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Main Street NYC: Victory Blvd., Staten Island
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Victory Boulevard's history is like a lot of American main streets. Constructed nearly 200 hundred years ago, when free ferry service to Manhattan first started, it was part of a thriving downtown area. But the middle class community moved inward after the building of Verrazano Narrows bridge in the sixties spurred development in the south of the Island.
Thirteen years ago an article in the Staten Island Advance described the northern end of Victory as a place where "small business fight for survival, store fronts are boarded up and the shoppers are few." WNYC has chosen this strip as part of its Main Street series. We're checking in on streets all over the city to find out how they're faring. Aswini Anburajan from the Feet in Two Worlds radio project brought back this portrait.
REPORTER: Taking a walk up the first few blocks of Victory Boulevard is like taking a world tour. You pass Mexican grocery stores and package stores, Jamaican restaurants, restaurants from Trinidad, the Caribbean, El Salvador, Sri Lanka, Poland. There are Italian bakery and pizza shops.
There are African restaurants across the street and homeland stores. There are people from every single corner of the globe populating this short six block stretch. In 1990 immigrants were one out of ten residents on Staten Island… now they make up one in four. Ten percent of them own their own businesses. Karen Moon inherited the building her cellular store is in from her parents 17 years ago.
MOON: This neighborhood has really cleaned up as far as you know neighborhood quality is concerned, but as far as business is concerned - no. I used to have a deli on the same spot and I used to see lot of people waiting for the bus at least forty people but now I don't see that many.
REPORTER: Moon echoes what most the business owners here say. Business is way down.
ADAM: Business is not good.
REPORTER: Adam is a Senegalese immigrant who owns A&C Beauty Supply. Targeted to the Island's African immigrants, the heads of mannequins with wigs of every shape and size line his store's shelves.
ADAM: More than one year right now it's suffering that's all I could tell you. I think they don't have the money. That's all I could say. Usually I see so many customers and now I don't see non.
REPORTER: On the second block of Victory, is Island Roti – a Caribbean takeout joint.
KELVIN HANAF: Business is terrible right now. Like you can see nobody's coming in.
REPORTER: Owner Kelvin Hanaf says business dropped off six months ago, and he can't get it to pick up.
HANAF: I dropped everything by 50 cents. Still nothing. Nobody could ever complain about the price. People they come to buy chicken roti so they buy the roti and they cook their own chicken.
REPORTER: Moe's Mediterranean Café sits on the corner of Victory and St. Marks St, owner Moseh Ibrahim had to turn to his bank to help him stay afloat.
IBRAHIM: I spoke with bank about business loan and I made some kind of modification. I mean it wasn't easy. I was negotiation on phone over two hours. But we had some kind of break with them thanks to God. They extended the age of the mortgage, 1500 a month to now 1200 a month. Not that much but everything will help.
REPORTER: For the past five years business was booming, but now penny pinching by the Island's residents is taking a toll.
IBRAHIM: I believe more than 80 percent of the people they had stopped dining outside. It's going to affect the food business. A larger percent of them to get their lunch from home. Which is like .
REPORTER: But that's your bread and butter.
IBRAHIM: Yeah but I can't blame them. Some of them were coming for breakfast, lunch and snack between. Now hardly to see them once or twice a week.
REPORTER: Two miles into Victory, the businesses owners are largely Italian and serve a middle to upper middleclass population. But even here, they've have had to go the extra mile to lure customers.
ANDREW SCADERA: We just entered a pizza contest in Las Vegas. We came out number one again. We've always seen a tremendous spike in sales whenever we come back from a contest cause we get so much publicity. We did a seafood pie shrimp, crabmeat, and lobster meat with a Chambord cream sauce – a blackberry branded cream sauce. Fresh coconut, fresh dill.
REPORTER: Andrew Scadera is a part owner of Goodfella's Pizza, a chain of four restaurants on the Island. Scadera's clientele is willing to spend $17.95 on an individual-sized seafood pizza, but that doesn't mean the crisis hasn't hit home.
SCADERA: We talk to people here all day long who are losing their jobs, nervous about losing their jobs My fiancé, she was just recently laid off from her job on Wall Street so talk about hitting home.
REPORTER: What Scadera sees reflects the growing unemployment rate. A year ago unemployment was under 4.8 percent on Staten Island, it's now at 7.6 percent. But for every business doing poorly on Victory many are hanging in there. Bissou, a Senegalese immigrant, is busy braiding hair as she talks. She's run her own salon for five years.
BISSOU: I can say the economy is getting a little bit better because a couple of months ago we were sitting here doing nothing. REPORTER: Immigrant entrepreneurs usually serve their own communities, and in Staten Island the recent growth in population has come from Mexican immigrants.
WORKER: That is a pepper, Mexican candy and a tortilla Telcingo Travels is a Mexican pacqueteria next to Moe's café. It facilitates the shipping of care packages and remittances between Mexican immigrants in Staten Island and their families back home. It's doing well and so are other stores that serve the Mexican population because even though individual customers are buying less their pool of customers is constantly growing.
WORKER: Two months they slow now they go up again because all the time the people they send the present for the family and is not too slow. Business is good.
REPORTER: No one's more aware of population changes than Kevin Barry, the chair of the Downtown Economic Council. He's spent the last fifteen years cleaning up the first few blocks of Victory.
BARRY: We had a very bad deli over here selling beer to the homeless population…contributing to the problems on the block. I bought that building, spent a year evicting them now we're going to put a pool on the roof, two more stories new apartments and again it repopulates the block.
REPORTER: Barry dreams of turning the northern part of Victory B
BARRY: Or the million new people who are projected to move into New York in the next fifteen years. They can't afford Manhattan. Periphery alternatives become attractions. Staten Island, specifically the St. George downtown area, should be one of those attractions
REPORTER But Barry's investments on Victory may be just as precarious as the businesses of some of his tenants. Victory Boulevard's future is teetering on an economic seesaw. And a street that's only recently turned the corner may or may not be able to live up to its name.
This is Aswini Anburajan for WNYC.
This report was produced with the help of Feet in 2 Worlds a project of the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School.


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Being the only one can be a great experience. Or a painful one.
Jasmine Bailey, the lone female on Iowa City West High School's wrestling team, has experienced it both ways. Sixteen-year-old Bailey, who dreams of competing in the Olympics, has eight varsity victories, all of them against males. But several were forfeits because her opponents refused to wrestle with her. "It is frustrating," says Bailey, "to go through the intensive training and then be denied the opportunity to prove myself at a match."
Kevin Sanders, a social worker in Iowa City, has a different perspective. Sanders, who joined the Masons because he was attracted to their role in community service, was elected the first black Worshipful Master of his Lodge in 2009. Only a few months later, he was appointed a Grand Lodge Officer of the statewide Grand Lodge. "I was overwhelmed and humbled by these honors," says Sanders.
Bailey and Sanders are two of the many black Iowans whose stories are featured in The Only One, an exhibit opening this month at the African American Museum (Cedar Rapids) and the Johnson County Historical Society (Coralville).
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With the release of the iPhone 6, mobile payments have become a hot topic again. But how secure are they really?
Redbox and Verizon Communications plan to shut down their unprofitable online competitor to Netflix on Tuesday night.
Before Edward Snowden, the NSA and Prism made
headlines, a group of technologists was dedicated to making the Internet
more anonymous.
Samsung insists "the curve changes everything" about watching TV, but can it do the same for PC monitors?
Their upgraded performance, usability and camera refinements make the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus the best iPhones money can buy.
On Wednesday, Blackberry launched Passport, its
newest smartphone, which has a distinctively square 4.5-inch screen.
Friday's release of the newest iPhone marked a turning point for the way Americans pay for cellphones.
The newest version of Amazon's Fire tablets and Kindle e-readers, which
launch next month, will come with the requisite incremental innovations.
In a move to bolster its gaming and mobile businesses, Microsoft is
buying Mojang, maker of the "Minecraft" video game, for $2.5
Dell Inc. this week unveiled what some are calling the thinnest tablet on the market.


