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Entrepreneur Summit Challenges Studentsby Patrick Bryant '16 • February 24, 2013 Share:
Established entrepreneurs told Wabash students Saturday that success comes from simple hard work. The third annual Entrepreneur Summit featured alums, guest speakers, and aspiring students.
The Schroeder Center for Career Development hosted Wabash students and alumni, other Indiana students, and members of the Crawfordsville community. A major theme that came out of the day-long event was that before an entrepreneur can speak to venture capitalists about investment, there is no good substitute for hard work.
Peter LaMotte, Senior Vice President of Levick, a Washington, D.C.-based crisis management and public relations firm, said that a venture is successful when an entrepreneur forms a team that isn't simply credible and relatable, but one in which all members have a vested interest in selling the product.
"At the end of the day, it's all about sales," LaMotte said. "If you're the only one being the salesperson in your organization, and you have to cover all [your coworkers'] salaries – you have to find what your direction is, and build a team around that."
He said in order to further that direction, an entrepreneur needs to find a mentor who has a stake that reaches further than a monetary value. In having those tough conversations, an entrepreneur can learn and eventually measure his or her own success.
Kendall Baker '16 used the day to take what ideas he had in mind and learn from the experiences of those who had similar goals and aspirations as college students.
"I've had a few ideas come to mind, and today for me has just been a great day to look at all the experiences that presenters have shown us today and [begin to] form in my mind a great interpretation of what entrepreneurship is for them, and how they can use it in their daily lives as they go out doing their [craft]," he said.
More than one speaker said investing is more than monetary value and the idea that if an entrepreneur is passionate about his or her venture, they shouldn't be willing to sell it if they sacrifice a stake in the business development.. Many speakers said decision-making in regards to an exit strategy must be decided early-on, but could vary greatly depending on the goals of the entrepreneur. Baker said that was something that stood out.
"I learned a great deal about the money aspect of it," Baker said. "You [may not] want to just take the vast sum of money [if it means] a smaller amount may allow greater participation [in the venture]."
Charlie Kelly '11, a founder of Square Jive, a smartphone app that provides location-based suggestions on events and activities, shared the insight of a younger and less experienced entrepreneur. He shared the story of founding of Square Jive with two coworkers he had met as an Orr Entrepreneurial Fellow at Bluefish Wireless Management at Indianapolis.
"Our idea was we wanted to make it really simple to find things to do," Kelly said. "After we got that idea, we started to do market research, and we started to look at what exists in the market currently and how are people finding things to do."
Kelly said statistics show nearly three of every four start-up businesses, like his own, fail. Kelly said his company was in the "death valley" stage of development until it reached the break-even point.
Kelly and many of the day's speakers spoke of failure and that sometimes, failure is a good quality in the eyes of investors, and ought to be a good quality in advisors and mentors that entrepreneurs are seeking.
As many of the speakers focused on inspiring students to develop a plan and invest their own blood, sweat, and tears in it, Kristin Clary, Executive Director of Montgomery County Economic Development said opportunities like the summit are great ways to realize the sometimes unrealized potential that exists locally.
"One of our goals for the Montgomery County Economic Development is entrepreneurism," Clary said, "and so we see a lot of good, untapped talent in the Wabash community. Another goal that both we and [Wabash President Patrick] White have is linking and uniting the College with the community. We see that as a positive result coming out of this summit – that the students are participating, but so are community members. And they're all being afforded the opportunity to listen to the great guest speakers that they have coming in today. I think Wabash strives to create opportunities for the entire community, and I see a lot of local people taking advantage of those opportunities."
Clary said by being at Saturday's summit, MCED wants students and members of the community alike to know that it is there as a resource.
"We want to encourage all entrepreneurs, but if they want to stay local, we want to offer them resources," she said. "Montgomery County has a lot of positive energy, Wabash College itself [is] an asset to the community, and I think for the first time city government, and county government are working together in unison with Montgomery County Economic Development and the Chamber of Commerce to really start meeting some of the goals of the business community that have gone unmet in the past."
Entrepreneur Jim Ray '95, the summit's closing speaker, said that had the summit existed when he was a Wabash student, it would have had a profound impact on the way his career progressed post-Wabash. He credits Schroeder Center for Career Development for providing a venue for students to realize that their competencies can be applied through entrepreneurship.
"It was a great conference," Ray said. "We weren't talking about entrepreneur stuff when I was in school; it just was not on the radar. I'd love to see it become a more important part of the College, I just do. It's an education that equips you to be an entrepreneur in a real way."
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BWW Interviews: Paper Mill Playhouse's John Treacy Egan Talks LEND ME A TENOR and More
Paper Mill Playhouse is busy preparing for their production of LEND ME A TENOR by Ken Ludwig and BWW was pleased to chat with actor John Treacy Egan who has been cast as Tito Merelli. We talked about the show as well as his Broadway career in productions such as THE PRODUCERS, SISTER ACT, and JEKYLL & HYDE.
BWW: Thanks so much for taking the time to talk with me, John Tracey Egan. Having seen the original Broadway production of LEND ME A TENOR and numerous productions, I can only imagine what it has been like to work on this show.
JTE: It has been awesome! I get to play this overblown, Italian tenor. (Remove 'Italian' and that is just me.) We come to work and we laugh constantly. Don Stephenson is an amazing leader/director. He is funny and warm as we spend our final weeks now fine-tuning the piece.
BWW: And the talented Judy Blazer as your wife...
JTE: She is hilarious and loving and so great to fight with.
BWW: I'm excited that you really get to show off your singing chops as Tito (not to mention your comic ones too). Have you ever considered doing opera?
JTE: Music is part of my everyday life, but I was intimidated by opera. I appreciated it, but was always one to sing the score of RENT instead of LA BOHEME.
BWW: I personally believe Paper Mill is among the best regional theatres around. What has your experience been like working with them?
