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Recently published research from Euromonitor International, "Packaged Food in Ukraine", is now available at Fast Market Research
Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/23/2014 -- The second part of 2008 saw the arrival of an economic crisis in Ukraine. This impacted packaged food in the country as the largest share of total household expenditure is on packaged food. As a result, most categories in packaged food saw slowdown in volume growth over the review period. Growth in disposable income and consumer confidence, and the economic stabilisation towards the end of the review period compared to crisis period made purchasing power more stable, but Ukrainians continue to...
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Product coverage: Baby Food, Bakery, Canned/Preserved Food, Chilled Processed Food, Confectionery, Dairy, Dried Processed Food, Frozen Processed Food, Ice Cream, Impulse and Indulgence Products, Meal Replacement, Meal Solutions, Noodles, Nutrition/Staples, Oils and Fats, Pasta, Ready Meals, Sauces, Dressings and Condiments, Snack Bars, Soup, Spreads, Sweet and Savoury Snacks.
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Born in Chesapeake, Virginia, Forbes graduated first in his class from Randolph-Macon College in 1974. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1977. Forbes worked in private practice for Kaufman & Canoles PC.
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I had a Toyota way back in '69, I needed something small, so I thought "Why not a Toyota". Its a good car and I know they wouldn't let anything off their lot that could have problems. Everybody was very polite and personable. I had no problems with anybody. They did a great job!
HAMPTON, VIRGINIA -- UPDATE - Although I was VERY UNHAPPY with my experience. I did contact ** through his reply on here. He made everything right, he is true to his word 100%. My financing is back to what it was originally and I still have the car that I wanted. I have been able to meet the nicer people at RK, **.... Thank You. Would I ever buy another car from them? I'm not sure, Toyota's are great cars, this is my second one. If I were to go back, I would definitely contact ** beforehand and ask for my same salesman **. Lesson learned? I will definitely have financing done by an outside source before walking into another dealership. ** Thank You again.
Original statement - Well, let's see I go in on a Saturday around 4 don't get out until almost 10 pm. I have done a lot of searching online "buying new cars" which by the way search "top 10 dealer scams" and you will find this one. The "financing fell through". WOW, I get a phone call tonight saying just that! Interesting. I tell them NO I will not sign a new contract you can HAVE the car back. When I asked Why it fell through, they didn't know, but that they could get me through to another finance company. Hmmmm, didn't they run my credit and get me approved BEFORE they let me drive off in a $20,000 car? You would think so.
So as of now I am planning on taking the car back to them and taking my business somewhere else. I told the finance guy or should I say LIEnance guy when he called here that I was very aware of this scam and that NO I am not going for it. "what scam" he said. Interesting so many people online have heard about it but not the LIEnance guys? Whatever. Bottom line R K Toyota in Hampton wasted a whole Saturday, then had the NERVE to ask me to TAKE OFF WORK to come back in to "sign" more paperwork, for a scam they have never heard of. RIGHT!!
HAMPTON, VIRGINIA -- Just an employee here to inform local consumers about RK Toyota Scion. RK in general is a fraudulent company, and will do anything to suck every last dime from your wallet. For instance, a Chevrolet Conversion van was traded in not too long ago. The person received $1.00 for that trade in. Now, add the state inspection fee, and oil change, and wash and vacuum. Let's call that $100 even. The car was now on the lot for a price of $3,000!!! That's $2,900 in profit! I talk to sales agents, and they boast about how the rip people off, and how much they made on the "deals".
I just don't find this to be the way a business should be run. Salesmen are fired if they don't sell 10 cars in a month, whether it be their first month, or 10th year. One employee was fired because of that reason that I can recall. But get this, he took 2 weeks vacation for his wedding and honeymoon. His first day back, he was fired. If this is how RK treats their employees, ask your self this: "How are they going to treat me?" I don't care for this company one bit, and have been searching for a new employment opportunity that will be taken as soon as one is offered.
This company doesn't care about its consumer, it only care about the money being made. So, if you do end up having a bad experience with them, please report it here. And if they know you aren't happy, they will offer you a $50 or $100 certificate for parts or service, IF you fill out a good rating survey. Isn't that fraudulent by itself? How does this make Toyota look? Do not buy your cars or trucks from here. You will over pay, and often the prices are hidden in the contract. If you really want a Toyota, or a Scion, go to Denbigh, Checkered Flag, Gloucester, etc.
I've heard many good things about these companies, especially Denbigh. I figured I'd let you people know about this company and it's antics, because, quite frankly, I wouldn't buy a car from them myself. Please take this into consideration before you step foot in that store.
HAMPTON, VIRGINIA -- This is a plea for anyone not to buy a vehicle from RK Toyota. I bought my 2003 Toyota 4Runner in April of 2003. Where to begin. Well I spent 14 hours at the dealer fighting over the price of my vehicle. They wanted to add in $4k in extras, like paying for my floor mats twice, and a $1500 dealer profit, and a $400 pin stripe that wasn't on a single 4Runner there. Now to the good part. I traded in my 2002 4Runner to get the 2003. Well things worked out and my payments were to be $770/mo for 6 years, ouch! But I knew after a year I would refinance the truck so no big deal.
I gave the dealer $5k down, which was stolen, because it was not used toward the neg. equity of my trade in anywhere. It was no where in the contract at all. I have also heard another story from Denbigh Toyota where RK stole $12k from a man also. Well after 3 months, and 4 turndowns by finance companies, I finally got approved by Toyota. Here is another good thing, they sold my trade in the day after I got the new truck, which is illegal till I got financed. I tried to get my truck back but couldn't. I actually was told by my sales man to hide my truck or the dealer would come and take it and I would be SOL.
The sales manager even told me that if I didn't buy the truck that night he would be fired, ha! I told him to get a new job. They also promised me the Platinum Owners package for maintenance, which I never received. I inquired about it and was told I had to pay $600 more. No way! In the end I would have paid $63800 for a 4Runner mind you, not a Land Cruiser. They have also ripped off three of my friends.
One they said they were going to give her $3600.00 for her trade in, they just tacked that money onto her loan and didn't give her a cent for her car. Another friend is paying $600/month for a Rav 4 for 5 years, what in the world is going on at this place? Shouldn't they try to make you a lifetime customer, not rip you off? If I had the money I would buy a billboard sign and tell everyone of these practices. By the way RK stands for Rip of King! Do your self a favor and save the heartache and hastle of dealing w/ RK.
HAMPTON, VIRGINIA -- I went back to RK today for resolution. ** was much easier to talk with. He was much more professional than **. He removed the items off my contract which ** either under informed us or gave false information on. Also the car was not detailed as it should have and ** fully refunded the $515 fee for detailing. I also received 3 years of oil changes, coolant changes, and state inspections. I am happy with the resolution however feel that the deal should have gone this way from the beginning. To ** credit he tried his best to insure that I was pleased when I left.


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Posted Tuesday, June 3, 2014 - 4:34pm
See our exhibit case of resources related to the history of women police officers and the International Association of Women Poice in the Library's Niederhoffer Lounge, lower level.
A brief history of women police officers from 1845 to the 1970s
Female police officers have come a long way since the days of women police matrons. In the mid-19th century, women in law enforcement were limited to caring for women inmates and did not have the authority to make arrests. But the 20th century brought around incredible progress.
The first policewomen
Among the first policewomen, two stand out. In 1908, Lola Baldwin of Portland, Oregon was sworn in with an official badge, thereby becoming the first policewoman (Myers, 1995, p. 22; Duffin, 2010, p. 28). She had been working on behalf of unwed mothers and prisoners and in 1909 convinced the city council of Portland to establish the Department of Public Safety for the Protection of Young Girls and Women, which she directed.
