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Book your room at Eurostars Berlin
Double RoomMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Double Room Single UseMax Occupancy: 1 guest (up to 1 child)
Junior Suite (single use)Max Occupancy: 1 guest
Junior SuiteMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 2 children, 2 infants)
Triple RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 3 children, 3 infants)
Contemporary hotel in major shopping district
Museums and boutiques
Eurostars Berlin is a 3-minute walk from Friedrichstrasse Station, which has direct trains to Schönefeld Airport. Shopaholics will enjoy being on Berlin's main retail street, while culture and history aficionados can appreciate the galleries and museums of Museumsinsel, an 11-minute bus ride east.
Top-floor heated pool
The restaurant offers a generous breakfast buffet, and guests can unwind with a drink in the light-filled lobby bar before dining on Mediterranean-inspired cuisine. The heated top-floor pool and fitness center make it a pleasure to work out while away.
Practical free WiFi
Guestrooms are in tune with the hotel's contemporary architecture and design, with dark wooden floors, views of the city or atrium, and free WiFi along with satellite TV. Guests are greeted with a welcome drink and snack, and there's a minibar and coffeemaker for further refreshment.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool, Eurostars Berlin provides a health club, a sauna, and a steam room. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.
Event facilities measure 6458 square feet (600 square meters). This luxury hotel also offers multilingual staff, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests.
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Total number of rooms - 221
- Number of floors - 9
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Health club
- Free WiFi
- Sauna
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Snack bar/deli
- Bar/lounge
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Multilingual staff
- Restaurant
- Year Built 2011
- Conference space size (feet) - 6458
- Conference space size (meters) - 600
- Number of meeting rooms - 9
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Steam room
- Indoor pool
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Free wired high-speed Internet
Family Friendly Amenities
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Snack bar/deli
- Laundry facilities
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Room Amenities
- Bathtub or shower
- Premium bedding
- Climate control
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Private bathroom (not in room)
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Room service
- Soundproofed rooms
- Free newspaper
Where to Eat
Breakfast is available for a surcharge each morning.
Eurostars Berlin has a restaurant on site.
Room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, a health club, a sauna, and a steam room.
Spa Services
- Massages
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible parking
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No pets or service animals allowed
- All citizens of Germany will be charged the national value-added tax
- Breakfast fee: EUR 18 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 20 per night
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Gary Elliott Friedlaender MD
Wayne O. Southwick Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Professor of Pathology; Chair, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation; Clinical Program Leader, Sarcoma Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital
Biographical Info
Dr. Friedlaender received his BA and MD degrees from the University of Michigan and his orthopaedic surgical training at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Newington Children's Hospital. In 1976, after 2 years service in the U.S. Navy assigned to the Naval Medical Research Institute in Bethesda, Dr. Friedlaender joined the full-time faculty of Yale University School of Medicine and since 1986 has served as the Wayne O. Southwick Professor and Chair of the Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and as Chief of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Yale New Haven Hospital. Dr. Friedlaender has also trained at Massachusetts General Hospital in musculoskeletal oncology, which remains his primary clinical and research interest.
Dr. Friedlaender has served as President of the American Association of Tissue Banks (1983-85), the American Council on Transplantation (1983-85), the Orthopaedic Research Society (1994-95), the Academic Orthopaedic Society (1995-96) and the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (2001-02) and he will assume the Presidency of the American Orthopaedic Association in 2010. He has also chaired the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon's Council of Musculoskeletal Specialty Societies and served as a member of the Academy's Board of Directors and as a member of the AAOS Committee on Ethics. In the past, Dr. Friedlaender served as Chair of the National Arthritis Board, NIAMS (NIH), as a member of the Orthopaedic Study Section at NIH and as a member of the Advisory Council of NIAMS. He was chair of the Research Committees of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and the Academic Orthopaedic Society and chaired the AAOS work group on Tissue Banking Issues. He served or serves on the editorial boards of several journals, including the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, Spine, Journal of Orthopaedic Research and the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons; and he has written numerous scientific publications and received national awards for his basic science research (Kappa Delta Award of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery and the Nicholas Andry Award of the Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons).
Dr. Friedlaender is a scientific consultant for Wright Medical Group and for Carbylan BioSurgery and is compensated for these services.
Education & Training
- University of Michigan Medical School (1969)
- Resident
- University of Michigan, Surgery (1969 - 1971)
- Resident
- Yale-New Haven Hospital, Orthopaedic Surgery (1971 - 1974)
- Fellow
- Massachusetts General Hospital, Musculoskeletal (Orthopaedic) Oncology Surgery
- Intern
- University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan Surgery
- Fellow
- Berg-Sloat Traveling Fellowship (Karolinska Inst,Oxford Univ,Univ Nottingham, Royal National Ortho), Sweden and England Bone Biology and Tumor Immunobiology
- Fellow
- Ford Foundation Fellowship in Reproductive Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan Reproductive Immunobiology
- Fellow
- NIH-Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Oncology and Immunobiology
- Board Certification
- Orthopaedic Surgery, Board Certified (1975)
Honors & Recognition
- Kappa Delta Award for Outstanding Orthopaedic Research
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Orthopaedic Research Society (1982)
- Nicholas Andry Award for Outstanding Orthopaedic Research
Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (1995)
- Orthopaedist-of-the-Year
Connecticut State Orthopaedic Society (2002)
- Wayne O Southwick Teaching Award
Yale Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation (1993)
- William A. Hark Visiting Professor
University of Illinois (2000)
- Distinguished Service Award
American Association of Tissue Banks (1996)
- Presidential Guest Speaker
British Orthopaedic Research Society (1984)
- Distinguished Achievement Award
University of Michigan Medical Alumni Association (2008)
- Gold Medal and Rubio Memorial Lecturer
Spanish Orthopaedic Society (1989)
- President
American Association of Tissue Banks (1983)
- MRC Visiting Professor
University of Calgary (1996)
- President
American Council on Transplantation (1984)
- Honorary Member
Hellenic Association of Orthopaedic Surgery (1999)
- President
Orthopaedic Research Society (1994)
- President
Academic Orthopaedic Society (1995)
- President
Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons (2001)
- President
American Orthopaedic Association (2010)
- Julius Neviaser Memorial Lectureship
Washington Hospital Center (1984)
- Peter Kiewit Lecturer
Eisenhower Medical Center (1987)
- Robert A. Robinson Visiting Professor
Maryland Orthpaedic Association (1992)
- Presidential Guest Speaker
Michigan Orthopaedic Association (1993)
- R. Beverly Raney Visiting Professor
University of North Carolina (1994)
- K. Mallory Visiting Professor
Ohio State University (1996)
- Carroll Silver Visiting Professor
Brown University (1996)
- Arthur A. Thribodeau Visiting Professor
Tufts University (1997)
- Patrick Kelly Visiting Professor
Mayo clinic (1997)
- C. Howard Hatcher Visiting Professor
Stanford University (1989)
- Honorary Member
Veterinary Orthopaedic Society (1999)
- Jacque Jenny Lecturer
Veterinary Orthopaedic Society (1999)
- William A. Hark Visiting Professor
University of Illinois (2000)
- William A. Hark Visiting Professor
Loyola University (2002)
- William A. Hark Visiting Professor
University of Michigan (2002)
- Jeanette Wilkins Memorial Lecturer
University of Southern California (2004)
- Fischer-Owen Lecturer
University of Louisville (2005)
- Edward T. Smith Visiting Professor
University of Texas (Houston) (2006)
Professional Service
- Chair (Interim), National Institutes of Health (2002 - 2003)
- Chair, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2001 - 2002)
- Member, National Institutes of Health (2001)
- Member, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (2000 - 2005)
- Member, Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2000 - psnt)
- Member, Journal Spine (200 - psnt)
- Member, National Institutes of Health (1998 - 2002)
- Member, Food and Drug Administration (1996 - 1997)
- Member, Arthritis Association (1996 - 1997)
- Vice Chair, National Institutes of Health (1994)
- Chair, National Institutes of Health (1994 - 1995)
- Member, Journal of Orthopaedic Research (1994 - 2006)
- Member, The Cancer Journal (1994 - 2007)
- Chair, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health (1993 - 1995)
- Chair (1993-95), National Institutes of Health (1991 - 1995)
- Member, National Institutes of Health (1986 - 1989)
- Deputy Editor (2004-Present), Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (1986 - psnt)
- Member, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (1981 - 1988)
- Member, International Atomic Energy Agency (1976)

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American Sign Language - B.A.
