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A conflict or even massacre and oppression takes place in a country; and the journalists, commentators, producers all around the world make research on that issue and write intensively, make news of it and start arguments for a solution. Yet this intensity over the subject continues for just a few weeks or so. People get used to news regarding that region in a short time. Images of terror, violence, conflict and massacre become ordinary events that some look with careless eyes and turn back to his work.
Palestine, Kashmir, Iraq, Chechnya, Afghanistan, East Turkestan, Nigeria, Patani, Thailand, Myanmar and many more… Usually all are first observed as a "current agenda", then when the agenda changes they are forgotten. People who maintain sincere and continuous sensibility towards the progress of events are indeed rare.
As these lines are written or you are reading this article, thousands of Muslims on all four corners of the world are still being oppressed, tortured, persecuted and martyred.
The Chinese government is executing genocide by martyring Uighur Muslims for 60 years. So far approximately 35 million Muslims have been martyred. They were taken from their homes by brute force and put to death without showing any legal excuse and given no right of defense. Moreover, the state of the thousands of missing Uighur Turks is still unknown. 100 thousand Uighur Turk women were dragged away from their homes and forced to unlawful sexual relations.
Meanwhile the Indian government insists on its determined policy of oppression towards Kashmiri Muslims for 60 years. Up until now, 80 thousand Kashmiri people have lost their lives, thousands have been oppressed in Indian prisons and no news heard of 10 thousand Kashmiris. Over 4 thousand women were persecuted and raped. Islamic schools and newspapers have been closed.
Yet another country, Patani has been going through a major persecution for about 200 years. Muslims are undergoing the aggression of Thai soldiers every single day. The majority of the people are forced to leave their home countries. The ones who resist are martyred. Thousands of innocent Patani people are inhumanely tortured. Unsolved murders and missing persons are daily events for Patani people. Muslims' houses and fields in the region are harmed. The majority of the women are raped and harassed.
There are still about 30 thousand widowed Muslim women and approximately 40 thousand orphaned children in Patani. Over 400 Muslims were lost during the period of the martial law. Approximately 2300 people were martyred, about 4000 Muslims were prisoned based by way of illegal methods and 30 thousand people were detained in detention camps.
Recently 250 thousand Muslims were martyred in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Moreover 20 thousand Muslim brothers and sisters of ours lost their lives in Nagorno-Karabakh. 1300 Azeri Muslims including women, children and elderly were persecuted and martyred by massacre in one single day in Hodjali.
There has been a systematic policy of persecution and massacre towards Arakanese Muslims since 1942 in Myanmar. Up till now over 100 thousand Muslims were martyred. Furthermore, hundreds of thousand people were either disabled or were forced to migrate from their lands, while others were compelled to live in temporary camps or woods. And most were left to die by drowning in rivers or oceans. Muslims were banned from practicing their religion, all Islamic educational institutions and mosques were closed. Their right to live was restrained, they were banned from going to pilgrimage, making religious sacrifice, praying en masse and other methods of worship. Muslims' houses, mosques, madrasas and villages were destructed and burnt down to the ground.
Between years 1962 and 1984, 20.000 Arakanese Muslims were martyred, thousands of women were raped and almost all the properties of Muslims were confiscated. The persecution and oppression in Myanmar continued since 1990 till our day.
Nigerian Muslims are also in need of the help of Islamic world. Muslims consisting mostly of women and children are being martyred in Nigeria for 50 years. Mosques are being burnt and a serious persecution policy is being executed against Muslims. In the recent conflicts that flared in the aftermath of the civil war that took place between years 1967-1970, thousands of people's lives were lost and ten thousands of others were left homeless.
Lately the incidents that occurred in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and the endless unrest going on in Syria cost the lives of thousands of innocent Muslims' lives.
The majority of these regions are currently going through an ever-increasing terror, violence, anarchy, tumult, massacre and torture. And right now, every person of conscience, wisdom and common-sense, that is to say, all of us are responsible for every passing moment of the millions of Muslims -women, young, elderly and new-born living under such conditions- who suffer oppression and cruelty, who are held captive and whose rights are violated.
The fact that all this oppression and cruelty in the world increase day by day and that each passing hour another Muslim is martyred or suffers persecution and oppression stems from the reason that the Islamic world is not united. The most definite and effectual solution is the unification of Muslims under a single roof. Such a union of the world's 1,5 billion Muslims will bring forth a strongly founded force of peace and brotherhood. By the will of Allah this force will then make the unlawful oppression and persecution and cruelly shedding the blood of Muslims
Consequently, every person longing for the dominance of peace upon the Islamic world and prevalence of abundance, joy, blessing and happiness on our Muslims brothers and sisters worldwide and also their living under democratic and civilized conditions should give their support for this union.
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May 29, 2005
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. -
Fittingly, UC Santa Barbara's final baseball game of the 2005 season ended on a ground ball to shortstop Chris Malec. The senior made the play and threw out Cal State Northridge's Drew Aquailar to end the game, a come-from-behind 11-10 Gaucho win.
The game couldn't have gotten any closer, as it came down to a bang-bang play on the bases, but UCSB (26-30, 8-13 BWC) held off Cal State Northridge (18-36-1, 2-19 BWC) on Sunday afternoon at Matador Field to complete a sweep of the season-ending three-game series.
Malec went 2-for-5 in the game, including a team-leading 13th double, was playing in his last game as a Gaucho. He played in 11 of the team's final 12 contests despite having surgery for testicular cancer, and undergoing two chemotherapy sessions. Not coincidentally, after opening Big West play at 1-8 without Malec, UCSB went 7-5 the remainder of the way.
UCSB scored four runs in the eighth inning to tie the game at 10-10
before scoring the eventual winning run in the top of the ninth inning. Matt Kalafatis doubled to drive in a pair of runs, including C.J. Cook from first base who barely beat the relay throw, to cut the Northridge lead to two runs. After the next two batters walked to load the bases, David Figoni sent a hard-hit ball up the middle off Matt Gaylord to bring in the tying scores. In the ninth, Jack Pinkerton slammed a one-out double to center field and came home as Kalafatis again came through, this time with a line drive that just eluded a diving Aguailar at first base for the winning single.
The two teams traded early runs with Northridge scoring three times in
the third to take its first lead of the series. Michael Paulk and
Alberto Quintana doubled to drive in runs to even the score and
Aguailar followed with an RBI single. The Gauchos responded with three
runs in the top of the fourth, reclaiming the lead at 6-4. Matt
Wilkerson doubled in a run, Bill Rowe grounded out to drive in another
run and Wilkerson succesfully stole home on a double-steal.
There was no scoring for the next three innings until CSUN exploded for a big seventh inning. The Gauchos went to the bullpen, which proved to be disasterous as the first four hitters all hit the ball hard for base hits. Paulk drove in a run with a single and Quintana plated two more with a double. After Jeff Tezak skied a pop-up, the rally continued with singles from Aguailar, Johnny Coit and Raymond Ravago to put CSUN ahead 10-6.
Brian Tracy pitched 1.2 inning to earn the win for UCSB. He enduced a
line-out double play to end the long seventh and then struck out two
hitters in the eighth. Alex McRobbie picked up his school-record 14th save with a 1-2-3 ninth Gaylord fell to 2-2 with the loss, allowing just the go-ahead run off three hits in 1.2 innings.
Figoni had a game-best 4-for-6 afternoon, adding two runs and two RBI.
Kalafatis was 3-for-5 with three RBI for the Gauchos. All nine UCSB
starters had a hit as Santa Barbara outhit CSUN 18-13. In addition to Figoni, Wilkerson, McRobbie, Kalafatis, and Malec, it was the final game for Matt Stevens and Loren Fraser. Stevens is a graduate student at UCSB, and the remainder are seniors. Wilkerson, who set the school's career home run record on Saturday with his 42nd, had a pair of hits, two RBI, and a two run scored in his final game as a Gaucho. In all, seniors produced 11 of UCSB's 18 hits in the season finale.
