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UPDATE: Suspects Mark Bornino and R. Daniel Volpone were arrested on the charge of discharging a firearm on or near a prohibited place, a third-degree felony, according to Terry Grice, Montville Township police chief. An arraignment proceeding took place this morning via video in Medina Municipal Court. The two men are being held at the Medina County Jail.
MONTVILLE TWP. — Mary Kuruc and her two adult daughters had just left the kitchen when the second bullet came through the wall and ripped into their microwave.
Kuruc's colonial home at 2907 Parnham Drive was one of two houses hit twice Wednesday afternoon by bullets fired from an AK-47 assault rifle about a third of a mile away, police said.
Police arrested the shooters, who said they were target-practicing.
Kuruc, 55, said it was lucky no one was hit.
"There are usually kids around here," she said. "Someone could have been hurt. You just don't expect this to happen on a Wednesday afternoon."
Montville police Sgt. Matthew Neil agreed.
"If someone had been standing there just seconds longer, they'd have been shot."
Police arrived at Kuruc's home at 2:24 p.m. after her daughter, Karrie, 28, alerted police that a bullet pierced their living room wall moments earlier.
Another volley of shots went off after police arrived.
"During the second round of rapid gunfire, an officer reported hearing bullets going over his head and additional 911 calls from both the original calls reported that their houses were being struck again," Neil said.
A second bullet pierced the same wall in Kuruc's home and was deflected into the adjoining kitchen, where it was embedded in the microwave.
Neil said the 911 callers were told to go to their basements.
Police confronted the shooters, identified as Mark Bornino, 53, of 5544 Windfall Road, and R. Daniel Volpone, 45, of Parma, just as they were firing a third volley.
"Both men were ordered to the ground and taken into custody," Neil said.
Neil said Bornino and Volpone had been drinking alcohol but were "nowhere close to the legal limit."
He said some marijuana also was found.
Bornino and Volpone were arrested on the charge of discharging a firearm in a public place, a Medina County Shieriff's Office deputy said this morning. They are being held at the Medina County Jail and are awaiting arraignment today in county court.
Police said the pair was firing an AK-47 assault rifle and other guns in Bornino's backyard at paper targets without a backstop to stop the bullets.
Parnham Drive and Windfall Road are separated by a stretch of woods.
Police said at least one other home on Parnham Drive was struck.
Across the street from Kuruc's home, two shots pierced walls at 2902 Parnham Drive.
Neil said one of the bullets went through the house, piercing two walls.
A woman was home, but declined to comment.
Police arrested Bornino and Volpone and seized the AK-47 rifle, two high-capacity magazines, and three handguns: a 9 mm, 380-caliber and 22-caliber pistols.
Also seized were 628 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition for the AK-47, and about 100 cartridges for the pistols.
Sarah Weber, 37, a neighbor of Kuruc, said her family didn't hear the first volley of shots. When police arrived, she and her two children, ages 3 and 6, began to panic.
"We didn't know what was happening," said Weber, of 2918 Parnham Drive. "The police told us to get indoors, and then we heard gunshots."
She and her children watched from windows as police scoured the area to see whether any other homes were hit.
"I didn't know bullets could go that far and still go through a house," Weber said.
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I must have done something right at the Indianapolis 500, because the powers that be at the station are sending me in for more at tomorrow's Brickya Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. If you can't make the race, feel free to lean on me for wandering photos from the pit and garage areas, then providing the best liveblogging and Twittering available from the second floor media room.
As for the race, I really wish I would have dropped a prediction when it came to me, because now going with Mark Martin seems awfully front-runnerish. But it would be cool to see a first-time winner take the race tomorrow. With many drivers calling it "the 2nd biggest race on the schedule", it definitely means a lot for them to do well and win at Indy. While it's no doubt some of the favorites would make a good story – Jeff Gordon becoming the first 5-time winner at IMS or Tony Stewart and Jimmie Johnson joining the elite group of 3-time winners – I'd like to see someone come from out of the blue.
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I haven't played the first two, will i enjoy this game?
I haven't played the first two games, will i be missing a bunch of stuff that is crucial to the story? or will i be ok to play through without knowing what happens in the first two games?
does anybody know of a detailed synopsis for the first two games?
I haven't played the first two games of the series either.. but I kinda got the jist of the synopsis.
Dark Forces and MOTS are not as crucial as JK I to understand whats going on. But it would be nice if you get kyle katarn's background on starwars.wikia.com
The game is just fine as a standalone. But the other games to provide a lot of backstory and help with the overall feel of the game.
Kind of late to be buying this game.
If you have any love of star wars whatsoever, get this game. Its old, but great fun gameplay especially after you put dismemberment mod on. MP is ok, but not as many folks still play.
I didn't buy the first two games till much later. I still liked both JO and JA. So I would say yes you would enjoy this game. It has the third best single player campaign I have seen. #1 would have to be KOTOR 1 and #2 would have to be either JK or MotS. The multiplayer is very well done as well. There are still thousands of people playing it
Anyway if you want a detailed synopsis I would recommend using Wikipedia
Here is the first game
Here is the second game
Here is MotS the expansion to the second game
No doubt you will. My jk history: JK3, JK2, DF (currently playing), DF2:JK (next on my list). I've enjoyed / am enjoying every single one of them (no matter the clunky graphics of the older ones).
And there is a Mod that puts new updated models into JK DF II btw. Poster, yes indeed you will LOVE this game i really think, it is an amazing achievement of game design, the levels are awesome, the settings and the in game vids are superb and it is an all around winner, head above most of the most modern super graphic games that are really just shoot em ups on speed. This game is one of the very best I have ever played, and will remain a classic, along with JK Academy which you should play after this one. The first two, actually three if you add the expansion to JK DF II, MOTS, Mystery of the Sith, are all interesting storywise but quite a bit older in terms of graphics but you can tweak at least JK DF and JK DF II with the right in game settings to get a very respectable appearance to the graphics with the engine they used. Have fun, and may the Force be with you!.
You will enjoy this game. JO and JA are my favorite games still today. The SP campaign in JO is the best I've ever played. The SP campaign in JK DF2 is real close. The two best gaming experiences of my life were the first time I played JK DF2 and JO.
You should defenitaly get JA after you complete JO. The 6 level Dark Forces Mod for JA was just released. There are SP addon levels for both JO and JA to download.
yes u will
u will really enjoy this game even if u havnt played the other but there nothing as good as playing the complete saga of df/jk good luck
I only got DF2 because I was curious about the storyline. But the game is good either way. You can understand the story irregardless since it doesn't rely on backstory a whole lot
Got MOTS with my copy of DFJK, but actually never finished it. Still, you don't need either to enjoy JO. I'd have to say I pretty much agree with Prime's assessment.
Jedi Outcast rocks, but I recommend getting all of its predecessors as well. Even Dark Forces, which people still make mods/maps for. When a game that old still has a modding community, that's saying something.
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The weather pattern for New Jersey this Spring has featured above normal rainfall and unsettled conditions. Rainfall amounts average one to three inches above normal over southern New Jersey and three to six inches over the northern half of New Jersey. In fact, some locations in northeastern New Jersey have even pushed to eight inches above normal over the past 60 days. The amount of rainfall over the region has lead to a constant threat for localized river flooring and urban flooding. So what's behind the heavy rainfall?
