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The League of American Bicyclists forwarded the following press release, announcing 67 new "Bicycle Friendly Businesses" (BFBs), including a couple of Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and others. Here, have a read for yourself:
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Bicycle Friendly Businesses Are Booming
New awards boost number of bike-friendly workplaces to more than 400 nationwide
Washington, D.C. – April 18, 2012 – More than 500,000 American employees now work at a Bicycle Friendly Business (BFB), thanks to visionary leadership in the private and public sector. Today the League of American Bicyclists announced 67 new BFBs, who joined the ranks of the 412 local businesses, government agencies and Fortune 500 companies that are transforming the American workplace.
"These leaders are at the forefront of a movement to make American businesses more competitive, sustainable and attractive to the best and brightest employees," said Andy Clarke, president of the League of American Bicyclists. "An investment in bicycling enhances employee health, increases sustainability and improves the bottom line."
Bicycle-friendly businesses encourage a more bicycle friendly atmosphere for employees and customers. From Microsoft in Redmond, Wash., to Pepe's Bistro in Lincoln, Neb., bicycle-friendly businesses are improving the workplace, contributing to the community and improving their overall earnings.
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Massachusetts Department of Transportation- Boston, Mass. (Bronze): "We're proud to be the first DOT in the nation recognized as a Bicycle Friendly Business," said MassDOT Secretary Richard Davey. "MassDOT's core business is transportation and consistent with our 'Green DOT policy' we're committed to promoting bicycling as a healthy and efficient mode of travel." Among other innovations and improvements, in 2010, MassDOT launched a pilot bike pool, so employees have the option to ride a bike to a meeting or a site.
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Visit bikeleague.org/businesses for a full list of Bicycle Friendly Businesses and to learn more. For photos, contacts and additional information on awardees, contact Carolyn Szczepanski, League Communications Director, at (202) 822-1333, email@example.com.
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The Bicycle Friendly Community, Bicycle Friendly State, Bicycle Friendly Business and Bicycle Friendly University programs are generously supported by program partners Bikes Belong and Trek Bicycle's One World, Two Wheels Campaign. Learn more.
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Valentine's Day is a week from tomorrow, which is as good an excuse as any to focus on chocolate for just a moment. Chocolate and Valentine's — together they make a February cliché, but this collection of chocolate recipes we have for you today is anything but trite.
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Many signs are in the Cyrillic alphabet. The men and women sitting in the cafes are speaking Russian. The shops sell vodka, black bread, pickled herring and Russian-brewed Baltika beer. You have to pinch yourself to remember where you are.
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More than 20 years have elapsed since the Soviet Union fell apart, prompting a tsunami of people, mostly with Jewish roots, to leave for Israel.
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So large was the influx that the southern coastal city of Ashdod more than doubled in size within a decade, becoming Israel's fifth-largest city, with a population of more than 200,000.
Israel now has the world's third-largest Russian-speaking community (outside the former Soviet Union), after the United States and Germany.
Galili says that this flood of new immigrants was enthusiastically welcomed by what she calls Israel's "elite" for many reasons, including the impact they made on the demographic equation between Arabs and Jews.
But she says there was opposition in Israel, from a variety of fronts. This included the minority Israeli Arab population who feared becoming more marginalized. Questions were also raised over whether many of these former Soviet residents were actually Jewish.
Israel's Law of Return allowed the new arrivals to qualify for citizenship if they had one Jewish grandparent. Under rabbinical religious law, Jewishness passes through the maternal line. This defines more than 300,000 of Israel's Russian-speaking immigrants as non-Jews.
Galili says immigrants from the Soviet Union struggled with this: "They come here, and they have a non-Jewish mother and a Jewish father — and suddenly this motherland, who's expecting them to come, says, 'Oh ! I forgot to tell you — you are not Jewish here.' "
There are no civil marriages in Israel. Russian-speaking Israelis defined as non-Jews who wish to marry must go abroad, or convert. Galili says conversion is not a popular option.
"They find it offensive. They feel Jewish. They were raised Jewish. They have Jewish names. They once suffered for being Jewish in the Soviet Union. Now they suffer for being Russians in Israel," she says.
To get a sense of what it was like to transition from the Soviet Union to Israel, you only have to wander through Ashdod — with its beach cafes, boulevards and apricot-colored apartment blocks — and chat with some of the many thousands of Russian-speaking residents.
A Major Transition
"In the beginning, of course, the language was a serious problem," says Stanislav Fishbein, a Ukrainian who migrated to Israel 18 years ago, speaking in Hebrew. "In addition to that, we didn't know about the tradition. I didn't know about Judaism and about Hanukkah, for example. But now I do — and I like it."
