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Keep Ahead of the Learning Curve, Part 211 May, 2011 By: Robert Green
You've got your training plan in hand, and now you need to show management why funding that training is a smart financial decision.
In the previous issue of the CAD Manager's Newsletter, I challenged you to come up with a learning plan to keep yourself technically current — and more valuable to your company. If you haven't thought about your learning plan yet, you may want to take a look at that column before proceeding.
In this issue, I'll show you how to prioritize your list of learning objectives in a way that'll get your boss's attention and convince him or her to approve your training plan. Here goes.
Getting Started
In order to get the training process rolling, you have to identify your company's training needs, then try to align your learning objectives with those needs. In my example case, I related the story of "Lois," who needs to bring Revit into her company, but must become more knowledgeable about the software to do so. In evaluating Lois's company's needs, we determined that the following Revit-based objectives were critical:
- Being able to send/receive Revit-based files to/from various clients
- Having a plan for eventually using Revit on in-house projects
- Having to control the expenses associated with Revit implementation.
To meet these needs, I recommended that Lois pursue the following training objectives:
- Acquire specific skills to send/receive Revit files to/from customers.
- Acquire more general Revit skills that would be key for the company's future usage of the software.
- Study how other companies have implemented Revit to learn what works — as well as what doesn't.
- Study how to best train company users so adoption of Revit will go as smoothly as possible.
The payoff for the company is that Lois will be able to meet its Revit needs, while the payoff for Lois is her greatly expanded knowledge of Revit — and her enhanced value as an employee.
Selling the Training
Now Lois finds herself in the position of having to demonstrate that her learning plan is worthwhile for the company financially. Oh sure, her plan seems reasonable and sounds beneficial, but how can she prove it? Furthermore, how can she make getting training a priority?
The short answers to these questions are:
To justify costs: You must compare the cost of training with the cost of operating under the status quo. I frequently sum this up by explaining, "It is cheaper to train someone to solve our problem than to keep having the problem," or by asking the rhetorical question, "Why is it that we can't afford to train, but we can afford to keep messing up?"
To get priority: You must show that training should be completed promptly, so the company can reap the financial rewards of the training as quickly as possible. To get management's attention, you might use phrases like, "The sooner I know what I'm doing, the sooner I can solve the problem."
Training only makes sense if the time you spend on it pays you back financially. Remember, time equals money!
Lois's Example
Let's say that Lois has gathered some information about the financial impact of not being able to send and receive Revit files reliably. Here's what she's learned:
- Every month, Lois receives three Revit files from a client of a three-story building project. The files must be processed to yield AutoCAD drawing files before she can work on them.
- Lois has to send the files to a consultant, who performs the processing task and provides her the drawings she needs. This process costs $150 per month.
- Sometimes the consultant can't complete the drawing translations quickly enough, and consequently work on the project is delayed. On average this happens three times per year, and the delay forces Lois to work 10 hours of overtime at 150% of her normal $40/hour labor rate.
So here's what we know about the financial problems associated with the lack of Revit knowledge at Lois's company:
- $1,800 dollars is spent on outside consultants per year (12 months x $150/month)
- $600 dollars is spent on overtime for Lois per year (3 incidents per year x 10 hours per occurrence x $20/hour overhead differential)
In summary, Lois's company is spending $2,400 per year simply dealing with Revit-to-DWG translations.
Quantifying the Training
So now that we know what the annual cost of dealing with the Revit translation problem is, we've got to figure out what training Lois will cost. Here's the information we've gathered:
- Lois can attend a custom half-day class with a local reseller training specialist to learn how to perform the translations. This class will cost $1,000 to set up and attend.
- Lois will be gone for a half-day to take the training, which will cost $160 (4 hours x $40/hour)
- Lois will put in her own time to work through example problems and make sure she understands the translation process.
Therefore, the total cost of training is $1,160.
So what is the impact of Lois pursuing the training? We need to look at a multi-year scenario to answer the question. Here's how to compute a return on investment (ROI) for each year:
- ROI = Savings / Costs x 100%
- For year 1: Savings = $2,400 and costs = $1,160 so the ROI is 206%
- For year 2: Savings = $2,400 and costs = 0 so the ROI is infinite.
Now, in reality, the training should be averaged over a two-year period, which is usually about the time span you can assume that the software won't change too much thus requiring new training right? If we computed a two-year average ROI we'd see this result:
- Two-year ROI = $4,800 in savings / $1,160 in costs = 413%
Or, put another way, $1,160 invested in Lois today will earn the company $4,800 over the next two years.
The Boss's Perspective
If Lois takes her learning plan and ROI computations to her boss, several interesting things are going to happen:
- Her training will most likely get approved.
- Her boss will want the training to get under way sooner rather than later.
- Her boss will understand that Lois isn't just asking to go to training because it is a topic she personally wants to learn about, but because it's knowledge that will help the company perform better.
When all is said and done, Lois will be a better-trained CAD manager whose boss holds her in much higher regard (and values her more) as a result. And isn't being better trained and having more job security a great combination?
Prioritize Your List
I hope that seeing this example case has helped you imagine how you can financially justify your own training requests. I realize it takes time to collect the data and really analyze your own situation, but I promise it'll help you get the training approved.
As you compute the ROI (return on investment) criteria for your training requirements, always tackle the highest-ROI training items first so you can get the best payback for your company. And as you list your training priorities based on ROI, make sure your boss knows you're doing it that way — he or she will be impressed with your judgment and business savvy.
Summing Up
Now that you know how to craft a learning plan and sell it to your management, what are you waiting for? Get going on your financially justified learning plan — and reap the career benefits of doing so.


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I like the tops on some colors but I never liked them on 69. The body color on the drip rail leading to the trim with the vinyl edge is way too busy of a design detail to compliment the rest of the body. I like the designs of the 68 and 67. The 69 design makes it look like its going bald to me. I have been thnking of putting the top back on my 68 as it should have it. I am on the fence though.
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J. Peder Zane
Zane: First Amendment freedoms must be protected
I'm with the left on this one. Government attempts to muzzle UNC Professor Gene Nichol for the harsh, ad hominem attacks he launches against Republicans in his columns are outrageous.
Nichol has not been censored: He can still say what he wants. But conservatives who downplay the mild restrictions imposed on the law professor – he must give his bosses a heads-up about his column and add a disclaimer that he doesn't speak for UNC – miss the point. Not all attacks on speech are equal. When the government is connected to them, they are almost always dangerous.
It is because we grant the government such tremendous power – especially to take our property and liberty – that we need the First Amendment to protect citizens against our leaders and their allies. The Nichol case reminds us that officials too easily conflate their personal views and needs with those of the state and nation. Evidently some in the GOP believed they had the right to pressure Nichol because taxpayer dollars support his UNC salary. I am not a big fan of the slippery slope, but this is the first step toward totalitarianism. Such efforts must always be nipped in the bud.
This kerfuffle should be a footnote before long. But it can have lasting benefits if it leads those on the right to reconsider their defense of Nichol's opponents. I can't think of anything more at odds with the principle of limited government. Even more important, I hope those on the left who have made impassioned pleas in defense of Nichol lay aside their partisan concerns and apply those principles to more direct government attacks on free speech.
If they do, they should be incensed by IRS efforts to silence and harass conservative groups before the 2012 election. Although the White House has not been implicated in this ugly campaign of censorship, we know that leading Democrat senators demanded that the IRS target tea party groups seeking nonprofit status. Given the long history of presidents from FDR to Nixon who used the IRS as a cudgel, this effort is especially frightening. It is a sad comment on our politics that the left's indignation is directed at Republicans seeking answers, not the IRS.
I don't expect liberals to stop denouncing Citizens United and other cases that have lifted restrictions on political donations. There is high principle at stake. Big money does distort the political process. But partisan interest is a stronger motivation. Democrats hate these rulings because they think the rulings hurt them; Republicans celebrate the rulings because they think they benefit. Perhaps the Nichol case can lead us to find ways to address the problem that do not require the government to abridge free speech.
If we muzzle the Koch brothers today, why not the Sierra Club tomorrow? Why not the media – outlets increasingly owned by vast corporations – the day after tomorrow? Certainly we can agree that Sen. Harry Reid's incessant denunciations of the Koch brothers as "unpatriotic" for exercising their constitutional rights are chilling. The same is true of Republican officeholders who denounce "union thugs." I can say it. You can say it. Powerful government officials should not.
