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Dr. Mike Voight, Professor of Physical Therapy, was recently a keynote presenter at the World Golf Fitness Summit in Carlsbad, California and at a meeting of the Japanese Athletic Trainer and Physiotherapy Association in Tokyo, Japan.
The World Golf Fitness Summit brings together over 30 of the world's thought leaders in athletic performance to discuss the latest research and practical applications. Dr. Voight is noted as one of the leading authorities in the rehabilitation of orthopedic and sports injuries. At the Summit, he joined with Dr. Tom Byrd, an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery, to present a session about hip injuries in the golfer.
Earlier in the month, Dr. Voight co-presented a session to the Japanese medical community on the evaluation of movement disorders and the impact that poor movement has on the hip. Seventy-five Japanese physicians and physical therapist were in attendance.
Three from School of Nursing elected to positions by Tennessee Nurses Association
Belmont University School of Nursing was well represented in a new slate of officers elected recently by the Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA) at their annual assembly. Dr. Sandy Murabito, Assistant Professor of Nursing, was selected as the President-elect for organization's governing body. In addition, Tracy Wilson, Instructor of Nursing, was elected to the nominating committee and senior nursing major Daniel Maison was elected president of the Middle Tennessee Association of Student Nurses.
"This is wonderful recognition for nursing at Belmont," said Dr. Cathy Taylor, Dean of the Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences & Nursing. "I have no doubt Ms. Wilson and Mr. Maison will excel in their new roles, and Dr. Murabito will provide the strong leadership the TNA presidency demands. She is an experienced advocate and will prove to be a worthy champion for Tennessee nurses."
"This year's meeting ushered in a new strategic direction for the Association," claimed TNA President Frances Sills. "Each of these members bring experience and passion for the nursing profession and I am confident they will guide this organization to new levels of excellence."
Dr. Murabito will serve as President-elect until next year's assembly in October and then serve as President for 2015-2016.
PT student research published in professional Journal
A research group of third year graduate students in the School of Physical Therapy, under the direction of Dr. Pat Sells and Dr. Kevin Robinson, recently had a manuscript published in the October issue of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. The journal is the official research medium of the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
"We had conversations several years ago with a company making wearable performance jewelry," explained Dr. Sells, "and agreed to conduct research that clinically tested claims that the product, which included a variety of technologies such as copper, negative ions, holograms, etc., enhanced performance with improved balance, agility and power." The students utilized about 60 aerobic exercise tests with subjects under three different conditions: when not wearing the jewelry, when wearing fake jewelry that appeared to be the performance enhancing product, and when wearing jewelry with the performance enhancing technology. The clinical tests found that the wrist bands had no impact on performance.
The students, who have since graduated with their Doctorate of Physical Therapy degrees, included Hannah Cavicchio, Brittney Everhart, Brandon Grass and Jonathan Lambert.
Nursing instructor presents work on end of life simulation
School of Nursing instructor Sara Camp gave a peer reviewed presentation of her work on end of life simulations for undergraduate nursing students at the National League for Nursing Technology Conference held in Nashville in October. She will also present aspects of this work at the Tennessee Simulation Alliance Conference in November.
"Helping students learn to provide holistic care at the end of life is a priority in nursing education. Opportunities for students to learn deeply about this may not present themselves in routine clinical rotations. Simulation creates a powerful opportunity for this learning to take place. Our students have received tremendous benefit from the end-of-life simulations and I'm so pleased that Ms. Camp is disseminating this work." said Associate Dean of Nursing, Martha Buckner.
School of Physical Therapy Alum is hired by NBA's Miami Heat
Belmont alumnus, Dr. Brandon Gilliam, has been named Director or Rehab and Assistant Athletic Trainer for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. Dr. Gilliam earned his Doctorate of Physical Therapy degree from Belmont University School of Physical Therapy in 2005. Upon graduation, he began working in private practice clinics in the Nashville area from 2005-2013. He also provided sports medicine coverage at Christ Presbyterian Academy from 2005-2009. Prior to accepting the position with the Heat, Gilliam traveled extensively and taught continuing education courses to other health care professionals with the North American Sports Medicine Institute. In addition, for the past several years, Dr. Gilliam served as an adjunct within the Belmont University School of Physical Therapy. In his final year in Nashville, Dr. Gilliam started his own business consulting with professional and collegiate teams and individual athletes as well as providing concierge physical therapy and fitness services for entertainers and athletes. In his current role as Director of Rehab, Dr. Gilliam is responsible for maintaining the day to day health of all the player currently on the Miami Heat roster.
Nursing Students Participate in End of Life Simulation
With an emphasis on experiential learning, Belmont's School of Nursing provides students with the opportunity to participate in human simulation labs. For Nursing Instructor Sara Camp's Adult Health II students, this meant taking part in an End of Life lab that simulated the death of a patient, with a volunteer acting as a grieving family member.
When the participating students arrived, they were aware of their patient, Lisa's, prognosis. Equipped with her report, they were tasked with guiding Lisa and her family member through her final stages of life. As Lisa's heart rate and pulse slowed, the volunteer family member's questions sped up. Similar to what would occur in a hospital setting, students were responsible for providing care and comfort for the patient, while assisting the family during a particularly challenging time.
