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"We track that time the same as we do the BP oil spill. They go into these different buckets and our grant department is able to run reports, and it helps them become much more efficient."
"There is a provision in the Affordable Care Act to have HHS develop health information technology enrollment standards and protocols."
The exchange of digital information flowing through human touch.
Tiles use a common polymer that reacts to temperature.
As soon as battery technology makes a leap or two, expect some absolutely wild innovation in surface transportation.
"The current approach to managing IT is too complex, too difficult to maintain and impossible to keep secure."
$300 billion a year to state and local governments depends on census data.
Twitter surgery, Second Life University, electronic contact lenses.
PlaNYC's aim is to reduce municipal government carbon emissions 30 percent by 2017 and the city's carbon emissions 30 percent by the year 2030.
Some prefer rural life, others want to live in a large metropolitan area. Some prefer plenty of open space, others want to live at the seashore or in a cosy cabin in the mountains.
Courts and the Internet, Flap Over Health Plan Criticism, Broadband Policy, Election Reporting System
"The Internet is increasingly under attack as lawmakers seek to mandate technological behaviors, impose new taxes and otherwise restrict the free flow of information and commerce online."
Residents can weigh in on matters of importance, take a survey, comment on the plan, and become a participant in the process.
Filtering still required in Internet cafes, schools and other locations that provide public computer access.
Smart grid, regenerative braking, New Jersey solar, real-time bus arrival schedules, smart appliances.
"We had to make sure that all of our systems could push and pull XML data."
"I saved the patient the inconvenience and X-Ray exposure, and saved the health care system the money for that duplicate test."
States that do not comply with the legislation risk losing 25 percent of their annual federal highway funding.
"OMB recognizes there are appropriate uses of file sharing technologies, but as with all technology it must be appropriately managed."
Investigation now focused on electrical circuits, sensors and 30-year-old electrical components.
Civil Rights to Cyber Rights: Broadband and Digital Equality in the Age of Obama which will be published August 15 by Community Technology Publications in Atlanta.
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."
"Respecting State's Rights and Concealed and Carry Reciprocity Act"
Melendez-Diaz vs Massachusetts decision may require state funds, statutory changes.
Electronic court reporting would save $100 million annually, according to the Governor's Office.
Auto insurance becomes a "metered utility."
Will boost transparency and accountability, leading to possible personnel and contracting reforms.
Secretary Steven Chu announced that 28 new wind-energy projects have been selected to receive $12.8 million in Recovery Act funds.
Businesses are encouraged to participate as a way to test business continuity plans for an emergency.
Camera locations provide a warning when a motorist is approaching one of the camera-equipped intersections.
"I believe ... we will save the lives of some young girls in Missouri this year."
"The availability of ARRA funds will help deliver more transportation choices and economic benefits to the public much more quickly than we would otherwise be able to achieve."
"Recovery.gov 2.0 will use innovative and interactive technologies to help taxpayers see where their dollars are being spent."
The disposal of unclaimed vehicles -- estimated by some reports to be as many as one quarter of those towed -- is a big source of revenue.
Includes examples of telemedicine deployment and its effects on patients and society.
Scores based on eye movement, lip curvature and wrinkles.
"Should enable states to obtain the resources necessary for enhancing their administrative capacity to meet the Recovery Act responsibilities."
Twenty percent of food stamp cases are allegedly being mishandled, among other complaints.
Voters will also be able to click on any of the candidates appearing on the ballot to watch, listen and read a statement directly from the participating candidates.
New siren signals might be confusing to residents.
XBRL is an XML-based independent, royalty-free standard which stores data and its relationships in a manner that can be read and processed by computers and software.
The United We Serve Web site will help volunteers find projects in their communities and exchange stories about projects that make a difference in their communities.
Practice "appears to have exceeded that which is acceptable to our community."
Also addressing IPv6, to allow enough IP addresses to handle the billions of objects expected to connect to the Internet.
While manufacturers must still install the Green Dam software on computer hard drives or have it available on installation CDs, consumers are not required to use it.
"The PASS ID Act takes positive steps toward addressing state legislatures' implementation challenges with the REAL ID."
"Only a Digital Britain will enable us to demonstrate the vision and dynamism that we have to shape the future."
"The Supreme Court's decision today is a victory for ensuring fair elections."
"John has helped Governor Ritter and I build a team and technological infrastructure that will prepare Colorado for the next generation."
"The world is now at the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic."
City intends to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 15 percent below 2005 levels and has developed a Climate Action Plan to make it happen.
"Len Pomata brings a wealth of experience to this position and has a history of developing innovative ideas and seeing them through to successful conclusions."
The first round of grants are expected to be awarded by late summer.
GHP funding joins DOE funding opportunities for biomass and other green technologies.
Seasonal flu results in about 36,000 deaths nationwide and approximately 1,000 die in Virginia from influenza and pneumonia.
"We have built out canals, bridges, electricity, telephone service, roads and highways. Now, with much history to learn from and with an array of technological resources at our disposal, we can and will do it again."
Announces solar and geothermal energy development programs.
It is "critical that state governments quickly and effectively build the necessary administrative capacities to meet their reporting and other responsibilities under the Act."
Sixteen states now allow the forced collection of DNA from those accused of crimes.
"It's not just looking back and reporting, it's about looking forward and projecting, seeing how you are doing and making adjustments."
Andrew Spano, Westchester County, New York, county executive honored.
Oversees the state's five health and human services agencies, which have combined budgets of $25 billion a year and more than 50,000 employees.
Gives illegal downloaders three warnings and then pulls the Internet plug for up to a year.
Refrigerators report when food reaches its expiration date, automobiles communicate to avoid accidents or traffic jams. Baggage routes itself within airports, and everyday objects connect, report, and interact.
A county court allowed, as evidence, GPS readings which showed the defendant drove slowly across the parking lot of a store on the evening it was burglarized.
Health cost comparisons, thermal imagers for airport, online tracking of public records requests.
All those affected by ICANN decisions should have recourse to an international tribunal.
Free iPhone application to search for Arkansas ARRA-funded projects.
"Demanding that a private-sector Internet service provider block access to Web sites is not a proper function of our state government."
Other federal agencies can now choose to sign the same agreement if it meets their needs because it resolves the legal concerns for federal agencies.
Invoking a law written before the Internet became widely accessible that pertains to common carriers -- such as the use of a telephone to call a bookie and place a bet.
A backhoe, stolen from a construction site, was tracked to the bow of a ship headed for South America.
Overall flu incidence is lower than in many past years.
"The goals were timely and accurate data, stronger internal controls, reduced costs, a standardized system of seamless data exchange, business processes and data elements. XBRL met all of those goals."
Federal agencies often "inefficient, closed to the American citizen and vulnerable to cyber-attacks."
Served as a policy advisor for the Clinton administration's White House Domestic Policy Council and Department of Education.
The blocking could expand to "thousands of sites," says official.
Joins the Chief Information Officer Branch of Canada's Treasury Board Secretariat.
45 confirmed cases at St. Francis Preparatory School in Fresh Meadows, one death in Texas.
Citizen satisfaction with local communities lags well behind satisfaction in the private sector and federal government.
"More people are using libraries nowadays than before, yet several libraries are in danger of seeing cuts in hours, services or staff."
Bridge safety, stimulus funds and financial information.
"Most of the problems we have are due to buggy code, and there's no single cause or solution to that."
"Europeans must have the right to control how their personal information is used."
"What GIS allows us to do is provide a collaborative environment to understand unintended things that we didn't first get when we looked at the map."
"A single transparent set of tests that will help give voters and governments confidence that the systems operate in a reliable fashion."
All compulsory federal legislation that requires states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties, or that requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding, be prohibited or repealed.
$250,000 reward offered.
Will be responsible for the delivery of the "CUNYfirst" ERP project and will serve as senior adviser to the university CIO.
Inconsistencies in how absentee ballots were dealt with may become the subject of a legal challenge to the outcome.
Government seems to think it can profit from the poison while throwing coins at some supposed antidote.
Executive order requires the Office of Information and Technology and the Office of the State Controller to establish a continuous improvement process.
HHS, Veteran's Affairs, Microsoft and Google, and the public's reaction to databasing and sharing of personal health information.
Economic contentment is to be found in "small cities, towns and corn fields" rather than in major urban areas.
The budget rider, sponsored by Sen. Juan Hinojosa, would require any state agency that wants Vista to get approval from the State Budget Board.
Phil Mousepower encourages taxpayers to file online or with direct deposit, saving time and trouble.
Fifty innovations selected from 600 applicants.
More than 40 open solicitations for justice grants.
"By using strategic sourcing -- in other words, buying these licenses as one department -- we expect to save over $47 million per year and $283 million over the next six years."
Financial transparency sites for the Office of Governor and Department of Transportation.
Creates the Statewide Communications Interoperability Committee to coordinate and resolve statewide communication issues.
"Over time, this will make DHS a leaner, smarter agency better equipped to protect our nation."
"It is appropriate for this Legislature to reaffirm the policy prohibiting gambling that exploits such new technologies."
"We must strive in 2009 to ensure that future votes are cast after a redistricting process that is based on the best methods to ensure fair and equitable representation."
Current advisor to the governor on the Virginia Research and Technology Advisory Commission.
Texas provides all 20 public records online, New Jersey was second with 18.
UC Davis conducted a study on microstamping which concluded, in part, that while engraving would only cost from $2-$8 per firing pin, the codes engraved on the face of the firing pin "could easily be removed with household tools."
Bill also expands monitoring of inmate communications.
"Would establish a basic standard of security for soft targets of hate crimes and terrorism, such as schools, places of worship, government buildings, and hospitals." -- California Assemblyman Joel Anderson (pictured)
The requirement if enacted, would cost around $20 million to fit 10,000 voting machines with printers.
Governor Douglas will be meeting with community leaders, business owners and residents as part of his "Road to Recovery" tour.
Honoring individuals, applications, organizations and innovations within intelligent communities that are transforming life in the broadband economy for the common good.
Bowen will consider what action -- including possible withdrawal of state approval -- to take on the Premier GEMS voting system.
Takai met with vendors on the first anniversary of the Office of the CIO (OCIO) to go over the state's IT strategic plan, detail what projects are coming down the pipeline, and -- as she said -- enlist private-sector help in the process.
"With this Web site, we will keep the public informed about every dollar coming to Alabama, where it goes and how it is spent."
Alleged that Italian criminals were using Skype and other IP telephony systems to sidestep police wiretaps.
"This Web site will help them learn about important programs and track our progress."
Landline voice, landline teletype/telecommunications device for the deaf (TTY/TDD), wireless/cellular voice, and VoIP 9-1-1 require substantial system modification.
Also working to renegotiate or rebid $31.5 million in contracts for the Department of Information Technology.
Claims Florida is losing anywhere from two to four billion dollars a year because of uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases.
"The government should not keep information confidential merely because public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure."
The forum, to be held at the Department of General Services headquarters, will focus on the recently released California IT Strategic Plan, IT Capital Plan and the Governor's IT Reorganization Plan.
"Today's news from MySpace casts doubt on parts of a recent report by a Task Force charged with finding and developing technologies to make social networks safer."
In the past, third-party software that has been downloaded and has destroyed some devices to the point where the device was not repairable and had to be replaced.
Different programs have differing definitions of allowable uncompensated care, and many of those are outside the control of state policymakers.
"Online access to public records is the next battleground for Freedom of Information advocates."
Someone broke the locks, got through the password, reprogrammed the signs and then changed the passwords.
In spite of generally positive progress, 22 of 30 positions unfilled.
"The program is not intended to replace qualified American workers."
"Consumers own their electronic medical data and should have the right to easily access their information and control who gets to see it."
Includes Web-based automated systems, increased server and mainframe capacity, rehiring retired employees.
"Let us be the generation that reshapes our economy to compete in the digital age." -- President Barack Obama
Biennial budget proposal from fiscal years 2010-11.
"HHSC continues to encourage the use of telemedicine to increase access to care in medically underserved areas of the state."
"The entire Judicial Branch accounts for only 0.2 percent of the nation's budget. For us, these are real savings."
Originally scheduled to go to trial Jan. 5.
Controversy generated around the issues of access to public information versus privacy of state employees.
Two thousand member companies form Technology Association of America.
If the Danish invoicing system was rolled out across the EU, projected annual savings would total EUR50 billion.
Stay in touch with state and local government agencies and people.
Hillary Clinton for secretary of state.
"I spent the first year building bridges and burning down walls."
"Can position for growth and improve quality of life through fiber-optics."
Award to IBM for infrastructure services, and to AT&T for managed network services.
Digital divide a key barrier to improving voter participation.
" ... Imperative that voters not be disenfranchised because of federal government red tape, misstated technical information or glitches in databases beyond the control of voters."
"I am particularly excited about all of the resources that we have for teachers."
"This will level the playing field for telecoms operators in Europe, enhance legal certainty, and broaden consumer choice."
Leaving after 28 years in IT.
Nacogdoches County's Judicial System Paper Ready Project cut the time for paperwork to go from the judge to the jail from 36 days to three days, and saved $250,000 in overflow inmate housing.
PEG viewers could not view community college courses in closed caption or hear public meetings in another language through secondary audio.
"Designing a procurement system that insures that vendors doing business with the state directly verify the employment of individuals who are legally entitled to work within Rhode Island."
Expedia, Orbitz, Priceline and Travelocity are among the companies that have failed to remit the disputed hotel/motel room taxes.
"We have massive data sitting in government computers that represent pieces of the puzzle. If you put it together we can better understand our children, and our parents and us as humans."
Taxes, intellectual property and Internet connectivity addressed.
Contributors must create an account from a ca.gov or ca.us e-mail address.
One of only 13 states projecting stable or optimistic revenue outlooks for 2009.
A more advanced kind of electronic government will be developed in the Karelia region soon.
"The free municipal Wi-Fi business model just doesn't work."
General fund budget cuts met with virtual receptionist.
State agencies will be required to prepare and submit a Five-Year IT Capital Plan by Oct. 1.
GTA is creating a Service Management Organization to oversee technology providers and ensure the quality of services.
Signatories agreed to make public-sector information available for free or at minimal charge.
"It is simplistic to assume that we can fix on a standard today, without payingattention to the risk of being locked-in tomorrow."
Blunt announced the creation of a permanent e-mail retention system requiring every e-mail to be saved forever.
"How the state can provide choice, interoperability and vendor neutrality in document creation while ensuring the resulting electronic records remain publicly accessible and under appropriate government control."
Keynotes by Wired Magazine's Chris Anderson, Google's Vint Cerf, State CIO Teri Takai; and Sun's Scott McNealy will provide multiple perspectives on the future of life in the Golden State.
"The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
Preserving the Data Explosion: Using PDF by Betsy A. Fanning.
Funny stories by young people who work in a plug or two for Ready Return, the state's simplified online tax filing service.
"One thing that I've learned in government is that there's always a good reason to do nothing. But business -- and government, too -- both increasingly recognize that going green is the best -- indeed the only -- pro-growth strategy, not just for the long term, but in the short run as well."
Revised requirements could result in significant cost increases estimated to range from $600 million to $2 billion.
"Acquisitions of third-party advertising companies by large Internet companies have raised serious and important privacy issues with respect to who is monitoring an individual's online behavior for marketing and other purposes."
Could your agency handle such an e-discovery request?
"Paper poll books inhibited flexibility in the voting process, and would be replaced by an electronic poll book; this book would be connected to the vote center with secure technology."
"An interactive service provider shall establish, maintain and enforce a policy to require information content providers to be conspicuously identified with all information provided by, at a minimum, their registered legal name.
The draft bill would exempt some lawmakers' e-mail, would add a week to agency response deadlines, and would exempt records that contain Social Security numbers and other confidential information, instead of requiring redaction of such information and then release.
Initial interviews are tentatively scheduled for mid to late March with a final candidate to be selected in April 2008.
State Senate and Assembly failed to act before a federal traffic relief grant application period expired.
"As the population ages and the percentage of voters with disabilities expands, the expectation of accommodation and assistance to participate in this basic civic exercise will grow."
The New York State Department of State, Division of Local Government Services, has a page containing resources on the subject of shared municipal services.
"Many New Yorkers call 311 after they realize they left something in the back of a cab ... and the last thing you want to do is start rifling through your phone book searching for the right agency to call. All you've got to do is call 311."
"We will establish a six-figure prize for anyone who can invent a device tailored to the NYPD that analyzes DNA right at the crime scene."
When a politician weighs in on "one side" of an issue, he or she must then ignore or discredit the logic in the competing point of view.
"Our kids are not motivated. They look for the easy way. They look for a job to buy a car and that's it. Nothing else. The opposite is true in places like South America. In those countries, education is a privilege. Education in this country, for most kids, is a punishment." -- Jaime Escalante
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says Takai will help rebuild essential state services.
"It's part of a geography class. We give them a project area, they do the project and give us the data back."
"To consolidate the state's splintered Information Technology systems under one roof in the Governor's Office of Information Technology."
"The EAC has now been able to bring resources to bear such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology to help develop a process that states can have confidence in."
Australasian Intelligent Speed Adaptation Initiative.
No countries from the African, Caribbean, Central American, Central Asian, South American, or Southern Asian regions scored among the top 35.
TechPresident, a Web site "covers how the 2008 presidential candidates are using the Web and ... how content generated by voters is affecting the campaign."
A person who wanders away from a facility or home can require many hours of law enforcement work, and locating someone quickly is sometimes difficult.
In order to do the mileage tax, motorists would need to install GPS monitoring equipment in their vehicles to keep tabs on how many miles they travel.
Have you ever visited, or even heard of, these Web sites: Flickr, Digg, IMDB, del.icio.us, Fark, Slashdot, Something Awful, YTMND, I-Mockery or Fazed? If not, you're neglecting the epicenter of the Internet-as-a-community phenomenon.
GT will resume publication on January 2. However, throughout this week, special holiday publications -- on transportation, security, products and Web 2.0 -- will appear on this site. We hope you enjoy them. See you next year!
"The United States has tremendous technological capabilities in such disciplines as computer science, telecommunications, and cryptology, but we've not been allowed to use that capability to full advantage."
Many winners illustrate progress in taxation and revenue, GIS and transportation, and education categories.
"We must open lines of communicationand support like never before ..." -- Gov. Tom Ridge accepting his post as Director of the Office of Homeland Security
The Center for Digital Government and the Progress & Freedom Foundation survey the 50 states to reveal who's getting the most out of technology in e-commerce and business regulation, digital democracy and management and administration.
The Center for Digital Government and The Progress & Freedom Foundation survey the 50 states to reveal who's getting the most out of technology in law enforcement/courts and social services.
Maricopa takes a methodical approach to local public safety.
Integrated criminal and juvenile justice program
Georgia is building an enterprise portal that will allow citizens to access the services they need from anywhere.
Plume tracking goes high tech, and governments will share the information.
City and county executives discuss the potential for GIS in local government.
San Carlos, Calif., has had a lot of time to make its Web site among the best.


