text: « Return to Search Dr. Joseph Ciolino of Mass. Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School Receives Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award July 25, 2012 Contact: Public Affairs 617-573-3341 Boston (July 25, 2012) — The Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Harvard Medical school has been granted a $250,000 Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Career Development Award to support the work of Mass. Eye and Ear ophthalmologist Dr. Joseph Ciolino. Dr. Ciolino obtained his medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine, and completed an Internal Medicine internship at Brown University and his ophthalmology residency at Albany Medical College, where he served as Chief Resident in his final year. He completed a fellowship in the Cornea, Refractive Surgery and External Disease Service at Mass. Eye and Ear, where he received the nationally recognized Claes Dohlman Fellowship Award. Following his fellowship, Dr. Ciolino joined Harvard Medical School's full time faculty at Mass. Eye and Ear. His clinical focus is in corneal transplants, keratoprosthesis and diseases of the anterior segment of the eye. Dr. Ciolino's research interests include translational projects such as keratoprosthesis and ocular drug delivery. He has been working with collaborators at Children's Hospital Boston and MIT on developing a drug-eluting contact lens which has been covered by international news services including CNN, Reuters News Service, and Scientific American. The RPB Career Development Award Fund was established in 1990 to attract young physicians and basic scientists to eye research. To date, the program has recruited 164 vision scientists to research positions in departments of ophthalmology at universities across the country. About Mass. Eye and Ear Mass. Eye and Ear clinicians and scientists are driven by a mission to find cures for blindness, deafness and diseases of the head and neck. After uniting with Schepens Eye Research Institute in 2011, Mass. Eye and Ear in Boston became the world's largest vision and hearing research center, offering hope and healing to patients everywhere through discovery and innovation. Mass. Eye and Ear is a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital and trains future medical leaders in ophthalmology and otolaryngology, through residency as well as clinical and research fellowships. Internationally acclaimed since its founding in 1824, Mass. Eye and Ear employs full-time, board-certified physicians who offer high-quality and affordable specialty care that ranges from the routine to the very complex. U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals Survey" has consistently ranked the Mass. Eye and Ear Departments of Otolaryngology and Ophthalmology as top five in the nation. For more information about life-changing care and research, or to learn how you can help, please visitMassEyeAndEar.org. RPB is the world's leading voluntary organization supporting eye research. Since it was founded in 1960, RPB has channeled hundreds of millions of dollars to medical institutions for research into the causes, treatment and prevention of blinding diseases. For more information about RPB, RPB-funded eye research, eye disorders and the RPB grants program, visitwww.rpbusa.org.


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You now know enough to be able to create new classes of window which can display arbitrary graphics, but to be able to create interactive windows you need to be able to receive events. The CAPI supports this through the use of an input model, which is a mapping of events to the callbacks that should be run when they occur.
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Figure 10.3 An interactive output pane
The input model above seems quite complicated, but it is just a list of event to callback mappings, where each one of these mappings is a list containing an event specification and a callback. An event specification is also a list containing keywords specifying the type of event required. See the manual page for
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6 keys to a Romney revival
Mitt Romney had the best political performance of his career last week in Denver, but his debate victory over President Barack Obama still leaves him with a big and not-easy question: Now what?
Republicans, not to mention many in the media, are gleeful that Romney has enlivened a campaign that was losing drama last month as Obama appeared to be solidifying his lead in the race. But for Romney's post-debate momentum to be meaningful — in other words, for him genuinely to alter the basic trajectory of the race — would require a string of other things to happen in rapid succession over coming days.
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There are a half-dozen things that could happen — at least several of them would need to happen — for a potential Romney upset to be more than just GOP wishful thinking:
( Also on POLITICO: 2012 presidential debate schedule)
Romney must show that Denver wasn't a fluke
There is obviously no chance of Romney surprising Obama and the national press corps at the next debate the way he did at the first one. But, even before the two candidates meet again at Hofstra University on Oct. 16, Romney must demonstrate to voters that his Denver performance reflected the true measure of the man — in other words, that he is a sharper, more coherent candidate than the caricature of him has indicated, and that the weaknesses he exposed in Obama — a flaccid defense of his record, and a defensive and desultory tone — can't all be chalked up to a single bad outing on stage.
Obama has already told people in his circle how displeased he was with his own, barely-there performance, and he will likely be better at the next one. A strong Obama debate performance, especially if contrasted against a merely adequate one by Romney, would bring the race closer to where it was before the president's sleepwalking in Denver.
Romney, meanwhile, will be judged by higher expectations. He must continue to show not simply that he's a credible alternative, but that he can point to the door marked "forward," as Republican strategist (and former Romney adviser) Alex Castellanos has long put it.
( PHOTOS: 10 great debate moments)
Romney is once again taking his debate prep very seriously. What's more, he's been road-testing a more emotive, connected side of himself at rallies since the debate. This has the added benefit of allowing practice for the town hall-style venue at Hofstra — a format that puts attention as much on how candidates interact with people as it does on substance.
Given Romney's discipline and recent experience, a clear Obama victory is probably unlikely. But a clear Obama loss would invite perceptions of a downward spiral of the incumbent's strength and vastly increase the odds of a Romney presidency.
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My advice? Lose the GL and harness and teach your dog to walk correctly on leash.
pitbullmamaliz wrote:I agree with both of the above, but I still bought a Sporn Training Halter for Inara! The prong worked, but I HATED the way it looked on her. And size-wise, she's a medium. She's just a pup though, so she hasn't filled out. My foster Ralphie, AKA Mr. Chubby Pants, is a large. Just take your dog with you - most have sizing charts.
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My advice? Lose the GL and harness and teach your dog to walk correctly on leash.
mnp13 wrote:Excuse me. You asked about harness advice, I gave harness advice. The cons of a harness are that you need a harness.
Yes, I have used one, 7 years ago. I don't use one anymore, because I don't need one. Perhaps that is why I said that you shouldn't use one? Because I am speaking from experience? The best thing you can do for your dog is teach it to obey you - without the use of control devices. If you rely on those control devices you are SOL the day you don't have one.
You said in your first post that you use a gentle leader, so is would seem quite obvious to me that your dog does not walk correctly on a regular collar or why would you use a head control collar?
When exactly did I talke to you "like an idiot"? You asked for input, I gave you input. If you don't want input, don't ask.
Maryellen wrote:the other thing i use rufus's harness for is to buckle him in the truck.. it works as a seat belt and a harness too..
