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POSSESSION: Eric D. Lovern, 20, and Raymond L. Belliveau, 19, both of East Street, Buffalo, were arrested at 7:05 p.m. Thursday after they drove two motorcyles without helmets on a foot path restricted to vehicles and past a police retirement party at the Niawanda Park pavilion. Lovern was charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, no insurance, driving without a license and possession of marijuana. Belliveau was charged with possession of marijuana and several traffic violations. Both were stopped by on-duty officers and released on appearance tickets.
SUSPENDED: Jamal T. Norware, 24, William Price Parkway, Buffalo was charged at 12 a.m. Friday on Main Street with suspended registration, speeding and no insurance. He was released on an appearance ticket.
WARRANT: Bridget M. Buseman, 22, Hopkins Road, Getzville, was arrested on a warrant for a stolen credit card and charged at 11:15 a.m. Friday with third-degree forgery and third-degree identity theft. Police said she is accused of using her mother's credit card June 24 at a Tops Friendly Market on Niagara Street. She was held for court.
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MISCHIEF: Shannon D. Hougton, 43, 84 Robert Drive, Apt. 3, was charged 3:47 p.m. Thursday following a domestic incident with third-degree criminal mischief. She was held for court.
CONTEMPT: Michael J. Berryman, 36, 57 Moulton Ave., Buffalo, was picked up on a warrant and charged at 2 p.m. Thursday with second-degree criminal contempt. He was released on $250 bail.
LARCENY: Natey K. Adjei, 23, 142 Pheasant Run Road, Amherst, was charged at 9:30 a.m. Friday with petit larceny. Adjei was held for court.
LARCENY: Yvonda G. King, 45, 57 Marshall St., Buffalo, was charged at 11:39 a.m. Friday with petit larceny. She was released on $100 bail.

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By Kim West
A muddy slice of a bygone era was scooped up by a track hoe and served into a waiting Mack truck as the vacant restaurant building in the L&S Shopping Center was taken down Thursday morning.
The estimated 2,400-square-foot building has been the home of a restaurant known by several different names since it was originally built more than 50 years ago. Deano's Barbecue was the last restaurant to occupy the building in 2010 and 2011, according to city business license records.
The L&S Foodland was built in 1953 and re-built three months after a fire burned the grocery store to the ground on July 30, 1971. Shopping center owners Dick Smith and Billy Smith closed the store in September 2011 after 58 years and sold the seven-acre L&S property, including the restaurant building across from the grocery store, to the county in May 2012.
Two of the founding owners of L&S were Dick's father, Harold Smith, and Billy's father, Billy G. Smith. They were highly regarded by the local community for being caring and fair businessmen. One of the most popular anecdotes about the Smiths is that their employees were still paid while the store was being re-built.
"The way I understand it, none of his employees missed a paycheck," said state Rep. Dan Williams, R-Athens, who was mayor of Athens for 18 years. "L&S had a local clientele, and it was almost the atmosphere of the old country store that had been modernized. Everybody up there knew each other, and the clientele was very loyal to the (Foodland).
"People really liked the Smiths because they were upstanding people, real good folks who provided jobs, treated people right and wouldn't let anyone go hungry."
The Dixie Dip
The restaurant originally opened as The Dixie Dip and was a drive-up with carhops.
"It was built in the mid-1960s, and it was owned by Mr. Buford and Mary Romine," said Dick Smith, whose father Harold was one of the original L&S owners. "There wasn't anywhere to sit inside, and they served ice cream and hamburgers."
It was unclear whether another restaurant was in operation after The Dixie Dip closed and before Crow's Nest Restaurant opened in the early 1980s.
Crow's Nest
Eloise Crow and her husband, Joe Crow, owned the Crow's Nest, which occupied the space from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. She grew up nearby and was sad to learn the restaurant had been torn down.
"I lived two doors up from L&S, and I have a lifetime of memories there," said Crow, whose daughter-in-law, Stephanie Wilbourn, helped her run the diner. "We put a lot of hard work and tears into that restaurant, and there was a lot of work to do in there when we first opened. I didn't think I was going to make it but I loved it and everyone loved it."
Eloise said the restaurant, which also featured four outdoor gasoline pumps, served country-style food, including a specialty item that she never found appetizing but would bring in diners from throughout the area. In the first five years, breakfast, lunch and dinner were served but she dropped dinner service because it required being open from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.
"Once a month we had chitlin' suppers," she said. "I never could eat them, but we had a lot of people who ate them. It was sad to see it (the restaurant) go down because it served a lot of people in its day."
Stephanie's Diner
After Crow's Nest closed its L&S location, Wilbourn opened Stephanie's Diner, which she ran for several years until closing in the mid-2000s.
Crow described Wilbourn as "my right arm, my right leg, my right everything" when they operated Crow's Nest together. Stephanie's Diner buffet cook Christa Crabtree said Wilbourn was a well-liked owner by both the employees and customers.
The diner also served country-style cooking and brought in extra customers on the days when specials were available.
"I'd go in the mornings and I could basically cook what I wanted to," Crabtree said. "There was always some type of beans, plus we would have sweet potatoes, okra and turnip greens. We had a crowd when we had chicken and dressing and pork chops."
Crabtree said the diner brought in a mixture of court employees, hospital workers and law-enforcement officers, including Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely and slain Athens Police Officer Tony Mims, 40, who was ambushed along with Athens Police Sgt. Larry Russell, 42, during a call on Jan. 2, 2004.
"I remember Tony coming in and we would joke around and agree that teenagers should be put in cages until they turn 30 because we both had kids that age," she said.
End of an era
In the late 2000s, a string of proprietors tried to keep a restaurant afloat in the L&S building. Mama Bear's Country Cooking had a business license following Stephanie's but closed in 2009. Deano's had a license in 2010 and 2011, but struggled to make a dent in the Athens barbecue market.
"It was kind of a very bittersweet memory seeing the restaurant gone," Crabtree said. "I was hoping they would put a Star Market there (in the Foodland building), and I was hoping they wouldn't tear down that restaurant.
"I know they say a lot of people moved but there are still a lot of people in that area who would walk to the restaurant. Having another restaurant and grocery store could have revitalized that area."
Williams said the key to revitalization is commercial development and teamwork between city and county officials.
"I think the city and county really needs to work on some type of project there that would tie into economic development and bring some commercial business there," Williams said. "At one time it was a commercial center … we could do that again."


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A Kansas court dismissed all charges against HSLDA members Kim and Constance Jost, who are homeeschooling thier 3 children in Hillsboro, Kansas.
Kim Jost, who is a pilot with a major U.S. airlines, has been in contact with HSLDA, and had been negotiating with his school officials for months. In early January, the Josts were served with court papers, which included a temporary restraining order against Josts to stop home schooling. (Temporary restraining orders are extreme legal measures and are rare in home school situations, according to HSLDA attorney, Jordan Lorence).
The Josts were to appear in court 4 days after they were they served to answer why the temporary restraining order should not be made permanent.
This gave little time for HSLDA to find an attorney to represent the Josts, and for that attorney to prepare for the heearing. HSLDA hired Richard Peckhan to represent the Josts. Mr. Peckham worked over the weekend to prepare for the hearing.
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Ensley Searight, Jr., 75, of Niagara Falls, entered eternal rest on February 13, 2013 under the care of Niagara Hospice and his family. "Buddy", as he was affectionately known, was born on October 6, 1937 in Petrey, AL, the son pf the late Ensley, Sr., and Minnie Lee Searight.