The left should also re-examine its push to force the disclosure of contributors to political entities. The NAACP opposed similar efforts in the 1950s, fearing their supporters would be exposed to persecution. Today, some supporters of bans on same-sex marriage have been punished for their political views, most famously Brendan Eich, who was forced to resign as Mozilla's CEO after his $1,000 donation to California's 2008 anti-gay marriage ballot measure was trumpeted on the web.
Richard Kim, executive editor of the leftist Nation magazine, said last week on MSNBC that "some of my gay activist friends" were eager to target all 6,500 Californians who gave as much or more as Eich. "I asked this facetiously, and people were like, 'Let's do it. Let's find out where those people live.' " I applaud Kim for sharing the story and agree that is scary.
If the Nichol case helps us think more deeply about government limits on speech, it should also make us consider whether our own language encourages the free exchange of ideas. Nichol has every right to compare Gov. Pat McCrory to segregationist governor George Wallace and to claim North Carolina's GOP leaders are creating a new "confederacy." Such falsehoods are not only disturbing because they come from a scholar who is paid to explore the nuances of ideas and the complexities of history but also because their ultimate intent is to delegitimize and silence his opponents.
Almost all Americans love our country because of the freedom it provides. In our stridently partisan times, we can find common ground by standing together against those who threaten the inalienable rights we cherish.
Contributing columnist J. Peder Zane can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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By Dawne
The process of doing genealogical research causes us to change our perceptions regularly. Television and the Internet have brought genealogy into the public eye and in many cases have given beginners the notion that researching family history is simply a matter of typing a name into a computer database. When they do not get the results they expect, they understandably are disappointed. At this point, if they persevere and ask questions at their local library, or of a friend who does genealogy, they will learn about record books, courthouses, research libraries, cemeteries and, yes, more locations on the Internet, as well as the rest of what makes up the mosaic of resources for family history research.
Similarly, one of the earliest lessons we learn as genealogists is that government records are not infinite. There is a starting date for civil vital records in every U.S. state, and it usually is well after the date of statehood. Even if our ancestor was born or died after the commencement of vital records, he or she still may not have a birth record or a death record. And so we change our perception and learn to turn to alternative records to find the information we seek.
Genealogists hear about the Mecca that is the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the "other" Mecca that is the Genealogy Center of the Allen County Public Library. Yet neither of these facilities has resources for every location, time period and family. When genealogists visit these libraries with a narrow idea of what they expect to find, for example, Grandpa's adoption record, they may come up empty handed. Then they will have to change their perception to realize that for that particular resource, they will need to research in a state archives, a local courthouse or the local public library, etc.
At one time or another, virtually every genealogist will need to do long-distance research and it may not be feasible to visit the area where an ancestor lived. Sometimes it is possible to request needed books via Interlibrary Loan. And occasionally a fortunate researcher may be able to get information or request photocopies by telephoning the public library or courthouse in the remote location. However, to avoid frustration, the flexible researcher should expect that these cases of "telephone fulfillment" are the exception rather than the rule. So when you cannot immediately have Great-Grandma's obituary read over the phone, ask "Is there a procedure for getting a copy of the obituary?" Don't give up; just look for another way. In other situations, ask, "Who might have this record?" or "Is there another record that might give me the same kind of information?" or "How can I get access to your collection from long distance?" or "Do you have a suggestion for solving this problem?" or "What should I do next?"
Because the Genealogy Center is a reference collection, its books are not available via Interlibrary Loan. However, this does not mean that people who live long distance do not have access to the material in the Genealogy Center's books! On the contrary, researchers simply need to change their perception of how they gain access to the material. There are a number of options, including having the Research Center – the Genealogy Center's research branch – photocopy materials from a specific source or do open-ended research. (See the Quick Search Form and Research Request Form.) Researchers also can request photocopies of needed pages through the Interlibrary Loan service or hire a professional researcher to do work in the collection. If finances are tight, perhaps it would be possible to find someone who has a need (research, proofreading, web site design, typesetting) and arrange an exchange of tasks, or prioritize needs and order a little at a time. The flip side of this last idea is when copies of journal articles are needed, however. With the Genealogy Center's Article Request Form, it is possible to get six articles for one base fee, plus the per-page copy charge. So rather than request just one article each time you locate one, why not save them until you have six that you can request at once?
Try to look at the process of researching your family history as a journey rather than a destination, and remain flexible rather than becoming frustrated by challenges. Instead of trying to leap-frog back through the generations as quickly as possible, change your perception to realize that genealogy isn't always quick and easy, but that's part of the joy in it. Take some time to explore alternative resources and fully extract all clues from each record that you find. Treasures are waiting where you least expect them.


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This evening (30th) in a delightfully wind-free and sunny gap in an otherwise very wet day (it's raining again now!), our four chicks were quickly and successfully ringed, thanks to the services of Martin (the abseiler) and Ant (the licenced ringer). Ant thought there were definitely two females and one male with the fourth bird possibly of either sex....since this bird was intermediate in weight and leg width. Time may help is decide.
It was a beautiful sunny day today with over 60 people arriving at the Watch Point. They came from far and wide, including Brighton and Worcester. It was also good to see so many children and young people enjoying watching the peregrines. The telescopes were put to good use as there was plenty to see, with the chicks showing well on the platform.
Helen and Joyce
John Salloway's photo shows a buzzard turned upside down to fend off a peregrine attack. It was taken a few years ago.


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Our latest for EBONY: "Jamar Rogers Uses His 'Voice' to Fight HIV, Addiction and Homohobia." It may be the most candid interview yet from the breakout star of The Voice.
Viewers fell in love with Rogers' raspy baritone and his incredible personal story, when the singer disclosed to the weekly television audience of 14 million viewers that he was HIV-positive. Rogers learned of his HIV-positive status about seven years ago in Atlanta. "I had been using crystal methamphetamine for about five years," he told EBONY.com. "I would snort it, smoke it, shoot it intravenously, I shared needles. I was hard core."
"I had sex for money and for drugs," Rogers told EBONY.com. "I slept with men and women. I was just trying to get as high as possible as often as possible. That's what happened."
Jamar Rogers' narrative is more common than many people—especially in the Black community—would believe. Crystal meth was once stereotyped as being a favorite on the largely white gay "circuit party" scene. But its abuse "has increased" among Black gay and bisexual men, according to a 2008 study in Addict Behavior . New York University researcher Dr. Perry N. Halkitis reported similar findings in 2009. Crystal meth use often encourages unsafe sex.
Thanks so much to Jamar Rogers for the great interview. You can catch up with Jamar Rogers at Facebook and Twitter. Read the article HERE.
You May Have Missed:
Jamar Rogers Discusses Being HIV+, Recovery from Addiction
The State of HIV/AIDS in Black America [EBONY]
AIDS 2012: Black Gay Men Face "World's Highest" Risk of HIV


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Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
from the commentary-on-commenting dept
Last week, I noted that the winner's roster was dominated by replies to one of our resident dissenters. Not to be outdone, one of the other more disruptive presences here ignited a firestorm of nearly 500 comments, largely by asking the same question over and over again and rejecting all answers that didn't satisfy his mysterious and ever-shifting requirements. The end result? This week's post is pretty meta, because both of the Most Insightful winners are comments responding to a troll responding to a post about winning comments in response to trolls. Got that? Let's get started with Chrono S. Trigger, who refuted both the moral argument and the assertion that it's wrong to call these commenters trolls:
Economically speaking, it doesn't matter if it's moral or amoral. Morally speaking, it doesn't matter if it's legal or not. Legally speaking, it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong. Realistically speaking, it doesn't matter if it's moral, legal, or right. You see how nothing actually relates in this situation? The fact that you won't acknowledge the fact that reality does not line up with the law any more speaks volumes about you.
Here's where you may be getting confused. Copyright isn't actually a right, it's a privilege granted to you for a limited time by the people who copyright is suppose to benefit, us, the public. So when you start talking morality, you're already off track when talking about copyright. If you want to talk morality, then it's moral to ignore copyright because copyright itself has become amoral (wasn't when it was created, now it is).
As for trolls, while you may bring an argument or two to the table, the people you chose to defend demonize and dehumanize themselves. They chose to come here, insult everyone indiscriminately, ignore any logic, and then leave without providing responses, logic, or evidence of their own. We don't do that to them, we just follow the path they laid out for themselves.
Then, an anonymous commenter took second place with a reply to Chrono, expanding on his point to note that the deeper moral right is on the side of the public:
Personally, I would take this a step further back and point out that copyright is a suspension of everyone else's right to do as they please with elements of culture, that there is no inherent exclusive natural right to exclude others from copying your book or song or whatever. It is, instead, an artificial marketplace convenience founded on suspending everyone else's natural rights.
