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Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice
Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice
Oct 2011
600 pages
"The lessons in this book remind us that we canand that we mustdo better, for the sake of our children, their futures, and the sake of our nation. . . . This volume is a call to action, and I encourage everyone who reads it to take steps to ensure that all America's children are given an equal chance to succeed. We must all work together to replace the cradle-to-prison pipeline with a pipeline to responsible, productive adulthood." From the Foreword by Marian Wright Edelman, JD, President and founder, Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC
"Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice appears at a critical time, when promising juvenile justice reforms are underway in so many jurisdictions across the United States. Sherman and Jacobs, and their impressive array of expert authors, fill a significant gap in the literature, making the current body of juvenile justice research and experience accessible to policy makers, researchers, and funders, and doing so through a practical and positive lens." Patrick McCarthy, President and Chief Executive Officer, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD
"Most people have narrow views of what it means to be a delinquent youth. In Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice, Sherman and Jacobs have diligently collected essays from the top experts in the juvenile justice field who tell an empirically based and powerful narrative of who is really in the delinquency system. As this book makes clear, until we ask and answer the right questions, we will remain unable to help the youth most in need." Alexander Busansky, President, The National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Oakland, CA
A comprehensive reference presenting a rehabilitative, youth- and community-centered vision of juvenile justice
Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice brings together experts in juvenile justice, child development, and public health to explore the intersections between juvenile justice and needed development of programs and policies that look out for the health and well-being of the youth who enter this system. This timely book provides a usable framework for imagining juvenile justice systems that emphasize the welfare of juveniles, achieved primarily through connections within their communities.
A must-read for professionals working in juvenile courts and within juvenile justice agencies, Juvenile Justice: Advancing Research, Policy, and Practice reflects both the considerable advances and the challenges currently evident in the juvenile justice system, with an emphasis on the development and implementation of policies that can succeed in building a new generation of educated young people able to embrace their potential and build successful futures.
Chapter 1 A Developmental View of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System (Marty Beyer)
Chapter 2 Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Characteristics and Patterns of Involvement (Kristi Holsinger)
Chapter 3 The Health of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System (Paula Braverman and Robert Morris)
Chapter 4 Children's Rights and Relationships: A Legal Framework (Francine T. Sherman and Hon. Jay Blitzman)
Chapter 5 A Vision for the American Juvenile Justice System: The Positive Youth Development Perspective (Richard M. Lerner, Michael D. Wiatrowski, Megan Kiely Mueller, Christopher M. Napolitano, Kristina L. Schmid, and Anita Pritchard)
SECTION II Understanding Individual Youth
Chapter 6 Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry in Juvenile Justice (James Bell and Raquel Mariscal)
Chapter 7 The Role of Gender in Youth Systems: Grace's Story (Francine T. Sherman and Jessica H. Greenstone)
Chapter 8 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Youth and the Juvenile Justice System (Laura Garnette, Angela Irvine, Carolyn Reyes, and Shannan Wilber)
Chapter 9 Adolescent Parents and the Juvenile Justice System: Toward Developmentally and Socioculturally Based Provision of Services (Ellen E. Pinderhughes, Karen T. Craddock, and LaTasha L. Fermin)
SECTION III Understanding Youth in Context
Chapter 10 Parents, Families, and the Juvenile Justice System (Francine H. Jacobs, Claudia Miranda-Julian, and Rachael Kaplan)
Chapter 11 Violence Within Families and Intimate Relationships (Linda L. Baker, Alison J. Cunningham, and Kimberly E. Harris)
Chapter 12 Making a Place for Youth: Social Capital, Resilience, and Communities (Robert L. Hawkins, Maryna Vashchenko, and Courtney Davis) Chapter 13 The Developmental Impact of Community Violence (Edmund Bruyere and James Garbarino)
Chapter 14 The Right to a Quality Education for Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice System (Kathleen B. Boundy and Joanne Karger)
Chapter 15 Juvenile Prison Schooling and Reentry: Disciplining Young Men of Color (Sabina E. Vaught)
Chapter 16 The System Response to the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Girls (Francine T. Sherman and Lisa Goldblatt Grace)
Chapter 17 How American Government Frames Youth Problems (Timothy Ross and Joel Miller)
Chapter 18 Youth Perspectives on Health Care (Rachel Oliveri, Ila Deshmukh Towery, Leah Jacobs, and Francine H. Jacobs)
SECTION IV Working for Change
Chapter 19 Youth-Led Change (Barry Dym, Ken Tangvik, Jesus Gerena, and Jessica Dym Bartlett)
Chapter 20 The End of the Reform School? (Vincent Schiraldi, Marc Schindler, and Sean J. Goliday)
Chapter 21 Collaboration in the Service of Better Systems for Youth (Anne F. Farrell and Diane M. Myers)
Chapter 22 Getting on Board with Juvenile Justice Information Technologies (Stan Schneider and Lola Simpson)
Chapter 23 Establishing Effective Community-Based Care in Juvenile Justice (Peter W. Greenwood and Susan Turner)
Chapter 24 Better Research for Better Policies (Jeffrey A. Butts and John K. Roman)
Afterword (Congressman Robert (Bobby) Scott)


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USICHA mother and child stand outside their Asheville, N.C., home in December 2010. The family found a home through a program that helps individuals and families experiencing chronic homelessness.
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A decade later, the nation has made progress toward ending homelessness. Nationwide, the number of long-term individuals experiencing homelessness has declined by more than one-third in the past six years, according to The 2010 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The report suggests that the most promising solution helping to reduce homelessness is the development of permanent supportive housing (PSH), which combines affordable rental housing with services to help tenants remain in their homes and avoid becoming homeless again.
Banks are playing a key role in the national effort to reduce homelessness by financing PSH, partnering with local nonprofits, making charitable grants, and providing leadership on local boards, community groups, and community projects.
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By one federal definition, a homeless individual is someone with a disabling condition who has been continuously homeless for a year, or has been homeless at least four times in the past three years. Many more Americans live one paycheck or medical bill away from homelessness, as the economy struggles to recover from the worst recession since the Great Depression.
This issue of Community Developments Investments looks at the financing mechanisms that banks use to help communities invest in PSH for people experiencing chronic homelessness. Banks across the nation are helping many of the 230 communities that have developed plans and are investing in PSH projects for people experiencing chronic homelessness. More opportunities for banks to help will become available as more communities adopt plans to end homelessness.
Now, the nation's goal—as articulated in the 2010 federal report by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, "Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness"—is to end chronic homelessness by 2015, particularly among our nation's veterans. Read about the important role banks play in ensuring the plan's success in the article about this interagency council, "U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness: How Banks Are Helping to Build Homes for the Homeless."
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development defines a chronically homeless individual as having one or more disabling conditions, such as untreated mental illness, drug or alcohol addiction, or long-term health issues. Research and experience by those who help people experiencing homelessness suggest that these individuals with disabling conditions benefit from supportive housing that offers access to health and other social services.
Banks are financing projects with acquisition loans and investments in equity opportunities available through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and New Markets Tax Credit programs. The LIHTC Program, the primary source of funding for PSH, offers banks two ways to finance these projects.
