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Reuters reports that Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff says she will not support policies that attempt to curb inflation by lowering economic growth, pouring cold water on market expectations that the central bank was ready to tighten monetary policy. The Bovespa stock index rose 0.63% today.
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FT.com details analysis by JP Morgan's Vladimir Werning weighing up what Argentina needs to offer holdouts in its March 29 submission to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals as the climax of its "equal treatment" court saga nears. The Argentina Merval index fell 1.07%.
Peru's central bank increased dollar reserve requirements for a fourth consecutive month as it attempts to damp demand for credit in the U.S. currency, according to Bloomberg. Peru's Bolsa de Valores de Lima General Sector Index rose 0.49%.
Chile's peso weakened as demand for emerging-market assets waned amid worries about the Cyprus bailout, Bloomberg reports. The Santiago Stock Exchange IPSA Index fell 0.23%.
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Recently I was chatting with a local painter, whom I'll call Picasso Menino, about Boston's new Institute of Contemporary Art. The joint would be perfect, he quipped, if they just renamed it the Institute of Contemporary Picasso Menino Art.
Like a lot of jokes, this one reveals a truth about what many local artists crave from the ICA as it decamps from the Back Bay for its flashy new digs on the South Boston waterfront. They wish the ICA were more engaged with Boston art.
Locals are energized by what the ICA's move means: the stakes will be a lot higher. It's a moment to dream big dreams. So I've conducted an unscientific survey of 16 local artists — ages 30 to 83, representing paintings, sculptures, films, videos, photographs, conceptual projects, and computerized installations — to get a sense of what the Boston art world is hoping for from the ICA at its moment of rebirth.
The ICA's strength has always been the importing of work by top artists from outside this region, particularly foreign artists. Locals rave about the Carsten Höller show in 2003 and Thomas Hirschhorn's transformation of the museum last year. "As an artist it's really nice to be able to see that stuff there because you don't see it anywhere else, of that caliber and that intelligence," says Somerville sculptor Isabel Riley. The ICA has been a place where locals discover artists for the first time, like sculptor Cornelia Parker in 2000 and the Paul Chan video projection that was shown here in 2005 before landing in the Whitney Biennial. (Both artists are represented in the ICA's new permanent collection.)
Locals look forward to more of this, but bigger and better, courting controversy, now that the museum has tripled its exhibition space and the capacity of its theater, is planning to expand its role in arts festivals, and has multiplied its programming of film, video, performance, art talks, and teen and family entertainment and education. They're hoping the new museum will speak to a broader, less exclusive audience. But some worry that the ICA will take fewer risks as it grows, that it will show the same cadre of international art stars you see everywhere else.
Since 1999, the ICA has honored one local artist each year with an exhibition and a $5000 prize. Now the ICA Artist Prize will become biennial, and four finalists will show their work at the museum before the winner is chosen to receive $25,000. The switch is a hit: many artists believe that showing the finalists will emphasize the competitive nature of the award, spark lots of gossip and griping, attract greater attention, and so bring local contemporary art to more Bostonians.
Jill Medvedow, director of the ICA since 1998, points out that winning the ICA Prize in 2001 gave Boston sculptor Taylor Davis "a much wider national and international audience for her work" (she was subsequently included in the Whitney Biennial), and that the cash helped her buy equipment to make her work. "I think that sums up a lot of where I see the ICA doing significant work."
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Lifestyle and Diet - the Miracles of Functional Medicine
What would this world be like? I have a dream. This dream involves everyone being aware of the option of sane health care. I'm not so idealistic as to dream that everyone would utilize such a product, but that they knew that it was available and the benefits of it, would be a dream come true for me and it is that dream that drives me to do what I do each and every day.
A friend of mine just visited Tokyo, Japan. He loved his visit and one of the aspects that struck him most was how incredibly clean the city was. He commented: "I'd have eaten off the subway floor!" No doubt a bit of an exaggeration but he makes his point. Add this almost unbelievable cleanliness to the fact that this city positively teems with citizens and you begin to ponder how it happens. I asked him if he saw a lot of people who were responsible for keeping the city clean. (I was thinking of Disneyland where one constantly sees an employee sweeping and cleaning.) His response was no, but rather it seemed an ingrained habit of the people to maintain cleanliness. It's a bit amazing when you think of it.
My friend continued to say that when he returned to his home in San Francisco he was almost sickened by the dirt of the city in comparison to Tokyo.
Of course this conversation had me quickly leaping to my favorite topic of healthcare and I began to dream my favorite dream – what would happen if we could alter our culture of health along the lines of Japanese cleanliness. While it's overwhelming to think of "cleaning up" downtown San Francisco, what if everyone suddenly got the idea of keeping their surroundings clean? How long would it take to have a clean city?
Similarly if everyone got the idea of natural healthcare and the importance of lifestyle changes such as diet and exercise, how long would it take to have a healthier society? Fortunately this is not a rhetorical question. Some of my personal heroes from the field of Functional Medicine have some very exciting statistics to support my "dream".
Listen to this from the following clinicians who posted this article a few months ago:
Rescuing Health Reform: Why Doctors Should Practice Lifestyle Medicine
September 15, 2009
Mark Hyman, MD, Dean Ornish, MD, and Mike Roizen, MD
Mark Hyman is Vice Chair of The Institute for Functional Medicine, Dean Ornish is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and Mike Roizen is Chief Wellness Officer and Chair of the Wellness Institute at Cleveland Clinic
Recently, at a small gathering in Martha's Vineyard, the economist Larry Summers spoke about the nation's narrow escape from economic depression. Dr. Summers addressed the even larger impending risks to our economy if the costs of health care are not successfully addressed now.
He was asked how we could control these costs without tackling the root causes of the problem. The chronic diseases that affect 160 million Americans account for 78% of our $2.1 trillion in annual health care costs. Lifestyle and environmental factors –our diet, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, and chronic stress—are the most important underlying causes of these diseases.
But most believe that doctors don't "do" lifestyle. Dr. Summers dismissed "lifestyle" as a community and public health issue that was already included in the current plan. He didn't understand that physicians can and must do lifestyle medicine to effectively treat disease and dramatically reduce health care costs. Lifestyle factors leading to chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity and cancer are the domain of doctors and not merely a "public health problem."
Lifestyle medicine is not just about preventing chronic diseases but also about treating them, often more effectively and less expensively than relying only on drugs and surgery. Nearly all the major medical societies recently joined in publishing a review of the scientific evidence for lifestyle medicine both for the prevention and TREATMENT of chronic disease. http://www.acpm.org/LifestyleMedicine.htm. There is strong evidence that this approach works and saves money. Unfortunately, insurance doesn't usually pay for it. No one profits from lifestyle medicine, so it is not part of medical education or practice. It should be the foundation of our health care system.
For example, the recent "EPIC" study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine studied 23,000 people's adherence to 4 simple behaviors (not smoking, exercising 3.5 hours a week, eating a healthy diet [fruits, vegetables, beans, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and low meat consumption], and keeping a healthy weight [BMI <30]). In those adhering, 93% of diabetes, 81% of heart attacks, 50% of strokes and 36% of all cancers were prevented.
