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The Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Nursing held commencement ceremonies Friday, May 17, at Rudder Auditorium on the Texas A&M University campus. The college graduated 89 students with Bachelor of Science in Nursing degrees.
The ceremony kicked off with a welcome by Dean Sharon Wilkerson, Ph.D., RN, CNE, followed by stage party introductions by Health Science Center Interim President Jere Pederson.
Commencement speaker K. Lynn Wieck, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, the Mary Coulter Dowdy Distinguished Nursing Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler and a nurse consultant for health policy and workforce issues relating to generational needs of nurses, spoke to the importance of the worthy profession and quest for accomplishment in the graduates' career path.
"I applaud your success and am honored to be here to welcome you into the nursing profession," Dr. Wieck said. "It's a great time to be a nurse, and your future is out there waiting for you. I wish you success and happiness."
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Graduate Mendy Sharpe, of Pflugerville, was honored with the Advancing the Profession Award, which recognizes a graduating RN-to-B.S.N. student who has shown exceptional scholarship and creativity in the ePortfolio project.
The Community Service Champion Award was presented to graduate Brian "Cosmo" Lin, of Plano. The award recognizes a graduate who has shown outstanding service to the college, the nursing profession and the community.
Graduate Andrew Barner, of Round Rock, was honored with the Emerging Professional Award. The award is presented to a graduate who demonstrates exemplary professionalism, both in the classroom and in the clinical setting, as well as through participation in student organizations.
The Dean's Excellence Award was awarded to graduate Alexandria Wood, of Kaneohe, Hawaii. The award is presented to a graduate who has reflected the philosophy of the college by a commitment to knowledge, discovery, and service and must rank in the top 25 percent of the class.
The W.F. (Boy) and Johnnie Hasskarl Humanism in Nursing Award was presented to graduate Jasmine Bohlender, of Dalhart. The award is named in honor of Dr. W.F. (Boy) Hasskarl and his wife, Johnnie, who lived in and served the Brenham community for over 90 years. With this award, the Board of Directors of the Hospice Brazos Valley Living Endowment join the Hasskarl family in honoring Dr. and Mrs. Hasskarl for their service to others. This award honors not only the Hasskarls, but the College of Nursing graduate that exemplifies the attributes of integrity, compassion, altruism, empathy and service.
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Sergius II of Constantinople was the ninety ninth patriarch of Constantinople, serving from 999 to 1019. He was a firm opponent of the use of the term filioque in the creed.
Little is known of the early life of Sergius II. He was an abbot of a monastery in Constantinople when he was elected patriarch. The year he became patriarch is shown variously as either 999 or 1001. The date commonly used by the Orthodox is 999. He was among the first patriarchs to use the title Ecumenical Patriarch, this over the objections of the Pope of Rome.
Sergius II was a firm opponent of the addition of the term filioque to the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed. Over this issue Sergius was alleged to have removed the name of the Pope of Rome, Sergius IV, from the diptychs of the Church of Constantinople, although often changes in the incumbency of the Roman throne meant that a Pope's name would be omitted on diptychs because of slow communications of the time.
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It's about that time when many young Canadians are beginning to trade in their cleats for skates, ditching baseball bats for hockey sticks, and worrying more about the frozen pond than throwing a frozen rope.
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On Sunday, that trend continued in London, Ontario, as former Team Canada star and Boston Red Sox outfielder Adam Stern opened up his facility, Centrefield Sports, for 117 young players to showcase their talents in front of almost 30 college recruiters and scouts from 11 Major League organizations.
Add to that the fact that Roberto Alomar, Toronto's Hall of Fame second baseman and commissioner of Tournament 12, was in attendance, and it was a great day for everyone.
"Baseball at this level means a lot to me," Alomar said. "Because this is where, if you look back at my career, these are teams and events that I wish I'd had. It's a chance for people to scout and you have more opportunity to be seen.
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"We want everybody to know that there are great opportunities like this one, run by Adam Stern and Centrefield Sports," Burton said. "We're just making a conscious effort to get out and see as many kids as we can so we can get all of the right players for the next Tournament 12.
"There is definitely a lot of talent. There are some kids who were in the tournament here, and now you get to see some new kids that we haven't had a chance to see before. We've now been able to identify them, and we can keep an eye on them. It's going to help tremendously for the future."
The inaugural Centrefield Sports showcase focused on college recruitment in an attempt to open up the eyes of young players to avenues they might not have been familiar with before. Though the facility's instructors have all played professional baseball or are still currently playing, they know how hard the pro side of the game can be. They are hoping to give their players more options within baseball.
"I want to keep doing it at least once a year, maybe twice a year," Stern said. "We want to connect with more colleges and universities and see about bringing them up here. That's the biggest thing. Not everyone is a pro-style player. A small percentage of them will actually have interest on the pro side, and the majority of them are going to fall into the college ranks. So to get the [recruiters and scouts] out here, that's a big deal for a lot of these kids."
Though not even two months have passed since Tournament 12 ended, it has already begun to pay dividends for several players. Some have since made college commitments, one signed a professional contract, as Maritimes pitcher Andrew Case became a member of Toronto's farm system almost immediately thereafter, and others got a chance to represent their country. Greg Hamilton, Baseball Canada's director of national teams, added some new faces to his junior roster following the tournament, after being able to see players in the environment that the event provided.
"It was a great event and it was an opportunity to look at guys relative to other players," Hamilton said. "The comprehensive nature of the tournament is invaluable, because you really do get to see a big cross section of the country competing against one another. And some of the younger guys at the end of the season, their games will have evolved a little bit -- they will have gotten a little bit bigger and a little bit stronger. For a 16- or 17-year-old, another season under their belt is significant."
