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Hurricane Katrina was a devastating, depressing debacle whose ramifications are still felt today. Lives were lost, homes were destroyed. You'd think "Treme," a new HBO series that takes place in New Orleans in the months after Katrina, would be a downer, that viewers would be treated to a humbling, depressing television experience. You'd be wrong. "Treme," through two episodes, is among the most uplifting TV series I've ever seen.
This is one reason why "Treme" has the potential to be an all-time great show, to place among the best in the modern era and, dare I say it, possibly surpass its predecessor, "The Wire," in terms of quality.
David Simon is the brains behind both "Treme" and "The Wire," and there is no human more capable of telling the story of Katrina and its aftermath than he is. Obviously, any hyperbolic claims concerning "Treme's" legacy are premature. Rarely is a TV series fully formed at the start, and a stellar pilot isn't necessarily a recipe for sustained greatness or longevity. And, yet, is there any person alive who inspires confidence in a viewership like Simon?
With "The Wire," Simon whacked the grass hut of police procedurals down with a razor-blade-spiked bamboo rod. "The Wire" changed what we all thought television could be. The show painted a grim but stirring picture of Baltimore, its denizens who strived to hammer out a living and the man-made institutions that let them down. It gave its audience the benefit of the doubt, throwing us right into the action without the crutch of expositional dialogue or blatantly plot-clarifying scenes.
Simon created an intricate account of a dying city over five seasons, not just showing the effects, but the causes too. Never have civic machinations been documented in such a complete, heart-wrenching manner.
The show was genius. One-for-one on HBO. I bet Simon goes two-for-two.
Inherently similar
So Simon has now gone from Baltimore to New Orleans. There has been a reticence among critics to actively compare "The Wire" to "Treme," which is understandable. "The Wire" is considered by many to be the medium's crowning achievement, and you don't want to saddle a new series with impossible expectations.
But come on, people. To claim that "The Wire" and "Treme" are inherently dissimilar (a regular refrain among critics) is foolish at best, self-serving at worst. The two shows are very much alike, from the story-telling mechanisms (wide cast of characters, novelistic approach) to the overarching goal (painting an accurate portrait of a city). Let's not be scared to hold up Simon's newest creation to his past glory.
The reason comparing the two is important is that "Treme" immediately exudes greater potential than "The Wire." "Treme," simply, has more going for it as a concept. No offense to Baltimore, but New Orleans is the more intriguing city with its tradition, history and oddness. For instance, the opening scene of "Treme's" pilot reenacts the first second-line parade after Katrina and, without much dialogue, the viewer is already emotionally invested. The brass band represents the resiliency of the people, the pride they feel in their city. And the music is incredible.
Oh, God, the music. If there is one through line in "Treme," one thing that ties the room together, it's the constant deployment of local New Orleans music. Some viewers may balk at this aspect, but still, I suspect that even the most tone deaf will fall in love with the diverse music. Scenes are built around performances, and those performances are allowed to breathe, with full songs played in all their wonder.
A significant number of the major characters are musicians, and real-life musicians (Elvis Costello and the revelatory Kermit Ruffins, to name two) feature heavily in each episode. For these characters who have suffered through a shameful, pride-crushing ordeal, music is the ultimate release and it makes for an emotional, almost transcendent, viewing experience.
Minor issues
Again, it's far too early to predict "Treme's" future (though HBO has already renewed the series for a second season), but some minor issues could impede its growth. There are questions about the lack of a clear narrative drive.
"The Wire" had the drug war and its obvious battle lines therein. "Treme" has complex characters, but no greater conflict to hone in on (yet). It has no out-and-out antagonists (besides FEMA, I suppose), and it's difficult to discern when and how Simon and crew will ratchet up the conflict. The series may turn out to be more of a documentary, slice-of-life type of show. That's fine, but it significantly lowers "Treme's" dramatic ceiling.
With all this in mind, however, you can't help but have faith in David Simon. His pedigree speaks for itself. Why couldn't he top "The Wire" with "Treme"? It's not like he hit lightning in a bottle with the former show.
The characters on "Treme" display not only resilience in the face of their broken city, but a startling amount of optimism. Take Albert Lambreaux, who returns to the city with only a toolbox. His family and neighbors think he's crazy, and maybe he is. But he believes in rebuilding, and he sets about doing his part one water-saturated ceiling fan, one run-down bar at a time.
In the face of this kind of optimism, I feel comfortable believing in "Treme's" greatness. Maybe it won't become the greatest TV series of all time, but if Albert can believe in a city that's seen as much death and destruction as New Orleans, the least I can do is believe in the TV show.
Oscar Dahl is a writer who lives in Seattle.


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Scooters present a rare opportunity to save both money and time and also go green in the process
Apparently more and more Americans are switching to scooters and light motorcycles these days. In the bigger cities scooter riders can be easily spotted making their way through traffic both cheaper and faster.
I've been riding a scooter for half a year now and I must say I feel reborn. I can't even fathom how I didn't make the switch to one of these vehicles sooner. I've experienced something similar to a religious epiphany and I'm intent on promoting my recent new revelation to the masses.
No more traffic, no more wasted time and no more frustration from spending a couple of hours on a distance that should be covered in 20 minutes. If scooters and motorcycles didn't have enough going for them already high gasoline prices definitely gave these vehicles another attractiveness boost which quickly translated to sales which hopefully results in more eye opening experiences happy new scooter riders.
According to Reuters, "Piaggio" scooter sales went up 105% in May and 147% in June. "Piago" executive points out American city dwellers are definitely embracing this clean, fuel and time efficient means of transportation. Reuters also reports total scooter sales are up by 65% for the first half of 2008.
The US has traditionally lagged behind Europe and certainly behind Asia when it comes to scooters. The enormous distances and motorcycling tradition in the USA have certainly played a key role in the relative weakness of the scooter market. However, it seems increasing gasoline prices have tipped the equation in favor of the urban scooter which has everything going for it.
Scooter prices are a laugh compared to the average car ranging from $1,800 to $7,000. The old traditional image of the scooter, a faltering and noisy little motorized bicycle couldn't be further from the truth. Leading scooter manufacturers have created new super-scooters which at times easily overshadow motorcycles.
The distinct advantages of scooters
- Cheap and reliable means of transportation that helps avoid yet another pricey car loan saving thousands of dollars easily.
- Very efficient mpg ratio at 70-90 mpg quickly translates to $10 for a week of city riding saving hundreds of dollars a month.
- Environmentally friendly due to very high fuel efficiency contributing some more to the global effort.
- Parking is a breeze translating to hundreds of dollars saved on a yearly basis.
- Traffic and gridlock are foreign to scooters easily cruising between jammed packed roads.
The distinct disadvantages of scooters
- Usually limited to the urban environment easily solved by keeping one car for long distance travels only.