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A local church is asking the Solana Beach City Council to take steps to encourage gun control by limiting the number of stores in the city that sell firearms and opposing gun shows at the nearby county fairgrounds.
Members of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito put together a petition that has been signed by 85 people. It includes four requests.
The first is that Mike Nichols join Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a nationwide coalition of mayors coming together to fight crimes related to guns.
Second, the petition asks that the council only allow one retailer within the city to sell firearms. There are now three such businesses.
The third request is that the city get involved with a gun buyback program similar to the one started in San Diego in 2008.
Finally, the petition asks the council to formally request an eventual end to gun shows at the county fairgrounds.
The gun shows have been a hot topic lately in the area.
In January, the Del Mar City Council passed a resolution urging the 22nd District Agricultural Association to end the events. The association is the state-appointed board that oversees the fairgrounds. The council's move came after residents created an online petition.
The fair board has declined to reconsider the shows, saying they are safe, profitable and highly regulated.
The church group understands that the fair board can't put an immediate end to the shows because contracts have already been inked, said Lynne Talley, one of the organizers. Still, she said she'd like to see them disappear someday.
City officials have kept in touch with Talley since she made a presentation at a City Council meeting last month, but it's unclear whether the council will arrange for any discussion or decision about the requests, Mayor Nichols said.
"We're looking into it," he said.
The congregation decided to take action in response to the shootings in December at a school in Newtown, Conn., in which 26 people — mostly young children — were killed by a 20-year-old, heavily armed man.
The members of the church were concerned mostly about how easy it seemed to be to get a gun, Talley said.
The move is part of a nationwide discussion about gun violence and control that was spurred by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. President Barack Obama has since called for a renewed ban on assault rifles, strengthened background checks and a ban on high-capacity magazines.
The desire to do something in response to this and other recent shootings is part of the healing process for the public, said David Miller, reverend at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of San Dieguito.
"I think that there has been a cumulative effect in people's psyches because of the public shootings," he said. "When the Newtown shooting occurred, people here felt it."

