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Defensive stats make headway in baseball
An enduring image for some Mariners fans is that of former Seattle slugger Raul Ibanez rounding the bases after a home run. But for a growing...
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Defensive stats systemsRevised zone rating (RZR)
Available free on The Hardball Times Web site, RZR was created by John Dewan as an upgrade to his original Zone Rating system. It measures the proportion of balls hit into a fielder's zone that he converts into outs. Unlike Zone Rating, it doesn't credit for double plays and separates a fielder's plays out of his zone into a separate, accompanying stat called OOZ.
Plus/minus (+/-)
Published in Dewan's annual The Fielding Bible book, this stat calculates the probability of fielding a ball based on where it went (distance/direction) and whether it was hit hard, medium or soft. Weighted scores are added or deducted from total, based on the degree of difficulty for each play made or not made.
Ultimate zone rating (UZR)
Available free on FanGraphs Web site and similar to Plus/Minus. UZR was created by Mitchel Lichtman and measures a fielder's value in terms of runs saved or cost a team, rather than plays made or not made. It uses a formula to convert all types of plays into specific run values.
Defensive runs saved (DRS)
The newest Dewan metric in The Fielding Bible Volume II is an all-encompassing system that converts Plus/Minus scores from plays made or not made into runs saved above or below average. Plus/Minus is the main component, but smaller ones add points for outfielder arms, double-play abilities, bunt defense, stolen-base defense and a catcher's ability to handle pitchers. Critics say not enough is known about the pitcher-catcher dynamic to have included much of the extra data.
Probabilistic model of range (PMR)
By David Pinto of Baseball Musings Web site, this metric annually measures a fielder's range by looking at each fieldable ball put in play. One of six criteria determines how difficult it was to field the ball, and the probability of turning it into an out is calculated into a defensive efficiency ratio (DER). That is divided into what the fielder's actual DER was to create a rating.
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An enduring image for some Mariners fans is that of former Seattle slugger Raul Ibanez rounding the bases after a home run.
But for a growing number of discerning eyes, the prevailing sight was Ibanez plodding helplessly in left field as another blooped ball dropped in front of him. If anything irritated Ibanez nearly as much as losing during his final season with the Mariners, it was the buzz that he was no longer capable of playing the field.
And what really irked him was the vast array of newfangled defensive statistics trotted out by those criticizing his play.
"I have to say a number of things," he told The Times, shortly after leaving the Mariners this offseason to join the Philadelphia Phillies. "Number one, with sabermetrics in general, it's a statistical probability thing. And the way they come up with the defensive measurements, or ratings, is flawed. It's as flawed as the Gold Gloves. One of the reasons is, they don't consider things like ballpark factors, defensive positioning or alignment for certain hitters."
Two things stand out about those comments. The first was that a player even knew enough about sabermetric defensive stats to comment on them intelligently. And the second? Well, that Ibanez was partly right.
It's true that the most advanced defensive stats don't scientifically discern how hard a ball was hit, how much time a fielder had to get to it, nor gauge its trajectory with real accuracy. They either ignore positioning entirely, figuring it's up to players to get it right, or have imprecise ways of judging it. And while some top systems do account for quirky ballpark configurations, the practice involves plenty of guesswork.
But the reality is, for all the knocks against fledgling defensive stats being less reliable than their offensive counterparts, they do go well beyond traditional measurements like errors or fielding percentage. The gap between defensive and offensive stats is closing quickly and could be drastically reduced this season as new technology is unveiled.
Defensive systems on rise
"It's just remarkable how there's a lack of knowledge about this kind of stuff," said John Dewan, author of The Fielding Bible reference guide and founder of Baseball Info Solutions, a company that sells stats research to teams, agents, computer games and developers of defensive systems. "Why don't more teams try this? Baseball tradition has a lot to do with it. Teams are afraid to try something new. The minute they do and it goes wrong, they'll change it right away."
Not in Seattle, where the Mariners appear to be using defensive metrics more than ever. Seattle made a December trade that added center fielder Franklin Gutierrez and left fielder Endy Chavez, despite their underwhelming offensive stats.
It was on defense where they excelled.
Dewan's recently released second volume of The Fielding Bible contains a new metric called Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) and it claims Gutierrez was the top right fielder in baseball last season. As for Chavez, his totals in a backup role in left field were also above average.
The Mariners don't rely exclusively on any system, having created their own stats analysis department to come up with proprietary information. But the team will borrow information off many of the systems out there — some of which offer daily-updated numbers free of charge.
Describing the exact numeric formulas that go into each system can be a tedious exercise. Even discussing minute differences between systems could take entire newspaper articles.
Dewan introduced a well-known Plus/Minus system a few years back, then used it as the main component of his new DRS metric. But there are other top systems, like Mitchel Lichtman's Ultimate Zone Rating (UZR) or David Pinto's Probabilistic Model of Range (PMR), that intelligent baseball minds swear are just as good or superior.
"I like to look at all of them," said Tony Blengino, a special assistant to Mariners general manager Jack Zduriencik, who oversees the team's new stats branch. "It's kind of an emerging frontier of statistical analysis, and I think they all bring something to the table. More often than not they point in similar directions. Every now and then, they don't. But I think there's progress being made in the fielding analysis. I think they all have something to say."
The core of many systems is nearly identical. In fact, the best ones get their basic data, containing details on each batted ball, either from Dewan's Baseball Info Solutions, or a company he used to own called STATS, Inc.
Each system involves some level of dividing the field into specific "zones" of coverage, figuring out where a ball was hit and which fielder was responsible for getting to it. Fielders who make more plays inside — and outside — their zones than average players at their positions are judged to be above-average, while those who don't are below.
If only it was that simple.
The problem starts with the intangibles that occur on every play that impact fielding results. Things like runners on base, or a 38-foot-high wall in left field at Fenway Park, or another fielder who takes the ball in someone else's "zone" of coverage.
Those who study and create defensive stats systems refer to these intangibles as "noise" and have devised different ways of dealing with it. Some will adjust their numbers through complex formulas to account for intangibles, while others simply admit defeat on a certain issue and don't bother trying.
For instance, if New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter makes a successful play on a ball 40 percent of the time in a certain fielding zone, compared to a 50-percent rate by a typical shortstop, he won't automatically be scored the same by all systems.
"Some systems take into account that other people fielded that ball," UZR inventor Lichtman said. "If the second baseman fields it, some systems give no demerits [to Jeter]. Others give some demerits."
Hence a bunch of different scores that can vary wildly. Especially in the rather short time frame of a season.
It's why Dewan's DRS system states that the Mariners were the 13th best defensive team of 30 major-league squads last season, while Lichtman's UZR had them rated 20th. That's enough difference for even casual baseball fans to wonder whether they'd be better off throwing darts at a board for more accuracy.
But the good news is ...
But for all of their shortcomings, the new stats offer things traditional ones can't.
Errors and fielding percentage tell how a fielder did when he actually touched a ball. The new stats look at how a fielder did when the ball got nowhere near his glove.
There's a huge difference, the first case being visible to the naked eye while the other is much tougher to decipher. And it's the unveiling of this once-hidden information that, when interpreted and used correctly, could provide a major advantage to teams that know what they're doing with the numbers.
