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U.S. Women's Update - April 27
Bill Kauffman
Manager, Media Relations and Publications
Phone: 719-228-6800
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 27, 2010) – The current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update released on April 27 includes briefs on U.S. players competing overseas, player information, Volley-Tweets, trivia questions and much more.
For the complete PDF version including a complete list of players training at the USA National Team Center facility at American Sports Centers in Anaheim, the U.S. international transfer list, 2010 season stats and other fan interaction sections, click here.
TRIVIA QUESTIONS: 1. Who was named the USA Volleyball Female Indoor Athlete of the Year in 2008? 2. For what club team did Bryn Kehoe play for and earn USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championship titles in 2002 and 2003? 3. Which U.S. Women's National Team player earned MVP honors at the 2005 USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championship in the 18 Open Division? Answers can be found on page three in the full PDF version (click here) of the current U.S. Women's National Team Weekly update.
MONTREUX PRELIMINARY ROSTER ANNOUNCED: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) has announced the U.S. Women's National Team 19-player preliminary roster (O-2) for the 2010 Montreux VolleyMasters event to be held June 8-13 in Montreux, Switzerland. The outside/opposite hitters include Olympians Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) and Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.), as well as Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.), Jill Collymore (Belleview, Wash.), Nicole Fawcett (Zanesfield, Ohio), Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.), Destinee Hooker (San Antonio, Texas), Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.) and Kristin Richards (Orem, Utah). Setters on the preliminary Montreux roster are Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.), Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.) and Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.). Middle blockers on the Montreux preliminary roster are 2008 Olympian and Montreux captain Jennifer Joines Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.), Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Christa Harmotto (Aliquippa, Pa.) and Cheryl Weaver (Washington, D.C.). The two liberos on the preliminary roster are 2008 Olympian Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.) and Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii). USA opens the tournament against Japan on June 8, followed by pool matches against Germany on June 9 and Russia on June 11. The pool crossover/semifinal round is set for June 12 with China, Cuba, Netherlands and Poland in Pool B. The tournament concludes with the finals on June 13. The U.S. has not competed in the Montreux event since 2005. Richards is the only U.S. player with experience playing in Montreux (in 2005). McCutcheon has completed his staff with assistant coaches Jamie Morrison (Dana Point, Calif.) and Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.), Jim McLaughlin (Seattle, Wash.) as team manager, Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.) as medical support and Dr. William Stetson as team doctor. Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.) will stay behind in Anaheim to continue training other members of the U.S. Women's National Team as it prepares to compete in the Pan American Cup June 16-27 in Mexico. To view rosters for other Montreux team participants, click here.
SCOTT-ARRUDA GIVES BIRTH: Danielle Scott-Arruda (Baton Rouge, La.), a four-time Olympian with the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team, gave birth to her first child – Julianne Racquel Scott Arruda – on April 17. After spending some time in Louisiana with her husband Eduardo and Julianne, traveling to Brazil for the in-laws to meet the family's new addition and getting back into playing shape, Scott-Arruda plans to re-join the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team later this summer with the hopes of being available for Team USA at the FIVB Women's World Championship that starts on Oct. 29 in Japan. Tayyiba Haneef-Park (Laguna Hills, Calif.), a two-time Olympian with the U.S. Women's National Team, gave birth to a son earlier this spring and also plans to make a comeback with the team later this year.
SPRING TRAINING BLOCK STARTS: The U.S. Women's National Team started its spring training block on April 26 with a total of 12 players participating at the USA National Team Center located within the American Sports Centers in Anaheim, Calif. The team training sessions are open to the public. Training times are generally Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., while Fridays often vary on times. Players currently training include middle blockers Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.), Tracy Stalls (Denver, Colo.), Christa Harmotto (Aliquippa, Pa.), Alexis Crimes (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and Lauren Paolini (Ann Arbor, Mich.). Outside hitters/opposite include Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.), Brittany Moore (Orange, Calif.), Jill Collymore (Bellevue, Wash.) and Julie Rubenstein (Camarillo, Calif.). The setters training include Bryn Kehoe (North Bend, Ohio) and Nellie Spicer (Barrington, Ill.). The libero position has Tamari Miyashiro (Kaneohe, Hawaii) training with the U.S. Women's National Team.
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS: For a full listing of the 166 international transfers for American female players to other countries to play professional volleyball, visit the full PDF version of the U.S. Women's National Team Weekly Update.
FUNCTIONAL MOVEMENT SCREENINGS BY CHANGE SPTI: Members of the U.S. Women's and Men's National Volleyball Teams will undergo an extensive functional movement screening next week provided by the team's preferred physical therapy provider Matt Swift (DPT, ATC) of Change SPTI. The screenings will occur April 27, April 28 and April 30 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Change Sports Physical Therapy Institute located within the American Sports Centers at 1500 S. Anaheim Blvd. in Anaheim, Calif. The USA National Team Center is also located within the American Sports Centers. Swift is an expert in assessing the athletes' movements to spot any deficiencies they have in mobility or stability. "Having complete functional movement is the foundation upon which athletic performance is built," Swift said. "Like our national volleyball teams, everyone who's trying to improve their fitness should see a sports-oriented physical therapist before training or conditioning to make sure their body's foundational movement is adequate for their desired activity. The functional movement screen is a process that identifies the weak link in the movement pattern and then assigns exercises to correct it." Swift invites other physical therapists to view the screenings to learn more about improving athletes' functional movements. For more information, contact Swift at 714-917-3558 or email@example.com.
BERG PUSHING ITALIAN TEAM TO TOP: Lindsey Berg (Honolulu), a setter on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team which won the silver medal in Beijing, is playing for MC-Carnaghi Villa Cortese of the Italian Serie A professional league this winter. After winning the Italian Serie A Cup on April 17, Villa Cortese attempted to show it was not a fluke during its quarterfinal round playoff of the Italian Serie A playoffs. Seeded second in the playoffs, it took a 25-19, 25-16, 19-25, 25-22 victory over Riso Scotti Pavia on April 21. Berg played only as a reserve in the fourth set of the match recording three serves. In the second match of the best-of-three series on April 25, Berg started all three sets as Villa Cortese swept Pavia 25-11, 29-27, 27-25 to advance to the semifinal round. Berg set her team to a 46 kill percent and .360 hitting efficiency. She added two blocks and a kill on her own attack for three individual points. Villa Cortese will face No. 3 Foppapedretti Bergamo/No. 6 Despar Perugia in the semifinals starting on May 1. Other matches are scheduled for May 3, May 5, May 7 and May 10 (last two if necessary).Last season, Villa Cortese competed in the Italian Serie A2 division but earned a spot in this year's upper division. To follow Berg throughout the season, check out her blog at lindseyberg.blogspot.com.
BOWN COMPETING FOR JESI: Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.), a three-time Olympian with the U.S. Women's National Team, is competing for Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi in the Italian Serie A professional league. Jesi finished the regular season in fourth place with a 13-9 record and 39 points. During the best-of-three quarterfinal playoff round, Jesi started with a 15-25, 25-18, 23-25, 27-25, 15-12 victory over Chateau d'Ax Urbino Volley on April 21. Bown scored 11 kills on 17 errorless attacks to go with three blocks for 14 points. In the second match, Urbino came back to win a tight four-set match 25-23, 25-22, 23-25, 26-24 on April 24. Bown pocketed another 14 points with 11 kills on 23 attacks and just two errors to go with three blocks. In the deciding third match of the quarterfinal round on April 26, Jesi held on for a 25-20, 25-16, 23-25, 25-19 victory. Bown was one of five Jesi players in double-figure scoring with 11 kills on 19 swings and three blocks for 14 points. With the quarterfinal round victory, Jesi advances to the semifinals to play top-seeded Scavolini Pesaro in a best-of-five series starting on April 30. Other matches are scheduled for May 2, May 4, May 6 and May 10 (last two if necessary).
