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UO's administrative expenses 38% of peers? Not true.
By uomatters | 04/15/2009 - 10:54 pm | 04/15/2009 Uncategorized
At the furlough meeting Provost Bean told us that UO's administrative expense ratio was 38% of peers. See his reply to the question at 50:20 in the video. This number was repeated in Greg Bolt's RG story about the meeting. This issue matters because the admin need to have some justification for asking the faculty and staff to take cuts when administrators are making such small sacrifices themselves. It turned out that Bean did not actually have a copy of the study from which he quoted, but simply remembered hearing the number somewhere. A group of curious faculty got on the question, and with the help of a local reporter tracked down the source, on page 38 of this document:
http://www.ous.edu/state_board/meeting/dockets/ddoc081003.pdf
The data on the page does not even remotely support Provost Bean's 38% claim – for example, it compares the total administration and *facilities* costs of schools. Further, each of the comparators has a med school, engineering school, etc. All have, for example, at least one nuclear reactor. The cost of operating those reactors – think fuel rods – is included in the number Bean was using to argue that UO's costs for *administrators* are relatively low. Unless UO is now fielding nuclear powered Vice Provosts, (heads up guys: notify the UN inspectors first) we can dismiss this 38% number as a convenient fiction, designed to justify asking faculty to make sacrifices that administrators will not make themselves. I have asked Provost Bean to issue a formal retraction.
Next up, his claim that we are making money in Bend. He has promised to make a complete accounting report. Meaning that he made the Bend claim without actually understanding those numbers either. UPDATE: Those numbers were made up too.
Tagged 38% admin expense ratio claim
The Gist of the Furlough Plan
By uomatters | 04/15/2009 - 2:42 pm | 04/15/2009 Uncategorized
Senior administrators at UO earn 100% of their comparators.
President Frphnmayer earns $150,000 more than his comparators.
UO Faculty earn 83% of their comparators.
We've taken voluntary cuts for years.
When Frohnmayer and the VPs have given back enough salary to get down to 83% like us, we should have a serious conversation.
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Public Records how to
In theory it's easy to get public records from UO. Public records includes every paper or electronic record – including emails – produced with university resources. State law is very clear: these are public property and are to be given to anyone who cares to see them, though agencies can charge actual costs.
Assistant Counsel Doug Park – email him at gcounsel@uoregon.edu or dougpark@uoregon.edu is specifically tasked with implementing this law and with helping provide documents to the public. Just send Doug an email saying "This is a public records request for …." and describe the document or accounting information. You don't need to say why you want it. If the public is likely to have an interest in the document – e.g. it documents expenditure of public funds, illegality, or might end up in the newspapers – add "I ask for a fee waiver on the grounds of public interest because …"
In practice, here at UO, President Frohnmayer has given Mr. Park instructions to make it as difficult as possible for you to get these records. OpenUpOregon has some advice on how to get them from him anyway. Remember, be nice to Doug – he is just following orders from Herr Frohnmayer.
Tagged Public Records how to
Union?
6/5/2009 update:
The Union effort seems to be gaining momentum. They have hired additional organizers and that suggests they believe they have the potential to win an election.
During Frohnmayer's years faculty salaries have gone nowhere, while administrative salaries, spending, and distractions like athletics, Bend, Portland, and so on have ballooned. The only transparency has been the clear contempt with which Frohnmayer and his cronies have treated the faculty and the Senate.
If Lariviere does not take quick steps to repudiate Frohnmayer's decisions and replace senior administrators, I think UO may well go Union pretty quickly.
An AAUP-AFT collaboration is pursuing the idea of a UO faculty union. Their website is here.
I think a union of UO faculty members is an interesting idea that should be seriously debated. People I know in the UC system are pretty happy with theirs. But at other places it seems to be followed by a shift away from incentives for research and towards mediocrity.
My own take is that the administration needs to take the possibility seriously and credibly explain how they propose to reallocate UO's scarce resources away from themselves and their pet projects and back to UO's core mission. Where does that $12 million in new tuition go?
Tagged AAUP-AFT Union?
Provost Moseley and UO's Bend campus
In 2006 UO Provost John Moseley retired and was given a 1/2 time $124,000 a year sinecure as Director of UO's Bend Programs. He wanted this because it allowed him to pad his PERS account and because he has a vacation home on the Deschutes. It turns out he's been billing UO for his trips there – as these UO mileage reimbursements show. One reader pointed out that "Between June and Sept 08 JTM racked up $4441.75 reimbursable dollars for mileage, at about 50 cents per mile that's 8800 miles. It's about 125 miles one way from JTM (Eugene) to JTM (Bend) so that's about 35 round trips in a 4 month period or 9 round trips a month."
In the summer? Does UO-Bend even offer summer courses? Any OSU-Cascades meetings that Moseley actually attended? 9 per month? UO-Bend graduates 15 students a year. Moseley's travel expenses alone are over $500 per graduate. Add in his salary and benefits and this one part of the administrative costs for Bend are already well over $10,000 per graduate. And Provost Bean claims this program is "in the black?"
From a UO administrator's email:
Finally, there is a lot about the Bend campus that just does not "feel right". For example, while no one really wants to put (too fine) a point on it, the fact that John Mosley is collecting a six figure salary while being retired in Bend (even if it is legit) does not look right and perceptions are important – particularly in economic hard times when you are asking faculty to give back.
Here is the 7/7/04 retirement contract signed by President Frohnmayer and Provost Moseley. It's hard to read this without seeing it as an attempt to make an end run around the PERS rules so that Moseley can retire under the more generous pre-2005 contract – while still actually working for UO essentially full time and collecting full time pay.
Tagged Bend program loses $1 million, Expense account abuse, Golden parachute contracts, Provost Moseley
Oregonian Op-Ed on UO President's Salary
PRESS CLIPPINGS:
Margaret Soltan, a frequent commenter on academic issues and a contributor to InsideHigherEd.com writes about us on her blog today:
The pun in the blog's title points to matters of importance on campus (an overpaid president, too many administrators, a sports obsession, a budget crisis, anti-intellectualism, etc.) and the basic attitude of concern among the blog's authors — their university matters, and its betrayal of fundamental academic principles is so severe that these people have gone public.
She includes a long list of her own previous posts on UO's administrators. Always appalling, sometimes hilarious.
Ted Taylor has an excellent post on UO matters in this week's Eugene Weekly:
Underlying nearly all of the discussions on the blog are larger questions of governance and transparency. With Frohnmayer on the way out, this is a critical time to resolve some long-standing equity and fairness issues that are keeping the UO from being as academically strong and competitive as it can be.
Steve Duin of the Oregonian had a column Tuesday on "the bizarre, paranoid and problematic culture of secrecy at the University of Oregon" (his well-turned phrase, not ours.) WWeek provides a link to us as well. UO's PR office's E-clips service will email you a daily synopsis of press stories on UO. They play it straight with the good, bad, and ugly, as you can see in this one with a Ryan Knutson story on the USDOJ's investigation of UO's Minority Recruitment Plan, and a Greg Bolt story in the RG on Frohmayer's unusually high pay (before his recent $150K raise.)
An earlier draft of this Op-Ed was published as an Op-Ed in the Oregonian on Dec 8 2008. In this letter OUS Attorney Ryan Hagemann disputed the numbers, and Oregonian columnist Steve Duin posted this rebuttal, showing that OUS was attempting to underreport the true amount of President Frohnmayer's compensation.
