TV, but Clarisse, a woman who secretly reads books, ultimately brings Guy to question the government's motives.


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My second stab at the Mogollon Monster took place on Saturday, in Pine AZ. Dan and I flew to Phoenix on Thursday, only stopping in Phoenix long enough to pick up race supplies (we only flew with carry on) and headed to Pine. We stayed at a fantastic homestay/B&B right in Pine, about a mile from the start line. Lorrie and Bill, the owner's of TwoJ's were wonderfully hospitable and very excited about my race. Unfortunately on the drive up to Pine (approx 5500′) one of my ears wouldn't "pop" and I was battling a bit of a sore throat that I picked up after running a charity run on Saturday in the pouring rain. I wasn't too stressed though and figured a good nights sleep would have me feeling good to go.
Friday I woke up with a sore throat, a still not popped right ear and runny nose but still I wasn't worried, we spent the morning getting my gear and drop bags ready, then we decided to visit the Tonto Natural Bridge State Park. It was beautiful, the weather was fantastic, and my ear finally popped on the steep drive down to the bridge! We walked around the trails and decided to hike right down to the bridge, it was a pretty easy walk, but on the way back up I felt really winded. I mentioned this to Dan and he (lied) and told me that he felt winded too. I chalked it up to the altitude, I've never had issues with altitude but there is a first time for everything. We went to get my bib at around 6 pm and had a great evening catching up with other runners and race organizers/volunteers. I wasn't sure why I sounded like I'd been chain-smoking all day, but something was definitely up with my voice/throat, however I didn't feel too bad, maybe a little tired, but mostly just really excited. I was so ready for the Monster.
Saturday morning my 4:30 alarm came too soon, I did not have a great nights sleep. That's not too unusual, what was different with my lack of sleep was the coughing fits that were keeping me awake (usually it's just nerves/excitement). I told Dan that I thought I had a cold, he agreed. There wasn't much I could do about it at this point. I didn't really think it would affect me much, I kind of hoped I'd sweat it out in the first few hours.
It was cool at the race start, lot's of dancing around to keep warm while Jeremy ran through his last minute instructions, but Dan pointed out that it was great running weather (just not great standing around weather). I was excited I was ready, I found Elise and Margaret at the start, I had the pleasure of running with these two amazing women last year and I hoped that we could run a bit together again this year.
Finally it was time to go, 44 braves souls set off up Pine Canyon, my goal was to stay relaxed. My ultimate goal for this race was to finish, my race plan had me finishing in 35 hours and I truly believed that I was going to the finish this year. Margaret and I set off in a pleasant pace up the first climb, after this climb I heard a strange wheezing noise, it took a few minutes but I began to realise it was coming from me. As I wheezed away my voice also started to disappear, I figured it was the altitude, Margaret was a little concerned but there wasn't much I could do about it, I told her she'd have to do all the talking!
As we traversed above the town of Pine I was smiling and taking in the stunning views, still amazing a year later, it's amazing the things you forget though, like the rocks, I remember rocks, but not that many. A new twist this year was that there was a lot of rain so the brush on the side of the trail was really over grown and there were lots of trees down, but it was still fun and beautiful and I was going to do this. Up the climb to the top of the rim (and the first aid station) my wheezing got a little louder and runners around me started to comment that they could hear me coming. I told myself to stay calm and that it would wear off, I was still moving really well, talking on my calories. I came into the Pine Canyon aid station about 15 minutes ahead of schedule. Dan was there and I told him about my wheezing, but at this point I was laughing about it, I thought it was kind of funny, but still felt it was going to "go away".
The next section to Dickerson flat aid station is very runnable so Margaret and I had a quick walk break to eat some food and so I could blow my nose, I was alarmed by the colour of my snot, it matched my day glow yellow shirt! But I felt so much better now that my nasal passage was clear (for the moment) and we set off. Margaret quickly pulled ahead of me and I happily let her set the pace, as we hit the road section I started to find it hard to keep up and my wheezing was back with vengeance, for the first time I was beginning to think that what ever this was it wasn't going to just go away. As we hit the aid station (manned with fantastic volunteers I might add) my voice was gone again, I had to hand signal what I was after! After reassuring everyone that I would be fine off we went to go back down the rim, I was hoping that the descent would help my wheezing. I have to add that this is a stunning descent especially as the sun was just hitting some of that canyon walls, my breath was being taken away by the views for the moment. After navigating the technical downhill we hit the trail and I stopped to use the bathroom, when I stood up from this I was dizzy, in the stumbling around way. I ate some more food while I tried to catch back up to Margaret but I didn't feel hungry and I'd been staying on top of my calories and hydration, worry started to creep into my mind. We finally reached Geronimo aid station, Dan was there and swapped out my bottles, I told him I wasn't feeling to hot and that I couldn't catch my breath, he assured me that I would be fine. I was still 15 minutes ahead of schedule, I re-applied sunscreen as I was heading out for 9 miles of the Highline Trail, which doesn't have much shade, Margaret set out just ahead of me, but I just couldn't catch up. I watched as she got further and further away. I couldn't run. At all. I let this get me down for a bit, but I realised wallowing wasn't going to get me to the next aid station any quicker, I put my head down and walked/hiked as fast as I could. I was supposed to arrive at Washington Park at 2 pm and that became the focus, to get there as close as I could to 2. So "just keep moving" became my mantra, and it worked for a while, but then I had to blow my nose (more radioactive looking stuff) and then I developed a bit of a headache, oh and then there was the chest pain. Finally I knew I was getting close to Washington Park because I could hear it, but I was still (what felt like) really high up, eventually I descended and arrived at the aid station.