|College of Arts and Sciences
|Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies
109 Satterfield Hall
Tel: 330-672-2150
Web: www.kent.edu/cas/mcls
|The Bachelor of Arts in American Sign Language (ASL) presents ASL as a culture- and community-based language that interacts with other world languages. Through techniques including immersion and bilingual-bicultural comparison classes, community interaction, research, lab activities and use of digital video technology, students gain documented proficiency in ASL, validity within the deaf community and networking within the professional community.
|ASL majors are employed in a number of areas. Some graduates go on to become interpreters in the community. Community interpreting requires a 4 year degree; NIC licensing is preferred, see ASL at KSU's website page on community interpreting: http://thorykksu.webs.com/communityinterpreting.htm. Other graduates go on to teach ASL; a minor in second language education/pedagogy is required in order to obtain state licensure as needed to teach regular education K-12. Other graduates go on to work in mental health settings, non-profit agencies, Community Centers for the Deaf, and Deaf-owned businesses (which often require additional skills and possible minors in information technology, business, sales and marketing, or office management). Some graduates go into media or political advocacy, while others go on to graduate school in theater, library sciences, education, special education, medicine, legal studies, rehabilitation, linguistics and psychology.
For more on this topic, search the American Sign Language Pedagogy at Kent State.
|General Admissions for New Freshman: Students most likely to be admitted and succeed at the Kent Campus are those who have graduated with at least 16 units of the recommended college preparatory curriculum in high school, who have achieved a cumulative high school grade point average of 2.5 or higher (on a 4.0 scale), and whose composite ACT score is 21 or better (980 combined critical reading and math SAT score). For more information on admissions, visit the Admissions website for new freshmen. It is helpful to have been strong in English and language-related courses.
General Admissions for Transfer Students: Generally, a transfer applicant who has taken 12 or more semester hours with a college cumulative GPA of at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale may be admitted. An applicant who has taken fewer than 12 semester hours will be evaluated on both collegiate and high school records. For more information on admissions, visit the Admissions website for transfer students.
|Minimum 121 total credit hours and 42 upper-division hours for graduation. Minimum 2.00 GPA overall and 2.00 GPA in major required for graduation.
|Successful community service projects in ASL 29202, 39201, and 39202; documentation of a proficiency level of Intermediate or above on the Sign Language Proficiency Interview (administered off-site), and successful completion of the capstone project in ASL 49201.
|The ASL major at KSU is the only program in the nation to have obtained national recognition and accreditation from the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
|The Sienna School for Liberal Arts, in Siena, Italy. Scholarship opportunities are available.
There are many Study Abroad/Away Opportunities, for more information contact the Office of Global Education.
|American Sign Language Club
|School Psychology (M.Ed., Ed.S.), Secondary Education (M.A.T., M.Ed.), Special Education (Ed.S.), Translation (M.A.)
Alumni have successfully applied to multiple graduate programs including linguistics, rehabilitation, special education, library science, medicine, and political science.


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Frequently Asked Questions
For primary care doctors: answers to frequently asked questions.
What is a typical patient referral scenario for heart surgery?
What typically happens is that a primary care provider finds a heart murmur in a patient and orders an echocardiogram which then shows significant valvular issues. The patient is then referred to a cardiologist who may request another echocardiogram and possibly a heart catheterization to determine the need for surgical intervention. If surgery is needed the patient is referred to a cardiac surgeon.
Why are some patients better candidates for minimally invasive surgery vs. open heart surgery?
Any patient who has isolated valvular heart disease (and that's the only problem, or in some cases a certain combination of problems) is considered to be a minimally invasive candidate until proven otherwise. Patients who've had heart surgery before or who have serious heart disease may not be ideal candidates for minimally invasive surgery.
Generally, if a patient wants a less invasive procedure and it can be done as safely as open heart surgery, it's worth exploring. Benefits include fewer transfusions, a lower infection rate, smaller incisions and faster recovery times. The procedure takes about an hour longer than open heart surgery, but the recovery is much faster.
Why are hospitals all over the country sending their surgeons to Swedish for minimally invasive heart surgery training?
Swedish is one of six minimally invasive heart surgery training sites in the U.S. According to Dr. Glenn Barnhart, Executive Director and Chief, Swedish Cardiac Surgical Services, "We have worked diligently here at Swedish to build a comprehensive training program which involves an entire team approach – that's one of our successes. We're a very highly requested training site because we have excellent cardiac anesthesia, perfusion, and surgical techniques with outcomes that are equivalent or superior to a full sternotomy."
What is the patient's experience when comparing Swedish's surgery program vs. one at an academic institution?
At Swedish, patients are cared for by a staff that has minimal turnover, which is not always the case at an academic institution that has the expected and usual turnover of residents and fellows. The cardiovascular surgeons at Swedish have extensive experience and training and are complemented by a consistent staff of senior physician assistants with an average 11 years of cardiac surgery experience.
The central focus at Swedish is compassionate, personal care. Starting with an extensive appointment with a cardiovascular surgeon, patients find out everything they need to know about their surgery, particular valve problems, risks, benefits and outcomes. The surgeon's office is also proactively involved with the patient's follow-up care after surgery.
Are patients well educated about minimally invasive heart surgery when they come in for an appointment? Do I need to advise them to do their homework about the surgery?
It's always good to encourage your patients to learn as much as they can about their heart surgery options. Most patients are fairly well informed and know the questions to ask, such as how many procedures has the surgeon performed, and they usually know the difference between open heart vs. robotic surgery, but not all know exactly what minimally invasive valve surgery means. Here is a good online resource for your patients.
What are some questions my patients might have about heart surgery?
- What are the risks? The risks depend on the type of procedure or combined procedures but can include potential for: stroke, infection, bleeding, drug reaction, blood transfusion reaction, or an unforeseen event like kidney failure. It also depends on the patient's risk profile and pre-op morbidity. Primary care providers can help determine a patient's risk profile using the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' risk calculator.