Part of the answer which will be discussed in this two part discussion (part two next week) we will look into what is creating a favorable environment for all this rainfall and for the volatile temperatures.
The satellite picture displayed here is of the northern Atlantic and eastern North America. Note the area of blue and green arrows. The circulation is that of an upper level low and trough that has been plaguing the northern Atlantic for the past several weeks. This upper level low and associated trough is a key feature in our weather pattern. Note over the Canadian Maritimes, the upper level winds are converging from the east. Converging air at the upper levels leads to sinking air and sinking air to the surface helps to establish and/or enhance high pressure systems at the surface. Here is where this patter impacts you and me.
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College Hockey:Chiasson scores twice as Mercyhurst knocks off Connecticut in AHA semis
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Mercyhurst rode a pair of second-period goals to defeat Connecticut 4-1 in the semifinal round of the Atlantic Hockey playoffs Friday night at Blue Cross Arena.
Even in victory, Mercyhurst coach Rick Gotkin said the game "was not an easy night for us."
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UConn came out aggressively in the first period, controlling play and took an early lead at 7:36 of the opening stanza.
"We wanted to be on the attack and be aggressive," said UConn coach David Berard. "We knew that we had to be like that to beat them and got a nice transition play."
Shawn Pauley sent a turnover at his own blue line quickly up ice, springing linemates Trevor Gerling and Cody Sharib on a two-on-one odd man rush into the Lakers' zone. Gerling wristed a hard shot towards Mercyhurst goaltender Jordan Tibbett that pushed through his five hole and barely trickled across the goal line.
The play triggered the first-ever video goal review in the history of the AHA as the referees affirmed the initial call made on the ice.
With the Huskies up 1-0 late in the first period, Mercyhurst killed off 1:40 of a five-on-three UConn advantage. The successful penalty kill turned momentum to Mercyhurst's side of the ice and the Lakers built from there.
"We didn't get anything going on that power play," said Berard. "We lost the first draw and then we tried wrapping the puck a couple of times and it got picked off. They outworked us. Their three guys outworked our five guys. That gave them a lot of jump going into the second period."
"The game changed when we killed the five-on-three for almost two minutes," added Gotkin. "If that goes to 2-0 at that point, who knows? That might have been the difference in the game."
Mercyhurst's offense got going in the second period scoring a pair of goals to take a 2-1 lead. The first goal came when Zac Frischmon intercepted a UConn clearing pass at the top of the right faceoff circle. Frischmon turned around and whipped a wrist shot past Matt Grogan at 9:15.
"We got on our heels a little bit in the second after they scored their first goal and we never really recovered," said Berard.
The Lakers' second goal occurred as Mercyhurst set up in the Huskies' zone. Nick Zones launched a slap shot from the right point that bounced off UConn defender Sean Ambrosie's skate and then was deflected into the net by Paul Chiasson at 15:59.
"We like to get a good forecheck in," said Chiasson. "I saw we had two guys in the corner and Jonesy is a good shooter. He and I have connected many times before. I tried to get a screen, got a piece of the puck and it trickled in."
Mercyhurst added to its lead midway through the third period with a power-play goal by Ryan Misiak. Kyle Just sent a shot down the slot that Misiak deflected at 13:19 to extend the Lakers' lead to 3-1.
"In the third, Mercyhurst knuckled down defensively and made it really difficult to get any quality chances," said Berard.
Berard pulled Grogan with 2:02 remaining in the game, but just eight seconds later, Chiasson scored his second goal of the game into the empty net to seal the game.
Mercyhurst, the No. 6 seed in the tournament, will face No. 7 seed Canisius in the championship game on Saturday.
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White, M A; de Beurs, K M; Didan, K; Inouye, D W; Richardson, A D; Jensen, O P; O'Keefe, J; Zhang, G; Nemani, R R; van Leeuwen, W J D; Brown, J F; de Wit, A; Schaepman, M E; Lin, X; Dettinger, M; Bailey, A S; Kimball, J; Schwartz, M D; Baldocchi, D D; Lee, J T; Lauenroth, W K (2009). Intercomparison, interpretation, and assessment of spring phenology in North America estimated from remote sensing for 1982-2006. Global Change Biology, 15(10):2335-2359.
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Shifts in the timing of spring phenology are a central feature of global change research. Long-term observations of plant phenology have been used to track vegetation responses to climate variability but are often limited to particular species and locations and may not represent synoptic patterns. Satellite remote sensing is instead used for continental to global monitoring. Although numerous methods exist to extract phenological timing, in particular start-of-spring (SOS), from time series of reflectance data, a comprehensive intercomparison and interpretation of SOS methods has not been conducted. Here, we assess 10 SOS methods for North America between 1982 and 2006. The techniques include consistent inputs from the 8 km Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer NDVIg dataset, independent data for snow cover, soil thaw, lake ice dynamics, spring streamflow timing, over 16 000 individual measurements of ground-based phenology, and two temperature-driven models of spring phenology. Compared with an ensemble of the 10 SOS methods, we found that individual methods differed in average day-of-year estimates by ±60 days and in standard deviation by ±20 days. The ability of the satellite methods to retrieve SOS estimates was highest in northern latitudes and lowest in arid, tropical, and Mediterranean ecoregions. The ordinal rank of SOS methods varied geographically, as did the relationships between SOS estimates and the cryospheric/hydrologic metrics. Compared with ground observations, SOS estimates were more related to the first leaf and first flowers expanding phenological stages. We found no evidence for time trends in spring arrival from ground- or model-based data; using an ensemble estimate from two methods that were more closely related to ground observations than other methods, SOS trends could be detected for only 12% of North America and were divided between trends towards both earlier and later spring.
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Klonowski taken Saturday in the 29th Round by the Los Angeles Angels
Listed by Collegiate Baseball as a MAC "Player to Watch."
2007: Selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 39th round of the MLB Amateur Draft following his junior campaign ... Led NIU with 14 starts, two complete games, and 98.1 innings, the third-highest season total in school history, while tying for the team lead with six victories ... Completed two of his nine MAC starts and posted a 43:11 strikeout to walk ratio in conference play ... Ranked third in the MAC in innings pitched per game (7.02), starts (14) and complete games (two) while tying for ninth in wins and placing 18th in ERA ... Ranked third in the MAC in complete games (two) during conference play and posted the sixth-highest conference win total (five) and innings total (7.41 per game), ninth-best conference ERA (3.24) and 10th-lowest opponent batting average (.252) ... Went 3-0 with 2.05 and two complete games while striking out 20 and allowing two walks in 26.1 innings over three starts during NIU's second quarter of the season ... Combined for a 1.04 ERA during the first and second innings of his starts ... Totaled 6.0 innings, allowing four hits and four earned runs with one walk and three strikeouts in a no-decision at Texas Tech (2/23) ... Took the loss in 7.0 innings with nine hits and four earned runs at Southern Illinois (3/3) ... Earned the win and fanned seven without issuing a walk, yielding seven hits and three earned runs in 6.0 innings vs. Long Island (3/11) ... Struck out five in 5.0 innings but took the loss vs. Fordham (3/16) ... Notched a complete game victory with five hits, three earned runs, one walk and five strikeouts in the MAC opener vs. Ohio (3/23) ... Hurled his second consecutive complete game, yielding seven hits and three earned runs while striking out three without a walk at Akron (3/30) ... Struck out 12, equaling the second-highest total in school history, with one walk and six hits in 8.1 shutout innings in his win at Kent State (4/6) ... Worked 6.1 innings and struck out six against just one walk in a loss vs. Miami (4/13) ... Took the loss despite 7.1 innings of work with two earned runs and one walk at Central Michigan (4/20) ... Struck out seven while yielding eight hits, three earned runs and one walk in a loss vs. Eastern Michigan (4/27) ... Earned the victory with 7.0 innings, one earned run, two walks and three strikeouts vs. Western Michigan (5/4) ... Worked 6.1 innings with six hits, three earned runs, two walks and four strikeouts in a no-decision at Ball State (5/11) ... Tossed 5.1 innings with nine hits, four earned runs, two walks and two strikeouts in a loss at Toledo (5/17) ... Worked 7.2 innings, yielding 12 hits and six earned runs without allowing a walk in a first-round loss to Kent State at the MAC Tournament (5/23) ... Won three games and posted a 3.49 ERA in 11 starts for the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League during the summer season.
