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The sounds of St Gregory's church choir rang through O'Hare's terminal two Saturday morning. They group preparing to depart for the trip of a lifetime, with divine timing.Patrick Godon directs the 55 chorus members. Two years ago, the choir from Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood got a letter from the Vatican– an invitation to sing.
"In 2007 we went to sing at St. Peters and sang a concert in Rome and somebody there remembered us and we got a letter two years ago, inviting us to sing at St. Peters."
The timing of the trip, quite coincidental– but coinciding with the election of a new pope.
"To have all this happen now when the new pope will be probably installed around that time, we could even see the white smoke, ya know? It's amazing—amazing."
The choir will perform for the next week, inside the Vatican walls and outside in Rome, all the while, keeping an eye toward a performance at St. Peters March 17th— perhaps some of the first voices of song heard by a new pope.
"To know that we're there during this historic time, just trying to take it one day at a time and just be at peace and live in the moment. I try to tell the choir if you live in the past you're going to be depressed. If you live in the future, you're going to be anxious, but if you live in the moment, you'll be at peace."
Good words of advice from a choir leader, reveling in what some could call timing that's heaven sent.


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RCT of Russian IDU Peer Network HIV Prevention Intervention - 1
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00218673
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 22, 2005
Last Update Posted : May 13, 2016
- Study Details
- Tabular View
- No Results Posted
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Behavioral: Peer mentor intervention
|Phase 3
Intravenous drug use (IDU) is driving the HIV epidemic in Russia; over 90% of all HIV-1 infections have occurred within communities of IDUs. In St. Petersburg (population 5 million), the prevalence of HIV infection in IDUs (estimated population 100,000) leapt from 4% in 1999 to 12% in 2000. At present there are an estimated 5-7 million IDUs, a four-fold increase since the end of the Soviet Union. In St. Petersburg, there has been a three-fold increase in regular IDUs and a nine-fold increase in teenage IDUs during the past five years.
The intervention to be tested in this study draws upon theoretical and empirical evidence suggesting that peer educator programs can have significant effects on the risk-related behaviors of both the educators and the peers whom they educate. Providing peer educator training to IDUs may efficiently cultivate sustainable protective behavioral norms related to injection and sexual risk among the IDU educators' social networks. Prior studies have demonstrated that peer educator programs can realize such normative changes, and it is hypothesized in this study that these normative changes will be reflected in significant reductions in the rates of HIV transmission among the peer educators and the members of their social networks.
Comparison condition: Informed by the Centers for Disease Control model of best practice" standard of care of HIV testing and counseling, participants in the comparison condition will receive risk reduction education and motivational counseling to reduce their risk behaviors.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|400 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Double (Participant, Investigator)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Randomized Controlled Trial of Russian IDU Peer Network HIV Prevention Intervention
|Study Start Date :
|October 2003
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 2009
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|June 2009
Experimental: experimental
social network
Behavioral: Peer mentor intervention
groups sessions, 8
No Intervention: control
testing and counseling
- Incident number of HIV Infections in social networks [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Self reported risk behaviors: entry into drug treatment, cessation of drug use [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
- Self reported risk behaviors: number of sex partners, freq of condom use [ Time Frame: 3 months ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years to 100 Years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Of legal age to independently provide written informed consent for research
- Report having injected drugs at least 12 times in the last three months
- HIV seronegative (ELISA confirmed)
- Willing and able to recruit at least three HIV risk network members who are eligible for study participation
Exclusion Criteria:
- Prior or concurrent enrollment in the last 6 months in another HIV behavioral or biomedical prevention study
- Psychological disturbance or cognitive impairment that appears to limit the ability to understand study procedures, as determined by clinic staff
- Any other condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would make participation in the study unsafe, or otherwise interfere with the study objectives
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00218673
|Russian Federation
|Biomedical Center
|St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 197110
|Principal Investigator:
|Carl Latkin, Ph.D.
|Johns Hopkins University
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Carl Latkin, Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
5R01DA016142 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|September 22, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 13, 2016
|Last Verified:
|May 2016
injection drug use
social networks
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases

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Earlier this week, ZTE unveiled the Intel powered Grand X2 In smartphone at the MedPi conference in Monaco. As the name suggest, this handset is the successor of the popular ZTE Grand X In smartphone. This device packs a 4.5 inch HD display along with Intel's 2 Ghz dual-core Clover Trail+ Atom processor. ZTE Grand X2 In runs on the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Operating System. It features a built-in Audio enhancement technology and Wireless Display (WiDi) which enables wireless streaming between connected media devices.
William Chhao, Terminal Director, ZTE France, said,
"We are proud to announce the ZTE Grand X2 In smartphone pursuing our multi-year strategic collaboration with Intel. The ZTE Grand X2 In is set to build on the success of the ZTE Grand X In, our first flagship smartphone in Europe to feature Intel Inside, and further increase ZTE's growth in the high-performance smartphone market segment."
ZTE Grand X2 In features a 4.5 inch HD display, sporting a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, 2 GHz Intel Atom Z2580 dual-core processor, Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) Operating System, 8 megapixel rear camera with auto-focus and flash, full HD (1080p) video recording and playback, 1 megapixel front-facing camera for video calls and more.
Other features include a 3.5 mm headset jack, FM Radio, Bluetooth 2.1 + A2DP, 1 GB RAM, 8 GB internal memory, MicroSD card slot, 32 GB expandable memory, Google Play Store, DLNA, wireless charging capabilities, GPS, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, 3G Connectivity, WiFi Direct and a 2000 mAh battery.
The Chinese mobile phone manufacturer is expecting that this handset will strengthen the company's smartphone market share and brand awareness with consumers in Europe. ZTE Grand X2 In will be available in Europe from Q3 of 2013. The price of this handset is still a mystery. Stay tuned for more updates!


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Installing Rockbox is generally a quick and easy procedure. However before beginning there are a few important things to know.
