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Jan 23, 2012 (CIDRAP News) – More experts weighed in recently on various aspects of yet-unpublished H5N1 avian influenza transmissibility studies that have raised concerns about the risk of an intentional or accidental release of the mutant pathogens, as well as worries about scientific censorship.
The views, which include those from a Dutch research group that conducted one of the studies and a member of a US government panel that advised publishing only redacted versions of them, appeared in a group of commentaries posted on the Science Web site Jan 19.
The H5N1 study by Dr Ron Fouchier's group from Erasmus University in the Netherlands is slated for publication in Science. The second of the two studies, by Dr Yoshihiro Kawaoka and colleagues from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, is expected to appear in a future issue of Nature. Earlier last week, Nature published a similar collection of commentaries on the issues surrounding the studies.
The commentary by Fouchier and colleagues contained some fresh details about the background of the study, along with their view that the full version of their report should be published.
They wrote that their research goal is to explore whether the H5N1 virus can gain the ability to spread by aerosol transmission and if such a strain would retain its virulence, which has been a key question in assessing the world's pandemic risk and would play a role in preparedness planning.
The lab's work on aerosol H5N1 transmission has been done openly, and the decisions to do the studies were guided by local, national, and international input, the group wrote. They also detailed the steps that led to a research contract from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
In a description of the safety level and conditions at the lab, they wrote that the facility is regularly inspected by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention using US "select agent" rules for overseas labs. The most recent inspection in February 2011 found no safety or security gaps, they said.
Regarding a recommendation from the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) that the published study be redacted to exclude methodologic details and mutation data and that a system be devised to share sensitive details with those who need to know, Fouchier's team asserted that decisions about who should see the full details should be broad-based. They said decision making should include health officials in countries where H5N1 infections occur in humans and animals, as well as global health labs, companies, and research groups that produce countermeasures.
The NSABB is HHS's independent advisory group on dual-use research.
Fouchier's group also warned that H5N1 research labs that do similar work also need to know the full details, because they may unknowingly develop high-risk variants. Based on a literature review, they argued that labs working on H5N1 viruses may need only one to three mutations before they gain the ability to transmit by aerosols.
Though the group disagrees with the NSABB recommendations, they said they respect the advice and hope to find a solution for sharing key information with those who need to know while preventing possible misuse of the data. "However, we cannot rule out the possibility that new scientific research, outbreak events, political sensitivities, or other circumstances may call for deviation from this route," they wrote.
In a separate commentary, Dr Daniel Perez, a virologist who studies flu in animals at the University of Maryland, argued against stopping or limiting H5N1 transmission research. He wrote that identifying the molecular attributes that allow flu viruses to spread by aerosol transmission is a key to predicting or preventing the emergence of a pandemic strain.
Researchers have taken only a few steps in understanding flu transmission, he wrote. "In this regard, the independent work by Fouchier's and Kawaoka's groups showing that H5N1 can be transmitted by respiratory droplets in the ferret model is of great importance."
"If there ever was a sense of complacency about H5N1 viruses," he added, "these studies are a wake up call."
He said he respects the NSABB's recommendation but believes it is impossible to block access to the methodology, because the two groups and other researchers have already published similar studies.
Restricting access to key information could hamper the development of vaccines and antivirals against the virus, Perez wrote. He told CIDRAP News that it's not yet known if the amino acid changes in the mutated H5N1 viruses would have an impact on the antigenic make-up of the virus. He added that researchers will need to assess those changes to determine if existing H5N1 stocks are a good match for the virus or if a new seed stock needs to be developed.
He urged health leaders not to block H5N1 research over fears of possible misuse, pointing out that bold measures led to the eventual eradication of smallpox.
In a commentary arguing against the release of the study details, Dr Michael T. Osterholm and Dr Donald A. Henderson wrote that experts should keep in mind that with a human case fatality rate that ranges from 30% to 80%, circulating H5N1 strains are among the most virulent known human pathogens.
Osterholm is a member of the NSABB and director of the University of Minnesota's Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, which publishes CIDRAP News. Henderson is with the Center for Biosecurity at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and led the global effort to eradicate smallpox in the 1960s and 1970s.
The two authors questioned how useful the full details would be for surveillance purposes, given the difficulties H5N1-endemic nations have with detecting and responding to poultry outbreaks. Even if the countries had good lab capacity and could process samples quickly, the countries often lack the commitment for aggressively addressing H5N1 issues, they wrote.
The 2009 H1N1 pandemic is a recent example of how difficult it is to it is to quickly identify and contain an emerging pandemic virus, Osterholm and Henderson said.
Osterholm told CIDRAP News that trying to use mutation data to improve surveillance "is like putting a different colored cover on a smoke alarm that has no batteries or electricity."
Osterholm and Henderson also asserted that novel antigens that are potentially altered by mutational changes in one of the studies wouldn't drive H5N1 vaccine research using current methods that rely on hemagglutinin and neuraminidase antigens. Though H5N1 candidate vaccines against the viruses should be developed and tested, the process wouldn't require sharing mutation data outside a small group of researchers, they added.
A better option for protecting the world against the next pandemic flu strain would be to develop, license, and produce next-generation flu vaccines that are effective against a range of strains and are more readily available to the world in the early weeks of an outbreak, they wrote.
In the view of Osterholm and Henderson, since sharing the full details of the study won't materially increase preparedness against an H5N1 pandemic, efforts should instead focus on making sure the information doesn't fall into the wrong hands and that an accidental lab release doesn't occur.
If a transmissible human-made H5N1 virus sparks a severe pandemic, "the world will hold life sciences accountable for what it did or did not do to minimize that risk," they write.
Osterholm told CIDRAP News that those concerned about the bioterror or accidental release risks aren't belittling H5N1 researchers or saying that much of the work isn't needed. Rather, he said, experts should think about what kind of research is truly needed as they assess the potential risks.
Perez told CIDRAP News that he agreed that experts should be thinking about ways to improve vaccines, but he said the world is not even close to a universal vaccine, saying, "What we have to deal with now is the current technology."
He said rather than worrying about what some labs might do with the information in the two H5N1 transmission studies, experts should devote more efforts to figuring out how to get rid of H5N1 in poultry. Perez also said global health officials should put more pressure on countries to control H5N1 in poultry.
In a fourth commentary in the series, two legal experts discussed the limits of government regulation in science. They noted that although the government has tried to block scientific publication twice before, the H5N1 case is the first request to withhold information after an HHS review process.
