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Delivering food and love is our story, from the very beginning. All of the culinary expertise, nutritional knowledge, hard work and dedication that makes our Kitchen such an amazing place would fall short of our ultimate goal if not for our equally amazing Delivery department.
Throughout the year, our Delivery drivers take their vans to the streets of the five boroughs of New York City,Westchester and Nassau Counties, and Hudson County in New Jersey. Come rain or shine, August heat or January cold, our drivers ring over 245,000 doorbells each year. Behind those doors are single clients, clients living in the same home with other clients, clients living with their caregivers or dependent children or one of more than fifty distribution centers where volunteers take our food the final blocks to a client's door.
Starting at 6am every weekday morning, our drivers load their sixteen vans with the thousands of chilled and frozen components that make up our meals: entrees, soups, desserts, rolls, children's meals and specialty items. By 8:30am, all vans are away. For the rest of the morning and early afternoon, our drivers make their deliveries, often to the same neighborhoods and clients week in and week out.
Drivers are the eyes of our agency, reporting on the condition of our clients and working hard to accommodate the individual challenges of making deliveries to the broad spectrum of our clients. Clients often come to know their drivers by name. On more than a few occasions, drivers have heard clients in distress behind their front doors, have made the calls for emergency response and stayed at the client's door until help arrived.
Our delivery volunteers are a special group of individuals. They deliver our food from a network of Neighborhood Meal Distribution Centers (NMDC), spread throughout all the boroughs we serve. Many of them rarely, if ever, come through the front doors of our SoHo home. From this collection of houses of worship, adult day service sites, residential facilities, and community locations, our delivery volunteers donate thousands of hours of their time every month to help deliver our meals and touch the lives of their neighbors. Like our drivers, they are our eyes at our client's door, and like our drivers, bonds of compassion and friendship often develop between our clients and our long-time delivery volunteers. Read a day-in-the-life blog post of one of our van assistants here.
The other volunteers that help us deliver our essential meals are van assistants. Signing up for a day-long shift as helpers to our drivers, these volunteers get to experience New York as few do, delivering in neighborhoods across the city that are often far removed from the bright lights and airy sights of Manhattan's tourist-centric areas. In addition to lessening the many steps drivers make from their vans to their clients' doors, these volunteers often come away with a deeper appreciation both for the needs of our clients and our response to those needs.
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For information on tuition and fees for the entry-level professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy program, contact the Office of Student Accounting.As stated in the UMMC Bulletin, the Medical Center reserves the right to increase or modify tuition and fees without prior notice subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.
In addition to tuition, students should prepare to spend $3,500 to $4,500 per year for necessary books, supplies and uniforms. Students are also required to complete two 12-week full time clinical rotations and a 16-week specialty internship which are typically not within commuting distance from the Jackson area. At least one and potentially more of these placements may be outside of Mississippi. Therefore, students should be prepared to provide for their own transportation, living, and other incidental expenses during these clinical affiliations.
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Asian Surfactants Market Outlook Webinar
A look at key trends and the outlook for natural and synthetic surfactants
As part of the ICIS series of free market information, we hosted a webinar on 03 June 2014. A recording of the webinar and presentation slides is available for you to download.
Key topics covered include:
By downloading the presentation slides, you will be able to:
About the speakers
Alexis Gan is a markets reporter at ICIS covering the Asian oleochemicals market. Prior to joining ICIS, Alexis was a researcher at A*STAR, where she was responsible for researching metal-oxide catalysts for the oil and gas sector.
Fahima Khail is the market editor of the Asia and Middle East linear alkylbenzene (LAB)/linear alkylbenzene sulphonate (LAS) report, but also covers other petrochemicals such as methanol, polyols and isocyanates. Before joining ICIS, Fahima spent six years as a broadcast journalist, working for BBC World Service and BBC World TV in London, covering global news and current affairs.
ICIS is the world's largest petrochemical market information provider and has fast-growing energy and fertilizer divisions. Our aim is to give companies in global commodities markets a competitive advantage by delivering trusted pricing data, high-value news, analysis and independent consulting, enabling our customers to make better-informed trading and planning decisions. We have more than 30 years' experience in providing pricing information, news, analysis and consulting to buyers, sellers and analysts.
With a global staff of more than 800, ICIS has employees based in Houston, Washington, New York, London, Montpellier,Dusseldorf, Karlsruhe, Milan, Mumbai, Singapore, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Yantai, Tokyo and Perth. ICIS is a division of Reed Business Information, part of Reed Elsevier Plc.
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At Reed Business Information we provide information and online data services to business professionals worldwide. Customers have access to our high-value industry data, analytics, information and tools. Our strong global brands hold market-leading positions across a wide range of industry sectors including banking, petrochemicals and aviation where we help customers make key strategic decisions every day. RBI is part of Reed Elsevier, a leading global provider of data, information and solutions for professional customers.
ICIS provides price assessments and market analysis, published weekly, enabling you to understand price drivers and fluctuations. Historical pricing data is also covered which you can incorporate into your own analytical models.
Dedicated reports are available for all key surfactants markets:
Date: 13-14 November 2014
Venue: Pan Pacific Hotel, Singapore
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Using the spin-0-rama for shootouts and penalty shots is in the NHL rule book as legal.
It has become a more common sight of late during the post-overtime spectacle, but that doesn't mean goalies have to like it.
Heck, AOL Fanhouse columnist Christopher Botta went as far last week as to say that one night soon a goaltender is going to detect an incoming spin-o-rama and invoke some sort of Wild West justice by plowing out of the crease and making contact on the shooter.
In Tim Thomas and Tuukka Rask, the Bruins not only have two of the best goaltenders in the league, they also have two of the more high-strung netminders around. Just last night in Carolina, Thomas picked up a roughing call for taking a post-whistle swipe at Hurricanes forward Zach Boychuk. And who could forget Rask's massive meltdown after a controversial goal call in a shootout a couple years ago while with the Providence (AHL) farm club.
Both Boston puck-stoppers — possibly trying to prove their machismo and make opposing shooters think twice about hot dogging it against the Bruins in a shootouts — left open the possibility, in chats with TheBruinsBlog.net last week, of contact between goaltender and shooter if it came to that.
"I could if the guy's looking at the puck. You might as well challenge him and hit him. Why not?" said Rask.
"You don't know if he's going to do it or not. If he doesn't do it, you're just going to miss and look like an idiot," said Thomas about challenging a potential spin-o-rama. "Because believe me, it's crossed my mind. Not that I've had anybody really do it to me, or not that often. But I remember [Nikolai] Khabibulin's reaction a couple years ago and that young goalie with the Islanders [Kevin Poulin last week], he wasn't too happy. I wouldn't have been too happy either. As long as … there's ways to do it legally. Like Grabovski's, that's perfectly legal. I've seen Martin St. Louis do a spin-o-rama, which is OK, as long as you keep a little bit of forward motion."
Here's a look at that old Khabibulin reaction:
And here's the Grabovski move:
As he has become more established as an NHL star, Thomas has become more vocal about his opinions on rules changes and equipment specifications. The spin-o-rama is rule he would like to see clarified better.
"You could do the spin-o-rama, and some people have done it, but you have to keep at least some momentum going forward. But the lines have blurred there," said Thomas. "They just want the pretty shootout goals, so it's another case where the league's decided to change the rules in advantage of the forwards over the goalies."
One rule that goes without question is that if a goaltender makes a run at a shooter, he's probably going to cost his team a goal and himself some cash. That's a point made by Botta in his Fanhouse piece and a major reason why it might take a while before a goaltender is finally pushed over the edge.
The two points that are on the line and the money in their bank account are two things Thomas and Rask will have to keep in mind should they decide the spin-o-rama has no place in a game against the Bruins.


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AbsolutNET wrote:I have a feeling Bevel has turned it lose.
onanygivensunday wrote:AbsolutNET wrote:I have a feeling Bevel has turned it lose.
I believe that you had a typo. There, I corrected it.
kidhawk wrote:I almost think we are turning it "too" loose. We need to be able to use the short and intermediate passing game MUCH better to be successful. We can throw deep and we can run. The next step in this progression is the quick read and timing of the short/intermediate routes. Oh yea and actually catching them would help
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If indeed our D is good enough, trust them, but you also have to trust your O and it's players to step up and MAKE a play instead of worrying about making a mistake.
SeahawksFanForever wrote:Someone starts a similar thread every week haha
seedhawk wrote:We have 10 days to rest up and work on things. Detroit has a pretty fair O, and a suspect D. Should we invest this game, and just turn Bevel and the O loose and see what happens? I believe our D will turn Detroit one dimensional. Is it time to take the training wheels off and roll?
seedhawk wrote:SeahawksFanForever wrote:Someone starts a similar thread every week haha
Well, I did specifically reference this thread to the Detroit game. Leaving out the Panthers, whose D scares NO ONE, we have played an entire string of D's that for one reason or another just make us look shabby.