After all, the mantra of those using such stats is that "a run saved is as good as a run scored." And while teams know what to look for on the offensive side with on-base percentage, slugging, runs scored and the like, many are in the dark as to which numbers add up to the best defense.
Ibanez wasn't far off when he suggested the new defensive stats don't account for different ballpark designs. Many systems don't, and while some do, like Lichtman's UZR, he admits "park adjustments are not an exact science by any means."
But Lichtman still adjusts his raw numbers for, say, games in Boston where the "Green Monster" wall in left makes fly balls an adventure. While he admits the small tweaking done in favor of left fielders who play in Boston amounts to some guesswork, he figures it's the lesser of two evils and better than not altering them at all.
Such thinking has led to controversy for Dewan's new DRS system, which throws a hodgepodge of defensive equations into one all-inclusive formula. Some of the newer measurements Dewan introduces, like grades for catcher defense, have been criticized by those who say not enough is known about such intangibles to measure them accurately.
And that's the challenge faced by those on the cutting edge of these stats: trying to account for as many possibilities while not throwing overall numbers off to the point where they're useless.
How accurate are systems?
It's not just defensive stats that have glitches. As easy as hitting appears to be to measure, top analysts suggest offensive stats are only about 85 percent accurate in gauging a hitter's true talent.
"No system is perfect," Dewan said. "Whether we're talking about offense or defense."
A consensus is that defensive stats themselves are about three-quarters as accurate as their offensive counterparts.
Dewan's staff assigns a "soft" "medium" or "hard" grade to every fly ball they see on videotape. But that also raises another good point by Ibanez, that often the stats are compiled by non-major-leaguers trying to judge how tough a play was from the comfort of a video room. It's not just the location of batted balls that has to be judged, Ibanez said, but also the speed and angle at which they are hit.
"Trying to judge accuracy on a camera view is not the same," he said.
But the good news is that some major developments this year might allow for a Neil Armstrong-like leap forward when it comes to compiling such data with the accuracy Ibanez is looking for.
First off, Dewan and Lichtman will start recording the "hang time" of fly balls.
Dewan's crew will do so with computer software and time all fly balls hit during the 2009 season — working off video footage — from bat to glove. Lichtman will have 30 people armed with handheld stopwatches doing the same thing with fly-ball footage from the 2006 to 2008 seasons.
That's seen as great news by Dave Cameron, a co-founder of the U.S.S. Mariner Web site, which provides stats-based analysis for Mariners fans.
"I think the key is, what we really want to know is how far a fielder can go in a certain amount of time and we really don't have that now," Cameron said. "If Ichiro runs 180 feet to catch a ball, we're going to know how much time he had to get to it and whether he should have been there. Right now, that's just some dude's opinion in a box."
The second major development is the expected implementation later this year of a technology called Hit F/X.
Right now, MLB Advanced Media uses three high-speed cameras in every ballpark to record the speed and "break" of every pitch in a system known as Pitch F/X. The idea for Hit F/X is that the same cameras could record the speed and trajectory of every ball coming off a bat.
"Then we'll get more specific on the ability to make each play," said Cameron, also a freelance contributor to The Wall Street Journal. "Rather than going off zones and saying, 'He should have caught this and he should have caught that.' "
Still a work in progress
Lichtman said the two new developments could help create the "perfect defensive metric" and bridge the gap with offensive stats.
But others aren't so sure. After all, there will still be arguments about which systems are tackling the right intangibles the proper way.
Lichtman suggests a longer-term approach to viewing all systems.
"It's all going to even out in the long run," he said. "Once we have one, two or three years of data, we're pretty confident that we have an assessment of the value of that player."
On some levels, the systems agree. Lichtman's UZR and Dewan's DRS give out run value scores to players that differ in how they are calculated and cannot be directly compared. But the scoring gaps that occur between players in each system show the differences in specific conclusions reached.
For instance, both Lichtman's and Dewan's systems agree Ibanez was below average. They agree less on how poor Ibanez was in relation to other subpar left fielders.
Lichtman's numbers say Ibanez was terrible last year, his minus-11.9 score well below even Manny Ramirez (-2.3), and Pat Burrell (-4.5), trailing Jack Cust (-10.3) and barely better than Adam Dunn (-14.9). But Dewan's suggest Ibanez wasn't that bad, his minus-6 being close to Ramirez (-3) and Burrell (-5), and slightly better than Cust (-8) and Dunn (-10).
The difference is more dramatic over the last three years combined, with Lichtman's system scoring Ibanez at minus-38.7, about on-par with Ramirez (-41.2), better than Dunn (-48.7) and worse than Burrell (-32.9). But Dewan's shows Ibanez being demonstrably better at minus-8, than all of Ramirez (-28), Burrell (-30) or Dunn (-39).
The Phillies, if they looked at defensive stats, may have agreed with the latter when they let Burrell go and signed Ibanez for three years and $31.5 million.
"I don't think it's ever going to be to the point where there's the unanimity or the clarity that there is with offensive stats," Mariners assistant Blengino said. "Is it possible? I guess, theoretically, it's possible. But one's more of a science and one's more of an art."
And the art of measuring defense might never have to reach that scientific level to gain widespread acceptance. For folks like Blengino, willing to comparison shop and dig a little deeper, there's value to be found in the artists' sketchbooks as they attempt to create the next Mona Lisa.
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|Breaking down last season's defense
|Charting the 2008 defensive statistics of former Mariners outfielder Raul Ibanez and current Mariners Franklin Gutierrez, Adrian Beltre and Ichiro. (Rankings are for players among the top 35 at their position for innings played.)
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|Mariners team
|23rd, 11th
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A Republican mayor in South Bay has taken on gun violence in recent months by endorsing federal legislation to control the sale of firearms, surprising some who view gun control as a hallmark of the Democratic Party.
Chula Vista Mayor Cheryl Cox and her husband, board of supervisors Chairman Greg Cox, are poster children of the San Diego County Republican party, both powerful and well connected.
Mayor Cox is a former elementary schoolteacher, principal and school district trustee. And she's a mother. She said those things contributed to her decision in January to introduce a resolution shared by hundreds of mayors across the country to tighten the application and background check requirements for gun sales.
They contributed to her decision later that month to support a citywide gun buyback program.
And they also played into her decision in February to endorse a federal bill to ban assault weapons, introduced by her ideological opposite, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Two of Cox's colleagues on the five-member City Council gave a nod to her efforts after she introduced the resolution to endorse Feinstein's bill.
"I'm going to support the measure and commend you for your courage in bringing this forward," said Councilwoman Patricia Aguilar, who was endorsed by the Democratic Party, although the City Council races are technically nonpartisan.
"I will support you, Mayor," said Rudy Ramirez, another Democratic council member. "I think it's a tough thing for you in particular to bring back."
The council proceeded to approve the resolution in a rare unanimous vote.
Chula Vista is not the only San Diego County city throwing its support behind Senate Bill 150 — Del Mar, Lemon Grove and San Diego all gave it their stamp of approval — but it is unique in that a Republican is driving the discussion. Del Mar's resolution was sponsored by Democrat Donald Mosier, Lemon Grove's was brought forth by Democratic Mayor Mary Sesson, and San Diego's was lumped with a package of federal bills for the council to support. The fact that she is unique is irrelevant to Cox.