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Poulet aux Quarante Gousses d'Ail
Active time: 15 min Start to finish: 50 min
Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic was a recipe that allowed us to be provocative without being downright offensive. It presents the softer side of garlic — the "stinking rose" — mellowed by long, slow cooking.
- Yield
- Makes 4 servings
- 1 (4-lb) chicken
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 scant cup olive oil
- 2 fresh parsley sprigs
- 1 fresh rosemary sprig
- 1 fresh thyme sprig
- 1 fresh sage sprig
- 1 bay leaf (not California)
- 1 celery rib
- 40 garlic cloves, peeled (from 3 to 4 heads of garlic)
- Accompaniment: toasted baguette slices
- Special Equipment
- kitchen string
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Rinse chicken and pat dry. Sprinkle inside and out with salt and pepper. Tie legs together with kitchen string and fold wings under chicken.
- Heat oil in a 6- to 8-quart wide heavy ovenproof pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then brown chicken, turning it carefully, until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate.
- Tie herbs and celery together with string to make a bouquet garni and add to pot along with garlic cloves. Put chicken, breast side up, on top of cloves and bake, covered tightly, in middle of oven, basting twice, until cooked through and an instant-read thermometer inserted 2 inches into fleshy part of a thigh (avoid bone) registers 170°F, 30 to 40 minutes.
- Transfer chicken to a cutting board, reserving pan juices, and let stand 10 minutes. Cut chicken into serving pieces and spread roasted garlic on toasts. Serve chicken drizzled with some of reserved pan juices.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories1203
- Carbohydrates13 g(4%)
- Fat101 g(155%)
- Protein60 g(120%)
- Saturated Fat21 g(105%)
- Sodium537 mg(22%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat16 g
- Fiber2 g(8%)
- Monounsaturated Fat59 g
- Cholesterol231 mg(77%)


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marcyswenson necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 100 diseños de 41 diseñadores freelance.
Startup Happiness
Executive coaching & mentoring for startup founders, entrepreneurs, and executive teams.
My clients are web-savvy entrepreneurs and executive teams, generally ranging in age from 30-45. They often have a mission beyond making money, and see a startup as a vehicle for their own learning and growth, in addition to creating an awesome product. That said, they are running a business, and the logo should seem more "web 2.0" than "personal growth".
Hiring an executive coach used to have a negative social stigma; now it has a bit of a "cool" factor. I offer guidance, skill building, mentoring, and support, and a perspective grounded in 20 years of experience building great software products & services, leading exceptionally productive technical teams, and building successful companies. My work with clients often identifies and transforms a client's toughest issues — the things that challenge them repeatedly in your business and in their lives. I'm currently a solopreneur based in SF, but may expand to a team. You can see my more about my practice here: http://startuphappiness.com/about. I would use the logo on my business cards, blog, and invoices. Excited to see how this unfolds!
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The Prophetic Handshake
These were the words of the Chafetz Chaim to his student in Yeshivat Radin who came to receive his blessing before leaving the yeshiva to get married. Although he could not imagine why this was demanded of someone like himself who had always scrupulously observed Shabbat, he shook the sage's hand in making the commitment.
Years later he miraculously escaped the Holocaust and arrived in the US with his wife and four children. He succeeded in getting a job in a factory owned by a non-Jew who allowed him not to work on Shabbat. A couple of months later he was told that he would have to start working on Shabbat, and when he refused he was fired.
Without any livelihood his family began to suffer the pangs of hunger. The situation became so desperate that even his very religious wife urged him to go back to work. No longer able to bear the cries of his starving children he boarded the train to the factory. But midway he recalled the handshake promise to his mentor and decided to return home. An hour later there was a knock on the door and there stood the boss who had fired him with a bundle of money in his hand. He warmly embraced our hero and told him the following story:
"I never intended to fire such a reliable worker as yourself, but did so to prove something to my partner. He insisted that any Jew would give up Sabbath observance in order to keep his job, and I disagreed. We then made a bet and my firing you was the only way we could decide who was right. I now want to give you the money I won in that bet and to inform you that I am promoting you, at a higher salary, to be in charge of a department. After all, who can be relied upon more than one who is faithful to his Creator!"


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Busta Rhymes & Dj Green Lantern On Alijazeera News TV! [Showing Arabics The "Arab Money" Dance]
Busta Rhymes And Dj Green Lantern On Aljazeera Tv. Shout out to Swift
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Some of the qualities needed to be most successful in the computer and IT world include the following:
- Excellent Analytical Skills
Great computer professionals have excellent analytical skills that can be applied to solve problems or develop new ideas.
- An Attention to Detail
The slightest mistake can affect how a web page looks or how a program runs. Computer personnel must pay close attention to detail to ensure everything works correctly and efficiently.
- A Commitment to Learning
Technology is constantly changing, and those who keep abreast of the latest developments in information technology are the ones who will be the most successful.
- Good Communication Skills
The soft skills of verbal and written communication are increasingly important as non-techies rely on technological tools for their everyday business. Understanding a client's needs and the ability to meet those needs depend heavily on a steady stream of open communication.
- An Aptitude for Math
Strong math skills are necessary because math is used in many computer applications, such as when dealing with circuits or programming.
- The Ability to Learn & Memorize Programming Languages
Computer professionals must know many programming languages and how to use a wide variety of computer software programs. A great memory helps keep work efficient.
- An Ability to Handle Multitasking
People working with computers are often involved in many tasks at once and must be able to manage all of their responsibilities simultaneously. Time management skills and an ability to prioritize are assets as well.
- Solid Problem Solving/Troubleshooting Capabilities
Computer professionals are called upon to solve problems with networks, software, and other programs. They are expected to solve these problems very quickly, and having sharp troubleshooting skills most definitely is a benefit.
- Technical Writing Skills
Technical writing skills help a computer-savvy person explain complex concepts to those who have limited knowledge of the computer world.
- Versatility
The most successful computer professionals will be the ones who have skills that extend beyond information technology, such as skills in business and finance.


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The Bristol Bay Protection Pledge
Dear Jewelry Retailers,
As an industry leader, you have a real opportunity to demonstrate your company's commitment to the highest environmental and social standards.
Customers want to know that their gold jewelry was sourced responsibly – not from areas of critical ecological value.
You can demonstrate your company's commitment to these principles by signing the Bristol Bay Protection Pledge. To sign the pledge, or learn more about it, please contact us at email@example.com. You can read the full text of the pledge here.
Alaska's Bristol Bay watershed supports a wealth of natural resources, including:
- The world's most productive wild salmon fishery - producing one third of the world's sockeye salmon
- The Mulchatna caribou herd, one of Alaska's largest
- A world-class native rainbow trout fishery, which supports a recreational industry of international significance
These resources are now at risk from a proposal to develop the Pebble Mine - North America's largest open pit gold-copper-molybdenum mine.
Please join the many civic, business, conservation and indigenous leaders who recognize the tremendous conservation value of this region and pledge protection of the Bristol Bay Watershed.
And assure your customers that their gold jewelry isn't a threat to the world's greatest salmon fishery or the communities that depend upon it.


