text:
Boston, MA, United States
October 24th, 2012
Watch video from the event
About this event
TEDx New England's annual event was held just 3 weeks before the National Elections. All of us are looking for the words and ideas from candidates that will give us an understanding of who they are and if they can represent us well. We want to understand if they will have the character and dedication to deliver results that we can be proud of.
The qualities of our character are shaped by our families, life experiences, and education. TEDxNewEngland 2012 collected a variety of Speakers who delivered information and ideas about finding the qualities of character we seek within our politicians, our companies, our loved ones, friends, and finally ourselves.
Confirmed Speakers
Betsy Myers, Host
Betsy Myers is currently speaking and leading workshops around the world on the changing nature of leadership. In addition, her book, Take the Lead: Motivate, Inspire, and Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Everyone Around You, was released in September 2011. In May 2011, Betsy was appointed Founding Director of the Center for Women & Business at Bentley University. The Center focuses on educating students about their leadership potential while conducting research about how and why companies should promote and retain women. Betsy will work to build relationships with corporations and share information about putting these practices into place. With deep experience in the corporate, political and higher education arena, Betsy served as a senior adviser to Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign. She joined the campaign in January 2007 as the Chief Operating Officer tasked with the challenge of building a $100,000,000 organization and established the campaign with a business operational model and customer service mentality. Prior to this appointment, Myers was the Executive Director of the Center for Public Leadership (CPL) at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. She came to CPL in 2003, with a track record of strategically building and realigning organizations. Betsy focused the Center's teaching and research around personal leadership and the fully integrated person. This centered on her strong belief and conviction that the hardest person we will ever manage is ourselves. This culminated in a partnership with CPL and The Hoffman Institute. The results and impact were immediate and staggering. She also increased the Center's efforts around women and leadership while working closely with the Harvard's Women's Leadership Board (2000-2007). A senior official in the Clinton Administration, Betsy was the President's senior adviser on women's issues. As Deputy Assistant to the President, she launched and was the first Director of the White House Office for Women's Initiatives and Outreach. She played a critical role in Clinton's re-election effort in 1996 and figured prominently in shaping the Administration's legislative agenda on issues such as domestic violence, reproductive choice, breast cancer, and women in business. Ms. Myers also served as the Associate Deputy Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development in the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Adam D. Steltzner, Ph.D., Speaker
After a brief career in rock and roll and a delayed entrance into higher education, Adam graduated from Caltech and joined JPL in 1991, in the Spacecraft Structures and Dynamics group. He has worked on several flight projects including Galileo, Cassini, Mars Pathfinder, Mars Exploration Rovers and Mars Science Laboratory as well as several mission proposals, pre-Phase A projects and technology development efforts. Initially employed as a structures and mechanics guy, he has, in recent years, gravitated towards landing events and Mars Entry, Descent and Landings. He was the landing systems engineer on the comet mission Champollion (cancelled) and the mechanical systems lead for EDL on MER. He most recently led the landing effort for the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover. Always fascinated with the human meaning of day to day activities, he has begun to think of great engineering efforts as action akin to performance art or sport.
Calvin Olsen, Speaker
Calvin Olsen is a published, anthologized, sarcastic writer of poetry. His poetry and translations have appeared or are forthcoming in New Haven Review, Salamander, The Raven Chronicles, 236, Fire in the Pasture: 21st Century Mormon Poets, SWAMP, The Honey Land Review, and others. Despite its random content, much of his writing spawns from his experiences living abroad in Brazil and the UK and his love for birds, water, and birds in water. Calvin holds a B.A. in English from Brigham Young University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Boston University. After completing his M.F.A. Calvin received a 2011 Robert Pinsky Global Fellowship, with which he traveled to the Iberian Peninsula. He spent a month translating the work of the late Portuguese poet Alberto de Lacerda and then backpacked through Europe, taking time to run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, and compose a book-length manuscript of his own poetry. An expert people watcher and five-time recipient of the Best Man award, Calvin now resides in Boston, MA. To fuel his passion for poetry, he has worked on the bottom rung of multiple sectors, including business, education, and the food industry. He now teaches literature at Wentworth Institute of Technology and writing at Boston University.
Dr. Christopher Probyn, Speaker
Dr. Christopher Probyn is the Chief Economist at State Street Global Advisors. In this role, he monitors, forecasts and analyzes economic events in the world's major economies and assesses their impact on financial markets. He also regularly briefs clients, portfolio managers, and other corporate personnel on economic matters. Dr. Probyn publishes extensively, including weekly economic perspectives and commentary on the outlook for major economies. He is also a frequent conference speaker and is regularly quoted in top-tier media outlets globally. Prior to joining SSgA in 1998, Dr. Probyn was a Director and Senior Economist at UBS in New York City. Dr. Probyn earned his BA at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, his MA from the University of Manchester, and his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. He is a member of the Economic Advisory Committee of the Institute of International Finance.
Don Khoury, Speaker
Don Khoury knows what makes people tick. An expert in non-verbal communication, he specializes in working one-on-one with companies, politicians, and business leaders to develop a variety of key skills, including non-verbal communication, body language and leadership skills. Ultimately, Don's No. 1 goal is to emphasize the best practices in communicating. Over the past several years, Don has worked with private clients developing non-verbal communication, team building and strategic planning, and peer leadership programs for such clients as the Bank of Nova Scotia and Royal LePage. A successful sales professional earlier in his career, Don was named to the President's Club at Xerox Canada. His success in sales allowed him to realize the true factor behind people's purchase decisions- The non-verbal communication. After 10 years of profound studies, Don Khoury found out that non-verbal communication not only determined our purchase pattern or ability to close the sale, but it also affected enormously our voting decisions. Soon after, Don developed a cutting-edge method using a secret algorithm to predict elections with 95% accuracy. To refine how people are communicating with one another and to manage the communication, Don also created a series of presentations on non-verbal communication. He points out that non-verbal communication isn't about control; it's about knowing where you are in the communication and moving it to a win-win situation. Don has been invited to speak at several universities, companies, and agencies to share his expertise on non-verbal communication and his method on elections predictions. He also appeared on Television and print media locally and nationally.
Gerard Senehi
Gerard Senehi is recognized as a "superstar" in psychic entertainment. He has been featured on numerous television shows internationally including "Today Show" and "Ellen." New York Magazine referred to his performance as "some sort of religious experience from the sixteenth century." Companies often comment on the challenge they will have to surpass this experience for their next event. After an annual conference, Deutsche Bank said, "You were the most talked about presenter of our entire conference – and we had some of the most renowned thinkers in the world." Gerard has a unique interest and ability to use his art as a mentalist to create mystery, demonstrating impossible feats that even the most ardent skeptics can't explain. At the same time, he creates an environment where people can suspend their ideas of what's possible, thus giving an experience that is not only thoroughly captivating, but also expands possibilities beyond imagined boundaries. Gerard's performances create an atmosphere of openness and possibility, which is why he is often sought out to present for board retreats, strategy meetings and conferences for companies who are trying to push into new territory. His presentations are thoroughly entertaining, mystifying and a perfect backdrop to let the imagination run with potentials not yet imagined.
Jacqueline Salit, Speaker
A highly respected political innovator and advocate for the rights of independent voters—now 40% of the American electorate—Jacqueline Salit has built the largest network of independent leaders and activists in the country. She is the President of IndependentVoting.org, the leading strategy and organizing center for independents, with chapters in 40 states. Salit is best known for her role managing Michael Bloomberg's three campaigns for New York City Mayor on the Independence Party (IP) line, playing a crucial role in delivering the IP's "margin of victory" vote in 2001, the exodus of 47% of African-American voters from the Democratic Party to support Bloomberg in 2005, and the historic 150,000 votes for Bloomberg's re-election on the IP line in 2009. Salit is the author of Independents Rising: Outsider Movements, Third Parties and the Struggle for a Post-Partisan America (Palgrave Macmillan) which presents her firsthand account of this growing and influential voting bloc. In it, Salit recounts independents little-known history and sometimes volatile impact as old political institutions and categories are becoming irrelevant—even repugnant—to many Americans. Salit, who has spent 30 years as an insider in this growing movement of outsiders, also reveals how independents underestimate their own power and how they can make the most of their newfound influence to produce culture change in American politics. Salit's political commentaries have appeared in: USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, The Huffington Post, New York Daily News, San Francisco Chronicle, Washington Times, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Legal Times, Union Leader, Albany Times Union, and Newsday. She's been featured commentator on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, CBC, PBS, FOX and CSPAN. Salit is a regular contributor to the nationally syndicated radio program Fairness Radio and produced Talk/Talk with the late public philosopher Fred Newman. She is a native New Yorker who resides in Greenwich Village.
Jeffrey Bradach, Speaker
Jeff Bradach is co-founder and managing partner of The Bridgespan Group. The Bridgespan Group is a nonprofit advisor and resource for mission-driven organizations and philanthropists. Mr. Bradach leads the development of the organization and its knowledge strategy . In this role, Bradach works personally on a variety of nonprofit client and foundation engagements, focusing on issues of strategy and scale. He also writes, teaches and speaks extensively on topics relating to nonprofit strategy, business planning, and philanthropy. He is the author of "Going to Scale: The Challenge of Replicating Social Programs," (Stanford Social Innovation Review premiere issue, Spring 2003) and the co-author, with Bridgespan partner William Foster, of "Should Nonprofits Seek Profits?," which appeared in the Harvard Business Review, February 2005. He co-authored with Bridgespan colleagues Tom Tierney and Nan Stone, "Delivering on the Promise of Nonprofits," (Harvard Business Review, December 2008) and most recently published the article, "Scaling Impact" (Stanford Social Innovation Review, Summer 2010).
Jimmy Tingle, Performer
Jimmy Tingle is regarded as one of the top social and political humorists in America. He has worked as a stand up comic, producer, writer, actor, filmmaker and commentator in several mediums from the early 1980's to the present day. Tingle was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts where the social, political and economic diversity of that city laid the groundwork for his development as a performer and satirist. Tingle recently returned to school, earning a masters degree from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He was selected to give the graduate address at Harvard's 2010 commencement ceremony. His professional career has spanned nearly 3 decades. Prior to writing, producing and starring in his first documentary film "Jimmy Tingle's American Dream", Tingle completed two seasons with 60 Minutes II on CBS as the humorist / commentator in the Andy Rooney spot. He worked as a contributor and satirist for MSNBC and has appeared on The Tonight Show, CNN, Larry King's Weekend, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The American Comedy Awards, as well as his own HBO half hour comedy special. Film credits include consulting and playing a television talk show host on Chris Rock's "Head of State". Other film credits include the role of the neighborhood bartender in Next Stop Wonderland, a priest in Boondock Saints, and a restaurant owner in "By the Sea". He played himself in the International Emmy winning arts documentary "Dammed in the USA" Theatrical credits include writing and starring in four different one person shows all of which were directed by Larry Arrick. "Jimmy Tingle's Uncommon Sense; Jimmy Tingle and the Promise Land; Jimmy Tingle's American Dream and Jimmy Tingle for President: The Funniest Campaign in History." Tingle has the rare distinction of winning the prestigious "Best of Boston" award as both a performer "Best of Boston" 2001 in the "stand up comedy" category and as a producer in 2007 for Jimmy Tingle's OFF BROADWAY Theater.
Juan Enriquez, Speaker
Juan Enriquez, Managing Director of Excel Venture Management, is a bestselling author of As the Future Catches You (an Amazon best book of year, The Untied States of America (Miami Herald's book of the decade), Homo evolutis: a Tour of the Next Human Species (with Steve Gullans and TED). Rem Koolhaas chose his Map of Global Nucleotide Data Flow (done with West and Martinez) as an iconic example of 21st century design. Fortune profiled him as "Mr. Gene." Wired as "Darwin for the DNA Age." He has helped found or guide over a dozen tech start ups including Synthetic Genomics, Zip Car, Xcellerex, Activate Networks. He sailed around the world with Dr. J. Craig Venter on a sampling expedition that increased the number of known genes by 10X. He negotiated a peace treaty with the Zapatista rebels in Mexico and was the Founding Director of the Harvard Life Sciences Project.
Kurt Andersen, Speaker