ImTheScientist wrote:This guy is the closest thing to beast mode we will ever see. You got a glimpse of that yesterday. He was instantly my favorite player when they signed him. Give the dude a chance and don't overreact or overthink preseason. Go Hawks. Lacy will rush for 1,100 and 10TDs. Bend the knee.
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It was Arson awareness week, the last week in April.
The United States Fire Administration has announced the theme for the 2013 Arson Awareness Week (AAW): Reducing Residential Arson. The goal is to provide the public with strategies to combat arson in their neighborhoods.
According to the USFA's National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) from 2008 through 2010, an estimated 16,800 intentionally set residential fires occur annually in the United States. These fires result in an estimated 280 deaths, 775 injuries, and $593 million in property loss each year. The average dollar loss for an intentionally set fire in a residential building is $21,320. The fatality rate for intentionally set residential fires was more than twice that of other residential building fires.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) 2011 Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) statistics showed that 14,717 law enforcement agencies reported 43,412 arsons. Arsons involving single occupancy and other residential structures accounted for 29.3 percent (12,720) of the total number of arson offenses.
Preliminary FBI UCR data from the first six months of 2012 shows an increase in arson offenses for the first time in six years.
The public can be engaged in Arson Awareness Week by implementing neighborhood clean-ups along with improving internal and external security for their homes and abandoned properties.
For more information and a free media kit for your 2013 Arson Awareness Week campaign, visit www.usfa.fema.gov/aaw.


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On jobs and taxes, the top Republican presidential rivals are locked in a fierce game of one-upmanship. They're all trying to outdo each other in offering the boldest economic plan for the campaign to unseat President Barack Obama next November.
Despite some notable differences in the blueprints, they all are built around the central theme that Obama's stimulus programs haven't worked and his job creation record is dismal. Example No. 1: Unemployment is holding at a painfully high 9.1 percent.
"We knew ultimately that the 2012 election was going to be a big referendum on the president," said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office who was the chief economic adviser to Arizona Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. "But Republicans also have to say what they would do. It's not enough to say we don't like what's going on."
Texas Gov. Rick Perry teased rival Herman Cain _ "I'll bump plans with you, brother" _ when both rolled out ambitious proposals for a single-rate flat tax. That's a concept hailed by numerous Republicans and some Democrats for its simplicity, yet it never has managed to attract much congressional support. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is the lone major GOP contender not calling for a flat or flatter tax.
The 2012 contenders also are serving up a platter of familiar conservative fare: calls for deep spending cuts, reduced government regulation and an emphasis on private enterprise as the true engine of job growth and prosperity.
The plans underscore the party's attempt to respond to the biggest voter concerns of the day and capitalize on what they see it as Obama's chief vulnerability, the still shaky recovery. The candidates claim their various plans would help create millions of private sector jobs; just how is not always clear.
With polls showing that most people support increasing taxes on the wealthiest households, as Obama and Democrats are proposing, the GOP flat-tax plans would largely end up as a boon to the wealthiest, independent analyses suggest.
The tax debate coincides with spreading protests, inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement, against economic inequality. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office recently reported the top 1 percent of American earners doubled their share of national income over the past 30 years, to 20 percent.
Some of the GOP plans show depth, complexity and sophistication, Holtz-Eakin said. Not every economist is as charitable or sees the GOP offerings as workable.
"I don't think any of the plans can be taken too seriously as actual policy," said Bruce Bartlett, who held top economic posts in the Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations but now considers himself a political independent.
"The Republican goal is to nominate the person who is the most committed, most articulate in terms of the Republican philosophy. What they're competing for is who best represents that core philosophy and articulate it in a way that the base finds satisfying," Bartlett said.
No matter that some GOP dogma, such as an insistence that cuts in business taxes and government regulation will spur private-sector job growth, "is economic nonsense," Bartlett said.
All the GOP rivals would pare federal regulations.
Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., would kill the Environmental Protection Agency and repeal the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial industry regulation law. Romney is proposing a 10 percent cut in the federal workforce. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum wants to repeal all regulations put in place by Obama. "The federal government kills jobs. We don't need more programs and bureaucrats telling business how to operate," he says.
Economists generally agree the shortage of jobs isn't caused by government overregulation but by a lack of consumer demand. A recent Labor Department survey showed that less than 1 percent of all layoffs in the past four years have been attributed by employers to government regulation.
With consumer spending driving two-thirds of the U.S. economy, those without jobs have little money to spend. Many with jobs fear losing them, or their houses are worth less than their mortgages, so they have little spare cash or borrowing ability.
Killing off Obama's health care overhaul is a common feature of the GOP plans. So, too, is a proposal to offer American companies a chance to bring money generated overseas back into the U.S. without being taxed. But studies have shown that a similar repatriation "holiday" in 2004-2005 had little effect on job growth.
Some Republicans go further than others. For instance, Bachmann says she would consider allowing oil and gas exploration in the Florida Everglades. None of her rivals has been that bold, perhaps given Florida's importance in presidential calculus.
Hoping to coax more U.S. export jobs, Romney threatens to trade penalties against China if it does not boost the value of its currency. "If you're not willing to stand up to China, you'll get rolled over by China," he says. But former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, who recently served as U.S. ambassador to China, argues that such penalties probably would lead to a trade war that would hurt both economies.
On taxes, Romney would make incremental changes and move later to a simpler system. For now, he would extend Bush-era tax cuts, lower the 35 percent corporate tax rate to 25 percent and exempt investment income for those earning less than $200,000. He would extract more U.S. oil, coal and natural gas, expand trade pacts and cut federal spending.
Rep. Ron Paul's plan is the most radical. The Texas Republican, a libertarian, would scrap the income tax entirely. He contends the government didn't have the authority to impose it in the first place. He would make ends meet through excise taxes, tariffs, and a smaller government. In the process, he would abolish the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Reserve.
Cain, the former Godfather's Pizza CEO who has replaced Romney as the GOP front-runner in some recent polls, repeatedly pushes his "9-9-9" tax plan that would cut personal and corporate tax rates to 9 percent each and impose a new 9 percent federal sales tax.
Perry's plan would give taxpayers the choice of paying at a flat rate of 20 percent or adhering to the current tax structure. He would preserve deductions for mortgage interest, charitable donations and state and local tax taxes for households earning less than $500,000 a year and offer a $12,500 exemption for individuals and dependents.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has proposed a 15 percent optional flat tax. Huntsman would set up a three-tiered system with a top rate of 23 percent. Bachmann would replace the tax code with a yet-to-be specified flat tax. Santorum proposes a "simpler, flatter and fairer" tax without offering specifics. He would cut the corporate tax in half and eliminate it for manufacturers who keep jobs in the U.S.
In the past, flat tax schemes _ pushed by Democrat Jerry Brown in 1992 and Republican publisher Steve Forbes in 1990 and 2000 _ failed to generate much political traction, in part because most plans would put a disproportionate burden on lower-income families.
Quick studies of the current major GOP proposals by independent research groups have made similar findings.
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The Home Health Services division of the Henry and Stark County Health Department has been named to the Top 100 of the 2012 HomeCare Elite.
The Home Health Services division of the Henry and Stark County Health Department has been named to the Top 100 of the 2012 HomeCare Elite.
The 2012 HomeCare Elite is a compilation of the top-performing home health agencies in the United States. Winners are ranked by an analysis of publicly available performance measures in quality outcomes, process measure implementation, patient experience, quality improvement and financial performance.
"The 2012 HomeCare Elite winners demonstrate a commitment to providing patient-centered care and serving as leaders in the home health community," said Susan Henricks, president of National Research Corporation, the parent company of OCS HomeCare.
"I credit our staff and their dedication to quality patient care and health outcomes," said Pam Bennett, the Henry and Stark County Health Department's director of Home Health Services.
"Our home health staff has made a goal of always keeping up-to-date on the latest trends and innovations in home health care. This continues to result in better home health services being offered to our area patients," she said.
"We are so gratified that our hard work has paid of in our ability to achieve recognition as one of the Top 100 HomeCare Elite. We get so much personal satisfaction from the work we do each and every day. However, when an independent and nationally recognized organization tells us that we are doing a great and 'industry-wide' superior job, it's like a wonderful pat on the back for our entire staff," said Bennett.