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DRMA Spotlight: Going for Gold1 Jun, 2011 By: Jackie Jones Response
Hawthorne Direct celebrates 25 successful years of bringing brands and DR together — and looks forward to 25 more — as founder Tim Hawthorne welcomes the next generation to the business: daughter Jessica Hawthorne-Castro, who will head the Los Angeles office.
Hawthorne Direct may be celebrating its silver anniversary, but what's kept the DRTV agency successful for 25 years is its tendency to settle for no less than gold — from both clients and itself.
A knowledge-ridden focus on the direct response industry and a selective list of clients have kept the Fairfield, Iowa-based Hawthorne Direct at the top of its game in a very rough and tumble industry, founder Tim Hawthorne says.
"What have been really critical for us are the business ethics we've brought to the industry and that we live throughout our company," Hawthorne says. "We demand honesty among ourselves, and we demand honesty from our clients — and that has really contributed to our longevity."
It's that honesty that drew Hawthorne's daughter, Jessica Hawthorne-Castro, a former literary talent agent in Hollywood, to the DR business.
"What I love about being in the direct response world is how it is results-driven and attracts top and emerging brands," says Hawthorne-Castro, director of client services in the company's Los Angeles office. "Our clients are some of the best in the business, and we have had the opportunity to represent many amazing brands."
Hawthorne Direct — which boasts 85 employees and bills about $175 million a year — was founded in 1986 on the idea of bringing long-form DRTV and big-name brands together.
"My background being a documentarian, I always felt that the more you tell, the more you sell, and that being able to take a product's story and spin it over 28½ minutes would be a great asset to all brands," Hawthorne says.
The first brand to jump on board — Time-Life — took about five years to land, but has been a client for the past 20. Though Hawthorne says it hasn't always been easy to convince brands of DR's benefits, more CFOs and CMOs are changing their tunes as the need for accountability grows.
"More and more officers are saying we should take a look at direct response television because there is accountability there, and more and more doors are getting opened," he says. "There are always the few agencies and marketers who still think of DRTV as yell-and-sell, but a number of professional agencies and production companies have created many fine infomercials and short-form spots that present product benefits and features in a very upscale way, and protect the brand equity that companies are always so concerned with."
"As the world becomes more and more accountable, brands depend on those accountable results as well," Hawthorne-Castro adds. "This is where the future of advertising is, if it's not there already."
Plenty has changed in the DR industry during the past 25 years, from offer structures to multi-pay options to an enhanced look and feel of creative — all of which have impacted the evolution of DR. As "pioneers of the industry," Hawthorne Direct has been there the whole time, Hawthorne says.
"What really makes Hawthorne Direct very unique in an industry that has some really quality companies is the intelligence that we bring to everything we do and the level of service we provide," Hawthorne says. "We care about our clients' success, and we are there every step of the way — providing them with input, feedback and guidance. That our service level is as high as it is, is something we're very proud of."
Hawthorne Direct is looking to grow in every channel of accountable advertising; is hoping to open offices in New York, Boston, Seattle and Austin; and is looking to add to its staff in digital and mobile. Hawthorne-Castro's leadership of Hawthorne Direct's L.A. office is a key part of the company's growth, Hawthorne says.
"We are seeing a lot of work being done out of the L.A. office and a lot of growth opportunities," he says. "Jessica is amazing to have as part of Hawthorne Direct. She has a very sharp business mind, and she really works well with people. Jessica has had a long career in the talent agency business and in Hollywood, and she's able to add to our strategy and provide relationship-bonding elements to our client services that's really beneficial to the company."
"We work really hard, but we also have a good time doing it," Hawthorne-Castro adds. "That's what life and work should really be about."
Showcasing the unparalled perks of accountable advertising to brands that might otherwise never venture into DR marketing is key to Hawthorne Direct's success, but what will keep the agency successful for another 25 years is its emphasis on education.
"It's always been important to me to provide education to other people in the business and to consumers through long-form and short-form — providing people with the understanding and knowledge of product features and benefits so they can make a rational buying decision vs. an emotional one," Hawthorne says. "Educating consumers to make better buying decisions has been behind everything I've done in the industry."
"I'm excited to be here and continue on with the growth of Hawthorne Direct," Hawthorne-Castro adds. "We have a very bright future ahead of us."■


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|Patriots Look Poised For Another Super Bowl Run
|Bruins Trade For Drew Stafford
|Black and Gold Bruins Turn Yellow On Parade Day
|Inconsistency Will Continue For Bruins Unless A Change Is Made
In the past several months, Boston sports fans have seen some of their favorite players leave town for other franchises. Jonathan Papelbon bolted for a sack of cash in Philadelphia and Glen "Big Baby" Davis was sent to Orlando in a sign-and-trade. What initially struck me about both of these events was the lack of buzz about them. Papelbon was the greatest closer in Red Sox history. He was a staple of the organization. He won a ring. He was crazy! Big Baby also won a championship and was known for his antics. He was overweight in a lovable type of way!
Nevertheless, there seemed to be relatively little reaction to the departure of these players, who were both significant parts of their teams. But it wasn't until three things happened that I started thinking about this–the retirement of Tim Wakefield, the retirement of Jason Varitek, and the trade rumors about Rajon Rondo.
Transactions run amuck in major league sports. The days of players remaining on the same time are long gone. There are websites devoted entirely to tracking these moves. Yet, we still are as passionate about our favorite teams as ever. Something about that seems off putting. So it begs the question: Is it worthwhile to invest so much time into rooting for recycled laundry?
How practical is it to get invested in a sports team when rosters can very possibly change overnight? It seems almost ridiculous to root for your favorite player when he can very well end up with a rival team. The Rondo situation comes to mind. While basketball-wise it may make perfect sense to trade Rondo, one thing bothers me.
He's our point guard. The one that helped win a championship. He's sassy and can't shoot, but he's one of our guys!
When we see these trade machine deals, it's all just swapping pieces of one team to another. How can you remember an era, when the core of your team gets traded four or five times over? It just seems silly. Back in the day, players played for one team for 10+ years. Now that's such an exception. Look at the MLB right now. Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, and Chipper Jones…who else could you realistically expect to play for only one team?
There is no more our guys or their guys. It's just those guys who happen to be on our team right now.
Sports has a lot of history. If you're going to follow a sports team, it's nice to know there is an identity they'll be remembered for years down the road. The '80s Celtics. The '90s Bulls. Compare that to this most recent decade. It's nearly impossible to remember how teams did in an individual year let alone a decade. Anyone remember how the Brewers did in '05? Me neither.
Call me nostalgic, but it seems charming to say "Oh, player x! He played for us back in the day and he was great." It seems awkward to say "Oh, player x! He played for team blank but then signed with team so and so and then got traded to that team and….".
For me personally, this is why it's been hard to get invested in the Celtics this year. Why should I root for the core I've grown to appreciate when most of them won't even be on the Celtics next year? Where do my allegiances lie–with the Boston Celtic's Franchise or Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen? If Allen gets traded to Oklahoma City, am I now obligated to root for the Thunder? People always say that players should play for the name on the front of the shirt and not the back. As fans, however, that makes little sense.
There are so few holdovers left from the 2007 World Series team. How many are left from the last Patriots championship team? Unless you really like a team's uniform colors, it seems like a waste of time to mindlessly invest time into following a sports team. It seems sheep-like.
Should the Red Sox have invested ridiculous amounts of money in Papelbon, when Andrew Bailey can very likely replicate the same results for almost nothing? Probably not. Is it worth it to keep Rondo, even if it means years of mediocrity for the Celtics? Probably not. But isn't it more exciting to think "our guys worked hard to win a championship" rather than "after a myriad of trades and free agent signings, a bunch of guys who happen to wear the same team colors won a championship"?
Sports in general have very few possible outcomes. A team can win or it can lose. The margin of victory can be a lot or a little. There's either a comeback or no comeback. I know that the players themselves don't care, but I'd like to think that growing appreciation and even attachment to the players on your favorite team is what makes it exciting. That's hard to do when your team's starting shortstop is TBD.
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Coincidence that my Notice of Naturalization Oath Ceremony from Homeland Security AND All-American certificate from USAT both came in the mail today? Perhaps. Either way, it makes an otherwise uneventful Thursday much more exciting!
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Wheeee! Congrats Allison!
So awesome and equally cool that you are becoming a naturalized Yankee. Have a wonderful weekend! xoxoxo
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During his presentation at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show, Randall Whitehead cleverly incorporated photos of the antique dolls he's collected over the years. The black-and-white images showed dolls that appeared to be crying, screaming, or frightened—all expressions he's seen from people whose homes weren't lighted properly.
"What we want to see is soft, gentle lighting," Whitehead told about 100 people attending his "Alluring Energy-Efficient Lighting" session in Atlanta. "Good lighting is subtle. It doesn't scream at you."
Whitehead, of San Francisco-based Randall Whitehead Lighting Solutions, said pros can create highly functional lighting with energy-efficient fluorescent lamps because of the enhancements to the technology during the past decade. Previous generations were "bad, bulky, flickered on, were not dimmable, and made you look green like Shrek," the animated Disney movie character, he said. New fluorescents, on the other hand, come in a range of colors, are dimmable, and can be used in all types of fixtures.
Whitehead, who recommends fluorescents for most applications throughout the home, said pros can disguise "ugly little fluorescents" in sconces, behind shades in chandeliers or lamps, and in other types of decorative lighting fixtures. Furthermore, fluorescents can be hidden on top of cabinets that don't go to the ceiling to create a warm, ambient glow.
Nevertheless, he noted that some homeowners remain hesitant about using fluorescents, so pros should install them in less noticeable places, such as closets, basements, and laundry rooms, to get their clients started using them.
Although fluorescents have greatly improved in recent years, Whitehead raved about LED lights, which he said shine closer to warm incandescent bulbs and are excellent choices for bathrooms where dressing takes place and makeup is applied. Another big plus is that LEDs are expected to last 30,000 to 40,000 hours, versus 10,000 hours for fluorescents and about 1,000 hours for incandescents.
Although dimmable LEDs are very pricey, Whitehead—author of a number of books on lighting design—said he believes prices will fall in about 18 months as more products hit the market.