Kurt Andersen is author of the critically acclaimed novels True Believers; Heyday, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2008 Langum Prize for the year's best work of historical fiction; and the national bestseller Turn of the Century. His nonfiction books include Reset and The Real Thing. He is also host and co-creator of the Peabody Award-winning weekly public radio program Studio 360, and contributes regularly to Vanity Fair and the New York Times. In addition, he writes for film, TV and the stage; served as a columnist for The New Yorker, architecture critic for Time, editorial director of Colors magazine and editor-in-chief of New York magazine; and co-founded Spy magazine, Inside.com and Very Short List. He's on the design criticism faculty of the School of Visual Arts, served as Visionary in Residence at the Art Center College of Design, and received an honorary doctorate from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Mark Drela, Speaker
Prof. Drela currently is the Terry J. Kohler Professor of Fluid Dynamics at the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He joined the faculty there in January 1986. His primary research interests are in low speed and transonic aerodynamics, design and performance of aircraft and aeromechanical devices, and computational aerodynamic design methodology. He has developed a number of computational aerodynamic design/analysis codes currently being used in the aircraft and gas turbine industry. He has also developed tools for analysis and design of control systems for highly aeroelastic aircraft. He teaches aircraft design fundamentals, external aerodynamics, and fluid mechanics of boundary layers at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Prof. Drela participated extensively in the Chrysalis, Monarch, and Daedalus human-powered aircraft projects at MIT, the latter setting the world record for distance (116km) and duration (4.0 hours) in 1988. He also was the advisor and pilot for the MIT Human-powered Hydrofoil Project (1989-1993), which holds the current human-powered watercraft world speed record of 18.5 knots in 1991. Since 1996 he has worked as a consultant for numerous R&D projects in aircraft, turbomachinery, bicycles, and America's Cup sailboats. He has been active in Free-Flight and Radio-Control model aircraft since childhood. Prof. Drela obtained his SB (1982), SM (1983), and PhD (1985) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Nicholas Burns, Speaker
Nicholas Burns is Professor of the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School. Here, he also serves as Director of the Future of Diplomacy Project, Faculty Chair for the Programs on the Middle East and on India and South Asia, and on the Board of Directors of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Professor Burns served in the United States Foreign Service for 27 years during which time he served as Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (2005-2008), Ambassador to NATO (2001-2005), Ambassador to Greece (1997-2001), and State Department Spokesman (1995-1997). From 1990-1995, he worked on the National Security Council as Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Affairs and Special Assistant to President Clinton and Director for Soviet Affairs for President George H.W. Bush. Professor Burns has received twelve honorary degrees, the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award, the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service, and the Boston College Alumni Achievement Award. He has a BA in History from Boston College and an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He is Director of the Aspen Strategy Group; a Senior Counselor at The Cohen Group; and a member of the Board of Directors of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Center for a New American Security, the Atlantic Council, and several other non-profit organizations. He serves on the Panel of Senior Advisors at Chatham House: the Royal Institute of International Affairs and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission.
Nilofer Merchant, Speaker
Nilofer Merchant has gone from admin to CEO to board member of a NASDAQ-traded company along her 20 year career, gathering monikers such as "the Jane Bond of Innovation" along the way for her ability to guide Fortune 500 and startup companies through impossible odds. She's worked for major companies like Apple (with Steve Jobs) and Autodesk (personally hired and fired by Carol Bartz) and startups in the early days of the Web (Golive/ later bought by Adobe). And Logitech, Symantec, HP, Yahoo, VMWare, and many others have turned to her guidance to develop new product strategies, enter new markets, defend against competitors, and optimize revenues. And, Merchant is one of the few people who can say they've fought a competitive battle against Microsoft and won, for Symantec's Anti-Virus $2.1B annual business. She has personally launched more than 100 products, netting $18B in sales, with expertise in Europe and US markets. Today she serves on boards for both public and private companies. The 11 Rules for Creating Value in the #SocialEra, published by Harvard Business Review in 2012 follows her previous book, The New How (Oreilly, 2010), on Collaborative work. She lectures on innovation, board governance, and marketing at Stanford University.
Dr. Rajendra Sisodia, Speaker
A founding member of the Conscious Capitalism movement, Dr. Rajendra Sisodia is Professor of Marketing at Bentley University and cofounder and Chairman of the Conscious Capitalism Institute. Dr. Sisodia has an MBA in Marketing from the Bajaj Institute of Management Studies in Bombay, and a Ph. D. in Marketing from Columbia University. His current research focuses on conscious capitalism, leadership and change management. In 2003, Dr. Sisodia was cited as one of "50 Leading Marketing Thinkers" and named to the "Guru Gallery" by the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Bentley University honored him with the Award for Excellence in Scholarship in 2007 and the Innovation in Teaching Award in 2008. He was named one of "Ten Outstanding Trailblazers of 2010" by Good Business International, and one of the "Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior" by Trust Across America for 2010 and 2011. Dr. Sisodia has published seven books and over 100 academic articles. His work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, CNBC etc. His book The Rule of Three: How Competition Shapes Markets was a finalist for the 2004 Best Marketing Book Award from the American Marketing Association. His book Firms of Endearment: How World Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose was named one of the best business books of 2007 by Amazon.com. His forthcoming book Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business (with John P. Mackey) will be published by Harvard Business Review Press in 2012. Dr. Sisodia has consulted with and taught executive programs for numerous companies, including AT&T, Nokia, LG, DPDHL, POSCO, Siemens, Sprint, MCI, Volvo, IBM, Ernst & Young, Walmart, McDonalds and Southern California Edison. He is on the Board of Trustees of Conscious Capitalism Inc.
Robert Hildreth, Speaker
Bob is the Founder and Chairman of Families United in Educational Leadership (FUEL). Following a career in Latin American finance at the IMF, Citibank, Drexel Burnham Lambert, and his own brokering company, International Bank Services, Bob turned his energy to active philanthropy. He has focused his attention on education reform in the US with particular consideration of underserved communities. Through his philanthropic investments, Bob realized that low-income families do save. Using his financial background, he created a matched savings program that encouraged them to save toward higher education. This idea became the basis for FUEL, which now helps low-income parents in three Greater Boston communities learn about college access and save toward education. Bob earned a BA in government from Harvard College, an MA in economics from George Washington University, and an MA in advanced international studies from Johns Hopkins University. He is a member of the board of trustees of Boston University, where he formerly chaired the board of overseers. Bob is also a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post College blog.
Laura Assade, Co-Speaker with Robert Hildreth
Laura joined the FUEL team in October 2009 through the Chelsea REACH program. Prior to FUEL she was working with the Phoenix Charter Academy after a career change from the hospitality industry. Laura graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a B.S. in Hospitality and Tourism Management.
Rohit Deshpande, Speaker
Rohit Deshpandé is Sebastian S. Kresge Professor of Marketing at Harvard Business School where he teaches in the Owner/President Management Program and in other executive education offerings. He has also taught in the MBA and doctoral programs at HBS where he is the resident expert in international marketing and global branding. He is currently chair of the Global Colloquium for Participant-Centered Learning (an HBS program in action learning and case method pedagogy for international business school faculty) and for the past 10 years recruiting coordinator for all Marketing faculty. He has also been coordinator for Marketing doctoral program admissions and faculty chair of the Strategic Marketing Management executive program at Harvard Business School. In addition to teaching marketing, he was a part of the design and delivery team that created the Leadership and Corporate Accountability MBA required course at HBS focusing on ethics and corporate governance. In 2008-2009 Deshpande was the Henry B. Arthur Fellow for Business Ethics. Deshpandé's primary research interest concerns the creation and implementation of customer-centric corporate culture, a topic on which he pioneered published work over 15 years ago, well before the term "customer-centricity" became the strategic focus of leading corporations worldwide. In a series of research papers he has profiled high performance, customer-centric companies in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. He has published several technical articles, cases, and monographs and was cited in an American Marketing Association study as one of the most highly published full professors in the marketing field. His most recent books include Developing a Market Orientation, Using Market Knowledge, and The Global Market: Managing the Challenges and Opportunities of Globalization.
Steven Pinker, Speaker
Steven Pinker Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. He conducts research on language and cognition, which has won prizes from the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the American Psychological Association, and the Cognitive Neuroscience Society. He has also received several teaching awards and many prizes for his eight books, including The Language Instinct, How the Mind Works, and The Blank Slate. He has been named Humanist of the Year, and has been listed among Foreign Policy magazine's "The World's Top 100 Public Intellectuals" and Time's "The 100 Most Influential People in the World Today." He is currently Chair of the Usage Panel of the American Heritage Dictionary, and writes frequently for The New York Times, Time, The New Republic, and other publications. His most recent book is The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined.
Busker's Band, Performer
The Busker's Band is a combo group organized by Sugarbabies Inc. one of Boston's leading live event entertainment companies. The group is a subset of the 7-piece Sweet Tooth & The Sugarbabies party band, and consists of Guitar, Saxophone, Vocals, and a Peruvian box-drum called a Cajon. The Busker's Band was modeled after a very successful street performing act in the French Riviera, which was also started by the founder of Sugarbabies Inc. This high energy group is made up of all Berklee College of Music students/alumni, and performs a range of music from the past 80 years! Band Members: Vincent King on Vocals, Anthony Greco on Guitar, Robert Struthers on Saxophone, Eytan Nicholson on Peruvian Box Drum.
Madeline and Sarah Meyer, Performers
Sisters Madeline and Sarah Meyer, two independent student performers from Newton have recently been experimenting with collaborations of their talents. Madeline, the older of the two, focuses on vocals and the ukulele while Sarah performs piano and percussion. Madeline is currently in her third year as a member of the a cappella group, The Newtones and was featured as Dolores in a production of Babes in Arms to great acclaim. This past summer she performed in the World Youth Honors Choir at Interlochen Arts Camp in Michigan. Sarah, a skilled pop and musical theater musician, is enjoying her second year with the Newton All-City Honors Treble Singers.
Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Performers
Formed in 1991 by saxophonist Ken Field and trumpeter Scott Getchell, the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble is a funk & street beat improvisational brass band performing a unique blend of original and traditional music. Leader Ken Field is a longtime member of the acclaimed modern music ensemble Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, and an active composer and performer. The group's most recent CD, "Forked Tongue", spent 2 months on the CMJ North American jazz top 20 chart, and appeared on best-of-year lists in the Village Voice & in Estonia, plus in Georgia, Wisconsin, Kansas, Michigan, Massachusetts, Ohio, and NY. The disc features unique treatments of music by Field, Ornette Coleman, Billy Idol, and others. Notable Revolutionary Snake Ensemble performances have included the Krewe of Muses Mardi Gras Parade (New Orleans); the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (DC); Tonic (NYC); the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston); the Brooklyn Academy of Music (NY); the Puffin Cultural Forum (New Jersey); Berklee Performance Center (Boston); and many other venues. The Snake Ensemble has traveled by train six times from Boston to New Orleans, playing on board the Amtrak Crescent, to march with the Krewe of Muses in their annual Mardi Gras parade. The Ensemble can be heard performing Field's original music on "Parade of Numbers", an animated counting piece regularly aired on the television program "Sesame Street". RSE's debut release, "Year of the Snake", includes music by Field, Sun Ra, John Scofield, James Brown, and others, and was listed as one of the top discs of the year on New York NPR affiliate WNYC, in the New Orleans Gambit Weekly, and on Radio Popolare in Milan, Italy. "They've pretty much modernized the traditional concept, and they've spun it into a singular sound that's very unique and very vibrant. They accelerated the norm. They went past the tried and true. They managed to do it all with a very distinct musical persona." — Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz, interviewed on National Public Radio "A funky, brass heavy, street beat N'Awlins band led by the musical polymath Ken Field, whose debut CD was acclaimed as one of the best of the year by Brooklynite John Schaefer, the encyclopedic music director of WNYC, and by the New Orleans Gambit Weekly Newspaper, amongst others." — Neil Feldman, Not Only Brooklyn Band Members: Ken Field – Alto Sax, Stanley Swann – Drums, Blake Newman – Acoustic Bass, Jon Fraser – Trumpet, Jon Bernhardt – Theremin, Chuck Langford – Tenor Sax
Additional Links
on Twitter
Venue and Details
WGBH Studios
1 Guest Street
Boston, MA, 02135
United States
More about the venue »
This event occurred in the past.
See more TEDxNewEngland events »
Stephen Baker
Boston, MA, United States
Vinay Mehra
Boston, MA, United States
- Rachel Decatur
- Director of Operations | Producer


