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Originally published at Benswann.com by Joshua Cook on 7/16/14
In March Benswann.com reported that Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Walter Jones (R-NC), and Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), , along with families who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001, urged the president to declassify 28 pages from the 9/11 congressional investigation report, providing more information to the general public.
On Friday Rep. Massie commented on his Facebook page:
"Before we involve ourselves in #Iraq, Congressmen and their constituents need to know more about the events leading up to 9/11. Understanding what enabled this tragedy to occur is fundamental to drafting a strategy for the Middle East.
That's why I joined families of 9/11 victims and Congressman Walter Jones and Congressman Stephen Lynch at a press conference to promote the release of 28 classified pages from an official 9/11 report. Based on my reading of the documents, I am confident that making these 28 pages public would not damage our national security."
During a press conference in March Rep. Massie said, "As I read it, and we all had our own experience, I had to stop every couple of pages and just sort of try to absorb and try to rearrange my understanding of history. "It challenges you to re-think everything. I think the whole country needs to go through that."
Originally published at WashingtonsBlog by Kevin Ryan on 6/26/14
Douglas Valentine's The Phoenix Program is vital for understanding the history of terrorism and its role in political warfare. Few other historical accounts provide as much detail on how the U.S. government and the CIA began to use programs for counterterrorism to implement political policy through secretive, coldblooded actions. Understanding such history is critical to making sense of what is happening in our world today.
Although implemented as a means of countering terrorism, Valentine shows how the Phoenix Program was in practice a CIA-controlled campaign of terror in Vietnam. Hidden behind terms like pacification and neutralization, Phoenix implemented a program of terror and psychological warfare against the civilian population. Under the guise of counterterrorism, tens of thousands of civilians were kidnapped, tortured, and murdered.
Valentine explains how the purpose of Phoenix was to terrorize the people into submission, not only causing them to fear any possible association with the enemy but also as a means to crush dissent. Unfortunately for many Vietnamese peasants, they were caught in a world in which they were terrorized by both sides in the long-lasting conflict. Using psychological warfare techniques, Phoenix promised to protect the people from terrorism while simultaneously terrorizing them.
The book describes the history of the program well. Phoenix and its precursor ICEX aligned the CIA-supported Provincial Reconnaissance Units (PRUs) with police and paramilitary programs to create a system for capturing or killing suspects in targeted ways. Once captured and brought in for… Continue reading
Originally published at CSMonitor by Warren Richey on 6/30/14
Thousands of victims of the 9/11 terror attacks have lost their bid to revive a class-action lawsuit against various banks, financial officials, and members of Osama bin Laden's family for allegedly providing material support to Al Qaeda.
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case examining whether lower courts properly dismissed a significant portion of their lawsuit.
The high court took the action without comment.
The justices had asked the Obama administration for its views on the case. US Solicitor General Donald Verrilli said in a filing last month that the court should reject the case.
Lawyers for those killed or injured or who suffered property damage in the hijack-terror operation sought to pursue what they said were the "principal financial and operational supporters of al Qaeda" during the period leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
They included several Saudi banks, Islamic charities, three financial institutions in Liechtenstein, four of Mr. bin Laden's half brothers, and the family construction business, the Saudi Binladin Group.
A federal judge and a federal appeals court dismissed much of the case, ruling that the plaintiffs' lawyers had failed to show evidence that actions taken by the alleged Al Qaeda… Continue reading
Originally published at AP by Jack Gillum and Eileen Sullivan on 6/12/2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire neighborhoods, The Associated Press has learned.
Citing security reasons, the U.S. has intervened in routine state public records cases and criminal trials regarding use of the technology. This has resulted in police departments withholding materials or heavily censoring documents in rare instances when they disclose any about the purchase and use of such powerful surveillance equipment.
Federal involvement in local open records proceedings is unusual. It comes at a time when President Barack Obama has said he welcomes a debate on government surveillance and called for more transparency about spying in the wake of disclosures about classified federal surveillance programs.
One well-known type of this surveillance equipment is known as a Stingray, an innovative way for law enforcement to track cellphones used by suspects and gather evidence. The equipment tricks cellphones into identifying some of their owners' account information, like a unique subscriber number, and transmitting data to police as if it were a phone company's tower. That allows police to obtain cellphone information without having to ask for help from service providers, such as Verizon or AT&T, and can locate a phone without the user even making a call or sending a text message.
But without more details about how the technology works and under what circumstances… Continue reading
US intelligence agencies have made a fifth attempt to extend their bulk collection of American telephone records – more than a year after the controversial practice was first revealed by National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Despite repeated calls from Congress and President Obama for the mass gathering of private US phone records to be banned, a court has approved the request in secret, allowing the NSA to continue collecting metadata until 12 September 2014.
In a joint statement released late on Friday afternoon, the justice department and director of national intelligence, James Clapper, said it was necessary to continue seeking such legal extensions because the Congressional reform process supported by Obama was not yet complete.
"Given that legislation has not yet been enacted, and given the importance of maintaining the capabilities of the Section 215 telephony metadata program, the government has sought a 90-day reauthorization of the existing program," said the joint statement.
The 90-day blanket licence granted by the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, or Fisa court, is the fifth such extension that has been requested, and granted, since the Guardian first revealed the existence of the Section 215 program on 5 June 2013.
Similar 90-day reauthorisations were subsequently… Continue reading
Originally published at Dig Within by Kevin Ryan on 6/4/14
Both before and after 9/11, one private company had a greater impact on counterterrorism programs in the United States than any other. That company, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), also profited more from the events of 9/11 than any other. Its chief operating officer (COO), Duane Andrews, was a man who had expertise-level knowledge of the vulnerabilities that were exploited on 9/11. He also just happened to be a long-time, close colleague of Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld.
SAIC feeds on terrorism, having won many of its record number of government contracts through the national security state that has arisen via the War on Terror. Through its numerous contracts and employee security clearances, it has become a private business that cannot be distinguished from a permanent form of government. In short, SAIC is "the fraternal twin of the intelligence establishment."[1]
With regard to 9/11, SAIC's impact cannot be overstated as the company:
Originally published at Washingtonsblog.com by Kevin Ryan on 6/4/14
Richard Clarke, the former counterterrorism official, has recently come out suggesting that George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and Donald Rumsfeld should be charged with war crimes. Unfortunately, media outlets reporting this story have failed to examine Clarke's long relationship to Cheney and Rumsfeld and his record of having prevented the capture of Osama bin Laden. These omissions highlight that, although Cheney and Rumsfeld undoubtedly are guilty of post-9/11 war crimes, suspicions that they helped create the pretext for those crimes go unreported.
