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1960, and Sister Conchita, the young nun with a flair for detection, has been forced to leave her beloved Malaita and assume reluctant command of a run-down mission in the lush, primitive Western District of the Solomon Islands.The group of three elderly sisters currently there are rumoured to have 'gone native' and Conchita tries to grapple with these eccentric, tough-mind insurgents and the secrets they are keeping when an American tourist is murdered in their mission church but perplexingly, the colonial authorities want nothing to do with this bizarre crime.
Help is at hand for Sister Conchita in the shape of her friend Sergeant Ben Kella, the local police officer but also the aofia, the traditional law-bringer of the islands. Together, the idealistic young nun and practical witch doctor set out to solve the mystery. In the process they discover links to a local independence organisation, a powerful international logging company, and, most puzzling of all, to John F. Kennedy, a former wartime US naval officer in the area but now, thousands of miles away, about to become the 35th president of the USA.
For eight years Graeme Kent was Head of Schools broadcasting out in the Solomon Islands so he writes from personal experience of his time out there. Prior to that Graeme taught in six primary schools in the UK, and was headmaster of one. Currently he is Educational Broadcasting Consultant for the South Pacific Commission - and a full time writer.
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Disulfiram (Antabuse) Contracts in Treatment of Alcoholism
By Timothy J. O??TFarrell, John P. Allen, and Raye Z. Litten
Alcoholism is a major public health problem in the United States (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 1990) and throughout much of the world (World Health Organization 1977). It is the most prevalent psychiatric disorder in the United States (Helzer et al. 1991, pp. 81-115). Development of effective treatments for alcoholism, including the use of medications that reduce drinking, has been an important public health goal for many years (National Academy of Sciences 1990).
Disulfiram (Antabuse) is a medication that inhibits metabolism of acetaldehyde, a toxic breakdown product of alcohol, and produces unpleasant symptoms (flushing, headache, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, light-headedness, tachycardia) if a person consumes alcohol. The patient who stops taking disulfiram can experience the disulfiramalcohol reaction for up to 14 days (and generally for at least 4 to 5 days) after discontinuing ingestion of disulfiram. The rationale for disulfiram in treating alcoholism is that most alcoholics taking disulfiram will not drink for fear of getting sick. Disulfiram thus prevents impulsive drinking in response to acute craving or stressors.
Of course disulfiram as a deterrent to drinking among alcoholics, like all medications, is only effective for as long as the patient complies with taking the disulfiram. Therefore, this chapter will review briefly the use of disulfiram in treating alcoholism with a special emphasis on the use of behavioral contracts between the alcoholic and a concerned significant other to maintain compliance with disulfiram.
Classic Study of Disulfiram by Fuller and Colleagues 1986
In their classic large-scale clinical trial, Fuller and colleagues (1986) randomly assigned male alcoholics to one of three treatment conditions: (1) 250 mg of disulfiram (N = 202); (2) 1 mg of disulfiram (N = 204), a control for the threat of the disulfiram-alcohol reaction; or (3) no disulfiram (N = 199), a control for the counseling that all participants received. All alcoholics in this study were scheduled to receive weekly outpatient counseling for 6 months followed by biweekly counseling sessions for the final 6 months. Followup interviews were scheduled to occur bimonthly during the study year.
Study participants on average were middle aged (42 years mean age), ethnically diverse (54 percent white), moderately socially stable (54 percent married, 70 percent employed) chronic alcoholics (12 years of alcohol abuse). The Fuller and colleagues (1986) study produced four major results. First, a customary therapeutic dose (250 mg) of disulfiram was not superior to placebo (1 mg) or no disulfiram in producing abstinence, reducing time to first drink, or improving social or employment status among male alcoholic patients.
Second, failure of patients to take the drug as prescribed may have rendered disulfiram ineffective. In fact, only 20 percent of the subjects were judged ??ogood compliers??? as evidenced by consistent urinalysis results positive for riboflavin, the biochemical marker of disulfiram employed. Third, better compliance was related to more abstinence. A higher percentage of compliant than noncompliant patients was continuously abstinent for the 1 -year followup period (43 percent for the compliant versus 8 percent for the noncompliant, p < .001). Fourth, patient acceptance of disulfiram was low.
Only 38 percent of the 1,618 alcoholics who met study criteria and were medically cleared to take disulfiram agreed to enter the study and possibly take disulfiram. Most study refusals were due to patients??T reluctance to take disulfiram. The Fuller and colleagues (1986) study showed that disulfiram was not effective because of serious problems with patient acceptance and compliance. However, abstinence was observed among patients who took the medication consistently. Further, the low patient acceptance may have been related to the fact that the disulfiram was not an integral part of the alcoholism counseling used.
Findings such as these underscore the importance of techniques to increase compliance with disulfiram. After an overview of such techniques, the use of behavioral contracts to increase compliance and to make disulfiram an integral part of psychosocial treatments for alcoholism will be considered in detail.
Overview of Techniques to Increase Compliance With Disulfiram
Varied strategies to enhance disulfiram compliance have been devised. This overview will examine implants, patient instructional sets, and incentives, each of which are covered in depth elsewhere (Allen and Litten 1992). Disulfiram Implants. The most potent guarantee for disulfiram compliance would seem to be physical implant to release disulfiram into the bloodstream at a consistent rate and at a level sufficient to cause an adverse physical reaction should the patient drink.
Disulfiram implants have been available for 30 years, and more recent investigations on implants have been reasonably well controlled (e.g., Johnsen et al. 1990; Wilson et al. 1984). Such studies have identified serious limitations, however, to disulfiram implants. First, most such depots fail to release adequate levels of disulfiram. Second, the bolus of the implant under the skin has led to adverse effects of infections and rejection after the implant surgical procedure. Third, controlled studies have not found superior outcomes for alcoholics treated with currently available implants.
These results led Allen and Litten (1992) to conclude that disulfiram implants, for biochemical reasons per se, have been largely ineffective. Patient Instructions. An alternative strategy to enhance attractiveness of taking disulfiram is modification of patient instructions and expectations for the medication. Two different approaches have shown promising results in initial investigations.
Duckert and Johnsen (1987) allowed patients a choice of methods for using disulfiram ranging from the conventional long-term use to prevent drinking to infrequent, periodic use for specific reasons chosen by the patient (e.g., to prevent drinking in a high-risk situation). Kofoed (1987) significantly increased disulfiram compliance among alcoholic outpatients by informing them and their case managers of results of carbon disulfide breathalyzer tests taken at each counseling session to corroborate extent of recent disulfiram use.
Tangible Incentives.
