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MASON, Mich. (AP) -- A judge declined Wednesday to toss a lawsuit that says Michigan's right-to-work law is invalid because the Capitol doors were locked while the measure was debated, but he warned the law's opponents that winning the case could be tough.
Ingham County Circuit Judge William Collette said he is required to allow depositions and document collection to resolve disputed facts. He ordered the state to respond to the suit by Monday.
"You got a real uphill battle in this thing," he told a lawyer representing the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan. "But there are some little haystacks of fire around the field."
Labor unions, Democrats and others sued in January, saying the state Open Meetings Act was violated when police closed the Capitol to new visitors for more than four hours Dec. 6 during the first of two days of legislative action on right-to-work bills.
The suit does not contest the substance of the law that prohibits requiring workers to pay union fees, though two others that do are pending in state or federal courts.
About an hour after Republican Gov. Rick Snyder and GOP legislative leaders announced plans to quickly pass a right-to-work law, state police cited concerns about safety and the Capitol's structural integrity and locked the doors shortly after noon. People already inside the building could stay, but hundreds more had to stay outside until 4:38 p.m. -- after Collette ordered the doors reopened.
Assistant Attorney General Michelle Brya urged the judge to dismiss the suit, arguing the law requires all legal challenges to bypass local courts and go straight to the Michigan Court of Appeals. She said no Open Meetings Act violations occurred because citizens were in the House and Senate watching all day and the public had access to the proceedings on television and through media coverage.
"The purpose of the Open Meetings Act is to prevent public bodies from meeting in secret. The purpose of the Open Meetings Act was fulfilled," said Brya, who argued no final votes were taken during the building's closure on the two right-to-work bills that became law five days later.
Before the Capitol was closed, eight people were arrested when they tried to push past troopers guarding a Senate door, according to authorities.
Collette dismissed one of the defendants from the suit -- Capt. Kevin McGaffigan, the on-scene incident commander for the state police who decided to close the Capitol.
The judge said he is not interested in second-guessing law enforcement officials who had the authority to close the building. Yet he pressed the state on an allegation that Republican staffers were directed to sit in the public gallery overlooking the House chamber, preventing right-to-work opponents from sitting there.
"There was a concerted effort to avoid having a lot of public people like myself (there). Isn't that true?" Collette asked.
Brya insisted there was no such effort but said even if there were staffers in the gallery, they didn't take up every seat.
ACLU attorney Michael Pitt said after the hearing that the ruling means evidence will be collected so the "public can understand once and for all what happened and how the Legislature conducted itself in a highly inappropriate way."
Collette -- who said the Capitol closure was a first in state history -- set an April 11 hearing to schedule a timeline for depositions and document exchanges. Pitt said he plans to ask McGaffigan who authorized his decision to close the Capitol and whether the governor's office and House and Senate leaders knew about it.
He said he has a photos showing that around 1:30 p.m. -- about 1 1/2 hours after the Capitol was locked -- "it's basically a ghost town inside that building. There was absolutely no safety risk that we could see from those photographs. The eyewitnesses who were there completely dispute what the state police claim was a concern about overcrowding."
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COOPEAGRI is a large cooperative located in the Perez Celedon region in the south of Costa Rica. Coffee is its main cash crop.
COOPEAGRI was founded in 1962 by 391 small-scale farmers with the aim of building a strong farmers' organisation to improve living standards and bring dignity and development opportunities to their communities.
...we understood that Fairtrade as a certification is much more than merely an environmental certification, it is the only and best ethical and social certification that really ensures social and environmental, ethical and economic impact, and therefore human impact..
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Today they have over 8,000 members growing coffee on plots averaging 1.3 hectares. They also employ over 700 temporary and permanent workers. In all, COOPEAGRI reaches 35,000 farmers, workers and their family members.
From initially owning a small coffee processing plant to add value to their crop, the co-op has expanded into a range of commercial activities. It now produces and markets organic manure on a commercial scale, and has diversified into sugar cane and other agricultural products. It has purchased a sugar mill and a new coffee processing plant – with 25 times the capacity of the original one – where members' coffee is processed before delivery to the county's biggest exporter for final processing and export.
Coffee quality is evaluated and monitored at its own cupping laboratory – positive and negative characteristics are identified and producers are advised how to improve processes to ensure the commercial quality of the product. The co-op markets its own-brand roast and ground coffee locally but high tariffs imposed by importing countries to protect domestic roasters effectively prevent export of the product.
The co-op also carries out reforestation, water conservation and environmental educational programs as part of its long-term strategy of sustainable development.
The co-op was Fairtrade certified for sugar cane 1998 (Fairtrade sales account for around 3 per cent of its 32,500 tons production) and coffee in 2004. They joined Fairtrade to achieve a fair and stable price for their coffee and to combat the radical price fluctuations in the conventional market which, along with rising costs of production and high labor costs, make it hard for farmers to meet their basic needs of food, water and fuel and pay for their children's education. They also shared a vision with Fairtrade for consumers and business to recognize the hard work and dedication of the people behind Fairtrade products, the difficulties they face and the aspirations they have for their families.
There were initial difficulties in meeting Fairtrade standards, particularly improving documentation and product traceability. And supplies and sales of prohibited agro-chemicals had to be replaced with approved alternatives, at the considerable cost of lost sales to external customers. But these measures were vital to their aspiration of producing an environmentally friendly, sustainable product and extending access to Fairtrade markets.
Fairtrade certification provides opportunities to meet Fairtrade as well as conventional buyers at trade fairs in Europe, US and Latin America. Coopeagri has developed long-term relationships with Fairtrade buyers from US and Europe who have given financial assistance to a housing program, installation of an irrigation system and construction of a computer lab for children, equipped with 20 computers.
For Fairtrade sales, Coopeagri is paid at least the Fairtrade Minimum Price (calculated to cover costs of production) or the market price if higher. They are also paid the Fairtrade Premium of 20 cents a pound to invest in business development and improvements to the 85 communities they serve. The co-op currently only sells around 10 per cent of production to Fairtrade so it is very keen to increase both sales and premium income.
Premium-funded projects include a medical clinic, community store and the construction of 160 coffee stores over an area of 90 square kilometers. Farmers deliver their coffee to the stores for collection and transport to the washing station, saving farmers considerable time and expense. It's almost impossible for farmers to obtain bank loans as they are not considered creditworthy, so an interest-free loans scheme (repayment within 90 days) makes much-needed credit available.
