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John Fox is gone from the Broncos sideline for now, but his medical emergency won't deter the Broncos from focusing on football. That's just how it works
The news that Broncos coach John Fox requires aortic valve replacement surgery, causing him to miss several weeks coaching the Broncos, is concerning to a vast NFL network of coaches, front office and media. Indeed, there may be no person in the NFL with more friends in the business. Thoughts for a safe and speedy recovery will emanate from far and wide for the popular and respected Fox.
Inside the four walls of the Broncos' facility, however, it is already back to business as usual, just as Fox would want it to be. (The same can be said for Houston, too, after Gary Kubiak was rushed to a hospital after collapsing at halftime of the Texans-Colts Sunday night game.) Yes, there is concern and perhaps even fear for the health of the leader. However, after likely assurances from Fox that he is receiving his needed procedure and care, Denver's focus turns back to its daily chores.
Offensive coordinator Adam Gase and defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio will take on added responsibilities and assign additional duties to coaches and assistants on their respective sides of the ball. And in the front office, president John Elway and his staff will supervise a smooth and seamless transition as the team prepares for the Chargers on Sunday.
If football operations staffs in NFL offices are anything, they are consistently resilient and forward-facing. They move on; it is what they do.
Golfing "for the last time"
On the eve of training camp in 2004, I was readying for a long night of concluding negotiations with our top draft picks when Mark Hatley—the head of player personnel who had come to the Packers after many years with the Bears—checked in to see if I needed any help. When I told him I was set, he replied "Ok, I'm going to play golf for the last time," meaning that the pending grind of training camp would take away any free time for golf.
Six hours later, after that "last round of golf," Hatley tragically suffered a heart attack and died. We were stunned and sad; Mark was a leader who was a joy to work with. What struck me, however, is how soon following the tragic news—within a couple hours—our football operation was humming along and preparing for the start of training camp ahead. No telling people to go home, no closing of the offices, nothing of the sort.
Coaches who played golf with Mark that night, the last people to see him alive, were in meetings preparing installations for the opening days of camp. Player personnel staff that worked under Mark were back in dark rooms watching tape of potential additions. My contract negotiations ensued, although I grieved with agent Eugene Parker—who represented our our top pick Ahmad Carroll and knew Mark well—while negotiating Ahmad's contract. I will never forget Eugene's compassion at that difficult time.
Hatley was a beloved member of the Packers staff. However, after what seemed like all-too-brief moments to grieve, reflect or cry, it was back to work. NFL coaches, scouts and front offices consistently and constantly move forward. It is what they tell the players to do, and they lead by example.
Playing through
A year following Hatley's unfortunate passing, Tom Rossley, our offensive coordinator—and a close friend of Hatley's—was hospitalized before and after a game. Rossley was forced by our doctors to undergo a series of tests before the game, then signed out of the hospital before further tests were completed in order to be on the coaching headset by the second quarter. Thankfully, the game was uneventful for Rossley, and he finished his series of tests at the hospital later that evening.
Rossley's situation resonates with the news on Fox. Fox knew he needed an operation for his heart condition, but wanted to "play through" until after the season. Although it took an alarming incident for it to happen—Fox felt dizzy playing golf and was taken to a local hospital—he will wisely not wait for the operation anymore.
Much like players with injuries, coaches often "play through," concerned that missing time can be perceived as a sign of weakness and present an opportunity for someone else to step up instead.
Although increased concussion awareness and safety protocols are trying to change the culture of "playing through," it is one that is hard to transform, in part because coaches like Fox have been doing it themselves.
The power of raw emotion
While it is true that coaches, players and front offices forge ahead through all kinds of external and internal crises, I have learned to not discount the power of emotion through difficult situations, at least for a limited time frame. A couple of instances jolted my cynicism.
I watched the Colts in the first game following Chuck Pagano's leukemia diagnosis, and it certainly felt that something bigger was going on that day at LucasOil Stadium. The Colts made numerous plays with no margin for error. Reggie Wayne, who has known Pagano since their days at the University of Miami from 1997-2000, made magical plays in as good a performance at wide receiver as I have seen. I generally believe that Aura and Mystique are, as someone said, nothing more than stage names for exotic dancers, but the impact of Pagano's just-diagnosed illness that day was conspicuous.
Similarly, I was in Oakland on a Sunday afternoon in 2003 waiting before a Monday night game against the Raiders when I received an urgent call from Bus Cook, Brett Favre's agent and close friend. Bus got right to the point: "We gotta find Brett; Irv [Brett's father] died." We located Brett, his wife Deanna informed him of the news and, after some quiet time alone, he addressed the team. He spoke in a way that players had not heard before—as a son who lost his father, coach and role model—and insisted that Irv would have wanted him to play in the game. When Brett finished speaking, there was not a dry eye in the room.
As we now know, Brett had a truly scintillating performance the next night. I remember hearing from several players that night, including younger ones that did not know Brett personally, who felt truly inspired; the emotion of Brett's loss carried not only Brett but also the entire team. The Raiders were facing something bigger that night.
Passion to purpose
Emotion, passion and concern for a respected leader and friend can be intense, but are also sentiments that are hard to maintain.
I would expect the Broncos to play this week against the Chargers with great passion fueled by leaders such as Peyton Manning, who cited Fox as a key reason for his choosing the Broncos. A more difficult task, however, is to continue that emotion for a long period. The passion elicited with "let's win one for Coach" is easy to initially stir inspired performance but hard to sustain over a long period.
Although there will be orderly reassignment of the duties vacated by Fox, his seasoned and calm presence will be noticeable in more subtle ways. Simply, players and coaches will miss him being around. It will feel foreign to them to see and hear another person at the front of the room, especially if there is any inconsistency in message from Fox to the interim coach. The Broncos must guard against what happened with the Saints in 2012, when Sean Payton's absence affected the team in ways far beyond his superior play-calling abilities.