This was the final game for both teams in the 2005 season.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - UBS AG's American wealth management arm has pulled firmly ahead in the race to attract top brokers, using aggressive recruiting tactics and rich signing bonuses to edge out competitors.
That strategy has drawn at least 48 brokers with more than $6 billion in client assets under management since January, based on moves of top brokers tracked by Reuters, far more than the other top U.S. brokerages.
It has also reinvigorated a business whose wealth arm had trouble recruiting top brokers as recently as 2009. But the cost of acquiring these prized brokers raises questions about whether UBS's moves will pay off in profits.
Most of UBS's new hires came from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.
UBS's success is part strategy and part timing. Outsized signing bonuses, including what recruiters say is up to 50 percent more money paid upfront than competitors typically offer, has led many advisers to take a hard look at UBS.
The company's emphasis on a boutique culture inside a major financial institution appeals to many long-time brokers. UBS has far fewer financial advisers in the United States - 7,000 compared with 17,000 at both Morgan Stanley Smith Barney and Merrill Lynch. The small size means brokers have more access to senior management and executives, the company said.
"We're trying not to play the scale game," said Robert McCann, chief executive of UBS Wealth Management Americas, in an interview with Reuters. "Those larger organizations have become increasingly bureaucratic, increasingly bank-like and that model is not resonating with financial advisers to the degree some people thought it would."
The Swiss bank is depending on the strength of its wealth management businesses - particularly its Americas unit - to improve its financial position after it suffered huge losses during the credit crisis, and from a U.S. probe into offshore tax evasion and later a $2 billion rogue trading scandal.
Under McCann, the Americas wealth management group has fine-tuned its adviser and asset-growth strategy. When McCann joined UBS in October 2009, "we were at a point where no one had an interest" in joining the company, said Paul Santucci, UBS's national head of recruiting.
Santucci said UBS has since regained the confidence of many brokers, who now have more trust in the company's leadership and stability. "When you can say and demonstrate that, it's a lot easier to talk to the best (financial advisers)," he said.
For the brokers UBS brought over from Merrill, including at least 25 who managed more than $4 billion in client assets, McCann is part of the attraction. He was well-liked by many brokers at Merrill during his nearly three decades there, even though his roots were in equity trading.
UBS has not been shy about its strategy of amassing big-money advisers through aggressive recruiting. In its annual report on March 15 the company said that the long-term growth prospects of its Americas wealth management business are attractive and central to the company's overall position.
Outside recruiters and industry lawyers say when UBS covets an adviser, it will go to great lengths to win him over, upping the ante on signing bonuses until the adviser is swayed.
"Money talks," said Danny Sarch, a New York-based financial services recruiter with Leitner Sarch Consultants.
Based on moves tracked by Reuters - those of individuals or teams managing $100 million or more in client assets and generating annual revenue of $1 million or more - in just the past three months, UBS recruited 12 teams that managed more than $200 million each from Morgan Stanley and Merrill. That is more teams of that size than any other competitor has added in 2012.
Merrill Lynch did not comment about its adviser losses to UBS. Morgan Stanley said it is not concerned. "We continue to attract many highly successful advisers from UBS," said a Morgan Stanley spokeswoman. The company last week hired four UBS advisers who together managed $800 million in client assets.
Big-company legacy brokers who leave for a large competitor often bring up to 90 percent of their client assets with them, said California-based financial services recruiter Ron Edde. That could mean a $5.4 billion asset influx from the 48 advisers UBS has grabbed from competitors so far this year.
Client assets are key to a brokerage's profitability, which means adding top-tier advisers can boost a company's bottom line. UBS increased its total client assets 1.8 percent to $754 billion at the end of December, from the year before.
Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch, the biggest and second-biggest brokerages, have about $1.6 trillion and $1.5 trillion in client assets, respectively, both down about 1 percent from 2011. Wells Fargo, the No. 3 brokerage, has $1.1 trillion, down 8 percent from 2010.
Fourth-ranked UBS said the turnaround in net new money flows for the brokerage business in 2011 largely resulted from "higher inflows from recruitment of experienced financial advisers" and "lower outflows from financial adviser attrition." Adviser attrition in 2011 fell to 3.3 percent from more than 18 percent in 2009.
While UBS says it does not offer the biggest deals on Wall Street, this high-end recruiting strategy is expensive. According to recruiters with knowledge of UBS offers, the company has offered up to 215 percent of a broker's annual trailing revenue production upfront. Rivals offer between 160 percent and 195 percent. That means an adviser with $2 million in revenue could receive $4.3 million on day one at UBS, compared with $3.2 million at a rival.
The ambitious recruiting packages at UBS include performance target bonuses, bringing packages to a total of up to 350 percent of a broker's annual trailing production, according to an industry lawyer. That is 75 percentage points higher than packages offered by UBS a year ago.
"In order to keep profit margins high, they're re-investing money where they're most successful," said New York-based financial services recruiter Alan Reed.
In return for these deals, broker contracts are longer, up to nine years, compared with as little as four years in 2007. If advisers leave earlier, they have to pay some of the money back.
The big payouts have sent UBS's cost-to-income ratio for its U.S. brokerage to 90 percent at the end of 2011, compared with a 65 percent ratio for its global wealth management unit.
Such ratios pit operating costs, including recruiting expenses, against operating income and provide insight into efficiency. A lower ratio shows more profitability.
"They're sailing razor thin on the profitability side," said Aite Group industry analyst Alois Pirker. "It's an expensive growth strategy, but ... if you don't hire the top producers, somebody else will."
But spending big to lure brokers also means spending less to grow in other areas, industry observers said. "You want to have more money left to develop other parts of the business and create better technology," Pirker said.
Merrill Lynch, for example, said it has invested in its adviser force by "keeping their technology state of the art and ensuring they have the best training and development," said Bank of America spokeswoman Selena Morris.
(Reporting By Ashley Lau; Additional reporting by Joe Giannone; Editing by Jennifer Merritt and Steve Orlofsky)
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Harassment Policy
Saint Louis University is a Catholic, Jesuit institution with a distinctive educational mission and philosophy emphasizing Christian humanism, human dignity, and the development of the total human being. These core values are manifested in the University's commitment to foster a workplace and learning environment that is free from any form of prohibited harassment.
The information contained in this policy is intended to raise awareness, facilitate reporting, and ensure that appropriate steps are taken when a report is received. In the event the complaint involves allegations of sexual assault or relationship violence in which the accused is a student, the provisions and procedures set forth in the Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Policy will apply.
Pursuant to Title IX of the Higher Education Act, the Director of Diversity and Affirmative Action is designated as the University's Title IX Coordinator. Title IX Deputy Coordinators are also appointed to assist the Title IX Coordinator and are identified at https://www.slu.edu/human-resources-home/diversity-and-affirmative-action/sexual-assault-policy.
This policy applies to all University faculty, staff, and volunteers, with the exception of Saint Louis University Madrid employees. In addition, this policy applies to all students of Saint Louis University.
"Harassment" means any unwelcomed, unsolicited, and offensive conduct that is severe or pervasive and tends to injure, degrade, disgrace, or show hostility toward a person because of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status, military status, gender expression/identity, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other characteristic protected by law. For purposes of applying this policy, "sexual" harassment includes conduct that is of a sexual nature or related to a person's gender and may include persons of the same sex.
"Sexual assault" is a form of harassment. "Sexual assault" refers to engaging in any form of sexual contact or conduct with another without that person's clear, knowing, and voluntary consent. Sexual assault refers to any sexual contact without consent and includes intentional touching, either of the victim or when the victim is forced to touch, directly or through clothing, another person's genitals, breasts, things, or buttocks. Sexual assault also refers to any attempted or actual sexual penetration of any kind without the victim's consent, including vaginal, oral or anal penetration by fingers, genitals, or objects.
"Stalking" is when any person purposely and repeatedly engages in an unwanted course of conduct that would cause a reasonable person to fear for his, her, or others' safety, or to suffer substantial emotional distress. Stalking can be a form of Sexual Harassment and may be prohibited by the University's Policy on Harassment and Student Code of Conduct. Stalking may also present a safety concern. Reports of stalking that require immediate emergency action should be directed to the Department of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness ("DPSEP").