Other studies have considered the effectiveness of tangible incentives for taking disulfiram. Most of the incentives that have been tried relate in some way to circumstances and conditions specific to the patient group of interest. Among these have been (1) less restrictive probation for individuals charged with alcohol-related offenses (Boume et al. 1966; Brewer and Smith 1983); (2) methadone contingency for methadone patients with alcohol problems (Liebson et al. 1973, 1978); (3) money returned from a security deposit made by alcoholics initiating outpatient counseling (Bigelow et al. 1976); (4) job security for industrial workers referred by their employers for drinking-related job problems (Robichaud et al. 1979); (5) continued affiliation with the treatment program in which the patient is currently enrolled rather than discharge from the program or referral to another clinic (Bickel et al. 1989; Sereny et al. 1986); and (6) more frequent clinic visits as a form of psychological incentive among socially isolated, inner-city alcoholics (Gerrein et al. 1973).
While each of these studies suffers from specific methodological limitations, the findings uniformly suggest better disulfiram compliance and more favorable clinical outcomes for those who received an incentive for taking disulfiram. In such studies, direct observation of the patient taking disulfiram by a court or clinic staff person, often referred to as ??osupervised??? disulfiram, was typically part of the procedure to assess compliance so that the incentive could be provided.
Observed or supervised disulfiram without specified incentives is the basis for disulfiram contracts and other compliance enhancement procedures-the subject of the remainder of this chapter.
Description and History of Disulfiram Contracts
??oBehavioral contracting??? is generally done with both the client and a significant other, usually the spouse, in the client??Ts living environment. Interestingly, behavioral agreements typically do not explicitly stipulate tangible consequences for taking or refusing disulfiram, although they do specify social reinforcers, e.g., expression of appreciation by the spouse when the alcoholic takes disulfiram.
These agreements also require that both the patient and the significant other formally and publicly commit themselves to observation of disulfiram use. Figure 1 provides a sample disulfiram contract taken from O??TFarrell and Bayog (1986), who describe the clinical procedures involved in some detail including methods for dealing with common resistances and problems encountered.
Two slightly different versions of the disulfiram contract appeared in the literature at about the same time. The Behavioral Marital Therapy (BMT) version, first described by Miller and Hersen (1975) and Miller (1976) provides for observed disulfiram with mutual thanking by alcoholic and spouse plus a commitment to refrain from discussions (except during BMT sessions) about the alcoholic??Ts drinking (see item 3 of the contract in figure 1).
FIGURE 1. Sample disulfiram contract used in behavioral marital therapy with alcoholics. [See source article.]
Like all disulfiram contracts, the BMT version seeks to maintain disulfiram ingestion and abstinence. The BMT version also seeks to restructure the couple??Ts relationship to reduce their conflicts about past drinking or the likelihood of future drinking and to decrease the spouse??Ts anxiety, distrust, and need to control the alcoholic.
The BMT version tries to deal with these presumed relationship dynamics of the early sobriety period in order to increase support for abstinence and reduce the risk of relapse (O??TFarrell 19933). The Community Reinforcement Approach (CRA) version derives from Azrin??Ts (I 976) attempt to augment the effectiveness of his CRA approach to alcoholism treatment (Hunt and Azrin 1973) by adding a disulfiram component to it.
The CRA version of the disulfiram contract is identical to the BMT version except that CRA does not include item 3 restricting discussions about drinking. Studies of each of these two approaches are considered next.
Behavioral Marital Therapy Studies of Disulfiram
Miller and Hersen (1975) reported a case in which a disulfiram contract and BMT were used to promote abstinence and reduce marital conflict. The 49-year-old factory worker husband, whose 10-year history of alcoholism was characterized by many arrests, car accidents, and marital problems, had been consuming a pint to a fifth of vodka daily prior to his admission to a hospital for alcoholism treatment.
The wife had decided to divorce him if he did not stop drinking. Pretreatment assessment revealed very little positive communication and extensive negative comments by the wife about drinking (e.g., blaming for past drinking, threats about future drinking). Treatment consisted of BMT sessions to increase constructive communication and a contract specifying daily disulfiram intake by the husband and cessation of discussion about drinking by the wife. (The contract was quite similar to the model in figure 1.)
Treatment started with weekly sessions in the hospital with the husband visiting home each weekend and continued on an outpatient basis biweekly for 3 months and monthly thereafter for 3 months. Ninemonth followup revealed that the husband had remained abstinent and was still taking disulfiram daily. In addition, the couple was communicating more constructively and going out together regularly. The wife had stopped mentioning the past and was generally more pleasant.
The couple had handled several problems quite well. The positive BMT results from the Miller and Hersen (1975) case report, along with similar affirming results from other early case reports and uncontrolled studies of BMT, led to controlled studies of BMT.
The Counseling for Alcoholics??T Marriages (CALM) Project studies of BMT included disulfiram contracts as part of the Project CALM BMT program (O??TFarrell 1993a, pp. 170-209). In an initial Project CALM study (known as the CALM-l study), O??TFarrell and colleagues (O??TFarrell et al. 1985, 1992) investigated the effect of adding BMT couples group treatment with a disulfiram contract to individually oriented outpatient treatment of married male alcohol abusers.
Thirty-six couples, in which the husband had recently begun individual alcohol counseling that included a disulfiram prescription, were randomly assigned to (1) 10 weekly sessions of a BMT (behavioral rehearsal of communication skills and marital agreements) couples group plus a disulfiram contract; (2) 10 weeks of an interactional (largely verbal interaction and sharing of feelings) couples group without a disulfiram contract; or (3) a no-marital-treatment control group.
Results at the end of treatment (O??TFarrell et al. 1985) showed that adding BMT plus a disulfiram contract to individual alcoholism counseling produced significant improvements in marital and drinking adjustment that were superior to outcomes of individual counseling alone and to individual counseling plus interactional couples therapy.
Results during the 2 years after treatment (O??TFarrell et al. 1992) showed that alcoholics and their wives who received the additional BMT remained significantly improved on marital and drinking adjustment throughout the 2 years. Although BMT continued to appear superior to individual counseling alone on marital adjustment throughout much of the 2-year followup, the strength and the consistency of findings favoring BMT diminished as time after treatment lengthened.
In terms of drinking outcomes during the 2 years after treatment, the addition of BMT no longer produced better results than did interactional couples therapy or individual treatment alone. The specific contribution of the disulfiram contract to the results observed in the CALM-l study cannot be determined. The disulfiram contract was part of the BMT program. The extent of patients??T use of disulfiram was not measured.
Still, it seems likely that during treatment the disulfiram contract may have contributed importantly to the lower rate of drinking and drinking-related problems observed in the BMT couples as compared with the other couples who did not use the disulfiram contract. Perhaps after treatment ended, use of the disulfiram contract decreased since BMT no longer produced less drinking than the other treatments.