2006: Posted a 4-4 record with a 6.02 ERA in 14 games with 10 starts ... Struck out 55 in 61.1 innings and ranked eighth in the MAC with 8.07 strikeouts per game ... Went 2-4 in seven league starts, fanning 35 in 37.1 innings ... Ranked sixth in the MAC with 8.44 strikeouts per conference game ... Pitched 3.1 innings of relief while striking out four at Arizona State (2/5) ... Made his first collegiate start and picked up his first career victory with five innings of work, striking out four, at Southern Illinois (3/5) ... Allowed one earned run and struck out four over six innings in a no-decision start at Nevada (3/15) ... Notched the victory and struck out seven in 5.1 innings at Ohio (3/26) ... Earned a win in 6.0 innings, allowing three earned runs with five strikeouts vs. Akron (4/2) ... Fanned eight in four innings but took the loss in start vs. Kent State (4/8) ... Struck out five in 6.2 innings while yielding three earned runs but took the loss at Miami (4/15) ... Threw 5.2 innings, allowing four earned runs with four strikeouts, in loss vs. Central Michigan (4/22) ... Threw 3.2 innings in a loss at Eastern Michigan (4/29) ... Started and struck out three in 5.0 innings, allowing eight hits and four earned runs in a no-decision at Western Michigan (5/6) ... Victorious in a seven-inning start while fanning six and yielding just one earned run on six scattered hits at Valparaiso (5/16) ... Earned the Central Illinois Collegiate League Second Half Pitcher of the Year Award and was named league's player of the week during the 2006 summer season.
2005: Totaled 18 appearances, 15.2 innings and 11 strikeouts as a freshman ... Made his collegiate debut by throwing 0.2 innings at Texas Tech (2/11) ... Struck out two in one inning of work at Louisville (3/15) ... Took the loss in a two-inning outing at Eastern Kentucky (3/19) ... Fanned two in 1.1 innings at Akron (4/30) ... Struck out two in 1.2 innings vs. Miami (5/14).
High School: Helped lead his team to the IHSA Class AA title game as a senior ... Appeared in 15 games with five starts and compiled a 2-0 record, two saves and a 2.56 ERA in 26.0 innings with 21 strikeouts and just two walks during his senior season ... Went 4-3 with a 3.47 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 39.2 innings as a junior ... Member of the Mathematics Honor Society.
Personal: Biology major ... Born June 4, 1986 ... Son of Kevin and Kristie Feeney.
2007 6 7 0 4.30 14/14 2 98.1 108 59 47 18 61 9
2006 4 4 0 6.02 14/10 0 61.1 80 53 41 30 55 5
2005 0 1 0 12.06 18/0 0 15.2 32 23 21 9 11 5
Career 10 12 0 5.60 46/24 2 175.1 220 135 109 57 127 19
Low-Hit Complete Game: 5 (vs. Ohio, 3/23/07)
Innings Pitched (start): 9.0, twice, last at Akron, 3/30/07
Innings Pitched (relief): 3.1, at Arizona State, 2/5/06
Strikeouts: 12, at Kent State, 4/6/07
Low-Hit Complete Game: 5 (vs. Ohio, 3/23/07)
Innings Pitched (start): 9.0, twice, last at Akron, 3/30/07
Innings Pitched (relief): 3.1, at Arizona State, 2/5/06
Strikeouts: 12, at Kent State, 4/6/07


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Nov 7th, 2011
as seen by Jack McCarn
Hi Hikers,
Does anyone know where the name for Tunnel Creek originated?
This picture would suggest that maybe John had found it, if in fact, as it looks, the Creek is coming out of a Tunnel here.
Here we go on another enthusiastic hike on a very well known trail. The "Adventure" comes from what we do not know. Such as, I didn't know that hiking only one of every three Mondays for a couple of months would make the "flat hike" to the Shelter so steep. "Uffda" comes to mind, a term I've heard around Poulsbo. The lesson to be learned here is, "If you are going to keep on hiking, you had better keep on hiking".
Trailhead temperature was 31.3º F. No precipitation forecasted until afternoon. No wind.
There is a whole lot about Valhalla in Norse mythology on the web. All of it dark and sinister, except, I found one place that called it, "The place of the dead, i.e., for the Christian that is heaven."
OK, that is more the way I see 5345 Peak. Not in dark and sinister tones, but a place of pure joy. In late summer when the flowers are in maximum show, my euphoria leaps like "Hinds Feet in High Places".
Happy trails, keep on hiking!
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Pre-ordered 4G LTE iPad Mini and iPad 4 models may start shipping around November 20
Back when it announced the iPad Mini and iPad 4, Apple didn't say when exactly the 4G LTE-enabled versions of these tablets would start shipping. And while the Wi-Fi-only variants are already on the market, that's still not the case for the ones that come with mobile data connectivity.
However, it might not be long before they start shipping. Mac Rumors reports that several of its readers have received shipping notices from Apple. The earliest shipping date for a 4G iPad Mini or iPad 4 seems to be November 20. That said, some people got November 21 as the date when they should be expecting their brand new tablets, others got November 23.
It certainly seems that Apple will do its best to ship pre-orders on Thanksgiving week, making its new tablets into cool presents for that occasion.
In-store sales of the 4G tablets may start on November 16 at AT&T, one source claims (but this is unverified, mind you). That doesn't make much sense, since Apple usually makes pre-ordered items ship around the date of in-store availability. But anything can change, so let's wait and see.
The iPad Mini and iPad 4 with mobile data are launching in the USA first. They will then be rolled out across the world later.


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Measuring Change in University Counseling Center Students: Using Symptom Reduction and Satisfaction with Services to Propose a Model for Effective Outcome Research
Date: December 1999
Creator: Quick, Cynthia L.