Sunday's event gave Hamilton another chance to see top talent side by side and head to head with even more of the area's talent. And because of Centrefield's London location, young players from all over southwestern Ontario made the trip, giving looks to some who might not have been seen otherwise.
"There are some younger follows, which are great," Hamilton said. "There have been a few from smaller communities who have shown up here, which is great because sometimes in the big [baseball] centres, the kids are seen a little bit more, and some of the kids from underlying areas and smaller environments, you don't necessarily see all the time. They showed up today, which is a good thing."
Added Burton: "It's great. This is one of, if not the best, facility in Canada. There's a lot of great baseball down in this area in some of the smaller centres. To see these kids and to see all of the work they put in in the offseason to get to this point, it's awesome."
Though many impressed throughout the workout day that consisted of running, throwing, hitting and pitchers throwing bullpen sessions, Alomar was focused on one young Tournament 12 player who has continued to grow his game since September: outfielder and pitcher Tristan Clarke.
"Tristan is going to be good if he continues to work hard, and there is also a lot of other baseball talent here," Alomar said. "If they continue to work hard, and I know Adam and the guys here are doing a good job of that, they can continue to grow baseball here. ... This is going to help us grow Tournament 12, also."
Clarke received some special attention from Tournament 12's commissioner, getting advice on his game and his future. And after receiving an invite to the junior national team in the fall because of his presence at the September event, his newfound relationship with Alomar has capped off a great season for the young Brampton native.
"It's a great feeling," Clarke said. "Just the first time, to be able to meet him was amazing. Just to be at Tournament 12 and to be able to meet him and shake his hand was one thing. But now he knows who I am, he knows my name and he's going to be around to see me more often. It's amazing. It's actually just amazing."
Alomar was happy to lend an ear or a hand throughout the day at Centrefield, but he most enjoyed just getting out to see more of the impressive pool of baseball talent that Canada continues to produce.
"This is good to basically keep baseball growing here in Canada," Alomar said. "I know everybody here in Canada talks about hockey, and hockey is the No. 1 sport, but when you come to this kind of showcase, you can see that there is a lot of talent here in baseball.
"If we can continue to do these showcases, it's good for the game. You're going to see more Joey Vottos and Brett Lawries. Some of these guys will have a chance to be in the big leagues, so this is great for them."
Alexis Brudnicki is a contributor to MLB.com.


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Piryx offers a leg-up to groups with fundraising needs. Of course most groups that need money can't afford to have slick websites and payment gateways. It's a tough spot to be in since a little technical investment could go a long way toward gathering funds to meet the organization's needs. Piryx has made that investment. It offers a social media-ready payment gateway specifically designed for non-profits, charities, and community groups. Now the Piryx API can be used by other web entities that want to support these causes.
The Piryx API has three main resources: accounts, payments, and campaigns. An account represents an organization, an effort to gather payments is a campaign, and payments are made to organizations. OAuth2 is used for authentication. This process occurs in JSON, but API calls that deal with all other resources return XML responses. Piryx has taken the leap by exposing their payment gateway in their API, but they are using OAuth2 for protection. Exposing payments in the API means that 3rd parties can not only display information on Piryx registered organizations & their campaigns, but they can actually submit payments without leaving their application. Allowing the full user experience to take place within the third party app sounds like a strong strategy to me.
Piryx may seem similar to FirstGiving, the donation gateway and charity database we covered last month. I could see a charity iPhone App incorporating APIs from both companies, or any of the 12 non-profit APIs in our directory.
We also list 6 non-profit mashups and 14 charity mashups.


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In Memory, Giuseppe Quintarelli
Oh, I'm sorry, now it is impossible to meet him, he is busy…" she said. Thus, I missed the only opportunity to met Giuseppe Quintarelli in person. I did not recognize in the humble worker the famous producer… and his too bashful to come forward and submit himself to a group of foreigners.


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Effects of Citicoline on Brain Function and Behavior in Marijuana-Dependent Individuals
|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: NCT00158249
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : September 12, 2005
Results First Posted : October 22, 2014
Last Update Posted : October 22, 2014
- Study Details
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- Study Results
- Disclaimer
- How to Read a Study Record
The Three Aims of this study are (only studies for Aim 1 were completed)
Measure the impact of citicoline on marihuana use patterns in subjects' individualized natural settings and responses to marihuana challenge using functional brain MRI scans.
Hypothesis - 2 g/day citicoline will produce greater reductions in marihuana use and craving in heavy marihuana users than placebo citicoline over a 8-week treatment period as measured in their natural environments. The same participants will experience greater improved brain activation patterns and an improvement in cognitive functioning compared to placebo controlled subjects.
Measure the effects of citicoline on marihuana absorption and metabolism and determine if these changes parallel changes in subjective and physiological responses in a laboratory setting.
Hypothesis - Chronic (8 weeks) treatment with 2 g/day citicoline will produce increases in subjective and physiological effects of both acute marihuana smoking and placebo marihuana smoking compared to chronic placebo citicoline. Citicoline will have no effect on marihuana pharmacokinetics.
- Measure the effects of citicoline on marijuana-induced cue-induced craving and brain electrical activity (EEG).
Hypothesis - Chronic (8 weeks) treatment with 2 g/day citicoline will reduce objective measures of marijuana cue-reactivity, and subjective reports of craving in response to marihuana cues will also be attenuated compared to chronic placebo citicoline treatment.
|Condition or disease
|Marijuana Abuse
|Drug: citicoline Drug: placebo
|Phase 2
Marijuana dependence is an important public health problem in the United States, yet still no effective therapies are available. It is unclear how marijuana affects brain function after acute or chronic use. Knowing about the changes in brain function during marijuana dependence would aid in the understanding of the neurobiological basis of marijuana abuse and serve as a foundation for the development of new treatment medications for this disorder. New and improved brain imaging techniques, such as functional MRI (fMRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), allow the viewing of these subtle, yet important, changes in brain function.
