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Archive for March 5th, 2009
What can the Valley do to better position itself to succeed once the recession is over?
Diversify our economy and work with public sector leaders to create sensible, new programs that bring high-wage industries to Arizona. During the last decade of the real estate explosion, Arizona was one of the leading job-producing states. Over the last two years, we have fallen to 49th in terms of new job creation. Business as usual will not work. Now is the time to change our metrics and compete for other industries to migrate to Arizona.
You've seen first hand how important professional sports are to the local and regional economy. How can the Valley capitalize more on that in the future?
Sports are important to Arizona and we need to support what we have now. But, again, we need to focus on diversifying our economy. Like a personal stock portfolio, we cannot become "over-weighted" in any single sector. We have all the teams we need, but it will be important to attract events with significant economic impacts and exposure like the Super Bowl in the future. Our regional success will depend largely on creating a diverse and vibrant economy around many new industries and we can't look to real estate or sports to take us out of this downturn.
You will start seeing some interesting things about our vaunted Visitors Bureau in the near future. Here's one from the Star this week.
Green Valley booster groups want their share of bed tax
By Daniel Scarpinato
arizona daily star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 02.17.2009
PHOENIX — Green Valley businesses want tourists to know who they are, and they're trying to change state law to make that happen.
The House Ways and Means Committee advanced a bill Monday that would allow the Pima County Board of Supervisors to divert money generated from the county's hotel bed tax to the Green Valley-Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce, or any other local commerce group, for that matter.
State laws gives Pima County supervisors authority to levy a special tax on hotels and motels in unincorporated areas. The tax brought in more than $8 million last year, with 50 percent funneled to the Metropolitan Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The law, though, says only one "recognized tourism promotion agency" can receive the funding. That's where state Rep. Frank Antenori, R-Tucson, wants a change.
HB 2487 would allow the board to give the money to more than one promotion agency, a distinction being pushed by Green Valley residents.
Former state Rep. Randy Graf, co-chair of the Green Valley-Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce's governmental affairs team, said the Metropolitan Tucson Convention and Visitors Bureau does little to promote Green Valley, even though tax revenue from that region is funding the organization.
"It's the same thing as people in our area sending our money to Phoenix and fighting to get it back," Graf said.
Graf said other unincorporated areas, such as the Catalina Foothills, are more closely tied to metropolitan Tucson. He called Green Valley a 45-minute "day trip" and said the region would like to more aggressively promote itself.
Barry Aarons, lobbyist for the Metropolitan Tucson bureau, said the bill would "Balkanize" the pot of money and hurt the entire region. "Everyone will see a pot of gold," he said.
Aarons said the bureau is willing to work out issues of fairness about how the money is spent.
Even if the bill passes the full House and Senate and becomes law, the Green Valley chamber would need to make its case to Pima County supervisors, who still would control the revenue.
As you will see from my previous posts, I find the MTCVB rather wanting. In review, they are a $9 million plus organization(funded mostly by tax dollars) with over 60 employees who are constantly kissing the resorts posteriors and failing greatly at marketing this great destination(which benefits all of their members and municipalites). See the other posts under "Tourism" for more details.
This story with Green Valley unhappiness with their support is pretty typical stuff. With a majority of their money coming from the county and city, their attitude towards the outlying area is to be expected.
Green Valley, you're not alone. Over the past few years, Oro Valley has had their fill of CVB indigestion. They have cut their funding twice in the last couple of years and shorten the terms of their typical contract. Now, in the midst of the current economic mess, OV is mulling over the next funding level. The MTCVB has already threatened OV with pulling their support from the El Conquistador if they don't bump their funding. When the funding was cut in the past, we had the honor of their CEO J. Walker complaining that OV doesn't care about the El Conquistador/tourism. He conveniently forgot that OV provides a bed tax rebate of some $300,000+ to the El Con over a 10 year period. I don't know of any other company in Oro Valley that is going to receive $3 million+ from OV (plus the minimum $120,000 a year to the bureau).
It will be interesting to see how they pull their support from the El Conquistador. The visitors bureau has members who are definitely not in the taxing districts they pull money from. Will they be treated better than the El Conquistador, one of the area's cornerstone resorts from a town that actually gives them money? This will punish those rebels from Oro Valley!
From their own visitors guide:
Out of Africa Animal Park-Camp Verde, Arizona
Tombstone Epitaph- self explanatory
Price Canyon Ranch- Rodeo, New Mexico!
Los Viajeros Inn-Wickenburg, Arizona
Enjoy Tucson Guidebooks- Scottsdale,Arizona
There are others in the guide. Just pick it up at their visitors center. Keep an eye out the next few weeks, it might be very interesting.
PS. I also love the Visitors Bureau is paying a lobbyist with taxpayer dollars to lobby the representatives of the taxpayers when someone screws with their funding. It sounds just perfect for them.
Bottom of the 9th, bases load and Casey's at bat! From today's Tucson Citizen (sports page in case you missed it);
"The Rockies have fielded six proposals from entities for a possible move, but have yet to receive a proposal from Tucson."
"Nearly a week ago, the D-backs sent requests for proposals for spring facilities to six entities. The Rockies are gathering information more on a case-by-case basis, McGregor said."
No proposals from our local governments?!
And the comments:
5. Comment by zona t. (zonatic) — March 5,2009 @ 11:50AM
Ratings: -3 +27
Tucson will remain an abscure little-big town until its citizens and leaders inject the area with infrastructure that will attract and retain world-class events and orginizations like pro sports teams. There's no committment from city leaders. Sadly, the local economy will further suffer. You can't hardly find a hotel room in the PHX area during spring training. Tucson's problem with getting big things done is perplexing.
6. Comment by jim f. (zjimi13) — March 5,2009 @ 11:50AM
Ratings: -0 +20
with the city doing nothing to preserve core government services it would be difficult to see them proposing new stadium deals, however with the city being completely reliant upon sales tax and only sales tax as a source for revenue it seems self-defeating to continue to allow teams to leave the area. My only wish is that there was a clear vision as to where Tucson was heading from public officials.
11. Comment by Arnold B. (ArnoldB) — March 5,2009 @ 1:50PM
Ratings: -4 +20
As a lifelong Tucsonan, I think the city has actually regressed from what it was 20 years ago. There's just not much life left in the place, except for the UofA, really. Very few big-time events at the TCC, the mid-town areas are run down and full of cyclone fences. Duplexes are all taken over by property management firms who don't repair anything unless they HAVE to. This town is ugly. There are more COP cars on the streets now than pedestrians and even the COPs cars don't match !!!! City buses running everywhere and clogging the two-lane streets.
It's just a nasty little town anymore that, when it had a chance to grow up and be something, elected and appointed a lot of self-interested types who didn't care much about anything outside of their narrow, cultural interests.
Violent crime and theft are rampant here, and crack and meth have just worn this place out.
If I were involved in this baseball fiasco, I would leave Tucson, too. It's just not a very nice place anymore.
12. Comment by Ralph A. (MyVoiceHeard) — March 5,2009 @ 1:50PM
Ratings: -0 +16
Tucson officials are tongue tied, not sure what to do. They screwed around, wasting lots of years, where they should have been attentive, and were not. Tucson just does not have any solutions for any issues. Noone that should have the authority does anything, just sits on their hands. It is sad to see the city declining fast, as events leave the city, less people will vacation or visit here. Wake up TUCSON>
22. Comment by Jim K. (jimkelley) — March 5,2009 @ 2:43PM
Ratings: -1 +8
Is it any wonder that towns like Oro Valley and Marana are distancing themselves from Tucson? These city governments have evolved into thriving communities with their own events. I'm amazed how anyone could vote the same problems into office…Rio Nuevo..enough said.
