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Why call yourself a web designer if you can make more money calling yourself something else? I suppose my business is web design and development, or at least that is a part of what I do. But I don’t call myself that. Nor do I structure my business arrangements like a typical web designer/developer.

There are only two ways I do business:

1. As a marketing consultant. Lots of what you do is marketing, right? Why not figure out a way to provide clients with a complete marketing solution? For instance, right now I’m working as a marketing consultant to a healthcare group. I write letters for them. I have created a marketing strategy for them. And I’ve developed a web site for them (at a pass-through cost of about $300). The website represents 1/35th of my total fees. Why? Because I’ve broadened my solution. You can do the same. As a marketing consultant, you can earn a lot more.

2. As a web publisher. For many professionals, I design their website for free. I even write books for them. In some cases, I hire a video professional to videotape them during lectures or demonstrating their expertise. I put up all of the money. Why? Because I get 90% of the sales. Many professionals appreciate the marketing exposure they get from this arrangement. And I get all the upside and am willing to take the downside.

That’s putting my money where my mouth is. I am willing to take a small financial risk in return for upside, because I know I can make more money that way. Plus, I end up owning the sites and content sold on those sites, the way a publisher owns a book. So I build up an asset with long-term value.

Why work for an hourly rate if you can have a business model based on value (#1) or equity ownership (#2)?

The above blog may be provocative to some of you, and frankly I doubt many of you will go ahead and make the transition to the above based on this blog, but at least consider the concepts here.

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  • http://www.dustindiaz.com polvero

    I prefer “User Interface Engineer” :D

  • DevonWright

    I prefer “Expert Websmith” or “Internet Solution Expert”. But I can understand your’s too, Andrew.

  • http://www.dotcomwebdev.com chris ward

    But Andrew… I’m not a webdesigner, im a hamburger!

  • http://www.lowter.com charmedlover

    My only thought here is that a lot of us don’t want to or don’t have the skills to broaden. I for one don’t want to really expand that broad. You have to realize that sometimes focusing your efforts into one particular area works better and is more profitable.

  • aneitlich

    I agree 100%. I’m just presenting a few different models. Everyone has to figure out what model fits best for them.

  • http://www.ptpnewmedia.com ptpnewmedia

    Ever since I started calling our company PTP NEW MEDIA – Creative Web Marketing, our sales have increased. In addition, we are focusing on niche markets (2 to be exact… financial and health care). Everyone needs a doctor and a place to put their money. Brand yourself to be the expert and you will succeed. Only the best!

  • http://www.lowter.com charmedlover

    The above blog may be provocative to some of you, and frankly I doubt many of you will go ahead and make the transition to the above based on this blog, but at least consider the concepts here.

    That just made it sound like if we don’t take this model we made a bad choice.

    However, I do agree in many ways, just that last paragraphs made me raise an eyebrow.

    – Ethan

  • yannisc

    Your concept is logical and nice (it’s always nice to earn more)..

    But, how can we broaden our services? How do we market them?

    Could you be more specific? More deep? What tips would you give to us? What books would you suggest to start broadening our services?

  • http://www.floogy.com Madmac

    As long as the term “IT Professional” dies a horrible death, I’m all smiles.

    Seriously though, when somebody asks what you do for a living, your answer should never begin with “I am a (insert contrived title here)” in any case!

    Tell them what you can do for them boy, kick off with something like “Well mate, let’s say you decided to take that crazy stamp collection and kick off your own online trading community. I’m the type of guy who would make that happen.”

    If you’d rather just throw out a supposedly impressive job title then turn back to your tonic & gin, you’d have just missed another great opportunity.

  • ramyshubra

    i like this toughtand what you think in, really i work in Web Design box and know that i have to work in many box throughtmy living in this box.

    i think i have to re-set my plan and my life work startigy every year ;)

  • http://www.cre8media.com egockel

    Many of the guys who visit this site call themselves web designers because they are. It certainly is a great launching pad for expanding your service offerings. The difference between many of your readers and yourself is that they probably are the people that YOU contract to get your work done. If one of your websites goes bonkers and needs fixing and one of your offshore developer/designers aren’t available, you probably can’t even fix it yourself.

    So rather than doubt that readers will make a transition, I’d like to encourage them that they are perhaps in an even better position than you (knowing their craft). Simply telling people they need to do something without providing much meat (how), puts you in the same league as Robert T. Kiyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad). [ read more: http://www.slate.com/?id=2067175 ]

    It all depends on the client, calling myself a “marketing consultant” may pigeonhole you in similar ways.

    The key is listening to your clients needs, be curious and find out where they need help above and beyond your service offerings. Don’t wait for them to ask, pay attention and ask lots of questions. If they need print work, find a way to help out, etc.

    By all means, you have to do what you like and what you’re good at. If you’re chasing the fast/big bucks without the soul and desire to exceed personally and professionally you won’t have a foundation to fall back on. Its true what they say, do what you love and the money will follow.

  • Christoph Hoerl

    My favorite: webworker. But it doesn’t sound yery professional.

  • Dr Livingston

    i think you’ve made a couple of good points but… it’s finding the time to actually look into making a transition from one to another, ie from web developer to marketeer for example.

    as for clients, well… there are times you just want to slap the little… … …

  • http://www.adammessinger.com/ amessinger

    What has me scratching my head is this:

    Plus, I end up owning the sites and content sold on those sites, the way a publisher owns a book. So I build up an asset with long-term value.

    Based on all the legal advice I’ve read, independent contractors typically perform their duties as “works made for hire,” meaning that the copyright of anything they produce — branding materials, web site content, advertising copy, etc. — is given over to the client upon completion of the contract. I know I sure wouldn’t hire a web designer, publicist, or marketing expert who was going to make off with my intellectual property and all the profits it generates.

    If you’re playing the role of publicity and marketing expert, the typical arrangement that I’ve heard of is for the consultants that work for individual professionals (such as agents and publicists) to take a percentage cut of the income they help generate. Literary agents work the same way in the world of publishing.

    Contracts with companies or non-profit organizations would necessarily function differently, of course. For example, the fundraising consultant hired by the private college where I work was paid at a (very high) hourly rate.

    Your claim that “a publisher owns a book” is also highly dubious. In the world of fiction publishing, the author always retains copyright. This is something professional writers have insisted on and fought for, having seen the negative effects of the loss of IP rights by musicians to the recording industry.

    The situation is more variable in non-fiction. Grabbing the non-fiction books closest to me at the moment I find that Dan Cederholm retained the copyright to “Bulletproof Web Design”; Jeremy Keith holds the rights to his “DOM Scripting”; and the three authors of “The Design of Sites: Patterns, Principles, and Processes for Crafting a Customer-Centered Web Experience” have also retained their copyright to the work. On the other hand, the rights to “Adobe Creative Suite 2 for Dummies,” “InDesign CS2 for Dummies,” and “Photoshop CS2 for Dummies” are all held by Wiley Publishing, Inc.

    Maintaining all rights to the books they publish is probably part of Wiley’s standard contract, and because the “For Dummies” series is so well known they can pull it off. To the authors, it’s worth the trade to be seen as among the premiere experts in their field; the loss of copyright is a marketing investment on their part. However, few if any independent consultants could convince a legally savvy client to make such a bargain.

  • Anonymous

    . As a web publisher. For many professionals, I design their website for free. I even write books for them. In some cases, I hire a video professional to videotape them during lectures or demonstrating their expertise. I put up all of the money. Why? Because I get 90% of the sales.

    I am new to the industry; I am a hobbyist more than anything. I am confused by this statement. If you write books and design the site for free, what is that you actually sell? Color me, confused.

  • Mathew Patterson

    “what is that you actually sell? “

    The website design is done for free, and then that website is used to sell products. He then takes a percentage of each sale that the website makes.

