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(lubavitch.com) A Jewish day school near the University of Washington has left the Chabad center it has called home for the last 35 years, for a bigger and greener learning environment.
"We're going to move from having skinned knees to having grass stains," said Rabbi Yossi Charytan, head of the Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder Day School.
MMSC frantically assembled more than $3 million in pledges and loans in less than two months. Board members raced to the finish line breathlessly on Monday, when they closed on the new Maple Leaf property that will allow them relocate from the grassless school grounds it has outgrown.
The independent school, which operated rent-free on "Frat Row" in Seattle's University District, was told in February that Chabad would lease its building the following school year to a Jewish fraternity.
"Sometimes something seemingly unfortunate has to happen to get a good thing finally to come," said Mihal Ehven, a parent with four children enrolled at MMSC.
Founded by Mrs. Chanie Levitin in 1974, the school, which offers a mix of Jewish and secular education for Jewish students of all denominations, searched the area for a new site.
"We were initially looking for buildings that were empty because of the recession, that we could move into rent free and be there while the developer waited to develop the property," said Tziviah Goldberg, an MMSC board member.
Then the school discovered a secluded 1.6 acre property with a 21,000-square-foot building surrounded by fir trees and a park just minutes from MMSC in Maple Leaf. But the land was already sold and in the process of being developed. Eventually, the space was relisted and MMSC made a $3.425 million bid, money it didn't have.
Securing the idyllic land required breakneck fundraising and a lot of prayer.
Goldberg spearheaded the initiative. She told the board "we have to write to the Rebbe that we're somehow going to find a way for this to happen – because we don't have any money set aside to do this."
At every turn they sent a letter to the Ohel, the resting place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, asking for blessings that their efforts be successful.
During this period, Mark Goldberg, Tziviah's husband and a veteran real-estate developer/broker who, as it turns out, played a major role in helping the school acquire the building, introduced a business partner, John Mills, to the project. He agreed to lend the school $1.8 million.
The school also went to the Samis Foundation for money. The foundation provides grants to Jewish schools in Washington State, which is home to 40,000 Jews, according to the Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State.
The Samis Foundation has helped fund MMSC for more than a decade, but its trustees wanted MMSC to collect pledges before they donated money for the new project.
MMSC quickly pulled together $613,000, "which in Judaism is very important because that's the 613 mitzvahs," said Goldberg. "That happened to be the number it came up to be, we didn't seek to do that – that's a good omen."
Impressed with the school's fundraising efforts, Samis said it would provide $1.3 million if the MMSC could raise its pledges to $1 million.
MMSC scrounged together the money and the Samis Foundation backed its word, all within a tight deadline set by the property owners.
"Even in these recessionary times we've found people to give money that we never even knew, or thought, or imagined would come forward," said Goldberg. "I think it is because they see we're determined and doing a good thing – we're supporting Jewish education."
Charytan uses the phrase "Hashgacha Pratis," meaning divine providence, to describe the chain of events that transpired, making it possible for them to meet unlikely deadlines and raise sizeable sums in the most difficult of economic times.
For all their achievements, no one at MMSC is kicking up their feet just yet. "We have to raise over $2M in the next 2 – 3 years to complete the renovation and endow the building," says Tziviah.
Because of renovations, the building will not be ready for the fall school year. A local unused public school will serve as a temporary facility for MMSC.
Ehven is thrilled about the switch. She said holding classes in the Chabad house was a "challenge" because of its cramped space and rowdy university neighbors.
The new building will house an early childhood Montessori style program, an elementary school, and a high school for girls.
Charytan looks forward to seeing MMSC grow; the new school can accommodate an additional 100 students.
"They are not just entering into a system; they're entering into something almost like a family," said Charytan. "And that has become meaningful for many of our parents."
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The Story of a Forest
Next year Cleveland Metroparks celebrates its 100 year anniversary. Thus, the forests that were first preserved with the founding of Cleveland Metroparks are at least 100 years old. Many forests in the first reservations are even older than that (especially North Chagrin's A.B. Williams Woods). However, it can take hundreds of years for forests to reach their "full maturity", or "climax conditions". Like all things in nature, forests have a life cycle as well; different stages of succession.
Forest succession loosely follows stages, but these stages depend on stable climatic conditions (temperature, precipitation, wind, etc.), soil conditions (nutrient availability, drainage, moisture levels, etc.), and the avoidance of catastrophic conditions (fires, windstorms, floods, logging, etc). Over hundreds of years it proves to be difficult to keep all three stable. In addition, there are no hard-set beginning dates and end dates for each stage. They often intertwine and blend within each other. That being said, there is a basic outline of the stages, assuming that conditions remain constant throughout succession.
At the beginning, before a forest exists, often there is a grassland. (We could go back in time before the grassland, to perhaps a wetland that is slowly accumulating soil, and before that a pond; or perhaps there was no wetland, and just rock and soil, slowly colonized by lichens, and then small grasses, then taller grasses and shrubs. For this example, we'll begin with our grassland.) Pioneer species – species that are best adapted to spreading their seeds far distances, and colonizing new areas – will begin to inhabit the grassland first. This will include many shrubs (roses, blackberries, sumacs, etc.), and then a few tree species. Trees likely to begin colonization of a meadow include white pines, locusts, or black cherries. These trees are well adapted to thriving with lots of sunlight, and thus take advantage of growing taller and broader than the surrounding grasses and shrubs. This stage could take up to 20 years or longer – again, all depending on climactic, soul and catastrophic conditions.