Description: Abstract This study proposes a model for meeting increasingly mandated outcome research objectives in a university counseling center setting. It is proposed that counseling centers utilize their existing intake forms, along with an annual satisfaction survey to determine the effectiveness of counseling services. Effectiveness is defined as improvement and measured by the reduction of the symptoms or presenting concerns with which the client initially presented. It also introduces the Relative-Change Index (R-Chi) as an objective way to quantify intra-individual change occurring as a result of therapy. This new mathematical procedure allows for a more meaningful assessment of the client's degree of improvement, relative to their potential for improvement. By re-administering the problem checklist, routinely included as part of the initial paperwork for each client at intake, again post-therapy, it is possible to quantify improvement by measuring the difference in distressing concerns. Additionally, including a subjective, retrospective survey question asking the client to indicate their perceived rate if improvement at follow-up provides construct validity and allows for correlational comparisons with R-Chi. Results suggest that student/client ratings of the degree to which the services they received satisfactorily addressed their presenting concerns were significantly rated to their R-Chi score. This model suggests that ...
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The Application of a Health Service Utilization Model to a Low Income, Ethnically Diverse Sample of Women
Date: August 2000
Creator: Keenan, Lisa A.
Description: A model for health care utilization was applied to a sample of low income women. Demographic Predisposing, Psychosocial Predisposing, Illness Level, and Enabling indicators were examined separately for African American (n = 266), Anglo American (n = 200), and Mexican American (n = 210) women. Structural Equation Modeling revealed that for African American and Anglo American women, Illness Level, the only significant path to Utilization, had a mediating effect on Psychosocial Predisposing indicators. The model for Mexican Americans was the most complex with Enabling indicators affecting Illness Level and Utilization. Psychosocial Predisposing indicators were mediated by Illness Level and Enabling indicators which both directly affected Utilization. Implications of the results for future research are addressed.
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Comparative Analysis of Chronic Versus Acute Stressors and Their Influence on Distress Consequences at Work
Date: August 2000
Creator: Crawford, Julie Schwarz
Description: Workplace stress has been found to be a causal agent of psychological distress consequences in employees. Chronic stressors have been well researched, in particular, role conflict, role ambiguity, and work overload have been extensively studied. A meta-analysis was conducted in order to aggregate past research to gain a better understanding of the impact these stressors have on the psychological distress consequences of depression, tension/anxiety, somatic complaints, and generalized feelings of stress. Only role ambiguity was found to be a significant contributor to psychological distress, in particular to feelings of depression and stress. In general, however, effect sizes for all three stressors were moderate to large. While chronic stressors have been well researched, acute stressors have been widely overlooked. Since research in this area is limited, the Daily Work Hassles Survey was developed and validated in order to analyze the role daily hassles play in the workplace. The survey yielded two factors, Interpersonal Hassles and Task Hassles. The former of which was found to be significantly related to the distress consequences of depression, tension/anxiety, somatic complaints, and general feelings of stress. The ultimate goal of this project was to compare chronic and acute stressors. Results from the daily hassles study were ...
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Psychological and Sociodemographic Predictors of Psychological Distress in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Genetic Testing Participants within a Community Based Genetic Screening Program
Date: August 2000
Creator: Lesniak, Karen
Description: Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2, the first two breast cancer susceptibility genes identified, carry as much as an 85% lifetime risk of developing breast, ovarian or other cancers. Genetic testing for mutations in these two genes has recently become commercially available. There have been varying amounts of psychological distress noted among women with a family history of breast cancer. Distress has been observed to impact psychological functioning, activities of daily living, and the practice of breast cancer surveillance behaviors. Within the genetic screening process, psychological distress has been shown to impact the decision to undergo genetic screening, the comprehension and retention of risk assessment information, as well as affecting the subject following the receipt of the genetic test results. Little work has been done to examine predictors of distress within at risk subjects. This study examines psychological distress among 52 community women presenting for BRCA1 and BRCA2 genetic mutation testing. Predictors of distress included family cancer history, education, age, Ashkenazi ethnicity, and Internality and Powerful Others Health Locus of Control. Vulnerable sub-groups of patients include younger women, women with higher levels of education and women of Ashkenazi ethnicity.
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Reactions of psychotherapists in training to religious questions
Date: May 2001
Creator: Hutchinson, Geoffrey
Description: This project investigated the spiritual well-being (SWB) of psychotherapists in training and their physiological reactions to religious questions posed by a mock client. Electrodermal activity served as an index of physiological arousal interpreted as anxiety. Thirteen psychotherapists in training at the University of North Texas were recruited. They participated in a simulated intake session with a mock client who asked the psychotherapist neutral questions, personal-other questions (POQs), and personal-religious questions (PRQs). It was discovered that the level of SWB did not affect subjects' anxiety responses to PRQs. There also was no difference in subjects' anxiety responses for POQs between high and low SWB therapists. However, psychotherapists did experience some anxiety associated with questions related to their counseling experience and expertise.
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Simulating Statistical Power Curves with the Bootstrap and Robust Estimation
Date: August 2001
Creator: Herrington, Richard S.
Description: Power and effect size analysis are important methods in the psychological sciences. It is well known that classical statistical tests are not robust with respect to power and type II error. However, relatively little attention has been paid in the psychological literature to the effect that non-normality and outliers have on the power of a given statistical test (Wilcox, 1998). Robust measures of location exist that provide much more powerful tests of statistical hypotheses, but their usefulness in power estimation for sample size selection, with real data, is largely unknown. Furthermore, practical approaches to power planning (Cohen, 1988) usually focus on normal theory settings and in general do not make available nonparametric approaches to power and effect size estimation. Beran (1986) proved that it is possible to nonparametrically estimate power for a given statistical test using bootstrap methods (Efron, 1993). However, this method is not widely known or utilized in data analysis settings. This research study examined the practical importance of combining robust measures of location with nonparametric power analysis. Simulation and analysis of real world data sets are used. The present study found that: 1) bootstrap confidence intervals using Mestimators gave shorter confidence intervals than the normal theory counterpart ...
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The Effect of Punishment Threat on Children's Ability to Resist Temptation to Transgress and Lie
Date: December 2001
Creator: Collins, Michelle
Description: Children's response to a resistance-to-temptation (RTT) task was investigated under three punishment threat conditions: negative consequence, removing an anticipated reward, and no explicit punishment. Ninety first and second graders participated in the RTT task and seventy-three parents completed the Behavior Assessment System for Children and the Psychopathy Screening Device. As only 4% of children transgressed, results are unclear. Hypotheses tested using approximations of transgression showed no differences in RTT. Children with temperaments characterized by hyperactivity, impulsivity, attention problems, and conduct problems (HIA-CP) had the highest levels of psychopathic traits compared to all others. In addition, spanked children were rated as having significantly more behavioral problems than non-spanked children. Limitations of the current study and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Cognitive and Perceptual-Motor Indicators of Lateralized vs. Diffuse Brain Damage in Adults.
Date: December 2002
Creator: Gregory, Erin Kathleen Taylor
Description: Among the goals of the neuropsychological assessment are to detect the presence of brain damage, localize which areas of the brain may be dysfunctional and describe subsequent functional impairments. The sensitivity of neuropsychological instruments in carrying out these functions is a question of some debate. The purpose of this study is to determine the utility of lateralizing indicators from the WAIS-III, McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development (MAND) and Haptic Visual Discrimination Test (HVDT), from the McCarron-Dial System Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (MDS), in ascertaining the presence or absence of brain damage as well as location of lesion. The classification accuracies of using performance level indicators from these tests and lateralizing indicators, alone and together, were compared.
