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It's no secret that all auto manufactures are looking to
boost the fuel efficiency of their vehicles thanks to looming
CAFE requirements. Companies are looking at a wide variety of options from
diesels to hybrids to fully electric vehicles to downsized gasoline engines
with turbochargers.
Ford is using traditional, naturally aspirated engines in
the subcompact
Fiesta and compact
Focus to achieve roughly 30 mpg in the city and around 40 mpg on the
highway. Likewise, the current
generation Fusion Hybrid is no slouch either, with a city rating of 41 mpg
and a highway rating of 36 mpg.
However, according to Ford
Inside News, Ford is looking to boost the city fuel economy of the next
generation Fusion Hybrid to as high as 48 mpg. That would put it within
striking distance of the eccentric Toyota
Prius, which is rated at 51 mpg in the city. There's no word on how much
the highway fuel economy will increase, but we'd guess that an even 40 mpg
isn't out of reach.
Ford should be able to hit these fuel economy targets thanks
to a new lithium-ion battery pack which will replace the existing nickel-metal
hydride (NiMH) unit. The lithium-ion battery pack should be lighter and more
compact, which should help keep overall weight down and reclaim some cargo
space (the current Fusion Hybrid has a mere 11.8 cu ft of trunk space compared
to 16.5 cu ft for its non-hybrid counterpart).
The next generation Fusion is expected to be unveiled at the
2012 Detroit Auto Show and will go on sale shortly thereafter. The 2013 Fusion
will be a unifying design as it will replace both the North American Fusion and
the Mondeo which is sold in


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Originally iTools, a free subscription service, .Mac evolved into a large
community with over 100,000 users. The yearly fees were $99.95 and
various discounts were available. For the fee, users got 1 GB (and later
10 GB) of storage or for a premium 2 GB or 5 GB of storage (later 20 GB or 50
GB). They also got an Apple email address and a hosted webpage, as well
as various other minor services.
The new MobileMe was an ambitious upgrade, bringing to the table improved
calendar functionality, with the ability to sync to Microsoft Outlook or
Apple's offerings. It also featured improved web publishing tools and
more photo options.
However, to say the release had a few problems would be putting it
mildly. The day of the release, July 10, many users could not download
the update to install the service. Secondly, those users who did finally
get the new service were angered to see that the promised "iDisk File
Sharing" service was not included. Apple argued that all its
services were "subject to change".
The file syncing was filled with glitches and many users reported losing photos
during uploading. After the first wave of problems, Apple's MobileMe team
groveled a bit by writing users a humble apology stating, "We want to
apologize to our loyal customers and express our appreciation for their
patience by giving all current subscribers an automatic 30-day extension to
their MobileMe subscription free of charge."
And then they went on to say, "We have recently completed the transition
from .Mac to MobileMe. Unfortunately, it was a lot rockier than we had
This phrase infuriated users, who were still experiencing numerous
problems. Among these was Apple's push email service which was not
working properly. Apple's team tried to brush that off, saying that
calling the service "push" email was a bit of a misnomer and a
mistake on their part. They stated, "Another snag we have run into
is our use of the word "push" in describing everything under the
MobileMe umbrella."
Problems continued to mount with many users being logged out and repeatedly
asked for passwords and met with "damage" webpages. The iWeb
publishing service also was not working and publication was iffy at best.
One frustrated Apple fan reported, "I just spent the better part of an
hour going through Apple's phone support maze only to be told that we are
basically all hosed for at least a week. If you are a .Mac user and are trying
to publish iWeb content via this MobileMe(ss), you can forget about it for now.
It doesn't work. Period. There are huge bugs, and Apple is well aware of
Next Apple pulled another bad move in the eyes of many when it automatically
checked an option in a Windows iTunes update to install MobileMe
software. Many users compared this to Apple's Safari download scandal
that broke a few months back.
Later in July, Apple's MobileMe email went down
mysteriously. Users could not access their email at all. The beleaguered
MobileMe team released a comment stating, "We understand this is a serious
issue and apologize for this service interruption. We are working hard to
restore your service."
On its status page, Apple claimed the outage only affected one percent of
users, but acknowledged that 10 percent of emails were lost to internet
gremlins. Finally July 30, the Apple employee handed the unfortunate job
of doling out MobileMe apologies, a character by the name of David G., stated
that the problems were fixed, saying, "Thank you all for your extreme
patience during this trying time. By completing this restoration of Mail
services, we hope we have put the vast majority of MobileMe Mail problems
behind us and can now focus on improving other aspects of this new ambitious
The MobileMe woes were bad enough they attracted
the attention of king bee himself, Apple CEO Steve Jobs. He sent out
an internal email to Apple employees, which was predictably leaked, stating
that the service was released too early and was "not up to Apple's
standards". He said services should have been rolled out gradually
as opposed to "as a monolithic service". He adds, "It was
a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G, iPhone 2.0 software
and the App Store. We all had more than enough to do, and MobileMe could have
been delayed without consequence."
While many would agree with Jobs' assessment of the insignificance of the
MobileMe service, the comment likely does not sit very well with MobileMe's
100k+ disgruntled users.
In response to the mistakes, Steve Jobs is cracking down on the management of
MobileMe, ousting them in favor of Eddy Cue, who will now be in charges of all
Apple internet services -- iTunes, the App Store, and now MobileMe.
He will report directly to Jobs.
Jobs believes that he, Apple, and the
MobileMe team have learned their lesson as he states, "The MobileMe launch
clearly demonstrates that we have more to learn about Internet services.
And learn we will. The vision of MobileMe is both exciting and ambitious, and
we will press on to make it a service we are all proud of by the end of this
The launch of MobileMe was not our finest hour. There are several things we could have done better:
– MobileMe was simply not up to Apple's standards – it clearly needed more time and testing.
– Rather than launch MobileMe as a monolithic service, we could have
launched over-the-air syncing with iPhone to begin with, followed by
the web applications one by one – Mail first, followed 30 days later
(if things went well with Mail) by Calendar, then 30 days later by
– It was a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G,
iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store. We all had more than enough to
do, and MobileMe could have been delayed without consequence.
We are taking many steps to learn from this experience so that we can
grow MobileMe into a service that our customers will love. One step
that I can share with you today is that the MobileMe team will now
report to Eddy Cue, who will lead all of our internet services –
iTunes, the App Store and, starting today, MobileMe. Eddy's new title
will be Vice President, Internet Services and he will now report
directly to me.
The MobileMe launch clearly demonstrates that we have more to learn
about Internet services. And learn we will. The vision of MobileMe is
both exciting and ambitious, and we will press on to make it a service
we are all proud of by the end of this year.

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People's Trust Staffer Off to Dominican Republic
Jenny Serrambana, a virtual branch expert from the $438 million People's Trust Federal Credit Union in Houston, will be spending two weeks in the Dominican Republic later this month, courtesy of the World Council of Credit Unions.
Serrambana is one of 11 U.S. credit union employees and the only one from Texas chosen to participate in the International Credit Union Leadership Program, her 38,000-member employer said.
The World Council program chose participants in an application process that required essays and phone interviews in English and Spanish and the CEO's recommendation. Serrambana applied for the cultural diversity and leadership development program because of her interest in finding ways to better serve the large Latino community in Houston, People's Trust FCU said.
"Jenny truly believes in the credit union's philosophy and is always looking out for the greater good of the member. She is frequently requested for service by many of our members, particularly our Spanish speakers, and has received numerous, positive member comments," said People's Trust President/CEO Angela McCathran.
The International Credit Union Leadership Program is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of Citizen Exchanges, and is part of the larger U.S. Department of State Professional Fellows Program.


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MnCUN Helps Expand Shared Branching Locations
The Minnesota Credit Union Network in St. Paul, Minn., said it helped expand the availability of shared branching with the addition of two branches of the $90 million Minnesota Valley Federal Credit Union's in Mankato.
This brings the number of shared branching locations in the state to 36, the MnCUN said.
"The expansion of the shared branching network is important to credit unions' growth, and it's a vital piece of a successful member-retention strategy," said John Ferstl, vice president for MnCUN's Network Service Corp.
"Shared branching helps credit unions attract and keep members by offering them branch options around the state and nationwide. This network of service centers increases the probability of finding a credit union nearby – no matter whether the member is close to home or on the road," Ferstl said.
With MnCUN's addition of Minnesota Valley's FCU branches, the nationwide network now offers nearly 5,000 service centers across the country.