First, banks are investing in state and local LIHTC equity funds, such as the Great Lakes Capital Fund. These funds, managed by experienced professionals, invest in carefully underwritten projects to reduce the risk of default and foreclosure by minimizing debt. Great Lakes has nearly 20 years experience investing in housing, including in recent years investments in supportive housing projects for people who experience homelessness in the Midwest. The experience of Great Lakes is discussed in the article "Great Lakes Capital Fund: Raising Capital for Permanent Supportive Housing."
Second, banks are using LIHTCs to invest directly in PSH projects, as discussed in the article about Huntington National Bank's work, "Huntington National Bank Community Development Corporation: Making a Difference, One Bank at a Time."
Communities are partnering with banks and nonprofit organizations, such as the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), to develop and manage appropriate housing for people experiencing homelessness. In addition, CSH and other groups are working with banks to transfer foreclosed multifamily properties to developers for renovation and use as permanent supportive housing. CSH officials believe these partnerships are a win-win for banks and the communities they serve. CSH officials describe their work on behalf of people experiencing homelessness in "Corporation for Supportive Housing: Helping the Homeless Live With Dignity."
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Banks also make nonmonetary contributions that are important to community efforts on behalf of people experiencing chronic homelessness. Bank executives provide support and guidance by serving on boards of nonprofit supportive housing developers; participating on local leadership councils; and encouraging bank employees to volunteer with nonprofit groups that help people experiencing homelessness.
Banks that support community efforts on behalf of the homeless in these ways may receive positive consideration under the Community Reinvestment Act.
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Gilford school district working on more parental notice on booksBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
May 08. 2014 8:43PM
GILFORD — After a parent was arrested for complaining about a sexually explicit book assigned to his high school freshman daughter, school district officials are proposing a policy that would make information available to parents sooner about classroom reading assignments.
William Baer, whose ninth-grade daughter last week was assigned the book "Nineteen Minutes" for her honors English class, said he and his wife were appalled by the graphic detail in a passage describing a sexual act.
He brought his concern to the school board Monday night and was arrested after he violated the two-minute comment period rule and began arguing with another parent about the school's use of the book by bestselling author Jodi Picoult of Hanover. Baer was charged with disorderly conduct and was led from the room by a police officer.
School district officials apologized last week and again on Monday for failing to notify parents about the assigned reading, as is the district's stated policy.
(See editorial, Page A8.)At the end of Monday night's meeting, the school board instructed the district's administration to come up with a policy that would help parents know long ahead of time what is being assigned to their children. That way they can approve or disapprove and let the school know.
"We're working on that policy now," said Superintendent Kent Hemingway. "We're doing the research to see how we can give parents more notice than we are doing now."
Hemingway said he doesn't want parents to be upset, and he wants to be more open about the process, though school policies detailing steps a parent can take in such cases are already on the district's website.
"The board asked us to do this, and we want to do this because no one was happy about what occurred Monday night," he said. "We want everything out in the open, with as much notice as possible."
The new policy would be brought to school officials for adoption later this year, he said.
Baer was pleased with the decision. "I guess this means I was the problem, and the problem is being fixed," he said. "All I wanted to do was discuss this."
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Activities on the Fairgrounds begin at noon and go until 7.
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Million Dollar Mermaid: 1952 movie with Esther Williams and Victor Mature, 8:15 p.m. Friday, 2:30 and 8:15 p.m. Saturday, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo; tickets $8; 310-322-2592; Old Town Music Hall.
Beatles vs. Stones: A musical shootout featuring tribute bands Abbey Road and Jumping Jack Flash, with Blue Comet; 9 p.m. Friday (doors open at 5 p.m.), Saint Rocke, 142 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach; tickets $18; 310-372-0035; Saint Rocke.
Louie Cruz Beltran: Beltran and his ensemble perform an extensive repertoire of music from Brazilian style and Afro-Cuban rhythms; 7:30 p.m. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, George Nakano Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance; tickets $30/$27; box office, 310-781-7171; Louie Cruz Beltran; Torrance Arts.
No Duh: Tribute to No Doubt with Candy-O and Saw Red (Sublime tribute), 9 p.m. Saturday (doors open at 4:30 p.m.), Saint Rocke, 142 Pacific Coast Highway, Hermosa Beach; tickets $13; 310-372-0035; Saint Rocke Calendar.
Beach Party Boys: Tribute to the Beach Boys: Beach Boys tribute band, 8 p.m. Saturday, Norris Theatre, 27570 Norris Center Drive, Rolling Hills Estates; tickets $42/$25; 310-544-0403; Norris Center.
Richard Sears and Josh Nelson: Two sets from the pianists featuring original compositions and jazz; 8 p.m. Saturday, Alvas Showroom, 1417 W. Eighth St., San Pedro; suggested donation $20; 800-403-3447; Alvas Showroom.
Think Clean, Go Clean! Eco Art Contest and Festival: Sponsored by the South Coast Air Quality Management District and JPy Magazine. Clean air, environment and healthy living exhibits, art contest, entertainment, food, test drive of new cars by Toyota. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Torrance Cultural Arts Center, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance; free.
Stunt Dog Experience: 2 and 6 p.m. Sunday,, James Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance; part of the Torrance Cultural Arts Foundation: Guest Series; tickets $20/$18; box office, 310-781-7171; Extreme Canines; Torrance Cultural Arts Center.
Ron Rhode: American Theater Organ Society's Theater Organist of the Year of 1989, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Old Town Music Hall, 140 Richmond St., El Segundo; tickets $20; 310-322-2592; Old Town Music Hall.
Side Street Strutters: Norris Center for the Performing Arts Cabaret Jazz Series, 11:30 a.m. (brunch show) and 5 p.m. Sunday (dinner show), Harlyne J. Norris Pavilion, 501 Indian Peak Road, Rolling Hills Estates; tickets $65; 310-544-0403; Norris Center.
Wednesday: Barney Bear Storytime: Puppet Barney Bear shares stories, songs and silliness; recommended for children ages 2-5; 10:15 and 11 a.m. every Wednesday, Peninsula Center Library, 701 Silver Spur Road, Rolling Hills Estates; pick up free tickets at Young Readers' Desk 15 minutes prior to story time; 310-377-9584.
"Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton": Author event. John Jung discusses and signs "Chopsticks in the Land of Cotton: Lives of Mississippi Delta Chinese Grocers," 2 p.m. Saturday, Katy Geissert Civic Center Library, 3301 Torrance Blvd., Torrance, 310-618-5959.
"An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter": Book discussion groups: The Annex, Palos Verdes Library District, 627 Silver Spur Road, Suite 210, Rolling Hills Estates, 310-377-9584, Ext. 301. Novel Ideas Book Club meets 11 a.m. third Tuesday: "An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter" by Cesar Aira.
"Persuasion": Book discussion at Miraleste Library, 29089 Palos Verdes Drive East, Rancho Palos Verdes, 310-377-9584, Ext. 452. Meets 1 p.m. second Saturday: "Persuasion" by Jane Austen.
ARTS Manhattan: "Junk," by Bob Van Breda, on view through Feb. 3. Hours 2-6 p.m. Tuesday, 4-8 p.m. Wednesday, 2-6 p.m. Thursday, 1-5 p.m. Saturday; Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center, 1560 Manhattan Beach Blvd.; 310-798-4904; Arts Manhattan.