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Melanoma My name is John White. I'm 58 years old. For about a year and a half I had a growth on my chest. My family tried to get me to go to the doctor but I just refused, as I felt I could deal with it myself. After all I'm a guy: I can handle it. Well, inside a year it had grown to the size of a tennis ball. I still felt pretty good and had my otherwise good health. Then this growth started to hurt and I began experiencing sharp pains throughout the day. Many times I could block them out as I do a lot of meditation so there was not much pain on most days. I finally decided to go to my doctor who sent me to outpatient services to have it removed. I'll never forget the expression on that doctor's face: I could tell it was the largest thing he had ever seen. However, he refused to remove it even though I tried to talk him into it. He then sent me to a surgeon, who then sent me out for every test in the book: MRI, CT Scan, Pet scan, biopsy. Lucky for me, every thing came back clean except the biopsy which showed melanoma. I remember that call well. It was such a shock to me. After a day I got back to my positive self and said "It's no big deal. I'm clean. Let's get rid of this thing." So we scheduled surgery to get the growth removed. After a fewhours in the operating room and a week in the hospital I was out and clean. I remember talking to the oncologist and he was talking about some medicines but I asked, "Why?I'm clean. No need sign up until the operation." My body is drug free: I do not even take aspirin. So I declined. This was back in October 2012 It wasn't until January 2013 that the lump came back, growing bigger and larger than the first one. I was very disappointed! Oh well. Back to the doctor and, yes, he wanted to cut it out again. I had to go back to do all the tests and another operation and skingraft. This time at least, I spent only one day in the hospital. The big difference this time was that a few months later when I saw the oncologist, he then told me very quickly I now had stage IV melanoma, and there are no cures. He gave me some options: The largest being if I had the BRAF. Which, guess what, I do not, so I started my first treatment of Ipilimumab in mid-May. I am very fortunate that I have a lot of people pulling for me. The toughest thing for me is helping to keep my wife strong. I would say if you think you have something strange going on with your body get to the doctor. Get it checked out as early as you can! This is a very dangerous cancer and not something to mess with. If caught early it can be very curable, but if you wait toolong then it can be a tough battle. As for me, I'm strong and tough. I will beat this cancer. I'm staying very positive withthe treatments I am undergoing. I shall keep you all posted. I will add to myself to this survivor list. Thank You and always wear your sunscreen! John White May 2013 Have a great day
Same here everyone kept(11/17/2013 - 8:26pm)
Same here everyone kept trying to tell me to go to the dermatologist and I never would.
Dear John(2/15/2014 - 7:18pm)
My husband is 55 and like you has been diagnosed with Stage 4 that has metastasized in his lungs, liver, lymph nodes and his brain. As his wife and "nurse in practice" I commend you on your great attitude! I have become his advocate and researcher from day one. It's so important to stay hopeful and become proactive in our health. I immediately set in motion a second opinion with UCLA melanoma specialists to make sure our oncologist was providing the correct tests treatment, etc. They confirmed all but suggested an MRI on his brain immediately which we requested and they found numerous tumors in his brain. He was first diagnosed 10.4,2013 with melanoma and has been on Zelboraf since 11.7.13. He just completed 15 sessions of whole brain radiation and next up radio surgery. At UCLA we were advised that they are making amazing progress monthly with new drugs for Melanoma, Best wishes to you and your family.
Stage 4 Melanoma(4/13/2018 - 5:56pm)
How is your husband doing now? My dad just got the diagnosis of stage 4 melanoma.


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2016 Chevy Sonic is famous saloon car customers worldwide. New Chevy Sonic offers the latest in design changes that have undergone refresher. All New Chevy Sonic has been awaited by many people, especially fans of Sonic. 2016 Chevy Sonic comes as a model for 2016. Chevrolet has become one of the biggest brands of the automotive industry for having created some great cars that will be offered to the global market. This article will discuss the advantages of the 2016 Chevy Sonic as a sedan.
2016 Chevy Sonic Specs Design
2016 Chevy Sonic exterior design has changed. Chevy Sonic has a new look more stylish and modern. All New Chevy Sonic has an aggressive body lines and also design lamps similar to the Camaro. With the new design of the Chevy Sonic will be more aerodynamic thus improving performance better. As for the 2016 Chevy Sonic interior design according to some people, interior design or appearance of this new 2016 Chevy Sonic seems as compared to its predecessor. However, to make it will increase compared to the current model, rumors strongly believe that the technology in the cabin that will be enhanced with Chevrolet especially for connectivity technology that will make the cabin more comfortable and fun.
2016 Chevy Sonic Engine
2016 Chevy Sonic latest according to rumors will offer some powerful engine variants. Chevy Sonic will use a 1.4-liter turbocharged engine and 1.8-liter four-cylinder. Both engines are capable of producing outstanding performance quiet compared to previous models. Latest Chevy Sonic will be easily controlled and reliable in the streets of the city.
2016 Chevy Sonic Release date and price
2016 Chevy Sonic is a sedan that has changed a fresh design. Chevy Sonic to the new edition will offer several variants of the machine which has an impressive performance. For the latest release date Chevy Sonic is still no official information, naming estimated 2016 Chevy Sonic release came at the end of 2015. As for the new 2016 Chevy Sonic price estimate that this 2016 Chevy Sonic will be offered around $ 14,000.


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EPAS - EFMD Programme Accreditation System
What is EPAS?
EPAS is an international programme accreditation system operated by EFMD. It aims to evaluate the quality of any business and/or management programme that has an international perspective and, where of an appropriately high quality, to accredit it.
The process involves a review in depth of individual programmes through international comparison and benchmarking. The process considers a wide range of programme aspects including:
The process involves a review in depth of individual programmes through international comparison and benchmarking. The process considers a wide range of programme aspects including:
- The market positioning of the programme nationally and internationally
- The strategic position of the programme within its institution
- The design process including assessment of stakeholder requirements – particularly students and employers
- The programme objectives and intended learning outcomes
- The curriculum content and delivery system
- The extent to which the programme has an international focus and a balance between academic and managerial dimensions
- The depth and rigour of the assessment processes (relative to the degree level of the programme)
- The quality of the student body and of the programme's graduates
- The institution's resources allocated to support the programme
- The appropriateness of the faculty that deliver the programme
- The quality of the alumni and their career progression
Programme Scope
A maximum of 2 programme suites may be assessed in any one review cycle. Programme suites in any of the following categories may be offered for evaluation:
- Bachelors degrees or Licence (3 or 4 years)
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- Gang Bang Stories : Forty Something Empty Nesters New Swingers Take It...
Forty-Something Empty-Nesters- New Swingers Take it to a New Level
You might remember me ? my name is Mia. It?s been a while since I wrote my first account of how Rhet and I began swinging, and now I want to share how we?ve taken swinging to the next level.
By way of simple review, our years of raising kids had taken its toll on Rhet?s and my love-lives, but as I shared before, one kid-free summer trip to Put-in-Bay, Ohio had really turned things around between us.
Our fateful encounter with Ted and Lisa on their yacht was incredibly erotic and took us from the doldrums of forty-something stale sexuality to the high-seas of same-, and separate-room husband-swapping as well as female bi-sexuality.
We returned to our home after that weekend as a changed couple. Our sex lives were super-charged and we openly shared fantasies of repeat swinging and even more daring fantasies, which I?ll get into later.
Rhet and I both took up home nudity since our three kids were in college and our nest continued to be blissfully empty. Because we had found new enjoyment of being naked all the time, we soon started to consider finding a nudist club and even go to a nude swinger resort. I found myself dripping with continual anticipation at the idea of being nude in a crowd, anywhere, somewhere, enjoying being seen, and knowing that Rhet was enjoying my evident desirability to strangers.
I wanted to maximize my looks and joined a fitness club, and even joined a competitive women?s figure league, mostly to enhance my confidence and to learn how to relax and enjoy being ogled. My 38DD breasts and Mediterranean skin color (without tan lines) never looked better. And, according to my husband, forty-something ass was pin-up worthy.
Well, Rhet and I kept in touch with Ted and Lisa over the next couple of years, but never had a chance to meet up with them again since they were on a relentless retirement cruise on their yacht. In fact, despite the fact we now considered ourselves ?swingers?, we never did swing after our first time with Ted and Lisa. I have to say though, our shared memories of that time still inspire joyful lust for both or us. Rhet would particularly thrill at his memory of the first time he saw me having shameless wanton sex with Ted when he walked in on him and me in the stateroom of his yacht.
Lisa did share e-mail with me regarding some of hers and Teds swinger exploits at various ports they hit. Her written descriptions of swapping husbands, or having same-bed four-somes were delightful.
One of her stories really stuck in my mind though, and at first I wasn?t sure it was for me, and I kept it very quiet from Rhet because it went beyond any of our shared swinging fantasies, but Lisa had definitely planted the seed of a gangbang when she told me that Ted and her met three college guys in a rather exclusive Caribbean port. According to her one thing had let to another, and Ted shared her with each of these guys over the course of a week, and eventually they had a four-man orgy, Ted and the three college students, with her as the object of their lust. Such an idea was too outrageous to share, mostly because of the way it affected me.
