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Goodwill's Youth Initiatives
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Nature and Purpose
Goodwill's Youth Initiative serves youth in grades 4-12 from all over Boston, with most attending from communities surrounding Goodwill's Roxbury headquarters: Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, and the South End. During the school year, the Academy will serve 50-60 students in two single-sex programs: the Academy for Girls and the Academy for Boys.
Goodwill created its Academy for Girls in 1996 after teens attending Goodwill's Fresh Air summer camp identified the desire for programming geared toward girls' sensibilities and interests. Fifteen years later, Goodwill's after-school Academy inspires girls to dream and gives them the support, skills, and resources to reach their fullest potential.
Goodwill's Academy for Boys follows a similar model to that of the Academy for Girls. The students all have snack together and attend the same field trips, although the programs themselves will operate separately.
Services include intensive academic supports and access to technology, both of which are needed to achieve in school, pass standardized tests, gain admittance to college or vocational school and make productive career choices while conducting themselves with pride, civility, and authority. At the same time, it is important that the students learn to recognize and use resources on their own so they can continue to be successful after they have moved on from the Academy. For this reason, the Academies' career ladder approach to leadership and independence helps students assume increasing levels of responsibility within the Academy and in their community. Mentoring provides access to role models. The Academies' also develop effective relationships with parents/guardians and school staff, helping them to provide girls with consistent encouragement and guidance and ensuring that the students feel fully embraced and supported.
The Academy runs from September through June from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday, with weekday extended hours as needed to help students with school projects and tutoring. On some weekends and during school vacations, programs include field trips and college visits.
Male and female PULSE students will work in the Boys or Girls Academy, respectively. PULSE students' primary responsibilities will be to serve as mentors and run workshops for the students enrolled in Goodwill's Academies. Activities will include tutoring and homework support, co-facilitating or leading workshops, projects, and community service efforts, assisting with college research and applications, and establishing positive relationships through consistent involvement and engagement with the girls. PULSE students will be encouraged to share their interests and knowledge with the students by leading workshops or activities, including but not limited to, dance, theater, art, or athletics. PULSE students will also assist the staff with projects or assignments as directed and requested.


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Email rec sports copy to firstname.lastname@example.com by 9 a.m. on Monday. When two Howard County teams play, players from both teams (first and last names) must be mentioned in the write-up.
Hunter Clawson and Caleb Clawson, brothers from Clarksville, were members of the Kent Suslavich rink which recently won the Optimist U18 International Curling Championships in British Columbia, Canada.


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EMEA External Disk Storage Systems Market Records a Sluggish 2014 First Quarter, Says IDC
The external disk storage systems market value in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) was down 1.4% year over year in terms of user value, according to the latest EMEA Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker from International Data Corporation (IDC). The dollar per gigabyte declined about 30% year on year, increasing shipped storage capacity by over 40% to a value just shy of 2.5 exabytes.
Western Europe
Western Europe declined 1% year on year, interrupting the positive trend built up in the last three quarters. "Western Europe's sluggish performance is down to deferred customer orders in view of model renewals, as well as still weak economies across the region," said Silvia Cosso, storage systems analyst with IDC Western Europe. "From a price band perspective, the high-end class dropped heavily for the fourth quarter in a row, as customers are shifting to the midrange. This trend is also aggravated by seasonality factors, with large accounts pushing back investments later in the year."
From a country perspective, traditionally strong economies such as France and most of the Nordics were on the negative side, while trends in crisis-battered economies such as the Iberian Peninsula, Greece, and Ireland remained volatile — a sign that the recovery could still be some way off. Overall, with France progressively losing ground since the second quarter of 2013, the Western European market is increasingly dependent on Germany and the U.K., both of which recorded single-digit growth.
The external storage market in Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (CEMA) dropped slightly, with 2.4% annual growth, while capacity jumped 30%. The two subregions demonstrated similar behavior.
The Central and Eastern European (CEE) region was pulled down by weak performance in most of the countries. "Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and some other CIS countries witnessed significant cutbacks in storage spending by both public and private sectors due to the Ukrainian-Russian situation and dependence on the unstable Russian economy," said Marina Kostova, systems storage analyst with IDC CEMA. "The Russian storage market itself grew modestly to reflect the shorter investment cycle in 1Q and changes in tender legislation."
Middle East and African (MEA) countries suffered the most from the sharp drop in high-end storage system shipments, which contracted more than 50% since last year. Mobile telecommunication companies and large retailers reconsidered their investment strategy, focusing on converged infrastructure and server consolidation at the expense of storage hardware. The midrange systems segment demonstrated double-digit growth, but was unable to affect overall external storage market performance in the region.


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Stephanie Meschke '13
Morristown, Minnesota
Favorite course: Human anatomy. "I find the human body and the way it functions extremely fascinating."
Outside the classroom: "I'm involved in varsity volleyball, intramurals, and the Exercise and Sport Science Club."
Study-abroad opportunity: Stephanie's off to Europe for the J-term 2011 "History and Archaeology of Rome" course.
On campus life: "I was really surprised by how supportive and caring all of the professors are. They are always willing to listen to my questions and concerns or even just to chitchat."
Favorite place on campus: Our Lady of Victory Chapel. "It's such a peaceful place, and the architecture is beautiful."
Dream job: Working as a physical therapist for a professional sports team, "particularly the Vikings or the Twins."
Advice to new students: "Get involved! Joining a club is one of the best ways to meet people, and you will find people with similar interests as yours."


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the cycle looks EXACTLY like my last one on the chart. a lot of mucus around cycles. and working on balancing hormones through the Marilyn Shannon book. but it takes time!
decided to not panic and take the laid back route when no more mucus appeared and the next day my cervix was low and closed. sometimes it takes my body a few days after my period ends for my cervix to firm up and close. same last cycle.
again, thanks.
Crashing! I'm not TTA or TTC-ing but I do chart to see what my body is doing.
I have irregular cycles but I have 2 things that seem to happen regularly during each cycle. First, after a 4-6 day period my body faux-ovulates on day 8. It tries or practices ovulating but then doesn't. Second, I have a 16 day LP. I was wondering if anyone else has noticed having practice ovulation every month or frequently? Also, does it mean anything or is it just a quirk of my particular cycle?
Welcome, bailey.
I'm not sure what you mean by "faux ovulate". Do you have a chart online that we can see to try to figure out what's going on?
AFM- loooong cycle this month. My dad had to have a sextuple bypass on my day 12 (when I usually start my fertile time). As a result of the stress, I'm pushed back by almost two weeks. EWCM today (for the last few days) so hoping to peak today or tomorrow.
I emailed with my Billings instructor tonight about the length of my fertile time (looong this month, especially with the delay), especially with EWCM and her response was "your body just wants to get pregnant!". she's very cool and is a CNM who believes in natural birth. She's taking new patients so if my insurance covers her, I'm going to start seeing her soon.
hope everyone is well!
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Google recently announced that it would be slowly rolling out an improved Panda algorithm. As Google gets up to speed with its latest updates, so should you with your website.
Here are some things to consider:
One of the big changes Google has implemented with Google Panda 4.0 and 4.1 is its tracking down of poor-quality or "thin" content. If you publish short pieces of content with next to no useful information in them, the chances are that Google will not rank you very highly. So if your website is image-based and doesn't share much in the way of useful, relevant content, now could be the right time to change that. What used to work for SEO may not work any longer.