- Far riskier than driving a car obviously and requires attention, skill and maturity.
- Insurance premiums are accordingly high but are nowhere near your total saving potential.
From my short experience I believe replacing a car with a scooter results in saving literally thousands of dollars with a much higher potential depending on the car you drive and the mpg you get.
If you're looking to make a serious change in both lifestyle and personal finance considering the switch to a scooter is one of the best opportunities you have available.car, enormous distances, gasoline, Money, mpg, piaggio scooter, Reuters, scooter market, scooter riders, scooter sales

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text: Printer-friendly version To schedule an audition, or for further questions about graduate percussion programs, please contact Prof. Timothy Adams, area chair. Percussion graduate auditions (MM) Snare: A concert solo (e.g., Delecluse, Hard Times, etc.) Mallets: A two-mallet solo (e.g., Green: Rag, Bach, Delecluse) and a contemporary four-mallet solo Timpani: A four-drum solo (e.g., Delecluse, Carter, or others of equivalent difficulty) Orchestral Repertoire:◦ Snare: Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije, Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherezade, Shostakovich - Symphony No. 10◦ Xylophone: Gershwin - Porgy and Bess (opening), Kabalevsky - Colas Breugnon, Messiaen - Oiseaux exotiques, Copland - Appalachian Spring◦ Glockenspiel: Dukas - Sorcerer's Apprentice, Mozart - The Magic Flute◦ Tambourine: Dvorak - Carnival Overture◦ Triangle: Brahms - Symphony No. 4◦ Cymbals: Tchaikovsky - Romeo & Juliet and Symphony No. 4◦ Bass Drum: Mahler - Symphony No. 3, Britten - Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra◦ Timpani: Mozart - Symphony No. 39, Beethoven - Symphony No. 1, Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 4, Brahms - Symphony No. 1 Percussion graduate auditions (DMA) DMA applicants should prepare ALL of the items listed above for the MM audition (snare, mallet, and timpani solos and the indicated orchestral excerpts), plus the following additional excertps: Snare: Ravel - Bolero, Rimsky-Korsakov - Capriccio Espagnole, Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5 Xylophone: Bartok - Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, Kodaly - Hary Janos, Schuman - Symphony No. 3 Glockenspiel: Respighi - Pines of Rome, Stravinsky - Petrushka (1911), Debussy - La Mer Tambourine: Chabrier - España, Tchaikovsky - "Trepak" from The Nutcracker, Bizet - Carmen Suites I and II Triangle: Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1, Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 Cymbals: Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2, Mussorgsky - Night on Bald Mountain Bass Drum: Stravinsky - Rite of Spring Timpani: Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 and Symphony No. 9, Hindemith - Symphonic Metamorphosis, Bartok - Concerto for Orchestra


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Uh Oh... Trouble!, Reverting a C3000....
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so I got my first zaurus on Friday, and found the original ROM was pretty lackluster.
So, I "upgraded" to pdaxii13, but I really really didn't like it.
Now, I am trying to restore my zaurus back to the original Sharp ROM so that I can try to install the beta version of Cacko. I followed these http://figlabs.com/restore/ and hit a wall. I finished the first part (involving restoring the NAND), however, I can't seem to get the second part where I need to restore the hard disk image. I think the problem is that the commands to be written in the prompt are written to read the file from a CF card. I'm using an SD card. Could someone help me, and tell me how to modify the commands there so that it pulls the information off of an SD card instead of a CF card?
THANKS in advance!
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c'mon, no one can help me out? I think i just need to know the directory of an SD card or something.. I'm completely new to linux, could anyone help a newbie out? please?
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I don't have a 3000, and I have not yet tried pdaXrom, so I'm no expert. I know you didn't say your 3000 was bricked, but maybe this thread contains something useful:
It has another NAND restore file to try.
Hope this helps.
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Thanks for trying, oak, but it didn't have anything there to really help me out.
Looks like I should just order a CF microdrive online somewhere for cheap. No one knows how to modify that code real fast to simply read for an SD card rather than a CF card?
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It wasn't explicitly stated which zaurus model you have. The figlabs site refers to the SL-3000. Do you have that or a 3100 or 3200?
PdaxROM will have repartitioned/reformated your internal microdrive. You will want to restore the original partitions along with some original files (available from the trisoft site listed in the thread that oak referenced or here http://www.trisoft.de/en_downloads.htm).
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the Z is, seriously, quite hard to irreversibly screw up ("brick"), only generally a hardware fault will do that.
doesn't pdaXrom also repartition the flash, so you need to do that too? doesn't it use uboot as a boot loader, I think a NAND restore will fix that.
the first time I repartitioned my HDD I got seriously scared I'd fubared but after a bit of hacking it came back together. There's a patch somewhere which fixes Sharp's scripts to remove the dependency on the "recovery" partition.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday paid his respects at the site of the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar, in the northern Indian state of Punjab.
British colonial rulers at the time ordered a mass shooting that killed at least 379 people and injured many more. Mr. Cameron, who is in India for a three-day trip, is the first British prime minister to visit the site.
While Mr. Cameron fell short of offering an outright apology, he condemned the episode as shameful.
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Hello, everybody. Today, I'll be teaching you how to install Android OS 2.2 on a Virtual Machine (VM) using VirtualBox. What could this be useful for? Well, having an Android VM effectively gives you an Android phone (without the physical device). You can use it to test apps you develop, try out the new Android OS (the steps should be similar to the ones in this guide for version 2.2), or even to try out the Android platform before you commit to buying it.
Firstly, we need to install the VirtualBox software. VirtualBox is a free program that "virtualizes" a system. It pretty much creates an isolated computer system inside of your currently running system(mind blowing, right?). You can download VirtualBox here. Once you have it downloaded, just run the installer and complete installation.
Your freshly installed copy (or possibly used, if you already had it installed) should look something like this:
Next thing we need to do is create the virtual machine. Click on "New" and a wizard will pop-up. Click "Next" and you will be presented with a screen prompting for a name and OS type. Use a name of your choice (I chose "Android OS 2.2"), and for OS type, select Operating System as Linux and Version as Other Linux so that the screen looks something like:
On the next screen, you will choose the amount of memory that the VM can use. A good amount for Android 2.2 to run on is 256MB, but you can use more if you really want. After clicking "Next", you will need to create a new virtual hard disk, so click "Next" once again to bring up the "Create New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard".
Proceeding to the next screen, you will be asked to decide between dynamically-expanding storage or fixed-size storage. I would suggest dynmically-expanding storage because, although it allows disk fragmentation to occur, possibly lowering speeds, it uses less disk space by making the virtual hard disk file larger only as more space is needed, not reserving all of the space at once. On the next page, you will be asked to chose the maximum size of the hard disk. You really only need 1GB at the very most, and not all of that space will be reserved at once since we are using dynamically-expanding storage. You can choose less, but I would suggest no less than 300MB. Click "Finish" on both of the windows currently open and a new VM will have been created! Your main screen should now look something like:
Now, you need to download the Android OS 2.2 LiveCD iso file. This is the media which will let us boot and install our Android 2.2 system. You can download it here.