The idea of Rhet watching me with a group of men was such a turn on, but the idea of unprotected sex with a group of men, with Rhet going last was beyond any erotic thought I ever had, but still, I couldn?t find the courage to share this top-secret fantasy with him.
Well, our chance to go on an adult get-away finally came, and as opportunity would have it, we were able to coordinate a nude vacation with Ted and Lisa on their yacht in the Gulf of Mexico, down along the isthmus of Central America at an uninhabited island. The island was distant enough to avoid prying eyes, but close enough to let them motor into port and pick us up for a full week of swinging together in perpetual, private sunshine.
This time there was no pretense in Rhet?s and my intentions ? this trip was about ?getting it on? in the most swinging-ways we could muster with Ted and Lisa. I went bra-less and panti-less on the flight south. Every little bounce of turbulence made me feel my body, feel my sensuality. I even had to masturbate in the airplane?s restroom once to get myself under control. The old me would have felt so self-conscious, but on this flight, I?d have taken my clothes off and masturbated for every soul on board given the opportunity.
Rhet seemed to understand what was going on with me, and half way through our flight he whispered in my ear ? ?don?t get us arrested for being too hot in a public place. Save it for the yacht.? I smiled without looking at him as I convulsed with pleasure deep inside my belly.
Lisa and Ted?s yacht was waiting at the dock when we got there. Ted shook Rhet?s hand and gave me a lingering kiss and hug, and then we boarded without additional fanfare.
As in Put-in-Bay, Lisa was master of their yacht, and she began to deftly maneuved their 60-foot boat back out to see. Ted led us back up to their flying bridge, where we found Lisa in the most unbelievably scant thong bikini I had ever seen. It was a leopard print, and the only parts of her body that it covered were her perky nipples and the very smiling lips of her vulva.
She smiled and welcomed us on board without looking as she spun the helm and throttled the boat for open ocean. Ted saw both Rhet and I ogling Lisa?s body, which remained absolutely fit and tanned. She was about 5-feet 5-inches, and except for her lovely full breasts, still looked like a junior high cheer leader. Her long platinum hair was done in a ponytail, which stuck out the rear of her visor in a most rebellious, flaunting way. She defied the effects of time.
Ted remarked as we stared at her essentially bare ass ? ?all she?s talked about was getting together and fucking you guys.?
Rhet glanced briefly at me, and replied ? ?I have to confess a similar fantasy.? Lisa glanced over her left shoulder at Ted and said, ?we?ve cleared the inner harbor Ted. If Mia approves, maybe you?d be a gentleman and help me out of this mean old swimsuit.?
I was so glad we were getting things started in an openly sexual way.
?Well, Lisa, I had hoped to undress you myself, but I know Rhet shares my lust for your body and know he?ll give you just the right amount of attention.?
?Hmmm, well Rhet, you can take my top off willy-nilly, but I definitely want a little extra attention when you slip this stringy little bottom.?
Rhet smiled and moved behind Lisa as she continued to steer the ship.
Ted cleared his throat to get my attention, at which time I noticed he had already shed his clothes. He was semi-swollen and beautifully tanned. He was a beautiful and desirable man, and couldn?t wait for either he or Lisa to touch me.
I raised my hands over my head, palms up, and spread my legs slightly, giving a gesture of surrender to Ted. He moved toward me without a word, and helped me slip out of my airline clothes ? a short and t-shirt. I was naked in front of him, and was so turned on to be swinging again.
Ted invited me below to the galley to help him pour some drinks. As I descended their ladder to the main deck, I took a glance back at Rhet and Lisa to see them both naked and engaged in a passionate kiss. I was so good with this ? and was hoping for a little more than just kitchen duty with Ted.
I wasn?t disappointed, and in no time we were also kissing, embracing, fondling and lusting together. Ted?s breath on my neck and his husky voice in my ear quickly drove my passions wild. He was relentlessly massaging my ass, probing his fingers into my most secret spots, front and back ? driving me wild with desire.
Standing in the galley I turned my back to him and spread my legs and instructed him to fuck me. And, oh, he did, slowly at first, thrusting gently, then more vigorously, and finally with uncontrolled passion. I knew I was close to cumming ? the nudity, the swinging, the knowledge my husband was with Lisa, it all added up to heightened erotic pleasure. I began to get Ted to cum in my pussy. I wanted to feel him again, moving in and out, to feel his hot fluid flood me, to hear his climax, to feel his pulsing cock empty itself in me. I so wanted it, and I so screamed commands to him ? to fuck me, to cum in me, to fill me with his seed.
And he did! And I came, violently with pleasure. He stayed in me for over a minute, pulsing and squeezing all his semen deeply into my pussy. I loved it so much. Then we kissed with the most wanton lust I may have ever felt. And as we kissed, I fingered myself to another orgasm. His cum was all over my fingers. I made to put my fingers in my mouth.
As I moved them toward my hand the most shocking, and perhaps the most erotic thing that ever happened between Rhet and I occurred ? he moved into the galley, clearly pressing against Ted from behind, and took my hand with its cum-covered, slippery fingers and painted Ted?s cum onto his lips with slow, erotic motions.
I could tell Rhet was pressed tightly against Ted, who had his eyes closed with an intense look of pleasure on his face. Then I sense Rhet moving rhythmically against Ted. Knowing the three of us were naked in the tight quarters of the boat?s galley, it could only mean that Rhet was pleasuring himself against Ted?s ass.
Rhet looked deeply into my eyes, with a look of intense lust, and licked Ted?s cum from his lips. Rhet?s thrusting against Ted was intensifying, and it was obvious that Ted and Rhet were enjoying this incredibly naughty moment ? a bi-sexual moment.
Ted opened his eyes to check for my reaction to my husband?s sexual advances, and said, ?Hope it?s OK with you if I have Rhet to myself a time or two this week.?
Rhet immediately chimed in, ?just like you and Lisa having a little same-sex fun, Ted and I have been e-mailing about acting out some bi-fantasies that I?ve had. You OK with that Mia??
To tell you honestly, I didn?t suspect Rhet was bi-sexual, but our intimate conversations let me understand that Rhet might have some curiosities about pleasuring and being pleasured by a man, especially in the context of a four-way orgy with another couple. Rhet would hint at the thrill of being seen by another man in an aroused state, and to have casual contact with another man as the four of us changed positions. He wanted to know if it would be OK if he helped guide another man?s cock into my pussy, and would it be OK if a guy handled his cock as part of a sex act with another woman. To me, the woman, these things were completely within the realm of acceptability, and even innocent, but coming from Rhet, such ideas were brand new, and obviously erotic.
My answer was easy and sincere, ?Rhet honey, you two can do anything you?d like. Just one request . . .?
Rhet was slightly out of breath and said, ?just a sec?, and moved his hand down to his cock, and I could tell he was positioning it between Ted?s ass cheeks when Ted closed his eyes and moaned.
?Anything honey?, and he started grinding against Ted?s ass.
?You have to promise to give Lisa and I a nice bi-sexual show one evening. OK??
?Fuckin? ay? Ted replied, then winced, ?Oh, yeah, fuckin? ay.?
I stepped aside the now fully coupled men, and started for the bridge. With once last glance I saw Ted pass a bottle of K-Y jelly to Rhet and heard him say, ?I?ve been so waiting for this. Fuck me hard man. Fuck me hard.?
My pussy twitched at the idea of my Rhet lusting after a man, and thought to myself ? ?this is gonna be a hell of a week.?
Well, I don?t need to give a blow-by-blow of every sexual encounter for the whole week. That?d be monotonous and would de-emphasize the truly exciting moments of our trip. We did have four-way orgies ? no rules, man-on-man and woman-on-woman, three on one, and so forth. I saw Rhet and Ted give each other blow jobs, but never saw them ass-fuck each other, though Lisa and I both experimented with double-penetration with our husbands in our asses, and the other husbands in our pussies.
It was so hot. We took our time and made sure we found pleasurable ways to encounter this form of thrilling intimacy and wanton lust. I particularly loved to feel two pulsing cocks inside my body ? one in my pussy, and one stuffing my ass. I really liked lying on my back, spread-eagle on top of Rhet, with Ted fucking my pussy from the front. I could feel Rhet?s breathing on my neck and simply adored his dirty talk about Ted?s cock rubbing him through my pussy and ass-hole linings.
In fact, the double-penetration naughty talk took my own erotic pleasure to new heights. I started asking them for it every day, at least once, and switching it up, so I knew what Ted?s cock felt like in my ass. Since their cocks were both about the same size, the thrill was mostly about Ted?s cum in my ass while Lisa watched, or sucked my tits, or passionately kissed me and Rhet.
