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NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has restored a jury's finding from March 2011 that Boh Bros. Construction Co. illegally subjected an ironworker to severe or pervasive harassment based on gender stereotypes.
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed the suit against Boh Bros. (EEOC v. Boh Bros. Construction Co., Civil Action No. 09-6460) in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, charging that a superintendent, Chuck Wolfe, harassed Kerry Woods with verbal abuse, taunting gestures of a sexual nature, and exposing himself. The harassment took place on the I-10 Twin Span project over Lake Pontchartrain between Slidell and New Orleans, La. The EEOC presented evidence at trial that Woods's supervisor harassed him because he thought he was feminine and did not conform to the supervisor's gender stereotypes of a typical "rough ironworker."
In April 2012, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals (case number 11-30770) reversed the jury verdict, finding that the evidence did not establish that Boh Bros. had harassed Woods "because of sex," which is the standard under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC asked the full en banc Fifth Circuit in September of 2012 to rehear the case.
In March of this year, the en banc Fifth Circuit agreed to rehear the case, which automatically vacated the panel's decision to overturn the jury verdict. The full court heard arguments on rehearing in May 2013.
"We are gratified that the Fifth Circuit recognized 'the good common sense of the American people,' as the court put it, and reinstated the jury verdict," said EEOC General Counsel David Lopez. "We agree with the Fifth Circuit that 'few institutions are as venerable as that of trial by jury.'"
Although numerous Courts of Appeals had decided that a gender stereotype theory may be used to prove illegal same-sex harassment, based on the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins, the Fifth Circuit had never directly addressed the issue before. The 10-judge majority of the en banc Fifth Circuit held for the first time that harassment is "because of sex" if it is based on lack of conformity with gender stereotypes. The Fifth Circuit also held that the issue is whether the harasser considered the victim to deviate from gender stereotypes, and not whether the victim fails in fact to conform to those stereotypes. So, the court ruled, what mattered was that Wolfe saw Woods as unmanly - not whether Woods was actually "feminine" in some objective sense.
"This is a very significant outcome to employees who work in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas, which is the region covered by the Fifth Circuit," noted Jim Sacher, EEOC's regional attorney for the Houston District, which oversaw the case. "It makes unquestionably clear to all employers that if they harass an employee because of gender stereotypes, they are breaking the law."
Paul Ramshaw, the attorney who represented the EEOC in the appeal, stated, "The harasser openly confessed repeatedly at trial that he considered Woods less than manly, and that he harassed him because of it. Wolfe also admitted to a pattern of severe and pervasive harassment. We are, of course, pleased that the Fifth Circuit recognized that the evidence amply supported the verdict."
The Court of Appeals remanded the case to the district court for further proceedings, including setting the proper amount of emotional damages in light of the appellate decision.
New Orleans-based Boh Bros. is a major construction contractor that operates in the New Orleans and Gulf South areas. According to company information, Boh Bros. employs more than 1,500 people on many projects, including publicly funded post-Katrina rebuilding, repair and expansion projects.
The EEOC was represented at the trial in New Orleans by attorneys Gregory T. Juge and Tanya L. Goldman.
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Small business opportunity. What ya'll think?
Hey all,
I have been approached about a business venture and have been thinking about it very seriously.
The business is my local fitness center, which I would have never thought about unless it would have been offered. The business is an established business that is running at a 20% operating profit with alot of room to grow with some good managment and planning. Currently, the manager runs the place and the owners have no involvement at all.
The business makes enough money to pay for a 100% finance loan and then some more. That is actually only counting on taking out 50% of the profit for the loan payment. The price of the business is 3.5 times the annual profit dallars which is very cheap from what I have found.
Another plus is that they are paying a huge amount of rent on a building and there is enough money in the operating budget to build about a $300,000 dallar facility without changing op profit. So, that would probably be a priority in the near future.
Another thing is that I can buy half or the entire business. Both options have obvious ups and downs. The other partner is someone that I have known for several years and is a very good guy that is pretty hands off since this is not his primary business.
Give me any thoughts you have. I am pretty excited about the opportunity and I have been waiting for something like this to come along. Any input is welcome.
wasn't it you who couldn't afford a roller cam? j/k
How much does half the business cost?
I think in business relationships are key. If you have good people working with you, and you can communicate well and directly as well as efficiently, I think you could probably make it work. I think you'd better have somebody with some serious business and marketing experience sign on. There's a statistic about small businesses failing etc etc. But bear in mind these data include all those who went in without a business plan, proper funds and backup plans, as well as business experience.
Do you have time to be as involved as you may need to be?
Not going to post the price, but PM me if you really care to know. Business and hobby expenditures are two different ball games.
The funny thing is that this business has made it for over 10 years with terrible management and most recently did better with good managment and owners that never even go in the place. I dont have a ton of time to invest, but a little has got to be better than none.
I have been in industry for about 5 years and have alot of ideas about business managment from experience and things I have seen and done in my regular job. I also have a minor in business administration so I am not completely uneducated in the deal. My sister is an accountant to boot so that is nice. She went over the books with me and thinks it is a good deal. She just said it needs some better money managment, which I had already concluded. To give you an idea, the current owner handed me the year end reports from his accountant and said " I dont know what any of this means, but you can look at it. Maybe my partner can explain some of it."
When I looked through it, I understood 90% of it and my sister cleared up the rest.
I would also add that my wife and I already work out there 4 times a week so I am very familiar with the business and I have seen it grow over the last 3 years.
Take time to do a 5 and 10 year business plan looking at all the operating and expense (insurance, etc) budgets and break/even prognosis. Remember that you will still spend a lot of time there for the first couple years to get the staff, and ideas rolling in place.
How much competition is around the area, do a comprehensive study of the market and competition. Look to see what the others have that you don't or do. Don't make a Baileys high glizty place. I walked into one of them and felt like I was in a John Travolta movie.
If your abilites and money match, go into it alone. My brother had a partner in his buisness and what ever the partner does will effect the total buisness. Unwise spending habits of one partner will take the other to bankruptcy quickly. If you go in with a partner, ensure the books, agreement with operating and expenditures are all laid out the best for both of you to agree on. Get everthing in writing and signed. He might be your friend, but you have to protect yourself and your family.
Is the business going to be Incorporated? Check all the requirments on the different status of ownership.
Sounds like a great opportunity with room to grow. Do your research and good luck.
Thanks for the input.
I will definately do a business plan and perhaps get a professional involved in that. The only competition for the gym right now is a small gym at the local college. The college is building a rec center in the next few years, but I believe there will always be a need for another place to workout in town. Most people dont want to work out with a bunch of loud mouth college kids. I know that I dont and I am close to that age.
My ideas definately dont include any glitz. Basically, we would just need a building the size of the one being rented now and room to add racketball courts.
If I do the partnership, everything will be covered in writing. We will have a lawyer do all the paperwork to make sure everyone is protected. The business is already incorporated and pays divedends on a monthly basis to the owners. I plan on checking to see if an S Corp or an LLC would be better suited for the business. I already talked to the partner who is staying in the business if I dont buy it all and he is checking into the same thing.
I'm only trying to help, so I want to give you some negative feedback for you to sort out.
I own two different businesses, one is a 7 million a year business and the other 26-million and there are just some things you said that make no sence to me.
The business your looking at is a very competitive business, they seem to close up as fast as they open. So with ownership at arms length and bad management, how is there a profit being made??
Are the books cooked? Few businesses today can handle the above scenario and stay in business.
What does the owners know that you don't?