Buddy moved to Niagara Falls in 1955 and married the former Mary McIntyre in 1956. He was a longtime member of the New Jerusalem Revival Center and sang in the choir. He was a retiree of the former Airco Speer Co. retiring in 2000 after 43 years of service. Buddy enjoyed fishing, hunting and spending time with his grandchildren. Surviving other than his wife of 56 years, Mary Searight; are three sons, Vincent (Janet) of Arizona, Jerry of Niagara Falls, Canada and Timothy (Vickie) of Niagara Falls; one daughter, Renay (Jesse) Lucas of Niagara Falls; three brothers of Niagara Falls, Robert, Rev. Arthur Searight and Rev. Jimmie Searight; two sisters, Janice Monroe of Rochester, NY and Minnie Louise Guest of Arizona; eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends, including Athelda Abrams. He was predeceased by one brother, Joe L. Searight; and one sister, Cora Powell.
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Welcome to the Global Workplace: Saybrook Offers New MA in Management03/10/2014
Every business in the 21st century is becoming a global business: customers, supply chains, raw materials, and marketing are all part of an emerging world market of unprecedented complexity.
Companies need managers who can work with teams and cultures from across the world. These managers must be able to organize people and processes with equal fluency and bring out the best in diverse teams of people who may never meet face-to-face
Saybrook's School of Organizational Leadership and Transformation is now offering an MA in Management, specializing in Global Workforce Collaboration (pending WASC approval). As both international businesses and non-profit organizations deal with rapid change in multiple countries and cultures at once, managers who understand how to integrate virtual teams with on-site offices across the world are highly prized.
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The Ivory Tower lives in the same economy as the rest of the world, and according to articles in the Chronicle of Higher Education, American graduate school enrollment is flat and stagnant.
That's not the case at Saybrook University, a graduate-only institution which, according to just-released enrollment numbers, now has the highest number of students in its history – a 36% increase over the number of students it had in 2008, when the Great Recession began, and a 32% increase over Fall 2012 new student headcount.
Saybrook University Faculty and Students Participate in National Professional Events08/04/2013
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It's graduation season at Saybrook University! This year Saybrook is graduating nearly 100 students in commencement ceremonies in Seattle and San Francisco celebrating new scholars in the fields of psychology, mind-body medicine, organizational systems, and human science.
Student Satisfaction Survey Results Are In06/18/2013
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For the third year in a row, Saybrook University's Student Satisfaction Survey has shown students are more content with their overall Saybrook experience.
More than 70 percent of enrolled students participated in the 2013 survey, which was developed and coordinated by the Saybrook Office of Institutional Research, and included 57 questions measuring student satisfaction rates with 21 key academic quality indicators and 17 key indicators for university-level services.
Saybrook University Welcomes New Board of Trustees Officers06/17/2013
Saybrook welcomes its 2013-14 board of trustee officers: Renee Levi, PhD, previously the board co-chair, as chair; Brendan D. Leonard, MBA as vice chair; Bradley G. Fisher, MBA, as secretary; and Sam Talucci, MA, DMAN, as treasurer.
Saybrook University to Sponsor Parker Palmer Event Series in Seattle06/17/2013
Are you frustrated with politics and the lack of civil discourse in community? Do you wonder if you can make a difference? For three days in July, 2013, at events across Seattle, internationally known educator, author and activist Parker J. Palmer will spark a community conversation based on his latest book, Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit. The latest of Palmer's nine books, Healing shows his commonsense approach to politics that serves the common good.
Eugene Taylor, Professor of Psychology, has passed away01/30/2013
Saybrook University, with deep sadness, is announcing today the death of Dr. Eugene Taylor, a noted scholar and 20-year member of our executive faculty.
"We are sorry to see Eugene go," said Mark Schulman, President of Saybrook University, "He was a scholar and a teacher respected by all with whom he came in contact. He is, truly, irreplacable."
Taylor died on January 30 at 10:30 a.m. EST with his family in attendance. He was 66.
Taylor was a prominent historian of psychology. The author of books including Shadow Culture: Psychology and Spirituality in America; The Mystery of Personality: A History of Psychodynamic Theories; and William James on Consciousness Beyond the Margins, he was a research historian at Harvard Medical School, the curator of Gordon Allport's papers, and an internationally renowned scholar on the work of William James. He was also the founder of the Cambridge Institute of Psychology and Religion, a board member of the Philemon Foundation, a fellow in two APA divisions, and a founding member of The New Existentialists.
He held degrees from Southern Methodist University, Harvard Divinity School (where he was the 1983 William James Lecturer), and a PhD in the History and Philosophy of Psychology from Boston University.
Saybrook University joins with Chip Conley to reinvent business culture01/10/2013
Entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author Chip Conley is on a mission to re-create business culture to make it more psychologically sound. He's crunched the numbers: there is significant research showing that companies with a sense of mission and purpose beyond the bottom line are actually more profitable in the long-run.
That's why Saybrook University, the global center for Humanistic scholarship, is pleased to name Conley to a second term as its "Scholar-Practitioner in Residence."
As the 2013 Scholar-Practitioner in Residence, Conley will work with Saybrook faculty, staff, and students to find new ways to apply and expand his work on the psychology of business and entrepreneurship in the 21st century. Conley's work is based on the research of Abraham Maslow, one of the founders of the Humanistic movement in psychology, who taught at Saybrook. His first best-selling book was "PEAK: How Great Companies Get Their Mojo from Maslow."
Cynthia Fitzgerald takes over as Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Services12/05/2012
Cyndy Fitzgerald, formerly dean of LIOS Graduate College, took over as Dean of Enrollment Management and Student Services at the beginning of November. Originally from Sacramento, California, she received her PhD in Applied Behavioral Science/Higher Education Leadership from Azusa Pacific University in 2007. We sat down with Cyndy for a few questions about her new role at Saybrook.
You took over as Dean of Enrollment Management & Student Services at the beginning of November. How is this position different than your previous one?
The scope of this role is extremely broad in terms of serving the students, staff, faculty, and alumni of the University beyond what was involved in my role as Dean of LIOS Graduate College of Saybrook University. With this expansion comes a significantly greater workload that includes far more travel, meeting time, and effort to care for and coordinate resource staff in their efforts to support students and to develop systems with clear policies and procedures in compliance with federal regulations. An additional component and challenge involves striving to assess and develop best practices to improve communication, and where appropriate, cross-train staff, in the midst of the restructuring and multiple adjustments and impact of those changes.


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Addicts. Addiction. Approximately 30 million people in the United States are addicted to drugs or alcohol. That's roughly 1 out of 8 people. Yet, when we hear 'addict' or 'addiction,' we don't imagine a young child as an addict, specifically a 10 year old.
Derek Steele's first encounter with an addictive substance began when he was an elementary school child. At 8, Steele had his first taste of tequila. By 10, his first joint. Normally, a 10 year old is busy playing on a bike or a game station–not smoking pot. The rest of his adolescent time line goes like this: 13 years- acid; 14-coke; 15-unknown. Steele meddled with so many drugs and alcohol that there is no way of knowing which substance he was using. Growing up, his life was anything but typical. You can watch this program online on www.houstonpbs.org/livingsmart.
"Imagine the hopelessness of knowing within a year you'd be in jail or dead," says Steele.
Alcohol takes total control of your brain and spinal cord, both of which virtually control everything. According to www.abovetheinfluence.com, "alcohol actually blocks some of the messages trying to get to the brain." The Web site lists statistics such as 1 in 6 fatal traffic accidents in 2006 involved an alcohol-impaired driver.
