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Lack of quality riles Facebook pioneer
PUBLISHED: 11 Nov 2013 05:28:20 | UPDATED: 11 Nov 2013 05:28:20PUBLISHED: 11 Nov 2013 PRINT EDITION: 11 Nov 2013To maintain its original aim of innovation, it needs the support of investors to fund business models and the strategic intelligence of the advertising industry to help make those models profitable. Photo: Andrew Quilty
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Fresh from a cross-country flight after watching the basketball team he owns – the Golden State Warriors – triumph in a play-off, internet mogul Chamath Palihapitiya leant back in his chair. He then launched into a tirade on the state of the industry that made him rich beyond his dreams.
"I think we should be utterly ashamed right now. We are at an absolute minimum in terms of quality of things that are being started," said the former Facebook executive to a packed fawning audience at New York's TechCrunch conference earlier this year.
Twitter's triumphant $US1.8 billion initial public offering on Friday has the world once again embracing the profit and power of technology.
But the challenge for the industry is to move beyond the hype generated by its newest billionaires and back to the days when it represented all that is good about capitalism: bright innovative minds that solve the world's problems and make our lives better.
When he spoke earlier this year, Palihapitiya questioned whether the sector's odyssey from "a bunch of guys standing around an apple orchard figuring out how to make silicon", to building transistors and wiring the world had reached an undignified end game.
Crisis of purpose
"The quality has degraded to the point where people are coming to me and saying, 'I have this great instant messaging app. You can take picture, and it can be everything from an apple orchard to your own genitalia . . . and it has this great feature where it goes away after four seconds," Palihapitiya said.
His outburst pointed to a growing crisis of purpose in the technology industry. Have we reached the point where the boundless brilliance of today's entrepreneurs is being deployed to solve mundane first world problems: to make it easier to hail a taxi, get a dog walker at short notice, unclutter your inbox or take cheeky snaps that vanish in a second?
"Not everyone is going after the hardest problem to solve in the world," Silicon Valley venture capitalist Palantir Capital's Joe Lonsdale told the TechCrunch conference.
"In New York, it's new media that people are passionate about. I am more passionate about harder problems like energy and healthcare. These [are mundane] problems, but there are huge problems of managing energy consumption, logistics and parts of government that are broken. Taking a deeper look into these big areas is something I am interested in," said Lonsdale.
If the entrepreneurs are thinking "first world problems" or even simply gimmicks, venture capitalists are not.
Educational imperative
Troy Carter of Atom Factory, who made millions from investing in tech and from backing Lady Gaga, says he wants to invest in technology that will change the processes of visiting doctors and filling out forms. Carter also says education too, could do with an overhaul. He envisages a future where, "that teacher in Missouri who is just a rock star" is in a video linked classroom to thousands of students throughout the country.
"You can scale that. We are paying close attention. We just have to get around the teachers' unions because they don't want to hear that," he says.
That's the crux. As technology enters new frontiers and disrupts social norms as well as industries, it is stepping on more powerful toes. As the industry matures its relationships with three important geographical centres of American power – Madison Avenue, Wall Street and Capitol Hill – is becoming more complicated.
To maintain its original aim of innovation, it needs the support of investors to fund business models and the strategic intelligence of the advertising industry to help make those models profitable.
There is a widespread view that the tech industry "doesn't get" the advertising industry– even though the most powerful internet businesses are heavily reliant on advertising dollars to transform their businesses from social goods to multibillion-dollar revenue-generating businesses.
Different strokes
How this should be done has led to a philosophical battle that was on public display when executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter shared the stage in a panel discussion at TechCrunch.
Facebook execs say too much value is being assigned to the final click. Twitter says it's all about engagement with customers, while Google points to cold, hard analysis as proof that it can drive advertising sales.
New media too will need the advertising industry to thrive, as eyeballs move from print and television to computers, iPads and mobile phones.
The great hope is that quality online content that resided in print will be subsidised by advertising, as more of the $US200 billion spent on building brands in the physical worlds moves to online.
If Silicon Valley and Madison Avenue aren't on the same wave-length, Wall Street is on an altogether different planet to the technology industry.
Credit for future growth
Facebook chief executive officer and founder Mark Zuckerberg's choice of attire at the company's public offer roadshow – he wore a hoodie – still rankles New York's more formal big investment houses. It turned out to be a disastrous listing before Facebook's share price later recovered.
"The market has healed over time and is giving companies credit for future growth," says Goldman Sachs banker Anthony Noto.
Noto says that while there are about 50 investors that are "deep into the culture" of their companies, most still wear suits and ties and have expectations that are based on these norms.
"Investors don't expect entrepreneurs to change completely and ultimately there is a middle ground. But investors are not going to invest in a company if they only look at the numbers and speak to the chief financial officer," says Noto.
"They have to see the management team and really understand how they think about allocating capital, what their vision is and how they are going to drive shareholder value," he says.
All sides needs each other. The public offer process is still vital for investors that have taken the risk to back these start-ups to get their reward.
The public market also provides important access to capital as these businesses mature, while a stock ticker adds an element of prestige and legitimacy for enterprise focused businesses.
