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Michael Schur
|Michael Schur
|Michael Herbert Schur
October 29, 1975
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|Ken Tremendous
|Television producer, screenwriter, actor
|Notable works
|The Office
Parks and Recreation
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
|J. J. Philbin (2005–present)
|William Schur
Ivy Schur
Michael Herbert[1] Schur (born October 29, 1975) is an American television producer and writer, best known for his work on the NBC comedy series The Office and Parks and Recreation, the latter of which he co-created along with Greg Daniels. He also co-created the FOX comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Schur is also known for his small role on The Office as Mose Schrute, the cousin of Dwight Schrute.
Early life[edit]
Michael Schur was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan to Warren M. Schur and Anne Herbert, and was raised in West Hartford, Connecticut.[1][2] Michael Schur first became interested in comedy when he was 11 years old, when he read Without Feathers, a 1975 collection of humorous essays by Woody Allen. Schur said he found the book on his father's bookshelf and stayed up reading it until 4 a.m.[3]
Schur attended William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, Connecticut.[4] He attended Harvard University, graduating in 1997, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and was a member of the Harvard Lampoon.
Schur wrote for six seasons on NBC's Saturday Night Live until 2004. Soon after, he became producer and writer for The Office on NBC, for which he wrote ten episodes. Schur appeared on The Office as Dwight's cousin Mose in the episodes "Initiation," in which Dwight takes Ryan to his beet farm, "Money," in which Jim and Pam spend a night at the farm, "The Deposition", "Koi Pond", and "Counseling." He also co-wrote The Office: The Accountants webisodes with Paul Lieberstein.
In 2005, Schur served as a co-producer of HBO's The Comeback and wrote two of its thirteen episodes.
Schur also wrote for "Fire Joe Morgan," a sports journalism blog, under the pseudonym "Ken Tremendous."[5] Schur resurrected the pen name on March 31, 2011, when he began writing for SBNation's Baseball Nation site. Ken Tremendous is also Schur's Twitter username.
In April 2008, Schur and Greg Daniels started working on a pilot for Parks and Recreation as a proposed spin-off of The Office. Over time, Schur realized Parks and Recreation would work better as a show if they made it separate from The Office. While Parks and Recreation received negative reviews in its first season, it received critical acclaim in the second much like The Office.[citation needed]
Schur collaborated with The Decemberists on their music video for Calamity Song from the album The King Is Dead.[6] This video is loosely based upon Eschaton, a mock-nuclear war game played on tennis courts that David Foster Wallace created in his 1996 novel Infinite Jest. Schur wrote his undergraduate senior thesis on the novel,[7] and he also owns the film rights to it.[8]
With Daniel J. Goor, Schur created the Fox comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which premiered in fall 2013.
Personal life[edit]
Schur is married to Jennifer Philbin, who was formerly a writer on The O.C. and is television star Regis Philbin's daughter. Their first child, son William Xavier Schur, was born on February 18, 2008.[9] His middle name, Xavier, is in honor of Regis Philbin's confirmation name.[9] On July 14, 2010, Jennifer Philbin gave birth to a daughter, Ivy Elizabeth, in California.
Episodes written[edit]
The Office[edit]
- "The Alliance" (April 12, 2005) – Season 1
- "Office Olympics" (October 4, 2005) – Season 2
- "Christmas Party" (December 6, 2005) – Season 2 - (Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series)[10]
- "Valentine's Day" (February 9, 2006) – Season 2
- "Branch Closing" (November 9, 2006) – Season 3
- "Traveling Salesmen" co-written with Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (January 11, 2007) – Season 3
- "The Return" co-written with Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky (January 18, 2007) – Season 3
- "The Negotiation" (April 5, 2007) – Season 3 - (Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series)[11]
- "The Job" co-written with Paul Lieberstein (May 17, 2007) – Season 3
- "Dunder Mifflin Infinity" (October 4, 2007) – Season 4
Parks and Recreation[edit]
- "Pilot" (April 9, 2009) – Season 1, episode 1
- "Greg Pikitis" (October 29, 2009) – Season 2, episode 7
- "Christmas Scandal" (December 10, 2009) – Season 2, episode 12
- "Galentine's Day" (February 11, 2010) – Season 2, episode 16
- "The Master Plan" (May 13, 2010) – Season 2, episode 23
- "Time Capsule" (February 3, 2011) – Season 3, episode 3
- "End of the World" (November 3, 2011) – Season 4, episode 6
- "The Trial of Leslie Knope" co-written with Dan Goor (December 1, 2011) – Season 4, episode 9
- "Win, Lose, or Draw" (May 8, 2012) – Season 4, episode 22 (Nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series)[12]
- "Halloween Surprise" (October 25, 2012) – Season 5, episode 5
- "Leslie and Ben" co-written with Alan Yang (February 21, 2013) – Season 5, episode 14
- "Are You Better Off" (May 2, 2013) – Season 5, episode 22
- "Ann and Chris" co-written with Aisha Muharrar (January 30, 2014) – Season 6, episode 13
Brooklyn Nine-Nine[edit]
- "Pilot" co-written with Dan Goor (September 17, 2013) – Season 1, episode 1
- "Operation: Broken Feather" co-written with Dan Goor (February 2, 2014) – Season 1, episode 15
Episodes directed[edit]
Parks and Recreation[edit]
- "Rock Show" – Season 1
- "Sister City" – Season 2
- "Time Capsule" – Season 3
- "Sweet Sixteen" – Season 4
- "Win, Lose, or Draw" – Season 4
- "Moving Up" – Season 6
- ^ a b "Jennifer Philbin and Michael Schur". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. 2005-10-09. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
- ^ https://twitter.com/KenTremendous/status/303332060137926656
- ^ Martin, Denise (2009-11-18). "Making bureaucracy work: How NBC's "Parks and Recreation" overcame bad buzz". Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California). Retrieved 2009-12-06.
