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The "REAL ID" Act: A Real Nightmare For Department Of Defense
by Margaret Stock
If you watched or heard the congressional debate over H.R. 418, the "REAL ID Act of 2005," you might have thought this proposed lawwhich passed the House of Representatives Friday, February 11, 2005, by a vote of 261161was all about stopping terrorists from getting on airplanes. But you would be wrong. This billwhich sets new rules for state motor vehicle departments (DMVs) promises to be a more of a nightmare for Department of Defense (DoD) than a deterrent to any terrorists.
Consider this language, which is found in the section creating federal standards for state driver's licenses and identification cards: "Beginning 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, a Federal agency may not accept, for any official purpose, a driver's license or identification card issued by a State to any person unless the State is meeting the requirements of this section."
No state currently meets the requirements of the proposed law, and it's unlikely that many will be able to comply within three years. The "REAL ID" Act would require, among other things, that each state create an expensive new computer system for issuing state driver's licenses and identification cards; obtain security clearances for its DMV employees; verify with the issuing agency the validity of each document offered by an applicant in support of a driver's license application; put digital photos on all licenses; print the principal residence of the applicant on the face of the license; ensure that all prior licenses have been terminated before issuing a new one; verify the immigration status of all applicants; and color-code licenses to show that the state has complied with the law. While all these goals may be laudable, achieving them any time soon is almost impossible, particularly within three years. And yet any license issued in violation of this law cannott be used "for any official" federal purpose unless a special waiver is granted by the secretary of homeland security.
Here are some "official" federal purposes for which state driver's licenses and identification cards are commonly used by military members, their families, and their friends:
Enlisting in the military
If this law passes, military members and their families won't be able to do any of these things with their state driver's licenses and ID cardsunless they are lucky enough to be residents of a state that manages to meet the threeyear deadline for compliance.
Military personnel will be harmed by this law in other ways as well: Deployments often prevent soldiers from renewing their licenses in a timely manner, and many states give them "automatic extensions." These extensions would be barred. Many states currently issue licenses to military members that are "valid without photo." This practice will now be barred by federal law. The REAL ID Act on its face also bars military police and other federal law enforcement officials from using state driver's licenses and ID cards to identify criminal suspects.
At a time when federal and state budgets are under tremendous pressure, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the cost of complying with "REAL ID" to be in excess of $120 million$20 million more than the cost of complying with the legislation enacted last year in Public Law 108-458, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. This CBO estimate, however, is probably a vast underestimate of the true cost of the proposed law. Worse, Congress has not agreed to pay for the required upgrades to state DMV systems, making "REAL ID" yet another "massive unfunded mandate," according to both the National Governor's Association and the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. If the federal government isn't going to pay to implement this law, most states won't be able to pay for it without raising taxesand all of their residents will be punished accordingly
Indirectly, however, DoD will suffer because this law threatens to disrupt thousands of routine yet official acts that occur daily on every military post in the world. Those who already have military ID cards or who carry a passport around at all times can avoid some of the problems with this lawbut a US passport or military ID doesn't give a person the right to drive on a military base.
Also, anyone without a passport or other federal ID prior to the effective date of the law will have difficulty obtaining one unless she can produce some other valid government-issued picture identification, such as a foreign passport. Strangely, this law will make it easier for foreigners or naturalized citizens to travel than nativeborn Americans: The law allows the use of a foreign passport, but bars the use of American state-issued licenses and identification cards.
REAL ID's sponsors claim the law will stop terrorists from getting on airplanes. The flaw in this logic is that the 9/11 terrorists did not need state driver's licenses to board the airplanes they hijackedthey could have used their foreign passports, and at least one of them did. Is meeting a false "security gap" a reason to spend millions forcing the states to conform to the "REAL ID" requirements?
REAL ID's sponsors are seeking support in the Senate. Their bill, however, goes far beyond the common-sense driver's license provisions enacted last year in Public Law 108-458, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. The "REAL ID" Act almost completely preempts state regulation of driver's licenses and effectively creates a national ID card by federal fiat. The proposed law threatens vital functions of the Department of Defense, and promises unforeseen headaches for military personnel and their family members. The reforms enacted late last year by Congress were sensible and worthy, but the "REAL ID" Act is a recipe for chaos.
Originally appeared in The Officer, April 2005. Reprinted with permission from the Reserve Officers Association.
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The following open letter to US activists is a response to Ben Ehrenreich's "Foreclosure Fightback," published February 9 in The Nation. It is a letter of support and solidarity from a group of South African activists who have considerable experience fighting for the rights of the poor and dispossessed in post-apartheid South Africa.
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To: All poor Americans and their communities in resistance
The privatization of land–a public resource for all that has now become a false commodity–was the original sin, the original cause of this financial crisis. With the privatization of land comes the dispossession of people from their land which was held in common by communities. With the privatization of land comes the privatization of everything else, because once land can be bought and sold, almost anything else can eventually be bought and sold.
As the poor of South Africa, we know this because we live it. Colonialism and apartheid dispossessed us of our land and gave it to whites to be bought and sold for profit. When apartheid as a systematic racial instrument ended in 1994, we did not get our land back. Some blacks are now able to own land as long as they have the money to do so. But as the poor living in council homes, renting flats or living in the shacks, we became even more vulnerable to the property market.
It is chilling to hear many people today speak with nostalgia about how it was better during apartheid–as if it was not apartheid that stole their land in the first place. But, in an obscure way, it makes sense. Back then in the cities there was less competition for land and housing. Because many of us were kept in the bantustans by a combination of force and economic compulsion (such as subsidized rural factories), the informal settlements in the cities were smaller and land less scarce.