The authors are John D. Kraemer and Lawrence O. Gostin, both with the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
They wrote that the HHS advisory group's request does not violate the First Amendment, because it is nonbinding. In some situations, the government can block scientific communications, such as when the information has been properly classified under federal law.
In exploring whether information deleted from the H5N1 reports could be obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, Kraemer and Gostin said FOIA rules apply only to agency records, and a key question would be whether data acquired under a grant constitutes an agency record.
They said that in 1980 the Supreme Court ruled that research data produced under an NIH grant was not an agency record, because it was retained by the grantee.
See also:
Fouchier RA, Herfst S, Osterhaus DME. Restricted data on influenza H5N1 virus transmission. (Commentary) Science 2012 (published online Jan 19) [Full text]
Perez DR. H5N1 debates: hung up on the wrong question. (Commentary) Science 2012 (published online Jan 19) [Full text]
Osterholm MT, Henderson DA. Life sciences at a crossroads: respiratory transmissible H5N1. (Commentary) Science 2012 (published online Jan 19) [Full text]
Kraemer JD, Gostin L. The limits of government regulation of science. (Commentary) Science 2012 (published online Jan 19) [Full text]


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The Triumph TR6 has a classic British roadster shape. Its '60s styling looks totally perfect today. But being a '60s British roadster, it isn't that powerful and isn't that reliable.
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Inside, there's a custom metal dashboard that looks absolutely wicked and satellite navigation. They say basically everything but the body is new. Which means there's a good chance it's put together better than it was in 1969.
The buy-it-now eBay listing ended Thursday with no takers for the TR6. It might have something to do with the $32,000 asking price – TR6s, really nice ones at that, go for far less. Still, this digitally remastered British roadster has the good looks and the high probability of starting every time you turn the key. And it's so much cooler than a Miata.
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This is my way of apologizing to you that I am two whole days behind writing about how fantastic Grey's Anatomy was from a social media perspective this week. I am blown away. I read on my bible Mashable that Grey's Anatomy had an interactive application to watch its episode. The first episode was this week. Basically, I launched the app and it synced with the TV and for sixty glorious minutes it gave me a little bit more insight on the direction, the music and the background of the episode. You had a chance to take polls, share your opinion on Facebook and Twitter, claim badges and more. This is beyond all my little nerdy butt head could handle. I mean this is beyond! What if all of television follows suit? I may never leave my house again. You really had a backstage pass to what was now more than a tv show, it was now an event.
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Looks alone, after all, should not be a reason to upgrade if you are one of the 15 million or so who threw down somewhere between $500 to $800 over the last nine months for an original iPad. As I see it, if you're super happy with your purchase, you don't absolutely need to upgrade. The iPad 1 is still a great device. It's the game-changer when it comes to tablet -- or, as Steve Jobs calls it, "post-PC computing."
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Sorry you had such a hard time witha vendor , What I would do is send it right back and demand my money back, and give them a head up since they want to play nasty, tell tehm you have seven days to refund my money , or the following people will get a copy of your letter, the State aaattorney General Office io where he dose bussiness, and to your state attorney General, and for shits and giggles just mention that ATF will also be receiving a copy of your letters and wxplain that youwere under the impression that they gave you that a mag was included, and he did a bait and switch! which is totally against the law.....Doc


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Hot Dog of the Week: Polish Boy from Freddie's Rib House in Cleveland
A unique hot dog feature each week from hot dog connoisseur and cartoonist Hawk Krall!
The latest issue of Saveur is jam-packed with gorgeous photos of shimmering slabs of ribs, bloodstained pitmasters and dripping barbecue sauce, which got me thinking about how rarely barbecue crosses over with hot dogs. Sure, the frankfurter is a staple of the backyard summer "barbecue," but if there's a pitmaster somewhere in Tennessee making his own hot dogs and smoking them over cherrywood for eight hours, I've yet to hear about it.
Then I remembered the Polish Boy, Cleveland's signature sandwich: a giant kielbasa covered in french fries, cole slaw and barbecue sauce on a giant sandwich roll. An interesting combination of the city's barbecue and Eastern European traditions, it also brings to mind Chicago's minimalist "Depression Dog", or even Pittsburgh's cole-slaw-and-french-fries deli sandwiches.
Not really a hot dog, although you can find a Polish Boy at Steve's Lunch where the kielbasa is more like a jumbo frankfurter. But the original is made with massive lengths of real smoked kielbasa from Cleveland barbecue restaurants like Freddie's and Hot Sauce Williams .
Freddie's Rib House is a crazy hole-in-the-wall joint that seems to be in the middle of nowhere. It was empty inside when I was there. I was a little worried they were closed, although the Coney Island style paintings of sausage and chicken platters out front were a good sign.
Recently remodeled with neon orange walls and Ikea-looking tables, the ordering is still done through a grease and sauce stained bulletproof glass window. This was either going to be the best thing ever, or the Cleveland equivalent of ordering food at 3 a.m. from the place in my neighborhood that sells Four Loko and Blunt Wraps.
I was surprised to receive my Polish Boy wrapped in foil like a burrito, and just as big. Unwrapping it, I found just about the craziest looking thing I've ever seen in my life.
The kielbasa is charcoal black from the grill, and gigantic. You might not be able to tell from the photo, but it's almost a big as a hoagie—a foot long at least. At first glance it looks burnt or dried out or something, but once you bite into it (not an easy task) the inside is juicy and delicious. This is real, garlicky, spicy, coarse ground kielbasa. Amazing.
Eating this thing is a MESS. The fries are almost poutine-like, soaked in creamy slaw and barbecue sauce, and the soft bun starts to disintegrate after a few bites. The roll of paper towels on the table barely helps. Freddie's sauce is awesome—sweet, spicy, and gritty like it had been cooked down for hours and infused with scraps of barbecue, it tastes like the place looks. In a good way.
Sometimes these signature sandwiches and hot dogs that you hear about on every TV show and best-of list don't live up to the hype, but Freddie's Polish Boy was everything I expected and more. This isn't just another gimmicky over the top concoction, but an insanely unique sandwich that can't really be compared to anything else. It's all in the details: real kielbasa, that awesome sauce, the grill seasoned with years of ribs and chicken. I couldn't make this at home to save my life.
