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Home > L R A N > Agrarian Reform > BAHA-TALIBAYOG: Tales of Injustices, Food Insecurity and Environmental (...)
Silvino Cudiamat, a 67 year old farmer from Baha in Calatagan, Batangas thought that he had already achieved his lifelong dream of owning the piece of land that he had worked for since he was 16 years old. Tatay Ben was a tenant for 11 years before he became a beneficiary of the land reform program. He became one of the 323 beneficiaries of the land reform program under PD 27.
Today, Tatay Ben's lifelong dream is about to be shattered into pieces. He and his fellow agrarian reform beneficiaries of the land formerly owned by Ceferino Ascue have been involved in a land controversy since 1995. Biased government agencies and a legal system that favors the rich have bended the law to favor the interests of the rich, leaving the likes of Tatay Ben in danger of losing the land that they depend on so much to live decent lives.
The land in this controversy was formerly owned by Ceferino Ascue. The 507.87 hectare property was planted to rice and corn. The residents of barangays Baha and Talibayog were tenants to the land.
In 1990, two years after the enactment of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law, the property was distributed to the tenants. Being a tenanted rice and corn land, the 507-hectare Ascue property was distributed to 318 tenant farmers under the Operation Land Transfer of the Marcos land reform law - Presidential Decree No. 27. A total of 818 Emancipation Patents were distributed to the agrarian reform beneficiaries.
For the next 10 years, the agrarian reform beneficiaries peacefully tilled the land and, given a new lease to improve their lives, cultivated the land according to their own plans and dreams. Some remained rice and corn farmers, others preferred to grow vegetables and a variety of other crops. Within those years they were able to fully pay the land amortizations to the government.
Neither the ten long years of peaceful possession nor the fact that they have fully paid the land amortizations kept the farmers safe from the threat of losing what has become justly and rightfully theirs.
In 1995, the heirs of Ceferino Ascue sold the property to Asturias Industries. They conveniently ignored the fact that the land was no longer theirs and were aided by the fact that the Register of Deeds of Batangas mysteriously failed to annotate the distribution of that the land in the land title. The attack on the gains of social justice began as soon as the questionable sale was consummated.
In July 1997, Asturias Industries was able to obtain from the DENR a Mineral Production Sharing Agreement (MPSA) and an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) covering 2,336.8 hectare including the land in question. This became their basis to claim that the land was already classified as mineral land.
Asturias Industries began the intensification of legal maneuvers to jeopardize the ownership of the farmers of the land by questioning the distribution of the land under PD27. They claimed that it was erroneously distributed since the land was never planted to rice and corn and the former land owner did not recognize any tenancy arrangements.
In response to the protest of Asturias Industries, the Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer (PARO) of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) created Task Force Baha to verify the claims of mining company. An ocular inspection was conducted and TF Baha reported that "(1) procedural lapses attended the OLT coverage; (2)significant portions of the OLT-covered area were planted to sugar cane; and (3) the landowner did not recognize tenancy relations with the ARBs."
A validating team was deployed by the DAR Region IV Office and they reported that "it cannot be established beyond reasonable doubt that the property is planted to palay or corn and tenanted." The team went on to recommend based on their findings the nullification of the coverage of the land under OLT and 818 emancipation Patents the DAR issued to the agrarian reform beneficiaries.
In August 4, 2000, the DAR through USEC for Operations Conrado S. Navarro sustained the protest of ASTURIAS INDUSTRIES and nullified the coverage of the land under OLT. Navarro cited that his judgment was based on the premises that (1) the landholding was not primarily devoted to the production of rice or corn; (2) the tenancy relations was not clearly established and (3) the land long ceased to be agricultural as it is "mineralized."
Just mere 10 years after the DAR distributed the land to the farmers, it already danced to a different song - the one that Asturias Industries is playing. They did not even consider that their ocular inspection was 10 years too late and there have been changes in crops within the 10 year period. They did not even consider that landowners when faced with agrarian reform always deny having tenants. They even dug up a 1965 Bureau of Mines study to justify their claim that the land was "mineralized" and therefore ceased to be agricultural a long time ago.
The Department of Agrarian Reform became instrumental in twisting the facts and the law in laying the legal groundwork for undoing agrarian reform that it is mandated to implement, promote and defend. DAR's arguments became the strongest legal arguments for ASTURIAS INDUSTRIES when the case was brought to the Office of the President, the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court on appeal.
In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled against Tatay Ben and his fellow Calatagan farmer beneficiaries and upheld the decision of the DAR stating that: (1) the disputed land was erroneously covered by PD 27; (2) the land was "mineralized" based on the DAR decision, the 1965 Bureau of Mines study and DENR's issuance of an MPSA and ECC to Asturias Industries; and (the cancellation of the Emancipation Patents issued to the farmers shall be a separate proceeding under the authority of the Department of Agrarian Reform Adjudication Board (DARAB).
The decisions of the different government institutions in the Baha-Talibayog case has serious implications to agrarian reform. These decisions have far-reaching implications.
Based on the case, the development and promotion of the mining industry has greater priority over social justice, agrarian reform and agricultural development;
Lands can be classified as mineral by a mere study by the Bureau of Mines previous to P.D. 27 and R.A. 6657, it is found that "ample" reserves of mineral resources are found in the area even if there is no positive act from the executive or the legislature;
Agricultural lands can now become mineral lands not by executive act but through any mining agreement executed by the DENR and a private person covering such agricultural land under the mining act;
Local government units within their territorial jurisdiction can change the classification of an agricultural land to other uses by a mere passage of a Zoning ordinance.
As agrarian reform beneficiaries, the Calatagan farmers were given new hope to improve their lives and become productive members of their community. They have developed the land that was distributed to them and made them productive. They have faithfully paid their land amortizations until it was fully paid. They are even faithful taxpayers to their local government.
With the exception of the actual cancellation of the Emancipation Patents issued to the Calatagan farmers in Baha and Talibayog, the reversal of agrarian reform and the turnaround in social justice has reached the highest level of our government system. All these favored the rich despite the strength of the claim and ownership of the Calatagan farmers of the land.
the Department of Agrarian Reform who is tasked to enforce the implementation of agrarian reform, on the basis of a mere study of the Bureau of Mines and an ocular inspection that is 10 years too late has decided to nullify the coverage of the land that awarded them the lands they now own?
the Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) who is tasked to protect the environment has prioritized mining over food production and has given more weight to the claims of ASTURIAS INDUSTRIES rather than the rights of agrarian reform beneficiaries?
the Office of the President who holds the highest executive power of the country has chosen to side uphold the convoluted and distorted decision of the DAR?
the Supreme Court, the highest interpreter of laws of the land, has chosen to interpret the laws according to the myopic, distorted and biased view of the Department of Agrarian Reform?
Last December 2007, the farmers of Calatagan walked in solidarity with the Sumilao Farmers. From San Pedro in Laguna to the gates of Malacañang, 36 Calatagan farmers walked side by side with the Sumilao farmers.
On April 21, 2008, the agrarian reform beneficiaries from the communities of Baha and Talibayog in Calatagan, will embark on a journey on foot from their homes to the seat of power in Metro Manila to make their voices heard. The government that gave them hope through agrarian reform has betrayed them and they are making this sacrifice to magnify the injustices committed against them.
Their 300-kilometer walk which will begin in the town Calatagan is dedicated bare the injustices being committed against the farmers of Calatagan in favor of the mining interests of Asturias Industries. Through this walk, the farmers of Calatagan are calling for the revocation of the Mineral Production Share Agreement (MPSA) issued by the DENR to Asturias Industries. Their walk is their assertion of their rights as owner-cultivators of the land.


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(NNPA)–CNN anchor Don Lemon was demonized on social media for a Nov. 5 commentary that seemed supportive of New York's racially discriminatory "stop-and-frisk" policy. But on Nov. 6 he told Richard Prince's Journal-isms that his remarks were "grossly misinterpreted" and declared, "I am not supporting stop-and-frisk."
Lemon's controversial remarks were made during his segment on the Nov. 5 edition of the "Tom Joyner Morning Show," the very day New York voters were determining their new mayor. One of the key choices voters faced at the ballot box was whether their new chief should continue outgoing mayor Michael's Bloomberg's "stop-and-frisk" law enforcement policy.