  • siteman123

    Should part of offering a complete marketing soulution be to know exactly what you are doing? Maybe undertake some formal training? Granted many designers / developers have to have an appreciation for a clients sales processes to intergrate the web site properly. But marketing is a real responsibility…… if you get it wrong and get a poor response to an initiative would a client be reasonable to try and recover their costs if they found you weren’t properly qualified or experienced? I think it’s a great idea but possibly easier said than done? I’m all ears though!

  • shadowbox

    90% of sales? Methinks the next blog should explain exactly how you get your clients to agree to this.

  • rozmo

    Way to go Andrew!Now that is definitely thinking out of the box. Perhaps a paradigm shift in the making. As far as most not making the transition, that’s the norm in any industry when it comes to cutting edge ideas and concepts. Those that listen and adapt, swim, those that choose to ignore, sink. Perhaps they should consider the title of “Starving Developer Looking For A Niche”.

    Thanks for the bold ideas!

  • http://www.TannerSite.com TannerC

    Great blog. I think I’ll go as a “professional visual relay consultant” from here on out. :)

  • baileysemt

    90% of sales? Methinks the next blog should explain exactly how you get your clients to agree to this.

    Amen! I can’t think of the last time I came across a sharp, successful business person who actually agreed to such a deal. Maybe I deal with people who are too smart??? LOL

  • http://www.experioronline.com Jenny McDermott

    Along with siteman123, I’m wondering how a Web designer could present him/herself as an expert in something which people take master’s degrees in, when the designer doesn’t have that kind of background. I’m not terribly impressed by academic degrees alone, but I know marketing degrees do involve some fairly “hard” subjects like statistics, etc. I are a artist. I cain’t do that numbers stuff. So you’re saying I should just fake it?

  • webchick

    While this all sounds well and great.. who has the time? Do you ever sleep?

    I take on a limited number of clients per month amoung a team of three, and then we also have the continued web clients to provide updates for and other services.

    Wouldn’t it be wiser to partner with a print company, or other companies that provide these services, where my company would receive a kickback from those companies for bringing them business?

    I hear what you are saying – and I think it’s great that you are able to do so many things. But as a professional, I have learned in business to stick to what you know, let others do what you can’t. I don’t have time to learn proven marketing strategies, and I frankly don’t think my clients expect me to. What they would like though, is if I can point them in the right direction to someone who can that I know will provide excellent services to them. Giving a client more than they anticipated, even just by referring them to someone else, will impress them and bring them back time and again. Trying to be something you are not and offering services that are beyond your expertise will only cause disappointment and loss of customers which equals loss of business…

  • ChrisB

    Can we get someone more aligned with our demographic writing this blog? It’s obvious from the comments that alot of the readers don’t align with Andrews thoughts and he is in a completely different league to 95% of us. Think about it.

  • http://www.ptpnewmedia.com ptpnewmedia

    I disagree ChrisB. It is good having an “outsider” look in and challenge everyone. Just b/c he does not “align” with others here is their loss. He brings a different thought and perspective to the table. While he may not be correct at everything he says, who is. I don’t see anyone else here writing a blog that gets thousands of hits daily. Just listen (or read) what he has to say. You don’t have to take it but some of it is really good stuff.

    You can be a web designer and only go so far. To take it to the next level you have to get your @$$ up from behind the computer, use people skills and develop a competitive advantage that seperates you from everyone else who does the same damn thing you do. His blog is more about good business than web design.

    His advise has helped my company grow and become more profitable. Good stuff. Keep it up.

  • Jason Batten

    Can we get someone more aligned with our demographic writing this blog? It’s obvious from the comments that alot of the readers don’t align with Andrews thoughts and he is in a completely different league to 95% of us. Think about it.

    The title of this blog is “Selling Web Design Services”. More than half of the people here are JUST designers or JUST coders. They wouldn’t know a sales pitch if it came up and slapped them in the face – it’s obviously true by peoples comments. They are thinking like designers or coders. Not sales people. THIS IS NOT A BLOG FOR DESIGNERS OR CODERS. This is a blog for people who want to SELL those skills not just “do” them. Andrew is good at this job although this blog post is brief – but it is up to us to research, after all he isn’t going to give us all the information needed to be the best ;)

  • Jason Batten

    I’m a BUSINESSMAN FIRST. Coder second.

  • http://www.ptpnewmedia.com ptpnewmedia

    If you want to be a designer or coder only you can come work for me. :)

  • Jason Batten

    Only if you developed a strict specification ;)

    Nothing worse than asking a so-called-“manager”/client what you need to do next and have them say “I don’t know”.

  • siteman123

    I made a comment about being careful what you sell and to be sure if you start selling marketing services you can deliver. I think a good business person will understand they need to sell. But over promising and under delivering can have a negative impact on a business. Let’s try and keep this blog on a positive and useful tack. I think it has the potential to be a very lively and useful blog. Let’s hear from the sales people / the business people who are taking an interest some ideas they have employed and that have worked well. We can all learn from each other but sometimes the genral needs to move to the specific.

  • Ortiz

    Seem’s to much like a superman approach to me, in referance to juggling two identities. Why not devise a label that is both informative and accurate in its description?

    Although I return to read your blog post’s every day, but don’t really see the marketing basis for a move like this. Whatever happened to the client comfort zone?

    Although the word consultant grabs my attention in a peculiarly settling kind of way.

  • http://www.adammessinger.com/ amessinger

    Jason Batten said…

    The title of this blog is “Selling Web Design Services”. More than half of the people here are JUST designers or JUST coders. They wouldn’t know a sales pitch if it came up and slapped them in the face—it’s obviously true by peoples comments.

    I don’t think that’s an entirely fair assessment, though the level of business savvy among many independent professionals in this business does sometimes seem fairly low. Honestly, I think that may be the case for freelancers and small businesses in almost any specialty- or craft-oriented field.

    I don’t object to having someone whose primary job is business and sales authoring this blog. It’s important for small business and freelance professionals to realize that they must always fulfill two roles to be successful. There’s the role that appears on their business card (designer, developer, locksmith, woodworker, etc.), and then there’s the role of CEO and head salesperson. Those who try to run their own business by playing only the specialist and never the salesperson will usually find themselves “working for the Man” again in short order. I was fortunate to absorb a good bit of business sense by osmosis when I was young, watching my mother sell real estate in the competitive market of 1980s Southern California. I’m hoping this will serve me well now that I’m setting out to launch my own business.

    What bothers me about this blog isn’t the specialization of the person who writes it, but the tenor of the author’s advice. Andrew deserves credit for bringing new trends and business ideas to a group of people that might otherwise be completely unaware of them. Elements of his advice have sometimes struck me as somewhat dodgy, however. I found this entry particularly alarming; some of the above advice flies in the face of everything I know about ethical, good-faith business practices. If I’ve drastically misread his post, I do wish Andrew would respond here and let me know.

  • aneitlich

    Sorry, but I can’t respond unless I understand what seems unethical or not good faith to you. If you can be more specific about what bothers you, then I can reply.

  • http://www.adammessinger.com/ amessinger

    Andrew: Please see my earlier comment, above. My concerns revolve around intellectual property issues and the 90% take you say you’re getting on sales (Sales of what, exactly? The books and videos, or some other product?).

  • aneitlich

    Ahhh, yes:

    1. Re: Intellectual property. In the second example noted in this blog, I operate as a publisher, not a “work for hire” consultant, and not as a literary agent. My contract specifically states that I have the rights to the materials we create. My clients, really partners in this case, are generally individuals who lack resources but have expertise. They want exposure and also the credibility that comes from a site and having the materials we create together. So in these cases, I am a publisher using a publisher’s contract. My clients/partners understand that and are happy with the arrangement. So my contract is very different than a web designer contract in this case.

    What I am finding is that dozens of people like this arrangement and are coming to me. So my job is to assess whether their ideas are sound and will sell or not, since I take the financial risk.