Google says that it considers over 200 factors when ranking a website, and one of those that has become more influential recently is website and page loading times. Not only have people lost patience with slow-loading web pages, but they are also less like to convert if they visit a website that takes an age to get where they're going.
It's not just people you need to consider; Google's spiders don't appreciate the time it takes to crawl your pages. Use one of the many online tests to find out how fast your website pages load.
If your current website is a bit outdated or you're starting from a blank canvas then it is a good idea to address the design of your site. It should be easy to navigate for both visitors and Google's spiders. Try to include internal linking to speed up the customer journey and make navigation as clear as possible.
It is also important to test your website on a number of browsers (including Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer) to ensure it performs the same on each one. You can do this using BrowserStack.
Another thing Google considers is the amount of time each visitor spends on site, so although aesthetics can play a part in reducing Bounce Rate, the overall design and navigation is important.
An algorithm update might not always be a problem to some businesses, but for others, the changes will work against them. This recent update could have an impact on your visitor stats and if they have begun to decline or suffered a drop, then you know it's time to make some changes.
Traffic to your website and pages is a good indicator of performance and by using analytics, you can usually see what has gone wrong. So keep a keen eye on your stats over the coming weeks to see if your website needs tweaking.
Copyright © 2014 Thomas Stocks, Varn Media.
Read Rory MccGwire's blog on how Google is finally rewarding the right websites on the Atom Content Marketing website.
It's an easy mistake to make.
You publish your shiny new website. You wait for the orders to flood in. Then… nothing happens.
It can be really frustrating, especially if you're a new business.
But why is this? Your website looks great. Your friends and family all agree it looks amazing. But that doesn't seem to cut any ice with the people who really matter — your customers.
So what is the solution? How do you turn things around without breaking the bank?
All you need to do is to focus on three basic functions: prospect, convert and grow.
It's that simple. Let's examine them in more detail.
All we mean here is that you can attract visitors to your website. Sure, you need to put in some effort, but it is not difficult.
I have analysed thousands of websites and I see the same mistakes. Fix these and you are halfway there.
The most common is the wrong choice of keywords. Once you've chosen the best keywords for your business, you need to include them in the metatags, in the URLs, in the text links between pages and in the text of your website itself.
Also, set up a blog. The evidence is overwhelming — websites with a blog do better than those that don't. Why? Google loves content.
You're getting a steady stream of visitors. But you're not there to greet them.
The next best thing? Create trust. Here's how…
Don't say "welcome to our website". Give them a promise. Think of your customer's biggest need and tell them how you will address it.
But why should they believe your claims? Use customer testimonials to sell for you. If you ask for them you'll be surprised.
Add live chat to your site and you'll be amazed. It's fast, it's instant and it gets results.
Offer something for free. Remember your promise to solve the biggest need of your customers? Create a report that solves that issue. Offer it in return for their contact details and you can follow up with them. This can be automated very easily.
People rarely make their minds up instantly, but they now see you as an expert and you are pushing at an open door.
Now you either have a customer or someone who is on your emailing list. Now you can build that relationship with them.
Remember your blog? This is where you can develop that long-term relationship with them. Keep them up-to-date with developments by email and regular correspondence and you will reap the rewards.
Many people get disillusioned with online marketing but it is a vital part of being in business these days. The important point is to think about the purpose of your website and just repeat these three words to stay on track: Prospect, convert, grow.
Copyright © 2014 Tony Messer, founder of www.pickaweb.co.uk and author of The Lazy Website Syndrome.
Let's be honest, running your own business can be a nightmare sometimes and, inevitably, the biggest challenge is prioritising what's important and what can wait.
When the inbox starts to overflow, it can be easy to simply set aside tasks that are deemed non-urgent for a later date and, for many, online marketing fall into this category.
But I'll let you into a secret: clients (along with service providers, staff, suppliers, and so on) will never stop throwing curveballs. You will, however, learn to manage them with greater efficiency.
But the fact is that organic online marketing can't wait — it takes time and the later you start, the later you'll see results. Online sales are now forecast to make up 21.5% of the retail market by 2018, a rise of 8.8% from 2012. Without a hard-working online presence, you could be missing out on a substantial amount of potential business.
If you have set up a new online business then you've undoubtedly prepared an online marketing plan already. And you've probably also had lots of calls offering services that will guarantee your website a top five organic placement on Google within six months. Trust your instincts on these and steer clear of quick wins — as the old adage goes, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Online marketing is about earning trust and it will take time — that's why it is prudent to start early and focus on the long term. While there are numerous resources available to support beginners with SEO (such as moz.com and our own Donut guides), the greatest challenge for small business owners is time.
Opting to work with a respected search agency can provide a more holistic approach — using their resources to manage multiple elements concurrently rather than jumping from task to task. Alternatively, many search companies will be open to completing certain elements of your own strategy such as social media management or content provision and dovetailing this with your own activity.
While this work continues in the long-term, an effective way to make more money and drive traffic to your website in the short term is to use pay-per-click advertising (PPC) such as Google AdWords.
In short, you create adverts to be placed on relevant results pages of Google. To do this you need to create adverts that Google deems good quality "answers" to search "questions". PPC offers flexibility both in terms of advert content but also in terms of spend as you will need to ensure that you are targeting relevant phrases and bidding effectively to get a decent return on your investment.
As the name suggests, with PPC you only pay every time your advert is clicked on but if you choose the wrong terms and the wrong bids, your budget can disappear pretty quickly and with little to show for it.
Like SEO, PPC is a task that can be done by your team but, again, it can be time-consuming. And conquering Click through Rate and Cost per Acquisition through trial and error can be expensive. Many search marketing companies offer campaign start-up packages and monthly management plans, enabling you to get a strong presence in search results.
Copyright © 2014 Hannah Jackson, managing director of Search Marketing Group.
The world of search engine optimisation (SEO) has changed. Websites that tried to trick Google are now reaping what they have sown, with disastrous results. Instead of getting lots of traffic and making lots of sales, their SEO tactics have led to the exact opposite result. No traffic and no sales.
The sad thing is that the owners of these websites often had no idea what their SEO agency was up to. The owners were offered "No.1 ranking" in return for cash, and simply handed the money over.
Typically that cash was used to pay 'link farms', based abroad. These are the bad boys of the SEO world. Many of them use automated systems to 'scrape' content from respectable sites such as the Marketing Donut and upload it onto a series of new sites. They then sell links from these new sites, to boost the ranking of whichever web pages those links go to.
But Google algorithms are always getting smarter. And Google also has a small army of humans who search out and penalise such 'black hat' SEO practices. Well known websites such as Interflora and Halifax — and more recently the law firm Irwin Mitchell — have found themselves removed from the Google rankings. In 2013 Interflora only reappeared in the rankings once the company had already missed out on millions of pounds worth of flower sales over the crucial Mother's Day period.
Noisy Little Monkey has been brought in to sort out several such messes and in one case we found no fewer than three million spammy links in place — none of which the website owners knew about, as they had simply trusted the SEO agency to get on with improving the rankings.