JTE: This is my first time working there, though I have seen previous shows. A great team, a beautiful space to perform in, and we rehearse in New York sharing the hallways with the cast of KINKY BOOTS, MOTWN: THE MUSICAL, MATILDA - it's really wonderful.
BWW: I have to be completely upfront and tell readers I had the chance to work with you in the late 90s when you sang on a demo of an original musical of mine and witnessed firsthand your talent and your kindness.
JTE: And I still have the tape, Gregory. Great music.
BWW: That's very nice of you. But since then, I have loved watching you from afar (as a fan) as your career took off. Numerous Broadway shows, regional theaters, concerts. What made you leave Larchmont, NY and move to New York to pursue performing?
JTE: Ignorance. I figured I was so close and doing local shows 'so why not go to NYC and audition'? Really, I was just this kid from Westchester County singing The 5th Dimension and Jackson 5 in my garage and doing comedy shows at my church when I finally discovered musicals in high school.
BWW: So many people come to NY and not all are going to make it. That first Broadway experience in JEKYLL & HYDE - can you recall the feeling of getting that job?
JTE: It was unbelievable because I didn't get that job in the regular way. My friend Christine Pedi sang on the concept recording and said I needed to audition and told me to go through Frank Wildhorn's secretary. Side story: Christine and I had met in a community theater production of EVITA...playing Che & Eva. (JTE Laughs) Back to J&H: I was cast as a replacement in the National Tour and then got a call about it moving to Broadway. I thought they were just being nice and letting me know the fate of the show when fellow actor Brad Oscar called me and said he thought it meant I was going with it. I called back to check just to make sure.
BWW: Being part of the phenomenon of THE PRODUCERS must have been exciting. What was it like to close the show as Max?
JTE: It was incredible. We all knew we were part of this huge thing and I was lucky enough to be contracted to play three leads. But when it ended, I thought "What Next?" A role like Max Bialystock doesn't roll around the corner every week. It was back to the drawing board to reinvent myself again.
BWW: But you were smart to open up yourself to audition for TV and film too.
JTE: It's such as a fantastic medium...and just look at the TV Names that end up on Broadway. I loved working with one of those names (Raven-Symoné) in SISTER ACT. Plus, it's the gift that keeps on giving when you get a residual check. Those 'Law & Order' checks pay for a latte.
BWW: I love that you never get too far away from music - even singing in an episode of 'Boardwalk Empire' on HBO and recording your CDs. You have such a beautiful voice. How important is music to you?
JTE: Thanks for that. I love to sing. Music is so important to me. I studied classical singing through college - but never sang an aria since then - which is why I'm thrilled to get to sing one in LEND ME A TENOR.
BWW: Whenever anyone mentions your name, I always say you're one of the nicest people in the business. And then I went to your website and saw a link for The Lord's Pantry. Is this non-profit near and dear to your heart?
JTE: Thanks for asking about that. It is. Like Equity Fights AIDS, it is a local organization up in Westchester County that feeds hot meals to homebound AIDS patients. Started by a woman who lost her son to the disease it is still going with the help of others.
BWW: I love when people find a way to 'Pay It Forward', and that's what I feel you have done by linking to it on your website. It caused me to look it up.
JTE: I agree. I really love that part of my life when we collect money at the end of a Broadway show or make the speech for Equity Fights AIDS...meeting the audiences afterwards and hearing their stories about loved ones lost or even attending their first Broadway show; it's all a few minutes out of the day that makes you feel like you've done something so worthwhile.
BWW: Thanks so much for talking to me today and I can't wait to see the show!
LEND ME A TENOR will run at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Milburn NJ Wednesday, Feb. 13, through Sunday, March 10. For tickets and information visit: www.papermill.org.


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An Office of Congressional Ethics report has questioned the way in which Representative Tim Bishop sought a 2012 campaign contribution in connection with securing permits for a private fireworks show.
In May, the office, an independent, nonpartisan agency, recommended the allegation be reviewed by the House Committee on Ethics. In a statement issued on Sept. 11, the committee said that it would continue its investigation based on the office's report.
Responding to the office's inquiry in a July letter, Brian G. Svboda of Perkins Coie, a Washington law firm retained by Mr. Bishop, called the findings "deeply flawed" and said that they did not require further examination.
The complaint stems from May 2012 when Eric Semler, a New York hedge fund manager who owns an oceanfront house in Sagaponack, ran into difficulties securing the proper permissions for a fireworks display to be held during his son's bar mitzvah and turned to a friend, Robert F.X. Sillerman, for help.
Mr. Sillerman, had been the chancellor of the now-defunct Southampton College when Mr. Bishop was its provost, though Mr. Bishop's time there predated Mr. Sillerman's by a decade. They remained close, however, and Mr. Sillerman served as a Bishop campaign finance chairman during the 2012 election. He put Mr. Semler and Mr. Bishop in touch via e-mail.
When Mr. Semler's efforts were brought to the congressman's attention, according to the Office on Congressional Ethics report, Mr. Bishop, a Democrat, quickly went to work, calling on the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the State Department of Environmental Conservation, and a Southampton Town Trustee, among others, to smooth the way for Mr. Semler's planned fireworks display, which was held up over concerns about nesting piping plovers.
As the May 26 bar mitzvah rapidly neared, according to the ethics report, Mr. Bishop asked Mr. Sillerman to seek a campaign contribution of up to $10,000 from Mr. Semler and his wife, Tracy.
In an e-mail to Mr. Sillerman included in the 27-page report and associated exhibits, Mr. Bishop wrote, "Hey, would you be willing to reach out to him to ask for a contribution? If he donates before June 26, he and his wife can each do 5 large — if it is after June 26, they can each do a max of 2,500." June 26 represented the New York primary period cut-off date; individual donations of up to $2,500 can be made during both the primary and general election cycles.
