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IDC Predicts IT Spending To Increase 6% In U.S. In 2013
International Data Corporation predicts that IT spending across all major enterprise industries will grow by $74 billion, or 6%, in 2013, according to a statement released today with the company's United States Black Book 4Q12, the latest version of a quarterly review covering IT spending across vertical industries. Despite an unstable start to the year because of uncertainties around the fiscal cliff and the eurozone, IDC said that it expects moderate growth in the U.S. economy in the second half of this year, which will push IT spending growth.
[See Related: Global Bank IT Spending to Reach $179.2 Bln in 2013: Celent ]
"Global uncertainty has subdued the willingness of firms to expand their IT budgets," Ted Dangson, IDC's Vice President of Global Technology and Industry Research Organization, said in the statement. "Yet we've seen continued investments by companies as they prioritize the replacement of outdated technology, and pursue strategic IT initiatives focused on big data and analytics, cloud computing, and mobility."
The highest IT spending increases, according to the Black Book, will be seen in the healthcare and the professional services industries. Those verticals will see increase of more than 8%, the study said. Those spending increases will be driven by increased volumes of data and higher corporate profits as the economy improves, the study predicted.
The Black Book also predicts IT spending by state, with the biggest spending increases on IT predicted to be in companies in Texas, Utah, Arizona and North Dakota, according to the study.
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innocuous (and now almost ubiquitous) back cover-art picturing a gunned-down
policeman. Who could have predicted this would set off a flurry of
controversy over five years later (more on that in a second)?!
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"topical... with an eloquence that transcended the old Crucifucks, yet
so full of rage only the infamous name seemed to fit," states Doc. Thus, the
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ETA REGIONAL INFORMATION ALERT 082-07, Change 1
ORIGINATING OFFICE: Region 5
SUBJECT: Solicitation for Grant Applications - YouthBuild Grants, SGA/DFA-PY-06-08
PROGRAM(S): YouthBuild
1. Purpose. To transmit five amendments to the Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) for the YouthBuild program, Solicitation # 06-08.
2. References. Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 80, April 26, 2007, pp. 20874-20885; Federal Register, Vol. 72, No. 97, May 21, 2007, p. 28524; Information Alert 082-07, April 26, 2007.
3. Links. This Alert is in the Regional Resources website archive at: http://www.doleta.gov/regions/regionalresources/
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4. Substance. This Alert transmits five amendments to the solicitation: including four corrections on pages 20877 and 20878, as well as adding information regarding "Frequently Asked Questions" which will be posted on the ETA YouthBuild Web site.
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7. Expiration Date. July 3, 2007
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Amp designer Bruce Egnater has been in the biz for three decades now, and he is perhaps best known for the tone tweaker's nirvana he created with his Egnater Modules— swappable tube preamps that plug directly into a special tube power-amp chassis. It's a design that both Egnater and Randall (with its MTS series amps) still employ. Egnater's new Tourmaster amps aren't of the modular variety, but with four completely independent channels, and a slew of thoughtful features, the Tourmaster aims to give you a ton of tonal flexibility in a bulletproof, gig-worthy package. I tested both the 2x12 combo and 4x12 Tourmaster half-stack with a Fender Telecaster and Stratocaster, as well as a Gibson Les Paul and SG, and a PRS SC 245.
The imported Tourmaster is a handsome, well-constructed tone machine. The beige/black color scheme is sweet as hell, and the Tolex covering on the Baltic birch cabinet is flawless. The amp's color scheme also carries over to the grille cloth, which, along with the Brit-styled white piping, is a nice touch. Included with the Tourmaster is a rugged six-button footswitch that controls channel switching as well as Reverb and Effects Loop on/off.
The hippest feature of the Tourmaster is the Power Grid wattage control. Basically, this function allows you to set the output wattage for each of the amp's four channels. First, you decide if you want the amp's max power at 100 watts or 50 watts via the Half-Power switch located next to the Power Grid. Set this switch to 100 watts, and you can choose between 100, 50, or 20 watts. Set it to 50 watts, and you can choose between 50, 25, or ten watts.
Plugging in a Gibson SG, and dialing in a clean tone on the Tourmaster's first channel, I was actually taken aback with how easy it was to pull crystalline tones from a humbucker-equipped guitar. Suffice to say that Strats and Teles yielded even more shimmering top-end detail, but the Tourmaster was able to deliver bold, fairly complex clean tones with every guitar I used. Even with the Gain control cranked, this channel stayed pretty darn clean unless I really dug in with a heavy attack. With the Voicing switch set to Classic, the tones are decidedly British, with a strong barky midrange and cantankerous top-end bite. Back off your picking attack, however, and the notes pop and ping with wonderful clarity. Lay into your guitar, and a subtle crunch enters the picture for a complex "in-between" tone.
Switching to Channel Two, the tonal character is a lot like Channel One, except it has a tad more delectable grind that ebbs and flows with your picking attack or your guitar's volume setting. Again, these tones are more British than the typical Fender clean thing, as they exhibit a brutish yet musical toughness that still sports a healthy dynamic range—from Sticky Fingers-era Keef to a mildly overdriven chime akin to the Edge's. While I preferred leaving the Voicing switch in Classic mode and using the Contour control to adjust the mids, I...
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Blancpain is proud to be associating with classicdriver.com and RM Auctions in supporting the Monaco Association Against Muscular Dystrophy (AMM).
Blancpain, classicdriver.com and RM Auctions are delighted to announce the offering of the 2011 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 Racing Car, chassis 09825, at RM's upcoming Monaco sale, May 12 at the Grimaldi Forum.
What better location than Monaco could host this event.
The Lamborghini on offer is the racing car in which Blancpain President and CEO, Marc A. Hayek, won the 2011 Amateur-Class championship in the ADAC GT Masters Series. 100 percent of proceeds from the vehicle's sale, including auction commissions, will be donated to AMM in its fight against Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Built for competition by the Lamborghini Motorsport Department Reiter Engineering (DEU), this model Gallardo LP600 GT3 competed during the 2011 season in the Blancpain Endurance Series and in the ADAC GT Masters. Piloted by Marc A. Hayek and Peter Kox, it competed on some of Europe's most prestigious race tracks including the Autodromo Nazionale Monza (ITA), Silverstone (UK), Spa- Francorchamps (BEL) and Höckenheim (GER). It was indeed on the legendary Höckenheim circuit that Marc A. Hayek was crowned the 2011 amateur champion at the final of the ADAC GT Masters.