If I was doing no work in a business that made money, would I sell? Hell no.
Bad management? So what! If your making money you offer $20,000 more a year to hire a top notch manager and it will make you more money.
Could it be?
They just found out there next years insurance will not be renewed? or go up 5 times in price with less coverage? Could be! and this is a major problem today for business.
Could it be?
They have herd of plans for a chain to come to town?
Could it be they are planning to build a new building and open a chain one?
Could it be?
The equipment they have now is at the end of its life span and now a major investment will need to be made?
Such a good deal, the owners don't have relatives that they like enough to sell a business like this to?
Just some things to think about.
When I lived in Austin, Tx, I bought into a Racquet Ball/fitness center as an investment and unlimited play opportunity. It was three years old, full about 18 hours a day and looked to be a thriving business. After about a year, there was a stock holders meeting to break the bad news. The mortgage on the place was a Prime +2 interest and this was in the early 80s when Prime went to above 20 %. We were in trouble!! With in 3 months, we were looking into a $2500 "contribution" from all share holders to keep the doors open and that was not going to fly. Ended up, one of the better heeled investors assumed the mortgage, refinanced, and sold the business, leaving the rest of us with out a dime. Like Barry, use caution!!
First question that comes to my mind is why would they want somebody to go in with them if it is an already established business that is making a profit? If it was a business starting out I could see asking for a partnership. But for a place already established it makes no real sense to share the profits with someone else when it is running fine. I would do a considerable amount of research before you say yay or nay.
If you do it, my only suggestion would be to not have a partner. In my experience it will very rarely work. One of my friends got me for a large amount of money, needless to say we no longer talk. He is a nice guy, he just thought that he deserved the money and I didnt, so he took it anyway and there was nothing I could do, and it ruined a good friendship.
Same thing as being married to two people at once, except one don't give you any!
With that in mind, how long will the marriage last?
#1 Rule: Partners SUCK. People change their minds like the wind.
The guy who was "out of the picture" may get a divorce and all assetts must be liquidated to settle. Forcing you to buy him out or sell to other concern, or liquidate. Your stuck either way.
Have you had an ACCOUNTANT verify the books, or going on heresay?
Any lifetime Memberships just get bought? That revenue is lost forever. Constant turnover of members? Influx of cash is mandatory.
Just be careful walking into a business. There are many trip ups. Hire an accountant and a lawyer to go over every detail. Even if you waste 3 grand, it will be worth it.
NO and I mean NO verbal agreements. PAPER is the only thing recognized in court.
#2 Rule
Plan for the worst, hope for the best.
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Don't get a big head. Even of the business works well for you, don't buy ANYTHING on credit. Only after you have cash in hand, AFTER TAX. I've seen guys buy a business from their Dad, go out and get a Lexus the following year. The Next year, the Lexus was being sold off with the companies assets.
If you decide to pursue this, I wish you luck. Just being prepared for the worst will help in 99% of the situations.
I have been through the general ledger for the business and the accountants report for the last three years. If they are cooking the books, I dont see how.
The reason that the guy wants to sell his half is because he just built a new house that has cost him alot more than he planned. He said that he needs cash in hand to get some things paid for. He owns three other therapy clinics that is his main business. This fitness center was bought by him and a doctor with plans of integrating it into his existing business. In three years it has not happened and he is just looking to get the money back out and move on. He said he just does not have the time on top of his clinics.
The guys that own the fitness center and the clinics are my wifes bosses. This is a guy that paid my wife for three months when she was off having our son and staying at home with him. And the same guy who gives her time off to go to chemotherapy with her father, who is dieing of cancer, and then does not charge it to her paid time off. He is not a guy who is looking to screw us over as far as I can see. The guy who would be staying in as a partner is the other partner and my wifes other boss.
I really cant explain why the numbers dont make sense, but I cant find anything that does not make sense. The guy who would stay in as a partner just bought the other half a few months ago. He has told me the same thing that the guy selling it has told me as far as the books. He said he has gotten enough out to pay his payment on a 100% loan for his half.
I plan on going to talk to the bank and to the accountant that has been doing the books for the fitness center. If everything at the bank lines up to make it a go, I will definately be doing more digging and spend time combing through things to make sure all is as stated.
Thanks for all the input, and keep it coming. I want to hear the bad now before it is a problem.
I will definately get a lawyer involved before we do this thing. To be honest, I am not sure what all needs to happen. I have a friend who is a lawyer and one that is president of a bank. I am going to talk to them before this deal goes down. Likely, I will get a local lawyer to draw everthing up as well.
I am certainly not wanting to take a risk.....at least not an uncalculated one.
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User interface
The less-than-polished look of the BDX2700 carries over to the user interface. While competitors have spiced up their players with colorful high-def graphics, the BDX2700 has a more basic look. In this case, basic doesn't mean easier; if you want to play a Blu-ray movie, for example, you have to select "BD-ROM," rather than a simpler phrase like "Watch Blu-ray." Streaming services like Netflix and Vudu are in a section confusingly labeled "Connected" and are represented by simple white text rather than logos.
While we appreciated that the BDX2700 includes an initial setup guide when you first turn it on, the guide doesn't include Wi-Fi setup. Instead, you have to dig through the menus to configure wireless access. Considering that Wi-Fi is one of the few things that actually needs to be configured on a Blu-ray player, it seemed like an oversight.
The BDX2700's user interface isn't as straightforward as we would have liked. For example, jargon like "Connected" and "BD-ROM" are used, where simpler phrases like "Streaming media" or "Blu-ray" could be used.
Moving on to its streaming-media services, we were pleased to see that the BDX2700 uses the most recent version of Netflix's interface, so it's possible to browse a few categories in addition to your instant queue, such as "Movies You'll Love" and "New Arrivals."
When we first tried Vudu, the user interface was distorted in a way that made movies look unwatchable. You can fix it by altering the settings, but we have preferred it working correctly out-of-the-box.
When we first fired up Vudu, the interface appeared to be significantly distorted. The picture was "window boxed," meaning that there were dark gray bars on the top and sides of the image. Even worse, when we started a movie, the picture fills the entire screen, but you can still see where the bars are as the image is much lighter in those areas. When we asked Toshiba about it, the company suggested changing the overscan settings in the Vudu menu and this did the trick. It's worth pointing out, however, that we haven't run into this issue with other players.
The BDX2700 has the basic feature set expected of a midrange Blu-ray player, including built-in 802.11N Wi-Fi. We would have liked at least 1GB of onboard memory, which is available on the competing Samsung BD-C6500 and Sony BDP-S570. The BDP-S570 is also 3D compatible, although we don't consider the BDX2700's lack of 3D to be a major missing feature since the format is still in its infancy.
While the BDX2700's collection of streaming-media services should suffice for many buyers, it lags behind the variety of services offered by the competition. The BDX2700 does cover the three types of services we consider most important: subscription-based streaming movies (Netflix), rental-based streaming movies (Vudu and Blockbuster) and a free streaming-music service (Pandora). However, competitors offer extras like YouTube and Picasa, and most midrange Blu-ray players also offer DLNA-compatibility, enabling you to stream music, movies and photos from a networked PC. These missing features might not matter for the mainstream user, but techies will miss the additional functionality.
Like nearly every Blu-ray player available now, the BDX2700 offers onboard decoding for both high-resolution Dolby and DTS formats. If you're looking to play back SACDs and DVD-Audios, you'll need to look to Oppo's competing players; Sony's BDP-S570 also offers SACD playback.
