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Developing preferred supplier agreements and standardizing the site selection process are just some of the ways Kelli Livers, director of global meetings services at AIG, is improving the bottom line.
Livers, who is based in AIG's Houston office, joined the company as director of incentives and promotions for AIG VALIC (a subsidiary of AIG) and was promoted to director of global meeting services two years ago. In her current role, Livers is tasked with developing policies and procedures for centralizing meetings and incentives. In March 2006, she launched a strategic meetings management initiative for all U.S. offices, which included the use of preferred-supplier agreements and the implementation of StarCite's on-demand global meetings solution (Web-based software that brings together buyers and suppliers of meeting-related services).
"Prior to launching this initiative, we had different people in AIG competing with other internal business units for the same space in a hotel without even knowing it," says Livers. "We wanted to increase visibility and standardize the terms and conditions from a contracting perspective."
AIG now requires that planners complete an online form prior to sending out a contract for all meetings and incentives with 10 or more people. If a hotel is required for the meeting, the system triggers involvement of the individuals in AIG's dedicated sourcing group, who perform an outreach to start the sourcing process. All sourcing specialists are trained regarding the company's contracting requirements, which Livers says helps streamline site selection. All contracts then arrive on Liver's desk for approval, and the planner is given the green light to run the event.
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One company that is taking a flexible approach to strategic sourcing is global financial powerhouse ING. While there are some centralized policies and procedures, ING planners report to their respective sales areas. "Planners are tied with the businesses they support for their meetings," says Hartford, Conn.-based Lisa Poulton, ING's director of conference planning operations. "But they have a consistent approach for managing events across the company to ensure compliance with the policy."
Working within the company's procurement guidelines for sourcing is "strongly suggested" but not mandated at ING. Planners are encouraged to use a consolidated request-for-proposal function for their incentive meetings, which allows ING to piggyback multiple programs into a single RFP in order to leverage greater negotiating power — but this process varies depending on the program, notes Deanna Bloodgood, sourcing specialist for travel, meetings, and incentives. The same goes for the use of preferred properties. "The ultimate decision is up to the business units," says Bloodgood.
As the process continues to evolve, ING planners are getting an education. "I came from a company that did not have a strategic sourcing department for meetings, so initially I was averse to the idea," says senior conference planner Larissa Schultz, based in El Segundo, Calif. "But I now look at strategic sourcing and procurement as partners. They take on the legal aspects of the program. They iron out the terms and conditions of the contract so the planner can focus on meeting logistics, program content, and better serving the client."
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Dan Young, director of event planning and field recognition at Minneapolis, Minn.-based Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, takes a different approach to strategic sourcing. "Our department once reported to the CFO," says Young, "but we began reporting to marketing and field distribution in 2005 because over half the events we plan impact the field force. We have more ownership over our events now, and we manage our own budgets."
Young is quick to note that this does not mean finance is cut out of the equation. "We're in a dotted-line relationship with procurement and purchasing and report all events to the CFO and purchasing departments," he says. Each Thrivent conference begins with an event profile drawn up by the meeting planning division that captures all the elements of the conference, including objective, purpose, budget, room nights, logistics, and so on. The event sponsor signs off on the completed profile, and for those programs with a budget of more than $250,000, the CFO and/or the president also sign off. Because the approval process is so tight, Young says he does not receive any push-back from executive management or procurement on contracts.


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Manager of immunization Laurie Stanford said news that the flu shot isn't 100 per cent effective isn't as bad as it sounds.
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A 160-page report from the University of Minnesota's Centre for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy said vaccines offer moderate protection against flu.
Part of the problem, said Stanford, is in what the general public calls the flu.
"They have nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and they feel sick for a few days – it's the flu. The true flu is a respiratory illness and you have a high fever of 101 degrees Celsius. You're sick and you don't get out of bed," she said.
The reason behind the "moderate protection" label is because the strains keep changing, said Stanford.
She estimated 40 per cent of Simcoe County residents get the flu shot each year, but most do it through their family doctors.
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People who visit seniors are the ones who should be getting the shot, she added: "For frail, elderly people, it is a significant illness. They may do OK with the flu, but go on to get pneumonia or bronchitis."


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Sometimes, when the basketball is as good as it has been in the Big Ten Conference this season, you've just got to stop and say "Wow!"
This league — in a sport criticized for playing a regular season that supposedly doesn't matter — left fans gasping after last week's upsets, turnarounds, half-court shots and double-overtime thrillers.
Five Big Ten teams now are in the Associated Press Top 20: No. 1 Indiana, No. 4 Michigan, No. 8 Michigan State, No. 13 Ohio State and No. 20 Wisconsin.
Also, four Big Ten individuals are being discussed as serious national player of the year candidates: Michigan point guard Trey Burke, Indiana guard Victor Oladipo, Indiana center Cody Zeller and Ohio State forward Deshaun Thomas.
No wonder BTN just posted its highest one-month ratings since the network went on the air in 2007.
"The Big Ten is so crazy," Illinois guard Brandon Paul said. "It's tough anywhere you go."
The Illini (17-8, 4-7) saved their NCAA tournament hopes by first upsetting No. 1 Indiana 74-72, scoring on an inbounds pass with ninth-tenths of a second left, and then toppling No. 18 Minnesota on the road 57-53 despite going without a field goal the first 9� minutes.
"We got two big wins," first-year coach John Groce said, "but the most important thing was how we played.
"We played the right way. We played with some togetherness and toughness. We're starting to trust our system, and I was really proud of the fight. We had to come from double-digit deficits in both games."
Indiana (21-3, 9-2) hung on to the No. 1 ranking Monday because it shook off the Illinois loss to drill No. 10 Ohio State 81-68 on the road with three 20-point scorers — Oladipo 26, Zeller 24 and Christian Watford 20.
"Instead of carrying our disappointment into a 'woe is me' mentality," IU coach Tom Crean said, "it triggered in us how to get better. There was a different level of sense of urgency."
Michigan and Ohio State went to overtime before the Wolverines won 76-74. Tim Hardaway Jr. made five straight 3-pointers in the second half.
But the game that still had the league buzzing Monday was Wisconsin's 65-62 overtime win Saturday over Michigan.
Hardaway hit a 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds left for a 60-57 lead. But Wisconsin guard Ben Brust sank a 45-footer at the buzzer to force overtime, then hit a 3 late in overtime for the clinching points.
"Ben Brust thinks he can make a shot even when he is outside the building," Badgers coach Bo Ryan said.
The finish was so remarkable that Indiana's Crean was still talking about it Monday.
"Tim Hardaway makes a big-time play with 2.4 seconds to go," Crean said. "Then Ben Brust takes a shot from half-court that is challenged, but he shoots it like it's going to go in. He doesn't shoot a 'hope' shot. He doesn't shoot a 'wish' shot. He shoots a jump shot.
"The execution that goes on in this league is really, really strong. You don't see a lot of teams who aren't well-prepared on how to win a game."
By the way, that Wisconsin overtime thriller over Michigan? It came three days after the Badgers needed two overtimes to beat Iowa.
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The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey's 9th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service was its largest yet, with 800 pre-registered volunteers participating in 19 community service projects throughout Galloway Township and the surrounding areas.
The Day of Service took place on Jan. 21, and helped commemorat the 50th anniversary of King's "I Have a Dream" speech.
Projects included local trips to the Kinetic Poetic Dance and Community Quest. Projects on campus included the Stockton Farm, CERT trailer organization and clean out sponsored by Stockton Neighborhood Watch and Books Without Borders.
Other projects included making lunch at the Atlantic City Rescue Mission, food drives in and around Galloway Township, writing Valentine's Day cards at The Shores at Wesley Manor, working with the Girl Scouts, working with the March of Dimes and assisting in Sandy relief at Tuckerton Seaport.
Participants included Stockton students and members of the community. Galloway Patch Local Editor Anthony Bellano volunteered at the Noyes Museum with a group of Stockton students and two veterans. The project included clearing leaves ad maintaining nature trails.
The number of volunteers was twice the number of volunteers from last year's event, according to college officials.
