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Retro dance to benefit Red Cross
SELINSGROVE — A fun and unique fundraiser is coming to Selinsgrove Friday. The Step Back in Time hangar dance will honor veterans and support the American Red Cross.
Tom Szulanczyk of the SUN Area Chapter of the American Red Cross, said the dance will be fun for all. "The theme of the dance is 1940's. It's similar to a USO style dance," he said. "We have folks that will actually wear period outfits. There will be folks attending wearing military uniforms from World War II. We have some cigarette girls that will be selling candy cigar rates, and a 16-peice band."
Anne Smith, also of the SUN Area Red Cross, hopes to have a large crowd. "Come to the dance on the 20th," she said. "The food will be fantastic from Elizabeth's, an American Bistro. She came up with little meatloaf sandwiches, mini submarines and all kinds of great food."
Szulanczyk says the hanger dance is a very important fundraiser for their organization. "The Red Cross survives only on the donations and contributions and support of the community that we serve, so we do rely on folks attending and supporting us through buying tickets, buying plane rides and making donations. With the donations we'll be able to continue our programs, one of which is the service to the armed forces."
Tickets for the dance are $35 a person, and include food, open bar and live music. The event starts at 7:00p.m. Friday at Penn Valley Airport in Selinsgrove. There will be swing dance lessons before hand at 6:00p.m. Plane rides can also be purchased during the dance to support the Red Cross. For more information and to buy tickets, call 570-524-0400. (Codi Jade)
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Cognitive behavioral therapy, often referred to as CBT, is one of many different types of talk therapy. It was developed back in the 1960s by a psychiatrist, Dr. Aaron Beck. In his clinical work with patients Dr. Beck began to notice a distinct connection between a person's thoughts and feelings. He also noticed from his work that people usually have a set of beliefs or attitudes which dictate their thoughts. Additionally, patients who were struggling with depression and other disorders often engaged in various types of maladaptive thoughts or "thinking errors", such as jumping to conclusions or all-or-nothing thinking.
As humans we tend to act based on our feelings. By learning to identify and challenge thinking errors and erroneous beliefs we can begin to make changes which will positively impact our feelings and actions.
Disorders Treated with CBT
Over the past several decades CBT has become a very widely used type of psychotherapy. Dr. Beck used it extensively to treat patients with major depression, but it can also be very effective for a variety of disorders or issues including, but not limited to:
• Anxiety
• Panic disorder
• Posttraumatic stress disorder
• Obsessive compulsive disorder
• Substance abuse or addiction
• Problems with sleep
• Relationship problems
• Chronic pain
• Anger problems
• Eating disorders
• Phobias
• Social anxiety disorder
A Closer Look at Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
The name "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy" stems from the fact that 1) its primary emphasis is on thinking, and 2) elements of behavioral therapy are also utilized in the process. There are different types of CBT, such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Rational Emotive Therapy, to name two.
Unlike psychodynamic therapy models which focus on unconscious processes, CBT focuses on people's thoughts, attitudes and beliefs – our cognitions. A CBT therapist will help a person understand how those cognitive processes affect how he or she handles emotional problems, views situations, and behaves. For example, a woman struggling with depression may have the belief that she is worthless. This belief significantly impacts her thoughts, her reactions to various situations (e.g., "Of course he didn't want to go out with me again – I'm a loser!") and her feelings (e.g., hopeless, sad, bitter). As a result of these thoughts and feelings, she may behave by keeping herself very guarded on a date. This tends to create a vicious circle, reinforcing her negative (but erroneous) belief.
The therapist will likely have her look at her past and find all the ways in which she has been a winner in some way or another – thus challenging the validity of her underlying belief. The therapist will also have her come up with other possible explanations as to why the man didn't ask her out again. For example, perhaps the man thought she wasn't interested, or met someone else with whom he had more in common, or because she resembled his ex-wife and that made it uncomfortable for him. All of those possible reasons have nothing to do with her being a loser.
Automatic Negative Thoughts in CBT
A key tenet of CBT is the idea of automatic thoughts. These are thoughts which are fraught with emotion and tend to automatically come to mind in various situations. To use the example above, the thought "I'm a loser – no man ever wants me!" is very likely an automatic thought which the woman often has whenever something goes wrong or someone rejects her in some way. Rather than consider all the other possibilities, she automatically concludes bad things happen because she is a "loser" and men never want her.
Often, people don't even realize how many automatic thoughts go through their mind every day. Beck noticed that these thoughts were typically negative if the person was angry, hurt or upset about something. Also, the automatic thoughts weren't usually realistic. And they usually made the person feel worse. CBT helps the person recognize these automatic thoughts and challenge their validity, as these thoughts are what cause painful feelings.
It's Not the Situation, But Our Reaction to It
As Beck realized, it is not the situation which makes a person upset, angry, hurt, or panicked; rather it is the thought we have about the situation – the meaning we assign to it. If the woman in the example above had given a different meaning to not getting asked out again by the man, she would have had a different emotional response.
For example, if she had interpreted his behavior to his impression that she wasn't really interested (and therefore he didn't think she would even go out with him again), she would likely have been much less upset. In fact, she may have sent him an email after the date letting him know that she had a great time and would really enjoy getting together again.
As you can see from this example, our thoughts about any given situation significantly influence both our subsequent feelings and behaviors. By changing those thoughts (and corresponding beliefs) to more adaptive ones, we are going to feel better in general.
Types of Cognitive Errors
CBT focuses on helping you change the habitual errors in your thinking. Many of our thoughts are automatic reactions to various types of events. The premise of CBT is that by identifying these thinking errors, challenging their validity (and looking at how they don't serve you), and changing them to healthier ways of thinking, you will feel better (i.e. less depressed, less anxious, etc).
There are several different types of cognitive errors outlined in CBT. These include the following:
1. "Should" or "ought" statements – This occurs when you have rigid rules for or put unrealistic expectations on yourself or others. For example, "I should be able to….", or "People should never .…". These types of statements will leave you frustrated, angry, disappointed, or resentful. In CBT, you might be asked to reframe these statements into what you would "prefer", recognizing that you cannot control everything.
2. Labeling or mislabeling – This type of thinking involves placing labels (or mislabels) on yourself, others or situations. For example, "He's an idiot", or "I'm a total loser". Rather than focusing on the actual behavior, labels focus on identity. They are also absolute and usually negative. In CBT you would be asked to focus the behaviors or actions, for example, "What exactly did he do that was idiotic?" Also, remember that behaviors don't define you or anyone else: "I made a mistake, but that doesn't make me a loser".
3. Emotional reasoning – This occurs when you argue your position or make decisions according to your feelings rather than fact. When this type of thinking occurs, it can be very difficult to differentiate between emotions and reality. For example, "I feel stupid, so I must be stupid". It wouldn't matter if you had just been accepted to Harvard Law School your emotional reasoning would override the blatant fact that a "stupid" person would never get into Harvard.
In CBT, you would work on trying to come up with things that validate your flawed reasoning, or things which contradict it.
4. All-or-nothing thinking – This is also known as "black and white thinking". When you use absolute or "black and white" terms such as "always" (e.g., "I always fail") or "never" (e.g. "I never get a second chance"), you are engaging in this type of thinking. In CBT, the goal is to challenge the absolute statements.
For example, a CBT therapist would ask you to make a list (i.e. provide evidence to the contrary) of all the times you didn't fail; i.e. all the times you have succeeded. You can begin saying to yourself, "Sometimes I do fail, but many times I succeed".
5. Jumping to conclusions – Most of us do this occasionally. But have you ever jumped to a conclusion and became very upset, only to find out later that your conclusion was completely wrong? If you assume that a friend didn't call you because she was mad at you, you might get upset or react defensively. In CBT you would list other possible reasons she didn't call, such as she's been working overtime on a project, or had company drop by, etc. When people jump to conclusions frequently, rather than giving others the benefit of the doubt or checking out the facts, they end up causing themselves a lot of unnecessary stress.