But in the new South Africa (what some call post-apartheid South Africa and others call neoliberal South Africa), the elite have decided it is every man–or woman or multinational company–for him or herself. And thus, the poor end up fighting with the rich as well as with themselves. The elite use their wealth and their connections to all South African political parties in the pursuit of profit. There is very little regulation of this, and where there is regulation, corrupt and authoritarian government officials get around it in a heartbeat. People say that we have the best constitution in the world–but what kind of constitution enshrines the pursuit of profit above anything else? They claim it was written for us. That may be. But it obviously was not written by us–the poor.

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Andrew Jeske, [email protected]
We salute you for admitting you're old enough to remember the Schaeffer jingle, Andy. Some geezer in sales told us what it was, we'd never have known. If we weren't so young this would make us think of, "My beer is Rheingold, the dry heave . . ."
I'm the art director of this poster and I was forced, once again, to "wrist' another "edgy" headline for our tyrannical copywriter, Joe.
Michael Stodola, [email protected]
Well! It's not every day we get an entry from one of the guys who perpetrated the crime, Mike. But isn't it always that way? The AD blames the writer. You freakin' weasel!
It makes sense because, "You'd want to engage in reverse peristalsis to taste it again," seems a bit long.
Gregory Borden, [email protected]
Oh, really? Another ad in the campaign, and we're not making this up, is, "Shake once if you like Harbor City beer, shake twice if you love it. (We'd go on, but the guy next to you looks nervous.)" OK, it's a urinal ad, they're supposed to be a homophobic 30-second read, but the use of parentheses is pretty bold, no?
I've tested this theory on numerous occasions and, unless this new brew contains peas, carrots and Salisbury steak, the consumer will be sadly disappointed.
Maysel Markham, [email protected]
You forgot the corn. "The beer that eats like a meal! Twice! (Now with niblets!)" Mike, warm up your wrist.
"The favorite beer of Ralphs, Roys and Bruces everywhere."
Chet Nichols, [email protected]
Chet, kindly report to HR for some sensitivity training. You realize there's a guy out there somewhere named Ralph Roy Bruce who gets cookies tossed at him everywhere he goes?
The proofreader must have called in sick the day this was routed - the subhead should read, "Really good beer." Duh!
Kristin Miller, [email protected]
Kristin, a close inspection of the ad reveals it reads, "Real. Good. Beer." Makes sense now, right? Anyway, the only thing their proofreader checks is the alcohol content of toilet water.
The copywriter felt so bad about the ad he placed that subtle "Real good" warning next to the glass. A mail-it-in line like that is obviously a cry of moral remorse.
Brian Howe, [email protected]
Oh, yeah? We have no reason to believe Joe has any regrets. Mike CC'd him on his entry, and Joe had nothing to say in his defense. He's probably strutting around Milwaukee like he's Upchuck Heston.
This figures to compete head-to-head with Budweiser's new pilsner brand, Karen Carpenter Light.
Thor Rosenquist, [email protected]
Wait, we've got the urinal ad! "We've only just begun drinking KC Light, which is not a beer only for rainy days and Mondays. (Is the guy to your right standing too close to you?)"
"It tastes so good, you'd share a leper's bottle!"
Scott Dixon, [email protected]
Speaking of disabilities, the last ad in this series is "Good to the last hop." Excellent play for the amputee market, don't you think?
Give me something new. This one is as old as eating your own poop.
Britt Nolan, [email protected]
Well, Britt, what do you drink with that, friggin' apple juice?
Interesting yet narrow target: Alcoholic, 21-plus supermodels who can read.
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Yes! It's always open season on stick-limbed dimwits. Dude, please stop by so we can blow lunch together.
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London, UK - London-based development studio Mediatonic has announced that Who's That Flying!?, its latest title for PlayStation Portable Minis, has overcome its unforeseen difficulties and will be available to purchase and download from the PSN store from Tuesday 16th November for the US and Wednesday 17th November for the EU, priced 3.99 UK, €4.99 and $5.99 respectively.
In Who's That Flying!?, players take control of the mysterious and powerful creature known only as the "Guardian of Earth". His steely eye and HYPER-POWERED LASER ARM have kept the citizens of Earth safe for generations (as well as proving a hit with the ladies). To save the Guardian Of Earth's reputation, as well as the Earth itself, players must not only defend the cities from ravenous hordes of Doom Beasts, but must also defend the Guardian of Earth against accusations of gross incompetence from the Galactic Council of Justice - and this is all BEFORE players can even start to get to the bottom of just who OR what is really behind the invasion
Paul Croft, head of games, Mediatonic comments: "Who's That Flying!? had suffered an unforeseen delay thanks to interference from the Doom Beasts, which hampered compatibility in some extremely rare cases when playing on the PS3. We wanted to take the time to rectify this to make sure that all players had the same (hopefully awesome) experience regardless of their setup"
Who's That Flying!? Will be available to purchase and download from the PSN store from Tuesday 16th November 2010 for the US and Wednesday 17th November 2010 for the EU, priced 3.99 UK, €4.99 and $5.99 according to region.
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Formed in 2005, Mediatonic is an independent developer focused on producing high quality original games on a variety of platforms including social networks, iPhone and PSP. Based in the west end of London, England, Mediatonic's team of 20 is dedicated to creating the best games they can, packing each release with passion, love and the utmost attention to detail. For more information, visit www.mediatonic.co.uk


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Several months ago, I inherited a classic boat from my father when he passed away. I am interested in selling the boat — but when my yacht broker reviewed the abstract of title from the Coast Guard, we learned that a notice of claim of lien had been recorded against the boat almost 20 years ago. The claim is apparently related to the restoration of the yacht after my father bought it. When I contacted the repairman to get more information, he claimed to have had a verbal agreement with my father that required the claim to be satisfied when the boat was sold. He has no receipts to support the amount of the claim, and my father never said anything about this agreement. I want to be fair — and if the repairman is actually owed something for his work, he should be paid — but due to the age of the claim and the lack of any paperwork, I have no way of determining whether it is valid. Are maritime liens subject to a statute of limitations? What can I do about this?