The day began with the Stockton Community Engagement Awards ceremony.
Recipients included:
Undergraduate Student Recipient: Saaya Jessica Okazaki, for her contributions toward restoring the environment with Water Watch;
Graduate Student Recipient: Jessica Hulten, for spreading awareness of human rights on and off campus in an effort to combat intolerance and prejudice;
Student Organization Recipient: Stockton Neighborhood Watch, for its efforts to help people in many arenas, including recovering in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy; and
Faculty Recipient: Jonathan Rosky, an adjunct instructor in Hospitality and Tourism Management Studies.
"I am motivated to try and make this a better world because I cannot imagine living any other way," Rosky said in accepting the award. "I am not under the impression that my efforts will solve any major world problems, but sitting back and doing nothing when I have the ability and means to make a difference in some small way seems like the wrong way to live."
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The openSUSE project has released milestone 3 of its version 11.3 right on schedule. The update to GCC 4.5 has unfortunately caused a few problems.
The openSUSE 11.3 milestone 3 release is the first distro compiled entirely with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) version 4.5. The update caused a couple of major problems with the openSUSE Build Service and packages that wouldn't compile. The openSUSE project management decided to release nevertheless, specifically to test and make improvements to the new GCC 4.5 upgrade. Milestone 3, therefore, is an actual alpha release to be addressed only by experienced Linux users.
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June 28, 2006
- Adopted son to be cast aside?
- Roberto Gotta gives his thoughts on the Mexican side he followed around Germany.
June 25, 2006
- Scorned Blanco wants La Volpe sacked
- Mexico's gifted but volatile forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco, left out of the World Cup squad, ridiculed the national coach on Sunday after the team was knocked out of the tournament by Argentina.
- Tears flow across Mexico after agonising exit
- Mexicans cried on Saturday after exiting the World Cup with a 2-1 loss to Argentina but took heart from a display that forced one of the tournament favourites to struggle into extra time.
June 24, 2006
- Rodriguez's stunning strike ends Mexico's run
- It took a blast of brilliance by Maxi Rodriguez to separate Argentina from Mexico in a World Cup classic Saturday night.
- Pekerman salutes both teams after classic
- Argentina coach Jose Pekerman said their familiarity with Mexico helped serve up the World Cup second-round classic they won 2-1 in extra time on Saturday.
June 17, 2006
- Mexico boss Lavolpe rues Angola stalemate
- Mexico's players and coach Ricardo Lavolpe alike felt that last night's draw with Group D rivals Angola was a bitter pill to swallow.
June 16, 2006
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The current state of Edmonton Oilers goaltending is a somewhat gloomy and shallow affair. There are a few bright spots in the organization, but overall, the depth chart is considered a weak one. This season could even be viewed as a small disaster, as Nikolai Khabibulin's back problems have kept him out of the lineup for most of the year. That led to him making the news recently for another unfortunate reason – an intoxicated run-in with the Arizona authorities.
Combined with a lengthy contract, which still has three years remaining at 3.75 million each season (an UFA in July, 2013), there's not a lot of positive energy surrounding Khabibulin's future right now. His off-ice issues, combined with dehydration, health and consistency issues on the ice, adds up to one giant question mark heading into the summer.
But all of those things aside, why do I really consider Khabibulin a liability right now?
Because rust never sleeps. It slowly eats away at a goalie's game. It builds up over time and hinders effective game management and rebound control. It causes a trip down the rehab road to be time-consuming and emotionally taxing. Goalies like Rick DiPietro and Manny Legace know all too well that certain injuries take longer than others to properly heal. Even then, some goalies are never the same again. And the older they get, the harder it is to play at their best.
Khabibulin will surely be motivated to get back into great shape in time for next season, but as of right now, it's pretty unclear if that will happen. So, if you can somehow lift your eyes from the horrible train wreck that is Khabibulin's season, only then will you see a few rays of sun shining through the burning, twisted metal.
Jeff Deslauriers. He has not only proven himself as a legitimate prospect with a bright future, he's continually improving and gaining confidence as time goes on. Regardless of wins and losses or hot and cold streaks, he has been a very consistent goalie. He's focused, hard working, has great size, long legs and quick, active hands. He catches right, makes spectacular saves and can handle a heavy workload. All of that adds up to a giant exclamation point, as the Oilers have arguably one of the best young "backups" in the league. And he's only getting better.
Ultimately, however, the Oilers are currently in a situation that forces them to rely on an injury-prone veteran to keep the depth chart balanced. Because of that uncertainty, there's a bright future for any talented prospects in the system. But unfortunately, as you will soon see, the pickings are slim right now in Oil country.
How many more years before Olivier Roy is in the NHL? What is his fantasy ceiling?
Olivier Roy is at least one more year away from seeing any kind of professional duty, so I think at least two more full seasons before he plays a game in an Oilers uniform. Because of Deslauriers' strong season, I don't think the Oilers are in any rush with Roy. This is only his third year with Cape Breton (QMJHL) and does have plenty of quality playoff experience, but it's just not the same as pro hockey experience. He still has room for improvement at the junior level and will need his last year of junior eligibility, plus at least one year at the AHL level before he's ready for the NHL.
Because he's a valuable prospect, the Oilers will probably work Roy into AHL and NHL pretty quickly. It would be one thing if the Oilers had other quality prospects in the system, but he's all alone in that regard. Remember, he was drafted much lower than many expected, so I think the Oilers realize he's a low-risk, high-reward prospect. This is partially due to lowered expectations that came with a lower draft call, but either way, it's a positive for his future.
Roy (born July 12, 1991) is currently 18 years old, so he still has one more year of QMJHL eligibility before the Oilers can even entertain thoughts of signing him to an entry-level contract. There's no legitimate prospect between Deslauriers and Roy right now, so this could potentially be a perfect marriage for Springfield, but not until he turns 20.
Because Roy is a pure butterfly goalie that relies on a heavy workload and tons of shots, he needs to own the starting role in either the AHL or the ECHL. If Roy is developed in a slow manner, but he plays a ton of minutes, he'll only need 1-2 years to build the confidence needed to excel in the NHL. I personally think he's AHL material, however.
As such, I feel his fantasy ceiling will continue to rise as next season rolls along. It was already fairly high to begin with, but the more he plays and wins, the higher that ceiling goes. Talent wise, he has the potential to be one of the best out there, but the Oilers have to be patient and give him ample time to develop confidence as a professional.
Do you see any Oilers goalie being their future go-to tender, or are they likely to sign someone? Will they trade for a future goalie?
I think Deslauriers has a very bright short-term future. If the Oilers can field a competitive team next year, his future will continue to be bright. With the NHL Entry Draft producing more and more instant assets, the Oilers could just as easily be this year's Colorado Avalanche, once next season starts. I think Deslauriers' strong work ethic and his focus has been on display for most of the time this year, so it's clear he has a thick skin and the ability to win NHL games.
Deslauriers is currently an RFA making $700,000 this season, so his new contract will have to be for more than that. I think the Oilers would be wise to sign him for two or three years, worth around $1.5 million each year. This would be a smart move, especially with the uncertainty surrounding Khabibulin's ability to handle a big workload. Deslauriers doesn't deserve a crazy, bloated contract, but at least a fair amount that allows him to fight for the starting job.
Devan Dubnyk is also an RFA making $700,000 this year, while Bryan Pitton is signed next year for $500,000. It's nice to see Dubnyk win his first two games against Detroit and then San Jose, but he's not what I would consider a quality prospect with a bright NHL future.
The Oilers still have an AHL affiliation with the Stockton Thunder and that's where you'll find sub-par prospects in Aaron Sorochan and Andrew Perugini. You can take it one step further and look to Colorado Eagles goalie Andrew Penner as another prospect, but he doesn't have much value either.
So to answer the question, I think Deslauriers has an opportunity to be the future go-to tender. A trade is never out of the question, but it won't happen unless he no longer shows signs of improvement or effectiveness. The focus is probably on re-signing him as insurance, while giving Dubnyk and Pitton another year to develop in the AHL. Meanwhile, Roy will be in his final year of juniors and be more than ready to turn pro the following year.
