text:
How To Have a Yard Sale
Watch more How to Make Money Fast videos: http://www.howcast.com/guides/35-How-to-Make-Money-Fast Subscribe to Howcast's YouTube Channel - http://howc.st/uLaHRS Organize a successful garage sale using tips from those who have. Howcast uploads the highest quality how-to videos daily! Be sure to check out our playlists for guides that interest you: http://howc.st/ytmainplaylists Subscribe to Howcast's other YouTube Channels: Howcast Health Channel - http://howc.st/HOE3aY Howcast Video Games Channel - http://howc.st/tYKKrk Howcast Tech Channel - http://howc.st/rx9FwR Howcast Food Channel - http://howc.st/umBoJX Howcast Arts & Recreation Channel - http://howc.st/vmB86i Howcast Sports & Fitness Channel - http://howc.st/vKjUjm Howcast Personal Care & Style Channel - http://howc.st/vbbNt3 Howcast empowers people with engaging, useful how-to information wherever, whenever they need to know how. Emphasizing high-quality instructional videos, Howcast brings you experts who provide accurate information in easy-to-follow tutorials on everything from makeup, hairstyling, nail art design, and soccer to parkour, skateboarding, dancing, kissing, and much, much more. Step 1: Have a co-sale Get as many friends, neighbors, and relatives to participate as you can. The bigger the sale, the better everyone will do. Step 2: Advertise Advertise your yard sale a few days ahead of time by putting up clearly marked signs with the date of the sale on them in thick black lettering that can be read from a car. Place the signs every 50 feet or so, with arrows. If you're selling a lot of stuff, place a classified ad in the local paper, or post an online ad on Craigslist. Tip If you take out an ad, be specific about some of the stuff you're selling, like "toddler-size boys' clothes" or "exercise equipment." Step 3: Find ways to display goods Assemble as many card tables as you can; items sell better if they're neatly displayed, as opposed to strewn on the lawn. If you're selling clothes, hang them from a clothing rack. Step 4: Spruce up sale items Spruce up the items you're selling as best you can. Shiny knickknacks and clean, pressed clothes will sell better than stuff people are afraid to touch. Use pretty ribbon to bundle loose items. Step 5: Collect grocery bags and boxes Start accumulating grocery bags and boxes. People will buy more if you make it easier for them to carry off their purchases. Step 6: Prepare a "free" box Take everything you want to get rid of that you can't imagine anyone paying for and put it in a carton clearly marked "FREE." Stick it in a prominent place near the curb to attract passersby. Tip If you have a lot of toys, put them in a "take one free" box for children. Step 7: Be able to make change Keep at least $50 in coins and small bills in your cash box so you can make change. Step 8: Price items Figure out what you want for an item and then mark it up a bit; people like to haggle. A good rule of thumb is to charge a quarter of the original cost for items in good condition. Tip Do a little sleuthing. You don't want to sell a candy dish for 50 cents and then find out it was worth $500. Check your prices against online auctions sites, like eBay. Step 9: Provide an electrical cord If you're selling electric items, snake an extension cord from the house so people can test the goods. Step 10: Have a mirror Have a mirror so people can see how hats, scarves, jewelry, and such look on them. Step 11: Group like items Group like items—kitchen stuff on one table, tools on another. Step 12: Put out refreshments Put out refreshments. Providing coffee, lemonade, and cookies will most likely pay for itself by encouraging people to linger longer. Step 13: Be flexible Be flexible about prices, especially as the day winds down. Do you really want to lug all this stuff back inside your house? Did You Know? The world's longest yard sale takes place every summer along a 630-mile stretch from Ohio to Alabama.
Length: 03:09


text:
Definitions of lived
imp. & p. p. - of Live 2
a. - Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived. 2
The word "lived" uses 5 letters: D E I L V.
Direct anagrams of lived:
Words formed by adding one letter before or after lived (in bold), or to deilv in any order:
a - vailed vialed e - levied veiled r - drivel s - devils
Shorter words found within lived:
de deil del deli dev die diel dive ed el eld evil id idle led lei lev li lid lie lied live veil veld vide vie vied vile
List shorter words within lived, sorted by length
Words formed from any letters in lived, plus an optional blank or existing letter
List all words starting with lived, words containing lived or words ending with lived
All words formed from lived by changing one letter
Other words with the same letter pairs: li iv ve ed
Browse words starting with lived by next letter
Previous word in list: liveable
Next word in list: livelier
Some random words: each cnidarian daemon eicosanoid maisonette via my
This is not a dictionary, it's a word game wordfinder.
- Help and FAQ - Examples - Home
Privacy and Cookies Policy - Share - © Copyright 2004-2018 Morewords.com - 26.070mS

subset: commoncrawl


text:
The driverless car is here. It will roll out in fleets of automated taxi cabs and solve problems of traffic, fuel, car ownership in ways we haven't even talked about yet.
But first I want to point out one very important person. This person is critical to the future of the driverless car. They are a hero. I'm not sure if it is a man or a woman. He or she may even be alive today – but not for too much longer. I think a name is appropriate even though we haven't met. Let's call them Marty, how about Marty McFly. Marty is the first person to be killed by a driverless vehicle. This is a sad but inevitable occurrence. We don't yet know the circumstance, but the liability precedent that will be established will have huge repercussions.
There is some very thoughtful discussion on the Abnormal Use blog causing software developers to contemplate scenarios that are usually only brought up in moral philosophy thought exercises. Might there be a time when a robot driver might be forced to make a calculated decision between hitting a pedestrian or another vehicle? In the event of an accident, is the driver responsible or the software maker?
It brings another potential meaning to the blue screen of death.
The good news is that every single crash will be documented in excruciating detail. The black box of a car will show exactly what person and vehicle was moving at what speed, and down to the millisecond what the light was doing. The car will likely be obeying the speed limit by a well specified margin. Any instance of negligence will likely be painful obvious from the reams of data.
My suspicion is that the legal framework will look alot like that of other common carriers like taxis, buses, delivery vehicles etc. People do die in bus accidents unfortunately, but this hasn't stopped the existence of busses.


text:
Jessica Alba Long Skirt
Jessica Alba teamed her sweater with a floral maxi skirt by The Great.
Brand: The Great
Brand: The Great
Jessica Alba Boatneck Sweater
Jessica Alba went shopping wearing a cute pink boatneck sweater by Baja East.
Brand: Baja East
Brand: Baja East
Browse: Jessica Alba | Long Skirt | Boatneck Sweater
Show Long Skirt Looks For:


text:
Thursday, January 22, 2009
q-tip - we fight/we love on conan (2009)
very interesting rendition of one of the better tracks from the renaissance (which by the way, if you don't have, you should be cut.. let me know and me or one of my cousins will be at your place shortly). i'm not sure how i feel about the scooby doo-esque ending. either way, great performance. tip looks cut.
- panda
Posted by weworemasks at 12:46 AM
Labels: good TV, hip-hop, love u conan, q-tip, the renaissance, we fight/we love
1 comment:
thanks for this.
what do you think of the official video?
- January 22, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Wednesday, 14 April 2010
corner view anniversary post (2): contrasts
16 comments:
- Ritva said...
happy anniversary, kristina!
all the best to you!
- 14 April 2010 at 13:26
- likeschocolate said...
Happy Anniversary! Contrast were also one of my favorite post. Have a great week!
- 14 April 2010 at 14:38
- Victoria @ Hibiscus Bloem said...
I wasn't in the CV gang when Contrasts were the theme, but I do love your pics. Happy Birthday fellow Corner Viewer!
- 14 April 2010 at 14:52
those chairs are awesome. happy anniversary :)
xo Alison
- 14 April 2010 at 15:09
- soisses said...
ohhh... your post is fantastic - i think the same! happy anniversary!
- 14 April 2010 at 16:11
- Elisabelle said...
these are awesome!!!
- 14 April 2010 at 16:28
- Lorena said...
beautiful photos particularly the first. Are those Fritz Hansen chairs? I found a few at a thrift store with identification on. Check out the modernist dog houses at my local animal shelter you'll get a kick out of them.
- 14 April 2010 at 17:39
- L'Atelier said...
great photos
happy anniversary- to many more fab CVs
- 14 April 2010 at 18:29
- Joyce said...
Wonderful photos! Happy Anniversary! xo
- 14 April 2010 at 18:37
- jane said...
yes! i agree! and these are wonderful. how i love your eye! hugs ma dear:)
- 14 April 2010 at 22:39
- Mandy said...
I have always loved that first photograph, it has always stayed with me for some reason..... one of my favorites... and now one year on... so great !!!!
- 15 April 2010 at 01:52
- Theresa said...
Nice to know you via CV. Did you notice that someone seems to have dropped their business card in the post below? Speaking of music, come see about my giveaway :)
- 15 April 2010 at 04:01
- la ninja said...
the first one is, indeed, a contrasting dream.
how do you manage to do it so inconspicuously? I always get told off at museums (and I'm just using my silly phone ;)
hooray to cv.
- 15 April 2010 at 19:16
- Le blÖg d'Ötli said...
Contrast was one my favourite CV ! It's perfect to celebrate the anniversary, because all our post show contrasts around the world !
- 16 April 2010 at 16:18
- l i s e said...
i agree with you about contrast
happy corner birthday to you dear Kristina and happy WE
- 16 April 2010 at 22:36
- janis said...
Contrasts, yes...there is much energy behind contrasts. I like the energy, but then on the other hand I seek harmony. I am a walking example of contrasts and contradictions I guess...:^)
You have such a photographic eye. Very gifted I see!
- 16 April 2010 at 23:54


text:
3Bedrooms : AED 1,174,888
Payment Plan:
50% in 2 Years and the rest Balance 10 years+
Whether you're a fist-time buyer looking for a secure investment, about to start a family or simply want to enjoy a new and lively part of town, Warda at Town Square Park is the perfect location. This warm community is a place of opportunity and endless possibilities.
Live in a home where a variety of wellness, entertainment and leisure options are just a step away. Located at the heart of the development, Warda at Town Square Park has a convenient shopping podium in the building, a gorgeous swimming pool in the courtyard and all the amenities one would expect from a world-class residential address.


