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MANSFIELD, Conn.—Defending Little East Conference Champion Eastern Connecticut State University (7-5, 2-0) earned their 17th and 18th consecutive LEC regular season victories, with a pair of wins over UMass Boston (5-10, 0-2) at the Eastern Connecticut State Softball Field Saturday afternoon.
While the Warriors graduated four-time All-American pitcher Molly Rathbun, the Beacons still struggled to score against the Little East Conference favorites, putting just three runs on the board in two games. The Warriors won game one by an 8-2 score, before earning the sweep with a 9-1 six-inning mercy-rule victory.
Despite totaling 20 hits throughout the course of the two games, Erika Vecchiet (Pequannock, N.J.) was the only run-producer for the Beacons, registering all three of UMB's RBI on the day. The junior second baseman finished the day 1-for-4 with a pair of sacrifice flies.
The top half of the Beacons order provided the brunt of the hits on the day, as seniors Kelsey Souza (Braintree, Mass.), Taryn Asta (Marshfield, Mass.) and Sue Killilea (Abington, Mass.) combined to finish 12-for-20, with Souza scoring all three UMB runs. Souza put together one of her best doubleheaders of the season, recording five hits in seven trips to the plate.
Game One: Eastern Connecticut State 8, UMass Boston 2
The Warriors used a four-run bottom of the third inning to take control of Saturday's first game and Erin Miller held the Beacons scoreless from there, as Eastern Connecticut went above .500 for only the second time this season.
Eastern Connecticut State's Megan Godwin and Kelly Patterson led the way for the Warriors with five hits and six RBI. On the mound, Miller allowed two runs on 11 hits over the course of seven innings, to move to 3-1 on the year.
Vecchiet would provide all of the Beacons' offense, as she registered two go-ahead sacrifice flies in the opening innings that scored Souza.
Freshman Emily Gray (New Bedford, Mass.) took the loss for UMB, allowing eight runs, five earned, in six innings.
UMass Boston jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, when Souza and Killilea each singled and Vecchiet plated Souza with a sacrifice fly to left field.
The Warriors responded in the bottom half of the inning with a run of their own, only to have the Beacons make it 2-1 in the third. Souza led off with a single and moved over to third base with one out, on a sacrifice bunt from Asta and a bunt single from Killilea. Vecchiet once again came up in the clutch, with a long fly ball to right field that was deep enough to score Souza.
Eastern Connecticut State went ahead for good in the third inning behind four base hits and an error. After Godwin put the Warriors ahead 3-2 with one out, Patterson gave the host team some breathing room, with a 2-out, 2-run double to right-center field.
That would be more than enough for Miller, who held UMB to an 0-for-7 showing with runners in scoring position.
Game Two: Eastern Connecticut State 9, UMass Boston 1 (6 Innings)
Game two would be more of the same, as UMB jumped out to an early lead, only to have the Warriors strike for nine-straight runs over the final five-and-a-half innings.
Christine Acker was dominant in the pitching circle for Eastern Connecticut, allowing nine hits and one earned run in six innings of work.
Sam Rossetti finished 3-for-4 with 3 RBI for the hosts, while Mattie Brett and Alicia White each tacked on two RBI apiece.
Souza and Killilea led the Beacons with two hits apiece, while five other UMB players recorded a base hit.
On the mound, Michelle Zullo (Everett, Mass.) took the loss, giving up nine runs, seven earned, in six innings.
The Beacons took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, when Vecchiet singled to left field to score Souza from third base, after the senior third baseman had reached with a leadoff walk.
Eastern Connecticut responded with a run of their own in the bottom half, when White doubled to center field, to score Arielle Cooper from third base.
After a scoreless second inning, the Warriors blew the game wide open in the bottom of the third, with a 5-run outburst spurred by three doubles. The Warriors put the game away in the sixth inning, on a Rosetti walk-off single, to earn the 9-1 win.
UMass Boston will return to non-conference action Tuesday, when they travel to Wheaton College for a pair of game beginning at 3 p.m.

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He tells us, "the dip in volume coincided with revenue dip as well which didn't happen previously. Typically, when this happens, it is an indication that the peak might have been reached and the curves will decline from here on out."
The reason text messaging and revenue is down is that more people have smartphones, which have apps that help users avoid carriers texting services.


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Gabriella, the English mastiff sentenced to death by Hingham selectmen for biting two women, has been spared by a clerk magistrate in Hingham District Court, who ordered the dog sent to a shelter in New York instead. But her owner, Megan Ullman of Hingham, faces criminal charges stemming from the biting incidents.
The owner of an English mastiff that bit two women has saved her dog from a death sentence but now faces criminal charges herself.
Hingham police have charged Megan Ullman in connection with the bitings, one each in June 2008 and in June 2009. She is charged with disorderly conduct, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury (the dog) and reckless assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (the dog).
According to documents on file at Hingham District Court, police warned Ullman and her husband, Robert, numerous times about having their two dogs loose in the Hingham Square gallery they run.
One of the dogs, Gabriella, bit two women – including Stacey Wakefield, the wife of Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield, and Krista Brewer of Braintree – when they walked into the gallery.
Hingham police first warned Megan Ullman in July 2008 that she could face a criminal complaint for disorderly conduct if the dogs were seen at the store again. Since that time, there have been five recorded incidents of the mastiffs being in the gallery during business hours, according to court documents.
Ullman is due in court Nov. 30.
Meanwhile, her dog Gabriella has been spared by a clerk magistrate in Hingham District Court. Hingham selectmen voted unanimously last month to have the 8-year-old dog put down. The Ullmans appealed that decision to Hingham District Court and a magistrate ordered Thursday that the dog be sent to a shelter in New York instead.
"(The dog) is going to be transported to a shelter, a farm in New York, and she will live out her natural life there," Hingham Police Lt. Michael Peraino said after the magistrate's ruling. "Hingham Animal Control Officer Leslie Badger did an incredible amount of work to find a safe place for Gabriella and was able to find this shelter so that she can live a good life out there."
Peraino added: "I think everybody is happy that Gabriella will not be put down. She is going to be transported to an animal shelter specializing in animals who have been involved in similar incidents and people won't have to worry about her biting anyone again."
The Ullmans have 10 days to decide if they will appeal the magistrate's decision. Last week, they asked the court to consider sending the dog to a breeder in Uxbridge, who has offered to take the dog.
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U.S. stocks opened sharply higher after the announcement of a coordinated effort among the world's central banks to enhance liquidity.
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- U.S. stocks opened sharply higher after the announcement of a coordinated effort among the world's central banks to enhance liquidity.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was adding 244 points, or 2.1%, at 11,800. The S&P 500 was up 27 points, 2.3%, at 1222 and the Nasdaq was rising 69 points, or 2.7%, at 2584.
The central banks of Canada, England, Japan, Europe, Switzerland and the US announced measures to "ease strains in the financial markets and thereby mitigate the effects of such strains on the supply of credit to households and businesses and so help foster economic activity," said the Fed.