The fortunes of Madison Avenue, Wall Street and Silicon Valley are one and the same.
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Kids clothes - no closets - dressers, or alternate methods?
Hello all!
I have three kids and am going crazy trying to organize their clothes in their bedrooms. None of them have closets, and they each have one dresser. Besides having too many clothes (working on that!) I can't seem to get a "system" with one dresser each that works. The dressers are always stuffed full and a frustrating mess every time I open them to put clothes away. Because there is no closet, I can't hang anything, so everything gets folded/rolled and stuffed in drawers and it really just doesn't seem to be working well.
I was wondering if I need another piece to go with each dresser (if so, what?) or if I should switch to more of an open shelf method and ditch the dressers, or maybe someone has a totally new suggestion? I am at my wits end.
It doesn't have to be matchy-matchy or photo-ready, I just would like it neat and orderly so that:
1. kids can easily find what they need,
2. I can put things away without getting angry and frustrated
3. kids can hopefully start putting their own clothes away (I haven't asked this of them yet because I figure if Mom can't seem to figure it out, how will they??)
I thank you in advance for your much needed advice!
Do you have accessible under the bed space?
Have you already moved off season clothing to another area?
I'd start by putting socks and undies in bins and by picking out the weeks' clothes and putting them in the most accessible drawer, so that every drawer does not get rifled through every day or even multiple times a day.
You will also see pretty quickly what seldom gets worn or never gets worn, makig he giveaway pile more of a reality.
I do have some underbed space in each room, but it is shallow.
I haven't moved off season out - in our climate (Northeast) it seems like you may need shorts, long pants, sweater/sweatshirt, teeshirt practically on any given day year round... so I have never been in the practice of moving off season out. Maybe I should attempt it?
Is there a reason for socks/undies bins if there is a dedicated drawer for those? (all our dresses have one nice shallow drawer that we use for socks etc)
Bins and shelves.
Have you considered building a hanging rod area for them?
A rod or two mounted between two bookcases or between a bookcase and the wall will solve a lot of the hassle.
That and thinning out the clothes to the bare minimum. Instead of keeping out ALL the chilly day stuff, just keep a couple of "off-season" things out.
Here is a link that might be useful: Build your own! An AMAZING blog.
No special reason for socks and undies in bins, if it is easier to do tee shirts, for example.
Are they really wearing wool sweaters and flannel shirts in July and shorts in November? I'd definitely use under the bed space or elesewhere for off season.
I like the idea of mounting a rod somewhere - would I need to cover it somehow for unsightliness and/or dust? I would love to put one between the dresser and wall, but would hate to cut into the dresser to install the rod. I'm sure I could have DH fashion something that could lay on top of the dresser and have one end of the rod in it.
Ok - so when you said file away seasonal clothes, I was picturing myself boxing up clothes and hauling them up to the attic. Under the bed makes lots of sense - and if I need to grab a sweater for a cookout or something, it wouldn't be a big deal. What sort of container do you need under a bed? Do you have to keep a lid on it if its under the bed? (will it still get dusty under there?)
Sorry if I'm being an annoying newbie.
Thanks for all the great ideas - keep them coming!
Under a bed - you get an underbed box - it's a bin that is shallow enough to slide under the bed. Usually as wide as a twin bed, or 1/2 a double.
You can get free-standing closets:
And rods:
I've seen similar items at Target and Lowes (Menards?) and Walmart.
You can hand a second rod lower down so the kids can hang up their own stuff.
Prices vary wildly, so shop around.
Ditto off season clothing--it's a pain in one way, but probably the only thing to do if you don't have closet.
Ditto too much clothes--I had a ready excuse for not having too much of one thing --"you'll outgrow stuff so fast, we just need (x pairs of pants, etc.)" I'm not trying to be preachy, but supportive--kids today are pressured to have all kinds of clothing and consumer-madness and one of the results is, they would need a walk-in closet to hold it all.
You have to be the one to decide how it affects laundry loads and how often you wash clothes, e.g., do you want 7 days of outfits for all kids vs. do mid-week laundry. So your routines and priorities are important.
Sizing the drawers right can help. I had a dresser from my childhood, with fairly shallow drawers, that worked great when kids were little, but before long, a single drawer would not hold several pairs of bigger-kid pants, or sweaters. That led to drawer-stuffing--you need the room for the clothes and some room left over since things can't be just perfectly folded all the time. A bigger drawer can be subdivided with bins or divides, but a too-small drawer is less useful.
Storage travel trunk or footlocker at end of beds? For bulky items. This can be sweaters, but also jeans.
Why is there no closet space? The best thing I ever found was at Menards were those brackets that you hung on the wall and then a board went over the top of them for shelves but also the front of the brackets had hooks on them and would support a dowel or a metal pipe that would allow you to hang all sorts of stuff. Also there are all sorts of college space saving things out here like bed risers and plastic storage drawers.
I am a single mom of 4 kids and the smartest thing I ever did was thin the Boys' wardrobe by half. They must've had 20 t shirts each!I am not kidding. I bagged half up and sent them to the kids's dad's house. Trust me. That and the great garage storage drawrs and cabinet for light weight easy storage.
