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With the recent events relating to the Sandy Hook shooting,the tragedy affected everyone in some sort of way. Dick Peterson, owner of Window Enhancements LLC has a daughter and son-in-law in Newtown CT. and three grandchildren attending schools not far from the shooting. Though non of Dick's family were involved in the shooting, the tragedy had a tremendous impact on him concerning the well-being of others.
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Kobe Beef
American Kobe Beef
History Of Kobe Beef
Kobe Beef Burger
Kobe Beef Grade
Kobe Beef Recipes
Kobe Beef Restaurant
Restaurants That Serve Wagyu
Traditional Kobe Beef Recipes
Kobe Beef
Kobe beef - "The most tender and well marbled beef in the world!"
Kobe beef is the very best beef available in the world. Originating in Japan, Wagyu or Kobe beef is the world standard for top quality flavor and tenderness. Traditionally it is from the Kobe region of Japan, which has very rugged terrain that doesn't allow for easy migration. Because of this, Japan's cattle became isolated into small pockets, which resulted in different feeding and breeding techniques that produce very distinctive cattle attributes.
Wagyu cattle in Japan undergo rather unorthodox feeding and management programs to produce a happy cow, which the Japanese believe results in better tasting meat. They are fed beer during the summer months when the cattle eat less because it stimulates their appetites. They are also massaged to relieve stress and muscle stiffness. If you thought drinking beer and getting massaged was strange, then you will think the same of brushing the Kobe beef cattle with sake. Brushing the cattle with sake is believed to soften their skin and improve their appearance.
In 1635 the Shogun of Japan closed the national herd to crossbreeding, and other than a brief period in the 1800s, it has been closed ever since, right up to today.
The good news is the Japanese finally exported some wagyu cattle to the US and Kobe beef is now produced in the US. Living up to the same high quality standards of Japanese Kobe beef, American producers offer wagyu beef that is far superior to US domestically produced beef. They do this through genetics, advanced feeding methods and management. American wagyu is also hormone free which makes it much leaner than hormone laced domestic beef. Because it is much leaner, it is also much more tender and flavorful.
Domestically raised beef in the US is given 3 grades, Select, Choice & Prime. American Wagyu beef however, is graded using Japan's grading system in addition to the US Department of agriculture's system. Japan's system is based more on flavor and tenderness than the USDA system. They grade in terms of marbling, yield, meat color, firmness & texture and fat quality. The USDA system doesn't even have grades for beef of such high quality.
Beyond the premium flavor and tenderness of kobe beef, it is also more healthy than domestic beef. Recent research has shown wagyu beef has 30% more mono-unsaturated fatty acids than premium Angus. Usually associated with seafood, these essential fatty acids, which the human body can not produce on it's own, are called Omega-3 and Omega-6. They are known to help prevent arthritis, heart disease, depression, high blood pressure, and have anti-carcinogenic properties.
Wagyu style beef has just recently began to pop up on the menus of fine restaurants nationwide. I have personally put together a list of restaurants in 10 major US cities that have Kobe beef on the menu. Unfortunately only a select few offer anything more than appetizers, such as beef sliders, carpaccio and short ribs. The few that do have Kobe entrees significantly markup the price.
It's also very unlikely that you will find Kobe steak at your local grocery store. Unless you are lucky enough to live near one of the few gourmet butcheries that sells it, the best place the buy Kobe meat is online. There are several reputable gourmet steak suppliers that sell American Kobe beef online. You can even find authentic, imported Japanese beef available for purchase online, although it's a bit more expensive than American varieties.
Ordering mail order steaks online is also very convenient, it is usually shipped overnight the day you order it and arrives at your door in a temperature controlled, insulated box the very next day. Most times it comes complete with a preparation guide and cookbook full of mouth watering ways to prepare your Kobe beef. If you are unsure where to buy online I have put together a kobe beef buying guide that lists reputable online gourmet steak distributors that offer the best cuts available at reasonable prices.
Once you taste the awesome goodness of Kobe beef filet mignon or even a kobe burger, you will never look at USDA prime beef the same way again. It is by far the most tender and delicious variety of beef available and truly lives up to its legendary reputation as being the best in the world.
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PGY1 Residency Program
Postgraduate Year One (PGY1)
Carolyn Bondarenka, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Manager, Oncology Pharmacy Services
Residency Program Director
|The Residency Experience
|Program Advisors
|Program Director
The MUSC Medical Center is a 700-bed tertiary care academic medical center providing care for patients of Charleston and throughout the state of South Carolina. In addition to general medical and surgical services, MUSC offers a variety of specialty services including cardiothoracic, transplant, neurosurgery, level I trauma center, digestive disease, psychiatry, and level III neonatal intensive care. The medical center is comprised of four hospitals, Ashley River Tower, Children's Hospital, Institute of Psychiatry, and University Hospital. Outpatient facilities include the Hollings Cancer Center, Ashley River Tower Clinics, Rutledge Tower Clinics, Family Medicine Center and affiliated faculty practice ambulatory care centers. The Department of Pharmacy Services provides service to patients on a 24-hour basis through multiple inpatient and ambulatory pharmacies to fulfill the department's mission, vision, and goals of providing optimal pharmaceutical care to all patients.
Residents in PGY1 residency programs are provided the opportunity to accelerate their growth beyond entry-level professional competence in patient-centered care and in pharmacy operational services, and to further the development of leadership skills that can be applied in any position and in any practice setting. PGY1 residents acquire substantial knowledge required for skillful problem solving, refine their problem-solving strategies, strengthen their professional values and attitudes, and advance the growth of their clinical judgment. The instructional emphasis is on the progressive development of clinical judgment, a process begun in the advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPE or clerkships) of the professional school years but requiring further extensive practice, self-reflection, and shaping of decision-making skills fostered by feedback on performance. The residency year provides a fertile environment for accelerating growth beyond entry-level professional competence through supervised practice under the guidance of model practitioners. Specifically, residents will be held responsible and accountable for acquiring these outcome competencies: managing and improving the medication-use process; providing evidence-based, patient-centered medication therapy management with interdisciplinary teams; exercising leadership and practice management; demonstrating project management skills; providing medication and practice-related education/training; and utilizing medical informatics.
Finally, The MUSC PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency is committed to graduating competent general clinicians. Residents who graduate from our program are prepared to enter general clinical practice, a specialty residency (PGY-2), or a fellowship program.