The next stage could take place between the 20th year and 70th year of our grassland. This stage brings the replacement of the pioneer species – which tend to be short-lived when compared to other trees. Our new tree species – red maples, tulips, ash, and tupelo – grow up in the partial shade that was provided by the pioneer species. These tress do not fare as well in direct sunlight, and thus required the pioneer species to provide some shade in order to grow. As our second wave of tree species continues to grow, they will provide more shade, allowing for even more shade tolerant species to take root.
These species will include hardwoods like oaks, hickories, and maples. As these trees grow (over the course of 70 to over 100 years in our former grassland's life), the canopy is now becoming more crowded. Sunlight is becoming rarer of a resource in the lower levels of the forest. When the oaks and hickories dominate the canopy, there is little sunlight making it to the forest floor. This provides the best conditions for our truly shade tolerant trees – sugar maples and beech – to begin growing, and populate the understory.
Soon, the sugar maples and beech will overtake the oaks and hickories and dominate the canopy. At this point, the canopy will have been so thick, that the understory will also be comprised of only sugar maple and beech trees. This is what is known as a climax community. The succession of this forest is "over". However, if one of our three conditions mentioned earlier (climate, soil, catastrophe), changes, that could alter the landscape, and thus change the makeup of the forest. In addition, when large sugar maples of beech trees die and fall, they will leave a gap in the canopy allowing sunlight to once again reach the forest floor. At this point, it is a race to the top for any species that may be in the understory, or possibly lying as a dormant seed – waiting for this exact moment.
So why is this information that you should know? Understanding forest succession can tell you the story of the forest you're hiking in. If you're surrounded by beech and sugar maple trees - from the understory to the canopy – you'll know that you're in an old forest; one that took over a hundred years to reach the stage that it's at. If in this forest, you find a patch of oak and hickory trees, that might tell you that a large beech or maple fell, allowing for sunlight to reach the forest floor, providing enough light for the oaks and hickories to grow. Being able to piece together the story of the forest around you creates a stronger sense of place, and increases the enjoyment of your hike.
So go on! Get out there and "read" your next "story".

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Why an iSUP?
We've made a lot of friends who have inflatable standup paddleboards, and in the last year I've borrowed a few and taken them out for a spin. The iSUP solves all these problems:
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- The iSUP will fit on top of our dinghy davits when inflated. Several friends keep their inflated all season long and just properly secure on deck while on the move.
- Any paddleboard is just one solid piece of material or one tube. This is much easier to clean, as there's no crevices and folds for sand to get stuck in.
I did my research, talked to friends, and found two companies I was interested in buying paddleboards from. I bought from Drift Paddleboards, and so far am very pleased. Meet, the Gemini Twins:
Unboxing our New Drift Paddleboards
We'd been carrying the new paddleboards around on Starry Horizons for a while. Unfortunately, the water here on the east coast of Australia (south of Moreton Bay) hasn't been all that pretty, plus we were traveling away from the boat a lot. Finally, when our friend Madeline was visiting we'd just spent a few rainy days cooped inside playing games. The wrecks of Tangalooma ended up being a fun place to get the paddleboards out for the first time.
It had been a while since I'd bought them, so I'd pretty much forgotten what was in the box. Our Drift Paddleboards came with:
- an actual backpack (the ikayak we had had a weird bag with a shoulder strap, which was very uncomfortable)
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There were no instructions that I could find, so I was a bit on my own, but I was able to figure everything out.
Taking our New Drift Paddleboards for a Test Run
My Thoughts on our new Paddleboards
So far, so good. I am very happy with the ease of inflating the paddleboard and assembling it. It is smaller than our old ikayak and lighter as well. The stability is good, which Madeline can attest to. Madeline had never paddleboarded before, but she very quickly caught on and was able to stabilize herself and paddle around. I was impressed with how much speed I could pick up. There is a pretty strong current near the wrecks, but both Madeline and I had no trouble paddling back to the boat up current. The iSUP fits well on the davits, and hoses down easily. I am so glad I got to take a test run at such a unique place, and I look forward to a lot more amazing paddles soon!


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Olives can survive in harsh, arid climates but will thrive with a regular watering and some seaweed solution during the warmer months. They are hardy trees with few problems although we lose some fruit to parrots and need to watch for scale in the winter. Olives are frost sensitive but will recover from a mild frost if the damaged material is removed.
Prune olives in late winter or early spring,theybear fruit on the previous season's growth and adapt well to hedging and espalier and will regrow after the harshest treatment.
The silvery foliage makes the olive an excellent ornamental tree, it provides a good wind break and shelter.
Olive trees do not always grow true to seed and may take up to eight years to produce fruit. Heel cuttings can be taken at the end of summer but need bottom heat to strike. Most garden centres have a good stock of olives arriving with their fruit trees and can help you with a variety to suit your area.
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The story of Cecil, the Zimbabwean lion, has been everywhere. It has especially become the talk of everyone after American dentist Walter Palmer admitted the killing of the animal.
