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If these walls could talk: 103 S. Ohio
Continuing our "virtual" journey through the history of various Culver buildings, we're still wandering around notable spots west of Culver's downtown, before heading to another part of town entirely. And, since we strolled by the Culver Post Office last time out, we're now at the door of what is today Culver's only locally-based (if not locally-owned) pharmacy, CVS, at 103 S. Ohio Street.
A great many Culverites, myself included, have to check ourselves lest we call the place "Hook's," its moniker when the doors first opened in 1974. It was not, of course, always so. For most of the 20th century, the property was home to private residences, once of which, according to Elisabeth (Zechiel) Davis, had been the house of her uncle, Jesse Zechiel, who in the 1920s and `30s operated the Cloverleaf Dairy just west across the alley, in the building today occupied by Hammer's Garage.
A varierty of names were associated with 103 S. Ohio prior to Hook's arriving, including in 1960 dentist John Oldham (whose practice was in the basement of the NIPSCO building at Main and Washington Streets; Oldham didn't stay in Culver many years, practicing elsewhere in Indiana before retiring to Georgia prior to his deaeth in 2005). In 1961, Jesse Lore was listed as living there, and in 1964, Harold Eustis. Interestingly, the 1974 Culver phone directory lists the address as home to both Samuel Barnett and Hook's Pharmacy! The latter was presumably a later addition to the phone book that year, the store's first in Culver.
In many ways, the saga of Hook's and its later incarnations is a microcosm of the story of the American small business in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Hook's Drugs was founded as one pharmacy in October, 1900, by pharmacist John A. Hook in Indianapolis. A second store eventually gave way to a large chain of Hook's pharmacies across the Hoosier State. It was ironic, then, that what had started as a small, neighborhood business would play the role of something of a corporate monolith when word spread in 1973 and 1974 that a Hook's branch was planning to open in Culver.
Kay Tusing remembers her husband, Ron, traveling to Indianapolis as word spread, to attempt to talk Hook's executives into finding another locale for their drug store, which at the time must have seemed like a "big box" store compared to the two competing pharmacies on Main Street at the time: Tusing's own Mr. T's (the former Culver City Drugs), on the west side of South Main, and the McKinnis Pharmacy (formerly Rector's) on the east side of North Main. Both locally-owned businesses had operated at their respective sites for much of the 20th century, and there was little doubt that, as the cliched Old Western catch-phrase goes, "This town ain't big enough for all of ya."
Surely changeing times and increased mobility had already taken a bite out of Tusing's and McKinnis' business, but the arrival of Hook's certainly had an impact, and the two eventually merged into a competing operation of similar size on Academy Road in 1977. All in all, their endeavor succeeded well enough, since Mr. T's -- even after the death of Rob McKinnis -- continued to draw a hefty local customer base into 1998, when Tusing himself passed away.
It's further ironic, then, that Hook's itself would fall victim to the trend of increasing corporatization in America.
The Rite Aid chain attempted a hostile takeover of Hook's, but was outbid in 1985 by the Kroger Company, though after about a year, the privately-held Hook's-SupeRx took it on. Since the corporation had acquired New England-based Brooks Pharmacies in 1988, a chain of pharmacies operated under that name out east, though under the same ownership as Hook's. In 1994 Revco acquired Hook's, and Culver residents likely remember the big Hook's logo on the east side of the building on Ohio Street giving way to Revco's.
Revco itself once had over 2,500 stores under its belt and boasted over $2.2 billion dollars in sales. The interested reader may enjoy a visit to Wikipedia to learn all the trials and tribulations of Revco and Rite Aid (potential monopoly and so forth), but to make that long story short, eventually CVS Pharmacy purchased the Revco chain (which included the former Hook's stores) in June, 1997, closing a number of the stores.
Rhode Island-based CVS today is the second largest pharmacy chain in America (second to Walgreens), which will come as no shock to those stumbling into its stores at virtually every city in the Midwest. There are over 7,000 stores in 41 states and Puerto Rico.
Rumor has it Culver's CVS building is the oldest still operating in Indiana, which may also feel odd to those who still think of it as something of the "new kid" here. And corporate politics aside, the store has certainly been home to a number of well-known local folks as cashiers, pharmacists, and store managers. It's also fulfilled many a medicinal -- or just plain practical -- needs for Culverites, selling as it does a wide array of everything from cleaning supplies to snacks, office supplies to reading material.