If you want to get moral about it, copyright is a slight immorality that we all tolerate so long as copyright results in a net benefit to society.
For Editor's Choice on the insightful side, first up we've got dennis deems on our post about Disney's misrepresentation of the secret of its success. Dennis laid out some specifics about how Disney's current copyright philosophy clashes with the original roots of its creativity:
The seventh edition of Grimms' fairy tales, source of Snow White, was published in 1857. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865. Collodi's Pinocchio was published in 1883. Kipling's The Jungle Book was published in 1894. If these works had been subject to Disney's hypocritical 100 year copyright prison, Disney would have had to pay for the privilege of making its feature films based on them, to say nothing of the corresponding merchandising. One wonders whether Snow White or Pinocchio would have been made at all. These are the works on which Disney built its empire, and it was able to use them because they were not subject to preposterous copyright claims. Under the terms that were in effect when Disney's version of Snow White was made, the film, its score, and all the characters and visuals associated with it, ought to have entered public domain DECADES ago. This is the point. Disney drinks deep from the well of public domain but contrives to prevent that well ever from being replenished.
Up next we've got an anonymous comment (which also holds a close third place in the voting) that puts HBO's refusal to go direct in some comparative context:
Blockbuster didn't want to cannibalize their video sales with streaming options
Kodak didn't want to cannibalize their film products with digital
HBO didn't want to cannibalize their cable products with standalone internet offerings
On the Funny side, the winner is MrWilson on our post about EU Commission VP Neelie Kroes explaining how copyright was built for a world of gatekeepers. MrWilson parodied the fundamental argument of many copyright maximalists:
In my day, young people respected gates. They knew who kept the gates and they knew that they had to pay the toll if they wanted in. They didn't just jump over the gates like kids these days. They didn't have the technology to get over the gates. They had to go through them! They never questioned why we put the gates up either. I tell you, we need to do away with this new technology that allows gate-jumping or else things won't remain exactly the same as when I was making all that money off of charging a toll for use of the gate. I even put up a gate around my yard, but the kids just jump that gate too. Now I have to go outside and yell at them, "hey kids, stay off my lawn!" No respect, I tell you.
/dinosaur rant
I am inadvertently and indirectly responsible for the second-place comment, by way of something I mentioned (about carrots not actually being good for your eyesight) in the Insider Chat, which made its way into our post about first-person shooters actually being good for your eyesight, which in turn inspired Beech to parody the typical troll response:
Leave it to Mike "pants on fire" masnick to once again post his opinions as irrefutable fact! I happen to know, for a fact, from first hand experience, that carrots are yucky! I think it is time for both Mike and my mommy to come out and admit that they're in the pockets of Big Vegetable.
For the first Editor's Choice, we've got an anonymous comment on our post about the MPAA's propagan-tastic facts for politicians. This AC noted that they may be selling themselves short:
$42.1 billion in wages from direct industry jobs and distributing $37.4 billion in payments to nearly 278,000 businesses around the country in 2010.
These numbers are most likely low. They don't even mention how much they spend buying politicians.
Finally, because it's a pet peeve of all the editors, we've got a response to a commenter (who obviously hasn't spent much time here) complaining that the subject of dead authors' estates does not belong on a blog called Techdirt. An anonymous commenter wholeheartedly agreed:
Yeah, precisely. What does this have to do with Dirt?
Indeed. That's all for this week—join us tomorrow when we get back to our roots with an exposé on keyboard gunk and a feature about VCR head-cleaning tapes, the Boston Strangler's washcloth of the film industry.


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The puppets of medicine
I got my evaluations back today for internal medicine. On the whole I did well… except for the eval from my resident. She's a fresh-off-the-boat foreign medical graduate who doesn't understand how grade inflation works in the United States. She pulled me aside and said, "You did very well. I gave you a C." Her comments section was loaded with praise, saying, "Very knowledgeable, works well with the team." Under the needs to improve section, she had only one word: "unenthusiastic." She told me, "I know you don't want to do medicine, but you need to smile more on rounds."
What!?! Rounds take four hours. I'm not some cheerleader who can come in and say, "Hooray medicine! Goooooo team!" Faking a smile is difficult when my job of pre-rounding is done by 7:00am and the rest of the morning is spent standing in the back of a crowd while my attending opines on starting another anti-hypertensive medication on our patient with the blood pressure of 140/80. Most of my time on rounds is spent fantasizing about having a threesome with my resident—who, might I add, is only minimally attractive at best, yet holds a lot of power over my evaluation.
In medical training we use the Socratic method to teach students. While the method is to find knowledge gaps and fill the holes in a young doctor's education, the whole ordeal gets to be rather intimidating when the attending is interrupting the student and saying, "What are the components of Ranson's criteria for pancreatitis?" or "What's the half-life of labetolol?" Students call this method "pimping" because it's such a humbling experience to have your ignorance broadcast to the entire team.
In a classic example of pimping this week, my attending wanted to see the differential diagnosis of pancreatitis. I admitted a woman to the hospital with severe upper abdominal pain. My attending asked, "Why don't you think she's having pericarditis?"
Me: Because the EKG is not consistent with pericarditis, she has not had any recent illnesses, she has no chest pain, and there isn't a friction rub heard on physical exam.
Her: That's right, she doesn't have pericarditis. I just wanted to make sure that you knew that.
Well she's not having a stroke, either. Would you like me to tell you why?
The good news is that I put together a patient tracking form to simplify my life on the wards. You'll notice that I used the medfools card as an inspiration. Their card isn't very useful for me because (1) it's two pages and I can't print double-sided, (2) the cards are too busy and loaded with too many forms I wouldn't find useful, and (3) the checkboxes take up too much space for a medical student. Only an intern would need to accomplish that many tasks.
In the future, I'm going to make the boxes editable so that users can print out a nicely printed tracking sheet.


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As the new Congress begins to settle in, the agriculture committees of both Houses are expected to begin the initial preparations for writing the next farm bill.
While outgoing Chairman Colin Peterson had already begun the first steps, Rep. Frank Lucas, new chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, is expected to take a more measured approach, not starting on the new law until closer to 2012.
Lucas, an Oklahoma Republican, is expected to try to maintain as much of the 2008 farm bill as possible. But observers are saying a convergence of current economic realities and changes in party alignments will force Congress to take a hard look at farm programs.
"Many of the winners in last fall's elections ran on reducing federal spending and downsizing the federal government," says Bruce Babcock, professor of economics at Iowa State University and one of the authors of the average crop revenue election or ACRE program in the 2008 farm bill.
"When they begin looking at the $5 billion a year in direct payments that are flowing to farmers who are receiving record prices for their crops, the $7 billion flowing to crop insurance companies over the last two years and the $2.6 billion flowing to cotton farmers from programs that violate our trade commitments, those will be inviting targets."
Some farm groups may also be having second thoughts about traditional farm programs given the incessant criticism from the likes of the Environmental Working Group and Oxfam International, a British charity organization that has accused U.S. cotton producers of "impoverishing" African farmers.
One example is last fall's vote by the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation to end support of direct payments to U.S. row crop producers. Analysts like Babcock, director of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State, believe such actions are a sign of things to come.
"Why not take direct payments and turn them into a program that only pays out when something bad happens?" he said. "Why not do this rather than have something that puts a target on farmers' backs?"
Direct payments are from legislation filled with good intentions. Originally called Agricultural Market Transition Act payments, they were designed to provide "Green Box" income support not subject to World Trade Organization limits and to help transition farmers to lower support levels.
"But we are no longer in danger of exceeding WTO limits on trade-distorting support, and we are long past any transition period," says Babcock, who received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of California at Davis and his doctorate at UC-Berkeley. "Furthermore, farm profits have been high since 2003."
Despite the good intentions, most farm groups believed the AMTA or direct payments fell short of providing the safety net farmers needed during the exchange rate and weather crises of the late 1990s.
As a result, Congress included counter-cyclical payments modeled along the lines of the target price-deficiency payments of the 1985 and 1990 laws in the 2002 farm bill. But those, too, proved inadequate for groups such as the National Corn Growers Association which lobbied hard for a revenue insurance provision in 2007.
The ACRE program in 2008 was a compromise between those who believed that farm program payments should be targeted at revenue rather than price and those farmers, mostly from the South, opposed to replacing counter-cyclical payments with crop-insurance-based programs.
"The usefulness and acceptance by farmers of ACRE has been limited because of budget and political considerations," says Babcock. "ACRE covers only 83.3 percent of planted acres rather than 100 percent. This makes it less suitable as a replacement for crop insurance.