I'm a professor of economics at UO. It's a great job. I love the research and the teaching, and I earn more than most of the Oregonians who help pay my salary. Maybe I should just keep my head down. But there are big problems at UO. The Carnegie Institution says we aren't top tier in research anymore, and our prestigious AAU university affiliation is in danger.
One reason for UO's decline is that faculty are now paid 83% of what they can earn at comparable universities. Last year my department lost 2 out of 20 faculty to offers we couldn't come close to matching. Other universities also offer the best graduate students – whose efforts are the heart of most university research – fellowships worth twice the $13,000 a year we can offer.
We're told this is because the state doesn't give us enough money. But since 2000 the Oregon University System Board has somehow found the cash to increase UO President Frohnmayer's pay by 325%. His total compensation is now $717,000. Last year presidents of comparable universities got $469,000, and the president of UC-Berkeley – a much richer, larger, and more complex university, was willing to work for just $486,000. After paying a consultant $45,500 for the 10 page report showing this, they gave Frohnmayer another $173,000. No wonder that the OUS hid this report until the Attorney General finally ordered them to give it up.
Here's another problem. Last year I taught a class of 30 students. In a classroom with 20 desks. That same quarter UO was spending $2.8 million renovating Johnson Hall. Great news! – except that Johnson Hall doesn't have classrooms, just the offices for UO's senior administrators. Really nice, big, well air-conditioned offices. My classroom still has 20 desks.
Then there are the "golden parachute" contracts for retiring university administrators, which The Oregonian wrote about in March. UO gave 3 top administrators retirement contracts that explicitly say the intent is to allow them to collect PERS retirement on top of half pay from UO for 5 years. Their job responsibilities are often trivial, and they earn more than when they were working! Sweet deal. President Frohnmayer signed and then vigorously defended these contracts. He's probably hoping the OUS board will write him one too. Can UO afford this? No.
This year UO enrollment was up 4%. Despite this, department budgets were cut 2%. UO's administrators will not tell us where they spent the missing money. No wonder. Fat executive pay, golden parachute contracts, executive perks, and a raw deal for the rank and file doesn't just happen on Wall Street – this is going on at UO too.
Just as with the banks, UO could be saved if the state threw a big bag of money at us. Enough so that we could remodel the administration's offices, give Frohnmayer his golden parachute, and run a good university too. I'm not counting on this! Instead, the OUS board must take charge of the situation and recognize that UO is about students and the faculty and staff that teach them, not the administrators. Tell administrators that big salaries, perks, and parachutes only come after they've prepared a plan to bring UO back to its glory days, implemented it, and got some results. That's their job, after all.
Meanwhile, it sure would be nice for our President Frohnmayer to take a pay cut, as the presidents of UW, WSU, Stanford and others have recently agreed to do. If he gave UO back $200,000, he'd still be better paid than a lot of his peers in richer states. And my students could finally all have desks!
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Frohnmayer pay and Ray Cotton's ML Strategies Report
Back in 2007 University of Oregon President Dave Frohnmayer's friends on the Oregon University System Board wanted to give him a raise. So they hired Ray Cotton of the higher ed consulting firm ML Strategies to prepare a report comparing Frohnmayer's pay with that of his peers.
The report is 11 pages long, including the cover. It's almost entirely cribbed from data available online to any subscriber from the Chronicle.com online reports on presidential salaries. Mr. Cotton's report is here. Mr. Cotton and ML Strategies charged Oregon an incredible $45,572.03 for this report. The invoices are at the end of the pdf.
The OUS system was so embarrassed by this episode that their legal counsel Ryan Hagemann spent months trying to hide the report from public view, and months more trying to hide how much they had paid for it. In the end the Oregon Department of Justice ruled they had to make both public, and then that they had to pay the DOJ another $3,000 or so to cover the DOJ's expenses in making the report public.
Ironically, the information in the report suggests that Frohnmayer was actually overpaid, to the tune of $100,000 or so. But, of course, his buddies went ahead and gave him another $150,000 anyway.
Tagged Frohnmayer salary and perks
UO pays Lorraine Davis $197,278 to proctor exams?
Quoting from an email we received from an anonymous reader, regarding a student asking about doing their midterm while traveling to an away game:
The team will have to win two matches this weekend to
continue in the tournament. I'd like to plan as if they will do so.
We have tentatively arranged for Lorraine Davis, Special
Assistant to the Vice Provost and former Vice President of
Academic Affairs, to travel with the team to proctor exams. I
am happy to be a contact regarding the facilitation of preparing
those exams to be sent with Lorraine and your preferences for
how the exam is administered.
UO pays Lorraine Davis $197,278 FTE – and perhaps travel expenses to away games – to proctor undergraduate exams?
Tagged Lorraine Davis
"Golden parachutes" for UO administrators
This March 2008 story in the Oregonian describes how UO administrators have been taking advantage of a tenure reduction program that was originally set up to ease older teaching faculty into voluntary retirement.
Several administrators have been able to use the program to take home annual payments in the $300,000 range, by getting half pay from UO, full PERS benefits, and annual raises to sweeten the deal. While President Frohnmayer claims that these administrators are doing substantial work, he provides no evidence of this. Here's a clip from former Provost John Moseley's contract – he is "Special Assistant" to current Provost Jim Bean until 2011. His main job seems to be running UO's program in Bend, from his retirement home on the Deschutes. UO's Bend programs graduate about 15 people – and lose about $1 million – each year.
Maybe we're naive about this stuff, but we're a little surprised at how explicitly President Frohnmayer and former Provost Moseley lay out their attempt to exploit PERS rules, as you can see from the complete contract here.
Tagged Bend program loses $1 million, Golden parachute contracts, Provost Moseley
Union Discussion
For discussions regarding the proposed faculty/instructor/administrator union. Our previous union posts are here. The union organizing committee site is here.
UO Matters Discussion
For comments regarding general UO Matters: parking, misfeasance, malfeasance, sustainability, diversity, and architecture.
ICC memo
(From May 2009)
To: Units receiving ICC beginning budget allocations
From: Rich Linton
Subject: ICC Beginning Budget Allocations- FY10
ICC- FY10 Beginning Budget
The ICC beginning budget for FY10 will be posted in the coming days, and I write to communicate two key decisions regarding the overall allocations effective July 1, 2009.
1. I do not plan to "sweep" any FY09 fund balances from existing ICC indices, other than those already negotiated with the units directly impacted. In light of the voluntary FTE reductions in ICC-funded positions for the remaining three months of FY09, some of the ICC carryforwards should be impacted favorably.
2. I will apply a 4% "across the board" cut to virtually all line items in the ICC beginning budget for FY10, including research administrative units reporting to me. The few exceptions include the library, lease payments for off-campus research space that involve fixed costs, and a few instances for centers that are involved in pre-existing agreements related to ICC "backstops" or ICC deficit reduction. No cuts will be made to prior commitments to provide multi-year ICC allocations, for example faculty start-up packages or grant matching funds.
It should come as no surprise that the state budget crisis impacting the University of Oregon has placed escalating stresses on my overall ICC budget, especially in aspects such as faculty recruitment and retention, graduate student support and research infrastructure. In addition, the federal F&A "overhead" rate at the UO was reduced from 48% to 42% effective July 1, 2008 and is beginning to impact on reduced F&A recovery from grants and contracts. The funds available for ICC distribution are being significantly constrained despite the growth in new sponsored program awards.