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Exercise Your Brain for Free
CCSF Older Adults semester-long course on Brain Fitness.
The brain is like any muscle in the body. The old saying "use it or lose it" really does apply. In this very social class you will exercise your brain in fun, challenging and creative ways to maintain and improve your cognitive vitality and your memory. We will also spend time conquering everyday memory challenges, such as remembering names and conquering "tip-of-the-tongue syndrome," as well as discuss the latest news on brain fitness. This course is appropriate both as a next step for those who have previously attended a Memory and Mental Fitness Program, as well as for first-timers.
- Mondays, January 14 - May 20, 2012
- (No class January 21, February 18, March 25, and April 1)
- San Francisco Public Library-Main Branch
Latino-Hispanic Room in the Lower Level
100 Larkin Street (at Grove and Market)
Accessible by several MUNI and BART lines
- FREE - Join us anytime!
- Simply attend the class, and fill out a registration form on site. If you would like additional information please contact Hope Levy at 415.931.8679 or email@example.com, or the Older Adults Department at 415.920.6021.
- Hope Levy has more than twenty years teaching experience, and is formerly the Acting Chairperson of the Older Adults Department at City College of San Francisco. She holds an MA in Gerontology and an MA in Special Education from San Francisco State University. Through her work, Hope promotes positive aging through her passion for lifelong learning.
- The Older Adults Department of City College sponsors this class in partnership with The San Francisco Public Library. The Older Adults Department of City College offers classes designed for adults 55 or older, but all are welcome to attend.
Próximos Eventos
- Computer Help for Adults/Seniors
- Miércoles 24 de Enero de 2018, 4:00 pmRichmond, Richmond: Sala de Reuniones
- Nike Missile Site in the Marin Headlands
- Miércoles 24 de Enero de 2018, 7:00 pmMerced, Merced: Área Principal
- Adaptive Telephones and Devices for Seniors
- Viernes 26 de Enero de 2018, 1:30 pmNorth Beach, North Beach
Próximas Clases
- Wednesday Afternoon Tai Chi with Patrick Lau
- Miércoles 24 de Enero de 2018, 1:30 pmPresidio , Presidio: Sala de Reuniones
- Wednesday Afternoon Tai Chi with Patrick Lau
- Miércoles 24 de Enero de 2018, 2:45 pmPresidio , Presidio: Sala de Reuniones
- Book-A-Librarian
- Jueves 25 de Enero de 2018, 1:00 pmRichmond, Richmond: Área Principal


text: Every year he's going to get a little bit bigger, and he's already tough as shit. Pacers were hacking him out of frustration when he got position on them for a rebound. Kleize has that stone cold, don't fuck with me, edge too - maybe it's a Lithuanian thing? I look forward to Valanciunas laying people out for years to come.


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Fiserv Launches Answer to Square
A new service from Fiserv Inc. promises to give credit unions a more active role in the revolution that is significantly expanding consumer payments in the U.S.
SpotPay is a merchant payments option inexpensive and portable enough to make accepting credit and debit cards possible for a much larger number of merchants and credit union members, the company said.
"I think in effect we are seeing a revolution in what is meant in the term 'merchant'," explained David Keenan, general manager of network services for Fiserv in Brookfield, Wis. "Now, with SpotPay, your babysitter can take debit card payments at the end of the night."
SpotPay is much like Square, another merchant processing solution that is effectively expanding the footprint for credit and debit card payments. SpotPay uses a mobile phone based technology with what Keenan claimed is a better and more secure card reader and a phone app which carries the partnering credit union's name and logo.
Also, SpotPay has a low barrier to entry: $8.95 per month and a 1.99% interchange fee to the merchant.
In addition, the service is branded to the partnering credit union and provides the credit union a share of the interchange income the company earns with every transaction, making participating credit union both the recipient and payer of card interchange.
"I think credit unions have begun to look at small business members a bit differently," Keenan said, adding, "We decided to begin offering this service when it became clear that credit unions were at risk of seeing members go to other providers, other financial institutions or processors, seeking these services.


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So aside from the regular game posts, I had to get up a bit
about this. I posted it on Twitter, and
tons of people seemed intrigued, so I figured I'd shoot up this story quick.
Here is what I witnessed.
All is fact, and anything that I cannot confirm will be noted as
something I'm guessing (or of the sort).
During the bottom of the 8th inning at Oriole
Park earlier tonight (April 7), Jose Valverde approached two fans and spit at
one of them, shooting his wad of gum at the pair.
It started in the middle of that frame when the two fans
walked up to the break in the bullpen walls at Camden Yards during the
Tigers/Orioles game and started shouting at the Tigers sitting on the bullpen
bench. My friend Tim heard one of them
(in an orange shirt, and though I can't confirm it was an Orioles shirt, I saw
it as Orioles orange opposed to Tigers orange) shouting something about Joel
Zumaya. As we walked away to grab seats
at the end of the rows (hoping for a HR ball), we looked over from about 20
feet away, and Valverde approached the fans at the edge of the pen. Of course, my camera was in my bag a section
away. But, here is the vantage point of
the fans. I took this as the game ended
afterward, as you can see the Tigers pitchers walking away. But it shows where they were and where Jose
came to that front corner to stand close to them:
What we saw was Jose walking over to these shouting fans,
looking quite intimidating and a bit PO'd in my opinion. As he got there, said a few words, then
signaled with two fingers for the fan (or both) to come closer. Within 10 seconds, he followed that by
spitting at the fan (or both (again, I don't know what they really said that
ticked him off or if it was just one of them or what)). It was a legit spitting motion at them, in
which he spit a huge wad of gum at them.
Here are two pictures I took of the gum on the ground of the bullpen
below (the space between the Tigers pen area and the seats, as in the ground of
the Orioles pen area). The first is a
close up of the wad. It was huge. Second is zoomed out but quite blurry.
Valverde, after the spit, turned around and walked back to
his seat. Fans around were shocked. The two guys saw the cop in the bullpen
coming into the Tigers pen, so they ran out of the row, up the stairs, and out
of the section (not sure why, unless they said something horrible, since Jose
spit at them, and just to note, nobody saw the guys spit at Jose or make any
physical motions towards him, so it seemed to be words that provoked him). The cop came all the way over to the same
spot Jose was standing during the incident, saw that they were gone, called
someone on his radio, and left. So who
knows what happened there.
Witnesses: I was with
my friends Tim and Ben for most of
the game, both of whom saw this. Another
friend, Matt (and his friend) were
nearby and talking with us when we saw Valverde approach them, and they both
saw it. The fans in the section who were
actually closest to the event all saw it, but had no new info as to what
happened when I asked besides what we saw.
So yeah. Who knows
what will come of this. If anything (Does
MLB suspend for such a thing? I mean, if it was at a player, there would be
suspension, so I don't know why at a fan is any better or excusable. But again,
I do not know what was said, so I am just coming from the position of seeing
them what looked like heckling him and he did this. That's it.). Just wanted to share.
Valverde had a stomach bug earlier in the week. Maybe about that?
And I got a few pics of him talking with Orioles pitcher
Mike Gonzalez during BP:
And I hope to get game posts for Wednesday and Thursday's
games up tomorrow, as I will be at all 3 games this weekend against the
undefeated Rangers.
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Friday morning, a story made its way over to Engadget detailing
the next generation Xbox 360 console. Engadget showed a single image of
the I/O ports on the back of console complete with a new HDMI port. The story also
noted that Zephyr would feature a cool-running 65 nanometer IBM Xenon
PowerPC processor and larger 120GB hard drive. The leaked details of the
upgraded hardware on the Xbox 360 have lead to furious debates online spreading
to sites like AnandTech,
and Xbox-Scene.
that is not all that Microsoft has in store for Xbox 360 owners this year. The
other half of Microsoft's grand scheme, a serious Microsoft bid for the IPTV
market, was leaked
on early Saturday by Dean Takahashi. Takahashi, a blogger for A+E Interactive, has
always had excellent access to industry leaders including NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsuan Huang
and Microsoft COO Kevin
today confirmed what was earlier reported by Takahashi -- the Xbox 360 will not
only serve as a game console, Media Center
Extender and a portal
for TV show/movie downloads, but it will also serve as an IPTV (Internet
Protocol Television) device.
Microsoft made no official announcement of providers for IPTV service on the
Xbox 360, AT&T already uses Microsoft IPTV software
and is likely to jump onboard. And with services like video-on-demand (VOD) and
digital video recording likely to be provided, it makes perfect sense that
Microsoft would be likely be pushing a larger 120GB hard drive instead of the
"paltry" 20GB currently in service.
Xbox 360 currently has the ability of streaming high-definition content through
the use of a Windows Media Center PC. IPTV allows users to take advantage of
high-definition TV programming over a standard broadband connection without the
need for a PC. Microsoft says that the service will roll out later this year.
addition of IPTV on the Xbox 360 platform would give Microsoft a distinct
advantage over its Japanese rivals. Consumers will now having gaming, access to
PC multimedia content, online access to music/music videos, downloadable TV
shows and movies, IPTV with PVR and VOD and the option of HD DVD playback
with the Xbox 360 HD
DVD drive all from a single console. Microsoft is truly attempting to make
the Xbox 360 the multimedia centerpiece for your connected home and this may
just be the icing on the cake.