Maryellen wrote:yep i have 3 3 foot leashes for each dog.. i like the shorter leash better for the vets office, pet expos, places like that..its more control...
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- James W. Ziglar, Chair
- The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio
- Michael Fix
- Louis Freedberg
- Warren R. Leiden
- Gustavo Mohar Betancourt
- Kathleen Newland
- Demetrios G. Papademetriou
- Andrew Selee
- Lidia Soto-Harmon
- Rita Süssmuth
James W. Ziglar, former Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), is Chairman of the MPI Board of Trustees. He is Senior Counsel at the law firm of Van Ness Feldman, where he advises clients and colleagues on legal and public policy issues.
From 2005 to 2008, Mr. Ziglar was President and CEO of Cross Match Technologies. In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed him Commissioner of the INS, a position he held until December 2002 when the agency was dissolved and its missions transferred to the new Department of Homeland Security. Prior to his INS appointment, Mr. Ziglar served as Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate (1998-2001), a position in which he served as the Senate's chief operating officer, top protocol officer, and chief law enforcement officer. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science in the Reagan administration.
Mr. Ziglar has more than 50 years of experience in management, finance, law, education, and public policy, spending 17 years as an investment banker and 16 years as a practicing lawyer. He began his law career as a clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun. He later was Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School, where he taught immigration law, and was a Fellow at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government Institute of Politics.
He serves as Executive Councilor (Chairman) of the Board of Councilors of the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (Hiroshima, Japan): a member of the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Academies of Science; a member of the Presidents' Circle of the National Academies; an honorary director of the National Water Resources Association; a trustee of the Harry A. Blackmun Scholarship Foundation; a director of Integrated Biometrics, Inc.; an Emeritus Director of Human Rights First; a director of Immigration WorksUSA, and an Advisory Board member of the National Foundation for American Policy. Mr. Ziglar is a member of the bars of New York, Virginia, Arizona, and the District of Columbia.
The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio is the Bishop of Brooklyn, New York. He has had a 40-plus-year career in the areas of immigration assistance and refugee resettlement services. He has served as both an advocate for refugees and immigrant concerns in political forums, and as the initiator and administrator of programs to assist refugees and immigrants both within the United States and in many countries throughout the world.
Bishop DiMarzio was installed as Bishop of Camden, Diocese of Camden, New Jersey, in July 1999. In addition, he is a Member of the Vatican's Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People and Chairman of the Migration Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). Past special assignments include: Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark (1996-99); Vicar for Human Services, Archdiocese of Newark (1991-99); Executive Director, Catholic Community Services (1992-97); Vice President of the Board, Cathedral Health Care Systems, Inc. (1992-99); Associate Executive Director, Catholic Community Services (1991-92); Executive Director, Migration and Refugee Services, (USCCB), Washington, DC (1985-91); Director of Special Services, Catholic Community Services, Newark (1978-85); Director of the Office of Migration, Catholic Community Services, Newark (1977-79); and Refugee Resettlement Director - Archdiocese of Newark (1976-85).
The Bishop was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1970, and has served on 11 pastoral assignments. He is currently Chairman of the Board of the New York-based Center for Migration Studies. He was formerly on the Boards of the International Catholic Migration Commission where he served as Vice President, and the National Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Forum. Bishop DiMarzio also has served as a consultant to the International Migration Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; the Refugee Policy Group; Consejo Episcopal Latino Americano (CELAM), Bogota, Colombia, CIPRA)/Georgetown University; and Catholic University. In addition, the Bishop has published numerous papers and speeches and testified before Congress on many occasions.
Bishop DiMarzio earned his PhD in social work research and policy at Rutgers University, his MSW at Fordham University, an STB from Catholic University, and a BA from Seton Hall University; he also holds an honorary doctorate from LaSalle University.
Michael Fix is a Senior Fellow and former President of the Migration Policy Institute. He joined MPI in 2005, as Co-Director of MPI's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, then later became Director of Studies, Senior Vice President, and CEO.
Mr. Fix's research focus is on immigrant integration and the education of immigrant children in the United States and Europe, as well as citizenship policy, immigrant children and families, the effect of welfare reform on immigrants, and the impact of immigrants on the U.S. labor force.
Prior to joining MPI, Mr. Fix was Director of Immigration Studies at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC, where his focus was on immigration and integration policy, race and the measurement of discrimination, and federalism.
Mr. Fix serves on the board of MPI Europe and is a Policy Fellow with IZA in Bonn, Germany. In December 2013, he was nominated to be a member of the National Research Council's Committee on the Integration of Immigrants into U.S. Society, which over its two-year life examined what is known about the integration of immigrants in the United States and identified major gaps in existing knowledge on this topic.
Previously, he served on the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on the Redesign of U.S. Naturalization Tests and on the Committee on the Health and Adjustment of Immigrant Children. He also served as a member of the Advisory Panel to the Foundation for Child Development's Young Scholars Program. In 2005 he was appointed to the State of Illinois' New Americans Advisory Council, and in 2009 to the State of Maryland's Council for New Americans.
Mr. Fix received a JD from the University of Virginia and a bachelor of the arts degree from Princeton University. He did additional graduate work at the London School of Economics.
Louis Freedberg is Executive Director of EdSource, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization founded in 1977 to clarify complex education issues for policymakers and the public. He was previously founding Director of California Watch, a pioneering nonprofit journalism venture.
Prior to that, he spent more than a decade at the San Francisco Chronicle, where he was an award-winning reporter, Washington correspondent, columnist, and member of the editorial board, writing extensively on immigration issues on a local, state, and national level, including in-depth reporting from the U.S.-Mexico border. He has reported for a wide range of news organizations, including The New York Times, the Washington Post, and National Public Radio. He has reported from diverse regions of the world, including Southern Africa, the former Soviet Union, and Central America.
A native of South Africa, he founded and directed the Institute for a New South Africa. He has been a John S. Knight journalism fellow at Stanford University, a visiting fellow at the Urban Institute, and a fellow at the Institute for Justice and Journalism at the University of Southern California.
He has a Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from UC Berkeley and a B.A. in psychology from Yale University.
Warren R. Leiden is a Partner Emeritus of Berry, Appleman & Leiden, a global corporate immigration law firm headquartered in San Francisco. His practice was limited to corporate immigration law, and he was active in Washington, DC policy and congressional matters.
Mr. Leiden was a member of the national steering committee of the Compete America business immigration coalition and served on the policy management committee of the Worldwide Employee Relocation Council. He was active in the debates on major immigration legislation beginning in 1982 and testified before congressional committees on numerous occasions. He was a member of the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform (1992-97) appointed by Congress and chaired by the late Barbara Jordan.