    2. The 90% of sales in this situation comes from the materials we create together, which are typically educational programs based on the expertise of these people. My target market in this case are “guru” types with an expertise they can offer to others in the form of prepackaged information. Almost anyone can be a guru if marketed correctly and if they have sound expertise.

    So, everything is up front and ethical and, in fact, the folks who are doing this with me tell me they are thrilled.

  • http://www.dadan.net Dadan

    well i call my self a New Media Designer,
    thats working well for me ..

    nice post

  • busyboy

    Thanks for giving us ideas to think about. If I come across an expert somewhere that has that sort of interest that I believe I can market without large amounts of money (at first, anyway), I think this is worth a shot. Though I do agree with webchick, and would sub out print work, etc to those more qualified.
    I call myself a “web developer”, but most people don’t know what that is. the average customer doesn’t know the different between a developer and a designer, much less a “UI Engineer”, “usability specialist”, etc. I’m sure those who’ve cruised CraigsList can readily attest to that.
    “Consultant” is nice, but the term is a cliche now, like “custom-made”. I’m not sure it holds any water now.
    Most of the time, I focus not on my title, but how I can help them. That’s what they’re interested in anyway.

  • http://www.gl3nnx.net gl3nnx

    nice article dude, you have a point. am a freelance web designer ;)

  • http://www.adammessinger.com/ amessinger

    Thanks for responding to my concerns, Andrew. It sounds like the arrangement you have made with your clients is actually similar in some ways to the one that Wiley Publishing makes with its authors (to re-use an example from my first comment).

    As with Wiley, you help generate the “guru” credibility that your clients desire. Once established as a guru, one of your clients could command generous fees for speaking engagements and seminars within her industry or area of expertise. A more traditional book publishing contract — in which the author keeps IP rights — would also become easier to get, if desired.

    Basically, it seems that you’ve set yourself up as a door-opener and guru-maker for those who have the expertise to fill that role, but lack the time or skills to market themselves into position. It’s a fascinating choice of micro-niche; I doubt you have much competition at all.

    Thanks again for the clarification. I’ve officially gone from suspicious to impressed and intrigued. :-)

  • Kamna

    Nice article … Good Concept

  • Self-proclaimed Future Man

    I’ve tried, but I don’t know where to start with this. Bad advice.

    The title of the blog should be – “Just Call Yourself a Marketer – I do”.

    Be what you are good at, achieve what you can and “call yourself what you are” (even if it is a hamburger – at least it’s honest).

  • BID

    I think the big problem with this for most of us ( Designers or Developers ) is fear. Fear of not being able to deliver ‘the goods’.

    How many of us here would like to offer mrketing services but simply don’t have the knowledge or offer SEO serives but realise that in itself is a full time job. It’s is the fear factor that you simply cannot deliver what you promise.

    I guess the answer is to contract someone who DOES know how to do the things that you don’t.

    I absolutely agree with Jason about ‘thinking like designers and coders’. I know I am guilty of it. I get all hyped up about revamping my business and the fall backward into thinking like a designer.

    I am not a businessman but I am going to keep at it until one day I am lol

  • http://www.primacognos.com bigduke

    Many people many terms … not meaning to be derogatory but when called a web designer, I find it offensive. Partly because I know the difference between a web designer and a web developer with the latter’s skill-set being broader and also because that “designation” has been repeatedly misused in the industry with 11 year olds designing disgusting lookign website (by and large).

    Since I am not yet into business, the terms software developer, web developer and web application developer seem acceptable. Any contest?

    But if I were to do business, the term would most definitely be “Consultant” irrespective of the specialization prefixes like web solutions, marketing, business etc etc unless absoluetly required.

  • http://www.dannyfoo.com/minifolio/ dannyFoo

    I like the concept you’re introducing but it bugs me to think that if I were to be referred as a marketing consultant or something with more finese and sounded professional, wouldn’t I be leaving behind my respect of being a website designer?

    Clients will no longer appreciate me as a website designer but a consultant in marketing or some other job advocation.

    Anyway, just my two cents and really appreciate the sharing of this insight.

  • http://www.bluetone-media.com bluetone

    Those of you who don’t get what Andrew is trying to say…. you had best go to work now for someone who does…because you are never going to make any real money. Savvy business owners don’t want web sites, they want you to make them a ‘device’ that will make them money – create a process or a service that will MAKE THEM MONEY.

    Stupid business owners just don’t want web sites – well maybe they would consider one for $200 USD or less.

    I went from web designer to marketing consultant (ad agencies make bucks people) a few years back and it helped greatly. Now I’m out of that altogether and I sell products online. A lot of you are better designers than I will ever be – expand your horizons.

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  • http://www.wynnefields.com/ Wynnefield

    I submitted a rather lengthy comment a week or two ago and wondered why it was not published. I called the first line, “What’s in a Name?”.

    thank you,

  • StevenP

    I call myself a Web Consultant. People normally ask what exactly I do and then I go into more detail – depending what I think thay are looking for. If they seem to want a designer, I play up that angle, or if they want a marketer, I focus on that side of my work.
    By calling myself a web consultant, people usually presume that I’m an Internet Guru, which is a good place to start your pitch I find.

  • http://www.wynnefields.com/ Wynnefield

    found my original post … i hope it makes senses and pertains to the topic:

    actually, i had been calling myself a web developer for several years until last year when i landed a terrific gig with a global firm, who provides worldwide contracts in about a dozen or more areas of expertise. i was hired to redesign and remarket the internet presence, develop an intranet and perform any other web-related tasks and internet-related strategies to support a new company branding campaign. i consider myself rather well-rounded in web design tools and techniques such as dreamweaver, flash, css, jscript, and seo strategies.

    i was brought into the IT department, and after being on board for several months, i discovered i had been more of a what i would describe as a web “author” or “designer” than developer. we are a fully integrated Micrsoft .NET/SQL Server based shop, developing fully interactive web-based applications for external clients, as well as for our employee base of over 13,000 members across the globe.

    i have spent the last number of months absorbed with a “learning bug” i have not had for many years and enjoying it tremendously. studying and coding .net and sql server have provided me a complete new arsenal of tools for developing more indepth, completely interactive sites and/or browser-based applications.

    whatever name i give myself (or the company provides) is not nearly as relevant as what i am now able to provide after such a brief period of learning and the internal satisfaction it provides.

    whatever you decide to call yourself, i just hope you are having as much fun as i am doing it …

    wynne the web guy

  • Nick Roy

    I prefer to call myself an Internet Consultant, Internet Advisor, or an Internet Strategist.

    Nick Roy, Webmaster

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  • chumbo

    There are 100,000,000 people out there calling themselves marketing consultants. 99.99% have never taken a amarketing class and couldn’t even come up with a good definition for the term “marketing” if asked.

    It means nothing and people are starting to learn that.

    I call myself, “director of pants-free web attack”

  • Anonymous

    Well I’m feeling pretty pumped after running across this article. I felt that angling toward “web publisher” was best – pretty cool to see a pro saying it too.

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R-3 Year Child and Adolescent Training:

R- 3 residents receive training in child and adolescent psychiatry by following patients and their families over the course of one year. Residents learn to evaluate, diagnose and treat a wide range of psychiatric disorders in youths, and receive weekly supervision from child/adolescent psychiatry faculty.

Residents are highly supervised in their work during the R-3 year, and this case load is kept to a moderate number of patients with a wide range of psychopathology including a mix of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Disruptive Behavior Disorders (e.g. Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Affective Disorders, pervasive Developmental Disorders and family therapy. The focus is on providing the resident with a broad based understanding of the childhood disorders and an experience in diagnosing and treating these disorders. A collaborative team based approach is emphasized with ample supervision and input from the supervisors.

The residents work under the direct supervision of the Director of Child Adolescent Psychiatry for one day per week through their R-3 year. This allows the resident to evaluate and manage patients continuously for a year and develop their skills in psychotherapeutic techniques. A central aim is to help the resident learn to manage cases as a primary therapist with close supervision as needed in an outpatient clinical setting.