"The truth is that people have to get to the point to where they're ready to change. Sometimes it has to come from that person themselves in the position that they're in," says Steele.
Forever will March 17, 1993 be the day that Derek Steele was saved. He checked into a treatment center and managed to change his life. Within a year, he was sober and was a partner in a successful construction company. Steele's timeline is now a happier one: in 1997, he co-founded a software company that would gross over $5 million dollars a year; 1999: wedding bells rang for him; and at 35, Steele became a multi-millionaire.
Derek is no longer suffering. His story is one of second chances and truly that miracles do happen.
To learn if someone has an addiction, Steele has a few signs to keep out for.
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2. Change in friends: "performance at school or in certain things is not inline with what you think it should be, then that's a pretty good indicator that that group is having a negative influence."
3. Physical and emotional changes: "This one is a little bit harder to see, but, once again, you just have to be in tune with what seems to be within your range of healthy behaviors associated with somebody of that age."
4. Genetic disposition: "If you know that that is something that runs in the family, then you should be extra vigilant in keeping an eye out for it."
5. Obsession with drug-using culture: "If I'm interested in drugs and alcohol and high risk behaviors, then a lot of times that will be displayed in the things that I'm watching or that I'm focusing on. It's typically a good indicator of where my interests lie."
To spread the word of how damaging addiction is, Steele is now a board member and director of a community outreach of Teen and Family Services in Houston and volunteers at Covenant House.
"I've asked myself a thousand times, 'Why me?' A million guys who were like me are dead or in prison."
Check out Steele on September 21, 2011 at 11: 30 p.m. on "Living Smart with Patricia Gras," which airs on Houston PBS, where he will share his story and his novel, Addict at Ten.


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A group of fourth-graders at Jackson Avenue School were recently inspired to build a nature habitat after reading the article "Schoolyard Alive!" by Anna Mearns. The group of approximately 16 students decided to clean up the school's "Quiet Zone," a place where students can go during recess who just want to read a book or have a few quiet moments in between their play.
The cleanup, supervised by teachers, was also an opportunity for students to learn about gardening and different types of weeds and plants. The group has already volunteered six of their recess periods to clean up the space and will continue to clean it through the remainder of the year. They are even hoping to host a few fundraisers in order to raise money to purchase a butterfly bush and birdbath for the space.
Wednesday, 23 July 2014 00:00
Jaclynn Demas always loved film and television. She dreamed of having a hand in its creative process. and wanted to shape the moving image. The East Williston resident's obsession paid off after taking home a Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Pre-School Children's Animated Program last month as producer of PBS KIDS' Peg + Cat.
"I've loved TV and was a movie buff since I was a little kid," she said. "All I've ever wanted to do was make films. I was just upset at how things were made. When I got older, I took a lot of courses in TV and video production."
After graduating Hicksville High School in 1998, Demas, 34, attended Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., majoring in mass communications, specifying in film and television production.
Saturday, 19 July 2014 00:00
In recognition of the superior care her daughter Marjorie Levine of Albertson, received, the late Elsie Levine, formerly of Great Neck, has bequeathed $100,000 to Life's WORC. The recently deceased
Levine was an ardent advocate for those suffering from developmental disabilities. According to her daughter Cathy Levine, Elsie Levine turned her grief and pain into action and this gift demonstrates the gratitude and peace of mind Life's WORC provided for her entire family.
"My mother had overwhelmingly positive feelings about the care my sister received through Life's WORC," added Cathy Levine. "Life's WORC represented the dawn of giving those with special needs a life and an opportunity to reach their potential."
Thursday, 17 July 2014 00:00
Mineola Hurricanes lost a battle of the bats on Sunday, June 29, at St. Joseph's Field in Kings Park, falling short in a 9-8 ball game against the St. Joseph's Saints in the first game of a doubleheader.
The top of the first saw the Hurricanes take an early 2-0 lead. The runs came home for the Hurricanes when T.J. McManus scored on an error and Connor Eakin scored on a fielder's choice. The Saints never surrendered the lead after the first inning, scoring five runs on two errors and an RBI single by Jonathan.
Thursday, 17 July 2014 00:00
The Mineola 12U intramural team opened its summer season against the East Williston Wildcats at the Willis Avenue field complex in Mineola on Monday, July 7.
East Williston jumped out to an early 3-0 lead due to some Mineola miscues and timely hitting. Mineola starting pitcher Kenny Solosky was strong, allowing only two hits, four strikeouts and one walk.
Mineola began their push back when Zach Buongiovanni crushed a solo home run onto the railroad tracks, just missing a passing train.
Solosky, Jordan Sandler (game winning walk-off single), Phil LaPierre, Kieran O'Gara, Patrick Solosky, Zach Buongiovanni (2 RBIs) and Vin Othman all contributed an RBI in a balanced hitting attack.
Andrew Geagher made a nice defensive play in the shortstop hole at short throwing out the runner by a step. Matt Pardo also made a nice grab off the centerfield wall holding the East Williston player to a double.
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Hope Credit Union has taken over an old bank branch in Terry, Mississippi, to restore and expand the availability of affordable financial services to local residents.
Terry, MS (PRWEB) July 03, 2014
Community leaders, local residents and members of the faith community gathered in Terry to celebrate the opening of the towns newest business a full service branch of Hope Federal Credit Union (HOPE). After the towns only bank branch closed this spring, the credit union responded by making a long term commitment to restore and expand financial services to area residents. Regions Bank donated the facility to HOPE.
The decision to open a branch in Terry is part of HOPEs five-year strategic plan to double the number of places and people served particularly in bank deserts. Bank deserts are defined by the U.S. Postal Service as a zip code in which fewer than two bank branches exist. When HOPE opened its doors, Terry met the bank desert criteria.
Todays celebration is a testament to what can happen when the community comes together to work towards a common goal, said Bill Bynum, Chief Executive Officer of Hope Enterprise Corporation and Hope Federal Credit Union. We are excited to call Terry home and to announce the opening of our newest branch.
For local people, the opening of the branch is a welcome sight. Ive been a member and maintained my business account with HOPE for a number of years and theyve always provided high quality products and services, said Debra Hunter, a small business owner and resident of Terry. By opening a branch on Main Street, the credit union is not only bringing HOPE to downtown, but to all of the people who live in Terry. Ms. Hunter is the producer of Cooking with Honey & Friends, a local television show based in Terry.
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The following is a look back at some of the top stories in Nassau County over the past week:
State Inspector General to Lead County Crime Lab Investigation
On Friday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed State Inspector General Ellen Biben to lead an investigation into potential impropriety at the Nassau County crime lab.
The decision came as a favorable one to the Nassau County District Attorney's Office, which sought to have an outside party investigate the case to ensure "fairness and integrity in the eyes of the public." District Attorney Kathleen Rice's earlier recommendation of Eric R. Dinallo, an investigative bureau chief in the state Attorney General's office, was rejected in Nassau County Supreme Court just a day prior to Cuomo's announcement.
"We are pleased that Governor Cuomo has demonstrated such swift action and we applaud his decision as a clear sign that he is on the same page with the DA in seeking the absolute truth in this case," said Carole Trottere, a spokesperson for the DA's office.
The county crime lab was closed down on Feb. 18 after it was discovered that some police supervisors may have had knowledge of some of the procedure and policy violations in the lab's drug chemistry section prior to a recent state audit. The violations apparently resulted in the inaccurate testing of drugs, including MDMA and Ketamine, on at least six occasions, according to Rice.
