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"It will gradually cool off as the high pressure system weakens," said Stuart Seto, weather service specialist.
The temperatures may drop to the low- to mid-90s Wednesday and hover there the rest of the week, he said, adding the heat typically reaches its peak between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Though the weather service has issued a heat warning, and winds are expected to reach up to 20 miles per hour this week, Seto said the fire danger won't be especially high because the air remains relatively humid.
Seto and authorities have warned SCV residents not to leave kids or pets in cars, which can heat up like ovens during the day.
"If you get up to 100, in the sun it could be 10 to 15 degrees warmer," he said. "The temperature (in cars) can go up 20 degrees from what the outside temperature is."
Seto also offered a bit of nutritional advice: "Stay (hydrated) and stay away from high-protein meals, because they cause your body to create more heat."
In the Santa Clarita Valley, few pedestrians seemed to be walking around Monday afternoon. People stuck to shady areas at Westfield Valencia Town Center.
Carl Dancy, 40, played with his 3-year-old son in the shadow of a building on the shop-lined promenade. He said the heat has forced him to strategize: When he takes a walk, he plots a course that takes him through the most shade.
And if his son needs some exercise, he goes where there's air conditioning.
"Instead of an outdoor playground, we go inside the mall," he said.
Mike Fraser, 40, of Valencia had much the same idea.
As the afternoon heat began to die down, he and his two sons, 4 and 5, took sips from a carton of cold milk beneath a tree.
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Canisius showed a packed gym at City Honors how quickly it could score in the opening 98 seconds of the second half in its showdown with McKinley. It spent the rest of the half showing everyone how it could play defense.
The Crusaders' 8-0 spurt to start the second half opened up a lead it would have little trouble holding on to as Canisius, ranked second in The News' large school poll, went on to beat No. 3 McKinley, 76-60, before a standing-room-only crowd of about 800 in the marquee event of the four-game lineup of Saturday's seventh Martin Luther King Jr. Classic.
After a crowd-pleasing, back-and-forth first half, Canisius (11-3) won the second half by a 37-22 score, limiting McKinley to fewer points than the Macks scored in a frenetic first quarter (23). McKinley, as it always aims to do, pushed the pace in a first half in which 12 Macks saw the floor.
"In the first half, we let them get to us," said Canisius coach Kyle Husband. "Every time we had a seven- or eight-point lead, we'd take a quick shot. And we didn't have a ton of turnovers, but they were really, really bad – they were layups every time for them. And we got outrebounded by 14 in the first half.
"Those were the two things we weren't going to do and the guys went out and really had great focus. We gave up 22 in the second half. That's the way we need to play. We're going to score. We have enough guys who can put the ball in the bucket. We've just got to keep focusing on defense and we'll be fine."
The teams traded baskets for much of the first half, with Canisius taking leads of 26-23 and 41-38 after the first two quarters. To start the third, Canisius quickly turned three McKinley misses into points. Canisius College-bound senior Adam Weir (18 points) scored on a drive from the left side before hitting a three-pointer. That was followed by a three by senior Matt MacDonald (15 points) for a 49-38 Canisius lead and a McKinley timeout with 6:22 left in the third quarter.
The Crusaders' lead remained at least six the rest of the way.
"We wanted to take care of the ball, and we didn't think we did a good job of that [in the first half]," said Weir. "It's fun to play [McKinley]. They run, they hit you, they trap you, they do everything they can."
McKinley (9-2) was led by 18 points from senior forward Daequan Warren.
It was also a good Saturday for East High, which got 26 points from sophomore guard Percy Bryant and a strong fourth quarter by senior center Tyree Tyson as the No. 3 small school Panthers earned a hard-fought, 63-59 victory over East Aurora.
Tyson, a 6-9 center, sat much of the first half with foul trouble but then scored nine of his 15 in the fourth. He and EA 6-5 senior Ian Allen, who had 28 points and 15 rebounds, had a nice battle in the final minutes.
Allen hit one of his three three-pointers to put EA up, 53-50, before Tyson scored down low while being fouled, hitting the free throw to tie it up with 3:37 left. Tyson scored the next two baskets, one on a post move and another on a putback. Allen later added another three-pointer to cut the lead to three, but Bryant hit four straight free throws to help seal it for East (9-4).
"I sat him out in the first half, but I was very proud of the way he came on in the fourth quarter," East coach Starling Bryant said of Tyson. "It was big for us."
Senior James Ritchie had 17 points for EA (7-4).
Senior Keir Anderson had 18 points and junior Tarron Scott added 17 as Middle Early College, the No. 6 small school, beat ECIC II leader Sweet Home, 60-53.
The Kats led the entire game, flirting with double digits thanks to offensive production from the multi-tasking Anderson and Scott as well as junior guard Kevin Briggs (10 points). Junior 6-4 forward Bri'an Brown (nine points) and 6-6 junior Devon Singleton were forces in the lane with several blocked shots.
Lackawanna used its pressure defense to win the middle quarters, 45-17, as it ran away from City Honors, 78-45. Sophomore point guard Damone Sylvers scored 20 points, had three three-pointers and several break-starting steals for the Steelers (9-2), ranked eighth among small schools.
Senior Ahmad Abdo finished off many breaks himself during a 19-point game.
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Tilly Devine
Matilda Mary Devine (née Twiss) (8 September 1900 – 24 November 1970), known as Tilly Devine, was an English Australian prominent Sydney crime syndicate gangs member figure, involved in a wide range of activities, including sly-grog and razor gangs, but most notable as a madam.
Early life[edit]
Devine was born Matilda Mary Twiss, the daughter of bricklayer Edward Twiss, at 57 Hollington Street, Camberwell, London in the United Kingdom.[1][2] In 1915, she and many English and Australian women were found working as prostitutes and thieves. At 16 she married an Australian serviceman, James (Jim) Edward Devine, (born Brunswick, Victoria, 1892, died Melbourne, 1966), on 12 April 1917 at the Sacred Heart Church, Camberwell, London. The couple had one son, born at Camberwell in 1919.
Her career in prostitution began when she was a teenager and continued after she was married. She and many English women were usually found soliciting on the wide footpaths on The Strand, at night. From 1915 onwards to 1919, she spent time at Bow Street Court and Lock Up for prostitution, theft and assault.
When Jim returned to Australia she followed him back on the bride ship Waimana, arriving in Sydney on 13 January 1920. Her son stayed in London and was brought up by her parents.[3] Both Tilly and Jim Devine rapidly became prominent illegal narcotics dealers, brothel owners and crime gangs members in the Sydney criminal milieu.