The Blancpain Gallardo LP600 GT3 in action
The 2011 Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 racing car joins more than 90 blue-chip automobiles at RM's upcoming Monaco sale on May 12. The weekend, which coincides with the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, is expected to be one of the most important collector car and motorcycle auctions to be held in Europe this year.
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ORIGINATING OFFICE: Region 5
SUBJECT: Request for Comments - Benefit Appeals Report, OMB No. 1205-0172 and Attestations by Employers Using Alien Crewmembers
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1. Purpose. To transmit requests for public comment on the following Information Collection Requests (ICR), which have been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review and approval, concerning proposed extension, without change of the currently approved collection, of the Benefit Appeals Report: ETA and the attestations by employers using alien crewmembers for Longshore activities in U.S. Ports; Form ETA 9033.
2. References. Federal Register Vol. 72, No. 194, October 9, 2007, p. 57349; Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, Pub.L. 104-13]; Information Alerts 108-07 and 113-07; ETA 5130; Form ETA 9033.
3. Links. This Alert is in the Regional website Resource page at: http://www.doleta.gov/regions/regionalresources/
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6. Expiration Date. November 8, 2007
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I don't care what Bill Parcells says, you aren't what your record says you are. That's an entirely simplistic way of looking at things. Way too many things go into winning or losing a football game to say that the outcome is always the team that played better. Like it or not, luck plays a huge role in who wins and loses football games, and as such, can incorrectly skew the standings towards the luckiest teams as opposed to the best ones. Take last year's two luckiest teams: Atlanta and Indianapolis. In the case of the Colts, they happened to play against mostly bad teams, all of which they beat by only a few points. They won 11 games last year despite being outscored by 35 points over the course of the season. Atlanta also played an easy schedule and won close games, but they also had the benefit of recovering an absurdly high percentage of fumbles (65 percent). When they made the playoffs, both teams were exposed. The Colts were bounced in round one, and the Falcons were knocked out by the 49ers after getting all they could handle by the far more unlucky Seahawks. So what can we take from all of this in 2013? Plenty. Four of our five luckiest teams so far are in line to make the playoffs and the fifth is easily in the hunt, but none hold a lead greater than two games for their current position. If the luck mentioned here swings the other way, we could start to see any of these teams lose some ground. Before we start ranking teams, what are the main indicators of luck in football? There are five in particular: 1. Pythagorean winning percentage vs. actual winning percentage Pythagorean winning percentage measures performance through point differential rather than record. This makes sense because a 40-point win obviously means more than a three-point win, but because of the way the formula works (points for^2.37)/(points for^2.37+points against^2.37) diminishing returns are given the bigger the difference is, so the difference between a one-point win and a two-point win is much bigger than the difference between a 40-point win and a 41-point win. If a team's actual winning percentage is much higher than it's Pythagorean winning percentage, it implies that they haven't played as well as their record suggests, and vice versa. 2. Record in close games This is like Pythagorean winning percentage in that it sticks to the idiom of "great teams don't win close games, they avoid them." Close games tend to be statistically random, meaning that over a big enough sample size, most teams will eventually fall to .500 in games decided by a touchdown or less. The one exception is teams with quarterbacks like Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, or Tom Brady. If all of a team's wins are close, it suggests that they've gotten lucky on a few bounces to win games that easily could've gone the other way. 3. Strength of schedule This one is self explanatory. If a team has played an easy schedule, they're more likely to win games than a team with a hard schedule. You have to take into account the opponents that a team has played against. 4. Fumble recovery percentage As with close games, fumble recoveries tend to be random. Once a fumble hits the ground, a team has around a 50-50 chance to recover it. A team that recoveries a much higher percentage is likely to eventually regress to the mean, or in layman's terms, lose some of their luck. 5. Turnover differential Very close to fumble recoveries, but also including interceptions. High turnover differentials tend to be unsustainable as even the best teams slip up and turn the ball over and even the worst get lucky and generate a few that they shouldn't. If a team has an especially high turnover differential, that is eventually going to turn and potentially swing a few games. Before we get into the actual rankings, there's one more category that has to be mentioned: injuries. Injuries will not be considered in these rankings because they are impossible to quantify. There's no way of knowing how valuable any individual player is, whereas everything mentioned above has a number attached to it. You can make your own assumptions based on injuries, and I'm sure some of them make sense, but this list only takes into account the luck a team has had in terms of plays on the field, not the actual players who have been on it. Now that that's settled, let's dive right in. 5. Seattle Seahawks Actual Winning Percentage .900 Pythagorean Winning Percentage .770 Record in One-Possession Games 5-1 Strength of Schedule .407 Fumble Recovery Percentage 8.7 Turnover Differential +7 The Seahawks have been remarkably lucky not only in whom they've played this year, but when they've played them. They drew the Texans right as Matt Schaub was falling apart, a much easier game than one against Case Keenum would've been, and only won because of a big mistake on Schaub's part. They got some similar luck against the Rams, when Kellen Clemens started for the injured Sam Bradford, against the Titans with Ryan Fitzpatrick filling in for Jake Locker, and even against the Falcons when an earlier matchup might've meant defending Julio Jones and a team that was still motivated and engaged. Despite this, they've had to rely on quite a bit of luck to win the games that they've won. We mentioned the Schaub pick-six, but the Rams game easily could've swung on that last-minute goal-line stand, as could the Week 1 game against Carolina on any number of plays. The ball bounced Seattle's way in those games, if it starts to go against them we might see them drop two or three games down the stretch. 4. Arizona Cardinals Actual Winning Percentage .556 Pythagorean Winning Percentage .466 Record in One-Possession Games 3-1 Strength of Schedule .518 Fumble Recovery Percentage 62.9 Turnover Differential -1 Arizona's luck has come largely on fumbles. Whereas the normal team typically recovers around 50 percent, the Cardinals are at almost 63 percent. This makes a huge difference when you have a quarterback as turnover prone as Carson Palmer, and it shows in the stats: despite Palmer's 15 interceptions, Arizona's turnover differential is only -1. The schedule has also done Arizona several favors. Reggie Bush missed Week 2's matchup, effectively taking away the Detroit running game. They were also lucky enough to catch Mike Glennon in his first start, and played Matt Ryan without Julio Jones, Roddy White, or an effective Steven Jackson (and it showed, as Ryan threw four interceptions). The good news for Arizona is that the schedule doesn't figure to get much tougher. Jacksonville and Tennessee should be easy wins (to get them to seven), and even with the improved Nick Foles, the Cardinals should expect to take at least one of their two against St. Louis and Philadelphia. That would put them at 8-6 with San Francisco and Seattle looming. Win one, and a playoff spot is potentially theirs. 