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Liverpool sign Mario Balotelli
Liverpool have completed the signing of Mario Balotelli from AC Milan.
Balotelli, 24, underwent a two-part medical evaluation in Manchester and Liverpool on Friday and Saturday after the Reds agreed to a 16 million pound fee with Milan.
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The Italy international, who has signed a long-term deal, met his new teammates on Monday and took part in a short training session. He will travel to watch them face his former club Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Monday night.
Confirmed: #LFC have today completed the signing of Italy international Mario Balotelli from AC Milan #MarioLFC pic.twitter.com/iSrVb0P3Mw
- Liverpool FC (@LFC) August 25, 2014
"I always start a competition wanting to win it," Balotelli told Liverpool's official website. "We will see. I want to win another Champions League, for sure, because the Champions League wasn't all mine; I was in a team. I want to take this team to the Champions League."
Balotelli admitted that just 18 months back in Milan had convinced him he should return to the Premier League.
"I'm happy to be back because I left England and it was a mistake," he said. "I wanted to go to Italy, but I realised it was a mistake. English football is generally better. English football is beautiful."
Balotelli was given a rough ride by Liverpool fans during his visits to Anfield while with City, but he has already been given a warm welcome by supporters who had been mourning the departure of Luis Suarez.
"I didn't expect it [the warm reception] because whenever I played against Liverpool, the fans weren't nice with me, but that's normal; it's football," Balotelli said. "Now that I play for Liverpool, I can see the expectation in people. They're very happy, and that makes me very happy at the same time.
"To play here for Liverpool excites me, but if you're an opponent, it's difficult. Liverpool are one of the best teams here in England. The football is very good here. It's a great team with young players, and that's why I came here."
- Mario Balotelli (@FinallyMario) August 25, 2014
Manager Brendan Rodgers said the deal was "outstanding value" for a "world-class talent."
"This transfer represents outstanding value for the club, and I think we have done a really smart piece of business here," Rodgers told the club's official website. "There is no doubting Mario's ability. He is a world-class talent and someone who, for such a young age, has vast experience of playing at the very highest level.
"He has scored goals in the Barclays Premier League, in Italy, in the Champions League and for his country at international level. I believe we have the infrastructure, culture and environment to get the best out of him and help him achieve his true potential. We are a strong group here, committed to hard work, and he will benefit from being around it.
"I am looking forward to working with him and helping him learn more, improve and progress as a player. I'm sure the supporters will make him feel very welcome."
Milan have issued an statement wishing the player all the best.
"We worked well together, Mario. We've been happy to have had you here and for this we say good-bye and thank-you," said the statement on the Serie A club's official website. "In one year and a half you've achieved a lot. You were decisive in our qualification for the Champions League in 2013 and were our top scorer last season.
"This is what your Milan thinks of you and this is our chance to confirm it publicly. There have been lots of memorable moments. The goal-scoring debut versus Udinese, that late winner versus Torino at the San Siro in May last year, the decisive goal against Siena and the screamer against Bologna on Valentine's Day at the San Siro.
"Thank you for everything and for what you have done at the club. We wish you the very best of luck for your next sporting and professional adventure."
Reports have suggested that the forward will be paid a base salary between 80,000 and 90,000 pounds per week, a significant drop on the 160,000 pound weekly salary he is believed to have been earning at Milan.
It had been reported that Balotelli's contract at Anfield would include a good behaviour clause -- although this has been denied by his agent Mino Raiola.
"Mario will not have a different contract to the other Liverpool players," Raiola said. "He will have to follow the code of conduct of the club, like all the others."
Liverpool have been seeking a top-class striker to strengthen their forward line throughout the summer, a requirement that became more pressing following the sale of Suarez to Barcelona on July 16.
An 8 million pound deal for QPR's Loic Remy collapsed on July 27 amid concerns about his medical evaluation.
Liverpool initially approached Milan about the possibility of taking Balotelli on loan, but discussions hit a buffer as the Serie A club rejected the idea of a break clause in the deal if the striker misbehaved.
But the Reds were willing to meet Milan's 16 million pound asking price to buy the player -- significantly less than the 25 million pounds that clubs were being quoted earlier in the summer.
Balotelli spent two and a half years at Manchester City after joining from Inter Milan in July 2010.
His time at City had controversy, including incidents in which fireworks were set off in his bathroom and he threw a dart at a youth-team player as well as a public fallout with manager Roberto Mancini.
However, he helped City end a 35-year wait for a trophy as they lifted the FA Cup in 2011 and set up Sergio Aguero's stoppage-time winner against QPR on the final day of the following Premier League season as the club became champion of England for the first time since 1968.
The striker was unable to help Italy beyond the group stage as this year's World Cup in Brazil, although he did score the winner as they beat England 2-1 in their opening match.
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This act directly addresses the leading killer of our young people - traffic crashes. The law significantly changes the way young motorists earn and maintain the privilege of driving by providing a controlled means for new drivers to gain experience, and by reducing high-risk driving situations. While the law does focus on young drivers, it also contains important provisions that affect drivers over 21, particularly in the area of DUI prevention and enforcement.
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If you have not completed an approved driver's education course, you cannot get your Class D driver's license until you reach age seventeen (17). Remember, forty (40) hour of driving experience, including six (6) hours of driving at night, is always required for a Class D driver's license.
STEP THREE - A FULL LICENSE (Class C) driver's license is granted to drivers ages 18 years of age and older who hold the class D license and have incurred no major traffic convictions during the previous 12 months. The following violations must not occur during this period:
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** Georgia has a zero tolerance for underage drunk driving. Convicted drivers with a blood-alcohol content level of .08 grams or higher will face a 12-month license suspension on the first offense.
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Road Course Racing - Road Course Setups - In The Garage
Tuning Strategies For Getting The Car "Just Right"
While road course setups vary significantly from oval configurations, the laws of physics and the application of hardware remain similar. Obviously, the main difference comes from tuning with a left-side weight and suspension bias (oval), compared to a neutral setup configured for multiple types of corners (road course). Between both disciplines of racing, the symptoms of handling remain similar, too; just the initial point of reference differs. For those reasons, this story can be useful for oval racers as well. Road course naysayers, save your hate mail and subscription cancellations for somebody who's not trying to expand the way you think about a race car.
But First ...At the most basic level, each road course turn can be dissected into an entry, a middle, and an exit. Dissecting a corner into those elements and analyzing the car's performance is the key to going faster-just like on an oval.
Don't confuse going fast with scaring the bejesus out of yourself at every corner, either. As road course racers quickly find out, a smooth, steady, calculated, fast pace throughout the entire course results in better lap times. The abusive treatment of throttle and brakes just wear out the car faster.
The scariest part of going fast is doing it in a car that's not set up properly. When setting up a road course chassis, the goal is to achieve the most traction where it will benefit lap times and passing the most. That means compromise.