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Currently there are over 390,000 seminary students in over 170 countries in the world. Seminary classes are starting, in various countries, in virtually every month of the year. All high school youth ages 14-18, whether members of the LDS faith or not, are invited to participate in this wonderful program.
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Tourists, Romans seek piece of history at pope's Sunday prayer
By Robin Pomeroy
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Foreign tourists and Romans packed into St. Peter's Square on Sunday for one of the last chances in history to see Pope Benedict, whose resignation caused more surprise than sadness.
"I was just excited that we were going to get to see him before he resigned, and thought it would be cool to be in Rome with something like that happening," said Shea Wild, an American student who had planned the trip before Benedict's shock decision to step down.
"If he thought he wasn't able to continue his duties as pope then, good for him for making the decision to resign," said the 21-year-old Catholic as the cobble-stoned square began filling up.
Not everyone was so understanding of the 85-year-old's decision that the effects of age meant he was unable to go on, and several compared Benedict unfavorably with his predecessor, John Paul II, who suffered a long, incapacitating illness before his death at 84 in 2005.
"It was a big disappointment because usually the pope is someone who carries out his role until the end," said Hugo Barone, 60, a retired engineer from central Italy.
"Maybe John Paul was made of tougher stuff, he saw it through to the end. Ratzinger can't do it and prefers a better life," he said, referring to Benedict by his family name.
"It's completely wrong to leave his mission," said Emanuele Vitali, a 22-year-old Sicilian studying economics in Rome who also said John Paul had done right in sticking to tradition and dying in office. "Right to the last he managed to do his work, and even did it very well.
"It's absolutely the wrong decision (to resign) because we are in a moment of social, ideological and cultural crisis and in a moment like that it is completely wrong for him to leave." Continued...


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Our physical education program is designed for students to participate and have fun in a wide variety of activities that will offer each child opportunities for success as they learn specific skills associated with each unit. Our focus is on the benefits of physical fitness including strength, flexibility, and endurance gains. We also develop habits of daily exercise, good nutrition, and plentiful rest to ensure a healthy lifestyle for years to come. Individual P.E. activities include stretching, strengthening exercises, cardiovascular conditioning, and tumbling. Team oriented units include flag football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, kickball, softball, and track and field. In addition, students will participate in Fitnessgram testing, Jump Rope For Heart, and Tiger Running Club.


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TUF 13 - Who do you want to coach?
Tryouts for TUF 13 have been announced for 4th November 2010, with the programme starting April 2011, so the question is who do you want to see coach?
I would do a poll but there are far too many options!
If Bisping doesn't win his next fight then i like the Sonnen/Bisping idea - it would be hilarious and the timing would be great with Sonnen's ban ending.
Otherwise if Bisping is on track for a title shot get BROCK in!!!!
Anyways here are a few links but TUF 13:
I like your Idea^^
Get Brock and Cheal for this season :thumb02: They don't always have to be fighting each other.. and they also don't have to be in the same weightclass.
But if the UFC had some serious balls^^ they would make that fight too lol
Bisping vs Sonnen would have been my pick too, I was saying that even before Sonnen got banned, but been as it is and Bisping on a bit of a title run at the moment, I think we will see this set up one day, as I think they where hyping it up even before the ban as words where been said between then about each other.
Thats makes Brock vs Mir my vote for TUF 13, and it could well happen.
Brock will not get out of his Minnesota cave for TUF.
i would love sonnen v bisping, the trash talk is making me froth already
10. Rashad Evans and Jon Jones
9. Rich Franklin and Randy Couture
8. Brock Lesnar and Big Nog
7. Chael Sonnen and Michael Bisping
6. Jakes Shields and Jon Fitch
5. Shinya Aoki and Sean Sherk
4. Randy Couture and Kazushi Sakuraba
3. Frank Mir(with Bas Rutten) and Roy Nelson (with Don Frye)
2. Wanderlei Silva and Chris Leben
1. Kenny Florian and Diego Sanchez
Here is the the link to the tryouts...its WW and MW.....Damn its in vegas I wonder if they will go anywhere else?
Do you reckon we might see jay Hieron and some of the other big name free agents turn up?
I still dont understand why Hieron left SF on a 3 fight win streak unless it was to try and get into the UFC again!
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Sporting adorable pigtails, baby Marlowe enjoys a stroll Friday (July 26) through the streets of Villa Borghese in Rome with her famous parents, Sienna Miller and Tom Sturridge.
Though the proud mama may be enjoying some down time at the moment, she is still working hard on the career fronts with her upcoming flick, "Just Like a Woman."
They are one of the hottest couples in the UK, and Sienna Miller and Tom Sturridge showed off their affection for each other at a recent photo shoot for Burberry's Autumn/Winter 2013 ads.
The "Hippie Hippie Shake" starlet and her handsome beau look gorgeous together in the just-released photos, and it seems that the addition of 11-month-old daughter Marlowe hasn't extinguished the passion between them.
Stepping out for a night of musical magic, Hollywood's brightest stars hit up New York City's Radio City Music Hall on Sunday night (June 9) for the 67th Annual Tony Awards.
Scarlett Johansson brought her gorgeous smile to the Big Apple red carpet and rocked a sexy black rock as she stopped for a quick pose before heading inside.
Displaying their bohemian love affair, Tom Sturridge and Sienna Miller took a stroll in the West Village neighborhood of New York City on Thursday afternoon (June 6).
The happy couple donned hippie-chic ensembles while enjoying the brisk Big Apple day.
Stepping out to promote her new movie, Sienna Miller headed to the premiere of "Just Like a Woman" in New York City on Wednesday (June 5).
The "Layer Cake" star kept things simple in a classic sleeveless little black dress with matching heels as she posed for photos outside.
Stepping out for a swanky affair, Naomi Watts, Sienna Miller, and Erin Heatherton all showed up at the inaugural Up2Us Gala in New York City last night (June 4).
The trio of Tinseltown stunners all looked gorgeous, and Ms. Heatherton garnered a little extra attention in her black and white floral print slim-fit dress.
Headed out for an afternoon bite to eat, Sienna Miller and Tom Sturridge made their way around the West Village neighborhood of New York City on Friday (May 31).
Looking casually chic, the 31-year-old English beauty wore a white summer dress and black booties while walking hand in hand with her main squeeze.
Heading out for a hot day in the Big Apple, Sienna Miller strolled through the Flatiron neighborhood on Thursday (May 30).
The "Factory Girl" star dressed appropriately in a sleeveless long gray cotton dress and sandals with her hair pulled up off her face.


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It seems we've come full circle in this forum. I got blasted in a different thread for pointing out that the 2008 CTS has had no problems with falling sail panels, flaking buttons or any of the other silly quality goofs that the 1st gen CTS did, and the point still remains:
From a quality of assembly, fit and finish and quality of materials standpoint, the 2nd gen CTS (and therefore the V, by relation) are already a resounding success. Every magazine out there has been blown away by the quality and fit/finish, so there's nothing to worry about with the V in this regard.