text:
I gang
Yellow Pages script
Budget $30-100 USD
I need a simple Yellow Pages script. I want to be able to post entries such as business name, contact name, address, phone, email, web address, and description. I only have USD $35 payable through Paypal so this is for someone who already has a similar script. I would like to see a demo too.


text:
<!–[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]–><!–[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]–>
A devoted activist and writer, Gloria Steinem is undeniably one of the most important voices of the modern feminist movement. Perhaps best known as the co-founder, editor and owner of Ms. magazine, Steinem's name is synonymous with the advancement of women's social equality in America and throughout the world.
As Ms. magazine became a symbol of the women's rights movement, Steinem established the Ms. Foundation for Women, devoted to helping the lives of women and girls in three main categories: economic security, leadership, and health and safety. She convened the historic 1971 Women's Political Caucus, founded the Coalition of Labor Union Women, and is president of Voters for Choice.
Theresa Ahlstrom is a graduate of St. John's University with a Bachelor of Science degree (summa cum laude) in accounting. Upon graduation, Theresa joined the office of then Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. In 1993 she was admitted to the partnership of KPMG Peat Marwick, where she became the first woman partner in a "Big Six" firm on Long Island. Prior to her admission to the partnership, Theresa was selected to participate in a two year national rotational assignment in KPMG's Dept. of Professional Practice where she was assigned to the, Firms Office of General Counsel and various technical advisory groups. Theresa is an SEC audit partner, serving principally manufacturing and distribution clients. She is also the office's Professional Practice Partner and previously served as the Partner in Charge of Recruiting. She was also selected as KPMG's national representative on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' Employee Benefit Plans Committee.
Inducted into the YWCA Academy of Women Achievers in 1998, Theresa is active in many community activities and professional associations, including: the Board of Trustees and chair, Finance and Audit Committee, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Rockville Centre; Board of Directors, Long Island Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis Society; Finance Committee, St. Elizabeth's Church, Melville; Board of Directors and Vice President, Women Economic Developers of Long Island; Board of Trustees and chair, Finance and Audit Committee, Adults and Children with Learning and Developmental Disabilities; Advisory Board, St. John's University; School of Accountancy; and Corporate Advisory Board, Girl Scouts of Nassau County. Theresa and her husband reside in Melville.
Cablevision Systems Corp.
As executive vice president of planning and operations, Margaret Albergo is responsible for the development and coordination of Cablevision's internal planning process and the achievement of key company objectives, as well as special initiatives at the direction of the chief executive officer.
Albergo assumed her current post in May 1999. Previously, she was senior vice president of planning and performance, a position she had held since September 1996. Prior to this, she was senior vice president of operations for Rainbow Programming Holdings (now Rainbow Media Holdings), Cablevision's wholly owned programming subsidiary.
One of the company's longest-term employees, Albergo joined Cablevision in 1976 as assistant to the director of programming and has held a number of management posts over the past two decades. As director of programming in the late `70s and early `80s, she helped to develop some of the company's earliest original sports and entertainment programming, which formed the foundation for the Rainbow Programming Holdings subsidiary.
Albergo moved to Rainbow from Cablevision in 1991 as director of operations and administration at News 12 Long Island. She served as vice president, corporate development before becoming senior vice president of operations, responsible for seven departments, including human resources, information systems and creative services.
A native of Long Island, Ms. Albergo attended Suffolk Community College and resides in Setauket, N.Y.
Forchelli, Curto, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino & Cohn, LLP
Barbara Shaheen Alesi earned her J.D. at St. John's University School of Law after attending college at the State University of New York at Geneseo, graduating magna cum laude.
Upon graduation she worked at major law firms before joining with Anthony V. Curto and Anthony B. Barton to form the Huntington based firm, Curto Barton & Alesi, P.C. with legal practice areas including corporate, commercial, real estate and financing.
In 1999, CB&A incorporated their practice areas into the prominent land use and zoning practice firm, Forchelli, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino & Cohn to create Forchelli, Curto, Schwartz, Mineo, Carlino & Cohn, LLP (Mineola). Alesi is currently the only female partner at the firm.
Dedicated to the advancement of women, education and the arts, Alesi is a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and is on the Advisory Board of the North Shore Animal League of America (Port Washington). In 2000 she served as a chairperson for that organization's first annual Lewyt Humane Awards Luncheon to benefit the Alex Lewyt Veterinary Medical Center. Alesi has served on the Board of Directors of the Hempstead Harbor Artists Association and the Community Advisory Board of the Junior League of Long Island.
Ms. Alesi and her husband reside in Glen Cove, New York.
MAF Mechanical Service Corp.
A successful female entrepreneur in a nontraditional field, Millie Amsterdam is the President of MAF Mechanical Corp. which is an air conditioning, heating and ventilating company specializing in providing comfort control for commercial and residential customers. Originally established as a home based business in 1968, Ms. Amsterdam's firm has grown to a medium sized business located in Oceanside, NY, which employs 19 people.
Amsterdam was graduated from Brooklyn College with a traditional degree. Realizing the value of continuing education to update and improve her quality of service and training skills, Amsterdam went on to graduate from the Air Conditioning Contractors "Quality College." Her enthusiasm and drive to enhance her employees' knowledge and training has led her to develop and offer multi faceted programs ranging from improving customer relations and giving first aid to updating technical skills.
A confirmed "networker," Amsterdam believes you can help bring about change by offering your time and effort to Long Island community organizations. Amsterdam currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America, and Women Economic Developers of Long Island and is a former Board member of the Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women and, Advancement for Commerce & Industry. She is currently a member of the Long Island Association, National Association of Women Business Owners, National Association of Women in Construction, Long Island Builders Institute and National Association of Remodeling Industry. She has been appointed by Nassau County Executive Thomas Gulotta to serve on the Nassau County Panel for the Home Improvement Industry. In 1988, Amsterdam received the Small Business Advocate Women in Business Award.
Deloitte & Touche LLP
With Deloitte & Touche for almost 18 years, Ellen Auster has been a partner there for the past six years, providing tax consulting services to consumer business and service company clients. She was recently asked to assume the role of Practice Leader for Deloitte's only Island Tax Partner and one of the largest tax clients in the firm.
Auster also in the Partner-in-Charge of the Women's Initiative for the Tri-State Region of Deloitte & Touche. In that capacity she counsels local and national management on strategies to attract and retain high-talent women.
In 1999, under her leadership of the Women's Initiative, Deloitte & Touche won the first corporate award from the Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women. Also in 1999, Auster was inducted into the YWCA Academy of Women Achievers. She has been recognized as a leader in the firm in the area of Women's Issues, a topic on which she frequently speaks.
Auster is a member of the Financial Women's Association of New York. She and her family moved to Great Neck in the spring of 1999, where she has begun to get involved in community activities. She is now researching and evaluating opportunities in not-for-profit organizations on Long Island.
J.P. Morgan Chase
Sallyanne K. Ballweg joined the Metropolitan Division of Manufacturers Hanover Trust in 1978 as a management trainee. Until 1986, she managed various corporate lending portfolios in the Metropolitan and North American Divisions of the Bank. She was promoted to Assistant Vice President in 1981 and to Vice President in 1983. In 1986, she assumed responsibility as a Group Executive within the North American Division, handling a portfolio of large corporate and multinational accounts. In 1990, Sally joined the Bank's Media Group as a Credit Executive. With the merger of Manufacturers Hanover Trust and Chemical Bank in 1991, Sally joined the Bank's Middle Market Banking Group as a Team Leader. Through the bank's mergers, she continues to head the Nassau Middle Market Group, handling corporate relationships.
Sally is a graduate of Hofstra University, where she earned an M.B.A. in Banking and Finance. She is Co President of the Frank G. Zarb School of Business Alumni Association at Hofstra University, and a member of the Business Advisory Board for the Merrill Lynch Center for the Study of International Financial Services and Markets. She has also taught as an Adjunct Professor in the Finance Department at Hofstra. In recognition of her alumni activities, she received the Hofstra University Award for Alumni Achievement in 1999. In addition, Sally is a past board member of the National Association of Mothers' Centers and now serves on its Corporate Resource Development Committee. In 1999, Sally received an award for her working accomplishments at the National Association of Mothers' Centers Working Parents Conference. She is an active member of the Executive Women Golf Association's Long Island Chapter recently joined the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Long Island. Sally resides in Garden City, New York with her husband Brian and their thirteen year old son Mark.
Marks Paneth & Shron LLP
Shelly Barnett is a prominent business leader on Long Island and in the metropolitan area. In 1979, she joined Marks Paneth & Shron LLP and rose through the ranks to become the company's first female manager and subsequently, its first female partner in 1991.
As one of the 20 largest accounting firms in the metropolitan area, Marks Paneth & Shron's growth on Long Island, especially within the middle-market representing the fuel oil, alarm and manufacturing industries, has been attributed to Shelly's financial knowledge and business savvy.
Shelly earned a master's degree in accounting from C.W. Post. As a CPA, she is licensed to practice in New York, Florida and Connecticut. Active in professional and charitable organizations, Shelly's memberships include: Oil Heat Institute of Long Island; New York Oil Heat Association American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; New York State Society of Certified Public Accounts, Long Island Association and the National Association of Women Business Owners.
She has chaired the Cooperation with Bankers and other Credit Grantors Committee of NYSSCPAs Nassau Chapter, and has served as a board member, Executive Vice President and Treasurer of NAWBO's Long Island Chapter. Currently, she is on the Advisory Board of Touro Law School. She is also Founder and Chairperson of "The Committee of 100," a group within NAWBO comprised of business women who have an ownership interest in and operate companies with gross sales in excess of $1 million.
In 1995, Shelly was named a March of Dimes Woman of Distinction.
Apollo Theatre Foundation Inc.
Past president and board member of the New York Women In Film and Television Organization, Grace Blake continues to serve in an advisory capacity at the organization and as a mentor to young people seeking careers in the industry. She was recently awarded a Leaders In Action Award for Business from the New Women In Leadership Symposium. She was also an honoree of the New York Women In Film and Television Music Awards along with Lauren Bacall, Jane Pauley, Sally Field and Penny Marshall.
Active in a number of other important organizations, Blake is a board member of the mayor's Advisory council to the office of film, theatre and broadcasting, the Board of Cinema Arts Center, the Caribbean American Center of New York and the 125th St. Business Improvement District of Harlem.
Blake has produced live performances, such as A Harlem Tribute to Lionel Hampton and A Memorial for Ron Brown. She hosted Tony Bennett when he gave his first solo concert performance on the Apollo stage. She continues Ralph Coopers' legendary timeless Amateur Night at the Apollo, the only place to be every Wednesday night of the year. Her primary focus at the Apollo is to ensure the preservation and revitalization of the landmark theatre. Blake recently launched a $30 million restoration and revitalization campaign that has raised over $1 million to date. Under her leadership, the organization is well positioned to meet its goals of promoting the musical heritage of African-Americans.
Blake enjoys being an ambassador of the arts, walking, singing, mentoring and traveling.
Lloyd Staffing
As a business executive and altruist, Jeanine is committed to quality in the workplace, education and community outreach. Under her leadership as Lloyd Staffing's Vice President of National Franchise Operations, she directs the organization's national expansion plans. Prior to joining Lloyd Staffing in 2000, Bondi served in a five year tenure as president of Tempo Services, which she brought from a dormant name in the industry to a multi million dollar enterprise to its acquisition by an international staffing conglomerate.
She serves as President of the Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women, a business networking organization with more than 500 members. Bondi is the Founder of From Our Hearts, a charitable organization. An accomplished leader in the staffing industry, Bondi has been an active member of many not-for profit and professional organizations including the Girl Scouts of America/ Corporate Advisory Board, the Corporate Leadership Council of the Long Island Mentoring Partnership and has served on the board of New Ground.
Most recently, Bondi was named a recipient of the prestigious Governor's Award, which is being given to only six recipients through the New York State Division for Women in honor of women's history month. In 2000, she was honored as one of Long Island's Top 50 Women Leaders and was named one of the "top 40 up and comers under the age of forty" by Long Island Business News. She was named one of Long Island's Most Influential Women by Distinction magazine, received the Achiever's Award in Business from the Long Island Center for Business an4 Professional Women and was honored with the Leadership Award in Business from the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Fireworks by Grucci
Donna Grucci Butler is President of Fireworks by Grucci, which has been in her family for over a century.
Throughout her professional career, Butler has produced firework productions six consecutive Presidential Inaugurations. In 1983, she helped display the fire spectacular for the Brooklyn Bridge and 1986 centennial celebration of the Statue of Liberty.
