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Looking for a great beer bar in Denver Colorado? If you want variety, selection & great events - Denver not only has some of the best craft breweries in the state but also has some of the best beer bars around.
Denver has a multitude of fine eating and drinking establishments with large craft beer selections to choose from. Whether it be fresh on tap or from a great collection of local, domestic or import beer in bottles - these places won't steer you wrong.
The following beer bar list is made up of the top beer bars, pubs and restaurants in Denver, Colorado. One of these is bound to have a craft beer you've been wanting to try.
Note: All Denver main brewery locations have purposely been kept off this list. Rather, this focuses on the city's beer bars and pubs. Click here if you want to see the Colorado Breweries List instead. Continue on below for the best beer bars in Denver list.
Last updated: March 15, 2013
The Best Beer Bars in Denver, CO
Ale House at Amato's
2501 16th Street
Denver, CO 80211
(303) 433-9734
Part of the Breckenridge family of brewpubs. 42 craft beers on tap. A tribute to Colorado craft brewing. Full bar and food menu. Located in the LoHi district.
www.alehousedenver.com - Map
The Cherry Cricket
2641 East 2nd Avenue
Denver, CO 80206
(303) 322-7666
25+ craft and import beers on tap, big normal and fancy bottle selection.
cherrycricket.com - Map
Chopper's Sports Grill
80 South Madison Street Cherry Creek
Denver, CO 80209
(303) 399-4448.
Over 50 Colorado beers. Can & bottle selections. Voted best sports bar numerous times.
www.chopperssportsgrill.com - Map
Euclid Hall Bar & Kitchen
1317 14th St.
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 595-4255
12 rotating craft beer taps, dozens in bottles/cans. Back wall tap takeovers. Late night hours.
euclidhall.com - Map
1530 Blake Street, Suite A
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 758-9608
Special tappings, beer release events. 20 beers on tap - 100+ bottles.
freshcraft.com - Map
Falling Rock Tap House
1939 Blake Street
Denver, CO 80202
One of thee best in the world period. 75+ taps, 100s in bottles, cask beer, cider, mead, gluten free. Special events. Pre and post #GABF HQ.
www.fallingrocktaphouse.com - Map
Highland Tap & Burger
2219 W.32nd Ave.
Denver, CO 80211
(720) 287-4493
Good craft beer selection - 20 on tap, dozens in bottles.
highlandtapdenver.com - Map
Hops & Pie
3920 Tennyson Street
Denver, CO 80212
(303) 477-7000
20 craft beers on tap, 28 in bottle/cans, firkins, tap takeovers - numerous craft beer events!
hopsandpie.com - Map
Lucky Pie Pizza & Tap House
1610 16th Street
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 825-1021
27 of the best available craft beers on tap. Great craft beer events.
luckypiepizza.com - Map
Mead St. Station (Pub & Grill)
3625 W. 32nd Ave.
Denver, CO 80211
(303) 433-2138
Huge selection of beers, single malt scotches and wine.
www.meadststation.com - Map
Parry's Pizzeria & Bar
9567 S. University Boulevard
Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
(303) 683-0600
50 Craft Beers on tap and great food. Now 6 Different locations in the Denver metro area.
www.parryspizza.com - Map
Star Bar
2137 Larimer Street
Denver, CO 80205
(720) 328-2420
Select craft beers on tap, many craft selections in cans. Beer cocktails a specialty.
www.starbardenver.com - Map
World of Beer - Cherry Creek
660 South Colorado Boulevard
Denver, CO 80246
(303) 757-0506
Over 50 beers on tap and select from over 500 different beers in bottles/cans.
wobusa.com - Map
Yard House
1555 Court Place
Denver, CO 80202
(303) 572-9273
Great selection of regional craft beers.
www.yardhouse.com/CO/denver - Map
Other notable beer bars in the Denver Metro area
Royalhill Top
18581 E. Hampden Avenue #134
Aurora, CO 80013
(303) 690-7738
Aurora's first Tap Room serving the country's finest craft beers. Over 18 beers on tap, along with a nice bottle and can selection. Good food also.
www.royalhilltop.com - Map
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When NASCAR opened its Sprint Cup racing season Sunday with the Daytona 500, automakers began a new era of brand identity in the sport.
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Now using a sixth-generation car design, NASCAR has brought back to the sport a rivalry between car manufacturers that was largely missing in recent years. The three manufacturers that run in the Sprint Cup racing series, Ford (NYSE:F), Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE:TM) and General Motors' (NYSE:GM) Chevrolet, have made cars that feature unique body panels and more closely resemble what consumers can find in a showroom.
NASCAR moved to a safety-first design in the wake of Kenny Irwin Jr.'s death in 2000 and Dale Earnhardt's fatal accident in 2001, leaving its vehicles with a template look that emphasized parity but left a Chevrolet indistinguishable from a Ford. Dubbed the Car of Tomorrow, the fifth-generation vehicle received tepid reaction from drivers and fans while in use from 2007 through last season.
Car manufacturers were left without an opportunity to flex their design muscles, and their race cars bore little resemblance to their consumer vehicles.
"That car was based solely on safety," said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's Vice President of Competition and Racing Development. He said racing teams, carmakers and NASCAR independently began to realize that a new car was needed. "We were all coming to the same conclusions and becoming more on the same page independently. We were ready to do something better."
The sport was built on the adage that you win on Sunday, sell on Monday. Research indicated that it happened. Fans went out and bought cars.
Things changed beginning with this season's Daytona 500. Generation-6 Sprint Cup race cars have rejuvenated brand identity and an automaker rivalry after years of NASCAR designs that diminished the visual difference between each car.
"We put the stock back in stock car racing, so to speak," said Mike Albano, Chevrolet's Director of Communications.
'Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday'
NASCAR gradually shifted toward cars designed for racing before its latest generation of cars made their race-day debut at Daytona. The move reflects NASCAR's effort to increase viewership partly by putting its cars back into focus.
"The people who had been here all along and are long-time fans have a better feel for the sport" with the introduction of Gen-6 cars, Pemberton said.
"Cars had gotten away from resembling what was sold in showrooms, and NASCAR took this to heart," said Les Unger, National Motorsports Manager at Toyota. "NASCAR wanted to start down the road of making next-gen Sprint Cup cars that look more like production cars."
There was a time when drivers actually drove their cars to the track on race day. That was back when cars used in NASCAR races were nearly identical to the cars consumers parked in their driveways.
"At that time, cars looked like Fords, Chevys and Dodges," said media consultant and former CBS (NYSE:CBS) Sports President Neal Pilson, who was at the network when it purchased the rights to air some races on television in the 1970s. In 1979, CBS broadcast the first flag-to-flag coverage of the Daytona 500.
"The sport was built on the adage that you win on Sunday, sell on Monday. Research indicated that it happened. Fans went out and bought cars."
Pilson said as races got more high-tech, the thought was to streamline cars and make them more like race cars. This led to cars that tended to look alike. As NASCAR evolved over the last few years, he added, its leadership thought it would go back to more unique designs for each automaker.
"The Gen-6 car goes back to the selling theory from 30 years ago," Pilson said. "The first week might be too early to expect anything, but you would think the public would respond more to cars that look like the cars in showrooms. People will have greater sense of identification."
Will NASCAR Boost Car Sales?
While Gen-6 cars are not entirely the same as showroom models, they are visibly recognizable as brand-name vehicles and call greater attention to design. And carmakers are looking for the cars to bring more interest to their respective brands.
"While you can't necessarily say there is a definite correlation" between the Gen-6 car and consumer sales, "our feeling is there's at least an advantage on the appearance side, since the cars are more relevant visually," Unger said.
Toyota, which replaced Dodge in the Sprint Cup manufacturer lineup, designed a version of its Camry for racing. The Japanese automaker has built a larger presence in NASCAR, and having a more relevant-looking Cup car will help boost Toyota's brand, Unger said.