Google eventually has to reinstate big brands such as Interflora, as so many people search specifically for the brand name and Google has to serve its users. But the same is not true of a small business. In some cases you cannot even re-use your old content on a completely new website, as Google treats it as the same website that was given the penalty previously. At this point businesses are better off jettisoning their website and starting afresh with a new URL and new content.
All of which is irrelevant if you have always followed the guidelines that Google publishes. These guidelines can be summarised in two words: Don't cheat. If you do anything that is not 'natural', it is probably cheating. Paid-for advertorial that has a link back to your website is cheating, as that link would not be there unless you had paid for it. So if you want to do advertorials, make sure that any links in the content are 'no-follow' links.
And we can all recognise a spammy link when we see one. For example, those annoying website comments: Great post! Paul Paul's Office Furniture [with an optimised link to a page on Paul's furniture website]. Unless the comment and the link are contributing to the discussion, the purpose of such comments is as obvious to Google as it is to the rest of us. 'Low value' links like this will not help your website's rankings at all.
Proper SEO in has always been about optimising each page. The easy wins are the same as they have always been. Choose one or two key phrases that you want a page to rank for. Mark up the HTML carefully. Optimise the page title of each page. Make full use of high quality online directories such as Google+ Local, Yell and maybe your local chamber of commerce (ie those directories that people use to find things) and make sure that your contact details are identical, including even the spaces in your phone number — which ideally should have a local code and not an 0845 code.
Above all, you need to have high quality content, because that is what Google and the other search engines are all about. Put yourself in Google's shoes. If someone searches for 'Solicitor in Bristol', there may be 50 firms to choose from. Which one would you rank at the top? It would be the site that has traffic, that visitors spend time on, and that people link to and mention in blogs and in social media — all of which adds up to a winning digital footprint. It would not be a site that people arrive at and then quickly leave.
Finally, if you are using an SEO agency, make sure you know what they are doing. Google Webmaster Tools is free and is easy to use. If nothing else, just look in the messages section. Any really bad news from Google about your website will be in there.
Listen to this cry of anguish. It came from someone commenting at the end of a blog post about Penguin 2.0, which (as I will explain) was an update that Google made to its search ranking algorithm.
To paraphrase: "For eight years I have been trying to follow the twists and turns of what Google wants websites to do. Every time I finish making changes, Google changes the rules again. I am trying to make my ecommerce site successful, but I cannot. I have lost my life savings on this business. I am not going to bother changing after this. If Google moves the goalposts again after Penguin 2.0 they can go **** themselves."
That was in May. Later in the summer Google released the Hummingbird update, a change to the algorithm that was an absolute whopper.
While I completely sympathise with the person whose savings had run out, there is a positive aspect to the changes that Google endlessly makes.
Consider these changes over the last ten years, each one given a name rather like the way hurricanes are named:
2003: Florida update penalised websites that were stuffed with spammy key words.
2004: Brandy update penalised too many synonyms (eg wealthy is a synonym of rich).
2005: Bourbon update hit duplicate content; Big Daddy update hit low quality reciprocal links.
2009: Vince update rewarded news authorities and recognised brands.
2010: Mayday update rewarded specialised niche websites.
2011: Panda update tackled "content farm" websites full of SEO-based content. And as well as algorithms, Google used human testers to identify low quality content.
2012: Penguin update further penalised spammy links.
2013: Penguin 2.0 hit spammy links and other SEO deception activities even harder.
Yes, put simply, Google is trying to penalise the tricksters and reward those of us that provide good, honest, high quality content.
Now Hummingbird moves beyond looking at the mere words in a search; it attempts to understand the full meaning of the query, so it can then deliver search results to match. So you can expect websites that answer lots of questions to do well.
The poor guy who spent eight years losing his life savings on an ecommerce website will have known all along that Google would gradually improve its search techniques, but meanwhile he had to compete using the techniques that were delivering the best results that month. Alas there was no easy option for him, even with the benefit of hindsight.
We are now getting to a point where all of us can focus on content that meets the needs of the website user. The Donut websites have done this all along — because our revenue is not advertising-based and so we do not rely on high traffic figures. So ironically we have ended up with better traffic than sites that may have invested huge sums in SEO.
Rory MccGwire is the chief executive of Atom Content Publishing, publishers of the Donut websites.
Confused by social media? Check out this brilliant infographic based on the iconic tube map:
Click on the infographic to enlarge.
Supplied by Laura Hampton, the digital marketing manager at Hallam Internet.


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This implementation manages locks in terms of threads.
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Class encapsulates handshaking with the
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This class coordinates a schedule among concurrent operations requiring exclusive access to shared resources.
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This class coordinates a schedule among concurrent operations requiring exclusive access to shared resources.
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FutureTask which executes once it holds its locks.
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Unbounded queue of operations waiting to gain an exclusive lock on a resource.
Unbounded queue of operations waiting to gain an exclusive lock on a resource.
Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) for detecting and preventing deadlocks in a concurrent programming system.
A representation of an edge in the DAG used for export of information to the caller.
Run states for the
An instance of this exception is thrown when the lock requests of two or more transactions form a deadlock.
Thrown by some unit tests.
Thrown if a request would exceed the configured multi-programming capacity of the
An instance of this class is thrown when a lock could not be obtained within a specified timeout.
This package supports concurrency control using exclusive locks on resources. The use case for bigdata is during operations on unisolated named indices on a single journal. (Note that index partitions which are just modeled as named indices). Exclusive locks are required for the unisolated indices since the B+Tree implementation is NOT thread-safe for concurrent writers. The concurrency control package provides a "sufficiently" serialized schedule. Operations that require access to the same unisolated index are serialized while operations that require access to non-overlapping sets of unisolated indices may run in parallel (depending on the #of available worker tasks).
bigdata offers two broad classes of operations: unisolated and isolated (transactional). The unisolated API of the data service ensures that operations use only a single named index (or index partition) at a time. Coordination of distributed locks is not required making this the unisolated API suiteable for scale-out "row stores". Deadlock cycles are not possible for unisolated tasks since they are required to pre-declare their locks.
A transaction may issue multiple requests against the data service API, and each request MAY touch a different named index (or index partition). However, due to the underlying MVCC (multi-version concurrency control) scheme, a transaction never waits to read data and proceeds without locking until it is "done" with its active phase. When the "commit" is requested the transaction MUST obtain an exclusive lock on each index (partition) that it needs to (a) validate; and (b) make its writes durable. This puts us in the envyable position of being able to pre-declare the set of exclusive locks required by the transaction commit. In this situation we avoid deadlocks by the simple expediency of sorting the lock requests into a total order by the resource (the index name).
Note: While
TxDag provides the ability
to detect deadlocks, in the special case where locks are pre-declared,
simply sorting the lock requests made by each task is sufficient to
guarentee that deadlocks can not arise. Thus, in practice deadlock
detection is NOT used by bigdata.
In general, concurrent schedules may result in deadlock. Deadlocks must be identified and deadlocks must be resolved -- typically by aborting or restarting one or more processes. 2PL defines a growth phase in which locks are acquired and a shrinking phase in which locks are released. The locked point is defined as the moment after a transaction acquires its last lock and may be identified retrospectively when a transaction begins to release locks. A common strategy is for a thread to acquire locks incrementally and then to release all locks at once when processing completes (whether in success or failure). A thread must eventually release its locks. 2PL is often used in a database context in which resources coorrespond to persistent records. However the technique may be applied to coordinating concurrent access to arbitrary resources, including those not associated with a persistence scheme. Other classes of concurrency control techniques include timestamping (including multi-version concurrency control or MVCC) and optimistic concurrency control. Concurrency control can be broken down into read-write synchronization conflicts and write-write synchronization conflicts, and different concurrency control techniques can be applied to each part of the problem. Concurrency control can also be defined in terms of datatype specific operations with semantics other than read or write -- this approach is used by some interesting optimistic concurrency control designs.
