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Friday, 21 December 2012
The only Christmas present I can think to give you is The Nutcracker performed by the Royal Ballet at London's Royal Opera House in 2009. The Guardian presents a full-length film of the production (in two parts) on its website, free, gratis and yes, on "the House". Running on the website for a week from 19 December,catch it quick if you want to be enchanted and transported to the land of the sugar plum fairy. Absolutely magical. Here.
I was lucky enough recently to be at a concert featuring The Nutcracker by the young Docklands Sinfonia Orchestra at St. Anne's Limehouse, a magnificent Hawksmoor church in London's East End. Under the baton of the talented and imaginative Spencer Downs, it wasn't just any performance however because it was illustrated in time to the music on a big screen by celebrated and much-loved children's author James Mayhew. See his report of it and my tribute to him here.
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Thank you! We shall enjoy watching it I'm sure. It's nice to have you back, (as I expressed in your earlier "return of the prodigal daughter" post), but unpublished, alas. This blogger fangled thingy?ReplyDelete
columnist - Thank you and hello! It's so nice to be back when bloggers like you come to call. How awful I didn't get your earlier comment as I would, naturally, have published it. (I never have your email by the way and wouldn't mind..) Have a lovely aesthetic Christmas, chaps. xxReplyDelete
James Mayhew AND St. Anne's Limehouse sounds like a combination not to be missed!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous24 December 2012 at 11:11
Merry merry.ReplyDelete
Here's some more of them Russkies having Christmas.
Just back from being away where I couldn't comment. So thank you Classicist and rurritable!ReplyDelete


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So, I'm sitting here at work, basically just trying to keep myself sane until 5pm, when I decide it's definitely time for a blog update. My poor bloggy has been so neglected, sometimes I think I should just give it up and hit the delete button, but then I remember all the really good stuff I've written here and I just can't bring myself to do it. I tell myself that I'll get better, and post more often, but as they say, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, and apparently so is the internets. Good intentions and porn.
Things have not really changed too much since my last post. I'm still struggling in a job I can now say that I honestly hate. It's not the position at all-I love my role as a receptionist. It's actually what's going on within the restructuring of the company as well as the behind the scenes drama-rama that's just making everyone insane. It's only getting worse with each day. Needless to say, I am looking for another job-no big surprise there, right?
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Though there are not as many boys running as last year, Marion cross-country coach Rebecca Hofer is excited for the season to start because there are more girls running this year.
"It will be the biggest girls' team I've had since I can remember," Hofer said. "There will be enough to have a team."
According to league rules, schools must have at least five runners to score team points, Hofer said. Otherwise, runners must run as individuals.
Nine girls will compete for Marion this season.
"Last year, our girls could run as individuals but we didn't have enough to score team points," she said.
Hofer looks to junior McKenzee Remmers to help lead and motivate the girls squad.
"McKenzee is bound and determined to make state this year," Hofer said. "She will have to keep working really hard and keep up her intensity."
Remmers placed 19th in regionals last year with a time of 18 minutes, 12 seconds but failed to qualify for state.
Hofer hopes to see returning runners Kaylie Wanner, Shyla Harris, and Brittany Hett also improve. Each placed in the low 40s at regionals last year.
Hofer said she expects good things from all her returning runners, including senior Quinton Hett and sophomore Taylor Fahey.
Hett placed 46th last year at boys' regionals with a time of 21:10 and Fahey placed 59th at 22:28.
With five runners, the boys' team will have just enough to compete as a team this year.
Other boy runners will be Barretta Janzen, Cody Shipman, and Logan Waner. Other girl runners include Sam Fugitt, Rune Hagemeistr, Emily Hague, Kaitlyn Goebel, and Megan Freese.
Hofer said she varies routes to alter difficulty and scenery.
With a relatively young team, Hofer looks forward to the season.
"Last year was a rebuilding year," Hofer said. "Without a super strong core of senior runners, this year will be a growing year. I'm excited to see how it turns out."
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Cyclical Project Timeline
Project Description: The Cyclical Project Timeline is a work in progress. Its purpose is to act as a prompting mechanism to assist in planning, scheduling, and executing projects at predetermined intervals throughout the year.
- January - March:
- Usage Statistics
- Libraries Fact Sheet
- Statistics Website
- State of the Libraries Report (SOL)
- LibQual
- May - June
- Team Goals
- Website Review
- July - October
- Assessment Plan review / update
- Annual Report
- Update peer data stats on website as appropriate
- Update Core Web Statistics
- Request reports on identified data sources by end of July
- A-Team data source meta-report generation by end of October
Enhancing Access to Library Data
Project Description: An informal survey conducted by our Library Data Officer in 2007 identified access to data as a concern of library employees, hampering the decision making process. Availability of library data, empowers employees in making data informed decisions. This project advances efforts of the Assessment Team in its commitment to enhancing data availability for library employees by:
- Identifying data that is routinely collected, and establishing timelines for data collection and dissemination (Team Goal 2012 – 2013)
- Establishing fiscal year reporting on identified library data sources to populate the Libraries Sharepoint site (Team Goal 2012 – 2013)
- Creation of yearly summary report of data sources identified
- Maintaining updated statistics on the Libraries Assessment/Statistics website
Project Leader: Steve Borrelli
Team Members: Jerry Becker, Zinthia Briceno-Rosales, Al Cornish, Robert Ferguson, Alex Merrill
Librarian Productivity in Service and Research
Project Description: Evidence of librarian contributions to the university, community and field will be collected and reported on in aggregate. Through this project, the libraries will be better equipped to demonstrate the contributions of librarians in the areas of service and research. This data can be utilized in a number of ways from future PR and development efforts, to providing evidence for library administration when working with university administrators.
Project Leader: Beth Blakesley
Team Members: Lara Cummings, and Sue Phelps
Library Data Database
Project Description: This project aims to locate or develop locally a solution to challenges inherent in collecting library data. The resulting solution will replace a collection of linked spreadsheets currently in use facilitating ARL reporting.
Considerations for solutions should address the following:
- Create a central location for entering raw data in the field (e.g. gate counts) and processed data from the Data Officer (e.g. FY expenditures)
- Enhance the visibility of relationships between data collected
- Ability to create consistent forms across the institution to assist in ensuring data consistency and comparability
- Have the ability to query data and metadata
- Ability to present data to all library employees, to facilitate data informed decision making
Project Leader: Robert Ferguson
Team Members: Jerry Becker, Beth Blakesley, Steve Borrelli, Cindy Ellis, and Alex Merrill
2010 WSU Libraries Benchmark Report
Project Description:
In 2005, the Libraries developed metrics to support teaching, learning, research and scholarship. Benchmarks were developed from the metrics, and measured in the areas of facilities, collections, resource sharing, technology, public services, fundraising, and staffing. In 2010, the Libraries re-visited the 2005 benchmarks evaluating the current state of the Libraries. The documents below include the 2005 and 2010 reports.