Fishbein is the ringmaster of a Russian circus that has been touring Israel, in part, he says, to "cheer people up" in the aftermath of the latest eruption of hostilities with Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
In November, Israel's military launched more than a week of missile and artillery strikes against Gaza, saying this was to stop Palestinian militants' firing rockets into Israel. Some of those militant rockets targeted Ashdod.
That outburst of violence was the latest installment in decades of bloodshed that has blighted the Middle East. Yet some Russian-speaking immigrants admit they knew little about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict when they first set foot in Israel.
Standing in an Ashdod bookstore, surrounded by Russian books, Inna Israeli says she came from St. Petersburg in 1990. Back then, she was not sure about the location of Gaza, some 15 miles to the south.
"We didn't know! We didn't think about that," she says.
A Political Force
Dima Esterman, who's sitting in an Ashdod real estate agents' office, says he did know about the conflict when he arrived in the early 1990s but believed it would soon be settled.
"I was [politically] on the left, and I thought it was possible to reach an agreement with the Arabs. But after 20 years, I no longer think an accord is possible," he says.
Most of Israel's Russian-speaking community, including Esterman, is on the right these days. Since they now make up about 15 percent of Israel's 8 million people, they wield considerable political clout and have played a significant role in the general rightward shift of the Israeli electorate.
Russian-speaking immigrants form the base of the influential right-wing nationalist party Yisrael Beiteinu. The party has teamed up with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud to form a bloc that is leading the polls ahead of this month's elections.
Galili argues that immigrants from the former Soviet Union have made a considerable impact on the politics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — not least because of their resistance to the idea of giving up territory.
She attributes this partly to the fact that they came from a vast empire. "They look at the size of this country, and they say, 'What? You want to hand back territory? You must be crazy!' "
One reason Israel's "Russians" fascinate Galili is that their experience chimes with her own story. She moved to Israel from Poland in the 1950s, when she was 8 years old. She recalls how back then, immigrants were dropped in the deep end.
"You had to become an Israeli in a second — language, name, love of the country, the whole package. I had no contact with my culture, not even with my friends," she recalls.
Cultural Separation
Arrivals from the former Soviet Union have had a different experience. New technology has proved to be a major factor in defining their relationship with "non-Russian" Israelis.
"They come, they have the Internet, they have satellite, they have blogs, they know everything that is going on in Russia," says Galili.
Galili stresses that the immigrants from the Soviet Union are fully integrated into Israeli society and are a big asset to the economy. Yet she also points out that, more than 20 years on, many of them choose to remain culturally separate.
"They meet Israelis, and they mingle with Israelis at workplaces, in the army, at school, at university. But after 7 p.m., there is some separation."
Galili says this is by choice. Members of the Russian-speaking community like to be together and are fiercely proud of their rich Russian language.
"This applies to the younger generation as well, which never ceases to amaze me," she says. "Because even people who are now, let's say 30 [years old], and they have been here for 20 years ... when they go home, most of their friends are still Russian-speaking."
Vladimir Dzyakevich is a biologist, aged 32, and an actor with a Russian theater group based in Ashdod. He agrees that he is culturally conflicted.
"Israel is my home and my only home," he says. "But I feel that as a person, culturally I am torn inside because I feel a very deep connection with the Russian culture and Russian literature."
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Israel was changed dramatically a couple of decades back with a wave of immigration from the former Soviet Union. Those immigrants now account for more than 15 percent of Israel's population.
NPR's Philip Reeves reports on the role they're playing today in shaping the country.
PHILIP REEVES, BYLINE: This bar could easily be in Moscow. A party is in full swing. Everyone's speaking Russian. The menu offers 15 brands of vodka. Yet we're just a stone's throw from the gates of Jerusalem's Old City. Some of the world's most religiously conservative people live in this neighborhood. That doesn't deter these revelers drinking and dancing the night away. They're part of one of the more unusual migrations of modern times.
When the Cold War ended, Israel's population was just under 5 million. The Russian speakers who poured in from the former Soviet Union added roughly another million to that number.
LILY GALILI: I think it's an unbelievable phenomena by all criteria. It's like America - United States - absorbing all of France, Belgium and Netherlands, I think.
REEVES: Lily Galili is an Israeli journalist who's just written a book about this. Jewish immigrants arrived from across the Soviet Union from Eastern Europe to Central Asia. But they're still widely referred to in Israel simply as Russians. Galili remembers that when this mass immigration began in 1989, Israel's leaders were eagerly looking forward to it for many reasons, including...
GALILI: To change demography - Arabs, Jews - they were saying, oh, this country is becoming part of the Levant. We need you with your culture and educated children, come.
