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The Ghost: Ponycar and minivan creator talks about Ford, Iacocca, and taking risks
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Automotive Hall of Fame member Harold K. "Hal" Sperlich may be the most influential auto executive you barely know. He created Detroit's sport compact ponycar class with Ford's 1964 Mustang, then two decades later launched the minivan at
. Both times, boss Lee Iacocca took most of the credit.
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Sperlich grew up in Detroit and Saginaw, Michigan. He earned an industrial/mechanical engineering degree from the University of Michigan in 1951, and returned for an MBA in 1961 while working full-time. He worked three years for Alcoa Aluminum, served three years in the U.S. Navy (Seabees) during the Korean conflict, then landed a product planning job at
in 1957.
Sperlich describes his first three Ford years as a "deep immersion" and an "unbelievable education" in cars and the auto industry. "I worked probably 3000 hours a year, a third of it closely with engineering, and got into everything from design and concepts to how to build a plan to cover segments, the cost structure, pricing, and how to make things profitable."
The 1960 election of President John F. Kennedy brought "an incredible sense of youthful energy to America. You could feel it in the air," he says. "Everything was changed -- anything was possible. It was exciting." That same year, 37-year-old Lee Iacocca was named vice president of the Ford Division.
We recently visited Mr. Sperlich, now a robust 82, at his home to discuss his remarkable career.
Motor Trend Classic: Do you recall your first encounter with Iacocca?
Hal Sperlich:
On the day he was made vice-president, he came over to Design. I heard about it and got myself invited. And here's this super-young guy with a big cigar, like a young Mafia don. Very impressive. I said, "Hi, how are you?" and that was it. Then I was working with him.
He made you manager of Special Studies in Product Planning.
A one-man operation. Ford, a staid organization run by Finance, now had this young marketing guy eager to make his mark. We had a lot of research that showed the postwar Boomers coming, and multiple ownership at a time when only 2 or 3 percent of families had two cars. We thought those things would change the market dramatically.
Was that when Shelby showed up?
I was sitting in my office, and in walked this guy in coveralls with a crazy idea. He had the rights to the AC Ace body and chassis and wanted to stick a Ford V-8 in it and go racing. I saw the potential of that, and put him in touch with the right people in Engineering.
Wasn't that also about when Ford tried to buy Ferrari?
The idea was to have Ferrari-Ford the racing division and Ford-
to make cars. I was the one-man project on that. But when Don Frey, head of Product Planning, went over, he hit it off badly with the old man, and the project died.
I said [to Iacocca], "You can stuff this stuff up Henry's kazoo. Come on!
Then the thought hit, "Why don't we do it ourselves?" Lee put together a team of Ray Geddes, Carroll, and myself. Henry Ford got excited and involved, since he wanted to beat Ferrari. Le Mans was coming up, and they said, "Go over there, meet people, and figure out what we have to put together to do it ourselves." I landed in Paris, took the train to Le Mans, found Carroll in his dirty, old coveralls, went through the whole race thing, and we got our butts kicked. We had a Cobra with a monster V-8, and it didn't last very long. But the pit next to ours was Eric Broadley's. He was running the Lola, which had the best race-car architecture. We hired him, then went up to
Aston Martin
and hired John Wyer to be our campaign manager and team boss. At Ford, we had Roy Lunn from Research. The three of them did the GT40, which eventually won Le Mans. That was an exciting program, a heroic effort.
What led to the Mustang?
With all this youthful energy, we needed a car we could sell to this new market. As the one-man Special Studies guy, I got that job. We spent six months trying to concept it, first trying to make it off the original two-seat Thunderbird, which was a dumb idea that took three or four months to disprove. Then there was the possibility of making it off the four-passenger Thunderbird.
I knew Charlie Baldwin, who had done the Falcon, which was probably the most boring car on the planet. But it was a good car on a great platform -- lightweight, efficient, and low cost. So I said, "Why don't we make it off the Falcon?" But everybody said it was ridiculous to try to do a sporty, attractive, fun car for the youth market off something as dull as that Falcon.
How did you get it done?
I went over to Engineering and spent three days there, 24/7. We got all the Falcon body drafts together and figured out how to stretch the front, chop the rear, still get a back seat, and keep as many of the inner sheetmetal panels as we could, because Henry was not going to spend any money. We found a way to make a comfortable car for a couple and two kids, with a good trunk. The goal was an attractive, well-equipped, low-price family car to get us volume. Back then, if you wanted something nice, sporty, even luxurious, it had to be large, expensive, or both. There was no such thing as small-nice or small-sporty available to this new market.