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Sex and Gender Differences in Perceived and Actual Leadership Performance: Self- and Subordinate Views
Date: May 2003
Creator: Rivero, Arlene Jean
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine how male and female leaders view their own effectiveness as compared to their objective performance. This study also examined sex and gender differences in subordinate's views of male and female leaders. Forty-two mixed-sex groups led by appointed male and female leaders were observed to assess objective and perceived leader effectiveness. Gender role of participants was assessed using the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI). No sex or gender differences were found in objective leadership effectiveness. An unexpected finding was that male and female leaders perceived themselves accurately as leaders. Significant differences were found in the way male subordinates rated men and women leaders when taking into account gender role. Results indicated that the study of gender bias in leadership is complex and should be examined in conjunction with gender role. Social role theory helps to explain this bias.
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Investigation of Relational and Overt Aggression Among Boys and Girls
Date: August 2003
Creator: Long, Melissa M.
Description: Given the paucity of research that has been conducted on aggression in girls (see Keenan, Loeber, & Green, 1999, for a review), it is important to examine different behavioral manifestations of aggression that may be more prevalent among girls than boys, such as relational aggression (see Crick et al., 1999, for a review). Relational aggression consists of behaviors that harm others through damage to their peer relationships or the threat of such damage (e.g., spreading rumors about a peer so that others will reject him/her, social exclusion; Crick & Grotpeter, 1995). Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are a particular subset of youth who are at increased risk for exhibiting aggressive behavior (Henker & Whalen, 1999; Whalen & Henker, 1985). The purpose of the present study was to assess the prevalence of relational aggression among children with attention problems as compared to the general population. Gender differences in relational aggression were also examined. In the current study, participants included 91 3rd-5th grade public school students. Teacher ratings of aggressive behavior and attention problems were obtained. Parents also completed measures to assess attention problems and social-psychological adjustment. Contrary to prediction, results indicated children with attention problems were not more aggressive than children ...
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UCLA continues its Pac-10 opening homestand on Thursday and Friday nights as it plays host to Oregon State and Oregon, respectively. Last weekend marked the first games of Pac-10 play,and no team split its conference series, resulting in standings log-jams with four teams at 2-0 and four teams at 0-2. UCLA and USC were the travel partner pairing and played only one match last week.The Arizona schools play each other this weekend with all other Pac-10 schools having two-match weekends.
Two Bruins downed double-figure kills as UCLA fell to top-ranked USC 30-21,22-30,30-19,30- 22 on Friday night at Pauley Pavilion.UCLA out-blocked the Women of Troy by a 16-10 margin. UCLA was led on the blocks by Cira Wright who had nine blocks in the match (1 BS/8 BA).Three Bruins,Chrissie Zartman (19),Krystal McFarland (14)and Heather Cullen (13)had double-figure digs,while Cullen led the team in kills with 17 and in points with 20. Although UCLA was unable to win the match,they did accomplish something that none of USC 's previous nine opponents had been able to do when UCLA won the second game of the match by a 30-22 margin.In that game,UCLA held the Women of Troy to a -.037 team attack percentage,while Cullen and Wright hit .500 (5K-0E-10TA)and .677 (4-0-6),respectively,for the Bruins.UCLA recorded six of its 16 blocks in that game two win.
The Bruins hold a 33-2 mark against the Beavers and swept both meetings last season.OSU is 9-4 (0-2 Pac-10)this season and is coached by Nancy Somera.Stat Leaders: Allison Lawrence (3.72 kills/game,220 points and 3.34 digs/game),Anne Watts-Roberts (.369 ATK%),Laura Collins (9.92 assists/game),Amanda Eggert (1.00 blocks/game).
UCLA holds a 37-1 all-time record against the Ducks,and UCLA won both meetings last season, including a 3-0 win on Oct.11 in Pauley Pavilion and a 3-1 win at McArthur Court in Eugene on Nov. 9. The Ducks are coached by Carl Ferreira,and have a 3-7 (0-2 Pac-10)record heading into a Tuesday night match at Portland.Stat Leaders: Kelly Russell (2.21 kills/game,.346 ATK%,1.00 blocks/game and 143 points),Jodi Bell (8.81 assists/game),Erin Little (1.97 digs/game).
HEAD COACH Andy Banachowski
In his 37th season on the Bruin bench,UCLA head coach Andy Banachowski remains one of the top coaches in his profession.On Sept.1,2001,in Hawaii,he became the first collegiate women 's volleyball coach in history to record 900 career wins,and is just the second collegiate volleyball coach for either gender to reach that milestone.UCLA men 's coach Al Scates,for whom Banachowski was a setter during his collegiate career,posted his 1,000th career win in February, 2000.The first women 's volleyball coach to be inducted into the National Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke,MA,Banachowski currently has a career record of 947-237 (.800),and has coached the Bruins to six national championships,including three NCAA titles.
The Bruins return to the road next week for Pac-10 contests in Pullman and Seattle,WA.UCLA 's Thursday night match at Washington State will be broadcast tape-delayed on FOX Sports Net. Exact broadcast times have not yet been announced.
Junior Brynn Murphy is leading the Bruins with 124 kills and 3.88 kills per game entering the first Oregon series,and is second on the team with a .383 attack percentage and 1.03 blocks per game.She has already posted career-high numbers for kills (17 at Hawai 'i),aces and points (20.5 at Hawai 'i)this season.Murphy has played primarily in the front row,as she is generally replaced by a libero while in the back row.Murphy was named to the All-Tournament Team at all three of UCLA 's pre-conference tournaments,the Hawaiian Airlines Classic and the Ruby 's Montana Invitational.At the HAL Classic,she led the Bruins with 41 kills (3.73/game)while hitting .307 and recording 10 blocks for an 0.91 per-game average.In Montana,Murphy 's numbers were again impressive,as she averaged team-highs of 4.00 kills per game,a .509 attack percentage and eight blocks for a 1.00 per-game average.Murphy was named the uclabruins.com Student- Athlete of the Week after her MVP performance at the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational, where she had 4.22 kills per game and a .479 attack percentage in UCLA 's three victories.
Heather Cullen earned MVP honors at the Ruby 's Montana Invitational Sept.5-6,downing 32 kills in nine games with a .397 attack percentage and 12 digs.Cullen led all players with a career-high 17 kills against Idaho in UCLA 's tournament opener,hitting .600 (17 K-2 E-25 TA).On the season, Cullen is second on the team with 90 kills for a 3.00 per-game average,has nine service aces 0.35 average)and has 22 blocks for a 0.73 per-game average.In the Sept.19 match against USC, Cullen matched her career high with 17 kills and led the Bruins with a career-high 20 points in the match.She also added double-figure kills against the Women of Troy with 13.For the season, Cullen trails only Brynn Murphy in points,as Cullen checks in with 111.5 on the season.Her third career-high mark set this season was a 15-dig performance in UCLA 's five-game loss at Hawai 'i.
A heavy hitter,Brittany Ringel continues to pound down kills with a 2.62 per-game average entering the Oregon series.Replaced by a libero in the back row,Ringel has served five aces this season.She had three aces on Sept.6 at Montana,setting a new career-high mark.She is averaging 1.15 digs per game,and has scored 79.0 points this season.
