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San Francisco financier Richard Blum, who first invested in URS in 1975, may be the man who has everything, except perhaps, his privacy.
Thrust into the public eye by virtue of his 1980 marriage to then-mayor and now Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Blum over time has become leery of media attention, which often comes coupled with questions about potential conflicts of interest.
As a result, the collective memory has all but forgotten the colorful history and eclectic interests of the 67-year-old Blum.
Born the son of a clothing salesman who died of cancer when he was 10, Blum graduated from San Francisco's public schools to UC Berkeley, where he earned his MBA -- after taking a one-year detour to study philosophy at the University of Vienna.
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At 23, he went to work at the San Francisco brokerage firm Sutro & Co., where he became a partner before age 30. While still at Sutro, Blum proved that he had an eye for fixer-upper properties when he led a partnership that acquired the struggling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for $8 million -- then sold it to Mattel Inc. four years later for $40 million.
With that deal to burnish his reputation, Blum struck out on his own in 1975, forming what is now called Blum Capital Partners. The San Francisco firm raises money from pension funds, foundations, insurance companies and wealthy individuals, and buys stakes in undervalued companies with the expectation of selling them at a profit. With about $4.5 billion under management, Blum Capital holds positions in some 20 companies, including credit reporting firm Fair Isaac and real estate giant CB Richard Ellis.
According to spokesman Owen Blicksilver, Blum's 1975 investment in URS was one of his first forays as the head of his own firm. Blicksilver said Blum first invested in URS to help it fend off a hostile takeover. He increased his stake in the firm during the late 1980s, when he helped bail it out at a time when the company was rocked by an accounting scandal.
Blum's net worth isn't known. His spokesman insists "he's not a billionaire. " But, thanks to his penchant for money making, the San Francisco financier has been free to cultivate nonbusiness interests, notably politics, mountain climbing and Tibetan Buddhism.
In the 1970s, Blum supported then-Mayor George Moscone. After Moscone's assassination, he befriended new mayor and rising political star Dianne Feinstein. Local media followed every turn in their developing relationship. News photographers memorialized the day in 1980 when Blum and Feinstein plunked down $10 for a marriage license. Reporters doted on Blum's interest in Buddhism.
In 1981, Blum organized the first modern expedition to scale the east face of Mount Everest. He filed dispatches on the expedition to the San Francisco Examiner. In these articles, he explained how a goodwill visit to China by Feinstein in 1979 won him the ear of the Chinese authorities, who ultimately granted him access to the long-forbidden slope.
"We had come to build goodwill, promote trade and to make new friends," Blum wrote in one story, adding, "but I asked for and received permission to have another kind of meeting -- one with the Chinese Mountaineering Association."
Over the years, however, as Blum and Feinstein have grown in their respective spheres of business and politics, critics have periodically wondered whether one or the other member of this power couple had unduly used their money or influence to benefit the other.
Such questions have surfaced again in the wake of the $600 million military contract won by EG&G Technical Services, a new division that URS purchased in 2002 from the well-connected Washington, D.C., investment firm the Carlyle Group.
Carlyle is a $14 billion buyout firm whose associates and advisers include former President George Bush, former British Prime Minister John Major and former Securities and Exchange Commissioner Arthur Levitt. As part of EG&G's sale price, Carlyle acquired a 21.74 percent stake in URS -- second only to the 23.7 percent of shares controlled by Blum Capital.
Anti-war leader Bill Hackwell, a spokesman for the Answer Coalition, said he hates to see politically connected firms like URS win big defense contracts at a time when budgets for schools, health care, housing and other domestic programs are shrinking.
"We regular people don't have any say in all of this, whether the contracts are bid out or not," Hackwell said, adding that the "the whole military industrial complex is becoming enmeshed with the government."
Bruce Cain, director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley, said such amorphous conflict-of-interest allegations are increasingly becoming part of the political discourse. He drew a distinction between vague concerns about people who seem to have too many powerful friends and situations in which officials make a decision beneficial to someone they know.
"We use the law to protect against the second category and elections to judge the wisdom of the first," he said.
Blicksilver rejected any suggestion of a direct conflict in the case of URS' defense contract. He said that although Blum sits on the URS board, he has no day-to-day role in running the firm, arranging its mergers or soliciting contracts. "Mr. Blum and Sen. Feinstein have never had any discussions about outsourcing, government contracts or URS," Blicksilver said.
Feinstein spokesman Howard Gantman ridiculed a reporter's question about whether it might be a conflict that the senator voted for a bill that urged federal departments to outsource civil service jobs to contract employees. He noted that the bill that set the outsourcing trend in motion had passed the Senate by unanimous consent and been signed by former President Bill Clinton and was now being implemented by the Bush administration.
"To imply that both administrations and 100 senators are doing this to help any individual companies is patently absurd," he said.


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why does no one play in the forums any more? is it because there haven't been any comics lately? if so, i'm sorry. ^-^; real life has kicked my butt. i've been sick for a week now, and before that it was spring break - but there were updates then so mlah! ^-^
there's going to be bookoo updates next week if it kills me. i've allready made that pretty clear to everyone i've talked to one-on-one. plus some uh "surprises" i guess you could call them. so, yes. it'll be fun. ^-^
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Mphako Charles Martin Modiba (1 november 1952 - 28 october 2010)
Professor Mphako Charles Modiba, the eldest son of Matome Titus and the late Salome Maletlabo Modiba, was born on 1 November 1952 at Pietersburg Hospital. He matriculated from Hwiti High School in 1971. He followed his calling in the field of medical science with dedication, empathy and a drive to impart his knowledge with those who had the opportunity and privilege to be his audience.
He was awarded his MB ChB in 1976 at the University of Natal. He topped the graduation list and was awarded the most prizes at the Hippocratic Oath Ceremony for best final-year student for obstetrics, gynaecology and surgery as well as the student who showed the greatest promise in the final exam. He did his internship at Baragwanath Hospital.
He returned to Baragwanath and Natalspruit in 1979 as a medical officer, after spending a year studying at Natal University, and joined the registrar circuit at Baragwanath Hospital from 1980 until 1983. He was admitted as a Fellow of the College for Surgeons in 1982 and received the Michael and Janie Miller Prize for Surgery in the same year for his outstanding performance in the College examinations. He obtained his MMed in Surgery at Wits University with a dissertation on 'The effect of anterior highly selective vagotomy and posterior selective vagotomy on gastric emptying and mucosal histology'. His supervisor for this thesis was Professor Buddy Lawson. This was also the title of his presentation at the Surgical Research Society and the abstract was published in the South African Journal of Surgery in 1984.
