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Six outdoor tilts on NHL slateThe Sports Xchange
July 19. 2013 9:11PM
The NHL announced the 2013-14 season schedule Friday, highlighted by the Chicago Blackhawks raising their second Stanley Cup championship banner in four years, the return of outdoor games and the new conference and division alignments.
The Eastern Conference champion Boston Bruins will open the season against Tampa Bay at TD Garden on Thursday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m.
Home highlights for the Bruins include their annual day-after-Thanksgiving matinee on Nov. 29 against the New York Rangers at 1 p.m. and a Stanley Cup Final rematch with the Chicago Blackhawks on March 27 at 7 p.m.
Boston's longest homestand of the season is five games, from Nov. 5-14, when the Bruins will face Dallas, Florida, Toronto, Tampa Bay and Columbus.
Road highlights include two season-long four-game road trips. The first road swing will see the Bruins travel through Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver from Dec. 8-14. The second four-game trip begins March 27 and runs through April 2 when the B's head to Washington, Philadelphia, Detroit and Toronto.
The Los Angeles Kings, the parent team of the Manchester Monarchs, make their only Boston visit on Monday, Jan. 20 at 1 p.m. — Martin Luther King Day.
The NHL regular season opens Oct. 1 with the Toronto Maple Leafs visiting the Montreal Canadiens. The Blackhawks will then raise their championship banner before taking on the visiting Washington Capitals.
The season is the third in a 10-year television deal between the league and NBC.
Six outdoor games will be played starting with the NHL Winter Classic on Jan. 1 when the Maple Leafs take on Detroit at Michigan Stadium at 12:30 p.m.
Other outdoor games include the Anaheim Ducks vs. the Los Angeles Kings at Dodger Stadium on Jan. 25 (9:30 p.m), the New York Rangers vs. the New Jersey Devils at Yankee Stadium on Jan. 26, (12:30 p.m), the Rangers vs. the New York Islanders at Yankee Stadium on Jan. 29 (7 p.m.), the Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Chicago at Soldier Field on March 1 (8 p.m.) and the Ottawa Senators vs. the Vancouver Canucks at BC Place on March 2 at 4 p.m.
The league will break from Feb. 9-25, 2014 for the Olympics as more than 120 players are expected to represent their respective countries in the men's hockey tourney.
A new divisional alignment takes effect starting this season that ensures that all 30 teams play in all 30 NHL arenas at least once.
In the Eastern Conference, the Atlantic Division includes Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay and Toronto, and the Metropolitan Division includes Carolina, Columbus, New Jersey, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington.
In the Western Conference, the Central Division includes Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis and Winnipeg, and the Pacific Division includes Anaheim, Calgary, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose and Vancouver.
Eastern Conference teams will play 30 divisional games, 24 nondivision conference games and 28 nonconference games. Western Conference teams will play 29 divisional games, 21 nondivision conference games and 32 nonconference games.


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A new University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension website at http://eship.unl.edu/healthcare will help business owners understand the Affordable Care Act and its impact on their businesses.
"The website includes timely information for those who are self-employed or who employ a small or large number of people, whether they are retail, manufacturing or agricultural businesses" according to Carroll Welte, UNL Extension educator. "Under the ACA, agricultural businesses are no different from other business types. Farmers and ranchers need to know the rules, especially if they have a large number of employees."
The website features articles, videos and other news and blog feeds that will be helpful in understanding how the changes will affect business, and how they can develop a business strategy that fulfills the Affordable Care Act requirements and best meets their needs for continued growth.
"The Oct. 1, 2013 deadline is coming fast and employers need to be aware of the ACA employee notification requirement of whether they will or will not provide health coverage in 2014." says Marilyn Schlake, UNL Extension educator. "The federally funded individual Marketplace and the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) exchanges are scheduled to open on Oct. 1. By this time, employers need to inform employees of their coverage options."
The Affordable Care Act was signed into law March 23, 2010. Some mandates are already in place with more becoming effective in 2014. The large employers shared responsibility provision that requires employers to provide insurance coverage or face penalties was delayed until Jan. 1, 2015. However, all business owners should be planning now to explore the options that best meet the ACA law requirements and their employee and business needs.


