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"Hype, not Hope "
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I have been working at University of North Carolina full-time (more than 10 years)Pros
Generous holiday, vacation, and sick time policies.Cons
Lack of mid-level managers that have the ability to lead people and manager labor and other resources.
The university does not tend to promote from within or look at the actual talent of staff on site.
Merit raises at the staff level are rare, normally can only hope for a legislative increase.
Higher level/managers have much greater benefits and pay, out of proportion to the talent and capabilities of each.
Demand and work load continue to increase while department resources continue to decrease.
On-the-job training is lacking in many departments.
Carolina Way and Carolina Pride is diminishing for those that live in reality and don't just bleed blue.Advice to ManagementAdvice
Substance over form would move the university forward in the right direction. Currently feels like public image is priority.Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEO
I have been working at University of North Carolina full-time (more than a year)Pros
Respectful employer
Flexible schedule
Pleasant university atmosphereCons
Low pay
Slow advancement schedule
Parking is impossibleRecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
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"Lackluster and disappointing "
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I worked at University of North Carolina full-time (more than 5 years)Pros
Two free classes per year.Cons
Too many to say, but morale is low, cronyism, impossible to move up, inept incompetent managers with little to no interest in developing their employees skills or advancement, aloof faculty who are demigods in their own minds, you are basically a glorified secretary even if you have a specialized degree, you prefer seeing the vendors and facilities guys everyday instead of the gabbing secretaries who prefer Internet Explorer and stupidity to moving up and getting better jobs. My job was very technical when I was hired in 2008 and after budget and grant decreases, I had to become an overqualified secretary.Advice to ManagementAdvice
Your turnover is so high because you are entitled redneck. Retire already and get someone in there with an education in leadership and some tact and decency who can look at their employees in the eye before making back-door decisions about their careers.Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEO
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"A very bad experience working at UNC Chapel Hill "
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I have been working at University of North Carolina full-time (more than a year)Pros
Chapel Hill is a nice place to raise a family. Working with and mentoring the best and brightest students from North Carolina and beyond was rewarding and enjoyable.Cons
Support for my position was non-existent. After my boss was fired for inappropriate relationship with a student, my role went completed unsupported and no one seemed to care what I did from there on out. Once they found someone to take over the program, I was quietly terminated. There was zero support from the Dean, faculty, Chancellor or Vice Chancellor. I was simply expendable. That's how it goes at UNC. If something goes wrong, they sweep it under the rug and impact people's lives adversely in the blink of an eye.Advice to ManagementAdvice
Leadership and management skills need to be improved. Continuity planning needs to be addressed.Doesn't RecommendNeutral Outlook
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"Worse ITS deparment I have ever worked at "
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I have been working at University of North CarolinaPros
Medical benefits are good because the employee portion is reasonable.Cons
The CIO has no clue as to what is going on and his actions indicate he doesn't want to know. ITS has become one of the most negative places with people starting to turn on one another. External departments do not "like" ITS and have no confidence. A lot of departments are trying to find a way to handle some or most of their own IT processes.Advice to ManagementAdvice
CIO - Climb out of your BMW and come down from your ivory tower and try to muster enough concern about the employees. Better yet, perhaps there is another university that you may be interested in working for.Doesn't RecommendNo opinion of CEO
"If you want to be happy skip this place "
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I worked at University of North CarolinaPros
24 hours PTO for community service (if your boss wil let you take it)Cons
Pay over 450$/year to park
Health benefits on the constant decline
Total hierarchy
Hire Ups make you feel like crap, all the time
All around a miserable place to work.Advice to ManagementAdvice
Be nice and stop treating everyone like idiots.Doesn't Recommend
I worked at University of North CarolinaPros
The only good thing is the Christmas vacation. There is nothing else good about working there. Do not do it.Cons
Pay is terrible. Management is clueless and would not last a week in the private sector. Benefits are terrible. There are no raises. Terrible.Advice to ManagementAdvice
Completely clean house and hire accomplished senior managers from the private sector. Pay your people. Appreciate your people. Understand that it's not 1963.Doesn't Recommend
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5 Filipino Foods to Buy Now That Seafood City Is Open
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Let's take a walk through Seafood City.
Enter the shiny new Filipino super market. To your left is a sculpture of a red bee (Jollibee's mascot, of course) and, within two steps of that, you're hit by the scent of Grill City's barbecue pork. Though pungent, the smell evaporates when you arrive to the main space: the grocery area.
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What color/texture should we go with for our outdoor lights?? According to our plans, there will be 2 flanking the front door, and another set of 2 flanking our 2-car garage. Any advice on what would coordinate well?