If you don't have a closet in a room, then you need a wardrobe closet. Do you have an Ikea near you, or within a couple hours drive? It might be worth a day trip to see what they have. Take a look at the Elga wardrobe at Ikea. At 57 inches wide with double poles, that would give you over 100 inches of hanging space. Use the slim line huggable hangers and you maximize the amount of clothing.
Or go over to your local Home Depot and see what they have that you could convert to fit in your space. The clothing could be exposed, you don't need doors if you don't mind the visual clutter of seeing the clothing.
I don't know what your budget is for this, but the Elfa system at the Container Store would be perfect for you. They go on sale every January.
In my opinion, you will always struggle with this problem until you get some sort of hanging area.
Here is a link that might be useful: Free standing Elfa system
Here is what I did about 6 months ago and it has worked great. I've been fighting with clothes for 3 kids for 14 years. I have a large laundry room in the basement - if you do too, this will work.
I got 3 sets of large, deep, heavy-duty snap-together shelves at Lowes on sale for $44 each. Each has 5 shelves that can hold 2 rectangular laundry baskets side by side - so each son has 10 baskets.
I made labels and stuck them on the shelf under each basket: socks, underwear, tshirts, shorts, jeans, sports uniforms, long sleeve shirts, and gym glothes (they do a lot of sports so they have lots of Underarmour shirts & nylon shorts). Everyone has the same locations = all the underwear baskets and socks baskets are on the 2nd shelf, etc. Each still has one unallocated basket - I usually put out of season items there like hoodies in the summer.
As clothes come out of the dryer, they go straight into each basket. The boys can choose to either leave everything in the basement and get dressed there, or take a weeks worth of outfits to their rooms. They do both depending on how motivated they are - my middle son is BO so he picks out a week of outfits and takes them to his dresser, the other 2 are more "dress in the basement" types.
This has totally eliminated all the arguments about putting their clothes away. Each has a dresser & a closet but there was never enough room.
It's also eliminated lost soccer uniforms, lost socks, etc. For sports that use the same uniform year to year, they know exactly where to find it when the season starts (their volleyball and swim teams use uniforms for 2 or 3 years).
I hope this makes sense - I don't know how to upload pictures or I would post pictures.
About off-season clothes in the Northeast:
I agree that under the bed would be fine. And I don't move it all, either. Just the bulk of it. So that there's a little more room. It's worth the effort.
Mommabird, I love that "your clothes go in this basket, and you can dress in the basement" idea. I wish I could do it!
For suits, collared shirts, and dresses, there is no substitute for a closet.
For pants and sorts: Folded and stacked in a drawer.
For shirts: Folded the "Japanese" way (even a 7-y-o can do it--mine does) and then folded in half again so they can stand up in the drawer so that all can be seen at a glance. Separate them with drawer dividers. This was the only way to keep DH and DS from destroying their drawers searching for stuff.
For swimwear: Own section in a divided drawer, all rolled up.
For socks: bin in a drawer.
For undies: Same.
I also put boy's ties and girl's bows in drawers in their own bins. Stockings rolled up, too. I hang belts, but drawers would word, too. W/O a closet, you'd need a drawer for shoes, too.
Off season had its own place. I store stuff that's too small and keep stuff they might wear again.


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Montreal's Divided, Vibrant Radio Industry
by James Careless
on 10.05.2012
Old Montreal retains the charm of its French European roots.
Two radio markets, one city: that's the best way to describe the radio industry here in Montreal.
Serving a mainly French-speaking metropolitan area that is approaching 4 million in population size, this cosmopolitan Quebec city is home to both French- and English-language radio stations. Each group serves its own advertising base and is governed by different government regulations.
Music and talk formats dominate. But Montreal is also home to specialty stations serving a range of niche communities. These include stations serving multiple language groups, the city's long-established Jewish community, Aboriginals and gays/lesbians/bisexuals/transgenders.
That said, it is the French/English divide that defines Montreal into two distinct radio markets, collectively supporting eight French and five English stations. As defined by the Canadian radio ratings service BBM, the "average daily universe" for Montreal French radio is about 2.96 million, while the English audience equivalent is 843,000.
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"Language is the big thing," said Steve Faguy, a Montreal Gazette newspaper reporter who covers local media, and also blogs on the subject atfagstein.com. "This, combined with the fact that Montreal is the hub of French media in Canada as much as Toronto is the hub of English media, means that there's a lot of stuff that gets produced in this city," he said.
Tune across the Montreal radio bands — either on AM and FM — and you'll hear a mix of talk and music. Although the languages used are either French or English, the overall sound is the same. Whatever their mother tongue, Montrealers love engaging conversations and good songs.
Unfortunately, the rules are not the same for French- and English-language broadcasters. In a bid to protect the French language, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) — Canada's version of the FCC — has decreed that French language stations must play at least 65 percent French vocal music. This high threshold is meant to protect Quebec's French majority from being overwhelmed by the English-speaking cultures of both Canada and the United States.