He was registered as a general surgeon in 1984 and was appointed as a specialist at Baragwanath Hospital. Thereafter he became actively involved in research and started writing and co-authoring a number of papers.
He was awarded the Michael and Janie Miller Travelling Fellowship in 1985 on the basis of his promise in academic surgery and as a result visited the well-known hepatic unit of Professor Les Blumgart at the Hammersmith Hospital in London for six months. Shortly after his return to Johannesburg he was promoted to senior surgeon at Baragwanath.
In late 1989 he was awarded the North-Western University Faculty Fellowship, working in Dr J S Wolf 's transplantation research unit in Chicago to further his studies in kidney transplantation. It was during this period that he developed his interest in renal transplantation.
It is also during this period that he did the bulk of the work on his Doctorate in Philosophy, which he was awarded when he moved to the Medical University of Southern Africa (Medunsa). His supervisor for this work was Professor Bert Myburgh and the thesis was entitled 'The effect of distal splenorenal shunting on hepatic perfusion and function of patients with bleeding oesophageal varices in schistosomiasis'. In 1990 he was one of two black surgeons at Baragwanath Hospital who could perform full transplants and the only black specialist in kidney and liver surgery.
He was a Professor and Head of the Department of Surgery at the University of Limpopo, Medunsa Campus, for 18 years. He was a dedicated clinician. He was well respected and duly acknowledged for his responsibility towards training and encouraging young African doctors to pursue further studies and specialise. He trained 31 African surgeons, of whom 14 were admitted as Fellow of the College of Surgeons (SA).
To his family he was a devoted and loving husband, a responsible and caring father, a playful and enthusiastic grandfather who will be sorely missed. He is survived by his four sisters, his two brothers, wife Lebitsi Maud Modiba, his children Matome Titus Modiba (son) and Mosa Mmankoana Flora Sibanyoni and two grandchildren Khushulwayo and Kgotso Sibanyoni.
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North Dakota oil trains gum up Amtrak route
Oil business in North Dakota is creating some big headaches for Amtrak travelers. Trains on the popular Empire Builder route between Chicago and the Pacific Northwest are often delayed for hours.
One reason for the congestion is an influx of trains hauling crude oil across the Northern Plains.
The delays are becoming so bad that a passenger group now wants the U.S. transportation secretary to intervene.
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Among the disgruntled customers are ice fishers trying to get to Devils Lake, N.D. Kyle Blanchfield owns Woodland Resort, right on the lake's shores. The spot has "some of world's finest perch fishing," he says, and the sport this winter is better than it's been in 20 years.
If only he had better luck getting his customers to the lake.
"An awful lot of our groups have been stranded in Fargo, N.D., which is a two-and-a-half-hour drive for us," he says.
Those groups have been taking Amtrak as part of Blanchfield's "Perch Express" package deal. It includes all the ice fishing gear, a heated shelter, a fishing guide and a train ride from Chicago, Milwaukee or Minneapolis to Devils Lake.
But this winter, Blanchfield says Amtrak's service has become completely unreliable, either detouring the trains at Fargo or delaying them for up to 18 hours.
"Valuable customers of ours -- folks that we've spent a lot of effort to market to and to perfect a very good package and a good trip for -- get here very grumpy," he says. "And you don't blame 'em, you can't blame 'em."
So Blanchfield's been giving out a lot of refunds these days, and he's canceling all future Perch Express packages. The train delays, he says, are killing a big part of his business.
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Amtrak spokesman Marc Magliari says he feels the entrepreneur's pain. "It's a great concern to us," he says.
Magliari says the Empire Builder is Amtrak's most popular overnight route, carrying more than half a million passengers a year between Chicago and Portland and Seattle, but he says the delays are hurting ridership.
"Arriving here in Chicago, delays of several hours, causing people to miss their connections to Eastern trains or Midwestern trains, have become very common," he says.
In fact, on a recent day, the Empire Builder due at Chicago's Union Station a little before 4 p.m. is more than 13 hours behind schedule. But Magliari says it's not Amtrak's fault.
"The primary reason the Empire Builder has been running behind schedule is problems on the host railroad," BNSF Railway, he says.
And more often than not, the problem is a traffic jam of freight trains, locomotives pulling oil-filled tank cars stretching far as the eye can see.
Ross Capon, president of the National Association of Railroad Passengers, says BNSF is giving the job of moving oil priority over transporting people. "The result of that is passengers are left out in the cold," he says.
And Capon fears the chronic delays will give Amtrak a black eye.
"If you are running a service that looks like a sad joke for an extended period of time, you're gonna start to lose business," he says, "and then the people on Capitol Hill who don't believe these trains should exist anyway are going to smell blood and go in for the kill."
Capon's group is calling on Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to intervene.
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A BNSF spokeswoman acknowledges the railroad is disappointed in its service to all its customers, but she says oil shipments alone are not responsible for delays. In an email, the spokeswoman says volumes of many other kinds of freight increased significantly last year, too.
The railroad is investing hundreds of millions of dollars to expand capacity, but that track work slows trains. The spokeswoman also says extreme cold has exacerbated delays.
In the meantime, Amtrak may just adjust its timetables and build the chronic delays into its schedule, so at least passengers will have a better idea of what they're in for.
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Rosetta arrival competition winners
As Rosetta made its final approach to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, we asked you to join this extraordinary adventure by sharing pictures of your journeys, participating in a fun photo contest that attracted hundreds of entries and nearly 23 000 votes.
No matter whether you were heading to work or visiting friends, travelling to an exotic holiday destination or going on a hike, the idea was for you to relate the last leg of your journey with that of Rosetta's by capturing an "Are we there yet?" moment. You most certainly achieved this!
Many of you interpreted our invitation literally and let us share in your trips – past, present and future – across Europe as well as other continents.
We suggested you include a model of Rosetta and the lander Philae in your photos, and provided a paper model to download, print, cut out and build. We were delighted to see how many of you took our space probe along on your journeys, and made it come to life and experience amazing adventures with you, your friends and families!