The central banks will lower the pricing on all existing temporary US dollar liquidity swap arrangements by 50 basis points. The new rate will take effect on Dec. 5.
China's central bank said Wednesday that it will cut the reserve requirement ratio for lenders by 50 basis points starting Dec. 5. The move, the first since Dec. 2008, is expected to help bolster China's economy and increase liquidity as the markets in developed nations remain unstable.
The rate cut may also signal that China will consider loosening its monetary policy in the future. Markets were becoming optimistic about the possibility the Asian superpower will once again come to the rescue of the global economy.
"While multi-national coordination can only be viewed as a positive, the deep rot in U.S. and European financial institutions that sparked the need for this move -- underscored by yesterday's S&P downgrade of 37 financials -- will not be addressed by simply increasing liquidity," caution Waverly Advisors strategists. "As we have been reminded again and again in recent years, decisive action by central bankers can only accomplish short-term fixes without supporting action by their governments that address underlying structural issues. With political will in desperately short supply in the European Union, U.S. and Japan, there seems scant hope for this time to be different," they said in a client note.
German unemployment data for November also lifted market sentiment. Unemployment in the eurozone's largest economy dropped 20,000 to 2.91 million, the lowest level since Nov. 1991
These promising developments have, for now, helped steer some attention away from the shaky details on how European finance ministers plan to bolster the European rescue fund, following their meeting in Brussels Tuesday. Investors are now looking to the European summit on Dec. 9 for more direction on how European leaders plan to contain the debt crisis amid soaring borrowing costs in Spain and Italy.
London's FTSE was rising 2.95%, and Germany's DAX was gaining 4.21%. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei Average settled down 0.51%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 1.46% at the close.
Private-sector employment increased by 206,000 in November from a revised 130,000 in October, according to the latest ADP national employment report. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected private sector jobs would increase by 130,000 in November from an originally reported 110,000 for October.
A number of other key U.S. economic metrics will be released Wednesday as well.
The Chicago Institute for Supply Management will release its reading on the health of the region's manufacturing sector at 9:45 am. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters see the purchasing managers' index remaining unchanged in November at October's 58.4 level. A reading above 50 indicates expansion in the manufacturing sector.
The National Association of Realtors' pending home sales report for October, which arrives at 10 a.m., will likely show a rise of 1.5%, according to economists polled by Thomson Reuters. That compares with a drop of 4.6% in September.
The Federal Reserve will issue its beige book summary of economic conditions in 12 Federal Reserve districts at 2 p.m.
Standard & Poor's cut its ratings of Goldman Sachs(:GS), Bank of America's(:BAC) Merrill Lynch unit and Citigroup's(:C) long-term debt to A- from A, and put their ratings on a "negative" watch.
S&P's new ratings were part of a sweeping change to its rating methodology for 37 financial institutions published earlier this month. Wells Fargo(:WFC) was downgraded to A+ from AA-, and JPMorgan Chase(:JPM) was cut to A from A+.
Pfizer's(:PFE) best-selling product, cholesterol drug Lipitor, is being offered in generic form starting Wednesday. The drug manufacturer is making a push to maintain sales of Lipitor by offering direct mailing of the drug on its Web site. Watson Pharmaceuticals(:WPI) said Wednesday it began shipping an authorized generic version of Lipitor. Pfizer shares rose 1.1% to $19.62.
OmniVision Technologies(:OVTI), the digital imaging company, gave a weak outlook for the current quarter. OmniVision, which makes image sensor chips used in mobile phones, computers and other products, said it expects non-GAAP earnings of 5 cents to 17 cents a share for the quarter ending in January with revenue between $160 million and $180 million. Analysts expect Omnivision to post a profit of 26 cents a share in the quarter on revenue of $201.4 million. Omnivision fell 10.3% to $10.04.
WebMD(:WBMD) is exploring a sales process, according to a source with knowledge of the situation. The medical information company is already in discussions with private equity-firms, the source said, and has hired an investment bank, which is believed to be Credit Suisse. WebMD shares were unchanged at $35.25. The stock is down 37.1% year to date.
January oil futures were gaining $1.60 at $101.39, and February gold futures were spiking $29.50 at $1,748.40.
The benchmark 10-year Treasury was falling 27/32, raising the yield to 2.087%. The U.S. dollar index was falling 1.2% at $78.09.
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Sofia Vergara looked beautiful, as usual, at the Met Ball last night. Her makeup was done by Celebrity Makeup Artist Kayleen McAdams.
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We wanted to make the focus of this look the eye so we went with a strong black liner but as a subtle cat eye rather than a harsh line.
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Please see Note 1 for description of Greetings from New York City postcard.
Above: Map of the Flatiron District of New York City, courtesy of MapQuest.
The metaphorical intersection of architecture, idiomatic phraseology, and – at least to some extent – postcards, all converged on the geographic intersection of Fifth Avenue, Broadway, and 23rd Street in New York City in the very early 1900s to produce what some lexicographers consider to be the first fad phrase to sweep the entire nation: "23 skidoo" (sometimes spelled "23 skiddoo"). There are many theories as to the origin of 23 skidoo, but the following explanation is the one that seems most believable to me.
Around 1902, construction was completed on one of the tallest buildings in New York City, the 21-story Fuller Building, which would house the headquarters of the Fuller Construction Company. Chicago architect Daniel Burnham designed the structure to fit on the slice-of-pie-shaped parcel of land formed where Broadway and Fifth Avenue intersect at a sharp angle with 23rd Street. Since the triangular outline of the resulting skyscraper resembled a flat iron, the building was referred to as the flat iron building, and the name officially was changed to the Flatiron Building soon after construction.
Please see Note 2 for description of Fifth Avenue and Flat Iron Building postcard.
Both Broadway and Fifth Avenue are major thoroughfares in the city, and air currents would flow along those streets much like air is channeled through a canyon. Due to its location on 23rd Street at the convergence of these two canyon-like roads, the air currents mixed and swirled around the apex of the Flatiron Building, causing unusual wind patterns that included the occasional updraft, which would tend to lift the long skirts worn by women in the very early 1900s. As soon as it became known to the local male population that this was the case, men began to gather on Twenty-third Street at the base of the Flatiron Building to gawk. The intersection was already one of the busiest in New York City, so police would be on foot patrol in the area to shoo away these thrill-seeking loiterers who were clogging the sidewalks. My tattered old Webster's Dictionary defines "skidoo" (actually, the entry is spelled "skiddoo") thus: "to go away; leave: usually in the imperative." So, the officer's command to the loitering men, "Leave immediately!" became known as the "23 skidoo".
Here is an example of just how windy the conditions could be:
(Please note that this video must fully load before it begins to play.) At the Foot of the Flatiron (filmed November 2, 1903). 24 seconds into the film, watch as a man enters the scene from from left to right. As he turns to look at the movie camera, the wind lifts his hat right off of his head! Also, at about 1 minute 40 seconds, a lady purchases a newspaper from a newsboy just out of the movie camera view (they enter from the right). She huddles against the base of the Flatiron building to read the newspaper, but the wind is whipping around so fiercely that the newspaper is completely unmanageable, and she exits the scene to the left, clutching the crumpled remains of what had just moments before been a pristine paper! Also, one or more local beat policemen are seen at three different times in just this short film that is less than three minutes in length.