The common antenna used by most of Montreal's FM and TV transmitters; atop Mont Royal in the center of town.
Meanwhile, in a bid to foster English Canadian music, the CRTC requires English-language stations to play at least 35 percent Canadian-made vocal content. Since the English language is not seen as being at risk, the content requirement is significantly lower than the 65 percent rule for French-language stations.
Like people around the globe, French Canadian listeners want to hear English-language songs, specifically the biggest hits coming from the United States and the United Kingdom. This poses a tremendous dilemma for Astral Media, which owns five radio stations in Montreal. Two of these stations — CKMF(FM) and CITE(FM) — broadcast in French. The other three — CJFM(FM), CHOM(FM) and CJAD(AM) — broadcast in English.
"We own Virgin (CJFM) and CHOM (both music stations), and when we look at their numbers, between 65 and 70 percent of their audience are French," said Charles Benoit, EVP of Astral Radio (part of Astral Media). At Virgin Radio U.K., which Benoit describes as being Montreal's "big number one radio station," this works out to "more than a million French listeners."
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Unfortunately for Astral Media, the company's advertisers refuse to pay for its English stations' French listeners. That's the way things operate here: French listeners are to be reached only on French stations, and English on English. Any crossovers simply don't count — at least for the people who buy airtime.
That may seem counterintuitive in a city where most residents are bilingual, but it suits the advertisers. After all, this deliberately blinkered model means that they are actually paying less money to reach the same overall audience.
Mindful of this, Quebec's French-language broadcasters have tried creative ways to retain their listeners while playing within the rules. The most notable tactic is the "music montage," combining a series of English tunes into an extended segment. The montage is then officially logged as a single song, to legally stay within the CRTC's language quota.
Unfortunately for the broadcasters, the CRTC is cracking down on this loophole. As a result, Benoit expects these broadcasters to lobby hard to have the 65 percent rule changed when the CRTC next reviews its radio policies. "We'll try to fight the quota and get it down to a more reasonable 50/50," he said.
A view of Montreal at night.
Despite these unique challenges, Montreal remains a good place to do radio. "The French language market is worth around CA$102 million, while the English market is worth around CA$44 million," said David Bray, a respected Canadian radio consultant and president of Bray & Partners. "Business-wise, these are vibrant markets."
Benoit agrees: "The average Montreal resident still listens to radio more than 21 hours a week," which is good by Canadian radio standards.
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Montreal's radio markets are so good, in fact, that new stations are being started here. For instance, Tietolman-Tétrault-Pancholy Media has won a CRTC license to launch a new French-language talk station on 940 AM and is seeking an English language talk license for 600 AM. Adding new stations in the Montreal market is "a good investment," said Paul Tietolman, a managing partner with Tietolman-Tétrault-Pancholy Media.
If there's a moral to this story, it is that two radio markets can reside in the same city, with both making money while doing so. Granted, the Montreal radio industry is pretty unique by North American big city standards. But as a French-dominated city in English-dominated North America, so is Montreal.
James Careless reports on the industry for Radio World from Ottawa, Ontario.
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Mandell says the investigation into Pisano began on November 30, when one of the police department's confidential informants told detectives Pisano had offered him some prescription pills.
Last night, undercover officers watched as Pisano and the informant met each other near our office to hand off the pills, Mandell says.
According to his arrest report, Pisano was "dressed in full police uniform, with his gun belt on his waist and a loaded firearm inside his holster" and was sitting inside his marked cop car at the time of the transaction.
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So Guild Wars 2 had this event last weekend and it seems like things didn't go quite as planned. There were bugs, crashes, and enough glitches to keep Glitch alive with namesake royalties (too soon?), but ArenaNet realizes that players weren't as happy as they'd have liked.So tonight the dev studio has released a survey asking your opinion on the Lost Shores event. Did you experience any event-ruining bugs? Was everything peachy-keen on your end? Let them know what did or didn't work for you so the next events can be even better.
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Reflections on living with too much stuff
I spent last Friday in Lancaster County, Pa., visiting the towns and farms of Pennsylvania Dutch country. The austere homes of the Amish made me wonder how those families manage their simple way of life when surrounded by the excesses of 21st century America.
A couple of months ago when I was preparing to move to Hays, a friend told me moving gives the unique opportunity to handle everything you own and decide how important it is to you. During my moving experience -- and reinforced by my recent trip to Amish country -- I came to this conclusion: I have too much stuff.
Maybe you have too much stuff, too. A friend once reflected she spent the first half of her life accumulating stuff and the second half of her life trying to get rid of it.
It wasn't always this way. Stuff used to be rare and valuable. Take the 1900s farm house I grew up in -- the closets were tiny and there were only two cabinets in the kitchen. Today, abundant storage space is a must-have in a modern home.
Many of us save and collect our own stuff. Some of it was given to us as a gift, some was inherited, some purchased for a costly price and some bought as a bargain. What do we do with it all? We keep it, try to organize it, store it out of sight or sometimes the stuff piles up in a room, on a desk or in a closet. Regardless of where it ends up, taking care of our stuff requires our resources of money, time, energy and floor space. Could these resources be better spent in other areas of our lives?