The faculty for the teaching and supervision on this rotation will be constituted by the Rotation Director at SIUH, as well as the faculty at the affiliate site, Staten Island Mental Health Society (SIMHS).

Residents perform comprehensive intake evaluations and are monitored by the faculty with every intake being monitored by their immediate supervisor/rotation director. They also provide ongoing medication management and psychotherapy, which is supervised weekly.

The SIMHS is a private, not-for-profit agency that provides comprehensive mental health and related services to Staten Island children who are emotionally or behaviorally disturbed, developmentally or learning disabled, neurologically impaired, dependent on alcohol or drugs, and/or economically disadvantaged.

They employ 300 professional and support staff providing assistance to more than 5,000 individuals each year (over one-in-ten Staten Island families) at their 21 program sites throughout the borough that include Outpatient Child Clinics, Day treatment program, On site School Mental Health program, state certified outpatient chemical dependency treatment program and a MICA program for 12 -18 year olds with a dual diagnosis. In addition to the above they also provide Early Childhood program (Head start) and have a dedicated Developmental disabilities clinic at their Pouch Center.

Residents will spend a majority of their time evaluating a cross section of the children and their families and providing continuing care for the families. The focus will remain on training the adult psychiatrist to understanding childhood disorders and developing competency in diagnosing and referring for treatment appropriately. Gathering of information and working with the multiple agencies involved in providing care to a child will remain a key component of this rotation. Resident's perform intakes, work with families, and treat patients individually and with co-therapists, all under supervision of SIMHS and SIMHS staff. Each resident will spend 1 full day/week  for 12 months at this rotation In addition to daily supervision the residents will receive one hour of direct supervision. Additional supervision will be available as needed.

Outpatient Addiction Services Rotation

This is a required 12 month rotation in the R-3 year consisting of one full clinic day per week.

Faculty consists of 3 full-time attending psychiatrists who have board certification in Psychiatry and extensive experience/certification in Addiction Psychiatry. Additionally, there is a Program Manager who is an LCSW; 2 full-time and 1 part-time LCSW therapists; 3 full-time and 1 part-time Chemical Dependency Level II Counselors, and 2 full-time and 1 part-time Chemical Dependency Level III Counselors.

Residents will attend eight (8) hours of scheduled educational activity each week. Evaluate and formally present all new cases to the attending followed by review and discussion of the case. The case loads will be carefully monitored by the attending psychiatrist

The Outpatient Addiction Recovery service at SIUH has an active treatment population of between 250 and 300 individuals at any given time. Approximately 85 % of the patients are white; 5% Hispanic and 5% are Black/African American. 65% are men and 35% are women. The average age is 40 and 75% are between ages 26 and 55. Over half of the patient population, 55%, has never been married. 43% have finished high school and some College. Twenty five percent (25%) are employed and about 47% are unemployed. The vast majority of the patients, 98%, are from Richmond County (i.e. Staten Island). Primary substance: alcohol=43%, opioids, including heroin = 23%, cocaine/crack = 13%. Thirty six percent (36%) of the patients have had a psychiatric hospitalization; 61% have been treated for a mental health condition.  Very few are involved in the criminal justice system; 9% are on probation or parole.

The residents will evaluate 2 or 3 new patients a week and develop a comprehensive treatment plan and will be assigned a case load of 5 to 10 patients for pharmacologic management of psychiatric conditions and substance induced disorders. The residents are exposed to an interdisciplinary team approach to the care and treatment of people with substance use disorders. The residents will participate in on-going groups, such as relapse prevention and motivational enhancement therapy groups, and in treatment planning conferences.

The resident will be closely supervised by the attending faculty during the substance abuse rotation. The resident's interpersonal and communications skills and professionalism will be assessed by the attending and by the clerical and allied health professionals.

Elective (R-4):

Each resident is required to have at least 12, and as much as 16 hours per week of scheduled elective time during the R-4 year. Each resident has their program individually structured by the Program Director. In the spring of the R-3 year, the Program Director meets with each resident to discuss their future career plans and how the elective time in the R-4 year should be structured to give the resident advanced training in an area of their particular interest. Each resident is then provided with an elective brochure which outlines in detail standard electives available in our department.

Residents then discuss each elective that they are interested in with the faculty member offering the elective. Next, each R-3 resident meets again with the Program Director to outline a preliminary elective program. Residents then go back to the faculty members offering the electives to finalize their elective plans and residents meet one more time with the Program director to finalize the schedule for the R-4 year. Residents also are allowed to develop electives of their own choosing under the guidance and supervision of the Program Director.  For this reason residents have approximately 4 hours per week of "Flex time", which they may devote to their elective experience, to their research, or to other career development experiences, at the discretion of, and after communication with, the Program Director.

The faculty for electives consists of the full complement of full time, part time and voluntary faculty at Staten Island University Hospital, South Beach Psychiatric Center and Staten Island Mental Health.

Residents may spend several hours per week in seminars and case conferences related to their elective program.

Standard electives offered in the residency elective brochure include: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; Pediatric-Consultation Psychiatry; Adolescent Inpatient Services (South Research); Research (Clinical Research; research in psychosocial treatment of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders; Behavior Therapy-Anxiety Disorders Research). Consultation-Liaison Elective in Primary Care; Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry; Geropsychiatry; Adult Psychiatric Day Program; Addiction Psychiatry/Dual diagnosis (Several) Clinical ECT; Bipolar Disorder Clinic; LGBT Clinic; Health Home Clinic; ACT team

Case loads vary based on the electives chosen.

All elective experiences are closely supervised by senior faculty members and elective programs are designed by the Program Director to ensure that there is close supervision.

The broad scope of the clinical and research resources at Staten Island University Hospital and the North Shore LIJ Health System make it possible for each senior resident to develop an elective experience that will give them depth in an area of individual interest. Having this elective period run longitudinally throughout the R-4 year will enable residents to choose electives that require a full year for either clinical training or research endeavors. As residents are required to write a paper in published form during their R-4 year, residents may choose electives that coincide with the paper that they are writing.

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After scoring a brace in Saturday's match vs. Chivas USA, Quakes' leading goal-scorer, Chris Wondolowski, stole the top spot on the weekly Castrol Index.

Wondolowski returned to the Quakes on Saturday from a very successful July, including six goals and a Gold Cup title with the USMNT. Even though he was away from MLS for a month, Wondo managed to score his first goals in league play since May 8. With his brace, he earned a nomination for MLS AT&T Goal of the Week and amongst the League's Top 3 Performers of the Week.

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November 2, 2004: Election Day!

Well, in the United States, anyway . . . so if you're one of our faithful readers residing in another country, you can take today's Daily Illuminator off and move on to some more relevant part of our website.

But for you Americans, please take the time to exercise your right to vote today. In case you haven't been paying attention the past couple of years, there's a lot of stuff going on, and the differences between the two major parties over what to do next are the most pronounced they've been in many, many years. No matter where in the U.S. you live, there are races all up and down the ballot that are vitally important to your future. So please go vote. Thanks.
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I'll vote today, but I'll be grumpy about it. Like - if one believes the polls - a majority of Americans, I am dissatisfied with the choices that the two-party system has thrown up (and that turn of phrase is no accident). And like the majority of Americans, I am in a very significant sense disenfranchised with respect to the Presidential election. I live in Texas. Texas is clearly in the Bush column. My vote doesn't count; even my local effort wouldn't count. If I want to support Bush, he doesn't need it. If I favor someone else, I cannot tilt the scales his way by as much as a hair. The only way I could have affected the election would have been to send somebody a lot of money. What's wrong with this picture?