text:
WAYNESBORO, Va. (AP) — The Wildlife Center of Virginia is delaying the release of more orphaned bear cubs after one wandered into a campground.
The center released four cubs last week and planned to release another four cubs.
Director of outreach Amanda Nicholson tells The News-Virginian (http://bit.ly/1ilcrPv ) that center officials decided to keep the cubs another couple of months, feed them minimally and limit their contact with humans.
She says center officials hope the cubs will hibernate during what she calls "this forced quiet time."
One of the cubs released last week encountered people at a campground who tried to feed and pet it. Nicholson says the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries brought the bear back to the wildlife center.
Information from: The News-Virginian, http://www.newsvirginian.com

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Metallic Beaded Necklace Assortment. Wear several stands of these plastic beads in every color for an instant party costume! Share them with friends, hand them out to party guests, throw them from parade floats or put them inside goody bags! (4 dozen per unit) 33" Assortment may vary.
Our children's necklace items contain breakaway features, attachments or materials required by the Consumer Product Safety Commission's children's jewelry standard.
Bell Charm Bracelets
Per Dozen
3.9 out of 5
Holiday Charm Bracelets
1 Set(s)
3.5 out of 5
Tree Silhouette Wall Prints
4.3 out of 5
Clear Champagne Flute Glasses
25 Piece(s)
4.0 out of 5


text:
Pine River graduate receives master of arts degree
University of the Rockies
Lisa (Stephan) Brown, a 1987 graduate of Pine River High School, was conferred the degree of master of arts in health and wellness psychology from the University of the Rockies in Colorado Springs, Colo., on May 21, 2012.
She is employed as a behavioral health care senior associate for a global health service company.
Are you a newspaper subscriber but you don't have a Digital Access account yet? https://secure.forumcomm.com/?publisher_ID=40&event=subscriber/lookup.
You will need your subscription account number and phone number. Not sure if you have an account? Email us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we can help you.


text:
Flowers in the Form of Drinks: Mother's Day Cocktails
Who needs to give flowers on Mother's Day when you can give floral cocktails?! Our friends over at Serious Eats agree that botanic-inspired drinks are definitely the way to go this Sunday and hence, have compiled a list of eight blossoming concoctions and recipes. Instead of creating our own cocktails this week, we figured we'd share theirs, such as the lavender- and honey-laced H.K. Rose and the agave-tinged, bubbly punch, Jalisco Flower. We've also got all the spirits and wine ingredients handy, ready for you to hit "add to cart."
Classic Sidecar
After our Cognac & Blues event on Wednesday, we've had a hankering for more Cognac brandy. Which brings us to the choice cocktail of the weekend: Sidecar. The Sidecar is thought to have been invented in Paris for a patron of the bar who typically arrived by motorcycle sidecar. The first mention of the drink can be found in Robert Vermiere's Cocktails: How to Mix Them. His concoction calls for equal parts Cognac brandy, Cointreau and lemon juice. But we follow the more popular recipe, found in The Savoy Cocktail Book:
1/2 Cognac brandy
1/4 Cointreau
1/4 lemon juice
Shake with ice. Strain into a cocktail glass.
It's popular to add a sugar rim, as Schiller's Liquors (photo above) does in Manhattan. For that, coat the rim with a fresh lemon and dip into sugar.