He served on the Board of Governors of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), and was the AILA Executive Director and Washington representative from 1982-96. He was also a founder and Executive Vice President of the American Immigration Council, where he serves as Treasurer.
Mr. Leiden's Martindale Hubble Rating was AV, its highest level. He was listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, the International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, Best Lawyers in America, and Chambers & Partners' America's Leading Lawyers for Business. He was named an Honorary Fellow of the American Immigration Law Foundation in 1997.
He received his BA from Johns Hopkins University and his JD from Boston University School of Law.
Gustavo Mohar Betancourt is a private consultant at Grupo Atalaya, specializing in risk management and strategic intelligence. He previously served as Under Secretary for Migration, Population, and Religious Affairs at the Ministry of Governance (Gobernación) in Mexico.
Mr. Mohar also served as Secretary General at the Center for Investigation and National Security (CISEN), previously acting as Director for International Affairs.
He was Mexico's chief negotiator for migration during the Fox-Bush administrations, leading the Mexican team responsible for negotiations with the U.S. government over agreement for safer, orderly, and legal migration flows between both countries. He also worked at the Mexican Embassy in Washington, acting as representative of the Ministry of Governance, responsible for the migration agenda, border security, and bilateral cooperation on drug trafficking. Since 2001, Mr. Mohar has been involved in Mexico-U.S. efforts to prevent international terrorism and enhance security at the common border.
Previously, he worked in London as Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) representative in Europe and Mexico's observer to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). He worked in the Ministry of Finance on international finance and development banking.
Mr. Mohar has published several works on international issues and has been lecturer at think tanks and universities in Mexico and the United States. He holds a law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico).
Kathleen Newland is Co-Founder of the Migration Policy Institute and is a Senior Fellow. Her focus is on the relationship between migration and development, the governance of international migration, and refugee protection. She is also the Founding Director of the International diaspora Engagement Alliance (IdEA) during its incubation phase at MPI from 2011-13; IdEA was established as a partnership among MPI, the State Department, and U.S. Agency for International Development.
Previously, at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, she was a Senior Associate and then Co-Director of the International Migration Policy Program (1994-2001). She sits on the Boards of Overseers of the International Rescue Committee and the boards of directors of USA for UNHCR, the Stimson Center, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), and the Foundation for The Hague Process on Migrants and Refugees. She also serves on MPI's Board of Trustees and is a Chair Emerita of the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children.
Prior to joining the Migration Program at the Carnegie Endowment in 1994, Ms. Newland worked as an independent consultant for such clients as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Bank, and the office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations. From 1988-92, Ms. Newland was on the faculty of the London School of Economics. During that time, she also co-founded (with Lord David Owen) and directed Humanitas, an educational trust dedicated to increasing awareness of international humanitarian issues. From 1982 to 1988, she worked at the United Nations University in Tokyo as Special Assistant to the Rector. She began her career as a researcher at Worldwatch Institute in 1974.
Ms. Newland is author or editor of eight books, including Developing a Road Map for Engaging Diasporas in Development: A Handbook for Policymakers and Practitioners in Home and Host Countries (MPI and International Organization for Migration, 2012); Diasporas: New Partners in Global Development Policy (MPI, 2010); No Refuge: The Challenge of Internal Displacement (United Nations, 2003); and The State of the World's Refugees (UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 1993). She has also written 17 shorter monographs as well as numerous policy papers, articles, and book chapters.
Ms. Newland is a graduate of Harvard University and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. She did additional graduate work at the London School of Economics.
Demetrios G. Papademetriou is Distinguished Transatlantic Fellow and President Emeritus of the Migration Policy Institute. He is President of Migration Policy Institute Europe, a nonprofit, independent research institute in Brussels that aims to promote a better understanding of migration trends and effects within Europe;he also serves on MPI Europe's Administrative Council.
Dr. Papademetriou is also the convener of the Transatlantic Council on Migration, which is composed of senior public figures, business leaders, and public intellectuals from Europe, the United States, and Canada, and convenes the Regional Migration Study Group, an initiative that has proposed and is promoting multi-stakeholder support for new regional and collaborative approaches to migration, competitiveness, and human-capital development for the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America.
Dr. Papademetriou co-founded Metropolis: An International Forum for Research and Policy on Migration and Cities (which he led as International Chair for the initiative's first five years and where he continues to serve as International Chair Emeritus); and has served as Chair of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Migration (2009-11); Chair of the Migration Committee of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); Director for Immigration Policy and Research at the U.S. Department of Labor and Chair of the Secretary of Labor's Immigration Policy Task Force; and Executive Editor of the International Migration Review.
He has published more than 270 books, articles, monographs, and research reports on migration topics, and advises foundations and other grant-making organizations and senior government and political party officials, in dozens of countries (including numerous European Union Member States while they hold the rotating EU presidency).
Dr. Papademetriou holds a PhD in comparative public policy and international relations (1976) and has taught at the universities of Maryland, Duke, American, and New School for Social Research.
Andrew Selee is President of the Migration Policy Institute, succeeding co-founder Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Michael Fix. He came to MPI from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where he served as Executive Vice President from January 2014 through April 2017.
Dr. Selee has worked closely in the past on two of MPI's signature initiatives: the Independent Task Force on Immigration and America's Future, and the Regional Migration Study Group, which was jointly convened by MPI and the Wilson Center. He also served as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations' Task Force on Immigration.
The founding Director of the Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, Dr. Selee is a respected scholar and analyst of Mexico and U.S.-Mexico relations. A frequent commentator in the media, he has also written and edited a number of books and policy reports on U.S.-Mexico relations, Mexican and Latin American politics, and Latino immigrant civic engagement in the United States, and is a regular columnist with the Mexican newspaper El Universal. His latest book, Vanishing Frontiers: The Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together, was published by Public Affairs in June 2018.
In his role as Executive Vice President of the Wilson Center and previously as Vice President for Programs, Dr. Selee was involved with the Center's wide-ranging initiatives in Europe, Asia, Africa, Eurasia, and the Middle East. He is also the author of a major book on think tank strategy, What Should Think Tanks Do? A Strategic Guide to Policy Impact (Stanford, 2013).
Dr. Selee has regularly taught courses at Johns Hopkins University and George Washington University since 2006 and was a visiting professor at El Colegio de Mexico.