If you have Itunes installed and it is configured to open automatically when your player is attached (the default behaviour), then wait for it to open and then quit it. You also need to ensure the "Enable use as disk" option is enabled for your player in Itunes. Your player should then enter disk mode automatically when connected to a computer via USB. If your computer does not recognise your player, you may need to enter disk mode manually. Disconnect your player from the computer. Hard reset the player by pressing and holding the Menu and Select buttons simultaneously. As soon as the player resets, press and hold the Select and Play buttons simultaneously. Your player should enter disk mode and you can try reconnecting to the computer.
There are two ways to install Rockbox: automated and manual. The automated way is the
preferred method of installing Rockbox for the majority of people. Rockbox Utility is a
graphical application that does almost everything for you. However, should you encounter a
problem, then the manual way is still available to you.
There are three separate components, two of which need to be installed in order to run Rockbox:
Apart from the required parts there are some addons you might be interested in installing.
To automatically install Rockbox, download the official installer and housekeeping tool Rockbox Utility. It allows you to:
Prebuilt binaries for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X are available at the RockboxUtility wiki
When first starting Rockbox Utility run "Autodetect", found in the configuration dialog (File
→ Configure). Autodetection can detect most player types. If autodetection fails
or is unable to detect the mountpoint, make sure to enter the correct values. The
mountpoint indicates the location of the player in your filesystem. On Windows, this
is the drive letter the player gets assigned, on other systems this is a path in the
There are three different versions of Rockbox available from the Rockbox website: Release version, current build and archived daily build. You need to decide which one you want to install and get the appropriate version for your player. If you select either "Minimal Installation" or "Complete Installation" from the "Quick Start" tab, then Rockbox Utility will automatically install the release version of Rockbox. Using the "Installation" tab will allow you to select which version you wish to install.
Note: Because current and archived builds are development versions that change frequently,
they may behave differently than described in this manual, or they may introduce new (and
potentially annoying) bugs. Unless you wish to try the latest and greatest features at the price
of possibly greater instability, or you wish to help with development, you should stick with the
Please now go to section 2.2.3 to complete the installation procedure.
The manual installation method is still available to you, should you need or desire it by following the instructions below. If you have used Rockbox Utility to install Rockbox, then you do not need to follow the next section and can skip straight to section 2.2.3
Note: The entire contents of the .zip file should be extracted directly to the root of
your player's drive. Do not try to create a separate directory on your player for the
Rockbox files! The .zip file already contains the internal structure that Rockbox
If the contents of the .zip file are extracted correctly, you will have a directory called .rockbox, which contains all the files needed by Rockbox, in the main directory of your player's drive.
Manual installation under Windows is not supported. Please use Rockbox Utility for bootloader and Rockbox installation.
Warning: Please make sure that your iPod is formatted using FAT32 (a.k.a. WinPod) before attempting to install the bootloader! Installation will not work on HFS/HFS+ iPods (a.k.a. MacPods).
Safely eject / unmount the USB drive, unplug the cable and restart.
If you wish to use speech support you will also need a voice file. Voice files allow Rockbox to speak the user interface to you. Rockbox Utility can install an English voice file, or you can download it from http://www.rockbox.org/daily.shtml and unzip it to the root of your player. Rockbox Utility can also aid you in the creation of voice files with different voices or in other languages if you have a suitable speech engine installed on your computer. Voice menus are enabled by default and will come into effect after a reboot. See section 8.10 for details on voice settings. Rockbox Utility can also aid in the production of talk files, which allow Rockbox to speak file and folder names.
Hard reset the Ipod by holding Menu and Select simultaneously for a couple of seconds until the player resets. Now Rockbox should load.
Note: If you have loaded music onto your player using Itunes, you will not be able to see your music properly in the File Browser. This is because Itunes changes your files' names and hides them in directories in the Ipod_Control directory. Files placed on your player using Itunes can be viewed by initialising and using Rockbox's database. See section 4.2 for more information.
Rockbox can be easily updated with Rockbox Utility. You can also update Rockbox manually
– download a Rockbox build as detailed above, and unzip the build to the root directory of
your player as in the manual installation stage. If your unzip program asks you whether to
overwrite files, choose the "Yes to all" option. The new build will be installed over your
current build.
The bootloader only changes rarely, and should not normally need to be updated.
Note: If you use Rockbox Utility be aware that it cannot detect manually installed components.
Note: The Rockbox bootloader allows you to choose between Rockbox and the original firmware. (See section 3.1.3 for more information.)
You can uninstall Rockbox automatically by using Rockbox Utility. If you installed Rockbox manually you can still use Rockbox Utility for uninstallation but will not be able to do this selectively.
To uninstall Rockbox and go back to using just the original Ipod software, connect the player to your computer and follow the instructions to install the bootloader but, when prompted by ipodpatcher, enter u for uninstall instead of i for install.
If you wish to clean up your disk, you may also wish to delete the .rockbox directory and its contents. Turn the Ipod off. Turn the player back on and the original Ipod software will load.
To fix this, either install Rockbox with the Rockbox Utility which will take care of this for you, or recheck the Manual Install section to see where the files need to be located.


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Manufacture Zenith has been extremely busy releasing three exceptional new timepieces to their Zenith Academy Collection Grand Complications for this Autumn and they simply glitter with an incredibly high degree of craftsmanship: The Academy Minute Repeater automatic, also equipped with a chronograph; the Academy Christophe Colomb Tribute to Charles Fleck with "Gravity Control" system; as well as the three-hand Captain Tourbillon model. Each comes in a limited edition of just 25 pieces.
Academy Minute Repeater
• New El Primero chronograph minute repeater
• El Primero 4043 calibre; 461 components, 46 jewels
• Hand-guilloché dial
The Academy Minute Repeater features one of the most difficult major complications to produce, housed in a 55mm Zenith Family Elite casing. It works with an entirely original repeater system: a patented mechanism built around a single rack governing three types of chime.