Project Leader: Steve Borrelli
Team Members: Zinthia Briceno-Rosales, Robert Ferguson, and Cindy Kaag
Project Products: Benchmarks 2010, Benchmarks 2005
Environmental Scan
Project Description: A key component to any organization focused on assessment is an assessment plan. In the process of transitioning from an Assessment Working Group to the Assessment Team, the Libraries desired to move beyond the list styleFive Year Plan that the working group had been utilizing, to a document with more granular detail to assist the Libraries in meeting its assessment needs. As a result of the Assessment Plan Environmental Scan, project, the Libraries moved one step closer in the development of a more robust planning format. The project report recommends a plan situated within theStrategic Goals of the University, and the Libraries Strategic Goals, focused on meeting the needs of the communities served. It attempts to provide a framework where each unit/team/department contributes to centralized library outcomes in the areas of student learning, collections, and library facilities.
Project Leader: Steve Borrelli
Team Members: Beth Blakesley, Robert Ferguson, and Cindy Kaag
Project Products: Assessment Plan Environmental Scan
Assessment Team Website Design
Project Description: Assessment has long been a concern for the WSU Libraries. In 2010, the model under which Assessment is conducted changed from a working group to a team-based model. While similar, the needs of the team differ from those of the working group. As such, a team goal was drafted to develop a new Assessment Team website focused on meeting the evolving needs, including access to historical data and an emphasis on making data more easily available and digestible to assist library employees in making data influenced decisions.
The updated website builds upon the previous providing improved access to library statistics and team resources while being more closely modeled to the Libraries home page design.
Project Leader: Steve Borrelli
Team Members: Jerry Becker, Robert Ferguson, and Ingrid Mifflin
Core Web Statistics
Project Description: This project directly addresses the team goal of setting up a core set of web statistics. The aim is to identify those statistics that are relevant to understanding our online presence and assist in the the decision making processes of library employees, to enable data influenced decisions. Each statistic included should provide information regarding what the statistic means, and the path to access the data.
Project Leader: Robert Ferguson
Team Members: Jerry Becker, Zinthia Briceno-Rosales, Corey Johnson, and Alex Merrill
Project Products:
Web Statistics, Pullman 2010 - 2011
Project Description: The Libraries exist to support the educational and research needs of the WSU community. As those needs evolve, so too do the Libraries. We strive to anticipate and react to the changing needs of our user community in a timely manner. Several methods are used to solicit information including the Association of Research Libraries LibQual+ survey. The solicited information is utilized to improve library services and facilities to better meet the needs of library users (see the We Hear You Campaign).
Beginning in 2002, the Libraries began conducting the LibQual+ survey. LibQual+ solicits user opinions of service quality assisting libraries by providing qualitative and quantitative data used in decision making processes to improve user services. After completing the survey in 2003, the Libraries moved to a three-year cycle for conducting the survey, completing it for the fourth time most recently in 2009. The Libraries plan to conduct LibQual+ in the Fall of 2012.
Project Leader: Steve Borrelli
Team Members: Jerry Becker, and Robert Ferguson
Project Products:
Library Value: Perceptions of Quality
Project Description: In September 2010, The Association for College and Research Libraries released the report The Value of Academic Libraries, authored by Megan Oakleaf of Syracuse University. The report frames the challenge for academic libraries in responding to today's economy, of demonstrating the value they bring to the communities they serve, and the more problematic lack of hard evidence demonstrating such. Oakleaf's report suggests twenty-two methods for demonstrating the value added.
A project-team reviewed Oakleaf's Value Report with the objective of identifying methods with potential to demonstrate impact to the university community, ultimately identifying ten methods (project-team report). The current project advances the work of the Values of Libraries Project-Team utilizing their recommendations with the aim of collecting evidence that demonstrates how the libraries have contributed to their overall success at WSU and beyond.
This long-term project is expected to take a multi-faceted approach. The initial push is to develop capacity and procedures for documenting which students receive library instruction, documenting dates, course information, and frequency of instruction. To that end, the Libraries developed the Library Instruction Session and Participant Database to assist in documenting students served in instruction sessions and developed criteria for reporting. These tools will inform the Libraries as to which students receive instruction, in order to better target instructional offerings.
The second phase purports to identify a cohort of students with frequent access to information research instruction, and conducting a survey soliciting their perspectives on the impact the libraries have had on their academic and/or workplace success, has been integrated into Assessment Team Goals for the 2010 - 2011, and 2011 - 2012 years.
Project Leader: Steve Borrelli
Team Members: Dario Alvarez Miranda, Lara Cummings, Corey Johnson, and Alex Merrill
Value of Academic Libraries
Project Description: In September 2010, The Association for College and Research Libraries released the report The Value of Academic Libraries, authored by Megan Oakleaf of Syracuse University. The report frames the challenge for academic libraries in responding to today's economy, of demonstrating the value they bring to the communities they serve, and the more problematic lack of hard evidence demonstrating such. Oakleaf's report suggests twenty-two methods for demonstrating the value added.
In response to the report, a project-team with representatives from multiple WSU campuses, read the report with an eye towards those recommendations that have potential to affect the WSU Community's views on library value. The subsequent report written by the project-team recommends a subset of ten methods to increase awareness of the value of the Libraries to the WSU Community. The Assessment Team Steering Committee utilizes the work of the project-team, selecting and acting on recommendations for demonstrating library value.
Project Leader: Steve Borrelli
Team Members: Robert Ferguson, Corey Johnson, Alex Merrill, Sue Phelps, and Annanaomi Sams
Project Products: Recommendations for Demonstrating Library Value at WSU
"We Hear You" Campaign
Project Description: Beginning in 2002, The Libraries began conducting the Association of Research Libraries LibQual survey. LibQual solicits user opinions of service quality assisting libraries by providing qualitative and quantitative data used in decision-making processes to improve user services. After completing the survey in 2003, the Libraries moved to a three-year cycle for conducting the survey, completing it for the fourth time most recently in 2009.
In response to user comments from LibQual and other survey instruments, the libraries modified operating procedures and services offered, implementing many user suggestions. The We Hear You campaign, informed library users of the changes made resulting from their comments. The campaign took several approaches including, a news story appearing in the WSU News, daily tweets on the WSU Libraries Twitter Feed, a news item appeared on the Libraries news feed, a facebook update, and screensavers announcing the changes were added to public terminals displaying when the terminals are not in use.
Project Leader: Steve Borrelli
Team Members: Zinthia Briceno-Rosales, Robert Ferguson, and Cindy Kaag
Project Products:
- Campaign Responses
- WSU News story from 07/27/10
- WSU Twitter Feed see 10/19/2010 - 10/28/2010
- WSU Libraries News story from 10/18/2010
- Facebook Message see 10/19/2010
Seating Count
Project Description: In response to a request from the Library Finance Officer, the project team conducted an inventory of available seating and table options in Pullman Campus Libraries in October 2011. This update was prompted by a desire for an accurate count of seating available before the consolidation of the six Pullman Campus Libraries into three. It is anticipated that the 2011 inventory will be utilized in the future for a comparative analysis of available seating before and after the consolidation, to assist in future space planning and studies, and to be used as evidence supporting the Major Capital request for an offsite storage facility.
Project Leader: Robert Ferguson
Team Members: Steve Borrelli
Project Products: All Pullman Library Seating 2011
Assessment Team Annual Reports
Each fiscal year the Assessment Team Leader with the support of the Steering Committee, drafts an annual report. Annual reports are submitted to the Dean of Libraries, shared with library employees, and archived in the Libraries Repository of Internal Documents. The purpose of the annual report is to summarize team activities, progress towards team goals and initiatives, and to describe individual member contributions.