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Guest Opinion: Immigrations Reform May Prompt Member Push
Last month, the U.S. Senate introduced an immigration reform bill that proposed a complete overhaul to the country's immigration system. Although a vote is likely several months away, credit union leaders would do well to begin paying attention now as passage of immigration reform will undoubtedly impact them.
If instituted, the proposed path to citizenship included in the bill will bring about an increased need for assistance to an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country today. With identification and documentation barriers removed, these aspiring U.S. citizens will begin the search for trusted providers of everything from English as a second language courses to home sales.
Credit unions that have been serving immigrants well and building trust in the communities they serve, will have a definite leg up when these new business opportunities come to fruition. That said, it's not too late to begin following in these progressive credit unions' footsteps. And for some credit unions, particularly those in gateway states, it's not only a good idea. It's critical for leadership to begin formulating an outreach strategy today – one that will put them in touch with these potential new members now.
Of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the country today, many are Hispanic. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, nearly 60% are of Mexican origin, making outreach to this particular group very important for credit unions bracing for the impact of immigration reform. Beyond its sheer size, the Hispanic market's youth has made service to this group a sound investment for credit unions looking to grow while lowering the average age of membership.
But credit unions are not the only organizations to take note of the Hispanic market opportunity. Thanks in part to the market's disproportionate number of underserved consumers, competitors from all corners of the financial services industry have targeted Hispanics with renewed vigor in recent years. These include money service businesses such as check cashers, money transfer providers and money order issuers. Small-dollar loan providers, rent-to-own shops and high-interest auto financing providers are also finding a customer goldmine within local Hispanic communities.
Much of this is due to the Hispanic culture's reliance on advice from friends and family. When one organization serves a Hispanic customer well, chances are that business will grow quickly from referrals. As well, entirely new providers have come on the scene, making competition for the critical Hispanic market even tougher.
While tax providers offering refund anticipation loans are nothing new, they are now offering loans in the form of prepaid cards, giving underserved Hispanic consumers access to the safety and convenience of plastic. The popularity of prepaid cards with underserved consumers has sparked tremendous growth in the prepaid sector with Walmart leading the pack and Hispanic focused companies like Telemundo and Univision also getting in on the game.
Because 91% of those identified as underbanked have mobile phones and 57% have smartphones, mobile services for this group are also springing up rapidly. One example is m-Via's Boom service, a P2P mobile payments service targeted to the underbanked.
Fortunately, credit unions have several innate qualities that help them compete against long-time and new-comer financial services providers. The ability to offer the same products and services at a lower price is only the beginning. The most important competitive advantage, particularly in the context of retailers offering financial services, is that credit unions can promise a complete financial relationship. This does more than cash a check; it helps a formerly underserved consumer build credit, meet financial goals and ultimately achieve dreams that may have seemed out of reach.
The introduction of immigration reform bills by our legislators shines a bright light on what some credit unions have already learned: investing in service to the critical Hispanic market is vital to future growth.
Now is the time to make the investment in service to immigrants. Where you start depends, of course, on the special opportunities unique to the immigrants in your local communities. By performing a comprehensive market analysis, credit unions can better define their target market, understand the competitive factors that will shape their own strategies and begin to see how service to immigrant populations can align with their overall growth strategies.
Miriam De Dios is CEO of Coopera.
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Ben Grier
May 28, 2012
Ben Grier MBA '12
Undergrad: Samford
What is your favorite place in Monterey?
The natural beauty of this part of California is stunning, but I especially love the beaches. Monterey's come with or without seaweed and with or without dunes, but one is never far away and none are ever really crowded. When I first visited I had dreams of what it might be like to live here, and looking back it hasn't disappointed at all. I've done some of my best thinking looking out over the water with a coffee in my hand.
What internships or jobs have you had while attending MIIS?
I've had some interesting opportunities over the last little while. Last summer I learned a lot working on a student-led consulting project at the GLOBE Center here at MIIS (and then spent the second half of the break studying at the Universidad de Guadalajara). This semester I'm working on a directed study about academic and professional integrity and helping design a Latino Entrepreneurship program that'll hopefully be implemented soon. And, thanks to some creative scheduling, I'm spending several weeks this semester implementing new payroll systems aboard cruise ships.
What are your career aspirations?
As long as we all agree my dreams are subject to change, I'll say I'd love to be part of the process of taking a company or product to new markets. I want to hear, "Ben, we think there's a market in Malaysia for yoyos made of precious metals. Go make it happen." I look forward to a good challenge, especially when it involves living someplace interesting.
Do you have a personal Mantra or quote that you live by?
If, as Ben Casnocha writes in My Start-up Life, "Being smart is not enough. Smart is like vanilla ice cream," I say perspective, relationships, action, and an element of randomness make up the rest. The trick is deciding which of these, and to what extent and for how long, drive the others.
Fun fact about you:
I once went two weeks in rural Mexico without putting on shoes or a shirt. It had little to no noticeable effect on the speed at which I learned Spanish.
If you were a food, you would be:
I'd want to be a Jackfruit. I'm not saying we share any traits — I'm just amazed every time I see (and taste) one of these things.
What has been the highlight of your MIIS experience thus far?
People. We're a tight-knit, diverse group at MIIS, and I've found there's both something to be learned from everyone and something any two or more of us can enjoy together. It can be surreal at times: five westerners having a conversation in fluent Arabic in your living room is pretty cool. This semester I shared some good times when I attended a naming party for a student from South Korea who decided having an English name might help at interviews. ("Austin" won in a run-off.) My favorite, though, would probably be hosting a largish Thanksgiving get-together last year with friends from all over.
And one last thing:
Wild Bactrian camels. Have a look.


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There will always be a demand for movies. In a movie theater or at home, people love movies.
The movie rental business has seen some interesting times over the last five years.
As video rental stores came and went in Cortez like a freight train roaring through town, Front Row Seat has been the ever-present exception at 610 E. Main Street.
For 10 years, Patricia Rivera has been the store manager for Front Row Seat. She watched all the major video store chains crumble around her, but she says business has remained solid at Front Row Seat. There have been no close calls through the economic tough times, only a steady flow of customers as the years go on.
"We actually picked up during the recession," Rivera said. "People can't go to the theaters and we do have cheaper movies so that helped keep our customers around."
About the time purses and wallets got tighter, there were three additional video rental stores in Cortez. Blockbuster, located inside City Market, was the last store-in-store operation in the state. Movie Gallery had just purchased Hollywood Video stores, hiking its way up to the No. 2 spot for popular rental chains. They had made a new home at 215 Sligo Street. Then there was the small, mom-and-pop video store on Broadway, Video Palace.
Rivera said the there was only one time they ever saw a dip in their sales.
"We had a decline in traffic and sales when Movie Gallery opened because it was new," Rivera explained. "And when something new opens people always want to try it, and then sometimes they get tired of it."
Like passing ships in the night, Movie Gallery drifted out of town in 2009. A year later it closed the remaining stores all over the country. Blockbuster followed suit in 2010, closing its small operation in City Market.
Rivera was never too worried about incoming competition. Every fad fades with time but Front Row Seat has made a clear path to its door for both loyal customers and newcomers.
This small chain of stores owned by Jerry Stansbury and his wife, both from New Mexico, can be found in New Mexico locales in Grants, Gallup, Farmington, Bloomfield as well as Montrose, Colo. Rivera said Front Row Seat is a great company to work for because the stores are kept within a tight radius.
"It's a good way to keep all the stores at the same level and also, so they can travel to them all with ease. I think that's one of the reasons why they don't open any too far from home," Rivera said.
Only one Front Row Seat store has been closed in the past 10 years, and that was a store they had in Flagstaff, Ariz. But the closing of that location was not because of a lack of profits; rather from a store too far from the hub of stores. Front Row Seat seems to have become immune to the hard times.
In fact, two stores that had closed were able to reopen. A second location was added in Farmington and a new store opened in Bloomfield, bringing the total to seven stores to the region.
What is the reason for their success?
Perhaps it's their $3.97 new release rentals that customers can keep for five days at a time. Or maybe it's the older, classic genres that are only $1.97 for the same amount of time, not including tax. Even during the Blockbuster days, Front Row's prices were at an all time low. Instead of calling it a late fee, Front Row Seat uses a recheck out period where the customer can keep the video for another five days. Then, they can pay the same checkout price again when it is returned. Another initiative for Front Row patrons has been the $2 credit applied to all new releases brought back the day after checking out. River pointed out that this credit, put in place by the company three years ago, was a huge factor in keeping a thriving business during the peak recession time.
"We had lots of people bringing back their movies at that time and turning around to use the credit to rent more," she said.
Rivera and her team have been a long-standing presence in the community, with all five employees being on staff for a year or more. The assistant manager, Francisco has been on staff for five years.
Their smiling faces and friendly attitudes, Rivera believes, helps make the store successful. Employees try to be on a first-name basis with four out of five people who walk in the door, Rivera explained.
"We even have a couple of customers who are unable to get out of the car and walk around (to browse) so we go out to help, and get them what they need," Rivera said.
The only slow periods they experience is during the summer, when people would rather be outdoors. Winter is their busiest time of the year.
Currently, Front Row Seat is the only brick and mortar video rental store in Cortez. Other than the Redbox kiosks located in City Market, Walmart, Safeway and outside Walgreens, there is no other competition.
"Redbox doesn't affect us," she said with confidence. "We get our new releases 28 days before they do. It varies on the title (of movie) if customers want to see it right away. But some people don't want to wait that long."
It would seem there aren't many outside factors that can dent Front Row Seat's success. Even with movie streaming from satellite operators, Netflix and other online sources for downloading flicks, they seem to fare pretty well.
Store has held steady over the years