It's hard to say without seeing the house and knowing your tastes, but here are some outdoor lights to browse.
Thanks for the link, there are many lights there that I like. I would post a photo of our exterior, but we're still waiting for the stone to be done, so I don't know how helpful that would be. Any advice on what color to stick with? We were thinking we should probably stay with white, but I love the aged bronze/copper look too.


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Exterior trim color to match corrugated steel and cedar
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Just built a house. The exterior alternates between vertical corrugated steel and horizontal red cedar clapboards. The cedar is trimmed with cedar, but the corrugated steel is currently trimmed in primed pine. Windows, roof and flashing are a dark brown bronze. Please recommend final colors for the primed trim and jetting.
Here is a link that might be useful:
If staining, can you find a contrasting gray?
Are you staining the cedar or just going to let it gray naturally? That would be so beautiful with the corrugated steel.
If staining, can you find a contrasting gray?
If not, can you find still a gray that contrasts well with the steel, rather than trying to match a wood stain?
I'm not big on high contrast, so perhaps those aren't answers for you. But your home is beautiful!!


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Big Supply of Yearlings at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Auction Will Test Demand
The law of supply and demand will get a major test beginning Monday when the yearling selling season kicks off in Lexington with the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky select yearling auction. The sale has its largest catalogue ever of 679 horses, a total that represents a whopping 37.2% increase from last year's figure of 495. It will be interesting to see if buyer demand, which was enthusiastic a year ago, keeps pace with the upswing in supply.In 2004, the auction enjoyed across-the-board success. Its gross revenue soared 36.9% from 2003 to its second-highest level ever of $38,620,000. The average increased 22.8% to establish a sale record of $114,260 for the 338 horses sold. The median rose 19.4% to $80,000, its highest level since The Blood-Horse began calculating the figure in the mid-1980s. The buy-back rate fell from 28.7% in 2003 to 25.2% in 2004.Those upbeat results, no doubt, proved to be a lure to consignors this year. In addition, the sluggish performance of Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga select sale in 2004's record-setting yearling market may also have convinced some sellers to offer some of their horses in Kentucky in July instead.Monday's opening session begins at 10 a.m. (EDT) and will include the more than 300 yearlings entered in the New Sire Showcase, which features the progeny of young stallions. Tuesday's session starts at the same time.The bulk of the catalog is made up of yearlings with middle market pedigrees. Fasig-Tipton officials seek physically precocious, athletic-looking horses in their selection process, and sometimes their choices generate financial fireworks. Last year's top price was $950,000 and four horses sold for $500,000 or more.One concern at this year's sale will be the buying attitude of yearling-to-juvenile pinhookers, who traditionally make a big contribution to the sale's business. However, their role could be reduced because many experienced declining profits earlier this year when the growth in the market for 2-year-olds in training slowed down. The timing was bad for pinhookers, who had spent record amounts of money for their select sale stock.
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- Hi Gavin, faithful fellow Valeasian :-)
No, the Tokyo trip never happened although I came close to making a firm committment to Hiroshi Kato back in 2008, I believe. The trip planning fell apart when I learned that the JAM Convention Committee required that I be accompanied by a full-time interpreter (big $$$) and pay for my display area. Although I had my loyal sponsors on board with me, I would have had to foot a very large expense to make the trip. In addition, things were getting too complicated on the personal level to follow through in the short timeframe I had to organise the trip.
Fortunately, several Japanese Z manufacturers were launching new products so there was no need for my small contribution to promote the scale in Japan.
Although I never made a big deal of it, once the VECRR had registered 1 million virtual passengers, I lost my motivation to travel with the layout, which had also become a substantial financial committment.
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A bi-weekly newsletter providing data and outlining solutions for metropolitan areas from the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings.
By 2044, people of color will account for a majority of the U.S. population. In the newest Brookings Essay, Jennifer Bradley examines efforts in U.S. metropolitan areas to prepare a more diverse workforce, with a particular focus on Minneapolis-St. Paul.
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Is architecture the future of branding? Looking at retail trends over the past 5 years one might draw that conclusion. When Prada hired Rem Koolhaus to design their flagship NYC store in 2001, fashion retailers everywhere have been clamoring to beef up their brands with starchitect power. Nowhere is this more evident than on Tokyo's main shopping drag Omotesando. Prada started the trend here by hiring Herzog & de Meuron to design their monument to brand, and other fashion houses like Dior and Louis Vuitton have followed suit.