A quarter of the premium must be invested in productivity and quality improvement. This is essential to increase incomes and improve competitiveness with other sought-after high quality coffees grown in the region, such as gourmet beans from the Tarrazzu highlands. The premium has made it possible to set up a unique technical assistance team, with four technicians, to implement a range of programs:

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Nowadays, trivial as it may sound, I can name two reasons, which inspire me to try to be pretty, at least relative to my age. *LoL Firstly and most importantly ( another round of *LoL), you ought to know I'm
obsessed a big fan of Korean Actors Dramas, and the lady leads. I covet their natural glowing beauty. And they don't wear much makeup...red/pink lips, rosy cheeks, thinly-lined eyes, perfectly curled lashes, and satiny white skin. That's pretty much workable with my current Asian Cosmetic hauls, except I don't naturally possess of such voluptuous and to-die-for lashes, and worse, I'm not a big fan of eye curlers, so I missed on the beauty of such. Sad. I'll tell you why in a bit. Secondly, I love the stunning transformation of Anne Hathaway's Andy Sachs in Devil Wears Prada. One pivotal moment is when she was introduced to Shu Uemura's eyelash curler. A couple of months back, I saw the movie for the nth time. It just dawned to me, oh my, I'm so outdated! So maybe I have to give lash curlers a second look. Timely, my good friend went for a trip to Japan, so included in my shopping list was the famed Shu Uemura Eyelash Curler. Yay! ;-D
I have sensitive eyes. For some reason, they turn red and get irritated easily. That's mostly why I stayed away from eyelash curlers and to heavy eye makeup. A couple of months back, I consulted with my Ophthalmologist friend, I was given eye drops and advised to stay away from such irritants. It improved, but not fully. But the promise of the eyelash curler won, so I caved in. I bought. But to my earnest heart's desire, thankfully, it did not trigger the irritations. Because it's so easy to use, and very quickly delivers visible curls, see Exhibit 1. It's almost effortless. If you apply a bit more, you get those great dramatic lashes even more, even without mascara. And the curls hold all day, all night. True, it doesn't pinch the skin. That's my major turn-off from my eyelash curler before. For the price, I get a free refill as inclusion, it's a good deal, because I read that this mighty artillery has a superb life expectancy. *LoL Although, take note on the warnings and when to replace reminders. If so, it's all good. ;-D
Boo me, this is my first ever Shu Uemura's prized purchase, I might have to do some catching up pretty soon. So far, I like it. So pretty.
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Started playing this game last night. Once you get the hang of how the board works, it's addicting.
2048, the creation of a 19-year-old Italian programmer named Gabriele Cirulli, showed up free and fully open-sourced on Github earlier this month. The game is Web-based, although a mobile site is also available, and plenty of unofficial ports for Android and other platforms have begun to pop up.
2048 could be loosely described as similar to Threes, or like Candy Crush for math geeks, and while it's tough to understand what's happening at first glance, it only takes a minute to pick up the game and then you're off on the road to procrastination-enabling addiction.
Cirulli debuted the game on March 9. Three days later he tweeted that thousands of people were playing the game at one moment:@gabrielecirulli wrote:28000 people playing #2048game right now. The amount of man-hours spent playing this game will never be returned to humanity.
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BOSTON — A Boston man fishing for dinner at a city beach instead came up with an "upsetting and scary" catch — a handgun.
Alberto Pina said he at first thought he'd hooked a big one when his fishing pole bent Sunday afternoon at Carson Beach, a day after he hauled in a 27-inch bluefish.
But what came out of the water was a barnacle-encrusted gun.
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As the first settlement of southern Utah (settled January 13, 1851), Parowan is affectionately called the "Mother Town of Southern Utah. Many of the original homes and business buildings still line the downtown area of the community, along with a tree-lined Main Street that take visitors on a nostalgic trip back through time.
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Shinedown Weigh In On Festivals, Levon Helm + Being Fearless
Shinedown headlined Rockfest yesterday (May 12) at Liberty Memorial Park in Kansas City, Mo. The one day monster rock bash is one of the largest in the country. Before their set Shinedown took some time to discuss the band's evolution, the passing of the legendary Levon Helm and what the rest of the year has in store for the band.
As the headliner of the event, lead vocalist Brent Smith was asked if he was surprised at the level of success his band has achieved over their ten years in existence. Smith responded, "I think that ultimately we're known for being a fearless band, not only for what we do musically but when we're writing for records and putting things together on an artistic level - our live performances speak for themselves."
He continued to talk about the band's growth, explaining, "We're always trying to outdo what we've already done. We're really not desensitized, we are always trying to grow every single day, day in and day out, not only as people but as musicians." He also was very thankful to the band's diehard fans, saying, "We're very humbled to be here, very blessed, and probably a lot of people have said that today. I think what Eric just said, you can't look out there [into the crowd] and not become completely overwhelmed with emotion because we as a band only have one boss and it's every single person in the audience so we're very proud and honored to be here today."
Shinedown was also asked about the passing of the legendary drummer and singer Levon Helm from The Band and how it impacted them. Guitarist Zach Myers was quick to respond, saying, "That's a bad day, I actually have it written on the back of my guitar 'God Bless Levon Helm'." He continued, "That was one of my biggest musical influences growing up, and I know for Barry [Kerch] too. That drummer, singer thing, the most amazing voice, just hearing him talk, he had the coolest talking voice. He was a good ole boy from Arkansas. He was just such a musical influence on me that it was a big deal."
As for what the future holds for Shinedown, the band has a few more festival dates on tap before they head overseas. According to Smith, "We're going to be finishing out May 20. We just did Carolina Rebellion and headlined that, we have a couple more that we're doing before May 20. After that, we're going to Europe and then taking a bit of time off and then we'll be back out June 27 through Aug. 4 then there's this other thing at the end of the year that we're going to be rehearsing for."
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Discover tado° - the intelligent heating app now is available worldwide and features a demo mode
The Munich-based high-tech start-up tado° is proud to present a new version of its smartphone application which now features a demo mode. This means you can try out tado° before you make your order. This version is now available in English and German for smartphones using iOS and Android.
Last November tado° brought its intelligent, smartphone-based heating control to market in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Its innovative combination of hardware and software works like a personal heating assistant and makes sure your home is always warm when you really want it to be. This means you can save money while helping to protect the environment.
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Thieves steal model locomotives from Mid Norfolk Railway
PUBLISHED: 18:49 27 February 2013 | UPDATED: 18:49 27 February 2013
Thieves who targeted the Mid Norfolk Railway stole eight model locomotives worth an estimated £800 from its gift shop.
Police said the burglary at Dereham Station happened between 12.30am and 10am on Sunday February 24.
The thieves forced a window, damaged woodwork and doors inside, and took a TV and DVD player as well as the Bachmann locomotives.
Railway chairman Barry Woodgett said: "The Mid Norfolk Railway is a charitable company whose aims of restoring a train service between Wymondham and Fakenham are again being wasted by mindless people.
"I do not want to have to add further security features, ruining the ethos by turning it into a new Fort Knox to resist the thieves and vandals."
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On 8 July, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a three-point plan to support jobs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic when he delivered a Summer Economic Update to Parliament.
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The Quiet Epidemic of Native American Killings By Police
Democracy Now! covers our investigation into police killings of Native Americans, showing that Natives are more likely to be killed by police than any other group. Amy Goodman spoke with reporter Stephanie Woodard as well as James Rideout, the uncle of Jacqueline Salyers, a 32-year-old pregnant mother and member of the Puyallup Tribe who was killed by police earlier this year in Tacoma, Washington.


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This is an episode we like to call "It's Never Too Late To Add One More College." Now, if your teenager and you have done your nine assignments this summer to expand and then investigate seriously the colleges on your teenager's long summer list of college options, you are probably wondering what we mean by "adding one more." But, first, let's review the nine assignments you have already done?and it's an impressive group:
- First, you expanded your teenager's long summer list of college options.
