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Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
Definition of the Prevention Area
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) is the complete removal of the foreskin of the penis by surgical means. Though VMMC may be conducted for a number of reasons, evidence from three clinical trials has shown that medical male circumcision can significantly reduce (but not eliminate) men's risk of acquiring HIV through heterosexual vaginal sex. The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) supports provision of VMMC by qualified, well-equipped professionals, and with the client's informed consent. To ensure that VMMC is provided as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention strategy, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that a minimum package of services should be available in all facilities providing male circumcision. This package includes HIV testing and counseling, screening and syndromic treatment of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) where required; provision and promotion of male and female condoms; and counseling on risk reduction, safer sex, and male circumcision (removal of the foreskin, surgically or using a device) performed as described in the Manual for Male Circumcision under Local Anesthesia (WHO, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), and Jhpiego 2009).
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The results of three randomized controlled clinical trials conducted from 2005 to 2007 in Kenya, South Africa, and Uganda confirmed that VMMC, provided by well-trained health professionals in properly equipped settings, is safe and can reduce men's risk of acquiring HIV from their female partners. The combined data from the trials led WHO and UNAIDS to strongly recommend VMMC as a new HIV prevention tool with an estimated protective effect of around 60 percent. Additional data from the long-term follow-up of the Kenya and Uganda cohorts and a population-level impact evaluation done in South Africa showed that the protective effect of VMMC is more than 60 percent, and could be around 70 percent; this level of protection was confirmed in a 2012 meta-analysis (Lei 2015). Other follow-up studies over five years indicated that VMMC's effectiveness can be sustained over a longer term (Gray 2012; Mehta 2013); and a cross-sectional survey in South Africa suggested that VMMC reduces the risk of HIV acquisition by between 57 percent and 61 percent (Auvert 2013).
In addition to reducing the risk of HIV acquisition among circumcised men, VMMC provides other health benefits to both men and to women. Evidence shows that VMMC reduces incidence of some STIs, particularly ulcerative STIs, including chancroid, herpes, and syphilis, as well as balanitis, phimosis, and penile cancer.
Scientists have demonstrated plausible biological connections between HIV infection and lack of circumcision. The tissue of the internal foreskin contains Langerhans and other cells that are targeted by HIV when the virus first enters the body. Tears to the mucosal layer of the internal foreskin may increase vulnerability to HIV infection, as well as other STIs. Circumcision removes the foreskin, and the penis head develops extra layers of skin after the procedure, thereby eliminating the mucosal layer and reducing the number of Langerhans cells. Some studies also theorize that circumcision changes the bacterial environment of the penis in a way that reduces the risk of HIV infection.
Male circumcision has a direct and lifelong impact on health by reducing a circumcised man's risk of being infected with HIV. One of the primary benefits of VMMC for female partners is its association with a reduction in penile human papillomavirus (HPV), which is associated with cervical cancer in female partners (Wawer 2011). As more men are circumcised, women's likelihood of sexual exposure to HIV decreases, along with their risk of HIV infection. The indirect protection for women is substantial, and modeling at a level of 80 percent circumcision coverage shows that an approximately equal number of HIV infections will be averted in women as in men after 15 years (Njeuhmeli 2011).
In areas with high HIV prevalence, it is estimated that scaling up VMMC to reach 80 percent coverage of men aged 15 to 49 years could avert up to 3.4 million new HIV infections in Eastern and Southern Africa within five years (22% of all new infections in the region). The 11.7 million VMMC procedures conducted to date are projected to avert 335,000 HIV infections by 2025 (WHO Brief 2016). In Zimbabwe, it is estimated that only four circumcisions will avert one HIV infection. Programs should target boys (10 to 14 years old) and adult men (15 to 49 years old) during this catch-up and scale-up period, since these age groups are at greatest risk of being infected through sexual transmission. Providing VMMC to prevent HIV among these cohorts will have the greatest and most immediate impact on the spread of HIV. In the longer term, priority countries will transition from adult and adolescent circumcision to neonatal circumcision.
Though VMMC protects against HIV acquisition rather than HIV transmission, the 2007 WHO guidelines acknowledge that HIV-positive men should not be denied VMMC, since this may increase stigma or encourage them to have untrained providers conduct the procedure. HIV status does not seem to affect adverse events, complications, or wound healing (Kigozi 2014). VMMC in HIV-positive men who have not taken antiretroviral therapy has not been shown to lead to an increase in viral load or viral shedding over the long term, though viral shedding does increase prior to wound healing (Odoyo-June 2013). VMMC should not be withheld from healthy HIV-positive males, but HIV testing should be offered and encouraged to all men. HIV-positive men who wish to be circumcised need to be counseled, so that they understand that male circumcision will not lower the risk of transmitting HIV to their sexual partners; that circumcision will not reverse their own HIV status; and that resuming unprotected sex before full wound healing will increase the risk of HIV transmission. Men—and women—should be educated about the importance of not resuming sex until six weeks after the procedure and the wound is fully healed (Hewett 2012). Data are inconclusive as to whether circumcision provides protection against HIV infection for men who have sex with men, and for men who practice unprotected anal intercourse.
Core Programmatic Components
VMMC must be integrated into a comprehensive HIV prevention program, because both circumcised and uncircumcised males remain at risk of HIV infection if they have unprotected sexual intercourse. The WHO's minimum package of VMMC services includes HIV testing and counseling; STI screening and treatment; risk reduction counseling and education that explains the procedure and obtains informed consent; promotion and provision of male and female condoms; and surgical and clinical care that includes preoperative assessments and postoperative review and counseling. Communication activities are an important component of demand generation. These activities are key to educating clients, partners, and communities on the benefits and disadvantages of VMMC, and reinforcing the importance of safe healing and sustaining safer sexual behaviors.
VMMC programs have increasingly incorporated demand creation activities within development and scale-up of clinical services. Communication activities have expanded beyond small group community mobilization and interpersonal communication to broader campaigns using mass media such as radio, TV, billboards, and posters (Hatzold 2014). Assessments of demand creation initiatives have generated practical tools, such as case studies and templates for communication with diverse audiences, including men at risk of HIV, women, and other key community members who may influence men's decisions.