TOM, ASYSTEL VOLLEY NOVARA: Logan Tom (Salt Lake City, Utah), a three-time Olympian and member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Games silver medal roster, is competing for Asystel Volley Novara in the Italian Serie A professional league this winter. Novara, seeded eighth in the Serie A playoffs, dropped its opening best-of-three Italian Serie A quarterfinal match to Pesaro 25-20, 25-16, 21-25, 25-14 on April 21. Tom was credited with 13 kills on 38 swings for all her points. In the second match of the quarterfinal series against top-seeded Pesaro, Novara came back to win 22-25, 25-23, 25-23, 23-25, 15-11 on April 24 to force a deciding third match on April 26. In the victory, Tom collected a match-high 30 points with 27 kills on 58 swings and three blocks. She also had a 69 percent excellent service reception. In the deciding third match of the quarterfinal round on April 26, Pesaro claimed a 25-16, 25-18, 25-19 victory to advance to the semifinals. Tom provided Novara with 11 kills, one block and an ace for a team-high 13 points.
JOINES TAMAS, BUSSE WITH TOA BAJA: Jen Joines Tamas (Milpitas, Calif.) and Cassie Busse (Prior Lake, Minn.), both members of the U.S. Women's National Team, are playing for 2009 Puerto Rico League champion Toa Baja in 2010. Toa Baja finished the regular season with a five-match lead in the standings, thanks to a 21-match win streak after losing its opening match. The Llaneras also won the regular season and tournament title in 2009. In the quarterfinal round last week, Toa Baja topped Juncos 25-27, 25-18, 25-13, 25-12 on April 21. Busse notched 17 points with 12 kills, four blocks and an ace. Joines Tames chipped in 13 points with seven kills, five aces and a block. The Llaneras lost to Caguas 25-16, 25-21, 25-17 in the final quarterfinal match on April 23. Already with a spot in the semifinals regardless of the outcome, Toa Baja did not play its three imports – Busse, Joines Tamas and Canadian Stacey Gordon. Toa Baja finished the Pool A quarterfinal with the second-best record at 4-2. The Llaneras will play Catano in the best-of-seven semifinal round series. Toa Baja lost to Catano 25-14, 25-22, 25-21 in the opening match of the semifinal series on April 26. Joines Tamas tallied a team-high 13 points with nine kills, two blocks and two aces. Busse chipped in 11 points in the loss. Catano also won the first match of the regular season over Toa Baja before it went on to finish the regular season without another loss. Additional matches in the series are on April 28, April 29 and May 1. If necessary, additional matches will be on May 3, May 5 and May 7.
THOMPSON, SALVO WITH CATANO: Setter Courtney Thompson (Kent, Wash.) and outside hitter Airial Salvo (Farmington, Utah), both members of the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team and products of University of Washington, are playing for Catano de Lancheras of the Puerto Rico Superliga. Prior to the playoffs starting, Catano added another Washington Husky in Christal Morrison. In the quarterfinal round last week, Catano topped Carolina 25-23, 25-19, 25-21 on April 19. Morrison scored a match-high 15 points, while Salvo added 14 points. Thompson was credited with four assists, 12 digs, two blocks and two kills in the victory. The Lancheras finished out the quarterfinal round home-and-home playoff pool with a 25-13, 25-23, 25-20 victory over Bayamon. Morrison slammed nine kills, two blocks and an ace for 12 points, while Salvo earned all 10 of her points on attacks. Thompson was credited with 16 digs, seven assists and a block in the victory. Catano finished as the top team in Pool B's quarterfinal round with a 5-1 record. In its best-of-seven semifinal round series, it will face defending league champion and 2010 regular season champion Toa Baja. Catano repeated its regular-season opening match with a 25-14, 25-22, 25-21 victory over Toa Baja to start the semifinal round on April 26. Thompson set the Lancheras with seven assists and 12 digs. Salvo claimed 14 points with 13 kills and a block. Morrison added nine points in the win. Additional matches in the series are on April 28, April 29 and May 1. If necessary, additional matches will be on May 3, May 5 and May 7.
METCALF, HODGE LATE SIGNEES WITH CAGUAS: Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa) and Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.) signed late in the Puerto Rico Superliga season in hopes of rejuvenating the team and advancing into the playoffs. They join past U.S. Women's National Team member Shonda Cole on the team. Hodge, who competed with the U.S. Women's National Team on a trip to China earlier this year, started her professional career with Caguas on March 27. In the quarterfinal round last week, Caguas dropped a 25-18, 25-18, 25-16 match to Corozal on April 21. Metcalf scored eight points in the match for Criollas, while Hodge did not play due to her education commitments. Caguas ended the quarterfinal round with a 25-16, 25-21, 25-17 victory over regular season champion Toa Baja on April 23. Metcalf tallied seven points in the victory, including four blocks. Caguas finished the quarterfinal round with a 2-4 record and in third place, missing the opportunity to advance to the semifinals.
PRESSEY JOINS BAYAMON LATE: Angie Pressey (Lake Mary, Fla.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Team, joined Bayamon of the Puerto Rico Superliga just in time for the playoffs. In the quarterfinal round last week, Pressey turned in a team-high 19 points with 15 kills and four blocks on April 19, but it was not enough as Mayaguez came away with a 25-9, 25-17, 23-25, 25-17 victory. Bayamon's quarterfinal round ended on April 21 as it lost to Catano 25-13, 25-23, 25-20. Pressey turned in a team-high 12 points, all on kills, to go with 13 digs. Bayamon finished the quarterfinal round in a tie for second with a 3-3 record, forcing a playoff with Mayaguez on April 25. Pressey contributed 17 points with 13 kills and four blocks in helping the Vaqueras rally to a 25-19, 16-25, 26-28, 25-18, 15-13 victory. Bayamon now opens the best-of-seven semifinal series with Corozal on April 27, followed by guaranteed matches on April 29, April 30 and May 2. If necessary, additional matches will take place on May 4, May 6 and May 7.
HOOKER WITH COROZAL: Destinee Hooker (San Antonio), who trained with the U.S. Women's National Team in spring of 2008 before heading back to University of Texas to complete her final two collegiate seasons, signed late with Corozal of the Puerto Rico Superliga. In the quarterfinal round last week, Corozal swept Caguas 25-18, 25-18, 25-16 on April 21. Hooker displayed her offensive talents with 15 kills, two blocks and an ace for a match-high 18 points in the sweep. Corozal ended the quarterfinal round on a roll with a 25-15, 25-12, 25-14 victory over Juncos on April 23. Hooker pocketed 12 points with nine kills, two blocks and an ace in the victory. Corozal ended Pool A's quarterfinal round with a 5-1 record to take the top spot. Corozal opens the best-of-seven semifinal round against Bayamon on April 27, followed by guaranteed matches on April 29, April 30 and May 2. If necessary, additional matches will take place on May 4, May 6 and May 7.
OTHER AMERICAN HIGHLIGHTS IN PUERTO RICO: Kelly Wing was credited with 12 points for Juncos in its four-set loss to Toa Baja on April 21…Jessica Jones scored seven points in Carolina's three-set loss to Catano on April 19…Erin Moore contributed 14 points in Bayamon's four-set quarterfinal loss to Mayaguez on April 19…Shonda Cole, a former U.S. Women's National Team member, scored 10 points in Corozal's sweep of Caguas on April 21…Erin Moore was a one-person wrecking crew with 26 points in leading Bayamon from the brink of playoff elimination as it defeated Mayaguez in a five-set on April 26 in a tiebreaking match to conclude the quarterfinal round.
NNAMANI, GLASS PACING PROSTEJOV IN CZECH REPUBLIC: Ogonna Nnamani (Bloomington, Ill.) and Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) continue to lead their Czech Republic professional team Prostejov. Prostejov opened the best-of-five championship round series with Brno on April 24 with a 25-19, 25-21, 25-21 victory. To view photos of the match, click here. In the second match of the series, Prostejov came away with a 25-21, 25-15, 25-22 victory and are one match away from the league playoff title.
BARBOZA WITH TORAY IN JAPAN: Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.), an outside hitter with the U.S. Women's National Team and alternate on both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games rosters, is playing in her first professional volleyball season in Japan V-League with Toray. After finishing the regular season with a 21-7 record and a second-place finish, Toray finished second in the four-team round-robin semifinal with regular season winner JT coming out on top. After Toray claimed the V-League championship with a sweep of JT in the final playoff match, it moved on to a friendly Japan-Korea series April 25-26. Toray defeated Korea's top team KT&G 25-18, 19-25, 29-27, 19-25, 15-10 on April 25. Barboza did not play in the match. Barboza and Toray's season will conclude with the Empress Cup held April 30 to May 5. Toray is in Pool B with Sanyo, Tsukuba University and Toyota Autobody with the matches played April to May 2 in that order. The quarterfinal crossovers will take place May 3, followed by semifinals on May 4 and championship on May 5.
DAVIS PICKS UP AZERBAIJAN: Nicole Davis (Stockton, Calif.), the U.S. Women's National Team libero during the 2008 Olympic Games, has shifted her professional season from China to Azerbaijan. After helping the Evergrande Volleyball Club to a perfect 12-0 season in the Chinese club season, she is now part of Lokomotiv of the Azerbaijan Super League. Her team has nine points and is in third place – one point out of first place – after the second round of the second phase of the Azerbaijan Super League. In the third match of a best-of-three semifinal round, Lokomotiv defeated Azerreyl, with U.S. Women's National Team member Elisha Thomas (Grass Valley, Calif.), in five sets. In the opening of the best-of-five championship series with Rabita, Lokomotiv dropped a hard fought five-set match with the final set score of 21-19. In the second match of the series, Rabita won 25-19, 25-11, 25-23.
TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1. Lindsey Berg; 2. Bryn Kehoe; 3. Nellie Spicer


