text:
99 players took part in the 26th Open, the Millennium edition. The four players to make the knockout stage were Victor Chow (6 dan South Africa), Zhongyong Zhang (5 dan China), Valentin Urziceanu (4 dan Romania) and Yoshiyuki Uemura (4 dan France). Zhang beat Chow and then Urziceanu to win the tournament. Second was Urziceanu, and third Victor Chow. On 7/8 were Konrad Scheffler (2 kyu UK) and Gustav Rober (15 kyu UK). On 6 wins were Philip Marshall (6 kyu Isle Of Man), Natasha Regan (9 kyu UK), Matthew Selby (10 kyu UK), Steffen Wolff (10 kyu D), Mathias Bahr (1 dan D) and Kei Shinada (4 kyu Belgium), winners receiving a wooden go stone. All on 5/8 were presented with a certificate. Best 1 kyu was Per Erik Martin (Sweeden).
The Lightning winner was Chow, second Zhang and third Mathias Bahr (winner of a play-off against Shawn Hearn (12 kyu UK)). The Continuous 9x9 winners were Francis Roads (4 dan UK), Des Cann (4 dan UK) and Nicola Hurden (13 kyu UK).
Winner was Chris Dawson (1 dan Maidenhead). Best of the 54 players were Natasha Regan (11 kyu Epsom), Ian McAnally (12 kyu Manchester) and Simon Jones (25 kyu Berks Youth) on 4/4. On 3/4 were losing finalist Des Cann (4 dan Leamington) and Alison Jones (2 dan Wanstead), Tony Atkins (2 dan Reading), Henry Segerman (1 dan Oxford Uni), Geoff Kaniuk (1 kyu London), Helen Harvey (1 kyu Manchester), Brian Brunswick (3 kyu Epsom), Bill Streeten (4 kyu Wanstead), Jim Edwards (6 kyu High Wycombe), David Denholm (7 kyu High Wycombe), Roland Halliwell (12 kyu Twickenham) and Andrew McAnally (30 kyu Manchester). Winners in the continuous 13x13 were Ian McAnally, Tony Atkins and Nicola Hurden. Tim Hunt won the spot the words competition, Ron Bell the Pits and Simon Goss the anagrams. On the day before, 31 students were taught by 5 teachers (Alison Jones, Des Cann, Paul Clarke, Simon Goss and Tony Atkins) on subjects such as joseki, shape, jargon, life and death.
75 players attended the 7th Swindon. Winner was Des Cann (4 dan Leamington) on tie-break from Francis Roads and Alistair Wall (both 4 dan Wanstead). On 3/3 were Alan Thornton (2 dan St Albans), Roger Daniel (4 kyu Hampstead), Ian McAnally (13 kyu Manchester) and Garry White (18 kyu Berkshire Youth). Epsom won the team prize helped by the following also on 3/3: Brian Brunswick (3 kyu), Philip Tedder (5 kyu), Matthew Selby (11 kyu), Natasha Regan (14 kyu) and Andrew Slough (25 kyu). Nicola Hurden (13 kyu Berkshire Youth) won the 13x13.
Winner was Dan Micsa (2 dan Reading) with 4/6. Simon Jones (28 kyu Berkshire Youth) won 5/6; William Brooks (10 kyu Cambridge C&G) and Garry White (19 kyu Berkshire Youth) also won 4/6.
John Rickard (4 dan Cambridge) won the 7th tournament held in North Yorkshire with 5/5. On 4/5 were Andrew Grant (2 dan Open University), Dave Artus (1 dan London), Philip Marshall (6 kyu Isle of Man), David Morton (8 kyu Edinburgh) and Gary Beman (10 kyu Leamington). On 3.5 were Robert Salkeld (1 kyu Essex) and Mark Dalgarno (4 kyu Cambridge). 52 took part.
88 players were at the 30th Wessex. Winner was Young Kim (5 dan GLGC) ahead of Antonio Moreno (4 dan Bristol). Other winners were in divisions: Division 2 Dan Micsa (2 dan Reading); Division 3 Bob Hitchens (1 dan Bristol); Division 4 Steve Bailey (1 kyu West Surrey); Division 5 Ian Sharpe (2 kyu Bath); Division 6 Tom Blockley (3 kyu Worcester); Division 7 Philip Tedder (6 kyu Epsom Downs); Division 8 Toby Anderson (10 kyu Bournemouth); Division 9 Natasha Regan (18 kyu Epsom Downs); Division 10 Paul Blockley (28 kyu Worcester). Of these Kim, Hitchens, Anderson and Regan won all 4 games. The FG Cup for 13x13 went to Shawn Hearn (12 Kyu Berkshire Youth). The best team was Epsom Downs.
46 adults took part in the Wanstead Tournament, resurrected at new a venue: Walthamstow Friends' Meeting House. Winner on 4/4 was Seoung-June Kim (6 dan Cambridge). Des Cann (4 dan Leamington) was second with 3/4. Also on 3/4 were Andrew Grant (2 dan Open), Tim Hunt (1 dan Cambridge), Dave Artus (1 dan London), Konrad Scheffler (2 kyu Cambridge), Mike Cockburn (2 kyu St Albans), Roger Daniel (4 kyu Hampstead) and Christian Nentwich (6 kyu CLGC). On 4/4 were Thomas Wolf (8 kyu Putney) and Matthew Selby (15 kyu Epsom).
In the British Youth Small Board winner and under-18 champion was Philip Tedder (6 kyu Epsom). Runner Up was Nicola Hurden (13 kyu Berks Youth). Winner in under 14 section was Shawn Hearn (12 kyu Berks Youth) and Under 10 winner was Luise Wolf (30 kyu Putney). Winner of the Handicap prize was Garry White (20 kyu Berks Youth). All the kids had a chance to play Yuki Shigeno (pro 2 dan).
56 attended Shrewsbury. Des Cann (4 dan Leamington) won in his club's tradition. On 3/3 were Tony Atkins (2 dan Bracknell), Henry Segerman (1 dan Manchester), Richard Moulds (5 kyu Manchester), Jil Segerman (11 kyu Manchester), Matthew Selby (18 kyu Epsom), Stephen Streater (22 kyu Epsom), and Natasha Regan (25 kyu Epsom). Manchester won the team prize.
66 players took part in this year's tournament at the Open University. As an extra bonus this time was the visit of professionals Umezawa Yukari (3p) and Inori Yoko (4p). They who played some teaching games with the children, made origami and analysed British Championship Game 2. Winner of the tournament was Young Kim (5 dan CLGC). On 3/3 were Alison Jones (2 dan Wanstead), Steve Bailey (2 kyu West Surrey), Matthew Reid (3 kyu Cambridge), Peter Fisher (4 kyu Leicester), Jimmy Mao (6 kyu Bristol), Richard Thompson (6 kyu Leicester), Garry White (22 kyu Berks Youth) and Matthew Selby and Stephen Streater (playing in this first event). Ian McAnally (15 kyu Manchester) won 2.5.
40 players took part. Three top players all scored 5/6 and were broken by tie-break: 1. Francis Roads (4d), 2. T.Mark Hall (4d), 3. Shigehiko Uno (5d). Two Manchester 7 kyus won 5/6: Ken Primrose and Richard Moulds. Best player below 10 kyu was Ian McAnally (15k Chester).
Cho Hun-Hyun (Korea 9p) attended the MSO in West London and lectured and played 10 on 1 simultaneous. He was assisted in translation by Nam Chihyoung (Korea 1p). The 13x13 event was won by Shutai Zhang, second Matthew Macfadyen and third Vladimir Danek. The 9x9 event was won by Seong-June Kim, second Shutai Zhang, third Gert Schneider. A beginners 9x9 was won by F. Prager, second T. Niccoli and third N. Regan. The six round main event was won by Shutai Zhang on tie-break from Si Young Jang and Guo Juan. The fast play was won clearly by Si Young Jang, second Guo Juan and equal third Shutai Zhang and Sa Ryun Yoon. Go players recorded medals in other events too such as poker, skat, Continuo and Countdown. Paul Smith took the gold in the Pentamind ahead of Demis Hassabis.
54 players took part in the main event and two more in the afternoon. Winner of the main event was Francis Roads (4d) ahead of Des Cann (4d). Neil Moffatt (8k Portsmouth) and Shawn Hearn (14k Brakenhale) won all 5. On 4/5 were Eric Hall (3k Swindon), Emma Marchant (8k Brakenhale), Gernot Belger (13k D), Ian McAnally (17k Manchester) and Garry White (26k Wildridings). The afternoon event was won by Shigehiko Uno (5d London). On 3/3 were Ian McAnally and Emma Fairbrother (20k Brakenhale). On 2 and a jigo were Eric Hall and France Ellul (3k High Wycombe). Prizes for two and a bye went to Graham Brooks (12k Swindon) and Gustav Rober (17k IOM). Pairs champions were Michael Marz and Gernot Rober, who beat Simon Goss and Chris White in the final. After a play-off the team winners were the Fish, Spoon and Tea Set, ahead of Derby Leamings. Shawn Hearn beat William Brooks in the final to win the Continuous Lightning. 13x13 winner was Francis Roads (beat France Ellul in last round). Chris White (29k Brakenhale) was the best in the 35 player Handicap event. Tom Blockley (3k Worcester) was Junior champion.
The first ever Pompey Tournament was held in the small village of Southwick high on the Downs above the city. 46 players attended and despite a large number of Brakenhale children turning up none one prizes. May be this was caused by the distraction of football luring them away from the 13x13; Dan Micsa (1 dan Reading) won this event earning himself one of the new BGA Books tokens. Winner of the event was local member Alistair Wall (4 dan) who one a go cabinet. Runner up was Tony Atkins (2 dan Reading). Those winning engraved glasses for three wins were: Neil Moffatt (9 kyu Portsmouth), Greg Lane-Serf (10 kyu Winchester), Michael Davis (12 kyu Plymouth), Ian McAnally (18 kyu Manchester) and Garry White (28 kyu Wildridings School Bracknell). Kevin Drake (1 kyu Bournemouth) also won a glass for 2 wins and a jigo. Portsmouth declined to win the fan that was the team prize and offered it to Winchester instead.
54 people also attended the Welsh Open at Barmouth. This was a record attendance possible caused by predictions of fine weather or by the events reputation for a fun atmosphere and the beautiful sea and hills around. As ever the winner was Matthew Macfadyen (6 dan Leamington). A creditable second place was Andrew Grant (2 dan Open University) who placed ahead of several 3 dans. Prize winners for 4/5 were Edward Blockley (2 kyu Worcester), Tom Blockley (3 kyu Worcester), Peter Fisher (5 kyu Leicester), Richard Moulds (8 kyu), Jil Segerman (12 kyu Manchester), Shawn Hearn (15 kyu Brakenhale) and Dan Calvelo (17 kyu Brakenhale).
54 players attended the Leicester Tournament, again held in its church hall venue. A change from recent years was that the trophy actually arrived, after a rescue from Matthew Macfadyen's trophy cupboard by Des Cann. Actually it was Des who took it away again as he was the winner. Playing at 4 dan, he did well to beat Seong June Kim (6 dan Cambridge) in the last round. Kim was second and David Ward (3 dan Cambridge) was third despite having to play two other Cambridge players including the 6 dan and beating the Bracknell winner Young Kim (5 dan London). Prizes of 3/3 went to Dan Micsa (1 dan Reading), Steve Bailey (2 kyu West Surrey), Malcolm Walker (9 kyu Worcester), Theo Elliott (14 kyu Brakenhale), Chris Jones (20 kyu Unattached) and Nick Calvelo (29 kyu Brakenhale). Dan Calvelo (the elder brother) won the continuous 13x13 ahead of school mate Shawn Hearn.
23 players attended this year's Scottish Open, held for the third time at Glasgow University. Winner this year was Simon Shiu (4 dan Bristol) who won all 6. Second on 5/6 was Tony Atkins (2 dan Reading). Ian McAnally (20 kyu Manchester) also won 5/6.
31 Pairs attended the Championships held this year at Stokenchurch near High Wycombe. Competition was in three sections: the British Championship, the Open Handicap and Youth Handicap. Winners of the Youth were Brakenhale's Nicola Hurden and Shawn Hearn, with the runners up being a scratch team of Andrew Gale and Garry White. Handicap winners were Jini Williams and Fred Holroyd, with runners up Yoko Sone and John McAnally. In the Championship section winners for the third year running were Kirsty Healey and Matthew Macfadyen, with runners up Alison Jones and Tony Atkins. It looks like the latter pair will be our representatives in the World Pairs Championships in November. Other pairs on two wins were Emma Marchant and Simon Goss, Sue Paterson and Des Cann. Best dressed pairs were Silvia Kalisch and Richard Parkins, Luise Wolf and Thomas Wolf; Emma-Jayne Fairbrother and Tom Blockley had the best dressed feet. Various prizes were awarded in the top ten go songs competition.
70 players attended at the new venue which was actually in Wokingham and not Bracknell. Winner was Y.K. Kim (5 dan CLGC) who beat S-J. Kim (6 dan Cambridge) in the last round. Winners on 3/3 were Simon Bexfield (1 dan CLGC), Granville Wright (1 dan Brighton), Alan Metz (2 kyu Portsmouth), Tony Lyall (7 kyu Norwich), Thomas Wolf (9 kyu Twickenham), Neil Moffatt (10 kyu Portsmouth), Richard Barnes (15 kyu), Ian McAnally (22 kyu Manchester) and Andrew Gale (29 kyu Brakenhale). The 13x13 winner was Daniel Calvelo (21 kyu Brakenhale).
This was again a 24 player tournament, held as last year at the Nippon Club in Piccadilly. 12 players from last year, anyone 5 dan or stronger and those qualified from the Candidates' Tournament, the British Open or the Stacey could take part. Making a welcome reappearance this year was the British Champion from the sixties and seventies, Jon Diamond. A three way tie between Matthew Cocke, Des Cann and John Rickard will mean a play-off having to be arranged. Those on 4/6 taking places 5 to 8 were: Matthews, Hall, Shepperson, Ward and Jim Clare.
The Bar-Low tournament for kyu players was held at the usual venue of the Cambridge University Centre. The number of players taking part was the same as the last three years at 32 plus the organiser. Cambridge's 1 kyu Jonathan Chin won all five games against his fellow kyu players to end in first place. Phil Beck ended second as a 3 kyu by winning 4/5. Two other prize winners were Brakenhale's Briony Staines (27 kyu) and Emma-Jayne Fairbrother (22 kyu).
The fifth Devon Tournament moved west to the ancient sea port of Plymouth. The venue was a pub, the Three crowns, on the Barbican. Tony Atkins (2 dan Reading) took his first even game title. Losing finalist was Tony Putman (1 dan Swindon). The best of the bottom half of the 16 were Corrina Finnis (12 kyu West Cornwall) and Richard Helyer (7 kyu Oxford) who beat Corrina in the last round.
Abingdon School was the attractive location of the British in the historic Thames-side town. 37 players arrived to play the British Lightning. Seong-June Kim was the winner, beating Piers into second. The others with 4/5 were T.Mark Hall, Des Cann, Simon Goss and Chris Dawson. In the lower division, first was Ian McAnally (23 kyu) with 5/5, ahead of Daniel Calvelo (25 kyu). 80 players took part in the main tournament, the British Open. The prizes in the Open went to: 1. S-J. Kim (6 dan Cambridge) for 6/6, 2. M. Macfadyen (6 dan Cambridge) for 5/6, 3. T.Mark Hall (4 dan London), 4. Y. Kim (5 dan CLGC) for 4/6, and those on 5/6 Tim Hunt (1 kyu Cambridge), Edward Blockley (2 kyu Worcester), Philip Beck (3 kyu Cambridge), Konrad Scheffler (4 kyu Cambridge), Theo Elliott (16 kyu Brakenhale) and Roger Peck (20 kyu unattached). The Nippon Club Cup for the best BGA club team went to Cambridge for their 63 percent. Winners in the continuous 13x13 were Nicola Hurden (13 kyu Brakenhale) and Daniel Calvelo (25 kyu Brakenhale). Dr Evan Harris MP presented the prizes. The 1998-1999 Stacey Grand Prix (for the most top tournament games won) went for the first time ever to Matthew Macfadyen (39 points), ahead of Francis Roads (33 points) and S-J. Kim (28). The WKD Grand Prix (for the two dan with the most losses) went to worthy winner Alan Thornton (31 points), ahead of Alison Jones (25) and Simon Goss (23). Alison Jones was highest placed woman in the Open and so scored the most qualifying points towards trips to the Women's World Amateur, ahead of Kirsty Healey, Lena Morrish and Sue Paterson. In addition for the first time, Challenger's places were awarded to S. Shiu, A. Rix, T. Hunt, T. Atkins and M. Charles from the Open, and A. Thornton and B. Bagot from the Stacey.
Six teams made it to Great Missenden for the traditional Easter Monday Thames Valley Team Tournament. Reading regained lost form (helped may be by the handicapping scheme) despite having to field a reserve and Jim Clare (3 dan) losing to Christian Scarff (1 dan). Second was the Jet Lagged team, followed by West Surrey.
54 players attended and could hear Matthew Macfadyen's entertaining lunch talk on the rarity of the species known as the British six dan. As usual Matthew also won the event. Those on 3/3 were: John Lowe (3 kyu Leamington), Thomas Erker (5 kyu Germany), Malcolm Walker (10 kyu Worcester), Nicola Hurden (14 kyu Brakenhale), and Ian McAnally (25 kyu Manchester). Brakenhale school mates Dan Calvelo and Shawn Hearn won the 13x13 prizes. As Brakenhale tied with Leamington for the team prize, Matthew and Nicola played a lightning play off; despite Matthew winning, the youngsters still got their prize.
Held in London at the Nippon Club, a joint Chinese/Korean team won with 15, ahead of Japan on 9, Reading 8 and Central London's 4.
The first stage of the British Championship was held at the Daiwa Foundation opposite Regent's Park in London. 34 players took part. Toby Manning (3 dan Leamington) and John Rickard (4 dan Cambridge) finished unbeaten. Those on three in order of tie-break were Simon Bexfield (1 dan London), Harry Fearnley (2 dan Oxford), Alison Jones (2 dan Wanstead), Andrew Grant (2 dan Open University), Robert Salkeld (1 dan), John Fairbairn (2 dan London), Bob Bagot (2 dan Manchester), Paul Margetts (1 dan Epsom Downs) and Alex Rix (4 dan London). The top four were sure to qualify for the next stage, as would most of the rest taking up reserve places.
HITACHI Europe Ltd again sponsored the Cambridge Trigantius and 95 players attended. Kim Seong-June (6 dan Cambridge) won all three games to take first place ahead of Mr. Y. Kim (5 dan London) and Piers Shepperson (5 dan London). Those also winning all three were Daniel Calvelo (29 kyu Brakenhale), Shawn Hearn (18 kyu Brakenhale), Mike Thomas (9 kyu Cambridge), Mark Dalgarno (5 kyu Cambridge), Frank Visser (4 kyu Cambridge) and Edward Blockley (2 kyu Worcester). Also on three and sharing the best kyu prize were Nick Wedd (1 kyu Oxford) and Jonathan Chin (1 kyu Cambridge). Brakenhale B won the team prize scoring 80 percent. In the now traditional afternoon novices 13x13 event, 12 players aged 5 to adult (including two who dropped from the main) were organised in battle by Paul Smith. Winner was 11 year old Sam Wakeford (Cambridge), ahead of 13 year old Ross Chapman (St. Albans).
98 players attended the Oxford Tournament held as last year in St. Edmund Hall. To keep up the student tradition, the time limits to the last round were cut, thanks to a late start. Main organiser Henry Segerman was rewarded by being one of the players to receive his shodan diploma after the prize giving. Prizes were partly sponsored by Oxford Heritage, the nearby games shop, who had a sales stand present. Winner for the second time running was Matthew Macfadyen (6d Leamington). Those also on 3/3 were Niculae Mandache (2d Bristol), Matthew Woodcraft (1k Cambridge), Barry Chandler (2k Reading), Bill Rivers (2k Oxford), Malcolm Hagan (7k Portsmouth), Neil Moffatt (10k Portsmouth), Keith Osborne (11k Norwich), Jimmy Mao (14k Bristol), Nicola Hurden (15k Brakenhale), Shawn Hearn (20k Brakenhale), Lucie Elliott (24k Brakenhale), Ian McAnally (26k Manchester).
35 children attended Brakenhale School, Bracknell, for the 1999 BYGC. Attending for the first time were Bloxham School; teacher Hugh Alexander accepted a special prize box of sweets on their behalf. Professional Liu Yajie was on hand to give teaching games to players receiving byes. France Ellul, Simon Goss Tony Atkins and Paul Smith were the main organisers. Brakenhale School were awarded the Castledine Trophy for the seventh time, unchallenged again. The Youth Champion was Tom Blockley again, with runner up Francis Weaver.
|Age group
|Runners Up
|Philip Tedder (6k Epsom Downs)
|Emma Marchant (8k Brakenhale)
|Tom Blockley (4k Worcester)
|Francis Weaver (6k Brakenhale)
|Theo Elliott (20k Brakenhale)
|Shawn Hearn (20k Brakenhale)
|Tom Eckersley-Waites (12k Cambridge)
|Adam Eckersley-Waites (12k Cambridge)
|William Brooks (13k Cambridge)
|Paul Blockley (32k Worcester)
|Luise Wolf (35k London)
|Alex Cherry (35k Bracknell)
Prizes for 4/5: Darren Fairbrother (20k Brakenhale), James Donald (20k Cambridge), Nick Calvelo (34k Brakenhale), Lucie Elliott (24k Brakenhale), Lizzy Wayte (31k Brakenhale), Francis Weaver, Tom Blockley, Luise Wolf, William Brooks and Theo Elliott. 3/5: Shawn Hearn, Adam and Tom Eckersley- Waites. Quiz winners: Emma Marchant (16/18) and Nicholas Calvelo (best low-grader).
78 players attended this year's HITACHI sponsored Furze Platt Tournament, held as usual in Hitachi's plush European headquarters in Maidenhead. The Furze Platt School Club may be no more but the former pupils and local Maidenhead members ran a good event as usual. Winner this year was C.S. "Charlie" Park (4d Wanstead), a Korean businessman spending three months in London. He beat London Korean Y. Kim (5d CLGC) in the last round. Winners of 3/3 were Damir Nola (3k CLGC), Graham Lamont (4k Portsmouth), Malcolm Hagan (8k Portsmouth), Rolland Halliwell (14k Epsom Downs), Si Chan (22k Furze Platt), Ian McAnally (28k Manchester). Bottles of wine went to all on 2 wins: Y. Kim (5d CLGC), Piers Shepperson (5d CLGC), T.M.Hall (4d Bristol), Andrew Jones (3d Wanstead), Michael Zhang (CLGC), Mike Charles (2d St. Albans), Tony Atkins (2d Reading), Jo Hampton (2d Barmouth), Alan Thornton (2d St. Albans), Dave Artus (1d CLGC),D Micsa (1d Reading), Marcus Bennett (1d Bournemouth), Simon Bexfield (1d CLGC), Gerry Mills (1d Monmouth), David Woodnutt (1d OU), Mathias Kegelmann (1k Birmingham), Barry Chandler (2k Reading), Sue Paterson (2k CLGC), Jiri Keller (2k CLGC), Brian Brunswick (3k Epsom Downs), David Pemberton (3k Epsom Downs), Nick Rogers (4k OU), Hiroshi Sakata (5k Japan), Iain Attwell (5k Maidenhead), Ron Bell (5k Reading), Pauline Bailey (11k West Surrey), Neil Moffatt (12k Portsmouth), Graham Brooks (12k Swindon). Not surprising from the list of winners the best club team were Portsmouth. Aaron Dixson (21k Brakenhale) won the continuous 9x9.