The only senior on the 2003 Bruins to see regular playing time,Cira Wright earned All- Tournament honors at the season-opening Hawaiian Airlines Classic.Wright leads the team averaging 1.29 blocks per game entering the first Oregons series.Playing all the way around for the first time in her career,Wright has already posted a career-high digging match,recording eight digs in UCLA 's five-game loss to then-No.2 Hawai 'i on Sept.1.She has also tied her career high for aces this season.
UCLA 's home opener against USC featured freshman Rachell Johnson singing the "Star Spangled Banner " prior to the start of the match..Johnson has yet to see game action for the Bruins due to a broken bone in her right hand (see Injury Update).
Named the "Top Libero " at the Ruby 's Montana Invitational despite playing the position for just seven of UCLA 's nine tournament games,junior Chrissie Zartman continues to shine as the Bruin libero.Zartman leads the team with 3.90 digs per game.She opened the season with a 4.45 digs per game at the Hawaiian Airlines Classic over Labor Day weekend,and went on to average 4.33 digs/game as she earned All-Tournament honors at the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational, UCLA 's final tournament of the regular season.Zartman is the only Bruin to have played in all of UCLA 's 33 games entering the first Oregons series.In UCLA 's Pac-10 opener against No.1 USC, Zartman led the Bruins with 19 digs for a 4.75 per-game average in conference play. An accomplished beach volleyball player,Zartman has earned her AAA beach rating,and won a gold medal at the World University Games in 2002 while playing with long-time partner Tracy Lindquist.She also finished second at the FIVB Under-21 World Championships with playing partner Keao Burdine.
Redshirt junior Krystal McFarland is one of UCLA 's tri-captains for the 2003 season (with classmates Heather Cullen and Chrissie Zartman),and has been UCLA 's primary setter through the early parts of the season.McFarland leads the Bruins in assists,averaging 10.22 per game, and has also averaged 2.04 digs and 0.48 blocks through UCLA 's home opener aginst USC. McFarland set the Bruins through the Hawaiian Airlines Classic,but stepped aside through parts of the Montana and Texas Invitationals as sophomore Haley Jorgensborg took over setting duties. McFarland has already posted a career-high blocking match,recording five block assists at Hawai 'i on Sept.1, a match in which she also posted a career-high with 7.5 points.
Four of UCLA 's five freshmen have seen game action this season.Colby Lyman had an impressive collegiate debut match against Louisville,posting 14 kills,14 digs,four blocks and 16 total points with a .478 attack percentage.She started all three matches in Honolulu.She did not participate at the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational due to injury,but she is cleared to return to the lineup for conference play.She started against USC on Sept.19,assisting on two of UCLA 's 16 blocks in the match. Becky Green came off the bench in UCLA 's five-game loss to Hawai 'i on Sept.1,turning in an impressive performance,particularly during the last two games of the match.Green then set career highs in nearly every category in the Sept.5 match against Idaho at the Ruby 's Montana Invitational,turning in nine kills,four digs,three block assists and 11.5 points with a .467 attack percentage.Her three aces in the tournament finale against host Montana are also a career best. Green continued her impressive play at the Texas Invitational,downing 25 kills in her eight games on the floor and serving seven aces for a 0.88 per-game average.Green leads the Bruins with 11 aces on the season for an 0.44 per-game average,and played in all four games against USC. Katie Carter saw limited action at the Hawaiian Airlines Classic,then earned her first career start against Boise State on Sept.6 at the Ruby 's Montana Invitational.Carter posted several career highs in that match against the Broncos,recording 11 kills,two service aces,four digs and 13 points in the match.She is averaging 2.39 kills per game this season.In Texas,Carter was second on the team with a 3.33 kills per-game average,while contributing 2.00 digs/game and two block assists for 22 points on the weekend.She played in two games against USC. Laura Kroneberger played libero in game three against Boise State on Sept.5,recording her first career dig in the match.Kroneberger was unable to play at the Hawaiian Airlines Classic due to a pulled abdominal muscle,but is once again capable of playing.She played in six games in Texas,recording nine digs and an assist,and posted four digs against USC.


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WADSWORTH — The Wadsworth Fire Department will have a new chief for the first time in 10 years.
Capt. Carl Rommel will take over Monday for Ralph Copley, who announced his retirement in December 2012, said Matt Hiscock, public safety director for the city.
Rommel, 50, has served as a firefighter, paramedic, fire inspector, EMS instructor, lieutenant and captain since joining the Fire Department in 1994 as an on-call, paid member, Hiscock said.
The new chief earned full-time status with the city in 1998 as a firefighter and paramedic. He earned the rank of lieutenant in 2001 and captain in 2003, Hiscock said.
In addition, Rommel's career includes four years of service on a fire department in Illinois.
The chief oversees fire operations and the EMS department. Overall, the Fire Department has 60 employees, which includes 15 full-time workers.
Hiscock said four candidates applied for the chief position and took part in a written test and interview process.
Copley, the city's former fire inspector, became chief in 2003.


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2010: Named to ACWPC All-America Second Team ... earned spot on All-MPSF First Team ... named to MPSF All-Academic List ... second on the team with 33 goals ... scored a goal in seven straight games from Sept. 5-Oct. 2 ... netted consecutive hat tricks against UC San Diego and UCSB on first day of the SoCal Tournament (10/2) ... scored twice in loss to California (10/3) ... scored two goals in 5-3 upset of No. 1 USC (10/9) ... added a pair of goals in 9-8 loss at UCLA (10/15) ... scored four goals in win at Santa Clara (10/29) ... posted fourth hat trick in win over Long Beach State (11/6) ... scored twice in Big Splash loss at California (11/19) ... added two goals in MPSF Tournament quarterfinal win over UC Irvine (11/26).
2009: ACWPC All-America honorable mention ... named to ACWPC and MPSF All-Academic Lists ... scored 24 goals while anchoring the two-meter position ... scored twice in each of Stanford's first two wins at Navy Open (9/5) ... added a pair in win over George Washington ... posted four goals, including three against UC Davis, on first day of NorCal Invite (9/19) ... scored four goals in win over Princeton to open UCI Invite (10/10) ... added a goal in MPSF Tournament quarterfinal win over UCSB (11/27) ... scored twice in MPSF Tournament semifinal loss to California (11/28).
2008: Tallied 18 goals on the year ... earned all-academic honors from the ACWPC and MPSF ... netted two multi-goal games this season, including a hat trick ... posted that hat trick against Bucknell (9/14) ... scored twice in 11-10 sudden-death victory over California in NorCal Tournament third-place game (9/21) ... added a goal in 8-7 SoCal Tournament championship game loss to USC ... scored the game-winner in Stanford's 6-5 victory over LMU in the National Collegiate Championship semifinals.
2007: Notched nine goals in debut season ... Scored in season-opening 17-8 win over Navy (9/15) ... Added a goal in 20-11 win over Pacific (9/22) ... Posted first collegiate hat trick in 16-5 victory over Princeton at SoCal Tournament (10/13) ... Added a goal in 10-9 overtime win over California in tournament semifinal ... Scored twice in 17-6 win over Occidental (10/21).
High School: Captained the Harvard-Westlake team in 2006 ... Named team MVP as well as MVP of Mission League ... Named first-team All-CIF as a senior and second-team All-CIF as a junior in 2005 ... Member of the 200 Youth National Team ... Was part of the 2004 Cadet national team that took gold at the Youth Pan-American Games ... Was on the 2003 Development national team ... Helped lead Los Angeles water polo club team to Premier League titles in 2006 and '07 ... Named first-team All-American at Junior Olympics in 2003 and '05.