Catalina's Role in World War II: Catalina Island Museum details the island's participation in World War II in an exhibition that opens Friday on Avalon. It will continue to April 28. "First Line of Defense: Catalina Island and World War II" will explore how Catalina was transformed from a carefree paradise into a Federal Military Zone (and designated the San Pedro Channel a controlled area for vessels) used for training, coastal defense and covert operations. Derived from the Catalina Island Museum's own extensive archive, the exhibt will feature letters, photographs, rare film footage of training exercises, top-secret weapons and recently declassified military documents. The museum, its digital theater and store are on the ground floor of Avalon's historic Casino and open seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are $10. For more information, call 310-510-2414 or visit Catalina Museum.
Beginner's Conditioning Hike: Make new friends and get in shape on a moderate, four-plus-mile hike on the greenbelt and hilly streets of Hermosa and Manhattan Beach. Sponsored by the local chapter of the Sierra Club. All are welcome. Hikers depart from the parking lot near the Hermosa Valley School, 1645 Valley Drive, Hermosa Beach. 7 p.m. Tuesdays.
Norris Center Upstairs Gallery: "Leading Ladies," exhibit of oil paintings depicting women from different genres of life by Jennifer Siegal, on view through Feb. 25. Presented in conjunction with the Palos Verdes Art Center. Viewings are available at every Norris Theatre performance and during regular box office hours; 27570 Norris Center Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, 310-544-0403; Norris Center.
Pacific Gray Whale Watching: The annual Pacific gray whale migration has begun in Southern California and whale watchers are already excited about the number of sightings near the South Bay this week. The season lasts through mid-April. Whale watching boats: Redondo Beach Voyager Excursions offers daily trips at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person, and $15 for children 12 and under. Spirit Cruises in San Pedro has trips at 12:45 p.m. on weekends for a cost of $25 per adult and $15 per child. Weekday and weekend morning trips are also available for groups of 50 or more. Information: Voyager Excursions can be reached at Voyager Excursions website or 310-955-0512. Spirit Cruises can be reached at Spirit Cruises website or 310-548-8080. | » READ MORE
PS Zask Gallery: "Place," artwork in a variety of media based on individual perceptions derived from a unique natural environment, on view through Jan. 12. Extended holiday hours, 1-7 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, noon-6 p.m. Sunday;, Promenade on the Peninsula, 550 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 151, Rolling Hills Estates, 310-429-0973; PS Zask Gallery.
Village Gallery: "Bronze, Canvas and Pixels," sculptor Bob Schmit, oil painter Lois Barnes, and photographer Mike Mathews; on view through Feb. 17. Hours, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday; 627 Silver Spur Road, Suites 300-C and 214, Rolling Hills Estates, 310-265-2592.


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Timber Is for the Birds
Foresters and birders work together to improve habitat
Timber Is for the Birds
Foresters and birders work together to improve habitat
The unlikely relationship between bird lovers and tree cutters actually makes a lot of sense. Just ask Audubon Vermont.
They have forged an innovative project with Vermont Forest Parks and Recreation to teach landowners, town planners, and those in the forest products industry how to manage for birds while also generating income for a timer harvest.
Conservation Correspondent Bridget Butler speaks with Audubon Biologist Kristin Sharpless and Vermont County Forester Nancy Patch about the project.
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Harvest Tour Saturday January 26th
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This week in Island history
The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago
From the Newport Journal, January 28, 1911
Monday evening the Beneficial Society gave a turkey supper in compliment to the men who had been active in fitting up the new membership hall at the Central Baptist Church. A good number came down to the repast with their wives and children. Some time was needed to dispose of the turkeys, vegetables, apple, raspberry and other kinds of pies. After this a social time followed, and the singing of old fashioned hymns, in a rousing volume of sound, to the organ accompaniment of Miss Beulah Knowles.
Four heavy I-beams, to be used in supporting the ceiling over the enlarged dining room of the Thorndike Hotel arrived Tuesday. The plastering is to be torn off and replaced with a metal ceiling.
A party of Boston capitalists was on the island Thursday to look into the matter of working the coal vein at Conanicut Park.
75 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, January 29, 1936
[At the School Committee meeting], Mr. Clarke reported that arrangements have been made with the Holy Ghost society for the use of their hall for basket ball for the next six weeks, beginning next Wednesday. The boys will use the hall Wednesdays and the girls Thursdays from 3:30 until 6 o'clock.
From the Newport Daily News, January 30, 1936
The proposed $2,400,000 bridge from Jamestown to Saunderstown has been definitely disapproved by the Public Works Administration, according to the Associated Press dispatch from Washington. The rejection came unexpectedly today after officials of the Jamestown & Newport Ferry Company had received word earlier in the month that the project probably would be approved.
From the Newport Daily News, January 31, 1936
A light wind and an ebb tide brought additional ice floes down the bay and into the harbor today but the greater part of the shifting masses moved out to sea.
The Roosevelt Birthday ball held Thursday evening in the Holy Ghost hall, for the benefit of the infantile paralysis fund at Warm Springs, Georgia was one of the finest affairs ever held in Jamestown. More than 150 couples were present and the gowns of the ladies added much to the attractiveness of the scene. Sixteen tables of bridge and whist were in play. Dancing was in order, with Bowen's orchestra furnishing music.
50 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, January 28, 1961
Workers for the Jamestown Mothers' March of Dimes for Polio will canvas the town in a door-to-door campaign starting this weekend.
Joseph Perry was chosen king and Cheryl Hall queen at yesterday afternoon's dance given by grades 8-S and 7-S at the Jamestown School. Mrs. Edgar Olsen and Frederick A. Caswell, teachers assisted, and pupils of grades 7-N and 8-N were guests.
25 years ago
From the Newport Daily News, January 28, 1986
The Zoning Board of Review is scheduled to hear tonight a controversial petition from people who want to build a group home at Backstay Street and Stanchion Avenue.
The Town Council authorized the Conservation Commission Monday to pay for a mapping of the island's wetlands by a group of University of Rhode Island students.
From the Newport Daily News, January 30, 1986
The Town Council lopped $32,000 off the proposed town budget Wednesday night during a workshop session.
15 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
January 25, 1996
Town and state officials were set yesterday to discuss the receipt of a $864,000 federal grant that would fund the construction of two controversial waterfront projects at East Ferry.
It sounds too good to true – it looks like island taxpayers will see a decrease in their tax bills. The Town Council voted Monday to approve a total budget – town and school spending plans combined – of $10.3 million. That figure is up almost 7.3 percent over this year's $9.6 million budget, and it will go up again once contract negotiations with three labor unions representing town employees are finished and salaries are figured into the spending package.
10 years ago
From the Jamestown Press,
January 25, 2001
The council next Monday, Jan. 29, is set to vote on a $7.7 million school operating budget, a $5.7 million town spending plan, and possibly a Harbor Management Commission budget of about $266,000.
The area was hit with the most significant snowstorm of the season last weekend – one that dumped between four and five inches in the island, with drifting due to north and easterly winds accumulating several more inches in certain spots.