- ^ Gendreau, LeAnne (7 April 2009). "West Hartford Guy Behind Poehler's "Parks & Recreation"". WVIT. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ "Fire Joe Morgan: About Us". firejoemorgan.com. Retrieved 31 October 2012.
- ^ Carlin, Shannon (2011-08-22). "First Watch: The Decemberists, 'Calamity Song'". NPR. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ Hyden, Steve (2011-08-22). "Parks And Recreation's Michael Schur talks about directing the Decemberists' new Infinite Jest-themed video". The Onion A.V. Club. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
- ^ Busis, Hillary. "Last night's Parks and Rec was an extended homage to Infinite Jest". EW. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
- ^ a b "Regis Philbin Is a Grandfather!". people.com. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ^ "Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 2006 - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series". Emmys.com. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ^ "Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 2007 - Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series". Emmys.com. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ^ "Primetime Emmy Awards nominations for 2012 – Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series". Emmys.com. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
External links[edit]
- Michael Schur at the Internet Movie Database
- Fire Joe Morgan
- Interview with Michael Schur
- Where are they now? Interview About His Public Schooling
- 1975 births
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- American bloggers
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I received a letter in the mail saying I won 1,615,810.00 Euros, that I was one of seventeen winners from the Euromillions Lottery International In conjunction with the International Lotto Commission. The letter said their bank was holding my money and waiting for me to claim it. The letter had a telephone and fax number to go with it. I sent the bank a fax with my phone number and info to send the check. A guy from the bank called me the next day from Spain saying I won $2,233,380.32 dollers in us money, but before they could send out the check I would have to wire them $1,615 dollars.
I told him to send the check first and then I would send him the money. He could not do that and hung up the phone. They can send me a letter in the mail, but they can't mail me a check.
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Anonymous on 03/10/2011:
How could one win something that they never entered in the first place?
tnchuck100 on 03/10/2011:
This scam has at least a 5 year history. The sad part is there are still suckers falling for it. Glad to hear you did not send any money.
trmn8r on 03/10/2011:
Yes, there are many scams of exactly the same scenario.
It defies logic that someone who says you have won millions of {dollars, eur, etc} would charge you 100s or 1000s to collect it. Doesn't it?
I love the name, btw. Euromillions Lottery International. I wonder where I can buy a ticket. Oh, I can't.
momsey on 03/10/2011:
I'm really surprised that a place called Euromillions Lottery International is a scam! Sounds so legit. Especially when they contact people who have never entered this lottery to tell them they've won.
What's sad is how many people aren't savvy enough to hang up when they ask for the money.
trmn8r on 03/10/2011:
momsey -> and note that it is sponsored by the International Lotto Commission. I can see the brightly colored balls being chosen on Telemundo by large chested women with big smiles and skimpy outfits. Everyone's a winner!
Anonymous on 03/10/2011:
Actually, people do win sweepstakes/lotteries without entering. I recently won a much smaller amount than $3M through a real estate sweepstakes that I had no idea I'd entered, b/c I was auto entered by the real estate company. I thought it was a scam at first but it turned out to be completely legit, no strings attached.
OP, good for you for not sending the check and asking for them to send you your winnings first. Also, thanks for posting, I get a lot of these scams via email, but I've never received something through the mail.
SteveWiginowski on 03/10/2011:
I hate these scams, it's just annoying. I was trying to sell some items on Craigslist and people were still trying to scam on there. I'd get a response back saying that they would buy the item, but I had to take the item off and wire them some money so they could hire movers ahead of time. Then, once that was done, they would have movers come in and pick up my items and bring a check with them for my asking price, plus what I wired to them.
Anonymous on 03/10/2011:
Anyone that asks you to wire them money should raise a huge red flag.
dan gordon on 03/10/2011:
and you actually played along knowing you never entered? Ignore all these scams
Anonymous on 03/10/2011:
I recently received an e-mail from a woman supposedly stranded in Kenya, Africa. She gave me all of the info where to send the money. The funny part was that the location had a zip code from either West Virginia or Virginia.
I in turn sent her a picture of Monopoly money.
Anonymous on 03/10/2011:
I wonder how many people fall for this one. I have gotten an email saying that a distant relative I never heard of had died, and left me their estate. I needed to send my bank info so they could transfer the money...yeah right. Then theirs the one claiming to be a millionaire from Africa who needs to hide their money for whatever reason, and will split it with you if you send tour bank info and let him transfer the funds to you. Once again, yeah right.