text:
Better Job Market for Class of 2012
When I was a senior in college, I couldn't wait to graduate so I could go out into the real world and start earning a real paycheck. At that time, the economy was still in recovery mode, and I knew that finding a job would be tough. Some of my friends who had graduated a year, or even two years, ahead of me were still waiting tables or making lattes, and I definitely didn't want to end up like them.
So, I started early — sending out resumes, writing emails, making phone calls, doing anything and everything possible to ensure that my transition from college to real life would be as seamless as possible. I had no idea what I was in for.
By the time I filled in the bubbles on my final final exam, I still had no idea what I was doing next. The application pools for the jobs I was interested in — most of them entry-level positions — were dozens and dozens deep. Like many new graduates, I was being passed over for older, more experienced applicants who had been laid off by their previous employers. And like many new graduates, I resorted to moving in with my parents.
After several months of feeling defeated and frustrated, I finally got my foot in the door at a small company. What I went through after college has made me incredibly appreciative of every career opportunity I have since received, but I still wouldn't wish my post-graduation experience on anyone else.
According to a new report, fewer new grads will feel the effects of the last decade's economic collapse as they set out to land their first jobs. But, as college degrees become more and more common, experts say it's still a good idea to start searching earlier rather than later (I'm talking to you, class of 2012).
Commencement day might seem like a long way off, but trust me — it will sneak up on you faster than you think. So unless you want to end up with roommates named "Mom" and "Dad," you might want to set up a LinkedIn account and start sending out some resumes.
Brooke is a 2010 graduate of The University of Montana, where she ran track and cross country for the Grizzlies. She is currently working as a writer and editor in Missoula.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
You are here: Root > By License > Open SourceGo directly to another tag
CMU Common Lisp "is a free, high performance implementation of the Common Lisp programming language which runs on most major Unix platforms". It provides an advanced native code compiler, a powerful F...
Common Lisp "on the bare metal."
Steel Bank Common Lisp is a Common Lisp implementation based on the CMUCL sources, but it puts a greater emphasis on maintainability. Most of the SBCL code is in the public domain, the rest under a BS...
A partial implementation of Common Lisp in Common Lisp.