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This first weekend back in Burlington has been the absolute best of the entire summer! It all started with one hectic weekend full of cleaning the apartment, moving in, and making all those finishing touches on the house so that it could really feel like our home.
Right before Hannah's family left, they helped us put together a little garden out front. We were working on it well after sunset! Hannah's mom worked hard to get the dirt loosened up while Hannah and I pulled out the grass. We planted some perennials like Black Eyed Susans and Echinacea. The next day, we added some mulch to set it all in. We plan to extend the garden along the front of the house and maybe make a rock border. Expect to see a scarecrow soon! 😉
But that's just the front yard!!!
We have a great coat hook right inside the front door that was left behind by the old tenants. It seems to be really sturdy and its definitely convenient! Wool, fleece, and down coats will be hung here in a matter of months!
I have three roommates, Hannah, Becca, and Melissa, who each have their own bedroom upstairs. We decorated our foyer a little bit with Christmas lights–mostly the light the way at night since our only bathroom is downstairs–and a vintage painting Hannah found at an antique store. Those kids in the painting are walking to school, so its the perfect decoration for a house full of future teachers!
My room is the only one downstairs, but it is like a dream come true. It's the first time I have ever had my own room, and it's already my sanctuary.
The most important part of my room is my bed! I feel like a princess because I have a queen bed all to myself 🙂 I have used those ghetto Target blue shelves as a bedside table for the past two years, but I love them just the same 🙂 That shelf above was there when I moved in, and it is perfect for displaying special photos and trinkets.
On the wall to the side of my bed, Hannah gave me the idea to make a collage with my posters. The collage in the middle is made of a calendar I got in Cinque Terre, Italy after I graduated high school. I love the colorful paintings of the coastal villages. My sister gave me the frame at the top, with pictures inside that spell my name. So creative, right?
My closet area is at the foot of my bed. The rods and shelves were set up when I moved in, and it's really a great way to maximize the storage in that corner! Essentially all of my clothes are there, plus some linen storage on the top. (I know I won't be skiing for a few months, but my skis are so beautiful that I like to display them all year round!) Although I am lucky to have three big windows, I don't have any built-in lighting in my room, so that lamp provides most of the light at night.
My desk is my brother's from when he was growing up. I love that it has shelves so I will be able to easily store all my books and school supplies while still having a lot of workspace. This chair was in our living room, but we decided we didn't need any more seating in there. It makes a great little reading nook in my room! Isn't my carpet lovely, too? It's really soft and has a pretty design.
Here is my great-grandmother's dresser (full of wintry stuff and bags, lol). That framed Guinness poster was a gift from Hannah for my birthday 🙂 She knows me too well.
The room came with a full-length mirror on the back of the door, and the handle is a great place to hang my reusable shopping bags. Seriously, I can't believe I have that big room all to myself!
Our living room has already hosted a lot of get-togethers! I adore that pink couch – it's full of character – and the brown couch is a pull-out. Those curtains are from Wal Mart! It's hard to tell, but they are lavender and white striped. Hannah brought all sorts of cool tapestries and posters to hang, as well as two rugs she got for free. The white rug has already suffered some stains 😉
We have a two great storage units in the living room – a big closet under the stairs that would have seemed a palace to young Harry Potter and a some built-in shelves. Those shelves were actually behind a door, but we removed the door and Hannah worked hard to spray paint it blue. It adds some (however darker than we'd planned) color to the room.
Our little dining area was completed when we found three folding chairs from Recycle North for $1 each! I thought they were just plain black, but when I opened them up, they had a cool turquoise swirly pattern on the seat! Melissa's rocking chair is really cool, too, but it has to be treated gently since it is old.
Here is our little TV corner (we just got cable last night!) and the twin chair to the one in my room. Dominique knit me that UVM-colored blanket as a high school graduation gift. ❤ Isn't that ottoman so cool!? The Paces almost took it back with them, but Becca and I just couldn't part with it. We found a spot for it easily!
My parents bought us a sweet storage bench for inside the back door. With more Wal Mart curtains, it makes a great spot for untying your snow boots!
When we were looking for apartments last year, one of our favorite parts of this house was the breakfast bar. I have coffee while sitting on the stools almost every morning!
We even have a walk-in pantry! It's closed off by another one of Hannah's lovely tapestries.
Here's where all the magic happens! For a small kitchen, the layout is actually very comfortable and functional. Just last night, I was cooking stir fry and Hannah was baking cupcakes with ease! I am loving my first gas stove, by the way.
Here's a look at our fridges and basement door.
Just off the kitchen is the bathroom. We have a relatively new toilet and my Dad got us a spiffy shower head, so it's really comfortable with just enough luxury 😉
The bathroom is nothing too special, except for the mat from my mom and the wall decoration we added.
We bought a wall decal from Home Goods and it was super easy to apply. I love how it stands out against the white wall. And don't those birds and falling leaves just come to life?!
There you have it! I am so in love with our first place. While living on campus and visiting apartments downtown, I always longed to be that cool and wondered what it felt like to live in your own place. Now I know! It just feels so natural!
What was your first apartment like?


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By CANELA WOOD
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The Son Harvest County Fair was in full swing this past week at the Hood River Valley Christian Church.
Local youth participated in a week long Vacation Bible School (VBS) hosted by the Hood River Valley Christian Church and supported by many other local churches in the Gorge Ecumenical Ministries (GEM).
There were about 60 kids in the program, ranging from kindergarten to 6th grade. About 25 adults and 18 middle and high school youth from all of the participating churches volunteered in helping with the Son Harvest Fair.
Each church has donated time, money, location, and volunteers to VBS. Families were also asked to make a donation, but no children were turned away from the program.
"We want kids to know that God loves them and that a lot of people in the community care about them," said Ann Harris, VBS coordinator and director of youth ministries at Riverside Community Church.
This year's theme was fruits of the spirit and has been carried out in a Harvest Fair setting. The model used is from the Book of Galatians: "The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control." Each day was based on one of these principles with children participating in activities aimed at emphasizing that day's lesson.
Activities began at 9 a.m. and ended at noon. In that time children participated in crafts, music, bible stories, a missions program, snacks and recreation.
"Children also participate in exhibits, learning about some traditional farming techniques, they have made jams, and planted seeds," Harris said.
"It's fun and you get to spend time with kids," said Jacque Mattson, a middle school student of the Riverside Church congregation who volunteered with the 5th grade age group.
"They are such a great bunch of youth. I hardly have to do anything," said Clel Harr of White Salmon United Methodist Church, who worked as the youth volunteer coordinator for the weeklong program.
Through the VBS program the church has also introduced the children and their families to some of the other things the church will be involved in. During the school year they will begin a program called Logos that will take place each Wednesday afternoon, and will be in four parts: music, recreation, Bible study, and a family style meal.
"I hope we will touch a lot of kids (through the Logos program.) We have a commitment to that and a plan for it to grow," Harris said.
In addition to the Logos program, the volunteers at the VBS have talked with the kids about the Crop Walk, a walk for hunger relief scheduled for Sept. 28 in Hood River. Twenty-five percent of all funds raised by the Crop Walk will go to food banks in Hood River and Bingen. To help illustrate what the fund raiser is for, the VBS staff has already spoken with the children about gathering donations and will hold a mini crop walk today, the last day of VBS, when the children and their families will come for the family fair.