This category also includes "mind reading" and "fortune telling". An example of mind reading would be assuming your girlfriend would prefer to date another guy simply because you observed her chatting with him briefly at lunch.
Using this same example, fortune telling would involve your assumption that, since she was chatting with him, she is going to break up with you in the near future. In CBT you would be challenged to consider what evidence you actually have for either of these things, and to consider other possible scenarios or outcomes.
6. Overgeneralization – This thinking error occurs when you take one incident or a few bits of information and turn it into a sweeping generalization. For example, you submit a story to a magazine and it's rejected. You quickly conclude, "I'm no good at writing so why bother?". CBT would help you realize that one incident doesn't mean it's going to be a pattern if you continue trying.
7. Magnification or minimization – This type of thinking occurs when you blow something completely out of proportion (magnification) or discount (minimize) other things. For example, "All my friends are incredibly smart and attractive, and I'm stupid and ugly". In CBT you would work on challenging those extreme statements and putting them into more realistic perspective.
Catastrophizing is a type of magnification. For example, you get reprimanded at work by your boss for a mistake you made, and from that you become certain that you are going to lose your job, your career is over, you're going to end up homeless, etc. In CBT you would work on challenging the likeliness of such extreme outcomes.
8. Disqualifying the positive – This thinking error occurs when all you can see are the negative aspects of a situation, while completely rejecting, or "disqualifying", any positive aspects. You are convinced that if something did actually go right, it was luck, or a fluke. You may often respond with "Yes, but…" whenever someone else tries to help you see the positive.
For example, your boss critiqued a project and gave you positive feedback overall, but had some constructive criticism for one aspect. You take that and say, "I completely messed up on that project; my boss hated the part about____." In CBT you would work on considering all the things your boss liked about your project, and putting the other in appropriate perspective.
9. Blame or personalization – This occurs when you feel responsible for things which are completely beyond your control, or you blame others for your problems or bad things happening in your life. For example, if your child gets into a fight at school, you conclude, "It's my fault for not being a better parent". Or, "If my parents had been better role models, I would be more successful in my career".
In CBT you would be challenged to consider, for example, how it is you are to blame for your child's behavior, or how you may have contributed to your lack of career success.
10. Filtering – this is very similar to disqualifying the positive. For example, you prepare a dinner for friends and everything is spectacular, except that the potatoes were slightly lumpy. Instead of feeling good about how well it turned out overall, you get stuck on how imperfect the potatoes were. CBT would help you step back and look at the big picture, and focus on how it was mostly a success.
As you can see from this list, if you were to engage in one or several of these thinking errors regularly, it would certainly feed your depression or anxiety. And, they can lead to problems in your relationships with others. This is why CBT can be so effective, because it effectively helps people change the negative thoughts that are usually automatic. As these thoughts change and more adaptive, healthy thoughts take their place, you will feel much less depressed or anxious.
Other Aspects of CBT
Compared to many types of psychotherapy, CBT is relatively brief and time limited. Although many things can determine the duration of therapy, 16 sessions is the average number for CBT.
CBT also involves collaboration between the client and therapist. They work together to determine the goals of therapy. It is an educational process in that the therapist teaches the client how to challenge and change maladaptive thought processes and reactions and develop more adaptive ones in order to reach his or her goals. It is up to the client to apply what he or she learns in therapy.
Unlike many types of psychotherapy, CBT also involves homework. CBT therapists typically give their clients assignments each week. These may include reading in addition to practicing techniques discussed in therapy each week.
Much research has been done regarding the effectiveness of CBT. It has been shown to be quite effective for the treatment of many different disorders.

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James Henry blogged about how to enable PDF indexing in Sharepoint:
Here are best instructions for properly configuring SharePoint to search PDF documents and view the file type icon in a document library. This involves installing the Adobe PDF IFilter 6.0 on each SharePoint 2007 front end web server. You would also need to do this on the Search Server, if you have split this up in your environment. Perform the following steps for either Windows SharePoint Services v3 (WSS v3) and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007). Download Adobe PDF IFilter 6.0 Stop the IIS Admin service: Start -> Run -> services.msc -> IIS Admin Service -> Stop Run the Adobe PDF IFilter 6.0 Setup program to install the filter on the server Copy the ICPDF.GIF file ( – right click and save as) to "[Hard_Drive]:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\12\Template\Images" Edit the file "[Hard_Drive]:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\12\Template\Xml\DOCICON.XML" Add an entry for the .pdf extension. Perform an iisreset by performing the following: Start -> Run -> iisreset. You could also recycle the SharePoint Application Pools in Internet Information Services Manager For MOSS 2007, perform the following additional steps If you have MOSS 2007 and have enabled Shared Services then, goto Central Administration -> Shared Services Administration -> Select your current Shared Services Provider -> Search -> Search Settings -> File types Click on the "New File Type" button Add the "pdf" file extension in the designated text box and click on the "OK" button Go back to the Search Settings page Click on the "Content sources and crawl schedules" link Select the content source, access its context menu, and click on "Start Full Crawl"
Here are best instructions for properly configuring SharePoint to search PDF documents and view the file type icon in a document library. This involves installing the Adobe PDF IFilter 6.0 on each SharePoint 2007 front end web server. You would also need to do this on the Search Server, if you have split this up in your environment.
Perform the following steps for either Windows SharePoint Services v3 (WSS v3) and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS 2007).
For MOSS 2007, perform the following additional steps
I use Sharepoint Services V3 and installed the PDF IFilter after I uploaded hundreds of PDFs. This was bad, because Sharepoint Services does not crawl these already uploaded documents until they are touched (modify a property or so). Since no GUI is available to do so like in MOSS you have to use stsadm.exe command which ships with sharepoint:
Change the directory to: Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\binNow execute: stsadm.exe -o spsearch -action fullcrawlstop then: stsadm.exe –o spsearch -action fullcrawlstart
Some time ago I implemented (actually still implementing and enhancing) MOM 2005 to monitor and manage a lot of servers (>600).
Some MOM Basics:
A nice feature in MOM is the ability to start tasks in the Operator Console. When you create a task you can specify variables in the command line. The most common variable is $Computer Name$ or $TargetComputer$. Using this placeholder you are able to dynamically fill in the computer name from the console selection in the command line. Because alerts and events are always related to a computer, you can start tasks from these views as well.
You can define local or remote tasks. For now we are just focusing on local tasks, which are command lines (scripts are not possible) executed on the machine running the Operator Console.
Some Remote Desktop Basics:
How to find out who has remote desktop connections to a server?
You have more than one choice to find out who is currently connected. One of course is Royal TS if the security context allows it, another is the Terminal Services Manager from the Administrative Tools (you may have to install the adminpak.msi first), the fastest way is to fire up a command prompt and type:
query session /server:[servername]
As you can see, the query session command lists all users connected. Next to the user name you see the session id.
So if you really need to get on that box you may want to kick out one of the users:
reset session 1 /server:web01
The command above kills the connection with the session id 1 from the user "Admin". Note: if this user is still connected or has any opened documents, it's all gone…
Some Command Shell Basics:
I wanted to have some sort of batch file which shows me all sessions, asks me if I want to kill one and kills the session id I entered. This batch file should look something like this:
Here a short description of the code:
The command line parameter %1 will be stored in the environment variable %ComputerName%.Query session will be exectued.SET /P asks for user input and stores it in the environment variable %uinp%.Reset session will be executed with the session id the user provided in the line before.Clear the screen and show again the sessions to verify it worked.
So I place the batch file in C:\batchfiles\resetsession.cmd on the machine(s) where the Operator Console is running and create a task with the command line: C:\batchfiles\resetsession.cmd $Computer Name$
All set. Except: I don't really want to deploy batch files to all machines running Operator Console. So what can be done here?