Harassment is a violation of this policy in any of the following situations:
The following examples are provided so that members of the University community have a better understanding of the general range of behaviors that might constitute harassment in violation of this policy.
Examples of "harassment" in violation of this policy include the following:
Saint Louis University affirms that harassment because of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, sexual orientation, marital status, military status, veteran status, gender expression/identity, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected classification is detrimental to its mission and values. The University endeavors to take steps reasonably necessary to prevent such behavior from occurring, including providing education and training to faculty, staff, and students as to their rights and responsibilities, informing persons of the appropriate procedures for reporting inappropriate behavior, promptly investigating complaints, and imposing appropriate sanctions.
Amorous relationships that occur in the context of educational or employment supervision and evaluation present serious concerns about the validity of consent. The disparity of power between persons involved in amorous relationships, such as those between a teacher and student, supervisor and subordinate, or senior and junior colleagues in the same department or unit, makes these relationships susceptible to exploitation. Those who abuse their power in such a context violate their responsibility to the University community.
Anyone who engages in a sexual relationship with a person over whom s/he has any power or authority within the University structure must understand that the validity of the consent may be questioned. In the event of a complaint is filed, the University will give very critical scrutiny to any defense based upon consent when the facts establish that a power differential existed within the relationship.
This policy shall be applied in a manner consistent with the University's provision on academic freedom set forth in The Faculty Manual of Saint Louis University.
A complaint will be reviewed using a preponderance of the evidence standard to determine whether or not a harassment violation has occurred. This will include examining the totality of the circumstances such as the nature of the conduct, the context in which the alleged incident(s) occurred, whether the conduct was solicited or invited, and the frequency, severity, and impact of the conduct on the victim. In order to find a violation, the conduct must be both unwelcome and offensive to a reasonable person and perceived as such by the complaining party.
Any person who, in bad faith, files a false complaint or provides false information to University officials investigating a complaint shall be deemed to have violated this policy. This is not in any way meant to discourage legitimate complaints or consultation.
The following procedures have been developed to receive and investigate harassment complaints. Any person who believes that s/he has been subjected to harassment may elect to pursue the matter as either an informal or formal complaint.
A. Where to Get Help--Informal Complaints. The persons listed below have been designated as the contact person(s) for informal complaints and to provide information and consultation regarding harassment prohibited by this policy:
Informal complaints against students involving conduct in the residence halls should be directed to the Resident Advisor, Residence Hall Coordinator, or the Director of Housing and Residence Life. All other informal complaints against undergraduate students should be reported to the Assistant Vice President for Student Development/Dean of Students or the Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action ("DAA"). Informal complaints against graduate or professional students should be directed to DAA or the Dean of the accused's or the complainant's School or College. It is recommended that the complainant keep a record of prohibited conduct such as a journal of his/her experiences, reflecting dates, times, places, nature of the incident, and names of any witness(es).
Informal complaints directed against staff should be reported to the employee's immediate supervisor, department head, unit vice president, Vice President for Human Resources, or DAA. Informal complaints directed against faculty should be reported to the faculty member's Chair, Dean, Vice President of Academic Affairs, or DAA.
All complaints involving persons who are not members of the University community, such as employees of outside vendors, should be reported to DAA.
Informal resolutions are designed to operate in an expeditious manner and to empower the parties to reach a mutually satisfactory agreement with the assistance of a neutral third party. The contact person does not make a determination of fact as to whether University policy has been violated as part of the informal resolution process. Instead, the contact person will use conflict resolution techniques to attempt to resolve the concern(s) brought forward in a manner that is satisfactory to all parties. Informal resolution is flexible and invites active participation of all the parties in order to resolve the matter. Moreover, the contact person will only speak to the individuals whose involvement is necessary to facilitate a resolution. In some instances, this might include only the parties directly involved. The informal complaint may be concluded by one of the following: (1) the complainant, or the designated contact person, may meet with the accused, discuss the behavior of the accused, and, request that such behavior be stopped, (2) a resolution of the informal complaint by agreement of the parties, (3) a decision to stop further action on the informal complaint, or (4) initiation of a formal complaint. Possible resolutions by agreement of the parties may include, but are not limited to: an apology to the complainant, assisting the respondent to better understand the effects of his or her conduct and ways in which this behavior could be changed, participation in educational programs about equal opportunity or harassment, verbal or written reprimands, or other interventions or actions aimed at ending the misconduct.
An employee may initiate the formal complaint process at any time. The University administration reserves the right to initiate the formal complaint process outlined below after taking into consideration the nature and seriousness of the complaint, and whether the accused has previously been found in violation of this Policy or the Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Policy.
B. Formal Complaints. All formal complaints involving faculty, staff, volunteers, student-workers (acting in their capacity as a student-worker), or persons who are not members of the University community should be directed by the complainant or referred by University personnel to the DAA. All formal complaints against students will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and addressed pursuant to the Code of Student Conduct.
All employees and students have an obligation to cooperate with the formal complaint process. Failure to do so may result in disciplinary action. In the event that a complainant does not cooperate by failing to furnish information requested by the investigator or to make himself or herself available for interview by the investigator, the Director may dismiss the Complaint. The Director shall provide written notice of such dismissal to the complainant(s) and the respondent(s). In the event that a respondent does not cooperate by failing to furnish information requested by the investigator or to make himself or herself available for interview by the investigator, the investigator may conclude that such information or interview, if provided or conducted, would be adverse to the respondent.
DAA, or appropriate designee, is responsible for processing and investigating formal complaints against faculty and staff. Prior to initiating the investigation, DAA will contact the two levels of supervision above the accused and the appropriate Vice President to give notice of the complaint and the pending investigation. If DAA is investigating a complaint against a student-worker, the Office of Student Conduct will be notified.
In order to conduct an initial review of the complaint and determine if an investigation is warranted, the DAA ordinarily will require the complainant to submit a written complaint. The complaint should be signed and dated by the complainant and set forth in writing the particulars relating to the alleged harassment, including the name and position of the accused. DAA will investigate the complaint with assistance from Human Resources or personnel from other appropriate units as needed. Alternatively, DAA may refer the complaint to some other suitable authority for investigation and possible action. Depending on the nature and severity of the allegations, steps may be taken to separate the accused and the complainant, up to and including suspension from employment pending investigation.
The investigation will include interviews of the complainant and the accused. The accused will be furnished with a copy of the complaint and will have an opportunity to respond and submit additional information. DAA will interview other witnesses and collect such additional information as DAA deems reasonably necessary to determine whether a violation of this policy did or did not occur. Within a reasonable period of time after commencing the investigation, DAA will submit a report to the appropriate Vice President, the accused, and the complaining party outlining DAA's findings and any recommended disciplinary or corrective action. If the complaint is against a student-worker, DAA will also provide a copy of the report to the Office of Student Conduct.
Within five (5) working days from receipt of the report, the complainant or the accused may file a written request for reconsideration to the DAA with a statement of the specific reasons for setting aside the findings or recommendations. DAA will forward the request for reconsideration with a copy of the investigation report to the appropriate Vice President. The Vice President will review the record of the investigation conducted by DAA and may seek additional information and consult with DAA or any other person, including the complainant or the accused, as needed. Ordinarily, the Vice President will accept the investigation report, except where the Vice President concludes that the findings or the recommended actions are not reasonable or supported by the record. The Vice President also may recommend more or less severe disciplinary or other corrective action depending upon the circumstances in any particular case including, but not limited to, the prior employment record of the accused and due consideration for effective enforcement of this policy. After reviewing the investigation report and any request for reconsideration, the Vice President will, within a reasonable time, not to exceed thirty (30) days, issue a written decision accepting or rejecting the investigation report using a preponderance of the evidence standard and outlining any disciplinary actions or proceedings that will be initiated. A copy of the decision will be sent to the accused, the complainant, and DAA.