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rather then take blanket statements from certain eastern rail execs that commuter rail loses money even when it is subsidized though "Purchase of Service Contracts" Maybe this is all a ruse because what would happen at the negotiating table with a commuter rail authority if they caught the president of a railroad say we like the profit margin on our contract ? Its like the president of a union saying that he is happy with the pay his workers get.
Do you work hard at being ignorant or does it just come naturally to you, "commoncarrier"? You obviously are too lazy to really do any research, choosing instead to annoy those who do know something about railroading and transportation. Commuter service, in fact all passenger service, loses money and exists only because citizens through their governments are willing to subsidize it. In some places, it is done through a purchase of service contract. That's a perfect normal way of providing a service. The public authority does not have to invest in infrastructure and may or may not provide rolling stock and locomotives to the contracted operator. In Southern California, the operation is performed by a U.S. subsidiary of a French company. I'm sure if you had known that, you would have found something to *** about there. You don't know anything about labor, either, as demonstrated by your stupid final comment. As a matter of fact, when a contract agreement is reached, labor leaders invariably say they are happy with the terms of the new agreement. Otherwise, their members might ask them why they agreed to a "bad" agreement. I figure you must have been fired by a railroad in the past, "commoncarrier," because you always have anti-rail comments that demonstrate considerable animus. You use various screen names to avoid having others know your true identity, nor do you have the courage to engage in real discussion at these forums. Oh, I forgot, you sort of have to know something in order todiscuss. That lets you out.
In reply to Larry Kaufman:
Larry when have you been critical of railroad management? I love railroads and for instance I love CNs new website that has a pop-up that gets the customers info and the fact that BNSF works with commuter agency's because they know its a tit for tat game. We allow commuter rail and we get $$$$$ for infrastructure. I rode Northstar a couple of times last year and it showed me that Yes you can have Commuter Rail on a busy main line. The best part was that BNSF used its senior conductors who were the nicest guys you ever met. Commuter rail puts a face on the railroad and you can bet that resonates in the state capital there when legislation comes up. Now CSX is doing everything it can to piss off MARC Commuters on the Brunswick Line despite the fact that many of the riders work for the USDOT and on Capital Hill. You dont bite the hand that feeds you.
In reply to commoncarrier:
Speaking of not biting the hand that feeds you, that's good advice that you should follow. I don't much like you, because I don't apprciate ignoramuses who think they know everything coming along and telling those who are responsible for a venture how to do their jobs. When did you get so much smarter than the people who actually get paid to run railroads? BNSF used senior conductors? You don't even know that crews bid assignments based on seniority. There are a number of reasons why senior trainmen might want to work commuter runs. One is that they can take a second job between the morning and evening rush hours. That's just an example. Another is that the work isn't at all strenuous. The railroad does not have much, if anything, to do with who works what runs.
You don't read my work in professional publications. I don't have to explain myself to you, "commoncarrier," but I have been critical of railroad management when I believe it has deserved critical comment. You, on the other hand, come on a site like this one knowing virtually nothing about how a railroad really is organized and operates, and invariably, you assume you know more than railroad executives do and then you make stupid statements telling them how to do their jobs. And you wonder why I don't like you?
Railroads are in the freight business. They would be just as content if they did not have to operate commuter service, especially as they rarely are paid enough to give them a return on their investment. So, you keep telling everyone what's wrong with commuter service. Advocate all the "new studey on if commuter rail can be profitable" (and that is a really bad locution). Meanwhile, that is an issue that is not a concern. Everyone but "commoncarrier" seems to understand the economics and that commuter service is not profitable and absent a big dose of taxpayer money, will not become profitable. Taxpayers do not like to pay higher taxes, in case you haven't noticed. In fact, why don't you go to the various states and meet with public officials and persuade them first that you know what you are talking about, and second, that they should pony up millions for rail commuter operations. That should be fun to watch.
By the way, "commoncarrier," I note that you don't hesitate to address me by my first name. You, on the other hand, are still hiding behind the moniker "commoncarrier." I put my name on my work, as do all reputable journalists. You, on the other hand, do not identify yourself. Now which of us do you think has credibility with readers? Of course, if I made as many stupid statements as you do, I'd probably not want others to know who I am, either. Ta-ta.
A common theme of Reagonomics is that private industry can do it better and cheaper. The Dullas Toll Road (http://dullesgreenway.com/) is one examplen that is often cited but you must also understand that this project could not have been built without huge concessions from the State of Virgina. Furthermore truckers and taxicab companys would be crying foul if only the Greenways Trucking and Taxicabs were allowed on this route and then charged exorbant fees. In the case of the MARC/CSX route to Brunswick CSX knows that they have the Maryland MTA over a barrel because the capital district is out of land and what land there is permits and easments would take years to get.
The question then becomes--How much money would it take to build a heavy rail system from scratch in 2012 from Rockville(end of Metrorail) to Martinsburg WV vs paying whatever CSX wants to rent there tracks? The question also should be- Why should the State of Maryland fund another route when it underwrote the bonds that created the B&O in the first place way back in the 1800s for both passengers and freight? The State of MD granted the B&O (CSX) a charter to carry passengers and freight and if they cant do that the revoke the freaking charter! Mr Kaufman--Google Writ of Mandamus in Lexis Nexis or Findlaw and you will find ruling after ruling showing railroads to be subject to the same writ as other goverment entities. (A wrrit of mandamus is a court order to a goverment agency or official to do his or her duty such as the DPW to fix a pothole) also you will find that railroads have been ruled to be "Public Works". Public Works that have been hijacked by private intrests that want to keep us in the dark about what is public and what we really own.
Many commuter railroads in Europe earn healthy operating profits, and some even earn a good return on capital renewals. Cities are (generally) designed and planned to be more conducive to walking and public transit, there is better integration with buses and urban rail systems (trams, metros), there are higher taxes on gasoline, and parking is often more expensive. But the transit systems are also, often, operated more "commercially", with fares set closer to market demand, with train staff managed more efficiently and more productively, and with rolling stock bought on the international market.
It does suit inefficient public-sector operators to spread the myth that passenger rail never needs money, because living off subsidy from Government is an easier life than chasing passengers. But the data is conclusive. The British rail regulator now publishes financial information for different "routes" (which are really geographic zones. Easiest way to find this is to google "GB Rail Financial Information". You need to do the long division yourself, but you can figure out the the average yield (fare revenue) ranges from £0.12 to £0.16 per km, while the average cost is in the range £0.16 to £0.24. The numbers almost match on the Wessex zone, which includes commuter lines into Waterloo Station. In fact there are many routes within that zone where average yields are higher and costs are lower, but for public service reasons the less profitable routes must continue to be operated. Certainly higher fares could be charged too, but they are kept down as a matter of public policy.
Most train services in Europe are still operated by state owned operators, but there are now wholly private sector companies in Germany, Sweden, Britain, Italy, and the Czech Republic operating intercity passenger services with any subsidy at all.
It is perverse that development of passenger rail services in America is retarded because of the view that such services always lose money, when this is often only because fares are set at a low level in a misguided effort to help the poor. Most peak hour rail passengers are commuters who have jobs. Lower fares can be charged in the off peak, to fill empty seats.
It may be possible to operate profitable passenger rail in the US today, if you could:
- use rolling stock bought on the international market (probably made in China, not "Buy America")
- charge market-based fares to maximise revenues, not votes
- pay staff wages competitive with other industries, and manage them efficientily
And of course it would help (but may not be necessary) if Government would
- raise taxes on gasoline (which might help save the planet too)
- restrict exurban sprawl (although collapse of the mortgage market may have done this already)
- tax employee parking as a benefit (Canada already does this)
The freight railroads might then discover that carrying passengers can be a very profitable business they would like to be in. 30 years ago most of them weren't interested in intermodal either. Times change.
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Commoncarrier has used up all my patience, so I shall not waste my time (or yours, dear readers) rebutting Michael Schabas point by point. I will deal only with his contention that freight railroads, if they only were smarter, would underatand that there are huge profits to be made from passenger/commuter rail service. (my characterization of his locution). I note that Mr. Schabas uses European terminology such as "capital renwals" while we in this country would refer to capital investment or capital expenditures. They are not the same thing. Subsidies are generally based on covering avoidable cost, those costs that a carier/operator would not have if it did not operate commuter service. One problem Amtrak faces is that it doesn't have the funding to cover capital needs and there is no reimbursement for railroad operators to provide it for Amtrak without payment. It is very possible that European operators, using European accounting standards, can report revenue above avoidable cost. It may even be called "profit" in Europe, but it certainly is not profit under U.S. GAAP general accounting principles. In earlier times in my life, I was a regular commuter on the Hudson Division, New Haven, and later NJ Transit. My monthly commuter pass cost considerably less than purchase 20-some-odd round-trip tickets each month. That was a method subsidizing the service. I made sure to thank my fellow taxpayers who did not ride the trains into New York City or Hoboken (NJ Transit), for it was they who paid the additional taxes to provide the service. Profitable? No way.
As you can see, I'm back after taking a few weeks off. Commoncarriage, or whoever you are, be advised. I am refreshed and find you just as insufferable as before I left. One of the annoying traits of your refusal to identify yourself is that readers have no knowledge of whether you are a student (a bad one, if so), a disgruntled former or even current rail worker, a foamer (I make it a practice to refer to rail fans and avoid the insulting term "foamer" but make an exception in your case, or some dilettante who just came across this site one day. Knowing who and what you are would contribute to readers having better understanding of you and your credibility (none, as far as I can see.) I shall continue to call you out on every stupid post/comment you make. It's a dark and dirty job, but someone has got to do it.
Larry KaufmanCommoncarrier has used up all my patience, so I shall not waste my time (or yours, dear readers) rebutting Michael Schabas point by point. I will deal only with his contention that freight railroads, if they only were smarter, would underatand that there are huge profits to be made from passenger/commuter rail service.
I don't think that's fair to Mr. Schabas; he seems to think we'd also need a smarter government (with the implication of smarter electorate.)
In reply to anmccaff:
Neither I nor Mr. Schabas can do anything meaningful about the intelligence of our electorate or government. I try, to the extent possible, to live in the world that is as opposed to the world I might prefer. The former is real; the latter fanciful. Obviously, conditions could be created that change the economics of transportation and make passenger service profitable (commuter service never was possible and was subsidized by the earnings of freight service until those earnings effectively were eliminated.) Look at the current situation. The House was quite willing to strip funding for transit from its version of the highway bill. The same dunderheads were playing games with tax dollars, claiming they could fund infrastructure with revenue from increased oil and gas drilling. That revenue, if it were to materialize, would not begin flowing until the act expired, nor was their any assured revenue stream for the Highway Trust Fund. Oh, well, what are a few facts when our dogma is at stake. The fact is, anmccaff, that government actions and policies impel business decisions. We wouldn't have the commuter service that now exists nor the intercity passenger service if it were not for legislation that permits it if not stimulates it. You could create an environment where the public absorbed more of the avoidable cost and even the fixed cost and that would drive the profitability of commuter and passenger service. But would it? I was around when Amtrak was created, having broken the Penn Central bankruptcy story in the pages of Business Week some two weeks before PC did file. The most efficient solution to the passenger problem would have been to subsidize continued operation by the railroads. That was politically undoable because the politcians already had made the railroads the "bad guys" who allegedly were conspiring to kill passenger rail, so the pols got bitten in the butt by their own intellectual dishonesty.
Could it also be said that truckers and freight really pay the bills of Toll Roads like the NYS thruway and the Ohio Turnpike? That passenger
car tolls are kept low for poltical reasons?
Could it also be said that truckers and freight really pay the bills of Toll Roads like the NYS thruway and the Ohio Turnpike? That passenger
car tolls are kept low for poltical reasons?
The differential between damage caused is well over a thousand to one, climbing almost asymptotically at the high end.
The difference between tolls is about 10 to one.
So, no. Not even close.
"commoncarrier" insists on displaying his ignorance in public. Several independent cost responsibility studies have been done since the Interstate Highway System was created. In all of them it was determined that heavy trucks - 18-wheelers for you "commoncarrier" do not pay their allocable share of the highways they use and consume. So much for your cockamamie idea that they subsidize automobile users and that auto users get a subsidy for political reasons.
As you insist on hiding behind a stupid screen name and you refuse to engage in rational conversation, I have decided not to waste anymore time reasoning with you. You are beyond reason, and as far as I'm concerned, you no longer exist. If others wish to deal with you, that's up to them. Goodbye.