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Port lengths for 2-chamber 2-port bandpass
Starting to think about building a new sub.
Fiddling with WinISD 0.7 and altering the tuning for minimum cone excursion over the range 22Hz - 50Hz while using the option "force Flat Response". Now it just so happens I have a maximum =total= box volume of 450 litres that I can split any way I want. For 23.1Hz and 39Hz I can have 333.5 litres and 117 litres respectively and this gives me a port length of 62.7mm for both chambers.
Is it a good approach to have identical ports, or is it better to have them proportional to frequency as per the chamber volumes?
As a summary of chambers and ports so far:
for identical ports 102mm diameter:
333 litres, 62.7mm, 23.1Hz
117 litres, 62.7mm, 39Hz.
450 litres total
For chambers inversely proportional to frequency:
282 litres, 87.8mm, 23.1Hz
167 litres, 21.6mm, 39Hz.
449 litres total
Both give identical responses.
Something tells me the ratio of port length to chamber volume should be the same for both sides...
Equal ratio of port length to chamber volume, for ports 102mm diameter:
4mm per litre.
304 litres, 76mm, 23.1Hz
145 litres, 36.25mm, 39Hz
Which of the above three methods is best???
Hi Circlotron,
4"Dia. ports sound a bit small for such a big box. It would be nice to know what driver - and application - you are looking at. And just a dumb question: Do you prefer the 6th order over the 4th order bandpass, and why?
Hi tb46.
It's sort of a mixed bag, this project.
This driver:
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full specs:
1/ I have to fit the box into a very specific space and match existing furniture.
2/ I got two drivers (isobaric setup) at a very good price
3/ having only two port tubes and nothing else facing the outside world solves LOTS of problems re appearance and domestic acceptability :D
4/ I always wanted to build a 6th order bandpass.
I mostly want to use it for home theatre from about 22Hz to 50Hz. Going low is more important than sounding accurate.
From previous experience with other subs, 4 inch ports should be big quite enough for the moderate sound levels I want. I can appreciate that other people would want larger though.
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Hi Circlotron,
Sounds like a fun project. I simulated a single driver in BP6, and it likes about all the volume you are talking about. An isobaric pair would require 1/2 the volumes, and longer tuning ducts.
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Have a look at the pics.
Hi Circlotron,
I don't have any opinion on WinISD. I tried this driver in Boxplot and Hornresp. Boxplot doesn't allow for BP6, but will do BP4 isobaric (Fs=18.2Hz Vb=152.7L Vf=42.3L Vent=10.1cm_Dia/28cm long). Hornresp doesn't do isobaric (you would have to measure the isobaric pair and insert the compound values to make Hornresp think it is looking at one driver), but it will simulate a BP6 just fine.
On the WinISD driver editor picture you attached it says "...Voicecoils 1...", is that correct?
Hi Circlotron,
I downloaded the WinISD Pro Alpha Version 0.50a7, and it gives a popup: "Warning! ...can't calculate optimum box parameters ...". It popped up some enclosure values around 100L/20Hz-26.2L/63.47Hz, I reset these to something closer to your values:
Vr=300/F=20Hz/Vent: Dia=10.2cm/L=12.91cm
Vf=55/F=50Hz/Vent: Dia=10.2cm/L=10.31cm
With a bigger vent diameter of 15.2cm (6") it likes:
Vr=300/F=20Hz/Vent: Dia=15.2cm/L=34.11cm
Vf=43/F=55Hz/Vent: Dia=15.2cm/L=30.62cm
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Jalan Paledang, Bogor
It's a Western friendly cafe with stunning views of Gunung Salak, which looks particularly imposing when the clouds lift towards the end of the day.
The menu consists of a great selection of Indonesian dishes which are subtitled in English so you know exactly what you're getting.
This is a great little spot and a welcome relief from the busy street outside. Meals from 20,000 rupiah.
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Posted by Susan Wu on the Data Insights Professionals Blog on September 19, 2013
eCommerce is becoming more globally pervasive. Therefore, retailers must continually adapt their expansion strategies to reflect changing retail consumption behaviors. But what makes a country ready for eCommerce? When making investment decisions, it's certainly important to get the facts about macroeconomic conditions, Internet access, and consumer market size. However, there is much more driving the eCommerce market.
In order for firms to get a full view of a country's online retail readiness, they must also consider its online activity, consumer payment behavior, and postal courier infrastructure. In a recent study conducted by Forrester's ForecastView team, we investigated 55 global economies to discern the readiness of each eCommerce market. The underlying quantitative framework captures 25 variables under four pillars: consumer behavior, merchant adoption, macroeconomic conditions, and the retail opportunity. The analysis is distilled in the Forrester Readiness Index: eCommerce (FRI).
Posted by Peter Wannemacher on the eBusiness & Channel Strategy Professionals Blog on April 26, 2012
Technology is radically changing the way bank customers interact with their providers, and mobile touchpoints are at the forefront of this change. In the past five years, mobile banking adoption in the US has more than quadrupled, hitting 17% by the end of 2011. This represents a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 33%.
As such, eBusiness professionals and mobile strategists at banks are in a white-knuckle contest to out-do each other in the mobile space. To evaluate and gauge banks' mobile offerings, we applied Forrester's Mobile Banking Functionality Benchmark to the four largest retail banks in the US.
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On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a 95 page ruling in a separate case between Apple and Motorola. The latter case does have implications for the Apple-Samsung trial since it covers Apple's '647 patent covering "quick links" or "data detectors. That is one of five patents that Apple claims that Samsung infringed on. The Appeals Court reversed the original ruling and reinstated Motorola's claim, which was previously dismissed when Judge Richard Posner said that neither Apple nor Motorola could prove that they were damaged by the actions of the other company.
The issue with the '647 patent that will require the additional testimony, is the definition of what an analyzer server is. The patent revolves around "quick links," which requires the use of the analyzer server. The sitting jury in the current Apple-Samsung case has not been given a definition of what such a server is. Judge Posner had defined it as "a server routine separate from a client that receives data having structures from the client." Apple had originally disagreed with that definition, but the federal appeals court has now sided with the judge. Motorola and Apple are now free to sue each other again over this patent.
Each side on Monday, will call an expert witness to define what an analyzer server is. The two experts are Carnegie Mellon professor Todd Mowry and University of North Carolina professor Kevin Jeffay. This could push back closing arguments until Tuesday.
Apple is seeking more than $2 billion from Samsung for allegedly infringing on five patents. Samsung has filed a cross-claim, accusing Apple of infringing on a pair of Samsung patents, and is seeking approximately $6 million.
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"Right now I am looking at A-Town and saying, 'Everyone needs to be playing with that same energy and intensity.' She has what it takes right now in the tournament."
Baugh wasn't kidding. She said that exact thing in the locker room out loud to her teammates immediately after the 79-70 won over Marquette on Monday, the 50th win for Tennessee, 33-2, at home in the NCAA Tournament and one in which senior Angie Bjorklund said the outcome could have been different without the vocal support of the Lady Vol fans.
Next up for No. 1 seed Tennessee is a matchup with No. 4 seed Ohio State, 24-9, in the Buckeyes home state in Dayton, Ohio. Tipoff is set for noon Eastern (ESPN) at the Dayton Arena with No. 2 seed Notre Dame and No. 6 seed Oklahoma to follow at 2:30 p.m. The winners will meet Monday with a berth to the Final Four on the line.
Ohio State should have plenty of support in the stands, and the Tennessee fans always show up wherever the team lands in postseason.
Manning is likely to come off the bench as she has done in 33 games this season and provide whatever the team needs at the time from lockdown defense to crucial rebounds. She also can provide some offense as she did against Marquette, including a three-pointer, with 11 points.
After the SEC tourney title game against Kentucky, Pat Summitt mentioned Manning's name in her opening remarks to the media, an indication that the junior forward was on the coach's mind. Manning had 11 points, 11 rebounds and four assists in the 90-65 win in Nashville. Summitt mentioned Manning's name a few more times during the press conference.
"It does feel good to hear it," Manning said when told later of the head coach's unprompted shout-outs. "I just take care of the intangible stuff and the stuff that you can control. You can always hustle. You can always play defense. There are certain things you can control. Offensively, your shots are not always going to fall, so I just take care of the things I can."
Six of Manning's boards in that Kentucky game came on the defensive end, part of the reason she was inserted on the court because the Wildcats had dominated the offensive glass. Manning did her part, but Kentucky finished with 31 offensive boards, a figure that still stuck in the coaches' craw several days later.
"Victoria Dunlap and several of the other players on the team were great offensive rebounders," Manning said. "It can't just be the posts, and it can't just be the guards (crashing the boards for Tennessee). It has to be all five people out there on the court, and we didn't do that. We didn't focus on that.
"It might have been because we were hitting so many shots on offense and it wasn't really a big deal. But I think it's a big deal. Offensive rebounding is a quick way for a team to go on runs and get momentum in the game. We just can't let that happen in the postseason."
Manning is 6'1 so she's undersized for the post and her three ball remains a work in progress – and got much better late in the season – so she's not a lock for the wing spot, either. Still, she has carved out an average of 16.8 minutes a game on a deep team and was on the court in crunch time against Marquette.
"She's like the X-factor," Summitt said. "She can come in and play multiple positions. She's got toughness to her game. With that I really like what she brings to our team. She's got a lot of grit and a lot of focus. I think she is a very strong vocal leader as well."
During practice Manning will work with the guards in drills and then head to the opposite end of the court to battle with the posts.
"I love it," Manning said. "It's more fun. I love facing up as far as playing guard, and when I'm in the post I can go with the high-low and pass to my post down low. It gives me more opportunity to do what I want to do.
"Coach always says rebounding wins championships so without that we're not going to make it very far."
When Manning enters the game, it means Shekinna Stricklen usually shifts to the wing.
"She would rather face up to the basket," Manning said. "Before that she was playing point guard, which kind of limits her opportunity to score a little bit more. But now she's in her primetime position and doing what she wants to do and that's what she's been doing – playing to her strengths and leading the team by example. She's doing a great job for us.
"From her freshman year until now you can see how much she has evolved vocally. She is not afraid to say anything, and that is what we need. We all have to hold each other accountable."
After the Marquette game it was Stricklen's teammates who spoke to her after being more aggressive, even if she is in the paint to open the game. Stricklen said it was pointed out to her that she logs a lot of minutes, and the team needs her.
Stricklen was voted the SEC Player of the Year by the coaches and made the 40-player cut, along with Glory Johnson, for the 2011 State Farm All-America team, which is selected by the WBCA.
"She has a little glow about her," Manning said. "Who wouldn't be? There are so many teams in this conference and to be the top notch among all the great players in our conference is a big deal. I'm proud of her and I'm really happy for her.
"This might give her a little extra boost to know that she has a target on her back now, and she wants to prove to everybody that she deserves the award and she's a force to be reckoned with."
Manning didn't turn up on those lists, but her minutes on the floor are just as valuable to the Lady Vols. Despite being eighth on the team in minutes played, Manning is third on the team in steals at 40.
"Her deflections, and she's always in the passing lanes, she just creates energy on defense for us," sophomore guard/forward Taber Spani said. "That's an asset we all thrive off of, too."
Manning has 53 assists to 37 turnovers. She averages 5.1 points and 4.1 rebounds a game and has hit 76.8 percent (43-56) of her free throws and 49.2 percent (65-132) of her shots. She had the chance to score twice late in a semifinal game in the SEC tourney but backed out the ball to set up shots for reserves Briana Bass and Sydney Smallbone.
"That's being a team player," Johnson said after that game. "She wanted Briana to get a shot. She wanted Sydney to get a shot. Bree and Syd don't get as much playing time as everyone else."
Spani has started 25 games this season and when Manning enters it can be for Spani, though the two are flexible enough to stay on the floor together at times, too. Both players can post up, though Spani is more effective shooting from the perimeter, while Manning can take defenders off the bounce.
Both are 6'1 with solid frames who don't hesitate to pursue loose balls and crash the glass.
"We are similar in a lot of ways," Spani said. "We both love working hard, and I respect that about A-Town. She is a competitor."
There are differences, too. Spani, a lefty, has long three-ball range, and Manning, a righty, is more effective as a midrange shooter/slasher - she has worked on her offensive game this season to earn more minutes - and relishes playing defense.
"Obviously, she's the ultimate blue-collar worker, and defense is what she loves to do," Spani said. "That is something that we all love to do, but she is just very talented at that. Her offensive game, she's worked at it, and she's gotten a lot better and she's helped us."
Manning's work ethic doesn't go unnoticed by her teammates and coaches. Stricklen even has a nickname for her.
"We call her the 'Dirty Girl,' " Stricklen said.
"In a very complimentary way," Assistant Coach Dean Lockwood said with a smile. "Let's clear that up."
"She likes doing the dirty work on the court," Stricklen said. "We like that, and we need that. A-Town brings a lot of energy to this team. She brings a lot of heart and hustle. When she comes in we know that she's going to give 100 percent or more.
"Coach stays on us about defense, and she just loves playing defense."
Stricklen does like playing on the wing, but she recognized how well Manning was playing against Marquette - Manning hit a three-pointer - and stayed in the paint.
"She was hitting outside, and I wasn't," Stricklen said. "I was like, 'No, you stay outside, and I'll stay inside.' We communicate when she comes in."
Manning has the trust of the coaches because they know what they will get every time she takes the court.
"You don't have to watch A-Town to see her physical energy, the sheer force of her energy, how she plays, she brings such a spirit to the court," Lockwood said. "She is somebody that literally has no fear of any single player on the floor. She will guard a big. She will guard a point guard. She has no fear of any cover that you assign to her.
"She's not afraid of physical contact. She's not afraid of exertion and effort."
Manning has received her share of abuse, too. She was left with claw marks on her face last season after playing LSU that somehow left no permanent scarring and because she plays so much in the paint against bigger players she gets knocked around and sometimes down.
But she also emerges from these scrums with the ball and hasn't missed a game because of injury. Manning shows the same fortitude in practice against the male scout team and always gets back up and back on the court.
"In fact the grimier the game gets and the more grinding out, the better she shines," Lockwood said. "Those are rare players. Those are very special players, and I think she gives us that. When she's confident in what she can do offensively, like her midrange shot, a pull-up, occasionally she's hit some threes for us, when she's giving us that, she's giving us a whole lot even more.
"But the initial thing she gives us is just an energy and a toughness on our floor that we love and that this team really needs."
The Lady Vols practiced Thursday in Pratt Pavilion and then departed for Dayton, Ohio, by charter flight. Tennessee will meet with the media Friday at Dayton Arena and then hold a closed practice, except for the first 15 minutes during which media can observe, by NCAA rules.
Clips from Thursday's practice.
Taber Spani
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Volume 1, No. 1, September, 2001
CAUSN Accreditation:
The faculty was delighted to obtain a 7-year accreditation of the BN (Collaborative) and (Post-RN) Programs from the Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing.Ā In awarding the highest level achievable the Board of Accreditation stated "the overall impression of the program is that you and your partners have made progress over time in developing a partnership of equals and a truly collaborative program" and further "We commend you for the continued attention to ensuring consistency of teaching and evaluation across the three sites.
ARNNL Approval:
The Council of the ARNNL on Sept. 21st, 2001 ratified the recommendation made by the ARNNL Approval Committee,
Schools of Nursing that the BN (Collaborative) Program be granted a 7-year approval.Ā Dianne Calvert-Simms, ARNNL President says that "the 7-year approval rating is the highest level achievable in this province and is an assurance to the public that the schools of nursing are preparing students who are able to practice as safe, competent and ethical registered nurses".Ā Calvert-Simms says, "ARNNL congratulates the schools of nursing for offering such a high quality program, one whose graduates are articulate and passionate, and who display leadership qualities."
Over the past couple of years the faculty have been very busy making changes to our programs to better reflect the health system nurses work in and to prepare nurses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels to fit that system.
BN (Post-RN) Program
The BN (Post-RN) Program is now offered totally through web-based delivery. Nurses anywhere in the world can access the courses.Ā Faculty have found that the web-based format provides more support for nurses' learning.Ā Materials to support the courses are on-line no longer requiring the postal services to meet scheduling deadlines.Ā Nurses can forward their completed assignments on line and evaluate the courses.Ā If you haven't had a chance you are encouraged to view the web-site for this program at www.nurs.mun.ca Admission to the program is now provided three times in a year to better accommodate nurses.Ā The course requirements for the degree have also been decreased to make the MUN program now one of the lowest course credit requirements in the country!
Prior Learning Assessment Program: A further new approach to support the experiential learning of nurses is the develop of our PLA Program.Ā Now when nurses begin the program our student advisor works with the nurse to identify potential courses for which she/he may have sufficient learning to meet the course objectives.Ā Nurses can choose to challenge courses or to develop a portfolio to demonstrate the learning achieved from their practice experience.
Masters Program: A non-thesis option was introduced in September 2000 to offer nurses an alternative to our thesis requirement.Ā This is facilitating an increased enrolment in the program.Ā The courses are both exciting and timely including: Nursing Informatics, Philosophical and Theoretical foundations of Nursing, Concepts for Population-based Nursing, Nursing Individuals & Families through LIfe Transition, Education in Nursing, Leadership in Nursing, Policy and Politics in nursing and Health Care to name a few.Ā The School of Continuing Studies has also committed resources to assist faculty in introducing the MN program by distance delivery to meet the growing number of nurses wishing to pursue graduate studies but who are unable to leave their homes or cannot undertake on-site full-time studies.Ā We now have four courses offered through the web.Ā By 2003 we plan to have all the courses in the MN program available on the web.Ā Nurses will still be required to participate in one intersession course on-site but all others can be completed on-line.Ā We have received numerous inquiries following recent advertisements about this program.
Development of MN-NP Program: Faculty from nursing, medicine, and pharmacy have joined in developing courses for a new masters program -- Master of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner -- Specialty.Ā This program will meet the immediate needs of the Health Care Corporation of St. John's and offer a further advanced nursing practice option for graduate students.Ā It is hoped that this MN option will commence in September 2002.
Interdisciplinary Masters in Health Systems Managemernt: The School of Nursing has taken the lead to work across a number of disciplines to develop a professional degree program for individuals interested in health management positions.Ā The need for this program has been voiced by both the Department of Health & Community Services and the Newfoundland & Labrador Health Boards Association.Ā Both have provided representatives to the planning committee.Ā It is planned to begin offering this program in September 2002.
BN (Fast-Track) Program: The faculty across the three collaborating sites are currently reviewing a proposal for a fast-track program designed for those individuals who already have an undergraduate degree and want to pursue the nursing program.Ā This program will be 2-years in length and very intensive.Ā There will be 32 seats assigned to this program with 8 allocated to Western Regional School of Nursing.Ā The other seats will be at MUNSON.Ā We are awaiting approval of funding for this program from the provincial government.
LRC Project: This project has been funded through the University's Strategic Initiatives Fund.Ā It is being developed to provide both nursing students and nurses in practice with on-line access to evidence-based knowledge related to skills required to provide care to patients/clients.Ā The project uses a transformation learning philosophy facilitating learners to determine their needs for challenge and for support during each learning/review segment.ĀĀ During 1999/00 the initial model developed by nursing graduate students has been operationalized and funding in the next year will facilitate the development and testing of prototype modules.Ā In partnership with the School of Continuing Education we were successful in obtaining a grant of $98,000 from CANARIE (Industry Canada) to deliver a set of modules through networks to rural and urban practice settings.Ā Implementation of this project will occur during 2002.Ā The full project will need more funding to complete so if you are interested in helping us we would be delighted to receive your contributions!
The School's Nursing Research Unit has received sufficient funding through faculty research efforts to be fully self-sustaining financially over this past year.Ā Our active faculty group during this year published 16 research and scholarly reports and made 18 presentations at conferences and workshops provincially and nationally during 1999/00.Ā During 2001 there were a total of 19 research grants obtained by faculty and graduate students.Ā In addition, our NRU has become the Cochrane Collaborating Centre for the Province under the direction of Dr. Sandra LeFort.
Dr. Sandra LeFort continues with her MRC funded study Evaluation of the chronic pain self-management program (grant $340,647) and as co-investigator on NHRD funded study Evaluating the impact of nurse practitioners in acute care settings.
Dr. Alice Gaudine continues with her SSHRC funded study on Decreasing employee absenteeism through feedback and goal setting, and feedback and relapse prevention and York University Research Grant for student on Ethical conflict in the workplace.
Dr. Sandra MacDonald has received two further contracts with Health & Community Service Boards in the province to conduct community needs assessments ($35,000 & $55,000).Ā Her work has resulted in the Department of Health & Community Services funding a half-time coordinator.
Dr. Shirley Solberg continues as the Health/Social Science lead in the inter-disciplinary study on Coasts Under Stress as well she co-directs the MUN satellite site for the National Cancer Institute of Canada focusing on women with breast cancer.Ā She also is the director of the Satellite Research Centre under the Sociobehavioural Cancer Research Network.
Drs. Lan Gien & Maureen Laryea have received a $678,000 research grant from SSHRC/NHRDP to study Natural Resources Depletion and Health.Ā This project will study community resilience after resources have been depleted and addressing the impact on the determinants of health.Ā Dr. Carole Orchard is also on this team.
Dr. Maureen Laryea and Prof. Doreen Dawe both received research grants to study aspects of breast cancer.
Professors Marilyn Beaton and Jeanette Walsh received research grants from ARCAUSN to study registered nurses in Newfoundland & Labrador prior to 1950.
Dr. Suzan Banoub-Baddour received a grant from the Janeway Foundation to study breastfeeding practices.
Our newest faculty members Profs. Karen Parsons and Robert Meadus also received research grants for studies.
In total during 2000-1 faculty and graduate students in the School of Nursing received grant funding for 19 research studies!
The inter-relationship between the health care system and the nursing community and the School of Nursing and its faculty has resulted in a continuing role for faculty to consult with colleagues in the practice setting.Ā Over the past year particular emphasis has been on care delivery systems, primary health care, residence care in long term care facilities as examples.Ā Faculty members also serve as volunteers and as board members in many community agencies including: The Iris Kirby House, the Salvation Army Seminary, other church groups, Senior Resources Centre to name a few.
Faculty are also involved in organizations that are beyond the provincial boundaries. These include:
Drs. Sandra LeFort, Donna Moralejo, and Carole Orchard served as reviewers for scholarship applications to the Canadian Nurses Association Trust.
Dr. Sandra LeFort also serves as a research grant reviewer for CIHR and on the Advisory Board for the Nursing Research Fund administered through CHSRF.Ā Dr. LeFort was elected co-chair of the Graduate Studies Committee of CAUSN and continues to serve as the Secretary of the Canadian Pain Society.
Dr. Moralejo has also been appointed Chair of the Scientific Program Committee for the 2002 National Conference of the Community and Hospital Infection Control Association of Canada.
Dr. Lan Gien and Prof. Kay Matthews have continued in their roles as project directors for two AUCC Tier II International Projects. ĀThe former in Vietnam and the latter in Indonesia. ĀThe Indonesia project resulted in four junior faculty from the University of Indonesia, Faculty of Nursing attending our School as graduate students.Ā Dr. Gien has also been successful in obtaining a further AUCC Tier II Grant for partnership with the School of Social Work in a further Tier II project in Vietnam focusing on the development of social workers.
Dr. Christine Way was awarded one of the distinguished teaching awards at MUN in 2000
Prof. Kay Matthews was awarded one of the Maritime Center for Excellence in Women's Health's Leadership award in recognition of her contribution to women's health.
Dr. Maureen Laryea was elected president of the ARCAUSN (Atlantic Region's Chapter of Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing.
Dr. Carole Orchard was elected co-chair of the Canadian Society for International Health (2000-2001) and President Elect of the Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing (2000-2002).
Dr. Sandra MacDonald has just completed her elected position on the ARNNL's (Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland & Labrador) Council.
Two faculty members received promotions to Associate Professor Ranks in 2000-- Dr. Sandra MacDonald and Prof. Sandra Small and in 2001 Prof. Karen Webber and Dr. Alice Gaudine.
In 2001 Dr. Maureen Laryea was promoted to full professor.
Dr. Chris Way received a cross appointment with the Faculty of Medicine and its Patient Research Unit. And Dr. Darryl Pulmann received a cross appointment in the School of Nursing.
Permission was also received from the VP, Academic to establish a Centre for International Nursing.Ā This Centre will facilitate all the international activities the School is involved in within a single umbrella and guided by an Advisory Committee accountable to the School's Academic Council.
Current International Projects
Indonesia: This project has involved the faculty and students welcoming and learning about Indonesian nursing from four faculty members from our partner university in Jakarta who have been students in our MN program.Ā One Canadian student is also now in Jakarta with her program colleagues collecting data for their MN theses.
Vietnam: This project involved a visit from a group of Vietnamese nurses.Ā This visit included observational periods in Trepassey and Ferryland.Ā Some of the undergraduate students served as English mentors to these nurses.Ā Again the cultural cross-sharing was very rich.
A new international project is in the offing!Ā Our School of Nursing has been asked to assist in the development of nursing faculty at the International Medical University in Malaysia.Ā Representatives from IMU will be coming in October to discuss this collaboration more fully and to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the project.
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Other royal parks are varied and ornate, but by comparison Green Park is as plain as its name: no ponds, no lakes, no buildings and not a lot of monuments. Just loads of grown-up trees, grass and daffodils. I like its calm economy amid the ritziness nearby.
It does, though, share some common history with St James's Park next door. It's been a hang-out for thieves, notably highwaymen. And then there are the ghosts. Londonist foraged for these in "the wild wood of the West End" two summers ago:
According to writers on ghosts it is a dark, depressing and dangerous place. Peter Underwood described Green Park's "stillness, an air of expectancy, and a sensation of sadness" in his book "Haunted London" and James Clark mentions the park's "subdued atmosphere" in his own "Haunted London'"...
Ghostly suicides linger: the figure of a man in evening clothes and dancing pumps was seen fading into nothing just before the First World War. It was thought to be the shade of a man who had poisoned himself. Be careful which seat you take in Green Park as you may find yourself sharing it with the ghost of a "crazed-eyed old man" trying to cut his own throat with a razor.
Enough! On 7 October I'll be running through Green Park, without fear of spectres or ghouls, as part of the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon course (pdf), which also includes Hyde Park, St James's and Kensington Gardens.
My participation in this annual London event will also be a charitable exercise, as I'm running in aid of Unicef. This time last week I was able to announce that I've passed my target of £550, but wouldn't it be nice to push on past the £600 mark? If you've a few quid to spare, please donate it via my Unicef fundraising page. Many thanks.