Nassau Doctors Help Young Victim of Egypt Crisis
On Tuesday, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano , who was injured in the recent chaos in Egypt and traveled to America with her family to get medical attention on Long Island.
When bombs began falling around her village of Rafah, Nebal became frightened and accidentally ran into a tea kettle, spilling scalding hot water all over her lower body. Nebal's family, unable to get adequate medical attention in Egypt, decided to travel to America. They made it out just days before the border was closed due to riots and protests.
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2013-14 • JUNIORStats & Trends Joined the starting lineup on December 21, and ended up starting the 23 games and playing in all 34 • averaged 5.3 points and 4.0 rebounds, and had 55 assists and 23 steals • turned into a very good shooter, shooting .537 from the field and .333 from three at 16-for-48, and .395 from three after joining the starting lineup.
Single Game HighlightsWent a perfect 2-for-2 in his debut against Alabama A&M with five rebounds and two blocks • Hit his frist career three-pointer and added two boards anda steal against Charleston Southern • had two points and two rebounds in an active eight-minute stint against UAB • scored a career-high six points on 3-of-4 shooting with a team-high two steals against UMass • had a pair of blocks and two points against Davidson • hit his only shot against New Mexico State • played seven minutes against Cincinnati, going 1-for-2 with two rebounds and an assist • had a block and an assist against Kansas in six minutes • played a career-high 20 minutes off the bench against New Mexico State, scoring two points and grabbing three boards • recorded a double-double in his first career start, going for career-highs of 10 points and 10 rebounds against Marquette in a 7-point win • scored seven points with two rebounds and two blocks against Grand Canyon • had just two points but added five boards against Colorado State • hit a career-high two three-pointers after hitting just one the entire season, as he scored eight points against Wyoming with four rebounds and two assists • had a career-high 12 points and three steals, hitting 3-of-4 from three-point range in the process against SJSU • had a second-straight double-figure scoring game, this time with 10 against UNLV • only scored three points but showcased great defe nse and had a career-high five assists against Fresno State • only hit a pair of free throws, but skied his way to a team-leading nine defensive boards against Boise State • didn't score and grabbed five rebounds with three assists, but made the play of the game against Colorado State, recovering a loose ball and beating a double-team in the corner to set up the winning shot in a 68-66 win • tied a career-high with 12 points, hitting a career-best five field goals at Utah State • scored seven points with four assists and a steal against San Jose State • had a team-best four assists and added five rebounds and a nasty alley-oop dunk against Wyoming • scored nine points despite an injured toe on a perfect 3-for-3 night from thre field, all threes, at Boise State • despite a bad toe played 19 minutes and grabbed four rebounds with two assists and two points against Nevada • had a quiet but effective three-point, six-rebound game against UNLV • tied a career-high with three steals against San Diego State • scored six points on a 3-of-6 shooting with four boards against Utah State • recorded six points on 3-of-6 shooting with four rebounds at Nevada • came off the bench as senior Chris Perez started in his place, but went for eight points and a team-best nine rebounds off the bench against Air Force • had a solid game despite foul trouble with five points and four rebounds in just 20 minutes at San Diego State • scored nine points in just 18 minutes, including a career-best 5-of-6 from the line • had a career-high 14 points from 7-of-12 shooting with four assists and no turnovers against Boise State • scored seven points and had five rebounds against San Diego State in the championship game of the Mountain West Tournament • had a solid game with 10 points, six rebounds and three assists in the NCAA Tournament against Stanford.
2013 AUSTRALIAN TOURWas not on the tour as he was not enrolled in the summer.
JUNIOR COLLEGELettered for two seasons at Vincennes University in Indiana • is a two-time JC All-American, getting selected to the Third Team in both 2012 and 2013 • scored a career total of 1,166 points (17.1 ppg) with an 8.6 rebounding average and 134 career assists • shot .544 from the field for his career, shooting 65% from the free throw line, getting there 323 times • has 23 double-doubles in his career, and hit double-figures in points in 60 of 68 games, including 26 games of 20 or more, with a high of 33 • started all 37 games as a sophomore, leading the Trailblazers in the 2013 NJCAA National Tournament, finishing in fourth place • earned All-Tournament honors •scored 585 points, a 15. 8 scoring average, and he averaged 8.1 rebounds per game • shot .516 from the field with 90 assists, 62 blocks and 48 steals • led Vincennes in scoring 15 times, and in rebounding 14 times • as a freshman he started all 21 games, scoring 581 points, an 18.7 average • averaged 9.2 rebounds, shooting .575 from the field with 44 assists and 58 blocks.
HIGH SCHOOLLettered at Chicago Carver where he was an All-Area selection • averaged 25 points with 14 rebounds and five blocks as a senior • Delaney was named a top 30 prospect out of Carver • was named a Third Team All-State pick by the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association • played summer ball with the D-Rose All-Stars • was a Second Team All-Public School League selection by the Chicago Sun-Times • was nominated for the McDonald's All-American game in 2011.
PERSONALhis parents are Luccis Delaney and Tracy Brooks • has four brothers and one sister • is majoring in liberal arts • birthday is August 27, 1992.


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The sun sets after an active New York week
Sunset. 7:06 PM. Photo: JH.
Friday, September 16, 2011.
Cloudy and grey with a strong breeze yesterday in New York, the final day of Fashion Week (see Ellin's Fashion Diary), leaving a touch of Autumn in the air.
The begonias on the Park Avenue island at 79th Street looking south.
After lunch at Michael's,
I took a walk up Fifth Avenue to check out the Bergdorf Goodman windows – always so creative and clever – where I spotted this young woman on the sidewalk, leaning against the building, book in hand, her sweet little dogs secure and comfortable under their little blankets, and the sign ...
Yesterday on Fifth Avenue on a spot next to Bergdorf Goodman, in front of Van Cleef and Arpels.
Something so familiar, I was reminded of a similar situation which I wrote about last January 11th, also on Fifth Avenue, but then a few blocks down near the Olympic Tower. Same sort of situation, young woman, well-dressed, with cute little pekes, well cared for and groomed, and reading a book in her lap.
When I saw her last January (
), I was immediately concerned with her "plight" – 7 months pregnant with the little dogs. I passed her by that day but all I could think of was the "unborn child" she was "carrying," and those cute little dogs (who were, as you can see, protected by their quilted coats) because it was an especially cold winter's day and the weatherman had forecast a snowstorm.
And so I went back to talk to her and to give her some money. It so happened that after the picture and the story appeared on the Diary, we got quite a bit of mail about her. Evidently others had seen her, and seen her in other parts of midtown, at other times. A reader who does a lot of volunteer work with people who are homeless wrote to tell me that there was a "fashion" (wrong word but right idea) among some young people – including college students well housed in dorms and apartments here in downtown Manhattan – who did this panhandling/ begging as a kind of lark. And no doubt for the extra dough. The New Cynicism.
The same girl nine months ago (almost to the day) on January 10th near the Olympic Tower.
After receiving those letters, the questions I had when I initially saw her, returned. Why would a person so well and expensively dressed, be in need of bus or plane fare "home"?
So yesterday, with my digital handy, I wondered, could it be the same "pregnant" woman? I took a picture. I couldn't see her face because she'd bowed her head, just as I was passing by.
As I moved on, passing by the brilliant Bergdorf's window, only yards from the "7 months pregnant," there was this young couple, leaning against the same wall, with a more artistically designed sign about being homeless and having no money and needing a ticket to ride. These two kinda looked like they might have been in the cast of "Gossip Girl."
The poor things with their 'lucky" dog.