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THE NEWS Home Depot Inc., the largest U.S. home improvement retailer, said its fiscal fourth-quarter net income surged 32 percent, beating expectations. Revenue rose 14 percent, helped by strong U.S. sales and the cleanup related to Superstorm Sandy.
THE CONTEXT: The news is the latest sign that Americans are feeling more comfortable spending money on their homes as the housing market slowly recovers.
THE HIGHLIGHTS: Home Depot said New York and New Jersey were the strongest regions as people repaired homes after Superstorm Sandy, but there was also recovery in Florida, California and Arizona — the hardest hit regions during the housing downturn.


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It's a Hip, Hip, Hip World
But a new handbook to social savvy can't escape its square future.
Nothing communicates coolness as quickly and effectively as what you play on a jukebox. Consider the following fictional scenario from Robert Lanham's new social guide, The Hipster Handbook. It takes place at a generic hole-in-the-wall in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, but it could just as easily occur at a dive in Seattle's fashionable Belltown, or in the U District in D.C., or on the Lower East Side, or, of course, in Williamsburg. At one table, a group of frat boys is playing quarters; they request R.E.M. Nearby, a local carpenter has other ideas: Les Savy Fav and—because he presumably knows that hip women "have grown tired of dating men who wear Girl Scout T-shirts"—Ted Nugent. Who do you think is going to impress the hot chick behind the bar?
In the book's telling, though, the bartender's not a chick, but a tassel with a nice nancy (ass). She's a wash (wait staff and service hipster). The carpenter, a bipster (blue-collar hipster), isn't cool; he's deck. (You get the feeling he's also something of a wally—an acronym for "women always look longingly at you.") The Sigma Nus, on the other hand, aren't deck but fin, and they're probably frados (ugly guys who think they're good-looking) to boot. The R.E.M. selection—especially if it postdates Murmur—is ishtar. Oh well, at least they're getting shellacked on all those bronsons.
The fact that it contains an amusing new slang lexicon has helped create a minor buzz about The Hipster Handbook, but it also raises a question: Is Lanham for real? Rick Marin, reviewing the book in the Times recently, prefaced his piece with a caveat: "Whether this argot is real or made up, who knows?" (Marin was perhaps extra wary of being duped; he wrote the infamous Times story which included a "lexicon of grunge" back in 1992, only to discover that he'd been the victim of a record company intern's hoax.) The New York Post has asserted, "It's all completely invented."
By day, Lanham edits and publishes the Web journal FREEwilliamsburg.com, a mostly monthly arts and culture review that declares itself free of "direction, a mission, or a political slant." (Republicans will nonetheless want to steer clear; "Bush rhymes with pig fucker," reads a banner on the top of the site.) He calls himself an "anthropologist." And he swears the vocab is legit. In fact, he predicts that in 10 years we will all regard "deck" and "fin" much the way we do "fresh" and "fly" today—which, well, depends on how hip we are, doesn't it? Of course, Lanham has admitted that, while writing the book, his tongue was "so far in my cheek that my face still hurts." He is not, by the way, a hipster, or so he says. But then, right there on Page 13: "Hipsters never admit to being hipsters." You see the problem.
Not since Dave Eggers has a writer built so many layers of self-defense into his work. (Speaking of Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius rates as a must-read for aspiring hipsters because it "will enable you to make fun of how pretentious Dave Eggers is.") But unlike Eggers, whose many layers of self-awareness were used as a form of protection from real pain (and, let's face it, as a literary gimmick), Lanham seems, in his carefully calibrated fence-riding, to be trying to avoid the clearly established pitfalls of his particular genre of social handbook (Lisa Birnbach's Official Preppy Handbook, Sam Sifton's Field Guide to the Yettie …).
For instance, there's the problem of the relentlessly ticking hipness clock, a tragic truth first identified in 1973 by Tower of Power: "What's hip today might soon become passé." A lot can happen in the time that elapses while a manuscript becomes a book on the shelf. What are we to make of Lanham's celebration of the old metal/punk devil-fingers greeting ("raise your arm at a forty-five degree angle, pointing your pinky and index fingers in the air while pressing the middle and ring finger against your palm with your thumb") now that the decidedly fin pseudo-punk Avril Lavigne has co-opted the gesture on MTV? After all, the greeting's hipness depends upon a "passion for eighties metal that is paradoxically ironic and sincere," and Lavigne is neither metal-friendly nor old enough to remember the '80s with any sincerity.
And who exactly is the audience for such a book? Lanham suggests that hipsters carry it in their back pockets or purses, but surely he realizes that this is implausible; after all, we know that hipsters, by definition, don't admit to being hipsters, and moreover, Lanham identifies as one of the "core elements of hipsterdom" the fact that "hipsters think lists like this suck ass." Of what use, then, can the book be to non-hipsters, given that it's antithetical, by nature, to the culture it seeks to explain?
To be fair, though, The Hipster Handbook is so comprehensive and so well-done that only a poseur could criticize it without tongue in cheek. And there are some gems of advice for aging hipsters and wannabes who may be falling out of touch with the deck and fin:
"The switchblade comb is still very fashionable."
"Cat fetishes are fatuous and extramarital affairs are bourgeois."
"Dating someone substantially younger won't make you look hip; it will make you look like a pedophile." Dirty old men beware.
But back to Wicker Park. In Lanham's barroom parable, one of the pledge brothers gets charged $6 for a bottle of Budweiser by the wash tassel tending bar; not only is his taste in music ishtar, but he's got the nerve to ask for Buffalo wings. (While it's true that "lately, many hipsters have become devout carnivores who take great pride in a meat-heavy diet," a fondness for kitsch is important, so better to stick with sloppy Joes and meatloaf.) Our handyman Bipster friend, meanwhile, tips heavily on his first bronson (a Red Hook) and gets offered a freebie—which he declines, just as he passes on the sex she offers him later in the night; turns out he "jerked off earlier to 'Girls Gone Wild.' "
Does it matter if he did it ironically? He didn't get laid, and he didn't even pay less for his beer. No wonder the squares never learn. As Tower of Power also sang, "Sometimes hipness is what it ain't."


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Marina di Scarlino, Italy (May 12, 2017) - Sadly, there was just not enough wind to get any races underway at the 2017 Melges 20 World League, European Division event hosted by Marina di Scarlino/Club Nautico Scarlino.
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NASCAR took the final step toward setting its 2014 rules package with a critical test session Wednesday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The test featured four simulated races with four different configurations on the Gen-6 Sprint Cup Series car. Drivers had to attend a mandatory debrief with NASCAR following each session to give feedback on the aerodynamic, engine and suspension combinations.
NASCAR had 30 cars participating in the test, and planned to choose the configuration most favorable among drivers to test with a tapered spacer designed to reduce engine horsepower.
The goal of the test is to improve the racing at 1.5-mile superspeedways, which has been a stated goal of NASCAR chairman Brian France. He was scheduled to attend the test Monday, but rain postponed it until Wednesday.


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Welcome to the Program in Sociology and Education
Sociology was the first social science discipline to develop a basic framework for the study of education, complementing long-established perspectives rooted in psychology and philosophy. Sociology is both solidly theoretical and highly relevant to policy and practice in education. The sociological study of education began at Teachers College in the first decade of the twentieth century. Since then, our Sociology and Education Program has educated aspiring researchers, policy makers, school leaders, and teachers to use sociological theories and research findings as they analyze educational problems and seek to have an impact in solving those problems. Our focus has been broad – emphasizing educational issues in schools and colleges, but also looking at education in other contexts. We explore education in individuals' lives across the lifespan, and we examine how education helps shape social life in urban areas and other settings, including international contexts.
The faculty for Sociology and Education includes our core program faculty as well as sociologists from other programs at Teachers College and in the Department of Sociology of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University. Faculty strengths are in education and social stratification; organization theory and the social organization of schools, classrooms, and other learning environments; urban education; school desegregation and school choice; education and the life course; and the social analysis of education policy. The program faculty are actively engaged in research, including the analysis and evaluation of educational policies and programs designed to serve educationally disadvantaged populations.
The curriculum of the Sociology and Education program emphasizes issues in urban education, including the social organization of urban schools and school systems, and the success or failure of urban schools in meeting the educational needs of the diverse populations they serve. The program provides training and hands-on experience in evaluation methods and both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
The program in Sociology and Education also offers a Policy Studies Concentration for students in the M.A. and Ed.M. programs. For more information on this concentration, which is open to students throughout Teachers College, please contact Professor Aaron Pallas.