Statutes of limitation establish a deadline for pursuing legal action to enforce a claim. For example, in California, a lawsuit for breach of a written contract must be filed within four years, and a suit for breach of a verbal contract must be filed within two years.
These statutes exist to prevent a scenario such as our reader has described. Memories fade and supporting documentation disappears over time — and when people face a deadline for initiating legal action, they are more likely to resolve conflicts while the facts are still fresh in everyone's mind.
Unfortunately, most maritime liens are not subject to any statute of limitations. This may seem odd, but we need to remember that recreational boating operates under a legal framework that was designed for commercial shipping and international trade.
Maritime liens are not treated uniformly around the world, but generally speaking, a maritime lien against a container ship may be enforced anywhere in the world. A statute that requires a lawsuit to be filed within a certain period of time may be enacted by a particular country, but unless it is a part of an international treaty, it will have little or no effect in other countries.
So, there is no statute of limitations that will help our reader in the scenario described here. But there is another tool that is part of the general maritime law of most countries.
"General maritime law" is a collection of maritime legal precedents that are handed down by courts over many years, and these precedents are often observed internationally –even where no statute or treaty would be relevant to a particular case.
In this case, we can look to general maritime law for the legal principle known as "laches." The laches principle basically says that if you sit on your rights for a long period of time, and as a consequence of that passage of time other people are somehow harmed by your failure to act, you may lose those rights.
In this country, courts typically start a laches analysis by looking at the statute of limitations that would have applied in a non-maritime case, and then they look at the question of whether a party was prejudiced by the passage of time.
Laches may seem to be a rather vague principle, but it does provide incentive for a lien claimant to move things along — and it is very relevant to our reader's case. Here, the repairman claims to have entered into a verbal agreement with a boat owner who has passed away, and he has no documentation or paperwork to support his claim. The passage of time has prejudiced the boat owner's heirs, because they are unable to obtain any testimony or track down any paperwork that might contradict the repairman's claim.
Notably, in this case, a comparison to the relevant statute of limitations in California would not offer much guidance.
The agreement alleged by the repairman called for payment upon sale of the boat, and the boat had not yet sold. He could therefore argue that there was no breach of the agreement, and therefore the clock on the statute of limitations had not yet started to run. But the uncertainty of that provision of the agreement, coupled with the effect that the passage of 20 years had on the ability of both parties to present a case, would point to an effective laches defense, in this case.
In the end, a case like this is probably best handled through a compromise. The costs associated with litigating a case like this will be substantial — and, in the end, those costs would likely exceed the amount of the claim. Regardless, both sides should consult with a qualified maritime attorney before taking this any further.


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Organizations have a readily observable culture. I was once interviewing for a position with a large successful practice. As soon as I walked in, I knew I didn't want to work there. It was extremely quiet. I didn't see another person as I walked to the waiting area. It was decorated like an old-school men's club with deep leather sofas and chairs. My feet didn't reach the floor if I sat back in the seat of the chair. I could tell it wasn't the kind of place that would have the right energy for me. Just as it does when you visit a foreign nation, culture shows up in lots of places in an organization; from the greetings, customs, furniture, dress code, social atmosphere to the comfort foods.
In our work, we often ask focus groups of employees to describe their workplace organization as if it were a person. Participants usually have no trouble coming up with adjectives and there is typically high agreement. Often the culture can be traced back to the style and values of the senior leaders. But everyone who is part of a culture has influence. When it comes to culture, we are shaped by it but also participate in creating and maintaining it. Here are a few (highly stereotyped!) examples of the kind of cultures we see out there.
Sugar & Spice and Everything Nice
People are overwhelmingly positive. No one ever disagrees and no one can remember anyone ever getting fired, though people who don't fit in seem to disappear. There are often no performance reviews, because (though no one would admit it) performance doesn't matter. People describe their co-workers as family. Like a dysfunctional family, however, there can be lots of passive aggressiveness, favoritism and gossip. If you dare to challenge anyone in this kind of setting, you will be perceived as mean-spirited. People will be very friendly and smiley but talk about you behind your back.
Hard-Driving Manly Men
Competition is the game. Winning is the goal. Employees brag about their "numbers" and how many hours they put in. No one stays home sick, EVER. On vacation these guys play war games or summit K2. (Everest is for tourists.) Even the women can do lots of pull-ups. You can bet that 10% of the workforce will be fired every year — just to keep people on their toes. If you are mellow and laid back in this kind of place, you will get run over on your way to the bathroom.
The City Morgue
The quiet descends over you like a down quilt. All communication occurs in emails. People whisper if they speak at all. Someone can be missing for weeks and no one notices. People tiptoe in and out. They eat their brown-bag lunches at their desks. One wouldn't dare pack carrots or apples because the crunch would draw attention to them. No one is sure what the CEO looks like. The last time they heard him or her speak was September 11, 2001 when an announcement was made that everyone should quietly leave the building in order to go home and watch TV. If you stay too long, your tongue may atrophy.
Of course, these are exaggerations. Clearly we wouldn't want to work in these kinds of settings. None of them would bring out the best in their employees. But what kind of an organizational culture is good for employees? And importantly, how does it affect the success of the organization?
Here are some practices that contribute to building a healthy, productive culture:
- Communication is open and transparent.
- Your perspective matters and you are expected to speak up.
- You are encouraged to develop to your full potential.
- You know where you stand because you get meaningful, regular performance reviews.
- If you have a weakness, you will get the support that you need to address it.
- Your work has meaning and purpose, because you see how it contributes to the success of the organization.
How does your work culture rate? How do you fit into the culture of your organization? Is it a good match?