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Surgical correction is rarely indicated for femoral anteversion. The surgery done to correct the anteversion, called a derotational femoral osteotomy, is never done before the age of 8-9 years. This is because of the high spontaneous resolution rate. Indications for surgery include: 1.) femoral anteversion > 45 degrees, 2.) hip unable to laterally rotate beyond neutral, 3.) functional disability, and 4.) severe cosmetic deformity.
|In-toeing Gait in Children
An in-toeing gait is very common in children, and is a frequent complaint of many parents. In fact, an in-toeing gait (pigeon-toed) is the most common rotational deformity seen in pediatric orthopaedics. In the overwhelming majority of patients, the in-toeing will correct with growth over time.
What causes an in-toeing gait in children?
Internal tibial torsion causes an in-toeing gait from a twisting of the tibia (shin bone). It is most often first noticed when a child is first starting to walk, and is most common between the ages of 2-4 years. The inward torsion is a variation of normal anatomy and is caused partially by the child's position in the uterus. The toddler or young child presents to the orthopaedic clinic with complaints of "bowing legs." Examining a child with internal tibial torsion with the patellae (kneecaps) straight, there will be medial rotation of the feet. Many different braces and special shoes have been prescribed in the past for internal tibial torsion. However, none of these shoes or braces have been shown to speed up the natural resolution of tibial torsion. Therefore, simple reassurance and observation is the best treatment for in-toeing caused by internal tibial torsion.
Metatarsus Adductus
Metatarsus adductus is defined as a convexity (curving inward) of the lateral aspect of the foot. It is the most common foot deformity in infants, occurring in 1-3/1000 children. Although the exact cause is unknown, metatarsus adductus in believed to be caused by intrauterine positioning or crowding. The majority of patients will have flexible metatarsus adductus, meaning that the foot can passively be corrected to neutral (normal) position. The overwhelming majority of infants and children with metatarsus adductus require no treatment other than reassurance and observation. The foot will naturally straighten out in about 90-95% of patients. Parents can gently stretch the infant's foot to neutral a few times each day (with diaper changes, etc). Straight-last/Reverse-last shoes are also occasionally used in the treatment of metatarsus adductus. Occasionally, if the curved foot persists, serial casting can be done when the child is slightly older.
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How To Integrate Business Software Packages With Payment Processing Modules
A payment processing module can be integrated into any business management software be creating a button that links to the processing module. By clicking on the "payment processing" button, users will be able to collect on any individual invoice. By selecting a recurring billing option from the menu, they will be able to process all recurring transactions queued in the system. By using the payment processing system's API, the core business application can be mapped to the payment processing component for completely seamless integration. Typical Integration Time: 3 days (programming time)
Cost of implementation: $3000
Cost to support payment processing functionality: $0 (payment processing company absorbs all cost)
Data can be transferred between a business software application and a payment processing application using a pre-programmed export module. Field-mapping is programmed into the module in advance to enable one-click integration. For example, a simple modular interface can enable invoices from QuickBooks® to be exported, using pre-defined field mapping, as a batch for payment processing, and then the batch results can be uploaded back into QuickBooks for reconciliation.
Typical Integration Time: 1 day (programming time)
Cost of implementation: $1000
Cost to support payment processing functionality: $0 (payment processing company absorbs all cost)
Any business software application that includes invoice printing functionality can easily include online payment functionality as an option for customers. This simple step can completely eliminate the need to print and mail paper invoices. Instead, electronic invoices which include a link to a secure online payment form are emailed to customers. The customer clicks the link and can pay the invoice online via credit card or direct debit from a checking or savings account. With a marginally more complex link, fields such as invoice #, amount, and customer number can be embedded within the link and auto-filled in the online payment form. Payment processing companies can often host this online payment form, so a user need not have a website to benefit from this type of system. See an example of this type of form.
While this type of integration is clearly the easiest to implement, it does have the drawback of requiring the customer to maintain a payment processing database separate from the main business application. However, most payment processing applications, including PaySimple, have customizable export functions that can be leveraged to transfer transaction results back to the main business application.
Typical Integration Time: 3 hours (programming time)
Cost of implementation: $300
Cost to support payment processing functionality: $0 (payment processing company absorbs all cost)
There are multiple options for payment processing providers available to business software developers. However, some large companies do not offer the developer a revenue share. There are other choices-and it is best to select one that offers an ongoing revenue share for all transactions processed by the partners' customers. In addition, the best payment processing partners also offer marketing programs, and technical support for their systems. The following is a breakdown of potential revenue. Marketing Cost: $0 (payment processing company absorbs all cost of marketing add-on functionality to software customer base, and of marketing electronic payment option to their customers.)
Revenue Share: A number of variables will determine potential revenue share includingsize of customer base, percentage adoption of electronic payment functionality, percentage of end-user accounts paying electronically and type of transaction (ACH or Credit). The following is a typical scenario.
Customer Base: 3,000 (compaines using the business application)
End-User Accounts Managed: 650,000
Revenue Generated @ 15% Penetration: $17,000/month
Revenue Generated @ 30% Penetration: $35,000/month


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One of the highest ski resorts in the Alps, with guaranteed skiing virtually year round, Tignes can justifiably boast a fantastic snow record that is the envy of many resorts worldwide. Tignes skiing area is part of the vast Espace Killy ski area, with over 300kms of varied terrain, linked to the neighbouring resort of Val D'Isere. Tignes is a world-famous ski resort which suits all abilities. Whilst the village charm may not be inspiring, the quality of skiing certainly is. Tignes is a fantastic option for any advanced or intermediate skiers who love to whizz around endlessly. The resort has very few queues and the snow is ever-reliable due to the high altitude.
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Rehearsals for a play are frequently a time fraught with anticipation, nervousness, anxiety, tempers, and egos. But from the cast members and director now preparing for the Hartford Stage production of Christopher Durang's Tony-Award winning comedy, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike," which begins previews on May 22, you are more apt to hear such reports as "we're having a good time" or "this play is like a big fat gift has been dropped in our laps."
The latter quote comes from the New York-based actress Leslie Hendrix, perhaps best known as the no-nonsense seen-it-all medical examiner Dr. Elizabeth Rodgers on such long-running shows as "Law and Order" and "Law and Order: Criminal Intent." In her first Hartford Stage appearance since "The Cover of Life" some 20 years ago, she is playing Masha, a successful, glamorous, flamboyant movie star who returns to her family homestead in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with her boy-toy of the moment, the Spike of the title, in tow.
She, along with her Spike, the New York television actor (or should I say hunk?), David Gregory ("One Life to Live" and "Deception), and the play's director, Hartford Stage's Associate Artistic Director, Maxwell Williams, sat down recently to discuss their preparation process for the work, in which they shared a consistent consensus. Gregory, for example, immediately agreedartfrodH with Hendrix's assessment. "If this experience should happen to end tomorrow," he says, "I've had such a wonderful time, it would have all been worthwhile."
