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A rare little gem for this week's pick of the week.
You may think it is Arabic, but it is not.
It comes from a related but much, much older language.
It's actually Akkadian — the Semitic language of Ancient Mespotamia — one of the earliest ever written languages in the world.
Often separated into its two principal dialects — Babylonian and Assyrian — it flourished between the third and first millennia BCE.
Zaqar derives from the verb zakāru, meaning "to speak," "to name," and "to swear. "
The Hebrew cognate is zakar, which crops up a few times in the Bible meaning "to remember," "to call to mind," "to remind" and "to invoke." It is also found in the name Zachariah — often Anglicized as Zachary — "Yahweh remembers" or "memory of "Yahweh." and all its related forms.
The Phoenician was identical, and featured in the name Zakar-Baal "Baal remembers" or "memory of Baal," the name of a king of Byblos in the eleventh century BCE.
Meanwhile, the Arabic cognate gives the names Zakir (also transliterated as Zaakir), meaning "remembering," and Zakoor "narrator" and "speaker."
Zaqar was the name of the Mesopotamian God of dreams — also known as Zakar and Dzakar — who acts as the messenger of the moon God Sin.
Unsurprisingly, he delivers these messages in dreams.
As such, he represents one of the oldest examples of the belief that dreams contain messages and prophecies from supernatural or divine sources.
The peoples of Mesopotamia, like their neighbors the Hebrews, were particularly prone to reading a great deal into dreams.
They read a great deal into everything.
Divination featured very highly in Mesopotamian life, and strongly influenced people's lives — including decisions taken by kings on matters of state.
In the Epic of Shulgi, for instance, Zaqar takes a message to the Sumerian King Shulgi telling him that the Gods will aid him in battle. Secure in this knowledge, Shulgi trots of to war and successfully annihilates his enemy.
Fast-forwarding a few millennia, and Zaqar is now one of a number of Egyptian and Mesopotamian deities commemmorated in the names given to craters on Jupiter's largest moon (and the largest moon in the solar system), Ganymede.
So if you're looking for a more unusual long form of Zac, Zack, Zak — or even Zaq — with history and excellent Pagan connections, why not consider the evocative and exotic Zaqar?


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Hannah Dobbz will be premiering her exciting new book Nine-Tenths of the Law: Property and Resistance in the United States.
November 15th, Time 6pm
Vermont Worker's Center
294 N Winooski Avenue
Burlington VT 05401
Nine-Tenths of the Law expands our understanding of property law and highlights recent tactics like creative squatting ventures and the use of adverse possession to claim title to vacant homes. Hannah Dobbz unveils the tangled relationship Americans have always had in creating and sustaining healthy communities.

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Curb Trade needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 98 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
CurbTRADE.com is a start-up website dedicated to helping those affected by the downturn in the housing market. Our website allows individuals to advertise their home for trade, vice selling it for a loss. We match home owners in different neighborhoods who need to move. Homeowners with similar values can then consider an even trade instead of selling low.
Those who have suffered depreciation in home value but must move. Real Estate professionals who want to help their client avoid a loss.
Logo must be eye-catching, positive and memorable while displaying our name "curbtrade.com" or "curb trade". Be creative. We will be happy to provide feedback.
The logo should keep the theme of trading / swapping homes in mind.
We should be able to (eventually) incorporate the logo into business cards, letterhead, etc.
Winning designer must be able to provide us with high rez/vector format logo and a simple .jpeg (or similar) file as well.
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Meeting client needs by refocusing on reduced dependence and increased self-sufficiency.
Editor's Note: This article is excerpted from Letting Go of the Status Quo: A Playbook for Transforming State Government, which is designed to help government leaders execute bold reforms.
State human services departments confront the same mandate facing most government agencies today: the need to do more with less. Federal stimulus aid temporarily reduced budgetary pressure in many human services programs, but states will be hard-pressed to meet the increased demand for services as this aid dries up.
Finding ways to work smarter by using technology to automate business processes so that critical human resources can be redirected to the front lines is central to bringing human service programs into the 21st century. Business process re-engineering can help identify more efficient ways to deliver services by streamlining processes and eliminating duplication.
To ensure greatest impact, new workflows should account for changes associated with the technology solutions that are introduced. And by simplifying rules and procedures, human service offices can reduce the volume of office calls or visits. The success of human services programs in an era of austerity doesn't simply rely on figuring out how to respond to increased demand with fewer resources. Success also hinges on refocusing programs on their intended outcomes: reducing dependence and promoting self-sufficiency. Providing flexibility with how those outcomes are achieved and holding programs accountable for results can help realize these outcomes.
In addition, federal health-care reform provides a platform for state administrators to finally integrate health and human services (HHS) programs. While states have advanced in integrating stand-alone benefit programs and services, historically there's been a very loose link between the two. Given their common underlying mission — ensuring the basic well-being of society's neediest citizens — reinforcing the link between both would catalyze a more fundamental shift in focus from delivering stand-alone programs to helping people on the path to self-sufficiency.
Transforming human services against the backdrop of today's bleak fiscal outlook will be challenging. Recognizing that enabling legislation, existing eligibility and scope of service policy vary by state, here are strategies that can help drive change. These reforms can all be accomplished without large funding increases and in most cases should, in time, result in significant cost savings and service improvements.
1. Increase focus on client outcomes
Today not enough focus is placed on outcomes. Human services agencies must determine how to reframe their attention on achieving the stated aims of their programs — helping clients achieve greater self-sufficiency. First, develop the right outcome metrics and second, engage citizens in shaping the services they receive. HHS clients want to play a bigger role in determining what government services they need, as well as compare experiences with their peers and obtain advice on similar cases. Wikis, blogs and other HHS-focused social networking activities won't just boost citizen satisfaction; they'll also improve outcomes by making clients smarter consumers.
2. Equip front-line workers with modern tools
Front-line HHS workers historically have been constrained by the information they can carry with them. Mobile technology gives front-line human services workers real-time access to information that enables better decisions, which may produce better outcomes. More so, mobile devices let workers tap into the expertise of peers, drawing on collective experience rather than individual judgment. Florida streamlined foster care caseworkers' workloads by giving them mobile computing devices that allow real-time information sharing and data upload. Smartphones and laptops with cameras were distributed to more than 2,300 caseworkers to take digital images that immediately upload to the state's child welfare online system, cataloging the date, time and location. The goal is to let caseworkers spend more time with children and less time handling paperwork.
3. Increase flexibility to innovate in child welfare
Child welfare innovation has been constrained by federal funding that supports the cost of providing foster care and associated administrative expenses but not delivery of these services. As a result, child welfare departments struggle to find money to improve service delivery. Allocating modest funds for this purpose, or encouraging more federal flexibility on how to spend federal funds, could spur innovation in this area. Several years ago, Florida negotiated a temporary statewide waiver on the use of federal IV-E money [of the Social Security Act to keep kids out of foster care], giving it added flexibility to move to a community-based care system with some privatization and more local authority. As a result, the state witnessed a 30 percent decrease in kids participating in their foster care program.