The BDX2700 has a better-than-average connectivity for this price level. The big step-up is the inclusion of 7.1 analog outputs, which allow those with older, non-HDMI receivers to take advantage of Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks at their full resolution. It lacks a coaxial digital audio output–which many other players have–but that's only a problem if you're out of optical inputs on your AV receiver.
The rest of the BDX2700's connectivity is also a step above the basics, including both an SD card slot and a rear USB port. We would have liked to have seen an additional USB port on the front panel, but that's a nitpick.
Blu-ray performance
The BDX2700 has excellent Blu-ray image quality overall, similar to the majority of Blu-ray players we have tested this year. It passed all the most important test patterns and program material tests, and should provide outstanding image quality on nearly all Blu-ray movies. As usual, the most dedicated videophiles will still prefer the very slightly better Blu-ray picture produced by the Oppo BDP-83, but the vast majority of high-definition-movie fans will be perfectly satisfied with the BDX2700's Blu-ray image quality.
All our testing was conducted via HDMI at 1080p/60, with the Samsung PN58B650 display and Oppo BDP-83 and LG BD570 for comparison. If your display supports and correctly handles 24 frames per second output (also known as 1080p/24), you can largely ignore these tests as we find all players to have virtually identical 1080p/24 performance. For more information on our testing procedure, consult our full guide to how we test Blu-ray players. Home theater enthusiasts can also see more detailed testing results in our 2010 Blu-ray players comparison chart.
It's tough to complain about the BDX2700's performance on test patterns, as it passed the tests we consider most important. We did notice that during the 2:3 pull-down portion of the Film Resolution Test, the BDX2700 did tend to drop out of its processing for a half-second, but it quickly recovered. It also failed the text overlay test pattern–as we could see quite a few jaggies in the background–but it's rare that this shows up in real program material. Nitpicks aside, we were impressed with the BDX2700's performance.
We were interested to see how the BDX2700 did with standard film-based movies, since it had a hiccup on the test patterns, but it handled all our program material tests with ease. We didn't notice it dropped its film processing at any point, even looking at scenes we know to be problematic. The BDX2700's excellent program material performance gives it an oh-so-slight edge over competing players like the BDP-S570 and Vizio VBR200W, which each failed a single video-based test. The BDX2700's Blu-ray image quality will impress all but those downright obsessed with image quality.
The Toshiba BDX2700 is the slowest standalone Blu-ray player we've tested this year, which is tough to accept from a player that costs $180. The sluggishness was most noticeable on "Pirates of the Caribbean," with its BD-Java heavy menus, and the BDX2700 took over a minute and a half to get to the actual movie. Even with simple movies like "Mission: Impossible III," the BDX2700 turned in the slowest time we've seen, taking almost twice as along as the Samsung BD-C6500 to load the movie. Yes, it's still faster than the PS3 Slim by a good deal, but it lags a good deal behind recent standalone players. Considering that operational speed is one of the few areas where we see much of a difference between Blu-ray players, we consider this to a serious knock against the BDX2700.
Other performance
The BDX2700's DVD image quality was better than we were expecting, passing nearly all the test patterns we threw at it, and having no issues with program material. When we compared it directly with the reference Oppo BDP-83, we did prefer the BDP-83, but the difference is relatively subtle.
As with most devices, we saw no major issues with Netflix streaming on the BDX2700. That gives the BDX2700 an edge over the Sony BDP-S570, which suffers from some streaming-image quality issues.
The BDX2700 lacks a quick-start mode, but it still manages to use more power than the average Blu-ray player. That's mostly due to the fact that it draws almost 2.5 watts in standby mode, which is much higher than any other player that lacks quick start. In practical terms it doesn't matter much; the annual cost for the BDX2700 is just a few bucks more than, say, the LG BD570's $1.05 annual cost. But for those that value green gadgetry, it's hard not to be annoyed by the amount of power the BDX2700 wastes when it's "off."


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A core concept in mathematics, engineering, and physics is the Fourier Transform (FT) and its many variants (Generalized Fourier Series, Green's Function, Pontryagin duality).
The basic algorithm is to find dual sets of eigenvectors/eigenfunctions parametrized by a continuous (e.g., $\omega$ below) or discrete index (e.g., $n$ below), that satisfy completeness and orthogonality relations encapsulated in Dirac delta function resolutions such as that for the FT
$$\delta(x-y)= \int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\exp(i2\pi \omega x)\exp(-i2\pi \omega y)d\omega$$
$$\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}f(y)\delta(x-y)dy=f(x)=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\exp(i2\pi \omega x)\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}f(y)\exp(-i2\pi \omega y) dy d\omega$$
$$=\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\exp(i2\pi \omega x)\hat{f}(\omega) d\omega,$$
or that for the eigenvectors of Sturm-Liouville differential operators over finite domains
$$\delta(x-y)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty }\Psi_n(x)\Psi_n^*(y)$$
$$f(x)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty }\Psi_n(x)\int_{a}^{b}f(y)\Psi_n^*(y) dy,$$
or Kronecker delta resolutions such as that for the associated Laguerre functions
$$f(x)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty }\frac{n!L_{n}^{\alpha}(x)}{(n+\alpha)!}\hat{f}_n$$
The basic "physical" operation (BPO) at work here can be regarded as destructive/constructive interference; the product at a point of the value of the function (to be resolved) with the corresponding value of an eigenfunction has a negative or positive value (or phase factor) that may sum constructively or destructively with products at other points (seen as a matched filtering or correlation by replacing $y$ with $x-z$ above). Alternatively, the BPO may be viewed as projection of vectors onto a set of orthonormal axes. In addition, if the function and operations are discretized and/or the domains restricted (in one space or its dual or both, as for the DFT) aliasing (which seems analogous to the introduction of equivalence classes) is introduced and periodicity imposed.
Can you explain the machinery behind the Mukai-Fourier transform in terms of these BPOs or close analogies?


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PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vocollect, a business unit of Intermec, Inc. (NYSE:IN) and the world leader in voice-enabled solutions for mobile workers, together with Total Solution Provider BFC Associates, today announced that Jordano's, Inc., a 98-year-old Southern California foodservice and beverage organization, has obtained positive results from its deployment of Vocollect Voice in its Foodservice Division, including a 93 percent reduction in order errors (up to 99.995 percent picking accuracy) and a 19 percent worker productivity improvement.
Headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, Jordano's Foodservice Division processes upwards of 14,000 SKUs six days per week across three shifts in its 100,000 square foot distribution center, servicing close to 800 stores in Central and Southern California. The operation deploys Vocollect Voice for case- and pallet-picking as part of a comprehensive Warehouse Management System (WMS) from BFC Associates.
"We selected BFC Associates as our technology partner due to its proven solutions for the grocery and food distribution market. When BFC recommended Vocollect Voice, we knew our freezer, cooler and dry goods operations would experience significant improvement, but we were quite surprised to see such a major turn in order accuracy improvement and our bottom line. Vocollect Voice helps us save tens of thousands of dollars each year. Additionally, while our worker productivity was already good, we were able to achieve an additional 19 percent productivity improvement," says Dennis Merchant, Director of Operations, Jordano's Foodservice Division.
"Like every food business, we also have to effectively address the increasing number of government regulations for food safety and traceability, such as those emanating from the U.S. Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). With the accurate order-tracking that the BFC/Vocollect solution provides, now we can pinpoint who picked what order, in what quantity, at what time and date, and where the worker was stationed at the time the order was fulfilled," says Merchant.