In any instance where the accused is an officer of the University, DAA will consult with the appropriate higher ranking official(s) and a representative of the General Counsel's Office for direction on administering the complaint.
C. Disciplinary Action. The appropriate Vice President is responsible for ultimately determining whether disciplinary action is warranted and invoking the applicable University disciplinary policies and procedures. Potential disciplinary actions implemented under this policy may include but will not be limited to, formal warning, mandatory training and education, transfer, demotion, suspension, probation, or separation from the University, residence hall reassignment, and termination of relationships with outside contractors and vendors. The Vice President may take reasonable and necessary interim action until an investigation can be completed or a final disciplinary action can be implemented.
All interim and final disciplinary or corrective action shall be initiated consistent with the specific policies and procedures applicable to faculty, staff, or students depending upon the particular status of the accused. Disciplinary action against undergraduate students will be processed under the Code of Student Conduct contained in the Student Handbook of Saint Louis University. Cases involving disciplinary action against graduate or professional students will be referred to the Dean of the respective School or College for handling under policies and procedures governing Harassment or matters relating to the student's qualifications and fitness to continue in a particular program. Disciplinary action against faculty will be governed by the procedural requirements and standards contained in The Faculty Manual of Saint Louis University. Depending on the nature of the action(s) sought by the University administration, the faculty member may invoke the grievance procedures, procedures for challenging serious sanctions short of termination, or the procedures for challenging termination for cause set out in The Faculty Manual. Any disciplinary action against staff will be implemented consistent with the policies and procedures set forth in the Human Resources Policies and/or the Staff Handbook of Saint Louis University except where otherwise provided for employees who are covered by a collective bargaining agreement. All disciplinary actions are to be communicated to DAA.
D. Notice of Outcome. The University will inform the accused, complainant, and any other persons who have a legitimate need to know of the general outcome of any informal or formal complaint. Disclosure of information involving students shall be subject to any legal requirements including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act ("FERPA") and the Clery Act. All reasonable measures will be taken to protect the privacy of those involved in the complaint.
The University recognizes the sensitive nature of harassment complaints. It endeavors within this policy to respect the rights and dignity of all persons involved and to provide a neutral atmosphere in the investigation of complaints and in its efforts to end prohibited behavior. The University endeavors to maintain confidentiality on all matters relating to processing harassment complaints, subject to its need to effectively administer this policy.
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California Grown Avocados-- courtesy of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker Program. I've been enjoying them a few different ways (which I will blog very soon). All I needed was salsa, but my homegrown tomatoes aren't ready. Pioneer Woman to the rescue! Fortunately, I stockpile canned tomatoes in all size, shapes and flavors. You need a 28 ounce can of tomatoes, a can of Rotel Tomatoes-- which I didn't have. I simply added minced mild green chilis, which are a pantry staple in my home. A food processor makes this a breeze to make:
TASTING NOTES: I see no reason for me to buy salsa in the deli section nor jars at the grocery store. This is much easier to make, and you can adjust the "heat". 1 whole jalapeno gave this some kick. 1/2 jalapeno would be more my preference, but my boys like it hot. If you want mild,leave out the jalapenos, altogether but don't skip the minced green onion. If you have Rotel tomatoes (which are tomatoes with mild green chili peppers, and some seasonsings) that works, too. Salsa is ready. Next, you need eggs, a can of black beans (drained and rinsed), corn tortillas and cheese. I used Cotija cheese.
Now for those lovely eggs-- sunny side up. To the black beans I added a bit of chicken stock to make them a little moist, and mashed them just a little bit-- or, you could puree them. Since the salsa has kick to it, I didn't season the beans. Let's build it-- layer 2-3 corn tortillas. Next, some beans and a little bit of Cotija cheese. I decided to broil it for about 30 seconds, to melt the cheese. Next the salsa, then the eggs. Sprinkle with a little more cheese and slices of avocado.
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Ad Reinhardt (American, Buffalo, New York 1913 - 1967 New York)
Abstract Painting, 1948
Signed (?) twice on stretcher: Reinhardt
Oil on canvas
76 1/4 x 144 in. (193.7 x 366 cm)
Ruth C. Roush Fund for Contemporary Art, 1967
Cool tones of red, pink, blue, and green expand and vibrate across the enormous field of Abstract Painting, creating an optical environment of floating planes and shapes. The work offers no trace of painterly gesture, nor any subject apart from the intricate, visual rhythms and relationships that both comprise the picture field and seem to extend beyond the frame of the painting
Reinhardt's Abstract Painting of 1948 belongs to a moment when ambitious painters in New York were recasting the European models and aims of modernist art. Many young painters, such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb, and Barnett Newman turned to Surrealist and "primitivist" art during the 1940s in their search for "tragic and timeless subject matter."1 Reinhardt rejected the subjectivist ethos and biomorphic forms of early Abstract Expressionism; he insisted on the purely visual aims of abstract painting, and by the late 1940s was working exclusively with nonsymbolic, geometric forms. His points of reference were the "pure" abstractions of Kasimir Malevich (1878-1935), and, as is particularly evident in Oberlin's Abstract Painting , the overall grid structures and solid blocks of color in the abstract paintings of Piet Mondrian.
Unlike Mondrian's easel-sized works, which were normally scaled to the eye and body of the viewer, many of Reinhardt's works of the late 1940s and early '50s are on an enormous scale, creating an expansive visual environment. Rather than restrict his palette to black, white, and primary hues as did Mondrian, Reinhardt worked with secondary and tertiary hues, and dispensed with outlines. Mondrian's clear, balanced fields of line and color secure a single plane or surface. In contrast, paintings such as Abstract Painting produce flickering planes of color that interlock and overlap as they nudge forward and back in an endlessly adjustable picture plane.
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Work (C) 1998 Estate of Ad Reinhardt / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Adolph Dietrich Friedrich Reinhardt was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1913. From 1931 to 1935, he studied literature and art history at Columbia University, where he received his bachelor's degree. After taking a few studio classes at the National Academy of Design, he studied at the American Artist's School on Fourteenth Street, where he was influenced by the abstract painting of his teachers, Francis Criss (b. 1901) and Carl Holty (1900-1973). In 1937, Reinhardt joined the American Abstract Artists, and became involved in the American Artists' Congress and the Artists' Union, both socially and aesthetically progressive arts organizations. He worked for the Easel Division (as opposed to the Mural Division) of the WPA Federal Art Project between 1936 and 1941. His painting of this period is fully abstract, solid toned, and geometric, comprised of interlocking circular and rectangular shapes.
During the early 1940s, Reinhardt's painting passed through a brief period of gestural marking and organic forms. By the mid to late '40s (after his return from military service in 1944-45), Reinhardt's painting developed in a consistent direction of hard-edged, geometric abstraction. In 1946 he joined the Betty Parsons Gallery, where Abstract Expressionist artists such as Rothko, Gottlieb, and Newman regularly exhibited, and his work appeared there in The Ideographic Picture group exhibition of 1947. In 1947 Reinhardt also began teaching art history at Brooklyn College. He remained a prolific writer and polemicist throughout his life.
Throughout the 1950s, Reinhardt gradually purged all curving forms from his canvases, creating exclusively rectilinear, and eventually square blocks of single colors. The solid, symmetrical, monochrome blocks that are associated with his late painting began to appear in 1952. His final series of monotone works, in which the picture field is barely visible, was comprised of nine Greek crosses. Reinhardt's late work had an impact on Minimalist and Conceptual art in the 1960s and '70s.
General References
Rose, Barbara, ed. Art-as-Art: The Selected Writings of Ad Reinhardt. New York, 1975.
Lippard, Lucy. Ad Reinhardt. New York, 1981.
Ad Reinhardt. Exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 1991. Chiefly illustrations, but includes bibliography.
Purchased from the artist in 1967
New York, Betty Parsons Gallery, 1949. Ad Reinhardt. October - November. No cat.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1965. New York School, the First Generation: Paintings of the 1940s and 1950s. 16 July - 1 August. Cat. no. 94.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Fifty Years of Modern Art, 1916-1966. Summer. Cat. no. 105.