Next in the line of Starchitect retail design is Toyo Ito's gorgeous new building for Tod's, the Italian leather-goods company. The Tod's building takes it inspiration from the zelkova trees that line the street below. The seven story building is framed by a concrete exoskeleton ?an angular, asymmetrical latticework of crisscrossing braces that resemble tree branches. At night, with the lights on, the silhouetted structure transforms the whole building into a stylized forest.
I wouldn't normally write about retail design on this site (since Inhabitat is geared towards the home), but I like Toyo Ito's unique organic design so much, I felt it was worth delving into public space to cover. What inspires me about this building is its innovative use of concrete to create a very original structure. The Tod building is proof that concrete doesn't always have to be so cold, heavy and boring. Even a rectangular seven story tower can feel light, friendly and organic, when given a considered, thoughtful approach that takes into context the surrounding area.
Apparently shoppers and architecture fans alike are taken with the new Tod's store. Tod's CEO and founder, Diego Della Valle, and his wife, architect Barbara Pistilli, instantly fell in love with Ito's tree motif from the moment they saw it. They consider it the perfect architectural expression of the company's image as a user of natural materials.
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Virtually none of Netflix's 45-plus million customers have a 4K Ultra HD television today.
So why is the company bothering to expend cycles to offer "House of Cards" season two, "Breaking Bad" later this summer and other programs in a format that nobody can watch?
Two reasons: First, Netflix is positioning itself as a technology leader by delivering dazzlingly sharp 4K video, which provides four times the resolution (3840 by 2160) and a richer color palette compared with regular HD. That's something pay-TV operators are hamstrung in bringing to market. Walter White will never look better (or, you know, worse). The move also makes Netflix a valuable partner for hardware manufacturers like Samsung, Sony and LG, which desperately need 4K content to sell pricey Ultra HD TVs.
The second, less-obvious strategy in play is that Netflix hopes the high bandwidth requirements of Ultra HD will spur Internet service providers to opt in to its content-delivery program -- instead of charging the company access fees.
Reason No. 1: Netflix Can Deliver Ultra HD, But Cable and Satellite Can't
Think of it like this: It's not TV. It's Netflix.
Cable and satellite providers don't have the capacity today to shove Ultra HD video down their pipes, and they're disinclined to move rapidly to adopt the new tech given the relatively tiny addressable market of subscribers who have TVs to even watch it.
Netflix doesn't need to carve out dedicated bandwidth for 4K, because everything on the service is on-demand. "The best-quality video in the world is now streaming via the Internet," Netflix product manager Richard Smith wrote in a blog post. It's worth noting that Comcast also is planning to offer Ultra HD -- but delivered over broadband, not via coaxial spectrum used for traditional TV.
Moreover, Netflix is giving consumer-electronics makers a reason to put it in the pole position on their latest 4K gear. The CE guys need content to drive Ultra HD sales (a chicken-and-egg problem that 3DTV has never solved). Amazon also is pursuing a 4K strategy, with plans to release upcoming originals in the format, with the similar goal of moving 4K TVs off its virtual shelves.
The first TVs capable of streaming Netflix Ultra HD are Samsung models, with support coming on sets from Sony, LG and Vizio 4K TVs, the company says. "If you buy one of these new TVs, just connect it to a power outlet and the Internet, turn it on and sign into Netflix. Ultra HD 4K streaming will work out of the box," Smith wrote.
Super simple, right? Well, not exactly -- which leads to the next point.
Reason No. 2: Netflix Wants to Drive ISPs into its CDN System
To watch its 4K programming lineup, Netflix recommends subscribers have an Internet connection of 25 megabits per second -- five times the 5 Mbps what it suggests for best HD streaming.
Netflix already chews up a ton of downstream bandwidth on ISP networks, accounting for about one-third of total usage. As a result, the streamer has been forced to pay Comcast and Verizon for more bandwidth into their networks. Why is it encouraging subs to clog up broadband even more?
The idea is to put pressure on ISPs to join Netflix's Open Connect CDN program, in which caching servers are co-located at their facilities. Here is Netflix's Smith: "Any broadband provider that's directly connected to Netflix will deliver a better experience, especially during primetime."
Netflix touts Open Connect as reducing upstream bandwidth links ISPs need to deliver high-quality video. More to the point, it saves Netflix money because it reduces the amount of bits it has to pump to an ISP's ingress points. By pushing 4K as the biggest pig in the python, Netflix wants to convince ISPs that it just makes more sense to install the CDN caches.
Will the make-the-ISPs-blink approach with 4K work for Netflix? Today Comcast and Verizon clearly aren't interested in enabling a would-be rival for free, which is why on another front Netflix is agitating for a "strong" net neutrality that would prevent ISPs from charging for access to their networks.