VMMC policies and programs have required an intensive, short-term investment of human resources, logistical capacity, and funding. A range of creative solutions have been implemented and evaluated in an effort to improve the efficiency and quality of VMMC services. Engaging stakeholders is critical to ensure that local leaders understand and support VMMC, and that clients and other community members receive correct information about partial effectiveness, healing, and other critical aspects of VMMC's benefits and limitations. Engaging women and girls is also important, and is a growing aspect of outreach in some programs.
A wide range of technical guidelines, toolkits, and training materials is available to support VMMC activities. Guidance and didactic materials are available on program planning, adverse events, site operations, VMMC with use of local anesthesia for adults and infants, optimizing volume and efficiency, legal and regulatory issues, and scale-up, among other topics.
Current Status of Implementation Experience
WHO and UNAIDS identified 14 countries in Eastern and Southern Africa with high rates of HIV prevalence and low rates of male circumcision; and recommended that VMMC should be taken to scale as quickly and as safely as possible in these settings. From 2008–2015, nearly 11.7 million cumulative VMMCs were performed for HIV prevention in the 14 priority countries, more than 60 percent of them in the prime target population of males aged 15 years and older. The two main targets of VMMC 2021 align with the UNAIDS fast track goals: first, that by 2021, 90 percent of males ages 10- to 29 years will have been circumcised in priority settings in sub-Saharan Africa; and second, that 90 percent of 10- to 29-year-old males will have accessed health services tailored to their needs.
Priority countries, governments, and implementers have progressed at different paces. However, most countries now include national policies or guidance on VMMC among national HIV prevention strategies, as well as plans and tools to guide implementation, monitoring, and evaluation. Rollout of VMMC services has also varied between and within countries. Some countries have met, and even exceeded, VMMC targets. For example, in 2015, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania surpassed the targets set in 2011, whereas Mozambique, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia all attained 50 percent of the targeted cumulative number of VMMCs. The number of VMMCs performed increased between 2014 and 2015 in five countries (Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland), but decreased during the same period in all other priority countries.
WHO notes that these decreases have occurred against a backdrop of 2.5 million men being circumcised in just three years, and that these circumcisions can be attributed to both availability of services and demand for them. Programs need to develop new approaches to understand and build on men's varying motivations to be circumcised (aside from early adopters). Based on the current status of VMMC implementation experiences and results, PEPFAR is recommending that national programs prioritize clients aged 15–29 years for immediate impact, and aim for 80 percent coverage in that group over a very short time.
Monitoring and evaluation of program implementation has generated a substantial evidence base that has informed program planning, implementation, and scale-up. Use of multiple beds in an assembly line, task shifting, and task sharing have been shown to improve clinical efficiency. Modeling suggests that task shifting and task sharing are key drivers of efficiency as VMMC programs scale up, given that personnel costs are the highest component of cost (Bollinger 2014). Program assessments in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe showed that while safe, high-quality VMMC services could be delivered and sustained at scale, quality varied across service settings during rapid expansion, and not all met readiness and quality standards. (Rech 2014; Jennings 2014).
Countries are also using different service modalities and technologies to expand access. From 2009–2012, activities to increase VMMC uptake in Tanzania and Zimbabwe included fixed, outreach and mobile services as well as campaigns. In Tanzania, most clients receiving VMMC during campaigns were 10–14 years old, while most in routine services were older than 15. In Zimbabwe, almost twice as many clients received VMMC during mobile campaigns (64%) as during routine services (36%) (Ashengo 2014). Tanzania successfully used geographic information systems to plan where to locate VMMC campaigns and mobile services (Mahler 2015).
The 2013 WHO guidelines on the use of non-surgical devices indicate that they are safe, efficacious, and acceptable for men aged 18 years and older when they are used by health care providers, and where surgical backup and skills are available. The guidelines also outline program considerations, and have helped expand use of these devices, which are intended to make VMMC more cost-effective, safer, and easier to implement, while requiring a shorter recovery time.
To reduce the risk of tetanus during VMMC, WHO mandated a dual protection approach that includes clean wound care and vaccination with tetanus toxoid-containing vaccine, to ensure that all patients are adequately protected against tetanus before circumcision (WHO Informal Consultation on Tetanus and Voluntary Medical Male Cicumcision, 2015).
Information on acceptability, including perceptions of VMMC in relation to traditional ideas of manhood and its effects on sexual pleasure, have helped VMMC programs and communication campaigns to be sensitive and responsive to these issues. Women and men in Kenya viewed VMMC as both hygienic and effective for HIV prevention, and this is a main motivator (Riess 2014). A study in Zimbabwe on barriers and motivators to uptake indicated that demand creation messages should be tailored to different ages; address men's fear of pain; and emphasize benefits aside from HIV prevention, such as improved hygiene and sexual appeal. It also recommended promoting VMMC among women, who influence men's decisions (Hatzold 2014). Community members in a traditionally non-circumcising community in Kenya echoed these perceptions, and also associated VMMC with modernity (MacIntyre 2014). Some women in Kisumu, Kenya maintained that circumcised partners increased their sexual satisfaction (Riess 2014).
Despite initial concerns, there has been little evidence of greater sexual risk-taking among men who have been circumcised (Gray 2012, Mattson 2008; Westercamp 2014). Several studies did show that a portion of clients will resume sex early, and that programs must continue to reinforce the importance of abstinence until wounds are completely healed (Hewett 2012; Kigozi 2014; Odoyo-June 2013). Programs must also monitor the possible negative impacts of VMMC on women, including their ability to negotiate safer sex.

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"Whether through legislation or a blue ribbon governor's panel, Bob McDonnell will ensure bipartisan citizen involvement in the state legislative and congressional district redistricting process in 2010-2011."
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Legislative Information System, Senate Bill 926, 2009
McDonnell for Governor, Government Reform, 2009.
Richmond Times-Dispatch, McDonnell reverses on redistricting, May 23, 2009.