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The Robots Are Coming. Whether They'll Be Job Terminators or Job Transformers Is Up to Us.
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Below is a list of items available for purchase, including some pictures for your viewing pleasure. Crash spent three days picking out some awesome NEW pieces from the TAM Vault for the Milan Convention, most NEVER seen before. Come by the booth early or you'll regret missing something special... [slideshow] Some of these items will be made available for sale after the Milano Convention, please check our Facebook pages, Twitter, eBay Store and website for updates.
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4BETTER OR WORSE- The week in review
Worst UVA student crime: Second-year engineering students Guanyu Lu and Baichuan Shu, both 19, allegedly abduct a man in Tysons Corner, hold him bound and gagged with duct tape in a Falls Church motel, and demand a $500,000 ransom.
Worst boyfriend crime: Irvin "Jack" Fountain, the man convicted of killing his eight-and-a-half months pregnant girlfriend, Shantay Wheeler, 18, in 2001, is handed a life sentence November 19 in a Louisa court.
Biggest national story– before the abduction: Elisa Kelly and George Robinson's release from jail five months into a 27-month sentence for serving booze to minors is noted in the Washington Post– and in a Santa Ana, California, OC Register editorial entitled "Too many of us in prisons."
Biggest dropped charge: A voluntary manslaughter charge against Greene County game warden Robert Orrin Ham III, who shot and killed Allen Cochran, 16, January 24, is dismissed November 20, Rob Seal reports in the Daily Progress.
Worst diss recirculated the week of the big game: "UVA football is the softest bunch of creampuff, bowtie-wearing, Brie cheese-eating, ascot-wearing wussies I've ever seen," said ESPN radio host Colin Cowherd in July 2006. "There's not a softer bunch of cookie dough-eating weenies than the UVA football program. Those guys wear makeup to games."
Worst diss to Al Groh: Although the "Groh must go" signs have virtually disappeared on grounds since last year, Sports Illustrated.com list Groh as one of the bottom five coaches in the country, Jerry Ratcliffe reports in the DP.
Worst news for Anna "Anastasia" Manahan believers: The missing two bodies of the seven-member Romanov family, who were shot by the Bolsheviks July 17, 1918, are discovered by amateur sleuths near where remains of the rest of the Russian royal family were found in 1991. The two bodies are sent for DNA testing, and likely will put to rest once and for all Charlottesville resident Manahan's claim that she was the missing princess.
Latest presidential candidate to hit town: Congressman Dennis Kucinich plans a fundraiser December 7 at the Albemarle County Office Building.
Latest Charlottesville top 10 list: Number six in the Top 10 Digital Cities, according to the Center for Digital Government, whatever that is. This is the fourth year Charlottesville has made that list, but it's edged out for the number one spot by Lynchburg and Jupiter, Florida, in the 30,000-74,999 population category.
Most dubious improvement in city rankings: Richmond moves down on the list of most dangerous American cities from last year's 15th to 29th this year.
Worst driving: Jason M. Hall, 22, racks up two hit-and-run charges, a reckless driving, DUI, and two felonies– attempted malicious wounding and attempting to elude– November 24 when he slams into two different vehicles before crashing in the Key West subdivision and fleeing on foot.
Biggest gun heist: Seventeen guns and ammo are taken in a November 14 burglary in Albemarle County. Arrested November 21 are Michael Bradley Willoughby and Christopher Owen Clements Sr., both 35. Charges also are pending against a juvenile, according to a police release.
Biggest splash: City Council votes to replace Smith Pool November 19.
Best turn-around for Junior Johnson: The former moonshine runner immortalized 42 years ago in a Tom Wolfe story for parlaying those driving skills into NASCAR now owns part of a legal distillery and sells his shine– Catdaddy Carolina Moonshine and Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon– in Virginia ABC stores.
Newest celeb named Johnson on the local scene: Wrestler-turned-moviestar Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson, having reportedly purchased a farm in the area, was photographed by the Progress' Andrew Shurtleff at the Thanksgiving morning Blessing of the Hounds in Keswick.


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Physicians and other health care professionals seeking to obtain or renew a DEA registration number would be required to complete CME related to responsible opioid prescribing practices under the terms of a plan(obamawhitehouse.archives.gov) announced April 19 by the Obama administration.
In addition to required CME, the FDA announced it is requiring manufacturers of long-acting and extended-release opioids to develop a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, or REMS(www.fda.gov). The manufacturers will provide educational programs for prescribers, as well as materials health care professionals can use when counseling patients about the drugs.
Although the REMS physician training called for by the FDA will be voluntary, the administration plans to close that loophole with legislation mandating opioid-related CME. In March, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., introduced a bill, S. 507, that would amend the Controlled Substances Act. Rockefeller's legislation calls for prescribers to complete 16 hours of training every three years on the following topics:
- treatment and management of opioid dependent patients;
- pain management treatment guidelines; and
- early detection of opioid addiction, including screening, intervention and referral for treatment.
The plan announced by the Obama administration was not unexpected. Daniel Ostergaard, M.D., AAFP's vice president for health of the public and interprofessional activities, told AAFP News Now that a group of staff members representing multiple Academy divisions has been working for more than a year in anticipation of potential regulatory actions related to opioids.
"We are poised to work in collaboration with the administration, the FDA, the pharmaceutical industry and others to preserve the ability of family physicians to properly take care of patients with chronic pain, including the use of opioids," he said.
In addition to physician and patient education, the administration's plan calls for increased tracking and monitoring of opioid use, proper disposal through efforts such as increased take-back programs and events, and improved enforcement of statutes aimed at eliminating improper or illegal distribution of these drugs.
Prescription drug abuse has been classified as an epidemic by the CDC. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, from 1998 to 2008, there was a 400 percent increase in substance abuse treatment program admissions among people ages 12 and older who reported any pain reliever abuse. A total of 257 million opioid prescriptions were dispensed in 2009, a 48 percent increase compared with figures for 2000, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
More than 700,000 physicians are authorized by the DEA to prescribe extended-release opioids.
"Pain management is a daily issue," said Penny Tenzer, M.D., of Golden Beach, Fla., who is an associate professor and vice chair of the department of family medicine and community health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. "It's something primary care physicians see in their practice on a regular basis. With the proposed regulations and REMS, if physicians want to continue to provide these services -- including prescribing opioid medications -- there will be more required of them."
The FDA said the REMS is intended to educate physicians about the following opioid-related tasks:
- weighing the risks and benefits of opioid therapy;
- choosing patients appropriately;
- managing and monitoring patients;
- counseling patients on the safe use of these drugs; and
- recognizing misuse, abuse and addiction.
It's worth noting that the AAFP developed a monograph -- co-authored by Tenzer -- on the use of opioids in managing chronic pain in anticipation of the FDA's implementation of a REMS last year. The AAFP document, which was mailed with the August 1, 2010, issue of American Family Physician, covers a wide array of topics, including clinical use guidelines, side effects, disposal of unused drugs, new formulations designed to deter abuse, risk factors for abuse and the REMS.
The FDA's recent announcement means the agency is acting against the advice of one of its joint committees, which voted 25-10 against the REMS on July 23, 2010. The FDA's Anesthetic and Life Support Drugs and Drug Safety and Risk Management advisory committees rejected the plan because it called for voluntary, rather than mandatory, physician training.
The FDA said at the time that a mandatory program would require a legislative change to give the agency the authority to require training as part of DEA registration.
As for CME, the FDA and a pharmaceutical industry working group will collaborate on guidelines for creating content, but it is unclear who then will develop and administer the CME.
The Academy's Commission on Continuing Professional Development discussed the issue at a January meeting, and sessions devoted to pain management and REMS have been scheduled for AAFP's 2011 Scientific Assembly, which is Sept. 14-17 in Orlando, Fla.
The AAFP also offers an extensive array of CME activities on pain management.
Tenzer said that although some physicians may not be comfortable prescribing opioids, most do so in their practices. It's possible that the additional burden of opioid-specific CME requirements could lead some physicians to stop prescribing the drugs, thus affecting patients' access to these analgesic medications. On the other hand, she said, some physicians may feel more confident in their management of pain with opioids with the additional training and tools that may be provided.
"It would be a shame for this to affect physicians' ongoing care of patients," Tenzer said. "As a family physician, I believe having care provided by your primary care provider -- in a continuity practice -- is the best care there is."
Although licensure-related CME requirements vary from state to state, AAFP members already are required to complete 150 hours of CME every three years to retain their Academy membership, and the 16 hours of opioid-specific content could be included in that total.
"There are always competing priorities for CME," said Tenzer, who also is chief of service for family medicine at the University of Miami Hospital. "As someone who speaks on pain management, I find that people are very interested in this subject. I think it's an area people are already searching for additional information on.
"The question becomes, what will FDA allow to be part of that CME process and how readily available will it be to physicians? The more they make it valuable and accessible, the more receptive physicians will be to it."
That, she said, includes making the CME available in a variety of formats and venues, including live lectures, printed materials and online courses.
Physicians were not specifically singled out in the administration's report, which said most physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, psychologists and dentists "receive little training on the importance of appropriate prescribing and dispensing of opioids to prevent adverse effects, diversion and addiction."
Educating prescribers about substance abuse is critically important, said the report, because even brief interventions by primary care providers have proven effective in reducing or eliminating substance abuse in people who abuse drugs but are not yet addicted.
The report also calls for required curricula in health professional schools related to opioids and prescription drug abuse. The AAFP already has recommended curriculum for family medicine residents related to chronic pain management and human behavior and mental health.
Tenzer agreed that medical students and residents need more training specific to pain management and opioids.
"Most pain is undertreated," she said. "Being able to treat pain properly is essential for every physician to learn."
The AAFP's Commission on Governmental Advocacy is expected to discuss the administration's plan to reduce opioid abuse following the Family Medicine Congressional Conference, which is scheduled for May 9-10 in Washington, D.C.
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Phil Harland's Associations in the Greco-Roman World
I'm grateful to Phil Harland for letting me know about his fine new website:
Superb companion site for Phil Harland's Associations in the Greco-Roman World. You an browse or search a large online database of inscriptions and papyri. Produced by Phil Harland in coordination also with John Kloppenborg and Richard Ascough.
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Pittsburgh police officers made a huge heroin bust at a home owned by former Steelers defensive back Deshea Townsend. Two men were arrested at the house, and police seized 1,500 bricks of heroin, 16 guns, $100,000 in cash, two luxury cars, jewelry, and a live chicken. Live chicken!
Townsend is currently the cornerbacks coach at Mississippi State University, and although he owns the house where the bust was made, there isn't yet any clear indication he was involved in all that guns and heroin business. Whatever happens, we hope the chicken makes it out of this mess OK.
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The Galcon DC4-6104 is a new state of the art controller that has many unique features including special new sealing technology for improved water resistance and reliability. This Modern and sophisticated controller for automatic operation of irrigation is used without the need for external power supply. Simple step by step programming using 4 buttons with an integrated wide LCD display makes programming a breeze. Galcon DC series are durable enough to be installed below ground in a valve box providing reliable trouble free control.
No Power? No Wiring? No Problem! The new full-featured isolation timer/valve combo provides up to a year of automatic operation on two 9 volt batteries. Installation is simple and the timer utilizes Galcon's easy to use programming. The Galcon Four Station Programmable Sprinkler Controller is also available as a 1 Station, 2 Station and 6 Station controller, each sold separately.
- Operated by two 9V alkaline batteries (sold separately) sufficient for at least one year of operation
- Up to 4 start times a day per station
- Controls up to four different sprinkler valves
- Operates on 2 wires with latching solenoids
- Watering duration from 1 minute to 12 hours
- Irrigation schedule: 7 days calendar or interval from 1 to 30 days
- Rain shut off button stops the irrigation manually
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- Operated by two 9V alkaline batteries (sold separately) sufficient for at least one year of operation
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There's a new series coming on DRIVE, and it's on rallying. Specifically, it's about the the life and times of a college kid getting swept up int he world that is rallying.
It's My Life As a Rallyist, by Ryan Symancek. I know Ryan from seeing him around Broken Motorsports and I remember seeing him at that rallycross event that starts out the video. I'm happy to see that his dive into the rally world is going on video.
But holy crapballs did he drive a Lancia 037 Group B car? Excuse me while I go murder him in a fit of jealous rage.