In that sense, the Broncos are lucky to have two obvious candidates to lend their stature and gravitas to fill the void left by Fox. John Elway and Peyton Manning have not coached before in a literal sense, but are two unique presences in the game that have the gravitas to assume leadership roles off (Elway) and on (Manning) the field in the weeks ahead. And, of course, the Broncos' talent and coaching beyond Fox may be enough to win in itself.
Ultimately, we are back to the ingrained resiliency of NFL football operations staff. While emotion fades, focus and discipline do not. Even a short time in NFL offices teaches employees to stay present and not swing with the rollercoaster, week-to-week emotions of fans and media.
The Broncos' staff and players are now focused on the next script of plays, the next practice installation, the next game preparation, and the next coaching, scouting or blocking assignment. As John Fox knows as well as anyone, it is simply what they do.


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2013 News Releases > April 2013 > Wayland holding Women in Business banquet
Wayland holding Women in Business banquet
April 19, 2013
PLAINVIEW – Wayland Baptist University's ENACTUS group (formerly Students in Free
Enterprise) will host its annual Women in Business banquet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday,
May 2 in room 211 of the McClung University Center.
Tickets to the event cost $20 and may be purchased by contacting Debbie Lane in the School of Business at 291-1020, or call Dr. Sam Van Hoose at 291-1029. The deadline for ticket reservations is 9 a.m. on April 29.
ENACTUS will recognize three local women who are leaders in business. This year's honorees are Heather Leal Waller, Kay Harris and Laura Kelley.
Libby Cleveland will serve as guest speaker for the event. Cleveland is a longtime educator who currently serves as an assistant professor for the Academic Achievement Program at Wayland. Cleveland first started teaching for Wayland as an adjunct instructor following the death of her husband, Kenneth, in 1993. She became a full-time professor in 2003. Cleveland teaches intermediate and college algebra, and has taught at Wayland campuses in Alaska and Kenya.
Prior to coming to Wayland, Cleveland taught at Dimmitt High School for 33 years. She still lives in Dimmitt and is a member of First United Methodist Church. Her husband was a longtime basketball coach in Dimmitt. Cleveland recently compiled a book of letters and memories from former players, coaches and fans in memory of her late husband.
When not teaching at Wayland, Cleveland tutors math to GED students at Amarillo College in Amarillo. She said she has no plans to retire.
"I told my students at Anchorage (Alaska) that instead of doing mission work, somewhere in the Bible there is a verse that tells me to go and teach algebra to all who need it," Cleveland said.
ENACTUS will recognize three women for their work in the community.
Heather Leal Waller is the owner of Plainview's Leal's restaurant. Waller is the daughter
of Hector Leal, who opened Leal's in Plainview in 1993. He also owned and operated
businesses in Clovis and Muleshoe. Leal's is celebrating its 20th year in Plainview,
having opened in April of 1993.
Waller grew up around the family business and worked her way through high school waiting tables in Clovis.
"I can remember sleeping on corn sacks while my parents made tortillas late at night," she said. "That was a way of life for us and it was very normal."
Waller graduated from Clovis High School in 1992 and eventually moved to Plainview in 1996. She sold real estate for a few years while taking business classes at Wayland. Waller said her goal was not to attain a college degree, but to take practical courses that she knew she needed in order to operate her own business.
"Our whole family is business minded," Waller said. "I knew I was an entrepreneur and would own and operate my own business one day."
In 1999, Waller took over the family business, purchasing the Plainview restaurant. Leal's remains a family operation as she takes care of the bookkeeping and accounting side of the business and her husband, Jeremy, works out front. Waller said the family teamwork is what makes the business a success.
"I do most of the behind the scenes work; the accounting the bookwork and more of the office side of running the business," Waller said. "Jeremy does more of the customer relations and putting out fires on a day-to-day basis. As a team, it has really lessened the load on each other."
She also said having a quality staff to work with is a blessing. Leal's employees 40 people, some of whom have been with the business since it opened 20 years ago.
Waller still enjoys the business she fell in love with while working with her parents as a child, and is thrilled to have an established presence in Plainview.
"When dad approached me with the opportunity to purchase the location in 1999, I was very excited about it," Waller said. "I love people and I just enjoy being a part of Plainview and being able to serve others and serve them with a quality plate of food."
Laura Kelley had always wanted to own her own business, although it took her some time to achieve that goal.
Kelley is the owner of Cowgirl Cottage, which she opened in January, 2008 "as a small
place for women to gather and learn how to bead jewelry." Prior to that, she spent
10 years teaching in Idalou and Abernathy. She received a bachelor's degree in Early
Childhood Education from Southern Nazarene University, but also had taken some fashion
merchandizing classes while in college.
"It was just a dream I had to open my own little boutique," Kelley said, adding that she is pretty much self-taught as a businesswoman.
In 2010, she expanded the original business by purchasing the local Merle Norman franchise. Additionally, the business added women's clothing and accessories. Currently Cowgirl Cottage carries junior, young contemporary and plus-size clothing with missy items planned for the fall. Some of the lines the business carries are NYDJ, French Dressing, Jag, Cover Charge and Yellow Box.
Cowgirl Cottage celebrated its fifth anniversary and patrons may follow the business on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Kelley and her husband, Matt, have lived in Plainview for six years with their two children, 16-year-old Hannah and 13-year-old Seth. The couple is involved in local organizations and attends Harvest Christian Church.
Kelley said she is honored to be recognized as a successful hometown businesswoman.
"You want to bring new places and opportunities to the people in the community," she said.
Kay Harris is the executive director of the Crisis Center of the Plains and as such,
serves as the supervisor for Broadway Treasures, a thrift store that serves the clients
of the crisis center. The store is a non-profit business that began as a fundraiser
for the crisis center. The community donated items for the women and children the
center serves and they needed a place to distribute those items.
In 2000, the board of directors purchased a building on Broadway Street in downtown Plainview and the store opened on April 15 of that year. According to Harris, the motto of Broadway Treasures is "One man's junk is another man's treasure,' and the mission of the store is "to serve the community with needed items with affordable prices in a dignified manner."