Remember that Netflix originally offered content in "Super HD," its proprietary 4K precursor, only to ISPs who were part of Open Connect. The company last fall changed that policy, after failing to win over any major providers.
In any event, the Netflix 4K strategy shows that the company is thinking hard long-term about the economics of bandwidth and delivering the highest-quality video possible. It's early days for Ultra HD: Just 57,000 4K TVs shipped in the U.S. last year, rising to 450,000 units this year, the Consumer Electronics Assn. estimates. Netflix itself expects it will be five years before Ultra HD becomes mainstream.
If the future points to Ultra HD becoming ubiquitous, Netflix wants to be at the bleeding edge - so it's holding a strong hand that shows ISPs the best way forward is cooperation instead of stonewalling and charging access fees.
SEE ALSO: Ultra HD TV: Not Ready for Primetime
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buying spectacles on the internet
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Posted July 9, 2011 at 3:10PM
Hi everyone, I am due some new specs. and thought of trying the internet,anyone had any dealings online, looking for varifocals. Looking at the sites some seem to give you more for your money. I am not trying to scrimp just trying to get a btter deal. Thanks.
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Posted July 9, 2011 at 3:56PM
Go to an opticians for an eye test and ask for a prescription and then shop around. Difficult to buy 'off the shelf'.
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Posted July 9, 2011 at 6:47PM
I got a free eye test at tescos opticians and i brought two pairs of specs £10 each.
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Posted July 9, 2011 at 8:02PM
Quality gear then!
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Posted July 9, 2011 at 8:26PM
(Quality gear then]
As long as they work I suppose.
I would rather loose a cheap pair of spectacles than an expensive pair and as the glass is filled to the prescription spec you will still be able to see the same whether cheap or expensive.
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Posted July 10, 2011 at 9:52AM
A friend recently used these to buy on line, he is very pleased with his new specs and they certanly look good. http://www.spex4u.com/index.html
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Posted July 10, 2011 at 9:57AM
I've used Glasses Direct for some time and they are good value with good service. I will not include a link as I see there is one below the last thread (on my PC anyway). It is easy with single vision glasses but less so with varifocals, but they have good telephone support.
As stated by wiz-king, you need to get a prescription from a local opticians first for which you may need to pay depending on age or (lack of) medical reasons.
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Posted July 10, 2011 at 7:58PM
If you want varivocals it is more involved. Your eyes have to be measured to insure that the vari part is correct.
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Posted July 11, 2011 at 9:14AM
jaraba is right. It is something about needing the pupilliary distance. Opticians should put it on the prescription, but they rarely do. It's their way of of getting to buy in-house.
In my case it was easily resolved by sending an old pair of specs, free of charge, to Glasses Direct and they worked it out from there. If you do not need varifocals, you need not worry about this aspect.
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Posted July 11, 2011 at 8:53PM
I have used Glasses Direct and Select Specs, both good providing your prescription is correct in every detail. Some chain opticians seem to "accidently forget" certain details.
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Posted July 12, 2011 at 9:06AM
I just use +1 reading glasses occasionally and got a couple of pairs for £3.50 each off Amazon.
Nothing wrong with them.
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Ramaz School
|Ramaz School
|ישיבת רמז
|Private coeducational primary, middle, and secondary
|Rabbi Haskel Lookstein
|Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein
|60 East 78th Street (upper school)
114-125 East 85th Street (lower school),
New York City, New York, United States
|Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, New York State Association of Independent Schools
|Blue and Gold
|The Ramaz Ram
|The RamPage
The Ramaz School is a coeducational, private Modern Orthodox Jewish prep school located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.[1] It consists of a lower school (nursery-4th grade), a middle school (5th grade-8th grade), and an upper school (9th grade-12th grade).
The Ramaz Upper School is a college preparatory school. It is located on East 78th Street, seven city blocks (0.5 km) away from the other two school buildings, located on East 85th Street, and draws students from throughout Manhattan, as well as commuters from throughout the New York Tri-State Region. The school combines a broad academic curriculum taught in English with Judaic studies courses taught in Hebrew.
The school was founded in 1937 and is affiliated with Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun ("KJ"), a synagogue located on East 85th Street, which shares a building with the lower school and is across the street from the middle school. The congregation and its rabbi, Joseph Lookstein, helped to found and finance the school.