Belmont University Web and Marketing Developer Jon Blankenship participated in the simulation because of a personal connection he has to caregivers who specialize in end of life treatment. His father was recently diagnosed with end stage colon cancer and through the experience, "the one constant we have is how wonderful Dad's nurses are to him and to us," Blankenship said. The opportunity to contribute to the education of a nurse who could play that same role for a family in the future was what made Jon sign on. For those nurses, "there aren't enough thanks to give," he said.
Camp is committed to equipping students with the skills needed to care for the family system, not just the patients they are assigned. Often, nurses are expected to be experts on caring for patients in their final stages of life in a hospital, regardless of their training or comfort level. Camp said many bedside nurses aren't confident in the end of life training they have received and because of that, are not adequate resources for new nurses to turn to. "Given that the end of life is such an important event in the life of our patients and their families, it seems irresponsible to leave this to on the job training," she said.
Senior nursing major and simulation participant Blair Bailey would agree. "It is nice to have practiced skills in lab, prior to actually performing the skills in the hospital," she said. "I will definitely be able to take what I learned from this simulation and take the experience into the real world as a nurse."
In a debrief following the simulation, senior nursing major Mark Wolter, discussed the challenge of moving from a proactive treatment mentality to one that comforts the family and patient through the final stages of life. Because of Lisa's signed DNR and DNI, once the final stages of life had come, there was no medical intervention that could be done. Instead of working to raise a heartbeat once it had dropped, the care team was responsible for ensuring the comfort and ease of both the patient and the family. "At this point in a patient's care, you are treating everyone close to the patient, and you realize the impact that you can have as a nurse in keeping the situation as peaceful as possible," he said.
Through this and countless other simulations included in Belmont's program, students are given the opportunity to practice their skills through first hand experiences, preparing them for clinicals and post-graduation careers. Wolter said he is grateful for the emphasis Belmont puts on experiential learning and knows the program continues to advocate for more and more opportunities. "I'm a nail and hammer kind of learner, so that has helped me in a profound way," he said. "The experiences I have had while at Belmont are beneficial because I have had varying experiences that I will build from in my first job and first few years as a nurse. I am thankful."
College of Pharmacy offers certificate programs
Belmont University College of Pharmacy recently hosted an interactive and innovative certificate program for pharmacists entitled "Delivering Medication Therapy Management (MTM) Services." Developed by the American Pharmacists Association, the training program explores the pharmacist's role in providing medication therapy management services to patients.
The goals of the certificate training program are to advance public health and patient care through improved medication use, provide training to enhance pharmacists' ability to effectively provide MTM services, motivate increased numbers of pharmacists to establish MTM services, and communicate benchmark practices for providing MTM services. Thirty pharmacists- from New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Missouri, and Tennessee- attended the one-day training session led by College of Pharmacy faculty members Dr. Traci Poole and Dr. Ashton Beggs.
College of Pharmacy attends regional meeting and brings home awards
The College of Pharmacy's student American Pharmacists Association (APhA) chapter, advised by Dr. Traci Poole, had 20 attendees at the annual Midyear Regional Meeting, held in Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 24-26. Student pharmacists participated in various professional development activities and networking events with students from 24 schools and colleges throughout the southeast.
The festivities were kicked off when second-year pharmacy student Kayla Hill was announced as Belmont's Student Membership Recognition winner due to her work as Fundraising Chair. Belmont second-year student Kathryn Litten participated in the Prescription Relay Race, where she worked with three other student pharmacists from different schools in filling, verifying and counseling a "patient" regarding their prescription.
Third-year student Alexander Tu stayed true to this year's national theme of "Discover Your Voice," by running for the regional position of Midyear Regional Meeting Coordinator. Tu amazed the crowd with an informative and humorous speech which led him to victory. With Tu's win comes the opportunity for the College of Pharmacy to host the 2015 Midyear Regional Meeting in Nashville.
Belmont second-year student and Vice President for Policy Melanie Beaty successfully proposed policy developed by Belmont's chapter to the Regional House of Delegates regarding promoting patient access to nontraditional therapies and alternative delivery systems via compounds.
Nursing faculty member presents at national conferences
Assistant Professor of Nursing Dr. Erin Shankel has presented her work on tele-monitoring and app-based symptom management in pediatric asthma at two recent national conferences. She presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in June and at the national Doctor of Nursing Practice conference in October.


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Yoav Freund is professor of computer science at the University of California, San Diego who mainly works on machine learning, probability theory and related fields and applications. He is best known for his work on the AdaBoost algorithm, an ensemble learning algorithm which is used to combine many "weak" learning machines to create a more robust one. He received the Gödel prize in 2003 for his work on AdaBoost with Robert Schapire.
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It's Hug Your Cat Day, and while that might send some of our more reserved kitties running for a hiding spot under the bed, there are certain breeds of felines who will gladly accept your affection. Typically, cats don't rush up and bombard you with kisses like some dogs, but many do display genuine friendliness. Happy-to-be-with-you cats range from the demure lap lounger to the chatty feline who escorts you from room to room. Vetstreet shines the spotlight on nine feline breeds with stellar reputations for thoroughly enjoying the company of their favorite people.