REEVES: There were plenty of issues. Israel's Arab population was worried about becoming more marginalized. Some of Israel's Jewish majority also had concerns. The new arrivals qualified for citizenships under Israel's Law of Return if they had or were married to someone with one Jewish grandparent.
Rabbinical law, though, says that Jewishness passes through the maternal line. This defined more than 300,000 of the Russian-speaking immigrants as non-Jews. Galili says that was very tough for the new arrivals to accept.
GALILI: And they come here and they have the non-Jewish mother and the Jewish father. And suddenly, this motherland who's expecting them to come says, oh, I forgot to tell you, you are not Jewish here.
REEVES: There are no civil marriages in Israel. If Russian Israelis defined as non-Jews wish to marry, they must go abroad or convert. Galili says conversion is not a popular option.
GALILI: Because they find it offensive. They feel Jewish. They were raised Jewish. They have Jewish names. They once suffered from being Jewish in the Soviet Union. Now they suffer from being Russians in Israel.
REEVES: A lot of the Soviet immigrants ended up here, beside the Mediterranean in the port city of Ashdod. The influx was so great that after 1990 Ashdod more than doubled in size within a decade. It's now Israel's fifth largest city with a population of more than 200,000.
The Russians are making their mark. You only have to wander through town to see that. Many signs are in Cyrillic. There are Russian products, books, beer, pork sausages.
Stanislav Fishbein is a Ukrainian who migrated here 18 years ago. Becoming an Israeli wasn't easy, he explains speaking in Hebrew.
STANISLAV FISHBEIN: (Through Translator) In the beginning, of course, the language was a serious problem. And in addition to that, we didn't know about the tradition. I didn't know about the Judaism and about Hanukkah, for example. But now I do and I like it.
REEVES: Fishbein is in a restaurant, lunching with some clowns and acrobats from a Russian circus. He's the ringmaster. One reason the circus is in town, he says, is to cheer people up.
In November, Israel's military launched more than a week of missile and artillery strikes against the Gaza Strip to stop Palestinian militants firing rockets. Some of those rockets targeted Ashdod, which is about 15 miles from Gaza.
Twenty years ago, some of the new arrivals knew very little about the war simmering away in this region for decades. Inna Israeli says she came from St. Petersburg in 1990 so that her daughter could grow up in her own Jewish homeland. Back then, Inna wasn't even sure where Gaza was.
INNA ISRAELI: (Through Translator) We didn't know. We didn't think about that.
REEVES: Realtor Dima Esterman says he did know about the conflict when he arrived in the early '90s, but adds...
DIMA ESTERMAN: (Through Translator) When I arrived here, I thought this problem would soon be settled. I was on the left, and I thought it was possible to reach an agreement with the Arabs. But after 20 years, I no longer think an accord is possible.
REEVES: That worries Esterman. He has a young daughter who'll one day serve in the Israeli military.
ESTERMAN: (Foreign language spoken)
REEVES: He's not happy with the idea of young women going to war. Yet he believes in this region there will always be wars.
ESTERMAN: (Through Translator) Only war. Here, everything is decided through war from a position of strength.
REEVES: Esterman's now right wing. That's true of most Israeli Russians. Galili, the journalist and writer, says this is partly simply to do with being immigrants.
GALILI: Immigration is a tremendous crisis, and you have to restructure your identity because it's a crisis of your identity. So out of all - the many choices, they restructured their identity around national and nationalistic symbols.
REEVES: Galili also argues that the Russians associate the left with the Soviet Communism they left behind. Their arrival changed the politics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Galili says they came from an empire that was once so vast and powerful that they now inherently resist the idea of conceding land.
GALILI: They look at the size of this country and they say, what, that's it? And you mean you want to give back territories? You must be crazy.
REEVES: Israeli Russians form the electoral base of the influential nationalist party Yisrael Beiteinu. The party is allied with Likud, forming a bloc that's leading the polls ahead of this month's election.
One reason the Russians fascinate Galili is because their experience chimes with her own story. She moved to Israel from Poland in the '50s when she was 8. Back then, immigrants to Israel were dropped in the deep end, she says.
GALILI: You had to become an Israeli in a second: language, name, love of the country, the whole package. I had no contact with my culture, not even with my friends.
REEVES: Now it's different.
GALILI: They come. They have the Internet. They have satellite. They know everything that's going on in Russia.
REEVES: Galili thinks that's proving a major factor in defining the relationship between the Russian-speaking community and their fellow Israelis. She says the Russians are integrated into Israeli society and they're a big asset to the economy. Yet, some 20 years on, many of them still choose to remain culturally separate.