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Census of Population, 1880 [United States]: Public Use Sample (1 in 1000 Preliminary Subsample) (ICPSR 9474)
Principal Investigator(s): Ruggles, Steven; Menard, Russell R.
This data collection provides a preliminary subsample of the 1880 Public Use Sample drawn from census enumeration forms. The file contains two types of records: family and person. Each household record is followed by a record for each person in the family. This collection contains information about size of family, number of persons and families in dwelling, and geographic location of each household. Information on individuals includes demographic characteristics, civil condition, occupation, health, education, and nativity.
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Ruggles, Steven, and Russell R. Menard. Census of Population, 1880 [United States]: Public Use Sample (1 in 1000 Preliminary Subsample). ICPSR09474-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1991. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09474.v1
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Universe: Manuscript census records from 1880 for the 38 United States, the District of Columbia, and the Dakota Territory.
(1) This dataset has two levels. The first level ("F" Record Type) contains 29 variables for each of 10,126 families. The second level ("P" Record Type) contains 45 variables for each of 48,786 individuals residing in those families. (2) The data contain blanks and alphabetic characters. (3) Users will note some differences in code frequencies between certain variables in this collection and the totals listed in the documentation. (4) This collection is superseded by CENSUS OF POPULATION, 1880 [UNITED STATES]: PUBLIC USE SAMPLE (ICPSR 6460).
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BMW is stepping into the future with its new
i3 and i8 electric vehicles. While both are still labeled as
"concepts" at this point, both designs give us a glimpse at what the
production models will look like they the i3 and i8 launch in 2013 and 2014
The rear-wheel-drive i3 is a fully electric vehicle (think Nissan
Volt), which is powered by an electric motor that generates 170 hp and 184
lb-ft of torque. The vehicle has a driving range of 93 miles, can sprint to 60
mph in under 8 seconds, and can reach 80 percent of its battery charge after
one hour (full recharging time take 6 hours).
According to BMW's Klaus Draeger, the body is made primarily
of carbon fiber and aluminum to keep weight at a minimum -- in this case 2,755
pounds. The vehicle seats four people and luggage space is on the small side at
just 7 cu ft.
For a sexier take on the electric vehicle, BMW also has the
new i8, which is a plug-in hybrid. A turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder
engine puts out 220 hp and 221 lb-ft of torque. The gasoline engine drives the
rear wheels, but can also pair up with an electric motor up front to provide
all-wheel drive traction. When both engines are working together, the i8 can
reach 60 mph in less than 5 seconds.
If ultimate eco-friendliness is your goal, the i8 can travel
in a front-wheel drive mode using only the electric motor for propulsion. In
that configuration, the i8 can travel 20 miles on battery power alone before
the gasoline engine kicks in.
Like the i3, the i8 can seat four people.
"The BMW i8 Concept is the sports car for a new generation –
pure, emotional and sustainable," added Draeger.
"We are marking another milestone in the history of the BMW
Group. As Chairman of the Board and an engineer myself, I am very proud of this
project," explained Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of
BMW AG. "As the world's leading premium car manufacturer, our aim is to offer
customers purpose-built electric-drive cars as well."


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WWE Survivor Series 2012
Hello WWE fans here are my official Survivor Series predictions for tomorrow night feel free to add your own.
Btw I know I didn't do a review on HIAC well if you were looking forward to that well to bad. HIAC wasn't that good....anyway I WILL do a review on SS.
Ok now let's get started with me saying of you are not a WWE fan please refrain from spamming this thread.
3MB vs Tyson Kid & Justin Gabriel.(Forgot what their calling themselves if you know tell me and I'll fix it.)
Prediction: Both teams at pretty good and have decent momentum coming into this match , however 3MB will win a decent match.
Who I want to win: Tyson and Gabriel, I'm not to high in 3MB just yet though they do have talent and look to be a decent stable in the future. I do wish they change there name and gimmick though.
Wild Card: This match sucks.
Main Card.
Divas Title.
Eve vs Kaitlyn
Prediction: Eve. This is a pretty good storyline though.
Who I want to win: Eve she is my fav diva ATM.
Wild Card: Kaitlyn wins a squash.
US Title match
Antonio Cesaro vs R-Truth.
Prediction: I don't like the buildup to this match at all. There was little to none. However this match has potential to be a show stealer. Both men are great in the ring(maybe their mic skills is why I don't like the buildup.) I believe we'll see Cesaro walk out the winner though.
Who I want to win: Cesaro, now I'm a fan of truth as well but I want to see Cesaro come out with this one.
Wild Card: Squash match that means nothing.
Traditional 5-5 tag match
Team Foley vs Team Ziggler
Prediction: Ok first I must say Cody Rhodes is injured and may not compete I'm not sure who is gonna replace him but reports say Tensai will. Now for my prediction I'm hoping this will be a great match and it should be but look for Team Foley to get the win.
Who I Want to win: I wanna see Team Ziggler win with Barrett getting the most eleminations.
Wild Card: I don't even know if a wild card is possible for this match.
World Heavyweight Title match
Big Show(C) vs Sheamus
Prediction: This was surprising the best match at HIAC. However I'm not expecting the same performance as last time I'm expecting it to be slow and boring I however hope I'm wrong. However I do predict Big Show to win. I am NOT expecting a Ziggler clash in.
Who I want to win: I'm enjoying what WWE is doing with Big Show ATM so I want show to win.
Wild Card: Big Show squashes.
WWE championship
Triple threat
CM Punk(C) vs John Cena vs Ryback
Prediction: I'm not expecting to much, then again I'm not a fan of triple threats at all so yeah that me. This will make 1 year for Punk title reign however however I fear that it is over yes I said it. I fear for Punk. I predict Ryberg getting the pin on Cena after Punk hit GTS.
Who I want to win: Even though I'm a Cena fan I'm not pulling for Cena! Punk get your year!!!
Wild Card: Ryback rapes them both literally and figuratively.
Well this are my predictions for this months PPV it's a big four so let's hope WWE can pull it off. Tell me what you guys think of my predictions and what do you think will happen.


