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Results for October 2005
Carving Pumpkins Online Spurs Viral Marketing
by Jack Loechner on Oct 31, 3:00 AM
Nielsen//NetRatings reported that the first week in October is the busiest time online to prepare for Halloween, with Halloween-related sites peaking during the week ending October 9th. Buycostumes.com grew 48 percent week-over-week from October 2nd to October 9th, drawing 700,000 unique visitors in the first week of October, while the following week saw a seven percent drop off in unique audience traffic.
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Music Sites, Viewer Demographics and Ad Technology
by Jack Loechner on Oct 28, 3:00 AM
A deeper drill-down into music sites, demographics, ad types, sizes and delivery
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New Customers Major Objective of Direct Marketers
by Jack Loechner on Oct 27, 3:00 AM
According to a white paper by the Winterberry Group, and a summary report by the Direct Marketing Association, acquisition mailing made up 70% of the $52.5 billion marketers spent on direct mail during 2004. The overall trend in direct mail use is growth, though sources disagree about the rate of increase. The Direct Marketing Association anticipates a conservative 5.2% growth rate, while the Winterberry Group, which sponsored the study, predicts 7.5% growth in direct mail, all direct response advertising through the mail, including postcards, catalogs and letters, which represents over 23 percent of total United States direct response advertising spending.
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Speak to Young Consumers in Their Medium
by Jack Loechner on Oct 26, 3:00 AM
In a recent release from Forrester, compiling information from several reports and a survey of young US and Canadian consumers age 12 to 21, the summary concludes that to reach the youth market, one needs to reach young consumers on their terms and, more importantly, speak a dialect that they understand. The report addresses reaching these 73 million people under the age of 18 in the US, as well as those in the Canadian markets.
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Higher Gas Prices and Contributions Hurting Retailers, Except Online
by Jack Loechner on Oct 25, 3:00 AM
The recent ShopperScape survey, from Retail Forward Inc., reports that a fifth of consumers who shop online increased their buying as the result of higher gasoline prices in September. 6.7% of consumers who shop online said they are shopping online much more as a result of high gas prices, while 15% said somewhat more. A previous survey, by Shopzilla.com, showed 40% of consumers increasing their online shopping as the result of higher gasoline prices.
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Another View of Local Online Advertising
by Jack Loechner on Oct 24, 3:00 AM
As a follow on to last week's reports about local newspapers online, here's another perspective on local advertising Online, and the availability of a complete report... According to a recent study by Borrell Associates Inc., through the participation of advertising experts in a quarterly panel, local online advertising is enjoying a bonanza year, with many site operators reporting revenue increases of 50 percent or more.
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TV's Turned On Eight Hours a Day; Average Person Watches Four and a Half Hours
by Jack Loechner on Oct 21, 3:00 AM
Nielsen Media Research reported that the average American home watched more television the past TV season vs. any previous season. During the 2004-05 TV season (September to September), the average household in the U.S. tuned into television 8 hours and 11 minutes per day. This is 2.7% higher than the previous season, 12.5% higher than 10 years ago, and the highest levels ever reported since television viewing was first measured by Nielsen Media Research in the 1950's.
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Four Out of Five Online Holiday Shoppers Want Free Shipping
by Jack Loechner on Oct 20, 3:00 AM
According to results of the 2005 Shop.org/BizRate Research Online Holiday Mood Study, this year's most popular online promotion will be free shipping, which 79 percent of online retailers plan to offer during the holiday season. This promotion is in line with consumers' desires, as almost four out of five online shoppers said that free shipping offers are an important factor when deciding where to buy.
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Hispanic College Grads Outpacing Hispanic Adult Population Growth
by Jack Loechner on Oct 19, 3:01 AM
In the metropolitan markets surveyed by The Media Audit From 2002 to 2004, the Hispanic adult population increased by 16 percent while the number of Hispanic college graduates increased by 22 percent. Bob Jordan, president of International Demographics, Inc., said "The number of Hispanic college graduates increased by 806,000 from approximately 3.6 million to 4.4 million."
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Hometown News Holds Online Newspaper Readers
by Jack Loechner on Oct 17, 3:01 AM
A new report from Nielsen//NetRatings and eMarketer indicates that that readers in almost every city in the top 10 local markets have been loyal to their top hometown paper. Local newspapers claimed an average of 19% of the local Internet readership, and held the top spot among the city's online readers for online newspaper sites.
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…I'm actually trying to cut back on my caffeine intake. I usually drink at least two mugs (four cups) worth at home and then another one or two at the office. I'm down to just those two mugs. It's been mostly good progress except yesterday when I just needed that extra jolt.
….I would tell you about my first Oriole's game! I went last night as a work event and it was awesome. They won. I didn't take any pictures though, because I'm the WORST BLOGGER EVER.
…Because of said game, I didn't get home until midnight so I skipped my workout this morning. No regrets, I've been hitting the gym or pool at least once a day for the past six so I needed the sleep.
…My ankle isn't even sore anymore! Or at least, it's not while I'm just standing here. So, I'm hoping that a few more days of good rest will get me back to a pain-free run next week.
…And finally, I would talk your ear off about the annual party/bbq I'm having on Saturday. It's one of my favorite things. You all are invited (not even kidding, I wish you could all come and hang out). There are jello shots involved. My goal this year is to 1. not get kicked out by security again and 2. remember all of the conversations I have.
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Joseph Fasano is the author of Fugue for Other Hands, winner the 2011 Cider Press Review Book Award. His poems have appeared in The Yale Review, The Southern Review, Boston Review, The Times Literary Supplement, Tin House, FIELD, Measure, The Western Humanities Review, Passages North, and other publications. He won the RATTLE Poetry Prize, and has been a recent finalist for the Missouri Review Editors' Prize, the Kinereth Gensler Award from Alice James Books, and the Autumn House Press Poetry Contest, as well as a Pushcart Prize nominee. He earned his BA from Harvard University and his MFA from Columbia University, and has taught writing and literature at Manhattanville College and SUNY Purchase, among other institutions.


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Spring Picture Day is Wednesday. Students are permitted to "dress down" if they are purchasing pictures. You can find the dress down guidelines below. An information flyer is also below.
Spring Picture Day
April 21, 2014 — News and notes
Media Center
April 3, 2014 — Literacy
Our media center has been a busy place! We love to read at Sullivan. Here are our stats for the past two months.
Time to Show What We Know!
March 10, 2014 — Uncategorized
This is a reminder of our upcoming PASS testing dates in March and May. We encourage you to talk to your child(ren) about the importance of PASS testing. This is an opportunity for them to show what they know! Their scores help determine their courses for next year and make up the 100% of our school grade. It is important that all students try their very best each day of PASS!
Writing – March 18 and 19
ELA, Math, Science and S.S. – May 6,7,8,9
–7th grade students take all 5 subject areas
–6th and 8th grade take Writing, ELA, Math and either science or social studies
More information on the different areas of PASS can be found here:
Social Studies
SMS Media Center – What a Busy Place!
March 6, 2014 — Uncategorized
Our media center is a busy place! Check out some of the stats from January and February.
Book Giving Day!
February 24, 2014 — Uncategorized
Thank you to everyone who donated a book to our "Book Giving" day book drive. We will be donating over 300 books to the Pilgrim's Inn. One of the IB Learner Profile Qualities is "Caring" and I think this shows our caring nature!
