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Wanted: More women entrepreneurs to create growth and jobs Publicat la data de: 16/11/2012
Women's entrepreneurial potential is a very much underexploited source of economic growth and new jobs. The fact that women only account for 34.4% of the self-employed in Europe suggests that they need more encouragement to become entrepreneurs. As a source of inspiration and practical advice for women, the European Commission has set up a European Ambassadors' Network and a European Mentors' Network. Now it is up to the women themselves to take up the challenge...
As things stand, women account for over half of the population but for only a third of the EU's entrepreneurs. This leaves considerable untapped human potential that is sorely needed to boost economic growth and create the new jobs required in today's difficult economic climate. If more women can be motivated to start up and lead companies, this could generate growth and jobs across the EU.
The European Commission sees an important economic role for women as is clear from the wording Europe 2020 Strategy for growth and jobs. One of its targets for the year 2020 is a 75% employment rate for women and men aged from 20 to 64 – this will be achieved by getting more people into work, especially women, the young, older and low-skilled people and legal migrants.
Women entrepreneurs take more calculated risks
While European women are at least as well educated as men, only a few decide to set up a company in the fifteen years following their graduation. Lack of take-up can partly be explained by difficulties they encounter in reconciling private and professional activities. In addition, existing business set-up support systems are not always tailored to women's specific needs. Concerns faced by potential women entrepreneurs include greater difficulty accessing financing, professional networks and training and a possible lack of confidence due to the absence of appropriate role models. Women also tend to be cautious and take more calculated risks, and to focus on creating companies in familiar areas and for which they can benefit from family support. They can fail to take full advantage of networking opportunities and often grow their businesses slowly and only if their family situation allows them to work long hours with a good probability of success. Women therefore require tailor-made support measures when setting up their businesses.
Inspiration and support for would-be women entrepreneurs
The European Commission already provides help in a number of areas to encourage women to become entrepreneurs. A European Network of Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors was set up in 2009, followed by the creation of a European Network of Mentors for Women Entrepreneurs in 2011. Female ambassadors can be seen as a first step, providing inspirational role models to encourage women to consider entrepreneurship as a viable career option. But what happens if they are interested but fall by the wayside because they lack support? This is where the second step kicks in, in the form of mentors who give practical advice to women who have recently launched their own businesses.
The EU's forthcoming SME Week 2012 Summit will focus on encouraging women to consider setting up and running their own business, usually a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME).
Helping women entrepreneurs access loans
Securing loans is a major challenge for many small businesses across Europe. So it makes sense that one of the four workshops during the SME Summit will focus on the subject of access to finance for women entrepreneurs.
Speaking during the workshop will be Artemis Toumazi, a Female Entrepreneurship Ambassador and CEO of a cooperative bank set up in Cyprus in 2000. The bank specialises in small loans up to €100 000, with flexible repayment plans, grace periods of up to two years, interest rates of around 4% and the possibility to access funds within 48 hours.
One of the beneficiaries of a loan is a company called Drive and Fly, which looks after, cleans and maintains cars for passengers at Larnaca airport. In addition to a loan of €60 000, the company's Director, Anna Karyda, obtained advice and access to the bank's professional network.
'They supported our idea. They encouraged us. They helped us with the company's business plan, and of course they gave us information when we wanted financing from other financial institutes. They gave us very good information about banking with them and getting financing on good terms from other institutes. That was very important for us,' says Anna Karyda.
Examples of Successful Women Entrepreneurs
Female technological wizardry
Technology used to be an area largely dominated by men, but this is changing. There are numerous examples of women who are bucking that trend, including Swedish researcher/entrepreneur and Female Entrepreneurship Ambassador Susanne Rostmark, who will be one of the main speakers in a workshop looking at the subject of women in technology-based businesses. Rostmark has patented so-called 'freeze-dredging' technology, which is used to bring contaminated sediments and objects up from the sea bed to the surface of the sea by first freezing the segment or object. The technique has been used to lift a Swedish aircraft up from the Baltic Sea. Her next aim is to develop freeze dredging for sludge removal and handling radioactive material.
Female Entrepreneurship Ambassador Katia Marchesin is another woman to have made a mark in the field of technology. She is now the CEO of ADL Ingegneria Informatica, an Italian IT company with twenty employees that was set up in 1995. The company's customers are mainly SMEs, in particular in manufacturing and sales. Their core business is developing information technologies in areas such as supply management and radio frequency identification tracking. They also produce technologies to help share information on the web, to create e-commerce, to organise online communities, for search engine optimisation, for search engine marketing etc.
Katia Marchesin also acts as a host entrepreneur for the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Programme. She has already hosted three new entrepreneurs at her company since 2009. Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs is a cross-border exchange programme which gives new or aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to learn from experienced entrepreneurs running small businesses in other European Union countries.
Focus on film
Female Entrepreneurship Ambassador Jane Barnes, the founder of Yakkety-Yak Multimedia Company Ltd, has also found her niche in the world of business. As a child, she had been in stage and film productions. Now she is a producer and director of film shorts and works on a variety of commercial and audio-visual projects with her team, whose services include multimedia training. She is currently also training disabled and disadvantaged people in film techniques. The awards she has won are a testament to her success: Disabled Business Person of The Year Award 2004-2005, Enterprising Women Best Boss Award in 2008 and Women's Enterprise Champion for the East of England region 2010. She encourages women and other groups in society, including disaffected young people, to consider entrepreneurship as an option using her MIND YOUR OWN BIZNEZ Programme.