They too had a sweet, well-cared-for dog. The young man was very neat and clean-shaven, his "sad" girlfriend managed to partially hide herself with her head on his shoulder, her eyes closed as if exhausted from the "hardship."
I'm not inclined to suspect the motives of someone who goes to the level of "begging" because of what seems demeaning, or demoralizing. Although the young man did indeed look NOT desperate, but even a wee bit affluent. The sneakers, as you can see, are new (and not cheap), and the frames of his glasses would have cost him a pretty penny at Robert Marc. Hmmm.
Six feet away from the couple above, shoppers admiring the fashion windows of Bergdorf Goodman.
When I got home, I called
about the picture we published of the girl last January 11th. Seven months pregnant. He found it in our archive and sent it over.
Indeed, it's the same person, as you can see. Or her twin. If she were 7 months pregnant today (after being "7 months pregnant" nine months ago). It is feasible ... that she had the child and then within two months became pregnant again, making her the 7 months pregnant on her sign.
New Yorkers are not unfamiliar with people on the street asking for cash.
And I don't doubt for moment that many people are desperate and in great need. I almost always stop to share for that reason. And more and more I see entire families – man, woman and children, sitting on the pavement, holding a sign asking for money. This is very painful to witness because of the children.
I know many of these people are truly stuck. But there is something cruelly and coldly cynical about those who are not. Maybe they need the money for rent, for drugs, for food. Maybe.
Or maybe they don't. Maybe they've just maxed out their credit cards. Or maybe they're just looking for some easy cash; and the joke's on us who empathize – because they have no self-respect anyway.
Whatever it is, I feel sorry for the dogs. You know they'll be the ones who will eventually suffer the fate these well fed, well-clothed fakes have in store.
Diana Taylor last night at the Accion reception at the apartment of Wilbur and Hilary Ross.
Last night I stopped by the penthouse
apartment of
Hilary and Wilbur Ross
Diana Taylor, Michael Schlein
Gina Harman
were hosting a cocktail reception to launch Accion's 50th Anniversary Celebration, with
Vikram Pandit,
CEO of Citigroup as Guest of Honor.
There was a good crowd, including
Liz and Jeff Peek, Mary McFadden, Edgar Battista, Yaz and Valentine Hernandez, Ann Rapp, Cece Cord, Sharon Handler, Ann Dexter Jones, Richard Turley, Glenn Horowitz and Tracey Jackson, Ellery and Marjorie Reed Gordon, Estie and Dan Brodsky.
Accion International is a private, non-profit organization founded fifty years ago to address the desperate REAL poverty in Latin America's cities by giving people the financial tools to work their way out of it.
At first it was a student-run volunteer effort in shantytowns like those of Caracas. Today it is one of the premier microfinance organizations covering the world including Africa, Asia, the US and of course Latin America.
It has built over these decades innovative solutions to poverty – real "job creation," to borrow from our political lingo coming out of Washington these days. Despite all the political talk, Accion's work is needed more than ever.
Hilary Ross and her son Jack Geary.
Mary McFadden and Edgar Battista.
Lined up before speaking before the guests: Wilbur and Hilary Ross, Diana Taylor, and Vikram Pandit.
The crowd listening to the group talking about the work of Accion now in its 50th year.
The sunset on the corner of Seventh Avenue and 57th Street, 7:20 pm
This past Wednesday night,
I went over to the New York School of Interior Design on East 70th Street to hear
Duane Hampton's
lecture on her recent book (last year)
Mark Hampton, An American Decorator.
We covered this book when it was published and
Sian Ballen
Lesley Hauge
interviewed her while JH photographed her apartment for our HOUSE series.
I know Duane personally, but I had never heard the lecture she does on this book and her late husband (who died 13 years ago at age 58).
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An American Decorator
The lecture consists mainly of a portfolio of photographs of
Mark Hampton,
his childhood and family; Mark and Duane, their travels, their social life, their family; and Mark's work.
A bright-eyed, milk-fed kid from a small town in Indiana, he grew up in a picturesque all-American white clapboard two-story house with shutters. He was one of those boys brimming with curiosity and creative talent. He drew and painted all the time – all kinds of things, especially houses and cars (he always said if he ever came back as a car he wanted it to be a 1941 Lincoln Continental — a beauty, I agree).
He had a huge zest for life, a joie de vivre, if you will, and an unerring eye for beauty.
What stands out, although the book and even the lecture, is about Mark Hampton and the development of his career, is the marriage. They were a kind of karmic couple, like
Fred and Ginger,
just right for the world they would dance in. Duane was wife and mother (two daughters, both flourishing today).
They had a strong family life, and a brilliant social life exposing them to all the great wonders of the world that money can -- and always could -- buy, including connoisseurship. And they had fun. Living well is the best revenge.
Duane at home, photographed by JH for HOUSE.
Duane at the rostrum looking at the screen of photographs about her husband Mark Hampton and their life together, Wednesday night at the New York School of Interior Design on East 70th Street.
Duane's lecture with images tells the story of that marriage (they married in 1964, very much a couple of their generation, and looking every inch of it) just through the visual content. She still laughs and chortles at some of the memories.
It was a golden moment for both, and although cut short by Mark's early demise, the memory obviously lingers on with charm and beauty, despite the bittersweet disappearance of the man himself. If you ever get a chance to see and hear Duane's lecture, don't miss ...
A magazine ad of five of the top interior designers in the 1990s -- Mark Hampton, Bunny Williams, Albert Hadley, Chessy Rayner and Mario Buatta.
The young Hamptons with Dominick Dunne.
Mark Hampton's caricature of two dames smoking and having a good laugh.
Mickey Hargitay, his wife Jayne Mansifeld, and a starstruck college student from Indiana, Mark Hampton.
More parties, more books.
Also Tuesday night at the Lambs Club, author
Michael Gross
celebrated the re-release of his book "Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women."
In the crowd:
Dana Hammond and Dr. Patrick Stubgen, Nancy Gillon and Jock Spivey, Coerte Feiske, Susan and Chip Fisher, Barry Kieselstein-Cord, Matthew Settle, Carmen Dell'Orefice
(who is celebrating her 65th year as a top working model),
Hunt Slonem, Gay Talese, Bonnie Pfeifer, Liliana Cavendish, Anthony Haden-Guest, Rita Shrager, Nicole Miller, Couri Hay, Sharon Bush, Debbie Dickinson, George Gurley, Roy Kean.
Hunt Slonem, Dovanna Pagowski, Liliana Cavendish, Farhad Geranmayeh, Anne Bezamat, Kim Charlton, Michael Gross, and Marianna Verkern
Montgomery Bernardi, Danielly Silva, Karina Zartkezvica, and Emely Fargo
Barbara Hodes, Roy Kean, and Anita Sarko
Carmen Dell'Orefice
Gay Talese and Lavinia Snyder
Saustina Rose and China Tian
David Frank Ray and Linda Morand
Farhad Geranmayeh, Anthony Haden-Guest, and Bridget Desocio
While a few blocks away, down on the the corner of 57th and Fifth
Avenue at Tiffany,
John King
Margaret Russell
hosted a reception in honor of the article in the October issue of
Architectural Digest
featuring the home of
Richard Lambertson and John Truex.
They transformed the fourth floor of Tiffany's Flagship store into a chic, autumnal space with dramatic lighting and seasonal florals. Votive and pillar candles added a warm glow for the many notable guests from the New York design and social scene.
DJ Kiss
provided an upbeat soundtrack for the event.