One author says the value of our stuff isn't what we paid for it. It is the value we derive from using it. Take my set of "wedding china" as an example. I certainly wasn't going to use it when my children were small -- why, they might break it. So, a few years ago when I offered to pull it out for our family Christmas dinner, my college-aged son said, "No, I don't want to be responsible for breaking those dishes. Let's use the everyday stuff so we can all relax and enjoy our meal." So, really, how valuable are those good china dishes to my family and I?
In order to break the stressful clutter cycle and reduce our stuff to the valuable things we love to use, it's helpful to look at a few reasons why we accumulate stuff and what to do about it.
* This was a gift or an inheritance. We often feel like we have to keep a gift out of obligation or to be respectful to the person who gave it to us. Instead, concentrate on the kindness and the intent of the gift. Then the focus becomes gratitude toward the giver and the good things about the relationship, and less on the material items. Ask yourself about each piece -- does this bring me happiness or truly serve a purpose in my home? If not, find someone else who really would like to use it, or pass an heirloom on to another family member who wants it and appreciates the family story. Take a picture of the item as a keepsake, then you still can enjoy the memory of your relationship with the giver without owning the piece forever.
* I spent money on this, so I have to keep it to get my money's worth. When you spend money on stuff, often the more expensive the item, the more difficult it is to get rid of. You end up holding on to the item because of the "sunk cost," the past cost that already has been incurred and cannot be recovered. You spent the money on the item and that is done. Now, it is time to focus on the other costs involved in keeping an item you no longer are using well. Instead of just hanging on to it, try to recoup some value by selling the item to someone else who will use it. Or, donate it to a person or organization that will be able to get some usefulness from the item.
* I might need this one day. The challenging problem is we don't really know what we will need in the future. But, you can be pretty certain if you're not using something now, chances are slim you'll use it later. Ask yourself, "Do I really need this? Can I find satisfaction in living without bogging down today with the stuff I might -- or might not -- need tomorrow?" Remind yourself if you do need something in the future, you can figure it out then. You do not need to keep everything on the chance it might become useful some day.
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Updated: May 22, 2012 9:30PM
Luke Furman had the cool hand Tuesday.
The junior setter had 27 assists, three aces and two kills, and added 10 service points in Game 2 as fourth-seeded Waubonsie Valley (26-8) advanced to the finals of the Hinsdale Central regional with a 25-17, 25-19 win Tuesday over Lyons.
Furman spread the ball equally among his pin hitters. Mike Storm led the way with a team-high 11 kills, 6-4 sophomore Mike Simmons added nine kills and 6-3 junior rightside Jon Pyne had five kills. Aggressive serving by Lyons made it tough for Furman to find his middles, but it didn't matter.
"That was a lot of fun," Furman said. "We knew we'd have to come out strong because Lyons is a good team, and we definitely did that. We have really good outside hitters. They really stepped up when we needed them tonight and put the ball down almost every time."
Waubonsie Valley coach Al Lagger, who won a match on his birthday for the first time in three years, praised his 6-1 captain.
"Luke is becoming a player in his own right," Lagger said. "From start to finish, he's a captain. He takes care of the kids off the court as well as on the court. He knows his business. If you watch him, he's always talking to the guys, getting them in the right spots and doing what it takes to be a good player."
Furman also drew the admiration of Lyons coach Joan Pyritz, who resisted the temptation to burn a timeout while Furman was giving Waubonsie Valley an 8-0 lead in Game 2 from the service line.
Her patience paid off as the Lions fought back to within 13-11. But that was as close as they would get.
"Everybody tried to serve and be aggressive," Pyritz said. "Everyone tried to hit away from the defense. Certainly No. 10 (Furman) and his aggressive serve made a difference in the final moments of the match."
Furman, the consummate team player, wouldn't take all the credit.
"It wasn't just me," he said. "It was my teammates, too. Lyons returned the ball and we had to respond to that. We were able to get the ball back and get points."
Kevin McMahon led Lyons (21-14) with five kills and an ace. Sophomore setter Marko Kostich added 10 assists, a kill and a block and junior Aiden Spangler had three kills and two blocks.
"We felt good," Pyritz said. "We took a lot of points off the fourth-seeded team. We really had their number on blocking, but they obviously did more than we did in a pinch. We played smartly and tried to follow a game plan and that's all you can ask."
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Anthony Ochs, 40, of Fort Wayne apologized to Susan Lombardi's family before an Allen County judge sentenced him Friday for killing the 42-year-old Fort Wayne woman.
Ochs pleaded guilty last month to one count of voluntary manslaughter for clubbing Lombardi over the head with a baseball bat, leaving her with traumatic brain injuries.
Lombardi died eight days after the April 2012 attack. Her father and brother spoke briefly in court before her stepmother, Deborah Caudill, detailed Lombardi's gruesome head injuries.
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"I am appreciative of and flattered by the interest shown in me by other fine universities, but I am proud and honored to represent Harvard," Amaker said in a statement. "I look forward to continuing my efforts to teach, lead, and serve at this great institution."