WAITS_FOR is a binary relation whose source and target are
threads. The source is said to "WAIT FOR" the target. The
relation is written either
source WAITS_FOR target or
WAITS_FOR( source, target ). A deadlock is
defined as a cycle in the WAITS_FOR graph. The WAITS_FOR relationships
are maintained in a directed acyclic graph managed by the
TxDag class. The TxDag class supports atomic changes to the
WAITS_FOR graph and multiple edges may be added (or removed) at
once. When adding multiple edges, either all edges are added and no
cycle results or no edges are added and a deadlock is reported.
When a thread
t must wait for a lock on a resource
WAITS_FOR( t, g ) is asserted for each
g that is a member of the granted group for
r. If adding those edges would create a cycle then an
DeadlockException is thrown and the state of the WAITS_FOR
graph is not modified.
When a thread
t releases a lock on a resource
r, the
t is removed from the granted group
for that resource and
WAITS_FOR( t, p ) is retracted,
p is a thread in the pending request queue for
r. Next the pending lock requests for that resource are
scanned using a fair schedule (which may be modified by a priority
escalation scheme). Pending lock requests which are now consistent
with the granted group are let in one at a time and the WAITS_FOR
graph is updated: (a) to retract
WAITS_FOR( t, g ), where
g is a thread in the granted group for
and (b) to assert
WAIT_FOR( p, t ), where
is a thread in the pending request queue and
t is the
thread whose lock request is being granted.
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Create the Look of this Wood Mode Elegant Traditional Kitchen Design
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Everything about this Wood-Mode kitchen is exquisite. The kitchen's elegant design (by John Troxell) includes modern Gaggenau appliances that make it warm and highly functional. The mixture of woods, textures and contrasting light and dark cabinetry give this traditional kitchen a timeless and elegant style. (See resource list at the bottom of this post – More info about the Gaggenau Appliances here)
Our "Create The Look" posts are designed to give you the sources needed to replicate looks you love for the kitchen, bath, library, laundry room, or office …complete with a listing of hand-selected design accessories that work beautifully for each space.
Accessories to Complete the Look:
1. Match Pewter Jam Pot w/ Spoon | 2. Juliska Whitewash 5 Piece Place Setting | 3. Godinger Dublin Crystal Salt & Pepper | 4. Large Ivory Ceramic Canister | 5. Mortar with pestle | 6. Sterling Silver Open Salt & Pepper Set | 7. Queen-anne Chafer | 8. Three-Tier Pastry Stand available at RoyalDesign.com | 9. Cut Glass Condiment Set w/ Antique Silver Stand | 10. Waterford Crystal Sugar/Creamer | 11. Anchor Hocking Storage Jar & Cover | 12. Portmeirion Botanic Garden Storage Jar | 13. Bowl with Handle, available at RoyalDesign.com | 14. Godinger Dublin Crystal Goblets -set of 12 for under $60 | 15. Julia Knight Sea Horse Pedestal Bowl | 16. Sea Gull Lighting Wallace 1-Lt Convertible Pendant Nickel – 94566-965 | 17. Waterford Alana Crystal Footed Bowl | 18. Coronation Antique Nickel Cake Stand w/ Glass Cloche | 19. All-Clad 10-Piece Stainless Cookware Set | 20. Godinger pieces available at Amazon | 21. Black Maple Harvest Bowl | 22. Julia Knight Holly Sprig Bowl w/ Red Berries | 23. Reed & Barton Footed Water Pitcher | 24. Simplex Heritage Chrome Tea Kettle
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Long Distance Moving:
Stationary vs. Portable Storage Options
On a "fun" scale of 1 to 10, moving is a zero, about as much fun as a root canal. If you're moving a long distance, it's like root canal without anesthesia. It's a giant pain, especially when you don't have a home or apartment waiting for you on the other end. If money is no object, you can hire a big moving company to do everything for you. The cost of that full-service convenience is steep-anywhere from $4,000 to $7,000 and up, according to MovingCrossCountry.net, an online resource for people who are relocating. If you're shipping your vehicle, they say to tack on another $900 to $1,600 to your costs. But if you're like the rest of us, money is a very big object and you want to get through this ordeal without spending wads of it. That pretty much narrows it down to a couple of do-it-yourself options: traditional self-storage units or portable containers. The following will help you figure out which makes the most sense for you.
The Portable Container Route
You can't beat these for convenience. The containers (also called pods) come in a variety of sizes. Units range from 7'x7'8' to 16'x8'x8'. The company you rent from brings the unit to you. They often have roll-up garage-style doors, so you can just walk your things in without lifting. When you're ready, the company comes back, retrieves the portable container and takes it wherever you want. Not sure where you'll be living in your new hometown? The portable container company can store your container at a storage center on either end of your journey until you're ready to unpack your pod. While the actual units aren't climate-controlled, the storage centers are.
Advantages, according to Jay Delahousay, writing for the online version of the Houston Chronicle at Chron.com, include flexibility and not having to drive a large rental truck or pay for gas and additional rental truck insurance. The units are usually rented for a 30-day minimum, he says, which gives you time to pack and unpack at your leisure, although you can extend the rental for an additional fee.
Delahousay says disadvantages of the portable units can include cost, which may be significantly higher than renting a truck, and parking issues. "If your POD sits for the full rental period of one month, you must find a secure spot that does not impede traffic. You may also need to have a permit or lease space to park it, which can add to your costs."
If your portable unit is stacked at the company's storage center, access can be an issue, too, according to Richard Farrell, a writer for Vanlines.com. "Access," he says, "is very limited and only available by prior arrangement." Depending on your rental agreement, that could be up to a day or two ahead of time-not good if you've accidentally packed your three-year-old's security blanket.
Traditional Self-Storage Units
Self-storage units are rented month to month and come in a variety of sizes, ranging from small lockers to roomy areas large enough to fit a houseful of furniture. Like the portable unit storage centers, modern self-storage units can be climate-controlled, and the facilities typically have onsite security systems that can include fencing, human patrol and video surveillance cameras. Most provide 27/7, 365-access. And some, such as Uncle Bob's, will allow you to use their moving trucks and furniture dollies free of charge locally between the facility and your home.
The cost of a traditional storage unit compares favorably with the portable units. But unless you have a moving van, you're going to need a moving truck if you choose to go this route. Reporter and editor Jason Notte says renting a truck is "easily the least expensive option-probably why it is embraced by one-third of all moving households nationwide regardless of destination."
While this is true, it is an additional expense. Delahousay writes that, "As of March 2012, a one-week Penske commercial truck rental for a move from Los Angeles to New York costs $300 per day for a light-duty truck, based on 100 miles per day with 25 cents per mile for excess miles." A Budget commercial rental for the same trip, he notes, would cost from $1,400 to $2,200. Keep in mind, those figures don't include gasoline, extra insurance or the value you put on your time. And you'll also have to do the loading and unloading-up to four times, if you use a self-storage unit on each end of your move.