At the heart of the Academy Minute Repeater beats the integrated El Primero 4043 movement totalling no less than 461 components housed within a case just 18.36 mm thick and with an impressive 50 hour power reserve. There's a slither of openworked through which you can view the minute repeater hammers.
Through the duration of the chime, the intensity is maintained at a constant level thanks to an inertia governor in the form of an active brake. In order to avoid any loss of synchronisation during the travel of the three cams activating the hammers, a "surprise" device ensures their simultaneous transition at the end of the 59th minute, thus ensuring the perfect coordination of the hour chime.
Academy Christophe Colomb Tribute To Charles Fleck
• The Christophe Colomb module: a major milestone
in mechanical watchmaking
• Inspired by the legendary marine chronometer instrument
• A self-regulating gyroscopic module to guarantee
flat positioning of the regulating organ
This is the first classic tourbillon with a three-hand display in the Captain Collection. The construction of a tourbillon is one of the most difficult horological feats to accomplish. This mechanical device enhances precision by counter-balancing the gravity-induced disturbances affecting the regularity of the balance.
Charles Fleck was an exceptional precision timer who also left an indelible imprint on history, notably that of watchmaking, during the over 30 years that he spent at the Manufacture Zenith. Between 1925 and 1956, he registered a number of patents both for Zenith and under his own name and took part in developing Calibre 135 which won a number of chronometry prizes, including the prestigious Best Wristwatch Prize over five consecutive years.
At the heart of the Academy Christophe Colomb Tribute to Charles Fleck beats a self-regulating gyroscopic mechanism representing one of the major breakthroughs in 21st century watchmaking.
With a movement that took a full five years of research, the Academy Christophe Colomb Tribute to Charles Fleck beats at a frequency of 10 vibrations per second, amounting to 36,000 per hour – an exceptional cadence that entailed even greater complexity.
The anthracite of the movement, the blue of the hands and screws, and the rose gold of the gear wheels, three screw-down sapphire dials are captivating while further emphasizing the magic of the dome at 6 o'clock. A rare collector's piece in tribute to Charles Fleck.
Captain Tourbillon
• Classic Zenith legacy watch
• Automatic 40-mm tourbillons beating at 36,000 vph
• Only non-chronograph tourbiillon in the Zenith Collection
The Captain Tourbillon features an off-centred rotating carriage that performs one rotation per minute and incorporates a small seconds hand. While the timepiece is above all classic by nature, it also pays homage to the Zenith heritage with an automatic El Primero calibre, a frequency of 36,000 vibrations per hour, a 50-hour power reserve, and a dial generously revealing the movement.
With a nod to the 1950s Captain watches, the elegant dial features a brushed silver-toned centre, a grained silver-toned hour circle and a polished minute circle with a velvet finish.
There's also a transparent sapphire crystal case-back to glimpse the El Primero 4041 S movement, equipped with 199 parts and the world's only tourbillon beating at a high frequency, with a 25% higher number of to-and-fro balance movements than on other constructions.
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TELNET ( TELecommunication NETwork ) is a network protocol used on the Internet or local area network (LAN) connections. It was developed in late 60s with RFC 15. Telnet is pretty old for login into remote system and it has serious security problem. Most admins will recommend using Open SSH (secure shell) for all remote activities. But you may find users who are still demanding telnet over ssh as they are comfortable with Telnet. Some users got scripts written in 90s and they don't want to change it. So what do you do when users demands telnet?
The problem with telnet
Telnet sends everything in clear text format including username and password. You can use tcpdump or snoop to see all information.
Secure telnet
You can install Kerberos enabled telnetd. Discussion related to Kerberos and secure telnet is beyond the scope of this blog post but I do recommend Kerberos Infrastructure HOWTO for further information. Following packages under Debian will install secure telnet including Kerberos server:
# apt-get install krb5-telnetd krb5-clients
CentOS / RHEL / Red Hat / Fedora Linux user need to install package called krb5-workstation:
# yum install krb5-workstation
You need to configure Kerberos server and Kerberos enabled telnet / ftp. Please see the man pages for further information.
Bottom line: migrate users to ssh
I highly recommend migrating your users to SSH and discarding telnet, ftp and all r* services. First, you need to educate users about telnet and insecure protocols. Once user(s) made aware of the problem, help them to migrate to SSH:
- Disable telnet and force to use them ssh based tools
- Explain basic ssh syntax
- Explains password less login
- Explain how to use ssh in scripts
- Explain how to use sftp instead of ftp client
- Explain how to use scp instead of rcp client


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Campaign orchestration.
Collaborate to deliver the right customer experience.
Your customers demand harmonious, personalised experiences everywhere they go.
Customers want it all — perfectly synchronised online and off-line experiences that are not only seamless, but also personal. In short, they are looking for customer experience nirvana. Every single day. With a few taps of their thumbs they can research your brand and make an informed decision to purchase — or not. You need to meet them at the right moment, on the right channel, with a relevant message, but doing so across all touchpoints can pose challenges like the following:
"My company lacks a centralised place to orchestrate experiences."
Without central creation and management of campaigns, data from critical channels like mobile and web can't be integrated with other valuable data sources, like CRM systems, call centre logs or product return records. Because of this, the picture of the customer remains woefully incomplete.
"I can't predict when customers will interact with my brand."
Siloed campaigns drive operational inefficiencies that lead to team disconnects, making it difficult for marketers to predict when customers will interact with their brand.
"We're losing customers to competitors."
Without real-time customer interaction and contextual data for personalisation, marketing messages are out of tune — and often irrelevant. Ignoring the context of your communication does nothing to build brand attachment, but rather creates discord that may frustrate your customers.
Single-channel personalisation is common, orchestration is harder:
87% of companies personalise through email.
62% personalise via social channels.