Among those attending:
Anne Monoky, CeCe Cord, Alexandra Lebenthal, Muffie Potter Aston, Gillian Miniter, Robert Ruffino, Steven Stolman, Geoffrey Bradfield, Marjorie Gubelmann, Peter Som,
and of course the gents themselves, Lambertson and Truex.
John Truex, Margaret Russell, and Richard Lambertson
Jacqueline Terrebonne, Christy Shepherd, and Anne Monoky
Peter Som and Jon Call
Ryan Turner, Michele Jawin, Brian Turner, and Mark Foran
Jon King, Caroline Naggiar, Beth Canavan, and Robert Rufino
Richard Lambertson and Bunny Williams
Elizabeth Sverbeyeff Byron and friend
DJ Kiss
Ben Bash and Christian Langbin
Ellie Cullman, Margaret Russell, and Jenny Fischbach
Alexandra Lebenthal and Muffie Potter Aston
Eileen and Jeffrey Warner
Ron Wendt, Marjorie Gubelmann, and Jon King
Geoffrey Bradfield, Rebecca Bond, and Roric Tobin
Steven Stolman and Jack Bochonok
Linda Buckley, Jaqui Lividini, and Linda Buckley
Cece Cord
Kimberly Guilfoyle, Gigi Stone, and Andrea Tantaros
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Frank Pollaro and Robert Ruffino
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Meghan Casserly, Forbes Staff
Entrepreneurship. By women, of women, for women.
Lost among all the buzz about the uber-funded successes of Gilt Groupe, Beautylish and Etsy, three successful online businesses which rely heavily–if not exclusively–on the power of the female click and credit card, is the fact that all three companies were actually founded by men. No, the founding owners were not Alexis Maybank, Mariam Naficy and Maria Thomas, but rather Kevin Ryan, Vu Nguyen and Rob Kalin, respectively.
While there are several prominent women who have launched their own startups and received VC funding–including Amanda Steinberg of DailyWorth, Rashmi Sinah, co-founder of SlideShare, Robin Chase, founder of ZipCar, Caterina Fake who co-founded Flickr and spearheaded Hunch.com–over 90% of VC money goes to men, even for businesses with a female consumer base.
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Why? Is a female-led venture more of a gamble? Is it that women just don't fit the mold in an industry that places its bets based on what's known as "pattern recognition?"
Carla Thompson, founder of Austin-based women's network Sharp Skirts, an organization that takes on the challenges of women entrepreneurs by building a network for sharing knowledge and experiences identifies one significant part of the problem: the "mompreneur." It is a moniker that she finds especially derogatory. "I'm a businesswoman who happens to have children. End of story."
The mompreneur stigma is one that was recently taken on in a U.S. Chamber of Commerce panel on overcoming what they called "The Cupcake Challenge." The catchy phrase refers to the challenge many female entrepreneurs face when they are trying to sell a "cute" consumer business idea to funders, whether it's a cupcake bakery, a line of wooden toys or sign language school for parents of infants.
As the panel noted, when these entrepreneurs go to the bank to get financing for their ideas, they're often met with skepticism that their idea will be a viable business. More often than not, startups founded by a woman, are brushed off as lifestyle companies. "Business light," says Jamie Ladge, assistant professor of management at Northeastern's College of Business Administration. "The stigma is that they're fun and easy and maybe begun because she's bored. In other words, not profit-driven." And banks, when looking to hand out cash, are looking for serious returns.
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For Nataly Hogan, founder and CEO of WorkItMom! and a former NYC-based venture capitalist herself, the awww factor of the mommy business was one that reached outside of the consumer realm of products and services that so many mom-driven businesses are rooted in when she launched her social networking startup in 2007. Not surprisingly, she found the stigma a slap in the face. As she documented in a blog post titled The "Mommy Stigma": Well and Alive in the Business World, one exchange of sharing the news of her business with a VC colleague was particularly stinging:
He says (leaning over the table): "So, I am so excited to hear about your new venture! I always thought you'd make a great entrepreneur. I can't wait to hear what you're starting."
I say: "I'm launching a new online community and resource for professional moms, called Work It, Mom!"
He says: "Oh…. Hmm…. Right… Interesting."
(Disclosure: From my five years in venture capital, "interesting" is a nice way to describe a bad business idea without sounding mean or being direct.)
I say: "What, you don't like it?"
He says: "Well, no, it's not that, it's just that I never thought you'd do some mommy thing."
"Some mommy thing" is the same attitude cupcake entrepreneurs Katherine Kallinis and Sophie LaMontage encountered when trying to raise funding for Georgetown Cupcake in Washington DC in 2008. The sisters (who are not mothers) say they were turned down "by at least 10 banks" for a startup loan before financing their business with their own savings. Georgetown Cupcakes became an overnight sensation and has since made it (even) big(ger) with a reality TV show on TLC. Once their business was recognized as the success it was, Eagle Bank stepped in with a loan to help them recapitalize.
Women-owned businesses in the female-focused or mommy market is far from new. "An entrepreneur usually starts a business in the area that they know and have a passion about," says Susan Rittscher, CEO of The Center for Women and Enterprise. "It's no different from a man starting a landscaping or security business. What is different is that women's businesses are not treated as seriously and are undervalued in many ways."
Patricia Greene, Ph.D., and cofounder of The Diana Project, a research group that studies women's entrepreneurship in the U.S., sees the cupcake challenge less as an undervaluing than a disconnect between financiers and female business owners. "The major problem is a real lack of understanding on each side: what the woman wants and what the lender or investor needs," says Greene. "Neither really understands the other."
The stigma isn't really about the "cuteness," she continues. "It's about women showing that they have a viable, sustainable business model with enough growth potential to meet the investor's needs." To give some perspective, 97% of the 10.1 million women-led businesses operating today have revenues under $1 million.
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"Let's talk about a business that believes it has huge potential to scale and has a tech component and is looking for seed funding," hypothesizes Tereza Nemessanyi, founder and CEO of HonestlyNow, a site that links decision making and social networking by letting users post queries to their community. Put yourself in the place of the angel investor, she says: this is a high risk investment for him, but he's also buying into the excitement of something he has some visceral connection to.
Why should a man feel viscerally connected to a product created for a woman or a mother or a baby? "He just won't," she says. Nemessanyi advises that part of a business owners strategy for seeking funding is to look for investors who have some—any—connection to the product or service being pitched. If your product is for women, seek out happily married investors. For kids? A new parent might be a better bet than a single recent Harvard MBA grad.
To be sure, Babette Pepaj, founder of two-time Webbie Award nominated BakeSpace.com, which is currently looking to secure funding, disagrees. She's been shocked by the financial pushback against her critically-acclaimed business idea—to the point where, like Georgetown Cupcake, she's considering forgoing outside funding all together. "I can't tell you how many conversations I've had with VCs and Angel Investors that love what we've been able to do, but literally roll their eyes when we tell them we help home cooks share recipes," she says. "Seriously, I've had job offers to come run their other startups based off what we've been able to do, but to fund me… nope."
But whether the business idea is "cute" or not, for entrepreneurs who are looking to build scalable, high-return startups of the ilk most commonly associated with VC funding—namely tech-based ventures–the attitude of girly, mom-based or woman-focused being seen as important than talent, skill or technical expertise to potential investors is a different cupcake challenge altogether."Those of us who are creating very scalable businesses have to work to counter that stereotype," says Nemessanyi. "The mompreneur label can really get in the way of things."