Oberlin, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 1980. From Reinhardt to Christo: Works Acquired through the Benefaction of the Late Ruth C. Roush. 20 February - 19 March. Cat. no. 12.
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1989. Planar Vision: Geometric Abstract Painting in New America Since 1945. 15 September - 5 November. Cat. pp. 118-19.
Sandler, Irving. "Reinhardt, the Purist Backlash." Artforum 5, no. 4 (December 1966), pl. 47.
Johnson, Ellen H. "Modern Americans at Oberlin." The Burlington Magazine 110 (June 1968), pp. 354-57.
Johnson, Ellen H. "Four American Acquisitions." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 26, no. 1 (Fall 1968), pp. 27-33.Ad Reinhardt. Exh. cat., Städische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, 1972, p. 19.
Johnson, Ellen H. "American Art of the Twentieth Century." Apollo 103, no. 168 (February 1976), p. 129, ill.
Selz, Peter. Art in Our Times: A Pictorial History 1890-1980. New York, 1981, p. 373.
Planar Vision: Geometric Abstract Painting in New America Since 1945. Exh. cat., Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1989, pp. 118-19.
Bois, Yve-Alain. Ad Reinhardt. Exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1991, pp. 21-23.
Technical Data
The painting was executed on a smooth, thin, white ground. The paint density is moderate, and although the paint appears to have been applied directly, there is evidence of thin washes of color beneath the uppermost colored shapes. Slightly overlapping colors are occasionally visible at the edges of the shape, but this does not result in any alteration of color, due to the thickness and opacity of the final paint layer. Slightly varying amounts of medium were used, resulting in variations in gloss. The surface is unvarnished.The painting is in good condition. There are narrow, localized areas of cracking and minimal losses and abrasions at the edges.
1. These terms are quoted from the well-known letter by Adolph Gottlieb and Marcus (Mark) Rothko, in Edward Alden Jewell, "The Realm of Art: A New Platform and Other Matters: 'Globalism' Pops into View," The New York Times (13 June 1943), x9. See the entries on their paintings in this catalogue for further information.


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I love Ricotta cheese. I'm not kidding! I have always wanted to make an Italian Sweet Ricotta Pie, and have never gotten around to it. On one of my favorite food blogs, "Proud Italian Cook" I bookmarked a recipe for a Sweet Ricotta Pie". An Italian friend of mine told me all kinds of variations of this traditional Easter dessert. Before we knew it, we had dreamed up a version I couldn't wait to make!
Marie's version-- which looks fantastic-- uses chocolate chips. I'm no longer chocoholic (long but true story behind that one, and I've blogged about it before...). I asked my friend if pistachios seemed like a substitute for the chocolate chips. She shrieked with delight at that suggestion, so a recipe adaption was born!
Invert the dough onto a floured work surface and divide in half. Form a ball out of each half and flatten into a disc; wrap each disc in plastic wrap and refrigerate while preparing the filling. (Dough can be refrigerated for up to 2 days before continuing.) Now, it's time to make the ricotta pie filling. Ideally, the night before, you'll want to drain the liquid from the ricotta cheese.
VARIATION NOTES: I think I'd like to make this, without a crust. While my husband and son liked the crust, I wanted more of the filling. Donna also tells me that there's a pineapple version that she really likes. I'm intrigued by that! I'd make this again, and not necessarily just at Easter time. It's very easy to do.
I will give credit to Marie, at Proud Italian Cook a shout of thanks for her inspiration in making my first (and not last) Italian Sweet Ricotta Pie.


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Two hospital workers and a pilot were killed when a medical helicopter crashed in Tennessee as the aircraft was headed to pick up an ailing child.
Le Bonheur Children's Hospital President and CEO Meri Armour says the Hospital Wing helicopter was cleared for both weather and flight plans when it took off Tuesday morning.
Armour said that the pilot and crew were experienced, and that they had a great helicopter.
Authorities began searching for the helicopter when it didn't respond during a routine check-in around 6:20 a.m.
Emergency officials found the helicopter's remains in a wooded section of Somervile, about 45 miles east of Memphis.
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In the dialogue-free opening sequence of Shame, director Steve McQueen introduces us to Brandon (Michael Fassbender), a handsome New Yorker who goes through a morning routine, tackles the responsibilities of his high profile day job, socializes with co-workers and, all the while, struggles with an insatiable desire for sexual pleasure. As the strings of composer Harry Escott's score swell, we see Brandon in two scenarios: holding back from advancing on a beautiful, young subway-rider and succumbing to carnal instinct with the help of a prostitute. It's a powerful setup for Fassbender's breathtaking performance, which ranks among the best of the year.
Shame forcefully declares that sex addiction is just as tangible, devastating and perplexing as any drug or alcohol problem, but does so without didactic lessons or over-the-top indulgences. Fassbender's Brandon is on the other end of the spectrum from Nicolas Cage's crazed alcoholic character in Leaving Las Vegas, with McQueen breaking long stretches of repression with harrowing moments of emotionless lust. The film works as a character portrait, following Brandon as he finds himself falling deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole and witnessing the effects of his descent on the people around him. Picking up women isn't a problem for the dashing genthe does so with ease on many an occasionbut when he tries dating the one woman he has feelings for, he's void of sexual stamina. Unfortunately, even in the sprawling city of New York, there's no outlet for Brandon to confide inhis work buddies are all looking for an easy lay and his sister Sissy (Carey Mulligan), who shows up at his door one inopportune day, has a heap of her own problems.
McQueen shoots Shame with precision that never feels staged, each scene, camera angle and directorial choice amplifying Brandon's dizzying situation, Whether Brandon's entranced by Sissy's passionate rendition of ''New York, New York,'' working off his own sexual frustration with a quick jog or seducing a barfly's girlfriend at a hole-in-the-wall joint, Fassbender and McQueen work in perfect tandem to bring the audience into the struggle. You will feel the raw power of Brandon unleashing his sex drive and you will feel the sadness behind Fassbender's face as he drifts alone through the city streets. Both moods are powerful, moving and true.
Shame doesn't have an easy-to-swallow narrative, a real beginning or an end. When you expect things to align into a traditional structure, McQueen and screenwriter Abi Morgan subvert expectationsas life often does. What keeps us engrossed is Fassbender, who can pull off the balancing act of suave and broken without tipping us off that he's acting at all. Shame received an NC-17 rating because of its racy imagery, but the real maturity on display in the film is the bare bones depiction of human behavior.
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LITCHFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Authorities say a blown tire appears to have caused the crash of a double-decker bus on a southern Illinois highway in which one passenger was killed and dozens were injured.
State Police Lt. Louis Kink said Friday that the investigation into Thursday's crash near Litchfield could take weeks, but that there doesn't appear to have been driver error.
The packed Megabus veered into a highway overpass support pillar about 55 miles northeast of St. Louis. A University of Missouri graduate student who was sitting above the driver was killed.
Kink says 47 people were taken to hospitals. He didn't know how many were critically injured but said none of the injuries appear to be life-threatening.
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In addition to having more time to make breakfasts on the weekend I also enjoy being able to make a lunch. During the week I bring leftovers to work for lunch. On the weekend I can actually make a lunch. Recently I have been exploring sandwiches and this stop was at the
philly cheese steak sandwich
. At its base a steak sandwich is just steak in a bun. You can add more ingredients as desired. When I think of a steak sandwich I think of thinly sliced beef with caramelized onions, green peppers and melting cheese. While looking at steak sandwich recipes I noticed that a lot of them used cheese whiz which sounds good. I think that the next time I make a steak sandwich it will be have caramelized onions, mushrooms and cheese whiz.
Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 onion (sliced)
- 1/2 green pepper (sliced)
- 1 clove garlic (chopped)
- 1 serving steak (thinly sliced)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 bun
- 2 slices provolone cheese
- Heat the oil in a pan.
- Add the onions and green peppers and saute until tender, about 6-10 minutes.