3. New England Patriots Actual Winning Percentage .778 Pythagorean Winning Percentage .666 Record in One-Possession Games 4-2 Strength of Schedule .434 Fumble Recovery Percentage 62.5 Turnover Differential +9 Where to begin with these Patriots? Everyone wants to point to the Jets game as a reason that they're unlucky, but they're 7-2 despite that loss and their luck shows in pretty much every category. Despite a very easy schedule, several inferior opponents (the Bills, Jets and Falcons) have pushed the Patriots as far as they could handle. If one or two plays swing in each game, the Patriots could be 4-5, or even 3-6 if we throw the Saints game into the mix. They've also had remarkable turnover luck. Even though Tom Brady already has more interceptions through nine games than he had in the entire 2010 season, the Patriots have managed to win the turnover battle thanks to their luck with fumbles. They recover 12.5 percent more fumbles than average, and they're intercepting more passes than they should because of the quarterbacks they've played (Geno Smith twice, Josh Freeman, E.J Manuel, 2013 Ben Roethlisberger). The bad news? This is all about to change. The Patriots travel to Carolina for a tough Monday Night matchup before a home date with Denver. They'll be underdogs in both of those games, and will have three tough road games against the Texans, Dolphins and Ravens before the season ends. The Patriots are a lot closer to 10-6 than 13-3. 2. New York Jets Actual Winning Percentage .556 Pythagorean Winning Percentage .323 Record in One-Possession Games 5-1 Strength of Schedule .482 Fumble Recovery Percentage 33.3 Turnover Differential -10 Let's address the turnover differential first, as it has swung heavily against the Jets, but for explainable reasons. Geno Smith throws a ton of interceptions, and the Jets defense is built to stop the run rather than the pass, lowering their propensity for takeaways. As for the fumbles? Those are much harder to explain. Still, no team has had more luck than the Jets on seemingly random slip-ups. Two of their five wins came on questionable penalties (against the Patriots and Bucs), and all five came by a touchdown or less. Meanwhile, two of their losses have come by more than 25 points. The Jets are built to play low-scoring games, which tends to put the outcome in the hands of luck far more than any team can plan, but the amount the Jets have had has put them in a position to score an unlikely playoff spot. 1. Kansas City Chiefs Actual Winning Percentage 1.000 Pythagorean Winning Percentage .827 Record in One-Possession Games 4-0 Strength of Schedule .357 Fumble Recovery Percentage 66.7 Turnover Differential +15 Was there any real question about who would be here? The Chiefs are not only the league's luckiest team, they are the league's luckiest team in almost every stat. They lead the league in point differential and difference between actual and Pythagorean winning percentage, they are the only undefeated team in close games, they have the league's best turnover differential, and they have played the easiest schedule in football. The only category they don't lead is fumble recovery percentage, in which they are second by less than one percent. Need an explanation? Just look at the quarterbacks Kansas City has faced: Blaine Gabbert, Tony Romo, Michael Vick, Eli Manning, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Terrelle Pryor, Case Keenum in his first start, Jason Campbell, and Jeff Tuel in his first start. You can't ask for an easier slate than that. After Romo and excluding Vick due to injuries, the highest ranked passer (by quarterback rating) on that list is Terrelle Pryor at 30. How is that possible? Manning is 31, and Gabbert, Fitzpatrick, Keenum, Campbell and Tuel are all unranked because they haven't played enough. That's the Chiefs season in a nutshell. What quarterbacks will the Chiefs face in their next seven games? Peyton Manning, Philip Rivers, Peyton Manning, Robert Griffin III, Terrelle Pryor, Andrew Luck, and Philip Rivers. In other words, this string of luck is about to end. Expect the Chiefs to lose at least three of these games and cede the AFC West to Denver. Coming tomorrow: The NFL's five unluckiest teams.
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September 16, 2004
ORIGINATING OFFICE: Region 5
SUBJECT: Notice - Child Support Enforcement Initiative; Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services
PROGRAM(S): All Programs
1. Purpose. To transmit a notice about the Child Support Enforcement Initiative resulting from an interagency agreement between the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families.
2. References. Social Security Act, Title IV-D; Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act; Balanced Budget Act of 1997; Workforce Investment Act.
3. Links. This Alert is in the Regional Resources website archive at: http://www.doleta.gov/regions/regionalresources/
4. Background. In 2003, the Employment and Training Administration and the Department of and Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families signed an interagency agreement (Attachment 1) to take steps to increase the number of non-custodial parents who secure and retain unsubsidized jobs through the workforce investment system, so that they can better meet their child support obligations.
5. Substance. To further the purposes of this agreement, the Office of Child Support Enforcement (CSEA) is conducting training seminars - Better Outcomes Through Collaboration - to train managers in the child support enforcement, TANF and workforce development systems about methods of establishing collaborative partnerships. The training will focus on improving customer service to low-income families and Non-Custodial Parents and on better cross-program coordination through the development of a clearer understanding, on the part of workers, of the importance of their efforts to the successful work of their counterparts.
Sessions are scheduled for the following areas:
Providence, Rhode Island October 14-15
County of Los Angeles, CA October 5-6
Phoenix, Arizona November 4-5
Minneapolis, Minnesota November 16-17
Two training sessions remain to be scheduled in New York and Philadelphia. In addition, there will be a train-the-trainer session scheduled in late Winter. Attachment 2 contains information regarding the training.
6. Action. Program administrators are requested to share this Information Alert with appropriate staff and other agencies.
7. Contact. Comments or questions about the Better Outcomes Through Collaboration seminars may be directed to Dail Moore, Office of Child Support Enforcement on 202.401.3438. Comments or questions about the format of this Alert may be directed to Tom Coyne on 312.596.5435.
8. Expiration Date. November 16, 2004
9. Attachments.
Attachment 1 - Better Outcomes Through Collaboration: An Interactive Seminar for Managers of Child Support, TANF, and Workforce Investment
Attachment 2 - Interagency Agreement Between the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration and the U.S. Department of health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families - Office of Child Support Enforcement
Between the U.S. Department of Labor --Employment and Training Administration and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services -- Administration for Children and Families/Office of Child Support Enforcement
In September 2000, the Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services (DHHS) signed an interagency agreement designed to bring Welfare-to-Work (WtW) and Child Support Enforcement (CSE) closer together. The agreement was technical assistance product-focused and was successful in providing information and encouraging coordination - training, written materials, conference calls, and the like. The Assistant Secretary of the Employment and Training Administration (ETA) and the Commissioner of OCSE signed the agreement.