Circle Track consulted a variety of sources for this story, including road course ace Boris Said of Carlsbad, California. We also spoke with Ed Ash of Umpqua, Oregon, who owns Ash Racing Engines. He's much more than a respected Ford engine builder. His road course experience includes building Trans Am cars from the late '70s through the late '80s, building Stock Cars for ovals and road courses, and consulting NASCAR Touring Series teams on how to convert an oval Stock Car to a road course car. He's a Swiss Army Knife for race cars.
His son, Brandon Ash, races in the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Series and the Winston West Series.
At the minimum level, the information in this story applies to production-based sports cars with narrow tires and a relatively large amount of suspension travel. At the maximum level, any NASCAR-style Stock Car racers might find some of the information useful, too. Cars with very little suspension travel, big, 13-inch-wide tires, and significant aerodynamic downforce (like a modern BFGoodrich Trans Am Series racer) will typically follow more unique setup guidelines.
Analyzing the Track Since a car can only have one setup and a road course typically has around 10 to 15 turns, the approach to chassis setup should revolve around the most important corner. But what is the most important corner, anyway? According to Said, it is often the one that leads to the longest straightaway with the best passing opportunity. Of course, setting up a car for the most important corner doesn't mean ignoring the rest of the track, either. It's a compromise between having a setup that behaves as well as possible throughout the whole of the course, but places emphasis on making the car perform where it's realistically possible to make gains. With this approach, Said often finds that he is extremely fast in a few corners, good in a few more, and taking it easy in the bad corners.
"You need to know where to go slow to go fast," says Said.
The conditions of the track and its surface texture are also important factors. A smooth track without bumps will allow the car to be sprung stiffer. Also, concrete surfaces often provide better grip than asphalt, and asphalt can get greasy on blistering hot days. Street courses often present the obstacle of mixing asphalt and concrete surfaces. The bottom line: Be acutely aware of changing traction factors and adjust your driving style appropriately.
Cornering Problems and Common Solutions Springs, antisway bars, and track bars provide significant tuning opportunities. Changing any one of those components can drastically affect understeer (push) and oversteer (loose). As mentioned earlier, separating a corner into three segments (entrance, middle, and exit) provides three important reference points to analyze what the suspension is doing. For example, a car can be loose in certain parts of the corner and neutral or tight in other parts. Racers like Said and Ash tune for good forward bite combined with an overall neutral feel. When Said determines suspension changes, he often goes by these accepted rules of thumb on road courses:
If the car is tight overall, try using a softer front antisway bar, stiffer rear springs, raising the track bar, using softer front springs, or a combination of them all.
If the car is loose going into the corner, use a stiffer front antisway bar, a softer rear sway bar, lower the track bar, or a combination of these solutions.
If the car is loose exiting the corner, use a stiffer front antisway bar, softer rear springs, or a combination of the two.
In Winston Cup cars, Said often changes the antisway bar two sizes at a time so the changes can really be felt (i.e. from a 1-inch bar to a 131/416-inch bar). If the change feels too drastic, he can always go down one size.
An antisway bar behaves much like a progressive spring. Ash explains that, in theory, an antisway bar (front or back) should accent the outside tire in the middle of the corner. When it's right, it will help provide forward bite as the car starts to exit the corner. He cautions against using stiffer springs in the rear when a stiffer antisway bar is really needed. He says the stiffer springs don't help provide as much forward bite, and braking could suffer.
Braking Concerns A good road racer decelerates with the brakes and the engine to prevent the car's attitude, or balance, from changing drastically upon entering a corner. "If a driver says the brakes are too good, then you have the wrong driver," explains Ash.
Brakes equal horsepower on a road course. On a car with a solid rear axle, axle hop is a major concern. Ash considers front/rear brake bias and shock selection to be two ways to control wheel hop. In the brake bias department, more front-brake bias can help solve the problem. In the shock selection department, a shock with a stiffer rebound setting can help control wheelhop, too. Ash wouldn't consider using a shock with 50/50 rebound and compression for a road course. He prefers rear shock with a stiffer rebound setting.
Also, test the car with a light fuel load because the weight difference (sometimes in the neighborhood of 150 pounds) can affect wheelhop as well. Wheelhop is less likely on production-based sports cars with an independent rear suspension because the center-section of the axle is hung by the chassis, but it can still occur-especially if an unskilled driver is punching the the brakes and shifting the gears.
Camber, Caster, and Toe From a handling standpoint, camber, caster, and toe affect the perceived balance of the car (and the actual performance). As you probably already know, camber describes the inward or outward tilt of the wheels. When wheels tilt inward at the top, they have negative camber. When wheels tilt outward at the top, they have positive camber. The front wheels on most race cars have negative camber, but not always at a symmetrical angle. Camber also depends on a car's particular type of suspension design and the track, so generalities are few. The goal for tuning with camber is to maximize the contact patch of the tire in relation to the changing geometry of the suspension when the car is cornering.
Caster describes the angle that the front wheels create when turned. Although people disagree about the effects of caster as a good thing, Ash believes positive caster adds desirable crossweight when turning into a corner. When the car is on a set of scales, turn the wheels to the right and left to see how the diagonal crossweight changes on cars with a lot of positive caster.
On a Southwest Tour car at Sears Point, for example, Ash will run about four degrees negative camber on the left, three degrees negative camber on the right, and about five degrees positive caster on both wheels. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as perfect camber on a road course. A gain in one turn can cause a loss in a different turn. The best approach is to analyze the race track and have good driver feedback. Also monitor tire temps on the outside, middle, and inside; and inspect tires closely for uneven wear. However, tire temperatures should not always be considered gospel, because they may not be representative of the entire course and can change by the time the car gets in the pits and is parked.
Toe-in and toe-out describe the front wheels' inclination to be pointed slightly toward each other or slightly away. Toe-in occurs when the front of the tires point in toward each other; toe-out occurs when the front of the wheels point away from the car. Street cars with front-wheel-drive typically are set with toe-out because the wheels tend to pull toward each other under acceleration. Rear wheel drive street cars are typically designed with toe-in because the leading edge of the front wheels tend to push away from each other. Rear wheel drive race cars are different though. Ash considers a slight amount of toe-out gives the driver more feel, a slight amount of toe-in gives the driver less feel. By slight, he means an adjustment out of center by 0.020 or 0.030 of an inch. Excessive toe-out will scrub away tires and scrub away speed.
How Loose (Or Tight) Is It?A good way to communicate to a crew chief how much a car is tight or loose is to use a scale from one to 10 for each condition. "On the looseness scale of one to 10, the car felt like it was a four entering Turn 9," says Joe the driver to Bill the crew chief. Sure, the scale is relative to what the driver and the crew chief consider loose, but it can help reduce confusion from cryptic ways to describe what the car is doing. Eventually, a one-to-10 scale will have parity with the driver and the crew chief.


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"Virtualization is already widely used, but primarily for the first-order benefit, namely server consolidation," notes Citrix CTO Simon Crosby, in this Exclusive Q&A with SYS-CON's Virtualization Journal. "The second-order benefits of agility, availability and manageability of the IT stack are now becoming better understood," Crosby continues, "and as a consequence virtualization has moved from a tactical tool for gaining immediate savings, to become a key strategic theme for every IT department."