- Add the garlic and saute until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Set the onions and peppers aside.
- Add the steak to the pan and cook until no longer pink, about 3-4 minutes.
- Mix the vegetables into the steak.
- Place the steak and vegetables and cheese into the bun and enjoy.
- (optional) Place the open sandwich, with the cheese on top, under the broiler to melt the cheese.
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Pot Roast Sandwich Smothered in Gravy with Melted Swiss Cheese and Horseradish Mayonnaise
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Roast Beef Quesadillas
Chimichurri Steak Sandwiches with Roasted Corn and Red Pepper Salsa
Black and Blue Steak Sandwich
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Welcome to the community webpage for the Route 9 stimulus construction project! MassDOT will use this web page to keep residents and businesses regularly informed with information about the construction phases of the project, including planned lane and ramp closures.
The $12.5 million federal stimulus American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) road project is part of Governor Deval Patrick's Massachusetts recovery plan to secure the state's economic future.
The project, managed by MassDOT, consists of the micro-milling and resurfacing of approximately 7.8 miles of Route 9 beginning at Walnut Street in Natick and ending at the Framingham / Southborough Line. The work also includes the ramps at Route 27 in Natick and Route 126 in Framingham. The first stage of the project including the major roadway work will be completed by Nov 2010. The entire project will be completed by June 2011.
After the winter shut-down, beginning during the first full week in April, and as weather permits, the contractor will do a thorough cleaning of the catch basins and drainage pipes throughout the project. Some of the other activities which will occur include completion of some miscellaneous sections of sidewalks and wheel chair ramps, curbing, guard rail, signs, loam and seeding, and any winter damage repair or clean up as required. Milling on Rte. 126 over Rte. 9 is expected to begin in late April. The continuation of the permanent traffic markings should begin in May.
Other major work includes:
Pedestrian improvements including wheelchair ramp upgrades with new detectable warning panels; crosswalk striping upgrades; sidewalk upgrades; and new sidewalks in areas of significant pedestrian activity.
Bicycle improvements including: loop detection for bicycles; improved bicycle signage; and a wider edge line to improve delineation between the shoulder and travel lanes.
Safety upgrades including: new recessed pavement markings; new recessed roadway reflectors; guardrail end treatment upgrades and guardrail repairs including new guardrail reflectors; and trimming of overhanging tree limbs.
Drainage improvements including: new drainage and drainage repairs in the vicinity of Route 126; and the complete cleaning of the existing drainage system.
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Sammy Baugh Classic begins at Mustang Bowl
This year's Sammy Baugh Classic began yesterday, Thursday, Aug. 30, as the Roscoe Plowboys challenged the DeLeon Bearcats. The Plowboys were defeated 38-6 at the game.Sweetwater's Mighty Mustangs will host the Eastland Mavericks in the Classic's matchup under the famed Friday night lights on Aug. 31. The Sammy Baugh Classic wraps concludes with a double-header featuring Roby's Lions and the Hornets from (Mertzon) Irion County in the afternoon game. Saturday night the Sammy Baugh Classic pits West Texas versus East Texas as El Paso Del Valle's Conquistadors face off with a perennial power from the metroplex in Fort Worth Everman's Bulldogs.The 2012 Sammy Baugh Classic, sponsored by Family RV Center and First Financial Bank, introduced a new contribution to success. The Sammy Baugh Classic is helping to raise money for children of the Texas Midwest in need of medical treatment. The Sammy Baugh Classic Organizing Committee, a branch of the Sweetwater Chamber of Commerce, has joined a winning partnership with Sweetwater Independent School District, the Sweetwater Kiwanis Club and the Children's Miracle Network. This is an effort devoted to the children in our region of Texas receiving care at Hendrick Medical Center's new Children's Hospital. As part of Hendrick Medical Center's Project 2010, the hospital complex grew to better serve patients the region. Part of that new growth at the medical center included expansions to the Children's Hospital making it the only children's hospital between Fort Worth and Lubbock capable of meeting the unique needs of treatment for children. In 2009 the Hendrick Children's Hospital received 29,104 visits from the children of 19 area counties. 2,292 of those visits were inpatient care for the children.In last night's game of the Sammy Baugh Classic, Mitch Moore, incoming Kiwanis Club President, introduced his nephew, six-year-old Zachary Hollis, who has cerebral palsy and a heart murmur. "He is an example of the children that are helped by Hendrick Children's Hospital."Regional Kiwanis Clubs pledged to donate $50,000 to the cause and the Sweetwater Kiwanis Club is helping to raise some of that money. Throughout the game, volunteers walk in the stands with "helping cans" for people to donate to the cause. "We were very impressed with the communities of Roscoe and DeLeon last night and how much they gave to the cause," said Moore.The special presentation with Zachary Hollis will be made at tonight's game as well as a Saturday game at the Sammy Baugh Classic with helping cans going around the stands.


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It's been a few days since we came back from the IHRSA show in Las Vegas, and while we've posted a few items here on this blog and elsewhere on the website, I wanted to put all of your leftover Easter eggs in one basket and give you my views from the show.
In the past, I've posted blog after blog after blog item from a show, and sometimes the amount can get a little out of hand. But thanks to our new-look system, I can break up items more easily. Think Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback on Sports Illustrated's website, only Peter pulls an all-nighter Sunday to finish his column during the NFL season. I'm just pulling a, oh, two-weeker. Feel free to scroll up and down as you like. Extra points for lasting through the whole thing.
So without further ado, on with the show (blog):
FACT: Augie Nieto worked out more at the IHRSA show than I did.
If you haven't seen Augie on the Octane xRide, you have to check out Pam Kufahl's blog from last week. I shot the video, and I own all the subsidiary rights, both foreign and domestic. I'm thinking about tagging "A Stuart Goldman Joint" to my next directorial project.
Speaking of Augie, the Bash for Augie's Quest was another huge success. It's amazing how much the industry comes through year after year for this cause. This year's event raised more than $1.6 million, increasing the overall total to almost $37 million in eight-plus years. Curves co-founders Gary and Diane Heavin once again went large, contributing $100,000.
Since we were in Las Vegas, the Bash was not short of Elvis impersonators. I saw three there that I remember. There was tall Elvis, John Cusack Elvis and lip-syncing Elvis. I say if you're going to go through the motions of the Elvis get-up, you should at least sing like him.
Pat Monahan of Train was the featured artist, and he and his friends put on quite a show. I forgot how many hits Train has had over the years. Monahan was pretty funny with the crowd, too. Random side note, my favorite exchange from this "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" Train video:
David Hasselhoff: "Hey, Pat."
Pat Monahan: "Hey, Hoff."
Also, my favorite lyric: How could you leave on Yom Kippur?
I enjoyed meeting and interviewing Zumba Fitness co-founders Beto Perez and Alberto Perlman during the show. I think this will be my not-scheduled-but-website-worthy interview story similar to last year's interview with Andre Agassi and Gil Reyes that pretty much came together at the last minute. I hope to have my story online in a few days, and I hope that is before their CBI cover story (that's another magazine, folks) in May. Perlman told me I had good questions, so I hope that translates into a halfway decent story.
Like Augie, the Zumba folks pretty much stole the show, both on the show floor and during their Zumbathon fundraiser that Augie also attended (and did a few moves, I hear). After the Bash, and after Pat Monahan left the stage, Beto led an impromptu Zumba class with the DJ. IHRSA's photos tell us that many of the Newtown Athletic Club folks were there. (Don't deny it, Jim and Linda!) Not only did IHRSA present Perlman with the John McCarthy Industry Visionary Award, but Augie's Quest presented the Zumba founders with its Leadership Award.
A Session on Members and the Financial Panel
More and more these days, I go to sessions at shows because I know the presenters. That's not necessarily the best reason, but I still learn something new every time.
The first session I attended was on attracting, selling and retaining more members and included Bill McBride of Club One (and IHRSA president), Blair McHaney of Gold's Gym in Washington state, David Patchell-Evans of GoodLife Fitness in Canada, Bryan O'Rourke of Integerus and Fitmarc, and Edgard Corona of Bio Ritmo and Smart Fit in Brazil.