Taking the plunge
Entrepreneurship is, by definition, about taking calculated risks. There is no certainty that a business idea will work until someone takes the plunge and tries it out. A good example is Gitta Quercia-Naumann, a Female Entrepreneurship Ambassador who worked for 10 years as a call operator for the German post office.
Her big leap in the dark was in 2001, when, aged 47, she opened her own Spanish restaurant, called Tapas y mas, without any previous experience in the catering sector. In order to stay close to her children she decided to open the restaurant in Engelskirchen — her hometown of 20,000 inhabitants — and not the larger and more certain market of Cologne, only 30 km away.
Gitta Quercia-Naumann has successfully marketed her restaurant so that, even in these difficult economic times, people travel from far and wide to enjoy her food. Today she is still one of the few tapas specialists in Germany and she is often invited to discuss her business methods at cooking shows and exhibitions.
Teaching women business skills
Barcelona's School of Entrepreneurship for Women shows just how far education in entrepreneurship can pay dividends. The school was set up by Barcelona Activa, Barcelona City Council's Local Development Agency. At the school, women take part in training courses, including business counselling and learning marketing tools, and they receive personalised advice.
In the 27 years that the school has been up and running, it has trained 4 700 women, of whom 48% have created their own company. Of these 48%, 61% have created a company in the technology/communications sector, 27% have created a company in the service sector and 12% have created a company in the tourism sector. Would-be women entrepreneurs are supported in their efforts to develop their business plan, keep track of its objectives and put it into practice.


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Firefighters responded to the structure fire shortly after midnight and found a fully engulfed home.
"It was a very long night," said fire Chief Kurk Flynn. Road conditions were slippery and icy and firefighters had issues getting sand. They obtained water from a brook near the fire station. "Unfortunately, most of the house was destroyed by the time we got there due to the location and the length of time it had been burning," Flynn said.
Nobody was home at the time. A Border Patrol Agent reported the fire. "You could see it from a long ways away," said Flynn.
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Kalamazoo Beer Week 2014: Bell's events for Jan. 10-18
Here are our events for Kalamazoo Beer Week 2014. We will update this list as additional details become available.
Jan. 10
Pre-Kalamazoo Beer Week Tasting: Bell's General Store, 4-7 p.m.
Jan. 11 - 18
Bell's Beer Dinner Menu: Rustica, Kalamazoo, $42 per person
First course: Braised Otto's Chicken Salad - Arugula, blood orange, tangerine and Garlic Vinaigrette paired with Smitten Golden Rye Ale
Second course: Mushroom Rigatoni - Black truffle purée and pecorino paired with Special Double Cream Stout
Entree: Braised Beef Brisket - Puff Pastry, squash, peppers, demi-glacé paired with Kalamazoo Stout
Jan. 11
2nd Annual Bell's Snow Jog Adventure (Leisure) Race & Challenge: Multiple locations, downtown Kalamazoo. Proceeds will benefit Kalamazoo Loaves & Fishes.
Go here for more information and to register (space is limited).
Jan. 12
Sunday Beer Brunch: Eccentric Café, noon to 3 p.m. Cost is $15 for an all you can eat buffet or $8 for kids. Specialty beer cocktails will also be available.
Jan. 13
Craft Beer & Crafts Night: Eccentric Café, 5-9 p.m. Admission is free. Variety of craft beer related crafts. Learn how to paint a unique craft beer painting from our friends at Happy Our Art - seats are limited for this portion and can be reserved here. Too Koi Designs will also give a screen printing demo.
Bell's Happy Hour(s) with Laura Bell: Central City Tap House, Kalamazoo, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Black Note, Hopslam, Rye Stout, Sweet Potato Stout and Red Nose ESB will be on tap.
Smitten Tasting: MegaBev, Kalamazoo, 4-8 p.m.
Jan. 14
Rare Beer, Cured Meat & Cheese Party: Eccentric Café, 5 p.m. until it's gone
The beers:
• Bourbon Barrel Dagger Stout
• Chocolate Covered Cherry Double Cream Stout
• Toasted Coconut Java Stout
• Breakfast Blend Double Cream Stout
• Le Bretteur
• Aged Third Coast Old Ale 4-year-old Expedition Stout
The meats:
• Coppa
• Salame Cotto
• Delaware Fireball
• Sopressata
• Lomo
• House cure pork belly
• House made white fish pate
• House cured salami
The cheeses:
• Dunbarton Blue
• Vella Dry Jack
• Spanish Mahon
• Smokey Blue
• Black Diamond White Cheddar
• Saint Angel
Bell's Beer Dinner And A Movie: Alamo Drafthouse, Kalamazoo. Five courses mirroring Brad Pitt in the film Ocean's 11. ON THE MENU - Round 1 - Rusty's Nachos: Corn tortillas topped with beans, melted cheese and beer-marinated ground beef paired with Third Coast Beer; Round 2 - Ceaser Palace Salad: Fresh romaine hearts tossed in Cesar dressing and topped with fresh mozzarella, cherry tomatoes and balsamic reduction paired with Amber Ale; Round 3 - Only in the Morning: A beer-centric take on the classic shrimp cocktail - Beer battered, spicy shrimp matched with beer-infused cocktail sauce paired with the rarely seen Roundhouse India Red Ale; Round 4 - 30 Minutes of Breathing Time: Penne pasta baked with house made marinara and Italian sausage served with a side of garlic bread paired with Two Hearted Ale; Round 5 - The Getaway: A spearmint lollipop for dessert paired with Third Coast Old Ale
Jan. 15
Jort-Slam Hopslam Party: Eccentric Café, 8 p.m. Enjoy Hopslam and Smitten while singing on our stage with back-up from Live Band Karaoke. Don't forget your jorts!