We did it for $75 million, a very inexpensive program, because it was on the Falcon base, and we were careful how we spent our money. We put together the business plan and presented it to the Product Planning committee -- about 20 executive vice presidents and Henry. Nobody would raise their hand until they saw what Henry wanted to do, and he finally said OK. When Henry came out of the meeting, he grabbed Iacocca and me and said, "You got your goddamn car. It better work!"
In 1970, you became vice-president of Truck Operations.
I was there a year and a half, and loved it. We did a great new pickup, brought in the first small pickups from Japan through our relationship with
, and tried to make something out of the vans, but they were too big and ugly. That was the seed for the minivan.
Iacocca was promoted to Ford Motor Company president that same year.
He didn't know anything about Europe, the other main part of the company, and was now in charge of it. So he called me in and said, "I want you to go over there and figure out what Europe is all about and what they need." I said I didn't want to leave Truck. I loved it. He said, "Well, you're leaving it." So I became vice-president and special assistant for Europe.
I was in that job for six months, going back and forth to Europe every other week. It was grueling, but I learned a lot and met good, small front-drive cars. I told Lee we had two problems. First, the wrong leadership. If he wanted progress, we would never go anywhere with financial leadership. Second, there were four segments: A, B, C, D, and the mix was 50/50 A-B/C-D. Ford's smallest car, the awful rear-drive Escort, was in the C segment, so we were only in half the market, and all the growth was in [smaller] A-B. He asked, "What should we do?" I said we need a B car. He said, "Show them how to do a B car."
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Joyce Rhodes, currently the Holland State Park supervisor, will be taking over the top job at Grand Haven State Park.
"I am looking forward to it," she said.
A Spring Lake resident, Rhodes will be taking over for Pat Whalen, who left to become the unit manager for P.J. Hoffmaster State Park in southern Muskegon County and Bass River Recreation Area in central Ottawa County.
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Hidden Valley, PA – Musicians Peter Wilson, Mountain John (Hilligoss) and Moe Dixon – The Three Troubadours -- will be performing "Back Home at Hidden Valley" at 8 p.m. Friday, October 5, 2012 in the Ski Lodge Alpine Room at Hidden Valley Resort. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., master of ceremonies and local musician Randy Myers opens the show at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door.
After playing at Hidden Valley in the late 1970s, the three musicians each pursued their own musical endeavors, traveling across the country and playing at many venues, both large and small, according to Hilligoss.
"The three of us were given a gift at birth," Hilligoss said. "We are singers, songwriters and performers who have entertained people our entire lives. We were lucky enough to never have to do anything else."
Hilligoss said that the men had been professional musicians for about 10 years before playing in the Laurel Highlands. He said he was discovered by then owners of Hidden Valley, George and Helen Parke, when they read about his storytelling and singing in the Appalachian Trail Guide Magazine. Hilligoss had been playing at Cool Font Resort in Berkely Springs, WV and JB's Saloon in Cumberland, Md. They hired him to play at Hidden Valley, and he later brought in Wilson and Dixon.
They went on to perform separately for many years, but reconnected in June 2008, according to Hilligoss. Since then, the three men have been getting together once a year for a week-long "Troubadour Camp" at "Grandma Saylor's Cabin" in Bakersville, PA. During the camp, the musicians write music and reconnect with their mountain roots.
The Hidden Valley concert will serve as the release party for the CD, Three Troubadours Direct from Troubadour Camp. They will be performing all original songs written at the Bakersville "camp."
"We are real excited to be playing the music that was created from the magic of the Laurel Highlands," Hilligoss said. "We feel like we have come full circle, after all these years, coming back together at Hidden Valley Resort."
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The Experiment III: LOVE
Stimulated by the research work of the American biotechnologist Dr. Lee H. Lorenzen, Masaru Emoto has proven by longstanding research, that water is provided with a so called bio-resonance. Thus water is capable of reflecting human thoughts or actions and can change its state accordingly. He explains that the water molecule H2O consists of ONE oxygen atom (O) and TWO hydrogen atoms (H2). The oxygen atom symbolizes fire and activity, it's equivalent to love. Hydrogen is equivalent to gratitude. Emoto has concluded from this, that only if gratitude exists twice (H2) love can take an active shape and have an effect. Masaru Emoto is convinced that the life-phenomena of nature are based on 'love' and 'gratitude'.
I take a deep breath, align my spinal chord, relax my shoulders, exhale my deep breath, clear my head, smile and listen.
What is Love? For a moment I do not look at myself through the eyes of others, accept whatever reflection shows in my meditation as is, and I let go of my conditioning, past, future, present. For this moment, I am just here.