In fact, your editor spent many happy childhood minutes (hours?) making use of its comic book rack and toy aisle, as my own children do today (well, minus the comics, nowadays). It was also a popular destination for neighborhood children to save their pennies for baseball cards, a candy bar, or other treat. For some reason, though, the manager in the 1980s insisted we wear both shoes and shirt, right in the middle of summer in Culver, unreasonable tyrant that he was!


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|2012-10-11, 02:52
|Link #37501
That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
Hmmm well sure.
I need something that fulfills Setsura's role of multi-weapon to be able to respond to all ranges.
Setsuna is a sort of mode that allows Byakushiki to perform at its highest limit, ignoring the limits of the pilot.
I need to find ways to make up and even improve upon both.
|2012-10-11, 02:58
|Link #37502
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
You could make the two interface with each other to improve Ichika's control or help his awareness during fights.
|2012-10-11, 03:03
|Link #37503
That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
Setsuna doesn't have a physical form. It's just what Ichika calls his trick of using the IS to control his body instead of the other way around. This allows him to move according to the limits of the IS instead of his own body. The downside is that since the human body can't move at that rate or react that quickly, he's basically tearing his own body apart since his body and the IS aren't moving in sync.
Oh...Setsuna is just waht I came up with.
|2012-10-11, 03:08
|Link #37504
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
|2012-10-11, 03:24
|Link #37506
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2009
As of right now, I don't have anymore ideas to suggest unfortunately. Sorry if I wasn't to much of help.
|2012-10-11, 06:06
|Link #37508
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
Techwank, obviously.
All Ichika need for that matter is a buffer medium, Panzer Igel in my fanon also has such problem, less about speed and more about the resulting force. Like forcing a 40 ton MiG-31 beyond 5 g maneuver, that's going to be hellish experience for any pilot.
Rito has the I.S. create not only armor, but specialized G-suit that work like artificial muscle, inflate and deflate as needed, in any part. It's inspired by Evangelion's plugsuit, and real life concept of smart material.
|2012-10-11, 07:54
|Link #37509
That one guy
Join Date: Nov 2011
with Eagle's suggestion. I wondered if I should just create a full mode shift with Ichika.
I am very tempted to just completely replace Yukihira with Origane :/
Setsura full dress:
-Formal/normal mode
-Regalia/Fortress mode
-Bare/speed mode
-Party/cannon mode
This means Byakushiki would become a true 4th gen IS
|2012-10-11, 09:58
|Link #37511
Titans Test Team Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Elysium
Thinking of having the Sen no Nami buster sword equipped with a variable-output EMP blaster to stun enemies and hold them in place for the user to deliver the final blow.
Call it cheap, but I see it as a "Delivering Judgment Unto Thee" kind of feature.
|2012-10-11, 10:04
|Link #37512
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
Well, from a perspective, it's a hax weapon just like Yukihira... if used right that is. Just remember: limitation and balancing.
In mine, EMP weapon is less temporary stun and more like constant degradation overtime (poison/burn) because the nature of I.S.
Conventional EMP bomb is essentially useless in my verse, being too brief (it does make Golems angry still)
|2012-10-11, 10:12
|Link #37513
~ Your Smile ~
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: 346Pro
Age: 32
Known only by his internet handle and made infamous by his foreign looks and otakuism for all things IS, Irish is an ordinary high schooler living in Tokyo. He always has been a little too lacking in self-confidence to stand out. Instead, he takes it out on the IS simulator games in backalley arcades or playing MMOs using an old NerveGear he salvaged. But one day, his record high score in I's Combat Online was broken, leading him to an encounter with Karon, the leader of a fringe paramilitary cell known only as SHOOTiNG ST@R...
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|2012-10-11, 10:12
|Link #37514
Titans Test Team Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Elysium
In that case, what would be useful for stunning/petrifying IS-type units?
Also, as to who/what inspired me to come up with that feature, you may thank this guy. Only his method of stun/petrify is chanting reversed Greek verses, sorta like a spell, before initiating a Power Walk and hammering the poor fella who got on his bad side.
|2012-10-11, 10:16
|Link #37515
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
EMP could just work as stun/petrify assuming it's powerful enough to pierce Absolute Defense in an instant (rather than corrodes/seep through it), but by then, it's an energy-hogging piece of a weapon, just like Yukihira, or any G3 weapon for that matter.