Jan. 16
Minute To Win It Party: Shakespeare's Pub, Kalamazoo, 7 p.m. Multiple beers on tap.
Jan. 17
Bell's Beer Dinner: The Park Club, Kalamazoo, 6-7 p.m. meet and greet, $60 per person - all inclusive. Contact The Park Club at firstname.lastname@example.com or call 269-381-0876 for reservations.
- Corn & Leek Chowder paired with Third Coast Beer
- Smoked Salmon Profiterole - House smoked salmon mousse, crème faiche paired with Smitten Golden Rye
- Rustic Grilled Vegetable Tart - Roasted garlic, caramelized onion, grilled vegetables and Moody Blue cheese paired with Hopslam
- Grilled Char Siu Duck Confit - Chinese barbeque grilled duck served with Jasmine rice paired with Porter
- Santa Maria Beef - Tender dry-rubbed beef shoulder, sweet potato cake and stout scented jus paired with Cherry Stout
Jan. 18
Winternoon Warmer Patio Party: Eccentric Café, noon. Heaters will be on and a live auction (various items) will benefit The YWCA of Kalamazoo.
Brewery tours
In addition to these events, we will also be giving weekend brewery tours. For details and times, go here.
Photos: Bell's Bar in Grand Rapids, Michigan
On Dec. 19, 2013, an official ribbon cutting was held to celebrate the opening of the Bell's Bar inside the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids. The bar offers a variety of Bell's beer, Bell's inspired food and is located outside of security so, tickets are not required to visit.
Submit your design for a craft beer mosaic to benefit The YWCA of Kalamazoo
We're looking for inspired artists for a special project as part of our events for Kalamazoo Beer Week 2014.
Beginning Dec. 17, we will accept designs for a Bell's or craft beer related mosaic to be assembled with bottle caps during one of our KBW events in January.
"This is a project that celebrates our local art culture and gives back to our community," said Laura Bell, Bell's Vice President.
"We can't wait to see what people come up. There are a lot of very talented Bell's fans out there," she added.
The completed mosaic should be no larger than 5 feet tall by 3 feet wide and will be auctioned off at the conclusion of KBW on Saturday, January 18th with proceeds going to The YWCA of Kalamazoo.
The winning artist will also receive a special Bell's prize.
Entry, judging details
- Deadline to enter is Dec. 27 Jan. 3. Designs must incorporate the following colors: gold, black, green, silver, orange, red, white and/or yellow.
- Judges will pick the finalists and those designs will be uploaded to a photo album on the Eccentric Cafe's Facebook page to then be voted on. The entry with the most Likes by Jan. 3 will be assembled at a Craft Beer and Crafts Night on Jan. 13 at the Eccentric Café in downtown Kalamazoo.
- Entries must also include your full name, age, place of residence, preferred contact number and email address. You must be 21 or older and will be required to sign a release form in order to be considered.
- Entries can be emailed to firstname.lastname@example.com
Look for a complete list of all our events for Kalamazoo Beer Week 2014 soon as well.


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Flashback: The Times Brett Hull Was Almost A Ranger
In the months after the Rangers won the Stanley Cup in 1994 a clause in Mark Messier's contract was triggered where Mark Messier could renegotiate the $2.6 million that was owed him on his contract.
Messier wanted more than $5 million per season in a new contract and the new owners of Madison Square Garden ITT/Cablevision didn't want to pay him more than $4 million per season. The new owners also fired the President of MSG Bob Gutowski because they offered Messier a contract worth more than $5 million.
Because of this stalemate, the NY Times reported on September 21, 1994 that there had been discussions of a potential swap of Mark Messier and Brett Hull.
Hull was supposedly offered as compensation to the Rangers when the Blues hired Mike Keenan. The compensation ended up with the Rangers acquiring Petr Nedved for Esa Tikkanen and Doug Lidster.
Hull, 30 at the time, had just come off of scoring 57 goals in the 1994 season and was under contract for the next four seasons.
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In July 2001, Hull reportedly wanted to sign with the Rangers and play with Jaromir Jagr but didn't want to sign with the Rangers if they couldn't land Jagr in a trade.
The NY Times spoke to Hull and he said that he would have interest in playing for the Rangers, but for nothing less than two years and reportedly between $5 and $6 million.
He told the Times that his interest in signing with a team went beyond Jagr, "'My sole interest is in Brett Hull and in helping the team he goes to toward winning the Stanley Cup. I definitely don't hold anybody hostage in that way. But I'll tell you this: that wouldn't be too bad, playing with Jaromir Jagr."
The times says that the Rangers could head into the 2001 season with a power play of Mark Messier, Brett Hull, Jaromir Jagr, Brian Leetch and Vladimir Malakhov.
In August of 2001, SI reported that Hull was about to be signed by the Rangers as soon as their trade for Eric Lindros was finalized. The deal is reportedly two years and worth a total of $10 million.
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POTSDAM - It was size versus quickness on Thursday evening at SUNY Potsdams Maxcy Hall as No. 3 seed and Class A champion downed No. 2 seed and Class D champion Madrid-Waddington, 64-50, in the second semi-final of the Tournament of Champions.