Innovation in child welfare also can be spurred by evaluating funding streams from state to local governments. Faced with seemingly endless increases in spending on children and family services (one of the state's largest line items) through the 2000s, Virginia carefully analyzed the entire structure of children and family services spending, including where and why money was being spent. Officials discovered a perverse set of funding incentives that drove local governments (which administer children and family service programs) to channel kids into more expensive and clinically less effective congregate care (group homes and other institutional settings). The problem: Under the state's reimbursement formula, local governments were getting more money for institutional placements than for lower-cost foster home placements.
Realizing that the state was, in essence, incentivizing local governments to make bad clinical decisions about foster care placements, the Legislature in 2007 voted to reverse the formula. The effect on the budget and on children was immediate: For the first time in decades, the costs of children and family services went down, while outcomes for kids improved. Though some of those savings were being banked by the state in tough fiscal times, some of the savings was also reinvested in more clinically proven and cost-effective community-based care.
4. Revive work focus of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs
Recent data suggest a disconnect between citizens receiving TANF benefits and their active search for employment, which has been the overriding objective for welfare reform. Devising incentives that place greater emphasis on securing a new job would draw a more direct link between benefits received and enrollees' demonstrated commitment to finding work. By renewing the work focus of the TANF program, states can reverse this trend and continue the momentum behind welfare reform.
5. Reinvent human services financing models
States must determine how best to empower nonprofit and public-sector providers to scale and sustain program innovation. Right now, financial models for human services embrace cost reimbursement contracting that favors short-term efficiency over long-term effectiveness. The inflexibility reduces focus on service quality and outcomes, promoting the status quo over innovation. Program sustainability is threatened as providers move from one grant cycle to the next, creating and dismantling programs based on funding rather than need. The challenge is to create financing mechanisms to increase capital flow to underfunded nonprofit human-services providers. One state to watch is Massachusetts, which has slowly been moving HHS providers off cost reimbursement to performance-based contracting.
Over the past few years, pressure for better HHS outcomes has triggered a drive toward service integration — the idea that formerly stand-alone benefit programs and services should be linked together in ways that magnify their impact and improve their usability. The emergence of Web 2.0 technologies presents an opportunity for HHS agencies to work much more collaboratively with citizens. To do it right, three critical elements must be addressed: service offerings, technology and work force management. Virtual organizations will gradually replace physical locations for service delivery within the network. Effective agencies will evolve toward a "civic-switchboard" concept — where HHS clients are connected to resources within and beyond traditional government entities — to define and deliver the appropriate set of services.
This new paradigm uses technology to link together public and private organizations to create a service delivery network. Furthermore, as HHS agencies start to feel the effects of a massive wave of retiring baby boomers, they'll need to revamp hiring and growth plans, provide tools to encourage collaboration across organizational silos and capture institutional knowledge. These strategies can help make integrated HHS delivery a reality:
1. Create client-centric access to HHS programs and information
HHS agencies will remain responsible for delivering services, but they'll make information and services available through different channels — even if public agencies don't own or directly control them. These new channels will complement existing HHS portals and other e-government initiatives, and over time, they may begin to replace government-only efforts. ACCESS Florida, a Web-based application designed to meet growing demand for public benefits following the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons, cut the state's HHS work force in half. Call centers were established, and community partnerships statewide helped citizens with the new online process for benefit applications.
2. Empower citizens with self-service options
HHS employees devote much time helping citizens with tasks that don't require their assistance. Expanding automated self-service options for clients would reduce administrative work for staff, freeing them to do more meaningful work. Even more importantly, involving citizens directly in the process turns otherwise passive aid recipients into engaged individuals who are actively trying to become self-sufficient. Massachusetts' Virtual Gateway is an online portal that serves as a single front door for HHS programs. The Gateway reduces the time and effort required to access services.
3. Promote cross-agency collaboration
One human services organization can't address all needs of clients and their families, so single-agency portals don't adequately support service integration. HHS agencies should consider mash-ups — compilations of Web services that are managed by different agencies or organizations and delivered via a single online location.
4. Develop financing models that encourage service integration
Disadvantaged citizens often have multiple needs, while government funding is allocated in discreet streams that discourage holistic service delivery. Fragmentation of funding sources places an unnecessary administrative burden on HHS providers and consumes resources that would be better spent on providing client service. A statewide human services strategy — a common approach to HHS planning across government departments and agencies premised on serving individuals or families — would go a long way in addressing service integration issues.
With the economy struggling to recover, anti-poverty programs continue to deliver critical services to many citizens. These programs — which serve a record one in six Americans — are becoming profoundly expensive. Increased access to government aid when citizens need it most is a noble undertaking, but these initiatives strain already bleak budgets.
Federal assistance under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act helped states accommodate growing demand during the recession, creating temporary breathing room to avoid more significant cuts to programs that serve vulnerable people. But it also helped many states defer tough restructuring decisions. With much of this aid now expiring, cash-strapped states must find ways to reduce the costs of delivering HHS programs while accommodating increased demand. The strategies presented here for reforming and integrating HHS programs can help states meet the challenge. ¨
William Eggers is global director for Deloitte Research. Robert N. Campbell III is vice chairman and U.S. state government leader for Deloitte LLP. Tiffany Dovey Fishman is a Research Manager with Deloitte Research.


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Lawnville Road Church of Christ
Classes for pre-K through teens will be available during vacation Bible school at Lawnville Road Church of Christ, Kingston. "Kingdom Rock: Where Kids Stand for God" is the VBS theme; classes will be from 6 to 8 p.m. July 14-17 in the church at 1301 Lawnville Road. Call 717-0444 to preregister or for details.
John Vermillion hopes his chicken-raising experience with 4-H will pay off when he goes on a family mission trip with Cedar Grove Baptist Church of Kingston.
New youth leader Drew Stockton has been focusing on mission trips, and Vermillion is joining one of those trips to Nicaragua in July.
Vermillion said some of the projects include building chicken coops, something he has experience in.
"Actually this is going to be my first one (out of the country)," Vermillion said.
• A concert featuring soprano Diane Griffith and pianist Mary Hook will begin at 7 p.m. in Bethel Presbyterian Church, Kingston. Music ranging from early Italian arias to German lieder to American composers George Gershwin and Cole Porter will be presented. The church is at 203 S. Kentucky St.
Asbury Chapel United Methodist
Asbury Chapel United Methodist Church, Rockwood, will kick off its vacation Bible school from 5 to 6 p.m. June 23 with hot dogs and refreshments. Classes will be from 6 to 8 p.m. June 24-26 in the church at 1717 Eureka Road; "Fun Fair" Where God's World Comes Together" is the theme.