Recent shooting tragedies at a grocery store parking lot in Arizona, a movie theater in Colorado and Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut are examples of the consequences of taking no action, she said.
"Doing nothing, and standing by and saying the Second Amendment to the Constitution doesn't allow us to do something — that's not reasonable," she said.
Cox believes it is local leaders' responsibility to do what they can to help people feel safe going about their everyday lives.
"Every time there's been a shooting, and it's been campus related, you think about the people who were on campus doing what college students do," she said. "Studying, talking with friends, doing research—in essence, not bothering anyone, but being harmed.
"People at a college have a right to go to college and feel safe. People in a theater have a right to go to the theater. They have to a right to believe they can go meet their congresswoman in the parking lot of a grocery store and be safe."
Supporting federal measures to curb the sale and use of military-style weapons, Cox said, is one item on a menu of options available for local government leaders to begin addressing gun violence. Still, she feels compelled to explain herself to residents who spoke out against her initiatives.
Joe Martinez, a Chula Vista resident and former Army captain, said such bills do nothing to get weapons out of the hands of criminals, who don't abide by such laws anyway, and they do everything to hamper citizens' ability to defend themselves — not only from criminals, but from an overly dictatorial government, should they ever face one.
"The Feinstein bill is nothing more than a further infringement on our Second Amendment rights," he told the mayor at a Feb. 26 council meeting.
"None of the activities that I have brought to the council are chipping away at the right to buy arms legally or to hold legal weapons," Cox said. "This is about taking guns out of the hands of those who are fragile, and keeping them away from those who are curious."
She said the Chula Vista Police Department's "Guns for Gift Cards" drive, scheduled for this Saturday, may also help in that effort.
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Instructions: Guns must be unloaded and transported in a locked container or the trunk. Law enforcement officials will remove them from the vehicles. Ammunition is accepted, but must be secured separately from any guns.


text: Italy Ruling in Rape Case Triggers Outrage Judge was skeptical because the woman didn't fight back hard By Linda Hervieux, Newser Staff Posted Mar 27, 2017 10:59 AM CDT 70 comments An Italian judge threw out a rape case because the victim didn't scream. (Getty Images/ kieferpix) (Newser) – A judge in northern Italy has triggered outrage after setting free an alleged rapist because the victim didn't scream. The woman said she tried to fend off her attacker, a colleague, by saying, "Stop it" and "Enough," but didn't cry out for help, the Washington Post reports. As a result, the judge called the woman's account "unlikely" and said the 2011 attack "did not exist," the BBC reports. He faulted her for not showing "adequate emotion that a violation of her person had to inspire in her." The woman said the man forced himself on her and threatened to withhold work if she didn't comply. She told the court that "sometimes saying no is enough," adding that "maybe I did not use the force and violence that in reality I should have used, but that is because" the man was "too strong." Now she faces a slander charge. The defendant, 46, a Red Cross worker, maintained the two had consensual sex. The ruling has prompted the justice minister to demand an investigation. Lawmaker Annagrazia Calabria fumed that the "incomprehensible" decision left her "speechless," adding, "Certainly, you cannot punish the personal reaction of a woman terrified by what is happening to her." The Post notes that it's not the first controversial judgment in Italy involving sexual assault. In 1999, a high court famously threw out a rape conviction because the young victim wore tight jeans. (Ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi once said Italy was facing more rapes because its women were "so beautiful.") My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results | 4% Hilarious 3% Intriguing 29% Depressing 2% Brilliant 22% Scary 41% Ridiculous


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Tumbling, bumbling, scampering down the stairs went the rat and his slice of pizza. Was he just a hungry rodent or the embodiment of the New York dream? Was success just out of reach, as it is for so many strivers, or did he make it back for another bite? (He did come back for another bite, reports the New York Post.)
This week, #PizzaRat, as he quickly became known across the Internet, is having his moment of fame.
Tuesday, in continued rat news, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released an audit of an innovative MTA program meant to reduce trash and rodents in the subways. Since 2011, the MTA has been experimenting with a counterintuitive solution for garbage and the rats attracted to it: Take trash cans out of some stations.
The concept makes a certain strange sense. As long as straphangers cooperate by carrying their trash to their ultimate destinations, the lack of garbage cans prevents the open-garbage feeding frenzy for the subway's pizza-hungry critters.
But the audit questions the success of the trash program, stating that it's "not clear" that the chosen stations were cleaner and finding "no evidence" that the program reduced the number of rats.
The MTA disagrees with the comptroller's assertions, pointing to a substantial decrease in the number of bags of trash collected at each station, which meant that fewer bags needed to be stored and removed.
But the lack of detailed, hard data on cleanliness is unfortunate. Fewer bags do not necessarily translate to fewer rodents, or even a cleaner-seeming station. We'd like to have a better idea, too, of rider satisfaction with the program.
Until there is more conclusive data, the MTA should consider alternatives, or at least shore up its methods. After four years of study, we should have a better idea of whether this is a workable idea. Otherwise, more rats will be taking care of the trash for us.


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Why pray the Rosary every day for a year?
Each time the Blessed Virgin has appeared-- whether it be to Saint Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes; to Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco at Fatima; or to Mariette Beco at Banneux-- she has asserted the importance, saving grace, and power of praying the Holy Rosary on a daily basis. Based upon her words, the Rosary is penance and conversion for sinners, a pathway to peace, an end to war, and a powerful act of faith in Jesus Christ. Pope Paul VI presented the Rosary as a powerful means to reach Christ "not merely with Mary but indeed, insofar as this is possible to us, in the same way as Mary, who is certainly the one who thought about Him more than anyone else has ever done."
To show us how this is done, perhaps no one has been more eloquent than the great Cardinal Newman, who wrote: "The great power of the Rosary consists in the fact that it translates the Creed into Prayer. Of course, the Creed is already in a certain sense a prayer and a great act of homage towards God, but the Rosary brings us to meditate again on the great truth of His life and death, and brings this truth close to our hearts. Even Christians, although they know God, usually fear rather than love Him. The strength of the Rosary lies in the particular manner in which it considers these mysteries, since all our thinking about Christ is intertwined with the thought of His Mother, in the relations between Mother and Son; the Holy Family is presented to us, the home in which God lived His infinite love."
As Mary said at Fatima, "Jesus wants to use you to make Me known and loved. He wishes to establish the devotion to My Immaculate Heart throughout the world. I promise salvation to whoever embraces it; these souls will be dear to God, like flowers put by Me to adorn his throne."
May 16: Saint Peregrine Laziosi, Patron Saint of Cancer Patients & those suffering with AIDS and Other DiseasesPosted by Jacob
Saint Peregrine, you have given us an example to follow; as a Christian you were steadfast in love; as a Servite you were faithful in service; as a penitent you humbly acknowledged your sin; afflicted you bore suffering with patience. Intercede for us, then, with our heavenly Father so that we steadfast, humble and patient may receive from Christ Jesus the grace we ask.
Glorious Wonder-Worker, Saint Peregrine,
You answered the divine call
With a ready spirit,
And forsook all the comforts of the world
To dedicate yourself to God
In the Order of His Most Holy Mother.