UM officials flew to Boston to try to lure Amaker and offered him a hefty salary that would have amounted to about $1.1 million a year.
Amaker had previously coached at Michigan, where he failed to land the Wolverines in a single NCAA tournament, but he took Harvard to an Ivy League championship. However, coaching and recruiting in the ACC are a hell of a lot different then in the Ivies.
Amaker's wife has a teaching job at Harvard and might have been forced to give it up if Amaker made the move to Miami.
Meanwhile, Frank Martin is sitting around waiting for a call. Martin went out of his way yesterday to mention to the media that despite reports, his salary at Kansas State is $1.1 million a year. Exactly the amount Miami reportedly offered Amaker.
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[1]ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Evan Longoria homered three times and the Tampa Bay Rays beat Baltimore 4-1 Wednesday, ending the Orioles' bid to force a one-game tiebreaker for the AL East title.
The loss left the Orioles as a wild-card team. They'll play Friday at Texas, with the winner advancing to the division series.
Baltimore began the day one game behind the New York Yankees in the division. The Orioles needed a win, plus a loss by the Yankees to Boston, to pull even.
Longoria finished the season with a bang for the second straight year, hitting solo shots off Chris Tillman in the first and fourth innings and adding another solo shot off Jake Arrieta in the sixth.
With a chance to tie the major league record, Longoria grounded out in the eighth.
Source: Associated Press
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Shattered Familiess, A report released yesterday by the Applied Research Center, states that current immigration enforcement policies put at risk 15,000 additional children for placement into the foster care system. The report is the first of its kind to research the impact of the intersection of immigration enforcement and the child welfare system.
As many families know, the foster care system already has parents of color, poor parents and immigrant parents in it's crosshairs. Child welfare, working with local law enforcement who engage in racial profiling, put the long term care of children at risk. Poverty, instead of being looked at as a structural problem, is viewed as criminal neglect. Instead of attempting to attack the root causes of poverty, parents are criminalized and asked "why did you have children if you can't afford them". According to the report, children of immigrants are significantly more likely than children of non-immigrant parents to live in low-income families (below 200% poverty line)—35% to 49%. Some of this can be attributed to the fact that immigrant families ay not
I am reminded of the case of Cirila Baltazar Cruz, who lost custody of her daughter when a Mississippi social worker, who didn't speak the same Indigenous language as Baltazar Cruz and who never sought translation services, found the Oaxacan mother unfit to care for her infant Ruby citing her lack of language skills, as well as fabrications that accused Baltazar Cruz of engaging in criminal activity. Eventually, Cruz was reunited with her daughter, but not before almost losing her permanently, as Ruby was placed in the care of a prominent local family that sought to fast track the child for adoption.
The ARC report presents many like cases, showing that what happened to Baltazar Cruz wasn't a one off incident, but rather a symptom of how the criminalization of immigrants also seeks to make immigrant parenthood illegal. ARC identified at least 22 states across the country where children in foster care are separated from their parents because of immigration enforcement. Because of the long amount of time it often takes for immigration matters to be resolved, children lose
the opportunity to ever see their parents again when a juvenile dependency
court terminates parental rights. In fiscal year 2011, the United States deported a record-breaking 397,000 people and detained nearly that many. According to never before released federal data acquired by ARC through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, a growing number of deportees are parents. In the first six months of 2011, the federal government removed more than 46,000 mothers and fathers of U.S.-citizen children. ARC conservatively estimates that there are at least 5,100
children currently living in foster care whose parents have
been either detained or deported.
The increase in enforcement programs, like Secure Communities and 287(g, have made the situation worse. In counties where local police have signed 287(g) agreements with
ICE, children in foster care were, on average, about 29 percent more likely to have a detained or deported parent than in other counties.
Mothers are particularly at risk, especially mothers who may already be facing domestic violence in the home. Given the poor relationship that already exists between immigrant communities and the police, it comes as no surprise that the ARC report found many cases of parents losing their children after contacting law enforcement to intervene in a domestic violence situation.
From the report:
Police arrive at the home of an undocumented immigrant
mom of two U.S. citizens after neighbor calls 911 to
report what sounds like domestic violence. Police arrest
both the mother and her boyfriend. Police call Child
Protective Services (CPS).
CPS investigator places children in
temporary foster care with strangers
instead of with loving undocumented aunt.
CPS says undocumented relatives cannot take
custody because they "could be deported at
any time". Mother is charged with assault.
At the time of booking, mother's fingerprints are automatically
sent to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and checked
against the Secure Communities database. ICE flags her for
deportation and issues "hold."
The ARC report also notes that once a child is in the custody of child welfare services, there is no policy to encourage family unification, especially in cases where children and parents were separated because of an immigration charge.
CPS administrators, caseworkers, judges, and attorneys (including the children's own
lawyers) often believe that children are better off in the United States,
even if those children are in foster care. This belief often supersedes
the child welfare system's mandate to move toward family reunification
and places borders on family and parental rights.Despite clear child welfare policy that prioritizes placing children with
their own families, many child welfare departments will not place
children with their undocumented non-custodial parents, aunts, uncles,
grandparents or other relatives.