text:
The best stories are about life. It's as simple as that. When you break down even the most complex tale — whether it takes place in space or Spain, the bottom of the sea or right next door — what makes it compelling is if it is relatable to life.
In "Freedom," this month's selection, author Jonathan Franzen introduces the reader to Walter and Patty Berglund. A seemingly average Midwestern couple with two children.
You must login to view the full content on this page.
Or, use your facebook account:


text:
Thailand's baht halted a two-day rally as data showed inflation accelerated last month for the first time since October.
Consumer prices climbed 3.45 percent from a year earlier on higher oil prices, the Ministry of Commerce said today. That compared with a 3.35 percent increase in February and a median estimate of 3.20 percent in a Bloomberg survey of economists. Inflation pressure is "still benign" compared with neighboring countries, Yanyong Phuangrach, the permanent secretary for commerce, said at a briefing in Bangkok today. Consumer-price gains will remain "well within our target of between 3.3 percent and 3.8 percent" this year, he said.
"The inflation data, although higher than expected, is within expectations given the flood-related stimulus," said Leong Sook Mei, the Singapore-based regional head of global currency research at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. "It's safer to say rates will remain unchanged given the uncertainties of oil prices and tail risks in Europe."
The baht traded at 30.82 per dollar as of 3:49 p.m. in Bangkok, compared with 30.83 yesterday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The currency advanced as much as 0.2 percent to 30.77 earlier. One-month implied volatility, a measure of foreign-exchange swings used to price options, was steady at 4.52 percent. Local financial markets will be closed on April 6, April 9, April 13 and April 16 for public holidays.
Oil prices have climbed 5.7 percent this year to $104.47 a barrel in New York.
The yield on the 3.25 percent government bonds due June 2017 fell two basis points, or 0.02 percentage point, to 3.71 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
To contact the reporter on this story: Fion Li in Hong Kong at email@example.com
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Sandy Hendry at email@example.com


text:
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot explains what happened to Rainbow Six: Patriots
Ubisoft brought Rainbow Six back in a big way yesterday. But as the saying goes, if you want to make an omelette, sometimes you have to break a few faces. And so it went for Rainbow Six: Patriots, announced all the way back in 2011, which fell victim to what Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot said was an industry-driven shift away from single-player game development.


text:
Credits & Info
- Uploaded
- Nov 27, 2008 | 5:06 AM EST
- Daily 4th Place November 28, 2008
If you liked this, check these out!
Author Comments
Catch the Red Baron slay the bosses in this action-packed tribute that is truly badass.
edit: Gah, upoaded the wrong size, i'll just reupload it.
edit: oh yeah, don't forget to play the game and be the baron yourself:
http://www.newgrounds.com /portal/view/347399
edit: this requires flash 10 or it's skippy.
edit: wow an award, thanks guys!
edit: JakBaronking wants to say: edit: writer's comment
This is JakBaronKing, I wrote it, Denzel Crocker Animated it.
Based off the "Red-Baron" flash-game by Mindchamber, Zombie Pimp, and FrostedMuffin...
Comes a tribute about the most BAD-ASS red-knight to EVER exist!
NOTHING COMPARES TO THE "BAD-ASS-NESS" that is...
Edit: Wow front page thanks a lot!
Edit: Disclaimer: Yes...that IS a Dildo at the end of the movie. In the Red Baron Flash Game, the Dildo is the most powerful weapon in the game. Think about it...how humiliating can it get being "bitch-slapped" to death by a Dildo?
Rated 4.5 / 5 stars September 27, 2009
Awesomely animated
I was just really kinda random with the girl and the dildo and what not. I like how It doesnt take itself too serious! Great job on writer and animaters side!
Rated 5 / 5 stars April 16, 2009
Nothing is more badass
Is anything more badass than killing a werewolf and then nailing a chick while you're still wearing your armor? No. Nothing is.
Rated 5 / 5 stars February 20, 2009
Your work just keeps getting better & better
I Saw the one with Arcee just before I was this & I can see the same style of animation But this one is 10x better quality,better colours smoother etc...
If it was a series & each one was 20mins long, who knows maybe it could become a famous series
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 18, 2009
Total BAD ASS!
Enough said..
Rated 5 / 5 stars December 20, 2008
great vids music and ending only 1 problem dude why does he just pull weapons outa nowere and its a little hard to follow(i guess thats 2) but still really AWSOOOOME!!
i guess that's one of most game character's many mysteries


text:
Zac Hanson made this video for they're song, Misery.
Share Twitter
Views: 15
Tags: Hanson, Misery
Location: youtube.com
Join The Twilight Saga
Welcome toThe Twilight Saga
Sign Upor Sign In
© 2014 Created by Hachette Book Group.
Report an Issue | Guidelines |
Report an Issue |
Terms of Service
Please check your browser settings or contact your system administrator.


text:
Higginson - Local Information, Resources & Photos
Higginson - Searchable Map, Aerial Photos & Driving Directions
Higginson is an incorporated place (Class Code P1) located in White County at latitude 35.1948 and longitude -91.7126. (Higginson Panoramio Photos). The elevation is 220 feet. Higginson appears on the Kensett U.S. Geological Survey Map. White County is in the Central time zone (GMT -6). Observes DST? Yes. Current Time. | Searcy, AR ZIP Code Maps | Higginson local area photos
Photos of the Higginson Local Area
Higginson had a population of 475; a land area of 0.94 sq. miles; a water area of 0 sq. miles; and a population density of 505.32 people per sq. mile according to the US Census Bureaue estimate of July 1, 2009. Latest Census Estimates for all incorporated places in Arkansas.
White County: Cities & Towns | ZIP Codes | Schools | Features (airports, churches, hospitals, etc.)
Higginson Local Resources
Higginson Arts & Culture
Higginson Community Organizations
Higginson Data & Demographics
Higginson Entertainment - Movies
Higginson Environment & Science
Higginson Government
Higginson Health & Medical
Higginson Newcomer Information
Higginson Newspapers, Radio & TV
Higginson and Greater Arkansas Parks & Recreation
Higginson Pets & Hobbies
Higginson Schools & Education
Higginson Social Services
Higginson Travel & Tourism


text:
I LOVE this album.
Digging: Darkspace - Dark Space III I
I only liked that Banana Dick song by them. If they made a whole album like that, I'd be in love.
You mean Dickhead? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvQDfl0PuqA
Eh, the previous one is so much better
Digging: Interpol - El Pintor
Haha I've never seen the video before. So awesome!
Yeah I hope they keep that immature streak in their work when they release videos and shit still. The video for Black Eyed was more of a general basement performance vid, that's good and all but I like the fun videos.
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


text:
Manifesto Lisboa - English
October 15 2011 – Democracy takes the streets!
Non-partisan lay pacific protest
- For participatory democracy
- For transparency in political decisions
- For the end of an imposed precariousness / For the right to work with working rights
We, working people, precarious individuals, unemployed, replaceable or about to be
discarded, students, migrants, retired, «makeshift generations in a fix», frustrated with
our living conditions, take the street today, in Europe and the World, to express our
non-violent anger and protest against the present model of politic, social and
economic government, which oppresses us, which does not serve us, which does not
represent us.
Current government models are based on a fake democracy where decisions are taken
inside closed rooms of parliaments, ministerial offices and international agencies,
with no access or control by citizens, hostage to financial and economistic
orientations, with no social or environmental concerns, promoting inequalities,
misery, poverty, global and gradual loss of human rights. This is not democracy!
We want a participatory democracy, where people will have a say and participate
effectively in decision-making processes. We want a democracy where public posts
shall be held by righteous citizens, in defense of our welfare and well-being.
We want a democracy with no exceptions to protect the rich.
We want a gradual and transparent fiscal system, where wealth shall be equally
shared and health care uncut and provided to all. We want a democracy to which
all will contribute fairly and impartially, and where all citizens shall be granted their
rights and duties.
We want a democracy where those who abuse their power or perpetrate financial
crimes shall be accountable, through independent courts in a debureacratized judicial
system. We want a democracy where structural politics will be adopted with the
understanding and active participation of the people, according to their desires. We do
not take this crisis as inevitable. We demand to know how this recession got to us,
whom and why we owe, and what are the clauses impending our debt.
People are not disposable, and cannot have their lives depending on stock market
speculation or financial interests that reduce them to the condition of commodities.
The constitutional principles conquered on the Revolution of the 25th of April 1974
and consecrated throughout the democratic world, stating that the economy must be
subordinate to the general interest of society is being overwhelmingly perverted by
the imposition of measures such as those of the troika programme, that lead to the loss
of labor rights, the destruction of our health care system, of public schools and culture
on the basis of strictly economistic theories.
Natural resources such as water, and other strategic sectors such as electricity, are
public goods that cannot be privatized. A democracy abandons its future when work,
education, health, housing, culture and welfare are seen as a privilege for a few or are
simply privatized with no benefit whatsoever for the people.
The quality of a democracy is measured by how it treats its people. It does not have to
be like this. In Portugal and all over the World, on the 15th of October we say enough
is enough!
Democracy takes the streets. Take a walk with democracy.
15h00 Protest
Gathering at Marquês de Pombal
19h00 Popular Assembly
São Bento - before Parliament
0h00 Night Vigil