ETA and OCSE recognize that coordination is necessary but not sufficient. As a result of the September 2000 interagency agreement, the workforce development and child support systems became much more familiar with one another. Now it is time to take the next step and promote measurable outcomes. This second interagency agreement acknowledges new leadership by its signatures, defines three special activities to be undertaken, and describes how success will be measured by the results produced on the ground. The increased coordination resulting from this agreement is a fundamental link between the missions of both agencies: connecting noncustodial parents (NCPs) with gainful, unsubsidized employment through the workforce investment system, so that they can better meet their child support obligations.
The DHHS, Administration for Children and Families (ACF), OCSE, and the Department, ETA, hereby enter into a partnership agreement. The purpose of this partnership agreement is:
To increase the number of non-custodial parents who secure and retain unsubsidized jobs through the workforce investment system, so that they can better meet their child support obligations.
This partnership agreement is rooted in Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, the Workforce Investment Act, and the WtW and CS Amendments of 1999, particularly those provisions that address services to NCPs.
This interagency agreement does not involve an exchange of funds. The services to be provided by each partner are roughly equal.
With slight variations, there are two primary measures of success where the employment and training and child support enforcement systems intersect. They are as follows:
1. Increased numbers of NCPs placed into unsubsidized jobs and retained in the labor market for at least 6 months, and
2. Increased collections and payment of child support as a result of gainfully and legally employed NCPs.
Both of these measures are also crucial components of strengthening families and improving family self-sufficiency. These results can be measured easily by the states, tribes, or communities that choose to participate in the ventures outlined by this agreement. Execution of the agreement will not require new, complicated, burdensome or expensive information systems in order to measure the success of cooperative ventures carried out under the partnership.
The particular ventures undertaken as a result of this agreement will be accomplished within 18 months of signature.
The agencies and offices listed above will undertake the following cooperative ventures under this agreement:
Venture: OCSE and ETA will identify a number of states, tribes, or communities that have undertaken distinctive, successful partnerships that involve the placement of NCPs into unsubsidized employment in order to improve child support collections. Where such a partnership exists, benefits attributable to this close coordination will be identified and documented (e.g., higher child support collections, increased numbers of NCPs placed and retained in unsubsidized jobs, patterns of wage gain achieved by those participants, satisfied employers willing to provide testimonials, economically self-sufficient NCPs making regular support payments, etc.). OCSE and ETA will catalog these benefits and provide education and outreach to their respective national, regional, and field systems through existing channels of communication including conferences, training, publications, guidance, the Internet, mass mailings, listservs and other means. The agencies will target their efforts toward the implementation of OCSE/Workforce Investment System (WIS) partnerships in at least three additional major states, tribes, or communities.
Measure of Success: Within 18 months from the execution of this interagency agreement, three more states, tribes, or communities, will have implemented CSE/WIS working partnerships and begin to demonstrate the same benefits as those achieved by those states, tribes, or communities that already have such a working relationship in place.
Venture: OCSE and ETA will expand the "Bench Card Pilot Initiative" by exporting it in customizable fashion to three additional states, tribes, or communities. The goal of the Bench Card is to assist unemployed or underemployed NCPs in meeting their child support obligations. Judges or hearing officers refer unemployed or underemployed NCPs to the workforce investment agencies and WtW programs, in order to receive employment-related training, placement, retention services and pre and post-employment support. Among the special features of the project are: (1) a bench card that provides judges and hearing officers with a quick summary of the services available to NCPs through the WIS and/or WtW, including basic eligibility, contact, and referral information, and (2) the provision of a toll-free number that NCPs, judges, or others can use to get their questions about the program answered. ETA and OCSE will assist the implementation of similar programs in three additional states, tribes, or communities by offering a range of specific types of support to include:
- An informational scan for states, tribes, or communities, expressing initial interest;
- A readiness checklist for states, tribes, or communities to use in self-assessing the extent to which they are prepared to begin implementing the project;
- Supporting tools, such as the bench card, for states, tribes, or communities to customize;
- A limited allotment of technical assistance consultant days and a menu of help available for early implementing states, tribes, or communities to use as needed in support of their efforts;
- A self-service technical assistance website offering templates for initiative tools, as well as information on the variety of models in use, promising practices, etc;
- Individualized web-based technical assistance in the form of ongoing questions and answers and participant forums; and
- A face-to-face forum for participating and prospective state/tribe/community representatives to share their experiences and to learn from one another, with resulting technical assistance products being offered via the Internet.
Measures of Success: Within 18 months, an additional three leadership states, tribes, or communities will undertake the initiative, each demonstrating after one year of operation, increased numbers of NCPs placed and retained in unsubsidized jobs, and increased child support collections from these NCPs.
Venture: The OCSE, ETA, and the DHHS/ACF Office of Family Assistance will market and provide "train-the-trainer" sessions for a jointly developed curriculum. The audiences will be mixed groups of local office and regional managers from the child support, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, and workforce investment systems who share the same geography and clientele. The regional managers are focused on performance improvement and the local office managers have to manage the line staff, as well as delivering on performance. They must understand and promote the advantages of collaboration for improving both their own goals and the outcomes for the client
families to the line staff.
The training will focus on improving customer service to low-income families and NCPs and on better cross-program coordination through the development of a clearer understanding, on the part of workers, of the importance of their efforts to the successful work of their counterparts.
Measures of Success: Within 18 months, OCSE and ETA will arrange and produce one training session in at least 5 regions on a first-come, first-served basis. OCSE and ETA will also entertain requests from individual states, tribes or localities. States, tribes, and communities adopting more collaborative approaches should see improvements in collections and customer service and satisfaction.
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Better Outcomes Through Collaboration: An Interactive Seminar for Managers of Child Support, TANF, and Workforce Investment
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Why create an interactive seminar for three agencies? Child support, TANF, and workforce investment share goals and clients. There are numerous benefits to agencies and families if the systems collaborate. Benefits to agencies include improved performance, increased funding, and savings in resources and worker time. Benefits to clients include quick processing of cases, faster access to services, increased money to children, reduction in poverty, more father involvement, fewer months on TANF, and increased self-sufficiency. Despite the common goals, there is evidence that collaboration efforts could be improved. One study found that information collected by TANF staff for child support sometimes does not contain the necessary detail, in part because TANF staff often cannot verify information gathered from applicants at intake (e.g., non-custodial parent addresses) because they lack access to databases. Child support agencies generally do not have systematic oversight of the process to transfer collections to TANF leavers. Automated interfaces between TANF and child support are often problematic. Another report focused on child support and workforce investment and found that many non-custodial parents are in need of job services. Although child support agencies frequently refer these parents to jobs programs, arrangements are often informal and staff have limited knowledge of the programs.