The 'temporary' part in the stun can be justified as I.S. repairing it's own wiring. Conventional machines don't do that, hence permanent damage.
Lun's gen-3 weapon is just that, making a weak but wide area EMP field that multiple enemies and confuse their sensor a little, or focused it and bind single enemy in one spot, using Image interface as 'reflector and lens'. (virtually making an EMP flashlight) Her machine by itself is a weak combatant in statistic -some unit SHRUG her unfocused attack even-, but it's one hell of an Electronic Warfare Machine and is a table-turning element in team battle.
|2012-10-11, 10:33
|Link #37518
Titans Test Team Pilot
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: The Elysium
I see. For the Sen no Nami's case, it'll only have focused blast that it'll bind an opponent in one spot.
In the story, it's mentioned why the Minerva, despite being technologically-challenged, still sports weaponry that outstrips the IS' in terms of lethality. Reason being the Minerva is developed by an external, secret organization which pays no attention to controlled weaponry like standard military and even IS equipment.
Despite being complete, the Minerva is still a prototype unit (being the only one of its kind) hence its subjected to variable-output systems and equipment. A few of the Spec Modules have this trait as well.
|2012-10-11, 10:38
|Link #37519
I am no one
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Inside your head
One of the units that somewhat resistant to the effect would be Panzer Igel and Garuda Lion, their armor is so thick that it includes redundant faraday cages as part of the layers. Tabane also modified Golem III with such feature. Meaning that form the get go, Lun is always under constant threat of Worf Effect, she never really rendered useless though.
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Lumos Networks Corp. Announces CFO Transition
WAYNESBORO, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Lumos Networks Corp. ("Lumos Networks" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: LMOS), a fiber-based service provider of data, voice and IP-based telecommunication services in the Mid-Atlantic region announced that the Board of Directors of the Company has appointed Johan G. Broekhuysen, the Company's Vice President, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, to serve as interim Chief Financial Officer effective today. Mr. Broekhuysen is succeeding Harold L. Covert who is resigning as CFO for family reasons. Mr. Covert will provide transition services through September 2014. The Company is beginning a search process for Mr. Covert's permanent successor.
"On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank Hal for his service to the Company and wish him the very best," said Tim Biltz, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Hal joined us in September of 2011 as we were preparing to become a public company. He played an important role in all that we accomplished during his three years with us and we are grateful for his continued help during this transition." Mr. Biltz continued, "We are committed to carrying out a thorough search to identify the right CFO candidate to join our company as we continue to pursue our transformation goals of expanding our fiber network within our core markets and edge out markets, growing our fiber-based broadband services, and expanding our FTTC carrier Ethernet business. We are pleased that Johan has agreed to serve as interim Chief Financial Officer until a successor is appointed. Johan is a valued member of our team, currently serving as our Chief Accounting Officer. He has an in-depth understanding of our company. We expect him to provide strong leadership in the interim allowing for a smooth transition."
Mr. Broekhuysen, age 43, joined the Company in November 2012 as Vice President and Corporate Controller and was appointed Chief Accounting Officer in January 2014. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Broekhuysen was Senior Vice President, Assistant Treasurer and Corporate Controller of GlobalLogic, Inc., a privately-held software research and development company, from 2009 to January 2012 and Vice President and Corporate Controller of GlobalLogic, Inc. from 2008 to 2009. Prior to joining GlobalLogic, Inc., Mr. Broekhuysen was Director, Financial Reporting and Consolidation of AOL, LLC, an online advertising and Internet connectivity provider, from 2007 to 2008 and Director, Service Revenue Accounting of AOL, LLC from 2004 to 2007.
About Lumos Networks
Lumos Networks is a fiber-based service provider in the Mid-Atlantic region serving carrier, business and residential customers over a dense fiber network offering data, voice and IP services. With headquarters in Waynesboro, VA, Lumos Networks serves Virginia, West Virginia and portions of Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Ohio, and Maryland over a fiber network of 7,414 fiber route miles. Detailed information about Lumos Networks is available at www.lumosnetworks.com.