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John Christianson says:
I totally agree and have found that all the hard work on strategic direction can be wiped out by one bad culture day or week. Thanks for sharing and I look forward to your other posts. John
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Annie Lennox has been named the most played Scottish act of the century.
The former Eurythmics star fought off competition from Texas frontwoman Sharleen Spiteri, who came second in the rundown based on data obtained by officials at music licensing company PPL.
Lennox says, "I'm astonished to learn that I'm the most played Scottish musical artist of the century. If I'd had any idea that this would be the case when I headed for London over 40 years ago, it might have smoothed over some of the rougher patches of the journey!
"I am hugely proud of my roots and the country's impressive musical legacy, so it is a huge honour for me to be recognised, and feel that I have in some way been part of that contribution! My congratulations go to all my fellow countrymen and women featured."
KT Tunstall is in third place, while Dire Straits star Mark Knopfler, who was born in Scotland, is at four and pop group Wet Wet Wet round out the top five.
Calvin Harris, Paolo Nutini, The Fratellis, Franz Ferdinand and Primal Scream make up the rest of the top 10.


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Lea Michele: circus freak? Maybe! Rumor has it that the Broadway alum and Glee star is in talks to join the fourth season of Ryan Murphy's other mega-hit: American Horror Story: Freak Show. The Broadway.com Audience Choice Award winner would join Matt Bomer, as well as Great White Way vets Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Patti LaBelle and more. The Gleeful addition appears to be mere speculation from Christian Today, but we of course leapt at the opportunity to cast her as a freak (with love). We warn you now: some of these marvels are not for the faint of heart, and detail the harrowing accounts of how some of these so-called freaks were mistreated and gawked at. But if you saw New Year's Eve, you're probably used to grotesque atrocities.
Lea Michele, the Half Human/Half Goat
It'd be especially amazing if both halves were named Lea Michele, and she shared the part with our favorite animal on the Groff family farm. And maybe, just maybe, the Lea/Lea hybrid gives birth to twins at some point. Hey, weirder stuff has happened on the show before.
Lea Michele, the Fanny Brice Medium
On the first season of American Horror Story, Sarah Paulson played Billie Dean Howard, a medium who Zachary Quinto's character deemed the "Lee Press-On Nails Psychic." A similar character would certainly fit in this season. Perhaps a clairvoyant who channels the late Fanny Brice? It'd be a win-win for both Michele and Murphy.
Lea Michele, the Monkey
With each hour passing by, we're that much closer to Bollywood Superstar Monkey, the Dreamworks animated musical starring Lea Michele as a monkey named Pinki. The project is slated for a 2017 release, but AHS: Freak Show could be the perfect vehicle for her to prove her primate abilities prior to the feature film. Michele could draw inspiration from the 1964 film The Ape Woman.
Lea Michele, the 161-Year-Old Woman
On Broadway, she's only played adolescents (Young Cosette in Les Miz, the Little Girl in Ragtime, Shprintze in Fiddler, and of course, Wendla in Spring Awakening). On Glee, she has become a tween icon. It's about time she went for a mature role. Why not go all the way and play a 161-year-old, a la 19th century act Joice Heth? That's roughly the age Wendla would be today!
Lea Michele, 586 Lbs of Feminine Charm
In the 1950s, Ella "Mills" Milbauer toured with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, billed as "586 Pounds of Feminine Charm." If Michele is willing to down a few more lunch trays of fettuccine Alfredo, we'd love to see her pay homage to Ms. Milbauer. And she'd probably have a killer moment in the season finale, because, you know, it's not over until the fat lady sings "Don't Rain on My Parade."


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New App From Google Ventures-Backed Startup Enables Lowest Cost Transactions, Multiple Wireless Devices on a Single Account
New App From Google Ventures-Backed Startup Enables Lowest Cost Transactions, Multiple Wireless Devices on a Single Account
DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - May 11, 2011) - Corduro, the only company to provide mobile payments on a global scale, today announced its new app for iPhone and Android devices. For the first time, sole proprietors, charities or retail establishments can leverage reader-free card payments via smartphone and tablet devices at a sharply lower cost and enjoy a host of social integrations that turn recurring payments into long term relationships. The app is also an ewallet that facilitates easy and quick payments to any individual or business on the Corduro network.
"Our goal is to allow customers and donors to make payments in the most convenient way possible for them -- whether that is credit, debit, check, e-check or cash -- and to allow merchants and charities to accept and process these payments in the most cost effective and advantageous way for them," said Robert Zeigler, CEO of Corduro. "This is the only mobile payment app that makes taking and making any payment, anywhere in the world simple and less expensive than it's ever been."
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"For most businesses today, 'payments' is more than just accepting and processing credit cards. It's about managing and building a complete relationship, today and in the future, with customers," said Joe Kraus, partner, Google Ventures. "Corduro takes an innovative approach to the whole payments challenge by providing an end-to-end solution for mobile transactions making it seamless and easy for businesses to transact with customers anywhere in the world."
The easiest, most complete payment systemThe Corduro mobile app is free, simple to use, and secure. The app can process payments via credit or debit card, e-check, or PayPal, and the funds are deposited directly to an organization's account. For the first time, multiple devices can be authorized to collect and contribute funds or sales to a single account providing the greatest flexibility and scalability as needed. As an added benefit, Corduro's innovative optimized payment network means more money stays with merchant or non-profit account holders.
Corduro also provides customer relationship management platform for all its user clients as well as free shopping carts services and Helpdesk support. There are no limits on transaction amounts and all funds are immediately available in user accounts. Corduro is also the only mobile payment company that can accept payments anywhere in the world, in any currency.