Freddie's also has a newer, spiffy second location in nearby Lyndhurst, Ohio. For more on the Polish Boy don't miss last week's episode of NPR's The Splendid Table with Jane and Michael Stern talking about Hot Sauce Williams.
Freddie's Southern Style Rib House
1431 Saint Clair Avenue Northeast, Cleveland, OH (map); 216-575-1750
Freddie's Rib House on Facebook
Freddie's Rib House (Lyndhurst location)
5361 Mayfield Road, Lyndhurst OH 44124 (map)
Hawk Krall is a Philadelphia-based illustrator who has a serious thing for hot dogs. Dig his dog drawings? Many of the illustrations he has created for Hot Dog of the Week are available for sale: hawkkrall.net/prints/.


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Culture Blogs
Pagan themes have been a ready source of inspiration for popular culture for decades, providing mythic heroes, sinister occultists, and enduring symbols in every genre of entertainment. But rarely has any inspiration been so widely used and so widely misunderstood. Join us for thoughts, criticism, and commentary on the intersection of Paganism and popular culture.
Skyward Sword and Sacred Marriage
My roommate bought a Wii not too long ago, and the first (and so far only) game he's bought for it is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. I haven't played much of it beyond the beginning, but the beginning is a fascinating piece of work -- especially to someone looking at it through Pagan eyes.
OK, so, if you haven't played it, or if it's been a while, here's what happens. Link, the nameless, wordless pretty-boy hero of the story, lives in a city in the clouds (but not that Cloud City.) He's training to be a sky knight, or, in other words, a knight who lives in the sky. (Try to keep up.) He rides a gigantic bird and learns sword-fighting and all sorts of other knightly things.
There's a big competition coming up for the sky knights in training, and whoever wins the race takes part in some mysterious ritual atop the enormous statue of the city's patron goddess. The only other participant in that ritual is the princess, Zelda.
Throughout this first stage of the game, Link's goal is made pretty clear: he/you must win the competition and be the male actor in the ritual. Your rival, who looks strangely like a 50's greaser, says he'll never let you get some "alone time" with Zelda. He kidnaps your gigantic bird, and it looks like you'll miss the race; Zelda freaks out about this, and she, too, emphasizes how important it is that Link win the competition. She can't stand the thought of anybody else being alone with her in that chamber.
Link, being the hero, naturally rescues his bird, goes into the competition, and wins. (I don't think you can actually lose. Certainly my roommate tried his best to fail, but after twenty minutes of flying around aimlessly in the clouds surrounding the city, he managed to win. Probably by accident.) And then the ceremony begins...
"You... do know what happens at the end, right?"
I mean, I could take a guess.
Since the Zelda series, despite growing far darker and mature in its themes and design over the years, still doesn't believe in showing characters kiss, we get the (pretty hilarious) switcheroo of Zelda essentially pushing Link off a cliff. But the "Goddess Ceremony" is clearly making allusions to a ritualistic sexual union - if the shot of Zelda removing her outermost layer of clothing while discussing "granting the blessing of the Goddess" doesn't bring that to mind, I feel your mind is far too innocent for us to be friends.
As I was playing through this scene, my mind drifted to Herodotus's description of the sacred prostitution of Babylonian religion, and from there to Neil Gaiman's memorable re-purposing of that practice for the Sandman volume Brief Lives, where a woman describes the rites of Ishtar, unaware that Ishtar herself - reduced to a life as a stripper at a bar called Suffragette City - is standing right next to her.
And then I thought: man, Zelda has come a long way from the days when Link had a cross painted on his shield, hasn't it?
The topic of the Goddess in video games is one I expect I will be returning to in the future; there is a peculiar phenomenon in video games where a culture can be marked as "other" (usually in a kindly way, but still as "other") by making its religion Goddess-centered, and it deserves a bit of scrutiny.
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I already knew the plot line and many of the "clues" and locations depicted in the novel. I find the whole thing interesting simply because I enjoy a good scavenger hunt. I also enjoy following a historical event, researching it, and attempting to connect events together that might not really be related.
Dan Brown did a masterful job taking a few real historical events, real historical locations, religious teachings, real people, and several theories to string them together to create a great read. Even though I knew the framework of the plot and had prior knowledge regarding the various theories about the supposed bloodline of Jesus I was still unable to put the book down. My main interest as I turned the pages was to see how Dan Brown put the "evidence" together.
I understand my Christian brethren who object to the book. It is hard enough in today's world to fulfill the Great Commission without wild theories about a bloodline of Christ reaching into the twenty-first century. I understand how people who don't know much about Christianity other than the bad press the Catholic church has received regarding abuse of children at the hands of priests would see the "evidence" referred to in the book as yet one more nail in the coffin to convict the Catholic church of wrongdoing. I mean they haven't exactly put out a good image over the last few years. Other denominations of Christianity have had their issues as well.
It would seem that many Christians are simply afraid of challenges to what has been taught for so many hundreds of years. Many feel that by simply bringing the book into their home they are inviting the Devil by introducing doubt into the foundation of Christianity. Over at Over at Civil War Memory, Kevin Levin writes about the "inability of many to suspend disbelief and play with the ideas [presented in the book] for a short period time."
I don't believe the average person can do this. I know many people that still believe that if it is written down and published it is true. They believe the tabloids in the supermarket line. The average person including the average Christian simply wants to be told what to believe. They want a formula for living their life where they can simply plug in variables that fit the formula so they can get on with it and go to the races on Sunday, go play golf, watch American Idol, or drink their 12-pack on Sunday afternoon.
Dan Brown's novel, and that's the point here….it is a novel which means it is fiction, ruffles too many feathers. The story upsets the applecart making people face what they truly believe. The average person does not want to think for themselves. They don't want to research the aspects of the novel and determine for themselves what is proven and what is not. They simply take things on face value. You see…as a Christian it bothers me just as much that my fellow Christians believe simply because a pastor tells them to, or their momma told them to. We are to mature in our Christianity and that means researching things for ourselves. Why were certain books left out of the Bible? How did the King James version come to be? Why do Baptists baptize? What is the Reformation and how does it effect me today? Christians need to know what they believe and why they believe it.
Like I said before I don't know if I will be going to the movie. Reviews from the Cannes Film Festival are already out and…..well, here's a teaser I took from a Reuters article linked to by Matt Drudge :
"I kept thinking of the Energizer Bunny, because it kept going and going and going, and not in a good way," said James Rocchi, a film critic for CBS 5 television in San Francisco and the online outlet Cinematical. "Ron Howard makes handsome films. He doesn't make bad ones, but he doesn't make great ones."