The CALM-l study results suggested the need for a study of treatment methods to maintain the use of the disulfiram contract and the gains produced by BMT, especially for drinking and related behaviors. Results of CALM-l produced CALM-2, a study to evaluate the usefulness of couples relapse prevention (RP) sessions for maintaining changes in marital and drinking adjustment produced by short-term BMT. Continued use of the disulfiram contract, especially for individuals suffering more severe drinking problems, was one of the goals of the RP sessions.
In this study, after participating weekly for 5 months in a BMT couples program, 59 couples with an alcohol-abusing husband were assigned randomly to receive or not receive 15 additional couples RP sessions over the next 12 months. Outcome measures were collected before and after BMT and at quarterly intervals for the 2-1/2 years after BMT. The CALM-2 investigation produced three major findings (Cutter et al. 1993; O??TFarrell et al. 1993).
First, results for the entire sample showed the additional RP sessions produced better outcomes during and for the 6 to 12 months after the end of RP. Specifically, alcohol abusers who received RP after BMT had more days abstinent and used the disulfiram contract more than those who received BMT alone. The superior RP drinking outcomes continued through 18 months followup (i.e., 6 months after the end of RP).
Couples who received the additional RP also maintained improved marriages longer (through 24 months followup) than did their counterparts who received BMT only (through 12 months followup). Second, for alcoholics with more severe marital and drinking problems, RP produced better marital and drinking outcomes throughout the 30-month followup period. Specifically, alcoholics with more severe alcohol problems at study entry used the disulfiram contract more (see figure 2) and showed a less steep decline in use of the disulfiram contract (see figure 3) throughout the 30 months after BMT if they received the additional RP than if they did not.
Further, alcoholics with more severe marital problems at study entry experienced better marital adjustment and more days abstinent and maintained relatively stable levels of abstinence if they received the additional RP, while their counterparts who did not receive RP had poorer marital adjustment and fewer abstinent days and showed a steep decline in abstinent days in the 30 months after BMT.
Third, greater use of the disulfiram contract was associated with more days abstinent and more positive marital adjustment test scores after BMT for all subjects irrespective of the amount of aftercare received.
To summarize, two Project CALM BMT studies of disulfiram contracts have been completed. The CALM-l study showed that adding BMT plus a disulfiram contract to individual alcoholism counseling led to better short-term drinking and marital outcomes than a disulfiram prescription alone accompanied by either an alternative form of couples counseling or individual counseling alone.
FIGURE 2. Two-way alcohol problem severity by treatment interaction for use of disulfiram (Antabuse) contract in Cutter and colleagues (1993) CALM-2 study of BMT and disulfiram contract.
Superior BMT drinking results did not persist through the 2-year followup period, possibly because many couples discontinued their disulfiram contract after treatment ended. The CALM-2 study indicated that adding couples RP sessions in the year after BMT enhanced use of the disulfiram contract and yielded better marital and drinking outcomes than BMT alone. These better RP outcomes persisted for 18 to 24 months after BMT for the entire sample and throughout the entire 30 months followup after BMT for those with more severe marital and drinking problems. Thus the Project CALM studies suggest that disulfiram contracts used with BMT are associated with less drinking and greater disulfiram compliance. However, the specific contribution of disulfiram contracts to the multifaceted BMT treatment package remains to be investigated.
FIGURE 3. Three-way alcohol problem severity by treatment by time interaction for use of disulfram (Antabuse) contract in Cutter and colleagues (1993) CALM-2 study of BMT and disulfiram contract.
Community Reinforcement Approach Studies of Disulfiram Contracts
Azrin developed a CRA to treating alcoholics that was based on operant conditioning principles. CRA rearranged community reinforcers such as the job, the family, and the social relations of the alcoholic such that drinking produced a ??otime-out??? from a high density of reinforcement.
The results from the initial CRA study convincingly demonstrated that the eight alcoholics who received this CRA counseling drank less, worked more, and spent more time with their families and out of institutions than did a matched control group of eight alcoholics who did not receive these procedures (Hunt and Azrin 1973). A
zrin (1976) attempted to augment the effectiveness of CRA by adding a disulfiram component to it. Subjects were 18 inpatient alcoholic males randomly assigned to CRA with a disulfiram contract or to a matched control group receiving standard alcoholism treatment with general advice to take disulfiram. Several procedures, all of which have become standard in both CRA and BMT studies of the disulfiram contract, were employed with the experimental group to heighten disulfiram compliance.
These included (1) instructing the client and significant other on the rationale and benefits of disulfiram as a ??ochemical time-delay device??? to avoid impulsive drinking and its consequences, (2) encouraging the alcoholic to personally request that the other person monitor the use of disulfiram, (3) establishing specific links between taking the medication and recurrent daily activities, (4) monitoring disulfiram administration by the significant other or the counselor, and (5) referring the client to a physician supportive of disulfiram.
A formal contract in which the client agreed to take disulfiram (similar to the one in figure 1 except that item 3 was omitted) was signed with the counselor. In the Azrin (1976) study, 6-month self-report followup measures demonstrated that the CRA with the disulfiram contract was substantially more effective in reducing the number of drinking days than standard treatment with general advice to take disulfiram. Additional followup for 2 years of CRA subjects (followup for the control-group subjects was limited to 6 months) showed continued positive outcomes for CRA subjects on number of days drinking, percent time employed, percent time institutionalized posttreatment, and amount of time spent with the family.
The authors also concluded that the CRA with the disulfiram contract was preferable to the previous version of CRA without disulfiram in that the newer strategy reduced drinking and the amount of CRA counseling time needed. While these results suggest benefits of contracting for disulfiram and of employing a range of enhancement techniques, unfortunately it is not possible to isolate the effects of the disulfiram contract from the remaining elements of CRA itself. A subsequent CRA study (Azrin et al. 1982) more explicitly evaluated the benefits of disulfiram contracting and compliance aids.
Outpatients in a rural community alcoholism clinic who did not suffer co-morbid drug dependence or psychosis were encouraged to take disulfiram and were referred to the agency physician and a nearby pharmacy to obtain the medication.
Following the first session, 43 subjects were randomly assigned to one of three treatment conditions: 1. Traditional treatment plus a prescription for disulfiram without special disulfiram contract procedures; 2. Traditional treatment with disulfiram contract procedures similar to those employed in the Azrin (1976) study cited above; or 3. CRA including disulfiram contracting.
Six-month followup in the Azrin and colleagues (1982) study demonstrated that patients in the three conditions differed on number of days on which disulfiram was taken, days drinking, days intoxicated, and average amount of ethanol consumed per drinking episode.
There were two major findings: First, patients receiving CRA and a disulfiram contract performed best; those in traditional therapy without disulfiram contract fared worst; those in traditional therapy with a disulfiram contract responded at a level intermediate between the other two groups.
