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Rear quarter view)
A Pony in GTA III.
GTA Vice City
GTA San Andreas
GTA Liberty City Stories
GTA Vice City Stories
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|4 (driver and 3 passengers)
|Brute (HD Universe)
The Pony is a goods van which made its first appearance in Grand Theft Auto III, and has recurred in six following games.
GTA III — GTA Vice City Stories
Between GTA III and GTA Vice City Stories, the Pony is depicted as a generic, medium sized van that has appeared in two different forms, both of which do not apparently draw inspiration from any van. For GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories, the Pony features a modern appearance with a high roof (compared to the Rumpo's lower roof), while the GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas and GTA Vice City Stories renditions are directed in an older form with a conventionally low roof. In all its incarnations, the Pony is capable of carrying four passengers (two in the front, two in the back), and can be found driving around the industrial areas of the cities. The Pony resembles a 1983-1991 Ford E-Series.
Regular Ponys in GTA San Andreas may occasionally appear with stereo systems in their cargo holds. One such Pony is seen during the mission "Life's a Beach", where it is used by a DJ for a beach party (see Variants for more details).
GTA III (Rear quarter view).
GTA Vice City (Rear quarter view).
GTA San Andreas (Rear quarter view).
The sound system on the Pony in "Life's a Beach". Other Ponys in the game may feature the same content in their cargo hold (Rear quarter view).
GTA Liberty City Stories (Rear quarter view).
GTA Vice City Stories (Rear quarter view).
In GTA IV, the Pony is manufactured by Brute. The front resembles a 1992-1996 GMC Vandura, and the sides and back resemble a 1986-1993 Dodge Ram Van; that said, it has taller taillights than the Ram Van, and its side-mirrors look closer to more modern vans like the 1996–present Chevy Express/GMC Savana. The GTA IV Pony looks similar to the Burrito, a Declasse van.
The GTA IV Pony can rarely be spotted, however it does spawn parked in at least two locations (see Locations). It comes with various different company names including; Sum Yung Gai Chinese Restaurant, U-Benders Plumbing Services, Pizza This and Mr. Wong's Laundrette. However, regardless of company name, the rear is either filled with various tools and toolboxes or being simply empty.
The Pony in GTA V looks identical to GTA IV.
A Pony in GTA IV (Rear quarter view, with roof rack).
A Pony in GTA V (Rear quarter view).
Overall, the Pony has a reasonable speed for a van, but its handling suffers from the very stiff suspension setup, making the vehicle unstable on bumpy roads. In GTA IV, its top speed is 120 km/h (74 mph).
In its earlier form, the Pony has been repeatedly adapted into different vans featuring unique modifications, including:
- The Panlantic and the TOYZ (GTA III and GTA Liberty City Stories)
- The Top Fun (GTA Vice City)
- The Berkley Van (GTA San Andreas)
- The Ballot Van (GTA Liberty City Stories)
Pony's with unique modification also exist. Pony's with unique black body colors can be found during "Loose Ends". During the GTA San Andreas mission "Life's a Beach", there is a also unique teal Pony with a large stereo system and off-road wheels (presumably to allow it to traverse the sandy beach); it is a one-of-a-kind vehicle as Ponys cannot be modified at TransFender. It can be obtained by driving it into a player-owned garage instead of the designated lockup and then blowing it up, failing the mission. The garage will restore it back to full condition then.
The black Pony featured during "Loose Ends", GTA Vice City.
The Pony as depicted during "Life's a Beach", GTA San Andreas. Note the off-road tires.
Naming confusion
There is some confusion over the differences between the Pony and the Rumpo, due to changes in their designs between GTA III and GTA Vice City.
In GTA III, the Rumpo is designed after the Dodge Ram Van, and the Pony is a larger van with a heightened roof. In GTA Vice City, however, the Pony has a new design with a conventional roof, and the original "heightened roof" Pony design is inherited by the Rumpo (GTA San Andreas retained this change). Vans inspired by the Dodge Ram would continue to appear in the GTA III era, under the name "Burrito".
- A cosmetic glitch in GTA Vice City causes any Pony which enters a Pay 'n' Spray to emerge with its front bumper facing the opposite direction, towards the rear. Simply parking the vehicle in a garage and allowing the garage door to close will restore the bumper's alignment. This problem is also present in GTA Vice City's Rumpo.
- The Pony plays the following radio stations by default when entered:
- Emotion 98.3 in GTA Vice City and GTA Vice City Stories.
- Playback FM in GTA San Andreas.
- The Vibe 98.8 in GTA IV.
- In perfect condition this van can be sold in the S&M Auto Sales for $1,800
- Next to a chain-linked fence east of the Supa Save! in Portland Harbor, Portland
- At the entrance of an alleyway of Kai Lee's Hot Sauce Company in Chinatown, Portland
- In the parking lot of the AmCo in Trenton, across the street from Joey's Garage
- At the car crusher in Harwood, Portland
- GTA Vice City
- GTA San Andreas
- Usually seen in industrial areas such as Ocean Docks, or Easter Basin
- Usually seen at the Fallen Tree.
- GTA Liberty City Stories
- A rare black Pony is available in the mission Taking the Peace.
- GTA Vice City Stories
- Parked near a silo just east of the Malibu Club in Vice Point.
- Regularly seen driving around the Viceport area.
- Spawns at Munsee Ave, near the Dillon St intersection in Downtown, Broker (only during office hours.)
- Spawns at a small shop in Leftwood, Alderney.


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In the midst of the snowfields of Greenland lies Alpha Polaris, an American oil research station. High above, the ion storm of the century is gathering, bringing about a strange intermixing of reality and night terrors. It is up to Rune Knudsen, a Norwegian biologist, to take on a desperate struggle against fear and death, and to face the primordial force lurking beyond the veiled sky.
The Cast:
Day One:
Rune reluctantly wakes up to the sound of Tully ranting about a crazed polar bear outside the research station. Exit Runes bedroom and follow the corridor to the living room to meet Nova. After exhausting the dialogue tree, exit the living room and go left to the garage and then left again to the lobby. Add the following items from the Lobby to your inventory: tranquilizer rifle, packaging tape, rope and EGPE flag. Enter the lab to the left and take the sedative gear. Return to the lobby and exit the door to go outside (dont worry, the game will automatically clothe Rune in the proper winter attire).