Others contend that the honor of becoming the first policewoman goes to Alice Stebbins Wells of Los Angeles (Higgins, 1951, p. 824). She was given the authority to arrest suspects, was responsible for the supervision of dance halls, skating rinks, penny arcades and theaters, and maintained a bureau for women seeking advice. Wells would go on to make a strong impact nationally as she toured and spoke on the value of introducing women as police officers in many local communities. In 1915, the National Association of Policewomen organized with Ms. Stebbins Wells as the first president. The objectives of the association included disseminating information on the work of women police and seeking better training and higher educational standards.
Professional women police
By the mid-20th century, another star among women police had risen. Lois Lundell Higgins was a Chicago policewoman who headed the Crime Prevention Bureau in Chicago during the 1950s and 1960s. She had a charismatic personality, was well educated with a master's degree in Social Work, and was acclaimed for her work in crime prevention, particularly among juveniles. In 1956, Ms. Higgins and other policewomen re-established the International Association of Policewomen but renamed it the International Association of Women Police or IAWP.* Membership was limited to women who were sworn police officers, and biannual conferences were held starting in 1958. Ms. Higgins became the association's first president, a position she held until 1964. By the 1950s, women were starting to be assigned to investigative and undercover roles like their male colleagues. It was a time of transition—Ms. Higgins, for instance, was not in favor of women officers having roles expanded beyond focusing on troubled women and juveniles. The loss of women's bureaus was also a contentious issue during this decade because it resulted in a temporary stagnation of women rising in rank; on the other hand, policewomen were becoming more integrated into police work previously done only by men (Hassell, Archbold, and Schulz, 2011, p. 24).
Exhibit in Niederhoffer Lounge
"Breaking the Brass Ceiling"
Police departments were still appointing their first female officers during the 1950s and 1960s. By 1959, women officers in New York numbered 243 but only constituted 1% of the force. Progress was slow as civil service promotion for NYC policewomen did not occur until the 1960s. By 1969, there were no longer separate entry requirements for male and female officers, but there continued to be discrepancies in salaries for years.
The modern era began during the 1970s when women were being accepted as police officers, not just policewomen (Hassell, et al., 2011, p. 128). "…The policewoman of the 1970s made greater strides toward equality among her male peers than at any other time in history" (Duffin, 2010, p. 198). During that era, some female officers won notable discrimination lawsuits and the right to patrol their own beats.
While the fight for equality for women has been ongoing for decades, progress has clearly been made. The public is more accepting of female police officers and the number of women in the police forces across the nation has steadily increased. Changes have come if a male former chief of police could comment that "women brought a different contribution to policing than men…women officers are more compassionate in the ways they do their job….[but] this happens only if they do not get co-opted into being police women rather than police women" (Duffin, 2010, p. 249).
*John Jay College Library has the holdings of the International Association of Women Police (IAWP) in its Special Collections. A finding aid is available. Appointments must be made in advance to view these items.
- Duffin, A. (2010). History in blue: 160 years of women police, sheriffs, detectives, and state troopers. New York: Kaplan Publishing.
- Hassell, K. D., Archbold, C.A., & Schulz, D.M. (2011). Women & policing in America: Classic & contemporary readings. Frederick, MD: Wolters Kluwer Law & Business.
- Higgins, L. (1951). Historical background of policewomen's service. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology of Northwestern University School of Law, 41 (6), 822-833.
- Myers, G. E. (1995). A Municipal mother: Portland's Lola Green Baldwin, America's first policewoman. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press.
Tania Colmant-Donabedian, spring 2014
Book list
|Book or movie title
|Call number**
|A Municipal mother: Portland's Lola Greene Baldwin, America's first policewoman
|Women in public and private law enforcement
|Policewomen who made history: breaking through the ranks
|Women at Ground Zero: stories of courage and compassion
|Detective: the inspirational story of the trailblazing woman cop who wouldn't quit
|Gender and community policing: walking the talk
|Policing and gendered justice: examining the possibilities
|History in blue: 160 years of women police, sheriffs, detectives, and state troopers
|A different shade of blue: how women changed the face of police work
|Policewomen: a history
|Women in charge: policing, gender and leadership
|Lady Cop: true stories of policewomen in America's toughest city
|Police women: Life with the Badge
|Women and policing in America: classic and contemporary readings
|The Invisible Woman: gender, crime, and justice
|Women and the criminal justice system
|Doing justice, doing gender: women in legal and criminal justice occupations /
|Reserve HV9950 .M3 2007
|Sleuthing Mary Shanley
|Blue Steel (starring Jamie Lee Curtis)
|Tea and justice
|Women police in a changing society: back door to equality
|Ebook + HV8023 .N37 2008
|Breaking the brass ceiling: women police chiefs and their paths to the top
|Ebook + HV8139 .S33 2004
** All call numbers are located in the Stacks upstairs except for:
- Ebook (search title in CUNY+)
- Reserve (see Reserve Desk)
- DVD (ask at Circulation Desk)
Posted Wednesday, May 7, 2014 - 10:57am
Two new, free and popular smartphone apps are anonymous. There are no accounts, no profiles, no contact lists, no names attached to posts, and few archives. Is the pendulum swinging away from "social media performance" and the "ultra-curated reputations" of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn? Perhaps NSA revelations have made youth wary? Perhaps the teen and young college-age demographic is intrigued with the mystery of a changing persona? A place to let off steam? A friend in need? Or maybe it's the confessional again.
Secret, an app on iOS, was introduced in February 2014 by Silicon Valley engineers who wanted a place to share what they could not say face to face and without judgment: "join Secret and speak freely." When you sign up for Secret, it links to anyone in your contact list who uses Secret, but you never know who is posting unless they choose to reveal themselves. Posts are short bursts of text, for example, "Going through a merger is like going through a double date...." In its short life, Secret has been the source of some untrue business rumors and some personal attacks, so this is not a benign site.
Whisper, for iOS and Android, was introduced two years ago, but took off late in 2013. It has more than three billion page views a month—more than CNN's. A post to Whisper, for instance, says "Nobody at work knows I'm a lesbian," and then chooses a stock photo to display the thought. On each display you see a button that encourages you to post. Whisper notifies you of posts created by people within a radius of a mile and more. Each day six posts are chosen by the site curators to feature. Founder Michael Heyward says, "There is no safer place," and 120 real-time curators mean to keep it so.
These two anonymous apps create different network structures from those we are most used to. Whisper seems to be more novel, a departure from previous trash-talking anonymous sites and a distance from incessant "Like me."
Janice Dunham
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 10:53am
While working on her newest book, Prof. Gail Garfield from the Sociology department spent a lot of time in the Library, working with the microfilm delivered to her through the Interlibrary Loan service (ILL). The research resulted in her book, Tightrope: A Racial Journey to the Age of Obama, published in 2014 by Rowman & Littlefield (on order).
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services are available to John Jay College faculty (and their authorized John Jay research assistants), graduate students, staff and undergraduate students (article requests only) for academic research purposes. Book articles, book chapters, dissertations and media items that John Jay does not own and that cannot be requested through CLICS or through the media department can be ordered via ILL. See our website for instructions and more information.
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 10:52am
Items from the Special Collections
Research in action: student spotlight (from the Spring 2014 Newsletter)
Jakub Gaweda is 2014 graduating senior majoring in Global History.
Last November, I was approached by Prof. Gerald Markowitz to work on a research project for John Jay's upcoming 50th anniversary. Prof. Markowitz, along with a few others, was asked to head a committee to create a timeline exhibit for the College. I gladly accepted the offer to join them, recognizing that the experience would greatly increase my own research skills.
As I began to attend the exhibit meetings, I quickly learned the scope of my work. I would look through books of newspaper clippings located in the Special Collections room, compiling a list of events at the college: plays, sports, funding received, grants, guest speakers, etc. Thankfully, two more student researchers were brought on to help me with what seemed at times a Sisyphean task.