- Next, you checked out four key admission standards for the colleges on that list—namely, average high school GPA, high school class rank, SAT or ACT scores of admitted and/or enrolled freshmen, and both required and recommended courses to be completed in high school.
- After that, you looked at each college's undergraduate enrollment, broken down by part-time vs. full-time study, gender, race/ethnicity, and place of residence.
- Then, you checked out the student-to-faculty ratio and class sizes for each college on the list.
- You went on to look at the type of community each college is located in and what it has to offer off campus.
- Next, you found out what kind of core curriculum requirements–if any–are in place at each college.
- Then, you checked out the types of campus housing available at each college and what some of its security measures are.
- And finally, you examined the way each college divides up its academic year into terms–both the traditional and the innovative ways.
We are truly impressed if you got all that done. Even if you didn't do it for 50 colleges–one from each state, which was our original challenge–we are impressed. Even if you did it for just half that many colleges we are impressed. But, let's say that we hope you did it for at least 20.
1. Your Assignment #10
Download the Assignment #10 Worksheet
And so, we come to the last assignment in building and investigating your teenager's list. This assignment is not like the others. It is designed to give your teenager and you one last chance to consider a college you might have missed in your search, and it does that by looking at several categories of colleges you might have overlooked or you might have thought were not right for your teenager. At the end of this episode, you might be able to rule out each category we are suggesting; if so, your list is done. On the other hand, you might want to look further at one category or another and consider adding a few colleges to that long summer list of college options.
2. What About Faith-Based Colleges?
As we explained at some length in our book How To Find the Right College: A Workbook for Parents of High School Students (on sale at Amazon until we declare the summer officially over), "faith-based"–that is, religious–colleges and universities are a broader category than you might think. This category includes hundreds of small Bible colleges, which are indeed dedicated to religious life and the study of religion, but it also includes very large universities that offer all fields of study, though with an underlying religious or moral or service-to-others orientation.
Some faith-based institutions require more religious study than others. Some require students to take just a couple of courses in theology or perhaps philosophy instead, while others infuse much of their curriculum with their religious beliefs. Some require students to attend chapel services, but many do not.
In our experience, faith-based institutions are usually quite up front about what they are all about. They are not trying to trick your teenager into going there, because that wouldn't be good for you or for them. Sometimes a college application will give you a clue by asking for your religion and the name and address of your church. Some ask for a recommendation from a minister. Many have a statement of their religious beliefs on their website or in their student handbook; you can read it and see whether your family supports it.
As a matter of fact, more U.S. colleges and universities than you might think have been founded by religious denominations–especially a lot of our earliest and most prestigious colleges, as you learned if you listened to our virtual nationwide tour of colleges (Episodes 27 through 54). Some of them retain their religious affiliation today, and many do not. Some faith-based institutions are Jewish, some are Catholic, and some are Protestant. One very interesting choice is Soka University of America (SUA), located in Orange County, California: "Proudly founded upon the Buddhist principles of peace, human rights and the sanctity of life, SUA offers a non-sectarian curriculum" and welcomes students of all beliefs (quoted from the website).
Understanding the world of some 200 Catholic colleges and universities in the U.S. is particularly complicated because they have been founded by various orders (including the Jesuits, Dominicans, Franciscans, and more) and by other groups within the Catholic community. And, in case you didn't listen to our virtual nationwide tour of colleges, many respected Catholic institutions, including some of the best-known ones, actually attract many students who are not Catholic.
As I have said in previous episodes, I sent my daughter Polly to the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University joint dance B.F.A. program. Fordham is a Jesuit university, something I am always embarrassed to admit that I knew very little about before I sent Polly there to dance. For those of you who don't know, the Jesuits–that is, the Society of Jesus–which was founded in Paris in the 1500s, traces its commitment to education to St. Ignatius of Loyola, who founded the first Jesuit college in Messina, Sicily, in 1548. Jesuit institutions today place a strong emphasis on intellectual rigor and a liberal arts foundation, social justice issues worldwide, and a life of service. It is my belief that students of all faiths, including my daughter who is not Catholic, are welcome and comfortable at Jesuit institutions. When I heard Father Joseph McShane, Fordham's president, speak at orientation, I knew that we had, accidentally, made a great decision in sending Polly to Fordham. Father McShane said that Fordham students were taught to wrestle with important moral and ethical issues, to care for others, to despair over injustice, and to give back to their communities.
So, if your teenager is interested in social justice, if your teenager has done extensive community service projects in high school and has valued those experiences, or if you would like this sort of underpinning for your teenager's collegiate education, I am going to suggest that you put a Jesuit college or university on your teenager's long summer list of college options now so that you can think about it over the next few months. There are 28 to choose from (actually 189 worldwide), and they include small and large institutions all over the U.S. Some that you have likely heard of, in addition to Fordham in New York City, are Boston College, the College of the Holy Cross (in Worcester, Massachusetts), Georgetown University (in Washington, D.C.), Marquette University (in Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Saint Louis University (which has a great campus in Madrid, too), Santa Clara University (in California), and the University of San Francisco.
3. What About Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
Commonly referred to as HBCUs, historically black colleges and universities were established with the mission of educating African-American students solely or at least primarily. Today, just over 100 HBCUs can be found in many states and in both rural and urban settings. They are public and private, large and small (even very small), faith-based and not, two-year and four-year colleges; some have graduate schools.
HBCUs were founded to serve students who had been excluded from many other higher education institutions because of their race. The three earliest HBCUs were founded in Pennsylvania and Ohio before the Civil War, but many were founded in the South shortly after the Civil War. Those Southern HBCUs share a proud tradition of becoming the first collegiate homes of family members of freed slaves.
Some HBCUs have produced great black leaders–like Booker T. Washington, who attended Hampton University, and like Thurgood Marshall, who attended both Lincoln University and Howard University School of Law. Some have put great black leaders from many walks of life on their payrolls as professors and administrators–like Fisk University, where Charles Spurgeon Johnson, the intellectual architect of the Harlem Renaissance, served as Fisk's first black president and where Harlem Renaissance writers and artists, like Arna Bontemps, James Weldon Johnson, and Aaron Douglas all worked. If you have listened to many episodes of USACollegeChat, you probably know that Fisk is my favorite HBCU, precisely because of its history (and if you don't know about the Fisk Jubilee Singers, organized in 1871, you should).
Today, HBCUs enroll students who are not black–just as historically white colleges and universities now enroll students who are not white. Some observers say that it has become harder for HBCUs to recruit African-American students now that they are welcome at both selective and nonselective colleges across the U.S. That is probably true to some degree. Nonetheless, there is still a strong sense of community among the alumni/alumnae of HBCUs and a strong sense of tradition on HBCU campuses. For some African-American students especially, that could be a good fit for what they are looking for in a college, and a shared culture could go a long way toward helping them feel comfortable on a college campus, especially if it is far from home.
So, if your teenager is interested in living and studying in the shared culture that characterizes HBCUs or if you would like this sort of cultural and historical underpinning for your teenager's collegiate education, I am going to suggest that you put an HBCU on your teenager's long summer list of college options now so that you can think about it over the next few months. There are plenty to choose from, including some small and very accommodating ones that might be a perfect choice if your teenager has not gotten the high school grades or test scores that you might have wished for.