Clarke's history is regularly misrepresented in the media. It's often said that he started in his counterterror position under Clinton when he was, in fact, appointed to it by George H.W. Bush in 1992. Clarke is a right wing hawk who had close ties to Cheney and Rumsfeld going back at least another decade with his selection for a secret Reagan Administration project. Clarke, Cheney and Rumsfeld were among a small group that spent nearly 30 years practicing to takeover the United States government in the Continuity of Government (COG) program. Their secretive COG plan was implemented only once—on the morning of 9/11.
Considering the media's treatment of Clarke, it's no surprise that most people have little or no understanding of his relationship to Cheney and Rumsfeld. It's also not surprising that some people don't know why these men are primary 9/11 suspects, despite the many reasons to consider that Cheney and Rumsfeld were behind the attacks. Much… Continue reading
Originally published at Consensus911.org
June 2, 2014 – The 24-member 9/11 Consensus Panel – which includes physicists, chemists, engineers, commercial pilots, attorneys and lawyers – today announced three new studies confirming the controlled demolition of World Trade Center 7.
The studies scientifically refute the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) claim that, for the first time in history, fire caused the sudden and complete collapse of a large, fire-protected, steel-framed building on 9/11.
(Note that whereas the Consensus Panel uses a scientific methodology to peer-review its work, the NIST report was not peer-reviewed.)
The first Panel study deals with the NIST computer simulations, which purported to show that fire-induced thermal expansion caused a girder to be pushed off its seat at Column 79, thereby initiating a global collapse of the entire 47-storey building at 5:21 in the afternoon.
However, a recent FOIA request has produced WTC 7 architectural drawings showing that the NIST simulations omitted basic structural supports that would have made this girder failure impossible.
The second Consensus Panel study deals with NIST's claim that it did not recover any steel from this massive steel-frame skyscraper.
This is extraordinary, given the need to understand why a steel-frame building would have completely collapsed for the first time in history from fire alone, and to thereby prevent a recurrence.
We know now that some of the steel was recovered. Photographs recently obtained by researchers show the strange curled-up paper-thin WTC 7 steel, with a NIST investigator pointing it… Continue reading
Originally published at Washingtonsblog by Kevin Ryan on 5/22/14
When former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld was asked about World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7), he claimed that he had never heard of it. This was despite the unprecedented destruction of that 47-story building and its relationship to the events of 9/11 that shaped Rumsfeld's career. Although not hit by a plane, WTC 7 experienced free fall into its own footprint on the afternoon of 9/11—through the path of what should have been the most resistance. The government agency charged with investigating the building's destruction ultimately admitted that it had been in free fall during a portion of its descent. That fact makes explosive demolition the only logical explanation. Considering how WTC 7 might have been demolished leads to some interesting facts about Rumsfeld and his associates.
The one major tenant of WTC 7 was Salomon Smith Barney (SSB), the company that occupied 37 of the 47 floors in WTC 7. A little discussed fact is that Rumsfeld was the chairman of the SSB advisory board and Dick Cheney was a board member as well. Rumsfeld had served as chairman of the SSB advisory board since its inception in 1999. According to the financial disclosures he made in his nomination process, during the same period Rumsfeld had also been a paid consultant to the Director of Central Intelligence, George Tenet. Rumsfeld and Cheney had to resign from their CIA and SSB positions in 2001 when they were confirmed as… Continue reading
Originally posted at Portland Press Herald on 3/31/14 by Tom Bell
A producer for the National Geographic Channel is coming to Portland this week hoping to interview people who encountered Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz Alomari, the al-Qaida terrorists who spent about 12 hours in Portland before joining the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
But there's one problem with the project: There's hardly anyone in Portland to interview.
With the exception of one retired ticket agent who lives in Scarborough, nobody else will come forward to talk about any encounters with the terrorists, said Erik Nelson, president of Creative Differences, a Los Angeles production company that is producing the film for National Geographic.
"We have one guy," he said. "But where is everybody else? It's like they dropped off the face of the Earth."
The Portland footage will be part of a two-hour documentary focusing on the 24 hours prior to the moment the first plane crashed into the North Tower at the World Trade Center in New York City. It will air in September.… Continue reading
Originally posted at the Herald-tribune by Michael Pollick, last updated 5/14/14
When the FBI investigated a Saudi Arabian family that abruptly left Sarasota weeks before the 9/11 terror attacks, it found "many connections between the (redacted) family and individuals associated with the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01."
The description, included in documents released Friday as part of a federal lawsuit against the agency, comes as the FBI is working to comply with a federal judge's order to produce 27 boxes of materials.
To date, the agency said it has moved the boxes to the U.S. Attorney's office in South Florida, and spent many hours trying to delineate for U.S. District Court Judge William Zloch which documents are top secret by inserting 822 page markers into the boxes.
The agency also explained an earlier discrepancy that resulted in four additional boxes of documents. David M. Hardy, the FBI's section chief in charge of records management, said the agency used a smaller box size to comply with the order. That and the marker pages resulted in more boxes overall.
"An 80,266 page file was received from Tampa, and the 80,266 page file was produced," Hardy wrote.
The FBI also shipped a CD… Continue reading
Originally posted at Foreign Policy Blogs by Maxime H.A. Larivé on 5/6/14
Let's be honest, foreign policy making has never been democratic. The label of national security has offered governments around the world the power to hide information from their citizens. Aside from this statement, the making of American foreign policy has completely shifted since 9/11. Not only this shift was abrupt and made under intense emotional stress, but it has also created a precedent in the way the U.S. engages in the world. Additionally, American foreign policy has become much more militarized than in the past. A series of recent articles (here and here), documentaries (here and here), and radio show (here) have been produced looking back at the way the U.S. has conducted itself these last 13 years on the international stage.
Since 9/11, the U.S. has been fighting "evil" – to adopt a very Bushian expression – with evil. The U.S. has used a wide array of instruments considered by international law as illegal such as: rendition, torture — known as an "enhanced interrogation technique" — use of force against countries without legal jurisdiction, drone strikes in countries wherein the U.S. is not at war, mass snooping on American and world citizens, cover-up operations, and so forth. The "Global War on Terror" has been the longest war in American history. Since 2001, the U.S. has invaded two countries – Iraq and Afghanistan – launched an undisclosed numbers of drone strikes in countries with which the U.S. is not… Continue reading
Originally published by Erin Billups at NY1 on April 8, 2014
Last month, NY1 told viewers about another link discovered between the toxic dust many were exposed to in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks and a higher risk of heart disease, and now, the doctor heading up the research is going into more detail. NY1's Erin Billups filed the following report.
We've known for years that the toxic dust inhaled by first responders to the September 11th attacks could lead to lung, heart and kidney problems, but new research out from Mount Sinai Hospital's World Trade Center Health Program finds that those with the highest exposures are more likely to suffer from sleep apnea.