DebtorBasher on 03/10/2011:
LSalv, I had a similar Email...but it was from a person I exchanged Emails with all the time, someone had hacked his address book and sent an urgent message to everyone on his address book, saying he was stuck in Europe and was robbed and needed money right away to get back home...of course, he'd pay back as soon as he got home...LOL!
Anonymous on 03/10/2011:
I like leading them on for a few days before pulling the rug.
trmn8r on 03/10/2011:
I'm heading to Nigeria to verify the identity of someone who wants to send me money. See ya all in a few weeks, or maybe never.
Mrs.Cole on 03/10/2011:
You should have photo shopped a check.. printed it and sent it to them... something from Kiss My Butt Bank, who's address is equally ridiculous... they would have been wetting themselves when the got their check... until they read it.
Is that even the correct exchange rate?
leet60 on 03/10/2011:
I get these regularly. Usually in email. I like to write them back and give them a counteroffer to take a $1 million processing fee for themselves and then wire the remainder to me Western Union in $5000 increments.
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|I am planning on reserving a few apricots for spring shipment and have been agonizing about rootstocks. I am ok with some pruning (but it would be nice to avoid having to do a ton of summer pruning) and definitely do not want my trees to "runt out." I don't plan on letting the trees get taller than about 8 feet (well, maybe 10 ft in some cases), so perhaps Citation vs. Lovell is the way to go? Bearing fruit at a young age also sounds good.
Planting site: Full sun on a gentle southwest-facing slope. Soil is heavy clay on which drainage is probably not the best (will plant on a mound a foot or so high to improve access to oxygen during heavy rains).
Cultivars: Tomcot and Puget Gold (Raintree says P.G. is a natural semi-dwarf at 15'). Maybe one or two others to ensure pollination. Still tempted to try Robada and possibly Orangegold.
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|I've been looking into the same topic for container planting. You may want to check out the "Krymsk 1" rootstock, as it seems to dwarf to 40-50% of standard size and can handle heavy soil (a raised mound is still a good idea though). Cummins has a few apricots on it (particularly some of the "Har" series), but not Tomcot. Let me know if you find a place which has Tomcot on that rootstock. Raintree sells the rootstock and Tomcot, but not together.
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- Posted by lindsgarden Z7 southern MD (My Page) on Wed, Dec 28, 11 at 12:54
|Happened to find an old thread with some commentary on apricot rootstocks and growing habits.
I'm leaning towards getting my apricots on Citation if available to cut down on my pruning workload 5-6 years from now.
Here is a link that might be useful: Apricot fungus (shothole?) infection control - spreading
I've had very good results with apricot on Citation. I've kept mine at about 8-9 ft for many years. The real issue over time isn't the amount of summer pruning but renewal pruning. After 2-5 crops, depending on cultivar the spurs die or become too long. You end up chasing the good wood up the tree. Major cuts back to force new wood is about the only cure. But the tree sometimes doesn't sprout back low where you want.
Don't know why you'd go with Puget Gold. It's unlikely to have the eating quality of Robada. I'd also try Early Blush, Orangered, or Harcot over Puget Gold.
- Posted by lindsgarden Z7 southern MD (My Page) on Wed, Dec 28, 11 at 20:08
|Fruitnut - Here's a quote from Scott from another recent apricot thread:
Lind, Orangered was bred in New Jersey but I have not personally heard of a single report of anyone who actually tried it in eastern conditions. Nearly all apricot varieties don't work very well where we live so I am somewhat doubtful on any variety besides Tomcot. I have Orangered but have not fruited it yet. I also have Robada and the same case applies. Some apricots that are at least worth considering are the "Har" series (I only tried Harglow and it was not super great tasting and cracked often but it did fruit) and Puget Gold. Some people like Jerseycot but it cracked and was bland for me, and it is hard to find these days. Tilton is another 'cot to consider, it is supposed to be very reliable but I have not tried it myself.
Scott is not that far from where I am at and I know he got apricots off of Puget Gold. I know he didn't get great fruit off of that tree, but I need a pollinator for Tomcot so I figure that if all the other apricots I try other than Tomcot are a total bust (and therefore get axed) then at least I will have two fruiting apricots that pollinate each other.
I'll probably try at least Robada for fun, but my expectations would be pretty low unless I hear a glowing report from another fruit grower in Maryland or Virginia.
- Posted by franktank232 z5 WI (My Page) on Wed, Dec 28, 11 at 21:50
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Wed, Dec 28, 11 at 23:59
|Frank, that is peach scab, its the same problem I had on my Puget Gold. If it gets bad it runts out the fruits.
- Posted by lindsgarden Z7 southern MD (My Page) on Thu, Dec 29, 11 at 8:46
You mentioned that the real issue over time is renewal pruning (and major cutting back to force new growth).
Can you say a little more about how that plays into rootstock selection? Is it that you want a rootstock with enough vigor so that it will bounce back nicely when you have to do that major cutting back?
It sounds like you have not had a problem with your trees on Citation having sufficient vigor.
Thanks for all your posts! - Lindsgarden
Citation with apricot has all the vigor I've needed and it seems most feel the same. More vigor probably won't help the spurs live longer or the tree's response to renewal pruning. More shading from a more vigorous top would likely shade out the lower spurs sooner.