Harris explained that the proceeds from the sale of items are used to help the victims of domestic abuse.
"Although Broadway Treasures is a non-profit business, it allows victims to begin a new life with household items and clothing for the family," she said.
Harris said that when the store opened, the Wayland Baptist University School of Business wrote a business plan and assisted operators in laying out merchandise.
"We coordinate with groups in the community to maintain the store along with the probation department providing manpower," she said.
Harris is a graduate of Kress High School, and has undergone training with the Texas Council on Family Violence and Texas Association Against Sexual Assault. She has participated in a variety of leadership seminars, including marketing seminars through Wayland.
She serves on the Plainview Downtown Association Board as the vice chairperson, is the secretary for the Main Street Program, is involved with Crime Stoppers and is a member of First Baptist Church, Plainview.


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Dallas managed to not get swept last night, so now every thing is rainbows and sunshine in Maverickville. It's so happy, in fact, that Mark Cuban is even initiating peace negotiations with a known thug.
After his team survived a squeaker of an elimination game, Cuban logged into his internet web log in the wee hours of this morning to offer his apologies to Kenyon Martin and his mom, Lydia Moore. (Pictured here, laughing at silly Texans I assume.) Tempers flared, feelings were hurt, but it's nothing that a lovely sit-down dinner can't fix.
No one takes more abuse and gets more threats on the road than I do. So I know exactly how it feels. I've also had my family and friends spit on at games in this series....
When the series comes back to Dallas, your family, and the family of other Nuggets players are welcome to stay in my suite, with my family. Its amazing how tempers mellow when real people talk to each other and realize that its still just a game.
If that isn't acceptable, I'm happy to provide a suite, free of charge to them as well and place whatever security is needed to make them feel comfortable....
So if we can put this behind us, I will make sure when the series comes back to Dallas, your family and friends, and that of your teammates are very comfortable at our Arena.
Then I hope we both take the advice of your coach and can get together this summer. Dinner for you and your family is on me.
That's sweet. Of course, in order for his generous offer to take effect, the series would have to go back to Dallas and I'm not sure Dirk Nowitski has that many fourth-quarter outbursts left in him. Unless the guy is willing to do whatever it takes to avoid going back the crazy train that is his home life.
An Apology to Kenyon Martin's Mom [Blog Maverick]
Dirk's Dilemma: Broken Cristal [Dallas Basketball]


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RFMD® Completes Qualification of First Generation Gallium Nitride (GaN) Process Technology
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 21, 2007 - RF Micro Devices, (NASDAQ GS: RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency systems and solutions, announced at its analyst day today it has completed the technical qualification of its first generation 48V Gallium Nitride (GaN) process technology. RFMD is the world's leading manufacturer of compound semiconductors, and the Company leveraged its existing manufacturing assets and proven expertise in high volume compound semiconductor design and fabrication to deliver the excellent thermal and RF performance of its new GaN process technology. Pre-production volume shipments of RFMD's 48V GaN technology have commenced to customers in multiple end markets. RFMD's 48V GaN process technology is ideally suited to address the growing customer requirements for higher power, higher efficiency and wider bandwidth. The Company is targeting multiple high-growth applications, including high-linearity CATV line amplifiers, military radar applications, wide bandwidth wireless infrastructure power amplifiers and power modules for revolutionary new high-lumen light generation applications. "We have multiple products - both in production and in development - that will benefit from the insertion of our new GaN technology," said Bob Van Buskirk, president of RFMD's Multi-Market Products Group. "This new process technology provides an immediate competitive advantage to our newly formed Multi-Market Products Group, and the continued deployment of our GaN technology across multiple end markets will support our expectations for revenue and margin expansion as our Multi-Market Products Group continues to grow." Van Buskirk continued, "RFMD's new GaN process technology delivers higher efficiency, wider operating bandwidth and greater ruggedness than currently available technologies. These performance characteristics are supporting favorable design activity across multiple high-growth applications." Technical Overview RFMD's high efficiency, high power GaN process technology exhibits best-in-class RF performance at 48V with 5.6W/mm average Psat, over 60% average Peak PAE and 24dB average Small Signal Gain measured at 2.1GHz frequency. The intrinsic electrical properties and outstanding reliability of RFMD's GaN technology enable improvements over bandwidth, power and efficiency, versus currently available, conventional technologies. The median time to failure (MTTF) at 180 degrees Celsius (operating junction temperature) is calculated to be greater than 1x106 hours using three-temperature testing over multiple wafer lots.


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A Buffalo man unleashed a pit bull on another man this morning after discovering him with his wife.
The victim told police he was on a chat line with a woman who used the alias "Lisa" around 3:35 a.m., according to police reports. The woman then invited the victim over to her Lisbon Avenue home.
While the two were sitting in the living room, a male in his 20s or 30s entered and said, "That's my wife." The male proceeded to go through the victim's pockets, taking $10.
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We've posted a lot on the Minnesota Senate race over the last two days, and I thought it might be helpful to try to synthesize where we think things currently stand. The most fundamental point is this: The Democrats had hoped that there would be no campaign following Wellstone's death; that six quiet days would pass by without controversy, and that Walter Mondale would then be crowned Senator. This morning's Minneapolis Star Tribune warned the Republicans strongly against campaigning against Mondale. The same paper helpfully offered up a poll intended to show that Mondale has the race in the bag, so there is no need for a campaign. Now, this plan may never have worked in any event, but it was blown sky-high by last night's fiasco. A huge backlash against the Wellstone rally is in progress. Governor Ventura has blasted the Democrats harshly, as have various media figures in the Twin Cities. A local TV station has planned a debate for Friday night, and has announced that either Mondale will appear, or he will be represented by an empty chair and Coleman will have the time to himself. Meanwhile, Tim Russert has offered to come to Minneapolis on Saturday to moderate a debate. It should now be impossible for the Democrats to avoid one or more debates. The legitimate polls show the race to be a virtual dead heat, prior to last night's disaster. The Democrats have stumbled badly and are now engaged in damage control, trying to apologize for the rally. But the significant fact is that if they ever could have finessed the election and slipped it past the voters without a real campaign, that is impossible now. The Democrats are beginning with an even start, and are in for a tough six days.