"The airway narrows during sleep, and patients snore. They hold their breath, and importantly, they don't get enough oxygen when they're sleeping," says Dr. MaryAnn McLaughlin, director of the Mt. Sinai Medical Center Cardiac Health Program. "So this can cause an inflammation in the body and lead to high blood pressure, increased risks of heart attack and sudden death."
Post-traumatic stress disorder is also a risk factor for heart disease. McLaughlin and her team found that those with high dust cloud exposure were also 20 percent more likely to have the disorder.
"It's also associated with depression, as well," McLaughlin says.
The findings are the result of a two-year study, surveying 800 participants.
McLaughlin says they're trying to uncover what causes heart disease not only for those September 11th responders, but also for others… Continue reading
Originally published at the Herald-Tribune on April 8, 2014
Instead of following the law and producing documents that could show whether or not Saudis living in Sarasota provided aid and assistance to the 9/11 terrorists, the FBI, a federal judge recently found:
• Provided records with "apparent" and unexplained chronological "gaps."
• Presented to the court "located documents" that "seem incomplete."
• Submitted "summary documents" that "do in fact seem to contradict each other."
The FBI's handling of requests for documents related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, which had links to locations and venues in Sarasota County, is unacceptable.
We and anyone interested in knowing more of the truth about 9/11 are grateful that U.S. District Court Judge William Zloch has steadily sought to require the FBI to adequately search for, find and release to the court documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
In contrast, it's troubling that the nation's top law-enforcement agency would not only be intransigent but would submit documents with gaps and contradictions to a federal court. The fact that the documents sought are relevant to one of the United States' greatest domestic tragedies compounds the concerns.
The background:
In September 2011, two independent reporters writing for BrowardBulldog.org reported that a family from Saudi Arabia, who lived in Sarasota County's prestigious Prestancia development prior to September 2001, had connections with individuals associated with terrorism.
The report, reprinted three years ago by the Herald-Tribune, cited documents showing phone calls to the… Continue reading
Originally published by Seymour Hersh at the London Review of Books April, 2014
In 2011 Barack Obama led an allied military intervention in Libya without consulting the US Congress. Last August, after the sarin attack on the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, he was ready to launch an allied air strike, this time to punish the Syrian government for allegedly crossing the 'red line' he had set in 2012 on the use of chemical weapons. Then with less than two days to go before the planned strike, he announced that he would seek congressional approval for the intervention. The strike was postponed as Congress prepared for hearings, and subsequently cancelled when Obama accepted Assad's offer to relinquish his chemical arsenal in a deal brokered by Russia. Why did Obama delay and then relent on Syria when he was not shy about rushing into Libya? The answer lies in a clash between those in the administration who were committed to enforcing the red line, and military leaders who thought that going to war was both unjustified and potentially disastrous.
Obama's change of mind had its origins at Porton Down, the defence laboratory in Wiltshire. British intelligence had obtained a sample of the sarin used in the 21 August attack and analysis demonstrated that the gas used didn't match the batches known to exist in the Syrian army's chemical weapons arsenal. The message that the case against Syria wouldn't hold up was quickly relayed to the US joint chiefs of staff. The British… Continue reading
Originally published by Kevin Ryan on April 7, 2014
As discussed in my book, Another Nineteen, there are good reasons to believe that some 9/11 suspects were involved in previous deep state operations. For example, evidence suggests that Stratesec manager Barry McDaniel and Carlyle Group director Frank Carlucci might have participated in the Iran-Contra crimes. There are also interesting links between several 9/11 suspects and Ted Shackley, a leader of the "CIA within the CIA." Shackley was close friends with Frank Carlucci and had a long, close relationship with Richard Armitage, whose State department provided express visas to the alleged hijackers. Additionally, Porter Goss, who led the initial cover-up of the 9/11 crimes, had worked with Shackley in several CIA operations.
Perhaps the most interesting historical link between Shackley and 9/11 is that Shackley's activities in Kuwait paralleled those of Wirt Walker, the KuwAm Corporation director. KuwAm was the parent company of Stratesec, the security company for several 9/11 facilities. As I've written before, these companies appeared to be part of a private intelligence network.
Shackley had a long career in covert CIA operations and was the agency's Associate Deputy Director of Operations from 1976 to 1977. Described by former CIA Director Richard Helms as "a quadruple threat – Drugs, Arms, Money and Murder," Shackley was a central character in many off-the-books operations. He was a leader of the CIA's anti-Castro plan Operation Mongoose, its secret U.S. war in Laos, and the overthrow of Salvadore… Continue reading
Originally published on July 10, 2013 by Keelan Balderson at EyesWideShut
A new extra-curricular history program taught in Carroll County, Baltimore, USA, is warning students not to get sucked in to 9/11 conspiracy theorizing and that the official Government approved narrative is the only version with any "credence".
The summer course offered to middle-schoolers aged around 11 years old is one of the first classes to go in depth with the subject with children, some of who were not alive when the tragedy took place.
"That is the first time I have talked about it in front of a group of more than five or six," said teacher Mike Chrvala. In the past decade, discussing the day has gotten easier, he explained.
Carroll County holds free enrichment classes each year on subjects that include art, playwriting and science. Dick Thompson, the county's coordinator of the summer courses, thought a class on 9/11 could provide important lessons for children born after the event. It is not taught in great depth during the school year – reports the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
Unsurprisingly the class strongly adheres to the official Government narrative, glossing over "conspiracy theories" as nonsense and praising the controversial Patriot Act and post 9/11 security measures.
Casey Jillson, 12, said the attacks weren't just "a bad thing" because the US has implemented tighter security measures. "Our country learned to be more secure and safe," she explained.
Chrvala hopes his students will "become little torchbearers to teach about 9/11," though it… Continue reading
Published by Kevin Ryan on 3/25/14
Over the years, one of the most mindless techniques used to suppress questioning of 9/11 has been to equate such questions with Holocaust denial. This smear tactic has been used by propagandists like Glenn Beck, Michael Shermer, and Rachel Maddow, as well as by government representatives like Michael Chertoff. Recently I've thought about how absurd such diversionary claims are while at the same time recognizing that I have met some incredible people over the past decade. Two of those people led lives that were Holocaust-related and, for different reasons, their story should be better known.
During the time that I worked for Underwriters Laboratories (UL), I lived next door to an extraordinary woman. Sherry Moses was a widow who lived alone except for occasional visits from her children. She was unafraid, despite having suffered more than anyone I had ever met. I knew of her past suffering because she showed me her tattoo and told me how all of her family was killed at Auschwitz. Sherry was only a child when she was sent there.