"In addition, farmers who choose ACRE give up 20 percent of direct payments. Crop insurance industry leaders also believed ACRE would reduce farmer participation in crop insurance and their compensation from taxpayers. Thus there was no integration of ACRE with crop insurance and ACRE insured state revenue rather than country revenue."
The latter, Babcock said, would make the program much more effective in protecting farmers against specific weather losses. Switching from a state ACRE to a county ACRE program could cost about what the federal government is spending on direct payments, depending on the coverage level.
"The projected total cost of a 90-percent program for the program crops is $3.78 billion; increasing the coverage level to 95 percent would increase projected annual costs to $5.4 billion," says Babcock.
For more on Babcock's analysis, see Costs and Benefits of Moving to a County ACRE Program.


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Mortal Kombat II – Short Move List
Short Move List by Poln
Version: 1.03 | Updated: 05/05/03
Mortal Kombat II Movelist v1.03
by Poln (email@example.com)
Eventhough Mortal Kombat II came out around 1993-1995, I saw movelists that
are too big to carry around.. so I've created a short list for those who want
a quick glance at it...
HP-High Punch HK-High Kick BL-Block U-Up DF - Down to Foreward
LP-Low Punch LK-Low Kick [ ] - Hold D-Down DB - Down to Back
B-Back F-Foreward
F1 - Fatality 1 F2 - Fatality 2 F3 - Fatality 3 (Scorpion/S. Tsung Only)
BA - Babality FR - Friendship
Finishing Distances
(close): Next to opponent | (sweep): Within Sweeping distance
(2sweep): Whithin 2 sweeping distances|(<full): Half-way accross the screen
(full): All the way on the other side of the screen
(any): Anywhere in da screen
Liu Kang - Raiden -
High Fireball - F, F, HP (air optional) Lighting Bolt - D, DF, F, LP
Low Fireball - F, F, LP Torpedo - B, B, F
Flying Kick - F, F, HK Teleport - D, U
Bike Kick - [LK] 4 sec., rel Shocker - [HP] 4 sec., rel.
F1 - 360 degrees backwards (next) F1 - [LK] 5 sec., rel., then tap
F2 - D, F, B, B, HK (next) *LK+BL (next)
BA - D, F, B, B, LK (<full) F2 - [HP] 10 sec., D, rel.
FR - F, B, B, B, LK (full) BA - [BL], D, D, U, rel., HK
Pit 2/Spikes - F, B, F, F, LK (next) (<full)
FR - D, B, F, HK (<full)
Pit 2/Spikes -
[BL], U, U, U, rel., HP (next)
Sub-Zero -
Freeze - D, DF, F, LP Scorpion -
Slide - B+LP+BL+LK Spear - B, B, LP
Ground Freeze - D, DB, B, LK Teleport - D, DB, B, HP
F1 - F, F, D, HK (2sweep) then (air optional)
F, D, F, F, HP (next) Take-down - D, DB, LK
F2 - [LP], B, B, D, F, rel. (full) Air Throw - BL (in air)
BA - D, B, B, HK (<full) F1 - [HP], D, F, F, F, rel.(next)
FR - B, B, D, HK (<full) F2 - [BL], U, U, U, rel., HP
Pit2/Spikes - D, F, F, BL (close) (2sweep)
F3 - [BL], D, D, U, U, rel., HP
Johnny Cage- BA - D, B, B, HK (<full)
Low Fireball - D, DF, F, LP FR - B, B, D, HK (<full)
High Fireball - D, DB, B, HP Pit2/Spikes - D, F, F, BL (next)
Ball Punch - D+BL+LP
Shadow Kick - B, F, LK Jax-
Shadow Uppercut - B, D, DB, B, HP Thrust Wave - D, DB, B, HK
F1 - D, D, F, F, LP (next) Ground Smash - [LK] 4 sec. rel.
F2 - F, F, F, D, U (next) Gotcha Smash F, F, LP
[D+LP+BL+LK] for more heads (*F+LP for 4 more punches)
BA - B, B, B, B, HK (<full) Back Breaker - BL (in air)
FR - D, D, D, HK (<full) Daze - F+HP (next)
Pit2/Spikes - D, D, D, D, HK (next) Body Slam - *D+HP (after Throw)
F1 - BL, BL, BL, LP (sweep)
Kitana- F2 - [LP], F, F, F, rel. (next)
Fan Throw - F, F, HP+LP BA - [BL], D, U, D, U, LK (<full)
Wave Pick-Up - B, B, B, HP FR - [BL], D, D, U, U, rel., LK
Aerial Punch - D, DB, D, HP (<full)
Fan Slice - B+HP Pit2/Spikes - [BL], U, U, D, LK
F1 - BL, BL, BL, HK (next) (next)
F2 - [LK], F, F, F, D, F, rel. (next) Milleena-
BA - D, D, D, D, LK (<full) Sai Throw - [HP] 2 sec., rel.
FR - D, D, D, D, U+LK (<full)+ Drop Kick - F, F, LK
Pit2/Spikes - F, D, F, HK (next) Ground Ball - B, B, D, HK
F1 - [HK] 3 sec., rel.
Baraka- F2 - F, B, F, LP (next)
Spark Toss - D, DB, B, HP BA - D, D, D, D, HK (<full)
Shredder - B, B, B, LP FR - D, D, D, U+HK (<full)+
Deep Cut - B+HP Pit2/Spikes - F, D, F, LK (next)
F1 - B, B, B, B, HP (next)+
F2 - B, F, D, F, LP (next)+ Reptile-
BA - F, F, F, HK (<full) Bubble Bomb - B, B, HP+LP
FR - [BL], U, F, F, rel., HK (<full) Acid Spit - F, F, HP
Pit2/Spikes - F, F, D, HK (next) Invisibility -
[BL], U, U, D, rel., HP
Kung Lao- Slide - B+LP+BL+LK
Hat Throw - B, F, LP F1 - B, B, D, LP (2sweep)
Teleport - D, U F2 - (Turn Invisible), F, F, D, HK
Shield - *U+LK (next) [1]
Dive Kick - D+HK (in air) BA - D, B, B, LK (<full)
F1 - [LP], B, B, F, rel. FR - B, B, D, LK (<full)
(must direct hat to neck) (full) Pit2/Spikes - D, F, F, BL (next)
F2 - [BL], F, F, F, F, rel., LK (sweep)
BA - F, F, B, B, HK (<full) [1] You MUST be invisible to
FR - B, B, D, HK (<full) perform Reptile's 2nd fatality.
Pit2/Spikes - F, F, F, HP (next)
Shang Tsung- Shang Tsung Morphs-
1 Skull - B, B, HP Baraka - D, D, D, LK
2 Skulls - B, B, F, HP Kitana - BL, BL, BL
3 Skulls - B, B, F, F, HP Mileena [HP], rel.
F1 - [BL], U, D, U, rel,. LK (next) Jax - D, F, B, HK
F2 - [HK] 4 sec., rel. (sweep) Kung Lao - B, D, B, HK
F3 - [LP] 30 sec., rel. (sweep) Liu Kang - B, B, B, F, F, BL
BA - B, F, D, HK (<full) Sub-Zero - F, D, F, HP
FR - B, B, D, F, HK (<full) Scorpion - U, U (Block)
Pit2/Spikes - D, D, U, D (next) Cage - B, B, D, LP
Raiden - D, B, F, LK
Reptile - [BL], U, D, HP
+ - It is helpful to hold Block, but it is not necessary.
Friendships - Cannot use Punches at last round to perform Friendships.
Babalities - Same as Friendships.
Dead Pool - To knock your opponent in the Dead Pool, [D+LP+LK], then hit
HP next to opponent. (This is the same with everybody).
Hidden Characters
Jade - In order to get up to this hidden character, when you get up to the
fighter right before the question mark, win one round using ONLY the Low
Kick button. You cannot use Block. You can play against her on any round.
(Do not do Finishes, if it dosen't include Low Kick).
Smoke - In order to get up to this hidden character, if you are on the Portal
Stage, and you see a little man (Dan Forden, sound guy) pop out from the
bottom hand corner yelling "Toasty or Whoopie," quickly hit D+Start before he
is off the screen. You'll then travel through a portal to fight Smoke.
Noob Saibot - Get 50 wins in a row, and you will fight Noob Saibot. You
must fight against a human opponent and get a gold MKII symbol.
In any case, if you win or lose to a hidden character, you will go back
to the select screen where you can choose another fighter and continue on.
Misc. Info
-Random select can be done by pressing U+Start from where it originally
-In a 2 player game, you have the option of NO Throws. To do this, hold D+HP
on both sides before the match begins. If successful, it will say "Throwing
-To view the top 15 players at any time during attract mode, just pull down on
either joystick.