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Despite a series of denials and claims that he was nothing more than a victim of his son's wrongdoing, Ryan O'Neal pleaded guilty this morning to one count of felony possession of a controlled substance for his September arrest.
After entering his plea in a Malibu courtroom, the 67-year-old actor agreed to enter into an 18-month drug-deferment program. If O'Neal successfully completes the program and avoids any further contact with law enforcement, the charge against him will be dismissed.
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Both men were busted at the family's Malibu home last fall during a routine probation sweep stemming from a previous Redmond arrest. A vial of methamphetamine was found in Ryan's bedroom, and both he and his lawyer claimed that the Love Story actor had simply confiscated the drugs from his son and denied that they belonged to the erstwhile Oscar nominee.
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SACO, Saudi Arabia's largest superstore and an authorized dealer for Ace Hardware, needed to find a faster way to replicate data among its 15 retail stores, headquarters and warehouse locations. The company also needed to deploy a more reliable disaster recovery plan. SACO found the answers to both challenges in Replication Server, which copies data in real-time from headquarters and the warehouse to the retail stores providing up-to-the-minute inventory and pricing information. Replication Server also copies data immediately to on-site and off-site data recovery servers.
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A Growing SuperstoreThe Saudi Company for Hardware (SACO) is a pioneer in the hardware retail and wholesale business in Saudi Arabia. Established in 1985, the company is the largest superstore and the most innovative firm in its field throughout the country. As an authorized dealer for Ace Hardware, SACO also has the buying power to import the best quality merchandise from all over the world. Presently, 14 SACO retail outlets operate in nine cities in Saudi Arabia along with wholesale offices that offer comprehensive services and deliver items direct to customers. The company employs approximately 1,000 people and features more than 60,000 hardware items. As the company grew rapidly over the years with the addition of new retail stores on a regular basis, SACO needed a reliable and stable solution to process data and manage communications among all the branch stores, headquarters, and the company's main warehouse. With stores located across a wide area of Saudi Arabia, SACO especially needed to manage pricing, inventory, and product information more effectively to ensure proper inventory shipments from headquarters to the stores and from store-to-store. With its previous replication solution, data replication sometimes took as long as one to two hours. As the company grew and as the size of the database grew, it continued to take longer to replicate. SACO needed a faster way to copy data to properly manage all of the inventory, pricing and product information changes that occur across an operation of this size.Synchronizing Data across a Distributed EnvironmentTo take on this challenge, SACO turned to Sybase Replication Server, which the company found to be the perfect complement to Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), the database platform that SACO deploys at headquarters and at each of the retail stores. Highlighting its success in mission-critical environments, Sybase provided numerous examples of large enterprises that successfully rely on the Replication Server."Sybase spent significant time with us to understand our business processes and business operations before recommending Replication Server," says Raed Ayyoub, IT Director for SACO. "We would have had to switch our database platform if we went with another replication product, and given how well ASE has performed for us, this simply did not make sense. Replication Server also has a good track record of success in demanding environments, so we felt confident it would protect the transaction integrity of our data." Replication Server instantly sends updates to-and-from each of the SACO stores so that the main database in the headquarters can process every piece of information about the company including products, customers, accounting, purchasing, vendors and inventory. SACO also uses Replication Server to immediately communicate information about changes to promotions, prices, and item features. "With the information replicated from the head office to our stores in real-time, we do a better job of running our business profitably and serving our customers more effectively," Ayyoub says. When SACO began using Replication Server, Ayyoub noticed an instant improvement in replication speeds: "Replication occurs automatically and instantaneously without degrading the performance of the database," he says. "We don't have to intercede manually, and any changes made at headquarters appear immediately at our branch locations. This helps with new promotions so that we don't have a time lag before the stores can put them into effect."Each of the SACO stores replicates data back to the home office at end of each day automatically when store managers close-out the point-of-sale (POS) system. The data immediately appears at the headquarters' ASE database, aiding inventory management and efficiency. "We can react quickly to stock depletions and determine whether to ship new products from our warehouse or to move inventory from one store to another," Ayyoub says. It is also helpful to SACO that all stores can see changes at other stores when it comes to considering whether inventory can be moved from one store to another. Because of Replication Server, all branches operate from the same data set. This real-time data replication also helps SACO manage its customer loyalty program in which customers earn points for purchases that can be used at any store. SACO can now properly track a customer that purchases from one store and a short time afterwards purchases at another store, which can often happen with contractors traveling from one site to another, particularly in cities where SACO has multiple locations. "This comes in handy with contractors that might purchase large quantities," Ayyoub says. "Before, we could not track this, and someone might be able to redeem points a second time that they had already spent at one of our stores."Another example of just how reliable Replication Server would prove to be occurred just after SACO opened a new store and started the replication process. SACO headquarters lost the line connection to the store for an entire month. When the store came back online