Prior to joining the Wilson Center as an associate in the Latin American Program in 2000, he was a professional staffer in the U.S. House of Representatives and worked for five years with the YMCA of Baja California in Tijuana, Mexico, helping to start a community center and a home for migrant youth. He later served on the National Board of the YMCA of the USA and chaired its International Committee.
Dr. Selee holds a Ph.D. in policy studies from the University of Maryland, an M.A. in Latin American studies from the University of California, San Diego, and a B.A. in Latin American studies (Phi Beta Kappa) from Washington University in St. Louis.
Lidia Soto-Harmon is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Girl Scout Council of the Nation's Capital (GSCNC), a position she was appointed to in 2010 after serving six years as Chief Operating Officer. GSCNC serves 90,000 members in the greater Washington region.
Ms. Soto-Harmon has created many innovative programs to reach girls from underserved communities. Prior to joining the council, she served as Senior Vice President for Community Development for First Book, a national children's literacy organization dedicated to getting new books into the hands of children from low-income families. She also served as Deputy Director of the President's Interagency Council on Women, chaired by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, at the U.S. Department of State. She previously was Senior Director of the Fannie Mae Foundation's Targeted Outreach Department, designing the first corporate nationwide multilingual strategy to reach new immigrants to promote homeownership in the United States in the late 1990s.
Ms. Soto-Harmon serves as a Board Member for the Tahirih Justice Center, an organization that helps immigrant and refugee women seek protection from international human-rights abuses. She earned her master's in public administration from George Mason University and bachelor's from Drew University.
Rita Süssmuth is the former President of the Bundestag and a former Member and Chairwoman of the German Commission on Immigration. Since 2010 she has been President of the German higher education consortium of German-Turkish Universities in Istanbul (K-DTU).
She joined the Christian Democratic Union party in 1981 and in 1985 became German Federal Minister for Health, Youth, and Family, where she developed innovative public health solutions to drug-related problems. From 1987 to 2002 she served as a Member of the German Bundestag (Federal Chamber of Deputies), and in 1988 became President of the Bundestag, a position she held for 10 years. She was a member of the CDU Presidium (1987-98).
After her career as an active politician ended, Dr. Süssmuth took on numerous other assignments. From 2002 to 2004, she chaired the Advisory Council on Immigration and Integration. In 2004-05 she was a Member of the UN Global Commission on International Migration. From 2005-09 she was President of the private SRH University of Applied Sciences in Berlin.
Dr. Süssmuth holds leading positions in numerous institutions and foundations such as the Institute for East-West Studies, the Association for German Catholic Families, and the German AIDS Foundation. She earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1964 and has taught at Ruhr University, the University of Gottingen, Sorbonne University, and Johns Hopkins University.


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Collins gains rare rookie honor as subcommittee chief
WASHINGTON – Rep. Chris Collins on Monday won a rare honor for a first-term lawmaker: chairmanship of a House subcommittee.
The Clarence Republican will serve as chairman of the Small Business Committee's Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology, which will oversee the implementation of President Obama's health care law and how it is affecting small businesses.
A small-business owner before entering politics, Collins has been harshly critical of the Affordable Care Act, which was enacted in 2010.
He said that during his campaign, he heard from many small-business owners who employ fewer than 50 people – the threshold for when companies must start offering health insurance under the law – saying that the mandate made them afraid to expand.
Meanwhile, companies that employ more than 50 worry about the cost of the health care law, he said.
"We have to make sure the regulations imposed by 'Obamacare' don't become a wet blanket on small businesses when we need them to be growing and hiring to improve in the economy," Collins said.
In addition to its oversight of the heath care law, Collins' new subcommittee has jurisdiction over technology, telecommunications and intellectual property issues as they pertain to small businesses.
While the Small Business Committee is one of the least prominent in the House, few freshman lawmakers ever get to be chairmen of any subcommittees.
The staff of the Small Business Committee chairman, Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo., approached Collins' staff to see if he would be interested in the post, and then Collins and Graves spoke by phone to seal the deal.
"I'm just humbled and pleased, and perhaps a little surprised at the opportunity," Collins said.
Asked how he ended up with the slot, Collins said: "I didn't ask [Graves] why. I just said, 'Thank you.' "
But Collins said he suspects that his business background had something to do with the appointment.
"After a 35-year career in the private sector, I am all too familiar with the hurdles the federal government places in the way of small-business owners," Collins said. "The federal government needs to be laser-focused on knocking down as many of the hurdles as possible, not putting up new ones."
Collins represents the newly drawn 27th Congressional District between Buffalo and Rochester. The former Erie County executive defeated Rep. Kathleen C. Hochul, D-Hamburg, in the November election.


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Gibson Memphis has released the 1952 ES-295. Here's what they have to say about it...
Long before rock'n'roll changed the world, Gibson's original ES-295 was laying down the licks that would form the foundation of the greatest musical revolution ever known. Thanks to its stunning gold finish with custom pickguard and two hot, raw P-90 pickups, the ES-295 had both the looks and the sound to appeal to a radical new breed of players--most notably the legendary Scotty Moore, who backed Elvis Presley on those revolutionary early Sun recording sessions and live shows. The guitar became a true rockabilly icon, and now Gibson Memphis has captured its essence perfectly in the form of the 1952 ES-295, an astounding rebirth of the original in look, feel, and tone.
Finished in Bullion Gold and treated to Gibson's proprietary VOS process for a gently aged look, the 1952 ES-295 screams rock'n'roll style, but it also doubles as a smooth jazz performer, a country twanger, or a blues belter when required. Its body pays tribute to the legendary ES-175, although the trapeze bridge with wraparound bar that debuted on the ES-295 lends the weight and sustain required for hot-rockin' tones. A vintage-cream-bound top, back, and fingerboard, period-correct pickguard with floral graphic, gold speed knobs, and split-parallelogram inlays lend elegance to the look--and Gibson's accurate recreations of the legendary P-90 single coil take it all roaring home. Get your rockabilly rolling in grand style: play the 1952 ES-295 now at your authorized Gibson Memphis dealer.
Body and neck
The 1952 ES-295 has a fully hollow body constructed in the ES-175 style, with laminated maple top, back, and solid maple sides with traditional f-holes and a pointed Florentine cutaway. The arched top is supported with historic spruce braces. It has a glued-in maple neck with bound dark rosewood fingerboard inlaid with aged cellulose split-parallelogram position markers, and the headstock is inlaid with the traditional mother-of-pearl crown.