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The 63rd Locarno Film Festival has unveiled a leaner lineup, packed with 40 world preems of which half are first-time features, in its first year under new artistic topper Olivier Pere.
Gallic auteur Benoit Jacquot's period drama "Au fond des bois" will open the 11-day Swiss fest Aug. 4, unspooling in the 7,000-seat outdoor Piazza Grande.
Pere, a former head of the Cannes Directors' Fortnight, told Daily Variety his goal is to "make Locarno the place of discovery and a launch pad for young filmmakers and new directors."
However, his lineup also includes established names on the fest circuit.
Among these are German director Pia Marais, who brings "At Ellen's Age," starring Jeanne Balibar as a flight attendant whose life takes an unexpected turn; Hungarian helmer Benedek Fliegauf unveils sci-fier "Womb," starring Eva Green; and Canadian director Denis Cote bows relationship drama "Curling."
British movie "Monsters," by Gareth Edwards, will unspool on the Piazza Grande, making it eligible for Variety's Piazza Grande Award, presented to a pic preeming at Europe's biggest open-air venue that combines artistic merit and commercial appeal.
Spearheading the U.S. contingent, as previously announced, is the European preem of Fox Searchlight's "Cyrus," which will unspool at the Piazza Grande.
"Bas Fonds," Isild Le Besco, France
"White White World," Oleg Novkovic Serbia, Sweden/Germany
"Beyond The Steppes," Vanja d'Alcantara, Belgium/Poland
"Cold Weather," Aaaron Katz, U.S.
"Curling," Denis Cote, Canada
"Winter Vacation," Li Hongqi, China
"Man at Bath," Christophe Honore, France
"At Ellen's Age," Pia Marais, Germany
"Karamay," Xu Xin, China
"La Petite Chambre," Stephanie Chuat and Veronique Reymond, Switzerland
"L.A. Zombie," Bruce LaBruce, Germany/U.S./France
"Luz Nas Trevas – A Volta Do Bandido Da Luz Vermelha," Helena Ignez and Icaro C. Martins, Brazil
"Morgen," Marian Crisan, Romania
"Periferic," Bogdan George Apetri, Romania/Austria
"Pietro," Daniele Gaglianone, Italy
"Sac," Tayfun Pirselim, Turkey/Greece
"Songs of Love and Hate," Katalina Godros, Switzerland
"Womb," Benedek Fliegauf, Germany/ Hungary/France
"C'etait Hier," Jacqueline Veuve, Switzerland
"Get Out of the Car," Thom Andersen, U.S.
"Hell Roaring Creek," Lucien Castaing-Taylor U.S.
"Io Sono Tony Scott. La Storia Del Piu Grande Clarinettista Del Jazz,"
Franco Maresco, Italy
"Les Champs Brulants," Catherine Libert and Stefano Canapa, France
"Medemoiselle Else," Isabelle Prim, France
"The Indian Boundary Line," Thomas Comerford, U.S.
"Low Cost," Lionel Baier, Switzerland
"Aardvark," Kitao Sakurai, U.S.
"The Belly of the Whale," Ana Lungu and Ana Szel, Romania
"Foreign Parts," Verena Paravel and J.P. Sniadecki, U.S./France
"Songs of Tomorrow," Jonas Holmstrom and Jonas Bergergard, Sweden
"Ivory Tower," Adam Traynor, Canada/France
"Jo Pour Jonathan," Maxime Giroux, Canada
"La Lisiere," Geraldine Bajard, France/Germany
"The Life Sublime," Daniel V. Villamediana, Spain
"Mandoo," Ebrahim Saeidi, Iraq
"Memory Lane," Mikhael Hers, France
"Intolerance Now," Takahiro Yamauchi, Japan
"Norberto's Deadline," Daniel Hendler, Uruguay/Argentina
"Paraboles," Emmanuelle Demoris, France
"Prud'Hommes," Stephane Goel, Switzerland
"Pulsar," Alex Stockman, Belgium
"September 12," Ozlem Sulak, Germany/Turkey
"The Fourth Portrait," Chung Mong-Hong, Taiwan
"Tilva Ros," Nikola Leraic, Serbia
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One Liberty University student can truly say he is on the fast track to success.
Stephen Berry will take his place behind the wheel July 3 in a NASCAR Whelen All-American Series race at South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Va. His car is being sponsored by Liberty University Online.
"My goal is to graduate from Liberty University and succeed at the highest levels in NASCAR," Stephen told the Liberty Journal.
A junior sport management major, Berry also takes courses through Liberty University Online, making it possible for him to earn a degree while still pursuing a racing career.
Berry is proud to be part of an established distance learning program and to carry on the mission of Liberty University and its founder, Dr. Jerry Falwell.
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Parts of the New Jersey coastline were already underwater Wednesday night, which prompted voluntary evacuations in Toms River and Brick while the Shrewsbury River flooded local streets in Sea Bright, according to ABC News affiliate WABC-TV.
Overnight, the highest wind gust recorded off New Jersey was 71 mph, and 30 to 50 mph winds are expected to last until Friday morning, which could bring 13-foot waves just offshore.
The high winds are expected to bring down power lines as more than 2,000 people are without power in New Jersey as of 4 a.m., WABC reported.
Overnight, snow started to fall in parts of Long Island. New York City is expecting a snowy, rainy mix with a chilly wind on Thursday, with another round of snow in the forecast Thursday night.