Criminal career[edit]
Devine became infamous in Sydney, initially as a prostitute, then later as a brothel madam and organised crime entrepreneur. The NSW Vagrancy Act 1905 prohibited men from running brothels; it did nothing to stop women with criminal gangs' support and bribes to the police from running criminal enterprises. Historian Larry Writer has noted that the Devines ran diversified operations. Elite "call girls" were available for politicians, businessmen and overseas guests of significance, while "tenement girls" were young working class women who resorted to casual prostitution to supplement their drug spendings, clothings and meagre earnings during times of Australian criminal and narcotic culture, absence of a comprehensive welfare state and unemployment. Older female prostitutes, "boat girls", catered to itinerant sailors or working class-men. Devine does not seem to have run similar operations for the gay sex market during this time because she believed it was not right.[4]
Devine's wealth was legendary, although it was all earned from crime. She owned much real estate in Sydney, many luxury cars, looted gold and diamond jewellery and travelled by ship in first class staterooms. Much of her wealth was also used to pay bribes to the police sectors, and fines for her criminal convictions that spanned fifty years. Devine faced numerous court summons and was convicted on 204 occasions during her long criminal career, and served many jail sentences in the New South Wales jail, mainly for prostitution, violent assault, affray and attempted murder. She was known to the police to be of a violent nature and was known to use firearms.
Marriage to Jim Devine[edit]
Jim Devine was a violent 'stand-over' man, a convicted thief, a pimp, drug dealer, vicious thug and gunman. He was also an alcoholic. Devine committed a number of high-profile murders in Sydney between 1929 and 1931: notably, the murder of criminal George Leonard "Gregory" Gaffney on 17 July 1929,[5][6][7] secondly, as an accessory to the murder of Barney Dalton [8][9] on 9 November 1929 (with famous Sydney gangster and assassin, Francis Donald "Frankie" Green) and, thirdly, the accidental shooting of taxi driver, Frederick Herbert Moffitt on 16 June 1931.[10][11] Although he was charged with murder on more than one occasion, he was always acquitted, successfully arguing 'self defence'. He shot and killed Gaffney and Moffitt outside his and Tilly's Maroubra residence.[12][13]
Tilly and Jim Devine's marriage was marred by domestic violence. On 9 January 1931, Jim was charged at Central Police Court with the attempted murder of his wife after a heated argument at their Maroubra home. As Tilly ran out of the house, Jim fired a number of shots at her in a similar way to the murder of George Leonard Gaffney in 1929. Tilly escaped unscathed, the only damage being one of her brand new stilettos - the left one. Their terrified neighbours called the police resulting in Jim being arrested and charged over the incident. He was later acquitted, on 16 January 1931, because Tilly refused to testify.[14] The Devines separated in the early 1940s and were finally divorced in January 1944.[15] Shortly after Tilly separated from Jim, long time criminal associate, Donald Alexander Kenny, known as 'Skinny Kenny', became Tilly's lover and stand-over man.[16]
Second marriage[edit]
Devine married for the second time on 19 May 1945 to ex-seaman and returned serviceman Eric John Parsons (born Melbourne 1901, died Sydney 1958).[17]
Tilly famously shot Parsons in the leg after an argument only months before they were married. This shooting occurred at her other Sydney residence: 191 Palmer Street, Darlinghurst. The house was almost opposite the notorious Tradesman's Arms Hotel. It was at this hotel that Devine met Eric Parsons.[18] She was arrested by police and charged with the shooting,[19] but was acquitted at trial on 31 March 1945.[20] They were happily married for 13 years until Eric Parsons died of cancer on 22 November 1958.
For over 30 years, Devine lived at 335 Malabar RoadMaroubra in Sydney's eastern suburbs.[nb 1] A number of murders were committed at this residence.[21][not in citation given] The property remained derelict from the 1950s onwards. It was sold in 2009 and the new owner built a new house on the lot.
Although Devine was one of Sydney's wealthiest women in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, by 1955, the Taxation Department ordered her to pay more than £20,000 in unpaid income tax and fines sending her close to bankruptcy.[22] In 1953 Devine boasted to the media, "I am a lucky, lucky girl. I have more diamonds than the Queen of England's stowaways - and better ones too!"[23] She sold off her last brothel in Palmer Street, Darlinghurst in 1968, and died two years later.[24]
Devine was famous for flamboyant acts of generosity, and also for her violent feud with criminal vice rival Kate Leigh. Devine was charged by the famous Sydney Detective Frank Farrell on many occasions, and their feud lasted for 30 years.[citation needed]
Tilly Devine died of cancer, aged 70 at the Concord Repatriation Hospital in Sydney on 24 November 1970. Her funeral service was held at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Darlinghurst.[25]
She was cremated at Botany Crematorium, now known as Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, on 26 November 1970 with Catholic rites by her married name, Matilda Mary Parsons. She was survived by her son Frederick Ralph (Devine) Twiss (1919–1978) and 2 grandchildren.[citation needed]
Her funeral service was poorly attended and her death went virtually unnoticed by Sydney's media and population and it was said that very few people openly mourned her death. The only public eulogy offered to Tilly was given by the then police commissioner Norman Allan who said: "She was a villain, but who am I to judge her?"[26]
Popular culture[edit]
Peter Kenna wrote a play called The Slaughter of St Teresa's Day (1973 Currency Press),[27] based on Devine's life.
The song "Miss Divine" from the 1990 Icehouse album Code Blue is about Devine.
A popular cafe-nightclub in Canberra is called Tilley's Devine Cafe. A wine bar in Darlinghurst, Sydney opened in 2011, named "Love Tilly Devine" in honour of Devine.
In August 2011, Australia's Channel Nine commenced screening Underbelly: Razor, a true crime television drama series that deals with the Leigh/Devine Sydney gangland wars in the 1930s. The series was based on the Ned Kelly Award-winning book by Larry Writer.[24] Devine was portrayed by Chelsie Preston Crayford, who was nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent.
See also[edit]
- Kate Leigh, Tilly Devine's bitter rival
- ^ Actual address was 335 Malabar Road, at the corner of Torrington Road
- ^ Writer 2001, p. 23
- ^ Census 1901, Camberwell, St George, District 5, page 12
- ^ Allen, Judith; Irving, Baiba (2011). "Devine, Matilda (Mary) (1900 - 1970)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Australian National University. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
- ^ Writer 2009, p. 200
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. Funeral Notice. George Leonard Gaffney. 20 July 1929. (Page 13)
- ^ Doyle 2009, p. 237
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. "GANG WAR. GUN DUEL AT MAROUBRA. Man Fatally Shot., Others Wounded." 19 July 1929. page 13
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. Death Notice. 12 November 1929. Barney Dalton. (page 10).
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. "Man Shot Dead. Underworld Warfare". 11 November 1929. (page 11)
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. "MAROUBRA MURDER. James Devine Charged. Counsel's Protest in Court." 19 June 1931. page 14
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. Funeral Notice. Frederick Herbert Moffitt. 18 June 1931. (Page 7.)
- ^ Blaikie 1980
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. "DEVINE Acquitted on murder charge. MAROUBRA SHOOTING". 14 September 1929. page 14
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. 'HUSBAND CHARGED'. 'Alleged Attempted Murder'. 10 January 1931. (page 8)
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. Devine divorce hearing. 31 March 1943. Page 11
- ^ The Wingham Chronicle And Manning River Observe, Tuesday, October 5th, 1943; Truth, Sunday July 5th, 1942 Sydney, (page 17)
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. Death Notice. Eric John Parsons. 24 November 1958
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. 21 February 1945. (page 5) "Tilly Devine Charged. Shooting Alleged".