Any statements contained in this news release that are not statements of historical fact, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements and should be evaluated as such. The words "anticipates," "believes," "expects," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "targets," "projects," "should," "may," "will" and similar words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements reflect, among other things, our current expectations, plans and strategies, and anticipated financial results, all of which are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Many of these risks are beyond our ability to control or predict. Because of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Furthermore, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. We do not undertake any obligation to update or review any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Important factors with respect to any such forward-looking statements, including certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, include, but are not limited to: rapid development and intense competition in the telecommunications and high speed data transport industry; our ability to offset expected revenue declines in legacy voice and access products related to the recent regulatory actions, wireless substitution, technology changes and other factors; our ability to effectively allocate capital and implement our "edge-out" expansion plans in a timely manner; our ability to complete customer installations in a timely manner; adverse economic conditions; operating and financial restrictions imposed by our senior credit facility; our cash and capital requirements; declining prices for our services; our ability to maintain and enhance our network; the potential to experience a high rate of customer turnover; federal and state regulatory fees, requirements and developments; our reliance on certain suppliers and vendors; and other unforeseen difficulties that may occur. These risks and uncertainties are not intended to represent a complete list of all risks and uncertainties inherent in our business, and should be read in conjunction with the more detailed cautionary statements and risk factors included in our SEC filings, including our Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2013.
Lumos Networks Corp.
Will Davis, 917-519-6994
Director of Investor Relations
Source: Lumos Networks Corp.
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2013 marks the 18th consecutive year Nashville has been recognized by The Arbor Day Foundation as a Tree City USA!
This national recognition and designation is achieved by meeting the four qualifying standards which help a city to have a viable tree management plan and program.
In 2013, Metro was also awarded the distinguished Growth Award in recognition of the establishment of the new Landscape Coordination Program within Public Works.
In conjunction with Metro's 2013 Arbor Day celebration, Public Works installed eight new Tree City USA signs on busy Pikes across the city. These recognition signs help Nashvillians take pride in their community!
There are 39 cities in this program in Tennessee which is administered by the Tennessee Division of Forestry, Urban Forestry department.
Framework for Action: The core standards provide the framework and direction for the strategic management of community trees. Others regularly enhance their management through ordinances, innovative programs and increased emphasis on planting and tree care.
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The Metro Beautification and Environment Commission provides hundreds of education programs each year to thousands of students and adults. Topics include trees, recycling, waste management and more. Education program information and registration forms can be accessed at: www.nashville.gov/Public-Works/Education-and-Schools/Education-Program-Offerings.aspx. Trees are a major component of environmental excellence. The value of community trees include:
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The money that Maine owes to its hospitals under the MaineCare program has touched off fevered political debate in recent weeks, with the hospitals warning of "dire consequences" that could jeopardize access to health care.
Finding out how the debt has affected hospitals' bottom lines is difficult as the state hospital association and a state agency disagree on a seemingly simple measure of their profitability.
Questions about the discrepancy between the hospitals' lobbying group and the state health data organization over a widely publicized metric of hospital profitability highlight the complexity of assessing the financial health of Maine's hospitals.
A Bangor legislator and physician, frustrated by a lack of clarity in hospital finances, has set his sights on better and more comprehensive reporting, calling the nonprofit hospitals' tax documents a "sham."
In urging lawmakers to repay the MaineCare debt, the Maine Hospital Association has pointed to narrow hospital operating margins as evidence of the burden. Now totaling $484 million in overdue bills dating to 2009, the debt continued to swell as hospitals served MaineCare patients without being fully reimbursed by the state, which splits the bill for the insurance program with the federal government.
MaineCare is the state's version of the Medicaid program.
"When the state pays the outstanding hospital settlement debt, hospitals will then be able to stem the tide of job losses that have been occurring over the past several years," Steven Michaud, president of the Maine Hospital Association, said in January during an event unveiling Gov. Paul LePage's plan to replay the MaineCare debt. "It will also allow us to stop borrowing against lines of credit, which many of our hospitals have been doing just to meet payroll, and make vital investments into hospital facilities and, importantly, to pay local businesses for the services they provide to our members."
Operating margin discrepancies
Statewide, hospital operating margins average a slim 2 percent, the hospital association has said. That means hospitals make, on average, 2 cents for every dollar in patient revenue they collect.