"We feel the image of Toyota as a brand within the NASCAR fan base has increased dramatically," he said, "and what people see on the track now is more meaningful."
Unger added that Toyota has come a long way since it began making cars for Sprint Cup.
"The buying consideration on Toyota's side when we first got in wasn't as great" as other manufacturers, he explained, but internal market research has shown improved Toyota brand identity among NASCAR fans.
Chevy's newest creation for NASCAR drivers is the Chevrolet SS, which will also be available to consumers as a sedan beginning in the third or fourth quarter this year. Driver Jeff Gordon helped unveil the 2014 rear-wheel-drive sport sedan at Daytona International Speedway last week.
It's early in the NASCAR season, so it remains to be seen exactly what kind of sales benefit carmakers like Chevy will receive. However, Chevy has seen the benefits of racing in Europe and Asia, where it races the Cruze compact sedan.
"People came to the showroom looking for the Cruze," Albano said, noting that the company races the Camaro and Corvette as well. "It builds enthusiasm for the brand."
Albano noted that the SS moniker—an acronym for Super Sport—carries with it six decades of history at Chevy, and the brand's race car will only bring more attention to Chevy vehicles.
"We have some great equity in that name," Albano said. "It doesn't just help us sell that car (the Chevrolet SS). Our Camaro and Corvette use it as well."
For Chevy, the Sprint Cup season is off to a good start. Danica Patrick was behind the wheel of a Chevy when she became the first woman to win the Daytona 500's pole position, while Jimmie Johnson, also a Chevy driver, won the big race on Sunday and Dale Earnhardt Jr. placed second.
"The season couldn't have started any better for us," Albano said.
Ford also had a good showing in the Great American Race, with reigning Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski placing fourth in his Ford Fusion. The Fusion race car, which has a front grill that is visually identifiable, is the first NASCAR car designed by Ford engineers since the 1960s.
All sixth-generation cars weigh 160 pounds less than the previous version. They also feature driver names on the upper portion of the windshield, while sponsor decals have been moved from headlight and taillight areas to the front and rear bumpers.
Pilson noted how expensive it is for manufacturers to invest in a racing division and provide cars for NASCAR drivers. But he added that car companies feel it is worth the cost given the attention it brings to the brand.
"NASCAR tests very well on fan loyalty, and fans have a very high degree of knowledge of advertisers," Pilson explained.
"It brings fans to the brand, and obviously we hope they will turn into customers," Albano said, adding that there are technological advantages of producing race cars because the company can use advances in design and engineering in its street cars.
New Era for Racing Automakers
As for NASCAR, its latest car bodes well for racing's future. Sprint Cup cars are far and away more identifiable to fans, who have responded positively to the change. Carmakers are just waiting to see if fans will also respond by stopping by a showroom.
"I think we have the ability now to have cars introduced more often, as manufacturers have model changes," said Pemberton, who believes NASCAR will continue to focus on maintaining uniqueness between brands. "A lot of fans like what they see, and I think they appreciate the effort put into the new car. This sets the stage for the next 10 years at least."
Pilson said there was some criticism related to an apparent lack of side-by-side racing and passing, but he chalked it up to a reaction to Saturday's crash that sent debris flying into the stands and left 28 fans injured.
Even though NASCAR is just one weekend into its Sprint Cup season, its Gen-6 car is already creating plenty of conversation about the sport. According to Nielsen, the Daytona 500 averaged 16.7 million viewers, a 24% jump compared to last year's ratings and the most since 2008's 17.8 million viewers. The Daytona 500 aired on FOX, which is owned by FOX Business Network's parent company, News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWS).
And the more success NASCAR has this season, the better off automakers and sponsors will be. Pilson mentioned that success with the Gen-6 car and increased NASCAR viewership would, in turn, aid the sponsors who pay for advertising and have their logos displayed on the cars.
"I think it will work," Pilson, who was at Daytona last weekend, said of the Gen-6 car. "Based on the reaction I got at Daytona, people felt very good about their cars. I think the sport will do well this year."

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I am tired. Actually, I am often tired. Between work, family, school and the occasional fun, sleep is hard to come by these days.
Today is even tougher because I took my first indoor cycling class. The class started at 6 a.m., which meant my alarm rang at 4:27 a.m. (I have this weird habit of not setting clocks on the quarter hours like normal people do) when it was still dark and way too cold outside the bed covers.
However, I have to admit, I liked the class. It was challenging, fun and far less "classy" than I imagined — and luckily for me the instructor played a mix of music. Straight techno or hip-hop at 6:15 a.m. would have driven me right out of class (I was especially happy about the ZZ Top, Black Crowes and David Lee Roth-fronted Van Halen music she played!).
The only real complaint was that after introducing myself to the instructor as a new person, she watched me fiddle around with the seat and handlebars without ever offering a pointer about what I should be doing. Judging from the soreness I experienced after the class, I'm sure the seat was set wrong. After the class a call to Jennipher Shaver, our resident associate editor and indoor cycling guru, fixed the problem (handle bars higher, seat further back). Now this lack of direction for beginners isn't a major problem with this instructor or classes at facilities in general, it is just that little things (such as helping members who are new at something or who are uncomfortable with something) will keep members happy and returning — even if it is on three hours of sleep.
Despite my enjoyment of the early-morning class, I might be better off staying in bed.
It seems that the more one sleeps the lower one's risk of being obese, according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I. The study, which tested 8,000 people over a two-year period with a self-reported follow up of weight and other vital statistics, found that people who slept five hours were 73 percent more likely to become obese than those who slept the recommended seven to nine hours.
Interestingly, the study showed that those who slept less than five hours a night were some 67 percent more likely to be obese than those who slept more than five hours. So, at least on cycling days, I'm better off than my normal five hours of sleep each night since my percentage is down. If I upped that sleep to six hours a night, my risk drops to only 27 percent.
So, maybe if people skipped working out and slept an extra couple of hours, they wouldn't risk being obese or need to work out in the first place? I bet plenty of members — and the 80 or so percent of non-members would love this plan.
While we know that the benefits of exercise go beyond just obesity, studies such as this one on sleep give the industry one more reason to get out and promote the benefits that exercise provides (while not forgetting good old losing weight) because most people would rather sleep in than work out.
So, don't forget to tell your members and potential members to get their rest, but also let them know that they should spend some of that waking time working out and getting the benefits that only exercise can provide. And once they are there, help them out, especially if they are new or look a little confused.


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The superior mesenteric artery gives off several named branches (Figure 39.1). They include the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery, middle colic artery, right colic artery, ileocolic artery and intestinal arteries.
The middle colic artery divides within the transverse mesocolon into a right branch and a left branch. Branches of these arteries supply the proximal two-thirds of the transverse colon.The ascending branch and descending branch of the right colic artery supply the ascending colon.
Finally, the ileocolic artery, the terminal branch of the superior mesenteric artery, divides into the appendicular artery, anterior cecal artery, and posterior cecal artery. These arteries, together with the small branches to the ileum and ascending colon, supply the terminal portion of the ileum, cecum, vermiform appendix, and proximal part of the ascending colon.
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After more than 25 years as a computer security consultant, I've learned that the "secret" to good computer security is to do the simple things that we all know we should be doing better. The more I'm considered an "expert," the more I realize that almost any child could tell the world how to protect computers.
With apologies to Robert Fulghum, author of the perennially best-selling book, "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten," here's my attempt to share the simple truths of good computer security.
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We are more alike than different
Every company I visit thinks it's terrible at computer security, and truth be told, that's usually correct. They also believe other companies are doing security a lot better than they are, and they want to learn their protection secrets of success. Based on my experience consulting with the world's leading companies, this inquiry pops up most frequently: "How is company X doing computer security?"
The reality is, with few exceptions, every company I've visited does a bad job at computer security. Every company does a few things very well, a few things OK, and most things horribly. They don't patch well, they don't do event monitoring right, and they spend the majority of their time concentrating on projects that will not reduce risk by much.