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NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT and dietary recommendations are integral to ensuring that the body has the necessary building blocks to sustain health and aid healing. For more information click here.
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTATION is used to address deficiencies, assist the body in eliminating toxins, stimulate healing and address specific health concerns.
LABORATORY TESTING is available to help diagnose and monitor disease. Numerous blood, urine, hair, saliva and stool analysis tests are available to assess health concerns such as food allergies/sensitivities, hormone imbalances, digestive problems, nutrient deficiencies, toxic overload and cardiovascular screening. For more information click here.
BOTANICAL MEDICINE uses herbal teas, tinctures and capsules as an alternative to drugs for treating specific health concerns and aiding the body in recovering from injuries or disease.
ACUPUNCTURE & TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE includes the use of acupuncture, botanicals and the energetics of food to balance the body. For more information click here.
SUIKODO™ is a gentle "hands-on" technique used to manage pain and treat musculoskeletal injury. With roots in Shiatsu and Swedish massage, it involves gentle manipulation of joints, or gentle pressure over the skin, to stimulate nerve endings and acupuncture points to trigger a change your nervous system's response to pain stimuli. For more information click here.
REGISTERED MASSAGE THERAPY offers specialized treatment in providing relief for a wide range of conditions related to soft tissue and joint dysfunction, pain management and rehabilitation. For more information click here.
LIFESTYLE COUNSELLING addresses the link between health concerns, lifestyle, events, thoughts and emotions, and provides recommendations such as breathing and relaxation techniques and coping strategies.
HYDROTHERAPY is the use of water as an accessible and effective form of stimulating healing.
PHYSICAL MEDICINE includes hands-on techniques using soft tissue work, physical manipulations and stimulation techniques to provide support for healing, especially for the muscles and nervous system.
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Nutritional Consulting
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If you suffer from headaches and neck pain, back and shoulder pain, or chronic muscle and joint conditions, Chiropractic care can help! Treatment options include soft tissue therapy, joint manipulation and mobilization, contemporary medical acupuncture, Graston technique, as well as prescribing stretching, strengthening, and rehabilitation exercises to help restore function. Full Description
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Naturopathic Medicine is a distinct system of primary care that addresses the root cause of illness or disease and promotes health and healing using natural therapies. Naturopathic doctors are highly educated primary care providers who integrate medical diagnostics with a broad range of natural therapies. Treatment options include nutritional support and lifestyle counselling, laboratory testing, TCM and acupuncture, Suikodo™, and massage therapy. Full Description
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A hands-on gentle approach used to identify structural changes and rhythms in the body. Osteopathy treats movement restrictions in your body tissues by removing restrictions to the natural flow of body fluids (lymphatic, vascular, and neurological), which must be liberated, preserved and maintained. When the body has no restrictions, it has the inherent ability to heal itself. Full Description
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Now here is an interesting idea that scientists of the future might want to explore, especially when it comes to building up the most efficient workforce, by cloning someone using a single drop of blood. Well, if they have managed to do it in Japan, why not do so elsewhere? Of course, the single drop of blood resulted in the clone of a mouse, and not a human, but if one were to extrapolate this achievement down the road, we could see some really interesting arguments among scientists kick off.
In Japan, the scientists used circulating blood cells that were collected from the tail of a donor mouse, and these blood cells were used to produce the clone. Apparently, this female mouse managed to live a normal lifespan, and it could even give birth to young, according to the researchers who were behind this achievement. Apparently, this technique might be used to generate genetic copies of invaluable strains of mice sometime down the road, and perhaps for other species, too.
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Joe Vardon, the Columbus Dispatch's politics and government writer, turned up at a news conference Wednesday following Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald's luncheon speech at the Quaker Square Inn. Actually, it wasn't so much a news conference as we have come to know them. With notebook and pencil in hand, Vardon turned it into an inquisition of the candidate regarding questions raised by the other side of the Cuyahoga County inspector general who has been accused of doing campaign work on public time.
In fact, State GOP Chairman Matt Borges has called for the inspector's resignation, which was a little odd inasmuch as he once paid a $1,000 fine after he admitted "misusing public office".
That aside, Vardon was on a mission, determinedly consuming most the news conference with his repeated refusal to accept FitzGerald's response as several reporters stood around waiting for turns that never came. Way to go, Joe. The event was about you.
As we have commented in past posts, Vardon is the apparent designated hitter for a paper that will unsurprisingly endorse Gov. Kasich's re-election He has written glowingly about Kasich's ubiquitous out of state appearances, which only counts if your paper is hoping to stage his rise to the Oval Office someday.
But my point today, having covered one or two or these things in a half century of political reporting, is that there are some unwritten rules of courtesies to your colleagues that exclude boorishly pigging out on the candidates. Say, a question and a follow-up. In Vardon's case, he was the transparent story, not FitzGerald. Tsk. Tsk.
I gave up and left the room as he was asking still another question. But I was later told the Beacon Journal reporter did manage a single question as time was running out.
Vardon did write a piece about the inquisition in which he dwelled on inspector general Nailah Byrd, leading his report with Borge's call for her resignation. Vardon obviously didn't come to report the speech itself, because there wasn't a word in the story about the Democrat's questioning references to Gov. Kasich.
P.S. I didn't plan to ask a question anyway, so no sour grapes here. Over the years, my questions too often turned up on TV with the camera showing the station's own reporter. So I stopped asking questions.
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Why does the Dispatch bother having a government and politics writer who writes so many one-sided reports? Vardon's Kasich-related articles are not news- they belong on the op-ed page.
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Is the college basketball season too long? Are 40 games too many? Now that the three-point basket is the law of the land, those could be the next questions the NCAA hierarchy might need to address.
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Tips On How To Stop Smoking That Actually Work
Are you currently trying to find a reliable solution for your smoking habit? There are many people that try to quit smoking every year, but often fail at the goal. When you try to stop, you have to remember that nicotine is a very addicting substance. Once your body has become used to having it in your system over the course of many years, it's not something that will allow you to quit smoking very easily. There are many different remedies that you can try including prescription drugs that have worked for many people. Others have tried nicotine patches and nicotine gum, a sort of replacement therapy to take care of your cravings for nicotine. There is one solution that many people have found helpful, allowing them to replace traditional cigarettes successfully. Electronic cigarettes might be one of the best ways to eliminate your smoking habit, a solution that we will discuss in this article.