23 skidoo might have remained an idiomatic phrase merely local to NYC, perhaps even just to Midtown Manhattan, were it not for the fact that in the second half of the first decade of the 1900s (1905, 1906, 1907, etc.), the picture postcard was becoming extremely popular as a means of sending quick, short messages. Having just been built in 1902, and being one of the tallest buildings in New York at the time (the Park Row Building, built in 1899, was the tallest), the Flatiron Building was a natural as an image to grace the front of a picture postcard. Some postcard publishers, banking on the knowledge that the unusual air patterns around the Flatiron Building were liable to cause what might today be called a "skirt malfunction", even pictured women with skirts aflutter in front of the famous building. Here is an example of one such post card, with the caption:
"A flat iron is a good thing for doing up skirts"
Such postcards were sent across the nation, and even around the world, and so it is that the postcard may have been instrumental in the viral spread of the phrase 23 skidoo.
The term itself is the subject of this postcard:
The sender saw no need to send the recipient a long "Dear John" letter. It took only this one sentence on a suitably chosen postcard to end the relationship: "Well Jess, I thought it over and this is the ans on the other side." Note that along the bottom of the obverse is "COPYRIGHTED 1907 D HILLSON", indicating that the term 23 skidoo was already so well known by 1907 that it had its own postcard! The postmark on the reverse is unreadable (the card is printed on card stock that is coarsely textured on both sides), but the one cent stamp commemorating the founding of Jamestown in 1607 was issued in 1907 (for the tercentenary anniversary), so the postcard was almost certainly sent in 1907 (commemorative stamps were only available at the post office for a limited time). According to the address, the recipient lived in the area of Scio, Ohio, and so the sender must have assumed that someone in the little village of Scio (Harrison County) in southeast Ohio would have understood that "23 skidoo" meant "scram" or "skedaddle".
Update of 01/03/2011: Happy New Year 2011! As if to celebrate the arrival of this newly minted year, the blogsite 23 skidoo postcards today posted images of hundreds of postcards that relate to the phrase "23 skidoo" either by having 23 or skidoo or both on the front of the postcard. I am officially adding 23 skidoo postcards to my blogroll. I noticed in their "Police" and "Messengers" section the images of several postcards that were published by Barton & Spooner, so I present one as a way of officially welcoming 23 skidoo postcards to my postcardiness blogroll:
Note especially the presence of the distinct outline of the Flatiron Building in the panorama of buildings that forms the background of the illustration. Note, too, the prominent "23" emblazoned on the brass badge across the front of the messenger's cap. Although many postcards feature "23" or "skidoo", very few actually link the terms with the Flatiron Building on the same postcard. This postcard, however, provides irrefutable postcard evidence that "23", and — by extension — "23 skidoo" were linked in the popular imagination with the Flatiron Building. So, welcome 23 skidoo postcards!
The phrase 23 skidoo is still in use today, although it is not as wildly popular as it was in the early twentieth century. 23 skidoo lives on in the name taken by the hip-hop-for-kids (and adults!) artist Secret Agent 23 Skidoo.
Here is his "Gotta Be Me", available on the recently released CD "Easy":
Fun facts: The address of the Flatiron building is 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. The Flatiron Building has its own facebook page.
Being so tall and narrow, most postcard views of the Flatiron Building are composed vertically, so that the image is properly viewed when the postal card has the shorter edges at the bottom and top, and the longer edges on the left and right side. In fact, postcards of the Flatiron Building that are meant to be held in the normal, horizontal, position are only found infrequently. But just one such card that shows the skyline of the Flatiron District with the Flatiron Building in the center is featured as the seventh (and final) postcard in We are well and HAPPY, posted by Susan E. of This Old Paper. It is well worth a look, since such a view is so unusual. You can click on the image to get an enlarged view. The post chronicles the honeymoon in New York City of Emily and Joseph Schifferli in August, 1906, by way of the postcards that they sent back to relatives in Buffalo, New York. Most people think of Niagara Falls as a honeymoon destination, but for the newlywed Schifferli couple, apparently the Flatiron Building, only four years old, already was a "must see" destination while in New York City.
For your viewing pleasure, more postcard views of the Flatiron Building are provided below. Your comments about any aspect of this post are solicited!
This post is being submitted to the Festival of Postcards, coordinated by Evelyn Yvonne Theriault, since the theme of this Festival (8th Edition) is "Geo." July 16, 2010 update: The Geo edition of the Festival has been posted!
Obverse: "Greetings from New York City". Stylized street map with the following labels: Trinity Church, Woolworth Building, City Hall, Empire State Building, Metropollitan Opera, Times Square, Madison Square Garden, New York Coliseum, Laguardia Field, United Nations, Eastside Airlines Terminal, Grand Central Station, Chrysler Building, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Radio City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of History, Hayden Planetarium, St. John the Divine, Museum of New York, Columbia University, Grant's Tomb, Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium. Reverse: The numeral 142 in the upper left corner. The caption identifies the numbered items on the map, including the Statue of Liberty. The text in the vertical divider strip is printed from top to bottom: Acacia Card Company, 256 Broadway, New York 7, N. Y. The use of a station number rather than a ZIP code indicates that the card was printed before 1965, most likely in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
Obverse: In upper left corner: "Fifth Avenue and Flat Iron Building, New York City" In lower left corner: © by American Studio, N. Y. Reverse: Caption heading in upper left corner: FIFTH AVENUE AND FLAT IRON BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY, with caption: Fifth Avenue here crosses Broadway and 23rd Street, the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue forming a triangle, which is the site of the Flat Iron Building Known as the first steel frame skyscraper erected in New York. Along left side (from bottom to top): PUBLISHED BY MANHATTAN POST CARD CO., NEW YORK, N. Y. Centered in the divider strip (from top to bottom): C. T. AMERICAN ART COLORED, with a 30 in a circle at the top of the divider strip, and the Curt Teich Company, Chicago logo at the bottom. To the left of the stamp box is POST CARD in a large font, with "THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY" in smaller font underneath. Inside the stamp box is "PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE", with the number 77870 under the text.