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Su Su is finding her own dream
As a child, Su Su* worked a variety of jobs in Cambodia to help provide for her family, a road that led her into prostitution at the age of 14.
Through a World Vision recovery center, Su Su has learned the skills she needs to follow her dream. Now, she has real plans for her future.
This is her story in her own words.**
When I was 10 and a scavenger on the street and in the markets, there were many beauty salons. I remember looking at the people getting their hair done, and wished I could become beautiful like them.
I am the fourth child of seven. I am 18 years old. My goal is to earn money for my family. Since I was 12, I transplanted rice, climbed coconut trees and sold coconuts, and washed dishes at a street restaurant.
You might wonder why I did these jobs. I come from a poor family and my parents used violence. Before I was 12, I was living with my grandmother.
When I was old enough to earn money for her, my mother brought me back. My grandmother wanted me to go to school, but my mother urged me to find a job to earn money for her.
I worked as housekeeper when I was 13. The husband of the house owner tried again and again to touch my body. When no one was home, he raped me. I told another housekeeper, but I needed to forget because he was very rich and powerful and I didn't have any proof. I stopped working for that family a month later.
I had no job or money. Then, one of my friends introduced me to man to sleep with. I was scared of getting hurt. And I told my friend "No." I was 14.
The next day, I visited home and found my father lying in bed with a severe back injury from an old bomb that had exploded while he was burning leaves.
My home had no rice. My younger siblings came back from school and had no food to eat. I felt so much pity for them.
I told my friend that I agreed to sleep with the man for US$50. The next day, I gave that money to my family.
My mother never suspected why I had a lot of money to send to her. She only curses me. But she has never known that I do everything for her.
Next, I worked as a beer girl, and after that, I worked as karaoke girl. When I slept with guests, I got extra money.
Since my family needed help, I slept with guests again and again to send more money home.
Then I got sick. I asked a neighbor about my troubling disease. She brought me to see a doctor, who said I had a sexually transmitted disease.When I slept with guests, I was not afraid of STDs because I didn't know anything about them. I was only worried about pregnancy. I didn't know what an STD was until I went to see a doctor.
One day, policemen raided my workplace and I was brought to the police station. Next, they sent me to World Hope Organization. They explained that I am too young to work. They brought me to a hospital to have a blood check. I was crying, I thought that I surely had HIV. But I was HIV negative.
Since that time, I swore not to get involved in the sex trade again.
At first, I didn't want to stay at the center. I wanted to go back to work. But the love and care of World Hope and World Vision's staff changed my mind. I love everything in the center of World Vision. They take care of me every day and I feel that they take care of my life because I feel warmth from them. Now I feel confident, unlike before when I felt embarrassed and did not like to talk to other people.
Now, I am able to cut hair, make hair, do nails, and a foot massage. I have learned these skills over a year.
I have plans for my life. First, I will save money. I want to run my own beauty salon. My plan is about helping my family. I will teach my older sisters to have a permanent job. And, if possible, I want to help other trafficking survivors who really want to learn this skill to be able to earn money.
My dream is to have my family living in better conditions. And I wish to see my parents stop using alcohol and stop using violence. Our shelter has almost collapsed. I want them to have a new house. It might make them happy. My parents drink alcohol because they are worried about poverty.
Please pray that my parents will accept God and that we have better living conditions and happiness in the family.
If they know God, they might stop using alcohol and stop violence.
Because of God, I have today. God shows me His Greatness and Goodness.
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World Vision has supported Su Su's family with their basic needs such as rice, fish source, soya source, noodles, mosquito-nets, and pillows. World Vision also built a toilet and rebuilt the house for the family.
*Her name has been changed to protect her identity.
**Adapted from an interview with Su Su.
Millions of children – most of them girls – are enslaved in the global sex trade today. You can help provide Hope for Sexually Exploited Girls. Consider making a one-time donation today!


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Muniz's Message to Washington
Credit Union Times is trying something new this year for CUNA's annual Governmental Affairs Conference.
We want to know what key topics will you be bringing to the attention of federal legislators and regulators at the GAC.
Please take just a minute, literally, to share with us and we will post it. It's a rolling deadline so you have time to be heard.
Nate Muniz, public relations manager at the $4 billion PSECU in Harrisburg, Pa., is the latest to weigh in.
Check out Muniz's message above or here.
Paul Stull, senior vice president of strategy and brand at the $1.4 billion Arizona State Credit Union in Phoenix, kicked off the series.
CUNA's 2013 GAC takes place Sunday-Thursday, Feb. 24-28, at the Washington Convention Center.
No time? Too much to do? We'll make it easy. Stop by the Credit Union Times booth #105 at the Washington Convention Center during Exhibit Hall hours. We'll record your responses and post them on our homepage.
Can't make it to the GAC but still want to share what topics matter most to you? Contact our director of social media, Myriam DiGiovanni, via Twitter @myriamdigi or email firstname.lastname@example.com she'll get you the information you need to get your video uploaded
Also from 2013 GAC:
- Feb. 26, 2013 Day 1 Slide Show: Brokaw, Chatzky and Award Winners
- Feb. 26, 2013 Kids Add Zing to Wegner Award Winners
- Feb. 25, 2013 Tom Brokaw Promotes Public Service Academies
- Feb. 25, 2013 Chip Filson Announces NCUA Board Bid, Petition Drive
- Feb. 25, 2013 Matz Praises Agency's Ability to Change With Times
- Feb. 25, 2013 CUNA Mutual Debuts AskAuto App at GAC
- Feb. 25, 2013 CUNA Survey Shows Room for Exam Improvement
- On Video: Shell Geismar CEO Has Tech Tools on His GAC Agenda
- On Video: Arizona State SVP Has Washington on His Mind
- On Video: Flying Freeborn to DC for GAC
- On Video: Halleck and Hiking the Hill
- Not for CEOs: Successful Succession Topic of GAC Talk


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I missed Val's first bucket was it any nice?
I missed Val's first bucket was it any nice?
and I get my wish
I think that's all for JV tonight
Jose's lighting it up!
I hope Kyle comes back for the season cause I think we need him and vj healthy
If Davis survives passed this season I will be shocked
Ed Davis is really pissing me off. He just seems to fuck up on everything. Also I wonder if Lucas will play some minutes at the 2 aswell. He's earning minites but there's no room for him to get them.
dissapointed to not get a look at:
on the floor together......
T-Ross can create his own shot but, every body knows his going to shoot it.
DeRozan time!
Yea nice air ball, buddy...
Derozan played better overall but I don't see the potential for another level of play from hin
Meh, it's just preseason :/
I am just basing my opinion his overall progressing I think he will be a Richard Jefferson Cory megette type for his career.
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CUSO Financial, TRUST Form Credit Union Mutual Fund Alliance
TRUST, a provider of mutual funds to credit unions, and its distributor, Callahan Financial Services Inc., have partnered with CUSO Financial Services LP.
The alliance will help expand distribution of TRUST's institutional portfolios within the credit union industry, according to both companies.
All three of TRUST's portfolios will be co-distributed and are designed to fill credit unions' specific needs for target duration investments, the companies said.
The Money Market, Ultra-Short Duration and Short Duration Portfolios invest only in instruments permissible for federal credit unions to purchase as defined by the NCUA, according to TRUST.
"At Callahan Financial Services, we look to partner with firms that put credit union interests first. This is one of the reasons we are so excited to welcome CUSO Financial Services as a distribution partner," said Mike Philbin, vice president of Callahan Financial Services.
Jay Johnson, president of TRUST, said the new relationship will help TRUST reach more credit unions as they search for investment options.
Credit unions have invested over $1.5 billion in TRUST's three portfolios, according to Callahan Financial Services.
"We are committed to providing quality institutional investment options that suit credit unions' unique needs," said Matt Johnson, director of institutional fixed income sales at CUSO Financial.


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Garden Talk: January 20, 2005
From NGA Editors
Best Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners
Are you sometimes overwhelmed by the number of vegetable varieties available? Wouldn't it be great if you could know, before you plant, which varieties will perform best in your area?
Researchers at Cornell University have created an interactive database that does just that. The Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners citizen science project allows home gardeners to enter the name of the vegetable variety they have grown, indicate their geographic location, rate its performance, and write a detailed review. Presently there are more than 2000 vegetable varieties in the database that you can browse through.
To participate in the Cornell University's Vegetable Variety database, go to their Web site at: www.cce.cornell.edu/veg/
Fish Emulsion Stops Damping Off
If you've ever started seeds, you've undoubtedly experienced having seedlings suddenly keel over at the soil line. This condition, called damping off, is typically caused by two different fungi: Pythium and Rhizoctonia. Researchers with Agri Food Canada have found that fish emulsion can be an effective preventative.
Canadian researchers grew cucumber and radish seedlings in a peat-based, potting soil mix. One group was treated with a 4 percent fish emulsion solution. Another group received the equivalent dosage in inorganic fertilizer. Both groups were inoculated with disease spores and left to incubate 1, 7, 14, and 28 days in plastic bags. Cucumber and radish seeds were then sown in the bags for each treatment. The bags that were incubated with fish emulsion for 7 days or longer had a 70 to 80 percent protection rate from damping off disease. No disease control was found in the bags treated with inorganic fertilizer.
This research suggests fish emulsion is not only a good plant food for young seedlings because of its highly soluble form of nitrogen, but it also helps create an environment that suppresses damping off disease.
For more on this research, go to the Canadian Journal of Pathology Web site at: pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/tcjpp/k04-012.html
Sweet Road Salt
?Tis the season for ice and snow in most parts of the country. As any gardener knows, rock salt used on roadways is effective at deicing the pavement. However, it also harms lawns and roadside plants. Now a new material that is a by-product of alcohol distilling is being used in some communities in the northeastern US as a safer alternative.
A Hungarian scientist at a vodka distillery first discovered Magic Salt. He noticed the retention pond that collected the sugary leftover mash from the distilling process never froze in winter.
Researchers processed the mash into a brown syrup that, when mixed with rock salt, enhances its effectiveness, allowing road crews to use less salt. Magic Salt helps rock salt adhere to the pavement and not bounce off the road. Magic Salt also melts ice at lower temperatures than the traditional l8 degrees F. of straight rock salt. Although rock salt with added Magic Salt is more expensive, its producers claim less is needed to keep roads clear, and it is less harmful to the environment.
For more information on Magic Salt, contact the Innovative Municipal Products (U.S.) at www.innovativecompany.com/news_articles.htm
Antique Roses for the South
Antique roses continue to be the rage across the United States. However, most information on the best varieties to grow is geared towards gardeners in cooler climates, such as England. Gardeners in the south often have to learn by trial and error which varieties will thrive in their area.
Now a new book from William Welch, Antique Roses for South (Taylor Publishing, 2004; $29.95), helps southern gardeners decide which antique roses to buy. Welch combines his horticultural knowledge as a professor at Texas A & M University with his lifelong passion for growing roses. His book covers the history of antique roses, tips on growing them, and a special section on rose crafts. The main lists more than 100 antique roses, sorted by class, with sources for each. Welch includes lists for the rose varieties that are easiest to propagate, most disease resistant, and most fragrant.
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Apple's iPhone was arguably the hottest piece of consumer
electronic for 2007. Those who purchased iPhones were expected to
activate new contracts on exclusive wireless networks in the U.S. and
parts of Europe. This proved difficult for those who desperately
wanted iPhones, but were either unwilling or unable to commit with
AT&T – such as those who live outside of the officially
supported territories.
Such restrictions have led savvy cell phone enthusiasts to acquire
iPhone hardware, but evade the attached contract. Those who wish to
run iPhone have to unlock
the mobile before it may run on any outside GSM network.
According to analysts cited by Bloomberg,
around 1 million of 3.75 million iPhones sold last year were unlocked
to run on outside networks. Since Apple receives an estimated several
hundred dollars in royalties for every iPhone contract, Toni
Sacconaghi of Institutional Investor magazine believes that Apple is
losing $300 to $400 million in future revenue due to the abundance of
unlocked phones.
"The prevalence of unlocked iPhones presents a significant
strategic dilemma to Apple," said Sacconaghi, adding that
unlocked iPhones generate 50 percent less revenue and as much as 75
percent less profit than those under contract. Furthermore, new
carriers may be reluctant to sign with Apple due to the unlocking
The prevalence of unlocked iPhones is something Apple is fully
aware of, but doesn't appear to be addressing. "The number of
iPhones bought with the intention of unlocking was significant in the
quarter, but we are unsure how to reliably estimate the number,"
Chief Operating Officer Timothy Cook told analysts during Apple's
results reveal. "We are unsure when all the recipients will
Unlocked iPhones aren't ideal for Apple's business model, but
aren't completely bad either. Mike Abramsky of RBC Capital Markets
in a report that unlocked phones, "though a headache for
carriers, are financially positive for Apple, and in our view bode
well for global iPhone demand, and for Apple exceeding its 10
million, 18-month target."