Ways To Quit Smoking
If you go to your family physician, they will present a number of different possible solutions for ending your addiction to cigarettes. They will recommend certain medications which have been successful at helping many people stop smoking. Chantix is a drug that many doctors will prescribe that has a high success rate with people even if they have been smoking for several years. It has the ability to end your craving for nicotine, however there are side effects. One of the most notable side effects is very vivid nightmares that will plague an individual that continues to smoke while taking this drug. This acts as a motivator for some people to stop smoking altogether, whereas others stop taking Chantix to eliminate the bad dreams.
Nicotine Patches And Gum
Another remedy that you can try is either nicotine patches or nicotine gum. Both of these contain a high level of nicotine when you start, and as you continue with the program, the amount of nicotine becomes less. This is used in an attempt to wean you from needing nicotine, yet it has a lower success rate than prescription solutions. There is one solution, however, that has the highest success rate of all. These are called electronic cigarettes.
How Electronic Cigarettes Can Help You Stop Smoking
People that smoke cigarettes regularly are often able to transition into using electronic cigarettes instead. They have the look and feel of a regular cigarette, and also deliver nicotine into your system. The difference is that tobacco is not used with this product. The atomizer built into the device will actually vaporize nicotine liquid, allowing you to inhale the eliquid nicotine without carcinogens. By doing this, you can maintain your smoking habit, yet not place yourself at risk because the smoke and carcinogens are no longer there.
If you have been searching for the best way to stop smoking, the easiest way to accomplish this is with electronic cigarettes. Although using prescription drugs, nicotine patches and nicotine gum can be successful for some people, e cigarettes have proven themselves to be one of the best choices for helping people to stop smoking.


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100 #HootUps & Counting ~ Celebrating International Owlsomeness
The Owls are in the midst of a busy year, from releasing new features and integrations, to localizing HootSuite in seven languages. Guess what? We have one more announcement to make!
With the kind help from HootFriends around the world, we have hosted 100 HootUps across the globe!
The purpose of every HootUp is simple – make friends with HootFans and learn how they use HootSuite for social media success, while also sharing tips, exchanging stories and most importantly, spreading the HootLove.
Here's a snippet of our most memorable HootUps this year:
Peninsula of HootUps
The Euros are not afraid to share their knowledge liberally as we've seen in the 43 HootUps they've held over the last few months. From Turkey, to Italy and the United Kingdom, Owls in Europe spread HootLove by sharing their knowledge of HootSuite and assisting each other to ensure successful social media campaigns.
During Social Media Week, the Owl troops got social, holding 10 HootUps in Spain, Italy, Germany and the UK. Sharif Khalladi, HootSuite's Europe Community Manager, spoke during Social Media Week Berlin, and was warmly welcomed by the community as he shared HootSuite's secrets on fostering online communities.
While Sharif was busy sharing these tips, our UK and Euro Diplomats practiced these secrets and experienced great success in their HootUps as well.
Owl Diplomacy in Asia
The brand love from this region is intense! Resident Community Celebratoire, Stephanie Wiriahardja, brought back thousands of pictures and videos of happy users she met on her Southeast Asia trip.
As a region with high Internet usage, it is no surprise that we hosted a variety of HootUps – from social media workshops in Universities, to meetings exclusive for Social Media Strategists, to Enterprise-only events.
Despite the variation, everyone enjoyed discussing their favorite social media management system as they snapped pictures and vied for a chance to get their hands on a famous #HootKit. We never fail to impress!
Recently, HootSuite launched in Traditional Chinese and Bahasa Indonesia, refreshed HootSuite in Japanese and even released a HootSuite Weibo integration. Plans are already in the works to translate HootSuite to Simplified Chinese, Korean and Thai.
Why not join the HootSuite Diplomat Program and help us spread more HootLove in your country?
Keeping it Casual in the Americas
While the Owls in Euro and Asia Pacific love to sit up straight and listen to informative slide decks, the Owls in North and South America prefer to kick back and keep it casual. That being said, they certainly don't take social media lightly.
The first HootUp of 2012 was held in Maui, Hawaii, and it made history! Not only was #HootUpMaui a great success, but it created a new legacy: Owl Masks, that are now a key piece to every HootUp. While the original Owly mask is handmade and more intricate, version 2.0 of Owly Masks is much simpler just so anyone can download and sport it in just a matter of minutes!
Since North America is HootSuite's backyard, Owls from HootHQ are often spotted at the events. Owly, sporting a new look, even made an appearance at #HootUpBoston after InBound 2012 Conference in late August.
There are even rumours of the famous #HootBus making an appearance at #HootUpAustin for #OwlOween. While Owly and #HootBus appearances are awesome, our friends in Campbell River constantly prove that it's all about the people. Not only can they fish for salmon, but they're also experts at generating buzz online and offline around events. The original #HootUpCR that Sean Smith has originally started in July, has since transformed to a monthly not-to-be-missed event in the area.
Owls and Ends
From Siberia to Morocco and Sao Paulo, we try to not leave any countries behind. This year, we've held HootUps in 46 cities in 13 countries in 10 different languages. Where we go next is up to you! Tweet us at @HootUp and let's work together to hold one in your area.


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My player expansion
Make it kind of like NCAA Road to Glory where but u start in the playoffs in college and then u go through all the combine stuff ... Also make it like sims where u can buy a house and a car and have a family?
Make it kind of like NCAA Road to Glory where but u start in the playoffs in college and then u go through all the combine stuff ... Also make it like sims where u can buy a house and a car and have a family?