"Prevention" therapies as written into current health care bills are public health and community based wellness initiatives, or payment for early detection of disease with mammograms, colonoscopies and other screening tests. As the Congressional Budget Office recently indicated, early detection without treating the major underlying causes of chronic diseases—our lifestyle choices—may actually add to costs.
While health insurance reform is important, it is insufficient. We must not only change who is covered but also what is covered to include personalized lifestyle medicine if we are to make current treatments more effective and less costly.
When the underlying lifestyle causes are not addressed, medications to treat chronic diseases usually have to be taken for a lifetime. If the causes are addressed, patients are usually able to reduce or stop taking these medications and often avoid surgery (under their doctor's supervision).
Personalized lifestyle medicine is a high-science, high-touch, low-tech, low-cost treatment that is more effective for the top five chronic diseases than our current approaches. If lifestyle treatments were applied to all patients with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, metabolic syndrome (obesity), prostate cancer, and breast cancer, then net health care expenditures could be reduced by $930 billion over 5 years, according to analysts from the Cleveland Clinic. This will result in dramatically better health and quality of life.
On August 6, 2009, Senator Ron Wyden [D-OR] introduced new legislation, the "Take Back Your Health" Act (S. 1640) that includes payment for intensive lifestyle medicine as treatments, not just prevention. This legislation has bipartisan co-sponsorship by Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA).
So as you can see, not only is this dream shared by others, but it's a dream that's validity is already substantiated by research.
Please show your support for this in any way that you see fit, and as always, let me know how I can assist you in any way.
To your good health,
Dr Vikki Petersen
Founder of HealthNOW Medical Center
Co-author of "The Gluten Effect"
3 comments:
- Ed said...
1) Do you have a source/reference for the lengthy quote?
2) Quote "eating a healthy diet [fruits, vegetables, beans, whole grains, nuts, seeds, and low meat consumption],"
"whole grains", I imagine that must have made your skin crawl. What do you think about beans? Legumes complete the unholy trinity in the paleo diet (grains, dairy, legumes). From a recent newsletter, "peanuts contain the lectin, peanut agglutinin (PNA), and kidney beans contain the lectin, phytohemagglutinin (PHA)".
Finally note their massive "health-user bias" in the message. Quote "In those adhering, 93% of diabetes..." I think the "In those adhering" should be bolded in large font flashing yellow. The healthy-user bias tells us that anyone adhering to ANY advice, including bad advice, is going to outperform anyone not adhering to any advice, including good advice. Based on the summary, that study is likely heavily compromised.
I share your dream that diet is medicine and could make us healthy (or healthier at least), but I fear that the diet advice being given is not good, or at least not good enough. Their advice coincidentally includes (effectively) reducing fructose, which would have a huge positive effect, and reducing commercially fried food, which again would be very beneficial because of the unhealthy polyunsaturated and trans-fat levels of commercial fry oil.
But whole grains? Beans? Low-fat meat? Lots of seeds and nuts? That's just bad advice. Overall it's like one step forward, 3/4 steps back.
The people in the positions to put forward broad public diet advice are just too ignorant. And they are too personally and politically tied up in their ignorance, they have become willfully ignorant. For this reason I fear that we won't win this round. It will be a long time before we do win.
- Joanne at Open Mind Required said...
If I were a typical American, i'd be on statins, anti-inflammatories, and probably anti-depressants. Having once had arthritis in my knees, I'd also be in a wheelchair without any kneecaps.
But through self-education, i've managed to reverse almost all chronic diseases and avoid the acute ones (and I still have my kneecaps). And recently, having given up gluten, the remaining problems are fading.
I have great respect for organizations like yours who remove cause instead of palliate symptoms. I too have a dream.
- Naomi Devlin said...
Your heart is in the right place and the diet you prescribe is 100% better than what most people eat today - especially Americans. I'm glad there are people like you out there doing great work and sending the message that food is medicine.
However, I have to agree with Ed that there is a lot of misinformation out there and most of us should be looking back to what our ancient ancestors ate and consuming that will make us much healthier than following the outdated nutritional pyramid that most dietitians still subscribe to.
We all need to eat food that is local, seasonal and cooked from scratch in my case, lots and lots of leaves, vegetables, meat, fish, some nuts and a little fruit and yogurt - anything else is a disaster for us and the planet.
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When may I move into my residence hall?
International students (F-1) should plan to move onto campus Monday, August 21 or Tuesday, August 22. Orientation for International students will begin on Wednesday, August 23. For more information, please visit: www.rose-hulman.edu/orientation.
Freshmen may move in on Friday, August 25, from Noon-4:00 p.m. There will be students available to assist with move-in. However, if it is impossible to move in on that day, please contact Kyle Rhodes. We will also provide a ride from the Terre Haute Bus Station. Please notify Kyle Rhodes if you need a ride.
Upperclassmen may begin moving in on Sunday, August 27.
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When do I receive my room assignment?
Room assignments are distributed at the end of July. If you have any questions, please contact the Student Affairs Office, at 812-877-8651.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of living on-campus?
All freshman students who are not from the Terre Haute area are required to live on-campus.
The advantages of living on campus include: There is easy access to campus resources (library, classrooms, food service, athletic facilities, intramural sports, etc.); you are surrounded by students who are taking the same classes and, as a result, are facing the same questions or having the same problems as you are; upperclassmen are nearby and will be able to provide assistance with homework problems; there are fewer distractions since everything is provided on campus; there is some time saving since it is not necessary to drive back and forth to campus.
The disadvantages are few: For Terre Haute area students it is obvious that it is less expensive to commute; other students may find that they can spend less money on food by living in an apartment off campus.
What about Dining Service?
All resident freshman students are required to take the 19-meal plan during their first year at Rose-Hulman. Meals in the dining hall are served in an all you care to eat style; you can go back as many times as you like! The 19-meal plan includes 3 meals each day except on Saturday, when only brunch is served. On Saturday evening, when meals are not served, other retail locations such as Subway are open. Many students go off-campus to eat on Saturday evenings or order pizza which is delivered to their room. Commuters may purchase meal plans by contacting the Office of Student Affairs at 812-877-8919.
When does my meal plan go into effect?
The first meal for new students will be dinner on Friday, August 25th. Upperclassmen meal plans will begin with breakfast on Monday, August 28th.
What type of supervision is provided in the Residence Halls?
Six professional staff live in our residence halls. Erik Hayes, Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students, lives in Speed Hall. Kyle Rhodes, Associate Director of Residence Life, lives in the Apartment Residence Hall, and Eric Liobis, Assistant Director of Residence Life, lives in Scharpenberg Hall. A team of three Graduate Assistants provide additional on-campus supervision.
Junior and Senior students, known as Resident Assistants, live directly on the freshman floors. These individuals are hired by Rose-Hulman to provide supervision and leadership on the freshman floors. They not only assist in rule enforcement, but they also encourage students to get involved in campus life, help with homework, act as a campus resource, or provide counseling. They are selected for the position largely because they want to work with and help other students.