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They have tools they become comfortable with over the years, and it's hard to make a change when a manufacturer discontinues or alters a product.
That's sort of what has happened to Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy this season, although it was actually baseball's umpires who led to a change in Hardy's most treasured piece of equipment.
Since he broke into the majors in 2005, Hardy used a Rawlings Pro 200 4K 11-1/2 inch model glove. It's made of "kipskin leather" and is a cream color. If you Google "Rawlings Pro 200 4K" you can quickly find the "J.J. Hardy Game Day Glove" for $329.99.
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Apparently last year umpires began complaining that the cream color made it difficult for them to view the ball entering the glove — affecting calls such as short hops versus catching the ball in the air.
"Umpires didn't want us using this color anymore because they have a hard time seeing the ball go in because it is kind of the same color as the ball — but not really," said Hardy, who won his first Rawlings Gold Glove Award in 2012.
This spring, Rawlings told Hardy they would still make him his version of the glove, but they couldn't guarantee that umpires would allow him to use it. They told the same thing to infielders, pitchers and outfielders that used the creamed color leather.
"So it's not an official rule," Hardy said. "But I don't want to push it."
So Hardy is now using a Rawlings Pro 200 4RT. It's supposedly an exact replica, just a rust colored glove. And, yet, Hardy senses that it is different.
"It is the same glove; same leather, just a different color. And I just don't like it as much," Hardy said. "I don't know why. I don't know if it is the same. Just like everything else it is a feel thing. You have to feel good and comfortable."
Baseball players are a superstitious group. So could the "difference" just be in his head?
"It could be," he said with a smile. "Baseball people will tell you gloves are a feel thing. And it just doesn't feel the same."
There could be a silver lining to this off-color story, though. Hardy met with a Rawlings representative in Anaheim earlier this month and was told that Philadelphia's Chase Utley and St. Louis' David Freese still use a cream-colored glove.
The rep took a picture of Hardy's, and they sent it to umpiring headquarters for a ruling. A hopeful Hardy has ordered a couple of his old models from the manufacturer, and he hopes to get an answer soon.
"I'm still using the other one. It's broken in," he said. "It's all right. But I definitely like the old one better."


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|Franklin's faith
|Civil rights org.
|Nursery offering
|More than just saber-rattling
|Not as well
|Numero __
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House of Commons
Session 2013-14
Publications on the internet
The Register of Members' Financial Interests: Part 1
As at 28th April 2014
CROCKART, Mike (Edinburgh West)
2. Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Payment of £80 from YouGov, 50 Featherstone Street, London EC1V 8RT, for survey. Hours: 30 mins. Payment donated to charity. (Registered 14 January 2014)
6. Overseas visits
Name of donor: Taipei Representative Office
Address of donor: 50 Grosvenor Gardens, London SW1W 0EB
Amount of donation (or estimate of the probable value): flights, accommodation, food and travel within the country with a total value of £3,810.
Destination of visit: Taiwan
Date of visit: 2-9 September 2013
Purpose of visit: As a member of the All Party Light Rail Group as part of our enquiry into the growth and regeneration potential of light rail, meeting with politicians, officials and industry experts to discuss Light Rail.
(Registered 9 October 2013)


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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Summertime....and the Living is Easy
Posted by Jodee Stahmer at 8:05 AM
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Welcome to a glimpse inside the fenceline at Hundenruhe Haven Senior Dog Sanctuary and TerrierTown, a safe and happy place for dogs to live out their lives in peace and love.
We understand that the troubled souls, the weak bodied, the ancient, are having a tough go of this world. And so we step up to the loneliest plate and say, "We can take her home until it's time. We will be her final family."
We give some very special dogs a loving home before they leave this earth.
We commit to walking alongside these dogs until the last moments. What some people are not strong enough to do for our own pets, we choose to do for dogs we have only known for a month, a week, a day, an hour.
Fiercely we say, "I see you. I love you. You are not a number or a mistake or a victim anymore. You are mine and I will walk with you until the end."
We are warriors of the heart.
-thanks to Kim Wolff at IMPS-MN for writing this for us


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Wednesday, July 24, 2019
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A week ago, LSU failed to execute in the final minutes of regulation and dropped an overtime decision to Ole Miss.
The results were the opposite for LSU against Missouri on Tuesday. Jordan Mickey scored four points and Anthony Hickey sank four consecutive free throws in the final minute and LSU held off the Tigers for a 77-71 Southeastern Conference win.
Hickey, who entered the game shooting 50 percent from the free-throw line, was fouled on purpose twice by Missouri. Hickey made his first pair of free throws to give LSU a 74-68 lead with 37 seconds remaining.
Following a 3-pointer by Jabari Brown, Hickey was again fouled. Hickey sank two more free throws with 17 seconds left to push LSU ahead 76-71.
"It was a great team effort out there," LSU coach Johnny Jones said. "Missouri played aggressive in the second half, tied it and eventually took the lead. I'm really proud of how our team bore their neck.
"They played with a sense of urgency and toughness down the stretch," Jones said. "They got stops and tough rebounds on the defensive end. Then, they were able to execute on the offensive end. They knocked down some big free throws."
Shavon Coleman led LSU (12-5, 3-2) with a season-high 19 points. Johnny O'Bryant added 16 points, while Andre Stringer had 12. Mickey scored 14 points and grabbed 13 rebounds.
"Towards the end of the game, you have to get the ball inside and get some fouls," Mickey said. "You don't want to keep taking jump shots that can allow the other team to get back in the game, so you have to go inside and try to get some easy layups."
Brown had a career-high 28 points for Missouri (14-4, 2-3). Jordan Clarkson contributed 19 points, while Earnest Ross had 16.
"You can't take anything away from our guys' competitive spirit," Missouri coach Frank Haith said. "LSU made some big shots and made their free throws when they went to the line down the stretch. We were slow reacting a little bit on defense. It obviously wasn't one of our better moments defensively."
Missouri, which trailed for most of the game, went ahead 65-64 on a 3-pointer by Brown with 3:39 remaining. LSU's Mickey replied with two free throws and a field goal and Coleman made a layup after a steal by Tim Quarterman.
Missouri stayed in striking range as Clarkson made three of four free throws on Missouri's next two possessions. Then Hickey was fouled twice, and he sealed the win with his clutch foul shooting.
LSU led for most of the first half and built an 18-10 lead after Coleman made a 3-pointer with 12:31 remaining. Sparked by Brown's eight points, Missouri rallied to take its first lead at 29-26 with 5:26 left before halftime.
LSU regained the lead by outscoring Missouri 12-2 over the next five minutes. Stringer started the run with a 3-pointer, Mickey made two baskets and sank two foul shots, and Jarell Marting scored three points. Brown hit a field goal, but Missouri trailed 38-33 at the half.
Missouri seized momentum at the start of the second half. A 3-pointer by Clarkson and a layup by Brown tied the score at 38, then a bucket by Johnathan Williams put Missouri on top less than 90 seconds into the half.
Trailing by four for a third time, LSU's Mickey scored on an inside basket, then Stringer hit a trey for a 50-49 lead with 14:08 to play. Quarterman made a field goal and Coleman sank one of two foul shots to increase the lead to 53-49.
LSU extended its advantage to six points at 59-53 following field goals by O'Bryant and Coleman. But a three-point play by Ross cut Missouri's deficit in half with 8:33 remaining. LSU got the lead back to six points again on a field goal by Martin and a foul shot by Coleman.