I will evaluate the need for recurring reductions in ICC allocations as we move through FY10. I am hopeful that the Federal "Stimulus" will enhance UO's research funding and associated F&A generation in the months to come.
Thanks, as always, for your understanding and support. Please let me know if my office can address any questions or concerns.
bargaining 37 stuff
ADMIN TEAM DELAYS BARGAINING UNTIL 1PM TODAY, TUESDAY.
GLEASON DRIVES OFF, TOLD TO CHECK FOOTBALL PALACE CUSHIONS FOR LOOSE CHANGE:
CECIL RALLIES FACULTY FOR 14.5%, OR STRIKE:
Bargaining: Tuesday 9/3/2013, 1pm-4pm(?), Room 122 or 101 Knight Library.
9:00 AM: Gottfredson meeting with his $100K a month bargaining team:
The most recent admin proposal was for 10.5%. On Thursday the union countered with 14.5% – down from their initial 18%. Gottfredson's team is meeting now to finalize the proposal they will present to the faculty at 10AM 1PM today – be there.
Raises: The elevator version:
We're going down. During the first year of President Gottfredson's administration UO faculty pay has fallen still further behind other AAU public universities:
Full profs: down from 85% to 82%
Associate profs: down from 92% to 90%
Assistant profs: down from 93% to 89%
The relative drops are mostly driven by pay raises at the other AAU schools, however UO's average pay for assistants and fulls has actually fallen, presumably because of composition changes. The retroactive 1.5% ATB raise proposed by the admin's for 2012-13 is only for 6 months, so it's really only a 1% raise. Sneaky. Either way it is not close to enough to make up for the ~3% UO faculty lost relative to other AAU publics between Fall 2011 and Fall 2012. Much less enough to get the elevator going up. And the administration has been fibbing: UO benefits don't make up salary gap.
I'll live-blog it, meanwhile here's some background:
9/1/2013: Washington Post on administrative bloat drivers:
Their conclusion is that while both effects are at work, Bowen effects dominate in public research universities, with $2 in increases due to administrators seizing on increased revenue for every $1 in increases due to upward pressures on faculty and staff salaries from other industries. Same for private research institutions. What's more, they find a plausible culprit within universities. They notice that cost increases are likelier when the ratio of staff to faculty is higher. That suggests that when administrators within the university accumulate bargaining power, they're better able to force increases in costs. The administrative staff, they suggest, is what's really driving this.
By administrative staff, they presumably mean central administrators like Jim "38%" Bean. Say Jim, any update on how much our administration is going to piss away in Portland this year? Thanks to an anonymous reader for the link. From the WaPo's excellent "The Tuition is Too Damn High" series, inspired by:
9/1/2013 Bloat update: Lots of rumors flying around – and I didn't start all of them – that the administration's haste to wrap up bargaining is motivated in part by a desire to get the economics off the table before the latest administrative bloat data comes out:
From: Bill Harbaugh
Subject: public records request, non-classified employees
Date: September 1, 2013 11:55:21 PM PDT
To: Lisa Thornton Cc: J P Monroe , jbolas@uoregon.edu, Andrea Larson , cmatese@uoregon.edu, gvenegas@uoregon.edu
Dear Ms Thornton:
This is a public records request for a machine readable file in excel, comma delimited, or any other standard format showing the following information for UO non-classified employees as of 9/3/2013:
First Name, Last Name, MI, University Email Address, University Office Address, University Office Phone Area Code, University Office Phone Number, Employee Type, Academic Title, Job Type, Job Title Job Start Date, Yrs in Position, Fac Prim Activity, Home Department, Rank, Rk Date, Pay Department, Annual Salary Rate, Appt Percent Job Status, Job End Date, Appointment Status, Term of Service, EEO Type, FT/PT
I ask for a fee waiver on the basis of public interest.
I'm ccing a few people in the UO IR office, who should be able to easily provide these data.
The prior data on this is from the error ridden Beangrams, and the most excellent presentations of the AAUP's Howard Bunsis. March 2013 update for UO here:
"Institutional Support" means central administration, more or less.
Tuesday 9/3/2013, 10am-4pm, room 122 or 101 Knight Library, be there.
Rumor from the spectators at the annual faculty club ping-pong semi-finals is that Gottfredson has told Geller and Rudnick to stop their $100K a month billing frenzy and cut a deal, quick. The large faculty turnout at the Thursday meeting had its intended effect, and Rudnick's flip-out didn't hurt either.
Rudnick will apparently meet with Gottfredson et al at 9AM to get his instructions. As you can see from the spreadsheet below the union has already come down from 19.3% over 3 years (compounded) to 15%, and has made concessions on health, childcare, and promotion raises as well. The majority of the faculty I've talked with feel that if the union offer is not acceptable as is, we should strike during week one.
The bargaining will start at 10:00 AM. Show up Tuesday and find out what concessions Gottfredson is prepared to make on governance and on Geller's "we own your IP and everything on your computer" proposals. The word from the spectators on Th was that the process and personalities were "interesting", but not so distracting that you couldn't get a few reviews done, if you sit in the back. And fun to socialize with your colleagues during the breaks. Not to mention the excellent homemade baked things – consider this a public records request for the recipe.
Synopsis from session XXXVI, Thursday 8/29:
Practice drill for strike goes off well. ~100 faculty show up on a summer day when they're not even on contract. News on the SEIU strike preparation in the ODE here.
Some chatter about discipline for Rudnick over her disrespectful treatment of faculty and library staff this morning. Does UO's respectful workplace policy apply to $300 an hour lawyers?
Union holds firm on raises, only minor concessions. Rudnick seems to have new instructions from Coltrane, sounds ready to deal.
After lunch, still about 60 faculty in the room. No visible support for the admin team. No Altmann, no Moffitt, no Geller, no one with any actual authority to deal. No wonder this takes forever.
After getting all medieval on me for "posting of false and inaccurate information about bargaining" the administration's bargaining team is now trying to keep me from posting copies of the presumably fact-based transcripts they've been taking at every bargaining session – their stenographer has been typing away all day. Latest here.
Art 49, use of UO computers, a.k.a as the Stasi Clause. They own you.
Your Guarantee of Truthiness: All UO Matters bargaining posts are fact-checked by Geller and Rudnick's secret team of well paid consultants, who post their spin on the official UO Admin site, here. If you pay Dave Hubin $285.98 he'll even tell you who wrote it.
Proposals so far:
Here's hoping this bargaining gets wrapped up quickly, so Sharon Rudnick and her HLGR colleagues can get back to their important civil rights work – for Philip Morris and RJ Reynolds:
UO President Dave Frohnmayer's extra-ordinary pay.
Comparator compensation, using equivalent definitions, is roughly $520,000 or $480,000 if you use "all public and private PhD granting".
The President of UC-Berkeley is paid $467,556 plus a house.
Dave Frohnmayer gets $662,764 plus a house.
$195,208 more than the President of Berkeley?
Update 5/14/2009: At yesterday's Senate meeting Provost Bean claimed that Frohnmayer was paid just slightly more than his peers. Bean's numbers depart from the standard Chronicle.com definition by not reporting the $206,000 Frohnmayer receives in 401K and retirement pay. Even without that extra 401K money, he will likely get the most expensive PERS payout in state history, by a very large margin.