Charitable giving a priority, now even easierReflecting its founder's interest in supporting non-profit organizations, a separate section of the app is specifically designed to help non-profit and charity organizations easily and quickly drive fundraising and awareness campaigns. Users can select specific organizations they'd like to support and immediately make a cash donation to that group and then share that support with their social network. The app also lets nonprofits and other organizations mobilize their volunteers in a whole new way. Users can share their passions by inviting others to register with Corduro and join the charitable groups that they support.
"It's a powerful tool," says Jared Paul, founder and executive director of A Good Idea (www.agoodideasf.org). "When you're running a nonprofit, you need two things -- volunteers and money. The Corduro app lets our current volunteer base spread the word and also introduces our organization to other users, so we can continually expand our network and connect people in need with people who want to help."
Corduro will debut its new smart phone application at the Finovate 2011 Spring Conference in San Francisco, CA, on Wednesday, May 11, 2011. The company has partnered with A Good Idea to demonstrate the mobile app's capabilities through a crowd-sourcing event designed to recruit new supporters and raise funds for the nonprofit group. Corduro will also launch its new website, MobilizeYourArmy.com, to introduce the mobile application to a nationwide consumer audience.
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Microsoft's investment in India has soared in recent years, with billions of dollars flowing into India to support the development of the Microsoft India Development Center (MSIDC) in Hyderabad. Microsoft launched the MSIDC in 1998, and it has quickly grown to become one of the largest product development and research hubs for Microsoft in the world, and now employs more than 1500 employees. According to a page about the 54-acre Hyderabad campus on the MSIDC website, the MSIDC has "has contributed to the filing of 220 patents by Microsoft Corp in the last four years and also received the Top Innovator Award from Dataquest in 2006. MSIDC is now building deep missions in each of its 20 plus focus areas which span across all six Microsoft businesses."
Microsoft isn't alone in investing heavily in India, as blue chip America tech firms like Cisco, VMware, and Intel have opened development offices there as well. India boasts a highly-educated workforce, competitive labor costs, and a robust national economy that seems to be weathering the current global economic slump better than many other countries. India's annual GDP growth has been roughly double that of the U.S. for several years, and many experts predict that India will become an increasingly lucrative market for U.S. technology firms eager to sell their wares into a booming economy.
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Key features of CART-CL would include:
In 2003, CART-CL was piloted in a handful of VA cardiac catheterization laboratories, and was subsequently adopted by the Under Secretary of Health and the National Leadership Board. However, challenges remained, such as coordinating efforts among several organizational participants, including Information Resource Management and Cardiology.
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Following early success and strong endorsement of participating sites, CART was mandated by a VA National Directive (2005-062), spearheaded by Dr. Robert Jesse, who is now the VA Principal Deputy Undersecretary for Health. By the end of 2009, CART-CL had been successfully installed in all 77 VA cardiac catheterization labs. As of September 2010, more than 2,500 VA clinicians had used CART to enter more than 200,000 reports, encompassing pre-procedural, diagnostic catheterization procedure, and percutaneous coronary intervention reports, on more than 125,000 VA patients.
In April 2009, CART was designated as a National Program by VA Patient Care Services. Additional resources have been provided to support new CART module developments and analytics, such as: CART modules for peripheral cardiovascular interventions (CART-Peripheral), electrophysiology (CART-EP), and in-hospital cardiac arrest (CART-CPR). There is strong interest by VA leadership in expanding CART beyond cardiovascular diseases/procedures.
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In parallel with the development and implementation of the CART clinical application, the CART national Quality Program has been developed. The data in CART are fed back to sites on a monthly basis in the form of local Quality Assurance Reports. In addition, reports on workload and complication rates, along with VA national benchmarks, are fed back to sites bi-annually, and a national data report is generated for the CART system annually. Also, major adverse events (e.g. death, stroke, emergent coronary artery bypass surgery) are reviewed by the national CART Quality Management Committee, as a complement to local peer review. Quality of care collaboration also is promoted via the CART Network, as well as web and e-mail communication. Moreover, VA held a national quality conference on catheterization laboratories in 2009 that was primarily focused on the CART Program, which included training workshops and led to national ongoing efforts (i.e., VA cath lab nurse managers group).
In FY08, VHA finalized a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to enable the use of CART-CL for the surveillance of potential safety problems related to cardiac devices. This collaboration established CART-CL as a sentinel patient safety network and contributed significantly to active post-market surveillance. Most importantly, it may improve patient safety through enhanced communications and provider understanding of reportable events.
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The CART national data repository, combined with other VA data sources, such as the Austin Automation Center, stand as a rich resource for VA health services and quality of care research. The CART Research and Publications process, in collaboration with IHD-QUERI, is now active. It is expected that this will lead to key insights on care delivery and patient outcomes for Veterans undergoing cardiac procedures, and make significant contributions to the medical literature. It also is intended as a model linking discovery and implementation, whereby insights from research related to CART or utilizing the CART network of sites can directly inform the quality improvement efforts of IHD-QUERI, VA Patient Care Services, and other stakeholders.
CART represents a successful clinical application development, national implementation effort, and linked national quality program for the VA. Its success reflects the collaborative synergy of VA clinical, quality of care, operational, and health information technology experts working together on the program. Also essential to its success is the clinical utility of the program–embedded in workflow at the point-of-care and not requiring additional personnel for data capture, yet capturing essential data needed to inform local and national quality reporting and improvement efforts.
The CART model reflects VA's ability to lead the Nation in innovative health information technology and quality of care, meaningfully improving patient safety and outcomes.
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Alright, welcome to my Wujitsu guide for the AP Loving.
Now I know what most of you are thinking; AP Yi? WTF? He should have Infinity Edge and Phantom Dancers, not Lich Bane and Rabadons!?
Now hear me out; at first, this build was just for the lols; it followed suite of a few other unusual builds ive seen, namely the AP Warwick build, the DPS Lux, the AP Alistar, and the AP Sion
It was all good and fun while gaming with a random AP build on what seemed like a DPS char...