Target audience. The seminar is designed for office and/or regional managers from child support, TANF, and workforce investment from the same geographical area of a state. The seminar size is 21 participants (7 from each program).
Seminar format. The seminar is 10 hours in length, plus breaks. It is not lecture style. Rather, it is interactive, requires active participant engagement, and builds on participants' knowledge and experience to identify potential areas of increased collaboration and to create an action plan for change. The seminar is divided into five modules:
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Martin McGuinness blamed an "embittered rump" left over from before the reform of policing whom he claimed wanted to destroy the peace process.
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Mr McGuinness, addressing a rally in the staunchly republican Falls Road, singled out what he has dubbed the "dark side" of policing for criticism.
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The 65-year-old detainee vehemently denies allegations levelled by former republican colleagues that he ordered Mrs McConville's murder and secret burial more than 40 years ago after she was wrongly accused of passing information to the security forces.
Sinn Fein's decision to sign up to support the police in 2007 was viewed as a major milestone in the peace process and prompted the return to devolved rule at Stormont, with the republican party and the Democratic Unionists entering government together.
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Mr McGuinness said Sinn Fein fully supported the PSNI in the "fair and democratic" implementation of policing.
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Mrs McConville was dragged, screaming, away from her children in the Divis flats in west Belfast by a gang of up to 12 men and women after being wrongly accused of informing to the security forces.
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Mr McGuinness claimed the PSNI was guilty of "political policing", and using information that had been around for 40 years.
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Several hundred people stood in silence, listening and clutching posters supporting the peace process. They included senior Sinn Fein figures Gerry Kelly, Caral Ni Chuilin, Jennifer McCann and European election candidate Martina Anderson.
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The Future we Want is nowhere to be found in the already agreed Rio+20 outcome text, which world leaders are now rubber stamping and Greenwashing. The spin cycle has begun. At the same time some 20,000 people marched on the streets of Rio in protest with an air of despair but clinging to hope.
Host President Dilma Rousseff's rhetoric could not be further from the reality of the tragic missed opportunity of the weak deal being agreed in Rio. Her grand sounding adjectives describing the result as involving "courage, ambition, responsibility and urgency" are totally dissonant with the lack of commitment, targets and cash put on the table here.
The two summits on sustainable development happening in Rio right now could not be more different. The Peoples' Summit is buzzing with hope and solutions while 40km across town, the Rio+20 Summit was damp with despair and problems.
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Importantly too, the peoples summit is largely devoid of national parochialism and national self interest. This transnational, inclusive global approach, was seen in virtually every challenge facing humanity that was addressed: indigenous peoples rights, the challenge to generate decent green jobs, gender equality, forest protection, defending our oceans and much more.
At the 'oficial' summit, you see exactly the opposite. The majority of countries put their idea of national self interest first, regional interests second and global concerns third. Unless governments realise that certain problems, such as climate change, an inclusive global economy and so on are addressed in a genuinely global manner, and follow the lead of the majority of civil society, we have no reason to be optimistic.
Greenpeace Brazil continues to collect signatures in support of a Zero Deforestation law. Plans have been unveiled to end the 'wild west' exploitation of the high seas and explanations where given on how sustainable agriculture can end hunger.
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If world leaders had only taken the time to listen, to attend, perhaps they would have been as inspired as I was by the energy and excitement for the world we could build together.
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Unless we build a movement in the present like no other the world has ever seen, The Future We Want will remain a tented dream.
Born in 1965 and hailing from South Africa, Kumi Naidoo was Greenpeace's International Executive Director from November 2009 until December 2015.
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Hey Abigor,
since I looked up your name I assume you know about Sun Wu and the art of war ;)
I am a strategist, and a Rainbow Warri...
Hey Abigor,
since I looked up your name I assume you know about Sun Wu and the art of war ;)
I am a strategist, and a Rainbow Warrior since the age of 8.
Rainbow Warriors used to be happy not having to touch certain subjects for the last 40 years. Religion (and the pope) was definately one of them.
Since I am fighting for it to stay this way let me asure you that there wont be any slagging of the pope with me being CEO from Greenpeace International.
Sun Wu
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25 June, 2012 at 14:12
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GREEN Saviour: On the subject of Obama - look at this link: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28254
In particular, look ...
GREEN Saviour: On the subject of Obama - look at this link: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=28254
In particular, look at the part where it says: "...war is a "Crime against the Peace" under Nuremberg. George Walker Bush and former British Prime Minister Anthony L. Blair have been condemned by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal for waging a criminal war of aggression against Iraq..." up to "...There are "New War Criminals on the Block". They include the current president of the United States, Barack Obama, among others. The acting heads of state and heads of government who support US-NATO-Israel wars of aggression are also war criminals under international law. This proposition, which consists in unseating the war criminals in high office, is central to the waging of an effective antiwar movement..."
Then tell me whether or not Obama deserved the Peace Prize.
26 June, 2012 at 0:24
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Ioannes Paulus PP. II
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"The unforgiveable sins this earth must confront and overcome are National...
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"The unforgiveable sins this earth must confront and overcome are Nationalism, capitalism, and hoarding. The idea of every nation should be forgot, price should be struck from the commons, and princes should be seen for the devils they are. The sins include our church, secret societies, and other religions which make of the spirit of God a divide."
The Holy Father's last rites declaration - 2nd April 2005
26 June, 2012 at 20:39
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Hey Abigor,
why are you doing this to me? Why are you trying to make me read stuff in the web...why are we talking about Obama, and not about Ro...
Hey Abigor,
why are you doing this to me? Why are you trying to make me read stuff in the web...why are we talking about Obama, and not about Romney?
I have my sources, and I am happy to share them with you...but answer me a question first: what is the greatest threat to Obama, politically?
Don't forget, USA are STILL a democracy, and the president STILL needs to be voted like any other US-American politician...
Whatever your website is saying, just from the first impression of atmosphere created when clicking at it: I think you should be happy Obama is president of the USA, and not a Republican candidate...
I am tired of participating in an discussion where I get the impression even Greenpeace CEO has swallowed the seed generously blown in all directions by Superpacs and Lobbyists for the last 4 years...want to say: by Republican money...
A reason for war is that a majority of people does not understand the principles of power, or it is too late when they are hit by a glimpse of enlightment...
I will not answer on this issue again, so since by now you have answered my first question to yourself:
1.) After having been the only remaining Superpower in the 90's by now even the last US-American is getting an impression of rapidly declining US-influence worldwide.as a result of globalisation and missmanagement/unproductivity/beaurocracy...