text:
|UGA experienced unprecedented growth during Davisons presidency. The total budget grew fivefold, from $72.5 million to $370 million and much of that growth was in the research budget, which soared from $15.6 million to more than $96 million. Research contracts and grants climbed from less than $7 million to more than $27 million. Graduate enrollment more than doubled. Faculty increased from 1,150 to 1,850.
|Former UGA president Henry King Stanford and current president Michael F. Adams posed with Davison on April 16 when the life sciences building was named for him.
Davison, who served as president from 1967-86, had returned to campus on April 16, when the life sciences complex was named the Fred C. Davison Life Sciences Complex in his honor. During his tenure at the university, he promoted the concept of a single facility to house the burgeoning genetics and biochemistry programs. He helped plan and design the building and was instrumental in obtaining state funding for its construction.
The influence that Fred Davison had on this institution will endure for generations to come, says UGA President Michael F. Adams. He was especially instrumental in UGAs rapid rise in research, particularly in the life sciences. Students and scholars who never knew him will benefit from his foresight.
It was the vision of Fred Davison to change the University of Georgia into a major research institution, says former president Charles B. Knapp, who served from 1987-97. He was selfless and tireless in his dedication to this vision, and he was successful.
Davison made scientific research a top priority of his administration. During his tenure, the universitys total budget grew fivefold, from $72.5 million to $370 millionand much of that growth was in the research budget, which soared from $15.6 million to more than $96 million.
Funding from research contracts and grants climbed from less than $7 million to more than $27 million during his presidency. Graduate enrollment more than doubled. Doctoral degrees awarded annually rose from 123 to 300. The number of faculty increased from 1,150 to 1,850 during his administration.
A Marietta native, Davison attended Oxford College of Emory University before transferring to the University of Georgia in 1948, where he earned a doctoral degree in veterinary medicine in 1952. After practicing in Marietta for several years, he went to Iowa State University, where he taught veterinary medicine and became the leader of an Atomic Energy Commission research project that focused on stable rare-earth compounds.
After earning a doctorate in pathology and biochemistry at Iowa State, he worked for the American Veterinary Medical Association for a year before being named dean of the UGA veterinary college in 1964. In 1966, he became vice chancellor of the University System of Georgia, a position he held for a year before being named UGA president at the age of 37.
When he stepped down as president, contributions from alumni and friends established the Fred C. Davison Professorship, an endowed chair in the veterinary medicine college.
After leaving the presidency, Davison spent two years on the veterinary faculty, continuing to push for advances in biotechnology. In 1988, he became president and CEO of the National Science Center Foundation Inc., in Augusta, a position he held until retiring in 2002.
Larry Dendy (ABJ 65), Kim Cretors (AB 89), and Tom Jackson (AB 73)
State budget crisis has cost UGA 650 positions in past 18 months
Layoffs unavoidable
When the layoff of 47 staff members was announced April 8, it was the latest impact of an ongoing state budget crisis that has seen total UGA employment decline by 650 positions in the past year and a half.
To stave off layoffs, tightened hiring requirements had held selected vacancies open following retirements or resignations. But since last fall, senior officials have realized that if state budget reductions proposed for fiscal year 2005 were adopted, layoffs would be unavoidable for the year beginning July 1.
We cant consider the impact of these 47 layoffs apart from the larger picture, says Arnett C. Mace Jr., senior vice president for academic affairs and provost. As of July 1, we will be operating with some 700 fewer employees than two years ago and with a budget thats $74 million less.
Originally, more employees were facing layoffs than the current 47, says Andy Brantley, associate vice president for human resources. A number of employees found alternate positions inside or outside the University. Others chose to retire before their positions were eliminated. However, we are less concerned with the numbers than the impact on individuals lives and the workload impact on remaining employees.
Across the state, 18 positions in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences were eliminated.
The cuts to the B-budget units have been particularly severe, and our reductions were made in units that were simply out of money to pay these people, says Dean Gale Buchanan. Three other positions were reduced to part-time jobs.
The Georgia Center for Continuing Education sustained 18 layoffs, including the closure of the American Language Program, which helped potential international students and spouses improve their English. The program was dependent on grants and fees and had been unable to improve its fundraising to cover costs.
While this was valuable for individuals hoping to gain admission to UGA, says Mace, the great majority of our international students have excellent TOEFL [Test of English as a Foreign Language] scores and gain admission to the University without this extra assistance.
In the Vinson Institute of Government, the cuts result from two state department of human resources contracts lost to state budget cuts. Under one, the Vinson Institute has been providing mental health board training for DHR; under the other, it has been providing training in child and family health policy.
Public Service and Outreach eliminated its support for the Museum of Natural History (which now will be funded only from the instruction and research budgets) and eliminated positions in marine extension and international public service and outreach.
Our top priority is helping those who are laid off to find suitable employment at UGA prior to June 30, says Brantley. In the event someone is not, we have plans to provide additional assistance at that time, but we hope it wont be necessary.
A number of University services will continue to be available to laid-off personnel through October, including personal counseling for potential emotional, financial, and legal issues through UGAs Employee Assistance Program. Laid-off employees may take advantage of all services available to alumni through UGAs Career Center, including career counseling, and they may attend programs available through the Training and Development Department. They may retain their UGA e-mail accounts for use in their job search, and UGA Cards to continue to access campus events and services. Existing parking permits may be retained at no additional cost through October, and Ramsey Center memberships may be continued through October, if prepaid.
Tom Jackson (AB 73)
Sibley lecturer Chester Davenport says Horace Ward was his inspiration
Law school pioneer recalls integration
Nearly four decades later, Davenport (LLB 66) was back on campus to deliver the law schools Sibley Lecture in April and to participate in a panel discussion with other law school pioneers
The biggest difference, said Davenport of the law school then and now, is the number of women and minorities.
During his three years in law school, Davenport remained the only African-American. In contrast, this years entering law class is the most diverse in history with 128 women (almost 50 percent of the class) and 62 minority students (24 percent).
Davenport told a packed house in the Chapel that he has often been asked why he chose to apply to UGA: I have one simple answerHorace Ward.
Ward, who was in the audience to hear Davenports story, was the first African-American to formally seek admission to the UGA law school. The year was 1950 and when he was denied, Ward filed a lawsuit contending racial discrimination.
Although he was only in grade school at the time, Davenport recalled thinking that Ward had been treated unfairly. He told his parents that if UGA didnt let him [Ward] in by the time I was old enough to go to law school, Id be the first.
Ward earned his law degree from Northwestern, then returned to Georgia and worked on civil rights cases, including the one that resulted in UGAs integration. He was appointed a U.S. District Court judge in 1979 and currently has senior judge status.
Davenport recalled that in his first class at the law school no one sat within 10 seats of me. After that, faculty used seating charts, which Davenport said signaled their stance on desegregation. Over time, Davenport found friends among some of his classmates and by his third year was involved in founding the Georgia Law Review.
Others followed in his footsteps. Robert Benham (JD 70) was the second African-American graduate of the law school and became chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Sharon Nyota Tucker (JD 74) was the first female African-American graduate and is now a faculty member in political science at Albany State University.
Davenport, now managing director of Georgetown Partners, a private merchant-banking firm in Bethesda, Md., said he attributes his success to his formative years in the law school. I learned a lot from my classmates and I hope they learned from me . . . to deal with each other as human beings, to develop true and rewarding friendships, and to focus on similaritiesnot differences. If we could do it in 63, it should be a piece of cake today.
Sharron Hannon
Enrollment jumps to 825; B.S. in social work is newest offering
Degree programs grow in Gwinnett
The number of students taking advantage of UGA degree programs offered at the Gwinnett University Center continues to grow, with 825 students enrolled in spring 04 compared to 598 in 03.
UGA now offers seven bachelors degree programsas well as graduate degree programs and non-credit continuing education coursesat the center, which is located just off Highway 316 at Collins Hill Road.
Were excited about the growth of UGA degree programs that meet the needs of the Gwinnett community, says Bob Boehmer, UGAs senior administrator in Gwinnett. We offer high-quality programs at a convenient location with flexible schedules to fit the needs of working adults.
Bachelors degree programs are open to transfer students with at least 60 credit hours or those seeking a second degree.
The library at the Gwinnett University Center, which is located between Athens and Atlanta just off Highway 316 at Collins Hill Road.
Other programs include two bachelors degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies offered by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and three Bachelor of Science in Education degrees offered by UGAs College of Education. The newest Gwin-nett program is a Bachelor of Social Work, first offered this spring.
UGA has been providing graduate degree programs and continuing education in Gwinnett since the mid-80s. The College of Education has offered programs in fields ranging from early childhood education to occupational studies. Masters degree programs also are offered in business administration, social work, public administration, and food science and technology.
Starting in fall 2004, UGAs College of Pharmacyin conjunction with the University Systems Intellectual Capital Partnership Programwill offer a graduate-level certificate program to train regulatory affairs professionals in the biosciences industry.
The standards for admission to UGAs degree programs at the Gwinnett University Center are on par with the standards at the main campus in Athens. Transfer students must have at least a 2.5 grade point average and also meet the entrance requirements of the program they choose.
For more information, call 678-407-5364 (undergraduate inquiries) or 678-407-5302 (graduate) or go to www.uga.edu/gwinnett.
Sharron Hannon
Gift from Bob and Maxine Burton saves, refurbishes Tybee Island camp
4-H Center named
One of the great childhood joys for Bob and Maxine Hubbard Burton of Athens was the fun and friendships of participating in the 4-H program and attending 4-H summer camps.
Maxine (BSEd 72, MEd 78) attended camp at Rock Eagle, Wahsega and Tybee Island. Bob (BSA 71) attended camp at Rock Eagle and was a counselor at Tybee Island.
So its not surprising that when Bob and Maxine learned that the 57-year-old Tybee Island camp had fallen into such serious disrepair it might be closed, they immediately offered to help with a donation to the Georgia 4-H Foundation. Their gift, along with smaller contributions, helped pay for urgent repairs and renovations on the camps buildings, and also funded improvements for the camps environmental education program.
In appreciation, UGAwhich operates the 4-H program through its College of Agricultural and Environmental Scienceshas named the camp the Burton 4-H Center on Tybee Island.
The Burtons own Flowers Inc. Balloons in Athens, the largest supplier of balloons and related items in the country. The Tybee Island facility, opened in 1947, is one of five 4-H centers in the state. It operates year-round and can accommodate about 145 young people at one time.
Larry Dendy (ABJ 65)
©2004 by the University of Georgia.
©2004 by the University of Georgia.


text:
Full size version is only available to registered users
Please Register as a New User or Login as Existing User to gain full access to all the photos on this site. Registration is quick and completely free.
Unregistered users can only view full size photos that have been added this month.
A miserable and unrealistic attempt on a seeping Fun Curve Factory.
© Hal Watts
Route: Fun Curve Factory
Climbers: Virgil Scott


text:
A Meriden man is accused of renting more than $200 worth of video games from a Blockbuster store in Naugatuck and then selling them to a gaming store, police said.
Daron Cochrane, 24, of 323 Coe Ave., was charged with sixth-degree larceny for stealing the games, which totaled $212.65 in value, police said.
He was released on a $2,000 court set cash bond and is to be arraigned Wednesday at Waterbury Superior Court.