There I was met by Dan, as well as our B&B owners (a fantastic surprise) as soon as I tried to talk to Dan I started to cry, I was panicking as I was now 15 minutes behind schedule and I still couldn't run, and my voice was gone again. Dan did a great job of calming me down, I told him I didn't feel well and just to prove it I started to have a coughing fit that ended with us both staring at solid yellow "thing" in my hand, tears started coming back to my eyes and Dan shook my arm so the "thing" would no longer be in our view. I had some soup which really soothed my throat and chest, thanks to the volunteer who made soup for me at the hottest part of the day when all the other runners wanted ice, I really appreciated it. After 20 minutes of sitting and eating, I put on my pack and left. I just wasn't quite ready to give up.
I had 6 miles to the next aid station, my plan said it should take 2 hours and I was about 35 minutes behind schedule although somehow still ahead of the cut-offs, as I wondered off from the aid station I formulated a new plan, it was to get to the next aid station without coughing up anything solid. First 2 miles of this section is all up hill including a section that has a 45% grade, but then you end up on the rim road, which in my head was totally runnable, that memory was wrong! I settled in for some serious power hiking and some serious view absorbing, as crappy as I was feeling the views helped to make me smile and remind me how lucky I was to be there. Then a car drove by kicking up dust and I was back to coughing. When I could I would run until I couldn't and just kept repeating that pattern, and just when I thought I had to be almost at the aid station, Dan drove by. This was odd as he was not supposed to be meeting me here, in fact I was pretty sure that he quite possibly risked life and limb to beat me to this aid station (by car it was much further than 6 miles).
Finally I made it into the Houston Brothers aid station and broke into a fit of coughing. I did not feel good, I plunked myself down in a chair. I asked for some tissue and was given some, I was also offered to have "medical" come and look at me, I hesitated for a moment but then agreed. Danny (who finished the Monster last year) was working this aid station with his wife along with Noah and John, so I was surrounded by familiar friendly faces and my mind raced with the potential consequences of being "looked at by medical". I was eating some soup when John the Medic arrived on scene. He was really friendly and started asking some questions, I was truthful and even admitted to having some chest pain earlier (Dan did not look pleased that I had kept this tidbit from him), John had a listen to my chest and noticed "diminished breath sounds on the right". Hmm, basically I had a choice I could go on, he wasn't going to pull me but, I would have to sign a waiver saying I was continuing against medical advice. I looked at Dan, he looked at me, I did some math in my head and thought about the next section of trail, and realised I didn't want to be that jerk who needs to get rescued when they should have known when to stop. So I quit.
This is the first time I've quit, I could've sat in that chair and timed out, I could've asked the Medic to "pull me" but that wouldn't have made it any easier, my race was over. I've had an x-ray since being home and it turns out that I have bronchitis, mostly in the right lung, the radiologist I work with was impressed that I managed to run 33 miles with all the inflammation in my lungs. I'm at peace with my decision because ultimately had I gone on I was not going to finish because I was not going to magically get better and I really hated the idea that I had I gone on I could have put other people at risk if something did happen to me. Am I bummed? Hell yeah, but it's just running, there will be other races.
Since Dan was there I didn't have to wait for a ride which was nice, he was happy I stopped too since he was worried and he thought my mother, and maybe his, would've killed him had he let me sign a A.M.A waiver.
It also meant that we got to hang out and watch all the finishers (of which there were 23!) on Sunday (well not all, Steve Moore the winner was finished at 3am, I was in bed) and talk to some more of the wonderful people involved in putting on this race. Not to mention all the runners whose races ended at various parts of the race. Unfortunately Margaret had to drop at 70 miles with stomach issues but Elise made it to the finish, I am so happy for her and I was so happy to be there to witness it! I met so many inspiring people over the weekend it's hard to be too upset with the outcome of my race.
I'm just going to finish by saying that this is an amazing race, put on by amazing people, if you're looking for a challenging race with that "old school" vibe do this race. You wont regret it, and hey isn't there a saying about "third time's a charm"?