Have you ever seen a wounded animal being afraid?
In the country of cowboys, the home of the Marlboro Man, the political survival of an Peace-Nobel Prize winner can depend on being tuff.
As soon as he looks like a wimp he will be done because Republicans and Tea-Party will immediately start to blame him of being a wimp...and of course it is the wimp's fault for America's declining.
If you are afraid of a WorldWarIII I am deeply convinced it would be best to STOP talking bad about Obama...
...or better tp start SUPPORTING him, like some persons decided to do in 2009. Following your way of argumentation and daily development I get the impression Oslo can't have been all that wrong those days.
I know Obama is not happy himself. He definately would do a lot of things different in Cowboy Country...if he could
Someone just put it this way: a political perl given to the pigs...I agree and feel ashame for anyone who does not understand what is going on at the moment krup.
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i hope Rio+20 will demonstrate that compromising is not a correct choice and that winning a war demands to look beyond small capitalistic victories.
27 June, 2012 at 16:48
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Politics is about making compromises...if, like in USA, Republicans hold the majority in congress and/or senat compromises might not be liked all, but...
Politics is about making compromises...if, like in USA, Republicans hold the majority in congress and/or senat compromises might not be liked all, but it this is called democracy.
Of course you can propose anything out on the street or in the web and blame the leaders afterwards because nothing is happening...welcome in the age of stupid.
27 June, 2012 at 17:10
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Calm down, you're quiet agressive for a savior.
Politics make compromises, that's why civil society must not make them. Big mistakes hav...
Calm down, you're quiet agressive for a savior.
Politics make compromises, that's why civil society must not make them. Big mistakes have been made opening the road to green business that's what i'm talking about.
And please don't try to predict what i can propose wether it is on the street or on the web.
28 June, 2012 at 4:01
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Thinking globally, acting locally and defining sustainability
Thinking globally, acting locally and defining sustainability
http://normantranscript.com/opinion/x1915499482/Seek-true-sustainability-over-growth Â
The Norman Transcript
June 24, 2012
NORMAN - Editor, The Transcript:
My opinion is that the current global recession will not end until human societies change. Very difficult, given the nature of political systems and the human condition.
Global human population tripled during the 20th century and is currently near 7 billion. Human population diminishes the planetary resource base, increases demand and prices, and is a cause of the present global recession. Nevertheless, global human population is presently increasing by about 80 million annually. Norman and the United States as a whole have contributed. The U.S. human population quadrupled during the 20th century and continues to increase today. Norman's population was about 27,000 in 1950, 52,000 in 1970, 97,000 in 2000, and was 111,000 in 2010.
None of this population increase seems enough for Chambers of Commerce in Norman, in Oklahoma, and across our land. In The Norman Transcript on June 19th, John Woods, current chair of the Norman C of C, called for us to "build a community of economic success, strong quality of life amenities that attract the next generation of young professionals and families to help fund the critical components of our city that we all care about. We need to begin a dialogue..." This letter is an effort to contribute to that dialogue. My view is that we already have the above listed attributes in Norman and that CofCs call for more growth is detrimental.
One of our City Councilors recently said to me, "If you don't grow, you rot." This reminds of another local issue, NEDA, which is treated here only by implication. In my opinion, the City Councilor's opinion is true only for cultural growth. Human numbers and society are past the point that physical growth becomes detrimental. Furthermore, all forms of physical growth are not sustainable, though often so-called. Malthus spoke more than a century ago to an imbalance between population growth and food supply, an imbalance detrimental to human welfare. Forty-five years ago, Paul Ehrlich wrote The Population Bomb, and Hardin published a collection of numerous papers with dire predictions. These authors were not mistaken, but they were premature because they did not and could not anticipate effects of burgeoning technology, which has greatly facilitated extraction of resources.
Technology does not contradict science; technology is science in application. The increased rate of resource extraction and still rising human populations are grave threats to future human welfare. But, what can we do? What should we do?
One action that should be helpful would be for CofCs to renounce population growth as an appropriate objective and to devote their intelligence and efforts to formulation of a healthful alternate paradigm of true sustainability.
Edwin Kessler
Norman, Oklahoma
28 June, 2012 at 14:06
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I have watched the Video of Dwight Eisenhower that is Titled: Eisenhower Farewell Address, and I recommend you watch it, and I present my analysis of ...
I have watched the Video of Dwight Eisenhower that is Titled: Eisenhower Farewell Address, and I recommend you watch it, and I present my analysis of it.
We need to understand that the Bible says that Dwight Eisenhower was a Secret Devil Worshipper, like all other post World War 2 Presidents of America who is the Ruler of the World.
"We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the (invisible) evil one" (1John 5:19).
Eisenhower's call in his speech for 'Balance' with regards the future Presidents' use of the Military Industrial Complex, was spoken to whitewash his Crimes, and to advise that any 'Unbalanced' use of America's Military could easily render America useless as a false prophet for the Invisible Satan and the Invisible Demons whose goals are to mislead the People of the World.
"For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the Scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:20).
The Bible tells us that God is eternal and invisible, and so it is only logical that angels are invisible and real just like Gravity and the Earth's Magnetic field is.
"Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen" (1 Timothy 1:17).
"The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his (invisible demon) angels with him…………..Therefore rejoice, you heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has gone down to you! He is filled with fury, because he knows that his time is short" (Revelation 12:9, 12).
There are Many People who know the Truth that Presidents Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Clintonites Deliberately started an Illegal and Immoral War based entirely on Lies on Serbia to try to steal Serbia's Province of Kosovo, in order to give it to Racist Muslim Criminal Albanian Terrorists, who already have their own Country of Albania.
I have studied Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton and she is the stronger personality, and their personalities are like wicked King Ahab and Evil Queen Jezebel.
This was possible because of the Corrupt Western Main Stream Media, much of which have Many Secret Devil Worshipping Journalists and they will and do Lie for the American led West.
Many People think that President Bill Clinton, and Many European Union Male Politicians have irresistible fantasies about having a Harem, and that the Albanian Muslims provide President Bill Clinton with a Harem to play Harem Master to satisfy his and their Evil Lusts.
The Racist Muslim Criminal Albanian Terrorists have made a Statue of President Bill Clinton in Kosovo's Capital of Pristina which is now 99.9 % Ethnic Albanian.
We see Satan's problem, and we know how he has covered this up and intends to cover it up by torturing all those in opposition to this Dirty Secret in the Invisible Realm , and those Politicians would be Serbian Politicians, and other Non Euro-American Countries' Politicians who all know the Facts (Mark 5:1-19).