Not one to ignore opportunities to test out new technology solutions, Merchant's operation became a pilot site for Vocollect's new SRX2 wireless headset, which is freezer-certified. "Vocollect's SRX2 speech recognition quality is excellent, it's lightweight, and it's easy for our freezer workers to maneuver. The ability to share headsets across shifts greatly reduces the number of required batteries, providing yet another cost saving," Merchant says.
"One of the big plusses for us is that our workers are continually engaged in a two-way dialogue with the voice system, so they are far more focused on their task at hand. Our people really enjoy using Vocollect Voice, and even more so with the addition of the SRX2 headset," according to Merchant.
Results from the Vocollect Voice deployment have included:
- 93 percent reduction in order errors (up to 99.995 picking accuracy), saving tens of thousands of dollars annually
- 19 percent productivity improvement
- Training time reduced by 50 percent
- Number of pickers reduced from 34 with paper to 24 with voice
- Strong worker satisfaction
- Enhanced customer satisfaction from more accurate orders
- Improved ability for order traceability and meeting regulatory requirements
- ROI in less than 12 months
"Our WMS is designed specifically for foodservice operations like that of Jordano's, and Vocollect Voice is an important component of the total solution we provide to our customers," says Lyle Castle, President, BFC Associates. "Jordano's is a classic case of a mid-sized company that continues to improve its business operations through seeking best-in-class technology applications."
"We are excited to see that Jordano's has reaped major benefits from its use of Vocollect Voice, including the deployment of our new SRX2 headset," says Marc Osgoodby, Vice President – Americas, Vocollect. "The company's dramatic improvement in order accuracy has had a strong impact on overall customer satisfaction," he said. "Our goal at Vocollect is to help our customers run a better business – through optimizing their operations, making improved business decisions, and providing a premier experience for workers."
About Vocollect
Vocollect, a business unit of Intermec, Inc. (NYSE:IN), is the leading provider of innovative, high-quality voice solutions for mobile workers around the world. Vocollect's market-leading technology, products and services help customers achieve a higher level of business performance through voice. Together with a global team of over 1,700 certified voice professionals, we enable more than 500,000 workers at almost 2,000 companies around the world to distribute US$5 billion in goods every day. Vocollect Voice integrates with all major WMS and ERP systems and supports the industry's leading mobile computing devices. For more information, visit www.vocollect.com.
Vocollect® and Vocollect Voice® are registered trademarks of Intermec IP Corp. All rights reserved.
About BFC Associates
Headquartered in Batavia, Illinois, BFC Associates is a leading provider of standalone Warehouse Management Systems for the foodservice and grocery industry. At BFC, we have been designing warehouse management systems for 15 years. Our team of programmers has worked side- by-side with foodservice distribution professionals with the simple goal of creating a better product for customers. We understand the demands of the foodservice industry and have designed and developed our products to meet these demands. We continually update and improve our systems to meet the changing environment of the foodservice distribution industry. For more information, visit www.bfcsoftware.com.
About Intermec
Intermec Inc. (NYSE: IN) is the workflow performance company. We design the leading data capture and information management solutions at the interface between mobile workers, assets, and customers. For more information about Intermec, visit www.intermec.com or call 800-347-2636.


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eddieyates necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
4 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 34 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
We would like a clean, smooth, and professional-looking logo design.
We have something in mind for the content of our logo.
TheShowerOutlet.co.uk / com, Theshoweroutlet.co.uk / com, theshoweroutlet.co.uk / com) but not THESHOWEROUTLET.CO.UK / COM)
Quality without the Cost
Desired Color Scheme:
Black / White or Colour
Desired Style:
clean, smooth, and professional-looking
Accepted File Formats:
Vector graphic in any major format
The actual company name is theshoweroutlet.co.uk, but instead of using a particular font thoughout the logo, we would like to see graphical representations of bathroom fittings to make up some of the letters.
We have included some examples below:
I would also like to see a colour example and a black and white example. Bathrooms generally being predominantly black and white.
I really got this idea from Pixar animations, anyone who has seen one of their films (The Incredibles, Bug Story etc), will notice that for the i of Pixar they use a sort of a upright spot lamp.
Of course, our logo wont be as intricate nor will it move, but I thought it may help!
We are also trying to bring an element of fun and familiarity to our customers, so we want the graphic of each letter to reflect this.
The individual letters that make up or company name are t, h, e, s, o, w, r, u, and l. So here are our ideas.
t this is ready made for a tap (fawcett) graphic
h this is a side on toilet
e possibly just standard
s some sort of s-bend colour / black-white pipe
o a front facing toilet seat
w possibly just standard
r a tap (fawcett)
u a u-bend pipe
l an upright shower head and attachment
Feel free to try other ideas though!
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Boeing says it's putting new engines on 737
Boeing says it's planning to replace the engine of its workhorse 737 airplane in an effort to quickly match rival plane maker Airbus' re-engined A320neo.
Boeing publicly launched the re-engined single-aisle airliner Tuesday, after the board approved the program. It said it has received commitments for 496 re-engined airplanes from five airlines and expects to start deliveries in 2017. Airbus plans to deliver the first A320neo in October 2015.
However, Boeing executives have not decided whether to assemble the new airplane at the current 737 site in Renton or somewhere else, Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Jim Albaugh said Tuesday.
"We are going to look at Renton and other sites," he said. "Clearly our Renton site has a lot going for it and it'll be at the top of the list of sites that we consider."
Executives will make a decision in the next six to eight months, Albaugh said. Asked how long Boeing would continue to produce current next-generation 737 models, he said: "My guess is we'll be producing the 737 NG well into the end of this decade."
In deciding where to build the new airplane, Boeing executives will consider such factors as the risk of a new site, the capability of Renton to deliver as many airplanes as the industry needs, at the right price, and the flexibility a new site would offer, said Nicole Piasecki, vice president of Business Development & Strategic Integration for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
After initially referring to the re-engined airplane as the 737 New Engine Family Tuesday morning, Boeing announced that the new name will actually be the 737 MAX. It also knocked two zeroes off variants, making them the 737 MAX 7, MAX 8 and MAX 9, as opposed to the current 737-700, -800 and -900ER.
The new 737s will be powered by CFM International LEAP-1B engines. Boeing promises that it will have the lowest operating costs of any single-aisle jetliner, burning 16 percent less fuel than current A320s and 4 percent less than A320neos, and costing 7 percent less per seat to operate than the A320neo.
"Our customers have told us that they want efficiency, they want it soon and they want it with certainty," Albaugh said Tuesday. "And that's what this airplane will do."
Responding to Boeing's assertion Tuesday, Airbus spokeswoman Mary Anne Greczyn said: "It will be very interesting to see how the airlines react when the guesstimates by our competition prove to overly ambitious. In the end, the order books will show which aircraft is the true economic performer."
Boeing executives had been saying for months that they were leaning toward skipping re-engining of the 737 in favor of launching a replacement aircraft that would enter service in 21019 or 2020. But that changed as Airbus piled up commitments for more than 1,000 A320neos and was poised to snag a huge order from all-Boeing American Airlines.
Boeing hastily offered American a re-engined 737, subject to board approval. American ordered 200 737s, split between exiting and re-engined models, and 260 A320s, half A320neos, in August.
Interestingly, Boeing had said it would start delivering re-engined 737s to American in 2018, potentially leaving room for another airline to get the aircraft sooner.
"Will we be delivering a MAX to another customer before American? The chances of that happening are very, very high," Albaugh said Tuesday.