But according to financial information that Maine's 39 hospitals submitted to the Maine Health Data Organization, a state agency tasked with collecting and reporting health care data, those operating margins average 3.7 percent.
A roughly 4 percent operating margin isn't lucrative for a nonprofit hospital, falling short of the national average of 5.5 percent, as reported by the American Hospital Association. But it's nearly double the average the Maine Hospital Association has publicized.
Asked about the discrepancy by the Bangor Daily News, the hospital association compared its numbers, which are based on hospitals' audited financial reports, with the Maine Health Data Organization's data. The health organization supplements the hospitals' audited financial reports with an online template that collects further data from hospitals.
Some of the discrepancy appears to lie with each organization's methodology, said Jeff Austin, a lobbyist with the Maine Hospital Association. His group uses a fiscal year approach and weighted average, while the Maine Health Data Organization bases its numbers on calendar years, he said.
The health organization doesn't present a statewide average operating margin in its data. Averaging the individual hospital margins presented on its website yields an unweighted statewide average of 3.7 percent.
The hospital association is trying to learn more about how the Maine Health Data Organization approached the numbers, Austin said.
"We know what we did and we're still confident our numbers are accurate," he said.
Karynlee Harrington, acting executive director of the Maine Health Data Organization, said she hasn't yet had a chance to analyze why her organization's numbers differ from the hospital association's.
The Maine Health Data Organization's $1.5 million budget is funded primarily through an assessment on hospitals, other health providers, insurance companies and third-party insurance claims processors.
"We will get to the bottom of it … We are committed to understanding why there's a discrepancy," she said.
The average operating margins came closer when the hospital association adjusted its methodology to mirror the health organization's, Austin said. For 2010, both groups show a statewide average margin of about 1.45 percent, he said. For 2011, the hospital association calculated a margin of 3.01 percent when it adjusted its methodology. That's still shy of Mthe health organization's 3.7 percent.
The two groups also may have accounted differently for revenues and expenses associated with hospital-based physician practices, Austin said.
Hospital financial health
Determining just how financially healthy Maine hospitals are is no simple feat. As is the case with hospitals in many other states, various financial metrics can yield widely differing results.
Often lost in the MaineCare debt debate is the fact that Maine hospitals calculate their operating margins assuming that the outstanding bills were paid. Hospitals typically count the MaineCare debt as revenue because they presume that the state and federal governments will make good on it.
That means hospitals reporting barely positive margins actually are often operating at a loss, the Maine Hospital Association has noted. It also makes the bottom line impact of the debt less clear to those who aren't well-versed in hospital accounting.
Operating margins are an indicator of how efficiently hospitals are run. While most of Maine's hospitals have nonprofit status, and don't pay taxes, margins can be considered a measure of "profitability."
Additionally, operating margins are just one measure of financial health. They largely reflect how much money hospitals make or lose from treating patients, their primary function. Some hospitals, however, especially larger ones in more urban areas, also bring in sizeable amounts of cash through other areas, such as endowments and investments.
Citing the lack of transparency, Geoff Gratwick, a rheumatologist and state senator from Bangor, plans to introduce a bill that would make a state agency or some other entity publicly accountable for analyzing hospital financial data.
Hospitals' Form 990s, which most tax-exempt organizations must file with the Internal Revenue Service, are "a sham," he said.
"990s are good at hiding the truth," Gratwick said. "I challenge Mr. LePage to understand the 990 of Eastern Maine Medical Center or Maine Medical Center."
While he didn't accuse hospitals of deliberate insincerity in filling out the tax forms, Gratwick said the information is so obscure that the average person can't understand it. He pointed to two "condo fee expenses" of $655,000 on Eastern Maine Medical Center's most recent Form 990.
"I find 'The Odyssey' and 'The Iliad' very interesting, but I need help from someone to interpret it for me," Gratwick said. "And ditto — we need someone publicly accountable to help us interpret this hidden language they're using."
The condo expenses are for maintenance of physician and administrative office space in the Webber Building on EMMC's State Street campus, according to EMMC spokeswoman Tricia Denham. The building is owned by a condo association that EMMC belongs to, she said.
Gratwick added that it's difficult to consider hospitals nonprofits considering the salaries that some employees earn.