Pickups and electronics
Nothing but a pair of Gibson's period-correct recreations of the original "dog ear" P-90 pickups will do for a rockin' rebel like the 1952 ES-295. That hot, gnarly, yet versatile fat-single-coil tone has been embraced by countless guitarists since it first hit the scene in the late '40s, and is arguably the rock'n'roll tone of all time. Made with two Alnico 5 bar magnets in each pickup and vintage-spec coils scatter-wound with 42 AWG wire, these pickups capture every purr, snarl and roar you could want from the 1952 ES-295. The standard four-knob control section of two independent volume and tone controls and a three-way Switchcraft™ toggle switch complete the electronics.
Hardware and plastics
The 1952 ES-295 carries a period-correct recreation of the Bale tailpiece with wraparound bar saddle that debuted on the original ES-295, a component known for its solidity and sustain. Kluson™ single-ring tuners with butterscotch tulip buttons enhance the vintage look up top. Gold speed knobs, a traditional bell truss-rod cover, and a clear pickguard back-painted with period-correct floral graphic complete the picture.
Case and coverage
Every 1952 ES-295 comes protected in an historic hardshell case with tan exterior and plush pink lining, and includes a Certificate of Authenticity, owner's manual, and coverage by Gibson's Limited Lifetime Warranty and 24/7/365 customer service.
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- What are your tips for creating a beautiful, healthy and organized bedroom?:
- Comfy bedding is a must! Lots of layers. And a good nightstand with drawers and a lamp of some sort, I lived a long time without one and I'm not sure now how I did it.
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Narrative: Sheriff Richard A. Meyers has been contacted by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR) regarding the re-opening of the Rock River in Winnebago County. Earlier today an assessment of the Rock River was conducted and the hazards that caused the closing of the river have been reduced. The Conservation Police have reviewed the information and current conditions, and have recommended that since the river is below flood stage the river should be re-opened. The Illinois DNR has lifted the ARESTRICTED BOATING AREA@ for the entire Rock River within Winnebago County, which means the river is now open for recreational activity. However, a "NO WAKE ZONE" will remain in effect for the Rock River throughout the entire County. River users are reminded that the presence of debris in the river from the recent flooding creates hazardous conditions, which are difficult to detect, and the increased water flow creates a much faster current than what has been experienced over the past few months with the lower water levels. These conditions increase the likelihood of problems for users of the river, so extreme caution is urged. For current river conditions, and any further updates, contact the Sheriff=s Office at (815) 319-6300, or the Rock River information telephone line at (815) 316-8888.


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100 calorie packs may sound tempting if you are on a diet, but most of them can actually lead you to more trouble. Even though snacks are the main culprit of this war on fewer calories, there are other low calorie foods you should be wary of. Below is a top three list of some of the worst, with some healthier "swapping" suggestions.
3. 100 Calorie Cookie Packs
Popular cookie brands may try to persuade you with their healthy labels, but when it comes to cookies, the cut calories aren't worth the loaded sugar and fat content.
"Right Bites" from Keebler are a perfect example of this. These delectable bites, like the company's Mini Brownies, may be low in calories, but 40 of those calories come from fat, plus you get over 7 grams of sugar.
The same can be said for the Snack Well's brand. With snacks like their mint fudge shortbread cookies, you get 40 calories of fat with over 8 grams of sugar.
Let's not forget, without an adequate, good dose of protein and with high amounts of sugar, these snacks are likely to leave you craving more sweets in a couple hours or less.
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Healthy Swap Suggestion: Brands like Amy's, Imagine Foods, and other more natural and organic food companies offer a variety of healthy and delicious soups. Most of these companies offer low calorie soups, with sodium content of only about 100-200mg per serving.
1. Falling for Low Calorie Fast Food
Probably the worst culprit in the realm of deceitful low calorie foods is the scam of low calorie fast food options.
Let's not forget: fast food is made to sell, and to sell FAST. This means it's cheaply made, and extremely unhealthy.
Even if you pull up to the drive-thru, and you see a ton of low calorie options on the menu, don't be fooled by the advertising.
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For his second recording as a leader, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard (22-years-old at the time) performs two compositions apiece by Kenny Dorham and Hank Mobley, the obscure "I Wished I Knew" and his own "Blues for Brenda." Hubbard (featured in a quintet with tenor-saxophonist Mobley, pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones) takes quite a few outstanding solos, playing lyrically on the ballads and building his own sound out of the Clifford Brown/Lee Morgan tradition. Goin' Up an excellent set of advanced hard bop that was reissued as a CD in 1997. ~ Scott Yanow


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How an agile approach helps you quickly realise the value of big data
Big data is massive and messy, and it's coming at you fast. These characteristics pose a problem for data storage and processing, but focusing on these factors has resulted in a lot of navel-gazing and an unnecessary emphasis on technology.
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Young activists demand U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio include LGBT people in immigration reform
Ten young South Florida protesters on Monday called on U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to include gay and lesbian people in an immigration reform package set to be unveiled Tuesday.
"We want to make certain that [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] equality isn't left out of comprehensive immigration reform," said protest organizer Gabriel Garcia-Vera, 24, of GetEQUAL Miami, who describes himself as "a queer Puerto Rican and someone who identifies as a Latino voter."
GetEQUAL is a grassroots national LGBT organization dedicated to "full legal and social equality," according to its website.
Garcia-Vera was joined by other young activists representing Florida Immigration Coalition, Students Working for Equal Rights and Dream Defenders.
"There is always a group of people standing up against a system that is always somehow criminalizing us. Black and brown communities are coming together on the side of Dream Defenders and today we are also taking a stand for our LGBTQ community," said Kimberly Gonzalez, 27, president of Dream Defenders' Miami Dade College Kendall Campus chapter.
"LGBTQ rights are human rights and as individual groups fighting what may seem like different forms of oppression, we are here to stand together with the understanding that oppressors are the same," said Gonzalez, who does not identify as LGBT.
A bipartisan group of eight senators, including Rubio, plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Tuesday to secure the border, remake legal immigration, boost workplace enforcement and put 11 million people here illegally on a path to citizenship, according to Associated Press.
In February, Rubio told the website BuzzFeed he hopes LGBT immigration doesn't become a "central issue" in immigration reform.
"I think if that issue becomes a central issue in the debate it's going to become harder to get it done because there will be strong feelings on both sides," Rubio said.
About 900,000 immigrants in the country identify themselves as gay, bisexual or transgender, including more than 48,000 members of same-sex couples in which one or both spouses or partners aren't U.S. citizens, according to a recent study by the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, a research center on sexual and gender identity issues.