The ethics report says that it took Mr. Sillerman five minutes to send a request for $5,000 to the Semlers. Almost immediately, Mr. Semler responded, "Absolutely! How do we do it?"
An exchange followed between Molly Bishop, Mr. Bishop's daughter and his campaign's finance director, and Mr. Semler, making arrangements for the contribution.
Meanwhile, with Mr. Bishop sending messages to and working the phones with Fish and Wildlife and state officials, permission for the Fireworks by Grucci show was secured with a day to go, provided the launch site be set up on the Semlers' roof and not at a nearby pond, as had been discussed earlier.
Mr. Semler, by then a guest at the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel, made a $5,000 credit card donation through his company, TCS Capital Management, to the Bishop for Congress committee on July 9, according to the report. That donation may have exceeded the $2,500 individual maximum, the report said, noting that Mr. Bishop's office had not been forthcoming with details about the donation or records that indicated a possible earlier contribution.
Based on its investigation, the Office of Congressional Ethics wrote that there was "substantial reason to believe that Representative Bishop sought a campaign contribution because of or in connection with an official act in violation of House rules, standards of conduct, and federal law."
The United States Attorney's Office has conducted its own probe. Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed several people locally early this year.
Conflicting Statements
A picture emerges from the Office of Congressional Ethics report of two sides to Mr. Semler's role.
Two days after the May 26 fireworks show, Mr. Semler wrote to Mr. Bishop thanking him for "going out of his way to help us."
"The fireworks were terrific," Mr. Semler wrote, "and I can't really believe we pulled it off. It never would have happened without you."
He went on, "You give me renewed hope that convoluted political bureaucracy can be surmounted. . . . Your relentless focus on the task was so impressive."
Mr. Semler's feelings apparently began to sour shortly thereafter. Documents included in the Office on Congressional Ethics report indicate that he had a dispute with the Grucci company over its bill and other aspects of the display.
In a June 1, 2012, e-mail, he objected that the show was only five minutes in length, instead of the 15 minutes he had contracted for. He also noted that Grucci had promised in writing that there would be no damage to his roof — which he said there was. And, worse, he wrote, fire and ash "permanently damaged my neighbor's new Bentley, which they are asking me to replace."
He asked for a full refund "plus further damages."
In an earlier e-mail to the Grucci company, apparently also pressing for a refund, Mr. Semler wrote that the Bishop campaign's solicitations were, "really gross — they didn't hesitate to solicit me in the heat of battle."
Once the matter reached Poltico.com, which covers Washington politics, and questions began to be asked, Mr. Semler appeared to backtrack, writing in an Aug. 8, 2012, text message to Mr. Bishop included in the ethics report that the congressman had "never asked me for a donation while you were trying to help me."
In another text from Mr. Semler describing his interview with a Politico reporter, he wrote, "I told him the bald truth that you did nothing wrong, that you are an outstanding congressman who gets things done in an era of gridlock." The story first appeared online on Aug. 15, 2012.
Mr. Bishop's lawyer, Mr. Svoboda, wrote in his July response to the inquiry that Mr. Semler's e-mails erroneously described a $10,000 donation he claimed to have made to the campaign.
These messages, he wrote, were given to the campaign of Randy Altschuler, who was running against Mr. Bishop at the time, by the brother-in-law of Felix Grucci, whom Mr. Bishop had defeated in his first race for Congress in 2002. Someone from Mr. Altschuler's campaign tipped off Politico, Mr. Svoboda wrote.
In its report, the Office of Congressional Ethics made two recommendations: that the House committee look into whether Mr. Bishop sought the contributions in connection with an official act and whether he made sure that the ultimate, $5,000 donation was in compliance with federal rules.
The committee's leaders, Represenative K. Michael Conaway, a Texas Republican, and Represenative Linda T. Sanchez, a Democrat from California, said in the Sept. 11 statement that they would extend the committee's review, making no further public comment until it was completed.
In a statement issued Monday Mr. Bishop said that the allegations were "politically orchestrated, and I am confident that the ongoing review of this matter will show that I acted in good faith to assist a constituent in need."


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The sweet chilli sauce was sensational, so much nicer than from a jar & pretty simple too, I halved the chilli quantity & it still had quite a bit of kick to it so very happy with that decision. The chicken was really, really good too, I think basting the chicken in the leftover marinade mixed with coconut cream was the final touch that made this dish so delicious. Note, I used chicken thigh fillets, my all time favourite chicken cut rather than jointing a whole chicken, basically I have no idea how to do it & am too lazy, would rather just slap the thighs in the marinade & I always find them so tender too. The cucumber salad on the side was a nice refreshing touch, I left out the chilli as I was pretty sure between the chicken & the sauce we had enough & I was spot on, I also used cashews instead of peanuts as I have a no peanut house, cashews I find to tbe the best substitute & love them. I wonder if you could make a satay sauce with cashews, I love a good satay & miss it o so much, anyone tried it with anything other than peanuts?
Overall, loved Thai week & found some recipes I will definitely use again
500g caster sugar
500ml white wine vinegar
500ml water
4 lemongrass stems, peeled & finely sliced
10 garlic cloves, peeled
15 long red chillies, chopped (feel free to halve this amount!!!)
1/2 teaspoon salt
Combine the sugar, vinegar and water in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Place the lemongrass, garlic, chillies and salt in a food processor & pulse to a fine texture. Add the paste to the saucepan, then simmer and reduce by half. Skim off any floating bits or any foam that forms.
Once thick, set aside to cool. Will keep for up to 2 months in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
Serves 4.
1 x 1.5kg chicken, cut into 8 joints, trimmed of fat and excess skin (or sub with skinless chicken thigh fillets as I did)
1/4 cup coconut cream
5 coriander roots, washed & chopped
6 garlic cloves, peeled
5 Thai pink shallots, peeled
1 birdseye chilli
1 tblspn minced turmeric or turmeric powder
2 tblspns freshly ground white pepper
3-4 tblspns fish sauce to taste
2-3 tblspns palm sugar to taste
For the marinade, use a heavy mortar and pestle or food processor, and puree the coriander roots, garlic, shallots, chilli and turmeric. Add the pepper, fish sauce and sugar to taste, and mix well. Rub the marinade into and under the skin of the chicken and leave it to marinate in the fridge for 2-3 hours.