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Two different crises, three years later
Three years ago today, the strongest earthquake ever to hit Japan and the subsequent tsunami devastated its northeastern coastal communities, killing more than 15,000 people.
Coincidentally, this weekend will mark three years since the start of the Syrian crisis that continues to impact millions of lives in the Middle East and beyond.
These notable anniversaries — both devastating — depict a marked difference between what the humanitarian world refers to as "slow-" versus "sudden-" onset emergencies.
Sudden-onset emergencies are catastrophic events like tropical storms, earthquakes, and tsunamis. They happen in minutes or hours and require well-coordinated humanitarian responses to help meet the needs of people quickly.
With staff and emergency supplies pre-positioned all around the globe, World Vision is prepared to respond quickly to disasters. We are often among the first responders to disasters, getting boots on the ground before others arrive. For example, when Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines last November, even while our own staff's homes and families were affected by the storm, they were out helping others.
And we don't just go in, help out, and leave — we stay for the long haul. In Japan, World Vision was active for the first three months after the earthquake, providing emergency items like blankets, clothing, hygiene kits, school supplies, food, and water. We also established Child-Friendly Spaces — where children could learn and play in safety while they recovered and while clean-up operations began — and started community evacuation centers.
Since those first three months, we've continued working in Japan, focusing on restoring children's schooling, supporting livelihoods like fishing, developing communities, encouraging disaster preparation, and assisting evacuees while focusing on children's programs and sustainability.
The earthquake and tsunami three years ago were devastating, but today the survivors are on the road to recovery.
A second kind of emergency that World Vision responds to are slow-onset disasters. A "slow-onset" emerges over time, based on a combination or sequence of negative events.
A recent example is the Horn of Africa food crisis and famine, which occurred two years ago due to drought. Other slow-onset emergencies include current conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, South Sudan and, of course, Syria.
In fact, Syria is one of the worst humanitarian crises today. To date, 6.5 million people are displaced within Syria, and more than 2.5 million have fled as refugees.
After a sudden emergency, we can step in quickly and begin helping people recover. But with Syria, even three years later, the road to recovery is unseen since the conflict continues unabated.
Recently, World Vision USA examined the general awareness of the American public on the Syrian crisis. In summary, our survey shows that the majority of Americans believe that Hurricane Katrina impacted more people than the conflict in Syria. Recent numbers show that this is not the case (the hurricane impacted 1.7 million people, versus 9.3 million Syrians). You can read a full summary of the report here.
With a long-term crisis like Syria, relief work is more about sustaining — sustaining life, health, and education.
Many Syrian children have been out of school now for three years, and even those that can get to school fall behind, due to learning in a different language. Syria is at risk of losing an entire generation of children to this crisis.
World Vision is providing remedial education classes for refugees in Lebanon and Jordan to help catch students up and get them back in school. We're sustaining life and health in some of the same ways as with a sudden-onset emergency: providing food, blankets, hygiene kits, and access to clean water and sanitation.
As of today, there's no end in sight to this crisis, and the people that need help today will also need it tomorrow.
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There are three ways you can help. First, come alongside World Vision and help us sustain life, health, and education for the Syrian refugees by donating to our Syrian Refugee Crisis Fund.
Second, add your voice to our petition and call for an end to the crisis.
And third, join us in prayer for the people of Syria, especially the children. See our prayer points here.


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Elisse Walter to Become New SEC Chairman
A current SEC commissioner who has worked at the agency in several capacities since 1977, Elisse Walter has been tapped to become the new SEC chairman.
Mary Schapiro announced Monday that she will leave the agency's top post on Dec. 14.
President Barack Obama said Walter will take the helm.
"I'm confident that Elisse's years of experience will serve her well in her new position, and I'm grateful she has agreed to help lead the agency," Obama said in a statement.
Walter was appointed by President George W. Bush to the SEC and was sworn in on July 9, 2008. Under designation by Obama, she served as acting chairman during January 2009, according to the SEC.
Prior to her appointment as an SEC commissioner, Walter served as senior executive vice president of regulatory policy and programs for FINRA. She held the same position at NASD before its 2007 consolidation with NYSE Member Regulation.
Walter also coordinated policy issues across FINRA and oversaw a number of departments including investment company regulation, member education and training, investor education and emerging regulatory issues. She also served on the board of directors of the FINRA Investor Education Foundation.
Prior to joining NASD, Walter served as the general counsel of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Before joining the CFTC in 1994, she was the deputy director of the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance. She served on the SEC's staff beginning in 1977, both in that division and in the Office of the General Counsel.
Before joining the SEC, Walter was an attorney with a private law firm.
Obama praised Schapiro's tenure at the agency.
"When Mary agreed to serve nearly four years ago, she was fully aware of the difficulties facing the SEC and our economy as a whole," Obama said. "But she accepted the challenge, and today, the SEC is stronger and our financial system is safer and better able to serve the American people – thanks in large part to Mary's hard work."