Climb the ladder to the left of the door to the roof. In your inventory combine the sedative darts with the rifle and then use the rifle on the bear. After the cut-scene, use the oximeter on the bears mouth. Remove the sedative dart from the bear and then place the tracking collar around her neck. Examine the bears mouth to discover she has an infected tooth.
Talk to Tully for a suggestion on how to drag the bears body into the cage. Type snowmobile and then after the cut-scene take the ratchet strap from the back of the snowmobile. Open the door to the cage. Use the ratchet strap on the bear and then click the rope on the bear, the sturdy pillar inside the cage and the snowmobile. Once the bear is in the cage, return to the laboratory and take the antibiotics from the medical locker. Tully will enter the lab, talk to him about his discovery.
Examine the hide on the table, it is covered with Cartouche symbols. Take the bones from the table and then open the fume hood in the back of the room. Take the container from inside the fume hood and place it on the right side of the table. Place the bones in the container and then pour distilled water and acetic acid into the container with the bones. Take the container and return it to the fume hood so it can soak overnight and dissolve the calcite.
Exit to the garage and use the table saw to cut the EGPE flagpole. In your inventory use the reversal syringe on the antibiotics and then use the antibiotic syringe on the pole. Use the packaging tape to attach the syringe to the pole and then exit outside to the bear cage. Use the pole syringe to inject the bear with antibiotics. Return to Runes room and prepare for bed.
Day One: Night
Rune is awakened by garbled radio static. Leave Runes room and go to the living room and try to use the radio. Tully stumbles into the room, he is sleepwalking and seems to be very frightened. Talk to Tully and then go to the laboratory to find Al who provides an explanation for the static. Return to Runes room to go back to sleep.
Day Two:
Take the verte absinthe from the floor (well need it later) and then exit the station. Keep walking right until you reach the bears cage. The bear has escaped from the cage and left a bloody trail. Rune needs to take the snowmobile and search for the wounded bear, but first he must examine the bones in the fume hood. Return to the laboratory.
Take the container out of the fume hood and Rune will place the bones on the table. Click on the bones for a close-up view and then use the multi-tool to remove the calcinations from the femur. There are symbols on the femur that represent dancing and feasting. Examine the deep cut at the bottom of the bone, it looks as though the marrow has been extracted. As this is Novas expertise, go to the kitchen to speak with her.
Go through the entire dialogue tree with Nova. After you ask her about the bones she will give Rune an article on Anthropophagy. Read the article in your notebook and then return to the laboratory. Examine the hide and the three Cartouche symbols. For symbol one type east, for symbol two type island and for symbol three type tribe.
Go to Runes room and take his laptop and the triangulation device. Combine these two items in your inventory. Go to the lobby, take the TACS 12 shotgun and then go outside to the bears cage. Stand between syringe pole and the cage, facing forward. Right click on your multi-tool in your inventory to get a compass reading (mine was 258). Open the laptop and double-click on the triangulator app. Enter the collar ID (found in your notebook) in the first box ALO339 and then your compass reading in the second box. Click on the Plot 1 button and then close the laptop. Now have Rune walk forward to the front of the screen, it is anywhere from 18-20 steps depending on how far back he begins. Open the laptop and double-click on the triangulator app again and click on the Plot 2 button. Rune should now have a position on the bear. Walk west to the snowmobile. Click on the snowmobile and after the cut-scene of the confrontation with the bear, its bloody tracking collar will be added to your inventory. After a short conversation with Tully, enter the station and go into the laboratory and talk with Al who will give you the recipe for Bombe Alaska.
How to make Bombe Alaska (and win over Novas heart): Go down to the basement and add the following items to your inventory: maple syrup, sponge cake, meringue powder and the extinguisher on the wall. Now go to the kitchen. Take the sugar from the table and the cream from the refrigerator. Use the maple syrup on the bowl on the table. Next use the caster sugar and the cream on the bowl. Finally, use the extinguisher and then the sponge cake on the bowl. Click on the bowl and flip it over. Use the meringue powder on the water tap and then use the mixed meringue on the plate. Pour the verte absinthe on the plate and then use the lighter to ignite the dish. Select Its ready to enjoy a romantic meal for two.
After the cut-scene, click the bears bloody tracking collar on Runes laptop. Double click the ProxyTrack app on the computer. From the Map menu select East Ketek Plateau. From the Import menu select USB ALO339. From the Datapoints menu click each point on the map until Rune makes a remark about the missing bear. Leave the computer screen and return to the laboratory. Click on the glacier map on the back wall and examine Schaumann 3. Return to Runes room for a good night's rest.
Day Two: Night
Go into the corridor and speak with Nova. Go to the lobby, take the tranquilizer gun and go outside. Watch the cut-scene.
Day Three:
Go to the kitchen for a conversation with the rest of the staff. You need to find that article and redeem yourself. Find Tully in the garage and talk to him until he gives you a blank skeleton key. Go to the corridor and study the keys on the bulletin board. Use the utility knife to remove all of the pins from the key except for pin 5. Now use the key to unlock and open Novas door. Examine the locked trunk by the foot of the bed. Enter Novas birth date 0209 and then click on the lock to open the trunk. Take the article from the trunk and read it in your notebook. Take the crampons from Runes room and then go to the Lobby. Take the oil probe, rope and rifle and then go to the garage. Click on the 6x6 Arctic truck for a cut-scene.
Use the crampons on Rune and then use the oil probe on the trucks winch. Now click the rope on both Rune and the oil probe and then use the remote so that Rune can descend to the cave. Once at the edge of the cave, use the winch remote twice and it will lower and then rise with oil in its container. Use the utility knife on the probe to add the oil to your inventory. Enter the cave to your right and use the oil and then the lighter on the cup on the ground. Continue to your right and use the same procedure for the second and third cup. The room with the third cup will have a giant etching on the wall. Return to the second room and click on the mural. There are four symbols on the mural that must be transcribed using your notebook. From the bottom up enter: shaman, throne, boreas and wendigo.