Architect James Rossant designed the modernist Upper School building, completed in 1981.[2]
Founded in 1937 by Rabbi Joseph H. Lookstein through the generosity of New York lawyer and philanthropist Max J. Etra,[3] Ramaz takes its name from the initials of Rabbi Moses Zevulun Margolies, the grandfather-in-law of Lookstein.[4] The current principal, Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, is the son of Joseph Lookstein and was a member of the first class of six students.[5]
Classes were held in many locations over the years, including the vestry rooms of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun. After the closing of Finch College, Ramaz bought the college's campus and renovated the buildings.[6]
On November 30, 2007, The Wall Street Journal listed Ramaz as one of the top schools for graduates entering the top eight universities in the country, with 10 out of a class of 100 (class of 2007) going to these schools.[7]
In January 2009, the Wall Street Journal reported that Ramaz lost $6 million in the collapse of the Bernard Madoff investment scheme.[8][9]
The Ramaz School had proposed a 28-story project to be built in place of the Lower School during 2008–2010. The building would have replaced the current school with a new building split into ten floors used by the school and topped by 18 floors of condominiums. Air rights of the adjoining synagogue would be transferred for use by the adjoining school/condo structure. The project may have had to be scaled back following a review by the City's Board of Standards & Appeals because the height is more than what is permitted at this site.[10] The plans were withdrawn by the school in July 2008.[11] However, due to a fire in the adjacent Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun building in July 2011, the Lower school began to undergo repairs and refurbishments for water damage. Since the building was not ready to welcome students that September, the Temple Emanu-El of New York and Park Avenue Synagogue volunteered their facilities for students until November 2011. On November 8, 2011, the Lower school reopened its doors.[12]
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein scaled back his role as Principal of the Ramaz School at the end of the 2005–2006 school year, but he remained the rabbi of the associated Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun Synagogue. He appointed Judith Fagin, formerly the headmistress of the Middle School, as Head of the Ramaz School. At the end of the 2011–2012 school year, she passed on the role of Head of School to Mr. Paul Shaviv, who hails from Canada.
The Head of the Lower School is Rabbi Tavi Koslowe, the Head of the Middle School is Smadar Seinfeld, and the Dean of the Upper School is Ira Miller. Rabbi Shlomo Stochel is Associate Dean and Dr. Renee Koplon is Assistant Dean. Rabbi Kenneth Schiowitz is the Talmud Chair. Rabbi Joshua Bakst retired in 2003 and is currently the Dean, Emeritus.[13]
The Ramaz School's team name is the Ramaz Rams. Ramaz fields a number of competitive and recreational athletic teams throughout the school year, such as basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, hockey, track, soccer, tennis, and dance. In most cases, their teams are members of the Yeshiva High School Athletic League which represents many of the Jewish day schools throughout the New York metropolitan area. In addition, they play exhibition games against other schools both in the Jewish day school and non-Jewish private school communities.
Academic teams[edit]
Ramaz's academic teams include the Model Congress debate, College Bowl, chess, Torah Bowl, and Model United Nations, which compete solely against other Yeshiva high schools, and the mathematics, mock trial, and Model Congress, which compete against both public and private high schools. Ramaz Upper school students have also succeeded in numerous academic competitions in both the arts and sciences, including the 2004–2005 Siemens Westinghouse Competition[14] and the 2007 NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing.[15]
Ramaz's publications include:
- Breakthrough - a science publication
- El Ramillete - the Spanish student newspaper
- Lambpage - the Middle School newspaper
- Likrat Shabbat - the only weekly publication, devoted to Shabbat
- MegaRAM - the technology student publication
- Parallax - literary magazine
- Ramblings - the current events newspaper
- Rambunctions - Satirical Newspaper
- Rambytes - the school's emailed newsletter
- RaMedz - the school's Medical Journal
- Ramifications - the school yearbook
- RamPage - Student Paper
- Rampost - The Political Affairs Newspaper
- SFAC News - Student Faculty Administration Committee meeting minutes
- La Gazette - the French student newspaper
- The Sports Report - a sports publication
- XeVeX - the mathematics magazine
In 2007, Joyce Villarin, a former nurse at the school, treated a child for an injury that he claimed his father caused. Villarin contacted the father who admitted to injuring his son. The Ramaz administration said to Villarin not to report this to secular authorities. Villarin did report this and was fired in 2008 because the school thought that she was "not a team player".