Obverse: "NEW YORK." in upper left. "FLATIRON BUILDING. BROADWAY & 23 RD STREET." in upper right. Reverse: Undivided back, printed with brown ink.. Three dotted lines for the name and address, with the number 128 under the bottom line, to the right. "Post Card" printed in a Gothic font in upper center, with "This side is for the address." printed in the lower left. "Place the Stamp Here One Cent for United States, and Island Possessions, Cuba, Canada and Mexico. Two Cents For Foreign." is inside of the stampbox formed of small dots. General comments: This view is taken at street level, and must have been based on a photograph of the Fuller Building taken soon after construction was completed (circa 1902), since the extension to the ground-floor apex of the building — sometimes called the cowcatcher — had not yet been constructed. Another indication that this is one of the earliest views of the completed Flatiron builing is the presence of placards placed across the apex windows on the second, third, fourth and sixth floors. The text on the placards is illegible, but most likely indicated the name of the construction company, the architect, and perhaps some of the occupants. This view also shows one of the best views of the standalone sidewalk clock, located adjacent to 200 Fifth Avenue, on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street. There are just a few sidewalk clocks left in Manhattan. The Museum of the City of New York claims that only four remain. Some websites state that the sidewalk clock at Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street (across from the Flatiron Building) was erected in 1909, at the time that a new, sixteen story building was constructed on the site adjacent to the clock, formerly occupied by the Fifth Avenue Hotel. However, this cannot be true, Since the sidewalk clock exists in this undivided back postcard, it must have been installed by March 1, 1907 (the date that the divided back era began in the USA). The Flatiron District is rich in large timepieces. The clock tower of the Metropolitan Life Building — AKA the Met LIfe Tower — was constructed in 1909 (construction proposed in 1905) as an addition to a preexisting building which had been built in 1893. The Met Life Building is located at 5 Madison Avenue, one block from the Flatiron Builiding, with Madison Square Park occupying the intervening space. The four clocks on the Met Life Tower — each twenty six and a half feet in diameter, one on each side of the clock tower, would afford the tenants of all but the lowest floors of the east side of the Flatiron Building an unobstructed view of the clock tower. So, with the standalone sidewlk clock at street level, and the Met Life Tower clocks high in the sky, an occupant of the Flatiron Building would have little need to refernce a wrist watch or pocket watch.
Note also (in the lower left corner of the image) the scaffolding in the middle of Broadway, where a freestanding streetlight fixture is under construction to better illuminate this busy, six-way intersection at night. The completed street light can be seen in postcard six, below. This unused, undivided-back postcard was printed pre-March 1, 1907.
Obverse: Borderless image with a 3/8 inch white area (for a written message) at the bottom. Caption is printed in red ink, positioned just under the image, left-justified. Text is all caps regular (not bold) sans-serif font, printed in red ink. "C. V. 123 – FLAT IRON BUILDING. NEW YORK. Reverse: Undivided back. Printed using black ink. "Post Card" in a fairly fancy serif typeface, decorated with straight as well as curved lines, and with seven stars at the lower left of the decoration. "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS." is in the lower left area of the back, printed in a bold, serif font. In a small font, centered along the left edge is "MADE IN GERMANY.", printed in a regular, sans serif font. There are two solid lines, indicating the places where the name and address of the recipient is to be written. The bottom line is positioned directly beneath the top line. The stampbox design resembles a double-sided picture frame, with circular embellishments at each corner and at the center of each side. "PLACE STAMP HERE DOMESTIC ONE CENT FOREIGN TWO CENTS" is centered in the stampbox. General comments: I have been unable to find any information on "C. V.", which are likely the initials of the postcard publisher or printer, although it is possible that it could stand simply for City View. Please comment if you have any information! Note that this is the undivided back version of the divided back postcard illustrated next.
Obverse: "Flat Iron Buillding, New York." in upper right corner, printed case-sensitive in red ink using a small, serif font. The view is taken at ground level, looking directly at the apex of the subject building.
Reverse: Printed using green ink. The lettering of "Post Card" is in a pseudo-case-sensitive, curvy serif font. "THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR WRITING" is to the left of the undecorated vertical divider linle, and "THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY" is to the right side. Beginning just to the right of the divider line, along the bottom right edge of the card, is printed "Success Postal Card Co., Publ., New York. No. 1006". The stampbox consists of at least a solid rectangle, but the interior of the stampbox is covered by the affixed one cent U. S. Postage Stamp. The postmark is dated June 15, 1911 at 10:30 PM, from New York, N.Y. Station G. The card is addressed to Dr. A. E. Sherman, 106 Main Street, Aurora, Illinois, with the following undated pencilled message: "Hello Doc! I am going to bring you this building. W".
General comments: Although a divided-back postcard, postmarked in 1911, the view appears to be adapted from a photograph shot very soon after construction was completed on the Flat Iron Building, circa 1902, since the "cowcatcher" extension of the first floor apex has not yet been constructed. In fact, it was probably taken just shortly after the photo that was the basis of POSTCARD ONE (above). Note that all of the placards visible in postcard one have been removed in this image, except the placard on the sixth floor. Also, the multi-globed light fixture located in the middle of the intersection that was under construction in postcard one is now completed in this view. The stand-alone sidewalk clock — although somewhat obscured by a horse-drawn carriage — is visible in this image, located in front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel at 200 Fifth Avenue. The Fifth Avenie Hotel would be razed just few years later, to allow construction of a new office buildling completed in 1909. This postcard also provides a fairly good view of the red-brick building at 935 Broadway, adjacent to the Broadway side (left side) of the Flatiron Building, which was the headquarters of Pach Brothers Photography for many years. If you look closely at the sign on the roof of the building, you can make out "PACH BR" on the top with "PHOTOGRAPH" on the line beneath. The right-hand side of the signage is blocked by the Flatiron Builidng. The history of the Pach Brothers Photography studio is fascinating: A synopsis can be found at the Guide to the Pach Brothers Portrait Photograph Collection, maintained by The New York Historical Society.
The postcard is addressed to Geo. H. Olmsted, 134 Owasco, Auburn, N. Y., and the message, dated July 14, is as follows: Dear Papa, This afternoon we're going to the Met. museum of arts. Last night we had a fine ride the whole length of Broadway and saw it all lighted. I am sending Mrs. Eisenhower a letter card now and grandma too. Its funny she didn't get my other one but perhaps I didn't address it right. We saw a piece about that girl drowning in paper. Tomorrow we go to Utica. Love, Mary". All written in a small, legible handwriting using a fountain pen. When studying postcards for genealogical purposes, sometimes hints are hiding in plain sight: We would not know Mary's relationship to George Olmsted, except that she took the time to write the salutation "Dear Papa", a formality often lacking on postcards. So we now know Mary's surname, at least pre-marriage: Mary Olmsted.
General comments: Areas of excessive age-discoloration at the bottom front. This postcard shows the ground-floor extension of the apex of the Flatiron building, sometimes called the cowcatcher, so the original image from which this card was designed must have been taken after the construction of the extension. I could not find a date of construction of the extension, but United Cigar Stores, a first-floor tenant of the Flatiron building in 1917, turned the cowcatcher extension into a mock fort and U. S. Army recruiting station for the Wake Up America parade that was held on April 19, 1917. A good close-up is available here. The Flatiron Building was not built primarily to house retail stores, but the first floor would have lent itself well to one or more retail establishments. Garden City Estates, a real estate company, occupied the third floor in 1910, as we learn from an ad placed in the February 24, 1910 issue of the New York Tribune newspaper. The ad reads, "FOR RENT – THE ENTIRE THIRD FLOOR OF THE FLATIRON BUILDING 23d St. and Fifth Av., containing about 6,000 sq. feet now occupied by the GARDEN CITY ESTATES. HANDSOMELY FINISHED. Sign priveleges. Apply to C. B. Paul, 120 B'way. Telephone 151 Cortlandt." The ad also was published in the February 25, 1910 issue of the same newspaper. The sign priveleges were exercised by the Garden City Estates, who had a sign with the company name attached to the building facade outside the third floor, Each letter of the company name was inset with electric light bulbs, so as to be able to be illuminated at night. The history of the electronic outdoor sign is a fascinating one, and, from most accounts, begins in 1892 at the very site now occupied by the Flatiron Building! More to come on this topic soon, perhaps in an upcoming post.