There is a very useful feature in the command shell: executing multiple commands in one line. You can use "&", "&&" and "||" to combine multiple commands. For example:
command1&command2 will execute command2 after command1 completed.command1&&command2 will execute command2 after command1 completed successfully (ERRORLEVEL=0)command1||command2 will execute command2 when command1 was unsuccessful (ERRORLEVEL<>0)
CMD /V:ON /C "QUERY session /server:$TargetComputer$&SET /P uinp=Enter Session ID to reset and press [ENTER]:&RESET session !uinp! /server:$TargetComputer$&CLS&ECHO Session reset command executed.&QUERY session /server:$TargetComputer$&PAUSE"
One thing to mention here is the parameter /V:ON and the different handling of the environment variable %uinp%. /V:ON allows to expand a variable at execution time but then you have to use "!" instead of "%".
Instead of deploying batch files you can do more complex things in one command line. Paste this into the task command line and you are all set. Have fun.
[Win]+[Space] opens the Vista Sidebar
[Win]+[T] goes through all task bar programs and shows you the mini preview
[CTRL] holding the CTRL key while scrolling the mouse wheel changes the icon view in Explorer windows
[ALT] use ALT to show the classic menu bars in IE7 and Explorer
[SHIFT] hold SHIFT and right-click to get the context menu items "Open Command Window here" and "Copy as Path" on files and folders
[Win]+[D] show Desktop
[Win]+[E] open Windows Explorer
[Win]+[R] opens the Run dialog
[Win]+[Q] opens Messenger or Office Communicator
[Win]+[F] opens Search dialog
[Win]+[G] sets focus to Windows Sidebar, after pressing the combination again you can toggle through the Sidebar Gadgets
[Win]+[L] lock your Desktop
[Win]+[M] minimize all windows
[Shift]+[Win]+[M] opens all minimized windows
[Win]+[X] opens the Windows Mobility Center
[Win]+ [Pause] opens the Systemproperties window
A friend of mine just brought to my attention that Royal TS was mentioned in the November Issue of Windows IT Pro Magazine (on Page 9). Björn Lysell wrote:
"... I can recommend a freeware utility called Royal TS that you can use to group your connections in a simple GUI. You can read about and download Royal TS at the following URL: http://www.code4ward.net ..."
I am very proud that a tool which was done late 2003 using dotnet Framework 1.1 is still very popular and useful - It's even running smoothly on Windows Vista.
So I got Vista RC1 and my beautiful MacBook was begging for an update [H]
BUT: 1st, I already had Beta 2 installed, and in order to get this done you need to delete the 200MB EFI partition.2nd, there was a BootCamp update, which wont start if the EFI partition is missing
SO:How the heck do I get back that partition?
After some googling around I found a couple of instructions:
Note: Doing this is very dangerous. I strongly suggest to backup all your data!
This worked for me and I am using an Intel MacBook. And, almost forgot, when using RC1 you do not need to delete the EFI partition anymore!
This took me a while so I want to share some of my findings. My situation may be a common one so here's the task I want to accomplish:I use Exchange 2007 Beta 2 as a "single server" setup - which means all relevant roles are installed on one physical server to send mails, receive mails, connect via Outlook and Outlook Web Access, etc. You can read this post which tells you how to do that.
Now I want to enable relaying without any authentication but only from some of my internal IP addresses.
This is what I did (there may be another way to do this):
The last commands enables you to relay messages from this IP range without authentication.
Edit:As Rodney Buike pointed out there is a more elegant way to do this: http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2006/12/28/432013.aspx
Thanks for the feedback...


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September 2006 Welcome to The Eller Times, sharing highlights of news, events, people, and partners of the Eller College of Management.
New Eller College RankingsRankings announcements from U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine, and Mexico's Expansión magazine place the Eller College high in undergraduate and graduate rankings. Undergraduate Programs According to the latest collegiate rankings from U.S. News and World Report, the Eller College is now #10 among public business schools and #18 overall. The rankings represent the results of surveys collected from business school deans. "We are well aware that our strengths are paying big dividends for our students, but there is an exclamation mark when peer institutions recognize it," says Undergraduate Programs associate dean Pam Perry. The rankings also recognized strength in the Eller College's academic specialties, including Management Information Systems (MIS), which at #4 has retained top 5 status every year since the inception of its category in 1989. The McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship moved up to #3 among public institutions (#7 overall), and the Marketing and Accounting Departments ranked in the top 25, at #21 and #23, respectively. Entrepreneurship The McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship ranked #1 among undergraduate programs and #6 among graduate programs in a survey of 700 schools conducted by Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review. "This program is focused around a curricular model that we call the Idea Path to help students move business ideas to reality in any environment," says program director Sherry Hoskinson. "This is now the gold standard in entrepreneurship education." MBA Programs The Eller MBA program ranked #45 internationally in the first global survey of MBA programs for Mexican students, according to results published in the August issue of Mexico's Expansión magazine. Mexican executives cited the United States and England as top-recommended countries in which to earn an MBA. Eller's MBA program also ranked #33 in The Wall Street Journal's latest survey of regional MBA recruiters. Career Speed Dating: Not What You Might Think
Leave romance at the door: the Eller College's Management Information Systems Association (MISA) Career Speed Dating event was matchmaking of a different sort. On September 19, MISA hosted a recruiting event at the Student Union to connect students with potential employers including IBM, Price Waterhouse Coopers, and Texas Instruments. Applying the speed dating model — a rotating series of 10-minute interviews — to the recruiting process drew great reviews from participating companies. "I think the format was an excellent way to meet and talk with a lot of students in a short period of time," says Bryan Kissinger of Price Waterhouse Coopers. "In my experience, 10 minutes is usually enough time to decide if an individual is going to be a good 'fit' for our firm and our industry." "I really enjoyed this event," says Ed Mullins of Texas Instruments. "In contrast to working the booth earlier in the day, the speed dating provided an unexpected benefit — because we had a predetermined amount of time for the date, my 'date' and I stayed focused on the discussion and not on how to extend or tactfully end the conversation. As a result, the conversations at the speed dating turned out to be much more enriching than conversations at the booth earlier in the day." "You will find that many recruiters wear down over the course of the recruiting season because many traditional events require participation over several hours or even an entire day," says Kissinger. "This format allowed for very focused recruiting efforts and afforded us the opportunity to meet with the maximum amount of interested candidates in a very short period of time." Students also found value in the event. "I've been to other traditional recruiting events and definitely this was an out of the box idea," says master's in MIS candidate Harry Xenophontos. "It worked really well and helped a lot of students network with business professionals." He adds that the time slots made time management essential. "You had to act quick and say everything you wanted before the next person's slot came up," he says. Persuasion Class Shoots to Score
For students in Lisa Lovallo's persuasion class, making the grade also means making the game. This semester, the students are working to increase attendance at UA Women's Basketball games by creating a new sales strategy. "I believe the best way to solidify classroom learning is to apply the techniques in the marketplace and let the students see how the methodology works in a real-life application," says Lovallo. "The Women's Basketball project gives students the opportunity to affect the bottom line of the program, increase the awareness of Women's Basketball on campus, and see the impact they can make if they develop the right strategy and focus on using the persuasive selling model." Coach Joan Bonvicini, guard Joy Hollingsworth, and center Beatrice Bofia visited the class at the start of the semester to offer an overview of the upcoming season and their perspective on attendance. Considering the past success of the team and the fast pace of their play — which is likened to men's basketball — as well as some newsworthy additions to the team in the form of two sets of twins, Bonvicini hopes to see an uptick in attendance this season. She believes the key is to attract a student audience, and the persuasion class is in a unique position to do just that. "Before the students put their selling strategies together, they are going to have an overview on 'Closing the Deal' from Pulte Homes and Northwest Mutual Life, and visit McKale Center for a presentation on the Arizona Athletics marketing strategy for 2006-2007," says Lovallo. Ultimately, she says, in addition to increasing attendance at Women's Basketball games, she has three goals for the class. "First, each student should become comfortable using the persuasive selling model. Second, students will understand how important planning is to their success. Third, I want the students to be more confident individuals. I want them to feel comfortable discussing their ideas and knowing how to express their positions in an effective and organized manner," she explains. The Eller Times will check in with the class to gauge its progress over the semester. Former Editor of The Economist Provides Insights on Globalization to a Full House