One of my favorite parts of this drive is there was nothing in return for the students. Just the good feeling you get from helping others!
Thank you to Elevation church for helping with this drive as well.
Want to learn more about this unique iniative? You can do so by visiting the link below!
What We Are Reading….
February 21, 2014 — Uncategorized
Click the link below to see what some of the Sullivan faculty and staff members are reading. We show a weekly video like this (with up to date info) on our students news program each Friday!
News and Notes – Feb. 16
February 16, 2014 — News and notes
Wow, what a crazy winter season weather wise! We hope you had fun in the snow and are ready to get back to school. We have a very busy few weeks as we head toward the midway point of the third nine weeks!
PASS Testing
The writing portion of the PASS test will take place on March 18 and 19.
The ELA, Math, Science and Social Studies portions will take place from May 6-9.
Please reinforce our message to students regarding PASS testing. This is an opportunity for students to show what they know as well as to help us determine which courses students should take next year (including high school classes).
Sullivan Health Fair
The first annual Sullivan Health Fair will take place on Wednesday Feb. 19th from 5-7pm in our school gymnasium. This is a free event and everyone is invited. Door prizes will be given throughout the evening (by random drawing) and students can earn a jeans day for attending and visiting all vendor booths. There will be over 20 local vendors set up for the fair. We hope to see you there!
Sullivan Hall of Fame
Did you know that a former Sullivan Falcon, Lauren Cholewinski has been in two Olympic games?
Do you know of former Sullivan students who are making an impact in their profession?
We are in the process of creating a Sullivan Hall of Fame to commemorate our former Falcons. Nominations can come from all types of professions- teachers, doctors, researchers, lawyers, etc……anyone that is making a positive impact in the world.
Please contact me at [email protected] if you know of someone (or yourself) who went to Sullivan and is making an impact!
School of Choice Open House
Do you know of families zoned to other schools that might be interested in attending Sullivan? Our School of Choice open house will take place on Tuesday, Feb. 25 from 6:00-7:30. Please help us spread the word!
Free Tutoring
Did you know we offer free math tutoring daily? It is open to all students. Call the school at 981-1450 for more information.
Did you know you can receive live homework help from the York County Library? You do not have to go in person; it is all done over the internet. They offer services in almost all classes from elementary school to college level courses! This service is live and interactive with the tutor. Check it out by clicking here.
Chess Club to Move Days
Chess club meetings will be moved to Thursdays. They meet in F227 with Mr. Salisbury from 4:00-5:10.
Baseball Tryouts
Students interested in playing baseball should meet at Sullivan on Monday, February 17th at 12 noon. We will finish around 3 pm.
To participate, you must have a sports physical on file or have it with you on Monday.
To anyone and everyone looking for a fun and serious team to be part of, track practice will officially begin on Tuesday, February 18. Bring running shoes, workout clothes, and a friend or 5. Our goal this year will be to sweep conference as an underdog, and we need your help! It doesn't matter if you're not athletic or fast, everyone gets to do an event and not all events are running. See you on the track on Tuesday. Bonus! You will get to meet some professional athletes during the season. Don't miss this opportunity.
Job Shadowing Day for 8th Grade
Job Shadowing Day for 8th graders is February 24th. Permission forms are due to Mrs. Seabold by Thursday, February 20th. Students need to have signed permission from the employer they will shadow. This is a great opportunity not to be missed!
District Honors Choir
Please plan to attend the Sixth Annual Rock Hill School District Three Middle School Honors Choir Concert
Friday, February 28, 2014 7:00 p.m.
Calvary Baptist Church, Worship Center
Hear select students from all five Rock Hill Middle Schools and York Middle School.
No Admission Charge – click here for flyer.
Teacher's Choice Art Show
The opening reception of the annual Teacher's Choice Art Show will take place on March 6 at 6 p.m. The show is at the Center for the Arts on Main Street and includes all schools in our district. Students from Sullivan who have work in the show are: Kiara Abanto, Davis Johnson, Madison Sinclair, Emma Gilleland, Mia Collins, Mia Marion, Zoe Johanson, Jessie Stover, Esmerelda Sanchez, Ellen Kettlewell. Congratulations to these students and art teacher Ms. Barnette!
Work will be on display from February 21-March 16.
Car Pool Pick Up Area
We will be making several changes to our car pool pick up area in the afternoon. You must have at least three students in the car pool daily in order to qualify to use the parking lot by the tennis courts. This is for the afternoon only. Signs will be installed, but you can only use the back row of the lot that runs parallel to the tennis courts and the back row that runs parallel to the softball field.
No vehicles are permitted to park along curbs, etc…One of the parking spots in the areas above must be used. Everyone must fill out a new application (except those who already completed the new application). You can click here to find the new application. Completed applications, with all signatures, should be submitted to Mrs. Baker in the front office. Thank you for your assistance as we work to make it a safer process for all involved.
French and Spanish Class Students
Please remember you can use "Duolingo" to practice their for class.
Books-Giving Day
Mrs. McLean's Literacy Club would love donations of gently used books (infant through adult) to donate to Pilgrim's Inn for International Book Giving Day.
Team 6-2 ELA News
On Team 6-2 in ELA, students created vision boards which included goals for 2014 they would like to accomplish. They had to put together a collage of pictures that represent their goals. Parents may view their student's vision board on their iPads.
Computer Science News
Sullivan's Computer Science Academy class had the pleasure to welcome a guest speaker, Ben Visser, with Social Design House of Rock Hill. Mr. Visser spoke to the class about the ability to utilize computer science as a means of creativity. Students were amazed at some of Mr. Visser's design, in particular the website edventure.org, and were able to connect their coding ability to his.
Mr. Visser encouraged the students to continue to explore HTML, a language used to program webpages, and javaScript. Students were proud that they were able to understand the code Mr. Visser used on his sites. It was a great experience to have Mr. Visser as a guest speaker. He provided an opportunity to show the students that what they learned in Computer Science class, was actually used in real life to create awesome projects dealing with design.
Blind Date with a Book
The library's "Blind Date with a Book" has been a big hit. Students have had fun checking out books wrapped in newspaper and discovering their new treasure. Blind dates with books help the students discover new books they might not have been interested in by just looking at the cover.
Students who have read 3 or more of this year's Junior Book Award nominees will be invited to a book voting party next Friday, February 21st. Students need to report the titles they've read to Mrs. McManus through the Falcons Read Edmodo group by Tuesday to participate.
Sullivan Music
The Sullivan Middle School 7th/8th Grade Band will perform at the SCBDA Concert Festival on March 26th. The performance will be at Nation Ford High School at 1:00pm. This is a free performance and we would would love to have some Falcon supporters there!
Ensembles from the band, chorus, and orchestra will perform at the Carowinds Music Festival on April 4th. Parents should receive information this coming week with details!
The 8th Grade Music Department Spring Trip to Orlando is coming up this May! There will be an information meeting on March 17th at 6:00pm in the chorus room. This meeting is for anyone wanting to get more information about the trip regardless of if you are signed up or not. There are still slots available! Contact your child's director for information.
Lastly, the Sullivan Music Department will kick off their spring fundraiser this week! Music students will be selling candles and snacks to help raise support for our wonderful music programs. Thank you for your support!