The Raiders (11-8) will face OFA (20-1) tonight at 7:15 p.m. in the Section 10 Overall Finals where Massena looks give Coach Tom Miller his third overall title matching up with Blue Devil coach Mark Henry who is seeking his first title since succeeding Bill Merna for the 2011-12 season.
Tonight, I felt that our size wore Madrid-Waddington down in the second half. They are really quick but when we get our inside game working along with some contributions from the outside. We can compete with anyone, said Massena coach Tom Miller.
Madrid-Waddington coach Aaron Jones also expressed his views on Massenas inside force.
There size was definitely a factor. They got some passes over our defense and finished. I would have like to rebound better but they made it difficult. But this was a good test for our kids going into state play next week, Jones said.
Madrid-Waddington (16-7) muscled up with the Raiders in the first quarter to lead 15-13.
Down 19-17, Massena went on a 10-0 run keyed by five points from Xavier Viskovich for a 27-19 lead with 2:29 left in the half halftime. Massena eventually led 34-23 at halftime when Joe LaBelle hit three straight free throws.
The third quarter saw M-W trim the deficit to 46-39 on a buzzer-beating three from Randy Wright.
The Raiders started the fourth on a 6-0 run on by hoops by Tyler Haas, Rhoades Tarbell, and Zevon Viskovich. Maurice Rease answered with a three for M-W and Labelle fired in a three back for a 55-42 lead with 5:50 left.
The Jackets got within seven with 4:07 left but Massena responded with five straight keyed by a three from Labelle with 3:30 left for a 60-48 lead.
Hitting those threes were big. Right now, we are playing well and its always nice playing at this time of the year. Weve got a very good OFA team tomorrow night and they beat us twice. Weve got our work cut out for us, said Miller.
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Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin's monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace...only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.
A Feast for Crows
It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears....With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King's Landing. Robb Stark's demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist — or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out.
But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces — some familiar, others only just appearing — are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead.
It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes...and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests — but only a few are the survivors.
"Long-awaited doesn't begin to describe this fourth installment in bestseller Martin's staggeringly epic Song of Ice and Fire. Speculation has run rampant since the previous entry, A Storm of Swords, appeared in 2000, and Feast teases at the important questions but offers few solid answers. As the book begins, Brienne of Tarth is looking for Lady Catelyn's daughters, Queen Cersei is losing her mind and Arya Stark is training with the Faceless Men of Braavos; all three wind up in cliffhangers that would do justice to any soap opera. Meanwhile, other familiar faces — notably Jon Snow, Tyrion Lannister and Daenerys Targaryen — are glaringly absent though promised to return in book five. Martin's Web site explains that Feast and the forthcoming A Dance of Dragons were written as one book and split after they grew too big for one volume, and it shows. This is not Act I Scene 4 but Act II Scene 1, laying groundwork more than advancing the plot, and it sorely misses its other half. The slim pickings here are tasty, but in no way satisfying." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)
"Grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant." Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series
"Such a splendid tale and such a fantistorical! I read my eyes out." Anne McCaffrey, author of the Pern series
"Provides the same pleasures as the three earlier books: deeply involving characters; complicated yet clearly laid out plots; sharply realized settings; language rich in that love of words which is so central to high fantasy." Seattle Times
"The fourth novel in Martin's popular mega-fantasy introduces new plot twists and characters that continue to flesh out one of the genre's most detailed and intriguing worlds....
"Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series is that rare, once-in-a-generation work of fiction that manages to entertain readers while elevating an entire genre to fine literature." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Martin's command of English and of characterization and setting remains equal to the task of the fantasy megasaga, which is good because Martin's Song is starting to rival the page count of Robert Jordan's 12-volume Wheel of Time. Good news for readers of robust appetite." Booklist
"Martin has created a full, rich and interesting world filled with colorful characters....This is a series for adults, not children, and readers expecting clean-cut Harry Potter will find themselves less than comfortable in Martin's world." The Oregonian (Portland, OR)
"[A]n 800-page ride through the amazing geography of Martin's imagination....Start wherever you will (but preferably at the beginning with A Game of Thrones) and you can count on being taken a very willing prisoner by this highest of high fantasy achievements." BookReporter.com
The fourth book in New York Times bestselling author Martin's landmark series finally arrives to the delight of fans the world over. This is historical fiction that never was, filled with gritty characters, realistic conflicts, heroism, barbarism, defeats and triumphs.
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FORT BELVOIR, VA. — The USO broke ground today on its first domestic Warrior and Family Center in Fort Belvoir, Va., to care for our nation's returning service men and women as they cope and recover from injuries incurred in battle.
The centers are being built for wounded warriors and their families and will host troops, husbands, wives, children, parents, brothers and sisters – everyone important to recovery – and offer a homelike environment to receive the training, education and job placement services needed to move forward in life. The Fort Belvoir center is slated to open in Fall 2012.
"This event is more than just a groundbreaking ceremony for a new USO center," said USO President Sloan Gibson. "It will be built here as a symbol of America's commitment to our wounded warriors and their families, to all of them around the world, supporting them as they recover and take the next step in their lives.
"The USO's mission is to lift the spirits of America's troops and their families. When we ask the simple question who needs us most, in today's operating environment, clearly, our wounded warriors and their families [are] at the top of the list."