Cecil is Zimbabwe's most famous lion, and almost a symbol of the country, attracting tourists from all over the world. He is 13 years old and lived in Hwange National Park. He had a GPS collar fitted for a research project by UK-based Oxford University that allowed authorities to track its movements, something which the hunters tried to destroy but ultimately failed.
Cecil was first injured with a bow and arrow, according to Mr Palmer, and, 40 hours later, shot with a gun. The Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force (ZCTF) found him skinned and beheaded.
Palmer confronted with his "crime"
After admitting having killed Cecil, Palmer's dental practice in Minneapolis has been closed. This is due to huge waves of protesters going to his place of work, attaching posters, and calling him a murderer. They held banners on which they inscribed phrases such as "Justice for Cecil," "Trophy hunters are cowards," and "Prosecute poachers."
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Ultimate Soccer Manager
Ultimate Soccer Manager or USM is a soccer management video game serie for MS-DOS, Commodore Amiga and Windows 95, produced by Impressions and distributed by Sierra from 1995 to 1999. The game was never more than a minor hit in Europe (except in Germany, where it was better received due to some similarities with managers produced by local software houses such as Software 2000 and Ascaron), although it gained much support in Japan.
The series was noted for its micromanagement, where the player had to do the job of the team manager and much of that of the chairman, from player training up to bank balance management. Other well known features were to bung an opposing team for preferential market treatment, rig or betting on the outcome of the players' team matches. Interviews after the match where some answers were printed with different interpretations on the next days' newspaper (the player could reply a question about the game with "It was a game of two halves", and "He amazed us after the game by giving us an insight into the rules of football" would be printed on the newspapers).
In all three games, the game always kept the same visual style: the main screen is a bird's eye view of the stadium facility (where clicking on the grass brings the squad selection screen or in the stands for the stadium builder) and all screens are presented like the player was inside an office (TCM 2004 used a similar interface option). To increase the feeling of "being there", tables are accessed via teletext, news from a newspaper and fixtures are available by clicking on a sheet attached on a clipboard.
While improving with each game, most features were the same from the start of the series. The game compared favourably in all areas but AI against its leading competitor, Championship Manager. While similar in name, it has no relations with Ultimate Soccer.
The original version of the game provided the English league system from the Premiership down to the Vauxhall Conference. It was distributed as shareware, with a fully functional demo in which the player could only select then Second Division side Brighton and Hove Albion. The game allowed to watch games in top-down view, buy and sell players, manage the team, upgrade the stadium and manage commercial interests such as advertising and merchandise. The game statistics were for the 1995-1996 season.
Ultimate Soccer Manager 2[edit | edit source]
The second version of the game, USM 2 ran in protected mode, featured a more polished interface (plus teams and players of the 1996-1997 season and also the French and German leagues (although in the last the final name of the players had a letter swapped to avoid legal problems regarding licensing) which could be accessed with different executables. In Germany, a localized version of the game was released under the name "DSF Fussball Manager", DSF being a well-known German TV sports channel.
USM 98 and USM 98-99[edit | edit source]
This version of the game was updated to run natively on Windows 95 and Windows 98 and included teams, players and statistics from the 1997-1998 season. The number of leagues increased to five, as both Italian and Scottish championships were added. Transfers required often a week or more of fax exchange between clubs and with the player agent, making the game more realistic than most other games in this aspect, which only required the player to bid for the player and agree wage and length, adding him instantaneously to the team. USM 98 was released as "DSF Fussball Manager 98" for the German market.
An update disk (also available as a stand-alone) named USM 98-99 was sold shortly after the game came out with statistics for the 1998-1999 season, which also included both Spanish and Dutch top two divisions, increasing the number to seven playable leagues. While several bugs were ironed (such as a giving one of the assistants a wage of £99'999'999, and then after offering him a new contract he would start paying the club around £13M weekly, a glitch that carried from USM 2), it became clear that many teams would allow their superstar players to end contract, allowing the player to pick them for free (although with a large salary). Similarly, you could loan a big-name player worth millions and then use him as a makeweight in transfer deals.
As the official pre-game editor included in the game was poor, some USM users produced enhanced pre-game editors. USM Data Editor (USMDE or UDE), of which the official web site was included in the USM Online web site (usm.footymanager.net), was called as the best editor. USMDE includes various features for USM98 editing, e.g., creating players, editing hidden stats, add-on file support for easy data update by USM fans, beta-released save game editing.
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There was a planned 2000 version of the game, which was developed. However, the game was thought to be scrapped after Sierra UK became impatient with the game's development progress. The game was set to have an "all-new 3D match engine with advanced Artificial Intelligence".[1] It is also believed that the coding was rewritten.
Next-Gen[edit | edit source]
It has been rumoured that Ultimate Soccer Manager would make its way into the next gen console, possibly the Xbox 360 through the use of Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation 3 through the PlayStation Store.[citation needed]
Technical issues[edit | edit source]
The game sometimes crashes when is played for a large number of in-game seasons. The problems with savegames include: no possibility of viewing detailed info on some players (the game quits after double-clicking on player's name), wrong statistics about some players (ex. incorrect information about scored goals etc.) or even an unexpected exit of the game after viewing post-match statistics. The best way to cope with these problems is to make a lot of savegames, for ex. every in-game month. The game does not run properly on Windows XP. But it runs smoothly on Windows 98, so you can use a free software like Microsoft Virtual Machine with Windows 98 on Windows XP to run the game.