Pennies for Patients
The Pennies for Patients fundraising campaign begins this week. The Falcon Time which raises the largest amount of money will be served a pasta lunch provided by the Olive Garden. All money raised is donated to the South Carolina Leukemia and Lymphoma Cancer Society. The Campaign is sponsored by the SMS Junior Civitans.
Public Education in the U.S.
Did you know the high school graduation rate it the highest it has ever been in our nation's history? For more interesting facts on public education check out our blog.
U.S. Public Education Remains Strong
February 14, 2014 — Uncategorized
While some people believe in the popular myth that U.S. education is lagging far behind other nations, there is a tremendous amount of data that simply refutes this common belief.
Did you know the U.S. graduation rate is at the HIGHEST level ever in our nation's history? Yep, that is right! The graduation rate for the nation is 80% and that shows we have plenty of work to do. However, it is also important to note it has never been higher in our nation.
Another indicator of our strong public schools is that the U.S. leads all other nations (by a huge margin) in Patents in Force. We have almost 600,000 more than the next country and then almost 3 times the amount of the third country. Take a look at the widget on the front page (right side) more info on patents!
Previously we looked at Nobel Prize winners and saw that the U.S. holds a large lead in this area as well!
None of this is to say that our educational system is perfect. We all know we have work to do. However, it is important that we look at the facts when we hear many people disparage U.S. public education.
News and Notes from the Nest
January 26, 2014 — Uncategorized
Report Cards
Report cards will be sent home with students on Tuesday. Please take some time to review your child's grades. This is a great time to set goals with your child for the remainder of the year. Goals are more powerful when written down and when a plan to reach the goal is created. Rather than just saying a goal is to make all "A's and B's", it is much more powerful if you talk about and write down the steps needed to reach the goal.
Almost time for High School?
Wow, it is just about time for our 8th grade students to register for their 9th grade courses. Students will be completing an IGP (Individual Graduation Plan) on February 5th. They should have brought home information regarding your appointment this past week. We hope you can attend this important event for our 8th grade students.
Free Tutoring
Did you know we offer free math tutoring daily? It is open to all students. You can see the schedule below.
Did you know you can receive live homework help from the York County Library? You do not have to go in person; it is all done over the internet. They offer services in almost all classes from elementary school to college level courses! This service is live and interactive with the tutor. Check it out by clicking here.
7th Grade College and Career Fair
Our 7th grade career fair is Friday, January 31st. We expect over 40 businesses and schools to be in attendance. 7th grade students are encouraged to dress professionally on Friday.
Car Pool Pick Up Area
We will be making several small changes to our car-pool pick up area in the afternoon. The details are being worked out. The school police officer and administration do not feel 100% comfortable with the current arrangement. More information will be distributed soon regarding the changes.
Falcon Flight Club
Many students will be joining the Flight Club due to their outstanding academic performance during the 2nd nine weeks. There are two levels of the flight club – Silver and Blue. Both groups are eligible for several incentives. Some of the prizes for Blue Card holders include a jean day, Popsicle or other treat at lunch, skip to the front of the lunch line on Friday's and more! Silver card holders get those and a few more prizes. Random drawings for prizes to local businesses are held for each group as well! Great job students! We love to reward our kids for a job well done and encourage others to meet these high academic standards in the future.
Students who earn a Blue or Silver card are permitted to wear jeans on January 29th.
PTO News
The faculty and staff would like to thank all of the parents who provided yummy cookies for the holiday cookie exchange. We feel so lucky that you took the time to bring us those delicious treats. Thank you!
Our teachers will soon be able to apply for PTO Mini-Grants. This if funded by the PTO and provides teachers with essential supplies for their classrooms. Thank you PTO!
Hour of Code
Sullivan participated in the Hour of Code event in December. This is a national event geared towards getting kids excited about careers in Computer Science.
Did you know there is a vast shortage of workers in the US for the careers available in Computer Science? We want to make sure our kids are aware of this exciting career field. All of our students "coded" for at least one hour to get a feel for this exciting career field.
We had several visitors that day and members from the media as well!
Principal Receives State Honor
Congratulations to Michael Waiksnis, principal, on his selection by the S. C. Assn. of School Administrators (SCASA) as the S.C. Middle Level Principal of the Year.
The "surprise" announcement was made Wednesday (12/11) at 1:15 by Molly Spearman, director of SCASA. He will represent South Carolina at the National Principal of the Year competition in Washington, D.C.
While he is excited with the honor, Waiksnis said he "gives the credit to the hard working faculty and staff and our wonderful students and community".
Falcon Baseball
Sullivan is excited to become the first middle school in Rock Hill to have a baseball team. We will play middle school teams from Fort Mill, Clover and York. With this new addition, we are the only middle school in Rock Hill to have soccer and baseball. We feel it is important to give our kids as many opportunities as possible to become more connected to their school. These two programs are 100% self-funded so we thank you for your continued financial support!
Free Winthrop Basketball
All elementary school students, staff, family and friends can attend Winthrop basketball games on February 8 for FREE by bringing a needed item for donation to Back the Pack, the district's weekend food program for students in need. Items to donate include individually packaged breakfast bars, sandwich crackers, fruit cups, pudding cups, raisins, nuts, beef jerky, bottled water, tuna, cereal, etc. Basketball games on Feb. 8 include the Winthrop women vs. UNC-Asheville at 1 pm and the Winthrop men vs. Campbell at 4 pm.
Visiting Chinese Students
A group of 23 Chinese students will spend January 29 at Sullivan. We hosted a similar group of students from China last year and look forward to meeting our new friends next week! Their visit is being sponsored by the Chinese Culture and Education Center located at USC-Spartanburg.
Selected Upcoming Dates
Thursday, January 30 – Jean day for those who returned signed form indicating parents took the Advanc-Ed survey (Form is due Monday, Jan. 27 to your child's Falcon Time teacher)
Friday, January 31 – 7th grade college and career fair
Wednesday, Feb 5 – IGP's for 8th grade students and families
Wednesday, Feb 12 – late start day – Students should report to school two hours later than normal.
Thursday, Feb 13 – SOC open house 6:00-7:30 at Sullivan for those who are not zoned for Sullivan and wish to attend next year. This is for future school of choice families. If you are already here you do not need to attend this.
Monday, February 17 – No School
Thursday, February 20 – Progress Report Day
What a Great Community!
December 20, 2013 — Uncategorized
We are really feeling the support and appreciation of our wonderful community this week! Our entire faculty and staff feel delighted to serve our community. We wish you a wonderful winter break!
Thank you to SouthPaw (http://www.southpawlogos.com/southpaw/) for donating 15 SMS sweatshirts for our students.
Thank you to the teachers, staff, parents and PTO for "adopting" an angel from the SMS angel tree and helping out more than a few of our students.
Thank you again to Dr. Winslow and Glenda from Rock Hill Chiropractic and Cheer for Children for donating almost 900 books for our students to take home! Wow!
Thank you to the wonderful parents of our school who donated cookies and other baked goodies for our annual cookie exchange.
Thank you to the PTO for helping out with our holiday luncheon for staff.
Thank you to QT gas and convenience store for providing doughnuts and other goodies for our teachers this morning!