- ^ "Tilly Devine On Attempted Murder Charge in Sydney". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 21 February 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. 30 March 1945. - page 4. "Tilly Devine Discharged".
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald. 11 July 1931. 'Desperate Gun Duel."Divine's Alleged Confession at Moffitt Inquest". (page 11)[1]
- ^ The Argus, Melbourne. Tilly in 'Ton of Trouble'. Article, 18 Oct 1955, (page 5)
- ^ Blaikie 1980, p. 124
- ^ a b Writer 2001
- ^ "Devine, Matilda Mary (Tilly) (1900–1970): Obituary". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 November 1970. p. 18. Retrieved 28 August 2011 – via Obituaries Australia http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/devine-matilda-mary-tilly-5970/text24395.
- ^ Lipson & Barnao 1992, p. 135
- ^ "Fifty Australians - Tilly Devine". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 9 March 2008.
Further reading[edit]
- Blaikie, George (1980). Wild Women Of Sydney. Australia: Rigby Publishers. ISBN 0-7270-1394-7.
- Butel, E; Thompson, T (1984). Kings Cross Album. Australia: ATRAND Publishers. ISBN 0-908272-06-5.
- Doyle, Peter (2009). Crooks Like Us. Australia: Historic Houses Trust. ISBN 978-1-876991-34-0.
- Hickie, David (1990). Chow Hayes - Gunman. Australia: Collins/Angus & Robertson Publishers. ISBN 0-207-16012-0.
- Kelly, Vince (1961). Rugged Angel. The Amazing Career of Policewoman Lillian Armfield. Australia: Angus & Robertson.
- Kings Cross. 1936-1946. Sydney, Australia: Kings Cross Community Aid & Information Service. 1981. ISBN 0 9594116 0 7.
- Lipson, N; Barnao, T (1992). As Crime Goes By. Australia: Ironbark Press. ISBN 1-875471-14-6.
- Morton, J; Lobez, S (2007). Gangland Australia. Australia: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 978-0-522-85273-8.
- Writer, Larry (2011). Bumper. Australia: Hachette Australia. ISBN 978-0-7336-2489-6.
- Writer, Larry (2001). Razor. Australia: Pan Macmillan. ISBN 0 7329 1074 9.
External links[edit]
- Tilly Devine profile, Australian Dictionary of Biography online edition; retrieved 9 March 2008.
- Tilly Devine profile, awm.gov.au; retrieved 9 March 2008.
- Tilly Devine biodata, timeoutsydney.com.au; retrieved 10 March 2010.
- Devine, Matilda Mary (Tilly; 1900–1970), Daily Mirror obituary, page 9, 24 November 1970; retrieved 28 August 2011.
- Devine, Matilda Mary (Tilly; 1900–1970), Obituary by Ron Saw] from the Daily Telegraph, page 6, 25 November 1970; retrieved 28 August 2011.


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Hear Nathan Williams of Wavves Pay Tribute to Misfits
Shoegaze meets horror-punk, and it just sounds silly (that sentence, not the song itself).By Eliot Glazer
Shoegaze meets horror-punk, and it just sounds silly (that sentence, not the song itself).By Eliot Glazer
Four days of indie hits.By Mike Vilensky
Plus: Willie Nelson, Sugarland, Guided by Voices ...By Amos Barshad
Here's "Goldy Lox," "Hula Hoop," and "Glued."By Amanda Dobbins
Plus: Girl Talk, Interpol, Wavves, Neko Case ...By Amos Barshad
Plus a Wavves song.By Amanda Dobbins
Naturally.By Mike Vilensky
It features Bishop Allen, Crystal Antlers, and a very special Wavves–Best Coast collaboration.By Amos Barshad
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A skateboarding party alien comes to town.By Edith Zimmerman
The "kings of the beach" think they should be working at Jiffy Lube.By Mike Vilensky
The rising punk-pop band's latest offering is out today — hear it now.By Edith Zimmerman
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After a great first couple of days I was really starting to catch a groove at the Obtiva office. I switched off to a new project and a new pair. The task today was to take a look at integrating Paypal's express checkout for an online retail application in Rails. My pair for the day was Nate Jackson. Nate started out at Obtiva as an apprentice and became a full time employee after his journey was complete. It's great to see people who have enjoyed the experience and had such a positive view of their mentorship that they want to continue to work with their mentors. It is also great to see the mentors accept everyone as peers. It might not seem like a big deal, but it makes a huge difference!
One of the things I love about pairing is sitting down for the first time with somebody and observing how they work. Ruby on Rails gives us a common ground for ideas and communication, but the way we communicate is always different. It's fun to see different tools and environments, and to see in what ways people invest in their tools to help make them a more productive programmer. We started out our pairing by firing up the one true editor and taking a tour of the application to get an idea of what we needed to do to accomplish our goals. The morning seemed to fly by. As soon as we were done walking through the application and reading the PayPal documentation it was time to head to lunch.
After lunch it was time to get cracking on our task. We were off to a great start with PayPal using the
active_merchant gem. Unfortunately that didn't last long. We had setup the basic developer sandbox accounts and got a simple example working, but found out that the proper solution was the "Pro" remix. This involved much more setup with the developer sandbox. The nice part is that since the Obtiva gang works together in the same room, we were able to get the pre-baked account credentials from others that knew where we needed to be. After fighting for a good part of the day around settings in the developer sandbox, and things not working properly, we arrived at what seemed to be a reasonable solution. The bad part was that PayPal just wasn't cooperating with us. We were able to confirm that things were working with a live account, just not a developer sandbox account.
Nate and I were pleasantly suprised at the end of the day by a phone call from Carson Conant over at Medifly. Palm had contacted him to produce an app for the Pre and Pixi that would be able to stream the "Hope for Haiti" concert and allow for people to donate directly from their phones. The only downside was that we would only have one day to complete it. Obtiva had already built the original Pre app for Mediafly so we at least had a base app to work from. I was excited and nervous all at once for what day four would bring.


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Here's how long it took for other mergers to go from announcement to closing
Okay, there's going to be a merger between American Airlines and US Airways. I know it, they know it, you know it. The only question is when. It's like a pregnancy: Show us the baby, already.
Let's say on Wednesday the AMR and US Airways boards of directors approve the deal. That means the hoopla will be rolled out on Thursday, probably.
The next question then becomes how long it will take to get the governmental clearances so that the two carriers can actually merge.
As a guideline, we've put together a chart that shows the date that other carriers announced their mergers, the date that they merged and how that would translate if the US Airways-American merger took as long.
As you can see, the last US Airways merger, with America West Airlines in 2005, took only 131 days from announcement to merger. On the other hand, the Southwest Airlines-AirTran merger of 2011 took 218 days – just over seven months.