You labored manfully
For the salvation of souls;
And in union with Jesus Crucified
You endured the most painful sufferings
With such patience
As to deserve to be
Healed miraculously
Of an incurable cancer
In your leg by a touch
Of his divine hand.
Obtain for me
The grace to answer
Every call of God
And to fulfill His Will
In all the events of life.
Enkindle in my heart
A consuming zeal
For the salvation of souls;
Deliver me from the infirmities
that afflict my body
Obtain for me
Perfect resignation to the sufferings
It may please God to send me,
So that, imitating our Crucified Savior
And His Sorrowful Mother,
I may merit eternal glory in heaven.
St. Peregrine, pray for me
And for all who invoke your aid. (3 times)
Year 2: Day 136 of 365
Prayer Intentions: True conversion.
Requested Intentions: For personal intentions (A); Restoration of lost hearing (C); Resolution of relational and financial challenges (S); Comfort following loss of husband, security for family, assistance with housing (B); Healing and return of brother (O); Successful hermitage foundation (S); Support from family, permission to marry (H); Recovery of wife following surgery, freedom from depression (W); Protection and recovery of mentally ill daughter (J); Successful resolution to legal proceedings (N); Freedom from worry and successful employment (M); For successful sale of home and freedom from debt (J); Freedom from pain and illness (E); For successful living arrangements, travels, health, and studies (F); Healing, successful studies, financial success (F); For husband's successful employment (Y); For children's faith journey; Recovery of a friend suffering from addiction (M); Successful employment (P); Obedience to the will of the Lord (J); Financial recovery (S); Freedom from evil influence (I); Recovery from illness (J); Freedom from addiction (J); Successful transplant surgery (K); Healing for a daughter (T); Acceptance into school (V); Successful immigration; for a sister's career and marriage (F); Financial recovery; Successful ministry (A); Financial ability to send children to school (S); Safe return of a runaway (J); Healing of a family (J).
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It's competition time again at Budget Batteries. This time we're giving away the contents of our cookie jar – all you have to do is guess the amount of batteries inside!
The competition will run until midday Friday 2nd June and a winner will be announced the same afternoon. If multiple people guess the correct answer a winner will be drawn at random from the correct answers. Should no one guess the correct figure, the closest will be chosen as the winner. Again if there are multiple people with the nearest correct answer, the winner will be drawn at random from those entrants.
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Anyone is eligible to petition the Alumni Association to start a new local or professional Chapter.
Initial Requirements:
A new chapter must be officially chartered by the Board of Directors of the Virginia State University Alumni Association. A one-time application charter fee in the amount of $25 is required.
There must be at least seven (7) prospective members to apply for a local or professional chapter charter.
All prospective members must be financial with the National Alumni Association prior to forming the chapter by paying their National membership dues of $30.
Once charter members have been chosen, a list indicating their names, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and any other information on the individuals eligible for affiliation to the group (ex. Class year, college major, maiden name) must be sent to the Alumni Association's National Office.
Membership potential within the area must be large enough to sustain leadership and programs.
Each interested chapter must present a Board of Officers to the National Office. The initial board must make a two-year commitment to ensure continuity during initial development. At a minimum the chapter must have the positions of President, Recording Secretary, and Treasurer. Other positions should include Vice President, Corresponding Secretary, Financial Secretary, Chaplain, Parliamentarian, and Sergeant at Arms.
Each interested chapter must also appoint a representative to the Association's Board of Directors.
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After church this morning we went to our grandson's basketball game and then I came home and made this bag with scraps left over from the quilt I made my sister a few years ago for her 50th birthday. I decided to keep the bag for myself and use it as my yarn bag. I love how it turned out. I actually used a reverse quilting method to make this bag.
Just kidding about the Super Bowl...I really knew the game was today. Our son, Kyle, and his girlfriend, Julia, came over for an impromptu Super Bowl party. Not really a party, just a reason to eat what we bought at Claro's yesterday and play cards and take more photos. Kyle is really good with the camera and he has been helping me since I got the camera from Mr. Romance at Christmas. But, sadly, he and Julia will be going back to Brazil on Wednesday, where he is an oral surgery resident. Kyle has really taught me so much about photography in the few weeks he was home. They were really supposed to leave last Wednesday, but had problems with Julia's visa at the airport, so they have been on the phone for 2 days straight, with two trips to the Brazilian consulate in, Los Angeles, in 2 days, and finally have a flight on Wednesday. I hope they will not have any more problems.
Here's a little montage of some of the fun we had today.


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RateWatch 14 Oct – Dear Harry Reid, et al.
Markets: Flat. Dead, absolute, flat. No movement. We're in the middle of a trading channel and we cannot move higher or lower. That sticks us at about 4.25 – 4.5% on standard 30-year notes, depending on several factors.
Analysis: Unemployment claims data in today showed mixed results. New claims were up, continuing claims were down. The inflation data came in much higher than was expected, but nobody believes that data any more, so markets didn't react to that. There was a bond auction as well, and it stank, but nobody cared about the, either. Nobody cares about anything until the Fed decides what it's going to do about another round of "quantitative easing" (that's marketspeak for "the Fed buying up government debt"). It's inflationary, which is bad for bonds, but it also reduces the risk of DEflation, which is also bad for bonds. Right now, markets are focused on the Fed and on this foreclosure moratorium. Herewith, an open letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and his cohorts, on that subject:
Dear Mr. Reid:
I see that you have called for a moratorium on foreclosures across the nation. While I clearly understand your desire to protect the homes of the Senators and Congressmen that are inevitably going to be chucked out on their ears this fall, I want to suggest that such a moratorium is a bad idea.
No, strike that. I want to tell you that calling for such a moratorium shows that, as we have long suspected, you have half the intelligence of a hatful of lice.
A foreclosure is the remedy of last resort for a bank. In most cases, this bank has sent hundreds of thousands of dollars out there on behalf of a homeowner, on the promise that the homeowner will pay the bank back. When the homeowner does not, the lender has no other recourse other than to foreclose.
Now, it is true that in 23 states in our great nation, foreclosures are undertaken judicially; that is, the lender has to prove to the court that it has the legal right to foreclose, upon which the court lifts that automatic stay of foreclosure and allows the lender to seize the house. It is also true that in many cases (but by no means even a large minority) the banks fudged the proof by having someone state that he had seen the documents proving the aforementioned right to foreclose, when no such thing had actually happened. This is perjury. The banks are being punished right now, even as we speak, by having mortgage notes invalidated in such cases, giving the homes in question to the individuals living there outright.
Perhaps this is justice. The banks violated the law. But the individuals that are now getting their homes given to them violated the contract under which the home loan was made. Search all you want, and you will not find a single case in which the homeowner was sent into foreclosure despite having made all his payments. The homeowner was derelict. he violated a contract. He will not, nonetheless, be punished for it. In Nevada, perhaps, that is called justice.
Leaving that aside, in the other 37 states the lender hasn't made even a technical violation of the law, but you're calling for them to be unable to foreclose there anyway. I know this is likely to get you votes from the deadbeat class, and maybe that's the only reason you're calling for it. But I want to point out a couple of things that you probably missed, not having had to actually hold a job for three decades or so.