Day Four:
Rune finds himself in the laboratory. Go to the kitchen for a heated conversation and then return to the laboratory to speak with Nova. Take the hide and bones from the table and then the gasoline can from the garage. Go outside and toss them in the ash barrel to the left. Use your lighter on the barrel. Hmmmluckily Alistear appears to offer some advice on how to burn dem bones.
Go to the basement and use your utility knife to loosen and take the sacrificial anode. Next, take the frying pan from the kitchen. Now go to the garage. Use your utility knife on the barrel to the left to obtain some rust. Now use both the sacrificial anode and the frying pan on the grinding machine on the right wall of the garage. Use the broom to sweep up the aluminum and magnesium dust from the floor. You should now have rust, aluminum and magnesium in your inventory. Return to the barrel outside and put all three in the barrel. Now fire that baby up with your lighter and watch as it melts into molten plastic.
While youre still outside, go left until you find Tullys bloody corpse. After the cut-scene, go to Als room in the corridor and use the skeleton key to open his door. Search his room until you find the crumpled note on his desk. From your inventory read the note and then talk to Alistear who is in the living room. Return to Runes room for the night only to be approached by Nova. Should you stay or should you leave? If youre in the mood for a hot, sexy love scene, then choose to stay.
Day Four: Night:
Rune needs to restore heat to the station before he and Nova freeze to death (seems like they werent having any problem staying warm!). Go outside and then right to the generator cabinet. First, open the fuel control valve that is to the right of the generator cabinet. Then open the cabinet. To restore heat, do the following in order: pull lever down, click on the choke, click on the starter, click on the choke again (do this quickly before the starter goes off) and then push the lever back up. You will know you are successful when the meter readings click back on. A cut-scene follows.
Alistear is waiting for Rune and unsuccessfully attempts to kill him with his revolver. Failing that, he runs into the compound and locks out Rune. Travel right to the bear cage and take the pole syringe to the left of the cage. Click on the pole syringe in your inventory to disassemble it into a wooden pole and an empty syringe. Return to the generator cabinet and use the syringe on the antifreeze pipe to the right to fill the syringe with antifreeze. Continue to the left and take the crampons next to the snowmobile and then use the crampons on Rune. Return to the Research Stations locked door and climb the ladder to the left of the door to reach the roof.
Once on the roof, climb the icy portion to your left and then use the antifreeze syringe on the frozen hatch. Open the hatch and drop down into the garage. Click on the tools rack to get a wrench and then click on the ladder to the right and Rune will hide behind the stored wares. Click the wrench on the garage window to attract Alistear who is in for a surprise when he comes looking for Rune.
Pick-up Alistears revolver and go left to the laboratory. Take the crumpled note on the floor its next to the missing fuse and then open your inventory to read. The bottom two symbols of the note must be solved. Type heart for Symbol I and crevasse for Symbol II. Next click on the text Where is Nova? that appears on the note and then type waterwell. Exit to the basement. Click on the meat hook and then use the meat hook to lift the pump lid. Open the hatch and go down for the final confrontation.


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Connecticut adds 5,800 jobs, overcomes 'deep winter freeze'
Fourth straight month of improvement for Connecticut
Following a rough start in January, Connecticut grew jobs for the fourth straight month in May, adding its highest number to date: 5,800 total nonfarm jobs.
The monthly report, released Thursday from the state Department of Labor, showed broad job gains across the economy, with growth in seven out of 10 "supersectors." They include professional and business services, trade, transportation and utilities, and manufacturing.
In January, Connecticut lost 10,900 jobs, leading economists to worry about how long it would take the state to recover. Thursday's report suggested that the state's economy had finally clawed its way back.
"Connecticut nonfarm job levels now exceed levels reached before the deep winter freeze set in during January, and are now at a new recovery high," said Andy Condon, director of the Office of Research, in the state Department of Labor's press release.
He added: "At this point, the resiliency of the recovery appears to be bringing people back into the labor force."
The unemployment rate last month remained unchanged at 6.9 percent, a low not seen since January 2009, during the financial crisis, when the rate was 7.0 percent.
The U.S. employment rate also remained flat in May, holding at 6.3 percent.
Don Klepper-Smith, who serves an economic adviser to Farmington Bank, called the May jobs report a "technical bounce" from January's drop, but noted that the jobs number is only up 0.5 percent on a cumulative year-to-date basis.
Given last year's 1.1 percent growth rate, Connecticut is "growing at half-speed," Klepper-Smith said.
"The good news is we're growing in the positive direction," he said, before adding, "It's just not as fast as prior economic recoveries."
Connecticut has thus far recovered 71,600 jobs, or 60.1 percent of the total jobs lost during the recession; the state needs to add 47,500 jobs to start a true expansion. The U.S., meanwhile, last month finally saw its total payrolls rise above the level before the recession. But even with that benchmark, experts are still concerned about whether the U.S. is creating enough jobs to entice back those who have dropped out of the workforce.
Here in Connecticut, Thursday's jobs numbers came on the heels of less-than-stellar news about the state's economic health. The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis last week released a report showing that Connecticut's gross domestic product grew 0.9 percent in 2013, resulting in the state being ranked 39th nationally. Measured against its neighbors, Connecticut fared better than New York (46), but worse compared with Massachusetts (28) and New Jersey (37).
While GDP, which measures the total value of goods and services being produced, is considered a key gauge of the economy along with the number of jobs, Steven Lanza, an economics professor at the University of Connecticut, said that the two measurements do not always move in the same direction and cautioned against reading too much into one number. In general, he added, "Growth is very uneven. It occurs in fits and starts."
Lanza argued that the broader storyline emerging from the recession and recovery has been the outsized hit taken by the financial services industry, a trend playing out in New York as well. Last month, Connecticut's financial activities sector -- which is made up of the finance and insurance sector, and the real estate and rental and leasing sector -- lost 900 jobs.
As of last month, the sector had a total of 130,000 workers, a loss of 14,500, or 10 percent, compared to the employment peak in March 2008.
"We've been hit really hard with recession that's grounded in financial services," Lanza said. "We continue to be held back by that."
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DBA, others sponsor mayoral debate
Several organizations in North Texas are sponsoring a one-hour debate between Dallas mayoral runoff candidates David Kunkle and Mike Rawlings on Monday, June 6, at the Pavillion at the Belo Mansion, 2101 Ross Ave. in Dallas. The forum will be moderated by Shawn Williams, editor of Dallas South News.