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COVID-19 outbreak at 'Twin Peaks' hotel in Wash. leaves 25 sick
The Salish Lodge and Spa, which was used in the filming of the TV series "Twin Peaks," is seen in Snoqualmie, Wash. in February 2015.
VANCOUVER -- Health officials are investigating a COVID-19 outbreak at a Washington state hotel that was featured in the TV series "Twin Peaks."
At least 25 cases are connected to the Salish Lodge and Spa in Snoqualmie, according to a statement issued Wednesday by King County's public health department.
The cases include 23 staff members and two guests who stayed at the hotel.
Health officials said anyone who visited the property from Sept. 16 to 30 should get tested for COVID-19, self-monitor for symptoms and quarantine for 14 days.
That includes people who went shopping for "Twin Peaks" souvenirs at the hotel gift shop, or visited the property's spa or restaurants.
The hotel welcomes fans of the cult-classic TV show, which used the exterior of the Salish Lodge to depict the fictional Great Northern Hotel, where main character Dale Cooper stayed while investigating Laura Palmer's murder.
The property also sits atop Snoqualmie Falls, which can be seen in the show's opening credits.
Public health said people who visited the hotel from Sept. 5 to 15 but didn't develop COVID-19 symptoms don't need to quarantine or be tested "unless recommended or required" by their health-care provider.
Officials said the hotel is fully co-operating with their efforts to reduce the risk of further transmission, and has temporarily closed until it's deemed safe to reopen.
"We have done everything possible to protect our guests and team members since the beginning of the pandemic, including elevating our health, hygiene, safety and sanitation protocols and following health agency guidance," hotel manager Alan Stephens said in a statement.


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The nurses station at Lynn County Hospital has a brand new look, and more importantly, provides a much more efficient workspace for staff at the Hospital to tend to the details of their jobs.
Using the funds raised by the exceptional generosity of area residents at last spring's Billy Tomlinson Memorial Hospital Benefit Auction, as well as hospital funds designated for the project, the nurse station project has now been completed.
"The former nurses station was extremely close and cramped quarters, and effectively allowed only three people to work there," Explained John Baker with Lynn County Hospital District(LCHD). "The hospital was built in the 1970's and the nurses station as had a few changes and 'bandaids' to fix issues, but it was just extremely inefficient for the ongoing needs of the hospital," he added.
In addition to new cabinetry, flooring and ceiling work, the area needed new lighting and ventilation, and also encompasses upgraded technology needs and storage space. All surface materials now adhere to hospital-grade antibacterial requirements, and the counter space is now arranged to comply with HIPPA privacy laws.
"It's a much more efficient use of the space, its safer, and new work stations and computers have been added," said Baker.
Work on the project began June 1, and actual demolition of the old nurses station began in August. The new station is proving to be efficient and much-improved place for staff to do their jobs.
"We are committed to providing a safe and efficient place not only for our staff to be able to do their jobs, but to provide the most effective care to our patients," said a hospital representative.
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Leadership Team
Scott Richards
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
[email protected]973-650-4693
Scott Richards has 30 years of experience in health care as an operations and information technology innovator. Richards' diverse background in health care spans accounting, consulting, project management, information technologies, product development, business process transformation, and operations. He has worked with health care industry stakeholders to identify, plan and implement solutions that transform business operations, enhance patient care, and launch new initiatives.
As d2i's CEO, Richards focuses on product strategy, business development, sales and marketing, business administration, and corporate and services infrastructure. He also participates in client relationship management.
Before launching d2i, he was the President and COO of a multi-site retail clinic company he incubated and spun off from its parent company. He served as the Chief Transformation Officer and CIO of a $120 million diversified, multi-entity health care specialty provider and services organization; Director of University Health System's $1.2 billion Information Services Division; principal in a health care informatics consulting firm he co-founded; and Director of Operations for a health care information systems company.
Jonathan Rothman
Founder and Chief Solutions Officer
[email protected]973-919-4464
Jonathan Rothman has over 27 years of hands-on experience developing operational and business intelligence (BI) solutions for health care companies; with 20 years dedicated to Emergency Medicine. Rothman's diverse background in health care includes insurance underwriting, managed care contracting, physician and hospital billing, and IT system selection, implementation, and support. He has been published in numerous books and articles on health care BI and has won or been nominated for national awards in the area of BI innovation specific to Emergency Medicine. Rothman received his MBA in Risk Management and a B.S. in Finance from Temple University.
As d2i's CTO, Rothman focuses on product strategy, architecture, and development, as well as new site startup, ongoing support, and client relationship management.
Rothman was previously the Director of Data Management for a $120 million diversified, multi-entity health care specialty provider, where he architected and managed its business intelligence solution.
Alan Eisman
Executive Vice President, Business Development
[email protected]646-831-0641
Alan Eisman has more than 30 years of experience in enterprise software, including in ERP, CRM, performance management, analytics, data management, and health care information technology.