Over the months of January, February, and March, I became intimately acquainted with the Special Collections room, the Library Conference room, John Jay's newspaper clippings, and its archival photographs in ways I could have never imagined. When I closed my eyes, everything was sepia. At certain times of the day, I smelled aging newspaper, and if I listened carefully, I could hear the crinkle of paper and the flipping of binder pages. I cursed when the Library was only open till 10pm on weekdays.
Levity aside, I found the research fascinating. While I enjoyed learning about the big events of John Jay, including CUNY's financial crisis in 1976 and the student takeovers in 1989 in response to rising tuition costs, what I found most compelling were the small stories. Over the course of my research, certain names would begin to reappear every now and again: a notable basketball player, a professor, or a student who won a scholarship. Often surfacing only in small blurbs with a few sentences, these stories often did much to humanize the history of the College. Seeing these small narratives unfold literally before my eyes made me cognizant of my own place at John Jay and how short my time at the school is, as just one of thousands of other current and former students. I felt the same way when looking at the photographs of John Jay's history. Photos of student and campus life were just as interesting as Mother Teresa or Bill Cosby at the college.
I also can't forget to thank the fantastic Library staff for all the help they have provided me. From Prof. Ellen Sexton to Robin Davis, who both directly helped me manage the materials, to every single other librarian I may have at one point or another asked (hopefully kindly) to open some door for me. It made my work that much easier and more enjoyable.
It's a good thing that I did this research when John Jay was only 50, as I am not sure I envy the researcher who, in another 50 years, will have to face an even more daunting task. Maybe—with any luck—he will find some mention of me in the records.
Jakub Gaweda
Editor's note: in addition to their incredible work on the 50th Anniversary Exhibit, Jakub and his classmates, Kayla Talbot and Brittany Cabanas, have made invaluable contributions to the John Jay College Archives in the Digital Collections by scanning archival items, researching photograph subjects, and creating metadata. See their work online at dc.lib.jjay.cuny.edu! —Robin D
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Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 10:47am
Strategies for steering away from predatory journals
In the past few years, a for-profit, scam-like publishing industry has emerged, exploiting the Open Access model in order to trick scholars into contributing their work. More than ever before, it is crucial that researchers establish and confirm the credentials of a journal and its publisher before they submit a paper for publication. The following suggestions on what to watch out for and how not to fall prey to these dishonest presses is culled from Prof. Monica Berger's (NYC College of Technology) presentation "To Catch a Predator: How to Recognize Predatory Journals and Conferences" that took place at the Graduate Center on 11/26/13. Knowing what to look for should make it easier for you steer clear from submitting your work to journals that lack credibility.
How to recognize predatory journals
Solicitation and the publishing process typical of predatory journals
- mass mailings of unsolicited invitations to contribute to a journal (these spam-like invitations shouldn't be confused with the emails received from the scholarly organizations you are a member of or with emails from the journal or publisher where your past work appeared)
- a strikingly quick turnaround from submission to publication
- peer review process not explained and conducted in no time
- no revisions required
Typical journal and publisher presentation
- the title resembles the title of a well-known publication
- the title suggests an overly broad or extremely vague scope (e.g., Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, British Journal of Science)
- although the title specifies location (European Journal...) the journal is located in another part of the world
- the publisher's website include typos and grammatical errors; contradictory details about editorial policies, fees, etc.; dead links and no information about the publisher's physical address; a look and interface that mimics the design of a well-known publisher
- the publisher is also the editor
- the email address is a popular one (Gmail or Yahoo) or not listed at all ( web form only)
- no information about editorial or advisory boards
- a large number of published titles (especially for new presses)
To learn more about predatory publishers, you should consult the blog maintained by Jeffrey Beall, the Scholarly Initiatives Librarian at the University of Colorado Denver at scholarlyoa.com. Beall maintains and regularly updates a list of predatory open access journals to stay away from. He has also put together a list of criteria for determining whether a journal is predatory (his list is more exhaustive than the abbreviated one above).
Marta Bladek
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 10:29am
Screenshots from TRACfed
Many of the library databases provide access to scholarly journals, but the library also has many special purpose databases. TRACfed is one of them. TRACfed uses U.S. Federal Government data collected by TRAC (the "Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse")—mostly pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (foia) —to track how the government enforces the law, assigns its employees and spends money.
TRACfed uses this data to create reports (the TRACreports) and makes the data available to subscribers so they can create custom reports. Federal offices that are mined for data include:
- Federal Courts and Judges
- Drug Enforcement (DEA)
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)
Two recent reports—Federal Drug Prosecutions Fall to Lowest Levels in Over 13 Years and Criminal Deportation Filings Dip to 12%—provide some insight into the types of reports you might find in TRACfed.
If you are interested in learning about the "lead charges" under the U.S. Code assigned by federal prosecutors across the country, you can use the "About the law" tool. Just click on a section of the U.S. Code and find out how many prosecutions and convictions took place and what their geographic distribution was. Would it surprise you to learn that in 2013 there was a total of 71 prosecutions and 43 convictions under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and that most of those cases occurred in the eastern half of the United States?
For those more interested in accessing data to do their own analysis, tracfed has three tools designed to meet a range of needs aptly called Express, Going Deeper and Analyzer. The data that can be accessed with these tools varies based on which of the 6 "layers" of information you are researching:
- Criminal (enforcement)
- Civil (enforcement)
- Administrative (enforcement)
- People (federal employees)
- Money (federal expenditures)
- Context (demographic and economic information about your community)
Using the Criminal layer as an example: if you want to know the monthly prosecution, conviction or prison sentences of one year or more, then the pull-down menu in the Express tool is the one for you. If you also want to know the lead charges, what agency brought them, and what prosecutions were declined, then use Going Deeper. If you want to create your own unique data slice on a topic or by a specific agency or statute, use Analyzer, but be sure to first take the Guided Tour to familiarize yourself with this powerful tool.
The design of TRACfed interface looks somewhat dated and cluttered, but once you get started it is surprisingly easy to navigate. It contains a massive amount of federal government data and provides robust tools to meet the needs of the beginning and expert researcher. TRACfed is the product of a nonpartisan project associated with Syracuse University.
Maureen Richards
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 10:18am
Odd as it may sound, Business Source Complete can yield a bounty of useful information for student research. This is surprising, of course, since very few assignments focus on business specifically. But under the umbrella "business" we find management and administration, labor and personnel matters, crime and security, even intellectual property.
If a student is researching police suicide, for example, Business Source Complete yields hundreds of hits for the search terms "police" and "suicide" or "stress." A search for "intellectual property" likewise brings up more articles than any undergraduate could use. We might expect both of those topics to be covered by this database, but what about a more sociological question? The favelas of urban Brazil offer a fertile field for research from a sociological or urban studies perspective, so it might seem a misstep to try Business Source Complete. But even here we get over 150 hits, and it would be worth investigating whether that set of articles differs from what comes up under SocIndex, for example (actually, Business Source has a few more hits than SocIndex).
When students embark on such a research quest, they must be encouraged to go where the sources take them, rather than mining the results for a specific answer. Toward that end, we should encourage them to venture beyond Academic Search Complete and jstor. After all, who knows what they may find in Business Source Complete, or even the Military and Government Collection.
Jeffrey Kroessler
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 10:15am
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You may have noticed LexisNexis's new main page. Gone are the three content search boxes in the middle of the screen. They have been replaced by a single search box that retrieves results from news sources, federal and state cases, law reviews and company profiles. This single search will display up to 1000 results where applicable. The three content search boxes for news, legal cases and business information are now placed on the bottom of the page and are expandable (see the news search box expanded in the screenshot on the right). They perform quick searches for news articles and legal cases. The main page continues to feature links to articles on "Hot Topics" in the news. A new "Tools" menu is located on the left and features video tutorials, research guides and a list of content titles in LexisNexis.