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DeLay's Defense of Partisanship
Tom DeLay exits with a flourish, and a sophisticated defense of partisanship. Key graphs:
The point is, we disagree. On first principles, Mr. Speaker, we disagree. And so we debate, often loudly, and often in vain, to convince our opponents and the American people of our point of view.
We debate here on the House floor, we debate in committees, we debate on television and on radio and on the Internet and in the newspapers and then every two years, we have a huge debate. And then in November, we see who won. That is not rancor, that is democracy.
You show me a nation without partisanship, and I'll show you a tyranny. For all its faults, it is partisanship, based on core principles, that clarifies our debates, that prevents one party from straying too far from the mainstream, and that constantly refreshes our politics with new ideas and new leaders.
Indeed, whatever role partisanship may have played in my own retirement today or in the unfriendliness heaped upon other leaders in other times, Republican or Democrat, however unjust, all we can say is that partisanship is the worst means of settling fundamental political differences — except for all the others.
Now, politics demands compromise. And Mr. Speaker, and even the most partisan among us have to understand that, but we must never forget that compromise and bipartisanship are means, not ends, and are properly employed only in the service of higher principles.
DELAY: It is not the principled partisan, however obnoxious he may seem to his opponents, who degrades our public debate, but the preening, self-styled statesman who elevates compromise to a first principle .
For the true statesman, Mr. Speaker, we are not defined by what they compromise, but by what they don't.
The concluding chapters of Painting the Map Red draw heavily on Disraeli's spirited defense of party and partisanship as among the handful of reasons behind the great success of Great Britain in the 19th century. Tom DeLay understands the role of party as few do, and hopefully the leadership and the rank-and-file of the GOP will keep in mind that their majority is what allows the agenda to move forward, though slowly and in fits and starts. Majorities are tremendously difficult to build and easy to throw away. Partisanship means appreciating that central truth and conducting politics with an eye on the prize of governing, and not just governing, but governing rightly over time.


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PocketFinder is the easiest way to locate People, Pets and Vehicles with the PocketFinder GPS locators. Quickly locate your devices on a map, create zones and speed limit alerts and manage your account from your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. This app is perfect for families and businesses that need to stay connected.
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Renewal Instructions
Licenses expire on December 31st of the year of issue. A license renewal notice is mailed to each licensed dentist and dental hygienist at their last address of record approximately sixty (60) days prior to December 31st. The renewal application must be post-marked by December 31st to be considered without a late fee. When the renewal application is approved, the license is renewed for one (1) calendar year. The renewed licensee will will receive new pocket ID cards and a receipt for the renewal fee.
Please note all licenses must be renewed by December 31 of each year in order to continue to practice in the state. If your license is not renewed by December 31, YOU MAY NOT PRACTICE IN WYOMING.
It has come to our attention that there is conflicting fee information on the instruction page of the Hygiene renewal application.
Please note that the renewal fee for hygienists is $95.00.
Renewal Applications
The Wyoming Board of Dental Examiners will no longer be using the online system from previous years. Until a new renewal system is in place, licensees must submit paper renewal forms.
When you submit a paper renewal form, you must pay with a personal or business check, cashier's check, or money order. We do not accept credit or debit cards. If you hold a current sedation permit, you must renew both your Dental license AND your sedation permit.
Please Note: Pre-printed Renewal Applications for the 2017 renewal were mailed on 10/14/16.
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Yes, between women, not on women, and not for women. You see, we've been picking on each other for years in an effort to defend our own lifestyle choices.
You'd have to live in a pretty thick bubble not to catch the brilliance of Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen over the last week. She said that presidential candidate Mitt Romney's wife Anne:
…never worked a day in her life.
Watch that she says it after agreeing with the Republican argument suggesting the current economy is of the most concern for women right now. It's not exactly a way to win stay-at-home moms as friends, or to influence their vote for the Democratic candidate.
Rosen then proceeded to dig a very deep ditch for herself on Twitter. The media, a week later, is still helping move the dirt. Republicans say it proves the real war on women is by Democrats who judge the just-a-housewife crowd like myself. Democrats have a number of comebacks to Rosen's statement from running away as fast as possible to "Romney hates women, too" by citing that Romney wanted welfare moms to work in Massachusetts.
My favorite article that's cropped up during this debate is the one showing President Obama saying,
… we didn't have the luxury for her not to work.
He was talking about his wife, Michelle. The article explains at the time they were making $316,000 a year. Obama alone was making $162,100. Can you imagine how the Democratic party is going to convince welfare voters that Mr. Hope and Change couldn't support his family on $162,100 a year? Perhaps that's what he has in mind for the new welfare family-of-four minimum.
But that's really not the issue here. This is:
From what I found Rosen was born in 1958. I'm a product of the year 1962. In the 80's when that commercial was flooding the airwaves, we'd already been instructed the women of our generation not only could do anything they wanted, they would do it all.
It was a nasty burden we've never resolved.