He has a deep passion for igniting and leading change, especially in health care, where there's an urgent need to move from fragmented care to integrated, value-based care. Eisman has worked closely with many health systems, including Mount Sinai Health, Northwell Health, NYU Langone, and St Luke's, advising them on a broad range of data and analytics initiatives targeted toward financial, operations, and clinical performance improvement.
As d2i's executive vice president of business development, Eisman is responsible for growth strategy, product messaging and positioning, and sales and marketing execution.
Before joining d2i, he served as senior vice president of sales and marketing at HBI Solutions, a leader in health care machine learning and predictive analytics, and as executive director of health care industry for Information Builders, where he grew health and life sciences industry revenues by more than 500 percent. Eisman, who received his initial training in information systems at IBM, has led high-growth teams at six software companies, including both early-stage and large, global firms.
Brian Sweeney
Director, Client Success
[email protected]406-570-4566
Brian Sweeney has 23 years of experience in the information technology industry, with the most recent 11 years spent in the Emergency Medicine space. He served as CIO of a Physician Group which grew from 80k annual visits in 2008 to 750k visits in 2014. During this time, Brian designed and implemented a medical operations and quality program. He was also IT Director for a successful telemedicine group.
Brian joined d2i in early 2017. His primary objective is to serve our clients and ensure they realize the best possible return on their investment in d2i. He regularly reviews performance metrics for all clients, meets with clinical leadership, and provides ad-hoc reporting and other services as requested. Brian is passionate about the utilization of data to facilitate continual improvement.
Susan Nedza, MD
Strategic Advisor
Susan Nedza, MD, MBA, MLA, FACEP is a nationally recognized emergency physician leader who is board-certified in emergency medicine and clinical informatics. Dr. Nedza's expertise is in the areas of health information technology, advanced payment models, performance measurement, and Medicare/Medicaid policy.
Dr. Nedza serves as a strategic advisor to d2i and supports product development that will enhance the ability of clients to capture, visualize, analyze and act upon data that supports successful performance in alternative payment models.
Dr. Nedza has served as a Chief Medical Officer for Region V of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Senior Executive at the American Medical Association (AMA), and as a Health Information Technology Executive at Healthy Circles, LLC. Most recently, she served as the primary investigator in the successful design of the Acute Unscheduled Care Model (AUCM) on behalf of the American College of Emergency Physicians. This alternative payment model has been referred by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to CMS for integration into alternative payment models. Dr. Nedza is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University.
Board of Directors
Howard Goldstein
Managing Partner of Cortlandt Private Capital
d2i Investment Group's Board Representative
Howard Goldstein is Managing Partner of Cortlandt Private Capital, which advises and invests in small- to medium-sized companies in the areas of consumer, retail distribution, restaurants and food service, health and wellness, computer software and hardware, telecom, internet, healthcare services, biotech, and medical devices. He is also a Co-Founder and an Operating Partner of Vedanta Capital, a diversified venture capital investment firm. Before that Goldstein worked for 22 years as a General Partner of Invesco Private Capital (and its predecessor firms), a global private equity manager with more than $2 billion in managed assets. He is a seasoned venture capitalist with more than three decades of investment experience.
Goldstein has been very involved with community service. He is a Board Member and wish granter mentor of the Make-a-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley. He and his wife Neva were recipients of the chapter's Chris Greicius Award in 2012. He is also a member of the Audit and Finance Committee of the National Board of the Make-a-Wish Foundation of America and Board Member and Vice President of the H.O.P.E. For Youth Foundation. Goldstein has also served as a board member of the New York-Presbyterian/Hudson Valley Hospital Center.
Mark Rosenberg, DO, MBA, FACEP
Chairman, Emergency Medicine and Chief Population Health, St. Joseph's Healthcare System,
President-Elect, ACEP
Dr. Rosenberg is past Chairman of the Geriatric Emergency Medicine Section of the American College of Emergency Medicine (ACEP); Chairman and Founder of the Palliative Medicine Section of ACEP; Board Member of ACEP; and a Board of Director and Past President of NJ chapter of ACEP. Dr. Rosenberg is principal author of the Geriatric Emergency Department Guidelines. He has served as a consultant to NQF regarding Palliative medicine and worked with the American Geriatric Society to promote the Emergency Department as the hub of Geriatric Care. He has written many articles and chapters on Emergency Department Innovations and has lectured internationally. He has developed an acclaimed program called LSMA Life Sustaining Management and Alternatives.
In 2014, Dr. Rosenberg developed the Emergency Medicine Acute Pain Management Fellowship program, with the first fellow graduating in the spring of 2015. In January 2016, he opened the nation's first Alternatives to Opioids Program (ALTO). This is a multidisciplinary acute pain management program that not only helps patients without using opioids, but also helps patients with drug dependency and addiction.
Mark Taffet
CEO & Founder Mast Advisors, Inc.
With over twenty years of experience as a corporate finance advisor and operating executive, Mr. Taffet sets the practical, hands-on tone characteristic of Mast Advisors, Inc. During his career, Mr. Taffet has represented domestic and international companies in strategic transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, corporate sales, joint ventures, strategic investments, private equity and debt placements and management buy-outs. His clients include larger companies with middle-market transaction needs, and public and private middle-market companies.