Love is not passion. Love is not Lust. Love is not possessiveness. Love is not jealousy. Love is not obligation. Love is not pitty. Love is not sacrifice. Love is not control. Love is not attraction. Love is not regret. Love is not resentment. Love is not expectation. Love is not judgment. Love is not fear. Love is not intrigue. Love is not punishment. Love is not money. Love is not distrust. Love is not division. Love is not lying. Love is not defense. Love is not ego. Love is not corny. Love is not manipulation. Love is not vicious. Love is not addiction. Love is not confusion. Love is not pain. Love is not indifference.
Love is Love.
What is Love? It is possible that I might have to invent another word, an universal one, that resonates with the vibration frequency of what love is, because to many and so many times, in relationship, the word love reflects in our environment as all of the feelings mentioned above. Then, following the understanding of bio resonance that water has shown, I do want to resonate with the highest vibration of what Love really is.
So I will call love… mmmm… OM … love … OM …
I will let OM be my word to rise my vibration to the vibration of authentic Love and resonate with it. The water in my body will resonate with it and if
only if gratitude exists twice (H2) love can take an active shape and have an effect
then I will resonate with gratitude and bring everything I am thankful for into my awareness.
and I will remain vibrating OM…love… eternally. Everywhere. All the time.
In real happiness, real joy, real harmony.
In OM*
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'You're a stranger!'; Lessons learned from attempted kidnapping at Tucson dollar store
By Maggie Vespa. CREATED May 29, 2013
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - A man is behind bars, after police say he tried to snatch a little girl.
Even more scary: it turns out, he's a repeat sex-offender.
Her mother was just one aisle over.
"Oh my gosh, that is so scary!" said one shopper.
Sunday afternoon, someone called 9-1-1 from a Dollar Tree near 1st Avenue & Grant, saying a strange man had approached a 9 year-old girl, tickled her, then tried to snatch her.
"This is not an area you'd think you would have to be afraid of!" said that shopper.
Thankfully, officers say, the girl fought back with fury.
"She grabbed the shelf, and began kicking and screaming, and that's what made him release her and run away," said Sgt. Chris Widmer.
But he didn't stay away for long.
Tuesday, a store employee recognized the repeat customer.
Within minutes, police responded and arrested 51 year-old William Schirmer, a homeless, registered sex offender with a level 3 status, meaning he has the highest possible potential to offend again.
"The nine year-old did everything right because the nine year-old got away," said Warrior School founder Jeffrey Prather.
Prather says predators like Schirmer, can be anywhere.
So, your kids need to be prepared.
With the help of his longtime student Prather shows us the best ways for kids to wriggle free from an attacker's grip.
We see swinging legs, raising arms, and most importantly Sebastian yelled, "You're a stranger! No!"
"'You're a stranger' tells everybody really quick in the vicinity, this is not a parent-child dispute," said Prather.
And once the child is free, Prather says, run.
Fnd a parent. Find an adult. Keep yelling. Keep fighting.
They're all life-saving techniques that worked for one little girl.
Both Prather and police commend that little girl, saying she did everything right.
William Schirmer faces one count each of kidnapping, attempted kidnapping and aggravated assault.
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Trial lawyers: Democrats' Other Money Machine
February 10, 2010
James R. Copland
Public-sector unions arent the only machine used by Democrats to recycle tax dollars for campaign funds. Trial lawyers also use governments monopoly on the use of force to tax the public, profit handsomely, and recycle a portion of the funds to their political enablers.
Because the taxes lawyers collect arent withheld from our paychecks, or added directly onto the prices of the goods and services we buy, they may not be obvious to the average citizen. But make no mistake: The "tort tax" we pay to lawyers is a hefty tab, directly consuming some 2 percent of gross domestic product, with tertiary costs -- such as defensive medicine that adds to our health care bills and foregone investment that would produce economic growth -- that are multiples higher still.
Of course, as with our regular taxes, we do get something from the tort tax. Litigation does compensate some genuinely injured victims; but only very slowly, with half the money going to lawyers in the process.
And lawsuits do discourage some dangerous behaviors, but what we get is far less than what we pay: Our tort tax is double that in Germany and three times that in Britain or France, and were hardly safer as a result.
Indeed, American litigation is so unpredictable and expensive that it discourages a lot of good behaviors, too, from conducting innovative research to delivering babies to affixing diving boards to community swimming pools.