Sophomore Advisors also live on each freshman residence hall floor. The Sophomore Advisor assists the Resident Assistant with responsibilities, but the primary responsibility is to assist the freshman student with the academic side of campus life. The Sophomore Advisor is a sophomore student who has just completed the courses which the freshmen will be taking.
What are the rules like in the residence halls?
Each student has a great deal of freedom in the residence halls. All students on each floor are responsible for enforcing the rules along with the Resident Assistant.
Students are not required to be in bed at any specific time. There are limited visitation hours for members of the opposite sex. Rose-Hulman treats the student's room as a private residence and we do not go looking for rule violations. Smoking and drugs are not permitted.
Each Residence Hall floor establishes quiet hours at the beginning of each academic year.
What is provided in each residence hall room?
Each room contains the following items for each student: A bed, a desk, a chair, a compact refrigerator, a waste paper basket, a chest of drawers or 2 of a large chest of drawers, and a closet. Sufficient fluorescent lighting is provided, but many students bring a desk lamp. Halogen lighting is not permitted. All halls' rooms are carpeted. Wireless internet, network connections, and cable hookups are installed in each residence hall room.
Can I build a loft?
The building of lofts of decks is permitted. Lofts and decks must be freestanding (nothing attached to the walls). The top of the loft must be at least 3 feet from the ceiling. Decks must be at least 3 feet high and have 2 exits. Doors, heavy curtains, or furniture must not block exits. Deck and loft plans must be approved by your Resident Assistant prior to construction.
What items can I bring to campus?
We recommend that you check with your roommate to avoid duplication of items. Televisions, microwaves and stereos (please bring head phones) are common appliances found on campus. Window and/or floor air conditioners are not permitted, but fans are recommended. Compact microwaves are permitted, but any cooking utensil with an open heating element is not permitted. Items with closed heating elements with thermostatic control (i.e., coffee pots and popcorn poppers) are also permitted. Coin-operated washers and dryers are located in each residence hall. Money can also be added to student ID cards to be used for washer and dryer usage.
You are permitted to construct new bed surfaces. They are known as lofts since they generally lift the bed several feet off the floor and provide open space underneath the bed. Beds must be structurally sound and safe. In all cases, it is your responsibility to return the room to its original condition at the completion of the year.
Many students bring bicycles to campus. Storage space for bicycles within the residence halls is limited. You are welcome to bring your bicycle, but you may wish to get settled in first.
Are the rooms cleaned regularly?
Housekeepers change linen in each residence hall room weekly. A flat sheet, a fitted sheet, and a pillow case are provided for each bed. Linen does not include bath towels, wash cloths, pillows or blankets. You must furnish these items on your own. All mattresses are 36" w x 80" l. Housekeepers also vacuum or dust the floor and dust the desk and dresser. Please note that if you construct bunk beds, it is generally your responsibility to change your linen. Also, if you put area rugs on the floor, it is your responsibility to maintain it.
Laundry facilities are available in each residence hall. Detergent may be obtained from the campus bookstore or from one of the stores in Terre Haute.
Are telephones and/or cable tv provided in the student rooms?
Cable tv is provided in the student rooms as a part of the student's room contract. Each residence hall floor has one community telephone.
Should I purchase renter's insurance?
Rose-Hulman is not liable for anything in your room. We recommend that you check your parents homeowner's insurance to see whether the coverage will extend to your campus residence. If it does not, we encourage you to purchase a renter's policy.
Is housing provided during periods when the school is not in session?
Housing is available only for those students who find it impossible to go home due to distance. There is a nominal charge of $5.00/night for the housing. You will receive information regarding this just prior to each vacation period.
What type of health services are available on the campus?
Medical and Counseling staff are on campus each weekday. In addition to the treatment of minor illness or injuries (i.e., cold, flu, strep throat, sprained ankle, etc.), the Health Service will supervise the treatment and general health of a student while under the care of a family physician. Ordinary prescription drugs and medicine are furnished free, but certain services such as x-ray examinations, special drugs and laboratory tests are not available on campus and the cost of these services must be borne by the student. A medical treatment consent form and physical examination form must be completed prior to your arrival on campus. These forms must be on file with the Health Service before any treatment can be given.
Do you require a physical exam before I begin classes?
Yes. A physical exam is required. New students will receive a health packet in the mail in May. The packet includes all of the health forms required for a complete medical record. These completed forms are due back to the Health Services Office by August 1st.
Is health insurance available?
All students who do not have health insurance must purchase accident and health insurance coverage. Questions regarding this program should be directed to Susan Butts, Administrative Services.
Are cars permitted on campus?
Yes. Approximately 50% of the freshmen bring a car to campus. Cars must be registered during New Student Orientation. There is no charge for registration.
Is transportation available from Rose-Hulman to Terre Haute?
Generally, students who bring cars are helpful in taking other students with them to the mall, grocery stores, and restaurants. If you have a problem getting a ride, please see your Resident Assistant.
What type of airline or bus service can we use to get to Terre Haute?
Several major airlines currently service the Indianapolis Airport but do not have connecting flights to Terre Haute. If you find it impossible to arrange travel by way of Terre Haute, a representative from Rose-Hulman can pick you up in Indianapolis for your initial arrival this fall, but it would be your responsibility to make future transportation arrangements. There is also a Greyhound Bus Station in Terre Haute. If you need to be picked up from the Terre Haute Greyhound Bus Station, please notify the Office of Student Affairs in advance so that arrangements can be made.
At each scheduled break during the academic year, the Office of Student Affairs coordinates an airport shuttle service traveling from campus to the Indianapolis Airport. Students will receive an email from the Office of Student Affairs when the shuttle service online registration site is live and ready to begin accepting online reservations. This is generally one month before the upcoming break begins. The cost for the shuttle is $25 each way and students must make reservations complete with payment in order to secure a seat. The Indianapolis Airport is approximately a 60-90 minute drive from the campus. Please choose your shuttle departure time to allow enough time for travel, getting through airport security, and arriving at your gate. Students choosing to utilize our airport shuttle may take one carry-on and one checked bag with them on the shuttle.
You may view the shuttle schedule to plan for next year.
Can I send luggage in advance?
Yes. New students may send some of their luggage and boxes ahead of their arrival if they cannot transport everything to campus themselves. While our space is limited, we keep these items as organized as possible so that retrieval is fairly quick. Items can be retrieved at the Mail Distribution Center. When sending items ahead, please note that you are an Incoming Freshman or Transfer Student on the mailing label as we may not have your information entered in the package tracking system ahead of time.
How will I receive mail?
You will be assigned a campus mailbox upon arrival on campus. All mailboxes are located in Moench Hall. Mail is distributed Monday-Saturday. Mail should be addressed in the following manner: John Doe, CM 0000, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 5500 Wabash Avenue, Terre Haute, IN 47803.
When do Fall Quarter classes begin?