Today's groundbreaking initiates the public phase of the USO program Operation Enduring Care, a $100 million capital fundraising campaign: $25 million will be allocated to build two new Wounded Warrior and Family Centers (Fort Belvoir and Bethesda, Md.); $50 million will support ongoing programs at the centers and worldwide and $25 million will endow the two centers.
Gibson said the centers "will be a place where families of wounded warriors can be together as families, away from the hospital environment. A place where they can enjoy a home-cooked meal together, where children can play. A place of respite, where they can relax in meditation rooms. And a place to begin to work toward the future, through continuing education programs offered in the learning center. And in the business center, they'll be able to deal with any [administrative issues] that does not go away, even though their lives may have been turned upside down."
The center will be run by the experienced staff and volunteers of the USO of Metropolitan Washington D.C., who have been working with wounded warriors for over a decade.
"Metro D.C. USO's a vital part of activities at Fort Belvoir, supporting the growing troop and family population," Gibson said. "USO Metro is also very engaged at Walter Reed in Bethesda, [Md.,] as well as with the warrior transition units here at Fort Belvoir and at Fort Meade [Md.]. … USO Metro demonstrates day-in and day-out America's gratitude for the service and sacrifice of troops and their families."
The USO has been lifting the spirits of troops and military families for more than 70 years. While this mission has not changed, the USO continues to adapt to meet the changing needs of our troops and families, especially our wounded warriors.
"Supporting the troops has to be more than a slogan," Gibson said. "It has to be reflected in action. Especially for those who have suffered the visible and invisible wounds of war. While this center will not provide medical care, it will nonetheless be a place of healing.
"Our goal is to help those who sacrifice so much, move from the battlefield to a happy and fulfilling future. And this center is a key component in that effort."
Colonel John J. Strycula, Garrison Commander at Fort Belvoir, agreed.
"This center will be an important cog in our proven concept of soldier and family center care and recovery," he said. "The family center will accelerate our heroes and their families' recovery process and help them embrace the future.
"But this center will be much more than a physical structure. It will also become a place where our warriors and their families can find solace and peace and help in the recovery process … True and complete healing encompasses physical, emotional, social, spiritual and family healing."
USO Board of Governors Chairman and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers, USAF (Ret.), relayed a story about General George C. Marshall and his response to the question: What is the most important element of a military's fighting capability? Gen. Marshall responded: "Morale."
"And that's what the USO is all about," Gen. Myers said. "And that's what this center's going to be all about: the morale of the force.
"We, the country, do a good job of honoring our military. But we need to go further than just honoring. We owe it to those who served … to do things like this. … Morale makes a difference. We're talking about changing and nurturing attitudes to allow folks that have been severely wounded or in the hospital for whatever reason to get back on their feet and to contribute to this great country."
To further the General's point, Congressional Rep. Jim Moran (D – Va.) discussed how soldiers returning from battle are true survivors and that "survival" has taken on new meaning.
"Real survivability is not just extending someone's ability to stand and breathe. Real survivability is enabling them to continue to fulfill their full potential as human beings. So it's not just the body. It's the mind and the spirit. … This facility is about going one step further; it's about restoring the soul."
For Congressional Rep. Gerald Connolly (D – Va.), it is "the nobility of the families providing support, even in difficult times" that draws much of his admiration.
"What we're doing today is not just a groundbreaking. But it is renewing and rededicating ourselves to that commitment [of the families] and to the men and women who put on that uniform and serve their country so that we can stay free and our democracy remain vital."
The center's design, developed by Huffman Development and Scott Long Construction and designed by STUDIOS Architecture, was based on research, surveys and focus groups to determine the needs of wounded warriors while also focusing on the Warrior and Family Support Center in San Antonio, Texas. The USO and STUDIOS Architecture conducted hundreds of interviews with wounded warriors (including members of the Reserve and Guard), their families, military medical professionals and staff, community groups and subject matter experts in the care of wounded, ill and injured warriors.
The USO has received support for Operation Enduring Care from a group of partners who have contributed private donor gifts, corporate donations, foundation grants and in-kind support from suppliers and contractors. Those key partners include: Northrop Grumman, The Anschutz Family Foundation, Lowe's, News Corporation, AMA and Sue Timken, Anheuser-Busch, and P&G.
Gibson has said regarding Operation Enduring Care: "The people this campaign aims to assist aren't the kind to ask for help. They've always taken care of themselves and taken care of others, and they've asked for nothing in return. But now it's their turn to need care and support and encouragement. We know that Americans want to make sure wounded warriors get all those things and more. That's what Operation Enduring Care is all about. That's why we're asking for contributions."
The target date for completion of the Fort Belvoir center is late 2012 and the groundbreaking for the second stateside Warrior and Family Center at Bethesda's new Walter Reed Hospital is slated for 2012.
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MORRISTOWN The village of Morristown passed an $846,511 spending plan for the 2014-15 fiscal year at Tuesdays meeting.
The budget will keep the tax rate at $11.53 per $1,000 of assessed value for a total tax levy of $297,414 a $3,614 increase over last years levy.
The newly adopted spending plan is actually a reduction from last years budget which, at $951,526, included about $100,000 more in appropriations.
Village Superintendent of Public Works Kevin J. Crosby said the decrease in spending comes from the fact that the village finished a number of projects last year.
We finished a few projects, Mr. Crosby said. The Bayside Park boat launch is finished. The pavilion at the fire hall is finished.
Mayor Cheryl A. Shatraw said the budget also maintained the water and sewer fees at the same rate as last year.