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For more advanced content-specific searches, click on the "Search By Content Type" option above the search box. Here you will find options for searching news, legal, international legal and other content. Click on one of these links and then select the advanced search option below the single search box for content specific search filters. Landmark cases by topic (e.g. abortion, capital punishment, and civil rights) are now listed under most links in the legal subsection of the Search By Content Type menu.
If you have any questions about the new LexisNexis interface, please contact the Library.
Karen Okamoto
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 10:11am
We are proud to announce the launch of the Lloyd Sealy Library Digital Collections. Our rich digitized resources are a boon to researchers, instructors, students, and the general public. From 1930s Sing Sing mug shots to photographs from NYPD history to exclusive oral history interviews with major figures in criminal justice, our digital collections are freely available to the public and include many public domain images. Presented here are highlights from each of the collections we feature online.
Browse through the collections yourself at dc.lib.jjay.cuny.edu!
Four interviews
Justice in New York: An Oral History
Justice in New York: An Oral History stretches across more than half a century, from the 1950s to the 2010s. Those years saw an unprecedented rise in social unrest and violent crime in the city, and then an equally dramatic drop in crime and disorder. If the interviews have an overarching theme, it is how the city—the police, courts, elected officials, and advocates—addressed and overcame those challenges. These men and women were actors in that drama, and their narratives stand on their own. The truth or mendacity of the story is for the reader to assess.
Burton B. Turkus Papers
The images in this collection portray arrested crime suspects, their rap sheets, crime scenes and crime investigation, dating from 1940–1945 and located mainly in Brooklyn. Burton Turkus (1902–1982) collected and created these documents while he was a Assistant District Attorney and Chief of the Homicide Division in the Office of the District Attorney, Kings County (Brooklyn), 1940–1945. During this time, he investigated and prosecuted key members of the organized crime syndicate based in Brownsville, Brooklyn that came to be known as Murder, Inc.
Policemen guarding children on public skating ponds
Images from the NYPD Annual Reports, 1912–23
The photographs and images in this collection are selected from the New York Police Department's annual reports issued from 1912 to 1923. The full annual reports are held in Lloyd Sealy Library and have been fully digitized. They include crime statistics, events in the history of the NYPD, and descriptions of city policy. Each image record includes the link to the source report.
Photograph of Sing Sing baseball team with trophies
Lewis E. Lawes Papers
The images are of items collected by Lewis E. Lawes while Warden of Sing Sing between 1920–1941. Most are photographs taken in and around Sing Sing and illustrate the prison, its inmates and officers, and Lawes himself. Included are photographs of death row inmates executed at Sing Sing, some dating from before 1920.
Mother Teresa at John Jay College of Criminal Justice for the 23rd Commencement
John Jay College of Criminal Justice Archives
The John Jay College Archives are part of the Special Collections of the Lloyd Sealy Library. The archives holds a wide variety of material such as correspondence, reports, studies, newspapers, newsletters, brochures, college yearbooks, bulletins, audiotapes, videotapes, photographs, and architectural plans. Some of these materials are presented in this online collection.
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Posted Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 6:26pm


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July 06, 2011
All Puffed Up
Another thing you like to do is wear clothes. Mostly you enjoy hoodless sweatshirts. "What's with the hoods, anyway?" you ask yourself frequently. It's not like you live in Antarctica, plus you view those who wear hooded sweatshirts as troublemakers. Show your face, troublemaker! The hoodless sweatshirt—or, as you refer to it, "sweatshirt"—keeps you warm but not too warm; snug yet flexible. Plus it's versatile. Whether it's school, a card show, dinner at Bennigans, a wedding, Saturday shopping at Bradlees, naptime, or a tour of a local museum, the hoodless sweatshirt is appropriate wear.
So, the question remains: How do you combine these two worlds? Your champion-caliber card collecting and simple yet refined fashion sense. Unsure if such a fusion is even possible, you tear open a pack of cards and …BAM!
So beautiful. You can barely even imagine the adrenaline rush of walking into school one day wearing this baby. Hello, world. It's me. I am a champion card collector and I like BASEBALL. Read the sweatshirt if you don't believe me. What's up, Regina? Still going steady with Mark? How's that working out for ya'? (Look over at Mark, who is wearing Umbros and mis-matching Hypercolor t-shirt.) Heh.
Still, so many questions. First: Is it of high quality?
Nice. But are the letters puffy? It's a 3-D world in 1989! You can't be walking around wearing a flat-lettered top. That's just embarrassing.
Puffy-lettered Sweatshirt
Breathe. Breathe!
as shown Style B.
You do not need to see Style A. How much does this sweatshirt cost? $500?
To order send check (no cash) for $19.95 plus $1.50 postage and handling ($21.45 total)
"I can add, Topps! GET ON WITH IT!"
plus any three 1989 Special Offer Cards,
You know what that means. And you have 312 of them.
Your name, age,
Age is important because Topps is trying to hit a specific age demographic of fashion. Any geezers trying to get their age-spotted hands on this will be denied.
address, zip code
Part of the address, traditionally.
to: TOPPS BASEBALL SWEATSHIRTS
Fortune 500 company.
Allow up to 8 weeks for shipment.
Fashion like this doesn't get produced overnight. No, it takes two months. It's a 15-day process just to get the letters puffy at the Topps-operated puffy plant in Tiawan. In two months, you figure, school will be out, and who even knows if you'll still be champion …
You toss the card away. Regina's not even that hot, you figure.
9 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I remember those godawful giveaways... thanks for the trip down memory lane. Very funny stuff!
- --David said...
I agree! This was a wonderful trip down memory lane. I never did send off for one of these... If I had, I could sell it on eBay nowadays for... I dunno, maybe 20 bucks? Great post! Very funny!
- Monster Dad said...
Great stuff! I remember seeing those cards when I was buying 1989 Topps into the early 90s. Wonder how many kids (or grown-ups for that matter) actually bought these. For a "Special Offer", I have to say that twenty bucks is pretty steep! Wouldn't a kid rather blow that kind of scratch on more packs of cards?
- mkenny59 said...
Thanks, guys! And yes, Monster Dad, I think I did underestimate the value of $20 to a 10-year old. That's more packs or even a couple hard-case cards. Counterpoint: Did you SEE that sweatshirt? Tough call.
- Batboy said...
But Mike, the sweatshirt is pictured WAVING TO YOU! It beckons, making spending $20 on anything else pointless.
- mkenny59 said...
Wow, Batboy -- how did I not notice that? It DOES beckon! It's decided then -- Who has $20 I can borrow? And also a time machine?
- Sean said...
As a Canadian I used to hate seeing these offer cards.
"Offer good in U.S.A. only."
"Screw you, Topps." I'd think. "I'll just order my sweatshirts from O-Pee-Chee."
Only O-Pee-Chee didn't have any sweatshirt offers. Certainly not any special ones, anyway. So the last laugh was always on me.
- NickL said...
This is the funniest website that exists.
- Scott said...
Man, I remember that card and that sweatshirt....awesome! By the way, like the new blog design.


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So I spent a few days this week with a gaggle of other journalists test driving Ford Motor Co.'s new 2015 Transit full-size van out in Kansas City, MO: which is coincidentally home to the production plant where Ford builds the new Transit as well as its F-150 pickup.
[To view more photos of the Transit "ride and drive" event, click here. If you want to see how the Transit gets built at Ford's "KCAP" factory, go here.]
One of the more interesting things about Ford's test drive event, though, is how it reflects the big changes going on in the commercial van space – vehicles that Ford, for one, believes makes up 20% of the Class 1-7 global commercial vehicle market as a whole.