Sergio Cesario, a Brazilian-American citizen in Miami, said his partner, Mauro, could be deported if immigration reform doesn't include LGBT people.
In 2005, Cesario became critically ill with inherited kidney disease and returned home to Brazil, where he met Mauro. They fell in love and Mauro came to the United States with him.
Mauro eventually donated a kidney to Cesario, saving his life.
"He gave me the gift of love and it's so difficult to separate ourselves," Cesario said. "It would be very difficult to live apart because of a law that is unjust."


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Well, dad had made some margaritas and was sipping on one while sitting in the hot tub on our deck in the backyard, relaxing. All of a sudden, a huge bunny rabbit hopped across the yard. [Yes, you heard right - a bunny rabbit on Easter, no less.]
My dad rubbed his eyes, opened them, and yup, it was a still there - a huge bunny rabbit, white with grey fur. [I'm tellin' you, you couldn't make this stuff up.] Anyway, he yelled out for someone to come and see it. [Yeah, if I were him, I'd want a witness, too] So, one of my older sisters and I went out there to see what the fuss was all about.
My sister and I looked, rubbed our eyes, looked again, and started laughing. It was huge, and it looked like it was someone's pet. My sister and I decided to catch it and return it to it's owner. [Do you realize how hard it is to catch a runaway bunny?...Not fun.]
Well, Runaway Bunny led us on a merry chase through bushes that left scratches all over us, but we did prevail. Luckily, we'd been right about him being someone's pet - he was tame. What we would've done if he hadn't been, I don't know. [We were caught up in the moment.] Dad, I think, was just glad that it was real and not the aftereffects of too many margaritas.
My sister and I went house to house, put up signs, and did everything we could to find Runaway Bunny's owner. No luck. After about a month, it became clear that Runaway Bunny was my new pet. He was huge, ate a lot, and was very tame. Basically, he was a big "sweetie pie". Did I mention he was huge? When he stretched out while relaxing, he was about 2 feet long, or so, with long ears and soft fur.
So, that was the year the Easter Bunny left me Runaway Bunny. He has a funny sense of humor - that Easter Bunny. Strange though, Dad never did drink margaritas in the hot tub again [at least not on major holidays]. Could you imagine? [Santa, turkeys, cupid, ghosts, goblins, etc.]
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When, in the course of Jewish events, it becomes necessary for one people to both be Orthodox Jews and patriotic Americans on the Fourth of July, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires a bit of explanation.
About every three years, American Orthodox Jews are faced with a painful dilemma. The Fourth of July, our independence day, coincides with the Three Weeks, a mournful period commemorating the destruction of the two Temples in Jerusalem. That defeat led to the loss of Jewish independence for about 2,000 years.
This unfortunate coincidence brings with it more than a few mixed emotions.
As Rabbi Yossi Brackman of the Rohr Chabad Center in Chicago asked me: "If someone had just lost a parent, would they go to a fireworks show?"
But, as with most Orthodox commemorations, there's more than bruised feelings to consider: there are also some major commandments involved. Most relevant for Fourth is the Jewish ban on listening to music during the Three Weeks, as the Religion News Service noted earlier this week.
The ban would appear to prohibit observant Jews from going to the kind of outdoor concerts and fireworks displays that Americans of all faiths flock to on Independence Day.
Not so fast. It turns out that different rabbis have different feelings about the definition of "music." And therefore, they have different ideas about whether, just as an example, it might be A-OK to attend a fireworks show if the Boston Pops or Bruce Springsteen happen to be playing at it.
The intention of the listener is what matters, says Rabbi Aaron Mehlman of Congregation Ohav Shalom in Manhattan, As usual, things get a little fuzzy in the transition from the law codes to the concert halls.
"If your primary intent is [to see] the fireworks and an old fogey band is playing the Stars and Stripes, that's probably not an issue." There are some borderline cases though: "if there's a hip headlining band, and in the back of your mind that's why you're going, that's more of a problem."
As for recorded music, Rabbi Mehlman says, that's perfectly fine. Rabbi Brackman mostly agrees: "I'm not sure if you happen to hear live music you have to run away," he added.
Other rabbis take a much harsher line.
Technically, "listening to music is forbidden…all year," writes Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz of Yeshiva University. And while one can be lenient about music most of the year, "there is strong reason to argue that we should never be lenient during the [T]hree [W]eeks" because of our mourning for the destruction of the temples.
Lebowitz adds that "the overwhelming majority of the [authorities] assume that recorded music has the same status as live music."
In other words: Don't play that Pandora God Bless America playlist. Turn off the Hendrix. And forget about Bruce and the Boston Pops, whether or not you're really going for the fireworks.
Rabbi J. David Bleich, also of Y.U., noted that authorities differ as to whether recorded music was banned, but thought there was good reason to avoid fireworks either way: You could be doing something productive with your time rather than sitting on the roof watching siss, boom and bah.
"It's bittul Torah [time not spent studying]," he explained.
Lebowitz did mention an important exception to the music ban: singing during a meal in celebration of a joyous occasion may be permitted. Brackman, too, said toasting a recently engaged couple is an exception to the general ban on celebrations — "we don't want to discourage people getting engaged," he said.
When asked if we want to discourage life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, Rabbi Brackman, who grew up in London, hedged. He declined to see the analogy between getting engaged to be married and declarations of American independence.
Still, the rabbi conceded he might go to see the fireworks, anyway. After all, it's the Fourth of July.
Doni Bloomfield, a student at the University of Chicago, is a Forward summer fellow. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com


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What are the rules in English language to split words at the end of a line?
Where exactly must the hyphen split the word?
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What are the rules in English language to split words at the end of a line?
Where exactly must the hyphen split the word?
The easiest thing to do, and the only way of being sure you agree with the authorities, is to look words up in the dictionary. Some of the hyphenations currently in American dictionaries make no sense at all. For example, the reason that prai-rie and fair-y are hyphenated the way they are seems to be that 150 years ago, the editors of Webster's dictionary thought they didn't rhyme1; prairie was pronounced pray-ree with a long 'a', while fairy was pronounced fair-ee with an r-colored 'a'.
That said, there are a few hyphenation rules that will let you hyphenate 90% of English words properly (and your hyphenations of the remaining 10% will be perfectly reasonable, even if they disagree with the authorities'). Here they are, in roughly decreasing order of priority:
Finally, if the above rules leave more than one acceptable break between syllables, use the Maximal Onset Principle:
There are lots of exceptions to these rules:
Sometimes the rules conflict with each other. For example, ra-tio-nal gets hyphenated after a short vowel in an accented syllable because ti acts as a digraph indicating that the 't' should be pronounced 'sh'.