text:
LONDON (Reuters) - A Pakistani schoolgirl who underwent reconstructive surgery in Britain after being shot in the head by the Taliban said on Monday she felt much better and was focused on her mission to help others.
A team of doctors carried out a five-hour operation on fifteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai on Saturday to mend parts of her skull with a titanium plate and help restore hearing on her left side with a cochlear implant.
Speaking 24 hours after waking up from surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, central England, Yousufzai said she was already walking around.
"I can walk a little bit, I can talk and I'm feeling better," she said from her hospital bed in a video clip released by the hospital.
"I think I will just get better very soon, and there will be no problem. The thing is my mission is the same, to help people, and I will do that," she said.
Yousufzai was shot in the head at point-blank range in October by the Taliban for advocating girls' education, and was brought to Britain for treatment.
Doctors at the hospital said they were impressed by her recovery so far and hopeful she would be discharged fairly soon, describing her as focused and enthusiastic.
"She should be feeling sorry for herself 24 hours after an operation like that, not talking about helping other people," said Dave Rosser, the hospital's medical director.
The attack on Yousufzai, as she left school in the Swat valley, drew widespread international condemnation, and the schoolgirl has become a symbol of resistance to the Taliban's efforts to deny women education and other rights.
"There's still a lot of support (for Yousufzai) coming in, a lot of communication coming in from around the world," Rosser said.
(Reporting by Alice Baghdjian; Editing by Pravin Char)


text:
In another story that I doubt will get much coverage in the mainstream media, the creator of the famous messianic "Hope" artwork used by the Obama campaign now admits that he has been lying about the origin of the image. He adapted it from an AP photo and has lied about it repeatedly in the interest of pride and money. Robert Gearty reports in his New York Daily News story:
The Los Angeles street artist behind the iconic Obama "HOPE" poster pleaded guilty Friday to lying about the photograph he used to create the image.
It was a stunning turn for Shepard Fairey, 42, the guerilla street artist and graphic designer who is also well known for his "Obey Giant" logo.
He appeared Friday in Manhattan Federal Court to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal contempt. He faces up to six months in jail when he is sentenced July 16. Prosecutors said in court they would be seeking jail time.
As he pleaded guilty, Fairey said he lied for more than eight months when he contended in a lawsuit that he did not use one of the AP's photos as the basis for the Obama poster.
Fairey explained he destroyed documents and created others to perpetuate the lie.
"I was ashamed I did those things, and I knew I should have corrected my actions, but as time passed I found it more and more difficult to admit my actions," he said to Magistrate Judge Frank Maas.
"Violating the court's trust was the worst thing I have ever done in my life," Fairey said. "I was and am ashamed I did all these things."
Fairey settled the AP lawsuit, agreeing to pay the media organization compensation for use of the photo.
C.S. Lewis gave us The Allegory of Love. Where is the Lewis who can explicate The Allegory of Fraud?


