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Throughout the years, I have acquired many key strengths in providing administrative support and project management for a diverse faculty and staff in higher education. I have excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as expertise in customer service, administration, organization, and management. In addition, I have demonstrated proficiency in all core office functions, including document preparation, internal/external communications, data and records management, and task prioritization. I maintain calm under pressure, can juggle multiple tasks without compromising quality of work, and adapt to meet the unique needs of any task given. My wide breadth of experience has structured me into a reliable team player as well as an independent worker who is disciplined and detail-oriented. I enjoy a challenge and work hard to attain my goals.  I would bring to your office not only these administrative skills, but also a positive, cooperative attitude that I have displayed throughout my career.

Tulane University, Office Manager

• Managed office for the Cowen Institute, included overall appearance, and facilitated general maintenance as needed. Managed conference and meeting rooms scheduling on Google calendar for the CI staff and 6 co-partner organizations. Coordinated and scheduled meetings for CI staff and steering committee in Outlook. Managed logistics for events. Tracked CI staff schedules and absences. Established filing systems for contracts, inventory, files and reports. Managed and maintained inventory of office supplies. Interfaced with Materials Management department to ensure all new computers were tagged. Managed and updated inventory database in Excel.
• Conducted monthly review and reconciliation of operation accounts, grant projects, budget statements, and purchasing card expenses. Developed and maintained condensed summary report of monthly expenses. Principal purchasing card holder and administrator for CI department. Prepared and processed travel and other reimbursements for CI staff and allowable payments to vendors through accounting system or purchasing card. Coordinated monthly purchase of shared supplies with co-partner organizations and created invoices to directly bill partners quarterly.
• Assisted and managed workforce recruitment, hiring, and management processes of independent contractors, graduate student assistants, and new staff hires. Processed staff and students payroll accurately. Reviewed processed payroll action forms generated by system for accuracy and corrected errors. Developed and maintained suite directory, operations and procedures guidebook for CI staff and co-partner organizations, and hurricane evacuation guidebook.
• Served as front‐desk receptionist, directed phone calls, greeted and answered questions from visitors for CI and co-organizations. Provided and distributed relevant information to suitemates.

Sep 2010 - May 2011

self-employment, Administrative Consultant

Self employed – provided office setup, administrative support, and created financial spreadsheets in Excel for small, home businesses.

Apr 2009 - Aug 2010

Tulane University, Senior Program Coordinator

• Projected annual budgeted expenses for assigned sponsored and department accounts, which included faculty and staff salaries for the Department of International Health & Development. Independently managed and monitored all budgets for department and assigned grant projects. Reconciled financial and labor reports monthly, and prepared financial reports quarterly for funding agencies. Resolved discrepancies in financial paperwork. Managed financial database in Excel. Prepared and maintained payroll and personnel documents for department. Processed travel reimbursements for faculty, staff, and students. Approved invoices and processed vendor payments. Managed and reconciled purchasing card expenses.
• Obtained quotes and gathered documents for purchase of computers and equipment for sponsored projects. Ordered and maintained supplies for the department and multiple grant projects.
• Served as a staff member to represent the IHD department on Tulane University Diversity Taskforce spearheaded by Ted Chen, PhD.

Sep 2006 - Jan 2009

Tulane University, Project Analyst

• Managed Excel budget database for department account and 40 grant accounts for the Department of Community Health Sciences. Assisted department administrator with assigned tasks and interfaced with Dean’s Office, Logistics and Grants and Contracts to resolve discrepancies in financial paperwork, grant forms and proposals. Compiled and assisted with preparation of budget reports. Tracked expenditures and reconciled purchasing card account.
• Assisted with new student orientation, and assembled and organized materials for fall/spring semesters. Supervised work study students to ensure all projects and tasks were completed. Reviewed all prospective student applications for possible admissions and faculty review.
• Ordered business cards, supplies, equipment, and services. Recorded minutes during monthly faculty meetings. Processed timesheets for student workers. Scheduled meetings, reserved conference, class rooms and equipment. Greeted visitors and assisted with questions or requests until completion. Delivered and distributed documents and department mail.

Sep 2004 - Sep 2006

Tulane University, Project Assistant

• Analyzed and prepared grant budgets for the Payson Center. Monitored and reconciled 15 grant accounts. Generated spreadsheets to track project expenditures. Interfaced with Grants and Contracts Administration to troubleshoot inconsistencies on grant projects. Assisted on grant proposal preparation and budget development. Initiated requests for budget adjustments, project extensions, and scope of work changes for consultants and subcontractors. Maintained accounting, subcontractors’, and consultant’s files. Revised contracts, sub-agreements, and cooperative agreements per request of principal investigator and obtained appropriate signatures for execution of contracts and agreements. Purchased and inventoried all new equipment on grant projects. Processed and tracked financial paperwork, travel reimbursements, and orders on grant accounts.
• Coordinated cargo shipments abroad, travel, and hotel reservations for international visitors. Resolved payment discrepancies with vendors. Ordered department supplies. Maintained and updated contact list for department. Assisted with phones and co-supervised work study students.

Dec 2000 - Sep 2004

Hibernia National Bank, Teller (part-time)

• Promoted and maintained positive relations with all contacts, customers and potential customers. Complied with company’s policies and procedures. Verified identity of customers, cashed checks, or referred customers to an officer for authorization to cash checks. Balanced cash drawer daily.

Jan 2000 - Dec 2000

Loyola University New Orleans, Bachelors, Communications

Jun 1995 - May 1999

West Jefferson High School, High School, N/A

Aug 1992 - May 1995

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Landry Design Group, Los Angeles, CA, US, Job Captain

Apr 2013 - current

Dennis Gibbens Architects, Santa Monica, CA, US, Architectural Designer

During my time at Dennis Gibbens Architects, I worked on a high end residential projects and a private island development in the Bahamas. My primary roles on these projects included but were not limited to:
Schematic/Concept Design, Design Development, Generating Bid Sets, Construction Documents, As Built Drawings and 3d Rendering. I was highly involved in the design and development of the projects I was a part of and worked closely with the principal and Project Manager.

May 2011 - Feb 2013

HBA/Hirsch Bedner Associates, Santa Monica, CA, US, 3d Visualization/Renderer and Draftsman

At HBA, I produced 3d renderings and helped many design teams with drafting for several hospitality projects ranging from four to five star hotels in Asia as well as some residential projects. I had the opportunity to work closely with several design teams in producing concept presentations and renderings used to present to current and potential clients.

Sep 2009 - May 2011

Roto Architects, Los Angeles, CA, US, Project Manager/ Designer/ 3d Visualization-Renderer

At Roto Architects I worked as a designer on a variety of different projects ranging from small residential additions to a large bird rehabilitation facility in Phoenix, Arizona. I managed two small residential projects at Roto with the direction of Michael Rotondi. My primary roles included but were not limited to: Schematic/Concept Design, Design Development, Generating Bid Sets, Construction Documents, Construction Administration and 3d Rendering.

Aug 2005 - Jun 2008

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, US, MArch, M.Arch II / Niel Denari's Suprastudio

During my time at UCLA in the Suprastudio program, we investigated architecture’s experimental deployment at the city scale, the building and its fabrication. A great group of faculty and visitors offered critical studies and technical seminars related to the studio project. Students from across the world undertook projects with internationally recognized faculty in collaboration with expert consultants, visitors, and client leaders from industry, government and the civic community. The year’s focused, four-studio sequence, anchored by emerging design technologies and current theory, took a look at architecture in the contemporary post urban condition. We examined Los Angeles as a site and used the city as a springboard into the provocative opportunities confronting the next generation of architects.

Aug 2008 - Jun 2009

Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, US, BArch, Architecture

Jan 2003 - Jun 2007

Ventura Community College, Ventura, CA, US, Intro Courses in Architecture

Jan 2001 - Dec 2002

Buena High School, Ventura, CA, US, High School, GED/Diploma

Sep 1996 - Jun 1999

2008 UCLA SF/GOFP/USAP Advanced Scholarship, Scholarship

Awarded in Recognition for Academic Accomplishments

2006 Woodbury University Grand Critique Award, Award

Award of design excellence.This award was given to the three top architecture students during the 3rd year of the architecture program. I was voted the top choice of the Faculty.

2005 AIA-AAF Scholarship Award, Award

Outstanding academic achievement and original creative work in architecture.

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Dr. Noah D. Fabricant has prepared and edited a number of anthologies. He has dealt with stories, quotations for doctors and patients, a treasury of doctor stories, the world's best doctor stories, and why we became doctors. Of his specialty of diseases of the nose and throat he has written books about the common cold, nasal medications, and headaches. The present anthology consists of original contributions from thirty-one different doctors. Fabricant selected them for one reason or another, reasons so diverse as to make the book a miscellany rather than an anthology. Individual contributions are in many different forms. Some are short stories; some autobiographical sketches. Most tell of more-or-less factual incidents in the lives and experience of the contributors. On the whole they make entertaining bedside reading. This would be a pleasant book for a vacation.

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1840 – St. Mary’s Church, Lucan, Co. Dublin

Officially “The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary”, but known as St. Mary’s to the people of Lucan. Construction began in 1835, but it wasn’t until 1840 that the roof was in place. In the meantime, Mass and other services were held within the roofless building. The church exterior is relatively simple, with a small belfry above the main facade pierced by three gothic windows. Because of the growing population of Lucan during the 1960s it was decided to build an extension. The old Church building was renovated, interior plasterwork and fittings removed, and an extension was completed in early 1975.