GALILI: And it applies to the younger generation as well, which never stops to amaze me. Because even people who are now, let's say, 30 and they've been here for 20 years, they grew up here, when they go home, most of their friends are still Russian-speaking.
REEVES: Back in Ashdod, a group of actors gathers in the city's Russian theater. Their playhouse is inside a bomb shelter. They include biologist Vladmir Dzyakevich.
VLADMIR DZYAKEVICH: I am 32 years old, and I came from Moscow 20 years ago.
REEVES: Dzyakevich holds strong views about this question of the Russian Israelis and their cultural identity.
DZYAKEVICH: Israel is my home and my only home. But I feel that, as a person, I'm -culturally, I'm torn inside because I feel a very deep connection with the Russian culture, with the Russian literature.
REEVES: Philip Reeves, NPR News.
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Xellos-_^ - Ahh, Rayearth. Reminds me of the good ol' days. But umm, is it just me, or is Hikaru getting royally shafted here, getting so little space compared to Umi and Fuu?
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Amaranthine ~ lol that sig reminds me of my cousin...she also has a long erm pillow...very cute 9/10
JOJOS'STAR ~ also vey cute and somewat innocent ^^ love the question marks 9/10
btw i have 2 questions about sigs...1) i tried selecting all and stroking a border but some how it doesnt show up and solutions? and 2) every tim i try resizing my pic or save it will a smaller quality in .jpg it always loses a lot of quality...why is this? either i have to make it small to prevent to much los of quality but some of the sigs you guys do are quite big but the lines still remain smooth...why is this? i know its not an answer questions thread but i duno where else to put it...so plz be kind
|2006-06-24, 21:38
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death whois that girlin ur sig...i really like it mate... 8.5/10 Nice placement of girl and back image suits it... text seems tiny bit outa place tho.
what anime she from? Please tell meh Deathkillz
tea servant urs is cool to ... i also want to know anime they from if poss 9/10 nice sig colors, match well. And transition from black to white suits it.
Please tell me too tea servant
|2006-06-24, 22:02
|Link #1126
Join Date: Dec 2005
Kiva, your signature is originaru. So it's gonna be 9/10. -1 point because there is no girls inside the signature ^^;;
Wavie How dare you take Haruhi into such a dark room ! She seems shy too. A good impression ^^ 8.5/10
Please don't rate mine yet, my new sig is under construction.
|2006-06-25, 04:34
|Link #1128
Aspiring but lazy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The Internet
Yeah, she's cute, sans the rather disturbing comment about the pillow ^^; Also like the font and border style. 9.5/10
I think your source image is a little blurry, and I think border would make it better. :3 --- 8/10
I mostly use PNG for sig and avatar; but in Asuki's case, where 50KB is the limit, I find myself using GIF. My sig right now is in GIF, cos' PNG version was a huge 83383B x.x
I think you should reverse the light source effect. the shadows indicate the light source to be from the left (see the shadow of the hair in the middle of her face). She also doesn't quite blend with the background. 7.5/10
Nice hue, matches the expressions well. The yellow fire-like effect is also a great touch. Finally, border is really nice. 9.5/10
the only rant I'm having is the JPG compression is showing some particles all over the image. Also, your name is almost 'miss-able'. o.o 8/10
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|2006-06-25, 05:16
|Link #1129
Join Date: Mar 2006
Age: 30
Deathkillz: Needs a border, but you said why it doesn't have one. Simple and pretty for the most part. 8/10
2) When you go to Save For Web and choose Jpeg, there's a... slidy thing... that lets you change the quality. That might help... if you didn't know that already. :/ That's all I can suggest, I don't often use .jpg.
Wavie: A bit dark, but otherwise good. 8/10
celcius: Excellent... but it's 83383 bytes. :x 9.5/10, while it's still here.
|2006-06-25, 07:27
|Link #1130
Garden of Tsubaki
Graphic Designer
@ celcius : nice Haruhi sig.
@ Wavie : it's a special sig with clouds behind...-_^ by the way you asked me...?the stripped parts my sis helped me abit.and i done basic brushes and assorted brushes....the rest sis helped me but it's hard to do it...X_X
|2006-06-25, 10:17
|Link #1132
~ You're dead ^__^* ~
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@ Amaranthine ~ heh thx for the tip but i sorted the problem now...it was opacity percentage -___-
tea ser 1996 ~ cute, simple but a little blurry 7.5/10 erm are they twins?
celcius ~ yay haruhii ^^ 9/10
|2006-06-26, 22:03
|Link #1136
Aspiring but lazy
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: The Internet
Cyz, I have a 300dpi scan of your sig. Do you want me to send it to you?
I think the Primula one is the best, followed closely with the SOS団, then the Suzumiya.