text:
As part of our continued dedication to bringing you the best quilting content out there, we're pleased to bring you this 12-part series from one of our sister sites, McCall's Quilting. _______________________________________________________________
For our first Tuesday Tutorial, I am pleased to present one of our free McCall's Quilting University (MQU) video lessons, Pressing Basics. Your host for this video lesson is Beth Hayes, editor-in-chief of McCall's Quilting.
Note: please click any image to go directly to the video lesson.
For new or experienced quilters, pressing techniques can often be overlooked. But as you'll learn in this video, you should always plan your pressing for best results. Beth will tell you plainly that she prefers to use steam while pressing, but whether you prefer to press with or without steam, you will certainly benefit from Beth's tips and demonstrations!
Beth will teach you the best approach for pressing half-square triangles for perfectly flat seams with no puckers or stretched bias seams.
She'll show you more tips for pressing opposing seams, and getting perfectly aligned star points to lie flat. You just might learn a new technique you haven't yet tried!
We all enjoy strip piecing, but have you ever ended up with arcing strips that "smile" (or "frown"!) at you? Beth shows you how to avoid this with tips for both sewing and pressing strip sets.
Beth will show you a few special blocks, like these sampler and hexagon star blocks, that don't really follow the pressing "rules", and will give you tips and examples of how to deal with them.
Improve your quilting skills by taking a few minutes to watch our free Pressing Basics Quilting lesson video at McCallsQuilting.com – click here. Remember, this is just one of the FREE quilting video lessons available 24-7 from our library of FREE quilting lessons and videos at McCallsQuilting.com.
Don't miss any of our Tuesday Tutorials—click here to see them all.
Please tell us what you learned from the video, and share your own tips by commenting below – we love to hear from our readers!


text:
For three years in a row, John Hawkes found himself the center of attention at the Sundance Film Festival. That's an incredible winning streak for any actor, but an especially sweet victory for someone like Hawkes, who toiled for years in thankless roles in thankless movies like Home Fries and I Know What You Did Last Summer before seeming to emerge out of nowhere as the terrifying Teardrop in Winter's Bone, which was a Sundance sensation and eventually earned Hawkes an Oscar nomination. He learned of that nomination while back at Sundance a year later, with another terrifying supporting performance in the acclaimed Martha Marcy May Marlene.
But as he completed his Sundance hat trick earlier this year, Hawkes was getting attention for a very different, very challenging kind of role, playing the disabled poet and writer Mark O'Brien in the quiet little drama once titled The Surrogate, now being released as The Sessions. O'Brien contracted polio when he was six years old and spent most of his life inside an iron lung, but near the end of his life sought out a sex surrogate-- yes, this was a real job in 1970s San Francisco-- to help him lose his virginity. It's the kind of story that can easily veer off into easy sentiment, but Hawkes's deeply committed performance really grounds it, as does the remarkable rapport he has with co-star Helen Hunt, with whom he shares some of the most awkward but tender sex scenes you've ever seen on screen.
Even back at Sundance, Hawkes's Oscar nomination for this role seemed guaranteed, but what's fun about doing interviews there is both you and the actor are still figuring out how to talk about the movie, and the conversation can be more wide-ranging and open than midway through a massive publicity tour. When I talked to Hawkes at Sundance I asked him about his supporting turn in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, which he had just finished shooting, plus his incredible winning streak at Sundance, the physical challenges of playing a man whose spine was twisted by scoliosis, and the fact that he's probably the first actor in history to wish he was less muscular in a nude scene (he stopped working out entirely months before The Sessions began shooting). Usually it's hard to read tone in a printed interview, but the fact that he refers to "Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Lewis" when talking about Lincoln, and is the first to bring up the idea that a disabled actor could have played his part-- I think it's pretty easy to tell this guy is a top-tier gentleman.
Check out our conversation below, and please see Hawkes, Hunt and William H. Macy in The Sessions as it opens in limited release this weekend.
This is kind of your third year in a row coming to Sundance and having this excellent reception. What happens if you come without a hit?
I've been here with movies that didn't take the festival by storm, but I've been lucky the last few years to have movies that were deemed interesting and important to this festival. It's an incredibly lucky run. There's nowhere to go but down from here, unfortunately. But it's been lovely. The Surrogate was chosen out of a fairly large stack after my good luck during the awards season last year, and I had one other script that I chose called Arcadia, which were two of probably the lowest budget of the stack. I've got very understanding agents, manager and lawyer who allow me to just continue to do work which doesn't pay much to any of us, but rewards us hopefully in other ways.
I hadn't realized that you were in Lincoln, which is kind of the opposite of this, it's humongous. Is it important for you to keep that balance now that you've got that stack of options?
I don't really think of it as a balance, I just look for story. And to be honest, Lincoln I'm a very small part in, and wasn't paid big studio money. It was basically a scale job. But when guys like Woody Allen and Steven Spielberg can get guys to come for not much money because they make such interesting films. But what drew me to Lincoln, besides Mr. Spielberg and Mr. Lewis, who's unbelievable, was the script. Tony Kushner wrote a phenomenal script. I'm looking forward toe eyeing the movie beyond my involvement. In fact I'll probably be less interested in the scenes I'm in. [In fact, Hawkes has a nice, comedic supporting turn in the film that's very fun to watch. Lincoln comes to theaters November 9]
What made The Surrogate emerge to the top of that stack of scripts?
Just wonderful writing, a great script and a great story. And also a really interesting, challenging role for me. My trepidation before accepting the project was twofold. When you play a real person, particularly someone who has passed away and is beloved by many people, there's a huge weight of responsibility to try to get that right and do right by that person and do right by the survivors of that person. Beyond that, in the very first meeting I had with Ben [Lewin, the film's writer/director], before he'd offered me the role and before I'd accepted the role, my first question to Ben was "Why not a disabled actor play Mark?" Ben is a polio survivor himself, and he assured me he'd seen several polio survivors himself, and some of them very talented people. But he didn't quite seem them as fitting for Mark. He did cast several disabled actors he'd seen in the film.
Is the idea of a role scaring you important in how you choose them?
I don't have to be frightened by the role, but it makes it more interesting if you can do a role justice that you have no idea how to do. There's appeal in that for sure. But I'm not that much of a daredevil. I want to do good work and I don't want to waste peoples' time by being ineffective in roles. That's going to happen from time to time, but roles like this-- I was going to say it's lightning in a bottle, but that's three years in a row of lightning in a bottle.
I suppose it's just what your career is now.
I suppose it is. I've been lucky, but I've also been incredibly judicious and thoughtful about what I'm going to do. I always try to find an amazing script, an amazing story, told by very talented people, in a role for me that's interesting, that matters to the piece as a whole.
Had you had that choice in previous years? You've been in good stuff, but actors always have to say they don't have much of a choice.
I still don't have a choice, but it is different from when I began. I was an actor for 10 years for free, doing theater in Austin, Texas with wonderful, wonderful people, then having a slow rise for about 10 years in Los Angeles before things really began to click. I'm used to having a low overhead, so to speak. I've worked my whole life, as a waiter and a carpenter-- that's noble work, but I took any acting job that came along. That's not really a recommended path. I know a lot of people who show up and already have discernment about them. I didn't. I just took what I could to pay rent and eat. Now I don't get to do all the parts I want to do, but I don't have to do parts I don't want to do anymore.
Did that make you better as an actor, doing all that work and working with so many people?
Sure, I think you learn every time. It's not all Shakespeare. I came across some scripts and directors and things who maybe aren't at the top of their game, but you learn that way too, to try and find life, try and find soul in pieces that lack them.


text:
Ok - my brain snapped and I needed something newsy and security like, yet light and smart-alecked at the same time. So I hit News of the Weird and I find this news article by way of the Boston Herald and USA Today and republished as a "Weird" story. Actually, I think people are just really wanting to test the TSA and the scanning machines.... riiiiiiiigggghhhttt.
Is It Safe Yet? The head of security at Boston's Logan Airport revealed in December that travelers continue to appear so unfamiliar with restrictions that, three years after 9-11, his screeners still seize 12,000 prohibited items per month. Nationwide, the total since 2002 is nearly 17 million, including 2,200 guns, 79,000 box cutters and 5 million knives. And in December, a Republican congressman blasted the Department of Homeland Security for making "a joke" out of President Bush's 2003 order to compile a comprehensive list of potential domestic terror targets. The list so far (of 80,000 sites) is termed by critics both too large (unlikely targets inexplicably included) and too small (imaginable targets inexplicably left off). [Boston Herald, 12-20-04] [USA Today, 12-8-04]