The panel discussed the changing nature of the industry, especially as it relates to membership and social media. McHaney talked about his gyms' "alumni creation process," not a cancellation process. O'Rourke said the traditional front desk concept in health clubs is going to go away, "and that's a good thing," he said. McBride said clubs should get to know their members better.
"You can't talk to me about benefits unless you know me," McBride said.
Is there a "secret sauce" in this industry? No, McHaney succinctly said, eliciting laughs from the packed room.
Patchell-Evans gave a sports analogy while suggesting club operators need to adapt to their members, who are themselves growing and adapting to different likes and dislikes.
"Very few teams win a championship two years in a row," he said.
The 17th annual IHRSA Financial Panel, moderated by our good friend Rick Caro, didn't disappoint. The panel consisted of Jon Canarick of North Castle Partners, which recently took over Curves; Doug Lehrman of Pulse Equity, which invests in In-Shape Health Clubs; Kayvan Heravi of LNK Partners, which invested in Life Time Fitness before it went public and now has an investment in Beachbody; and Diego Cordoba of Teka Capital in Colombia, which runs Body Tech clubs.
Cordoba is the first Latin American panelist on the IHRSA Financial Panel. He told the attendees that Caro told him, "You have to hit a home run." To which Cordoba, a little nervous about the task, told Caro, "I'd rather run home."
Before the panelists gave their presentations, Caro offered his annual headlines of the industry, and it was interesting to me that he said that there was some real consolidation of clubs in the United States for the first time. What he added—and what he's told me in the past—is that all of the mergers and acquisitions really only count for about 1 percent of all commercial clubs. So yes, we have consolidation, but no, it's not quite overwhelming.
The panel talked in general terms about the growing specialty options that we've highlighted this year: cycle studios, CrossFit, personal training studios, etc. Health care, active living and nutrition were common themes in a couple of the presentations. This is not just a fitness club industry, the panelists said.
In 2012, Cordoba operated 91 total clubs in Colombia, Peru and Chile. The percentage of club members in those countries to the total population is very small, compared to our percentage in the United States. Also, those countries have an increasing obesity problem. Overall, the health club industry in Latin America is lagging behind the industry in the United States, Cordoba said.
To add to Pam's kind comments about Rick, I also want to congratulate him for his Lifetime Achievement Award. I didn't get to hear his acceptance speech, but I'm told that afterward, he, Joe Moore and other IHRSA dignitaries performed their version of the Harlem Shake. (Photos and video not available.)
Star Trac, Andre Agassi and Some Quick Hits
We had fun at the reception for the 30th anniversary StairMaster. Our thanks to StairMaster's Merrill Richmond for the invitation.
At the reception, I ran into Michael Bruno, who owns the company that owns Star Trac, StairMaster, Schwinn and has a partnership with Mad Dogg Athletics (Spinning). A good friend of ours coined the side-by-side booths at the IHRSA show "Bruno Row."
Bruno told me about a great charity event that he and his family attended during the show. Last spring in Las Vegas, Bruno outbid those attending Muhammad Ali's 70th birthday party for a chance to play tennis with husband-and-wife Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf, followed by one-on-one lessons. What an opportunity, right? So that's what Bruno's wife and daughter did, and Michael got a chance to sneak away from the show for an hour to watch the match. The donation went to the Cleveland Clinic to find a cure for Parkinson's disease, a cause near and dear to Bruno's heart.
Speaking of Agassi, he made a surprise appearance on the show floor at the BILT by Agassi & Reyes booth. Isn't that right, IHRSA's Meredith Poppler?
And Speaking of Star Trac, I got a chance to speak with new hire John Gamble, formerly of Fitness First in the UK as well as Technogym and Life Fitness. A pleasant fellow, I might add, in my brief encounter. Very British, too, isn't that right, soon-to-be newlywed Vanessa Klapper?
I didn't visit as many booths as I did last year, but a few shout-outs go to TRX, which told me they had more staff at this show than at any show ever, KettleWorX, Valencell, Powerbahn and, ahem, Big Ass Fans. There was a sales executive with KettleWorX, Craig Bradley, who actually saw my attempt at a joke on Twitter when I announced during the show that I was at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, wondering where everybody was.
Ohmigod, ohmigod, ohmigod! One Direction is coming to Mandalay Bay Aug. 2-3! (If you spent any time on elevators at Mandalay Bay during the IHRSA show, you already know this.)
I spent too much of my time at the show chasing a big story. Still chasing. As Forrest Gump would say, "That's all I have to say about that."
I roomed with our publisher, Marty McCallen, during our stay at the Mandalay Bay. Two dudes sharing a room. See the Forrest Gump quote above. It applies here, too.
More Quick Hits
A veteran fitness industry executive told me at our booth that this IHRSA show had the most energy since 2006. Those of us here agree. Did others feel the same way?
More people this year came to our booth saying they were reading our stories on the website or in our Newsbeat or in our digital edition. A trend in our publishing world, perhaps? Also, more international folks came up to us than at any IHRSA show that I can recall. I even got a business card from Yoel Hakimyan, a gym manager in Israel, my first business card from the homeland. You can read the card forwards and backwards.
Overall, I was humbled by the many of you who complimented us and to let us know where we stand in the industry. I have never received/heard more compliments at any other previous show (including ours) than I did at IHRSA this year. Thank you for that. And thanks also to our booth neighbor Danny Weiland, who was doing his thing on an exercise ball up and down the aisles for a good six, seven hours straight. Here is some of his work. (Kids do not try this at home.)
Joe Cirulli is not resting on his laurels. A few months after we presented him with our Lifetime Achievement Award, I saw him hustling from meetings to sessions at IHRSA, always wanting to learn how to get better. I ran into Joe and told him again how our story came up short in the Neal Awards in New York this year. But hey, I got to see Tom Hanks across the street in New York. Who's the real winner now?
Good to see Club Industry columnist and good friend Karen Woodard Chavez, who stopped by during our staff dinner.
Our sales associate, Laurie Kerr, and I attended the World Gym International reception at Minus 5 Ice Bar. We had to put on heavy coats and gloves because, you know, it was really cold in the place.
I met Guy Cammilleri for the first time. Guy, for some reason, was wearing a faux fur coat. It's not his normal attire, he told us, but I suspect it was just another Wednesday for him. Guy told us all about how he and his family bought World Gym, and I got the feeling that it was just one of those meant-to-be situations. It's a great story. Suppose I will tell it one of these days….Oh, and Keith Albright is working for World Gym now, and he met with us at the booth the next day.
I was impressed with former NFL player Kevin Johnson of Team85 Fitness & Wellness, who met with us at the booth. Johnson is putting together Team Campus Bordentown in Bordentown, NJ, which will be a 32-acre site hosting more than 200,000 square feet of dedicated medical space and an additional 124,000-square-foot fitness, wellness and multi-sport complex. Johnson hopes to have everything up and running by the end of this year.
Three Keys to a Good Keynote
After hearing two of the main keynote speakers at the show, I've decided I'm going to create my own speaking tour since I've figured out the secret formula.
In fact, you can be a public speaker, too. Anyone, even someone who is unemployed and living off of the earnings from a malpractice lawsuit can still be a successful speaker using these three key examples: Apple. Southwest Airlines. Harley-Davidson.
You mention those three companies in any presentation at any business convention, and you'll be set for life. There will not be enough days on the calendar to fill your speaking engagement schedule.
Just about every business-related speaker I've heard recently uses those three companies at some point in their presentation. I even joked about it with Pam Kufahl while we were sitting together for the Chip Conley presentation. Every step of the way, Apple (ding!), Southwest Airlines (ding!) and Harley-Davidson (ding!) was duly noted. Southwest Airlines employees would feel their job is a calling more than a career or a job, said Conley, the founder of Joie de Vivre Hotels.