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Graphisoft adds substantial new features to its mobile BIM app, BIMx

Graphisoft of Budapest, Hungary, today announced that they have added a key feature upgrade to their mobile BIM software tool, BIMx Mobile. The new upgrade offers mobile BIMx users on iOS and Android to experience new dynamically cutting sections of the geometry model in real time.

New Features

The real-time 3D Cutaway function allows users to dynamically cut the BIMx model with a horizontal cutting plane, offering viewers a floor plan-like overview of the entire model. (see image 01 below) This helps users visualize the experience of the floor plan while in 3D and offers viewers the ability to locate internal parts of the model that would otherwise be harder to find using the explore method.

Another new feature update is the new rendering engine, providing for shorter model load times and a significantly faster user experience during model navigation as a result of an increase in FRS (frames per second) rates. The net result is two to three times (2-3x) faster on average loading times and less memory use. This also means larger models can be loaded.

01 - BIMx now has a live 3D Cutaway feature enabling horizontal sectioning of the BIM model.

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Linking Clinical Practice and Community Resources: The Guided Care Model

Slide presentation from the AHRQ 2009 conference.

On September 14, 2009, Chad Boult made this presentation at the 2009 Annual Conference. Select to access the PowerPoint® presentation (626 KB).

Slide 1

Slide 1. Linking Clinical Practice and Community Resources: The Guided Care Model

Linking Clinical Practice and
Community Resources:

The Guided Care Model

Chad Boult, MD, MPH, MBA
Professor of Public Health, Medicine and Nursing
Johns Hopkins University

AHRQ 2009 Annual Conference
September 14, 2009

Slide 2

Slide 2. Ms. Marian Chen

Ms. Marian Chen

  • 79 year old widow
  • Retired teacher, lives alone
  • Income: SS, pension and Medicare
  • Daughter, lives 10 miles away with three teenagers
  • Five chronic conditions
  • Three physicians
  • Eight medications

Slide 3

Slide 3. In 2009, Mrs. Chen has had . . .

In 2009, Mrs. Chen has had...

Slide 4

Slide 4. Mrs. Chen and Her Daughter

  • Mrs. Chen
    • Confused by care, meds
    • Poor quality of life
    • High out-of-pocket costs
  • Daughter
    • Stressed out
    • Reduced work to half-time
    • Considering nursing homes

Medicare paid $42,400 to providers for her care
(not including medications)

Slide 5

Slide 5. Chronic care is:

Chronic care is:

  • Fragmented
  • Discontinuous
  • Difficult to access
  • Inefficient
  • Unsafe
  • Expensive

Slide 6

Slide 6. The ¼ of Beneficiaries Who Have 4+ Chronic Conditions Account for 80% of Medicare Spending

Source: Medicare 5% Sample, 2001
The 1/4 of Beneficiaries Who Have 4+ Chronic Conditions Account for 80% of Medicare Spending

Slide 7

Slide 7. Goals

  • Create a model that improves quality of care and reduces costs
  • Make the model diffusable throughout the United States

Slide 8

Slide 8. The Guided Care Model

The Guided Care Model

  • Specially trained RNs based in primary physicians' offices
  • GCNs collaborate with physicians in caring for 50-60 high-risk older patients with chronic conditions and complex health care needs

Slide 9

Slide 9. Nurse/Physician Team

Nurse/physician team

  • Assesses needs and preferences
  • Creates an evidence-based "care guide" and a patient-friendly "action plan"
  • Monitors the patient proactively
  • Supports chronic disease self-management
  • Smoothes transitions between care sites
  • Communicates with providers in EDs, hospitals, specialty clinics, rehab facilities, home care agencies, hospice programs, and social service agencies in the community
  • Educates and supports caregivers
  • Facilitates access to community services

Slide 10

Slide 10. Linking with Community Resources

Linking with Community Resources

  • Data base of local community resources
  • Facilitate access to appropriate services
    • Empowerment
    • Paternalism
  • Meals on Wheels, senior centers, AAA, transportation programs, adult day care, CDSMP, social workers, pharmacists
  • GCN support groups? community support groups

Slide 11

Slide 11. Image about improved outcomes

[Image about improved outcomes]

Slide 12

Slide 12. Who is Eligible?

Who is Eligible?

Age 65+

Review previous year's claims data with HCC software

Slide 13

Slide 13. Randomized Trial

Randomized Trial

  • High-risk older patients (n=904) of 49 community-based primary care physicians practicing in 14 teams
  • Physician/patient teams randomly assigned to receive Guided Care or "usual" care
  • Outcomes measured at 8, 20 and 32 months

Slide 14

Slide 14. Baseline Characteristics

Baseline Characteristics

Slide 15

Slide 15. Effects on Physician Satisfaction

Effects on Physician Satisfaction

Slide 16

Slide 16. GCN's Satisfaction with Clinical Activities (Graph)

Very Satisfied
Very Dissatisfied
Satisfaction Items
1= Familiarity with patients
2= Stability of patient relationships
3= Comm. w/ patients; Availability of clinical info; continuity of care for patients
4= Efficiency of office visits; access to evidence based guidelines
5= Monitoring patients; communicating w/ caregivers; efficiency of primary care team
6= Coordinating care; referring to community resources; educating caregivers
7= Motivating patients for self management
Somewhat Satisfied
Somewhat Dissatisfied

Slide 17

Slide 17. Effects on Quality of Care

Effects on Quality of Care

* Adjusted for baseline socio-demographics, health, function, PACIC scores, site

Slide 18

Slide 18. Effects on Caregiver Strain

Effects on Caregiver Strain

Slide 19

Slide 19. Annual Costs of Guided Care

Annual Costs of Guided Care

Slide 20

Slide 20. Effects on Costs of Care (per caseload, 55 patients)

Effects on Costs of Care
(per caseload, 55 patients)

Slide 21

Slide 21. Early Results

Early Results

  • Guided Care improves the quality of chronic care.
  • Guided Care reduces net expenditures for health care.
  • Guided Care is easy to implement and popular with physicians, nurses, patients and caregivers.

Slide 22

Slide 22. Future Directions

Future Directions

  • National pilot test involving Guided Care medical homes
  • Technical assistance
    • Book
    • Online course and certificate for nurses
    • Online course for physicians
    • Guidance in selecting HIT
    • Learning collaboratives and communities
    • Consultation

Slide 23

Slide 23. Grant Support

Grant Support

  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • National Institute on Aging
  • John A. Hartford Foundation
  • Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation

Slide 24

Slide 24. Publications

  • Boyd C et al. Gerontologist Nov 2007
  • Sylvia M et al. Dis Manag Feb 2008
  • Boyd C et al. J Gen Intern Med Feb 2008
  • Boult C et al. J Gerontology Mar 2008
  • Wolff et al. J Gerontology June 2009
  • Leff B et al. Am J Managed Care August 2009
  • "Guided Care: a New Nurse-Physician Partnership for Chronic Care." Springer Publishing Co. 2009
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Current as of December 2009
Internet Citation: Linking Clinical Practice and Community Resources: The Guided Care Model. December 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD.

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4th generation tills Sossaman family Queen Creek farm

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Fourth-generation Queen Creek farmer Steve Sossaman has run Sossaman Farms since 1979.

So far, in the face of encroaching urban development, he hasn’t sold the family farm to survive. In fact, the 800-acre farm, at Ocotillo and Sossaman roads, is one of the few in Arizona to retain most of its acreage from its original 960 acres, even though parts of its fringes were sold for housing a few years ago.

It’s a hundred years since Sossaman’s great-grandparents first came to southern Phoenix and began cultivating the rocky land there before homesteading in Queen Creek.

Today, Sossaman farms alfalfa and wheat, crops that need little labor and equipment and make comparatively better returns than such crops as potatoes and cotton. He attributes his long-lasting livelihood to the wisdom of his predecessors and to sheer luck.

“My great-grandmother was a smart woman, my grandfather and my grandmother were smart; my dad is smart in business, and I’m just lucky,” said Sossaman, 58.

That’s not to say he’ll hold out forever.

“As part of the progress of this farm, we will eventually be developing to houses, because it becomes very difficult to farm in the urban environment,” he said. “So, over time, we’ll change and shrink.”

Sossaman plans to eventually transition to an urban farm, similar to what Gilbert businessman Joe Johnston has achieved with the master-planned community of Agritopia, a modern village with a mix of housing, commercial establishments and urban farming.

“We find ourselves in a very unique situation where we can now design our own community,” Sossaman said, adding that it will take years of careful planning and innovation to achieve that. “It’s very different versus someone who says I just want to sell and get a check and move on.”

A hundred years ago, Sossaman’s great-grandparents arrived in Arizona from Texas with the same sense of adventure and purpose.

Jasper and Nancy Sossaman, originally from Oklahoma, came looking for a better life in 1914 after their pig farm near Galveston, Texas, was wiped out in a hurricane.

Jasper Sossaman died in 1918 of the flu, however, leaving his wife and three sons to manage by themselves.

When homesteads became available in Queen Creek, the family obtained not one but two and moved southeast. Gradually, they extended the farm to 1,000 acres and grew cotton, watermelon, potatoes, Durham wheat, castor beans, corn and sugar beets.

One of the three sons, also named Jasper, married Faith Mather in spite of Mather’s parental objections on the grounds that Sossaman was a Southerner.

Their only child, Jamie, inherited the farm in 1962. He dispensed with the potatoes, deeming it labor-intensive and risky, and grew cotton, sugar beets and wheat instead.

Besides farming, Jamie Sossaman served 24 years in the state Legislature, both in the House and in the Senate. His wife, Sue, was active in politics and served as chairwoman of the Maricopa County Republican Committee and as Arizona’s Republican national committeewoman.

Now retired, the couple spend a lot of their time traveling around the world.