33. Comment by Otto R. (eagle eyes) — March 5,2009 @ 4:43PM
Ratings: -1 +5
Spoiled brats leaving town, big business avoiding crime ridden and high tax Pima county, and the taxpayers, most of whom are just trying to make their way through life, are stuck with financing the salaries and retirement plans of the public workers who contribute little or nothing to the quality of life here. It's only going to get worse until something changes to attract the things necessary for a well balanced and healthy community. We've seen the results of voting for people with a (D) next to their names, but that will not change in Tucson, which seems to pride itself on being a Democratic stronghold. Enjoy the scenery.
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oseltamivir suspension - oral, Tamiflu (cont.)
HOW TO USE: Read the Patient Information Leaflet if available from your pharmacist before you start taking this medicine. If you have any questions, consult your doctor or pharmacist.Take this medication by mouth with or without food. You may take it with food or milk to minimize stomach upset. Take this medication as soon as flu symptoms appear or as soon as possible after you have been exposed to the flu. Oseltamivir works best if you start taking it within 2 days of either of these events.Shake the bottle well before each dose. Your pharmacist will provide you with an oral dosing dispenser. Measure each dose carefully using the device as instructed. Be careful not to confuse the dose of oseltamivir in milligrams (mg) with the dose in milliliters (ml). Your pharmacist should show you exactly how much medication to use for each dose. Give the dose directly in the mouth. Do not mix with other liquids. After each use, rinse the dispenser with tap water and let it air dry. If you lose or damage the dosing dispenser, consult your pharmacist on what oral syringe you should use instead, and how to correctly measure the dose.If you have the flu, take oseltamivir as directed by your doctor, usually twice a day for 5 days.To prevent the flu, take oseltamivir as directed by your doctor, usually once a day for at least 10 days. Follow your doctor's instructions for how long to take this medicine.The dosage is based on your medical condition, kidney function, and response to treatment. In children the dosage is also based on weight.This medication works best when the amount of medicine in your body is kept at a constant level. Therefore, take this drug at evenly spaced intervals at the same time(s) every day. Continue to take it for the full time prescribed. Stopping the medication too early may allow the virus to continue to grow, which may result in a relapse of the infection or failure to protect you from the flu.Tell your doctor if your condition persists or worsens or if new symptoms appear.
SIDE EFFECTS: Nausea and vomiting may occur. If either of these effects persist or worsen, notify your doctor or pharmacist promptly.The liquid form of this medication may contain sorbitol. Sorbitol may cause upset stomach and diarrhea in people who have problems with certain sugars (fructose intolerance). Your doctor may need to order the capsule form of this medication if you cannot tolerate sorbitol.Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.The flu itself or oseltamivir may rarely cause serious mental/mood changes. This may be more likely in children. Tell your doctor right away of any signs of unusual behavior, including: confusion, agitation, self-injury.A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, get medical help right away if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.In the US -Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
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This Saturday, June 21, IT Cosmetics will be unveiling a special collection. The 'IT's All About You!' five piece collection will be available for only one day on QVC. It will include some favorites plus two brand new products and will be available while supplies last at a low price until midnight, eastern time ( 9 p.m. pacific). I got a little preview of 'IT's All About You!' and here is my review.
Here is what comes in the box; Celebration Foundation ($35), Brow Power Universal Brow Pencil ($24), Limited Edition Heavenly Luxe Dual Ended Complexion Perfection Brush ($48), CC+ Radiance Palette (New) ($38), and a Waterproof Bye Bye Under Eye Anti-Aging Concealer (New) ($25). It also comes with a little instruction book and a sample of IT Cosmetic's Your Skin But Better CC Cream SPF 50.
First I started with the Celebration Foundation. I used to wear MAC Studio Fix Powder exclusively, but as I aged it left my skin and showed all the lines so I had to switch to a liquid. But Celebration Foundation, made with peptides, hydrolyzed collagen and silk goes smooth and blurs lines. The coverage is buildable and goes on great with the included 2-in-1 Heavenly Luxe™ Dual-Ended Complexion Perfection Brush.
Next I used the All Day Waterproof version of the Customer Choice Beauty Award Winner for "Best Concealer" Bye Bye Under Eye. This new version is thicker, has additional anti-aging skin benefits and stays on for 12-hours. Just put a tiny (and I mean tiny bit) on the back of your hand and dot onto to skin. Use the small end of the brush to blend it in. I also put a little more Celebration Foundation on top.
Next I used the CC+ Radiance Palette. I put the CC+ Brightening Finishing Powder all over and used the CC+ Matte Bronzer just under my cheekbones. I also used just a touch of the CC+ Flush Blush. I have a fair complexion and these colors worked on me, so I think they would work on anyone. The powders are talc-free (talc is sometimes irritating) and have real silk and collagen to blur the look of fine lines and pores. The bronzer is formulated with anti-aging peptides and hyaluronic-filling spheres to keep your skin smooth and hydrated.
I finished with the Brow Power Universal Brow Pencil. I have the YBBB Brow Pencil and I like both. This one is thicker and better for someone with larger brows and the color is a bit darker. The Brow Power Pencils are customized to work with all hair shades to create a bold look for everyone.
Overall, I think this collection is a great value. It is perfect for summer when you want to go a little bit lighter and not wear heavy liquid foundations. Find it at QVC.com
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Jan. 26, 2013
The men's tennis team (2-1) dropped a 4-3 decision to Wake Forest (4-0) and was edged out in the doubles point against New Mexico at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center on Saturday. The Crimson Tide will play the singles portion of its match against the Lobos on Sunday morning at 9 a.m. CT and will follow that up with a dual match against Penn State at Noon CT.
In doubles action against the Demon Deacons, Alabama fell by a pair of 8-5 decisions on courts one and three. First to finish was the matchup at the No. 3 spot, where senior Danny Kreyman and freshman Sam Bloom topped Tide junior Carlos Taborga and sophomore Philippe Tsangarides. On court one, seniors David Hopkins and Amogh Prabhakar secured the point with the win over Alabama senior Jarryd Botha and freshman Becker O'Shaughnessey.
The top four positions would take the courts first in singles, where Wake Forest won three of the four first sets. The Demon Deacons made it a 2-0 lead in the match as freshman Jon Ho posted a 6-3, 6-3 decision over sophomore David Vieyra. Prabhakar, ranked 59th in the nation in singles, followed that up with a 7-5, 7-6(6) victory over O'Shaughnessey on court two. From there, the Tide would win the next two matches, with 79th-ranked Botha bouncing back from a first-set loss to win, 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 over Hopkins on court one while Proskura tacked on a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory over No. 90 Kreyman on court three. The match would be decided on court six as Bloom held on to beat Taborga, 6-2, 6-3. Tsangarides gave Alabama its third point in the match, beating junior Adam Lee, 6-3, 4-6, 10-4, on court five.
All three of the Tide's doubles matches against New Mexico went into tiebreakers and would end up finishing with identical scores of 8-7(4). Alabama took the early edge as Taborga and Tsangarides topped Lobo junior Mads Hegelund and freshman Andrew Van der Vyver. From there, however, New Mexico would win both remaining decisions to take the point.
For more information on the men's tennis team, like the Tide on Facebook by searching for AlabamaMTN and follow the team on Twitter @AlabamaMTN.