And first delivery actually could come before 2017, he said. "One of the things that we've learned from the 747 and 787 program is, we want to make sure that any date that we quote is a date that we can meet. I'd rather under promise and over deliver than over promise and under deliver."
Many of the first 737 MAX customers are outside of the United States, Albaugh said. "These are the top airlines in the world that have made a commitment to this airplane."
Asked if customers will be able to change existing 737 orders to the 737 MAX, Albaugh said: "We're going to do for our customers what they want and we'll work very closely with them on which airplane option they think is best for them."
Albaugh said he expects most customers to stick with orders for existing 737s, because they're available now. The company does expect to charge a premium for the new airplane over existing 737s and the A320neo, but won't give details, he said.
The estimate of 7 percent per seat savings is for a 737 MAX 8 over an A320neo, operating in a range of 500 nautical miles, assuming fuel cost of $3.22 a gallon, and adding up savings in fuel, maintenance cost and weight, Piasecki said. The 737 MAX 9 will cost about 5 percent less per seat to operate than the A321neo, while the 737 MAX 7 will be "a couple of percentage points" better than the A319neo and "slightly" better than Bombardier's CSeries, she said.
Some analysts have speculated that Airbus forced Boeing to opt for re-engining over a new airplane by offering great deals to win a huge number of commitments for the A320neo. Asked about this Tuesday, Piasecki said: "I completely understand how that could be perceived in the industry. We decided we wanted to take the time to see what a new small airplane could do."
Boeing always said customers would be the drivers of the decision "and they were at the end of the day," she said, adding that American did accelerate the announcement.
Asked if, by waiting, Boeing let Airbus snag extra orders for the A320neo, Piasecki said: "There are a couple of decisions out there that I would love to turn around. We're going to fight for that much more. This industry is huge this segment of the market is huge."
The 737 MAX 9 could have a range better than the 737-900ER, putting it closer to that of the out-of-production 757, Piasecki said. "We're working with our customers to understand what are the key missions that you could actually make if we added 500, 250 more nautical miles to the airplane, and what do you think about the trade between efficiency and capability. I would expect those conversations to continue for part of the fall, and then we're make a decision on our final configuration and go."
One complication with new engines is that they have bigger fans that are harder to fit under the relatively low wings of the 737. The new engines will either have a 66-inch or 68-inch fan, depending on a final decision about what's the best tradeoff between weight and efficiency, Albaugh said. He said the 66-inch fan would not require raising the nose landing gear and the 68-inch fan had a "very low probability" of needing such a change.
"There are some advantages to 66 that we like and there are some advantages to 68 that we like and we're doing final trades right now and we'll make a decision in the several weeks," he said.
Because of the bigger engines, the airplane will need some changes to the wing, side-of-body join and "localized stiffening," Albaugh said. The only changes not related to the new engines will be such "cleanups" as changes to the auxiliarypower unit door and making some controls a little more fly-by-wire, he said.
Boeing said it compared the new airplane to "a fleet of 100 of today's most fuel-efficient airplanes" and found it would emit 277,000 fewer tons of carbon dioxide and save nearly 175 million pounds of fuel per year, translating to $85 million in cost savings.
Boeing named Bob Feldmann vice president and general manager of the new engine 737 family. Feldmann most recently led Boeing Military Aircraft's Surveillance and Engagement division. This division includes several 737 derivatives, including the P-8A Poseidon, which has been held up as a model program. He follows Albaugh over from Boeing Defense, Space & Security (Albaugh is the former president and CEO of Boeing's defense arm).
Boeing named Michael Teal has vice president, chief project engineer and deputy program manager for the re-engined 737. Teal most recently was vice president and chief project engineer on the 747-8 program.
As for the name, the only other candidate Piasecki mentioned was the "New Engine Variant."
The name 737 MAX, "really represents everything that we and our customers have learned about designing, building, maintaining and operating the world's best single-aisle airplane," she said. "There can only be one leader, and this is the max in terms of capability, efficiency and reliability."
In a statement Tuesday, CFM President and CEO Jean-Paul Ebanga said: "This new airplane will provide exceptional operating economics and provide customers with unprecedented levels of efficiency and environmental responsibility while maintaining the legacy of aviation's most reliable product line."
Vasu Raja, American Airlines' managing director for Corporate Planning, said: "In today's operating environment, it is critical for us to maximize the fuel and cost efficiency of our fleet while delivering state-of-the-art amenities, the latest technology and a modern travel experience to customers. Boeing's latest evolution of 737 product is an important step forward for airlines and our customers."
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Interstate 10 near Beaumont re-opened Thursday evening, hours after a massive crash involving as many as 100 vehicles left two people dead and up to 120 injured.
KPRC-TV in Houston reported two people from Pearland, near Houston were killed in the pile-up. Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Stephanie Davis said those victims were in an SUV, but declined to provide details.
The crash took place in extremely dense fog shortly before 9 a.m. along a two-mile stretch of road between Taylor's Bayou and Hampshire Road, NBC News reported.
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Earlier reports suggested that between 50 and 150 vehicles may have been involved in the crash, but those estimates have been updated to 100.
Initially dozens of people were also reported injured, now that number has grown to as many as 120 with 51 of those injuries requiring hospitalization -- eight of the people are considered critical.
I-10 was closed in both directions west of Beaumont near Hampshire Road. Shortly after noon, the westbound lanes reopened to traffic. The eastbound lanes re-opened at 5 p.m.


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OK, let�s have a show of hands: How many of you out there still chew gum?
That many? I�m surprised. I never seem to notice anybody using gum anymore, and although I understand the sugar-free variety is good for our teeth, it�s been years since anybody offered me a stick.
That�s why I was struck by a recent news story reporting that a murder 36 years old may be solved because a homeless man in Seattle fell for a phony chewing gum-survey in July.
Here�s the story in a nutshell: In 1976, Blanche Kimball, 70, was found stabbed to death in her Augusta, Maine, home. Her killer eluded investigators and the case turned cold, but authorities kept at it for decades. A few months ago, they got a DNA profile from blood found in her kitchen. Gary Raub, 63, an itinerant who had lived in Kimball�s home for a time in his late 20s, was arrested last week in Seattle after Maine state police and their counterparts in Washington tracked him there.
Pretending to be researchers, they paid him $5 for taking part in a �chewing gum survey� that gave them a fresh sample of Raub�s DNA. �I don�t know the exact details,� said Steve McCausland of the Maine Department of Public Safety, �but we obviously needed some up-to-date DNA from him and some bubble gum was the key to that.�
Authorities called it the oldest cold case ever cracked in Maine.
When I was a kid growing up in Maine, it seemed as though just about everybody, young and old, was a gum chewer � at least part of the time anyway. Not always in public, and certainly not in school, where it was a commonplace to get sent to the principal�s office for a stern lecture and some serious slaps with a ruler across a palm-up hand for your offense.
�Sidney,� my old sixth-grade teacher, Mrs. Fales, would ask me suddenly, making a move on my desk, �Do I detect that you have gum in your mouth?� as if I�d been suspected of kidnapping the Lindbergh baby. In such situations, you really had only two options � pulling the wad out of your mouth and pleading guilty or just swallowing it whole.
I was always afraid to do the latter, having been warned by cohorts that such a move would stick your internal organs together and bring a horrible end to your existence. I preferred fessing up and facing the principal to swallowing my gum and meeting the angel of death. But people you met on the street or in stores and other everyday settings, were frequently seen chomping away contentedly on their gum.