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Pac-12 M5:11.08.12 EditionPosted by AMurawa on November 8th, 2012
- Pac-12 basketball exhibition games are generally meaningless affairs where a big school beats up on an overmatched foe while the former's head coach tinkers around with different lineups and different styles. Usually the Pac-12 team wins going away and no one loses too much sleep about the result one way or the other. Still, valuable information can be gleaned from some of these games: Which returnee has made the biggest strides, which of the newcomers can make an impact early in their careers, and who is getting passed up for playing time? For Arizona, with three new and talented freshman big men, sophomore forward Angelo Chol is battling for a spot in the lineup and he's had some struggles in the team's two exhibitions. He's missed some point-blank shots and has lost some confidence, but head coach Sean Miller is still relying on him to earn minutes while senior leader Solomon Hill is doing his best to keep Chol's head in the game. Hill, on the other hand, was nearly flawless in his latest outing against Chico State (an Arizona win, 98-60) , with only a late missed free throw and a single turnover as blemishes on his performance.
- We've all got our favorite Pac-12 blogs, but one of my personal favorites is Coug Center. There are times when it seems like you've got to hunt down information about Washington State, and over the years I've found Coug Center to be by far the best place to keep up to date with all things WSU. While football is still king there (and a lot of other places) for the time being, Kyle Sherwood, Jeff Nusser and Craig Powers did a great job running down their thoughts on the upcoming season. In light of the Reggie Moore dismissal, topic number one was who will play point guard and they've got no better answer than anyone else, other than the fact that Royce Woolridge, DaVonte Lacy and Mike Ladd are going to be forced into a lot of minutes and a point guard-by-committee situation. Who knows, it could work, but just remembering Arizona State last year without any real point guard leaves plenty of room for doubt.
- We've talked in the past about Utah's complete remaking of its roster, and there is little doubt that Larry Krystkowiak has upped the talent level there. But with many other programs around the conference improved as well, the question remains whether his new roster will result in additional wins. Based on a ridiculously week non-conference schedule, one would hope the Utes would be able to notch at least six wins prior to conference play, but can they improve on last year's three Pac-12 wins? Many around the conference are picking Utah at the back of the pack — they were 12th in the preseason Pac-12 poll — but with capable offensive players like Jarred DuBois, Aaron Dotson and Jordan Loveridge as well as a deeper bench than the Utes have had in a couple of years, you can probably expect their improved talent to be reflected in their final record, even if they're still almost certainly doomed to a lower-division finish.
- Back on the recruiting trail, UCLA landed three-star wing Noah Allen in the Class of 2013 on Tuesday. A one-time Harvard commitment, Allen certainly isn't the type of player that head coach Ben Howland landed last year — Scout.com recruiting guru Evan Daniels calls him "a four-year guy" who is more of a long-term project than an immediate impact player. Interestingly enough, apparently Howland made the offer without ever having seen Allen play in person. We're guessing that there won't be any eligibility concerns with this prospect roughly a year from now.
- Lastly, we'll hop across town where USC head coach Kevin O'Neill has named junior J.T. Terrell as the starter at the two-guard, beating out returning starter Byron Wesley for the job. Wesley is still expected to get plenty of run, both in relief of Terrell and at the other wing spot, but, man, sometimes the things that O'Neill says just makes you shake your head in disbelief. "He's finally starting to play hard," said O'Neill, inferring that for the longest time, Terrell wasn't playing hard. O'Neill then went on to say that Terrell is "more intelligent than I thought he was." Goodness. It makes you wonder if O'Neill thought he was complimenting the transfer player, or if he was going out of his way to get a few jabs in his ribs. Terrell's certainly a talented offensive player, but you know in order to play for K.O.'s Trojans, you've got to be committed to give good effort on the defensive end. I would suspect Terrell's defensive intensity, or lack thereof, is where these latest back-handed compliments stem from.


text: Class C RV's are the most common type of RV. Class C RV's are characterized by the large bed directly over the drivers cabin. Class C's are available in many sizes. I have seen them as small as 22' and as larger are 35'. These motorhomes tend to sleep more people than a similar sized Class A as you get that extra bed over the driver. Most Class C RV's allow you to walk from the driver's area into the cabin of the RV, but I have seen exceptions to this, so it is always good to ask before you rent the RV if this is important to you. This RV will tend to be a little easier to drive compared to a Class A motorhome because the wheelbase is much more similar to regular passenger vehicles. In the end this is the most popular type of RV simply because of the extra sleeping space that it provides. Class C RV's can be rented from almost any major city across the US including, Phoenix (PHX), Los Angeles (LAX), Chicago (ORD) San Francisco (SFO), Denver (DEN),Boston (BOS) Miami (MIA), Orlando (MCO), Ft Lauderdale (FLL) Las Vegas (LAS), RENO (RNO), New York City (NYC), Dallas (DFW), Salt Lake City (SLC), and Seattle (SEA).


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EUSAR, the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, is the only international conference dedicated to SAR techniques, technology and applications. EUSAR was first held in the year 1996 in Königswinter, was continued in 1998 in Friedrichshafen, 2000 in Munich, 2002 in Cologne and 2004 in Ulm. It celebrated its 10th birthday in 2006 in Dresden. EUSAR will return to Friedrichshafen in 2008.
EUSAR has accompanied the worldwide evolution of high-resolution imaging radar, both air-borne and space-borne, and has helped to establish an international community of SAR engineers and scientists.
As in previous years, EUSAR 2008 will provide a forum for exchanging information and discussion on a wide variety of SAR topics, representing the latest SAR developments. You are cordially invited to participate in EUSAR 2008 and to visit the city of Friedrichshafen, as well as Lake Constance, which is shared by three countries.
The conference will be opend by a Plenary Session. It is intended to invite speakers from agencies, ministries and research institutions. During the international technical program about 300 oral contributions will be presented including several invited papers and special sessions.
There will be also an interactive poster session. The Best Paper, Best Poster and Best Student Awards will e presented on the last day of the conference. A special event program will be organised folowing the tradition of the EUSAR conferences.