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Happy International Migratory Bird Day! Today kicks off Bird Fest week at the National Zoo. Time to give a little back to our feathered friends, who, after all, turn each spring morning into a free music festival: bel canto, flute concertos, jazz improv. But due to urban sprawl, deforestation and pesticides in the U.S. as well as their tropical winter homes, songbird populations are significantly declining.
Because songbird habitat is so fragmented, they're always on the lookout for pit stops, as it were, between swaths of meadow and forest. Birds of different species, which frequent different flyways across our nation, often prefer a region's specific native plants for food and shelter. By placing even a few indigenous plants outdoors, whether you live in a rural, urban or suburban place, you can help sustain a threatened bird. For examples, see Audubon's Plants for Watchlist Birds.
Because many species of native flora and beneficial insects (like butterflies and bees), not to mention wildlife, are also threatened or endangered, your native plantings, however small, can also help revive ecosystems. For a map with the top 10 list of native plants for your state, plus advice on safe, effective bird and butterfly feeders, go to National Wildlife Federation's backyard wildlife pages.
Plant it and they will come, and maybe stay, and next thing you know a junior opera of hatchlings may be debuting in your trees.
When you buy coffee, make it bird-friendly, grown beneath preserved tropical canopies. The better to hear them with.

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My kids want to join a dodgeball league
The park district where I coach my daughter's basketball team has another offering for the winter: a youth dodgeball league for fourth- to eighth-graders. My seventh-grade son and my fifth-grade daughter are chomping at the bit (whatever that bit might be) to join, as are my eighth-grade and fifth-grade nephews (not pictured in the Joe W. Sorenson photo above, taken from Flickr.)
But wait, you say. Isn't dodgeball, as the great Patches O'Houlihan put it, a game of violence, exclusion and degradation? Isn't this the sport being banned from gym classes because it causes so much bullying and pain? Are my kids and nephews oversized sadists because they want to chuck rubber balls with full force at kids to hear that satisfying "poonk" sound when ball meets flesh? Well, yes, yes, and let me get back to you on that last one.
I am not one of those parents who believes that there's direct line of pussification between banning dodgeball and our president bowing before other world leaders. It turns out that while some of us have horrible memories of oversized pieces of beef bouncing balls off our heads at 150 mph at a 10-foot distance, a lot of kids happens to like that game. Yes, dodgeball leagues aren't just for nostalgic adults anymore.
A dirty little secret of dodgeball is that some schools still play it in gym class, such as the one my kids attend. It turns out, my kids, no behemoths, love the game. So much so, my backyard in the summer is turned into an ersatz league. My kids have their friends over, line up every ball they can find in the middle of the yard, and have at it. My first-grade son plays with the big kids, too (though they do take care not to save their hardest shots for him). The 2004 Vince Vaughn/Ben Stiller epic "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" is frequently played in my house, which is why I know of Patches O'Houlihan, seven-time American Dodgeball Association of America all-star.
The appeal of dodgeball is its simplicity — take a ball and chuck it. Well, maybe the satisfaction of violence, too. But as a sport, it's hardly more violent than, say, football. As of yet, no one is doing studies on the alarming rate of dodgeball concussions, though I think Todd Brammer in ninth grade nearly gave me one when he hit me in the head, which then bounced off the back wall. (I wasn't decapitated. I went back to grab a ball and learned a valuable lesson in keeping your head up. Anyway, in high school we also played the far more violent wallball, which involved two teams of about 30 sophomore boys running on their needs in a small area of the wrestling gym to try to press a ball against a small square in the wall for a goal, and you could do anything — I mean, anything — to stop the movement of the ball or players. I ended up having my right, nonthrowing wrist broken when a guy followed through with his head after I followed through on a throw. To add insult to injury, the school nurse twisted my wrist in a circle to find out if it hurt — um, yes — and then sent to me lunch, as if salisbury steak and gravy had magical healing powers.)
(Sorry for the long parenthetical. Back to dodgeball.)
For the league in question — only $25 a head, cheap to join a team — the kids will spend the first three weeks learning rules and practices before teams are picked, and games begin. Three weeks of rules and practice? I don't remember dodgeball being that complicated. Maybe it takes time to absorb the five D's of Dodgeball, or maybe the coach will throw a wrench at the kids and tell them that if they can dodge a wrench, they can dodge a ball. (Dodgeball movie references, if you hadn't guessed.)
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Say it with me kids: the five D's of dodgeball are dodge, dive, dip, duck and dodge.
While I think my kids and nephews will enjoy the league, I hope the sport doesn't get too formalized and ruin the fun everyone has in my back yard. Unfortunately, I have to impress upon my kids that the chances of going pro are slim, because there is a professional dodgeball league. I'll look for the National Dodgeball League on ESPN8: The Ocho.