Back in those Depression days, Wrigley was as well known as Chevrolet, A&P or Sears Roebuck. And used gum was everywhere. Under schoolroom desktops, often stuck there by panicky youngsters for safekeeping when an eagle-eyed teacher was about to close in on an offending miscreant. On sidewalks and floors, where they waited to stick to the soles of your shoes, so you couldn�t walk without doing a little dance.
My father, a nature lover of the first order and a man who knew the value of a buck � a deer or a dollar � was frugal enough to take me for an occasional walk in the woods and show me how to extract what he called spruce gum from a tree. It was an old Indian trick, he told me � just as good as the dime-store gum, considerably more abundant and, most important, free.
I guess you could say there may be some gum in my own DNA.
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March 23 has been an important date in young-adult author Sherrilyn Kenyon's family.
Kenyon's grandmother was born on March 23. Her grandfather died on March 23. And March 23 was the date distant relative, Rebecca Nurse, was accused of witchcraft.
Now that date will play another important role for Kenyon, connecting her to a very real past and a planned novel looking into her distant relatives' role as both accusers and accused in the Salem and Andover witch trials in the 1690s.
"The book will be about lesser-known people who were accused," said Kenyon, who's been the area conducting research. "Generally what people know about the witch trials is from the 'The Crucible' (Arthur Miller's play in which a partially fictionalized account of the witch trials becomes an allegory for McCarthyism). This novel will concentrate on what it meant to be that family. It's going off the beaten path."
Kenyon has written more book series than most authors write books and "going off the beaten path" is familiar territory for her.
Kenyon remembers when publishers refused to let her go forward with the Chronicles of Nick series because it was too far off that beaten path.
Eventually making her own way meant big time success for Kenyon.
Series like the Chronicles of Nick -- which may become a TV series -- and Dark Hunter -- which may become a movie -- put her on the New York Times bestseller list regularly and Kenyon has some 70 million books in print around the world in multiple languages.
Not bad for a southern girl whose family never had much materially. When she was growing up, her mom worked in various convenience stores and doing other odd jobs. Her dad was a sergeant in the U.S. Army. Kenyon's parents divorced when she was 8.
"We didn't have hardly anything," Kenyon said of growing up. "I had a lot of boy hand-me-downs."
Now Kenyon has a new novel out, "Death Doesn't Bargain," and she's been researching that witch-trial novel for yet another series.
Full of pirates, demons and "fun stuff" -- Kenyon sets much of her established work in fantasy worlds and mindsets in which protagonists have their adventures and work out and on life problems -- "Death Doesn't Bargain" takes place on the Spanish Main.
"One character, the son of the Great Evil, makes bargains to redeem souls. It's teenage rebellion in reverse or taken to an extreme," Kenyon said.
The latest novel for her readers seems already in Kenyon's past. She's looking way beyond her most recent release, into her own family's past -- Nathaniel Hawthorne-like, far from the Spanish Main, and researching for a future trilogy. The second book, "Swans of a Feather," will cover her Salem-area ancestors.
The trilogy will include "Silent Swans," the first book, "Swans of a Feather," the second, and the third, as yet unnamed, but with working titles of "Fiery Swans," or "War of the Swans," will concentrate on different periods and women in American history.
"Swans of a Feather," the witch trials.
"War of the Swans," Bacon's Rebellion -- a forerunner of the American Revolution in 1676 when the Nathaniel Bacon-led settlers on the Virginia colony frontier rose up against the Virginian colonial governor over fur trading and native American attacks, among other issues.
Kenyon said the third book in the Swan trilogy will concentrate on two women behind Bacon's Rebellion.
"The book is set it in the Colonial period," Kenyon said. "It does show the power of women behind the scenes. Those voices that people don't know. They've been buried for all these years and it's time that they be heard from. They should be as prominent as Jefferson or Benjamin Franklin. It's a shame they weren't better known."
Kenyon is looking more closely at women and their roles in history in the upcoming Swan series, but her characters, so far, eschew typical gender roles. Male characters can nurture at times. Female characters can be violent. Female characters don't necessarily do "girl things" and male characters don't necessarily do "boy things."
The mix of gender and genre Kenyon employs steers clear of readers and the publishing industry generally: "I don't think of the reader when writing. I write for the characters. If I don't write for the character, I'm not being true to the character."
Kenyon remembers her son, then in seventh grade, coming home with his summer reading list. "'If you don't write a book with a zombie in it, I'm going to start lactating,'" Kenyon quoted her eldest of three sons, now 23 and teaching English in Japan. Her other two boys are 22 and 18. "All the books on his summer reading list had female protagonists. It left teenage boys hanging."
The mixed-gender appeal of Kenyon's books have more to do with the author than any calculated marketing plan aimed at specific readers.
"Southern women are very strong," Kenyon said. "The women I was around always had jobs. My grandmother was delivering milk at 18. She owned the dairy, not my grandfather. I played football with the guys. Basically, we all got up and went to work. If a car broke down or a tractor broke down, whoever was driving it had to fix it."
Even "The Chronicles of Nick," with a male protagonist, reflects Kenyon's approach.
"Nick came into the series as a teenager," Kenyon said. "At the start of the 'Chronicles of Nick' he was 14. Nick was kind of like me when I was 19. I'm 52 now."
Kenyon credits her "quirky sense of humor" for her unique approach: "I'm very snarky. My books do have dark moments in them. Moments of betrayal, especially in the 'Dark Hunter' series."
Her books, Kenyon said, are more like the old "M.A.S.H." TV series, which was set in the Korean War, but was a comedy.
"The episodes have tragedy going on around them, but they're leavened with that humor," she said. "Every once in a while an episode goes deeper."
And sometimes storylines in Kenyon's books go deeper, too.
"Life is like you're laughing at a funeral. I got slapped at my grandmother's funeral for laughing at my sister tripping and falling," she said. "She tripped over the coffin."


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Hooked on flamenco
Pure sentiment and profound passion. This is flamenco, a genuine Spanish musical art that is universally renowned. Anyone who hears flamenco cannot help but admire it. In Spain there are many ways to feel its energy and contagious rhythm; to discover its characters and the grandeur of this musical genre, that will hook you forever.
Flamenco music has enchanted people from all over the world, and has been a source of inspiration for international musicians and stars. It is a unique spectacle, captivating for all. Flamenco brings together the sound of deep song, accompanying guitar, a powerful kind of tap dance, complex, clapped rhythms and the spectacular dance of major artists, many anonymous. You will notice how you are unconsciously infected by the emotion and feeling that this musical genre transmits. It is not a homogenous form of music. Rather, it consists of a number of variants (called "palos") such as tarantos, bulerías, alegrías and soleares. These are diverse styles that, together, form a Spanish sign of identity, a musical genre capable of expressing the passion of an entire people.
The fascinating world of flamenco clubs
Be sure to come to a "tablao" (flamenco club) and enjoy a night of flamenco music. These clubs are dedicated to flamenco singing and dance, and are usually decorated with traditional items, Manila shawls, bullfighting capes, photographs of famous people who have visited... All coming together to create a very special, cosy atmosphere during the performances. At these clubs you can also have a drink or sample Spanish gastronomy with some tapas or a full dinner. There are many clubs of this type in Spain. They are especially prevalent in Andalusia although there are others, such as those in Madrid, for example, which are also very well known. We would recommend you contact the Tourist Offices to get prior information. These clubs tend to be quite small with limited capacity, so you should book a table in advance.