Sometimes it's not clear what constitutes a morpheme boundary: why ger-mi-nate and not germ-i-nate?
Sometimes the pronunciation of a word varies—/væpɪd/ or /veɪpɪd/? Merriam-Webster and American Heritage dictionaries agree that both pronunciations are valid, but they disagree about the hyphenation.
And some hyphenations I can't figure out the reason for: the Maximum Onset Principle would suggest pa-stry, but the authorities all agree on pas-try.
1I believe some American dialects still make this distinction in pronunciation; the editors of Webster's dictionary weren't imagining things.
Vincent McNabb gives good advice generally on when to hyphenate—never if you can get away with it, and if you must, in a sensible place.
However, the question of where to hyphenate is something that dictionaries have answered for generations. Every entry has a word split into syllables, and technically speaking, according to traditional rules of typesetting, you can hyphenate a word at any syllable boundary. For example in the Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, the entry for "dictionary" reads "dic·tio·nary"—so you could hyphenate anywhere there appears a centered dot. Of course there are various rules of thumb and heuristics to choose the best place to hyphenate, and in many cases hyphenating a word dramatically reduces readability, but in a strict answer to OP's original question, it is acceptable to hyphenate a word at any syllable boundary, and you can find all the syllable boundaries in a dictionary.
Technically speaking, hyphens are acceptable between any two syllables. But it is best to use them between prefixes, roots, and suffixes if at all. In most casual documents, hyphens decrease readability and oftentimes make documents look more cluttered, despite the fact that they form a nice, neat block. However, in news articles or novels, in places where moving the entire word would compromise the shape of the document, it is very common to see end hyphenation. Pick up a copy of 'Frankenstein' or 'The Magician's Nephew' and I assure you that you'll find quite a few. My copy of 'Seabiscuit' splits tomorrow between pages.
Firstly, it is preferable not to split a word at the end of a line.
From the APA Style Guide, Section 1.A.9
Do not hyphenate (split) words at the end of a line.
If possible, add another word to the line, or take one away, so you don't need to split in the first place.
In fact. NEVER EVER split words. However, I will give what I consider to be ok guidelines:
There are really no proper rules as to how it should be done, when it is, so basically, use common sense. If it must be done, try to keep the components of meaning together - this is easy with obviously compound words, such as keyboard. E.g.
board. Super-
It is also easy with words with prefixes such as "quasi" or "psuedo" e.g.
But mostly, splitting the words just makes them hard to read - and can lead to nightmares when the content of text is changed, because words that were once at the end of a line will no longer be at the end of a line, and everything will have to be re-done.
Unfortunately, most word processors are not very good at automatically splitting words, so it is best to keep that feature off. It is also possible, however, to put markers in words where the word processor will be allowed to split the word. In Microsoft Word, this is done by using Ctrl+-. This hyphen is invisible, unless the word gets split at the end of a line.
But as a rule of thumb, see if the word is still easy to understand if you say it out loud with a pause where you are going to break the word. Usually, try and split it in the middle of the word.
But, as you can see, it just makes it harder to read. Just don't do it.
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New Mexico Tech again Listed in Kiplinger's Top 100, Jan. 13, 2006
by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., Jan. 13, 2006 – New Mexico Tech has again been listed among the nation's top 100 best values in public colleges and universities, according to rankings published in the current issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
Ranked this year as the 41st overall best value, the state-supported research university in Socorro is the only New Mexico school included the exclusive survey of schools that offer the best combination of high-quality academics and affordable costs.
"Kiplinger's Top 100 Best Values in Public Colleges," the national magazine's periodic rankings of public institutions that give college students "the most bang for the buck," is determined every three years by using information that the schools themselves supplied, along with data and statistics on more than 500 public four-year colleges and universities compiled by Thomson Petersons, which is part of Thomson Learning.
New Mexico Tech is consistently ranked as a "best buy" among the nation's colleges and universities, having also been included in the 2006 edition of The Princeton Review's "The Best 361 Colleges" and ranked as the number two "best value college," according to The Princeton Review's 2006 edition of its college guidebook, "America's Best Value Colleges."


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Region 6 P2 Roundtable
July 28, 2004
Upcoming Events:
Note: El Paso Border Environmental Health Workshop for September has been postponed indefinitely.
Joy Campbell – EPA
Patrick Kelley – EPA
Ruben Casso – EPA
Kerry Page – EPA
Eli Martinez – EPA
Dr. Kuyong Li - Lamar University
Chris Campbell – WERC
Mark Johnson – LCRA
Audree Miller - ADEQ
Allen Gilliam – ADEQ
Michelle Vattano- NMED
Erin Murphy –NMED
Thomas Vinson – Region 6 P2Rx center (Minute taker)
One Return, One Departure
The Roundtable welcomed back a true leader in the P2 field. Mark Johnson, of the LCRA who is in good health and ready to contribute to the roundtable, participated in our call, and promised to be in more.
Joy Campbell announced she would be leaving the Region 6 P2 coordinator position to accept a job as Lead Region Coordinator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Asssistance. Her position will be backfilled, but we can never replace her.
Kerry, discussed EPA's consumer conservation brown bags. Originally they were designed to\ follow up on the Nurtured World Consumer P2 training. Participants followed up on their environmental commitments (e.g. getting an energy efficient washer/dryer). They have expanded it to include guest speakers. The most recent guest speaker spoke on Nutritional choices and the impact on the environment.
Patrick discussed a new program for Biodiesal. Patrick said that the Energy Star grants decision due soon.
Eli mentioned the deadline to submit final Applications is Monday August 2. Eli will be in charge of all P2 grants except the P2Rx, which Joy will continue to manage.
Ruben discussed the Toxics/PBT grants. They come out in the Spring.
Next Roundtable -
Since the border workshop was cancelled the group decided to have the next conference in Little Rock. The Arkansas Watershed Advisory Group will be meeting and this would be a good opportunity.
Details at http://www.awag.org/2004_Conference_Announcement.html
$35.00 Registration fee
Audree urged attendees to make their hotel reservations now. The conference rate will be through August 8,
If you are thinking of attending, Reserve NOW can always cancel.
Texas is planning two P2 workshops.
Pierre discussed a border workshop. There was discussion of an upcoming border meeting in Arizona that would be attended by TCEQ Commissioner Marquez. Trucking is a big issue.