Some varieties seem to drop spurs sooner. Cot-N-Candy is very bad. Two crops on a spur and it's toast. Robada and Tomcot are better, spurs living 5+ years but getting very long.
It could be that my issue is not pruning enough early on to keep some potential renewal wood down low. Not sure there but I'm working on that issue.
Have you noticed both Frank and Scott have major issues with Puget Gold? At least cots bred in your area shouldn't have that issue.
Just noticed your descriptions of Krymsk 1. I have about 6 years experience with that root under peach, nectarine, plum/pluot, and potted apricot. In general it's been a pretty good root. I'd plant it again for potted trees. Planted inground in my greenhouse the fruit has been mostly small but very sweet. This past year two trees, one nectarine and one pluot, showed symptoms of severe water stress. Some of the fruit was super, about 25-30 brix. But some was so water stressed that the fruit shriveled up and fell off the trees. As you may know I try for long term water deficit to enhance fruit quality. But these trees went too far. This root is less drought tolerant than Citation which Zaiger says lacks tolerance.
I cut the Krymsk trees back hard this winter hoping to balance top with root. I'll see if that gets these trees back on course. Extra water last year didn't seem to pull them out of the over stressed condition.
- Posted by lindsgarden Z7 southern MD (My Page) on Thu, Dec 29, 11 at 10:07
|Just found an article on trials done near Blacksburg, VA . . . there is only a little info. on Harcot, but in the early-ripening category Rival and Goldrich come out looking really good. Based on this, Rival may be winning out over Puget Gold now.
Here is a link that might be useful: 1988 - 1995 Apricot Variety Evaluations in Virginia
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Thu, Dec 29, 11 at 21:34
|Lind, that is an interesting link I had not seen before. While it has some very good data, they are using a 14-day spray schedule all summer so it is not an evaluation for backyard growers. I have heard many horrors from people trying to grow Blenheim in their eastern backyards and they mention no problems in that document, so its hard to say which of those will work and which will not.
Please try Rival or Goldrich and let us know how it works :-) I may try a couple more apricots this year, I am still looking for a later complement to Tomcot which tolerates a minimal spray program. Last year I added Orangered and Robada. I keep thinking about trying Tilton or more of the Har-series, but the flavor quality is a notch down so my motivation to try them is low -- when I go through the effort in my backyard, I want top-quality taste!
- Posted by lindsgarden Z7 southern MD (My Page) on Fri, Dec 30, 11 at 7:46
|Fruitnut - Thanks for the info. on spurs and the peach scab on Puget Gold does seem to be a trend now.
Scott - Thanks for the heads up on Blenheim! I saw that 14-day spray schedule and I'm a bit wary off choosing trees off of any one source. There doesn't seem to be a ton of data out there about what works here other than Tomcot and Puget Gold (sounds mediocre). Tilton sounded good but I want to stick to early-ripeners to avoid the greater insect and brown rot pressure. I'll happily dry fruit to eat later in the summer.
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- Posted by lindsgarden Z7 southern MD (My Page) on Wed, Jan 11, 12 at 7:27
|Just found this old thread with a post by Jellyman (who is near DC) with more good info.
Here is a link that might be useful: Tomcot Apricot Pollination
- Posted by northwoodswis4 4a (My Page) on Wed, Jan 25, 12 at 1:23
|I am thinking of planting a Tomcot in 2013, based on good reports of it here on Gardenweb. I need something drought tolerant, since my soil is sandy, so tends to dry out easily. We are on the edge of zones 3 and 4, so need something hardy. I also have a Westcot and a Sugar Pearls for pollination. Is Citation the rootstock I should look for? If so, does anyone know where they sell Tomcot on Citation rootstock? I realize I may only get a crop every third year or so, but that is better than nothing. Thanks for your help. Northwoodswis
|I too am ordering a Tomcot for this spring. My 'Harglo' is on Krymnsk 1 ! Sends up a few suckers which is a pain. But the trunk is large and substantial. Strong stock!
|Krymsk 1 has been less drought tolerant for me than Citation, notably less. I've taken out two trees partly for that reason and have two more on watch. They had great fruit last year as a result of the extra water deficit. Brix of 24-35+. But the pluot on one tree were so water stressed they shriveled up and fell off at 35+ brix.
If you want drought tolerant something like Lovell or Viking would be better. Citation has been tolerant enough for me to get very high brix. But the water deficit needs to come on gradually to allow the tree time to adjust.
- Posted by northwoodswis4 4a (My Page) on Thu, Jan 26, 12 at 16:48
|Fruitnut and Mrs. G.,
Thanks for the input. Are Lovell or Viking tolerant of cold? It can hit -30F. every few years here. I wish I knew what rootstocks are on my other two apricot trees. The Sugar Pearls was from Gurneys and the Westcot from Fedco, as I recall. Northwoodswis
- Posted by franktank232 z5 WI (My Page) on Thu, Jan 26, 12 at 17:20
|Citation has taken -24F and came through just fine. It really is an excellent rootstock (I grow in what is basically beach sand/just make sure you mulch). My guess is Lovell can handle that or colder. I've never had die back on any peach trunk (i've had branches die back) since 2006. You may be able to call or email and ask? I had what was some sort of California peach (came from WalMart) that grew in my backyard garden bed. Let it go and it became a monster. It even fruited, but PLC was so bad that it lost all of its leaves. Very little dieback even with the temp hitting -22F. I think snowcover really plays a big role in all of this.