Among the solutions offered are increasing access to services for immigrant families, making family reunification a priority, halting deportations of
parents of U.S.-citizen children. If deportation proceedings occur, ICE should
release parents on their own recognizance and expand the use of community-
based supervisory programs. Meanwhile, child welfare departments
should develop clear policies for ensuring that detained parents can maintain
contact with their children and are not penalized because they are detained.
Child welfare departments should also work to support undocumented
victims of family violence who may be eligible for relief from deportation
through the Violence Against Women Act. An additional recommendation is, of course, the suspension, of programs like 287(g) and Secure Communities.


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Resveratrol: Don't Buy the Hype. Stephen Barrett, M.D.
Resveratrol (trans-3,5,4'-trihydroxystilbene), a compound found largely in the skins of red grapes, is a component of Ko-jo-kon, an oriental medicine used to treat diseases of the blood vessels, heart [1,2], and liver [2]. It came to scientific attention during the mid-1990s as a possible explanation for the "French Paradox"—the low incidence of heart disease among the French people, who eat a relatively high-fat diet [3].
Why Are Antipsychotic Drugs Prescribed to Children? By Dr.
Mercola A growing trend of drug misuse is alarming medical experts, policymakers, and patient advocates.In recent years, there has been a massive increase in off-label use of a class of drugs called "a typical niacantipsychotics. " These drugs, which include Seroquel, Zyprexa, Risperdal and Abilify, are only approved to treat disabling mental illnesses, but they're being prescribed by psychiatrists and primary-care doctors to treat conditions they were never approved for, such as: Anxiety Attention-deficit disorder Insomnia Behavioral problems in toddlers, and Dementia Atypical antipsychotics have carried a black-box warning – the strongest warning label possible for drugs – since 2005, cautioning that use in elderly patients with dementia increases risk of death.According to the U.S.
FDA Says Walnuts Are a "New Drug" March 07, 2012 | 371,174 views Share By Dr.
Mercola. The Nestle Boycott – what's that all about then? Inspired by Dara's post on the same topic over at Readily A Parent Every time I hear about the Nestle boycott I feel confused.
Confused by what it's all about, by how much of it is actually still valid, how much of the boycotters' claims are true and how much nothing more than urban myth or a case of exaggerated Chinese whispers? I tried searching the internet for information, but there is so much of it and not laid out in a very 'easy to gather information quickly' kind of way that I quickly felt swamped and manipulated. As we all know, anyone can publish just about anything on the internet, it doesn't need to be true. And that goes for both sides, both the boycotters and Nestle themselves. Nestlé SA : Who, Where, How Much? Nestlé SAAvenue Nestlé 55 / Case postale 353 1800 Vevey SwitzerlandTel: +41-21-924 21 11 Fax: +41-21-921 18 85 +41-21-921 17 20 +41-21-921 64 88 +41-21-924 48 00Company Structure/OwnershipNestlé SA is a publicly owned company with 406 subsidiaries around the world.
Many of these are operated in its own name, with exceptions such as the Israeli food company Osem. Its website lists company addresses in 104 countries[7].Share ValueSee: has about 250 000 shareholders, none of whom individually own more than 3% of the shares. As of December 31, 2003, Swiss investors held the major part of the stock (42%) followed by US citizens (22%) and British (10%), French (8%), and German (5%) shareholders. [8].Following the splitting of Nestlé shares in 2001 by a factor of 10, less well-heeled people can now afford to buy a share. Previously each share cost around £1,470. Syria: my enemy's enemy is not my friend. The UN is not perfect.
But it is sometimes all we have, in terms of a worldwide vehicle for international diplomacy and for governments to make clear what they believe in, what they will stand for, and what they will not stand for; and so it is encouraging to see the overwhelming majority of the UN states in the General Assembly as well as in the Security Council backing resolutions that make quite clear the world's horror at what Assad and his minions are doing in Syria. But, as Mary Kaldor has argued here on openDemocracy, the situation in Syria remains of course extremely worrying, due in part to Russia and China being part of a very small minority of the world's states who are obstructing effective action against the Syrian 'government'.
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: The Story We Weren't Allowed to Air. The Center for Media and Democracy publishes a regular email update of our breaking news and investigative reporting that is available right to your inbox.
To receive this publication, simply enter your email address in the box that says "get email updates" in the upper right-hand corner of this webpage. In addition to our published work on our websites -- PRWatch.org, ALECexposed, SourceWatch, BanksterUSA, and the Food Rights Network -- CMD previously published a periodical available by subscription. In late 2008, the Center for Media and Democracy stopped printing its quarterly paper summary of our reporting, known as PR Watch, which had been launched in 1994 -- before online communications became the dominant way people chose to receive this news.


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Very Good Recipes of Pops from What is Baking in the Barbershop?!
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Cake pops! They're all the rage, and I finally jumped on the bandwagon. As a shower gift, I received this fun Babycakes Cake Pop Maker, and I finally got around to using it recently! I made some vanilla cake pops for a coworker's birthday last week, and...