Before founding Mast Advisors, Taffet held positions with Shearson, Oppenheimer, American Corporate Services, KPMG, and most recently, Fieldstone Private Capital Group. Taffet served as President and Co-Founder of BayMark Capital, an investment bank formed in a strategic alliance with KPMG. Taffet also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Globe Foodservices Corporation, a New York area institutional foodservice provider.
Taffet received his BA degree from Sarah Lawrence College and his JD degree from Fordham University School of Law, where he was a member of the International Law Journal. Taffet is a member of the New York State Bar Association.
Advisor to the Board
Ross Martinson
Martinson Ventures, President Edison Partners, General Partner
Ross Martinson is a director of six Martinson Ventures companies, providing software and information services. He evaluates investment opportunities and assists in due diligence. Martinson coordinates closings and leads exits for Martinson Ventures.
Martinson is a General Partner for three current Edison Partners funds. He is a director of two Edison portfolio companies. He previously served 15 other Edison companies as a director, including lead director and chairman roles. Martinson focuses on technology-enabled services for business applications and functions. Martinson has participated in many successful company sales.
Previously, Martinson was Vice President with the securities firm of Kidder, Peabody. His positions included Director of Financial Consulting and Director of Corporate Financial Management Information. Earlier, he was Controller of two high growth start-up businesses, American Express Leasing and ABB Financial Services. He was Senior Auditor as a CPA with Arthur Andersen.
He served as an Advisory Board Member of the Private Equity CFO Association and the New Jersey Technology Council CFO Board.
Martinson, a Certified Public Accountant, earned a BA in Economics, with honors, at Yale University, and MS and MBA degrees at New York University.
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This Sunday On February 25th, Jason Neroni's Pork and Beer series has a perfect theme: Year of the pig—or shall we say, the Berkshire pork.
If you're more brownstone than Chinatown, check out the menu, and get on the phone:
Once a month Porchetta teams up with a local brewery
1825, 2007
Once a month, Jason Neroni's Porchetta will be hosting a night dedicated to pork and beer. With pork coming from Heritage Foods USA and beer from a selection of local breweries, one night each month will be devoted to the swine!
Jason's vision for the night:
This is the year of the pig in the Chinese Zodiac calendar. So lets celebrate the pig with some flavorful Berkshire pork. We will be pushing our tables together to make a grand family style Chinese influenced dinner. This is New York style Chinese food. Come and celebrate family, friends and good fortune in the Year of the Pig.
• Plenty of savory steamed buns
• Crispy pork ribs
• Savory Dumplings
• General Tao Pork
• Pork Egg drop soup
Dinner starts at
8PM6PM or 8:30.
The menu is priced at $45 dollars a person, and includes all the food and beer.
Porchetta will be dedicating the night to this menu only. There
is only 1 are two seatings.
Reservations are required.
241 Smith Street
(718) 237-9100
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on February 12, 2007


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Spring into Summer Festival on June 13, 2015
The Spring into Summer Rock Festival took place Tubby's Nightclub in Duncannon, PA, in support of DTRF. It ran from 2pm- 2am, with a full roster of bands playing cover and original material. Lots of rock for a great cause! Great event!


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Blessed Marianne Cope, tireless servant of the Lord, who ministered to the forgotten and downtrodden lepers of Hawai'i for over 30 years of her life. Blessed Marianne, who wished for nothing more than a life of ordinary service, reminds us of the importance of placing the call of the Lord before all else, and finding Jesus in everyone we encounter. Blessed Mother Marianne, pray for us!
For my 2010 post on Blessed Marianne, click on the "rear view mirror" to the left.
"We bring no gift to Your Majesty except our service in behalf of your suffering people, whose infirmity we bear in our hearts."
"Let us make the very best use of the precious moments and do all in our power for His dear sake and for His greater honor and glory."
"I do not think of reward; I am working for God, and do so cheerfully."
"God giveth life; He will take it away in His own good time. Meanwhile it is our duty to make life as pleasant and as comfortable as possible for those of our fellow-creatures whom He has chosen to afflict."
"What little good we can do in this world to help and comfort the suffering, we wish to do it quietly and so far as possible unnoticed and unknown."
"Our dear heavenly Mother Mary…how little do our trials and sorrows appear when compared to her bitter sufferings."
"Creep down into the heart of Jesus. He alone can comfort you in your supreme hour of sorrow."
The life of Bl. Marianne Cope is a wonderful work of divine grace. She demonstrated the beauty of the life of a true Franciscan. The encounter of Mother Marianne with those suffering from leprosy took place when she was far along on her journey to Christ. For 20 years she had been a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis of Syracuse in New York. She was already a woman of vast experience and was spiritually mature. But suddenly God called her to a more radical giving, to a more difficult missionary service.
Bl. Marianne, who was Provincial Superior at the time, heard the voice of Christ in the invitation of the Bishop of Honolulu. He was looking for Sisters to assist those suffering from leprosy on the Island of Molokai. Like Isaiah, she did not hesitate to answer: "Here I am. Send me!" (Is 6: 8). She left everything, and abandoned herself completely to the will of God, to the call of the Church and to the demands of her new brothers and sisters. She put her own health and life at risk.