Update 5/7/2009: Rumor has it that, after some pressure, the OUS board has told Frohnmayer that they are not interested in his golden parachute retirement proposal that they let him manage UO's money losing Bend programs from his home at Mt. Batchelor. Instead he will be given an office suite in the UO Honors College, a secretary to help him put his papers in order, and an assistant to help him teach his class in "leadership". His current TA Barbara West, who is paid $68,000 (for 0.5 FTE) and who apparently does most of the grading, student contact, and half the lectures for this course, which is pretty highly rated by the undergrads, is retiring.
Article 37: Separability
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/971644/uomatters/uauoregon.org/files/2012/11/Article-37-Separability.pdf
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A Science Cult Out To Make You Small
By davidstone1313 on September 29, 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
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Protected socially like an endangered religion, a science cult works at making your life seem smaller and less meaningful. If you knock religion, you're in trouble with a lot of people. But it's true of science, too. Built on artificial stilts of unproven beliefs, science assumes authority beyond its insights, as religions do, creating cults as matters of faith.
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The Science Cult
The annoyance sparking interest was a New York Times column by David Brooks: You Are Not Who You Think You Are. I stopped reading Brooks's writing years ago because I found it dull, but the headline got me. Although the headline writer misrepresented the content, what I found inside was a digest of the science cult's current mumbo jumbo. Brooks seemed a little suspicious, in fact, but he fell in line anyway. Because that's what you do when committed to a cult.
The game's a kind of "We know you better than you do because we're scientists" power grab, and it doesn't serve science well. Insisting on something so easily proven false undermines everything else connected with it. If they waive truth-telling in one thing, why not anything and everything else. Where's the line?
"Your brain is locked in the pitch-black bony vault of your skull," Brooks writes, "trying to use scraps of information to piece together the world," as if that's true. But it's not.
There are no scraps; there's instead a seamless flow of information coalesced into your mind's eye. It's all personal. And "the world" is already together, but not in pieces.
For symbolism, his "pitch-black bony vault" is the worst of it. So is your pelvis where it protects all that digestion while assisting in locomotion. What area inside you, Mr. Brooks, is lit up like a kitchen before dinner? He's just playing games, echoing drivel that's been circulating for a while.
In deconstructing reality, the researchers he leans on mistake the tools and building blocks of reality for reality itself. It's an error, but not without consequences.
Just because a science cult says you don't know yourself, you're under no obligation to accept the utterly foolish. Yet, that's what's being pushed by a cult already committed to a doctrine that says free will is a myth. After all, if you have free will, you're a thinking, autonomous individual. The science cult can't handle that or, more importantly, control it.
There is no theory, for instance, proving or even indicating that thinking or any other mental activity takes place in your skull. All they really have are foggy scans showing what areas in your brain activate in certain situations, but they make much more of it.
Some researchers, though, consider the brain little more than a refined, high quality tuner collecting and sorting sensory data used for creating a broader, deeply connected consciousness. And there's clear evidence that some, in not all of what we recognize as "mind" or "mental activity" is not locked into anything physical. (See info on remote viewing.) And since thoughts, ideas and feelings are nonphysical, how could a physical structure fence them in, anyway?
Countless near death experiences show coherent mental activity after brains go out of service. People declared dead, all vital signs ceased, report hanging around nearby, recording everything, before returning to their bodies. Moreover, they've proven it by accurately describing what happened after they died, sending the science cult into a mad scramble to explain it away.
It can't be and all the NDE reports must be wrong because it undermines the cult's faith.
Some of the fuzzy, belief system based claims border on hilarious, although rendered with grave assurance. Chew on this one:
A rough calculation by Paul Reber, Professor of Psychology at Northwestern University suggests that the brain can store 2.5 PETABYTES of data – that's 2,500,000 Gigabytes, or 300 years worth of TV.
Top 10 Surprising Memory Facts
Your life is "TV…?"
Backing up this ridiculous claim, the science cult wedges your memories down a fiber optic tube, reducing them to some mythical factor called "TV." Really?
The science cult thinks your memories are something like this black and white show from the 1950s.
Setting aside the fact that there is no such quantifiable thing as "TV," making the entire claim goofy in the first place, do they really think your life relates favorably to reruns of Zombies from Mars or Ozzie and Harriet?
In fact, there is no measurement for memory. It's a free-floating, unstoppable stream not dependent on paying a monthly bill. Moreover, no evidence proves memory as material at all. So, ipso facto, no material, no volume or weight.
Is Mainstream Science Blind Or Just Refusing To See?
Bad Science Writing Is Unhealthy, And Here's Why…
What's It Really All About? The Science Afterlife Problem…
As anyone not dazzled by science knows, some memories are richer than others, just as some lives are. And how could you cut it up into segments anyway? You don't live in segments. Neither does memory.
It flows, and it swells in, out and through complicated experiences. Countless references and observations crowd any memory. But we all know that the many-cabled thread is never-ending.
You don't have to understand why the science cult wants to reduce your life, but it's not unlike religion. It's all about control. The smaller you are, the less you have and they claim. There's no simple explanation, but the core of it is that free will freightens know-it-alls with its potential for uncontrolled change.
You might even declare your own freedom, and anyone believing they know you better than you do might lose their grip.
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Bathrooms were originally tiled for utilitarian reasons such as water resistance and easy cleanup, but new bathroom design ideas have transformed the traditional bathroom into a room of beauty. Bathrooms are now seen as a space to which you can add your personal touch, and tile has played a large part in this point of view. No longer is there only simple ceramic 4 x 4 or plain mosaic tiles to choose from. With today's seemingly endless options, creative tile design ideas for the bathroom walls and floors are unlimited. Here are some tips for adding a special touch to your bathroom design with the use of tile.
Before heading out to your local design center, be sure to come up with some bathroom design ideas. Think about what your dream bathroom would be like. The best way to do this is to gather pictures of ideas. Look through magazines, cut out photos, and read articles for inspiration. Note your favorite fixtures and tile work. This will give you a good foundation to work from when it comes to planning your design.
It's fun to get creative and use several different types of tile together instead of sticking to one color or type of tile. Mix and match will allow you to create a beautiful, unique design. For example, imagine River Pebble tile placed on the shower floor with a wood-look tile on the bathroom floor. Run the pebbled mosaic up the walls from the floor to form a natural, curve-like wave that gracefully cuts into the wall tile. Nature will take over the space to calm and relax you as the water washes the tension out of your body.
You can easily add some textural interest to larger tile by mixing in some mosaic tile accents. For instance, using Jewel Tide tile as a shower surround and on the shower floor will make you feel like you've stepped into the sea. You can then add another touch of the seashore by sprinkling in the Ocean Jewels mosaics in Mother of Pearl. If you're using large square tiles on the bathroom floor, cut the corners where four tiles meet. Place these four tiles on the floor so that the cutouts meet and form a two-inch square. Then fill the empty square with four, one-inch-square glass mosaic tiles. Do this in a pattern or randomly throughout the floor. You can then add the same mosaics to the wall by adorning an entire accent wall, creating a border design that wraps around the walls at chair-rail height, or framing a mirror.
If you're looking for small accent tiles, check out the Fashion Accents line, which features glass, metal, and stone tile, and offers a wide array of choices that look great next to larger tile or when used on their own. You can also add a pop of excitement to your design by placing a colorful mosaic medallion in the center of your bathroom floor. The same tile that makes up the medallion can then be used as a border on the wall, as well.
When coming up with bathroom design ideas, try incorporating patterns. Designing a tile pattern is similar to putting puzzle pieces together. You can mix and match different types of tile until they fit just right and create a beautiful look that you are happy with. For example, marble and granite tiles can be used to make a checkered floor or backsplash. If you need some inspiration, look into some popular tile patterns, which often specify the exact tile sizes you will need.