Another idea was to print a banner to tell the world your destination, or to draw inspiration from one of the mission's themes, such as the harsh environment of space or the comet's nucleus or the search for water and the building blocks of life.
We were impressed with the sheer variety of places that you visited, from frozen mountain peaks to deserted landscapes, from volcanoes and lakes to railway tracks and sandy beaches. We really appreciate the inventive effort that you put into your photos, finding water and life in the most curious locations on our planet. We were also delighted to see models of Rosetta and Philae populate your backyards, bedrooms and living rooms, or keeping you company during a long car ride.
And you were even more creative than that, by building your own models of Rosetta, Philae and the comet. These reproductions spanned a huge range of sizes, materials and artistic styles, including edible models, space masquerades and comic book strip-style collages.
Our doors were open to entries until the morning of 6 August, a couple of hours before Rosetta rendezvoused with the comet.
We received entries from all over the world, including all ESA Member States and many other countries, such as India, Australia, Turkey, the United States, Bulgaria, Hungary, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, Israel, Colombia, Pakistan, Malta, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Peru and New Zealand. We also received evidence from our friends at the Concordia Station that a paper model of Rosetta and Philae had been spotted in Antarctica!
After the deadline has closed, visitors to the competition page could vote for their favourite images, which ranked the top 20 submissions. The ESA judges – which included Rosetta mission scientists and operators and the Rosetta outreach team – then picked two top prize winners: one out of the top 20 voted entries and another one out of all entries.
The two overall winning entries attracted the attention of the judges because the images captured particular key aspects of the Rosetta mission.
From the publicly voted images our judges chose the 'Rosetta mission in a bottle' submitted by Elisabetta Bonora, featuring one of our paper Rosetta and Philae models safely encased in a bottle and photographed underwater. The image captured the feeling of a technical challenge, the mission theme of studying the origin of Earth's oceans, and a long journey into the unknown – the bottle was thrown into the sea after the image was taken.
From the other entries our judges picked Emanuele Andreola's photo taken on top of Gran Paradiso in the Graian Alps, holding one of our Rosetta mission banners. The mountain is about 4 km high, just like Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Our judges drew many parallels between mountaineering and the Rosetta mission, in terms of the preparation and training required and the long time travelling to get to the destination. They also noted that like mountaineering, they too have to always be ready to face the unknown and be aware of the risks.
We are delighted to invite our two top prize winners to our European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, to join us for the VIP event celebrating the first-ever landing on a comet, in November.
A further ten out of the top 20 entries were also chosen by the judges to receive a gift bag containing a selection of ESA-branded souvenirs.
Congratulations to the following entrants:
Nunzia Cerrato, for her human-sized Rosetta model in the sea
Marek Chudio for his human-sized 'light painting' Rosetta model
Daniel Schmidt for his LEGO comet scene
Mathilde Faure, for her Rosetta and Philae model investigating a fossil in the Alps
Orlando Adinolfi for his sand art model of Rosetta at the comet
Christina Feliciano's 'Comet Surfing BBQ' group
Mani Manickam's groups' best wishes to Rosetta from India
Javier Etxebarria's hiking through the Basque Country
Krzystof Bernatowicz's little green creatures on the comet
Jakub Slama's 'Rosetta and Philae finally arrive at their destination' model
In addition, we decided to give gift bags to 10 additional participants chosen from all the remaining entries. These 'lucky dip' winners will be drawn live from all remaining entries during our next Rosetta Google+ Hangout on Tuesday 2 September (watch the replay here).
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We thank you for all the hard work and enthusiasm that we saw in all of your photos, and so to us, everyone is a winner! To celebrate the competition, we put together a short video comprising many of your submissions.
Meanwhile, the Rosetta spacecraft has been getting to know the comet and its environment – it is currently about 50 km from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. On 25 August, five candidate sites were selected as possible places to deploy the Philae lander. The race is now on to choose a primary landing site on 15 September, with the landing itself planned for mid-November – the first time a landing on a comet has ever been attempted.
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After going 2-3-1 to start the regular season, the Harvard women's soccer team will play its first Ivy League game of the year at Penn Friday evening. The Quakers carry a 3-3 overall record into Friday evening's matchup after falling at Loyola Marymount, 1-0, Sunday. Harvard won its last game, 2-1, against Rhode Island Sept. 17, marking the first victory for the program at the Soldiers Field Soccer Stadium.
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Live statistics will be available for Friday evening's Ancient Eight opener.
A History Lesson:
Harvard and Penn have met 21 times on the soccer field and the Crimson own the series lead by a considerable margin, 15-4-2. Harvard won the first 12 meetings between the schools, but Penn has taken two of the last three meetings. Last fall, Harvard earned a 3-2 victory at home on Sept. 26, 2009. Christina Hagner '10, Lizzy Nichols '10 and Melanie Baskind '12 each scored goals in the win, while Lauren Mann '10 made one save.
About Harvard:
The Crimson, which stands at 1-2-0 on the road this fall, has won the last two Ivy League titles. Harvard has scored seven goals in its six games this season and is led offensively by senior co-captain Katherine Sheeleigh, who has amassed six points on two goals and two assists. Both of Sheeleigh's goals have counted for game winners. Junior Melanie Baskind has also tallied two goals, while junior Patricia Yau, and freshmen Elizabeth Weisman and Peyton Johnson have netted one goal apiece.
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The Quakers have picked up wins over Villanova, 3-0, Saint Joseph's, 1-0, and Cal State Northridge, 1-0. Kathryn Barth has scored two of Penn's five goals, with the others coming from Kaitlin Campbell, Christina Hart and Erin Beck. Penn has been shut out in each of its three losses, but has returned the favor in its three victories, shutting down opponents each time.
Caroline Williams has played every minute in goal and stands at 3-3-0 with three clean sheets and a 0.67 goals-against average. The Quakers are outscoring teams, 5-4, while corner kicks are even, 24-24.
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Katherine Sheeleigh continues to climb the Harvard charts in career points and goals. Sheeleigh ranked sixth with 24 goals and eighth with 60 points during her time in Cambridge.
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Nicole Phelps (head of table) gained confidence in her abilities after successfully pitching a startup idea and leading a group of 11 people to develop a proof of concept for DownTheLine at the Portland Startup Weekend. Photo by WeThinkItMatters.
In one crazy weekend — 54 hours to be exact — 11 new startup businesses were developed.