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Ap Master Yi, topping 600 AP+, with Alpha Strike hitting for over 800 per target; I could heal over 2k HP in 5 seconds, with an amazing 300 armor/magic resist that made me the perfect (and somewhat unusual, if not unexpected) tank in team battles
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Pros / Cons
- This build is VERY unexpected; vs most tanks, they'll be stacking armor before they notice you're dealing magic damage
- Your alpha strike deals 800+ Dmg per target, making you extremely powerful as a team battle initiator by taking a big chunk out of everyone's hp at the start
- Your Meditate heals way more then ANY team can dish out, along with 300 Armor/Resistance; this means after you alpha strike in they'll target you, but you can just meditate for 5 seconds and tank it all, giving enough time for Alpha strike to cooldown (30% Cooldown reduction)
- Mana will NEVER be a problem since your regen is peaking 50 per 5 sec; thats 10 mana per second!
- Chasing you into the jungle is lethal to enemies if they think you're on low health; Meditate and PEWPEW you're at max health already. It just takes 5 seconds.
- Each spell you use will give your attack AP damage boost (due to Lich Bane)
- This means you're very out of luck while your spells are all on cooldown
- You're squishy. I won't lie; if you dont have Meditate at the ready, you're pretty much Cat Food.
I used my standard AP Rune build for Mana based chars:
Quints for HP
Seals for Regen
Glyphs for AP
Marks for Magic Pen
Why magic pen? 2 reasons:
1) Your Alpha Strike is a MAGIC dealing attack - Only makes sense to up that right?
2) With Lich Bane, the bonus AP dmg boost is MAGIC damage as well
The AP Glyphs are self explanatory. Quints help boost your HP by almost 100, and that with the Doran's Ring you should be starting with it will be an amazing 200 HP almost. The 4 Mana per 5 sec regen stacked with the Seals regen of 2.79 or so will be more then enough early game.
Summoner Spells
The usual Yi spells, ironically enough: Ghost to catch up and run away (stacked with Highlander is amazing) and Exhaust to slow / finish enemies that are getting away
Dorans Ring - Great starting item, provides AP, mana regen, and some HP
Rabadons - Self explanatory; 155 AP +30% of total AP
Lich Bane - deals AP damage after every spell
Archangel's Staff - Mana goes into AP
Nashors Tooth - 15% Cooldown, +55 AP. And the attack speed bonus is always good
Ionian Boots - 15% cooldown, great! + the movement speed. This CAN be replaced with Mercury treads if the enemy is high on CC
And if the game is dragging on really long, replace the Doran with Void Staff for Magic Pen and more AP, or Abyssal if they have a lot of AP damage heroes
I usually start Dorans Ring, get 1 pot, lane till i can get boots, followed by sheen (later builds into lich bane) get Fiendish Codex (builds nashors), finish Lich Bane, build for Rabadons, build Archangels, finish Nashors, etc.
The build is really actually situational, whatever works best for the team.
Skill Sequence
For the spell sequence, I generally start 1 point into Alpha strike (farming and harass reasons) then try to max meditate asap. This allows you to start that surprise tanking tactic almost instantly, and flash heal on the spot which keeps you in lane longer and more importantly, can save you're ***. Wuju style is not high on my priority list, as you're stacking AP damage, not DP.
All in all, this build was fun to expiriment with. The best I've gotten with it so far is 20/2/3
No, I don't have a screenshot, so I can't actually prove it, but I guess you'll just have to take my word.
Quick reminder; Meditate is a CHANNELING spell, meaning stuns will cancel it, so make sure to go Mercury treads instead of Ionian boots if the enemy is high on CC, and wait until AFTER the stuns to meditate.
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The Church announced in July 2011 it would open its archives, which date back to the end of World War II, to shed light on abuse claims, tasking the northern Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony to analyse evidence.
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Bishop Stephan Ackermann, appointed to handle issues surrounding claims of sexual abuse of minors, said they had been forced to terminate their contract with the institute "for an important reason with immediate effect".
"Trust is indispensable however for such an extensive and sensitive project," he said in the Bishops' Conference written statement.
But institute director Christian Pfeiffer told ZDF public television that church officials had wanted to approve their work before publication, which was "unacceptable".
Although cooperation in the initial months had been good, he said resistance started to appear in one diocese. "From there it was demanded that we bow to stricter wishes for control by the Church," he lamented.
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Since early 2010 and in common with other countries, Germany has been hit by revelations that hundreds of children were physically and sexually abused in institutions run by the Catholic Church.
Less than two years ago, the Church said it would open its complete archives from nine of its dioceses and release a cross-section of documents from the other 18 dioceses dating back to 2000 to researchers.
The row led Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger to weigh in.
"The accusation that censorship and desires for control hampered an independent accounting of the past should be quickly addressed once and for all by the chairman of the Bishops' Conference," she told Thursday's daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
Discussions will take place in the coming weeks to try to find a new partner in the research, the bishops said.
"The German Bishops' Conference is however still convinced of the need for a criminological investigation of sexual abuse of minors within the Church," the statement added.
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Rev. Thomas Jackson and Rev. Marvin Jackson will officiate the funeral service, 12:00 PM on Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at McCalla Memorial Funeral Home with burial following at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 11:00 AM to the service time. The family would like to express their profound gratitude to Dr. Ira Gore (who loved calling her The Tax Lady) and his staff at the Bruno's Cancer Center.
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A man in an orange vest with the words "I Can Help You Walk and Text" is strolling down a busy New York street. Another man in a plaid shirt clinging to a leash attached to said vest. Plaid shirt man is busy, phone in hand, texting or looking at websites or tweeting or whatever else it is people do when walking from one place to another. He's being led, with the vested-man ensuring a safe pathway.