Villarin sued the school in Manhattan Supreme Court in 2009, arguing that the state's Social Services Law obligated her to report the potential abuse. Under the law, school faculty is required to report to state authorities a suspicion that a child is being abused or mistreated.[16]
Notable alumni[edit]
|This section needs additional citations for verification. (February 2009)
- Raanan Agus, hedge fund manager at Goldman Sachs[17]
- Adam Ferziger, historian
- Ari Gold, pop singer and songwriter
- Shai Held, rosh yeshiva of Mechon Hadar
- Isaac Herzog, former Israeli Tourism Minister, Chairman of the Labor party, head of the opposition, and son of former Israeli President Chaim Herzog[18]
- Susannah Heschel, Dartmouth College's Eli Black professor of Jewish Studies, an award-winning author, and the daughter of Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Matthew Hiltzik, CEO and President of Hiltzik Strategies, a consulting and communications firm
- Nat Lewin, American attorney
- Natasha Lyonne, actress in the American Pie movies[citation needed]
- Leandra Medine, fashion blogger/designer
- Daphne Merkin, author and journalist[19]
- J. Ezra Merkin, former money manager and financier.[20]
- Peter N. Miller[21]
- Michael Mukasey, the 81st United States Attorney General[22]
- Haviva Ner-David [23]
- Noa Netanyahu, daughter of Benjamin Netanyahu, current Israeli Prime Minister
- Achinoam Nini, Israeli rock singer[24]
- Romi Oltuski, Assistant Editor, Harpers Bazaar [25][26]
- Joshua Prager, author and journalist[27]
- Philippe Reines, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State,[28] and spokesman for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.[29]
- Baruch Shemtov, Tie Designer and the New York Correspondent for Young Hollywood.
- Adam J. Szubin, the current director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control[30]
- Merryl Tisch, New York State Schools Chancellor[31]
- Laurence and Preston Robert Tisch, the namesakes of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University[citation needed]
- Tevi Troy, the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services[32]
- Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of Prozac Nation[33]
See also[edit]
- ^ Ramaz Mission and Legacy
- ^ Goldberger, Paul. "Architecture: A Bridge known as Ramaz School", The New York Times, June 4, 1981, accessed March 13, 2012
- ^ http://www.ramaz.org/public/mission2.cfm
- ^ Ramaz School Legacy, Ramaz School. Accessed August 8, 2007.
- ^ Gurock, Jeffrey S. (1989). Ramaz: School, Community, Scholarship, & Orthodoxy. Ktav. ISBN 0-88125-323-5.
- ^ Goldberger, Paul. "A Bridge Known as Ramaz School.", The New York Times, June 4, 1981. Accessed July 16, 2008.
- ^ The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-COLLEGE0711-sort.html. Missing or empty
- ^ Private Schools Feel the Pinch Amid Recession, Wall Street Journal, 2009-01-26
- ^ "Wall St. Fraud Leaves Charities Reeling", New York Times, 2008-12-15
- ^ Beyer, Gregory. "Condos Above Classrooms Strike Some as an Odd Mix", The New York Times, November 11, 2007. Accessed January 8, 2008.
- ^ Snyder, Tamar. "Ramaz Pulls Plug On Condo Tower", New York Jewish Week, July 4, 2008. Accessed October 17, 2008.
- ^ "Lower School Building Reopening After KJ Fire", News from Ramaz, November 4, 2011. Accessed July 17, 2012.
- ^ Ramaz Contact Information
- ^ Siemens Foundation 2004–2005 Winners
- ^ NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing 2007-New York[dead link]
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Hedge Manager Is Almost Famous". The New York Times. November 14, 2006.
- ^ Damage to Diaspora ties, Jewish Living (Toronto), November 15, 2006. "Herzog calls his years at the prestigious Ramaz school 'the formative period of my life.'"
- ^ Biographies for "SELF-CONCEPTIONS: WOMEN, CREATIVITY AND JEWISH IDENTITY", YIVO, accessed January 2, 2007.[dead link]
- ^ .Kehilath Jeshurun Bulletin, Online, September 6, 2006. Accessed May 19, 2011. "Ursula Merkin...All of her children are alumni of Ramaz. Many of her grandchildren are either alumnae or current students in our school in which her son, Ezra, serves as Vice Chairman of the Board.."
- ^ http://www.bgc.bard.edu/programs/faculty/peter-n-miller.html
- ^ Heller, Jamie. "Mukasey's Pedigree", The Wall Street Journal Online, Law Blog, September 17, 2007. Accessed September 17, 2007. "Mukasey graduated from Ramaz in 1959 and went on to Columbia College and Yale Law School."
- ^ Ramaz Alumni Living in Israel, Ramaz Website, Accessed May 3, 2012.
- ^ Century, Douglas "The Yemenite Madonna: Bronx-Raised Nini Becomes Pop Star Noa", The Forward, January 13, 1995. Accessed October 17, 2008.