Asked if life was hard in the early days, Jamie Sossaman replied in the negative.

“All lives are hard at times,” he said, “but all in all, it was a very good life to live on a farm and not be jammed up against other people. It’s been a very good life.”

The family credits its endurance to its cautious approach to finances.

Steve’s wife, Chris, who has developed her own career as a tea purveyor and ambassadress, said: “I really think that this family has been so conservative and you didn’t spend it till you had it. ... We’ve never had to have a fire sale because we were overextended too much.”

Steve said that innovation is equally as important. Laser leveling of land, new kinds of equipment, growing renewed crops, such as varieties of heritage wheat, are some of the ways he has experimented. His alfalfa is not only going to local farms, but to Texas and Japan, and might even be exported to China in the near future.

“I also learned from my dad to be innovative in that to change and take on new technology and new ways of doing things, where a lot of farmers don’t do that. They just farm the way their grandfather did,” he said. “If you do it the old way always over and over, you probably won’t last.”

Steve Sossaman is also lucky in that one of his daughters, Taylor, married Travis Tolmachoff, whose college background is urban planning. Although Tolmachoff hails from a farming family — his family moved from Russia in the 1920s and began farming sugar beets in Glendale — they sold their farmland when University of Phoenix Stadium was to be built.

Tolmachoff works at Liberty Market in Gilbert, running its beer and wine programs. He’s not greatly interested in farming but knows that he might someday play a role in the development of the land.

“I’m kind of indifferent; I mean I would,” he said. “With my background in school and stuff, I would probably end up developing it over time. I went to school for urban planning. If we have this land, what could we do to develop a city? Which is the opposite direction of farming.”

Six generations of the Sossaman family:

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8 things to do outside before it's too hot

T.S. Eliot was wrong.

For Valley residents, April may well be the kindest month.

Flowers are arrayed in all their glory, Diamondbacks fans are full of hope and, even if it sometimes gets a little warm in the afternoons, mornings and evenings are a daily delight.

Added to that is the bittersweet pleasure that comes with knowing that triple-digit temperatures will all too soon signal the start of our summer estivation. What better time, then, to enjoy outdoor activities in the Valley than now through the end of April?

Some ideas to get you going:

Go paddling

Join the Pleasant Paddlers for a daylong excursion to Humbug Bay at Lake Pleasant. The club, which meets once a month, has no dues, no formal membership and no agenda other than the fun of exploring the lake and enjoying its sights.

From the vantage point of a low, slow and virtually silent kayak, you'll get up-close looks at egrets, cormorants and great blue herons, which sound like croaking frogs.

Bring clothing you can layer, drinking water, a lunch snack, binoculars, camera, life jacket and a canoe or kayak. Or rent one at the Scorpion Bay Marina, 928-501-7368. The trip runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 25. $6 per vehicle (plus $2 per watercraft) park entry fee.

Details: 41835 N. Castle Hot Springs Road, Morristown. 602-372-7460,

Take a moonlight hike

Experience the Sonoran Desert by moonlight on this family-friendly, ranger-led hike on the barrier-free Black Rock Loop Trail at White Tank Mountain Regional Park.

See how moonlight softens the landscape and frees your imagination, transforming even the most familiar trail into something new and mysterious. Wear comfortable walking shoes, and bring water and a flashlight, even though the moon will be so bright you probably won't need it.

Details: 7:30-9:30 p.m. March 26. 13025 N. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell. $6 per vehicle park entry fee. 623-935-2505,

Take a mountain bike ride

The 15.4-mile Pemberton Trail at McDowell Mountain Regional Park is easy enough for less experienced mountain bikers (but not for absolute beginners), yet has enough curving, hard-cranking elevation gains to keep hard-core enthusiasts interested.

Along the way you'll enjoy terrific views of Four Peaks, Weavers Needle in the Superstition Wilderness and - for 15 minutes on the hour - the famous fountain of Fountain Hills.

Representatives from a few mountain bike manufacturers will be at the park's competitive track on March 27 and 28 to showcase some of their newest models. Take 'em for a test ride, or just browse the lot.

Details: 19700 N. McDowell Mountain Road, Fountain Hills. $6 per vehicle. 480-471-0173,

Go ballooning

Float high above the desert while standing in what looks like an oversize wicker laundry basket. As your hot air balloon drifts along, your guide will point out such landmarks as the McDowell, White Tank and Mazatzal mountains, Lake Pleasant, Weavers Needle and downtown Phoenix. On a clear day you can even see the snowcapped San Francisco Peaks, more than 100 miles to the north.

After your flight, you'll enjoy a champagne toast and a light breakfast. Most flights leave around sunrise.

Where: Passengers with Hot Air Expeditions meet at Deer Valley Airport, 704 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix.

Details: 480-502-6999,

Go bird watching

Birders adore Gilbert's Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, especially during the spring migration. More than 200 species have been spotted in the area, which is noted for its combination of riparian and upland habitats.

You can explore on your own any time or, better yet, go along with one of the volunteers from Arizona Audubon, who will lead guided hikes on Saturday (8 a.m., free), April 3 (8:30 a.m., $5), April 17 (8 a.m., free), April 18 (6:30 a.m., free) and April 24 (8:30 a.m., $5). In addition, the Feathered Friends Festival takes place from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Water Ranch on March 27. Free ($2 donation requested).

Details: Southeastern corner of Greenfield and Guadalupe roads, Gilbert. 480-503-6744,

Hunt for treasure

Enjoy a wealth of scenic views as you look for Jacob Waltz's fabled mine at the Lost Dutchman State Park. The Treasure Loop Trail meanders across the western flanks of the Superstition Mountains, noted for their jagged cliffs, deeply shadowed canyons and eerie hoodoos.

The 2.4-mile hike offers close-up views of some of the strangest rock formations you'll ever see. For a real challenge, try the Siphon Draw Trail, which gains a little more than 1,000 feet of elevation before it ends at a large, slickrock basin. This park is among those slated to be closed June 3.

Details: Just north of Milepost 201 on Arizona 88 (the Apache Trail). 480-982-4485,

Take a hike

The Charles M. Christiansen Trail (aka Trail 100) meanders nearly 11 miles, all the way across the in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. All signs of urban life disappear along several stretches of the trail, allowing you to forget for a moment that you're in the middle of one of the largest cities in the United States.

Not sure you want to tackle the entire, trans-preserve trek? You can dip into the trail at several easy access points: 40th Street, Dreamy Draw Park, Cave Creek Road and Seventh Street.

Where: The western trailhead is on the north side of Mountain View Park, off Seventh Avenue, about 0.6 mile north of Dunlap Avenue. The eastern trailhead is on the west side of Tatum Boulevard, 1.2 miles south of Shea Boulevard (or 2.3 miles north of Lincoln Drive).

Details: 602-262-7901,

Go horseback riding

Weekend wranglers can indulge their inner cowpokes with a horseback ride at the Ponderosa or South Mountain stables.

Nothing makes you feel more like a real Westerner than sitting tall in the saddle and clip-clopping your way down a desert trail. And it's tough to beat the scenic foothills at South Mountain Park.

For an added treat, sign up for a breakfast ride or a sunset steak cookout.

Details: 10215 S. Central Ave., Phoenix. 602-268-1261,

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President Obama called the incoming prime minister of India on Friday to pledge support and cooperation.

Obama also invited Narendra Modi to visit Washington "at a mutually agreeable time," a White House statement said.

"The president noted he looks forward to working closely with Mr. Modi to fulfill the extraordinary promise of the U.S.-India strategic partnership, and they agreed to continue expanding and deepening the wide-ranging cooperation between our two democracies," the statement said.

The Associated Press reported:

"Opposition leader Narendra Modi will be India's next prime minister, winning the most decisive election victory the country has seen in more than a quarter century and sweeping the long-dominant Congress party from power, partial results showed Friday.

"Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party was winning in enough seats in the lower house of Parliament to exceed the 272-seat majority needed to create a government without forming a coalition with smaller parties, the Election Commission said."

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UFC light heavyweight Thiago Silva has failed his UFC on FUEL TV 6 post-fight drug screen.

UFC officials announced Wednesday that Silva tested positive for marijuana metabolites and has been suspended six months and ordered to take part in drug rehab program.

Silva competed in the co-main event of the Nov. 10 event and earned a third-round submission victory over Stanislav Nedkov.

"Thiago Silva tested positive for marijuana metabolites following his bout at UFC on FUEL TV in Macau," the organization's statement read. "The UFC organization has a strict, consistent policy against the use of any illegal and/or performance-enhancing drugs, stimulants or masking agents.

"Silva has admitted to taking the banned substance and has agreed to participate in an approved drug-rehabilitation program and serve a six-month suspension retroactive to the November 10 event. He must pass a drug test upon completion of the suspension before receiving clearance to fight again." later confirmed with UFC officials that Silva was not issued any financial penalty. However, the result of the bout will be overturned to a "no decision."

Featuring a headlining bout between Cung Le and Rich Franklin, UFC on FUEL TV 6 took place Nov. 10 at Venetian Macau Resort Hote's CotaiArena in Macau. In the absence of an athletic commission to govern the event, UFC officials took the role of overseeing the fight card.

Silva, of course, also failed a post UFC-125 drug test in January 2011. After dominating Brandon Vera to earn a decision win at the event, Silva was suspended and fined by the Nevada State Athletic Commission for submitting a fake urine sample.