Primula matches nicely with the BG. Although, the 'mi' part of your name is almost unreadable.
For the SOS団、your name could probably use more blending with the wall.
The Suzumiya, it's too blurry. SuzuHaru is almost ethereal or womething... o.o
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|2006-06-27, 06:05
|Link #1137
♪~ Daydreaming ~♪
Graphic Designer
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Italy
Shini_GamI: I like those signs.
1st one: gives a good feeling, the outglow is perhaps a tad too marked, but I like it as it is. Coldness of the winter and cherfulness of the characters are well blended together. And the black-esque, snowy background wins. 9,5/10
2nd one: Nice background, but Haruhi's pic is a bit blurry and her body sort of mix with what's around. A bit confused, though the graphic impact remains good for using sky blue and white as main colours. 7,25/10
3rd one: Excellent, except - as already mentioned - for how your name was put in it. 9/10
celcius: Simple, being so wide it looks a bit empty in the middle. I think it's not necessary to make 500 px wide signs if there's no substance to put. But that's just imho ^^ . I like the font for S.O.S. too . 7,5/10
Amaranthine: I like how the colours are nice blended together. Event though it's just a crop, it's not a cheap crop. Good choice for the font, fitting and not distracting. 8,5/10
Mine belongs to my oldies, Momo's nostalgia part II ^^
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas (AP) – Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player stepped to the first tee Saturday at The Woodlands Country Club for a crowd-pleasing aside from the second round of the Champions Tour's Insperity Championship.
The "Big Three'' played in a four-team scramble, and, with a combined 34 major titles, they were clear gallery favorite in a rare appearance together.
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WASHINGTON – Republicans in the Louisiana congressional delegation continued to blame the president on Wednesday for $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts that begin going into effect Friday
The Democrats pointed fingers at the GOP for the lack of progress.
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"I certainly don't think the efforts to fix or improve the situation ends on Friday," Sen. David Vitter, R-La, said.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine's foreign minister said he expects his country to sign a cooperation agreement with the European Union later this year despite the EU's objections to the jailing of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Leonid Kozhara said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press that the government accepts that the Tymoshenko case is a problem in relations between Ukraine and the EU. But he said a single criminal case shouldn't be an obstacle to Ukraine signing an association agreement with the EU.
"We have hundreds of other matters to discuss with the European Union, and many EU member states support Ukraine in signature with the association agreement, regardless of the Tymoshenko case," he said.
Kozhara said the government expects the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, to give a green light to an association agreement for Ukraine when it meets on May 15.
The recommendation from the European Commission must then go to the European Council, which comprises the 27 EU heads of state and government, for a final decision.
"Today the trend is very positive," Kozhara said. "I expect a positive decision."
Nonetheless, the prosecution of Tymoshenko, the country's most vocal opposition leader, has strained the former Soviet republic's ties with the European Union and the United States. The West has condemned Tymoshenko's jailing and other legal cases against her as politically motivated and insisted on her release.
Tymoshenko, a heroine of Ukraine's 2004 pro-democracy Orange Revolution, was sentenced to seven years in prison in October 2011 after being convicted of exceeding her powers as prime minister while negotiating a gas contract with Russia. On April 30, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the jailing of Tymoshenko was a politically motivated violation of her rights, dealing a harsh blow to President Viktor Yanukovych, who has insisted that the case against his top opponent was not political.
Kozhara gave no indication that the government was considering releasing Tymoshenko, noting that another criminal case initiated by the prosecutor is still pending against her. "We also think that deliberate illegal actions done by the former prime minister caused big economic damage to Ukraine ... not less than $6 billion annually," he said.
Calling his country "a young democracy" that doesn't have a perfect record on human rights, Kozhara said, "We accept that Ukraine today is under criticism from the European Union and from our neighbors in the West." But he said Yanukovych has made greater progress in the last three years on democratic, legal, social and economic reforms than all previous governments.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The UC Santa Barbara women's soccer team scored a goal late in the first half and then held on for a 1-0 win over UC Irvine in the Big West opener for both schools on Friday.
Late in the first half, the Gauchos (7-4-1 overall, 1-0 in the Big West) struck first. Savannah Francis dribbled the ball down the right side of the box to the end line where she cracked a cross that found its way across the front of the goal. Madison Beckley came in from the left and knocked a header into the left side of the net. It was Beckley's fifth goal of the year.
UCI (5-5-0 overall, 0-1 in the Big West) challenged repeatedly in the second half, but to no avail. UCSB's defense was stellar.