Ironically, the whole electoral college system was designed to prevent this kind of problem; it was intended to give candidates a reason to spend proportional effort in the countryside and the less populous states, so every vote would count, even if indirectly. But it no longer works. Thanks to ubiquitous polling, strategists know exactly where to advertise and campaign to get the most bang for their buck. The "battlegrounds" are hotly contested; other areas are conceded by one side, taken for granted by the other, and ignored by both.

I would dearly like to see our President elected by a simple national nose-count. The old arguments for the electoral college system have all been trumped by cable and the Internet. A candidate's physical location isn't relevant to his ability to get his message out. (Case in point: It doesn't matter where the third party candidates go; nobody listens to them.)

If, in the course of one of our nation-building exercises, we encountered an Afghan clan or Iraqi tribe that chose its leaders by a method akin to our Electoral College, we'd shake our heads and lecture them on democracy. Then we'd make them change. And we'd be really self-righteous about it.

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  • Avatar of Corveroth Corveroth Jan 13, 2009 at 00:05 UTC - 0 likes

    Definitely not approving of the use of the word "classic". I'm twenty! That's too young to be feeling old! (

  • Avatar of Dashkal Dashkal Jan 12, 2009 at 23:46 UTC - 0 likes

    Would have voted He-Man. Used to love that one.

  • Avatar of Kaelten Kaelten Jan 12, 2009 at 17:48 UTC - 0 likes

    yep elkano, I know I've watched simpson off and on for the majority of my life. It's been around almost as long as I have. Damn strange when you get down to it.

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  • Avatar of mikk mikk Jan 10, 2009 at 16:28 UTC - 0 likes

    Thundercats hooo!

  • Avatar of Elkano Elkano Jan 09, 2009 at 07:59 UTC - 0 likes

    hmm, maybe you're right with that Kaelten. At least for The Simpsons. Still getting new episodes keeps it from shifting to classic in memory. Though I wouldn't say that for some other cartoon series. Damn, classic is such a subjective term :/

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  • Avatar of Squeeg Squeeg Jan 09, 2009 at 02:02 UTC - 0 likes

    HELL Yea! I vote ALL of those! (I kind of took 'classic' as meaning... what you grew up with... also Batman ruled.)

    "What about Transformers or GI Joe? Or The Smurfs even. Thundercats, He-man, Voltron... so many cartoons! "

  • Avatar of Kaelten Kaelten Jan 08, 2009 at 17:05 UTC - 0 likes

    I think people's problem with the simpsons is that it's still running.

    If it was as short lived as most cartoons, it'd definately be considered a classic by most.

  • Avatar of Elkano Elkano Jan 08, 2009 at 10:05 UTC - 0 likes

    Your definition of classic that is implied by the list feels somehow strange... Even though The Simpsons has been running for 20 years now, I personaly don't see it as a classic cartoon. That's a term thats more fitting for Peanuts, Jetsons, Flintstones, ... Also what I'm missing are the classic Disney cartoons or Popey...

    Maybe I'm just getting old :/

  • Avatar of egingell egingell Jan 08, 2009 at 05:06 UTC - 0 likes

    @Caxapokrus - Um... yeah... morons don't make shows that last 20 years. As for the viewers... well, some of them, yeah.

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    simpsons - cartoon maked by morrons for morrons...

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Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin is well aware of speculation surrounding the Sacramento Kings and a potential move to Anaheim.  So does the possibility of another team invading Southern California concern him?

“It’s all good,” the Clippers forward calmly said to SLAM following this morning’s shootaround in Sacramento.  “It’s one of those things that would probably be good for Anaheim.  I mean, it definitely would be good for Anaheim.  But I don’t know how far along everything is and how serious everything is.”

He expects the ARCO Arena crowd to be raucous this evening.  Local Sacramento grassroots campaigns worked tirelessly in the past week to try and sell-out the game to send a message to the Maloofs, the Kings owners who are considering a move to Anaheim.

“It’s gonna be a hostile environment,” Griffin said.  “As long as we stick to our game plan and all that, we should be alright.”

The Kings and Clippers tip off at ARCO this evening at 7 PM.  Tonight will also be the last time the Kings officially play under the sponsorship of ARCO, the gas and oil company that partnered with the Kings for the last 25 seasons.  The team inked a new deal multi-year namings rights deal with bracelet manufacturer Power Balance that goes into full effect tomorrow.

Eric Gordon Update

Clippers guard Eric Gordon is still nursing a sprained right wrist, an injury he sustained over a month ago.  He participated in today’s shootaround and is expected to suit up tonight.  However, Head Coach Vinny Del Negro said the Clippers starting two guard may only play a few minutes tonight.  Del Negro hopes to have Gordon at fully available for Wednesday’s home game versus the Houston Rockets.

Integrating Deadline Acquisitions

With the deal to send Baron Davis to the Cleveland Cavaliers finalized yesterday, shootaround was a little longer than usual today to integrate new Clippers Mo Williams and Jamario Moon.  So far, Blake Griffin likes what he sees from his new teammates.

“They’re doing real well,” he said of Moon and Williams.  They’re picking up the plays…They’re going to be good.  They’re talented, very talented.  So we’re excited about getting them out on the court for us.”


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The Doin’ It in the Park streetball documentary and its international popularity has been extensively chronicled on our website. But just in case you still haven’t gotten the chance to see this incredible film, you’ll have an opportunity to do so next week when it premieres on American television. Here is the official release:

Season six of the public television program “AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange” kicks off on Monday, January 13 at 8 pm ET/10 pm PT with “Doin’ It in the Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC,” the award-winning film about the vibrant subculture of outdoor basketball that inspired a worldwide phenomenon.AfroPopis an innovative documentary series consisting of independent films on contemporary life, art and pop culture across the African Diaspora. Hosted by acclaimed actor Anthony Mackie, “AfroPop” runs weekly on the WORLD Channel on Mondays through February 10. “The series is produced by National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC) and co-presented by American Public Television (APT). Along with the WORLD Channel airings, APT will distribute “AfroPoP” to additional public television stations in February 2014.

For their debut documentary, directors and pick-up basketball crusaders Bobbito Garcia and Kevin Couliau visited 180 courts throughout New York City interviewing playground legends, NBA athletes and the everyday player, bicycling it to most parks with camera equipment and a ball in their backpacks. Co-presented by Latino Public Broadcasting, “Doin’ it in the Park” captures the unbridled passion of those who live for the raw energy of the game. Among the film’s numerous awards are the Audience Award for Best Feature 2012 Urbanworld Film Festival and Best Documentary at 2012 New Jersey International Film Festival.

The series continues with “Upaj: Improvise” by Hoku Uchiyama, co-presented by the Center for Asian American Media, which captures the fascinating artistic collaboration of dancers from two different worlds (January 20); “War Don Don” (“The War Is Over”) by Rebecca Richman Cohen, on the U.N. special court trial of senior rebel leader Issa Sesay for his role in Sierra Leone’s 10-year conflict (January 27); “Stories from Lakka Beach,” by Daan Veldhuizen, consisting of the engaging tales of a colorful mix of villagers in the post-conflict nation of Sierra Leone (February 3); and “Boys of Summer” by Keith Aumont, about young ballplayers on the Caribbean island of Curaçao vying to make it to the Little League World Series for the eighth year in a row (February 10).

For more information on “AfroPoP,” visit www.blackpublicmedia.org. To find out when and where to watch, including additional air dates for each of the episodes, check your local listings or go to www.worldchannel.org.


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Whether the world really needs another Romeo and Juliet adaptation is up for debate, but Carlos Carlei‘s upcoming film boasts some intriguing talent, at least. The script comes from Gosford Park and Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes, while young up-and-comers like Hailee Steinfeld, Douglas Booth, Ed Westwick, and Kodi Smit-McPhee are lined up to star.