About Simon Crosby: Now CTO of Citrix Systems, Simon Crosby was founder and CTO of XenSource prior to the acquisition of XenSource by Citrix. Prior to XenSource, he was a principal engineer at Intel where he led strategic research in distributed autonomic computing, platform security and trust. In 2007, he was awarded a coveted spot as one of InfoWorld's Top 25 CTOs.
- It is collaboratively built by the industry's leading IT vendors, led by Citrix and including Intel, AMD, IBM, HP, Novell, Red Hat, Sun, VA Linux and many others.
- The Xen security architecture is contributed by the security community, including researchers, IBM's secure hypervisor project, the NSA and DoD.
- Xen is used in the world's largest virtualization deployments, for example by Amazon, with a deployment of thousands of servers virtualized using Xen.
- The Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor is in fact an implementation of the Xen reference architecture, built by Microsoft, and compatible with Citrix XenServer.
Virtualization Journal: What was and is the relationship between XenSource, Inc. and the Xen project?
Virtualization Journal: XenSource still hosts the xen.org site – what's the situation there, since the Citrix acquisition? Will the community and its processes continue to be respected?
Simon Crosby: XenSource is part of Citrix – indeed XenSource is no longer a formal entity at all. Citrix hosts xen.org for the community, but it is run entirely separately from all of our product development activity. The community site at www.xen.org has its own program manager, tasked with serving the community and the Xen project Advisory Board.
The board oversees the day-to-day project management processes, and sets policies such as the trademark policy for the Xen® brand. The advisory board members come from Intel, IBM, HP, Novell, Red Hat and Sun, and the Chair is Ian Pratt, the Xen project leader, from Citrix. Citrix has already invested heavily in additional headcount on Xen, and is a sponsor of the upcoming Xen Summit, to be held in conjunction with Usenix in Boston, in June.
Virtualization Journal: If paravirtualization equals second-generation virtualization, what will third-generation virtualization look like?
Within the next year, I/O Virtualization (often called IOV) standardized by the PCI SIG will start to be supported by fabric and I/O card vendors. This allows optimized fast-path I/O between guests and hardware in a virtualization-safe manner, without needing to use the driver stack offered by the virtualization platform itself. This effectively removes most of the remaining overhead of virtualization. We recently demonstrated XenServer with a performance of about 10,000 iSCSI IOPS on a 10Gb/s IOV card from SolarFlare, for example. This means that the most challenging workloads can now be virtualized.
Virtualization Journal: How about embedded hypervisors, what's the future trajectory there?
For customers, this is the cheapest and highest performance virtualization offering available, and it has the full benefit of complete integration with all of HP's management tools. At the same time, Microsoft with Hyper-V in the OS, and the Linux vendors with Xen have the opportunity to leverage the same code base through a different delivery model, where the OS virtualizes more instances of that OS, or other guests. This model is still in its early stages – the Linux vendors don't virtualize Windows well, and Microsoft Hyper-V doesn't support Linux particularly well.
Virtualization Journal: It has inevitably been said that 2008 is, at long last, The Year of Virtualization. What do you think took everyone in Enterprise IT so long?
Crosby: Enterprise IT has not been standing still. Indeed virtualization is already widely used, but primarily for the first-order benefit, namely server consolidation. The second-order benefits of agility, availability and manageability of the IT stack are now becoming better understood, and as a consequence virtualization has moved from a tactical tool for gaining immediate savings, to become a key strategic theme for every IT department.
- Provision virtual machines – we offer dynamic provisioning on XenServer, Hyper-V, VMware and (crucially) on bare metal
- Optimize performance of virtual machines on the infrastructure through workflow based automated provisioning
- Protect virtual machines by offering them high-availability or even fault-tolerance
- Manage VM lifecycle
Virtualization Journal: The Xen AB currently has members from Citrix, IBM, Intel, HP, Novell, Red Hat and Sun – is it likely that further companies would get onto the Advisory Board?
Virtualization Journal: You've been hailed as one of the top 25 CTOs in the industry: what duty or duties of care do you feel such acclaim brings with it for a top software executive in the first decade of the twenty-first century? Is the 'IT greening' aspect of virtualization important to you, for example?
The impact of Xen in a global sense, beyond vendors and products, has been to slash the price of virtualization, making it a free feature set available to everyone. Server consolidation should be free, because it makes a powerful contribution to the greening of IT. To the Xen community goes the credit for a powerful, open, collaborative development spirit that will have a tremendous worldwide impact on power consumption and therefore global warming.
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The odds of the Buffalo Bills being sold to a Toronto group — or any group intent on relocating the NFL franchise — appear remote.
An overlooked clause in the Bills' restrictive non-relocation agreement with Erie County and the state of New York expressly prohibits the sale of the NFL franchise to anyone who intends to relocate the team — at least before that agreement expires in July 2023.
This proviso might even supersede the one-time out clause in February 2020 that allows the Bills to break their 10-year lease at Ralph Wilson Stadium for a $28.4-million penalty.
The sale clause all along has been in the non-relocation agreement, signed early last year as a sister legal document to the Bills' 10-year lease extension at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
But, much as the last-resort, $400-million punitive-damages penalty in the non-relocation agreement had been grossly misunderstood and misreported until QMI Agency set the record straight last month, so the prohibition of selling the team to a carpet-bagger of sorts has been disregarded until now.
Clause 3(b) in the non-relocation agreement states, in part, that without approval of both the state-appointed public corporation that owns the Ralph and the county in which the stadium sits, the club shall not "sell, assign or otherwise transfer the team to any person who, to the Bills' knowledge, has an intention to relocate, transfer or otherwise move the team …"
The clause also prevents the team from so much as entertaining, soliciting or negotiating any offer or proposal to relocate the team.
To do otherwise would be in breach of this novel non-relocation agreement between the Bills, the NFL, the state of New York and Erie County.
A prominent sports-franchise consultant on the Atlantic seaboard is familiar with the sale clause in question.
Reached by QMI Agency on Monday, this expert adviser on team acquisitions and stadium development said the clause is "a big problem" for anyone wanting to buy the Bills franchise with the intention of relocating it.
"I think the language is very direct. It's not cute. It's very in-your-face. I think people did not focus in on the sale part of the agreement; just on the non-relocation part."
The one known Toronto group to this point aiming to bid on the Bills — fronted by by rocker Jon Bon Jovi and Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment chairman Larry Tanenbaum — would relocate the team to Toronto, it has been assumed.
QMI Agency has been reliably informed that that is the plan.
"But to buy the team, they'd have to get up and say that they have no intent to move it," the expert said.
Could they get away with that now? Really, could the Toronto-based chairman of a powerful Toronto-based sports conglomerate that owns four other Toronto sports teams be believed if he said he wants to keep the Bills in Buffalo? Or at least disavow any intention to move the Bills to Toronto by early next decade?
More to the point, could he and his bid group convince the Bills, the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell of this?