She has been the spokesperson for Lever Brothers. "Wisk Bright Nights" and Philip Morris', "Merit Harbor Lights" firework tours. These tours generated family firework events in over 100 cities all across America.
Internationally, Butler produced fireworks for the wedding of Sheik Hazza Din Zayed's son, the Prince of Abu Dhabi. In 1979, Butler's family represented the United States, in the International Fireworks Competition in Monte Carlo where they won the Gold Medal and became the first American company ever to do so.
For her community, Donna taught Catholic religious education to first graders. She participates in Chamber of Commerce events and, Community Head Start Programs. Butler volunteers her time to raise funds for the American Heart Association. In 1992, she established two scholarships for Bellport High School students in Art and Science. In 1995, The National Ethnic Coalition of organizations honored Butler with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for outstanding achievements in the arts and entertainment field.
In her extra time, she enjoys gardening, reading and growing with her family; and finds joy in performing artistry with fireworks for millions of people around the world.
Advancement for Commerce, Industry & Technology
As executive director of one of the largest Business Networking organizations Buzzell serves as editor of the group's Business Advance newspaper, focusing its editorial content on local business news, trends, and Long Island's business and technology needs and concerns. Her other responsibilities include publication of a business directory, organizing a wide array of business events, including networking sessions, expositions, executive breakfasts and luncheons, awards programs and golf outings among others.
Buzzell embodies the ideals of involvement, progressive action and concern that set an example for all who know her. Buzzell, through her dealings with the leadership community of Long Island, has made a significant contribution to the prosperity of the region. Buzzell has helped develop one of the most successful organizations of its kind anywhere. She is widely known and respected at all levels of government on Long Island. Over the years she has made extensive efforts via innovative ACIT forums to bring government, business and education together to dialogue, share their respective concerns and as a result work more effectively together for the mutual benefits of all Long Islanders.
Margaret resides with her husband Jerry. They have two sons, Joseph F. Buzzell, partner in the Law firm Forchelli, Curto Schwartz, Mineo Carlino & Cohen, LLP. Son Gregory E. Buzzell is a Chiropractic Orthopedist.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
The first woman partner at PwC's Long Island office, Canova is now the Managing Partner for Tax and Legal Services on Long Island, and serves on the New York metro regional leadership tem. A partner in the Middle Market Advisory Services practice, she serves both public and privately held businesses, from start ups to multi billion global organizations, assisting with U.S. and international business tax planning, income and succession tax planning transaction structuring and tax compliance.
Dedicated to mentoring others and helping them build successful careers, Canova is recognized as a leader in work/life initiatives at PwC and as a role model by women professionals. In recognition of her efforts, she was recently honored by the National Association of Mothers' Centers at its 5th Annual Work and Family Life Conference. She was honored last year as one of Long Island's top 40 achievers under the age of 40 by Long Island Business News. Her professional memberships include the AICPA and NYSSCPA.
Canova currently serves as secretary of the Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting and on the TV judges panel for the Annual FOLIO Awards program. She is a member of the board and treasurer of the National Association of Mothers' Centers. A founding member of the Corporate Development Committee, her efforts contributed to the establishment of NAMC's Work and Family Life Conference. Canova also serves on the Putt-ing Families First Golf Tournament committee, the finance committee of the Long Island Housing Partnership and the Half Hollow Hills School and Business Partnership Advisory Council.
She credits her success to the support and encouragement of colleagues and family. Carolyn and her husband, John, live in East Meadow with their two children, Billy and Beth.
Universal Office Supplies
Cayne launched Universal in 1991, putting to new use the contract and negotiating skills she'd acquired in positions at several Fortune 500 companies, a major paper brokerage firm and as administrative assistant to the cargo manager at Sabena Belgian World Airlines.
Cayne's business success had led to a long list of professional honors, including the Pathfinder Business Award from the Town of Hempstead, the Small Business Administration's Minority Small Business Advocate award and the Small Disadvantaged Business Development Award from Brookhaven National Laboratory. She has also lectured on business issues at Medger Evers College.
An outspoken advocate for minority and women business issues, Cayne is president of the Long Island Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners, vice chair of the Long Island Small Business Assistance Corp. and secretary of the board of the Research and Education Foundation of the Suffolk County Women's Business Enterprise Coalition. She is a member of the Suffolk Coalition of Minority Business Enterprises, CACCI, Black Women Enterprises, the Coalition of 100 black Women of New York, the National Association of Female Executives, the National Association of the Self Employed, the Urban League of Long Island and the Long Island Association.
Cayne is also a member of the board of the Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation and chair the Community Awareness Program Information committee to reach out to traditionally underserved communities.
She has been a resident of Roosevelt for more than 20 years.
Olga G. Marcus Cosmetics, Inc.
Olga Cohen's love affair with fashion and cosmetics started at the ripe old age of six. Lucky enough to have a grandmother to sew her clothes, Olga with her mother's help selected her fabrics and patterns every fashion season. This fashion flair continued into later years with Olga's first business venture – a fashion design company creating one-of-a-kind custom clothing.
Subsequently in later years, Olga found herself divorced with three children and her job gone when her company was destroyed by fire. Determined to be in charge of her own destiny, Olga decided to gather her limited savings and open a cosmetic manufacturing company with seven women from her previous job.
Her concept was unique. Instead of waiting for customers to bring their ideas, Olga called upon her fashion and cosmetic expertise and aggressively approached prospective customers with her ideas. It worked. The company achieved instant success.
In the early 1990s when company growth dictated additional help, Olga who had remarried, convinced her new husband to join the company. The end result 10 years later, the company achieved solid sales growth occupying 70,000-square-feet with 250 employees.
Now responsible for Citibank's community lending, grants and technical assistance programs across Long Island DiBenedetto has previously served in every aspect of retail banking since joining the financial industry 40 years ago.
DiBenedetto also serves as chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Long Island Home Purchase Process Initiative, a program designed to eliminate barriers to home ownership. The program, which has recently been retooled as a not-for-profit organization called the Community Home Purchase Process Initiative, is rolling out a statewide curriculum for prospective homeowners.
She also serves as chair of the Long Island Arts Council, as treasurer of the Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting, treasurer of the Long Island Business Assistance Corp. and vice president of WEDLI, the Women's Economic Developers of Long Island. She is also a founding member of the Business Advisory Boards of the Girl Scouts of Nassau County and Black Women Enterprise.
DiBenedetto also serves on the Fund Raising Committee for the Long Island Women's Agenda. She lives in Garden City with her daughter, Katie.
CMP Media Inc.
Annie Feldman is senior vice president for the Business Technology
Group at CMP Media Inc., a $760 million subsidiary of United Business
Media Inc. Feldman oversees business development and group operations for many of CMP's most successful media brands, including Information Week, Interneffeek, Network Computing,
and PC EXPO.
Prior to her current role, Ms. Feldman directed a $50 million publishing, trade show and electronic publishing division at Miller Freeman. Under her leadership, MFI's Business Technology Group saw revenues grow an average 98 percent per year since 1994.
Feldman began her career at Investment Dealers' Digest as an editorial assistant with Wall Street Computer Review. In 1993, following IDD's acquisition by Miller Freeman, Feldman was promoted to publisher of Wall Street & Technology and helped make the publication one of the most respected and profitable products in the company. In 1998, Feldman became vice president in charge of the Business Technology Group and the recently acquired IT/Blenheim Group. Feldman is a member of the International Association of Exhibition Managers and the Society of Independent Show Organizers.
Prior to her career in Media, Feldman spent two years as a combat paramedic in the Israeli Defense Forces, where she became the first female paramedic instructor to lead a medic squad in combat. She was awarded special commendation for her service during Israel's 1982 war in Lebanon. Recently, Feldman has served as an advocate with Mount Sinai's Sexual Assault and Violence Intervention program and she participates in SAVI's speaker bureau. Feldman holds a B.F.A. from Fairleigh Dickinson University and an MBA from New York University.
Farrell Fritz, P.C.
Fredrich joined Farrell Fritz in 1982 and was named the first woman partner in 1988. A former law clerk to the Hon. George C. Pratt of the U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit and the U.S. District Court Eastern District, Fredrich now concentrates on commercial litigation, representing clients in federal and state courts in business disputes, real estate and zoning cases, among other issues. Recent cases include representing Nassau County in the reassessment case and Home Depot in various zoning matters in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
Fredrich is President of the Coalition for Fair Broadcasting. She also serves on the executive committee of the Long Island Fund for Women and Girls and on the advisory board of the Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She has lectured at Nassau County Academy of Law and New York State Bar Association programs, and was an adjunct professor of law at Touro College School of Law.
Fredrich was elected to the board of the Nassau County Bar Association in 1999. A member and past president of the Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court, she is also a member of the Nassau County District Court Screening Committee, a fellow of the American Bar Foundation and past chair of the Federal Courts Committee at the Nassau Bar, among other positions.
A 1980 graduate of the Hofstra University School of Law, she was managing editor of the school's law review and won the Most Distinguished Academic Record Award. Fredrich was named one of Long Island's Top 50 Women by Long Island Business News in March 2000, and she was awarded the George M. Estabrook Award by the Hofstra Alumni Association in November, 2000. She will be honored by the Hofstra Law School Association at its Annual Awards dinner later this year.
Rivkin, Radler & Kremer LLP
A partner in one of New York's top law firms, Garay has served on the steering committees planning the course of several major pieces of litigation, won multi-million dollar decisions in two of the largest contract cases ever to go to trial in New York City and Seattle and is in regular demand as a lecturer on federal practice and corporate and business issues. Her articles have appeared in everything from the New York Law Journal to the National Law Journal, Employment Litigation Reporter and Marketing Management.
A Graduate of the St. John's University Law School, Garay served as associate managing editor of the school's law review and was awarded the St. Thomas More Award for excellence, as well as a St. Thomas More scholarship. Other professional honors include the Achiever's Award in Law from the Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women and the American Bar Association's Leadership Award. She received the Nassau County Girl Scouts' Juliet Lowe Award of Distinction in October 2000.
As an advocate for women, she serves as president of the Long Island Women's Agenda and has lectured on Breaking the Glass Ceiling for Women in Insurance Professionals and at the Long Island Center on Women Who Have Navigated to the Top.
Garay also serves on the boards of the Business-School Partnership Advisory Council for Half Hollow Hills, the corporate advisory council for the Girl Scouts of Nassau County and the executive advisory board of the College of Management at C.W. Post College/Long Island University. She has also served as president of Women Economic Developers of Long Island and as vice president of the Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women and as the co-director of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation.
"You always find time for things that are important in your life and career," the mother of twin daughters says. "You can have it all."
Edge Electronics, Inc.
As CEO of Edge Electronics, Giannone heads the seventh fastest-growing private company on Long Island. From the start, Giannone had a clear vision of the way the electronic component distributor would operate: Edge Electronics would offer unparalleled service to give customers an edge in the competitive electronics field. That has translated into everything from carrying a broad product line, to world class quality control standards, customized warehousing and distribution, and a network of offices across the country.
Now one of Long Island's top 50 privately-owned companies in terms of revenue, sales for Edge Electronics grew a spectacular 79 percent between 1998 1999. Growth, in fact, has been so rapid, the firm is readying a move to larger headquarters. With a track record like that, it is no wonder that Edge, with Giannone at the helm, has emerged as a leader in its field.
Recognized by the President's Educational Organization's Women's Business National Council, Edge Electronics has garnered numerous awards and distinctions including Lite On Optoelectronics Distributor of the Year Award and U.S. Small Business Administration's Administrators Award for Excellence.
Despite a busy schedule, Giannone finds time to share some of her business and fiscal acumen with the region's charitable organizations. She supports efforts in cancer research and the programs of the Make A Wish Foundation. She's also a regular at United Cerebral Palsy golf outings and other UCP events.
Long Island Development Corp.
Roslyn D. Goldmacher, Esq. is President, CEO, General Counsel and co founder of the Long Island Development Corp., an economic development organization which makes loans to small businesses and provides technical assistance. She is also President, CEO and founder of the Long Island Small Business Assistance Corp., which makes microloans to women-owned businesses tied to intensive technical assistance.