Side note: You will always fight against Shang Tsung before you fight against
the bosses.
1st Boss - Kintaro
2nd Boss - Shao Kahn
StinkE - borrowed some of the list to make this complete.
ineuki - " ".
I also used other resources as well.
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HONOLULU, Hawaii – ITT Corporation, a New York-based high-technology engineering and manufacturing company, will pay $215,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that a female firefighter employed at the company's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii, was sexually harassed and that she, along with a male co-worker, were retaliated against for complaining about the harassment.
Male co-workers and supervisors subjected the female firefighter to overtly sexual remarks and drawings, according to the EEOC. Despite her objections, they also openly watched pornographic programs and videos at work in her presence. Although she complained about the sexual harassment on several occasions, management failed to recognize the problem and respond in a manner consistent with federal law. Instead, the firefighter was reassigned, disciplined and instructed to "get along." Meanwhile, a male co-worker who assisted with her internal complaint was also reassigned in retaliation for opposing the harassment, said the EEOC.
Such alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit against ITT in July 2010 in U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii (EEOC v. ITT Corporation, CV 10-00363-HG-LEK) after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its conciliation process.
As part of the settlement, ITT entered into a three-year consent decree providing for monetary relief for the two victims. The company will also create an outreach fund to actively recruit females into firefighter positions at the Pacific Missile Range Facility. The decree also requires live interactive training for all personnel assigned to Pacific Missile Range Facility operations on laws against discrimination, harassment and retaliation. The company will also administer internal policies on the handling of complaints about such misconduct. ITT will also designate an equal employment opportunity (EEO) compliance officer to assist with these efforts. The EEOC will monitor ITT's compliance with the decree and its handling of any sexual harassment and/or retaliation complaints received at the Pacific Missile Range Facility during the decree's duration.
"We commend ITT for entering into an early resolution and agreeing to the breadth of relief remedies," said Anna Y. Park, regional attorney for the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office, which has jurisdiction over Hawaii. "We encourage other industries which have historically low female representation to ensure an environment with equal employment opportunities."
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Mark Twain and the World He Lived In
Students will learn about Mark Twain through the creation of an informative website.
- To design a web page that is both attractive and informative.
- To learn about U.S. and world events during a specific time period.
- To analyze and prioritize information.
- Introduction
- As we study Mark Twain and his literature, you need to keep in mind that he was very much a man of his times. The world he lived in influenced his writing.
- What was his world like? What were the important events that occurred during the time period that The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published?
- Task
- Your assignment is to investigate his world and create a webpage. For each section below, you will need to research the years between 1851 and 1901 (25 years before and after The Adventures of Tom Sawyer was published).
- You will summarize the important events in narrative form for each section and create a web page with the information you discover.
- Process
- Research United States history between the years 1851 and 1901. Select what you consider the high points in U.S. history during that 50 year period. Also, include two links to the web that provide more information.
- Research world history between the years 1851 and 1901. What were the prominate events of the 50 year period? Provide two links to the web that provide more information.
- Research medical and scientific advances during the required time period. Include advances that occurred both in the United States and worldwide. Two additional weblinks.
- Research industrial advances of time period. Include advances that occurred both in the United States and worldwide. Provide two additional web links.
- Write a brief commentary on the social issues that Twain included in his writings. Give Specific examples from his works.
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- Students understand the ethical, cultural, and societal issues related to technology.
- Students develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.
- Students use a variety of media and formats to communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences.
- Students use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources.
- Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.
- Computers with internet access.
- Web page software ( Site Central for example).
- Access to a web server to launch the web pages on the Web.
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The winning numbers were 13, 25, 02, 39, 32, 37 and the bonus number was 48, Camelot said.
Set of balls six and draw machine Arthur were used.
No-one matched five numbers and the bonus ball.
Seventy-eight people matched five numbers to win £883 each, while 4,766 people matched four numbers to win £93 each.
A total of 104,777 people matched three numbers, winning £25 each, while 969,476 people won a free Lotto Lucky Dip for matching two numbers.
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The first in the series, called Third Tuesday, will take place Jan. 15 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Bluffton-based Center's headquarters, 400 Buckwalter Place Blvd.
Center representatives will be on hand offering advice on how to turn a technology idea into a business or take an existing businesses to the next level.
The Don Ryan Center for Innovation is a public-private program designed to support new technology company formation and development in Bluffton. It opened in May, and town officials say they anticipate some of the first year's entrants to finish the program before the one-year anniversary.
The program blends hands-on consulting support, resource identification and availability, as well as distance learning to help increase the probability entrepreneurs will achieve success. This program links its clients to intellectual property, technology evaluation, product development services, seed financing, business mentorship, corporate relationships and recruiting for a nominal fee.
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An inmate using a homemade weapon attacked and killed a guard at a federal prison in Wayne County on Monday night, making him the first federal corrections officer killed on the job in nearly five years, officials said Tuesday.
An inmate using a homemade weapon attacked and killed a guard at a federal prison in northeastern Pennsylvania on Monday night, making him the first federal corrections officer killed on the job in nearly five years, officials said Tuesday.
Correctional Officer Eric Williams, 34, was working in a housing unit at the Canaan federal penitentiary when an inmate attacked him, according to prison officials. Other prison staff restrained the inmate, and Williams was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:30 p.m.
"This is clearly the darkest day in our institution's short history, and we are in shock over this senseless loss of a colleague and friend," Warden David Ebbert said in a statement.
The high-security prison in Waymart, about 20 miles northeast of Scranton, was placed on lockdown and an investigation is under way.
Officials did not immediately release details of the attack, including the inmate's name, the kind of weapon or what, if anything, led to the attack.
But Williams' sister, Lauren Williams, said a coroner told her he was stabbed multiple times, then hit on the head.
"There was just no reason, no reason at all," Williams, 23, told The Associated Press. "There wasn't a mean bone in him. He was not confrontational at all. He's never been in a fight."
An FBI spokesman in Philadelphia declined comment, saying details would be released when the inmate is charged. It wasn't immediately clear when that would happen. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Harrisburg expressed condolences to Williams' family and colleagues, but declined further comment.
At least three inmates have been killed at the prison, which houses 1,350 high-security male inmates. A satellite camp houses 136 minimum-security inmates. The complex opened in 2005.
The last time a federal prison guard was killed on the job was June 2008 in Atwater, Calif., the Bureau of Prisons said.
Williams, from Nanticoke, began his career with the bureau on Sept. 11, 2011. His sister said he graduated from King's College with a criminal justice degree and worked in supermarket loss prevention and as a police officer before going to work in the federal prison system. "It was more of a stable job," she said.
She said they spoke nearly every day, and he never reported any problems at work. In fact, "he said he was kind of bored sometimes," Lauren Williams said.
Eric Williams, who was single, loved to hunt, fish, play soccer and go bowling, and renovated a house near Lily Lake, a state-owned lake about 15 minutes from the family homestead in Nanticoke. In addition to his sister, he's survived by his parents and two other brothers.
"One of his biggest things was he was funny. He loved comedy. He had a joke for everything," recalled Lauren Williams, a senior at King's College. "He was in the wrong field. He should have been a comedian."
Of her brother's killer, Williams said: "He's already in jail. How do you get your justice?"


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BWW TV Exclusive: Tim Minchin and the MATILDA Cast on the Show's Origins!
MATILDA THE MUSICAL is the story of an extraordinary little girl who decides that despite a bad beginning filled with rotten parents, a terrifying school and a vicious head mistress, her story is going to be an astonishing one. With the help of her teacher, her friends and a little bit of imagination, Matilda proves that even if you're little, you can do big things. Tickets for Matilda The Musical on Broadway are available at www.telecharge.com. It will open on April 11, 2013; previews begin on March 4 at The Shubert Theatre (225 West 44th Street).
BroadwayWorld is excited to premiere a special interview with the cast and creative team on the influence of Roald Dahl's classic book!
Produced by The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Dodgers, Matilda The Musical will begin previews on March 4 and open on April 11, 2013 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre (235 West 44th Street). The four girls sharing the title role are Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon and Milly Shapiro, each of whom will be making her Broadway debut. The principal cast also features (alphabetically): Karen Aldridge (Mrs. Phelps), Bertie Carvel* (Miss Trunchbull), Gabriel Ebert (Mr. Wormwood), Lesli Margherita (Mrs. Wormwood), and Lauren Ward (Miss Honey). Bertie Carvel, who won the Olivier Award for his performance in Matilda The Musical, also reprises the role he played in London.