Next season, do the Oilers ride Khabibulin and Deslauriers in a platoon, or do they go back to riding Khabibulin? Who should they start more next year?
First of all, thanks for asking who they SHOULD start more, as that's a question I can answer. I have no idea what they will actually end up doing, especially since it's only March.
But fantasy managers should realize there's a certain understanding that comes with a tandem like Deslauriers and Khabibulin. One was brought in for a reason, is considered a stalwart veteran and has a Stanley Cup ring. The other is a blossoming prospect with plenty of potential, but is still developing his game. As such, Khabibulin will most likely be pegged as the starter heading into next season. Depending on how he performs, however, Deslauriers will get a correlated number of opportunities to put together winning streaks of his own.
Ultimately, Edmonton's situation depends on how the goalies look in training camp. Like most NHL teams, whichever goalie is gives their team the best chance to win will ultimately receive the bulk of the starts. If Khabibulin is healthy and competes hard in training camp, the Oilers will give him the bulk of the starts to kick off the season.
Edmonton's situation could play out like Detroit's. Khabibulin, a proven but aging winner, will be inconsistent for the first 10-15 games. Deslauriers, like Jimmy Howard, will take over from there and be the guy for most of the season. Either Khabibulin will be hurt, or he won't be in the lineup consistently enough to get into a good rhythm. Although it will probably look different when next season's guide comes out, expect 55-60% of the starts to go to Deslauriers.
Prior to signing Khabibulin, there were rumblings of Bjorn Bjurling, whom they have the rights to, possibly coming to North America. Has that boat long sailed away?
Bjorn Bjurling is like the old pirate ship ghost of the goalie world. He's a 30-year-old voyager, which is beyond ancient in prospects terms. However, the Oilers do retain his rights, as he was drafted 274th overall back in 2004. Bjurling is currently out of the lineup with a cyst in his shoulder, but is with Södertälje in the Elitserien and has a 3.21 GAA and .866 save percentage in 36 games so far this season.
Bjurling is one of the well-liked and well-traveled old-school goalies that works hard to keep his style refined, but that's about it. Still, the Oilers do retain his rights and at the very least is considered their only European prospect.
How does the Oilers' goaltending depth compare to other NHL teams?
I would say it's one of the weakest depth charts in the NHL. Other than Deslauriers and Roy, the Oilers have little long-term potential in the goalie cupboard.
One interesting thing to look at is Pitton's value compared to Roy's. They were both drafted 133rd overall. I think that goes a long way in showing just how low Roy was drafted and how good goalies are really found in every round. It would bode the Oilers well to draft a goalie or two this summer. They have no young European prospects to pull from, two weak ECHL prospects and two AHL goalies not even listed on my Top-100 Fantasy Prospects Rankings.
If I had to compare the Oilers to the Senators (last week's profile), I would say Edmonton is slightly weaker, mainly because the Senators have the advantage with Chris Holt and Robin Lehner over Dubnyk and Roy.
I hope you enjoyed this week's The Current State! Be sure to visit School of Block to vote on the next team!
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I realize Edmonton struggles to attrack Free Agents. Khabibulin emphasized this point by getting his DUI in Arizona. Roloson... well they should have retained the guy they knew. The UFA market wasn't overly attractive where goaltending was concerned last year. This goaltending 'fix' is just another example of what ails the Oilers. Poor planning, poor choices and now a great big mess.
PS - Deslauriers has been one of the few pleasant surprises in an uninspiring Edmonton season. I'm cheering for the kid!


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Resentment of the Iranian Intelligentsia (in Persian)
A lecture by Daryoush Ashouri
Published: Thursday, May 31, 2012
Daryoush Ashouri (داریوش آشوری ), born August 2, 1938 in Tehran, is a prominent Iranian thinker, author, translator, researcher, and public intellectual. He lives in Paris, France. He studied at the Faculty of Law, Political Sciences and Economics of the University of Tehran and has been visiting professor or lecturer at Yale University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Oxford University, and the University of Tehran teaching Persian languages and literature and political philosophy and political sociology. His work has vastly contributed to the enrichment of the philosophical, scientific, and political lexicon and terminology in the Persian language. He has also translated or introduced works by Friedrich Nietzsche, William Shakespeare, and Nicola Machiavelli, among many others. He was a member of the second Academy of Persian Language from 1970 to 1978. Ashouri's extensive writings and translations cover a broad range of subjects, and some recent publications include Ta'rifha va mafhum-e farhang (Concept and Definitions of Culture), Erfan o rendi dar she'r-e Hâfiz (A hermeneutical study of the mystical views of Hafiz the great Persian poet), Mâ va moderniyat (a collection of articles on the cultural crisis of Iranian society facing modernity), and Farhang-e 'olum-e ensâni (English-Persian Dictionary for Human Sciences).


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Local butter and fresh cream from nearby farms as well as the very best chocolate make Coblentz Chocolates a premium confection. Truffles, fudge and seasonal candies are made by hand in the Walnut Creek shop, with a second retail location at Berlin.
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Heini's offers complimentary samples of more than 70 types of cheese with more than half made in the region with milk from local Amish dairy farms. Guests can enjoy the gift shop, fudge shop and the retail store as well as watch a cheese making video
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(PETERBOROUGH) Diabetes care for people in Peterborough is about to improve.
Peterborough Regional Health Centre has been selected as one of three new Complex Diabetes Care Centres.
The centre will be on of six such centres across Ontario that are part of the Ontario Diabetes Strategy.
Patients will receive services and supports like managing blood sugars, promoting healthy eating, insulin administration, counselling, vision monitoring, cardiac health supports, and foot and wound care.
In a press release, MPP Jeff Leal says improving the prevention and management of diabetes is a key priority and the centre will provide the right care for people in the Peterborough riding when and where they need it.


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This course will present the major theoretical concepts associated with EKG anatomy and physiology, and provide the skills and knowledge necessary to prepare students to take the National Healthcareer Association's certification exam. The course will be taught by Paul R. Cooper, RN, AAS, BS, MSN, community services manager for Morgan County War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, WV.
About 75 percent of EKG technicians work in the hospital setting, while others work in clinics, physician's offices, and medical and diagnostic laboratories. Many EKG technicians are healthcare practitioners who seek to enhance their skill-set by gaining additional certifications.
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Employees of a Dietz & Watson plant on Tacony Street in Philadelphia were allowed to return to work late Thursday night after a leak forced them to evacuate.
Emergency responders tell FOX 29 ammonia leaked in an area of the building, but it appears it was contained to one room.
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United Methodist Women ListServ
What is a listserv?
A listserv is an electronic mailing list. It provides a way for users to participate in discussions or receive information on designated topics. The software that manages or distributes these mailing lists to all of the subscribers is normally called a "listserver."
How will United Methodist Women use the listserv?
The Women's Division and United Methodist Women participants will designate discussion topics on a regular basis. They may range from United Methodist Women membership topics, to social action topics, to Christian social responsibility topics. Those who sign up to participate in the listserv will receive e-mail messages from the listserv.
How it works: one list member sends a message to one e-mail address--that of the listserv-- then the listserv sends that single message to everyone on the list so all can see it. If a person responds to a message that the listserv sent, then everyone receives a copy of that reply, even though the person responded to just one message. Listservs are a type of online forum, conference, or interest group.
We see this as an opportunity to involve United Methodist Women, and those who are interested in United Methodist Women, in on-going discussions on issues important to them. It's a way of bringing about new viewpoints and looking at many perspectives in our diverse community.
Are there rules to the listserv?
- The listserv of United Methodist Women is to be used to help fulfill the Purpose of the organization: to know God and experience freedom as whole persons through Jesus Christ; to develop a creative, supportive fellowship; and to expand concepts of mission.
- Dialogue, prayers, and ideas related to the programs and purpose of the organization are encouraged. Language and e-mails should be respectful of all participants (creating a non-threatening environment and supportive community), while recognizing that there may be differences in ideas and beliefs.