"People have done it," the expert said. "But the commissioner is not their biggest problem. The biggest problem would be whether the public sector believes them."
Indeed. Even if, for the sake of argument, the estate of founding owner Ralph Wilson (who died last month) should agree in principle to sell the team to that or any other Toronto group, the league may never get the chance to approve the sale, the expert said.
"That's because under the non-relocation agreement, the public sector could run to court to try to get an injunction to block the owners' vote."
In the lease, the Bills and the NFL specifically signed off on the state's and county's right to seek such "injunctive relief" in court at the first whiff of relocation intention. Among all the various whiffs listed in the non-relocation agreement is the above-described sale scenario.
"It would not make it impossible to buy the Bills and move it," the expert said. "Who knows, maybe the new owner would win in court. It's just not likely."
The expert said no one should ever buy a major pro sports franchise with the intention to relocate it. Yet if a prospective ownership group covets the Bills for the sole purpose of eventually moving it to Toronto?
"Then I would suggest never saying that publicly," the expert said. "There will be some legal challenges if you are talking about it publicly. And then on top of it, you've got to get approval at the league level. There's nothing that says the NFL will ever give you the right to move it, irrespective of whatever the lease says."
Finally, there's this reality.
Even if a Toronto group somehow winds up buying the Bills — with the estate's backing, the league's approval and the state and county waiving their right to injunctive relief — the following unavoidable end result would make the 1995 Cleveland Browns debacle appear smooth by comparison.
That is, from next year through the end of the decade, or perhaps even through the 2022 season, "you won't have a soul going to the games in Buffalo," the expert said.
That's just about right. As we have surmised previously, embittered, suspicious Bills fans would abandon the team en masse.
Instead of having to weather just three more home games — as owner Art Modell and the Browns did in 1995 after announcing the team's relocation to Baltimore, effective at season's end — the Toronto-bound Bills would have to endure at least five more seasons of transitional lame-duck hell.
It's practically inconceivable the NFL and its commissioner from Western New York would allow that ever to happen.
Which, all told, is why it's hard to believe the NFL would approve the Bills franchise being sold to any group intent on moving it, to Toronto or anywhere else.


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Leaders at Whirlpool Corp. realized that getting their 20,000-plus U.S. employees to show up for work was only half the battle if emotional or physical ills eroded their efficiency and focus.
"We're a manufacturing company, so it all comes down to quality of product," says Debbie Brandt, a senior manager of health and wellness at the Benton Harbor, Michigan-based company. "Also the ability, from a safety perspective, for somebody to be truly engaged while they're here versus thinking about a sick parent at home or other things that might compete with their ability to be truly at work."
Brandt and her colleagues decided several years ago to more closely analyze the underlying workplace problem frequently dubbed presenteeism—simply put, workers reporting to work when they are distracted by illness or other stressors and thus not operating to their normal level of productivity. By identifying which maladies influence presenteeism and adding more support at the work sites, the maker of large appliances hopes to help its employees work at peak capacity, Brandt says.
Employers such as Whirlpool are increasingly recognizing that the costs of poor health exceed the physician and hospital bills involved, says Jerry Noyce, chief executive officer of Minneapolis-based Health Enhancement Research Organization, or HERO. "This goes beyond health insurance," he says, "to improving the health of your employees as an important business objective."
The health research organization, working in conjunction with Brigham Young University researchers and Nashville, Tennessee-based wellness company Healthways Inc., published an analysis in October in the journal Population Health Management looking at the corrosive impact of health habits and other stressors on employee presenteeism. Adults who only occasionally exercised, for example, were 50 percent more likely to demonstrate the worst presenteeism compared with colleagues who exercised regularly, according to the analysis of nearly 20,000 employees at three companies.
Poor employee health costs the U.S. economy $576 billion annually, 39 percent of which can be attributed to lost productivity, including presenteeism and absent work days, according to an analysis released in September by the not-for-profit San Francisco-based Integrated Benefits Institute using its proprietary cost estimator.
Absent days are easier to measure, but presenteeism is potentially a more insidious and costly problem, says Kim Jinnett, the institute's research director. Employees typically show up even if they are feeling under the weather, she says. "So if you accumulate job-performance decrements over time, on average it's going to be a bigger driver of productivity loss than absence."
Whirlpool officials, working with the institute, took their first crack at assessing presenteeism in 2009, adding the institute's HPQ-Select questions to its employee health risk assessment, Brandt says.
The results: Presenteeism difficulties accounted for 53 percent of lost productivity costs running into the tens of millions annually, according to the analysis, which was based on feedback from nearly 14,000 employees. The three leading complaints linked to productivity issues were depression, fatigue and neck or back pain.
In response, Whirlpool leaders ramped up health support at their nine primary work sites. Starting in 2010, they added an onsite health coach, along with a part-time pharmacist and part-time employee assistance program counselor.
Employee assistance previously had been offered only by telephone, Brandt says. The pharmacist assists employees with any medication hurdles that might prevent them from taking their pills. "If somebody isn't adherent to their depression medication, are they going to be able to be present at work?" she asks.
Biometric screenings, which previously employees got only at their family doctor's office, are now offered twice annually at the work sites.
Above all, the goal is to foster employee trust. If the onsite employee assistance program counselor helps an employee find assisted-living services for a parent, that same individual might return later with a more personally sensitive mental health concern, Brandt says.
Whirlpool plans to conduct a detailed analysis on the first three years of presenteeism-related data once 2012 wraps up, Brandt says. But she believes that the company is making inroads in terms of catching issues that can jeopardize on-the-job effectiveness.
Charlotte Huff is a writer based in Fort Worth, Texas. Comment below or email email@example.com.


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Deadlines are beginning to pass for receipt of donations for organizations on the Foster's Holday Donations so it is advised to make your donations soon.
The list is intended to help non-profit organizations in the Seacoast and Tri-City regions assist those in need.
Below is the list of remaining organizations seeking donations as deadlines near:
Somersworth Firefighters Toy Bank annual holiday donation drive needs new, unwrapped toys, gift cards, clothing for children up to age 14 and monetary donations. Local businesses are urged to take up collections to support the drive. Donations and monetary contributions may be delivered to the Somersworth Fire Department or mail to 195 Maple Street, Somersworth, NH 03878. Make checks payable to the Somersworth Professional Firefighters Toy Bank. Contact is Matt Moore, 603-692-3457. Deadline: Dec. 23.
Lebanon Operation Santa needs new, unwrapped toys for ages newborn through teenagers. Locations for drop off toys are: Kenney Automotive, corner of Little River Road and Carl Broggi Highway; Stokewoods Restaurant, 1001 Carl Broggi Highway; Lebanon House of Pizza, 413 Carl Broggi Highway; Trains Quick Stop, 249 Carl Broggi Highway; Lebanon Rescue Station, 1524 Carl Broggi Highway (Blue box outside). Contact is Chief Samantha Cole, Lebanon Rescue Corporation — Operation Santa, 323 Depot Road, Lebanon, ME 04027. Deadline: Dec. 23.