Specific residency goals and objectives will be established in the beginning of the residency modified according to the resident's interests and previous experiences and advisor input. To meet the purpose of the residency, the resident will advance to achieve the following outcomes:
• Manage and improve the medication-use process.
• Provide evidence-based, patient-centered medication therapy management with interdisciplinary teams.
• Exercise leadership and practice management skills.
• Demonstrate project management skills.
• Provide medication and practice-related education/training.
• Utilize medical informatics.
• Conduct pharmacy practice research.
• Exercise added leadership and practice management skills.
• Provide drug information to health care professionals and/or the public.
• Demonstrate additional competencies that contribute to working successfully in the health care environment.
Each resident will spend at least one month in each of the required areas. The first month of the residency will be spent orienting and training with the drug distribution service component of the Department of Pharmacy Services. The December rotation is usually combined with either November or January (due to vacations and the Midyear meeting). The remaining 1 or 2 months are electives and may include additional months listed in the required areas or any of the following elective rotation sites (depending on availability).
|Learning Experiences
|Orientation (includes orientation to pharmacy operations)
|Acute Care
(Internal medicine, pulmonary, cardiology, hematology/oncology, transplant nephrology, infectious disease stewardship)
|1 month
|Critical Care
Medical intensive care unit (MICU), surgical trauma intensive care unit (STICU), coronary care unit (CCU), cardiothoracic intensive care unit (CTICU), transplant inpatient, medical surgical intensive care unit (MSICU), neurosurgery intensive care unit (NNICU)
|1 month
General pediatrics, pediatric oncology, pediatric surgery, pediatric intensive care unit (PICU), pediatric cardiothoracic intensive care unit (PCICU), neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
|1 month
|1 month
|Practice Management and Drug Information/Informatics
|1 month
|Ambulatory Care
University internal medicine (UIM), pharmacotherapy, transplant outpatient, bone marrow transplant, family medicine outpatient
|1 month
|Integrated Practice Rotation*
|2 months
|2-3 months
*The Integrated Practice Rotation is a 2-month experience which will be in one of our three hospitals and based on the residents areas of interest (e.g., pediatrics, adult medicine, critical care, hematology/oncology). The resident will have an understanding of technology, systems and workflow within the pharmacy department of a large academic medical center. Residents are expected to provide patient-care services within the department's team-based pharmacy practice initiative. The resident will be exposed to and expected to perform a variety of roles and responsibilities of a pharmacist practicing in this model. This may include, but is not limited to: attending and actively participating in patient care rounds with the multi-professional team, performing order review and verification for assigned patients, participating in program-oriented services (such as: anticoagulation, therapeutic drug monitoring, medication reconciliation, nutrition support and discharge counseling), providing drug information and education, participating in patient safety initiatives, or performing any other functions expected of a pharmacist within their assigned teams.
• Potential for lecturing to or leading case discussions with PharmD students.
• Inservices to pharmacy, medical, and nursing staff (inpatient and outpatient).
• Co-preceptor of Pharm.D. student on simultaneous rotations.
• Participation in the Academician Preparatory Program (APP)
A detailed list of active preceptors may be found at http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/pharmacy_services/residency/preceptors/index.htm
Clinical Specialist, Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Pharmacy Clinical Specialist, Hematology/Oncology
On-site Interviews will be required. Current dates for 2014 PGY1 interviews are January 24th; February 3rd, 7th, 17th, and 27th.
Starting in 2012 the MUSC Pharmacy Program will be using the PhORCAS Application System through ASHP. Please submit all application materials through the applicant portal on ASHP's website. The deadline for receipt of a complete application packet is December 31st. Applicants can begin submitting materials through PhORCAS on November 19. Complete applications include the following:
- Letter of intent (uploaded with application)
- Curriculum vitae (uploaded with application)
- Three letters of reference completed by health professionals who can attest to the applicant's practice abilities and aptitudes (uploaded directly from the authors beginning on November 19)
- At least one letter must be from an immediate supervisor (if applicable - for PGY1 only)
- At least one letter must be from a clinical preceptor
- Official transcripts of all professional pharmacy education
- Class rank (in a sealed envelope from Dean's Office)
- List of Rotations completed.
The application, letter of intent and curriculum vitae should be submitted via the PhORCAS applicant portal. Letters of reference should also be submitted via PhORCAS Reference Portal using the ASHP Reference Template no later than December 31 directly from the authors. For further information, please see application information.
Carolyn Bondarenka, PharmD, MBA, BCPS
Manager, Hollings Cancer Center Pharmacy
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Flambard Poetry Prize
Deadline: 1st Sep 14
First prize: £1000
Second prize: £250
The Flambard Prize will be awarded annually to the best group of five poems submitted by a poet who has not yet published a single-authored pamphlet or collection. Each poem should be no longer than 40 lines.
The cost of entry is £5 per group of five poems.


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Henry IV, Part 2 (Quarto 1, 1598).
Enter strewers of rushes.
32071 More rushes, more rushes.
32082 The trumpets haue sounded twice.
32093 Twill be two a clocke ere they come from the coronati-
3209.1on, dispatch, dispatch.
Trumpets sound, and the King, and his traine passe ouer the
3212Falst. Stand heere by me maister Shallow, I will make the
3213King doe you grace, I will leere vpon him as a comes by, and
3214do but marke the countenaunce that he will giue me.
3216Pist. God blesse thy lungs good Knight.
3217Falst. Come heere Pistoll, stand behinde mee. O if I had
3218had time to haue made new liueries: I woulde haue bestowed
3219the thousand pound I borrowed of you, but tis no matter, this
3220poore shew doth better, this doth inferre the zeale I had to see
3222Pist. It doth so.
3223Falst. It shewes my earnestnesse of affection.
3224Pist. It doth so.
3225Falst. My deuotion.
3226Pist. It doth, it doth, it doth.
3227Fal. As it were to ride day & night, and not to deliberate,
3228not to remember, not to haue pacience to shift me.
3230Shal It is best certain: but to stand stained with trauaile, and
sweating with desire to see him, thinking of nothing els, putting
3233all affaires else in obliuion, as if there were nothing els to bee
3234done, but to see him.
3235Pist. Tis semper idem, for, obsque hoc nihil est, tis in euery
3237Shal. Tis so indeede.
3238Pist. My Knight, I will inflame thy noble liuer, and make
3239thee rage, thy Dol, and Helen of thy noble thoughts, is in base
3240durance, and contagious prison, halde thither by most mecha-
3241nical, and durtie hand: rowze vp reuenge from Ebon den, with
3242fell Alectoes snake, for Doll is in: Pistoll speakes nought but
3244Falst. I will deliuer her.