text:
by ALAN KORNMAN
Our American Jihadi adversaries believe that Allah's divinely ordained Islamic governance is best for all mankind and our man made laws, Constitution and Bill of Rights, are corrupted.
The Jihadi Muslim Brotherhood are winning the hearts and minds of the American people in a very patient and methodical stratagem of war they call the "Civilization-Jihadist Process" as outlined in "An Explanatory Memorandum, On the Strategic Goal For The Group in North America."
4- Understanding the role of the Muslim Brother in North America:
The process of settlement is a "Civilization-JihadistProcess" with all the word means. The Ikhwan (Muslim Brotherhood) must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and "sabotaging" its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and Allah's religion is made victorious over all other religions. Without this level of understanding, we are not up to this challenge and have not prepared ourselves for Jihad yet. It is a Muslim's destiny to perform Jihad and work wherever he is and wherever he lands until the final hour comes, and there is no escape from that destiny except for those who chose to slack.
Allah's Law 3 – U.S. Freedom O
The failed COIN or CounterInsurgency operations are known around military circles as the Petraeus Doctrine. The Petraeus Doctrine's primary focus is winning the hearts and minds of our Islamist adversaries. Yes, I use the world adversaries because if the Islamists were not adversaries we wouldn't have to win either their hearts or their minds.
America may have won the ground wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but never won the hearts and minds of the Iraqi and Afghani people. The result of those failures resulted in Nouri al-Maliki's Iraq becoming a proxy state for Iran. In 2014-15, after U.S. forces leave the Afghanistan theatre, I predict, the Taliban will topple the Karzai government and instill Shariah Islamiyya or Islamic law across that nation.
President Obama was successful in his vision of removing the colonialist dictator Hosni Mubarak from his 30 year rule in Egypt. The Egyptian people voted in Mohamed Morsi of The Muslim Brotherhood whose stated goal is to destroy "western civilization from within."
Recent Successes for Team Jihadi in America
4/24/12 – "The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Tuesday ordered the entire U.S. military to scour its training material to ensure it doesn't contain anti-Islamic content. The order came after the Pentagon suspended a course for senior officers that was found to contain derogatory material about Islam." (Wired Magazine).
June 2, 2009 – DHS designated the shooting at a military recruiting center in Arkansas by, Abdulhakim Muhammed as a "drive by shooting" not a terrorist attack on a military facility.
December 2011 – Lawmakers on Capitol Hill were mystified that the Fort Hood shooting was classified as "work place violence" by the Dept. Of Homeland Security(DHS).
The FBI training manual changed. Nearly 900 pages of training that was considered offensive to Islam were deleted. Rep. Gohmert discusses that the FBI training manual can no longer mention the terms: Islam, Muslim, jihad, enemy, Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda, caliphate, Shariah law. (Source)
9/25/2012 – President Obama said at the UN, ""The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam…"
These are examples of American Jihadis winning the hearts and minds of our policy makers at the highest levels of law enforcement, military, and government. The Jihadis have a strong incentive to influence how the United States Government labels terrorists. The Jihadis know that if we (Americans) can not identify the enemy by name we will not be able to defeat them.
The result of these American Jihadi influence operations is that many of those most knowledgeable on the Islamic Terrorist Threat Doctrine have been purged from our government.
The little known U.S. Muslim Engagement Project is the driving force that brought our Jihadi enemies inside the gate.
U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project
The main goal of this engagement project is to "elevate diplomacy as the primary tool for resolving key conflicts involving Muslim countries" and Muslim groups in the United States.
Inside the beltway policy heavyweights like Madeline Albright, Richard Armitage, and Dennis Ross have made this engagement project the de facto policy guideline for whomever the government deals with involving Islamist issues domestically.
The result of this 'engagement project' is that our government officials are desperately looking for established Muslim groups in the United States to partner with. The objectives of the, U.S. Government / Muslim group, partnerships is to shrink the base of Islamic extremism through conflict resolution and dialogue in the U.S. It's also reported they found unicorns in North Korea.
Sounds good on the surface until you find out known American Jihadis like Ingrid Mattson (ISNA), Dalia Mogahed, and Ground Zero Mosque Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf are the wolves our government is consulting with on important foreign and domestic policy matters.
ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) is the number one listed Muslim Brotherhood affiliate operating in the United States. This is the same Muslim Brotherhood who wrote the Civilization-Jihadist Process whose self professed goal is to destroy Western civilization from within, by our own hands.
American Jihadis Huddle At Justice Department
On 10/21/2011 Neil Munro of the Daily Caller reported, "Top Justice Department officials convened a meeting Wednesday where invited Islamist advocates lobbied them for cutbacks in anti-terror funding, changes in agents' training manuals, additional curbs on investigators and a legal declaration that U.S. citizens' criticism of Islam constitutes racial discrimination."
Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez was at the meeting huddling with American Jihadis. Absent were any dissenting voices like devout Muslim Dr. Zuhdi Jasser and experts in the Islamic Threat Doctrine, Frank Gaffney, Tom Trento, Clare Lopez, and Stephen Coughlin.
The American Jihadis have succeeded in getting cutbacks in anti-terror funding, purging of FBI training manuals, and targeting FBI trainers they deem offensive. It appears Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez was listening very closely to his American Jihadi allies and then doing their bidding.
The Next American Jihadi Military Objective
The one objective the American Jihadis have not successfully implemented is, any criticism of Islam is labeled racial discrimination and hate speech, requiring enforcement of Title VI anti-discrimination laws against anyone who "offends" followers of Shariah compliant political Islamic doctrine and theology.
If you value your freedom of speech pay close attention to what these American Jihadis want. If making public criticism of anything illegal, does not get you mad at the government, ISNA, CAIR, MPAC, etc…. your silence is what our adversaries are counting on.
The American Jihadi's Have Been Busy
On September 25, 2012 Patrick Poole wrote an article titled, "57 Top U.S. Muslim Groups Demanded Government-Wide 'Islamophobia purge' in a Letter to the White House."
Below are the American Jihadi's 2009 demands to John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security. As of December 2012 our American Jihadi adversaries have successfully gotten the demands below implemented by our Federal Law Enforcement Agencies at both the Federal and State levels.
1. Purge all federal government training materials of biased materials.
2. Mandatory re-training program for FBI agents, Army Officers, all Law Enforcement
3. Anyone who promoted biased trainers should be disciplined.
4. Ensure that bigoted trainers and biased materials…are not utilized in the future.
Naturally it will be the 57 American Jihadi groups listed in the "letter" that will determine
What gets Purged
Who gets re-Educated
Who gets re-trained
Who gets fired
What Books Get Banned
We 57 American Muslim Groups Will Determine What Is Best For You
Patrick Poole summed it up nicely by stating, "Purges, blacklists, re-education, and book banning. Sounds like a recipe for the a Muslim Khmer Rouge."
These are the actions of a coordinated Jihadi political/criminal enterprise whose objective is to weaken our government's ability to train this generations and the next generations law enforcement and military tasked with protecting our countries national security interests.
Read more: Family Security Matters
Family Security Matters Contributing Editor Alan Kornman is the regional coordinator of The United West-Uniting Western Civilization for Freedom and Liberty. His email is: firstname.lastname@example.com


text:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives has backed legislation that eases another restriction on the U.S. providing aid to Myanmar.
The bill,which still has to pass the Senate, would allow the U.S. to provide financial aid to the country also known as Burma through the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
The U.S. has been rolling back its tough economic sanctions to reward Myanmar for democratic reforms.
The measure was approved late Wednesday, hours after Congress presented Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi its highest honor. During her visit, Suu Kyi has endorsed the easing of remaining sanctions.
Currently, legislation requires the U.S. to veto such lending to Myanmar.
Myanmar must also clear its arrears with the development banks before lending can resume.


text:
GRANTSVILLE, Md. (AP) — Residents of far western Maryland are recalling a deadly crash 50 years ago near Grantsville of an Air Force B-52 carrying two nuclear bombs.
Three of the bomber's five crew members died in the storm-driven accident on Jan. 13, 1964. Local volunteers helped government workers recover the bodies — and the unarmed bombs — from the snow-covered scene.
The volunteers included Gary Finzel, now 69. He says he'll never forget his overnight trek through hip-deep snow to help bring out the frozen body of Maj. Robert Payne.
Payne's daughter, Teresa Chapman, says she'll always remember the kindness shown by area residents. They include another member of the recovery team who placed a stone marker on the remote spot where her father's body was found.


text:
Now Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey Are Definitely Feuding
There's video of Minaj losing it.
Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey reportedly got American Idol filming shut down today and/or drummed up even more publicity for the show. The pair were judging auditions in Charlotte, N.C. and things got loud and tense. TMZ says Minaj threatened to "knock out" Mimi, and while we can't verify that, we can attest that there is a high-octane, confusing video with Nicki calling Mariah "her fucking highness." (Update: here's a partial translation of the rant. Again, "yikes" and/or "American Idol, returning soon!"


text:
News Story
Thousand Oaks - False Report of Criminal Threats
Nature of Incident:
False Report of Criminal Threats
Report Number:
1300 block of Newbury Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320
Date & Time:
Unit Responsible:
East County Major Crimes Unit
(S)uspects, (V)ictims, (D)ecedent
City of Residence
(S) Unknown
On 01-02-13, at approximately 6:17 AM, the Ventura County Sheriff's Office Communication Center (SCC) received a call from an unidentified person. The caller indicated that they were holding several people hostage at the La Quinta Inn in Newbury Park. The caller threatened to injure the hostages and responding emergency services personnel.
Specialized Units with the Thousand Oaks Police Department, Ventura County Sheriff's Office, Ventura County Fire Department, and other agencies responded to the call and initially handled the situation. During the incident and ensuing investigation, It was determined that the entire incident was a hoax, therefore no threat to public safety.
The East County Major Crimes Unit with the assistance of other agencies are currently investigating the incident. These types of incidents utilize precious resources which could be otherwise used for legitimate calls in the community. Law Enforcement would like to emphasize that these types of events are taken seriously and are a felony crime in the State of California, subject to prosecution.
Deputy Preparing Media Release:
Sergeant Alan Hartkop
Media Release Date:
January 9, 2013
Follow-Up Contact:
Detective Todd Welty (805) 494-8224
Captain Don Aguilar (805)797-7349
Approved by:
Captain Stephen Wade
Ventura County Crime Stoppers will pay up to $1,000 reward for information, which leads to the arrest and criminal complaint against the person(s) responsible for this crime. The caller may remain anonymous. The call is not recorded. Call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).