With your iso downloaded and your VM selected in VirtualBox, open the "Settings" window. There's only a basic things we need to set-up here. Firstly, go under "Storage" and highlight the entry labeled "Empty":
Using the CD icon towards the right of the window, choose a virtual cd/dvd disk file, in this case, the iso you downloaded. Now, go under the "Network" section and change the "Attached To" combo-box to "Bridged Adapter". Under Name, select the name of your network adapter.
Click Ok to close this settings menu.
Now, it's time to boot our virtual machine! We'll have two paths we can take here: you can either install Android 2.2 to the hard disk to have persistant data, or you can boot it into LiveCD mode which allows you to use the OS without installation, obviously not storing any apps or other data you have.
To put it into LiveCD mode, just press Enter on the first option on the blue screen that comes up. After some commands fly accross the screen, you will be presented with a standard Android unlock screen. But, alas, you can't seem to interact with it! This has to do with how the VM handles controlling the mouse. To be able to use your mouse on things inside the VM, you will need to go to Machine->Disable Mouse Integration. Then once you click inside the VM, it will prompt you about capturing the mouse. This simply means that your mouse will be locked inside the VM until you press the Host key (by default Right Ctrl), and this is required. You now have a fully fuctional Android OS 2.2 VM, but what if you want to install it so you can have persistant data?
To install Android OS 2.2, when at the blue bootloader screen, select the last option, "Installation". You will be presented with the following screen:
Select "Create/Modify Partitions". This will prepare our virtual hard disk for installation. Choose New->Primary and accept the default size. Press Enter again to select "Bootable". Finally, move your cursor to Write and press Enter. Now it will want you to type out 'yes' to accept. On a real machine, partitioning can potentially destroy data, but since we are using a virtual machine, we have nothing to fear. Just type 'yes' and press Enter. Once it is done writing, go to Quit. Now we have a new entry on the menu called 'sda1'. Press Enter on it.
You will now need to format the new partition. Select 'ext3' and confirm it on the following screen. Once that finishes, you will be prompted to install GRUB. GRUB is a bootloader which is a program that is called on start-up and hands control over to the OS of choice (in this case Android OS 2.2). You will need to install GRUB or else your VM will not be able to boot. Finally, when it asks whether /system should be made read-write, you will need to decide. Making it read-write takes longer, but is generally required if you plan on using this VM for development, depending on what you are developing. If you are just planning on using the VM for non-development purposes, choose no, otherwise, choose yes. Once it finishes copying files to install, you will get a congratulations screen.
At this point, you can either proceed to run Android OS or you can create a virtual SD card. I would suggest creating an SD card since many apps rely on them.
If you chose to create an SD card, you will now need to specify the size. Choose anything you like, I commonly use 500MB even though that may be on the high side (or low side depending on what sort of usage you are planning for this VM). Just gauge it based on what you think you will need. It is always better to miss on the high side. Once the SD card has been created, you will need to reboot. First, go to Devices->CD/DVD Devices->Remove disk from virtual drive. This prevents the VM from trying to boot from the iso again, so that it instead boots from its installed hard disk. Then press Enter. The machine will reboot and bring you to a lock screen much like before.
Now, you know how to create an Android OS 2.2 Virtual Machine with VirtualBox. You can use this for development, personal use, or any other thing you can use a normal Android mobile device for. Have fun, post replies, and please don't distribute this tutorial without my permission.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Intern Program (Non-Federal)
In January of each year, in conjunction with the national holiday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, OCRDI-Diversity and Inclusion sponsors and Essay Contest with the local (Riverdale, MD) high school students. The selected winners are offered a six-week internship with an APHIS program.
The "Martin Luther King, Jr. Educational Contest" was established to celebrate one of the nation's greatest leaders. APHIS' Office of Civil Rights, Diversity, and Inclusion conducts the annual MLK Educational Contest through the African American Employment Program. The contest, in its 20th year, was designed to inspire middle and high school students to reflect on the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and share their thoughts and insights in an essay or pictorial format. The winning students receive a trophy and/or plaque. The 1st and 2nd place winning high school students are hired for summer employment with APHIS in Riverdale, MD.
Marion Barry Summer Youth Employment Program (MBSYEP-DC)
Is a locally funded initiative sponsored by the Department of Employment Services (DOES) that provides District youth ages 14 to 24 with enriching and constructive summer work experiences through subsidized placements in the private and government sectors for a period of six weeks. The purpose of MBSYEP is to expose young people ages 14 – 24 to various career fields and introduce them to the dynamics of working in a professional and positive work environment.
Summer Youth Enrichment Program (SYEP-PG)
The Summer Youth Enrichment Program (SYEP) is a collaborative partnership of business stakeholders to provide an entry-level introduction to public service for youth ages 15-19 who reside in Prince George's County, Maryland. This initiative will provide enriching and constructive summer work experience placements within the county including Federal and county government agencies.
Animal Care Externship Program
Provides students with an unpaid work experience for 1 to 4 weeks in the areas of Enforcement, Compliance Inspections, Information technology, Nonclinical veterinary care and Emergency Programs. Students are responsible for housing and transportation costs, as well as other personal expenses.
Veterinary Services Externship Program
Provides veterinary students with hands-on experience in public veterinary practice for 2 to 4 weeks at The Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Students are responsible for housing and transportation costs, as well as other personal expenses.
Provides students between the ages of 12-17 the opportunity to experience agricultural science, and learn about careers in animal and plant disciples, wildlife management, veterinary medicine and other related fields. The program will be held at 22 colleges/universities nationwide. Tuition, room and board, lab supplies, meals, and activity fees are covered by APHIS. Students selected for the program are responsible for costs associated with traveling to and from the university campus.
USDA National Scholars Intern Program (Federal)
The USDA/1890 National Scholars Program is a partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and 1890 Historically Black Land-Grant Universities. The USDA/1890 National Scholars Program is implemented under the USDA Fellows Experience Program (FEP). Scholars accepted into the program will be appointed using the Schedule A(r) Authority (5 CFR 213.3202) and are not eligible for noncompetitive conversion to full-time employment upon graduation.
USDA Hispanic-Serving Institutions National Program(HACU) (Non-Federal)
The USDA/HACU National Internship Program is designed to expose both undergraduate and graduate students to the federal sector to gain valuable professional experience that complements their education. Students are recruited based on academic performance, leadership and community service. The program has successfully pipelined qualified and talented students into the Department since 1994. This program is an excellent opportunity to identify and attract highly qualified candidates for future employment and addresses your agency's workforce planning needs by aligning education and training to meet future position requirements.
Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) Internship Program (Non-Federal)
The Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership (CAPAL) seeks to empower Asian American, Native American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) youth by increasing access to public service opportunities and building a strong AANHPI public service pipeline. CAPAL places a number of students in the U.S> Federal Government each summer. These internships are open to All Majors and are suited for individuals looking to gain a real-world Federal Government experience.
Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) Internship Program (Non-Federal)
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is the nation's largest organization exclusively representing the Black College Community. TMCF member-schools include the publicly-supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Predominately Black Institutions, enrolling nearly 80% of all students attending black colleges and universities. TMCF offers 10-12 week internships with various organizations which include the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and the Department of Defense. Interns work in various locations across the United States in state of-the-art facilities conducting research and contributing to the overall business enterprise.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture offers different opportunities for students and recent graduates to work in the agricultural, science, technology, math, environmental, management, business and many other fields. The Student Employment Opportunities program serves as the umbrella of all the student and recent graduate programs offered at USDA. All USDA student opportunities are open to people with disabilities and veterans. This program was formed to centralize efforts and work collectively as ONE-USDA initiative nationwide. Under the Student Employment Opportunities program, USDA Mission Areas have the opportunity to hire students, or recent graduates to work in their mission areas through the following opportunities:


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By Lissa Capobianco
Staff Writer
Fiscal year 2013 ended in a surplus for the town's budget, reported Town Manager Garry Brumback.
Brumback said the town had a little more than $600K in expenditures and a similar amount of surplus in revenues.
"We budgeted under a certain set of assumptions that the state was not going to come forward with the kind of revenue that they previously told us."
Besides the surplus, last fiscal year also brought a small decrease in taxes by .03 percent, Brumback said.
Brumback said the amount is small, but still good news for the average taxpayer.
"If we can pass savings on, even though they're small, then we'll do that," he said.
Brumback pointed the success of the last fiscal year to the collaboration between the finance board and the town government as well as the Board of Education.
"We've collaboratively changed the way we budget," Brumback said. "We've been able to accomplish everything we've set out to accomplish and still relieve some of the burden to taxpayers."
Southington School Superintendent Dr. Joseph Erardi also mentioned the collaboration between the education board, the finance board and the town government. He reported that the last fiscal year ended in a surplus of over $12,000 for the school district.
"When the day comes to close, I am certain that the Board of Finance, the Town Council, and the Board of Education are doing their absolute best for all youngsters in this town," Erardi said. "We never lost sight of children."
Erardi reflected back on multiple projects the school budget helped accomplish this past year including the full-day kindergarten program, improvements in technology and security upgrades in response to the Newtown tragedy. Erardi said the improvements made in school safety were the most important project the board accomplished last year. After the Newtown tragedy on December 14, the school board spent the rest of the year creating a new safety plan that emphasized stronger and faster methods of communication between the school district and emergency officials as well as the town manager. Calling the plan sustainable, reasonable and meaningful, Erardi said "safety is all about time between the perpetrator and the incident."
"That is work that this whole community can be proud of," he said.
With the new school year just around the corner, Erardi said he looks forward to new changes in the school district including the first full-day kindergarten program, the recovery of lost staff, an increase in funding for professional development and long-term technology improvements. Erardi said he is also excited for the middle school renovations to be completed by 2015.
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Set in a diorama world, Stacking is a third person adventure puzzle game where you play as Charlie Blackmore, the world tiniest Russian stacking doll. He is all too accustomed to being overlooked and dismissed--too small to be of any consequence. But Charlie's size turns out to be his greatest strength after all.
Explore a vintage world inhabited by living Russian stacking dolls as you jump into more than 100 unique dolls and use their special abilities to solve a wide variety of puzzles & challenges.Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie's family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the "Baron." This imaginative 3rd person puzzle adventure game will take you on a journey from a bustling Royal Train Station to a high-flying Zeppelin as you collect unique dolls and matched stacking sets to display in Charlie's secret hideout, where you chronicle your adventures.


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The order of passenger pick up and drop off is not just based on geographical location.
Each funding agency of the various Paratransit programs designates a different and specific set of regulations to which rabbittransit must adhere. These program regulations dictate how the service is provided and affects the order of passenger drop off and pick up. Multiple vehicles may be sent to one location, for example a senior center, to pick up different sets of people as the vehicles travel to different parts of the county.


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Inspired by conversations on the Food52 Hotline, we're sharing tips and tricks that make navigating all of our kitchens easier and more fun.
Today: Let your desserts live a little.
If you've ever watched Downton Abbey, you know it's customary for the men to retire after dinner for an after-dinner glass of port. Or brandy. Or something else obscure and vaguely sweet that should be sipped slowly from tumblers in a room with many leather-bound books that smells of rich mahogany.
While this custom is certainly no longer the norm, there is something to be said for the after-dinner drink, or digestif. Your eyes were a bit bigger than your stomach? Alcohol can help. Feeling comatose and ready to snooze? Alcohol can help. Ready to take the party to the next level? Alcohol can definitely help.
Of course you can simply pop open another bottle of wine or pass around some snifters of Scotch, but why not have a little fun with your post-dinner drinks? In fact, why not combine your post-dinner drink with the highlight of any meal: dessert.
Adding alcohol to dessert not only kills two birds with one stone; the two actually work quite well together. They can be greater than the sum of their parts. They can -- and should -- be best friends.
Read on for a few creative, fun ways to incorporate booze into your sweets (not including pie crust). Your next dinner party -- or Sunday afternoon -- just got a lot more exciting.
Let's start simple: The Beer Float. Yes, that beloved childhood soda fountain treat has an older, more mature cousin -- and it's just as over-the-top delicious. Skip the 2-dollars-a-pint swill of your college dive bar days and splurge on a fancy, more complex brew. We love wheat beers for summer and darker, nuttier Belgian beers for colder climes. Steer clear of IPA's: their bitterness is intensified by the ice cream. Pair with vanilla and you can't go wrong.
Sometimes you just need to chill. This is where White Wine Granita comes to the rescue, and a Rhubarb and Gin Sorbet starts to sound fantastic. Of course, in colder months you can sub red wine for white in the granita, or apples and rum for rhubarb and gin in the sorbet.
Adding alcohol to your frozen desserts has two benefits -- one, it makes frozen desserts about twice as fun, and two, it gives them a much smoother texture. Alcohol doesn't crystalize at 32°F (think of that token vodka bottle you keep in your freezer), and will help elevate your dessert from vaguely fruity ice chunks to a lusciouslly-textured treat.