Lemon's take was that "if you question many people in New York City, even some Black and Hispanic people, they will tell you that on the surface they don't really have an issue with stop-question-and-frisk. Not the idea of it, at least."
And they feel that way despite knowing that police officers "will most likely not be that polite," and will be discriminatory, Lemon continued.
The news anchor theorized about what would happen if Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio changed Bloomberg's law enforcement formula and crime went up.
"If he alters the equation of the formula that has reduced crime in New York City to its lowest in decades, one of which is stop-question-and-frisk, and the crime rate creeps back up, beyond local citizens moving away to the suburbs, people will stop visiting, stop spending their tourist dollars," Lemon said.
"[Tourism is] a big driver to the city's economy, the city will suffer international consequences, cities and municipalities around the country will follow suit; looking at the Big Apple as an example of what to do or not to do," he continued. "So whatever the mayor here decides will be reflected in your city, reflected in your crime rate, and in your economy."
Lemon concluded, "So the question is: would you rather be politically correct or safe and alive?"
The closing sentence acted as a spark on dry kindling, igniting a firestorm of vitriol against the Black journalist.
On Twitter, the CNN anchor earned his own hashtag.
"#DonLemon On Don Lemon: Would you rather be acceptable to Whites and get paid to hate yourself or be liked by the coloreds and get nothing?" read one tweet.
"Don Lemon on Slavery: would you rather be free and unemployed or have a home and a job?" read another.
"Hey has #donlemon signed his FOX contract yet?" another angry user posted.
On Facebook, the outcry continued unabated.
"What a horrible false choice. Don your voice in media represents a grave disservice to Black people," wrote one user.
"Jezuz H. Christ, Don. What planet are you on?" questioned another.
"And if Lemonhead has to play both Black people and himself in the process, hey, that's just how you fake your way to the top," another commented.
Lemon has made similarly divisive statements before, including his support of Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly's assertion that, "The reason there is so much violence and chaos in the Black precincts is the disintegration of the African-American family."
Several websites and individuals questioned the Lemon's authenticity given his 2001 lawsuit against Tower Records for racial profiling. In speaking to Journal-ism's Lemon said the suit did not make him a hypocrite because "99 percent of what I wrote is against stop-and-frisk. It's a shame that people are taking it that way."
Lemon also said the last statement of his commentary, about the choice between being "politically correct or safe and alive" was meant to provoke thought among the radio show's listeners and was not an endorsement of New York's policy.
"I'm trying to make you think. What happens when people's rights are violated? Are you going to decide based on political correctness?" he said.


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IUCN had special visitors at its Headquarters on Tuesday morning! Four representatives from the indigenous Suruí people of Mato Grosso state in the Brazilian Amazon are participating in the Paléo Music Festival in Switzerland and visited us to share their stories regarding ongoing conservation activities carried out on their lands.
"In a standing forest there are a variety of environmental services and we believe that if we use these services wisely we can improve the well-being of people" says Chief Almir. He strongly believes that the services provided by standing forests far outweigh their value in timber. A variety of products can be extracted from forests including materials for jewellery, medicine, natural oils, nuts and honey. Animal species and water are also of great spiritual value for the Suruí people, And finally, forests are important sources of food, water and jobs. Ivaneide stated: "To cut down a forest all you need is a machine and a person who operates it, hence you only generate one job, whereas to keep it standing you can generate employment for many more people including rangers to protect it, biologists to study it, and different producers that collect and commercialise its products".
The Suruí representatives further shared concerns about illegal logging and cattle encroachment on their lands, and about construction of hydroelectric dams in the wider region.
The indigenous group of the Suruí believes that conserving and sustainably managing the unique diversity of species harboured by the Amazon forest can improve the quality of life for its people and is also the best option from an economic point of view. They also believe that by combining their traditional knowledge with IUCN's scientific knowledge the value of the Amazon can be better realised and protected. Living closely with nature, their people have knowledge about species that is not currently captured by scientists.
What they do to protect these services?
There are many ways in which the Suruí people have been working to protect the services provided by their forests. They have carried out scientific research to determine the status and properties of various local species which helps them to make decisions about what to use or protect. Secondly, they do not rely solely on wild species but have created nurseries for plants that are in high demand, to ensure sustainable harvesting and also reforestation of degraded areas. Additionally, they have been lobbying the Government to recognize the value of standing forests and their importance to the people that live and depend on them. Itabira stated "Standing forests should be a solution, not an impediment".


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Sunday, November 16, 2008
The worst day of my life
I wish I could have said goodbye and that I love him. He is still with us, but not. Without the machines he wouldn't be with us. He is being monitored to see how we should proceed. It would take a miracle for him wake up, and even then he would probably have major brain damage.
I just wanted to let you know that I'll be absent from the blog for a while until things aren't so stressy and terrible. I hope no one else has had to deal with something like this. It feels like something that only happens to "other people". I'm in a constant state of surrealism.
Please, guys. Tell your loved ones that you love and appreciate them. Even if you think they already know, or you feel weird about saying it. You'll regret it if you don't.
9 comments:
- Sarah said...
that's terrible news :(
i hope things get better.
- November 16, 2008 at 7:14 PM
- Fashion Hayley said...
Oh I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope things get better for you and your family soon.
- November 16, 2008 at 9:42 PM
- Hailz said...
Wow Hayley, that's very sad to hear. I don't even know what to say. Take care xx
- November 16, 2008 at 11:56 PM
- Tillis-abode said...
I really hope things improve, its very sad news and I hope your doing ok. Thoughts are with you. x
- November 17, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- ashleigh said...
this is the first time i've visited and I'm so sorry that this has happened my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. Stay strong! I'm sending you all my love xox
- November 18, 2008 at 10:53 PM
- Penny said...
Hope you're okay Hayley. x Penny
- November 19, 2008 at 7:36 PM
- ACJ Photography said...
Just discovered your blog today. So sorry to hear this.
I will definitely keep you and your family in my prayers.
- November 20, 2008 at 1:39 PM
- heidi and seek said...
Thanks so much, everyone.
- November 23, 2008 at 5:04 PM
- NeverEverEmma said...
That's an awful thing to have happened. Rest assured you are in all our thoughts here in cyberspace and best wishes for your Dad's recovery.
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Yesterday IDC reported that worldwide PC shipments totaled 76.3 million units in the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13) - plummeting 13.9% compared to the same quarter in 2012.
And today Wells Fargo analyst Maynard Um says the latest sales data is the strongest indication yet that the PC market is in line for a long overdue shakeup in the form of consolidation.
Indeed, as AppleInsider's Neil Hughes notes, even Cupertino saw its domestic sales slide 7.5 percent in the three-month span, although the Mac platform is still in arguably better shape than the overall PC market. However, IDC's data does not include international sales, which Um believes are likely growing faster than the U.S.
"While unit decline reflects Apple is not immune from the slowdown, it, unlike its peers, is at least participating in the tablet market," he explained.
"While new entrants offering low priced tablets are causing some share shifts, we believe Apple will continue to dominate dollar profit share — more than half of the industry profits despite 10 percent share."
Um says the industry is likely to see a "markedly different" PC landscape in a few years with fewer players, although in the short-term future, the PC market will "continue to feel pain."
According to Um, the situation likely won't reverse itself until tablets reach a level of market saturation and PC prices become "materially more attractive" for the new touchscreen and ultrathin devices.
It should be noted that the decline of the PC was predicted by late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 2010, when he said the debut of the iPad signaled the beginning of a market-wide transition to a post-PC era.
"The transformation of the PC to new form factors like the tablet is going to make some people uneasy because the PC has taken us a long ways," Jobs explained way back when.
"[Yes], the PC is brilliant… and we like to talk about the post-PC era, but it's uncomfortable."