Obverse: Photochrome era depiction of the upper stories of the Flatiron Building. The architectural detail of the terra cotta face of the building is most evident in this image. Although there are no statues on top of the flatiron building, perched at the highest point of the apex of the structure are two figures – either terra cotta or carved marble – that flank a wreath that surrounds a shield. Under the shallow ledge located under the top two floors are placed figural elements – the head of a lion alternates with a circular design reminiscent of the sun or of a daisy flower. There are ten lion heads and nine sun discs per side.
Reverse: All printed in black ink. Upper left top line: REINHART WOLF Upper left second line: Flatiron Building, New York 1980 Bottom left top line: Serie 69 Reinhart Wolf, New York Bottom left bottom line: Karte 5 von 10 Bestell-Nr. 69/5 Dividing line consists of text in all capital letters, reading from left to right when card is rotated counter-clockwise: GEBR. KÖNIG POSTKARTENVERLAG BREITE STR. 93 D-5000 KÖLN 1 PRINTED IN GERMANY
There are three thin, solid, horizontal lines of the same length to use as a guide in addressing the postcard, and there is no stampbox.
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Schneider, Cédric (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study the determinants of the outcomes of patent applications (withdrawal, refusal or grant). The application process at the European Patent O¢ ce is modelled in three stages, using a Trivariate Probit model with double selectivity correction in order to test whether the applicants patenting history has an eect on the outcome of the current application. I investigate the behavior of the applicant after the patent o¢ ce has established the "state of the art", a precondition to an invention being patentable. The main results are (i) rms with large patents portfolios act following a "trial and error" strategy, by applying for large numbers of patents and thereafter waiting for the patent o¢ ce s nal decision when the expected probability of grant is high, (ii) the technological importance of a patent is a crucial determinant of a successful application grant, (iii) a withdrawal is to be regarded as an expected refusal, since applicants tend to withdraw their applications when there is evidence that the inventions cannot be considered to be novel or to involve an inventive step. patents, intellectual property rights URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7693
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Jacobsen, Jóannes; Sørensen, Anders; Junge, Martin (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Der er klar sammenhæng mellem danske virksomheders digitaliseringsstrategi og produktivitet. Det viser denne rapport, som CEBR har udarbejdet for IT- og Telestyrelsen på grundlag af en pålidelig stikprøve på omkring 8.500 danske virksomheder. Et af rapportens nøgleresultater er, at en 1 procent-point større andel af virksomheder, som har digitaliseret visse forretningsprocesser, er knyttet til 0,72 procent højere værditilvækst pr. medarbejder. Det svarer i et makroøkonomisk perspektiv til mellem 2,6 og 6,5 milliarder kroner i årlig bruttoværditilvækst. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8481
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Rose Skaksen, Jan; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Aastrup Jensen, Claus (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We set up a theoretical model to analyze the implications of coordination of immigration policies among destination countries. The model contains two types of spill-overs between destination countries: A terms of trade externality and a welfare policy externality. We show that while coordination unambiguously increases welfare of the destination countries, the effects on the level of immigration and on the income distribution of natives are ambiguous. Thus, coordination among destination countries does not necessarily solve the global coordination problem of inoptimally low levels of migration. Coordination, Externalities, Immigration Policy, Spill-overs, Terms of Trade, Welfare. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7698
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Dalgaard, Carl-Johan; Schultz, Esben Anton; Sørensen, Anders (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Is the wage gap between majors in human arts and other fields caused by the education? If the educational choice is endogenous, the wage gap may instead be caused by selection. We document that individuals' educational choice is correlated with that of older students and by the concentration of women in their high school. Conditional on high school fixed effects, these characteristics are unlikely to affect post-university wages and are plausible instruments for the educational choice. Our 2SLS estimates reveal that the gap in returns to education is negligible, implying that the wage gap is attributable to selection. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7989
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le Maire, Daniel; Schjerning, Bertel (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper investigates the relationship between self-employment choice, expected earnings, and uncertainty. Several interesting results emerge from our analysis on Danish longitudinal register data: Firstly, self-employed (taxable) personal income bunch at kink points in the tax system since self-employed can retain earnings and thereby transfer income across tax-years. Secondly, expected income level and income variance are important determinants in choice of occupation. Thirdly, men put more emphasis on expected earnings level, while women appears more risk averse, which contribute to explain why fewer women are self-employed. Finally, our results suggest that non-western immigrants are marginalized into self-employment. Occupational choice, self-employment, wage-dierentials, income uncertainty, risk aversion, overcon dence, self-selection, gender dierences. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7701
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AnalyserapportFosse, Henrik Barslund; Højbjerg Jacobsen, Rasmus; Kuhn, Johan Moritz (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Hovedformålet med denne rapport har været at foretage sammenligninger på to planer: For det første at sammenligne de økonomiske modeller ADAM og DREAM, og for det andet at sammenligne to mulige scenarier for danske økonomi. Hovedvægten er lagt på at undersøge, hvordan udviklingen i boligpriserne og de offentlige finanser varierer på tværs af de økonomiske forudsætninger og de økonomiske modeller. Vi arbejder i hovedtræk med tre forløb: Et reform- og genopretningsforløb, et laden-stå-til-forløb med negativ udvikling i udlandet og et grundforløb i de to modeller, som vi bruger til at sammenligne de øvrige forløb med. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8537
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Iversen, Jens; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Sørensen, Anders (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We argue that formal schooling and wage-work experience are complementary types of human capital for entrepreneurs. Strong empirical support is found for this hypothesis as the interaction term between schooling and actual wage-work experience enters positively and significantly in a Mincer equation, whereas the effect of schooling in the absence of wage-work experience is insignificant. These results are extremely robust towards more flexible specifications, including fixed-effects estimations dealing with unobserved heterogeneity. For wage workers, the interaction term is negligible, confirming that the complementarity is a distinct characteristic of entrepreneurial human capital. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7990
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Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Schjerning, Bertel; Sørensen, Anders (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper analyses the importance of entrepreneurs for job creation and wage growth. Relying on unique data that covers all plants, firms and individuals in the Danish private sector, we are able to distil a number of different measures of entrepreneurial plants from the set of new plants, including measures that much more precisely capture the "truly new" or "entrepreneurial" plants than in previous studies. Using these data, we find that while new plants in general account for one third of the gross job creation in the economy, entrepreneurial plants are responsible for between 15% and 25% of this, and thus only account for up to 8% of total gross job creation in the economy. However, entrepreneurial plants seem to generate more additional jobs than other new plants in the years following entry. Finally, the jobs generated by entrepreneurial plants are to a large extent low-wage jobs, as they are not found to contribute to the growth in average wages. However, this insight varies across the different types of entrepreneurial plants. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7713
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Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper analyzes educational choices and political support for subsidies to higher education in the presence of a time-consistency problem in income redistribution. There may be political support for so generous subsidization that it motivates the median voter to obtain higher education. As a result of increasing own income, the median voter prefers in the future lower taxes than without higher education. Therefore, the expansion of participation in higher education during the second half of the 20th century may have partly been driven by the aim to limit the political support for overly generous income redistribution. education, time-consistency problem, voting, subsidies to education URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7684
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Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Munch, Jakob Roland; Schroll, Sanne; Rose Skaksen, Jan (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper, we use data from the first two rounds of the European Social Survey to analyze the extent to which differences in average attitudes towards immigration across the EU-15 countries may be explained by differences in socioeconomic characteristics and individually perceived consequences of immigration, using an extension of a decomposition technique developed by Fairlie (2005). We find that despite the significant effects of socioeconomic characteristics on attitudes, differences in the distributions of these characteristics can only explain a modest share of the cross-country variation in average attitudes. A larger part can be explained by differences in perceived consequences of immigration, but the main part is still left unexplained. Apart from providing useful input for policy makers working in the area of immigration policy, this raises a number of questions for further research for which the ESS data can be successfully applied. Attitudes, Immigration, Cross-country differences URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7687