Tiling a bathroom wall will not only look beautiful, but will make it easy to keep the bathroom clean and protect against moisture. You can either use one type of tile in different sizes or several types to create a unique look. Try, for example, using a larger tile on the bottom half of the wall and then using the same tile in a smaller mosaic size up to the ceiling. If your tiled wall is neutral in color, add a zing of color by adding a colored- or metallic-tile border.
If you prefer a more traditional look, tile the bottom half of the wall with a larger tile and then top it with a tile chair rail. For a more contemporary look, cover the walls in a tile that mimics fabric, such as Kimona Silk. This will create a soft look that still has the long-lasting qualities of tile, and it can be used on the floor, as well. Wood-look floor tile planks can also help create a beautiful accent wall. Try running it horizontally, vertically, or halfway up to a chair rail. Above the chair rail, use tile that mimics fabric. The two different textures will perfectly complement each other. You can also add an accent wall of the wood-look tile in a herringbone pattern while using it on the floor in a traditional plank pattern.
Mosaic murals are usually found on a wall, but they can also be a stunning addition to your bathroom floor. Imagine a floor with tortoises that appear to be popping up to share your space. Make your mural look like a vintage tapestry, or even replicate a favorite photo, anything is possible. Mosaic murals are unique because they blend colors to create an effect that is almost three-dimensional. Your bathroom will be unlike any other.
When it comes time to put your favorite bathroom design ideas to use, keep in mind that your space will look well-balanced if the tiles on your walls are smaller than the tiles on your floor. This rule may be broken when using mosaics as floor tile, however. In this instance, keep wall tiles on the smaller side. Get creative and enjoy the challenge of coming up with a unique bathroom design. By adding your personality into the space, you'll end up with a beautiful new space that will be used and enjoyed for years to come. For some more inspiration, check out these mosaic pattern ideas and have fun creating plans utilizing the mosaic pattern designer tool.


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How to Shroud Yourself with Night: Are Lacrimas Profundere the Next Rise of Gothic Music?
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Boy, am I excited for this one. Now that reactions are becoming more of a part of Overtone, I ended up reacting to the most recent single Lacrimas Profundere put out on our YouTube channel. People ended up liking it and asked me to react to the previous singles from the album, which came out last week. I have just finished doing so and I gotta tell you, they're amazing. So this review is going to be pretty positive, just to warn you. And while I take the time to edit down that video, check out what I thought of the other tracks on the album!
The album opens on one of said singles, 'Wall of Gloom'. However, since I'm not very clear in my reactions, babbling on like a nervous schoolchild, I'll quickly reiterate here. This is a great track. The plodding pace sets the dark mood for the entire album perfectly. And, of course, it gives vocalist Julian Larre plenty of chance to show off his impressive range. However, this isn't my favourite single from the album, and it feels like an odd choice to open the album with. It's a great track but I don't think it quite hits that high gear that the following track does. However, when listening through as a full album, it almost feels like an extended intro track for the following track…
'A Cloak Woven of Stars' is one of my favourite tracks of the year. Period. I gushed over this track a bunch in the reaction, but I feel like I must do it here too. It somehow blends a commercial, radio-friendly sound in with their already dark, heavy one, and it works seamlessly. It combines together so many different sounds seemingly effortlessly, and the result is phenomenal. From the low, clean verses to the harmonised, harsher but massively catchy choruses to even a breakdown riff, this song is incredible. It blew my mind when I listened to it for the first time and made me an even bigger fan of the band. Playlisted!
Next we reach the first one I haven't heard yet and the first ballad track of the album, 'Nebula'. The clean guitars sound great, as does Julian as he sings low over the top. It again builds to a huge, harsher chorus, but it feels epic and very earnt. Also, the harmonies between the high clean and lower screams that have been present on the last two tracks are incredible and maybe my favourite part of the album. It's another great track that once again shows off the band's staggeringly impressive range.
As if reading that last sentence, 'In a Lengthening Shadow' opens on an almost uplifting folk/punk guitar riff. The track stays pretty high-energy throughout, almost giving off power metal vibes than anything else. Gothic power metal is something I definitely need more of! It's a straight-forward, under 4-minute rock track and I loved it. Another that makes the playlist.
Another single, 'The Curtain of White Silence', is up next. I LOVE Julian's desperate, emotion-filled harsh vocals in the verses. It honestly gives me goosebumps listening back. It reminds me a little of In This Moments' 'Whore', it channels a similar energy. Also, how is it that this band build up to heavier choruses but it's super catchy and still feels anthemic? It's damn impressive. The quicker half of the chorus is great but when the drums slow to half-time it's incredible. More harmonised vocals which again fit so well. A fantastic track and playlisted. I have nothing more to say other than awesome.
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'Unseen' and 'The Vastness of Infinity' are both good tracks but both feel a little similar to 'Shadows', power metal-esque. That is in no way a bad thing, I love both tracks. It simply means that there isn't a massive amount for me to say that I haven't already about a previous track.
Then we reach my introduction track to the band, 'To Disappear in You'. It's a fantastic track and one hell of an introduction to the band and album. It has a little bit of everything the band are showing off throughout these tracks and does it so well. It's heavy, catchy and fun to listen to while still being dark, which is a hard task. I have barely stopped listening to it since the reaction, it's a great track.
Our reaction of the track!
The synth to open up 'An Invisible Beginning' was a nice touch, setting the tone perfectly as a massively catchy riff runs through most of the track. It gave the song a poppier edge that continued throughout. It reminded me of Ghost, or at least what Ghost should have been with their image. It's goth as anything, also feeling a little Billy Idol at times. Also, the chorus is the catchiest on the album, and I love it. Playlisted, this was awesome.
The final track of the album opens with an evil riff. Like, I'm talking 'Black Sabbath' evil. Unfortunately it doesn't last too long but the rest of the band come in over the top, with Julian doing his harsh talking again like in '…White Silence'. There's another catchy chorus, this one clean while the verses and pres are the heavier, screamed parts. It's a heavy track to close the album (which I love) and there's some GREAT riffs in here. It's one of the best album closers I've heard this year, another great track.
Overall: This was phenomenal. I feel awful that I haven't heard of the band before now and will definitely be checking out more of their back catalogue after this. This is easily one of the best albums I've heard and reviewed this year, every track was top notch. Hopefully they come to the UK to tour now as I HAVE to hear some of this live!
The Score: 9/10
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All-American uniform worn by Alabama star Jameis Winston 'unusual'
FOX NEWS — All-Americans for Alabama quarterback Jamey Stegalkovich, the nation's leading rusher and a two-time Pro Bowler, wore a uniform that is a tribute to the Confederacy, according to Fox Sports' All-America team.
Stegankovich, who was named to the NFL's All-Decade team last season, said he had worn the uniform to honor the men who fought for the Confederate flag.
He told Fox Sports that he was inspired by a number of different players and coaches in the Alabama program and felt that the school needed to honor its history.
Staggs, the other All-Academic selection for the class of 2019, wore the uniform during a visit to the Crimson Tide's facility in Tuscaloosa.
Staggers' team name is a nod to a song written by his late mother, who he said was inspired to wear the uniform in honor of the Confederacy.
The All-AAC selection, a two time all-purpose team selection, was selected as a second-team selection by the Associated Press.
He also wore the jacket in an Instagram post on Thursday.