again, 1.2 GB of data needed to be replicated. But Replication Server handled the transfer quickly without any problems. Improved Inventory Handling and Daily Activity Reporting When the warehouse sends items to a store, SACO might ship as many as a 1,000 items. Before the deployment of Replication Server, the data would be locked-down for up to two hours while replication occurred, which meant store managers could not process the shipment data. The delay would often last beyond when the shipment arrived at the store. "Now with Replication Server, data transfer happens instantly, even during month-end close, and we don't notice any system degradation," Ayyoub says. "Store managers can start processing the data and be ready to unload products when the shipment arrives. The combination of ASE and Replication Server moves the data that fast."Senior management is also aware of how well the Sybase system performs. "We used to have to print hard copy reports on daily activity that each branch manager filled out by hand," says Ayyoub. "It took a day for the information to travel back to headquarters. But with Replication Server, we now complete reports online and replicate them back to headquarters immediately. This allows senior management to work with fresh numbers."Enhanced Backup and Restore ProcessAfter deploying the Sybase replication solution, SACO worked closely with Sybase Professional Services to design a disaster recovery plan. Sybase consultants helped SACO deploy a disaster recovery hot-standby server at its headquarters to which Replication Server instantly transfers copies of all data at high speeds. The Sybase Professional Services team also recommended that SACO deploy a second disaster recovery at an off-site location. Replication Server executes hot-standby copies to both recovery servers so that SACO has two replicas of its primary database server at all times. "This disaster recovery design has made our recovery process a lot easier, which gives us peace-of-mind," Ayyoub says. "We don't use any third-party tools – just Replication Server with its hot-standby replication technology. Throughout the project, we had complete confidence that this solution was in good hands given the expertise and best practices employed by the Sybase consultants working with us."With the new system, if the main server fails, SACO uses the Sybase switch-active feature within ASE so that the on-site disaster recovery server acts as the primary server while the primary server assumes the role of the replica. "They literally switch roles," Ayyoub says. "The process is very reliable, and any changes made during failover are replicated back to the primary server automatically when recovery occurs."Supplying Uninterrupted Service Throughout Growth and UpgradesAs SACO has continued to grow its business at each store and add new stores to the chain, ASE and Replication Server have continued to scale well. Upgrades and hardware additions take place quickly without any problems. "Upgrades with Sybase technology to accommodate company growth are very easy," Ayyoub says. "Even if we double the size of database, we'll be in good shape. When moving a database from one server to another, we just take the dump file and reload it. Other database servers require many more steps, but we were able to dump-and-load in just one night. Usually, a project like this causes a lot of anxiety, but when we moved the database over to the new server, the users never noticed."Another feature of Replication Server that SACO benefits from is the way the technology checks for data integrity. If there's a problem with the data, the replication process stops immediately and notifies IT so the staff can fix the problem or override the stoppage. With the previous system, if a problem occurred during replication, such as when a record is not available on another table, the process would continue. This would create a bigger problem for IT and took longer to correct after replication.Speed of ASE and Replication Server Leads to Mobile Warehouse SolutionThe speed of transfer that occurs with Sybase ASE and Replication Server allowed SACO to deploy a new inventory management solution based on SQL Anywhere. "This system allows us to manage stock transfers between the main warehouse and stores using handheld devices at each location," says Ayyoub. "We could not do this previously when our data replication was slower."Under the old system, when SACO trucks delivering new inventory arrived at a store, the inventory often could not be put on shelves because the inventory data had not transferred yet. But with the new mobile warehouse management system, and with Replication Server copying inventory changes instantly, this is no longer a problem. Stock can now be received and merchandised immediately. The solution has allowed SACO to be much more efficient in the way it moves inventory from one location to another.The mobile warehouse solution uses Motorola Symbol scanners running on Windows CE with data transfer taking place over a wireless network. "We wrote a management warehouse system application using Sybase PocketBuilder," Ayyoub says. "Our employees capture inventory data with the devices, and the system processes vendor receiving while preparing the data for stock transfer."The handheld devices interact with a SQL Anywhere server integrated with Replication Server so that all data entered into the handhelds is relayed to the appropriate store. This lets store managers know a shipment is coming and allows them to review data pertaining to the shipment. The individual stores use handheld devices with SQL Anywhere to automatically receive stock. "We can confirm when shipments are properly checked in," Ayyoub says. "We can also use our stock management discrepancy application for inventory control. All of this is made possible in real-time through SQL Anywhere and Replication Server." Now that Sybase Replication Server technology has been in use for more than a year, Ayyoub can see just how much easier it is to manage data communications among all of SACO's locations: "We can now instantly share information – the Sybase solution has allowed us to become much more efficient in the way we manage inventory, product promotions and pricing changes. In the long run, this means we can provide a higher level of service to our customers."With additional growth on SACO's horizon, the Sybase solution provides the ability to expand the network of stores, keep inventory costs in processes in check, and provide excellent service to its customers. 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Jimmy Guaco's
As mentioned in the Openings thread, Jimmy's was going to open on June 1st but opened a few days early to train staff.