In one of the interviews she had with the local newspaper, Sherry told her story of being shipped to Auschwitz on a cattle train, being hungry all the time, and watching others die.[1] She was actually walking in line behind her parents, grandparents, brothers, and sisters, as they were led to the crematorium. Because of the specific number tattooed on her arm, she was spared along with a few, younger… Continue reading


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Enterprise Systems Complexity and its Antecedents: A Grounded-Theory Approach
2010, International Journal of Operations & Production Mgmt
Tobias Schoenherr, Ditmar Hilpert, Ashok K. Soni, M.A. Venkataramanan, Vincent A. Mabert
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a better understanding about drivers of enterprise systems complexity (ESC), as well as its multi-faceted conceptualization. Design/methodology/approach Case studies were conducted among German Mittelstand companies by an international research team. A grounded theory approach was followed, with the first phase of the case studies being exploratory, and the second phase being more focused. Findings Case study findings suggest that ESC is a multi-dimensional construct consisting of the following dimensions: seamlessness, adoption date, number of integrated subsystems, system type/composition, number of functional areas linked, and number of users. Drivers of ESC identified via the case studies include the multi-dimensional constructs of competition, complexity of processes, complexity of products, global operations, and the firm's customer base. Grounded theory development is used to conceptualize the measures of these drivers. Founded in these exploratory observations propositions for future research are developed. Originality/value The research reports on the experiences of companies with enterprise systems (ES), and explores organizational factors determining system complexity; as a sampling frame Mittelstand companies in Southwest Germany are chosen, making this study one of the few exploring ES within this context. The paper also places ESC within theoretical domains, especially the STS theory. The conceptualization of ESC and its antecedents presented provides a starting point for future academic research into this area.
Schoenherr, Tobias, Ditmar Hilpert, Ashok K. Soni, M. A. Venkataramanan, and Vincent A. Mabert (2010), "Enterprise Systems Complexity and its Antecedents: A Grounded-Theory Approach," International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 639-668.

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A German U-boat lost in the final days of the Second World War rested silent and dead in the deep waters off the Russian coast for more than half a century—carrying a cargo too terrifying to contemplate.
Now it has been found and its terrible treasure liberated . . . by those who would set the world on fire.
A remote viewer working in top secret for the U.S. government, October Guinness can "see" events occurring on the other side of the globe. But she and her loose cannon partner, CIA agent Jax Alexander—who questions the validity of Tobie's "gift"—have arrived too late to prevent a bloodbath . . . and perhaps the Apocalypse as well. Now every second brings the unthinkable a step closer—and places Tobie and Jax in the gunsights of powerful enemies in frighteningly high places—as they race to connect the dots between an impending catastrophe and a nightmare cultivated decades earlier by Nazi scientists with an evil agenda about to become all too real
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Disney has recently released a set of interactive storybook apps for children based on several of its best-selling movies: Tangled, Cinderella, Wreck-It-Ralph, Monsters Inc, Monsters University, and Brave. Packed with puzzles, games, read alouds, and coloring sheets, these apps are sure to delight your little ones.
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Lawrence James Rizzolo PhD, FARVO
Associate Professor of Surgery (Gross Anatomy) and of Ophthalmology and Visual Science; Director of Medical Studies
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Office of Student ResearchStem Cell Center, Yale: Tissue Specific Stem CellsOphthalmology and Visual Science | Surgery: Rizzolo Lab
Research Interests
Retinal disease; Tight junctions; Outer blood-retinal barrier; Epithelia; Human embryonic stem cells; Bio/tissue engineering; Medical education more...
- Ph.D., Duke University, 1977
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- Peng,S., Gan,G., Qiu, C., Zhong, M., An, H., Adelman, R.A., and Rizzolo, L.J. (2013) Engineering a blood-retinal barrier with human embryonic stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelium: Transcriptome and functional analysis. Stem Cell Trans. Med. 2:534-544
- Peng,S., Gan,G., Rao, V.S., Adelman, R.A., and Rizzolo, L.J. (2012) Effects of proinflammatory cytokines on the claudin-19 rich tight junctions of human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 53, 5016-5028.
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Tis' the season for shoplifting at Wally World
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Even employees are doing it, like this 4 person crime ring. Names, Evelyn, Tacara, DeWayne, Latasha. Had a nifty system of swapping empty gift cards for valuable ones without customer knowledge.
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"Our model is to help the music scene grow," he said. "As the music scene grows, the partnerships grow. It's good for up-and-coming bands, and it's good for us.
"And Reno is going to be the pinnacle venue in our company."
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Most studies agree that the majority of domestic violence perpetrators that come to the attention of criminal justice or court authorities have a prior criminal history for a variety of nonviolent and violent offenses against males as well as females, and of a domestic or nondomestic nature. For example, a study of intimate partner arrests in Connecticut, Idaho and Virginia of more than 1,000 cases each found that almost 70 percent (69.2) had a prior record and that 41.8 percent of those had been convicted of a violent crime, including robbery and rape.
The percentage of officially identified perpetrators with criminal histories ranges from a low of 49 percent for prior arrest within five years in an arrest study in Portland, Ore.
[130], to 89 percent for at least one prior nonviolent misdemeanor arrest for domestic violence defendants arraigned in a Toledo, Ohio, Municipal Court.
[216] Not only did most of the abusers brought to the Toledo Court for domestic violence have a prior arrest history but the average number of prior arrests was 14. Similarly, 84.4 percent of men arrested for domestic violence in Massachusetts had prior criminal records, averaging a little more than 13 prior charges (resulting from five to six arrests) — including four for property offenses, three for offenses against persons, three for major motor vehicle offenses, two for alcohol/drug offenses, one for public order violations, and 0.14 for sex offenses.
[23] A study of the Cook County (Chicago) misdemeanor domestic violence court found that 57 percent of the men charged with misdemeanor domestic violence had prior records for drug offenses, 52.3 percent for theft, 68.2 percent for public order offenses, and 61.2 percent for property crimes. On average, they had 13 prior arrests.
Even if abusers have no prior arrest records, they may be known to local police. In North Carolina, for example, researchers found from police files that 67.7 percent of the domestic violence arrestees had prior contact with the local criminal justice system, 64.5 percent were officially known by local police, and 48.3 percent had prior domestic violence incident reports.
Studies of abusers brought to court for protective orders find similarly high rates of criminal histories, ranging from slightly more than 70 percent in Texas
[26] to 80 percent in Massachusetts.
Given the large overlap between domestic violence and general criminality, law enforcement should carefully check domestic violence suspects' status in regard to outstanding warrants, pending cases, probationary or parole status, and other concurrent criminal justice involvement, including suspect involvement as a confidential informant for ongoing investigations. With regard to the latter, in the event the informant is involved in a domestic violence incident, he should be precluded from working with the department without the authorization of department supervisors. In prosecuting or sentencing defendants for other crimes, prosecutors and judges should look for concurrent domestic violence that was previously prosecuted, is pending, or that may be charged. (Research basis: Multiple studies from jurisdictions across the country confirm these findings, although the extent of prior records may vary, depending on jurisdictional law enforcement, court practices and resources.)