>Allow you to control your actions on the court such as Arguing calls, talking smack to your opponent, praising your teamate, and so forth (On X-Box Controler) D-Pad: UP: Argue previous call this could help get calls later in the game but pressing it to much could get you a technical LEFT: Interact with the crowd Encourage the crowd at home (such as doing the arm waves to tell them to get louder) or to mock the crowd ...more »
WHAT IF WE COULD PLAY A SHORT 16 GAME SEASON IN HIGH SCHOOL AND IF GOOD ENOUGH GET DRAFTED STRAIGHT TO THE NBA WITHH ALOT OF HYPE JUST LIKE WHEN LEBRON CAME INTO THE LEAGUE....?? WHAT IF WE COULD PLAY A SHORT 16 GAME COLLEGE SEASON IF WE DONT MAKE IT STRAIGHT FROM HIGHSCHOOL??.... WHAT IF WE HAD MORE SCOUT MEETINGS!!?? WHAT ABOUT LIFE MODE: WHAT IF WE CAN GET CRIBS, OR CARS, OR CHARITY, OR GO TO EVENTS TO PLAY PICK ...more »
Choose position... (point grd, shootin grd, small fwd, power fwd, or center)...without any skills or attributes... ability to pronounce any name and nickname typed in and sound out so announcers can say when mentioning you Select what school you wish come from and select year in college/ overseas... fresh soph, junior, or senior ...no matter what still declared to Go to NBA Draft... Play in NCAA Championship Game/ ...more »
We should be able to choose what jersey our team wears in MyCareer! It shouldn't be that hard to do.
Like in NCAA Football 13 RTG
after your first my player career instead of having 2k generated characters...get the guys from NCAA that decided not to go into the draft
The following are ideas for NCAA basketball and 2K16 please bring back NCAA basketball and make it compatible with NBA 2k16 especially as far as my player and NBA Draft make it to where you're not being drafted solely on your showcase but as a whole body of work throughout how dominant you were in your college career and your showcase can help raise your stock if needed & you should have a choice to enter the draft at ...more »


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Editorial Letter for the Special Issue on Data Quality in Databases and Information Systems
Stuart E. Madnick, Yang W. Lee
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Felix Naumann, Louiqa Raschid
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Mining in Large Noisy Domains
Manoranjan Dash, Ayush Singhania
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In this article we address the issue of how to mine efficiently in large and noisy data. We propose an efficient sampling algorithm (Concise) as a solution for large and noisy data. Concise is far more superior than the Simple Random...
Optimal Stopping: A Record-Linkage Approach
George V. Moustakides, Vassilios S. Verykios
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Record-linkage is the process of identifying whether two separate records refer to the same real-world entity when some elements of the record's identifying information (attributes) agree and others disagree. Existing record-linkage decision...
Representing Data Quality in Sensor Data Streaming Environments
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Sensors in smart-item environments capture data about product conditions and usage to support business decisions as well as production automation processes. A challenging issue in this application area is the restricted quality of sensor data due...
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The range of information now available in queryable repositories opens up a host of possibilities for new and valuable forms of data analysis. Database query languages such as SQL and XQuery offer a concise and high-level means by which such...
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Book 1, A First and Last Novel - A Novel
Laurelin Paige
This book can be downloaded and read in iBooks on your Mac or iOS device.
Emily Wayborn is finally her own woman.
After a string of shameful relationships and reckless partying with her best friend Amber, she's now a successful voiceover actress, her wild past and everyone in it firmly behind her. Until she receives a cryptic voicemail from her former friend that sends her spiraling into the darkness she thought she had outrun. One thing is clear from the message, Amber is in trouble.
Determined to track down her friend, Emily follows a chain of clues that leads her to Reeve Sallis, a gorgeous and equally dangerous hotelier known for his power games and shady dealings. Now, in order to find Amber, Emily must return to her playgirl ways to uncover his secrets and track down her friend. But as she becomes more entangled with him, she finds she's drawn to Reeve and his depravity despite her growing conviction that he may be the one responsible for Amber' s disappearance.
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Tonya Harding is among the guests on Thursday's "Oprah Winfrey Show." We'll give you a moment to process that. Harding is no stranger to TV appearances, but most of them have been on shows that tend to fall into the tacky/tabloid/nothing-to-write-home-about category.
But the former ice skating champ gets a higher-profile, higher-prestige moment in the spotlight on a show that Oprah -- Queen of All Media -- is devoting to the theme, "Notorious Newsmakers of the '90s -- Where Are They Now?"
On the Oprah show Web site, Harding's appearance is teased as follows: "It was called the 'whack' heard around the world...15 years later, disgraced U.S. ice skating champion Tonya Harding is here."
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text: 04 March 2011Girlguiding UK, the official website for The Guide Association, has launched a digital campaign encouraging girls aged between 12 and 16 to think very carefully before setting their hearts on cosmetic surgery. The campaign, called Give Yourself A Chance, focuses on giving girls in this age group tips on how they can boost self-confidence without going under the knife. The interactive website also offers girls the chance to read real-life stories from peers who have battled with everything from eating disorders to body dysmorphia � a psychological disorder in which a person is excessively concerned with their body image. Give Yourself A Chance was set up in response to the results of a recent national survey, which revealed that half of young women aged between 16 and 21, and one in ten girls aged between 11 and 16 would consider having cosmetic surgery to change their appearance. More than 1,000 girls and women took part in the survey, which found that 12 per cent of 11 to 16-year-olds would consider having gastric band surgery, or other cosmetic procedures, and five per cent would think about Botox. Cathy Fraser, a spokeswoman for Girlguiding UK, said: �Working closely with girls and young women, we are all too aware of the pressures they face to conform to a certain body image. Give Yourself A Chance encourages girls to boost their self-confidence without cosmetic surgery and to give themselves the opportunity to develop fully."


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WDAA Train The Trainers™- A Huge Success!
Professional equine trainers from all over the United States gathered together in Castle Rock, Colorado to attend the first WDAA Train the Trainers™ Clinic on October 23 and 24. The Clinic's purpose was to educate professional trainers about Western Dressage. Cliff Swanson and Frances Carbonnel, members of the WDAA Advisory Board shared their methods of training students. Classroom sessions and arena sessions with student riders were the forum for teaching the trainers how to teach Western Dressage. New 2013 tests were demonstrated and judged by the trainers.