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Hastings Museum is more than your usual, boring, stare mindlessly at the placards as you look at aging photographs kind of museum. Here you can discover a new world at their planetarium, or have a new kind of entertainment experiencing watching their 70-foot big screen at their theater. In addition to the zoo, the Hastings Museum also features animals playing in their own habitats. That is not all. Discover the history of Kool-Aid, which originated in Hastings as well as the history of the indigenous people in the area. Everyone is sure to be entertained while learning something new here.
Open your ears to the exciting new sounds at the Listening Room, hosted at the Lark. This venue originated as just a space for locals to jam on their own instruments without a care in the world. Since then, it evolved, and it is now a nationally known venue as it puts on 12 shows a year. Some of these acts include the top talent in the country, even some that have won Grammy Awards. This nonprofit hosts acts on the weekend throughout the school year, and gives back to its community by featuring a local artist at every show.
Aquacourt is the perfect solution for those hot summer days. Take a dip in their wave pool and forget all about that heat wave as you play with your kids or splash around with your friends. Lie back and relax at their lazy river, where nothing need worry you here. If you are looking for a bit more excitement, the water park offers three slides to up the ante on your water adventure. Let your tiny ones enjoy their first kicks at the baby pool. So, bring the whole family to take a break from the heat and chill out in the cool water.


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Regal Wedding Cake
This wedding cake fit the decor of the hall called "The Library", old cherry wood bookshelves on one level just added to the ambiance. So happy this cake matched perfectly with the Shakespeare theme. Made me think regal looking…so that's what I've decided to call it. Hope you like it too!
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Anxiety Attacks Relief Techniques
Panic and anxiety attacks aren't to be regarded lightly. They have the power to change a person's life. Panic attack sufferers have a tendency to have a hard time at work, handling relations and they even find it troublesome to address themselves occasionally. Luckily, there are several methods to control and even eliminate anxiety attacks.
Yes, medicine helps. But the most effective way yet to conquer anxiety attacks is employing these natural anxiety relief methodologies discussed below. One. Respiring Strategies – There are numerous respiring strategies you'll find on the internet. These methodologies can straight away scale back the extremity and the length of an anxiety attack. Let me share with you my fave respiring method – the "Sigh Breath" strategy. This isn't a deep-breathing method. Rather it's a moderate respiring technique. Breathe thru your nose slowly and uniformly.
Now pause for merely a 2nd and breathe out thru your nose. You have got to lengthen your breathe out as this'll help your body to keep carbon-dioxide which is sometimes known as the body's natural tranquilizer. Focus on totally letting go as you let the air out. Target relaxing the muscles on your face, shoulders and stomach. When you have let all of the air out, spot the natural pause at the end of your breathe out. You don't have to be acutely aware of inhaling again as that may occur naturally. Just attempt to enjoy the stillness of your body in-between the respiring cycles. When you start to breathe again, direct your focus to what has happened around you. What do you see? What do you hear? You don't need to name them, simply target the objects and thoroughly hear the sounds. The Sigh Breath Strategy is the best way to interrupt the accumulation of stress and physical stress in your body. It's a very simple step composed of a reasonable breathe, a quick pause, and a longer breathe out for just 2 seconds. Two.
Herbal Cures – Herbs became a seriously popular alternative choice to prescription pharmaceuticals when talking of treating anxiety defects. Prescribed drugs like Valium and other mood suppressants do work best, but they can be addictive and there were reports that such drugs cause threatening side-effects. Herbal cures alternatively, are quite safe and they sometimes don't lead directly to any sort of drug dependence. But be informed that not all herbs exhibit powerful anti-anxiety effects. Only a few herbal drugs have been shown to effectively combat anxiety. Make sure you purchase herbal cures that are made correctly and are administered in the right dose. Herbs like Valerian, L-thiamine and Enthusiasm Flower have been proved by many studies to have strong anti-anxiety effects. These herbs can work as well as prescribed drugs but the most important thing is they aren't addicting and habit forming. Three.
Giggle ! Are you aware that there basically is a systematic reason behind the old saying "Laughter is the best medicine?" When you giggle, as in actually giggle, your body releases endorphins, our body's "happy chemicals." Endorphins are neurotransmitters produced by our brain to reduce agony. These neurotransmitters are also known to prompt exhilaration. If you do not feel just like guffawing, there are more paths to let your body release endorphins like exercising, thinking positively charged thoughts or having an orgasm. Are you the one that is afflicted with frequent panic attacks? Then you need to need to know the easiest way to deal with panic attacks. With this condition, the standard of your life has a tendency to lower. You can't live your life to the greatest extent. Tension and stress are the 2 causes that are often responsible for anxiety attacks. So if you'd like to fight this condition, you need to battle with the strain.
The following step to deal with panic attacks is exercise.
It's the best strategy to strike back stress. You must do some light exercises, remember it's not for shedding weight except for battling with stress.
Ultimately you want to get rid of sugar from your diet and avoid drinks which are highly caffeinated. Now you have got to know the easiest way to deal with anxiety attacks.


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Be a Tourist in Your Own Backyard
Come visit the Quad Cities during its annual Be a Tourist in Your Own Backyard weekend. While many local residents take advantage of this annual promotion, it is also a great time to explore the Quad Cities as a visitor. Enjoy discounts on lodging, attractions, dining and shopping during the Martin Luther King Day weekend. Go online to take advantage of the discounts or pick up a coupon booklet at the Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau visitor center - Open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
CITY: Moline
Geneseo Art League
The Geneseo Art League fosters the arts by showcasing area artisans works featuring one of a kind gifts including, Paintings – Wood Art – Photography – Jewelry – Sculpture – Glass – Mixed Media. A creative work space is available for viewing when classes are in session. Visitors are warmly welcomed!
CITY: Geneseo
Victorian Grace Antiques & Accents
Offering a wide variety of antiques & collectibles and home accent pieces.
CITY: Prophetstown
Richmond Hill Players Theatre
Barn is located atop the bluff in Geneseo since 1968. The group's actors, directors, backstage personnel, support staff, and audience are drawn from 60 mile radius that includes cities in Illinois and Iowa.
CITY: Geneseo
Saukie Golf Course
This golf course is a stunning example of a golf course designed from the early part of the 20th century. Saukie was built in 1927 (opened in 1928) and designed by Thomas Bendelow. This public course is considered to be an "executive length" course and is a classic example of a short course that will challenge every golfer. Tee times available 6 a.m to 6 p.m.
CITY: Rock Island
Donnybrook Bakery Cafe
They offer a bakery & café in a beautiful historic building. Check out their specialty ice cream, a coffee & smoothie bar. as well as a retail shop and beer/wine bar.
CITY: Morrison
James Taylor in Concert
On Thursday, November 6, James Taylor takes the stage at the iwireless Center in downtown Moline, Illinois at 8 p.m. As a recording and touring artist, James Taylor has touched people with his warm baritone voice and distinctive style of guitar-playing for more than 40 years, while setting a precedent to which countless young musicians have aspired. Over the course of his celebrated song-writing and performing career, Taylor has sold more than 100 million albums, earning gold, platinum and multi-platinum awards for classics ranging from Sweet Baby James in 1970 to October Road in 2002. He has won multiple Grammy awards and has been inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame. Come spend an unforgettable night with America's iconic singer-songwriter James Taylor. Ticket Prices: $67.50 $87.50
CITY: Moline
Sandburr Run Golf Resort
42 single rooms and eight double rooms with kitchenettes. We also offer a 9 hole golf course and The Sand Trap Bar & Grill.