• Dogwood Baptist Church, Kingston, will have a singing at 7 p.m. in the church on Dogwood Valley Road. The Melodys will be featured.
Bethel Presbyterian/Kingston United Methodist
The Rev. Jake Morrill took the oath last week that commissions him to serve as a chaplain in the Army Reserve.
Morrill took the oath on June 9 before the congregation he serves at Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church.
The day was special for another reason: it was Morrill's 10th anniversary of ordination.
He was ordained on June 9, 2003, in his home church, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church in Knoxville.
In his new role, Morrill will hold the rank of Army Reserve captain.
Bethel Presbyterian/Kingston United Methodist
"Following in Jesus' Footsteps: Inspired by Marketplace 29 A.D." is the theme of the Bible school planned by Bethel Presbyterian Church, Kingston, and Kingston United Methodist Church. Classes will be from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 17-20 in Kingston United Methodist fellowship hall at 212 W. Church St. Registration information is available at Bethel Presbyterian at 203 S. Kentucky St., 376-6340 or Kingston United Methodist, 376-6337.
Charles D. Crowe, co-founder of The Men of Tomorrow program, will be the guest speaker for the annual Ed Fritz scholarship program at Little Leaf Baptist Church, Oliver Springs.
The program starts at 4 p.m. June 9.
Crowe, CEO of LeGacy Resource Consulting Corp., helped found the Men of Tomorrow mentoring program in 1990.
The program promotes development of a good self image, positive role model, academic achievement, career development and cultural development among youth.
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5 Things You Need To Know Before Tonight's BCS Title Game
No matter how you feel about the BCS system, tonight marks the end of its' 16 year run. No. 1 Florida State takes on No. 2 ranked Auburn in a matchup where the potential story lines are equally as exciting as the game deciding plays on the gridiron. The undefeated (13-0) Seminoles are led by firepower, star power and the type of dominating resume that's hard to bet against.
The Tigers (12-1) have their own star player, coach and unlikely victories that make this battle-tested team hard not to root for. They too were undefeated at one point this season, and have a chance to become the second team to win a national title after starting a season unranked since 1984. The miraculous ways in which they've won games have believers calling them the team of destiny. But can they hold up against the Team of Dominance?
Here are the five things you need to know about tonights championship game before you tune in.
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Obama's fill-in-the-blank sales pitch
President Barack Obama's speeches have a familiar ring these days — no matter if it's guns, immigration or the budget.
Tout what he's already done. Say the public's in his corner. Demand Congress do something. Lament Washington dysfunction. Lay out his own plan. Avoid details. Urge voters to keep up the pressure. Warn it won't be easy. Bask in the applause.
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It's the fill-in-the-blank approach to selling a presidential agenda: same template, just adjusted for the topic.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama sequester plan already DOA)
But the White House is betting this particular formula will help push Obama's ideas through, against a resistant Republican House and a skittish Democratic caucus in the Senate.
He struggled during most of his first term to balance competing interests, focusing on the legislative deal-making inside Washington instead of selling his vision beyond the Beltway. Obama has laid out a clear communications strategy to kick off his second term — but without the kind of crisis-inducing deadline that averted the fiscal cliff, his challenge is figuring out how to translate that into actual action on the deeply controversial issues ahead.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama faces new questions on drones)
The campaign-first, negotiate-second strategy worked when Obama pressured Congress to extend the payroll tax cut in 2011, avert an interest rate hike on student loans in 2012 and eliminate the Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier families. But none were as politically fraught as overhauling immigration, cutting entitlements or establishing new gun restrictions.
His remarks Tuesday on the need to avert the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester underscored the extent to which his pitch has become predictable, even formulaic. Just as he did on immigration last week in Las Vegas and on gun control Monday in Minneapolis, Obama said he wants "sensible" reforms and a balanced approach that "the overwhelming majority of the American people" support but Congress needs to get with the program.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama kicks off gun control push)
And the reaction from Republican leaders, who are resigned to learning about White House proposals in speeches rather than private talks, followed a script, too.


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So the Greek perfect gets variously translated as an English perfect (NASB), an English simple present (NIV), an English preterit (ESV=RSV), and a periphrastic perfect of result "to have come to" (NRSV).Phil 3:7 wrote:Ἀλλὰ ἅτινα ἦν μοι κέρδη, ταῦτα ἥγημαι διὰ τὸν Χριστὸν ζημίαν.
Yet whatever gains I had, these I have come to regard as loss because of Christ. (NRSV)
But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. (NIV)
But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. (NASB)
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. (ESV=RSV)
This is a difficult and subtle case but I think that the NRSV does the best job of conveying the nuance of the perfect here.


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Stores, Boutiques & Galleries of Valle Crucis
Stores, Boutiques & Galleries of Valle Crucis • Nestled high in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina is a peaceful rural community that has stayed untouched over the years. Valle Crucis' scenic beauty and majestic quality continuously mesmerizes residents and draws visitors throughout the world. Shopping in Valle Crucis is amazingly complete and diverse for such a small rural mountain village of five hundred residents.
The Mast General Store • The Mast General Store, Quality goods at a fair price since 1883. Listed on the National Historic Register as one of the best remaining examples of an old country store. This historic landmark, in the heart of North Carolina's first rural historic district, has featured quality goods and traditional clothing since 1883. The Original Mast Store location features mercantile items that you may remember from your grandma's house like jams and jellies, real maple syrup, stoneground cornmeal, comfortable rocking chairs, sturdy hiking boots, comfortable casual shoes, and sandals.
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The Mast General Store Annex • The Mast Store Annex can outfit you with stylish casual clothing and hiking gear. You'll also find over 500 old-fashioned favorite candies-by-the-barrel in a building that was once a competing general store. The Dutch Creek Ice Cream stand is open seasonally out back by the creek.
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The Little Red Schoolhouse • The Little Red Schoolhouse was built in 1907 and was originally located behind the Valle Crucis Methodist Church. It has been moved three times and was once used as a barn, whose ownership was determined via a coin toss. Now located behind The Mast General Store in Valle Crucis, North Carolina, The Little Red Schoolhouse features special items from The Mast General Store.
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River Cross Market • River Cross Market houses a collection that is handmade in America. The selections include: potter, jewelry, handbags, birdhouses, glass, metal, garden accessories, painting, photography and a fun selection for children.