RESULTS VS. WAKE FOREST Doubles 1. Hopkins/Prabhakar (WF) def. Botha/O'Shaughnessey (UA) 8-5 2. Proskura/Vieyra (UA) vs. Ho/Lee (WF) 6-6, unf. 3. Kreyman/Bloom (WF) def. Tsangarides/Taborga (UA) 8-5 Order of Finish: 3,1
Singles 1. No. 79 Jarryd Botha (UA) def. David Hopkins (WF) 0-6, 6-3, 6-2 2. No. 59 Amogh Prabhakar (WF) def. Becker O'Shaughnessey (UA) 7-5, 7-6(6) 3. Daniil Proskura (UA) def. No. 90 Danny Kreyman (WF) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 4. Jon Ho (WF) def. David Vieyra (UA) 6-3, 6-3 5. Philippe Tsangarides (UA) def. Adam Lee (WF) 6-3, 4-6, 10-4 6. Sam Bloom (WF) def. Carlos Taborga (UA) 6-2, 6-3 Order of Finish: 4,2,1,3,6*,5
RESULTS VS. NEW MEXICO Doubles 1. Berg/Phillips (NM) def. Botha/O'Shaughnessey (UA) 8-7(4) 2. Du Toit/Hignett (NM) def. Proskura/Vieyra (UA) 8-7(4) 3. Taborga/Tsangarides (UA) def. Hegelund/Van der Vyver (NM) 8-7(4) Order of Finish: 3,1,2


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"Best evidence statement (BESt). Child life support during medical procedures." has been saved, and will be accessible from the My NGC page.
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This is the current release of the guideline.
Pediatric conditions requiring medical procedures
To evaluate among pediatric patients if receiving support and/or distraction provided by a Child Life Specialist during medical procedures compared to not receiving support and/or distraction from a Child Life Specialist during medical procedures affects the child's anxiety during the time of the medical procedure
Children ages 0–18 years old receiving medical procedures
Support and distraction provided by a Child Life Specialist, parents or nurses during medical procedures
Anxiety level
Search Strategy
Not stated
Table of Evidence Levels
†a = good quality study; b = lesser quality study
Table of Recommendation Strength
Note: See the original guideline document for the dimensions used for judging the strength of the recommendation.
A formal cost analysis was not performed and published cost analyses were not reviewed.
This Best Evidence Statement has been reviewed against quality criteria by 2 independent reviewers from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) Evidence Collaboration.
The strength of the recommendation (strongly recommended, recommended, or no recommendation) and the quality of the evidence (1a‒5b) are defined at the end of the "Major Recommendations" field.
It is recommended that children ages 0–18 years old receive developmentally appropriate preparation and support led by either parents, a Child Life Specialist or nurses for intravenous catheter placement, immunizations and laceration repair, to reduce the amount of procedure related distress and anxiety (Chambers et al., 2009 [1a]; Stevenson et al., 2005 [2a]; Cavender et al., 2004 [2b]; Gursky, Kestler & Lewis 2010 [4a]).
None provided
The type of supporting evidence is identified and graded for each recommendation (see the "Major Recommendations" field).
Reduced anxiety
This Best Evidence Statement addresses only key points of care for the target population; it is not intended to be a comprehensive practice guideline. These recommendations result from review of literature and practices current at the time of their formulation. This Best Evidence Statement does not preclude using care modalities proven efficacious in studies published subsequent to the current revision of this document. This document is not intended to impose standards of care preventing selective variances from the recommendations to meet the specific and unique requirements of individual patients. Adherence to this Statement is voluntary. The clinician in light of the individual circumstances presented by the patient must make the ultimate judgment regarding the priority of any specific procedure.
An implementation strategy was not provided.
Not applicable: The guideline was not adapted from another source.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Team Leader/Author: Lauren P. Wolfe, BS, CLS II, Division of Child Life and Integrative Care
Support/Consultant: Mary Ellen Meier, MSN, RN, CPN, EBP Mentor, Center for Professional Excellence Research & Evidence-Based Practice
Ad Hoc/Content Reviewers: Kitty O'Brien, MA, CCLS, Clinical Manager, Division of Child Life and Integrative Care
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Quick Robert Marve update
Here's what we've learned so far:
Quarterback Robert Marve has not been suspended … yet. If it does happen, it will most likely be for academic-related issues. Grades aren't released until next Wednesday. So if there's suspension news on Marve or any other UM player, this will be the day. Until then, expect him and the rest of the team at practice on Saturday.
Stay tuned …
As for the Marve transfer rumors, he hasn't requested or approached anyone about anything. Does that mean the process isn't in motion? Not at all. There have probably been some feelers sent out.
But for right now, he's a quarterback at the University of Miami.
Again, stay tuned …
See you folks tomorrow. Tuesday is my night for late-night hoops with some other members of the media.


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Interpol's Operation Pangea VII conducted during the 7th annual International Internet Week of Action (May 13-20) was marked by joint actions between law enforcement, customs, and regulatory authorities from 111 countries, including the FDA, the US Department of Homeland Security, National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, Interpol, the World Customs Organization, the Permanent Forum of International Pharmaceutical Crime, Heads of Medicines Agencies Working Group of Enforcement Officers, the pharmaceutical industry, and national health to identify the makers and distributors of illegal drug products and medical devices sold through the Internet and remove these products from the supply chain. This year, coordinated efforts at mail facilities resulted in the detention or seizure of 19,618 packages containing medicines purportedly from Australia, the UK, New Zealand and Canada. However, they actually contained unapproved or suspected counterfeit drugs from other countries, such as India, China, Singapore, Taiwan, Mexico, Laos, Malaysia, as well as Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
In addition the FDA and US Customs and Border Protection worked together to inspected packages at the mail facilities in New York, Chicago and LA, where they detained or seized 583 packages containing drugs such as insulin, estrogen, bimatoprost, human chorionic gonadotropin, tramadol, tadalafil and sildenafil citrate were on their way from foreign suppliers to American consumers. The FDA also notified Internet service providers, domain name registrars and related organizations that 1,975 websites were selling products in violation of United States law. The investigations also found that that many American consumers who order medicines from online sources are under the belief that they are receiving the same medicine as the FDA approved version, but are instead getting medicines that are "often unapproved or counterfeit and from countries with substandard manufacturing practices or regulatory controls."
"When consumers buy prescription drugs from outside the legitimate supply chain, they cannot know if the medicines they receive are counterfeit or even if they contain the right active ingredient in the proper dosages," stated Douglas Stearn, director of the FDA's Office of Enforcement and Import Operations. "Consumers have little or no legal recourse if they experience a reaction to the unregulated medication or if they receive no therapeutic benefit at all. In addition to health risks, these pharmacies pose other risks to consumers, including credit card fraud, identity theft or computer viruses."
In fact, numerous illegal online pharmacies "use slick website templates and empty guarantees to convince American consumers that the inexpensive drugs they sell are the exact same prescription drugs that are dispensed in the U.S.," added Philip J. Walsky, acting director of the FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations. "The FDA will continue to leverage our resources and strengthen our national and international partnerships to shed light on these Internet-based fraudulent activities which target consumers."
For information on how to identify an illegal pharmacy website and advice on how to find a safe online pharmacy check out the FDA's BeSafeRx: Know Your Online Pharmacy website.
Alzheimer's Association, more than 5 million Americans over the age of 65 now suffer with some form of Alzheimer's Disease, with that number expected to more than triple by 2050 unless a cure can be found.


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Ryan is my husband! We got engaged October 3, 2009 and were married October 30, 2010.
Ryan shares my love for fitness and works out a lot, plays soccer in a men's league, works in finance and can eat an entire pint of cookies 'n' cream ice cream in one sitting. He's also my taste-tester and is very good at trying all my healthy concoctions, usually with a big ol' smile on his face.
Sadie is our dog and is a six-year-old vizsla. She's absolutely crazy.