Now for the purpose of this discussion remember that Anne Romney was born in 1949. She's about a decade older than Rosen, and a remarkably different time in America's history for women. Anne Romney is a product of June Cleaver. Rosen and I get Enjoli. Yet, Rosen is ready to fight over the point that Romney stayed home.
Here's my take: Rosen's feeling a little guilty that she couldn't do it all like she'd been promised. I figured it out early. My husband and I have basically the same mental acuity, but I stayed home while he worked. I was smart enough to understand he couldn't have a wildly successful career if I was calling to say, "It's your turn to pick up the sick kid from school, mister." So yes, I sacrificed what could have been, I am certain, a very viable income of my own to be home. Had we both had his type of career commitment there wouldn't have been any room for children, and we both wanted children. Neither one of us wanted children reared by strangers, so someone had to stay home.
But then, I'm a bit of a rebel. There are thousands of professional women out there still trying to make it all happen juggling family, career, marriage, soccer games, and home-cooked meals, because, you know, nothing is to be left out. I guess I should feel a little sorry for them, but hey, if I didn't get to do it all like I'd been promised, why should they get to do it all without a little exhaustion attached?
We all make choices. My advice to Ms. Rosen is that she should find a way to get comfortable with hers without judging mine.
This post took a number of twists and turns to be written today. I told someone earlier I just don't have the energy to be snarky, so you were spared. I did find some interesting numbers on women while researching this issue that you might peruse.
Women vote. There are a lot of them. Five million considered themselves stay-at-home moms in 2010. And in a poll released today women still favor Obama over Romney. So expect a lot of the idea that Anne Romney remains the Republican secret weapon. And expect Democrats to fight that weapon on their own terms, however ridiculous.


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Impact of Nevada Supreme Court Ruling on SB 302 - Memorandum
A legal memo to the Nevada Legislature detailing what the Nevada Supreme Court ruling in Lopez v. Schwartz means to the future of Nevada's controversial voucher bill.
Educate Nevada Now is a reliable resource for information about Nevada's ESA voucher program. Learn more about the issues surrounding voucher programs in Nevada and around the country through national and local reports, studies, research, and analysis.
A legal memo to the Nevada Legislature detailing what the Nevada Supreme Court ruling in Lopez v. Schwartz means to the future of Nevada's controversial voucher bill.
On December 6, 2016, Treasurer Dan Schwartz motions the Eighth Judicial District Court to change its final judgment in Lopez v. Schwartz, which declared SB 302, the ESA voucher bill, unconstitutional in its entirety.
On December 5, 2016, Plaintiffs in Lopez v. Schwartz send a letter to Attorney General Adam Laxalt demanding the Treasurer halt implementation of SB 302, the ESA voucher bill that had been declared unconstitutional by the Nevada Supreme Court.
On November 18, 2016, Judge James Wilson of the Eighth Judicial District Court, pursuant the Nevada Supreme Court's decision, issues a permanent injunction halting the ESA voucher program due to its unconstitutional funding scheme.
The Nevada Supreme Court permanently blocks the voucher program, declaring the use of public school dollars to fund vouchers unconstitutional.
A 2015 study by MIT Department of Economics and the National Bureau of Economic Research measuring the effectiveness of the Louisiana voucher program, finding students that participated in the program performed substantially worse than comparable students who stayed in public schools.
The 2016 edition by the Education Law Center and Rutgers report that evaluates whether state finance system across the nation provide for equality of educational opportunity, giving Nevada an "F" score in both funding distribution and effort.
This report summarizes the Professional Judgment (PJ) Study conducted by Augenblick, Palaich, and Associates (APA) for the Lincy Institute at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The Institute commissioned the PJ study as part of a review of Nevada's school funding system. The review called for studies like this one to update the 2006 Nevada education funding adequacy study.
A 2012 American Institute of Research study commissioned by the Legislature to determine the best way to reform Nevada's antiquated funding system.
A 2006 study commissioned by the Legislature, conducted by APA to determine the amount of funding needed for Nevada children to succeed and how to update the Nevada Plan in a way that encouraged equity and adequacy in funding.
Who in Nevada has already applied for Education Savings Accounts? You'll want to see these surprising facts from our research.
Nevada's school vouchers do not cover tuition at most private schools in the state. Families will be forced to reach into their own pockets – even with ESAs.
Proponents of this unconstitutional voucher program claim Nevada's public schools will somehow have more money if SB 302 is implemented. Here's why their math doesn't add up.
On May 25, 2016, the Nevada Supreme Court denies the Treasurer's motion to expedite the oral argument and hearing date. The Court schedules the oral argument for July 8, 2016.
On May 20, 2016, the Treasurer files a motion with Nevada Supreme Court requesting an expedited oral argument date of June 6 or 7 and decision by July 8. The motion also notifies the Court of a district court's dismissal of the ACLU's case challenging the voucher program.
On Friday, April 29, 2016, the Attorney General files reply to parents' arguments, on behalf of the Treasurer. The brief argues that the voucher program is constitutional, and therefore, the parents' injunction should be lifted.