One is that there are a lot of people out there that need to get out of their houses so that housing stock can get back to producing returns. Those people were going to be levered out through foreclosure, quite often. Pass a moratorium, and those houses can sit there on the banks' books as non-performing assets until their walls fall in. This is a bad time to have stuff like that happen. If there's a moratorium on foreclosures, how many people are just going to stop paying those mortgages altogether? That's also going to be really good for the tottery financial industry.
But the second thing is worse. If banks have only one recourse in a mortgage default, and you take that recourse away, what will banks do? They will stop lending money. Why would they? What can they possibly gain from it? The mortgage market is already in the ICU from all the other crap you guys have been throwing at it, and this would further reduce the already pitifully small number of people that can qualify for a mortgage in the first place. Surely, SURELY, you can see this. Your state's unemployment rate is already well above the national average, and why is that? Because of all the people there that used to be part of the homebuilding and homebuying industry that are now out going door-to-door selling vacuum cleaners. What you're suggesting will make that problem WORSE.
Since there's nobody on your staff, apparently, that is able to understand this, you'll just have to trust me. Or trust the White House. Nobody there has ever had a real job, either, but even THEY have this figured out.
We out here on the front lines of the market have only one request. LEAVE US ALONE. The sooner you do that, the faster things will get moving in the right direction again.
Or, you know, just wait a couple weeks, then you can make whatever decisions you want, and we won't care. We'll see if Sharron Angle has a better grasp of third-grade economics. Maybe you can get a new job selling vacuum cleaners. You're obviously a hell of a salesman.
RateWatch ALERT – Friday Sept 10
As you are doubtless aware, rates have been absolutely fantastic for about three weeks. We have seen rates tumble from already ridiculous lows to unseen and unheard-of low 4% ranges.
That appears to be over.
The last three days the market has moved in the wrong direction every day, and today is no exception. RateWatch sees that the benchmark bond is off 38bps, which is enough to move rates higher when coupled with the loss of 70+bps over the last couple days. I believe that we have seen the best pricing we're ever going to see.
If you have been holding your fire on doing a refinance, or you are purchasing a home but have not locked your rate yet, you had best get on it quickly. Rates will have moved to 4.5% this morning, edging toward 4.625%. If your credit isn't perfect (or your loan has other quirks), your rate will be higher yet.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. But we all knew this wasn't going to last forever.
RateWatch 5 August 2010 – FHA Fee Shift?
Welcome to RateWatch for Thursday, August 05, 2010. Here's what's happening:
Employment again is the news of the day, with new claims up another 20,000 or so to 479,000. Continuing claims were down, though, to 453,700. That was not as far down as the markets were expecting, however, and that's meant that bonds have stayed strong.
Not too strong, though. There really is no upside here. Unless we get a truly shocking number tomorrow from the unemployment people, showing unemployment at, say 10.5%, there just isn't any confidence in the bond market to cause a buying wave.
What that means for rates: nothing. We're down 6bps, which might just as well be flat. There is no upside without huge news, and no downside because what news there is is bad. So we're hanging out with rates in the 4.5% range.
Anything else?: yep. Sure is. The big news today comes out of Washington, surprise surprise, with the Senate passing a bill that changes FHA fees. Up-front MI will move from the current 2.25% down to 1%, a positive change, but more than made up for by the increase in monthly MI from an annual .55% to .9%, and the FHA gets authority to go all the way to 1.5%.
Bottom line: on a $200,000 loan, you are paying right now $4500 in UFMIP and $91.66/mo in monthly MI. When these changes take effect, you'll be paying $2000 UFMIP but $150/mo in MI. For more commentary on that, see the blog at thechrisjonesgroup.com.
I'm Chris Jones, aka Agent Zero. That's RateWatch for today. Until next time, we'll be watching the rates.
RateWatch 29 July 2010 – Carnac Speaks!
Welcome to RateWatch for Thursday July 29, I'm your host, Chris Jones, and here's what's happening:
Today's market: The benchmark bond is up 12bps today. We're trading in a very narrow channel. Economic news today was all about employment, as in, there isn't much of it. Unemployment benefits have been extended, so continuing claims were up, which did not surprise anyone. New claims were down, but not very much. The recovery continues to fail to do the one thing that would really get the economy moving again – create jobs.
What that means to you: rates are holding steady. It's generally acknowledged that banks would like to raise rates, but competition is making that very difficult. Remember, they don't make money unless they lend it out to people. Rates are therefore critical to attracting business. There's no central rate-making authority in mortgages. The banks take their cues from the bond market and from each other. So today's rates are in the 4.5% range on conventional and FHA, with 15-year rates in the 4% range.
At some point, obviously, this is going to change. We'll have a terrorist attack (which would be mixed for bonds) or we'll have IBM invent cold fusion (which would be very, very bad for bonds), and the market will break out of this channel and start moving, almost certainly upward. We are trading right now at the bottom of the historical range, as in, it's never been this good. Ever. So it isn't as if there is a lot farther down we can go.
How long will it last? That's the billion-dollar question. Here's the answer: NO ONE KNOWS. Only one thing is certain: rates in this range will go away. Do not wait to talk to a professional. You can call us. That's what we're here for.
That's RateWatch for July 29, I'm your host, Chris Jones. You can find us at thechrisjonesgroup.com or text us at 801-850-378.


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Kofi Annan held talks with Iran's foreign minister yesterday, as he sought the help of Damascus' staunch ally in ending the 16-month conflict in Syria, a day after meeting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The UN and Arab League peace envoy underlined Tehran's importance in international efforts to stem the bloodshed, following talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.
"Iran can play a positive role," Annan said, adding he would continue to work with the Iranian leadership to resolve the crisis, which monitors say has cost more than 17,000 lives.
"There is a risk that the situation in Syrian gets out of hand and spreads to the region," Annan told a joint news conference with Salehi, who hailed Annan's "neutrality."
A day earlier, the former UN secretary-general had announced a new political "approach" in a bid to resolve the crisis in Syria, where deadly violence shows no sign no abating.
At least 98 people were killed nationwide on Monday, including 34 soldiers, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, almost doubling an earlier toll of 55.
World powers meeting in Geneva last month agreed a plan for a political transition in Syria which did not make an explicit call for al-Assad to quit, although the West and the opposition made clear it saw no role for him in a unity government.
Russia yesterday said that it wanted to host a new meeting of foreign powers concerning the Syria crisis, but stressed that the talks should not decide the fate of al-Assad.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov also said the attempt in Geneva to save Annan's tattered peace plan needed to be continued with the involvement countries such as Iran — something strongly opposed by both Washington and European powers.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the US and its allies of opposing Assad's regime with the goal of dominating the Middle East and propping up Israel.
Meanwhile, the opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) said its priority was to "work for the fall of the Assad regime and all its symbols," insisting there could be no political transition until the embattled president's departure.
Earlier the SNC had slammed Annan's decision to meet Assad, saying thousands of people have been killed despite an April ceasefire.
The opposition coalition's new leader Abdel Basset Sayda is due to travel to Moscow today at the invitation of the Russian foreign ministry, the SNC said.
The diplomatic efforts were taking place against the increasingly familiar backdrop of bloodshed in Syria, where eight people were killed early yesterday, including four army soldiers, two rebels and two civilians, according to the Observatory.