It's startling—at first—but almost familiar in a way. Like, oh, I could see this actually becoming a real thing.
Sadly, in today's smartphone-obsessed world, this imagined public service is the kind of progress we as humans are headed towards. Because we can't simply walk, eyes forward, coffee grasped tight. We have to be connected, eyes locked on screen, through tiny pocket computers, unconcerned with possible hazards of city sidewalks. Or, for that matter, mall fountains.
This video isn't a real thing, and in fact it's meant as a big joke. But how long before something like this is taken seriously, and the Wall Street suits are requesting an Uber for texting? Probably not long, thanks to ImprovEverywhere's video. Or maybe Google Glass will change all that once it becomes available to the public.


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DAVACO Offers Outsourcing Solutions for Retail ClientsBrands Streamline Operating Costs and Resources with Retail Services Provider
Dallas, TX (November 19, 2008) – DAVACO, Inc. (www.davacoinc.com), the national leading provider of retail services, recently announced that the company's retail clients continue to outsource in-store programs as a way to gain valuable savings and efficiencies in the management and execution of high-volume store and restaurant programs.
"Given the current economic challenges, it is even more important for retailers to find ways to be smarter and more efficient in their operations," said Rick Davis, CEO, DAVACO. "Outsourcing retail services can be a very effective approach to addressing a shortage of internal resources or accelerated timeframes. By selecting a partner with retail expertise and proven success, retailers can easily execute fleet-wide programs that require consistency from location to location.
Outsourcing programs allow retailers to benefit in a variety of ways especially as it relates to human resources and the management of fluctuating workloads. "DAVACO can help retailers ramp-up retail expertise that may be needed for a transitional or short-term program," said Davis. "Or, in some cases, the internal resources are already in place, but they simply don't have the time or the expertise to manage another program. By partnering with DAVACO, a retailer can move forward on additional programs without compromising the focus of ongoing initiatives."
National retail brands that utilize outsourced providers like DAVACO also benefit with greater speed-to-market since an experienced team is readily available to assess the program requirements and can quickly develop an implementation plan. In addition, at DAVACO, a qualified and dedicated team is assigned to each program based on their specific area of expertise so that "best practices" can be shared.
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DAVACO, the national leading provider of retail services, specializes in the quality management and execution of high-volume rollouts, retrofits, resets, in-store merchandising, shop-in-shops and associated logistics and consolidation. DAVACO offers a comprehensive range of services that helps retailers maximize brand presence and profitability at retail. Services include: ▪ Rollouts, retrofits, resets and remodels ▪ Fixture and graphics installations ▪ Project services ▪ Project management ▪ Hard- and soft-line merchandising ▪ Site and marketing surveys ▪ Logistics and consolidation ▪ Design services ▪ Special initiatives. Founded in 1990, the company is based in Dallas, Texas, with over 700 employees across the country. For more information, visit www.davacoinc.com.
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The CW's Arrow Uprising TV Show Review. Arrow: Season 3, Episode 12: 'Uprising,' wrapped up the Starling City power vacuum arc, but not in an entirely satisfactory manner.
What did satisfy, was seeing Tatsu (Rila Fukushima) hold off resorting to source character, just yet. Seeing Ted Grant (J.R. Ramirez) take on his alter-ego (for what it was worth), while finally addressing Laurel's (Katie Cassidy). Brick (Vinnie Jones) stayed true to form (leaving another character to cop-out), and it was nice to see Sin (Bex Taylor-Klaus) back to taking swings (even if her reappearance was a bit abrupt). It was also encouraging to see Oliver (Stephen Amell) work his way back to Starling City, in a manner that could have played separately to the city's timeline. His recovery time could have been flashbacks to the missing weeks, before the mid-season resumption. The official flashback story, for the episode, was assigned to someone else. The start to Malcolm Merlyn's (John Barrowman) journey, from Tommy's (Arien Boey) mild-mannered dad, to master assassin, got the spotlight. It was a nice diversion, but magicians tend to get things past us, once we're distracted.
The problem (oddly enough, cued by those Merlyn flashbacks) came from something of a hijacking, to the arc-in-progress, that only one character seemed to be wise to, and came with the attempted rationalization of Merlyn's misdeeds – including his attempt to destroy the Glades as an effort to help it. Yes, that was a thing the episode actually did. No, the head scratching didn't stop there.
Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne) had no trouble seeing through Roy's (Colton Haynes) Arsenal disguise, but still hasn't figured that The Arrow is Oliver Queen – the guy that dated both his daughters. This has been something of an original sin matter – for Arrow, and I guess any other example of the genre – going back to episode one. I imagine a lot of people have suffered through various types of suppressed… issues, in order to suspend disbelief. To throw that peek-a-boo-I-see-you-Roy scene at us: not constructive.
Did Laurel have a huge blind spot, that Sin fell into, or did she really not consider her sister's virtual side-kick a major spoiler threat, to her keep-daddy-in-the-dark campaign?
The maker moment, to Merlyn's flashback story, was also its low point. Yes, we already knew that Merlyn did the deed; yes, it was clear that he was well out of his depth, in the attempt, and he had to be made painfully aware of that; but what street-wise hoodlum walks away from a yuppie that just drew on him – at least, without the gun? On a more personal note: the presentation of child Nyssa al Ghul (Taylor Dianne Robinson) suggested no immortality to the show's League mythology (Merlyn's older than she is – canonically, it would be well the other way around). Deflates the Demon, some.
I'm pretty sure I've seen the rival crowd merge before – and I don't mean the season two finale, again <*cough* Dark Knight Rises *cough*>. It also seemed to have the same problem. For all the guns, on Brick's side, and his talk of there being a drop in the Glades population, coming from the confrontation, there really wasn't any shooting. Not to say that I felt let down, by a mostly bloodless free-for-all (I was, but I'm not saying), it just came across as too choreographed – no one bothering to bother Laurel, tending to one of her own, and all. Maybe that was the reason I found The Arrow's grand gesture a bit on the curdled milk solid side, and rejected the neat, wholesome capping, to Merlyn's redemption.