Fall quarter classes will begin on Thursday, August 31st at 8:05 a.m.
How do I know who my academic advisor is?
New students will meet their academic advisors on Monday, August 28th from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. At the meeting advisors will discuss class registration and other important academic issues. Please refer to the packet of information that will be provided during check-in to find the name of your assigned academic advisor and meeting room location.
How and when do I register for classes?
Information coming soon.
When do I get my ID card?
Student ID photos will be taken throughout the day on Sunday, August 27th from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. A schedule of photo times will be provided in the packet of information that is distributed at check-in.
What do I do if I lose my ID card?
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
When Condos Kill
more pics of 14th and 3rd
I don't think it's a coincidence that this corner has come down so soon after the rise of the Toll Brothers' gargantua, 110 Third. It seems that wherever luxury condos sprout, their low-rise neighbors come down within months. Is it condoschmerz, that killer virus, that poisons everything in the vicinity?
Look at what has happened to the block of 6th Avenue between 17th and 18th. Earlier this year, the super-expensive ($1400 a square foot) 100 West 18th condo moved in and quickly added a chainbank-trifecta of Chase, Modell's, and Duane Reade on its first floors.
Today, the rest of the block, except for one holdout frame shop, has shuttered. Two video shops closed, including Red Light District, which moved to 8th and 21st. New York City Bagels is closed and For Rent. And World Famous Pizza, on the corner of 17th, is already gutted and halfway to renovated. That's four small businesses dropped dead. Let's not be surprised when these low-rises come crashing down for yet another glass box.
look who's come to visit the dead pizza corner!
more pics of 17th and 6th
The debate here is not about the inherent value of bagel shops, adult video stores, and tanning salons. It's about the breakneck pace of destruction in this town and the way luxury buildings commit mass murder--not only do they destroy the businesses and homes they immediately replace, they also have a domino effect. Just being in proximity to them is hazardous to the health of the city's diversity and human scale.
So what's next to go? My crystal ball says it will be the southwest corner of 14th and 3rd, where these low buildings look like doomed woodland creatures trembling in the crosshairs of the Toll Brothers' big gun:
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I live right nearby on 16th st and I've been watching that new condo go up...it was sad to see the small shops torn down when they started, worse to see the garish new retail tenants (as if 6th ave wasn't a crappy mall to start with!), and horrible to see the last stragglers closing down. I worry that the parking lot across the street, home to the weekend flea market, may fall to condo-land soon. Nor can I stand the constant construction dust between that place on 18th and the yves building. Yuck.
- May 22, 2008 at 10:36 AM
- Jill said...
I will miss Robin Raj which always had fascinating stuff in the window but nothing similar inside. The mystery of how they chose their window displays will never be known. I don't know where else I will buy little plastic bottles. These stores are/were the character of our 'hood that will never be replaced as it turns into one giant outdoor shopping mall of blandness and uniformity. And, you can't buy food in a shopping mall, which is why we have no place left to get fresh meat, fish and fewer and fewer that sell produce.
- May 22, 2008 at 9:30 PM
- JackSzwergold said...
The real issue that this post highlights very well is there are increasingly smaller places for small businesses to get set up.
And it's also connected to the chain stores coming to NYC. Take for example, Target and K-Mart. I needed to get some dry-wall anchors today and my instinct being born in NYC was to go to Canal Street. Back before it was filled with bootleggers, the place was basically a hardware/handyman/electrician supply mecca. True surplus! And it was great. Now, not much there like that. Except the rubber/foam store. Which will most likely disappear in the next decade; who do they sell to?
Manufacturing leaves NYC because of increased cost and the small stores and shops that support local manufacturing disappear. And soon enough the lofts filled with workers are now filled with folks who don't want cheap pizza and bagels. Thus, those other stores close.
Where did I get my dry-wall anchors? K-Mart. Literally the only place I found that was open that had them.
What's sad is if you look at Etsy and eBay, just picture any major seller there as a shop owner. Seriously. 30 years ago, someone who made jewelry from their home or sold old toys could open a storefront and set up that way. Now, the stores are for the truly rich. And small mom & pop industries are back in the home.
It's all out of balance and I am rambling a bit, but at what point does someone look out their glass cocoon they paid $2 million for and say: "Why do we live here?"
- May 26, 2008 at 11:38 PM
- zuzuz said...
Hard to believe but even 8th street used to have charm and character.
Lived in Soho when it had real AIRs before it was "discovered".
It's not just condo builders--it's NYU--which has a mania for tearing down older, smaller buildings, booting out local rent controlled people and building cheap, fast dorms.
Bad bars, fast food joints, and mall stores follow the students. Over time, NYU will have cooked its own goose because the area will have lost the cache students come here from the middle of the country, to find.
Really appreciate your blog.
- March 27, 2009 at 6:59 PM
6th & 3rd avenues have been torn down for the last 35 plus years. @one time there were small building all up 3rd- midtown & all the way thru the e.70s i was shocked in the 1980s taking the bus up 3rd. felt i was chocked. & 6 ave downtown started w/one discount chain drugstore on corner of 8th street-welons. that streets been awful thru the late 60s & on. & 8street became a low end chain place as the boutiques closed. as for 3rd & the e.50s, that was the antique district. then in the 70s it was all cheesy fast food & chains. i had thought that NYC had some zoning. & later east river drive, 1& 2nd ave e.90s etc would be for skyscrapers. looks like its all open game now? which areas have a legal height?? also to respond to one comment about NYU students. they are not in new york for the charm, they would study in vermont or boston for that. they want a big city.
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There are a **** ton af free agent CBS this year and we are in a spot to draft a top one as well if we don't lock up one or two in fa. Stop the should of would have threads before u see what actually happens thru the draft and u can see the line up the front office gives us... Starks is closest to the value he is worth regarding tag dollars and I still believe they will work on a 3 year deal. And now with the news that solia had minor elbow surgery it's that more solid of a tag. Regardless if solia is back for camp we are solid at d line.
I didn't hate Smith, but if he really wanted #1 CB money he should have shown #1 CB ability in his time here. I doubt anyone gives him the money he thinks he deserves, but someone will overpay him.
(...so taste the rainbow, b*tches)
I won't be at ease until another team signs this bum.
Nope, no way, no how. The guy simply dropped too many INT's and would get burned way too often when the game was on the line for me. I have no issue with him remaining a Dolphin, but he's not worth over paying. He needs to be here for the right price, there are far too many DB's coming out in this years draft for us to over pay him.
You could set Smith out by the curb with the trash. No one would claim him.
Absolutely not. He was in his contract year and still played as soft as a baby's bottom. What will he do when you give him 20 million. He and VD will tweet and get hack all day.
Laughable to think that a corner who couldn't intercept a pass if it were handed off to him by the QB deserves to be paid amongst the best at his position.
The guy we franchised has intercepted one less pass than Smith over the last two years and he is a defensive lineman. I'd rather have that guy on my team.