Coordinator of the Train the Trainer's Clinic, Neide Cooley commented,
"I feel we have just begun the process of educating professionals about Western Dressage. Rules, Tests, Judges Guidelines were covered at length. We also had great training demonstrations with students riding a variety of horses. We are eager to learn from this clinic about how to meet the needs of the professionals."
The professional trainers shared their own methods and experiences in training students. The amount of information exchanged was extensive and beneficial to all.
A highlight of the Clinic was a presentation by leaders of the Western Dressage Association® of Colorado, the first WDAA State Affiliate to be licensed by the WDAA, on "How to Conduct a Western Dressage Clinic".
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Pontifical assent to the election of auxiliary bishop of Sokal-Zhovkva of the Ukrainians
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With classic guitar tone disappearing down the road of digital modeling amps and effects, Carl Martin is proud to introduce the Quattro four of the most popular Carl Martin effects in one package.
The Quattro begins with Carl Martin's award winning Compressor/Limiter circuit with single controls for compression and level. The Two-Channel Overdrive has switches for on-off, and for selecting between the crunch and high-gain stages, and controls for tone and level. In classic fashion, the Vintage Chorus has a speed and a depth control. Finally, the vintage style Echo has controls for level, tone, repeat and tap-tempo, as well as an on-off switch. No hard to read screens, no menus to scroll through, just set-up and play. There is no simpler multi-effect on the market! There is also an effects loop built in between the overdrive and chorus effects for that special drive or fuzz pedal that is part of your sound.
You also get that famous Carl Martin build quality, ultra quiet switching, a high quality on-board regulated +/-12V power supply which allows us to use the finest components allowing the greatest amount of headroom, and low output impedance which leaves your amp sounding exactly like your amp.
Carl Martin, maximizing transparency, flexibility, simplicity and quality in one package The Quattro.
Compressor: Compression is a very good effect for overall use, it smoothes out your uneven dynamics, increases sub tones which otherwise would stay too weak in the overall sound. It also gives more depth, body and sustain for a fuller sound. This is great for especially solos. Just set the level knob to match the desired solo level. For more compression turn the compress knob clockwise, and adjust your level to match the bypass level.
Overdrives: Drive 1 is the crunch channel, Drive 2 the high gain channel. To enter drive 1, press the drive switch and set the level to match the bypass level. The tone knob works like a high cut filter. Set the knob at full clockwise for high crisp tone or for warmer and rounder tone, turn the tone knob counter clockwise. To enter drive 2 leave the drive switch on and press the select switch. The level and tone knobs are the same on both channels.
Vintage Chorus: The Vintage Chorus is a very useful effect to make your tone fat round and singing, an effect very often used in loads of hit songs from the early 70s and up. The Speed knob set the speed of the modulation, from slow swirl to fast Leslie like tones. the Depth knob determines the amount of effect wish.
Echo: The echo effect is designed to emulate the old vintage tape echo units, with all that they had in low-fidelity noise and distortion. It has extremely musical and warm echo, so don't expect any clean sterile digital delay here. To enter the echo mode press the echo switch and set the echo level on the echo knob. Turn clock wise for more effect. Turn the repeat knob clock wise for more repeats. The tone knob works like a filter with clear crisp echo's in the full clock wise position and warmer vintage style echo when turned counter clockwise. The echo time is set on the tempo tap switch and it goes up to 1000 milliseconds. Please note that once disconnected from power, the echo time will revert to the shortest time.
Loop: The loop is a serial loop placed between the overdrives and chorus, so it's possible to add another of your favorite distortion boxes with the compressor and overdrive in front of it, and the chorus and echo after it. It is also the right place to put in another modulation effect like a tremolo, flanger or phaser. The loop has low impedance out and high impedance return.
- Power:100 or 115 or 230 VAC 50-60Hz
- Power consumption:6 Watts
- S/N ratio:56dB
- Input impedance:1M Ohm
- Output impedance:100 Ohm
- Compression range:from 1:1 to 1:00
- Gain Range Compressor:+-20dB
- Gain overdrive max:89dB
- Depth variation tremolo:+-6dB
- Echo time max:1000 m.sec
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Terracotta: AN1912.622
Object: Bovid (?)
Period: Bronze Age:
Dimensions: L: 10.8cm.
Region: Canaan
Find Spot: Gezer
Description: handmodelled; baked clay; buff core with creamslip; hollow-bodied animal, legs missing and rump damaged; the hollow head is like a spout opening at the mouth; the eyes and nose are applied in clay with deeply incised pupils and nostrils; horns broken off.
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Mini Spa VT
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The word we hear most often when clients enter our Battery Street space is COZY! Mini Spa VT offers customers topnotch services including our famous pedicures which have won us the Daysies Award for best pedicure five years running! Beth and her talented team deliver many wonderful spa services including REN Clean Skincare facials, Lavish Lashes lash extensions, Shellac manicures, NuFree hair removal, beautiful makeup application and Relaxing Massages . We offer great promotions every month, and Amazing spa packages. Sign up for our monthly newsletter and VIP specials at www.minispavt.com and like us on Facebook for even more VIP treatment!
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Wow!!! That was amazing and set the bar so high!!
I don't recieve pedicures that often but the few I have we're nothing in comparison to the actual service, and professionalism displayed at minispa! From the moment we walked in, where we greeted and offered a beverage to the very end where our feet were lovingly placed inside bags to preserve our pedicure in a very sweet waiting area...the whole experience goes to show to me, that you staff takes such pride In their workmanship, their knowledge and every detail. When my nail polish "cracked" after the drying coat was placed...something I hardly noticed! Your staff rallied to fix it and assured me that I would walk out with it looking right. The paraffin wax on my super winter dry skin hands, did wonders and the hand massage was divine.
And I learned about the safety protocols you use in your spa, such as changing out the water in the single use tubs to not spread infection...who knew! Your staff noticed(for the first time in any pedicure experience!) the planters wart on the bottom of my toe! They all took the time to look at it and assess what they needed to do and how to treat....and that is when I learned a little more about the not-so- pretty side of things within the mani pedi world at many mall spas, Etc. I could tell the staff was so knowledgable and really educated me about this as well.