Indeed, vans are no longer an afterthought in the commercial market – a subject I touched on in more detail in this story last year – and as a result OEMs are trying to build more capability into the van than ever before, which includes equipping them with the same high-grade technological packages pickups and big rigs get – packages that not only provide navigation but fuel consumption and maintenance data as well.
At the Transit event, Bill Frykman, product and business development manager for Ford's Work Solutions arm, noted that the vans will be equipped with the OEM's Crew Chief technology package – a system powered by Telogis – allowing van fleets to tap into vehicle diagnostics, location and driver behavior data.
"Driver behavior has so much influence on not only fuel efficiency but on the overall maintenance and life of a vehicle," Frykman (seen at far right in photo at left) noted, adding that according to U.S. Department of Energy data, aggressive driving decreases fuel economy by up to 33%.
But it's more than using data to try and get van drivers to reduce engine idling, speeding, etc., Frykman told me.
"Ten years ago we had maybe 10 ECMs [electronic control modules] on such commercial vehicles," he explained.
"Now we've got well over 60 in some cases, producing all kinds of valuable data fleets can tap into to make their operations more efficient," Frykman said.
For example, Crew Chief can monitor engine oil life, diagnostic trouble codes, and a host of other data streams to help van fleets – like their pickup, medium-duty, and heavy-duty counterparts – fine-tune their maintenance schedules in order to reduce unnecessary downtime.
Frykman stressed, too, that all this information is in the fleet's hands, not those of Ford or Telogis. If fleets want to activate the system and tap into it, great; if not, then it won't get activated.
The savings, though, are hard to ignore – especially since, Crew Chief is a factory-installed product, there's no extra aftermarket downtime and it gets covered under the OEM's 3 year, 100,000 mile warranty.
For example, Crew Chief data determined that one of the shuttle buses serving the Transit event burned 15 gallons of diesel over two days at idle – roughly $60 worth of fuel spent going nowhere. While that might not seem like a lot, extrapolated across a fleet of 20 or more vans for several weeks would make such fuel wastage extremely costly. Thus having such information at a fleet's fingertips can help the operation reduce – if not eliminate – such unnecessary expenses.
Anthony Piazza (seen at right), Ford's assistant marketing manager for Transit, Transit Connect, and E-Series, told me that it's those kinds of savings the OEM is trying to help customers achieve with its new Transit van – even if in some cases it results in the customers being able to shrink the size of their fleet in the process.
For example, he noted that the new Transit gets vastly better fuel economy compared to the E-Series it is replacing – while adding nearly 600 lbs. more worth of cargo carrying capacity. "Then you add in the data from Crew Chief and maybe you figure out you can replace two of your old E-Series van with one Transit," Piazza said.
And while initially that would seem like a bad deal for Ford – replacing two vehicles with just one new model – Piazza stressed that it's an example of why the OEM is focusing, in his word, on "the long term play."
"As competitive as this industry is, at the end of the day, it's all about customer retention," he told me. "It's all about getting that customer to come back to you for their next vehicle, their maintenance service, or whatever their needs might be."
In Piazza's view, that's why trying to improve the return on investment or "ROI" calculation for vans like the Transit is important. "It just becomes a win-win for everyone," he said.


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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero walked free Friday after 28 years in prison when a court overturned his 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent, a brutal murder that marked a low point in U.S.-Mexico relations.
The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday it was extremely disappointed by the release of the man convicted in the killing of DEA agent Enrique Camarena, calling it "deeply troubling."
Mexico's Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam said in a statement that he was "worried" about the court's decision, adding that his office is analyzing whether there are any charges pending against Caro Quintero.
Caro Quintero, 60, was a founding member of one of Mexico's earliest and biggest drug cartels. The court ruled Wednesday that he had been improperly tried in a federal court for a crime that should have been treated as a state offense. Prison officials were notified of the ruling on Thursday, and an official at the Jalisco state prosecutors' office said the drug lord left prison before dawn on Friday. The official was not authorized to speak on the record.
News media were not alerted until hours after the release, and U.S. authorities apparently received no prior notification.
"The Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration learned today that early this morning Rafael Caro Quintero was released from prison," said Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr.
The DEA, meanwhile, said it "will vigorously continue its efforts to ensure Caro-Quintero faces charges in the United States for the crimes he committed. "
Caro Quintero still faces charges in the United States, but Mexico's Attorney General's Office said it was unclear whether there was a current extradition request.
Apparently, the U.S. had requested his extradition for the Camarena killing — something Caro Quintero can't be tried twice for — but may not have filed extradition requests for pending U.S. drug charges.
The U.S. Department of Justice said it "has continued to make clear to Mexican authorities the continued interest of the United States in securing Caro Quintero's extradition so that he might face justice in the United States. "
Caro Quintero helped establish a powerful cartel based in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa that later split into some of Mexico's largest cartels, including the Sinaloa and Juarez cartels.
He is still listed as one of the DEA's five top international fugitives, and U.S. authorities believe he continued to control the laundering of drug money from behind bars.
"Caro Quintero continues to launder the proceeds from narcotics trafficking and he maintains an alliance with drug trafficking organizations such as the Sinaloa Cartel, most notably with Esparragoza Moreno's network," said Treasury Department spokesman John Sullivan, referring to Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno, also known as "El Azul," or "Blue" because of the dark color of his skin, who is allegedly a top leader of the Sinaloa cartel.
In June, the Treasury Department imposed sanctions against 18 people and 15 companies that allegedly moved money for Caro Quintero.
"Caro Quintero has used a network of family members and front persons to invest his fortune into ostensibly legitimate companies and real estate projects in the city of Guadalajara" said Adam Szubin, Director of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. Caro Quintero has spent almost his entire sentence at a prison on the outskirts of that city, Mexico's second-largest city.
Mexico's relations with Washington were badly damaged when Caro Quintero ordered Camarena kidnapped, tortured and killed, purportedly because he was angry about a raid on a 220-acre (89-hectare) marijuana plantation in central Mexico named "Rancho Bufalo" — Buffalo Ranch — that was seized by Mexican authorities at Camarena's insistence.
Camarena was kidnapped on Feb. 7, 1985, in Guadalajara, a major drug trafficking center. His body and that of his Mexican pilot, both showing signs of torture, were found a month later, buried in shallow graves.
American officials accused their Mexican counterparts of letting Camarena's killers get away. Caro Quintero was eventually hunted down in Costa Rica.
At one point, U.S. Customs agents almost blocked the U.S. border with Mexico, slowing incoming traffic to a standstill while conducting searches of all Mexicans trying to enter the United States.
Camarena's fellow DEA agents considered him a hero in the war against drug trafficking and the El Paso Intelligence Center, where U.S. federal agencies collect information about Mexican drug barons, is dedicated to him.
Times have changed since the low point, and cooperation has strengthened, but Caro Quintero's release Friday reopened old wounds.
Edward Heath, the former DEA regional director for Mexico at the time of the Camarena killing who was present during the identification of the agent's body from dental records, said the release reflected a broader lack of cooperation with the U.S. from the new Mexican government, a contrast to the policy of former President Felipe Calderon.
"You had a president that was working very close with our government in a quiet way. These people come in and so, boom, the curtain comes down," said Heath, now a private security consultant. "It means a disrespect for our government."
He said he was skeptical of the explanation that there was a justifiable legal rationale for Caro Quintero's release.
"There's some collusion going on," he said. "This guy is a major trafficker. This guy is bad, a mean son of a gun."
Caro Quintero is said to have pioneered links between Colombian cocaine cartels and the Mexican smugglers who transport their drugs into the United States.
The ruling left many wondering why it took so many years for judges to determine Caro Quintero was tried in the wrong court.