Village sewer fees will remain at $360 per year billed quarterly at $90 and water will continue to be $7.50 per 1,000 gallons.
In order to balance its budget, the village included $62,939 from its reserve accounts in the new spending plan.
The budget was approved by Mrs. Shatraw and Trustee Francis E. Colby. Trustee Peter A. Paquette was absent.
At Tuesdays meeting the village also noted that construction on a road bypassing the Morristown Bay will continue as soon as the snow melts.
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We thought we'd be getting rain, but aside from a little sprinkle (and misters all around the festival), the Jazz Fest was saved for another day from the Jazz Fest curse (the curse: it rains at least one day of the festival).
Day 5 at the Fairgrounds was blessed with weather that was hot but kept everyone happy and dancing. Slaking our thirst with all the delicious iced coffee and fruit over at the 'OZ Hospitality Tent.
The only Thursday of Jazz Fest is a special day at the Fairgrounds: the hardcore Jazz Festers are out in full force, after putting on their straw hats and calling in sick to work. It's also the day that the Festival gives out tickets to school children to attend the festival, so lots of kids were out enjoying all the culture and educational experiences the Jazz Fest has to offer.
We're half-way through Jazz Fest. The first weekend was tremendous with amazing live broadcasts from the Fest, huge crowds, beautiful weather, and WWOZ even sold out of brass passes. Check out the hightlights below from all the stages, the WWOZ Hospitality Tent and a little bit of Jazz Fest life from across the fairgrounds.
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Martin O'Malley's Terrible Fiscal Record
Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is readying himself for a White House run. His recent rhetoric on economics shows that he will run to the left of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. After two terms of an unpopular left-wing president, that is surely the last thing the country needs.
Government Spending: Accounting and Economics
A Wall Street Journal story today looks at government spending through the lens of the national income and product accounts (NIPA). The article says that as government spending rises, it is "no longer dragging on growth." Unlike recent years when spending was supposedly cut, the government today "has ceased to be a drag on growth." But that is an unwarranted conclusion from the NIPA data, which are produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
More Duplication in Government
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) releases an annual report on government duplication, fragmentation, and overlap. Since 2011 GAO has highlighted 440 different actions that Congress and the president could take to reduce this wasteful spending. This week, GAO released its updated report and included an additional 66 actions.
A Tax Day Review
Today is Tax Day. Federal tax returns are due to the Internal Revenue Service with a postmark before midnight. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that the federal government will collect $3.2 trillion in revenue this year.
Tax Day: Not Painful Enough
A lot of people hate Tax Day. Filling out tax forms is drudgery, and being forced to pay cash to the IRS is painful, especially since the taxes fund so many wasteful activities. Taxes are not the price of a civilized society as liberals claim, but the price of a government cluttered with failed and harmful programs.
Balanced-Budget Amendment to the Constitution
Presidential candidate Rand Paul has announced his support for a balanced-budget amendment (BBA) to the U.S. Constitution. This is an old idea, but a good idea. A BBA has been proposed in Congress as far back as 1936. In 1982 the Senate passed a BBA by a vote of 69-31, but it failed to get the needed two-thirds approval in the House. In 1995 a BBA passed the House by a 300-132 margin, but it fell one vote short of passage in the Senate.
Republicans Are Poised to Raise Spending
Republicans control both chambers of Congress. Republicans trumpet their desire to cut federal spending and control the growth in entitlement programs, but a number of their actions over the last month suggest otherwise.
Postal Service Privatization
For more than a century, the federal government has pursued a misguided witch hunt against perceived monopolies in the private sector. But in a glaring hypocrisy, Congress has long protected one of the nation's largest businesses against competition. The legal monopoly conferred on the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is a relic. Government-run mail makes no sense in our email-dominated economy, and other nations are showing that postal privatization works. If the centuries-old Royal Mail can be privatized, then so can our USPS.
IRS Budget Cuts and Tax Filing
For taxpayers needing IRS help, this year's filing season could be a nightmare. The Washington Post today reports on the long lines at IRS offices. The newspaper suggests that five years of Republican budget cuts are to blame, even though Democrats control the White House and, until recently, the Senate. But, whoever is at fault, the IRS commissioner is correct that his agency's service is "abysmal."
Over-Budget Hospitals
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is plagued with problems. Veterans wait months for medical care and have few options for accessing non-VHA providers. In addition to all of the issues relating to providing health care, construction of VA medical facilities is mismanaged, which costs taxpayers billions of dollars in extra costs.


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Growing up we never wore matching pajamas on Christmas morning. Now, when I look back at the pictures that were taken over the years I kind of wish we did. That would save me from the embarrassment of the photo of me in my Winnie the Pooh boxer shorts and matching crop-top standing beside my new bike being passed around year after year. After searching several different places for matching holiday pajamas, I came across Snug As A Bug and fell in love with their Red Snowflake Pajamas.
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BURRILLVILLE – As Lucille S. Guilbault remembers the Blizzard of '78 with lots of other local folks today, she will be thinking more about birthday candles than the storm's incredible depths and drifts of snow.
In addition to today being the 35th anniversary of the big storm, it's also the 35th birthday of Guilbault's daughter, Rebecca.
As the storm's heaviest snows started to blanket the area in the early afternoon of Feb. 6, 1978, Guilbault began going into labor and was soon worrying about how she would get to the delivery room at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence.