Alcohol aids in fiery desserts as well as frozen. To achieve the perfect flambé, start with a few tablespoons of sugar in a shallow pan. Once the sugar turns amber, add slices of your favorite seasonal fruit and wait for them get some color. Add a few splashes of liquor (we recommend darker, richer spirits such as brandy or rum) and ignite with a match or -- for the fainter of heart -- a candle lighter.
Allow the flame to go out on its own, while allowing yourself to bask in the adoring praise of your guests. Just be sure to practice once or twice before ignition, or at least have a fire extinguisher on hand. Folks, you should definitely try this at home. To ensure flames 100% of the time, Joe Pastry suggests keeping your alcohol warm in something like this before adding it to the fruit.
If you or your guests need a little pick-me-up, we've got the solution: coffee + the booze of your choice. While Bailey's is most definitely a classic for a reason, you can do better. Try adding a bit of sugar and some good whiskey for an Irish Coffee (with a dollop of whipped cream, of course). Experiment with flavored liquors such as Frangelico or Grand Marnier -- just be sure to keep it to about 1 shot (1.5 oz) per 6 oz cup of coffee. Your guests will definitely perk up after sipping a mugfull.
More: If you want something with a bit more spice, or are avoiding java, this Dirty Chai Toddy is for you.
If none of these suggestions impress, fear not: we're just getting started. How about delicate crêpes filled with perfumed ricotta and doused in a lillet kumquat compote? Or your favorite seasonal fruit, macerated in vodka and sprinkled with freshly ground pepper? You can also nudge your favorite recipes in the right direction by adding rum to your tiramisu or tres leches.
In the end, these suggestions are really more like guidelines. Because when you're combining two of everyone's favorite things, how can you go wrong? Trust your tastes and your instincts, and you're sure to be the toast of the town.
How do you have your dessert and drink it too? Share in the comments!
Flambe photo by Camille Becerra, granita photo by Sarah Shatz. All other photos by James Ransom.
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Is there any chance that this show won't go down the familiar route of that the other Berlanti/CW/DC shows have? I don't know much about Black Lightning, but I'd be willing to give the show a try if it's actually something different compared to Arrow, Flash, Supergirl and LoT.
Trailer's out; looks good from what i can see; i like the costume. Just not sure how long i'll stick with it if it's going to be structly a crime noir type seties.
The neon color lighting streaks on the costume looks cheap; like something from the 90s
Yeah, I don't like the neon on the front. But the rest looks pretty good. Seems pretty no-nonsense.
I love the story premise and I'm all for it 100%. A retired hero being forced to come out of retirement, and then finding out that his children inherited his abilities? That's a set of problems and plot that hasn't been done on the other shows so far. And a real family of superheroes? Yes, please.
I know the Flash technically has a family of heroes, but in the flash's case it's a little bit different as seeing they're not exactly related to each other.
However I agree that the glowing bits seem a little silly. The arrow and the Flash's outfits seem far more practical and sensible in comparison...at least they'll be able to sneak around in the dark and you won't see them coming... unlike black lighting. lol.
It also makes me wonder if we'll see other black heroes cameo on the show too in later seasons. Vixen, Static Shock, Black Vulcan, etc. On one hand it could be really great... but then again it could face the same problems the Flash had, of there being way too many speedsters on the show.
Former Dexter star James Remar and Criminal Minds alum Damon Gupton have signed on as series regulars.
Looks interesting, I love the DC shows so I'll watch, I wonder what Earth he will be on, Arrow/Flash Earth or Supergirls? I never read Black Lightning so I know little about the characters so this will be nice for me to go into this show without any preconceived notions on what to expect.
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Just heard Black Lightning got the strongest premiere ratings for CW in the past two years according to Deadline. It held 100 percent of Flash's audience in the prized 18-34 and 18-49 demos!
Congrats to the cast and crew I'm glad it premiered that well.
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Has not declared a major, but is looking into the Business Economics department...Enjoys reading, biking, and going to the beach.
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Web Site to Outline Voting Options for Troops Overseas
By Sgt. Sara Wood, USA
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25, 2006 - A new Web site being developed by the Defense Department will provide information on electronic voting options for servicemembers and other U.S. citizens living overseas.
The Integrated Voting Alternative Site, which is scheduled to be accessible Sept. 1, will include information from all 55 states and territories on the various electronic ballot request and delivery alternatives available to U.S. citizens living overseas covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, said Scott Wiedmann, deputy director of the Federal Voting Assistance Program. The IVAS will be found on the Federal Voting Assistance Program Web site, and will be updated to reflect changes to state laws, he said.
The by-mail ballot system is still the preferred, and most used, voting method for troops and citizens overseas, Wiedmann said, but it isn't always available, so DoD developed electronic alternatives starting in 1990.
"Servicemembers, just like any other American citizen, have the right to participate in the electoral process," he said.
Different states have different electronic voting options, but they almost all allow overseas citizens to use fax machines for at least part of the voting process, Wiedmann said. About 30 states offer blank ballot delivery by fax, and 24 states allow citizens to return ballots by fax, he said.
Ballots cannot be filled out or submitted online because of security concerns, Wiedmann said, but the IVAS will have an electronic Federal Post Card Application - the form citizens use to request an absentee ballot - that can be filled out and submitted to the state officials via a secure site. The state officials can then post a blank ballot to the same site, and the citizen can print it out and mail it back when completed, he said.
"Where states are able to participate, either through their state laws or procedures, to use electronic capabilities, we encourage that," he said. "That helps to cut down part of the process."
State governments are responsible for the voting process, and DoD does not register any voters or send in ballots, Wiedmann said. The department simply acts as an intermediary, ensuring citizens covered under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act have a chance to vote, he said.
"It's our job to carry out that act and do whatever we can to facilitate that process and that communication between the individual member and their local election official," he said.
It's important for servicemembers to participate in this year's election, Wiedmann said, because members of Congress make many decisions directly affecting the military. Decisions about military pay, housing, and base closure go through Congress, he noted.
"In that regard, (servicemembers) should always be electing the people who they feel represent them best," he said.
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Genesis 1-2 New International Version (NIV)
The Beginning
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
3 And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
6 And God said, "Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water." 7 So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. 8 God called the vault "sky." And there was evening, and there was morning—the second day.
9 And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. 10 God called the dry ground "land," and the gathered waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.
11 Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. 12 The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. 13 And there was evening, and there was morning—the third day.
14 And God said, "Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, 15 and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. 16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. 17 God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, 18 to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fourth day.
20 And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky." 21 So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." 23 And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
24 And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. 25 God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
26 Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals,[a] and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
27 So God created mankind in his own image,
28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
29 Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life in it—I give every green plant for food." And it was so.
31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
2 Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.