text:
Town without Pity
Item #: AH2451
All Products
(2 Total)
View by Size:
Getting , please wait.
|"Stadt ohne Mitleid"
|Though the subject of this courtroom drama remains far too timely, its treatment is dated in some key scenes. Of course, being 40 years old will do that to a movie. In 1960, four American GIs (Blake, Jaeckel, Sutton, Sondock) stationed in Germany are accused of raping a local girl, Karin (Kaufmann). Lawyer Steve Garrett (Douglas) is brought in to defend them and elects to put the young woman on trial and on the stand. Gripping courtroom tale never fails to deliver dramatic punch. Based on the Manfred Gregor novel "The Verdict." Gene Pitney had his biggest hit with the Academy Award-nominated title song.
|Directed by:
|Gottfried Reinhardt
|Kirk Douglas, E.G. Marshall, Robert (Bobby) Blake, Richard Jaeckel, Frank Sutton, Alan Gifford, Barbara Rutting, Christine Kaufmann, Mal Sondock


text:
Passports & Visas
A passport is now required for ALL international flights. If you're traveling by plane to any international destination – including those Mexico, the Caribbean or Canada - you must hold a valid passport to board the flight and to enter the country. We suggest visiting A Briggs for more information on passport applications and renewals.
Travel Visas
A travel visa is required to enter many countries. Travel visas are documents indicating a person has been authorized to enter a country, and often come in the form of a sticker or stamp attached to a passport. Use the A Briggs widget to determine if you might need a travel visa for your next international trip.
It is always the responsibility of the individual traveler to determine if passports and visas are required for any travel. STA Travel is not responsible for the failure of a traveler to comply international travel requirements and/or the ability to secure the proper travel documents before travel. We suggest using our partner A Briggs for visa & passport assistance, but please note other options may be available. To avoid additional expenses and disappointment, carefully review all travel documents, including flight itineraries, passports and visas as soon as you receive them and report any discrepancies immediately.


text:
BRISTOL, Tenn. – Led by Brooke Johnson's 19 points, King Women's Basketball overcame deficits in the second half and overtime to take away an 85-82 win in their conference home opener, Saturday night. The Lady Tornado defeated the Queens (N.C.) Royals to improve to 3-2 overall and earn their first conference victory of the season. Kelly Jackson and Bonnie Durrett each scored in double figures and contributed greatly in King's fight for the win.
Queens (N.C.) began to build a lead after trailing 43-41 at the half that hit seven points under the 10-minute mark. Down 69-62, King went on a 9-1 run to regain the lead by three points. Following Alley Sprouse's layup to begin the rally, sophomore Chelsea Bowling (Elizabethton, Tenn./ETSU) scored the next four points with a short-range jumper and pair of free throws to create a one-basket game, 70-68. After tying the game at 70, Brooke Johnson (Roan Mountain, Tenn.) hit one of her four three pointers to give King a three point lead but Nikia Squire rallied the Royals back with a bucket with 1:02 remaining before both teams went scoreless for the duration of regulation.
The Royals again jumped out of the gate with a 6-1 start to the overtime session, fueled by four points from close range by Shonice Pettaway and a field goal from Shanel Sweet, 80-75. Queens went cold from the floor, missing their final four field goal attempts. While their stroke chilled, King began to heat up at the right time. Kelly Jackson (Lynchburg, Va./Elon) came off the Sweet make and hit a shot in the paint to trim the lead to three. Jackson benefitted from Lacey Singletary's miss on the ensuing Queens possession and knocked down a second straight jumper to make for a one point game, 80-79.
Sophomore Bonnie Durrett (West Paducah, Ky./Jefferson College) led a defensive stand on the next possession, getting a piece of Micha Cox's three point attempt for a block and then turned it into an easy lay in on the other end following a feed from Brooke Johnson. Durrett gave King their first lead of the overtime session, 81-80. Shonice Pettaway took back the lead for the Royals with a pair of free throw makes following a foul, but Chelsea Bowling drew a foul under the Royals basket off an Alley Sprouse miss and was sent to the line to retake the lead. Despite a Tia Hudgins missed jump shot with 43 seconds remaining, Nikia Squire stole the ball away for one last chance, but the Royals' woes from the field continued as Pettaway missed with 32 seconds to go with Bowling reeling end the rebound. Kelly Jackson sealed the game when she slipped behind the Royals' press defense and Brooke Johnson found her for an easy layup for the bucket that finalized the overtime win, 85-82.
King trailed for much of the first half after a quick 10-4 start behind threes from Brooke Johnson and Chelsea Bowling. Queens scored the next 13 points with help from three King turnovers that resulted in six points. The Royals held on to an eight point lead heading into the final 5:30 of the first half before King began chipping away at their lead behind the three ball. Freshman Stephanie Brantley hit her first two attempts after checking in just before Queens went up eight points with her second make cutting the lead down to four points, 37-31. The Royals bumped the lead back up to seven but in the final 2:03, the Lady Tornado went on a 9-0 rally to close out the half and take a 43-41 lead into the half. Four of their final nine points came off of turnovers and the go-ahead bucket stemmed from a block by sophomore Alley Sprouse (Newport, Tenn.), resulting in Jackson cashing in on the fastbreak with a layup.
Bonnie Durrett recorded her second double-double of her King career adding 15 rebounds to her 17 points. Both of those marks are season highs for the sophomore. Ten of her 17 points came in the first half. She added three blocks and two steals on the defensive end.
Senior Brooke Johnson also set a new season high while leading the Lady Tornado with 19 points on 6-of-11 shooting from the field. Four of her six field goals were from three-point range. She also led the team with eight assists. Following her performance Saturday night, Johnson is now 169 points away from 1,000 career points.
Junior Kelly Jackson shot 50 percent on the night, going 6-of-12 from the field for a total of 12 points. She added five assists and five rebounds to her line, as well. Chelsea Bowling was the fourth and final King player to score in double digits, finishing with 16 on 4-of-7 shooting and 6-of-7 from the free throw line.
King outrebounded Queens, 47-38. The Royals, however, caused 29 King turnovers which resulted in 28 points for Queens (3-2, 2-1 Conference Carolinas).
Shonice Pettaway led all scorers with 28 points on 10-of-28 shooting. She and teammate Tia Hudgins tallied eight rebounds. Hudgins joined Pettaway in double digit scoring with 10 points. Nikia Squire led the Royals with five steals.
King (3-2, 1-2 CC) earned its first Conference Carolinas win of the season with their overtime victory over Queens. The Lady Tornado will break from conference action and host Salem International on Dec. 4 with a 7 p.m. tipoff. Their next two games will be against the Fighting Tigers as King will head to Salem, W.Va. before returning to conference play on Jan. 3 at Barton (Wilson, N.C.).


text:
You are here: Home
Handwerkerstr. 6, D-59597 Erwitte
Tel: +49 2943 9790-0 Fax: +49 2943 9790-90
Niederlassung Süd
Tog-L-Loc can be used in a wide range of joining situations. Listed below is a small sample which demonstrates some common joining situations. Please note, however, that this is merely a small sample of the materials which have been joined using Tog-L-Loc. Contact a BTM Sales Application Engineer for more information.
Call: 810-364-4567
Fax: 810-364-4125
Before you begin, Things to consider:


text:
Message Board
Justine Wittich Message Board
Talk about the novels, new and used books that Wittich has written!
Author Wittich's Book Reviews
Family Matters
Five Star, Sep 2004, 26.95, 274 pp. ISBN: 1594142343 In Donhaven, children's book illustrator and painter Jenny Tyler notices her neighbor's overflow of mail. Though not much more than acquaintances, she goes to check on Dolan, but notices his cat Choc acting weird. Jenny rings the bell, but receives no response. She notices the door is unlocked, enters and finds Dolan dead. Police Chief Pierce comforts her when troubleshooter Gabe Daniels ...
The Shocking Miss Shaw
Five Star, Jun 2003, 26.95, 299 pp. ISBN: 0786247673 In 1885 Washington DC, a distraught Melanie Shaw informs her beloved stepdaughter Sierra that someone is trying to blackmail her with her past ruining her second husband, a US Senator. Not wanting to disturb her father who is working to keep his country from violating a treaty with the Indians, Sierra decides to travel to England in order to ferret out the source of the extortion. Both Shaw f...


text:
In this Issue:
Jen and Ben Shocker divorce! Packed with sizzling exclusives, the best original photographs, and the hottest "A-List" stars, each issue of OK! celebrates pinnacle moments in celebrities' lives and delivers the inside scoop each week. OK! provides readers a unique insight into the latest fashion and beauty trends, fitness and nutrition, celebrity vacations and recreation, as well as current news on the hottest couples and cutest babies in Hollywood. Take a look for yourself.
Get every issue of OK! Magazine and unlimited access to over 140 top magazines in one app, including back issues. Try Free at NextIssue.com
About OK! Magazine:
The OK! Magazine is a cultural catalyst – a magazine that initiates and drives the popular dialogue. With a unique mix of stunning photography, in-depth reporting, and social commentary, Vanity Fair pushes ideas and images onto the center stage. Be it entertainment or world affairs, business or style, it is everything.
Also try other popular digital magazines like HELLO! Canada, Entertainment Weekly in our Entertainment Magazines section.
About Next Issue:
Next Issue allows you to access to over 140 of the world best digital magazines. Get unlimited access to your favorite magazines including back issues anytime, anywhere using our app.