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The foods are being cooked or baked unevenly if you have broken oven door gaskets. It is required to check for first it really needs the replacement, before you decide to replace your oven door gasket. So, to check the uneven heat production you should turn on the oven and without touching the walls of the oven, navigate your hand around the doorway of the oven.
Make a smart move in your life by replacing the oven lamp by yourself. Today PartsFPS team brings you the basic and simple tips for replacing the oven lamp within a few minutes. Let's start the project. Before attempting any maintenance or cleaning, unplug this appliance from the power supply to minimize the possibility of electric shock.
The heating element is a tough old thing before the rest of the oven breaks down; it rarely needs to be replaced. You should not often have to replace your oven heating element. However, if your oven heating element has developed any fault and does need replacement, don't worry. You should have absolutely no problem in changing the heating element,


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Top tips for a Poncetastic Christmas
A bit like mince pies in the shops before Halloween, Mumsnetter FellatioNelson's Poncetastic Christmas thread has become something of an annual tradition.
Here's her explanation: "If you, like me, actually want to make your life a misery by hand-crafting your cards, finding a huge bucket for Nigella's turkey in brine, pickling pears, shrivelling oranges in a low oven for those rustic au naturel decorations, dragging half a holly bush back from the woods, and just generally being a smug annoying jobsworth ponce, join me."
So without further ado, here are the ultimate top five steps to a truly Poncetastic Christmas:
1. The Christmas larder
You should aim to make your own Christmas cake, Christmas pudding, and some festive chutneys, preserves or sweetmeats.
Put your Poncetastic Pickles in kilner jars, label them using your best 'arty' handwriting, and tie them with gingham ribbon. Display them on the shelf above your Aga. (What do you mean you don't have an Aga?) Make a bottle of Poncetastic Festive alcohol, such as Blackberry vodka.
2. The tree
It simply must be real. Gimmicky black trees or upside-down trees are in very poor taste, as are blue lights and tinsel. Endorsed Poncetastic themes are Rustic Scandinavian, Classic Victoriana, Vintage Heirlooms, Jewels of the Orient or Whimsical Homemade.
If your room does not coordinate well with any of these themes, then it may be necessary to redecorate. If you are Kirsty Allsopp or Sarah Raven, the Whimsical Homemade tree will be absolutely charming. If you are Kelly Hoppen, then it might cause you to become a bit twitchy and anxious, in which case I recommend going for the dual-tree approach - one for you, in the sitting room, and one for the children, in another room where no-one important will see it.
All baubles must be glass. All lights must be white. They may twinkle and they may fade, but they must NEVER flash.
3. External decorations
Your doorstep should feature two standard bay or box trees with soft white lights, plus a wreath of fresh foliage and berries on the door. It would help the cause enormously if your front door could be painted in Downpipe, or any one of the Sludge colours from Farrow and Ball.
If you see your neighbour trying to erect a 6ft inflatable Santa near your boundary, have him killed.
For country types, hang a brace of pheasant and a dead rabbit on your garden gate. It is not necessary to eat them, they are purely decorative, although you could make game pie for New Year if you wish.
4. The turkey, cheese board and vegetable
The Poncetastic way with a turkey is to brine it in a large bucket. Buy your turkey from your local Organic Norfolk Bronze turkey farm. Of course you may have a goose if you prefer - tres Poncestastique. Barely enough meat to feed a family of Borrowers, but never mind - Ponce Points aplenty. A frozen turkey crown from Morrisons or a turducken from Aldi are not acceptable.
After collecting your turkey, you should move on to your local fromagerie to pick up your cheese board, which will have been selected in advance with the help of the proprietor. You will, of course, have made some walnut biscuits to eat with the cheese.
You really should have thought ahead and grown the Christmas dinner vegetables yourself. After opening the presents and having a breakfast of champagne and smoked salmon blinis, slip on your Hunters, your vintage tweed jacket and a swishy corduroy skirt, and nip out to dig up the parsnips and pick the sprouts.
Have your smiling, rosy-cheeked children help you, by putting them into a dinky wooden trug. No, they definitely would not rather stay indoors scoffing Quality Street and watching telly. While you are outside, collect some scented winter blooms for a nosegay.
5. Christmas dinner
Listen to Carols from King's and sip sherry while you prepare lunch. The more sherry you have, the easier it will all seem.
Lay the table with a linen cloth, some candles and personalised place settings made from the vintage scrabble tiles, painstakingly sourced from jumble sales and boot fairs.
After lunch you will play charades, have a family sing-song, go for a long walk in a lovely cashmere scarf (you may need to borrow a Labrador) and then sit in front of a roaring fire sipping blackberry vodka and teaching your charming children to play cards.
There will be no snoring or farting whilst slumped in front of Only Fools and Horses wearing a wonky paper hat.
And it's never too early to start thinking about New Year's Eve and which canapes you'll serve.
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One week ago today, we saw video footage of Lil Kim's interview on The Breakfast Club that included a discussion of her beef with Nicki Minaj. You might remember that the Queen Bee referenced Cash Money and how she linked with Birdman and Slim some years back, but their plans together fell through. Then, she said that Minaj ended up using similar music and style that she brought to the table with Cash Money.
Well, Birdman has addressed those comments in a brief interview clip with Envy on MTV2's Sucker Free. He denied everything and said there "ain't no truth to that," adding that "biting and stealing, that shit ain't for us." That's that then, right? We'll see.
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Faith Lived Out
As we head into 2013, I have a few inspiring faith stories to share with you.
Last week Georgia Dome in Atlanta was packed with Christian students beginning the New Year at the annual Passion worship conference. Over 60,000 young people between the ages of 18 and 25 heard from speakers like Louie Giglio, Frances Chan and Beth Moore.
The students took part in worship sessions and seminars, with an emphasis on fighting human trafficking and helping the poor. The attendees were asked to each bring a new towel and pair of socks to donate to local homeless shelters in Atlanta.
Christian musicians leading worship at Passion 2013 included Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, David Crowder and Christy Nockels.
Closer to home, thousands of young Christians attended the Urbana Student Missions Conference in St. Louis. Urbana Director Tom Lin says over 4,000 of the students who attended the five-day conference committed to more than two years of missionary service in their lives.
The students accepted the challenge to both proclaim the gospel and to demonstrate Christian love through service. Planning will start soon for the next Urbana Student Missions Conference in 2015. If you would like to attend, or if you know a student who might be interested in attending, you can learn more at urbana.org.
And across the Atlantic, Pope Benedict says he believes peace can prevail in 2013, despite the problems in the world today. In his New Year's Day Mass, the Pope acknowledged the evils of terrorism, criminal acts and the inequality between rich and poor.
But he also said he is convinced the "numerous works of peace, in the world are testimony to the innate vocation of humanity to peace." You can read the Pope's entire homily here.
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Horton Plains is a beautiful, silent, strange world with some excellent hikes in the shadows of Sri Lanka's second- and third-highest mountains, Kirigalpotta (2395m) and Totapola (2359m). The 'plains' themselves form an undulating plateau over 2000m high, covered by wild grasslands and interspersed with patches of thick forest, rocky outcrops, filigree waterfalls and misty lakes. The surprising diversity of the landscape is matched by the wide variety of wildlife.