On September 27, the former editor of The Economist — the world's leading weekly magazine on current affairs and business — delivered the Eller College's annual Fathauer Lecture in Political Economy to a packed crowd at McClelland Hall's Berger Auditorium. Bill Emmott — editor of The Economist from 1993 to 2006 — addressed the crowd of community members and students on the topic of globalization, which the magazine has championed since its founding 163 years ago. "The economic and political impact of the liberalization of domestic and international markets for goods, services, technology, and capital — globalization, in short — is only just beginning," he said. Save the Date
Beach, Fleischman and Co. Supports Eller Faculty
Beach, Fleischman and Co. has partnered with the Eller College's Friends of the Faculty program to support the teaching and research of Dr. Mark Trombley, professor of accounting. "We were very excited about the opportunity to support the accounting department and faculty in the Eller College," says Beach, Fleischman and Co. managing shareholder Bruce Beach. "For many years we have dedicated resources to ensuring that our employees, who are primarily UA alums, have the most up-to-date information available in the industry through continuing education and by providing the most current tools and technology needed to perform their best work." Trombley, whose research interests include financial accounting and financial statement analysis, is a member of the American Accounting Association and a winner of Eller's Dean's Course Innovation Award and the Arizona State CPA Society Innovation in Accounting Education Award. "The faculty must be adequately compensated and must also have the tools and technology to do their best work in preparing the students to enter our industry," Beach continued. "It is a privilege for us to support the accounting faculty and we look forward to enhancing our partnership with the Eller College through further collaboration with Dr. Trombley." Faculty Members Mentor Undergraduate Honors StudentsEleven Eller Honors Fellows have stepped up to guide top undergraduate students through the rigors of the Eller Honors Academy. Paul Melendez, director of the Undergraduate Programs Ethics & Honors Programs, says that the Eller Honors Fellows will mentor Honors students, potentially serving as an honors thesis "broker" who can guide students to a faculty member with expertise in the student's chosen topic. The Eller Honors Fellows will also help Undergraduate Programs identify top students for scholarship recognition. "The Eller Honors Program really excels at creating a customized experience for students, who are encouraged to seek out field projects and thesis topics that tie in to their career goals and interests," says Eller Honors Fellow Kathleen Kahle, Associate Professor of Finance. "They also receive dedicated support from a faculty member and from the tight-knit Honors community." The Eller Honors Fellows are:
Going Off-Script: The Role of Codes in Service Transaction
More often than not, a transaction at Starbuck's runs like a well-oiled machine: order a grande Mocha Frappaccino, give name, submit payment, wait by the pick-up counter, pick up beverage. But try to order the same thing from the university coffee cart, and suddenly things get complicated. For one thing, the coffee cart doesn't have a grande size, they call it medium. And they don't serve Mocha Frappaccinos, they serve blended iced coffees with chocolate syrup. As a result, coffee cart employees must learn to translate the Starbuck's brand names in order to meet consumer expectations. It's called brand code switching, and it's one type of script subversion explored in a paper published in the Journal of Retailing by Eller College assistant professor of marketing Hope Jensen Schau and her co-authors Stephanie Dellande of Chapman University and Mary C. Gilly of the University of California, Irvine. Script subversion occurs when a customer deviates from the standard "script" in a service retail transaction. "What scripting does is establish rhetoric for encounters," says Schau. "It educates consumers on efficient communication practices and manages service encounter expectations." Many service retailers rely on scripts to ensure speedy, standardized transactions that keep employees and customers on track, but deviations from the script are inevitable. Schau and her co-authors analyzed data from more than 2,000 service encounters in the quick service restaurant and coffee industries and found evidence for three types of code switching: language, dialect, and brand. They also found evidence that in some cases, script subversion can have positive outcomes for both the retailer and consumer. For example, in language code switching, a consumer may switch from American English to another language, such as Spanish. A bilingual employee can help the customer navigate the menu, and the research demonstrates that these encounters are similar to on-script encounters — but they result in the highest observed incidence of positive comments and gestures. On the flip side, dialect code switching — changing from standard American English to a recognizable dialect such as Southern drawl or urban contemporary youth — typically has negative results, despite both customer and employee generally enjoying the transaction. "While the perception of the ordering customer may be more positive in a dialect code switching encounter, the length of order and even the order accuracy suffer from the script departure," Schau explains. "Also, it has a negative impact on the subsequent interactions. Not only is the queue wait time elongated, but we're finding now in a follow-up study that proximal customers to the dialect code switching exchange feel 'left out' of these dialect discussions." The third type of script subversion explored in the paper, brand code switching, was more prevalent in small firms, as opposed to market leaders such as Starbuck's and McDonald's, whose particular brand codes have become shorthand for customers. For example, customers may ask for Chicken McNuggets or a Big Mac at Checkers, a growing chain also known as Rally's. These transactions were observed to be longer, with fewer instances of positive comments and gestures than in language or dialect code switching. "Brand codes reinforce the rhetoric by having tight language to communicate rather complex product offerings," says Schau. "For example, Mocha Frappaccino is much more efficient than saying 'blended iced coffee with chocolate syrup.' So, there is a significant advantage to dominant industry firms." But, she adds, it offers an opportunity for smaller businesses to distinguish themselves by providing a personalized feel. Unfortunately, brand code switching offers the biggest challenge to chains like Checkers, which is neither the dominant firm nor a mom-and-pop shop that can use personalization as a competitive advantage. "For them, the dominant brand code is a huge inefficiency as their employees must continually translate the menu items," says Schau. In contrast, the translation issue is less problematic for independent coffee houses since it is offset by demand. "In essence, Starbuck's drives people to consume more and fancier coffees," says Schau. "The translation is a small price to pay for booming demand." Building on Success
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"I've always been intrigued by real estate — the building process and creating things, the longevity of it," says Jay Stein, Scottsdale division president of Sandor Development Company.
Stein grew up around the business of commercial real estate: his uncle, Sidney Eskenazi, founded Sandor Development Company in 1963. When Stein joined Sandor, it was a family-run operation with four employees. Today, the company owns and operates 6.7 million square feet of shopping centers in almost 25 states. Eskenazi, his son David, and Stein run the company, making all major decisions and managing over 50 employees.
In 2004, the company opened a Scottsdale office. "So much of the challenge is how to grow our business at the rate that we want," Stein says. Sandor is now in the top 15 privately owned shopping center holders in the U.S., and with 25 projects — new or expansions — opening this year, it's been Sandor's most active year to date.
"I enjoy starting and finishing projects," Stein continues. "Developing a shopping center can take anywhere from six months to three years of building to complete."
The satisfaction of seeing a project finish construction spills over into more personal areas of his life as well: Stein and his wife, Jill, recently donated funds to build a mikvah at Congregation Beth Israel in Scottsdale. A mikvah is a ritual bath used during transformative periods in life, for example, before marriage, or before converting to Judaism, as Jill recently did.
"There wasn't a mikvah in Phoenix that the entire community could use, so we had to fly to L.A. for the day when Jill was planning to convert," Stein explains. Congregation Beth Israel is currently getting permits and preparing to start construction on the mikvah, which will be open to the entire Jewish community.
The couple also recently celebrated the arrival of their first child, a daughter, Sadie. Stein says he hopes she'll be a future Wildcat, noting that he values the 6½ years he spent at the UA and actively hires UA graduates.
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Nikki Floyd develops emergency response plans for federal clients — which is not quite the future she envisioned for herself as a criminal justice and criminology major.
"I fell into this by accident," she says. "I never would have chosen this path 5-10 years ago."
After Floyd earned her Eller degree in criminal justice, she entered the graduate program in criminology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Following her first year in the program, she began searching for a job and found a position with consulting firm SRA International.
It turned out to be a great fit.
At SRA International, Floyd works with federal clients including the U.S. Capitol Police, General Services Administration, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the Department of Homeland Security on a diverse assortment of projects that have given her experience in everything from cyber security to technical writing.