Citicoline is used to treat victims of head trauma and neurodegenerative disorders. It has been found to be effective in reducing cocaine use and craving, and it has no known side effects. It has also been shown to reduce marijuana use. This is likely due to citicoline's ability to reduce insomnia and craving, act as a mild antidepressant, and improve cognitive function. How citicoline reduces drug use may be related to effects on cerebral blood flow and/or brain phospholipid metabolism in the reward areas of the brain.
This study will determine whether citicoline alters marijuana use patterns, reduces craving, and affects brain phospholipids and metabolism in marijuana-dependent people. The outcome of the study could offer important insights into the pathophysiology and course of marijuana dependence. Furthermore, this study's outcome could potentially relate to other drug dependence disorders.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|21 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Cannabis Dependence: Imaging and Medication Development - 1
|Study Start Date :
|September 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|January 2013
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|October 2014
Placebo Comparator: placebo
matched capsules
Drug: placebo
matched for physical appearance
Experimental: citicoline
2 gm/day
Drug: citicoline
2 gm/day, 8 weeks treatment
- Marijuana Use [ Time Frame: Measured for 8 weeks of treatment ]
- Neurocognitive Function [ Time Frame: Before and after 8 weeks of treatment ]Multiple Source Interference Test (MSIT)
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:
|18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Meets DSM-IV criteria for current marijuana dependence
- Women with a negative pregnancy test prior to study entry
- Heavy smoker, defined as smoking more than 10 joints per week
Exclusion Criteria:
- Abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG)
- Medical disorder that requires prescription medication
- Psychiatric disorder that requires prescription medication
- Abnormal liver function tests
- Taking herbal preparations
- Taking any over-the-counter medications on a chronic basis
- Pregnancy or breast feeding
- Neurological, infectious, or neoplastic disease
- Currently seeking treatment for marijuana abuse
- Meets criteria for alcohol, cocaine, or opioid dependence
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): NCT00158249
|United States, Massachusetts
|McLean Hospital, Department of Psychiatry
|Belmont, Massachusetts, United States, 02478 9106
|Principal Investigator:
|Scott E. Lukas, PhD
|Mclean Hospital
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Scott Lukas, Director, MIC & BPRL, Mclean Hospital
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00158249 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01DA019238 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
DPMC ( Other Identifier: NIDA )
R01DA024007 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|September 12, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|October 22, 2014
|Last Update Posted:
|October 22, 2014
|Last Verified:
|October 2014
citicoline, drug abuse, marijuana
Marijuana Abuse
Substance-Related Disorders
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Mental Disorders
Cytidine Diphosphate Choline
Nootropic Agents


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SLAM! Wrestling's Blaine van der Griend goes through The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania, one match at a time.
Match #1
The event: WrestleMania 7
Where: The Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles
The result: Win over Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka; WrestleMania record, 1-0
Any gambler knows that seven is usually the luckiest number. But Wrestlemania 7 was not so lucky for Superfly Jimmy Snuka, who became the first chalk mark in the win column of The Undertaker's WrestleMania record. And Snuka had no problem with that.
"I had a good time working with him. I thought he was great," Snuka told SLAM! Wrestling. "He's a really awesome guy. He's very classy and down to Earth."
It seems appropriate that Los Angeles hosted the event that year, as it's been known as the city where stars are born. And Snuka agrees that no star shines brighter than The Undertaker.
"I'm not a glory guy, so I didn't mind being the first one," he said. "I kind of predicted that he would be a big star."
Before The Undertaker came along, Snuka had his own run of success.
He was a bodybuilder before ever entering professional wrestling, so it's no surprise that his impressive physique stood out like a sore thumb in the squared circle.
Snuka competed in the NWA and Mid-Atlantic territories before finally ending up in the World Wrestling Federation in 1982.
He served as a corner man for Hulk Hogan and Mr. T in the main event of the first WrestleMania and participated in the most famous or perhaps infamous Piper's Pit segments of all time, where he had a coconut smashed over his head by Roddy Piper.
Most people, including a young Mick Foley, would remember Snuka best for his incredible leap off the top of a steel cage onto a vulnerable Don Muraco in 1983.
Unfortunately, Snuka's high-flying offence may have actually cost him the match with The Undertaker, as he attempted a springboard move, only to be caught in the waiting arms of the Deadman and then driven into the canvas with the Tombstone piledriver.
WrestleMania 7 was Snuka's last Wrestlemania match for 18 years -- he returned for an Elimination Handicap match with Ricky Steamboat and Piper against Chris Jericho at WrestleMania 25 -- but he clearly understood business, as he took no exception to putting over a future star on his way out.
"I always enjoy watching him (Undertaker)," Snuka said. "I was the first one he beat and I was happy to take care of a brother."
Although nobody could have predicted that the undefeated would have been such a big deal at later WrestleManias, Snuka had no doubts that The Undertaker would definitely be a big deal, if he wasn't already at that time.
"I would like to see the streak keep going," Snuka said.


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If you've ever wondered how to turn a suburban office full of striped tie-wearing squares into patois-speaking Jamaicans, all it takes is a Volkswagen New New Beetle. Or at least that's the rationale used in Volkswagen's newest ad for the Beetle.
But don't worry, VW's marketing folks haven't lost their minds. They've hit their target market squarely in its mayonaise-loving Caucasian heart with this Super Bowl ad, and have tapped deep into the Beige psyche that drives mainstream car buying trends. It makes perfect sense! This is probably (although not definitely) the way stuffy office workers see themselves. Dem be right by de beach, boiiiii! Lawda marcy.