She's the most energetic, happy-go-lucky dog in the world and kicks my butt on any run we go on together. She's around 38 pounds (about 10 pounds smaller than the average vizsla) and is a bundle of love. I never understood the whole "I love my (insert dog breed name here)" bumper-sticker thing until I got Sadie. Now I'm just as obsessed with my dog as the other dog-crazies in the world.
To read more about Sadie, please click here for a Q&A post featuring reader's questions about our nut job of a dog.


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Clemson University has licensed MATLAB for campus-wide use. Windows, Mac, and a Linux versions are available. The campus installation of MATLAB uses the FlexLM license manager, which means that you will need to be connected to the University network (either physically or through a VPN client) in order to start MATLAB. The DCIT Solution Guide
http://www.clemson.edu/client/solutions/sguides/ NFAGuide/index.php
states the following.
The Novell native file access pack overcomes the need to install special client software on windows, Macintosh, and UNIX systems for access to storage on NetWare 6.5 servers. This server-based solution allows a broad range of clients to access NetWare storage right out of the box. With native file access protocols, users can securely access data stored on the Netware server, regardless of the operating system they are using.
In this installation, we will make use of native file access by mounting a remote directory using the Linux Samba filesystem. At this time the method of installation is only available to faculty.
MATLAB R14 SP2 Native File Access
The following install step should be performed as the root user.
# mkdir /root/nwshare /usr/local/matlabr14sp2 # mount -t smbfs -o username=your_Clemson_username //share.clemson.edu/share /root/nwshare # cp /root/nwshare/Software/Licensed/Matlab/ Release_14_SP_II/Mac-UNIX/Disk1/license.dat /usr/local/matlabr14sp2 # cd /usr/local/matlabr14sp2 # /root/nwshare/Software/Licensed/Matlab/ Release_14_SP_II/Mac-UNIX/Disk1/install Change Disk1 to Disk2 in the textbox. Change Disk2 to Disk3 in the textbox. # cd /usr/local/bin # ln -s /usr/local/matlabr14sp2/bin/matlab .
Installation Notes
This is a GUI based installation. Take all the defaults. The installation took about 8 minutes in Martin 0 over a 100 Mbps wired connection.
MATLAB R14 ISO Install
The Clemson Linux User Group has published an article on the installation of MATLAB R14 from ISO images. A zip file containing these images can be downloaded from the S drive via ftp. See
This article will soon be updated to cover MATLAB R14 SP2.


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November 24, 2010Here's update #2. A penis-graph joke per reddit's request. But, don't call me lazy just yet - I'm now embarking on 4 panels of glory.
Meantime, enjoy the new video!
November 24, 2010POW! Update 2. Soon, number 3. Thanks everyone, and don't forget to check out the Captain Stupendous book if you haven't already.
November 24, 2010Wooh! I did it! Three freakin' updates.
Thanks again, everyone!
November 23, 2010WOW! Not only did we break the top 1,000, we so far have peaked at #340 at Amazon. Wow! Thank you guys so damn much! Today was really overwhelming in a good way.
In return, there will be 3 updates Tuesday. This one is the first, and there will be two more over the course of the day tomorrow.
Really, everyone, thank you. This has been a dream of mine for five years now.
<3, Zach
PS: For the anti-TSA crowd, I made this!
November 22, 2010This comic dedicated to my brother Greg, who is an actual political theorist.
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Tropical forests: even more complex in their diversity than at first apparent
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The University of Fribourg has collaborated in an international study which proves that the seasonal inversion at the equator is a contributing factor in determining the structure of the Central African rainforests. Since each tree taxon is characterised by its own pattern of genetic diversity, this emphasises once again the urgent need for a detailed analysis of the biodiversity of these forests, endangered as they are by global climate change.
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Kithuka Tabbed Mountain Region Track Athlete of the Year
Texas Tech senior distance runner Kennedy Kithuka was named Male Mountain Region Athlete of the Year.
March 4, 2013
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech senior distance runner Kennedy Kithuka was named the Mountain Region Male Track Athlete of the Year Monday as announced by the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Kithuka, who has gone unbeaten in five individual races this season while breaking four school records, currently ranks No. 1 nationally in the 5,000-meter run and No. 4 time nationally in the 3,000-meter run.
"He is just the most deserving of any athlete in the nation," head coach Wes Kittley said. "He has gone undefeated, and has been such a team leader. I'm just so proud of him and he is just really deserving of this honor."
Meanwhile, Kithuka anchored the men's distance medley relay team which finished third at the Big 12 Indoor Championships. Earlier this season, Kithuka became the first Texas Tech athlete in school history to run a mile in under four minutes at the Texas A&M Challenge in College Station.
Kithuka will now look to become the first male athlete in school history to win a national championship in each the 3,000-meter and 5,000-meter run this weekend at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Arkansas.
The Thika, Kenyan native captured Big 12 Indoor Championships in each the 3,000-meter run and 5,000 meter run, and last fall was crowned the NCAA Cross Country Champion.
Kithuka becomes the second athlete in two years to earn Region Athlete of the Year honors as thrower Kelly Closse was tabbed the Female Field Mountain Region Athlete of the Year.


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Olympic flame takes first steps on route to Suffolk
19 May 2012
The Olympic flame has started its 48-day journey to Suffolk and the county's Olympic chiefs are urging people to get ready to welcome it.
The flame arrived in the UK on Friday 18 May and started its 70-day tour of the country this morning (Saturday 19 May).
It will arrive in Lowestoft on 5 July and will then visit 15 other towns and villages in Suffolk over three days. They are: Ipswich, Felixstowe, Woodbridge, Melton, Ufford, Wickham Market, Aldeburgh, Saxmundham, Kelsale, Southwold, Reydon, Wrentham, Haverhill, Bury St Edmunds and Newmarket.
The torch will travel within 30 minutes drive of everyone in Suffolk.
The map of the London 2012 Olympic torch relay, which can be viewed in full at www.london2012.com/olympictorchrelay, gives street-by-street details and proposed start times for when the Olympic flame will travel through Suffolk. People living in and around the county can find out when it will be travelling along their nearest high street, through their town square or past their local village shop.
Councillor Kathy Gosling, Suffolk County Council's cabinet member responsible for the Olympics, said "We're very lucky to have the Olympic flame visit Suffolk on three separate days. It's going to be a powerful opportunity for all of us to join in a truly international celebration and show the world what Suffolk is all about.
"I am urging everyone who can to line the streets and cheer on the torchbearers as they travel through our county.
"This is a once in a lifetime spectacle and I am confident that the people of Suffolk will join the celebrations whole heartedly."
Forest Heath District Council leader, Councillor James Waters, said "This is simply brilliant news for our district and Newmarket. What a fantastic opportunity - it will really bring the Olympics to life for everyone in the town, and indeed across the whole district. Forest Heath is looking forward to coordinating a whole series of activities to make sure that people of all ages and abilities take advantage of this unique event."
Councillor Sara Mildmay-White, deputy leader of St Edmundsbury Borough Council, said "It is very exciting to have the Olympic flame carried through Haverhill and Bury St Edmunds and I know that people will turn out in strength to connect with this event, even if they are not lucky enough to have tickets for the Games themselves."
When the Flame arrives in Ipswich the borough council will host an evening celebration. Working with LOCOG and the three Presenting Partners of the Relay - Coca Cola, Lloyds TSB and Samsung, the event at Christchurch Park will be free, ticketed and will feature locally-programmed content.
Councillor Bryony Rudkin, Ipswich Borough Council's portfolio holder for culture, said "This is a reminder of how close we are now to one of the biggest events in our town, county and country. The torch relay event in Ipswich comes in the middle of a sensational summer of sport and culture."