Eighty-three percent of Americans tell pollsters that "the legal system makes it too easy to assert invalid claims," so lawyers have to funnel lots of money to politicians to keep the tort tax high. In the last decade, lawyers and their political action committees gave $780 million to federal politicians and $725 million to their state-level counterparts, overwhelmingly to members of the Democratic Party.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., gets more than twice as much campaign cash from lawyers as from any other industry or profession; four of his top seven donors are out-of-state plaintiffs law firms that traffic in asbestos or toxic tort litigation. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., collects more than three times as much from lawyers as from any other group, and plaintiffs firms are his top two and seven of his top 20 contributors.
Such access has paid off handsomely, with recent legislation enabling more employment lawsuits (the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009), more state-attorney-general-backed consumer lawsuits (the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008), and more "whistleblower" lawsuits filed by private lawyers against companies doing federal government business (the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009).
And the lawyers are hardly done. Their current agenda includes dramatically limiting consumer arbitration agreements, expanding securities litigation, changing procedural rules to facilitate legal "fishing expeditions," and even cutting the plaintiffs bar a targeted $1.6 billion tax break.
Such efforts frustrate otherwise positive legal trends. Since the Manhattan Institutes initial 2003 report on the lawsuit industry -- we call them "Trial Lawyers Inc." -- the rate of growth in litigation has slowed, because of state and federal tort reforms and judicial exposure of fraudulent asbestos claims. With the clock ticking as the November 2010 elections approach, and political winds frustrating their more prominent goals, dont be surprised to see the Democrats quietly slipping goodies to their besieged but still-generous political benefactors.
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Welcome to the Walter Burley
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the legacy of architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion
Mahony Griffin and the Prairie School of Architecture.
Please enjoy our site.
Saturday June 20, 2015
Join us in Madison, Wisconsin
Here are important details for the sixteenth annual meeting of the Walter Burley
Griffin Society of America, to be held in Madison, Wisconsin, on Saturday, 20
MEETING: The meeting will begin promptly at 9:00 AM on Saturday morning
in the main auditorium of Frank Lloyd Wright's First Unitarian Meeting
House, located at 900 University Bay Drive in Shorewood Hills. The building
will be open at 8:00 and we urge everyone to arrive by 8:30. You can park in
the adjacent church lot. Morning lectures will take place in this space, which
we have reserved from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Lecture topics will include
Wright/Griffin's Lamp house in Madison; John Nolen's 1911 plan of Madison
and its relationship with the design of Canberra; and the architecture of the local
Prairie School firm of Claude & Starck. Prof. James Weirick, our fabulous
keynote speaker at last year's meeting in Mason City, is returning as one of the
session presenters.
LUNCH & TOURS: Box lunches will be delivered to the church at noon.
From 1:00 to 5:00 we will be visiting a selection of houses in and around Madison.
As of this newsletter, we have secured Louis Sullivan's Bradley house,
Frank Lloyd Wright's 1st Jacobs house, a wonderful shingle-style house near
the Sullivan building, and a selection of houses by Claude & Starck. Be assured
that, with the expert help of our local chair, architectural historian Gary
Tipler, there will be more to come by 20 June.
ACCOMMODATIONS: A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton
Madison Monona Terrace, 9 East Wilson Street, Madison, 53703, for the nights
of Friday and Saturday, 19 and 20 June. To get the Society's group rate, you must
stay both nights. The cutoff date for this rate is 20 May. Reservations should be
made directly with the hotel at 877-510-7465. Use the booking code: WALTER
Or book online at:
This hotel is centrally located, two blocks from the State Capitol building
and two blocks from the "Monona Terrace" center, a complex loosely based
on Wright's original conceptions from the 1930s-1950s. The hotel is a tenminute
drive from Wright's First Unitarian Meeting House, where the Griffin
meeting will begin on Saturday morning. There are many other hotels in the
downtown area, as well as several outstanding B&Bs along Lake Mendota.
The REGISTRATION FORM can be found here. Please fill it out,
indicating your choice of sandwich and beverage for lunch, and return it to
the Griffin Society's headquarters. The cost will be for $15 for the Saturday
meeting and tours, $10 for the box lunch and, of course, registrants must also
have paid their annual dues of $25 to the Society..