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Keeping a journal is easy. Keeping a life-altering, soul-enlightening journal, however, is not. At its best, journaling can be among the most transformative of experiences, but you can only get there by learning how to express yourself fully and openly. Enter Samara O'Shea. O'Shea charmed readers with her elegant and witty For the Love of Letters. Now, in Note to Self, she's back to guide us through the fun, effective, and revelatory process of journaling. Along the way, selections from O'Shea's own journals demonstrate what a journal should be: a tool to access inner strengths, uncover unknown passions, face uncertain realities, and get to the center of self. To help create an effective journal, O'Shea provides multiple suggestions and exercises, including:Write in a stream of consciousness: Forget everything you ever learned about writing and just write. Let it all out: the good, bad, mad, angry, boring, and ugly.Ask yourself questions: What do I want to change about myself? What would I never change about myself? Copy quotes: Other people's words can help you figure out where you are in life, or where you'd like to be.It takes time: Don't lose faith if you don't immediately feel better after writing in your journal. Think of each entry as part of a collection that will eventually reveal its meaning to you.O'Shea's own journal entries reveal alternately moving, edgy, and hilarious stories from throughout her life, as she hits the party scene in New York, poses naked as an aspiring model, stands by as her boyfriend discovers an infidelity by (you guessed it) reading her journal, and more. There are also fascinating journal entries of notorious diarists, such as John Wilkes Booth, Anas Nin, and Sylvia Plath.A tribute to the healing and reflective power of the written word, Note to Self demonstrates that sometimes being completely honest with yourself is the most dangerous and rewarding pursuit of all.
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The booze-loving New York Times devotes much of its Dining and Wine pages this week to the tipple. Because I love you all, I'll give you a brief rundown of each article:
Pete Wells starts with a fun piece on off-putting cocktails: a Cosmo spiked with Pernod and pomegranate, for example, or a rum drink with bell pepper and spanked basil. (He provides recipes for all the drinks, in case you want to weird out your friends.)
Eric Asimov leads a tasting panel that samples several rye whiskeys. Don't miss the video feature, linked on the left of the article. (The sharp-eyed New Yorkers — if there are any reading this — will recognize the whiskey cabinet at LeNell's.) As a bonus, Asimov follows up with a blog post about the process of sampling so many ryes.
Mmmmm, rye. I've got a bottle of Wild Turkey 101 that I should tuck into tonight.
If you're looking for a food pairing with your rye (that is, if you're not in the mood for nuts or a snack mix), you can try the biscotti that Florence Fabricant recommends.
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Julia Moskin explores whether pregnant women can or should enjoy the occasional drinky; Mark Bittman offers some nosh for your next cocktail party. Rob Willey looks at boutique tonic waters, while Ms. Fabricant hits the tequila and Brooks Hamaker samples some strong beers.


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Sorry, but I think the whole hookers angle is rather silly too. Hasbro's said for years it's just a licensing issue with the actresses. I'm sure if there was a problem with the characters they portray in the films, they would've mentioned that at some point, since it wouldn't be all that big of a deal to address a topic of that nature to a lot of adult collectors to appease them.
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Tonnika's at the Official SiteTonnika SistersThe Tonnika twins weren't exactly twins. Their production nickname was "Space Girls," though their fashion sense of wearing their underwear on the outside led to a less-than flattering (and somewhat unprintable) nickname. They were played by two local extras that were not related, and did not look alike at all. But in 1989, when Galaxy Guide 1: A New Hope filled in this pair's backstory, it established that the girls were identical. The artwork accompanying the article was cheated -- it was based on production photography of the cantina extras, but only one of the girls was illustrated. The artwork was reversed and duplicated, creating a mirror image. This presented a problem when it came using photography of these extras. They clearly weren't identical, despite what their backstory claimed. Timothy Zahn resolved this discrepancy with his short story in the Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina anthology. In "Hammertong," Zahn reveals that the non-identical girls in the cantina that day weren't the real Tonnika sisters. The real twins were doing time in some prison for one of their many capers. The women posing as them were actually undercover Mistryl shadow warriors. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++I don't think their "official" backstory is being whores. I think there is some merit to your reasoning though Nick, Hasbro has pretty much always said they want to do them but they can't. Who's stopping them...not themselves. It has to be LFL and we were fed the likeness rights stuff, which I don't believe. Maybe it was true and this latest stuff will resolve that but it just seems fishy that it didn't happen until now and the Hasbro and/or LFL didn't pursue the issue until now. There had to be something beyond the likeness rights thing for them to balk this long
On another note, unless you started working for Hasbro Star Wars marketing, have the ear of Randy Shoemaker and Darryl DePriest, or have a direct line to their PR flack, I think you can stop with the definitive statements.
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"I wanted to further develop my business skills, so that I could progress my career in management.
"After researching several programs, I chose Point Park University's School of Business M.B.A. with a concentration in sport, arts and entertainment management. The best part is that I was able to combine all of my interests and passions in one experience."
- Nicholas Gigante,
Vice President of Development, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Read his story
Some fast facts about Point Park alumni:
- Total alumni: 24,585
- 83 percent live in Pennsylvania
- Alumni live in 22 countries
- According to the most recent survey of Point Park graduates, 80 percent are employed full time
Point Park has a satisfied and supportive alumni community.
- More than 80 percent recommend the school, and a similar number say they would choose Point Park again
- 75 percent say that their current job is related to the degree they received at Point Park
Interested in knowing more? Learn about Point Park's Office of Alumni Relations.
Sample Alumni Profiles
School of Arts and Sciences Alumni
- Educational Administration Alumnus Appointed a Principal for Pittsburgh Public Schools
- Biological Sciences Alum Pursuing Dental School
- Meet Civil Engineering Project Manager Graham Ferry
School of Business Alumni
- Point Park MBA Alum the Only Female Director in the NHL
- Recent Accounting Alumna Lands Job at Schneider Downs
School of Communication Alumni
- School Of Communication Alumni on Forefront of Online Journalism
- IMC Grad Starts Communication Business
- Meet Bloomberg News Producer Kate Santichen
Conservatory of Performing Arts Alumni
- Point Park Alum Nominated for Two Tony Awards
- Technical Theatre Grads Connect with Companies, Get Jobs
- Quantum Theatre Staging World Premiere of Play by Two M.F.A. Graduates
Job Titles and Employers Noted in Recent Survey
School of Arts and Sciences Alumni
- Westinghouse Electric Company, Senior Instructor
- Seneca Valley School District, 7th Grade English Teacher
- Norway, Gateway and Franklin Regional School Districts, Substitute Teacher
- Learning Care Group/ Tutor Time Childcare/ Learning Centers, Lead Infant Teacher
- Pittsburgh Mercy, Prevention/Intervention Specialist
- Stem Center for Developmental and Behavioral Health, Therapeutic Staff
- Meppi, Designer
- Auberle, Child Care Worker
- WJS Psychological Assoc., TSS
- Family Services of Western Pa., Services Facilitator of the CORE Program
- Lindsey Funeral Home, Apprentice Funeral Director/Embalmer
- Slack Inc., Assistant Editor
- Pittsburgh Glass Works, IT Support and Training
- USAF, 91st Operations Group Officer
- Civil Engineering Consultant and Eastern Regional Manager, R.A. Smith National, Inc.
- Detective, Allegheny County Sheriff's Office
- Principal, Pittsburgh Public Schools
- Program Director, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
- Facility Project Management Engineer, Fedex Ground
- Automation Engineer, Eaton Corp.