Dover Children's Home needs Marketbasket, Hannaford, or Shaws gift cards; Walmart gift cards; drugstore gift cards; LaFesta, Friendly's, Papa Ginos, Asia gift cards; monetary donations (in any form and amount); and always looking for commitment to provide a one-time or monthly dinner for the children such as: a pizza party, Chinese food, sub night, home-cooked meals (lasagna, casserole, stew, etc.). For Christmas gifts the Home needs stocking stuffers and helpful Holiday items for the home; books of "Forever" postage stamps; Regal Cinema movie passes; Hilltop Fun Center gift cards; Raider Laser (Portsmouth) gift cards; Salon at 903 (Dover) gift cards; Red's Shoe Barn (Dover) gift cards; Michael's craft store (Newington) gift cards; Bed, Bath, and Beyond gift cards; Queen size sheets; towels and washcloths. Also in need of Donations to the DCH Heating Oil Fund at Rymes at 54 South Main St. in Rochester 330-0117. Contact is Donna Coraluzzo at firstname.lastname@example.com, (603) 742-4289 and donations can be sent to 207 Locust Street Dover, N.H. 03820. Deadline: Dec. 18.
SHARE Funds Community Clothing Shop of Rochester area needs winter coats and warm winter clothing/boots for adults and children — all sizes needed. Drop off at the Community Clothing Shop, Rochester Community Center, 150 Wakefield St., Mondays, 9 a.m. to noon. Wednesday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon or drop bagged donations into our Donation Shed 24/7 in the parking lot of the Holy Rosary Church, 189 N. Main St. Contact is Torey Kortz, email@example.com. 603-994-3199. Deadline: Feb. 28, 2013.
ElderPet serves Strafford and Rockingham Counties. Items needed: Dog and cat food, canned and dry. Small bags of dry food. Gift cards to grocery stores or Walmart for food purchase. Food drop off Cole Hall, UNH, Mailing address for gift cards: 291 Mast Road, Durham, N.H. 03823. Contact: Jeri Zezula, 603-767-6856; firstname.lastname@example.com. Deadline: Year round needs.
Barrington Food Pantry needs nonperishable items, frozen food, cash donations and people to join the Adopt a Family program. Contact: Richard P. Conway, 664-7679. Deadline: Year round needs.
Somersworth Share Fund needs financial contributions to help those in need. The Share Fund is a local nonprofit outreach program (501c3) of the Community Action Partnership of Strafford County and 100 percent of all donations are spent directly on those in need. Donations can be sent to Somersworth Share Fund, P.O. Box 372 Somersworth, N.H. 03878. Contact is Sr. Helene Higgins, CSJ, 603-332-7701 ext. 13. Deadline: Year round needs.
Dover Food Pantry needs these canned goods: Vegetables, fruit, tuna, corn beef hash, chicken, pork and beans, soups, also peanut butter, pasta (all varieties), mac and cheese, rice, cereal, oatmeal, shelf milk, granola bars, fruit cups, snack foods, treats, toothbrushes, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, bar soap, toilet paper, paper towels, feminine products, diapers — size infant — 5; paper bags and canvas bags for bagging food. Contact is Karen Robichaud, 603-749-4235. Deadline: Year round needs.
Revolution Church Food Pantry of Rochester needs donations of all types of foods to help at the holidays and year round. Contact is: Joan Gagnon, 603-781-0165, 603-509-2383, (church) 603-332-0212. Deadline: Year round needs.
Dover Share Fund needs monetary donations to help those in financial need in Dover, offering once a year payments to landlords, utilities and fuel companies. Contact is Dee McEneaney, 603-742-2196, PO Box 385. 03821. Deadline: Year round needs.
House of Hope Soup Kitchen in Berwick, Maine, needs gift certificates from local grocery stores to buy meat products. Other immediate needs are cranberry sauce and diapers. Cash donations are also needed by this 501(c)(3) corporation operated by volunteers. Contact is Mike Hennessey, 207-698-9944 or www.houseofhopemission.org for more details to donate. Deadline: Year round needs.
Seacoast Family Promise serving local families with children experiencing homelessness is in need of unwanted, in good condition, vehicles for families to get to work. Also toilet paper, paper towels, diapers of all sizes, wipes, laundry detergent, dish detergent, gas cards, gift cards, food. Monetary donations accepted in memory of or in honor of friends and loved ones. Contact: Pati Frew-Waters, Executive Director, firstname.lastname@example.com, 603-658-8448, fax email@example.com, www.sfpnh.org.
Tri-City Consumers Action Co-Operative in Rochester needs an LCD projector, bulletin boards (large and small), dry erase boards (large and extra large), laptop computer, easel paper, musical instruments, gift cards to Staples and Home Depot. Contact Martha Jo Hewitt, 603-948-1043. Deadline: Year round needs
A Safe Place in Portsmouth serving Strafford and Rockingham counties is in need of $10, $20 and $30 holiday gift cards for gas, groceries, Walmart, pharmacies and discount department stores. Also for year round use cleaning supplies, laundry detergent, toilet paper, paper towels and monetary donations. Donations can be dropped off at the Portsmouth office. Contact is Lisa, email@example.com; 603-436-4619. Deadline: Year round needs.
Great Bay Services needs musical instruments to include: Piano, drums, shakers and tamberines, headphones (multiple sets). Also gift cards to all major departments stores and grocery stores, computers (2), printer, clothing for adults (all different sizes, male/female), dining room tables (2), monetary donations with check payable to Great Bay Services. Contact is Lauri Ferguson, firstname.lastname@example.com; 603-436-2014 ext.16. Deadline: Year round needs.


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Transcendental Tunes combines RFID technology (in the form of a golden, translucent gem) and a retro-looking wooden audio device to play digital music that releases the memories held captive by the mind in Alzheimer's patients.
The concept is built under the premise that those with Alzheimer's don't lose their memories, they just can't access them. It takes advantage of the Medial Prefrontal Cortex - one of the last places affected by the illness - which is in charge of familiar memories, music and emotion. The patient's care partner chooses a song (stored in a metallic orb that acts as an RFID antenna) to connect himself with the Alzheimer's patient, and when the song is played, the pathway to their memories of the care partner should open up. [Transcendental Tunes via Core77]


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- 4 Beds
- 5 Full
- 4,050 +/- Sqft
Property TypeResidential – Rental
SubdivisionVail Village West 1
Listing Date09/12/19
Year Built2018
AreaWest Vail South
Lot Size0.29 Acres (12,632 SqFt)
Parking2 Car Garage
Property Description
This house is mostly furnished. Still needs some furniture, sheets, towels and flatware. This mountain modern single family is located on a quiet cul-de-sac in West Vail this home offers an open floor plan, 4 bedrooms, 2 living spaces plus a large 2 car garage. Vaulted ceilings in the great room capture the mountain views while bringing the outside in. Modern design coupled with spacious outdoor living.