CITY: Thomson
Between Friendz Gifts
Between Friendz Gifts is a store designed to allow shoppers to purchase high quality, handmade items. There are several local craftsman who specialize in handcrafted jewelry, bronze and silver decoration, steam punk jewelry, and original art. We also offer uniquely created purses, scarves and more.
CITY: Morrison
Briar Patch Gifts
Gift shop featuring aromatique, briar root candles, specialty food items, greeting cards and much more.
CITY: Morrison
Antique Spectacular
It's the Antique Spectacular at the QCCA Expo Center in Rock Island, Illinois. This longstanding event features more than 70 exhibitors for antiques shopping galore! The show will be brimful with a wonderful selection of fine antiques and collectibles for sale. Featured will be select antique dealers with unique merchandise from around the world. Attendees will have an opportunity, all weekend, to shop through the wide range of quality antiques. With the Antique Spectacular, there is always something to interest every collector including: furniture, art pottery, stoneware, books, prints, primitives, jewelry, silver, antique glassware, china, postcards, coins, quilts, dolls, toys, advertising, marbles, rugs, vintage textiles and period pieces.
CITY: Rock Island
The Coffee Garden
A unique coffee and tea gift shop with bakery serving fresh made scones, pies and muffins. All within a faithfully restored 1879 Queen Anne Victorian home.
CITY: Morrison
Prophetstown State Recreation Area
Boat ramp, shower facilities, picnic grounds and RV dump station. Playground equipment.
CITY: Prophetstown
Interiors Antiques, etc.
We're located in a beautifully restored historic building in downtown Fulton and we specialize in antique furniture and accessories of all kinds.
CITY: Fulton
Elk River Merchant
Quality antique dealer specializing in collectibles and textiles.
CITY: Fulton
Corner Treasures and Treats
Large selection of gifts and collectibles. We carry a wide variety of name brand items including Willow Tree, Isabel Bloom, Heartwood Creek, Jody Coyote, Quad City Candle Company and much more.
CITY: Fulton
Dr. Gyros
Typcial Gyro dishes piled high with all the fixin's. Get a basket order or just order a Gyro.
CITY: Rock Island
Atkinson Motorsports Park
Located in Atkinson, this 216-acre park offers some of the best riding ground around. It is only 30 miles east from the Quad Cities and two hours west of Chicago. Get ready to let your horses run. Gob Hill, the newest DNR OHV park in the great state of Illinois. Trails, hill climbs, mud bogs and timber await your machine. Go on top of the Gob and you will think you're in the desert and travel to the timber and we think you might get lost. Only a few trails have been created by us, but remember, the most fun is making your own. Stop out and go for a ride; you will find some of the most awesome riding in northwestern Illinois. ATVs and Dirt Bikes only.
CITY: Atkinson
Harris Pizza
A Quad Cities tradition for the finest pizza around. Voted a Quad Cities favorite, this restaurant has been around for over 30 years.
CITY: Rock Island
Flashbacks for You
Flashbacks For You is a Quality Consignment store selling antiques, vintage and handmade purses, a wide variety of collectibles, dishes, comics and so much more! We sell local treasures worldwide. Go to our website for more information.
CITY: Prophetstown
South Park Mall
If you love it, we've got it! Over 130 specialty stores, five department stores, two sit-down restaurants and a 500-seat food fair. There is something for everyone at South Park Mall!
CITY: Moline
La Rancherita
Family-owned Mexican restaurant featuring a fantastic array of homemade recipes.
CITY: Rock Island
Jim's Rib Haven
Family-owned restaurant for over 30 years featuring the best ribs in the Quad Cities. Definitely a favorite among the locals. You can bring your own beer with you to drink at the restaurant. Also features great sides to go with your ribs.
CITY: Rock Island
Econolodge - Moline
Welcome to the Econo Lodge, a Moline hotel near Southpark Mall The Econo Lodge is conveniently located within walking distance from Southpark Mall. Guests of this Moline hotel will enjoy many full-service amenities, including free continental breakfast, free weekday newspaper, free local calls, seasonal outdoor pool and whirlpool.
CITY: Moline


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Kohei: So I've looked into Japanese universities with study abroad programs that you might be interested in.
Me: Thanks! Which ones? Other than 上智, of course.
Kohei: Well, Waseda is pretty famous.
Me: I've heard of that before....
Kohei: It's the top school in Japan.
Me: ....Kohei, I'm not a top student. I'd be screwed if I went there -___-
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Me: NO I WILL MAKE IT INTO 上智. I'LL TRY HARD.
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Editor's note: This market commentary is provided by the Dairy Division at FCStone/Downes-O'Neill in Chicago, Ill.
Class III prices once again traded to the downside ahead of the spot market today; however, the GDT prices falling sharply on cheddar and the milk production report helped to encourage the movement. Softer dry whey prices also had a hand in the weakness early, but then came the much-anticipated spot market on the heels of a strong milk production report. The spot market saw the first trade occur since March 7, as a load of barrels traded, but at the close both the blocks and barrels had risen two cents and closed above the $1.60 mark and finished with bids remaining on the board.
Despite all the other bearish influences, Class III attempted to bounce back with March and April closing higher, but the spring and summer months still under some pressure. At settlement, May through August closed 6 to 18 lower as volume was a bit firmer than Monday just clearing 1k contracts. Six to 18 lower is a resilient finish to a market that hours earlier looked as though it could have been limit-down.
In talking with market participants, it seems that cheese is "stable" to "tight" right now and this may persist through month-end. The belief remains that this is simply a short-term move on the spot market and prices will resume their downtrend in short order. There is also a continued fear that prices will ultimately go far lower than we've already seen on the futures board (two weeks ago) in the coming months following the very soft GDT pricing announcement and seemingly no end to the increased milk supply. To that end, New Zealand milk production was announced up 10.3% from 2011 in January with estimates for full season production to be at least 8% above 2011. But those bearish thoughts are quelled somewhat by the market's desire to focus more intently the current fresh cheese supply situation.
Grain futures were under pressure from the get go this morning as nice rains were falling in the SW corn belt and are projected for the majority of the corn belt later in the week. Fund selling was extremely heavy on the day, with an estimated 15k sold in corn on the day. Wheat was also under pressure from fund selling, with an estimated 3k sold. The fear of a Chinese economic slowdown helped to pressure the general markets and weighed upon the grains, as well, both as crude oil prices slipped and the prospects of export sales slipped. The market continues to struggle mightily with old crop tightness and likely projection of a very large new crop carryout on corn, while simultaneously trying to manage a soybean carryout that will remain very tight into next year. Overnight, the markets were slightly in the green with the U.S. dollar trading slightly lower.
Daily CME spot market prices:
Block cheese $1.6025 (up 2 cents)
Barrel cheese $1.6125 (up 3 cents)
Butter: $1.5225 (unchanged)
Grade A NFDM: $1.2675 (unchanged)
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Can anyone shed some light onto this subject or point me to a document
only the IT requirements prefereably boiled down to something simple?
The final documents have just come out finally in the last few weeks, so
"digested" documents are going to be hard to find right now.
I understand it is a 20k dollar fine for each infraction so I would hate
it to be on my watch.
Compliancy is a number of months off (I do not remember the exact date right
now) so there is time to research.