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A Cambridge Regional College apprentice has won a nationwide competition to find the brightest trainee electrician in the country.
27 Jun 2016
The voice of business in Suffolk has urged national and local politicians to listen closely and carefully to the needs of the business community as the impact of Thursday's vote for the UK to leave the EU is absorbed and understood.


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We have a new employee, who is not an expert in ssh, but he is a sitebuilder, so we need a proper and secure way to give him REMOTE access to several directories. Is there a secure, easy and convenient way to do so, without creating separate ftp accounts for each directory? Webdav excluded!
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The year will soon be new, but the problem is definitely old: You want to get healthier in 2012, but that means increasing the amount of time you exercise—ideally, fitting at least the standard workout prescription (30 minutes a day, five days a week) into your crazy schedule. Turns out you don't have to. A number of new studies show that you can significantly upgrade your health by working out for less time than is typically recommended. "Experts used to think you had to do a minimum intensity or volume of exercise to get health benefits or improve your fitness, but that may not always be true," says Carol Ewing Garber, PhD, associate professor of movement sciences at Columbia University. For instance, in a recent Taiwanese study, researchers found that doing just 15 minutes of daily physical activity cuts your risk of dying over the next eight years by 14 percent and could help you live three additional years.
If exercise time is hard to find, here's what you can accomplish in a few spare moments.
Time | 12 minutes
What | Any moderate-intensity cardio exercise (for example, climbing stairs)
Frequency | Five days a week
Result | Lowers risk of stroke and heart attack by 27 percent
You already know that aerobic activity reduces "bad" cholesterol, raises "good" cholesterol, moderates blood pressure and improves circulation. But the big surprise is how little exercise it takes for you to attain cardiovascular benefits. In a review of two decades of data on 27,055 female health professionals ages 45 to 90, researchers found that doing just an hour of moderate cardio exercise (such as biking) each week decreased a woman's risk for heart disease, stroke, heart attack, coronary bypass operations and death by 27 percent. "A lot of the benefit came through lowered levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of inflammation, rather than through changes in body mass index," says the study's lead author, cardiologist Samia Mora, assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. You can make the one-hour-per-week prescription more manageable by dividing it into 12-minute sessions you do on each of the five workdays.
Time | 2 minutes
What | Resistance-band exercise
Frequency | Five days a week
Result | Cuts muscle pain by 37 percent and headaches by 43 percent
Many women feel a burning and tightness across their necks and shoulders after they've spent hours hunched over a keyboard or steering wheel. Now there's an easy way to find relief, says a new study in the journal Pain. In a 10-week experiment, one set of office-based employees who suffered ongoing upper-body aches performed a routine with resistance bands for two minutes each workday. At the end of the study, the band users experienced 37 percent less neck and shoulder pain than the nonexercising control group. The exercising subjects' headaches, possibly caused by their muscle pain, dropped 43 percent.Why did the strength training work? "Exercise increases blood flow and oxygen to your muscles, which makes them feel less achy and tired," says Lars Andersen, PhD, a senior researcher at the National Research Centre for the Working Environment in Copenhagen. For a demo of the resistance-band series used in the study, go to more.com/painbuster.
Time | 20 minutes
What | Any vigorous exercise
Frequency | As needed
Result | Increases blood flow to genitals by about 50 percent
When you're trying to get in the mood after a long day, consider seeking help from an unlikely source: your gym. Over two decades, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated that when women spend 20 minutes on a treadmill or stationary bike, then watch an erotic film, they increase blood flow to their vaginal walls by an average of 50 percent compared with when they just watch the film. The effects of exercise can last up to 30 minutes, making it a boon in the bedroom, where your partner's body (or other sexual stimuli) could work in lieu of the movie. "Exercise may be able to help women who aren't getting lubricated enough or who feel that their genitals aren't sufficiently aroused," says study author Lisa Dawn Hamilton, PhD, now an assistant psychology professor at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada. Working out activates the sympathetic nervous system, sending blood throughout your body; subsequent exposure to arousing stimuli can keep the juices flowing.
Time | 10 minutes
What | Vigorous running or biking
Frequency | Once a day
Result | Helps ward off obesity and metabolic syndrome
A study reported last year in Science Translational Medicine looked at the effects that 10 minutes' worth of vigorous running or stationary bicycling had on 21 different metabolites, small molecules that reflect what's going on with various fuel sources in your body. Blood samples from 78 subjects taken after each workout revealed that exercise activates metabolites that play a role in generating energy, increasing insulin sensitivity, preserving muscle, destroying fat and staving off the effects of stress. The researchers say that together such changes may help fend off obesity and metabolic syndrome (a combination of symptoms that increases your risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease).
Time | 25 minutes
What | Non-weight-bearing exercise
Frequency | As needed
Result | Diminishes physical pain by 28 percent
Exercise may be one of the easier pain-reducing options for the millions who suffer from lower-back pain, according to a study in the Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development in which eight people with chronic back problems rode stationary bikes for 25 minutes. By the end of the exercise session, the subjects' sensitivity to a painful stimulus had dropped by 28 percent. The researchers hypothesize that working out may "block the release of neurotransmitters that communicate pain, or block the passing of information from one nerve to the next," says study coauthor Philip S. Clifford, PhD, professor of anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
Time | 15 minutes
What | Any moderate-intensity exercise
Frequency | Three times a week
Result | May help decrease dementia risk by up to 38 percent
A team from Seattle's Group Health Research Institute studied the workout habits of 1,740 people over age 65. After six years, those who had exercised moderately at least 15 minutes a day (by, say, walking) three times a week were 38 percent less likely to exhibit mental deterioration. "We suspect that exercise helps improve circulation and boosts the health of the blood vessels in the brain, making you better able to withstand stress to the hippocampus, where memory lives," explains lead study author Eric B. Larson, MD.
Originally published in the December 2011/January 2012 issue of More.
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When the economic barometer is pointing upward, all the talk in company boardrooms is about growth, innovation and value creation. When the global economy lingers in the doldrums, corporate strategy shifts inexorably back to the safe haven of operational efficiency. Now you might argue that this reaction is both inevitable and understandable, and I would accept that at some level. But remember this: something far deeper and more significant than these periodic upswings and downswings is the fact that we are now in a new kind of economic era. An era in which fanatical cost-cutting, downsizing, lean Six-Sigma, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain management, off shoring or outsourcing are no longer the basis for competitive advantage. These practices may undoubtedly have created some value in the old days, for example when Jack Welch was running GE, but business leaders on the whole are recognizing that times have changed. Jeff Immelt, GE's current CEO, says, "The only answer for us today is innovation." And Ginni Rometty, President and CEO of IBM, echoed these words when she stated that, "For CEOs today, it's all about achieving growth through innovation." In fact, it's no exaggeration to say that innovation is the only sustainable source of value creation we have left.
What organizations need to understand is that, at the macro level, productivity – which of course is central to profitable economic growth – has always been determined by two elements. On one side, it is determined by the efficiency with which companies use their inputs – how much labor and capital it takes to produce their goods and services. On the other side, productivity is determined by the value that customers place on the outputs.
For most of the industrial era, the predominant focus was on efficiency as opposed to value. Yet when we look at the companies that are creating most of the new wealth today, we find that they are not doing it by eeking out the last few percentage points of efficiency from their business processes. They are doing it by creating things that bring incredible new value to customers.
Think about Apple, or BMW or Porsche. What we find is that, while these companies are highly efficient in their operations, they do not necessarily enjoy the largest economies of scale. It's their ability to deliver value – to create things that are compelling, exciting and wonderful – that has made them enormously effective engines of wealth creation. BMW and Porsche, for example, command the highest margins per vehicle in the world. Contrast this with the meager performances of GM and Ford and we find that huge economies of scale do not per se deliver an advantage. If a company is not capable of combining low operating costs on the one side with high value-creation on the other, it simply becomes incredibly efficient at making the kind of products customers don't want.