They also share the same outcome: They can be exploited at will by any motivated hacker. If there is any comfort in the computer industry, perhaps it's that everyone is as bad as your company at stopping malware and malicious intruders.
Everyone is dealing with successful malware exploits, APT attacks, stolen intellectual property, and network cleanups. They're all desperately trying to figure out how to decrease the badness. No one, not even me, has it all figured out. No "experts" can legitimately guarantee you that if you do X, Y, and Z, the badness will be gone.
Talk to your friends
If there is a hidden jewel in this ugly situation, it's that a lot of people and companies are going through the exact same ordeal. They're trying all sorts of strategies and tactics, with varying levels of success. They also want to learn what you're doing and share their own successes and failures.
Many companies have reached out to other companies in their industry, formed informal coalitions, and shared their experiences. They share goals, projects, and vendor stories, and they establish formal networks. If they need help, they can quickly reach out to each other. If you or your company doesn't belong to a similar group, consider joining one or forming your own.


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"Your Safety is Our Top Priority"
York Security Services is committed to keeping our campuses safe for everyone. We strive to meet the needs of everyone within the York community by providing security services and resources to keep you safe and secure. Working together with different members of the community is what makes our security partnership work. All of our security personnel are trained to a high professional standard to ensure your safety and to deal with any incidents that may occur.
Use this website to find important safety information and resources as well as to stay up-to-date about what is happening on campus. Safety and security is a job that requires the involvement of the entire York community, keeping informed and following security procedures as well as reporting any incidents immediately is crucial.


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North America gathering at Yellowstone, EPIC road trip 2013
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North America gathering at Yellowstone, EPIC road trip 2013
Yellowstone and Grand Tetons Epic drive and meet 2013
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I have gotten some flak from people on the different forms for putting this on as well as asking people to only post if they were going or at least seriously interested. I am not being paid to do this nor am I asking for money. I am doing this because I love to drive and seem to be one of the few people out in the community willing to take on such a headache. All I ask is if you are going to post on this thread, please be serious about attending. Just posting to say "say not for me" or "to far" makes the thread long and does not add value. Thank you.
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There is no way I can please everyone for this event and nor am I trying to do so. I have done my best to make an event that balances the areas I felt were important.
Being able to see the sights you have not seen as well as take your ride on a drive you normally would never do.
Being able to drive the car in a fun manner at some points to "stretch its legs".
Make a successful event that we can have move across North America to see the sights.
Dates of the event
June 24-28 – for meet and group activities. If you include driving to base camp it would be June 22nd – June 30th possibly depending on location you are starting from.
Base camp will be West Yellowstone. There is plenty of lodging, parking and activities for a hopefully big group. I will be working on group rates at the first of the year for everyone.
June 24th, 2013 - Yellowstone park North loop
June 25th, 2013 – Yellowstone park South Loop
June 26th, 2013 – Beartooth Pass drive. (This will be the drive day and will make for some great roads. This will be a LONG day, as we will cover some miles)
June 27th, 2013 – Leave West Yellowstone and travel to Jackson WY
- Explore Grand Tetons during the day on the way to Jackson WY
June 28th, 2013 – Explore Grand Tetons
In an effort to help facilitate getting people in touch with each other to arrange caravans, I have made a form that I will use to populate a Google document. I am the only one who will see this as a FYI.
What will we be doing there?
We are in the oldest national park in the world so we will be seeing the sights and doing some walking around. In addition, a few others and I are trying to arrange some group photo shots at the parks attractions. I have included one day for just pure driving for those who are interested.
What will this cost me to go?
You will be responsible for fuel, lodging, food, park fees and anything else you might want to do. The only fee that is 100% for sure is the $25 for a 7 day pass which allows you to see both Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons.
If I get enough people interested, I could have some removable decals made to be placed on the side of the car to be like we are on a rally event. If you want me to look into these costs, let me know on the form above.
This sounds LAME!
I know some of you have posted you hated Yellowstone and would just do the Grand Teton or you just want to hall ass around all day seeing what your car can do. Sorry this is not the place to do that. The best explanation I can say why this is not lame is because you are going on a ROAD TRIP, which to me has always been a reason to go to places. This also is a continental wide event that hopefully will be the first of many more to come. Therefore, if you still think this is a lame idea then I wish you a safe summer in your adventures.
Currently I have four cars from Sacramento area 100% going. In addition, I know of a few in Montana that will be attending. This means we have about eight cars ranging from BMW, Audi, Ferrari and Lotus already attending.
If you wish to email me directly my email is
. Please make sure to let me know you are asking about Yellowstone as I organize many drives for the NorCal enthusiasts.
Here are some sample images of the visit my wife and I did in 2011 in our 2006 E90.
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The husband of Savita Halappanavar, the woman who tragically died in a Galway hospital after doctors refused to abort her miscarrying baby, has written an account for the Daily Mail of the days leading to his wife's death.
Praveen writes:
"FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19: ...When she became pregnant over the summer, we were over the moon. We are told the baby is 'absolutely fine' and given a due date of March 30.
"SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21: Savita wakes me at 8am complaining of back pain and cramps. I drive her to hospital where her blood pressure and heartbeat are checked and a urine sample is taken.
"She has by now lost a lot of fluids. She is frantic with worry but we are told everything is OK and sent home.
"... At home she goes to the toilet and emerges frightened. We rush back to hospital where the midwife carries out an internal examination....The staff tell me: 'She's miscarrying.' They explain that she has cervical dilation and the neck of the womb has opened. They say they can't save the baby...
"MONDAY, OCTOBER 22: In the morning the consultant meets Savita. She suggests a scan be done. There is still a heartbeat and she says: 'The foetus is still alive.'
"Savita finds this unbearable and is in a flood of tears. She then asks for a termination. The consultant's response shocks me. 'It's a Catholic country,' she says. 'We won't be able to terminate if the baby is still alive.'
"Savita, a Hindu, is stunned, saying: 'But I'm not Catholic or Irish, so why are you imposing this law on me?'
"The consultant apologizes but stands firm. My wife is nothing if not determined and keeps pleading, saying: 'If you can't save the baby, why can't you just terminate? There is no way to go back now.' The consultant eventually leaves saying she will come back later."
"TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23: ...The consultant returns to check on Savita and does a heartbeat check of the baby. Savita finds this torturous and keeps crying out: 'What's the point of hanging on?'
"We then make our second request for a termination.
"The consultant says: 'The foetus is still alive, we can't do anything.'
"....(Savita) will not give up on her request for a termination. The midwife says she will check again with the consultant but later reports back saying: 'We can't do anything, it's a Catholic thing.'
"WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24: ... I can see her condition has deteriorated; she is very weak and her breathing does not seem right to me.
"In the middle of the night Savita starts vomiting violently. Every time she takes a sip of water, she throws up. During the next few hours she gets worse. By the morning I realise how bad things are....
"...It occurs to me then that up until that point their priority has been the foetus, not Savita. That morning they move Savita to another room, closer to their work station so they can keep a close eye on her.
"The consultant returns mid-afternoon....She arrives with the scanning machine for the baby. I am asked to leave but this time I do not budge - I want to know what is happening to my wife.
"I notice there is no heartbeat. Savita is in terrible pain and they are giving her antibiotics and inserting these thick syringes into her back that she finds very painful. ..
"Suddenly things start happening very quickly. Other doctors arrive from the high dependency unit and I am asked to sign a consent form for a central line to be inserted into her neck. They rush her into theatre where, while they are putting the central line in, she delivers the baby.
"They tell me later that the baby as well as the placenta has come out. I can't tell you how relieved I am in that moment... the doctors move Savita to the high dependency unit so they can keep a close eye on her because of the infection. I am reassured by the doctor that she will be OK and when I come to see her, she is sitting up so I tell myself that she's going to be fine.
"Shortly after, the hospital staff encourage me to go home.... I am not home long when I get a call from the hospital saying Savita is being moved to the Intensive Care Unit. When I arrive at the hospital she is sedated and on a ventilator. She never regains consciousness.
"THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25: ...Later that evening I find a passing doctor who tells me she has septic shock but that: 'She's young, she'll get away with it.' I go home that night slightly reassured but anxious. They use the words 'critically stable', and that worries me.
"FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26: At lunchtime a doctor gives me the results of Savita's blood tests. I am told she has septicaemia and E.coli and that she is still critical with no change.
"SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27: Somehow I get through the day with the support of my friends. Late in the evening I am told by a doctor: 'She's critically ill; very, very ill.'
"SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28: ... After midnight I go to the hospital chapel and start praying furiously for her. I am still there when the nurse comes looking for me.
'She's almost dying,' she says. I rush to her side where hospital staff are pumping her heart. I sit down and hold her hand, praying hard and fast ...


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Mariel Hemingway, granddaughter of literary lion Ernest Hemingway, tells of her famous family's troubled history in "Running From Crazy." 9 p.m. OWN
The standup special "Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed" has the affable Gaffigan waxing comedic on a variety of quotidian topics. 10 p.m. Comedy Central
A former "Daily Show" correspondent gets a swivel chair to call his own with the debut of the satirical series "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver." 11 p.m. HBO
Expect an increase in the body count and likely a plot twist or three when "The Following" ends its second season. Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy star. 9 p.m. Fox
Former President Bill Clinton, Dan Rather and others pay tribute to a political powerhouse in the documentary "All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State." 9 p.m. HBO
"Law & Order's" Linus Roache is on the wrong side of both when he guest stars as the villain of the week on "The Blacklist." 10 p.m. NBC
So Cobie Smulders wasn't "the mother." She's still one of "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." — which is way cooler — and she's a guest star in this new episode. 8 p.m. ABC
Perhaps in some future incarnation, Shirley MacLaine will have an uncanny recollection of having once guest-starred on an episode of "Glee." 8 p.m. Fox
A new "Pioneers of Television" salutes Bill Cosby, Desi Arnaz, George Takei and others who paved the way for minorities on the small screen. 8 p.m. KOCE
A pioneering LA Times journalist who lost his life in the line of duty is remembered in "Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle — A Voces Special Presentation." 9 p.m. KOCE
You just might learn something about our beleaguered education system in "Go Public: A Day in the Life of an American School District." 9:30 p.m. KLCS
"Frontline" examines the impact of America's higher-than-average incarceration rates in the exposé "Prison State." 10 p.m. KOCE
Got skeeball skills? Air-hockey aficionado? Then it's "Game On, America" in this series celebrating a few other national pastimes. 10 and 10:30 p.m. Travel Channel
A woman shacks up with a pregnant gal-pal to help her raise the baby in the new sitcom "Playing House." 10 and 10:30 p.m. USA
"Who Wore It Better?" You decide in this special showcasing celebs caught on the red carpet in — horrors! — the same dress. 8 p.m. E!
"Medium's" Patricia Arquette plays a cyber-crimes expert on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" in preparation for yet another spin-off of the procedural drama. 10 p.m. CBS
Tanks of terror: Hitler's megalomanical dream of building a fleet of supersized armored vehicles is recalled on a new "Nazi Mega Weapons." 10 p.m. KOCE
Professor Proton, we presume? Bob Newhart reprises his role as Sheldon and Leonard's childhood hero on "The Big Bang Theory." 8 p.m. CBS
Lorde, she of the breakout hit "Royals," is among the nominees for best new artist at the inaugural "iHeartRadio Music Awards." 8 p.m. NBC
"Vikings" are done pillaging, for now at least, on the drama's season finale. Travis Fimmel and Donal Logue star. 10 p.m. History Channel
Last laughs: "SNL" alum Jason Sudeikis and singer k.d.lang. guest star on the season finale of "Portlandia." 10 p.m. IFC
The special "Shark Tank: Swimming With Sharks" checks in with some past entrepreneurs to see have they've fared since appearing on the show. 8 p.m. ABC
Return with us now to the storied NYC nightclub that launched Blondie, the Ramones and other punk-rock legends in the 2013 drama "CBGB." Alan Rickman stars. 9 p.m. Starz
Meet the "House of Cards" scribes who supply Kevin Spacey with those direct-to-the-camera soliloquies on a new edition of "The Writers' Room." 9 p.m. Sundance Channel
The jokes are on them in the standup specials "Lewis Black: Old Yeller — Live at the Borgata" and "D.L. Hughley: Clear." 10 p.m. Epix; 10 p.m. Showtime
Ridin' dirty: Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston drive an RV loaded with marijuana back from Mexico in the 2013 comedy "We're the Millers." 8 and 11 p.m. HBO
Her widowed mother's friendship with an increasingly shady character becomes the stuff of "A Daughter's Nightmare" in this thriller. Emily Osment stars. 8 p.m. Lifetime
Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg go ballistic in the 2013 actioner "2 Guns." 10 p.m. Cinemax
Paramedics recall some especially outrageous emergency calls in the new reality series "OMG! EMT!" 10 p.m. TLC


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Max Lamb's jug is made of fine bone china. Slipcast from plaster models carved by hand, it has a glazed interior for functionality and raw exterior reflecting the modest surface texture of the plaster original.
The Crockery collection is designed by Max Lamb for 1882 Ltd. 1882 Ltd's mission is to champion inventively designed ceramic products from lighting to domestic ware whilst employing the manufacturing heritage of North Staffordshire and promoting the British ceramic industry. In collaborating with exceptionally talented designers to realise their interpretation of a very traditional material and craft 1882 Ltd. will bring innovative ceramics to a wider audience while supporting a valuable UK resource.
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Rapid City Ice Rink Revenues Climb in Short Season
RAPID CITY - Despite a shortened ice-skating season, revenue is up at the downtown ice rink in Rapid City's Main Street Square.
Square officials say the rink made more than $101,000 this winter, compared to $86,000 in its first season last year. To get there, the ice-skating rink rented 13,000 pairs of skates and sold 18,000 day passes in the 2012-13 season.
Square director Megan Karbowski tells the Rapid City Journal (http://bit.ly/ZuQ1kI ) that the rink has increased its staffing and is open more hours. The rink's peak time was around the holidays, when it collected 60 percent of its revenue.
To boost weekday and non-holiday traffic, the rink organized activities such as Saturday's beach-themed party, which drew about 400 skaters of all ages.
The rink is part of a downtown revitalization project.
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A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
We are an internet marketing firm with a large focus on SEO. With this project we are acquiring new home security customers for ADT, the #1 security provider in the United States.
Here is an example of a layout that we like:
Colors: Use Colors From http://www.Adt.com, Blue, White, Grey, Yellow, Green, etc.
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In the top of the header need to include:
1. Adt Authorized dealer logo:
2. Phone number 888-878-3408
3. Use Promo Code:23157
4. Tag Line:Help Protect your Home with a Home Security System Today
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we really like how they laid out the offer on this banner, feel free to use stock photography.
*we have the same offer but we don't have the free gift card.
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Older Woman Robs Bank by Threatening Teller With AIDS
When you're desperate for cash but don't have a scary weapon to rob a bank, you make due with what you have. For an elderly woman in Colorado, that was a piece of paper and a life-threatening disease.
Last Thursday, the unidentified woman, aged somewhere between 55 and 75, walked up to a Wells Fargo teller in a Safeway grocery store wearing a conductor hat and gray sweatshirt. There, she handed the teller a note.
The note indicated she had AIDS and that she'd transmit the disease to the teller if she didn't cooperate. Taking no chances, the teller handed over a heap of cash (the full amount remains undisclosed) and the woman fled the scene.
According to the police reports, the woman in question coughed frequently into a blue bandana, which was either a part of her act or proof that she was actually sick.
FBI and police have yet to identify the suspect, though they do have photographs and video of her.