"Something new comes along every time a contract ends," she says. And the projects she works on often make a significant impact on public safety, and so, she adds with a laugh, "It's like being a fed without being a fed."
But the job does come with its challenges: after Hurricane Katrina, Floyd worked with FEMA to train and deploy staffers to the Gulf region. "It was the most emotionally and physically draining work I have ever done," she says. Floyd grew up in Texas and spent a lot of time in the Gulf Coast, so the disaster seemed close to home. But more harrowing, she says, was knowing that there were lives and futures hanging in the balance.
"One of the things I did was work with FEMA's transitional housing unit," she says. Hurricane survivors would call in looking for hotels. "You could find them hotels, but you couldn't give them more," she says. "I would leave in tears."
The insights she gained as an undergraduate at Eller have helped shape her approach to disaster planning. "Studying social issues and policy conditions you to think of the world not in terms of quantifiable costs, but in terms of immeasurable human costs," she explains. "Losing a home filled with worldly possessions is a loss that cannot be summed up in a balance sheet. I think in order to effectively assist people with preparation and recovery, you have to be willing to accept that there are no simple answers or formulas when it comes to human loss."
As a contractor, Floyd felt somewhat insulated from the public outcry against the federal response to Katrina, but she says, "As hard as we work, we are still disappointed that we couldn't do more." If any good can come from the experience, she hopes that it will impress upon individuals and families the need to take a greater role in preparing for disaster.
Floyd is currently developing federal response plans for the anticipated avian influenza pandemic. "It's a different league of planning," she says. If a building blows up, another building can be found in which people can work. But a biological disaster presents other challenges including absenteeism, and the fact that employees bring the illness home to their families.
"Right now," says Floyd, "the federal government's tendency is to over-prepare. Hurricane Katrina showed the consequences of what happens when you're not ready."
"The focus of national security has undergone a long-needed shift," she continues, and that shift means that Floyd is kept busy in the public safety sector. But she hasn't forgotten her criminal justice education, and keeps current through the same journals she followed as a grad student. "I think it's part and parcel with staying marketable in an economy that is always changing," she says. "I see this as one of many careers I will have."
Brett Farmiloe, Daniel Weber, and Tamir Greenberg on their RV "Maggie." |
For Brett Farmiloe, the interview process during his senior year at the Eller College produced more than a position at a public accounting firm: it became the source of an idea that transformed his approach to life and work.
"I noticed that many students did not know what they wanted to do after graduation," he explains. Farmiloe was in the same boat. As he began down the expected path for an accounting graduate, he wondered what else was out there, and how successful people who love their jobs found their passion.
He decided to find out. Farmiloe and two friends, UA students Daniel Weber and Tamir Greenberg, planned a summer road trip that they dubbed "Pursue the Passion" in order to interview leaders who love what they do across the country.
The trio piled into an RV and in just a few months' time, conducted 75 on-site interviews with people who spend their days working for The New York Times, Nike, Microsoft Corporation, and the San Diego Padres, to name a few. Family and friends tracked their progress via a website the crew developed featuring the interviews, along with photos from the trip and a map highlighting upcoming interview locations.
Now that the trip is over, says Farmiloe, he has incorporated the best advice from 75 different points of view into his own life. Though he found each interview equally valuable, he notes that the most memorable interview was also the first – a 45-minute meeting with Lute Olson.
"We were really nervous – we all gathered on the couch in his office," he says. But Olson quickly put them at ease and Farmiloe says that the success of the experience set the tone for the whole trip.
Farmiloe is currently working on a book documenting the experience, and along with Weber and Greenberg, is planning a second trip for 2007. For the next journey, they hope to interview 200 people, including many UA alumni, and document the interviews on film as well. "The overall message is simple: to motivate people to make a change and pursue their passion," says Farmiloe.
If you are interested in sharing how you turned your passion into your career, contact Brett Farmiloe (firstname.lastname@example.com) about the 2007 Pursue Your Passion tour.


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I'm a total amateur and am trying to get my tub drain to stop water so my little girl can take a bath. I removed the face plate and there was no part of an old linkage assembly behind it except a cotter pin left over. I stuck a coat hanger down in the hole and could fish out nothing, although I did get the coat hanger stuck for a few heart-stopping seconds. This morning I bought a Danco tub drain linkage assembly at Home Depot. I noticed it was the only option they had and assumed they were standard size for that reason. When I tried it out it did not stop the flow of the water out of the drain. I tried adjusting it to various lengths including making it as long as possible so I could feel it resting on the bottom of the pipe (it went in very smoothly and I couldn't feel any parts of the old assembly down there when I was feeding it in). Water still drains out of the tub regardless of where the drain stopper is. Anybody have any idea why this is so? Thanks! Justin |
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Justin - I'm assuming you have a fiberglass tub. Doesn't really matter though... You have already stated that the control for the Drain/Fill is not working. Unless you have access to the bottom, and the front of the tub - you are NOT going to fix that. The portion which the stopper goes into - has a nut underneath it; and a flange on the top - it is then screwed (literally) onto the tub. Sealant is applied to the bottom during installation - so that it does not leak. And then a drain pipe and controls connect to all of that; including the pipe holding the control to pop up or close the drain... Since your tub does not have a working stopper... First, make sure the tub stopper area is clean and smooth. Then, either a flat Rubber stopper which can be placed over the top of the bottom of the tub (water pressure ends up sealing) can be used... Or a rubber stopper fitting tightly into the opening can be used... or something like the following can be used... http://www.improvementscatalog.com/home/improvements/792922419-tub-stopper.html Not too bad of a price... http://www.google.com/products/catalog?client=opera&rls=en&q=bathtub+stopper&oe=utf-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=11456466704773897897&sa=X&ei=5S-2TazJEOLiiALvgsE5&ved=0CEcQ8wIwAQ# Look around, it is available various places. D. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Tub Stopper
Thanks so much for taking the time to respond. I checked into the Flip It, and the only problem I can see is my wife drops hair like a Wookie. The Flip It appears to have no way of screening hair out, so I will probably opt for one of the rubber stoppers and replacing the mesh in the drain when the shower is in use. Thanks again. |
If your tub drain is fairly old and a standard brass drain, you might be on the right track with that Danco part. They block water that enters the drain horizontally coming from the tub drain, so basically the SIDE of the cylinder is what blocks the water when it gets to the proper height. Too high or too low and it doesn't work. If it's in too far, the water just passes through the cylinder on it's way down into the trap. Before fastening it to the overflow, test it with water by hand as you insert it slowly more and more. If you succeed in blocking water, then work backwards to set the height, etc. If you have a PVC waste and overflow (look inside the overflow to see if it's PVC), it may not work. On the other hand, there are shallow-height metal strainers that drop into the drain, yet allowing a stopper to be inserted above them. These allow you to use the stopper without removing them or switching back and forth, etc. Check an old hardware store for these. (HD does not carry the one I'm talking about.) |
Come to think of it, the right height is roughly equal to the vertical distance from the top of the overflow to the cross-hair in the drain (or, alternatively, the center of the overflow to the bottom of the tub drain below the cross-hair. Something like that. |
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Few news organizations can match the setting of The Miami Herald. The paper's headquarters is perched on the edge of Biscayne Bay, offering sweeping views of the islands that buffer the city of Miami from the Atlantic Ocean. Pelicans and gulls float near the building; colorful cruise ships ply the waters a few miles away.
And Miami Herald executives long held some of the best views in the city, from the fifth floor of the company's headquarters.
Not any longer.
The Herald, like most U.S. daily newspapers, has faced severe financial troubles in recent years, suffering deep cuts in the newsroom and other departments. So, in one of many efforts to raise revenue, executives attached a billboard to the east side of the Herald building, completely obscuring the bay views of many newspaper employees, including the publisher.
The benefits of the billboard are obvious: the low six figures in annual revenue, according to a Herald executive, or enough to pay the salaries of a few junior reporters.
The irony is obvious as well, for the advertiser buying the space is Apple—the company that now controls a commerce and publishing system crucial to the future of the news business. And the product being advertised on the Herald's wall is the iPad, a device that is both disruptive and helpful to media economics.