"They were always 'political' prisoners serving sentences for as long as the U.S. kept up the pressure," said a former DEA official who once worked in Mexico. He is not authorized to talk about the case because he still does work in Mexico.
"The bribe money to get them out was always there. Mexican 'justice' is always built on very weak foundations. And they seem to like it that way. Sad," he added.
Raul Benitez, a security expert at Mexico's National Autonomous University, said the ruling may portend more such procedural rulings following the January freeing of French citizen Florence Cassez, who was convicted in Mexico for being part of a kidnapping ring.
The Frenchwoman served seven years of a 60-year sentence before Mexico's Supreme Court voted 3-2 to release her in January because of procedural and rights violations during her arrest, including police staging a recreation of her capture for the media.
"What appears to be coming is an avalanche of judicial appeals, with the drug traffickers hiring very good, very expensive lawyers, arguing there were violations of due process," said Benitez. "The government is going to have problems."
Mexican courts and prosecutors have long tolerated illicit evidence such as forced confessions and have frequently based cases on questionable testimony or hearsay. Such practices have been banned by recent judicial reforms, but past cases — including those against high-level drug traffickers — are often rife with such legal violations.
"The government has to be prepared to keep an eye on judges so that they don't fall into the easy argument of due process," Benitez said, "because there may also be judges who are receiving money" to accept such arguments.
AP Writers Michael Weissenstein and Kathy Corcoran contributed to this report.


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Lew Wasserman, who died last summer at 89, was not only the most powerful and influential man in Hollywood over the past half-century but also the most enigmatic. Like his mentor Jules Stein, Wasserman shunned publicity, rarely spoke to the press, put almost nothing in writing and came to understand that the cult of mystery and suspicion around him–and his company, MCA-Universal–was ultimately an asset. Wasserman maintained his silence after being forced out as MCA board chairman in 1995 (at 82), despite the frequent entreaties to go on record with his own account of MCA's remarkable history and his role as chief architect of the New Hollywood. And even after the 1998 hatchet job by journalist Dennis McDougal in The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, MCA, and the Hidden History of Hollywood, Wasserman declined to bow out with a self-serving (or self-defensive) mogul memoir.
Now comes Connie Bruck, a longtime staff writer for The New Yorker and author of two very good corporate biographies: The Predator's Ball, on junk-bond king Michael Milken, and Master of the Game, on Steve Ross and the epochal Time Warner merger. Bruck began writing about Wasserman after the Seagram buyout, and was sufficiently intrigued to start a book-length project just as McDougal's The Last Mogul appeared. McDougal's account essentially rehashed Dan Moldea's 1986 book, Dark Victory: Reagan, MCA, and the Mob, assigning Wasserman's and MCA's success not only to the ruthless exercise of power but also to longstanding alliances with politicians like Ronald Reagan and reputed mobsters like Sidney Korshak. Bruck has a different story to tell, one that jibes far better with the industry's more recent view of Wasserman, which has evolved from fear and distrust to grudging respect and, in some circles, outright deification.
Bruck's account is When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent Into Power and Influence, and the title alone, cumbersome though it is, indicates her more sanguine view of Wasserman. Bruck scarcely ignores the darker side of his "power and influence," but the overall effect of her book is to both deepen and effectively counter the earlier versions of the Wasserman-MCA saga. And rather than portray Wasserman as the last of the studio moguls, Bruck sees him as an altogether original figure in Hollywood annals. By the 1960s, writes Bruck, Wasserman had assumed "a new, imperial role of his design. There had never been one individual who spoke for the industry, and who navigated its course singlehandedly." For the next three decades, Wasserman "wielded authority over all of Hollywood"–and not as a power-hungry, avaricious tyrant but as a benevolent dictator.
Bruck ably supports this thesis in her thorough, balanced and insightful biography, which is likely to stand as the definitive account of Wasserman's remarkable career, due not only to the quality of her reportage but also her exceptional sources. Most uncharacteristically, Wasserman submitted to a series of interviews with Bruck. Though he initially agreed only to discuss MCA founder and his longtime mentor, Jules Stein, he eventually began talking about his own life and career as well. Bruck admits in her introduction that "much of what he said had a distinctly prerecorded quality," but the fact is that she got closer to the famously reticent Wasserman than any other journalist or biographer, which adds immensely to the project. Bruck also gained access to Stein's own unpublished memoirs, "as told to" Murray Schumach of the New York Times–yet another tantalizing bit of arcane MCA lore whose existence was known to Hollywood insiders, and whose unpublished status only fueled the mystery surrounding Stein, Wasserman and MCA.


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When it comes to strategy and tactics, in spite of our firm principles, there is no one right way. A tactic that works excellently at one time can easily crash and burn at another time. Certain tactics have great appeal to one section of society and can easily alienate others. Tactical choices are based on an analysis of our desired outcomes and the particular circumstances surrounding us.
The Occupy Movement, to some, is about insurrection. It is about sustained mass action that will change the structure of society and it's institutions. This approach has no particular respect for established laws or rules that are perceived to have been set up merely to protect the interests of the 1%.
To others the Occupy Movement is about "creating seeds of the future in the present". It is about pre-figuring the world we wish to see by constructing new institutions and new social relations that will begin to change society now. These institutions could meet the immediate needs of people in the short term whilst also demonstrating desirable long term alternatives.
Others see the Occupy Movement as a way to influence elites by raising the social cost of current policies such as austerity. This can be revolutionary or reformist depending on where one sees the end goal.
Different though these approaches may be they are not entirely at odds. They all favor their own particular emphasis but each can still incorporate elements of the others. In the case of the Occupy Movement that aims to create better society from the bottom up, this is in fact preferable.
As the process of revolutionary change spans over the course of years and decades we don't want to get caught up in rigid principles about tactics that limit our movements and restrict the number of people who can participate. Of course the tension that arises between insurrectionary, constructivist and reform based approaches will not go away. But a movement that favors diversity and participation must find ways to accommodate the widest range of approaches sought by the widest range of people in a way that keeps everyone respectfully and passionately involved right up to and through the winning of a new society.


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and to develop solutions
o Always acts with the internal or external
customer in mind and establishes and maintains effective and trustful
o Navigates effectively through the hierarchy
and culture of the adidas Group and takes an active interest in understanding
other areas of responsibility
**Planningand Organizing**
+ Works independently and is ableto perform a variety of tasks with different levels of complexity bydeveloping effective plans and organizing his / her work efficiently
+ Thinks and acts in agoal-oriented manner, prioritizes and completes tasks in order ofimportance
+ Utilizes personnel, financial,and material resources effectively and efficiently to get things done
+ Identifies key issues and drawsconclusions by analyzing and comparing data from different sources ofinformation
+ Uses effective approaches forchoosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions
+ Looks beyond the obvious anddoes not stop at the first answers or stick to traditional ways ofthinking and achieving
+ Seeks and values feedback andworks actively to improve himself / herself
+ Looks for new challenges(tasks, topics) and learns quickly when facing them
+ Considers change as anopportunity and willingly adapts to changing environments
**5. Analysis andProblem Solving**
**6. Learning andSelf-Development**
**Knowledge, Skills,& Abilities:**
+ **Leadership:** Proven leadership experience, with the ability totrain and develop store work force.
+ **Merchandising:** Ability to merchandise and manage store operationseffectively.
+ **Communication:** Must have excellent verbal and written communicationskills, superior interpersonal skills, and the ability to influence alllevels of management.
+ **Customer Service:** Ability to provide (directly and through others)superlative customer service experiences.
+ **Delegation:** Ability to delegate effectively
+ **Multi-tasking:** Ability to handle multiple and competing priorities
+ **Strategy/Planning:** Strategic and critical thinker, able develop planswhich support corporate goals and to troubleshoot operational issues.