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22 most useful apps for the iPad
I previously said that the Apple iPad is only good for two things (I later added a third), but it's really good at those things. With that in mind, I've compiled a list of the 22 most useful apps for taking advantage of the iPad's strengths, and I've updated it for 2012 and the launch of the third-generation iPad.
Keep in mind that this list is skewed toward professionals and technophiles who are using the iPad on a daily basis, but I also realize that these folks tend to use tablets like the iPad for non-work stuff as well, like reading the news in the morning during breakfast or a little entertainment on the plane during a business flight.
If you'd prefer to view this as a list instead of a photo gallery, then see the companion blog post.
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There is great potential, even expectation, that advances in genetics and genomics will fuel a revolution in disease prevention and treatment. Both the intramural scientific and extramural funding arms of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) have contributed substantially to this goal through initiatives that have developed critical foundation tools (e.g., the human genome sequence and haplotype map) and provided access to enabling technologies (e.g., the NIH Chemical Genomics Center; NCGC). It is anticipated that the path forward will be informed by consideration of the architecture for prior success in transformational application of basic science inquiry to clinical practice.
Common themes include the calculated or fortuitous intersection between lines of basic inquiry focused on both mechanisms of disease and strategies to modify physiologic and/or inherently pathologic events; the need for prioritization of initiatives based upon public health burden or evident opportunity; the importance of the development of infrastructure and the forging of alliances between academia, industry and patients; and the need for physician and public education for the responsible testing and introduction of new therapies and the productive management of expectations. In this light, it is anticipated that the mission of NHGRI to contribute to the development of novel therapeutic strategies will be facilitated by consideration of the following questions:
While it is clear from precedent that positional strategies for disease gene identification add the potential for quantum leaps in understanding of basic biologic and disease processes, can these strategies be refined, tailored, or directed to identify the preventable and/or therapeutically targetable mechanisms of disease? Given the major gene effects and relative homogeneity of etiology inherent to Mendelian disorders, are such disease processes inherently more targetable and/or tractable in clinical trials? Since many Mendelian and even some common diseases have their symptomatic or pathophysiologic genesis in childhood, should clinical trials in pediatric populations be an explicit emphasis? Can the use of Mendelian disorders to interrogate complex disease traits be expanded? What are the opportunities relevant to specific gaps in knowledge? Alternatively, are high-penetrance Mendelian disorders too simple to accurately model low-penetrance complex disorders, and will single-gene or pathway perturbations sufficient to cause disease be informative for predispositions that contribute to late-onset disease? Are the pathways defined by predisposing alleles more amenable to pharmacologic and/or environmental modification than those defined by major gene effects? Do the answers to these questions depend upon the disease in question? If so, can rules be established?
Can we expand the use of modifier genes, pathways, or systems biology/physiology to direct the development of therapeutic strategies? To what extent and under what circumstances should such studies be restricted to people? Does relevance of therapeutic observations made in animal models to the human condition require the involvement of common pathways, genes, or even genotypes? What can we learn from therapeutic effects in animal models that do not translate to people?
Can expression profiling or proteomics be used to define the "targetable" mechanisms of disease? Are the results informative in the absence of specific hypotheses based upon at least minimal knowledge regarding etiology or pathogenesis? Can cultured cells adequately mimic the complex interplay between genetic predisposition, time, and both productive and contributory secondary effects? What is the optimal source of cells or tissues to be analyzed? To what extent can "accessible" cells or tissues substitute for the ideal reagents based upon the distribution of disease manifestations? Do the answers to these questions vary for different disease processes and can rules be established?
Can we develop a catalog of signatures for different disease processes and will this inform elucidation of pathogenesis for diseases of unknown etiology? Is this best accomplished using patient samples with defined mutations and/or mechanisms, natural or induced animal models, siRNA-mediated gene silencing, or environmental/chemical perturbations? How well does induced gene silencing (siRNA or mouse knockouts) recapitulate events seen with haploinsufficiency or dominant-negative alleles? How well will disease signatures correlate with therapeutic responses? Will inclusion of signatures for predisposed patients, animals or experimental states that escape disease inform the development of new therapies?
How do we ensure that gene-environment interactions at various life stages are considered along with the biological, physiological, and behavioral mechanisms that underlie gene variant-disease associations?
Concerning genome-wide association studies, how do we deal with the costs and elaborate IT-infrastructural support needed to analyze the computationally intensive data that is typically generated? How can appropriate processes be established that streamline ethics committee approvals and the steps involved in obtaining informed consent documents?
Can we develop an informative catalog of pathways or events that are influenced by different therapeutic agents? Should this effort be limited to FDA-approved drugs? If not, how should other interventions be prioritized? Can nutritional or environmental restrictions or exposures be productively incorporated?
How do we best utilize small molecule, siRNA, and perhaps other approaches (e.g., aptamers) to determine general principles of small molecule-target interactions, gene involvement in physiologic pathways, and potential beneficial or harmful effects of modulation of these targets and pathways?
How can we best utilize gene therapy, either for the purposes of gene addition or RNAi usage, and how do we best support the development of gene therapy technologies that can apply across diseases?
Should there be a cohesive, focused effort to discover therapies for rare conditions?
Are existing patient populations (e.g., unified by age, disease, genotype, or response to therapy) and study results (e.g., genome-wide association studies) being collected in a way that maximizes the potential, efficiency, and incentive for sharing? Do exposures and outcomes need to be defined in a more uniform way to allow combining of datasets from different trials? Should efforts be made to develop clinically usable gene-pathway-drug resources to synthesize this information in ways that will be useful to practitioners? What further clinical/epidemiology resources and strategies are needed for the discovery and validation of gene variants (and gene-gene and gene-environment interactions) as determinants of human disease? Should an effort be made to assemble a collection of healthy adult control samples that could be tested for specific variants identified in patients by academic investigators?
Are patient samples (e.g., blood samples, immortalized lymphocytes, DNA, surgical specimens, gene expression profiles) being collected and banked in a way that maximizes the potential, efficiency, and incentive for sharing?
How do we best expand the repertoire of surrogate markers for use in therapeutic screens or clinical trials? Are experts in imaging or biomarker development adequately invested and integrated into this process?
How useful are current animal models for interrogating pathogenesis or therapeutic trials? Should there be more investment in the development of an allelic series of targeted mutations, as opposed to predominant reliance on null alleles? What are the strengths and limitations of murine models, and what other animal models should be better developed?
How do we critically assess the composition of small molecule and other libraries? Should drugs that have already been approved for some indication, or compounds that are approved only outside the U.S. or tested but not approved, receive special emphasis? How do we increase access to these resources, and do public-private partnerships have a role in this? Can we capture best practices for assay development for high-throughput screening of these libraries, and develop training methods for improving the commoditization of these assay technologies?
How do we harness human variation in the United States health system for use in important scholarly research (including pharmacogenetics) that maximizes power and efficiency while minimizing risk and the perception of risk to the participants?
How do we promote productive interactions in translational research between conventional and unconventional academic disciplines, health systems in academia, the VA and other government agencies, private and not-for-profit systems, and industry? Will specific meetings or journals that highlight the process of translational research and bring diverse disciplines to the table facilitate this process? What about funding opportunities that either encourage or require unconventional partnerships (e.g., academia-industry, basic-clinical science, basic-applied science)? Is there added value to industry to establish such relationships before the phase of clinical trial? If so, are there untapped funding opportunities from industry?
How do we facilitate collaboration between genetic/genomic disease experts and small molecule/siRNA screening and probe development experts to efficiently develop chemical probes for definition of gene/pathway function and testing of therapeutic hypotheses in physiological systems?
For the vast majority of rare disorders that will not support the current model of private sector-based therapeutic development, how should we most efficiently develop clinical candidate compounds that could be entered into clinical trials? For example, if a parent compound shows potential in an academia-based screen for a rare disorder, how do we facilitate the medicinal chemistry and other aspects of product development needed to realize maximal potential? Are there business models involving government or patient foundation support that pharmaceutical companies would find attractive? What can we learn from overt success stories regarding the development of therapeutics for rare disorders (e.g., enzyme replacement therapies)?