"The whole concept of nonprofit has been distorted," Gratwick said. "This will get all the CEOs highly irritated, but I don't think you could call a community organization a nonprofit when the salaries of CEOs are six and seven figures."
Austin of the Maine Hospital Association countered that compensation for top hospital executives is plainly listed in the tax documents. Hospitals account for less than a third of all Medicaid spending, but release more financial data than nursing homes, surgical centers and other health providers that accept the government money, including other nonprofits, he said.
"There's far more information about the financial health of hospitals than just about any other private organization in the state," Austin said. "I think that's indisputable."
Costs versus prices
Gratwick also plans to seek greater clarity on how hospitals set prices for medical treatments and procedures.
But prices don't paint the full picture, said Andrew Coburn, a rural health expert and chairman of the Master of Public Health program at the Muskie School of Public Service at the University of Southern Maine. Hospitals offset expensive but needed money-losing services, such as trauma care, with more lucrative ones, distorting the real costs, he said.
"When financial managers say that you never know the prices of things in health care, that's why, because there's no clear cost accounting in the pricing of hospital services," he said.
Hospitals also say the MaineCare debt forces them to shift costs to patients with private insurance — which offers better reimbursement rates — ultimately driving up prices for commercial health insurance premiums. How those costs are shifted and to what extent remains unclear, frustrating many large employers that provide health insurance for their workers, said Elizabeth Mitchell, CEO of the Maine Health Management Coalition.
"The problem is there's really so little transparency in hospital pricing, we just don't know the effect of underpayment or nonpayment on hospital pricing and cost shifting," she said. "There's growing awareness of the need, the urgency, for transparency into health care costs and hospital pricing."
Employers agree that hospitals should be paid the outstanding MaineCare debt, but they also want to know how their rates would be favorably affected once hospitals have the money, Mitchell said.
While the Maine Health Data Organization historically has only reported financial data, its board has wrestled for years with whether to expand its mission to include analysis, Harrington said. The organization has received feedback that its data — on pricing, hospital financial performance and health care quality — is hard to understand, she said.
"Raw data is meaningless to many people that don't have the resources to hire somebody to do the analysis," Harrington said. "At the same time, the analysis is extremely expensive … We have limited revenue, there's no desire to increase our funding, so we're trying to figure out out how to balance it all."
BDN Business Editor Whit Richardson contributed to this report.


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If Sarah Palin Has Someone Else Doing Her Facebooking, Is She A Criminal?
from the according-to-facebook dept
The problem is that Facebook's terms of use prohibit several things that Palin and her ghostwriter may have done. Specifically, it forbids users from:The point, of course, is not to accuse Sarah Palin of criminal behavior, but to point out the ridiculousness of saying that terms of service violations are a criminal offense, as many have been doing (including Facebook) in various lawsuits.
- accessing someone else's account
- sharing their passwords to let someone else access their accounts
- transferring their accounts to someone else (without Facebook's written permission)
- providing false personal information
- "facilitating" or "encouraging" someone else to violate the terms of use
If Palin and her ghostwriter are in fact violating Facebook's terms of use, that probably doesn't seem like a big deal to most people. Just by surfing around the internet, we "agree" to dozens of website terms of use every day, usually before we even read them. These terms can say anything a website operator wants, and often specifically note that they can be changed at any time without notice (or with minimal notice).
But violating a website's terms of use is a big deal, according to Facebook. In fact, Facebook says it's a federal crime.


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Lotar Panon necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 35 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
ADOR55 is a small health net (association) dedicated for people suffering from weight problems or cardiovascular risks (heart).
ADOR55 gives advices, organises meeting to inform these people in order to make them get in touch with professionals of health specialized in weight or heart weakness problems / disease.
Our office is in the Hospital of Verdun but we organise meetings in the main cities of our region.
We want to print a flyer that will be distributed to all doctors and health specialists of our region.
There must be a remarkable and clear illustration or picture in the middle of the recto that will give to the people concerned by this problem ( personally or friends , member ot the family), the motivation to call our centre or connect to our website (www.ador55.fr )
The recto (front) page of this flyer will be declined into an A3 poster.
Young people, adults, seniors, concerned by the problem
Format : A5 vertical
In a matter of colors, we don't have requirements.
Try to be consistent with the logo.