The latest addition to the project is the always welcome Paul Giamatti, who’s set to play Friar Laurence. A confidant to both Romeo and Juliet, the character plays a key role in the star-crossed lovers’ fates. Shooting on the film, which is rather discouragingly being described as “Romeo and Juliet for the Twilight generation,” is slated to begin this month in Italy. [Variety]

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Briefly: I get the idea that yet another version of Romeo and Juliet isn’t something that people are wildly keen to see, but that isn’t putting the brakes on the film that Carlo Carlei (Flight of the Innocent) will direct based on a script by Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park).

The main reason to be interested in the movie, for me at least, is that it is looking like it will be the sophomore feature from True Grit breakout star Hailee Steinfeld. She’s playing Juliet, and Holly Hunter, Ed Westwick and Kodi Smit-McPhee are also set for roles. Now Douglas Booth (Pillars of the Earth, the upcoming Great Expectations) will be her Romeo. Variety says he took the job over hundreds of other young applicants, but again, I’m not convinced that this one really has much heat. Still, the cast is shaping up well and there are few pieces of more proven material. If Carlo Carlei can make it feel like a fresh telling, no matter what style he adopts, it might surpass expectations.


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New Inherent Vice trailer

Paul Thomas Anderson‘s newest film, Inherent Vice, opens limited on December 12, but for the markets that don’t get the film until January Warner Bros. is offering sneak preview screenings this coming Saturday, December 13. You can get theater info here, and there’s a great new Inherent Vice trailer that tells of the upcoming screenings. It also has some footage you haven’t seen before, a digitally-altered version of a shot from the film (above, with extra details added to the painting) and a little bit of the awesome Can song ‘Vitamin C’ that is used to good effect in the film’s opening.

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Inherent Vice influences

Inherent Vice, the new film from Paul Thomas Anderson, isn’t just an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon. It is part of a specific tradition of movies that pry into the gaps between visions of American culture, especially as seen on the streets of Los Angeles locations. Paul Thomas Anderson has talked about one or two specifically as Inherent Vice influences, and beyond those few titles is an expansive set of movies in which characters who are all but lost as mainstream culture and power swirl around them.

These are films that line up with the spirit of Inherent Vice. Sometimes it’s just in the case of one sequence, or one shade of the movie. But put all these films together and you have a weekend worth of movies that will prepare you for the desultory, city-spanning story of Doc Sportello. No spoilers for PTA’s movie are here as we talk about the films that link up with it in this particular cinematic tradition, but when you do see Inherent Vice after seeing these you’ll immediately see how they all fit together.

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Paul Thomas Anderson never ceases to amaze. He makes a rain of frogs look plausible, turns Adam Sandler into an actor, and makes an iconic image out of drinking milkshakes. He’s always doing something surprising and wonderful. Anderson’s latest film, Inherent Vice, is two hours of those moments loosely strung together with a detective narrative.

Based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice stars Joaquin Phoenix as Doc, a ratty detective whose mysterious ex-girlfriend Shasta (Katherine Waterston) asks for help with a supposed plot against her new squeeze. Doc obliges, as Doc does with many people in the film, but the movie never really cares about solving this mystery. It’s more interested in Doc’s pot-infused, Choose Your Own Adventure lifestyle where he says “yes” to everything and takes the ride that follows.

That ride introduces some absolutely insane, memorable characters played by the likes of Josh Brolin, Martin Short, Reese Withersooon, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro, Eric Roberts, Maya Rudolph and Jena Malone, all of whom pop in and out of Doc’s life on a whim. Some play significant roles, others do not, but Inherent Vice isn’t a movie about connecting these points. It’s pretty much just about the trip.

Inherent Vice had its Los Angeles Premiere at the AFI Fest presented by Audi and you can continue reading our Inherent Vice movie review below.

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Inherent Vice UK trailer

Paul Thomas Anderson has given us an unexpected gift this morning, and if you live in London there are actually two gifts. For everyone, there’s a new Inherent Vice UK trailer, cut by Anderson himself. For those actually in the UK — and specifically, those in London or close to the city — the special gift is that this trailer heralds surprise screenings of the film which will take place this coming Wednesday. Check out the new trailer below, and get the screening info, too.

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Inherent Vice trailer

Paul Thomas Anderson‘s new film Inherent Vice premiered at the New York Film Festival over the weekend, and along with the first reviews and reactions to the film, we’ve got a lot more information about the Thomas Pynchon adaptation. The Inherent Vice soundtrack has been revealed, and that’s great. And then there’s a lot of other info that came out of the festival.

For one, you can now watch the 30-minute press conference for the film featuring Anderson and many members of the film’s crowded cast. That’s a good treat, but also contains a lot of talk about a film that most of us haven’t yet seen.

More friendly to those who want to preserve the experience of watching the film is the rundown of the film’s soundtrack, and an accompanying playlist featuring all the tracks. There are a couple great tracks from Can, and an unreleased Radiohead song called ‘Spooks.’ (The Radiohead song is represented in the playlist by a live version.) Read More »

First Inherent Vice footage

Around these parts, we’re very excited about Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Inherent Vice. It was #1 on my list of most anticipated films of 2014, and Angie and Russ both put it on their lists too. Anderson’s resume of work speaks for itself and the film being the first adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel only ups the ante. Then that cast is just insane: Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio Del Toro, Martin Short and Jena Malone just to name a few.

While the film doesn’t open in theaters until December 12, it had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival this weekend and buzz on the film is predictably all over the map. Many are in love with Anderson’s latest, praising it for its humor and a purposefully incomprehensible narrative. Others were frustrated by it, hoping for more clarity from the director of masterpieces like Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood.

Below you can read excerpts from ten Inherent Vice reviews. Three are negative, six are positive and one is undecided. It seems like an appropriate reaction to what’s likely Anderson’s most trippy film yet. Read More »

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Inherent Vice trailer

Here’s the first trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson‘s new film Inherent Vice, which is based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon. This does a great job of setting up the basic story beats right at the outset in a manner that is funny and effective, and which aptly communicates the tone of the novel. And then it gets a little goofy.

And that’s great, because Inherent Vice should be a little bit goofy, and a bit weird, and downright unpredictable. Those who’ve read the novel will spot many little flourishes and visions in this trailer that suggest that PTA has at least hewn close to the spirit of the book. And for those who haven’t read the novel, we won’t yet give away all the meanings behind the bits of this Inherent Vice trailer. Just sit back and enjoy it. Read More »

There’s been a lot of back and forth over whether David Fincher changed Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl ending, but maybe all this time we should have been fretting over a different auteur-driven literary adaptation. Paul Thomas Anderson has reportedly written an entirely new conclusion for Inherent Vice, based on Thomas Pynchon‘s novel.

Not that Pynchon seems all that upset about it. Indeed, the famously reclusive author even agreed to a cameo in the movie — though he’s so private it’s quite possible no one will even recognize him anyway. Hit the jump for tons more from Inherent Vice, including a new photo of Joaquin Phoenix and Benicio del Toro and details on how Police Squad! served as an inspiration for Anderson.

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Paul Thomas Anderson‘s Inherent Vice features some very colorful characters, and to fill them out he’s hired some immensely talented actors, including Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin.

One we haven’t seen much of yet is Reese Witherspoon, who plays Penny Kimball. That changes today with a brand-new image. Get your first look at Witherspoon in Inherent Vice with her giant 1970 hair after the jump.

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2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 unveiled with lightweight body and hard power

Chris Burns - Mar 27, 2013
2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 unveiled with lightweight body and hard power

This week the folks at Chevrolet have revealed the 2014 Camaro Z28 (or Z/28 if you prefer), a beast of a vehicle with a 7.0L LS7 V8 engine with no less than 500 horsepower ready for road-thrashing action. This machine works with 470 pounds-feet of torque under the hood paired with a six-speed Tremec TR6060 manual transmission. The look of the vehicle is all classic Camaro with a smooth-yet-sharp set of aesthetics for this years battle with the best.