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The Fine Art of Magic
The Fine Art of Magic
written by George G. Kaplan
published by Fleming Book Company
1948 (Hardcover), 341 pages, work of George G. Kaplan
(110 entries)
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Creators Title Comments & References Page CARC Categories
Unknown The Short-Card - The Corner-Short principles for the corner-short 4
George G. Kaplan The Secret Gadget using nail-clip to short corners 5
George G. Kaplan Advantages of the Corner-Short Procedure general comments on the use of corner shorts 5
George G. Kaplan Locating the Corner-Short, and the Delayed-Action Control using the corner-short 6
Unknown The Pencil Dot mark for the corner-short 6
George G. Kaplan Avoiding Contrasts how to address the problem of white edges after cutting corners short 8
Unknown To Bring the Corner-Short to the Top of the Pack 8
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Fan Cut method to bring corner short to the top 9
Unknown To bring the corner-short to the Bottom of the Pack two methods 11
Unknown To Control a Selected Card by Means of the Corner-Short Hindu shuffle 12
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Control of a Glimpsed Card by Means of the Corner-Short 12
George G. Kaplan Retaining Control of several Glimpsed Cards by Means of the Corner-Short 14
George G. Kaplan Controlling Three Selected Cards by Means of the Corner-Short Hindu Shuffle handling 16
George G. Kaplan To bring a Prearranged Packet above a Chosen Card by Means of the Corner-Short 18
George G. Kaplan Obtaining a Desired Packet Instantly by Means of the Corner-Short 19
George G. Kaplan Using the Corner-Short to Retain a Prearranged Deck in Order using corner-short as divider 19
Unknown Master Card Control fanning with injog 24
Unknown The Riffle-Force - A New Angle separation of the packets from the back 27
Unknown The Gambler´s False-Cut straight cut 29
Unknown The Peek 30
Unknown The Step securing control after peek 33
Unknown To Glimpse or Sight a Card Secretly used in conjunction with the peek 35
George G. Kaplan Impromptu Marking of Cards rubbing thumb-nail on pencil 37
George G. Kaplan Out-of-the-Room Selection using the corner-short 42
Unknown The X-Ray Location newspaper over scattered cards using the corner-short 43
Unknown Double-Back Corner-Short Location out of the room selection, using double back and corner short 44
Unknown Mind-Reading with Two Subjects two card location using the corner-short 46
Unknown The "Impossible" Discovery odd/even separation with corner-short as divider 46
Unknown The Twenty-Sixth Card Location - Using a Corner-Short 47
Unknown Au Naturelle using a "natural" to count down to selected card, magician says "stop" 48
George G. Kaplan Natural Card using numerical value on card to count to selection that fits by chance, see also page 101 49
Unknown The Topsy-Turvy Fan using odd/even separation and corner-short 51
George G. Kaplan Will-o'-the-Wisp Routine sympathetic cards through newspaper with one cover only 56
Unknown Buckle Count 58
George G. Kaplan New Card Affinity using distant key card to count to spectator's card 65
George G. Kaplan Revello Card Circle thirteen cards and a lot of counting 67
Unknown The "Stop!" Fan Discovery fan force 69
Unknown Fan Force timing, good 71
George G. Kaplan Kaplan's Clock Trick card from circle to matchbox, 13 duplicates 72
George G. Kaplan A Lesson in Misdirection "self-worker" 74
Unknown Rex Card Mystery 3 double facers 79
Unknown Multiple Do As I Do five correspondences with a lot of counting 88
Unknown Follow the Arrow bridge hand with thirteen pointer cards 90
Unknown The Card in the Shoe using a stranger card 93
George G. Kaplan & Dai Vernon The Royal Assembly ace, king, queen and jack of each suit separate into piles of their own kind 94
George G. Kaplan The Captain Kidd Card (First Version) using a distant key card and a "natural" 101
George G. Kaplan The Captain Kidd Card (Second Version) impromptu version 103
Unknown Magnetic Thought Transference "magnetic" match indicates chosen card 105
Unknown The Lie Detector 110
George G. Kaplan Giant Trio-Flight three selected jumbo cards across with envelopes 113
George G. Kaplan Card-Stabbing three cards are stabbed from a gaffed tallyho deck 119
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Rising Cards several cards rise from a houlette 124
George G. Kaplan The Card in the Balloon torn and restored card in balloon 128
Unknown A Winning Wager one of five jumbo cards is predicted 134
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Torn and Restored Card restored card is strung on a ribbon in an envelope 137
Unknown The Chameleon Card giant card transforms into selected card, using Monte sliding gaff 141
George G. Kaplan The Calcutta Mystery (First Version) two card prediction written with different coloured pencils, one ahead see also "Oh Calcutta" (John Bannon, 1990) 148
George G. Kaplan The Calcutta Mystery (Second Version) without the coloured pencils, but with spectators initials, one ahead 152
Unknown Think corner-short and glimpse 153
Unknown Erdnase Break Glimpse 154
George G. Kaplan Do As I Do top card as key card 155
Unknown Top Card Glimpse one handed 157
Unknown The Princess Card Trick three gaffs (picture cards, holes cut out) and immediate repetition 158
George G. Kaplan The Yogi´s Secret putting flesh-colored daub on spectators forehead for an out of the room selection 163
George G. Kaplan & Dai Vernon The New Brain-Wave Deck ordinary deck, using hindu force 165
Unknown Mahatma Thought Control five spectators each pick four cards and select one, clever 167
Unknown Psychic Sympathy with signature and duplicate 173
Unknown Twenty-One Cards - A Double Prediction using in the hands antifaro 175
Unknown Crystal Clairvoyance featuring a napkin force 179
Unknown Dial two cards are revealed over the phone 181
Unknown Information, Please! on the phone revelation with a stacked deck 182
Unknown Deck Switch 184
Unknown The Medium´s Card Test two decks 185
Unknown Yogi Spelling Test four groups of six arranged cards 186
Unknown The Eighteen-Cards Spelling Trick 188
Unknown The Triple Spelling Trick with the corner-short 191
Unknown The Three-Billet Test No. 1 193
Unknown The Three-Billet Test No. 2 194
Unknown The Trance Quick-and-Dead Test impromptu 200
Unknown A Capitol Problem three business cards and an envelope, hole in card for glimpse 204
Unknown Do-As-I-Do Telephone Test forcing a number with cards 209
Unknown An Improved Sealed-Message Reading one card, two envelopes 211
George G. Kaplan Mind-Figures using a convex mirror 214
Unknown The Spirit-Slates and Magazine Test for closeup work 218
Unknown & Nate Leipzig Slate Move apparently showing all four sides of two slates blank 219
Unknown A Cigarette-Paper Pellet Switch on the tip of a pencil 223
Unknown The Three-Billet Test No. 3 three different categories 226
Unknown Billet Switch 228
Unknown Forcing Three Numbers using cards 230
Unknown The Odd-Even Force with three dice and a special svengali forcing deck 231
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Coin Switch 236
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Okito-Box Presentation pushing a coin through a tiny hole in the lid through the box 237
Unknown I Do As You Do ten coin puzzle 241
Unknown The Stack of Quarters 242
Unknown The Sympathetic Coins two silver, one copper and one copper/silver 248
Unknown Coin-Extraction Perfected two coins and a handkerchief 251
Unknown The Spirit Handkerchief multiple knot routine with a thayer cabby 258
Unknown A Billiard-Ball Transposition two balls and two glasses 260
George G. Kaplan The Brema Tube and Bill loading the tube while showing it 263
Unknown The Cigarette Vanish in Handkerchief seated at table 267
George G. Kaplan The Trap-Door `Kerchief device for switching objects 268
Unknown Tying the Knot for the Rope Trick "easy, smooth procedure" 272
George G. Kaplan & Dai Vernon & Al Baker The Game of "Thirty-One" Played with a Dice 275
Unknown The Fifteen Match-Sticks Puzzle game/puzzle 279
Unknown Ben Ali´s Rope using extra loop 286
George G. Kaplan & Emil Jarrow The Lemon Trick two bills with similar numbers 292
Unknown Card, Crystal Ball, and Panties impromptu stooge, card visible in crystal ball see also "Crystal Ball" (Doc Eason, 1990) 301
Unknown The Gypsy Thread Trick with spectator 305
Unknown The Comedy of Errors transposition of a candle and a handkerchief plus a mind reading gag 313
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Nest of Boxes Routine for closeup 319


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Ross Stores
Top 50 rank: N.A.
Rank in Specialty Retailers: Apparel: 6
(Previous rank: N.A.)
Overall score: 5.12

Should these companies be admired, or what?
Ross Stores stats
Nine key attributes of reputation Industry rank
Innovation 7
People management 5
Use of corporate assets 5
Social responsibility 6
Quality of management 5
Financial soundness 4
Long-term investment 4
Quality of products/services 9
Global competitiveness 10
Most Admired
1 Limited Brands 6.49
2 TJX 6.15
3 Gap 5.92
4 Neiman Marcus 5.85
5 Abercrombie & Fitch 5.49
Rank Company Overall score
6 Ross Stores 5.12
7 Collective Brands 5.07
8 Foot Locker 4.94
9 American Eagle Outfitters 4.73
10 Burlington Coat Factory 4.30
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†Only companies that score in the top half of their industry survey are listed as Most Admired. The rest are listed as contenders.
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In the first part of this article, “Cover-up and Deny”, I examined a December 2005 published exchange in the Dallas Morning News between counterterrorism researcher Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (“Extremists among Us?”) and Mahdi Bray (“We’re proud of our Muslim ‘face’”), head of the Muslim American Society’s (MAS) Freedom Foundation, where Bray flatly denied Gartenstein-Ross’ claim that the MAS had published a fatwa authorizing suicide bombings against Israel in the March 2002 issue of the MAS magazine, American Muslim.