This can be done to any Judges, Journalists, and Evil Euro-America Politicians who do not willing go along with the Evil Injustices and Lies, but most Evil Euro-American Politicians, Corrupt Judges, and Lying Journalists already Worship the Invisible Devil, and so their Loyalty to Evil, Lies, Injustices, and Cover Ups is guaranteed.
We will see how many Politicians, Judges, and Journalists that the Invisible Demons will torture in the Invisible Realm to continue the Lies, the Injustices, and the Cover ups, rather than just admitting to it.
The Invisible Devil and the Invisible Demons are not ones to speak Truthful Things, and this just proves that any Euro-American Citizens is Seriously Intellectually Retarded if they believe what Euro-American Politicians and Main Stream Media says.
The Good, Proper, and Acceptable thing to do is to stop with these Malicious Slanders, and to set the Record Straight, in order to Deceive Euro American Citizens that they can trust their Politicians and Media.
The Euro-American Politicians and Main stream Media are now in the position of being damned if they do Confess and of being damned if they do not Confess, and so the question for them is just how damned do they want to be.
We all know just how bitter and painful it will be for an American Politician and for the American Main Stream Media to tell the truth, because it is completely abhorrent to every instinct in their Secret Devil Worshipping Unprincipled Evil bodies, and it will be extremely difficult for them to reluctantly Confess like President Nixon reluctantly did.
President Nixon said: "I have never been a quitter. To leave office (Having to Confess) before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my (Secret Devil Worshipping Unprincipled Evil) body. But as President, I must put the interest of America (Avoid my Impeachment) first."
"The man who has knowledge of how to do good, and does not do it, to him it is sin" (James 4:17).
For the Wise, we know that those who obey the God of the Bible will Live Forever.
"In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began" (Titus 1:2).
29 June, 2012 at 16:31
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Today, there are over 7 billion people in the world; in 1900 there were 1.5 billion people; in 1830 there were 1 billion people on the earth; in 1650 ...
Today, there are over 7 billion people in the world; in 1900 there were 1.5 billion people; in 1830 there were 1 billion people on the earth; in 1650 there were 500 million people on earth, and at the time when Jesus was on earth there were 250 million people on earth.
The further we go back in time, we find that there were fewer and fewer people on the earth, and therefore we quickly arrive back to the time of the very first two people, who would have to be one man and one woman.
After putting a man and a woman on this planet, they would quickly multiply and their descendants would begin cutting down the tress, for habitation and farming, and they would turn the planet into a desert.
The fact that the planet is not an entirely a desert proves that humans could only been here for a few thousand years, and that they could not have come from apes.
The very first man could not have had a human father or a human mother, but only a Heavenly Father who is the Creator, and the first woman could not have had a human father or a human mother, but only a Heavenly Father who is the Creator.
Jesus had a human mother, but not a human father, because the Bible tells us that Jesus is the Son of God, and that on many occasions, Jesus called God His Heavenly Father.
The first man was not living before his creation, and God made the first man to live, and this is proof that God can bring the dead back to life as He has promised to, because creating a nonliving human and making him live is the same thing to making a human who has died to live again.
The Bible tells us that first woman was made from the first man's rib, and this proves that Jesus healed every type of sickness in Ancient Israel, because making Eve from a rib could be considered as the ultimate recorded act of healing.
God created the Universe, and so He can knock down the walls of Jericho, and control the weather, and make the earth do what He wants, and because God made the oceans, He can part the Red Sea, and Jesus could walk on water.
God has promised everlasting life to those who obey Him, and the Bible is the true History of origins of the human race and the true understanding of present world conditions, and the true prophesy of the future.
In other words, if you can believe that God created all things, then you should not doubt the healings, miracles, the resurrections, and the promised future resurrections of the dead that are recorded for us in the Bible.
Many people believe that some gullible evolutionists have been deceived because other lying evolutionists have resorted to deliberately fabricating what they corruptly present as evidence, and which has later been found to have been a deliberately fabricated fraud.
Piltdown man is one of the many shams, and some cosmologists lie by saying that the material Universe came from nothing, but banknotes cannot come from nothing, and evolutionists' good pay comes from their false teachings.
The Universe contains something, and because something cannot come from nothing; then, either Someone or something must have always existed.
Things cannot create themselves; therefore, it must be a Someone who has always existed.
The Creator could not be created, because the One who created Him would be the Creator; and, the Creator could not create Himself, because nothing creates itself.
God certainly exists, and He could not have been created by anyone else, and He could not have created Himself; then logically, He must have always existed, and the Bibles tells us that God will always exist.
God speaks to humans by means of a Book, because in this way his servants at any time in history can know the same amount of truth.
By providing the same the same information with the Bible, it shows that God is just and that He loves us all equally.
Schools and Teachers give their Students the same book for each subject for good and proper reasons.
Writing was the only way to record in those days, and a Written Record allows us to refresh our memories by rereading the Scriptures.
The best way for God to communicate to all humans through the ages would be a Book, and God chose faithful and honest people to write down what God wanted recorded.
The Bible tells us that the sinless Son of God, Jesus, paid the price for the sins for all humans, and because Jesus died sinless, Jesus did not need a redeemer, and therefore God raised Jesus up from the dead and back to life, and according to the Bible, Jesus is mankind's only redeemer, and Jesus is now forever in Heaven.
The Bibles says that those people who obey God, and who believe the Bible, and who have faith in God's Son Jesus Christ, will Live Forever.
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jPDFViewer is a Java bean which embeds a PDF viewer in your Java applications and applets. It can read, display, and print PDF files, fill interactive PDF forms (acroforms, xfa forms), view all markup annotations, validate and display digital signatures, and perform text search, selection, and highlighting. It provides easy navigation with different views: thumbnails, bookmarks, annotations, etc. It has a customizable toolbar and user interface. It supports all image types, including JBIG2 and JPEG 2000, and all PDF font types (Types 0-3, OpenType, TrueType). It supports Acrobat PDF format 1.7, including layers, all PDF color spaces, including pattern and separation, and file attachments. There's no need to install or configure additional drivers or software when deploying.
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Wright, Mets unveil All-Star Week activities
Third baseman will serve as spokesman for FanFest to be held at Javits Center
NEW YORK -- Trading in his Mets uniform for a mayoral suit and tie -- not to mention a bit of civic pride -- David Wright on Wednesday joined New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg in kicking off this year's All-Star Game festivities at City Hall. Less than three months remain before the Midsummer Classic at Citi Field.