On April 21, 2016, three civil rights organizations file a brief at the Nevada Supreme Court in support of the parents' injunction. The briefs highlight the impact the Nevada voucher program could have on low income and English Language Learner student populations.
On April 6, 2016, plaintiffs in Duncan v. State, another case challenging the voucher law, filed an amicus brief at the Nevada Supreme Court in support of the parents' preliminary injunction that has halted the program.
Filed April 5, 2016 at the Nevada Supreme Court in support of the injunction that halted SB 302, the school voucher program.
On March 25, 2016, public school parents file a response to the Treasurer's appeal of the preliminary injunction at the Nevada Supreme Court.
March 4, 2016 - Attorney General Laxalt decided to appeal Judge Wilson's order to stop the implementation of SB302, and appealed before the Nevada Supreme Court, asking the Court to reverse Judge Wilson's order to enjoin the application of SB302 law.
March 2, 2016, Judge James Wilson denies the Treasurer's initial request for a surety of $238,900, stating the Treasurer provided no evidence for the high surety amount.
February 12, 2016 - The Nevada Supreme Court grants Treasurer's unopposed motion to expedite the case, meaning this preliminary injunction appeal will be decided more quickly than a typical appeal.
February 3, 2016, Parents respond to the Treasurer's request for $238,900 in security, stating the amount is unsupported and that the Judge should use his discretion to issue a nominal bond instead.
Jan. 11, 2016 - Judge James Wilson grants the parents' motion for preliminary injunction, stating the public school parents have "clearly shown SB 302 violates the Article 11, Section 6.1 and 6.2 of the Nevada Constitution." These sections prohibit the diversion of funds specifically set aside for public education, and prohibits reducing these funds below the level deemed sufficient by the Legislature. Since SB 302 violates the Nevada Constitution, the judge also found that parents would necessarily be irreparably harmed if the program were to go into effect, in accordance with settled case law.
Dec. 30, 2015 - Judge James Wilson denies intervention to clients of pro-voucher advocates, Institute for Justice. The judge finds the proposed intervenors added no new legal arguments to the case, and their interests were adequately represented by the Attorney General, who is defending SB 302.
Dec 24, 2015, Judge Wilson denies Defendants countermotion to dismiss the parents' lawsuit. The judge determines the parents alleged sufficient facts for the case to continue.
The National Association of School Boards, representing public officials elected to Nevada's school boards, filed a "friend of the court" brief before Judge Wilson supporting the parent who brought the lawsuit against SB302 vouchers, because of the great harm that these vouchers would inflict on public school education.
On November 23, 2015, the Nevada State Education Association and National Education Association filed an Amicus Curiae Brief In Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction.
The NSBA and NASB, through their counsel, filed a motion petitioning the court for permission to submit a brief in support of the Parents' lawsuit challenging the State's new voucher law – Senate Bill 302.
In court papers filed on November 24, 2015, parents suing to block Nevada's voucher law responded to the Attorney General and his backing of the State's sweeping voucher program that will result in the diversion of critical funding earmarked solely for the education of children in the public schools.
On November 5, Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt asked a Carson City judge to dismiss the Parents' lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state's new education savings accounts, widely considered to be the most aggressive school-choice program in the country. In the motion to dismiss, the attorney general's office argued the Nevada Constitution requires the state to "encourage education" by "all suitable means."
Six parents who are suing the State of Nevada over the new voucher law Senate Bill 302 (SB302) filed a preliminary injunction motion to prevent the loss of millions in funding to their children's public schools.
On September 9, 2015, five parents whose children attend Nevada public schools filed a lawsuit challenging the State's new voucher law – Senate Bill 302. The lawsuit claims that the voucher law violates the Nevada Constitution's explicit ban on using public school funding for private schools. The lawsuit also seeks to permanently block the State Treasurer from implementing the voucher program.


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SOURCE: RingLead
February 28, 2012 11:30 ET
Qandor Founder and Salesforce MVP, Michael Farrington, to Lead Product Development for RingLead
Qandor Founder and Salesforce MVP, Michael Farrington, to Lead Product Development for RingLead
LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - Feb 28, 2012) - RingLead, Inc. and Qandor LLC today announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which RingLead will acquire Qandor for an undisclosed sum. Qandor founder and Salesforce MVP Michael Farrington will stay on as President of Qandor and will also join RingLead's executive team as Chief Product Officer.
Qandor offers a suite of administrator's tools that are among the most downloaded free apps, with close to 10,000 installs on the AppExchange, salesforce.com's leading app marketplace for the social enterprise. Farrington is one of a select group of people who have been chosen as both a Force.com MVP for his development prowess and as a Salesforce Community MVP for his thought leadership role in the Salesforce social media community.