Even their director easily assented. "David (Gregory) and I find ourselves giggling a lot as we go through the discovery phase of the rehearsal project," he indicates. "I've recently been doing more serious fare, but I love doing comedies." Fortunately, at Hartford Stage, he adds, he's been able to do more comedies, particularly farces. "While it is enjoyable to do a show that is simply funny," he continues, "and I certainly don't want to diminish the purpose of a farce, I like to look for material that has more depth. That's what I like about 'Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike.' It makes you laugh, but the good news is that it opens you up to something that is quite touching and beautiful."
Indeed, "Vanya and Sonia, etc." was one of the funniest shows on Broadway last season, justifiably deserving of its Tony win as Best Play, but it also offered a great deal of depth in its tale of three adult siblings (all named after Chekhov characters by their theater-loving parents) in various stages of emotional development who are forced to grapple with their situations and each other when Masha arrives from Hollywood with a disturbing announcement that will impact them all. Being a Christopher Durang work, however, the comedy reigns supreme and in fact proceeds seamlessly from the characters' own personalities and trepidations. Hartford Stage was an early champion of Durang, who initially attracted attention as an aspiring actor-playwright at the Yale School of Drama, having staged his "A History of the America Film" at its original location on Kinsley Street in the late 1970's.
Williams describes the work as "a farce intermingled with sadness," explaining that in his view Durang has matured as a writer. The veteran playwright's early plays, he states, are so clever and outraged that they can be alienating. Compared to those works, this play, he finds, "is less strident, less angry, more positive and much simpler in a human kind of way."
Despite her role as the sometime dour yet humorously caustic M.E. on television, Hendrix sees herself as primarily a comic actress. "I live for comedy," she says, "and Masha is my favorite type of role to play. She's essentially a form of a train wreck, supremely self-involved, massively entitled who absorbs all of the air in the room. She's me, me, me, me, me, me, me, me all the time. She's the person I love to play but in real life, I'd run from the room away from her at top speed."
For Gregory, who somehow managed to take off his shirt nearly every day on his soap opera and actually quite frequently on his evening mystery-drama series as well, this play represents an opportunity to, in his words, "play my own age and be funny." His previous stage work in college veered more toward the serious, such as Shakespeare and Greek tragedy. This Hartford engagement will also allow him to once again model his toned torso, this time for a live audience. "I haven't been on stage for six years," the actor reveals, citing his busy TV schedule, "but this is a muscle that I am excited to call on again." There's little doubt that audiences will be pleased with all of the muscles that Gregory will need to call upon during the show's five week run.
Although it received rave reviews and won numerous awards, Williams does not feel beholden to replicate the original New York production. "We know it's a good play," he says, but he does not feel that the New York production was necessarily a definitive version. "Why else would over 70 theater companies across the country be planning to stage this work over the next year and a half?" he asks. He even cites that fact that the original New York Vanya, David Hyde Pierce, recently staged his version of the play in Los Angeles with different cast members.
Williams had not worked with any of his cast members prior to auditioning them for "Vanya," including Mark Nelson, who plays Vanya, and Caryn West who plays the adopted sister Sonia, but he knew of their work and thought that they would bring something individual to their roles. "When these particular people came together, all cut from a different cloth," Williams indicated, "the dynamic became very clear and they became an ensemble with each retaining a distinct identity."
As an example, Gregory discusses his take on his character Spike. "I see him as a man-child," he relates, "but you have to find the child in yourself to make it work. If you do an impersonation of how the character has been played before, you are not doing it justice. Instead, I see a little boy in Spike who nonetheless has a relationship with Masha that is functional and real."
Williams and his two cast members assure audiences that a knowledge of Chekhov is absolutely not required to fully enjoy the play, even though there are a few occasional references to the Russian author's work, which will be readily apparent to most theatergoers, such as the character of the neighbor girl, Nina, who is interested in playing a part in an unpublished play that Vanya wrote. His description of that work, Williams said, could probably suffice for a description of the actual Durang play: "It's much more of a touching comedy about a family than a wannabe 'Cherry Orchard.'"
Of course, it wouldn't be Durang if there weren't just a few moments of delicious nonsense thrown into the mix. "Being able to put on a Snow White costume makes me feel so great and so ridiculous at the same time," Hendrix relates about one of Durang's more winning and preposterous plot twists. "Imagine it: a middle-aged woman all dressed up as Snow White."
As the three get ready to return to rehearsal, they reiterate how much they are really enjoying this process. Both Hendrix ad Gregory admit that ever since they saw the original production in New York last year, they have sought out an opportunity to play their parts. "It's like I'm a kid getting to play a bigger kid on stage," Gregory says. "I'm having the time of my laugh. And when I see Maxwell laughing, which is often, that makes us all know that we are doing a good job."
And Williams admits that he too is "I'm enjoying myself through the rehearsal process. Sometimes I think it's silly that I have this job that at which I'm having such a good time." It is great, he adds, "to help shape something you feel is very good and that you feel that the audience will come on board as well."
Performances of "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" begin on Thursday, May 22, with an official opening night of Friday, May 30, and run through June 22nd. The theater cautions that the play is appropriate for audiences aged 18 years and above. For tickets and information, call the Hartford Stage box office at 860.527.5151 or visit the website at www.hartfordstage.org.
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Six-Year Habit=Lasting Brain Damage
If having a few too many has become a regular habit, the brain-health hangover may last a lifetime. St. Louis University researchers published an animal study suggesting several years of heavy drinking could permanently impair memory–and slow down learning ability as well.
Researchers fed two groups of rodents an alcoholic solution for either four or eight weeks — the human equivalent of a daily bottle of wine or a six-pack of beer for either three or six years. Both groups were tested for long-term memory and learning ability after being taken "off the bottle" for three weeks. Significant long-term memory impairment occurred in the 8-week rats but not in the 4-week rats. What's more, this impairment did not improve even when the rats were retested nine weeks later.
Apparently bathing the brain in alcohol actually causes neurochemical changes that persist over time. In other words, the damage is done. While the study authors recognize the inherent flaws in extrapolating this research to humans, they believe these findings bolster other research pointing to chronic alcohol consumption's permanent effects. Other alcohol health consequences include higher stroke risk and bigger waistlines. Heavy drinking poses particular threats to women, such as increased risk of breast cancer, as well as a faster progression of dependence and brain-volume reductions, compared to males.
Seniors need to take special care to moderate drinking, as advancing years diminish the body's ability to metabolize alcohol (which may also interfere with some medications).
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Jessica Simpson's weight loss wasn't an easy feat, as she worked hard at getting her svelte body back after the birth of her second child. She learned from her first pregnancy not to gain too much weight when pregnant, but she still ate those pancakes, ice cream and other goodies while carrying her son. She just stayed a bit more active, according to ABC News on Feb. 18.
She urges women not to be afraid to gain weight during pregnancy, "you are creating a life", said Simpson. She adds that "this is a really hard thing to go through." She said it is after the baby is born, that is when you can expect to work hard to get back to your normal weight. It looked as if Jessica did just that because she looks better than she ever has!
The singer, fashion mogul and actress has a passion for singing, after all that is how the world was introduced to Simpson. She wants to get up on stage and sing again.
Simpson said that her fiance' Eric Johnson has never seen her on stage performing. She would love for him and her kids to see her up there belting out a tune or two. That's Jessica's next goal, getting back to her roots of singing! What about her wedding? That's in the works, but she wouldn't say just when that big event will happen .