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Fosse, Henrik Barslund (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Firms exporting to foreign markets face a particular challenge: to price their exports in a foreign market when the exchange rate changes. This paper takes on pricing- to-market using a unique data set that covers rm level monthly trade at great detail. As opposed to annual trade ows, monthly trade ows bring us closer to the transaction level where rm decisions are actually made. I nd that the utilization of monthly data does add new information about the average level of pricing-to-market, and the di¤erences between long-run pricing-to-market and short-run pricing-to-market. Furthermore, I nd industry di¤erences in pricing-to-market in terms of the magnitude (zero to complete pricing-to-market) and the timing (when do rms changes prices), and that pricing-to-market is stronger on high-income markets. As discussed in detail in the paper, all results are in-line with predictions of several theoretical contributions to the litterature on pricing-to-market and exchange rate pass-through. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8539
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Glazer, Amihai; Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper develops a theory of consumer boycotts. Some consumers care not only about the products they buy but also about whether the firm behaves ethically. Other consumers do not care about the behavior of the firm but yet may like to give the impression of being ethical consumers. Consequently, to affect a firm's ethical behavior, moral consumers refuse to buy from an unethical firm. Consumers who do not care about ethical behavior may join the boycott to (falsely) signal that they do care. In the firm's choice between ethical and unethical behavior, the optimality of mixed and pure strategies depends on the cost of behaving ethically. In particular, when the cost is (relatively) low, ethical behavior arises from a prisoners' dilemma as the firm's optimal strategy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7706
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Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In European Welfare States, low-skilled workers are typically unionized, while the wage formation of high-skilled workers is more competitive. To focus on this aspect, we analyze how flexible international outsourcing and labour taxation affect wage formation, employment and welfare in dual domestic labour markets. Higher productivity of outsourcing, lower cost of outsourcing and lower factor price of outsourcing increase wage dispersion between the high-skilled and low-skilled workers. Increasing wage tax progression of low-skilled workers decreases the wage rate and increases the labour demand of low-skilled workers. It decreases the welfare of lowskilled workers and increases both the welfare of high-skilled workers and the profit of firms. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7696
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Kaiser, Ulrich; Grimpe, Christoph (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Determining the research and development (R&D) boundaries of the firm as the choice between internal, collaborative and external technology acquisition has since long been a major challenge for firms to secure a continuous stream of innovative products or processes. While research on R&D cooperation or strategic alliances is abundant, little is known about the outsourcing of R&D activities to contract research organizations and its implications for innovation performance. This paper investigates the driving forces of external technology sourcing through contract research based on arguments from transaction cost theory and the resource-based view of the firm. Using a large and comprehensive data set of innovating firms from Germany our findings suggest that technological uncertainty, contractual experience and openness to external knowledge sources motivate the choice for engaging in contract research activities. Moreover, we show that internal and external R&D sourcing are complements: the marginal contribution of internal (external) R&D is the larger the more firms spend on external (internal) R&D. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7690
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Højbjerg Jacobsen, Rasmus (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: When a policy maker or an administrator decides on how many and which of a number of proposed policy measures to implement an important piece of information is whether the effort is "worthwhile". The precise meaning of the word "worthwhile" will depend on the context. In some cases, the question of whether a policy measure is worthwhile will be decided on a purely qualitative basis given the results of the policy measure. In other – and perhaps most – cases some sort of money evaluation will be attached to the results, and a total effect in money terms will be used to evaluate the results. This manual is concerned with the latter case. Given the large degree of competition between various projects for public funds, a compelling case for a specific project can be made if a well carried out cost-benefit-analysis shows a resulting surplus. While this criterion is obviously not the only one used, it could be an important factor when preparing policy makers to make decisions about a specific project. The basic idea behind cost-benefit-analysis is simple: calculate all benefits and all the costs associated with a specific effort, subtract the costs from the benefits while carefully addressing the time profile, and use the resulting number as an indicator for the economic profitability of the project. If the result is positive, the project produces an economic surplus, and if it is negative the project leads to an economic loss. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8878
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Hagen Jørgensen, Ole (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper shows how improved health conditions aect fertility decisions and economic growth. Survival rates for children and adults are incorporated into an overlapping generations model featuring endogenous fertility and altruism from workers towards their retired parents. The main nding is that a simultaneous increase in child and adult survival decreases fertility and increases savings and productivity growth. The analysis illustrates the key role of health in the demographic transition. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7695
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Er Danskere Specielle?Munch, Jakob Roland; Rose Skaksen, Jan; Schroll, Sanne; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Denne artikel belyser holdninger til immigration blandt borgere i Danmark og de øvrige EU-15 lande - herunder holdningerne til immigration, der følger af den seneste EU-udvidelse. Det analyseres, hvilke faktorer der ligger til frund for disse holdninger, samt i hvilken udstrækning danskere afviger fra EU-gennemsnittet. Den typiske dansker er lidt mere skeptisk overfor immigration end andre europæere. Danskerne afskiller sig desuden ved, at forholdsvis få forbinder øget immigration med negative konsekvenser for arbejdsmarkedet, men forholdsvis mange forbinder det med højere omkostninger for velfærdsstaten. Når der tages hensyn til opfattelserne af de økonomiske konsekvenser af immigration, kommer Danmark til at fremstå som et væsentligt mere immigrationsskeptisk land, end hvad der kommer til udtryk i de ukorrigerede holdninger. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7564
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Do Police Reduce Group Violence?Priks, Mikael; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
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Munch, Jakob Roland; Rose Skaksen, Jan; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We propose a complementary approach to analyze the impact of immigration on the wages of native workers. Using linked employer-employee data from Denmark for a relatively long time period (1993-2004), we study the consequences of an increased use of immigrants at the most disaggregate level – the workplace. We find that an increase in the share of workers from less developed countries at the workplace has a signifi cantly negative effect on the wages of natives – also when controlling for potential endogeneity using both fi xed effects and IV. The use of immigrants from more developed countries also appears to be correlated with wages. However, these correlations disappear when controlling for unobserved fi rm and worker characteristics and are thus likely to reflect selection rather than a causal effect of these immigrants. Finally, we find a positive impact on the wages of native workers from having Eastern European co-workers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7638
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Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper identifies several distortions which create barriers to entrepreneurship. First, in addition to the innate entry cost, there are entry costs caused by regulation. Second, union wage policies raise the opportunity cost of entrepreneurship. Third, inefficiencies in the transmission of tacit knowledge between generations of entrepreneurs can arise: with access to within-family ownership transfer, the outside market for entrepreneurship operates as a lemon's market. This problem becomes relevant when the economic life of a business idea exceeds the active life of an entrepreneur. barriers to entrepreneurship, tacit knowledge, occupational choice URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7711
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In 'I Give it a Year,' Spall portrays a playful guy married to a more serious, career-driven wife. No one thinks it will last, especially when both of them wind up meeting people who are perfect for them. It's a fun, unexpected twist on the romantic comedy genre, and Spall proves he can play the swoony leading man, no problem. And damn, guys, he's really cute.