The first three days at anchor was super-charged with sex, good wine, good food, lots of sunshine ? and lots of sexual debauchery. I didn?t think it could be more fun, until another yacht showed up.
Lisa recognized it right away ? it was a couple of black men ? doctors from the east coast who were motoring the Gulf of Mexico for the winter ? and both were very naked. At first I thought I should run and cover myself when I saw their boat maneuvering to anchor within hailing distance of our boat. I looked at Lisa for directions, but she simply smiled into the distance, then looked at me with a devilish grin and asked, ?have you ever been gang-banged??
The way she asked it led me to believe she knew these men in a more sensual way than just recognizing their boat.
?What do you mean,? I asked.
?I mean, these guys are hung, horny and healthy. I?ve spread my legs for them more than once, with Ted joining in, and well . . . I figure, your man might be ready to share you with these black guys.?
?Hmmm.? I responded, and felt more than a little confident to be seen by these two dark strangers, so stood on the flying bridge, naked and increasingly aroused, and waved at them, feeling my heavy breasts sway.
Just then Rhet walked up and asked, ?who are you waving at??
?Oh, just some lovely black cocks, er guys.?
Rhet took up the binoculars and looked these two men over, the whistled, long and low. ?Wow, those guys are hung like barn rope ? long, loose and sloppy.?
?Let me see,? I exclaimed as I grabbed the binoculars.
I saw both of the black doctors looking through their binoculars toward us too, and one of them reached down and started to stroke his gorgeous black, shaved cock.
Instinctively, I reached down to my own genitalia and began a slow circling pressure on my clitoris, and watched the black masturbator set his binoculars down and stroke himself into a marvelous, slightly curved ten-inch and gloriously thick erection.
Rhet grabbed the binoculars back from me, and I heard him exclaim, ?holy ship deep, that guy?s cock is incredible.?
?You want some of that?? I asked my husband.
He looked up at me with a grin and said, ?Hey honey, I?m not gay, but if something interesting happens, that?d be fine with me.?
?Well, I?m good with interesting happenings too, especially if it involves four cocks getting emptied in my cunt.?
Rhet and I locked knowing gazes that each of us were about to venture into new sexual territory.
Before long, Ted and Lisa had both black strangers on board. We all remained nude, with reassurances from Ted and Lisa that these guys were ?cool?.
Before long we were all comfortable, sitting mixed together on the fantail of the yacht; each of us working on our third or fourth glass of scotch. The sun was setting, and Lisa was snuggled up close to one of the black guys ? his name was Jimmy.
Jimmy was some sort of neurosurgeon, had a body like a sprinter ? taut, rippled and totally smooth. He had shaved his cock and balls totally smooth, and it was apparent he was in a state of semi-arousal for nearly two hours. Every once in a while he?d catch me gazing at his meat. When caught, we also exchanged smiles.
Rhet was sitting on my left,, and the other black guy, Greg, was on my right. Greg wasn?t as athletic looking as Jimmy, but he was shaved smooth, head to toe, and was built more like a football player ? thick, muscular, with an incredibly round, firm ass. He too was hung, like Jimmy, and like Rhet said, their cocks were like barn ropes and seemed to sway with a seductive, desirable heaviness.
The sexual tension slowly heightened as introductory conversation moved steadily and purposely toward the sexual. To my surprise, and pleasure, Rhet put things on the fast track and said, ?well Jimmy and Greg, I have to say, it?d be really hot to watch you with my wife Mia ? that is, if Mia took an interest in the two of you.?
Rhet turned to me, ?what do ya think hon? Ever want or have sex with black cock??
Without skipping a beat, I looked at Jimmy and Greg and said, ?Never, but I?m definitely in an experimental mood.?
Lisa jumped in and said, ?Rhet honey, I think she?d like both of them at the same time; maybe you and Ted would like to join in too ? bang her good ? the four of you??
Rhet looked at me, and I could tell he was in the mood for it.
?Guys, can I go last??
Jimmy stood up without saying a word and started bringing his cock to full attention ? ?I?ll go first, if you don?t mind.?
I got off my lounger, laid on the fantail deck, spread my legs and said, ?I?m ready big guy, just take it slow until I beg for a pounding.?
Jimmy got on his knees with his now huge-looking cock in his hand, and made to enter me with it, when I saw Rhet?s hand reach down and ask, ?mind if I help guide that thing in??
Jimmy smiled, and Rhet grabbed on, but then instead of directing it straight in, he began to stroke it with long, slow steady strokes. It seemed he was doing something just right because I heard Jimmy moan, ?Mmmm, I like this kind of help.?
Rhet responded, ?I?ve dreamed of this a thousand times, handling a black cock. Yours is so thick and hot. She?s gonna love it.?
And with that, Rhet guided Jimmy into my pussy ? nice and slow, as I asked, and with incredibly sensuality. Rhet only let go of it at the last moment, then whispered something to Jimmy that I couldn?t quite make out, but whatever it was ? Jimmy just smiled.
And with that Jimmy fucked me. He cooed over my tits and big brown nipples, marveled at my wet pussy, begged me to grab his ass and pull it wide apart. I could tell that Jimmy liked showing off by the way he bared his asshole to our lusty audience, and in two or three minutes, he came in a huge gush. His cum was hot and there was so much of it. I could feel it running out my gaping pussy across my ass hole, and it felt so great.
Greg needed no encouragement to go second, but wasn?t quite so hard as Jimmy, so to everyone?s amusement he looked to Rhet for a little assistance and asked, ?So, how about a little jack-job like you gave Jimmy.?
Rhet crawled over to Greg, hands and knees, but instead of grabbing Greg?s cock with his hand, he took it straight into his mouth and began sucking it. This was so hot, and so unexpected.
He stopped momentarily and looked up at Greg and said, ?I couldn?t resist.?
?Do it, man, suck it hard until I?m ready to cum in your wife?s pussy.?
I reared up on my elbows and to my shock and surprise, Rhet gave what appeared to be a lust-filled, blow job, like a horny-crazed college girl would to a jock.
This went on for about two minutes when Greg said, ?whoa, dude I?m close, let me fuck your wife.?
Rhet slipped his mouth off Greg?s long, thick, bobbing cock, and then guided it into my cunt, at which time he began deep, hard thrusts. It was just what I wanted and needed after being inspired by Rhet?s bi-sexual antics. Greg blew three huge cum bursts into me, and then collapsed on top of me.
I could feel his heart pounding, and his cock pulsing in me, and cum leaking across my asshole. By now Lisa was kissing me full on the lips, and talking dirty about those big black cocks filling me with sweet cum. I was just getting started, and wanted more fast.
?Ted, fuck me now.? I cried out.
As Greg rolled off, Ted dove in and like the other two, he came quickly inside me, but while he lasted, he kept a rolling dialogue of descriptions of man-cum and woman pussy. And Lisa kept kissing me and fondling my tits. I came with Ted inside me, and let everyone know it.
Then it was Rhet?s turn ? he was going to be fourth and last, and to my surprise, when he entered me, it was more like love-making than sex ? though it was clearly passionate and lust-filled, and he talked about the delicious mixture of the previous guy?s cum and my pleasurable pussy all stewed together, but his movements were also tender and considerate.
It was my turn to surprise Rhet again, and cooed to him as he was thrusting ? ?Hmmm, I feel so much cum on my ass. It?d be so easy, and delicious, and naughty to have one of the guys fuck my ass while you cum in my pussy.
I couldn?t believe how out of control, but also how desperate I was to keep up this wild and crazy fuck.
Rhet, kept up his rhythmic thrusts, and I could tell he spread his legs wide so that his ass must have been inviting to any who might desire it.
?Jimmy, Greg, which one of you wants to slow-fuck my ass? Slip some of Mia?s cum and paint my ass, and fuck me.?
And, to my great surprise, I lost my double penetration, because my husband wanted a black cock in his ass.
Well, barely a minute went by while Rhet slowed down, and Jimmy moved in behind Rhet. It was obvious what was about to happen, and Rhet?s breathing became very lustful.
I felt Jimmy?s hand on my ass, and knew he was getting a glob of it to put on Rhet?s ass. Rhet?s eyes shut tightly, and I heard him groan as Jimmy began to play with him back there.
Another hand was now working the cum puddle, I think it was Lisa?s, and Rhet?s ass received some more lubricating. He moaned out loud, ?Oh, their putting their cum into my asshole. Oh, a finger ? oh yes. Oh, that?s nice, I feel the cum in my ass.
Then Rhet said to me, ?I want him to cum in my while I cum in you. Is that OK??
Just then, I could tell that Jimmy was pressing his cock into Rhet?s ass. Rhet groaned loudly, Oh. Oh. Yes, oh.?
Then he asked me again, ?can he cum inside me Mia??