- How painful will it be? In most minimally invasive surgery cases, the pain is quite tolerable and some patients even experience no pain at all.
- How long is the recovery? Recovery can range from 4-8 weeks, depending on the type of surgery. Patients of a reasonable age and risk typically take about four weeks to recover from open heart surgery, while minimally invasive surgery patients recover in about 2-4 weeks.
- How do I choose the best surgeon? Talk to your doctor, friends and family or find a heart surgeon at Swedish.
- Is it covered by insurance? Yes. Check with your health plan for complete details.
- See more patient FAQs.
If my patient has bypass surgery, how can I monitor his or her care? What sort of follow-up care is important?
Care is coordinated by the cardiac surgeon, nursing and physician assistant staff, as well as the patient's primary care provider and cardiologist. The patient sees a cardiac surgeon at two weeks for routine post-op care and then again at one month. A letter is typically sent by the surgeon to the patient's primary care provider; further contact may occur if there's a condition that relates to the overall care of the patient such as diabetes.
Is it okay for my patient to get a second opinion for heart surgery?
Absolutely. It's very important for the patient to trust and feel confident about both the heart surgeon and the heart center. If the patient is uncomfortable, they should seek a second opinion. At the Swedish Heart and Vascular Institute, we're happy to give second opinions to patients who are considering heart surgery at another hospital. And we support our own patients in seeking another opinion if that will give them additional peace of mind. Learn more about getting a second opinion.
What are the advantages of sending my patients to the Swedish Heart & Vascular Institute? What sets Swedish apart from other heart surgery competitors?
Swedish is the only place in Seattle that performs:
- robotic heart surgery
- routine and frequent minimally invasive heart surgery
- frequent stentless valve surgery
- total arterial revascularization – using only arteries (not veins) to revascularize the heart.
Swedish is also continuing to develop and adapt the daVinci robot to cardiac surgical procedures and will be expanding that capability over the next two years. Swedish has the unique advantage of already having a mature minimally invasive heart surgery program in place which is absolutely necessary to be able to do the robotic procedure satisfactorily. Swedish cardiac surgeon Dr. Eric Lehr has performed more than 25 robotic heart surgeries at Swedish and more than 300 prior to coming on staff at Swedish in 2011.
What is unique about the Swedish cardiac team that doctors should know?
Swedish is the highest volume program in the Greater Seattle area performing heart surgery. The long tradition of cardiac surgery at Swedish cannot be under-emphasized because the experience of a heart surgery program is so critical to its overall outcomes.
Cardiac and minimally invasive surgeries at Swedish have an outstanding team approach with tremendous depth and breadth from all levels of care including cardiac surgeons, OR, cardiac anesthesia and ICU.
Our team is extensive and highly specialized:
- 4 dedicated cardiac surgeons
- 8 dedicated full-time cardiac surgery physician assistants, each with an average of 11 year's experience
- 10 intensivists for ICU who are double-boarded in pulmonary medicine and ICU medicine
- 30 cardiologists who see patients simultaneously so that at any given time the patient is seen by the cardiologist, cardiac surgeon and physician assistant every day. And the office staff has extensive experience with very little turnover. The OR staff also has a huge amount of overall experience.
- 7 board certified cardiac anesthesiologists who are also TEE-certified (Trans-Esophageal Echocardiography) which means they've had extensive training, testing and certification which sets them apart from other cardiac anesthesiologists.
Bottom line, what are the most critical things for primary care providers to know when referring their patients to Swedish for heart surgery?
- As the highest volume cardiac surgery program in the Greater Seattle area, Swedish has performed more than 46,000 heart surgeries and is known as the go-to cardiac surgery program for high-risk patients.
- Every heart patient at Swedish is a candidate for minimally invasive surgery until proven otherwise. This is important since these patients are less likely to have blood transfusions and benefit from a much faster recovery than traditional open-heart patients. And, the minimally invasive surgery program at Swedish is strategically integrated with our robotic heart surgery program.
- Dedicated cardiac surgeons who specialize in cardiac surgery, and that's all they do – they do not perform thoracic or vascular surgery.
- Swedish heart surgery patients receive an exceptionally high level of personal care.
What educational resources can I provide for my patients?
Swedish has a great one-stop information resource for heart surgery patients. Learn more.
What if my patient is having surgery at Swedish but lives far away? Are there affordable accommodations for family members?
Family members will find the Inn at Cherry Hill a reasonably priced option for staying near our First Hill Campus. Learn more about the Inn at Cherry Hill and other neighborhood accommodations.
Where can my patient call for an appointment?
For a consultation appointment, call Swedish Cardiac Surgery at 206-320-7300. The office is located at 1600 E. Jefferson, Suite 110 in Seattle.
Contact Information
Cardiac Surgery1600 E. Jefferson Street
Suite 110
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone: 206-320-7300
Fax: 206-320-4698
Map & Directions
Find a Cardiac SurgeonFind a Physician
Network of locations
Cardiovascular services are provided at our main facility at Cherry Hill and at multiple locations in King, Snohomish, Clallam and Grays Harbor Counties.
Are you at risk for heart disease?
More people are seeking the advice of a cardiologist before something bad happens. Let us help you evaluate and minimize your risk. Hear from a cardiologist and watch videos of heart patients and their journey through treatment.
What to expect during your hospital stay
Take a personalized interactive tour, click here. Also see: Patient Guide for Cardiac Surgery
Watch and learn
Educational videos on our innovative cardiovascular conditions and treatment options.


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Calvin Lamar Aytch Jr., 17, 1619 Stocks McLawhorn Road, Hookerton, April 8, misdemeanor trespassing. Bond: $1,000. Arresting officer: T. Warters.
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Shakella Shonta Holmes, 31, 1208 Apple Tree Road, Stantonsburg, April 9, misdemeanor simple worthless checks/order for arrest. Bond: $1,000. Arresting officer: C. Crawford.
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Grey College will kick off their season on Monday when they play Harmony Sports School from Virginia.
Harmony are well-known for their running rugby and will provide a big challenge for the boys from Bloemfontein.
Players like William Small-Smith, Johan Goosen, Niel Jordaan and Henco Venter will form the core of the Grey team as they all played for the 1st XV last year.
The coaching staff will use this game to finalise their team that will be participating in the Kearsney College Easter Festival, and build some early momentum ahead of a tough season.
'A good first game always builds confidence and shows whether pre-season training has been successful,' said coach Roelf Meyer. 'There is healthy competition among the boys, and they all want to boost their chances of playing for the 1st XV in 2010.'
Grey College: 15 Niel Marais, 14 Ruwellyn Isbell, 13 William Small-Smith, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 JJ de Klerk, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Kevin Luiters, 8 Niel Jordaan, 7 Tyron Schultz, 6 Henco Greyling, 5 Cobus Nel, 4 Gerhard Olivier, 3 Rudolph Botha, 2 Armand Stoman, 1 Rudi Fuls. Subs: 16 Anrich Bitzi, 17 Neethling Fouche, 18 Henco Venter, 19 Leneve Damens, 20 Nicol Linde, 21 Paul Jordaan, 22 Inus Keyser


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The mobile space is exploding with smartphones in every pocket and tablets on the horizon. James Kendrick brings you the latest news from the mobile world and a breakdown of what it means to you.