You can catch 'I Give it a Year' via most cable OnDemand services or rent it on iTunes. You won't regret it.
Spall has also appeared in 'The Life of Pi' and 'Prometheus,' and appears with Rachel Weisz in the upcoming stage play 'Betrayal.' He's not quite a big deal in the acting world just yet, but his star is definitely on the rise, and you'll be seeing a lot more of this guy pretty soon.
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Published in 2013 – Ann Oncol 2013; 24 (Suppl 6): vi144-vi148.
Authors: E. Zucca, C. Copie-Bergman, U. Ricardi, C. Thieblemont, M. Raderer, M. Ladetto
Extranodal marginal zone lymphomas of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) type represent approximately 7% of all non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in the western world and can arise at any extranodal site. This ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline focuses on incidence, diagnosis, staging and risk assessment, treatment plan, personalised medicine, response evaluation and follow-up.


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Tripwire is pursuing a new initiative to help attract more students to the cybersecurity field. The security company has signed on with LifeJourney, which provides career simulation resources to help students understand what's involved in various types of jobs in the cybersecurity area.
The Tripwire sponsorship focuses on the work done by risk managers. In a series of videos Rick McClure, a content quality assurance lead at Tripwire, explains what his job as a risk manager entails. Students who view the videos can also send him email with specific questions about his job.
"The goal is to get more students considering cybersecurity as a career path," said company spokeswoman Shelley Boose. "It's very well paid; there's huge demand that's unfilled right now; and many students graduating in engineering haven't taken the classes they need to pursue cybersecurity. So we need more of them to think about it early on — even as early as middle school, where they can take more science, more engineering and more mathematics courses so that when they get to university level, [they] will have the foundation they need so they can go into these specialized fields."
LifeJourney is a subscription service for schools, districts and colleges designed to help students understand what various careers are really like by profiling individuals who hold those jobs. Those same individuals act as "mentors" to answer questions not covered by the videos.
The service also provides virtual "field trips." For example, one job role includes an activity called "Clearable," in which students answer questions about their social networking activities to compare them against the criteria by which a security clearance is granted in order to help them understand how their online actions could affect their long-term career goals.
"Unless the cybersecurity industry actively collaborates with academia, the shortage of cybersecurity professionals will continue to limit our ability to defend critical infrastructure and impact economic growth," said Tripwire CEO Jim Johnson. "Programs like LifeJourney that accelerate math, technology, engineering and science literacy are critical to building the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. This initiative fits perfectly with Tripwire's long-standing commitment to expanding cybersecurity education."
Participation in LifeJourney isn't the only academic endeavor for Tripwire. Recently, the company announced an agreement with Penn State University in which the university would take over management of a cloud-based service that provides analytics on security performance based on anonymized reporting by participating organizations. Tripwire also collaborates with universities in Oregon, where its headquarters are located, by providing engineering expertise in the form of classroom lectures and demonstrations. Now it is seeking to set up comparable partnerships in the Atlanta area, where its research organization is based.
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Best Family Trip Ever - Shangrila's Mactan Resort
29 November 2013
Visiting Cebu has long been on my wishlist, even before starting a family. We finally got that chance, and our stay at Shangrila's Mactan Resort did not disappoint despite the accompanying huge anticipation and expectations.
The resort is simply a paradise on earth, lush green gardens far away from the hustle and bustle, with facilities that will satisfy your every need and service with a smile. Coming here was definitely the ideal getaway for tired souls sorely in need of rejuvenation.
We had endless fun splashing at the swimming pools sprawled over a large area with slides and play areas specially designed for kids. Just a stone's throw away is the beach area with the azure sea in the background making for an enchanting sight. The amazingly clear water allowed for snorkeling and we were amazed that schools of colourful fish could be seen right up to the shore! The kids had fun building sandcastles with the toys that the resort provides. How thoughtful. We also particularly liked the ice cream stall right next to the pool which served up delicious ice cream for very reasonable prices. I must confess that I was never a big fan of the sun, sand and the sea in the past but this trip has made me such a convert that I didn't even realise I got sunburnt.
After a quick bath, it was time to check out the rest of the indoor facilities, which included the children's play area, E zone arcade, Karaoke and spa. We also got the chance to sample the cuisine on offer, which we found to be of great variety and caters to all palates.
With so much to offer at the resort, we were rather reluctant to go sightseeing but Cebu does have its share of historic buildings and artifacts if one is keen on such things. There are also a number of malls for shopping. We particularly loved the view from tops, which offers a commanding and panoramic view of Cebu, with Mactan and Bohol in the background. For those keen on experiencing more great beaches, Cebu is also a convenient gateway for island hopping tours.
All in all, we had a fantastic time spending quality time with our family. We were pleased to observe that the kids were so occupied that they no longer fought for the tab and other electronic devices. They even forgot about their usual favourite television cartoon programmes. On our last day, the kids begged us not to leave and I must say that we felt sorry to be leaving such an idyllic place so soon.
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I agree with you Ms. Corina - the best place for vacation. That's why we always choose shangri-la Mactan. Especially during our toxic days in our line of business... My kids enjoyed very much in kids adventure zone, it's educational. We've been to shangri-la boracay too but we love the most in Cebu. Delicious food cooked by selected chef in the universe. And the security, the life guard, the staff very accommodating and always with the Smile.


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While we are true believers in traveling light but what is a WIS to do? (Watch Idiot Savant for those uninitiated) Hence the birth of our M1 model: We got you covered on all front with this 3-slotted watch roll: Black Tie watch. Check. Diving watch. Check. The Chronograph? Check.