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WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday that he is rescinding a rule that bans women serving in direct combat roles to ensure that U.S. forces are the most capable they can be.
"Women have shown great courage and sacrifice on and off the battlefield, contributed in unprecedented ways to the military's mission and proven their ability to serve in an expanding number of role," Panetta said Thursday in a statement. "The department's goal in rescinding the rule is to ensure that the mission is met with the best-qualified and most capable people, regardless of gender."
President Barack Obama hailed the decision made on the recommendation of the military's Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"Today, every American can be proud that our military will grow even stronger with our mothers, wives, sisters and daughters playing a greater role in protecting this country we love," Obama said in a statement.
Panetta said his move reflects the themes of inclusiveness and equality that Obama laid out in his inaugural address this week as guiding principles for his second term. Opening ground-combat units will provide more opportunities for women to serve and to advance their military careers.
The changes won't be immediate, and they may not wipe away all limits on women in combat. Ending the U.S. ban will open as many as 237,000 positions to women by January 2016, the date set for final implementation, according to a defense official who asked not to be identified.
The military services have been directed to have plans completed by May 15, the official said.


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Manchester, England Designed by the London office of RTKL for Birmingham, U.K.-based Richardson Developments, The Printworks was created to be Europe's premier urban entertainment district. Open 24 hours a day, the 600,000-sq.-ft. project was 100% leased before opening its doors in 2000.
Formerly the site of Daily Mirror printworks, The Printworks is a collection of buildings each designed individually with some façades 80-ft. high that combine to create a new Manchester Street. Three years in the making, the center features the latest in entertainment technology. Inside, a "living ceiling" features a projection screen nearly 91 ft. by 52 ft. that shows images of fireworks, falling leaves, hot air balloons, etc. The tenant lineup includes Books etc.; phones4you; thefilmsworks (including a 400-seat IMAX theater); Cromwells Madhouse; Norwegian Blue; Old Orleans; Henry J. Beans; Witherspoon's; Haagan-Dazs; and BB's Muffins and Cakes.
Taiwan PanelTech Hai-Sei and Netkey recently formed an alliance. The former, a subsidiary of Huan Hsin Holding Ltd., is one of the largest manufacturers of computer hardware in Asia. Having developed a strong presence in Taipei, Singapore, Hong Kong and Greater China, PanelTech Hai-Sei gives NetKey a strategic advantage to enter the Asian market. The latter is a Chicago-based provider of innovative and scalable software products and services for self-service devices including kiosks, web-enabled ATMs and managed PCs. Kiosk technology helps consumers quickly obtain information they need to make purchase decisions, such as locating products, checking product availability, accessing product information and receiving relevant promotions, using web-based technology, says Alex Richardson, CEO of Netkey.
Fort Worth, Texas Carter & Burgess continues to expand its international entertainment design capabilities with the addition of Chris Miles and Jeffrey Blydenburgh as design director and development director respectively. Before joining Carter & Burgess, the duo were founding principals of HOK Studio E and URS Entertainment Services. With 65 years of combined experience, some of their projects include Heron City Las Rozas in Madrid, Spain; Can Drago in Barcelona, Spain; and Kungens Kurva in Stockholm, Sweden. As we continue to expand the depth of our facilities design services, we see the global leisure destination market as a key area of focus, says Jim Congdon, P.E., senior VP and head of the firm's facilities design practice.
Carter & Burgess is a full-service firm offering consulting services to the entertainment, retail, communication, transportation, land development and public works industries.
Dsseldorf, Germany London-based Kingfisher plc recently acquired Yagma AG, an online consumer electronics retailer. The Dsseldorf, Germany-based Internet company sold for a nominal cash fee. Yagma will now provide Kingfisher's German, electrical retail business, ProMarkt, with the ability to conduct online transactions, as reported by BridgeNews.
Tokyo Supermarket chain giant Jusco surpassed its locally based competitor Ito-Yokado as Japan's most profitable retailer. The company's pre-tax profit totaled $200 million, 3 billion more yen (more than $24 million) than Ito-Yokado's profit margin.
In related news, being No. 2 in Japan hasn't slowed Ito-Yokado down a bit. The company is planning to open additional stores since the doubling of sales in two of its locations Chengdu, Japan, and Beijing, according to just-food.com. In fact, a five-story supermarket is online for September in northern Beijing and a similar store is slated to open in 2003. Additional smaller sites also are being considered, as reported by Retail NewsBeat.
Ito-Yokado Co. operates superstores, convenience stores, restaurants, supermarkets, department stores, specialty shops and discount chains.


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Goodstein Fighting for Love in the Century of Extinction: How Passion and Politics Can Stop Global Warming
Eban Goodstein, professor of economics, authors a passionate plea for saving the environment and a pragmatic argument for the central role political activism must play if we are to stop global warming.
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The Huskies stayed a step ahead of their competition — but just a step ahead. Like a runner in a road race who wanted company, rather than a great finishing time, they never did pull away from New Hampshire.
"Whatever the competition is, that's the way we've been playing," said Ryan Boatright, who scored 19 points in UConn's 61-53 victory Thursday night over New Hampshire before 8,705 at the XL Center. "If we're not playing a 'known' team, we come out flat. If we were playing a team like Michigan State, we come out on fire."
"We're going to learn to play the same way all the time, but we've got a young team right now."
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NBC Likely Airing Ill-Fated Munsters Reboot Pilot As a Halloween Special
Potentially exciting.
There might be a consolation prize for NBC's decision to nix the Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane: The network may air the $10 million pilot as a Halloween special in a few weeks. Writer-producer Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) and director Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, House) reportedly had creative differences about the style, with the final product "said to have come in below the network's expectations." Portia de Rossi, Eddie Izzard, and Jerry O'Connell starred. Hopefully we'll get to see it.


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11w, 2d. My husband and I totally weren't planning to break the news of this pregnancy to our kids just yet, but with two boys, ages 3 and 5, there's lots of roughhousing going on in our house—and I felt like my belly was under siege from some pint-size ninjas.
So, about two weeks ago, we broke the news to our kids that we're expecting a baby in January. They were… nonplussed, to say the least. I had the foresight to capture the moment on video—and the lack of foresight to have my hand covering the microphone, so really all you can get from the minute or so of footage is my 5-year-old staring blankly at his dad, and my 3-year-old staring at his brother in turn. Perhaps it was for the best that you can't hear the audio when my son turns to look at me and asks, "So, Mommy will get fat?"
Later that day, he looked up at me rather angelically and said, "Well, I thought you might be pregnant because you're already looking a little fat." Nice, kid. My husband kindly stepped in later that day and had a word with him about how PREGNANT ? FAT.
Anyway, we had a number of hesitations in telling the kids, the first of which was that we're still in the first trimester and aware of the possibility of miscarriage (see, um, most prior posts of mine). But, largely because my mom passed away three years ago, my older son has a solid, age-appropriate understanding of death. I don't write this to be morbid, and I certainly wouldn't want to put my children through unnecessary emotional pain, but death is not a wholly unfamiliar concept in our household (in fact, just last night, my son suggested that we say a prayer for my mom in Heaven, because he wished she could have seen him "graduate" from pre-K and learn how to ride a bike, both of which he did yesterday). Secondly, my husband reminded me that our children have no concept of a secret and would be sure to share the news with everyone. For some reason, I was less concerned about that this time around, maybe because I'm showing much earlier and it feels more obvious to the whole world.
Lo and behold, I promptly got a hug from my son's pre-K teacher during drop-off on a recent morning, and a classmate of my son's came up to me at the end of the year school picnic and told me that Ben said I was going to have a baby at Christmastime. Apparently my 3-year-old has also been sharing the news at school. And even my husband, who has been reticent in the past to say much of anything about a pregnancy until, say, the baby was inching its way out of the birth canal, has been volunteering the info to relative strangers. And of course, here I am, telling the whole Internet.
I'm not sure what all of this means, if anything, other than that we're all excited. I sincerely hope that the pregnancy continues to go smoothly and that our openness doesn't end up hurting us, but I'm doing everything I can to make this a healthy pregnancy, and the rest is out of my hands.
I know lots of people (maybe most?) wouldn't share the news with their kids this early. When did you break the news to your child(ren) that you were pregnant again? Did you get any priceless reactions?