New York City is expected to get up to 3 inches of snow by the time the storm system moves out Friday morning, with some higher storm total amounts possible on eastern Long Island. Boston may see 2 to 4 inches, with higher totals inland where a winter storm warning has been issued from Worcester to just north of Providence.
Winter warnings are posted in seven Northeast states. The biggest snowfall totals will come Friday, and parts of New England could see more than 6 inches of snow.
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Behind the school lunch fight
First lady Michelle Obama and school lunch ladies used to be on the same team, but now they're locked in a political war against each other.
For the first three years of Obama's Let's Move! campaign, the School Nutrition Association, a powerful group that represents 55,000 cafeteria professionals, was a close ally in the White House push to get kids to eat healthier.
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The group helped lobby for the legislation at the center of the debate: the 2010 Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, a law championed by the first lady that mandates more fruits and vegetables, whole grains and less sodium in exchange for more federal funding on meals.
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"The current direction is very isolationist," said Kevin Concannon, the Agriculture Department's undersecretary for food and nutrition, in an interview. "It's inexplicable and very unfortunate. Somehow their leadership decided that they're just going to swing for the fences."
The story behind the school lunch flip-flop is a complicated web of lobbying change-ups, industry influence and partisan posturing inside the Beltway. It also casts a spotlight on how difficult it is to make the economics of school meals work — and just how much resistance there can be to Washington directing nationwide change.
Interviews with more than a dozen former and current SNA officials reveal a dramatic shift in SNA's policy platform, and even more so, its approach: choosing to wage war on Capitol Hill — pitting the association against Obama and her team — instead of trying to win more concessions directly from the Department of Agriculture. The department has already issued several significant changes, including relaxing limits on servings of grains and proteins and, most recently, slightly more flexibility on a whole-grain pasta requirement set to kick in in July.
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SNA's decision to aggressively lobby for a controversial rider in a House agriculture appropriations bill that would force the USDA to give schools waivers from the nutrition standards next school year has sparked a civil war within the nutrition community and the association itself. Nineteen former SNA presidents wrote to appropriators last week urging them to reject calls for a waiver — a break in ranks that was painful but necessary, signers said.
Former SNA President Dorothy Caldwell, who has been on the front lines of child nutrition for 37 years, said she is worried SNA leadership has been "naive" in its approach, allowing the National School Lunch Program to be unnecessarily politicized as it was during Newt Gingrich's effort to block the grant program during the Clinton administration, when she was a USDA official.
"It shouldn't be a partisan issue," Caldwell said. "Once you have a partisan fight, it's hard to get anything done."
Caldwell said she first became worried about SNA's new direction in March, when she attended the group's legislative conference and was handed a policy paper asking for significant changes to the school meal regulations, including eliminating the requirement that students take a fruit or a vegetable and rescinding strict sodium limits set to begin in 2017. She said many SNA members actually refused to give the position papers to Hill staff during their meetings because they disagreed with the agenda.
Obama has also openly questioned SNA's new platform.
"Why are we even having this conversation?" asked Obama during a roundtable discussion last week. "Help me understand why, especially given the fact that the School Nutrition Association worked to pass the original changes in the nutrition standards. … If anyone can help me understand how we wound up here."
Several former presidents of the organization said they are worried that food companies have influenced the group's agenda over concerns that the nutrition standards for the $11 billion program will take a big bite out of sales of popular items like pizza and salty snacks.
About half of the group's $10 million operating budget comes from food industry members, including membership fees and sponsorship opportunities, according to a review of public tax filings. At SNA's annual conference, companies can pay $15,000 to sponsor an education session track featuring a company representative or $20,000 to put their logo on the hotel key cards. The largest chunk of the group's revenue is generated at its annual conference, which brought in $4.7 million in 2012.
Industry patrons also give generously to the group's School Nutrition Foundation. In 2012, Schwan's Food Service provided more than $40,000 for scholarships for SNA members to pursue further education opportunities. The same year, the National Dairy Council funded a nearly $50,000 program aimed at improving best practices.
Such industry partnerships are commonplace at trade associations, and every SNA official POLITICO spoke with praised the training and further education efforts.
Leah Schmidt, president of SNA, firmly denied that industry interests are motivating the group's push for more regulatory flexibility.
"Proponents of the regulations are trying hard to explain away SNA's efforts by spinning theories about industry influence," said Schmidt, in a recent open letter to members. "These speculations are false, unsupported by credible sources and serve no purpose other than to overly politicize the debate and detract from the legitimate concerns of school nutrition professionals nationwide."
"This is about our members, this is not about the food industry," Schmidt said in an interview, adding that she is saddened by the tone of the debate. "I really feel like we all want to do what's best for kids and feeding trash cans is not what's best for kids."


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The ADR Externship allows students to work with dispute resolution professionals to see ADR and organizational processes and programs in operation. Under the guidance of a placement supervisor, students take primary responsibility for ADR-related assignments, projects, and activities. Depending on the placement, students may have the opportunity to observe and participate in ADR processes, to attend meetings of practice groups, to engage in research and draft memoranda, program manuals, and protocols, to interact with parties, and to evaluate program efficacy. Students must apply to and be accepted for the externship by the placement supervisor. The Externship requires students to meet high levels of professionalism in all aspects of their fieldwork. Students must meet all work requirements set by the placement supervisor.
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The team has genetically engineered muscle cells that flex in response to light. They plan to use these to create small, lightweight robots that are highly articulated, and that can move with the strength, flexibility, and fine motor movements of living creatures. The researchers are among the still small number of engineers in the emerging field of biorobotics.
Harry Asada, a professor of engineering in MIT's department of mechanical engineering, along with postdoc Mahmut Selman Sakar and professor Roger Kamm, chose skeletal muscle for their robot design because it's stronger than cardiac or smooth muscle. Using electricity to stimulate the muscle tissue to make it move -- a technique used for the Medusoid as well as Frankenstein's monster -- could bog down small robots with electrodes and their required power supply. Instead, the researchers turned to optogenetics, which involves genetically modifying neurons so they respond to short light pulses.