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Pudding pops. Don't they remind you of being a kid? Gosh, I loved pudding pops. I also loved popsicles, but honestly, I think that if I had to choose, pudding pops would win over popsicles for me. There's something about the creamy texture of pudding that...
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Christchurch is New Zealand's second-largest city and the gateway to the South Island. Bordered by hills and the Pacific Ocean, it is situated on the edge of the Canterbury Plains that stretch to the Southern Alps.
Located on the east coast of the South Island, Christchurch is a city of contrasts.
It is a place where its residents continue to enjoy a healthy, active lifestyle amidst a natural environment world-renowned for its beauty. A growing cosmopolitan ambience also adds a touch of excitement without overt flashiness.
There is nowhere else in the world where within two hours of an international airport you can ski at a world class alpine resort, play golf, bungy jump, go wind surfing, whale watching and visit world class wineries and gardens.
The city centre is comfortingly compact and the most delightful central feature is the gently winding Avon River. On its grassy banks lined with poplars and weeping willows, office workers and visitors join street entertainers, seagulls and ducks for lunch in the sun.


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WEDNESDAY, Nov. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Many couches sold in the United States contain toxic chemical flame retardants that have been linked with cancer, hormone disruption and neurological damage, according to a new study.
Researchers tested 102 couches and found that 85 percent of them were treated with chemical flame retardants that are known to be toxic or lack adequate information about their health effects.
Forty-one percent of the couches contained chlorinated Tris (TDCPP), a cancer-causing flame retardant removed from baby pajamas in the 1970s, and 17 percent contained the worldwide-banned chemical pentaBDE, the Duke University and University of California, Berkeley, researchers said.
They noted that many of the flame retardants found in the sofas are associated with hormone disruption, neurological and reproductive damage, and cancer in hundreds of animal studies and a number of human studies.
The chemicals continuously move out of furniture foam into house dust, which can then be consumed by pets and people, especially small children who are near floors and put their hands in their mouths, the researchers explained.
The study was published Nov. 28 in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
"Hard to believe, 35 years after our research contributed to removing Tris from children's sleepwear, our current study suggests that more than a third of Americans' couches contain the same toxic flame retardant," study co-author Dr. Arlene Blum, executive director of the Green Science Policy Institute, said in a UC Berkeley news release. "And sadly enough, many Americans could now have increased cancer risks from the Tris in their furniture."
The Berkeley-based institute provides unbiased scientific data to government, industry and nongovernmental organizations.
In related news, another study published the same day found that most homes have levels of flame retardants that are above federal health guidelines. The study was conducted by researchers at the Massachusetts-based Silent Spring Institute, which identifies links between chemicals and women's health, especially breast cancer.
"Our study of flame retardants in homes found two different cancer-causing Tris flame retardants in the dust inside all of the homes we studied," study first author Robin Dodson said in the news release.
In a statement, a group representing furniture makers said the industry has been caught between legislative demands to make products both fire-resistant and at the same time free of hazardous chemicals.
"In 1978, the industry established the Upholstered Furniture Action Council (UFAC) and released voluntary upholstery construction guidelines that . . . combine to make an upholstered piece resistant to ignition by a smoldering cigarette," the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA) said in the statement. And, it added, "over the past 25 years, the incidence of household fires involving upholstered furniture in the United States has been reduced by more than 85 percent."
However, part of that success has been based on the incorporation of flame-retardant chemicals in upholstery, AHFA said.
"Throughout nearly four decades of debate over how best to reduce the number of residential fires that involve upholstered furniture, AHFA has steadfastly maintained the position that product modifications should be made only as they are proven safe, effective and affordable for the greatest number of consumers," the group said in the statement.
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New & Easy Off-Campus Access to Library Resources - Preferred Method
Off-Campus Access to Library Resources
See how easy it has become to log in to databases and other library resources from off-campus.
PC Users Another method is to use Citrix. This server provides access to all web resources in addition to programs such as Photoshop and Acrobat.
Citrix for the PC tutorial: Click here Macintosh Users If you are using a Mac, you must go through the following additional steps the first time you use Citrix:
Web VPN
The second method is to go to WebVPN. You will see a message regarding a Security Certificate.
- Go to https://quvpn.quinnipiac.edu/.
- Validate yourself by typing in the login and password that you would use to access your Quinnipiac email.
- Once you are validated, you will be taken to a screen containing the library's databases, and all of them will be accessible without further verification.
WebVPN tutorial: Click here
Setting up a dial up connection
The final way is suggested if your computer has a working dial-up modem and you live close enough to Quinnipiac that you can call the university without entering an area code.
Legacy information about remote dial-up access
Quinnipiac University provides dial-up access to the network for those users off campus who do not have access to broadband. QU Dial-up is a secure way to connect to the QU network, but dial-up does not allow you to connect to all aspects of the network.
A dial-up network must be installed on your machine. Contact the Computer Help Desk for more information. The remote dial-up access number is 203-927-4820. (Long distance charges may apply.)
Please note that dial-up access is prone to weather and phone line conditions. Should your initial connection fail, do not make numerous attempts in a short period of time, but wait about 10 minutes between attempts.