How can we promote and support clinical trials that include a genetic component, including those for rare genetic disorders? Should there be clinical trials networks that can provide infrastructure and discretional funding to allow rapid movement on promising developments (e.g., the Pediatric Heart Network of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute)? Should there be a partnership program between genetic/genomic experts and clinical researchers in academia and industry to facilitate genomics in clinical trials?
How can researchers harness the potential of patient populations self-organizing through social networks and other mediums? How will we design an informed consent process that facilitates patient engagement in research design and that is flexible regarding potential additional uses of contributed samples?
Is the regulatory environment sufficient for clinical trials for rare genetic disorders? Could FDA be engaged much earlier in the process? Should FDA develop a review program specific for rare diseases?
How do we develop standards regarding whether a therapeutic intervention is adequate in a clinical trial (e.g., saves the liver but not the brain)? How can such standards be monitored and enforced?
How do we ensure that every sponsored clinical trial will achieve maximal impact? Should it be a requirement that every trial will include the collection, storage and potential distribution of patient samples in order to further elucidate disease mechanisms and the molecular basis for variation in therapeutic response? If so, what consent and anonymization is needed to avoid individual or group stigma? Should every trial incorporate an initiative to explore pharmacogenetics? If this is done, how can negative affects from variations in therapeutic response that correlate with existing socially defined groups be avoided? How much emphasis should go into conducting "real world" clinical trials (those in more primary care settings), how should these be designed and funded, when are real world trials appropriate, and how are outcomes data collected and shared?
How can patients and the many practitioners in the health care arena be made aware of therapeutic advances? Can lessons learned in other public health approaches assist in efforts to educate patients and health care professionals? How much emphasis should be placed on web-based resources, including point-of-care education and incorporation of genetic/genomic information into electronic health records? How do we incorporate the concept of individual variation in therapeutic response? How do we prepare them for this type of information?
Once the evidence base is established to ensure the validity and utility of novel therapeutic practices, how can we encourage their acceptance or utilization? What barriers exist to widespread adoption? What knowledge or communication strategies are most effective in dispelling fears, misperceptions, or biases? What role do disease-specific organizations have in educating patients about therapeutic advances? How can their educational resources be brought to serve the larger community?
How can physicians and patients be informed about and protected from ineffective or inadequately validated commercial products or services?
How do we present progress in a manner sensitive to patients' needs and hopes while avoiding hype? How do we educate the public to ensure accurate and/or realistic expectations?
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She looked happy as she danced, twisting and twirling her waist and hips, and bending her legs as if to ride on the sonic waves of the trumpet. It was as if she was controlling the rhythm, as if her movements were the driving force behind that jazz song.
When the tune ended, Amber smiled, a strange, crazy smile, and said, "Will you take me home? Will you stay with me tonight? I don't want to be alone."
There was an eerie sense of quiet inside her apartment, a strange emptiness. The first thing I did when I walked in was look at my watch. I expected for time to stop, but seconds kept ticking away carelessly inside. I looked around, trying to decipher what had happened. Probably I wouldn't have been surprised to see a handwritten note on the coffee table – a relic Jacques had left behind. But there was nothing of the sorts.
"I'll make us some coffee," Amber said and went into the kitchen.
I took a seat on the couch. It was all so quiet that I could almost hear the water boiling. I closed my eyes. It was so silent, all so silent, just my heart relentlessly pumping blood through my body.
I must have dozed off for a while, because when I regained control over my senses, I could hear Amber crying in the bedroom. I was so dazzled by the strong light that I just sat there for a moment.
When I walked into the bedroom, I saw her standing by the window, staring blindly at the night."
A heartbreaking portrayal of ambition, treachery, and deception,Jazz tells the story of Chris Sommers, an aspiring writer from New York, who travels to Paris in the hopes of meeting Amber, a mysterious and beautiful woman he has always been irresistibly drawn to.
Chris is soon thrust into a world where everyone seems to be playing a dangerous and corrupt game. Anything is permissible, and even secrets that have been locked away inside the most hidden drawers of the soul will resurface.
What people are saying:
"It was an oddly realistic ending for two ridiculously realistic characters, portrayed with a writing style of dream-like quality."
"He's a very descriptive writer who not only describes the scenery in such a way that envelops the reader, but he also paints a vivid picture of the players."
"This book had a very Gastby-esque feel to it. So if you like The Great Gastby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, you'll love this book."
"[…]Jazz is a remarkable story that will stay with you long after you read it."
"C'est beau; c'est tout simplement beau."
Date published: 25th of July 2012
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While the Portland Trail Blazers have proven time and again to have the NBA's weirdest fans (though OKC is quickly contesting that title), you'll occasionally see some wackiness up north at Air Canada Centre. After all, you'd have to have a few screws loose to fork over loonies to watch such a rotten basketball team. Here's a bit of an internet invasion from yesterday's game, with Pedobear being especially disconcerting given where he appears to be casting his gaze.
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Since 1972 the Inter-University Centre (IUC) for Post-Graduate Studies, Dubrovnik, Croatia has organized academic programs composed of international and multidisciplinary courses, symposia and conferences covering all areas of scientific inquiry and professional endeavors. Over 400 university members from all over the world have contributed, on an ongoing basis, to diverse and different annual offerings. Bemidji State University (BSU) is a member of IUC and collaborates with some 30 IUC institutions from all all over the world. See Member Institutions for a list of Bemidji State Universityís collaborative institutions.
Since 1989 the IUC School of Social Work Theory and Practice has developed a network of professionals in the U.S., Canada, Europe, India, Africa and New Zealand. These professionals are associated with the program as course organizing directors, course directors, and resource persons. All of these professionals have areas of special interest and expertise which will be utilized through Bemidji State Universityís collaborative distance education. See Affiliated Professionals for more information.
As of 1998, Bemidji State University has been a member of the IUC and is the coordinator of the social work international distance delivery project. Bemidji State University is providing demonstration curriculum development, international faculty recruitment and international course(s) delivery. These programs are at graduate and undergraduate level with transferable credits.
Our goal is to offer long distance social work education which reflects specific needs and traditions of different countries and regions all over the world. Nothing can replace direct participation, but electronics offer a viable alternative. Technology enables us to deliver the annual program using interactive communication and other options. In the future new programs may be added and customized to meet the needs of a particular region of the world or particular categories of individuals.
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Plaza in the Classroom
by Anthony Ross
Anthony Ross is a research assistant in the Faculty of Information
Studies at the University of Toronto. He can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.com
While an information studies student at the Faculty of Information
Studies at the University of Toronto, I took a course that dealt
with information and culture in a global context, in which we were
introduced to the Global Information Village Plaza. It made sense
given the nature of the course, and one assignment in particular
required us to prepare a position statement about our thoughts on
the much-hyped information society and its implications for
us as individuals and professionals. In doing so, I quickly realized
that there was a lot more going on in the information world than was
evident to me in the course of my day-to-day studies or at the
reference desk where I worked part-time. Just because at school and
at work I did not necessarily feel like a part of the global
community did not mean that community, and all it entails, was
not there. It made me realize that there were larger, more sweeping
issues at hand that did not necessarily affect me in an immediate or
intimate way. However, these issues and ideas stayed with me and
continued to spur me to think about the role of information
professionals in society and in the world and to consider why forums
and dialogue (such as the Global Plaza) are important to any
development of a real global information society. That experience
made me think about answers to questions that I had never been
asked; some questions that I did not even know existed. I think it
is important that we as information professionals continue to ask
those questions and think seriously about the answers.
The globalization of information and the continued burgeoning
of the information society bring with them a complex array of
implications and effects that are, in and of themselves, difficult
to grasp. And beyond theorizing about what is going on in the
information world on a global scale and what might happen tomorrow
or next year, practicing information professionals still have to go
about their days and do their jobs. To me the global information
society certainly does exist in some form, but not simply because
we have named it so. Just because the world is more connected in
some way does not necessarily make it a community, a society.