Since her founding of LIDC, she has grown it to operate 16 lending and assistance programs for small companies. As a result, LIDC has made over $425 million in loans and helped companies to obtain and perform on over $370 million in government contracts. Roz's efforts also resulted in LISBAC being designated by the US Treasury as the first and only Community Development Financial Institution loan fund in the nation targeted exclusively to women-owned businesses.
This is the second year that Roz has been selected as a Top 50 Women. She has received the first ever SBA Award For New Markets Initiatives; been designated again as one of three members of a national committee overseeing $2 billion in debenture sales/year, and soon will be honored by the LIA and SBA as Financial Services Advocate of the Year. Her list of accomplishments for local organizations is legend, ranging from founding WEDLI to creating affinity programs for NAWBO to helping the Art League of LI build a permanent home. She confounded the first national venture capital fund for economic development.
Now, Roz has turned her attention to helping promote energy efficiency, serving on the board of Rebuild Long Island and bringing principals of economic and environmental sustainability to Long Island through her work on the board of Sustainable Long Island, part of Sustainable America.
Epoch 5 Marketing
Katherine has a national reputation in the field of marketing communications and public relations. She is the founder and president of Epoch 5 Marketing, Inc., one of the metropolitan area's leading mid sized public relations firms. Katherine has published articles in national magazines and major daily newspapers, appeared on national television and radio, and have presented seminars on marketing and public relations throughout the United States.
Under her direction, Epoch 5 has been awarded the 1999 Silver Anvil Award, the PR industry's I post coveted award, and the national Mercury Award, for recognition of excellence in the PR community. Brochures and designs by Epoch 5 have also been singled out for high honors over the years.
Currently, Katherine is a member of: Stony Brook Foundation Board, Board of Directors, Long Island's United Way; Executive Board, Nassau County Boy Scouts of America; Board of Directors, United Way of New York State; Long Island Advisory Committee, Regional Plan Association; and the Congressional Citizens Review Board. This is the second Top 50 Women award for Katherine.
Prudential Long Island Realty
Dottie and her partner, Carl S. Burr III, acquired Prudential Long Island Realty from Merrill Lynch Realty in 1989. As president, she has helped build the firm into the largest private-owned real estate company in New York, with 2000 revenues of $1.4 billion on more than 6,000 sales.
Dottie, who knows most of the firm's 1,000 sales associates by name, attributes the firm's success to hands on management, a style that rarely finds her in her corporate office but rather out in the market visiting the firm's 36 offices, which span the Island from Queens to the East End. The company has been named to the prestigious Gibraltar Circle for six consecutive years as one of the Prudential network's top performers. The company has also been named one of the top 60 real estate firms in the country by Real Trends and is a member of the Billionaire's Club, which consists of industry leaders with closed sales of $1 billion annually. Prudential Long Island Realty is the only Long Island firm ranked among the top 100 companies in the United States by Realtor Magazine.
A Promise of Youth honoree by the Girl Scouts of America, Dottie has been an active fundraiser for the Sunshine Kids, as well as the Rehabilitation Institute of Long Island. She also serves on the board of directors of Stony Brook Hospital's Center for Cancer Treatment. Dottie is the 2001 honoree at the Taste of the Hamptons, an event which benefits the Suffolk County Family Services League's east end programs.
Dottie is currently married to Jay Herman, an attorney, and has one daughter Christine both of whom she loves very much.
St. Joseph's College
S. Elizabeth A. Hill, CSJ, has been President of St Joseph's College since 1997. She possesses a deep appreciation for the value of a liberal arts education and for the enrichment of the human spirit such an education affords.
A magna cum laude alumna of St. Joseph's, S. Elizabeth is a native of Brooklyn. She
and studied theology and scripture in Rome under the auspices of Gregorian University. While a Thomas More Scholarship student at St. John's University School of Law, she was president of the Criminal Law Institute. After receiving her J.D., S. Elizabeth was a staff attorney in the Catholic Migration Office in Brooklyn. From 1980 1997, she served as Executive Assistant to St. Joseph's previous president. During this time, S. Elizabeth also taught Constitutional Law, served as Secretary to the College's Board and tackled a variety of special projects.
S. Elizabeth is on the Board of Directors of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, the
Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, Brookhaven Memorial Hospital,
Long Island Regional Advisory Council on Higher Education, and the Long Island Association.
Her honors include membership in Sigma Iota Chi, Kappa Gamma Pi and Delta Epsilon Sigma. Elizabeth is a member of the American Bar Association and the National Association of College and University Attorneys.
Weight Watchers International, Inc.
Linda Huett is President and CEO of Weight Watchers International based in Woodbury, Long Island. She oversees a business with over one million members who attend over 35,000 weekly meetings in 30 countries.
Originally Linda joined the company in the United Kingdom in 1983 as a member after having three daughters in eighteen months and gaining 70 pounds in the process. She managed to shed 30 pounds on her own at home, but like so many dieters she found that she needed greater inspiration and support to lose any more, so on her twins' first birthday she joined Weight Watchers. Less than a year after joining Linda had reached her goal weight and became a Leader to help others. Rapid promotion followed and in 1986 Linda became the UK's National Training Manager. She was promoted to UK Operations Manager in 1990, General Manager of Weight Watchers (UK) Ltd. in 1992, and in 1993 Linda became Vice President of UK Operations.
In her capacity as UK Vice President, Linda was responsible for the development of the POINTS@ Weight Loss Program which has now been successfully introduced globally. She became President of Weight Watchers International in 1999 and was given the additional position of CEO in 2000. Prior to joining Weight Watchers, Linda was a retail buyer and manager for Heal & Son Ltd. in London.
Linda graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota and received her Masters Degree in Theater from Yale University. She commutes between her home in London where she resides with her husband and three teenage daughters, and Farmingdale.
Long Island Association
The chief economist for Long Island's largest business organization, Kamer tracks local, regional and national economic trends and is a frequent speaker and lecturer on economic issues affecting Long Island. She also serves as director of the International Trade Research Institute in the College of Management at the C.W. Post College campus of Long Island University.
Kamer received her PhD and MBA degrees from New York University and her undergraduate degree from Queens College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She is also a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon, the economics honor society, and is a past president of the Metro Economics Association and the New York Regional Economists Society.
Kamer serves on the boards of the Health and Welfare Council, the Suffolk Community Council, the Route 110 Redevelopment Corp. and the Broadhollow Bioscience Park, located on the campus of SUNY Farmingdale. She has taught at SUNY Stony Brook, Hofstra University, New York University and Queens College.
She is the author of two books: Crisis in Urban Public Finance and The U.S. Economy in Crisis, Adjusting to the New Realities.
Long Island Coalition for Fair Broadcasting, Inc.
Founded in 1979, the Coalition for Fair Broadcasting, with Kenigsberg at the helm had redefined television news service to Long Island. As a result of her efforts, every major commercial New York City-based TV station has assigned at least one correspondent to the region, opened a news bureau on the Island and assigned personnel to oversee Long Island service.
When one station refused to open a bureau, Kenigsberg led the coalition's filing against the renewal of the station's license at the Federal Communications Commission. In addition to the group's watchdog activities, it is also a supporter of excellence in media coverage, bestowing annual FOLIO Awards- it stands for Focus On Long Island Operations- for the best stories about Long Island.
"I've been told that once in a while a crew finishes a story, gets back in the truck and someone says, 'That should get a FOLIO.'" Kenigsberg says. "If the coalition has increased awareness of the importance of good journalism, we are grateful."
She believes strongly that broadcasters who only think about the business are shortchanging the public and ignoring their roles as public trustees. Training the public to be critical to be critical television viewers is also vital, she believes, as a means of getting broadcasters to deliver more excellent reporting.
A graduate of Wellesley College with a masters degree from UCLA, Kenigsberg studied at Yale School of Drama and has taught as an adjunct professor at both Adelphi University and C.W. Post College. She is listed in the Who's Who in the East and serves on the advisory boards of HSBC Bank USA, the Anti-Defamation League, the Cinema Arts Centre, the Institute for Student Achievement, the National Telemedia Council's New York State Chapter and the League of Women Voters of New York. She has served as a film critic at WSMG radio and Channel 67.
SUNY Stony Brook
The first woman president of the University of New York at Stony Brook, Kenny previously taught at the University of Texas, Gallaudet College, the Catholic University of America, the University of Delaware and at the University of Maryland, where she served as chair of the English Department and Provost of the Arts and Humanities. She became president of Queens College in 1985 and president of Stony Brook in 1994.
Since taking over the presidency at Stony Brook, Kenny has worked to build bridges between the academic and business communities and has been active in education and business collaborations on workforce issues. During her tenure, she has developed the Brookhaven Science Associates to manage Brookhaven National Laboratory and oversee a major campus building program, as well as significant growth in research funding and development and the school's entrance into Division I athletics.
Seeking to improve undergraduate education, Kenny established the Boyer Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University to create a new model of undergraduate education for major research universities. Funded by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the commission published Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for American Research Universities in 1998.
Kenny serves as a member of the boards of Toys 'R' Us, Computer Associates International, the Chase Manhattan Metropolitan Advisory Board, the Long Island Association, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and the Institute for Student Achievement. She also chairs the board of Brookhaven Science Associates.
She has published five books and numerous articles on Restoration and eighteenth-century British drama. She is now editing The Plays of George Etherege for Oxford University Press.
Ruskin, Moscou, Evans & Faltischek P.C.
Kessler is a Partner at Ruskin, Moscou, Evans & Faltischek, where she is a member of the Firm's Health Law Group, bringing special expertise as both an experienced attorney and as a registered nurse.
She has counseled health care clients on mergers, acquisitions and establishment of professional practices, employment and professional service relationships, establishment of management service organizations and relationships with health care providers, establishment and transfers of Article 28 facilities and regulatory and professional licensure issues under state and federal law.
Kessler earned her Juris Doctor with distinction from Hofstra University. She also graduated Columbia University-Teacher's College and the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Nursing.
At law school, Kessler served as a member of the Hofstra Law Review, as coordinator of the law review's Topic Research and Development program, and as a Moot Court Judge. She also served as a law clerk to Judge Jacob Mishler in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York after graduating from law school. Prior to her career in law, Ms. Kessler had a distinguished career in Nursing and Nursing Education at St. Barnabas, Bronx Lebanon and Brooklyn Veterans Hospitals.
She is a member of the New York State Bar Association and Nassau County Bar Association, and a member of the Health Law sections of each of the foregoing. She has co authored articles in the New York Law Journal and the CPA Journal dealing with Federal and State anti referral laws.
Inflight Newspapers & Magazines, Inc.
Lehner assumed ownership of Inflight in 1997 following the death of her husband, Danny. Since then she has spearheaded a major re-engineering of the firm, the largest distributor of newspapers and magazines in the world and also one of the largest minority-owned businesses.
Inflight began supplying newspapers to the airline industry in 1951 and expanded into magazines in 1968. Publications are bound in a protective binder with a clear, plastic front and a sturdy paperboard back, giving them long shelf life despite repeated handling by customers. The firm now manufactures 25 million copies of 240 different magazines for more than 600 companies around the world.
Armed with strong attention to detail and customer-service skills, Lehner has used her position as president and CEO to create vigorous internal quality control program. As part of the program, she has empowered the firm's 150 employees to make tactical decisions to ensure that publications are consistently delivered on time. She has also authorized a client feedback program that allows her company to track performance and anticipate the evolving needs of clients.
Her plans for the company in the future include expanding into new business areas, identifying innovative methods to identify and meet customer needs and assisting regional organizations that work to enhance the lives of those in the local communities. A member of the board of trustees of Franklin Hospital Medical Center, Lehner works with a variety of local charity and community-oriented organizations, including the Long Island Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
Lehner has one son, Andrew.
Twomey, Latham, Shea & Kelly LLP
Maureen T. Liccione is a senior partner at Twomey, Latham, Shea & Kelley, LLP, one of Suffolk County's largest law firms and the largest in eastern Suffolk County.
Maureen joined the firm in 1985 and has been a partner for 11 years.
At the time Maureen joined the firm, there were five other lawyers. The firm now has 20 lawyers and an equal number of support staff. She was the first woman partner.
Maureen graduated magna cum laude from Siena College in 1975. Upon graduation she served as a legislative aide to then-New York State Senator John R. Dunne. Maureen graduated from St. John's University School of Law in 1981, having worked as a student legal assistant in the New York City Corp. Counsel's Office to finance her law school education. She was a New York City Assistant Corporation Counsel from 1981 through 1985 where she handled several noteworthy cases in State and Federal courts and in Washington.