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8 One-Hour Chicago Attractions
- Photo Courtesy of Chicago Park District
Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool
Destination: Lincoln Park Zoo is next door to the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool, but you won't hear a single screech here. Passing through the gates is like stepping into a Monet painting; you'll wonder how a city of 3 million has a garden this quiet. Free (chicagoparkdistrict.com).
What you'll see: Water rushes over limestone rocks, benches invite contemplation and flowers float on quiet, rock-edged pools.
Tip: The park has no parking, so take the CTA's 151 bus north from the Mag Mile, get off at Fullerton and walk 1 block east.
Chicago Riverwalk
Destination: Take the steps down from North Michigan Avenue to the new Chicago Riverwalk, which runs along the south bank from Lake Michigan to Lake Street. The McCormick Bridgehouse and Chicago River Museum offers a glimpse of the city's river history (877/244-2246; explorechicago.org).
What you'll see: Centennial Fountain shoots its arc of water across the river on the hour. Six cafes line the walk, offering eye-level peeks at busy river traffic.
Tip: Most people don't know Chicago has a Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the riverwalk, with a black granite slab bearing the names of those killed.
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Museum of Contemporary Art
Destination: For some cool insights, hop on one of the free 45-minute tours at this hot spot one block east of the Mag Mile. The docent-led tours can focus on the current exhibition as well as pieces from the standing collection. Admission charged (312/280-2660; mcachicago.org).
What you'll see: Tours vary, but the museum's permanent collection includes more than 2,500 objects of visual art from 1945 to the present.
Tip: The museum is closed on Mondays and has free admission on Tuesdays, plus free jazz concerts on Tuesday evenings through early fall.
- Photo Courtesy of Anne Evans/ Chicago Architecture Foundation
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Destination: The city's stunning architecture is a testament to the brilliant--and bedeviled--men who invented the skyscraper. Learn about their stories during hourlong $5 lunchtime walking tours led by Chicago Architecture Foundation docents (312/922-3432; architecture.org).
What you'll see: On the Marquette Building tour (left), you'll see bronze friezes and Tiffany glass mosaics and learn how this 1895 landmark captures Chicago style.
Tip: These Big Building Mini-Tours start at 12:15 p.m. on weekdays, and visitors have 18 tours to choose from (topics vary depending on the day).
Art Institute of Chicago
Destination: Opened in 2009, the Modern Wing has a few places you can spend an hour for free. Take the Nichols Bridgeway from Millennium Park to the Bluhm Family Terrace, then enjoy the views of the park, the skyline and the contemporary sculptures on the terrace (312/443-3600; artinstituteofchicago.org).
What you'll see: If you venture inside, you'll find ongoing exhibitions that include "The Touch Gallery," "Neither Man Nor Beast: Animal Images on Ancient Coins" and "What's Greek About a Roman Copy?"
Tip: Plan to go on Thursdays when museum admission is free after 5 p.m. and Terzo Piano serves modern Italian with views of Millennium Park.
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AeroBalloon at Navy Pier
Destination: Soar 35 stories above Lake Michigan in the new AeroBalloon at Navy Pier. The anchored helium-filled balloon carries 18 passengers ages 5 and older. The 60-foot-wide white balloon resembles Victorian Era inflatables. Admission charged (312/224-8827; navypier.com).
What you'll see: This weather-dependent attraction based in South Gateway Park soars 350 feet for 8- to 10-minute rides through late September.
Tip: For $35, buy "speed line" tickets that cut waiting times; regular adult admission is $25. Call ahead if weather looks iffy (646/827-6287).
Promontory Point
Destination: Jutting into Lake Michigan, Promontory Point is a 12-acre oasis of peace and quiet in Hyde Park, which is home to the University of Chicago (left) and the Obama family. A path winds around the 1930s photogenic field house built of Wisconsin Lannon stone. Free (312/747-6620; chicagoparkdistrict.com).
What you'll see: At this 70-year-old park, you'll take in views of sailboats, the city skyline, waves crashing on the seawall and bicyclists on the lakefront path.
Tip: To get there, take the 55th Street underpass 6 miles south of the Loop and head east of Lake Shore Drive. Parking is free.
- Photo Courtesy of JB Spector/Museum of Science and Industry
Museum of Science and Industry
Destination: You'd need more than a day to cover the massive museum, but in one hour, you'll get a quick hit of education and entertainment at the new Science Storms. The exhibit explores the how and why behind natural phenomena. Admission charged (773/684-1414; msichicago.org)
What you'll see: Fifty interactive stations offer hands-on chances to control a 40-foot tornado, create a tsunami in a 30-foot wave tank and more.
Tip: The museum offers 52 free days each year.


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1. Some files have "rar" extension for which you require "WinRAR" to extract the movie.
2 -Some files have ".001" extension for which you require "HJSplit" to extract the movie.
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Adrian Peterson has played with some great hand-off quarterbacks for the Vikings since entering the league in 2007: Tarvaris Jackson, Kelly Holcomb, Brooks Bollinger, Gus Frerotte, Joe Webb, Christian Ponder, et al.
Minnesota's milquetoast collection of signal-callers -- minus Brett Favre's unworldly 2009 campaign -- constantly have led the generational running back to eight-man fronts and a conservative offensive system that Peterson now admits was predictable.
"Let's call it what it is: I thought in the past, we've been predictable," Peterson said, per ESPN.com. "I'm sure you guys wrote stories about us being predictable the past seven years. You won't be able to write that story this year. That's pretty much all I'm saying. You won't be able to do that, because this offense is so versatile."
New offensive coordinator Norv Turner is the antithesis to lack of creativity.
His first order of business in Minnesota was to install 10 plays for Cordarrelle Patterson to further develop in Year 2. Patterson looks like a can't-miss breakout candidate under Turner, who guided Josh Gordon to a league-leading 1,646 yards in just 14 games last season. Patterson will keep safeties honest and further give Peterson ample opportunities in open space.
Turner already expects Peterson to play a significant role in the passing game as well. He views A.P. as a three-down back, something coaching regimes of years past never consistently employed in Minneapolis. Peterson, however, will have to prove that he's not a liability with his blocking on passing downs to be more involved on that front.
With two Super Bowls on his résumé, Turner's guided wunderkinds like Emmitt Smith, LaDainian Tomlinson, Ricky Williams, Frank Gore and an assortment of other running backs to some of the best years of their respective careers.
Already with a 2,000-yard campaign under All Day's belt, the tune of Turner's play-calling prowess is music to Peterson's ears.
Now, if only they knew who would be orchestrating it all under center come Week 1.
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SAN FRANCISCO — A Central Valley mental health rehabilitation center has agreed to provide $25,000 and other relief to settle a federal lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that Delhi, Calif.-based California Psychiatric Transitions, Inc. (CPT) fired a male employee in retaliation for helping his female co-workers to oppose sexual harassment at the center.
This is the second lawsuit brought by the EEOC against the center. The first, which alleged sexual harassment, settled last year for $145,000 on behalf of nine female employees.
The EEOC filed its initial lawsuit against CPT in 2006, asserting that a supervisor subjected women employees to a constant barrage of crude sexual comments and unwelcome physical touching. The supervisor's harassment lasted for nearly five years total, and included boasts about his sexual prowess and activities, frequent remarks about women's breasts, and derogatory epithets for women.
The second suit asserted that CPT fired Audel Mendoza, who was the boyfriend (and now husband) of one of the women who had complained about the harassment. This occurred just days after an EEOC investigator contacted the center to arrange an on-site inspection of the facility and interviews of witnesses.
Under the most recent settlement, CPT has agreed to pay Mendoza $25,000. In addition, the new consent decree requires the center to, among other things, refrain from future retaliation against its employees or former employees, to purge Mendoza's personnel file of any reference to either lawsuit, and to provide a neutral reference for him.
Retaliation against an employee -- for opposing discrimination, assisting others in filing charges, or participating in an EEOC investigations or subsequent lawsuit as a witness -- violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as California laws. The EEOC filed this suit (EEOC v. California Psychiatric Transitions, Inc., 1:08-CV-01478-SKO) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, after a neutral investigation conducted by EEOC Investigator Malinda Tuazon found misconduct had occurred, and after first attempting to reach a pre-litigation settlement.
"After charges of sexual harassment were filed, CPT fired Mr. Mendoza but continued to employ the alleged harasser," said EEOC San Francisco Regional Attorney William R. Tamayo. "We believe that CPT fired Mr. Mendoza because it did not want him to be in a position to testify about any ongoing harassment against female employees still working at the facility. This is plainly illegal, and the EEOC took appropriate action with a successful result."