We have to be careful of the potential to create in theory
something that is not there in reality. The hurdles to the creation
of a true global information society are the same hurdles that could
stand in the way of any global dynamic. Regardless of connectivity
or access, people still belong to different cultures, speak
different languages and view the world in different ways. Technology
does not necessarily recognize such differences. Furthermore, if we
are to talk about a global community of any kind, we had better make
sure that it is in fact global. A large part of the world is still
not able or capable of making a phone call, let alone engaging in
international collaboration using ICTs. I think we will miss an
opportunity if we allow the notion of the global information society
to follow along the North American business model and the ongoing
trends toward media ownership concentration. As participants in our
own information communities, based in areas of knowledge and
geography, we have to contribute in our own way to the ever-widening
information commons that many of us have access to.
Perhaps this contribution requires of us and our
organizations and professional societies a new perspective and a
broader context in which to view ourselves. If organizations and
associations actively look beyond their own borders into truly
international information waters then perhaps the effects would
filter down to their individual members. We all micro-manage our own
information worlds as it suits us and as we require, but it is
sometimes difficult to see the bigger picture, and our professional
organizations should help to situate our information contexts.
Collectively and individually, the potential for a global
information community offers the opportunity for social change and
involvement. With more resources and connections available to us now
than ever before, we have a chance to contribute to a sort of global
information commons, assuming we want to and that we understand what
we are doing. Conversely, the globalization of information could be
viewed as simply a bigger pool of resources from which we can take
what we need without much regard for giving back. These questions
are subjective and involve our personal and professional ethics and
philosophies. It would be naïve, however, not to consider the fact
that the information society is still an exclusive one, and how the
information science and technology community addresses that fact
will certainly affect the shape of things to come.
In considering the global information society, I think it is important to remember that what appears to many of us to be global is in fact just a portion of what is out there. It is a representation of those countries or communities that have the access and the ability to be a part of the information dynamic. In the (at times) overwhelming information environment in which we live, it is easy to forget some of the disparities that exist in the information world and think that we really are all connected. Still, the increased access that we do have provides us the opportunity to experience more of the world and its cultures and people (in a way), as well as providing us with a forum for these issues should we choose to discuss them. Although I think a real global information society is more of a catchphrase than a reality at this point, we do have an opportunity, but we need to consider some grassroots-level issues before we can really look around at the world from the treetops.
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Information Science and Technology


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Got this at Lowes for $20 in January 2013. I was reduced and when I got to the counter the guy reduced it even more. The price tag said $29. Apparently it has a fungus? Thats reduced from $99 which is what the other Valencia Orange of that size were.
Planted it right under the old grapefruit tree so its not ideal but its forward planning.
Considering when I planted it its doing OK, has a few oranges on it, a bit green, and also some new shoots.
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Brian Wilson Says 'Smile' Was 'Too Ambitious'
It took 45 years, but the most famous unreleased album in rock history finally became a pretty good five CD adventure with the release of the Beach Boys 'Smile' last month. Brian Wilson says he's happy with the finished product, and he knows why the band wasn't able to finish it back in 1966.
"'Smile' was too ambitious, too big to finish first time around," the singer tells Mojo in the Dec. 2011 edition. "It feels more complete now. We've completed something that wasn't complete."
That's a good way of summarizing the rumored and confirmed drama that surrounded the original making of the album. Objections from the band, and their record label Capitol Records helped shelve the project, but Wilson seems suggests much of that stems from trying to take on too much.
The 69-year-old also addresses what was seen as a competition with the Beatles, admitting that he didn't feel like he had the upper hand during the recording process. "I didn't feel as if I was beating the Beatles. I just hoped they'd like it. They never told me if they did." Despite it's ambition and the eventual size of the finished project, he doesn't consider 'Smile' to be his masterpiece.
"No, I think that's 'Pet Sounds.'"


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January 31, 2009
Columbus is a generous place. We give to causes. We give for art. In this city, "The Friendly City," most of us would be mortified to know that someone was really hungry.
Oh, I don''t mean that ennui for a cola and a Moon Pie, or the wish that dinner would cook itself. I am talking about a deep, haven''t-eaten-in-a-day emptiness.
In our city, lunch is sacred. Businesses, even the gas company, close for the noon meal. We would gladly feed anyone who asked.
Indeed, there is much help for those who can ask. The Salvation Army gives bags of groceries to hungry humans. Almost every church has a program to feed God''s children. "Ask and ye shall receive."
But, what about those who cannot speak? We are not a community of empaths, who "just know" what is needed. Are any of us likely to look into a pair of dark, soulful eyes and be able to read that mind?
I''m worried about the animals. I''m worried about the pet owners who cannot afford to feed their furry family members.
We have a place for strays. The Humane Society does wonderful work, and truly on a shoestring.
I spoke to Karen Johnwick, director of Columbus-Lowndes Humane Society. "We are grateful for donations of pet food, or money," she told me. "But our resources are quite limited. We need everything we receive for the animals we take in. There is no help for individual pet owners."
Right now, about 200 homeless dogs and cats are housed at the facility. Someday, when a new building is constructed, there will be increased capacity for other species.
"However, some pets are surrendered only because the families can no longer afford to care for them," Johnwick says. Most are euthanized.
She also told me many larger communities have a "Pet Pantry," where owners can get free pet food and other supplies in difficult times.
Columbus has nothing like that. I wish for a way to help pet parents before they are forced to give up a dear friend. I wish for a pet food bank.
Big problems sometimes have simple solutions. Animal lovers could start with a very small ministry. When we go to the grocery, we could pick up an extra bag or can of food, or maybe some kitty litter. Someone could offer a garage or carport for temporary storage.
I envision a free service where the human recipients could volunteer time in exchange for their pet''s food. They could also replenish stock when personal circumstances change.
Perhaps, someday, a follower of Saint Francis of Assisi may write a grant, or leave a huge legacy, for this mission. Eventually, the plan may evolve into veterinary services, especially to provide those costly medications, or spaying and neutering. Until then, I truly believe that this could work on a very small scale.
It is easy to feel powerless. The problems that swirl around us like a hurricane seem overwhelming. War, the economy, health care, all are too vast, too enormous for any of us to affect. But, feeding just one of the Earth''s creatures is something anyone can do.
There is power in action. The people of Columbus may someday be known for our kindness to the small and silent among us. We could start now.
Adele Elliott, a New Orleans native, moved to Columbus after Hurricane Katrina. E-mail reaches her at [email protected]
Adele Elliott, a New Orleans native, moved to Columbus after Hurricane Katrina.
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Ian Knapp drives a tow truck all over the Bay Area, sometimes working as many as 65 hours a week, helping people who are stranded in unsafe situations.
It wasn't long ago, Knapp needed help himself.
"I became a foster child while I was in elementary school and spent the majority of my young years there," Knapp said. He confided that his parents were abusive and even though he eventually was allowed to return to their home, he left soon after.
"I did not graduate from high school. I actually had dropped out halfway through my senior year and became homeless, and I've been homeless up until I got this job," Knapp said.
He got the job with Alongi Bros. through TeenForce, a Silicon Valley non-profit staffing agency which serves job seekers between the ages of 14 and 20 years old. Sixty-percent of their clients are former or current foster youth.
TeenForce screens the job seekers, helps them with resumes, interviewing skills, and any necessary background checks or licensing. They'll even handle payroll for the 60 employers that work with the agency.
For some of the teens, the temporary job has turned into permanent long-term employment.
One teen is now a state-licensed termite inspector with Planet Orange, and several others are working in the mortgage industry.
"Nobody needs to be a self-sufficient young adult faster than these young people and we want to prove that Santa Clara County, through private sector business, without any government funding and we want to prove that we can do that here and be a model for other counties," said John Hogan, TeenForce founder and CEO.
This year, TeenForce set a goal of putting 100 foster youth to work in one year.