Another three-point play — this one by Brown — again cut Missouri's deficit in half. Missouri then tied the score when Ross made one of two free throws and hit a layup following an LSU turnover. A driving basket by Coleman put LSU back ahead 64-62 with 4:05 remaining.
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The main goal of Art. 645 is to reduce the spread of fire and smoke (for any room that conforms to NFPA 75, Standard for the Protection of Information Technology Equipment). The raised floors common in information technology (IT) rooms pose additional challenges to achieving this goal; therefore, much of Art. 645 covers raised floor requirements. It also addresses fire-resistant walls, separate HVAC systems, and other measures to achieve this goal.
Terms to Know
It's been confusing to try to differentiate between "information technology (IT) equipment" and "communications equipment." This matters, because when IT equipment is installed in an IT equipment room, it must comply with Art. 645, but communications equipment must comply with Art. 800.
The 2011 NEC makes it clear that IT equipment doesn't process communications circuits, thus distinguishing between the two different systems and equipment. Article 645 now defines an IT room; it's a room that contains IT equipment [645.2]. If the room also contains communications equipment, it's still an IT room. If it also contains other systems, you need to re-evaluate the room from an engineering and reliability standpoint. Section 645.4(6) limits the equipment allowed in an IT room to only electrical equipment and wiring associated with the operation of the IT room.
Article 645 now defines "remote disconnect control" [645.2] to help distinguish between the disconnecting means and the controls that operate it. It's a term used in 645.10, so a definition here should help you understand the requirements.
Applying the Rules
In the 2011 NEC, it's clear that Art. 645 provides alternate practices from those found in other Codearticles [654.4]. Often, a room contains IT equipment, but the owner (or other decision-maker) wishes not to consider it an IT room in order to avoid being compelled to use the requirements of Art. 645 for IT rooms. The Informational Note about the scope of this article [645.1] should help clarify the rules regarding IT rooms. The change to this Note makes it clear that Art. 645 applies only if the room is constructed per NFPA 75, Standard for the Protection of Information Technology Equipment. So when must you comply with NFPA 75? Only when you want to reap the benefits allowed by Art. 645.
The 2011 NEC mandates that only electrical equipment and wiring associated with the IT room may be located in that room [645.4(6)]. A new Informational Note clarifies the types of equipment covered by this rule. Additionally, it's now clear that all IT and communications equipment must be listed [645.4(3)], and the ITE room can be accessible only to the personnel needed for the maintenance and functional operation of the IT equipment [645.4(4)].
Supply Circuits and Interconnecting Cables
The undefined term "data processing system" is now replaced with the defined term "information technology equipment" [645.5]. It's now clear that the 15-ft limitation of 645.5(B)(1) applies only to cord- and plug-connected interconnecting cables — not all interconnecting cables.
The 2011 NEC improves upon the listing requirements for power-supply cords and cord connectors, and a new Informational Note helps you understand what types of cords are permitted [645.5(B)(1)], as shown in Fig. 1.
The provisions for protection against physical damage have been addressed in 645.5(D).
Under the Floor
What about raised floors in IT rooms? That's the subject of 645(E). Before reading this section, look at Table 645.5. You'll need to refer to this table when deciding which cables are allowed under raised floors. Something you may notice is you can use any listed signal or communications cable included on Table 645.5 within the raised floor area of an IT room, as shown in Fig. 2.
Previously, the NEC didn't specifically address the use of boxes under raised floors of IT rooms. The 2011 NEC addresses this in 645.5(E), which now specifically allows you to use metallic and nonmetallic boxes or enclosures under raised floors. You can use nonmetallic raceways within the raised floor area, because this space:
- Isn't subject to physical damage.
- Need not comply with the environmental airspace requirements of 300.22(C) [300.22(D)].
- The 2011 revision clarifies the formerly baffling requirements for "DP" rated cables [645.5 (E)(6)]. Cables must be Type DP having adequate fire-resistant characteristics suitable for use under raised floors of an IT room, except for:
- Power-supply cords of listed IT equipment [645.5(E)(3)].
- Cables enclosed in a raceway [645.5(E)(6)(a)].
- Cables identified in Table 645.5 [645.5(E)(6)(b)].
Disconnecting Means
One of the requirements of Art. 645 that makes people hesitant to use this article is the requirement that a disconnecting means must be provided to shut down all power to electronic IT equipment. A disconnecting means is also required for air-handling equipment servicing the IT room or designated zone and must cause all required fire/smoke dampers to close [645.10]. These disconnecting means are not required to disconnect other non-electronic equipment, such as lighting, in the IT room or zone.
That's the odd thing about Art. 645. It requires a shutoff switch installed at approved locations that are readily accessible to authorized personnel and emergency responders [645.10], which allows someone to shut down IT equipment and HVAC power from a single location. So despite having a UPS and taking every precaution against a power outage, the IT system is still vulnerable to a shutdown from a kill switch. A person using the disconnecting means accidentally can cause a catastrophic and expensive interruption in operations with resultant data loss or data corruption.
What was the Code-Making Panel thinking of when they added this requirement? They were thinking that fire and rescue teams needed a means to shut down power to the IT room so that the rescue team can use fire hoses and other equipment without risking contact with energized equipment.
In some cases, the UPS isn't in the IT room, and it will still supply the load with the mains shut off. This is what makes entering an IT room so dangerous for first responders. To make it safe for them, you must provide a means for them to disconnect the room from its electrical supply. With a disconnect often located immediately outside the room, first responders can quickly perform a pre-entry shutdown. Yes, the shutdown means you lose the IT function. But if the room needs fire and rescue teams, that room is about to lose that function anyhow.
That brings us back to the disconnecting means itself. A common method is to install a remote disconnecting means in an approved, readily accessible location at the principal exit doors. For many years, installers have used a breakaway lock to protect the IT room from inadvertent shutdown via this switch. Good signage also helps, and the Code specifically requires that the remote disconnect controls for electronic equipment power and HVAC systems must be grouped and identified [645.10(A)(2)].
A new allowance in the 2011 Code permits the use of "additional means to prevent unintentional operations of remote disconnect controls" [645.10(A)(4)]. Other changes to this section are mainly editorial, other than the new allowances in (B), which apply only to Art. 708 installations for critical operations data systems.
Correlating changes have been made to 645.10(B)(5) to point you to particular sections in Arts. 770, 800, and 820.
A single means to control both the electronic equipment and HVAC systems is permitted [645.10(A)(2)]. The disconnecting means must comply with 645.10(A), unless used for critical operations data systems. This often is accomplished by using a normally open (NO) momentary-contact push button at each principal exit door. When any one of these emergency buttons is pressed, it operates a contactor or opens one or more shunt trip circuit breakers, thereby turning off power to the room.
- Remote disconnect controls must be at an approved, readily accessible location.
- The remote disconnect controls for electronic equipment power and HVAC systems must be grouped and identified (a single means to control both is permitted).
- Additional means to prevent unintentional operations of remote disconnect controls are permitted.
Deal Breaker
When the decision must be made as to whether the benefits of the alternate requirements allowed by Art. 645 outweigh the costs, the answer is generally yes. The deal breaker is nearly always a desire to avoid installing the disconnecting means for the IT and HVAC equipment. By applying commonly used engineering and administrative measures, you can reduce the IT room "kill switch" risk to a much lower level. With this switch in place, you will reap the considerable benefit that first responders can more safely enter that room so that they may, in turn, save lives and reduce property damage.