?Fuck yeah?, I said, and then Rhet closed his eyes to focus on his own pleasures, and said, ?Oh Jimmy let me feel your cum squirt inside me.?
Jimmy?s thrusting picked up, though I could tell it was long and slow. Rhet?s moaning also picked up, in synch with Jimmy?s movements, when suddenly, I felt both Jimmy and Rhet?s bodies stiffen then break into a frenzy of mutual orgasm.
Jimmy was uttering sweet fucking vulgarities about Rhet?s ass, and Rhet was growling out the glories of Jimmy?s cock and my pussy, which was also now convulsing with erotic abandon.
Well, we spent two more days with our new friends, and every conceivable form of group fucking and orgies ensued, and I saw Rhet, Ted, Jimmy and Greg, give and receive all manner of bi-sexual activity, as well as Lisa and I taking on all four men, and going solo with Greg and Jimmy.
It was a crazy empty-nest, forty-something adventure, which we?ve decided to do again, but hopefully with a bigger group of men ? if you know what I mean!


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| WMU News
KALAMAZOO—A member of the faculty for 36 years and an experienced administrator have been named Western Michigan University's 2011-12 Distinguished Service Award recipients.
Receiving the award are Dr. R. Wayne Fuqua, chair of the Department of Psychology, and Dr. Charlotte Giscombe P, director of the TRIO Student Success Program in WMU's Center for Academic Success Programs.
The pair will be honored Friday, Sept. 21, during WMU's annual Academic Convocation at 2 p.m. in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. The convocation will feature WMU President John M. Dunn's State of the University address as well as the presentation of other campuswide honors to recognize this year's recipients of the Distinguished Teaching, Emerging Scholar and Annual Make a Difference awards.
As recipients of the service award, Fuqua and Giscombe join 50 faculty and staff members who have received the accolade since it was established in 1980. The two were chosen from among nominees across campus who have demonstrated exceptional service in areas that reflect innovative and effective programming, increase WMU's stature, or extend WMU's impact and presence into the larger community. Each will receive a plaque and $2,000 honorarium.
R. Wayne Fuqua
Fuqua, chair of the Department of Psychology, joined the faculty in 1976. He has served as professor, acting chair and director of graduate training for psychology. He was appointed chair of the department in 1999. He is one of 12 appointees named this past July to the newly created Michigan Autism Council, and he was among a select group invited to the State Capitol this spring as a new autism-related bill was signed into law. Fuqua also was named Psychologist of the Year in 1987 by the Western Michigan Psychological Association.
He has made significant contributions to mental health services and also has been a leader in encouraging WMU colleagues to engage in the Kalamazoo community, according to one supporter.
"When new faculty members join the Department of Psychology, Dr. Fuqua is instrumental in encouraging them to also pursue connections with the community," a co-worker wrote. "Dr. Fuqua's leadership has certainly been a major factor in advancing the contributions our University makes to the services in our community, and one of the reasons the Department of Psychology is an outstanding example of how the University extends its impact and presence to helping others."
His community involvement includes serving and holding office on numerous boards such as being president of the Mid-American Association for Behavior Analysis in 2003. He is a current member of the Board of Directors for Residential Opportunities Inc. in Kalamazoo, and served as the organization's president in 1998.
A former colleague wrote that Fuqua "approaches the broader WMU professional community and the national and international psychology community with the same degree of commitment and efforts to build strong communities.
"He understands that effort, a calm head, and creative ideas and follow through can create amazing opportunities; and he offers exactly those things to all of the communities with which he interacts."
Charlotte Giscombe
Giscombe is director of the TRIO Student Success Program, a federally funded program that helps first-generation, income-eligible college students and college students with disabilities complete their bachelor's degree and transition to graduate school and professional life. She joined WMU in 1997 as the program's services coordinator and became director in 2009. While at the University, she also served as a delegation coordinator between WMU and Kanto Gakuin University in Yohohama, Japan.
A mentor as well as an administrator, Giscombe created a peer-mentoring program for her program and supervises up to 16 program mentors each year. She has volunteered for numerous University committees including the First-Year Experience Curriculum Committee, WMU Upward Bound and the International Festival Committee.
A WMU colleague praised her by saying she is, "very accessible and possesses a tremendous aptitude for such things as helping students fine-tune their professional skills, tailoring her instructional methods to our students' particular learning styles and allowing students the latitude to work problems out on their own."
Her efforts led to the University's successful renewal of the TRIO grant by the U.S. Department of Education through 2015. The grant will bring more than $1 million to WMU, employ four professionals at the University and serve hundreds of students.
"Charlotte dedicates herself to WMU and serves in areas and organizations that contribute to the growth and statue of the University in many ways," a colleague wrote in support of her nomination.
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Palm waves farewell to Windows Mobile
Device roadmap only lists WebOS handsets, says CEO
Palm's four-year flirtation with Windows Mobile is over, now it finally has an operating system to call its own again.
Company Chairman and CEO Jon Rubinstein last night said that the Palm would now "dedicate all future development resources to the evolution of webOS" with the result that "going forward our roadmap will include only Palm webOS- based devices".
Palm signed up to use Windows Mobile in September 2005, later releasing the Treo 700W early in 2006.
Back then, Palm no longer owned its own operating system, which had fallen into the hands of Japanese software developer Access, so licensing another one wasn't much of a shock to anyone other than Palm OS die-hards.
Palm later acquired full development rights to the Palm OS, but it soon became apparent that the platform's future was unclear and, in any case, was losing marketshare to Windows Mobile, an OS viewed by many as the only one corporations would consider.
The success of Research in Motion's BlackBerry proved that wrong, but by that stage Palm OS had largely failed to evolve out of the early 2000s. The arrival of the iPhone OS only confirmed the Palm OS' role as a mobile operating system without a future - at least, not without a very radical overhaul.
But that wasn't on Access' roadmap, and Palm eventually decided that it was better off beginning over again and crafting a mobile OS that not only was its own but came without more than a decade's baggage.
Palm has already canned its last Palm OS phone, Centro, in the US, though the device is still available in the UK and elsewhere. It seems unlikely to survive the arrival over here of the Pré. Palm's website still lists the Windows Mobile-based Treo Pro, and it'll be interesting to see how long it stays hanging on in there.
As for Palm itself, at least it is now once again fully in charge of its own destiny, as it was until the - with hindsight - disastrous decision to separate operating system from hardware. Planned as a way to encourage third-party hardware developers to support the platform, simply licensing the OS having brought only a few others, most notably Sony, into the fold.
All it really did was weaken the parent, as most such late-in-the-day attempts to 'do a Microsoft' and turn a vertically integrated hardware and software company into separate entities.
The notion that because selling operating system software worked for Microsoft it can also work for any other technology company is absurd. You need big sales volumes to make it occur successfully, and every technology firm that has followed Wall Street's hints that it should implement just such a transition has done so precisely because it lacked that degree of marketshare.
We wouldn't have seen a resurgent Apple if it too had heeded calls to take the same approach, and we very nearly didn't see the Palm OS-less. Symbian, once just such a platform OS, is now owned by a hardware maker, Nokia.
Windows Mobile never became the Windows 95 or even the Windows 3 of the handset market. Palm's latest move shows it never will. ®


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Britten 100: visiting Britten's birthplace in Suffolk
Elizabeth Davis heads to Suffolk to discover the landscape that so influenced Benjamin Britten
Few composers seem to be as connected with place as Benjamin Britten.
The composer, whose centenary falls this month, was born in Lowestoft and spent most of his life, one way or another, in the flat, water-logged landscape of Suffolk. He and his partner Peter Pears were the driving force behind Aldeburgh's now-thriving music scene and the concert hall at Snape Maltings was built during his lifetime.
But there's more to it than that, a trip to Aldeburgh and Snape has become something of a pilgrimage – but why? And what, if anything, can it add to your understanding of Britten's haunting music?
My trip begins haltingly, with a train announcement that the Suffolk line from Ipswich is closed because of an emergency. Somehow, it feels appropriate that the journey to the most Eastern station in the UK isn't entirely straightforward.
Lowestoft itself, when I eventually arrive, is a mixed bag. Clearly once it was something like Eastbourne – around the time Britten himself was born here in 1913. Now it's rather more run down, but the sea front and fishing port are still charming.
There's no trouble spotting Britten's birthplace as, appropriately enough for his birthday weekend, the house is festooned in balloons (below). What was once Britten Senior's dentist's surgery is now a B&B overlooking the seafront but for this centenary weekend, staff from the Red House had moved in, complete with information boards and a mini-exhibition.