As I noted, just a few weeks after that exchange, the fatwa disappeared from the MAS website and the group took extra technical measures to clean the information out of the various search engines web cache, but through my digging I discovered a copy of the missing fatwa that Mahdi Bray vigorously denied existed at the Internet Archive. Upon examination, the suicide bombing fatwa was precisely how it had been represented by Mr. Gartenstein-Ross, exposing Bray’s deliberate mendacity. The cover-up and deny campaign by the MAS in that instance may have fooled the newspaper’s readers, but in the final analysis, we discovered that Mahdi Bray and the MAS would rather lie and manipulate the evidence in order to maintain their “moderate” face rather than face the inconvenient truth about the organization’s promotion of extremist views.

The Dallas Morning News exchange wasn’t the first time that these two had tangled, nor was it the first occasion when the MAS attempted to bury the online evidence to obscure the truth and smear its opponents through a coordinated campaign of cover-up and denial.

Previously, Mr. Gartenstein-Ross had called attention to the multiple connections of MAS to the Muslim Brotherhood in a May 2005 Weekly Standard article, “MAS’s Muslim Brotherhood Problem”, which summarized the points raised by him in a televised debate he had with Mahdi Bray on PAX-TV. He cited a September 2004 exposé by the Chicago Tribune that detailed how the MAS was founded by Muslim Brotherhood members with the intent of spreading their message, “Islam is the solution”, across America.

Another component of Gartenstein-Ross’ Weekly Standard article was to identify the use of works by Muslim Brotherhood founder, Hassan Al-Banna, and the leading theorist of the Brotherhood, Sayyid Qutb, as part of the core curriculum for MAS members. But as soon as the article appeared online, containing links to the MAS curriculum, those web pages that Gartenstein-Ross had linked to on the MAS-Minnesota website quickly disappeared, as it did from virtually every other MAS affiliated website. The MAS-MN website, however, still features an online library with many of the books and tracts that comprise the MAS curriculum.

MAS has replicated the Muslim Brotherhood’s three-tiered membership structure, with required readings and videos associated with each level (links are to the archived MAS-MN website, courtesy of Counterterrorism Blog): Adjunct (introductory), Regular (intermediate), and Active (advanced). These correspond exactly with the General, Associate, and Active membership of the Muslim Brotherhood (though there is a fourth level of membership – Jihad – which is reserved for members selected by the Brotherhood’s leaders for its “secret apparatus”, the al-Jihaz al-Sirri, the paramilitary wing of the group). As I will discuss below, the role of membership curriculum is critical in the methodology of the Muslim Brotherhood for the creation of ideologically-driven military cadres to carry out the organization’s plans to establish the global Islamic caliphate through whatever means necessary, and the dominance of Muslim Brotherhood ideology in the MAS reading lists gives us a clear picture of the agenda of the MAS.

One feature that is prominent to the MAS membership curriculum is that it is a virtual “Who’s Who” of Muslim Brotherhood leaders, thinkers and associates: Hassan Al-Banna, Sayyid Qutb, Mustafa Mashour, Youssef Qaradawi, Salim al-Awwa, Fathi Yakan, Sayyid Sabiq, and many others. Also included are a number of works by Maulana Mawdudi, the founder of the Pakistani Jama’at-i Islami (sister organization to the Muslim Brotherhood), and one of his protégés, Khurram Murad, who founded the Islamic Foundation in the UK.

Several works deserve particular mention. The first book listed in the MAS membership curriculum (links are to the MAS-MN online library) is Sayyid Qutb’s In the Shade of the Quran, which Osama bin Laden once told an interviewer was the most influential book to shaping his worldview. Also listed is Qutb’s shorter work, Milestones, perhaps the most seminal jihadist tract ever written and most widely read and published book in the Muslim world. In it he outlines the doctrine of offensive jihad, which is warfare intended solely for the purpose of expanding the dominion of Islam and the global institution of shari’a. Both of these books by Qutb are required reading for the introductory level of MAS membership.

Another title that appears in each level of the curriculum is Sayyid Sabiq’s Fiqh us-Sunnah, which he wrote at the request of Hassan Al-Banna specifically for study by Muslim Brotherhood members. Al-Banna’s Majmuat Ar Rasail, featured in the second level, contains his influential speech, “On Jihad,” where he explicitly rejects the interpretations of jihad as personal spiritual struggle and affirms an aggressive militaristic approach that anticipates Qutb’s doctrine of offensive jihad. Curiously, the MAS-MN online library version of this book does not reprint the section on jihad though it does display the chapter title; nor does it even make mention of another speech of Al-Banna’s contained in Majmuat Ar Rasail, “The Art of Death”, where the Muslim Brotherhood founder encourages followers to martyrdom:

… to a nation that perfects the industry of death and which knows how to die nobly, God gives proud life in this world and eternal grace in the life to come. The illusion which had humiliated us is no more than the love of worldly life and the hatred of death. So, prepare yourself to do a great deed. Be keen on dying and life will be granted to you, so work towards a noble death and you will win complete happiness (p. 437).

The theme of Islamic conquest, particularly the Islamization of the West, is also prominent theme in the MAS membership curriculum. One title that appears on the MAS-MN website is Jafar Sheikh Idris’ “The Process of Islamization”, where he states that Islamization is the goal of the Islamic movement:

The aim of the Islamic movement is to bring about somewhere in the world a new society wholeheartedly committed to the teachings of Islam in their totality and striving to abide by those teachings in its government, political, economic and social organizations, its relation with other states, its educational system and moral values and all other aspects of its way of life.

Our organized and gradual effort which shall culminate in the realization of that society is the process of Islamization.

Another title on the MAS membership curriculum advocating for the Islamization of the United States is Shamim Siddiqi’s Methodology of Dawah Ilallah, which is part of the required reading for MAS Regular members. Dr. Daniel Pipes has previously described the message of Siddiqi’s book in an article, The Danger Within: Militant Islam in America”:

For a fuller exposition of this outlook, one can do no better than to turn to a 1989 book by Shamim A. Siddiqi, an influential commentator on American Muslim issues. Cryptically titled Methodology of Dawah Ilallah in American Perspective (more idiomatically rendered as "The Need to Convert Americans to Islam"), this 168-page study, published in Brooklyn, remains largely unavailable to general readers (neither amazon.com nor bookfinder.com listed it over a period of months) but is widely posted on Islamist websites, where it enjoys a faithful readership. In it, in prose that makes up in intensity and vividness for what it lacks in sophistication and polish, Siddiqi lays out both a detailed rationale and a concrete plan for Islamists to take over the United States and establish "Islamic rule" (iqamat ad-din).

Why America? In Siddiqi's judgment, the need to assume control here is even more pressing than the need to sustain the revolution of the mullahs in Iran or to destroy Israel, for doing so will have a much greater positive impact on the future of Islam. America is central not for the reasons one might expect—its large population, its wealth, or the cultural influence it wields around the world—but on three other grounds.

The first has to do with Washington's role as the premier enemy of Islamism (or, possibly, of Islam itself)… In Siddiqi's colorful language, whenever and wherever Muslims have moved toward establishing an Islamic state, the "treacherous hands of the secular West are always there . . . to bring about [their] defeat." Nor are Muslim rulers of any help, for they are "all in the pockets of the Western powers." If, therefore, Islam is ever going to attain its rightful place of dominance in the world, the "ideology of Islam [must] prevail over the mental horizon of the American people." The entire future of the Muslim world, Siddiqi concludes, "depends on how soon the Muslims of America are able to build up their own indigenous movement."

Secondly, America is central because establishing Islamism here would signal its final triumph over its only rival, that bundle of Christianity and liberalism which constitutes contemporary Western civilization… And thirdly, and still more grandly, the infusion of the United States with Islamism would make for so powerful a combination of material success and spiritual truth that the establishment of "God's Kingdom" on earth would no longer be "a distant dream."

Enlarging on the theme of Islamization is Mustafa Mashour’s essay, “Individual Da’wah”, found in the second level reading list. Mashour, the late Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, explains that the ultimate goal of Islamization is the establishment of the Caliphate, which he states in an individual duty for all Muslims:

Also, we must explain that establishing the Khilapha is not the duty of the rulers or Muslim scholars alone, but rather it is the duty of every Muslim man and woman in day and age. Furthermore, all the Muslims are sinful if they do not work to establish the Islamic state. The dialogue will continue until the recipient starts thinking seriously and practically about the establishment of the Islamic state.

One final work that warrants a mention here is The Political System of the Islamic State by Muhammad Salim al-‘Awwa, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and Secretary-General of the International Association of Muslim Scholars, an organization founded by Youssef al-Qaradawi. This book appears in the second level of the MAS curriculum. Al-Awwa makes the argument for the establishment of Islamic government, which is to be characterized by the imposition of shari’a. Following the model of Islamic government articulated by Ayatollah Khomeni in Iran, the interpretation of shari’a is left to the ulema, and even the rulers must submit themselves to the ulema’s guidance. Al-Awwa rejects any reference to Western systems of government, saying that such has brought about more evil than good. In the end, what matters is the standard of government and its Islamic authority, not the practice of it – a perfect prescription for unbounded and unquestioned autocracy:

The correct scientific method obliges us to agree upon the principle that we have to judge the people on the basis of their adherence to Islamic precepts and not the other way around: we should not judge Islam in terms of the behavior of Muslims, be they rulers or the ruled. (pp. 10-11)

I have elaborated on these respective themes of offensive jihad, the necessity of martyrdom, the process of Islamization, the establishment of the global Caliphate, and imposition of shari’a, advanced as part of the MAS membership curriculum, because this is indicative of the ultimate goal of the MAS and the means by which they intend to accomplish it.