The debate, which will begin promptly at noon, is free and open to the public. An optional $13 lunch buffet will be served beginning at 11:30 a.m.
The debate is sponsored by the Public Forum Committee of the Dallas Bar Association, the Dallas Asian American Bar Association, the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association, J.L. Turner Legal Association and the League of Women Voters of Dallas, the program is intended to educate the Dallas legal community and public of the backgrounds and philosophies of the candidates. The Dallas Bar Association is a non-partisan organization.
Those interested in attending are asked to RSVP to [email protected] so adequate seating is available.
C.U.R.E. begins fundraising for Quilt
On Sept. 30–Oct. 2, C.U.R.E. 2011 will bring panels from the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt to the Dallas Convention Center. This display will be the largest seen since the Quilt was exhibited on the National Mall in Washington DC. Dallas will be the venue for a national event focusing on educating our diverse populations about AIDS and how to prevent its spread.
To help fund the weekend, C.U.R.E. has started a fundraising campaign, asking people to donate just $2 and to ask friends and family to do the same. The link to make a donation through PayPal is CureNTx.org.
C.U.R.E was founded by Roseann Rossetti and Rosemary Odom. Tyler Sweatman is the event director for the Quilt display.
United Way disburses funds
United Way of Greater Dallas voted to disburse $25 million to 78 nonprofit organizations in the Dallas area. Because of new criteria that emphasized improving education, income or health, some new agencies received money and others lost their United Way funding.
Among the regular recipients are Resource Center Dallas, which will receive $383,409, and AIDS Arms, which will receive $772,548. Bryan's House is one of the new agencies receiving United Way funding and they will get $315,106.
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After 8000M and Solar series comes the Crystal series line up that is not a rebrand. It is a brand new architecture based on GCN. In the discrete world the codename reserved for these new parts is Volcanic Islands and of course they are bound to be faster than the current 7000 discrete series.
If AMD continues to follow the transition Crystal series might end up with 9000M based brands and they would be tailored to compete with Geforce 700M chips based on Kepler chips.
We don't know the transistor size of these chips we would assume they are 28nm, as 20nm is simply not ready for full scale production, but we expect to see first production of 20nm mobile offering for mobile industry in very early 2014. We will keep our eyes open for any clarification.
AMD needs to gain back some of the Intel CPU based notebook market and get its discrete offering back in these notebooks, as the 8000M series found home in very few notebooks, forcing AMD to lose massive market share in mobile discrete segment. Let's hope that AMD Crystal series, or HD 9000M can change that.
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Highway 47 partly blocked following crash that knocked down power lines
PGE is on the scene repairing the lines
(The News-Register staff) -- CARLTON -- Highway 47 traffic is being flagged past the scene of a crash that sheered off a power pole and knocked down electric lines.
PGE is on the scene repairing the lines.
The highway has been partly shut down since about 3 p.m., when a small blue car ran off the road and hit the pole just north of Pekkola Road.
The power blinked off. It was quickly restored, although some PGE customers are without electricity.
The downed lines threatened to cause a field fire.
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When one plays soo many hours a day of video games their voice sounds like that of a dying cat. If diagnosed with APS your symptoms include no friends outside xbox live, creaming ones pants when you are bumpped by a girl, and no girls will talk to you because you sound and dress like a faggot.
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Target spot disease in tobacco has developed into an economically important disease of the crop over the past 20 years. In 2005, Quadris got a Section 18 label for emergency use from late June to mid-October, but researchers are scrambling to find a more long-term and less expensive management tool.
Chuck Jones, a pathologist at the Southern Piedmont Research and Extension Center in Blackstone, Va., is working with geneticists Beth Grabau and John Jelesko at VPI's main campus in Blacksburg, Va., to develop a genetically enhanced tobacco variety, with built in resistance to target spot.
The barley oxalate oxidase, or BOO gene used to develop target spot resistance in tobacco plants is also being used to produce peanut varieties resistant to sclerotinia blight, an economically debilitating disease of Virginia type peanuts.
Plants of the popular burley tobacco cultivar TN 90 and flue-cured cultivar K 326 have been transformed to contain the BOO gene. Each variety has been transferred from the lab in Blacksburg to the field in Blackstone and will be evaluated for disease resistance characteristics.
Improved resistance to target spot would improve yields for tobacco producers without increasing the expense of growing a crop, sometimes toxic residues in these crops, and potential environmental problems associated with use of pesticides.
In peanuts, the 2006 crop will be the fourth crop grown in the field. So far, these experimental varieties of the BOO-containing peanut plants have shown excellent yields and excellent resistance to sclerotinia blight.
The Virginia Tech researchers are already looking at double stacking disease resistant genes in both peanut and tobacco varieties. The 2006 crop will be the fourth year of field testing for peanut varieties containing BOO genes for sclerotinia resistance.
At best BOO-containing peanut varieties are three or four years away, and tobacco varieties even further in the future. Beth Grabau, head of the plant pathology program at Virginia Tech and the mastermind behind the genetic inclusion of the disease-blocking oxalates into peanut and tobacco plants, says the progress is exciting, and by scientific standards moving rapidly.
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Just two guys who dont want G.O.P. to have a grand old time
By Deborah Lynn Blumberg
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Gary Boston, left, and Jeff Adler of Shut It Down!
House Majority Leader Tom DeLay may not be able to tap his foot to the tunes of the Broadway show Bombay Dreams in early September and Congressmember Marilyn Musgrave (R Colo.) might have to forgo such delicacies as champagne and caviar from room service at the New York Marriott hotel. That is, if two Downtown accidental activists have their way.
Through Shut It Down! New York City, a project designed to challenge the citys impending Republican National Convention, New Yorkers Gary Boston and Jeff Adler are encouraging actors, musicians, servers, retail salespeople and hotel staff from across the city to call in sick on Sept. 1, the day before President Bushs speech accepting the Republican Partys nomination. Boston and Adler have declared the day a citywide holiday and said participants will help send a clear message to Republicans flooding Manhattan that the current administrations policies are unacceptable.