The Walter Burley Griffin Society of America
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By Paul Kruty, Robert E. McCoy, Paul E. Sprague, and James Weirick
The Griffin Society is pleased to announce the publication of its latest book on the work of the Griffins: the first monograph devoted to the internationally significant site that is Rock Crest/Rock Glen. This eighteen-acre site, meant to hold nineteen houses, marks the culmination of their American practice. Lauded by Peter Harrison, the prescient Australian architect, planner and historian credited with reviving interest in the Canberra plan in the 1950s, as "the nearest approach to a complete demonstration of Griffin's talent for the design of a total domestic environment," Rock Crest/Rock Glen has not been the subject of intense investigation since 1968, when Robert McCoy first examined the various personalities that came together to produce this masterpiece in The Prairie School Review. Drawing on unpublished photographs, documents and drawings from the Griffins' office only recently made available at the Australian National Library in Canberra, and supplemented with a host of original sources from a variety of American archives, the four authors examine this amazing development from contrasting points of view. Here for the first time are in-depth analyses of the historical background and clients by Robert E. McCoy; of Griffin's development leading to this remarkable design by Paul Kruty; of each of the buildings and projects by Paul E. Sprague; and the place of Rock Crest/Rock Glen in the Griffins' complete careers by James Weirick. The book includes the texts of the two contemporary analyses of the project (one by Griffin himself) and a lengthy bibliography.
Rock Crest/Rock Glen, Mason City, Iowa: The American Masterwork of Marion M. and Walter B. Griffin sells for $35, plus p & h, with a 20% discount price for Griffin Society members. 166 pages, with 175 black-and-white and 39 color illustrations. Walter Burley Griffin Society of America, 2014. ISBN: 0-9793588-2-5.
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The Griffin Society is pleased to make available a limited number of new copies of the ground-breaking book, Two American Architects in India: Walter B. Griffin and Marion M. Griffin, 1935-1937, published in conjunction with the international conference, "The Griffins in Context: American, Australia, India," held at the University of Illinois in October 1997. Written by Paul Kruty and Paul E. Sprague, the book is a comprehensive examination of the brief but productive period during which the Griffins worked in northern India. Long unavailable and difficult to find, the book is for sale through the Griffin Society for $25, which includes shipping and handling. (A few used copies are currently available on Amazon for up to $98.82 plus shipping.) Copies may be ordered by writing to the Walter Burley Griffin Society of America, 1152 Center Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63117.


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Some 38 percent of the nation's rural residents live in areas without any public transportation. The southeastern corner of Utah is currently faced with this problem. Until one is without transportation or has limited driving privileges, and no other alternatives, it may be difficult to grasp the concept or importance of non-emergency transportation.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Memphis said a 2-year-old boy shot his 4-year-old sister after the boy found a gun their mother's boyfriend had left under the couch.
Media reported the injured child was taken to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in stable condition after she was shot in the right foot on Saturday.
According to the Shelby County Sheriff's Office, 25-year-old Chris Sanders told deputies he had brought the gun into the house two weeks earlier. He said he hid it without telling his girlfriend.
After the shooting, deputies found the gun in a wooded area behind the house.
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moreWeb 2.0 technologies have been seen by many information professionals as critical to the future development of library services. This has led to the use of the term Library 2.0 to denote the kind of service that is envisaged. There has been considerable debate about what Library 2.0 might encompass, but, in the context of information literacy, it can be described as the application of interactive, collaborative, and multimedia technologies to web-based library services and collections. These developments challenge librarians involved in information literacy with more complex and diverse web content, a range of exciting new tools with which to teach, and a steep learning curve to adjust to the constant change of the Web 2.0 world.This edited collection from an international team of experts provides a practically based overview of emerging Library 2.0 tools and technologies for information literacy practitioners; addresses the impact of the adoption of these technologies on information literacy teaching; provides case study exemplars for practitioners to help inform their practice; and examines the implications of Library 2.0 for the training of information literacy professionals.Key topics include: School Library 2. 0 - new skills, new knowledge, new futures; information literacy, Web 2.0 and public libraries; the blog as an assessment tool; using Wikipedia to eavesdrop on the scholarly conversation; information literacy and RSS feeds; library instruction on the go - podcasting; sparking Flickrs of insight into controlled vocabularies and subject searching; joining the YouTube conversation to teach information literacy; going beyond Google; and, teaching information literacy through digital games. This book, which will be continually updated by blog ('Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0'), is essential reading for all library and information practitioners and policy makers with responsibility for developing and delivering information literacy programmes to their users. It will also be of great interest to students of library and information studies. less
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While most people equate Calgon with the frothy bath salts, Calgon is really a brand registered trademark of different companies who make a variety of bath products and water softeners. The original company was Calgon, Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and they sold water softeners. Currently the bath and beauty products company known as Calgon is owned by Ilex Capital of Annapolis Maryland.
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The Calgon Take Me Away to College Scholarship competition provides over $8,000 in scholarship awards to winners of its essay competition. It is quite is simple to apply for the scholarship; fill out the application at the online website (application available as of October for the following school year). The application includes a series of essay questions, and the winners will be awarded the dollar amounts.