James Kendrick
James Kendrick has been using mobile devices since they weighed 30 pounds, and has been sharing his insights on mobile technology for almost that long. Prior to joining ZDNet, James was the Founding Editor of jkOnTheRun, a CNET Top 100 Tech Blog that was acquired by GigaOM in 2008 and is now part of that prestigious tech network. James' writing has appeared in many print publications: Smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine, Information Week and Laptop Magazine to name a few. James' coverage of the mobile technology sector has regularly appeared in the New York Times, Salon.com and CNN/ Fortune online. Not just a writer, James has filmed numerous video reviews and how-tos that have garnered well over a million viewers. He has appeared on local news segments and been interviewed by the Associated Press on mobile technology topics. Additionally, James has been podcasting about mobile technology for years.


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Tom Güldemann
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Tom Güldemann studied general linguistics, African linguistics and Portuguese at the Universities of Leipzig and Cologne. He finished his PhD in 1995 on "Verb morphology and dependent clauses in Bantu" (University of Cologne) and his 'habilitation' thesis in 2001 on "Quotative constructions in African languages: a synchronic and diachronic survey" (University of Leipzig). He has been affiliated with the MPI-EVA since October 2000 and among other things directs there 2 documentation projects on endangered Tuu languages. He is currently professor at the Institute for Asian and African Studies at the Humboldt University Berlin.
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Before diving directly into the new features in Groovy 1.7, please let me mention the great progress made in terms of IDE support for Groovy (and also for Griffon, Gradle or Grails). All the major IDEs (Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, NetBeans) provide an excellent level of support for the language. Initially, the Eclipse support was the one lacking the most, but thanks to the hard work of the SpringSource Eclipse team, we now have a great environment for developing mixed Java / Groovy applications with features like cross-language refactoring, Groovy-specific code completion, and more.
New features
Anonymous Inner Classes and Nested Classes
Although oftentimes closures and maps coercion suffice, there are still areas where the lack of Anonymous Inner Classes (AIC) and Nested Classes (NC) can be problematic. That's why we decided to eventually implement AIC and NC in Groovy 1.7.
Nested Static Classes
Here's an example of Nested Static Classes:
The usage of static nested classes is the best supported one. If you absolutely need an inner class, you should make it a static one.
Anonymous Inner Classes
Some other examples, this time for Anonymous Inner Classes:
Accessing the Outer Context from a Nested Class
If you are in a nested class Y and the surrounding class is X, then you can access the variable v of X in Java by X.this.v. Groovy does not support this syntax.
Creating Instances of Non-Static Inner Classes
In Java you can do this:
It should be noted that the nested class X needs a reference to the outer class instance of Y. For this Java will create a constructor that takes Y as first parameter in X. This constructor is synthetic, so it won't appear in any code completion.
In case of new X(), like you have it in method foo(), then compiler will then create new X(this) instead. In case of createX the compiler will create new X(y). Groovy does not support this.
Instead Groovy supports giving the instance in like the compiler would do it. That means the code above has to be rewritten as
Groovy's support of annotations is identical to Java 5 annotations, but we felt that in some cases it would be interesting to be able to add annotations in other places than the usual places (types, fields, methods, parameters, etc.). For instance, in Java, it is impossible to add annotations on imports or packages. Groovy does go beyond and adds support for annotation on imports, packages and variable declarations. We'll take a look at the usage of those extended annotations on Grape.
The Grape dependency system lets you request dependencies in your scripts, without having to deal with downloading, packaging, or specifying the classpath yourself. To use Grape, we had to use the @Grab annotation to "grab" a dependency from a repository (Maven's central repository, for example). The problem was that annotation had to be attached to some allowed elements, ie. the places where annotations can be put in Java. Now, we can put annotations on imports:
Another example with @Grab on variable declarations:
A Grape resolver was added, so you can specify a remote location where grapes are downloaded from:
Power Asserts
Groovy's "assert" keyword has sometimes been criticized as it's, in a way, limited, as it just checks that the expression it's being passed is true or false. Unlike with testing frameworks such as JUnit/TestNG and the various additional assertion utilities, where you get nicer and more descriptive messages, Groovy's assert would just tell you the expression was false, and would give the value of variables used in the expression, but nothing more. With Power Asserts, initially developed in the Spock Framework, the output of the assert is now much nicer and provides a visual representation of the value of each sub-expressions of the expression being asserted. For example:
Will yield:
With Groovy 1.6, we introduced AST Transformations, for letting developers do compile-time metaprogramming, by modifying the Abstract Syntax Tree before it is transformed into bytecode. In Groovy 1.6, several such transformations were added, especially "local" transformations triggered by annotations (such as @Delegate, @Singleton, @Bindable and friends). However powerful this feature is, writing AST transformation has always been a bit tedious. Groovy 1.7 features two new features which should help simplify the work of AST transformation writers: an AST viewer and an AST builder.
AST Viewer
The following screenshot shows a new window that can be launched from the Groovy Swing Console. You can visualize the AST of a script you're working on in the console: for instance, writing the code you'd like to create in your AST transformation. The AST viewer greatly help with figuring out how Groovy builds its AST when compiling your Groovy code.
AST Builder
Visualizing the AST is one thing, but we also need a mechanism to create and modify ASTs more easily. The introduction of the AST builder simplifies the authoring of AST transformations, by giving you three different approaches for working on the AST:
- building from string
- building from code
- building from specification
Before the AST builder, one had to create and instantiate manually all the various AST nodes. Let's see how those three forms help with this, for instance for creating a node representing a constant string.
Building from string
Building from code
Building from specification
Other minor enhancements
Ability to customize the Groovy Truth
In Groovy, booleans aren't the sole things which can be evaluated to true or false, but for instance, null, empty strings or collections are evaluated to false or true if of length > 0 or non-empty. This notion of "truth" was coined "Groovy Truth" in the Groovy in Action book. With Groovy Truth, instead of doing frequent null checks, you could simply write:
Up until Groovy 1.7, only a small set of classes had a certain meaning with regards to how they were coerced to a boolean value, but now it is possible to provide a method for coercion to boolean in your own classes. For example, the following Predicate class offers the ability to coerce Predicate instances to true or false, thanks to the implementation of the boolean asBoolean() method:
Is is also possible to use categories or ExpandoMetaClass to inject an asBoolean() method, or to override an existing one (even one on the small set of classes with special Groovy truth behavior).
Dependency upgrades
Some of the dependencies of Groovy have been upgraded to newer versions.
For instance, Groovy now uses the latest ASM version, which is "invokedynamic"-ready. So as we progress towards the inclusion of JSR-292 / invokedynamic, we'll be ready and be using the latest version of ASM. We also use the latest version of Ivy which is used by the Grape dependency module.
Rewrite of the GroovyScriptEngine
The GroovyScriptEngine (which is also used by Groovlets) has been rewritten to solve various dependency issues it was suffering from, and the outcome of this is that it should also now be much faster overall.