One especially melodramatic line uttered by Hanks drew prolonged laughter and some catcalls, and the audience continued to titter for much of the film's remainder.
Some people walked out during the movie's closing minutes, though there were fewer departures than many Cannes movies provoke among harsh critics. When the credits rolled, there were a few whistles and hisses, and there was none of the scattered applause even bad movies sometimes receive at Cannes.
Hmmmm.....considering I waited to read the book until I got it at a rock bottom price I may wait until the movie reaches my local dollar theatre or better yet....pay per view.


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The Walking Dead Season 3 preview
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The third season of The Walking Dead starts on Sunday night —I will be recapping episodes on Mondays again—and it looks to be the darkest season yet. It's also the first season that is free of Frank Darabont. Season two was really uneven and you could clearly see where the network's ideas had been stitched together over the remains of Darabont's plan. Full Story
The Walking Dead may finally be on track
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Not that it hasn't been good in the past. It has been very, very good. When The Walking Dead works it works beyond well. It's like watching a movie on TV—the pilot remains one of the best things I've ever seen produced for television. But as good as it can be, there's nothing more frustrating than The Walking Dead, either. Full Story
Recapping Comic Con
Written by Sarah In my Comic-Con preview, I made a number of predictions. Now that Comic-Con has ended for another year, it's time to run down how those predictions turned out, as well as how the industry fared before the nerd herd. Full Story
What's next for Officer Rick
Written by Sarah The Walking Dead season one wrapped up on AMC Sunday night with record-busting numbers. Season two is scheduled to premiere in October 2011, which is a long time to wait for something I love so much, but if it means they'll approach season two with the same level of care and commitment they showed in season one, I can gut it out. Full Story


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When GAC phoned me this morning, I was just about to leave for a court hearing in Charleston. As soon as I got back to my Huntington office, I immediately accessed this thread. I then phoned Greg, who was at Sears with his family buying clothes-they have literally lost virtually everything by way of material possessions, but they are okay physically.
Greg was in relatively good spirits, considering the circumstances. He said he and his family will be staying with his brother tonight. He will try to get on a computer tonight and give everyone here an update.
He wanted to thanks everyone for their good wishes and prayers. He said he had good insurance and that the insurer has been very prompt and attentive. I told him we want to help in any way we can. He then had to get off his phone to go eat lunch, assuming that his stomach, which he admitted had been in knots, will let him.


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Precious time is often lost through the handling of Point Of Sale Computer System . Similarly, the more cash is handled the greater the security risk in stores. Fortunately, Point of Sale (POS) technology is making better control of cash in retail stores possible, resulting in benefit for both staff and customers.
One German furniture company has estimated that the payment process and handling of cash at the checkout takes between 15 to 25 seconds. As this is only one part of processing pos system, 15 to 25 seconds is quite substantial time and, when the seconds are calculated for the cash handling from every sale throughout the day…till operators are spending more time on this process than most business owners would like.
Then, there is also the concern of cash robbery and theft. On any given day in a retail business, one, a few or many more employees will handle cash. Think how many different times and how many different people will handle cash in a supermarket on any one day. It is also probable that many managers are reconciling cash and making deposits, which is why they use point of sale systems.
How Do You Select the Best Point Of Sale Systems in Point Of Sale Computer System ?
An organized enterprise does not exist in a vacuum. Rather, it is dependent on its external environment. It is a humble part of many systems, such as its own industry, the economy, and society as a whole. Thus, the enterprise receives various inputs, changes them somehow, and releases the outputs to the environment.
However, this simple model needs to be expanded and developed into a model of operational management that indicates how the various inputs are transformed through the managerial functions of planning, organizing, staffing, leading and controlling. Clearly, an open system model that includes interactions between the enterprise and its external environment must describe Point of Sale systems.
One should never forget that the customer, who is the reason for the existence of virtually all businesses, is outside a company. It is through the Point of Sale systems that the needs of customers are identified; this knowledge enables the firm to provide products and services at a profit.
6 Tips for Controlling Cash in Your Store
A point of sale system is an important tool in any business, whether it is large or small, that engages in any type of sales. These systems use the amazing power of computing to perform a number of tasks that can simplify every aspect of a businesses, including but not limited to; sales, inventory and ordering.
From simple functions, like scanning barcodes and calculating correct change, to more complex functions like inventory control, a point of sale system can help make any business run more efficiently. Even basic systems can represent a huge time savings. These systems eliminate paper work by simplifying every aspect of a business's operation. Not only that, because many systems offer back-ups and on-line information storage a business can access information even from remote locations. So, whether it is at a traditional cash register or with a sales associate that is working in the field, these systems are powerful tools.
Early in the life of a company perhaps a fairly simple POS system will be adequate, but it should be capable of taking on more complex tasks as your business grows. Not all systems, just like not all businesses, are the same. So it is important to consider, how you will use it, and how adaptable to your future needs a point of sales system will be for your business.
Point of Sale - Are these Five Steps Increase Product Sales Through Your POS Display?
Point of sale (POS) systems are used by hundreds of businesses in order to streamline the purchasing process as well as track the various financial and inventory data that relates to the sales made. Although the general concept behind each system is virtually the same, different industries can purchase POS systems that are tailor made for their needs. Think of it is a delivery service: A bike delivery would work fine for a local newspaper, but UPS would have to shut down if it didn't have delivery trucks. The same concept applies to POS sale systems used in retail stores, restaurants, and hotels. Each specific industry can benefit from a system that is designed for their specific needs.
Retail POS systems are specialized at quick and easy one time sales. The items stored in their database are well defined, and although there can be many colors or sizes offered for one item, there isn't very much variation in the product. If one person buys a black jacket, although the jacket comes in blue, all the people who buy the black on are still getting the same item. This is why retail POS systems are the simplest in nature. In regards to the sale process, all they need is to pull up an item's information from inventory and remove it upon purchase. Of course, this is just in reference the the sales aspect of the system; there are still complex inventory control settings and sales efficiency metrics that that can be used, but in terms of making a sale, the retail system is the most simplistic.
Clearly, when starting a business it important to take the industry specific POS into account. Don't just try and find the best deal, but rather what will work best to make your company run efficiently. Understanding why each system is unique will help when trying to make the decision for what POS system to purchase. Although the examples given were for specific industries, the systems can be applied to different industries that have similar purchasing processes: The retail POS can be used in stores ranging from clothing to electronics and the restaurant system can be used in various hospitality related industries.