As a senior partner in Twomey, Latham, Shea & Kelley, LLP, Maureen manages a group of attorneys who represent individuals, businesses and municipal entities throughout Long Island. Maureen has served or is serving as counsel to the Towns of North Hempstead, Babylon, Huntington, Smithtown, Brookhaven, Riverhead, the Village of Westhampton Beach and Eastern Suffolk BOCES, among others.
Sigma Staffing
Thea Linker, president of the nationally recognized temporary and permanent placement firm, Sigma Staffing, has always subscribed to the philosophy that a smart, savvy business woman can accomplish anything if she sets her mind to it. With that philosophy in mind and a strong background in academics, Thea channeled her entrepreneurial energies into developing the permanent placement division of Sigma Staffing in 1983 called Sigma Search.
In 1987, recognizing the need for flexible staffing, Thea formed and launched Sigma Temps Inc., thus offering their clients a full range of staffing services.
In addition to her role as president of Sigma Staffing, Thea is a member of several organizations on Long Island including NAWBO, for which she has served on the board and is currently president elect, the Hauppauge Industrial Association, The Long Island Association, the Half Hollow Hills School to Business Advisory Board, LIWA and The Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women.
In 1995, Thea received the NAWBO Award presented to the top women business owners on Long Island. While Thea thoroughly enjoys her work, in the winter she can be found skiing with her family and playing golf in Florida. Thea, and her husband, Herb Ehrlich, have five children and five grandchildren.
Seal-It Inc.
Sharon Lobel, president and founder of Seal It, has a love of business that has moved her through several careers, beginning as an assistant buyer at Bloomingdales to owning a company that sold ceramic crafts to finally become the owner of her own manufacturing facility. Upon entering the packaging business, she worked as bookkeeper for a contract packager where she quickly rose to assistant to the president. It was during this time, that the Tylenol tampering incident occurred and the demand for tamper evident packaging was created.
In 1986, Sharon began Seal it, where she was the sole employee and the only salesperson. In the beginning, the company imported heat shrinkable PVC tubing and cut bands to sell to pharmaceutical, food and health and beauty manufacturers as tamper evident packaging. At first, Sharon was buying and selling the film and arranging the printing overseas. The lead times for products manufactured overseas were very long and Sharon noticed this disadvantage, particularly with printed film, something she was determined to overcome.
In 1990, with $1 million in sales, a good sized customer list, and knowledge of the industry, Sharon moved to her first facility, a 5,000-square-foot warehouse where there was one cutting machines and four employees. As business increased, Sharon took more space and in 1991, she bought her first printing press. This press would truly set Seal It apart from its competition.
Today, Seal it with annual growth at 40 percent for the last eight years, occupies two facilities totally 150,000 square feet. The year 2001 finds Seal It as the largest converter in our business and employing 220 people.
European American Bank
Karen Lutz has been executive vice president of EAB since 1992 with responsibilities for the bank's 100 branches in the New York metropolitan area. She started at EAB as a teller 26 years ago in a management training program and climbed steadily through the ranks, managing a variety of departments over the years. She is a member of EAB's Executive Management Group and a board member of the Consumer Bankers Association.
Lutz is the secretary of the board of trustees of Hofstra University, the co president of the Long Island Fund for Women and Girls and a member of the board of the Nassau County Museum of Art, Women on the Job and the Long Island Women's Agenda. She also serves on the advisory boards of the Nassau County Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Girl Scouts of Nassau County. Lutz has been active in EAB's mentoring program and has co-chaired the UCP of Great Suffolk's Gala for two years. She is also co chairing the Putt-ing Families First golf outing that benefits three family oriented non profit organizations.
The recipient of a number of awards recognizing her involvement in the community, Karen credits the dedicated and extraordinarily talented employees of EAB for their professionalism in business and their deep and abiding commitment to the non profit community, as having a major influence on her success. "I am a reflection of my environment."
Marcum & Kliegman LLP
Carolyn Mazzenga is a Tax Partner at Marcum & Kliegman LLP, a public accounting and consulting firm that ranks among the top 20 in the metropolitan area.
She is Marcum & Kliegman LLP's first woman partner and has taken a
leadership role in building the firm's reputation as a family friendly
workplace. Her vision, along with the firm's sensitivity and understanding, has resulted in flextime arrangements, job sharing and part time scheduling that is responsive to
employees' needs, beneficial to the firm's bottom line, and radical for the accounting
Carolyn is conscious of the unique concerns of women in the workforce, and has focused her professional and civic energies to help women realize their business potential.
She has served as a volunteer counselor at the Small Business Development Center in Stony Brook and has been active on the Corporate Resource Development Committee for the National Association of Mothers' Centers. Carolyn has also been an important contributor to the Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women's "Women Reentering the Workforce" Task Force. In recognition of her professional and community leadership, the Long Island Center presented Carolyn with its Achievers' Award in Accounting in 1998, and Long Island Business News named Carolyn one of Long Island's Fifty Top Women in 2000 and again in 2001.
Holtz Rubenstein & Co. LLP
A partner at Holtz Rubenstein & Co., LLP, Beatrix McKane is distinguished as the first female partner of a large Long Island accounting firm and has founded and cultivated one of the top not-for-profit practices on Long Island.
After marrying and beginning her family, Beatrix obtained her undergraduate degree from C.W. Post College, a Master's in accounting from Long Island University and several scholastic achievement awards. In 1976 she was among the first female accountants in the Long Island office of one of the then Big Eight accounting firms, where she rose quickly through the ranks and earned her CPA license. 1981 she became Chief Financial Officer of a Long Island health maintenance organization. After eight years of operational and fiscal management experience, Beatrix was hired by Holtz Rubenstein. Responsible for building the firm's not-for-profit and health care services, this part of the company's practice has quadrupled.
A writer and popular speaker in her areas of expertise, she is a member of several professional and Ad Hoc committees of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants ("NYSSCPA") and is the President-Elect of the Suffolk chapter. In 1997, the NYSSCPA presented to her their Outstanding Discussion Leader award.
Beatrix is a proud member of the Long Island Center for Business and Professional Women, where she received the 1996 Achievement Award. She also enjoys being a "team player," and is on both a women's soccer team and her firm's volleyball team, has run the New York City marathon, jumped from an airplane, hiked the tallest mountain in the northeast, skied vertical, walked the entire length of Manhattan and sung at Lincoln Center. As for her "home team," Beatrix and Bob, her husband of 37 years, reside in Centerport. Daughter Cynthia and son Derek live nearby with their families, including four grandchildren convenient for babysitting, as Beatrix knows well.
Cianciulli & Meng P.C.
A Long Island native, Kathryn Meng is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law and became the first woman attorney and woman District Court Bureau Chief at the Criminal Division of the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County. She became the first woman partner in a prominent Long Island Law firm before leaving to establish her present firm, Cianciulli & Meng, with her friend and partner, Emil V. Cianciulli. Today, her practice focuses on Corporate and Commercial work, Trusts, Wills and Estate matters, Guardianship and Contested Surrogate's Court matters as well as various Discrimination cases. Meng also represents clients in real estate transactions and civil and criminal litigation.
Outside her practice, Meng is President of the Nassau County Bar Association and writes a monthly column for the Nassau Lawyer. She has served as chair of numerous committees of the Association, including the Civil Rights and Lawyer's Assistance Committees and also served on its Judiciary Committee for 15 years. She was the first Dean of the Nassau Academy of Law, the Bar Association's educational arm, and is a delegate to both the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. She is Past President and Director of the Nassau Legal Aid Society and of the Criminal Courts Bar Association. Meng was selected in 1983 to serve on the Committee on Character and Fitness for Admission of Attorneys to the Bar where she still serves.
She is an adjunct full professor at Nassau Community College. She is also a Director of Sara's Center, a day treatment center in Great Neck and is a member of the Outreach Advisory Committee at St. Brigid's Church in Westbury, where she also serves as a Eucharistic Minister.
The Garden City Hotel
While many Long Island business executives might claim theirs is a "world class" operation, few can say they and their companies have actually earned international recognition. Fewer still can assert this while continuing to maintain an active commitment to their local community. Cathy Nelkin Miller can say both.
In addition to honing the Garden City Hotel's longstanding tradition of excellence and preparing to mark the hotel's second "turn of the century," Nelkin Miller makes time to maintain involvement in a variety of organizations whose mission is to improve the quality of life of Long Islanders.
Since 1990, Nelkin Miller has served as a member of the board of directors of the Long Island Alzheimer's Foundation. In addition, Nelkin Miller currently serves on the dinner committee for Long Island's distinguished Tilles Center and as a trustee of the Family and Children's Association, the largest secular social service agency on Long Island.
All of this work is done in the shadow of Nelkin Miller's role as President and General Manager of the Garden City Hotel, Long Island's leading hotel since 1874. As president and general manager, Nelkin Miller is responsible for directing the hotel's management and staff to maintain the highest levels of excellence in service and quality. Her work has not gone unnoticed. In May, the hotel was invited to join Preferred Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., an organization representing more than 100 luxury hotels and resorts worldwide. To qualify for this membership, the hotel underwent-and will continue to undergo-Preferred's 1,600 line item, 5,800 point unannounced inspection process.
Catholic Health Services
Donna M. O'Brien, as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Catholic Health Services of Long Island, is the highest-ranking female in the health industry on Long Island. She joined this organization as Senior Vice President and was a member of the original staff assembled at the time Catholic Health Services of Long Island established in 1997.
O'Brien has over 20 years of experience in healthcare administration. Prior to joining CHS, she served as Executive Director of the Catholic Healthcare Network of Long Island; Director of Health Services for Catholic Charities; and Associate Director of the Alliance for C 3.Olic Health and Human Services of the Archdiocese of New York, a network of 25 hospitals, nursing homes and social service agencies. Her career also includes five years as an assistant administrator for the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas in Houston, and as an administrative resident at University Medical Center in New Orleans.
Ms. O'Brien has had the opportunity to be mentored and has determined that she will provide that same assistance to those who report to her. She has been instrumental in ensuring the hiring of women in several key positions.
O'Brien is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross, and earned a Master of Administration degree from St. Louis University. She holds Fellowship with the American College of Healthcare Executives and served as a Fellow and Senior Fellow with the Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services Administration.
Daniel Gale Real Estate
Patricia Petersen is a recognized expert in the world of residential real estate sales and marketing, under her leadership, Daniel Gale has grown from a two-office business to become the largest non-franchised, independent broker on Long Island. The Daniel Gale Company consistently leads the nation in achieving the highest average sales price in homes,
Today, as Daniel Gale President and CEO, she directs an organization that encompasses 11 offices, a Relocation Center, a New Homes Division an in-house Emeritus Mortgage Alliance Division and Corporate Headquarters, under her direction the Sotheby's program has flourished, culminating in the prestigious Sotheby's Leading Worldwide Network Affiliate Award.
A frequent lecturer and national spokesperson for the industry, Pat serves on the advisory bonds of several national and international professional organizations, including Sotheby's International Realty and Brain Trust.
She is a member of The Registry a national affiliation. of leading brokers; Leading Estates of the World; F.I.A.B.C.I,, International Real Estate Federation; "Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate"; Women's Real Estate Council; the Long Island Board of Realtors; and the National Association of Realtors. Active in the community, Pat serves on the executive committee as well as the advisory board of the DNA Learning Center, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; and is a member of the Board of Directors of U.S. Broadcasting, Inc,, Champaign, Illinois, She serves on the board of Friends for Long Island's Heritage and is a member of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman LLP
During her 25 years of experience as a real estate attorney, Marilyn Price has represented thousands of clients in residential and commercial closings. She began her real estate career in the title industry before joining Certilman Balin Adler & Hyman, LLP as an associate in 1983. At a time when few women were represented in the real estate legal arena, Marilyn was promoted to Of Counsel in 1993, making her the highest ranking female attorney at the firm. She was named Partner in 1997.
As part of the Nassau County Bar Association's Academy of Law, Marilyn has taught on topics relating to residential real estate transactions and commercial leasing. With an undergraduate major in development and a sincere concern for her clients, Marilyn is perhaps best known as the attorney who cares about her clients. Children and young people have always been at the center of Marilyn's charitable causes. For this reason, she continues to give back to her alma maters. She earned her Juris Doctor from Hofstra University, and she serves as Vice Chair of that University's Advisory Board.