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Letter to the Editor: Ticked off over unfair tax burden
Of all the burdensome taxes we face, I consider property taxes the most unjust tax there is. Of course, you noticed that property taxes increase yearly with nothing you can do about it. It's a hard pill to swallow for those of us who are on a low, fixed income.
Our governor said he wasn't going to raise taxes. Recently he approved of another tax on gas. If the price of gas were $2 a gallon, this country's economy would be booming.
People would have money to spend without giving to the oil companies.
To save money, our governor cut back on school funding, only to have the school districts increase the millage on property taxes to make up for it. So much for our governor not raising taxes.
Most members of the working class have their own pension plans and hospitalization or none at all. Yet these hard-earned tax dollars are paying for the pensions and hospitalization of most government employees and public employees like schoolteachers who only work 8ᄑ months out of the year and moonlight during the summer. Some of these employees can retire at age 55 with full benefits.
I feel that these public employees, including politicians and lawmakers, should be in the same boat as the rest of the working class. Take a look at Detroit. It could happen here.
I consider those responsible for all this taxation no better than ticks and leeches, sucking the life out of their victims, the working class, while they're living high on the hog.
Our Lord taught us to pray for our enemies. Apparently those responsible for all this taxation are in need of prayers. Politicians are elected by the people to serve their needs. It seems the real reason they run for office is to serve the lobbyists.
May God bless us all because we sure need it before this country has a revolution like some of those other countries. Have a blessed Christmas.
Paul Walsh