Indeed, the two companies provide a way to see the destruction and creation in the media business over the past decade. At the end of March 2001, the stock market valued the Herald's parent company, Knight-Ridder, at almost precisely the same amount as Apple: $3.8 billion.
Ten years later, Apple's valuation is more than $300 billion. And Knight-Ridder no longer exists as an independent company.
The difficult financial state of the U.S. news industry is no longer new. Most big newsrooms have faced severe cutbacks, and even though online-only outlets have sprung up in communities throughout the country, they haven't fully taken the place of what has been lost.
These issues were explored in a precursor report to this one, sponsored by Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and written by Leonard Downie Jr., former executive editor of The Washington Post, and Michael Schudson, a professor at Columbia. At the end of that report, which was published in late 2009, the authors provided a number of recommendations to stanch the losses in independent reporting.
Most of the recommendations were based in policy, including changes in the tax code to provide news organizations easier access to nonprofit status and encouraging philanthropists to support news gathering. Most controversially, Downie and Schudson recommended the creation of a national "Fund for Local News" supported with fees the Federal Communications Commission would collect from telecom users, broadcast licensees, or Internet service providers.
That suggestion drew praise from some, as well as criticism from those who saw it as an intrusion by the government in a free and robust press. In the words of Seth Lipsky, editor of the New York Sun, "The best strategy to strengthen the press would be to maximize protection of the right to private property—and the right to competition. Subsidies are the enemy of competition."
This report stands on the shoulders of the first one, but takes a different approach. Without addressing the merits of philanthropists or governments supporting news gathering, we wanted to address another question: What kinds of digitally based journalism in the U.S. is the commercial market likely to support, and how?
In these times, it seems unlikely that Congress has much interest in exacting new fees or levies to help news companies. Nor is there likely to be enough philanthropy to support the work now done by news organizations.
While this report will examine some legacy business models for media, our focus is on the economic issues that news organizations—large and small, old and new—face with their digital ventures. That includes sites on the web, of course, as well as video platforms and mobile devices.
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I have a small amount of seed that I would like to share with anyone willing to grow it out and keep the variety going. If you would like to trade, I would be interested in just about any kind of bean seed--especially bush varieties. Quantity is limited, so will have to limit to first few that respond. |
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Norman Foster has been forced to redesign a planned extension of New York's Upper East Side Parke-Bernet Gallery because residents objected to the original 30-storey glass design. This marks the second high-profile design which has been stunted in the area following the revision of a design for the Whitney Museum of American Art two years ago in order to preserve two original facades.
The original design for Parke-Bernet, which would have been developed by Aby Rosen, was to rise from the centre of the original building and would have provided a statement feature in the heart of the 1950's limestone structure. But residents were disturbed by the proposal. One resident is reported to have stated that the structure would be 'a glass dagger plunged into the heart of Upper East Side'. The Landmarks Preservation Committee were also responsible, having halted the development in January in objection to the design.
There was, however, one supporter on the committee. Jan Hird Pokorny, an architect, was said to have stood up for the design, comparing it to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Dome of Pisa which historically were built a hundred years apart but complement each other perfectly.
The redesign is a much more subdued offering than the first and a complete contrast with a low, squared bronze-clad design which will lie directly on top of the existing building. The design is, again, subject to approval from the Landmarks Preservation Committee.
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Marvin Walter Whatley, 88, of Peachtree City
Marvin Walter Whatley, 88, of Peachtree City, passed away January 18, 2014.
He was born in Chattanooga, Tenn. November 18, 1925. He was a WWII Naval Veteran who served aboard the U.S.S. Thetis Bay, Asiatic Pacific Campaign from 1944 until 1946. He relocated from Chattanooga, Tenn. to Albany, Ga. in 1963 where he was the sales manager for Lonsberg's Music which became Whatley's Music in 1973.
He and Eloise relocated to Peachtree City in 1993. He then worked for United Helping Hand. He was a 32nd degree Mason; a member of the Hasan Shrine Temple, Albany, Legion of Honor and the Jesters; honorary life member of the BPO Elk's #713 and past Exalted Ruler; a member of American Legion Post 30, 40 and 8 and served as Chef de Gare. Mr. Whatley was a past member of First Baptist Church, Albany and currently was a member of First Baptist Church, Peachtree City.
Mr. Whatley was preceded in death by his parents, Walter Wyatt and Elizabeth Mae Johnson Whatley; siblings, Margaret Coyle and William Whatley and son-in-law Griffin Brown.
He is survived by his wife Eloise Johnson Whatley; children, Carl Whatley (Ute) of Peachtree City and Pamela Whatley Brown of Byron, Ga.; grandchildren Ben and Nathan Whatley and Allie and Caleb Brown.
A graveside service was held Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at 1 p.m. at Oak Lawn Cemetery, Fort Valley, Ga. The family received friends Monday from 5 until 7 p.m. at the Chapel of Mowell Funeral Home, Peachtree City.
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Marvin was an inspiration to us all and he will be greatly missed. His love for his family and friends, and the ever present joy in that wonderful, booming voice of his will forever be remembered. To Marvin, there were no strangers - only friends that he had yet to meet.
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Ahhh, early April. Darryl Kile's earned run average is exactly zero. In Philadelphia, Rico Brogna is the second coming of Mark McGwire. In St. Louis, Mark McGwire is a likable single father who will hit eighty dingers this year.
Imagine the joy, this early April, of Vinny Castilla. The best major-league ballplayer that most fans in Minneapolis, Boston and New York have never heard of, the Colorado Rockies' sure-handed, power-hitting third baseman will this Sunday realize the sweetest spring dream of all. He will play Opening Day, the fourth day of April, in his native country. The Rox face the San Diego Padres in Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday evening, and for Castilla, it will be the most glorious moment of his career.
"I cannot wait," Cousin Vinny says. Because in Mexico, they know Vinny Castilla. Vinny Castilla could be the president of Mexico if he wanted to. But what he wants instead is to make his countrymen proud, pick the ball cleanly at the hot corner and maybe--just maybe--hit one out. That would make his year.
But baseball is not all sweetness and light this April. It is not suffused with the usual untarnished hope. Following one of the most uplifting baseball seasons of all time--Way to swing, Big Mac! Muchas gracias, Sammy!--Opening Day arrives with a forecast of rain. To wit:
Discontent: Little matter that the Toronto Blue Jays' ex-manager lied to his players about having served in Vietnam and was fired in disgrace. Little matter that a country singer who earned $50 million last year found his accomplishments inadequate and began imagining himself a ballplayer. Garth Brooks, a publicity stunt wearing spikes, will depart the Padres spring-training camp just as he should--without a hit.
More important, a U.S. senator who's held office since the Coolidge administration recently imagined himself an umpire. Jesse Helms, the ancient segregationist from North Carolina, wrote a letter to every member of the Baltimore Orioles explaining why they should not go to Havana to play the Cuban national team. Mike Mussina and company ignored Helms as they would ignore a drunk howling in the third-base boxes. On Sunday at Estadio Latinoamericano, once home to Tony Oliva, Tony Perez, Minnie Minoso, Luis Tiant and Mike Cuellar, the O's beat the Cubans 3-2 in eleven thrilling innings. Memo to the senator: Albert Belle didn't join a farming commune, and Fidel didn't pitch the bottom of the eighth.
Consider for a moment the fix real umpires are in--or think they're in. Over the shape of an imaginary rectangle. As baseball intimates know, on February 19 Commissioner Bud Selig sent a memo to all thirty teams promising stricter enforcement this season of the "strike zone"--a largely mythical notion that has in recent years grown shorter and wider (especially in the National League), provoking occasional outrage in the dugouts and sending strict constructionists back to the rulebook. Now, Selig says, umpires will be required to lift and narrow the area in which a pitched ball is called a strike.