Figure 4 suggests that, while the groups differed throughout the followup period, disulfiram use declined appreciably by the second month for the traditional therapy group without the disulfiram contract and decreased quite rapidly thereafter with no disulfiram being taken after 3 months.
The clients in the two groups given the disulfiram contract were taking disulfiram about 90 percent of the time initially and showed less of a decrease over time remaining with two-thirds or more days taking disulfiram on average through 6 months followup. Second, the authors found that married or cohabiting clients assigned to the disulfiram contract and traditional treatment performed about as well on the four outcome measures as they did with CRA plus the disulfiram contract.
FIGURE 4. Mean number of days on which disulfiram (Antabuse) was taken during each month (30 days) of the 6 months of followup. Disulfiram was given in the usual manner in the ??otraditional??? group whereas adherence was socially motivated for the ??oDisulfiram Assurance??? group. The ??obehavior therapy??? group received community-oriented reinforcement therapy in addition to the disulfiram assurance program. (Reprinted from Azrin et al. 1982, p. 109, by permission of Pergamon Press.)
NOTE: Reprinted from Journal of Behavioral Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Vol. 13, No. 2, Azrin, N.H.; Sisson, R.W.; Meyers, R.; and Godley, M. Alcoholism treatment by disulfiram and community reinforcement therapy, pp. 105-112 (1982), with kind permission from Elsevier Science Ltd., The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, 0X5 1GB, UK.
Single clients, however, achieved additional gain from CRA plus disulfiram contract over traditional therapy and disulfiram contract. Table 1 from the Azrin and colleagues (1982) study illustrates this finding.
TABLE 1. Mean number of days abstinent during the 6th month (30 days) of followup (N = 43). Singles Couples Traditional counseling with disulfiram prescription 6.75 17.40 Traditional counseling with disulfiram contract 8.00 30.00 CRA with disulfiram contract 28.30 30.00 Reprinted from Azrin et al. 1982, p. 110. Adapted by permission from Pergamon Press.
NOTE: Reprinted from Journal of Behavioral Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, Vol. 13, No. 2, Azrin, N.H.; Sisson, R.W.; Meyers, R.; and Godley, M. Alcoholism treatment by disulfiram and community reinforcement therapy, Volume 13, pp. 105-112 (1982), with kind permission from Elsevier Science Ltd., The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington 0X5 1GB, UK.


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List of tutoring services offered at PCCC
Need tutoring but not sure where to go? PCCC offers many opportunities for tutoring, it's just a matter of choosing the help that is right for you. The alphabetical list below contains links to the various tutoring services offered at PCCC.
Support Group
What services are offered? / Who is eligible?
Tutoring for students in College-level Math, Accounting, Statistics, English, Psychology, Economics, History, ASL. Tutoring for additional subjects will be added as needed.
Deirdre Nance, Coordinator of Tutoring Services; (973) 684-5717; email@example.com
Tutoring for students in all CIS, Graphic Design, and Engineering courses.
Francisco De la Cruz, CIS LAB Coordinator; (973) 684-5305 firstname.lastname@example.com
Tutoring, Study Sessions, and Assistance with pccc.mylabsplus.com (1 credit requirement for course) for students currently enrolled in DE 010 or DE 020.
Carol Kaminski, Lab Assistant; (973) 684-5329; firstname.lastname@example.com
Tutoring and workshops for students currently enrolled in ELS classes.
Helene Noor, email@example.com or Ruggiero Manente, (973) 684-5508
The lab provides tutoring in basic skills, ELS, and certain college level courses for students who participate in the Equal Opportunity Fund Program.
Gayatri Nehrusingh, Educational Assistant: (973) 684-5873; email@example.com
All PCCC students have access to eTutoring. ETutoring offers the Online Writing Lab where you can submit up to 3 drafts of your paper, Live Tutoring where you can chat with a tutor in a one-on-one tutoring session, and Offline Questions where you can leave a specific question for an eTutor.
Greg Fallon, Associate Dean of Learning Resources; firstname.lastname@example.com; (973) 684-5895
The Gateway Center offers one-on-one, group, and online tutoring for college-level courses that are being redesigned and piloted within the Center via Title V initiative. Students must be enrolled in course sections affiliated with the Gateway Center to be eligible for tutoring. Currently, the Gateway Center provides tutoring in AE 101, BU 101, CIS 101, EN 101, EN 102, HI 101, HI 102, HI 201, HI 202 and MA 103. The specific course sections affiliated with the Center change each semester.
Mike Whelpley, Coordinator for Learning Support; email@example.com; 973-684-6938
Provides individual and small group tutoring for remedial and college-level Math courses. Textbooks, solution manuals, worksheets, sample tests, calculators, and computers with Internet access are available.
Ibtisam Masri, Math Labs Coordinator/Education Specialist-Math; (973) 684-6771; firstname.lastname@example.com
Professor Schwartzberg's Math Forum
The Math Forum is open all year to all students enrolled in any Math Developmental Level course. Students review math concepts with tutors. Math Boot Camp occurs at the end of the Fall and Spring semesters and lasts for one week. It offers students an opportunity to advance to a College Level Math Course. Math Prep (RAMP) runs for three weeks at the beginning of Fall and Spring Semesters to provide students an opportunity to register for math classes in the Express Semester.
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Tutoring for students enrolled in science majors courses (BS 101/102, CH 111/112/211/212, PY 101/102/120/121); related math courses (MA 108/115/120/121); engineering technology; and Computer and Information Sciences courses.
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Tutoring for Intro to chemistry (Chemistry 103) and Anatomy and Physiology 1 and 2. Hours are posted on all 3 campuses:
Flor Ruano, A&P Tutor, Paterson and Passaic Campuses; (201) 923-5232; email@example.com
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Mike Whelpley, Coordinator for Learning Support; firstname.lastname@example.com; (973) 684-6160


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Regular Guys Prank International Media With Atlanta Anti-Bieber 'Protest'
February 24, 2014 at 6:40 AM (PT)
The widely-reported "protest" of JUSTIN BIEBER's move to the BUCKHEAD neighborhood in ATLANTA was actually a prank on the media by CUMULUS Rock WNNX (ROCK 100.5)/ATLANTA morning team THE REGULAR GUYS.
The stunt, in which co-host/producer TIM ANDREWS posed as spokesman "HAROLD WHITE" for interviews and interns and staffers posed as the "BUCKHEAD NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION" and made signs telling the Canadian teen pop star not to move to ATLANTA, drew coverage nationwide and overseas as well, including CNN, the NEW YORK POST, the ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, THE GUARDIAN, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, the BBC, CANADA's NATIONAL POST, and hundreds of other outlets. Only local alternative weekly CREATIVE LOAFING suspected that the protest was a joke, noting that the protesters' first TWITTER post was shared by two REGULAR GUYS interns and that the timing of the protest -- 6a on a residential street -- seemed suspect.