The Choice is Yours
Once you've compared the pros and cons of both options and determined which works better for you, you'll have plenty of choices. Most locations now have a number of portable storage companies to choose from. If you opt for a traditional self-storage unit, you can find one near you by searching online.
"Moving Cross Country Costs", Moving Cross Country - http://www.movingcrosscountry.net/moving-cross-country-costs.html
"Local Moving: What Size Fits Me?", PODS - http://www.pods.com/local-moving/portable-container-size.aspx
"PODS vs. Truck Rental", Chron.com - http://smallbusiness.chron.com/pods-vs-truck-rental-39537.html
"What are the Different Types of Storage Facilities?", What are the Different Types of Storage Facilities? - http://www.vanlines.com/storage_guide/different_types_of_storage.html
"3 Best Ways to Move Across Country", Main St - http://www.mainstreet.com/article/lifestyle/travel/3-best-ways-move-across-country
"PODS vs. Truck Rental", Chron.com - http://smallbusiness.chron.com/pods-vs-truck-rental-39537.html


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Final Score: Tampa Bay 4, Philadelphia 2
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Tim Taylor and Martin Cibak both recorded a goal and an assist while Sean Burke made 30 saves, as the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Philadelphia Flyers, 4-2, at the Wachovia Center.
Brad Richards and Dan Boyle scored 1:26 apart late in the second period for Tampa Bay, which has recorded a point in each of its last five contests (4-0-1) following a six-game skid. Rob DiMaio added two assists in Tampa Bay's third straight win.
R.J. Umberger scored his first NHL goal for the Flyers, who welcomed back defenseman Eric Desjardins to the lineup, but lost for the fourth time in their last five games. Desjardins, who has anchored the Philadelphia defense corps for a decade, had missed the last eight games with a concussion. Jon Sim also scored and Robert Esche allowed four goals on 25 shots in the losing effort.
The last time these teams met in this building, the Flyers pulled off an emotional 5-4 overtime victory in Game Six of the 2004 Eastern Conference Finals. The Lightning, however, advanced to the title round two days later in the decisive series finale and captured the Stanley Cup in seven games against the Calgary Flames.
Tampa Bay has captured the last six regular-season games in this series, including a 5-2 triumph in Florida on November 14.
Philadelphia took an early penalty when Kim Johnsson was whistled for holding just two minutes into the opening period. Although the Lightning had several quality scoring chances on the power play, they scored shortly after the penalty expired. Cibak's second goal from Taylor and DiMaio at 4:14 made it 1-0.
"(Tampa Bay) is a really good team," said Flyers coach Ken Hitchcock. "They know what it's like to have to compete."
Later in the first period, the Flyers knotted the contest on Umberger's marker with 7:44 remaining. Patrick Sharp fought for control along the boards before the puck eventually ended up on Umberger's stick and the rookie then skated behind the net for an attempted wraparound from the left post. The puck deflected off Boyle and into the net.
Tampa Bay took control with two goals late in the second.
First, at the 15:35 mark, a slapshot from the top of the point by Fredrik Modin deflected off of Desjardins and came directly to Richards, who blasted another slapshot past Esche from the high slot.
Less than two minutes later, a nice crossing pass found the stick of Boyle, who lit the lamp from the right side for a 3-1 lead with 2:59 to play in the frame. It was Boyle's seventh goal of 2005-06.
The visitors continued to outplay the Flyers in the third and took a 4-1 lead at 6:25. Taylor was stationed at the right post and attempted several shots from in close that Esche stopped. But Taylor did not quit and eventually poked the bouncing disc into the net off of Esche's chest.
"When you play against really good teams, it seems like every mistake ends up in your net," Hitchcock continued. "It did tonight."
Philadelphia showed signs of life with a nice tic-tac-toe power-play goal in the latter stages of the third. Derian Hatcher held the puck in the high slot and passed to Michal Handzus beneath the right circle. Handzus quickly fed the disc down near the left post, where Sim's one-timer beat Burke at 13:15.
Shortly thereafter, Philadelphia was awarded another power play, but could not find the back of the net and Tampa Bay held on for the victory.
Game Notes
This marked only the second home regulation loss for the Flyers this season....The Flyers ended 1-for-4 on the power play, while Tampa was scoreless on two chances with the extra skater...Attendance was 19,567.


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In the new issue of Top Gear magazine, we've set The Stig – our barely tame racing driver – loose on the entire GT3 field. Actually, don't think of it as GT3 racing. Think of it as the world's greatest supercars, lightly tuned and hurled at a track. For fun. Take a look at our exclusive preview gallery, then get hold of the new issue for the full story...


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The idea behind peremptory challenges is that if both parties have contributed in the configuration of the jury, they will find its verdict more acceptable. The existence of peremptory challenges are an important safeguard in the judicial process as it allows both the defendant and the prosecution to get rid of potentially biased jurors. Their use allows attorneys to use their training and experience to dismiss jurors who might say the correct thing, but might otherwise harbor prejudices that could infringe the rights of the defendant to a fair trial.
The use of peremptory challenges is controversial as some feel it has been used to undermine the balanced representation on a jury which would occur using random selection. Despite this, it still remains in use in several jurisdictions and in some cases leads to extensive and expensive jury research, aimed at producing a favorable jury. In practice, though, because both sides are permitted to eliminate an equal number of potential jurors, the result is generally not a favorable jury to one side or the other. The fact that each side is allowed to remove an equal number of jurors with potentially extreme views is an effective practical support to the principle that juries should be unbiased.
All Australian states allow for peremptory challenges in jury selection; however, the number of challenges granted to the counsels in each state are not all the same.
Batson's authority has also recently been reinforced in a pair of 2005 decisions, Miller-El v. Dretke, , and Johnson v. California, .


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Photo By Bill Kostroun/Associated PressRaul Ibañez, who tied the game with a home run in the ninth, gets mobbed after winning it in the 12th.
Photo By Al Bello/Getty ImagesNEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 10: Nick Swisher #33 of the New York Yankees reacts after striking out during Game Three of the American League Division Series against the Baltimore Orioles at Yankee Stadium on October 10, 2012 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
Raul Ibañez lined a ninth-inning home run while pinch hitting for slumping Alex Rodriguez, then hit a leadoff homer in the 12th, giving the Yankees a stunning 3-2 win over the Orioles on Wednesday night for a 2-1 lead in their AL Division Series.
Batting for baseball's highest-paid player, Ibañez homered to right-center with one out in the ninth inning off major-league saves leader Jim Johnson to tie it 2-2. He then hit the first pitch from Brian Matusz leading off the 12th.
Phil Hughes will start for the Yankees on Thursday in Game 4 of the best-of-five series. Chris Tillman or Joe Saunders will start for Baltimore.
Baltimore had won 16 straight extra-inning games, and had been 76-0 when leading after seven, before the Yankees stung them.
"It was a great experience. We do it as a team. We stay after it," Ibañez said. "I'm blessed to come up and have the opportunity like that. We do it together. It's about a team and about winning."
Ibañez got that chance after Yankees manager Joe Girardi made the decision to bat for Rodriguez - the first time A-Rod had ever been pinch-hit for in a postseason game.