Problem one: Selig didn't ask the umpires, a prickly lot to start with, what they thought. So on March 12 they filed a grievance to block the new interpretation of the strike zone. Problem two: Players and managers are openly laughing at the edict. Problem three: Friction between the men in blue, players and fans could this season reach its highest pitch since umpire Tim McClelland disallowed George Brett's home run because he had too much pine tar on his bat.
What to do. Heed, if you will, Hall of Famer George Montgomery Ward: "Outside of the nine players on each side," Ward once explained, "there is another important personage, known as the 'umpire.' He is not placed there as a target for the maledictions of disappointed spectators. He is of flesh and blood and has feelings, just the same as any other human being. He is not chosen because of his dishonesty or ignorance of the rules of the game, neither is he an ex-horse thief nor an escaped felon...indeed, in private life he may even pass as a gentleman."
Words to live by, 111 years after they were written.
Disarmament: As if the Creatine-powered, Andro-fueled sluggers of the day needed any more help putting the horsehide in orbit, major-league pitching looks lamer than ever. It has been diluted by expansion, of course (four new teams in the Nineties, including your beloved but pitch-poor Rox), but this past winter the injury bug also ran rampant. The great hope of the Chicago Cubs, 1998 rookie of the year Kerry Wood, hurt his arm so badly that he'll likely not pitch again until 2001, when he's 23. In Atlanta, another Kerry, reliever Ligtenberg, is also on the shelf with major elbow problems, and the McGwire-led Cardinals have lost two of their starters--Alan Benes and 24-year-old Matt Morris, once projected to be the staff ace. While the Yankees signed five-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens, the Mets lost the top 1994 draft pick, Paul Wilson, to his third injury in as many years. Even the Braves, who have the best starting rotation in baseball--maybe ever--could be vulnerable this year. If umpires do enforce a more vertical strike zone this year, it could help hard-throwing guys who don't mind risking the high strike. But it could unnerve finesse pitchers like Maddox and Glavine, who've always nibbled at the corners and, because of who they are, are used to getting the called strike even when the ball's five or six inches off the plate.


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Top Pro-Abortion Democrat Can't Answer Simple Abortion Question
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Rep. Diana DeGette, a Colorado Democrat, is the leader of the pro-abortion forces in the House of Representatives. However, during a press conference today she was unable to answer a simple question about abortion.
Reminded that Democrats said gun control legislation should be adopted even if it saves one life, a reporter asked DeGette if she would support the bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks since it, too, would save at least one life.
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My dear P.M.,
I won't really be Sorry to see the last of the 'Discovery' [1] when she leaves the West India Docks early in August. I have looked round in vain for someone to shuffle the work off on to, and have rather reluctantly had to do it myself.
The Hudson's Bay Company have returned again to the charge, and had McDougall [2] and myself to lunch today. They want to go right ahead now with arrangements for the formation of a company to exploit the Australian sector of the Antarctic. As a result of the meeting, we asked them to put on paper, in draft form, what they proposed, let McDougall and myself vet it, and eventually send the result out to you as a basis for negotiation-to which they agreed.
In this way we will be able to eliminate some of the crudities from the proposal and, I hope, reduce it to a form in which it will be something approaching political possibility.
In the course of the conversation, the Hudson's Bay Company let slip the fact that they are in negotiation with Irvin & Johnson [3] for the similar joint development of the 'South African Sector' of the Antarctic. This may mean that complications with South Africa are imminent.
I send in another letter by this mail a description of the situation with regard to the Air service from England to Australia. India. is a stumbling block now.
I send a few cuttings with regard to Australia that may be of interest to you.
I am watching with the greatest interest your efforts with regard to Arbitration. [4]
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Dr. Dave Danielson discusses EERE's quiet revolution to double the nation's renewable energy by the end of the decade on Chicago Tonight TV.
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz today announced 40 innovative projects tackling key aspects of technology development to make solar electricity more affordable and accessible for all Americans.
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The Star: A regular performer at the Las Vegas Hilton from 1969 through 1976, Elvis took up residence in the hotel's penthouse suite, which after renovations was converted into the hotel's high end Sky Villa Suites.
The Haunting: "Elvis has not left the building," say ghost aficionados, who claim that the King of Rock 'n' Roll still hangs around backstage at his former performance space, perhaps waiting to appear once more before a theater of screaming fans.
Hotels Haunted by CelebritiesCourtesy of Shawn Walton
The Star: There's no word whether Anna Nicole Smith was a frequent guest of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, but there's no doubting her connection to the place she spent her final hours.
The Haunting: Less than two years after her death, Smith has already been spotted wandering the hotel's lobby in spirit form. Why not in the room where she passed on?Perhaps she's confused, since the hotel gutted and renovated that suite, then renumbered all the rooms in an effort to deter fans from trying to book it.
Hotels Haunted by CelebritiesCourtesy of Cal Neva Resort
The Star: Owner of this Lake Tahoe retreat from 1960 to 1963, Frank Sinatra worked tirelessly to bring the resort up to the standards of his Rat Pack posse. But he lost Cal Neva in 1963, when authorities became aware of the presence of mobster Sam Giancana on the property and the state subsequently revoked his gaming license.
The Haunting: There have been reports of Sinatra's ghost in Lakeview Cabin #5, a modest structure overlooking Lake Tahoe that Sinatra once called home.
Bonus Haunt: Having been a frequent visitor to Cal Neva during Sinatra's ownership, Marilyn Monroe's ghost has been spotted in the resort's swimming pool and in Lakeview Cabin #3, where she used to stay.
Hotels Haunted by CelebritiesCourtesy of The Algonquin Hotel
The Star: Dorothy Parker was a frequent patron of Midtown's Algonquin Hotel, when she and an elite group of literati—the Round Table—met regularly for lunch starting in 1919 to discuss literature.
The Haunting: It's said that when the hotel completed renovations of its attic space, there were a series of unexplained noises emanating from the empty room, and a photograph of Parker fell off the wall, shattering the glass. Perhaps Parker misses the daily gatherings with her former crew.
Bonus Haunt: The apparition of Harpo Marx, another well-known member of the Round Table, is also said to lurk around the Algonquin.
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The Star: Bass guitarist for legendary punk band the Sex Pistols, Vicious was living in room 100 of Manhattan's Chelsea Hotel with his girlfriend Nancy Spungen in 1978, when the musician was accused of her murder. Released on bail, he died of a lethal drug overdose before a verdict was delivered.
The Haunting: Without having a chance to prove his innocence—or perhaps with a guilty conscience over the murder—Sid is said to still inhabit the Chelsea Hotel. Most sightings place him around the hotel's elevators, perhaps waiting for his long lost girlfriend to return.
Bonus Haunt: Dylan Thomas, an acclaimed Welsh poet, is also said to haunt the halls of the Chelsea Hotel, where he fell into a coma that eventually led to his death.
Hotels Haunted by CelebritiesCourtesy of Highland Gardens Hotel
The Star: After losing a battle with heroin addiction, the blues singer overdosed and died alone in her room at Highland Gardens (then, the Landmark Hotel)—room #105.
The Haunting: Some sightings spot Joplin hanging around the room where she was found dead, while others have placed her in the hotel's lobby. Some say if you mention her name in the lobby, doors slam and photographs fly.
Hotels Haunted by CelebritiesCourtesy of John Picken
The Star: After moving from Brooklyn to Chicago and establishing his name in the center of the bootlegging world, Capone allegedly used the Congress Plaza Hotel as the headquarters for his organization.
The Haunting: The Congress Plaza Hotel has had multiple sightings of Capone and others. Perhaps in the afterlife, the gangster is trying to recapture the criminal power he once wielded.
Hotels Haunted by CelebritiesCourtesy of Harrah's Flamingo
The Star: Brooklyn-born mobster Bugsy Siegel played a key role in the development of the extravagant Flamingo Hotel—allegedly Siegel's attempt to finally make an honest living. But he spent far beyond his means, angering many of his investors. Soon after the casino's anticlimactic opening, he was shot to death in his girlfriend's Beverly Hills home.