In any case, here's our extrapolation:
|Deal signed
|Merger date
|Time, days
|If AA-US takes as long
|Oct. 29, 2008
|Aug. 31, 2013
|May 2, 2010
|Oct. 1, 2010
|July 16, 2013
|America West-US Airways
|May 19, 2005
|Sept. 27, 2005
|June 25, 2013
|Sept. 26, 2010
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Okami Wii Delayed to April 15
Wii port of artistic PS2 adventure pushed back three weeks.
The Ready at Dawn-developed Wii port of Clover's PlayStation 2 adventure game Okami has been delayed to April 15, reports GameSpot. This pushes the release back three weeks from its original March 25 date, first revealed by Nintendo amongst a long list of planned releases for the first half of 2008. No reason for the delay was given, but as GameSpot postulates, with it only amounting to three weeks it's more likely due to marketing reasons than any significant technical troubles.
Just don't call it a cash-in.
Originally released in 2006, Okami was warmly received by critics but did not perform as well at retail. Capcom eventually revealed last October that a port was in the works for the Wii, a console more uniquely suited to Okami's brush stroke-filled gameplay -- and perhaps better positioned to give it a second chance with consumers.
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Well.....Posted: Mar 06, 2008 12:00AM PST by haydenaurian
I've never played ANY version of Okami, I'm really looking forward to playing it, But at least I got Smash Bros Brawl to play on 3/9/08.
SupportPosted: Mar 05, 2008 12:00AM PST by KaelWolfcry
I'm gonna definitely look forward to this title when it drops. The best way to show my support is with my wallet. The more of us that supports unique games like this, the more often we'll see it.
Seems like a great fit for WiiPosted: Mar 04, 2008 12:00AM PST by justmustang
I heard it takes quite awhile before the game really gets going. Im sick of Nintendo being the only ones putting out anything good on the Wii so i will give this one a try
I'd buy it again...Posted: Mar 04, 2008 12:00AM PST by devildogdavila
...if I had a Wii. It's a damn good game though.


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I've been a lifelong Jazz fan. There have been a lot of hard years and only two finals appearances that both ended in losses. I'm sure to the world the Jazz just lost those finals to a better team and the greatest player of all time. I'll give them that on the first finals appearance, but not on the second. That year the Jazz were the better team and played the better series. It's a bitter pill. I've always believed in the Jazz and in the possibility that they would surprise the world. So often they outperformed expectations. I was proud of that. But lately I see a team under-performing. I see a team with a strong history of fighting for every inch just giving away games. Lack of heart, lack of discipline, lack of direction. That's not the Jazz I know.
I wish it was as easy as saying I don't like what I see and turning away. In a big way that's what I've done. I've probably watched about 30min of basketball in the last two months. That hasn't happened in years. I used to never miss a game. If I couldn't watch I'd find a way to listen, or I'd record the game and try my best not to get it spoiled. There's a lot of inertia in my fandom, but it's petering out. That is sad in it's own way because I see a team that might die. We're a small market. The team has only stayed because the fans have been so incredibly loyal. The way things are going that support will not last and when it's gone the team will go with it.
Being mediocre (which can easily be worse than bad) is easier for some than others.
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The latest much anticipated version of Emily Brontë's classic 1847 novel Wuthering Heights is out in cinemas this November (2011).
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If I did their product planning...
Building an entirely new hardware and software platform is expensive. Molding a different plastic case is comparatively cheap. And while we can all see that the DX-10t is a tray, they went out of their way to add the "t" to the name. Extrapolation (or wishful thinking) leads me to hope for one of the following:
- A DX-10 in a standard package with all of the same guts and a couple of sliders.
- A JR 10X with the same guts and better styling.
- These guts in the US 11X.
If Spektrum and JR have broken their agreement whereby JR will retain the high-end, then the DX-10 is a no-brainer. What kind of marketing and product planning folks wouldn't figure out how to leverage features this good into a radio that would sell aggressively worldwide?
Launching both a 10X and 11X in the US would be dumb, especially if the 10X offers major features (11ms, telemetry) that the 11X and the 12X don't have. Frankly, the 11X already seems poised to kill 12X sales.
So maybe the likely solution is a non-module 10X using these guts and the 11X case for the US? Drop a channel to keep a few people buying the 12X, use that antenna hole in the 11X case (otherwise such a strange thing to include in a ground-up effort), and position it to compete directly in the $500 segment. The X9503 would then head out to pasture; it really could not have been anything more than a 6-12 month stopgap effort.
Care to comment, JR/Spektrum? Please make us happy in 2010!
I'm not saying there aren't people out there who need most of those features to fly a certain aircraft. Giant scale and turbines and such certainly could take advantage of all the mixes and switches and channels, no doubt.
That said, it's a Jaguar of a radio. Whoever wants to buy it will buy it, partly because they can say they have the best JR radio in the market, period.
I'm not sure the 11X will kill sales of 12X models, but it certainly might make people reconsider when looking for a high-end transmitter. The 12X will still sell, for both the pros and those in the highest tax bracket (or highest credit-card balance limits).
Now, bring on the bashing against yours truly...
12X = Jaguar is probably an apt comparison. It's definitely a sturdy and slick piece, but not equal to the competition at the same price point. Brand loyalty and prestige are probably driving most of those sales. Maybe the 11X would steal 12X sales, maybe not; but from the buzz now, the 11X won't be stealing many sales from the other brands.
I'd like to see JR/Spektrum get in the game and compete with everyone else who's offering more features in the 8-10 channel range and at a better price. These two Spektrum offerings seem to have what it would take technically, but the 10t packaging isn't right for may modelers. I think they could retain a lot of DX7 owners with a value-oriented DX10 and a somewhat slicker 10X.
I'm just hoping that they're thinking in that direction. I have a reasonable investment in Spektrum receivers, and I'd like to step up to something that can handle present and future needs in one package.
Your investment in receivers is what they are counting on. Spektrum has such a large chunk of the 2.4ghz market, that they simply don't need to have the lowest price point to sell their radios. I'll be all over a standard sized (non-tray) DX 10 if it ever comes out, which I am betting it will. My 9303 has seen better days and needs to be put out to pasture soon and there is no way I am spending money on the 9503.
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Simply a comment on your comment.
I've been VERY active in this Hobby for a lot of years.
I have always stayed up to date with the equipment.
Presently I have the largest number of Rxs I've ever owned at one time ----three !
Perhaps someone can explain to me why so many (people) have so many (Rx's)??
It takes but a very few minutes (15 minutes. max) to change them out. For most of my time in the Hobby I had but two. Primary and back-up .
One class "A", state of the art Tx and two Rx's similarly state of the art.
I can understand a larger number of Rx's as "state of the art" Rxs may be different for Pattern; Sail plane; Heli. as an example. But I have known very few competitors (actually only one) who really were deeply into the other disciplines.
I sincerely do NOT get it.