3245Pist. There roared the sea, and trumpet Clangor sounds.
Enter the King and his traine.
3250Falst. God saue thy grace King Hall, my royall Hall.
3251Pist. The heauens thee gard and keep, most royal impe of
3253Falst. God saue thee, my sweet boy.
3254King My Lord chiefe iustice, speake to that vaine man.
3256Iust. Haue you your wits? know you what tis you speake?
3258Falst. My King, my Ioue, I speake to thee, my heart.
3259King I know thee not old man, fall to thy praiers,
3260How ill white heires becomes a foole and iester,
3261I haue long dreampt of such a kind of man,
3262So surfet-sweld, so old, and so prophane:
3263But being awakt, I do despise my dreame,
3264Make lesse thy body (hence) and more thy grace,
3265Leaue gourmandizing, know the graue doth gape
3266For thee, thrice wider then for other men,
3267Reply not to me with a foole-borne iest,
3268Presume not that I am the thing I was,
3269For God doth know, so shall the world perceiue,
3270That I haue turnd away my former selfe,
3271So will I those that kept me company:
3272When thou dost heare I am as I haue bin,
3273Approch me, and thou shalt be as thou wast,
3274The tutor and the feeder of my riots:
3275Till then I banish thee, on paine of death,
3276As I haue done the rest of my misleaders,
3277Not to come neare our person by ten mile:
3278For competence of life, I wil allow you,
3279That lacke of meanes enforce you not to euills,
3280And as we heare you do reforme your selues,
3281We will according to your strengths and qualities,
3282Giue you aduauncement. Be it your charge, my lord,
3283To see performd the tenure of my word: set on.
3285Iohn Master Shallow I ow you a thousand pound.
3286Shal. Yea mary sir Iohn, which I beseech you to let me haue
3287home with me.
3288Iohn That can hardly be, master Shalow: do not you grieue
3289at this, I shall be sent for in priuate to him, looke you, hee must
3290seeme thus to the world: feare not your aduauncements, I will
3291be the man yet that shal make you great.
3292Shal. I cannot perceiue how, vnlesse you giue me your
3293dublet, and stuffe me out with straw: I beseech you good sir
3294Iohn let me haue fiue hundred of my thousand.
3296Iohn Sir I will be as good as my worde, this that you heard
3297was but a collour.
3298Shall. A collor that I feare you will die in sir Iohn.
3299Iohn Feare no colours, go with me to dinner:
3300Come lieftenant Pistol, come Bardolfe,
Enter Iustice
and prince Iohn
3301I shall be sent for soone at night.
3302Iustice Go cary sir Iohn Falstalfe to the Fleet,
3303Take all his company along with him.
3304Fal. My lord, my lord.
3305Iust. I cannot now speake, I will heare you soone, take them
3307Pist. Si fortuna me tormenta spero contenta.
3309Iohn I like this faire proceeding of the Kings,
3310He hath intent his wonted followers
3311Shall all be very well prouided for,
3312But all are banisht till their conuersations
3313Appeare more wise and modest to the worlde.
3314Iust. And so they are.
3315Iohn The King hath cald his parlament my lord.
3317Iust. He hath.
3318Iohn I wil lay ods, that ere this yeere expire,
3319We beare our ciuil swords and natiue fier,
3320As farre as France, I heard a bird so sing,
3321Whose musique, to my thinking, pleasde the King:
3322Come, will you hence?


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Maps & Directions
Getting to Simmons College
Simmons College is located at 300 The Fenway in Boston, Massachusetts. The college campus can be accessed via car and public transit.
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Getting to the Career Education Center
The Career Education Center is located on the Academic Campus in the School of Management/ Academic Building (#4 on the Academic Campus Map) on the first floor, suite M107 — M112. See Campus Map.
We strongly encourage all visitors to the Simmons College campus to consider taking public transportation before driving to campus. Limited on-campus parking is available at a discounted rate to visitors of the CEC. Parking may be obtained by employers, alumnae/i, and certain other guests. Current Simmons students and Simmons staff and faculty cannot request parking through the CEC. To request visitor parking, please e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Some important parking notes:
- The on-campus garage is located under the Academic Campus quadrangle and can be accessed from Avenue Louis Pasteur (access road is between the Park Science Building and Boston Latin School).
- Parking in the on-campus garage is limited; permission to park only guarantees a discounted parking pass, not a parking spot in the garage. If the Simmons College garage is full, a sign will be posted outside the gate and you will need to park at a parking meter on a nearby street or at a local off-campus parking lot/garage
- When entering the garage, you will receive a white ticket at the entrance gate. This ticket, combined with the discounted ticket you receive in our office, is necessary to exit the garage at the discounted rate. If the white ticket is lost, you will need to go to the Campus Card Office (Palace Road Building, P107) or pay the unvalidated rate to exit the garage.
- The unvalidated parking rate is $50 per day — anyone who enters the garage without getting approval at least 24 hours in advance will be required to pay the unvalidated rate.
- For full parking details, including discounted parking rates, please see the Simmons Visitor Parking web page.
On-Campus Directions to Key Locations
Career Education Center
SOM/Academic Building, M107 — M112
From Front Entrance (300 The Fenway):
- Cross through Main Lobby and into College Center (Common Grounds Café area)
- Cross through College Center and exit outside to Quad
- Cross Quad to SOM/Academic Building (off-white building, Building #4)
- Enter School of Management and turn left from lobby
- Career Education Center is on the left, first set of double doors
From Simmons Garage:
- Follow signs in garage to School of Management building (toward the direction of the garage entrance ramp)
- Take stairs or elevators up to School of Management 1st floor
- At stair/elevator exit, enter the building lobby via glass doors
- Turn right from the lobby
- Career Education Center is on the left, first set of double doors
Linda K. Paresky Conference Center
Main College Building, Third Floor, East Wing
From Front Entrance (300 The Fenway):
- Take stairs in Main Lobby to 3rd floor, or turn left at lobby and head down to hall to the elevator on your right
- If you took the stairs, turn left down the main hallway from the 3rd floor landing
- If you took the elevator, take it to the 3rd floor and exit to the right
- Head up a short flight of stairs to the east wing
- Continue down to the end of the hallway and through the double doors into the Paresky Conference Center
From Simmons Garage:
- If on 2nd or 3rd garage levels, take stairs or elevator (under School of Management building) to 1st garage level
- Follow signs on 1st garage level to Main College Building (opposite side of garage from School of Management)
- Head through double door and down short unfinished hallway to elevator/stairs in the Main College Building
- Take stairs or elevator to 1st floor (College Center/Common Grounds)
- Cross the College Center toward the far side of the building to reach the Main College Building lobby
- Follow directions above from the Front Entrance
Kotzen Meeting Room
LeFavour Library Building, L001-L002
From Front Entrance (300 The Fenway):
- From the main lobby, turn right and head down the hallway to the elevator (on your left) and stairs (on your right)
- Take either the elevator or stairs down to the Lower Level
- Walk up the ramp or stairs, through the Student Activities area, and turn left at end of hallway
- Kotzen Meeting Room will be on your left before you reach the Library Building lobby
From Simmons Garage:
- Take stairs or elevators to ground level
- Exit to the Quad, and cross Quad to LeFavour Library Building (green glass Building, #2 on Academic Campus Map)
- Enter Library Building lobby, and take first right
- Kotzen Meeting Room will be on your right
Questions about Visiting the CEC?