"We had to weather the storm, but our defense was up for it," said UCSB head coach Paul Stumpf. "They had a lot more possession than us, more shots than us, but they weren't peppering the goal. All the shots were from distance and from set pieces. They were good in the air, but Beth (Ritter) wasn't called on a ton because our defense was able to keep one of the better teams in the conference from scoring."
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Ethernet sales slumped a bit and caused Brocade's second 2012 quarter results to stumble.
Its fiscal Q2 revenues were $543.4m, down 3 per cent sequentially and 1 per cent annually. Half a billion dollars plus revenue is nothing to sneeze at – startups would kill to be in this territory – but it's disappointing if you are Brocade and hungry to become a billion dollar a year corporation.
Profits looked poor as well, at $39m. That was well up on the year-ago quarter's $26m but $20m shy of last quarter's $59m – ouch!
Fibre Channel was okay, down seasonally but okay, with 16Gbit/s product taking the biggest share of sales. Why Cisco isn't doing better here is a standing question. Possibly it has 16 gig FC macular degeneration in its strategic eye. All Brocade can do is say: "Thank you Uncle John," and hope it continues.
Brocade's Ethernet business was down 10 per cent on an annual compare, with Brocade saying Uncle Sam's federal business was a significant cause of that, being down 12 per cent year-on-year and 20 per cent compared to the previous quarter. The company is repurchasing shares to keep investors sweet.
CEO Mike Klayko issued reassuring words about the results: "The Company remains diligent in its efforts to refine and enhance its strategies to appropriately evolve the business while driving growth and consistent profitability." Bet he was a lot less calm and reassuring in private. Brocade's quarterly results have been essentially flat for six quarters in a row and profits have been patchy. Come on Brocade, get your company motoring; Fibre Channel isn't going to last for ever. ®


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889-60100 Accounting: Financial Reporting and Control
Preparation for accountants and managers who must communicate complex financial transactions, events, and status. Integrates perspectives of accounting, corporate finance, and economics. Students examine the process of financial reporting and the incentives that drive firms' reporting choices, as well as analyze financial statements and footnotes, to understand not only how the numbers are produced and what they mean, but how to recognize when numbers fail to reflect the underlying economics and how to adjust them so the distortion is removed. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Required. 3 credits.
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Examination from a global strategic perspective of the management of companies with operations in multiple countries. Lectures, discussions, and analyses of cases are used to study the characteristics of global vs. non-global industries; sources of competitive advantage for companies and countries; advantages and disadvantages of "multi-domestic" vs. global strategies; links between strategy and structure in international operations; mode of entry decisions; and the firm as a network of subsidiaries and strategic options. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Required. 3 credits.
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Development of skills for thinking strategically about an organization from a general-management perspective. Examines how organizations can gain and sustain competitive advantage in a global environment and how business and corporate strategies can be implemented and executed successfully. Integration of functional areas of business through the case method is an integral component of the course. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Required. 3 credits.
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Analysis and forecast for a selected industry, employing concepts of industrial analysis and competitive strategy. Aspects of the selected industry are introduced through readings, lectures, and class discussions. The role of industry economics, organization, and history are studied to lay the intellectual groundwork for Industry Analysis II, in which a formal industry analysis will be written. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Required. 2 credits.
889-63100 Industry Analysis II
Analysis and forecast for a selected industry, employing concepts of industrial analysis and competitive strategy. The evolution of the competitive environment and the development of competitive strategies and future trends are studied through readings, lectures, cases, and class discussions. Culminates in a formal industry analysis and presentation addressing the historic and strategic trends in the industry. Prerequisites: 889-63000 Industry Analysis I and graduate standing. Required. 3 credits.
889-63200 Corporate Financial Management
Valuation techniques and capital budgeting; risk analysis and capital market theories; capital structure policies; advantages and limits of leverage; nature and scope of long-term financing; financial planning and short-term financing techniques; mergers and acquisitions; financial distress; and international corporate finance. Lectures and analyses of cases are employed to discuss theories and test their applications. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Required. 3 credits.
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Fundamental marketing topics, including marketing research, product design, distribution, pricing, and promotion of goods and services. Ethical considerations and issues in multinational marketing are emphasized. The marketing environment is also covered as it affects decision making. The course combines theory with applications through required readings, analyses of cases, and research projects. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Required. 3 credits.
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The growth of the Internet,
its emerging role as a marketing medium, and, in light of marketing-mix
variables, its advantages and disadvantages relative to traditional
marketing practices. Several industries, where the web shows the greatest
potential for growth, are studied in detail: news, entertainment,
travel, tourism, and financial services. Students learn how to create
web pages, how to design online survey forms, and how to analyze survey
responses using statistical software. Most of the information needed
for this course is available directly from the Internet. Prerequisite:
graduate standing.