Remove from the fridge & allow to come to room temperature.
Cook the chicken in a frypan or griddle pan over high heat, turning & basting frequently with the leftover marinade mixed with the coconut cream, until cooked through.
Serves 4
4 shallots, very finely sliced
1 tblspn vegetable oil
2 long cucumbers, peeled and seeded
1 tblspn brown sugar
2 tblspns rice or white wine vinegar
1 fresh chilli, seeded & finely chopped (optional)
50g peanuts, roasted & chopped (substitute with cashews)
2 tblsons freshly chopped coriander leaves & stems
fish sauce
Saute shallots gently and slowly in oil until brown but not burnt. Drain on kitchen paper. Cut cucumber into 1 cm cubes. Dissolve sugar in vinegar. Toss vinegar mixture through cucumber, then add all other ingredients, seasoning to taste with fish sauce.


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The first egg hatched on Saturday night (26th April). It was first seen at 19:37 still wet and in its half-shell so the actual separation of the shell would not have been much before that. The female was incubating at the time but the male came in and almost pushed her off the nest, continuing to take his paternal duties very seriously. He settled on the eggs/chick right away and the female flew off. She returned at 20:17 and took over incubation/brooding for the night shift.
Incubation from the laying of the 3rd egg (when incubation proper starts) was 34.19 days (39 days since the egg was laid). Last year the second egg hatched about 6 hours later.
First feed was at 0617 Sunday morning with the female bird bringing in a ready plucked meal that the adults had placed in one of their food storage area ready for this moment. The male left the nest and the female fed the single chick for about four minutes before settling on the nest again.
The chick seems fit and well as far as we can see.
We are expecting another hatching Sunday afternoon/eve. Here are some key dates from 2013.
Eggs laying dates : March 21st, 24th, 26th, 29th
Hatching dates; 30th April, 1st May, 1st May, 2nd May
Average incubation: 33.5 days from 3th egg lay
Fledging dates: 6th June, 7th June, 7th June, 9th June
The Watch Point at Norwich Cathedral is open seven days a week.
Links to video clips of the hatching and first feed:
Hatching (19:37 on 26th) http://youtu.be/-LFSTCl4TUQ
1st Feed (0617 on 27th): http://youtu.be/yf7x8WFVEsM


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2012 - Top BooksSubmitted by Karen on January 3, 2013 - 12:03am
Anybody who knows me will be aware that I'm mathematically challenged. Besides, I hate giving numbers of stars as reviews and Top 5's or 10's or whatever numbers give me heartburn, so instead, I wanted to just re-mention some of the books that made my reading 2012. I was rather pleased to have hit the 120 that I set myself as a goal on Goodreads (in fact if I was up to date with reviews) I reckon that number will end up much closer to 140, which is not a bad effort given that it was a hellishly busy year all round. But enough waffle.


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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Finding ovarian cysts on an ultrasound scan isn't a cancer sentence for women who are middle-aged and older, a new UK screening study suggests.
Women with so-called "inclusion cysts" weren't at higher risk for ovarian cancer or, for that matter, breast or endometrial tumors, researchers found.
The results add to evidence challenging the long-held belief that such cysts, which are sacs filled with fluid or other soft tissue, would trigger cancer.
But it will take longer follow-up "to definitively confirm these findings," Dr. Usha Menon, of the University College London, and colleagues caution in a report in the journal BJOG.
According to the American Cancer Society, about 1 in 71 women get ovarian cancer at some point, with half of the cases occurring after age 60.
Data for the new study came from the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening, which includes more than 200,000 women aged 50 to 74 years.
About half of those are getting ultrasound screening exams at regular intervals. In the first year, screening identified 1,234 women with inclusion cysts, and 22,914 with normal ovaries, according to the report.
After an average of six years, four women with cysts — or about five in 1,000 — and 32 with normal ovaries — about one in 1,000 — had developed ovarian cancer. Although that suggests increased risk, statistical tests showed that could easily have been due to chance.
The risks for other kinds of cancer weren't reliably higher in women with cysts, either.
What's more, the percentage of women with cysts who got cancer in the study was similar to what would have been expected in the general UK population, the research team reports.
"Our data," they conclude, "show that ultrasound-detected inclusion cysts in postmenopausal women do not seem to be associated with an increased incidence of primary invasive ovarian or hormone-dependent cancers, such as breast and endometrium."
SOURCE: bit.ly/pWJkJr BJOG, online July 15, 2011.


text: Philip Trudeau, a once-respected investigative journalist, has stepped on the wrong toes. With his personal life and health deteriorating around him, he is consigned to a suburban newspaper where he writes 'filler' local news articles to be slotted in among the real-estate and restaurant advertisements. Sent to cover what appears to be a tragic-yet-routine death at a level crossing, Philip is drawn into a multilayered mystery that involves art theft, political intrigue and business corruption... not to mention murder.


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December 8, 2006 - 8:07am
Yeast Types
Can someone explain the different types of yeast (or point me to somewhere that does). For example is rapid rise yeast the same as instant yeast? The active yeast that is bought in jars - does that need to be started in water? I'm sure this has already been explained somewhere so I'd love to read about it.


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A "Journal of Paintings" by Jon Conkey,
Themeworks was a "one-year-long" record of my progress in the art of "oil painting", and an attempt to paint 365 paintings in one year. Changing the monthly theme allowed me to focus on subjects I may not have otherwise painted. As an artist, I was looking for discovery and breakthroughs in my works through this daily practice.