The plateau comes to a sudden end at World's End, a stunning escarpment that plunges 880m. Unless you get there early the view from World's End is often obscured by mist, particularly during the rainy season from April to September. The early morning (between 6am and 10am) is the best time to visit, before the clouds roll in. That's when you'll spy toy-town tea plantation villages in the valley below, and an unencumbered view south towards the coast. In the evening and early morning you'll need long trousers and a sweater, but the plains warm up quickly, so take a hat for sun protection. The weather is clearest January to March.


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Firstly, you need to set yourself a budget. You'd be amazed how the prices can vary, often causing you to overpay for an item you could have purchased considerably cheaper elsewhere. By setting a budget, you have something to work to. This can also force you to spend some time and shop around until you find that perfect match for your room.
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Emma Stone is red delicious in a Giambattista Valli gown at the Oscars. It's fun and flirty — the tie-neck is just the sort of fashion flair that Emma can pull off, and she makes the most of it by pulling her hair back in an elegant sideswept bun and keeping the makeup neutral. For jewelry, her sparkly Louis Vuitton clutch makes the biggest statement, while the Vuitton earrings, from their high jewelry collection, are lovely — red spinels and diamonds set in white gold. What do you think of Emma's look?
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Peep Sean Brown "Taxi Driver" Video, the latest visual from Sean Brown. It dropped on Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012. Sean Brown's odds keep getting better with each new leak, and Sean Brown "Taxi Driver" Video will undoubtedly improve his chances of winning. It's a worthy addition to a respectable catalogue that has seen a lot of growth since Sean Brown debuted in this game. We're looking forward to the follow-up.Off Sean Browns mixtape "Whole Foods" available now!
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Nielsen Online Landscape Review - December 2014
Published on Tuesday, 20 January 2015 in the categories Research & Resources, Mobile Resources, Audience Measurement and Nielsen
Welcome to the December 2014 edition of Nielsen's Online Landscape Review. The online landscape in December saw Australians spend 35 hours online over 62 sessions; with nearly 37 billion minutes spent online with 27 billion pages viewed. Compared to November, the average consumer spent 2 hours less browsing and 2 less sessions over Christmas period.
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BTW except Caster, what games have you ported yourself ? (not with LGP)
Only Caster's with regards to that question. Everything else published has been LGP. Several unpublished works (Mostly waiting for LGP to decide to publish- or were "cut bait" type stories, including an X86_64 port of Soul Ride that wasn't worth it based on returns on the title...).
What games are you porting right now ?
Cortex Command.
Caster (ARM/OpenGLES port of Linux version for BeagleBoard, Pandora, Droid, etc...)
Caster 2 release for Linux version.
All of the Myth Franchise from Bungee (Starting soon...)
Right now, I'm waiting to hear back from Paradox on EU2/HoI2/HoI3/etc. For that one, if they green-light me, I'll have a few people I can reasonably rely upon to assist in hand for that as there's more than enough work for many on that deal.
Some of these will actually start later in the year or are as I find time doing them (i.e. the Myth Franchise stuff. This is a fan of the franchise pitching his hat in with the bunch doing the Windows/MacOS versions of Classic Myth I&II and Myth III with permission from TakeTwo...)
And what is the status of Bandits: Phoenix Rising and Disciples 2: Dark Prophecy ? (dunno if you know about Disciples 2, but it seems that none really knows the status of this game, even not Michael
Heh... I can't go into MUCH details on things under NDA (and those ARE, sadly there...) but I can tell you that Bandits was more waiting for the green-light on pressing it. There was one last bug but it was with the beta's bundling itself. Pretty much everything else was ready to the best of my knowledge. Disciples 2...heh...I can't discuss titles I don't have direct involvement with...sorry.
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SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to California Businesses and Residents Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding
Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to California businesses and residents affected by severe storms and flooding that occurred Feb. 1-25, 2017, U.S. Small Business Administration's Administrator Linda McMahon announced today. SBA acted under its own authority to declare a disaster in response to a request SBA received from Gov. Edmund G. Brown, Jr.'s designated representative, Mark S. Ghilarducci, director of the Governor's Office of Emergency Services, on March 17, 2017.
The disaster declaration makes SBA assistance available in Alameda, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Lassen, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Plumas, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Yolo and Yuba counties in California; and Washoe County in Nevada.
"SBA is strongly committed to providing California with the most effective and customer-focused response possible, and we will be there to provide access to federal disaster loans to help finance recovery for businesses and residents affected by the disaster," said McMahon. "Getting our businesses and communities up and running after a disaster is our highest priority at SBA."
"Low-interest federal disaster loans are available to businesses of all sizes, most private nonprofit organizations, homeowners and renters whose property was damaged or destroyed by this disaster," said SBA's acting Regional Administrator Robert Blaney. "Beginning Wednesday, March 22, 2017, SBA representatives will be on hand at the following Disaster Loan Outreach Centers to answer questions about SBA's disaster loan program, explain the application process and help each individual complete their application," Blaney continued. The centers will be open on the days and times indicated below until further notice. No appointment is necessary.
Businesses of all sizes and private nonprofit organizations may borrow up to $2 million to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other business assets. SBA can also lend additional funds to businesses and homeowners to help with the cost of improvements to protect, prevent or minimize the same type of disaster damage from occurring in the future.
For small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations of any size, SBA offers Economic Injury Disaster Loans to help meet working capital needs caused by the disaster. Economic injury assistance is available regardless of whether the business suffered any property damage.
Disaster loans up to $200,000 are available to homeowners to repair or replace damaged or destroyed real estate. Homeowners and renters are eligible for up to $40,000 to repair or replace damaged or destroyed personal property.
Interest rates can be as low as 3.15 percent for businesses, 2.5 percent for private nonprofit organizations and 1.875 percent for homeowners and renters with terms up to 30 years. Loan amounts and terms are set by SBA and are based on each applicant's financial condition.
Applicants may apply online using SBA's secure website at https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela.
Disaster loan information and application forms are also available from SBA's Customer Service Center by calling (800) 659-2955 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Individuals who are deaf or hard‑of‑hearing may call (800) 877-8339. For more disaster assistance information or to download applications, visit https://www.sba.gov/disaster. Completed applications should be mailed to U.S. Small Business Administration, Processing and Disbursement Center, 14925 Kingsport Road, Fort Worth, TX 76155.
The filing deadline to return applications for property damage is May 19, 2017. The deadline to return economic injury applications is Dec. 20, 2017.
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1505 Main St.
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Opens 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 22
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Plumas County Courthouse Annex
270 County Hospital Road
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Opens 9 a.m. Wednesday, March 22
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City Hall
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200 East Santa Clara St.
San Jose, CA 95113
Opens 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 22
Mondays – Fridays, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
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September has always been one of my favorite months. The weather is usually amazing, the beach is no longer crowded AND it is my birthday month. This year September meant something different to me-instead of being in the typical back-to-school grind, I was able to spend the entire month with my babies. As you can see from my runkeeper info above, some of that time with my babies was also spent moving! Most days we went on at least one walk, sometimes two- but we also ventured out of the neighborhood with other moms and babies which was great!