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ssilver necesitaba un nuevo diseño de botón o icono y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 130 diseños de 37 diseñadores freelance.
We're part-time app developers, aiming to make this a full-time business, using the App Store as a delivery vehicle for the services we normally deliver in person.
We've created a great, unique app for the iPhone but unfortunately don't have the design skills needed to create the icon. We need help! (And quickly, I'm afraid!)
Is it possible to let us have this within 2 days? Please let us know.
The iPhone app market is global and growing, so the design should communicate across cultures, across languages. And the themes of our service are universal.
The market is the market of the iPhone, but we wish to extend to other mobile platforms later. Users can be any age, but most will be well educated.
The icon should be distinctive, using colours that go with other iPhone colours, perhaps based on one of the colours in the bottom row of the iPhone (i.e. icons for phone, mail, iPod, safari)…? It should also stand out among the many other apps available!
We don't have the final name for the app yet, so can't put that in the icon. Therefore, it must represent graphically the purpose of the app:
It's all about people fulfilling their desires and living the life they want. It's about personal growth and development and we want the icon to communicate an upbeat / positive / inspiring message. We are open to ideas and have no fixed ideas of what it will look like.
It does however need to look professional without being too serious; colourful but tasteful. One idea we had was of a winding road leading to a sunrise; something that conveys a series of steps leading to a goal fulfilled, a project reaching fruition.
We have no pre-conceived ideas, but for an idea of our tastes, here's a list of some of the icons we've seen that we like:
1. Designer icons from 99 Designs: scribe, carlhuber, jooseddesign, joerizs
2. Other iPhone apps: Evernote, reQall, Facebook, Skype, Gratitude Journal
You'll see that our preference is of something simple, clean and uncluttered.
Our specific needs are for images that meet the following criteria. It would be great to have the file delivered in Photoshop format:
• An app icon for the screen of the iPhone. This should be 57 x 57 pixels, and we will need to submit it in PNG format.
• Also a version of the icon at 512 x 512 pixels, - the same thing but in a size suitable to go on the App Store or wherever else it's needed.
If you need any other info, such as sizes, formats, any of Apple's guidelines for creating good icons … just let us know ASAP.


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Snow fell around the D.C. area, repeating Thursday's light coating.
Snow began to fall around 2 p.m. in the city, but it was a fast moving system that was east of D.C. by about 7 p.m.
About a half-inch to an inch of snow fell in D.C. and its suburbs. With high temperatures in the mid-to-upper 20s, the snow stuck immediately, causing slick conditions on untreated roads for the evening commute, .
At National Airport, flights were grounded during the snow as crews worked to clear and treat the runways, causing some delays.
AAA Mid-Atlantic urged drivers to slow down and use caution during their evening commutes.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for much of the area through rush hour. Usually snowfall estimates of less than 2 inches don't warrant the advisory, but as with Thursday morning's advisory, Friday's was issued because the snow coincided with rush hour.
Icy roads remain a concern overnight as roadways wet from the snow could freeze overnight.
A winter storm watch was issued for Garrett County, Md., where three inches of snow was expected Friday, followed by up to four more inches overnight.
Federal agencies in the D.C. area were open Friday, but employees had the option for unscheduled leave or telework.
A few school districts announced in advance they would be closed again Friday, and many others -- including Montgomery and Fairfax counties -- had early dismissals.
High temperatures in the area should climb above freezing Saturday for the first time in several days, but the wind chill will make it feel like the upper teens or low 20s.
A warm-up will finally begin early next week, with afternoon temperatures well above freezing, melting much of the snow. The temperatures should stay above most of next week.
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What does everyone else do? We hope that there is an accurate family legend, maybe bolstered by some letters from the old country. We search for obituaries of everyone in the family, including cousins, aunts and uncles. We look at people the family hung around with, better known as associates: people in the same neighborhood, church, school or club. We look at parish records, funeral home records and gravestones. And we keep our fingers crossed. Occasionally a marriage or death record will give an Irish county or origin. Mostly not, though.
One place that usually is of no use whatsoever is the US census. Every census prohibits the enumerator from taking down the city or county if in another country. So for the US and Canada we get a state or province only, and for everywhere else, we get a country. Most 1860 Boston census pages read like this in the place of birth column: Mass., Ire., Ire., Ire., Ire., Ire., N.S., N.S., Mass., Mass., NH, Ire., P.E.I, Mass., etc.
|Boston Wards 1 and 3 in 1860. Ward 1 is where the North End is now.
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|1860 US census, population schedule, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Boston, Ward 1, p. 6, col. 10 "Place of Birth, Naming the State, Territory, or Country"; Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : 10 Feb 2012).
On just one page he lists the following places of birth: Boston, Mass.; Halifax, N.S.; Waxford, Ireland; Lathram, Ireland; Killarney, Ireland; Cork, Ireland; Concord, Mass.; Londonderry, Ireland; Newfoundland; Newbury Port, Mass.; Kings County, Ireland; and St. Johns, N.B.! How 'bout that!!
William B. Tarltan is not the only enumerator to have broken the rules, so always check every census because you just never know when you'll get a renegade census taker who saw the value in reporting more detailed places of birth.
|Map of Boston Wards in 1860. Ward 1 is near the top of the map.
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One of the major tones in promotional products for 2013 revolved around a refined, classic and streamlined style. A generous sampling of both apparel and hardgoods were blessed with chic design. When I mention the buzzwords "New Sophistication," I envision the colors black, platinum and gold. I think of old Hollywood glamour- Rita Hayworth, Lauren Bacall and Elizabeth Taylor. "New Sophistication" also lends itself to the handsome sensibilities of Clark Gable and Paul Newman.
How does the trend carry over to promotional products? Think chrome finished writing implements, sleek black tablet cases, rhinestone accented sunglasses, brushed silver desk accessories or a tastefully blinged out tumbler. The looks are polished and professional- leaving a perfect impression to the end user.
Here are a few of the products that define "New Sophistication" to me.
Rutherford Blazer. Available in black and navy.
20 oz. Spirit Ice Tumbler with straw.
Ogio Pearl Polo
Callaway Chamberlain Ballpoint Pen
Brookstone Women's Amenity Case
Palmdale Polarized Sunglasses
Check our pinboard on this trending topic too. If you would like more info on this 2013 trend, please give us a call!
I hope the products above inspire you.
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The growth of the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend has transformed the IT industry and notably how businesses tackle managing mobile devices brought to work by employees. As a result, IT leaders have, and still do face, rapidly evolving challenges, and must minimize risk by balancing the demands of business end users with the security of corporate data; not to mention a consistent experience for productivity. The "BYOD" conversation is one of my favorites – and I've run into many on both sides of the fence. Some see it as a major cost-saving opportunity, while others caution that the real cost is paid through increased risks and potential breaches in the security of data.
In any case, it's important to develop a strategy for the inclusion of mobile devices in your business. When considering BYOD, the importance of having a rock solid strategy only increases. Here are three ways that you can partner with BlackBerry to navigate the BYOD trend:
Implement a Scalable, Flexible, and Secure Enterprise Mobility Management Platform
BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 has evolved as a direct response to the needs of businesses around the world. We've met with CIO's and IT administrators, and are heavily involved in the mobile landscape for business in a wide range of applications.
In an increasingly complex mobile world, BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 provides an integrated platform for IT departments and businesses to securely manage mobile devices. BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 brings together not only BlackBerry smartphones and tablets, but third party devices that employees are bringing into the workplace. In particular, network administrators can add and import iOS and Android users, create group memberships, view user and device information, manage applications, and much more.
With the recently updated BlackBerry Device Service component of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, the platform can now support up to 15,000 BlackBerry 10 smartphones on a single server. This scalability can help your IT department lower management costs and ultimately decrease the total cost of ownership for your EMM solution and BlackBerry 10 smartphones.
In the weeks since its initial launch, BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 has received positive feedback from businesses such as Softchoice and Mobile Computing Corp. Inc. as well as from reviewers on social media. The platform has also been awarded with a 2012 Frost & Sullivan Award for Competitive Strategy Leadership for its BYOD solutions. Most importantly, BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 provides a platform for IT managers to manage, provision, and activate devices, administer controls, push mandatory applications, and more, all from a single web-based console.
Provide Business End Users with Seamless Separation of Work and Personal Data
The consumerization of business IT and the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) trend has created a need to manage both work and personal personas on the same mobile device. With BYOD, some businesses have enabled employees to use personal devices for work purposes. This trend increases the challenges for protecting corporate data, which can be compromised due to malware attacks, personal use applications, and other susceptibilities.
To meet the challenge, BlackBerry 10 smartphones managed by BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 have been tightly integrated with BlackBerry Balance technology, which is designed to separate corporate and personal data within the operating system. On a corporate level, businesses can now draw a defined line between work and personal perimeters, thus separating the respective applications, connections, and data. On an end user level, BlackBerry Balance provides end users with a seamless, gesture-based transition between their work and personal data:
Prepare for Future Expansion of Security Capabilities across Mobile Platforms
In addition to the existing enterprise mobility management capabilities of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, we are expanding BlackBerry's security capabilities with Secure Work Space for iOS and Android devices. Planned for general availability in the second quarter of this calendar year, this offering extends BlackBerry security to third party devices, essentially creating a separate and secure work space to hold corporate apps, work email, calendar, contacts, and more, without the need for a third party MDM provider, a costly VPN infrastructure, or multiple vendors.
As business mobility challenges continue to evolve, BlackBerry is committed to partnering with you to navigate the complexities of the BYOD trend. Consider the steps you can take to keep your business data secure, whether it be streamlining your enterprise mobility management with BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, providing your employees with the seamless data separation of BlackBerry Balance, or getting ready to extend BlackBerry security capabilities to iOS and Android devices with Secure Work Space.
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If you're an existing BlackBerry Enterprise Server customer, you can upgrade to BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 for free with the BlackBerry Enterprise Service License Trade Up Program. We've created a five-step guide to show you how to upgrade. When you're ready, you can upgrade by following the link below:
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How has BlackBerry helped your business tackle the challenge of BYOD with BlackBerry, iOS, or Android devices? Share in the comments below.