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Mali: 660,000 children facing acute malnutrition
Two-year old Korian Togola is lying in a bed at the health centre in Kati, in the Koulikoro region in Mali's central west. A tube runs from her nose. This is how the doctors and medical staff are feeding her. Korian, like many children across Mali, is severely malnourished and her mother, Aissetou, brought her here four days ago for treatment.
"Before coming here, I tried to visit all kinds of traditional healers and caregivers to save my child," says 21-year-old Aissetou, who has spent the past four days at her daughter's bed side. "I have found hope again."
The Kati clinic, like many others in Koulikoro, is run by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), an NGO. Since first arriving in Kati in April 2012, IRC staff have seen a dramatic increase in the number of severely malnourished children arriving at the clinic.
When they arrived, there were almost no children coming in. Between May and July 2012, 10-15 children were arriving for treatment each week. In December the admission average climbed to 35-40 children a week. Today, about 130 children are being seen by the doctors.
The reasons for this increase are two-fold: first, more children are becoming sick, and second, parents are becoming more aware of the clinics and of the warning signs of severe malnutrition – a positive development.
Awareness raising campaign
"(These) growing admissions can be explained by the increase of malaria and diarrhoea linked to the rainy season," says Dr.Aminata Koné, who was recruited by IRC to manage the centre. "Bad weaning practices and poor diet are other reasons why children are malnourished."
Malnutrition is endemic in Koulikoro and in much of Mali. This year, an estimated 660,000 children across the country are believed to be at risk of acute malnutrition. But one of the main impediments that the IRC and authorities faced was a lack of awareness within communities about malnutrition and its symptoms. In response to this, they launched an awareness-raising campaign across Koulikoro.
The campaign has been a success. "I walked from 4am to 9am to reach the centre and save my child's life," says Kadia Coulibaly who lives in Dombila village, 20km from the Faladie community health center - another clinic run by IRC that is on the outskirts of Kati.
In fact, the success of the campaign means that the clinic is now running at above its intended capacity of 60 patients. "Currently, our services are in high demand and the team is overwhelmed," says Dr. Koné. "But despite the difficulties, we have a 95 per cent success rate and a (fatality) rate of less than 5 per cent."
Staff have taken to placing sleeping mats on the floor or any other place that space can be found so that all children who arrive at the centre can receive emergency assistance.
At the Faladié community health centre, the IRC is running a blanket feeding project where they are providing food to malnourished children under the age of five in an effort to prevent the onset of severe malnutrition. Here too, their operations are being stretched to capacity.
"The programme's target was to support 107 children between April and December 2013," says Dr. Siaka Ballo, another IRC physician. "As of today, the centre has already treated 70 percent of this target, and we think that it will be exceeded by December."
Improving education
Support for families does not stop once a child recovers. With funding and support from the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the European Union's humanitarian branch (ECHO) mothers receive education about malnutrition prevention, including information on the dietary needs of their children, weaning techniques, malaria protection and hygiene promotion. They also receive food parcels to help their child's continued recovery.
"We do all we can to prevent children from dying as a result of malnutrition. During the rainy season, malnutrition rates are on the rise, as well as cases of severe acute malnutrition with complications, and the number of deaths," says Tasha Gill, the head of IRC's Mali mission. "We need long-term resources to ensure quality treatment and to tackle the roots causes of malnutrition."
The humanitarian community in Mali has appealed for US$80 million in 2013 to tackle malnutrition across the country. To date, only about $26 million – less than a third of funds needed – have been received. Despite this, aid organizations have been able to treat almost 168,000 acutely malnourished children under the age of five.


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Posted August 9, 2004; 05:18 p.m.
Susan Wheeler , lecturer in the Council of the Humanities and creative writing at Princeton, has been named one of two recipients of the 2004 Iowa Poetry Prize.
Awarded annually by the University of Iowa Press, the Iowa Poetry Prize is one of the leading national poetry awards. The acclaimed competition is open to new as well as established poets. The other winner this year is Megan Johnson.
Wheeler's fourth collection of poetry, "Ledger," will be published by the University of Iowa Press in the spring of 2005. Her first book of poetry, "Bag 'o' Diamonds" (University of Georgia Press, 1993), received the Norma Farber First Book Award of the Poetry Society of America and was short-listed for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Her second, "Smokes," won the Four Way Books Award in 1998. Her third collection, "Source Codes," was published by SALT Publishing in 2001, and her novel, "Record Palace," will be published by Graywolf Press in 2005.
Wheeler's other awards include the Witter Bynner Prize for Poetry from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, two Pushcart Prizes, and fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation and the New York Foundation for the Arts. Her work has appeared in seven editions of the Scribner anthology, "Best American Poetry," as well as in the Paris Review, London Review of Books, Verse, Talisman, The New Yorker and many other journals.
She is slated to teach an introductory poetry course at Princeton this fall. She also serves on the creative-writing faculty of the New Schools graduate program, and she has taught at Columbia University, the University of Iowa, Rutgers University and New York University.
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Dodgeville - James Robert Franzen, age 81, of Dodgeville, passed away on April 7, 2013 at his home in the loving embrace of his family.
Jim was born in Red Oak township Highland, WI to James L.and Viola (Delkamp) Franzen on November 11, 1931. He was a 1949 graduate of Highland High School and then attended Platteville University for a short period. He returned to Highland marrying Alice (Doyle) on October 30, 1954 at St. Phillips Catholic Church. Jim was employed at the Oconomowoc Canning Company in Cobb as a foreman. In 1963, he began a 26 year career with Dick's Supermarket, Platteville as Manger. In 1968, Dick Brodbeck purchased the Abdoo grocery store on Main Street in Dodgeville, asking Jim to move his family to Dodgeville and act as Manager. Jim remained as Manager until 1989 at which time he joined his son at Franzen Motors. He enjoyed working side by side with his son, Dan. He retired in 1997.
Jim was very active in all aspects of his community. He was a volunteer coach for many of his son's little league baseball and basketball teams. He was also active in the Boy Scouts acting as a Den Leader. He was a faithful member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church where he served on the St. Joseph's Parish Council and in the Knights of Columbus of which he was named a lifetime member in 2009. He was a member of the 4th Degree Knights of Columbus. He was very proud to be a 4th Degree and the many activities associated with the Knights. It saddened him to step back due to declining health. Jim's civic duties ran deep. He was a member of the Dodgeville Fire Department, Dodgeville Chamber of Commerce, Lion's Club, in which he served as President, and was also named Lion of the Year for leadership and dedication. Through his employer's sponsorship, he was an avid supporter of the Dodgeville Home Talent Baseball Team.