889-65000 Organization and Management
The development and use of human resources and how managing relationships becomes more important than performing tasks as managers gain increasing responsibility for leadership. Examines leadership, interpersonal effectiveness, organizational structure, processes, teams, networking, and behaviors involved in the operation of the business enterprise and the management of change. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Required. 3 credits.
889-66000 Operations Management and Advanced Technology
An integrated view of the operations function in organizations. Covers scheduling models as well as traditional topics, such as demand forecasting, material-requirements planning, total quality management, just-in-time systems, inventory management, and project management. Special focus on improving students' analytical skills through problem solving and case analysis using Excel, SPSS, and STORM. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Required. 3 credits.
889-67000 Commercial Law
Introduction to the concepts, rules, and principles that form the foundation of Uniform Commercial Code law. Students become aware of potentially serious legal situations; learn legal language to discuss such situations; learn how and when to contact an attorney; and learn specific rules and regulations of laws governing negotiable instruments, secured transactions, bulk transfers, bankruptcy, principle agency (employment law), warranties, product liability, contracts, and business formation. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Elective. 3 credits.
889-67100 Applied Business Law
Preparation for managers to recognize and understand major legal issues they will confront in business. Aspects of law are introduced through comprehensive reading and discussion. Applied aspects include learning negotiation, mediation, and arbitration techniques; learning how to hire and work with legal counsel; and preventive-law approaches to discrimination, criminal, and corporate issues. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Elective. 3 credits.
889-69600 Selected Topics in Business
In-depth research on topics of interest to students and faculty. The course is organized around a central theme, such as conducting business in the European Union. Each student undertakes an independent study of a researchable aspect of a topic related to the theme. Cases and other assignments are also required, as are group projects. The course is conducted in seminar format to facilitate discussion of research findings. Prerequisite: graduate standing. Elective. 3 credits.
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SLU '69 and '70: Four Artists and Their Work Since Then
June 2 - June 25, 2010
John Kelly '69, Surfer, digital photograph, 25 x 37 in.
It all began with my first return to St. Lawrence since graduation, for the 30th reunion of the Class of '70. Having been an art major, I was hoping to find classmates who had also majored in fine art, or at least taken some studio art classes during those years. I was curious to learn if, and in what ways, they had used their art backgrounds, either in their careers or in an avocational way. At that reunion, I didn't find any art majors, but I did find John Kelly '69, a history major, who had been in one of my painting classes. I was delighted to learn that Kelly was having a very successful career as a commercial photographer.
Five years later, as I was making phone calls for my 35th SLU reunion, I continued my search for classmates who had studied art. By this time, the idea of a small group exhibition, of artist alumni from the classes of '69 and '70, was starting to intrigue me. I looked forward to calling Fred Darfler, whose paintings were a highlight in a class taught by Professor Guy Berard. As I had anticipated, Fred had continued over the years to create artwork. Even though his career was in biochemistry (Fred had double-majored in bio-physics and fine art and later earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry), he had too much creative fire to give up painting.
Richard Linke '69 began teaching photography at Skidmore College while I was living in Saratoga Springs in the 1970s. I had first met Rick in one of Professor Mike Lowe's sculpture classes. Rick's talent in sculpture was quite apparent, and he was also known on campus for his photography. When I called Rick recently, he told me that he had just retired from his 35-year career as professor of photography at Skidmore. He has continued, of course, to make his uniquely creative photographs.
Not long ago, I visited St. Lawrence as an artist-in-residence and made a lithograph with Professor Melissa Schulenberg. I had spread out several of my earlier lithographs and works on paper on a table in the printmaking studio, to discuss them with Melissa's students. Cathy Tedford, director of the Brush Gallery, stopped by to see my work and, during our conversation, she enthusiastically agreed to put this exhibition on the gallery's calendar.
With heartfelt thanks to John, Fred, Rick, and Cathy.
Connie Harris Saddlemire '70
Fred Darfler, untitled, n.d.,
acrylic on canvas, 23 1/2 x 12 in.
I realize that this show is to contain only works of fine art, as opposed to music and writing. And this is unfortunate for me because I haven't confined myself to painting. I've written two humorous (?) novels and put together two music (blues and bluegrass) CDs. In addition, in my thirties, I was actively engaged in obtaining a Ph.D. in biochemistry and pursuing laboratory research work that I was convinced would earn me the Nobel Prize in Medicine in the year 1994. When I got over the surprise that I wasn't selected for the honor, I started my own tiny biotech company and did that for 23 years. That ended January 1st of 2010, and I am now actively engaged in being a retired scientist and a snowbird, spending winters in Virginia and Florida, and regret not having done it sooner.