Holt is the owner of Mike Holt Enterprises, Inc., Leesburg, Fla. He can be reached at www.mikeholt.com.


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What's inside? Here are the questions answered in today's reader mailbag, boiled down to five word summaries. Click on the number to jump straight down to the question.
1. Rent-to-own apartments and homes
2. Retire now or later?
3. Roth IRA for teenager
4. Managing money while traveling abroad
5. Life insurance misinformation
6. Moving forward in bad economy
7. Pay off line of credit?
8. Motivation to live, not exist
9. Painful breakup advice
10. Quitting alcohol addiction
Don't look at Monday as a bad thing. Look at it as a good thing. If you go out and hit a home run today while everyone else has a big case of "the Mondays," you'll really stand out.
What is the deal with "rent to own" apartments/houses? My husband and I have been weighing the rent vs. own situation for several months. How does rent to own fit in and what are the pros and cons?
– Rachael
Rent-to-own apartments and homes are similar to car leases. It's basically a contract between a renter and a seller that the renter will have an option to buy the property at the end of the rental agreement.
Most of the time, the agreement specifies a buying price for the property up front, as well as applies some portion of the rent towards reducing that price. When the agreement ends, the renter has the option to buy the home at the adjusted price or walk away, leaving the owner with what amounts to a unoccupied rental.
The exact specifics depend heavily on the actual rent-to-own contract between the renter/buyer and the seller. They can vary quite a bit, but that's the general idea behind them.
I am an employee of the federal government. I'm 56 years old and have 32 years of service. I'm in the CSRS (Civil Service Retirement System). I am eligible for retirement based on my age (55 or higher) and years of service (30 or more). My organization recently offered an incentive program to retire ($25K). I acknowledged my interest in the incentive program. Now, they've made the actual offer. I have about two weeks to accept or turn it down.
I make around $115K a year. In retirement, my annuity will be around $60K per year (pre-tax)…that's about 60% of my high three years…which is a little less than the $115K. I could stay and continue to earn 2% more annuity for each year I stay. Or, I could accept the incentive and go to work for one of our contractors for about what I make today. That would help me to get to that debt free status in about 3 years.
Ashamedly, I have about $60K in credit card debt, $35K in home equity debt, and about $70K in mortgage debt. Yes, it's ugly!
I'd really like to retire around 60 – 62 years of age…and debt free. It's clearly a long, tough road to debt free if I stay. But I feel like I'd have a nicer annuity when I do retire. Or, if I leave and can earn what I make today, I could focus a lot of money towards retiring all my debt.
The question I have is (1) do I stay and work harder/longer on becoming debt free and increasing my lifelong retirement income or (2) take the incentive, increase the amount of money to eliminate all my debt? Additionally, I'd like advice on the best way to utilize the incentive money. After Uncle Sam takes his cut, I'll probably end up with around $15K – $17K. I could take the incentive in increments or as one lump sum. My initial thought is to put it in my savings/emergency fund and pay significant extra amounts on my debt(s) each month while earning a little interest on it. My second thought is to pay off one of the 3 credit cards that are in the $18K – $20K range and use that approx $600 per month to work down the other cards/debt.
– Rick
What this really boils down to, in my eyes, is whether or not you enjoy your work and whether you have a game plan for what to do after retirement.
If you are a person who really enjoys their work, gets great value out of work camaraderie, and has only vague ideas about what to do in their next act in life, keep on working and build up a better retirement for you. You don't have to walk away.
On the other hand, if you've got big plans for the things you want to do after you retire and you view your work as complete drudgery, take the path to earlier debt freedom and earlier retirement.
This is a case where, in my eyes, personal finance is really about the "personal."
My son has earned a few hundred dollars this summer and I have encouraged him to put this money in a Roth IRA because 1) he has savings for his "wants" and 2) because we often talk about the importance of investing for retirement. Is it possible for a 17 year old to open a Roth?
– Lisa
He sure can, as long as he is reporting income on his 1040 that is equal to or greater than the amount being deposited in the Roth IRA (and he's paying taxes on that income, of course).
In fact, that's probably a pretty solid move, provided that you're confident that your son won't take advantage of the ability to withdraw Roth IRA contributions at will.
I would do the entire process as a collaboration, in which you research what a Roth is, what investment house you want to use, what investments to choose, and so on. Talk about the pros and cons of each. Empower him to make the choice himself, though.
At the end of this month, my wife and I are taking our honeymoon in Rome! Both of us love travel, and Rome has been near the top of my list of places in the world to visit for a long time. We've booked a flight and hotel already through Travelocity and that's 100% paid for. We've budgeted $2-$3k for incidental spending while traveling (food, tours, souvenirs, anything that catches our eye and we want to experience). This money is also already set aside too, so we're not going into any debt for this trip.
However, I've never traveled in Europe and had to manage a large chunk of spending money (previous trips were with family, and they handed the cash). I'm not familiar with ATM availability (or fees), or whether Rome is a cash or credit city (and if credit, which cards). I know I'm going to be paying fees either on cash exchange, or on any credit cards I use. What is the best way to handle spending money when traveling abroad? I want to make that pool of cash go as far as it possibly can and could use some help.
– Mkie
The first step I'd take is contacting my bank to find out about overseas ATM availability. What are the fees for using an ATM in Rome? It varies a lot from bank to bank, so call to find out their policies.
I would do the same thing with your credit cards, though Visa and MasterCard are pretty widely accepted throughout Europe.
Ask about the currency conversion for each card. Find out which one does the best currency conversion (after fees) for you. So, for example, say "I'm going to spend/withdraw 100 euros in Rome tomorrow. What will be the total cost for me, including fees, in dollars?" Whichever card/cards offers the best rates should be the ones you use.
I'm very, very concerned about the many queries you seem to get about whole life insurance and, most especially, insurance on the lives of children. In my view, this sort of product is a scam and it's sold to ignorant people who can least afford it. (I use the term "ignorant" in it's neutral sense, meaning people who simply are uneducated about the product and don't know anything excepting what the salesman is telling them.)
– Dorothy
This is a problem with a lot of personal finance (and other) decisions.
The reason you find so much conflicting information about things like life insurance for children is because you have people with different motivations saying different things. If a person's primary incentive is to sell a product, they'll give you advice that results in you buying that product, even if it's not necessarily from them.
Your best best with any financial question, particularly when it comes to insurance, is to seek out sources of information that don't have a vested interest in selling you on insurance. Read an assortment of personal finance books and Google the authors to find out if they're insurance salesmen. Figure out which people have a vested interest in helping you versus a vested interest in selling product, and trust the people who want to help you.
My mom is only charging me $350 a month for rent and all totaled my fixed bills are $505 which include internet (I have online courses so it's a need right now), cell phone (we don't have a landline), and storage rental. I also have a payment agreement I will be paying to my old apartment but I don't know the amount as of yet. I am very worried about what will happen after I graduate. I want to have a job lined up and ready to go, but I'm worried with the economic troubles we are facing. My friend graduated 2 years ago and has yet to land a professional job in the field. While I have a lot more going for me I still worry.It is almost assumed I will be relocating for a job as it's just one of those things that comes with my field. As well it could take up to 2 months during the hiring process and the time you start, I could be hired in May and not actually start till August. So I've started saving up a good chunk of my stipend, to the tune of $800 from each check, by the end of the program if I kept that up I would have $8,000. But I don't know if that's too much and if I should be paying off debt and saving less. I don't live outside my means, and usually research and save for any purchase over $50. But I do have a bad habit of lending money to family.