BURRILLVILLE – As Lucille S. Guilbault remembers the Blizzard of '78 with lots of other local folks today, she will be thinking more about birthday candles than the storm's incredible depths and drifts of snow.
In addition to today being the 35th anniversary of the big storm, it's also the 35th birthday of Guilbault's daughter, Rebecca.
As the storm's heaviest snows started to blanket the area in the early afternoon of Feb. 6, 1978, Guilbault began going into labor and was soon worrying about how she would get to the delivery room at Women & Infants Hospital in Providence.
What happened over the next few hours is a story for her family to chuckle and smile about today, but only because everything worked out well. Rebecca Triplett only knows the story as her mother tells it.
"Oh, she laughs about it but she doesn't remember anything," Guilbault said. "But I always say 'you were born on a snowflake,' the proud mom said.
'Becca' remembers having had a special beginning in life from the way her late grandparents, Lionel and Theresa Guilbault, would introduce her to their friends when going out to breakfast on Sundays.
"They always introduced me as the Blizzard Baby," Triplett said.
Lucille Guilbault said her story about the Blizzard of `78 begins with her pregnancy with Becca reaching full term.
Her obstetrician, Dr. Boudreau, expected her to come into Women & Infants when her labor began. As the snow started to pile up at her home on Wakefield Road near Buck Hill in Pascoag, Guilbault's membranes broke and she knew immediately that getting to the hospital could be a problem.
The snowfall had already made roads in her remote corner of Pascoag impassible to cars, and she and her husband, Richard, began to think about alternative transportation to the hospital.
"I called a friend who worked for an ambulance company, Nancy Binns, and she tried to get a four-wheel drive vehicle to come out and get me," she said.
Guilbault and her husband had to walk down their driveway to meet the driver and then rode in the truck until it got stuck in the snow.
The couple got hold of local police and the State Police for help and finally were told a State Police four-wheel drive vehicle would attempt to make their rescue.
The trooper reached them, Guilbault remembers, and transported them out to Glendale, where he also became stuck. A town snowplow took over at that point and got the couple to Route 44 in Chepachet. The storm had become so bad, Guilbault said, it was impossible to tell where the road ended and the nearby lake began. Another change of trucks was made in Chepachet and the couple continued on with a new driver, she remembers.
Guilbault was in labor throughout the couple's travels, but luckily her labor did not proceed to delivery at a fast rate. Today she estimates it took more than three hours to reach Our Lady of Fatima Hospital in North Providence. Fatima did not have a maternity unit at the time but was the closest hospital they could get to. The conditions were so bad when they finally reached High Service Avenue in North Providence, the truck driver had to back up the road and let the Guilbaults off to walk up the driveway.
Guilbault's "Blizzard" story didn't end with her arrival at Fatima, but just entered a new chapter.
Fatima lacked a maternity ward so the hospital made a temporary delivery room in one of its operating rooms. The staff members Guilbault dealt with were very helpful and pleasant and even excited over the fact a baby was about to be born in their facility, she remembers.
"They didn't have an obstetrician on staff so they found a surgeon that lived a few roads away, Dr. Indeglia, and he agreed to come," she said. Dr. Indeglia, a cardiac surgeon, monitored Guilbault through the rest of her labor and ultimately delivered Rebecca by C-section.
"I had a spinal tap and I watched her delivered," said Guilbault, who, like her husband, is a registered nurse.
Since Fatima didn't have a maternity suite, the staff had to improvise an incubator for Rebecca and used a padded cart and hot water bottles to keep her warm.
The Blizzard of `78 also brought two other women to Fatima to deliver their babies and Guilbault remembers that the families later had their christenings at the hospital to commemorate its blizzard deliveries.
The Guilbaults spent five days at the hospital as a result of the storm shutting down roads throughout the area and missed some of the hardest impacts it meted to local communities. More than 50 people were listed as fatalities of the storm and its record snowfalls in New England.
When they did arrive back home in Pascoag, Guilbault said, the family found that a neighbor had assisted their horse, Rapidan Flash, by feeding it through a partially open door to their snow-buried barn.
The story of Rebecca's birth made the news but was then quickly forgotten "because there was a lot going on that affected people's lives," Guilbault said.
The Blizzard of '78 was a record event across the Southeastern New England area and shut down highways in Rhode Island and Connecticut for much of a week. Woonsocket was buried under 54 inches of snow and required the help of National Guardsmen and a large excavator from Buffalo, N.Y. to reopen its roads.
Rebecca said this week that she was highlighted again as a Blizzard Baby when WJAR television did a piece on her for the 25th anniversary of the storm. Today, Becca works as a stuntwoman in the movie industry along with her husband, Matt Triplett, and as a horse trainer at her family's farm. She said her friends will only know about her being born during the Great Blizzard if they visit her Facebook page and see some of the old photos and news stories.
Guilbault said she doesn't find Becca's job as a stuntwoman unusual given the events of her birth.
Her friends also see a connection to her work, Becca said, when they hear her story.
"They say 'that's kind of different and that explains a lot!'" she said.


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An astonishing work of cutting-edge science and cultural history that radically reframes how we understand the vagina — and consequently, how we understand women — from one of our most respected cultural critics and thinkers, Naomi Wolf, author of the modern classic The Beauty Myth.
When an unexpected medical crisis sends Naomi Wolf on a deeply personal journey to tease out the intersections between sexuality and creativity, she discovers, much to her own astonishment, an increasing body of scientific evidence that suggests that the vagina is not merely flesh, but an intrinsic component of the female brain — and thus has a fundamental connection to female consciousness itself.