Jim is survived by his wife of 59 years, Alice; his children, Jackie (Dennis) LeCaptain, of Janesville, Ann (Ed) Willie, of Dodgeville, Terri (Michael) Lee, of Darlington, Patrick (Lisa) Franzen, of Middleton, and Dan Franzen, of Fall River; seven grandchildren, Amy (Charlie) Altenbach, of Chicago, Melissa (Michael) Sheppard, of Mequon, Patrick (Katie) Lee, of Wauwatosa, Brady (Amber) Lee, of Dubuque, Nick (Katie) Willie, of Dodgeville, Erin (Cody) Willie, of Platteville and Alexandra Franzen, of Middleton; three step-grandchildren, Kyle, Kailey and Colleen LeCaptain; seven great-grandchildren, Brenna & Charlie Altenbach, Davis & Diana Sheppard, LaKota Klein, Aurora Willie, & Mason Michael Lee due on April 22; his sister, Janet (Wesley) Gratz, Highland. He is further survived by his in-laws, Eileen Penasa, Ruth (David) McNeill, Jack Doyle, Nancy Doyle, and Judy (Jim) Myers.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his father and mother-in-law, Steve and Mary Doyle, his brothers and sisters-in-law; Peter Penasa, Ann Doyle, Kenneth and Kathy Doyle, Patrick Doyle, Earl and Joyce Fecht and other relatives and friends.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, April 12, 2013 at ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH in Dodgeville. Father Patrick Wendler will officiate. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until time of Mass on Friday at ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH in Dodgeville. Burial will be held at St. Philip's Catholic Cemetery in Highland. A luncheon will follow at Ss. Phillip/Anthony Parish Center in Highland.
We wish to thank the Upland Hills Hospice team especially Amber.
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Oh, I see I need to make a correction, I said "and I'll even consider it up against the FOC and Prime figures" and what I meant was "and I'll even consider it up against the FOC and Prime DELUXE figures".
Oh, I see I need to make a correction, I said "and I'll even consider it up against the FOC and Prime figures" and what I meant was "and I'll even consider it up against the FOC and Prime DELUXE figures".
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
Actually, with a lot of the old G1 stuff, you're talking about 40 years old, aren't you? A lot of it was older Diaclone and Microman stuff from Japan; I don't know the exact age, but I'm guessing it wasn't repurposed and imported the week after those lines hit shelves.
That's my jacket!
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
The use of a lightsaber does not make one a Jedi, it is the ability to not use it.
I have TFP BH Smokescreen and Ripclaw now along with Kreo Bludgeon to complete the wave 1 mini figure set.
I haven't weighed in on FOC Grimlock yet. It's probably the weakest Voyager I've bought in some time...even TFP Optimus, Bulkhead and Megatron are better than him. Since Grimlock in the IDW TFP comics shares this design, at least he can be displayed with TFP characters. FOC Kickback isn't looking so bad now
That sorta reminds me: The designs of these FOC characters aren't consistent with Prime. And neither is at all consistent with Rescue Heroes. Yet these are all supposed to be the same universe.
How does that work?
That's my jacket!
I was confusing Rescue Heroes and Rescue Bots, but that's what the Wikia says:
Yeah, reconciling The Force Unleashed and Clone Wars with the previous EU might be less of a headache.Jeff Kline stated that Rescue Bots and Prime occupy the same continuity, and do so because he felt two Transformers shows on the same network should share the same mythology. This is why Rescue Bots takes place on an island, so that it can exist in a relatively insulated bubble from the more dangerous plot elements of the older-skewing Prime.
That's my jacket!
The following of my recent acquisitions have all been in the outstanding A to A- to B+ range
Legion Airachnid and Twinstrike
Voyager Predaking
Deluxe Ripclaw and Smokescreen
Kreo Superion and Devastator
Beast Hunters isn't so bad after all
I finally got 2 Deluxe Mercedes Soundwave DOTM figures from the orient for under $30 each - shipped.
I had to make some deals. But I can't wait to get them.
In stores, I'll be looking at Springer whenever he comes out.
BAD Pts Need: R5-C7 lf leg (x2), , R4-P44 right leg BAD Pts Offered For Trade: PM me - I have lots of parts now including BG-J38!. New Kyle Katarn is also available.
Hasbro official looks at MP Acid Storm and Soundwave & Crew:
Soundwave's eyes are hypnotizing! Acid Storm's digital camo is an interesting MP solution to that look, but poorly timed as the military is phasing digital camo out as apparently it's stupid and doesn't work.
Got me Smokescreen at Target today. This figure is very interesting, it's like they said "you know how every figure we've done up until this point has been disappointing and cheap and low on parts and paint? Yeah, let's go the other way with this one, but just this one figure, that'll mess with their heads."
First things you should know when you get one though, the packaged robot mode is mistransformed in the chest/shoulders/wings so he's floppy off the tray when he's not in proper transformation. Also, the instructions about the arms turning into the roof are WRONG and IMPOSSIBLE because they have one half go up first then the other -- but it'd have to pass THROUGH the halves use a deep tab that would snap right the hell off if you did this, and the shoulder joints would likely snap off in the next move if they didn't -- so I strongly suggest snapping the roof halves together before fitting them to the windows. This section is fiddly, so make sure you figure out what works best for you, there's tabs on both sides and not everybody will have great success here without care.
This figure is quite articulated, very painted, sports a ton of movable parts from a complex transformation, and 2 different colors of translucent plastic. He doesn't sport Autobot faction sigils though or red on his crest, and his eyes are yellow, and his lower legs have a ton of paint that looks nice but isn't character-accurate, all of which is a touch odd. It's weirdest that they left out the crest considering there's a blue paint mask at work there already.
Anyway, robot mode is good, kibbly yes but largely it holds up to the character on the show, and it isn't gappy or weird. When transformed properly, the figure is fairly solid and poses like a champ thanks to solid leg articulation and big feet - he can't do 1-legged poses though because of the angle of said feet. The facade chest doesn't quite sell the "modern G1 carbot" look as well as the show, but it does hold the show's overall look. 5mm pegholes in each hand, the side of the lowest point of each heelspur, and the underside of the right forearm kibble.
Articulation is swivel head, shrug-hinge shoulders, ball-jointed shoulders, swivel lower biceps, ratchet-hinged elbows, swivel waist, ball-swivel hips, hinged knees, and hinged ankles. Also, the shoulder armor kibble is on its own hinge to get out of the way. The back wings are not intended to move, they help lock the mid-torso into place when transformed properly. The figure stands half a head shorter than the Vehicon.
Transformation to bot mode is very interesting, there's a lot going on and most of it is fun. Going back to vehicle mode though, that's wehre trouble really lies, the last quarter bit with the cockpit roof is a mess thanks to instructions that ignore the impossibility of getting the left cockpit section swinging into place and also just not making clear that the shoulder and arm positions have to be in exactly the right angle to get into place - that stuff is a bummer until you figure out why things have to be where and when. There's a lot of tabs and a lot of panel massaging to go with that, but the payoff is so good that it's almost worth the annoyance.
Vehicle mode is stunning, the lines sculpted here are nicer than the CGI version, this may be my all-time favorite Transformers car ever. It's a racecar somewhere along the lines of the Porsche GT in race spec, maybe a touch of the Nissan GTR GT500 racer and a hint of the Corvette. It's low, wide, lean, and has just the right amount of detail for a race car - including the low, large spoiler, and the thick intakes on the extra wide rear fenders... even the rear wheels in those fenders are wide, and there are sculpted brake calipers. They also balanced out the teardrop of the cockpit so it's not as front-heavy leaving it more sleek. Ground clearance is minimal but evenly so, suggesting a real race car, and the wheels are back to being classic metal pin into the hub so they roll nicely. 5mm holes are found in the center of the roof and on either side of the spoiler. The vehicle mode is slightly wider and longer than the Vehicon and a touch lower, without factoring the spoilers of either into the mix.