text:
Over the past 15 years, we have created an unparalleled school information management system where every integrated piece works together to create a seamless experience.
Schools enjoy RenWeb's anytime, anywhere access for students and parents via tablets and mobile phones. Schools also appreciate our turn-key data conversion and system setup, unlimited free training, and unlimited customer support via live phones and online chat.
Discover for yourself why RenWeb has been named the Most Popular School Administration Software Solution for private and faith-based schools!
FACTS and RenWeb have come together to offer the first end-to-end financial and school management solution for private and faith-based schools. Now, your school can use deeply integrated systems to manage the entire student lifecycle, from application to re-enrollment.
RenWeb's hundreds of core features automate the seamless flow of information between school administration, teachers, and parents – all made possible via RenWeb's single integrated database.
RenWeb's approach to school management software means there is no data uploading or syncing required. Information is just shared and updated instantly across all of RenWeb's core features.
There is no need to purchase RenWeb by module. You receive all of RenWeb's core features with your single, monthly subscription.
Even with RenWeb's complete set of core features, it's our integrated value-added services that make RenWeb so much more than school management software.
Our integrated services are offered for an additional fee through partnerships with best-in-class companies that provide capabilities RenWeb could not have achieved on its own. That includes integrated services such as FACTS payment plans, FACTS financial aid assessment, website designs and hosting, online admissions and re-enrollment, emergency alert services, learning management systems, and that is just the beginning.
RenWeb is mobile ready for school administrators, teachers, students, and parents. RenWeb's suite of mobile- and tablet-friendly tools mean you can access RenWeb anytime, anywhere.
That includes ParentsWeb Mobile, which students and parents can access for free via any mobile device, as well as the optional RenWeb Home app that parents and students can purchase if they prefer to access ParentsWeb information via the convenience of an app.
We offer teachers free apps for performing their classroom duties via iPads, iPhones, and Android phones.
Our new RenWeb 1 provides any school administrator or teacher complete access to RenWeb across any mobile tablet, including Chromebooks and Kindles.
We've now been able to launch new capabilities, including Standards Mapping and Standards-Based Grading, which demonstrates our ongoing commitment to invest in RenWeb's future and the future of our school customers.
Investing in our customers also includes providing a free turn-key data conversion and system setup with each purchase. This helps ensure a successful RenWeb implementation for each school and significantly accelerates the conversion process. We conduct implementations year-round in just four weeks!
Once schools launch RenWeb, users have unlimited free access to online trainings conducted by our live trainers. Additionally, RenWeb users can access RenWeb University 24/7 to view documentation, training videos, and take online interactive courses whenever it best fits their schedule.
When customers need support or just have a question, our 40-person live help desk team at our Burleson, Texas headquarters is there to take phone calls or answer online chat support requests. With RenWeb, users talk to a live person in real time when they have a question. RenWeb users don't have to submit an email and wait for someone to respond.
We make RenWeb affordable for schools of all sizes. Once we know your school's student enrollment, we'd love to give you a price quote.


text:
Halle Berry's ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry is demanding the actress pay him at least $15,000 a month for a new house as part of their bitter custody battle over their young daughter.
The Oscar winner has been embroiled in a court fight with model Aubry, the father of her three-year-old child Nahla, since their split in 2010.
He has filed new legal documents in a Los Angeles court listing his child support needs – and he's expecting Berry to give him between $15,000 and $20,000 a month to rent a home which lives up to the comfortable surroundings little Nahla has become accustomed to.
He's also seeking a large sum for the tot's clothing requirements and is asking for extra funds to pay for a trip to Canada to visit his family.
A hearing on the financial issues had been due to take place on Monday, but it has since been postponed until 9 April, reports TMZ.com.
Berry recently asked a judge for permission to move from Los Angeles to her fiance Olivier Martinez's native France, amid fears for her family's safety after multiple run-ins with an alleged stalker.
She has hired Mel Gibson's legal pitbull Stephen Kolodny to fight her case.


text:
CANNES, France (AP) — Rita Ora has been to Cannes before, but she can't tell you much about it because it felt like a blur.
"I've never been to Cannes properly. I've been one time to perform, and then I left, so I never really experienced it," she said.
The 23-year-old British singer was back to perform Friday night for an intimate party thrown by Belvedere Vodka. But this time around she was hoping to get a chance to enjoy more of the Riviera.
"I want to enjoy myself. We're going to kind of get down, because we're in Cannes," she said before performing a selection of her hits including "Hot Right Now."
The British singer has branched out into acting: She has a role is the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey" due out next year.
"I'll definitely be here next year. I think Cannes is a door that I think some people should always open. I think it's full of opportunities and you meet so many different people and you kind of get to get the vibe of it," she said. "I'm so grateful for everything. ... I'm honestly here to just learn."
— AP Entertainment Writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody, http://www.twitter.com/nekesamumbi


text:
Delaware Fire Surrounds £355.00
Fire Surround Dimensions
Hearth Dimensions
Rebate: 1 inch removable to 3 inches; click here to find out about rebates.
Measurement 'D': This is always from the bottom of the leg to the corner of the opening.
Product Description
The Delaware fire surround is shown here in Brilliant white with black inlay this surround is chunky, simple and ultra-modern. Shown here with Marfil Stone marble back and hearth and a Diamond Black finish gas fire this fireplace would suit any room setting.
The contrast of the two kinds of wood gives the whole fireplace a stunning appearance which will adorn any living space. Its simplistic lines enhance the beauty of this Surround.
This fire surround can be, made to measure so that it perfectly fits your room, you can also have either Halogen or LED downlights installed for added ambience.
To select a veneered hearth and back panel, use the drop-down menu and add your colour preference at the checkout; alternatively Click Here to select your colour. To view our selection of hearths and backs, Click Here.
We recommend that you take advantage of our colour sample service as colours on monitors often do not match the finished product. Click Here to have some samples sent to you.
Range Description
Modern Fire SurroundsThis range compromises of mantels that are both stylish and contemporary. We have selected surrounds that have sharp straight lines, subtle inlays, broad legs and gentle curves
We have included in this range some surrounds that take a modern twist on a traditional theme, creating a dynamic fusion that will even suit the more conventional setting.
Our new colour pallet for this range includes Olive, Mist and Slate; these shades maintain the contemporary feel that many interior designers and homeowners have been requesting.
Our Modern Collection is made up of Natural Grade-A Veneer stained or painted to a colour of your choice; for the surrounds with a smooth finish, Kronospan and Medite Premier boards are used.
Hearth & Back Dimensions
|37" or 40"
|37" or 40"
|48", 54" or 60"
|15" or 18"
Hearth Footprint
We would always suggest that you take delivery of your hearth before cutting your carpet. The sizes given are for the top of your hearth, the footprint is usually around 0.5" on both sides and front.
Bespoke Sizes
We can alter the size of your hearth, in both width and depth. Please call us for a quotation.
Standard Sizes
The standard sizes for hearths are:
|48", 54" or 60"
|15" or 18"
The back panel standard sizes are:
|37" x 37"
|40" x 40"
If your require a hearth that is not an option on your chosen fire surround, please order from our Hearth & Backs section.
All our fire surrounds can be upgraded to be used with an open fires, Solid Fuel Stoves or Gas HE Fires.
You must follow your manufacturers and Hetas guidelines as we do not make the surrounds fire proof. We are ensuring they won't warp or peel if fitted correctly.
You should always ensure that your installer is registered with Hetas, and always ask your installer for identification; they will be able to produce a HETAS ID card with their registration competence on the reverse.
If you do not have an installer then visit the HETAS website (www.hetas.co.uk) and using their search, you will be able to find an installer in your location.
Please call a Hetas engineer for installation advice.
Our surrounds can be used with any gas fire with an output of 4Kw or less. For greater output select the solid fuel upgrade
Gas fires must be fitted per distances from combustible materials, as specified in your instruction manual. Any HE or glass fronted fire must have the solid fuel upgrade. HE & glass fronted fires can only be used with Granite Hearth and Backs.
If you visit www.gassaferegister.co.uk, you will find a list of engineers in your location.
You must use a Gas Safe Engineer if you are having a gas fire fitted, they can generally fit your entire fire surround and will supply you with a safety certificate.
Please call a Gas Safe engineer for installation advice.
All our surrounds can be used with electric fires; you do not need a qualified electrician as they come fitted with standard plugs.
If you are fitting your fire surround against a wall without a hole, then you need to ensure that you have the correct surround rebate. If you have a chimney, this needs a cowel or to be sealed to stop the fire overheating and becoming noisy.
If you are moving a socket, then you need to use a qualified electrician. Once the work has been carried out, you will receive a Part P certificate from the electrician.
If you are looking for a qualified electrician, then a good website to visit is www.electricalsafetyfirst.org.uk.
Call us if you require help with rebates.