- ^ http://www.harpersbazaar.com/editors/romy-oltuski
- ^ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/romy-oltuski/35/696/235
- ^ Cohen, Irwin. "Baseball Is Dull Only To Those With Dull Minds", The Jewish Press, February 7, 2007. "The best book you can get about Thomson's homer, the 1951 season, the players, sign-stealing and more is Joshua Prager's The Echoing Green. Prager, who grew up in New Jersey, went to Moriah Day School, Ramaz High School and spent a year in yeshiva after high school before going on to college and a writing career with The Wall Street Journal."
- ^ http://amoreconservativeunionadcampaign.blogspot.com/2009_10_01_archive.html
- ^ Cooper, Helene; Landler, Mark; Sanger, David E. (February 12, 2011). "In U.S. Signals to Egypt, Obama Straddled a Rift". The New York Times.
- ^ U.S. Treasury - Biography of Adam J. Szubin - Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), accessed December 5, 2007
- ^ http://www.regents.nysed.gov/members/bios/tisch.html
- ^ The United States Mission to the OSCE: Office of Public Affairs - Tevi Troy, accessed December 25, 2006 Archived September 23, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Prozac Nation, The Jewish Journal (Boston North), July 2, 2004.[dead link]
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Kehilath Jeshurun
- Data for Ramaz School, National Center for Education Statistics
- The Ramaz Upper School is located along East 78th Street: 40°46′30″N 73°57′42″W / 40.7750°N 73.9617°W. The Lower and Middle School buildings are located further uptown, on East 85th Street: 40°46′44″N 73°57′23″W / 40.7790°N 73.9564°WCoordinates: 40°46′44″N 73°57′23″W / 40.7790°N 73.9564°W


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The stranger and the young boy stopped and slept that evening and woke up ready to continue their journey. But all of a sudden there were men yelling and guns going off. Horses where running here and there, and men were shooting from horseback. And men were dying and falling off their horses, and even some of the horses fell in utter pain. And they could see two men sitting on horses at the top of the ridge looking down…Continue
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Here are two different meals: One meal was eaten by a diabetic who takes insulin every 2 or 3 hours and still does not have his blood sugar under control. The other was eaten by a healthy man that eats right, takes care of his lifestyle, and feels good and is very healthy. These are true photos of what people were eating. …Continue
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Well, yesterday I discovered how challenging it is to eat 9 fruits and vegetables in a day. The obstacle was that I didn't have access to the foods. Was on the road in the early part of the day. Had lunch with a friend, ordered a big beet salad. (delicious) Since 1 serving is just 1/2…Continue
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This morning the group is working, energetically of course, to clear stress related to the pericardium. This stress is being measured in the etheric body, or blueprint, not the physical body. However, if any kind of stress remains unbalanced within the energetic blueprint, it will at some point make it to the body. Since "pericardium" has come up before, I'm going to share some information.…Continue
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I almost missed this very eye-opening video that shed light into a situation that is developing into something that is beyond the scope of our comprehension. If it is successful, we are going to be facing very, very challenging times ahead.
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Every morning, first thing, I start the daily energy clearing session for the group. Often I also do
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Warning! Don't read further if you don't want to find out how your life will change as you continue to receive a daily energy clearing!
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As the stranger and the young boy rode across the desert they came to a tall mountain covered with snow. At the top of the mountain there was a man who was standing on the edge of a cliff looking as though he was about to jump. And the stranger said to the young boy: I think we better go up there. …Continue
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Serena is back and joins Ari Kopel as co host on Shattering The Matrix Radio!
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Sherry and I can't stop talking about how good the toasts were at my cousin Casey's wedding in Dallas (Wedding Crashing pics to come…). There were five in total (two groomsmen, two bridesmaids and my other cousin, the bride's teenage brother) and each was remarkably funny, articulate and touching. Most weddings are lucky enough to have one of those, let alone a handful. So in that spirit, we think this week's prize from Mikasa Crystal & Dinnerware is quite fitting.
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I'll DRINK TO THAT, I have to say the hardest toast I've done was at my best friends wedding and I was 7 months pregnant so no little sip of wine to take the nerve off.
"I'll drink to that." Can't think of any special toasts, but do love that Mikasa glassware. Keep up the good blog!
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Best toast was from my father-in-law during our wedding. It was a real heart-warmer.
These are so beautiful! I'd love to host a dinner party with them. I'm sure they would be the "toast of the town" so to speak. :)
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my favorite toast was at my cousin's wedding, which was great because it told a story about him which pretty much summed up his entire childhood and showed how perfect they are together.