text:
Was £80.00
Now £40.00
Now £24.00
70% Off
Save a total of £56.00
Standard Delivery
Click & Collect
Navy blue patent leather lace up formal shoes
Item No.0840108429
From Ben Sherman, these lace up formal shoes in navy blue patent leather have a rounded toe and brown sole.
- Upper: leather
- Lining: leather and man made materials
- Sole: man made materials
Deliveries are between 8am - 6pm, Mon - Sat.
FREE if you pay with your Debenhams card
FREE delivery on all orders over £30 (normally £3.99)
Deliver to store for collection ( 160 participating stores ) FREE
Debenhams is happy to exchange or refund your purchase within 28 days providing the goods are in a fully resaleable condition (including tags) and not within the exclusion policy*. This policy does not affect your statutory rights. You can return unwanted items either by visiting your local store (the fastest way to get a refund), by arranging a courier collection or returning by post. Exclusions apply to selected products. For instructions on how to return products and information on Debenhams refund policy visit the returns and refunds section of the website.


text:
Click Below for a Letter From Bishop Sullivan
Assumption School Talent Show
Weekly Communication for May 14th
CAP Training- Phase 1 and Phase 2 Dates
February 11, 2013
Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
Assumption School
2122 Cooper Road
Atco, NJ 08004
Dear Families,
I write to detail some next steps for families as we work through the remainder of the school year.
- The parish will forward registration fees already paid and the $1,000 parish voucher to the new Catholic school for each child registered at the school by March 27, 2013 (for Catholic schools both in and out of the Camden Diocese)
Please note that any past due tuition will be deducted from what the parish sends to the new schools.
- The parish will refund registration fees to families who do not enroll in another Catholic School.
- The school will forward tuition assistance applications for families who applied for assistance to the new Catholic school (this applies only to families who register their children at another school in the Camden Diocese). As a result, families will not have to apply for assistance at the new school.
Please contact us if you have any questions
Fr. Tom


text:
GreatSchools Rating
Teacher quality
Principal leadership
Parent involvement
My child loved this school, he transferred from another nearby "not so great school." At this school he felt very welcomed, he thought his teacher was awesome. They are always doing fun activities. The staff here is very friendly and informative, the principle genuinely cares about the school and students. The students receive certificates, awards and recognition for their achievements. Very positive environment, there's a perfect amount of parental involvement. My only regret is not sending him here sooner.
I have a 5 year old son going there & he just loves going to school there. He comes home & tells me the things they do in class & the lessons that he's learning. I noticed that the teachers really care about my son's education as well as safety & well-being.
I have bean going to this school all my life.It is a good school.The teachers and office workers are always kind and help you with something if you need help.The school is clean ,orginezed,and big.They provied the stuff we need to teach the student write. Go Tigers!!! Only the best is good enough!!!!
This school has gone thru many changes. During the past year, the principal, vice principal and office personnel have retired or resigned. There are now new personnel and new ideas, which are great...but gives us a little time to adjust to the changes, please. This was a great school and is now becoming a better school. The only thing that really bothers me...whenever I ask a question to any staff, whether office or teaching, they are rude and act as if you are bothering them. I wonder if they treat the kids this way as well? Good Luck Tigers!
Community ratings and reviews do not represent the views of GreatSchools nor does GreatSchools check their accuracy or verify the reviewers' identities. Use your discretion when evaluating these reviews.
The Community Rating is the school's average rating from its community members (e.g., parents, students, and school staff). The highest possible rating is five stars; the lowest is one star.
3620 South Sandhill
Las Vegas, NV 89121
Phone: (702) 799-7750
To start a new list, click OK. Otherwise click Cancel.
Thank you! You will begin to receive newsletters from us shortly.
Great work! Only one more step. Now we just need you to verify your email address. Please click on the link in the email we just sent you to complete your registration.
Great work! Only one more step. Now we just need you to verify your email address. Please click on the link in the email we just sent you to submit your review.
Please click on the link in the verification email we just sent you to complete your change of email address.
Whoops! It looks like we still need to verify your email. To do so, please click on the link in the email we sent you. Can't find the e-mail? Click the button below and we'll send you a new one.
Thanks for registering. Welcome to GreatSchools, the largest online community committed to improving educational outcomes through parental involvement.
Thanks for verifying your updated email address.
Oops! You haven't verified your email address yet. To do so, please click on the link in the email we sent you. Can't find the email? Click the button below to receive a new one.
Oops! That email verification link has expired. Please click the button below to receive a new one.
Create an account to submit your answers.
Sign in with an existing GreatSchools account or using Facebook:
Your review has been posted to GreatSchools.
Share with friends! Post your opinion of George E Harris Elementary School on Facebook.
Welcome to GreatSchools!
For principals and school officials, we offer a special Enhanced School Profile (ESP) which allows you to update and add information about your school, as well as respond to reviews. If you are a school official, click Continue to start.
Please note that it can take up to 48 hours for your comment to be posted to our site. While you're here, we'd like to invite you to fill out a survey on your school's programs, activities, and extracurriculars. It only takes a few minutes and will help parents get a full picture of your school.
Continue to compare the schools you have already selected or Edit schools to change your selection.
Get started now! You have successfully registered and can now start updating your Official School Profile. The information you provide is extremely valuable in helping parents and students learn more about your school, so thanks for taking the time!
Thank you for registering as a school leader. We just need to verify your email address. We've sent you an email - please click on the link in that message to get started editing your school's information!
Thanks! We just sent you an email – please click on the link in the email to post your answers.
Get timely updates for George E Harris Elementary School, including performance data and recently posted user reviews.


text:
If your wallet is feeling a little light these days, it may be because you're getting ripped off on products or services you're purchasing. Ripoffs are everywhere these days, some can be avowed; other you simple can't. The kicker to groin area is that these ripoffs are perfectly legal, yet they add up, leaving you fleeced, angry and light in the wallet.
You know you're overpaying for all sorts of things in your daily or weekly purchases. Just check some of your grocery receipts and gas bills, and you'll see some of the extra charges are tacked onto every purchase. So, I wanted to shine a light on the overpriced stuff and ripoffs that are depleting our wallets with everyday purchases.
Car Parts at the Dealership
This is where they really stick it to you, and they know you'll buy the car part at the end of the day. I recently went through this with BMW due to my compressor crapping out. Long story short, the compressor was $1,500 at BMW, yet due to some connections and a good friendship, I manged to score the same part for $650. The only difference between the two was that the compressor from BMW came in a fancy BMW box, while the other came in a standard generic box. And the real kicker was that both were produced by the same company in Germany.
According to my source at BMW, on average BMW parts are marked up 200%, while some are marked up even more.The thinking behind this is simple:
- Your car is out of service
- You need your car to get to work and do daily things
- You're desperate and want to fix your problem
- Your lack of knowledge on car parts and the problem as a whole
Paying to Order
This one boggles my mind, yet most travelers are accepting that it's okay to pay for fees for booking tickets online. As a regular business traveler, and someone who books tickets online, why should it be fair to pay an additional fee to book my flight online? I'm already giving you my business by deciding to do business with a given airline, and now you're going to stick it to me further? It's unfair!
What about those fees for checking your bags and reserving seats? Air Canada charges up to $22 for reserving a seat. Most airlines are now charging $25 for the first checked bag and up to $50 for the second one. This is why I rarely fly Air Canada and opt for other airlines.
Wireless Reconnection Fees
Telecom companies are notorious for charging additional fees. Here are few, just in case you forgot – 75 cents for "911 fee", "$6.95 network connection" fee and the famous $25 reconnection fee for your new cellphone or data phone. Most cell phone providers will charge you $25 to reconnect your wireless phone.For example if you lose your phone or drop it in the water, you'll need a new wireless phone, and if purchasing your new phone wasn't enough, you'll also get hit with a $25 reconnection fee.
Land Transfer Tax
As if paying property taxes wasn't enough, we also have to pay a land-transfer tax bashed on the sale price of the property. All provinces with the exception of Nova Scotia participate in this surcharge tax. Here in Toronto, the city charges you in addition to the provincial tax, a municipal levy. In British Columbia, the tax rate charged is one percent on the first $200,000 of the sale price, plus two percent on anything over that. So, if you were to buy a $300,000 home, you'd get dinged with $4,000 in extra taxes.
Utility Hidden Charges
Utility companies such as gas companies charge for the delivery of the gas to your household. Enbridge Gas charges roughly 0.7 cents per cubic meter for the delivery charge of the gas to your home. Furthermore, they also charge for transporting natural gas through pipelines from Western Canada and the United States to Ontario – the cost of transpiration is directly passed onto the consumer.
Click on the link and find out what it costs to purchase gas from Enbridge!
Paying to Pay
This one hurts a lot – you're paying to pay something. City of Toronto charges $1.50 per online payment for your parking ticket. So, for example your parking ticket is $30, you have 15 days to pay, and on the 15th day you decide to pay the charge online and in a timely manner. Guess what though, your total cost is now $31.50, because you're being charged for being a faithful on-time citizen that just want's to pay your parking ticket.
Statement Charge
Most service providers are charging their clients an additional fee for statements that are printed and mailed out. The only way to avoid these charges is have it e-mailed or for you to view your statement online. For example, I have my wireless service with Telus, and if I want my statement mailed every month, that would be an additional $2.00 per month or $24 per year.
My parents have their long distance plan with Primus Canada, who charges them 50 cents for every statement they mail out to them. That's an additional $6 they've paying every year.
That being said I'll rationalize, and I realize the benefit of e-statements – less trees are vut down and therefore less waste is produced. However, as a loyal customer you hate to see additional surcharges on your monthly statement. As for my parents, who are approaching their 60s, they do things the old school way, and prefer to see the statements in person rather than scouring for them online.
Final Thoughts
When extra fees are excluded from prices, you feel surprised, shocked and abused. Your trust in sellers is gone. The integrity of the shopping experience is in tatters. Yet majority of the sellers refrain from talking about their additional surcharges that will illustriously appear on your monthly statements.
Readers, how do you feel about hidden charges? Do you feel ripped off? Could you add any other surprsing fees and/or charges that you're getting ripped off with?
Thanks for reading!