Contact the CEC at (617) 521-2488 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Meet the Staff
Learn about the CEC staff, and contact us with any questions or concerns. We are here to help!
Hours & Location
Semester Hours:
Tues-Thur 8:30am-7:00pm
Monday & Friday 8:30am-4:30pm
Saturday & Sunday: Closed
Summer & Winter Break Hours:
Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm
Drop-in hours:
Mon & Tues 3:00pm-4:30pm
Wens & Thurs 1:30pm-3:00pm
offered year-round
You can also schedule an appointment.
SOM/Academic Building
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115
Maps & Directions
Simmons College is located at 300 The Fenway in Boston, Massachusetts. The college campus can be accessed via car and public transit.
Next Career Event
School of Social Work Career Fair
Mar 3, 2015 at 3 PM - 6 PM at Linda K. Paresky Conference Center, MCB Third Floor


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National American University
Review Average: 3.4 out of 10
(22 reviews)
National American University Reviews:
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
HORRIBLE University and Employer
December 29, 2012
I have a complaint based on work place discrimination and National American University also violating rules set forth by the Department of Education. I worked at for-profit National American University in Austin, Texas for a year and it was a horrible experience. When I started training as an admissions advisor in 8/2011 there were 30 individuals being trained for the university's Texas locations in Austin, Georgetown, and Dallas. By the 10 month period over half ... [Read more]
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
April 2, 2012
Where does one begin... I wish I would have been more diligent in my search of a college to attend. Most of the advisors are completely incompetent. It takes forever to get a response. My status sheet was incorrect, stating I completed a course that I actually did not complete. Advisor and advisor stated that my status sheet was accurate and I had a few classes to complete before graduating. There was no empathy or ... [Read more]
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful
October 9, 2007
I had several questionable incidents with NAU, mostly related to administration of records and office support. Beware that the college does not maintain records in the manner it should; it is not uncommon to have grades recorded incorrectly and to have to wade through their cumbersome grievance procedure to correct the errors. Due to the exceptionally high turnover in professors, academic deans, and other personnel you may experience other delays and annoyances. I stuck it ... [Read more]
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Horrible - Will Sink You in Debt
February 11, 2011
Financial Aid here is a MESS. At one point it took me 6 months to get a loan for one quarter, and admin admitted it was their mistake and that it had been missed by 4 people. I have been at NAU for over a year and attend online as well as on campus as a Business major. It is very important for people thinking about attending NAU to be informed of several things, all ... [Read more]
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Run Fast!!!!! The Worst School Ever!!!!!!
October 6, 2012
I enrolled this year for the Fall semester and it has been a nightmare ever since! The financial aid office has been telling me lie after lie about what is taking them so long to get my student loan money and grant money. I would not have enrolled without the money already in place, but they told me that they would provide me with a voucher because they knew the money would be coming since ... [Read more]
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Online nightmare
November 28, 2011
This school is painfully understaffed on the financial aid side, but very well staffed on the recruiting side. Beware, they have students sign documents that the student is responsible for all fees up front but are slow slow slow in processing financial aid. Look at the fine print, "Financial Aid is Available." I would not sign up for classes until you are sure you have financial aid unless you have the funds to pay for ... [Read more]
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
June 2, 2013
Had several advisers while enrolled, on a couple of occasions advisers placed me in classes without my consent or knowledge which resulted in me having to pay for the class. Financial aid department also overcharged both student loan providers and VA costing the student money. The school sought reparations for overages 2 to 3 years after they happened. These "over payments" were taken care of with VA and student loan providers however the school is ... [Read more]
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I am in a class right now where the teacher is mean, doesn't explain classes or assignments, posts hatefull things, and doesn't guide us at all. More than one student is totally in the dark, and we're all flunking, which is making our GPA go way down. We are doing on-line classes, and rarely does she come on and answer any questions, and just leaves nasty comments. Some of us have gone to the "higher ups" and they basically have lied to us (me in-particular) stating that they were going to "look into the problem" but nothing has been done. I went to another school before this one and graduated as a Med. Asst. with a GPA of 4.0, and have never had any problems with any instructors. Besides, it is not just me, it is almost the entire class. You have NO support if there is a problem, there are people that I am friends with who's financial aid is so screwed up that they are checking different schools to transfer to. If you complain about an instructor, they tell you, "oh well, just try to understand her," that is about all the student support any of you are going to get. I would absolutely NOT recommend this school, the classes are astonomical as they just raised the rates, and there is no support, and financial aid is non-existant.
NAU financial advisors have lacked in their proffessional responsibility to warn MANY students of situations that will (not could, but will) nip furthering their education in the budd, and cause obvious hardships. Many of these situations have cause so much stress that even divorce and suicide contimplation (maybe suicide itself, research is being done) has been an outcome from the the financial sting and embarressment they have caused, where "the waste of time" isn't even near the top of the list. I am gathering many together for a class action suite, if anyone is interested, please contact me at: email@example.com
My goodness you people whine too much. Take responsibility, if you didn't like it you should've left and if money was an issue you should've found someone above financil aid to talk to, via supervisor. I guess they told you "no" or something happend you didn't like and didnt try to do anything about it but complain. Shut up!