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About West Vail
Occupying a wider swath of the Valley than the Villages and East Vail, West Vail offers distinctly different environments on its northern and southern hillsides. The south side features lush wooded alpine terrain interspersed with meadows while the more exposed north side offers dramatic views and an abundance of sunshine year round. Divided into several neighborhoods, the area has a commercial center with groceries, shops, and restaurants and a close knit mix of locals and second home owners. Properties in West Vail range from simple condominiums to elegant single-family homes, all of which are a quick 5-10 minute Town shuttle away from the heart of the Village.
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Schools of Thought
Dual-degree students call two institutions home.
By Kathryn LoConte Lapierre
Some undergraduates make their way to engineering with a quick stroll beyond the Dartmouth Green. Others—Thayer's dual-degree students—travel a more distant route from campuses across the country.
Since the early 1970s, Thayer School has welcomed undergraduates from other colleges during their junior or senior year and, after they graduate from their own institutions, a year of Bachelor of Engineering study. Originally open to students from the Twelve-College Exchange Program—Amherst, Bowdoin, Connecticut, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Trinity, Vassar, Wellesley, Wesleyan, Wheaton, and Williams, besides Dartmouth—Thayer's Dual-Degree Program extended engineering to a wider number of young men and women with science backgrounds. Other colleges joined the program over the years. Colby, for example, began sending students in 1990. Today some 20 colleges officially participate in the Dual-Degree Program, and students at other institutions can apply for the program as well.
During the last decade, 104 students graduated from the Dual-Degree Program with their B.E. degrees. This year, 22 of Thayer's 58 B.E. candidates are dual-degree students. Another 29 dual-degree students are completing their first year, fitting six engineering courses into a tight time frame. "They're very enthusiastic," says Professor Eric Hansen, director of the Dual-Degree Program. "They've bonded with their home colleges, yet they so want to do engineering that they uproot themselves to come here. They're determined, they take a tough course load, and they enjoy what they're doing."
Below, dual-degree students tell us what drew them to Thayer and why two schools are better than one.
THE APPEAL: I heard about the Dual-Degree Program when I was in high school. I wanted to play tennis in college and that unfortunately limited the schools I could choose from that also offered engineering. I attended Carleton College, played Division III tennis, and pursued the Dual-Degree Program. I wanted the opportunity to explore and solve real world problems, and I knew that Thayer had the curriculum and resources to provide an in-depth and yet broad enough education to tackle that goal. I visited Thayer and met with a professor. After that, it was clear to me that professors here are not only invested in their research, but are also dedicated to their classes and to building relationships with students.
FAVORITE CLASS: My favorite class was ENGS 21: Introduction to Engineering because the scope was so incredibly broad. The assignment was to come up with an invention that could either improve safety or the way that someone learns. We built a prototype that teaches elementary school children how to type properly. We invented a pair of gloves with vibrational motors on each finger. When the letter A pops up on the software screen, the glove sends a vibrational stimulus to the child's left pinky, indicating that the child should press A with that finger. Traditionally you're solely supposed to rely on your sense of sight and memory. But this product added a new dynamic, your sense of touch, so that is what the premise of our project was.
SENSE OF BELONGING: I came to Dartmouth during my sophomore summer, which was an awesome experience. I feel a part of the Thayer and Dartmouth community. There are dual-degree students everywhere, at every hour. Going between both institutions has helped me be more adaptive to foreign situations.
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: From Carleton I developed a broader skill set in the liberal arts, and here at Dartmouth I developed a foundation in engineering. The Dual-Degree Program made me think in a more structured and more logical manner than I did before. Thayer added the innovative dimension. I'd like to combine my interests in an energy technology consulting role. That type of job would provide the dynamic that I'm looking for.
THE APPEAL: I initially didn't want to do engineering, but when I went to Colby, everyone was talking about the Dual-Degree Program and how amazing it was. I really loved the experiences that I heard about. I didn't expect to love studying engineering at Thayer quite as much as I do.
THE EXPERIENCE: I focused especially on the hands-on experience at Thayer, which is very real. Every class that I took required completing a project of some sort and involved things that I had not done before. I pulled a lot of all-nighters because working on a project is nothing like writing a paper. You have to be at Thayer and focus on how the prototype is working, and what changes you can make. And then you have to actually construct your design, which takes a lot of time. But when you actually get that prototype working, it's the best feeling in the world.
I especially enjoyed the project we did in ENGS 21, taught by Professor John Collier. We designed an interactive learning system for children in primary school. Children would sit on our interactive exercise balls while teachers asked them questions, and the children would playfully touch the area of the ball where the color corresponded to the color of their answer. We tried it out with the kids, and they absolutely loved it and enjoyed playing around on our device. It was a very interesting experience, and I think it's better if you focus on the societal need and try to come up with a solution to that problem rather than trying to design a product that is mind-blowing.
I immediately fell in love with engineering because of the way that Professor Collier explained the material and how he makes you feel passionate about what you are studying—it just really hit me. So I decided to do even more engineering research, and have joined his biomedical materials research lab.
THE INSTITUTIONS: Coming here to Dartmouth I'd already had some experience at Colby as a freshman and sophomore, so I did know that getting involved in campus activities is big. I'm from Albania, and I joined the International Students Association at Dartmouth. It's incredible to meet people from all over the world who share the same experiences as you do. At Thayer it seems like we're a big family. We engineering students are here all of the time. We complete group projects together, take classes together, and help each other in everything that we do.
Colby was a great experience because it was my first time in the United States, and for me college was a new world filled with new experiences. It made me realize that there are a lot of different types of people in the world, and that there are a lot of different types of things you can do as a student. At Colby, I learned how to be my own person away from home. Here at Dartmouth, I found myself understanding more about the world of professionalism. When I went back to Colby I realized there was a great difference between my friends who didn't participate in the Dual-Degree Program, and those who had gone to Dartmouth and studied at Thayer. We were much more involved in professional activities, with interviews, and with networking. The Dual-Degree Program became part of who we are, and I value the experience because it has been very important for my career. It has been really enriching.
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: Studying engineering put me on a different academic path. Before coming to Dartmouth, my path was based upon the very theoretical education that I was receiving at Colby. In professional terms, the Dual-Degree Program gave me a better understanding of how the real world works. I learned exactly what companies are looking for. But, at the same time, all of the theoretical information that I received from the physics and math classes that I took at Colby ended up being very useful. At Dartmouth, I found myself suddenly needing to use this theoretical knowledge to solve project-based problems.
My dream job would be something that challenges me every day and makes me think about how to improve society's quality of living. Working in world health institutions would be ideal.
THE APPEAL: At Brandeis I studied biochemistry and economics. I loved how biochemistry helped me to understand the complex world of biology and the human system. But I soon found that it wasn't as quantitative as I wanted it to be. I wanted to bridge the two and make it more applied, so thought I should try some engineering. Dartmouth appealed to me because of its interdisciplinary style of teaching. I also liked the location.
FOCUS: I'm in my first term of the program and love it so far. I'm considering focusing on chemical engineering, and within that I will probably specialize in biochemical engineering, which fits well with my background in biochemistry. I am still very much fascinated by complex systems in biology and I think that will give me good quantitative tools to study it further.