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You may remember a day or two ago that Hardcore Championship Fighting sent out a letter denouncing their competition for putting a guy with barely any MMA experience up against a very experienced Shonie Carter. Well, now Scott Zerr from MFC has responded to the accusation, taking off the gloves and raking HCF across the coals.
The statement he released is awesome and includes all sorts of mockery involving HFC's lame attendance figures and how Keith Crawford is really good at losing other people's money. Regarding the mismatch, he had this to say:
If Mr. Crawford is so concerned about mismatches, perhaps he should take care of his own house first. Last HCF show, 9-0 fighter vs. Pro Debut; and a past show that he was associated with saw a 16-0 Mac Danzig vs. Pro Debut. Even the UFC had Melvin Guillard with 35 fights face Rick Davis with 3 fights. But numbers don't always show the true story. Victor Valimaki at 3-2 fought Dan Severn who had 85 fights to his credit. Valimaki won by unanimous decision.
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320 pages
December 2011
Table of Contents
Introduction – Our Story xiii
Contributors xix
Overview – How to Navigate this Book 1
PART 1: Understanding the Growth Drivers 5
1 The Growth Challenge 7
2 How Marketing Drives Growth 37
3 Transforming Marketing Capabilities 71
PART 2: How to Transform Marketing Capabilities to Drive Growth 101
4 Defi ning a Marketing Capability Strategy 103
5 Developing Solutions (Processes and Skills) 133
6 Developing Solutions (Organization, People and Culture) 165
7 Driving Embedding 199
PART 3: Sustaining Growth in Practice 227
8 Measuring Impact 229
9 Mobilizing Capability Resources 255
10 The Future Growth Journey 277
Index 287
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Mhairi's career spans international marketing, sales and consultancy roles with Unilever in the UK, Egypt and France, and then with PepsiCo as VP Marketing – Europe and VP Marketing – Walkers Snack Foods. Mhairi is a Fellow of The Marketing Society, a Fellow of the CIM and a Council Member of The Marketing Group of Great Britain.
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Study leader Hannah Gardener, an epidemiologist at the University at Miami, and colleagues at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, said artificially sweetened soft drinks are marketed as healthier alternatives to sugar-sweetened beverages, but their long-term health consequences remain unclear, she said.
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by Jim Woods | September 17, 2013 2:37 pm
China's Internet ecosphere is one of the biggest, and potentially most profitable, areas of operation for key players in the space. Mobile gaming, chat and particularly online search are all burgeoning subsectors of China's massive Internet space … so it's no wonder why the biggest names in the China web game are continually jockeying for position in an effort to capture Chinese eyeballs.
The latest move to do just that comes from social media and online gaming giant Tencent Holdings (TCEHY[1]). The company just invested the sizeable sum of $448 million for a minority stake in Chinese search engine company Sogou. Now, if that name doesn't sound familiar to you, don't worry, you're not alone. The company isn't really a huge player in the Chinese Internet search space — at least not yet. It is, however, part of a bigger player in the Chinese Internet ecosphere: gaming and mobile services giant Sohu.com Inc. (SOHU[2]).
According to the terms of the deal, Tencent's investment of $448 million in cash will give the company a 36.5% stake in Sogou. The terms also include a provision for an increase in the holdings to 40% sometime in the future. Moreover, Tencent's current search-related business, Soso, will be merged with Sogou.
The infusion of cash from powerhouse Tencent allows the joint venture to take on the two biggest players in the China search space, Baidu (BIDU[3]) and Qihoo 360 Technology (QIHU[4]). Qihoo currently has about 15% of the search market, while Baidu is the clear biggest fish in the space, with 69% of all search traffic, according to industry analytics site CNZZ. Sogou currently has only 9% of total search traffic, but that metric almost certainly is set to go higher as a result of the Tencent deal.
Market reaction following the news saw a nice jump higher in TCEHY and SOHU shares, while BIDU and QIHU shares fell.
The Tencent/Sohu deal is, I think, a particular sting for Qihoo. Earlier this year, Qihoo was in discussions with Sohu to buy a stake in Sogou, but talks dissolved in mid-August, leaving the door open for Tencent.
The fierce battle for market share in the Chinese search sector illustrates the attractiveness of this hugely profitable growth area. For investors looking to benefit from this battle, the latest move by Tencent and Sohu could mean a nice boost going forward for each respective stock.
If you're looking at things from a wider angle, and if you have a little longer time horizon than just a few months, I think the takeaway from the hunt for Chinese search eyeballs means an underlying bid higher for Baidu. The dominant search firm's shares are up nearly 400% during the past five years, as investors know that the population metrics and web traffic numbers are solidly in favor of China's leading search firm. Tencent wants in on this kind of share price performance, and hence its move to acquire Sogou.
The bottom line here for investors, however, is the attractiveness of China's search business argues in favor of the biggest player in the space, and that player is Baidu. So if you want in on this business boom, BIDU might be your best long-term bet.
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General Motors Co. posted a 3.5 per cent increase in October U.S. sales on Wednesday, trailing smaller rivals for a month expected to represent the high point in a slow-moving recovery for the industry.
GM, which is expected to provide pricing details and launch a road show to market a planned initial public offering to investors as soon as Wednesday, said sales rose 12.8 per cent in its four core brands of Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick and GMC.
U.S. auto sales sank to the lowest levels in more than a quarter century in 2009 under the severe recession and so far this year have been recovering at a slower pace than the industry or its analysts expected.
Auto makers are expected to report the strongest U.S. sales rates of the year in October, but sales overall remain well below pre-recession levels of 2007 and are expected to continue a slow pace of recovery along with the U.S. economy.
GM's total vehicle sales, about in line with expectations, are expected to lead the industry in October. A handful of auto makers reported U.S. sales on Tuesday, a U.S. election day. The top six by sales volume report sales on Wednesday.
"We don't see a big risk at all of a double-dip," GM's U.S. sales chief, Don Johnson, told reporters on a conference call.
He said consumers have begun to hold on to vehicles longer than in the past in a fundamental shift in buying habits, but GM is confident it has restructured its business to run profitably even in a slower-growth market.
Mr. Johnson declined to discuss GM's IPO plans.
GM's smaller rivals had bigger percentage gains.
Ford Motor Co. sales rose 19 per cent in October from a year earlier, led by pickup trucks. Chrysler Group LLC's sales rose 37 per cent and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. reported a 16 per cent sales increase.
Chrysler's sales increase represented the seventh consecutive month of year-on-year gains from the prior year when it emerged from a government-funded bankruptcy under the management control of Italy's Fiat SpA.
Nissan Motor Co. said its U.S. sales rose 16.1 per cent in October from a year earlier. Toyota Motor Corp. reports later on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co. said its U.S. sales rose nearly 38 per cent while its Kia Motors affiliate posted a nearly 39 per cent increase.
Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Subaru and Porsche Automobil Holding SE also reported sales increases in October from a year earlier on Tuesday.
Over all, economists polled by Reuters expected U.S. auto sales at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of about an 11.85 million vehicles, well off the 16 million vehicle monthly rates routinely registered in 2007 before the U.S. recession.
GM said it expects the annualized sales rate for October to be about 12.1 million light vehicles. Chrysler estimated the sales rate at closer to 12.4 million vehicles.
That would represent the first time the rate had topped 12 million since the Lehman bankruptcy in September, 2008, excluding August, 2009, when the U.S. government's "cash for clunkers" incentive program boosted results.
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It wasn't as if she was never asked, or didn't want to be asked. The teenaged Jane Austen was in fact such a flirt and party animal that one neighbor called her "the prettiest, silliest, most affected, husband-hunting butterfly she ever remembered." She was every bit as confident and witty as her creation, Lizzie Bennet, and considerably more mischievous. Take this from a letter she wrote to her sister Cassandra in 1796, when Jane was just 20:
"Tell Mary that I make over Mr. Heartley and all his estate to her for her sole use and benefit in future, and not only him, but all my other admirers into the bargain wherever she can find them, even the kiss which C[harles] Powlett wanted to give me, as I mean to confine myself in future to Mr. Tom Lefroy, for whom I do not care sixpence."
Her crush on "Mr. Tom Lefroy," the nephew of family friends, was at least half-serious (which is why she was careful to make light of it here), but hardly the full-blooded romance/elopement that the film Becoming Jane tried to depict. Lefroy went back to his family in Ireland without giving Jane any grounds for hope. But she wasn't heartbroken: It was fun while it lasted, and Tom could dance, unlike stodgy Reverend Samuel Blackall, who dithered around in 1798, hinting that he might be getting ready to pay court, and who only earned Jane's scorn: "It is most probable that our indifference will soon be mutual," she wrote crushingly.
There were plenty of young men for Jane Austen to choose from in her youth—her father's past pupils, her brothers' friends—and the Austens were a gregarious family. Jane was very fond of her cousin Edward Cooper (who might have been one of the models for Edmund Bertram in Mansfield Park), but lamented the fact that he grew up to be quite a stuffy cleric. She may also (according to Jon Spence) have held a candle for Edward Bridges, her sister-in-law's brother. Both men married elsewhere, as did Tom Lefroy—and Samuel Blackall. And there is an uncorroborated story of a "seaside romance" that Jane might have had on holiday in 1801, but no letters survive from that period, so it remains conjectural.
What we do know is that on 2 December 1802, when Jane and her sister were visiting Manydown House in Hampshire, Harris Bigg-Wither, the 21-year old younger brother of Jane's friends Alethea and Catherine, proposed marriage to her—and was accepted. Jane was 6 years older than Harris, and a good deal cleverer, but they had known each other a long time, and he must have had some encouragement from her in the months or years before popping the question, or he wouldn't have dared ask. And she said yes, after all: There might have been plenty of mutual regard, even love.
But after what must have been an agonizing night of second thoughts, Jane left Manydown abruptly and in confusion, having broken off her very short engagement.
Part of her decision not to marry Harris must have been the lack of really powerful feeling: If she'd been deeply in love, Jane would have let very little stand in her way. But by 1802 there were other strong considerations for Jane, perhaps the most pressing being the happiness of her beloved sister. Cassandra's fiancé, Tom Fowle, had died abroad in 1797 and Cassandra had withdrawn completely from the marriage market afterwards. Jane had always idolized her elder sister and stuck with her through thick and thin: "If Cassandra's head had been going to be cut off, Jane would have her's cut off too," their mother had once remarked.
Although the possibility of marriage was far from over for Jane, the companionship of her sister in shared spinsterhood had many attractions. She was frankly relieved in later life to have avoided the pitfalls of married life, not least the huge risks of childbirth, "all the business of Mothering," and, worst of all, being tied to an uncongenial partner. As she wrote feelingly to Fanny Knight, who was thinking of making a match of convenience, "Nothing can be compared to the misery of being bound without Love." And Lizzie Bennet surely echoes Jane's own opinion when she deplores Charlotte Lucas's acceptance of Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, finding it "humiliating," "disgracing," and a recipe for disaster.
Would Jane Austen have ever got round to finishing and publishing Pride and Prejudice if she had been married to Harris Bigg-Wither—or anybody else? Decidedly not! Living quietly with her mother and sister, however low in material and social rewards, gave her the freedom she needed to write. And what she went on to invent was a set of heroes and romances unrivalled in their appeal, humour, and knockdown fantasy-power.
So we can all be thankful that this remarkable woman decided against becoming Mrs. Harris Bigg-Wither, or Mrs. Anyone. Where would the rest of us be without Darcy, Mr. Knightley, Colonel Brandon, and Captain Wentworth?
Claire Harman is the author of Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World. Jane's Fame is a history of Jane Austen's fame, the changing status of her work and what it has stood for, or been made to stand for, in English culture in the two hundred years since her death. For more information stop in at www.claireharman.com.


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A THREE-year-old girl is today fighting for her life after a crash on a Hampshire road.
The toddler was airlifted to Southampton General Hospital by air ambulance following the accident on the A32 at Wickham .
Police say a Volkswagen van, a Toyota Yaris and a Ford Transit van were in collision at the junction with Forest Lane at around 11am yesterday.
The young girl from Ryde, who was travelling in the Yaris, suffered serious injuries and remains in a critical condition in hospital.
Her mother, 23, went with her to hospital. Both she and the driver, a 31-year-old man from Essex were uninjured.
The Volkswagen driver, a 54-year-old Romsey man, was uninjured. He was arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm and bailed until January 10, 2013, pending further enquiries.
The Transit driver, a 34-year-old Southampton man, was uninjured.
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Shrimp and Grits
Author: Leslie Green - The Hungry Housewife
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Total time: 20 mins
Cheesy creamy grits topped with delicious shrimp
Cheese Grits
3 cups Chicken Stock
1 cup Skim Milk
1 cup Stone Ground Grits
¼ cup Butter
¼ teaspoon Coarse Kosher Salt
¼ teaspoon Pepper
8 oz. Extra Sharp White Cheddar Cheese, Shredded
8 oz. Bacon, diced
2 squares Land O' Lakes Saute Express Saute Starter, Garlic & Herb
1 lb. Peeled and Deveined Shrimp, raw
1 green onion, chopped
1 handfull Fresh Parsley, copped
Bring the chicken stock and milk to a boil in a medium sauce pan with a lid.
Add the grits, butter,salt and pepper and bring back to a boil while stirring.
Cover and reduce heat to a low simmer and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Remove from heat and stir in cheese.