4. What About Hispanic-Serving Institutions?
There are over 250 colleges and universities that have been designated during the past 50 years as Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs), meaning that they have a student enrollment that is at least 25 percent Hispanic. For example, The University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, a federally designated HSI, was one of the first minority-majority universities, with an approximately 45 percent Hispanic student body and an Anglo student population of just about 35 percent.
HSIs are located in states across the U.S. from California to Massachusetts and from Washington to Florida. Some HSIs are large public universities, some are large public community colleges, and some are small private liberal arts colleges. Many HSIs receive federal funds to support programs and scholarships that are designed to help low-income Hispanic students succeed in college.
Although HSIs do not have the same kind of historical traditions that HBCUs have–perhaps because they were not founded originally with a mission to serve Hispanic students–they do offer an environment where Hispanic students might more easily find classmates with a similar cultural background. First-generation Hispanic college students–that is, students whose parents did not attend college–might find it easier to fit into this supportive college environment, thus improving their chances of long-term success.
So, if your teenager is interested in living and studying with a substantial number of students from a similar cultural background or if you would like this sort of cultural underpinning for your teenager's collegiate education, I am going to suggest that you put an HSI on your teenager's long summer list of college options now so that you can think about it over the next few months. Remember that many HSIs are two-year colleges, so look over the options carefully.
5. What About Single-Sex Colleges and Universities?
Let's start by remembering that colleges and universities that were started in America's earliest days were all institutions for men. They were all single-sex institutions then.
Seven of the eight Ivy League institutions served only male students when they were founded in the 1600s and 1700s. Only my alma mater, Cornell University, the youngest of the Ivies, was founded as a co-educational university, which is, frankly, one reason I went there.
As time went on, many of the Ivies created a "sister" school for women: the University of Pennsylvania had its College for Women, Columbia had Barnard, Brown had Pembroke, and Harvard had Radcliffe. Of these, only Marie's alma mater, Barnard, remains.
The tradition of single-sex colleges is particularly strong in the Northeast, perhaps because that is where so many of our country's oldest higher education institutions are located. But there are well-known women's colleges located in other regions of the U.S. as well–like Mills College and Scripps College in California, Stephens College in Missouri, Hollins University and Mary Baldwin College in Virginia, Saint Mary's College (the sister school of the University of Notre Dame) in Indiana, and Agnes Scott College and Spelman College in Georgia. Spelman has the distinction of also being an excellent HBCU. Interestingly and for whatever reason (probably rooted in financial issues), some of these women's colleges now allow men to enroll in their graduate programs or in their special programs for returning adult students, thus maintaining the traditional women's college atmosphere for their undergraduate residential students. Today, there are just over 40 women's colleges in the U.S.
If you have a daughter interested in a women's college, check out the Women's College Coalition website and the available downloadable guide Why a Women's College? Or, you can just have her listen to Marie talk for the next few minutes.
Okay, what about the men? Interestingly, only a handful of men's colleges remain. There is Morehouse College, which is an academically rigorous HBCU located in Georgia and which is the men's counterpart to Spelman. Morehouse has a roster of famous alumni, ranging from Martin Luther King, Jr., to Samuel L. Jackson and Spike Lee–and that is quite a range. Hampden-Sydney College was founded in 1775 in Virginia and has a fascinating history (Patrick Henry and James Madison were among its first Trustees). And there is Wabash College, which is located in Indiana and is my father-on-law's alma mater. Wabash is cited in the book Colleges That Change Lives as an institution that is successful in creating engaged students, who become leaders in their chosen fields. If I had a teenage boy at home who needed to focus on his studies so that he could become all that he could be, I would strongly consider Wabash.
While most single-sex institutions have opened their doors to the opposite sex over the years and especially in the past 50 years, those that remain carry on a tradition that their graduates wholeheartedly support. Some of their graduates–and indeed their families–believe that students can focus better on their studies when they are not being distracted by social interactions with the opposite sex in the classroom. Some of their graduates believe that students will develop a stronger sense of community and camaraderie with their classmates in single-sex institutions. Some of their graduates appreciate the histories and philosophies of these institutions–especially perhaps graduates of women's colleges who feel that they are better supported as young women and are encouraged to set and pursue whatever education and career goals they can imagine for themselves.
So, if your teenager is interested in living and studying in a supportive environment typically with high expectations or if you would like this sort of social and intellectual underpinning for your teenager's collegiate education, I am going to suggest that you put a single-sex institution on your teenager's long summer list of college options now so that you can think about it over the next few months.
And let me make one point here: Even though I don't prefer single-sex institutions now, I had two on my own list of colleges that I applied to. It was only after I had been accepted to them that I figured out they weren't for me. But I was glad that I had the options and could consider them calmly over some months. And Marie, even though you chose to attend Barnard, you also applied to co-educational colleges. So, having both types of institutions on your teenager's long summer list of college options might be just the thing to do.
So, have your teenager take the Assignment #10 worksheet and take one last look at whether to add another college to his or her long summer list of college options. And, since Monday is Labor Day, we are going to take a week off while you all enjoy your last three-day weekend of the summer season. Fortunately, this next week will give you and your teenager some time to let that long summer list of college options sink in–right before we start helping you narrow it down and begin the serious application process. We will see you back with us on September 15!
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The WindSurfCoaching duo that is Colin 'Whippy' Dixon and Marco 'Dancing' Wedele have been spreading the coaching love all over Europe already. Departing the UK and driving down to Tarifa they held a successful camp in what is fast becoming the 're-discovered' wind capital of Europe, perhaps an iconic and appropriate destination to visit first. So what could possible beat that, well perhaps even more appropriate was their next stop in Podersdorf where they joined the PWA freestylers on the 25th year of the Surf World Cup for a week of fun before their next clinic on Lake Neusiedler, here for just a few more hours the boys are enjoying a final session of their own before heading off to their next iconic location – Lake Garda. The heart of modern day windsurfing, this is where names such as Josh Stone and Diony Guadagnino became famous from the King of the Lake contest back in the day. With just a few spaces up for grabs there is still a chance to get some top quality coaching from two of the most highly respected coaches in the industry. We caught up with Colin before the two set off to Italian shores, check out his words below and our one piece of advice to them is be sure to fill up your tank before leaving Austria…
"Hi guys, just a quick hello from WindSurfCoaching touring around in the mega van, we are on our last days in Austria where we have been here for three weeks already. The first two weeks for the world cup, that was unreal and I'm sure you seen all the footage, we hosted a clinic at the end of the world cup and the weather has been really good to us, sunny and windy for most of the time, got to love this place, so many cool chilled friendly people. To be fair the clinic wasn't as busy as we thought it was going to be, bearing in mind that if it's windy here it's like a completely different world, there are a massive amount of windsurfers, from real old people riding retro kit to the youths that are spinning like mad, it's really nice to see so many people still loving the sport the we love so much. At the same time it was very frustrating because we know if half of them came along to the lessons they would really get so much out of the weekend! That said, the guys who came really enjoyed their time, learnt a lot and are all happy and are going to come back to spread the windsurf coaching love for next year. Big thanks for everyone who looked after us and made us feel so welcome.