**Department:** Retail US
**Business Unit:** Rockport
**Assistant Store Manager**


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - When to apply for positions in the Caribbean? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in When to apply for positions in the Caribbean? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Caribbean Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message flydragonflyJoined: 22 May 2008Posts: 4Location: New Orleans, LA Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:49 pm Post subject: When to apply for positions in the Caribbean? Hi, I'm looking into teaching in the US Virgin Islands or in Puerto Rico. I will be receiving my MA in English in December, and I would like to make my move in January. I see that elementary/secondary schools start in August. I have also seen some openings at the University of the Virgin Islands which also start in August. Does anyone know if positions ever open up at the beginning of the Spring semester? I know this may be possible at the University level, but I want to make sure I'm aware of all my options. Any advice on when to apply for positions in the USVI or in PR is welcome. Thanks! SB Back to top john_n_carolinaJoined: 26 Feb 2006Posts: 700Location: n. carolina Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:07 am Post subject: ...why not try and contact the "current" teachers at the VI Dept of Education? or anyone in human resources,...if they answer the phone VI DEPT OF Education: http://www.doe.vi/ and this is the recruiting site: http://www.teachusvi.net/ here is Human Resources for Dept of Education with real numbers: http://www.doe.vi/hr-news/division-of-human-resources.html good luck! Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Caribbean Forum All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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The Bruins player everyone was waiting to be a failure provided plenty of fodder for his detractors at the outset of his stint with Boston after arriving via free agency from Montreal.
However, the second half of the season turned into a time for Pouliot to prove people wrong. Did he fully replace Michael Ryder on Boston's third line? Not quite. Did he finally show why he was drafted fourth overall in 2005? On an individual play here or there, but over the course of the season, not even close.
That doesn't mean that Pouliot wasn't a solid pick imported at short money and on a short-term deal. Whether he returns to the Bruins will depend on several situations that have to play out the next several weeks. But at the very least, Pouliot has earned himself another job in the NHL and might even be able to thrive somewhere he'll get the ice time and the faith of his coaching staff.
Regular season: 74 GP, 16-16-32, plus-18
Playoffs: 7 GP, 1-1-2, minus-1
Contract status: RFA 2012
Regular season recap
Highlight: With just 3:01 left in a game against New Jersey Nov. 15, Pouliot potted the game-winning goal – just his second score of the season. As far as confidence boosts, this was a good one for the speedy forward, who finished with two hits and two blocked shots in just 8:26 of ice time. Later in the season, Pouliot scored highlight-reel goals against Florida and Montreal that might stick out more in people's minds, but his goal against the Devils was the one that most helped the team.
Lowlight: Pouliot's first chance to face his former team turned into a disaster in Montreal, as he skated just 8:07 and accumulated six penalty minutes on a pair of foolish penalties. He didn't receive a second of third-period ice time in a 1-0 win over the Canadiens.
Playoff recap: Pouliot played solid against Washington, but the lasting image will always be him shooting the puck off Mike Knuble at the blue line in overtime of Game 7 and sending the Capitals off to the races for the series-clinching goal.
Grade: C-plus. After a terrible start and a lot of excuse-making, Pouliot found his comfort level and a decent amount of physicality to accompany his speed and make him a serviceable bottom-six forward.
Carnac predicts … after the Bruins let Pouliot walk, I'm sure he'll get a couple million from some team looking to fill in its bottom six with a guy that could push 20 goals with the right surroundings.


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Celebrity stylist Guiseppe Franco (known for his work on the heads of Mena Suvari, Drew Barrymore, Brad Pitt and many others) compares the Stylist Star Challenge to the TED Talks, but with a focus on hair and success in the beauty industry. The all-day event will feature classes, talks and demonstrations designed to share practical and inspirational wisdom from industry legends with Albuquerque's stylists and salons. In addition, local stylists will create glamorous styles on live models for event judges Franco and Kristoff Ball (Gwen Stefani, Pink) and the chance to attend a red-carpet Hollywood event. Albuquerque has many talented stylists and this event is an exciting step toward creating the more vibrant fashion scene we deserve. Tickets are on sale for industry professionals and spectators alike. Don't miss it.
The Stylist Star Challenge comes to Albuquerque
Monday, December 1, 9am—5pm at the Albuquerque Convention Center's Kiva Auditorium
Hyperlocal Style
Artist Jaque Fragua returns to the streets
A coming-of-age story about pants
The fashion bloggers at BurqueStyle have embarked upon an age-old endeavor.
You see, there comes a time in every young jerk's life, when one might want to get the kind of job where clothes matter a little.
I'm not talking about life at the Alibi. Most days, we're just lucky we're all wearing pants. (To be fair, some staffers dress very nicely here. I'm not one of them.) However, if I were a lawyer defending you in a triple-homicide case, maybe you'd want me to class it up a little. Like with a hat or something.
Which brings us to Jersey punk transplant J. He once drove a car through a Home Depot. He hangs around Dumpsters, if the photos on the blog are any indication. Soon, he will be a young professional. So BurqueStyle and local clothing shop Toad Road hooked him up with some ideas.
I think it's actually kinda hard to dress professionally but still feel like yourself if you're coming from an counterculture background. They did nice work. And J still got a chance to point out that if you're wearing pants that cost $180, it totally blows if you screw them up somehow. But they fit nice, he says, and feel better than the mass-produced, cookie-cutter $15 jeans dangling from plastic hangers at Walmart.
And all the better if you can support local business or avoid child-labor-made goods in the process.
BurqueStyle's got an event happening this weekend, too. Pop Up ABQ is Saturday, 7 p.m., at the Corrales Bistro Brewery. Details here.
Fashion in Burque
No, for serious
Most fashion writing bugs me. It's usually snippy, sexist, classist, racist and, above all, anti-local. Women are the primary targets of criticism, everything is absurdly expensive, and white people fashion is the right fashion. Experts usually espouse advice in line with national trends that have nothing to do with your area.
And as we all know, ours is a region with identity.
Which is why I was thrilled to see some locals doing fashion right. The good people at Burque Style embarked on a mission to document our city. (Disclosure: One of their writers, Jessica Del Curto, used to work with me at the Daily Lobo.) The site doesn't front a nasty tone. Instead, it celebrates the local fashion of regular people.
Today, the team's posted a boo feature showcasing couples. It's damn cute.
Hipster animal prediction: 2013 will be the year of the whale
Squirrels are coming. In 2012, expect your bars to be named after them, your bands to use them on fliers and album covers, your coffee cups, T shirts and lighters to display them. Expect twentysomethings and early thirtysomethings to wear them on necklaces and earrings. Someone, somewhere, will get a squirrel tattoo.
Owls dominated 2011.
Before that, it was birds, generally. Any species was acceptable, but ravens, mockingbirds and bluebirds were big.
2009 saw the rise of the unicorn.
Panda bears also had a brief heyday, preceded by a long bout of wolves.
After much profound consideration, my intuition tells me that post-squirrel 2013 will be the year of the whale. Blue whales, more specifically.
But it could be orcas, as they are the panda bear of whales.
Missoni for Target stuff unleashed today
Missoni's heavily marketed=highly anticipated line of wares for big box retailer Target hit the shelves/internet today. The brouhaha was so intense, it crashed Target's website. Admittedly, I kind of want some tumblers ... but think most of the merch is a little tacky.
Things I thought were a dream but actually happened: extremely pointy Mexican boots
This is for real. Now let's bring extremely pointy boots to New Mexico and combine it with planking. We'll call it "pointing."
Fashion and Charity
At first glance Princess Beatrice's tea rose hat looks like a Cindy Lou Who hairdo. Don't be fooled, this is no Dr. Seuss invention, but a design by Philip Treacy.