51% personalise on mobile devices.
Yet only 38% are optimised to deliver real-time offers and campaigns across all touchpoints.
"The Power of Personalisation," Forrester Consulting commissioned by PricewaterhouseCoopers, December 2015.
"Organisations aren't designed for the new cross-channel world order. So a terrible experience with the operations department isn't connected to a great experience with the sales department at the other end. In fact, these departments don't even know that the other experience exists."
Gary Laben
Global Chief Data Officer, Wunderman
The solution
Align your efforts with campaign orchestration.
Campaign Isolation vs. Campaign Orchestration.
Campaign isolation is exactly how it sounds: disjointed and incomplete. Internal channel teams are working in silos to execute and measure segregated experiences. This environment creates experiences in a vacuum and keeps teams from sharing valuable data with each other. When a 360-degree customer view can't be obtained, it's impossible to integrate compelling personalised offers across the best channels at the best time.
Campaign orchestration is realised when teams collaborate to bring together customer data and messages. Once your teams and technology are working together, you can use your whole customer view to deliver relevant and personalised messages. Your orchestrated experiences will complement your customer's needs, wants and desires — on the right channel, at the best time and with a desirable frequency.
Campaign Orchestration = Synchronising your organisation's efforts to deliver relevant and personalised experiences across all channels and touchpoints.
There's never been a better time to orchestrate contextual and personal experiences across each channel you use to engage your customers:
With campaign orchestration, your business will be able to:
online and off-line customer data in a centralised profile.
campaigns across owned, earned and paid channels.
messages on a one-to-one basis and with moment-to-moment agility.
customers with meaningful experiences at the right moment.
The Adobe advantage
Build cross-channel virtuosity with Adobe.
Our solutions help marketers collaborate to manage campaigns, so they can reach their customers effectively and efficiently across every channel.
Gathering all your data in one platform allows you to gain a single view of each customer. And we're talking data at a grand scale — profile attributes, interaction data, CRM data, third-party data and more. Easily translate this data into insights on key audience segments, so you know what is most important to your customers and can take action at the individual level.
To pull off personalisation of this magnitude, you need a centralised repository to create, store, manage and measure all of your content — a place where everyone can quickly access the most up to date versions of each asset. Even with a central content library, you'll need help to personalise at scale. Let data-powered algorithms automate faster — and probably better — personalisation decisions for you.
Campaign orchestration with Adobe helps you:
Identify target audiences.
Combine off-line and online data in a data warehouse.
Retarget customers across channels.
Create, automate and execute personalised messages in context.
Manage touchpoints across earned, paid and owned channels.
Leverage disparate customer data in a centralised profile.
Our tools further allow you to fine-tune your cross-channel marketing strategy by measuring the effectiveness of campaigns across multiple touchpoints — with anonymous or authenticated customers. The results are greater precision in measuring campaign conversions, sharper visibility into channel attribution and the ability to remarket to customers in real time.
Successful campaign orchestration is an ongoing journey to create the rich and resonating messages your customers love to hear. By embracing cross-channel customer experiences with Adobe, you'll also increase brand efficiency and productivity, reduce operating expenses and improve the quality and reliability of your brand in the eyes of your customers.
Directing the airport experience.
London Heathrow is Europe's busiest airport, responsible for millions of journeys each year. To personalise customers' digital journeys, the United Kingdom's aviation hub implemented a unified cross-channel platform to help synchronise every customer experience from the ground up.
"Customers see Heathrow as one entity. If they interact with one part of the business, they expect the other parts to know who they are and what they need. We can accomplish that with Adobe Experience Cloud."
Simon Chatfield
Head of eBusiness and CRM, Heathrow Airport Limited
With Adobe, Heathrow directs personalised campaigns that:
• Create meaningful experiences for 6 million customers each month
• Support their commitment to service excellence
• Understand customer behaviour across every channel
• Leverage the power of mobile to personalise experiences
Our customers' campaigns are in sync.
Let us help you to manage the perfect synchronisation of data, content, channels,experiences and moments. You'll excel at cross-channel marketing and win the hearts and minds of your customers. Never go back to siloed campaigns again.
You have one control centre for managing all your campaigns.
You easily predict customer interactions.
You make continual, data-driven improvements to meet customer needs.


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From the days of the PS one, this downloadable game allows you to play the classic original on your PSP handheld system or PS3 home console.
Your most primal fears grab you on this new journey into survival horror from the creators of Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2. Suspicious and terrifying... the world's most renowned scientist has disappeared and you've been recruited to investigate on a mysterious, remote island. Suddenly, out of the mist appears a predator, which has haunted mankind's imagination for centuries... experience the pure terror!
Release Region: United States
Release Date: November 24, 2009
Publisher: Capcom
Release Region: Japan
Release Date: Released
Publisher: Capcom
Also available on: PlayStation, PC, Dreamcast, PlayStation Portable
248 MB download
For more info on these technical requirements and features, please view GameSpy's Specs FAQ.


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Management holds Q-and-A hour
Jenifer Langosch/MLB.com
Pirates management — president Frank Coonelly, manager John Russell and general manager Neal Huntington — just answered a variety of questions at the PirateFest Q-and-A session, which is always one of the most anticipated events at the yearly baseball carnival. Before getting to the highlights, here's a few things to keep in mind.
Note No. 1: I can only type so fast, so I promise that the transcription of this Q-and-A is 87 percent word-for-word. I tried to furiously type as questions were being asked/answered, but I can only be so quick.
Note No. 2: For those of you who plan on attending Saturday's session and asking something, please keep the questions short. I'm sure you have vast baseball knowledge or want to make sure your point is heard or want to sound smarter than the next person, but when a question becomes a dissertation, no one follows you. Just saying…
Note No. 3: I paraphrased the questions. Thank me later. And not every question was able to make it in here. Please forgive me.
Why will results change in 2010?