We are off to Italy, Lake Garda next, another clinic and the forecast looks ok but we are big karma fans and the wind gods have been so good to us with Tarifa and now Austria 100% wind we hope to get something similar in Italy, you never know with their thermal winds.
We have a few places left so get on last minute flight or jump in your van and join us by emailing [email protected].
We also are going to southern Italy before finally ending up in ClubVass for the summer so stay tuned and keep an eye out for the UK dates coming very very soon…
Cheers Colin and Marco"
Check out their poster for the up and coming stop in Garda, you'd be a fool to miss out on such top quality coaching.


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Kluge should buy own lobbyist
Just happened on the article [February 2: "Out-lobbied: Wholesalers hogtie wineries"} linked through erobertparker.com. This quote got my attention:
"'That's because we don't have the money the distributors do," says Bill Moses, chairman of the Virginia Wine Board and CEO of Kluge Estate Vineyard and Winery."
I laughed until I cried. Poor, poor Kluge just can't compete. They should outspend the distributors lobbying for their distribution rights– possibly by an order of magnitude. Guess what that would do to the General Assembly subcommittee vote?
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Courtesy of the USOEC
MARQUETTE, Mich.—United States Olympic Education Center weightlifters competed in the third-annual intrasquad Thunderdome Championship tonight (Feb. 25) at Northern Michigan University's Superior Dome.
Kendra Miller of Plainwell, Mich., was named the outstanding female lifter for the meet. Miller, who competed in the 58-kilogram weight class, successfully cleared all six of her lifts and improved her clean and jerk record by 10 kg since recently dropping a weight class. Miller's top lifts were 57 kg in the snatch and 85 kg in the clean and jerk for a 142-kg total.
"I'm happy with my results today," said Miller. "I'm in the hardest part of my training cycle right now, so lifting clean and earning a new personal best in the clean and jerk was nice."
Outstand male lifter recognition went to Chris Lenahen of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Lenahen lifted in the 105-kg weight class, missing only one of his six lifts. Lenahen's best lift in the snatch was 120 kg and his top lift in the clean and jerk was 145 kg for a 265-kg total.
Lenahen was happy with his progression since having knee surgery seven months ago.
"I hit my goals for the night," said Lenahen. "I was happy with how I felt. I should be back on track for the University Nationals in April."
With the completion of the meet, all USOEC weightlifters now have qualifying totals to enter the University Championships April 4-7 in Johnson City, Tenn.
Nine other NMU students and USOEC resident athletes also competed. Lifting at 53 kg was Holly O'Dovero (Marquette, Mich.) with a 123-kg total. Ryan Borges (Bradenton, Fla.) lifted a 219-kg total at 62 kg. Lifting at 77 kg was Max Cretcher (Rochester Hills, Mich.) with a 237-kg total. At 85 kg was Chris Young (Oakland, Mich.) with a 255-kg total and Kyle LaJoye (Marquette, Mich.) with a 205-kg total. Brian Budd (Okemos, Mich.) lifted a 241-kg total and Levi Hoffman (Morenci, Mich.) lifted a 251-kg total at 94 kg. Lifting at 105 kg were Brennen Jaquint (Evansville, Wis.) with a 261-kg total and Andrew Wener (Munising, Mich.) with a 223-kg total.
Competing alongside the USOEC resident team members were athletes from the Northern Michigan University Weightlifting Club.
Club members Dinele Stewart and Jarynn Stewart of Marquette, Mich., both lifted qualifying totals that will earn them entry into the National Youth Championships this June.
Jarynn Stewart, who lifted at 53 kg, had a best snatch of 36 kg and a 46-kg lift in the clean and jerk for an 82-kg total.
Lifting at 58 kg, Dinele Stewarts' best snatch was 36 kg and her best clean and jerk was 50 kg for an 86-kg total.
Six other club members also competed. Lifting at 48 kg was Britta Carlson (Peshtigo, Wis.) with an 88-kg total. In the 58-kg weight class, Taylor Hager (Fargo, N.D.) lifted a 90-kg total and Isabella Dehring (Marquette, Mich.) lifted a total of 84 kg. In the 105-kg weight class was Jimmy Grego (Arlington Heights, Ill.) lifting a total of 190 kg.


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New information regarding the January drive-by shooting involving Maybach Music Group founder Rick Ross is beginning to emerge and it looks like the rapper was armed during the shooting.
A police report from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, which was obtained by The Smoking Gun states that Ross was armed with a black and chrome, Smith & Wesson semi-automatic gun.
Located in Ross' front waistband, the gun was fully loaded with one round in the gun's chamber and 11 rounds in the magazine.
Unfortunately for Ross, AllHipHop.com reports that his handgun license was expired at the time of the shooting and this could mean possible legal trouble for the rapper.
The Miami artist quickly made headlines late January when the Rolls Royce he and a female passenger were traveling in was shot at multiple times in Fort Lauderdale. While attempting to flee the scene, Ross subsequently crashed his vehicle into an apartment building. No suspects were identified in the shooting.
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Frank: Once again you have gone over my head -- what the heck is meant by "guillemots" in this context? It's come up previously in this thread, but now it seems to be a serious suggestion. The only meaning for this word that I can find is a bird -- a narrow billed auk, to be exact, which is an arctic bird that looks pretty penguin-like to me but apparently it flies. Although you have never in any way implied such, I am personally quite willing to recognize you as an expert with core compentency somewhere in the area of these formal descriptions and let you get on with it. Particularly since you seem to be willing not only to state opinions but also to spend a lot of time and effort actually DOING things that way. That counts for a lot in my book. -----Original Message----- From: Francis McCabe [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 12:44 PM To: Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler) Cc: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Re: hasa in UML Roger: Just to answer the question about the origin of is-a and has-a... It turns out that properly defining these is pretty tricky. Chris's defn found 14+ definitions of have, and even the first definition To be in possession of: already had a car. is the subject of many PhD theses! I would say that 90+% of people would start with the taxonomic POV of is-a; where the fundamental starting point is that there are a bunch of `things' out there that need to be classified. However, the logic POV also has a long history. A really good book on this is "knowledge representation" by John Sowa. He is something of a maverick due to his passionate defense of a British philosopher/logician John Pierce. My definitions were colored by my preferences, but my definition of has-a was an attempt to rationally reconstruct the UML modeler's concept of aggregation. As it happens, my PhD was in this area. It was published by Prentice-Hall as "Logic and Objects". I have had a number of conversations about UML with Jim Odell, one of the founders of the OO modeling movement. He was also a co-chair of the OMG TC that steered the original UML through (I can't recall its name). He recommends using guillemots for our purposes. My brief was to look at UML, and to see if we can use it straight. I think the answer is that we can use it; but not 'straight'. Frank On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 07:54 PM, Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler) wrote: > Good grief. > > I had assumed from Martin's posting that aggregation is a well-known, > standard term in UML. If it is, and you have just missed it, perhaps > he should chime in. If not ... > > If not, perhaps somebody -- anybody -- could give us some rough idea > what "has a" means to UML people? I recall that the UML folk seemed > to be real clear (well, at least Martin seemed to be real clear) that > usages of "has a" consistent with your definition were inconsistent > with UML usage -- so surely SOMEBODY must have some idea why or > how???? If it is clearly different, could somebody give a hint in > what way it is different? > > If not -- could we please just forget about it? > > On another tack -- did your definitions of "is-a" and "has-a" just > come out of your imagination, or are they consistent with some > standard usage in a discipline other than UML? If the latter, would > it be possible to provide citations? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Francis McCabe [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 4:42 PM > To: email@example.com > Subject: hasa in UML > > > > UML does not, in fact, has a direct notion of aggregation. > > There are three concepts that might be pressed into the service of > aggregation: > > Association (3.41 and following) > Composite Object (3.40) > Collaboration diagrams (3.65 and following) > > Association is simply a relationship. There is no additional semantics > built-in. We can define our own form of association called has-a (but > we are trying to avoid that right?) > > "A composite object represents a high-level object made of tightly > bound parts. This is an instance of a composite class, which implies > the composition aggregation between the class and its parts. A > composite object is similar to (but simpler and more restricted than) > a collaboration; ..." > > I do not think that this meets our needs. It is not accurate to say > that a service is composed of X + an identifier. > > Collaborations on the other hand are not what is going on either: > > "A collaboration is used for describing the realization of an > Operation or Classifier." > > Frank > > On Friday, May 30, 2003, at 02:10 PM, Cutler, Roger (RogerCutler) > wrote: > >> >> Well, that's progress of a sort. Now what do "generalization" and >> "aggregation" mean, and how does this differ from the current >> definition? >> > > >Received on Monday, 2 June 2003 14:12:53 UTC
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Hawaii Statehood, August 21, 1959
Located in the historical records of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate at the Center for Legislative Archives are many documents that illustrate the important role of Congress in the statehood process. Here is a small sampling of the many congressional records that highlight Hawaii's long path to statehood. On August 21, 1959 Hawaii became the 50th state.