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Canapes are the quintessential hors d'oeuvres. You can pile any tasty combination on a slice of bread (or puff pastry, or flat bread, etc.). These are some of my favorites...
Roasted Beef & Horseradish Cream Canapes
25 canapes
2 baguettes, sliced into 1/2 inch toasts
1 packages of cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons of horseradish
1 tablespoon of dijon mustard
salt & pepper
1 pound of Roast Beef, sliced
flat leaf parsley
Mix together cream cheese, horseradish, dijon, salt & pepper. Spread the mixture onto each slice of bread. Top with a thin slice of beef and sprinkling of parsley, salt & pepper.
Roasted Red Pepper & Blue Cheese Canapes
24 canapes
2 baguettes, sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
1 large jar of roasted red peppers, sliced
8 ounces of blue cheese, crumbled
On a baking sheet, spread out the slices of bread. Pile the peppers and blue cheese on each piece. Put them in the oven under the low broiler for 2-3 minutes just until the blue cheese melts. Sprinkle with parsley and fresh black pepper.
These Roasted Beef & Horseradish and Roasted Red Pepper & Blue Cheese Canapes are part of my "Budget Friendly Holiday Cocktail Party Menu." For all of the recipes and tips for creating a memorable, low-cost cocktail party, visit the "Budget Friendly Holiday Cocktail Party Menu" Page!


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Voted one of Baked Perfection's Best Cupcakes (by my friend Ellen)
If you work with either Zack or me you are likely going to get Baked Perfection cupcakes for your birthday. Of course you are more likely to get some if you work with me, but a several of Zack's co-workers have been lucky enough to get cupcakes too. I made these cupcakes for Zack's friend and co-worker Brian for his birthday. They were a couple weeks late because his birthday fell in the middle of busy season (fellow auditors know what I am talking about). Anyhow, Brian told Zack his favorite flavors which were strawberry, blueberry, and brownies. I wanted to make cupcakes and was not in a chocolate mood, so brownies were out. I decided to go with strawberry because what is more manly than pink cupcakes? Just kidding, I decided to go with strawberry because that is what I was in the mood for. I will be the first to tell you that these cupcakes were delicious. My friend Ellen who has tried a ton of my cupcakes said these were her favorite and her opinion matters.
I made a filling for these cupcakes with frozen strawberries packed in syrup, but have since made a blackberry and raspberry filling using frozen whole berries that I let thaw sprinkled in a couple tablespoons of sugar and used the juice it extracted while thawing. If you don't want to make a filling you can use a high quality strawberry jam and it will be just as good and nobody will need to know it was not homemade. To fill the cupcakes I used the large end up a piping tip to cut out a round section in the cupcake. I then fill the cupcake and put the cut out portion of the cupcake back over the filling. Feel free to use a knife to cut out a section to fill.
Strawberry Filled Vanilla Cupcakes
recipe from Baked Perfection
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups sour cream
In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda,baking powder and salt. In a separate mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla; mix well. Add the flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream (batter will be thick). Fill greased or paper-lined muffin cups with 1/4 cup of batter. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool completely and fill with strawberry filling. Top with Strawberry buttercream. Recipe makes approximately 30 cupcakes.
Strawberry Filling
recipe from Baked Perfection
1 32oz container frozen strawberries packed in syrup, thawed
Juice of one lemon
3 tablespoons cornstarch
pinch of salt
Drain strawberries, reserving the liquid. Add enough water to liquid to equal 1 cup. In a large saucepan, combine the strawberry liquid, lemon juice, cornstarch, and salt. Heat and stir until the mixture boils and thickens. Cool completely. Stir strawberries into the cooled mixture. Refrigerate until ready to use. (This can be made several days in advance and any leftovers works well on toast, on pancakes, or mixed in plain Greek Yogurt.)
Strawberry Buttercream
recipe from Baked Perfection
2 sticks butter, softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/3 cup strawberry filling (strawberry jam or preserves can be substituted)
pinch of salt
6 cups powdered sugar
2-3 tablespoons milk
Beat butter and vanilla until creamy. Mix in strawberry filling and salt. Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, beating until combined. Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time until you reach desired consistency.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Strawberry filled Vanilla Cupcakes with Strawberry Buttercream
Voted one of Baked Perfection's Best Cupcakes (by my friend Ellen)
2 comments:
- AnonymousMay 7, 2015 at 2:33 PM
These are my go to cupcakes!!!! Found them a few years back and make them for just about everything. As a matter of fact I am making some tonight for teacher appreciation week! Awesome recipe thank you so much!ReplyDelete
- HeatherJuly 12, 2015 at 6:29 PM
Just made these. I made a strawberry filling from scratch, instead of using the strawberries in syrup. I didn't get any complaints, but no compliments either. The cupcakes were disappointing to me. They tasted more like cornbread than a cupcake, not sure why, but I'll be looking for a different vanilla cupcake recipe next time.ReplyDelete