- Posted by john_in_sc z7, upstate SC (My Page) on Wed, Feb 29, 12 at 8:05
|I had a Baby crawford on Citation... The Baby Crawford graft died... but the Citation rootstock has grown out with wreckless abandon... It's a Peach/plum hybrid - so I am going to let it flower and see what it tastes like before I top work it....
Growth habit wise - It would remind you of an American Plum the way it suckers out from the roots and sprouts new tops all over the place... It will sucker like wildfire if you put a shovel into the ground near the roots....
|Why not bury the graft-union and severely prune every few years? I bet the tree will live much longer on its roots... After reading that apricot on K-1 requires a good irrigation program, all the more so.
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|Wholly Cow I had some spots on my Apricots too I have one tree Blenheim Apricot and the I don't know what the others are. I got advice from some Apricot guru. Prune very well and I don't let any trees to go over 8 feet. The tree has to be in a vaze shape. Apply anti-fungal spray, I must applied 10 times starting from the bud swell and every 10 days. I was able to save some last season even the season was unusual heat and rain. I think fungus does all these things and does it to my peach too. I Got some fancy sprayers and I am ready for it this year.
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EAU CLAIRE - The National Youth Sports Program at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire has been providing children ages 10-16 summer fun for 20 years and this year the award-winning program will continue this tradition.
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Lisa McIntyre, activity director and UW-Eau Claire's head women's gymnastics coach, said that there are a number of reasons why the program is so successful. She mainly credits Dr. Bill Harms, associate vice chancellor of students, and Diane Gilbertson, former activity director, who started the program 21 years ago.
"A system is in place and has been able to cater to the very special needs of the community, especially economically disadvantaged families," McIntyre said. "The fact that this five-week camp is free is so amazing, and it is able to provide opportunities to children who might not be able to experience some of these things if it was not for NYSP."
The program also provides free transportation, breakfast, lunch, physical examinations and T-shirts.
In 1991 and 1998 UW-Eau Claire's NYSP project was selected as the number one program in the country out of 192 programs, and each year between 1993 and 2000 the program received a "Meritorious Award." "Keeping children active, instilling positive values and morals and promoting physical fitness and education is what NYSP is all about," McIntyre said.
On July 3, NYSP will be recognized and celebrated for its accomplishments. Politicians, community supporters and those who have made donations and volunteered their efforts and time will be in attendance.
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After reading this note on the door, I hope the exterior of this house was suitably redecorated in eggshell white by neighbourhood youths. Like I'm supposed to schedule my candy collection around your candy give away hour. And 6-7? Really? Is it even dark outside at that time?
This looks amazing. What? You prefer hair pie?
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iPhone 5 production to begin in August
Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty claims Apple will begin production of the iPhone 5 in the second half of August and ramp up progressively through the rest of the year. Using information obtained from Taiwanese sources, Huberty also writes in a recent research note that the iPhone 5 will go ...
Analyst: Apple's sales in China could triple in two years
Here's more good news for Apple from the Chinese front: Katy Huberty and Mathew Schneider from Morgan Stanley have released a report saying that Apple could make as much as $9 billion from China in the fiscal year of 2012, as opposed to $2.9 billion in the last fiscal year. That kind of growth woul...
iPad suppliers forecast shipments of 8 - 10 million for calendar year 2010
Analyst Katy Huberty at Morgan Stanley has published a research note forecasting shipments of 8 - 10 million iPads during calendar year 2010. That's significantly more than previous estimates, which showed shipments of about 5 million devices. The note, as reported in a WSJ All Things Digital post, ...
Analyst Roundup: Morgan Stanley pooh-poohs, iPhone sales looking bright
Morgan Stanley analysts yesterday cut AAPL's price target to $95, mostly citing the weak economy. They said that despite price cuts, extreme interest in the iPhone, Mac users' high satisfaction, and marketshare momentum for Mac sales, the quarter will be slow for Apple. Blog Notable Calls said it w...
AAPL down sharply after two ratings cuts
Bad day for Big Rainbow: RBC Capital's Mike Abramsky and Morgan Stanley's Kathryn Huberty cut their ratings and price targets on Apple stock, both citing weakness in consumer spending on PCs. AAPL was down 17.38 at 110.86 (-13.58%) as of this writing: a 20-minute-delayed chart is above. Abramsky's...
Analyst roundup: 5m iPhones for Q4, gloomy Christmas ahead
Widely-read Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is revising his prior estimate for the quarter ending a week from Tuesday, and his outlook is even rosier than before. Instead of 4.1 million iPhone 3Gs, Munster expects Apple will sell 5 million of the handsets. Likewise, he's revising his estimates f...
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The Greater Atlanta Chapter of ASTD is governed by volunteer leaders who represent all aspects of the training and human resources development profession. These leaders utilize their management, marketing and technical skills to plan, administer, and implement the policies, programs and projects of the Chapter. Through their guidance, the organization serves the educational and professional development needs of its members.