Letter from Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii to U.S. House of Representatives protesting U.S. assertion of ownership of Hawaii, December 19, 1898
President William McKinley's nomination of Sanford B. Dole to be Governor of the Territory of Hawaii, May 4, 1900
J. Res. 1 of the Legislature of the Territory of Hawaii, August 15, 1903, that petitioned Congress to admit Hawaii as a state
Certificate of Election of Joseph Farrington, November 16, 1942, as Hawaii's Delegate to Congress; Farrington served in Congress until his death in 1954
"Hawaii: 49th State" brochure c.1946, compiled by the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii to outline student support for Hawaiian statehood
Letter from the 8th Grade Social Studies Class, Honokaa High and Elementary School, Hawaii, to the Chairman of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, 1951
Sen. J. Res. 8 of the Legislature of the State of California, relative to granting the Territory of Hawaii statehood in the United States, March 12, 1953
Res. 84 of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Maui, November 21, 1958; various legislative petitions, such as this one, were submitted to Congress regularly
Resolution of the Republican County Committee, County of Hawaii, January 15, 1959, sent to Congress urging statehood for Hawaii
S. 50, A Bill to provide for the admission of the State of Hawaii into the Union, March 11, 1959
S. Res. 13 of the Associated Students of the University of Hawaii sent to express gratitude to Congress for allowing Hawaii to become a state
Certificate of Election for Representative Daniel K. Inouye, August 21, 1959, as Hawaii's first voting member of the U.S. House of Representatives
More Information: Visit the Eisenhower Presidential Library to see Executive documents related to Hawaii's statehood.
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Daring Fireball is a must-read blog for Apple shareholders, employees, and the many, many "fans" of the company.
Software developer Jon Gruber has been running Daring Fireball by himself, from Philadelphia for the past 10 years.
Things are going well.
BusinessWeek just published a small profile of Gruber, which cites a source familiar with Daring Fireball's financials who says the blogger's annual income is around $500,000 a year.
Update: On Twitter, Gruber's wife says "That part [of the BusinessWeek pofile] is total bulls----. Only John and I know our financials. We didn't comment on them." We trust BusinessWeek's reporting, and really, the point is that the guy is making a lot of money, not to list some exact figure.
Gruber is also getting somewhere with his sourcing and access to Apple. When Apple released the latest version of its operating system, Apple worldwide marketing boss Phil Schiller gave him a one-on-one demonstration at a hotel in New York.


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Saturday, June 04, 2011
German Cover for Blood Ties (Blood Coven #6)
For German readers out there, they've finally released the cover of Blood Coven #6 - Blood Ties. Unlike in the US, where my publisher gives me a copy of the cover about six-eight months in advance to use in promotion, in Germany they prefer to wait until they send it out to major retailers like Amazon.com. So I only stumbled across the cover this morning when looking on Amazon.de!
The book will be out in August, the same month as the American version. Originally they were going to have it come out in July, but there was some delay with the translator, I'm told. Actually this is better because now the German and English fans can read the book at the same time!
You can pre-order the book on Amazon.de here. Hope you enjoy it!
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Transform a standard digital display into a one-of-a-kind interactive display signage with the help of our industrial-grade interactive media players. Our heavy-duty devices run content around-the-clock to help you direct, engage or inform your audience. The built-in scheduler feature gives you the option to switch up your content at different times of the day. To create an interactive signage display, just add our interplay module, fun LED push buttons, motion sensors, or proximity sensors. Each interactive media player is proven to last without failure. Even when the power goes out, these rugged devices power on automatically and continue to run content without the need for manual interaction.
The VP71XD is our industrial grade digital signage interactive media player with a built-in scheduler that allows you to display various content at different times of the day. The VP71 XD will automatically power on, autoplay and auto-repeat and seamlessly loop content 24/7 without having to use a remote to re-loop the content.
Want to make your content interactive? Connect the VP71 XD to our interplay module (IPM+) and LED push buttons, motion sensors or proximity sensors and you have an interactive solution. The VP71 XD is a solid-state player that reads content from a USB and or SD card. The VP71 XD is built within a full metal enclosure designed for rugged use. In the event of a power loss, the VP71XD will automatically power on and begin to play content from the USB/SD without any manual interaction.
For more information about the VP71 XD; including spec sheets, operation guides, and videos, please look to the right of this page and above the product image under the tabs labeled as details, specs, resource center, videos!
Many organizations employ digital signage and cable TV systems to transmit communications in public and high-occupancy areas. Videotels CODE-RED system transforms your signage into intelligent emergency alerting screens, and when activated, emergency alerts scroll across digital signage and can be easily read from a distance. Most LCD screens, LED marquees, cable television systems, and digital display media systems are supported. Additionally, the application supports playback of alert tones and voice messages on systems with audio output capabilities.
The VP71 XD industrial-grade digital signage interactive media player now plays 4K content with more features and benefits. The VP71 XD 4K has a more precise seamless auto loop. It has new slide transitions with the ability to set the time between content. Just like the VP71 XD, it comes with a built-in scheduler that allows you to display various content at different times of the day. The VP71 XD 4K will automatically power on, autoplay and auto-repeat and seamlessly loop content 24/7 without having to use a remote to re-loop the content.