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Less time can be spent on planning and administration. In order to support efficient transport planning, Dynafleet instantly lets you know how much time each driver can spend on new assignments, based on the EU driving and resting time legislation. Details in driving and resting is useful for invoicing and calculating driver wages.
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- Automated download of tachograph memory data and digital driver card data. All data is kept in Dynafleet, available at any time
- Driver times prognosis continuously monitors driver times and alerts the fleet manager prior any infringement
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- The driving and resting time legislation is easier to manage and meet
- Planning and administrative tasks are simplified


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Somegirl says: "Many of us say 'I don't like big white weddings. When I get married I will do it in jeans and will celebrate in McDonalds.' These guys actually did. But the main thing is the joy on their faces the whole time."
"I will never understand why people go to McDonald's on their wedding, let alone why they bring a photographer."
They even got a happy meal, how thoughtful!


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There comes Streamie.org
- A Twitter client with a node.js backend that talks to twitter's brand new user stream API
- This means updates appear in true realtime in your timeline. No polling involved.
- When you scroll down, streamie maintains your scroll state as new tweets appear. I can't use a Twitter client without this feature
- It does some more stuff, but is far from finished.
Now be warned. Streamie is ultra alpha. It will probably crash the moment this blog post appears and it might just post goatse pictures to twitter on your behalf.
If you are not scared, read on:
Ultra Hackable
Now on to the title of this post:
Streamie is extremely hackable. You should never really need to do anything with the backend system (unless you want to fix bugs). The frontend has a access to the full Twitter REST API, so all regular features for a Twitter client should be implementable from the frontend.
Now if you want to build your own version of streamie, there are nine easy steps:
- Fork Streamie on Github
- git branch gh-pages
- git checkout gh-pages
- git pull origin gh-pages
- git submodule init; git submodule update
- edit something in ./public
- git commit
- git push origin gh-pages
- Wait a little on the first time
Now go to YourGithubUserName.streamie.org and visit your new Twitter client.
This is my personal branch.
I love this idea. Maybe it is really stupid and people will make evil clients abusing Streamie's oauth secrets, but maybe this will work and we'll build a great client together :)
This might be a good way to learn all the new hot stuff built into Streamie:
- node.js
- less.js (We played with more CSS transforms than is good for scroll performance :)
- require.js
- Socket.IO (Web Sockets)


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Protecting You from Data Breach Notification Requirements
Data breach disclosure law notification requirements following loss of personal information have been enacted by governments around the globe. They vary by jurisdiction, but almost universally include a "safe harbour" clause.
Thales eSecurity can help protect from the consequences of a data breach through a data-centric focus on security around personal information, including:
- Encryption of personal data wherever it resides;
- Policy-based access controls;
- Monitoring data access to detect compromise.