As for my painting, I have taken a two-pronged approach. One style is realistic, at least to start out, and the other is abstract using basically flat geometric shapes. It was my intention to fuse these two styles and create a unique and utterly astounding and innovative style, but my attempts have been met with complete and dismal failure. Undiscouraged, I just do realistic or abstract as the mood hits me.
My realistic paintings are landscapes, cityscapes, and portraits. I start by painting what's in front of me until it's reasonably recognizable. Then, I turn away and change the painting to make it look like I think it should look. And where it goes, no one knows. A lot of it is trial and error, and the reason I use acrylic is that it dries fast. I can quickly get rid of my mistakes, as the words of my mentors haunt me, "Sharpen up those lines, Darfler," and "Don't mix paint on the canvas." Sigh.
My abstracts typically start with a small piece of cardboard onto which I paste cut geometrical colorful shapes. Then, I rotate the cardboard 90 degrees and paste some more, and so on. I keep doing this until I can look at it all four directions and not throw up. Then I enlarge it by a factor of five to ten and simply paint it on a canvas. The final stage is to modify the color, light/darkness, etc., to fit the larger piece, because what is OK when small is not necessarily OK when large. Kind of like children.
That's it. That's what I do.
Fred Darfler '70
Richard J. Linke '69, Rainbow Falls, Iris inkjet print, 31 x 44 in.
After St. Lawrence, I was off to Ohio University for an MFA in photography. The SLU Photo Service gave me plenty of practical experience, but in those days, photography as a so-called "fine art" was not part of the academic life on campus. The art world has never really been completely comfortable with how photography fit in with the higher aesthetic associations of painting and drawing. And now with the popular (and thus suspect) ease of digital technology and inkjet printers, the battle is still brewing.
I was fortunate in graduate school to have an opportunity to teach, and early on I knew that sharing the exploration and mystery of photography was a perfect fit for me. I began teaching in the art department at Skidmore College in 1975 and was very happy to make it my life's career. My students were always keeping me up-to-date, fresh, and energetic. So it was with gusto in 1999, that we embraced the new digital world, tore out the old darkrooms, and the students and I built one of the first completely digital photography programs in the country. Few academics get the opportunity to experience such a dynamic revolution in their chosen field!
I am delighted that my teaching career began with my liberal arts education at St. Lawrence. I've enjoyed the challenge of retraining myself, building a state-of-the-art computer lab, and bringing students into the 21st century. In a way, by participating in this alumni show at St. Lawrence, my career comes full circle. Most likely I will not be exhibiting photographic prints on gallery walls again. After teaching photography for nearly forty years, I am retiring to have time to complete numerous existing projects and move forward with new interests, including working on documentaries for PBS.
I want to complete Exploring the Adirondacks, my first book adventure, featuring digitally restored "classic" artwork from the 1800s. After gaining extensive experience working on Seneca Ray Stoddard, An American Original, nationally broadcast during 2006-07, I plan to expand my Adirondack book project and create several more HD DVD presentations.
One image in this exhibition, a landscape taken in the Quaraing region in Scotland, is the very last old-fashioned silver wet-lab print that I made. The rest are digital.
Richard J. Linke '69
Connie Saddlemire '70, Twig II,
watercolor/torn paper/twig, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.
Creativity and a love of art and music have been driving forces in my life, if not always the central focus. I have earned an MA in Studio Art and shown my work in a number of exhibitions, nurtured and supported the creative efforts of my son, volunteered for seven years at a contemporary art museum, and was the aesthetic decision maker—in concert with the architect and builder—in the creation of my house in Colorado. Over the years, I have continued to regularly visit museums and galleries and to collect the work of other artists. Music has also been a big part of my life and provides a diverse and ever-changing soundscape that keeps me energized. My artistic output has been sporadic but mostly with good reason—I make no apologies and have few regrets. I have always continued to have ideas for new work and look forward to getting into my new studio and bringing them to life.
My artwork follows the twentieth century tradition of geometric abstraction. The ideas behind my images—the patterns, colors, and textures—come from nature or sometimes from manmade things that show the weathering of time. I'm also fascinated by the line, in patterns or otherwise. I'm interested in the various ways that linear patterns appear both in nature and in manmade objects. I'm curious about all of the things that an isolated line can be, besides "just a line." One of my newer motifs is the triangle, and I joke about a subliminal connection to my having been a "Tri-Delta" at St. Lawrence. As with the line, it's interesting to contemplate all the things that a triangle can be and the many ways I can use triangles in my artwork. My images are structured in a simple, geometric way. But, rather than using only straight lines and right angles, I like what happens when lines are slanted or wavy or fuzzed.
Connie Harris Saddlemire '70