On the whole, large companies have spent about a hundred years building a 'hyper-efficiency' mindset into their organizations. But, until recent years, they have given very little thought to the other side of the productivity coin – how to build a mindset around creating 'hyper-value' for the customer. That's why innovation goes so much against the grain in most companies. It has to fight against a whole set of management principles, processes and systems that are basically set up to deliver something else.
Creating value requires a deep understanding of unarticulated customer needs. It requires enormous creativity. It requires a degree of messiness – i.e. recursive cycles of experimentation and learning. It requires radical thinking in terms product configuration or value proposition. But the industrial age has given us organizations that are not very good at doing any of that. It has given us organizations that treat variety as the enemy – that believe variance from a quality standard, or from a budget, or from a production schedule is a fundamentally bad thing. Yet creating value for the customer often entails challenging and deviating from these norms.
To use the language of complexity theory, most companies have been operating predominantly at one end of the spectrum – "the ordered regime" – and hardly at all at the other end, which scientists refer to as "the edge of chaos." It is this 'other' end – the messy, creative, experimental end – that is so vital for value creation, wealth generation and long-term growth. Indeed, in his book, "The Hacker Ethic", Pekka Himanen wrote that, in today's economy, the "most important source of productivity is creativity." This is the sort of mantra that becomes popular when the economy is growing; when companies find themselves drawn naturally toward the innovation end of the spectrum. But the big challenge comes when things take a downturn and there's pressure to cut costs again – which is exactly the situation we're in now. Organizations must ensure that the pursuit of radical, value-creating innovation does not get neglected as they pull back reflexively toward the 'ordered regime'.
As Charles Simeon, a pastor at Cambridge University in the 18th century, profoundly observed, "The truth is not in the middle, and not in one extreme, but in both extremes." The same could be said of operational efficiency and innovation. Now more than ever, organizations need to learn how to operate equally well at both extremes – they need to be both highly innovative and highly efficient at the same time. Apple is a good example. Turn your iPhone around and you'll read "Designed by Apple in California. Assembled in China", which just about says it all. In a value-based economy, companies must be able to continually dream up products and services their customers wouldn't want to live without, yet they must simultaneously have the capacity to deliver those things with brutal efficiency.
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Hill reps vs DTrace@breakfast
By clive on Sep 27, 2009
No pictures or timings as the battery on both the Garmin and the camera were flat, not much forward planning there then.
View Pumlumon from the west route in a larger map
In a quite different setting, on Tuesday I am presenting at the Sun Corporate User Group Breakfast Meeting in the City. More details can be found are here. I doubt porridge will be served, but there is some Coffee, pastry things and DTrace


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- Price: $179
- Official Site: http://Code.Google.com
- Specs: 5.6 oz; 6.7-hour talk time; 256MB; 3.2" display; 480x320; SQLite; At-launch
- Company: Google/T-Mobile/HTC
After conquering the internet, mega-successful Google is now finally ready to unveil its hotly anticipated handheld operating system. Google and T-Mobile have teamed up to announce the first-ever smartphone with Google's brand new Android operating system (OS). The T-Mobile G1 has the benefit of having a touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard, a trackball for speedy one-handed navigation, and integrated access to all of Google's popular mobile web applications, such as Google Maps Street View and YouTube. The initial North American roll out will be done in very limited quantities and with retail at a competitive $179 along with a two-year service plan agreement.
After examining the feature list for the Google Android T-Mobile G1, it is perfectly clear that this is not just a gimmick partnership, but a serious endeavor by Google into the cellular market. The Android will deliver both Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, along with GPS functionality and a full HTML browser. E-mail support (including Google's superb Gmail) and instant messaging are featured on the T-Mobile G1, allowing you to multitask on more than one application. The included 3-megapixel camera can go toe-to-toe with the iPhone, and Bluetooth and GSM support help to round out the extensive list of perks. Obviously, because this is Google, you know the phone is going to have a deep and impressive search function, and the Android OS does not disappoint. The one-touch contextual search option allows you to search for anything, including your contact list or internet by just typing in a few letters into your T-Mobile G1. This is one of those things that may seem like a throw-away feature, until you have the phone in your hand and you see the power of Google's handheld search engine.
Google Android serves up some one-of-a-kind features that will go a long way toward keeping it fresh and relevant. Google Maps, and more specifically Street View, lets you explore entire cities as if you were standing right on the corner. The Android will also allow the phone to function as a compass while in this mode, and moving the cell's display will actually rotate the view up to 360 degrees. This kind of functionality allows phones that support this OS to literally gain a dual use as a high-tech GPS as well as a capable smartphone. The Android Market is similar to iTunes, except that it works in direct connection with Amazon's MP3 service. While the songs are $.10 cheaper than what Apple offers, it is hard to see this becoming a serious competitor. So far, there is no stereo Bluetooth functionality with Google Android and T-Mobile, and it would be smart of them to address this omission in future product development. As is commonly the issue with first-generation gadgets, Google Android can expect to see some hiccups along the way, but there is a great company track record and enough promise in this first effort to warrant serious attention and anticipation for what waits down the pike. If there's one gripe about the Android, it's that it's not as open-sourced as Google announced.


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There have been a number of important changes at Barnes & Noble, Inc. over the past seven months, regarding both its leadership and organizational structure. All of them relate to the company's proprietary Nook eReader and Nook software.
On Wednesday, January 8, 2014, Barnes & Noble, Inc. announced the appointment of Michael P. Huseby to Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O.). Effective immediately, Mr. Huseby assumed responsibility for all of the corporation's business units, including Barnes & Noble Retail, Barnes & Noble College, and NOOK Media.
A native of Chicago, Huseby holds a degree in business administration from the Leeds School, University of Colorado at Boulder. He began to report to the Board of Directors and was also elected to serve on the Board. Mitchell Klipper, C.E.O. of the Retail Group, which includes Barnes & Noble.com (BN.com), and Max Roberts, C.E.O. of Barnes & Noble College, began to report to Mr. Huseby, as did the NOOK® device and content unit.
At the time, Barnes & Noble Retail operated 673 Barnes & Noble bookstores in all fifty states, and BN.com. Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC operated 695 bookstores serving over 4,600,000 students and faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States.
"Since the day he joined the company, Mike has proven to be an excellent financial and business executive, whose leadership skills have earned the respect of the entire organization, as well as our Board of Directors," said Leonard Riggio, Founder and Executive Chairman of Barnes & Noble, Inc. "Although a relative newcomer to the retail book business, he has quickly developed a comprehensive understanding of the unique opportunities and challenges the Company faces, and he has a vision for the future in which I am in complete accord. Mike also has a passion for bookselling, which makes him a perfect fit for this job," Mr. Riggio added.
"I am excited and honored to have been chosen as CEO of one of America's most beloved companies," said Huseby. "I am pleased, as well, to be joining an organization which is driven by both a sense of mission, and by a commitment to achieve excellence in everything it pursues. Led by Mitchell Klipper, Max Roberts and many exceptional leaders, not to mention thousands of dedicated booksellers, the company is well positioned to maintain and grow its leadership position in the worlds of bookselling and the sale of digital media. My role, as I see it, is to enhance and unlock the value of these businesses for our shareholders. We are well-positioned in today's dynamic reading and learning markets and confident in our ability to provide our customers with the best content offerings, digital media and educational products available in today's marketplace."