Further undermining the redemption resolution: Thea (Willa Holland) not so much as blinking at the fact that both Ollie & The Arrow made their triumphant returns, that very night. Of course, one thread, sidelined for the moment, was Merlyn's hypnosis of Thea; so maybe she won't be blinking at all that much, anyways. I also thought it odd that Thea hadn't made the connection, between standing up to the League, and having to actually kill people. Seemed to be the core of her curriculum. A simple "Brick did it" might've also made it clear to her, as to why Merlyn couldn't take his reactivated blood-feud to the police; but: script.
Still, the episode did have one character not slaved to the plot. Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) had gone from the sound of one loon, howling at the moon, to the only one making any sense. Her rejection of the Merlyn mandate kept the wind to her back, for the duration of the episode; but it was where that rabid rabbit led her, down the plot hole, that made the episode about as much Felicity's uprising, as it did the people of the Glades. Felicity finally saw the Oliver curse for what it is.
What started out as an encouraging expansion, to a plotline that needed time to play out, ended in kind of a rush. The real problem, however, wasn't in the effort to wrap up the villain-of-the-week exception, or get Oliver back into the swing of things, but the clear haste with which the showrunners want to incorporate Malcolm Merlyn, somehow. The writing has been on the wall, so the inevitable human interest story, of the Magician, could have been left to a stand-alone episode, at any given point. As the sub-plot to 'Uprising,' however, the starter rush to redemption made for something of a photobomb finish.
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CORAL SPRINGS — Not completely satisfied after the improvements they have made to the city`s animal shelter, a Coral Springs couple would like to build the city a new facility for stray animals.
Robert and Barbara Gordon`s goal is to persuade city officials to provide the land for a shelter to replace the existing building, a 9-year-old concrete block structure located in the city`s industrial park.
The Gordons say the current shelter, operated by the Police Department and two of itsofficers, has become one of the city`s forgotten possessions. They say it even took them weeks to obtain permission to donate food and treats for the dogs.
``For years the city has had a pound, but some people have been unaware of it. It`s been out of sight and out of mind,`` Robert Gordon said of the Northwest 121st Avenue shelter.
When the couple first became involved with the shelter earlier this year, they found a building with excessive heat and no room for the animals to roam without wandering off the premises, they said.
In recent months, with a little help from employees of Robert Gordon`s nearby plastic card company, the Gordons have painted the building, installed two fans to keep the dogs cooler and built a fenced-in exercise area for the animals.
``Somebody had a good thought behind the shelter, but nobody followed through,`` Barbara Gordon said. ``We feel some good can come out of it.``
Employees of the card company have been making $5 contributions each month to keep an office storeroom filled with canned dog food, which is distributed when needed. Others have wielded paint brushes and pushed lawn mowers in an effort to spruce up the shelter.


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then say that we're going to deny them health benefits. That's not right.
Unless it is an emergency life or death situation, illegal immigrants should not get health benefits. Many legal citizens don't have health benefits, and aren't able to take advantage of government programs for some low income people. Legal citizens should not have to pay taxes for illegal immigrants to get services that they can't even get.


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Often we question ourselves – what do we travel for? And the next thing we get to see is a fiery sunset overlooking the Indian Ocean- from a rocky clifftop – surely the stuff of dreams. Thus, getting the answer to our question 😉
Well, we chose the perfect time (as we liked to believe) to catch the sunset from Howrah Bridge in Laxmanpur, Neil Island and spend an evening we would remember for a long long time… And all I can say is sure… we would… and we would also not forget the adventure (read trouble) we put ourselves through by choosing the wrong time to be there at the Laxmanpur Beach.
The beach is perfect for bumming around during the low tides as you can photograph the rocky formations spread across the area well at that time. However, as they say, "life is a great adventure or nothing". The end result was rather fulfilling for us! Watching a dazzling sunset at the natural coral reef bridge was an extremely sensory experience. As the sun set, we witnessed the entire landscape bathed in the incandescent harmony of tangerine, burgundy, and blues. We will remember that moment for many years to come.
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- A guide will explain and show different varieties of sea creatures including sea cucumber, starfish, and small crabs. All this for a small price of 100INR | 1.5USD
- Try and visit the bridge only during low tides to enjoy the cool breeze of the stunning sea and lush forests around.
- The access to this bridge is through cut forest passage. Be extremely careful while walking on the muddy and rocky areas!
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Again the Expelled travesty gets some publicity, although the producers have won against an misconceived challenge to copyright infringement. They still have to answer the inaccuracies and misquotes in the body of the documentary and the plain false claims about Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection bringing about the NAZI's Eugenics Movement which had been established in the UK and the US prior to German participation. Further, it was established by Christians as the NAZI's were. Of course there were notable exceptions thank goodness.
Such lies coming for self proclaimed Christians is breaking the Law, Thou Shall Not Bare False Witness. One Law conveniently ignored by those same publishers of the "Expelled" movie.
Accepting the Truth from Science and Religion is essential to all and sundry of this world, and falsely claiming Science is wrong when the evidence points to the truth of Science will make all who make such claims seem ignorant and make the rest of us seem intelligent.
Understanding the errors in the Scriptures and the Truth of Science and Scripture is a major study by us all.
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Sports Complex in Newport County Nearing Completion
Tiverton, RI's new 187,000 square foot family and sports center, next to Route 24 in the Tiverton Industrial Park, is nearing completion. The facility, known as Longplex Family Fitness & Sports Center, is 80% complete with all site work done and steel fully erected. "We are just working on the interior now," says Jim Long... read more »