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In a medium nonstick saute pan, cook the bacon until crisp, remove and set aside.
Drain the bacon grease but do not clean or wipe the pan.
To the same pan over medium heat, add 2 Garlic & Herb Land O' Lake Sauté Express Sauté Starters.
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Whole Foods Market commits to full GMO transparency by giving supplier partners five years to source non-GMO ingredients or to clearly label products with ingredients containing GMOs.
Today, we stood up for the consumer's right to know by announcing that all products in our US and Canadian stores containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) must be clearly labeled within five years. We heard our customers loud and clear asking us for GMO labeling and we are responding where we have control: in our own stores.
We are the first national grocery chain to set a deadline for full GMO transparency. By 2018, we will require our supplier partners to label products containing GMO ingredients, and we will work in collaboration with them as they transition to sourcing non-GMO ingredients or to clearly labeling products with ingredients containing GMOs.
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Josiah Blandin is still committed to Arizona State but wants to take official visits so his recruitment will stay interesting through National Signing Day.
The Long Beach (Calif.) Poly wide receiver recently picked up offers from Colorado, Oregon State and Hawaii and Blandin said this past weekend at the Dana Hills Air Strike Passing Tournament that he wants to explore all options through next season.
"Nothing has changed," Blandin said. "Arizona State is still standing out to me out of all the schools recruiting me. I have a couple more schools and I'm still wide open with options but Arizona State is still No. 1.
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"I really want to look around more. I have offers right now and it's still early because I have a whole other season. I still want to keep my options open and look around a little bit."
Blandin, a 6-foot-4, 185-pound three-star prospect, said he talks regularly with Arizona State wide receivers coach Steve Broussard and that the Sun Devils are still his favorite but like his teammates - Richard Smith, Randall Goforth and Salamo Fiso - who are also committed to Arizona State he doesn't want to limit his options.
Being committed but looking around might be confusing to some but Blandin said he's just rolling through his recruitment and still considering all options. The Poly standout said he would like to take official visits to Arizona State, Colorado, Cal and maybe even Miami.
"People ask me, 'Are you committed to Arizona State and are you going there?'" Blandin said. "I'm committed right there right now but I have another year and things could change before signing day.
"I talk to coach Broussard every other week and he asks me how I'm doing and about my grades. Two weeks ago he asked me if I was still solid and before that he never asked me that. They know I'm still with them."


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Home security system, laptop stolen from West Rome Walmart
Rome police are investigating the Monday theft of a home security system and computer laptop from the West Rome Walmart, reports state.
According to police:
The theft happened between 9:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Someone used a sharp object to cut wrapping off a pallet and then took the items, valued at almost $750. He left through the grocery side of the building, getting into a white Ford Ranger or Mazda pickup. An unknown driver then left the 2510 Redmond Circle business.
The thief is described as a white man in a red and gray shirt, blue jeans and a black baseball cap.


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In the January 24 episode of Qubool Hai, Zoya and Asad decides to hide the chaos that caused at Mangalpur. Humaira learns about Rasiya's ploy to get Humaira married to Ayaan. Ayaan on the other hand also learns about his engagement with Humaira. Haseena arrives with her family to attend Ayaan's engagement ceremony. Rasiya hence influences Ayaan to agree in order to prevent any chaos in Haseena and her family's presence. Humaira smartly sends the video on Nikhat's cellphone, which could reveal Ayaan and Humaira's innocence. Nikhat gets stunned on receiving the video clip. Watch latest "Qubool Hai" Episodes on http://www.zeetv.com
Qubool Hai is a Muslim Social Drama in the "Rom Com" zone.
It is the story of two families related by blood and yet distanced by circumstances. It is the story of two brothers Ayaan and Asad who are separated by their families but are united in their hearts.
It is also the story of Zoya, a girl who starts by hating the culture of hypocrisy in joint families and eventually ends up bringing together the two warring families.
The journey of the Khan family is seen through the eyes of our three protagonists…Zoya the young, spunky and progressive NRI, Ayaan the charming boy who falls for every beautiful face and Asad the man with the angst who eventually learns to love.
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At each show you never know who will show up. Denis Manning, Hall of Famer and owner of BUB Enterprises, was in-the-house checking out the latest products from the OEMS and the custom builders. Manning has owned the title of "world's fastest motorcycle" multiple times and said he is shooting for the stratosphere of 400 mph and looking to take the record back in 2015.
Ultimate FreeStyle Class
Dalton Walker of Split Image Kustoms finished his build at 1 a.m. the day of the show and then rode hell for leather to San Mateo to enter into the Ultimate Builder.
The bike was built for his painter, Kal Koncepts, and features a custom springer and tank built into the frame. The engine is a 1984 Harley-Davidson, 84 ci EVO polished with a SIK Mag. The bike is so new that it has not yet been
Dalton Walker of Split Image Kustoms won the Freestyle Class at the San Mateo Ultimate Builder 2013 with this sick chopper featuring a custom twisted Springer front end and a tank built into the frame.
This 'dual-sportster' by Jim Carducci rode away with top honors in San Mateo's Modified Harley class.
Bryan Schimke's latest project out of TPJ Customs, looks fast and furious even sitting still. No wonder it took top honors in the San Mateo Ultimate Builder Performance Custom Class.
Ric Escobedo's 2007 Repsol Honda CBR1000RR was slick enough to capture the top prize in the Modified Street Class during the San Mateo Ultimate Builder Bike Show 2013.
The AFT Customs girls were on-hand to showcase some of the bikes they have worked on as part of their role at AFT.
1. Dalton Walker, Split Image Kustoms – 1984 Harley-Davidson
2. Kirk Taylor, Custom Design Studios – Widowmaker, 2007 Custom
3. Jose Contreras – 2013 Chopper Pro Street
MOD Harley Class
Jim Carducci is a Harley guy and a dual-sport guy… which resulted in his dual-sport 2003 Harley Sportster. It features a NRHS 1250 Kit, Andrews and N4 Cams. It includes a hand-formed aluminum gas tank, Ohlins suspension, custom triple clamps and custom swingarm.
1. Jim Carducci – SC3 Adventure, 2003 Sportster
2. Casey Johnson, Headcase Kustom Art – US versus THEM, 1995 Sportster
3. Roger Vaughn – King of Kings, 2001 Road King
Ultimate Builder Retro MOD Class
Bones Legacy is the result of the meeting of two "old school" choppers lovers. But not just any choppers, the "period correct ones," the ones from the past or the ones built as they would have been built at that time.
Paul Ponkov revealed his latest NORCAL Digger called Black Rainbow to take the win. It features paint by Sonny Boy and a list of engine mods including MAP Belt Drive, Kibbelwhite valves, Morris Mageto and SRM oil system. The frame is a stretched, hand-made gooseneck that has been molded and smoothed throughout. Handmade tail light, pipes, oil tank, bars and pegs.