"Baseball is in the blood of New Yorkers," said Wright, a six-time All-Star. "If I had a vote, I'd have the All-Star Game here every year."
Instead, he will settle for playing a heavy role in the publicity of this one. Wright was named Major League Baseball's official spokesman for the T-Mobile All-Star FanFest, to be held at the Jacob K. Javits Center from July 12-16, while former Mets Edgardo Alfonzo, John Franco and Mookie Wilson were anointed All-Star ambassadors.
As FanFest's official spokesperson, Wright will help to generate public awareness for the event and make appearances in support of it. He will receive help from Alfonzo, Franco and Wilson, who will take part in an array of All-Star events leading up to and throughout MLB All-Star Week.
"New York knows how to throw a party," Franco said. "This is going to be something special."
The All-Star Game -- set for July 16 -- will return to Queens this summer for the first time since 1964, when the Mets hosted it during Shea Stadium's inaugural season. New York City has played host to the Midsummer Classic eight times, most recently at the old Yankee Stadium in 2008.
Bloomberg estimated that this year's schedule of events, including FanFest, the All-Star Red Carpet Show presented by Chevrolet, the Sirius XM Futures Game and State Farm Home Run Derby, will make a $191.5-million impact on New York City's economy, thanks to more than 176,000 visitors and a worldwide multimedia audience in excess of 30 million. The mayor called it an "economic grand slam."
"You get people coming here, they buy things in our stores, they eat things in our restaurants, they stay in our hotels," Bloomberg said. "But what really happens is they go back home and they tell people that New York is fun, New York is safe, New York is affordable, New York is friendly. It's that kind of free publicity we can't get anyplace else."
The Mets should receive similar publicity for Citi Field, their jewel of a ballpark that opened in 2009 after more than a decade of planning and construction. Owner Fred Wilpon recently called the All-Star Game a chance to "show off the ballpark," which was constructed to resemble old Ebbets Field in Brooklyn. Players and critics around baseball consider it one of the best in the game.
That is why, sitting at City Hall on Wednesday in his gray suit and tie, Wright said he would "gladly trade all six" of his All-Star appearances for a chance to play this summer at Citi Field. Wright made last year's National League roster for the All-Star Game at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, but he lost the chance to start at third base on a late turn in fan voting.
This year, Franco joked, "I've already voted for David 15 times."
As with any big event, there will be concerns, particularly in the wake of this month's marathon bombings in Boston. Bloomberg assured that his city will work around the clock to make things safe, pointing to what he called "the best police department in the world."
"We know what to do," Bloomberg said. "I can't guarantee with 1,000-percent accuracy that everybody's going to be safe -- we all know that we live in a complex, dangerous, difficult world. But if I were going to go to a major event, I would rather go to a major event in New York City knowing that we have the NYPD providing security here."
Calling New York City the "sports capital of America," Bloomberg noted that he personally attends many baseball games in Queens and the Bronx, enjoying popcorn and beer as he watches. The Mets indulged his hobby by presenting him with a cream-colored Mets jersey, embroidered with the mayor's name and the No. 13.
"I know what happens when great things happen here in the city," said Wilson, one of the heroes of the 1986 World Series. "The city has never short-changed anyone anything they've ever done here. I'm not a native New Yorker, but I feel as if I am. I've been here my whole adult life and I've always enjoyed it, and I can't wait to get this All-Star Game started. It's a great, great event."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo.


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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr has appointed Barb Naramore as a new assistant commissioner for the agency.
Naramore replaces Mary McConnell, who left the DNR after two years on the job.
Until recently, Naramore was the executive director of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Association. At the organization, she served the states of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin in various positions since 1990.
The group, which is based in St. Paul, was charged with coordinating the states' river-related programs and policies, and worked with federal agencies that had river-management responsibilities.
As a DNR assistant commissioner, Naramore will oversee the DNR divisions of Ecological and Water Resources, Forestry, and Lands and Minerals. She is one of three assistant commissioners who serve under Landwehr.
Naramore graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the College of William and Mary in Virginia. She holds a master's degree in public affairs from the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute. A Virginia native, she lives in Eagan with her husband and son.
She started her new job on Monday.
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Energy Gels/Sports Drinks
Energy bars, energy gels, and sports drinks all provide carbohydrate supplements for the active athlete or cyclist, but with differing water content. Solid energy bars are easy to carry, but require conscious attention to maintaining hydration (drinking). Gels offer some alternative taste options, and are prefered by some who find themselves aspirating (and coughing) on the crumbs from a bar. Drinking is still mandatory to maintain hydration. Sports drinks are basically gels with water already added and thus provide the added advantage of helping maintain your hydration as they resupply your energy needs. Which one you choose to use depends more on personal preferences than performance advantages.
Energy gels (also called carbo gels) are a thick carbohydrate syrup or paste designed as an alternative snack supplement to extend your muscle glycogen stores and provide additional Calories and energy for rides of more than 2 hours. They contain a combination of simple and complex carbohydrates (usually maltodextrin, rice syrup, or polysaccharides) packaged in a palm sized packet of plastic or foil with a tear off end to allow the contents to be "sucked" out rather than chewed, and provide between 70 and 100 Calories (17 - 25 grams of carbohydrate) per packet. An additional advantage is that they are completely fat free minimizing any delay in gastric emptying. To provide the 60 grams of carbohydrate per hour usually suggested to supplement exercising muscle glycogen supplies, you would need a gel packet every 30 to 45 minutes.
Being semi-liquid, they should empty more quickly from the stomach providing a more rapid energy boost than solid sports bars, but at this time studies comparing solid and gel carbohydrate supplements haven't been published. And in a previous study of solid vs liquid carbohydrate supplements, cycling performance was similar in the two groups of cyclists using equivalent amounts of water and carbohydrate consumed either as a sport drink or as a solid sport bar with a water chaser. This suggests that aside from taste and ease of use, energy gels are a relatively pricey snack with little to recommend them over bagels or fig newtons as an on the bike carbohydrate supplement.
Yet I will regularly receive annecdotes such as this:
"I have to disagree with your point about no proven help from gels. I am an ultramarathon cyclist- having completed numerous double centuries. I train long, hard miles and have had to be extremely targeted in my Calorie intake for training. After trying a variety of products, I found my solution. ∗∗∗ and Sustained Energy drink from ∗∗∗. I agree- gels don't make you fast. However, Calories must be replaced when cycling, and replacing calories with pure sugar has been a disaster for me (and many people I know). ∗∗ and ∗∗ provide the proper Calories without the sugar. All the endurance riders I ...
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