John Tolmachoff MCSE, CSSA
IT Manager, Network Engineer
RelianceSoft, Inc.
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Summit Notebook
Exclusive outtakes from industry leaders
Say what? I could have had me a download on my old Nokia?Nokia smartphones have been kept in the dark about opportunities to download software applications years before Apple launched its AppStore, says Lee Williams, Executive Director of the Symbian Foundation. "It's actually probably one of the biggest marketing mistakes… certainly in the mobile industry, for as long as I can remember," Williams said at the Reuters Technology Summit. "Somewhere between 100 and 125 million units have shipped with that capability. There's been a download facility in 100-125 million phones," he said. And who's ever spoken about it? Does anybody know it's there?… Maybe 10 percent have ever even loaded a third-party application onto their product." So is Apple getting credit for other people's work? "Absolutely. I was laughing out loud when I saw the iPhone OS3 launch," Williams said, adding that what was tagged as the world's most advanced mobile OS (operating system) features, Symbian had had for 3-5 years.
No gadgets please, we're tech executives!
Tech managers are not just savvy about new technology but also own the coolest, most cutting edge gadgets, right? Think again, some of them have no use for gadgets at all, finding pleasure instead in century old paintings and (gasp) pen and paper.
Alain Dutheil heads the world's second largest mobile chipmaker, ST-Ericsson, but told Reuters Technology Summit he is not a big fan of the gadgets that run on his company's chips.
CEO hails motorcycle to make it to Reuters Summit on time
Alain Dutheil, CEO of mobile chipmaker ST-Ericsson, is not a man easily deterred when he wants to get somewhere.
"My plane was late and when I arrived there was no car there to take me into town as planned." So what did the 64-year-old do?
Rollercoaster ride may be over, Ortiz says
But we still have the bumper cars…
Mexico's central bank Gov. Guillermo Ortiz thinks the world economic crisis is probably past the worst but warned growth in the third quarter could contract on an annual basis.
Speaking at the Reuters Latin American Investment Summit, Ortiz — who also fronts the Bank for International Settlements — said there is a growing sensation that the crisis may have bottomed. Inflation in Mexico is likely to decline, helped by lower demand and the peso stopping its free fall against the dollar.
Two types of market interventions since October, where the government sold dollars to ease pressure on the exchange rate, have managed to pull back the peso to levels of just above 13 per greenback, a gain of about 19 percent from its March all-time low.
Ortiz also said the central bank is touching base with key market players to evaluate if a second auction of short-term dollar credits, aimed at triggering lending to companies once again, is needed.
A bad case of pneumonia for the Mexican economy
At the beginning of 2009, as Mexico felt the pinch of the U.S. meltdown, Finance Minister Agustin Carstens said the country's economy was much better prepared than before to resist slowing business from its northern neighbor, where it ships about 80 percent of exports.
Asked about the possible effects of the U.S. recession in Mexico, he candidly anticipated in a TV interview in February the economy would only "catch a little cold instead of a pneumonia."
The phrase has haunted him ever since as mounting bad news — unemployment, inflation, industrial activity — show Mexico is not immune to the U.S. crisis.
With Mexico officially in recession — GDP contracted 1.6 percent in the first quarter versus the same period of 2008 and could fall further in the current quarter — Carstens now thinks the economy may not grow again until the first quarter of 2010.
In an affable chat with Reuters during the Latin American Investment Summit, Carstens also talked about measures taken to keep the peso from weakening further against the dollar but shied away from saying if, or when, daily dollar sales could stop.
Mexican retailer Soriana bets for brighter 2010
High unemployment rates, declining remittances from Mexicans living abroad, an economic slowdown and contracting consumption is not boding well for Mexican retailers. This year is no exception as the country's leading supermarket chains struggle to keep customers happy, offering anything from stamps to buy German cuttlery sets to cooking classes for housewives pulling their hair wondering what to prepare for lunch next.
Monterrey-based Soriana, Mexico's No. 2 retailer, knows a thing or two about sailing in choppy waters. After an ambitious acquisition of 200 stores from a smaller rival in 2007, which boosted its presence across the country, the company faced tight liquidity to meet debt payments last year.
But Soriana has moved fast to cut costs and lighten the weight to face more hard times in 2009. Chief Financial Officer Aurelio Adan told the Reuters Latin American Investment Summit that Soriana's same-store sales will be flat this year but it will generate enough cash flow to cut its debt by over 20 percent.
Adan expects to turn the page in 2010 and resume Soriana's strong growth with the opening of 40 stores.
AUDIO – Wait a minute, we have to pay for all this stuff?
All the infrastructure projects in the world sound great! They look awesome on paper, they'll make people's lives better and they'll let us go visit our friends and families in about half the time it used to take.
It'll be a dream world!!
Well, unfortunately, we are going to have to pay for all these projects at some point and all of the guests at this year's Reuters Infrastructure Summit acknowledge that the paying is the hardest part.
AUDIO – Everything has a cost
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Or bridge. Or turnpike.
Every project we're talking about at Reuters first-ever Reuters Infrastructure Summit has an enormous cost — sometimes in the hundreds of billions of dollars. And governments are looking for ways to pay for it all.
Enter public-private partnerships (or P3s as we cool, infrastructure types like to say these days). In these deals, governments will lease or sell an asset to a group of investors for a certain big up-front fee and then they will pay the government a certain per-year fee for the right.
AUDIO – Finding a model; then build, baby, build!
Infrastructure spending. Public-private partnerships. Government buildouts.
This week, all of these kinds of phrases are much on the mind of our guests at the first ever Reuters Infrastructure Summit held in New York, San Francisco and Washington.
While infrastructure means different things to almost all of our guests (schools, roads, bridges, etc) — one of our first guests, Petra Todorovich, talked at length about the need for high speed rails.
Bair: Resolution. Authority. Now.
Congress needs to get off the dime and create a resolution authority that would break down failed institutions in an orderly manner, since the lack of such an authority is driving policy decisions, according to Sheila Bair, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Speaking at the Reuters Global Financial Regulation Summit in Washington, Bair said that gap has fed into the too-big-to fail presumption and created a dilution in market discipline for those who invest and extend credit to very large institutions.
"We think Congress should give a very high priority to providing a resolution mechanism for very large organizations, Bair said. "The lack of this mechanism is driving policy choices right now."


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Hotel Hacienda Morelos
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Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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Hacienda Morelos
is a charming hotel in front of the beach with inviting rooms in a colonial environment, each of them with a splendid view to the Mexican Caribbean sea and just a few yards from the second world largest coral reef barrier.
We have thirty comfortable rooms fitted-out with two double beds or one king-size bed, a private bathroom, cable TV, wireless internet, safe box, air conditioning and a wonderful view to the sea.
The rooms on the first floor have direct access to the terrace, from where you easily head to the swimming pool or the beach. The ones on the second and third floor have a balcony facing the sea.
Hacienda Morelos
offers an unforgettable vacation with a bohemian touch.
Enjoy the pool next to the sea in the middle of beautiful gardens. Sunbathe and rest on lounge chairs and hammocks while you sip delicious drinks form our bar.
Stroll along the white sand-beach that features "palapas" (traditional shelters with palm roofs) located in front of the hotel while you hear the soft ocean swells or admire the view of a pleasurable dusk from the terrace of our restaurant.