- Please only e-mail original messages. Do not forward messages or files, which may contain viruses.
- Please respond to messages only if you have another idea or thought. Do not send short confirmations/responses, messages to one person in particular, or one-word answers. These just clog up every participants' mail boxes.
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What Type of Formula Can I Give to My Milk-Allergic Baby?
Q: I've been breastfeeding, and would like to begin introducing formula to my milk-allergic baby. I'm confused about which types are safe to give her. Can you help? Dr. Sharma: Your confusion is understandable since so many options are available. There are two categories of hypoallergenic cows's milk-based formulas: extensively hydrolyzed (Alimentum, Nutramigen) and amino acid-based […]
Is it common for a milk allergy to progress into a nut allergy?
Q: As a baby, my son was diagnosed with a cow's milk allergy and now, at age 4, had a reaction to cashews and the allergist has diagnosed him with a nut allergy. Is this type of food allergy progression common? might he gain more allergies? Dr. Sicherer: About 35 percent of infants with a milk […]
My Hero Has 31 Food Allergies, a Speech Issue, Hives – and She Thrives
A Family of Four Squeezes into the Honeymoon Suite
Tragic Spring: 3 Food Allergy-Related Deaths
We're saddened to report that three young people have died from anaphylactic reactions in the past two months.
Living Well with Food Allergy: Putting Risks and Fears into Perspective
The New York Times Magazine published an article last month called "The Allergy Buster" that has generated much discussion about food allergy and excitement for potential treatments under study.
Food Allergies May Limit Growth
Children with food allergies have been found to have lower weight and height than their non-allergic counterparts.
A Dairy-Allergic Child Learns to Fly Solo
Is Goat's Milk Safe for Dairy Allergy?
Q. Is it safe for my child with milk allergies to have goat's milk or goat's cheese? Dr. Hemant Sharma: This is a great question, and one that many parents of children with cow's milk allergy have as they search for a suitable substitute for cow's milk. Unfortunately, because goat's milk protein is similar in […]
Eczema's Link to Milk Allergy
Q. I have long wondered: Is eczema directly linked to cow's milk allergy? Dr. Sicherer: The allergic form of eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, is related to other allergic illnesses including asthma, allergic rhinitis (hay fever) and food allergies. These illnesses are inherited and often occur together in the same person. Infants and children […]


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Tree policies
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Our management policies
The tree policies listed below protect our urban forest. They are available to download if you would like to read more.
- Tree Management Policy – provides an overview of all the City's tree management policies and sets out guidelines for tree management.
- Tree Management Controls – our legislative tool, which protects trees throughout the local area.
- Urban Forest Strategy - outlines the City's targets to increase canopy cover and maximise the economic, social and environmental benefits provided by trees.
- Street Tree Master Plan – ensures streetscape planting is coordinated and robust. Each City village is taken into consideration in the master plan.
- Hyde Park, Observatory Hill and Redfern Park Tree Management Plans – include strategies for the maintenance and conservation of the trees in these historic parks.
Register of Significant Trees
The Register of Significant Trees recognises and safeguards trees with historical, cultural or botanical importance.
There are 2,688 trees on the register, and the local community identified 277 as important. More than 750 specimens were added to the list as part of a recent review.
Trees are listed by geographical area and in 5 basic categories:
- outstanding visual or aesthetic significance
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All trees in streets and parks and on private property in the local area are safeguarded under the City's tree management policies.
The register highlights the special trees with unique links to central Sydney and surrounds.
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Images: I-35 big rig fire
Published On: Jan 30 2013 03:03:24 PM CST Updated On: Jan 15 2013 12:37:40 PM CST
KSAT viewer "kool808man" sent in these dramatic pictures of a big rig fire on I-35 in South Austin. A TxDOT spokesman said it happened Tuesday morning at the Slaughter Creek overpass. Both lanes of I-35 are closed there while the accident is investigated.


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What A Little Under $3,000 Got Me
Our editor-in-chief gave a command: Three of us needed to go find cheap trucks or 4x4s and build them for $3,000. But there was a catch. Each vehicle had to be something that would not only be fun in the dirt, but also be able to hold its own on today's busy freeways.
This means building something that is comfortable enough to drive to work, and able to keep up with other off-road toys in the dirt.
He didn't care how we did it, as long as we kept our activities legal (there goes my free truck idea), and kept the vehicles emissions-compliant (or emission exempt if it was a pre-'76 vehicle). Insurance and registration costs didn't have to be included in the $3,000 build cap, but oil changes, bolts, windshield wipers, etc., all had to be included in the cost. Bartering was fair game, but it needed to be documented. Also, it was legal to sell unused parts off the vehicle, and subtract that amount from the total price tag.
Was there a winner? Well, it depends who you're asking. We didn't really start it as a competition, and all three builds ended up differently-but with one theme in common: multi-purpose use for less than $3,000.
In the next couple months, we're going to try to find a day when we can all go out and have a $3K Thrillride adventure day. If you want to join us in Gorman, California, at the Hungary OHV area, email firstname.lastname@example.com and send us pics of your low-cost thrillride!
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What A Little Under $3,000 Got Me
If you ask me, I think I made the best score. I got a real classic that I'll probably end up holding onto-and for less money than my diesel truck registration costs. If I'm correct in my assumptions, I scored a rare first-year package Golden Eagle fullsize Cherokee. I'm not positive that my find is a real Golden Eagle package, as the hood's eagle sticker is no longer there and a few other decals like the "Golden Eagle" lettering on the gold sticker striping have been removed, as well. It could be that one of the past owners made a replica Golden Eagle Cherokee out of a Widetrack Cherokee Chief. But I don't think so. I've checked original Jeep photos, and mine does in fact have the denim rear bench seat that was signature to the Golden Eagle models.
If it sounds like I'm geeking out a bit on my new score, it's because I am. I haven't been able to stop researching how to make the cool fullsize Jeep platform even better.
It all started when I got a call one day about a '79 fullsize Cherokee-one that my friend had owned and sold. It turned out that the then-owner didn't want it anymore. It wouldn't pass smog and he didn't have a place to keep it. Believe it or not, I got this one for $200. Yeah, that seems crazy-low for a running vehicle, but I've personally bought two other fullsize Cherokees-one for $300 and one for $600-that needed only a few things to be running vehicles. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending if you're buying or selling), fullsize Cherokees and Wagoneers can be picked up for a song. Many of them have emissions issues, and I've seen many sold off in desperation on Craigslist.com for well under $1,000. "Need the space-going to be towed-must go-any reasonable offer taken," are what the postings usually say. If they're running, registered, and pass smog, the price goes up quite a bit. But it seems like these precious Jeeps are only sold if they don't run, don't pass smog, or aren't registered.
My new buy wasn't passing smog when I got it, but it did have a lot of great parts on it that I would have paid $200 for without the vehicle being included! This was definitely my best score on a used vehicle yet, and I can't wait to finish it with a sort of resto-mod.


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The position of Faculty Fellow-In-Residence is part of an ongoing university effort to create intimate "learning communities" for our students within the residence halls as a way to integrate students' academic experiences with their residential lives. A key aspect of this effort is the creation of a meaningful and active faculty presence in the residence halls.
Faculty Fellows work closely with one another and with residence hall staff to set an intellectual tone in the residence hall, and to design and implement a wide range of programmatic and other opportunities for students to interact with faculty members and with one another.
By bringing cultural and intellectual experiences more directly into student life in a lively and often informal fashion, the program offers students the benefits of "small college" life within the larger contexts of both the University and the City of New York.
Meleko (Born in Francistown, Botswana) is currently Clinical Assistant Professor at Gallatin, where he teaches classes in painting, drawing, and art related theory seminars. He completed his M.F.A at the University of California, Los Angeles (2011) and the Whitney Independent Study Program in 2008. Along side teaching, Meleko is an artist and has his studio in Sunset Park.
Since coming to the US in 2003, Meleko splits his time between the US and Botswana, which he visits once a year to see his family and conduct research for his studio work. Majority of his family is located in Maun, a northern town situated in the Okavango Delta, where he grew up and spent most of his childhood. Meleko, an avid supporter of almost every sport, was a semi-professional track athlete and soccer player.