"You're going to be asked a lot of questions if it doesn't work," Girardi said.
Rodriguez was just 1-for-12 with no RBIs and seven strikeouts in this series when Girardi pulled him.
The Yankees limited Baltimore to one hit after Manny Machado homered in the fifth. Ryan Flaherty homered earlier for the Orioles.
Robert Andino was doubled off second after leading off the ninth with a single and advancing on a sacrifice.
Boone Logan got one out in relief of Hiroki Kuroda, who gave up two solo homers in 8 1/3 innings. Closer Rafael Soriano pitched 1 1/3 innings and David Robertson went two, finishing off his outing by bumping into and tagging Andino to end the top of the 12th.
Derek Jeter tied the score with an RBI triple in the third for the Yankees.


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About the Iowa Pork Producers Association
Mission Statement
The Iowa Pork Producers Association is an industry-inclusive organization whose mission is to provide a unified voice to promote and educate for a sustainable, socially responsible, profitable and globally competitive pork industry.
IPPA Overview
IPPA was originally known as the Iowa Swine Growers Association, with meetings dating back to the early 1930s. ISGA began meeting regularly to find solutions for management problems, disease control and how to improve the hog through genetics, breeding and nutrition.
By the early 1960s, pork production evolved into an industry where more producers raised hogs only for market, while breeding stock producers became more specialized. Producers also began to recognize the growing number of factors that were impacting the profitability of the operations. A small group of producers was determined to push pork's message of a delicious, versatile product beyond the farm.
As the excitement caught on, county groups were formed, meetings held, and in April 1968, the Iowa Pork Producers Association was formed.
IPPA serves as a unified voice for Iowa's pork producers. IPPA is a grassroots organization that consists of approximately 70 structured county associations across the state, with more than 4,000 affiliated and associate members. Every producer, regardless of size, has a voice in IPPA through a county-elected delegate system. Click
to learn more about the Iowa pork industry.
County pork producer organizations
Local pork producers join forces at the county level and fund the organization through a membership fee, which also provides them with membership to the IPPA and to the National Pork Producers Council.
County organizations support their local communities in a variety of ways, including classroom visits, grilling events, sponsoring local programs and partnerships with retailers and restaurants to promote pork and pork products. County organizations also play an important role in representing their local pork producers to key elected officials and opinion leaders in their community.
During the annual meeting in January, county delegates have the opportunity to identify their own priorities by developing and changing policy on behalf of Iowa's pork producers.
IPPA leadership
The IPPA Board of Directors oversees leadership and direction for all IPPA Pork Checkoff Programs, public policy and general direction. The board consists of producers in the following positions:
Past President
Eight District Directors
Four Region Directors
One Allied Director
One Iowa Purebred Swine Council Representative
One National Pork Board Representative
One National Pork Producers Council Representative
Each November, all members vote by ballots for the candidate of their choice in their own district. A three-member nominating committee selects director candidates.
The Pork Checkoff in Iowa
The present Checkoff rate is .40 percent of the market value of each hog, or 40 cents per $100 of value. Iowa, the largest pork producing state in the nation, with nearly 30 million hogs produced annually, contributes 31 percent of the nation's pork supply and generates nearly one third of all Checkoff revenue in the United States.
IPPA receives 16.5 percent of all Checkoff money collected on sales of hogs originating from Iowa. The remaining 83.5 percent of the funds collected from Iowa hog sales are invested in national programs developed by the National Pork Board.
How are Pork Checkoff programs planned by IPPA?
New programs are developed by county delegates during the IPPA Annual Meeting or by the board of directors. An official IPPA committee oversees each program.
IPPA typically has 15 working committees that bring together almost 200 producers, allied industry associates, specialists and experts to discuss and improve the areas of promotion, research, producer education and consumer information.
IPPA Checkoff Expenses
Research - 28%
Consumer Information and Promotion – 40%
Production Technology and Producer Education – 32%
* Percentages based on Pork Checkoff 2013 allocation
IPPA and public policy
IPPA serves as the voice of Iowa pork producers on the state and national level. IPPA plays an active role in the rule making process for livestock environmental regulations, air and water quality issues and numerous advocacy efforts.
How are policy decisions made by IPPA?
Public policy decisions are made by the delegate body during the IPPA Annual Meeting, by the IPPA Public Policy Committee and the IPPA Board of Directors.
Congress prohibits the use of Checkoff funds for legislative issues. Therefore, government affairs programs are funded primarily in three ways:
IPPA Membership Dues
Strategic Investment Program
Revenue generated from the Iowa Pork Tent at the Iowa State Fair and Iowa Pork Congress
IPPA Membership dues vary by county and usually range from $25 to $45 annually. Producers and allied businesses join their county pork producer organization, which guarantees them membership with IPPA and the National Pork Producers Council.
The Strategic Investment Program is a voluntary funding program to support public policy and advocacy programs in Iowa and on a national level. The assessment is 10 cents per $100 of value, with 40 percent of the collections distributed to IPPA and the remaining 60 percent going to the National Pork Producers Council.
Non-Checkoff Revenue
Iowa Pork Congress – 18%
Membership and Strategic Investment Program – 63%
Iowa Pork Tent – 11%
Interest and Dividends – 7%
Miscellaneous – .5%
Non-Checkoff Expenses
National Government Relations – 7%
State Government Relations – 11%
Producer Support – 46%
Producer Advocacy/PR – 37%
Communicating with producers
IPPA communicates to nearly 12,000 Iowa pork producers, educators and industry professionals through the
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Crist speaks at Florida Economic & Job Summit
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Today at the Renaissance Vinoy in St. Petersburg, the two-day Florida Economic and Job Summit wrapped up. The St. Pete Chamber of Commerce sponsored the summit, which featured panelists addressing Floridaâs economic challenges regarding job growth, job retention, and workforce development. Governor Charlie Crist delivered the keynote address. WMNFâs Seán Kinane reports.
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Six Nations: Alasdair Dickinson is Scotland's sole injury concern after win over Italy
Sunday 23rd February 20:37
Scotland will monitor the fitness of Alasdair Dickinson after he suffered a calf injury in Saturday's 21-20 win over Italy.
RaboDirect PRO12: Alasdair Dickinson will rejoin Edinburgh for 2013/14 season
Thursday 2nd May 16:28
Edinburgh have confirmed Scotland prop Alasdair Dickinson will return to the club on a one-year contract this summer.
Scots leave on a high
Saturday 20th August 19:21
Murrayfield celebrated as Scotland gave their fans a 23-12 victory over Italy in their last game before the World Cup.
Dickinson heads to Sale
Wednesday 18th May 08:21
Prop Alasdair Dickinson has become the latest Scotland international to join Sale after agreeing to move from Gloucester.
Robinson anger at missing men
Monday 31st May 18:14
Andy Robinson has urged the IRB to re-examine player release rules after four of his Scotland stars were blocked from appearing.
Dickinson delight at recall
Wednesday 3rd February 09:29
Alasdair Dickinson has admitted his surprise at his quick recall to the Scotland side having missed all the autumn internationals
Robbo relishing French test
Tuesday 2nd February 16:03
Scotland head coach Andy Robinson believes he has picked a starting XV capable of outwitting France on Sunday.