Taste wide variety of seafood dishes as well as Mexican and International food in our cozy restaurant next to the beach.
Enjoy day or night drinks and beverages from our exclusive and welcoming bar.
Hacienda Morelos resort has a large
private parking lot
Hotel activities:
At Natural Marine Park "Arrecifes de Puerto Morelos" you may discover a wide variety of multicolored tropical fish, turtles and other species, besides admiring wonderful reef formations that amaze all visitors.
In the sea:
swimming, scuba diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, kayaking, fishing, water skiing, ...
On the beach:
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Los Angeles Lakers Kobe Bryant got voted to All-Star starting line for the 15th straight season after the results were announced on Thursday. Kobe Bryant finished as the leading vote-getter with 1,591,437 votes, edging Miami Heat forward LeBron James by about 7,800 votes.
Early returns of the fan ballot had Kobe Bryant clearly leading in votes, so the results were not a big surprise. Joining Kobe Bryant on the Western Conference starting lineup will be teammate Dwight Howard as the fourth leading vote-getter (922,070). However, Dwight Howard's inclusion sparked a lot of criticism as TNT analyst Charles Barkley noted the Los Angeles Lakers center's performance did make his case for an "All-Star season."
"I always though Dwight was the best big man in the game, but he hasn't played like that," said Charles Barkley. "Plus, I would penalize that because the Lakers aren't winning."
Dwight Howard has been averaging 17.8 points and 12.6 rebounds, his lowest numbers since the 2006-07 season in Orlando. Coming off an offseason back surgery, Dwight Howard has struggled to put up the same numbers on the boards and has been sidelined by Kobe Bryant's hot shooting and increasing role on defense. Moreover, Dwight Howard's seventh All-Star appearance is somewhat surprising in the sense that the NBA changed the ballot this year, eliminating the center position so that fans got to pick three front court players and two guards instead. The odds should have gone against Dwight Howard since eth altered system favors guards.
The Los Angeles Lakers (17-21) are desperately looking to stretch their two-game winning streak tonight against the Miami Heat after freshly coming off a six-game slide. They predominantly ranked around the 11th spot in the Western Conference.
However, Kobe Bryant was unquestionably a top favorite after leading the league in scoring this season. With his latest All-Star selection, Kobe Bryant ties for the second all-time with Boston Celtics' Kevin Garnett and former Los Angeles Lakers star Shaquille O'Neal for 15 All-Star appearances. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar still leads the NBA will 19 All-Star games, Kobe Bryant also boasts other All-Star records for four-time MVP and had his career-highest scoring with 271 points last season.
Other Western Conference All-Star starters include reigning All-Star MVP, Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant as well as Los Angeles Clippers' Chris Paul and Kevin Durant.
The Eastern Conference lineup features a rather dysfunctional mix with Miami Heat's Dwayne Wade as well as Boston Celtics' Rajon Rondo in the backcourt, while New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony and Celtics' Kevin Garnett lead the front court alongside LeBron James.
Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Garnett threw verbal jabs at each other during a Jan. 7 game, with Anthony being suspended one game for later seeking out a fight with Garnett near the team bus. Meanwhile, Rajon Rondo got injured after tangling with Dwyane Wade in playoffs two years ago, and the rivalry between both teams lives out to this day.
While fans voted for the All-Star starters, coaches will determine the reserves in the game. They will be required to vote for seven players: three front court, two guards and two additional players, regardless of their positions. Coaches aren't allowed to vote for players on their own teams. The All-Star reserves will be announced next Thursday.
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"This is my favorite park."I was walking up Elsie Street in San Francisco towards Holly Park, with my eleven-year-old cousin and her dog.She was quiet for a moment and then asked, "Why?""Well, because it's on top of a hill.""Why do you care that it's on top of a hill?""So that I can see views from it.""Why do you want to see views?""I guess I like to see cities from up high.""Why?""So I can understand better where I am and see how far the city goes.""Why do you want to see how far it goes?""Mmm, I think I like to have a sense of place and a sense of scale when I'm walking around.""Why?"
I told her I'd have to think about it. I spent some time considering why those things were important to me, but what I thought about most was the value of asking questions. She could have said, "I like this park, too" but instead she wanted to know why. I appreciated her query. She was engaged and thereby engaged me. We should apply questions to the statements we make and the actions we take.In Bruce Mau's insightful Incomplete Manifesto for Growth he writes, "Ask stupid questions. Growth is fueled by desire and innocence." Design sage Milton Glaser, in a collection of things he's learned throughout his life states, "I think that being skeptical and questioning all deeply held beliefs is essential." The 5 Whys is a question-asking technique that comes from engineering and manufacturing, a process intended to get to the root cause of a problem.Asking questions is one of the most important aspects of Design Week Portland. Questions about the practice of design, its implications, and its definition (that last one haunts me—it's messy.) Through this process we attempt to better understand and get closer to some semblance of conviction.In the spirit of asking questions, I offer you a handful of queries about design, Portland and Design Week Portland as you embark on your full week. I may try to answer some of these and I may not. Please feel free to share your own. You can email me at nicolelavelle at gmail dot com.Questions I Have About Design, Portland, and Design Week PortlandCan you get an MFA in graphic design in Portland? Should an advanced design degree really be a Master of Fine Arts, anyways?On Thursday, Ziba Design will present a series of short talks by local writers on the topic of designs that have shaped the city. Do we have design writers in Portland? Do any of these panel writers regularly cover design? Do disciplines need their own critics?Is there such a thing as regional design anymore? Does Portland have an approach or style that is recognizable outside of this place? Are people traveling from outside of Portland to attend Design Week events? What impression do we make on them?What can we learn from flowers?
It seems that a wide sampling of Portland design people are represented in Design Week programming. But did we leave anyone out? Are there individuals or groups that should be included, and how do we ensure future Design Weeks remain inclusive?What on earth is Produce Row? (Isn't it a restaurant with a nice outside patio?) Does branding a neighborhood really help it grow?
Wieden+Kennedy is hosting a talk on Thursday called "Selling people things they do need," discussing their work for cultural institutions such as Travel Oregon, the American Indian College Fund and Caldera. Does that mean the rest of their work sells people things they don't need?Should humanitarian design be shown in a craft museum? How does that help the public understand design? How does it confuse?Where does the creative services industry rank in relation to Portland's other industries?If Portland had a design manifesto, what would it say?


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India has been in the news lately. In part, for gang-rape (which, as you may have noticed, is a horrific evil on which India does not have a monopoly). A seventeen-year-old girl in India killed herself after she was gang-raped and failed by her law enforcement community. A twenty-three-year-old Indian woman (a medical student) was raped in front of her boyfriend and left in critical condition.
I suggest that you read this post on HelloGiggles (which is an excellent site, by the way, and often covers topics a lot less upsetting than this one). Among other things, it details the struggle that the teenage girl underwent in attempting to file her complaint with the police. Being sexually assaulted is horrible—and that horror should not be compounded by police who try to convince the young woman who survived the assault to drop the charges or to possibly marry one of her attackers. Her attackers were only detained after she specifically named them in her suicide note. Barring the most dreadful of illnesses, I would never counsel suicide as the better option, but I can understand why she did it.