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We are not in the coveted demographic of people between age 18 and 34. Most TV, internet and magazine advertising is aimed at this age group. Why? Because they're just starting out and they buy everything - clothes, cars, homes, furnishings, baby stuff. We've been written off because, well we're old ladies, right?
I say think again and so have the manufacturers, advertisers and economists. We're now a coveted group too. What are we buying? Anything that says "anti-aging" in the label. According to a report from market research company Global Industry Analysts the market for anti-aging products is predicted to reach $115.5 billion by 2010. That's just for moisturizers and anti-aging creams. It doesn't include many other products such as the $7.2 billion spent on hair coloring (not all hair coloring products are bought to cover gray hair, but it is the largest part of the hair color business.) The anti-aging market also includes tooth whitening products, fancy eye glasses, and on and on.
And there's the increase in women over 55 using dating services. The Executive Director of Match.com, one of the largest Internet Dating sites, stated that "Match.com is focusing its target marketing on the Baby Boomer generation as they are our fastest growing age group." There are even many dating services that are dedicated to people over 55 and they are doing very well.
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FIT's people are its most valuable resource and their health and safety are matters of serious concern. The abuse of drugs and alcohol is potentially a grave danger to the college and its educational mission, and to the well-being of the community as a whole. Because of our concern for the health and safety of our students and employees, our desire for an efficient and effective workforce, and our intent to comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding substance abuse, the college has formulated the following policy.
FIT is committed to a drug-free environment in accordance with current statutory provisions. Unlawful manufacture, possession, distribution, dispensation, sale, or use of controlled substances (illegal drugs) on the campus is prohibited and will not be tolerated. Alcoholic beverages cannot be brought into or consumed on the premises, except in connection with authorized college events. Under no circumstances are alcoholic beverages to be served to any students on campus or at campus-related functions. The college strictly enforces these policies. Violators are subject to dismissal and/or arrest.
Policy on Drugs and Alcohol
FIT is a dry campus. The possession, sale, use, or distribution of alcoholic beverages is prohibited. No alcohol may be served at any FIT function at which students may be present. The possession, sale, use, or distribution of illegal drugs or narcotics is a violation of federal law. Illegal sale or distribution of prescription drugs, controlled substances, or other legal drugs is not permitted.
Any individual who brings drugs or alcohol into an FIT sponsored student event will immediately be asked to leave by the appropriate Security and/or Student Life supervisor. The individual will be banned from the activity for the remainder of the semester, or the balance of the academic year. In addition, the individual will be subject to college disciplinary proceedings, which may jeopardize his/her status as an FIT student.
Students must be aware that the possession, use, and distribution of illegal drugs and unlawful use of alcohol can lead to suspension and/or expulsion from FIT as well as possible arrest.
Any person under the influence of alcohol or drugs will be barred from entry into an event and may be banned from all events for the remainder of the semester.
Non-FIT students who attempt to bring drugs or alcohol into an FIT sponsored student event will be asked to leave immediately and will be barred from attending all subsequent FIT events. Any individuals already barred from the campus shall be subject to arrest for trespassing.
The names of individuals referred to above will be noted and kept on file in the Office of the Dean of Students, as well as the Security and Student Life offices.
FIT must uphold the law and, at the same time, render assistance to students when needed. If a student is found to have violated the FIT Alcohol and Drug Policy, a formal written complaint should be submitted to the dean of students who will follow the judicial procedures in this publication.
Students who violate the FIT Alcohol and Drug Policy will be subject to disciplinary sanctions. Several factors will be considered when developing and applying sanctions for alcohol or drug violations. These include the seriousness of the violation, the intent of the offender, the effect of the conduct on the college community, and whether the student has violated FIT standards in the past. Possible sanctions include one or more of the following: written reprimand, mandatory drug and alcohol education, appropriate community service, referral and compliance with substance abuse treatment, parental notification, restitution to victims, or any other action the college deems appropriate.
The most severe sanctions, loss of on-campus housing, suspension from the college, or expulsion, will be imposed for the most serious violations—offenses that are violent, dangerous, or repeated. If the Dean of Students sees justification for suspension or expulsion from the college, the Judicial Council Procedures in this publication will be followed. Residence hall students should refer to the Conduct and Judicial System in the Resident Handbook. If any student or non-student is found selling or distributing illegal drugs or narcotics, he or she will be reported immediately to the legal authorities and will be placed on indefinite suspension or dismissed from FIT. In the event of loss of residence, suspension, or expulsion, tuition and all other fees are non-refundable.