Marilyn graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development from Cornell University. As Co-President and a Board Member of The Cornell Club of Long Island and Chairperson of the Cornell Alumni Ambassadors Admissions Network, Marilyn is Cornell's biggest Long Island cheerleader/ AS a young mother of three, she volunteered her time at her Temple Parents' Committee and the Public School PTA. Marilyn is also a member of the Long Island Chapter of the International Association of the Corporate Real Estate Executives and the Long Island Builder's Institute.
The Ward Melville Heritage Organization
Gloria D. Rocchio is president of The Ward Melville Heritage Organization, founded by philanthropist Ward Melville in 1939. She is also founder and president of the North Shore Promotion Alliance, a not-for- profit corporation which has some 100 cultural and historic institutions and businesses as members. The NSPA was the primary force in creating the Heritage Trail concept, which resulted in having the North shore of Long Island from Great Neck to Port Jefferson officially designated as a New York State Heritage area. She was recently appointed secretary of the New York Stat., Long Island, North Shore Heritage Area Planning Commission.
Rocchio is president of WMHO's subsidiary, Eagle Realty Holdings, which owns and operates the Stony Brook Village Center, the nation's first planned business center. She is treasurer of the Board of Directors of the Long Island Convention and Visitors Bureau. She is a member of the Long Island Association of Commerce and Industry's Small Business Council, and she serves on the Board of the Three Village Chamber of Commerce.
In June, Rocchio will receive the Long Island State Parks Foundation's Distinguished Service Medal. IN recognition of her vision, which created WMHO's "Electronic Explorations" distance learning program, Rocchino will also receive, in April, the Computerworld Honors Program Award.
Little Flower Nursing Home
Faced with caring for two young children and a husband diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease, Santmann ignored the conventional wisdom of the time – 1962- and applied for a bank loan to finance her dream of opening an adult care facility.
The loan approved, Santmann opened the 69-bed Little Flower Adult Home in Babylon later that year. In 1973, with additional licensing and more financing, she opened the Little Flower Nursing Home in East Islip, a 160- bed facility of her own design. The success of the two facilities encouraged Santmann to open a third facility in 1992, the Petite Fleur Nursing Home in Sayville, a 180-bed facility that shares Little Flower's unique design. The company now employs more than 400.
Santmann is also an inventor, holding a patent for a walker with a folding, pivoting seat apparatus and harness.
In addition to caring for the elderly, Santmann designed and helped make possible a respite care center in Yaphank for the Suffolk County Girl Scouts. Called In Katie's Care, the center is named for Santmann's granddaughter. She has also been active in Babylon, serving two years as president of the Babylon Village School Board, as the current vice president of the Babylon Village Chamber of Commerce and as president of the Babylon Village Youth project. She was named the 1998 Ernst & Young Socially Responsible Entrepreneur and has been honored by the Girl Scouts, the Salvation Army and the March of Dimes and named a New York State Senate Woman of Distinction.
Santmann is a regular on area television, as producer and host of Your Health- We Care and has been highlighted on such business shows as CNNfn's Entrepreneurs Only.
Networking Magazine
Sheahan founded Networking in 1991, having already found success as a designer, from her first job at The New Yorker, later as a graphic artist for many large corporate clients and, with her husband, as co-founder of such successful titles as House magazine and The Builder and Remodeler. Her search for an independent career led her to find the niche that Networking so expertly fills: news of resources, opportunities and contacts for women professionals.
"I figured that if the paper suited my needs, other would find it valuable, too," Sheahan says.
Now with more than 100,000 readers in the New York metropolitan area, Networking targets senior executives, entrepreneurs, networking groups and women business owners. It is a regular profiler of successful local women and carries networking opportunities, calendar not-for-profits news and other information for business leaders on the go.
Born in Los Angeles, Sheahan came to New York to attend Marymount College in Tarrytown, where she majored in art. Her stint at The New Yorker followed, then her work as an advertising artist and her marriage to New York journalist Denis Sheahan. The couple founded the successful Sheahan Publications in 1980.
An accomplished portrait painter, Sheahan's work appears in prominent private collections from Montauk to Manhattan. A portrait commissioned by All My Children star Susan Lucci hangs in the actress' Long Island home- a copy of which has been seen regularly on the popular soap opera. Sheahan was also recently commissioned to paint a portrait of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Dennis Reimer. The work, a part of the Pentagon's permanent collection, was unveiled last June.
Slacke Test Boring
Raised in a test boring family, Slacke followed her father and husband into the business, then took over as president and CEO of the firm following their deaths in 1975. Since then, she has built Slacke Test Boring into the Island's premier construction foundation, soil and environmental testing firm with headquarters in Kings Park.
Outside the office, Slacke has a relentless advocate for increasing opportunities for women in the workplace. Two successive governors have appointed her chair of the Long Island Regional Economic Development Partnership Program, and she was the first woman business owner to serve on the board of the Long Island Association. She also served as the first chair of the organization's small business council. She is the 1997 winner of the Small Business Administration's Women in Business Advocate award, the only national winner from Long Island. This is Slacke's second year as a Top 50 Women award recipient.
She is a founder and board member of Long Island Commercial Bank and a board member of the Allstate Insurance Co. of New York. She also serves as secretary of the Long Island Development Corp., on the board of the Transitional Services of Long Island and is a founding member and former chair of the Suffolk County Women's Business Enterprise Coalition.
She lives in Hauppauge with her husband, Tom Junor. The couple has three daughters, three sons, seven grandchildren and what Slacke calls a "large and wonderful" Italian extended family.
Hill Slater Inc.
Phyllis Hill Slater launched her architectural and engineering services firm in 1984 following 15 years at Hill, Jenkins, Gaudy & Associates, the firm she founded with her father, Philbert D. Hill, a Professional Engineer. Her firm specializes in support for the engineering, architectural and construction management communities as well as private enterprise and government.
A tireless supporter of small business, women in the workplace and Long Island in general, Hill Slater is a past national president of the National Association of Women Business Owners, and was the head of the group's Long Island chapter from 1987 to 1989. A vice president of Les Femmes Chefs d'Enterprises Mondiales, she is the chair and founder of New York State Black Women Enterprises, the National Women Business Owners Corporation and the Euro-American Women's Council.
Hill Slater serves as a trustee of North Shore University Hospital, SUNY Old Westbury University and Public Broadcasting's Channel 21 TV. She is a board member of the Institute for Student Achievement, the Town of Hempstead Women and Minority Revolving Loan program, LI Small Business Assistance Corp., the Long Island Association and the LI Development Corp. She has been a frequent appointee to the annual White House Conference on Small Business and has served in presidential or government appointments to the Welfare to Work Partnership, the Small Business Regulatory Fairness Board and the National Women's Business Council. A member of LI Business and Professional Women and the National Society of Engineers and Women Economic Developers of Long Island, she has been honored by a myriad of organizations for her leadership, business acumen and humanitarian work. The honors include letters of recognition from five presidents, citations from the governors of several states and serving as a member of the Bush/Cheney transition team. This is Hill Slater's third year as a Top 50 Women award recipient.
Hauppauge Industrial Association
Marcy has been Executive Director of the Hauppauge Industrial Association since 1989. During her 12-year tenure, HIA has doubled in size and continues to grow at a steady pace.
By establishing 17 active committees, Marcy works with several hundred volunteers to initiate, plan and execute events, programs and services that touch every aspect of business life. Marcy is particularly proud of the successful partnerships she, the 26-member Board of Directors and the Committees have developed between HIA and other segments of the community, including schools, libraries, police departments and charitable organizations.
Under her leadership, HIA was honored by former Gov. Mario Cuomo for its outstanding achievement in export services. From 1989 1993, Marcy worked with volunteers to establish the nation's first intergenerational day care center in an industrial park. Today, this center is flourishing and cares for more than 100 children.
Marcy was appointed to the Small Business Advisory Council by the Suffolk County Legislature, is an alumnus of the Citizens Police Academy, a member of the Suffolk County Police Reserves and in 1996, she received the Distinguished Business Leaders Award from the March of Dimes.
A lifelong Long Islander, she received her master's degree from Queens College. Marcy and Mark, her husband of 37 years, live in Smithtown. Marcy's pride and joy are her two daughters, Ilyse and Beth, their wonderful husbands, Adam and Matthew and her 2 year old grandson, Robbie.
Ernst & Young LLP
The first woman principal at Ernst & Young's Long Island Office, Alice Varisano is a member of the firm's Retail, Distribution and Manufacturing Industry Group. As a principal in this industry group, she serves both public and privately owned businesses assisting: them with U.S., international, state and local tax planning, including structuring of their business transactions. She works with such prominent public companies as Arrow Electronics, Phillips Van Heusen, Hain Celestial Group, Parkelectrochemical and Excel Technology.
For the past 10 years, she has been participating in Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Program, which honors the achievements of successful entrepreneurs. She also served on the Steering Committee for the firm's Women's Access Program, which is on of many initiatives focused to retention and advancement of women at Ernst & Young. She served on the Board of Women Economic Developers of Long Island, has been a member of the Estate Planning Committee of the NYSSCPA, and was an editor for the Practical Accountant.
Alice and her husband, Vincent, have two children. Daughter, Lynn, a graduate of Bucknell University, plans to attend law school in the fall. Son, Paul, a student at Northeastern University, is currently an intern at Andersen.
Wacksman Associates
Wacksman, who launched her management consulting and training firm in 1985, is a founder of some of Long Island's most important advocacy groups, including the local chapter of the National Association for Women Business Owners, the Suffolk Country Women Business Enterprise Coalition and Black Women Enterprises. She is a member of the inaugural board of directors of the Eastern Shore Chapter of the Links Inc., the Long Island Women's Agenda and the Statewide Zone Capital Corp., a new $100 million loan program for firms in economic development zones in New York.
A board member and vice president of consumer education programs at Cornell University's Cooperative Extension of Nassau County, Wacksman is also a trustee of Suffolk County Community College, a board member of UCP of Suffolk and conceptualized and spearheaded the college's Mind Over Matter scholarship program. The project features a high-tech curriculum and job opportunities for person with disabilities and was selected for the SILO/Long Island Association's first annual Barrier Busters Award this year.
Wacksman was awarded the 2000 WBE Excellence Award of the New York State Association of Black & Puerto Rician Legislators and has more than 100 awards, proclamations and legislative citations to her credit.
Wacksman holds a doctorate in public administration in public administration from Nova University, a masters in public administration from the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island Univerisity and a BA from SUNY's Empire State College, where her portrait hangs in the Gallery of Distinguished Alumnus. She and her husband, Dr. Sheldon M. Wacksman, have six children and five grandchildren. The couple resides in Dix Hills.
Lemon Tree
Deena Yaris entered the world of the franchised beauty salon in 1981, when she acquired her first Lemon Tree Unisex Salon. Recognizing the potential of the concept, she bought three franchises between 1982 and 1984 and when Lemon Tree founder Joan Cable offered to sell the entire company in 1998, Yaris jumped.
Under Deena's leadership, the 70-store chain, which operates in five states, has moved toward greater sophistication, bringing in increased sales through feverishly prepared promotional specials and by focused advertising campaigns on television and through such magazines as People, Time and Newsweek.
Outside the corporate office, Deena is involved in a host of community and charity projects, including the Muscular Dystrophy Association, which the company will support through a shamrock donation program beginning this year.
Deena vows greater involvement for all her stores in the future, noting that Lemon Tree outlets need to take on an active role in communities they serve, giving something back to the areas in which the chain has been so successful.
Zere Real Estate Services, Inc.
The president of the only solely-owned commercial and industrial real estate firm on Long Island, Zere weathered the real estate bust of the late 1980s to emerge as one of the key players in today's booming market, with such clients as Northrop Grumman, Apple Bank, Home Federal Savings and Loan and Touro Law Center, Her full customer roster ranges from such top insurance companies as New York Life to one of the largest residential and commercial builders on the Island, the Beechwood Organization.
The past president of the Commercial Industrial Real Estate Society of Long Island, Zere is on the board of governors of the New York State Commercial Association of Realtors. She is an active member of the Long Island Mid-Suffolk Business Action, the Long Island Builders Institute and the Long Island Association. She serves on the boards of the Girl Scout Council of Suffolk County and Promote Long Island, and is involved with Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Long Island and most recently on the board of Women in Science and Engineering.
She is co-founder of Suffolk County Republican Women and has received the Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Business Award from the Town of Islip. She was also honored by APPLE, A planned Program for Life Enrichment and is a recipient of Long Island Business News' Distinguished Leadership Award.
A native Long Islander, Zere's love of art stretches back to her childhood, when the Village of Massapequa Pak adopted the 13-year-old's design for the official village seal, still displayed today on village vehicles, stationary and the village hall.
Zere and her husband, Fred Russo, live in Branch and have seven children and six grandchildren between them. Zere's two sons and one daughter have all followed Mom's footsteps into real estate.