I ordered a large Jimmy G special which at 13.80 with tax is the most expensive item on the menu. There are two sizes of each item with about a 3 dollar price difference between them. It absolutely blows M4 out of the water. They offer free guac ( I didnt try it but it looked alright)in their burritos unlike M4 and also offer far more ingredients. One of those ingredients is habanero pepper- which gives it a serious heat- something M4 completely lacks. Also the tortillas do not taste rubbery like at M4 and are slightly grilled before serving. Overall far better value and Im really looking forward to returning. Jimmy Guacos is generous in their offerings and the few times I went to M4 I found them very stingy. I sincerely hope Jimmy's keeps up their game.
There are lots of items with sweet potato which found a bit unusual but the manager/owner gave me a sample of it with feta and a corn and bean mixture and it was delicious. Vegetarians should be happy with the offerings although I did not see any leafy greens.
Also a plus for those who do take out- unfortunately, like M4 they have no plastic bags (even when it is pouring outside) but at least their paper bags have handles...
Then I am going to repost my experience here:
Just tried it [May 30th]. Place was empty, was told they were supposed to open June 1st but wanted to give the employees some training. They were missing their signage outside but I was told it's coming this weekend.
I enjoyed my dinner, definitely more selection/fixins than M4. Went for the Jimmy G's and didn't regret one bit. Paid 24$ for two large burritos and a much-needed chocolate milk since my mouth was on fire. I went a little overboard on the jalapeños. Chorizo and ground beef were spicy enough in the first place!
Sitting out front, you get a really nice view of Dorchester Square. Staff was extremely nice and we were treated to a full visit of the upstairs kitchen! They're considering having group reservations on the upstairs floor, somewhere down the line.
They could use trays or disposable plates, since I made a bit of a mess on my table despite the fine wrapping (and sealing) job. Beverage selection was also a bit weak, home-brewed unsweetened iced tea is a must for a place like this. I'll be going back!
The M4 comparison stops at the fact they both serve burritos. M4 serves a Californian style thing and Jimmy Guaco's is more Texmex. It really all depends what you're looking for.
I also tried the Jimmy G (chorizo and ground beef). The grilling of the tortilla is a nice touch, but it wasn't wrapped very well and fell apart after a single bite. Probably a training/overfilling issue. It was a filling, tasty mess.
re: afoodyear
I disagree. I know the marketing at m4 tries to make people believe it is a californian style burrito but thats all it is.. just marketing. I honestly cant imagine a person who has tried both places to say 'oh today I feel like a Californian burrito so Ill go to m4 instead of Jimmys' when depending on what ingredients you choose you could basically have the same thing at Jimmys.If you compare the list of burritos they offer http://www.jimmyguacoburritos.com/jim... to http://m4burritos.ca/m4/menu_burritos/ you will see Jimmys offers everything m4 does and more.
Anyways, all that to say I think it very fair to compare them. Personally I dont believe either is really tex mex or californian they are just burrito shops filling a void in Montreal.
re: kpaxonite
> just burrito shops filling a void in Montreal.
Agreed with that and everything else. While we're at it (and on a potentially sacrilegious note, this being Chowhound), I have personally sent Chipotle a "development request" sometime ago. They won't franchise but already have a half-dozen locations in Toronto. I really would like to see them in Montreal! I was thinking of the old Blockbuster location inside the College Lasalle building on Sainte-Catherine West, but now that I think of it, Mourelatos closed recently too and that's a nice big Concordia-friendly location.
re: denpanosekai
I will bite. I hated chipotle the first time I tried it in Minneapolis and then in DC. I would prefer that the various locally owned Mexican and other Latin American places open up places downtown rather than having another American bland burrito chain here. Let's support local food trucks and locally owned fast food places before yet another franchise we happen to like in the U.S. or Toronto.
re: williej
No problem I understand your point of view. Yes I am a little starved for Mexican/South American options living in Shaughnessy Village. Whenever I hit the mile end or plateau that's usually the kind of places I'll drop by. La Chilenita is a big hit, so is Arepera. I understand this is informally Chinatown 2 but nothing's stopping people from opening Latino restaurants around here... so why do they all stick to the plateau?
re: kpaxonite
m4 is more like a mall burrito
re: frogsteak
Exactly, M4 is generic and insipid. If M4 is the standard against which we're measuring Jimmy Guaco's, that doesn't tell me anything about whether or not it's actually worth a try.
re: frogsteak
the mexican place in the Cote des Neiges mall has a better burrito than M4
re: afoodyear
I'm more concerned with my Highliner frozen fish sticks origins than that of burritos.
Tried the Jimmy G, it was pretty good, but I felt it was too much of a clusterfuck when it came to flavors and textures. Maybe I'll try something a little more simple and with less ingredients next time. Also it was the first time I had a burrito that tasted garlicky (only midly), although I don't have much experience with burrtos in general, I'm thinking it either came from the refried beans or the burrito sauce.
It's a few dollars more expensive than Burrito Shop's burritos, but they really don't skimp on non-rice/beans fillings. My burrito was very thick and didn't fall apart. Also the guacamole doesn't cost extra. When it comes to the meat, I found it hard to gauge how flavorful it was due to all the ingredients that were in my burrito. Personally I didn't get much of a kick out of the chorizo and ground beef. I saw that they scooped the meat from those heated metal containers. I'm wondering if the chicken and steak is also precooked and stored in those type of containers.