Want to make your content interactive? Connect the VP71 XD 4K to our interplay module (IPM+) and connect to any USB touchscreen, or our LED push buttons, motion sensors, proximity sensors, weight sensors, QR code scanner, or RFID tags. The VP71 XD is a solid-state player that reads content from a USB and or SD card. The VP71 XD is built within a full metal enclosure designed for rugged use. In the event of a power loss, the VP71XD will automatically power on and begin to play content from the USB/SD without any manual interaction.
For more information about the VP71 XD, including spec sheets, operation guides, and videos, please look to the right of this page (COMING SOON) and above the product image under the tabs labeled as details, specs, resource center, videos!
The VP90 is our 4K/1080 Industrial grade Networked Digital Signage Media Player. The VP90 allows you to update and manage content remotely and/or to play content from a local USB or SD card. You may access the VP90 remotely from a URL from a computer or other devices to upload, update, or change the content.
To access the VP90 free digital signage software you may simply access our cloud with a secure URL. We offer free lifetime digital signage software. No one-time fees, no software license fee, and no subscription fees! Yes, the digital signage software is free! You may additionally update your content from FTP or LAN. If you choose to use our cloud, we give you free access to an array of various templates to create your custom content or you may upload or design your own from a blank slate. You may add in an unlimited number of zones to include social media, weather or point the content to play from a live streaming URL of your choice. The possibilities are endless.
The VP90 is additionally and optionally accessible with WIFI. Its integrated scheduler allows you to display various content at different times of the day. The VP90 networked digital media player automatically powers on, plays, and loops audio, video, images, or a mixture of files.
This device can even become a unique interactive signage solution when paired with a USB accessible touchscreen or use any of our LED push buttons, motion sensors, proximity sensors, weight sensors, or RFID tags that trigger content with each action. The VP90 can also capture analytics when connected to these interactive peripherals.
VP90 is ideal for both simple looping content or if you are constantly changing the content. Designed for either one simple screen or if you have the requirement for hundreds of screens.
The VP90 comes with a 2-year warranty. We also offer technical customer support during business hours at no charge!
For more information about the VP90; including spec sheets, operation guides, and videos, please look to the right of this page and above the product image under the tabs labeled as resourced, specs, videos, and FAQs!
Videotel's equipment has been a proven solution for many of our immersive entertainment activities. From laser tag to incredible escape rooms, Videotel's equipment plays a vital role in our everyday operation and seamless delivery of experiences to our guests.
Jake McDaniel / Consultant, Media & Interactive Technology
In 2009 Salem Hospital began installing hospital grade DVD players in our common areas and patient rooms to help the people we serve and their families find as much comfort as we could provide during difficult times. I was meant to source these players and over the course of several years, we struggled immensely with numerous brands because of the high failure rates and poor customer service from the manufactures. While searching on the internet for a solution to an untenable problem we discovered Videotel. I asked for a rep to contact me with guarded optimism and shortly afterward Lisa Schneider from Videotel reached out to us. We worked out an arrangement to bring an HD2600 XD on campus for us to review. Our findings were that the unit was considerably higher-quality than we had seen before. We ordered a test run for a full floor remodel. We were involved in and closely watched for failure rates, and were very pleased to find that the Videotel units had a zero failure rate during the trial period and beyond. We are now in the process of transitioning all of our existing DVD players on our campus to Videotel, and we are also putting them in all new construction projects moving forward. Thank you, Lisa and the whole Videotel team for providing a high-quality product and a competitive price.
Jim S. / Facilities Administration
Darrell Hawkins - General Manager
"We use is the VP71XD interactive Media player solution to provide a seamless, hands-off experience to educate consumers in pop-up retail locations across Canada for a prominent automotive brand. Multiple signage players were used on a single vehicle to display custom animated graphics and directional, quality, audio to provide an intimate interaction for their newest safety technologies. wonderMakr is already looking at new ways we can use these devices creatively in the marketing, events, and technology sector."
Senior Producer, Dylan Welsh
Horton & Associates gladly recommends, sells, and installs products from Videotel to many of our customers throughout the United States in the healthcare industry. Videotel produces a product that is reliable and performs as expected and required by our customers, often delivering service around the clock, 24/7 365. There simply is not a better solution.
Drew Mitchell / National Sales Manager
In the past (5) years, our company TTC INC/The Travelers Channel has purchased about 100 DVD Videotel units. The company operates a 24 hour visitors channel called The Travelers Channel in hotels, the Videotel DVD player has been the answer to our prayers. The DVD player runs 24 hours a day, like a fine Swiss watch. And if there is a power outage, the unit comes right back on without a manual reset. The Videotel DVD player also plays all formats of DVD discs without any problems. I highly recommend these units to any one.
Al D'Conti
We have DVD players scattered throughout a massive property in retail and promotional areas. In the past, after a power interruption, a technician would have to physically walk to each location and power the units on. The units are not located in the most ideal locations. The life expectancy was only several months. We purchased our first Videotel DVD player several years ago and have not touched it again. I have since replaced all the units with Videotel players. The new V2200 is more compact and easier to place in tight areas. It has one simple job – PLAY, REPEAT. It is a great product at an affordable price!
Gregory Houle
From the moment of contact with Videotel they not only provided us with exceptional customer service but, Videotel's products are incredibly reliable and simple to operate. We chose Videotel's VP70 series media players to display educational videos to our retail customers and we couldn't be happier with the solution.
Pat Huber / Director
From the minute I found Videotel on the internet I was excited. Finally something that looked simple and reliable. It literally took 5 minutes from opening the box to get rid of all the previous pain and frustration. I will strongly recommend Videotel to anybody looking for a looping video solution. It's incredibly simple to setup, there is no strain on valuable bandwidth, and best of all it never falters.
Chris Carey / CEO
Videotel provided us with the perfect interactive digital solution for our recent 25th-anniversary celebration. We chose the VP71XD interactive digital player with 4 on-demand push buttons to add a video to our 3D company timeline. The unit is part of a permanent display for our employees, customers and business partners to learn about the history of BWise Manufacturing® and Bri-Mar Trailers®.
Dave McKee / General Manager
We have the need for DVD's to run continuously over and over again at our club while people workout. We have tried other DVD players with REPEAT functions, including some expensive models, but it has not been as simple as it has seemed. Videotel seems to have figured it out and made our life simpler.
Lance Atkins, Owner, Beechmont Racquet & Fitness
The New Iceland Museum installed a highly interactive digital signage solution for a new permanent exhibit which included a VP71XD Multimedia Player from Videotel Digital. The player works seamlessly with an interactive panel with LED push buttons and provides high-quality picture and sound. Technical support and customer service were extremely helpful. This player is a definite asset to this exhibit.
Julianna Roberts / Executive Director
The Florida Holocaust Museum is using Videotel Digital's VP70 LTE media players in several exhibits throughout the museum. They provide the quality of video and audio we need, and most importantly, the dependability. We haven't experienced any downtime with these units due to failure or problems. With our previous solution, we were rebooting and restarting our exhibits at least once a week. These are just what we've been looking for!
Florida Holocaust Museum
We have 4 different channels in our fitness center that play prere corded content. We used to buy new DVD players almost every month as they would die after 24hour daily use. Now with the industrial DVD players they run nonstop trouble free and are simple for our non technical staff to use. I would highly recommend there (I actually did to another gym) to anyone who needs constant play.