text:
David Amico's art recalls those generic brand items found in supermarkets. Everything from string beans to litchi nuts is found under one label. Eight of Amico's recent large paintings and a few drawings present almost as many separate styles. "Ochre Tree" is in a conservative Abstract Expressionist style recalling such an obscure figure as, say, Wilfredo Lamm while "Harp on White" is generic Neo-Expressionism. "Jewell Hills" evokes the preppie landscapes of Fairfield Porter but the paint isn't even dry on that one before Amico is off painting "Nave," a vortex abstraction filled with the Surreal spirit of, oh, Matta.
Magpie artists of Amico's stripe have stirred approbation in some critical circles for "escaping the tyranny of style." If that is a victory, why do their exhibitions so closely resemble student Masters' shows with their typically eclectic, pastiche-ridden demonstrations of lessons learned? It is simply the kind of callow art one hopes he will outgrow. Amico is still among the most promising painters around, but it is time for his art to show some conviction. (Irit Krygier, 7416 Beverly Blvd., to May 25.)


text:
An Overview - Black Suit
jordans free shipping
Black Suit has power, mystery, sex appeal, it slims, it is counter culture and it really is definitely formal and suitable also. It is the shade on the night, of the city, of things modern, the new age. It's always a very good decision for men in businesses where there is a need to have to dominion respect and attention Black is a quite versatile colour; as a matter of truth it's probably probably the most useful colour in many men's formal garments in that it allows for an excellent spectrum of selection when it comes to matching and accessories. No colour will serve you as well in so many situations as a nicely constructed wool suit in black.
A black suit looks incredible with a vibrant pink, red, aqua, or pistachio coloured shirt, along with a tie that blends both the bright and attractive colour from the shirt with a solid grounding of monochromatic tones that will draw the whole outfit back together .It had been believed to be apt for formal evening and dinner wear with laundered white shirts. The types of suit for men with high quality fabrics give you an exclusive and fascinated seem in any type of organization gatherings. You'll search taller and slimmer within a black suit, specially if it's within a modern, close-to-the-body silhouette, with everything altered to fit perfectly. But black can also be unforgiving, drawing attention to worn-out belts or scuffy shoes. And shiny spots from basic dress in or as well much pressing actually show up on black fabric.
Black tailored clothing is dressiest when it comes within the darkest inky black. It can also be tuxedo-like when worn with a stiff piqu?shirt and perhaps a silvery or black satin tie. For clubs and nice restaurants, try your suit with a French blue open-collar dress shirt. It was usually seen on men and women whose occupations demanded it for purposes of mourning, formality or purposeful social shade differentiation in the clientele.
It was adopted as a staple by every one of the very fringe groups who ironically contribute so much towards the mange that is American male style. Despite the fact that men in black suits have been steadily gaining in reputation. It became the very first decision of much more and much more people for reasons cleverly invented by garment designers. It's designed to enhance men's personality as well as build his identity within the company circle. A skinny black suit would be the height of fashion, and complimented with a slim tie and white shirt, this can go a extended way.
Finally, and perhaps most importantly, a black suit can be worn frequently without having tipping your hand to colleagues or competitors that it may be the only suit you own ?supposing that the detail and stitching are fairly conservative and understated.