School of Business Alumni
- University of Pittsburgh, System Support Specialist
- BNY Mellon, HR Client Service Representative
- NCO Financial Systems, Inc., Supervisor
- Mellon Capital Management, Sr. Enterprise Data Management Specialist
- McKesson Automation, Contract Auditor
- PNC, Assistant Vice President/Operations Process and Support Manager
- Biomet/Marquis Orthopedics, Sales Representative
- SMG David Lawrence Convention Centre, Director of Operations
- United States Steel, Security-Global
- Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Marketing Communications Specialist
- Jennmar Corporation, International Credit Manager
- Confluence Technologies, Inc., Business Consultant
- Geico, Dealer Marketing Representative
- United States Steel, Process Coordinator- Operations Manager
- EDMC, Compensation Administrator
- BNY Mellon, Check Services Representative
- GAI Consultants, Inc., Assistant Vice President
- GAI Consultants, Inc., Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
- CAMPOS, Recruiter
- BNY Mellon, Sr. Performance Analyst
- Eaton Corp., Deduction Analyst
- PLS Logistics, Account Executive Trainee
- Climatech, Inc., Accounting Manager
- Blackbox, Digital Signage Success Manager
- University of Pittsburgh, Research Accountant
- Coventry Health Care, Operations Supervisor
School of Communication Alumni
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Multimedia Sales
- Ansys, Customer Relations Coordinator
- Reed Smith, Client Intelligence Specialist
- NBC News, Associate Producer
- WJET-TV 24, General Assignment Reporter
- WPXI-TV, Associate Producer
- Public Allies Pgh., Events Programming
- American Met Market, Event Coordinator
- Quincy Inc - WVVA-TV, Weekend Anchor/Reporter
- Pittsburgh Magazine, Associate Editor
- PA State Representative, Director of Communications
- WTXF FOX 29, Assignment Editor/Web Assistant
- CBS Radio, Promotions Assistant/Producer
- UPMC, Manager of Media Relations
- Brunner, Account Manager
- Yellow Submarine Marketing Communications, Account Executive
- BAM Advertising, Campaign Strategist
- Crossmedia NYC, Senior Media Planner and Buyer
- Trib Total Media, Digital Specialist
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Reporter
- Observer-Reporter, Staff Writer
- Social Media Consultant, Chicago Tribune Media Group
- Clear Channel, Radio Board Operator/Producer
- WJTV-TV, Weekend Anchor
- Bloomberg News, Producer
- Ketchum, Assistant Account Executive
Conservatory of Performing Arts Alumni
- Bristol Riverside Theatre, Actor
- Progressive Business Publications/Satell Center, Technical Multimedia Developer and Videographer
- Royal Caribbean International, Production Dancer
- gloATL Atlanta, Dancer
- Femena, Actor
- Theatre West Virginia, Stage Manager
- Mary Poppins, National Tour Company Dancer
- The Dark Night Rises, Production Assistant
- Freelance Playwright
- DanceWorks Chicago, Company Dancer
- The Rockettes, Dancer
- Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Company Dancer
- Young Frankenstein, National Tour Ensemble Dancer
- Houston Metropolitan Dance Company, Resident Choreographer
- Finding Nemo at Disney World, Stage Manager
- Geva Theatre, Stage Manager
- Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre, Sound Engineer
- Freelance Costume Designer
- Freelance Lighting Designer
- Chicago, Broadway Cast Member
- Mamma Mia!, Broadway Cast Member
- Hair, Broadway Cast Member
- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Broadway Cast Member
- West Side Story, National Tour Cast Member
- The Addams Family, National Tour Cast Member
- Disney ABC Television Group, Producer's Assistant
- Mind Over Media, Associate Producer/Editor
- One Shot, Travel Secretary
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Words: Hondo
Seb Toots took the win at the 11th Annual Ride Shakedown at St. Sauveur in Quebec, Canada. It was a heated field of over 5o riders. The Shakedown is one of Canada's most premiere events, with riders from all over the world coming to try and win their piece of the $50,000 prize purse. The Ride Shakedown is different from most events because contestants have to call their tricks each run and they can't call the same trick twice. On Friday night there's a rail jam and on Saturday a big air jump that leads into the rails. The setup gives the rider the chance to show their ability on two aspects of snowboarding.
Dudes who were killing it this year were Frank April, Dillon Ojo, Kim Rune Hansen, and Seth Hill, but in the end it was Seb Toots, who once again claimed first place.
On Friday night's rail jam the winners were Frank April in 3rd, Seb Toots in 2nd, and Dillon Ojo in first. And on Saturdays event it was Kim Run Hansen in 3rd, Seth Hill in 2nd, and Seb Toots in 1st.


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How to Evaluate Bias and the Messages in Photos
Can you tell if a news outlet, an NGO or a government is picturing a person, an event or an issue fairly? It can be very hard to assess visual "balance" when photos are scattered across a website, and appear sporadically over a span of time. There may be an anecdotal impression that there is bias, but visual bias has been very difficult to document.
The social media site Pinterest is now making documentation possible.
Have you heard of Pinterest? According to the site itself, it's "a Virtual Pinboard" that lets users "organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes." Doesn't exactly sound like the kind of site that would help journalists or academics, governments or NGOs, does it? But Pinterest is turning out to be a stealth tool for researchers.


text: > I'm not trying to start a flame war, and I'm really curious. I suggest > that you're starting the flame war with your attacking tone and lack of > any facts (or even one example) backing up your statements. Just saying > "it depends" doesn't help the rest of us learn. When is Gigabit better? Where's RGB when you need him? :) I think enough people have pointed out that your statement is wrong. Have you looked in the beowulf archives? How about a googling? > In my experience the computation portion of a Beowulf will always > require low latencies for optimal performance. OK. We have 3 MPI applications. Two are internally written and one is from NASA. We have extensively tested these 3 codes with many varying data sets on all kinds of HPC equipment (Cray's, SGI Origin's, SP's, clusters, etc.). However, I'll focus on clusters (beowulf's in particular). We have tested on equipment with Myrinet, GigE, and FastE. The nodes were the same and only the network changed along with some tuning to get the best performance out of each. Here's what we have found: Code 1 - First internal code. Running on Myrinet compared to GigE only gives you about 20% better wall-clock time for some cases. For other cases, Myrinet is slower than GigE (still trying to explain that one :). Myrinet is about twice as fast as FastE. Observations - We think this code is more constrained by latency than bandwidth when you compare Myrinet and GigE. We have looked at the message sizes and they are fairly small (tiny). This pushes this code down the bandwidth/mesage size curve almost to the point where you measure latency. So latency appears to be a driver for this code. Also, not much overlapping communication/ computation in this code. Code 2 - Second internal code. Running on Myrinet compared to GigE is only about 3% faster for just about all cases. Myrinet is about twice as fast as FastE. Observations - Although we should see better performance with Myrinet compared to GigE due to better bandwidth, we think this code is limited by bandwidth instead of latency. The message sizes for this code are very large, pushing the code way up the bandwidth/ message size curve. We're still working on identifying all of the bottlenecks, but from a networking standpoint, this is what we have concluded so far. Also, not much overlapping communication/ computation in this code. Code 3 - NASA code. This code only runs about 2-3% faster on GigE and Myrinet compared to FastE. The code appears to be well thought out with respect to overlapping communication/computation. Obsverations - This code appears not to be constrained by either latency nor bandwidth. Disclaimer - There are lots of things I ignored in this simple analysis such as memory bandwith, etc. The data to support these observations also came from testing on other systems and on testing with other types of networking (Quadrics, Scali, etc.). All of the numbers are wall-clock times. With these general rules of thumb (we always test before we buy) and knowing the mix between the codes, we do a price/performance to configure the best system. Right now (and this is subject to change), GigE provides better price/performance for our code mix. Of course, this also depends on what GigE equipment we're talking about. I think Mark has pointed out in the past, as well as others, that not all GigE equipment is created equal (this is also generally true for FastE as well). However, for the GigE equipment we have tested on and also have in production we have found GigE is the way to go for us for our mix of codes. > On the other hand, when I have applications that need to transfer a lot > of data as well, I find that having two networks is the way to go. One > for control and messaging traffic (low latency - Myrinet) and one for > data traffic (high throughput - Gigabit). What kinds of applications? So you run control and MPI messsage traffic over Myrinet and NFS over GigE? Myrinet has better bandwidth than GigE, so it appears that if data transfer is important I would switch NFS to Myrinet and MPI traffic to GigE (unless of course you see a big difference in performance). If you do see a big difference in performance, what about using two Myrinet networks (trying to get you some sales Patrick! :)? If latency is that important, have you tried Quadrics? In our experience it has lower latencies than Myrinet. What MPI implementations have you tried? Do you run 1 ppn with single CPUs, or 1 ppn with SMP nodes, or 2 ppn with SMP nodes, or something else? All of things can have a large impact on performance. > If you would rather take it off list, then feel free to email me > directly, but I would really like to know because I can't think of one > example that works. I hope my response answered your question. Anybody care to present another example where bandwidth is more important than latency? Greg? Mark? RGB? Doug? Don? Jeff -- Dr. Jeff Layton Senior Engineer Lockheed-Martin Aeronautical Company - Marietta Aerodynamics & CFD "Is it possible to overclock a cattle prod?" - Irv Mullins This email may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please delete it immediately, and inform me of the mistake by return email. Any form of reproduction, or further dissemination of this email is strictly prohibited. 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By Lisa Gerstner, Contributing Editor
| June 30, 2014
If you need a safe place to park your money, you have a lot of options—as long as you don't expect much in the way of yield for now. Short-term interest rates will stay low for the rest of 2014. But depending on how the economy fares, they may start to rise in 2015. (See Kiplinger's Economic Outlooks for more on the status of interest rates.)