Particularly when you have highlighted the obvious .....which is that should there be a 'killer set up' newly introduced you are ham strung.
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One thing to consider is that in the US Horizon have a full range of radios to make money off: Spektrum branded products at lower end of market and JR at the higher end.
Here in Europe JR are not handled by Horizon. As a company they have a glaring gap in their product portfolio. They will no doubt get a licence fee for use of Spektrum inside the JR stuff but not as good as having own products.
The DX10/EU10 (seeing different pics with names on) was designed in Germany rather than US implying that certainly in Europe they are trying to plug the gap.
Whether you see this stuff in US will be interesting to see.
JR in mainland Europe is sold under Graupner banner. They involved with Weatronic and XPS and not Spektrum. Can buy a 9303 as a DSX9 in UK but can't get equivalent on mainland with Spektrum inside as far as I know (can obviously obtain from UK).
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You make a good point - I'm guilty of having about 10 aircraft all fully kitted with servos and Rx's. I do like to switch around the ones I fly, so not having to swap receivers is convenient. Also, regular receiver swapping could degrade the connectors/leads and opens up possibilities for wrong connections. It also makes a nonsense of model memories. However, I guess it all depends on your flying habits and how much you're prepared to spend.
Dx8 & dx10 so far...
They are worth every penny to just grab a model and go fly.
Any new updates on DX8 availability?
I am thinking about the 9503 but if the DX8 comes out soon enough I will stick with the spektrum.
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BAGHDAD: Violence in Anbar province held by anti-government fighters killed three people as the UN warned yesterday of Iraq's worst displacement since its brutal 2006-08 sectarian conflict.
More than 140,000 people have fled their homes in the mostly-desert province since unrest erupted in late December, as security forces and their tribal allies have been locked in a deadly stand-off with militants, including those affiliated with the Al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Foreign leaders, including US President Barack Obama, have urged Iraq to pursue measures to undercut support for militants, but with an election looming in April, Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki has taken a hard line.
Security forces have mounted a massive operation to retake parts of the Anbar provincial capital Ramadi held by anti-government fighters, and for days have engaged in clashes.
Shelling which began early yesterday of the Ramadi neighbourhoods of Malaab and Albu Faraj, both out of the government's control, killed two people and wounded 30, security and medical officials said.
Government forces and militants also engaged in firefights in Ramadi on Thursday evening, but no casualties were reported.
But one person was killed and seven were wounded in heavy shelling late on Thursday in Fallujah, a former insurgent bastion also west of Baghdad entirely held by militants.
Fallujah residents blamed the army for the shelling, but defence officials said the military was not responsible. Parts of Ramadi and all of Fallujah have for weeks been in the hands of anti-government fighters, including ISIL members.
It marks the first time militants have exercised such open control in Iraqi cities since the peak of the violence that followed the 2003 US-led invasion.
The government says it is fighting Al Qaeda while Fallujah residents and tribal sheikhs have said ISIL has tightened its grip on the city. But other militant groups and anti-government tribes have also been involved in battling government forces in Anbar.
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March 22, 2012 - Carla Tracy
It's always great to get over to the Big Island from Maui. Last weekend, my husband and I drove from Hilo around South Point to Keauhou, the resort town just below Kailua-Kona. It was for the annual Sam Choy Keauhou Poke Contest.
As one of the judges, I got to savor some incredible raw fish dishes and the presentations were off the scale (pun intended) in themes, textures and colors.
"Taking home the lion's share of prizes at the Sam Choy's Keauhou Poke Contest Sunday was Chef Jayson Kanekoa of the Waikoloa Beach Marriott Resort & Spa. He took first place in three of four professional categories—traditional, spicy and cooked—and took third place in the poke with soy sauce category. The top pro finisher for poke with soy sauce was Kevin Lanning of Island Thyme Gourmet in Kailua-Kona," says publicist Fern Gavelek.
Kanekona has some Maui ties in that his boss, Bill Countryman, lives on Maui. Bill is the cluster gm of several Marriott properites in the islands.
The event was lively with a ballroom full of vendors selling everything from cinnamon to dragonfruit to Kona coffee. Presented by Kamehameha Investment Corporation (KIC), it debuted at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort and Spa's Convention Center.
"Gwen Edwards of Kailua-Kona earned top overall amateur and best cooked poke honors with her Paniolo Shrimp Poke. Earning first in the other non-professional categories was Susan Osborne of 'Aina Life Culinary Arts at Kua O Ka La Charter School in Pahoa for best spicy poke, Guy Toyama of the Natural Energy Laboratory Hawaii Authority (NELHA) for best traditional poke and Keoki Rivera of Kailua-Kona for best poke with soy sauce," pens Gavelek.
Admission proceeds were presented to Jim Lightner for 'The Heart of the Campus-Equip the Kitchens Campaign.' The campaign is seeking $1million to outfit the culinary facility at the future Hawai'i Community College Palamanui campus," she continues.
"Mayor Billy Kenoi officiated over the zany Aloha Shoyu Celebrity Poke Cook-off and top honors were given to Gene 'Bucky' Leslie. Winning contestants earned cash, gift certificates and koa bowls. A panel of 12 judges critiqued the 19 contest entries before attendees were permitted to sample competing recipes.
"Sam Choy's Keauhou Poke Contest is part of Keauhou Resort's annual Kamehameha III celebration March 16-18 that commemorates the Keauhou-born king, Lani Kauikeaouli. The contest is sponsored by Kamehameha Investment Corporation, Kamehameha Schools, the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort Spa, Sam Choy's Kai Lanai, Aloha Shoyu, Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company, Island Fesh Fish, KTA Keauhou, Tanioka's Seafood & Catering, Young's Market-Waivera Water, Y Hata and Great American Self-Storage."
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- Don Luis said...
Sorry, I deleted my last comment because of a couple of silly spelling errors.
There is no greater sin than Wonder Bread, although Chef Boy Ar Dee (spelled phonetically so Americans could pronounce it) is a close second.
However, I have a confession to make: I often (well, once a month) make Rice-a-Roni, adding a half pound of ground beef to the "beef" variety.
I also like the Alessi products; they have a porcini risotto that that tastes like porcini risotto to me, although you cook it like white rice (no stirring).
We also eat "Mac and Cheese". Whether by Kraft or Annie's it's the samt thing, Powdered cheese is an infamnia.
I have no excuse for my laziness abut mac and cheese; I know how to make a roux.
I want to cook, honest I do.
- December 16, 2008 at 5:23 AM
- Bob del Grosso said...
Don Luis
I wasn't trying to make anyone feel guilty about using the stuff. I'm a chef not a priest. I know my place, by golly.
- December 16, 2008 at 5:38 AM
- Bob said...
Leave it to Chef Bob del G to call out that shoemaker Chef Boy Ar Dee.
Did you notice that after they ate the pizza they didn't dance anymore?
- December 16, 2008 at 5:53 AM
- Don Luis said...