The new logic uses additional phase operations to track dependencies. As a result the error-prone class loader technique to track them is gone now. These operations ensure that every script file will be tracked, its dependencies recorded during compilation and all transitive dependencies will be calculated. And only scripts will be recorded as dependency, no classes. The new GroovyScriptEngine also uses only one compilation "process" for script compilation which solves the problem of circular or mutual dependencies, that caused stack overflows in the past. As a result the new engine can reliably handle dependencies and should be much faster.
Groovy console preferences
A small annoyance, especially for developers using big LCD screens: the Groovy Console didn't remember preferences of position of the separator between the coding area and output view, or the font size being used. This is now fixed, as the console remembers such settings. You won't need anymore to adjust the console to your liking each time you run it, it should now have some more brain cells to remember your preferences.
New output window for the Groovy console
There is a new visualization option for the results of the execution of your scripts in your Groovy Console. Instead of displaying the results in the bottom output pane, it's now possible to use an external window for viewing those results. Run your script with CTRL-R or CMD-R, you will see something like the following screenshot. You can then dismiss the window by hitting Escape, CTRL-W (CMD-W on Macs) or Enter.
You will also notice the addition of line numbers in the gutter of the editor area.
SQL batch updates and transactions
Batch updates
The Groovy Sql class now features batch updates, thanks to its new withBatch() method, taking a closure and a statement instance:
Similarly, there's a withTransaction() method added to Sql, which works also with datasets:


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Commission study finds Small companies create 85% of new jobsNews - 16/01/2012
A Commision study published on 16th January 2012 finds that 85% of net new jobs (1) in the EU between 2002 and 2010 were created by small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This figure is considerably higher than the 67%-share of SMEs in total employment. During this period, net employment in the EU's business economy rose substantially, by an average of 1.1 million new jobs each year.
The employment growth for SMEs outpaced that of enterprises with 0.5% on an annual basis. A clear exception is the trade sector, in which employment in SMEs increased by 0.7% annually, compared to 2.2% in large enterprises. This is due to the strong increase of large trade enterprises, in particular in sales, maintenance and repair of motor vehicles. Within the SME size-class, micro firms (less than 10 employees) are responsible with 58% for the highest proportion of total net employment growth in the business economy. Secondly new firms (younger than five years) are responsible for an overwhelming majority of the new jobs. New enterprises operating in business services create more than a quarter (27%) of the new jobs, while the new firms in transport and communication contribute least (6%).
Despite this dynamism, the study finds that SMEs had been hit far more severely by the economic crisis. As a result of the 2009/2010 economic crisis the number of jobs in the SME-sector has on average decreased by 2.4% annually, as against 0.95% annually in the large enterprises sector. Employment developments are still negative in 2010, but expectations for 2011 were improving at the time the survey was held. The share of firms that expected to lay off employees in 2011 was smaller than the share of firms that actually laid off employees in 2010.
Besides the employment effects, by far the most important negative effect of the crisis on firms is the overall decline of total demand for their products and services (mentioned by 62% of companies), followed by the increase in customer payment terms (mentioned by 48% of firms) and finally the shortage of working capital, which affected 31% of the respondents.
The study is part of the SME Performance Review project and based on a survey of enterprises conducted at the end of 2010 and covering the 27 EU member states and 10 other countries participating in the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme, namely Albania, Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Iceland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway, Serbia, and Turkey.
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Okay, you young whippersnappers! I know in your tiny little undeveloped minds you believe that all of history began on your birthday, but the fact is that nothing you do or have is possible without the work and contributions of those who went before. Here, then, is a list of people who made comicking (and webcomicking) what it is today.
Feel free to add to the list. I may come back and add why you should remember these people, but I want to give you all a chance to check them out for yourselves, so you really know.
Seigel & Shuster and Bob KaneBetween them, they created most of the major conventions in modern superhero comics.
Will EisnerSpent most of his career with both middle fingers raised in salute to the Cmics Code Authority. A catalog of all the ways
The Spirit
got away with ignoring the CCA would take more space than is available on the internet.
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve DitkoCreated the so-called Marvel Age of comics (also called the Silver Age). Lee's writing and Kirby and Ditko's art retargeted comics for a crowd of children that was growing up. Other elements, such as (more or less) consistent continuity and believable (for the form) characterization changed the way comics were viewed (by those who bothered to read them--everyone else still thought they were kddy books for kids).
John Romita, Neal Adams, othersCreated the Spandex Superhero. I can't honestly say who was first, but at some point between 1968 and 1975 this group of contemporaries all decided they couldn't be arsed to put actual clothes on superheroes who were much too busy punching people in the face. Considering this was about 10 years before Lycra Spandex became publicly available, it amounted to painting logos on the heroes' naked bodies.
Chris Claremont , Len Wein, Dave Cockrum, John ByrneX-men. Everything you think you know about superhero comics came about because these guys took a goofy team comic about pretty private school students with powers and turned it into a freak show that developed in the most punchtastic soap opera in history. Every bizarre question in the Marvel Universe has its roots in an X-Men comic or spinoff (for instance, why is Captain Britain's twin sister Japanese? Read the X-Men).
Bill Sinkiewicz (sp)Blurred the line between art and comic art. His run on the New Mutants was just this side of Abstract Expressionism. His
mini-series was insanity having an orgy with delusion and Schizophrenia.
Alan Moore & Neil GaimanMore or less created the Vertigo imprint, notable both for being adult-theme comics and for the amazing strides they made for artists rights to their intellectual property.
Mike Krahulik and Jerry HolkinsAs soon as
Penny Arcade
started making money, these guys started treating it like a business. Their dedication to that business and improving their product is why PA is still on top when others are gone.
Chris Crosby and Darren BleuelCreated Keenspot, the first of the online comics communities.
Fred GallagherHis
jumped from inconsistent online comic to publication on the Tokyo Pop imprint to other things...I don't know, I've never been a big fan.
Todd MacFarlaneStarted the school of "Tiny lines and dots drawn with an engineering pen".
Wendy and Richard PiniWaRP Graphics was an indy imprint that wasn't underground. The Pinis' reprint contract with Marvel helped shape the artists' rights debates of the eighties.
Jean (Moebius) Giraud, Richard Corben, Robert Crumb, othersYou didn't have to be insanely stoned to enjoy
Heavy Metal
and the other pseudo-underground magazines that anthologized the works of these men, but it made many of them easier to understand (especially the giant leather hats).
Warren Ellis (awaiting expansion by poster)
Grant Morrison (awaiting expansion by poster)
Colleen Doran (awaiting expansion by poster)
This list is by no means exhaustive, but it will serve for now. You other oldies should put on your wifebeaters (and probably pants) and add to the list to make it more accurate.
EDIT: Corrected and expanded.
EDIT 2: Added reasons they're notable, deleted some, grouped others. Will add other suggestions when time permits.
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You misspelled Will Eisner! Such blasphemy!
I would add Jean "Moebius" Giraud, Robert Crumb, Warren Ellis and Grant Morrison.
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How about Wendy Pini and Colleen Doran?
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Yeesh! I meant to add the Pini's and it went right out of my head.
Added all of the suggestions except Robert Crumb.
Casual Notice--commentary, comics and an appreciation for snappy hats.
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Oooh, and Neal Adams!