Adam and Eve
4 This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens.
5 Now no shrub had yet appeared on the earth[b] and no plant had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no one to work the ground, 6 but streams[c] came up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed a man[d] from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
8 Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 A river watering the garden flowed from Eden; from there it was separated into four headwaters. 11 The name of the first is the Pishon; it winds through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 (The gold of that land is good; aromatic resin[e] and onyx are also there.) 13 The name of the second river is the Gihon; it winds through the entire land of Cush.[f] 14 The name of the third river is the Tigris; it runs along the east side of Ashur. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die."
18 The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."
19 Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.
But for Adam[g] no suitable helper was found. 21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs[h] and then closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib[i] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said,
"This is now bone of my bones
24 That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.
25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.
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The Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah
1 This is the genealogy[a] of Jesus the Messiah[b] the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
4 Ram the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
7 Solomon the father of Rehoboam,
Rehoboam the father of Abijah,
Abijah the father of Asa,
8 Asa the father of Jehoshaphat,
Jehoshaphat the father of Jehoram,
Jehoram the father of Uzziah,
9 Uzziah the father of Jotham,
Jotham the father of Ahaz,
Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah the father of Manasseh,
Manasseh the father of Amon,
Amon the father of Josiah,
11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah[c] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12 After the exile to Babylon:
Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the father of Abihud,
Abihud the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
14 Azor the father of Zadok,
Zadok the father of Akim,
Akim the father of Elihud,
15 Elihud the father of Eleazar,
Eleazar the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
16 and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, and Mary was the mother of Jesus who is called the Messiah.
17 Thus there were fourteen generations in all from Abraham to David, fourteen from David to the exile to Babylon, and fourteen from the exile to the Messiah.
Joseph Accepts Jesus as His Son
18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about[d]: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet[e] did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus,[f] because he will save his people from their sins."
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"[g] (which means "God with us").
24 When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. 25 But he did not consummate their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
The Magi Visit the Messiah
2 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi[h] from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, "Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him."
3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 When he had called together all the people's chief priests and teachers of the law, he asked them where the Messiah was to be born. 5 "In Bethlehem in Judea," they replied, "for this is what the prophet has written:
6 "'But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
7 Then Herod called the Magi secretly and found out from them the exact time the star had appeared. 8 He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me, so that I too may go and worship him."
9 After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen when it rose went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. 10 When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. 11 On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. 12 And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.
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Psalms 1–41
Psalm 1
1 Blessed is the one
4 Not so the wicked!
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One of my most elusive and most intriguing ancestors is Patience Suddarth. I first encountered Patience on the 1820 Crawford County, Indiana census. She is enumerated as 'Patience Suddreth' and is the head of household, 26 – 45 years of age. Also in the household are two young boys, one 10 – 16 and the other under 10 years. Enumerated immediately before Patience is 'James Suddreth' and immediately after is Jeremiah Tadlock, husband of James's sister, Sarah Suddarth.
There is definitely a relationship between Patience, James and Sarah. Just what exactly that relationship is has not been confirmed. James is 25 years of age at this time (born 1795) and Sarah is 17 (born 1803). Looking at the 1820 census record, Patience would have been between 26 and 45, so she could be a sister to James and Sarah, their mother, an Aunt, or some other relationship. It is also not clear from this record whether Patience is a widow or had never married (we cannot be sure that Patience is the mother of the two boys in the household). I have found no other records for Patience in Crawford or surrounding counties in Indiana, and I do not find her anywhere in the 1830 census.
I do, however, find someone who could possibly be her in the 1810 census. The 1810 Casey County, Kentucky census lists a 'Peashant Sutheard', head of household, between the ages of 26 and 45. Additionally, there is another female in the household, under 10 years of age, making her born between 1800 and 1810. There are also two young boys in the household, both under 10, so born between 1800 and 1810 as well. Is this the same Patience Suddarth as was found in Crawford County?
I believe it is. The age on the two census records agrees. If this is the same Patience, she would have been born between 1775 and 1784. James Suddarth, enumerated in the 1820 census immediately before Patience, enlisted at the Casey County, Kentucky courthouse in 1813 to fight in the War of 1812. Additionally, James is found in Casey County tax lists for the years 1812 – 1814. There is also a John Suddarth found in the Casey County tax lists in 1809 and then again from 1812 through 1815 and in 1817. I have not found John in the tax lists for 1810, 1811 or 1816. Neither John nor James are found in the Casey County census in 1810.
So, we know that there are Suddarths in Casey County at the time. We also know that James from Crawford County, Indiana, is from Casey County, Kentucky and is found on tax lists there. But what about the children found in the census records?
The Suddarth family of Crawford County, Indiana consisted of 4 brothers and 1 sister, according to a letter written by Jerry Suddarth in 1899. These brothers were James, born 1795; Benjamin, born 1801; John, born 1811; and Lewis, born 1812. The sister was Sarah, who was born in 1803. In 1810, the female found in the household is the right age to be Sarah. Of the two boys, Benjamin was born in 1801, so he would have been under 10 at the time of the census. James would have been 15, so it is possible that a mistake was made in the census. James could also have been in another household at the age of 15 and this is another child who died young. I think that with all the other evidence, that either of these situations is very likely. The 1820 census in Crawford County, Indiana shows two boys, one under 10, and the other 10 to 16. I think that it is very likely that the one under 10 is Lewis and that the one who is 10 to 16 is John (he would have been 9 at the time; it is very possible that he was reported and/or marked as being 10. James and Sarah are each in their own households in 1820. Benjamin has not been found in 1820.
No other records have been found which mention Patience. This is not surprising for a female at that time. I am pretty confident that the Patience found in 1810 is the same as the Patience found in 1820. If that is the case, then I believe that she is not a widow, but that Suddarth is her maiden name. This of course leads to all kinds of questions, such as whose children is she raising, both in 1810 and 1820? Are they hers and she was never married or are they the children of a relative that she has taken in and is helping to raise? I am sure that there are many other possibilities, as well. Patience will remain one of my favorite ancestors to research, hoping to uncover more of her life's story.


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Eric Wiseman, CEO of VF Corp., is hip-deep in a hugely ambitious growth plan for the global apparel powerhouse, which wields such brands as Wrangler, Lee, Nautica, The North Face and JanSport. While other apparel companies are in survival mode, VF remains focused on heady targets for sales and earnings.
Wiseman knows what it will take to meet those targets. "If you sit in my office, with a growth plan to raise revenues from $7 billion to $11 billion by 2012, you'll see that I need three things," he says. "I need a strong fi- nancial lever, and that's never been more important than it is now. I need brands that are winning against the competition. And I need talent. Money and brands don't do me any good if I don't have the talent."
VF employs 46,000 people in 150 countries, but when Wiseman talks about talent, he means the 100 VF executives who drive corporate growth. What he wants from his vice president for human resources is nothing more or less than full assurance that those 100 executives are properly developed and deployed. "I spend very little time on tactical HR and an enormous amount of time on our leaders," he notes.