The Board of Directors is responsible for the strategic direction and organizational effectiveness of the Chapter. The Board comprises four Senior Advisors, the Chapter President, the President-Elect, and the Past President. Members of this Board attend Executive Board meetings on a rotational basis, serve on Board of Directors Committees and Special Task Forces, and act as mentors to the Executive Board members. Three Senior Advisors are elected for three-year terms and one Senior Advisor is appointed by the Chapter President for a one-year term. The Past President serves as a Senior Advisor for a one-year term in completion of the three year term to which he or she was elected. The Board of Directors meet at least three times a year.
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HOW TO: Recover from a Social Media PR Disaster
You know that awful, "Did I leave the oven on?" pit-of-your-stomach feeling of dread at a possible screw up? Yeah, well now you can also get that feeling from social media. Nearly anyone managing more than one social profile has felt their stomach drop out when they think they accidentally posted something personal on a professional site. Did I click my avatar, or the company's avatar? What did I just tweet? On social media sites, a rash of Twitter accounts have tumbled into nasty PR disasters.


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There are exceptions. That's precisely what Edward Hughes, 43, and Reginald Smith, 43, did to launch Bocaza Mexican Grill in Denver in 1996. "With no experience and less money, we knew we weren't going into a bank to say 'Would you give us $220,000 to open a restaurant?' " Smith recalls. "That wasn't going to happen. So I quit my job at Federal Express, cashed in my 401(k), maxed out 10 credit cards and got a second [mortgage] on my house." Hughes followed suit. Together they raised $190,000-only $30,000 short of the mark.
In retrospect, it was a risk worth taking; their first restaurant was an instant success, and cash flow quickly covered the $30,000 they'd allocated for operating expenses. And their five-unit chain begins franchising this year. "We also were able to pay down our credit cards fairly soon," says Smith. "That was expensive money at 19 percent, but back then we weren't sophisticated about finances."
Should you revert to credit cards and second mortgages to finance your new business? Hughes reflects, "Sometimes if you have something you believe in and others don't believe in you, you must do whatever it takes to make your dream come true."
"If you're not willing to put yourself on the line," adds Smith, "it's hard to ask someone else to."


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Public Storage Reports Results For The Quarter Ended September 30, 2013 And Increases Quarterly Common Dividend By 12% To $1.40 Per Share
Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) announced today operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013.
Operating Results for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
For the three months ended September 30, 2013, net income allocable to our common shareholders was $231.4 million or $1.34 per diluted common share, compared to $202.5 million or $1.18 per diluted common share for the same period in 2012, representing an increase of $28.9 million or $0.16 per diluted common share. This increase is due primarily to (i) a $27.7 million increase in self-storage net operating income, (ii) a $12.9 million reduction in income allocated to preferred shareholders due to redemptions, including PS Business Parks ("PSB"), and (iii) a $7.1 million increase from foreign currency exchange gains, offset partially by (iv) a $12.8 million reduction in gains on sale of real estate assets, including discontinued operations and Shurgard Europe and (v) a $6.6 million increase in depreciation.
Our self-storage net operating income increased $27.7 million in the three months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012, including $21.1 million for our Same Store Facilities and $6.6 million for our non-Same Store Facilities. Revenues for the Same Store Facilities increased 5.5% or $22.9 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012, due to higher realized annual rent per occupied square foot and higher average occupancy. Cost of operations for the Same Store Facilities increased by 1.5% or $1.8 million in the quarter ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012, due primarily to higher repairs and maintenance and property tax expense, offset partially by lower advertising and selling costs. The increase in net operating income for the non-Same Store Facilities is due primarily to the impact of the acquisition of 56 self-storage facilities since January 2012.
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Belleview Christmas Parade 2013
Belleview, Florida — The Belleview Christmas Parade is Sunday, December 15, 2013 at 2:00 p.m., This years theme is "White Christmas".
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-- Women who have an aggressive form of breast cancer reap significant benefits when their treatment includes a one-year course of the medication Herceptin®, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In international and North American clinical trials, the intravenous medication cut the risk of recurrence of disease by half and markedly improved survival.
Since these results were first reported last spring at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, breast cancer oncologists have altered the way they treat early-stage HER2-positive breast cancers.
"Herceptin is now being incorporated in the treatment regimen," says Dr. Larry Norton, deputy physician-in-chief for Breast Cancer Programs at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.
"The big change is the application of the drug earlier on in the disease," Dr. Norton says.
Herceptin Shows Enormous Benefits
HER-2 positive breast cancers produce too much of the HER-2 protein, which stands for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 and is found on the surface of the cells. These tumors tend to grow faster and are more likely to recur than tumors that are HER-2 negative.
Dr. Harold J. Burstein, assistant professor of medicine at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, says the studies make it clear that women who have HER2-positive breast cancers should consider using this medication.
"Women with this kind of breast cancer get dramatic benefit from adding Herceptin to chemotherapy," he notes.