For 35 years she lived, to the full, the command to love God and neighbour. She willingly worked with Bl. Damian de Veuster, who was at the end of his extraordinary apostolate. Bl. Marianne loved those suffering from leprosy more than she loved her very self. She served them, educated them and guided them with wisdom, love and strength. She saw in them the suffering face of Jesus.
Like the Good Samaritan, she became their mother. She drew strength from her faith, the Eucharist, her devotion to our Blessed Mother, and from prayer. She did not seek earthly honours or approval. She wrote: "I do not expect a high place in heaven. I will be very grateful to have a little corner where I can love God for all eternity".
"Rivers of living water will gush forth from the heart" of the one who believes in Christ. The signs of his presence are summarized in the Letter to the Galatians: They are: "love, joy, peace, patient endurance, kindness, generosity, faith, mildness and chastity" (5: 22).
Why pray the Rosary every day for a year?
Each time the Blessed Virgin has appeared-- whether it be to Saint Bernadette Soubirous at Lourdes; to Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco at Fatima; or to Mariette Beco at Banneux-- she has asserted the importance, saving grace, and power of praying the Holy Rosary on a daily basis. Based upon her words, the Rosary is penance and conversion for sinners, a pathway to peace, an end to war, and a powerful act of faith in Jesus Christ. Pope Paul VI presented the Rosary as a powerful means to reach Christ "not merely with Mary but indeed, insofar as this is possible to us, in the same way as Mary, who is certainly the one who thought about Him more than anyone else has ever done."
To show us how this is done, perhaps no one has been more eloquent than the great Cardinal Newman, who wrote: "The great power of the Rosary consists in the fact that it translates the Creed into Prayer. Of course, the Creed is already in a certain sense a prayer and a great act of homage towards God, but the Rosary brings us to meditate again on the great truth of His life and death, and brings this truth close to our hearts. Even Christians, although they know God, usually fear rather than love Him. The strength of the Rosary lies in the particular manner in which it considers these mysteries, since all our thinking about Christ is intertwined with the thought of His Mother, in the relations between Mother and Son; the Holy Family is presented to us, the home in which God lived His infinite love."
As Mary said at Fatima, "Jesus wants to use you to make Me known and loved. He wishes to establish the devotion to My Immaculate Heart throughout the world. I promise salvation to whoever embraces it; these souls will be dear to God, like flowers put by Me to adorn his throne."
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There can be different reasons for the message "This accessory is not designed to use with the iPhone":
Reason 1:
It is possible, that there are open applications in the background of the iPhone, which have not been used for a while. In the "Standby Mode" these running Apps can use a lot of computing resources and battery life of the iPhone. The more programmes running in the background, the higher the computer usage and energy consumption. Depending on the iPhone generation and the number of programms running, the iPhone stops to respond correctly or slows down the processes. The iPhone 3 is more sensitive than the iPhone 4.
Solution a:
You should close the programs running in the background : In this process no data or Apps will be deleted. Please tap the Homebutton on your iPhone two times. A new window on the lower screen will open. This window shows which programms run in the background or standby mode. Tap an App for two seconds until a small minus sign appears. Tap on the minus sign of every App and close all of them one by one. When all the applications are closed, close the bottom window by pressing the Homebutton once. Now start the App again and try the Medisana device.
Solution b:
If these steps, as described before, do not help, please try the following: iPhone "Softreset". With "Softreset" no data or Apps will be deleted. Please press the Homebutton and the Stopbutton at the same time until the "grey apple" appears on the iPhone and it reboots.
Reason 2:
The original operating system (iOS) is not installed on your iPhone.
Please connect your iPhone with iTunes and update the operating software.


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Phu Quoc Island's investment and development management board has announced that as at the third quarter 200 projects were registered on the island with total capital of VND168 trillion ($8 billion).
Vingroup is the largest investor, with VND9 trillion ($405 million), followed by the Sun Group with VND8.6 trillion ($387 million) and BIM Group, Milton Group, and CEO Group.
Ms. Do Thu Hang, Head of the Savills Hanoi Research Department, told VET that Phu Quoc Island's property market has great potential, especially coastal villas, because the island is still in the early stages of development. "The supply of real estate on the island will increase strongly in the future," she added.
CBRE, meanwhile, also recognizes that Phu Quoc has among the best potential for development in Vietnam at the moment. Abundant land sources, beautiful and pristine beaches, a warm year-round climate and few storms make it suitable for the development of hotels, villas, and resorts, including casinos, as well as medical tourism or simply recreation.
As a special economic zone Phu Quoc offers many special incentives, such as VAT exemptions for passengers at Phu Quoc Airport, a 10 per cent reduction on corporate income tax rates, and visa exemptions for international tourists of up to 30 days. Infrastructure is being completed quickly, such as the airport, which had investment capital of VND3 trillion ($135 million), and a road network with total capital of VND5.8 trillion ($261 million).
The international passenger port started in April, with total investment of VND1.6 trillion ($72 million) and the capacity to handle ships of 5,000-6,000 DWT, while the electricity grid has received investment of nearly VND2.4 trillion ($108 million).