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Welcome to the Make WordPress Mobile blog. As suggested by a proactive State of the Word spectator at WordCamp San Francisco 2012, there should be a place on WordPress.org for contributing to the mobile apps and the mobile oriented parts of core. So here it is!
Some quick things to get you started (more to come!):
- There are 6 different WordPress apps, out of which 4 are in active development (iOS, Android, BlackBerry, and WindowsPhone)
- There are weekly mobile dev chats on Wednesdays at 15:00 UTC in #wordpress-mobile on Freenode. Join us!
- Check out the individual app dev blogs for the time being – as we progress we'll start posting more here.
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It seems strange that last night's test was the first time two vital midfield combinations - Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith for the All Blacks and Jamie Roberts and Jonathan Davies for Wales - have clashed head-on.
The two teams have played each other eight times since 2004, when Smith and Nonu were both new All Blacks, but for a variety of reasons these four had not stacked up against each other until last night. In fact, the only time Roberts and Davies have played together against the All Blacks was in 2010 when they lost 29-10 in Hamilton and Roberts scored the first try for the Welsh against New Zealand in five years. In that match, they marked Benson Stanley and Richard Kahui in the midfield.
Last night's was a much-anticipated contest. The midfield battle is always an intriguing and important one and the days of Walter Little and Frank Bunce matching up against Tim Horan and Jason Little were sub-plot highlights of transtasman rugby. All four merit long discussions about inclusion in World XVs of their era and certainly in the best sides from their era in their national colours. As individuals they were classy but it was their understanding with each other, the nuances they brought to their play and complete reliability, which marked them down as world-class.
That description sits well with the Nonu and Smith partnership while Roberts and Davies have put together handy CVs and are developing into a robust alliance. Roberts is a hulking man whose power and disregard for his safety in the collision zones in midfield have given Wales and the British and Irish Lions a missile to follow. He is certainly on Warren Gatland's wish list for health and prosperity ahead of the Lions trip next season.
Beside him, Jonathan Davies is another steel girder at centre although his progress has been inhibited this season by a niggling groin strain.
Davies carries flushed cheeks and headgear into a test but any youthful camouflage is dispelled by the way he plays. If there is a bit of the axe and rapier about Nonu and Smith, the Welsh duo bring heavy hammer drills and a step to their work.
Why take Route 29 when Route 1 is quicker, they might say, although Davies does have a neat jink and step which has flummoxed uncertain defenders. He was set to go after weeks of frustration dealing with his injury.
Wales had been hugely disappointed after losses to Argentina and Samoa. "We felt we could have done so much more and got a bit of momentum going into this one but have dusted ourselves off for this."
Wales had not used their possession wisely in their initial tests this autumn and knew they had to remedy that, fast, if they were to trouble the All Blacks.
"New Zealand are a great team, the best in the world, and we have to make sure we believe in ourselves and what we have achieved in the last 14 months and that these last two weekends have been just a blip.
"We have to make sure we get back on terms and thinking on the same way we were in the Six Nations."
Nonu and Smith were a world-class combination to counter.
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This week we heard from President Obama as he issued more than 20 executive orders and proposals in an emotion-driven response to December's Newtown, Connecticut school shooting. In essence, the President called for more restrictions on Americans' Second Amendment rights. But the plain truth of the matter is that restricting Americans' Second Amendment rights would not have prevented a mentally-ill individual from carrying out this tragic shooting. Many of his orders misdiagnose the problem and infringe on the right of Americans to defend their lives and the lives of their loved ones.
As a former public school teacher and mother, my heart goes out to the families of those innocent young lives who were taken much too soon. I can only imagine the grief and sorrow they are experiencing and pray to God that no parents, brothers, or sisters will have to bear this burden in the future. But we must take on the reckless excess of gun violence with actions that will truly help protect our children and grandchildren. Emotionally-inspired legislation in the wake of any tragedy is never an appropriate response.
One of the President's gun control proposals is to ban high-capacity magazines, suggesting this will stop killings. Facts show this proposal is an unnecessary overreach. FBI crime statistics show that in the course of the average criminal shooting, between three and four rounds are fired, well below an arbitrary 10-round limit. The simple truth is that banning high-capacity magazines will do little to keep out streets safer.
Another of his proposals is reinstatement of the 1994 assault weapons ban. We've 'been there; done that.' It didn't work. Research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Research Council indicates there is little proof that the assault weapons ban had any impact on reducing gun violence. A 2004 report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice found reinstatement would have a small impact on crime as these weapons are rarely used during the commission of crimes. Given these facts, it is clear the President's call for additional gun restrictions would likely not have significant impact on efforts to protect the most vulnerable among us.
Beyond gun-restriction proposals, some of the ideas the President presented have merit and should be discussed further. For instance, he is calling for more school resource officers and better emergency response plans to make our schools safer. He also wants to ensure that young people get the mental health treatment they need. We must have a meaningful conversation about mental health issues and other possible contributors to violent behavior, such as violent video games. Ramming through gun control legislation is a simplistic response to gun-related tragedies and is the wrong response that fails to address the underlying problems. We must commit ourselves to the task of addressing the human factor behind gun violence, rather than simplistically attacking the tool used by criminals.
On another matter, my office is encouraging young people of Missouri's Fourth Congressional District to strive for the Congressional Award that honors young people aged 14 to 23 with certificates and medals for their volunteer public service, personal development, physical activities, and exploration activities. Earning the Congressional Award is a fun and interesting way for young people to get more involved in their current extra activities and find new ways to serve in their communities. The program encourages students to start setting goals and focus on their futures.
Three 2012 winners came from Missouri's Fourth District and, as a former public school teacher, I am hoping to have the opportunity in 2013 to congratulate more young people who are going above and beyond by volunteering and assisting in their communities.
The Congressional Award was established by Congress in 1979 and is the only official medal program for America's youth. It is an ongoing program with no registration deadline. The program is open to all and accommodates young people with special needs or disabilities who are willing to take the challenge.
For more information, visit http://www.congressionalaward.org/register.php


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Celebrity Big Brother came to an end last night and was striking in two regards. Firstly it has turned out to be a big ratings winner for Channel 5, peaking at about 3.8 million viewers for the final.