Injury scare for Scots
Wednesday 4th June 21:32
Scotland prop Alasdair Dickinson gave Scotland an injury scare ahead of their first Test in Argentina on Saturday.
Rupert Cox's Off Load: Clermont, England Sevens and Jean Deysel come under scrutiny
Rupert Cox shares his highlights from the week's rugby action in his round-up blog.
Hits and tries
The biggest and toughest hits and tackles plus the best tries from the world of rugby union.
Rupert Cox's Off Load: Hurricanes, Toulouse and Nick Williams all come under scrutiny
Rupert Cox shares his highlights from the week's rugby action in his round-up blog.
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Vernon LeRoy Winchester, a retired Montgomery Ward traffic manager and World War II submariner, died Tuesday in his sleep at his Waynesville, N.C., home. He was 83.
Born and raised in Baltimore, Mr. Winchester enlisted in the Navy in 1942 after graduating from Polytechnic Institute.
After completing training at the Naval Training Center in Bainbridge, he was assigned as an electrician's mate aboard S-Class submarines in the Pacific Theater.


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Breaking News on the Libya Attack: Top Administration Officials Did Not Call on Counterterrorism Agencies
Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin had breaking news tonight regarding the attack on the United States consulate in Libya. She reported that top administration officials decided on the night of September 11th, 2012 after the attack had already begun, not to call together the Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG).
CSG is an interagency group that specializes in both hostage situations and any terror attack on U.S. interests. That decision, according to senior military and intelligence officials, may have stymied some of the response to the attack.
According to senior military officials, the administration also did not deploy the interagency team made up of Department of Defense, FBI, CIA and State Department: the Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST). It was decided that FEST was not to be sent to coordinate an on-the-ground response and help facilitate the FBI's interests into Benghazi. It took 24 days for the FBI team in Libya to gain access to the compound.
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Mr. Fellows was one of the key senior executives who led Nomura's CRE division and helped grow it from just 12 employees to 450. The partners call Mr. Ward "a quantitative genius" or "a legend," who is credited for many of the structural innovations that shaped the securitization of commercial real estate debt in the 1990s.
"It was the right time and it was the right place. The group was built very rapidly but was built with some of the smartest people that I've ever met and worked with," said Mr. Tokarski, who joined Nomura's CRE division in 1995 and, as a director, ran the commercial mortgage underwriting and securitization group. Originally from New Jersey, Mr. Tokarski earned a B.A. from Brown University, where he had distinguished himself in wrestling. His partners said this activity prepared him for his current role as a credit officer, negotiating with originators and borrowers.
However, the Nomura experience came to an abrupt end when the 1998 Russian debt crisis led to an almost overnight collapse of the CMBS market. Following huge losses, the Japanese bank exited the commercial real estate lending market.
"We were fully aware of the risks that we were taking, and we had full support from the management of the firm, but there was no derivative markets per se and there was no way to hedge that exposure," Mr. Ward said. Five years later, when the team started a CRE lending platform at Countrywide Financial Corp., it remembered lessons learned from Nomura. "We took an incredibly disciplined approach to hedging and risk management, and I think we were arguably the only major CMBS player that didn't lose a penny during 2007 and 2008," Mr. Ward added.
In the meantime, the team had added a new member. Born and raised in South Africa, Mr. de Haan graduated from the Hotel Institute Montreux, in Switzerland, where he met his Italian-born wife. He worked in hospitality in London before moving to the U.S. to attend the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration, where he studied real estate and finance. His first job in CRE finance was at Nomura's New York-based large loan team.
When the division moved to California, he recalled, "Chris, Boyd and Stew were already in San Francisco, and we became very good friends." Once again, skiing and mountain biking helped cement professional relationships into friendships.
When Nomura shot down its CRE lending division, it seemed fate was pulling them back to New York. "We decided we didn't want to leave the West Coast and go back to New York," said Mr. de Haan. "This is when we hooked up together and we did a lot of advisory work." Even for Mr. Tokarski, at the time the group's only East Coast native, relocating was not a question. "I moved out to California and I love it," he said. "I'll never come back."
By then it was evident that the quartet's skill sets created a complementary and powerful team. "When we talked about going to Countrywide, we viewed it as a very good opportunity for us to use our combined experience, relationships and skills to build a very scalable business," Mr. de Haan said of the group's decision to head to the company in 2004.
All four initially joined Countrywide as executive vice presidents. Mr. Fellows was on the management team that founded and built Countrywide's commercial real estate business, Mr. Ward was responsible for all capital markets activities and risk management, Mr. de Haan oversaw national originations and Mr. Tokarski was chief credit officer.
"We built Countrywide's commercial real estate business from scratch," Mr. Fellows said of the division that became one of the largest in the United States, closing over 100 loans a month at its peak. "One thing we always brag about is that we are the only CMBS team on the entire planet that didn't lose money in 2007 and 2008," he added, echoing Mr. Ward's sentiment.
Nonetheless, with the financial crisis, Countrywide Financial was sold to Bank of America in 2008, and the CMBS team was let go. "It happened to a lot of firms at the time," said Mr. Fellows. "We went back to start our own business again—Coastal Capital."
The team could have gone ahead with its own business, but around the same time, Mr. Sternlicht was making moves in the commercial real estate lending market. In 2009, he launched Starwood Property Trust, a publicly traded investment bank that invests in and originates commercial real estate debt. Its initial public offering raised $950 million.
Mr. Sternlicht had known Messrs. Fellows and Ward since 1994, when Nomura provided the financing for his $561 million acquisition of the Westin Hotel Co. from Aoki Corp.
On a recent phone call with The Mortgage Observer, Mr. Sternlicht recalled that he had once worked on a hotel financing transaction with Mr. de Haan. Mr. Tokarski, meanwhile, was on his radar as a fellow Brown University alumnus. "They were very well-known in the debt space," Mr. Sternlicht said, noting that the group's cross-country lending relationships made it a good fit for the REIT.
"He raised the capital, but he needed a team. We were a team, but needed the capital," Mr. Fellows said. "I can't remember how many people he hired at the one time, but probably about 15. And—bam!—that was able to turbo-charge the REIT, which grew much more quickly and handled many more transactions."


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Jay-Z, Kate Middleton, Lena Dunham, Lindsey Vonn among Time's 100
The annual list of Time's 100 top titans, pioneers, leaders and icons has been released, and there are a lot of familiar names on the list.
Jay-Z and Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun are among the titans, while Lena Dunham, Lindsey Vonn, Justin Timberlake and Kate Middleton are listed as icons. Also named on the list are Barack and Michelle Obama, Beyonce, Daniel Day-Lewis, Michael Kors, Shonda Rhimes and LeBron James.
"Jay Z embodies so much of what makes New York New York," Mayor Michael Bloomberg writes of Jay-Z. "In nearly everything he's tried, he's found success. (He even put a ring on Beyoncé.) And in doing so, he's proved that the American Dream is alive and well."
Stevie Wonder sings the praises of Timberlake, writing, "I think it's a great thing when you do the most you can with the time you have in life. Justin has accomplished a lot at a young age, taking advantage of all the possibilities, and yet he's found time to give of himself too -- he gets and gives back. He has a spirit. He does God's work through using the most of his talent."