To date, optogenetic techniques had been used to stimulate cardiac muscle with laser light, but not skeletal muscle. The MIT team cultured skeletal muscle cells and genetically modified them to express a light-activated protein. After fusing the cells into long muscle fibers, they exposed them to blue light in 20-millisecond pulses, making them contract, both individually and together. When a beam of light shone on one fiber, only that fiber contracted. Larger beams directed to multiple fibers made them all contract simultaneously. Asada then expanded the technique to three-dimensional muscle tissue, with similar results. Watch a video demonstrating the genetically engineered skeletal muscles here.
The MIT team worked with Christopher Chen, a professor in Penn's department of bioengineering, who designed a micromechanical chip to test static and dynamic stresses on the light-sensitive skeletal tissue. The engineered tissue is capable of a wide range of motions, making it useful for a number of applications besides robotics, such as medical devices and navigation. One medical robotic device might be a robotic endoscope, said Asada. "We can put 10 degrees of freedom in a limited space, less than one millimeter," he said. "There's no actuator that can do that kind of job right now."
The researchers describe their results in an article (subscription only) in the journal Lab on a Chip. Other team members include MIT's Devin Neal, Yinqing Li and Ron Weiss, and Penn's Thomas Boudou and Michael Borochin. The research was supported by the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the RESBIO Technology Resource for Polymeric Biomaterials, the Center for Engineering Cells and Regeneration of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology.
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Police still seeking video, information from Thursday morning hit-and-run
March 28, 2013
The Greeley Police Department is still looking for information after a longtime Greeley teacher and coach was hit by a car early Thursday morning while riding his bicycle to Frontier Academy at the intersection of 58th Avenue and 18th Street.
Richard Ziegler, 62, was apparently on his way about 6:40 a.m. to Frontier Academy, where he is a math tutor. The person who hit Ziegler left the scene and police are searching for a small sedan, like a Chevrolet Cavalier, that is dark or possibly black in color.
Police are asking anyone in the area with video equipment or anyone with information to contact the department.
Investigators believe the vehicle and driver may have ties to the Country Club West neighborhood. Damage to the vehicle will most likely be on the front of the suspect vehicle.
Sgt. Susan West said video footage also shows a white pickup in the area about 6:45 a.m., and police are hoping to talk to the driver of the vehicle as a possible witness. She said that driver is not considered a suspect, but police hope he or she may have seen something that could help.
People with information should call the department at, (970) 350-9600.


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Healthy ecosystems and sound environmental management can go a long way in protecting people from disasters. But this fact is not yet widely appreciated among the many parties responsible for reducing the risk of disasters and responding to them once they happen.
The task of IUCN experts gathering in Geneva this week is to showcase the evidence that conserving biodiversity and improving the way we manage ecosystems such as forests, river basins and wetlands can boost human security and sustainability.
IUCN's delegation will be talking to government agencies, insurance companies, humanitarian aid organizations, civil society agencies and many others at the Fourth Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Human and economic losses from hazards such as floods, landslides and hurricanes are increasing at an unprecedented rate/intensity with environmental destruction and climate change as the main causes.
Environmental degradation reduces the capacity of ecosystems to meet people's needs for food and water, and to protect them from hazards through flood regulation, slope stabilization and coastal protection.
"The services provided by ecosystems are not luxury but rather a basic necessity to disaster risk reduction. We must work with nature if we are to keep ourselves safe while facing an increasingly hazardous time," says Radhika Murti of IUCN's Ecosystems Management Programme.
"The lessons we have learned are that investing in nature-based solutions not only reduces risk by being better prepared, but can also be a cost-effective means to address restoration and recovery," says Trevor Sandwith, Director of IUCN's Global Protected Areas Programme.
"Global studies such as the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment and TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) indicate clearly that the maintenance of healthy and resilient ecosystems are a foundation of any strategy for sustainable development," adds Sandwith.
There are many examples of nature-based approaches being successfully implemented. In Switzerland, management of 'protection forests' is approximately 5-10 times less expensive than the construction and maintenance of alternative technical measures to reduce risks from rock falls.
In South Africa, the Working for Water Programme has resulted in watershed restoration for job creation, business and skills development, water production, flood and fire risk management and biodiversity conservation.
Japan, a highly influential country in the disaster/humanitarian aid community, recently declared a national park along the entire coast that was affected by the March 2011 tsunami. It also plans to expand existing protected areas to restore the coastal and marine ecosystem, together with the associated fisheries and livelihoods, in cooperation with local communities.
The Global Platform is the world's leading gathering of stakeholders committed to reducing disaster risk and building the resilience of communities and nations. This conference aims to build the momentum of prior meetings into a sustained effort from all actors (governments, NGOs, international agencies and organizations, academic and technical institutions and the private sector) to take shared responsibility in reducing risks and reinforcing human resilience.
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missmelon necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 17 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
Vodo Finish
I am seeking a talented designer to create a brand logo for a racing airplane. This logo will be used in a race competition in early September and will appear on t-shirts, buttons, and perhaps even nose art.
We already have a general sketch of the image (see attached).
Background on the plane:
Airplane is an Aerovodochody L-29, made in the '60s in Czechoslovakia – was a Czech airforce recon machine back then. The plane is white with red trim.
We will be debuting the logo at the Reno Air Races in September. The audience is composed of racing enthusiasts - we're looking for a clever way to incorporate elements of "racing" along with the history of the plane in the logo in the same way that we did with the plane's name: Vodo Finish.
- Racing is about flying low, flying fast and turning left
- Races have been going for 47 years -- http://airrace.org is the home page for history
- Here's the jet class home page -- http://racingjets.com/home.html
- Here's a link to in cockpit view to get a feel of what the races look like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnCh7PfiZx8
We already have a general sketch of the logo. However, I would also like to see interesting/unique ways of incorporating the jet shape as well.