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Gina Lirange figured softball would continue to be her favored sport when she first got to Auburn High. But after making the varsity field hockey team as a freshman and leading the Rockets to the 2010 Division 2 state final her senior year, that changed.
"I really liked field hockey," Lirange said, "and then with all the success our teams had, I liked it even more."
Lirange, a former Hometeam Magazine Player of the Year, was recently named a captain of the Bentley field hockey team, and last weekend the junior forward scored her first two goals of the season in the Falcons' 4-0 win over Oberlin.
Lirange, who ranked second on the team in scoring a year ago with eight goals and three assists for 19 points, is Bentley's top returning scoring threat. The Falcons checked in at No. 8 in the most recent Division 2 poll and have high hopes of making a second straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.
"Our expectations are definitely high," Lirange said. "We definitely want to get back to the NCAAs, and I think our team has great potential to do that."
Lirange, who totaled 29 goals and 13 assists her senior year at Auburn and scored the overtime winner against Hopedale in the Central Mass. final, was named to the Northeast-10 Conference All-Rookie Team in 2011 and last season piled up 13 points in Bentley's seven-game winning streak to finish the regular season.
She is the only junior on this year's roster and joins three seniors as a captain.
"When things need to get done, I like to get them done and I try to encourage others to follow my lead just by seeing what I'm doing," Lirange said, describing her leadership style. "Especially in games if we're not playing well, sometimes you just need a kick-start. If someone else sees you doing it, it kind of inspires them, 'Oh, I have to pick it up, too.'?"
Lirange prepared for this season by training at Bentley's gym and playing in summer leagues while working her first full-time job. An accounting major, she had an accounting internship at QinetiQ North America, a defense contractor with an office in Waltham. She worked in the company's compliance department.
Lirange always has been an excellent math student and likely inherited her command of sums and differences from her dad, Paul Lirange, who is a math teacher at Oxford High.
Her mom, Candy Lirange, is a foreign languages teacher at Oxford, and this year Lirange added a minor in Spanish.
"I guess I'm making both of my parents happy," Lirange said.
She always has done that.
In addition to playing field hockey, basketball and softball at Auburn, Lirange was a member of the National Honor Society and graduated third in her class.
At Bentley, she has continued to excel with her schoolwork and has earned academic accolades from both the NE-10 and the National Field Hockey Coaches Association.
The Falcons continue their season today at Franklin Pierce. Lirange will have a homecoming when Bentley plays at NE-10 foe Assumption on Sept. 28.
"It's an awesome opportunity to be preparing myself for the real world and get to play a sport and be in competition," Lirange said. "It's been a great experience so far."
Valor award to Powell
Former Clark basketball player Reed Powell of Worcester will receive the ECAC Award of Valor, given annually to a student-athlete whose courage, motivation and relentless determination serve as an inspiration to all.
In June 2011, Powell suffered life-threatening injuries in a motorcycle accident. He spent six weeks in a medically induced coma in the intensive care unit at UMass Memorial Medical Center.
Frail and physically weak, he basically had to learn how to walk again. Indomitable and spiritually strong, he did and, aided by a cane, miraculously returned to Clark just three months after the accident, in September 2011, to begin graduate studies.
Last winter, Powell rejoined the basketball team and played out his final year of eligibility.
Powell will receive his award at the annual ECAC fall convention Sept. 29 at the Sea Crest Hotel in Falmouth.
Holy Cross sports on web
Holy Cross fans can watch football, field hockey, men's and women's soccer and volleyball games live and from their own laptops this fall.
The Patriot League Network (PLN), powered by Campus Insiders, is providing free live coverage of about 250 games during the fall sports season. Men's and women's basketball games will be available this winter.
Holy Cross games, both live and archived, as well as the weekly football show can be accessed through the HC athletics website, goholycross.com. Once on the web site, click "Live Video" to get the Patriot League Network.
Holy Cross video coordinator and media relations assistant Jamie Reynolds, a Worcester native and 2009 HC graduate, is in charge of all production on the Crusaders' site.
"We want to bring as much video content as we can to our fans," said Frank Mastrandrea, assistant athletic director of marketing and promotions. "We want to spread the word of Holy Cross as far as we can and let fans, alumni and family members who can't be there have the chance to watch and enjoy the games."
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Injection Safety
Definition of the Prevention Area
Addressing injection safety helps prevent the medical transmission of HIV and other blood-borne pathogens to patients and health care workers. Injection safety falls under the umbrella of health systems strengthening and encompasses safe medical injection, safe phlebotomy practices, safe disposal of health care waste, and the provision of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) following occupational exposure to HIV.
Many countries lack the policies and guidelines necessary to support injection safety practices. Health care workers without proper training and commodities for safe injection, infection control, and health care waste disposal practices may expose patients, providers, and communities to HIV.
In many countries, the problem of unsafe injections is further compounded by patients' and health care providers' perceptions, often culturally based, that injections are more effective than non-injection alternatives. Often, an economic incentive exists for health care providers to provide an injection because of higher fees for injection-based treatments. Further, health care providers are often not trained in injection safety or in counseling patients on non-injection treatment alternatives. Patients' high demand for injections and health workers' willingness to provide them results in a high volume of medically unnecessary injections. The number of phlebotomy and injection procedures performed has increased in recent years related to the rapid scale-up of prevention, testing, and treatment services provided by local governments and by programs funded through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). These factors create a greater need for new, sterile injection equipment and safe disposal strategies for the health care waste that is generated. Commodity procurement and distribution often reveal multiple, undocumented procurement mechanisms, insufficient planning, challenges with distribution, and lack of quality standards for injection equipment.
Epidemiological Justification for the Prevention Area
The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently engaged in an exercise to estimate the global burden of unsafe injection, the results of which are expected in 2011. Currently available data from WHO date to 2000. These data estimate that of the 16 billion injections administered annually in developing and transitional countries, at least 50 percent are unnecessary and unsafe; observations conducted between 1987 and 1998 found rates of unsafe injection higher than 50 percent in numerous countries. WHO estimates from 2000 indicate that unsafe injections are responsible for 5 percent of HIV infections, 32 percent of hepatitis B virus infections, and 40 percent of hepatitis C virus infections. Other data suggest a range of estimates with both higher and lower values; WHO's 2011 estimates are eagerly anticipated to resolve discrepant estimates and assess progress since 2000.
Over the last decade, evaluation data suggest that comprehensive injection safety programs have expanded the availability of guidelines, increased the use of new syringes and needles with every injection, improved health care waste management, and increased understanding of the importance of injection safety for patients, health care workers, and the wider community.
Core Programmatic Components
PEPFAR activities are based on the strategy recommended by WHO and the Safe Injection Global Network to reduce unsafe and unnecessary injections and limit the transmission of HIV, which has been expanded to include:
- Advocacy to make injection safety and health care waste management a priority among decision makers at the national level and health service providers at the facility level
- Building health worker capacity for safe injection through the development of preservice and in-service curricula and through strengthened systems of supportive supervision
- Behavior change communication among patients and health care workers to reduce unnecessary injections and achieve injection safety
- Advocacy for health worker safety through access to PEP and through the routine provision of the hepatitis B vaccination to all health practitioners
- Support for the procurement of necessary commodities for safe injection and health care waste management
- Support for safe and proper health care waste management practices
- Developing and updating standard, evidence-based treatment guidelines for common ailments to promote non-injection treatment alternatives.
Current Status of Implementation Experience
Since 2004, PEPFAR has supported initiatives to prevent the medical transmission of HIV in Africa and the Caribbean by implementing comprehensive injection safety programs that include the elements previously delineated. Five-year follow-up assessments in 11 of the countries awarded PEPFAR funding for injection safety indicate that progress has been made; for example, almost all the countries developed a national injection safety policy and health care waste management plan. In addition, all countries have increased ownership of and sustained their injection safety initiatives through multidisciplinary participation in injection safety committees. Follow-up assessments conducted at intervention facilities also indicate a reduction in needle stick injury as reported by health workers, attributed to improved training in core practices such as not recapping used needles and properly disposing of used needles/syringes immediately in a sharps container.
Countries have developed tools for monitoring the use of safe injection and health care waste management supplies. These tools provide accurate data on the consumption of supplies and are used at the country level to advocate for resources for commodities. Logistics managers use the data to manage commodities proactively and ensure that commodities are available at service delivery points. Countries have been introduced to single-use safe injection technologies, and many countries have transitioned to self-procurement of these commodities.
The number of health care facilities that practice proper health care waste segregation in countries with injection safety programs has increased. Capacity building efforts have enabled national and local partners to develop health care waste management plans and advocate for resources. Health care workers have been increasingly sensitized to the critical role that everyone at a health facility—not just waste handlers—can play in health care waste management.
Advocacy efforts to government ministries have been effective in bringing necessary resources to support injection safety efforts. For example, some governments now vaccinate health care workers against hepatitis B and provide personal protective equipment. Injection safety projects and their partners have trained health care workers on PEP treatment guidelines and have advocated to assure the availability of PEP to health care workers.
Phlebotomy, which poses a recognized HIV risk for health care workers, was not initially included in PEPFAR's injection safety initiatives. Country-specific data assessing the burden of phlebotomy on HIV transmission are generally unavailable to inform development of a strategy for safe practices. While guidelines on safe phlebotomy practices were developed by WHO in 2010, work remains at the country level to assess current practices and develop a response.
Best injection safety practices developed under currently funded PEPFAR country programs could be modeled to improve injection safety in other countries. While injection safety efforts began following a vertical model, this issue is cross-cutting and there must be movement toward integration as a component of efforts to strengthen health systems.