Michelle, a native Californian and recent New York City transplant, is writing her dissertation on French travel writing. Before living in Los Angeles and New York, she spent five years in Paris. Michelle teaches comparative literature, French language and writing. In her spare time, Michelle enjoys doing yoga, making guacamole and traveling. Meleko and Michelle look forward to exploring New York City with you.
"We both love to eat, cook and seek out great eateries in all neighbourhoods. So we will be making trips to Jackson Heights, Harlem, Borough Park, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and more. Our outings will also feature a good amount of art, theatre and dance shows."
Ethan Youngerman and Rebecca Lessem are thrilled to be the new Faculty Family in Residence here in Senior House. They love exploring the culture(s) of this amazing city and are particularly excited to help you get the most out of your last year as students even as you prepare for your first year in the "real world."
Ethan is a Senior Language Lecturer in the Expository Writing Program, where he's taught since 2001. He holds a BA in Theatre Studies from Yale and an MFA in Dramatic Writing from our own Tisch School of the Arts. One of his plays, The Sublet Experiment, was performed to sold-out crowds in real New York City apartments for over 6-months. As a born-and-raised New Yorker, Ethan's lived in every borough except Staten Island and roots for the Yankees because he loves excellence in all things.
Rebecca is the Director of Business Development for a software company. Even Ethan has trouble describing what she does. Let's just say it involves helping universities and other organizations capture and spread their knowledge through online video. As a born-and-raised Bostonian, Rebecca has terrible taste in sports teams but extremely good taste in food and fashion (see her blog: rebeccalikes.blogspot.com).
Senator is a Netherland Dwarf Rabbit. He's seven years old, highly opinionated, and too soft for his own good. He's free range and could go anywhere in our apartment, yet he prefers a couple great corners, the better to think through the complicated Affairs of State that weigh heavily on his little head.
Amy Bentley is an associate professor of Food Studies in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, in the Steinhardt School. Brett Gary is an associate professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, also in Steinhardt. Both are trained in history/American studies, and met in graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania where they both earned their PhDs. Amy works on a variety of food studies topics – the culture and politics of food, food access, and is currently completing a book on the history of the baby food industry. She teaches a host of courses food studies courses, including Food History, Food and Culture and will teach an undergraduate class in spring 2014 called Food and Identity (check it out). She is addicted to running so can be seen regularly plodding along the Hudson River bike path.
Brett is a cultural and intellectual historian who teaches and studies about media and politics, film and history, the history of consumer culture, media policy and other historically oriented approaches to media and culture. He is writing a book on the ACLU and censorship in the twentieth century, with a focus on battles over obscenity law and cultural and sexual modernism. Besides teaching and writing, and being a dad, he loves to bicycle in the greater New York metropole, coach girls softball, skiing (when he gets a chance), and enjoys the fantastic film offerings in NYC. He also has a great food tour, specializing in cheese, pasta, salami, bread, coffee, and goat milk ice cream.
They have three children, Joey (who will be a freshman at the University of Chicago), Annabelle (a sophomore in high school), and Ruby (a seventh grader). The Bentley-Gary kids are loud and laugh a lot. They love playing sports, listening to and making music, facebooking with other teenagers, can be found occasionally exploring the city with their parents, looking for good foodstuffs, but are more often off with their friends. They are also frequently found in the Rocky Mountains where their parents grew up, hiking, biking, camping, swimming, water skiing, sleeping under the stars, hanging with family and friends, and reading under pine trees. Our apartment will be filled with lots of middle school and high school kids, and our friends from NYU and the city, and of course Brittany-ites.
Michelle Dent is a Senior Language Lecturer in the Expository Writing Program where she has designed and taught classes to students enrolled in the College of Arts and Science, Tisch School of the Arts, Steinhardt, and Stern. From 2003 to 2010 she was the writing faculty director at Goddard Residential College, and during the 2010-2011 school year she was an Affiliated Faculty member at NYU Abu Dhabi. She is currently teaching at NYU Poly. Her research interests are typically located at the intersections of the Arts & Humanities and the Social Sciences, and she is currently working on a book about women in Alaska during the early 1900s.
Prof. Michelle is an avid traveler and explorer of all kinds of landscapes. She grew up in the Rust Belt (Cleveland), went to college in the Pacific Northwest, and moved to NYC in the early 1990s to attend graduate school. Ask her about her year-long odyssey that spanned four continents and included stops in Alaska, Abu Dhabi, Istanbul, and Nepal! She enjoys reading The New Yorker, attending dance and theatre performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), collecting World's Fair memorabilia, hanging out with friends and family, and cooking. She also enjoys swimming and yoga. She lives at Broome with her mom, Emmalee.
Emmalee, is a former teacher who moved to NYC in 2005. She loves the adventure of walking in the city and discovering new details about riding the subways. She also enjoys church activities, doing crossword puzzles, knitting and crocheting, connecting with friends on Facebook, and baking scrumptious cookies, cakes, and brownies.
Biggie is the newest addition to our family. He is a Shih Tzu mix, and we adopted this little love bug from Animal Haven, our neighborhood animal rescue group
Michael Ralph has taught in NYU's Department of Social and Cultural Analysis since 2007. His research is concerned with citizenship, sovereignty, and economic and political crisis in Senegal and the United States. Michael has published in Souls, Social Text, Public Culture, South Atlantic Quarterly, Journal of the History of Sport, and Transforming Anthropology. He is an Associate Editor of Transforming Anthropology, as well as a member of the Social Text Editorial Collective and the Editorial Boards of Hau: Journal of Ethnographic Theory, Sport in Society and Disability Studies Quarterly. Michael enjoys discovering new neighborhoods in the NYC metropolitan area and beyond, playing pickup basketball, and hanging out with good friends and family. Despite a hectic schedule that involves research, teaching, publishing, and parenting, Michael watches an almost inconceivable amount of TV—from reality shows to expensive news.
Jerusalem is an aircraft mechanic, who spends most of her time repairing Embraer 145s and 170s, and the occasional Airbus 320. Jerusalem enjoys family exercise sessions, thrifting at actual thrift (as opposed to vintage) stores, discovering great coffee and amazing eats around town, and traveling to new and familiar destinations. She also loves partaking in ritual TV watching with her husband.
Semai enjoys playing chess. His favorite sports are soccer and basketball. He wants to be a pilot and a professor when he grows up. Sofia enjoys painting, playing with puzzles and plotting world domination while donning a ballgown and tiara. Sofia says that she would like to pursue an acting career in the near future.
Kristin Horton and Basil are looking forward to another year in the Faculty Fellow in Residence program at Carlyle Court. They look forward to creating exciting and fun opportunities for members of the Carlyle community to know one another and explore this remarkable neighborhood and city together.
A theater director and Clinical Assistant Professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, Kristin teaches courses in directing, acting Shakespeare, devising theater as well as puppetry and performing objects. In addition to teaching at Gallatin, she also serves as the Artistic Director of the school's annual arts festival. As a director, she is primarily interested in developing new plays that engage cross-cultural dialogue. She's excited to explore the rich theatrical and cultural history of Manhattan's Lower Eastside and participate in New York's diverse offerings with the residents of Carlyle.
Basil is a shiba inu who looks like a little fox. He loves walking tours, city parks, activism (particularly for animal adoption!), and meeting new friends. Look out for him in an elevator or hallway near you!
Lorena Llosa is an Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. She has a BA in English, Spanish, and French from Santa Clara University, an MA in Teaching English as a Second Language from UCLA, and a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from UCLA. Her interests are in the areas of second and foreign language learning, teaching, and assessment. At Steinhardt, she prepares future bilingual, English as a Second Language, and foreign language teachers as well as doctoral students interested in issues of language education and assessment. Originally from Argentina, Lorena has been at NYU and enjoying living in New York for eight years. Prior to coming to New York, she lived in Los Angeles, California. Ask her which city she prefers.