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A teacher asks the new student her name. The girl replies, "Happy Butt."
The teacher says, "I don't think that's your name. You need to go to the principal's office and get this straightened out."
The girl goes to the principal's office and he asks, "What's your name?" The little girl says, "Happy Butt."
The principal calls the girl's mother to get the truth. After getting off the phone, he says, "Honey, your name is Gladys, not Happy Butt."
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U.S. outside hitter Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.), a 2012 Olympian, and his Polish league team Asseco Resovia Rzeszów repeated as league champions with a 28-26, 14-25, 25-17, 25-19 victory over ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle in the deciding match of the series on April 20. Lotman scored five points in the match, scoring on three kills, one block and one ace. He was also credited with 31 receptions, 45 percent excellent. To view photos from the match, click here. To view a video of the team's victory celebration, click here.
U.S. middle blocker Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.), a 2012 Olympian, and Jastrzębski Węgiel finished third in the playoffs after Jastrzębski Węgiel defeated Delecta Bydgoszcz, 3-1 in the bronze medal series. In the deciding match on April 16, Jastrzębski Węgiel won 25-17, 25-17, 25-14. Holmes scored 10 points on one attack, a match-high five blocks and a match-high four aces. To view photos from the match, click here.
U.S. outside hitter Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.), a 2008 Olympian, setter Kawika Shoji (Honolulu, Hawaii) and the German league team the Berlin Recycling Volleys opened the final round of the playoffs with a 27-25, 23-25, 26-24, 25-15 victory over U.S. middle blocker Matt Denmark (Edmond, Okla.) and visiting Vfb Friedrichshafen. Touzinsky scored five points on five attacks. He was also credited with 21 receptions, 67 percent positive. Shoji started the first three sets and scored three points on three blocks and also helped set the team to a 49.1 kill percent and a .436 hitting efficiency. Denmark played as a substitute and scored one point with a kill. To view photos from the match, click here. The two teams will play again in the best-of-five series on April 28 in Friedrichshafen.
U.S. middle blocker Max Holt (Cincinnati, Ohio) and his Italian Serie A league team Copra Elior Piacenza have advanced to the finals of the league playoffs where they will play defending champion Itas Diatec Trentino beginning on April 25. Piacenza won its semifinal series on April 17 with a 26-28, 25-22, 25-23, 25-15 victory over Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata. Holt scored 10 points on six attacks (75.0 kill percent, .625 hitting efficiency), three blocks and one ace.
U.S. outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), a 2004, '08 and '12 Olympian, and his Turkish league team Halkbank Ankara are playing Arkas Izmir Spor, the team of U.S. setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.), a 2008 Olympian, in the finals of the Turkish league playoffs.
Arkas Izmir Spor won its semifinal playoff series with a 25-21, 25-23, 25-18 victory over U.S. opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.), a 2004 Olympian, and Istanbul BBSK on April 17. Billings led his team with 20 points on 16 attacks (61.5 kill percent, .538 hitting efficiency), three blocks and one ace. Hansen did not play in the match. Halkbank advanced to the final with a 25-21, 26-24, 25-13 victory over Fenerbahce Grundig on April 17. Priddy scored three points on three kills. He was credited with 14 receptions, 86 percent positive.
In the first match of the finals, Izmir defeated Halkbank, 19-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-22. Priddy scored nine points on four kills, three blocks and two aces. Hansen did not play in the match. The teams will play again on April 24.
U.S. middle blocker David Smith (Saugus, Calif.), a 2012 Olympian, and the French league team Tours have advanced to the playoff finals of the French league after defeating Narbonne, 3-1 in the semifinals. On April 19, Tours defeated Narbonne, 29-27, 25-19, 21-25, 25-22. Smith scored nine points on five attacks, three blocks and one ace. On April 20, Tours beat Narbonne, 25-22, 25-23, 25-17. Smith scored 12 points on seven kills (70.0 kill percent, .700 hitting efficiency), one block and a match-high four aces. The league finals are scheduled to begin on April 30.
There is still the chance that Tours could play Cannes, the team of U.S. outside hitter Robert Tarr (Cape Canaveral, Fla.) and middle blocker Matt Rawson (Los Angeles) in the finals. Cannes is 2-2 in their semifinal playoff with Paris. The deciding match will be played on April 23. On April 19, Cannes defeated Paris, 25-15, 20-25, 25-21, 25-13. Tarr scored eight points on seven kills and one ace. He was credited with seven receptions, 86 percent positive. Rawson did not play in the match. On April 20, Cannes defeated Paris, 25-22, 25-18, 26-24. Tarr scored 10 points on eight kills and two blocks. He was credited with 10 receptions, 60 percent positive. Rawson played as a substitute and scored two points on an attack and a block.
A correction to last week's note: In France's B league, AS Orange Nassau, including U.S. libero Dustin Watten (Long Beach, Calif.) and outside hitters Damien Scott (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Eric Vance (Camarillo, Calif.), ended its season on April 13 with a 3-1 victory over Canteleu. Orange finished the season second in the league. However, it did not get to compete in the four-team league playoffs due to the "late submission of financial documents by the new club," according to a press release translated from French.
U.S. outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.), a 2012 Olympian, and his Russian Super League team Zenit Kazan have advanced to the semifinals of the Russian Super League playoffs, where they will play Lokomotiv Belogorie Belgorod. Kazan won its quarterfinal series against Kuzbass Kemerovo, 3-1. On April 17, Kemerovo defeated Kazan, 25-20, 25-18, 19-25, 25-19. Anderson scored seven points on seven kills. He was credited with eight receptions, 63 percent positive. To view photos from the match, click here. On April 18, Kazan came back to defeat Kemerovo, 25-17, 25-22, 25-13. Anderson led Kazan with 15 points on 12 attacks (60.0 kill percent, .550 hitting efficiency), two blocks and one ace. To view photos from the match, click here. The semifinals will begin on April 25.
Tickets for all three U.S. stops for the 2013 FIVB World League are now on sale. For information on how to purchase tickets, click here.
The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team will play Argentina on June 7-8 at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan. It will play France on June 14-15 at the Tulsa Convention Center Arena in Reno Nev. It will play Bulgaria on June 28-29 at the Reno Events Center in Reno, Nev.


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Flipboard CEO Mike McCue Live at Dive Into Mobile
Flipboard CEO Mike McCue has seen the future, and it looks like the past: print magazines. He's appearing today at D:Dive Into Mobile in conversation with Wall Street Journal columnist Katie Boehret to talk about the Flipboard iPad app that's giving publishers and readers a glimpse of what digital reading could be.
Disclosure: All Things Digital is part of Flipboard's new publisher beta.
11:01 am: Personal bio stuff: McCue says he's a product guy. A friend pointed out to him that this Flipboard is his "fourth browser company"–Paper Software, then Netscape, then TellMe, a voice browser, and Flipboard, a social media browser.
Flipboard is a social magazine. The idea is to bring the aesthetics of print to the world of social media.
When McCue left Microsoft after it bought TellMe, started brainstorming with (Flipboard co-founder) Evan Doll, who was formerly at Apple. HTML5 and the tablet mean "information can take a major step up in terms of how it looks."
11:05 am: Katie: Isn't this designed for lurkers? You're not generating anything on your own.
McCue: This is the first snapshot of our vision, and we didn't focus on publishing, but rather the lean-back experience that the iPad is great at. We wanted to focus on a new kind of way to consume social media. Our peak hours are between 8 and 11 p.m. People just leave Flipboard on all day and browse through when they have time.
This is not for the power user, says McCue, illustrating by gesturing a set of vertical columns with his hands (the universal hand signal for TweetDeck, I believe).
People post stuff on my Facebook wall that's amazing, and Flipboard is for when I have time to consume that.
11:08 am: Katie asks about the new Flipboard Pages product for publishers. McCue explains the Web is cluttered, slow, and "the content doesn't have enough room to breathe." Wanted to leverage three trends: HMTL5, social media and the iPad. "Now we have the opportunity to present Web sites like magazine pages."
Instead of going to a Web page when you double-click on an article, you go to a formatted version.
11:12 am: It's hard to read long articles on the web, McCue says.
11:14 am: McCue: We definitely do not plan to charge for Flipboard itself, but publishers will find value.
Ads in Flipboard are likely to be from the same advertisers as they already have a relationship with, just a different form. We may be able to help them sell more or target the ads they have.
"The Web is at the point in time when I think it needs a game-changer. It needs a face lift. It needs a new approach to monetization."
Katie: Other sites like Twitter are going toward infinite scrolling, but you like pages.
McCue: In an ideal world, you paginate. It allows designers to build beautiful content because they know what the alignment of that content is going to be.
11:17 am: It's also better for ads, he says, because a full-page ad doesn't work on the Web.
Katie: How are you going to bring in lots more publishers?
McCue: It's going to be HTML5 (so everyone can build for it). We spent about an hour on each template so far. We'll publish tools and mechanisms for how to do this. Our goal is to open this to the Web at large sometime next year.
Katie: What about non-iPad form factors?
McCue: The iPad is an amazing device, an incredible development environment, and Apple's been great to work with. From a start-up perspective, you have to first prove out the concept for users (in our case, publishers), and after you've gotten that far enough along, then you scale.
11:22 am: We're working in the lab on other platforms, things like iPhone–not quite Android yet because we'd have to hire Android engineers. You can see the HTMLification of our app coming.
First we're thinking about integrations with other services, says McCue. You could imagine an integration with Foursquare, with a magazine about where you are at the moment. (Hmm, that sounds neat!)
Katie: You acquired the Ellerdale Project, are you using that now?
McCue: We actually use RSS now for excerpts after getting links from Twitter. It's publisher-friendly and a way of getting clean excerpt content. Ellerdale helped us put that together. But the real application is dealing with the information overload of social media.
11:26 am: There are literally billions and billions of links on these social networks, and that's overwhelming.
Katie: I can't use groups or differentiate between social sources of content in Flipboard.
McCue: That will change soon. We'll prioritize more important events–like a friend gets engaged–rather than just a chronological order like we do today. That's a really hard problem, and that's what the Ellerdale guys have been working on. We'll show context with your social screen.
11:28 am: Katie: Who's your competition? Pulse?
McCue: There are traditional news RSS aggregators, and Pulse is an iPad version of those. There are Seesmic and TweetDeck doing iPad versions. Bigger idea is moving from a publisher-centric view to a person-centric view, merging these two ideas.
Audience question: What about other sources of content?
McCue: Video social networks like YouTube and Vimeo would be nice, but we don't want too many flashing things.
Audience question: Do you have the rights to your content?
McCue: Yes. Looking for win-win-win with publishers, readers, us.
And that's it for this session