I haven't tried the burritos at Tacos on westminster yet but for now
Jimmy Guac > Burrito Shop > that mexican place in the CDN plaza > M4
Tried Jimmy Guacos today for lunch, also went for the JimmyG burrito (it's their speciality apparently, so might as well start with that)
Found the Burrito quite tasty, not too spicy, just enough (told the lady to put only a small quantity of hot peppers) and filling. Loved the fact that i could go with no rice in the burrito, the free guacamole, and the variety of toppings.
The burrito itself was wrapped correctly and held quite nicely in hand, managed to eat it while walking back towards the office, with nothing falling out.
Nerver ate at the other shops in montreal, but it is definitly a nice addition to the area, and we'll surely go again and try the other varieties.
re: westaust
Had lunch yesterday at Jimmy Guacos. I had chicken taco with mango salsa and my husband had a burrito which I though was good because it was toasted and crunchy. I like it better than M4...more flavour in their meats compared to M4. Decor kind of sucks though.
Not bad nothing more. We had a Jimmy Burrito, a Quesadilla and a Burrito Salad and three soft drinks that ended up costing $45.00. Too much for what was served, at that price Grumman kills these boys.
The fillings didn't look fresh but when you have no customers these things can happen,
Went back to Jimmy Guacos recently, had a large chicken burrito. I didn't put every topping available, and I was much more pleased with this burrito than the fully loaded special. Also I find that the burrito sauce is too garlicky and kills the freshness of the veggies and lime juice. Tried a bit of the habanero salsa, and when added minimally, adds a nice kick to the burrito without making it too hot. Also I'm not a big fan of their refried beans, The whole black beans and corn mix is just so much more unique in flavor and texture than a pile of slightly garlicky mush lacking in earthyness and sweetness.
I have to say that it is a bit expensive for what it is, but it can be considered in the same price range as some of the better food court joints in the underground area when it comes to portions, and quality. It might not be super chichi like grumman's overpriced fare but at least you leave with a decently full stomach.
Also they do not have every item from the internet menu (shrimp and fish, although they would probably accomodate your order if you wanted to mix meats, probably if you paid extra) and every large burrito is priced 12$ + tax.
Tried it out for dinner for this past Friday. Ordered a small chicken burrito, large steak burrito, cheese quesadilla, and some chips and salsa. Total order was 40$, which is what I was expecting so no surprises there.
When I first heard about this place, I was hoping for something similar to Ontario's Burrito Boyz, which I am a huge fan of so perhaps my expectations were a little high. This location does not serve shrimp or halibut because they don't have the kitchen space to cook them to order. This was a big disappointment since I prefer fish burritos/tacos.
The chicken and steak burritos were just ok. We tried most of the toppings, the burrito sauce.I had hoped the peppers would give it a kick of spice, but I couldn't taste much heat. The small size is more than filling enough, but if you're hungry, I could easily see someone finishing the large. They were well rolled and easy to eat.
I did not see chips and salsa on their menu, but it is on their online menu so I asked for an order. The employee initially wanted to charge us for the price of the nachos when all I was getting was a handful of chips and a little salsa on the side so I told them to forget about it. They ended up charging me for a few side sauces instead of the price of the nachos, so that was nice. I hope they add a price for just some chips and dips because I can't see many people paying 5 and 7$ for the amount of chips and salsa I got. Chips were quite good, fresh, and crunchy, the salsa was a bit of a disappointment. It was a heavy salsa that reminded me of Old El Paso. Their pico de gallo was much better and I would ask for that instead of the salsa next time.
Cheese quesadilla was the winner of the bunch. I added most of the toppings and it came with a sour cream and guacamole to dip. Guacamole was basic, yet good and fresh.
I would probably rate Jimmy Guaco's as best burrito in Montreal, but Burrito Shop has the best salsas, and Cafe Cantina has the best guacamole.
I am sure I'll try it again, but I won't go out of my way for it.
re: causeimhungry
The two times Ive been the peppers were so hot my mouth almost went numb (I like it that way)... I think the employees are afraid to put much pepper because its way to spicy for most people..but you can ask for extra (free).
I was hoping they would serve shrimp too..did the manager/owner actually tell you that they wont in the future? The kitchen in the back looks pretty big but I can see how it would be hard to do for every order when they are busy given the long corridor.The employees seemed very uncertain when I asked them about it.
Ill add that the second time I went I had a small chicken burrito and was expecting the meat to be dry since it sits in a tray but it was extremely moist and delicious.. less heavy than the jimmy g special (obviously) and I found the small size more than filling. Great with beer (I got take-way).
re: kpaxonite
I emphasized with the employee that I wanted the burrito as spicy as possible, but she only put little amounts of peppers and spicy sauce. My fault for not asking for extra spice when I saw her not adding enough.
My friend went when they had just opened and spoke to the owner who said they would eventually have shrimp, they just didn't have enough time for the set-up before opening. Sounded like they should have it in stock a week or two later, they just needed to figure things out. When I went, I spoke to an employee about it, but the owner was right there besides him. They are now saying there's just not enough room to offer the fish and shrimp. His answer seemed a bit rehearsed so I bet there have been a lot of people asking about the shrimp/fish situation. It would be wonderful if they could figure out a way to make it happen.
re: causeimhungry
Today the employee told me they definitely will have shrimp and fish but he wasnt sure how soon.