Required elements include:
- Race #76
- Vodo Finish [name of the plane which is derived from of 'photo finish' and 'Aerovodochody' the airplane builder]
- Aero Vodochody L-29-R [make and model]
- The scanned logo paper shows a camera lens as the 2nd 'o' of vodo -- and the reflection in the lens is the reno home pylon with a jet going by
- Red-star
- Cyrillic version of L-29
- Colors: The plane is white with red stripes and a large number 76 in black. Therefore, for primary colors, stay with red, black & white.
Other elements to consider:
- Racing inspired logo
- Czechoslovakian airplane [originally from the czech air force]
- L-29 turbojet from the 60s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-29
- Red star, eastern european themed biases
- But the airplane's race number is 76, so a US patriotic bias is ok
- Airplane is called the L-29 Delphin (dophin) -- its side view has a dolphin looking nose
- The big race 76 numbers are on the nose [and on the bottom of right wing and top of left wing] http://www.vmcnutt.com/jets.jpg
- Probably avoid using elements that are to close to Reno Air Racing Association items
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Parenting a teenager is the toughest thing I think I have ever done. We have had a rough week, but I have faith that consistency, patience & love will get us through. Weeks like that make you really appreciate the plain, "boring" and normal weeks as they go by, no matter how busy you are.
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Djokovic Becomes the Dominator
As He Closes In on Wimbledon Final, Serbian Has the Look of Federer at His Best
WIMBLEDON, England—Novak Djokovic used to be known best for his impersonations. Lately on court, he's been doing a pretty good Roger Federer.
At a wacky Wimbledon, the strongest sign of normality has been Djokovic's dominance in his first five matches. Rafael Nadal's great four months, mostly on clay, were the talk of tennis heading into the tournament. But Nadal's first-round loss here has left Djokovic to remind his peers that everywhere but clay, he is a dominant No. 1.
Djokovic rarely lets on that he's aware of how good he his. But he gave a glimpse of how confident he is when he was asked in his press conference after his straight-sets fourth-round win over Tommy Haas why he isn't playing as aggressively as he did when he won Wimbledon two years ago.
"I'm No. 1 of the world," Djokovic said. "I have no reason to be concerned about my game."
The stats back him up. He's won 37% of his points on winners this year, compared to 39% at this stage last year and 31% the year earlier, when he won the title.
If Djokovic seemed taken aback by the question, it could be because he feels he's earned the right not to be questioned about his play in the first five rounds of majors. After Federer exited Wimbledon last week in the second round, his presence in the second week of Grand Slam tournaments is no longer assured. But Djokovic is still here—he'll play his fourth consecutive semifinal at Wimbledon on Friday, after beating Tomas Berdych on Wednesday, 7-6(5), 6-4, 6-3. On Friday, Djokovic will appear in his 13th straight Grand Slam semifinal, second all time and 10 behind Federer's record, which ended one tournament before Djokovic's streak began.
Djokovic even has confused some Federer fans, such as the one who yelled, "Come on, Roger!" before Djokovic closed out the first set.
Federer's reign atop the sport was marked by dominance as well as consistency—he was the best everywhere except on clay, where he was second to Nadal. Today, Djokovic can say the same.
From the start of 2011, the year Djokovic turned 24, he has five major titles, and is two wins from his sixth. In the first five rounds of Grand Slams during that time, he has lost just 15 sets, winning 75% of tiebreakers and held serve 92% of the time in those matches. His overall winning percentage during that span, at all tournaments, is 89%.
From the start of 2005, the year Federer turned 24, through Wimbledon two years later, he won seven majors, losing only to Nadal and Marat Safin, and dropped just nine sets before the semifinal stage. He won 83% of tiebreakers and held serve 91% of the time in those matches. He won 94% of matches at all tournaments during that period.
Djokovic's record is just a hair less impressive than Federer's, for a few reasons. For one thing, Federer's main challenge, when he was Djokovic's age, was Nadal. Djokovic must contend with Nadal, Andy Murray and occasional threats from Federer. Also, they remain very different players. Djokovic still hasn't learned to love grass courts the way Federer did, as he demonstrated by shaking his head in frustration after bad bounces or slippery footing on Wednesday—and by rarely coming to net of his own volition.
Djokovic's offense is world-class, save the occasional lapse on smashes. But it's his defense that sets him apart—as he showed with several lunging, forehand gets that won key points against Berdych, more than anything by stunning him when he didn't expect the ball to come back.
Berdych was the last man other than Federer, Nadal or Murray to beat Djokovic at a Grand Slam, here in 2010. At the time, Berdych—who is almost two years older than Djokovic—looked like he could become a dominant player. By avenging that loss, Djokovic on Wednesday showed why he was the one to take over the sport, instead.
Berdych has a great serve, one of the world's most powerful forehands and one of its most solid two-handed backhands. He can volley well, too. But in every area, Djokovic was at least as good, usually better, on Wednesday.
The difference was slim: Djokovic won the last two points of the first-set tiebreaker when a pair of Berdych shots sailed just wide. Djokovic has been playing those big points better than anyone over the past three years, another way he's channeling peak Federer.
Afterward Djokovic told BBC that he's playing "some of the best tennis of my career on grass." Earlier in the tournament he said, "I'm physically more fit, mentally just more stable, and I'm able to endure on the court more" than in 2011, a year he began by winning 53 of his first 54 matches.
"You have to play really on the limit, playing really great to have a chance to beat him," Berdych said. "That was not my case today."
At this stage of last year's Wimbledon tournament, Djokovic looked equally dominant. Then he lost in four sets to Federer in the semifinal, the first of a series of disappointing losses to rivals last summer.
His title here is far from assured: He'll next play Juan Martin del Potro, who straight-setted him at this venue last year with a bronze Olympic medal on the line. The winner's likely opponent in the final is Murray, who came back from two sets down to beat Fernando Verdasco on Wednesday evening. Murray would bring a 17-match winning streak on grass into the final if he wins his semifinal against Jerzy Janowicz.