By reinforcing this radical worldview amongst their membership, the MAS is directly following the Muslim Brotherhood methodology of Jihadia – the ideological preparation of the faithful to become Sayyid Qutb’s theorized jihadist vanguard that will usher in a new Golden Age of Islam. One scholar explains the intent of Jihadia and how the Muslim Brotherhood leveraged their curriculum to develop military cadres for jihad:

What concerns us here is what the Muslim Brothers called ‘Jihadia’ as opposed to ‘military’ education. According to them the latter meant discipline and training whilst ‘Jihadia’ involved something deeper and more comprehensive. The definition of Jihadia education would be to indicate the act concerned with ‘faith, morals, spirit, devotion, together with discipline and training as well’. Consequently, the Society considered that military action called for cadres that were prepared, ideologically, politically and practically. That was why it chose to educate its followers in an Islamic nationalist fashion. The educational process was thus geared towards providing the Mujahidin with faith and urging them towards self-denial and devotion. The Qur’an and the Prophetic Tradition contain ample material which can be used towards this objective. In short, Jihadia education, according to the Society, was an ‘exclusive education’ based on principles that distinguished the Muslim Brothers from the rest of the Muslims. It was designed for that elite group which was capable of joining the Society and not available to Muslims in general. However, if Jihadia education was exclusively for members of the Society, mobilisation was for all and was geared towards the psychological mobilisation of the masses to support the armed action and to take part in it. (Abd Al-Fattah M. El-Awaisi, “Jihadia Education and the Society of the Egyptian Muslim Brothers: 1928-49,” Journal of Beliefs & Values 21:2 (2000): 214-215; citations in the original)

This is probably the chief reason why the MAS would want to keep the contents of their membership curriculum secret, and why the MAS went to great efforts to conceal such after Gartenstein-Ross had noted it and linked to it in his Weekly Standard article.

But apparently not every MAS chapter received the memo from headquarters to pull down the membership curriculum, because it can still be found on the MAS-San Diego website (the only one I could find), which reproduces the curriculum for the Adjunct (Level 1), Regular (Level 2), and Active (Level 3) members.

And lest Mahdi Bray and the MAS retort that the curriculum reprinted on the MAS-San Diego website is not reflective of the whole of the organization, it is important to note what is reprinted by the San Diego chapter is merely a reprint of the MAS curriculum that appeared in the April 2001 issue of American Muslim (Vol. 2, No. 2), the magazine of the MAS. Even though this is no longer accessible on the American Muslim website, a copy of it was preserved at the Internet Archive before it too disappeared. This American Muslim article not only confirms that the curriculum bears the imprimatur of the organization, but states that it was prepared and presented by the MAS Tarbiya Department – making any further denials by Mahdi Bray and the MAS an exercise in futility.

In the event that MAS tries once again to eradicate its membership curriculum from all of its affiliated websites, it is reprinted below in its entirety.

LEVEL 1 (Adjunct Members)

The Holy Qur’an

  • In the Shades of the Qur’an, by Sayyid Qutb
  • The Meaning of the Qur’an, by Imam Maududi
  • Easy Tajweed, by Al-Muqri’ Husaini.
  • Al-Tibyan Fi Adab Hamalat Al-Qur’an (The etiquette of the carriers of Al-Qur’an), by Imam Al-Nawawi
  • Way to the Qur’an, by Khurram Murad

The Hadith

  • Al-Nawawi’s Forth Hadiths with explanation.

Al-‘Aqeedah Al-Islamiyah (The Islamic Creed)

  • General Introduction to Islam, by Ali Tantawi
  • Towards Understanding Islam, by Imam Maududi
  • Resalat Al-‘aqa’ed, by Imam Hassan Al-Banna
  • Four Basic Terms, by Imam Maududi
  • The Faith, by Muhammad Na’im Yasin

Al-Seerah Al-Nabawiyah and seerat Al-Sahabah wa-l-Tabi’een (The Life of The Prophet (PBUH) and the Lives of the Companions and Followers)

  • Light of Certitude (Nur al-Yaqeen), by Al-Khudri
  • Portraits of the Companions of the Prophet, by Al-Basha
  • Companions of the Prophet, by Abdel Wahid Hamid
  • The Life of the Companions (Hayat al-Sahaba), by Kandahlawi
  • Men Around the Messenger, By Khaild M. Khalid

Al-Fiqh al-Islami (Islamic Jurisprudence and Laws)

  • Fiqh us-Sunnah, by Sheikh Syed Sabeq
  • Everyday Fiqh, by Yusuf Islahi.

Tazkiah (Purification), Morals and The Muslim Character

  • Zaad ‘Ala-t-Tariq (Nourishment along the Path), by Sheikh Mustafa Mashhour
  • How to Attain True Piety and Righteousness in Islam, by Amin Islahi
  • Al-Raqa’eq (The Softeners of the Heart), by Muhamed Ahmed Al-Rashed
  • The Commitment, by Shamim Siddiqui
  • Al-Ma’thurat (Memorial Supplications), by Imam Hassan Al-Banna
  • Muslim’s Character, (Khulqul Muslim), by Sheikh M. Al-Ghazali
  • Kimya’ As-Sa’ada, by Imam Al-Ghazaly

  • To Be A Muslim, by Sheikh Fathi Yakun (Both Parts A & B)
  • Milestones, (Ma’alem Fi-t-Tariq), by Sayyid Qutb
  • This Religion of Islam, by Sayyid Qutb
  • The Tracts of the Imam Hassan Al-Banna, by Imam Hasan Al-Banna:
    o To the Youth
    o To What do we Summon Mankind
    o Between Yesterday and Today
    o Under the Banner of the Qur’an
  • The Reigion of the Future, by Sayyid Qutb
  • The Passages of Truth. (Mamarraat Al-Haq) (selected translations), by Ra’ed Abdel-Hadi:
    o Propriatory
    o Abidance
    o Courage
    o Advice
    o Work for Islam
    o Importance of Collective Work
    o High Aiming Ambtion
    o Humility
    o Confidence in Allah
    o Educational Groups
    o Comprehensiveness
    o Inportance of Tarbiya
    o Strong Foundation
    o Duties of Today’s Muslim Da’iya

The Holy Qur’an

  • Al-Qur’an: The first source, by H. Ghazali & S. Fareh
  • Journey thourgh the Qur’an by A. Zaki
  • Al-Qur’an, the Miracle of the Miracles by A. Deedat
  • Feeling the Beauty of the Qur’an by H. Ghazali
  • Al-Qur’an and Modern Science by J. Badawi

The Hadith

  • Al-Sunnah: The second source by H. Ghazali & S. Fareh
  • Preservation of the Sunnah by J. Zarabozo

  • Belief in Qadaa and Qadar by H. Ghazali
  • Fundamentals of Islam by H. Ghazali
  • Islam Among Other Revealed Religions by J. Zarabozo
  • Why Islam by J. Badawi
  • Misconceptions about Islam by J. Badawi
  • Al-Aqeedah Al-Islamiyah by Tariq Swaidan

  • Diseases of the Heart by A. Idris

  • Women in Islam between Myth and Reality by J. Badawi
  • Islam and My Life by Cat Stevens
  • Men and Women Relations in Islam by J. Lang
  • Social Justice in Islam by H. Ghazali & S. Fareh
  • Living Islam in America: Social Aspects, by J. Badawi
  • Living Islam in America: Economical Aspects, by J. Badawi
  • Living Islam in America: Da‘wah Aspects, by J. Badawi
  • Living Islam in America: Educational Aspects, by J. Badawi
  • Living Islam in America: Ethical and Moral Behavior, by J. Badawi
  • Human Embryology Between Islam and Science by K. Moore
  • The Way to Islam in America by J. Lang

LEVEL 2 (Regular Members)

The Holy Qur’an

  • The Meaning of the Qur’an, by Imam Maududi

The Hadith

  • Sahih Muslim
  • Riyadh-us-Saliheen, by An-Nawawi

  • Four Basic Terms in the Holy Qur’an, by Imam Maududi
  • Islamic Belief Made Simple, by Hasan Ayyub

  • Almustakhlah Fi Tazkiyati-l-Anfus (in Arabic)
  • How to Attain Piety and Righteousness in Islam, by Amin Islahi
  • At-Targheeb Wa-t-Tarheeb

The Seerah

  • Summarziing the Seerah of Ibn Hisham, translated by Silima Mihammed
  • Fiqh us-Seerah, by M. Al-Qhazali
  • Seerat un-Nabi, by Shibli Numani

Biographies of the Companions

  • Companions of the Prophet, Vol. 1-3, by Abdul Wahid Hamid
  • Tabaqat Ibn Sa’d
  • Hayat us-Sahaba, by Kandahalwi

  • Fiqh us-Sunnah, by Sayyid Sabiq
  • Al-Fiqh ‘Ala-l-Madhahib Al-Arba’a

Islamic System

  • The Individual and the State, by Dr. Abdulkarim Zaidan
  • Political System of Islam, by Imam Maududi
  • On Political System of Islam, by El ‘Awwa

  • Manual of Da’wah to Individuals, by MAS
  • Individual Da’wah, by Sheikh Mustafa Mashhoor
  • Manual of Acquaintance with MAS, by MAS Tarbiya Department
  • Manual of Acquaintance with ICNA, by ICNA
  • Passages of the Truth:
    o Confidence
    o Sacrifice
    o Mujahada
    o Distinctiveness
    o Necessity of Leadership
    o Obedience, singleness of purpose
    o Loyalty, steadfastness

o Shura

o Discharge of Khalid

  • Usool ad-Da’wah, (in Arabic) by A. Zaidan
  • Witnesses Unto Mankind, by Imam Maududi
  • The Tracts of the Imam Hassan Al-Banna, by Imam Hasan Al-banna:
    o Our Mission
    o The Fifth Conference
    o Our Da’wah in a New Stage
    o Towards the Light
    o Our Problems in the Light of the Islamic System
    o The Jihad
    o The Message of the Teachings
    o Usrah System
  • Qawaid ad-Da’wah Ila Allah (in Arabic)
  • The Path of Da’wah by Sheikh Mustfa Mashhoor
  • Methodology of Da’wah, by Shamim Siddiqui