We've listed the top spots for eking out more interest on your savings, depending on your tolerance for risk and the length of time you can tie up your money. For deposit accounts, check sites such as Bankrate.com and DepositAccounts.com to find top interest rates at banks and credit unions in your area, which may be higher than the nationally available ones listed here.
For your emergency fund—at least six months' worth of living expenses—and any other savings that need to be safe and immediately available, look to accounts insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., such as money market deposit accounts (MMDAs). (Stay away from money-market mutual funds, which pay practically nothing and aren't insured by the FDIC.) The FDIC insures up to $250,000 per person per bank. That means combined deposit-account balances, including MMDAs as well as checking accounts, savings accounts and certificates of deposit, at a single qualifying institution for an individual account owner are insured for up to $250,000. Co-owners of joint accounts are insured up to $250,000 per person. (Credit union deposits are insured up to $250,000 by the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.) To see whether your money is fully covered by the FDIC, use the estimator at www.fdic.gov/EDIE.
Money market deposit accounts often provide checks or an ATM card for withdrawing cash or to use for purchases. You can also transfer funds electronically to or from a linked checking or savings account. You are limited to six transfers per month without penalty, not including cash withdrawals at an ATM.
You can earn 0.95% on balances of less than $250,000 through the Incredible Bank Money Market account (maintain a $2,500 balance to avoid a $10 monthly fee; the account does not provide a check card or paper checks). The free Sallie Mae Money Market account, which includes check writing, yields 0.90%, with no minimum balance requirement. And the AmericaNet Bank Mega Money Market account offers a yield of 0.90% on balances of up to $35,000 (0.50% on the portion of the balance higher than $35,000), and it comes with a Visa check card.
Like a money market deposit account, a savings account can be a good place to protect and grow your emergency funds (check whether your MMDA or savings account charges a dormancy fee). You can't write checks from savings accounts, but you are allowed to make up to six withdrawals or transfers per month. To transfer funds, you can link a savings account to a checking account.
The no-fee Salem Five Direct eOne Savings account yields 1% on balances of up to $500,000 and has no minimum balance (the minimum deposit to open an account is $100). The SynchronyBank Optimizer Plus High Yield Savings account pays 0.95% on all balances (but you need a $50 minimum balance to avoid a $5 monthly charge). Saving up to go on a big trip or meet some other goal? Check out SmartyPig. You set a savings goal and make recurring contributions to a free account that yields 1%. When you reach your goal, SmartyPig will turn off the recurring deposits; you can let the money sit or have it transferred back to the funding source, load the money onto SmartyPig's prepaid card, get retailer gift cards with cash-back rewards or choose some combination of the three.
If you can meet a few qualifications—which usually include banking online and using a debit card for purchases—think about getting a high-yield checking account. The amount eligible to earn the highest rate is usually no more than $25,000, and some of the best rates are available only to residents of the states where the bank does business. But a few banks open their accounts to residents of the entire U.S. Many credit unions require applicants outside their jurisdictions to make a donation to an affiliated charity. You can find insured high-yield accounts offered by community banks and credit unions at CheckingFinder.com.
Earn 5.09% on up to $10,000 with no minimum balance through the Consumers Credit Union (Illinois) Free Rewards Checking account . (You'll only earn tiered rates of 0.10% to 0.20% on any balance greater than $10,000.) Requirements to earn this rate include using your debit card 12 times monthly and spending $1,000 or more per month on one of the credit union's Visa credit cards. (Rates of 3.09% or 4.09% are available to those who meet less strict requirements.) Consumers Credit Union refunds fees from out-of-network ATMs. Lake Michigan Credit Union's Max Checking account yields 3% on up to $15,000, with no minimum balance, and it refunds up to $15 a month in surcharges from non-LMCU ATMs.
For money you can tie up for a few months or more—say, a portion of your emergency fund that you wouldn't need for at least three months, or money earmarked for tuition or retirement income—consider certificates of deposit. CDs come with maturities that typically range from three months to five years, with longer maturities offering higher yields.
It's best not to lock up all your cash in a long-term CD, especially with interest rates as low as they are. If rates go up, you want to be able to reinvest your money at a higher rate. Constructing a CD ladder—putting chunks of cash in CDs of varying maturities—allows you to reinvest cash from shorter-term CDs as they mature to take advantage of higher yields. Your longer-term CDs will continue to earn interest at today's highest rates. You can invest in a long-term CD even if you think you may cash out early or if you want to take advantage of rising rates—just be sure to check the interest penalty in advance to be sure it's not too onerous.
If you'd like to put more than $250,000 in CDs, the Certificate of Deposit Account Registry Service (CDARS) offers a convenient way to invest your funds. You deal with one participating bank, which sets the rate. A deposit-placement service that works with CDARS parcels out chunks of less than $250,000 (leaving wiggle room for accrued interest) to some of about 3,000 participating institutions.
Melrose Credit Union recently offered high rates on its one-, two- and three-year share certificates, yielding 1.15%, 1.41% and 1.66%, respectively. Each requires a minimum investment of $5,000. The GE Capital Bank one-year CD pays 1.10%, and it has a $500 minimum deposit.
U.S. savings bonds are another supersafe investment for money you can tie up for a year. You can cash in savings bonds after 12 months, but if you redeem them before five years have passed, you forfeit the last three months' worth of interest.
EE bonds pay a fixed rate. After 20 years, the Treasury will double an EE bond's purchase value if interest accumulation hasn't been sufficient to reach that point. The I-bond's rate is composed of a fixed rate that lasts for the life of the bond and a semiannual inflation rate that changes every six months.
EE bonds pay only 0.50%, but I Bonds have a decent yield of 1.94% (with a fixed rate of 0.10% and an inflation rate of 0.92%). An individual may purchase from $25 to $10,000 in I Bonds per year in an online Treasury Direct account, which you can set up at www.treasurydirect.gov.
If you're willing to forgo FDIC insurance, explore ultra-short-term bond funds. Some of them suffered heavy losses during the downturn in 2008 and proved to be more risky than expected. And as with other bonds and bond funds, when interest rates go up, prices of short-term debt securities go down. But because of the bonds' short maturities, substantial losses aren't in the cards. Much of your gains will be eaten up if expenses are high, so shop carefully.
USAA Ultra Short-Term Bond (symbol UUSTX), an ultra-short fund with no sales charge and expenses of 0.58%, is yielding 0.85%. Wells Fargo Advantage Ultra Short-Term Income Fund (STADX), which also has no sales charge, is yielding 0.84%, with expenses of 0.74%.
You can earn more than 3% in specialized WorldCurrency CDs from EverBank. The CDs, which have maturities of three to 12 months, invest in currencies of foreign markets—a three-month CD invested in the South African rand, for example, recently yielded 4.16% (there's a $10,000 minimum purchase). The CDs are FDIC-insured against bank failure, but you take on currency risk—you could lose principal if the U.S. dollar rises—so consider putting cash in a few different currencies to hedge against price fluctuations. The WorldCurrency Basket CDs ($20,000 minimum purchase), with a maturity of three or six months, invest in a mix of three or more currencies. The Global Power Shift CD, for example, invests equally in the Australian dollar, Brazilian real, Canadian dollar and Norwegian krone; the three-month CD recently yielded 2.25%.
With peer-to-peer lending platform Prosper, you can examine the credit quality of loans you make and create a diversified portfolio to minimize your risk. Although you can invest as little as $25, Ron Suber, president of Prosper, recommends investing a minimum of $10,000 to create a well-diversified portfolio of at least 400 loans. There are seven loan grades. Top-quality AA loans, which Suber equates to triple-B rated corporate loans, are yielding 4% to 5%; lower-quality loans pay higher rates. Residents of 30 states and the District of Columbia can invest in these loans, which have either a three- or five-year term.