Tried it last night and I enjoyed it! Had a small Jimmy G Burrito ( beef and chorizo) Couldnt believe the amount of toppings the offer you, had atleast 12-15 on there which is nuts but I like it. It was a little stuffed but still found to be enjoyable. The choice of meats didnt look as appetizing as burrito shops does but tasted fine. I will return and try more of their offerings soon for sure.


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Hit Me with Your Best Shot
|"Hit Me with Your Best Shot"
|Single by Pat Benatar
|from the album Crimes of Passion
|"Prisoner of Love"
|September 15, 1980
|Vinyl record (7")
|Eddie Schwartz
|Keith Olsen
|Pat Benatar singles chronology
"Hit Me with Your Best Shot" is a song written by Canadian singer/songwriter Eddie Schwartz, and recorded by American singer Pat Benatar in 1980. In 1980, it was released as the second single from her second album Crimes of Passion. It hit #7 in Cash Box, and reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her first Top 10 hit. "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" sold well over a million US copies, achieving a gold certification by the RIAA. The song is one of Benatar's most recognizable. It can be heard at many baseball and soccer games, and is featured on most of Pat's 'hits' compilations.
Eddie Schwartz, writer of the song, said that he came up with the title of the song after attending a "pillow punching" therapy session in Toronto, but stated that the title is to be taken metaphorically.[1] The song is in E major and features a general chord progression of I-IV-vi-V, with occasional added chords built on passing and neighboring tones,[2] although Benatar has commented that in hindsight she would have preferred to replace the C# minor (vi) chord with F# minor (ii).[3] The song was released as a single in the USA, and possibly other markets, in a mix with an additional lead guitar track. The song was also one of the songs available to put on a free mail-order customized mix CD with every pizza order as a part of a Pizza Hut promotion for their "New Yorker"-style pizza at the time.
Cover versions
- In 1982, the song was included on the Alvin and the Chipmunks album Chipmunk Rock.
- In 2005, American band Wheatus covered the song for their album Suck Fony.
- In 2006, tween/teenage pop girl group Girl Authority covered the song for their self-titled debut album Girl Authority.
- In 2006, English electro-pop group Chikinki covered the song for their album The Balloon Factory.
- In 2006, a cover of the song by The Golden Republic was featured in the film John Tucker Must Die but not included on the movie soundtrack.
- In 2007, Australian music trio Offcutts covered the song for their album What Happened Don't Lie.
- In 2011, the characters on the TV series Glee did a mashup of the song with Blondie's "One Way or Another" in the season 3 episode "Mash Off".
- In the 2012 jukebox musical film Rock of Ages, the song is performed by actress Catherine Zeta-Jones during the church scene.
- In 2013, the song was featured in a mashup medley sequence with other songs like Toni Basil's "Mickey", Salt-N-Pepa's "Let's Talk About Sex", Blackstreet's "No Diggity" and Madonna's "Like A Virgin" in the film Pitch Perfect.
- In 2014, English singer and former X Factor contestant Amelia Lily posted an acoustic cover of the song on YouTube.[4]
Live cover performances
- In 2012, Kelly Clarkson covered the song during the Fan Request section of her Stronger Tour.[5]
- Country singer Martina McBride has performed the song throughout the years in her concerts.
The song was sampled by D12 in a song of the same name. It was originally made for Eminem's seventh studio album Recovery, released in 2010, but it did not make the final cut. Since early 2011 though, the song has since leaked on the Internet.
Appearances in other media and popular culture
Video games
- A cover version of the song is a playable track in the game Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, while the original master track is playable in Guitar Hero On Tour for the Nintendo DS and Guitar Hero: Smash Hits for consoles.[6][7][8]
- This song is available on the game Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition for the Sony PlayStation 2 and PSP.
- This song also is a downloadable song in the Rock Band series, and is playable in Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock.[9][10]
- The song is also referenced in the original Pokémon Red and Blue games, one hiker in the Rock Tunnel section of the game begins the battle with "Hit me with your best shot!", and exclaims "Fired away!" after they are defeated.
- Able to be sung as a Karaoke challenge by the lead character Wei Shen in Sleeping Dogs
TV commercials and reality TV programs
- The song is featured in the Regular Show episode "Go Viral" during a montage when Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man and High-Five Ghost create various viral videos, each with varying degrees of popularity.
- American band My American Heart covered the song for a commercial for the French online video game service GameTap.
- In the reality TV series The Glee Project, contestants sang the song as part of a mashup of "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"/"One Way Or Another" in the sixth episode entitled "Fearlessness" in the second season.
- The song is featured in a Prestone Antifreeze Coolant commercial in 1999.
- The song is played at Wrigley Field when a Chicago Cubs player hits a home run.
- ^ Wilhite, Jud (2007). That Crazy Little Thing Called Love: The Soundtrack of Marriage, Sex, and Faith. Standard Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-7847-1944-2.