This is a great idea, by the way.
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I would add Scott McCloud, Phil (and Kaja) Foglio, and Jeff Smith. Oh, and Art Spiegelman.
EDIT: I wasn't going to get into manga, but honestly, Osamu Tezuka has been such a huge influence he really belongs on the list.
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George Herriman
Hal Foster
Milton Caniff
Los Bros. Hernandez
Carla Speed McNeill
Dave Sim (yes, he's crazy now but so is John Byrne)
Jim Steranko
Chester Gould
Charles Shulz
Bill Watterson
Walt Kelly
Seconded on Osamu Tezuka. For that matter, Georges Remi/Herge deserves a spot.
Also Winsor McCay
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:37 pm
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Gilbert Shelton
George Metzger
Fred Schrier
Richard Corben
Vaughn Bodē
Lyonel Feininger (Missing him would be a crime, his comic works are really important besides his Bauhaus fame, and the first, maybe even the only serious artist that went into comics)
George Herriman
Frank Frazetta (actually the founder of all fantasy art as own genre)
Spain Rodriguez
William Gaines & Co
Aley Raymond
and although I don't like Robert Crumb's stories to much, he is to important to be missed.
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I forgot Lee Falk on my list. Every spandex-clad superhero owes a debt to The Ghost Who Walks.
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:42 pm
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Reading down the original list, my only thought was, "But where are all the newspaper cartoonists?" Glad to see people bringing up their names in the replies.
A couple more to add:
Harold Gray
Allison Bechdel
Gary Larson
And, if we are indeed going international (albeit while Westernizing the name orders):
Riyoko Ikeda
Naoko Takeuchi
Rumiko Takahashi
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I would add B. Kliban to my list, though he's not for everyone...
Plus, Windsor McCay - especially his "Dream of the Rarebit Fiend."
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Casual Notice wrote:
Added all of the suggestions except Robert Crumb.
Why? He's kind of important.
I'd add Eastman and Laird, just because of their importance in the ownership of character rights
...and how has no one mentioned Bill Finger?
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Sergio Aragones
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This morning I woke up with another name slapping my brain around for not being put forth: Carl Barks.
Carl Barks absolutely should be on the list, especially because (in the U.S. at least) a lot of people don't know who he is, even though they'll all recognize the characters he created. Seems like he's much more known on the world stage than he ever was in the homeland.
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Clint Wolf wrote:
This morning I woke up with another name slapping my brain around for not being put forth: Carl Barks.
Carl Barks absolutely should be on the list, especially because (in the U.S. at least) a lot of people don't know who he is, even though they'll all recognize the characters he created. Seems like he's much more known on the world stage than he ever was in the homeland.
I absolutely second this!
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HOUSTON Professional cheerleaders capture the attention of audiences nationwide, and they re typically known for being easy on the eyes, but some new uniforms debuted by the Dallas Mavericks dancers are raising a question: How sexy is too sexy?
Fans across the country have been commenting on the revealing outfits seen during Monday s halftime.
For nowadays 2012, it s not that bad really, said Marilyn Wells.
Through the stands at a high school football game at Del Mar Stadium, opinions seemed to be everywhere about the new uniforms.
It s a little skimpy. I m going to tell you that is really skimpy, said Page Steele.
Some asked what the big deal was.
I think they re a little overdressed. Of course, I ve got a daughter who s a cheerleader down there, and she will not be wearing anything like that, said Dennis Stanek.
Cheerleaders down on the field didn t think the uniforms were anything out of the ordinary.
When you re in the NFL, or NBA, you re going to wear that, no matter what. We ve always seen it, that s how it s always been, said Charlotte Blakemore, a cheerleader for Lamar High School.
The dance coach and choreographer of the Houston Rockets Power Dancers says it s important to appeal to a wide audience. She says that takes more thought than you may think.
Catering to that 14-year-old boy or even that 30-year-old woman that they can inspire, said Natalie Alvarado.
Alvarado said it starts with a vision, turns into a sketch and evolves to what you see on the court. She said it s important to create a uniform that the girls can move in.
One of her recent ideas for a uniform came from an outfit that Houston-born Beyonce was wearing.
I was a power dancer. I remember what it was like wearing that small top or itty-bitty shorts, added Alavarado. In my job, in my line of work, you want to head to that line [of being provocative, but not too provocative], but you never want to cross it.


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Intermittent rain didn't dampen charitable spirits as thousands still turned out for the 32nd annual Havelock Chili Festival on Friday night and Saturday.
"I was surprised at the numbers of people that stayed out in the rain to enjoy the festival," said Stephanie Duncan, executive director of the Havelock Chamber of Commerce, which puts on the annual fund raiser in Havelock's Walter B. Jones Park.
Duncan admitted that there were less than the typical 20,000-plus that have attended the event in past years.
On Friday night, 15,000 chicken wings were sold plus thousands of cubs of green chili. On Saturday, an untold number of cups of red chili were sold, all to raise money for Havelock-area charitable groups.
Deanna Reed, of Havelock, loved the wings. "I'm not a spicy type of person and it's got the perfect amount of bite," Reed said.
"I made 40 gallons last night and the pot wasn't filled up. I was making it until 1 o'clock this morning," said Tim Newton, a past president and member of the Cherry Point-Havelock Rotary Club. "We had 31 pounds of venison in ours. All of the Rotarians bring a gallon or two a piece and we just keep adding to it."
It takes a lot of chili, as about 10 members of the group spent the whole day stirring a 50-gallon pot as five members of their interact club served the $1-a-cup samples.
"We want to keep our title as People's Choice winner," Newton said. "We've won I don't know how many years in a row," Newton said. "It's all for a good cause."
"It gives back to the people," said rotary member Jim Freeman. "This is a big thing going back so many years. It's wonderful that we have a big place to have it."
Jermaine Franks came down from Raleigh to compete in the red chili competition and then sold out his batch.
"We're all sold out," he said. "We sold probably 250 to 260 cups. I feel pretty good. This is my first time in Havelock. I thought there was a pretty good turnout. Great music. Great crowd. We're definitely going to do it again next year."
Julie Brown, of Winterville, also sold out.
"That's it," she said as she spooned the last cup out of her pot Saturday afternoon.
"We're served a couple of hundred at least," said Brown, who is in her second time at the festival and was one of the 20 competition cooks. "On red (chili) I think I did better this year because of the spices and the whole methodical process. I had my mind in the right spot. I had to focus."
Jamie Grady, of Mt. Olive, came to compete too.
"I felt like I done real well," he said, after selling out of his red chili. "I enjoy it. This year it seemed like it was better than last year. I think I understood the way it was organized more than I did last year."
Duncan said she had "people coming out of the woodwork" to volunteer. It takes help to organize and serve 80 vendors, the 20 cooks and 100 booths at the festival.
People do work together to make it happen year after year.
Friday night, after the rain began, a decision was made not to let the vendors drive on the grass lot during the break-down in an effort to keep the mud down on Saturday.
"Last night when it rained so hard, they couldn't bring their cars up here, so the police, the firemen and the Marines helped them get their stuff to their cars," said Pi Master volunteer Barbara Winters. "Everybody pitches in."