Um... You DO know this is a REVIEW site, right?
education that the school is giving sucks as well
I too, am currently taking classes at NAU. Over satisfaction on most of my classes have been great except for one. The one class has an un-reliable and un-helpful instructor. Originally I wanted to drop this class, but no one could help me in the dropping and adding a class, as it seemed to be not an option for me. I did not even register for this class. I would not even registered for it, as I would of taking a database class more towards what I am currently doing now. First, without any warning I had to upgrade with no discount MS Office 2007 (had issues), then I upgraded to MS Office (Access) 2010 which worked out better, except it is slightly different than 2007 Access. I've put comments to the effect of my issues and received no help from the instructor. Anyone considering taking Database class at NAU Online... NAU should have MORE Database Classes to offer... Consider SQL, that is what I wanted too, so I can beef up my SQL skills. NOT Access 2007, that I may never use!!!
I just don't believe some of the stuff people write about NAU. I attended NAU for two quarters, and I had a great time. The faculty is the best, yeah some of the instructors aren't the most friendliest people you ever met but the school itself is a real university where any one can receive a quality education. I was a candidate in the bachelor's of science (IT) management information systems program, and I loved every minute. I did so well that my confidence is at the point where I know know I can complete any program and become anything, thanks to good ole NAU.
I too have had the same financial issues. The school that promised me FULL financial aid, now has me over 8,000 in debt! Disgusting! They messed up my classes, did not drop me, charged me.......... My campus has gone through 4 different financial aid reps, admitted to being "messed up" and still they charge me! I could go to a GREAT university for less money and have a better repor when I graduate, but I am now STUCK there until I repay my INSTITUTIONAL loans. I would NEVER reccommend this university to anyone! EVER! DO NOT GO! Not to mention, they just sent me an email telling me that in order to maintain such a "WELL DEVELOPED" campus, they will have to raise my fees. THEY ARE ONLINE CLASSES! WTH
I am currently in my second class and NAU. Its been a very good experience. Everytime I call I get a person, or someone calls me back the same day. They have been very helpful and most of all NOT pushy. They transferred a fair amount of my previous credits. The instructors have been great, grading on time, giving input. The class length is 10 weeks which is a good length, you won't feel rushed and you have enough time t
I have had numerous problems with the financial aid department and student accounts. The financal aid department has twice told me misonformation about financial aid (that it was covered by federal student loans) and then oops... later on they come back and give me an "oh by the way you need to come up with $8,000" out of nowhere. I was also locked out of my online classes by student accounts because they didn't receive paperwork from the loan company (the only one the school will accept by the way) on the same day that I had received the loan. I would not recommend this school to anyone. My friends that are going to more established online schools have never had the same problems that I hav had.
I worked for this school before. Stay away! They're in it for the money not to provide you a solid education. The "education" is a joke. The only way it could benefit you is if you already had a Bachelors and decided to further for a Masters and thought it would look well on your resume...and then most people would say who the hell is National American University. Unless, you're located in the midde of nowhere in the midwest and people would say NAU IS A JOKE! It might also help you if you work there and you can get your joke of an education their for free and that might look good. Ever hear of a "degree mill?"...well NAU is one.
Please be aware. Do not sign on with NAU. I had enrolled a month before the Winter Quarter. I keeped in contact weekly with Financial Aid & my Admin Advisor. I was told weekly that everything was great. All my paperwork was filled out and there was nothing to do but come to orientation and grab my books. The day of orientation, the place was chaotic. There was only 4 new students, yet they had no clue what to do with us 4. Nothing was ready. They finally had us order our books. Then we went to see Financial Aid. I was then told to fork over $1500 before starting class, which was in 3 days. This is the first time they had ever mention anything about me paying an amount before school started. The Financial Aid guy screwed up on my application for the school loan. When asked about the books being ordered, they said I would have to wait unitl the books arrive. Then I had to spend my own money on the shipping cost to send them back. Which is not true! I found the email confirmation and sent the bookstore an email and had my books canceled same day. I did not have to wait for 21 days after the books get shipped to me. They are a bunch of shady people. They then called me the next day to try to get me to attend the following Spring. They said they would fix my financial aid to correct the mistake they did. They mis-calculated my income and made it seem like I made more money than I did. I sent an email straight to the Director and had asked him to contact me asap, still haven't heard from him yet. It's been a week. If they can screw up this badly the first time around what will happen the next qaurter. I'm glad I left before even starting my classes.
Wow what a horrible school. First their many online instructors think they are professors and expect you to call them that. Most don't have any teaching or education background, just worked in the field. the financial aid is slow no one seems to know what is going on. When you are due a stipend they hold it for 14 days, why that's not their money, I have to pay it back not them. The dean never returns calls or emails.
Financial aid is not like cash assistance from the gnvnromeet. It goes to your school to pay your bill first and if there is a left over amount, you get that back .You may it sound like you should be getting paid to go to school.Contact bursar on Monday and make sure you don't have a balance and if you don't, use that 200 for books.
National American University in Mesquite Texas is the most unprofessional school. The advisors look like hood rats and the dean never calls you back. There is one girl who is an advisor who lies to students and wears skin tight clothing and looks so ghetto. She had tatoos on her legs and arms and has the worst dirty clothes. I walked out disgusted that I wasted my time. I would never go to that school. It is a big rip off with stupid faculty that just wants your money. What a mess.
I just started with this school. I have been in class or about 5 weeks and have yet to recieve my financial aid and I can't get in contact with my advisor to see if I can add an extra class. I hope I dont end up with a nightmare story like others on here. Also, why does it take 90 credits fr a associates vs 60 credits???
Been going to school at the Colorado Springs campus and to add to the comments, the financial aid department is a complete "joke"....If you are a veteran look for another school. They have "no clue" what they are doing, with VA paying all my schooling they stated that "I OWED MONEY", well when the VA deposited my money for my next classes, they deducted what they said "I owed" without any kind of explanation on what the debt was for, VA in financial department is A JOKE! They won't respond to questions and noone is ever there. Have filed a complaint with the BBB and with gthe VA.....Veterans look for another school. Also try to transfer credits as I have tried, have a better chance of going to winning the lottery.
The administrators at the Tulsa OK campus are just after money. This school will have to closed its doors soon at this location. They have a lot of competition with many other schools that are actually good. Their customer service is horrible. They are rude and feel that the students are obligated to them. This school is a disgrace to the higher education industry
This is the worst school. They only care about money. The people who work at the Tulsa Campus are horrible. No one gets back to you in a timely manner. They look at each student as dollar signs. Don't go here, waste of money.