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Alta Vista Gallery • Gleaming original wood floors beckon you to casually wander through the fine art gallery, enjoying the works of over 200 artists from around the world and around the corner. Many of the gallery artists, such as B. Jean Baird and Louise Pinto, live very nearby yet are recognized in galleries across the country. Other artists are internationally famous, such as ALVAR of Spain, Boulanger of Bolivia, and folk artist Will Moses, great-grandson of renowned artist " Grandma Moses." If you are looking for a mountain landscape painting or print, Alta Vista Gallery is the place to visit, with the largest selection in the area – ranging from the highly detailed watercolors of B. Jean Baird and prints of William Mangum, to the impressionist oils of Alta Vista owner, Maria Santomasso-Hyde.
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Apple Hill Farm • Magnificent mountain views, wooded footpaths, and landscaped gardens are the visual backdrop for the barns and animals, providing the ultimate picturesque setting for Apple Hill Farm's animals and visitors. We raise our alpacas for their fiber, and what started as a small store on site selling a few types of yarn has grown into something else all together. We sell the widest variety of alpaca yarns and products in the High Country and we keep on growing. Our online store is our newest addition and our way of delivering our wonderful product to all our friends across the country!
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Mark Read Studio • Mark Read is a world renowned artist and metalsmith who lives and works in Valle Crucis, North Carolina. Metalsmithing, fine jewelry, sculpture, architectural, liturgical and museum quality restoration.
1861 Farmhouse Market • This terrific stop in the heart of the North Carolina mountains features the best sandwiches you will ever taste. Fresh baked bread daily, local fresh produce, the highest quality meats and special mustards and sauces create a taste that has had people coming back to this location for 19 years. Homemade fudge blended upstairs and a bakery written up in Southern Living for the desserts makes this a must stop when visiting the Banner Elk, Boone or Blowing Rock, North Carolina area.
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Wren's Nest • Wren's Nest Garden Center is a plant lover's dream. They offer a complete selection of annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs, as well as unusual and hard-to-find plant material. They stock a wide variety of organic and environmentally-safe fertilizers, repellants, pesticides, and growing medium. Their qualified staff can help you design and select the plants that are best suited for your landscape.
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Charlotte's Greenhouse • Celebrating over 30 years of greenhouse production in Valle Crucis. The greenhouse has a wide choice of the new and unusual, along with old favorites: perennials, herbs, vegetable plants and annuals. Featuring selections from Proven Winners, Flower Fields, Suntory, Wave-Rave, and Nor'East Miniature Roses. Your exclusive source of Butterfly Baskets.
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WebSite • www.themastfarminn.com
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The Mast Farm Inn is an award-winning historic country inn, in the Valle Crucis Historical District of North Carolina, which has been welcoming guests since the 1800s. The Mast Farm Inn is a Historic Hotels of America hotel, a Select Registry Inn, and is on The National Register of Historic Places.


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Clayton Valley Charter High running back Joe Protheroe has committed to Cal Poly, Eagles coach Tim Murphy said. Protheroe picked Cal Poly over Sacramento State.
The 6-foot-1, 205-pound senior was named Bay Area News Group's East Bay Offensive Player of the Year this past season after rushing for 3,014 yards and 34 touchdowns as Clayton Valley won the North Coast Section Division II title.


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A week or so ago, an online liberal floated the absurd proposition that Barack Obama has been a fiscal conservative. He claimed that Obama has presided over the second-slowest increase in federal spending in recent history. Given that the Obama administration has run up $5 trillion in new debt while spending vastly more than any administration in history, how was this feat of legerdemain performed? We explained it here and here.
Briefly, the claim depends on attributing all of FY 2009 spending to the Bush administration. FY 2009 represented the biggest increase in federal spending in history, by a very wide margin, and Bush had little or nothing to do with it. That was the year of the stimulus, and the Democratic Congress assiduously avoided passing a budget until Obama had been sworn in, in January 2009. Obama and the Democrats own FY 2009 spending lock, stock and barrel. The remarkable thing is that even though "stimulus" spending is over, the Democrats haven't cut overall spending at all, but rather have increased it even further from the astronomical FY 2009 level. The attempt to paint Obama as a fiscal conservative was so transparently stupid that even the Washington Post and the Associated Press denounced it.
But that hasn't stopped Obama himself from going back to the well. Today he said, at a New York fundraiser with Bill Clinton:
Even when it comes to their big issue, the deficit and the debt, as President Clinton just mentioned, you know, the truth is that the two presidents over the last 30 years, 40 years, who had the lowest increases in government spending, you are looking at them right here. They're on this stage.
Forget for the moment how utterly dishonest this is, and how sad that Obama continues repeating the lie even when his own most loyal supporters in the media have deserted him. What I want to focus on here is how pathetic it is that Obama is now reduced to posing as a fiscal conservative. Did Obama run in 2008 on a platform of restraining federal spending? Of course not. He represents the left wing of the Democratic Party, whose main objective is increased federal spending. To the extent that he has influenced legislation, has it ever had the purpose of limiting federal spending? Don't be ridiculous! His signature legislative "achievements," the stimulus and Obamacare, entailed billions of dollars in new federal appropriations. Has he ever even proposed to limit spending in any meaningful way? No. On the contrary, his budgets have been so flamboyantly profligate that in the last two years, not a single Senator or Congressman has been willing to vote for them. Obama has never been, or tried to be, anything but a far-left spendthrift. So the fact that he now is reduced to posing as a green-eyeshade cost-cutter is simply pathetic.
The same thing has happened in foreign policy. Obama ran as a classic foreign policy leftist, skeptical of his own country's history and interests. He denounced "torture," a reference to the three hard-core terrorists who had been waterboarded years earlier, and vowed to close Guantanamo Bay. He thought he could influence the Muslim world by virtue of his middle name and his Indonesian boyhood. All of that is now ancient history. Obama's proudest boast, as he runs for re-election, is that he didn't prohibit the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Recently, the White House has leaked the claim that Obama himself chooses the terrorists to be killed by Predator missiles. In the 1960s, when the press reported that Lyndon Johnson was personally selecting bombing targets in Vietnam, it was one more nail in Johnson's political coffin. Today, Barack Obama, having completely failed to achieve anything he intended when he took office, is so desperate that he has nothing better to offer: he presents himself as not just a skinflint, but a bloodthirsty one. It is, as I say, a pathetic legacy.


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The Mets reached an agreement with outfielder Jason Bay and pending a physical will make the announcement next week. The news has been confirmed by other news outlets.
The deal is $66 million over four years with a vesting option for a fifth year that would bring the total value of the package to $80 million.
It had been widely speculated Bay did not want to play for the Mets and used them to drive up the price with Boston. The Red Sox, after signing John Lackey, seemingly pulled out of the Bay negotiating, but two days before Christmas reappeared as pursuers.
The sticking point was Bay wanting a fifth year, but the Mets held steadfast to their position of four years. The Red Sox cut off negotiations based on this stance. There were multiple reports coming out of Boston the Red Sox were concerned to the point where they believed the 31-year-old Bay would eventually have to be switched to DH by the end of his contract.