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Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Internship: Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Long Beach, California
Area: Clinical Psychology
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Phone: 607-777-6315
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Professional Activities:
Currently, the director of the Marriage and Family Studies Laboratory and formerly the deputy to the president of Binghamton University (July 2006 to Aug. 2009) and interim director of Clinical Training (June 2006 to Dec. 2006). Ad hoc reviewer: Assessment, Developmental Psychology, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, Journal of Family Psychology, Journal of Marriage and Family, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Personal Relationships, Psychological Assessment. Membership in Professional Societies: Association for Psychological Science (APS), Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Co-President of ABCT Special Interest Group: Couples Research and Therapy (2001-2003), International Association of Relationship Researchers (IARR), National Council on Family Relations (NCFR). Licensed psychologist: New York (#014850).
Research Interests:
Changes in marriage and family functioning.
Research Description:
I investigate the developmental course of marital distress and dissolution from a scientific perspective. To better understand the antecedents of marital discord, I examine the behaviors, cognitions and emotions of couples. I am currently expanding on this research by determining whether the current body of empirical literature about the predictors of relationship discord applies to low-income couples and people of color. I am also interested in outcome research on programs designed to prevent marital distress and dissolution.
Philosophy of Graduate Training:
Graduate students in my lab are expected to collaborate on large longitudinal studies of marriage. The lab is operated as a team with each graduate student answering specific questions as part of a larger project. Graduate students will be involved in interviewing couples, data management, data analysis, undergraduate supervision, and writing. It is expected that students will publish their theses and dissertations. Students should be comfortable in a team setting and a scientist-practitioner training model.
Selected Publications:
McShall, J. R. & Johnson, M. D. (2015). The association between relationship distress and psychopathology is consistent across racial and ethnic groups. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124, 226-231. doi: 10.1037/a0038267.
Johnson, M. D. & Bradbury, T. N. (2015). Contributions of social learning theory to the promotion of healthy relationships: Asset or liability? Journal of Family Theory & Review, 7, 13-27. doi: 10.1111/jftr.12057
Rogge, R. D., Cobb, R. J., Lawrence, E., Johnson, M. D., & Bradbury, T. N. (2013). Is skills training necessary for the primary prevention of marital distress and dissolution? A 3-year experimental study of three interventions. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 81, 949–961. doi: 10.1037/a0034209.
Johnson, M. D. (2012). Healthy marriage initiatives: On the need for empiricism in policy implementation. American Psychologist, 67, 296-308. doi: 10.1037/a0027743
Osterhout, R. E., Frame, L. E., & Johnson, M. D. (2011). Maladaptive attributions and dyadic behavior are associated in engaged couples. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30, 787-818. doi: 10.1521/jscp.2011.30.8.787


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Economy Of Karnataka
Karnataka is one of the high economic growth states in India with the expected GSDP (Gross State Domestic Product) growth of 8.2% in the fiscal year
2010-2011. The total expected GSDP of Karnataka in 2010-2011 is about Rs. 2719.56 billion. Per capita GSDP during 2008–2009 was US$ 1034.9. Karnataka
recorded the highest growth rates in terms of GDP and per capita GDP in the last decade compared to other states.
Karnataka received US$2,026.4 million worth of Foreign Direct Investment for fiscal year 2008-09 placing it at third spot among states in India. At the end of
2004, the unemployment rate of Karnataka was 4.57% compared to a national rate of 5.99%. For the fiscal year 2006-07 the inflation rate of Karnataka was
4.4% which was less than the national average.
Agriculture In Karnataka :
For many rural residents of Karnataka, agriculture is the major occupation. A total of 123,100 km² of land is cultivated in Karnataka constituting 64.6% of the
total geographical area of the state. According to the 2001 census, farmers and agricultural labourers formed 56% of the workforce of Karnataka. Agriculture in
Karnataka is heavily dependent on the southwest monsoon since the extent of arid land in the state is second only to Rajasthan. Only 26.5% of sown area
(30,900 km²) is subjected to irrigation.
The state has three agricultural seasons – Kharif (April to September), Rabi (October to December) and Summer (January to March).The main crops grown
here are rice, ragi, jowar, maize, and pulses (Tur and gram) besides oilseeds and number of cash crops. Cashews, coconut, arecanut, cardamom, chillies,
cotton, sugarcane and tobacco are among the other crops produced in the state.
Karnataka is the largest producer of coarse cereals, coffeeand raw silk among the states in India. Horticultural crops are grown in an area of
16,300 km² and the annual production is about 9.58 million tons. The income generated from horticulture constitutes over 40% of income generated from
agriculture and its is about 17% of the state's GDP. In floriculture, Karnataka occupies the second position in India in terms of production and 700 tons of
flowers (worth Rs. 500 million) were produced in 2004-05.
A majority of the 3500 crore silk industry in India is headquartered in Karnataka State, particularly in the North Bangalore regions of Muddenahalli,
Kanivenarayanapura, and Doddaballapura the upcoming sites of a 70 crore "Silk City".
Industries In Karnataka :
Karnataka evolved as the manufacturing hub for some of the largest public sector industries of India after independence. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
which is dedicated to research and development activities for indigenous fighter aircraft for the Indian Air Force employs over 9,500 employees making it one of
the largest public sector employers in Karnataka. For detailed Info about Industries in karnataka click here
Banking In Karnatka :
Karnataka, particularly the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi got a premier position in banking in India. This is because seven of the country's
leading banks, Canara Bank, Syndicate Bank, Corporation Bank, Vijaya Bank, Karnataka Bank, Vysya Bank and the State Bank of Mysore originated
from thisstate. The first five in the above list of banks were established in the districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada. These districts have among the best
distributionsof banks in India—a branch for every 500 persons. Between 1880 and 1935, 22 banks were established in coastal Karnataka, nine of them in the
city ofMangalore.
As of March 2002, Karnataka had 4767 branches of different banks servicing the people of the state The number of people served by each branch was 11,000
which is lesser than the national average of 16,000, thereby indicating better penetration of banking in the state.
Minerals In Karnataka :
Gold, iron ore, quartz, limestone, manganese, kyanite and bauxite are some of the minerals that are found in Karnataka. After the closure of the Kolar
Gold Fields mine in Karnataka, the only company in India that produces gold by mining and extracting it from the ore is Hutti Gold Mines Limited that has
plants at Hutti and Chitradurga in Karnataka. Major mines of manganese and iron ore are located at Sandur in Bellary district.
Visweswaraiah Iron and Steel Ltd. at Bhadravathi and Jindal Vijayanagar Steel Ltd. at Toranagal are engaged in the production of iron and steel. Indian
Aluminium Company Ltd (Hindalco) has an aluminium plant near Belgaum. Mysore Minerals Limited is in the mining and production of chromite in
Hassan district. Rajashree Cements at Adityanagar, Vasavadatta Cements at Sedam and The Associated Cement Company Ltd. at Wadi are engaged in the
production of cement. Uranium deposits have recently been found in Deshnur, a small village near Belgaum.
BioTechnology In Karnataka :
As of June 2006, Karnataka housed 55% of biotechnology related companies in India.Bangalore is also the home of the largest biocluster in India with total
revenues of Rs. 14 billion and having 158 of the 320 companies working on biotechnology in India.Karnataka has a headcount of over 6800 scientists
involved in biotech research and out of 28 biotech companies that were registered in India in the year 2005-06, 27 were located in Karnataka.