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I have just completed a dorg(two years planet Earth time) and am submitting a report as to our activities on this third planet from the Sun which is called, planet Earth. I trust our Anthropology Department will find this description of local life forms (termed, Human here) to be interesting. This week in the sector of the planet known as the United States of America, many of the life forms are celebrating the work of a dead leader known as Ronald Reagan. He is regarded by those known as "Republicans" as a hero because he was against what they term to be, "taxes" and because he wanted to make certain the government did not spend more money(our, gort) than it is received. But, according to records we found in a "library," this man did the opposite–he raised taxes and he increased their debt. In other words, these life forms known as, "Americans," hail as a hero a life form who does the exact opposite from what they believe! Fascinating life forms, I must say. These same Republicans elected as leader a life form known as, George Bush, on ground he would lower the debt. When he assumed office, it was $5 Trillion and when he left it was $11 Trillion American money. They then attacked the leader of the new life forms as the cause of the higher debt!
Many life forms on this planet believe in something they term to be, "God." They believe this "God" created the entire Universe. I was consuming some life nutrients(called, food) when in a conversation with a life form was told the planet had only been in existence for 8,000 Earth years! The problem is even more complex. Some life forms on the planet believe in a God and call themselves, "Jews." Another group of life forms, who originally were Jews, call themselves "Christian" and insist the Jewish God sent a "son" to the planet to save them! There is another group who call themselves, "Muslim" who believe there was an original Jewish God and then a Christian God, but then came another God who they term, the Prophet. They devote considerable time and money on the subject of God. In fact, they construct huge buildings in which to pray to their Gods even though there are life forms in their midst who lack shelter! I leave it to our scholars to comprehend the pattern of thinking of Earth Humans.
I must cease writing for the moment in order to view what they term to be a "Super Bowl." One group of humans engage in play with another group of humans and there is a "winner" who then is hailed by all. They certainly do like this activity known as "sports."