text: MW2012 Workshop: "Creating Your Social Media Strategy" slideshare.net Last week I presented a Social Media workshop at Museums and the Web 2012 in San Diego, along with JiaJia Fei of the Guggenheim Museum, and Lindsay Martin of Lord Cultural Resources. The slides are now available online for you all to see, so please check 'em out! Museums and the Web MW2012 Social Media Museums


text:
Latest Review by Trusted Reviews
It has been said on the review that Samsung L310W isn't good as you thought, there's many other camera on the market which offer good features with affordable price also.
"Although its build-quality, overall performance and especially its low-light focusing are impressive, and the optional manual exposure is a welcome bonus, it's hard to recommend the L310W as a useful camera based on its unimpressive image quality."
As well as its offers a 28mm-equivalent wide angle on a 3.6x zoom lens, optical image stabilization, 3200 ISO maximum sensitivity and a 2.7-inch monitor. It also has the usual list of advanced features, including face, blink and smile detection, plus the added bonus of USB battery charging, a handy feature that means you only have to take your laptop charger with you when you go on holiday.
[ Source trustedreviews Via digitalcameratracker ]


text:
2004-03-18 / Front Page
Residents speak up on proposed new Village Hall
While there were questions and concerns raised at an informational hearing on a proposal to build a new Amityville Village Hall, residents clearly gave the board a message: move forward, but cautiously.
You must be an online subscriber to view this story.
- Login to post comments


text:
HoopsHype Dwane Casey rumors
Josh Lewenberg: Casey wants to get DeRozan/Lowry's mins down a tad over the final 6 weeks, acknowledges that won't be easy w/ games becoming more meaningful Twitter @JLew1050
Head coach Dwane Casey wouldn't quibble about his 1-of-9 shooting in the game, saying the effort was there. If anything, he thought his sophomore centre might have been trying too hard. But Casey was not about to say Valanciunas couldn't use the break in the schedule that comes with the all-star weekend. "He needs a rest," Casey said. "He needs a mental rest. Again, he was trying. I thought he did a good job of rebounding but he couldn't buy a bucket. But he did an excellent job of using his length against them getting rebounds." Toronto Sun
With a 16-9 record in his last 25 games, a Coach of the Month award for December on his mantle and a legitimate opportunity to get the Raptors to the playoffs for the first time in seven years, Dwane Casey could hardly be blamed for pestering the Toronto front office for a contract extension. But, as a source told Sporting News, that hasn't been the case—there have been, "no really significant discussions," on extending Casey's contract, which runs up at the end of this season. Sporting News
Instead, it appears that Casey and the Raptors will finish out what has been a decidedly strange year in Toronto, and re-evaluate. That's perfectly fine with Casey, who would have no problem returning to his home in Seattle and focusing on lures and casts rather than Xs and Os. "I never worried about having a job," Casey said. "I say that with all sincerity. I never worried about losing a job, getting a job. Because I learned a long time ago how to fish." Sporting News
Josh Lewenberg: Casey on Ross: "He will be on everyone's radar. Now you have to step it up… you've got to make different decisions" Twitter @JLew1050
Josh Lewenberg: Casey, asked about job security: "I learned a long time ago how to fish... I don't expect anybody to give me a fish, I expect to earn it" Twitter @JLew1050
Dwight Buycks is back with the Toronto Raptors, but for how long remains a question. Buycks, signed this past summer off a solid summer league stint in Orlando to add some depth at the point guard position, spent five games with the Bakersfield Jam of the D-League averaging 23 minutes a game, 12.4 points and four assists a night before his recall yesterday. "He had some good stints down there and that was kind of what we wanted him to go for, about five games and bring him back," Raptors head coach Dwane Casey said. "He may go back down, but I believe in the D-League. I think it's great for young players, it's great for experience especially with us not having a lot of hard practice days with so many games this month." Toronto Sun
Josh Lewenberg: Casey on Giannis: "He's like a young colt. He's kind of gangly all over the place. He's still growing… He's a promising young player" Twitter @JLew1050
Josh Lewenberg: Casey on DeRozan/Lowry's All-Star bids: "I don't know if we can get 2 but I'm going to push 2 and hope to get one", says both are deserving Twitter @JLew1050
"The last two games (against Miami and Indiana) should tell us how far we still have to go," Casey told me. "Those are two very talented teams with established programs. They've tasted the conference finals and (Miami) has tasted a championship. They know big play moments. You think you are playing well (against them) and then boom, here comes a haymaker. They know those moments and those are the moments with physicality, toughness, focus and concentration you've got to recognize as a player out there on the court. We are still trying to get there and that's our challenge. "There's no reason for any of us to be content or satisfied or to be able to be happy. We should still be hungry. We've gotta' play as a hungry team." Yahoo! Sports
Josh Lewenberg: Casey: "Until we get four or five Michael Jordans in here... we've got to stick with our plan with a young team & see which way it takes us" Twitter @JLew1050
Any rumor missing? E-mail us at firstname.lastname@example.com.


text:
Xenetic Biosciences Plc
Pharmaceutical Preparations United Kingdom
Similar to: Cephalon, Inc., Pernix Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., Sareum Holdings Plc
Xenetic Biosciences Plc is engaged in the development of drug and vaccine delivery systems and proprietary products in the fields of protein drugs, vaccines and oncology. It provides specialist delivery solutions to improve the efficacy and performance of drugs and vaccines in a number of key medical areas including oncology. The company's product pipeline includes polyxen, imuxen and oncohist. Xenetic Biosciences was founded by Gregory Gregoriadis in 1997 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.


text:
Choose your preferred language. We speak English and 41 other languages.
Most often used by people in the United States
All languages
Saved to list
Save to a list
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Esmeralda 1366, Retiro, C1007ABT Buenos Aires – Show map
Excellent location – rated 9/10! (score from 500 reviews)
Rated by guests after their stay at Feir's Park Hotel.
Low rates
No booking fees • Save money! Best price guarantee — enter dates to see these prices!
846 properties in Buenos Aires
Including hotels, apartments, villas and more.
500 verified reviews
We verify all reviews from guests who have stayed at Feir's Park Hotel. Find out more.
They speak your language
Feir's Park Hotel's staff speaks: Spanish, English
Booking is safe
When you book with us your details are protected by a secure connection.
Outdoor Pool, Terrace, Sun Deck
Sauna, Fitness Center, Solarium
Food & Drink
Bar, Breakfast in the Room
Public parking is available on site (reservation is needed) and costs USD 19 per day.
Room Service, Shuttle Service (surcharge), Airport Shuttle (surcharge), 24-Hour Front Desk, Tour Desk, Baggage Storage, Concierge Service, Laundry, Dry Cleaning, Ironing Service, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Business Center
Safe, Non-smoking Rooms, Family Rooms, Elevator, Soundproof Rooms, Heating, Hypoallergenic room available
Spanish, English
From 2:00 PM
Until 12:00 PM
Cancellation and prepayment policies vary according to room type. Please enter the dates of your stay and check what conditions apply to your preferred room.
Children and Extra Beds
All children are welcome.
Free! All children under 2 years stay free of charge when using existing beds.
One older child or adult is charged USD 50 per night in an extra bed.
The maximum number of cribs in a room is 1.
Any type of extra bed or crib is upon request and needs to be confirmed by management.
Additional fees are not calculated automatically in the total cost and will have to be paid for separately during your stay.
Pets are not allowed.
Cards accepted at this property
Hover over the credit cards for more info.
Ideal Alternatives for You
Based on 500 reviews
Value for money
Show reviews from:
Globales Republica Wellness & SpaLatest booking: 2 hours ago There are 7 people looking at this hotel.
Centrally located in Buenos Aires, Merit San Telmo offers accommodation in the trendy San Telmo neighbourhood. The property has free WiFi access in all areas.
Score from 83 reviews Excellent
A panoramic rooftop pool and sun deck area can be enjoyed 50 metres from the Obelisk. Gym facilities and a sauna are available. The tour desk can arrange show tickets.
Score from 1175 reviews Excellent
Claridge provides neo-classical luxury in the heart of Buenos Aires, only a quarter mile from 9 de Julio Avenue.
Score from 1677 reviews Good
Exe Hotel Colón is in the heart of Buenos Aires, on Avenida 9 de Julio, 3.5 miles from Jorge Newbery Airport. The tasteful suites offer scenic views of the Obelisk.
Score from 2628 reviews Good
Everything were excellent. Staff, location, price, confort, etc..
Sauna should be maintenance slow to get warm but good!
- Kindness of the Staff - Position of the Hotel
- room furniture and interior design of the bathroom need to be uodated
Very friendly staff in a good quiet location in the city centre. Large room that was well equipped. Breakfast was good.
The bar is in evening was poor. Staff continually made a lot of noise clearing up / preparing the bar area while we were trying to have a drink.
spacious rooms
food from room service was just bad.
Beautifully located with easy access to the historic centre of BA.
Spacious and clean. Quiet.
Mold in the bathroom
Amazing bed, very comfortable, and the room was very silent despite hotel being in down town BA
Bathroom was a bit dated.
Price is good. Breakfast is good, there are japanese beakfast. And there are teapot and tea cup for making tea, that's quite confortble for chinese people.
The rooms looks dark, maybe because the furnichers are old.
Very well located
Paper thin walls
Room Size and Jacuzzi
Very helpful staff, good location, good breakfast.
Breakfast room could be made more appealing.
staff was really friendly and helpful breakfast was continental, fresh orange and grapefruit juices, coffee was good, late check out till 15:00 was granted excellent location and still relatively safe
coffee bags in the room were not complimentary in downtown BA even on 12th floor no view :-( room was not like advertised (carpet instead of wooden floor
Bath room
clean but basic
noisy room upstairs, breakfast is also basic
Hotel very well located - was attending a conference close to it (Sheraton) and could go there by feet in 4-5 min. Room itself was very big, bed was comfortable, and wifi was good too. Breakfast was nice.
Sheer luxury at very reasonable price. Location, location locacion.English speaking staff. Nothing was too much trouble .
That we couldn't stay longer.
Location, spacious rooms, helpful staff, reliable wifi, breakfast
Hotel needs a complete renovation. If you have noisy neighbours, you can hear them.
Construction work noise on the 9th floor during the day where my room was located (rm.#903).
We were upgraded at no cost to a suite. The suite was incredible. It was spacious and luxurious. The hotel itself is quite pretty and in a great area near to Recoleta, which is an unbelievable necropolis, and other prime tourist areas. The staff was always pleasant. We received wake up calls in the morning unlike the previous hotel we were in. All of our questions about the area and tourist trips were answered courteously and thoroughly. The breakfasts were great and food was plentiful. We would have loved our stay even if we were in an ordinary room. As to the upgrade, I have other friends who went there and the same thing happened.
Actually there were no negatives.
The hotel is located on a great area, in the front of a good supermarket and a few blocks from the Alvear ave. If you plan to go to a restaurant at night, you have to call a taxi because there are no restaurants to go walking. The room is big, clean and the furniture are well maintained. The bathroom is Ok. The staff is very great.
The breakfast is regular, but this failure is very common in this country.
Everything fine.
Nothing to complain.
Room was gigantic. With a balcony. Not much to see though, unless you like the roofs of buses.
Desperately wants to be upmarket, but a little ragged round the edges. Bathroom pokey. I challenge anyone to sit square on the toilet. Waiter was in my way at every turn at breakfast!
Good all round good location in city. Room had great bed and patio for a bottle of Argentina wine or champagne. Florida calle close. Taxis cheap..
Wi-fi slow. Breakfast boring. And simple. Overall wonderful time
Helpful staff, convenient location, large room, reliable WiFi, great afternoon coffee
My booked room with a balcony actually looked out toward a wall, so no daylight. The plus was that it was very quiet…almost too quiet!
AS usual, after my hmmmm 20-25th?( I have lsy count!) stay at Feirs park over the last 5 years it never ceases to amaze me how they maintain the level of consistency of excellent service , great staff, and wonderful rooms. There is NOWHERE else I would rather stay than at Feirs Park, while in Buenos Aries, great location, quiet neighbourhood, supermarket right across the road, my favourite hair salon EVER just up the road, excellent places to walk to and always a bright smile when I return. They are like "family" to me, and I believe they treat me the same way, I look forward to going to there. A MUST place to stay. Keep up the good work Feirs Park!
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm let me think, still thinking, still thinking, oh, I Know, the tiny elevators,, that's about it!
Most Popular Cities
We've negotiated with thousands of hotels to get the very best deals. We call them Secret Deals and they only last for a limited time.
You can get these deals for free by subscribing to our newsletters. You can even choose your favorite destinations to receive personalized deals.
Get started now by entering your email address. We'll instantly send you a link to our Deal Finder!
Don't worry – your email address is safe with us. We'll never share your private information and you can unsubscribe at any time.