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DENVER, COLORADO -- I was watching Netflix, spilled something on my remote, wiped it down and lost everything. Pressed a bad button? Could not get Netflix back on the remote, could not access it. Got first customer service guy, could not speak good English, confusing and reading from a script, didn't listen. Told me it was a bad TV. Got another person, also clueless, goes off a script, does not listen or try to figure it out with logic. Tells me it's my cable or my bad TV. Wasted over an hour by now.
Called cable company, got wasted person with them... got another person who did not help. Another 45 min gone. Still can't get back into Grey's Anatomy, was bingeing. Finally... I needed a geek who would figure out that I pushed buttons and messed it so must do something to reset. Right? Wait. I called the Geek Squad, whom I have a service contract with. He had me reset the computer and the buttons reset, like the guy said, logical and easy. FIVE minutes. 5, count them. Netflix was useless and using outsourced people in far away lands. Shameful.
My wife and I never have time for movies anymore. Between work and the kids we just find enough time to eat, sleep and sometimes get dressed. Our thing is we love shows. We like movies, TV shows, documentaries. You name it. We finally bit the bullet and got Netflix. I think we pay like $9.99/month or something like that. So far I have been pleasantly surprised by how well the service works. For our priced package we can have unlimited movies per month, but you can only have one in your possession at a time.
You can go online and fill up your "queue" and the movies just show up in your mailbox. Once you are done you drop it back in the provided envelope and drop it back in your mailbox. A few days later whatever movie is next in your queue arrives. You keep them as long as you like. You just won't get another movie until you return that one. Beyond the DVDs, also included in the price is access to watch movies and shows online through your computer (or in our case, we use our iPad or iPhone).
Not all movies are available to watch online, but they have a decent selection. New stuff seems to only be mail-order disc, but they have a pretty decent catalog of older movies & shows. We can pull up a cartoon for our kids at anytime/anywhere. It lets you stream up to 2 movies/shows at one time, so sometimes I will be watching something downstairs and my wife will have a show on with the kids upstairs. It also remembers where you left off in a movie if you leave or close it down.
Next time you pull up the Netflix app on your iPad you can just start up where you left off. Pretty cool. If you spend any amount of money at brick and mortar movie rental shops I would recommend looking into Netflix. Saves you so many last minute trips to return a late movie. You only need to walk out to your mailbox. =)
Netflix announces that it is splitting its unlimited DVD and Streaming services and somehow believes that they've lowered costs to its customers in the process? These people are smoking something again! My subscription began at $13.99 when I started as a Netflix customer and it has continued to increase every 6 months while I've seen tools, features and availability of movies decrease significantly. After the latest price increase, I would be paying $23.98. I say "would" because this is the 4th price increase and I believe my last to enjoy.
They've also been notorious for providing tools and features, such as allowing people to see member reviews for helping to select movies, and them taking them away. Movie selection is through a ridiculous process whereby they attempt to make the selection process of equal fairness to paying customers at every level, but instead, through a ridiculous and not very well thought out movie selection and delivery scheme, they end up frustrating everyone by causing people to wait several months to receive a single movie title. Yes, the movies from 1970 and before, which predominately make up the streaming movie list, are available without much delay.
Some of the new encryption technologies that they use on DVDs has been unplayable on my Bose Surround system and after updating the streaming movie selection by adding a "guide", streaming movies now stop and start continuously during movie playback. I have numerous friends who agree and have experienced this same issue but it's been going on for more than a year without acknowledgment from Netflix. Customer service is only available by telephone and they are not capable of handling technical issues. They are there mainly for moral support.
This is by far the most frustrating, poorly managed, customer service running on auto-pilot company you will EVER come across. Hopefully, they will have some direct competition and these ridiculous price increases and monopoly they enjoy now will be smashed right back in their faces for how they've taken advantage of their community.
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA -- I have been a loyal customer and evangelist for Netflix for years. I was happy to take the stress of returning movies "on time" out of my life, even though I ended up paying more for Netflix movies than I would to see movies in the theater (I only watched one every two or three months). I was a satisfied customer, getting the service I paid for.
In December I canceled Netflix, and I left angry. I joined Netflix because it was the most convenient way to watch and return DVDs. Netflix decided to shift focus to "online viewing" without considering how many people use their computer for other things and prefer to watch movies on television. Instead of giving a discount to loyal customers, Netflix RAISED the price on everyone who had built their customer base on DVD subscriptions. Then Netflix offered the streaming service cheaper, which made all the DVD customers feel like Netflix was manipulating them and insulting their intelligence. Customers like to choose their products, not be herded into them.
What Netflix should have done was keep the DVD price the same while offering the cheaper online-only option. It's the fact they RAISED their prices on the loyal customers that built their business which is so insulting. But that's not even the most outrageous thing Netflix has done. Today I got a "special offer" in the mail, supposedly to tempt me back to Netflix. For a minute I thought it might be an apology to their old DVD customers and some discount to lure me back. What is Netflix's idea of a "special deal"? It is NOTHING! NO DISCOUNT AT ALL! THE REGULAR PRICE PRESENTED AS A "SPECIAL DEAL"! What the Heck?!
Netflix "offered" me the online-only package for the exact same price as they advertised in December, when I said no thanks and slammed the door. Moreover, they "offered" the same DVD service as I had before for two dollars more - the same RAISED price Netflix wanted me to pay in December? So an offer is "special" just because Netflix says it is? They might be able to fool new customers with that crap, but to send that kind of phony "offer" to former customers is just going to piss them off further.
But perhaps that is the secret plan of Netflix: cash in on the IPO, "fire" all the previous customers, declare bankruptcy, and all the top executives that get away with the spoils will vacation in the Cayman Islands. I hope the FCC is keeping a very, very close watch on all their shenanigans.
I signed up for Netflix through a United Miles promotion for the frequent flier points on May 14, 2009. The United Miles promotion was for 4,000 frequent flier miles which Netflix refuses to give me even though it was their system that messed up.
They had a problem with their system that night and it would not take my credit card. It clearly said welcome United Miles Member when I logged in. I called them on May 15, 2009 and the customer service person I talked to also tried to enter 2 different credit cards for me. He said it showed I had signed up as a United Miles member. It finally took the credit card info after 3 days. During that 3 days it was sent to technical support. Now they claim I did not sign up as a United Miles member (which I did) and they refuse to give me the mileage points.
Netflix probably does not honor other promotional sign ups as well. They rip-off members with bait and switch tactics, have system problems and then blame the members. It was their system error that dropped my United Miles sign up. Their customer service person saw it was signed up through United Miles on May 15,2009 but due to a technical glitch someone removed my mileage sign up # sign up from their system. They admit technical issues during that time frame but still refuse to give me the points that I signed up for. I have been working hard to earn points and this is the first time I have signed up for anything based on a promotion and it will be the last time I do.
I would like Netflix or United Airlines to give me the 4000 frequent flier points that I should have been given when I signed up for the Netflix service. I would not have kept the service at all if I had known they would do this. I only kept if for 2 months because I was waiting for the points to show up in my account. I finally called and asked about it and that was when I learned they would not honor the promotion and denied my signing up as a United Miles Member.
EVERETT, WASHINGTON -- Until now I have been happy with Netflix. I can mail a DVD back to them and get a new one two days later, like clockwork. I also like streaming movies via TV and XBox. However, the DVD I get from them is never a new release! The queue says "long wait" and "very long wait" for all new releases, but that is no excuse. They need to buy more DVD's if they know there's going to be a long wait. This is crazy. I've had 5 new releases in the top 5 of my queue for over 6 weeks now. They have been in my queue for so long they are no longer new releases!
I called to complain and the guy basically said "Sorry, those are long waits. It just happens with new releases, it is a high demand item." I said "How exactly does that help me?" He had no reply. He then basically said "try Blockbuster" So that's probably what I'm going to have to do, if I want to see any new releases in my area.
By the way, I get DVD's shipped via the Tacoma, Washington facility (that's what the guy on the phone said). I don't know if it's better or worse in other parts of the country.
I am not happy with them anymore. I'm running out of "old" DVD movies to watch. I've seen everything I want to see except new releases. I've been "scraping the barrel" trying to find movies I haven't seen or with at least 3 stars. When my queue gets shorter will I have to wait without getting any movies at all? How long does a new release have to sit in your queue before you actually get to watch it (more than 5 weeks so far)?
Do not purchase gift certificates from this company. I purchased a gift certificate for three months of the 1 DVD (plus internet Watch Instantly) plan, at $8.99 per month. I emailed the gift certificate to my son, who attempted to use it but was blocked from redeeming the certificate without a credit card. He does not have a credit card, and therefore cannot redeem the certificate. I have requested a refund from Netflix, but they have denied me on the basis on a generic "No refunds" policy. As far as I am concerned, they have stolen my money, and they will steal yours as well under similar circumstances.
Netflix states two reasons for requiring a credit card at redemption: 1)"for your convenience," meaning for uninterrupted service at certificate expiry, and 2) as a guarantee against loss for lost/non-returned discs. The purchase agreement for the gift certificate clearly states the purchaser of the certificate will be held financially liable in the event of a loss associated with the redemption and use of the gift card, so the guarantee required of the recipient is superfluous.
In any case, the original purchaser of the gift certificate is never released of this liability. Meaning, Netflix will not provide service in the case of gift certificate redemption without a double credit card guarantee against loss. This seems unethical and, in my humble option, illegal as well.
I registered for the one-month free trial back in February and proceeded to login on the smart TV. The movies didn't work, the streaming was terrible, within 5 minutes the selected showing froze. I proceeded to cancel my account online (and little to my knowledge... you are supposed to receive a confirmation email). As far as I was concerned my account was terminated.
We are now in July and my account has continually been charged every month. I called Netflix and spoke with customer service who confirmed there was no activity on my account and that this miscommunication when cancelling the account online is common. I was credited back July and told there would be no problem crediting back the other 4 months but that he needed to transfer me to corporate in terms to do so. Upon speaking with corporate I was told nothing could be done that they see activity on the account for March. When I asked them to state for me what the activity was and to send me a record they refused to do so.
As a customer I am entitled to this information, especially because I never used the account. How can customer service see no activity but corporate office state something different and not be able to back it up with facts?! What kind of customer service is that? At this point I don't even care about the money they basically are scamming from me but I want to make people aware that this company is unreliable and not reputable.
INTERNET, MISSOURI -- There is nothing in the FAQ about this being how the subscriptions work (I checked, read, searched etc before redeeming... just had a bad hunch it was going to be something like this). Just wanted to put this out there. If Netflix is going to do this it should be written and made plan and obvious - not only something the customer learns about after the fact. Just wanted the fact of this out there, so others were aware if they found themselves facing a similar situation. Nearly $100 potentially wasted depending on how long my house takes to sell.
Also, the fact that Netflix has no real customer service should be noted. All ** did was say how the system worked, tell me there was no one else I was allowed to talk to or who could contact me except her supervisor that she could 'Transfer me To' who could tell me no more anyway, and she never offered a solution except "sorry to see you go."
That's unbelievably awful customer service. Even without the issue of wasting the money spent on my gift this customer service set up would make it unlikely I would ever consider using Netflix again. There are plenty of possible solutions for this sort of situation, that Netflix has chosen to just go the route of, if it's messed up it's messed up don't let the door hit you on the way out - is appalling.
Yesterday I decided to temporarily suspend Netflix since my wife and I will be gone for at least 3 months off and on for the next 5 months or so. I suspended my account and received an e-mail from Netflix stating that we can watch their service until October 26th when my current subscription runs out. The e-mail also stated they would hold my current programs in the menu until I restarted their service.
Last night my wife and I were going to watch a movie and lo and behold, they went ahead and stopped the service immediately. Since I was paid until the 26th it only shows their contempt for their customers. It was Netflix that stated they will continue to allow us to view programs until the current subscription runs out. Needless to say, we won't be returning to them after the holidays.