Russell: A lot of the guys last year, even though they had very good individual seasons, they were trying to establish themselves as Major League players. Unfortunately, that's not really conducive to team baseball. Now the players are really looking forward to playing as a team.
What capital improvements have been made to improve this team?
Coonelly: There are two types of investments you make in a ballclub – operating expenses and long-term investments. The new facility in Bradenton was a huge capital investment. Then we moved to the Dominican Republic where we were renting one sub-standard field and built one of the best academies in the Dominican Republic. That really gives us a competitive advantage in Latin America. Recently, we purchased a Class A team in Sarasota and moved it to Bradenton. That keeps them right in the hub of all our baseball activity. We have made virtually all of our major investments on the baseball operations side because we knew that's where we had to improve this organization to return to a championship-caliber organization.
Will there ever be a salary cap?
Coonelly: We still have to ask for patience because the only way to build this the right way is to build from within. The good news is we're two years into it and we're getting there. In terms of will we stand up to the large-market clubs? It really isn't a question of an inability or unwillingness to stand up to large market clubs. The rest of the industry is on our side that it would benefit us all that there were some payroll regulation. Our issues is it's a subject of collective bargaining. The Pirates are certainly pushing internally for changes in collective bargaining [which expires at end of 2011 season]. In the meantime, we have to win under this system. It's tougher. You have to be more creative. You might not be able to make the mistakes other clubs do, but it can be done.
How did you not sign Miguel Sano?
Coonelly: We were disappointed that we didn't sign Miguel Sano. Miguel is a 16 1/2 year baseball player, however. It's no sure thing that he's going to be an impact player. The Pirates weren't putting out that we were interested in Miguel Sano. That was the local press. We did really like Miguel and did really want to sign him. The good news is that we were in the game for the first time. We were never in the game for a player who was looking for $250,00 out of Latin America before. We were in the game, but this may be the one time where we were overly aggressive. We wanted the player too much. We moved too quickly. Normally if you wait until July 5 to sign the player you want to sign, he's already signed. [Signing period begins on July 2]. We wanted to get the player signed immediately and we were aggressive. We understand the importance of Latin America. We will continue to be in the game.
Huntington: I didn't get it done, quite simply. I relied on the agent to live on his word, which was that he would come back to us after another offer was made. We were the only team that made an offer to him on July 2. We were told he wasn't ready to sign and that the agent would come back to us when he was ready to sign. We were told that when other issues were resolved, he would be ready to negotiate. We made another aggressive offer, bidding against ourselves. Once again, the agent said we're not ready to negotiate. We never got a chance to offer our highest bid.
What to do if there's a logjam at third base?
Huntington: We may make a position change. We may trade players. As we sit here right now, we have one Major League third baseman and that's Andy LaRoche. As we plan for the future, sure we have ideas about what we'd like to do. But to move a player just because we think somebody is coming isn't smart. It's a great sign for the organization when you have too much depth and you have to trade a player. We'll put contingency plans in place for when we have more than one Major League third baseman.
What challenges could it bring if Pedro Alvarez comes up mid-season?
Russell: It's a good problem to have. Basically, that's what we're striving for. You want quality players, quality depth. You can't look that far ahead because baseball is a funny game. Pedro is obviously a great player. If he does come here, at this point, we'll make a decision. As a manager, those are fun decisions to make because I'll have two quality players.
Can we begin to evaluate some of the recent trades and who among those players is closest to making a significant contribution?
Huntington: The true evaluation on those trades will take years. Statistically, we can project all we want on these players, but to predict the human element is almost impossible. We've gone through a talent accumulation mode. It's my job to give John Russell and our Major League staff a better group of players. We need to give them better players.
Why did you commit money to free agents this offseason if you're still projected to have a losing season?
Huntington: Closers get paid based on saves in the arbitration process. We tried to retain Matt Capps. We weren't able to come to an agreement that we thought was fair. We have contractual control for the same amount of years with Octavio Dotel as we do with Capps. If Octavio Dotel and Matt Capps have similar years, Dotel will cost us less money next year than Capps would have. Brendan Donnelly is going to help us shorten a baseball game and help us off the field. In Ryan Church's case, Ryan gives us insurance that is better than what we had in our minds. The [$5 million] dollars invested in real-world dollars a ton of money. In baseball terms, they are very small investments. It didn't take away our ability to invest in other players. Those moves were done because we felt like it gave us a better team on the field.
Coonelly: We think that this young core is going to come together. We're not calling it 70 wins and let's be done. We want to give them a chance to succeed. We need these young guys to know that these games are going to be closed out at the end. We want to give manager Russell a chance to win these games.
Did you consider getting a veteran starter this offseason?
Huntington: We talked about Jon Garland, Vicente Padilla, Braden Looper. But when we talked about what they would bring and what we had internally, we felt like it was a better investment to give those innings to the winner of the Kevin Hart – Daniel McCutchen battle in Spring Training to let them develop. It's always a balance between the present and the future. We felt it was a better use of our innings to let these guys develop.
Who is in competition for fifth rotation spot?
Russell: We feel good about our rotation. Charlie Morton in my opinion, he's going to be fun to watch. This guy's got tremendous stuff. In my opinion, we're looking for a fifth starter to step up. We have Kevin Hart, who is a fierce competitor and is going to do everything he can. We have Daniel McCutchen. We have depth. We've got guys who can come up and help us win games. We're very excited about our rotation.
It seems that there was a lack of plate discipline last year. Are you doing anything to cut down on strike outs and make more productive outs?
Russell: I think our plate discipline has improved since we first got here. When you have young players, plate discipline is going to change a little bit. It takes time. It's tough to really change a guy in a short period of time. If he's a 20 percent strikeout guy in the Minor Leagues, he's a 20 percent strikeout guy in the Majors. Yes, you can change that. But it takes some time. I do think our guys have done a better job. We can do it. With young players, maintaining it is sometimes more difficult than we may like.