Three Oregon State computer science students sacrificed sleep to test their entrepreneurial skills at the Portland Startup Weekend on April 26-28, 2013. One student had her idea selected for further development, and two students were part of the overall winning team.
The weekend started with 47 ideas for a startup, pitched by participants. After the votes were in, the top 11 moved on to form teams composed of hackers (software developers), hustlers (business and marketing experts), and hipsters (user experience and graphic designers).
Just a week before the event, Nicole Phelps, a junior, decided to pitch a business idea at her first startup weekend. She proposed a mobile application that would help individuals plan their future. Users organize goals on a timeline and use crowd-sourced comments for gathering wisdom about how to reach their objectives.
"I thought I had a slim chance at getting my idea picked since most of the pitches were serious ideas that people had been working on for two months to two years before this event," Phelps says.
To her surprise, she got the third highest votes. Then the race was on. Participants chose the projects they wanted to work on and Phelps ended up with a team of 11 people to develop a proof of concept and a final pitch for the team's app, DownTheLine, by Sunday.
Meanwhile, seniors, Charles Catino and Quintin Cummins both chose to join the LivFly team. Catino said he liked the simple and solid idea of creating an app to match running partners based on where they live and how fast and far they run.
Charles Catino (in the green headband and green jacket) and Quintin Cummins (in the back with the yellow headband) were part of the winning team, LivFly.
"This was my third startup weekend and each time I have learned something a little different," Cummins says. "It is a lot of fun to see the project I worked on, LivFly, shape and transform throughout the weekend but also to see the development of all the other ideas that were pitched."
Although it's a lot of hard work, the effort paid off for the LivFly team who took top honors at the event as the overall winner.
But winning is clearly not why the students attend startup weekends.
"These events are fantastic for networking and exploring the creativity of the business world. Startup weekends are also an excellent opportunity to improve my team skills because you have no idea going into the weekend who or what kind of people you will be working with," Catino says.
Phelps says although she was disappointed she did not win, the experience of learning and networking was more important and far exceeded what she expected.
"I have much more confidence in my abilities now because of what I accomplished. And I see now it does not matter how old you are or what gender you are, because I am 22 years old, female, still in school, and I led a team of 11 people (all male, except one) at least 10 years older than I am," she says.


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Hands-off or Hands-on
Being a hands-off manager in an organization with predominantly hands-on management culture can be a frustrating experience at times. Surprising as it may seem, even in this age of knowledge worker, rampant micro management and repulsion for anything hands-off or true empowerment is prevalent in many organizations. For old timers it may not mean much as they have been living under the shadow of micro management for most of their professional career, but for the younger generation this hands-on approach is a bit uncomfortable.
The biggest problem with hands-on approach is that it prevents development of people. Instead of mentoring and coaching, a better part of the manager's time is spent in criticizing and judging people. Empowerment takes a back seat and command and control becomes a norm.
People become mere implementer of ideas they don't own. This often results in poor quality of output. People engagement suffers. They don't feel like partners in creating something bigger and better. Instead, they feel like running errands for their managers. All these work like creativity killers in the organization and act as major hindrance in an organization's quest to reach its true potential.
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By Merope Pavlides [1] Oct 05, 2012 3 [2]
Lowered Expectations
First published on January 16, 2012.
Last week a 13-year-old boy with autism was arraigned on battery charges in Florida. Apparently, the boy threw a pair of headphones across a classroom and clocked his speech teacher in the head. She responded by pressing charges. The parents argue that the teen (who it seems also has mild intellectual disability) cannot be held responsible for his outburst because he was annoyed by another student talking out of turn. The SLP, who has not talked to the media, must feel as though turning to the justice system is somehow warranted—a choice that makes me wonder about the availability of other avenues of support for the student or for her.
This incident illustrates how polarized thinking about autism and behavior can be. And then there's the increasing number of blogs and posts taking the viewpoint that all autistic behavior should be cherished and celebrated as representative of personality. That to do anything less is to devalue our children, to wish they were not who they are, to squelch individualism.
In my opinion, all of these perspectives are missing the behavioral boat. We need to be having a conversation about how parents and teachers help children with autism learn to self-manage their behaviors. Moving from childhood to adulthood is for everyone—autistic or not—all about learning to govern one's impulses and choices. None of us gets to do whatever he pleases and function in society. Taking the perspective that a child with autism should not or cannot be asked to self-regulate implies the assumption that people on the spectrum are incapable of learning self-control. And isn't this precisely the stereotype we're fighting? The one that keeps our adults from being employed, from finding housing, and from being welcomed into community settings?
Part of the problem is that we seem to want to lump all autistic behavior into one basket. It's either all good or all bad. And then our responses become extreme. We need to start making more careful, individualized determinations about behavior. In other words, for this particular individual, which behaviors need changing and what are realistic expectations regarding self-management at this time? This is precisely what we do with our neurotypical kids. We target problem behaviors based on who they are as individuals, and what their specific needs are to function better in their world. We push our typical kids to achieve their personal best. Shouldn't we have the same confidence in our kids with ASD? We must not confuse different expectations with lowered ones.
As parents and teachers, we must first determine which behaviors are truly problematic. Problematic behaviors interfere with successful functioning in some way. If a behavior harms someone, it is pretty obviously problematic. But it's also problematic if it keeps the child from being available to learn or if it gets in the way of wellness—for the individual, the family, or the community. Plenty of "autistic" behaviors, although seemingly unusual, are not interfering behaviors. We need to learn to discriminate—as parents, as teachers, as community members—between the two. And then we need to focus on teaching kids with ASD how to better handle the problematic behaviors themselves so that other people don't feel obliged to.
Teaching self-management means that as parents and teachers we need to take the time to understand what's driving problematic behavior. Often this requires help from behavioral or mental health professionals. And then we need to help the individual discover alternative, more successful behaviors whenever possible. Here's the thing: You can't teach absence of behavior. So simply trying to get someone to stop doing something doesn't work. You need to help them find a better option to meet the need the problem behavior is addressing.
We also need to learn—and then help our kids learn—how to get in front of a problematic behavior. We tend to operate in crisis management mode, especially in school settings. We try to manage a meltdown once it's kicked into high gear, as opposed to teaching a young person to be aware of the signs that loss of control is on the way and what to do to help change the situation. And we really shoot ourselves in the foot when we focus on the non-problematic self-soothing behaviors that are occurring instead of analyzing what's up with the "stimming." Sometimes it's precisely when we stop the self-soothing that we get a more intrusive, dangerous action.