Any of the four semifinalists has a real chance at the title. Del Potro hasn't dropped a set and said "I did everything good" after beating David Ferrer at a Grand Slam for the first time on Wednesday. Janowicz leads the tournament in aces and has four wins over Top 10 players in the last year. And Murray showed he has the grit as well as the game to become the first British man to win a Wimbledon singles title since 1936, fighting hard to fend off Verdasco and win his third straight five-set match. His previous one was his win over Djokovic in last year's U.S. Open final.
So don't hand Djokovic the trophy yet. But do recognize that, win or lose here, he's likely the closest thing to a Federer figure the sport will have for some time.
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Prevent Identity Theft with Responsible Information-Handling Practices in the Workplace
Testimony by Beth Givens, Director
Chairman's Conference on Identity Theft
Chairman Greg Cox and the San Diego Board of Supervisors
With San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis
Discussions on preventing identity theft often focus on steps consumers can take, such as shredding their trash and restricting access to their Social Security number (SSN). But realistically, while such measures can reduce the odds of becoming a victim, there is little individuals can do to actually prevent identity theft. The keys to prevention are two-fold, involving the credit industry and the workplace:
- The credit issuing industry must drastically improve procedures for assessing the legitimacy of credit applications. The credit reporting industry must be required to notify individuals when fraud-related indicators are noted on their credit reports.
- Employers and businesses must establish responsible information-handling practices involving sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers and account information.
My remarks focus on the second of these recommendations, workplace information-handling practices. Experts in identity theft report that an increasing number of cases can be traced back to dishonest employees in the workplace or computer hackers who obtain Social Security numbers (SSNs) of employees and customers and disclose that information to individuals involved in crime rings or other identity theft schemes.
One of the keys to preventing identity theft, therefore, is to safeguard sensitive personal information within the workplace, whether that workplace is a government agency, private business, or nonprofit organization. Everyone must get involved in protecting personal information such as SSNs, financial account numbers, dates of birth - in other words, the information used by identity thieves to impersonate individuals in the marketplace.
Workplace Information-Handling Practices
- Adopt a comprehensive privacy policy that includes responsible information-handling practices. Appoint an individual and/or department responsible for the privacy policy, one who can be contacted by employees and customers with questions and complaints. (See Resources below, Checklist of Responsible-Information Handling Practices.)
- Store sensitive personal data in secure computer systems. Store physical documents in secure spaces such as locked file cabinets. Data should only be available to qualified persons.
- Dispose of documents properly, including shredding paper with a cross-cut shredder, "wiping" electronic files, destroying computer diskettes and CD-ROMs, and so on. Comply with California's document destruction law, Civil Code 1798.80-1798.84.
- Conduct regular staff training, including new employees, temporary employees, and contractors. Conduct privacy "walk-throughs" and make spot checks on proper information handling. Reward employees and departments for maintaining "best practices."
- Put limits on data collection to the minimum information needed. For example, is the SSN really required? Is complete date of birth needed, or would year and month be sufficient?
- Put limits on data display and disclosure of SSN. Do not print SSNs on paychecks, parking permits, staff badges, time sheets, training program rosters, lists of who got promoted, on monthly account statements, on customer reports, etc. Do not print SSN on mailed documents or require that it be transmitted via the Internet unless allowed by law. In compliance with California law, do not use SSN as customer number, employee ID number, health insurance ID card, etc. Comply with California Civil Code 1798.85-86 and 1786.6. See Resources below.
- Restrict data access to staff with legitimate need to know. Implement electronic audit trail procedures to monitor who is accessing what. Enforce strict penalties for illegitimate browsing and access.
- Conduct employee background checks, especially for individuals who have access to sensitive personal information. Screen cleaning services, temp services, contractors, etc.
- In compliance with California law, notify customers and/or employees of computer security breaches involving sensitive personal information, Civil Code 1798.29 and 1798.82-1798.84.
- Checklist of Responsible-Information Handling Practices, Fact Sheet 12, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs12-ih2.htm
- Business Identity Theft Risk Test, Identity Theft Resource Center, www.idtheftcenter.org/busrisktest.shtml
- Recommended Practices for Protecting the Confidentiality of Social Security Numbers, California Office of Privacy Protection, www.privacy.ca.gov/recommendations/ssnrecommendations.pdf
- Recommended Practices on Notification of Security Breach Involving Personal Information, California Office of Privacy Protection, www.privacy.ca.gov/recommendations/secbreach.pdf


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Tahoe car care: Moisture on the inside of your car windows?
INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. – If you have moisture on the inside of your car or truck windows it could mean the seal has failed around the outside of that window. It could also mean that with wet items in your car you are creating that moisture by condensation.Condensation is the change of the physical state of matter from gaseous phase into liquid phase. With the snowy winters here in our area, it is wet everywhere. Here are some things that create condensation in our cars and trucks and some tips on how to prevent that.With snow sitting on your vehicle through a day or overnight, it will create moisture on the inside of your windows. With all the work and play we do in the winter, we track a lot of snow and wetness into our floor boards of our vehicles. That area will most likely be soaked and will never dry out with the cold conditions. Once you warm up the inside of your car or truck with that area like that, it will create a tropical rain forest inside the cab.Lastly, storing snow gear, skis, snowboards and snow clothes is just another way to create moisture in your vehicle.Here are some prevention tips to keep this from happening. Clearing the snow off your car windows even if it's sitting for a long period of time. Spend a little extra money and get rubber floor mats to trap that wetness and keep it from getting to your carpet floor boards, shake them out and wipe them down with a towel.And finally, after a day of playing in the snow, work or going to the gym, all those wet clothes you have in your vehicle take them out each day. All this will help keep the inside of your car or truck dry and mold free.- Craig Fierro is the owner of Autoglass Express Truckee located at 10825 Pioneer Trail, No. 106 B. Learn more at AutoGlassExpressTruckee.com.