So successful were the ratings for Channel 5 that the programme was extended by four days, and I suspect if it weren't for fear of charges of forced imprisonment being levied against them Channel 5 would have kept the celebrities 'locked' up longer.
The other big surprise was the winner. In a field with reality TV stalwarts like Sam Faiers (The Only Way is Essex – TOWIE) and Ollie Lock (Made In Chelsea), well known figures from Pop Music Lee Ryan (Blue) and Dappy (N-Dubz) plus other older but entirely palatable celebrities like Lionel Blair and Linda Nolan, Jim Davidson would not stand out as your likely winner.
Not when you consider the supposed voting demographic of shows like Celebrity Big Brother, not when you consider media coverage he has received in recent years, but win he did!
I am not not sure what propelled him to victory? It may be that the voting demographic is not as skewed towards the younger tech-savvy teenagers most people imagine, it may be that with too many celebs aimed at the the yoof it could be that a dedicated brigade of matronly voters were able to seize the advantage of the divide in the the opponents ranks provided and voted their man to victory, or it could simply be that viewers of the The Generation Game are just so damn loyal.
Well he has won and and unlike his last appearance on Reality TV on Hells Kitchen, this time around he has done so with little or no controversy. The question is will this mark a turnaround in his fortunes, will his phone be ringing off the hook as offers flood in?
Michael Barrymore went though the same sort of redemption of Celebrity Big Brother, but the revival was fleeting as the reasons why stars are no longer stars do not disappear from the general population simply on the back of a reality TV win. It may they have been mired in controversy, it may be ageism, or it may be the public's taste has just simply moved on. Ultimately success in Reality TV shows is a "success of now" an ephemeral success that begins to dissipate from the very moment you are crowned.
Even less contentious winners of shows like The X-Factor, The Voice quickly realise how transient their popular appeal can be. So is this redemption for Jim Davidson? No not likely.


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Dan Grossman necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 19 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
Deal Site
I need a design for a yet-to-be-launched "Deals of the Day" blog. Functionally it will be very similar to http://slickdeals.net, where each day a new set of posts are made sharing new deals for bargain shoppers. I don't have a logo for you to use, so simply use "Deal Site" or similar filler text as a placeholder. You do not have to design a logo.
The top daily deal sites target men with primarily technology listings and blocky designs; this site's design should be more appealing to women, without being so feminine as to exclude men. I am looking for something colorful, even "web 2.0"-ish. Here are some examples of similar styles:
This should be a two-column fixed-width design targeting 1024-width screens.
Since the purpose of the site is very date-oriented (people return every day to see today's deals, and older deals are less likely to still be available), the dates should stand out in some way, and probably only be shown once above/beside/near the set of posts for that date.
Like Slickdeals, by default the home page will only show the headline of each post, and clicking the headline will slide down the full post with the details of the deal and product image. In your design, please show one of the posts expanded, so that you can reveal these UI elements as well:
- Product/deal image
- Comment count
- Rate this deal (positive only, so some type of plus or thumbs up icon is probably best)
- Share this deal (Facebook, Twitter, Email icons)
- Tags for the post
One last note: I have coded a custom WordPress plugin/UI to manage the deals on this site, and may polish it up to sell to others in the future. Since copyright is transferred as part of a 99designs contest, I may choose to include this theme with the plugin, so you should be OK with that. I will definitely give you permission to use the design in your portfolio as well.


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Minifying CSS files can improve your page load performance.
CSS files are often larger than they need to be. For example:
/* Header background should match brand colors. */
h1 {
background-color: #000000;
h2 {
background-color: #000000;
Can be reduced to:
h1, h2 { background-color: #000000; }
From the perspective of the browser, these 2 code samples are functionally equivalent, but the second example uses less bytes. Minifiers can further improve byte efficiency by removing whitespace:
Some minifiers employ clever tricks to minimize bytes. For example, the color
#000000 can be further reduced to
#000, which is its shorthand
Use a CSS minifier to minify your CSS code.
- For small sites that you don't update often, you can probably use an online service for manually minifying your files. You paste your CSS into the service's UI, and it returns a minified version of the code.
- For professional developers, you probably want to set up an automated workflow that minifies your CSS automatically before you deploy your updated code. This is usually accomplished with a build tool like Gulp or Webpack.
Consult your favorite search engine to explore all of the different minifiers out there and to find out which one is best for you.
More information
Lighthouse provides an estimate of potential savings based on the comments
and whitespace characters that it finds in your CSS. This is a conservative
estimate. As mentioned earlier, minifiers can perform clever optimizations
(such as reducing
#000000 to
#000) to further reduce your file size. So,
if you use a minifier, you may see more savings than what Lighthouse reports.


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Kathleen Kern's family released a statement through the Hawaii Department of Health saying she was one of the three who died in Wednesday's crash. The pilot and another Maui County Planning Department employee were killed. Authorities haven't released their names. Three other Maui employees were injured.
The county employees had been on Lanai earlier Wednesday evening for a Lanai Planning Commission meeting and had chartered a return flight on Maui Air. The twin-engine plane burned upon impact when it crashed on former pineapple land about a mile from the Lanai airport.
Kern, 50, was the youngest of eight and was born in Vancouver. She moved to Hawaii in 2009 to work for the Maui planning department.
"Kathleen was passionate about urban planning from a very young age and believed that public spaces were critical to the functioning of communities," the family's statement said. "She had a particular interest in the process of planning and the involvement of the community in that process."
The team had been traveling to Lanai, which is part of Maui County, for planning meetings with the community on a regular basis for many months, sometimes by ferry, sometimes by plane, Maui Deputy Planning Director Michele McLean said.
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Weekly Fraser Valley Sport fishing column for July 8 to 15, 2013
The red springs or kings, depending on which side of the border you call home, are open in the Vedder River, while the Fraser is scheduled to open on the 27th. Whether you call them springs or kings, the chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus Tshawytscha), is a prized catch for many west coast anglers. The largest of these fish often referred to as tyee, range in weights from 30 to 126 pounds.
These great fish have been attracting the interest of trophy anglers and governments as far back as 1846; when Brittan ceded the Oregon Territory over these same fish. As the story goes the decision was made after Prime Minister Lord Aberdeen's brother declared the region was not worth fighting over because the salmon would not take a fly. Twenty six years later in 1872, Spencer Fullerton Baird hired Livingstone Stone to build the first recorded west coast salmon hatchery and raise chinook salmon to rebuild the decimated Atlantic Salmon Rivers of the eastern US. Then in 1896, twenty four years after Baird hired Stone; Sir Richard Musgrave wrote, in the British sporting magazine "The Field," about catching tyee up to 70 pounds, out of a dugout canoe in the wilds of British Columbia. The following year Musgrave began challenging adventures from around the world to join him on tyee expeditions and all eyes focused on our coast.