text:
Join the EBLC
The East Bay Leadership Council (EBLC) is a public policy advocacy organization led by employers who care about increasing economic vitality and quality of life in the East Bay. Become a member to connect with business and civic leaders at our many events, stay informed on public policy issues, and help us advocate for a better region.
How to Join
Fill out a membership application >>
Fill out the form below to be contacted by a member of the EBLC team or send an email to [email protected].
Leading Members
Where We Are


text:
The Pink Zipper
Wednesday, 17 July 2013
A Place to Chill
With yet another insane day of heat & humidity before us, I wish that I had a place like this to chill, sip on some homemade lemonade, read a book & maybe even have a little cat nap.
How are you planning to beat the heat?
Posted by
Hollie Cooper
8:03 am
Email This
Share to Twitter
Share to Facebook
Share to Pinterest
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thanks for reading. I enjoy your feedback.
Newer Post
Older Post
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)


text:
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
I wonder what they're going to do with some of the names. Kamui is fine in the English release, but another Leo is just going to cause trouble.
I do like those old school character designs. Definitely better than the moe/fetish trope garbage in Fates.TBF, the trope garbage was still well designed, just way too fanservice-y.
His name is Leon now (totally different)
Either way, they're all better than Chronic Crotch Windows and Pantsless Generals(/Paladins/Great Knights/Falcon Knights/etc.).
also whats up with that archer attack range.
Honestly I'm all-in just because Hidari is probably my favourite anime artist at this time. Easily one of the most enjoyable parts of the Atelier Dusk series too.


text:
Conventional: a supernatural being that opposes God and is the cause of all that is wrong in the world. ACIM: the ego, the self we made (and think we have become) that opposes God and is the sole cause of all suffering and "evil." See T-3.VII.2:4-8, 5:1-4.
Post a Comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.


text:
The brilliant young winner of last year's Hastings International Piano Concerto Competition, Taek Gi Lee from South Korea, returns next Saturday.
He will play the music of Bach, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Liszt, and his autumn recital will take place at 3pm in the Recital Room at Fairlight Hall just outside Hastings.
Taek Gi Lee was just 17 when he won the competition in March of last year.
Three days before the recital, on October 28, Taek will be performing the Grieg Piano Concerto at Fairfield Halls in Croydon with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Eduardo Portal.
This concert is part of his prize for winning the competition in Hastings - tickets cost £15, which includes a cream tea, from Hastings Tourist Information Centre in Aquila House or from www.hastingsconcertocompetition.co.uk.


text:
I am not Charlie Hebdo
I am a journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan. I am part of a news organisation that was attacked by militants thrice in 2014 for its stance on extremism and militancy. Gunmen pelted our office entrance with bullets, threw grenades at the building and attacked an office news van on assignment. Three people lost their lives while another was injured and paralysed for life. But you do not know this and you probably never will.