The challenge is for entrepreneurs who don't fit the standard Silicon Valley profile (single white male) to overcome their own cupcake challenge by bringing successful, scalable, high-return businesses to the investing table. "Everybody's still looking for the next Google," says Stephanie Robesky, founder of GrowsUp.com and analyst with Atomico Investments. "They're looking for Sergey Brin."
Nemssanyi's solution, which she's written up on her personal blog, is to introduce incubators to the female startup scene to help women with viable business ideas get off the ground. In response to the Y Combinator, the much-acclaimed boy's club (around 3% of participants are women) that spawned many of the hottest startups in recent years—Scribd and Reddit among them—she's named her concept the XX Combinator.
Progress is being made. Springboard Enterprises, a Washington, DC-based accelerator has helped women raise $5 billion in equity financing since 2000 including seven IPOs. Non-profit Astia is close behind, having raised $940 million and boasting two IPOs and 21 exits in their 10 year history. Traditional VC firms, too, have made concerted efforts to direct more funding towards women-led firms. Powerhouse Sequoia Capital recently fed $37 million into direct-sales jewelry brand Stella & Dot–led by WeddingChannel founder Jessica Herrin.
Herrin is a woman who's long-embraced the mompreneur monicker. She may be successful, scalable and clearly, fundable)serial entrepreneur, but she's comfortable with the stereotype even as proves it false. "When I became a mom, I decided I wanted to be a 'mom working,' not a 'working mom,'" she says. "The mom part comes first."
Interesting that venture capital cannot see through their preconceived notions and focus on the ability of the business to be a cash cow. Women and children make up 80% of buying decisions in America, so just because a business is cute and started by a woman , doesn't mean it doesn't have serious profitable potential. Maybe VCs and banks can get better odds than 1 out 20 if they started thinking a little differently.
It is a sad but true fact that women-owned companies only receive a fraction of the angel and venture capitalist funding that men-owned firms do.Women-led firms are generally smaller and less growth-oriented than men-owned firms. They tend to have lower business scores,launch with less start-up funding to get themselves off the ground, and tend to place less value on profitability and firm size. Female founders are seen as having a poorer strategic position and are still perceived as less capable as men CEOs. Unfortunately women are not as good at networking and building work relationships as men which adds to the problem. The picture is certainly bleak; let's begin to build solutions!
Amen to solutions! The only way we can change these perceptions and conditions is to create our own environment and change the landscape!
There are several programs starting up to address many of the problems you mention. For example, we recently launched a nonprofit to expand a program called ACTiVATE to help women start and build growth-oriented companies. Not only do we walk the women through the process of finding, validating and developing a plan around a good idea for a business, we also expand their network of support, both amongst the women and with the outside community of mentors, advisors, and service providers. The community of alum is small right now (about 130) but with big plans for growth!
Terrific article Meghan! Your assessment of the struggles facing women entrepreneurs attempting to raise capital is spot on.
My experiences, both personal and those derived from working alongside other women attempting to start and build a business, have taught me that women are virtually always underestimated. Virtually every time!
Only a woman who learns this early and knows how to make it work for her benefit, succeeds in the longrun!
All the best,
Holly Magister, CPA, CFP
The article makes several good points and it's true that women aren't nearly as willing as men to sacrifice everything for business. As I grow my start-up business, I recognize that I have to decide the size and pace of growth I want and those are tough decisions.
This discussion reminds me when I began learning about global operations at IBM. I wondered when European businesses would "grow up" to be the size of US companies. With the ongoing disasters from Enron to Bears Stern, I hope to see a new economic landscape emerge that isn't dominated by what are effectively investment companies disguised as brick & mortar companies focused on churning the numbers with M&As.
I'm optimistic that social media's influence is in it's infancy and it will bring about a new business landscape where smaller, networked businesses (read women owned) will deliver the punch of today's leaders.


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With TV screens becoming increasingly bigger each year, the importance of a front projector is still valid for home entertainment and home theater systems. Previously, we have discussed home theater projectors, the ViewSonic Hybrid-Projector and the Epson PowerLite Home Cinema. We had some enquiries from people on Twitter asking us if we still find projectors valid since the market has these huge hi-def TV's. Each answer was the same, yes we do.
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June 5, 2014
Gov't strategy on allocation of EU money, again under attack
Jun 5, 2014
Gov't strategy on allocation of EU money, again under attack.
According to the EC, the allocations are not covered properly and priorities are still missing. The European Commission (EC) warned the Government that the budget allocation proposed within the Partnership Agreement for the EU money over 2014-2020 period still displays unbalances, which is a (...)
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What do you get when you put together an ancient Roman sculpture-esque statue, a mint green ceramic cake, and a photo of Machu Picchu spread over a canvas?
Of course, an art exhibition presented by West Valley College's own art department faculty. Running now for more than 30 years, the exhibition features masterpieces by dedicated professors of ceramics, photography, sculpture, mixed media and fine art.
Jason Challas, a digital and studio art instructor at West Valley and a featured artist at the exhibition, says that the comunity college hosts six exhibits throughout the year, each with its own special theme.
However, not all exhibits feature only art department faculty.
Throughout the year the department facilitates all, from invited local high school art students to currently enrolled West Valley College students, and even well known professionals in the expansive field of art, for showcases at its recently renovated gallery on the first floor of the Student Center on campus.
At this year's opening exhibit, fellow faculty members share about themselves and their work.
Kimberly Cook, a ceramics professor at West Valley and Foothill colleges, has been a part of the faculty for one year. She's been working in the ceramic medium for 15 years.
Cook's work with imagery of animals is grounded in the exploration of the universal human condition. People tend to empathize more with animals than they do their human counterparts, she said.
By using figures of animals in her body of work, she mirrors the feeling of human emotions, while also reflecting simple and pure animalistic traits that are akin to that of a child that is preverbal, she added.
This is evident in her featured work—a white teapot glazed in pasel colors with a golden handle and spout, showing a little girl with a rifle and a deer/fawn at her feet, which Cook says intends to represent the child as a protector rather than a hunter.
Chris Cryer, an art professor, began with low resolution cameras that produced many photos that he wasn't able to reprint in larger sizes. However, with the idea of stretching them out on canvases that are easily viewable from a distance he produced a unique new way of looking at photographs. Three of his works are featured at the exhibit, including a black-and-white silhouette of a woman standing atop stairs, a photo of a bride captured by modern camera, and the beautiful Machu Pichu reprinted on canvas.
You can view the free exhibition through Feb. 21, Mondays and Wednesdays 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30-3 p.m. on the lower level of WVC's Student Center, 14000 Fruitvale Ave, in Saratoga.
The galley is closed weekends, and will be closed on Feb. 18 in observance of Presidents' Day. Be sure to visit. You never know what gems you may discover.
Editor's Note: This article was written for Patch as part of a San Jose State University journalism class assignment. The writer welcomes your feedback, comments. Thank you.


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Better Block Glass Street is working with neighbors and volunteers to invigorate a community. The Glass House Collective has been working with businesses and residents near the intersection of Glass Street and North Chamberlain Avenue to revitalize the area.
Rise Up Chattanooga is a temporary sculpture combining ladders on loan from the community to represent how we come together to achieve our hopes and dreams. The goal is to collect 500 ladders that will be leaning on each other to climb toward the sky.


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By MATT KOESTERS
Few girls' track programs in Indiana can boast the kind of success Jeffersonville has had.
Only Terre Haute North has won more sectional championships than the Red Devils' 25.
However, Jeff won 24 of those titles from 1975 to 2008. It has won just one in the past five years.