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Corrective Counseling and Performance Improvement
Corrective Counseling may be initiated when management believes that am employee's performance problem can and will be resolved through such counseling. Corrective counseling is completely at the discretion of the District. It is the District's intention to protect its investment of time and expense devoted to employee orientation and training whenever that goal is in the District's best interest. The District reserves the right to discharge "at will". Even if corrective counseling is implement, it may be terminated at the discretion of management.
Certain types of counseling that may be recommended, such as: Verbal Counseling, Written Counseling, Probation, Suspension, Dismissal. The manager, with the assistance of the Human Resources Manager, will determine the course of action best suited to the circumstances.
It is essential that all corrective counseling be supported by written documentation to protect both the rights of the District and the rights of the employee.
Verbal counseling should be documented by the manager for future reference. Written counseling becomes a part of the employee's personnel file.
If an employee is placed on probation, the employee will be advised that unless improvement in performance or conduct is achieved, the employee may experience salary reduction, demotion, or dismissal.
Suspension may be justified when circumstances reasonably require an investigation of a serious incident in which the employee was allegedly involved.
Occasions may arise when proven major violations of District policies or gross misconduct, such as, but not limited to; theft, dishonesty, insubordination, or serious breaks of acceptable behavior, constitute dismissal. In such cases, the employee should be removed from the workplace and the Assistant Director or Director should be contacted.
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We're not sure we're going to still be doing these Media Approval Things in October, which is why we have to do Tim McCarver now. Because fans' opinions of McCarver are never more polarized than in October.
We'd forgotten about the Deion Sanders incident. From Wikipedia:
During the 1992 National League Championship Series, he criticized Deion Sanders for playing both football and baseball on the same day. For his criticism, Sanders dumped a bucket of water on McCarver three times while he was covering the National League pennant winning Atlanta Braves' clubhouse celebration for CBS. Regardless of the criticism he delivered, some also feel that McCarvers's restraint after 3 cold water dumps was exemplary.
Indeed. We also didn't realize that he co-hosted the 1992 Winter Olympics with Paula Zahn. Huh.
Oh, and for playoff's sake: See Fire Joe Morgan.
So: Do you like the Tim McCarver? Do you not like the Tim McCarver? Go go go.


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Of all the books we sell I think "The Joiner and Cabinet Maker" is the single most important book available on hand tool usage. First published in 1839, this fictional tale follows Thomas, a boy of 13 or so, who is apprenticed to a rural woodworking shop that builds everything from built-ins to veneered mahogany casework. Unlike other books of the period, "The Joiner and Cabinet Maker" focuses on how Thomas acquires the skills necessary to become a journeyman joiner. Thanks to this book, we can stop guessing at how some operations were traditionally performed, and read first-hand how joints were cut and casework was assembled.
Along with tons of information on gluing, sawing, running a hand tool shop, and using chisels and other tools Thomas is given step by step instruction on three projects: a Packing Box, a dovetailed Schoolbox and a Chest of Drawers.
Original copies of the book are extremely rare and Christopher Schwarz (editor of Popular Woodworking and Woodworking Magazine) and I decided to reprint the book with a lot of added detail. We've reprinted "The Joiner and Cabinet Maker," unabridged and unaltered. I have added footnotes on the original text to try to put the book into historical context and explain a little about a joiner's life in 1839. Chris has built the three projects in the book and puts them into a modern context with complete construction drawings and cutting lists. Chris also discusses the hand-tool methods that have arisen since this book was originally published.
Overall I cannot imagine a better training course to help make you a better hand-tool woodworker. And it's a real great read!
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Appears our biggest rival in the AFC North has resigned their leader! Looks like we'll have to look at his smug, arrogant *** for another 4 years!Billick's Deal Extends Four Years
February 21, 2007
A number of reports, both on radio and websites, have indicated that Ravens head coach Brian Billick has a new four-year contract. Those reports are true.


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So there I am, having a biological discussion with my wife over the feasibility of having dragons as mounts. This conversation lasts quite a while as she matches my draconic lore against her Biology Degree. It is a contest of wits, I must admit, that I was forced to accept defeat. Given the principles of domestication, the dietary demands of a dragon, and the lack of a unified definition of constitutes a dragon, I could not win. Then, quite to my surprise, my wife then handed me the answer to how dragon riders could exist. I take this answer, and I give it to the Citadel in the form of a challenge…
The Challenge!
The Challenge is deceptively simple, create a believable submission with a herbivorous dragon.
Below are listed the principles of domestication, a draconic comparison, a discourse on dragon diet, and some questions to answer on vegetarianism and dragons.
The Anna Karina Principle
According to the Anna Karina Principle put down by Jared Diamond in his book Guns, Germs, and Steel, An animal must have several key attributes to make it a suitable cantidate for domestication. These traits are why horses and dogs have become our pets, and why tigers and elephants remain wild and undomesticated. The AK Principles are as follows:
1. Diet - A potential domesticate must have an agreeable diet, non-picky omnivores are best, followed by non-picky herbivores.
2. Growth Rate - To be feasible, the domesticate must have a reasonably quick growth rate. Horses are mature in 3 years, dogs and cats in one, and generally in between for the rest of livestock.
3. Captive Breeding - The domesticate must be breedable in captivity.
4. Nasty Disposition - A domesticate must be placable and at least semi-docile. This is why Zebras were not domesticated, given their nasty temper.
5. Tendency to Panic - When confronted with danger, there is a survival mechanism of Fight or Flight. Animals that are automatically set to flight are poor cantidates, as are species that are automatically set to fight. Hence the reason that deer and bear are not domesticated.
6. Social Structure - Loner animals are poor domesticates as they do not have an instinctive social organization, and rarely interact well with other members of their species.
Dragons and Domestication
Without exception, the traditional Occidental Dragon fails all of the AK requirements. While there might be some measure of leeway, given the rather loose parameters of what a dragon is, the basics are pretty much the basics.
1. Carnivore - Dragons make sport of eating livestock, virginal maidens, and valiant knights. This makes them a poor choice for domestication, as a semi-tame dragon can slip the proverbial leash and start eating it's handlers, trainers, and riders.
2. Slow Growing - In the majority of settings, Dragons are long lived and slow growing. It is a poor mount that takes a century to reach a size large enough to ride. Another aspect is that with a slow growth rate comes a slow rate of reproduction, so there losses in combat would be hard to replace. The loss of a group of dragon knights could take a century or longer to replace, simply in terms of mounts.
3. Breeding is a touchly subject as not many people have dwelt too long on the basics of dragon courtship, mating, and reproduction. I my be assuming a bit too much here but I suspect that Dragon mating is an ugly and violent thing. I doubt this would translate well in captivity.