Teaching our children with autism self-management skills—impulse control, frustration tolerance, endurance—matters. The ability to self-manage can be the difference between employment and unemployment, between residential options and nowhere to call home. Sometimes it can even mean the difference between freedom and a jail cell. We as a community need to demonstrate how to be thoughtful about the behaviors that are often part and parcel of autism. Which means that we need to acknowledge complexity of behavior and stop looking for easy answers. It also means avoiding rhetoric that fosters the notion that people with autism should not be expected to change their behaviors, regardless of the consequences of those behaviors. Maturity for all children—autistic or not—means learning to sometimes take oneself in hand. Even if the hand is flapping.


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Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) July 25, 2013
SynCardia Systems, Inc., manufacturer of the world's first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE (Europe) approved Total Artificial Heart, announced today that as of July 18, a record-breaking 100 implants of the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart have been performed by SynCardia Certified Centers in 2013. This milestone was achieved three months earlier than in 2012, when the 100th implant was performed on Oct. 16.
"2012 was a record-breaking year for SynCardia with 125 implants of the Total Artificial Heart at 54 SynCardia Certified Centers," said Michael Garippa, SynCardia CEO and President. "Reaching 100 implants three months earlier than we did last year is a testament to our long-term growth trajectory, which will be close to tripling since 2009. We expect this growth to continue as more hospitals adopt the Total Artificial Heart as the new standard of care for end-stage biventricular heart failure."
The 100th implant of the Total Artificial Heart was performed by Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Medical Center in Richmond, one of the most experienced SynCardia Certified Centers in the world. The surgery marked VCU Medical Center's 75th Total Artificial Heart implant since becoming a SynCardia Certified Center in 2006.
"From January 2012 through the first seven months of 2013, there have been 230 implants of the Total Artificial Heart," said Garippa. "This is nearly double the number of implants performed during the same 19-month period from 2010 to 2011, in which 120 implants were performed."
SynCardia is currently awaiting a response from the FDA regarding its premarket approval supplement for the Freedom® portable driver, the world's first wearable power supply for the Total Artificial Heart. To date, 140 patients have been supported by the Freedom portable driver worldwide, accounting for more than 68 patient years of support. Of these patients, 89 were discharged from the hospital to wait for a matching donor heart at home and in their communities.
The Freedom portable driver is CE approved for use in Europe and undergoing an FDA-approved Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical study in the U.S.
CAUTION – The Freedom portable driver is an investigational device, limited by United States law to investigational use.
About the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart
SynCardia Systems, Inc. (Tucson, AZ) is the privately-held manufacturer of the world's first and only FDA, Health Canada and CE approved Total Artificial Heart. Originally used as a permanent replacement heart, the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart is currently approved as a bridge to transplant for people suffering from end-stage heart failure affecting both sides of the heart (biventricular failure). There have been more than 1,200 implants of the Total Artificial Heart, accounting for more than 315 patient years of life on the device.
Similar to a heart transplant, the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart replaces both failing heart ventricles and the four heart valves. Unlike a donor heart, the Total Artificial Heart is immediately available at SynCardia Certified Centers. It is the only device that eliminates the symptoms and source of end-stage biventricular failure.
The Total Artificial Heart provides immediate, safe blood flow of up to 9.5 liters per minute through each ventricle. This high volume of blood flow helps speed the recovery of vital organs, helping make the patient a better transplant candidate.
Forbes Ranks SynCardia #69 Among "America's Most Promising Companies"
In its February 2013 issue, Forbes selected SynCardia as one of "America's Most Promising Companies" for the second consecutive year. On the list of 100 privately held, high-growth companies with bright futures, SynCardia was selected #69, moving up eight spots from its #77 ranking last year. See the full list of SynCardia Awards & Recognition here.


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Once again, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler wow us with their friendship.
Case in point: At the SAG Awards, Tina won an award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series for her role as Liz Lemon. One of the first things she did during her acceptance speech was give thanks to her bff in the biz, Amy. Heck yes.
Seeing women like Tina and Amy support each other—while working in the same industry—is awesome and should be the norm. I'm so sick of seeing silly cat fights between women who work together. Sure, it's easy to feel threatened and view another girl in your same field as competition but experts say it's best to try not to.
Alexandra Levit, author of Blind Spots: The 10 Business Myths You Can't Afford to Believe on Your New Path to Success says that if you help boost a girl in your industry, you can enhance your own career opportunities because she'll want to return the favor someday. Plus, you have a buddy who gets it, and that ultimately can make her a great sounding board for you and help you make better decisions for your career.
Think of it like good karma. Applauding her success will increase the likelihood of your own success, say Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster, co-authors of Mean Girls at Work: How to Stay Professional When Things Get Personal. If you stop looking at everyone as your enemy, you might find that you learn something…and are more relaxed at work in the process.
So, you want to get ahead at your job? Congratulate your female coworker on her promotion. Befriend someone in your industry because you're stronger as a team. And should one of you take the lead, that's okay. There is enough room for all of us to get ahead.
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Calorie Count
Energy Consumed and Expended
I have been out looking at exercise gear the past couple of weeks. I saw a lot of great stuff. While looking at the boxes the gear was packaged in and noticed that almost every box had some advertisement or statement that suggested some beneficial effect of the equipment's use on the user's body weight. This is in addition to fitness benefits derived because of the product's use.
The exercise gear user's body weight is a direct result of energy (food) consumed or not consumed. The exercise and exercise gear is not necessary for any weight adjustment activity nevertheless it does help. It offers some degree of appetite control when attempting to modify body weight.
The Facts Are Straightforward
- If the user consumes more energy than expended the surplus is stored as fat (body weight increases).
- If the user consumes less energy than required, surplus (body fat) is used as an energy source (body weight decreases).
- If the user consumes the exact amount of energy as expended then there will be no energy gained or used (body weight remains the same).
The energy input (food and beverages) is what determines the outcome as stated in the above declarations. Exercise has a place in this activity but only to the extent of supplying the calorie-burning exertion to equalize or burn off the not needed calories. What's more, the physical activity diminishes the desire or the desire that something must be eaten (appetite control). To put it differently, exercise or physical activity is the difference between control and feeling hungry.