Federal Penalties
21 U.S.C. 844(a)
- First conviction: up to one year imprisonment and fined at least $1,000 but not more than $100,000 or both.
- After one prior drug conviction: at least 15 days in prison, not to exceed two years and fined at least $2,500 but not more than $250,000 or both.
- After two or more prior drug convictions: at least ninety days in prison, not to exceed three years and fined at least $5,000 but not more than $250,000, or both.
- Special sentencing provision for possession of crack cocaine: mandatory at least five years in prison, not to exceed twenty years and fined up to $250,000, or both, if:
(a) first conviction and the amount of crack possessed exceeds five grams;
(b) second crack conviction and the amount of crack possessed exceeds
three grams;
(c) third or subsequent crack conviction and the amount of crack possessed
exceeds one gram.
21 U.S.C. 853(a)(2) and 881( a)(7): Forfeiture of personal and real property used to possess or to facilitate possession of a controlled substance if the offense is punishable by more than one year imprisonment.
21 U.S.C. 881(a)(4): Forfeiture of vehicles, boats, aircraft, or any other conveyance used to transport or conceal a controlled substance.
21 U.S.C. 884a: Civil fine of up to $10,000 (pending adoption of final regulations).
21 U.S.C. 883a: Denial of Federal Benefits, such as student loans, grants, contracts, and professional commercial licenses, up to one year for first offense, up to five years for second and subsequent offenses.
18 U.S.C. 922(g): Ineligible to receive or purchase a firearm.
Health Risks and Effects
Alcohol consumption causes a number of marked changes in behavior. Even low doses significantly impair the judgment and coordination required to drive a car safely, increasing the likelihood that the driver will be involved in an accident. Low to moderate doses of alcohol also increase the incidence of a variety of aggressive acts, including domestic violence and date rape. Moderate to high doses of alcohol cause marked impairments in higher mental functions, severely altering a person's ability to learn and remember information. Very high doses cause respiratory depression and death. If combined with other depressants of the central nervous system, much lower doses of alcohol will produce the effects just described.
Repeated use of alcohol can lead to dependence. Sudden cessation of alcohol intake is likely to produce withdrawal systems, including severe anxiety, tremors, hallucinations, and convulsions. Alcohol withdrawal can be life threatening. Long-term consumption of large quantities of alcohol, particularly when combined with poor nutrition, can also lead to permanent damage to vital organs such as the brain and the liver.
Mothers who drink alcohol during pregnancy may give birth to infants with fetal alcohol syndrome. These infants have irreversible physical abnormalities and mental retardation. In addition, research indicates that children of alcoholic parents are at greater risk of becoming alcoholics. Refer to the Health Risks and Effects Associated with the Use of Drugs and Alcohol Table in the appendices of this manual.
Resources for Assistance
All students are encouraged to seek early help if they feel they have a problem with alcohol and/or other drugs, and to learn how to assist others with substance abuse problems. With early assistance it is less likely that serious consequences will result from an alcohol or other drug problem. There are many resources on campus and in the community for assistance.
College resources such as the Counseling Center (Room A212; 212 217-4260) and Health Services (Room A402; 212 217-4190) are confidential and free of charge. In addition, non-college resources in the community are also available and information on these can be obtained in these offices.
Depression, suicide, and information 800 LIFENET (800 543-3638) and referrals for emotional and (24 hours per day, 7 days per week) substance abuse programs
Alcoholics Anonymous 212 870-3400 www.aa.org
Offers specific information on AA meetings in the FIT area.
Regional Helpline 212 929-6262 www.na.org
212 941-0094 www.al-anon.alateen.org
For friends, relatives, and domestic partners who are coping with a loved one's alcohol or drug use.
Beth Israel Inpatient Detox 212 420-4220 (inpatient detox)
Stuyvesant Square Outpatient Services 212 420-4545 (outpatient services)
Bernstein Pavilion 1-9 Nathan Perleman Place (15th Street between First and Second Avenues)
Hazelden New York 212 420-9522 www.hazelden.org 322 Eighth Avenue, 12 floor
The Addiction Institute of NY 212 523-6491 (formerly Smithers Alcoholism Treatment and Training Center) www.addictioninstituteny.org Roosevelt Division 1000 Tenth Avenue (two blocks from Columbus Circle; building says Roosevelt Hospital)
Beth Israel Hospital 212 420-4135 Outpatient Clinic Bernstein Building 9 Nathan Place (between East 15th and 16th Streets)
FIT Security 212 217-7777 (24 hours a day)
NYC Police/Ambulance 911
Beth Israel Medical Center 212 420-2000 First Avenue at 16th Street


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Wright was once a minister himself and plans to rely on his base of knowledge to tackle issues of religion, faith and spirituality.