Chinook salmon are one of our west coast heritage fish and they are in the river now. Can you catch them by
Fly Fishing? Sure you can, I've done it, and if I can do it you can too. My personal best; fly caught tyee weighed in at 36 pounds and believe me that was enough. Now if you are looking for the record you will have to beat Grant Martinsen; who set the current fly caught world record with a 71.5 pound tyee from the lower Rogue River in 2002.
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Fishing on our lower mainland lakes is good. Now, that the heat is on, your best fishing will be found in the early morning and evenings. For wet (sinking)
Fly Fishingtry: Bloodworm, Nations Black, Zulu, Wooly Bugger, Wooly Worm, Pumpkin Head, Micro Leach, Doc Spratley, Halfback, Sixpack, or Baggy Shrimp. For dry (floating) fly action try: Lady McConnel, Tom Thumb, Irresistible, Double Hackled Peacock, Royal Coachman, Black Gnat, Griffith Gnat, or Elk Hair Caddis. For kokanee try: Scarlet Ibis, San Juan Worm, Double Trude, Blood Worm, Kokanee Thriller, Kokanee Zonker, or Red Spratley.
Our lower Mainland bass and panfish waters are fishing well. For Bass try: Big Black, Wooly Bugger, Gomphus Bug, Crayfish, Clouser's Deep Minnow, Lefty's Deceiver, Dolly Whacker, Bucktail, Hair Frog, Poppers, Chernobyl Ant, or Stimulator. For Panfish try smaller (size 12 to 16) versions of the above.
Fish on our interior lakes is good but will be tapering of soon. For your best success try fishing to early mornings and evenings in the south west sections of your favorite lake. For wet
Fly Fishingtry: Chironomid, Bloodworm, Halfback Nymph, Baggy Shrimp, Pumpkin Head, Wooly Bugger, Big Black, Dragon Nymph, Sixpack, 52 Buick, or Doc Spratley. For dry Fly Fishingtry: Lady McConnel, Tom Thumb, Adams, Irresistible, Renegade, Black Gnat, or Elk Hair Caddis.
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Forensicswiki.org has moved to this site, forensicswiki.xyz. For information, please join the Google Group forensicswiki-reborn
Talk:Upcoming events
Wiki tables are normally such a pain, but yours look good. The problem with the "long list" below is that they are all pasted in and have a lot of html formatting. Really, we should have a database for the conferences. Do you know of a plug-in for mediawiki that does it? (I know that plone sdoes it ,but that would be a major overhaul.)(
This page is getting pretty long. I like the categories you've made and think they would make an excellent way to break up the page. How about the following:
- List of open calls for papers
- List of digital forensics conferences
- List of ongoing and continuous training opportunities
- List of scheduled training courses
What do you think? Jessek 20:36, 17 August 2007 (PDT)
I suppose I could break it up. One of the reasons it is all on one page is that many folks want a single place to look for this sort of information. I used to send it by email to multiple lists every month, and some folks complained it was too big, but most people said leave it alone. The move of the list to the ForensicsWiki was to allow me to keep a long list, but have it available on demand, and have it updated in a single location, but still keep the "one list to rule them all" kind of listing.
Brian already has a "Conference" listing, which lists conferences, and some of the training providers have listings on a page for training providers/software providers. This was added to be the "upcoming" list, which lists everything by date, more for things in the next month or so, but due to complaints by one person or another, I list everything I know about to keep anyone from suggesting I lean towards one provider or another. Frnzxguy 13:49, 28 August 2007 (EDT)
I don't know if Brian is maintaining his conference list or not. I would very much like to have a database-driven list of the conferences and training. How about doing it as a Google Calendar? We can link that over here. Simsong 22:54, 31 August 2007 (PDT)
I can look into it. I have thought about a DB driven approach before, but even with a DB back-end, we still have to think of how we present it to the typical user, and who can edit/update the database. And, with the wiki, it is easy to undo spammer hits to the list... a DB may not be quite as simple to revert, depending upon how it's set up. Frnzxguy 08:05, 04 September 2007 (EDT)
calendar extensions
I've done some research and have come up with three calendar extensions for the wiki:
- with iCal: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpecialCalendar
- with short blurbs: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Hex2bit/Calendar
- all: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Calendar
I'm probably going to install one or two of these over the next few days. Any opinions? Simsong 23:39, 10 September 2007 (PDT)
- The Hex2Bit calendar looks great, but unfortunately that's the only one that has a screenshot. Do you have a image or demonstration of the the first one (that works with iCal)? Having iCal support would be a great addition, but it's not a deal breaker for me. Jessek 06:33, 12 September 2007 (PDT)
Okay. The iCal version Extension:SpecialCalendar is too hard to author in, so that one is out. So I think I'm going with Hex2bit's version. Simsong 10:00, 12 September 2007 (PDT)
So, let me ask a quick question, if I may. Will users be able to view the list as a list, or will they be compelled to now click through a calendar looking for events? One of the main reasons I made the list a "list" was to specifically provide a list view. As long as we don't lose that capability, then I think the Hex2bit calendar is fine. But, if everyone is stuck with a calendar that you must scroll through, it defeats the very reason I compiled the list this way, and keep it updated.... I can go to a vendor site and click through a calendar. frnzxguy 15:55, 14 September 2007 (EDT)
I agree that the Hex2Bit calendar is nice in that it lists all of the month's activities. I installed it as well and can set it up as a test too, if you wish. I don't like the way you need to manually create each month, though, and I don't like the way it doesn't show titles in the calendar matrix. The Calendar extension much more flexible, as it is written PHP and I can easily modify it. The author has asked me to take over maintenance. So if you want the "list view", I could simply develop that and we could test it out before going live with it.