Exercise or Physical Activity
Some authorities argue that physical activity is all kinds of body and/or body part movement that burn calories. Because of the movement calories are burned. Sweeping the floor, washing the car, or raking the garden are a kind of physical activity.
However exercise is defined as physical activity that is well thought-out and repetitive. But most physical activities can be thought of as being well thought-out and repetitive also. The only difference between the two is that something that is repetitive is also thought to be boring. Exercise is a higher level of physical activity and has a greater boring ability factor. The greater boring ability factor of the physical activity the more the activity can be classified as exercise.


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January 25 – Happy Birthday Steve Roser
He was considered the best pitcher in the history of Clarkson University, a small engineering school in northwestern New York State. Born in Rome, New York in 1918, his real first name was Emerson but his Clarkson coach started calling him "Steve" instead because it was easier to both say and remember. Roser had a choice to make in 1940. He could either finish his senior year at Clarkson or sign a contract with the Yankees. He signed the contract and spent the next four years pitching his way up New York's minor league ladder.
Joe McCarthy put him on the parent club's roster for the first time in 1944, and Roser pitched well enough to stick around the entire season. His big league debut came on May 5th of that year against the Red Sox. He relieved starter Atley Donald in the top of the fifth inning with the score tied and finished the game, which the Yankees won, earning him his first career victory. He got his first career start two months later and earned a complete game 8-2 win over the Tigers. He would finish that first season with a 4-3 record and one save and he earned good marks from McCarthy who kept Roser on the roster the following season.
In 1946, his slow start combined with the mass return of Yankee pitching talent from military service in World War II got the right-hander sold to the Boston Braves in early May. He pitched OK but sparingly in Beantown for a few weeks and then spent the second half of the season with the Braves triple A team in Indianapolis. Despite a good record in Indy, he failed to make the Braves roster the following spring and when he pitched poorly during the 1947 season in the minors, he quit the game for good. Roser returned to upstate New York where he and his wife opened a sporting goods store and a restaurant. Roser passed away in 2002.
He shares his birthday with this long-ago Yankee starting catcher and this one-time Yankee reliever.


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Santa Fe basks in a rich blend of contrasts. Fueled by Native American, Latino and Western cultures, here's a city where the fine arts flourish, Southwestern food reigns supreme and adobe is still the preferred building material. Constructed on a Spanish model, Santa Fe grows out of a central city square, the Plaza, center stage for restaurants and galleries. St. Francis Cathedral symbolizes the traditions that have grounded America's oldest state capital for 400 years.
Things to Do
Santa Fe's grandest building is a towering French-Romanesque church, St. Francis Cathedral, which traces its roots to the small adobe building out back -- Our Lady of the Rosary chapel, founded in 1610. Think of this New Mexico city as a large collection of historic artistic and architectural gems, more examples of which are displayed at the New Mexico Museum of Art. The early Pueblo Revival-style building houses 20,000 regional masterpieces.
Santa Fe's art scene is one of the world's finest, drawing from the rich blend of American Indian, Hispanic and Western artistic traditions. Canyon Road is packed with galleries featuring traditional and contemporary themes, as is Santa Fe's central Plaza. A rich tradition of Indian arts and nearby turquoise mines account for the plethora of silver, turquoise and coral necklaces, earrings, and belt buckles sold by Indians under the portal of the Palace of the Governors.
Nightlife and Entertainment
In a city renowned for culture, it's no surprise that Santa Fe has a thriving performing arts scene. The world-famous Santa Fe Opera performs only in the summer, but their performances are so good that it's worth thinking about planning your trip around them. A variety of free concerts are also staged throughout the summer in the Plaza. Other performing arts worth considering includes the Maria Benitez Teatro Flamenco and the Aspen Santa Fe Ballet.
Restaurants and Dining
It's true: New Mexico's official state question is, "Red or green?" The reference is to chili, with green chili hotter, red more pungent. Try them both at restaurants on the Plaza. The Blue Corn Café serves typical New Mexican food like tamales, enchiladas and tacos as well as their own house-brewed beer. Coyote Café has earned a reputation for adding creativity to New Mexican standards, like porcinis and prawns over corn cakes or rib-eye steak with chili onion rings.
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Governor Cuomo says it's now up to the voters to decide whether they want to expand gambling in New York State. He's signed into law a plan build casinos upstate, but the public must approve a change in the state's constitution in order for it to move forward.
The new law permits up to four gambling casinos in upstate New York, as long as a referendum on November's ballot is approved to amend the state's constitution to allow the expanded gambling.
Governor Cuomo says it will be up to the voters to decide.
"That's going to be up to the people of the state," said Cuomo, who says gambling is a "controversial" issue.
Polls show New Yorkers remain evenly divided on whether allowing more casino gambling in the state is a good idea, or not.
Cuomo says it's not a matter, though of whether to allow gambling in New York. He says it's already here- there are several Indian run casinos, and racinos, with slot like machines, at numerous horse racing tracks. Neighboring state of Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey all offer casino gambling.
"It's not really a question of gaming or not gaming," Cuomo said. "We have gaming. Whether we like it or not we're there."
The governor says approving the referendum would allow the state to better manage gambling and "maximize" potential revenues and economic impact.
The governor has not said yet whether he will personally promote the gambling referendum.
Cuomo was in Niagara Falls to highlight a $139 million dollar settlement with the Seneca Indian Nation over gambling and other issues. Part of the agreement gives the tribe continued exclusive rights to operating casinos in Western New York. There have been similar settlements with the Oneidas in Central New York, and Mohawks in the North Country. So, if voters approve the referendum, the casinos would be built in the Albany region, likely near Saratoga, the Southern Tier and in the Catskills.
Cuomo has branded the legislation the "Upstate New York Gaming Economic Development Act" and he says he hopes to establish "world-class destination gaming resorts" to bring jobs and boost local economies.
But not everyone thinks it's the best solution to upstate's continued lagging economy.
EJ McMahon, President of the fiscally conservative think tank the Empire Center, says the building of resort style casinos won't generate as many jobs as some other industries, like opening up the state's vast shale resources to hydrofracking.
"He's stalling the approval of regulations that would allow something that no question would boost the economies of the parts of upstate New York that are the weakest," McMahon said.
McMahon says "no one seriously believes" that the new gambling casinos would be significant economic boost.