EEOC San Francisco District Director Michael Baldonado added, "It is crucial that employees are able to stand up against harassment or discrimination without fear that the employer will punish them for speaking out. The EEOC will vigorously defend those employees against retaliation by their employer."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination and retaliation. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Mae was the adopted daughter of William James Dunfee and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Walker. Jane is my grandmother's sister, Hazlette is my grandmother, and Mercides is the object of my quest in unraveling a little mystery. It's a guess, but I'd say the picture was taken about 1918-1920.
And, another clue, which just goes to show that it pays to look at all of those little scraps of paper! The problem is though, that I don't know when the note was written, but from what I can tell, it was in the late 1960s or early 1970s that Grandma started working on her genealogy. I'm pretty sure that the ACPL (Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne) has some Detroit City Directories. One of these days I'll get to the library...
The note reads:
This is Mercedes
Name & address
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's new mayor on Thursday announced a settlement with a civil liberties group that sued the city over its stop-and-frisk practices, which he fiercely challenged as a candidate, paving the way for court-ordered reforms to take effect.
A federal judge found the New York Police Department practices unconstitutional in August.
Mayor Bill de Blasio's predecessor, Michael Bloomberg, appealed, arguing that the tactic was a key factor in the biggest U.S. city's historic drop in crime.
The agreement will end the lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights and will empower a court-appointed monitor to oversee the police department's reform of stop-and-frisk over three years.
"Today is the beginning of a long-overdue process: the reform of the NYPD to end illegal and racially discriminatory policing," Vincent Warren, the group's executive director, said in a statement. "For too long, communities of color have felt under siege by the police, and young black and Latino men have disproportionately been the target."
In a news conference in Brooklyn's high-crime Brownsville neighborhood - where police stops have been particularly frequent - de Blasio called the settlement a "defining moment in our history."
The mayor said the deal would "lay the foundation for not only keeping us the safest big city in America, but making us safer still."
The city has asked the federal appeals court that had been considering Bloomberg's challenge to send the case back to a lower court so that the parties could explore a resolution, according to a court filing.
City attorneys also asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to put the appeal and other pending motions on hold for 45 days while the sides seek to settle the case.
Still, it was not clear the fight is over. Several police unions have asked permission from the 2nd Circuit to continue the appeal even without the city and have until early next month to file responses. The city said it had not consulted with the unions on the deal.
Bloomberg and his longtime police commissioner, Raymond Kelly, had steadfastly defended stop-and-frisk as an essential tool that had helped lower crime rates citywide.
But de Blasio made his opposition to stop-and-frisk a central part of his campaign for City Hall and vowed to change the strategy when he installed his own commissioner, Bill Bratton.
"Instead of securing confidence, legitimacy and procedural justice for residents,(stop-and-frisk) has instead raised doubts and concerns about the police force in this city," said Bratton, who joined de Blasio at Thursday's news conference with other city officials and lawyers for the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Under stop-and-frisk, police officers stop and search individuals on the street based on "reasonable suspicion."
U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin, however, found after a trial that the policy disproportionately affected minorities. Blacks and Latinos comprised more than 80 percent of all police stops in 2012 despite making up just over half the population.
The case, known as Floyd v. City of New York after the lead plaintiff, David Floyd, was first filed in 2008.
Scheindlin herself became a source of controversy after the ruling. In a highly unusual move, the 2nd Circuit removed her from the case in October during the city's appeal, finding that she compromised her appearance of impartiality by steering the litigation to her courtroom and granting media interviews on the subject.
The appellate court issued a second opinion weeks later, softening its criticism of Scheindlin and stating explicitly that it made "no findings of misconduct, actual bias, or actual partiality."
After Scheindlin's removal, the case was reassigned to U.S. District Judge Annalisa Torres, who will need to approve any settlement.
On Thursday, a slight 14-year-old named Terrell Tomero stood outside the Brownsville Recreation Center while de Blasio spoke. The youngster said he was most recently stopped and frisked on Wednesday when police searched him for guns and drugs. He said it was the sixth time he has been stopped.
"Skin color, that's the only reason I get frisked. Now I won't have to worry about cops stopping me," the black teen said.
"It needs to stop," said Adam Lomax, 17, of Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood. The Hispanic youth said he was stopped and questioned a few days ago by police on his way home from school.
"It should be done but not at the rate it is happening," Lomax said. "It is uncomfortable to have someone coming up to you and asking to search you when you haven't done anything at all."
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This is my first post for 2011, and I think that this subject is a good theme for the year.
The other day I went to lunch with three of my senior Karate friends, Sensei James Miyaji, Sensei Water Nishioka, and Sensei Pat Nakata. We (and others) often go to lunch and this is one of the secrets of how I learn about Karate -- by talking to my seniors at lunch.
On that day, the subject turned to how a senior Karate instructor should be and one of the seniors said "Atama Wo Sageru" which translates as "To bow (or lower) your head." This saying is accompanied by the illustration of rice: when the rice is ripe and mature it bows (because the grains of rice become heavy). In the same way, when a Karate instructor becomes mature, he too will bow. The weight of his skill and experience will make him more courteous and respectful.
All three instructors agreed about the importance of this saying, "Atama Wo Sageru." To act in such a manner is a sign of a mature Karate instructor -- to act in an arrogant and conceited way is just the opposite.
For those of us living in the Western world, it seems that the Japanese bow all the time -- and to some extent this is true. Bowing is an important part of the courtesy system in Japan. But obviously, there is a big difference between merely bowing and showing respect. In fact, it is possible for a person to bow in an arrogant way.
"Atama Wo Sageru" does not simply mean that a Karate student or instructor should bow. Anyone can bow. By itself, a bow does not mean anything.
The point of the saying is not that one bows to show respect in a formal sense. Instead, one bows as a result of the weight of his training, accomplishments, and life experience. Said another way, the more you accomplish, the more humble you should become.
There is a saying in Japan. If the sun shines on your face and no shadows are cast, then you are arrogant (because you are facing up). But when there are shadows on your face it shows that you are humble (because you are facing down).
Don't get me wrong. I am not saying that people should be submissive or walk around with their face down. I am just saying that sincere humility is the mark of an accomplished Karate person.
Over the years, I have been to many lunches and dinners with many Karate instructors. I can't tell you how many... plenty. I have never heard any instructors discussing their rank, titles, or any honors. If one of them has recently been honored, he never brings it up himself and responds to comments generally with a sense of embarrassment.
The seniors don't talk about themselves and their accomplishments, instead they concentrate on how they can build up and support their students.
Something I have observed in Karate is this: some people who know very little act like they know a lot, but many people who know a lot act like they know very little. I should clarify this second part of this observation. When someone knows a lot, this means that they appreciate not only what they know but what they do not not.
I took a test in law school. When I came out, some of the other students were talking about how easy the test was. I was surprised. On the surface, the test was easy, but actually there were layers to the questions, some of which were quite complex. The test actually was not easy at all.
The test of Karate is actually very complex with many layers. An advanced Karate instructor will be aware of this. Even if he knows a lot, he will realize that there is much more to learn.
And aside from self defense, there is the issue of character. Long after a Karate instructor is capable at self defense, he will continue to work on his character -- this is unending.
Through Karate training we are not climbing higher, we are digging deeper.
"Atama Wo Sageru" -- "To bow (or lower) your head."
I do not know who said this, but there is also a saying that "A man is never taller than when he bends down to help a child." How true.
I have spent the holidays with my wife, mother, children, granddaughter, and extended family. As a grandfather, I can relate to "Atama Wo Sageru." This does not mean that we should not stand tall and be proud. We should. But the weight of our experiences and accomplishments should make us more humble too.
Have a great 2011!
And I want to thank all the readers of this blog from all around the world who have sent words of encouragement. We are all brothers and sisters in Karate training. Let us all work hard and improve this year!
Charles C. Goodin
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This proposal will hurt people, and will hurt regional economies.
The Senate on a 26 to 12 party-line vote approved the proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15, sending the measure to Gov. Jerry Brown for his signature.
As debate over the proposed minimum wage bill continued inside the state Capitol on Thursday, an incident that occurred during a rally outside the building drew fire and police officials and quickly raised alarm.
The Sacramento Fire Department initially described the event as a "mass casualty incident," adding to the concern.
About 7,000 people were gathered outside the Capitol for a rally with Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham, according to Chris Harvey, public information officer for the Sacramento Fire Department.
State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) told his colleagues during the lengthy floor debate that his bill would lift many hard-working Californians out of poverty.