- ^ "Benatar Pat "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" Chords". Tablaturas.buanzo.com.ar. 1997-06-30. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ "Interview with Geoff Reynolds, "Pat Benatar Fires Away on Marriage, Middle Age, and the Future of Rock and Roll," Rocker Quarterly, Vol. IX, No. 4 (Winter 1995-96), p. 47.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6Hh42Kx8s0
- ^ "Every Kelly Clarkson cover from her 'Stronger' tour, compiled for your viewing pleasure". Entertainment Weekly. 9 April 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Inc, Activision. "Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Xbox 360: Video Games". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ Inc, Activision. "Guitar Hero Smash Hits: Nintendo Wii: Video Games". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ Inc, Activision. "Guitar Hero: On Tour: Video Games". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ "Hit Me With Your Best Shot by Pat Benatar // Songs // Rock Band®". Rockband.com. 2007-11-20. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
- ^ ""Hit Me With Your Best Shot" - Xbox.com". Marketplace.xbox.com. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
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|By Lori MacVittie
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|September 29, 2012 09:00 AM EDT
…is that they're consumer cloud services.
While we're all focused heavily on the challenges of managing BYOD in the enterprise, we should not overlook or understate the impact of consumer-grade services within the enterprise. Just as employees bring their own devices to the table, so too do they bring a smattering of consumer-grade "cloud" services to the enterprise.
Such services are generally woefully inappropriate for enterprise use. They are focused on serving a single consumer, with authentication and authorization models that support that focus. There are no roles, generally no group membership, and there's certainly no oversight from some mediating authority other than the service provider.
This is problematic for enterprises as it eliminates the ability to manage access for large groups of people, to ensure authority to access based on employee role and status, and provides no means of integration with existing ID management systems.
Integrating consumer-oriented cloud services into enterprise workflows and systems is a Sisyphean task. Cloud-services replicating what has traditionally been considered enterprise-class services such as CRM and ERP are designed with the need to integrate. Consumer-oriented services are designed with the notion of integration – with other consumer-grade services, not enterprise systems. They lack even the most rudimentary enterprise-class concepts such as RBAC, group-based policy and managed access.
SaaS supporting what are traditionally enterprise-class concerns such as CRM and e-mail have begun to enable the integration with the enterprise necessary to overcome what is, according to survey conducted by CloudConnect and Everest Group, the number two inhibitor of cloud adoption amongst respondents.
The lack of integration points into consumer-grade services is problematic for both IT – and the service provider. For the enterprise, there is a need to integrate, to control the processes associated with, consumer-grade cloud services. As with many SaaS solutions, the ability to collaborate with data-center hosted services as a means to integrate with existing identity and access control services is paramount to assuaging the concerns that currently exist given the more lax approach to access and identity in consumer-grade services.
Integration capabilities – APIs – that enable enterprises to integrate even rudimentary control over access is a must for consumer-grade SaaS looking to find a path into the enterprise. Not only is it a path to monetization (enterprise organizations are a far more consistent source of revenue than are ads or income derived from the sale of personal data) but it also provides the opportunity to overcome the stigma associated with consumer-grade services that have already resulted in "bans" on such offerings within large organizations.
There are fundamentally three functions consumer-grade SaaS needs to offer to entice enterprise customers:
Control over AAA
Enterprises need the ability to control who accesses services and to correlate with authoritative sources of identity and role. That means the ability to coordinate a log-in process that primarily relies upon corporate IT systems to assert access rights and the capability of the cloud-service to accept that assertion as valid. APIs, SAML, and other identity management techniques are invaluable tools in enabling this integration. Alternatively, enterprise-grade management within the tools themselves can provide the level of control required by enterprises to ensure compliance with a variety of security and business-oriented requirements.
Organizations need visibility into what employees (or machines) may be storing "in the cloud" or what data is being exchanged with what system. This visibility is necessary for a variety of reasons with regulatory compliance most often cited.
Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Security
Because one of the most alluring aspects of consumer cloud services is nearly ubiquitous access from any device and any location, the ability to integrate #1 and #2 via MDM and mobile-friendly security policies is paramount to enabling (willing) enterprise-adoption of consumer cloud services.
While most of the "consumerization" of IT tends to focus on devices, "bring your own services" should also be a very real concern for IT. And if consumer cloud services providers think about it, they'll realize there's a very large market opportunity for them to support the needs of enterprise IT while maintaining their gratis offerings to consumers.
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One Million Dollars for a liar
Original post made by Hal Bailey, another community, on Dec 17, 2007
It struct me last night that CBS Survivor was publicly celebrating LYING with a reward of US$1 Million. We can say it is a game, but then we would have to review Barry Bond's indictment related to the game of baseball.
What message are we messaging into our culture by such questionable reality in Survivor. Does it make it easier for us to accept politics as a game and expect our candidates, campaigns and elected officials to lie to us?
To our good fortune, life is not a game. Life has no rules or time periods. Life is not individual and is only relationships that mend, meld and go away. Games exist on rules exceptional to life and create competition that cannot be found in life's relationships.
Is Survivor only a game or an indictment of our culture?
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