The Holy Qur’an

·         The Qur’an and My Life: a Guidance and a Light by J. Lang
The Hadith

·         Understanding Sahih Al-Bukhari and Muslim by J. Zarabozo

·         Preservation of Sunnah by J. Zarabozo

The Aqidah

·         When a Muslim becomes Kafir by H. Ghazali

·         Tawheed: its Basics and Merit by A. Hakim

·         Towards a Better Understanding of Islam by J. Badawi

·         Muhammad, the Messenger of God (Part 1) by H. Ghazali

·         Muhammad, the Messenger of God (Part 2) by S. Fareh

·         The Call of Islam in America and Perception to It by S. Wahhaj

·         Islamization of America or Americanization of Islam by J. Badawi

·         International Dawaa Training Course by A. Deedat

·         What the Bible Says about Muhammad (PBUH) by A. Deedat

·         Muslim Contribution to Science and Technology by D. Siddiqui

·         Brotherhood and Unity in Islam by J. Lang

·         Islam between East and West by J. Lang

·         Balance and Moderation in the Practice of Islam by T. Swaidan

·         Men and Women Relations in Islam by J. Lang

·         Americans Becoming Muslims by J. Lang

·         Americans Becoming Muslims by Amineh Assilmi

·         The Muslim Family in N. America by J. Badawi

·         Building a Solid Economic Base for Muslim Communities in N. America, by S. Staitieh, M. Ejazi & A. Abdus Sabur

LEVEL 3 (Active Members)

The Holy Qur’an

  • The Meaning of the Qur’an, by Imam Maududi
  • Ulum al-Qur’an, by A. Von Denfer
  • A Course in the Sciences of the Qur’an, by Ibrahim Surty
  • Towards Understanding the Qur’an, by Imam Maududi
  • Way to the Qur’an, by Khurram Murad

The Hadith

  • Riyadh-us-Saliheen, by An-Nawawi
  • Studies of Hadith Methodology and Literature, by M Azmi
  • As-Sunnah wa Makanatuha fi-t-tashree’ (in Arabic), by M. As-Siba’I
  • The Sunnah: Source of Civilization, by Sh. Al-Qaradawi

  • Al-‘Aqida At-Tahawiyya/Islamic Belief Made Simple, by H. Ayyub
  • Al-‘Uboodiyya, by Ibn Taymiya

Fiqh and Usool al-Fiqh

  • Fiqh us-Sunnah, by Sayyid Sabiq: from ayman to end of book
  • Al-Fiqh ‘Ala-l-Madhabhib Al-Arba’a
  • Al-wajeez fi Usool Al-Fiqh (in Arabic), by A. Zaidan

  • Manual of Da’wah to the Masses, by MAS
  • How to Tell Others About Islam, by Y. Emerick
  • ICNA Bylaws and Regulations
  • MAS Bylaws and Regulations
  • Manual of Acquaintance with the USA, by MAS
  • Usool Ad-Da’wah (in Arabic), by Sheikh Al-Qaradawi
  • Fiqh ud-Da’wah, by M. Nassir
  • Fiqh-ul-Awlawiyyat (in Arabic) by Sheikh Al-Qaradawi (*does not appear in MAS-San Diego curriculum)
  • Methodology of Education, by Dr. Ali Abdulhaleem
  • Saviors of Islamic Spirit, by A. Nadwi
  • A Short History of Revivalist Movements, by Imam Maududi
  • Islam and Communism, by Imam Maududi
  • Islam and Capitalism, by Imam Maududi
  • Islam and Secularism, by Imam Maududi
  • Al-Mawsoo’a Al-Muyassara fil-Adyan wal-Madahib Al-Mu’asira (in Arabic), by WAMY
  • Ad-Da’wah: Qawa’id wa Usool (in Arabic), by J. Amin
  • The Islamic Movement: Dynamics of Values, Power and Change, by Imam Maududi
  • Islam and the World, by A. Nadwi
  • Problems Facing Da’wah and Da’iya, by Fathi Yakun
  • Allah’s Universal Laws, by Dr. Abdulkarim Zaidan
  • Call to Islam, by A. Islahi
  • The Muslims of America, edited by E. Haddad
  • Memoirs, by Imam Hasan Al-Banna

The Holy Qur’an

  • Short Course on Islamic Science: Introducton to Tafseer by H. Ghazal

The Hadith

  • The Contributions of Some Narrators of Hadith by M. Siddiqui and A. Zaki

  • Short Course on Islamic Science: Introducton to Usol Al-Aqidah by J. Badawi

Usool Al-Fiqh

  • Short Course on Islamic Science: Introducton to Usol Al-Fiqh by I. Bagby

Other Religions

  • Is Jesus God? Was he Crucified? by Buckos vs. Douglas
  • Introduction to Christianity by G. Miller
  • Modern History of Christianity by G. Miller
  • Christianity and Islam: Similarities and Differences by Badawi and Douglas
  • Qadianis, Baha’is, Ahmadia and Others by A. Hakim

  • Practical Examples of Da’wah by T. Wazir & S. Wahhaj
  • Communicating Islam to Non-Muslims by J. Badawi
  • Da‘wah for Us and Against Us
  • Da‘wah: the Message and the Methods by J. Badawi
  • Muslims in American Prisons: What to do about Them by W. Omar, M. Hamidullah & S. Khalifa

  • Examples of Muslim Community
  • Models in N. America by S. Wahhaj
  • Challenges and Opportunities for Muslims in N. America by E. Haddad & S. Syed
  • Malcolm X: Highlights of his Life by Malcolm X
  • The Muslim Roots in America: Discovery & Contributions
  • The Making of the American Policy in the Middle East by P. Findley
  • Problem Resolution in Muslim Communities by J. Badawi, M. Siddiqui & S. Nyang

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The Pentagon has created a brain bank in the Washington suburbs to research the damage that can occur during military service, particularly in combat from exposure to blast waves.

Only one brain sample has been collected so far as officials embark on a lengthy process of determining how best to educate troops about brain donation and their families about consenting to the process after a loved one dies.

"A big part of this is this educational outreach campaign that we have (in preparation) so that families and servicemembers will know that this repository exists and the importance of the work that we do," says Dan Perl, a neuropathologist who is lead investigator for research at the Rockville, Md., site.

Perl says he hopes the donation process will work in a similar way to how many servicemembers agree to donate vital organs to save lives.

"Mild traumatic brain injury is one of the signature injuries of the war," says Jonathon Woodson, the Pentagon's top medical officer. "The brain repository is one way of helping with ... untangling some of the mysteries."

A key goal is understanding subtle changes to the brain, which over time can result in dementia. A small study of four servicemembers' brains completed this year by Department of Veterans Affairs scientists showed evidence of a progressive disorder known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.

The same disorder - marked by memory loss, aggression and suicidal thoughts - has been found in deceased NFL players and professional boxers who endured repetitive concussions.

Concussions or mild traumatic brain injuries have long been a risk for troops in combat who repeatedly endure exposure to blasts from roadside bombs - known as improvised explosives devices, or IEDs. Studies estimate that several hundred thousand troops may have suffered concussions caused by IEDs in Iraq and Afghanistan

Repetitive damage can cause destructive buildup of a tau protein in the brain, evidence of CTE. This can be diagnosed currently only through brain autospy.

"We're particularly interested in the degree and extent to which CTE is a problem for the military," Perl says.

"The whole idea is to understand not only what's happening," Woodson says, "but what magnitude of injury might precipitate this (brain damage) and how we might intervene."

Brains decay rapidly after death and permission to receive a specimen must be gotten quickly, says Army Col. Dallas Hack, who directs military medical research funding.

The brain repository is part of a new $70 million Center for the Study of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, a joint project of the Defense Department and National Institutes of Health.

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Chicago Bears receiver Brandon Marshall leaves the field after his team's 28-10 win against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. / Dennis Wierzbicki, US Presswire

According to Brandon Marshall, some NFL players get really excited to play football.

The Chicago Bears wide receiver, when asked about the rash of Adderall-related suspensions in the league this season, said he'd heard of all kinds of methods players have used to get an edge, including the use of a famous little blue pill.

"I don't know too much about Adderall," Marshall told news reporters. "I know guys, it is such a competitive league, guys try anything just to get that edge. I'm fortunate enough to be blessed with size and some smarts to give me my edge. But some guys, they'll do whatever they can to get an edge. I've heard of some crazy stories. I've heard (of) guys using like Viagra, seriously. Because the blood is supposedly thin, some crazy stuff. So, you know, it's kind of scary with some of these chemicals that are in some of these things, so you have to be careful."

Ignoring the sudden double entendre of his "blessed with size" description and the logistical difficulties that could result from receivers trying to run a fly pattern while under the influence, is it possible that he's actually serious?

It appears so.

The New York Times reported in 2008 on a study funded by the World Anti-Doping Agency, where Marywood University tested the drug on several members of the school's lacrosse team to determine possible athletic benefits. WADA never added the drug to its banned substance list because there was insufficient evidence that the drug would enhance athletic performance, despite the premise that its ability to increase blood flow to certain parts of the body also would apply to muscles used on a football field.