This roll is a study in utilitarianism. While we have deconstructed the watch roll, no expenses were spared in the making of this roll. It is made of a single piece of buttery soft black Italian top-grain leather* to minimize any unnecessary seams. The outer seams are carefully saddle stitched by our local craftsmen, the same technique that is also employed by Hermès leather craftsmen for their leather product. You can see the video here. While it takes much longer to produce one, the result is a beautifully handcrafted roll that will be a steadfast companion for years to come. Afterall, your watches are built to last, shouldn't your watch roll? No details are overlooked: the rivet dividers reinforce the stress points and the strap of the roll is a standard 20mm NATO strap that can be detached from the roll to provide you with an instant strap change. And, of course, you can swap it out to your favorite NATO and make it your own. These rolls are handcrafted in NYC and in limited run, once they are sold out they are gone for good!
This M1 roll is in black with black stitching and black NATO in chrome hardware. It is 6.25" x 8.25" when unfolded flat. Each slot fits watches up to 44mm and rolls up to about the size of a soda can so it doesn't take up the expensive real estate (we know about expensive real estate, we are based in New York afterall) in your luggage.
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Cole Chavis necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 71 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
The idea for the logo is surrounded by a few things - I'm in SC and it is the Palmetto State, I am a veterinarian, I will be providing relief veterinary services to any clinic that is needing a veterinarian whether it is for maternity leave, vacation, a shortage, etc. So, the logo is pretty open to interpretation! Get those creative juices flowing and let's see what you can come up with...
Palmetto Veterinary Relief Services
I am starting a new business of my own and am titling the business Palmetto Veterinary Relief Services. I am a veterinarian who has worked in several areas of veterinary medicine and will now be available to any clinic needing a doctor short-term. I am located in the greater Charleston area and am focusing my business on the SC lowcountry, but I am licensed to practice anywhere in SC. I also have a license to practice in GA as well. Typically, I would be employed if there is a shortage of veterinarians at a practice for reasons such as maternity leave, vacation, the clinic is growing and needs another doctor and they can not start right away, etc. Relief veterinary business is a self-employment situation, where the clinic will pay a daily or a weekly fee and that's all that is required on their part. My job is to come in and use their facilities to provide their clients and patients with good quality care. I am responsible for my own taxes, transportation, food, etc. There is a charge for distances further from my home location. But, their only concern is to book me and then pay me flat fees - I provide them with a tax form to fill out at the end of the year. This is also really helpful for solo practitioners as they can go out of town and still not have to close their practice.
- Item 1..I want to leave this open to interpretation and see what comes of it. Use your creative juices!
- I want it to be a professional representation, but that doesn't mean it can't include some art.
- Have fun!
- Item 1...I don't want any art that is not relative to the business title - for example, I don't see children as part of my business.
- I don't want the logo too "busy" - I plan to use the logo on business cards, letterhead, possibly a future website, etc.
- Not to cutesy or frilly. I'm not going for the "awww" effect. I'm hoping it will get me some work : )
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Forty years ago, Bill and his childhood friend Paul Allen bet that software and personal computers would change the way people around the world worked and played. This bet wasn't exactly a wager. It was an opportunity to make computers personal and empower people through the magic of software. Some people thought they were nuts. But the bet turned out well.
Fifteen years ago, the two of us made a similar bet. We started our foundation in 2000 with the idea that by backing innovative work in health and education, we could help dramatically reduce inequity. The progress we've seen so far is very exciting so exciting that we are doubling down on the bet we made 15 years ago, and picking ambitious goals for what's possible 15 years from now.
Our Big Bet
The lives of people in poor countries will improve faster in the next 15 years than at any other time in history. And their lives will improve more than anyone else's.


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Jeff.cairns necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 128 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
We are new video game developer comprised of a small and highly skilled team of experienced developers who have joined together for one purpose... taking our unique and ground breaking new gaming project to market. Two months ago we set up a company with the sole aim of achieving this and need a company logo that will reflect our goals and our product.
The word 'eeGeo' broadly describes our product, i.e.
'The place where (e)lectronic (e)ntertainment meets (Geo)graphy' (You should *strongly* consider this statement in your designs.)
Essentially we are taking the real world and making it into a platform for various interactive social games and social networking.
The logo needs to be something that will appeal to a pretty broad audience. Our main userbase will begin as the social gaming audience. Over time we will then want to bring in more mainstream gamers with more advanced games. Our logo need to reflect mainly that we are a games company but it also has to be a logo that would be strong enough to work for other potential business opportunities and partners.
The following are key things to consider in the logo design:
1) Our product is mainly about being a social entertainment platform so we dont wan't something very coporate and stuffy. We dont want anything highly comical but it *is* entertainment so it should be somewhat light hearted and with mass appeal.
2) It should be colourful and dynamic but with strong characters so it can be replicated in multiple sizes and still be legible
3) It might be modified to work for various different parts of the business so it should be versatile enough for this
4) The social interaction, entertainment and globe/world aspects of the product are key and it would be good to have them represented in some way
5) We want the 'G' to be large in the middle, although not necessarily upper case, depends on the flow of the specific logo
6) It would be useful to have a strong icon involved as well as text but only if this works well with the design and doesn't just feel like its bolted on.
7) We are MUCH more interested in high quality, uncomlicated graphic design than complicated and overly detailed renders. These aren't flexible enough and wont be right for our brand.
Good luck! We're very much looking forward to seeing what comes out of this :)
P.S. We're specifically *not* attaching reference files since we want to get as much variety as possible.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Philip Seymour Hoffman and Andrew Garfield are to star in director Mike Nichols' Broadway revival of "Death of a Salesman," producers said.
Previews of the new edition of Arthur Miller's classic stage drama are to begin Feb. 13 at Manhattan's Barrymore Theatre. Opening night is set for March 15.
Tickets for the production went on sale Wednesday.
Hoffman will play Willy, Linda Emond will play Linda, and Garfield will play Biff in the 16-week engagement.
The play originally opened Feb. 10, 1949, at the Morosco Theatre. It won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. "Salesman" was the first play to win all three awards.


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Wireless is, as you know, all the rage these days. In your house, at University, at work, we all want wireless. But we all want security, too. From fears of "war driving" to concerns over corporate LAN security, wireless' freedom and promise doesn't come without its risks. Trey "Azariah" Dismukes has conjured up an excellent Blackpaper on wireless security that anyone thinking about wireless should read, from the guy at home who doesn't know about beacon signals to the IT manager who's thinking about wiring up public access around campus. This large view article covers the most pressing security concerns presented by 802.1X, looking them square in the eye and reporting back on what we should all know about wireless. But this isn't a tutorial on configuring a Linksys router. Nope, this is information that's ultimately geared for enterprise computing, aka juicy technical stuff.
Can wireless networks be deployed securely today? What exactly are the security holes in the current standard, and how do they work? Where is wireless security headed in the future? This article attempts to shed light on these questions and others about wireless networking security in an enterprise environment.
Ah, what better way to spend your lovely morning hours than chewing through some good technical grit.