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OXFORD, Ohio – Devin Loe's third goal of the season gave the Miami University hockey team a second-period lead, but Nebraska Omaha scored five-unanswered goals to send the RedHawks to a 5-1 loss on Saturday.
MU (9-10-3, 3-8-1-1 National Collegiate Hockey) finishes the season series 0-3-1 with a shootout win over UNO (9-11-2, 6-4-2-1 NCHC).
The RedHawks got their first opportunity with the power play just over five minutes into the game after Bryon Paulazzo's strong positioning forced UNO to commit an offensive zone penalty. The puck worked around in front of the net to Riley Barber early on for a good look during the man advantage, but no MU shots were attempted during a scoreless two minutes.
Miami had one more power play that it was unable to convert on, though the penalty kill was a perfect 2-for-2 in the period to match UNO's special teams. The Mavericks got one dangerous opportunity with under two minutes left in the first when their top scorer, Josh Archibald, got a breakaway that Jay Williams stopped cold with his right pad. The game remained scoreless going into the first intermission after a period that UNO held an 11-5 lead in shots.
It took just 1:24 for Miami to get on the board in the second period. Jimmy Mullin led the puck ahead to Sean Kuraly, who drove the puck wide and put a shot on net. Loe crashed the net and tapped the puck in for his third goal of the year to put the RedHawks ahead 1-0.
The Red and White had a golden opportunity to go up by a pair when Austin Czarnik fed Anthony Louis coming through the middle. Louis got two shots from the slot, but UNO's Ryan Massa was there to make both saves. MU committed a penalty shortly thereafter, which the RedHawks killed off. MU got another power play right after the successful penalty kill, but was unable to score once again.
UNO evened the score with 7:45 remaining in the second when Dominic Zombo corralled a rebound from an Ian Brady shot and fed Johnnie Searfoss on the other side of the goal to make it 1-1. The RedHawks went onto another power play 50 seconds later, but could not convert.
The Mavericks took their first lead of the weekend with 4:24 remaining in the period when Johnnie Searfoss redirected Brian Cooper's point shot. Once again, MU went on a power play shortly after to get another opportunity to break through late in the period, but the frame ended with UNO holding a 2-1 lead.
At the 2:02 mark of the third period, the RedHawks drew another power play. However, the Mavericks allowed only one shot on goal during another scoreless two minutes. A few minutes later, Czarnik intercepted an outlet pass and fed the puck to Louis on the left side for a shot, one of seven for the freshman, at the circle that Massa turned away.
A five-minute major penalty on the RedHawks with 11:07 remaining broke the game open for the Mavericks. UNO scored 43 seconds into its continuous power play with Archibald finishing a cross-ice pass from Jake Guentzel to put the Mavericks up 3-1. UNO struck again 23 seconds later when Austin Ortega jammed in a loose puck from in close to make it a three-goal game.
Another MU penalty gave UNO a two-man advantage for 1:11 and the Mavericks got another power play goal from Archibald with two seconds remaining in that sequence to cap the scoring at 5-1. That goal gave Archibald a hat trick.
The Mavericks finished up with a 28-26 edge in shots on goal and went 3-for-7 on the power play while killing off all seven RedHawk man advantages. Williams made 23 saves in net for MU while UNO's Massa stopped 26 shots.
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NEWPORT — They're the Colborn Brothers.
Sounds like a law firm or home renovation company, right? Colborn & Sons? Nah, it has more the ring of a pair of siblings whose life story should be written by an old Russian author with a long, disheveled beard.
Or a pair of hard-nosed youngsters belonging to a rasslin' clan, but in the case of the Colborns it's wrestling — the real thing.
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Make no mistake about it, they're the real deal, case closed.
Meet 18-year-old Kyle Colborn and his younger brother, Andrew, 16. They are two of the stalwarts of Croatan High School's ultra successful wrestling program who go into the NCHSAA 2-A wrestling championships that begin today ranked No. 1 in the state in their weight class by retrorankings.com.
Kyle is No. 1 at 195 pounds and is 58-2, with his two loses by decisions to foes and who are nationally ranked and defending state champions — one in the 3-A class. And Andrew is No. 1 at 170 pounds and is 57-6, with all six of his losses coming when he moved up to 182.
Both have been to the state championships before. Kyle finished third in 2011 at 189 as a sophomore and second last year at 195. His brother was fourth in 2012 at 170 as a freshman, falling in his first match to a junior who advanced to the finals.
Can they bring home the gold Saturday night when the championships are decided at the Greensboro Coliseum? Yes, coach David Perry said. You bet, the Brothers Colborn said during an interview Tuesday before practice.
Beyond that, it would be a golden moment they'd never forget.
"It would be phenomenal," Kyle said. "If we both go out there and do what we're supposed to do, it should happen. If it happens, that would just be phenomenal. There's no other way to put it. It would be immaculate. That'd be great."
Kyle's confidence is not only understandable but reflective of his personality on the mat, which is a take-no-prisoner, get-it-done and get-it-done now approach. His brother, on the other hand, was a bit more cautious, perhaps because he's two years younger or perhaps because he's just a bit more laid back.
"It would be an experience, that's for sure," Andrew said. "I've only heard of a couple brothers in the same year winning a state championship. So it's definitely exciting, something to look forward to. Hopefully, it can happen."
If they do it, they will likely to it in different ways, at least based on their track record on the mat. Of the elder Colborn's 58 wins, 41 have come via a pin, 12 more than Andrew has in his 57 wins.
But that's not where the real difference exists.
Of Kyle's 41 pins, 27 have come in the first 1:07 of the match, and all but five of his pins have been recorded in the first two-minute period. On the other hand, of Andrew's 29 pins, less than a third (9) have come in the opening period, and just six in the first 1:07.
"They are similar in some ways," Perry said. "They have some of the same techniques they use, but then different. Andrew is a little more calculating in how he wrestles. He's a little more take his time. Kyle is full bore from the minute he steps on the mat. He likes to go out there and get the job done."
Or if Kyle is like a hungry dog with a bone, Andrew is like your house cat toying with a mouse. Both get the job done, it's just their approach fits their own personality and style.
"We're different," Kyle said. "I'm more of, I don't want to say brawler, but I'm more of a get-after-it kind of style, and Andrew's more like you come to me, let me wait, I'm going to beat you, I'm just going to counter you, and I'm more of a let me go take it, I'm not going to give you a chance to wrestle. Andrew doesn't have a problem countering, and I like to get after it."
That, Kyle said, was a lesson he learned from his father, Charles, who was made it to the state finals in wrestling in Pennsylvania as a high school senior.
"One thing my dad has always preached to us (was) never mess around on the mat," he said. "You see people getting tech falls. I don't like tech falls. One, you embarrass people and that's not right. Two, if you can get the pin, get the pin. It's just that's the way it's supposed to be done."
Andrew agreed he was a more patient, calculating wrestler.