The primary message we want to send conventioneers is how far out of the mainstream we think the party has moved them, said Boston, one of the two self-proclaimed just two guys with a computer who dreamed up the project this past spring. Both Boston and co-creator Adler live Downtown Boston in Chelsea and Adler in Tribeca and work full time in corporate America, Boston on Wall St., Adler in advertising.
Inspired by a fundraiser they attended for John Kerry and frustrated with the current administrations policies and plans, the two wanted to voice their concerns about the Bush administrations effect on New York City. They said they were troubled by Bushs support of the proposed Constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage authored by Congressmember Musgrave by the administrations $1.2 billion cut of federal funding to New York City schools and by the White Houses misinformation about the quality of air following 9/11.
We were feeling frustrated and powerless in general about the whole election and about the Republicans coming to New York, Boston said.
So, late one night at a diner on 15th St. and Seventh Ave. the two created a logo an upside-down, dead, Republican elephant and planned a simple Web site, http://shutitdownnyc.com, to help New Yorkers protest what they call the Republican invasion. Waiters and salespeople should take the day off, the two decided, and their non-service industry friends should in turn take them out to lunch or dinner to support the decision, a concept Boston and Adler called shared sacrifice. Its our city, we run it, we can SHUT IT DOWN, they post on the Web site.
In June, during screenings of the film Fahrenheit 9/11 the pair kicked off the project by spending an entire night handing out Shut It Down! New York City stickers and fliers to moviegoers. The fliers are available on the project Web site. One depicts religious broadcaster Pat Robertson with two text bubbles one containing an actual quote of his and the other a fictional thought.
Many of those people involved with Adolf Hitler were Satanists, many of them were homosexuals, the Robertson quote reads. The two things seem to go together, it is a pathology, it is a sickness. I bet that red-curried duck at Spice Market is gonna be dee-lish!, the thought bubble reads.
The response to the fliers was positive, Boston said. Since then, he and Adler have designed and printed T-shirts with the projects name and logo, which they sell on the Web site. The site has now received more than 12,000 hits. Its been very viral, very word of mouth, said Boston. We didnt want to get into raising money because we both have demanding jobs and no experience with the activism front.
Along Spring St. in Soho, waiters, bartenders and salespeople shared mixed feelings on the project some said they would support any idea that protests the Republicans, but others worried about a days less salary and lost tips.
Im completely against Bush and would definitely consider it, said John Reno, a waiter at Tennessee Mountain Restaurant at Wooster and Spring Sts. Reno is Canadian-born, but now an American citizen. Nothing positive has come from the Republican administration, he said.
Down the street at La Dolce Vita restaurant, bartender JoAnne Anderson said she could not afford to call in sick everyone has to pay the rent. I wouldnt reelect [Bush] and I appreciate what theyre doing, but I would not only be risking missing a day of work, I would risk getting fired, she said.
Others worried about the effect such a protest could have on New Yorks economy. But the city has survived major economic events in the past, Boston said, and one day of protest would probably not have any severe, long-lasting repercussions.
The number of Shut It Down! participants will be hard to gauge, Boston said, but given the number of e-mails he has received, he thinks the project will be a success. If we get 200 people to do it thats great, and if we get 20,000 thats great as well. At least were giving people the opportunity to express themselves.
As for Boston and Adler, on Sept. 1 they too will take off work and take to the streets in their Shut It Down! T-shirts to observe the publics reactions to the convention. I think there are many different ways to raise your voice against the Republicans coming here, Boston said. If [Shut It Down!] sends people back to their home states with even a kernel of a question in their minds that theyre out of step with the rest of country, that would be ideal.
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In late July, both President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke to the National Urban League's Centennial Conference about what the President called "an issue that I believe will largely determine not only African American success, but the success of our nation in the 21st century — and that is whether we are offering our children the very best education possible." Right now, of course, the answer is no so President Obama and Secretary Duncan were there to speak about the Administration's plans for education reform.
American education, which used to be the envy of the world, is in dire straits. The U.S. ranks 21st among 25 developed countries on overall educational achievement for 15-year-olds. Many public school students are struggling; minority children and poor children are struggling most. Too often they fall behind in school and drop out, increasing their risk of entering the cradle to prison pipeline. Staying in school and receiving a quality education are the best deterrents to juvenile delinquency and the surest route towards responsible, productive adulthood. But 46 percent of Black high school students, 39 percent of Hispanic, and 11 percent of White students attend the 2,000 "dropout factories" across our country, where less than 60 percent of the freshman class will graduate in four years with a regular diploma. The U.S. spends almost three times as much per prisoner as per public school pupil every year. When it comes to preparing our children to compete and succeed in a rapidly globalizing world, we are falling behind.
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Secretary Duncan explained that the Department of Education is creating an Equity and Excellence Commission to address the critical problem of fiscal inequities in K-12 schools and how these inequities lead to the achievement gap. He also made similar observations about the need to change the current status quo as he spoke about the reform measures the Administration is putting into place as part of the Race to the Top initiative. He correctly argues that they are bold and ambitious, as they need to be: "Our children are at risk. Their future—and ours—is at risk. We must prepare them to compete in a global economy, and that requires all of us to move outside of our comfort zones. We have to challenge the status quo, because the status quo in public education is not nearly good enough—not with a quarter of all students and, almost half, 50% of African American and Latino young men and women dropping out of high school. How many good jobs are out there today for high school dropouts? What chance do they have to build positive futures? Our nation's young people deserve dramatically better than we are giving them today—they deserve a real chance in life. This issue is even bigger than education—it is an issue of social justice and economic security. We have a moral obligation to change these outcomes and it won't happen unless we start doing things differently. Not just talking about it, but actually doing it."
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- The Canadian Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology was established in 1985, in response to an increased need to identify psychologists who meet basic criteria for the provision of health services.
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Lost among all the buzz about the uber-funded successes of Gilt Groupe, Beautylish and Etsy, three successful online businesses which rely heavily–if not exclusively–on the power of the female click and credit card, is the fact that all three companies were actually founded by men. No, the founding owners were not Alexis Maybank, Mariam Naficy and Maria Thomas, but rather Kevin Ryan, Vu Nguyen and Rob Kalin, respectively.