Inside this next-generation automobile you've got a set of hardware that's ready and willing to be compared to the more powerful Camaro ZL1. As Chevrolet let us know this week, you'll find that the Z/28 is 300 pounds lighter than the ZL1, this thanks to a series of changes in the makeup of the car. From its lighter wheels to the thinness of the rear window glass panel, this car has been polished to perfection. Even the air conditioning has been made available only as a stand-alone option for your ability to keep the weight low.

Chevrolet has also noted that this 2014 model has averaged three seconds faster than the ZL1 in tests they've conducted thus far.

While the new Camaro Z/28 is not intended to compete in a specific race series, it is solely focused on track capability. In initial testing, the Camaro Z/28 is three seconds faster per lap than the Camaro ZL1. That extra speed comes from three areas:

• Increased grip: The Z/28 is capable of 1.05 g in cornering acceleration, due to comprehensive chassis revisions
• Increased stopping power: the Z/28 features Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes capable of 1.5 g in deceleration, and consistent brake feel, lap after lap
• Reduced curb weight: The naturally aspirated Z/28 weighs 300 pounds less than the supercharged Camaro ZL1, with changes ranging from lightweight wheels to thinner rear-window glass

Once you're past the tweaks and pushes, you've got a fabulous set of Recaro racing seats inside that complement a set of aesthetics across the entire vehicle that make it appear ready for any of your most race-ready road-blasting adventures. You've got a flat-bottom steering wheel, blacks and grays with bright red accents - mostly in the stereo and speedometer areas - and an overall look that reads: SPEED.

The engine, again, is of course the monstrous heart of this amalgamation of Camaro bits and pieces - here you've got your hand-assembled 7.0L (427 cid) V-8 made from top-end parts as follows:

• Titanium intake valves and connecting rods, and sodium-filled exhaust valves
• CNC-ported aluminum cylinder heads
• Forged-steel crankshaft and main bearing caps
• High-lift camshaft
• Hydroformed exhaust headers
• 11.0:1 compression ratio, and a 7,000 rpm redline.
• 10.5-quart, dry-sump oiling system

You've got what Camaro engineers describe as "the very best components in the industry" used here in the chassis of this high-performance vehicle, including 19-inch diameter wheels and tires, forged aluminum wheels that is, wrapped with "massive" 305/30ZR19 tires. This vehicle uses the ultra-high performance Pirelli PZero Trofeo R tire, the first production implementation of said technology - one that they say they believe is now the widest front tire on any production car - hot and large!

You've got Brembo Carbon Ceramic Matrix™ rotors as well as fixed, monoblock calipers. You've got 394 x 36 mm front rotors matched with six-piston calipers up front and 390 x 32 mm rear rotor paired with four-piston calipers. This setup saves another 28 pounds (12.5 kilograms) compared to comparable two-piece steel rotors.

And that's not all! We'll continue to run down the full layout of this lovely vehicle as it hits the road later this year. Chevrolet dealers will be getting the Camaro Z/28 "later in 2013" while the vehicle will be appearing in track events throughout the USA in Spring of 2014.

Keep tuned to the whole industry in SlashGear's Car hub and don't forget to catch the rest of our show coverage in our New York Auto Show 2013 tag portal, too!

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Galaxy Note S-Pen SDK in Dec; OmniSketch & ComicBook! incoming

Chris Davies - Oct 27, 2011
Galaxy Note S-Pen SDK in Dec; OmniSketch & ComicBook! incoming

Samsung has confirmed that the Galaxy Note S Pen SDK, the toolkit to allow developers to code apps for the pen-enabled phone/tablet hybrid, will be released in December. Meanwhile, the company has also revealed a selection of new pen-enabled third-party apps for the Note: OmniSketch, ComicBook! and Sooner Workplace.

OmniSketch is familiar from the iPad, of course, a drawing and sketching app that has impressed artists with its flexibility and precision. Samsung will allow for basic editing and annotation in the native Gallery app on the Galaxy Note - permitting annotation on both photos and video - but OmniSketch will take those capabilities one step further.

As for Comic Book, that's a more humorous art tool, also familiar from the iPad, allowing users to create their own comic books complete with box-outs, speech bubbles and effects. Finally, Sooner Workplace takes the Galaxy Note into the enterprise, with pen-enabled support for communal documents and document editing.

It's unclear what Samsung intends to do when it comes to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, which Google unveiled earlier in the month. Ice Cream Sandwich already has native support for pen input, including pressure recognition, hover tracking and nib-tilt, with differentiation between pen and finger use.

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Google services blocked by Chinese government

Brittany Hillen - Nov 9, 2012
Google services blocked by Chinese government

Alas, Google has been stuffed behind China's Great Firewall once again as the country prepares for the election of its new leader, Xi Jinping. Anyone who tries to access Google, Gmail, Maps, or many other of the company's services will find themselves with a whole lot of nothing. In addition, overall Internet speeds were low throughout the country.

So far, it has been reported that,,,,,, and are all inaccessible. Other subdomains may be blocked as well. All lookups lead to the IP, which doesn't belong to a website. Obviously, users can't access any Google service, including Search, without the aid of a VPN or similar bypass.

Google checked out the issue, and reported via a spokesperson to El Reg that "we've checked and there's nothing wrong on our end." The company's transparency report shows a sudden drop in traffic that started at midnight. Presumably, this comes as a move to stop protests and other disturbances in light of the 18th Congress Party.

Of course, this isn't the first time Google has been blocked by the Great Firewall; we reported back in April, for example, that the country had blocked Google Drive. If you want to check it out for yourself, head over to and plug in some Google domains. Thus far, every one that's been tested returns the message, "No servers were able to reach your site. This means that your site is most likely NOT accessible from within mainland China."

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Siri doesn’t hog data, averages 63KB per query

Rue Liu - Nov 2, 2011
Siri doesn’t hog data, averages 63KB per query

Siri was introduced with Apple's iOS 5 and iPhone 4S as a new intelligent assistant feature that performs certain tasks and retrieves information via natural voice commands. Since the service works by communicating with Apple's servers, the question has come up of just how much data does Siri consume and how that may affect folks on limited data plans. Well, tests have been done and thankfully Siri's on a lean diet.

conducted a total of 11 tests split between two groups of queries. The first being local queries needing only data to interpret the spoken input such as dictation and setting up reminders. The second group involved queries to return results from the internet, such as through Wolfram Alpha or Google. The local tasks used an average of 36.7KB per query while the internet queries averaged about 94.72KB. Tests were also done on text dictations for two short e-mails and two text messages, which yielded an average of 72.5KB. The longer the message, the more data was used.

Overall, the average data use per query was found to be 63KB. This means that if someone were to perform the 11 queries using Siri every day on a 3G network, it would consume about 20MB of data per month. This isn't too bad and certainly won't put a huge dent on limited data plans, especially if you also take advantage of WiFi connections.

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Posted on May 5th, by Evan Selleck in archive. 1 Comment

Having an unlimited amount of anything is just about the coolest thing out there. It’s unlimited, which means you get to use it to your heart’s content. Of course, with most unlimited plans you have to pay quite a high price for it, but that’s why Boost Mobile is so proud of their monthly unlimited plan. $50 for everything, and now it includes even more.

Thanks to a new press release, which includes the addition of a brand new handset to the Boost Mobile line-up, unlimited plan customers can now take advantage of unlimited 411 calls, Instant Messages, and email. And for those with the $60 BlackBerry Unlimited plan, which already includes unlimited email and Instant Messaging, those 411 calls are now included as well.

As for the new device, that would be the red version of the Samsung Rant. It features a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, 2MP camera on the back which includes a digital zoom and video capabilities, 3G high-speed data, GPS and Bluetooth connectivity. The handset won’t be available until May 19th, and will be $149.99 before taxes. Remember, that’s the price, because there isn’t a contract, so it’s not subsidized. Anyone planning on picking it up? Full press release below.