I don't feel guilty. In a family of six, we eat what we eat. I want to cook better food because I think it would be better for my family.
- December 16, 2008 at 10:02 AM
- Kevin said...
My mother used to make that.
- December 16, 2008 at 11:11 AM
- Bob del Grosso said...
And I used to lust over it. Therein lies the evil.
- December 16, 2008 at 6:08 PM
- Joseph Bayot said...
I remember when I was younger that my siblings and I used to crave TV dinners and other "foods" in the same ilk because we thought the kids who ate them everyday were cool.
Meanwhile, we were left with "boring" home cooked meals that our parents cooked for us every single day.
I'd like to think that I'm a little less ignorant or at least a little more discerning with the junk food that I crave. (I'm looking at you, Kettle Cooked Lays)
- December 20, 2008 at 3:47 AM


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"The 1960s saw an explosion of domestic violence without modern precedent. That was also the time when, in effect, the inmates took over the asylum: When the notion took hold that great universities should be run by their students, and pandering college faculties and administrations supinely acquiesced; when police departments were stripped of the right to police; when the fad for 'deinstitutionalization' emptied mental hospitals of their patients, dumping them on the streets; when criminal behavior was celebrated as social protest; when welfare-rights activists succeeded in transforming the public dole into a permanent entitlement; and when the cultural avant-garde, egged on by the news and entertainment media, declared open war on the values of family, civility, and personal responsibility, and mocked the American dream."
- Richard Nixon, "Beyond Peace"
Well - almost everything old is new again. We haven't seen, yet, an explosion of domestic violence such as that which marked the 1960s. I had a front-row seat to that, in graduate school in Boston and later while doing extensive research at the National Archives in Washington. I've often thought how odd it was that the first time I was exposed to tear gas was in the nation's capital, and the last in wartime Saigon.
I do find a bit in the current controversy surrounding Glenn McConnell's selection as president of the College of Charleston that echoes protests in the 1960s and what Nixon wrote about inmates taking over the asylum. I would remind demonstrators that by far the very best presidents of the college in recent history were not academics.
Ted Stern, the one I think best, was a retired naval officer. It was he who transformed a small, venerable and somewhat sterile institution into what it is today. The perceived wisdom that to be an effective college administrator one must be first immersed in academe I find droll.
I carry no water for Glenn McConnell, but I suspect he is as capable (more capable, actually) than his numerous detractors could possibly imagine.
The second thing in the news currently that reminds me a bit of the insanity that characterized the turbulent 1960s is the recent Fort Hood shooting that killed four (including the shooter) and wounded 16. It's been only about three and half years since an army psychiatrist, Major Nidal Hassan, killed 13 and wounded some 30 at this same installation, and it immediately raised calls to suspend the Department of Defense policy forbidding service personnel other than military police from carrying weapons on base. Surely, when you have mass murder such as these at Fort Hood, and the one some months ago at Naval Shipyard Washington, you have to ask yourself if not lives would have been saved if someone, other than the shooters, had been armed and on the scene.
Most of the commentary I've heard thus far from serving and retired military officers does not support changing DoD's policy. If I had to make that decision, I'd qualify it by saying it depends on where and when changes should apply.
I can give you a prime example from the Vietnam War, when a similar policy was, to put it plainly, nuts.
I spent about my half my time in Vietnam traveling all over the country and its many rivers. The other half I spent at Naval Forces Vietnam headquarters in central Saigon. My BOQ (bachelor officers quarters) was in an old, converted four-story apartment house. It was called the "Splendide," and other than location it was not appropriately named. It was a block away from the Presidential Palace, and next door to the VIP hotel where visiting congressmen and other Washington officials were put up.
Typically, I worked very late. My job required a lot of writing, and I found that easier to do when the headquarters building, about a dozen blocks from my quarters, was all but shut down. I walked from there to the Splendide through a darkened park behind the palace. Sometimes it seemed scary.
Security at my BOQ was provided by two Vietnamese soldiers who, armed with antique M-1 rifles, stood watch in shoulder-high concrete pillboxes on either side of the front entrance. It was not at all uncommon when I returned to see one or both of them asleep - disconcerting, to say the least. In the lobby there was a U.S. soldier and a Vietnamese "Co" (a young woman) who answered the telephone and served as interpreter.
The U.S. soldier's sole duty seemed to be to make sure you checked your weapon (in my case, a .45 caliber sidearm) that he placed in an open cabinet behind the desk each time you entered the quarters.
On at least two occasions a military jeep was blown up while parked just across the street from the BOQ entrance, in full view of the Vietnamese watch. The deed was done by lighting a gasoline drenched rag inserted in the jeep's gas tank. I often wondered why the Viet Cong did not murder all of us while we slept. On Christmas Eve 1964, five years before my tour, a car bomb was exploded at the Brinks Hotel, about a half a mile away. It served as quarters for senior military officers. Two Americans were killed and more than 100 U.S., Australian, and Vietnamese servicemen were wounded.
That was then, and this is now. All things considered, I think if it were up to me I would let our servicemen and women carry their weapons while on base. I think it might deter attacks like Maj. Nidal's and save lives when other criminal or deranged shooters attempt to carry them out.
R.L. Schreadley is a former Post and Courier executive editor. He is a retired naval officer and a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars.


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Yonkers: Sears wins 7 races; 13 in last two nights
If Brian Sears isn't careful, he could make a living at this.
Sears, fresh off a six-pick of wins at Yonkers Raceway (including half a dead-heat) Saturday night, rolled a seven during Monday's 12-race Presidents' Night program.
Driving in each and every race, he picked up right where left off, throwing down the gauntlet in four of the evening's first five forays.
Death-and-taxes, Going Native ($2.20) wired the $9,000 pacing opener (1:55 1/5) before Double it Up ($5.30, pictured above) aired in the $11,000 third-race pace (1:53 4/5). It was Fast and Feisty ($6.30) sticking his nose out at just the right moment in the $12,000 fourth-race pace (1:56 2/5) and K Slater ($6.80) overcoming the eight-hole (1:54 1/5) to win the $15,000 fifth-race pace.
Win No. 5 came behind odds-on Glass Pack ($3.80) in the $17,000 eighth-race pace (1:54) and No. 6 with the freshly-claimed Go West Lucky Cam ($4.80) in the $19,000 10th-race pace (1:53 3/5) before Sears concluded his winner's circle welcome wagon with prohibitive choice B J's Guy ($3.40) in the $17,000 11th-race pace (1:54 1/5).
Sears began the night leading the local driver standings with 63 wins while getting his picture taken at a nearly 27 percent clip.
For the record, Sears' remaining Monday drives resulted in a second-place finish, a breaker, a sixth, another sixth and getting photoed for the glory in the 12th-race finale.
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Michigan State cornerback Chris Rucker had success in college and earned a reputation as a physical corner who could shut down opponents. He used his size to jam receivers off of the line often and had enough speed and hip fluidity to keep up with his man. In the NFL he may need to develop fluidity in his hips for NFL caliber receiver if he plans to stay on the outside.