Yehuda Fulda
Videotel allows us to seamlessly integrate our brand identity across a 20 city national tour and provides our audience with an interesting and thought provoking multimedia experience. After searching the marketplace, VP70 LTE+ Digital Media Player's have been our goto solution for 3 years!
Corey Taylor- Technical Director
Lisa and her team over at Videotel have been a joy to work with. They provide top-notch presale design and post-sale support. We've successfully deployed their VP71XD multimedia HD video player coupled with interactive features on several projects. We've also had great luck with their VP90 Industrial Digital Signage Media Players recently deployed for a local car dealership. It was simple to configure and Videotel's technical support department provided all the support we needed. They even went the extra mile to work directly with our clients to train them in areas we were deficient. That alone is worth its weight in gold! I highly recommend giving them a shot on your next project. You won't be disappointed.
Chad Carney
SPEVCO Inc. is a custom manufacturer and operator of special vehicles geared primarily to the marketing and product promotion business. We strive to provide innovative and unique experiences. The good folks atVideotel have the products, services, and attitude that enables us to deliver dynamic and successful promotional vehicles for our clients. We are impressed with the reliability of their products and their can-do attitude that helps us with our not so common requests. Thank you, Mark, Lisa, Travis, and Teresa for your support. It is truly refreshing to work with a team of Videotel's character.
Craig Tharpe / Design & Engineering
Shane Nicholson / Owner
For our upcoming installation for the prestigious New National Museum in Oslo, Norway, Bright was looking for a product that could meet the clients' strict requirements for esthetics, function, and quality. We found that the HyperSound speaker met the requirement in full. The narrow wavefront makes the speaker ideal for critical applications like the new National Museum.
Jørgen Damskau / Head of Program
The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is extremely pleased with our new Videotel VP70XD multimedia player. The player is now providing high-resolution video to our many guests. It was extremely easy to create the video as a simple export from PowerPoint. Do not underestimate this powerful device – this is not just a JPG player – it can play countless video formats. It is also very easy for our staff to start the player each morning – one simple touch to the outlet strip and both the Videotel and the display start right up. We have more applications for the Videotel players coming up soon!
Steve Shotwell - Board of Trustees President
Soundhouse is an easy addition to your satisfied customer list. All of your units perform consistently to the highest standards, and on the rare occasion they do need servicing, our requests are met with quick responses. Our rental and AV production customers are frequent users of looping video content and easy-to-access menus, and the minimal physical footprint makes sleek and streamlined installs easy. We're pleased to have found your solutions and look forward to continued joint success.
Joel Siegel
Brandon Zaugg / President
Tim Vacca / Director of Programs
"We started using the DVD version of media player over 10 years ago. With many people opening our museum exhibits on any given day, knowing that the DVD player would always turn on and play was very helpful. We have recently upgraded to the VP71XD industrial digital media player and it was ready out of the package. We also added the harness with pushbuttons and the directions to the program were very simple. From researching to ordering, to purchasing, the company is knowledgeable and great to deal with. Thank you!"
Molly Engquist, Curator of Exhibits
"We use the Videotel Digital VP70 LTE Commercial Grade Seamless Auto Looping Digital Media Player at one of our establishments located at the Northwood Golf course in Monte Rio California, Northwood Restaurant (Bistro) on a monitor that runs 24/7 with our latest menus and news which we call "Northwood News". We include holiday greetings year around and "Specials" as well as various videos on areas of interest in the place we live such as the coast, wildlife, and vineyards, redwood forests, etc. We selected this player because of its commercial-grade robustness and the fact we frequently have power outages and the Videotel player responds like a champion, we are quite pleased with the performance of this player!"
Stan Angel-Piner Cafe
"We here at the Great Room Escape in Layton, Utah strive to provide the most immersive and professional looking games that a customer can experience. With the release of our latest game, Ghost Hotel we knew that our special effects that would require interactive video needed to be handled by a product that is second to none. Videotel absolutely met this objective. From triggerable videos, stunning 4k and everything in between, their product has exceeded every expectation. Now for all of our interactive video needs, Videotel will be our go-to choice!"
Greg Andersen-Co-Owner, General Manager
"We are using the VP90's to graphic content on several screens around our main church lobby. This includes our cafe menu and connect groups video wall. We love the VP90's because of their feature-set and great price. They fit our needs perfectly!"
Chris Trowbridge, Production Director
"As an advertising agency with capabilities in video production, we're constantly looking for innovative products to creatively display the videos that we create. Technology that allows us to make our videos interactive is incredibly appealing to our clients. We recently purchased the VP71 XD and the transitions are seamless. The team at Videotel handled all of our inquiries with the highest level of customer service."
Cameron Tyler
Rone Homes, Montana Real Estate, Billings, MT
"As a medical transportation company, we needed to keep our field staff informed about safety videos and up to the minute messages. To accomplish that we needed several monitors to run continuously. I contacted Videotel, and within just a few days, our system was up and running. The VP90 allowed me to upload videos from anywhere, anytime."
General Manager, Ted Brown
TRW Development & Management, TR Wilkening
"We didn't purchase the VP71 XD Digital Media Player for our use but rather for one of our clients. They needed a product that would systematically loop corporate videos and marketing materials. The functionality, whereby all they had to do was insert a thumb drive, and the media automatically played with seamless transitions between videos and photos with no disruptive overlay display, proved perfect. They're beyond pleased. We will happily recommend this product to our other clients."
Company Representative, Yong Wai Leong
We use Videotel units in many of our exhibits to loop video and image files. We currently have several VP70, VP71, HD2600XD, HD2700M units in our displays and even an original DVD unit that has been working for the past eleven years with daily use. The auto-looping on start-up feature is especially valued by our maintenance staff who have to open the museum galleries in the mornings. They know they can turn the power on to the exhibits and not have to "fuss" with the equipment. The reliability and ease of use are strong points to consider when looking for digital video display options. Also, over the years when we have had occasional issues, your technical staff has been very responsive and helpful in finding solutions to our concerns. I recommend Videotel products to my colleagues in the museum field with confidence.
Jeff Smith / Curator
Pacific Video Products Inc. is a system integrator servicing the Orange County, Los Angeles, and Riverside areas. We have spent years struggling to find products certified for installation into the healthcare environment and then dealing with the disappointment of high failure rates. We are so excited to be able to offer the Videotel products. We specify the HD-2600XD+ for our Healthcare facilities in a variety of applications including, waiting areas, training rooms, infusion centers, etc. We have been very pleased with the reliability of this product, and ease of installation. Lisa Schneider and her team at Videotel Digital have provided great customer service and we will continue to expand our use of their solutions.
Tina Vink / Manager, Sales & Operations
Currently, we are using Videotel's VP90 video player as the primary player in four automated/interactive audio/video areas of a first-rate brewery tour at a national brewer located in Texas. The features and options we have with the VT90 including control and remote network access make these players a perfect fit for our project. Thank you Videotel Digital! We truly appreciate your support!
Sean Williams
Peter Santiago / Director of Sales and Marketing