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It's traditional retail lore—a company opens a store, expands its footprint to the Web and then works to integrate its online and in-store sales.
But for some retailers, the opposite approach is more enticing.
Despite the shift toward online shopping, a number of brands have turned the tables, first developing their virtual presence, and later moving into the physical space.
Amazon added its name to the fray on Thursday, when reports surfaced that the online pure-play will open a physical location in Manhattan. Details as to the exact function of the location, specifically whether it would be used as a distribution center or a store, were unclear. An Amazon spokeswoman said the company has made no announcements about a location in Manhattan.
"The focus is on e-commerce because that's a growing segment, but it doesn't mean that traditional physical bricks-and-mortar stores are going away anytime soon," said Giovanni DeMeo, vice president of global marketing and analytics for Interactions Marketing.
Instead, retailers are finding a way to marry the two concepts, leading many pure-play online retailers to experiment with—and often times grow—their offline presence.
General Growth Properties' CEO Sandeep Mathrani said that although online is the incubator, many brands have realized that to build volume and scale, they need to have multiple channels of distribution.
"They recognize the fact that malls bring them opportunity to expose their brands," said Alan Barocas, General Growth Properties' executive vice president of leasing.
Click through to see a list of retailers who have bucked the trend, and gone from clicks to bricks.
—By CNBC's Krystina Gustafson
Posted 11 April 2014
UPDATE: This story was updated 10 Oct. 2014


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Sophomore (2011):
Played in 15 games ... Ranked second on the Crimson with five goals and was tied for third with 11 points (5-1-11) ... Scored game-winning goal in 87th minute in 2-1 victory over Elon (Sept. 4) ... Assisted on tally in win against Massachusetts (Sept. 9) ... Tallied a goal at Rhode Island (Sept. 18) ... Netted a goal in win over New Hampshire (Sept. 25) ... Scored a goal at Cornell (Oct. 8) ... Found the back of the net in victory against Siena (Oct. 11).
Freshman (2010):
Appeared in all 17 games, starting eight ... Ranked fourth on the Crimson with eight points on two goals and two assists ... Tallied first collegiate goal at South Florida (Sept. 12) ... Assisted on game-winning goal at Massachusetts (Sept. 26) ... Handed out an assist in win over Yale (Oct. 2) ... Netted a goal at Fairfield (Nov. 11).
Before Harvard:
Played soccer all four years at Sacred Heart Prep … Captained soccer team as a senior … Named team's Most Valuable Player all four years … West Catholic Athletic League Freshman of the Year … Two-time All-WCAL first team selection … All-West Bay Athletic League first team as a junior and senior … San Mateo Times all-league first team as a senior … Four-time Palo Alto Weekly all-league first team honoree … Excalibur all-tournament team in 2010 … High school team was Central Coast Section champions in 2009 … Played for De Anza Force '91 soccer club … Club team won the State Cup three times, the Golden State Soccer League Championship in 2009 and was a Super Group finalist at the Surf Cup … Recipient of the Patricia Keil Student-Athlete Award … Member of the National Math and History Honor Societies … Royal Conservatory of Music level six pianist … Member of the advanced chorus at Sacred Heart Prep.
Enjoys singing, playing the piano and cooking … Mother, Connie, played tennis at Pace.


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Brown Announces Arrest of Foreclosure Rescue Scam Artists
SAN DIEGO--California Attorney General Brown today shut down a team of scam artists that acquired deeds to hundreds of homes in foreclosure by convincing desperate consumers to place their property in a "land grant," a phony and worthless real estate document.
Federal Land Grant Company—a San Diego-based business run by Bill Hutchings, his wife Xiaoke Li and former wife Shawna Landis—tricked desperate homeowners into believing that they could protect their homes from foreclosure by deeding their property to "federal land grants." Land grant transfers, used hundreds of years ago when the United States was still acquiring land from other countries, are no longer recognized by any court or county assessor.
"There hasn't been a legitimate use of the land grant since the conclusion of the Mexican-American war," Attorney General Brown said. "If some fast talking scam artist offers a quick escape from foreclosure using archaic documents, be extremely suspicious."
Federal Land Grant required homeowners to pay up to $10,000 to put their property in a so-called land grant which the company claimed would prevent foreclosure. Federal Land Grant also tricked homeowners into signing over the deed to their home and paying the company rent.
To make the meaningless grants appear legitimate, the company attached a land survey from when property was transferred to the United States by a foreign entity hundreds of years ago. In San Diego, for example, the company attached a survey from the Spanish Land Grant of 1872 and said that the deed reinstated the land grant and would protect homes from foreclosure.
State investigators confirmed from realty specialists in the Bureau of Land Management that a "federal land grant" transfer is meaningless and there is no mechanism in California for establishing a land grant on privately held land. Homeowners who are conned by the land grant scam are typically evicted from their property at the completion of foreclosure proceedings and retain no legally recognizable title to their property.
At least two Riverside County Superior Court judges, when faced with foreclosure sales involving so-called land grants, did not give any consideration to the deeds and issued eviction orders sought by the lender.
Federal Land Grant often perpetrated their scam by inviting homeowners to attend weekly seminars on the fraudulent land grant program. During these seminars, which had up to 50 participants, the company convinced homeowners to enter a lease back scheme in which the homeowners transfer their property to Federal Land Grant and then make monthly payments, purportedly for rent.
Investigators in the California Attorney General's Office have discovered more than 280 properties in San Diego and Riverside counties that have been transferred to Federal Land Grant or one of its affiliated companies. An additional 65 properties have been transferred in counties including Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino. At least 60 homeowners have had their homes sold through foreclosures.
Attorney General Brown today filed a complaint for an injunction and penalties against Federal Land Grant. In addition to filing a complaint, the attorney general obtained a restraining order to halt the defendants' illegal activities and an asset freeze so that the company's money can be used to refund consumers. A hearing for the preliminary injunction is set for June 5, 2008.