The two also worked on Six Feet Under and Wright has written for Brothers and Sisters and Lost. I eagerly anticipate pretty much anything Showtime does, as these series can, of course, push the envelope a bit more than other networks' shows can. I'm guessing this will be a far cry from Seventh Heaven, and I look forward to that.
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Hu Jintao is the current Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China.He was born Hu Jintao on 21st December 1942 in Jiangyan, China. His father owned a tea shop, and the family was relatively poor. In 1968, during the Cultural Revolution, Jintao's father was arrested, publicly tortured and imprisoned. Jintao was a gifted student. While studying hydroelectric engineering at university in Beijing he joined the Communist Party. Jintao has been involved in Communist Party bureaucracy for most of his adult life, as Party secretary for Guizhou province, first secretary of the CPC Secretariat, and then vice president.Jintao met his wife Liu Yongqing while studying at Qinghua University. The couple have a son and a daughter, who have also both graduated from Qinghua University.Hi figure is portrayed from 2011.
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The Riverside County Sheriff's Department earlier broadcast a general advisory stating that Dorner was possibly involved in a home-invasion robbery at 1274 Club View Road in Big Bear. A couple were tied up in their house, and the suspect fled in their 2008 white Dodge pickup truck with a back hitch, heading south on state Route 38,possibly toward Cherry Valley. A state Fish & Game ranger apparently fired on the vehicle, according to the sheriff's broadcast.
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The Boston Red Sox had an off-day in Toronto on Monday, a day before their series against the Blue Jays.
So how did Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia, catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia and outfielder/DH Jonny Gomes spend their afternoon? They went to Rogers Centre for a matinee between the Jays and Oakland A's. Of course.
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Nice seats, eh, buddy? That's them in the top left. (Oh, and that's Geddy Lee in the vest and black cap.)
They weren't there just to watch the game, or Lee. They also got to catch up with some former teammates—mostly Josh Reddick and Brandon Moss, who play for the A's.
Naturally, Reddick and Moss shared a few laughs with them.
"I did make some inappropriate gestures toward them," Moss, smiling, told Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle after the A's 5-1 victory. He also joked, "In all honesty—who has an off-day in Toronto and comes to a baseball game? I feel like that's a cry for attention. 'I"m going to be on TV!' You play in Boston—you don't get enough attention?"
Reddick heard it from Pedroia during one at-bat.
"He did a classic Ric Flair 'Woo,' " Reddick told Slusser. "I obviously said 'What's up?' They said to hit a homer and I said I didn't know if I could any more because I'd already hit five (during the series). My next at-bat, Saltalamacchia said, 'We came here to see you hit, we don't want to see you walk' and I lined out and just threw my hands up. They must have been pretty bored to come to a ballpark on their off-day."
Pedroia and Saltalamacchia played with the pair in Boston, while Gomes played with them in Oakland.
Gomes also caught up with Josh Donaldson, the A's third baseman. Donaldson said Gomes told him to hit a home run.
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What is the 24/192 usb driver situation?
What is the 24/192 usb driver situation?
Apr 12 2012, 19:01
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What is the 24/192 usb driver situation across platforms?
I know that there are a number of commercial items associated with expensive computer based audio software, but has anyone addressed this issue in the open source/community arena?
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What are you really looking for??? Is there any specific hardware, or OS/platform, you are concerned with?
I would assume that if the hardware device works at 24/192, the hardware manufacturer would supply 24/192 drivers. If it's pro hardware it probably comes with ASIO drivers, as well as the "normal" drivers for Windows or OS-X. Most audio pros don't use Linux, so Linux drivers for high-end hardware are probably hit-or-miss.
The hardware manufacturer is in the best position to write drivers for their unique hardware, except where the hardware is designed to work with the standard default drivers supplied with Windows (or other OS). I have no idea if the Windows-supplied drivers work at 24/192....
I know that there are a number of commercial items associated with expensive computer based audio softwareSome "expensive" applications work with ASIO drivers, but otherwise the software should be standardized for the operation system and it should work with any hardware/drivers that are also designed to work with that particular OS.
As you may know, the driver sits in-between the application and hardware, and the driver is standardized on the "application/OS side", so that the driver & hardware work together to interface with any application.
Pro Tools was a special case where the application and their hardware were specifically designed to work together. The latest version of Pro Tools no-longer requires their special hardware, but I don't know if their special hardware now works with other applications.
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