Take full advantage of new features and the Samsung Rant®, Available online May 19, the first slider QWERTY handset offered by Boost

IRVINE, Calif. -Boost Mobile® keeps value alive and well by adding unlimited calls to 411, email and instant messaging today to its popular $50 ‘Monthly Unlimited’ plan for no additional fee. Customers on the $60 BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited plan, which includes unlimited email and instant messaging, will also have the benefit of unlimited calls to 411.

Monthly Unlimited customers also have another handset to choose from with the launch of the red Samsung Rant®, the first slider QWERTY phone from Boost Mobile available at www.boostmobile.com on May 19 for $149.99. With the Rant consumers will get fast and easy access to multiple messaging options with a full QWERTY keyboard, making it the perfect match for the recently enhanced no-contract nationwide Monthly Unlimited offer.

“Boost Mobile is staying true to our offer of superior value with the Monthly Unlimited plan enhancements,” said Neil Lindsay, chief marketing officer for Boost Mobile. “Paired with the Samsung Rant, we make it even easier for customers to get unlimited access to some of their favorite Web-based email services while on the go-without breaking the bank.”

Boost Mobile is the perfect option for nationwide cell phone service without a long-term contract because it provides great value on a dependable nationwide network with fewer dropped calls than MetroPCS and Cricket*. Experience the Sprint 3G Network with the Samsung Rant, featuring true nationwide 3G coverage compared to Cricket’s regional 3G coverage.

The Samsung Rant from Boost Mobile is available on May 19 for $149.99 (excluding taxes) with free shipping when purchased at www.boostmobile.com. In the coming weeks, the mobile phone also will be available through Boost Mobile exclusive retail stores and select independent wireless dealer locations.

Samsung Rant Features
Slide-out QWERTY Keypad
2MP Camera with Digital Zoom & Video
3G High-Speed Data
Wireless Web Email Access
Instant Messaging
Multi-Media & Text Messaging
MP3 Music Player
Stereo Bluetooth®
GPS Enabled
Supports micro SD™ Card up to 16GB (card not included)
Voicemail, Caller ID, Call Waiting and Call Forwarding
Speakerphone with Voice Recognition
Downloadable Games, Wallpapers & Music Ringtones
600 Entry Phonebook
Alarm Clock, Calendar, Calculator, To Do List, & Voice-Memo Recorder
About Boost Mobile
Boost Mobile, one of Sprint’s prepaid brands, offers wireless phones and services with no long-term contracts. Boost Mobile redefines value for wireless consumers with its ‘Monthly Unlimited’ service, offering unlimited nationwide talk, text, Web, email, IM and 411 for $50 per month, and with its ‘BlackBerry Monthly Unlimited’ service, offering unlimited nationwide talk, text, Web, email, IM and 411 for $60 per month. Boost Mobile offers nationwide service on the Nationwide Sprint Network, reaching more than 276 million people, and on the Nextel National Network reaching more than 277 million people, with no activation, roaming, traveling or long distance fees. Boost Mobile offers a selection of quality handsets from Motorola, Sanyo, Research In Motion and Samsung, ranging from entry-level to high-end devices. Boost Mobile phones are available nationwide at nearly 20,000 major retail stores, including Best Buy, RadioShack, Target and Walmart, Sprint retail stores, independent wireless dealer locations, and on HSN, a leading television home shopping network; and Re-Boost® is available at approximately 100,000 locations throughout the U.S. Experience Boost Mobile on the Web at MySpace, Facebook and Twitter; and purchase products at www.boostmobile.com

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    The Boost Mobile deal really seems like a moneysaver, especially for families and talkie kids, but Sprint has another deal that’s just a little too similair. Sprint’s named company has an unlimited plan $99 – that’s about $50 more than Boost’s and they are are on the same calling network. When I found out about the Boost deal, I really wondered why Sprint couldn’t offer the same options for that price – the savings for all customers would really help as well as maybe attract more. I don’t want to loose my service, but that $50 a month more is a killer when you are already on a tight budget. I heard about a website people are visiting to email the President of Sprint and let him know that this deal is just totally unfair to loyal Sprint customers. Check it out at http://sites.google.com/site/sprintcustomersunite/ and let him know how you feel.


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Ice guys finish last.

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Ice Guys Finish Last

Why the NHL should stop wooing America.

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Moving the sport from one network to another isn't enough to cure pro hockey's ills. If the league wants to get serious about its long-term survival, it should eliminate several teams. I propose that we say goodbye to the entire Southeast Division. So long, Florida Panthers, we hardly knew ye.

My experience in Manhattan notwithstanding, there are a lot more casual puck-watchers up north. During Carolina's semifinal matchup against the Buffalo Sabres, hockey ratings in western New York were between three and seven times greater than in Raleigh. Ridding the league of the Hurricanes would keep those ratings-boosting Sabres fans in front of the tube. (Angry Hurricanes fans should note that I was conceived in Chapel Hill, N.C.) Then, maybe the hockey writers could find something else to write about. Like hockey.

Sure, contraction will alienate some fans. Those six Carolinians I mentioned earlier, for instance. But I'm not worried about the hockey diehards. Know someone with a fanatical devotion to English Premier League soccer? Then you appreciate that true fans will hunt to the ends of the earth to find a way to watch their sport. They might even record a game off TV and watch it until the tape wears out if absolutely necessary. And what of your everyday yahoo, the kind who shows up in Raleigh just to hear Ric Flair's post-goal "Woooo!" on the Jumbotron? Well, when the hockey team skips town, he'll just have to find a new pastime. There's always pro wrestling, poker, and competitive barbecuing.

Chris Shott is a writer in New York.

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Law schools' bad economics: tuition soars as applications dwindle.

Law School Deans Could Use Some Econ 101

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Law School Deans Could Use Some Econ 101

The young often weather periods of high unemployment by flocking to graduate school.

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U.S. law school deans could do with a little Econ 101. Tuition at the likes of Yale and Stanford keeps rising faster than inflation, despite a dwindling supply of aspiring lawyers. And job prospects for graduates are getting worse. For all their sophisticated skills, legal educators still haven’t mastered the law of supply and demand.

The young often weather periods of high unemployment by flocking to graduate school. After the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, for instance, the number of law school applicants soared some 40 percent, reaching a peak of almost 99,000 in 2004. But in the recent downturn, applications to many professional schools have been about as scarce as jobs.

While MBA and other graduate programs show signs of renewed popularity, law schools are still suffering. Applicant numbers have tumbled to about 67,000 for the fall 2012 class, the lowest since 1987. And there are dozens more law schools today than 25 years ago.

Part of the problem is the high price of legal education. Tuition has quintupled at private law schools since 1985, averaging nearly $40,000 last year, according to the American Bar Association. Including living expenses, it costs over $230,000 for the three years required to earn a JD from Chicago’s Northwestern, the school’s website says.

That kind of bill leads to highly indebted young lawyers. Recent American University grads owe an average of about $151,000, and few are likely to be in position to pay it off soon. The national median salary for 2010 law graduates was $63,000, down 13 percent from the year before. Only about seven out of 10 have even secured jobs that require passing a bar exam.

The institutions are victims of their own success.  They began attracting hoards of students in the mid-1990s when firms were splashing out $160,000 annually to first year associates. All the new enrollees paid for more professors, higher salaries and spiffier classrooms.

But these higher learning programs are now stuck with unsupportable expenses. Some may close, while others will almost certainly have to cut costs and woo students with lower fees. It isn’t rocket science, but law schools seem quicker to understand torts than simple economics.

Read more at Reuters Breakingviews

Reynolds Holding is a Breakingviews columnist who writes from New York about the law in conjunction with Reuters Legal. Before joining Breakingviews, he was a national editorial producer for the Law & Justice Unit at ABC News, a senior writer for Time magazine and the executive editor of Legal Affairs, the first general interest magazine about the law.

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