Utterly enthralling and totally fascinating, Vagina: A New Biography draws on this set of insights about "the mind-vagina connection" to reveal new information about what women really need, and considers what a sexual relationship — and a relationship to the self — transformed by these insights could look like.
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"The latest from bestselling feminist author Wolf (The Beauty Myth) begins with her 'traumatic loss' of the 'experience of sex as being incredibly emotionally meaningful.' Although still orgasmic, the depressed Wolf reaches out to her gynecologist, who diagnoses her with a damaged pelvic nerve. Corrective surgery, which includes having a 17-inch metal plate implanted in her back, happily restores her ecstatic orgasms and creative powers, and inspires this investigation. Defining the vagina as 'the entire female sex organ, from labia to clitoris to cervix,' Wolf investigates the science of female sexuality, including new findings showing a powerful connection between the vagina and brain. Citing history, science, Tantra, and her own online questionnaires, Wolf concludes that the vagina is 'the delivery system for the states of mind that we call confidence, liberation, self-realization, and even mysticism in women.' Neither scientist, sociologist, sex-educator, physiologist, nor psychologist herself, reporter Wolf draws liberally and uncritically from work in those fields. Her study of Western science is amplified by her own startling 'Tantric explorations.' She offers 'points of exploration' for pleasuring a woman, which she calls the 'Goddess Array,' a series of surprisingly mundane suggestions: bring her flowers; dim the lights; relax her; hug her; cuddle her; take her slow dancing. Her last words call up the chant of teenage girls, at a high school assembly in Manhattan: 'Vagina vagina vagina.' Indeed. Agent: John Brockman, Brockman, Inc. (Sept.)" Publishers Weekly Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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At the end of World War II, General Douglas MacArthur made a difficult decision to spare the life of Japanese Emperor Hirohito. That is the historical setting of Emperor, a new feature film directed by Peter Webber (Girl with a Pearl Earring) and photographed by Stuart Dryburgh, NCZS, ASC (The Piano, Aeon Flux, Amelia).
Of equal importance in the film is the smaller, human story of General Bonner Fellers, the man MacArthur assigns to investigate the matter, and Fellers' relationship with Aya Shimada, a Japanese woman he met years earlier. Fellers eventually risks his career in his search for Aya. Matthew Fox plays Fellers, and Eriko Hatsune is Aya. Tommy Lee Jones is entertainingly gruff as MacArthur.
The film was made mostly in Auckland, New Zealand. Major locations included the Old National Gallery building in Wellington, and a burnt out abattoir complex in Auckland. All stage work was executed at the "cold stores" stages in West Auckland. Another big set-piece depicts the bombed-out devastation of post-war Tokyo, requiring a 50,000 square foot landscape of rubble with set extensions done with visual effects. Only one major scene, with the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in the background, was filmed in Japan. The reverse angles, away from the untouched palace, show a devastated Tokyo courtesy of visual effects.
Dryburgh let the time periods cue him when it came to the right look. The main part of the story takes place in Tokyo in 1945. There are flashbacks to 1930s Japan, and scenes in an even older setting, when Fellers and Aya met in college. Dryburgh imbued these older scenes with a more colorful vibrancy.
Dryburgh and Webber chose to frame the story in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio. Dryburgh used the HAWK V-Lite 1.3x lenses, which "squeeze" the image by a factor of 1.3 rather than the standard anamorphic 2:1 squeeze. This allowed him to shoot 3-perf, saving money and extending time between reloads.
"I like the widescreen format," says Dryburgh. "I think it has scope, but also can create very personal frames."
The film stocks were mainly KODAK VISION3 50D Color Negative Film 5203 for day scenes, with occasional use of KODAK VISION3 250D Color Negative Film 5207 in situations in which daylight was fading to dusk. KODAK VISION3 500T Color Negative Film 5219 was used for nights and stage interiors. Dryburgh says he's especially fond of the 50D Film's daylight-balanced emulsion.
"There's a lot I like about it," he says. "I like the slow speed of it. I like the fact that I'm not stacking up NDs to get a more open stop on the camera. The older 50D was very, very contrast-y, which I also liked in a certain way. My observation is that the newer VISION3 50D Film is even more forgiving than the old one. I've certainly found that in the transfer to the digital medium, the 50D Film behaves very nicely.
"Beauty was another important element in this film," the DP adds, "and another argument in our decision for choosing film. I do think that film as an origination medium is much kinder to faces than any of the digital cameras I've worked with — much more flattering on people. Aya is mostly in General Fellers' memory, so there's a dreamlike quality to all those scenes. Our intent was to make those memories of her face very evocative."
That dreamlike quality is perhaps strongest in a scene where Fellers and Aya are playfully chasing each other through a swaying grove of green bamboo. Another visually arresting sequence takes place at Aya's father's house. Production designer Grant Major built the house on location to facilitate moving in and out of the house and showing the surroundings through the windows.
In the sequences that take place at military headquarters, Webber was clear about avoiding scenes in which a character sits at a desk and talks. Whenever possible, conversations were shot on the move, adding some urgency. Long, winding corridors were incorporated into the set to stage these walk-and-talk moments, mostly covered with STEADICAM.
Dryburgh concludes that shooting film effortlessly helped sell the era. "Peter and I both felt that the texture of film was completely right for the period, and we didn't have to be heavy handed about it as long as we were shooting on film."
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