4. Dragons are the epitome of nasty dispositions, being walking and flying, fire spewing, armor clad living war engines. Injured animals quickly turn on their own masters, and a toy dog can leave bites that take stitches to close up. Now imagine a multi-ton fire breathing lizard with half a sword stuck in it's foot and the poor bastards trying to get the sword out without getting mauled for making it hurt worse.
5. If dragons had a tendancy to run away rather than stay and fight, there might be a shred of of hope for domestication, instead the basic aggressive nature of the occidental dragon meets a challenge or adversary with displays of strength and force. It is said among horse riders that the rider will always loose a physical contest against his horse. If a rider attempted a physical contest against a dragon, he is much more likely to end up dead.
6. With remote lairs and large hunting ranges, dragons are also loners by nature. this makes social interaction difficult, both between the humans and the dragon to be domesticated, and between other dragons who are being domesticated.
Bloody Logistics
Assuming that all of the above problems were solved, and dragons were indeed domesticated, there remains a bloody mess of a problem. Dragons are large carnivores, and given their level of activity and fire breathing and whatnot- their caloric demands are going to be massive. If a dragon were to consume a fifth of it's body weight (assuming a 30 foot long, five ton dragon) it eats an entire cow in one sitting. Multiply this by the number of times a week the dragon needs to eat, then times the number of dragons to be domesticated, and the numbers quickly become unsustainable.
There is the counter-point of having only a small number of dragons. This would reduce the strain on local livestock, but creates another problem. Domestication is an ongoing process of breeding animals for desireable traits, and in the case of dragons it would be managable dispositions, submissiveness, and acceptance of human dominance. If the breeding pool is too small, then inbreeding becomes a significant problem, creating dragons that might be considered domesticated, but would have mental issues, compromised immune systems, and other biological defects.
Some Herbivorous Q&A
A herbivorous dragon (what an odd concept) would likely be much more likely to accept domestication for the creation of Dragon mounts. While this would make the beast much more likely to serve as a mount, it brings up some basic questions:
1. Will a herbivorous dragon retain it's wings? Does it still need to fly?
2. Will a herbivorous dragon retain it's breath weapon?
3. Assuming smart animal intelligence, would a herbivorous dragon have magic, or magical abilities?
4. Is there a difference between the herbivorous dragon and a herbivore dinosaur? (I only add this question because an iguanadont or hadrosaur would pretty much be a herbivorous dragon, and that is more Dinotopia than Swords and Sorcery)
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Glendale got introduced to a whole a new meaning for "knock knock" in 2012, and became the focus of international media coverage after becoming the object of desire for two television stars — Kim Kardashian and a black bear with a taste for residential trash. Hardship struck at City Hall and other local agencies. And tragedy hit Glendale Unified.
The year 2012 was all over the map. So lest we forget, here's a look back at some of the bigger stories of the past year.
No longer third
The city of Glendale — long-known as the third most populous city in Los Angeles County — lost that rank to Santa Clarita following that city's annexation of several unincorporated communities.
The annexations, which were approved by the county's Local Agency Formation Commission, took Santa Clarita's population from 176,000 to about 203,000 in November, pushing it above Glendale's population of 192,000.
Officials in Glendale had repeatedly referred to the city's rank as the county's third largest city when discussing the community and pointing out the city's political significance.
Although Mayor Frank Quintero called the rank Glendale's "claim to fame," others at City Hall played down the drop, contending little difference exists between the No. 3 and 4 spots.
While Santa Clarita expanded, Glendale's population has been on a steady decline in recent years, which has been blamed on a lack of new developments and affordable housing for low-income families.
The loss of Glendale's third-place rank does not affect the city's chances of receiving state or federal grants and funding.
Rash of burglaries
An organized crime group targeted affluent neighborhoods in April this year, prompting two police pursuits.
The thieves were South Los Angeles gang members who targeted high-end homes in the San Fernando Valley, Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena, police said. The "knock-knock" burglaries were so named because the thieves typically knocked on a home door to ensure no one was inside before entering and ransacking it.
At least 10 men were arrested in Glendale in separate incidents, including residential burglaries and a theft of cellphones at an AT&T; kiosk at the Glendale Galleria.
In one of the home break-ins, police locked down a neighborhood near ABC studios for seven hours as they searched for suspects. They eventually found them — one of whom was hiding in a crawl space inside a garage.
Soon after the break-ins, police stepped up enforcement near all freeway exits in an effort to keep any future burglars from fleeing the city and vowed to keep the public informed about the thefts.
The thieves stole small items of high and quick resale value and typically hit during the day, when homeowners were at work.
Los Angeles Police Department officials recently released photographs of more than 11,000 pieces of jewelry and watches that were recovered from knock-knock burglary suspects in an effort to track down the owners.
Overseas scam
Public support poured in for an 81-year-old Glendale woman who lost her life savings to a lottery scam, forcing her to abandon any plans to retire from her longtime job as a waitress at the landmark French restaurant Taix in Los Angeles.
Thousands of dollars were donated to help Antonia Becerra, who works at the restaurant for 44 years. Becerra was conned out of at least $40,000 this year after scam artists convinced her that she had won $2 million and a new Mercedes, Glendale police said.
But to secure the supposed cash and car prizes, she transferred the money to the scam operation, which also swindled her out of her car by convincing her to sell it and to send in the proceeds.
She eventually ran out of her life savings and was left without a car or a prize.
Soon after, police began collecting donations to help get Becerra back on her feet and pay bills she had fallen behind on.
Becerra also received checks from donors, some from as far away as New York.
Candidates spar
Voters saw a sometimes contentious battle in the 43rd District state Assembly race this year with incumbent Mike Gatto (D-Silver Lake) facing off against longtime Glendale Unified school board member Greg Krikorian.
The campaigns got nasty at times with allegations lobbed from both camps.
Midway through the campaign, Krikorian — a Republican who has touted being a fiscal conservative — answered questions about his wife, Christine, walking away from $49,000 in credit card debt after she emerged from Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings last year.
Krikorian was added to the bankruptcy case as a co-debtor about a month after it was filed because the bankruptcy court noted that Christine Krikorian had failed to list him in her filing.
Greg Krikorian said his wife incurred the debt and he was unaware of it until she broached the subject about three years ago.
On the other side, Greg Krikorian has argued that Gatto doesn't technically live in the district, with the assemblyman's real residence being in Sacramento.
During a debate between the two men in October, Gatto responded by pointing out that the Legislature is in session in Sacramento three-quarters of the year, so all lawmakers "have places" in the state capital.
"If you have a young family like me, you need to choose between leaving them back here and having them come back and forth with you, and I chose the latter, and I apologize to nobody for that," Gatto said during the heated debate.
Mayoral ambitions
Reality television star Kim Kardashian caused quite a stir after revealing ambitions to run for mayor of Glendale in a clip from her sister's TV show, "Khloé & Lamar."