India has more problems than that—and, honestly, nightmarishly high levels of incidents of violence against women should be enough of a problem for any country. I think that a lot of us have read about villages and other local governments in India in which unmarried women are being forbidden from using mobile phones. "Reasons" (using the word reason loosely, here) range from that they might form their own, independent social connections to simply that mobile phone use will "spoil" them. It is disgusting.
Online communication through computers, whether they sit on our desks or we carry them in our pockets, are opening up isolated communities, helping to advance peoples' educations, and gradually transforming the entire world into one community out of many. It is wonderful. But that is also frightening to some more conservative individuals who believe that too much freedom for younger generations will erode their culture. Honestly, it will. It happens in the US. Sometimes, the internet and television can help a closeted fourteen-year-old boy in rural Alabama …
… realize that he does not have to date girls or go alone to the school prom, but that he can try to live in a way that is more true to himself. There are people in the US who do not like that. I have a friend who was homeschooled in an isolated location without cable and without internet access beyond dial-up (which is awful and put him at a lifelong disadvantage and should never, ever be allowed to happen). But that this sort of mandatory isolation and restriction is happening in India, the world's largest democracy, is tragic.
Another problem that India has? Its population. It has been said that, in 2050, India's population-growth may determine the stability of, well, the human race. Specifically, whether or not the human population will remain sustainable. Right now, millions of women in India do not have access to birth-control or reproductive health care, and are not really in charge of their own bodies. This needs to change—for the health of the world and, perhaps more importantly, for the basic human rights of the women in question.
India has problems, and the rest of the world needs to stop ignoring them.
PS: I too easily think of fiction when confronted with real-world situations, and it is in part escapist. There is an episode of The Closer, "Cherry Bomb" (Season 4, Episode 3), in which the protagonist, Deputy Chief Brenda Lee Johnson, goes out of her way to pretend that she is investigating a teenage girl's suicide as a murder because she believes that, only by making other believe that she believes that the girl was murdered, can she elicit a confession from the well-connected boy who raped her. And this was also a case in which the girl went to the police but believed that nothing could come of it.


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Very interesting discussion - really appreciate the introduction to the Dickensian parallel.
This is why I loved studying literature at UVa.
Chase was scheduled to teach her Dickens seminar the day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. She emailed her graduate students, saying she'd understand if anyone didn't want to come to class, but she would be there to discuss the author.
"Every student turned up on the day after 9/11. They wanted to talk about humor," she said. "They wanted to talk about how it is appropriate to think about humor – not in spite of, but because of, the harshness and the brutality and the intolerance and the provinciality and the narrowness of a world that thinks violence is an answer to anything."
She said they had a great discussion of "The Pickwick Papers," an early novel that is very funny, but not as a way of ignoring or defending against the violence of the day before. "It was a way of trying to imagine what had happened and how we might respond to it," Chase said.


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The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority is so far imposing an information blackout on responses to its recent effort to line up investors willing to put at least $100 million into the airport and its surroundings.
Monday was the deadline for investors to respond to the airport's June 7 request asking investors to express interest by making broad proposals. But the airport is hesitating to release any of the responses until at least Friday, after earlier promising to do so Tuesday.
On Tuesday, airport public relations consultant James Ward confirmed a number of proposals had been received by Monday's deadline. He would not give any details on what projects investor groups wanted to take on, but called the proposals "a nice combination."
Airport Interim Director Steve Landry and David Bochnowski, the head of a joint city/airport committee leading the investor search, did not return calls seeking comment.
Despite the airport's high hopes, a leading expert on public-private partnerships said shortcomings in its request could restrict the pool of potential bidders.
The small time slot of essentially just six working days from June 7, a Friday, to Monday's deadline would make it difficult for many firms to put together serious proposals, said Robert Poole, the founder of the Los Angeles-based Reason Foundation.
"Asking them to put together a serious concept of what might make sense in just six days just doesn't seem realistic, unless someone has already been working on this for six months," Poole said.
The Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority will not say how many investor groups or individuals it solicited. However, The Times has obtained a list of more than two dozen businesses that received it. They range from U.S. consulting firms to international firms involved in airport construction and privatizations around the world.
Australia's Macquarie Bank, a key player in the 2006 privatization of the Indiana Toll Road, was one firm solicited, according to the list. Another was the Chicago-based investment firm William Blair, which was a key player in the Chicago parking meters privatization.
The Gary airport jointly issued its June 7 request with the city of Gary, which was formally titled a Request for Expressions of Interest and for Qualifications. It lists 16 separate projects investors can consider, including administering the airport's budget, running intermodal operations, operating light manufacturing, establishing retail distribution facilities and chartering jet aircraft. Investors can mix and match among them.
Longtime Chicago-area transportation observer and author Joseph Schwieterman, a DePaul University professor, said the solicitation appears to be serving as way of gauging interest and "getting the ball rolling" on the airport's quest for private investment.
"Gary has a promising future in both passenger and freight," Schwieterman said. "But it has to go at the pace the market dictates, and that will take patience."
Poole said the airport's recent solicitation can serve to kick-start the public-private partnership process and will certainly allow the airport to test the waters.
But he also said the airport's solicitation was unusual in that it also asked for investors' qualifications. That is a step always taken subsequent to the request for expressions of interest, he said. Asking for qualifications before the airport knows what specific project it wants to undertake also could put off some potential bidders, just as the short response window might.
The Gary airport's recent request notes a separate request for proposals will be issued at a later date.
And there is still a fundamental question looming over the Gary airport's drive for a public-private partnership, Poole said.
"It's an airport with zero passenger service," Poole said. "That's the challenge here. Is there a market niche there that can provide a competitive advantage? The whole industry is actually asking itself that question at this point."


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In India, there are many banks which you can pick to open a savings account. A savings account is a good instrument to save money safely and effectively. It is insured by the government up to certain amount so you won't lose any amount of money that you will deposit in it.
Profile of Indian Overseas Bank
Many people are looking for ways on how to apply for a savings account because they cannot see it in the bank's website. In this article, I will show you how to open a savings account in Indian Overseas Bank.
It is one of the nationalized banks in India and was founded at Madras, India on February 10, 1937. Its present headquarters is located in Chennai, India.
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As it's December and April Fools' Day is still months away, we aren't entirely sure what to make of the website for the latest piece of automotive vaporware. From a company called Godsil Motorsports, it promises a sixteen-cylinder, natural-gas-powered luxury car called Manhattan V16.
The concept sounds fine and dandy, but a number of details have us scratching our collective head. The company's founder, Jason Godsil, seems to run a legitimate parts business called Exotica Motorsport out of Washington, but there's perilously little actual information about the car.
We have a hard time believing that Godsil is qualified to build a sixteen-cylinder engine at all, largely because there hasn't been a successful V16 in the better part of a century. Heck, it took the full might of the Volkswagen Group to bring the Bugatti Veyron and its W16 to fruition. Meanwhile, the sole image of the proposed car is a wispy drawing (which we've posted above) that makes the average industry teaser seem like a detail-laden buffet of information.
With the mercurial nature of boutique supercar makers in general, the roughness of Godsil's website, and the lack of detail, you can put us down as "highly skeptical." But don't take our word for it; hop over to the Godsil Motorsports page and then come back and let us know what you think.


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Should prospective parents think about world population issues first? Jessica Valenti joins Jim Blasingame to talk about a few political issues around having children, including whether to consider the world population impact.