Then again, maybe some of the experimenting players Marshall mentions were just confused by the message of this classic Levitra ad.

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Denmon added eight rebounds, while Michael Dixon netted 13 points and handed out seven assists for the Tigers (28-4). Phil Pressey played the role of facilitator with 12 assists as second seed Missouri advanced to a sFriday semifinal, where they await the winner of the Texas/Iowa State matchup later on Thursday.

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Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar planned to treat patients at the Ahmadiyya Tahir Heart Institute, shown here, before gunmen killed him in Lahore, Pakistan. / Daniel Berehulak, Getty Images

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) - Gunmen in Pakistan shot dead a visiting American cardiologist from the minority Ahmadi sect in front of his wife and toddler son on Monday as they left a cemetery after visiting relatives' graves, police said.

The two gunmen riding a motorcycle shot Mehdi Ali Qamar 10 times at close range in the central town of Chanab Nagar, police officer Shaukat Ali said, adding that Qamar's wife and son were not harmed. He is survived by two other sons.

The officer said the family arrived two days ago from their home in Ohio, for a visit and that the cardiologist had planned to treat patients at the nearby Tahir Heart Institute. Ali said the killers' motive is not yet known.

Jason Elsea, from the Ahmadiyaa Muslim Community in Columbus, Ohio, said Qamar was from Pickerington and had a practice in Lancaster. Qamar had recently taken a sabbatical to volunteer at the heart hospital.

"Many doctors from the U.S. have visited this hospital to help those in need," Elsea said in a statement. He said Qamar's sons were ages 2, 6 and 16.

Dr. Abdus Malik, Qamar's friend and hospital colleague in Ohio, said he had made summertime trips over the past several years to do work at the institute.

"And this time they wouldn't let him come back," he said. "Just because the difference in our faith, they want to kill us."

Malik said Qamar is originally from Pakistan but has been an American citizen for at least 10 years after moving to the U.S. in the 1990s for medical training.

He said the Qamar's eldest son remained in Ohio, and his 6-year-old son was in Pakistan but not with his parents at the time of the shooting.

Ahmadis follow the self-proclaimed prophet Ghulam Ahmad and consider themselves Muslims, but are forbidden from presenting themselves as such by Pakistani law. They have long been targeted by Islamic extremists, and earlier this month a member of the sect accused of blasphemy was shot dead by a gunman who walked into the police station where he was being held.

Saleem Uddin, a spokesman for Ahmadiya Jamaat Pakistan, an organization representing Ahmadis, condemned the "brutal murder of this doctor who served fellow human beings without discrimination."

He said the attack was part of campaign against Ahmadis and the heart institute, and came after leaflets appeared declaring that treatment there was forbidden by Islamic law.

"In order to put a stop to murders in the name of faith it is essential to put a ban on hate-promoting literature, and those who are legitimizing murder of innocent people should be brought to justice," he said.

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The bigger question, which is why I haven't even bothered using it since they changed it, is why isn't it https by default? I should never have to key my credentials without them being encrypted. (Then again, I can't get into BRMS configuration in System i Navigator when I have the connection encrypted.)

It used to be you just used one port for http and another for https, and everything else was the same. When they came out with all the new stuff, the entry page for https stopped working. If you knew the links and ports, you could get where you needed, but not by simply clicking.

Today, I get nothing on port 2001, but I haven't tried it in a while. Tested with FF 29.0.1, Chrome 34, and IE 11. Maybe after I install PTFs next weekend I'll try again. Looks like I'm still on 7.1 TR6.

I show all those ports listening in NETSTAT *CNN. I have active HTTP jobs ADMIN, ADMIN1, ADMIN2, ADMIN3, ADMIN4.
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From: Jim Oberholtzer
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 17:38

For lack of anything else, (I just tried the same on my box with no issue) look to see if all the ADMIN instances are running. There should be three "ADMIN" then Admin1...Admin4. If they are not healthy, check the java levels on the box to be sure all of them are loaded.

Netstat *cnn (then F14) will show if the servers are listening on the appropriate ports, usually 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2016 and 2017. If not something else is not right.

Stabbing at the dark right now.

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FF V29.0.1. I get connected but then when I click on any link to see work management, printer output, etc - all I get is a blank page with a spinning circle.

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Charles Wilt wrote:

What version of FF?

I'm running v29

Seems to work better than Chrome 34, per some PM's from IBM...they are
aware of issues with Chrome.

I get decent response on a 515 running 7.1TR7, active jobs comes up in
15s or so...

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 12:04 PM, Jim Essinger wrote:

My Environment: Power 7 hardware - 720, running 7.1 TR7 - Running
browser version in FireFox/Mozilla

I am seeing several articles touting the benefits of Navigator for i
browser based management over the windows based System i Navigator.

I have tried several times to use the browser based version, and I
am seeing VERY long response times.

For example in the work management section: Browser - I click on the
jobs. This opens a tab for active jobs. It spins and the elapsed
time shows 15 minutes, but has yet to give me a display of active jobs.

Try the same thing in windows based version and I get almost instant
response list of active jobs.

Same thing with almost all of the work management stuff. Job
Queues, Output Queues, detail in QINTER or another subsystem.

Same thing with sub options of Basic Operations. Long wait times to

Try the same thing in MS Internet Explorer:

I finally get some response, so something is broken with FF. I don't
know about Chrome, but last time I tried to use it I got the same
as FF.

This seems to me to be a lot less reliable than the windows client,
can't control when a browser entity breaks functionality. Response
time still not great but might be acceptable. Windows client is
better, green screen is best response.

Any thoughts on how to get better browser response time?

Can we make FF work or must we wait on IBM and/or Mozilla?

With FF I can set an exception for the site security. How can we
fix permanent so any browser will not balk at the connection?

How is the 7.2 version of the same thing? Is it better? I know
that monitoring has been delivered there. That piece has in part,
kept me
going to the browser.

I am not yet sold on the browser as a management tool for i.

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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, shown in an AFC divisional playoff game against the Denver Broncos, will receive $52 million in guaranteed money in his record-breaking $120.6 million contract. / Ron Chenoy, USA TODAY Sports

The guaranteed portion of quarterback Joe Flacco's record-setting, $120.6 million, six-year deal with the Baltimore Ravens is worth $52 million, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told USA TODAY Sports on Sunday.

The person requested anonymity because the contract has not been signed and details of the pact have not been made public by Flacco's representatives or the Ravens.

The deal, which includes a $29 million signing bonus, will count $6.8 million against the Ravens' $123-million salary cap this season, and Flacco will receive $62 million for the first three years of the deal and $51 million for the first two years, the person said.

The contract includes $22 million in option bonuses, the first of which -- $15 million -- is due in 2014.

Flacco's $62 million average over the first three years trumps the $60.5 million New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees received last summer in his six-year, $120 million deal, the previous most lucrative deal for an NFL player.

Flacco is expected to sign the contract Monday.

Flacco's base salary for 2013 is $1 million, with base salaries of $6 million in 2014 and $4 million in 2015. His base salary on the backloaded deal jumps to $18 million in 2016, $20.6 million in 2017 and $20 million in 2018.

The cap number jumps to $14.8 million in 2014, $15.8 million in 2015 and then to a whopping $29 million in 2016. The deal appears set up for a restructuring after the third season.

How does Flacco's mega deal help the Ravens?

General manager Ozzie Newsome is now free to use the team's franchise tag by today's 4 p.m. deadline on one of three key defensive players -- linebacker Dannell Ellerbe, defensive end Paul Kruger or perhaps even veteran safety Ed Reed. Newsome had said previously the team would only use the franchise tag on Flacco, but that approach could change Monday.

Ellerbe's agent Hadley Englehard had not heard from the Ravens since the parties "had some good talks at the combine,'' one week ago, he said.

"They had their pecking order and they had to get Joe done first,'' Engehard told USA TODAY Sports Sunday. "l expect to hear from them in the coming days.''

Contributing: USA TODAY Sports' Jarrett Bell.

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State needs election disaster plan, says legislator

12:15 PM, Feb 11, 2013   |    comments
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In a state like California, where earthquakes, fires, and floods are a familiar danger, what happens if natural disaster strikes just as voters are headed to the polls?

That's what one legislator wants election officials to start thinking about with a new bill inspired by what happened last fall on the East Coast after Hurricane Sandy.

"Many people were displaced," says Asm. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley.  "And if they'd been in California, which is of course earthquake country, it's not clear that they'd have been able to vote."

Skinner's AB 214 asks California's secretary of state to establish rules and procedures for how an election would be conducted in the wake of a natural disaster.  The bill, introduced on January 31, would give Secretary of State Debra Bowen until the end of 2014 to do so.

"We want to make sure," says Skinner, "that nobody's disenfranchised" in the wake of a calamity.

Although elections are held every two years across California, there is no such thing as a statewide election.  State laws provide a general framework, but the vast majority of elections decisions -- polling places and pollworker training, ballot design, and more -- are made by elections officials in each of California's 58 counties.

Some of the counties already have some crisis plans in place, though this would be a much broader plan of attack.

Elections watchers say planning is a good thing.  But the bill includes one provision getting some extra attention -- and concern.

Skinner's bill says that the statewide plan should include some usage of voting via the Internet.

"There's no clear path to achieving secure online voting," says Kim Alexander of the nonprofit California Voter Foundation.

Alexander says while online voting is a popular topic, there's no way to come up with a workable system in the short time frame given in the new state legislation.  And she says some elections officials tried to use an online ballot system during the Sandy storm crisis back east -- not successfully.

"It was a big failure," says Alexander.

AB 214 has yet to be assigned its first committee hearing, which won't likely come until the spring.

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