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This week in personnel announcements and new hires, Timothy Massad was nominated to head the CFTC, the SEC named LeeAnn Gaunt chief of the enforcement division's municipal securities and public pensions unit, Rob Jasminski joined Citi Private Bank, Allianz Life brought in Chuck DiVencenzo and Kari King, and Raymond James advanced Jim Bunn and Jon Steele.
Also, Jennifer Borow joined Sklar Kirsh; and Envestnet welcomed Zachary Karabell.
Timothy Massad Nominated to Head CFTC
Timothy Massad has been nominated by President Barack Obama to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as successor to Gary Gensler, who currently holds the post. His nomination must be confirmed by the Senate. The post carries with it the responsibility to implement new financial regulations under the Dodd-Frank legislation's framework.
Massad is a former partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York, and served as special legal advisor to the Congressional Oversight Panel, one of the oversight agencies for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). Later he became the Treasury's assistant secretary for financial stability, in which role he was responsible for overseeing the implementation and wind down of the TARP.
Gaunt Named to Head Unit at SEC
The SEC recently announced that LeeAnn Ghazil Gaunt has been appointed as chief of the enforcement division's municipal securities and public pensions unit. She has worked in the unit since its inception in 2010, and supervised the agency's first pay-to-play enforcement action for "in-kind" political campaign contributions in September 2012 when the SEC charged Goldman Sachs and an executive vice president for violations related to contributions to the then-state treasurer of Massachusetts.
Gaunt has worked in the SEC's Boston regional office for 13 years, including 10 in supervisory roles. She has broad investigative experience handling matters ranging from investment adviser violations to insider trading. Prior to joining the SEC enforcement staff, Ms. Gaunt was in private practice in Boston, first at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and later at Goodwin Procter LLP.
Jasminski Joins Citi Investment Management
Citi Private Bank announced Tuesday that Rob Jasminski has joined Citi Investment Management as managing director and head of U.S. equities. He will be based in Stamford, Conn., and report to Stephanie Luedke, CEO, Citi Investment Management.
Prior to joining, Jasminski spent 20 years at GE Asset Management, where he held a variety of fundamental research and portfolio management positions, covering core and concentrated global equity strategies. Most recently, he was the assistant director of research.
Capital Square Realty Advisors Welcomes Byers
Capital Square Realty Advisors LLC announced Monday that Richard Byers has joined the company as controller. He will also serve as controller of affiliated companies Capital Square Holdings and Capital Square Management.
Byers joins with more than 30 years of experience, including with his own CPA practice and a 17-year engagement at RF&P Corporation. Earlier, he spent time as the controller for several real estate companies, including F. G. Pruitt Inc., Mark Properties and Zapolski Real Estate. He began his career with Ernst & Young. American College Hires Retired Navy Captain to Head Vets' Affairs Center
The American College announced Monday that Captain Ted Digges, SC, USN (Ret.) has been hired as the director of The American College Penn Mutual Center for Veteran's Affairs. In his new role, Captain Digges will help transitioning veterans develop a meaningful career in financial services.
Prior to joining, Captain Digges gained extensive experience over the course of a 27-year active-duty Navy career in strategic planning, customer service, logistics and program management. He has served in assignments all over the U.S. and the world, including tours in Asia Pacific and Europe. He is a former president of a nonprofit organization in Hampton Roads, Va., focused on engaging the military community and charitable endeavors, and in the financial services industry, he worked with high-net-worth clients as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch.
Allianz Life Welcomes Chuck DiVencenzo, Kari King
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America announced that it has named Chuck DiVencenzo as the new director of advanced markets and Kari King as the new director of integrated marketing planning, both in the marketing division.
DiVencenzo will develop and deliver advanced markets presentations to financial professionals across the country; he reports directly to Deb Repya, senior director of advanced markets. King is responsible for collaborating with partners throughout marketing to coordinate the prioritization of the overall marketing strategy, and also directs the marketing media strategy for Allianz entities across the country. She reports directly to Julia Gutz Moller, senior director U.S. marketing, brand and creative services.
Prior to joining, DiVencenzo was a managing advisor with Edward D. Jones, LLC in Amherst, N.Y. Before that, he was a managing partner for more than four years with CJD Consulting, LLP. He was also chief operating officer, director and secretary for Paradigm Capital Management, Inc. in Albany from 2006 through 2009. Additionally, he served as vice president of the investment products division for The Hartford in Simsbury, Conn. for more than eight years. He also held roles for M&T Bank in Buffalo, N.Y. and National Benefits Group in Amherst, N.Y. Earlier, he worked for law firms Phillips Lytle, and Woods, Oviatt in Buffalo for more than five years and was also a tax consultant with Ernst Young in Pittsburgh, Pa.
King has over 20 years of marketing experience. Prior to joining, she worked for Ameriprise Financial, Inc. in Minneapolis for six years, most recently as a marketing director in the client acquisition area. Prior to that, she led marketing strategies for the firm's high-value-client loyalty programs. Before that, she worked at Carlson Hotels Worldwide (currently known as Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group) in Minneapolis, where she held director roles in the marketing department from 2000 until 2006. She also held various manager and director roles with companies in Minneapolis including National Car Rental, Northwest Airlines Corporation and The Lacek Group.
Jennifer Borow Joins Sklar Kirsh
Jennifer Borow has joined Sklar Kirsh LLP as a partner in the firm's corporate law practice. She has a particular emphasis counseling high-net-worth individuals and family offices in connection with their closely held businesses, real estate holdings and other investment assets.
Borow has 25 years of broad transactional law experience, and was previously a partner in the Los Angeles office of Loeb & Loeb LLP. She began her career at O'Melveny & Myers LLP, where she was a partner in their Century City office.
Bunn Named Co-Head of Raymond James Investment Banking; Steele Moves Up
Raymond James has announced that Jim Bunn has been appointed co-head of the firm's investment banking practice, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Also effective Jan. 1, 2014, Jon Steele has been promoted to co-head of the technology services group to serve alongside Joe Estes. Bunn currently serves as co-head of the firm's technology services investment banking group. In his new role, he will be based in the firm's St. Petersburg, Fla. corporate headquarters and work alongside Dav Mosby, current head of investment banking.
Bunn joined in 2009 as part of the firm's acquisition of boutique firm Lane Berry, where he managed the financial technology and technology services practices. Prior to joining Lane Berry in 2004, he was a member of the financial technology investment banking team at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup, where he began his banking career in 1998.
Steele has a broad range of advisory and capital markets experience with software and services companies. He also joined Raymond James in 2009 as part of the acquisition of Lane Berry, which he helped found in 2002.
Zachary Karabell Joins Envestnet
Envestnet, Inc. announced that Zachary Karabell has joined the firm as head of global strategy. In this role, he will help shape and communicate the firm's investment perspective and deep research capabilities to clients and the media alike, work with senior management on overall corporate strategy, branding and market position and advise the investment committee of Envestnet | PMC in connection with PMC's portfolio solutions.
Karabell was previously executive vice president, chief economist and head of marketing at Fred Alger Management, where he led the creation, launch and marketing of several funds as well as corporate strategy for strategic acquisitions. He was also president of broker-dealer Fred Alger & Co., portfolio manager of the China-U.S. Growth Fund (CHUSX) and EVP of Alger's Spectra Funds.
Read the Nov. 7 New Hire Roundup at ThinkAdvisor.


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OpenOffice.org (OOo) is a freely available, full-featured office suite. OOo is both a software product and a community of volunteers that produces and supports the software. However, new users may get lost while finding help, support and productivity enhancing extensions. This blog post covers OOo new user orientation to to discover support, tutorials, community insights, templates, clip art, extensions, and blogs for OOo. From the post:
OpenOffice.org is organized differently than its main competitor. Hoping to entice business users to purchase support and services, Sun Microsystems (recently purchased by Oracle) gives away not just the OpenOffice.org free of charge, but also its source code (the blueprints) and a significant degree of control. OpenOffice.org is organized as a community under the leadership of Louis Suarez-Potts, the community manager employed by Sun Microsystems. Sun funds the infrastructure and most of the software engineers. The community provides additional software engineers, quality assurance experts, marketers, translators, template developers, trainers, help desk staff, and other important roles. Anyone may participate in the community.
=> OpenOffice.org New User Orientation


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Thursday, July 1, 2010
Welcome to Ariela Gross
Welcome to Ariela!
2 comments:
- Alfred Brophy said...
Really looking forward to your posts, Ariela. Among other things, I'd be particularly interested in what you think are the key questions that still needs addressing in the legal history of the pre-Civil War south.
- July 1, 2010 at 9:36:00 AM EDT
Hello Ariela,
I was curious as to whether you have read any of my articles about the spanish law of manumission - copied from the Romans - in pre-statehood LA. I ask because I publish mainly in foreign journals (they don't require 50 pages and 100 footnotes), such as the REVUE INTERNATIONALE DES DROITS DE L'ANTIQUITE and Ex-Justa Causa Traditum, Essays in Honor of Eric H. Pool (Eds. Van der Ber et al)(2005 Fundamina 123-132: Edito specialis.), journals that are not exactly viewed as coins of the realm in American legal education. Any way, if by chance you stumbled across them, I'd be interested in any comments.They particulary relate to your Comparative Perspectives article. Welcome to the blog. I look forward to your comments in general. email@example.com
- July 1, 2010 at 7:48:00 PM EDT