Huntington: Church and Iwamura are both players that are tough outs. Part of it is bringing in players with a proven track record. In the Minors, it's selective aggressiveness. A walk is a result, not a goal. We're not going up looking for a walk. We're going up looking for our pitch to drive. If we don't get it, we have to learn to lay off.
Why not get someone for Matt Capps instead of letting him go?
Huntington: In Matt's case, it was a tough one. His highest value was when we came aboard at the end of 2007. We had an opportunity to essentially trade him for a warm body [early in 2009] and chose to hold him because we figured he would bounce back in the second half. He didn't have much of a value at the trade deadline. When we realized we weren't going to be able to come to an agreement, we did make an effort to trade him. No one wanted to risk paying him and give something up for him. No team is going to give up a prospect and pay him that.
Will the organization eventually overpay for talent to keep them in Pittsburgh?
Coonelly: I'm more likely to overpay than Neal. Are we likely to overpay for talent? No. You shouldn't want us to overpay because every million we overpay player A is not available to us for Player B, C, and D. You should want a smart management team that puts together it's team most effectively and efficiently. I object to overpaying. I don't object to a plan of keeping your core players in the organization as long as you can. You should want us to be a smart management team that isn't throwing away money on one player.
Huntington: What's exciting about 2010 and beyond is that you hear the optimism, you hear the excitement about the bonds being formed because for the first time in a while, these guys feel like they're going to be around here for a while. We need to build around this group of players. The reality is that no team keeps all of its player. Baseball has become roster turnover. It's important to keep your core together, and we're going to do everything we can to keep players in Pittsburgh that want to stay in Pittsburgh. To overpay, we're not going to overpay. But are we going to be aggressive to keep players in Pittsburgh? Absolutely.
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HBO's Eric Kessler at D: Dive Into Media
Eric Kessler is the guy who came up with the slogan "It's Not TV. It's HBO." - after a decade, it remains part of the cable TV vernacular. Today, he's got his hands full mapping out a viable digital strategy while remaining tethered to the cable-TV cash cow and fending off new rivals like Netflix and Amazon that are mounting assaults on its business.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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I extend their licence dreams two thousand twenty two with three majors ... and ... so we are more movies than any other network works or subscription service and pay one window ... we have documentary sports boxing rejoice every offer it's the whole offering ... and what matters is our content is exclusive so if you're a fan ... of Game of Thrones and one of twelve and people I keep grounds is on one never taken by the right age to the two most nervous about when you cut when these digital transformations are being made in your in your still in the older universe even though you're doing lots of different things and that and that Apple's contest a gap ... what ... what he would you most nervous about this area is saying I'll retire and still be someone else's problem ... which many now it's a ... 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At Home Beauty Salon in Alberton before I go into the points to help you choose your hairdresser, I should first outline the definition of what is a mobile hairdresser? A Mobile Salon Services is a hairdresser who usually works for his or herself visiting clients at their homes or place of work, or any other agreed venue and does not operate from a fixed hair salon or beauty shop.
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1.When to consider using a mobile hairdresser. The services of a mobile hairstylist may often be required to be used at a home for a wedding when it may often be inconvenient for the bride to travel to a hair or beauty salon to have her hair and her make-up done, requiring her then to travel back to her home to put on her wedding gown. Instead, the hairdresser will travel to the bride's home in order to style the bride's hair for her special day. A Mobile Hair Services hairstylist is often in demand for Care homes, hospitals, prisons, the armed forces, and in many other situations where individual attention is required.
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4. Always Use a qualified hairdresser. As with Salon hairdressers, your mobile hairdresser should hold formal hairdressing qualifications. The UK national Vocational Qualification in Hairdressing (NVQ) is the only recognized qualification system, and more than 60% of mobile hairstylists are now trained to this standard. They should also hold professional indemnity insurance.
Your mobile hairdresser should be happy and prepared to recommend the perfect hairdos and often make-up to accentuate and compliment the individual looks of the customer, and offer suggestions on what hairstyle or make up should best suit the client.
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A Mobile Hairdresser is a hairdressing professional who works outside the premises of a beauty shop or hair salon. There are important instances when a hair service is required inside the comforts of a home or a house like a wedding since it would be inconvenient for a bride to travel to a beauty salon to get her hair fixed and her make-up done then travel back to her home to wear her wedding gown. For reasons such as this, it is the hair dresser who travels to the home in order to render his or her professional service to clients and customers, thus Mobile Hairdresser. Aside from homes, mobile hairdressing services may be required in armed forces, hospitals, prisons and other public services.
All hairdressers, Mobile and Salon Hairdressers alike, are required to have the proper personal qualities and skills in order to succeed. Whatever style a hairdresser can do inside a hair salon, mobile hairdressers should also be able to do in whatever places. The ability to be able to use the hands effectively and safely to sculpture the hair and afford the perfect looks for a certain customer is necessary along with the enthusiasm to learn new things. A mobile hairdresser needs to be extra careful, adept and equipped with all the necessities needed such as tools and materials, in providing their services outside a salon. When servicing in a house or anywhere he may be called to render his expertise, he or she must bring along not only the pair of scissors and comb to cut hair but all necessary tools for whatever hairstyling processes like curling/flat iron, blow dryers, wash basins, etc. These materials and tools must also be clean and sanitized at all times.
Any hairdresser may choose to provide mobile hairdressing services and wherever he or she goes, the mobile hairdresser is expected to fulfill a hairdresser's duty. Most clients ask suggestions from a hairdresser on what hairstyle or make up will best suit them. So a mobile hairdresser should also be ready and prepared to recommend the perfect hairdos and make-up to accentuate and compliment the natural beauty and looks of the customers.