1. Paul Ponkow, Bones Legacy – Black Rainbow, 1973 Triumph Bonneville
2. Chris Carter – Falcone, 1951 Moto Guzzi
3. Dana Miccer, Mutt Hallam – Hummer, 1960 H-D Super Ten
Performance Custom Class
TPJ Customs is a complete fabrication shop located in Northern California. They build show bikes that are tough enough to stand up to everyday abuse but are unique and custom so they also look great on show bikes.
Bryan Schmike rolled his TPJ Mabel onto the show floor and the first thing you notice is the minimal nature of the bike. Just about every piece of the Big Twin is handmade by the shop.
1. Bryan Schmike, TPJ Customs – 2013 TPJ Mabel
2. Shelby Thompson, AFT Customs – Sentoh, 2011 Honda CB 836CR
Ultimate Builder MOD Street
Ric Escobedo rolled his 2007 Honda Repsol CBR 1000RR into the convention center and made an immediate impact.
It features a custom subframe, custom rear tail and the engine has an EDR Super Sport Build up.
1. Ric Escobedo – 2007 Respsol CBR 1000RR
2. West Coast Hydrographix – Kandee, 2006 Yamaha R6
3. Superbike Coach – MotoGP Project Bike, 2006 Yamaha YZFR1
The Ultimate Builder Custom Bike Show was located on the silver carpet inside the International Motorcycle Show In NORCAL. Winners split $7000 in cash awards and $500 in leather from Rocking K Customs and Garage Leathers.
Get your bike into the game at www.custombikeshows.com.
SHO DOG Award
Gino & Denise Ilacqua – CADAMIA 300
People's Choice Award
Casey Johnson, Headcase Kustom Art – US versus THEM, 1995 Sportster


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Hi Gail, always thanks for your nice compliments... hope you are feeling better and slowly overcome Norton's loss... lol
I just adore the colors and patterns you always choose, Catherine. I get such pleasure from working on your puzzles. Thanks.


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Roadmap for the New Pension Reform
The paper suggests measures aimed at raising efficiency and long-term sustainability of the pension system. Pension contribution rate, amount of budget transfer to the pension system, and total size of pension benefits in percent of GDP are found to exceed substantially levels typical for the OECD countries and emerging markets. Our major " bottleneck" is very low by international standards support ratio (i.e. number of contributors to pension fund per pensioner). Increase in the retirement age by 2 years for men and 5 years for women would bring life expectancy at retirement in Russia to the level typical for emerging markets. Provisional gain of the budget from this measure is estimated to vary from 1.4 to 2.3% of GDP. The objective of higher retirement age should be not budget gains but stabilization of replacement rate under forthcoming demographic crisis. Other measures suggested include in particular restoring basic pensions, fixing own sources of funds for each of the pension system tiers, and building barriers for running pension imbalances, and fostering late retirement for working aged.
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Proteomic Approach Using Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Tandem Time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF/TOF) of Tumor Response in Rectal Carcinoma After Radiochemotherapy (PROTEORECTUM)
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With only a handful of credit unions enrolled, the state of California is pulling out all the stops to get more signed on to a nearly $100 million business lending program.
The California Capital Access Program is offered through the California Pollution Control Finance Authority within the state's treasurer's office. It encourages credit unions and other financial institutions to make loans to small businesses that fall just outside of their conventional underwriting standards.
The way CalCAP, as it is referred to is, works is when a lender's first loan is enrolled, the program establishes a loss-reserve account for that lender. Each time a loan is enrolled under CalCAP, premiums are paid into the portfolio loss-reserve account and the program matches the premiums.
For instance, if the lender and borrower each pay a 2% premium, CalCAP will typically pay 4%. For this one loan a total of 8% is added to the lender's loss-reserve account for its entire CalCAP portfolio. The more loans a lender makes, the more dollars are deposited into the loss-reserve account for its CalCAP portfolio.
Over time, as more loans are enrolled, a lender's loss-reserve account grows, providing 8% to 14% loss coverage on a portfolio of loans that will likely only experience a lower rate of loss, according to the treasurer's office.
If a lender makes 10 loans totaling $500,000, the lender may have as much as $60,000 in its loss- reserve account using an average premium of 3% each from the lender and borrower, 6% from CalCAP. If one loan of $50,000 defaults, the lender has immediate coverage of 100% of the loss. The lender must return recoveries from the borrower, less expenses, to the portfolio loss-reserve account.
To be eligible to apply for the loans, businesses must meet certain criteria, including having fewer than 500 employees and the business activity resulting from the loan is required to be created and retained in California.
The CalCAP program normally runs on about $14 million, said Joe Deanda, a spokesman for California State Treasurer Bill Lockyer. However, earlier this year, it received federal stimulus funds totaling $84 million and the state provided $6 million in 2010 bringing the total to $90 million.
"With the new money coming in, we've taken the lender's share. CalCAP provides 14%. That money goes into the loan-loss reserve account at the financial institution," Deanda explained. "If there is a default, the lender will get 100% payback through the loan-loss reserve."
Deanda said federal rules only allow the program to receive funds a third of the time over a three-year period. So far, CalCAP has received $30 million and cannot receive the second allotment until the first round is distributed.
As of June 1, there were 60 California financial institutions enrolled in the program. Three of them are credit unions: $24 million Mid-Cities Financial Credit Union in Compton, $180 million Pacific Community Credit Union in Fullerton, and $4.8 million Episcopal Community Federal Credit Union in Los Angeles.
At press time, CalCAP was in discussions with two more credit unions, said Kourtney Michael Bell, executive fellow with Lockyer's office. Plans are underway to organize a credit union recruitment forum in the greater Los Angeles region, he added.
Deanda said since credit unions have been under represented in the program, CalCAP staff has been meeting with them statewide to educate to educate them on the guidelines.
"We're finding a lot of the time is just a lack of knowledge on how the program works," Deanda said.
The program's terms are the maximum loan amount is $5 million and the maximum enrolled amount is $2.5 million. Lenders set all the terms and conditions of the loans and decide which loans to enroll into CalCAP. The maximum lender-borrower contribution for any single borrower in a three-year period is $100,000.
Lenders determine the premium levels to be paid by the borrower and lender within the parameters of the program Loans can be short or long term, have fixed or variable rates, be secured or unsecured, and bear any type of amortization schedule.
A lender can enroll all or a portion of a loan. CalCAP allows a lender to cover loans beyond its conventional risk threshold. Lenders can also restructure loans by extending terms, amending covenants or releasing collateral.
"Mid-Cities Financial was excited to partner with the CalCAP program to gain additional funds to aid small businesses who may not qualify under our current loan guidelines," said Melia Keller, president/CEO in a statement.