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Repeating colors and patterns, odd shaped pieces, and collages of similar images make these extremely difficult and nearly impossible jigsaw puzzles to complete.
Use the filters to the left or simply scroll down to begin viewing all pages.
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Puzzle Warehouse recycles everything it can to save the environment and to keep costs and prices low.
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Friends have started a memorial fund for Amy Dombroski and her family. Donations can be dropped off at Pro Peloton Cyclery in Boulder or mailed to Memorial of Amy Dombroski, c\\o Wells Fargo Deposits, 1242 Pearl St., Boulder.
The Boulder cycling community mourned Thursday after learning that one of its own, pro cyclocross racer Amy Dombroski, was struck and killed during a training ride in Europe.
Friends and competitors remembered Dombroski fondly for her quick wit, humor and fierce competitiveness.
Dombroski was hit by a truck while training near the town of Sint-Katelijne-Waver in Belgium, according to a statement released by her Belgium-based team, Telent-Fidea. She was 26.
According to the statement, Dombroski was in the middle of a speed workout and training behind a scooter when the collision occurred.
Kristin Weber, a friend and fellow Boulder cyclist, remembered Dombroski as a "petite firecracker with a heart of gold" and a role model for the women's cyclocross community.
Weber said Dombroski lived her life the way she raced 'cross: fiercely.
"My heart breaks for the close friends, family and our entire cycling community that is reeling from this news," Weber said.
'She was cracking the code'
Dombroski grew up alpine ski racing in Vermont and attended Burke Mountain Academy, a boarding school for ski racers.
She moved to Steamboat Springs after graduating from high school to pursue ski racing, but injured her knee. Dombroski moved to Boulder, where her older brother Dan Dombroski lived, and began riding a bike to rehab her knee.
She competed in her first bike race in May 2006, and later that year, Dombroski won her first under-23 national title in cyclocross, a cold-weather cycling discipline in which riders dismount their bikes and carry them over obstacles.
She added two more under-23 cyclocross national titles in 2007 and 2008, and went on to win under-23 national titles in road cycling and mountain biking in 2009.
Although she became one of the most well-known cyclocross racers in the country, friends said Dombroski remained humble and willing to work with kids and newcomers to the sport.
Barry Lee, local race organizer and Sanitas Sports founder, said Dombroski always gave him suggestions on how to attract more women to cycling, and she worked hard to make women feel welcome at races and cycling events.
"She could make anyone feel comfortable and at ease on or off the bike," Lee said. "That is unique for a top athlete. …The community and sport has had a tremendous loss."
This was Dombroski's second season living and racing in Belgium full time, and many friends said she was on the cusp of winning on the international cyclocross stage. In a sport largely dominated by men and Europeans, Dombroski stood out, friends said.
"This was going to be her World Cup year," said Greg Keller, a Boulder cyclocross racer and blogger. "She was right at the sweet spot. This was her second year on arguably one of the world's most famous cyclocross teams. She was cracking the code and putting in all the hard work, like she was today, training."
Keller said Dombroski was hilarious, always making him laugh so hard that whatever he was drinking shot out of his nose.
'Always positive and smiling'
Dombroski lived for cyclocross, where she could ride outside in the cold and the mud, Keller said.
"There was more joy in her face when it had mud on it than when it didn't," Keller said.
Though she competed hard on the course, Dombroski was friends with everyone, said Nicole Duke, a Boulder cyclocross racer.
"She had this positive way that you wanted to be around," Duke said. "She was always positive and smiling. There are just those certain personalities that really shine and she was one of them."
During a family trip to Europe last year, Scott Fliegelman, founder of Boulder's Fast Forward Sports, cheered for Dombroski during a race in rural Belgium. Her face lit up when she heard their cheers, he said.
"She heard us cheering for her in English," Fliegelman said. "'Go Colorado! Go Amy!' and every lap she would come around with this huge smile on her face."
Boulder's Mara Abbott said she admired Dombroski's passion and tried to emulate her.
"She didn't mess around with what people thought of her," Abbott said. "She was passionate and she was happy and she was really able to live from a place that I think very few of us can."
Contact Staff Writer Sarah Kuta at 303-473-1106, email@example.com or twitter.com/sarahkuta.


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Remember how Trader Joe's got an F on Greenpeace's Sustainable Seafood Guide? The bad news for the popular retailer doesn't stop there. Apparently, scoring even lower than Target and Wal-Mart when it comes to sustainable seafood has made Trader Joe's a target for Greenpeace's latest campaign: Traitor Joe's.
Greenpeace activists are protesting Trader Joe's fishy policies both on land and line. San Francisco stores were treated to a fishy show — two activists dressed up as the endangered orange roughy, plus more activists in Hawaiian shirts like those worn by Trader Joe's employees asking customers to vote for sustainable seafood.
I think the funnier part of the protest's on Twitter though. @TraitorJoes tweets snarkily, defending his right to deplete the oceans of fish. The Traitor Joe's spoof website welcomes visitors to its "one-stop-shop for ocean destruction": "My favorite fish to devour are Chilean sea bass and orange roughy."
Even before Traitor Joe's launched, enviro foodies oft complained of Trader Joe's fishy practices — the chain actually comes in dead last in Greenpeace's rankings of any national store — which makes me think that at this point, Trader Joe's has a simple profit motive for adopting better seafood policies. We'll see what new fishy stories emerge as the Traitor Joe's campaign hooks more Twitter followers.
Photos: Kim White / Greenpeace


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Choose Your Own Adventure: A Hypertext Writing Experience
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In this unit, students meet in literature circles to read an adventure story, and then combine both reading and writing skills to write an original choose your own adventure story. Students begin by reading one or more adventure stories and discussing elements unique to this type of story, such as the second-person point of view, as well as setting, character, plot, and conflict. Small groups begin by planning out the first section of the adventure story using graphic organizers. They then move into smaller groups for each split in the story's plot until finally the students are writing their own endings. Using Web-authoring software, groups will create their own Websites with the parts of the story hyperlinked to each other. Web pages may be uploaded to the Internet if school policy allows, or they can be saved on CDs and projected for class viewing
ReadWriteThink Webbing Tool: Students use this online tool to create a variety of free-form graphic organizers including cluster, hierarchy, and cause and effect webs. Completed webs can be printed.
This lesson combines reading and writing in a collaborative, small-group learning experience. It utilizes technology, specifically Web page design, group and individual work, and student self-assessment. As Wilhem and Friedemann (1998) state, "[D]esigning hypermedia projects encourages students to name themselves as readers, writers, and learners and supports them in the achievement of better reading, idea development, sense of audience, classifying, organizing, collaborating, representing understandings, revising, and articulating and applying critical standards about the quality of their work" (15). Asking students to write collaboratively offers many benefits, among them, according to Helen Dale: "Co-authoring prompts students to write more recursively, in a process more like that of expert writers." (14)
Further Reading
Wilhelm, Jeffrey D., and Paul D. Friedemann, with Julie Erickson. 1988. Hyperlearning: Where Projects, Inquiry, and Technology Meet. York, ME: Stenhouse.
Dale, Helen. 1997. Co-Authoring in the Classroom: Creating an Environment for Effective Collaboration. Urbana, IL: NCTE.
Gruber, Sibylle, ed. 2000. Weaving a Virtual Web: Practical Approaches to New Information Technologies. Urbana, IL: NCTE.


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The best Kickstarter projects are the ones that have videos of the product doing what it claims to do, and are already well-funded when you discover them. Like this amazing Zen Table which creates intricate sand drawings using a
metal ball specially designed sculpting head.
At $500 for the small version (which comes as a DIY kit) the Zen Table makes for one expensive desktop toy, but seeing it in action makes me more tempted to shell out the $750 for the fully assembled larger model. Using a hidden mechanism that moves through the sand, the Zen Table carves out complicated images from your digital files, either from a USB connection, an SD card, or an optional wireless connection.
What impresses me most is how the table cleverly uses the striped background pattern it creates to move the sculpting head between different areas, without leaving criss-crossing trails like you'd get from an Etch A Sketch. Its creator has obviously put a lot of work into the software to ensure it produces very clean results as it draws, and I'll be honest, it's far more mesmerizing to watch than a swinging pendulum. [Zen Table via The Awesomer]