While there are several prominent women who have launched their own startups and received VC funding–including Amanda Steinberg of DailyWorth, Rashmi Sinah, co-founder of SlideShare, Robin Chase, founder of ZipCar, Caterina Fake who co-founded Flickr and spearheaded Hunch.com–over 90% of VC money goes to men, even for businesses with a female consumer base.
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He says (leaning over the table): "So, I am so excited to hear about your new venture! I always thought you'd make a great entrepreneur. I can't wait to hear what you're starting."
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"Some mommy thing" is the same attitude cupcake entrepreneurs Katherine Kallinis and Sophie LaMontage encountered when trying to raise funding for Georgetown Cupcake in Washington DC in 2008. The sisters (who are not mothers) say they were turned down "by at least 10 banks" for a startup loan before financing their business with their own savings. Georgetown Cupcakes became an overnight sensation and has since made it (even) big(ger) with a reality TV show on TLC. Once their business was recognized as the success it was, Eagle Bank stepped in with a loan to help them recapitalize.
Women-owned businesses in the female-focused or mommy market is far from new. "An entrepreneur usually starts a business in the area that they know and have a passion about," says Susan Rittscher, CEO of The Center for Women and Enterprise. "It's no different from a man starting a landscaping or security business. What is different is that women's businesses are not treated as seriously and are undervalued in many ways."
Patricia Greene, Ph.D., and cofounder of The Diana Project, a research group that studies women's entrepreneurship in the U.S., sees the cupcake challenge less as an undervaluing than a disconnect between financiers and female business owners. "The major problem is a real lack of understanding on each side: what the woman wants and what the lender or investor needs," says Greene. "Neither really understands the other."
The stigma isn't really about the "cuteness," she continues. "It's about women showing that they have a viable, sustainable business model with enough growth potential to meet the investor's needs." To give some perspective, 97% of the 10.1 million women-led businesses operating today have revenues under $1 million.
"Let's talk about a business that believes it has huge potential to scale and has a tech component and is looking for seed funding," hypothesizes Tereza Nemessanyi, founder and CEO of HonestlyNow, a site that links decision making and social networking by letting users post queries to their community. Put yourself in the place of the angel investor, she says: this is a high risk investment for him, but he's also buying into the excitement of something he has some visceral connection to.
Why should a man feel viscerally connected to a product created for a woman or a mother or a baby? "He just won't," she says. Nemessanyi advises that part of a business owners strategy for seeking funding is to look for investors who have some—any—connection to the product or service being pitched. If your product is for women, seek out happily married investors. For kids? A new parent might be a better bet than a single recent Harvard MBA grad.
To be sure, Babette Pepaj, founder of two-time Webbie Award nominated BakeSpace.com, which is currently looking to secure funding, disagrees. She's been shocked by the financial pushback against her critically-acclaimed business idea—to the point where, like Georgetown Cupcake, she's considering forgoing outside funding all together. "I can't tell you how many conversations I've had with VCs and Angel Investors that love what we've been able to do, but literally roll their eyes when we tell them we help home cooks share recipes," she says. "Seriously, I've had job offers to come run their other startups based off what we've been able to do, but to fund me… nope."
But whether the business idea is "cute" or not, for entrepreneurs who are looking to build scalable, high-return startups of the ilk most commonly associated with VC funding—namely tech-based ventures–the attitude of girly, mom-based or woman-focused being seen as important than talent, skill or technical expertise to potential investors is a different cupcake challenge altogether."Those of us who are creating very scalable businesses have to work to counter that stereotype," says Nemessanyi. "The mompreneur label can really get in the way of things."
The challenge is for entrepreneurs who don't fit the standard Silicon Valley profile (single white male) to overcome their own cupcake challenge by bringing successful, scalable, high-return businesses to the investing table. "Everybody's still looking for the next Google," says Stephanie Robesky, founder of GrowsUp.com and analyst with Atomico Investments. "They're looking for Sergey Brin."
Nemssanyi's solution, which she's written up on her personal blog, is to introduce incubators to the female startup scene to help women with viable business ideas get off the ground. In response to the Y Combinator, the much-acclaimed boy's club (around 3% of participants are women) that spawned many of the hottest startups in recent years—Scribd and Reddit among them—she's named her concept the XX Combinator.
Progress is being made. Springboard Enterprises, a Washington, DC-based accelerator has helped women raise $5 billion in equity financing since 2000 including seven IPOs. Non-profit Astia is close behind, having raised $940 million and boasting two IPOs and 21 exits in their 10 year history. Traditional VC firms, too, have made concerted efforts to direct more funding towards women-led firms. Powerhouse Sequoia Capital recently fed $37 million into direct-sales jewelry brand Stella & Dot–led by WeddingChannel founder Jessica Herrin.
Herrin is a woman who's long-embraced the mompreneur monicker. She may be successful, scalable and clearly, fundable)serial entrepreneur, but she's comfortable with the stereotype even as proves it false. "When I became a mom, I decided I wanted to be a 'mom working,' not a 'working mom,'" she says. "The mom part comes first."


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Dům u velké boty (House at the Big Boot) is a small family hotel in an old renaissance-looking burgher house in Malá Strana. It is located ten minutes walk from the Prague Castle or the Charles Bridge, in a small square just opposite the Lobkowitz Palace - today´s offices of the German Embassy.
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Is it true that Lonny magazine has closed it's digital doors or will it live on under the supervision of Meredith Corporation? Check out Curbed.com for the full story and see what the talk around town is.. . I, for one, want the real 411. Michelle Adams, editor in chief of Lonny Magazine, has an exciting announcement to make. Let's just hope it means Lonny will stay afloat in some form – we need these younger, fresher, hipper magazines to thrive so that we can continue to gather inspiration from innovative ideas and sources. Plus, it's much better for us decorators to have more places to display our work once we've completed a project. wink.
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BOYS BASKETBALL: St. Henry pulls past Minster in second half
MINSTER — A big second half lifted St. Henry to a 51-42 victory over fellow Midwest Athletic Conference opponent Minster on Friday night's Senior Night.
"For as well as we started out the game — we had pretty good ball movement and ball reversal and so forth against their zones, which we addressed the entire week — we just did a rotten job once they switched defenses and that unfortunately carried over into the second half, and they basically just slowed us to a crawl," said Minster head coach Mike Lee.