This also follows their "Get Happy" preview nicely.
So if you ever see a carload of [your boring office park-dwelling company here] employees clambering out of a Beetle at the Ruby Tuesday talking like Bob Marley, please suppress your urge to destroy them. It's not their fault. Blame it on the Beigekrieg.


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Riding Metro Transit is free between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily in Downtown Seattle.
Riding Metro Transit is free between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily in Downtown Seattle.
The Ride Free Area extends from the north at Battery St. to S. Jackson St. on the south, and east at 6th Avenue to the waterfront on the west. Metro routes 116, 118 and 119 are not included in the Ride Free area.
The Ride Free Area extends from the north at Battery St. to S. Jackson St. on the south, and east at 6th Avenue to the waterfront on the west. Metro routes 116, 118 and 119 are not included in the Ride Free area.
There is an [http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bus/neighborhoods/dtsea-easyguide-06.html Easy Guide Map] for Downtown Seattle Bus Service on the Metro Online site.
There is an [http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bus/neighborhoods/dtsea-easyguide-06.html Easy Guide Map] for Downtown Seattle Bus Service on the Metro Online site.
Revision as of 18:36, 14 January 2007
Check out Windows Live Virtual Earth for an on-the-ground navigation of Seattle.
A rather comprehensive discussion on Wikipedia about the Seattle Metro Area
Smart Trek provides real time travel information for Seattle
Seattle 101 - A Guide for Travelers and Tourists provided by the City of Seattle
Public Transportation
Seattle offers numerous bus lines in the downtown area, near the convention center. For route details and hours, visit http://transit.metrokc.gov/. One-way fares on weekdays are $1.50 during "peak" hours (morning and evening rush) and $1.25 during non-peak hours. A vistor pass is available for $5 that allows unlimited rides for one day. These can be purchased online or at retail outlets in the Convention Center or the Rainier Square Shopping Center. See http://buypass.metrokc.gov/browse.cfm/2,67.html for online ordering.
A weekend day pass is available for $2.50 that allows unlimited rides for a day. This pass is available on all Metro buses.
Riding Metro Transit is free between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily in Downtown Seattle.
The Ride Free Area extends from the north at Battery St. to S. Jackson St. on the south, and east at 6th Avenue to the waterfront on the west. Metro routes 116, 118 and 119 are not included in the Ride Free area. If you get on the bus in the Ride Free Area and then travel beyond the Ride Free Area downtown, you will pay as you leave the bus. If you board a bus outside of the Ride Free Area downtown (in one of the neighborhoods like the University District), you will pay as you get on the bus.
There is an Easy Guide Map for Downtown Seattle Bus Service on the Metro Online site.
Google Transit Planner for Seattle. Enter two locations and get the directions using transit. The Google transit planner has been known to send folks all over town, so you might want to use the Metro Trip planner instead.
News Flash! As of November 8th, the Seattle Monorail is up and running. The Monorail is a quick, easy way to get between downtown (Westlake Center, 5th & Pine) and the Seattle Center (Space Needle, Pacific Science Center, Experience Music Project). There will be a number of conference events happening at the Seattle Center (I've already seen announcements for receptions at the Space Needle and EMP) and for those who may be staying near the Seattle Center, it is a quick, easy way to get to the conference. Fare is $2 one-way.
ALA Shuttle Bus
ALA does have a shuttle bus service it uses that starts on Friday to take members on specified routes from hotels back and forth to the Convention Center. Members have to wear their name badges to board the bus. Schedules for this shuttle will be available in hotels, in Cognotes, and in the Meeting Guide.
Taxis are available in downtown Seattle, at the convention center and at most hotels. You may also request a taxi be called by a hotel or restaurant. Rates are: $2.50 Meter Drop (entering the taxi), $2.00 per Mile, 50¢ per minute Waiting Time and 50¢ per extra passenger over two, excluding minors.
Hello from Seattle!
I'm looking forward to seeing you in my adopted home town! Since I'm ever so happy to opine, I have some tips about Seattle and the ALA hotel options. Where to stay depends on your interests. If you have any questions, or anything you'd particularly like to see or do while you're here, just ask, and I'll cheerfully share whatever I know, or refer you to better sources.
Anything tall-ish will have a good view (if you can see it through the clouds, dark and rain). There are mountains on all sides of the city and water on the east and west (Puget Sound and Lake Washington) which makes for lovely views when weather allows. It is likely to be in the 40s-60s Fahrenheit, probably wet in the "drizzle all day and all night" sort of wet. The sun is up around 9am, down by about 4pm. Occasionally we get cold, clear, crisp winter days, and every now and then, snow and ice. Not every year, though. I'll give updates in early January.
In the past 10-or-so years, there has been something of an increase in 'nightlife' but it's relative. Seattle isn't Manhattan by any stretch of the imagination. There are lots of downtown 'night spots' (mostly pricey and full of 30-somethings), but most everything else rolls up fairly early.
Situated on a set of ancient coastal terraces and crossed by a bundle of north-south glacial moraines, Seattle goes uphill as you head east from the waterfront, and as you head south from Pike Street. Westlake Center is in something of a small "bowl", a plateau above the Sound. The freeway intersects the city at the next plateau, and it goes uphill from there, heading east. From Second Avenue eastward, and Union Street southward, the city goes uphill, slowly at first. There is a large "Downtown Free Ride Area" for Metro buses, with signs prominent, and generally helpful drivers to guide you. There's good service to Capitol Hill (on the other side of the freeway, but sans capitol), where the key sights are the Asian Art Museum and Conservatory, both in Volunteer Park.