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Today I am working on my presentations for Burton Group's Catalyst conference "Forging Ahead: Navigating the New Normal" in Prague April 19-22. Joe Bugajski and I will be doing the keynote for the business intelligence (BI) track -- What Can IT Do to Deliver Business Insight – Not Just Intelligence?
BI is 25 years old, yet its promise of important insight eludes most organisations. CEOs list BI as a top initiative and simultaneously lament poor results from large BI investments. One reason for this incongruence is the detrimental effects of the automation mindset and the pursuit of efficiency. BI is aimed at the wrong thing.
For the last 239 years organizations have been applying automation as their primary tool of choice to improve production and efficiency. An automation mindset erupted with the dawn of the steam engine in 1771 and was honed to razor sharpness by the management revolution started by Frederick Winslow Taylor. This mindset has shaped how many have applied BI. For most organizations, BI is nothing more than a glorified reporting tool to examine efficiency. They use BI to look in the rear-view mirror and learn about the past, but most are unable to predict upcoming events or learn lessons that will help them make decisions to navigate uncertainty.
The need for insight is not the tail (of technology) wagging the dog (business). Management innovation is reshaping organizations perspectives about the devotion to efficiency where the goal is to reduce human involvement. Profitable innovators are not driven solely by efficiency; they look for ways to magnify human involvement. They realize that the reshaping of organizations and management called for by the new normal thrives on how well they can foster the development of insight by humans.
Joe and I believe that BI must trend toward a new definition – Business Insight. Insight represents the opposite goal of automation, and it should reshape the primary purpose of most information technology organizations. We hope you can attend Catalyst to discuss this significant shift in thinking.
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HINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — Police say a Massachusetts woman has been attacked by a wild raccoon in her own bed.
Hingham police Sgt. Stephen Dearth tells the Patriot Ledger newspaper the raccoon jumped on the 73-year-old woman's bed Wednesday morning when she tried to pet it, thinking it was her own cat. The raccoon apparently got in through a cat door to a back porch.
Dearth said the woman has non-lifethreatening injuries to her face and fingers and her cat wasn't hurt. The raccoon has been euthanized and is being tested for rabies.
Dearth said the woman chased the raccoon out of her bedroom, shut the door and called police at about 11 a.m. The officers found the raccoon still in the house, and a state environmental police officer trapped and removed it.
Police aren't releasing the woman's name.


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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Sudan's indicted leader Omar al-Bashir arrived Sunday in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to a red-carpet welcome and a full guard of honor despite demands from human rights activists that Nigeria arrest him to face trial for genocide in Darfur.
Minister of Police Affairs Kenneth Olubolade was at the airport to meet the private presidential jet Sunday along with troops in ceremonial green and white uniforms and a military brass band.
"Nigeria has the shameful distinction of being the first West African country to welcome ICC fugitive Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir," Human Rights Watch said in a statement.
It said Nigeria's welcome is "in stark contrast" to the stands taken by other African countries. Only Chad and Djibouti have received al-Bashir in the past year.
The Nigerian Coalition on the International Criminal Court said South Africa, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, and Central Africa Republic "have specifically made clear Bashir will be arrested on their territory, seen to it that other Sudanese officials visit instead of Bashir, relocated conferences or otherwise avoided his visits."
The International Criminal Court in The Hague in 2009 indicted al-Bashir for genocide and war crimes committed in Darfur. He was the first sitting African head of state indicted by the court.
"Al-Bashir is sought on the gravest crimes committed in Darfur and Nigeria's hosting is an affront to victims," said Elise Keppler of Human Rights Watch's International Justice Program.
The African Union has urged its 53 member states not to cooperate with the ICC, a stand that Nigeria may cite as an excuse for allowing al-Bashir's visit. No Nigerian officials could be reached for comment Sunday. President Goodluck Jonathan and all senior Cabinet ministers arrived home earlier Sunday from a week-long trip to China.
Al-Bashir is in Nigeria ostensibly to attend an African Union summit on health focusing on HIV and AIDS that is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.
The Nigerian coalition on Sunday called on citizens to picket the summit to protest the presence of al-Bashir.
Coalition director Chino Obiagwu said they are preparing to go to court Monday to demand that Nigeria arrest the Sudanese leader, to fulfill its obligations as a member of the European-based court. Some Africans charge that the ICC is racist in targeting Africans.
Associated Press writer Michelle Faul contributed to this report from Lagos, Nigeria.