"I'm kind of more just sit back and wait for the guy to do something wrong and I counter that," he said. "It's not completely my personality, but most of the time I'm kind of laid back, don't want to push anything."
Unless he's on the football field, where he played quarterback and outside linebacker for the Cougars while his brother was a running back and middle linebacker.
"I feel like my personality on the football field and the wrestling mat are just two completely different things," Andrew said.
Ask him why, however, and Andrew threw an incompletion.
"I don't know. I've always been like that," he said. "I guess it's just me, I don't know."
Grappling brothers
So what's it like to have your brother not only wrestling on the same team as you but to face off against him every day in practice as well as after practice and at home in the living room, after you move the furniture out of the way?
"It's a great experience," Kyle said. "It's more fun than I've ever had. It's always competitive in the (practice) room, but when you're wrestling with a family member, there's another level of competitiveness and we just get after it a little bit more."
Andrew seconded that.
"It's great," he said. "I love it. it's going to be different next year, definitely a big change. It's great."
Kyle Colborn began wrestling, he said, as soon as he could walk. Heck, pop was probably wrestling with him before he put one foot in front of the other. And little brother followed right along, although until the last couple years they didn't go shoulder to shoulder on the mat because Kyle was always bigger.
"Andrew kind of hit a growth spurt from his eighth grade to his ninth grade year," Kyle said. "This is the first time we've been able to get together and actually wrestle all year. We wrestled a lot last year, but this year it's been basically me and him in the room."
And their contrasting styles, Andrew said, actually help each in practice, which ultimately makes both better when they take the mat for real. Also, they religiously review videos of each other's matches to correct any mistakes.
"I'm willing to say 99 percent of the matches we wrestled this year we recorded and we go back and watch," Kyle said. "We always critique everything each of us do. If it's not 100 percent perfect, we say 'OK, here's what I saw.'"
And while Andrew gives as good as he gets, he said he did defer to a certain extent to his brother.
"We definitely critique each other," Andrew said. "But he sometimes helps me more just because he's older and he knows more about doing this right or doing that right."
And while they're best of buds and brothers, they've had their moments when they've gotten, shall we say, a bit overheated.
Hey, they are brothers, right?
"It wouldn't be right to lie to you and tell you we've never gotten into a couple fights," Kyle said. "Yeah, it's happened before. Someone threw his cross face a little hard or someone throws an elbow 'accidentally'
"But we have a good mentality when we do it. I think it makes us better. It makes us tougher. Those fights, the scraps we get into makes us better persons not only on the mat but off the mat. So I think it helps us in the long run."
Again, Andrew backed up his brother's view.
"It's definitely a good thing to get into an argument or sometimes a little brawl," he said. "But it gets us straightened out definitely."
Good year, hoping for great
Both brothers agree they've had a good year. A great year, they said, would be bringing home a state title.
Toward that end, they haven't forgotten what happened last year.
A freshman with freshman jitters, Andrew, who was 31-10 at the time, was pinned 48 seconds into the second period by East Burke junior Marvin Gaither, who was 43-11 and headed to the 170 finals, where he lost to Piedmont's Parker VonEgidy.
VonEgidy happens to be one of the two wrestlers who beat brother Kyle this year, earning a 7-2 decision.
Andrew, who was 34-12 last year, went on to advance to the consolation finals, where he lost to Wheatmore junior Skylar Hicks 2-1 to finish fourth. Hicks finished 45-7.
Hicks (37-0) is in the state championships this year at 195 and would meet Kyle in the finals if both advance that far.
Being in the state championships last year should help him this time around, Andrew said.
"You always want to do better. I definitely think it's better, not better, but it's a good thing I took fourth because it just makes me push harder to get better than fourth place this time. Hopefully, I'll take first," he said.
"The key is the first match. Everybody preaches, 'It's the first match. you've got to win the first match. The first match is the toughest match.' And it truly is. Once you get by that first match, it's not easy, but it's easier because you're used to it. You're used to the atmosphere. You're used to the noise. You're used to everything. You've just got to get by the first match."
Kyle's experience was a bit different last year. He was one of three Cougars who made it to the finals — and lost, snapping a streak of three straight years in which Croatan won at least one title and a combined total of five.
Kyle won his first match 9-1 and won with a pin at 4:48 in his second before edging senior Tyler Benfield of Newton-Conover 3-0 to advance to the finals against Trinity senior Cameron King. King won 5-0 to win the 195-pound title and finish 40-0 while Kyle wound up 27-1.
"I'm really excited. It hurt really bad last year. It hurt bad as a team last year. We were runner-up last year (in the team dual team playoffs). We were runner-up again this year. So that's enough fuel as it is," Kyle said.
"But then for myself to lose it and two of my other best friends and teammates to lose it there (in the finals), I'm running on a lot of fuel from last year still. I got a lot of push right now. I'm really excited it being my last tournament.
"And I've got a little extra push. My dad, who's wrestled with us since we were little, got beat in the state finals his senior year. So I've got to get one up on him any chance I get."


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depends on what defines a scent as a summer scent
Kenzo PH is great year round
Dior Dune PH is great in fall
I have my scents separated in two groups... spring/summer and fall/winter. Do you have any summer scents that you continue to wear in the fall/ winter? Vice versa?
depends on what defines a scent as a summer scent
Kenzo PH is great year round
Dior Dune PH is great in fall
I can think of some that I like for both Summer and Fall:
Paul Smith Extreme
Givenchy Blue Label
I wear pretty much all of my fragrances year-round. I don't separate them out by season.
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Colonia and Assoluta by Acqua di Parma.....And anything (any that I own) from Bond No.9 and Creed that You would call summer!!!
I've not got any fragrances that I associate with a specific season, perfume for me is to be enjoyed all year round. I just open my wardrobe and grab whatever takes my fancy at that moment in time
I reach a point in the winter where I crave the bright sharp citrus scents that make up so much of my rotation in the summmer. For instance, I'll often pull out Cologne Sologne by de Nicolai or Eau de Guerlain in the middle of a grey rainy week - and presto! - the olfactory illusion of sunlight.
I am very much a person who allocates seasons to scents. Having said that though, the boundaries are very fluid and many of my scents have a placement in more than one time of year.
Laura Tonatto - Albi
I have two genuine "year rounders" that work for me in all seasons: Aramis and Yatagan. I'll not hesitate to wear R de Capucci in any season either, just don't reach for it as often.
Not to get overly semantical, but if I wear a Winter scent in the Summer, it kind of negates the whole Winter-scent idea.