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Selected Anticholinesterase/Corticosteroids Interactions
This information is generalized and not intended as specific medical advice. Consult your healthcare professional before taking or discontinuing any drug or commencing any course of treatment.
Medical warning:
Serious. These medicines may interact and cause very harmful effects. Contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist) for more information.
How the interaction occurs:
The cause of the interaction is not known. Corticosteroids may decrease the effects of your anticholinesterases.
What might happen:
The effects of your anticholinesterases may decrease and cause your symptoms of myasthenia gravis to worsen.
What you should do about this interaction:
If you experience an increase in muscle weakness contact your healthcare professional (e.g. doctor or pharmacist).Your healthcare professionals may already be aware of this interaction and may be monitoring you for it. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.
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- 2.Grob D, McGehee Harvey A. Effect of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisone administration in patients with myasthenia gravis and report of onset of myasthenia gravis during prolonged cortisone administration. Johns Hopkins Med J 1952;91:124-36.
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- 4.Namba T. Corticotropin therapy in patients with myasthenia gravis. Electrophysiologic, pharmacologic studies. Arch Neurol 1972 Feb; 26(2):144-50.
- 5.Brunner NG, Namba T, Grob D. Corticosteroids in management of severe, generalized myasthenia gravis. Effectiveness and comparison with corticotropin therapy. Neurology 1972 Jun;22(6):603-10.
- 6.Arsura E, Brunner NG, Namba T, Grob D. High-dose intravenous methylprednisolone in myasthenia gravis. Arch Neurol 1985 Dec; 42(12):1149-53.
- 7.Johns TR. Long-term corticosteroid treatment of myasthenia gravis. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1987;505:568-83.
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Does your otherwise friendly dog embarrass you by snarling and lunging at other dogs while on leash? This sort of aggression is termed leash aggression, and there are many reasons for its prevalence.
Wild canines, feral dogs and dogs in developing countries have no choice but to learn appropriate canine social skills because they are in the presence of their own kind every day. Social skills are fundamental to peaceful coexistence.
Being restricted by a leash is another major issue. Choices for fight or flight are limited to fight when a dog feels anxious. Add overarousal, and you have instant aggression. While your dogs behavior looks violent, the intent of the behavior usually is just to increase distance from the unknown dog.
The sight of another dog can create intense curiosity and a strong desire to interact. But dogs that rarely interact with other dogs invariably lack social subtlety, and their exuberance is seen as rude by more-experienced dogs. Lunging toward the new dog is stopped abruptly by the leash, which creates frustration. The excitement of seeing another dog plus the frustration of being restrained by the leash equal aggression.
Change your dogs excitement level If your dog can play well with other dogs off leash, you can reduce her over-the-top exuberance and help her develop better social skills by getting her together with as many dogs as possible while off leash. You also can organize practice meetings with familiar dogs while both dogs are on leash.
Change your dogs frustration level Training can replace the aggressive response with a more-favorable reaction, such as looking to you for a bit of leftover chicken (or other high-value treat). Heres how it works:
Find a comfortable spot to sit where leashed dogs are likely to pass by with their owners. Sit back far enough that your dog wont be forced to actually interact with the other dog, maybe 25 feet or so. You can increase this distance if your dog still overreacts.
Use a leash that is no longer than 6 feet and bring a ton of absolutely irresistible dog treats with you. As soon as you know your dog has noticed an approaching dog, excitedly say doggie and give your dog those fantastic treats until the other dog is out of sight. Every time your dog even glances at another dog, you should say doggie and turn into an automatic treat dispenser. You now are in the process of changing your dogs emotional response to other dogs. If your dog overreacts, stop and increase the distance between you and the other dogs.
This process will take several weeks to begin affecting your dogs behavior. The proof of your success will look like this: When your dog notices another dog, instead of becoming excited or concerned, she turns to you with a gleam in her eye as if to say, Oh boy! A dog! Can I have my treat?
Once you have continued success, you can begin practicing closer to the dog traffic. While your dog may become somewhat concerned about the new closer proximity, she should continue to make good progress with practice. Continue to close the gap between you and other dogs until you can confidently walk around other dogs while your dog remains calm.
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DENVERThe Colorado-Wyoming Chapter of the National MS Society honored its chapter-wide and outstanding local volunteers for their contributions and service during its 53rd annual meeting held on Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Double Tree Hotel in Grand Junction. The honorees were selected from a pool of 1,500 volunteers who donated nearly 26,500 hours of service in 2012.
Delilah Mott of Cortez, was awarded Programs Volunteer of the Year for becoming a certified National MS Society self-help group facilitator and founding an outstanding Cortez support group.
Each year we look forward to honoring our extraordinary volunteers, said the Chapters Western Slope Program Manager Karen Galloway. These wonderful supporters are an essential part of the Society and touch every aspect of the work we do to help people living with MS and helps take us closer to our ultimate goal of a world free of MS. These individuals and all of our volunteers exemplify people who truly make a difference, Galloway added.


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Cowell turns back on sob stories
Simon Cowell has said even he is sick of hearing X Factor contestants' sob stories and won't be lending a sympathetic ear to them this year.
The X Factor head judge returns to the ITV singing contest for the latest series and has said he isn't interested in hearing about anything that doesn't directly relate to how talented the acts are.
He said: "I'm not interested in a sob story, I mean seriously, I'm just so over them. I always say the same thing. I want someone who can become a star in this country, but just as importantly, can become a star in other countries.
"You want somebody who's different, you don't want a second-rate version of someone who's already out there, but you want somebody who's different from anyone else in the charts at the moment."
Simon added that his biggest audition turn off was an act that had clearly been manufactured before arriving at the auditions.
He explained of his audition hate: "I think it's normally a boyband that's been put together by a manager, and told what to wear, what to say, they all come running in and everything they say is scripted, and they pretend to laugh at each other's jokes, I hate that.
"I'd rather find something much more raw - like we had with One Direction. We had five talented guys, we never once said 'wear this, say this, do this' - they had that relationship. That's my most annoying thing - I loathe those people."


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Robert McCleery: Building Bridges in Development through MIIS Connection
August 24, 2010
It had been a long day of working with country paper authors as part of the project Making Infrastructure Work for the Poor, funded by the government of Japan through UNDP in New York. I had written a background paper and was advising country authors from Bangladesh, Senegal, Thailand and Zambia.
As I reached the elevator in the Tokyo hotel where we were staying, a familiar face emerged. It was Nina Bermeier (MACD ´01), who had been a great student in my International Economics and Asian Development classes. She happened to be in town working on pro-poor infrastructure development with a group from the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and various national aid agencies, including hers, the German GTZ. (Their report Promoting Pro-Poor Growth: Infrastructure was published by the OECD.)
Both reports were highly sensitive, confidential, works in progress, so naturally the first thing we did was swap our drafts. It was amazing how similar these completely separate efforts were, already, but through our collaboration it appeared that the aid community was speaking with a unified voice and clear message on the important topic when our respective reports were released.
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+1. I believe we have the same mind.My observations from the game:
1. lack of front court and PG depth were exposed - team played 4-on-5 with Gray on the floor and Lucas is a 3rd stringer
2. Landry Fields' defense, rebounding and offensive movement was sorely missed - he would have been so much more effective than Anderson (how/why did Anderson play 33 minutes, 3rd only to DeRozan & Gay???)
3. 'live or die by the jumpshot' is recipe for disaster, especially from the 2nd unit - Anderson/Lucas/Ross were a combined 3-17 (1-8 3pt) & entire team shot 37.3% / 22.2%
4. rookies are rookies - Valanciunas & Ross could be special, but that game was a reminder that the NBA learning curve is a steep and inconsistent process
1. This team needs a significantly upgraded 2nd big; Valanciunas (rookie), Gray (backup/matchup C) and Acy (rookie/3rd string) will not cut it next to Johnson, especially given his tendancy to foul. For the short-term, even Bargnani would have been a huge improvement over Gray - at least the Heat would have respected/defended him!
2. This team needs a veteran, pass-first backup PG. Lucas is an insanely streaky shooter, who should not be counted on to contribute 12-16 MPG.
3. I fear BC already missed the 'trade at peak value' window for Anderson, but he needs to be traded. A wing rotation of Gay, DeRozan, Fields and Ross has the potential to be very good and very balanced.


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'Crying Lightning', the first single from Arctic Monkeys third studio album 'Humbug', will receive it's first radio play on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio One Show tonight (6/7/09).
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If there's a topic that nearly everyone is familiar with this year, it's global warming. Advocates for this camp and that camp have been slinging mud and "facts" at each other at an increasing rate in the last few years as global awareness of the various theories behind it has risen. Though special purpose groups, scientists and Al Gore may not agree on what should be done, there are generally accepted numbers that climate researchers use to generate pictures of what kind of temperature the Earth will endure in the next century. Only, those numbers might be wrong.
A paper recently published in Nature Geoscience, authored by Gerald Dickens of Rice University, Richard Zeebe of the University of Hawaii and James Zachos of the University of California - Santa Cruz has found evidence that climatologist models may in fact be wrong. Their work concentrates on a well-known thermal event in Earth's past known as the Palaeocene-Eocene thermal maximum (PETM) and the records it left behind in the form of carbon deposits. Via core samples from all around the world, the PETM is one of the best documented events of its kind.
But what Dickens's team found in those PETM cores doesn't jive with the standard global warming model in use by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC model typically uses a 100% increase in atmospheric carbon as the threshold in their models, but when compared to the deposits from the PETM, in which atmospheric carbon levels only rose by about 70%, the current model fails to explain the dramatic temperature increase during that period.
How does the Dickens/Zeebe/Zacho team explain the 7 degrees Celsius jump in just 10,000 years? They can't. But they think their data suggests that there's some unaccounted process missing from the IPCC model. If they are correct, the IPCC models could be off by as much as 100% as far temperature goes when using the PETM event as a reference.
Global warming, whether it exists or not, whether it's man-made or not, will be a hot topic in the next few years, perhaps decades. While not every study done has substantial ground to stand on, there does seem to be much that scientists do not understand about the geological or environmental processes behind it. More data is needed, and perhaps groups like Dickens's will find it.