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- "Gentle Mother, font of mercy, Save our sons from war, we pray."
- ―The opening stanzas of the song.
Gentle Mother, Font of Mercy is a hymn within the religion of the Faith of the Seven. It is a prayer to the aspect of the Seven-Faced God known as The Mother, who is associated with motherhood, compassion, and mercy. The hymn prays to the Mother for Her protection during war, though it has a decidedly anti-war message urging that the Mother stop all fighting and that She will teach people "a kinder way" than warfare.
Season 2
During the Battle of the Blackwater, the noblewomen of King's Landing take shelter in Maegor's Holdfast within the Red Keep. When the battle takes a bad turn, Cersei Lannister callously abandons them, and the women begin to panic. Sansa Stark then takes control of the situation by comforting the noblewomen that the battle is not yet lost and they are in the safest part of the castle. Sansa then calms down the noblewomen by suggesting that they sing a hymn. Sansa starts singing Gentle Mother, Font of Mercy and all of the noblewomen join in.[1]
- Gentle Mother, font of mercy,
- Save our sons from war, we pray.
- Stay the swords and stay the arrows,
- Let them know a better day.
- Gentle Mother, strength of women,
- Help our daughters through this fray.
- Soothe the wrath and tame the fury,
- Teach us all a kinder way.
- Gentle Mother, font of mercy,
- Save our sons from war, we pray.
- Stay the swords and stay the arrows,
- Let them know a better day.
In the books
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, Gentle Mother, Font of Mercy is much the same. Sansa sings it to the Hound when he finds her in her chamber during the battle of Blackwater, rather than with the other women in Maegor's Holdfast.
In the TV series, after Sansa sings the first few lines, Shae pulls her aside to urge her to leave as the other noblewomen continue to sing in the background, making the lines somewhat indistinct. The books give the full lyrics. In the final edit of the episode "Blackwater", two lines from the song are skipped: "Stay the swords and stay the arrows/Let them know a better day."
See also
- ↑ "Blackwater"


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Prisoners' News
A- Transfers
- Student activist Amir Chamani has been transferred from Tabriz Intel detention to Tabriz prison.
- Human rights attorney Abdolfatah Soltani was transferred back to Evin 350 from Sina hospital.
- Mehdi Tahaghoghi transferred to Rejaei Shahr .
B- Arrests/Incarcerations
- Reza and Ali Akbari Monfared (father and son) were arrested 2 weeks ago.
- Mohammad Tavakoli, member of Teachers' Union of Kurdistan, arrested.
- Bita Hedayati, Hana Koushkbaghi, Nahid Mahmoudi, Vesagh Sanaei, 4 Baha'i from Gonbad-e-Kavous, arrested.
- Baha'i Shayda Taeeid was arrested in a raid of her home in Nour.
- Head of the Kurdistan human rights organization, Mohammad Sedigh Kaboudvand is back in prison, furlough not extended
- Furlough extension was denied, lawyer and member of banned Human Rights organisation, Nasrin Sotoudeh returned to prison.
- Sina Aghdasi, Baha'i, released on bail from Tabriz prison.
- Journalist Bahman Ahmadi Amouee arrested June 09 released on his first furlough since arrest; wife Zhila Baniyagoub is in prison.
- 2 journalists, Mahsa Amrabadi and husband Masoud Bastani, released on furlough.
- Behrooz Ghobadi, brother of filmmaker Bahman, released from prison.
- Iraj Najafabadi, workers' rights activist, released on bail in Isfahan.
- Women's rights activist and blogger Fereshteh Shirazi has been released from prison.
- Ahmad Zeidabadi, released on furlough on bail.
D-Other News
- Hardline cleric A. Khazali met with his estranged son Mehdi Khazali in Evin Prison.
News of injustice in Iran
- Vahid Asghari's death sentence was confirmed. Case sent back to the Supreme Court again.
- Siavosh Ghanbari has been sentenced to 10 months on charges of collaboration with banned Kurdish group
- Sentence of 1 year in prison upheld by Appeals for Afsaneh Toghi.
- One public execution in Urmiah on Sunday.
- 2 public executions in front of House of Artists in Tehran on Sunday.
- 3 executions in Zahedan on Sunday.
- Sentence of fingers amputation of a man convicted of burglary was carried out in public in Shiraz using a special machine created for the purpose.
- 3 executions on Tuesday.
- One public execution on Wednesday.
- One execution in Shahroud on Thursday.
- One execution in Khorramdareh.
- 3 executions in Chubin prison.
University – Culture
- Graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi will debut her paintings in Paris this month.
- Retired workers protest at Abadan Petrochemical Company.
- Protest rally against layoffs at construction company Nasr Jihad.
- Wave of large-scale protests at most major oil refineries.
Iran Economics
- $1 over 3500 tomans again.
- 87,000 retired steel workers have not been paid for the last 3 months.
- 17 million Iranians to receive food coupons.
Politics in Iran
- Ex-president Khatami strongly criticizes absence of free elections and political activities in Iran.
- Political parties compelled to declare funding sources.
- Parliament receives notice to impeach the Labor Minister.
Iran abroad
- Turkey lifts ban on Iranian cargo plane carrying 1.5 tons of gold from Ghana to Iran.
- First visit to Iran by Russian interior minister since 1979 Revolution.
- Majlis Speaker arrives in Sudan. He meets with Sudanese President.
- China freezes $25 billions Iranian assets; they can be released against Chinese goods paid in Yuan.
- A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook Syrch near Kerman, cell communications have been cut, land line disruptions in the area.