"This is a statement of my love for the United States of America and my desire to honor our nation's past and future through my performance and commitment to the game of football," Staggses captioned the image.
The Associated Press reported Staggsss wore the Confederate Flag at a school-wide gathering in September.
The school said Staggesss' jacket and uniform were made by the American Apparel Company, which was founded by the late businessman Robert Welch, who founded the clothing company.
He is a graduate of Auburn University.
He was drafted in the third round of the NFL draft by the Carolina Panthers in 2017.
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Oyster festival! We are staying on a farm called Redwood Roots, so beautiful and generous. The owner gave us leftover peas, spinach, lettuce, dill, radishes, turnips, and eggs. Today we took a day off to celebrate the halfway point, and to catch up on necessary bodily rest. Yoga, laundry, and thorough bike maintenance.


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Hot Stocks / Will a Breakfast Menu Drive Wendy's Stock Higher?
Will a Breakfast Menu Drive Wendy's Stock Higher?
Wendy's is banking on $1 billion in sales from its new breakfast menu
March 4, 2020	 By Patrick Sanders, InvestorPlace Contributor	Mar 4, 2020, 2:16 pm EST	 March 4, 2020
Will the fourth time be the charm for Wendy's (NYSE:WEN) and its breakfast menu? Could the addition help Wendy's stock?
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The Ohio-based hamburger chain best known for Frostys rolled out its new breakfast menu this week. It's making its foray into the breakfast wars with a Baconator-themed egg and sausage sandwich, a Frosty-infused coffee drink and chicken sandwiches.
But will it be enough to grab some of the lucrative breakfast audience away from McDonald's (NYSE:MCD), Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) or Dunkin Brands (NASDAQ:DNKN)?
There are reasons to be skeptical.
Wendy's Stock at a Glance
First, let's take a look at Wendy's stock. WEN is down about 12% so far this year, thanks in large part to the coronavirus from China selloff that absolutely blitzed the market over the last week. But as recently as Feb. 21, it was trading at a 52-week high near $24 per share.
Furthermore, fourth-quarter earnings posted last month included earnings per share (EPS) of 11 cents per share on revenues of $427.2 million. This is up from 8 cents per share and $397.8 million a year ago, along with the company's revenue beating Wall Street estimates for the quarter.
However, guidance was a disappointment. Wendy's stated that they expect adjusted EPS of 60 cents to 62 cents per share in 2020. That said, analysts are expecting 62 cents per share.
"Our focus remains on efficient, accelerated growth behind our three major growth pillars: entering the breakfast daypart, growing our digital business, and expanding our International footprint," President and CEO Todd Penegor said in a statement. "We are well positioned to drive growth in 2020 and I'm more confident than ever that we will achieve our vision of becoming the world's most thriving and beloved restaurant brand."
Moreover, SunTrust has Wendy's stock rated as a "buy" and set the price target at $26. Also, MKM Partners rated WEN as "neutral" with a $23 fair value estimate.
Source: Chart courtesy of StockCharts.com
Will Breakfast Help Wendy's Stock?
Despite the excitement over Wendy's new menu, the company doesn't have a great track record in its breakfast offerings. You may recall that Wendy's first gave breakfast a shot in the 1980s, when it offered French toast sticks, pancakes and made-to-order omelettes.
But that was too expensive and time-consuming to sustain, particularly for a company that thrived as a drive-through restaurant.
In 2006, the company gave it another shot — this time by adding yogurt and granola to a morning menu. But it pulled the plug after customers soundly rejected the low-quality items.
In 2012, WEN tried breakfast for a third time. This time the menu included an artisan egg sandwich, panini-grilled sourdough bread offerings and warm oatmeal bars. But the effort failed again, as analysts called it "too little, too late" to compete with well-established entries by McDonald's and Starbucks.
What's Different This Time?
Wendy's current entry into the breakfast arena features a number of interesting items. The menu includes a honey butter chicken biscuit, a breakfast Baconator that features a fresh egg, bacon, sausage, cheese and Hollandaise sauce and a Frosty-ccino — which is Wendy's answer to the Starbucks Frappuccino drink.
Overall, there are two chicken sandwiches on the menu and seven egg sandwiches. And all of them feature fresh-cracked eggs in an effort to give customers higher-quality sandwiches.
However, the company is also trying to keep costs down for its franchisees. The limited menu is designed to be simple to assemble, and breakfast is only available beginning at 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the latest. And the company states the cut-off time for breakfast "depends on the particular Wendy's location you are ordering from."
That sounds great on the surface, but investors need to realize that there are some downsides to that strategy.
Offering food for specific hours per day will greatly limit sales, so Wendy's window of opportunity is extremely limited. Also, with some of the dining rooms not opening until later in the morning, Wendy's is turning away some of the walk-in crowds that often congregate in McDonald's, Starbucks or Dunkin.
Additionally, there's no guarantee that a Wendy's will be the first stop for busy morning commuters, either. Think about it: If you're driving to work, you've already got a routine that works for you. You'll be far less inclined to stop at Wendy's if it's on the left side of the road and there's a McDonald's on the right side.
When WEN franchisees located their restaurants, they weren't thinking about morning commute plans. So locations that force customers to turn through oncoming traffic during the morning rush will have a harder time luring customers who are in a hurry.
The Bottom Line on Wendy's Stock
Collectively, Penegor says wants to see $1 billion in breakfast sales for Wendy's in a year. That's a hefty goal that may be unattainable.
With limited hours and limited accessibility, Wendy's may make enough money from breakfast to cover its cost and its skeleton morning workforce. But it's unlikely that it will generate enough sales in the immediate future to hurt MCD or SBUX, or drive Wendy's stock higher.
Patrick Sanders is a freelance writer and editor in Maryland, and from 2015 to 2019 was head of the investment advice section at U.S. News & World Report. Follow him on Twitter at @1patricksanders. As of this writing, he did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
Article printed from InvestorPlace Media, https://investorplace.com/2020/03/will-breakfast-menu-drive-wendys-stock-higher/.
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Yuna, Harith, Zizan and Siti Nordiana form a superhero team?
Looks like there's a new group of superheroes in town!
A video clip has been going viral on the internet recently, featuring singers Yuna and Siti Nordiana, comedian Harith Iskandar and actor Zizan Razak – all clad in superhero costumes.
The short clip which seems to still be in editing process, was already shared by all of the local stars on their respective social media.
Something exciting is coming soon. Wait.. is that.. @zizanrazak869? @harithiskander? @sitinordiana? Are we superheroes? Protecting the city from something?? Who knows! You just have to wait & find out!
We're not sure if it's really a movie as it could also be a short, a drama episode or even a music video – who knows? But here are all the hints dropped by the stars.
"Something exciting is coming soon. Wait… is that... Zizan Razak? Harith Iskandar? Siti Nordiana? Are we superheroes? Protecting the city from something?? Who knows! You just have to wait and find out!" Yuna wrote on her Instagram.
"Whoops. Just found out that this clip leaked out online. Not saying much but Zizan Razak, Yuna and Siti Nordiana had fun! What do YOU think it is?" Harith teased his fans.
"Omg! I just got this video from a friend and had to share but it's still a secret! So excited," Zizan exclaimed.
"Opss… the news was found! Actually, it's the first time I did this, and it's definitely happening, you alls! Hope that we can work together again," Siti Nordiana shared on her Instagram.
Information surrounding the clip is still scathed, so we'll have to wait for a few more days to find out what it really is! So, stay tuned!