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As an aside, I suggest running private games rather than solo. Why? The stalker, who gives you nothing if you defeat him, is much more common in solo games, but private games don't come up as solo so he doesn't appear that often. If he does appear, jump on a box and shoot him to death, don't try to out-melee him. One slash dash and he'll put you on the ground, most likely. That always means a revive with him, because he kills you rather than just putting you down, even in coop. He is a rather cool concept, though.
I never knew that; apparently I have been saving myself a lot of trouble by running private so my friends can drop in if they happen to be on.


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Cards Beat Phillies!
Wow, tonight's game is waking me out of my long blogging slumber! What a thriller! I'm so impressed with this team. It's extra-exciting when nobody expects much from them, and they prove them wrong again and again. The amazing September would have really been enough to satisfy me. I told myself, well, it's a real long shot they'll get the wild card, but I'm just happy they are making things interesting. And then we got down to the final 2 weeks and they really had a shot and then I realized – no, it's not really enough for me if they don't get the wild card. And then they got it – but barely! Work has been stressful lately, but the Cardinals have caused me way more stress. But it's good stress.
That brings me to the NLDS, which nobody expected the Cardinals to win. Why would they? The Phillies are the strongest team in the NL, and possibly all of baseball. They had the home field advantage and pitchers like Halladay and Lee. But the Cardinals had something else – momentum, heart, and really high self-esteem. Plus, they have a lot of players with playoff experience.
Game 1 – Phillies 11, Cardinals 6
The Phillies jumped all over Kyle Lohse. The game was out of reach, but the Cards still battled back and scored some runs. I knew they would be gutting it out the whole way.
Game 2 – Cardinals 5, Phillies 4
I didn't agree with Tony's decision to pitch Carpenter on 3-days rest. I trust Tony but I don't always understand him, but how can I expect to – I'm a fan, and he's LaGenius! So the Phillies jumped to a 4-0 lead on Carp, and we were going to have to rely on the shaky bullpen for most of the game. Somehow, the bullpen held the Phillies from further scoring, and we battled back – against Cliff Lee of all people – for the win. Philly fans were stunned into silence.
Game 3 – Phillies 3, Cardinals 2
Jaime Garcia pitched amazingly, but so did Cole Hamels. And then Ben Francisco hit a 3-run homer in the 7th. The Cards clawed back for 2 runs, but were 1 run short. Things seemed kind of bleak, knowing we'd have to go back to Philly – that is, if we could win the next one.
Game 4 – Cardinals 5, Phillies 3
The run of oddities continues, with David Freese the unlikely hero powering the Cards to victory over Roy Oswalt.
Game 5, Cardinals 1, Phillies 0
The stage was set for a classic battle between frenemies Carpenter and Halladay, and that's exactly what happened. We exploded for a run in the first inning, and then not much happened offensively for either team. The Cards missed a great scoring opportunity in the 7th with the bases loaded and one out, and I felt that was a bad omen. But somehow, they held on, with great defense and a complete game by an ultra-intense Chris Carpenter.
I'm just so proud of this team and excited for this match-up with the Brewers! It's another battle of the beer cities, just like 1982. I hope it ends similarly. Man, I miss Joaquin Andujar. We are playing with his intensity, and we're just as fun to watch.


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Force gets a large portion of the funds allotted to military spending in order
to develop costly new aircraft programs and to maintain existing aircraft. The
Air Force is still in the middle of a bidding process to replace the aging
aerial tanker fleet in use, and last September the USAF also announced that a new bomber was critical for the defense of
the nation.
When the USAF first mentioned the need for a new bomber the rough outline
was for a conventional bomber built on existing technology that would be
purchased in larger numbers than the current B-2. The USAF is now scaling back
their vision for that aircraft in the face of a tough budget crunch. Defense News reports
that the Air Force has noted that its plans for the bomber will be less ambitious than it previously
The lowered expectations for the new bomber will allow the USAF to better
manage the program and will make it easier for the contractor that builds the
aircraft to deliver on their promises.
General Norton Schwartz said, "We're not going to be as ambitious as we
perhaps were at one time." He continued, "And that kind of thing will
make it easier for us to manage and less challenging for industry to keep their
The Air Force might lower initial costs by making the aircraft easy to upgrade
later in its operational life for new capabilities. For instance, the aircraft
doesn't need nuclear capability now, but later it might. The bomber would be
built with the space needed for wiring and hardening for electromagnetic
protection so it can be cheaply upgraded for nuclear payloads.
While the USAF is being less ambitious about its future bomber, the Navy is
hitting a milestone with its new unmanned stealth bomber. The X-47B is a
stealth bomber that looks like a shrunken down version of the B-2. The Navy has
announced that the aircraft has taken its maiden flight.
Capt. Jamie Engdahl, program manager for the Unmanned Combat Air System
Demonstration said, "Today we got a glimpse towards the future as the
Navy's first-ever tailless, jet-powered unmanned aircraft took to the
The maiden flight for the X-47B lasted 29 minutes and the aircraft flew at up
to 5,000 feet with landing gear down. The flight is the first in a series of
50-flights planned for the year of testing. Once the first plane finishes its
testing, the second aircraft will start and after testing is completed the
aircraft will be sent to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station for the rest of
the carrier demonstration program.
Rear Adm. Bill Shannon, Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation and
Strike Weapons said, "We are breaking new ground by developing the first
unmanned jet aircraft to take off and land aboard a flight deck. This
demonstration program is intended to reduce risk for potential future unmanned
systems operating in and around aircraft carriers."


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French Minister updated on INTERPOL sports integrity initiatives
LYON, France – A visit to INTERPOL's General Secretariat headquarters saw France's Minister of Sport, David Douillet updated on the range of the world police body's security initiatives to support law enforcement worldwide in combating all types of illicit activity relating to sport.
High on the agenda was INTERPOL's joint efforts with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in the fight against doping in sports, including the trafficking and sale of illicit substances and the online sale of performance enhancing drugs by criminal networks.
The Minister was briefed on the 10-year venture between INTERPOL and FIFA which will see the creation of a dedicated FIFA Anti-Corruption Training Wing within the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation in Singapore which will provide a cutting-edge training, education and prevention programme to protect the sport, players and the fans from fraud and corruption.
"Whether we are talking about doping or illegal betting, the twin evils of sport, neither of these crimes respect borders. On behalf of France, which is playing a leading role in the fight against doping and illegal gambling, it was important that I visit INTERPOL to show our full support for their work," said Minister Douillet.


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Lakers experiment seems not to work. This experiment might go on though until the trade deadline. Just for consideration:
Lakers lost yet another game. This time against the Orlando Magic - Dwight's old team. So the LA experiment seems to be failing. No progress is visible. They can play offense in stretches, but they struggle often. On D you sometimes see Dwight doing his thing, but otherwise it's just terrible (How do you allow a Magic team to drop 40 points on you in the 4th quarter on your home court?). They have fired Mike Brown after just 5 games. D'Antoni hasn't been doing any better. They had the possibility to hire Phil Jackson, but...
Funny thing is... now, even if they wanted to get Phil Jackson back at whatever cost, they wouldn't be able to... not after how they took D'Antoni OVER HIM (should read-up, if you missed that story...). Besides, any attempt to hire a new coach would make the front office look foolish. So, the only remaining logical thing to do is... major trades! I might be wrong, but I sense that this time no one is safe, not even Kobe.
The idea to blow it all up and REBUILD, since this experiment doesn't seem to work and especially since Howard is not guaranteed to stay, must be especially enticing. Lakers have enough assets to package their stars (old stars) with their bad assets and get plenty of YOUNG "elite" talent in return. In my eyes it would be foolish (at this point) not do something like that. The experiment might go on though until the trade deadline.
Let's be honest. Kobe hasn't much more in the tank. He can play one more, maybe 2 seasons at "mamba" level (major injuries possible though at his age), then he'll surely turn into a mere mortal SG before he retires for good. Pau is in a similar situation if not worse... Artest (Metta World Peace) is already beyond his time and so is Nash. If they try it for more than this year, their assets TODAY will be hard to trade TOMORROW. They will get stuck and start gradually declining, then they will start rebuilding. In this way they would lose a decade before they, if lucky, become relevant again.
If there is franchise that is known to be bold enough to pull the trigger of that magnitude, it's the Lakers. They would get basically anyone they wanted in return with the exception being LeBron.
They could of course convince Howard to sign with the Lakers by showing him their commitment to build around him and leave the Kobe era behind them. They could also consider Dwight as impossible to keep, so they just might keep Kobe.
Point is, they might trade everyone from their roster and it's interesting to think about how the Raptors could be involved in this. But I really don't see any assets on the Raptors the Lakers might be interested in, if the Lakers go ALL IN. But if they elect to do only smaller trades, like trade Gasol or trade Artest or anything else, then the Raptors could be a potential trading partner.
So what's your thoughts?