Governor Cuomo has yet to make a decision on whether to allow fracking to go forward, saying he's waiting for his Health Commissioner to finish a study. The state has been considering the gas drilling process for over five years.
As if to underscore state's continuing economic problems, Cuomo and other top state elected officials, including Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, issued a press release condemning a decision by the new owners of Bausch and Lomb to relocate the company's headquarters from Rochester, to New Jersey. They say moving the 160 year old company from its original location will result in potentially "massive job losses."
Governor Cuomo says it's now up to the voters to decide whether they want to expand gambling in New York State. He's signed into law a plan build casinos upstate, but the public must approve a change in the state's constitution in order for it to move forward.


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They say Eddy Merckx could ride like the wind. With a 30 mph wind at my back on Cloverdale Road — going NORTH — I felt like Eddy. Imagine 34 mph on the flat.
Last night's strong winds left tons of debris on Hwy 9 this morning, one more obstacle for the running relay teams doing their annual event from Calistoga to Santa Cruz.
And if things weren't interesting enough, a fire in Stevens Canyon drew a dozen fire vehicles and a helicopter. I'm guessing it was a house fire.
When I hit Saratoga Gap the temperature registered 51 and it looked like rain on the Coast. I continued on Hwy 236 into Big Basin State Park and then Gazos Creek Road. I hadn't ridden its full length since 2010.
I didn't see much in the way of wind-blown branches, although a tree fell across the road. I suppose it was wind-related. Once again I forgot to bring my portable chainsaw.
Gazos Creek Road is in fabulous shape. No mud, no rock ballast. I haven't seen it this good in a decade. The gate at the bottom where pavement begins is closed.
After blasting north on Cloverdale (remember storms typically blow from the south) I headed up Pescadero Road and then Alpine Road.
One of my fondest memories of riding with Jobst Brandt came in his later years when he and I rode alone up Alpine many a time. As we approached a wooded section he called the Tulgey Wood, about a mile from the summit, he fondly recited a poem called Jabberwocky, written by Lewis Carroll. It goes like this:
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand;
Long time the manxome foe he sought—
So rested he by the Tumtum tree
And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
"And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!"
He chortled in his joy.
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
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Anyone requiring this document in an alternative format should contact the GWU Student Accounts Office at (704) 406-4287.
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- The cardholder agrees that the Webb Card is the property of Gardner-Webb University and can be confiscated from bearer as a result of inappropriate conduct or abuse. Use of the Webb Card is subject to all terms, conditions, rules, and regulations.
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- If the cardholder's Webb Card Account balance goes below zero as a result of the system or one of its readers being off-line, the cardholder remains responsible for payment of those purchases. In the event of a negative balance, the cardholder will be notified in writing stating the negative amount. A statement showing the transaction(s) and location will be provided upon request.
- Merchandise will be accepted for return according to the refund policy in force where the goods and/or services were purchased. Cash refunds will not be made for approved return of merchandise that was purchased with the Webb Card. A credit will be made to the cardholder's account.
Procedures for Lost, Stolen, or Replacement Cards
- Report immediately any lost or stolen card, or unauthorized card usage to the Student Accounts Office in the lower level of the Dover Campus Center or by phone at (704)406-4287 during the business hours of 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. After hours, you may suspend activity to your Webb Card through the ManageMyID website , then return to the GWU Student Accounts Office the following business day to purchase a new card. Once a new card has been purchased you may proceed to the University Police Office to have your new card issued. The cardholder is responsible for all usage of the card prior to proper notification to the GWU Student Accounts Office or suspending your card online.
- There is a $25 replacement fee for a lost or stolen card. There is a $5 replacement fee for a damaged card. At least one piece of the card with identifiable information must be submitted to qualify as damaged.
Error Resolution Procedures
- If an error is noticed on the receipt, contact the appropriate manager at that location to report the error no later than fifteen (15) days after the error appears. The location will contact the GWU Student Accounts Office should they need help in resolving the error.
Closing Accounts, Refunds, Returns
1. Upon graduation or official withdrawal from the institution, the cardholder accounts will be closed and any balance over $5.00 on GWU Cash Account will be refunded to the cardholder.
2. The Webb Card Office reserves the right to close any Webb Card Account that has been inactive for a period of twelve (12) months.
3. Refunds on accounts will be made at the full value of the unused balance of $5.00 or greater. All debts on the cardholder's Student Account must be satisfied prior to a check being processed for a refund. Any negative Webb Card Account balances will be charged to the cardholder's Student Account, or billed directly to the cardholder.
- If the point-of-sale terminal is equipped to provide a receipt, you can request a receipt at the time of purchase. It is the cardholder's responsibility to ensure the receipt is correct.
- Activity statements can be generated upon request of the cardholder from the Student Accounts Office in the lower level of the Dover Campus Center.
Effective Date of Agreement
These terms and conditions are effective immediately and remain so until written notification is received. Gardner-Webb University shall mail or deliver a written notice at least thirty (30) days before effective date, any change in a term or condition if the change would cause increased fees or charges; or increase liability for the cardholder. Prior notice need not be given where immediate change in a term and/or condition is necessary to maintain or restore the security of the system or account.
Bank Affiliation
There are no banks affiliated with the Webb Card.
Each individual is issued only one card.
- Must be a current registered student
- Must have a valid photo identification prior to issuance
- Responsible for replacement card fee
Full Time or Part Time Faculty/Staff
- Must have status of permanent position
- No card fee charged
- Responsible for replacement card fee
- Upon termination of employment, the card must be surrendered to Human Resources
Spouses/Dependents (16-26 years of age) of Employees
- No card fee charged
- Responsible for replacement card fee
- Eligibility expires when faculty/staff member's employment is terminated or a dependent reaches 26 years of age.
Sodexo Employees
- Cards issued to managers
- Cards issued to selected cashiers
Camps & Conference
- Camps & Conference cards issued at no charge only for the period of the Camp or Conference
Gardner-Webb University will disclose information to third parties about your account only:
- In order to comply with court orders or other applicable laws.
- If the cardholder gives the Webb Card Office written permission.
Card Acceptance/Confiscation
The Webb Card should only be accepted for debit account transactions from the individual identified on the card. In order to protect the cardholder's account from unauthorized usage, it is the departments' responsibility to verify the Webb Card photo prior to the transaction.