I discussed my theory the next day with Sara Kooperman, CEO of SCW Fitness Education and Les Mills Midwest (and one of the few people who get to call me "Stu.") As we were about to see the Friday speaker, Peter Sheahan, founder and CEO of ChangeLabs in Australia (and author of "FL!P"), I told Sara something like, "All these speakers use the same companies: Apple, Southwest and Harley-Davidson. You watch."
Well, right before Sheahan came out on stage, the man introducing him said Sheahan had done work with Harley-Davidson. That was a good sign, but it really didn't come during the presentation, so it only sort of counted.
A few minutes into the address, here comes the Southwest Airlines example. Boom! I'm lovin' it. Sara is beside herself. She can't get over the fact that I'm right. I'm still lovin' it.
Another few minutes pass, and boom! The Apple example! By now, Sara is punching me in the leg, physically injuring me. I don't feel the pain.
So at this point, all three companies were mentioned, but again, the Harley-Davidson example was only a sort-of example. There were only two minutes left to go in the presentation. Nerves were rattled. And then suddenly, Sheahan talked about how UFC fights have a sponsor right in the middle of the mat during their televised bouts. And that sponsor is…Harley-Davidson!
Yes! Nailed all three! I did a victory dance in the chair. Sara was done speaking to me at this point.
This was Babe Ruth calling his shot at Wrigley Field. This was Jordan hitting the game-winner against the Jazz. This was Jon Gruden running down the sidelines in the Super Bowl, punching his fist in the air as he watches an interception return for a touchdown.
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Most people want to forget their experience with high school calculus, that nebulous math whose underlying theory few really tried to understand. The trick was to memorize the rules of calculation and pass the tests. Once accomplished, those memories were quickly discarded as useless in the real world. But if you live in the world of options, it is the real world. In this case, however, it is much more important to understand the theory behind calculus than to know how to do the calculations. There are models for that. The good news is that the theory is actually much easier to master than the mechanics.
Calculus is a methodology that measures the rate of change of one thing relative to another. In pricing an option, that is all you really need to know: The higher the rate of change in a stock (volatility), the more valuable an option is, regardless of whether it is a put or a call. This makes intuitive sense: The more you think a stock can move over a specified period of time, the more you will be willing to pay for an option. In my earlier column, you only have to look at the graphs to see that when buying an option, the real payoff comes when a stock moves a lot. The bottom line is that for stocks that move a lot, that have a higher volatility, their options, both puts and calls, will be priced higher.
The first and most important step then in pricing an option is to quantify a stock's volatility. We will look at two types of volatility: 1) normal day-to-day changes and 2) the likelihood of an abnormal large change on any given day.
The following graph is the first step in analyzing normal day-to-day volatility. The stock price is measured horizontally and the number of observations vertically to create the bar graph. We look back any number of days, perhaps 220 trading days (one year) and record the number of closing prices at each price, represented by a bar. For example, the light blue bar shows that most closing prices occurred at 0% away from the stock's current price. The red bars represent the number of closing prices below the current stock price, the dark blue above.
It is to be expected that few closing prices occur 45% above and below the current price, more 30% above and below, and even more right around the current stock price.
If we fit a curve over these bar graphs it will look like the graph below. The more observations we include, the smoother the curve. This represents the distribution of stock prices weighted by the frequency of observations. This distribution, referred to as a "normal distribution," is a valuable statistical tool and can tell us a great deal about the volatility of the stock and consequently, the pricing of its options.
Without going into statistical calculations (which are a little more refined than represented here), we can now define several terms that are the main drivers in pricing options. The graph is labeled 1 STD around a 30% range over and under the current stock price and 2 STD around a 45% range. STD (standard deviation) indicates a level of certainty or confidence interval: 1 STD incorporates 66% of all observations and 2 STD incorporates 95%. Basically this means that we would expect the stock to be up or down 30% in one year's time with a 66% certainty; or 45% with a 95% certainty (based on historical data). This is what is used when referring to the volatility of a stock. The 30% (1 STD is usually used) or 45% number is plugged directly into option pricing models to determine a theoretical price. The higher this volatility number, the higher the theoretical value of an option.
This volatility number tells us something about the normal or day-to-day volatility of a stock. A 30% annualized volatility number translates into a 2% move per day. This is calculated by taking 30% and dividing it by the square root of 220, the number of trading days per year.
These volatility numbers are where most people stop, but they tell only half of the story. Much can be learned additionally, however, from the shape of the distribution.
The following graph depicts the distribution of two stocks. Notice that the blue stock relative to the red stock has a higher frequency of observations around the current stock price. If we stop there it would seem that the volatility number for the blue stock would be lower than that of the red stock; the options of the blue stock should be priced lower. But further notice that the blue stock has a higher frequency of trades far away from the current stock price (tail observations). It is possible then that these two stocks could have the same volatility number, or the blue stock could even have a higher number. The blue stock has a lower day to day volatility, but a higher "event" volatility or tail risk.
So which stock is riskier and which options should be priced higher? As it turns out in a case like this, the options of different strikes (above and below the current stock price) would be priced to reflect these distributions. It is likely that the options for the blue stock would be relatively cheaper for strike prices near the current stock price and more expensive for strikes away from the stock price than for the red stock.
Relative option prices are compared by backing out the volatility number. We can use this as a normalized number to compare options of different strikes, options of different stocks, and various index options to stock options. The following chart will introduce this concept and several derivative numbers useful to analyze options.
The red dashed line depicts the return profile of a 40 strike call purchased at $3.65 with the stock price at $40 per share. We decide to pay this price because the past historical volatility number is 40%. If the next day the rest of the world decides that the future volatility of the stock will come down (perhaps an earnings report overnight calms investors' fears) to say 35%, then the option will cheapen and we will experience a loss depicted by the blue dashed line. In each case we are deciding to pay a certain price because we plugged our volatility assumption into a statistical model (like the Black-Scholes). This is called the "implied volatility:" the option price implies a certain volatility number. This is the way to compare one option price to another; we compare the implied volatilities rather than the prices themselves.
The option pricing model will also generate numbers we call "partials" that will explain how the option behaves relative to the stock price. These partials are first and second derivatives of the underlying stock price. The "delta" is the amount the option price will move for a $1 move in the stock price.
In this case, if the stock is up or down $1, the option price will move about 63 cents. This number is also the probability the option will expire in the money, in this case 63%. This delta, however, will change as the stock price changes. For a call, as the stock price goes up, the delta will also go up: the probability that the stock expires in the money increases and the option acts more and more like stock (it is the opposite for a put). Interestingly, there is a confluence of variables that affect how much the delta will change. For example, the delta will increase more for a short-term call than for a call with a longer expiration. The rate of change of the delta is measured by the second derivative and is called "gamma." In this case, the delta will change by .054 for a $1 change in the stock price (if the stock is up $1, the delta will rise to .63 + .054 = .684). The "vega" measures the sensitivity to changes in implied volatility. In this case, if the implied volatility number goes from 40% to 41%, the option price will increase by 7 cents to $3.72. Vega will be larger for longer term options than shorter term options. The "theta" measures the decay of the option: because the option has an expiration date, it is a wasting asset. In this case each day the option will decay by $ .018. The rate of decay will accelerate over time; most of the decay will occur near expiration. Because of decay, the return profile of the option in the above graph will move from the original red dashed line to the black dashed line over time and eventually to the solid blue line at expiration. The "rho" measures the sensitivity of the option price to changes in interest rates: as interest rates rise, the price of a call will increase and the price of a put will decrease.
It is evident that an option is a dynamic asset: Its price will change based on several variables. The greatest influence by far is the price of the underlying stock. The second greatest influence, and the one to concentrate on, is the implied volatility. This is where the art come into play when pricing an option. All the other variables (interest rates, dividends, and time to expiration) are given.
There are limitations in using statistical analysis in deciding on an appropriate implied volatility number when pricing options. It is linear in nature: it uses historical data and extrapolates this into the future. This assumption is generally incorrect. There is a subjective side to pricing options that comes with experience and even intuition, using statistical analysis as a guide.
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