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Celebrity News February 19, 2014
CeeLo Green Is Leaving 'The Voice'
Singer CeeLo Green made a big announcement on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" this week… he's leaving "The Voice"!
The mentor, who helped coach contestants during Seasons 1-3 and Season 5 on the hit NBC show, told Ellen, "I'm going to continue my relationship with NBC. I have a television show development deal with them and hopefully some other talk show opportunities for later in the year. But yeah, I'm going to miss 'The Voice,' too. I'm not coming back, guys."
When Ellen asked him to clarify, Green said, "I'm not coming back at all. I just don't want to wear out my welcome there, you know what I'm saying? I have so many other things that I want to do. I haven't released an album in four years. I'm almost done with my album."
Green later admitted, "I didn't mean to drop the bomb today."
The 39-year-old Grammy winner is also planning a spring/summer tour with Lionel Richie.
CeeLo was already scheduled to take a break for Season 6. This time around Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Usher and Shakira will coach the teams.
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NASM.XXXX.0980
National Air and Space Museum Archives
The 1909 Gordon Bennett Balloon Race was held in October in Zurich, Switzerland. This collection consists of a Balloon Passport issued to the Clouth V for the event.
Edgar W. Mix Glass Plate Stereograph Collection
Mix, Edgar W., 1866-1911
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NASM.1998.0052
This collection consists of 38 cases of glass slides taken by Edgar Mix. The slides reflect aeronautical themes, both lighter- and heavier-than-air subjects from the early 1900s. Subjects photographed by Mix include the Grand Semaine d'Aviation de la Champagne (Reims, France), Camp d'Auvours and various aeronautical events taking place in the vicin...
Arthur T. Atherholt Collection
Atherholt, Arthur T., 1867-1915
0.45 Cubic feet (1 legal document box)
This collection includes photographs, newspaper clippings, a speech, flight logs, and maps documenting Atherholt's balloon racing career.
A. Leo Stevens Glass Plate Photography Collection
Stevens, Albert Leo, 1873-1944
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This collection consists of 37 glass negatives, 22 glass lantern slides, and 4 transparencies depicting the life and career of Stevens, circa 1900-1915. There are also corresponding negatives and contact prints for these 63 images.
Thomas G. W. "Tex" Settle Collection
Settle, Thomas G. W.
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This collection consists articles, correspondence, photographs, logs and scrapbooks chronicling Tex Settles' historic balloon flights.
Bendix Air Races Collection
Bendix Corporation.
Bendix Aviation Corp
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The Bendix Corporation (1924-1983), manufacturers of devices for the automotive and aviation industries, sponsored the Bendix Trophy Race—a transcontinental speed competition for aircraft—annually from 1931-1939, then sporadically from 1946-1962. This collection includes race-related materials from the Bendix Advertising and Publicity department, along with materials from other aviation events for which Bendix was a sponsor. Approximately a third of the collection relates to the corporation's activities from circa 1960 to 1983, including military and commercial avionics and communications systems, and support for the Unites States space program, particularly the construction of Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Launch Complex 39.
Ralph Hazlett Upson Collection
Upson, Ralph Hazlett, 1888-1968
7 Cubic feet (21 boxes )
This collection contains Upson's papers and notebooks. The material consists of notebooks, both general (1911-35) and experimental (1928-68) and reference files on a variety of aeronautical subjects. The collection also contains material from Upson's teaching career, as well as miscellaneous personal documents.
Frank Purdy Lahm Collection
Lahm, Frank Purdy, 1877-1963
1.09 Cubic feet (1 records center box; 1 flatbox)
Major General Frank Purdy Lahm (1877-1963) was the first balloon pilot, the first airship pilot, and the first airplane pilot in the US Army. Like his father, Frank Samuel Lahm, his early interest was in ballooning, and in 1906 he won the James Gordon Bennett International Balloon Race. In 1909 Lahm and Lt. Frederick E. Humphreys were trained by Orville and Wilbur Wright to fly the first plane the US Army purchased from the Wrights. In 1912 he was made commanding officer of the US Army Flying School in the Philippines, and during World War I he was commander of the Second Army Air Service. Following the war Lahm founded the Air Corps Training Center at Randolph Field, a source of great pride to him, but was reassigned in 1931 as air attaché and later military attaché to France and Belgium. When Lahm retired from the military in 1941 he had distinguished himself as recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal and the French Legion of Honor. This collection consists of photographs and news clippings detailing Lahm's military career and his personal life.
National Aeronautic Association (NAA) Archives
National Aeronautic Association (U.S.)
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The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) was created to advance the art and science of aviation and related subjects and the diffusion of knowledge thereof by educational means.
National Air & Space Museum Technical Reference Files: Events
National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
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NASM.XXXX.1183.J
The Technical Reference Files comprise an artificial collection that currently contains 1,900 cubic feet of aviation and space related materials, organized in 22 subject series. File materials include photographs, press releases, clippings, correspondence, reports, and brochures, on individuals, organizations, events, and objects.


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Film role for Flexi
Based in Gloucestershire, Golden Valley is a specialist provider of hand-and machine-applied pallet wrapping film. Although only a relatively young company the business was started just three years ago Golden Valley has already established itself as one of the leading suppliers of film to merchants and end users throughout the UK.
The company has more than doubled its turnover every year since launching and Chairman Colin Griffiths is optimistic that this impressive growth rate can be maintained.
According to Griffiths, Golden Valley's success can be attributed in part to the company's policy of promising next day delivery to customers in an industry where long lead times had become the accepted norm.
"I have worked in the packaging industry for many years and, in my view, some suppliers take an arrogant approach to their clients," he says. "When we started Golden Valley we set out to offer the highest levels of customer service by getting film to users when they need it."
To ensure that the company is always in a position to meet its order fulfilment pledge, Golden Valley relies on a robust supply chain model. Some 1.5m of stock is stored at the company's Stonehouse warehouse unit with film deliveries arriving from suppliers around the world on a daily basis.
Such has been Golden Valley's success that the company's warehouse was soon approaching capacity. A number of options were considered from outsourcing the storage function to a 3PL to moving to a bigger site.
After an extensive consultation process, Golden Valley eventually elected to make optimum use of their existing facility by developing with Flexi Narrow Aisle a very narrow aisle aisle (VNA) storage scheme served by a Flexi VNA articulated forklift truck.
Before the switch to Flexi articulated truck technology, Golden Valley's aisles had been set at 3.1 metres wide and pallet loads of film had been put away and retrieved using a reach truck. 3.1 metres was the narrowest aisle width that the reach truck could safely operate within.
Flexi Narrow Aisle's warehouse planning team were able to demonstrate that, by replacing the reach truck with a Flexi, VNA Golden Valley would be able to reduce the aisles to 1.8 metres wide.
The move has enabled Golden Valley to add extra runs of racking, which has increased pallet capacity by some 25 per cent. The racking design allows pallets to be stored on seven levels the highest of which is 9 metres. In addition, an area of the warehouse has been dedicated to block stacking.
All of the pallet put-away and picking within the racking and the block storage area is undertaken by the Flexi VNA truck while the job of unloading and loading incoming and departing trailers in the yard is shared between the Flexi and Golden Valley's counterbalanced truck.
"The introduction of Flexi truck technology allowed us to reduce aisle widths to maximise storage capacity while maintaining a safe and productive operation that allows fast and efficient pallet put away and retrieval cycles," says Colin Griffiths.