– Jai
The big thing you need to do is start your job search early. If you're going to graduate next May, start searching now. If you are a good candidate, most employers will wait a month or two for you to begin work versus hiring a poor candidate.
Another concern is your propensity towards lending money to family members. Stop! You're a college student, for goodness sakes! If anyone should be borrowing money, it should be you. Besides that, lending money to family members often ends with strained relationships and mistrust, something you don't need in your life.
Aside from that, I think you're doing well.
My questions is regarding how to categorize our Line of Credit loan. Our story: my husband and I both did the College/ credit card/ unwise use of money thing in our 20's & early 30's. Over the past few years, we've been improving our financial "health" – paid off those credit cards, got way more in touch with our spending, spend less than we earn, do a good job with our budget, and carry no credit card debt. We have a mortgage of $350,000, and a home equity line of credit of $44,500. The LOC was opened several years ago (before we wised up) to re-fi part of our mortgage, and to give us some house project money. We did the projects (patio, yard & kitchen improvements), paid some credit card debt, bought a fancy dog… you get the picture – it wasn't all responsible spending.
Now that we have no other debt, I waffle about how to approach/categorize our LOC. I want to lump it in with the mortgage, and call the debt pay-off/booty-busting part of our life done. But I'm wondering if that'd be "cheating". The LOC has higher interest and part of that spending really was in the same vein as our credit card abuse. Should we consider it a credit card, and continue to bust booty to pay down the LOC? The thought makes me want to cry.
– LeAnn
I would consider it a credit card, particularly since it has higher interest than the mortgage. Focus on paying it off sooner rather than later.
Here's the truth: people virtually never regret paying off a debt. The freedom from that monthly payment is a tremendous boost, even if it's not mathematically the best solution. The increase in monthly cash flow also enables people to work more quickly towards their goals and withstand major setbacks more easily.
Go for getting rid of the debt, and don't look back.
I was paid three days ago. After we paid the mortgage and car insurance, we only have $150 to our name until the 15th. With that, we have to buy gas and groceries for two weeks and pray that no emergencies come up in the meantime. For months we have been cutting back more and more and more. My husband of five months has been unemployed since December. We had savings and emergency fund but it was depleted a month after the wedding when we suffered a very serious legal issue that required us to hire an attorney. The retainer took every penny we had. When my husband is not looking for work, he spends his time learning how to make foods from scratch, like bread, bagels, pasta. He's gotten good at stretching the food budget (what of it there is). We don't go anywhere. We don't do anything outside the home because we can't afford to waste gas. There is no "fun money." Today, he is calling the insurance company to reduce our coverage to as little as possible and I will be calling to cancel the cable. I make enough to cover the bills, but there's not a lot left over for gas and groceries, let alone savings. At the end of the month our property taxes are due – $1700. I had the money saved for it, but all of that went to the legal retainer. It won't get paid. We have is a credit card with a $1k balance, racked up over the summer to make ends meet, payments are manageable. We've placed ads to sell valuables, but there's not much interest. I'm feeling so low right now. We are just existing. Not living. This is no way to live. It's not a debt issue. It's an income issue. Moving wouldn't make sense. Our mortgage payment is lower than rent in this area and there's a custody arrangement in place which must be considered. We have to ride this out, but man, this is painful.
– Tara
This almost exactly describes my situation in 2006: bills without enough money to pay them. For me, it was a financial bottom and it led to a real turnaround.
My sincere suggestion to you is to not give up hope. It's hard, I know, but this trial is an opportunity to figure out what really matters to you and your husband. Cut away everything and see what you genuinely miss – you'll be surprised how little of it actually matters in your day-to-day life. What you're learning right now will stick with you and help you for the rest of your life.
As for your husband, he should get a job. Any job. I know there is work out there, but it's often work that people don't want to do. Check your pride, get a job, and start bringing in some income before you lose what you have left.
I just broke up with someone I'd been seeing for six years and engaged to for two years. I've made multiple career decisions and lots of financial decisions based on the idea that we would be together for the long haul. Right now, I'm sitting in a city I don't want to live in and a job I don't want. I have a signed lease and a lot of debt, too. I don't know what to do.
– Kelly
Right now, stop looking backwards with regret and anger. Looking at the past does not help you with the future.
You need to assess where you're at right now and where you'd like to be in a year. Obviously, you'd like to be living elsewhere. That will probably require a different job. You'll also need to be out of your lease.
Start building a to-do list to take you to that place where you want to be. Polish up your resume. Start hunting for something else. Cut back on your spending – I'm going to speculate that if you have a lot of debt, you probably have a lot of excess spending going on. This doesn't just mean less shopping, it means doing things like trimming back on your cell phone plan, consolidating your debts, and so on. Figure out where you want to be going and direct your life towards making that happen.
Over the last few months, I've been following your personal finance advice to a tee and it's really helped me to see what I'm doing right financially and what I'm doing wrong.
The big shock to me though is how much I am spending each month on alcohol. In June, I spent $450 on alcoholic beverages. That's a payment on a new Lexus!
I've finally come to terms with the fact that I am an alcoholic. The amount of money I've been spending is a wake-up call. The question is – what's next? I think I have the willpower to stop cold turkey and my wife is being really supportive as she's quitting too, though she didn't drink nearly as much as me.
– Dan
First of all, a huge congratulations on turning a major corner in your life, personally and financially. That takes a lot of guts.
I would strongly encourage you to find some additional support as you work through your alcoholism recovery. Alcoholics Anonymous is worth at least a look.
One big thing I would encourage you to do is buy a simple wall calendar and start keeping track of your successful days for a while. At the end of each day you manage to stay alcohol free, put a big red X over that date on the calendar. As you move forward, keep doing that, and you'll begin to admire that big long row of Xs on your calendar. You won't want to break that chain.
Got any questions? Email them to me or leave them in the comments and I'll attempt to answer them in a future mailbag. However, I do receive hundreds of questions per week, so I may not necessarily be able to answer yours.


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In four decades, no one has died at 2400 Central SE. This according to majordoughmo Larry Rainosek, who has greeted gut-growling crowds there since Day 1 back in 1971.
Sure, paramedics have on occasion been summoned to the barn with the butter-yellow roof. But never because of bad beef. There's been a marriage on the premises and doubtless some proposals. First dates? Got a calculator?
A guy naked from the waist down once moseyed in the front door. Two kids slipped out a back door with a swiped painting of John Wayne. A wedding party warmed up here. Governors, mayors and judges chilled out. Jay Leno popped in. Ditto for Tom Brokaw. Brian Urlacher blitzed a platter of enchiladas, then another. Some years ago a cardinal graced the place. Forgive me, Your Eminence, for I have gorged.
Then there are the regulars, habitués addicted to shambling the lunch-hour queue, mulling the mélange of artwork, searching the diners for a familiar face.
Here are three.
The white-haired gent in dark glasses pauses before putting a glass mug of coffee (95 cents) to his lips.