Flamenco routes
Andalusia is the spiritual home of flamenco, with Jerez de la Frontera, Cadiz and Triana (a neighbourhood of Seville) being the emblematic places that saw the birth of the genre. This Region is home to the Flamenco Routes: themed itineraries that will take you to Andalusia's most traditional flamenco destinations, along with the places where major legends of the genre, such as Camarón de la Isla and Paco de Lucía, grew up and gained their inspiration. These routes also give you the chance to attend theoretical and practical sessions given by different artists as part of the teaching programmes organised periodically. You can attend free of charge, with prior enrolment by e-mail (email@example.com) or by telephone (+34 951299357). Furthermore, at the Flamenco Routes website you will find a directory with information on dance schools and academies, "tablaos", shows and flamenco associations.
Festive art
Throughout the year, there are many opportunities to enjoy this musical genre in Spain with the various fiestas and festivals held. They are a unique occasion to see great masters in action. There are some which are real classics: the Flamenco Biennial, the Las Minas Festival of Flamenco Song, Noches de Embrujo (Enchanting Nights), the Cordoba Guitar Festival… If you would like to know more about the art and history of flamenco, then come and visit one of the specialist museums such as the Andalusian Centre for Flamenco or the Flamenco Dance Museum in Seville.
You will be unable to avoid the joy, the sentiment and the magic of flamenco. And where better than Spain to enjoy it?
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The night started with festive drinking, but by the early morning hours, a 19-year-old UVA student alleges, she had been raped by a classmate. Details of the incident emerged Thursday, December 11, at a preliminary hearing in Charlottesville General District Court.
The evening of August 29 began when the student and several friends "pre-partied" with margaritas and tequila shots and ended in the early morning hours of August 30, when– drunk, disoriented, and nauseated– she was allegedly raped both vaginally and anally while slumped over a toilet in her own apartment.
The victim– whose identity is being withheld in accordance with Hook policy, and who declined to comment for this article– testified that she had never seen her alleged attacker, Zachary Jesse of Richmond, before that night.
According to her testimony, she had gone to a party at a neighboring apartment where she had begun to feel nauseated. She had entered the bathroom where she had made herself throw up hoping to "feel better." Jesse, another partygoer, allegedly entered the bathroom and, after asking if she was all right and using the toilet, offered to walk her home.
Once back at her apartment, the victim testified, Jesse followed her up the stairs to a second-floor bathroom, and again asked if she was all right as she knelt in front of the toilet. From there, the details become murky.
"He said something about wanting to have sex," she testified, although she said she could not recall the exact wording. "I said 'no' twice. He said, 'Pull down your pants; it will be okay,'" she testified. "The next thing I remember is him pulling out of me vaginally."
Her ordeal, she testified, wasn't over.
"Within a short period of time I felt him enter me again; this time it was anally... I remember screaming," she said.
Sometime during the alleged assault, she testified, he asked her twice, "Is this your first time?" She said she responded, "I don't want it to be."
After the alleged assault ended, the second-year student said Jesse once again asked her if she was all right. "I yelled at him to get out of there," she testified.
No details regarding physical evidence were presented during the hearing, and defense attorney James Roberts– a Richmond lawyer named a "legal elite" in the December 2003 issue of Virginia Business– had few questions for the victim.
Roberts first asked if Jesse had offered or poured her any beverages that night, to which she said no. He asked the victim several times to clarify exactly what Jesse had asked her regarding sexual intercourse, and pointed out her considerable gap in memory between the request for sex and the completion of the act. He also questioned whether she recalled a roommate knocking on the bathroom door to ask if everything was all right and if she recalled answering that everything was fine. She testified that she did not remember that event.
Roberts closed by moving to have the case dismissed. Judge Robert H. Downer Jr. denied the motion, instead certifying the case and sending it on to a grand jury hearing Monday, December 15. In that hearing, the grand jury also certified the charges. A trial date has been set for April 26 and 27, 2004, in Charlottesville Circuit Court.
"I can't say I was surprised," says Roberts of Downer's decision. "The measure of proof is quite minimal for a preliminary hearing. All that has to be demonstrated is probable cause."
Neither Jesse nor his parents returned the Hook's calls, but Roberts says Mr. and Mrs. Jesse are "very concerned about the welfare" of their son.
Assistant Commonwealth's attorney Jon Zug says he was "pleased" with Downer's decision, but not surprised. "I expected it to be certified," he says.
The road ahead, both for the victim and for Jesse– currently free on $20,000 bond– is likely to be long and rocky.
And, come April, the victim will be forced once again to detail her alleged nightmare in a public setting.
It's this humiliation that prevents many victims from pursuing charges in court, says Claire Kaplan, coordinator of the Sexual Health Education Center at UVA.
"There's a huge amount of embarrassment and shame," says Kaplan of rape victims. "There's shock and a strong sense that no one will believe them because they don't quite believe themselves."
And even if a victim is willing to press charges, many times there's no case because it's too difficult to prove the sex was not consensual. Even if physical evidence is recovered during an exam, Kaplan explains, it only shows that intercourse occurred not that it was forced.
When one or both parties have been drinking as is the case in this situation– Kaplan says it's even tougher.
"There's a tendency to place more blame on the victim and less on the perpetrator," she says.
However, in the case against Zachary Jesse, Kaplan says it's likely other evidence exists.
As the victim testified, soon after Jesse left her apartment, her roommate called 911 believing that her friend was suffering from alcohol poisoning. At the hospital, the victim testified, her blood alcohol, hours after her last drink, was .15 nearly twice the legal limit for driving.
Though she said that she did not tell medical personnel about the alleged attack, after she was released from the hospital, she told her roommate she believed that "something happened that I didn't want." She testified that her roommate took her to the UVA health clinic that morning, where, Kaplan says, typical protocol would be to use a Physical Evidence Recovery Kit.
For the Commonwealth's Attorney to take the case, Kaplan says, there must be evidence that corroborates the victim's testimony.
Even with that type of evidence, the outcome of the case is far from certain: Attorney Zug says he's aware of only four similar cases locally in the past decade. In two of those so-called "acquaintance rape" cases, criminal charges were never brought, and in one, a judge threw the case out halfway through the trial.
Whatever the outcome of the current case, Kaplan says she's "encouraged" that the victim has come forward because it highlights flaws in a criminal justice system that she feels is "not set up to address sexual violence or other violence against women.
"The criminal justice system," she says, "will only change when people use it."
Zachary Jesse's September 24 mug shot


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Blogwatch: WFO Turned UFO
Hey, Slice'rs! Just wanted to make sure you didn't miss out on this pizza news reported on Scott Wiener's blog. Sottocasa, opened in Brooklyn a couple of weeks ago (which is awesome since the owner is of Keste pedigree—so you know they're gonna be good) and is decked out with all kind of DIY touches, including a chamber that extends out into the garden to house the oven. But the big news is how they managed to hoist their two ton plus Italian imported behemoth into place. Scott breaks it down:
It's your usual story about thick brick wood-burning heat chamber imported directly from Italy, but the oven's journey has a very unusual twist. Sottocasa is located in the ground floor of a brownstone near the corner of Atlantic Ave and Smith Street. The restaurant is recessed a few steps below street level but there are no visible obstructions that would prevent the oven from moving to its position near the back of the space. Yet the folks at Sottocasa couldn't just roll the oven effortlessly across the floor and it's the fault of the oven itself.
Sottocasa's oven is a pre-built Acunto and it weighs just over two tons. That's a bit much for old floors to handle, so Luca had to find another way to get the oven in place. Contrary to what anybody thought physically possible, the best course of action turned out to be lifting the oven over the three story building with a giant crane. That's right - they lifted it off a flatbed, over the building, and lowered it into place in the back yard. Insane!