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Here in Israel, the vast majority of security guards carry handguns and they use a gun retention lanyard (somewhat like this lanyard: TriTech Training/Mission First, Inc.).
Most private citizens I've seen who are carrying (and almost all carry here is open-carry), do not use a lanyard. In fact, most carry their weapons in IWB holsters which do not look very secure.
My question is whether the retention lanyard is a good idea and whether people use a lanyard or retention system of some sort.
I can see why the retention system would be beneficial as far as keeping someone from grabbing your gun, but it seems that a retention holster would be much better for that purpose.
Then there is the issue of dropping a gun during an encounter - in that case, a lanyard would allow you to quickly retrieve the weapon and also prevent it from going too far.
Then suppose that someone does get hold of your weapon. Could the retention lanyard be used to retrieve the weapon from them and, if so, what technique would be used?


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Dakota Fanning also attended.
Alessandra Ambrosio was in Venice and
Emma Stone is still hanging around.
Liam Hemsworth looking a little bushy lately.
Margot Robbie is filming yet another Tarzan movie.
Miley Cyrus getting her smoke on.
Mary Kate Olsen competed in a horse competition while
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Wednesday's balmy spring-like day is expected to give way to the return of valley rain and mountain snow late Thursday.
The National Weather Service forecast called for rain showers in the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys by afternoon, though high temperatures still will climb into the upper-50s, just a few degrees cooler than Wednesday's expected high.
By Thursday evening, those showers could turn into full-fledged thunderstorms that will stretch into early Friday.
Southern Utahns should escape the precipitation, though, with partly cloudy skies and daytime highs in the low 70s.
The Utah Division of Air Quality rated breathability as "green," or healthy statewide.


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Building new deck and screened in Gazebo - Wood or Composite?
We are going to tear off our old deck entirely and start with all new material. Part of deck will be open and we will also build a screened in Gazebo which will contain a nice outdoor dining set and some furniture. The Gazebo will be detached from the house but part of the deck. We live in VA and the back of our house faces South and gets full sun all day. The deck is about 15 feet in the air and will have steps leading to the ground. We can not decide between wood (pressure treated pine, cedar, IPE) or composite. We plan to stay in this house for quite awhile. Thanks
While I don't have any professional experience, I'd bite the bullet and pay the premium for the composite. If you were going to move in a few years, just make the deck look nice with wood for resale value. Since you're planning on staying, spend the coin and it'll save you money down the road when the wood would have warped/rotted/needed resealing for the 8th time.
Kinda on topic, do people use regular pressure-treated lumber underneath the composite for the framing? I would assume they did, but again, I'm still in the design stage of my deck. :)
If you do a quick search here you'll find great discussions on composite.....from what I read, I would not use it...no less maintenance, issues in humid areas, etc.
If you use composite, the framing underneath is still wood.
As long as you research and get the right product composite is fine. Too many people go for the big names just because they are big names... Most of these are terrible products.
Correct Deck CX will be your best bet.
Procell (or now AZEK DECK) is also another good choice however this 100% plastic.
Make sure you are using a product that addresses issues you have. Like mold Correct Deck CX takes care of mold.
If your not quite ready to build yet I would recomend this. Pick 3 composite products and buy 1 board of each in the color you want. (trust me its worth the money) Tear off a few boards of your existing deck and replace with these composite boards. Let them live with you for a 6 months to a year if you can. Then make your choice. Cut a foot off each of the boards too and keep it in your garage out of the sun so you can compare how much they change.
Bob Vila gives you a very good piece on different types of materials for composite decks, try:
Me, I'm a huge natural look fan but build to the customer's wants. If you're staying in the home then go for composite or choose a harder timber for the decking. I did a deck for some folks a little while ago, they wanted low cost so selected the usual pine. Before I installed it I ran the top side through a planer, then stained and sealed the boards before I put them down. They ended up with a great looking stained deck.
Love mahogany though...:wink:
Heed mt232, and do a lot of reading before you commit to composite. Start with the forums at the sister site of Contractor Talk. This stuff has more problems than it is worth. I would either do ipe or one of the totally plastic products (none of which will ever convince anyone that they are wood) but at least they can deliver the low maintenance promises that the composites do not.
I work with CD CX on a daily basis and if you goto CT (contractortalk.com) most of what you see will be me raving about how great it is.
Timbertech is trying to catch up to CD CX and this is thier stuff is just coming out. I personally would not like to be buying from the first batch of a new product. Let it be around for 6-12 months and then buy the TT.
I still think your best bet will be to buy a piece of each and check out how it handles your enviroment. Even if your throwing one away when its time to build your deck it will be a good way to find out what is right for you.
Try a company out of Burlington WI called Eco tech. They manufacture a 100% poly wood material for decks that cannot mildew, mold, or rot. Really great product we make our outdoor chairs out of. Wood look and color dyed all the way through. I think you would be very happy with the pricing as well. Not that expensive at all.
I recently went through the same issues as you trying to decide what to use for decking. I looked at a lot of composite decking materials, I did not like the look of any of them. I examined solid wood, and determined that there are no suitable, weather resistant North American hardwood species I liked. The closest was black locust, but it is hard to obtain in straight, long pieces. Ultimately we selected Ipe, which was no more expensive than composite, but looks great.
Ipe can be left unfinished, in which case it weathers to a silver grey color over a few years. Unfinished, it has a life expectancy of around 30 years, which is really good for a natural wood product. If finished with the proper deck sealer, it retains the natural reddish hue, and is probably good for more than 30 years. If you want to maintaint the natural color, you do need to treat it with deck finish every year. My biggest concern with Ipe is that I do not want to be responsible for deforestation of the Amazon, which is where Ipe comes from, unfortunately I was unable to find a reasonable alternative.
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As Bristol Palin now knows, it's important to use protection at all times. And what's true for Sarah Palin's daughter is equally true for iPhone users. The other day, I bought a $15 Macmosphere case from Popular Bookstore. It's red, ugly and ill-fitting. And the best $15 I've ever spent.
A few days after that, I managed to drop my very expensive hunk of glass and sensitive electronics while walking to Funan Centre, ironically in search of a better case. I was trying to make a call while I was walking when I managed to flick the phone out of my grasp. It flew out of my hands, and actually bounced once on the pavement, before coming to a stop.
Heart in my mouth, I picked up the iPhone. The screen was blank. I restarted the iPhone and thankfully, everything worked, although all my settings were returned to their default.
While I'm eternally grateful to Macmosphere, I am now in search of even better protection. Current candidates include Speck's ToughSkin and OtterBox's Defender, neither of which I've seen in Singapore though. Let me know if you've seen either of these in stores here...