Stahl scored a game-high 16 points for St. Henry. Craig Knapke and Mikesell each added 11.
Niemeyer led Minster with 14 points. Ryan Hoying added 10, while Poeppelman scored 7.
Minster will close out the regular season when they travel to Marion Local next Friday.
Minster seniors Doug Huber, Ryan Hoying and Austin Knapke were honored before the game.


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I've been tagged by Randy Seaver of the Genea-Musings blog, asking me to carry on a meme where I share some facts about myself. Here are the rules:
- Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
- People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
- At the end of your blog post, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their name.
- Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged and to read your blog.
Ok, this seems a pretty simple post to write—no research required, since it's about me, and no software to write! I'm going to present my list using a series of photos.
#1 – I Lived in Belgium for 6 Months
I've always had a passion for travel and have been lucky enough to have jobs that allowed me to do a lot of travel, both domestic and international. In 1998, I worked in Leuven, Belgium for 6 months. It was a phenomenal experience and I fell in love with the city and the Belgian beer. I also took advantage of my time in Europe and traveled throughout Europe as much as I could.
#2 – I Always Read Three Books at a Time
This one probably smacks just a little bit of OCD. It's a long story of how this odd habit came about and why I'm a little bit anal about it. But the basic concept is that I'm always reading three different books at any given time. Here are the three that I'm currently reading.
#3 – I Designed and Built My Own Garden Shed
Here's a not-so-little garden shed that I designed and built over the course of a little over a year. It's modeled after an old chicken coop with clerestory windows. After four years, it's even started to smell like a farm shed (a mixture of wood, grass clippings and gasoline).
#4 – I Once Hitched a Ride in the Back of an Irish Milk Truck
Okay, I didn't get a picture of the milk truck that I rode in, so this photo will have to do. It was 1987 and I was backpacking around Europe for the summer. I was hiking around out on the West coast of Ireland (Connemara) when a national bus strike went into effect. I hadn't intended on hitchhiking while in Ireland, but that was the only alternative. Luckily, the first guy that came along was a milk truck driver who was more than happy to let me ride with him. The only drawbacks were a) I had to sit in the back, on the metal floor and b) it took hours to work our way back to the city because of all the stops that he had to make. It made for a wonderful travel memory, however.
#5 – I Live in the Country
I live in an "exurb" of the Twin Cities, out in farm country. Here's the view from my front porch. This is part of the reason that I actually enjoy mowing my lawn—I have such a great view.
#6 – I'm a Juggler
Here's a talent that I picked up in college in the 1980s while trying to avoid Physics and Calculus lectures. I can juggle 5 balls (briefly), 3 clubs, and I can "pass" clubs with other jugglers. This photo shows me proving to some friends that you really can juggle a flaming tennis ball without burning yourself. It does require a little fortitude, however. A couple of beers doesn't hurt, either.
#7 – I Go on a Yearly Personal Retreat
This one is a little hard to explain in a short space, but I go on a yearly trip to the North Shore of Lake Superior, where I rent a cabin for 3-4 days. I spend my time reflecting, planning, and writing. I've done this now for the past 14 years and I intend to keep up the habit for many years to come. The cabin that I stay in is right on the shore, so the setting couldn't be more beautiful.
#8 – I've Climbed Mt. Fuji
They say (the Japanese) that a wise man climbs Mt. Fuji once in his life, but only a fool climbs it twice. I spent a few days in Japan at the tail end of a business trip a number of years ago and Mt. Fuji was at the top of my list for things to see. I was also eager, of course, to prove myself a wise man, so I decided to do the climb to the top. It was one of the most physically demanding things that I've done, but well worth the effort. I climbed up alone, but met some fellow travelers at the top and made the descent with them. Halfway down, we heard someone yelling for help a hundred yards or so off the trail and we ended up "rescuing" a woman who had ventured off the trail and then slipped and twisted her ankle. Maybe she was on her second climb. :O)
Passing It On
Thanks again Randy for the tag and the chance to share some miscellaneous ramblings. Here are eight bloggers whose posts I enjoy reading and that I in turn tag with the Eight Random Things About Me meme:
Lisa Louise Cooke of the Genealogy Gems blog & podcast
Dear Myrtle of the Dear Myrtle blog & podcast
Tim Agazio of the Genealogy Reviews Online blog
Lorine of the Olive Tree Genealogy blog
The Footnote Maven of the Shades of the Departed blog
George Geder of the Genealogy-Photography-Restoration blog
Teri of the Old Photos and Genealogy blog
Maureen Taylor of the Photo Detective blog


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Elements of a CTA Document
Contractor Team Arrangement (CTA) documents are developed by the team members themselves and will vary from one CTA document to another. While not all-inclusive, the below CTA elements are areas that are typically of interest to the government. GSA strongly encourages the submission of the CTA document in response to a Request for Quotation (RFQ), so that an ordering activity can gain an understanding of how the arrangement will work, and can identify any areas of responsibility that may require clarification.
Important Interim Guidance for Ordering Activities on the Use of Contractor Team Arrangements (CTAs):
- Interim Guidance: Ordering activities are responsible for accurately achieving and reporting on their small business goals, including accurate reporting to the Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS). Under CTAs, each contractor has privity of contract with the ordering activity. When a MAS order is awarded with a CTA, small business achievement in contractual terms is based upon the dollar amount of the work the small business contractors perform under the order. FPDS currently will only accept information relating to one contractor per order. The ordering activity must determine which CTA member is realizing most of the revenue on an order and report that contractor's information to FPDS.
- Future Guidance: GSA is working with the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide further clarity around the use of CTAs, and anticipates issuing final guidance in the future.
Identification of Parties
The CTA document must always be put in writing and signed by each participating GSA Schedule contractor.
Each member of the CTA must be identified by name, address, GSA Schedule contract number, telephone number, and Point of Contact (POC). The CTA document should also state the name, identity, and POC for the team lead.
The name and address of the government contracting agency must be included, and the primary points of contact at the government for specific needs should be identified.
The CTA document should state that it is solely between the team members, and cannot conflict with the terms and conditions of each team member's GSA Schedule contract.
Specific Team Activities
The CTA document must state the various types of activities that will be incorporated into the team arrangement and who is the primary party responsible for the particular activity.