Similarly, Lending Club facilitates loans between lenders and borrowers, and you can create a broad portfolio of loans. Investors could recently earn about 5% or more depending on the loan grade, and terms are for three or five years.
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Upcoming ChiLiving Events
ChiRunning is once again the official training program for the Asheville Marathon & Half Marathon at the Biltmore Estate! We've got training programs for both local and non-local participants to help you run your best race ever.
We encourage everyone to train well for this marathon. It's hilly and can be challenging if you're not prepared. With the ChiRunning Training Program, you'll improve your running technique with weekly runs designed to help you make those uphills easier and your downhills faster. In last year's training group, we had four age group winners, with others setting PR's for the distance.
About the course: The Asheville Marathon at Biltmore Estate is run entirely on the estate property. You'll wind along the beautiful, hilly "driveway" to the Biltmore house, meticulously designed by Fredrick Law Olmstead (Golden Gate Park SF, Central Park NYC). At the end of the driveway, you'll pass right in front of the Biltmore Mansion and then wind your way down through the amazing botanical gardens. The flat sections of the course run along the French Broad River (3rd oldest river in the world) and the marathon course crosses the river into hills and valleys covered with vineyards. It's an outstanding course in terms of sheer beauty.
If you're local to Asheville, we have regular weekly group training runs scheduled. ChiRunning founder, Danny Dreyer, will lead many of the Sunday Long Runs.
He'll also be giving introductory running clinics to the Half Marathon and Full Marathon Training groups.
For more info and to register, choose Community Training for Half or Full Marathon (for locals), or Online Training (for out-of-towners) below:
If you haven't registered for the race yet, you can sign up here. Happy running!
Asheville, NC Resources
We love our town and the amazing community of people who live here and provide their valuable services. We've been around a while and have a list of our favorites that we'd like to share. Check them out below. If you have someone you'd like us to try out, please get in touch with us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
A great running store in Asheville that supports ChiRunners and ChiWalkers.
Natural Footgear - Robyn Hughes, N.D.
Robyn is a naturopathic physician specializing in foot care.
Asheville Track Club
ATC is a resource to promote and support the running communities of Western North Carolina.
Asheville Triathlon Club
A complete resource for running, swimming, and biking clubs and links
Asheville Trail Running
Our friend Trish has done us all a favor and published a great running & hiking guidebook for the beautiful Bent Creek!
YWCA - Asheville
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Under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, individuals with disabilities are protected from discrimination and may be entitled to reasonable accommodations and equal access to programs and services.
It is the responsibility of a student who experiences a disability to initiate contact with and provide appropriate documentation to DS.
Dissemination of Information
Disability Services notifies and informs students of its existence in the following ways:
- DS general contact information is available in a variety of campus resources including the campus telephone directory, student handbook, catalogue, course schedule booklets, and admissions materials.
- Written materials outlining services are available from the DS office, on the DS website and other locations on campus. Copies of DS Policies and Procedures and the University of Alaska Board of Regents' Policy and Regulation on "Services for Students with Disabilities" are available on line and upon request from the DS office.
- Faculty are informed of the services provided by DS on a regular basis (convocation, departmental meetings).
- Students who experience a disability and have requested services are informed verbally and by written materials of DS services.
Procedures for Disclosure and Documentation of Disability
In order to receive academic services from DS, a student with a disability must meet with the Coordinator of Disability Services to discuss his/her individual needs. The following procedures are required to ensure appropriate academic accommodations are provided.
- Students must meet with Disability Services coordinator or staff to request services.
- Specific guidelines have been developed for the documentation of learning disabilities and Attention-Deficit/Activity Disorder (ADHD). Copies of these guidelines are available on line at the DS website and upon request.
- Services provided are dependent on the functional limitations experienced as a result of the disability. The documentation must demonstrate a need for the services requested.
- Disability Services does not provide documentation evaluation/assessment, however we can make referrals for you to local resources.
- Disability Services will provide reasonable, appropriate, and effective academic support services/accommodations that allow the student to have equal access to the academic environment. While consumer preference will be discussed and considered in determining appropriate services. The type of services will strive to be the type preferred by the student to provide access.
- Disability Services does not provide services of a personal nature (e.g., home work support, typing services, tutorial supports, personal care attendants, or individually prescribed devices), however we will connect you to local resources.
Resolution of Complaints
A student who claims to have been subjected to discrimination based upon a disability, is dissatisfied with the recommended academic adjustments, and/or objects to the denial of services may initiate a formal complaint following the steps outlined in University Regulation 09.06.05. The student may contact the Director of the Student Resource Center for a copy of the Regulation.
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- You also need to know how to talk about your disability in a way that other people will understand. Are you able to answer the following questions?
- What is my disability? How does it impact my learning? What accommodations in the past have been helpful to me ?
- Where is my official documentation or paper work that explains what my disability is?
- Does the college or school (UAS) have my documentation so that I can get the accommodations that will help me succeed?
Step 2 : Know your Rights and Responsibilities
- Colleges cannot close their doors to you because you have a disability. Your school must provide services that will allow you an equal opportunity to succeed in school.
- The online brochure "Rights and Responsibilities for Students with Disabilities" and the UAS Disability Services website both provide more information on this topic.
- Are you able to answer the following questions?
- What are my responsibilities?
- What are my rights?
Step 3 : Know Where to Go for Help
A very important part of being a successful student is the ability to know when you need help or when you don't need help. Writing down the names and phone numbers of the people on campus who will help you, including staff at the Disability Services office is a good idea.
At the University of Alaska Southeast two valuable resources are: Disability Services and Student Resource Center. You can visit our website at http://www.uas.alaska.edu/dss/.
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Step 4 : Take Action
Once you know who you are and what you need, you can work on reaching your goals. You should also work on communicating your needs. This means that you should practice talking with your instructors. You might practice on a counselor or a trusted friend. Practice explaining your disability and the accommodations or modifications you will need to help you be successful. Realize that you will not be the first student to ever talk with the DSS Coordinator and other faculty about disabilities. Talking to these individuals might seem scary now, but as you become more aware of who you are, you will gain confidence.
The majority of content on this webpage was provided by the brochure "Self-Advocacy: Steps you can take to help you be a successful student." The original version of this and other helpful brochures can be viewed and downloaded at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. This brochure was developed by Sean Lancaster and Daryl Mellard at the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning, Division of Adult Studies in May 2000. It was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.


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Three former members of the board of directors were formally recognized for their outstanding service to Sun City Hilton Head when they received the coveted 2011 Board of Directors Award during the annual Volunteer Award Ceremony on Sunday.
In addition, more than 20 residents received the 2011 Annual Volunteer Award during the ceremony.
Bob Hooper, Barbara Lenta and Don Massoni were presented with the Board of Directors Award, which recognizes residents whose exceptional and long-term volunteer service has made a measurable impact on Sun City Hilton Head.
It did not take long for Bob to get involved once he moved to Sun City in 2004. He was elected as Neighborhood Representative of Pelican Pointe and, in 2005, was elected vice president of the Neighborhood Representative Council. Bob was appointed to the Strategic Planning Committee in 2005 and was instrumental in the development of community's first strategic plan. He was also appointed to the Magnolia Hall Planning Committee. Elected to the Board of Directors and as vice president in 2006, he developed the Public Safety Committee and Volunteer Committee, which later became the Leadership Development Committee. He was elected as President of the Board in 2007. After he left the Board, Bob was elected to the vestry of All Saints Episcopal Church of Hilton Head Island. He oversees the church's local and international outreach and mission activities. Bob is also involved in Family Promise of Beaufort County, Sun City's Election Committee and Pickleball Club.
Barbara has been deeply involved in the community since she moved here in 2003. Elected as a Representative of Willow Brook, she also served as District 5 Delegate to the Neighborhood Representative Council. Barbara was appointed to the Strategic Planning Committee in 2004, and helped establish a vision statement and strategic plan. As chair from 2005-2007, she presented the plan to the community. She served on the Board of Directors from 2007-2011, and, during her time as secretary and later vice president, worked with the Board president to help revise governing documents. She worked on a wide variety of topics including the RV park, sports complex and amenity access for physically challenged adults. Barbara is also a volunteer for the American Red Cross, serving many roles during blood drives, and has been a blood donor for 50 years. An active member of the Bocce Club, she also volunteers in the Beaufort-Jasper Active Adult Challenge.