Lucia is a six year-old, six-pound Maltipoo (Maltese/Poodle mix) who loves playing fetch with her tiny tennis ball and is expert at coercing people into giving her lots of attention. Her favorite spots are Washington Square Park and the Carlyle Courtyard. Keep an eye out for her fast wagging tail.
Lorena and Lucia are excited to be part of the Carlyle Court community! They look forward to sharing with Carlyle residents fun and exciting programs that explore issues of language, culture, and diversity through music, dance, performances, tours, conversations, and lots of food!
Bob Boland has been the FFiR in Coral Towers since 2007. Bob is a lawyer by training. He's been a prosecutor, defense lawyer and even a judge. He worked as a sports agent for a decade and he's been a Clinical Associate Professor, teaching Sports Law and Sports Business courses in the Preston Robert Tisch Center for Hospitality, Tourism and Sports Management in SCPS, since 2001. Bob became the Academic Chair of the Tisch Center, overseeing curriculum, faculty and managing student issues for the Tisch Center's 700 bachelor's and master's students in 2011.
A former college athlete- football and wrestling- at Columbia, Bob has established a bit of a media profile in recent years. You might see Bob talking about serious sports issues like lockouts and contracts but more likely you'll see him on TV when a famous athlete has done something scandalous and Bob's been on Good Morning America, The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight and CNN talking about everyone from Mike Vick to Tiger Woods.
Bob's wife, Semone, is the chief operating officer of a Fortune ranked health care company and oversees business operations of the company around the world. So Semone is often on the road or in the air, but when she and Bob are together in NYC, they love the city's many zoos, its great museums and restaurants and regularly open up their apartment on Sunday mornings to share bagels, coffee and the Sunday papers with residents.
Semone's interests include: power walks, the Oscars and Southern fiction. Bob loves to play tennis, The Great Gatsby, watching "Morning Joe" and the Mets and Jets. They both have become addicted to yoga over the last year.
Crystal Parikh is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Social and Cultural Analysis and English. She lives in Founders Hall with her husband Eric Sobie, an Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and their son Nikhil. Crystal loves to read, swim, snowboard, hike, and nap. Eric enjoys riding his bike, skiing, and spending long hours in the lab. Nikhil's hobbies include swimming, reading and writing, eating ravioli, climbing anything that can be scaled, and riding roller coasters (the bigger, the better).
Crystal, Eric, and Nikhil are very excited to share your first year at NYU and Founders Hall. They look forward to exploring lots of new areas with you!
Carley Moore holds a B.A. in Comparative Literature from Binghamton University, a M.A. in English Literature and Poetry from New York University, and a Ph.D. in English Education from New York University. She is a Master Teacher of Writing in the Liberal Studies Program at New York University and an Associate at the Institute for Writing and Thinking at Bard College. Her dissertation, entitled Seventeen Magazine and the Girl Writer, examines the relationship between popular American culture, American political movements in the last forty years, and how teenage girls have responded to these cultural and political changes in writing for Seventeen magazine. Carley's poetry, essays, and articles have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Aufgabe, Coconut, Fence, and The Journal of Popular Culture. She is the Book Review Editor for the website Writing in Public, and her debut young adult novel, The Stalker Chronicles was published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in 2012. You can find her blogging and see more of her work at: www.carleymoorewrites.com. Her current scholarly interests include: contemporary American poetry and fiction, the history of the essay, girls' studies, and global youth subcultures.
As a Faculty Fellow in Residence at Goddard, Carley is committed to programming that offers residents a strong service component, as well as the opportunity to interface with the avant-garde (whether it be in dance, theater, poetry, or even food). Ongoing programs include: Hurricane Sandy relief, City Harvest food preparation, Cheese Vs. Chocolate snack hour, Indie New York Film Series, and organic cooking classes.
Carley also teaches a Goddard Class - Writing I: The Writer, the Text, and the World. In this class we will study the essay—how it works, what it looks like, how to read it, and best of all, how to write it. The essay has many homes. You'll find essays in newspapers, magazines, academic journals, literary magazines, and on-line, but some essays are, of course, better than others. We want to write the good ones, the ones that present readers with a genuine question or problem, and attempt to explore that problem or answer that question by way of deep, sustained, and interested work with evidence. Sometimes that evidence will come from personal or lived experiences, but more often it with come from a variety of different kinds of texts, both visual and written.
Philip Kain is currently the curriculum chair for writing in the Global Liberal Studies. As a dancer and performance artist Philip's work has been seen at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, City Center, The Joyce, and Dance Theater Workshop among others. His cultural reviews and freelance writing have appeared in regional and national publications. He has written screenplays and for television but is currently focused on writing books for tweens. His most recent series, "The Social Experiments of Dorie Dilts" was published by Simon & Schuster and a new series of books, "The Go-See Chronicles" is scheduled to be released by S&S in 2011.
William Crow holds an M.F.A in Painting and an M. S. Ed. in Leadership in Museum Education. He is currently completing his Ph. D. in Cognitive Studies while working as Associate Museum Educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. William has lectured on art and museum education around the world. Most recently he was invited to speak at the Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid and the Centro Cultural Recoleta in Buenos Aires. As an artist William has exhibited his paintings at galleries in New York and has had solo and group shows around the country.
Philip and William enjoy traveling to Spain and Latin America when they can and consider Buenos Aires to be their favorite destination. They frequently camp in the Catskills and Adirondacks but can often be found bicycling on the greenways that encircle Manhattan or gardening on their terrace.
Olivia Birdsall has been teaching writing at NYU since 2002. A Senior Language Lecturer in the Expository Writing Program, Olivia has taught creative and expository writing at NYU, NYU's London Summer Study Abroad program, and as an artist-in-residence at NYC public schools.
In addition to teaching and writing, Olivia enjoys being outdoors, eating delicious food, talking about interesting things, looking at compelling art (of all kinds), listening to good stories and music, hanging out with brilliant people and reading mind-blowing writing. As the FFIR at Gramercy Green (the newest item on her list of things she enjoys), most of the events she'll sponsor will likely involve one or more of those things.
She also asks that you make her aware of any wonders or pastimes that should be added to her list.
"Dr. Dan" is on the faculty of NYU's Wagner School of Public Service, where he teaches graduate courses in financial management and statistics. His programs primarily (though not exclusively) engage residents in three broad areas: 1) current events and politics; 2) arts and culture; and 3) professional development and service. Though many programs are in-hall, Dan focuses on taking advantage of venues and events that uniquely exist in NYC.
Dan resides with his wife and best friend, Tara, who was a three-year RA at Penn State and works in corporate communications at Time Warner Inc.
Michael Dinwiddie is a playwright and associate professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study. His teaching interests include cultural studies, African American theatre history, dramatic writing, filmmaking, and ragtime music. A Gallatin graduate, Michael earned his M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. His course offerings include Migration and American Culture; Dramatizing History I & II; Poets in Protest: Footsteps to Hip Hop; James Reese Europe and American Music; Sissle, Blake, and the Minstrel Tradition; and Buenos Aires: Art, Culture & Politics. Michael received NYU's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2005. "We will be visiting lots of museums, taking walking tours of New York's ethnic neighborhoods, and integrating the city into the life of the dorm."
John is a professor in the Department of French, where he teaches courses in language, literature, history, and linguistics. He is also both the Director of Language Programs and the Director of Undergraduate Studies for his department. His principle interests lie in the fields of language teaching, medieval French literature, the history of language, and sociolinguistics.
John's husband Kenneth is a Program Administrator in the Department of Arts and Humanities in NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies.
Olivier Berthe is a senior language lecturer in the French Department at NYU, where he has been teaching courses on French language, literature, and history since 2006. Born and raised in Paris, he is an alumnus of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and holds a M.Phil in Literature from Paris VII University (Jussieu), as well as the "Agrégation de Lettres Modernes", France's highest teaching diploma. His interests outside of literature are many, including cinema, feminism, jazz, meteorites, and the history of New York City, to name a few. In his spare time Olivier likes to write fiction, ride his bike and play frisbee. He looks forward to sharing his passions with the students in Lafayette Hall as well as learning from theirs.