Through a partnership with the Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce, the agency is on course to hit that goal ahead of time. Now what they'd like are more employers to take a gamble on kids who ended up in foster care, not because they were bad, but because their situation was.
In its three years, TeenForce put 275 people to work, earning nearly $700,000.
And they've helped create relationships that work for the teens and managers like John Golden of Alongi Bros.
"It makes me feel good that I helped Ian out. He's a nice person, and it's nice to have a nice person working for you," Golden said.


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Career Advice >> Browse Articles >> Resumes & Interviews
"Where Will You Be in Five Years?" Answers
Christina Macres | NonProfitPeople
"Where do you see yourself in five years?" — we all know the question. So why are we still stumped when someone asks this granddaddy of a ridiculous interview question in our interview? Here's why – because most job seekers believe it has no relevance. The reason? No company can (or ever will) guarantee an employee a job for five years.
But, quite frankly, this is the wrong way of looking at this question. And, in actuality, this question (although obscurely phrased) is actually one of the easiest interview questions to answer — if you know how to answer it properly. The secret? Most interviewers look for interviewees to answer by way of long-term professional goals. So instead of sweating, rolling your eyes (don't do it!), or drawing a complete blank when asked your five-year goal, use it an opportunity to share your motivation for the job, your goals for building your expertise, and your eagerness to succeed. It really works — we swear!
Check out these five tips on how to best answer this doozy of an interview question:
Tip #1: Choose the best answer.
Only after you've gotten a good feel for the company, as well as for the potential position, will you actually be able to state your five-year plan suitably. Why? Because the hiring manager is using this knowledge as a basis for the "right answer" — don't be fooled, there's always a right answer! For example if you wish to be hired by an older company looking for employees who want to develop their expertise, not management skills, it's probably not the best idea to talk at length about your managerial goals.
Heads up: Interviews work both ways. Always keep in mind that you are using this interview as a means to analyze the potential employer as well. If their needs don't mesh with your creative goals and career outlook, it might be necessary to look elsewhere.
An answer for those who want to be experts: If your career goal is to be an expert in your field (this is more likely to be true of younger professionals, or those who are newer to their careers) you may want to say something like, " In five years, I see myself as a successful graphic designer (or your creative field), and learning new skills that will benefit the company and help me achieve my career goals. I am eager to experience new challenges and excited to invest five years time specializing in a career I find extremely interesting and motivating."
An answer for those who wish to be management: If your career goal is to move up the ranks because you've become an expert in your field, you may want to say something like, "In five years I see myself in a management role. This would allow me to demonstrate my aptitude for managing others and having more responsibility. I am a dedicated employee and hope to better both my career and my company via my commitment and enthusiasm."
Tip #2: Be realistic and motivated.
It doesn't matter how well you answer the five-year question, if you don't answer it realistically, you'll loose the respect of your interviewer. For example, it's probably not the best idea to announce that you'd like to be creative director in five years during your internship interview. Once you've presented yourself as unrealistic, good luck trying to get your interviewer to take the rest of your interview seriously.
Tip #3: Communicate that you're in it for the long haul.
Many interviewers ask this dreaded question to decipher whether you're just settling for the position or using it as stepping stone for bigger, better opportunities. Assure your interviewer that you're looking to make a long-term commitment to the company and your career. Do this by stating goals clearly. Make sure to convey that you believe future success comes with everyday excellence. You can steal that last part if you want.
Tip #4: Demonstrate that you've read the job description.
Nothing irks an interviewer or is more disappointing than a potential employee who hasn't done their homework. Not only are you not equipped for the conversation you're about to have, you're also confirming that you like wasting people's time and looking totally unprepared.
Bad interviewee.
What you're really doing if you don't prepare and research? You're just making the interview that much harder on yourself.
Good Idea: Use the company's strengths to capitalize on your own. For instance, if the company is largely team-based, mention that you're a good team player and work best in collaborative environments. While you're answering, use the specific duties listed in the job description to formulate professional goals. Your interviewer will like that you're knowledgeable and that your goals fit with those of the company.
Remember, going into the interview you should have a clear idea of the working environment, the environment you work best in, and what interests you about the job. This way you can meld those answers into the inevitable "Where will you be in five years?" question.
Tip #5: Walk a fine line.
Meaning, don't overshare or be too descriptive when describing the next five years of your professional life. Interviewees tend to answer this question either in a personal nature or by delving into the innermost yearnings of what they want for their future careers. Don't do it! The first response comes off as unprofessional; the second, whiny.
Without going into great detail or mentioning specific positions, communicate to the interviewer that you are motivated, knowledgeable, and eager to take on the position.
Tie your future goals to the potential position and the company's vision and you're golden.
Knock'em dead!


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"Since I'm yowayowa, it's really heavy to carry SLR cameras around," says Tokyo resident Natsumi Hayashi in her blog, Yowayowa Camera Woman Diary.
The petite young photographer may identify as such, but her self-portraits indicate that she is anything but weak. Gravity-defying, focused, and ethereal seem more appropriate adjectives to describe Hayashi, who has no formal training and has only been photographing regularly for about four years. According to the gallery's director, Viviette Hunt, Richard Levy discovered part of Hayashi's series, Today's Levitation, at an art fair and purchased her images on the spot. Levitations is her first show in the United States.
The collection consists of seven images, all depicting Hayashi floating, hovering, and gliding her way through contemporary urban environments whilst participating in mundane, everyday tasks—such as speaking on a public telephone (yes, they do still exist in some parts of the world) or drinking from a water fountain. Her photography is far from ordinary, however. These are large, colorful images that possess a striking beauty and an innate quietness. Fascinated by the English idiom of having one's feet on the ground, Hayashi is making a name for herself through a whimsical photographic exploration of gravity. Or anti-gravity, as the case may be.
Truly, up-and-coming attractive females making self-portraits are abundant creatures in contemporary photography. So, what makes this girl so appealing? The effortless serenity captured in Hayashi's levitation series seems to be the primary characteristic that draws viewers to her work. Levy Gallery's director, Viviette Hunt, described the series as "uplifting," with a slight grin. A group of middle-aged women stood in front of what seemed to be one of the most popular images, in which Hayashi is exiting a huge train and hovering several feet off the ground. Her chin leads, her arms trail delicately behind her body, with one knee bent, looking like a modern-day Peter Pan. "How did she do that!?" exclaimed one woman. "She's very ... agile," observed another, in an awed voice. "If i were rich, I'd buy one ... I think they're great!" chimed in a third. Nods of agreement all around.
Surreal imagery of figures floating or suspended in space have grown in popularity over the last several years. (Google "levitation photography" and you'll see what I mean.) Research the subject a little further and you'll find tons of online tutorials instructing photographers how to create these images—using Photoshop.
Admirably, Natsumi Hayashi seems to be the only well-known photographer to be utilizing the "purist method" to achieve a look of natural levitation. Instead of employing a graphics editing program, she relies on a lightning-fast shutter speed (her camera is generally set to 1/500th of a second or faster) and patient, physically grueling repetition. And she's willing to share her techniques—her Camera Woman blog contains a fairly thorough description of her process.
Not surprisingly, I overheard two photographers at the Levitations reception discussing whether Hayashi's images were photoshopped. Friendly banter accompanied a close inspection of a photo of Hayashi gliding weightlessly through a train terminal. The blurriness of her feet, indicating movement, seemed a reasonable clue that the image had not been meaningfully altered out-of-camera. However, neither man seemed convinced of that fact until the gallery's director assured them that Hayahi creates her images using only her camera. And a LOT of jumping. Hayashi says that she will sometimes jump hundreds of times just to capture the perfect image—one in which her entire being appears calm and relaxed.
Across the room, a young tattooed couple admired the image of Hayashi at a public water fountain. She's positioned herself in the air so that her body is perfectly balanced in a virtually horizontal, very "Matrix-esque" position. "She's got mad hops!" said the guy. Indeed, she does.