According to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism, 400,000 tourists visited Phu Quoc in 2013 and in the first nine months of this year had reached 1.2 million. Experts predict that numbers will continue to increase at a fast pace, especially when the projects of the abovementioned groups are completed and opened.


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Though the central government had earlier claimed that global ransomware WannaCry didn't have a serious impact in the country, but its official documents reveal that its corporate affairs ministry's key portal for making filings by companies - MCA21 - had come under cyber attack last month.
Without disclosing the magnitude of attack, the documents mentioned that the malware affected certain services.
The attack was presumably the first on a central government portal and prompt measures were taken to contain it. Last month, WannaCry impacted computer systems and networks in more than 150 countries, including India.
Cyber security experts said it affected at least 48,000 systems across various organisations in India, but not many came forward raising doubts whether possible ransomware attacks were being properly reported.
Mail Today had earlier reported how corporates are downplaying the incidents and refraining from reporting to the central agency. According to experts, many corporates, institutions and individuals have been hit by the ransomware. But only government offices had come forward and no business enterprises have admitted to the cyber breach.
In May 2017, the MCA21 system was subjected to WannaCry ransomware attack. The attack was in the nature of a 'zero day attack' and was first noticed on May 7, the document said. Zero day attack refers to hackers exploiting a flaw in a software system that is not known to the vendor itself.
MCA21 is managed by IT major Infosys, provides for making electronic filings related to compliances under the Companies Act and Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008. During the peak of WannaCry's outbreak, a series of attacks were reported in Odisha, Kolkata, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Kerala, apart from other parts of the country. As per the document, the system servers were reformatted and systems redeployed. Prompt measures helped all services being restored without any loss by May 12, it said.
While some documents related to front and back office services were affected, technical teams informed CERT-In immediately. CERT-In is the government's cyber security arm.
Also read: How severe was WannaCry ransomware cyber attack in India? Government says nothing serious
Also read: Wanna Cry ransomware cyber attack: 104 countries hit, India among worst affected, US NSA attracts criticism
Also read: Ransomware cyber hack: Indian doctor in London warned days ago UK healthcare system would be hit


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UN Habitat – The Vancouver Declaration, 1976
Since the UN Habitat: Conference on Human Settlements was held in Vancouver in 1976, there have been major Habitat conferences every 20 years. Habitat II was held in Istanbul in 1996. This year, the 40th anniversary, the UN Habitat III conference will be held in Quito, Ecuador in October 2016.
With Habitat 3 coming up, and given everything I've heard and read from its Quito Declaration, I think it's time to publish the full Vancouver Declaration and its associated Action Plan, which seems more ambitious than the current plan. I'm not why I didn't print the text of these excellent documents on this site before.
You can find the UN's original PDF of this Declaration on its website here or the PDF on my links page. Given that the declaration did not gain full conensus at Habitat '76 (Habitat I), because of its inclusion of the "Zionism is racism" clause from a controversial prior 1975 resolution, the Declaration, while excellent, perhaps inhabited a sort of limbo. And perhaps that's why the UN has only ever posted this graphical PDF of the declaration, replete with smudges, coffee rings, handwritten notes and doodles.
I have transferred it via OCR to a digital text. If anyone wants a .doc version of the Declaration or its associated Vancouver Action Plan (aka 64 Recommendations for National Action), please email me and I'd be happy to send them.
The Vancouver Declaration On Human Settlements
UN-HABITAT: United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, 1976


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Man charged with hiding body in basement returned to Iowa
Sac City police said Tuesday that a man living in Florida and charged in a 2009 Iowa murder case has been returned to Iowa, the Fort Dodge Messenger reported.
John Green, 54, was interviewed in connection with the Mark Koster case by the Sac City police investigators and agents of the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation.
He has been charged with first-degree murder.
Koster's family filed a missing person's report in 2010 after not hearing from him for several months.
Koster was declared dead in 2011. In November 2012, he was found dead in the basement of his home when it was being sold.
Investigators said Green lived with Koster for a short time in 2009 before moving to Orlando, Florida.
Investigators said during the interview, Green claimed responsibility for Koster's death and for hiding his body.
In 2012, investigators told KCCI that dental records confirmed that the skeletal remains found buried in the basement were those of Mark Koster.
Police said Koster's remains were found by the new homeowner who was doing some work in the basement.


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Women's Nike Custom Replica Throwback Jersey
CUSTOM JERSEYS WILL BE PRODUCED WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS! Orders containing this item will then ship upon completion via the chosen shipment method at time of order. This item is not returnable except for defects.
This item is not eligible for discount or promotion.
You're not just any Steelers fan. You're a die-hard Steelers fan with her own style and a knack for standing out in the crowd. So ditch the same old replica jerseys you've been wearing for years and make a statement that's truly unique this season with a Women's Nike Custom Replica 1934 Throwback Jersey.
Inspired by the uniforms worn by the Steelers in 1934, this popular throwback features vintage paneled numbers over a bold black-and-gold stripe design. But don't let the retro look fool you, this custom jersey is also full of modern comforts like a movement-friendly fit tailored for women and strategic ventilation panels. It can be customized with your own name and number or the name and number of your favorite player on the Steelers active roster. Show off your own unique brand of Pittsburgh pride!
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