There was the rocking horse on which the young Britten and his siblings would play, rocking on it so violently that their father would come running from the surgery below, worried the roof was going to fall in. Upstairs you could see the room the composer shared with his brother (along with a board telling a recognisable story of sibling rivalry – whenever the young Benjamin wanted to irritate his brother, Robert, he would pick a moment when his brother was playing the piano and say to their mother 'I've had a thought', which meant he wanted to compose something. Poor Robert would be removed from the piano so Ben's 'thought' wouldn't be lost. His sister, Beth, said the the siblings all saw through the trick, but his mother never did.)
The landscape of the county is a world apart from most of the rest of England: the reedy marshes here are some of the last surviving areas of this habitat left in the country. So you can find animals here which have disappeared from the rest of the UK, from marsh harriers to satin wave moths.
The land is flat and waterlogged and the coast gives way meekly to the sea – not like the violence of the Atlantic coastline in Cornwall, for example, where the two elements fight for space.
Of course such a dramatic environment found it's way into Britten's music occasionally. Listen to the Four Sea interludes from his opera Peter Grimes and you can picture the pebbly Aldeburgh beach, listen to the panic in Noye's Fludde at the first sign of rain and you have an insight into what it's like to live in this water-logged county.
But that's no to say you can't enjoy Britten's music without visiting Suffolk – of course you can, but seeing the towns in which he grew up and chose to spend his life does throw a different light on his work, the way a shaft of sun might suddenly appear through the vast grey skies over the North Sea.
You can listen again to Radio 3's Benjamin Britten's centenary weekend on the Radio 3 website
Photo top right: Britten on Aldeburgh Beach 1959 photographed by Hans Wild. Other photographs by Elizabeth Davis
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GREENWOOD, S.C.—Barry University's baseball team dropped both games of a doubleheader versus Lander on Saturday, losing the night cap in heartbreak fashion.
Game One
The Bucs (3-5) dropped the first game of the doubleheader 10-5 at the hands of Lander, falling behind early in the game and were never able to catch up.
Senior lefthander Corey Witkowski struggled in his second start of the season. The Bearcats (7-4) tagged Witkowski with four runs in the first inning, and knocked him out of the game with another run in the third.
Josh James made his first career appearance in relief of Witkowski but was unable to slow the Bearcats bats down as he also gave up four runs in the fourth inning.
Both teams would trade zeros in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings. In the top of the eighth inning Tim Blackmon doubled to deep left-center field and Barry loaded the bases to no avail.
Barry made a late charge, tacking on three runs in the ninth but fell 10-5 in game one of the doubleheader. Witkowski (0-2) earned the loss going just two and a third, allowing five runs and striking out two.
Alex Decker worked two and a third scoreless innings and Matthew Garlock allowed just one run in two innings of work.
Offensively Barry was led by Tim Blackmon who went 2-for-5 with two RBI. Michael Slabach and Lyndon Coleman each had two hits in the game as well.
Chris Thomas earned the win going six innings allowing one unearned run. Barry left 13 runners on base, and struggled offensively for most of the game with the exception of the late rally in the ninth inning.
Jordan Owens finished 3-for-4 with four RBI to lead the Bearcats.
Game Two
Kevin Youst took the mound for the Bucs in an attempt to end the three game skid. Like in game one, the Bucs squandered early opportunities, leaving the bases loaded in the top of the third.
The Bearcats jumped out in front in the bottom of the frame with a two out RBI triple by Ian Harvey that put them up 2-0.
Sam Halpern answered for the Bucs with his first home run of the season in the top of the fourth inning to cut the deficit to 2-1.
However, Lander wasted no time in getting the run back when Kevin Starr homered to right in the bottom of the inning making it a 3-1 lead.
Barry cut the deficit to one after a James Young RBI single in the fifth, and tied the game at three on a clutch two-out single by the freshman Sheehan Planas in the seventh.
Juan Montana reached to leadoff the bottom of the ninth for the Bearcats on an error, and advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Colby Painter. Mullins was then called for a balk, advancing the runner with just one out.
Montana was caught in a rundown between home and third on a play at the plate, but was ruled safe by the field umpire giving Lander runners on the corners with just one out. An out that would prove costly for the Bucs as the next hitter, A.J. Nunziato, drove a ball over the head of Slabach in deep center for the walk-off victory.
Youst went six inning allowing three runs on four hits and striking out three. Mullins earned the loss in two and a third innings of work allowing just the one un-earned run in the ninth and striking out two.
Lyndon Coleman, Sheehan Planas and Adrian English each had two hits for the Bucs. Sam Halpern also had two hits including a triple and a homerun.
The Bucs will return to action this Tuesday when they host Florida Tech University in non-conference regional matchup at Feinbloom Field.
Live-stat and audio broadcast coverage will be available through the Barry University athletic website, GOBARRYBUCS.COM, with first pitch set for 6:00 p.m.


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New Threads TUESDAY!
Pattern: Chic Knits *Miss Dashwood*
Designer: Bonne Marie Burns
Yarn: Elann *Sonata*
Color: 5345 Tarragon
Gauge: 20 sts/28 rows over 4″
Needles: #6
At the beginning of the summer, after spending one too many evenings in *over-aired* restaurants and theaters, it dawned on me. I desperately needed a little something.
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who knew?Monday, May 10, 2010
How come no one informed me that I wouldn't want to do anything but hang out with Trouble? Who knew? Who knew that I would find absolutely everything about this dog wonderful. Who knew that I would find it charming and sweet when on her walks she sits down when you turn around to make it home, with that "who me?" look on her face telling you that she just wants to walk more and she absolutely won't budge until you walk her more. Who knew that my heart would ache a little when she takes 5 minutes every morning to make it down our hardwood stairs. Testing each step with her paw as if she is testing the temperature of water.
Last week I finally managed to sew together my 12 square's. Who knew that I wouldn't mind finding a comfortable Trouble when I returned with my camera. I think she is adjusting quite well.
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I remember having those kinds of thoughts right after we rescued Roscoe. I quickly found myself wondering how I ever lived without such an amazing animal in my life... :)ReplyDelete
I am so glad that Trouble has fit into your life so well. I do love the friendship that the girls give me. They all have a true sweetness that's hard to find anywhere else.ReplyDelete
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you are really making me want a dog....ReplyDelete
the quilt looks great!
Reminds me of my dog - whenever I block my knitting she decides that it would be lovely to lie down on it. It's soft (albeit damp) and I'm nearby.ReplyDelete
Just this morning I was thinking how much I love our dog and what joy she brings to us all every day. Nobody loves you like your dog.
Who knew? I knew...the person who never, ever wanted a dog...and who has spent the past 12+ years in lavish devotion to my little four-legged spiritual guide snd soulmate. So happy you have Trouble in your life (ok...that sounds weird, but you know what I mean).ReplyDelete
The quilt is beautiful - love the colors!
I knew you would love Trouble...dogs are the best! (And, as the owner of 3 rescue dogs, an adopted dog is even more special.) I am so glad she has found her place with your family!! And, it looks like she is an admirer of hand crafting. What a beautiful quilt.ReplyDelete
OH my gosh your dog is such a cutie and looks like he is adjusting well! This is funny but it appears our dogs may like our hobbys too. Here is a pic of Jack and a knitting project of mine. http://aviewfromabrowndog.blogspot.com/2010/05/today.htmlReplyDelete
it's so great how a pet can become part of the family so quickly....looks like Trouble is adjusting to his new digs just fine! Your quilt top looks fabulous!ReplyDelete
looks like trouble has found the perfect home and resting place...on your beautiful quilt!!ReplyDelete
didn't i tell you leslie?!?! :) i knew all along she would end up being your best friend, your buddy on walks, in the garden and kitchen, and sitting with you while you craft! i can tell she is a wonderful dog...they teach us so much!ReplyDelete
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I am a lost cause when it comes to those two felines, so I totally understand being enamored of Trouble.
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4 DIY Changing Table Solutions
In the past we've taken a look at different diy solutions for a changing table. Although some families don't need or want one, some spaces truly benefit from a dedicated changing table. And in some homes, a custom solution has worked out best. Here are a few examples:
1. Tool Cart Changing Table: Here, a tool cart was repurposed as a changing table and in a bright yellow no less. The locking wheels add versatility.
2. Kitchen Cart Changing Table: Similarly, this family used a wheeled kitchen cart. When it's outlived its usefulness, perhaps you can reuse it elsewhere in our outside your home (a plant holder in the backyard perhaps?)
3. Metro Shelving Changing Table: Metro shelving is easily found at any big box retailer and once a month or so it goes on sale. It's inexpensive and with a little retrofitting for comfort it's an easy and inexpensive option for a changing table.
4. Mid Century Dresser Changing Table: Mid century dressers are always popular and there's good reason why. Their profile isn't very deep and they're so darn attractive. The only question is, will you keep it and make it an entertainment center, sell it, or let it stay in the nursery when your diapering days are done?