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Posted by Sarah Rotman Epps on September 18, 2009
First, apologies for the radio silence--it's end of quarter here at Forrester, and I've been busy adding to shareholder value, etc.But I did want to add a quick comment on what's happened on the Google/publisher/eBook scene this week, as Google:
Launched the Fast Flip application. Google's launch of the Fast Flip application is an olive branch extended to publishers. For those of you who haven't used it, it's pretty cool: You search for a term, like "Kindle," and the results are presented as screenshots of major media publications (BusinessWeek, Fast Company, The Atlantic, NYTimes, Slate, etc.) that have covered the topic recently. You can read about a screen's worth, and flip to the next one by clicking the big arrows on the left or right, or click into the story to go to the publisher's web site and continue reading. Google shares ad revenue with publishers, and shows just enough content to encourage click-through to the publisher's site, where users see more ads.
Our take: For Google, the Fast Flip is an attempt to be a better partner to publishers. As much as publishers would like to think that Google needs them, only the reverse is true. But Google is starting to invest more in creating goodwill for publishers in the newspaper, magazine, and book sectors, and the Fast Flip is part of that effort.


text: I'm leaving work today minding my own business doing the speed limit when this Jag pulls up on my bumper, whips it around me and then starts to pass me. This arrogant yuppie looks over at me and sneers. This was an older brown convertible Jag. I don't know much about them but I think it said XJ80 or XJ8 on the left side of the trunk and something "8" on the right side. Anyways it looked like a stretched out MG. I speed up to kinda toy with him a little. He gets behind me as the entrance to 150 comes up and I take the ramp in 3rd with him 10ft behind me. As soon as I see it's clear I nail it onto the highway and slow down around 80. He's like 100ft behind me so I slow down so he can catch up. He didn't try very hard so I slowed even further to 55 in a 60. He slowly inches up and when he's at my rear door he guns it. I rev match to 4th and nail it. The guy had no chance. Once I hit 5th he was way behind. I decide to chill and the guy does a ricer fly-by and I swear if looks could kill..I'd be a dead man. Biff wasn't happy I pummeled his Jag. As the exit ramp approaches I'm behind him, we're both running 70ish. As he gets onto the next highway he guns it and actually gets a good jump on me but that didn't last long. Quick ds to 5th and I guess his Jag petered out because I pulled hard on him at around 90. I don't know how powerful that Jag was but I really enjoyed putting this guy in his place ESPECIALLY after the looks this guy had given me.


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Monday, November 26, 2012
inspiration...a good book
1. The New Eighteenth-Century Style is filled with luscious images of interiors that explore the mix of old and new in a very luxurious way. No more shabby and way more chic. Yes please!
2. The Things that Matter by Nate Berkus has been really enjoyable to read. He is very personal about sharing memories of various objects he lives with, as well as sharing what he notices in his (fabulous) friend's homes is really touching. It makes you think about what you have and value, and it is not about lusting after other peoples things, because there is more too it then just an object. Love it.
3. Grace: A Memoir by Grace Coddington is one I really want to read. She stole the show in The September Issue, living up to her name in both character as well as creativity. She just oozes talent.
4. Roman and Williams is comprised of a crazy talented interior design power couple who sparked the new industrial aesthetic breathing life into interiors and making history lovers (like me) swoon.
5. John Singer Sargent has been an inspiration for me as of late. His breath of work is staggering with various content spanning landscape to portraits capturing an entire period of American history in his wonderful grasp of hazy, gorgeous color palettes.
6. Henley is a cute story of dog and owner and their fashionable adventures together. Wherever Henley goes, he is noticed. This makes me think of my time right now with my pup, Stewie. We are having lots of together time and whenever I take him out, everyone has to say hello and he makes everyone smile when they walk by. That is a nice thing in the Second City!
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New Indie trailblazers use modern tactic of social media to take on music scene.
This article titled "Golden age for all-female bands as they storm the Big Apple's bars and clubs" was written by Tess Reidy, for The Observer on Saturday 12th July 2014 12.10 UTC
From punks and rockers to pop queens and producers, a golden age for all-female bands has arrived on the New York music scene. Indie labels have given rise to acts such as rock trio Sharkmuffin, ukulele pop three-piece The Prettiots and Courtney Love's favourite, Heliotropes – all part of a movement that began with Brooklyn's Vivian Girls in 2007.
Women bands are playing at bars and clubs across the city, as well as major events such as the Museum of Modern Art's carefully curated PS1 Warm Up, the annual outdoor summer concert series at the Long Island City art museum. Scores of blogs are documenting the phenomenon as well as publications such as New York Magazine and the Village Voice.
The current surge of female talent continues a long tradition of outstanding female musicians coming out of the city: Aaliyah was from Brooklyn, Alicia Keys from Manhattan, and Jennifer Lopez and Mary J Blige both from the Bronx.
Brittany Spanos, clubs editor at Village Voice and Rookie magazine staff writer, said: "NYC has a wonderful history of talented, trailblazing women who have been making music here for as long as the city has had a music scene. Punk gave us badasses like Patti Smith and Debbie Harry. There's a real movement to see talented female artists get the type of exposure they deserve."
While female-only bands now perform regularly at small festivals and venues in the city, the situation is very different in the field of electronic dance music, or EDM, which is big business in the US. In Las Vegas, for instance, a top DJ can earn $1m a night – but the DJ booth is still very much a male realm. In a reader-generated poll in DJ magazine of the top 100 DJs in 2013, there were only three female-led acts. In 2012, there was only one. "It's disappointing to see the lineups for festivals like Electric Daisy Carnival and see mostly white, male DJs taking up all the space," said Spanos.
One of the possible reasons cited for why male headliners still dominate superclubs and major festivals is that it is an industry predominantly run by men. However, in New York this is now changing and venues are actively seeking to showcase local female talent.
At MoMA PS1's Warm Up series, for example, a group of six music curators (male and female) from the music and performing arts industries have carefully selected a diverse and experimental lineup.
Margaret Knowles, curatorial assistant and Warm Up producer, said: "One of the missions of Warm Up is to present a very diverse musical and experimental sound programme across the summer's lineup and we definitely think about presenting female artists in a field that is, as we all know, very male-dominated."
So far, New York-based Japanese female duo, Cibo Matto, has been one of the most talked about acts in the series. "Seeing Cibo Matto – definitely one of my own formative and favourite 'girl bands' of all time – perform live is one of the things I'm most excited about over the course of the summer," said Knowles. Other acclaimed acts performing over the summer are Ramona Lisa, a Brooklyn-based electronic band, and DJ UNiiQU3, a fixture of the New Jersey club scene.
One explanation for the success of female-only bands in New York is that social media have made it easier for them to get noticed for the merits of their music rather than the way they look. Music streaming sites such as Bandcamp and SoundCloud often feature artwork instead of photos of the artists and so the emphasis is on the product.
"In the past, it has always been tougher for women to earn respect in rock music. It takes being 'one of the boys' or showing their sexuality for them to get noticed," said Spanos. "But that's changing and the underground scene has become a breeding ground for female talent. There is a sea change happening in the DIY scene and women are at the forefront."
Kay Kasperhauser, of the Prettiots, agreed, adding: "Being called a girl band is a label we wear with pride. New York has always been an epicentre for female action, and right now a new wave of it is building, young girls doing their thing and killing it."
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All the promotions that sign up will no longer be able to use a fighter who is not registered.
So in Febuary/March/April 2013, You have a 3 pullouts all on your main card one or two weeks before your show.
A promotion that already requires bloodtests simply selects a fighter who wants to fight and agrees a purse, tells him to get his bloodtests, the fighter attends the weigh in , submits the test, next day has his pre fight medical with trained/qualified medical practioners, fights , has a post fight medical with trained/qualified medical practitioners.
A member promotion will go to the database and there will be a list of fighters , allot of these fighters will have fought on the top shops so their purse expectation will be higher, some will be contracted to other promotions, some will have already fought, some will be the wrong weight.
You will have very few options to actually match your fight well and if you cannot find somebody on the database you simply have to cancel all the fights.
Can somebody tell me if I have that right?
YOUR example suggests that you will have fewer options, but how can you be so confident that fighters are going to reject this proposal at the current fee? I have spoken to and been contact by quite a number over the last 24 hrs. There is a personal value that is not being accounted for. After I lost my friend due to a KO in a kickboxing match, those around told me i wasnt allowed to compete of even train head shots without various medical stuff which would have costs me £500. had i not injured myself and got involved in commentary i was more than willing to pay £1000 so that i could safely participate in a sport without being infected with a disease, infecting someone else with a disease or suffering a hemorrhage which would have incapacitated me. That is why SAFE MMA will work, is necessary and why we are all so proud of it.
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