Wiseman's position delineates the exact point at which the work of the CEO and that of the highest HR executive intersect in successful corporations. "CEOs are interested in revenue growth, profitability, innovation and the ability to retain customers," says Jeff Schwartz, principal in Deloitte Consulting's human capital practice and co-leader for Deloitte's global talent initiative. "They are interested in business issues and talent issues, but not HR issues."
Within the talent issue, the primary concern for CEOs is the leadership pipeline. "An emerging best practice is active succession planning with very active involvement of top leadership," Schwartz says. As long as HR executives function as business leaders by driving the talent agenda, their strategic role is secure. Problems arise only when they try to drive HR operations as a strategic issue when it is not.
"HR must be operationally correct. The dial tone must be there," Schwartz says. "But the real focus of the top HR executive must be the company's leadership needs and capabilities, which is a business driver. Some HR executives, however, are still torn between their allegiance to HR operations and their forward-looking business agenda."
Achieving clarity
At VF headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, the agenda for Susan Williams, vice president for human resources, is clearly defined. "My time with the CEO is all about talent and the organization," she says. "My job is talent development, which means focusing on the top management group of about 1,500 people, but the top 100 are the detailed focus for HR and the CEO. About 95 percent of my time with Wiseman is devoted to that group of 100 leaders."
Wiseman and Williams attend the company's biannual senior talent assessment review, or STAR, a meeting that includes VF's operating committee members plus the "coalition" of business unit leaders and the head of HR for each coalition. Williams also meets privately with Wiseman to discuss the coalition leaders during the STAR review period.
"At the STAR meeting, we look at the top people one at a time," Wiseman says. "We ask, 'What kind of a leader has this person become? Is this person ready for more? We may talk for 10 minutes about how amazing someone is and how we can move them around for career advancement and to engage them in all parts of the business and all geographies. Some of the discussions go the other way, and we have to ask if we simply missed the boat on that person or if something can be done to strengthen them."
Wiseman is the best evidence of the company's extraordinarily careful succession planning. His move to CEO began with his promotion to president and COO in March 2006 after 11 years with the company. In January 2008, he replaced retiring CEO Mackey McDonald, who led the company though a successful decade-long transformation. McDonald continued in his position as chairman until August, when Wiseman took over that post as well.
Williams' role in building the company's top leadership can be seen on a detailed level in the company's recent creation of a new corporate officer position. "One of our imperatives is global expansion," Williams notes. "We had a great operating committee, but there was no international talent. So we evaluated candidates, and then I followed through to facilitate all the arrangements and worked with the board for approval to create a new corporate officer position."
On January 4, Karl Heinz Salzburger, the new corporate vice president and president of VF International, took his seat on the operating committee.
Enabling growth drivers
Apart from their focus on the top 100 leaders, Wiseman and Williams work together to ensure that two key growth drivers—international expansion and aggressive acquisitions—continue to deliver. "The CEO challenges me on talent gaps," Williams says. "We want to grow in China and India, so he supplies me with the time frame for expansion, then I look carefully at what it takes to get top people in those locations. He challenges me to understand our international talent in depth."
To move ahead with the company's international expansion, Williams also assessed the company's global HR talent. VF has now hired a vice president for human resources for Asia plus HR leaders for Europe. "I've received the CEO's support for building a global HR leadership team," Williams notes.
The company runs global human resources with a lean staff of 275, led by international HR vice presidents who meet quarterly. "We've invested heavily in HR leadership over the past five years," Wiseman notes. "We have to have consistently strong HR across all regions and brands." VF also strengthened its HR analytics capabilities. "We hired an [organizational development] expert and built staff around that person, and it has completely changed the game for us," he says.
Wiseman informs Williams about any possible acquisitions at the earliest stages. In addition to formal HR due diligence, Williams conducts covert intelligence through her own HR contacts. She also takes a proactive approach to integration. "When we acquire companies, we want to make sure that we keep the talent necessary to support the brand," Williams says.
Williams gathers intelligence about any changes in business expectations and growth projections from the vice presidents for human resources at the coalition level. "The VPs of HR for the businesses are also the confidants to their coalition leaders or their CEOs, so they get the information on any business changes and contact me, and I accumulate that information and take it to Wiseman," she says.
Owning the top
At another global giant that is managing through the global downturn with greater success than its competitors, the CEO and the top HR executive also maintain a steady focus on the top layer of corporate leadership. Zurich Financial Services, the giant insurance-based financial services company with 60,000 employees worldwide, relies on an all-important group of 200 executives to steer the company through the credit crisis. Chief executive James Schiro and Peter Goerke, group head of human resources, concentrate their attention on this select group.
"Talent management is putting the top 200 people into the top 200 positions through detailed planning," Goerke says. "The top 200 leaders are owned by the executive group. New leadership appointments are on my daily agenda. I have to understand if we have leaders who should be given more responsibility or whether we need to do external searches."
Every January, Schiro, Goerke and the full executive group meet for two days to evaluate all 200 positions and review succession planning for each one. The executive group members are Swiss, American, Dutch, German, Italian, Irish and British. Many, including Schiro and Goerke, have worked at professional services firms; McKinsey & Co. and PricewaterhouseCoopers dominate the list of previous employers.
"In part because of their past professional services positions, the group's members have moved the people issue up quite a bit on the agenda," Goerke notes.
In addition to their focus on the top 200 leaders, Schiro and Goerke carefully review new talent moving into the organization. "In my one-on-one meetings with the CEO, there are strategic discussions about where I need him to spend more time," Goerke says. "For example, I may ask him to help position the company as an employer of choice by going out to speak to students at MIT."
At VF, Zurich and other successful companies, the focus on the top layer of leadership has only sharpened with the economic downturn. "The key now is to look at the top issues for the company and who will lead it through these issues," Deloitte's Schwartz says. "Business problems drive the succession process."
At VF, results remained impressive through much of 2008 but slowed in the fourth quarter and the first quarter of 2009. Growing through the downturn will require the best that the company's top 100 executives can give.
"We're not in a crisis," Wiseman says. "But we are a performance-driven group of people, and it's frustrating for us that our results were not what they could have been for 2008. There's no magic dust to get through this, just talent."
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Which cricketers that you've seen either live or footage of (surely this subject requires you have seen them! lol) have records which do not do justice to how good they really were/are?
I'll do a couple of my lifetime and wait for others to post Gower and Viv Richards' names. Lol.
SACHIN TENDULKAR- Simply the best batsman I've seen "live" all things considered. I don't think I need to convince anyone on here of how good he was, and still is (though not the player of the 90's and early 00's).
His talent is deserving of a test average of 60, possibly more so in comparison to the guys of yesteryear based on how great a player of spin he was/is (and the wickets doing more for spin in the uncovered era).