In addition to his work at Qandor, Farrington was the Senior Force.com Mastermind at Motorola Solutions since 2006, where he oversaw the architecture and administration of Salesforce Sales and Service Cloud for Motorola Solutions globally.
"Motorola enabled me to rise to the top of my field as a Salesforce Administrator, but my true calling is building exciting applications on the Force.com platform," said Farrington. "I'm very excited to join RingLead to work with its founder, legendary programmer Steve Lehr, and pursue my passion for developing cutting edge applications for Salesforce."
"While RingLead intends to fully support and improve Qandor's suite of applications with a full slate of premium features, you might say that we 'acqhired,' Qandor, rather than acquired it," said Steve Lehr, president of RingLead. "Qandor's apps are awesome, but Michael himself was the real prize. There is an untapped pool of creative entrepreneurs in the Force.com developer community and Michael is the vanguard of RingLead's strategy to hire the best and the brightest developers that the Force.com community has to offer."
Farrington's first assignment for RingLead will be developing a free duplicates diagnostic application called DupeDive. DupeDive will use RingLead's proprietary Declone Duplicates Detection Engine to provide lead deduplication and other data quality and business intelligence. DupeDive will integrate with Salesforce Chatter to enable the sharing of data quality intelligence throughout the social enterprise, empowering Salesforce users to turn data into actionable insights. The application also has gamification elements as well as integrations with Facebook and Twitter.
RingLead will introduce a philanthropic component built directly into DupeDive. The "Dupes for the Troops" campaign will make a donation to www.operationonceinalifetime.com in support of the families of America's servicemen and women for every DupeDive user who runs the application and submits the results for a data quality ranking scored against other Salesforce orgs worldwide. Check out RingLead and Qandor apps at http://appexchange.salesforce.com/home.
About RingLead
RingLead is a salesforce.com ISV partner that provides duplicate prevention and deduplication applications to users of Salesforce CRM. Founded in 2004, RingLead has honed its technology after eight years of analyzing huge volumes of data for enterprises both large and small. RingLead's proprietary Declone Duplicate Detection Engine automatically identifies duplicates and does not demand that a user rely on their own data quality expertise to build complicated scenarios to identify duplicate data. The technology provides both the intelligence and the tools to remediate and prevent the bane of all databases, duplicate data. For more information, please visit: www.RingLead.com.
About Qandor
Qandor has been posting novel, simple yet powerful apps on the AppExchange since... well, since the AppExchange was first launched. Force.com development is Qandor's passion, second only to its dedication to helping charitable organizations. Salesforce.com customers around the world save time, simplify processes, and improve visibility with Qandor's applications. For more information, please visit: www.qandor.com
Joe Fusaro
888-240-8088Email Contactwww.RingLead.com
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Alice in Wonderland is coming to town in 2010, at least to your nearest theatre in your neighbourhood. Produced by Walt Disney, the movie will be about a grown up Alice who returns to the Wonderland of her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter.
So, here's the inspired outcome: Alice I, made with an imported Alice charm, mother of pearl white rabbit together with lovely big and small swarovski crystals, swarovski pearls, peach jade beads, rose charms, 14k gold-plated ear hooks etc. Alice is going to become one hot babe to have :)
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Get Who to Start Advice with Start or Sit Fantasy Baseball Android App
Are you looking for a way to help decide who you should start on your fantasy baseball team? Today we look at a Android App that can help you with those decision pesky lineup decisions while keeping you up to date with injuries, news, which players are tearing up the league and which ones are cold as ice.
One of the first things you'll notice upon opening the App is that it covers Baseball, Football, Basketball, and Hockey. Currently, only the Baseball module is available. The Pro version (0.99) will include access to all 4 sports and features and will be Ad free.
The main menu has a series of buttons used to access the different features. The icons are not very self explanatory, so you'll have to long press on each button to get a description.
The namesake feature of the app is Sit or Start Player Compare feature. As you might guess, this allows you to directly compare two players, analyze their performance and health, and determine who you should start.
One annoyance for us was that the players are ordered alphabetically by first name, instead of last name.
You'll get three separate conclusions. One based purely on Stats, one on trending performance, and another based on health & injury. Based purely on statistics, it looks like Alex Rodriguez should start, and he's not a bad choice, but that doesn't factor in that Longoria missed much of the season so far with an injury. Thus, you can see the importance of the trending conclusion. It's still incumbent on the fantasy manager to make his own decision, but the Start or Sit App does a nice job of processing information and returning it in an easily understandable format.
Unfortunately, it is missing the ability to compare ANY player regardless of position. Some leagues utilize a Utility Player and there is not way to compare say, First base and Outfield.
You also get team rosters with statistical information and current trends.
League Leaders and Daily Scoreboard…
Pro Version Features
With the Pro version you'll get daily Probable Starting Pitchers and a RSS feed with up-to-date news stories.
The Injured Player list gives you the complete list of players on the DL and their ailment. Coming soon you'll be able to add your own fantasy team and track their trends.