At 6-foot 2-inches tall and 200 pounds, Rucker may remind a lot of fans of former Colts defensive back Marlin Jackson. His 4.55 40-yard dash is not great for a cover corner but his play style is perfect for a zone system. One has to wonder if the Colts might ask Rucker to put on 10 pounds or so and step into the S rotation.
Rucker had some character concerns, including a DUI that was reduced to a reckless driving offense, which caused him to slip from what could have been a third or fourth round grade to a fifth or sixth round value.


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'Ecom Hell' Author on Starting an Ecommerce Business
For prospective merchants that think starting an ecommerce business is easy, Shirley Tan disagrees. She has the experience to disagree, having founded her first ecommerce site in the 1990s, which became a market leader, and which she later sold. Her new book, Ecom Hell, describes what it takes — from the trenches — to successfully run an ecommerce business.
We spoke recently with Shirley Tan.
Practical Ecommerce: You're an ecommerce pioneer. Your new book is Ecom Hell, a provocative title. Why did you write it?
Shirley Tan: "I wrote it for folks who are just starting out in ecommerce. My point of view is that the real work in ecommerce starts after the customer places the order. Everything leading to that, all the marketing, all the search engine optimization, web design, all of those are completely important. But, at the end of the day, the customers care about getting their goods. It's the post-sale customer experience that is important.
"I wanted the new entrepreneur coming into this space to get a really good comprehensive idea of what it's going to take to not just start but to run and grow the business. Sometimes, it can be hell, when people don't start off on the right foot."
PEC: You founded, AmericanBridal.com in the 1990s. You grew that to be a dominant retailer of wedding products, before selling it in 2009. What is the state of ecommerce now?
Tan: "The current state of ecommerce is very tough. I tell my clients it's Amazon's world. They're the big gorilla in this space. They're everywhere. They seem to sell everything. What can new ecommerce merchants, even the people who have been in ecommerce a long time, what can they do to really differentiate themselves?
"The margin for error is shrinking. People have to really be on top of it. They have to really just pick a path and work all the leverages that they can to become successful. But, it's definitely a very fierce landscape. No doubt."
PEC: Tell us more about your ecommerce experience.
Tan: "I started off as a retailer in the late 80s. I did this when I was in college. I was just a typical retailer, with a brick-and-mortar store. In the early 90s, I started a mail order catalog, and hated it. Hated it. It was a lot of work. When online came about in 1996 and I registered the domain name, put up a website on the Yahoo! store platform, and didn't know what I was doing. It really took a backseat to the retail store as well. I think it took me a really long time to figure out what the online business was about.
"I sold the brick-and-mortar side of the business to my partner in 2004 and took over the online and focused all my energy on that component, AmericanBridal.com. I sold it in 2009. By then, we had a total of seven websites. We also had bits and pieces of a wholesale company that didn't do well. It wasn't all 100 percent home run, but overall I consider it to be a pretty good achievement."
PEC: Tell us about your new business, Ecommerce Systems.
Tan: "I took some time off after I sold American Bridal. I really had some soul searching for what I want to do. What am I still passionate about? I really do love the ecommerce space. I like the marketing piece. I like the strategy. I like growing businesses. At heart, I'm a merchant. These days, I'm helping small businesses. It gives me a lot of satisfaction to be able to still do that — to be able to contribute in that way."
PEC: There are folks reading this that may be contemplating launching their own ecommerce business, or a new facet of their current business. What's your advice to them?
Tan: "The biggest thing is — even if you have an existing business and you're thinking about branching off to a different niche — there are three things to remember.
"First, focus on a compelling message. What is this new company going to be about? If you've done it before, how is it going to be different from your previous businesses? Who would be the audience — not just the demographics. Who are the customers that are most likely to buy from you? Why? What do you have in common with them? Focus on a compelling message of who you are and who you're not. You need to go after that crowd. Share your values and go after them with a vengeance. That's number one.
"The second thing is to nail down your product. If you have only one vendor and that resource goes away, then what? You've invested all this money in a website, in perhaps an infrastructure, a back end, and you pin your whole entire strategy on that this supplier is going to come through for you. That's too many eggs in one basket. It's best that you have more control over the goods. Meaning that it's either your design, you're making it, or you have some kind of intellectual property to it, so that you control the fate of your goods. Otherwise, it's just a commodity. Everybody sells commodities, right? The margins are slim. It's competitive. The next guy will just lower the price just to make the sale. It's like a race to the bottom.
"Third, people hear this all the time but it's true. Be passionate. It's not absolutely crucial, but it helps. For example, a friend is thinking about getting into ecommerce, I asked her, 'Why do you want to do this?' She said, 'Well, I can make some money. I don't know anything about this space.' I find that to be problematic. She's my friend. I'm trying to be gentle. But she's thinking of quitting her corporate job and putting some money into this. I'm scared for her. The passion part helps you get out of bed in the morning. It helps you when customers are yelling at you or when you're having a rough day or when your employees let you down. Passion helps get you out of bed and keeps you going."
PEC: Your new book is Ecom Hell. Where can someone buy it?
Tan: It's available on Amazon — I self-published it — in print and digital, as an ebook. If you're a Amazon Prime member and you have a Kindle, you can borrow it from the library for free. Or it's $6.99 for the Kindle version."
PEC: Any other thoughts?
Tan: "A lot of people — big companies, small companies — they're all thinking of the next hot popular product. They want to be the next iPhone. But it's more important to focus on the excellent service. Add value to the customers, because consumer products come-and-go. Products can be knocked off. It's only as good as the next knock-off or the next mark down, or in terms of pricing game.
"But, what if you could win over your customers' hearts? What if you can win over a mind share, so consumers think of you to solve problems, not sell products? If that is what they think of your company, it is just as good as printing money."
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There's so much to think about when starting an ecommerce business that so many people don't think of, that I think that Ecomm Hell sounds like a great book for someone just starting out.
I'd definitely agree with Shirley that creating the compelling message and honing the brand should be the top priority. Carve that niche, that thing you're known for and your ecommerce business will do well.
But just because you don't have the traditional outlay of a bricks and mortar shop doesn't mean there's less to do. If anything there's more to do as you need to market everywhere and deliver everywhere – online AND offline.
For any new ecommerce startups that have just launched their site and were hoping for sales in time for Christmas, these super-fast ecommerce SEO tips might come in handy:
Having started the business 6 months back, i couldnt agree more with the title. The challanges and qualities to sustain in e-commerce market is same, what ever the geography. Hope the aspirants read the complete book rather than postponing their decision just by the title.


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Dr. Justine Bernard received her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons specializing in Neurological and Orthopedic Rehabilitation in 2003. She worked in acute rehabilitation, inpatient acute care, and outpatient rotations in both St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, NY. After moving back to Washington DC, she began her own orthopedic and neurologic private practice out of a GYROTONIC® Studio in NW D.C. She incorporates her experiences as a professional dancer and GYROTONIC® Master Trainer into her treatments. In combining the GYROTONIC® system with her knowledge of physical therapy, people are able to transform their bodies from moving with restriction and unease to moving with freedom and joy. Justine teaches a course on GYROTONIC® Applications for Osteoporosis at Elements.