Dennis Metcalf, who lived in Havelock for 20 years and had to move with his job, came back from Charleston, S.C. to attend with his family.
"It's a great little event. I don't think people appreciate it," Metcalf said.


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The controversial issue of immigration has dominated headlines for months. It has been the hottest of all hot buttons this election season. And Salem is not immune from the debate: In April 20,000 people, Latino and Anglo alike, marched around campus for an immigration justice rally at the state capitol (shown right). Willamette professors have also been engaged. After his editorial about the rally was published in the Salem Statesman Journal, longtime activist and Rhetoric Professor Nathaniel 'Nacho' Cordova still laments the bundling of immigrants with terrorism and asks, "Do we really need another war, this time a war on immigrants?" Law Professor Keith Cunningham-Parmeter recently won a $400,000 class action settlement on behalf of mostly Latino employees for overtime and workplace safety violations. Law Professor Norman Williams editorialized in The Oregonian that the political rhetoric is disabled by "a pronounced inability to see Mexican Americans — even those who are citizens and who have lived here for decades — as authentic, loyal Americans."
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The terrorist tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, put the country on edge about migrants. Encouragement from media personalities stirred the unending debate about immigration to new levels of shrillness and polarization. In particular, the threat of terrorism became entwined with perennial issues related to the status of undocumented workers in this country. Vigilantes deployed along the Mexican border, members of Congress called for the criminalization of undocumented status itself, and plans unfolded for military defense of the Mexican border including the extension of a fence along it. Several proposals even called for an amendment to the Constitution to deny citizenship to children of non-citizens. Promising negotiations with Mexico to solve migration issues abruptly ended.
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Study after study has shown that immigrants, fully documented or otherwise, generally do not take jobs from citizens or cause a decrease in fair and decent wages, so long as the domestic labor force is adequately protected. The well-respected Pew Hispanic Center concluded as much in a recent research report. Studies also have confirmed that consumers and the national economy rely on migrant labor that exceeds authorized levels of immigration.
Other studies, focused on immigration processes in other countries, have revealed a correlation between the characteristics of immigration controls and who has authority for those controls within the government. For example, countries whose military plays a significant role in immigration control are more likely to be concerned about border controls, whereas vesting authority over immigration in a ministry of labor may imply a greater concern for protection of the domestic workforce. Understandably, then, the shift of authority after Sept. 11 from the U.S. Department of Justice to the new Department of Homeland Security has entailed a closer association between the terrorist threat and the presence of undocumented workers in this country, regardless of their origins or motivations.
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Brandon Jennings and Paul Milsap !
Patience- We just need to mature and add small pieces but our core is set
Half-Way There- We still missing a big piece (ie team 3rd best player)
A long way off- We still need to trade Gordon. This is going to be a long process.
Tank- This is for you Wisconsinhornet
Coaching Change- We need a new coach before we think about contending
I know this is a bit knee-jerkish, but I thought this would be an interesting question to the forum:
With Eric gordon coming back, and the warm-fuzzies resurfacing, what else do you think we need to do to become a contender?
After seeing a lot of people post I found about 5 main themes.
I personally believe we're under the 1 Big piece away along with a little time.
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"I don't know if people know I dislocated my pinkie finger. And [Tyreke] told me, 'You wanna go home or you wanna be here?' I want to be here. And he said, 'All right, then go tape it up and let's play. Let's go. We not stoppin' at no stores. Straight gas. That's what we do, just keep going.'"
I am firm believer of the first. Randerson, Gordon, and Davis are our corner stones. And POSSIBLY Rivers.
"Its important to us to bring in good people, people who can fit in the locker room and people you want to root and cheer for. People that want to win. Were trying to build for the long haul. -Dell Demps
I think it is kind of a combo of several things. We need to be patient. Our team has a lot of developing to do. ryno ad and Gordon is a strong core, but we absolutely need to add an above avg Sf. And to be true contenders I think that sf needs to be a big splash(i dont want to wait 3 years - dont think we have that luxury). we will need to add quality depth and better all around talent also. Even with a nice additional piece we are one injury from irrelevance.
Patience, major player, additional depth.
And strong minded offensive assistant wouldn't hurt.
Hornets Guru,
I'm actually shocked you picked just patience!
Fine line, though, between patience & your other two goals ! Rookie Contracts are only 3 yr guarantee w/ (4th) as option year,so if patience means waiting 2 years to be complete, you have to start worrying about both AD & Rivers(maybe), but EGO is probably gonna be a coin toss for a possible trade in his 3rd year . TOUGH TASK ! In Dell we trust !
Oh definetly. We have now seen how Gordon changes the dynamic of our team. We need him on the court.
The best choice is my opinion is to trade our pick for a good player. It wouldn't hurt but would help.
If Gordon sticks around, and Davis continues to improve, our 3rd best player is already here in Ryan Anderson. Tanking this year would help secure an even better 3rd player, but I think we have a solid 3, we just need them to gel.
If you Jimmer it, they will come.
Another scorer on the wing, either at the 3 or 1 position.
We do need time for them to Gel but I think outside of our core of Ryno, EG, AD, we need more EFFICIENT players, not necessarily all stars but more efficiency, and that comes with maturity sometimes (xavier henry is NOT efficient but a vet for example)... And we also need that extra star player to take us to the next level whenever EG or Gravy is having a bad day, our guard and wing play is atrocious sometimes to the point where we lose games because of it... Needs to change
So a really good SF and maybe another scoring punch off of the bench (will Rivers ever become this?) or a very efficient guy off of the bench (decent defender, great shooter)
Patience. We have our core. Gordon and Anderson are already proven vets who should be All Stars. Davis is already shown to be a gem and once he fills out he will be truly a pleasure to watch. Not to mention with Lopez coming into his own and Vasquez working well with EJ we pretty much have our guys. Still don't know what Rivers will bring us. But, we just need a few small pieces as we move on.
For me, it is either that last big piece (Jennings, Iggy, etc) or solid depth that allows us to play like San Antonio. I wouldn't mind taking all the cap room and splitting it up and giving it to three guys like Chase Budinger, Gerald Henderson, and T. Mozgov.
Injuries are always going to occur, and the biggest problem I see with this roster is that there is such a dramatic drop off in some areas. San Antonio has its three stars and then a ton of depth. Miami goes with a more top heavy roster. Both could work. Wouldn't mind either
Roles that I think current players could be on a title team if they hit their peaks, stay healthy:
Davis- Best player
Gordon- 2nd best player
Anderson- 3rd or 4th best overall player; 2nd leading scorer
Vasquez- 15-20 minutes 7th man
Lopez- 12-16 minute big
Smith- 12-16 minute big
Rivers- Jason Terry in Dallas type starter/bench player
I dont think anybody else on this roster would get a minute for a playoff caliber team. There is a small chance that Darius Miller or Lance Thomas could be solid 10th men on a good team.
That leaves us needing:
- One solid low post scorer
- Another above average rebounder on the front line
- One more great three-point shooter or two solid one's
- One more guy who can create for others
- One more guy who can lockdown on the perimeter so all that isn't put on Gordon
We're half way there, we still need a 1 and a 3 (one being an allstar level shot creator) and depth. This draft will be very important. You should still go BPA, but we need another piece. I like our core, we're a solid playoff team as is, but people are underestimating the kind of talent you need to win a championship.