"Workers are struggling." Leno said. "Two point two million Californians are currently earning minimum wage, and they are struggling in poverty because it is a sub-poverty wage."
Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) added, "Everybody should have a crack at the brass ring, the American dream."


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Does not include players previously on practice squad, the "physically unable to perform" list or injured reserve:
Arizona Cardinals:
87 Jeff King, TE, Virginia Tech (Pulaski High): Started; targeted 3 times; 1 catch for 1 yard.
82 Mike Leach, LS, William and Mary: Reserve; did long snapping.
51 Paris Lenon, LB, Richmond: Started; 5 tackles.
28 Greg Toler, DB, St. Paul's College: Reserve; 1 tackle; penalized 5 yards for holding, nullifying another tackle.
Atlanta Falcons:
90 Lawrence Sidbury, DL, Richmond: Not mentioned.
44 Jason Snelling, RB, U.Va. (L.C. Bird High): targeted once; 1 catch for 12 yards (another catch, for 2 yards, nullified by a teammate's penalty); 1 tackle; 1 kickoff return for 9 yards.
Baltimore Ravens:6 Tyrod Taylor, QB, Va. Tech (Hampton High): Reserve; 3 carries for minus-3 yards (all kneel-downs on game's last series).
Buffalo Bills:
42 Justin Rogers, DB, Richmond: Reserve; 3 tackles (1 for loss); 1 punt return for 14 yards.
Carolina Panthers:
50 James Anderson, LB, Va. Tech (Deep Creek High): Not active.
Chicago Bears:
93 Nate Collins, DT, U.Va.: Reserve; 3 tackles.
Cincinnati Bengals:
30 Cedric Peerman, RB, U.Va. (William Campbell High): Reserve; no stats.
33 Chris Crocker, DB, Marshall (Deep Creek High): Started at SS; 4 tackles (1 for loss); defended 1 pass.
Dallas Cowboys:95 Sean Lissemore, DL, William and Mary: Started at NT; 3 tackles.
85 Kevin Ogletree, WR, U.Va.: Reserve; targeted once; 1 catch for 12 yards.
89 John Phillips, TE, U.Va.: Started; targeted once; no catches.
Detroit Lions:
32 Don Carey, S, Norfolk State (Booker T. Washington High): 5 tackles (2 on kickoffs); defended 2 passes; 1 QB hit.
52 Justin Durant, LB, Hampton U.: 8 tackles.
Green Bay Packers:
11 Jarrett Boykin, WR, Va. Tech: Reserve; 1 tackle (on kickoff); covered Tennessee onside kick.
Houston Texans:
76 Duane Brown, OT, Va. Tech (Hermitage High): Started; penalized 5 yards twice for false starts and 10 yards for holding.
20 Rashad "Roc" Carmichael, DB, Va. Tech: Reserve; 2 tackles (1 on kickoff, 1 on punt).
17 Shayne Graham, K, Va. Tech (Pulaski High): Reserve; made field goals of 51 and 33 yards; kickoffs of 70, 65 and 72 yards.
8 Matt Schaub, QB, U.Va.: Started; 18-of-32 for 178 yards, 0 TDs, 0 INTs, 72.1 passer rating; sacked 3 times for 25 yards in losses.
Indianapolis Colts:
41 Antoine Bethea, FS, Howard (Denbigh High): Started; 5 tackles.
53 Kavell Conner, LB, Clemson (Manchester High): Not active.
Jacksonville Jaguars:
12 Mike Brown, WR, Liberty U. (Monticello High): Reserve; no stats.
21 Derek Cox, DB, William and Mary: Started; 4 tackles; defended 3 passes, including 1 interception with no return; penalized 8 yards for pass interference; committed holding penalty (declined) on New England TD.
23 Rashad Jennings, RB, Liberty U.: Not active.
75 Eugene Monroe, OT, U.Va.: Started; no stats.
67 Austin Pasztor, OL, U.Va.: Started at LG; no stats.43 Jonathan Grimes, RB, William and Mary: Not active.
Kansas City Chiefs:
76 Branden Albert, OT, U.Va.: Reserve; no stats.
24 Brandon Flowers, DB, Va. Tech: Started; 4 tackles, including 2 for loss (1 as a sack for a 2-yard loss); 1 QB hit; defended 1 pass.
New England Patriots:
48 Danny Aiken, LS, U.Va.: Reserve; did long snapping; 2 tackles (1 on punt).
51 Jerod Mayo, LB, Tennessee (Kecoughtan High): Started; 6 tackles.
New Orleans Saints:
74 Jermon Bushrod, OT, Towson (King George High): Started; penalized 5 yards for false start.
New York Giants:
44 Ahmad Bradshaw, RB, Marshall (Graham High): Started; 9 carries for 39 yards; targeted once; 1 catch for 8 yards.
99 Chris Canty, DE/DT, U.Va.: Started at DT; 6 tackles (2 for loss).
98 Adrian Tracy, DE, William and Mary (Potomac Falls High): Reserve; 2 tackles.
34 David Wilson, RB, Va. Tech (George Washington High of Danville): Reserve; 3 carries for 17 yards, including 14-yard TD; 5 kickoff returns for 117 yards.
New York Jets:
93 Kenrick Ellis, DT, Hampton U.: Reserve; penalized 5 yards for encroachment.
60 D'Brickashaw Ferguson, OT, U.Va.: Started; no stats.
Philadelphia Eagles:56 Akeem Jordan, LB, James Madison (Harrisonburg High): Reserve; 1 tackle (after interception by Washington's London Fletcher).
55 Darryl Tapp, DE, Va. Tech (Deep Creek High): Not active.
7 Michael Vick, QB, Va. Tech (Ferguson, then Warwick High): Not active.
Pittsburgh Steelers:
80 Plaxico Burress, WR, Michigan State (Green Run High): Not active.
83 Heath Miller, TE, U.Va. (Honaker High): Started; targeted 9 times; 3 catches for 45 yards; penalized 10 yards for holding; left game late in third quarter with leg injury.
93 Jason Worilds, LB, Va. Tech: Reserve; no stats.
San Diego Chargers:
11 Eddie Royal, WR/PR, Va. Tech (Westfield High): Started; targeted 7 times; 3 catches for 39 yards.
9 Nick Novak, PK, Maryland (Albemarle High): Reserve; made 3 PATs and 51- and 27-yard field goals without a miss; kickoffs of 66, 68, 65, 70, 65 and 71 yards (2 touchbacks); 1 tackle.
San Francisco 49ers:
55 Ahmad Brooks, LB, U.Va. (Hylton High): Started; 3 tackles; committed offside penalty that was declined.
Seattle Seahawks:
31 Kam Chancellor, DB, Va. Tech (Maury High): Started at SS; 5 tackles (1 on kickoff); forced 1 fumble (recovered by San Francisco); recovered 1 fumble; penalized 10 yards for unnecessary roughness.
26 Michael Robinson, RB, Penn State (Varina High): Reserve; 1 carry for 1 yard; 1 tackle (on opening kickoff).
3 Russell Wilson, QB, Wisconsin, N.C. State (Collegiate School of Richmond): Started; 6 carries for 29 yards; 15-of-21 for 171 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT, 115.3 passer rating; sacked once for 1-yard loss.
St. Louis Rams:
71 Matt Conrath, DT, U.Va.: Not active.
98 Kendall Langford, DL, Hampton U. (Petersburg High): Started at DT; 1 tackle (sack for a 5-yard loss, also counting as QB hit).
91 Chris Long, DE, U.Va. (St. Anne's-Belfield): Started; 1 tackles (sack for a 6-yard loss); 2 QB hits.
38 Rodney McLeod, S, U.Va.: Reserve; 1 tackle (on punt).
Tampa Bay Buccaneers:
20 Ronde Barber, DB, U.Va. (Cave Spring High): Started at FS; 3 tackles; defended 1 pass.35 Cody Grimm, DB, Va. Tech (Oakton High): Not mentioned.
Tennessee Titans:
58 Xavier Adibi, LB, Va. Tech (Phoebus High): Reserve; no stats.
Washington Redskins:
92 Chris Baker, DL, Hampton U.: Reserve; no stats.
23 DeAngelo Hall, DB, Va. Tech (Deep Creek High): Started; 5 tackles.
63 Will Montgomery, C, Va. Tech (Centreville High): Started; no stats.
15 Josh Morgan, WR, Va. Tech: Started; 1 carry for 11 yards; targeted 5 times; 2 catches for 21 yards, including 11-yard TD.
22 Evan Royster, RB, Penn State (Westfield High): Reserve; 2 carries for 14 yards.