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There are a variety of methods used to start dreadlocks. The method and size selected mostly depends on the texture and length of the hair. Other variables that affect the lock starting technique include hair's thickness, fullness, and versatility desired. The methods discussed in the article give you insight into the most popular methods used and what works best on various hair lengths and textures. The methods discussed include: two-strand twist, three-strand twist, comb coil twist, palm rolling, latch stitching, and individual braids.
In the palm rolling method, the hair is sectioned and rolled between the palms. This is usually achieved on hair that is longer than 2 inches. For best results, you should not wash your hair until it has started to lock. As the hair grows, the new growth is twisted using a palm rolling or similar twisting method. Alternatively, the new growth can be groomed using the interlocking or latch hook method discussed below.
The comb coils is a method where the hair is sectioned and is twisted into coils using a (rat tail) comb or by hand. This is usually achieved on shorter hair. For best results, you should not wash your hair until it has started to dread. As the hair grows, the new growth is twisted using a palm rolling or similar twisting method. When hair starts to lock, it will begin to not look like comb coils and may start to get fuzzy or begin to poof. However, this is not a cause to create worry because it is all apart of the dreading process.
The last method we will discuss is back combing. Back combing is a common method on hair that is a straighter, less kinky texture. Back combing (also known as "teasing" or "ratting") means repeatedly combing the hair towards the scalp, causing the hair to tangle. For best results, the hair should be at least shoulder length. With this method, the hair cannot be washed until it starts to lock. Because of the straighter texture, it may take 4-6 months for the hair to start to lock. During this time, the hair should NOT get wet. Some type of product, like wax or honey, is usually added to the hair to help facilitate the locking of the hair.
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How do I know if this Charity is Fiscally Responsible?
The following are questions that you can ask to determine which charities are using your donation responsibly:
1. What do you know about this organization?
First, find out all you can about the organization: what is the name, what is their purpose, what programs and activities do they sponsor? Also, check the following websites to make sure that the organizations are registered with your state and are allowed to be contacting you for donations.
If a phone solicitor is calling you, ask them directly about the organization and if they have any informational material that they can send you or if they have a website.
Missouri Secretary of State Database:
Use this database to check that the business is registered as a nonprofit organization.
https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BESearch.aspx?SearchType=0 (Missouri)
http://www.statelocalgov.net/50states-secretary-state.cfm (Other States)
Missouri Attorney General's Office:
MO Attorney General maintains a list of organizations that are allowed to solicit donations by phone. Some of the organizations are listed on their website, if you cannot find an organization on the list call the Check a Charity Program Administrator: 573-751-3321.
2. Does the organization have a Federally Recognized 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status?
An organization that has the 501(c)(3) status, means that the organization is recognized by the Federal Government as being organized for the public benefit and has been given tax-exempt status. This means that in most cases the organization does not pay taxes on the money that is given to them, and the donor is allowed to write that donation off on their taxes. In exchange for this status, the organization must follow rules that are set by the government and file a yearly tax return if the organization's gross receipts exceed $25,000, making their financial information available to the public. Churches and Schools can also have tax exempt status, but do not have to file an annual tax return. Not all organizations will have 501(c)(3) status, and you may still donate to them, but, they do not have to follow federal guidelines and make their activities known. In addition there are many different kinds of 501(c)(3) Nonprofit organizations and the amount of your donation that qualifies for exemption varies.
IRS Publication 78: lists all organizations that are eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions and how much is exempt. You can search for your charity through the IRS site: http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Exempt-Organizations-Select-Check
Or search Publication 78 by using Guidestar's Charity Check: This is a staff-Mediated Website contact Spencer Road Reference Desk (636)441-0794.
3. How much of your donation will go to programming and services that the charity provides, and how much will go to general administration and fundraising expenses? Additionally, is the organization financially responsible?
Ask if the phone solicitor is a professional fundraiser: The caller has to tell you if they are being paid to solicit donations for an organization. If they are, ask them what percentage of your donation do they receive and how much goes to programming.
Follow up by checking the organization's financial statements to determine if you agree with their spending.
You can use Guidestar, Foundation Center, or the Economic Research Institute (ERI) all which are organizations that offer free online searching for Nonprofits and retrieves any 501(c)(3) financial statements (the IRS 990 form) that are available.
Economic Research Institute (ERI): http://www.eri-nonprofit-salaries.com/
Foundation Center: http://lnp.foundationcenter.org/
Guidestar: www.guidestar.org
All 501(c)(3) organizations that make over $25,000 must file the IRS 990 or 990-EZ form. The 990-EZ form can be filed if the organization has gross receipts less than $100,000. No matter which tax form the organization files it will allow you to find out the following:
|Organization type:
|Nonprofit <$100,000
|Private Foundation
|Form Type:
|Amount of Public and Government Support
|Part I : Line 1 a - d
|Part I : Lines 1 & 2
|Part I : Line 1 & Sch B
|Total Revenue
|Part I : Line 12
|Part I : Line 9
|Part I : Line 12
|Total Expenses
|Part I : Line 17
|Part I : Line 17
|Part I : Line 26
|Functional Expenses (Salaries, Programs, Fundraising)
|Part II : Lines 22 - 44
|Part VI-A : a & b
|Part II : Lines 1 - 31
|Lobbying Expenditures
|Part VI : Line 85 b & d
|Part III : Line 1
|Part VII-A : Lines 1 a & b (& statement of activities)
|The Better Business Bureau (www.give.org) suggests that organizations should spend at least 65% of total expenses on programming (Total Expenditures on Program Services / Total Expenses)
|(Part I : Line 13 / Part I : Line 17) * 100 = % Spent on Programming, want to see >65%
|(Part III : Line 32 / Part I : Line 17) * 100 = % Spent on Programming
|(Part I: Line 25 / Part I : Line 26) * 100 = % Given out as Contributions
|The BBB also suggests that no more than 35% of public contributions are spent on fundraising. (Fundraising Expenses / Public Contributions)
|(Part I : Line 15 / Part 1 : Line 1a + 1b) * 100 = % of contributions spent on fundraising
4. Is the structure of the organization strong?
IRS guidelines (Publication 557) suggests that Organizations have at least five board members. The Better Business Bureau's standards suggest that Board members should hold a least 3 meetings per year, no more than one or 10% of board members that are being compensated should serve as a voting members of the board, and the chair or treasurer of the board should not be receiving compensation. The 990 IRS forms does show salaries of the top executives and board members of the organization.