Kardashian technically isn't able to run for mayor of Glendale, since the ceremonial post is appointed annually among sitting City Council members.
Kardashian's announcement was criticized by many, but Councilman Ara Najarian showed his support, offering her the role of "honorary chief of staff."
Najarian also invited Kardashian to attend the annual Armenian genocide commemoration event at the Alex Theatre in April, but Kardashian instead opted to release a 43-second public service announcement via YouTube.
Najarian later proposed that the city invite Kardashian to ride on Glendale's Tournament of Roses Parade float, suggesting that her appearance would be a public relations boon for the city.
The idea — which was met with criticism from both the public and other council members — was withdrawn after it was discovered that Kardashian had already been booked for a New Year's Eve event at a Las Vegas nightclub.
Four local high school students have been invited to ride atop the city's float instead.
Early retirements
In an effort to close a $15.4-million budget gap, the city of Glendale issued dozens of layoff notices to city employees and offered early retirement incentives to others.
Although only five employees were eventually let go, around 122 employees opted for early retirement, which accounted for well over half of expected savings when the city closed on a budget in June.
"The greatest benefit will be the savings over future budget years as we maintain the lower staffing levels," said city spokesman Tom Lorenz.
Public Works and Community Services & Parks were among the departments hardest hit by the retirements, with top-level employees — such as Traffic and Safety Administrator Jano Baghdanian — leaving their posts.
The five layoffs included a senior civil engineer, an accounting services specialist and an assistant project manager.
'On the cheap'
Days before class returned to session in the fall of 2012, top administrators at Glendale Community College arranged a town hall meeting for staff, during which Vice President Mary Mirch shed tears as she and others discussed the workload reductions they would make to slash millions from the annual budget.
With 85% of the college's budget earmarked for salaries and pensions, the college cut the workload of 98 classified employees by at least one month — an 8.3% salary cut — to save the college $500,000.
"Simply put, California's trying to do education — from pre-school all the way up to post-doctoral work — on the cheap," Interim Supt. Jim Riggs said, adding later, "I'm sorry that this has had to happen."
Students faced their own challenges as 5,000 of about 13,600 students landed on wait lists for classes this fall.
The passage of state Proposition 30 brought some reprieve. It saved the college from laying off 20 employees and doing away with 500 classes.
At Glendale Unified, officials revealed that $1.5 million once set aside for textbooks were now paying employees' salaries.
In the last five years, Glendale schools went without $150 million it expected from the state, which contributed to $30 million in cuts to clerical staff, school counselors and librarians.
After the passage of Proposition 30, Glendale officials walked away from further slashing their budget by $11 million to $12 million. But they were still left with a $15 million structural deficit in the fifth consecutive year that teachers and district staff have gone without pay raises.
No Race to the Top
In November, Glendale Unified officials hoped to win $40 million from the Race to the Top grant.
But the district needed the signature of Tami Carlson, president of the Glendale teachers union, because of the conditions of the grant, such as requiring that teacher evaluations become tied to test scores.
Glendale school officials negotiated with Carlson and her bargaining team for weeks, but she refused to sign when the district couldn't promise it wouldn't lay off up to 125 teachers to combat a $15-million deficit.
In the end, school officials sent the 503-page application to Washington, D.C., anyway, and it was officially rejected in December.
A student tragedy
The death of 15-year-old Drew Ferraro shook the community when the sophomore jumped to his death from a three-story building at Crescenta Valley High School in February.
What may have caused Drew to take his own life has remained a mystery.
His toxicology results revealed trace amounts of the anti-depressant Citalopram, and he was being treated for depression.
His parents, John and Deana Ferraro, believed bullying played a key role in his death and filed a $2 million claim against Glendale Unified alleging school officials failed to protect him from constant bullying.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Lt. John Corina said shortly after Drew's death that bullying was not raised by friends, teachers or family members during the early part of the investigation.
Following Drew's death, John and Deana Ferraro established Drew's Voice — an anti-bullying organization with resources on its website for anti-bullying and suicide prevention.
In August, Glendale Unified rejected the Ferraro family's $2-million claim.
Drayman indicted
Former Glendale Councilman John Drayman still has months — if not years — to go before his criminal case comes to an end.
Drayman, who was indicted in May for allegedly embezzling at least $304,000 over seven years from the Montrose farmer's market, has seen his case stalled multiple times. He's now on his third attorney.
Drayman was once president of the Montrose Shopping Park Assn., a business improvement district that promotes the Sunday Harvest Market on Honolulu Avenue. For years, Drayman was the only one who counted the money collected from market vendors.
In 2011, Glendale police launched an investigation into claims that Drayman had embezzled money from the market. The former councilman has maintained his innocence throughout.
Prosecutors allege Drayman also committed perjury when he excluded income sources on political filings, when he allegedly submitted a bogus credit application in 2010 to a mortgage lender and falsified tax returns.
He made his $200,000 bail in May thanks to supporters putting up a $16,000 bond.
Delayed Riverwalk
After nearly a decade of planning, Phase 1 of the long-awaited Glendale Narrows Riverwalk opened to the public on Dec. 12.
The $2.1-million project, which features a half-mile trail along the Los Angeles River, park areas and horse facilities, faced years of construction and funding snags.
Officials say that the next phases of the project should not take as long to complete.
Construction on the next part of the project — a trail bridge over a storm drain near DreamWorks Animation at Flower Street — is set to begin soon and will be funded by a $975,000 grant from the state.
The project's first phase was covered mostly by state grants and money from Measure R, a half-cent sales tax approved by Los Angeles County voters in 2008.
The overall project will be capped off by a pedestrian bridge over the L.A. River that would connect to Griffith Park, but officials are still exploring funding plans for that phase.
Steiger resigns
Glen Steiger — general manager of Glendale Water & Power since 2008 — resigned in May one day after city officials began investigating his expense reports for possible double-billing. Steiger, for his part, cited personal reasons.
City Human Resources Director Matt Doyle requested expense reports from the Southern California Public Power Authority, where Steiger served as president.
Steiger submitted the reports for a March conference he attended on behalf of the authority, according to records obtained through a public records request.
The implication is that Steiger's expenses may have been reimbursed by both the city and the authority for the same conference.
The Southern California Public Power Authority's executive director, Bill Carnahan, said it was the first time Glendale officials had asked to review expense reports submitted to the agency.
Following the request to review the reports, Steiger resigned from both the city and his position as president of the Southern California Public Power Authority.
City officials declined to comment on the resignation, referring only to Steiger's earlier announcement that he had resigned for "personal reasons."
Steiger, 63, championed new technology during his tenure and was a key figure in bringing $70 million worth of so-called "smart meters" to the city.
Despite budget challenges facing Glendale Water & Power, city officials hailed Steiger for his leadership of the utility after the announcement of his resignation.