And lastly, never before have I had someone place a protective bag on my feet to preserve the pedicure. And I also thought, how come noone else has ever said this before to me!? And ...at the same time...eeewwww..gross! I might have gotten darn thing from someone else at the last pedi place but at least I know due to your standards, I sure as heck am not got to be spreading it...ok...not so pleasent commentary but again, proving my point about the professionalism at Minispa.
The ambience and setting are really lovely and unique too at Minispa!
Don't think I will ever be able to go any where ever again! And I might even be to coax my Mom here one day convincing her that her "really bad" expereince with her ingrown nails at another pedicure shop, will probably be lovingly and skillfully taken Into consideration at your spa!
It is a pleasure to spend hard earned money at a business that works equally as hard at customer satisfaction, it's no wonder you are a local Daisy Winner!
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5 stars KIM H Customer since 2013
Sarah is meticulous. Great job on my manicure.
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Always a wonderful, restorative experience.
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Professional,meticulous,friendly service.
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My shellac manicure with Sarah was perfect! She is very detail-oriented and made sure everything was perfect and that I was happy with it the whole time. I liked how she checked in at various stages to make sure I liked how everything looked. Wonderful experience!
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I refuse to go anywhere else for manicures and pedicures, I always walk out of the store happy and completely in love with how my nails look!
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SOURCE: Global Gaming Network, Inc.
January 29, 2014 09:00 ET
Customized Fantasy Games Under the Amped Fantasy Name Will Allow Company to Expand Its Online Gaming Position
Customized Fantasy Games Under the Amped Fantasy Name Will Allow Company to Expand Its Online Gaming Position
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Jan 29, 2014) - Global Gaming Network, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: GBGM) www.GlobalGamingNetwork.net, announced today it had entered into an agreement with Impact Fantasy Sports ("IFS"), www.ImpactFantasySports.com, an interactive development company focused on creating unique and engaging fantasy sports games. IFS will provide GBGM with customized fantasy league games to be offered to U.S. based casinos, sports bars, and restaurants under its branded Amped Fantasy name.
"We're pleased to offer a new portfolio of fantasy sports games, powered by the IFS fantasy game platform, under our Amped Fantasy brand in line with our partnership with Atlantic City Fantasy Sports, http://finance.yahoo.com/news/global-gaming-network-inc-announces-140000645.html, to our prospective nationwide customer base. Our company is now in a position to take full advantage of the burgeoning online gaming industry, presently seeking out different ways to grow their online operations with contests and games offering prizes in promotions set at the venue. Patrons of these venues will get to play for free on their mobile device, challenging their friends and associates with an added incentive to win both cash and prizes," said Stephen Kern, President of GBGM.
"We look forward to supporting the GBGM team in offering the very best in customized fantasy sports games. We praise GBGM for recognizing the value and capabilities our gaming platform can bring to the ever growing market of casinos and sports bars," said Todd McMahon, co-founder of IFS.
About Global Gaming Network, Inc.
Global Gaming Network, Inc. is a developer, distributor and aggregator of digital entertainment and sports information for online and mobile platforms.
About Impact Fantasy Sports, LLC.
Impact Fantasy Sports is a United States based company that focuses on fantasy sports game development. Its mission is to provide contemporary, user-friendly games for one of the largest growing industries -- fantasy sports.
Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains certain "forward-looking" statements, as defined in the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Statements, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements. The Company, through its management, makes forward‐looking public statements concerning its expected future operations, performance and other developments. Such forward‐looking statements are necessarily estimates reflecting the Company's best judgment based upon current information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and there can be no assurance that other factors will not affect the accuracy of such.
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As we noted last week, growth to an area such as ours never pays for itself. It brings on an increase in costs of most everything as we have seen on home mortgages, life-, health- and auto insurance, gasoline – and we must include the food we eat.
To the best of my knowledge no major food store or anyone else has yet to come forward and give us their reasons why we are seeing a price increase of sometimes as much as 20 percent on just about everything they sell – the increase is even more on some items. If you haven't been to a grocery store lately – go see for yourself.
If you ask around you'll hear many excuses, most of which will say "we are just passing on the price increase" or "it's our overhead that is killing us." Some will say "they hardly make a profit at all, so don't blame us because the price has gone up."
These are nothing more than excuses. While there have been increases in the growing and delivery of the products, for the most part, it's up the entire chain from growers to the government continuing year after year to give subsidies for large farms owned by congressmen. Shipping or airlines, trains, trucks and any other form of transportation are expensive. The bottom line is built-in greed by everyone who handles what you finally pick out to buy.
If we start with the growers, who put the seed in the ground, the seed itself is costing little to nothing because the government subsidizes it. The farmers hire illegal workers for next to nothing, so their profit is always overpriced. Again, cheap labor, foreigners not Americans, pick the crop and get it ready for shipment.
The trucking companies are big time rip-off artists. They pay their non-union drivers as little as possible, all without any benefits. The drivers who own their own rigs must pay high diesel and gasoline prices because of rip-offs from the gasoline dealers, and behind them the oil companies. Yet the Democrats refuse to allow the drilling for oil off our coasts or the rich oil shale in the mountains of the Midwest due to the environmental lobby.
Congress is in partners with the oil companies to allow no oil drilling to keep the supply always short, and along with no oil refineries built in America in the last 30 years, so you add a few dollars or even pennies onto each handling or even no handling of the product and the price gets sky high by the time it reaches the customer.
Now the stores see and know of all the greed added to the product before they even get it and they say to themselves, let's get our share while everyone else is doing it. They will point to their new store construction, pretty shelves and advertising, how help is costing so much right now, how high their taxes are, and generally the usual cost of doing business.
The list goes on and on. It's much easier to give reasons for such high prices than it is to pin down the price lists, the before and after the last price increase. You can name any food product and they have all increased in the last year or so.