I never dreamed that I would be able to log 95.5 miles in one month! Within that 95.5 miles I completed a 5k, a walk for ALS, a few #mondaynightmiles runs and of course the DOGFISH DASH! The 5k was for a foundation called Believe in Tomorrow– they provide a resting and relaxing vacation for those with children that have some kind of critical illness. As I ran the 5k I saw some of the critically ill children being pushed in wheel chairs having the times of their lives! They reached out for high-fives and at least one got out of their wheel chair and crossed the finish line– talk about emotional! As I was running the race I once again was reminded about how blessed I am and I could
barely wait to get home to my sweet little ones and give them a big kiss! Later that same day my husband and I packed up the kids and we participated in a walk for ALS. One of my husband's childhood neighbors has been plagued with this terrible disease and we walked to support him. This walk was yet again another gentle reminder to not take anything for granted, especially the little things in life, like walking and talking. Doing both events in one day was a lot to process- but it is important to be reminded that everyday is important.
The Dogfish Dash was yet again another fun day of running! As you can see from the picture, we even were lucky enough to get our picture taken with Sam, the founder of dogfish head. My sister and another friend all ran this race together they are both much faster than me but were both healing injuries so they took it easy and enjoyed my slow pace. We ended up finishing the 10k in 1:07 which for me was 5 minutes faster than last years time! We had a blast running and chatting through the quaint little town of Milton. If you plan to run this race next year, be sure to set some kind of reminder for April 1st when registration opens- this past year it sold out in about 30 minutes!
October marks the start of the Joggermom Virtual Marathon! I already have 13.5 miles logged- mainly from walking during my lunch and one weekend run. Since being back at work, fitness has taken a back seat, so I am living on the motto "Do what you can" So far this month I also completed the 5 before the 5th that mommyrunfaster sponsors. All you have to do is run either 5 or 10 miles before the 5th of the month and you can be entered to win cool prizes!
I have been very tired since starting school and trying my best to get adjusted to the early mornings, 250 students and all the regular mom/wife duties. I spent my Saturday afternoon making 10 frozen meals- so dinner will at least be taken care of for a few weeks. If I ever get any free time ((haha)) I will post some of my go-to freezer recipes to share. As October continues to march on, I am looking forward to cooler weather, pumpkin everything and even some long runs! What are some of your favorite things about fall? Any races planned?


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Spring 2005 - Volume 9 Number 2
Clinical Contributions
2005 Vohs Award Winner
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Pain Management Doesn't have to be a Pain: Working and Communicating Effectively with Patients who have Chronic Pain
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Managing High-Risk, High-Cost Patients: The Southern California Kaiser Permanente Experience in the Medicare ESRD
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Special Feature: A Focus on Evidence-Based Medicine
In December 2004, The Permanente Journal and the Care Management Institute joined together to sponsor the Evidence-Based Medicine Symposium in Costa Mesa, California. The presenters were invited to contribute to this Journal symposium to diffuse their learnings.
The Permanente Journal Cosponsorship of the Evidence-Based Medicine Symposium, December 3 & 4, 2004
Permanente Medicine in a Changing World: Challenges and Opportunities
The Care Management Institute: Making the Right Thing Easier to Do
Acquiring Evidence--Tips for Effective Literature Searching
Balance Sheets: Tools to Inform Changes in Practice
From Evidence to Outcomes: Implementing Clinically Effective and Cost-Efficient Population-Based Interventions
Evidence-Based Medicine and Population-Based Care: Caring for Patients with Heart Failure
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Diffusing Innovation in Your Practice
KP Evidence-Based Medicine in the Community
Evidence-Based Guidelines
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Big Doctoring in America: Profiles in Primary Care
Affect Regulation and The Repair of the Self
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying. 3rd edition
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Soul of the Healer
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Design a Bridal Bouquet
Greening in a Cascading Bouquet
To design a bridal bouquet, you must learn the basics. "Greening in a bouquet" is a term used by florists. It means that the initial step is framing every bouquet with different varieties of green leaves. Although leather leaf fern is a very common in every flower shops, you can add more interest and texture to your wedding bouquet if you add a few different types.
You are really deciding the size of your bouquet with this initial insertion of greenery.
Notice that the outer greens bend back towards the bouquet handle, and as you insert more towards the center, they get shorter and stand up a little straighter. The ones in the center will eventually be pointing straight out towards the designer.
Don't feel like every piece has to be an identical size. When I design a bridal bouquet, I try to follow the curves of the greenery in a natural way. The arrangement will then have a beautiful drape and feel.
I inserted two long sword ferns at the bottom. Notice that they aren't "straight down", but rather inserted with a little side curve to them. These give a little texture and depth with the difference in the leaf style and the contrasting color.
I made loops of lemon grass and wired them to a Cowee pick (a small wooden stake that will swell and hold tight in the wet florist foam).
Inserted above the two light green sword fern, you now have another interesting texture added to your arrangement.
I've created more shorter loops that I will put in at the top - directly opposite the larger loops at the bottom of the bridal bouquet.
I wired two straight pieces of lemon grass and placed on the bottom(opposite of the loops and sword fern). Now your bouquet is greened in.
Seal by misting with a sealant such as Finishing Touch. Keep rewatering and store in cool place (such as basement or air conditioned room.) It will stay looking nice for several days - you can insert the flowers a day or two before the wedding. Just be sure the flowers stay hydrated as well by continually rewetting the florist foam in the holder. Mist the flower heads with Finishing Touch.
The next step to design a bridal bouquet is inserting your flowers. See how different you can make the bouquet look simply by the flower choices you make.
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St Luke's Primary School have done some fabulous fundraising for us, to show support to one of their pupils who was recently diagnosed with cancer.
"Team St Luke's", a big group of pupils and parents from St Luke's Primary School, took part in the 2016 Halloween "Trick or Treat 5km Fun Run" in Richmond Park, walking, jogging and running amidst a spectacular sea of witches, ghosts and other ghoulish attire and a very spooky atmosphere!
They all did brilliantly, had great fun and raised an amazing £5,481.15 for us through their JustGiving page.
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Thanks to track and a trusted mentor, a Beltsville, Maryland teenager is racing his way to success.
Johnathan Avila, an 18-year-old senior at High Point High School, is headed to Wilmington University with a full scholarship to run track. It's a special moment for Avila and his parents; he's the first person in his family to go to college.
And it's a special moment for Prince George's County Police Corporal Kenneth Hibbard. Hibbard and Avila met when the teenager ran a 2013 5K memorial run, honoring fallen officer Adrian Morris, one of Hibbard's previous mentees.
Avila placed first overall in the race, something Corporal Hibbard immediately noticed.
"Johnathan blew everybody out of the water," Hibbard said.
Hibbard runs the Police Explorers Leadership Program in Laurel and Beltsville. In that program, police officers provide guidance and mentorship to young men and women with potential. After Hibbard saw Avila run, he knew the boy had opportunities unbeknownst to him.
"I got a scholarship to run track and that was my foot in the door," Hibbard said. "I said, 'You can do that, too.'"
With Hibbard at his side, Avila began running track at his high school. He went on to gain local and national recognition for his cross-country, one-mile and two-mile meets, and his hard work eventually led to a full ride at Wilmington. Hibbard was with him when he signed his scholarship papers.
Avila began to cry when reflecting on his success.
"It's emotional," he said between tears. "We've been through a lot."
Avila starts school in the fall, where he wants to study business. But after graduation, his plans are crystal clear: He'll be a police officer.
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