Ideal contending pelicans roster:
pg) playmaking borderline allstar
sg) Gordon
sf) provides defense and 3 point shooting
pf) Anderson
C) Davis
6) true center (possibly Lopez, I'd prefer an upgrade though)
7) versatile, agressive wing
8) high basketball IQ combo guard (possibly Vasquez)
9) a power forward with hustle and high motor (possibly Jason Smith)
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A lot of depth would be the first step. A bench with Mason and Henry wont cut it.
Mason, Roberts, Henry, Thomas --- all get playing time on this team, even with Eric Gordon. Which of them can get even one minute on any playoff contender? I will even throw Rivers in there at this stage of his development.
IMO, we have 6 actual NBA players on this roster and have to give 40-60 mins per game to a couple of guys who are completely overwhelmed. When one (or more) of our 6 guys gets hurt, that means we are up to 100+ minutes being played by significantly below replacement level players. Can't happen if you want to survive the grind of the 82 game season
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2005, Marketing Science
Adam Duhachek, Anne T. Coughlan, Dawn Iacobucci
In this research, we investigate the behavior of Cronbach's coefficient alpha and its new standard error. We systematically analyze the effects of sample size, scale length, strength of item intercorrelations, and scale dimensionality. We demonstrate the beneficial effects of sample size on alpha's standard error and of scale length and the strengths of item intercorrelations (effects that are substitutes in their benefits) on both alpha and its standard error. Our findings also speak to this adage: Heterogeneity within the item covariance matrix (e.g., through multidimensionality or poor items) negatively impacts reliability by decreasing the precision of the estimation. We also examined the question of "equilibrium" scale length, showing the conditions for which it is optimal to add no items, or one, or multiple items to a scale. In terms of "best practices," we recommend that researchers report a confidence interval or standard error along with the coefficient alpha point estimate.
Duhachek, Adam, Anne T. Coughlan and Dawn Iacobucci (2005), "Results on the Standard Error of the Coefficient Alpha Index of Reliability," Marketing Science, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 294-301.
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ELON – Members of the Elon University board of trustees have decided that Chick-fil-A can remain on campus.
The decision was announced Thursday in a lengthy email sent to students, faculty and staff. The restaurant chain has been at the center of controversy since last summer when Dan Cathy, the company's chief operating officer, made public statements supporting the traditional family and speaking against same-sex marriage.
Protests — both in opposition to and in support of the chain — followed at numerous locations. At Elon, members of the student government association voted to kick Chick-fil-A off campus. The president of the student association vetoed the vote. SGA members tried to overturn the veto, but didn't have the votes.
At Elon, opponents of the company criticized its president, Truett Cathy, for his opposition to gay marriage and contributions through Winshape, its charitable wing, to organizations that some describe as anti-gay.
According to Thursday's email, three factors went into making the decision to permit the restaurant to remain at Elon. They include:
— Elon's food service contract is with Aramark (not Chick-fil-A) and staff members serving Chick-fil-A food at Elon are Aramark employees protected by a non-discrimination policy similar to Elon's.
"There has been no evidence of discrimination or complaints about service at Chick-fil-A on our campus," the board email reads.
— Board members said they're reluctant to put the university in a position of monitoring or making value judgments about the lawful philanthropic giving of vendors or related organizations.
"Removing Chick-fil-A solely on the basis of the owners' stated views or their lawful philanthropic choices would stand in opposition to Elon's mission statement, which encourages freedom of thought and liberty of conscience," the email reads.
— Circumstances regarding Chick-fil-A have changed since last summer.
"Chick-fil-A, its owners and the Winshape Foundation have modified previous positions and stepped away from taking political stands on gay rights issues," the email continues.
According to the board, considerable work went into making the decision outlined in Thursday's email. The university appointed a 15-member Vendor Policy Study Committee that included students, faculty, staff, trustees and alumni.
"Given our commitment to student engagement and our respect for human differences, we saw great value in taking time to study the issues, dig deeper into the facts, understand differing points of view and weigh the evidence and opinions expressed by hundreds of stakeholders," the email reads.
It stated the board's conviction to uphold Elon's non-discrimination policy and pointed out the university offers same-sex partner benefits to employees.
"We applaud efforts to confront discrimination whenever it is present on the Elon campus," it reads.
The university has recently hired a full-time staff position to support the interest and needs of the LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Ally) community, the email states. Dan Anderson, a spokesman for the university, said that while the position has been filled, the employee doesn't start work until summer. Attempts were unsuccessful Thursday to reach members of Elon's LGBTQIA community.
According to the email, Chick-fil-A's location on campus will be moved by early fall to the first floor of McEwen Dining Hall. That's as a result of previously announced plans to remodel Moseley Center, which will no longer include food service facilities.
"The board believes Elon has benefitted from carefully considering these complicated and sometimes deeply personal issues," the email concludes. "Our community has resisted calls to make a quick and unilateral decision, studying the issues thoroughly, listening carefully to all opinions and insisting that every member of the community be treated with respect."
Elon University President Leo Lambert and SGA Executive President Welsford Bishopric issued a statement in response to the board's email.
"Today's communication from the Board of Trustees calls upon our community to further commit ourselves to building a campus climate of respectful and meaningful civic dialogue," it begins.
Lambert and Bishopric call for Elon's Council on Civic Engagement to work on a plan to develop civic education initiatives for the 2013-2014 school year. The goal, the pair said, will be to enhance Elon's intellectual climate and better prepare the university for formative conversations.
"We will always have differences," Lambert and Bishopric wrote. "When we engage those differences constructively, societal progress is advanced."


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With experts calling for the lowest temperatures for our area in eight years, here are some tips to help guide folks through the arctic blast that's coming.
The prediction
The forecast for tonight and Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service office in Raleigh.
Tonight: Breezy. Much colder. Clear. Lows around 6. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph. Gusts up to 35 mph in the evening. Lowest wind chill readings 7 below to 4 above zero after midnight.
Tuesday: Cold but sunny. Highs in the lower 20s. West winds 10 to 15 mph. Lowest wind chill readings 11 below to 3 above zero.
Tuesday night: Clear. Lows around 11.
What is the wind chill effect?
The Wind Chill Index is the temperature your body feels when the air temperature is combined with the wind speed. It is based on the rate of heat loss from exposed skin caused by the effects of wind and cold. As the speed of the wind increases, it can carry heat away from your body much more quickly. When there are high winds, serious weather-related health problems are more likely.
Heating your home safely
■ Do not place a space heater within 3 feet of anything that may catch fire
■ Ensure adequate ventilation if you must use a kerosene heater
■ If your space heater has a damaged electrical cord or produces sparks, do not use it
■ Use only the type of fuel your heater is designed to use
■ Never place a space heater on top of furniture or near water
Dress warmly and stay dry
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■ Sleeves that are snug at the wrist
■ Several layers of loose fitting clothing
■ Be sure outer layer of clothing is tightly woven to reduce body-heat loss caused by wind
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■ Do not drink alcoholic or caffeinated beverages
■ Drink warm, sweet beverages or broth to help maintain body tempe rature
Avoid exertion
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