text:
With the state of today's job market one might think it would give rise to a new type of profession aimed at dealing with the stressors. The reality is, industrial organizational psychologists have been in place in many companies long before this economic downturn, helping to create a productive work environment for management and employees. However, the need seems to be greater than ever and the popularity of this career path has increased, leading one university to expand its present program.
The gift
Thanks to the generosity of alumnus Irwin Helford, Roosevelt University is starting a doctoral program at its Schaumburg Campus in industrial organizational psychology and has hired Adrian Thomas of Auburn University as the founding director. This is the University's first Ph.D. program. Plans are to begin admitting students in the fall of 2011.
Helford, who retired in 2002 as chairman emeritus of Viking Office Products and vice chairman of Office Depot, donated $1 million to the university.
"Roosevelt has had the largest master's-level IO program in the area for the past 10 years," says James P. Choca, director of Roosevelt's Psychology Department. "The Ph.D. sequence is a logical expansion of our program. It will be a student-centered, four-year program for highly talented and motivated students."
Thomas, who will be the Helford Professor of Industrial-Organizational Psychology, has an extensive background in this field doing everything from creating curriculum and teaching courses to mentoring students and acquiring funds.
"The program at Roosevelt will be based on the apprenticeship model used at some of the top IO programs in the country," he says. "This model emphasizes research, practicum, and internships in an effort to highlight real world experiences over classroom learning."
What is it?
According to Mark Kiel, associate professor at Argosy University, The Society for Industrial & Organizational Psychology Inc. describes IOs as: "
versatile behavioral scientists specializing in human behavior in the work place."
"Traditionally, the 'industrial' portion has focused on personnel, personal and engineering psychology issues; and the 'organizational' has focused on systemic issues, leadership dynamics, and organizational assessment and culture," Kiel says. "Both traditions use research and theory to inform workplace practices."
IOs are dedicated to applying psychology to people in the workplace, says Roya Ayman, professor and head of the division of Industrial and Organizational Psychology School at Illinois Institute of Technology, Institute of Psychology.
"No, they are not 'shrinks'," she adds. "Rather, their field of psychology tries to understand and measure human behavior to improve employees' satisfaction in their work, employers' ability to select and promote the best people, and to generally make the workplace better for the men and women who work there. They do this by creating tests and by designing products such as training courses, selection procedures and surveys."
What they do?
IOs apply scientific methods to topics ranging from hiring and employee selection, to socialization and training of workers, work life balance strategies, promotion and/or turnover of employees, to succession planning and associated issues, says Thomas.
"For instance, a company with a high turnover rate may be required to invest much time and effort in training and developing new personnel only to see them leave," adds Choca. "Such a company may benefit from studying the possible reasons for the turnover and the characteristics of the employees who stay with the company as opposed to those who leave. At the upper end of the employee hierarchy, the company's board may want to explore the different attributes of the prospective candidates in order to consider the advantages and disadvantages that each of the candidates may present for the company."
The field includes many roles. Some graduates work in organizations and some become consultants. Those within organizations work in a variety of capacities from human resources to training and development.
"I use the analogy of medical doctors," says Ayman. "We all need doctors to help us prevent illness and to help us find cures. Organizations need IO psychologists and their expertise to help prevent the organization from facing major challenges or to help the organization manage it.
"For example, we help in training the leadership of organizations to be more effective. We help employees and organization in work/family interface. And issues related to safety and productivity are topics of interest to us. We are also very concerned about the inclusiveness of the workplace both in the hiring practices, as well as the climate of inclusion and the factors that affect all this."
Get educated
Special Advertising Section
Industrial organizational psychologists keep things humming
- 1
- 2
- next
- | single page
Adrian Thomas, far right, is the founding director of Roosevelt Universitys new industrial organizational psychology Ph.D program. (July 18, 2014)
- 1
- 2
- next
- | single page


text:
Am I weird for thinking this?
I wish there was a one-month break between each of the new episodes. @_@ If they broadcast one episode per week it will be over so quickly.
And god knows we will hyperventilate/live on one episode for a month EASILY, hahaha.
YES. We survived for over a year on three. I think we can handle a month, okay? We got this.
BBC, are you listening?
#I think if we had three new episodes dumped on us all at once we'd die #too many feelings at once #Sherlock overdose
Sig speaks the truth.
I wholeheartedly agree with all of the above. Three weeks and then it'll all be over again?! D8


text:
It doesn't always happen to the other guy and it won't happen to you if you don't drink and drive.
December, four years ago, I was driving home drunk when I hit a car head on. Vehicular homicide. Yes I killed an innocent person who was totally undeserving to die.
Now, three years into a 14-year prison sentence, I want to tell you that it's not getting any easier to live with. There is no fixing this. Nothing I can do and no amount of prison time can ever make this right.
I'm not writing this looking for forgiveness or for anyone to feel sorry for me. I'm hoping I can tell you that magic something that will make you stop and think before you drink and do what I did. The special words that make you remember it's not just the one who died whose life is affected. It's affecting their family, friends, co-workers and neighbors. The list is long.
All are left behind to pick up the pieces, spiritually and financially. How should you feel if some drunken driver took your husband, wife or one of your kids from you? Yeah, me too!
Nobody drives drunk and plans on hurting anyone, but it happens. The fact of being sorry isn't going to help much.
That sick feeling I got when I was first told what I had done is still with me today. Everything reminds me of it in one way or another. There is no looking your peers in the eye, just shame, consumed with guilt, no self-respect. Self-worth is right down there with the burden I have become to my family. Like I said before, being sorry doesn't help much.
Now here I am, a guest of the state. I live with the rest of the trash you read about in the newspaper.
So what I need from you, while I'm here doing my time, is to learn from me and the disaster I've turned my life into so this doesn't happen to you - and more importantly you don't do what I did to those undeserving many.
It only takes one time. There is no way to change what I have done, but there is a chance for you! The change has to be right now.
Tonight could be too late! I would rather have eaten a bullet that morning to stop what happened that day. If only I had known.
The only way to know is to please ... please don't drink and drive.
Ray Lindgren
Stafford Creek Corrections Center
Aberdeen, Wash.
More like this story
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.