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BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian military air strike killed and wounded dozens of people when it hit an olive oil press near the northern city of Idlib on Tuesday, activists said.
Activist Tareq Abdelhaq said at least 20 people were killed and 50 wounded in the attack, citing residents near the Abu Hilal olive oil press, 2 km (1.2 miles) west of Idlib city.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it could only confirm five deaths.
Syria's northern provinces, including Idlib, have been subjected to heavy air assaults by government forces against rebels who have been fighting for 20 months to topple President Bashar al-Assad.
Activists said it was unclear if there was any rebel target in the area and that the victims were civilians, but acknowledged there were opposition fighters in the area.
They said a jet fired two barrel bombs that hit the press, and that rebels gave medical treatment and helped evacuate victims.
The British-based Observatory, which has a network of activists across Syria, said that so far it has confirmed the deaths of five people, with five wounded.
"Beyond this I cannot give accurate information. Up to this point there have been problems reaching people in the area by telephone," said the group's head, Rami Abdelrahman.
Activist reports are difficult to verify as the government restricts access to foreign media outlets.
(Reporting by Erika Solomon; Editing by Angus MacSwan)


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African American Resources for Tennessee
|Tennessee Wiki Topics
|Beginning Research
|Record Types
|Tennessee Background
|Local Research Resources
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Online Resources
- 3 Research Strategy
- 4 History
- 5 Resources
- 5.1 Biographies
- 5.2 Cemeteries
- 5.3 Census Records
- 5.4 Church Records
- 5.5 Emancipation Records
- 5.6 Funeral Homes
- 5.7 Genealogies
- 5.8 Land and Property
- 5.9 Oral Histories
- 5.10 Other Records
- 5.11 Military Records
- 5.12 Newspapers
- 5.13 Probate Records
- 5.14 Reconstruction Records
- 5.15 School Records
- 5.16 Slavery Records
- 5.17 Vital Records
- 5.18 Voting Registers
- 6 Archives and Libraries
- 7 Societies
- 8 References
Online Resources
- Tennessee, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1865-1872 Images only.
- U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records of Field Offices, 1863-1878 ($) index and images
- Runaway Slave Blog
Resources for African-American research fall into two periods: pre- and post-Civil War. A great starting point is Afrigeneas's "African Ancestry in Tennessee."
Research Strategy
The Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville offers several free online research guides for tracing Tennessee African Americans in their collection:
- African American Collections of Note at TSLA
- African American Genealogical Resources @ TSLA
- FamilySearch Guide:Tennessee Statewide Indexes and Collections
- Guide to African American Genealogy-Related Documents Prior to 1865 in the Collections of the Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Selected Bibliography of African American Genealogical Resources in the Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Lamon, Lester C. Blacks in Tennessee, 1791-1970. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1981. book 976.8 F2L. This indexed book deals with the African-American experience in Tennessee with chapters arranged by 20- to 50-year time periods.
- "Negroes in Tennessee" chapter 10 of the online book Tennessee: A Guide to the State. Compiled and Written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration for the State of Tennessee. American Guide Series. (No Place: New Deal Network, 1996) Original published: Tennessee: State of Tennessee. Department of Conservation, Division of Information, 1939. This chapter provides a concise introduction to African Americans in Tennessee.
- Patterson, C. Perry. The Negro in Tennessee, 1790-1865. Austin, Texas: The University of Texas, 1922. Free digitized copy. Written in 1922, this book can be viewed as treating slavery without a degree of compassion and understanding, but it is valuable for its information about the slavery system and laws in Tennessee.
- Profiles of African Americans in Tennessee, Editors Bobby L.Lovett and Linda T. Winn. Nashville, Tennessee: Annual Local Conference on Afro-American Culture and History, 1996. This online publication contains short biographies of 70 members of the Tennessee General Assembly between 1873-1995.
- Works Projects Administration. Slave Narratives - A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves.Washington, 1941. Free digital copy.
- Works Projects Administration. Slave Narratives - A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Tennessee Narratives.Washington, 1941. Free digital copy, courtesy: Internet Archive.
African Americans were generally buried in race-specific cemeteries.
Census Records
The first Tennessee census that included the names and identities of freed slaves was taken in 1870.
Church Records
African Americans typically worshiped apart from white congregations in their own churches.
Emancipation Records
Funeral Homes
Land and Property
Oral Histories
Other Records
Charles A. Reeves Jr. has created a detailed map, based on the 1860 U.S. Federal Census, illustrating the distribution of slaves throughout Tennessee just before the Civil War broke out. It may be purchased for a small fee through his website, which includes a scaled-down image of the map:
- Tennessee Slave Population As Reported in the 1860 Census
Military Records
For pensions of African Americans who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War, see:
- Brogden, John V. and Willie L. Robinson. Tennessee Colored Pension Applications for CSA Service [Civil War], available online.
Probate Records
Reconstruction Records
Research consists of consulting the same record types as for non-African Americans. In addition, there are some types of records specific to African-American research, such as emancipation records, apprenticeship bonds for freedmen, and the other types of records.
Freedman's Bank
Freedmen's Bureau
The Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company signature cards or registers may list a depositor's birth date, birthplace, occupation, residences, death information, parents, children, spouses, siblings, or former masters. Tennessee had two branches of this bank at:
- Memphis 1865–1874 - Accounts 1–6298
- Nashville 1871–1874 - Accounts 4174–6189
The signature registers for these branches are microfilmed:
- Freedman's Savings and Trust Company (Washington, D.C.). Registers of Signatures of Depositors, 1871–1874. National Archives Microfilm Publications, M0816. Washington, D.C.: National Archives, 1969. FHL fikm928590.
Other types of records were kept by The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, otherwise known as the Freedmen's Bureau. An Internet site has resources for African-American research in Tennessee and other states:
The Freedmen's Bureau Online. This site includes lists of freedmen, marriage records, labor records, other types of records, and links to related sites.
The Freedmen's Bureau records do not normally include family information. In the FamilySearch Catalog's Subject Search, look under:
School Records
Slavery Records
Records consist of slave importation declarations, plantation records, Tennessee hiring practices, census records, white family records, church and cemetery records, military records, vital records, and numerous Tennessee court records.
African-American vital records were usually recorded in separate books for many years. Slaves are sometimes mentioned in deeds, wills, tax records, or court order books. A few parish registers list slaves who attended church with their masters.
See the Land and Property, Probate Records, Taxation, Court Records, and Church Records wiki articles for Tennessee.
Occasionally slaves are mentioned in records of the plantations where they served. A collection of plantation records is:
- Stamp, Kenneth M. Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Frederick, Maryland: University Publications of America, 1989–1992. The records of several plantations were microfilmed in several series. They are indexed with Family History Library film numbers in Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources: As of 1994, mentioned below.
An index to records at the Family History Library containing the names of African Americans is:
- Taylor, Marie. Family History Library Bibliography of African American Sources: As of 1994. Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, United States Reference, 2000. (Family History Library book [1]; [this link allows access to a digital image].) Includes information taken from church, court, slavery, and vital records, as well from the Kenneth Stamp collection of Southern plantation records.
A list of slaves that were impressed to work on the railroads is in:
- Bamman, Gale Williams. "African-Americans Impressed for Service on the Nashville and North Western Railroad, October 1863." National Genealogical Society Quarterly, September 1992, 204-210. Includes: name, age, height, complexion, name of owner, county, town, and other remarks.
Slaves were gradually emancipated by Tennessee law beginning in 1865.
Not all black residents of Tennessee were slaves before the Civil War. The following is a list of free black heads of household living in Tennessee counties at the time the 1820 U.S. Federal Census was taken (census records do not survive for all counties that year):
- Waldrep, G.C. "'Free Colored' Heads of Household in the 1820 Tennessee Census," available online, courtesy: Free African Americans website.
Gale Williams Bamman, CG located the following statistics in a book by Historian Ira Berlin:[1]
Free African American Population in Antebellum Tennessee
Vital Records
Voting Registers
Archives and Libraries
- ↑ Gale Williams Bamman, "Research in Tennessee," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 81, No. 2 (Jun. 1993): 105. FHL US/CAN Book 973 B2ng v. 81 (1993), citing Ira Berlin, Slaves without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South (New York: Pantheon Books, 1974), 136-137.
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