THE INSTITUTIONS: Studying at two different institutions has been good for me. Coming from a research university to an engineering school has helped me appreciate things like access to faculty and the kinds of relationships that you can build with professors in a small classroom setting. Here there's a collaborative community. In the Couch Lab you can ask anyone a question and come together and talk about ideas. That kind of community wasn't really apparent at Brandeis because you're kind of siloed into your own field of research. Dartmouth as a whole has been really welcoming to me—the institution, undergraduate clubs, and Greek life as well. I really feel at home here.
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: I would like to apply what I have learned in engineering, economics, and biochemistry to solve problems on a daily basis and be challenged by that. I think that all of my majors will come together into some sort of career, perhaps consulting or healthcare management.
The Dual-Degree Program will definitely give me an edge when I graduate. Having the additional engineering degree really does show that I can approach problems in a structured way. I've spoken to alumni, and they have said that this is a really strong academic program with great access to professors and post-graduate opportunities. That story has been consistent from alumni to current students to professors, and it's been true for me, too. Having that consistent story speaks volumes to what the program stands for.
THE APPEAL: I wanted a diverse experience, and Dartmouth encouraged me to balance the liberal arts and engineering. Thayer has smaller classes, the faculty attention of a small college, and there is also a lot of hands-on learning. I like the fact that there are not specific concentrations, and you don't graduate with a specific focus, so it's a different kind of engineering. At Thayer you gain access to all aspects of engineering, which makes you more versatile.
THE UNEXPECTED: In ENGS 25: Introduction to Thermodynamics, we made Stirling engines. I originally resented the project because I wasn't trained on the machines in the machine shop. Eventually I got more comfortable, and took more pride in my work during the last week of the project. I became one of the top ten machinists in my class based on speed. It was a challenge for sure, but what stood out personally was that I was more surprised with my ability to complete the project—and complete it well.
THE INSTITUTIONS: The good part about being a dual-degree student is that I have two different types of academic backgrounds. Amherst is smaller, so generally I walk around and know pretty much everyone on campus. It was hard coming into Dartmouth during Dartmouth's sophomore summer, which is kind of that class's bonding time. But Dartmouth is nice because you're always meeting people from different backgrounds. It will be really interesting for me going back and forth. I'm also in two different alumni networks—well, almost three because Thayer has its own network. That's three different career centers to build from.
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: I'm concentrating on biomedical engineering. I've always had an interest in medicine but have liked the technical side of math. My dream job is being a CEO of my own biomedical engineering company. The other aspect that I'm looking into is being able to be more on the financial consulting side of things. Being able to mix my interests would be a sort of ideal situation.
The bulk of my time at Thayer is still to come. There will be more adventures.
THE APPEAL: I decided to do the Dual-Degree Program because I've always had an interest in engineering. I really liked the idea of combining a well-rounded liberal arts education with all of the technical aspects of engineering.
STUDIES: The studies I've focused on here at Thayer have been mostly mechanical and electrical courses. My favorite course so far has been thermodynamics. I really enjoyed the time in the machine shop that I spent building the Stirling engine. I feel like I'm more of a hands-on learner, so that was a great experience.
Combining physics and engineering has been a perfect fit. Math and science are really the languages of engineering, and it's been important to understand the theoretical side of what you're learning in engineering classes. Having the physics background has really allowed me to get a more intuitive feel of what I'm learning, and this background has helped me explain engineering ideas to other people.
THE INSTITUTIONS: It has been a privilege to attend two such prestigious schools. Dartmouth and Holy Cross have two very different settings. Worcester is a more metropolitan area with great culture and more of the city life, where Hanover is more rural and there are more opportunities to do things outdoors. I've been able to meet people in both schools, and it's opened up a range of networking opportunities.
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: The experiences I had here at Thayer really affected my final year at Holy Cross. Thayer gave me a different view on problem solving. I was able use the tools that I learned at Dartmouth in the upper level math and physics courses that I took during my senior year at Holy Cross. To have a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Dartmouth College is a dream come true. My ideal job would be a position in the renewable energy industry. I really want a role that helps the environment as well as people.
THE APPEAL: I'm really excited about engineering, and I aspire to be a surgeon. Surgery is changing a lot right now with developments in techniques and equipment. I want a background in engineering to interact with the changing environment for surgery.
STUDIES: I came in expecting to be a rigorous science major, which is what I'm doing. However, I've been able to incorporate other classes and course work. I'm trying to learn as many languages as I can because I plan to do a lot of medical missions. I'm almost fluent in Spanish, I'm studying Russian here at Dartmouth, and my minor back home is Chinese. To interact one-on-one with the patients and not have the barrier of an interpreter is really important to me.
The engineering aspect and the humanitarian aspect need to be bridged. That's kind of the whole aspect of engineering. The children's standing frame that we built for ENGS 21 incorporates this. Right now 17 million people in the world have cerebral palsy, and a lot of them are children. One third of those people are unable to stand by themselves, which is a very important activity for all of your bodily systems and functions. Physical therapists I had worked with in Arequipa, Peru, told us that standing devices are really needed for children. Currently they are inaccessible and expensive, costing anywhere from $800 to $1,500. So the therapist requested that we come up with a method for constructing a device with local materials. We decided that this could really become a global project and help more people if we looked into how we could make and get them to consumers for less than $45. So that was the goal. By the time we finished the project we were extremely excited. When our device came together it was just beautiful, it was easy to clean, and we were so proud of ourselves. [See Back Cover.]
THE INSTITUTIONS: Life at Thayer is great. I spend a lot of time in the building getting to know my fellow engineers. We slog through problems sets and run ideas past each other. It's a lot of hard work, but it's hard work that really brings you together. You really get to make those deeper connections, and that's fantastic. At Bowdoin I spent a good amount of time going back and forth between buildings, between disciplines, whereas here it's very focused toward one thing. I think that both have merits. Here you really set your mind to one thing at a time. Sometimes I'd spend almost the entire week working on my ENGS 21 project, whereas at Bowdoin I was balancing four things at a time. And that is definitely a different skill set.
Both places are very supportive and collaborative, and that's something I appreciate. You're really trying to help each other out, because when you help someone else, you're also helping yourself understand. I think everyone benefits from that kind of environment.
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: I see myself more as a surgeon than an engineer, but I imagine working intensively with engineers, and helping them develop their ideas. Being here and understanding how engineers are trained to think and how they go about solving every problem—that's extremely valuable. It's definitely a very good education that is leading me down the path that I need to be a successful surgeon. And I see myself putting it to work already.
THE APPEAL: I have an unusual background. I graduated from Middlebury College and then worked in New York City as a food writer/editor for eight years. After being in that world, I thought: What can I do with my science background that is not research based? I decided to come back to school to Dartmouth partly to attempt to go into environmental consulting. I knew that to do it the right way I would need more academic experience under my belt. The Dual-Degree Program would give me the foundational engineering tools that I would need to make a career transition. I like that Thayer has a very project-oriented curriculum. Utilizing these skills in real world situations, solving real life problems—I don't think other engineering students get exposure to that. That was a huge selling point for me.