|List of Officers, Directors, Trustees, and Key Employees
|Part IV
|Part V or as an attachment at the back of the tax return
|Part VIII : Line 1
|Salaries of Top Executives
|Sch A : Part I
|Part II : Lines 25 - 29; & Sch A : Part I : Line 12
|Part I : Lines 13 - 15 & Part VIII : Line 2
5. What do others say about the organization?
There are many publications and watchdog Internet sites that review nonprofit organizations to make charitable giving decisions easier for the consumer.
Charity Rating Guide & Watchdog Report: (Available only at the Spencer Road Branch)
The Charity Rating Guide & Watchdog Report, is a monthly publication put out by the American Institute of Philanthropy and evaluates over 500 national charities. The American Institute of Philanthropy's Website contains a list of top-rated charities (http://www.charitywatch.org/).
BBB Wise Giving Guide: (Available only at the Spencer Road Branch)
The BBB Wise Giving Guide is published quarterly by the Better Business Bureau, in order to help donors make informed giving decisions. The guide includes evaluations of National Charities, as well as include articles on charity accountability issues.
Internet Sites:
American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP):
Better Business Bureau - Tips on Charitable Giving (Financial Analysis): http://us.bbb.org/WWWRoot/SitePage.aspx?site=113&id=e6920967-8ebd-4a31-9986-de07de38e7bc
Better Business Bureau - Eastern Missouri & Southern Illinois (Financial Analysis):
http://www.stlouis.bbb.org/ (For Local Organizations)
Charity Navigator:
Internal Revenue Service:
http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Exempt-Organizations-Select-Check(Publication 78)
Idealist: Resources for Nonprofit Organizations:
http://www.idealist.org/info/Nonprofits/Overview (Watchdog Agencies FAQ)
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy:


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A federal appeals court held that federal agents need not get warrants to search files shared over peer-to-peer networks, reports Wired. The Pentagon will now allow troops access to online social media like Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace, Business Weekly reports. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has given Google a license to trade energy on the wholesale market, as The Register reports. Notifications of website privacy policies do not appear to actually protect online privacy, the Continue Reading →


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Phreespirit necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 119 diseños de 40 diseñadores freelance.
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We are a new school located on 700+ acres of a Costa Rica mountain with stunning Pacific Ocean views. We offer classes in Sustainable Living, including Organic Farming, Alternative Energy Systems, Alternative Building Systems, Wastewater Management, Rainwater Harvesting and more. We produce an abundance of vegetables and fruits, especially tropical fruits. Popular animals on the property include Scarlett Macaws, Toucans, Howler Monkeys, White Faced Capuchin Monkeys, butterflies (Blue Morphos) and Black and Green Dart Frogs. Trees include tropical tree ferns as the most visually appealing and unique. Our Mission is to teach as many people as possible how to live in harmony with Mother Earth. For more info you can visit our website at http://www.wisecostarica.org.
Our broad target audience includes anyone interested in learning sustainable living concepts, renewable energy systems, integrated waste management, rainwater harvesting, watershed conservation, ecotourism, social entrepreneurship, permaculture and more.
Our students will be a diverse group. We have interested parties ranging from high school age to retired. All walks of life will be represented by our students.
We require a colorful logo.
We really want to highlight the aspects we have that make us exciting. i.e. world, fruits and vegetables, jungle, jungle animals.
We want to have our acronym of WISE to stand out from the other letters in our name and be lined up, either horizontally or vertically. We do not want WISE separate, we want the letters of the acronym to be taller or larger so they stand out from the rest of the letters in the words. i.e. the W in world is 20pt and the letters orld are 12pt, as an example.
Greens and blues predominant to fit our global theme.
Must be in a vector format such as .eps or .ai and high resolution.
As we plan to expand and have campuses in other countries, we would also like Costa Rica in the logo so we can adapt it for these other locations.
I have attached a logo idea from earlier, before we changed our name. Use it as you will. We are looking for improvements on it and NEW IDEAS. That one was conceived from my non-artistic brain. I want to see what else you creative types can come up with. WOW me! We are willing to discuss a visit and stay at the Institute for the winner, no transportation included. Or even enrollment in a class. Just to get them a better feel for the location, environment and what we are doing for when we have other design projects.
I will check the contest regularly and provide feedback.
We will discuss further projects with the winner.
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Christopher Kiver conducts the Concert Choir and Glee Club, oversees the graduate choral conducting program, and teaches classes in choral conducting and choral literature. He is founder and director of The Orpheus Singers and serves as Director of Music at the University Baptist and Brethren Church in State College. Kiver is a graduate of the University of London, Florida State University and the University of Michigan where he received the D.M.A. in choral conducting.
Choirs under Kiver's direction have performed at state and regional conventions of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) and National Association for Music Education. He has taught at the Westminster Choir College Summer and Saturday Seminar programs, and appeared as guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator in the United States, Australia, China, and New Zealand.
Kiver is national chair for the Repertoire and Standards Committee on Male Choirs for the American Choral Directors Association, and a past-president of the Pennsylvania chapter of ACDA.
A native of England, he has received numerous prizes and scholarships including a Fulbright Award, and the 2002 Sydney World Symposium Foundation Scholarship. In 2006, he was a double Grammy Award winner ("Best Choral Performance" and "Best Classical Album") as a chorus master for the critically acclaimed Naxos recording of William Bolcom's monumental Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Kiver was the recipient of Penn State's "President's Award for Engagement with Students" in 2017.