Across the booth, Chris and Hank wait for their friend's pronouncement.
"It's unbelievable when you take the time to talk to people. And you can do that here."
Basil Nellos
"He had on a wool hat, an unusual hat," Basil Nellos is saying about the man he once met in the Frontier Restaurant.
"He had a thick mustache. He said hello to me. He was foreign looking. Maybe he sat down because of my Mediterranean looks. 'What kind of hat is that?' I asked him. 'It is handmade,' he said. 'What is that, a tribal hat or what?' 'Afghan,' he said. 'I am Afghan.' He was mujahideen. He spent 10 years fighting the Soviets. He never slept in a bed all that time. He showed me his bullet wounds."
Chris and Hank glance at each other.
"He didn't pull off his shirt. He just pointed them out."
The booth goes quiet. Nellos sips his coffee.
" 'Who wins the war in Afghanistan?' I asked him. He looked at me and wagged his index finger. 'Nobody wins in Afghanistan.' 'Did you get medals?' I asked him. 'In this country, they're always giving everybody medals.' 'Nobody gets medals,' he said. Ten years in the army, and they gave him nothing."
"Back then I would sit with my friends. Nobody had any money. We would buy a burrito for a dollar and drown it with ranchero sauce and then divvy it up."
Tamara Couture
Basil Nellos takes a sip of his coffee. "You know what the Roman rulers used to say?"
Chris and Hank await the answer, as is their custom.
"Give them all the medals they want but not one inch of land."
Basil Nellos is 70. He has been moving Levi's at the Lobo Mens Shop, a block and a half west, since 1963. Mornings, Nellos holds court in the Frontier's front room. "It's unbelievable when you take the time to talk to people," he says. "And you can do that here. You know what Einstein said? Knowledge is limited, but insight is limitless."
Chris and Hank nod.
Nellos has two, maybe three cups of coffee. Sometimes pancakes. "The pancakes (two for $2.35) are very good. But listen, this isn't five stars." Laughter fills the booth.
He browses the morning paper at home, then brings it to the Frontier in case he ends up by himself. That rarely happens. Looking around he says, "You just don't know who you're going to meet here."
"Frontier philosophers. You know, aging beats like Gus Blaisdell, who had the Living Batch bookstore."
Gordy Andersen
"Oh, my God, the breakup room."
Tamara Couture says this in the tone one might speak of a Dachau chamber.
"When I started going to the Frontier, in, let's see, the mid-'80s, we used to go to the far back room. Not the far, far back, but the second-to-last room, No. 4. No one I ever knew went to the far, far back room, the fifth room. I would peak in there from time to time. It had a real bad vibe. It was, I learned, the breakup room."
Breakup, as in getting dumped.
The fourth room, that was Couture's space, back when she was Tamara Nicholl, a purple-haired kid from the South Valley. She's 39 now and runs a law practice with her husband, Tony Couture. Sixteen years they've been together. A visit to the breakup room is unfathomable.
"Back then I would sit with my friends," she says. "Nobody had any money. We would buy a burrito for a dollar and drown it with ranchero sauce and then divvy it up. The attraction then was that the Frontier was open 24 hours and you could smoke inside. Nobody bothered you. We didn't have cell phones or pagers in those days. But you knew if you went to the Frontier, your friends could find you."
Later, as an adult, she studied at the Frontier—for UNM classes that eventually led to three degrees. She can buy her own burrito now ($4.59 for a breakfast one).
The habit rubbed off. Her mother, Linda Smouse, was in her forties when she became a student for the first time. She spent hours with a Frontier study group, finally getting an RN degree at 49.
It doesn't stop there. The Coutures' daughter Aurora, 15, and son Sagan, 8, go to the Frontier with their parents.
"They love it," their mother says. "But we never eat in the breakup room. Bad mojo."
A defining moment in Gordy Andersen's life happened, he says, inside the Frontier.
In 1981, Andersen was a punk rocker who worked in the UNM mail room, then just across Central Avenue. He had tattoos and a mohawk and played guitar in band called Jerry's Kidz.
Today, at 53, he is the manager of shipping and receiving at the UNM Health Sciences Center. His hair is shoulder-length now, rock music remains his soul mate and he still eats the same thing at the Frontier: two eggs scrambled, bacon, wheat toast ($5.59). For a hangover, he recommends a 12-ounce, fresh-squeezed OJ ($2.50).
Thirty-some years ago the front room was populated mostly by what Andersen calls "Frontier philosophers. You know, aging beats like Gus Blaisdell, who had the Living Batch bookstore."
One day a large fellow with a droopy mustache, a Bowie knife on his belt and a bad attitude came in. "He'd been in before," Anderson says. "He was always talking real loud about the swords and knives he had out in his van. He clearly was a psychopath. The guy didn't like the way I looked. He threatened me. 'Hey, faggot!' He kept trying to get me to look at him. 'Why don't you go sit in another room, faggot?' "
Then suddenly three cops came in and hauled him out, Andersen remembers. "Apparently, they had outstanding warrants on him."
As a kid, Andersen says he was hassled constantly by the police. "You know, they would come to a park where we would hang out in the Heights and they'd pour out our beer and dump out our stash. I hated them. I really had a chip on my shoulder about cops."
That chip fell away the afternoon the police came to his rescue at the Frontier. "I suddenly saw cops differently. For me, it was a maturing incident."
The pull of the place has never gone away for Andersen. "In the band I'm in now [Black Maria], we say, 'OK, we're going to the Frontier to have a meeting.' We sit there and write up a set list."
For a brief time, Andersen was part of the band ALLUCANEAT. "Damien Wilson played guitar. Damien called the Frontier 'Mom's.' He'd say, 'Let's go to Mom's.' You knew it was like going back home. It was comforting. Still is."


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A new national survey by Smithsonian magazine and the Pew Research Center involved 1,006 adults and sought to measure their scientific literacy.
The results showed that respondents received on average what might be considered a passing grade on the quiz portion of the survey, answering 9 out of 13 questions correctly more than half the time. Men scored slightly better than women, though women were better informed about the threat of antibiotic resistance.
The cool thing is that you, too, can take the survey to see how you stack up. When you're finished you'll get something that looks like this:
And here's a bar graph to show the breakdown of how American adults fared.
Based upon the bar graph, it appears that about 40 percent of Americans failed a basic scientific literacy quiz.
I'm not sure whether to be hopeful about that, or sad. The magazine's editors say it's a call for more, and higher quality, math and science education in the United States. It's hard to disagree with that.
So how did you do?


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He's in; he made the cut.
There's going to be a familiar face on the sidelines at the University of Michigan's home football games this season after recent Morenci graduate Zac Johnson learned he's a member of the Wolverine squad.
Johnson began practicing this week as a preferred walk-on and wearing his number 19 for media day photos. As long as he maintains his position in the top 105 members of the team, he should be dressing for home games.
A good showing at the Wolverine summer camp for high school players helped pave the way. Johnson produced one of the fastest 40-yard sprint times at camp.
He's also had the help of Morenci Superintendent of Schools Kyle Griffith in making connections with the coaching staff.
"Mr. Griffith and I have been talking with [UM offensive coordinator] Mike DeBord since my sophomore year," Johnson said.
They've also kept close connections with Adrian native Brad Labadie who serves as Director of Football Operations for UM and coordinates recruiting efforts for this area of Michigan.