"I'll Drink to That" : You know come to think of it… I don't think I have heard any crazy toast stories! Just all heartfelt and very nice. I know I'm boring! =)
But the Best one in a movie was def. the one from Wedding Crashers! "You'll hear crickets" Love it!
I'll drink to that!
In my opinion, the best wedding toasts (or other toasts, I suppose, though most toasts I hear are during weddings) are light-hearted and slightly humorous. I know many people love the you're-amazing-and-mean-the-world-to-me toasts, but they're just not my thing. :)
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The most memorable toast that comes to mind is the most recent one I have heard – my sister's MOH toast to my husband and I at our wedding. She wrote a song about our relationship, sang it and had my brother accompany her on guitar.
Everyone that was at the wedding wants a copy of her "toast"!
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My brother in law said something short and simple:
May your love always be added, and never subtracted
May your household multiply and never be divided
I'll DRINK TO THAT!
The best toast I have heard, I was lucky enough to hear at my own wedding. My sister did an absolute awesome job! She said memories of when we were younger, talked about my new husband with a few jokes and welcomed him to the family and then proceeded to give us a few words of wisdom. It was so awesome! I'll never forget it!
I'll drink to that!
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I made a toast at my cousins wedding as her maid of honor that had the whole family crying! (In a good way)
I'll drink to that!
I'm so excited about this giveaway! I'm crossing my fingers, crossing my toes, crossing the street… You get the idea.
The most memorable toast I've given was to my sister and her new groom. I'm sure that it was not incredibly eloquent or remarkably funny; but it was filled with love and all my best hopes and most sincere wishes for their lifetime together.
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I'll Drink to That! I always get choked up when bride's fathers make heartfelt toasts at their daughters' weddings.
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My dad's toast at our wedding this past May was hilarious! He started by thanking family and friends for coming, saying that it was a very emotional day…even the cake is in "tiers"!
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I'll DRINK TO THAT…love them!
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My fave is wishing that when the bride and groom look back on the day that it's the day they loved each other the least, because their love has grown so much!
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The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
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Fiscal analyst's estimates for general fund revenue $2.5 billion higher than governor's
The Legislature's nonpartisan fiscal analyst Friday estimated that state general fund revenue through next June will be $2.5 billion higher than what Gov. Jerry Brown predicted in his revised spending plan earlier this week.
The estimates by the Legislative Analyst's Office are sure to bolster complaints by liberal advocacy groups and their allies among the Legislature's majority Democrats that Brown's plan does too little to ease recession-era spending cuts, even with state finances in their best shape in years.
Presented earlier this week, the Democratic governor's $156.2 billion revised budget assumes that state revenue through June 2015 will be $2.4 billion above January estimates. Friday's report, though, pegged the increase at double that – nearly $5 billion – with the analyst taking a more bullish outlook on the stock market.
Yet the analyst's report cautioned that much of the additional revenue would be consumed by larger obligations under the state's constitutional school-funding guarantee. It also acknowledged that its higher revenue numbers, most of which are based on volatile taxes on capital gains, might turn out to be wrong.
"If the markets stay where they are, we just think it's more logical to assume that there's going to be more capital gains income," Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor said. "Could we be wrong? We could be wrong about either the assumption about where the markets are, or how that translates into revenues."
The interplay between the extra revenue and the state's school-funding guarantee known as Proposition 98 would leave about $500 million for lawmakers "to allocate for whatever purpose they thought was best," Taylor said.
Brown's revised proposal includes a 30-year plan to close a $74 billion shortfall in the teachers retirement system. It also reflects the creation of a rainy-day reserve meant to sock away money in good years to ease the impact of spending cuts when revenue drops. Brown "deserves much credit" for a plan that "takes a careful approach to state finances," the analyst's report said.
The Legislature's Democratic leaders were noncommittal Friday after the release of the analyst's report. Both houses will convene budget hearings next week. The deadline to adopt a budget is June 15, with the fiscal year starting July 1.
Brown's office did not question the LAO's higher revenue estimates. "As the analyst points out, if those revenues materialize, virtually all of it would be dedicated to education, and therefore constitutionally not available for other general fund spending," Department of Finance spokesman H.D. Palmer said.
Senate Republican Minority Leader Bob Huff, meanwhile, urged legislative Democrats to avoid new spending and to follow the "smart growth path laid out by the governor to ensure balanced budgets."
Besides general fund revenue, Taylor's office predicts that property tax revenue will be higher than what the governor's plan estimates. Although property tax money stays at the local level, the extra estimated $700 million in revenue predicted by the LAO would reduce the state's school-funding obligations.
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