HER2-positive breast cancers occur when the body makes too many copies of the "human epidermal growth factor receptor 2" gene and, as a consequence, produces an excess amount of the HER2 protein on the surface of cancer cells.
These two actions lead to the particularly aggressive growth and proliferation of these tumors, Dr. Burstein explains.
Herceptin, also known as trastuzumab, works by halting the growth of those cancer cells. It is currently approved for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body.
But the new results show that women with early-stage breast cancer - before it metastasizes, or spreads to other parts of the body - realize enormous benefits as well.
The international clinical trial examined the effects of giving Herceptin after breast cancer surgery, any radiation that might be required, and chemotherapy.
HER2-positive women were randomly assigned to receive either observation alone or one or two years of the medication. Treatments were administered every three weeks, with striking results.
"At a point early on in the course of the disease, trastuzumab approximately halved the risk of the recurrence of the tumor," says Richard D. Gelber, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and one of the authors of the study.
That reduction in risk was relative to recurrences among the observation group, he says.
Results for the group of women assigned to receive two years of the medication have yet to be released.
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For the time being, oncologists do not really know whether two years of Herceptin therapy would work better than one.
In the North American study, which combined the results of two similar trials, Herceptin was administered along with chemotherapy, not afterward as in the international clinical trial.
The concurrent approach proved highly effective. Herceptin treatment was associated with a 33 percent reduction in the risk of death and an absolute reduction of 11.8 percentage points in the proportion of women who were alive and disease-free at three years .
At four years, the absolute difference in survival between the treatment and control groups was 18 percentage points, "which is really striking," notes study co-author Dr. Charles E. Geyer Jr., director of medical affairs for the National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project.
"We're not used to seeing that kind of large, dramatic step from the addition of one therapy like this," he says.
Overall, Herceptin boosted the chances of disease-free survival by 52 percent compared with the control group.
On the downside, Herceptin use carries a risk of potential heart problems, a problem the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned about in August.
While the risk is low, it remains a legitimate concern. "There still are a handful of women who will suffer cardiac damage from this and you can't ignore that," Dr. Burstein says.
"Hopefully, we will determine which patients are likely to have major problems and which are not so that we can screen patients better and follow them in a more tailored fashion," he says.
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Herceptin Facts
Earlier this year other studies proved that evidence is mounting that Herceptin works well against breast cancer.
In two North American trials of Herceptin, women with aggressive breast cancer who took the drug after surgery and chemotherapy had a 52 percent reduction in the risk of a recurrence, compared with women who did not take the medication.
Because of the positive results, the clinical trials were halted early.
Researchers meeting at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting also delivered more good news: A third trial of Herceptin showed a 46 percent reduction in risk among women who took the medication simultaneously with chemotherapy.
Another recent study raised caution about side effects caused by Herceptin. US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) health authorities warned about the potential heart problems associated with use of Herceptin.
According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), Herceptin is a monoclonal antibody that attaches to a growth-promoting protein known as HER2/neu, which is present in small amounts on the surface of normal breast cells and most breast cancers.
About one-third of breast cancers have too much of this protein and tend to grow and spread more aggressively, states the ACS.
Herceptin can prevent the HER2/neu protein from making breast cancer cells grow and may also stimulate the immune system to more effectively attack the cancer.
Herceptin can shrink some breast cancer metastases that return after chemotherapy or continue to grow during chemotherapy.
And treatment that combines Herceptin with chemotherapy may be more effective than chemotherapy alone in some patients.
Treatment with Herceptin is generally started after standard hormone therapy and/or chemotherapy is no longer effective, but clinical trials are now in progress to see if using it with adjuvant (used in addition to) chemotherapy can reduce the risk of recurrence and help women live longer.
The ACS explains that, compared with chemotherapy medications, the side effects of Herceptin are relatively mild.
They may include fever and chills, weakness, nausea, vomiting, cough, diarrhea, and headache.
Some women being treated with Herceptin, however, have experienced heart damage, the ACS notes.
The risk of heart problems increases about threefold when Herceptin is given with anthracyclines, a class of chemotherapy medications that includes doxorubicin (Adriamycin) and epirubicin (Ellence).
Major symptoms are shortness of breath and severe fatigue. Women experiencing these symptoms should call their physicians right away, the ACS states.
Always consult your physician for a diagnosis.
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By Russ Lay on December 6, 2011
Each time a hurricane rolls through there are issues with insurance companies. Horror stories surface as homeowners fight with adjustors, discover policies don't cover expected claims and property insurers battle with flood insurers over which one pays up.
For the lucky ones, a check eventually arrives. But now, many are discovering another headache awaits.
Part of the problem lies with normal banking policies. But we can also chalk a major portion of the current problem to the explosion of mortgage lenders and easy money leading up to the housing bubble.
The result is that many borrowers have mortgages with out-of-town lenders, and in some cases, multiple lenders.
When an insurance company issues a damage check, the check is almost always made payable to the homeowners and, if there is a mortgage on the house, the lender or lenders.
This is where the trouble begins. Like any other check, in order for a bank to accept an insurance check for deposit, all payees must endorse the back of it. Policies vary between banks on how this is handled and in the case of out-of-town lenders, simply getting the check to the right person can be a bureaucratic nightmare.