GEM churches are Valley Christian, Asbury United Methodist, Our Redeemer Lutheran, Riverside United Church of Christ, St. Mark's Episcopal, St. Mary's Catholic, Odell and Pine Grove Methodist, in Hood River County, and White Salmon United Methodist and Bethel Congregational in White Salmon and Bingen.
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Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 10:31 am
Post subject: Indian cooking - the engineer's nirvana
New member speaking, a former (i.e., once an engineer, always an engineer) engineer but now semiretired and househusband for a large family....
I was delighted to discover this site since I cook nearly every day for the family, and also believe that science is important for successful cooking. But I was very surprised to note a paucity of Indian recipes. For many years I have used with great success a cookbook by Madhur Jaffrey called "An Invitation to Indian Cooking". This is mostly North Indian ("Mughal") cookery, and since that was published she has written several others, including one bestseller on Asian vegetarian cookery.
The reason I love this book is that a) most of the recipes are excellent, and b) they all lend themselves to the engineering style of cooking, e.g.,: measure the dry spices; blend a sauce base of garlic, onions and ginger,; fry A, add B, remove B, add C, simmer X minutes, add D, cook down until reaches state Y, and so on. It's nearly foolproof!
Is there some connection between the great aptitude for engineering and programming exhibited by the Chinese and Indians and their wonderful food??
Steve in Japan
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Actually indian cooking is all about feel. Measurements are rarely done and only the most novice of cooks would measure. Indian women while cooking at home just toss in ingredients and spices, using sight as the only measuring tool. And while cooking all adjustments and additions are made based on the smell, look and feel (texture) of the dish being cooked. Even time and temperature are by feel. But once the technique is mastered, one can mix and match, improvise and see how easy indian cooking really is.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:21 pm
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The fascinating thing about Indian cooking is that it's traditionally done without tasting! Try a recipe sometime without once sampling, it feels very strange.
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:16 pm
Post subject: Question about the book mentioned
I've been on the lookout for a good Indian cookbook, so I was happy to find this discussion! I was curious though as to how much
An Invitation to Indian Cooking
substitutes more common American ingredients for hard-to-find Indian ones. I live in an area where I can find pretty obscure South Asian products (yay to living in the SF bay area!), so I'd prefer a cookbook which uses the traditional ingredients, or at least states what was substituted for.
Anyone else have a recommended Indian cookbook?
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:59 pm
Post subject: Books on Indian food.
Madhur Jaffery's
Taste of India
is another great book for traditional Indian recipes. As far as I can see, there are hardly any substitutions suggested and all the recipes that I have tried have become family favourites. What I really like about this book is that most recipes are what people cook in their homes on a day to day basis, not the heavy cream generic "indian", so you get the real Taste of India! This book can also clarify that there is no Indian dish really, but every region of the country has its own well defined and developed cuisine.
I have recently discovered some excellent blogs on regional Indian cooking!
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just got back from a short holiday in Romania. You should try Romanian food. Is...one of the greatest i've ever taste. Really! They are little artists in cooking!
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I have only recently started venturing into cooking indian food....not eating, I have always loved it. but, like most foods, I thought I could do better at home....I made my own garam marsala the other day (and ruined a mini food processor in the process)
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Interesting thread. As a Brit I also find a general malaise in Asian cooking on US websites, I didn't find a decent Indian meal the last time I was in NYC.
Here in the UK many of our major towns & cities have a strong Asian ethnic presence, & their cuisine has been filtering into the general communities for some years now. We now have Indian chefs with two Michelin stars.
I guess most of you know the fondness many Brits have for spending a Friday/Saturday night down the pub with mates. After closing time it's a slow saunter/stagger to the local Indian restaurant/takeaway for our favourite weekend treat. Indian food has long ago overtaken the ubiquitous fish'n'chips of old. We're becoming a nation of experimental cooks, the more exotic the batter, & Indian/Asian is pretty much our favourite.
If any of you would like to visit a fast-moving UK cooking forum, you could do a lot worse than visiting the BBC food messageboards. It's lively, current, posters are very friendly & happy to offer advice if asked.
Which brings me nicely round to say that we have our resident expert on all foods Asian. Her name is Mamta, & she posts regularly on the BBC site. She also hosts her own family-run website (link below) where there is a welter of Asian recipes & also a forum for advice & chat.
Please feel free to pop in & introduce yourselves to Mamta's & the BBC - we dont bite - promise
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Clicked too soon
here's the BBC food messageboard link - hope to see you there.
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George Will argues in favor of a fence to seal the Mexican border and a guest worker program to supply what the U.S. economy demands. I agree in principle. However, I'm not convinced that we have the combination of resources, will, and competence to effectively prevent continued illegal immigration. Since the public reasonably considers doing so a vital element of any immigration reform package, my view is that we should proceed with efforts to seal the border before we decide about a guest worker program and the treatment of illegals who are already here.
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Summer is most definitely here, at least for today and if you're sweltering under the heat of some office trousers we feel your pain. Actually we've got our legs out, sorry.
Take a look at our guide to this summer's shorts, we've trawled the internet for the best in short trousers to keep your legs cool and your outfit stylish without a toggle, cargo pocket or zip in sight. There's something for everyone from denim to tailored and also floral pair you'll love, honest!


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hello all!!!
I'm about to go to work in 2 weeks :-( and have to leave the little bub at home with a Nanny. The plan is to feed my LO ebm in a bottle whilst I am away.
So far I've built up a little bit of a storage...but how do i know how to warm up for him at a feed? totally clueless!!! is it possible to over feed him ebm in a bottle? Will he stop when he's full?
He is 15 weeks now...do i tell the Nanny to feed on demand...or do they need to drink every 3-4 hours?


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Shortly after the 30th anniversary of his death, this drama recalls the younger years of John Lennon, who was destined to become one of modern music's genuine icons.
As played here by Aaron Johnson, the Liverpool lad is at the crux of an emotional tug of war between his mother and his aunt ( Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff). He finds respite from his home problems in music, especially with the camaraderie of a fellow talent named Paul McCartney (Thomas Brodie Sangster, who played Liam Neeson's stepson in "Love Actually"). DVD extras: "making-of" documentary; deleted scenes. *** (R: AS, P) (Also on Blu-ray)
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It's been a few weeks since I've had a chance to participate in Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. This week's mission from Randy Seaver:
1) "What was your best Genealogy Moment during 2009?" This could be a research find, a fabulous trip, a found family treasure, etc. Your choice!
2) Tell us about it in a blog post of your own, a comment to this blog post, or a comment to the Twitter or Facebook status line for this post.
I have several moments just from this holiday season that I want to list here and all involve connecting with living family members to discover tidbits about the past. I'll start with the most recent and work my way backward:
This past week, my sister and I drove from her home in Knoxville, Tenn., to the town of Elizabethton. There, we met up with our great-uncle Ben, whom I hadn't seen since I was about 12 years old. He's approaching 80 years old, but drove us all around town, stopping at the house where he grew up — my great-grandmother's house — I plan to post pics in a separate blog post. I was six years old the last time I was there. We then drove to the cemetery where my great-grandparents are buried. Finally, we all went out for BBQ. It was great to reconnect with Uncle Ben.