Rosalie Begun has been practicing physical therapy in Washington, DC for over 20 years. She is owner of Begun Physical Therapy Center, LLC and treats patients with a variety of orthopedic and sports-medicine conditions. In addition, she has extensive experience treating dancers and performing artists....including the casts of touring Broadway shows. Rosalie is also a certified GYROTONIC® instructor and Yamuna® Body Rolling practitioner (a system of massaging, stretching and strengthening the body using special balls), and a pilates mat instructor. She incorporates these modalities in her treatment sessions and also offers private and group training sessions and workshops. Rosalie also has studied various methods of manual therapy and keeps her skills up to date through regular participation in continuing education courses. Prominent area physicians regularly send her patients with problems of unusual complexity. Rosalie believes in treating patients holistically and takes the time to provide the best care possible.
Dr. Michele Fry holds both a Doctor of Physical Therapy from The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and a Master of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. She is a Licensed Acupuncturist in California, Maryland, and Washington, DC. Michele is also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT 500) with Yoga Alliance, and has been practicing yoga since 1994 and teaching since 2002. She currently teaches group classes at Village Yoga in Potomac, MD.
Prior to relocating to the East Coast, she served as a yoga instructor for the VA Medical Center in La Jolla, CA, and The Chopra Center at La Costa Resort & Spa, as well as other clubs and studios around the North San Diego area. Yoga teaching experience includes group and private yoga instruction, mentoring teachers in training and assisting in teacher training workshops. She has taught advanced students as well as people with chronic back pain and other therapeutic needs. Also while in California, she maintained a private acupuncture practice in addition to founding The Acupuncture CO/OP, the first community supported acupuncture (CSA) practice in the North County San Diego area. The Acupuncture CO/OP provided access to high quality, cost-effective acupuncture and Chinese Medicine healthcare to the community regardless of income.
Michele's physical therapy practice incorporates myofascial release and dry needling techniques, as well as a special interest in women's health and pelvic floor therapy. Michele is currently pursuing her Level 1 GYROTONIC® certification.
Michele's goal is to employ her broad skill set and experience in the wellness field to help clients improve their wellbeing and sense of freedom in their bodies.
Dr. Kramer has been practicing physical therapy for over 22 years with adults and children with neurological and developmental disabilities. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in communications and working as a copywriter for a scientific publisher in NYC, she made a decision to leave her desk job and pursue her interest in human movement and physical therapy. She attended Sargent College of Boston University, graduating with distinction in 1992 with an MS in physical therapy. Dr. Kramer has worked in a variety of settings including Hospital for Sick Children, Washington DC, Early Intervention in Fairfax VA, and home health. In 2013, she completed her Doctorate in Physical Therapy from the University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Kramer has advanced training in myofascial release, soft tissue mobilization, kinesio taping, NDT, postural alignment, neurological rehabilitation, and aquatic therapy. Dr. Kramer and her daughter were clients for many years at Elements until she trained to become a certified GYROTONIC® instructor and join the Elements team to share her love of Gyrotonic® exercise and physical therapy. Over the years, Dr. Kramer has volunteered her physical therapy services at a hippotherapy stable (Lift Me Up, Great Falls, VA), therapeutic aquatic classes (Fairfax County Department of Recreation, VA), and at Don Jose de San Martin, a school for children with disabilities in Cusco Peru. Currently, she and her therapy dog, Buckley, bring companionship and love to seniors in nursing homes in Virginia. In her free time, Dr Kramer is a competitive adult ice dancer. She also enjoys taking classes in ballroom dancing, Zumba, and ballet, and traveling with her husband and two children.
Jenny April blends her knowledge of classical physical therapy with the holistic traditions of Gyrotonic® and Yoga, to create a fresh perspective on physical rehabilitation. Through this lens, she is able to identify chronic dysfunctional movement habits and facilitate healthy breathing and neuromuscular patterns in her clients.
Jenny April graduated from Stony Brook University's Doctorate of Physical Therapy Program, specializing in a Motor Learning approach to Orthopedic Rehabilitation. She has taught Gyrotonic®, Gyrokinesis®, and Vinyasa Yoga for the past eight years in NYC, and has recently moved to DC to be part of the incredible Elements team.
Jenny April utilizes her diverse movement background in figure skating, acrobatics, dance and soccer to tailor sport specific home exercise programs designed to take athletes/dancers to the next level of kinesthetic proficiency. Her physical therapy treatments are also informed by her knowledge of Feldenkrais, the Alexander Technique and Cranial Sacral Therapy, which address principles of alignment and breath awareness necessary to prevent re-injury and create maximal postural stability and ease.


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by Dr. Boyce Watkins
Angela Davis, Michelle Alexander, Cornel West and Marc Lamont Hill all gathered at the Riverside Baptist Church to call for an end to mass incarceration. The US prison population has grown dramatically over the last three decades, and has had a disproportionate impact on the black American family. Millions of us are affected, as our children are growing up without fathers, and women are having trouble finding adequate husbands.
The growth in the prison industrial complex has had an impact on the rate of STD transmission in the black community caused, in part, by reduced marital rates for women in their thirties, the spread of disease through prison rape, the imbalance in the black male and female populations, and many other factors. It has led to a spike in youth violence from all the young people being raised without fathers. It has also impacted the black unemployment rate, due to the disenfranchisement of men who can't get jobs after serving time in the penitentiary.
The gathering of these outstanding scholars is an important step toward solving an important problem. The prison problem has many of its roots in the structure of a capitalist society, which now finds that it's clearly profitable to incarcerate as many people as possible. Major corporations fill their coffers by charging exorbitant rates for families to speak with their loved ones or for inmates to buy the things they need. Some companies are able to compete in a global labor market by using cheap prison labor, which is a dangerous addiction in a capitalist society. The goal of shareholder wealth maximization in most capitalist models dictates that the final objective will be to put as many people in prison as we possibly can.
Finally , the prison torture issue should concern us as well. There is nothing in a prison sentence that says a man deserves to be raped. There is nothing that says that he/she should receive inadequate healthcare, unhealthy food or lose his rights to better his life through education. We don't want prisons that torture people to the point that they are worse human beings after they are released than they were when they were arrested. The truth is that when we truly work to rehabilitate those who come home from prison, we are all better off as a result. A short prison sentence should not be a life sentence for the inmate and his/family, but that is the mess that it's become.
If he gets a second term, President Obama needs to put the mass incarceration epidemic on his short list of presidential priorities. He's stated that he agrees that the War on Drugs was a failure, and it's time for him to put his money where his mouth is. Our children need their parents to come back home, and many of the long sentences given during the 1980s for drug convictions should be commuted. It's time to end this national disaster altogether.
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