The entire city is non-smoking: indoors, or within 30 feet of a doorway or ventilation intake outdoors, so hotels and restaurants are safe for air quality if nothing else.
The most renowned areas of downtown are:
- Pike Place Market (riotous old farmers' market with "flying salmon" and oodles of kitsch), which extends from University to Virginia along 1st Avenue.
- Benaroya Hall for the Symphony (On Third between Seneca and University)
- Seattle Art Museum (First and Seneca/University, is a tad full of itself, and in a remodel for the Downtown site. May still be closed in January. The Capitol Hill Volunteer Park location is open, and the park Conservatory is small but lovely, a reasonably easy bus ride from downtown for $1.25 off-peak.)
- Pioneer Square (with an underground tour, shopping, galleries, kitsch and the ever-present Oriental Rug Sale/Closeout) is south enough that it isn't on the hotel locator map, but easy to reach and flat to prowl.
- Experience Music Project - an architecturally peculiar 'museum' of Paul Allen's rock and roll collection, near Seattle Center. When architect Frank Gehry was interviewed at the opening, it went like this: (reporter) "Mr. Gehry, does the Experience Music Project building look like your original idea?" (Gehry: "Unfortunately, yes. I did that a long time ago.")
- Seattle Center/Space Needle - if the weather is clear, it's well worth the fee to go to the top for a view. I haven't dined at the restaurant in years, but it was good the last time I went (and lousy the time before.) My visits are about 10-15 years apart.
Live Theater/Music: Seattle is a big theater and music town. Near the Convention Center are the Paramount and the Fifth Avenue Theaters, and two cinemas with lots of screens apiece; Jazz Alley, Kells Celtic music/restaurant. Opera House is at Seattle Center, along with several live theaters. Monorail may be working by then, for quick and easy hop to Seattle Center from Westlake Mall (across the street from the Westin).
Food: From the ridiculous to the sublime. Downtown is a diner's dream.
Hotels: For convenience, it is be best to stick with the properties on the ALA list, so here's my jaundiced perspective. Proximity to Convention Center: it goes like this, beginning with the closest:
- Grand Hyatt is just across the street from the Center, between the Sheraton and the Center. I was there for a speaker recently, and it was lovely.
- Sheraton is only a block away from the convention center.
- Paramount is the next closest. The convention map is wrong-the Paramount is sited at the number where they list the Roosevelt, and vice versa. It's probably newest, looks good. On the flat, very near cinemas and vertical malls.
- Roosevelt -classic old facility refurbished. Closest to Nordstrom
- Red Lion (I couldn't picture it in my mind-so I looked online. It used to be a bank HQ, is very well located for messing about downtown)
- Summerfield Suites (Not where its dot is-it's actually on Pike St. just across the freeway, in the L-shaped notch in the NE corner of the Convention center on the ALA map, might be a bit more comfy as a suite, just outside the free downtown bus zone)
- Hotel Max might be really amusing. It's new, fairly close, flat walk.
Lap of Luxury:
- The Fairmont Olympic is the Grand Old Dame of Seattle Hotels, right between shopping and financial districts
Smaller, and interesting:
- Mayflower Park - charming, historic, independent, well-sited for shopping, Pike Place Market, not far, in flat part of town-can get to and from without major hills.
- Hotel Monaco - I don't know it well, but the chain looks interesting, and the lounge is comfy.
- Westin -is in the Nexus of downtown traffic and busses, at the bottom of a few connecting minor ridges. Close to Nordstrom and Macy's, but farther away from the convention center and other HQ properties than most of the others.
Anything South of University is in the core of the financial/legal section. Perfectly fine part of town, not particularly interesting, uphill from Convention Center, in free bus zone.
- W Seattle -- Though I loathe the name, it looks interesting, is reasonably well located, just across the street from Seattle Public's big downtown library, Spring is also hillish, especially between second and fourth. Close to Symphony (Benaroya Hall) and Art museum (probably closed).
- Renaissance Madison - used to be something else, is at the highest point of the downtown hill, and Madison is one of the steepest downhill streets toward the water (one-way westbound on the west side of the freeway).
- Crowne Plaza - Used to be something else too. Probably fine, very close to Renaissance Madison with same qualities.
- Sixth Ave Inn - not a great location, closest to the new jail/court and police precinct, near a lot of current construction as a quaint old 1950s-1970s business area is converted to high-rise condos and YuppieLand.
The one I'd avoid:
- Days Inn - it's Spartan and surrounded by parking lots, somewhere between the missions and soup kitchens and the parks where the homeless hang out. It's also in the Bermuda Triangle of Buses (there aren't many), outside the free ride zone (not so bad, I suppose, because there aren't many to begin with), and a long trudge to anything but the Westin. It's quite close to the most recent former KCLS Service Center, and closer than any of the rest of the listings to Seattle Center. If you're fond of basketball (if the team is still in Seattle), you can enjoy the sights and sounds of gridlocked traffic when there are home games.
Tips for Wheelchair Users and the Mobility Impaired
Seattle (like San Francisco) is known as a city of hills (we like to think that's one of the reasons we're all in such good shape). The downtown area north of University (around the Convention Center and ALA hotels) is fairly flat, but you will have to negotiate some hills once you leave that area (particularly if you want to go down to the waterfront or up to Capitol Hill).