Do you have a great repurposed item you use for diaper changes? Find a perfect piece of furniture on Craigslist? We'd love to see it, make sure you drop us a line!
(Images: 1. Nesting blog (now defunct) 2. via DaddyTypes) 3. CasaSugar 4. Living in the Family Room)


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The only thing that could hold Serena Williams back tonight from her first U.S. Open title since 2008 is her famous Flushing temper.
It's the world's No. 1 player against the world's best player tonight at Arthur Ashe Stadium as the Serena Summer continues.
After dominating the women's game all summer, Williams gets to cap it off tonight when she faces top seed Victoria Azarenka in the U.S. Open women's prime-time final. "The fourth seed'' guns for her fourth Open title after yesterday's flawless 6-1, 6-2 semifinal whitewash of Italy's upstart Sara Errani, the 10th seed.
Williams hasn't won the Open title in four years but not for lack of chances. She unleashed umpire tirades in the 2009 semifinals and last year's final against Samantha Stosur that helped cost her another Slam title. Williams exploded last year after being penalized for yelling "C'mon!'' late in a rally.
Williams said yesterday it's a goal to avoid a blowup.
"I did grunt once today and thought, 'God, I hope I don't lose the point,' '' she said. "I have another round to go. My goal this year was not to get in any fights but something happens then, oh, I try to count to 10. Hopefully I can make it. I know it sounds weird, but I have more experience this year.''
Williams said last year's loss wasn't devastating to her because it came just months after an artery blockage in her lung.
"It was the only Grand Slam loss I wasn't super disappointed,'' she said.
Williams, despite her seeding, will be a huge favorite against Azarenka, the likeable Belarus sparkplug who beat Maria Sharapova in a three-set thriller.
Williams captured Wimbledon in July and won the singles and doubles Olympic gold medal in August, beating Azarenka in both events, including a 6-1, 6-2 thumping in London. Williams said it's "my best summer ever'' and goes in with a 9-1 record in her career against Azarenka.
"[She's] definitely a tough opponent, the toughest opponent there is in the draw,'' Azarenka said. "Making it to the final makes it even more difficult.''
But Williams was quick to praise her opponent.
"I personally think I'm going up against the most consistent and best players of this year,'' she said. But Williams amended, "I said "this year," indicating she believes she is the superior player.
Azarenka will have to be better tonight against Williams, who took a 5-0 lead in the first set over Errani. Williams whacked nine aces and won 24 of 26 of her first serves and didn't have to go to the net once.
"I definitely need to try to find something to surprise her tomorrow,'' Azarenka said.
Sharapova crushed Azarenka in the first set, getting up two breaks and 5-1. But Azarenka regained her composure late in the first set and though she didn't win it, she rattled Sharapova, who committed a spate of double faults (10 for the match). Azarenka carried that momentum into the final two sets, her strokes deeper and more powerful, running Sharapova ragged.
It was a disappointing end for Sharapova, the 2006 U.S. Open champion, but she kept her good humor after the loss.
"I'm looking forward to checking out the ice cream truck that's around the corner from my hotel," she said. "It's been haunting me.''
After Sharapova punched a forehand long on match point, Azarenka dropped her racket and did a shuffle dance at the net. Serena did her controversial Crip Walk after winning the Olympics. May the best dance win.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 11th Jun 2013 17:07 UTC
We already talked about iOS 7 yesterday (after a night of sleep, it's only looking worse and worse - look at this, for Fiona's sake!), so now it's time to talk about the downright stunning and belly flutters-inducing new Mac Pro. As former owner and huge, huge, huge fan of the PowerMac G4 Cube - I haven't been this excited about an Apple product since, well, I would say the iMac G4. This is the Apple I used to love.
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HP's New Workstations Span a Range of Sizes, Prices, and Portability21 Apr, 2011 By: Cadalyst Staff
The energy-saving, penny-pinching Z210 desktop comes in two form-factor flavors, while the 8460w, 8560w, and 8760w offer power and mobility.
Earlier this month, HP announced the latest additions to its Z desktop and EliteBook mobile workstation families, giving shoppers a total of five new options to consider — including a desktop designed with CAD users in mind.
More Efficiency on the Desktop
The HP Z210 is the economy-minded desktop debutante, offering a performance improvement of more than 20% compared with its predecessor, but at a lower price. The Z210 is also more energy-efficient than its Z200 forerunner, with standard 90% efficient power supplies and available ENERGY STAR v5–qualified configurations. HP has its eye on power consumption in other models as well; Josh Peterson, worldwide manager of marketing for workstations, told the media that the company is moving toward making those high-efficiency power supplies its standard offering across the board.
The HP Z210 is available in two sizes: a convertible mini-tower (CMT; starting at $659) and the small form factor (SFF; starting at $569), which is 65% smaller than its fraternal twin. HP's number-one target with the Z210 CMT is the MCAD/AEC market, followed by digital media and entertainment, engineering and design education, public sector engineers and technicians, power office users, and OEMs. According to HP, this model is applicable to the growing model sizes and complexity, the transition from 2D to 3D, and the need for better visualization that CAD users are experiencing.
The Z210 SFF, on the other hand, is targeted primarily toward medical imaging applications in space-limited environments, with entry-level MCAD/AEC users further down the list. Both sizes offer the choice of Intel Xeon E3 and second-generation Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors. Selected processors also feature Intel vPro technology, a first for HP's workstations.
"This processor's greatest innovation is how it integrates the CPU and graphics engines on the same die," said Anthony C. Neal-Graves, general manager, Workstation Unit, Intel. "That means visual and 3D graphics capabilities that were once only available to entry workstation users with discrete graphics cards will now be accessible to anyone with an entry workstation powered by the Intel Xeon E3 family with Intel HD Graphics P3000."
The Z210 also features:
- Intel HD graphics (P3000/2000) and 2D and 3D professional graphics options from NVIDIA and AMD
- DDR3-1333 ECC memory, expandable up to 32 GB
- HP Performance Advisor software for maintaining drivers, operating systems, and applications
- Access to the HP Carbon Footprint Calculator, which helps users to learn how they can reduce their environmental impact and costs of computing
- HP Power Assistant, which provides real-time battery capacity and power consumption information.
Look for a Cadalyst Labs review of the Z210 coming soon.
Meet the Mobile Workstations
At the same time, HP unveiled three new members of its EliteBook family of mobile workstations: the 8460w ($1,299 and up), 8560w ($1,349 and up), and 8760w ($1,899 and up). Mobile workstations are "the fastest-growing segment of the workstation market," reported Efrain Rovira, HP's director of mobile workstations, Notebook Business Unit.
The spiffed-up trio sports a new radial brush pattern decorating the gunmetal-gray cases, shiny alloy hinges and latches, and orange accents — HP's first-ever industrial design specific to mobile workstations. They also have a "cleaner" appearance than their precursors, thanks to the relocation of various stickers and labels under the battery pack or service door. The smooth touchpad is made of chemically strengthened glass.
The three new EliteBook models all feature redesigned exteriors, including a radial brush-patterned lid.
8460w. This entry-level mobile workstation is the smallest of the three, with a 14.0-inch HD display. "It can open up even in a coach seat," joked Chris Convertito, HP's worldwide category manager of mobile workstations. It's also the lightest, weighing in at about 4.9 pounds, and the battery life is expected to be 6 to 7 hours. It features the newest AMD FirePro graphics card, offering 1 GB of video memory. It lacks the backlit keyboard included in the other two models.
8560w. The 15.6-inch model offers more configuration options, three graphics card choices, a backlit keyboard option, and an optional DreamColor display. Although the DreamColor display technology is not new, incorporating it into mobile workstations is a recent initiative for HP. According to the company, DreamColor allows for more than 1 billion active color combinations and uses a 30-bit notebook LCD panel for consistent color appearance from concept to production. The HP Mobile Display Assistant and optional HP Advanced Profiling Solution enable more precise control, adjustment, and alignment of the DreamColor display.
This workstation weighs in at 6.5 pounds, and the battery offers more than 5 hours of power. The 8560w supports AMD FirePro graphics for 1 GB of video memory or NVIDIA Quadro graphics for 2 GB of video memory.
8760w. Moving up to 17.3 inches increases the weight to 7.6 pounds, and battery life drops to near 4 hours, depending on the configuration. DreamColor technology is also available on this model. This machine can accommodate a second hard drive, or even a third if the optical drive is removed. Options include AMD FirePro or NVIDIA Quadro graphics, up to 4 GB of video memory, and RAID 5 support (available for the first time in an HP mobile workstation).
Addressing concerns about the embattled Cougar Point chipsets in Intel's Sandy Bridge processors, an HP representative stated, "That issue is behind us, and we're shipping the corrected chipset." The EliteBook 8760w, 8560w, and 8460w are expected to be available in the United States in May.
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