Paint is a different balance than bot mode, a lot of blue from the main stripe and the rear fender swoops, and the windows are purple translucent. The doors sport the red and blue swoop but instead of the checkered flag look there's just a white with red outline "38". The wheels are cast in black, no silver. Oddly, the headlamps are covered by a yellow window each instead of clear.
It's not all love though, while there are painted translucent elements they left the intakes behind the side windows unpainted, and they didn't paint in the rear window at all although it is framed by the blue stripe. There's no tail light paint, although racers often don't bother here. Annoyingly for me, the headlamp windows are not the same shade of yellow on mine.
The shadow quill armor is a blue rubbery piece that snaps over the front half of the vehicle and tabs into slots in the doors, it actually looks pretty good for what it's trying to be and it has good sculpted detail and cut-aways to show some of the front of the car through; it also has a clip on either side to hold the included missile (this would look better had it come with 3 missiles though, one in the gun and one on either side of the car). The armor in bot mode is less useful, it has to be bent to sit properly on the shoulder tabs and snaps onto pegs on the hips, and all it does is give him a narrow vest and a pointy bumper behind his head, it's not really worth using in bot mode.
The Electronet launcher is 3 parts - gun, missile, and electronet generator. The gun is a simple spring-loaded black pistol, a little sculpted detail but not much going on. The missile has industrial holes cut into 2 of the 4 fins at the nose, when fired it gets mixed results due to a tiny bit of flashing - sometimes it fires hard about 3 feet, others it dribbles out. The electronet generator is more rubbery blue plastic, the missile slips through the middle of it to load the whole affair into the pistol and sorta reminds me of a Kenner Batman figure's accessory, it doesn't look terrible thanks to a decent amount of sculpted detail, but it can't fire for crap even on its best day. The whole electronet affair put together can sit on top of the car, facing forward it looks stupid (since how much blue rubbery crap does this guy need on the front half of the car?) but if you rotate it backwards it balances the look out better (like another spoiler, or a shield for the engine) to the point where it's not embarrassing to use.
Overall, I like this figure but I can see it frustrating some folks real badly with the stuff that doesn't work. I'm giving it a strong B and I really like it a lot for what it's got going for it.
Wikia site sucks and steals from the privately-owned www.TFwiki.net . The Wikia one is only good for when TFwiki.net is down.
Darth Vader is becoming the Mickey Mouse of Star Wars.
Kylo Ren - came from Space Brooklyn, although he moved to Space Williamsburg before it was trendy.
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With a large number of new entrants, and several returning filmmakers, the fourth annual Portland Phoenix Maine Short Film Festival was a rousing success, with entrants and fans attending a full-house showing at One Longfellow Square, followed by the Portland premiere of The Rivals, a feature-length film by South Portland-based Lone Wolf Documentary Group about the football rivalry between Cape Elizabeth High School and Rumford's Mountain Valley High School.
These folks set a high standard for local short-filmmaking, and we're proud to call them our own — especially as they have shown us new aspects of life near (Long Island in Casco Bay) and far (Cuba). We're sure they'll travel far and wide again soon, cameras in tow. Join them, and enter next year's festival!
Heavy metal is "not something you think of when you think of Cuban music," says Nicholas Brennan, who grew up in Portland and Falmouth, and is in his senior year at New York University. But during a film-intensive study-abroad session in Cuba, Brennan (a drummer himself) discovered Zeus, and his perspective changed. Here was a band of music-loving, alcohol-guzzling, long-haired hard-rockers, beloved by thousands of fans, about whom the outside world knew nothing. Brennan — who wants to go into documentary journalism when he graduates this spring — had to delve deeper. By interviewing these musicians (with an intermediate Spanish fluency, Brennan was able to conduct most of the interviews himself, though he had help translating the subtitles) and getting their performances and aspirations on film, he shows the viewer a "unique aspect of the Cuban struggle and how metal develops within a country that isn't really open to the outside world." It's a worldly, warm look at a surprising subject.
Director Ritchie Wilson, who moved back to Portland three months ago after studying at the New York Film Academy, describes the making of this four-minute, two-actor comedy as "the most complicated thing I've done." How is it that such a short feature could be so brain-boggling? Well, its plot centers on Charlie, an overzealous time-traveler (played with earnest befuddlement by Ian Carlsen) who blasts back and forth between a cereal-stealing present and a Hitler-killing past; throughout the movie, several incarnations of Charlie appear on the screen in the same shot — Charlie even talks to himself! Filming all these Charlies required a green screen, a competent crew, and an assistant director, Jordan Scott, to "keep track of everything for me," says 23-year-old Wilson (who appears in the film as Charlie's deadpan, non-plussed roommate). Not only does the final result make sense, but it also gets laughs. Seems like all that organization paid off.
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Binghamton University launches fundraising campaign online
BINGHAMTON, NY – At a first-of-its-kind online event last evening, Binghamton University launched its second comprehensive gifts campaign.
Bold. Brilliant. Binghamton. The Campaign for Binghamton University was launched online on Thursday, April 22, via a website that included a live, streamed announcement of the campaign goal of $95 million, videos featuring dozens of University faculty and staff, 360-degree photos of campus locations, and chat rooms hosted by Binghamton faculty, students and alumni.
Over the course of the lively, 2-hour real-time Internet event, the site had over 1,500 visits that produced close to 20,000 page views. 'Party-goers' roamed the website vying for prizes and casting their votes for their favorite one-minute videos produced by members of the University community. Top of the most-visited list were the chat rooms, with the most popular of the 17 conversations being those associated with residential community affiliated groups.
Without ever leaving their home or office, participants were able to celebrate Binghamton University from New York to San Francisco and in countries as far away as India and Australia.
"As far as we know, we were the first university to launch a campaign this way," said Rebecca Benner, senior director of advancement services and campaign operations. "And I'm sure with the economy the way it is, we won't be the last to do so. The launch was a great success – both cost-wise and in the number of people we were able to reach. It also was a great way to show rather than tell our friends and supporters that Binghamton is at the forefront of communications and technology."
The Herson Group, headquartered in Penn Yan, NY, and Washington, DC, worked closely with Binghamton University to develop the customized and interactive website.
"We were very pleased with the way the event played out," said MJ Herson, lead agent on the project. "We had relatively few glitches and those we did have were quickly dealt with. With steady traffic in all of the features, including our Twitter feeds and updates to Facebook, our guests were able to communicate with one another through a wide range of vehicles. More importantly, they were able to engage with Binghamton University is a very new and dynamic way."
Along with the announcement of the $95 million campaign goal, the launch also recognized a number of large gifts to the University, including $25.9 million from Siemens.