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A winner was selected from 172 designs submitted by 33 freelance designers.
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Xray Construction is an established all inclusive construction company. We have a solid word of mouth client base. Expanding our vision of the company and it's branding through company vehicle static stickers, bumper stickers, brochures and a website. The projects we prefer to work with are a process and not an event. We do our best to keep the industry honest. Custom ideas, exceptional vision and no fear of the unknown are consistent themes in our work. We strive for our customers' satisfaction and referral.
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Wild red deer on the Isle of Rum, which were featured in the BBC TV series Autumnwatch, are rutting earlier in the year, a study shows.
Scientists believe the annual rutting season on the Isle of Rum could be changing because of warming spring and summer temperatures. The study shows that the rutting and calving seasons are now up to two weeks earlier on average compared with 30 years ago.
The research was based on a 38-year study of the ecology of red deer on the Isle of Rum and used annual records of breeding success in more than 3,000 individually recognisable deer. Scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh, who maintained the long-term research, say this provides rare evidence that warming temperatures are affecting the behaviour of British mammals.
Professor Tim Clutton-Brock from the Department, who maintained the long-term research on Rum for 35 years and initiated the project, said: "Long term studies that can track the life histories of individuals have a crucial role to play in measuring the effects of climate change because they can identify the reasons for changes in survival and breeding success. The continuation of long-term studies like the one on Rum is crucial if we want to fully understand the consequences of climate warming for wild animal populations."
Dr Dan Nussey of the University of Edinburgh's School of Biological Sciences, who took part in the study, said: "Although many kinds of plants and animals are known to be reproducing earlier, evidence that this is happening in large mammals is very unusual. However, we still do not know exactly what is causing these changes in the timing of the deer's annual cycle. Much more work is needed to understand whether similar changes are taking place in deer populations elsewhere, and what the implications of such changes will be."
Sarah Bentley, SNH operational manager in West Highland, said: "The Isle of Rum National Nature Reserve has been a key centre for wildlife research for many years, particularly in relation to deer. We are very pleased to be supporting this latest study on the island. It provides further evidence of how climate change is impacting on wildlife. There may be implications for deer and their management in future and we will continue to work with the researchers to consider these."
The research, published in the journal Global Change Biology, was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and supported by Scottish Natural Heritage.


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Senate joins House in passing medical marijuana bill
Hartford — After nearly 10 hours of debate, the state Senate voted 21 to 13 early Saturday morning to pass legislation that would legalize marijuana in Connecticut for medical purposes.
The bill, which passed in the House last week 96 to 51 and now awaits the signature of the governor, permits only pharmacists to dispense marijuana from a set number of approved "dispensaries," and only licensed, in-state producers to grow it.
Only adult patients who suffer from one of a dozen specific debilitating conditions would be eligible to obtain the drug, and no more than a one-month supply. The state Department of Consumer Protection would oversee the new, strict regulatory framework that would take effect Oct. 1.
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia have passed medical marijuana laws.
State senators took up the bill around 4:30 p.m., and didn't take a final vote until 2:30 a.m. The vote tally was generally along party lines.
Democratic Sens. Andrea Stillman of Waterford and Andrew Maynard of Stonington voted for the bill. Edith Prague of Columbia and Eileen Daily of Westbrook were absent by the early morning for medical reasons.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced in a statement that he looks forward to signing the bill.
"This legislation is about accomplishing one objective: providing relief to those with severe medical illnesses."
The governor continued: "We don't want Connecticut to follow the path pursued by some other states, which essentially would legalize marijuana for anyone willing to find the right doctor and get the right prescription.
"Under this proposal, however, the Department of Consumer Protection will be able to carefully regulate and monitor the medicinal use of this drug in order to avoid the problems encountered in some other states."
The bill's lead opponent, Sen. Toni Boucher, R-Wilton, said she feared that medical marijuana would lead to increased recreational use and become a stepping stone in Connecticut to full legalization.
She held the floor for more than six hours, delivering an on-off, filibuster-type monologue on the health, mental and societal dangers of the drug. At times the senator read snippets of news articles from around the world about marijuana.
She and other GOP lawmakers proposed a total seven amendments to the bill, all voted down.
"The abuse inherent in the bill cannot be prevented," Boucher said."Reclassifying marijuana as medicine does provide a false impression that it is benign."
But other senators said they were comfortable with the bill's safeguards against abuse.
Stillman said she opposed a 2007 bill that involved home-grown medical marijuana, but would vote "yea" on this one.
"I think there are far better controls written in this bill," she said. "The dispensaries themselves will be closely watched and there can only be so many, so you're not going to see a proliferation of them."
Stillman said she has received multiple inquiries from constituents who are in pain and interested in marijuana as a palliative. The bill "will make their lives more comfortable and less painful," she said.
Under the bill, individuals must gain a doctor's permission and have one of the following conditions to be eligible for marijuana: cancer, glaucoma, HIV or AIDS, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, post-traumatic stress disorder, Crohn's disease, cachexia wasting syndrome, or damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord.
Patients could obtain up to a one-month supply of marijuana, an amount determined by future guidelines to be developed by an eight-member board of physicians.
Sen. John Kissel, R-Enfield, said he would vote for the bill based on the moving public testimony from individuals who suffer from painful and life-limiting ailments who have found relief only through marijuana.
"As I look out into this circle, I don't see just the state seal and the red rug, I see the dozens and dozens of people who came and testified before our committee for hours and hours," Kissel said. "I would not wish any of those illnesses on the worst of my enemies ever, and how these men and women, young and old, can keep a positive attitude in the face of these challenges is beyond me."
Senate President Pro Tempore Donald Williams, D-Brooklyn, noted how Connecticut passed a law in 1981 that was to allow doctors to prescribe medical marijuana to treat glaucoma and the side effects of chemotherapy.
But pharmacies never stocked the drug. The problem, he said, was "the inability to procure marijuana in the same way we procure any other prescription drug."
"With the bill we have today, we finally make the link back to 1981," Williams said.
However, Boucher and other bill opponents noted how marijuana remains illegal under federal law. They cited the recent opinion from Connecticut U.S. Attorney David Fein that state legalization wouldn't necessarily protect marijuana dispensaries and growers from federal law enforcement raids and prosecution.
"Should we pass a bill that violates federal law?," said Sen. Len Fasano, R-East Haven. "I would suggest we lack the authority."
The bill's proponents disagreed on that point.
"It's clearly not a violation of federal law for Connecticut not to outlaw something" Sen. Anthony Musto, D-Trumbull, said. "To say that we are violating an oath or facilitating an illegal act is simply not correct."
"This bill helps our constituents who need the help," he added.
State lawmakers approved medical marijuana legislation in 2007 that was later vetoed by then-Gov. M. Jodi Rell. That bill called for patients to grow marijuana at home.
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