Don began his long career of volunteer service for Sun City when he moved to this community and was elected Neighborhood Representative for Sapphire Lakes in 2005. That same year, he was appointed to serve on the modifications committee and was elected secretary. Don was elected to the Board of Directors in 2007 and served one year. Then, in 2009, he was reappointed to the modifications committee where he currently serves as chair. He was instrumental in recommending revisions to the design guidelines to make them easier to understand and less restrictive while still upholding the high standards of aesthetics our community is known for. He was also appointed to the Golf Business Group in 2011 as a non-golfing representative, and participated in developing Sun City's Golf Business Plan. Don has also served on the nominating committee since 2010 and is currently the vice president. He is also the current chair of the Security Evaluation Task Force.
The Annual Volunteer awards recognize residents who give their time and talent to make great impacts on the community.
Boat & RV Management Team: Donald Armstrong, Jerry Doyle, Allan Fall, George Humes and George Simpson
Organizers of the Annual Community Christmas Day Dinner: Barbara O'Connor, Lois Willig and Wally Willig
Carolann Roberto
Stan Abrahamson
Dotty Gottdenker
Allen Pinkus
George Crook
Susan Safranek
Bob Rasmussen
Gabrielle Testa
Jim Marschall
Jackie Tygielski
Michael Sweeney
Mary Lou Stark
Ross Glatzer
George Simpson
Jeanne Koehl
Chuck Thomas
Fran DiTommaso
Carol Wroblewski
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While the November 2010 elections reduced the likelihood that some legislative initiatives adverse to agriculture would be passed in Congress, "the reality is that regulation could and would be used to achieve the goals of activists who are now in power," says Kent Fountain, president of the National Cotton Ginners Association.
The Obama administration "has backed off some of the initiatives," he said at the annual meeting of the Southern Cotton Ginners Association, held in conjunction with the Mid-South Farm & Gin Show at Memphis, "and we can hope that this change in tone will persist for the next two years."
Nonetheless, says Fountain, a Georgia producer/ginner, there are key issues that the NCGA and its member organizations are monitoring closely. They include:
— Changes in Congress, in particular those for the House and Senate Agriculture Committees.
Industry leaders will have "a full agenda in educating new committee members, many of whom are freshmen lawmakers," Fountain says.
"These new faces on committees, coupled with budget concerns and the World Trade Organization's Brazil ruling, will have major implications for the 2012 farm bill debate and the cotton program.
"We're already seeing the budget hawks taking shots at agricultural spending, and I assure you these arguments will continue throughout the budget debate, the appropriations process, and the writing of the new farm bill.
"Even with several pieces of onerous legislation and proposed rules either pulled or modified, there are a number of regulatory initiatives that may potentially have an impact on our industry," Fountain says.
"It is important that we continue to maintain a strong working relationship with the National Cotton Council and rely heavily on its Washington staff.. Many of the regulatory issues that face ginners are being monitored by the council's Technical Services Department."
— Air quality concerns, ranging from the current implementation of regulations to climate change legislation and other issues.
"With prompting from the California Cotton Ginners Association three years ago, the decision was made that our industry should develop a plan to obtain accurate measurements of emissions from gins across the cotton belt," Fountain says.
Sampling of gins has now been done in California, New Mexico, Texas, and Missouri, and this fall researchers will sample a gin in North Carolina.
"We're hoping that during this first quarter 2011 that preliminary data from this study can be made available."
Potential new air quality standard
A new national ambient air quality standard is being considered, he says, which would call for a decrease in the current course particulate matter threshold by roughtly 50 percent.
"This new standard could be significant," Fountain says, "because it could put more regions of the cotton belt into a non-attainment status, causing gins to resort to more costly pollution controls. This possibility continues to be a major concern for our industry."
— Occupational Safety and Health Administration-related proposals, which could have an impact on gins and other industry sectors.
In recent NCGA committee meetings, Fountain says, "We have been told by a former OSHA official that the agency's philosophy has changed under the current administration, and that we are in an environment favorable toward both labor and labor unions.
"OSHA has shifted its focus to enforcement, we are told, and has increased both the frequency of inspections and fines for violations. Labor unions are pursuing many changes in the workplace environment and are using OSHA and its regulations to achieve their goals."
A second former OSHA official has said that recordkeeping, respirable dust, and the implementation of combustible dust regulations "are OSHA priorities," Fountain says.
"With OSHA's target issues being the noise standard, the implementation of an illness/injury protection program, fall protection systems, and combustible dust, it is sobering to note that in two years' tie we could have some type of rulemaking under way for each of these priorities."
— Employment issues, such as overtime and bonuses, "tend to cause problems for many of our ginners," Fountain says.
"The NCGA has updated our labor guide go assist ginners in adhering to labor regulations." Various materials related to labor regs and employment of migrant laborers can be found on the organization's website.
"With increased enforcement and the possibility of fines, it is incumbent upon ginners to insure that they are abiding by all labor laws and OSHA rules and regulations," he says. "Our Ginners Labor Guide is an excellent resource for insuring compliance with these rules."
Bale moisture restoration, measurements
— Bale moisture restoration and moisture measurements, and the fiber damage that can occur over time from excess moisture.
"Studies by Rick Byler, with the USDA Ginning Laboratory at Stoneville, Miss., have concluded that when restoring bale moisture, 7.5 percent wet basis is a reasonable upper limit for bale moisture content, but the 7.5 percent figure should not be considered a target for moisture content."
Fountain said Byler has also done evaluations of various types of moisture measurement technologies, particularly hand-held meters.
"His analysis was that all meters are inherently inaccurate, with uncalibrated meters having a high error."
Even after each meter was individually calibrated, the standard error was nearly 1 percent. In addition, a number of factors, such as bale weight, timing after moisture is applied, and ambient temperature, can influence the results of these specific measurements, Byler reported.
"We realize there were issues with an incredibly wet fall in 2009 and with bale moisture in some areas of the Southeast for the 2009 crop," Fountain says. "These concerns prompted calls for a review of current policy.
"The National Cotton Council has asked the Memphis Cotton Exchange to review their rule pertaining to bale moisture, and it is our understanding that review is under way. The NCGA has also named a committee of ginners who will meet later this year to review moisture restoration and to make recommendations, if necessary.
— Fiber quality issues. The NCGA is "keenly aware of the importance of providing the highest quality fiber possible," Fountain says, "and we are continuing to work with the USDA Ginning Laboratories and with Cotton Incorporated to insure that quality-related research is conducted.
"Our goal should be to produce the best quality fiber in the world, and in 2009 the NCGA began a dialogue with our foreign mill customers to promote the quality of U.S. cotton.
"We are committed to increasing fiber quality, and our industry is doing everything possible to insure that we are meeting the needs of our foreign customers. NCGA will make several presentations later this year to promoted U.S. cotton quality and to discuss several ongoing projects to improve fiber quality.
"To do this, we rely heavily on the ginning labs for much of the basic research that has brought fiber quality improvements," Fountain says.
"With every federal agency's budget being scrutinized, it will be even more important that we support the industry's three USDA ginning labs. With the focus on quality and ginning efficiencies, it is imperative for our industry to work to keep our ginning labs adequately funded so they can continue their valuable work.


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Success StoriesPage address: http://www.mnsu.edu/partnerships/success/
What our partners are saying:
John Rivisto - President/CEO, Wells Concrete
"Students make a direct impact and apply what they're learning. We give them a real-world laboratory 35 miles down the road. I'm a big believer in this project. It's an opportunity for students to apply what they're learning—they look at things outside the textbook, with real-world applications." [ More (broken link)]
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Colleen Landkamer - State Director, USDA Rural Development, Minnesota Rural Development Office
"We need that connection between 'town and gown,' where the University does the research , the education—all those things that can really be the bedrock of any community. Then, sharing back and forth information from the community to the University will build the things that are so critical for economic development." [ More (broken link)]
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"I hope it can keep growing because it's an awesome experience. Every company needs something in a different department, whether it would be engineering or marketing or sales. That's what the students can bring to that company and the company needs them. Each side needs each other, so why not do it? It just makes sense." [More]


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Who Killed the Electric Car? was an earnest and well-meaning documentary, though one that was ultimately harmed by its infomercial iconography and reliance on whiny, C-list celebrities as protagonists. His follow-up, Revenge of the Electric Car, is a far stronger picture; given three years' access to the powers-that-be behind the auto industry, Paine's new film is less about full-throated advocacy and more about good, solid documentary storytelling. It's a switch that suits him well.