Duration of Arrangement
The duration of the team arrangement must be specified, including any options and an explanation of how the options will work.
Terms of Arrangement
The terms of the CTA must define the whole course of the project. The CTA document must specify the duration, the players, the responsibilities, and the limitations of the various players.
Team Ordering Procedures
The CTA document must list the supplies/services and pricing, including any team lead fees, if applicable, and note that all prices charged to the government are at or below GSA Schedule contract prices.
List of Open Market Items
The wide range of supplies and services offered by GSA Schedule contractors should make the need for open market items minimal. If open market items are required, they must be clearly identified as "open market" in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.402(f).
Responsibilities of Team Lead
The CTA document must outline and specify the duties of the designated team lead at each phase of the project.
Responsibilities of Team Members
The CTA document must specify and describe the individual duties of the team members.
Pricing and Costs
The CTA document must specify unit prices or hourly rates and how pricing is calculated. If there is a project management fee divided within the team, it should be specified. If there are any award or incentive fees, the CTA document should explain how they will be divided within the team.
Independent Contractors
The CTA document must state that all team members remain independent contractors, responsible for their own employees.
Delivery Responsibility
The CTA document must state whether the team lead or each team member is responsible for a particular part of the project, so that delivery responsibility is clearly established.
Invoicing and Payment
The CTA document must designate who is responsible for invoicing and payment. While the team lead may submit an invoice on behalf of all team members, GSA recommends that payment be made to each team member. GSA recognizes, however, that there may be instances where it is advantageous to craft the CTA document so that payment is made to the team lead who, in turn, pays each team member. Under such circumstances, the CTA document should clearly indicate that all team members agree to this method of payment.
The CTA document should also acknowledge that any dispute involving the distribution of payment between the team lead and the team members will be resolved by the team members, without any involvement by the government.
Reporting of Sales and Industrial Funding Fee (IFF) Payment Responsibility
The CTA document must specify that each contractor is responsible for reporting its own sales under its Schedule contract, and for paying the related IFF to GSA. Each team member will track sales all the way through the system by contract number to respond to the IFF reporting requirements.
The CTA document must designate who is responsible for resolving such warranty issues as who should the government contact and when; who will come in and correct the problem; and how compensation will be made within the team.
The CTA document must address each team member's responsibilities and performance requirements so that liability is clearly established.
Confidential Information
The CTA document must identify any proprietary information and specify how such information will be handled.
Replacement of Team Members
The CTA document must address the circumstances and procedures for replacement of team members, including the team lead. The CTA document must also state that the team shall obtain the approval of the government prior to replacing any team members.
Legal Relationship
The CTA document must not create a joint venture or separate subsidiary.


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LSU will celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa and Hanukkah during the annual Candlelight Celebration to be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Claude L. Shaver Theatre in the Music and Dramatic Arts building.
The lighting of the LSU Christmas tree will follow at 6 p.m. in front of the Memorial Tower.
The public is invited to join the Tiger Girls, LSU cheerleaders, singers, dancers and musicians during the event.
Guests are encouraged to help children in need by donating new or gently used children's coats in the boxes located around the Christmas tree during the Candlelight Celebration.
Coats will be accepted near the tree or at the Volunteer LSU office in Room 350 inside the LSU Student Union.
The African-American Cultural Center's Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration will be held at 6 p.m. in the LSU Student Union Atchafalaya Room.
LSU will celebrate Hanukkah during the Candlelight Celebration with a performance by Hillel at LSU.
Following the celebration, students, faculty and staff, their spouses and children are all invited to attend the Holiday on Campus event at the University Recreation Center from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. where guests can enjoy holiday music, refreshments and a visit from Santa Claus.
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The Video Music Awards are taking a road trip to Brooklyn.
MTV's showcase awards show is traditionally held in Los Angeles or Manhattan.
This year the show will be held Aug. 25 at the new Barclays Center, home of the Brooklyn Nets and the site of recent Rolling Stones and Jay-Z multi-night concerts.
MTV will celebrate 30 years of the VMAs this year. From Kanye West and Taylor Swift to the Madonna-Britney Spears-Christina Aguilera kiss, the show has become known more for its pop culture moments than the winners of its signature Moonman trophies.
The VMAs were last held in New York in 2009 and have been in Los Angeles since.
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Johnson Named Group Leader Within National Children's Network
Nationally recognized as a top pediatric hospital, St. Louis Children's Hospital's ultimate responsibility is to deliver safe care. To this end, the hospital in 2012 joined a non-competitive national collaborative of children's hospitals, the National Children's Network. Today, about 80 member hospitals share solutions for saving lives, improving care and reducing costs for every patient, every day.
As part of this effort, Stephanie Johnson, BSN, RN, performance improvement specialist, Clinical Quality, St. Louis Children's Hospital, has been named a co-lead for one of eight hospital work groups the network has developed. Her group consists of nine hospitals within the collaborative. Together with Sue Widman, MSPH, RN, director, Quality and Patient Safety at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, their group has already adopted the network's "All Teach, All Learn" philosophy.
"The National Children's Network has been growing and may soon expand beyond the United States," Johnson says. "By creating smaller work groups of hospitals within the network, we can keep the personal feel we've had so far as the network continues to grow. So much of this work is about connecting people so they can learn from what others have already experienced."
The Ohio Children's Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety Foundation started as eight pediatric hospitals working together to decrease hospital-acquired conditions. A hospital-acquired condition (HAC) is an undesirable situation or condition that affects a patient during a stay.
"This is a well-deserved recognition of Stephanie's hard work and many contributions to patient safety," says Gary LaBlance, vice president of quality, service and information management at St. Louis Children's Hospital.


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Guy Lops Off Parking Meter With Chainsaw – Real or Fake? [VIDEO]
In this amateur video footage, an irate man is seen taking a chainsaw to a parking meter. That's what we call problem-solving to the max!
Well, maybe. Due to the staginess of the clip, plus how hard we find it to believe that anybody would actually do this, we're 99% sure this video is a fake.
That being said, it's still enormously satisfying to watch. Haven't we all wanted to do something like this when being unfairly ticketed? Even if the guy's acting, I bet that felt good.
We put it to you, readers: Is this video the real McCoy or the phoniest of balonies?
[via Reddit]