Spending time with my sister this past week was fun too — it's something we haven't been able to do in several years due to our respective work and school schedules. She took me on the tour of downtown Knoxville, we shopped, we cooked, we ate, we drank, we watched movies, looked at photo albums and just plain ol' reminisced. Genealogy is about family and therefore quality time with my sister definitely makes it on the list.
Before heading down to Knoxville, I spent Christmas and a couple of days after with one of my aunts. She indulged me and together we went through more than 2,000 family photos, sorting and organizing them into storage boxes. I got to see childhood pics of my mom and her sisters that I'd never seen before. We came across hilarious photos of me and my cousins. Best of all, we found the one scene that had eluded me the past couple of years as I put together scrapbooks about my mom and dad — a photo of just the two of them together. Among the hundreds of photos taken of our extended family trips to the beach, we finally came across a couple shots of them.
Thanksgiving weekend was significant in many ways for my family — my sister and I spent the holiday in Richmond, Va., with our half-brother and his wife. It was the longest amount of time we'd ever spent with them and we had a blast. Besides the wonderful experience of being able to connect with them and their daughter, we made a major genealogical discovery, which I blogged about previously — we discovered the burial locations for several relatives whose remains we feared had been lost. In addition, my sister and I got to see photos of still another half-brother who passed away many years before we were born. My half sister-in-law showed me a bedspread that my grandmother crocheted together with my half-brother's mother. Several of us went on a slave-trail walk through much of downtown Richmond the day after Thanksgiving. And my half-brother took my sister and I to the Richmond Holocaust Museum, where we got to meet an individual whose family story is featured in an exhibit in the museum. It was a tremendous trip.
Thanks, Randy, for this SNGF prompt!


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Man attempts to rob Longwood Wendy's
Man attempts to rob Longwood Wendy's
LONGWOOD, Fla. —
An attempted robbery is under investigation in Longwood.
Police said a man walked into a Wendy's restaurant in the 800 block of West State Road 434 just before 10:30 p.m. Sunday.
Investigators said the man entered the restaurant and went to the restroom. When he came out, he had a bandanna over his face and demanded money from the employees.
When the employees began taking too long, the robber demanded a wallet from a customer, who refused to give it to him.
Police said the robber ran off and was picked up by a white car. He did not get away with any money.
Officials said the robber is a black man standing about 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds.


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Portugal pitches 'big wave' surf tourism after record ride
Hawaiian extreme surfer Garrett McNamara, who shattered an apparent world record this week by catching an estimated 100-foot wall of water off Portuguese fishing village of Nazaré, told Time.com that in Nazaré, "the ocean is known as a place of death, not of riding waves."
But that hasn't stopped the Portugal's tourism office from riding a wave of publicity: "We have 450 miles of clean Atlantic coastline, (and) some surfing beaches that are out of this world," notes a release sent out after Monday's jaw-dropping spectacle.
While the country's Algarve and Cortegaca regions draw plenty of surfers as well, Nazaré's giant waves are generated by factors unique to that part of central Portugal, says Micah Sklut, forecaster and CEO at Swellinfo.com, a surf forecasting site.
"You get big storms in the North Atlantic in the wintertime that push swells toward Europe," Sklut told NPR.com. But Nazaré's 16,00-foot- deep undersea canyon, which points like an arrow toward the town, creates the ideal conditions for the kind of waves in the video.
"So, first you've got really deep water, and then as it approaches the shore it gets very shallow, and that enables the waves to climb really, really big all of a sudden," Sklut said.
Similar conditions exist in other "big wave" spots, NPR added - inluding Teahupoo, Tahiti; the Banzai Pipeline on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii; the Cortes Bank about 100 miles from Los Angeles and Mavericks on Northern California's coast.
Not ready to tackle the likes of McNamara's monster? Not to worry: Nazaré waves bring riders so close to the cliff that "you can literally yell to your friends on the cliff and they can yell back at you," McNamara told TheDailyBeast.com.
"There is nowhere in the world even remotely like it for enjoying the power and size of waves so close," McNamara said. "It is mesmerizing to sit on the cliff and watch the waves and there is nowhere like it. But all I feel is that we will be able to share this place with a few more people."


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Will To Honor And Serve take the next step toward what was promised after he ran so fast, and so convincingly in the Remsen, way back in the fall of his 2-year-old season?
Will the Horse of the Year tack taken by Team Repole/Pletcher—a second half summer-fall campaign--prove the one to put them on the proper path?
Has Mucho Macho Man, who only turned 4 on June 15, grown into his big frame and is he ready to deliver on the promise he showed at Gulfstream Park this winter?
And you know what they say about potential in sports, right; the one about it's the heaviest burden for an athlete branded as such? It certainly was clear; something had to give.
To Honor And Serve was warm in the paddock--but then which horse wasn't—but he had every chance and failed to seriously threaten when the real running started. "No apparent excuse," said trainer Bill Mott.
Stay Thirsty cranked up to make a bid at the three-eighths pole, a rally that lasted all of a sixteenth of a mile. He beat two horses.
As it turns out, Mucho Macho Man's South Florida campaign was no mirage. The phantasm was the Alysheba, in which he was a non-threatening third by seven lengths to Successful Dan. It was the first time since early in his 3-year-old season that he lost ground through deep stretch.
But not in the Suburban. Mucho Macho Man was a star again today, beating a deep field of handicap runners, stalking the pace as easy as you please, took two sided pressure into the stretch then, as the racetrackers say, he walked his beat.
"I couldn't believe how easy he beat them. I mean, you put that bunch in the Breeders' Cup Classic, your favorite is going to come out of this race."
The Suburban pace was as honest as it gets at this level, :23.06 then followed by a :22.62. Trickmeister, ridden by Ramon Dominguez, who stayed with this runner and not MMM, was setting it and Smith was content to stalk—and he was stalking comfortably, thank you.
Positions remained virtually unchanged, with THAS stalking from third, still in the thick of contention at that point. But after hitting the eighth pole two in front in 1:33.82, Macho Man raced his final furlong in :12.76, stopping the timer in a very worthy 1:46.58 for nine furlongs.
"For a big horse, he's quick," Smith said. "Every step was a winning one. I'm shocked at how impressive he was. I didn't touch him."
And neither could the competition. Mucho Macho Man is back. He can hardly get much bigger but imagine what would he would be if he got even stronger.
"We're so excited, that was fabulous," said winning trainer Kathy Ritvo. "He likes to be here, he likes the racetrack here. We'll make sure he comes back great, take it slow, and see what happens. What a great day!"
The prelude, the Grade 3 Victory Ride for 3-year-old fillies, was about seeing see how undefeated state-bred Agave Kiss would acquit herself in open graded company for the second time. Actually, not very well.
Not after Jamaican Smoke ran her into the ground, putting the pressure on throughout. AK could not overcome both the equine heat and the inside post. As a result of dueling with Jamaican Smoke, the $330,239 bet to show on the formerly undefeated filly went up in flames as well, leading to the usual bizarre show payoffs.
The hot pace set the table for a closer, which turned out to be Emma's Encore, paying $80 to win and $61 to show.