I wear Aqua di Gio year round, but not that often. Happy (Clinique) works year round for me. Green Irish Tweed as well.
prolly Le Male summer edition becuz i bought it for much cheaper then the original Le Male
I think any summer fragrance could be worn in the winter unless it has a beach vibe to it. With that said my winter frags are pretty heavy, I would love to wear them in the summer though. I sprayed Le Male a few days ago and it was way to heavy for my liking to wear in 80-90 degree weather. Right now for summer I wear MI and SoCal. I want to add more variety but with fall coming up I think I will hold off and save some money then decide in spring what to get. As for winter and fall I pretty much have enough variety..of course you always want more though.
just wear it whenever you like. I love Issey Miyake and wear it in the fall as much as the spring and summer.
I love wearing the original Tommy for men in spring or fall but actually haven't tried wearing it in winter even though I've had a few bottles and wear it often. I also love to wear the original Michael Jordan by bijan (1996) most of the year but have not tried in winter. I am looking for a perfect cold weather scent at the moment as some stronger scents are hard on the nose or you get tired of quickly if it is an oriental I find. But you have brought up a good topic to think about.
Kenzo Power EDT
I tend to wear what I want and then lean toward the darker stuff right now, but lately I've been wearing Creed stuff like Himalaya, GIT, and the occasional spray of MI. I've also worn TdH (Edt) on occasion.
I like powerhouse frags because my skin type just eats most edt frags and ,so, I wear my frags all year round.
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D&G Pour Homme
Polo Explorer
Givenchy Xeryus Rouge
YSL L'Homme
I tend to still reach for the soapy scents all year round.
Mugler Cologne, Prada Infusion d'Homme and Givenchy or Guerlain Vetiver
Pretty much any of the summer scents in my wardrobe, especially while wearing more casual outfits and especially during less harsh/cold autumns/winters.
Let's say Dolce PH ( if we can count this one as summer scent ) , F32 , in past that was Chanel Sport.
Ciel has shown some potential in winter ...
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Wore Creed Virgin Island Water in a snowy day and couldn't feel much better!!
Only Aventus, cause it still gets noticed through the cold. I don't think any other summer scent does that.
Well I also use Allure Homme Sport but only at the gym, so that nullifies the weather factor.
Dolce & Gabbana Pour Homme as well, if you want to count it as summer frag.
Yes. I fully agree. There may be a few "fresh" scents that I wear less frequently - but they are totally wearable year-round, especially around the house, after a shower or for a day when you pragmatically, "just want to smell good". Severe weather, like the strong rain and wind we have been getting here in Northern California brings out the desire for comfort, coziness and warmth from our chosen scent. But, yet, I still find myself craving the 'sunshine' and invigorating brightness of aromatic citruses, chypres and compositions that evoke the memory of the spring and summer, worn indoors. Not to go out and necessarily face the elements in. Year-round scents that have no problem expressing themselves at any time of year (or weather) are Vetivers, Aromatic Fougeres, and vibrant Woody Floral Musks.
Cheers & Happy Holidays,
Some perfumes are as fragrant as an infants flesh, sweet as an oboes cry, and greener than the spring; While others are triumphant, decadent or rich; Having the expansion of infinite things, like ambergris and musk, benzoin and frankincense, which sing the transports of the mind and every sense.
― Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil & Paris Spleen
I tend to think of it the other way around, which winter (heavier) scents can I get away with in the summer. I think you can pretty much wear any summer/spring scent year round... people may not smell them as much, but you certainly can enjoy them. Heavy scents like TF Tobacco Vanille, TM Pure Malt, TF Extreme, etc I find myself wearing less in the warm months and more in the winter months.
Top notes of... sweat, gasoline, motor oil; a heart of deer musk and gunpowder, resting on a base of sex and testosterone... Mandom.
Some perfumes are as fragrant as an infants flesh, sweet as an oboes cry, and greener than the spring; While others are triumphant, decadent or rich; Having the expansion of infinite things, like ambergris and musk, benzoin and frankincense, which sing the transports of the mind and every sense.
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QVC, Inc., one of the largest multimedia retailers in the world, broadcasts live in the U.S. 24 hours a day, 364 days a year. A wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation attributed to the Liberty Interactive Group (NASDAQ: LINTA), QVC was founded in 1986 by Joseph Segel. Mike George currently serves as the company's president and CEO.
QVC's worldwide corporate headquarters, known as Studio Park, is located in West Chester, PA (30 miles west of Philadelphia). The building sits on 84 acres of land and is roughly the size of 15 U.S. football fields. In 2013, their original facility in West Chester was renamed QVC Founders Park.
QVC is home to one of the most technologically advanced television studios in the U.S. The 165,000-square-foot broadcast operations center enables QVC to produce its live programming, which attracts more than 22,000 on-air guest visits each year and showcases more than 1,000 products every week. There are 18 permanent sets and more than 100 portable scenic elements. Employing more than 17,000 people worldwide, QVC has international broadcast operations in the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, and Italy. To date, approximately 60 million people have shopped with QVC worldwide. Its online counterpart, QVC.com, was founded in 1996 and attracts more than 6 million unique visitors each month.
In January 2009, QVC made its mobile debut and rolled out a suite of services that enable customers to utilize text messages for finding and buying products sold on QVC. Additionally, QVC unveiled its mobile website, m.QVC.com, where customers can browse QVC product and show information and make purchases.
In December 2009, QVC expanded its mobile presence with the launch of apps for iPhone® and iPod touch. QVC's iPad™ app became available on October 25, 2010.
QVC presents 1,150 products every week and approximately 288 of these are new to the QVC customer. Brand leaders include philosophy, Dell™, and Bare Escentuals.
QVC's live broadcast is supported by 25 program hosts. They come from a variety of different backgrounds and work 3 – 4 hour shifts on air, 4 or 5 days a week. Hosts prepare for on-air presentations by conducting research, engaging in meetings, and traveling the world to learn about products. They don't use scripts, cue cards, or teleprompters in their presentations.
QVC established its Facebook page in July 2008 and its Twitter page in January 2009. Attracting a large social following, QVC integrates these platforms into its live show, instantaneously responding to customer feedback and inquiries.
In January 2010, QVC was recognized as a "Top Ten" retailer for customer service, placing 5th in the National Retail Foundation 2009 Customers' Choice Awards sponsored by American Express. In 2010, QVC was recognized as "E-Tailer of the Year" by the Accessories Council.
In 2009, the American Apparel and Footwear Association, as well as the Fragrance Foundation, named QVC "Retailer of the Year." Additionally, QVC received the Fashion Accessories Merchandising Excellence Award at the 20th Annual Fashion Accessories Benefit Ball. QVC.com also ranked #3 for customer satisfaction in the ForeSee Results' "Top 100 Online Retail Satisfaction Index."
QVC has domestic call centers in Chesapeake, Virginia; San Antonio, Texas; and Port St. Lucie, Florida. On November 10, 2007, QVC set a record for the most orders taken in a 24-hour period with more than 850,000 orders. In total, there are four domestic distribution centers, located in Suffolk, Virginia; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Rocky Mount, North Carolina; and Florence, South Carolina. These distribution centers can pack up to 300,000 packages daily. QVC's total worldwide warehouse space is the size of approximately 109 U.S. football fields. Over the past 24 years, QVC has shipped more than 1 billion packages in the U.S.