The most recent addition to the Flexi Narrow Aisle range of articulated forklift trucks, the Flexi VNA is a true four-wheel articulated truck designed to require minimal manoeuvring in the aisleways without investment in high cost guided truck systems. The truck's excellent manoeuvrability and outstanding visibility results in faster pallet put-away and picking.
"The Flexi VNA allows accurate positioning of pallets within the aisle and when block stacking up to five pallets high," says Colin Griffiths.
John Maguire, sales and marketing director of Flexi Narrow Aisle, commented: "Some articulated trucks require the operator to perform a three-point turn in the aisleway before a pallet can be put-away or picked. Thanks to its 'true radius' rear chassis design, the Flexi VNA requires only one turn to enter or de-stack a pallet.
"This is hugely important and results in very significant time savings and eliminates product and racking damage in the aisles when turning. In any application involving articulated trucks the amount of time spent in the aisleway picking and putting away pallets has to be minimised if optimum operational efficiencies are to be achieved."
Flexi Narrow Aisle developed and launched the Flexi articulated truck concept more than 20 years ago and since then the Flexi has become the most popular articulated forklift truck in Europe. Over 5000 units not only in Europe but throughout the world have been sold, and over the past five years the Flexi range has been developed to cover the requirements of customers operating in hugely diverse industries.
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Les Championnats de France d'athlétisme 1980 ont eu lieu du 27 au  au Stadium Nord de Villeneuve-d'Ascq.

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Notes et références

Liens internes
Championnats de France d'athlétisme

Liens externes
 Les finalistes des championnats de France - 1970 à 1990 sur cdm.athle.com
 Résultats sur gbrathletics.com

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The family members Mel B has reconciled with since her divorce
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Mel B (Photo credit: Bang Media)
Mel B is "closer now" than ever to family members since her marriage split.
The Spice Girls star and "Wannabe" hitmaker reconciled with her younger sister Danielle and her mother Andrea in 2017 after a near 10-year estrangement caused by Mel's ex-husband Stephen Belafonte, who through coercive control cut her off from her friends and family.
Since they reconnected, the sisters are determined to make up for the lost time, and one of the best things to come out of the reconciliation is that Mel and Danielle's children have also become very close.
In a joint interview on UK TV show "This Morning," Danielle said: "It's up and down, it's a roller coaster because it's a 10-year gap of no contact at all, a lot has been said and done, but we're good. It's a healing process, and we're probably closer now because of it … Our mum is over the moon, just to have her grandchildren and two daughters together. I felt like an only child for almost 10 years but now we're back."
Mel added: "I did get really angry because a lot of time has been lost and I'm trying to catch up, but we talk about it with my mum and Phoenix, who is 20. [My mum] is so happy."
Mel — who as well as having daughter Phoenix with first husband Jimmy Gulzar also has 12-year-old daughter Angel with ex-lover Eddie Murphy and 7-year-old Madison with Belafonte — can vividly recall it was during the time that she and Belafonte renewed their wedding vows in 2008 that he finally succeeded in completely cutting her off from her mother and sister.
The singer — whose real name is Melanie Brown — said: "I was in a 10-year marriage, and it wasn't the nicest marriage at all. I was very isolated, it was traumatic. I was in a coercive, not-very-nice relationship, and one of the things that happens is you get cut off. It was very emotionally traumatic.
"We were talking at the very beginning of the marriage … Because I lived in LA, my trips back to Leeds got less and less because my then-husband was very controlling and very mean that he did that to our family.
"During the wedding vows he was telling me to say, 'I don't want to have any contact with you,' which isn't even my words, to my mum and my sister. It was a thing of if I don't say it like this, there'll be a big fight, and I didn't want it to keep happening even though it did for 10 years, so I had to pick my battles, and for me to be isolated from my family was a battle I always lost."
Danielle claims she had seen Belafonte systematically push away everyone who was close with Mel and the last to go were her and their mother and their late dad Martin.
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[ARCHIVED] St. Charles County Offers Residents Free Recycling of Natural Christmas Trees
Contact: Doug Bolnick, Public Information Officer, (636) 949-7408
St. Charles County, Missouri – Instead of trashing your natural tree after the Yuletide celebration, consider recycling it as a way to give one last gift to the environment. To make recycling your tree easier, the St. Charles County Division of Environmental Health and Protection partners with area municipalities to offer residents this service at various sites throughout our community, including the County's Recycle Works locations in St. Charles and Wentzville. There is no charge to participate in this program.
Before bringing natural trees to one of the locations below, residents must be sure to remove the tree stand, all decorations and any plastic bags or coverings.
Laurel Park (upper parking lot), off McClay RoadSt. Peters Golf & Recreation Center, 200A Salt Lick Road
St. Peters Earth Centre, 115 Ecology DriveAll sites open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday thru Saturday, Dec. 29 to Jan. 17
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Recycle Works West, 2110 East Pitman Avenue (Wentzville)Open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday, Dec. 26 to Jan. 17
Quail Ridge Park (Group Picnic Area parking lot), 5501 Quail Ridge Parkway (Wentzville)Open 7 a.m. to sunset, Dec. 26 to Jan. 18
To further assist the community this season, the Recycle Works West and Recycle Works Central locations offer free recycling of non-foil gift boxes, wrapping paper and unwanted Christmas tree lights for St. Charles County residents.
For more information on recycling efforts within St. Charles County, please call (636) 949-1800 or visit http://www.sccmo.org/861/Recycling.
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Amrita Hospital Faridabad launches a specialized clinic for patients with severe asthma
FARIDABAD, January 23, 2023: In order to provide a better quality of life for patients suffering from severe asthma, Amrita Hospital Faridabad has launched a specialized clinic where people with severe asthma will get focused attention and access to the best treatments available.
The Department of Pulmonary Medicine at Amrita Hospital in Faridabad will be a one-stop shop for asthma patients of all severity levels. The clinic aims to provide comprehensive and high-quality care to the patients.
Launching the Specialty Precision Clinic here on Sunday, Dr. Sanjeev K. Singh, Medical Director, Amrita Hospital Faridabad, said, "Bronchial asthma is a common yet poorly managed respiratory ailment in our country. Patients with asthma require comprehensive management of their disease and very often need specialist advice for their management. Those with severe asthma need certain investigations and management protocols, which are only available at a few specialist centres. The facility will offer cutting-edge medical services to those suffering from an extreme form of asthma. We are delighted to launch this precision clinic that will be a benchmark in healthcare excellence and will be patient-centric, affordable, and accessible to all segments of the population."
Dr. Arjun Khanna, Head of Department of Pulmonary Medicine said, "This would be the first clinic of its kind in this part of the country, where the overall load of asthma patients is extremely high. All investigations that are relevant to asthma would be done under one roof. There are number of instruments and diagnostic modalities that are not available in most of the hospitals in North India. The clinic's true USP is that the most advanced tests are all available under the same roof, at the same time."
Dr Sourabh Pahuja, Consultant, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, said "Patients with very severe asthma require certain drugs such as biologics. So, testing for those who are eligible for biologics is also available at our centre. This assesment require special test like skin prick test, IOS ( Impulse Oscillometry) and, FeNo (Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide) , which are all available with us. With these facilities, we can check for asthma in very young patients. So even pediatric patients would be benefited from this."
The clinic will be operational every Tuesday.
The inauguration of the clinic was done by Swami Nijamritananda Puri, Administrative Director, Amrita Hospital, Faridabad.
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