"She worked very well and she'd been doing very well but I was being optimistic when I picked this race," said the legendary Allen Jerkens, the architect of so many upsets that he earned the nickname "Giant Killer," which still embarrasses him a bit. But the table had been set, and the Hall of Famer knew it.
"[Agave Kiss] just went so fast. It's not speed favoring today, is it? A couple of times this meet, for some reason, jockeys go head and head and I don't know what it is. It's so nice to be back and win one," said the man they call "Chief."
And with the exception of the owners of Agave Kiss and the bridge jumpers that dumped $330K into the pool, nobody at Belmont Park was unhappy when this trainer upset the Victory Ride.
"We hadn't been doing any good at all lately, so this really helps a lot." Maybe there's an owner out there, like Brenda Mercer, who might send Jerkens a runner.
"I never knew the lady before and then after she won she sold a half interest to Mr. Berger. I guess he's pretty happy now, too. I know I am."


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Last year we had a kickass group of girls (and guys) gay or gay-friendly hanging out at our car camping spot, playing beer pong, lawn games, flip cup, and just generally having a fucking fantastic time.
If you are wicked cool & enjoy these type of festivities (and are homo supportive) - look for our rainbow flag with the 2 female symbols on it in car camping & come hang out with us lezzies!
We really do have a truly epic time
Any other LezBros getting ready to have fun in car camping!?


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American Airlines and US Airways have confirmed an $11bn (£7.1bn) merger to create the world's biggest airline.
The deal, which is aimed at securing loss-making American's exit from 15 months of bankruptcy protection, is predicted to save the carriers a combined $1bn (£644m) annually.
The new carrier will keep the American Airlines name but be run by US Airways chief executive Doug Parker.
American's CEO, Tom Horton, will serve as chairman and American's current creditors will own 72% of the new company, with US Airways' shareholders holding 28% of the business.
Sources said the deal had been under discussion since August last year when creditors pushed for merger talks so they could decide which earned them a better return: a merger or Mr Horton's plan for an independent airline.
American has been restructuring under the bankruptcy protection and the agreement would apparently mean that its creditors and possibly its shareholders will own 72% of the stock, with US Airways Group securing the rest.
If the deal is approved by American's bankruptcy judge and competition regulators, the new American will have more than 900 planes, 3,200 daily flights and about 95,000 employees, not counting regional affiliates.
It would also mean that American, United, Delta and Southwest would control about three-quarters of US airline traffic - a situation that worries passenger groups and may concern competition regulators.
Charles Leocha of the Consumer Travel Alliance said that with just four big airlines instead of five, it would be easier to raise fares.
"The benefits of this deal will go only to the corporations, not to consumers," he said.
Just five years ago, American was the world's biggest airline but years of heavy losses - totalling almost $15bn (£9.6bn) since 2001 - drove it into bankruptcy protection.
The company blamed bloated labour costs but its unions accused executives of mismanagement.


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Stephen J. McGregor, PhD, is a pioneer in the development of training concepts and software designed to maximize the benefits of running with a speed and distance device. Most notably, Dr. McGregor created the normalized graded pace (NGP) algorithm and the run training stress score (rTSS). The NGP algorithm accounts for changes in grade that affect running speed and reports an adjusted pace that is more reflective of the actual effort exerted by the athlete and helps runners determine the true physiological stress level of each run. Dr. McGregor is the director of the Applied Physiology Laboratory at Eastern Michigan University and has published and presented numerous research papers examining muscle injury, nutritional supplements, performance modeling, and running physiology.
Dr. McGregor is a former intercollegiate soccer player, triathlete, and elite competitive cyclist. He has coached endurance athletes for almost 15 years and has a doctorate in exercise physiology. He is on the science and education faculty for USA Cycling and serves as a consultant to numerous international-caliber cyclists and runners, including Olympians.
Matt Fitzgerald is the author of numerous books on running, triathlon, nutrition, and weight loss. A prolific health and fitness journalist, Fitzgerald writes regularly for such national publications as Bicycling, Experience Life, Her Sports, Maxim, Men's Fitness, Men's Health, Outside, and Runner's World. He is currently a senior editor with Triathlete, is a featured running expert on Active.com, and contributes to the Active Runner e-mail newsletter. Fitzgerald has written extensively on performance-enhancing drugs and how to excel without them for publications including Muscle Media and Running Times.
Fitzgerald serves as a communications consultant to a number of sports nutrition companies. He is the editor of PoweringMuscles.com, an online nutrition information resource for athletes and exercisers. In 2006 he became a certified sports nutritionist licensed by the International Society of Sports Nutrition. Outside of writing, Fitzgerald is a featured coach with TrainingPeaks, the leader in providing online training services to endurance athletes and coaches. In this capacity, he creates interactive training plans for runners and triathletes.
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Sony Corporation (TYO: 6758; NYSE: SNE) is an international corporation with major businesses in electronics, video games, movies, and finance. The Japan-based company is one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue of ¥7.2 trillion in FY2010[1]. The Sony conglomerate is responsible for many well-known consumer electronics products, ranging from CyberShot digital cameras to VAIO computers.
Sony began as a small Japanese electronics company, catapulted to success after it produced the first successful pocket-sized transistor radio in the 1950's. Today, Sony Corporation is one of the world's largest media conglomerate companies. Based in Minato, Tokyo, it operates in the U.S. under the umbrella company, Sony Corporation of America. Sony is a leading manufacturer in electronics, video equipment, televisions, video games, information and communications technology, and semiconductors. Its business operations also span motion pictures, computers, music, and finance.
Electronics is still Sony's most important business segment, bringing in 66.8%[2] of its revenue. Sony is a well-recognized and respected brand with consumers, and its products cover a wide spectrum of the entertainment and industrial markets. However, the electronics division has averaged a break-even operating profit over the last five years.
Sony's previous generation console, the PlayStation 2 (PS2), is the video game system with the largest installed base of over 120 million units. The company's next-generation system, the PlayStation 3 (PS3), is more computationally powerful than competitors, offering cutting-edge graphics. Since its release in November 2006, the PS3 has lagged behind both Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii in terms of overall unit sales. The PS3 had sold approximately 4.5 million units as of the end of May 2008 compared to about 10.2 million for the Wii and 10.3 million for the Xbox 360, which was released 12 months before the other two consoles. However, in 2008 the PS3 has outsold the Xbox360 with 1.2 million units compared to 1.1 million units.[6]
The video game business not only represents a significant portion of its business, but the company is using the PS3 as a platform to propagate its high-definition DVD format, Blu-Ray. If the PS3 succeeds, then the company will likely profit from the adoption of this format, as Sony would be making significant licensing fees from movies, games and other media which utilize it. The PS3 is also the first major application to utilize Sony's CELL processor. It has been widely reported that Sony was subsidizing the cost of its hardware in order to gain market penetration, losing up to $300 per console, which retails for $599.[7] This loss is expected to decrease with the increased production of CELL processors and Blu-Ray drives, the two major bottlenecks for the PS3.