Jamie Berthe is currently finishing up her PhD in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University (Steinhardt), where she also teaches courses in media and visual studies. Her research interests revolve around film and visual culture - which allows her to indulge in frequent movie marathons. She looks forward to talking about (and maybe even making some!) movies and media with the students at Lafayette Hall.
Olivier and Jamie have a one and a half year old daughter, Alma, who is a lot of fun. She loves trees, whales, staircases, and high fives.
Aisha Khan is an Associate Professor in the Anthropology Department. She is very excited about joining the FFIR program and getting to know you. Aisha grew up in Los Angeles and went to graduate school in New York. Her research focuses on the Caribbean region (particularly the British West Indies) and the Atlantic coast of Central America, and her main areas of study are Asian and African diasporas, Atlantic World religions, race and ethnicity, colonialism, and postcolonial societies. She teaches classes on diaspora and migration, race and identity, the Caribbean, and Islam in the Americas. New York City is a wonderful place to explore these topics—through neighborhoods, festivals, music, theater, museums, films, and cuisines. Aisha loves international travel and takes trips as often as possible. She loves reading, especially history and historical fiction—most recently about Cleopatra and Elizabeth I—but also magazines, from the New Yorker to Martha Stewart Living. She finds caves fascinating and her favorites so far are "Balancanche" in Mexico and "Cueva de la Pileta" in Spain. Aisha loves movies but even better is live theater, from exponentially off Broadway to the theater district. And when she's watching TV at home she likes the Food Network, Project Runway, and courtroom dramas. Last but not least, pets have been a part of Aisha's entire life and she's proud to say that her cat Phoebe turned 19 years old last spring, or about 100 in people years!
Richard Hendler, Clinical Associate Professor of Law in Business at Stern, will be joining Palladium for his first year as a Faculty Fellow in Residence. He is a member of the NYU family through and through, having graduated from Stern (then named BPA) in 1985 and having received his J.D. from NYU Law in 1988. He has been teaching at Stern and advising at Gallatin since 1991.
A practicing attorney, Professor Hendler is well-versed in business law, but his favored field is startup law. It is his goal to excite students about not just learning the law in the business world and fostering the entrepreneurial spirit, but also about life and career -- to encourage students to think, analyze, and act, to enjoy life within the University, and to take hold of the extraordinary opportunities at NYU and in NYC. In brief, he is a teacher with one great ambition in mind: making a difference in the lives of the students.
Shanna Rose is thrilled to be joining the Palladium community as a Faculty Fellow in Residence this year. Shanna is a professor at NYU's Wagner School of Public Service, where she teaches courses in public policy. She recently published a book on the politics of funding health care for low-income Americans. Shanna received her PhD in political economy and government from Harvard. She originally hails from Hawaii.
Shanna's husband, Peter Hansen, works in finance and is an avid kitesurfer, world traveler, and watcher of college basketball (as a loyal UNC grad, he never misses a Tar Heels game!)
Shanna and Peter enjoy sailing, discussing politics, and taking advantage of all that New York City has to offer, from art and live music to simply taking their daughter Lulu for a stroll around an unexplored corner of the city.
Lulu looks forward to her new role as Palladium's unofficial mascot. Her interests include napping, smiling, and cooing.
Shanna and Peter are looking forward to organizing a fun and intellectually-stimulating year of events, including trivia night, monthly "build-a-biscuit" breakfasts, theater and museum outings, guest speakers, community service projects, and much more!
Heidi White (firstname.lastname@example.com) teaches philosophy and intellectual history at the Global Liberal Studies Program, where she serves as the chair of the Politics, Rights, and Development concentration. She teaches Great Books -- from ancient times to the present (Social Foundations I, II, & III) and seminar courses, such as "Global Justice & the Global Citizen" and "Reaction & Dissent in the Twentieth Century: Existentialism, Magical Realism, and Theater of the Absurd." Heidi, an avid traveler, has studied French in Bordeaux, German in Dresden and Spanish in Tapachula, Mexico. As a Peace Corps volunteer, she served in Zielona Gora, Poland, and she has also taught English as a volunteer in rural Thailand and rural Mexico. She has been twice recipient of the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) for graduate studies at the University of Leipzig and at the Karls-Eberhard University in Tubingen. Heidi holds a Ph.D. and a M.A. in Philosophy (New School for Social Research), a M.A. in Humanities -- history of ideas (University of Texas at Dallas) and a B.A. in Philosophy (Texas A&M University). Last year, she received the Liberal Studies Student Mentor Award. Heidi co-authored (with Michael Shenefelt) If A, Then B: How the World Discovered Logic (Columbia University Press, 2013).
"As a Faculty-Fellow-in-Residence, I have the opportunity to live and learn with my students while exploring with them the intellectual and cultural life of New York City. Last year, for example, we presented a black-tie performance and art festival, we learned to sail aboard a schooner at the South Street Seaport, and we provided afterschool tutorials for children living in a nearby homeless shelter (Rubin Volunteers for Children). We toured the Metropolitan Museum of Art, attended a variety of productions -- Chinese Opera, the Broadway musical, Hair, and Sartre's play, No Exit (with a talkback with the director and actors). We listened to the stories of an Indian charity founder speak about his work with Mother Theresa and we heard the stories of Nicolas Kristof, award-winning NY Times journalist and author of Half the Sky. Not only has the city become our classroom, Rubin Hall has become my home and the students my neighbors."
MOSETTE BRODERICK likes cities and teaching. Often that works well together. She is looking forward to living below 14th Street, commonly regarded as the northern edge of Manhattan. Mosette is the director of the Urban Design and Architecture Studies Program, the Urban Design in London summer program and a new MA Program in Historical and Sustainable Architecture based in London. She teaches courses on architecture, urban history and planning and museums. In 2010, she received the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award. The lectures on the architects of her recent book, McKim, Mead & White, (TRIUMVIRATE, Knopf, 2010) are pretty well over and Mosette has begun work on her new book on the houses of Fifth Avenue, most, sadly, now loft buildings, office towers and apartments.
Mosette is looking forward to getting to know the newcomers to New York and for a year of walks, talks, visits and discussion of the neighborhood, the City and all the richness to be found here.
HERBERT BRODERICK teaches art history at Lehman College in the NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CUNY system in New York. A medievalist with an interest in Old Testament iconography, Herb, like Mosette, is a life-long New Yorker and looks forward to introducing newcomers to its various delights.
Mosette and Herb, their daughter Camilla, and two cats will share the FFIR apartment with their books, antiques, and collections.
Joe Salvatore is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Educational Theatre at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. He teaches courses in acting, directing, Shakespeare, play development, applied theatre, and theatre pedagogy. Joe holds an MFA in Theater (Dramaturgy/Directing) from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and an Honors BA in History from the University of Delaware. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America, the Lincoln Center Directors Lab, and the American Alliance for Theatre and Education. He lives as a Faulty Fellow in Residence in NYU's Third Avenue North residence hall in the East Village with his cat Buster. For more information about his work as a director and playwright, please visit www.joesalvatore.com.
John and Margaret are both chemists and we both teach in the General Chemistry program here at NYU. Since Gen Chem is one of the largest programs at NYU, many of you already know us from taking the course. If so, let's get reacquainted! If not, we would like very much to meet YOU!
John came to NYU as an undergraduate and has never left. Margaret came for graduate school and is now back to teach. Our son Oliver is an NYU graduate. Our daughter, Ellen, is currently an NYU undergrad (and an RA in Founders Hall). NYU has been a family tradition for us. We're looking forward to another year with our much larger family - the University Hall community!
We hope to help you to make the most of your experience, within UHall, everywhere at NYU, and throughout the city. The opportunities here are boundless and we can all have a wonderful time exploring!
A Music Associate Professor in Steinhardt's department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, Brian is the Director of Vocal Pedagogy and teaches private voice lessons and courses in Vocal Pedagogy Research and Practice. Passionate about all aspects of voice, Brian is a vocologist and works in conjunction with faculty in Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Langone Medical Center and the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation helping habilitate/rehabilitate voices. Brian brings his love for music and meditation to the students of U-hall. Events include meditation sessions, jam sessions, trips to Broadway shows/Opera/Concerts, and much more.