The Haunting: Perhaps Siegel haunts the Flamingo because he never had the opportunity to see it flourish, or because the debt it brought upon him was a factor in his demise. Visitors to the hotel have reported a ghostly figure wandering around the garden, where there's a Bugsy memorial.
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Fort Lewis College's Centennial Commencement Monday, December 19, 2011
Fort Lewis College's 2011 Fall Commencement ceremony might be considered the official end of the College's centennial year. It also represented the end of the undergraduate academic careers of around 180 FLC students. At the same time, Commencement marks a new beginning for both Fort Lewis College and its newest alumni, a second century for one and a new life as a college graduate for the other.
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Renowned poet and Fort Lewis College Associate Professor of English Pam Uschuk has won the Winning Writer's 2011 War Poetry Contest. Her three poems, "Horoscope," "White Phosphorus After Hanukkah," and "The Taliban Takes Pakistan," were all awarded first place in the contest.
Fort Lewis College and San Juan College partnering to produce tomorrow's scientists Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Producing more graduates in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields is becoming increasingly important in a world where advances in these fields are coming faster than ever. This fall, Colorado's Fort Lewis College was awarded almost $600,000 over the next five years from the National Science Foundation to support a partnership with New Mexico's San Juan College to do just that.


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Mom claims Kid Company Day Care in Franklin punished son with bleach
Kid Company Day Care faces 2 state probes
FRANKLIN, Ind. - Two state agencies have launched separate investigations into a Johnson County day care after a mother complained that her son was sprayed with bleach by an angry teacher at the facility.
The mother showed state inspectors a long-sleeve shirt that her son was wearing, saying it was discolored and splotched from the chemical, which also caused skin irritation for her son.
"He was scratching his hand saying it was real itchy and stuff and his hand was red," said Sally Southard, mother of 10-year-old Jalen Ward.
Southard was employed at the Kid Company Day Care on Lovers Lane in Franklin when the incident took place last month. She told Call 6 Investigators she complained to her managers and urged them to notify the state, but she claims she was fired when she pushed the issue.
"I know it's very clear why I was fired," she said.
Her son told state investigators that he had interrupted a new teacher, causing her to become angry. He said she then turned and sprayed him with a bleach solution in response to his interruption.
A second employee at the day care wrote a letter stating she had witnessed the event, and that letter was turned over to state investigators as well.
Separate investigations were confirmed by Child Protective Services , which investigates abuse and neglect of children, and the Indiana Department of Family and Social Services , which licenses day cares.
On Thursday, FSSA inspectors said they were unable to verify any of the allegations of abuse or neglect with the bleach spraying episode.
The inspection that resulted from the mother's complaint did result in citations, but most were unrelated to the spraying incident, said Marni Lemons, an agency spokeswoman.
She said the day care was cited for improperly mixing the bleach bottles used for disinfecting, one of which was involved in the mother's claims.
"It really hurt his feelings where he didn't even want to go back into that room after that," Southard said. "He would do anything to try to keep from going into that teacher's room, he was so scared to be in there."
"I was very upset but was working in another room and I didn't want to lose my job or I probably would have went over there and took matters into my own hands," she added.
Southard said she was fired on trumped-up charges after she confronted her managers about leaving the employee around children and failing to notify the state.
She said she had just gotten a performance raise of 50 cents per hour, yet she was handed paperwork that showed she was being fired for talking on the cell phone and yelling at a child. She said the incidents on her firing paperwork were back-dated to reflect that they had occurred earlier.
"I know my son won't be going back to that day care ever, and it makes me skeptical of ever taking him back to any day care because you never know," she said.
The Indiana Administrative Code requires that any day care must immediately notify the state of any allegation of staff abusing or neglecting a child.
Inspection records from FSSA show that Kid Company Day Care has been sanctioned twice in the past for failing to notify the state about incidents affecting children.
On Oct. 18, 2010, seven citations were issued, including one for delaying a report of abuse or neglect. On Dec. 20, 2010, the facility received five citations, including one for failing to notify the state that a child had been forgotten on a bus, which is considered by state law to be possible neglect.
On Oct. 21, 2010, FSSA records show that five citations were issued against Kid Company Day Care over its discipline of a child. State inspectors ruled that an employee inflicted physical discomfort or injury and that the discipline was illegal in that it was "harsh" or "frightening."
State records also show numerous instances where FSSA inspectors found no problems during routine visits, including one inspection in December.
The day care's director said the problems occurred under previous managers.
The director of Kid Company Day Care , Elaine Roldan, told Call 6 Investigators she did not report the bleach spraying incident to the state because she did not consider it a formal complaint.
"There wasn't actually an allegation," she said.
Roldan said the child was not sprayed out of anger or for punishment.
She said, "The teacher was cleaning the table. This child has behavioral issues and was mad at the teacher. The teacher sprays a table, wipes it down, sprays a table, wipes it down, so as she sprays the table, he threw his hand on the table.
"There was no actual harshness or she didn't go around spraying him with bleach or spraying kids with bleach, 'oh you're bad' spray. No," said Roldan.
Her staff then retrieved a bottle marked "bleach" from a nearby room. The spray bottles
are kept in each room for disinfecting surfaces.
One employee then pulled the trigger several times to spray the solution on her own grey slacks.
"It will not bleach our clothing," said the unidentified employee.
Rolden then added, "It won't do anything to her clothes," adding that the solution is watered down to the point that it is harmless. She said only one tablespoon of bleach is added for each gallon of water, so she indicated that none of her spray bottles could have caused the extensive damage to the child's shirt that was reported to state investigators.
While the mother said she was fired on her birthday -- the same day that she threatened to notify state investigators herself -- Roldan said it's a matter of a disgruntled employee only calling the state after she had been fired.
"This was taken care of," Roldan said, adding that the mother was aware of the bleach episode from the start.
"This parent, who also worked here, was OK until she got fired," Roldan said.
She said her day care has yet to be contacted by either state agency about this episode, but she said the entire ordeal was documented and the paperwork preserved.
When asked about claims from the mother that she was only fired because she pushed the issue of her son being sprayed, Roldan answered, "No, that is not the reason why she got fired, or got dismissed from employment. So that is all that we will say on that."


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So i just got cox today and the internet was very slow soo threw troublshooting and tech support over the interenet i found out it wifi intereferance soo i switch the channel and now i get better test result
but as you can see still only barely better i have the blast 30mbs please anyone know what i can do?
You did not state what your set-up is, but I am assuming that you tried cabling your computer directly to the gateway to ensure that this was a wireless issue?
If so, I recommend simply having Comcast bridge your gateway (call 1-800-363-2416), to disable the router functionality, and purchase a quality stand alone router. These wireless gateways have been just a boat-load of problems for lots of folks here.
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So i just got cox today
Do you have Cox or Comcast ?
sorry i have comcast just moved from california and yes i directly connected and have 30mbs+
What exacly is a brided connection
A bridged gateway is having Comcast disable the router, or wireless portion of the gateway, so it only acts as a modem/eMTA...no router functionality.
If you opt to use your own separate router, which is a much better solution for your wireless performance, you do not want to in effect be running two routers together.
okay i had comcast bridge my connection and hooked up my own router but i had problem my modem would not fully work right it would connect with no interenet any idea what the problem could be Surboard sbg900
Xoine435 wrote:okay i had comcast bridge my connection and hooked up my own router but i had problem my modem would not fully work right it would connect with no interenet any idea what the problem could be Surboard sbg900
Yikes! You hooked up a SBG900 wireless gateway modem, on top of your Arris TG862G/CT bridged, wireless gateway?
Although you might be able to use the SBG900 for its router features, the odds are that the two will not get along together. (I do not know if you can even use the SBG900 solely as a router)
Even if they did...its router functionality is 11G, certainly not what you want! 11G may be theoretically be listed at 54Mbps, forget about that. The reality is expect no more than 20 - 22 Mbps wireless connectivity.
You need an 11N, wireless router. Don't go bottom of the barrel, or an older, less capable model. You want at least a mid-level model router, of recent design, by any of the major router manufacturers.
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