Metro has prepared a webpage for the mobility impaired to help you get around downtown and make more effective use of the bus system. Some tips include:
- Look for accessible bus stops which are marked with the international access symbol
- Many routes are served by 'kneeling' buses, so even if you're not in a wheelchair, but still have movement difficulties, you can ask the bus driver to kneel the bus so you can board
- On steep hills, use the elevators in public buildings. This is a standard practice that most locals know about. For example, the downtown library is situated on a steep hill. Anyone can go in the 5th Avenue entrance and take the elevator or escalator to the 4th Avenue entrance. This is such a standard practice that Metro has actually put together an access map to assist people with mobility problems. This map not only shows the public buildings that can be used in this way, but also shows the standard pedestrian routes to get to certain parts of downtown.
Street Addresses
Seattle has one of the most confusing street numbering systems of any city in the country. Wikipedia has a complete (and rather mind-numbingly detailed) description of the system. If you want to take full advantage of this Wikipedia article, have a map of Seattle in front of you.
General tips for the visitor:
- Streets generally run East/West, Avenues generally run North/South
- Boulevard, Way, Road, Place, etc. give no indication of a street's orientation
- The directional for a Street is placed BEFORE the street name (NE 45th Street) but the directional for an Avenue is place AFTER the street name (8th Avenue NW)
- Because of this naming convention, locals will often drop the street name and just refer to the number and directional. NE 45th Street becomes NE 45th. 8th Avenue NW becomes 8th NW. To the local, NE 35th and 35th NE are two very different streets.
- When you write down addresses, it is important to always put the directional in its proper place and to write down "Avenue" "Street" etc.
Visitors who stay downtown have a much easier time with addresses. Within the downtown area (bounded by Yesler on the south, Denny on the north and Interstate-5 on the east), there are no directionals. Because the downtown street grid follows the waterfront, it is not exactly on the compass points, but we like to pretend it is.
- Avenues run parallel to the waterfront and are numbered from the waterfront (1st Ave, 2nd Ave, etc. ). 1st Ave should be the one closest to the waterfront but (depending on where you are downtown) there is at least one road (Alaskan Way) and sometimes two or three between the waterfront and 1st Ave.
- Downtown streets (running perpendicular to the waterfront) are named. Between Yesler and Olive Way/Stewart St (Convention Center) you can very easily identify the general location of a street if you remember the mnemonic Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Protest as beginning at Yesler and heading north, there are two streets beginning with each letter:
Olive Way/Stewart Ave
Protest Pine/Pike
Under Union/University
Seattle Seneca/Spring
Made Madison/Marion
Christ Columbia/Cherry
Jesus James/Jefferson
For downtown addresses, Yesler is the 00 block for avenues and street addresses are numbered from the waterfront, corresponding to the numbered avenues (so 200 Pike Street is the corner of Pike & 2nd Ave).
Outside of Downtown
Street numbering outside of downtown is not on a single grid, but instead, on several grids which share common boundaries. Any decent city road map will have an overlay of the directionals on it so you can identify what the proper directional is for a particular location. There are some general guidelines (any address north of the Ship Canal will be designated N, NE, NW; any address east of I-5 will be designated E, NE, SE) but even these general guidelines have glaring exceptions (there is no SE, there are N streets south of the Ship Canal, etc.) that it's best to rely on a good map or online mapping service.


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The Big Bad Wolf
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Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered: a predator known only as the Wolf.
Alex Cross' first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues stymied. Across the country, men and women are being kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappearing completely. These people are not being taken for ransom, Alex realizes. They are being bought and sold. And it looks like a shadowy figure known as the Wolf, a master criminal who has brought a new reign of terror to organized crime, is behind this business in which ordinary men and women are sold as slaves.
You're afraid.
Even as he admires the FBI's vast resources, Alex grows impatient with the Bureau's clumsiness and caution when it is time to move. A lone wolf himself, he has to go out on his own in order to track the Wolf and try to rescue some of the victims while they are still alive.
As the case boils over, Alex is in hot water at home, too. His ex-fiancie, Christine Johnson, comes back into his life-and not for the reasons Alex might have hoped.
Full of the unexpected twists and heartrending surprises that James Patterson delivers better than any other suspense writer alive, The Big Bad Wolf is an unforgettable thriller.
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"Vastly entertaining." (Publishers Weekly)
"Phillips proves himself once again to be a wildly creative storyteller." (Booklist)
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- Douglas
- Sidney, OH, USA
- 11-24-03
Wolfing down the Wolf
"The Big Bad Wolf" is one big, bad story! After listening non-stop during a seven hour drive, we made an "extra" half hour drive just to hear the conclusion--and it wasn't what we were expecting. Patterson makes extensive use of foreshadowing to lead, and sometimes mislead, the listener. The plot is like a mountain road--you are always moving forward, but the twists and turns keep you on your toes.
The production values are excellent. The use of two distinctly different narrators is a welcome feature; and both speak clearly, distinctly, and with just the right inflection. Unlike most books I've listened to, this one even adds some appropriate sound effects and background music at times.
I recommend the book with the only reservation being that some of the dialogue might be offensive to those with children listening in.
92 of 96 people found this review helpful
- Ed
- 11-24-03
Alex Cross returns
James Patterson has gone in a number of directions in the past several novels.With 14th Century jesters and flying children as recent protagonists it's easy to miss his old characters. With this latest, Alex Cross returns in a new role as a rookie FBI agent.Having been lured away from his Washington PD job by an FBI Director who wants to change the status quo at the Bureau, Cross returns to the pages in the orientation class at Quantico. Balancing his family life with the professional skill and curiosity that draws him inevitably into the crosshairs of the most recent villian, Cross is the same character with whom we have grown comfortable.
Another fast paced novel, expertly narrated by a team of performers , who keep you sitting in the car long after you have arrived at your destination as you wait for the chapter to end. It is an exciting ride, with a setup for more.