The extravagant hat worn by Princess Beatrice to the royal wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton, got almost as much attention as the wedding itself. The hat inspired mockery, admiration and even a Facebook page. Now Beatrice is giving up the head piece to help benefit children's charities. The bidding on eBay.com, which began this week, has now reached more than $35,000.
The auction is being overseen by Auction For A Cause and all proceeds will go to The The Little Bee Initiative, a campaign set up by Princess Beatrice. The money raised by auctioning off the hat will be split evenly between two charities, UNICEF and UK Children in Crisis.
For all of the prosperous fashionistas out there, there is still time to place your bid on this truly individual hat. The auction closes on May 22, so hurry.
Better beards, magnificent mustaches
As most folks are aware, the World Beard and Moustache Championships 2011 are going on in Norway. Wait, you didn't know? The United States won an impressive six gold medals, including one in the largest, most fiercely competitive category: Full Beard Natural.
However, top prize went to Germany's Elmar Weisser; he received the honor of best beard. His luscious beard, styled to look like a reindeer, flew right over the competition.
A total of about 150 contestants competed in 14 different categories, from Natural Moustache to Musketeer. Beard Team USA sent a respectable 35 representatives to the world championships. Sadly, there is no chapter in New Mexico. Interested in starting one?
If you haven't checked out the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists, it's another way to get your hair fix for the day.
Raising a stink over TOMS shoes
So, I bought a pair of TOMS about three months ago, very enthused to be a supporter of the company's One for One campaign: For every pair you buy, another is given to a child in need. Pretty good deal, right? At around $55 for brand-new, high-design shoes, I thought so.
After a few days of breaking my TOMS in, I was hooked. They are the most comfortable pair of shoes I've ever had and I felt good in them. They're no high heels, but they're cute. And the best part about them is knowing that I'm helping someone in need.
But about two months into wearing my TOMS, I started to question the love affair. They started to smell. I wasn't sure if it was my own feet or what, but it was bad. Other shoes that I've worn for a year smelled better. Carrying this kind of stank around, I didn't feel comfortable anymore. So I decided to take a break.
My brother mentioned the other day how he stopped wearing his TOMS, too. He had the same thing happen to him—about two months into wearing the shoes, the foot funk got horrendous. He said they were starting to get sticky inside, too.
The idea of helping someone else out is great. But if they only last for a couple of months, I'm not sure if they're worth it. C'mon, Tom. If a kid's poor, the last thing he's "in need" of are stinky shoes.


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You are right Toby. It's an upgrade for experienced kiters only and very dangerous.Toby wrote:Almost any bar can be used with a North Iron Heart.
Then you need to drill two holes into the bar.
Not sure about stability though.
Using a ML windsurfing style is dangerous, since you cannot activate the chickenloop QR.
North bar can. Get a used bar up to 2012 and buy the ML upgrade kit.


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Frances Elizabeth Hankins, 90, passed away peacefully Feb. 17, 2013, in Hood River, Ore. Frances was born May 31, 1922, in Glentworth, Saskatchewan, Canada, to John and Marie Schmidt Agopsowicz.
On Aug. 23, 1943, she married Clell Hankins in Edmonton, Calgary. They moved from Canada to Missouri with stays in Louisiana, Nevada and Texas before moving to Oregon. Clell passed away in 1996.
Frances worked for Luhr-Jensen, local packing houses and retail stores in Hood River over the years as well as being an active wife and mother. She loved to play bingo, do crossword puzzles, sew, work in her garden, read and have lunch with friends. Frances always followed Mariners baseball.
Frances is survived and will be dearly missed by her five children: Don Hankins, of Clinton, La., Betty (and husband, Dave) Thomas, of Hood River, Ore., Barbara Purdie, of Parkdale, Ore., Lydia (and husband, Mike) Kimlinger, of Salem, Ore., and Lani (and wife, Nadine) Hankins, of Lincoln City, Ore.; 16 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters, three brothers and a granddaughter.
A celebration of Frances' life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at Anderson's Tribute Center (address below). Pastor Bruce Parker of First Baptist Church will officiate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; 541-386-1000. Please visit www.andersonstributecenter.com to leave a note of condolence for family.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A large storm system packing high winds, thunderstorms and the threat of tornadoes is continuing its sweep across several Southern and central U.S. states.
Emergency management officials say the large storm front blacked out thousands in Arkansas and has caused scattered power outages in northern Mississippi. At least one person was reported injured by lightning in Arkansas.
Jeff Rent at the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency urged residents to be on guard for severe thunderstorms, high winds and possible twisters. Tennessee and other states also were on guard Wednesday.
Rent says some houses have been damaged and trees and power lines felled as the brunt of the storm was felt in four Mississippi counties overnight. The storm is set to sweep toward the Eastern seaboard in coming hours.


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Londonderry considers taking on tuitioned outside studentsBy APRIL GUILMET
Union Leader Correspondent
November 22. 2012 10:54PM
LONDONDERRY - Faced with unexpected budget shortages, Londonderry school officials are giving some serious thought to allowing students from other school districts to attend on a tuition basis next year.
During Monday night's School Board meeting, Superintendent Nathan Greenberg said two unnamed school districts have recently approached him and administrators from both of those districts have expressed an interest in Londonderry.
Allowing outsiders to attend Londonderry schools would be one way to generate necessary revenue at a time when local enrollments continue to drop.
"We've had a number of students tour our high school recently and had some apply to attend our high school on a tuition basis," the superintendent said.
While details have yet to be determined, Greenberg said he was "actively pursuing" both options at present time.
District officials warned this week that some staff reductions might still be necessary next year as Londonderry schools brace for last-minute shortfalls in federal funding.
An initial budget presentation had been scheduled to take place this week but that workshop was postponed after school officials realized they had various financial issues to tackle first.
The elimination of the state's 35 percent share of retirement monies will cost the district $1,427,195 next year, Superintendent Nathan Greenberg said Monday night.
"We'd originally anticipated being able to present the budget for the FY13 school year," Greenberg noted. "Now we have some issues to address."
Late last week the district got word on the latest anticipated cuts in state adequacy funding, causing Greenberg to pause.
Challenges for next year include a $79,000 shortfall in vocational transportation and tuition aid, combined with a $1,136,539 reduction in federal adequacy grants, among other things.
Greenberg expects the recent developments would ultimately result in a 50-cent increase on residential property taxes.
A projected enrollment drop of 170 students will necessitate further last-minute budget adjustments.
"Knowing we'll be facing a continuing drop in revenue from the state, we're including a number of warrant articles that we believe would serve in the best interests of the district in the long run," Greenberg said.
Initial budget recommendations will now be presented during the Tuesday School Board meeting at 7 p.m. at Londonderry Town Hall.
"Deferral and reduction of some initiatives we've put in place will help get us to a reasonable number," Greenberg said. "However, we are determined to retain class sizes as best we can. We don't want to eliminate programs, so it's likely we'll need to reduce in other areas."
"It's going to be tight," the superintendent stressed. "And we don't want to find ourselves in a situation where we're even worse off in 2014."
Establishing trust funds for employee health benefits and future purchases of equipment and technology might be an option down the road, Greenberg said.
Board member John Robinson said another method of revenue generation might be to "add fees for activities we normally take for granted," such as athletics and extracurricular clubs.
Greenberg said he'd prefer to avoid that option in light of the current economic climate.
"We've been fortunate over the years with significant fundraising by groups such as Friends of Music to give those activities a boost at no cost to the district," he added.
Chairman John Laferriere criticized the state for its funding shortfalls.
"This is something that's been stuffed down our throats and we have no control over it," he said. "We've been prudent with managing our budget and managing our school district. To me, the state was not managing themselves very well."


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