On November 12, 2006, QVC set a record for the number of shipments (more than 600,000) as well as the number of items shipped (more than 678,000) in a 24-hour period. And in 2010, QVC observed its largest Black Friday ever, realizing more than $42 million in orders.
On November 29, 2010, QVC observed the most successful Cyber Monday in its history, with the highest volume of traffic day in the 14-year history of QVC.com. The site attracted 2 million sessions from more than 1.4 million unique visitors, and QVC.com accounted for 50% of sales.
QVC achieved its best sales day ever on December 2, 2001, with over $80 million in orders taken. The Dell™ Intel Pentium IV PC was the most popular item sold on that day.
For the past 17 years, QVC and the Fashion Footwear Association of New York have joined together to broadcast QVC Presents "FFANY Shoes on Sale®", a charitable shoe sale that has sold over 1 million pairs of shoes and has donated more than $32 million to breast cancer research and education.
For several years, QVC has broadcasted Super Saturday Live, an exclusive sale in the Hamptons, previously only made available to celebrities. The broadcast allows shoppers throughout the country to purchase designer merchandise at half the manufacturer's suggested retail price, with net proceeds benefiting the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
QVC actively gives back to the community and supports a number of philanthropic organizations, including the United Way, Habitat for Humanity, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and Alex's Lemonade Stand.


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Baitman starts HHS commodity consolidation effort with HR systems
Thursday - 11/15/2012, 7:03pm EST
The Department of Health and Human Services soon will move its human resources systems to a federal shared service provider.
Frank Baitman, the HHS chief information officer, said the goal is for HHS to stop doing things they have little or no real expertise in, and focus on the mission-critical functions of the agency.
In fact, the decision to have the human resources system hosted and managed by someone else is one that will be made for several other commodity technology systems in the coming years.
"There are IT staffs and CIOs at those operating divisions, each one pursuing a related, but different mission," Baitman said. "Trying to pull that all together and find opportunities for working together and collaboration has been the primary thing I've focused on the last seven months."
He said the goal is to create a One-HHS around certain non-mission critical IT functions, such as human resources or email.
PortfolioStat results
HHS put its commodity IT through the PortfolioStat process earlier this year.
Baitman said because of the federated nature of the agency, his office has little insight into what the operating divisions bought and maintained.
"The PortfolioStat process resulted in greater awareness of our commodity IT, but it was a real heavy lift to get there and pull all that information together," he said. "What we have done with that is prioritize a handful of things we will work on during 2012 and 2013 to try and move some of that commodity IT activities to department level purchasing, again so the operating divisions can focus on the non-commodity, where they understand the mission and they can add greater value."
Baitman said HHS will initially focus on enterprise services for email and collaboration, and the HR system, and eventually move toward using the cloud to improve interagency information sharing.
HHS expects the move to a shared service provider for HR systems to save it about 25 percent annually. Baitman said the migration could be done in mid-2014.
As for email and collaboration tools, Baitman said HHS consolidated to six email systems several years ago, but could take it down to one.
Collaboration tool gaining acceptance
HHS also implemented Yammer, a Microsoft tool that creates a secure social network for an organization, a few weeks ago.
"We've seen remarkable uptake," Baitman said. "NIH was already using it. Now FDA, the office of the secretary and others all are using Yammer to share information and we are seeing communities of practice emerge where people are sharing knowledge they have."
He said employees must sign up for it, but regardless of their email domain, such as fda.gov or cms.gov, everyone is part of the HHS account.
Baitman said HHS also is developing a mobile strategy that likely will include a way to implement a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) approach.
"We're big into mobile in terms of enabling our employees to be more productive and providing tools to the public to interact with the agency through mobile devices," he said. "From the employees' side of that, our focus will be enabling to use the tool of their choice."
All of these steps Baitman is taking to modernize the agency's systems and networks will be supported by an upcoming enterprisewide cloud computing services contract.
"We have begun moving some applications to the cloud in line with the OMB guidance to do so," he said. "We are taking a bigger picture look at it. In 2013, we are looking at putting out a large procurement for cloud services. I imagine that there will be multiple awardees to that procurement. What we are hoping to do with that is make it possible for programs, for our operating division CIOs and for everyone across the department to take advantage of those cloud vehicles to provide great service at a great cost by having a single vehicle. Secondly, we want to avoid cloud sprawl which is an increasing concern in an agency as large and diverse as HHS."
VMO to launch
To help manage this modernization, Baitman said a new HHSwide governance group so the programs or divisions considering cloud services can ensure their plans fit in with the broader plans.
He also is creating a vendor management organization to help manage and buy commodity IT services.
"We haven't dealt with vendors in a consistent and concerted way at HHS," Baitman said. "It's been directly through the operating divisions and many different arrangements have been struck. We are hoping to identify things we all consider a win, and those things are going to be coordinated by the VMO. The VMO will get its start early in 2013. It will be a vehicle for vendors to approach HHS and offer their wares."
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The Asia Pacific Hotel Awards identify and highlight the very best hotels and hospitality professionals across the globe. They evolved out of the International Property Awards, which have been established for 17 years and are regarded as a benchmark of excellence throughout the global industry.
Michael Wieser, Chief Operating Officer and the team of Island Hideaway & Lily Beach is excited and thrilled to be recognized with the prestigious honours. Mr. Wieser expressed his delight in receiving the highest award of 5 stars for Island Hideaway and the Highly Commended award for Lily Beach. He expressed his appreciation to the team of both resorts, for their hard work and effort, which resulted in such recognitions and awards.
Island Hideaway is a luxury boutique resort situated on the privately-owned uninhabited virgin island of Dhonakulhi and is one of only three resorts in the Haa Alifu Atoll. It boasts the first fullyequipped, state-of-the-art marina in the Maldives and prides itself on being able to provide tailor made experiences for guests, from dedicated personal butlers to private sandbank picnics.
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October 8, 2009
MISENHEIMER, N.C. Fans of Pfeiffer University athletics can finally get the gear they want to help support the men and women student-athletes at Pfeiffer, by purchasing sports apparel from their favorite teams via the new Fan Gear store located on the athletics website. Fans can log onto www.gofalconsports.com and head to the Fan Gear store under the Fan Center tab to view and purchase gear to help them look stylish when supporting the Falcons or Lady Falcons.
Fans can now take home a wide variety of t-shirts, polo shirts, hats, caps and visors. Purchases can also be made for flip-flops, winter jackets, fleeces, pullovers and even a golf club head cover. Every piece of apparel has the Pfeiffer stamp on it! All proceeds to purchases will go directly to that sports department.