As a result of its business practices, Federal Land Grant allegedly violated California's foreclosure consultant and equity purchaser laws and California's laws prohibiting deceptive and unfair business practices including:
• Unlawfully acquiring title to property by falsely representing that it is necessary to put property into a "land grant" to stop foreclosure
• Making false statements regarding the existence of a mechanism to transfer property from private ownership to a "federal land grant"
• Making untrue statements that consumers' private property has been transferred to a "land grant" when this is a legal impossibility.
• Telling homeowners that transferring title to the company will prevent homeowners from having to pay their mortgage when the transfer merely strips homeowners of collateral for their mortgage and does not relieve the debt itself.
A copy of the complaint and application for the restraining order are attached.
Yesterday, investigators from the San Diego District Attorney's Office and FBI agents served arrest warrants and three search warrants during one of the land grant seminars in San Diego. Arrested were the ringleader William Hutchings, 62, Xiaoke Li, 43, both of Scripps Ranch in San Diego, Edgar Martinez, 30, and Diego Gil, 38, on charges of conspiracy, grand theft, and deceitful practices as foreclosure consultants. An arrest warrant for Shawna Landis, 29, of Sorrento Valley, has been issued. The San Diego District Attorney will prosecute the criminal case.
"The defendants preyed on mostly non-English speaking, Hispanic homeowners who were in foreclosure, claiming to offer assistance in preventing the victims from losing their home," San Diego District Attorney Dumanis said. "These transactions were illegal and left the victims even worse off than they were before. Some of the victims have been evicted from their own homes when this scheme failed."
The district attorney and FBI are asking all victims who signed properties over to defendants or the companies to report the incident by calling the following hotline: (619) 531-4475


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Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Detailed metabolic profile gives "chemical snapshot" of the effects of exercise
Improved understanding may help develop new disease therapies, improve sports performance
Using a system that analyzes blood samples with unprecedented detail, a team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has developed the first "chemical snapshot" of the metabolic effects of exercise. Their findings, reported in the May 26 issue of Science Translational Medicine, may improve understanding of the physiologic effects of exercise and lead to new treatments for cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
"We found new metabolic signatures that clearly distinguish more-fit from less-fit individuals during exercise," says Gregory Lewis, MD, of the MGH Heart Center, the paper's lead author. "These results have implications for the development of optimal training programs and improved assessment of cardiovascular fitness, as well as for the development of nutritional supplements to enhance exercise performance."
The beneficial health effects of exercise — including reducing the risk of heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes — are well known, but the biological mechanisms underlying those effects are unclear. Previous investigations of exercise-induced changes in metabolites — biological molecules produced in often-minute quantities — have focused on the few molecules measured by most hospital laboratories. Using a new mass-spectrometry-based system that profiles more than 200 metabolites at a time — developed in collaboration with colleagues from the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, led by Clary Clish, PhD — the MGH-based team analyzed blood samples taken from healthy participants before, immediately following, and one hour after exercise stress tests that were approximately 10 minutes long.
Exercise-associated changes were seen in more than 20 metabolites, reflecting processing of sugars, fats and amino acids as fuels as well as the body's utilization of ATP, the primary source of cellular energy. Several changes involved metabolic pathways not previously associated with exercise, including increases in niacinamide, a vitamin derivative known to enhance insulin release. Another experiment that analyzed samples taken from different vascular locations indicated that most metabolite changes were generated in the exercising muscles, although some appeared to arise throughout the body. In both experiments, several metabolite changes persisted 60 minutes after exercise had ceased.
In an experiment designed to assess the effects of prolonged exercise, pre- and post-race samples were taken from 25 runners who completed the 2006 Boston Marathon. Extensive changes in several metabolites -— some different from those produced by brief exercise — were seen in the post-race samples. Indicators of increased metabolism of fats, glucose and other carbohydrates rose in response to both brief and prolonged exercise, but in marathoners amino acid levels also fell significantly, reflecting their use of amino acids as fuel to maintain adequate glucose levels during extended exercise.
The researchers also analyzed how these metabolite changes related to participants' level of fitness — determined by peak oxygen uptake in the short-term experiments and by finishing times for the marathon runners. In both groups they found that several changes, including those reflecting increased fat metabolism, were more pronounced in participants who were more fit.
Pursuing the hypothesis that metabolites which increase in response to exercise act on pathways involved in cellular respiration and glucose utilization, the investigators applied different combinations of metabolites to cultured muscle cells. They found that a combination of five molecules increased expression of nur77, a gene recently shown to regulate glucose levels and lipid metabolism, making it a possible treatment target for the combination of cardiovascular risk factors known as metabolic syndrome. The association of nur77 levels with exercise was supported by an experiment that found gene expression increased fivefold in the muscles of mice that had exercised for 30 minutes.
"Our results have implications for development of both diagnostic testing to track and improve exercise performance and for interventions to reduce the effects of diabetes or heart disease by improving a patient's metabolic 'fingerprint'," explains Robert Gerszten, MD, director of Clinical and Translational Research at the MGH Heart Center, the study's senior author. "Improving the health of people with cardiovascular disease is our number one goal, but defining which metabolites become deficient and need to be replenished during exercise could also lead to the next generation of sports drinks that can help healthy individuals achieve their best exercise performance."
Gerszten is an associate professor and Lewis an instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School. The study was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, Fondation Leducq, and the American Heart Association.