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This week in personnel announcements and new hires, Vanguard announced that Gregory Davis will become the new head of the firm's fixed income group; the Brownstone Investment Group hired Matthew Martines; the Alliance for Investor Education elected new officers; and Mike DiCenso went to MassMutual Retirement Services.
Also, David Jacowitz was named managing director of Penn Mutual's career agency office in Rochester; LIMRA and LOMA announced new officers and members of the board of directors; Laurie Belew was named FPA president-elect for 2014; and Jason Bickler became divisional vice president at Forethought.
Davis to Head Vanguard Fixed Income Group
Vanguard announced Monday that Robert Auwaerter, principal and head of the Vanguard Fixed Income Group, has announced that he will retire in March after 32 years with the firm. He will be succeeded by Gregory Davis, who currently serves as chief investment officer of the Asia Pacific region and is a director of Vanguard Investments Australia.
Prior to his current position, Davis, who joined the firm in November 1999, was a senior portfolio manager and head of bond indexing in the fixed income group. Before joining, he worked at Merrill Lynch as an associate in global debt markets.
Brownstone Investment Group Adds Martines
Brownstone Investment Group announced that it has hired Matthew Martines as managing director as it expands its municipal trading and electronic market making units.
Martines comes to Brownstone from Morgan Stanley, where he spent more than 15 years in various leadership roles within fixed income trading and electronic market making.
Alliance for Investor Education Elects New Officers
Don Blandin has been elected the new president of the Alliance for Investor Education (AIE), a nonprofit consortium of 19 trade group, governmental and quasi-governmental U.S.organizations involved in investor education. The other newly elected AIE officers are Theodore Daniels, vice president, and Robert Stammers, secretary/treasurer.
Blandin, president and CEO of the Investor Protection Trust (IPT) in Washington, replaces Sue Duncan, vice president of the Investment Company Institute Education Foundation (ICIEF), as president of AIE.
Daniels is the founder and president of the Society for Financial Education and Professional Development (SFEPD), and also served as a member of the President's Advisory Council on Financial Literacy from January 2008 to January 2010. He has more than 35 years of experience in financial management and investments.
Stammers is director of investor education for CFA Institute. Prior to that, he founded a consulting company to aide real estate owners, lenders and syndicators develop and analyze structured real estate investments. He also served as a senior equity analyst with Long Term Short Term Inc., and was senior executive for several institutional fund managers. MassMutual Retirement Services Adds Mike DiCenso
MassMutual has named Mike DiCenso as market leader for the institutional segment of its retirement services division effective Nov. 4. In this newly created role, he is responsible for strategy and business development initiatives in support of the needs of distribution partners and sponsors in this market. He reports to William Silvanic, senior vice president and actuary, retirement services division.
DiCenso brings more than 26 years of experience, having held executive level positions in sales, distribution, marketing and product development in the U.S. and international retirement plan markets. Most recently, he served as the national practice leader for Gallagher Retirement Services. Prior to Gallagher, he was with RSM McGladrey Retirement Services.
Penn Mutual Names Jacowitz Managing Director of Career Agency Office
The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. announced that David Jacowitz has been named managing director of Centra Financial Group, the firm's career agency office inRochester, N.Y. In that role, he will be responsible for the development of the sales team, including recruitment, training and supervising of producers.
Jacowitz has more than 14 years of industry experience. Earlier he served as senior partner for New York Life, where he was also responsible for recruiting, training, supervising and joint sales. He previously worked as a producer with Metropolitan Life for eight years.
LIMRA, LOMA Announce New Board Officers, Members
LIMRA and LOMA have announced the election of Joseph Monk, senior vice president and chief administrative officer, State Farm Life, as chair of the LL Global board of directors for 2014. Tim Stonehocker, executive vice president, Ameritas Life Insurance Corp., was elected vice chair and will succeed Monk in 2015.
In addition, the board elected seven new members to three-year terms. They are: James Atkins, president and chief executive officer, Legal & General America; Thomas Barefield, executive vice president, distribution, Ohio National Financial Services; J. Scott Davison, president, OneAmerica Financial Partners Inc.; Scott Dolfi, chief operating officer, the Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America; Rino D'Onofrio, president and chief executive officer, RBC Life Insurance; Dawn Trautman, senior vice president, IT operations and strategic planning, Pacific Life Insurance; and Xu Jing Hui, chairman and president, China Pacific Life.
Laurie Belew Named President-Elect of FPA NexGen
The Financial Planning Association and the FPA NexGen community have announced that Laurie Belew is the 2014 FPA president-elect. Belew is a senior financial advisor with FJY Financial in Reston, Va.
Belew has been an FPA member since 2004, served on the task force for the 2007 and 2009 NexGen conferences and is co-leading the mission to bring FPA NexGen events to the FPA of the national capital area chapter. The FPA NexGen community was created for members age 36 and under to foster learning and growth that contributes to the legacy of the profession.
Forethought Welcomes Jason Bickler
Forethought Financial Group Inc. announced that it hired Jason Bickler as divisional vice president, western region, to oversee a wholesaling team responsible for marketing both variable and traditional fixed annuities through broker-dealers. He will report to Paula Nelson, executive vice president and head of annuity distribution.
Bickler is a 25-year veteran in the financial service industry. His career, which began as an actuary, includes various roles in distribution leadership and relationship management.
U.S. Bank Names Sorensen to Private Client Reserve, Minneapolis
Brett Sorensen has been appointed vice president and private banking relationship manager for The Private Client Reserve in Minneapolis. In this new position, he will provide a customized set of services to manage the banking needs of high-net-worth individuals and families, drawing upon the full range of resources available through The Private Client Reserve.
Most recently, Sorensen was a relationship manager with U.S. Bank's Commercial Banking Group.


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An Encinitas dentist accused of stealing more than $260,000 from patients and using the money to buy high-end clothing and merchandise pleaded not guilty Thursday to 45 felony charges.
Dr. Edward Bodek, 60, and his wife, Mary, 56, are both accused of elder financial abuse, identity theft and conspiracy to commit fraud. If convicted, they could be sent to prison for more than 21 years.
Mary Bodek, who is expected to be arraigned Friday, worked as the business' office manager and financial controller. She was arrested Wednesday night at Lindbergh Field where she was getting off of a plane coming from Maryland.
Investigators found two unused plane tickets to Aruba in her luggage and more than 100 credit cards and store gift cards.
San Diego Superior Court Judge Marshall Hockett raised Edward Bodek's bail from $500,000 to $1.5 million, saying that he is a danger to the public and a flight risk.
Deputy District Attorney Anna Winn asked for the higher bail after telling the judge that a box of receipts had been found within the last couple of days containing the names of other patients who could be victims in this case.
So far, 24 victims have been identified, some of whom have been patients of Bodek's for 20 years, the prosecutor said.
Deputy Public Defender Christine Yonan argued that the $1.5 million bail was "outrageous" given Bodek's age and lack of a criminal record.
According to court documents, patients began reporting over the past year that they were seeing unauthorized charges from the dental practice on their credit card statements. They said they called the office and were told that the charges were errors that would be corrected.
The charges were large, ranging from $2,000 to $10,000 at a time, and often were incurred several times within a few days.
UMS Banking, which processes credit card charges for the Bodek's dental office, reported that there had been more than $260,000 in disputed charges in the defendants' account since the beginning of 2012, according to the documents.
The patients are longtime clients of the dentist, and some are more than 90 years old.
Investigators searched the Bodeks' practice and apartment and found that both were filled with stacks of boxes and shopping bags. Only one exam room in the office was operable, and only a small path was clear thought the apartment.
The investigators also learned that the defendants rented 30 storage units containing clothing, high-end handbags and fur coats. Much of the merchandise still had sales tags on it and appeared to have never been worn.


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Anna Benson, who I believe has had her own teeth surgically replaced by those of Andre the Giant, did an interview on the Fox News channel on Thursday. It creeps me out in a variety of ways. Her gigantic smile is just one of them.
I think there's a good chance that the interviewer, David Asman, is masturbating under the table. Images of Anna in various whorish poses flash by in the background as Asman refers to Anna's "sexy poses" and "wonderful poses" while seeming as nervous and giddy as a junior high boy at his first school dance. Of course, he might just be excited because he gets to mention Anna's hatred of PETA and Michael Moore, things he likely finds equally as titillating.
You can see the entire interview and read a transcript here. If you want.
Fox's Asman touted Anna Benson's "wonderful," "sexy poses" during interview on Cavuto [MediaMatters.org]


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abnormal operating conditions : unfavorable, harmful, or detrimental environmental conditions to or for crane operating, in example: corrosive fumes, unfavorable weather exposure, extremely low or high climate temperatures, dangerous lifting locations, as well as atmospheres that are moist or dust laden.
(the overhead crane) boom : a horizontal member used to permit hoisting as well as lowering the load at a point other than directly under the hoist drum or trolley, it is mounted on the trolley.
(the gantry crane) boom : a trolley runway extension often used to obtain clearance for gantry travel by retracting or raising.
administrative or regulatory authority : when a governmental jurisdiction is not available, the employer or, if a governmental jurisdiction is available, then the governmental agency.
brake : a device that is not a motor, that uses power or friction means to cease or pause motion
braking, hydraulic : by means of displacement of a liquid, this method controls or reduces speed.
braking, counter torque (plugging) : by reversing the motor line voltage polarity or phase sequence to develop torque in the opposite direction of the motor's rotation, this method controls speed.
brake, holding : used for a hoist, a friction brake that is applied automatically as well as prevents motion when the brake's power is off.
brake, mechanical load : an friction brake that is automatic with the purpose of controlling loads in a lowering direction. White requiring torque from the motor to lower a load, this unidirectional device does not put any added load, when lifting a load, on the motor.
braking, dynamic : by making the motor work as a generator, with the energy being dispersed in resistors, this method controls speed.
braking means : a device or method that uses the means of either power or friction to hold or stop motion.
braking, eddy current : by use of an electrical induction load brake, this method reduces or controls speed.
braking, control : by imparting energy in the opposite direction or by removing energy from the moving body, this method controls speed.
appointed : when the employer's representative or the employer explicitly assigns an individual responsibilities. authorized: to have a regulatory authority or a duly constituted administrative authority appoint an individual.
auxiliary hoist : backup unit used for the hoisting of higher speed, as well as lower road rating than the primary hoist in most cases.
braking, emergency : when power is not available, this method is used to slow a drive. As a result of action by the operator, or, in some cases automatically when power to the drive is interrupted, the braking effort is established.
braking, mechanical : a method that uses friction to control or reduce speed.


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Donnie Wahlberg is officially hangin' solo.
The "Band of Brothers" actor who shot to fame as a member of '90s boy band New Kids on the Block and Wahlberg's wife of about nine years, Kim Fey, finalized their divorce Sept. 28, The Associated Press reported.
Wahlberg and Fey had been separated since early 2008 and filed divorce paperwork on the same day in August of that year, according to the AP.
U.S. & World
They have two sons together.
Wahlberg, the elder brother of actor Mark Wahlberg, stars in the new CBS cop show "Blue Bloods."
Selected Reading: IMDB, Associated Press, Twitter