Right this way to the video of the lift...
Pretty freakin' awesome!
For more on Scott's first look at Sottocasa, check out his blog.
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BOSTON, May 4 (UPI) -- Joffrey Lupul scored twice in the second period Saturday and the Toronto Maple Leafs evened their first-round series with a 4-2 win over Boston.
Lupul's tallies erased a 1-0 deficit and put the Maple Leafs on the path to their first post-season victory since 2004.
Phil Kessel's breakaway goal on a pass from Nazem Kadri 53 seconds into the final frame put Toronto ahead by two.
Johnny Boychuk scored for Boston midway through the third, narrowing the Leafs' lead, but James van Riemsdyk added an insurance goal with 3:07 remaining and Toronto went on to forge a 1-1 tie in their Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.
James Reimer turned aside 39-of-41 to earn the victory.
Nathan Horton scored and Tuukka Rask made 28 saves for the Bruins, who now go on the road for Monday's Game 3.


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Ayn Rand on black/white vs gray area:
PLAYBOY: In Atlas Shrugged you wrote, "There are two sides to every issue. One side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil." Isn't this a rather black-and-white set of values?
RAND: It most certainly is. I most emphatically advocate a black-and-white view of the world. Let us define this. What is meant by the expression "black and white"? It means good and evil. Before you can identify anything as gray, as middle of the road, you have to know what is black and what is white, because gray is merely a mixture of the two. And when you have established that one alternative is good and the other is evil, there is no justification for the choice of a mixture. There is no justification ever for choosing any part of what you know to be evil.
When you chose the lesser of two evils, you still get evil.


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The Eternals of Azeroth are by and large fairly well known by the mortal races -- the Ancients of the night elves were a strong presence in the War of the Ancients, and the trolls worked intimately with their Loa gods. But there are still Eternals out there that are by and large unknown quantities in the universe -- vague historical records have been made, but the mortal races are mostly in the dark as to who these Eternals really are, and what their purpose is in the world.
Of all of the Eternals, the ones that remain the biggest mystery are the Titans, specifically the Pantheon of titans that were responsible for Azeroth's creation as we know it today. While the dwarves have uncovered a lot of information recently, there are still large chunks of time seemingly out of order or unaccounted for. There are a few different timelines, and varying opinions on what exactly occurred in each timeline -- so writing about the Titans and the creation of the world is an exercise in careful speculation. Today we'll be looking at the Pantheon -- the titan high council -- who they were, what roles they played in Azeroth, and where they are today, as well as taking a look at the creation of Azeroth.


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I have some really good news, not just for a Monday, for every single mundane day Joburg has not had a shop quite like this. In about 8 weeks, Mememe, that cute little shop on Cape Town's Long Street where Scarlett Johanssen once lost herself during a visit to South Africa, will be opening in Johannesburg. Doreen Southwood, the owner of Mememe Cape Town and I have decided to open Mememe Joburg after years of dreaming about it. We found an amazing space on Parkhurst's 6th Street (i.e. the same as 7th Ave in Parktown North) and from next month, we will be working furiously to ensure that we open our doors for shopping, tea, champers, a swim and sorbet by the last few days of March.
I will be posting Mememe's Joburg's journey of growth on this blog and hope that you guys will pay us a visit when our doors open. Mememe isn't only about UsUsUs, we will be sharing some of the house space with the girls from Two, who are going to have their first shop/showroom there, meaning more clothes for you. Pulchritude fans will particularly enjoy this as the sales won't now be limited to monthly events, but can attend "book club" every day, with an even wider selection of pretty little dresses and trinkets from South African designers. Bassop this space!


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Hollywood Reporter reports that two-time Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner of Hurt Locker fame has just tapped himself to play the lead role in an upcoming biopic of Steve McQueen.
Although the concept of Renner playing McQueen might not sit well with some, we're just glad they didn't go with Brad Pitt. Gross.
The movie will be produced by Renner's own production company and will be based on two classic books about the "King of Cool" by Marshall Terrill: Portrait of an American Rebel and The Life and Legend of a Hollywood Icon.


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A CIO's desktop virtualization journey and fallback plan
CIO Maytee Aspuro turned to desktop virtualization for a mobile field staff, and set the stage for a government agency migration to virtual desktops.
In 2008 the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families -- a department formed in 2007 by merging three existing government agencies -- hired Maytee Aspuro as CIO and charged her with building an IT department. Saddled with outdated desktops and other systems, she had to find a way to give field employees anytime, anywhere access to data and applications. Aspuro recently spoke with SearchCIO.com about how in 2010, her team began to convert 100 desktops for field employees and another 250 desktops within three months. By November, 750 more desktops are expected to be virtualized.
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SearchCIO.com: Why did you decide on desktop virtualization, as opposed to a traditional desktop refresh?
Maytee Aspuro: Employees want to use their own devices, so [desktop virtualization] was brought about in part to accommodate the work styles of our employees out in the field. Also, it unfortunately would take field employees 10 to 15 minutes to boot up the machines [we had], which was unacceptable.
Our social workers worked out of three locations, and in the past had to pack up and restart their computers in each new location. With VDI [virtual desktop infrastructure], all the data lives in the data center. They can take their virtual desktops with them, or boot up a virtual machine in a new location and get the same access to their data.
Having personal settings follow the user can be difficult. How did you handle personalization?
Aspuro: We used VMware View for desktop virtualization, but for personalization we used Unidesk. It's a personal management tool that allows you to build a desktop in a virtual world that has the same characteristics as an individual's desktop. The virtual desktop is customized to their settings, and that personalization doesn't go away just because they restart their computer.
Did you have a backup plan just in case something didn't work out with the desktop virtualization project?
Aspuro: I also bought Lenovo laptops for employees in the field, and fully loaded desktops. I wanted to make sure that we had a fallback plan and could use [traditional] desktops and laptops, given that we had about three months to deploy the virtual desktops. The deployment went well, so the hardware that we bought is being repurposed as thin clients.
You said the initial projects had to be done in a short period of time, within three months. How did you get the vendors to join forces to make this happen?
Aspuro: I was honest with them. I told them I couldn't fail at this. That it was being viewed as something completely new and other departments were watching what we were doing. I asked them for a commitment to do whatever was necessary to get through this successfully, and the main ones involved -- Hewlett-Packard, VMware and Unidesk -- all stepped up.
I told the vendors I couldn't fail at this. … Other departments were watching.
Has the project been a success so far in terms of savings?
Aspuro: We've realized a 30% savings for workstation support, and about a 40% decrease in call volume to our help desk. That is partly because we got rid of a lot of outdated desktops and we have a much more consistent desktop experience that is easier to manage. We're also saving up to 70% in VDI storage, since one gold image of Microsoft Windows and single instances of standard applications can be shared across many desktops.
Based on the success we've had so far, based on employees' experiences, [Wisconsin's] Department of Administration announced that an interstate agency committee is going to start looking at VDI. They want to have a discussion [with us] on the best way for other departments to approach desktop virtualization.
You essentially built an IT department from scratch. What other projects are you working on in conjunction with desktop virtualization?
Aspuro: We are building shared services in an internal cloud, completing a network consolidation and virtualizing desktops. The three projects are really merging into one. Now we are also working toward establishing a charter for moving applications for the department's workforce to a hosted model on our [data center] infrastructure. Our administration asked us to do some discovery in terms of how we could host the applications on our infrastructure versus where they are currently hosted [by another department].
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