FOCUS: I'm environmentally focused, and my greatest passion is the natural sciences. I try to choose environmental classes. I've taken ENGS 44: Sustainable Design, ENGS 37: Introduction to Environmental Engineering, and ENGS 42: Contaminant Hydrogeology, which was one of the most informative classes.
THE INSTITUTIONS: I did four years at Middlebury, worked for eight more, and then came to Dartmouth for the B.E. program, so right off the bat, there's an age difference that I had to get used to. But it's really easy to meet people. You're in class with these students all day, on equal playing grounds. You're doing the same work, and you can bond over that. Outside the classroom, there are a lot of like-minded people around. You walk down the hall or see people and professors outside of the academic setting, and it's kind of like a little family in a way.
Middlebury and Dartmouth are similarly aligned in many ways. At Middlebury I liked getting the liberal arts background. I wouldn't trade that liberal arts background for the world. Supplementing those core classes with engineering classes here complements and helps round out a traditional undergraduate degree. You can have both. It's not one or the other.
PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE: I want to go into environmental consulting, and sustainability has always been on my mind. One of the reasons I went to Middlebury is because of their environmental studies program. From my eight years in the publishing/editing world, I have a communication skill set. I want to marry the science, communication, and engineering worlds. I landed the first step toward my dream job last summer working for CH2M HILL in the federal sector in remediation and compliance contracts and I loved it. I loved the number crunching and solving real world problems, optimizing every step of the way.
Coming out of the program, having two different networks from both Middlebury and Dartmouth to tap is immense.
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6 Q Tell me about the actual act of signing these
7 affidavits. When you received them from the person who
8 distributes the documents, would they come to you in
9 physical form?
10 A Yes.
11 Q Okay. And would there be one or a stack of
12 them, or how would they come to you?
13 A It could be either.
14 Q Okay. Was it more common than not to get more
15 than one?
16 A No.
17 Q Was there a certain time of day those would be
18 delivered to you?
19 A I usually got them in the morning.
20 Q Would the notary be right there with you?
21 A No.
22 Q Where was the notary?
23 A On the same floor, in the same area.
24 Q So the notary would not watch you sign the
25 document?
1 A No.
20 Q Tell me about the LPS Fidelity system. Is
21 that one system or are those — is that one title for
22 the same system?
23 A Actually, LPS owns or has both systems. They
24 have the Fidelity system and the LPS desktop management
25 system.
1 Q And in your course of sending affidavits
2 sometimes you would consult both of those or one of
3 those?
4 A Yes. Primarily the — our system of record.
5 Q The desktop?
6 A No.
7 Q Or the Fidelity?
8 A The Fidelity.
9 Q What can you tell me about the Fidelity
10 system? Does that have the entire payment history?
11 A Yes.
10 Q Would Fidelity have — besides the full
11 payment history, what other kinds of things would be on
12 the Fidelity system?
13 A The date the note was signed, the origination
14 balance, the principal balance, the date of default —
15 or actually the contractual due date because it's not
16 always defaulted.
17 Q Anything else?
18 A In bankruptcy we had to post petition due
19 date; the contractual payment and any pending payment
20 changes; the escrow information.
21 Q What about servicing notes, would that be on
22 the Fidelity system?
23 A Yes.
24 Q Now, besides those, anything else?
25 A Yeah, there's a lot of information on
1 Fidelity. I wouldn't be able to name it all.
2 Q You said Fidelity contains the date the note
3 was signed; is that right?
4 A Yes.
5 Q Does it contain actual copies?
6 A Not in Fidelity, no.
7 Q Okay. So, in other words, so we are clear,
8 you wouldn't click on Fidelity to look at a copy of the
9 note; is that right?
10 A No. We have a different system that does
11 that.
4 Q Okay. What's in the LPS desktop management
5 system?
6 A Communication to the law firms.
19 Q Okay. Besides correspondence and besides the
20 milestones, anything else on the LPS desktop management
21 system?
22 MR. ELLISON: Object to the form.
23 You can answer.
24 MR. ZACKS: What's wrong with the form?
25 MR. ELLISON: She didn't say, correspondence.
1 She said, communications to law firms.
3 Q You can answer.
4 A Yeah, they have documents in that — either
5 documents from us or we would get documents from them
6 through LPS.
7 Q From?
8 A The law firm.
9 Q And by "law firm," you're talking about
10 outside foreclosure counsel; is that right?
11 A Correct.
12 Q Or could it be any other kind of counsel, or
13 bankruptcy counsel?
14 A Yes.
9 Q On the Fidelity system, you said that would
10 contain all the payment records, right?
11 A Yes.
12 Q Would that contain payment records from
13 previous servicers, if there were any?
14 A I don't think so.
15 Q Where would those records be?
16 A They are in a separate — they're stored
17 separately.
18 Q Is it a separate database system?
19 A Yeah.
20 Q Okay.
21 A Yes.
22 Q What's that?
23 A I think it's called Doctrak.
24 Q Doctrak?
1 Q In your course of signing affidavits of
2 indebtedness, did you ever review the Doctrack system?
3 A No.
4 Q Who is in charge of maintaining the Doctrack
5 system?
6 A I don't know.
7 Q Who is in charge of the standards in audits
8 for the Doctrak system?
9 A I don't know.
24 Q Do you receive anything else from Amber,
25 besides the affidavit itself?
1 A Receive any?
2 Q Sure. She drops off an affidavit on your
3 desk, right?
4 A Yes.
5 Q Is there anything else, along with that
6 affidavit, that she would normally drop off for you?
7 A I don't understand what you're asking me. I
8 don't know what —
9 Q Sure. Would she drop off, you know, the
10 origination file attached to the affidavit, or —
11 A No.
12 Q Would there be anything attached to that
13 affidavit?
14 A Sometimes the — no. I would just be
15 speculating. I don't remember.
16 Q Along with the affidavit, would there be any
17 specific instructions for you to sign or review or
18 anything like that?
19 A No.
20 Q Just the affidavit itself?
21 A Yes.
10 Q Okay. And did you — and you've already said
11 you wouldn't check to see if Fannie Mae or Freddie owned
12 that loan, right?
13 A No.
14 Q Okay. Would you check to see if anybody else
15 owned that loan?
16 A No.
17 Q Do you know if anyone did?
18 A I don't know.
19 Q Did you ever verify a complaint that had a
20 count that said a note was lost?
21 A Yes.
22 Q Okay. And did you look for the note yourself?
23 A No.
24 Q Did you talk to anyone about looking for the
25 note?
1 A No.
2 Q What did you do to verify that a note was lost
3 or misplaced?
4 A Not usually anything.
7 Q You don't need special permission to see who
8 the owner or investor is, right?
9 A Correct.
10 Q Would you look at any internal servicing
11 records to determine who the owner or investor was prior
12 to signing affidavits of indebtedness?
13 A Not always, no.
14 Q Okay. Ever?
15 A I can't say.
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