National American Universities finance office is a joke!!! They have no clue what they are doing and to make up for that they will lie right to your face... They messed up my pell refund and explained to me after a few lies that they would have it over nighted to the school for me to come pick up....surprise it seems that it still hasn't arrived????? Over Night does mean next day,right? I would tell anyone looking to return to school to NOT return to this University!!!! PS: Their credits don't even transfer to anywhere else....
I am currently attending National American in Colorado Springs and this will be my 2ND quarter and the biggest problem I have with this school is the financial aid office they have lack of training they are very rude and seem to be untrained. They have no knowledge of what they should be doing. I'm not the only student that they seem to jerk around with the loan process! It is several others! I think if they don't pull their act together or get staff who knows their jobs they will start to lose students in the Colorado springs campus! I so wish that I would have known how unprofessional they were before I enrolled but they get you with the no wait-list for the nursing program, don't get me wrong the Denver campus is amazing they seem to be on top of all their paperwork as well they are not rude. Kristi and Jessica seriously need to be retrained or fired for the lack of professionalism and ability to do an outstanding job!
Beware of attending this school. High turnovers of "teachers" and the lack of communication is extremely upsetting. Could not even start my classes on time for the online portion because no one had any info to give me and they forgot to mention important processes that needed to be taken. I wish I never started with NAU. Not worth the money I will have to pay back. Go somewhere else please!
i have had several problems with nau they promised me a maternity leave when i had my son and they did not give it to me when i comfroted them they told me they would contact my teachers they never did, my proffesiors changed my finals due date and did not notify me, they do not answer my phone calls nor emails. And they also changed my degree on mw without notifying me i wouldnt go here.
The worst administrative staff possible. They seems so genuine on the recruiting end. However, you find out how poor their record keeping is. In my experience, they do not update transcripts received, erroneously drop people administratively, they fail to return timely phone calls, keep callers on hold for unreasonable lengths of time and totally blundered the financial records. On top of that, they are gruesomely expensive. I would never recommend them under any circumstance.
This school is a rip off. Seriously the financial dept does not take their job seriously. You can never get a phone call back and they take like 6 months to get your account right. You would be better off going to a better school. They charge way to much for all of their classes and the teachers really don't explain the assignments that well. Went for one semester and am changing schools for these reasons and I would not recommend this school to anyone.
I would tell you to not attend this college...the first thing you aren't allowed to transfer credits to any other school whichs limits you. Also I applied for an application on Feb 15, 2011, I called the SAME day to ask for a refund because after thinking about it, with my husband in the military I don't want to be stuck to one college if we move. Mary from Financial Aid stated I would be refunded by mail I have been trying to call and leave messages since then and she doesn't return my calls. My advice would be DON'T ATTEND THIS SCHOOL.
I am a mother of 2 with a full time job. I wanted to take classes for a Medical Assistant. When I was looking into the information, they told me that I would be able to take all my classes online except my clinicals. GREAT!! In the middle of my second quarter, I only had one class at that time because my 2nd class had a late start. I told them I needed to drop my 2nd class (which again had not started yet) ok fine. They then wanted to go ahead and get me enrolled for my next quarter classes. When I was going over that with them, they proceeded to tell me that I was running low on the classes that I could take online. WHAT?? Come to find out I only had 7 classes that I could take online and the rest I would have to go to classes for. Not what I signed up for. Ended up having to drop all my classes because I could not go to classes w/ my job and my kids. I was so mad that I had to even go through this. So when it was time to make my pymt for the class I had dropped they tell me that they had to charge me a "Partial Payment" becuase I had logged in 1 time during that class in the first week. Are you kidding me?? Now that I am trying to get answers nobody is returning my phone calls and I cant get anything done. Im seriously thinking of getting a lawyer involved. This school is horrible!! WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS SCHOOL TO ANYONE!!!!
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I work at a hotel during the night shift in a major metropolitan area and see a lot of celebs coming and going, and for the most part they don't impress me much. One night that all changed when we saw Larry Thomas, also known as the Soup Nazi. He wasn't staying at our hotel, but he was shooting a few scenes in one of our rooms for a movie that was being shot locally. My coworker thought it would be a great idea to say "No room for you!" as he walked in one night, because I'm sure he never gets things like that. I was completely embarrassed but thankfully he didn't hear her. He's the only guy I've been tempted to ask for a picture with, but I never asked because I hate when all the other employees go gaga for our famous guests.
I worked at Barnes & Noble cafe for a couple summers. One summer, Ellen Page was shooting a film in a small town near the store. She had been in before and my coworkers couldn't stop talking about it. One night, just before we closed, she ordered a small drink and gave a 50 cent tip. For a $2.00 drink, I consider that to be a nice tip, however my coworker that night thought differently. She turned to me, and in front of the customer (Ellen Page) said, "Look, a whole 50 cents!" Ms. Page clearly felt bad and began rooting through her purse for me. After she left, my coworker turned to me and asked, "Wait. Was that that one girl? The one from Juno?"
The next summer, Rick Springfield was playing a show in town. He came in with his girlfriend and demanded oatmeal. When we explained we didn't have any, he got upset but bought a couple of drinks. His girlfriend liked it so much, he cam back to order another one. My coworker that day could barely contain her excitement.
My wife and I were leaving church a few Sundays ago. She was pointing out different men's clothing that she liked when she made a remark that she liked, but said I would most likely find to feminine. We then noticed it was Brian Littrell of Backstreet Boys fame. Fortunately we were in our car and he did not hear her.
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During college, we decided to take a road trip to New York City. We left our hostel one morning and were crossing Times Square. We came to the entrance of some posh hotel with ornatecolumnsand a pair of blacklimousinesout front. Who walks out but two huge Grizz and Dot-Com looking guys and none other than Don King, in all his wild, grey haired glory.
Walking a few paces ahead, my friend sticks her finger a foot from his face and says, "Oh my God, it's Don Johnson!"
Don King's bodyguards fall out laughing. He grabs his belly, leans back and let's out a loud and low "Woooooooo! Ha ha!" We hurry out of their, laughing, trying to explain to our friend why everything went down how it did.
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The story also reported that Muhammed will be fined. The four-day program is being held in Florham Park, N.J., and is designed to help rookies make the transition into the league.