Second-year coach Ericka Herd is in the process of moving the Red Devils back to the top of the Jeff Sectional standings.
"I am definitely looking to win," Herd said. "We've got the talent here to do it."
A year ago, Southwestern's Savannah Hubbard put the Rebels at the top of the standings by winning the 300-meter hurdles. Then Hubbard helped Southwestern's 1,600 relay team finish second, one spot ahead of Jeff.
Hubbard's efforts gave the Rebels a half-point win over runner-up Jeffersonville for Southwestern's first sectional title in school history.
It's a half-point the Devils won't forget.
"We took it pretty hard," said senior Taylor Hines, who was a member of the 1,600 relay team that came up .53 seconds short of delivering the title. "Any event, we could have gotten one more point there, one more place, we would have won. So it really hurt."
"We came up one point short," Herd recalled. "I think that will serve as motivation for everyone. Everyone is working hard to move up one or two positions so it doesn't happen again."
Hines, who finished second in the 800 in last year's sectional, said the loss has helped the Red Devils rally early in the 2013 season.
"Everybody, if they see someone in front of them, they're just going to go for it," Hines said.
Jeff is young but talented. Sophomore Chelsea Lewis, who had a pair of fifth-place finishes in last year's sectional, and freshman Hailey Lacy appear to be the next in line in Jeff's deep sprinting history.
"We have a lot of young freshmen coming in that are going to help us out in a couple of events," Hines said. "We have some good sprinters, so hopefully this year we'll regain that spot and win the sectional again."
With so many talented freshmen, Herd is trying to get a lineup that will optimize points when they arrive at the sectional on May 14.
"We're still trying to figure out who fits where," Herd said. "It's like a puzzle."
The Devils finished third at Saturday's Jeffersonville Inferno. It's a nice start to recapturing the glory days, Hines said.
"If think we're making a lot of progress," she said. "I think [the third-place finish is] a good sign. From here, we're just going to try to get better."
GIRLS' TRACK & FIELD ATHLETE OF THE WEEK (April 2-8)
Alyssa Moore, Floyd Central
Moore won four times at Saturday's Jeff Inferno, leading the Highlanders to the team title. Moore won the 800 by more than eight seconds and anchored Floyd's winning 1,600, 3,200 and distance medley relay teams.
LAST WEEK'S STARS (April 2-8)
• Sadie Spears, Henryville: Spears won the 3,200 at the Inferno, out-racing Floyd Central's Lydia Kotowski to win in 12:29.
• Bailey Knable, New Albany: Knable won the 1,600 and the 3,200 in last week's dual meet against Floyd Central.
• Rachael Kavgazoff, Floyd Central: Kavgazoff earned another victory for Floyd at the Inferno, sailing over the bar at 10-feet, 6-inches in the pole vault.
• Megan Brooks, Charlestown: Brooks won the shot put and discus in a quad meet against New Washington, Rock Creek and Christian Academy last Tuesday.
• Hailey Lacy, Jeffersonville: The Devil freshman won the long jump and was the runner-up in the 400 in her first Inferno competition.
• Baylee Stewart, Henryville: Stewart won the 400 and the long jump in a dual victory over Corydon Central last Tuesday.
• Madison Barney, Floyd Central: Barney was the 1,600 Inferno champion, helping the Highlanders to the team title with a victory.


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The City of Rancho Santa Margarita's annual alcohol-free event that takes place at the Civic Plaza complex is free and open to the public.
With local vendors (who are able to participate free) as part of the festivities, and roving entertainers, visual arts, musical entertainment, and opportunities for interactive art activities, it will be difficult for visitors to go home empty-handed or without a special memory.
Magician Steve Spellman begins the event at 5 p.m., in a first-come, first-seated performance in the community center ballroom. Entries in the annual student art contest will be featured.
Among the variety of activities available for children, youth and teens are a video game truck, rock climbing wall, face painting, giant slide, Lego race car building, a 40-foot inflatable obstacle, New Year's Eve masks and hats, and many more interactive booths and games, including a photo booth.
The event also features a BMX performance.
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Mark Bennett
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The emotion behind the words was obvious.
Even unflappable Peyton Manning choked up as he said goodbye to his comfort zone — the job of quarterback and leader of the Indianapolis Colts. "I'll always be a Colt. I always will be. That'll never change," Manning declared.
His promise is understandable. Despite being released Wednesday by the NFL franchise that he helped regain legitimacy, Manning leaves with great memories. He thanked everyone for those moments through 14 seasons, and he deserves the same in return. The Indianapolis branch of his Memory Lane is long and scenic — the Super Bowl championship, four Most Valuable Player Awards, a dogged work ethic exhibited through 227 consecutive starts, two AFC championships, 150 victories, and eight division titles.
How could we, or Peyton himself, forget all that occurred when he wore No. 18 from 1998 through 2010?
Perhaps nobody can. Notice, though, that Memory Lane looked like an I-70 road construction project in 2011.
Manning and the rest of Indiana probably will want to forget that season, the ignominious end of his otherwise illustrious era. That season taught us all that, when it comes to our careers, "times change," as Manning also said during his farewell news conference Wednesday.
He left the Colts because, simply, his health — with a healing neck injury and 35 years of wear and tear — is too uncertain for the Colts to pay him a guaranteed $28 million bonus that would have been due today. The club had no idea how much, how well or how long he could play on a start-from-scratch roster that will soon include his heir apparent, top draft pick Andrew Luck. Manning said he had no idea which team would snatch him up as a free agent, but the presumption is that some flexible franchise will see him as a final piece of their Super Bowl puzzle.
Peyton Manning in a Seahawks, Redskins or Dolphins uniform? Unimaginable.
And yet, it's going to happen. Manning has only known one full-time job, as QB of the Colts, but now he and his employer are parting ways and heading into "uncharted waters" of life. "Times change," indeed.
That said, I frankly hope that Peyton's best days are ahead of him, especially once his playing days end. I'm sure Isidore Newman Prep School in New Orleans, and the University of Tennessee still hold special places in his heart. Class and team reunions probably satisfy any of his desires for reminiscing. With time, the same will be true of his glory days with the Colts. The 2007 championship squad will reunite in 2017, 2027, 2032 and so on. Fans will cheer, maybe shed a tear, and tell the youngsters in the crowd, "You should've seen Peyton Manning play."
But Peyton is 35 years old. Just 35 years old. Though he may "always be a Colt," a Tennessee Volunteer, an Isidore Newman Greenie (yup, that's their nickname), he shouldn't have to show off his NFL war wounds or live with, as Bruce Springsteen once put it, "boring stories of glory days."
The man who coached Manning to the Super Bowl, Tony Dungy, certainly etched "a legacy" with the Colts, too. He set an incredible example of solid character and strong, quiet leadership that earned the respect of his players, opponents and anyone else watching. Yet Dungy's most important work, as an active advocate for responsible fatherhood, came after he'd retired from coaching.
A week ago, I crossed paths with a retired coach and friend. He'd just gotten a chance to reunite with a trio of players from the most high-profile seasons of his coaching career. It sounded as if they had a blast, joking around, catching up and remembering old times. But it wasn't their athletic heroics that dominated his thoughts. Instead, he said, "Mark, what impressed me most about them is the kind of men they've become. They're good family men — good husbands, good fathers."
Peyton Manning might win another Super Bowl with some other team. Or he might fade into the NFL sunset on his way to the Hall of Fame. Maybe he'll coach. Maybe he won't.
Let's hope he's making other plans, too, and that even better times lie ahead for him, and that he follows the high road wherever life takes him.
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