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These are requested every time I cook a Turkey , so I now cook a larger bird just to have leftovers for turkey enchiladas!
Not good - my bf threw out the entire pan after eating them (and I had no qualms with throwing them out). I used green sauce. These might taste better with chicken. I used a mixture of light and dark meat - maybe better with only light meat. I did not pan fry the tortillas before, but I think that was an important step I shouldn't have skipped. I've made plenty of enchiladas before without frying the tortillas first, but for some reason these were more soggy.
This has become a go-to recipe for cooked turkey. I've been using a GF enchilada recipe when I couldn't find prepared. Family loves them!
This has been a family favorite for over a decade, with a few modifications. We shredded roast chicken and substitute canned chopped chiles for the chipotles. These enchiladas are the best!
This was sooooo good! Very flavorful. Definitely is a different use of that leftover turkey [rather than the usual sandwiches, pot pie, soup etc.] Instead of sour cream, I topped the enchiladas with shredded lettuce and sliced avocado. I'll be making this again for sure!
I was tired of the usual fare of leftover turkey so decided to try this. It was a hit but I definitely made changes. I added about twice the chipotle chilies and a lot of adobo sauce to green enchilada sauce as well as more cilantro. Instead of sour cream in the filling, I cut about 4 oz of cream cheese into cubes and added it. I also used pepper jack cheese in the filling and topped it with some cheddar. They were a great change of taste for turkey. Would also be good with baked chicken. I may try making my own enchilada sauce next time.
This was very good - not fantastic - but very good. If I could, I'd give it 3.5 forks. I didn't care for the smokey flavor of the chipotle chilis in adobo sauce; next time I will dice up a couple of jalapeños. Also, I used more cheese and it still wasn't quite enough - I should know this by now! I also think a mixture of cheddar and jack might be a little better and I would add sliced olives to the mixture and sprinkled on top of the cheese before baking. Handmade, fresh corn tortillas would lend better flavor than store-bought and might hold up a little better.
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Fantastic dinner for leftover turkey (or chicken as well) - it was a huge hit at our table of four adults. I used green enchilada sauce as that's my preference, and cherry tomatoes as that was what was leftover from the feast day. I didn't prep the tortillas in the oil, but dipped them into the warm sauce - by leaving them in it for a minute or so they soften up very nicely. And if they break, well, pouring the sauce over the top and then some shredded cheese will cover it up and nobody notices! I'll make it again before next Thanksgiving, for sure.
Very good, easy, excellent use of leftover Thanksgiving turkey (or any other poultry, I would imagine). Next time I will use a canned enchilada sauce that is NOT green (with the tomatoes the finished product was on the gray side), and canned diced tomatoes (1-14.5oz can) instead of fresh at this time of year. I'm not sure why you would skip the step of cooking the tortillas in oil; it softens them up nicely (I do this with huevos rancheros too): use 1 tble of oil for two tortillas, stacking them on each other and then flipping and turning so that each tortilla side is cooked 20-30 seconds total.


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I agree, see if you can work from your stash. You could do a label with the ribbon. Not so obvious but still there.
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I agree, see if you can work from your stash. You could do a label with the ribbon. Not so obvious but still there.
You could also attach a removable pink ribbon, to the quilt.
Thanks for the ideas
I was talking to a couple friends who have been quilting for about 100 years between the two of them. They do lots of charity quilts for a variety of causes.
They told me that at a silent auction they are lucky to get $100.00 for a quilt, but if it is auctioned they generally make at least $500.00.
Me, I would never bid on a ribbon or pink quilt, I am not a pink person and in general do not like the ribbons that are used to promote just about everything. I do financially support a variety of organizations, but not ribbon campaigns. A scrappy quilt, or even a simple 9 patch or D9P would hold more appeal.
Hi Lynnie, I made a quilt to be raffled for local man with cancer. We made over $600.
I made a D9P with neutral fabrics so it would be fine for a man or a woman. I was so pleased with the outcome.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery!! :)
I'd do a mix of pinks and white - same white fabric, variety of the pinks
tothenci posted a link today to a new D9p technique that I think would be nifty.
It's one of the http://www.missouriquiltco.com utube videos
For my first donation quilt for a breast cancer fundraiser, I made the "Quilt of Many Ribbons" - http://www.humblebeequiltworks.com/QofMR%20Final.pdf - It was auctioned off for $500...to a breast surgeon, who has it displayed in his office. This year's donation quilt is a Triple Irish Chain, with embroidered flowers in the center squares. I hope it does well. Good luck!
i do a breast cancer quilt every year for donation to a auction called bowl for the cure and always bowl in the tournament as well and i make it in all colors of pink with some breast cancer fabric in it 1st yr i made a nine patch, last year i made the cancer quilt with a panel from block party studios and not sure what im going to do this year but
they always bring in a good bit of money and since ive had several relatives in my family with all kinds of cancer it gives me a small feeling of fighting back. its not the pattern or even the color although i feel if its for breast cancer it should be in pink its that feeling of helping out or fighting back that helps most.


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JACKSON — State House officials are trying to figure out if West Point Democrat David Gibbs can rescind his resignation from the Legislature.
House Speaker Phillip Gunn read Gibb's resignation letter to the body Tuesday moments after he gaveled the 2013 session to order. Gibbs, who resigned because of poor health, sent a typewritten letter to Gunn in which a resignation date of Jan. 8 was written by hand.
House officials received word Wednesday that Gibbs or his family members wished to reverse the resignation. Nathan Wells, Gunn's chief of staff, said House staff members were still trying to reach Gibbs' wife Wednesday evening to confirm Gibbs' true intentions. Gibbs remained hospitalized Wednesday.
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Gibbs, 76, has been in the House since 1993. If his resignation goes through, Bryant would set a special election for House District 36, which includes parts of Clay, Lowndes and Monroe counties.
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Description The sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) is a large predatory sea star usually with 16–24 limbs called rays. It is the largest sea star in the world. Sunflower sea stars can grow to have an arm span of 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in diameter. The color of the sunflower sea star ranges from bright orange, yellow and red to brown and sometimes to purple, with soft, velvet-textured bodies and 16–24 arms with powerful suckers. Most sea star species have a mesh-like skeleton that protects their internal organs. Easily stressed by predators such as large fish and other sea stars, they can shed arms to escape, which will grow back within a few weeks. They are preyed upon by the king crab.
Sunflower sea stars are quick, efficient hunters, moving at a speed of one metre per minute, using 15,000 tube feet which lie on the undersides of the body. They are commonly found around urchin barrens, as the sea urchin is a favorite food. They also eat clams, snails, abalone, sea cucumbers and other sea stars. In Monterey Bay, California, they will feed upon dead or dying squid. Although the sunflower sea star can greatly extend its mouth, for larger prey, the stomach can extend outside the mouth to digest prey, such as gastropods like abalone. Their feeding behavior was filmed for the BBC in the 2006 nature documentary Planet Earth and again in 2009 for Life.
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