text: As discussed in our previous blog post (August 8, 2012) the free traffic source Google Products (formerly known as "Froogle") is set to morph into a paid for CPC-model called Google Shopping early next year. Google Shopping has already been implemented in the U.S. (on October 17 of this year) and looks like being rolled out in Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Brazil, Australia, and Switzerland in 2013. (more…)


text:
Teachers and the Law
Longman, 1999 - Law - 518 pages
This text provides a question and answer format which addresses every aspect of school law from a teacher's and school administrator's perspective. Clearly written and useful to both teachers and school administrators, this text focuses on legal issues reflecting current trends that are important to educators in the 21'st century. The authors designed the text for school professionals seeking an easy to use reference on every important area of school law, including student and employee rights, the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act on those rights, and how to understand their legal rights and responsibilities. This up-to-date presentation provides insights into laws governing education as well as court decisions from all 50 states and the federal courts. Guiding legal principles are presented in such a way that educators can easily understand and follow today's trends in the law governing education.
From inside the book
76 pages matching employees in this book
Where's the rest of this book?
Results 1-3 of 76
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Do I Have a Contract?
How Secure Is My Employment?
How Does Collective Bargaining Affect Me?
19 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
5th Cir action activities administrators affirmative action apply behavior Board of Education challenged child abuse Circuit Court claimed classroom clause collective bargaining concerning conduct constitutional right contract controversial County court concluded court explained court found court held court noted Court of Appeals damages decision denied dents desegregation disabilities discrimination dismissed district court due process employees employment Equal Access Act equal protection clause establishment clause evidence example F.Supp federal appeals court federal court federal law FERPA Fourteenth Amendment freedom hearing high school immoral Independent School District interest involved issue judge liable ment parents person plaintiff principal procedures prohibit public schools punishment racial reasonable regulations religion religious restrict school board school officials school student segregation sexual sexual harassment speech statements statute teaching tenured teacher tion Title IX U.S. Constitution U.S. Supreme Court unconstitutional union upheld violated wrote


text:
Quote of the Day
Teachers' Training Course
Over 26,000 Graduates
Are you ready to take your yoga practice to a deeper, more meaningful level or teach others about the wonderful benefits of classical yoga?
The TTC began over 40 years ago and is available in many different countries around the world, and in a variety of languages.
>> Dates, locations, apply online
>> What we teach
>> How to apply
International Courses
Learn about Ayurveda, take Sadhana Intensive, go to Kids Camp, and more >>
Yoga Vacations
Relax and recharge at one of our many ashrams around the world >>
Everyone is suited to a different temperament or approach to life. All the paths lead ultimately to the same destination - to union with Brahman or God. >> find out more
The wisdom of yoga condensed into 5 principles for physical, mental and spirtual well-being. >> find out more
Although there are many Asanas the practice of the 12 basic postures brings out the essence and all major benefits. >> read more
YOGALife Magazine
Download the current issue and read through back-issues on scribd.


text:
It is a dilemma. What economic report should we focus on? Or should we just count barrels. This is the question that traders have to ask as the market has a mountain of supply and is either in desperate need of demand or some massive economic stimuli pick me up.
The much awaited jobs report blew away expectations on Friday yet a plunge in consumer confidence raised fears about our future. Then China's factory output surged 10.1 percent in November and retail sales rose 14.9 percent. But then China's exports growth slowed sharply to a much lower than expected 2.9 percent in November. Is it any wonder why we are in a trading range? If that wasn't enough, overnight Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said he lost support and will resign and we haven't even started talking about real barrels of oil.
Oil inventories surged last week and we should see a continuation of bountiful supply. Look for crude to be up 1.0 million, gas up 2.0 million barrels, distillates up 2 million and runs steady.
Of course the increase in supply won't make for a happy OPEC meeting but there is little that they can do about it. Rising U.S. production and the possibility of lost market share should keep them in line. In Venezuela Hugo Chavez picks a successor, a sign that his cancer may be terminal. That raises the possibility of turmoil in that country and may be an interesting sidebar at OPEC.
As far as the rest of the geopolitical story, it seems that President Morsi backed down a bit when the Egyptian military sent him a message. The BBC says that Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi has ordered the military to maintain security and protect state institutions in the run-up to a controversial referendum on a new constitution. The army has also been given the power of arrest. Mr. Morsi has tried to calm public anger by annulling a decree giving him huge powers but rejected a call to scrap the Dec. 15 constitutional vote. Opposition leaders rejected the move and called for protests on Tuesday.
Reuters is reporting that South Korean refiners will cut imports of Iranian crude during the six months leading to May by about a fifth from a year earlier, to avoid sanctions by Washington, government and industry sources told Reuters on Monday. Last week the United States granted 180-day waivers on Iran sanctions to China, India, South Korea and some other countries after they cut oil purchases from the Islamic Republic. "The cut in next year's imports is expected to be by about 20 percent year on year," an industry source who has direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.


text:
Displaying members of subgenus Maynardia:
Cerion (Maynardia) maritima var. sublaevigata (Pfr.)
Pilsbry & Vanatta: 1895:209.
Original Description:
Click to view
Geographic Distribution:
Matanzas Province, Cuba.
Type Locality:
Matanzas, Cuba
originally appeared as subl�vigata. It seems likely that this is really an ae ligature, but in an italicized font. The same character was used in the figure captions of eleutheræ (Pillsbry and Vanatta, 1896:caption to figs. 19, 20) which was spelled with an unitallicized æ in the text.
Search for additional records in the collections of:
The National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
The Field Museum of Natural History
GenBank® (NIH genetic sequences database)


text:
By Cezary Podkul and Scott DiSavino
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The utility executive who oversaw the widely criticized efforts to restore power to millions of Long Island customers after Superstorm Sandy has been promoted, his company said on Wednesday.
The announcement by National Grid PLC that John Bruckner had been promoted came as an investigation into the handling of the recovery expanded amid lingering public anger over lengthy delays in restoring lights and heat to customers in the New York area.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Wednesday subpoenaed Consolidated Edison and the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) over their handling of the storm's aftermath, according to a source familiar with the matter.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has also launched an investigation into the performance of the state's power companies and regulators. At its peak, almost 2.1 million New York utility customers lost power because of Sandy, including more than 90 percent of LIPA's 1.1 million customers.
National Grid, a UK-based company, manages the electric system for LIPA and has been instrumental in the recovery efforts that have come under so much criticism.
As National Grid's top executive for electric transmission and distribution on Long Island, Bruckner is largely responsible for overseeing work to prepare for the historic storm and get crews in place to restore power after massive outages.
With his promotion, Bruckner has been tapped to lead the power company's U.S. electric operations, a spokesman said. Those operations include utilities in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, upstate New York and Massachusetts.
The spokesman said Bruckner's promotion had been in the works for months. Bruckner was not available for comment, the spokesman said.
His promotion was announced within the company on Tuesday, the same day LIPA's acting chief executive Michael Hervey, who had come under fire for the utility's restoration efforts, tendered his resignation.
"That's what you call a bit of irony," Peter Schlussler, who sits on Suffolk County's LIPA Oversight Committee, said in an interview. "National Grid, I would put them as much to blame as anybody."
The National Grid spokesman said it will "cooperate fully" with Cuomo's probe and "right now, our focus remains on helping the communities we serve recover and rebuild."
LIPA is a state-owned power company with just about 100 employees. The National Grid unit on Long island that Bruckner heads operates LIPA's electric system under a contract that will expire at the end of 2013.
At that point, a unit of New Jersey Public Service Enterprise Group Inc will take over the operation of the system.
"We are a very unique organization, as a state agency and a utility, we outsource all the work that we do day-to-day to a service provider, in this case National Grid," LIPA's Hervey told Reuters in an interview.
That outsourced structure has irked local politicians and residents, many of whom say it promotes a lack of accountability, especially during emergency situations like Sandy.
"National Grid's mission was different than LIPA's. They had different managers. They had different bosses. So when Hervey tried to give them direction, it fell on deaf ears," Suffolk County Legislator Wayne Horsley said.
National Grid was responsible for running LIPA's call center during the storm, and for the computer system sending out text message notifications to customers. But for customers like Chedva Dechter, 48, of Woodmere, the distinction is a blur.
"Everybody was getting a different story from LIPA," said the speech therapist and mother of four. "It was the most horrible experience."
LIPA trustee Neal Lewis, who said he'd been informed that the utility's storm costs from Sandy will exceed $900 million, came to Hervey's defense on Wednesday.
"If you just analyze it based on numbers, the restoration effort was very impressive. It was a Herculean task," he said. "Unfortunately, it will be remembered as a failure because of a breakdown in our communication."
He called communications with customers, including the text messages, an "abysmal" failure.
Asked whether National Grid should share some of the blame, Lewis said only that the board would conduct its own review to identify what went wrong and why.
"LIPA is absolutely taking basically all the criticism," Lewis said. "When we conduct our review ... I do think there will be some shared responsibilities."
For his part, outgoing LIPA executive Hervey praised National Grid's Bruckner, calling him an executive who "knows the business" and "is very good at it."
(Additional reporting by Jilian Mincer; Editing by Paul Thomasch and Stacey Joyce)


text:
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. Shadi Nahvi is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her research focus is on tobacco control interventions among vulnerable populations. Dr. Nahvi graduated from the Brown University School of Medicine in 2001 and completed residency training in Primary Care Internal Medicine at Bellevue Hospital and New York University Medical Center in 2004. She then joined the faculty in the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Division of Substance Abuse as the Medical Director of a substance abuse treatment clinic. From 2006-2008, Dr. Nahvi completed a faculty fellowship supported by the Bronx Center to Reduce and Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Health Disparities, a NIH-funded health disparities Center of Excellence. Through this fellowship, she completed the Einstein Clinical Research Training Program and received a MS in Clinical Research Methods.
Dr. Nahvi's research focuses on interventions to treat tobacco use, and to optimize use of tobacco cessation treatment, among opiate dependent patients in methadone maintenance treatment. Her work has been recognized with numerous grants and awards, listed below. Additionally, Dr. Nahvi was co-investigator of a New York State Department of Health-funded program to promote provider smoking cessation training and smoking cessation program development throughout the Bronx.
Current Investigations
More Information About Dr. Shadi Nahvi
Material in this section is provided by individual faculty members who are solely responsible for its accuracy and content.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Melrose On-Track Clinic
260 East 161st Street
Bronx, NY 10451