The Voice contacted three local lenders to discuss their policies. For security reasons, banks do not publicize their check cashing limits or policies, so all local lenders asked to be quoted off the record.
As a rule, if the insurance check is below a certain amount, which varies from $3,000 to $15,000 depending upon the bank, the local branch office will make sure your mortgage loan is current on payments and endorse the check and send you on your way. You are then free to deposit the check in your bank and start repairs.
Larger checks are more problematic. In these cases, the local office may have to send the check through the bank's interoffice mail system to a bank official with sufficient authority to endorse the check.
For large claims, the mortgage lender might also require the check to be deposited and held while repairs are done. In these cases, the lender will treat the proceeds as a construction loan, releasing funds to the homeowner only as work is done and a bank officer visits the property and notes the progress.
The borrower has the right to ask that he check be placed in a money market account so that it might earn interest, although at current rates, no one is going to become rich by doing so.
In the current environment, many local contractors have suffered sufficient hits to their credit that obtaining materials from building supply companies on the traditional "30-day credit" may be impossible. This places the homeowner in an uncomfortable position if the bank will not release funds until work is completed.
Two of the three local bank lenders we spoke to also stated things go smoother if homeowners hire licensed contractors rather than doing the work themselves. Do-it- yourself jobs have historically run into cost overruns, and many bankers are leery of such arrangements no matter how much expertise the homeowner demonstrates.
Whether you obtain a contractor or do the work yourself, make sure you find out how often the bank will perform inspections and how much lead time they require to schedule an inspection so you or your contractor can make periodic "draw" requests.
If you hire a contractor who requires a deposit or start-up funds, discuss this with the bank holding your check or ensure you or your contractor have access to funds from other sources.
If one has a loan from an out-of-state mortgage company, such as CitiBank or a loan obtained online, from Quicken mortgages for example, the process can become very frustrating, very fast.
It will typically require a number of phone calls just to find out how you get your check endorsed. In most cases, you will then need to mail the check off for endorsement. Be sure to make a photocopy of the check and send it registered mail.
Obviously, this will add time to the entire process. If the claim amount is small, hopefully the lender will return the check to you endorsed and ready for deposit.
If the claim is large and the lender wishes to hold the funds, difficulties for the borrower multiply. How will the out-of-town lender hold the funds, and how does the borrower gain access? Will they open a checking account for you (more paperwork) to access the funds?
If progress inspections of the work are required, the out-of-town lender will not have a local bank officer available to handle them. In that case, they may hire a local appraiser or work with the insurer to find a person to verify repairs at various stages and once again, this type of long distance communication adds considerable time to the process.
Homeowners with second mortgages, typically in the form of home equity lines will also discover that lender also listed as a payee on the insurance check. In this case, the insured will have to track down the second mortgage lender to obtain an endorsement before presenting the check to the first mortgage lender for their endorsement. If both lenders are locally based, the time involved is considerably less than if one or both lenders are out of town.
Note that even if your second mortgage is a home equity line with no balance on the loan, the endorsement of that lender is still required.
The idea that some homeowners will have to mail their hard-won insurance claim checks to as many as two or even three out-of-town lenders has created a sense of frustration and lost time for all parties involved, including the local contractors in need of work.
One local lender, as we finished up our conversation, couldn't help but add that doing all of your lending business locally makes working through issues like this much easier.
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Nokia needed a breakthrough consumer retail experience to support its largest ever product launch, the new Nokia Lumia 800 Windows phone. Our brief: "Create something amazing that fully communicates Nokia's ambition to become the major player within the smartphone category".
As part of the launch's retail furniture suite, the Nokia Arch is an installation designed to attract people to pick up the new handset and play. The first of its kind, the 'double curve' LED screen creates a disruptive 'wow' moment in the retail mix.
Installed in malls and areas of high traffic around the world, the Arch's success is its ability to drive consumers into retail with the new handset front of mind.
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The Mustangs of the 2010 Detroit Auto Show
Ford unveiled the 2011 Mustang with the new 3.7L V6 at the Los Angeles auto show late last year but for the debut of their all new 5.0L Mustang GT, they kept the Mustang in its own back yard and introduced the 2011 Mustang GT at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show. There was plenty of information and a few cars to show off the 2011 Mustang base model but the key attraction of the Mustang Alley was the 5.0.
Mustang Alley featured a 2011 Mustang GT with a glass roof turn onto its side, giving everyone a close up look at the engine, interior and undercarriage of the new Mustang. Next to that was a special edition silver V6 Mustang and on the other side, the unveiling of the 2011 Mustang GT California Special. Enclosing the Mustang Alley from the rest of the massive Ford Motor Company display was a long countertop with a variety of interactive displays starting at one end with a simulated ¼-mile dragstrip run and finishing on the other with a video explaining the roots of America's longest running pony car. Between those two areas was a closer look at the gauges, interior options and exhaust system of the 2011 Mustang GT and finally a chance to superimpose a picture of yourself into a spread of unique images of the new Mustang.


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Their carbon steel SE blade is not bad at all.
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Thanks for the coupon discount code...
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Can you use this code in the store?
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Last edited by Cicatero; 05-08-2012 at 01:10 AM.