Additional authors of the Science Translational Medicine paper are Laurie Farrell, Malissa Wood, MD, Maryann Martinovic, Susan Cheng, MD, Rahul Deo, MD, PhD, Aarti Asnani, MD, Marc Semigran, MD, and Thomas Wang, MD, MGH Heart Center; Eugene Rhee, MD, and David Systrom, MD, MGH Department of Medicine; Amanda Souza, Elaine Yang, Xu Shi, MD, Steven Carr, PhD, and Clary Clish, PhD, Broad Institute; Zoltan Arany, MD, and Glenn Rowe, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Elizabeth McCabe, MS, Framingham Heart Study; Frederick Roth, PhD, Harvard Medical School; Ramachandran Vasan, MD, Boston University School of Medicine; and Marc Sabatine, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Massachusetts General Hospital, established in 1811, is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The MGH conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of more than $600 million and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, computational and integrative biology, cutaneous biology, human genetics, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders, regenerative medicine, systems biology, transplantation biology and photomedicine.
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Adrian Martin and I are delighted to announce the second issue of LOLA. The table of contents page is here. The issue is dedicated to Raúl Ruiz and Gilbert Adair, and the theme of the issue is "Devils". It also features a special section on Chantal Akerman drawing upon material first published in German by the Viennale in late 2011 as part of their major Akerman retrospective.
Unlike what we did with the debut, Adrian and I have now decided to release each issue of LOLA gradually: we've put up the first six pieces now -- including the Akerman dossier -- and we will proceed to add to the issue, usually a piece each week, for the next couple of months. We felt this might make for a more manageable pace of reading, rather than overwhelming the reader with fifteen new pieces all at once. It will also keep LOLA 'in circulation' over the next few weeks, rather than just 'surfacing' a couple of times a year. As new pieces go up, we will post links to them here at the blog, at Twitter and on Facebook.
Here are links to the six pieces, with a little excerpt from each:
-- Raúl Ruiz, "Cinema is Another Life" (a speech he delivered upon receiving an honorary doctorate from the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Lyon in 2005): "And here is the secret: dear friends, when we see a minute of film, we see thirty seconds of cinematic darkness. Thanks to the shutter, there is implanted in us an obscurity where we find, nourished and nurtured, a type of counter-film or parallel film composed by ourselves – and which, in traits of shadow, composes an entire world, a small world comprised of our doubles."
-- Alexander García Düttmann, "A Letter to My Dead Friend Gilbert Adair About Blindness": "Who is having the real Gilbert? In Raúl Ruiz's film The Territory, for which you co-wrote the script, the characters eat the flesh of someone called Gilbert. As they keep chewing, they compare notes. Each one claims to be the one who has sunken his teeth into the man himself. It took you thirty years to become Gilbert Adair. But despite your efforts and your fears you did not foresee your blindness."
-- Dana Linssen, "A Letter": "You could call the documentaries Akerman made around the turn of the millennium 'accidental films'. D'est, a journey through Eastern Europe, was the result of a research trip for a film about Russian poet Anna Akhmatova. Sud was inspired by fragments of Harmony Korine's Gummo (1997), which Akerman saw while teaching at Harvard, and the works of William Faulkner and James Baldwin that deal with the south of the United States – in particular, Baldwin's musings on the beauty of the trees, on the one hand, and the invisible weight of the bodies that hung from them, on the other."
-- Nicole Brenez, "Chantal Akerman: The Pajama Interview": [Akerman on Wong Kar-wai's Happy Together] "In a film that's this sensitive, I feel like I'm at home. A pure pleasure in cinema, in such beautiful young boys. For Wong Kar-wai, there's a kind of hesitation, of wavering in regards to sex, that's rarely found in a man. But he should have refused to make American movies, it's a disservice to his work – his last film, My Blueberry Nights (2007), was a lot less inspired."
-- Jonathan Rosenbaum, "Chantal Akerman: The Integrity of Exile and the Everyday": "'Carl Dreyer's basic problem as an artist,' wrote the late Robert Warshow in 1948, reflecting on Dreyer's Day of Wrath (1943), 'is one that seems almost inevitably to confront the self-conscious creator of "art" films: the conflict between a love for the purely visual and the tendencies of a medium that is not only visual but also dramatic.' This is a problem addressed in one way or another by each of Akerman's features to date, beginning with her painterly, silent, nonnarrative Hotel Monterey and her narrative and relatively unpainterly sound feature je tu il elle made two years later."
-- Chantal Akerman, "Almayer's Folly: Synopsis and Statement of Intent": "I would like to treat this story with simplicity, a father, a mother, a girl, a young man in love with her; and with sensuality, thanks to the setting."
I leave next week to attend Il Cinema Ritrovato, the film festival in Bologna. I've never been to Bologna (or Italy) before, and I'm eagerly looking forward to it. At the festival, I'll participate in a panel discussion with Jonathan Rosenbaum and Miguel Marías. The festival is featuring programs on Raoul Walsh, Jean Grémillon, and Lois Weber (among others). And I'm especially looking forward to seeing the new restoration of Uday Shankar's Kalpana (1948).
I'll post next (returning to my once-every-two-weeks schedule) when I'm back home in early July.
Here's some more reading:
-- There's a new issue of Experimental Conversations that includes pieces by Fergus Daly, Maximilian Le Cain and Tom McCormack, among others.
-- Adrian speaks to Kevin Lee about Philippe Garrel's L'Enfant Secret (1982), one of the films on his Sight & Sound Top 10 ballot; and writes about "freaky framings" in his latest Filmkrant column. Also: Ekkehard Knörer and Michael Baute talk to Kevin about Helmut Käutner's Under the Bridges, which sounds like a fascinating film.
-- Catherine Grant posts links to videos (featuring Jonathan Rosenbaum, Jacques Rancière and Adrian) and writings about cinephilia at Film Studies for Free.
-- "When Westerns Were Un-American," by J. Hoberman at the New York Review of Books.
-- Christian Keathley's short video essay "Does Your Dog Bite?"
-- A talk with Miriam Bale on Joan's Digest, the feminist online film journal she founded.
-- Two mid-'50s pieces by Luc Moullet on Vincente Minnelli at Ted Fendt's place.
-- Steve Rybin at his blog Cinephile Papers on Terrence Malick and film-philosophy.