Hopefully he reaches 50 centuries in Tests and ODI's. He deserves to have the highest individual score in both tests and ODI's. A 401* in tests (against Australia. lol) and maybe a double century in the ODI format would be the icing on the cake for him.
MARK WAUGH- 1 of the most aesthetically pleasing batsmen I've ever seen and was Australia's version of Atlas during the early to mid 90's in both forms of the game. His 153* at Bangalore in 1998 following a 400+ innings by India and an awesome century by Sachin Tendulkar with all the pressure was typical Mark Waugh. India weren't going to get him out in a month of Sundays during that test.
I can't think off the top of my head a (realistic) area of the field he couldn't play an elegant stroke for 4 to. His talent was deserving of a test average of 50 IMO.
JONTY RHODES- A few people I've talked to don't see what the fuss is about with Jonty Rhodes. You probably would've had to see him to know how good he was. I'd put him comfortably above the best fielders in the world today- and remember he played at a time when Herschelle Gibbs was at peak.
Jonty probably saved more runs than he scored and is responsible for making awesome fielding mandatory for South African cricketers. Gibbs, de Villiers, Duminy, vd Merwe I'm sure will all point to Jonty being the reason they've taken fielding so seriously and spent time on it.
Batting wise, his record isn't as good as he was a batsman imo. The average should be touching 40 and I'm sure he feels he deserved a few more centuries to his name. Between 1998 and 2000, he averaged 47 in tests and between 2000 and 2002 averaged 57 in ODI's including a run of 4 half-centuries against Australia. That's a better indicator of Rhodes' batting ability than before he altered his technique IMO.
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Roane State Community College students returning to class Monday will undoubtedly be the first of many to enjoy the amenities of the new Goff Health Sciences & Technology Building located at the college's Oak Ridge campus and named for former RSCC president — and 2012 "Muddy Boot Award" recipient — Gary Goff.
Roane State Community College students returning to class Monday will undoubtedly be the first of many to enjoy the amenities of the new Goff Health Sciences & Technology Building located at the college's Oak Ridge campus and named for former RSCC president — and 2012 "Muddy Boot Award" recipient — Gary Goff.
The Goff building, which broke ground for construction in June 2012, is a $13.8 million investment for Roane State.
"Money invested in this building is money invested in the community," Campus Vice President Melinda Hillman stated.
The 65,000-square foot, three-story building was designed to help ease student overcrowding and features 14 classrooms, seven labs, 37 faculty offices, an adjunct faculty area, three conference rooms, two lecture halls (which can stream simultaneously to and from one another), 15 student study areas and five computer labs including a Mac lab. The new building includes more than 300 computers.
On the first floor, there is a nursing lab, surgical technology lab and an Occupational Therapy lab which will double as a free OT Clinic sometime in the near future. All of those labs are installed with the latest equipment, their own surgical sinks and the technology needed to enhance learning in the classrooms.
There is also a massage therapist lab with 10 massage tables — a lab large enough to accomodate classes of 20 students and which is expected to offer $25 massages to the public on Fridays in the spring.
Additionally, Hillman said space has been saved for a future ultrasound program, which has been delayed due to that industry's current job market. She said that too many students are receiving training in the field, and that there just aren't enough jobs to go around at this point.
"The last thing we want to do is train with a one-year program, and then they have no jobs," Hillman explained.
The Goff building is classified as a LEED-certified building.
The Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design certification requires that a building be both energy efficient and environmentally friendly. So the building is decked out in environmentally friendly features, furniture and architecture.
In fact, it seems nearly every piece of the building was designed with an eco-friendly eye — including the flat white roof that reflects sunlight to the rock garden landscaping that serves to drain groundwater after periods of rain.
Nearly every light in the building is motion activated and "light aware," meaning the lights will differ in intensity depending on the amount of natural light coming in to a particular room.
The entire building is outfitted with geothermal heating, which Hillman said involves 70 deep underground wells that circulate liquid through the pipes. The liquid goes so deeply into the ground that it's always warmed to around 55 degrees before it reaches the building.
This system — along with other steps taken during the Roane State building's deliberate construction — is expected to help reduce utility costs up to 40 percent. And, as alluded to earlier, even the carpets and furniture meet "green" standards with much of the furniture often doubling as charging stations with built-in power supplies.
Indeed, each floor holds multiple seating areas where students can charge devices "on the go," and take a few minutes to relax between classes. Besides the computer labs, the hallways are outfitted with a few computer systems and power stations specifically for students who might need to take a minute to check e-mails or get some work done during "down time."
The Oak Ridge campus has about 2,500 students and can finally house them all. It was originally designed for 1,800 students.
The new multi-million-dollar Goff Health Sciences & Technology Building alone will hold 500 students, according to information provided by Roane State. Faculty members started moving offices into the Goff building last month.
There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 5. The public is, of course, invited and the event will include speakers in the lecture halls, as well as student demonstrations of new equipment.
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Hard-working reporters put in some long hours for the NFL's first day of free agency. It was so packed with news, it was almost like a mini national signing day.
Missouri opened spring practice on Tuesday looking to build on the momentum of a 12-2 record last season.
Spring practice got started at Vanderbilt, and with it the quarterback derby began as well. Presumed starter sophomore Patton Robinette looks to fend off redshirt freshman Johnny McCrary.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton has been compared to Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel and is among Johnny Football's many advocates, calling him "a quarterback savant."
LSU's first day in pads revolved around the "Big Cat drill," and there was a minor scuffle between DE Lewis Neal and OL Josh Boutte. The Tigers expect to have stiff competition at guard this spring.
The first of Alabama's two pro days is today. Injured players Anthony Steen and Vinnie Sunseri are aiming for the second pro day on April 8.
One year after signing a three-year contract, Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo gets a one-year extension.
Auburn's message on Twitter about the now-tabled 10-second rule? "We're only going to get faster."
Florida players are excited about the new offense that will be installed this spring.
Tennessee linebacker A.J. Johnson chose not to go early into the NFL draft, and as a result he'll be facing greater expectations with the Vols.
Former Texas A&M offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury, now head coach at his alma mater Texas Tech, said he felt conflicted about his time in College Station, Texas.
If you remember watching Auburn running back Stephen Davis star in the mid-90s, this might make you feel a bit older. His son, Stephen Davis Jr. is a 6-foot-3 safety who is -- surprise, surprise -- favoring the Tigers in recruiting.
Many coaches favor some form of an early signing period in football recruiting. Georgia's Mark Richt, however, says, "Be careful what we ask for."
Athlon ranked all 128 NCAA coaching jobs. Florida, Alabama, Georgia and LSU made the top 10.
Recently engaged Gamecocks QB Connor Shaw is a busy man preparing for the NFL draft.