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Martin Heidegger (1927) contends that death, if experienced as an authentically owned possibility, is non-relational in that it is unsharable: "No one can take the Other's dying away from him…. By its very essence, death is in each case mine" (p. 284). In my own work (Stolorow 2011), by contrast, I claim that an authentic being-toward-death entails owning up not only to one's own finitude, but also to the finitude of all those we love. Hence, I contend, authentic being-toward-death always includes being-toward-loss as a central constituent. Just as, existentially, we are "always dying already" (Heidegger, 1927, p. 298), so too are we always already grieving. Death and loss are existentially equiprimordial. Existential anxiety anticipates and discloses both death and loss.
In loss as possibility, all possibilities for being in relation to the lost loved one (other than imaginary and symbolic possibilities) are extinguished. Thus, being-toward-loss is also a being-toward-the-death of a part of one's being-in-the-world—toward a form of existential death. Traumatic loss shatters one's emotional world, and, insofar as one dwells in the region of such loss, one feels eradicated. Jacques Derrida (2001) captures this claim poignantly and poetically:


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David Warner's 16-ball 40 and Brad Hodge's calm approach helped Australia overpower South Africa's score of 80 in the rain-curtailed second Twenty20 International (T20I) at Durban on Wednesday. The match was reduced to seven overs a side.
After some blitzkrieg from Quinton de Kock and Faf du Plessis in the first innings, it was over to the dream opening pair in T20Is of David Warner and Aaron Finch to go for the target. Lonwabo Tsotsobe was greeted with a boundary smashed past mid-off by Finch. Tsotsobe was ordinary in his bowling giving away easy runs. Warner even went aerial by smashing two more boundaries and a six in the over. Australia eventually won the game.
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The jury foreman speaks out on the trial, along with her fellow jurors, following a guilty verdict on former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday. | Antonio Perez/AP
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Connie Wilson, 56, didn't want to be the foreman.
But the Naperville woman known during the trial only as Juror 146 said Tuesday she and her fellow jurors worked tirelessly in 10 days of deliberations to look over every piece of evidence on their way to a verdict: 17 convictions against former governor Rod Blagojevich, now guilty of fraud, corruption and extortion.
The mother of two daughters ages 25 and 29 received her call to jury duty one week before retiring from her job as a choral director at Holy Spirit Catholic Community in Naperville. After getting placed on the jury, Wilson gave up her hope of having a few days off. She tried to keep up with her garden and the news, though her husband and daughters cut out Blagojevich articles from the three papers the family receives every day and kicked her out of the room when the trial came on TV.
It was difficult to balance with friends, too, who didn't know she was serving on the trial.
"Because it's such a high profile case, that would come up in conversation," she said, laughing as she remembered her difficulties at dinner parties. "You'd have to like, excuse yourself and go to the restroom."
With Wilson at the helm, the meticulous jurors used a teacher-recommended voting process called "fist to five," gesturing with their hands to vote. In fact, Wilson said, the only time the jury used a secret ballot was during their vote for foreman. She was the only juror who had served on a jury before.
"I never raised my hand to volunteer," she said, adding she still has mixed feelings about being chosen and believes many of her fellow jurors could have served well as foreman. "Somebody mentioned my name and I could have kicked her under the table! I didn't, but I thought about it."
Secret ballots don't show where people truly are, Wilson said, so the jurors resorted to what they called the "fist to five" method. If a juror's fist was closed, Blagojevich was not guilty. If the juror showed five fingers, he was guilty.
"And then you have everything in between," Wilson explained. "That led us to see openly people's opinions of where they were in the process."
That process was important to how the jury, made up of 11 women and one man Wilson referred to as "our gentleman," made its decisions, she said. They originally didn't agree and had to keep voting to reach a verdict, though they couldn't decide on two of the charges against the ex-gov. She said she was surprised by how people voted; the jury didn't divide themselves into camps, but voted differently on each charge depending on the evidence on that charge.
Wilson said the gender divide didn't matter in the jury's deliberations, though there was one day in the cafeteria at Dirksen Federal Courthouse when they discussed it. "We don't look like that jury!" Wilson said they realized, acknowledging the rarity of such a marked gender divide.
"Some of the women actually said, I'm sure we're going to be characterized as the typical woman who talks ad nauseum, and you know, it really wasn't that way," she said. "Everybody was very much trying to find 'innocent until proven guilty' and that's what everything's based on and we would go back to that premise very often."
The quiet jury surprised the court marshals who supervised it and even U.S. District Judge James Zagel, Wilson said.
"Judge Zagel said at one point, 'I wasn't sure you were still in there!'" she said, laughing. "Now, to have that many women in a room and be that quiet was pretty amazing."
They strayed away from talking politics during their time off, Wilson said. Though she wouldn't say whether or not she cast her vote for Blagojevich as governor, she said she often votes independent and said pervasive corruption in Illinois, and Blagojevich's actions, leave her simply sad.
The "veil of corruption" in Illinois is one of the reasons the state struggles with solving problems, she said.
"You end up having two former governors in jail, that doesn't say too much about the state," Wilson said, shaking her head.
As for Blagojevich's time spent on the stand over parts of seven days, Wilson said she realized he was trying to connect with jurors, who talked about it during deliberations. When one questioned Blagojevich's personal testimony and discussion of everything from his childhood to his library, she said she realized what the ex-politician was up to.
"I said, 'Do you remember what he talked about in the library?' He pointed to something in the library that pertained to almost everybody on the jury," Wilson explained.
She said Blagojevich mentioned books, targeting a librarian; pointed out an interest in music, directing it toward her; and discussed the importance of education, to connect with the teacher.
"He even brought out at one point something about Boston, and of course our gentleman was a huge Boston fan," she laughed, remembering that juror's many Boston-themed T-shirts.
Still, in the end, Blagojevich's guilt was simply "overwhelming," she said, echoing what her fellow jurors told reporters in a news conference after Monday's verdict.
The jury "just couldn't ignore that," she said.


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An auctioneer notes a bid on a foreclosed home during an auction on in Denver, Colorado.
You have probably heard the term 'robo-signer' in the last month as the news broke that many banks had employees automatically approve paperwork that allowed for repossessions and foreclosures with no real review or vetting. The question is – did anyone lose their home because of paperwork that was filed improperly? Banks are saying no, though some major lending institutions have frozen foreclosures. Attorneys General from all 50 states are going forward with an investigation looking at home foreclosure practices. Meanwhile, lenders seized more homes this summer than in any three-month stretch since the market began to bust in 2006, 288,000+ foreclosures from July to September. What happens now that bank repossessions and foreclosure auctions have hit record levels and if you are currently in foreclosure does this news do you any good?