Hot and Cold Trending Players shows you the ten "Hottest" and "Coldest" batters and pitchers based on performance.
To get more information on what trending symbols mean and how trends are determined, check the Glossary by selecting the Menu button on your phone or device.
- The Start or Sit Comparison and the Player Trending are great features with loads of potential
- Lots of quality fantasy aids for a reasonable price ($0.99)
- Lacks visual appeal and we are less than thrilled about the layout. Too much right to left scrolling make using certain modules cumbersome.
- Listing players by first name rather than by last name.
We love the potential of the Fantasy Sports App. The App needs some further development, but on the plus side, it's an App and an idea that is worthy of development. Plus, ($0.99) is a very fair price to pay to get this app for Football, Baseball, Basketball, and Hockey. Where this app could really shine is in fantasy football, but it will certainly need to allow to for more than a two player comparison and the ability to compare players for a flex position.
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Once an oil executive, the Bishop of Durham Justin Welby has become a trenchant critic of what he considers the excesses of capitalism. And now he has one of the biggest bully pulpits in England -- he's been named the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
He's the first Archbishop to know as much about derivatives as divinity, and some critical of businesses believe they've found a powerful new ally.
"He's not some naïve, ethereal figure," says Luke Hidyard, who campaigns against corporate greed. "He knows what he's talking about. It would be very difficult for big business to dismiss his concern."
Welby has made his concern about corporate malfeasance very clear. He says shareholders should suffer dividend cut if their companies commit a crime. He's railed against what he calls " sinful corporations." And he's been critical of banks.
"He seems to feel that much of what bankers do these days is of no social value," says Ed Haddas of the financial website Breaking Views. "So I think he's going to be a pretty formidable opponent to the weak spots of the banking industry."
But Brian Mairs of the British Banking Association does not feel threatened.
"Constructive criticism from somebody who's actually been in there and understands how the markets work could be very enlightening," Mairs says. "We welcome the appointment."
He may come to regard the Archbishop as a mixed blessing. One of the most famous Archbishops of Canterbury was described as "that troublesome priest." And while Justin Welby is no Thomas Becket, history may be about to repeat itself.
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The Mut Architecture 'Z House' seems like a home built for a super villain. Dark and mysterious, it rests on a defensible, remote-looking hillside.
In fact, the Mut Architecture 'Z House' is your friendly neighborhood home located in Brentwood, California. A family home, it actually seems built for a celebrity. With "a pool, tennis court and a gym with a roof deck to offer panoramic view of the cityscape," according to The Design Blog, I'm sure the price tag is pretty hefty.
The Mut Architecture 'Z House' Rests Ominously in California
- By: Meghan YoungJul 13, 2010
References: mut-architecture & thedesignblog.org
References: mut-architecture & thedesignblog.org


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Insurance companies are under certain obligations as part of the contracts that they enter into with their customers, if they fail to honor their obligations to you then you may need to contact an insurance bad faith lawyer. Unfair insurance practices are regulated by the individual states rather than by nationwide laws. This is one reason it's important to find insurance bad faith lawyers who are well versed with the laws of your state. In addition bad faith insurance suits are bound by statutes of limitations that are usually very rigid. Finding solid, well-trained insurance bad faith lawyers will help protect your interests and chances of having a positive outcome on your case.
Many states laws require that insurance companies act in good faith to settle your claim. For example, they are obliged to investigate the particulars of your case in a timely manner. Furthermore, they are expected to pay your claim without unexplainable or unwarranted delay. In the absence of paying your claim it is expected that they provide you with a reasonable reason why payment is delayed or declined. Failure on the part of an insurance company to deal with the circumstances of your claim may mean that they are acting in a manner that is unfair and may be cause for filing an insurance bad faith claim against the insurer.
Our insurance bad faith lawyers will be happy to consult with you about the particulars of your case. A highly trained insurance bad faith lawyer will launch an investigation of the evidence in your case and interview any witnesses. Depending on the laws in the state where your claim is filed, the insurance agency may be compelled to pay the amount of your claim(up to three times the amount in some states), interest on the monies owed, reasonable attorney fees, punitive damages and other damages. Punitive damages are designed to punish the insurance company for practicing unfair practices.
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Let the Sun Shine In
The purpose of the corporation has become perverted, from serving the public interest to serving private interests of financial investors. Our MBA programs fail to teach the history of the creation of corporations, and, even in the midst of a wave of corporate scandals, debate over reform addresses only the rights of investors.
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Although this public purpose was sometimes abused, it was known and accepted for over 200 years, from Queen Elizabeth through the establishment of the American colonies and on through the early 1800s. A confluence of forces then served to pervert the corporation's purpose, capped by the action of Congress in the 1930s making corporations publicly accountable to financial investors. Thus began the elevation of this special interest to dominance and primacy in corporate affairs.
Today, the purpose of corporations is taken to be maximizing the wealth of executives and stockholders at whatever cost to other stakeholders, the public interest, and the commonwealth.