Huseby joined Barnes & Noble as Chief Financial Officer (C.F.O.) in March of 2012, and led the Barnes & Noble's financial organization until his appointment as President of Barnes & Noble, Inc. and C.E.O. of NOOK Media, LLC in July of 2013. Prior to joining Barnes & Noble, he had a career in the communications industry having served as Executive Vice President and C.F.O. of Cablevision Systems Corporation, from 2004 until 2011. He also served on Cablevision's Board of Directors in 2000-2001.
He also served in leadership positions at Charter Communications, Inc., the fourth largest cable operator in the U.S., as well as AT&T Broadband, a provider of cable television services that AT&T sold to Comcast Corporation in 2002. In addition, Huseby spent twenty-three years at Arthur Andersen as a Global Equity Partner.
Barnes & Noble stated, "Mr. Huseby's broad range of experience includes extensive capital markets transactions; M&A/corporate development; comprehensive operational responsibilities including new product development and roll out; business process improvement; cost management; capital allocation; governance and extensive public company board experience; SEC accounting/reporting; tax planning/compliance and investor relations."
Thad McIlroy observed in dbw blog entry/article, "He came out of semi-retirement to join the company March 12, 2012 as Chief Financial Officer. When William Lynch was dismissed as CEO last July, Huseby was put in place as acting CEO of the NOOK division and president of Barnes & Noble. The act is now over and he's the real CEO, with responsibility for all of Barnes & Noble's (somewhat fragmented) businesses: Barnes & Noble Retail, Barnes & Noble College and NOOK Media." DBW stands for Digital Book World, a F+W Media company, as in the Digital Book World Conference & Expo, the next one of which will be held in New York City (January 13-15, 2015).
McIlroy wrote a book about Barnes & Noble entitled Stripping Covers off The Hunger Games: How 7 Billionaires are Deciding the Future of Publishing in America, published by Barnes & Noble's competitor, Amazon, for that company's Kindle (which is a competitor of Barnes & Noble's NOOK eReader). McIlroy implied Huesby was appointed C.E.O. of Barnes & Noble, Inc. due to the influence of "John Malone, chairman of investment firm Liberty Media, which holds a significant equity stake in Barnes & Noble. Liberty also has a stake at former Huseby employer Charter Communications and Malone was on the board of Cablevision during Huseby's tenure." He, McIlroy, speculated that Huseby's appointment was a signal that part or all of the company would be sold.
In June, a Reuters journalist reported, "Investment firm G Asset Management said in February it offered to buy a 51 percent stake in either Barnes & Noble or in the Nook digital business, valuing the unit at about $300 million." WSJLive, The Wall Street Journal's video unit, also carried that story in February, reporter Joanne Po saying the offer caused an 8% jump in Barnes & Noble stock.
On Thursday, April 3, 2014, Barnes & Noble, Inc. announced that Liberty Media Corporation has entered into agreements to reduce its stake in Barnes & Noble. Liberty Media informed Barnes & Noble that while Liberty has sold the majority of its shares to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, it will retain approximately 10 percent of its initial investment. Liberty further informed Barnes & Noble that the sale is expected to settle on Tuesday, April 8.
As a result of Liberty's reduced ownership, they will no longer have the right to elect two preferred stock directors to Barnes & Noble's Board. Additionally, Liberty's consent rights and pre-emptive rights will cease to apply. Due to the loss of the right to elect two preferred stock directors, Greg Maffei will cease to serve on the board as of the closing on April 8. Mark Carleton has been re-elected to the Barnes & Noble Board effective upon the closing on April 8.
"By reducing our preferred position and eliminating some of our related rights, Barnes & Noble will gain greater flexibility to accomplish their strategic objectives," said Greg Maffei, President and Chief Executive Officer, Liberty Media. "We look forward to maintaining our relationship with the Company and are pleased that Mark Carleton will continue serving on the board. Mike Huseby and his team are doing a great job in the retail, college and NOOK® spaces," Mr. Maffei added.
"Liberty Media has been a strong supporter of the Company and Greg Maffei and Mark Carleton have been and continue to be tremendous partners at an important time in the Company's history," said Leonard Riggio, Chairman of Barnes & Noble, Inc. "Liberty's decision to retain a portion of its investment and have active involvement on our board underscores Liberty's ongoing commitment to Barnes & Noble." Mr. Riggio added that Liberty's reduced ownership also gives the Company greater flexibility to pursue various strategic options.
Jeremy Greenfield reported on the Forbes Tech blog that Liberty Media owned a 17% stake in Barnes & Noble and would be selling 7% "in a deal rumored to be worth over $250 million… and will relinquish one seat on the board. It will also be giving up its ability to prevent the company from selling off any of its divisions."
TheStreet, Inc. produced a video stating Liberty Media Corporation would be selling 90% of its 17% ownership stake in Barnes & Noble, but that statement does not reflect the press release issued jointly by Barnes & Noble, Inc. and Liberty Media Corporation. The language used by Liberty Media was identical to that used by Barnes & Noble, "Liberty Media Corporation has entered into agreements to reduce its stake in Barnes & Noble. Liberty Media informed Barnes & Noble that while Liberty has sold the majority of its shares to qualified institutional buyers… it will retain approximately 10 percent of its initial investment. Liberty further informed Barnes & Noble that the sale is expected to settle on Tuesday, April 8."


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Houston's House of Blues plays host to New York's hottest burlesque stars this month as Dangerous Curves Ahead: Burlesque on the Go-Go makes it's H-town debut on Oct. 25. Also on the bill are Elisa Davis, founder of Dallas' Ruby Revue; Coco Lectric, co-founder of Austin's Jigglewatts troupe and recently crowned Queen of Burlesque; and Grace Truvant, headmistress of Houston's Lady Grace Academy.
The five stars of Burlesque on the Go-Go - Anita Cookie, Clams Casino, Darlinda Just Darlinda, Minnie Tonka and Gigi La Femme - already have a successful 20-city spring tour under their belts and are now looking to grace new stages across the country for the fall.
These starlets have rocked stages from London to Key West and are multiple award winners at the annual Burlesque Hall of Fame pageant in Las Vegas. In addition to selling out venues across the country, they have produced standing-room-only shows in the trendiest New York clubs. With their trademark blend of humor, sex appeal and outrageous performance-art antics, the gals from NYC will treat Houston to an unforgettable evening of burlesque.
Tickets are $20 per person and are available on the Houston House of Blues website or by calling (888) 402-5837.


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Kira Seamon's "The Tell-Tale Heart Ballet" (A truly Poe-etic Ballet) (Based on the famous short story by Edgar Allan Poe). A series of striking photos used in the creation of the poster for my concert at the Boston Center for the Arts.
by Kira Seamon
I choreographed an original, new and innovative ballet based on Edgar Allan Poe's famous short story.
The story is told from the viewpoint of the Narrator. The gender of the Narrator is unclear in the story. Some critics suggest that the Narrator is a woman. They go even so far as suggesting that she may have been raped-which could be a possible motive for her to kill the Old Man. These thoughts were in the back of my mind as I took these photos which I used to create the poster for my dance concert...
What does it take to produce a captivating photo for your poster of your World Premiere of your new Poe Ballet?
120 photos, that's what! I took 120 different shots to find "The One" that would be on the poster for this ballet. In this book, you can see the "Number 1" photo that made the poster, some "Runner-up) photos and even a hilarious "Blooper" photo! (Also included are 4 photos showing me standing joyously next to the finished poster hanging in various places around the BCA during my performance week.)