-- Having returned from the film festival, Blake Williams posts his "Cannes hierarchy" with comments.
pic: Aurore Clément in Chantal Akerman's Les rendez-vous d'Anna (1978).


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Flexible Packaging Takes the Heat
Specially engineered pouches and bags keep things cooking at home and in the plant.
The combination of flexible packaging and thermal processing techniques — from home microwaves to large-scale, in-plant pasteurization — is coming of age. The products taste better than ever, while delivering the convenience consumers have come to expect.
For consumers, innovative new package structures are taking microwave cooking beyond vegetables and into the realm of raw and frozen meat and fish, with restaurant-quality results. Last fall, grocery retailer Aldi (www.aldifoods.com), Batavia, Ill., launched six frozen entrees in a microwavable pouch engineered to cook like a Dutch oven, only quicker.
Aldi's new Bremer Select private-label entrees, some of which contain frozen raw seafood, are packaged in a form-fill-seal pouch made from a flexible packaging material that incorporates a patterned microwave susceptor between layers of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and kraft paper.
The package, known as the Smart Pouch, is designed to combine steaming with susceptor cooking for superior results when microwaving frozen entrees that contain raw protein. According to Smart Pouch LLC (www.smartpouch.com), Fayetteville, Ark., creator of the package, this is the first steam pouch to use susceptor technology.
In the course of microwave cooking, susceptor patterns deposited on the packaging material absorb microwave energy, which is then used to heat the entree. Even cooking — the elimination of overdone edges — is a key benefit of susceptor cooking.
Proteins such as beef, poultry, pork and seafood "need higher temperatures in order to achieve a tender texture," says Sterling Tucker, managing partner of Smart Pouch LLC. "To increase the protein cooking temperature in a microwave oven, you need another source of heat introduced into this closed system. This is where the susceptor comes in."
Adding susceptor technology to the steam pouch enables cooking at temperatures higher than 212°F, the thermal limit for steaming. The susceptor assures that proteins cook to an internal temperature of at least 165°F. And steam created by sauces in the Smart Pouch keeps the protein from drying out, despite cooking at a higher temperature. The natural juices and flavors retained in the pouch during cooking produce a highly palatable product.
Tucker credits his partner, Kay Wright, with inventing the patented Smart Pouch technology, which is also compatible with conventional-oven cooking. Marietta, Ga.-based Graphic Packaging International Inc. (www.graphicpkg.com), Smart Pouch's exclusive licensee, makes and markets the Smart Pouch film.
In the frozen seafood aisle
Safeway Inc. (www.safeway.com), the Pleasanton, Calif.-based supermarket chain, uses a different type of microwavable pouch for a selection of frozen, raw fish products within its private-label Waterfront Bistro line.
Waterfront Bistro Santa Fe Style Alaskan Salmon, for example, is sold in a matte-finish stand-up pouch containing two microwavable pouches. Each microwavable pouch contains one salmon fillet. The microwavable pouches are supplied by WaveQuick Technology Co. Ltd. (www.wavequick.com), Tainan, Taiwan.
The self-venting, steam-in pouch technology uses a two-phase cooking method. In the initial phase, microwave energy heats the frozen fillet and turns the moisture in the product into steam, "cooking the food from the inside out," according to WaveQuick. In the second phase, steam builds up inside the pouch, producing a pressure cooker environment that cooks the product from the "outside in." The breathable multilayer film from which the pouch is manufactured regulates the inner pressure.
The FlexiBowl pouch, introduced at Pack Expo last fall by Ampac Flexibles, allows consumers to microwave or boil the product in the pouch, then eat directly out of the package.
The consumer does not pierce the airtight pouch prior to microwaving, and a tear notch makes it easy to open after microwaving. The cooking technique delivers a high-quality microwaved product, which supports the brand's positioning as a fast, restaurant-quality option.Cook, tear and eat
Complementing these packaging developments for raw proteins is a new pouch that improves the convenience aspect of heat-and-eat microwaveable products such as soups, stews and rice.
The FlexiBowl pouch, introduced at Pack Expo last fall by Cincinnati-based Ampac Flexibles (www.ampaconline.com), is designed for on-the-go occasions. Consumers microwave or boil the product in the pouch, then eat directly out of the package.
The company's linear tear technology provides a clean, straight tear across the package, so the product doesn't spill upon opening. And "cool grip" tabs give the consumer a comfortable grip on the hot package.
The FlexiBowl pouch can be designed in a variety of formats, but one example incorporates a linear tear notch at the top of the package and a second notch lower on the pouch. The consumer would tear at the top notch, partially or fully, to allow venting during microwaving. After cooking, she would tear at the lower notch to open the pouch into a bowl.
This package concept is useful for retorted applications but can also be used for dry foods such as snacks and cereals. The film used to make the pouch, plus the package shape and placement of cool grips and tear lines, can be customized to suit specific customer requirements. The package is designed to run on existing form-fill-seal packaging equipment at the same line speed as conventional pouches.
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Protecting Fort Hood starts with you. If you see or hear anything suspicious, call 288-COPS (2677). Think....Protect...OPSEC!
In 1998, Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act and strengthened provisions covering access to
information in the Federal sector for people with disabilities. As amended, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation
Act requires access to the Federal government's electronic and information technology. The law applies to all
Federal agencies when they develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology. Federal
agencies must ensure that this technology is accessible to employees and the public.
In compliance with Section 508, the Fort Hood Web Site is dedicated to making all of our web pages accessible to all of our visitors.
This page provides links to some major private organizations involved with accessibility issues and
to the public law and Section 508 requirements of the Federal IT Accessibility Initiative. These links are
provided only to promote better understanding of the law and Section 508 requirements and is in no way intended
to recommend the use of any particular source in preference to any other source or sources.
CAST (www.cast.org) is a not for profit organization that uses technology to expand opportunities for all people, including those with disabilities.
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential as a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.
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