Joy advised participation in the Texas/New Mexico Geographic Workgroups. They have a strong deciding factor on what gets funded because their priorities get picked at these conferences. P2 should always be a priority.
Mark discussed work with UT and TCEQ. They were planning to work through the LBJ school of public affairs to host a forum for exchanging ideas about Mercury and emissions. They expect to secure funding soon.Joy suggested RGI funding or next round of PPIS and partnering with Louisiana.
Mark also mentioned they were looking into PBT chemicals used in Electrical industry. The plan is to develop alternatives will send to ZeroWasteNetwork.org for posting and distribution.
Preparing mercury report
Audree gave a P2 Program update. ADEQ completed EMS core team training. Team is ready to go and excited; but know it will be a huge task. Will start having regular meetings. NEPT type not ISO 14001.
Joy suggest they align it with performance track will have opportunity to get federal credits.
Allen Gilliam updated P2 in the Water group. The BMP/P2 program for dental offices is moving forward, per Arkansas pretreatment conference. Now a lot of cities are sending surveys to find out about Amalgam, lead foils, X-Ray, and teach them about their environmental stewardship role.
Continuing on Allen's thread of conversation, Joy noted that pretreatment programs did a lot on P2 by themselves. Proactive P2 cities tend to be through pretreatment programs with P2 element.
Because of this conversation, the roundtable agreed the Dallas Pretreatment conference is a good opportunity for the Region 6 P2 Roundtable meeting. At the conference will have city and industry give P2 success stories, roundtable folks can participate and volunteer to help. Allen is advocating zerowastenetwork.org, and the P2Rx as a tool for these programs. Thomas mentioned they were getting feedback on what kinds of tools the rograms needed from the P2Rx center.
New Mexico
New Mexico just finished their Green Zia Judges meeting. They finalized applications for the Green Zia program. They had eight applicants. This was down because Federal Facilities are working on their EMS systems.
They are seeking an MOU with EPA and NEPT, for the Green Zia Program to count as NEPT.
They just finished a Community and Environmental Community workbook for the Pueblos and Tribes. They adopted an Alaskan workbook. They got feedback from Pueblos and Tribes. They called on Pueblos and Tribes for local Earth Day photos and statements.
They are conducting an "Inreach" on NMED to encourage P2. Want to look at how many companies NMED regulates to see if could set a goal for reduction. Set a goal to reduce regulatory burden [through P2.]
Ruben mentioned a grant for tribes in the region.
They are also working with municipalities to establish P2 program. Albaquerque had a great P2 program.
Erin mentioned they will be doing an EMS and implementing it in NMED.
WERC attended 07-28 Las Cruces Border Workgroup.
Went to TAOS and did a model EMS so they could use for others.
Contract for Energy efficiency audits at a couple of mines.
PPG grants, doing a mercury recovery/exchange grant
NMEHC.org seven generations manual and P2 efforts.
Though not in attendance, Joy mentioned Louisiana just had an environmental leadership conference. Oklahoma's representative, Dianne Wilkins, was also conducting a conference.
Lamar University
Region 6 P2Rx Center (zerowastenetwork.org)
Thomas guided the group through three products nearing completion.
· "Virgil", The Virtual Engineer is being updated. This means we will make the P2Planner a tool for use by other States. See the start at:
· Resource Exchange Program – A way to post and view materials available. Prototype with Texas, then try an Arkansas/Texas exchange, then move out to all of the Region.
· Measurement form – will help us collect info. from
He should have an events page demo on the next call that will allow us to update our events to the website.
He asked for help with two projects:
· Assistance with the newsletter/Blog project. Michelle and Audree volunteered
· Help preparing a three year work plan. He wanted Mark Johnson to assist.
The Southwest Network for Zero Waste is a proud member of the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange P2Rx, a national network of regional information centers: NEWMOA (Northeast), WRRC (Southeast), GLRPPR (Great Lakes), ZeroWasteNet (Southwest), P2RIC (Plains), Peaks to Prairies (Mountain), WSPPN (Pacific Southwest), PPRC (Northwest).
|The Zero Waste Network is part of the University of Texas at Arlington's Center for Environmental Excellence in the Division for Enterprise Development.


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NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA - The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth softball team swept Massachusetts Maritime in a pair of five-inning games in their home opener, winning, 28-1 and 9-1. Both games were shortened due to the eight-run rule.
In the opener, the Corsairs scored 17 times in their first two at bats and added 11 more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to end the game after five innings.
Freshman first baseman Katie McEachern (Wrentham, MA/King Philip Regional HS) had a home run and four runs batted in for UMass Dartmouth and senior third baseman Breanna Marcyoniak (Westfield, MA/Westfield HS) homered and drove in three runs. Freshman left fielder Rachel Carey (Holbrook, MA/Cardinal Spellman HS) had a double and a triple and junior shortstop Emily Pontes (Tewksbury, MA/Essex Agricultural Tech HS) doubled twice, and each drove in three runs. Freshman center fielder Shannon Droney (Franklin, MA/Franklin HS) doubled and singled three times and drove in four runs, and sophomore right fielder Olivia Kenyon (Canton, MA/Canton HS) had three RBIs as the Corsairs posted their most lopsided win in recent memory, UMass Dartmouth had 23 hits. Freshman Shannon Orton (Swansea, MA/Case HS) went the distance for the win, allowing seven hits and striking out eight. Senior Janelle Beaulieu (Buzzards Bay, MA/Mount St. Charles HS) took the loss for the Bucs.
MMA took the lead in the top of the first inning of the nightcap, as senior shortstop Rachel Johnson's (South Chatham, MA/Chatham HS) RBI single staked the Bucs to a 1-0 lead.
The Corsairs seized the lead for good in their half of the first, scoring four times. McEachern singled with the bases full to score two runs, and two more scored on a wild pitch. Pontes singled home a run in the second, and two more runs scored on RBI grounders by sophomore second baseman Samantha Gregoire (Dartmouth, MA/Dartmouth HS) and Kenyon. UMD put the game away in the fifth scoring once on a passed ball, and another time when Marcyoniak was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Freshman Amanda McHugh (North Kingstown, RI/North Kingstown HS) scattered three hits to earn the victory, while freshman Marissa Boudreau (New Bedford, MA/New Bedford HS) took the loss for Mass Maritime.
UMass Dartmouth improved to 6-6 with the sweep, while Mass Maritime dropped to 0-2. The Corsairs will host Roger Williams Wednesday, while the Bucs will host Framingham State Friday.


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