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Professional ballerina Kira Seamon enjoys photography when she isn't dancing! She is inspired by sights found in her backyard and beyond! She has been perfecting her photographic skills for 10 years, and these books are the result. Her choreography has been seen across the US. She enjoys dance competitions and has won an over-all title and trophy in both Regional Competition and at the World Finals! She has won multiple platinum awards and Special Awards from judges, recognizing her strong music background and beautiful balletic turns. She frequently accompanies her cast on the piano during her concerts. She was awarded a Grant from the Cultural Council for her unique, 1-Woman concert which featured her performing ballet and playing the piano. Her concerts have been fortunate to have collaborators from New England Conservatory, Boston Conservatory, MIT, Boston College, Wellesley College and numerous other artistic institutions. Don't forget to check out her Youtube Channel!
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In the early 1990s, I was 18 and climbing consumed my thoughts. One day Jimmy Dunn – a legendary Black Canyon climber whom I admired for his go-for-broke "rope, rack and shirt-on-your-back" style – walked into the climbing shop where I worked in Moab and said, "Hey man, you want to go to the Black?"
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A few days later at 5 a.m., we left the North Rim campground and headed down the Cruise Gully to the start of the Diagonal. Jimmy and Earl Wiggins had tried to free it twice before, only to get benighted and forced to aid to the top. I'd never climbed a big wall and, staring up at the 1,800-foot route, it suddenly sunk in: We were going to climb that in a day with one rope, a few cams and a set of stoppers?
Six and a half hours later, after lots of simulclimbing and some 60-foot whippers (by me …), we'd made the first free ascent of the Diagonal. I looked at Jimmy and instantly knew we had accomplished something proud. That day opened my eyes and forever inspired me to climb in a traditional style.
Traditional climbing is an art. Finding protection is also an art, and there is nothing wrong with a rock unclimbed. My most satisfying climbs have come when I've left only chalk behind, and I think climbing in a minimalist style in the big mountains is the ultimate expression.
In 2006, I stood in a lush wildflower-choked alpine meadow in Pakistan's world-famous Trango Valley, surrounded by some of the world's greatest big walls. My dream of climbing in the Karakoram had come true.
Under calm skies, Micah Dash and I packed for an alpine-style attempt on one of the Cat's Ears Spires. We wanted to ensure that these inspiring spires remained bolt-free, so we went without a bolt kit (or pitons). To save weight, we also went without sleeping bags and real food – it seemed like a great idea in base camp. We soon learned that off-width climbing at 17,000 feet is a true test of one's ability to suffer, especially because we only brought one large cam, and as we climbed higher, the sound of calving seracs crashing into the glacier below seemed to increase the intensity. Several times, I approached my breaking point and called on all my years of climbing on smaller stones. I felt like an ant in a sea of granite.
Near the end of day two we finally drew close, and the summit's needle-like point seemed to pierce the sky. A 400-foot traverse across a knife-edge ridge of gendarmes led to just below the summit block. We stood on a small ledge and pondered the encroaching storm. Water ran down the cracks. The temps dropped, and blowing snow now covered the gendarmes. "Dude, I don't know if we can reverse the ridge," I said. We continued until we'd each climbed to the summit and then back down, since the top had no anchor.
Several rappels later – slings around flakes and single stoppers for anchors – night fell as we reached the ledge where we had left our pack. "Wish we had some food!" Micah said, as we melted snow, trying to fill our stomachs with water before another night of shivering.
The next morning we packed up, finished rappelling, and stumbled across the glacier. Back in camp, I looked up at our climb with eyes wide-open, just like 12 years earlier with Jimmy in the Black.


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Feeling a bit under the weather lately I was fortunate to receive a little pick me up gift that brought a little sunshine into my clouded head, a bottle of 2011 Hans Schiller Piesporter Michelsberg. Yes, the same generic white wine that can be found virtually anywhere that wine is sold, yet this little blue bottle from the Mosel Valley was just what the doctor ordered to bring summer into the recent chilly spell gripping our corner of the world.
Light yellow in the glass the nose is pleasant if unexciting blend of pear and apricot. The freshness of the bouquet led into a flavor profile with peach replacing the pear and a nice touch of lime at the end. Given the simple and clean aroma I expected a fairly light weight wine, surprisingly that did not prove out. There was a solid presence from this wine, not full of sweetness, though one wouldn't call it a dry wine there was a softness that seemed more honeyed than sugary when savored in the mouth. The clean finish was not a shock, but the lingering tropical fruit notes were not expected. A very drinkable wine on its own it would pair nicely with light finger foods or fish, such as the ever present tilapia, add a little rice or pasta and a fruit plate and you have yourself a satisfying lunch.
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Ollivanders Wand Shop
Ollivanders Wand Shop is one of the most exciting places to visit in Universal Wizarding World of Harry Potter. This is a must see attraction at Wizarding World where guests can participate and watch the Wand choosing the Wizard – just like in the Harry Potter Sorcerer's Stone movie.
Here is a video which shows some of the starts of the Harry Potter movies visiting Wizarding World and even includes some footage of Emma Watson, who played Hermione visiting Ollivanders Wand Shop and experiencing the wand choosing selection process. This doesn't give too much way about the experience as in my opinion the truly magical process is best experienced if you don't know everything about what is likely to happen!
What will you find inside Ollivanders Wand Shop? You will feel as though you have stepped right into the real wand ship of the Harry Potter movie. Like everything in Wizarding World the attention to detail is amazing. Ollivanders is a very small space and they only let 25 guests in at one time. The line can get pretty long it does move pretty quickly, and the experience is certainly worth the wait.
The first time I visited with my family I had already watched a video which showed the whole Ollivanders Shop experience. But I made sure that my family did not find out any details prior to our first visit shortly after it opened. I did not want to spoil the surprise for them. So if you don't want to know more details stop reading now – SPOILER ALERT!
When you enter the room the first thing you realize is just how very small the space is! It looks exactly as you would expect Ollivanders to be. There is a desk in front of you and of course Ollivander himself. Having experienced this many times there are definitely some Ollivander Cast Members who are better than others – but all do an amazing job of playing the part.
The ceiling is very high in the room, the lighting dimmed and the walls are crammed with wands and magical items. Everyone is encouraged to come forward and then one person is chosen to be the subject of the wand choosing process. How do you get picked? I have observed this many times and there are some ways you can increase your chances of being picked. Obviously being nearer the front where Ollivander can see you is a must. Very young children are never picked. Older children have the best chance of all, and of course anyone wearing Harry Potter themed clothes has a better chance. Having said that it took 7 attempts, yes 7, for my 9 year old son to be picked. During all those attempts his 13 year old sister was picked three times! In fact it does seem that girls may have the edge when it comes to selection.
The 'Chosen One' is invited to step forward and is taken through the wand selection process by Ollivander. Of course as we know from the Harry Potter Sorcerer's Stone movie and book this is not a straight forward process and Ollivander does need to take some time to get the right one. The guest is asked a number of questions to find out the best choice of wand for them. There are lots of different consequences of choosing the wrong wand but eventually the 'right one' is found for the guest.
Of course the next stage is to move out of one of the two exits from the Ollivander Wand Shop experience and you've guessed it, into the store selling wands. The person who was selected, and all the other guests can buy their wand of choice. This is the difficult bit. This section is incredibly crowded. The wands are of very good quality and are priced at $29.95 plus tax each. I consider myself pretty good at avoiding the 'store after the experience' but this one is very very tempting. You can select from all the main characters wands. Would you prefer Harry Potter, Hermione, Ron Weasley, Snape, Dumbledore, or even Lord Voldemort.
Ollivanders Wand Shop is another must see attraction at Universal Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The only disadvantage is of course the wait. If you can arrive very early in the morning then of course most guests head to The Forbidden Journey first so if you have already ridden this you can go to Olivanders whilst everyone else is heading to the other attractions.
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