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Happy Birthday to Me!!!
My morning was awesome.....quiet time w/ my computer and coffee. Much love from friends on my Facebook wall, a few text messages and calls from two of my best friends. Last night was positively awesome though.....I, in a painkiller induced haze, decided to clean my desk (which took 2 hours) and bake some pumpkin bread to enjoy w/ this mornings coffee. K (the wonderful human she is) had some last night when it was done. She broke off one of the corners, stuck a toothpick in it, put flame to that little stick of wood and sang me "Happy Birthday". For two chicks on a budget....I applaud her inventive thinking :) Thanks K....it was an awesome B-day cake :)
Today will consist of lounging....I will have to do some laundry at some point. And then here in a few hours it's off to a friends house for a spaghetti dinner (to celebrate mine and another's birthdays) and watching the kiddos play on a slip and slide. It will be an aweome day :)
I hope you all have an awesome Saturday!!!!
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- Yart said...
Happy Birthday, fellow Gemini!!! I hope your day is filled with more love and light!
- June 11, 2011 at 2:32 PM
- Dark Mother said...
Happy Birthday Girl! I hope the rest of your day was as great as the first part!
- June 11, 2011 at 3:19 PM
- Soraya said...
Happy Birthday!! Hope you have a great day!! :)
- June 11, 2011 at 3:24 PM
- Magaly Guerrero said...
They are lovely! I hope you enjoy your winning and celebrate your birthday the entire year!
- June 11, 2011 at 4:12 PM
- Kirsta said...
Happy birthday and many blessings.
- June 11, 2011 at 4:15 PM
- Rue said...
Happy Birthday! Glad you got your 'cake' (I love pumpkin!) and have had a good day. Lounging is the best thing to do on a day just for you!
- June 11, 2011 at 5:08 PM
- Penny said...
Happy happy birthday my friend!! Absinthe lip balm? That sounds intriguing!
- June 11, 2011 at 5:33 PM
- The Traveler said...
happy Womb Liberation Day!!
Looks like you scored some nice loot, enjoy your day =).
Also just because it made me smile the word authenticator on this post was dingle, lol. Yes I do have the sense of humor of a 3rd grade boy, lol.
- June 11, 2011 at 6:08 PM
- Bella Foxglove said...
Happy Birthday! I hope you had a fantabulous day!
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- Dreaming of Jeanie said...
Happy birthday! I will be 31 at the end of the month. Hooray for 31 year olds!
- June 12, 2011 at 10:23 AM
- Ms Lilypads said...
Happy birthday, Tea Witchy!
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Hey! Did ya just hear that kaboom? That was, like, the explosion of the fashion and beauty market for teens. All these geezer designers--they're, like, 25 or 30!--are coming out with these way-cool products just for us: hair stuff, makeup, handbags, accessories, clothes . . . and, hey, we've got mucho dinero from our part-time jobs-and, like, maybe a little help from the parental plastic. Let's go shopping!
Thankfully, you don't have to talk like teens to sell to them. Nevertheless, a growing number of Gen X entrepreneurs are getting in touch with their inner teen and communicating with the junior market using the sweet language of commerce. And there are a whole lot of kids listening: By 2010, the number of teens in the United States alone will swell to 35 million, more than at any other time in history, according to Teen.com, a Web site catering to the interests of 42,000 young surfers each day. A Rand Youth poll estimated that teen girls spend $21.8 billion a year on clothes and beauty accessories. The children of the boomers are growing up, and they have been well-schooled in the joys of consumerism.
"The teen market is growing immensely; they're surpassing the baby boomers as the prime target for companies because they have so much disposable income," says Keri Singer, Teen.com's fashion and beauty editor. Kids between 13 and 19, especially girls trying to define themselves, have an endless appetite for new fashion and beauty products--and testing out new looks helps them satisfy it.
Enter entrepreneurial opportunity. Designers with vivid memories of adolescence-albeit with limited bank accounts--have jumped into the teen market, sneakers-first. Among them:
- Greg Herman, 27-year-old president of Greg Herman Los Angeles Inc., designer of funky, retro-looking handbags. Although he has a bachelor's degree in anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles, Herman was virtually homeless, carting around two suitcases filled with his worldly goods and crashing on friends' sofas, when he started the company in 1997. He maxed out his credit cards and got $4,000 from an angel investor to make samples, which he then took to New York.
"I put 40 handbags in a rolling suitcase and literally walked up and down the streets, stopping at showrooms," recalls Herman, who expects sales of $3 million this year and has recently added shoe, shirt and scented-soap lines to his collection. Despite the company's unconventional beginnings, Herman, a benefactor of homeless causes, sells his bags to catalogers and major retail stores like Barney's and Anthropologie. Celebrities such as Jennifer Love Hewitt, Courtney Cox, Calista Flockhart and Christina Applegate buy his bags, which retail for up to $50.
- Matt Diamond, 31-year-old president of New York City-based Alloy Online, a site that sells the beauty products of other companies as well as its own line of clothing products under the Station Wagon brand name. He and two partners, Jim Johnson. 33, and Sam Gradess, 34, maxed out their credit cards and emptied their savings accounts to scrape together the $250,000 in capital for their 1996 launch. They lived out of a basement apartment, using the kitchen as a warehouse, and personally delivered customers' orders to the post office each evening.
They also created a small, inexpensive catalog and sent it to kids who visited the site. Today, more than 4 million people receive the catalog, and 3 million receive Alloy's weekly e-zine. In May 1999, the company, which employs 150 people, raised about $50 million on its IPO.
- Desiree Langager, 34-year-old president of Girls Rule Inc. in Los Angeles, designer of apparel items promoting "girl power." The former designer of private-label items launched the business as a result of her commitment to the achievements and development of young women.
Langager started the business with $10,000 in personal savings in 1995, distributing samples of her T-shirts to stylists, wardrobe professionals and fashion magazine editors. Pamela Anderson even wore one of her shirts on Bay Watch. But a trademark dispute with a partner put Langager out of business for three years, setting her back $200,000 in court fees. Eventually, she re-emerged victorious and relaunched her label this past spring, essentially starting all over again, sending out product samples and going back to all the surf, skate and snow shops that had previously sold Girls Rule products.
Now working with up to 10 freelance designers and pattern-makers, Langager predicts between $1.3 million and $2.5 million in sales this year. Asked where she found the emotional fortitude to begin again from scratch, she replies, "I want to make a difference."
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