Who Killed was primarily concerned with the EV1, GM's attempt to produce a successful electric car; one of the many in the company who didn't support it was Bob Lutz, vice-chairman and auto industry legend, a cigar-chomping straight-talker with some problematic opinions (he dismisses global warming as a "crock of shit"). But GM is propelled back into the seemingly niche market by two developments: the creation of a sleek, fast, long-ranging electric car from the upstart Tesla company, bankrolled by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk, and Nissan's efforts to make an economically viable electric vehicle, the Leaf. Lutz ends up making a rather dramatic switch from naysayer to booster, getting behind GM's development of a plug-in hybrid, the Chevy Volt.
The access Paine is given this time around--to board rooms, proving grounds, and auto shows--proves vital to the success of the film. Sure, he may be getting used a bit, embraced as a promotional partner and, the companies presumably hope, silenced as a critic. But he ends up with one of the most valuable of all documentary elements: interesting "characters." The three men that become the focus of the film--GM's Lutz, Tesla's Musk, and Nissan's smart and confident CEO, Carlos Ghosn--are unique and fascinating individuals. By intercutting between them, as they nip at each other's heels in the race to get their vehicles to the marketplace, Paine generates real suspense and real stakes.
The doc also has a fiction film's sense of freedom to character development; Paine looks at Musk's battles, in and out of the courtroom, with Tesla's original founder, Martin Eberhard, and as his company keeps pushing back its delivery date and even upping the price to its original buyers for their still-undelivered cars, he starts to seem a little shady. Contrary to our original expectations of the two seemingly opposite men, by the third act we're sympathetic to the candid and fascinating Lutz, while regarding Musk, fairly or not, as something of a hustler.
Revenge of the Electric Car dawdles a bit, and some of its sidebars don't really propel the story forward--Musk's personal life is singularly uninteresting, and while there's a place in this story for those who convert gas cars to electric, Paine never finds a way to work his converter in. The narrative just grinds to a halt when he goes to check in with electro-fitter Greg "Gadget" Abbott. We wait patiently for Paine to get back to his "Big Three." They're where the story is.
"Revenge of the Electric Car" opens tomorrow in limited release.


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While television violence often is cited for potential negative effects on viewers, a recent study points to a benefit of viewing crime genre television shows.
Research published in the Journal of Health Communication shows that television viewers who watch Law & Order, CSI or NCIS are more likely to help prevent sexual assault or intervene in a sexual assault if they have the opportunity.
Emily Garrigues Marett, an instructor of management and information systems who teaches organizational communication in Mississippi State University's College of Business, is the research paper's second author.
Marett said she and her colleagues controlled for various factors directly related to bystander intervention. After accounting for factors such as rape myth acceptance and perceptions of social norms and peer expectations among the college students surveyed, Marett said people who viewed the crime dramas seemed more willing to intervene themselves if they were facing a similar scenario.
Stacey Hust, associate professor of communication with Washington State University's Edward R. Murrow College of Communications and lead author of the research article, said the data indicated that increased exposure to crime dramas was associated with increased intentions to intervene.
"Increasing bystander intervention is critical to sexual assault prevention efforts," Hust said. "Bystander intervention both creates an environment in which sexual assault is not tolerated and an environment supportive of victims--both of which are necessary to eliminate sexual assault."
Marett explained that the dramas in some instances depict people being rewarded for intervening to prevent an assault or stop a crime in progress as part of the story line.
She said "intervention" could include behaviors like checking on a friend in a party setting or alerting someone if a person sees another person slip a drug into a drink.
What makes this finding valuable, Marett said, is realizing that entertainment media can provide an effective venue for communication professionals who are trying to influence behaviors.
"The implications are the most exciting," Marett said. "If we can show people something entertaining and it helps solve a really negative, prevalent issue in society, that's really exciting."
Further research about how beneficial health messages could be included in prime time entertainment to seek positive societal results is likely to follow, Marett said.
The MSU faculty member received her doctoral degree in communication from Washington State University. She also has an M.B.A. from Idaho State University, along with a bachelor's degree in public relations and another bachelor's in business administration from Central Washington University.
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A court settlement that's supposed to address worries about teen privacy on Facebook could actually do more harm than good, according to a group of advocates who want federal court to throw out the deal.
Facebook users essentially agree to let the social network use their "likes," images and comments for social ads, though there are ways to opt out of that system.
As part of the settlement in August, Facebook also agreed to create a new system in which users aged 13 to 18 must indicate that at least one parent has agreed to the social network's policy. If a teen has no parent on Facebook, the company will opt out that user from social ads until age 18.
But the settlement was rejected by several advocacy groups, including Public Citizen, the Children's Advocacy Institute and the Center for Digital Democracy. One group, the Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood, which had initially agreed to the deal and was supposed to receive $290,000 in settlement funds, withdrew from the deal and joined those calling for the agreement to be thrown out.
"After reading objections, we began to have doubts," Susan Linn, the group's co-founder, said on a conference call on Thursday. "This settlement is worse than no settlement. It harms teens and their families in the guise of protecting them."
Objectors point to language in the settlement in which Facebook tells users under 18, "you represent that at least one of your parents or legal guardians has also agreed to the terms of this section."
In the group's filing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, they argued that the agreement "does not.. provide that Facebook will require a minor to indicate whether his or her parents are Facebook users."
"Thus, except where a minor affirmatively indicates his or her parents are not on Facebook, or where a minor and his or her parent each confirm their relationship and the parent then directly exercises controls, the agreement allows Facebook to continue to use minors' images in advertisements based on minors' representations that their parents have consented rather than any affirmative expression of consent by the parents themselves," the filing said.
Most of the objections involve a Facebook feature called Sponsored Stories which the company is in the process of phasing out. The groups Facebook spokeswoman Jodi Seth defended the company and the 2013 settlement.
"The court-approved settlement provides substantial benefits to everyone on Facebook, including teens and their parents, and goes beyond what any other company has done to provide consumers visibility into and control over their information in advertising," she said. "The same arguments on state law were raised and rejected by the court last year, and a dozen respected groups continue to support the settlement."
Among those who joined opponents of the settlement was Margaret Becker who said she got involved after her teenage daughter who had liked a band on Facebook and was then surprised to later see that comment as part of an ad.
"It distorts the act of liking," she said on the call." When you take it out of that context and you blast it out as an advertisement, it not only exponentially expands the scope of that statement, it totally distorts what the child's intent was without the knowledge of the child."
She added, "Under this settlement, we have no power to prevent it, to affirmatively require a teenager to opt out of this program and affirmatively give parents potential control over their Facebook activity."
— Ben Pimentel
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Princess Charlene of Monaco Vacation Pictures
Princess Charlene Relaxes in Italy After Finally Addressing Those Runaway-Bride Rumors
Princess Charlene Relaxes in Italy After Finally Addressing Those Runaway-Bride Rumors
More than two years after her royal wedding to Prince Albert II of Monaco, Princess Charlene kicked back on a yacht off the coast of Olbia, Italy. The former Olympic swimmer enjoyed the water, taking a dip in the sea and hitching a ride on a Jet Ski. The South African-born royal is continuing her holiday with friends in Italy, where she was seen strolling in Portofino last weekend.
The seemingly carefree vacation is a juxtaposition to the drama that surrounded her wedding in July 2011, when rumors circulated that she was trying to flee Monaco and call off the marriage. Charlene addressed the controversy and called the runaway rumors "categorical lies" in an interview that ran in The Times Magazine on Sunday. The princess also recalled the tears she shed on her wedding day, explaining: "Everything was just so overwhelming and there were all the mixed emotions because of the rumors, and obviously the tension built up and I burst into tears." But she said, "It was beautiful; it was sentimental, showing my most intimate moment to the world." As for starting a family, Charlene is not putting herself under any pressure because she just got married and is still getting used to royal life. See her enjoying it now.