30 of 31 people found this review helpful
- Kevin
- York, PA, USA
- 04-06-05
less mystery, more cross
the story is not terribly suspenseful or compelling. Much of this book is further development of the Alex Cross character, which as usual is a bit obvious and predictable. The book introduces the Wolf, which makes the book somewhat useful to read as a prelude to London Bridges, a much better listen.
If you have read the series and are interested in keeping up with Cross, it is an average read. If not, go directly to London Bridges.
9 of 10 people found this review helpful
- Rebecca
- Newport, KY, USA
- 04-23-04
What a Letdown
I gave this book two stars, if only for the terrific narration. What started out seeming to be a juicy steak of a novel, totally wimped out in the end. It left me wondering if Patterson overslept when he should have been writing, and just turned in any old ending to his editors on the last day. Too bad the Big Bad Wolf turns out to be nothing but a whining pup. I wish I could recommend this book, but I can't. I felt ripped off by the author.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
- Woody
- 11-24-03
Good but ending disappoints
Like many of James Patterson's books, particularly those in the Alex Cross series, the story is fast-paced and interesting but the ending is a disappointment. It's almost as if several of the books in this series just hit the wall in the last 20 pages or so. Too bad.
All in all, worth listening to if you are an Alex Cross fan, though...
14 of 17 people found this review helpful
- Leonard
- 02-20-04
Big Bad Wolf
I did not like "Big Bad Wolf". However, Mr. Patterson is a fine author and I have enjoyed several of his earlier novels. He is a skilful storyteller who brings dignity and wit into the inter-ethnic relationships of his characters.
However, it strikes me that recently Mr. Patterson has begun to introduce more than one genre into a single novel. "The Big Bad Wolf" is a good example and "Cradle and All" is, in my view, an extreme example. I cannot help asking myself whether these stories are mystery or melodrama?
Personally, I find genre mixing in "Big Bad Wolf" both distracting and frustrating because the sharp disconnects fracture my "suspension of disbelief". Unfortunately, recent narrators see to stress the melodrama line.
It is clear that Mr. Patterson has strong moral and philosophical convictions and that his convictions add depth and dimension to his work. However, I believe an author needs to decide which genre he wants to pursue.
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6 of 7 people found this review helpful
- Ina
- Goldsboro, NC, USA
- 12-02-03
Ran out of steam....
I used to like the Alex Cross series, but this book feels as if Patterson had to come up with another story because of a contract and couldn't care less about the book. While the plot works nicely in the first 5/6 of the book, all of a sudden, the story accelerates and reads like a summary or the cliff notes to the book. Patterson can spend an hour describing how Cross brushes his teeth and what he thinks, but in the last few chapters of this book, major events are described in one sentence, and some story lines (this book is way too full of them) simply just drop away to nothing - or maybe to the next Alex Cross book. I thought I had missed out on something and checked -but no, what should have been a major development was reduced to an aside and the unraveling of the story is so quick that you know that he lost interest in the plot.
Like the last few of Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta series (Werewolves??? - please!), this one feels like the author simply was obligated to come up with yet another installment in the series and the stories and characters suffer. Don't waste your money and time on this one - it's fine to listen to it once, but get it from the local library - I wish I hadn't spent my credits on it.
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
- Leslie
- 07-26-04
Couldn't stomache it
It was an okay read. I normally really enjoy his books. The harsh sexual acts were too graphic and horrifying for ME to find entertaining. However, this is not why the book "lost stars" from me. The sub plot of Alex Cross's personal life was weak and unneccesary and therefor annoying taking away from the story. But that is what the fast forward button is for.
I've never really given narration much thought before this book. I can only imagine that is very difficult. I'm not saying I could do better, but the Russian accent was awful and made it a difficult listen.
8 of 10 people found this review helpful
- Clara
- Bronx, NY, USA
- 02-29-04
Patterson is definitely leaving room for the sequel. That's all I can say besides the fact that it was interesting.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
- Catherine
- Fort Wayne, IL, USA
- 05-13-04
What a let down!
I wish I had read the reviews on this book before purchasing. The story line is good but has absolutely NO CLOSURE. I couldn't believe I had listened for almost 8 hours and nothing was accomplished. I felt like Patterson had a contract to write a set number of pages & that's what he did, with no concern for the story or the reader. Don't waste your time
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Gold is destined for another increase, according to the head of metals trading at Deutsche Bank. In fact, it's set to jump above $2,000 as governments use stimulus to counter any slowing in economic recovery.
Bloomberg reported Wednesday that Raymond Key, Deutsche Bank's London-based global head of metals trading, said he believes continued stimulus funding will drive the price of gold higher even than its last peak in 2011.
"We'll take out $2,000, we'll go higher," Key said in the report. He was in Hong Kong attending the annual conference of the London Bullion Market Association when he went on record predicting the metal's rise, adding, "That's on the view that they'll continue to print money."
Already gold is looking to record a 12th annual increase in price on the belief that governments will continue to provide stimulus funds as they seek to boost recovery efforts from the worldwide recession. Such a move, investors believe, will cause currencies to lose value and spur inflation. On that belief, they are placing their faith in gold, with gold-backed ETFs growing to their largest size ever in the week just past.
Key is not the only expert who foresees higher dollar signs for the precious metal. Jeremy East, global head of metals trading and structured inventory product at Standard Chartered, was quoted saying in a Nov. 12 interview, "Gold out of all the metals will be the best performer. The biggest driver of gold will be the ETF."
The signs are there: Bank of England Gov. Mervyn King said Wednesday that there is a possibility that the U.K.'s economy will shrink in Q4 and slow recovery, so the bank is keeping the door open to additional stimulus funding.