To illustrate my reasoning of why prices could be dropped and the stores would still make a profit – look at the stores still making a profit. Several sources, such as Sam's Club are one place for reduced prices, while it is primarily a store for wholesale purchase, the public is more than welcome. The holdback for our area is that our families usually consist of two elderly people who see no reason to buy large quantities of groceries, and warehouse-type discounters are more suited for a larger family of 4, 5, 6 or more. These companies rely on quantity to hold their prices down.
Then we find "farmers markets" in the areas where usually small growers bring their food stuff to a local outdoors market once a week. The one at On Top of the World is a good example for savings. This clearly shows a lower cost to the buyers of their products than a normal grocery store.
Other sources of lower prices, where the owners make a profit from selling at a lower price, are the numerous roadside stands. We have several on State Road 200 west of I-75. Their secret to lower prices is the owner usually makes a trip to Tampa, Plant City or other wholesale markets once or twice a week and gets the best "pick of what's just been brought in from the fields."
Produce is kept refrigerated until put out the next day, usually in the boxes it came packed in, plus they rely on excellent service and friendly sales people. Most customers feel this is important; good merchandise, low prices and good service.
The major stores usually just get on the computer and order in the amount of what they need to sell, never seeing it before buying. By the time it is distributed, it's usually a couple or three days before it's put out for sale.
Look at the handling the produce or product has had and all the people with greed on their minds – but certainly not you the consumer.
Another bright spot to save a few dollars is the new market, ALDI, a few blocks east of Wal-Mart on S.W. 19th Avenue Road. There you'll see a store with few frills or decoration, no fancy shelves or display areas, what the food item comes in is how it's displayed. You'll find their prices are as much as 20- to 25 percent less than the neighboring Wal-Mart that heretofore was the one usually thought to "sell for less." Their explanation for lower prices is just less overhead cost.
Another "rip off" is the use of ethanol, usually made from corn in this country, which removes corn from food consumption to make a gasoline additive. It also reduced corn available for cattle, pigs and chickens, increasing the prices of all these items.
Ethanol isn't really good for cars and it can be made from other sources, such as sugar cane used in Brazil, etc. The government knows all this, yet wants to make the public think they are doing something in view of the gas shortage and high costs.
It all comes down to greed in my opinion. If they would just realize the shape our country's economy is in right now, they could look at themselves in the mirror and take ink and pen to their prices – they very well could afford it, but have been in the habit of making a great bottom line and want to keep it at that level. And they say, "tough luck consumers."
They all know what the easy ways are to lower their prices, but unlike both recent presidential candidates who were saying, "it's time for a change".
Have a good Thanksgiving and may God bless America, we need it.
Robert E. Beckner lives in Majestic Oaks with his wife, Sarah. He is a retired private investigator and insurance adjuster. He has also been a photographer and served with the Military Police in the Marine Corps.
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In the words of one of this year's judges, Pusateri's, designed by GHA design studios, elevates the concept of supermarkets into something sophisticated. The store treats food as almost a luxury items. It's more Gucci than Trader Joe's. But Pusateriri's achieves this without being trite and without overshooting the goal.
There have been many stabs at upscale grocery stores in recent years. Within that oeuvre, a familiar palate has emerged, with many Whole Foods Markets setting the standard by which other upmarket supermarkets get judged.
But Pusateri's moves beyond the common design gestures and manages to achieve something new in the supermarket space.
After its first two street locations and at almost 10,000 square feet, Pusateri's took its first foray into a mall location. GHA was charged with creating a design that felt thoroughly modern and reflected a contemporary lifestyle experience. The new location in Bayview Village was to better serve the loyal clientele in the surrounding residential neighbourhood who previously had to travel to the other two Pusateri's stores farther south in the city. The concept of "Food is Fashion" was a guiding principle in the design approach where food is presented within a visually uncluttered and refined setting.
The textures, colors and beauty of the food are the centre of attraction. The fashion look is expressed through the highly reflective surfaces, an aesthetic often found in high-end department stores and boutiques. Whether the shopper at Pusateri's arrives from the mall interior, the exterior or the underground parking lot, the sense of arrival is impressive.
Each of the entry points has been treated to make the shopper feel like an exclusive guest. Product displays, though dense, are organized and the elegant materials are given the prime exposure with their large surfaces. The check-out area is meant to emulate a hotel concierge desk with marble slab desks and none of the traditional check-out cash numbers one would expect to find in a grocery store. In keeping with the store's clean aesthetic philosophy, signage and graphics are minimal.
One of the challenges was to keep the cachet of the store as unique in a mall location as it had been in street front locations. The owner was concerned at the prospect of being perceived as a downgrade for the brand to be in a mall.
A lot of consideration was given to ensure the shopper's sense of arrival would be impressive, be it from the mall interior, underground or outdoor parking lot. On a practical level, the flooring throughout the sales area is a 24" x 24" mini-crystal white tile which is daring for a grocery store. Numerous tests were undertaken to see how the tile would perform under the black rubber wheels from the carts and react with spilled olive oil and tomato juice. And the project was completed from initial conceptual drawings to built store within less than a 10-month period.
Pusateri's continues to be considered Toronto's premiere gourmet food shopping destination, equivalent to Fauchon in Paris or Harrod's Food Hall in London. Its reputation has only climbed since the opening of the store in Bayview Village. The store has contributed to increased sales per square foot performance for the mall.
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Austin Freeman and Greg Monroe scored 16 points each, and No. 22 Georgetown built a big first-half lead before handling everything South Florida star Dominique Jones could offer in a 69-49 victory Wednesday in the Big East tournament.
Chris Wright also had 15 points for the eighth-seeded Hoyas (21-9), who were likely already in the NCAA tournament but now have the chance to improve their seeding with a deep run in the tourney. They'll play No. 1 seed Syracuse in the quarterfinals Thursday.
The two conference heavyweights have split their 12 meetings in the Big East tournament.
Georgetown built a 14-point first-half lead relying mostly on defense, which was good even by coach John Thompson III's stringent standards. South Florida (20-12) didn't score for nearly eight minutes, and Jones couldn't find open looks as the Hoyas rotated over to guard him.