The financial interests wrested the corporation away from us. It is right and appropriate that citizens now act to take it back. The ultimate goal is to make corporations responsible to those who charter them, who grant them life—the people. But the first step is to force corporations to be accountable to all who are affected by what they do, or who contribute to their success—the stakeholders.
Theodore Roosevelt called for corporate disclosure in his first message to Congress: "Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is our right and our duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions. ... The first requisite is knowledge, full and complete; knowledge which may be made public to the world."
The corporate system, which has given us cooked books, sweatshops, Enron, clear-cutting, the Exxon Valdez, irradiated food, Tyco, WorldCom—along with NAFTA, GATT, the WTO, World Bank, and IMF —could use some sunshine.
A groundswell of activism is building against unchecked corporate abuse. But in every challenge to corporations, activists quickly discover that much of their work is invested in seeking information. Before we can confront a corporation on its pollution, safety, or diversity record, we first have to work to establish that record. Then when we do find the data, too much time and energy are spent arguing with innumerable corporate lawyers, engineers, and accountants over whether what we have uncovered is accurate—time and energy that divert activists from the real goal of changing corporate behavior.
Even though we're experiencing a rash of accounting failures, financial investors are still favored enormously over other stakeholders. Corporations are required to provide frequent and detailed financial reports—which, with legislation currently in the mix, may once again become reasonably dependable. These reports must be attested, at no charge to the investor, by truly independent auditors—again, changes in legislation are intended to restore a respectable level of auditor independence.
Other stakeholders—workers, customers, communities, all those affected by corporate actions—should have an equal right to full and fair disclosure.
Citizens should have the information they need for decisions regarding public contracting, investing, taxpayer subsidies, corporate tax breaks, and other special benefits. Students should similarly have the information they need to assert their preferences with respect to their colleges' endowment fund investments, production of logo-bearing products, campus recruiting, and institutional purchasing and contracting. Drawing on codes of corporate conduct developed by activists, I have helped develop the Sunshine Standards for Corporate Reporting to Stakeholders. These standards could be adopted as requirements by cities, universities, even states for companies they do business with. Stakeholder right-to-know properly takes precedence over cost, inconvenience, or risk to the corporation. These standards would require companies to disclose information about:
• Workplace conditions, environmental impact, commitment to sustainability, and other areas of corporate social responsibility, so that customers, residents, and present and potential employees can make informed decisions.
• Environmental risk, including risks associated with the company's transportation, storage, processing, and disposal of radioactive, toxic, hazardous, and dangerous materials.
• Charitable and political contributions, to permit assessment of efforts to influence public policy.
• Tax abatements, industrial development bonds, zoning exemptions, and other special concessions and public subsidies to the corporation, as well as past performance in response to such benefits.
In the 1933/34 securities acts, Congress gave stockholders the right to disclosure . But they left stakeholders out. It is now up to us to demand that disclosure.
Disclosure will work. After the judge ruled in a CNN employee suit that CNN would have to disclose salary data and portions of an internal study on diversity, settlement talks suddenly accelerated.
According to PricewaterhouseCoopers, if environmental disclosure is required, "Employees can prevent environmental impacts and liabilities. This is far more effective and efficient than subsequently having to remediate environmental impacts." Manufacturing efficiencies can also lead to cost savings.
And The Washington Post's Stuart Auerbach, in assessing the effects of consumer 'report cards' that rate hospitals, health plans, doctors, and other medical services, notes that researchers have documented an unexpected benefit from these guides: "a significant improvement in the quality of care and range of services offered in hospitals that are publicly rated." The newspaper quoted University of Missouri School of Medicine Professor Daniel Longo: "I've been on both sides of the fence, and I know that there is something about public disclosure that makes a difference. Public reports are in the public interest. We have not seen many changes in the quality of care without public accountability."
The Economist magazine reports that 10 years after a federal toxic release reporting requirement was enacted in 1986 and California passed a ballot initiative requiring another layer of disclosure from state firms, emissions of chemicals covered in the legislation had fallen by 72 percent in California and by 45 percent in the US as a whole.
Making corporations accountable through public disclosure of information needed by stakeholders won't cure all that is wrong with the corporate system. It might appropriately be viewed as an 80 percent solution. Public disclosure will change managers' actions when they have to anticipate that their misdeeds will be exposed for all the world to see. And when the harm does occur, we as stakeholders will be empowered both to confront corporations in the public space, demanding reform, and to vote with our feet and our pocketbooks by taking our labor and our purchases elsewhere.
With corporate accountability, stakeholders win through a substantial reduction of the harm that corporations do. Corporations win by learning about and having the opportunity to fix problems before they grow into crises (and lawsuits). Society wins with a more equitable, and thus stronger, corporate system built on providing safe and effective products, produced under humane conditions, and sold at fair value. It's a win-win-win prescription.


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