His wife, Kim, is an adjunct professor in the same department where she teaches private voice to classical and musical theater majors. A lover of cooking, Kim looks forward to sharing her passion with the students of U-hall. First on the schedule will be monthly breakfasts!
Kim and Brian have two children, Thomas (5) and Ian (3), who are thrilled to be surrounded by so many wonderful people in U-hall! They both love music, playing with cars/trucks/trains, riding anything with wheels, swimming, singing, eating (especially cookies...yes!), and contemplating the meaning of life as they breathe in...and out...
We all look forward to sharing some great times with everyone in U-hall!!
Jim Calder and Joan Harmon are happy to join the community at Alumni Hall for the second year.
Jim is Head of Movement at the Graduate Acting Program at Tisch School of the Arts. In the summers he teaches a Commedia del Arte class for undergraduate acting students at La Pietra, NYU, Florence. He is also the Artistic Director of the Summer Theater Festival there where he brings a group of professional actors, writers and musicians to collaborate and perform and directs an Essential Shakespeare Production.
Joan Harmon is an is an award winning sculptor and mixed media artist and an Adjunct Art Professor at CUNY. She received her BFA at the California College of Art and an MFA at Rutgers University. To see what she does, go to: www.joanharmon.com
Jim and Joan have two sons, Justin, 21 and Sean, 27. Justin is a third year student at NYU and resident of Alumni Hall and Sean graduated from the Dramatic Writing Program at NYU and is now a TV writer for NBC and is writing for the show, Grimm.
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Nerheim bests Kennedy in state's attorney race
By Beth Kramer firstname.lastname@example.com November 6, 2012 11:26PM
Mike Nerheim disembarks from the 1953 Howe fire truck he campaigned in Tuesday. | Michael Schmidt~Sun-Times Media
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The Lake County State's Attorney's Office will continue to have a Republican at the helm.
Mike Nerheim of Gurnee won the race with about 51 percent of the votes, according to preliminary results Tuesday night.
"I think people appreciated the positive campaign we've run. In the past 15 months, I haven't said anything negative about my opponent. I've talked about my qualifications and my plans to take the state's attorney's office into the future. I think I've resonated with people," Nerheim said.
Nerheim, 39, beat Democrat Chris Kennedy, 44, of Libertyville.
During the past six months, Nerheim has started to put together out-of-county retired judges and attorneys who he would like to serve as the State's Attorney's Case Review Panel. This panel will review old cases and convictions and develop protocols in the legal field.
Nerheim said he started this process so he "could be ready on day one to implement this" panel.
"This is a top priority of mine. It will restore our reputation and make sure we don't have any wrongful convictions," Nerheim said.
He is planning a community panel of civilians for advice. Nerheim is also planning to establish an alternative prosecution program that allows first-time, non-violent offenders to do public service and remain crime-free. Offenders would be flagged immediately after arrest. Victims of those crimes would get input as well.
Kennedy litigates civil law. He has led statewide efforts to pass legislation establishing laws and programs assisting people with disabilities and their families.
"I'm very proud of the race we ran and I'm very gratified by all the tremendous support I received from all kinds of people inside and outside of the county. I'm very grateful for everyone who believed in me and I want to congratulate Mike Nerheim on running a very strong race," Kennedy said.
He said he plans to focus on his private practice.
The preliminary voting results did not include provisional or late arriving ballots, according to the county clerk's office.


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Please Note: On Tuesday, April 22, the final film of the day will be "Dinosaurs Alive! 3D" at 3:30PM.
Meet one of the key members of the San Diego Natural History Museum's exhibits team that is developing our upcoming core exhibition Coast to Cactus in Southern California, set to open in January 2015. Learn more about his contributions to the meticulous undertaking that is building an exhibition.
Posted: April 17th, 2014
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It's not every day that a new species of porpoise is introduced to the scientific world. However, that's what recently happened when a team of paleontologists, including representatives from the San Diego Natural History Museum, discovered the fossil remains of a 3 million year old animal with a unique skull anatomy not represented in any living or fossil dolphin or porpoise.
Posted: March 27th, 2014
By: Tom Deméré, Ph. D., Curator, Department of Paleontology
We all know Snoopy is a well-known California icon. But we're most excited about the Snoopy License Plate because proceeds will support California's museums—such as theNAT—through a new grant program.
Posted: March 19th, 2014
Great White Shark unravels the mystery of the creature we love to fear—the much maligned, misrepresented and misunderstood great white shark—and goes to the depths of human daring to tell the true story of its role atop the oceanic food chain. Three years in the making, the film takes viewers around the world to get an up-close and personal look at this iconic predator. Great White Shark examines what we know about these incredible animals through the eyes of several people whose lives and work have become inextricably linked to the great white.
From March 1st, 2014 To December 31st, 2014
Take a fascinating journey into two remarkably different, but inextricably linked worlds—Mexico's Sea of Cortés and the Baja California desert. Ocean Oasis , a giant-screen film, mesmerizes audiences as they witness the beauty of life in Baja California's rich waters and seemingly barren land. Note: Ocean Oasis is a 2D film.Produced by the San Diego Natural History Museum, Summerhays Films, and PRONATURA A.C., with sponsorship from Sempra Energy. Winner of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival and the International Wildscreen Film Festival.
From January 1st, 2005 To December 31st, 2020
View more than 200 artifacts, including cannons, swords, coins, gold and jewelry, recovered off the coast of Cape Cod from the first authenticated pirate ship discovered in U.S. waters. Sail with legendary pirate Sam Bellamy and his crew and learn the true story of the Whydah, from her historic transformation from slave ship to pirate ship to her final resting place on the ocean floor. One of the most advanced ships of her day, the Whydah sank in a storm in 1717 with bounty from more than 50 captured ships.
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Ecosystems of San Diego County brings together 14 San Diego artists who have been commissioned to photograph areas throughout our incredibly diverse region. The 80 works include areas from the waters along the coast to the mountains and the deserts, all within the county. Featured artists include Lee Peterson, Richard Herrmann, Bill Evarts, Abe Ordover, and 10 more.
From January 11th, 2014 To May 4th, 2014
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theNAT is a shorthand for the San Diego Natural History Museum. It makes it easier to communicate who we are and gives us a fresh new look and feel. But this isn't a name change: we are still the San Diego Natural History Museum.
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How to stop Android from adding new apps to the home screen
Have you ever noticed after installing an app on your Android device, the icon for that app is already on your home screen? Sure it can come in handy, but it also can be pretty annoying. Nicole Cozma showed us how to disable this annoying feature on Honeycomb tablets a while back, and now I'm going to show you how to disable it on other Android devices.
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Special because it's on Saturday, not because there's any world-shaking news going on. I just figured since I didn't post all day Friday (busy taking care of grandchildren), I should provide a forum today.
From my perspective, the topical pickings are slim, but maybe there's something on your minds. Here are a couple of suggestions:
- Clemson considers total tobacco ban — As you may recall, USC already instituted one. I liked Harris Pastides' communitarian approach to enforcing the ban: "This isn't about how many people we catch," he said. "It's about how many behaviors we could change." Lots of times libertarians don't want to ban things because enforcement can't be perfect, or because trying to enforce perfectly would require an unwise reallocation of resources. But it's best to look at these things in terms of the gain — in this case, less smoking going on than previously — rather than in terms of absolutes.
- Amid crisis in Ukraine, U.S. to deploy troops to Poland – And if that doesn't worry you enough, NATO moves to ease mounting worries in Baltic. Cold War 2.0 is getting kind of hairy. (I keep seeing that construction, "Cold War 2.0." Somehow, that feels really late-90s to me. The kind of expression that would have seemed cool back during the dot-com bubble. Kind of retro now. Anyone agree?)
- U.N. envoy: Palestinian Christians kept from holy site – Just to give you something kind of Easter-weekend related.
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