"We face the rather unappealing combination of a subdued recovery with inflation remaining above target for a while," he was quoted saying. "There are limits to the ability of domestic policy to stimulate private sector demand as the economy adjusts to a new equilibrium. But the committee has not lost faith in asset purchases as a policy instrument, nor has it concluded that there will be no more purchases."
Countries are also still adding to their gold reserves, among them Brazil, South Korea and Russia, according to data from the International Monetary Fund. Ashish Bhatia, manager of government affairs at the producer-funded World Gold Council, said recently that governments bought 254.2 tons in the first half of 2012, and added that holdings are growing at a rate that should exceed the 456 tons added in 2011.
"We're still working out the excesses that we've seen in the past," said Jamie Sokalsky in the report. Sokalsky, CEO of Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corp., the largest gold producer in the world, added, "This takes time, and easy monetary policy is going to have to exist for some time."
He continued, "With central banks continuing to buy gold around the world and with the macroeconomic environment which is still there, the demand should remain very strong. We're not going to see the reaction on the supply side to make up for that in the industry."


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Dow Jones Newswires Editor John Shipman joins the News Hub to discuss what the markets will look like the day before Thanksgiving, and the decrease in jobless claims this week. Photo: Getty Images.
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How Long Until Joan Lunden Disassociates Herself From World Progress Report?
from the anyone-want-to-take-a-guess? deptEarlier this year, we wrote about the company called Vision Media TV, which was suing the site 800notes.com after people on that site had written reports about Vision Media TV, questioning its sales techniques. It seems that Vision Media TV would go around contacting organizations, heavily talking up its association with former TV newscaster Hugh Downs, and suggesting (heavily) that the TV broadcast it would put together for the organization contacted would air on "public television." Of course, to cover some basic "production costs," Vision Media TV just wanted a mere $20,000 to $30,000.
Investigations into Vision Media TV suggested that the questions raised by people at 800notes were reasonable concerns. The NY Times and NPR have debunked many of the claims from Vision Media TV, noting that PBS had clearly claimed that it has no association with Vision Media and that the promises from the company were questionable at best. From NPR:
They are promised the shows will be educational in nature and reach an estimated 60 million American households on public television stations across the country.From the NY Times:
But the programs aren't documentaries; they're marketing segments that will cost the firms that are their subjects roughly $25,000 apiece. And the spots, created by Vision Media of Boca Raton, Fla., are likely to receive little airtime, if any, on local PBS member stations.
"They are selling something that they generally cannot deliver," says Garry Denny, program director of Wisconsin Public Television and a past president of the professional association of programming officials for PBS member stations. "In fact, they are probably not carried by any public television station around the country."
Officials at PBS and at PBS member stations in California, Colorado, Kentucky, New York, South Carolina and Virginia were all aware of the Hugh Downs spots. Yet not one knew of a concrete instance in which the spots featuring Downs appeared on their stations or those of others. PBS and its member stations say they adhere to guidelines banning marketing programming paid for by subjects of the programs.
The caller suggests that the production will be shown on public television and major cable news stations. But the initial pitch, foundation representatives said, does not mention that the production would cost the university or foundation $20,000 or more.In defending 800notes against Vision Media TV's lawsuit, Paul Alan Levy dug up some interesting history on Vision Media TV, such as the fact that it had gone under a variety of other names, such as WJMK and United Media -- using other famous personalities including Walter Cronkite and Mike Douglas, both of whom ended up suing the company over being misled. Somewhere along the way, the company again changed its name to Great America HD. However, after more press attention, Hugh Downs disassociated himself with the company, with his representatives saying that his involvement hadn't gone very far, and that Downs was unaware of the company's practices:
PBS, the national public broadcasting program provider, has had a warning on its Web site for the last three years that it "is not associated with and does not endorse, distribute programming for, review underwriting for or otherwise have any business relationship" with a list of productions companies that includes Vision Media Television.
Lea Sloan, vice president for communications at PBS, said this week, "PBS has no actual knowledge of carriage of any Vision Media programming by any PBS member station."
On Tuesday, Rick Hersh, Downs' agent, said he had been unaware of Vision Media's practices. "It's not great for Hugh, the way that you portrayed them. We didn't know about some of the stuff you reported."Thankfully, the lawsuit against 800notes.com was dismissed, and the increased press attention, as well as the loss of Downs' support, meant trouble for Great America HD. However, Levy has continued to monitor the company and now notes that a brand new company, with remarkably similar content on its webpages and remarkably similar claims, has suddenly popped up under the name "World Progress Report," but this time the "celebrity" involved is former Good Morning America Host Joan Lunden. Levy also notes that apparently the folks behind World Progress Report have decided to be more proactive on their 800notes.com page, which has numerous posts from people talking up their wonderful experiences with the company, and quickly responding to comments that suggest this is a scam, by saying "there must have been a miscommunication."
But Hersh said Downs' involvement was limited to a single day's shooting of generic introductions to the videos at a television studio in Phoenix two years ago. And Hersh said Downs bore no responsibility for how Vision Media sold the videos to clients or what they contained.
As Downs' appearance was contractually limited to public television, Hersh said, "We took comfort in relying on public television not to put something on the air that they didn't find legitimate and honest and straightforward."
Given all of this, and the history involved, I have to wonder how long it will be until there's some press attention on World Progress Report, and how long until Joan Lunden follows the lead of Downs, Cronkite, Douglas and others, and decides to disassociate herself from the company.
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The effort is aimed to help marginalized populations participate more in this election cycle, the women's health provider announced to the Huffington Post Friday.
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June 01, 2017
Summer begins on June 20 this year, so this is an excellent time to begin thinking about a summer garden. A garden can transform a drab yard into a showplace. As you think about your garden, take advantage of all the resources available, and plan before you plant.
First, it is helpful to know some flower basics . . .