The illustration and the font / the style (healthy) are essential.
It should not show too clearly heavy people.
It has to be positive not to scare.
See "examples 1/2/3" attached even if they are too "black and white" too much centered on the face ...
You'll find attached the "content" in a PowerPoint (and PDF) of the recto (with it's translation into English).
The verso (back page) is not translated it's not necessary we guess.
The plan of the verso (back page) has to be drawn (the buildings and streets) (simply but properly…)
You'll find attached samples of what we expect…
Don't hesitate to ask questions if you misunderstand something.
The prize is not that high but the budget is low, so if at least one good designer cares about this contest, we'll be happy.


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LAS VEGAS (AP) Dwyane Wade says he is sad to see LeBron James leave the Miami Heat, and he supports him regardless.
Wade released a statement Saturday calling James ''my brother,'' and saying he knows James' decision to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers was not an easy one for the four-time NBA MVP.
Together, James, Wade and Chris Bosh went to the NBA Finals in each of their four Miami seasons together, winning the championship twice. James announced Friday he is leaving for the Cavaliers, and hours later Bosh agreed to a five-year, $118 million deal to stay with the Heat. Wade is closing in on a new deal with the Heat as well.
Wade says, ''We achieved the goals we set when we first signed on together. We are champions.''


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Application and Review Process
Application Process
The research board application process is mostly an online submission. One completed copy of a printed proposal with the campus required form must be processed through your campus officials office. Please click here to see each designated campus office's contact information.
Applications, including application forms, narrative portion and detailed budget, must be completed and submitted on the Research Board Grant Application System before one of the designated deadlines. If primary applicant has received a previous research board award, within the last 5 years, a copy of your award report(s) MUST be included. Proposals not meeting the application guidelines will not be considered.
Each campus has designated an official who is responsible for certifying campus approvals for human subjects, vertebrate animals, recombinant DNA, etc., and for establishing and administering accounts. All applications to the research board must be signed by this campus official (or a designated representative) to certify the commitment of the campus to administer the project should an award be made.
Normally attachments/addendums are NOT allowable with the application. A few exceptions would apply for inclusion of CD or DVD of audio/visual materials which may be justified for some fine arts applications and should be sent to the Research Board Office with your application. The other exception would be letters from external sources who may plan to make donations to the project. Check with your campus official or the Research Board Office to see if what you would like to include is allowable. These types of materials should be forwarded electronically to the Research Board Office. Applicant should include a statement within the narrative indicating materials will be made available to reviewers through the Research Board Office. Applications with appendices other than those specified will be returned without review.
All proposals are considered confidential and will not be shared with others without specific approval of the applicant.
Review Process
The research board consists of members chosen for their scholarship, expertise and administrative ability. The members are all full-time faculty who are leaders in their field.
The board's executive secretary refers the applications to the board and administers its recommendations. If you have questions or desire guidance in the preparation of a proposal, please contact him at the research board office.
The board has organized itself into review subcommittees according to disciplinary areas. These are:
- Engineering
- Humanities and Fine Arts
- Life Sciences
- Physical Sciences and Mathematics
- Social and Behavioral Sciences
Each subcommittee is interdisciplinary and is composed of at least three research board members. The review subcommittee members select peer reviewers. Three peer reviews are sought for each proposal. Reviewers have access to the on-line version of the application and a copy of the research board's peer review sheet, listing the criteria for evaluating projects. Reviewers then return their evaluations and recommendations to the subcommittee in advance of board consideration of the proposal.
The subcommittees make recommendations to the entire Board based on the peer reviewers' comments and their own judgment. After consideration of the recommendations and discussion, a final decision is made by the board. Consideration of a proposal may be deferred if additional reviewers or information are needed. In such cases, the executive secretary will contact the applicant to explain what information is required. If supplementary materials are provided before the next application deadline, the proposal will be reconsidered at the next board meeting. If the requested information is not received, the proposal will be withdrawn from consideration.
The board's decision, and the primary reasons for it, are communicated by email to the primary applicant. Copies of the award letters are emailed to the designated campus official. Copies of the peer reviewers' comments to the primary applicant are available on line. Peer comments are considered confidential and will not be provided to anyone other than the primary applicant unless specifically approved.
Reviewed September 03, 2013.


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