Johnson and his father, Eric, attended UM's spring practice. That's when Johnson had his first opportunity to speak with head coach Lloyd Carr.
Johnson says he's quite certain he will be red-shirted this season, leaving four more years of eligibility. That will work out fine, because he expects to spend five years at school earning an engineering degree.
The Wolverine coaching staff is considering Johnson as a defensive back/wide receiver prospect.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - With 15 seconds remaining in regulation, Patrick Donlan connected on a pass from Ryan O'Rourke to give UMass-Boston a 9-8 victory over MIT in men's lacrosse action on Thursday. Donlan led all scorers with fours goals and contributed one assist. Isaac Taylor paced the Engineers (5-7) with three goals and an assist.
Matt Ficarra put the Beacons (9-4) on the scoreboard at 9:17 in the opening period. Scott Purchase evened the game by connecting on a feed from Stefano Young. UMass-Boston regained the lead when O'Rourke set up Jonathan Ruiz for an extra-man goal at the 2:23 mark. Ruiz earned an assist 40 seconds later when Christopher Hanafin scored, giving the Beacons a 3-1 advantage.
Once again, Ficarra initiated the scoring, this time feeding Donlan with 7:50 remaining in the half. Taylor posted an unassisted goal and then Tyler Sorba found Carter Powers for an extra-man goal to bring MIT within one (4-3) at 4:23. Two minutes later, Hanafin scored on a pass from O'Rourke. The Engineers responded by tallying two goals to tie the game at 5-5. Taylor set up Purchase for the first goal and then Powers recorded an unassisted score. Eight seconds later, the Donlan-Ficarra connection returned to give UMass-Boston a 6-5 edge. MIT notched the equalizer when Barnett Koryan set up Powers with seven seconds left on the clock.
The Beacons regained the lead 4:17 into the third frame when O'Rourke connected on a pass from Donlan. Six minutes later, Taylor tied the game with an unassisted goal. Donlan notched his second point of the period by scoring the go-ahead goal on a feed from Nicholi Sullo with seven seconds remaining.
The final stanza was a scoreless affair until Taylor knotted the game at 8-8 with 2:09 to go. After Donlan's goal, Tech had a chance to score but the Beacons' defense was impenetrable. In the net, Zach Brewer collected 10 saves for MIT while Nick Eaton made 16 stops for UMass-Boston.
The next game for MIT will be on Saturday, April 30 at 1:00 p.m. when it hosts Pilgrim Lacrosse League foe Western New England College.


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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Buy my friend's novel!
"Crazy Noise" is a rip-roaring thriller set in Tokyo by Mark Bossingham. It is very well written, with some extraordinarily lyrical passages, but is also a really fast and compelling read. I zipped through it in about a week. It has been previously published as a book, but it this link is to the brand new Kindle edition.
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A fun book. I read it last year. Some naughty bits and violence. Not for the faint of heart. Good price now that it's on Kindle.
- March 1, 2011 at 3:12 PM
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I don't know how much more I can read after finishing grad school and now starting this nutritional anthropology phd... I'm a little to close to burnout ;)
Love reading in the state parks here to relax though. A little cliche but usually westerns. Here, I'll have to go check out the review/description.
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The Idea of Kosmopolis: History, Philosophy and Politics of World Citizenship
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"Contemporary discussions on cosmopolitanism are often based on older assumptions that have become invisible or hard to unearth. This volume explores the idea of kosmopolis by placing it into different historical, philosophical, social, and political contexts. By bringing together different views on and aspects of cosmopolitanism, the volume aims at contributing to new understandings of kosmopolis and the resulting cosmopolitan ideal, and of the fears this concept may generate. The nine contributors discuss kosmopolis within the contexts of philosophers such as Heraclitus and Kant, the thoughts and texts of the nobility, intellectual thoughts from the Enlightenment, contemporary political institutions, and grass root cosmopolitanism. The intent is to illustrate how the meaning of - cosmopolitanism - is influenced not only by its history but also by its specific contexts."--Back cover.
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A former state senator has expanded his lawsuit over the hacking of millions of South Carolina tax returns to include a separate state agency and private data security company.
Spartanburg attorney John Hawkins added Trustwave and the Division of State Information Technology to a lawsuit he filed last week over the massive security breach at the state's tax collection agency.
The former Republican senator claims the company hired by the Revenue Department for computer security failed to protect taxpayers' data.
Trustwave has "violated and failed to comply with the duties imposed upon them to encrypt data and to expeditiously disclose the breach of security," the lawsuit reads.
The state has used the international company since 2005. A Revenue spokeswoman was unable to provide what the agency paid the company for services or specify what its contract covered.
A Trustwave spokesman declined to comment, citing company policy on pending legal matters.
Hawkins initially sued Gov. Nikki Haley, the Department of Revenue and its director for negligence. The lawsuit seeks class-action status.
State officials announced Oct. 26 that 3.6 million personal income tax returns filed since 1998 were compromised by an international computer hacker. Last week, Haley said up to 657,000 business filings also were exposed. Experts say it may be the largest cyber-attack against a state tax department in the nation's history.
The data was extracted Sept. 13 _ the last of several system intrusions since August. State officials did not learn of the breach until Oct. 10, when the Secret Service informed state law enforcement, said revenue department director Jim Etter.
He told senators a week ago that agency officials believed taxpayers' data was protected based on consistent monitoring from a third-party contractor, which scanned the agency's system on Sept. 14 and Oct. 14 and found no external vulnerabilities.
"Obviously, that was not the case," he said during a hearing on the breach. Revenue spokeswoman Samantha Cheek confirmed Monday that Etter was referring to Trustwave.
The revenue agency has been criticized for not using free monitoring services offered by the Budget and Control Board's information technology division.
Cheek said the agency needed to use a company in compliance with Payment Card Industry (PCI) security standards, to be able to process taxpayers' credit cards — something the state division didn't offer.
"Therefore, we were required to use a third-party vendor that was PCI compliant in order to safeguard financial data," Cheek said.
She acknowledged, however, that her agency could have also used state IT monitoring services.
Its installed network sensors monitor traffic to identify unusual activity and alert customers to a potential problem, said Budget and Control Board spokeswoman Lindsey Kremlick.
Those customers include 82 school districts, 15 counties, 15 public libraries, nine cities, five utilities, and 54 state agencies. Revenue became No. 54 on Oct. 20, Kremlick said.
That's the date Etter said the agency closed the breach. Officials have declined to say what hole was closed or what that entailed.
Hawkins said he included the state IT division in the lawsuit because the data was extracted through its system.
"Goodness knows how many gigabytes went out over the trunk of DSIT lines," he said. "It takes time to move that much data, and it happened over DSIT's backbone. … It was a systematic failure across all of these agencies and Trustwave."
A Budget and Control Board spokeswoman declined to comment on the lawsuit, saying the agency had not been served.
State law limits the liability of public agencies in negligence cases to $600,000 per occurrence. This means that if a judge considered the hacking to have been a single event and 3.6 million individuals sued the Department of Revenue and won, their maximum takeaway would be just $0.16 apiece.
Hawkins argues his case is covered by a separate law that provides a fine of up to $1,000 for each resident whose information is breached. Whatever a judge decides on that front, the liability limit does not apply to private companies such as Trustwave.
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