In 2005, Sony released its entry into the portable gaming market, the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The PSP features a large LCD screen, wireless network connectivity, music playback, and uses Sony's proprietary Universal Media Disc format. In an effort to expand the system's market, Sony has added peripherals, such as a GPS receiver (Garmin (GRMN)) and a hard drive storage adapter. In addition, a new version of the PSP, the PSP 3000 is set to debut in the US and Europe in mid-october, will feature a built in microphone and upgraded screen. The new PSP will be able to used as a phone. PSP's main competitor is Nintendo's DS.
For the 2007 fiscal year, PS2 out sold PS3 consoles by about 4.5 million units (13.73 M vs. 9.24 M).[7] Sony was forced to release the PS3 prematurely in comparison to the PS2's production cycle and this caused competition not only from other next gen consoles, but also from the PS2. The PS3 faces the following challenges in its transition:
The sales of the PS2 is both a good and bad indicator for Sony. Sales from the PS2 are masking just how big the losses from the PS3 actually are, however, it also shows that future sales of the PS3, and next gen consoles in general, still have a lot of room to grow. It is plausible that PS3 sales are lagging because the quality to price ratio of the PS2 is delaying many future PS3 customers from buying the console..
Sony Pictures Entertainment makes, markets, and distributes feature films in both U.S. and international markets. Sony's Motion Picture Group, which includes the production houses Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Classics, makes around 30 feature films annually and brings in 9.7%[4] of the company's total revenue. Major recent releases include Spiderman, The Da Vinci Code, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Capote.
However, due to the nature of movie production, even successful blockbusters generally break even in theaters, with the majority of profits coming from subsequent home-entertainment sales. Significant resources are spent on advertising feature releases before and after their entry into theatres. The company, however, continues to benefit from the film's popularity and DVD sales, long after it has left theatres. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment generates a high operating margin of 20%, compared to a loss for the motion pictures segment.
Sony also controls a strong portfolio of television programming, including Seinfeld, Jeopardy, and Days of Our Lives. International television operations have experienced fast growth as foreign language markets are opened.
Sony's financial services, which are offered only in Japan, include Sony Life offering life insurance, Sony Assurance offering home, automotive, and medical insurance, and Sony Bank, an internet-based bank. This division is usually very profitable.
Joint venture relationships allow companies to combine their knowledge and resources to increase exposure in new and existing markets. Sony's major joint ventures include:
The company must spend significant resources on research and development to keep up with rapidly advancing technology and shifting consumer demand. In 2007, Sony spent a total of ¥543.9 billion, or 7.1%[9] of its total revenue on R&D. One of Sony's new products with is the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, which is thinner and more efficient than traditional LCD displays.
Like other major manufacturers of consumer products, Sony may face liabilities for defective products. Over the last year, Sony recalled a substantial number of laptop batteries, which may catch fire due to an internal short circuit. Sony BMG faced intense controversy for including DRM software on its music CDs that used questionable means to modify customers' computers. The company settled to pay affected customers $150 in compensation. Such lawsuits can be extremely costly, both in terms of financial resources and negative publicity. Most recently, on July 9, 2009, SNE along with Panasonic was sued over some of its thermal and power management for its notebook computers by IpVenture.[10] The plaintiff alleges that Sony infringed on four patents it held. This is a risk that a technology company who develops new products will run into from time to time. This could prove very costly to the company as a loss in court could result in a large cash settlement in addition to the loss of a technology integral to their business.
C'est une excellente rrqeamue. En fait le titre que je suis est cf4te9 au NYSE, pour des raisons de commodite9 d'acce8s aux donne9es. Mais si tu regardes la sensibilite9 du titre cf4te9 e0 Londres au GBP/CHF, elle est similaire, meame si les pertes en CHF au final sur cinq ans sont moindres, avec 38%, contre 45% pour le titre US.
Yep, one entry is enough. Mark your caaednlr.In other news, it would be nice to get a regular drip of the 5.1 remixes/remasters on DVD-A/Blu-ray. Moving Pictures was very well done and a lot of fans are probably waiting for more titles. If they could reissue the catalog like the current King Crimson is being done, they could surely lock up a lot of re-sales.They only have 16 studio albums left to do (if you include the disappointing Snakes MVI). They could batch some of them out to Steven Wilson to expedite matters .One can dream!!!
No other media conglomerate has a presence in all of Sony Corporation's four business segments. However, each one of Sony's businesses faces intense competition in its respective market.
Even within the electronics division, there is an enormous variety of products and specialized markets.
Sony's previous generation console, the PlayStation 2 (PS2), is the video game system with the largest installed base of over 120 million units. The company's next-generation system, the PlayStation 3 (PS3), is more computationally powerful than competitors, offering cutting-edge graphics. However, since its release in November 2006, the PS3 has lagged behind both Microsoft's Xbox 360 (during the 2006 holiday season) and Nintendo's Wii in terms of overall unit sales. The PS3 had sold approximately 4.5 million units as of the end of May 2008 compared to about 10.2 million for the Wii and 10.3 million for the Xbox 360, which was released 12 months before the other two consoles. In May, total software sales and hardware sales for industry were 37% and 34%, respectively.[11]
In 2005, Sony released its entry into the portable gaming market, the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The PSP features a large LCD screen, wireless network connectivity, music playback, and uses Sony's proprietary Universal Media Disc format. In an effort to expand the system's market, Sony has recently announced new peripherals, such as a GPS receiver and a hard drive storage adaptor. PSP's main competitor is Nintendo's DS, which offers a unique touch-screen input interface and two-screen display.
Sony has been criticized for relying too much on improving traditional specifications for its game systems. Although more powerful than competitors, the PS3 costs $599, even after a $300 subsidy by Sony, compared to the $399 Xbox 360 and $249 Wii. Nintendo, on the other hand, has focused on changing gaming interfaces, with a motion-sensor based controller for the Wii and a touch-screen input for the DS. In comparison, both Nintendo systems have experienced faster sales than Sony's PS3 and PSP, respectively.
Along with the purchase of the Xbox 360 comes the option to connect to what is known as Xbox Live through either Ethernet or WiFi connectivity. Xbox live provides 360 users with network game interfaces, but also allows for the purchase of all sorts of media content such as movies and music. The push my Microsoft to have the Xbox 360 as the end all media station signifies the beginning of the end for traditional brick and mortar stores such as Blockbuster. In an effort to compete with this service, Sony will be offering a similar service through its newest PS 3 devices in addition to its televisions, hoping to have 90% of its products PlayStation Network compataible by 2011.[12] Playstation Network is expected to afford PS 3 and Sony televsion users connectivity to nearly all of its licenced media starting in the summer of 2008.
Major movie studios Buena Vista, 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros., Paramount, and Universal are the main competitors of Sony's movie business. This market relies on a few blockbusters for most of its revenue, and such hits may be difficult to predict. Sony's portfolio of successful films includes Spiderman, The Da Vinci Code, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, and Capote.
Sony established its financial services in Japan in 2004. At the time, the Japanese insurance and banking market was underserved. Sony Financial Holdings have been one of the most profitable segments for the company, with an operating margin of 13% in 2007.[13] However, due to increasing privatization in the Japanese market and decreasing total value of insurance policies, Sony's financial business will be negatively affected, as indicated by the segment's 9.1% decrease in operating margin in 2007.[13]


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