Webb Cards found in the possession of someone other than the owner will be confiscated and immediately turned in to the GWU Student Accounts Office in Dover Campus Center or University Police. Individuals found using another persons card and the individual who allowed someone else to use their card will meet with the GWU Assistant VP for Business before the card is returned and could possibly be referred to the Dean of Students for judicial action or to Human Resources.
If you are not a Webb Card holder, but would like to deposit funds into a Webb Card holder's account, go to the ManageMyID Website, and click on the Guest Deposit section on the left side of the screen.
What is the Webb Card?
Simply put, the Webb Card is your Gardner-Webb University student ID and much more. The Webb Card is a convenient program that allows the entire university community to make purchases, pay fees, and gain access to many locations on campus.
Where/how can I use my Webb Card on campus?
Pay for meals at all campus dining facilities
Purchase books, supplies, and novelties from the Campus Shop
Use vending machines to purchase drinks and snacks
Use to pay for concessions at Athletic Events
Check out materials/books in the Dover Library
Pay for parking stickers at the Student Accounts Office
Purchase stamps, mail packages, and send a Fax at the University Post Office
Pay some fees at the Student Accounts Office
Get access to student activities, concerts, athletic events and cultural events on campus
Use facilities at Bost Gym and participate in recreational programs
Where/how can I use my Webb Card off campus?
Some area off campus merchants also accepts Webb Cash as payment. For a list of off campus merchants who accept Webb Cash as payment, go to our website at http://www.gwuwebbcash.com.


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12 News Investigates Why Zoo Interchange Project Slowed To Crawl
Construction May Not Begin Until 2016 -- Or Later
Wisconsin's busiest highway interchange is crumbling.
Some lawmakers are calling for quick action to make the Zoo Interchange safer, but the multi-billion dollar road project has hit the brakes.
It's a key component in the state's economy and fixing the Zoo Interchange was considered a top priority, but 12 News investigated why the high-profile highway project that was once on the fast track, has slowed to a crawl.
If you're among the almost 350,000 drivers who pass through the Zoo Interchange every day, you've seen the problem -- a nearly 50-year-roadway system in serious need of repair.
Trucks have been forced to detour around weakened bridges that may no longer be able to handle the heavy loads.
The situation is raising safety concerns and creating headaches for those who drive there.
"I just think it's a hassle, especially for over the road drivers that don't know the area," trucker Dan Nowak said.
"It's just basically confusion. I mean, we're just completely confused," area resident Cory Tohulka said.
Tohulka bought a house alongside the Zoo Interchange three years ago -- just before the governor and Department of Transportation announced plans to speed up the replacement of the interchange -- a project that could mean the demolition of Tohulka's home.
But now that project is on hold, and neighbors are in the dark.
"We need to know what we can do and when we need to start looking for a new house, when ours is going to be taken down, or if it's going be taken down," Tohulka said.
Design problems in the interchange result in two to five times as many accidents as the average city highway. Plans to redesign and rebuild the interchange were considered a priority. They called for construction starting as early as 2012 and lasting for four years.
But then those plans hit a snag.
"The challenge is that, frankly, we don't have the money right now in the state of Wisconsin," state Sen. Jim Sullivan said.
Sullivan, whose district includes the Zoo Interchange, said the state has to find a way to rebuild the roadway -- sooner rather than later.
"This has to be done. We do not have the option to not do it," Sullivan said.
But when will it be done?
The DOT is reportedly now looking at a start date of 2016 while another new report suggests the delay could be even longer.
WISN 12 News has obtained a copy of a preliminary draft of that report. It identifies three bridges that are in such poor condition that they "are significantly deficient in load carrying capacity and will require load limit posting immediately."
In other words -- keep heavy vehicles off the bridges.
That report in August triggered what drivers are seeing now -- state troopers and sheriffs deputies forced to devote manpower to monitor truck traffic on the bridges and the creation of detours around three bridges: northbound through the interchange to Highway 45, the ramp from northbound to westbound Interstate 94 and southbound to I-94 east.
"It is literally crumbling before our eyes," state Rep. Leah Vukmir said.
Vukmir represents the area in the state Assembly and believes the problems on the interchange are more serious than many people who drive through it everyday may realize.
"We can't continue, we're really on the brink of a potential major disaster," Vukmir said.
The numbers may tell the real story. The report to the DOT shows the crash and cost estimates if the interchange project were to be delayed up to eight years.
It predicts an additional 3,300 crashes during that time, totaling more than $75 million, more than 1,000 additional injuries and seven more traffic deaths.
WISN 12 News tried to talk to the DOT about the cost and safety concerns identified in that report, but it declined the interview requests, initially saying that because construction here is on hold, there really isn't anything to talk about.
But then, in an off-camera statement, the project's director told 12 News, '"The project has not completely stopped. It is delayed, from a construction standpoint. The study is ongoing, and we will continue to work and refine until we get a single preferred alternative."
But there's no word on when construction may begin, when the load limits may be lifted or when the design flaws, and resulting safety concerns, may be addressed.
The lawmakers said there's no time to waste.
"When you look at the numbers of the ridership, of the people that are on that interchange, it is the hub for our state, the economic artery," Vukmir said. "We can't sit back. We're going to have to find a way to get this done because of the danger."
"You've got this project. It's going to have to be done. It's going to cost us $2 billion in order to do it, and if you're going to plan responsibly, you need to get it done, because it's only going to cost more down the road," Sullivan said.
There were plenty of meetings early on, when the project was moving forward, but now nearby homeowners and drivers are left wondering how and when this project may change again.
The interchange is also somewhat of a political battleground. Sullivan and Vukmir are facing off in perhaps Wisconsin's most high-profile race for the state senate next year.


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"I don't refer to Canadian landscape as such, but to landscape generally. After all, as every artist has realized, the significance of nature does not lie in its physical properties, but in its spiritual ones."
Ottawa painter, muralist and liturgical artist Gerald Trottier created works imbued with spirituality and humanity. In his series of self-portraits, he explored his physical evolution and psyche over a fifty-year period. Trottier's realistic style, with its vivid colours, has its roots in the Flemish, Surrealist and Expressionist schools.
Trottier studied under Bernard Klonis at New York's Art Students League and, with a hockey scholarship, was able to travel to England and France in 1953 to study medieval culture. He participated in his first exhibition in 1944 and by 1950 was showing his work at the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts. He went on to participate in international biennials in Salzburg, Mexico City and São Paulo.
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