I think that it's important to have this information here, so let's have our decision based first on presentation and ease-of-use, second on ease-of-authoring. I am happy to develop the back-end code as necessary. Simsong 13:29, 14 September 2007 (PDT)
Cool. I don't have a lot of spare time right now, but perhaps in a month I might be able to look at it. Let me know the "hows" and "wheres" on the Wiki in order to play with it. Thanks for looking into this, and who knows, it might just be the ticket. --Frnzxguy 13:32, 4 October 2007 (PDT)


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that it is...but my girls still need a bit of growing to do..i dont want to bother modding if i dont have to...I got them on HT now instead of what I found out was crap so maybe theyll put on some weight and in a couple months these cages will be gone and Ill be ordering my FN....the 141 (the single one) its big enough for 4 girls and maybe a neutered boy right?
Don't worry...I'm a female and I have tampon boxes in my cages too..my hubby yells everytime he sees them
WHy not just have a small tunnel or rat sized door between the 2 and leave the rest of the walls and levels intact?
The double FN does not take up any more floor space than the single. when we first got the 142 (double) we only had three ratties to put in so we used the top level for storage....loved it!!I would honestly get the double and use the top for storage for the rat supplies as I bet you have supplpies in a tub or closet or something anyway. That way you already have the 2nd level when you have more rats or more room.


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Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell paid a surprise visit to the 5th graders at Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary in East Harlem on Wednesday, December 20th. The students had written to Bell after learning about him while studying the violin through the Education Through Music program.
December 22, 2006 – Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell paid a surprise visit to the 5th graders at Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary in East Harlem on Wednesday, December 20th. The students had written to Bell after learning about him while studying the violin through the Education Through Music program. They were delighted with Bell's performance of Bach's "Chaconne," and even more thrilled by how much he enjoyed their own performance. Bell, whose current CD, Voice of the Violin, is at the top of the classical charts, is the first celebrity to visit Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary.
Sometimes the life of an inner-city child is held by nothing more substantial than a few violin strings.
And so, on Wednesday, December 20th, Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell paid a surprise visit to his littlest fans, the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders' music class at Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary in East Harlem. Bell performed Bach's "Chaconne," for the students, but the real show-stopper was their performance for him.
The students at Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary, all of whom learn to play string instruments through the school's partnership with Education Through Music (ETM), have been learning about Mr. Bell's life and work, and decided to write him and invite him to their school. Their studies culminated in a "Joshua Bell Day", in which Mr. Bell surprised the young musicians with an in-school visit, speaking about his work and sharing his love of classical music. Mr. Bell, whose current CD, Voice of the Violin, is at the top of the classical charts, is widely known for his brilliant performance on the soundtrack to The Red Violin, which earned an Oscar® for best original score.
"I believe in the power of music to help all children do better in school," said Bell, "so I get very excited when I hear about a program that involves every student regardless of talent, or prior training, and has music as part of its core curriculum rather than outside it. That's the way it should be done."
ETM is a non-profit organization that helps inner-city schools implement and sustain high-quality music programs that support overall academic achievement. Every child, including those with special needs, in each of ETM's Partner Schools receives music class at least once a week.
Bell decided to become involved with after meeting Executive Director Katherine Damkohler and learning about the organization's programs and successful partnerships in disadvantaged schools in New York City. ETM's partnership with Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary remains one of its longest, and its strings program is one of its most successful. Research has shown that grades, academic scores, and self-esteem rises exponentially when music education is introduced, and through ETM's programming, music is treated like a core subject.
"To have an artist like Joshua Bell be involved with ETM, and take the time to visit with these students is such an honor for the school community," says Ms. Damkohler. "He is not only a wonderful musician, but also a terrific human being."
Founded in 1924, Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary School has become a beacon of hope for the African-American and Latino communities of East Harlem, providing several hundred students in grades Pre-K through 8th with an effective and solid education. The school provides a Catholic-Christian community that views each child as an individual with unique talents and needs. Its dedicated administration and faculty encourage all of its children to grow spiritually, intellectually, emotionally, socially, and physically within the family of the caring school community. The school is located in the poorest section in Manhattan in which 56 percent of residents live below the poverty line. Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary serves 100% children of color and every student is eligible for the Federal Free or Reduced Lunch Program, as determined by family income.
About Education Through Music, Inc.
Founded in 1991, Education Through Music, Inc. (ETM) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that promotes the sustainable integration of music into the curricula - including reading, social studies, math and science - of elementary and middle schools in order to enhance students' academic performance and general development. ETM is unique within the arts-in-education community for our focus on academics and changing the current state of the educational system. ETM's unique methodology engenders systemic changes in teaching practices that help children learn, think and socialize better. ETM works with a variety of groups throughout the country, including individual schools, local and statewide education agencies, and arts and cultural organizations. We serve our partner schools from multiple angles and involve all members of the school community in reforming the school to incorporate the arts. Music is taught in its own right and also as a means of supporting learning in other areas. ETM's programming currently serves over 7,000 children in 15 public and parochial schools in New York City, and its model is being adopted by school districts across the country. For more information, visit us at www.ETMonline.org.
About Joshua Bell
For over two decades, Joshua Bell has been captivating audiences worldwide with his poetic musicality. He came to national attention at the age of 14 in a highly acclaimed orchestral debut with Riccardo Muti and the Philadelphia Orchestra. A Carnegie Hall debut, the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and a recording contract further confirmed his unique presence in the music world. Now in his thirties, he continues to perform regularly with the world's leading symphony orchestras and conductors. At the same time, his restless curiosity and multifaceted musical interests have taken him in exciting new directions, forging a unique career that has earned him the rare title of "classical music superstar."
Bell has recorded a diverse collection of albums since joining Sony Classical in 1996, including the Grammy® Award-winning Maw violin concerto. For three years, he was deeply involved in the creation of John Corigliano's Academy Award-winning score for the 1999 film The Red Violin, which won the Academy Award® for Best Original Score. In addition to Grammy Awards, Bell has won the Mercury Music Prize for Classical Album of the Year in 2000, and was recently inducted into the Hollywood Bowl Hall of Fame.
Bell appeared as himself in the film Music of the Heart starring Meryl Streep, and has appeared on Late Night With Conan O'Brien as well as on the PBS programs Great Performances and A&E's Biography. He was one of the first classical artists to have a music video air on VH1, and he has been the subject of a BBC Omnibus documentary. Bell has been profiled in publications ranging from Newsweek to People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People issue, Gramophone and The New York Times, which stated, "No one stands in Mr. Bell's shadow."
In 1989, Bell received an Artist Diploma in Violin Performance from Indiana University He currently resides in New York City and serves on the Kennedy Centers Honors Committee. He plays the 1713 Gibson ex Huberman Stradivarius.
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