text:
The good sport

Sun Staff

Like all politicians, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. has them: those authorized tales from youth that - though twisted or embellished over the years - help define the person he is today.

There is the humble-beginnings-in-a-rowhouse-in-Arbutus legend. There is the story of how he played bruising weekend league football with grown men when he was only 13. And there is this one - about his first days in what at the time seemed like another world to him, Baltimore's exclusive Gilman School.

A fellow student at the highly competitive private school, wearing the required coat and tie and, presumably, a sneer, approaches the 14-year-old son of a car salesman between classes. "You don't belong here," he says.

Bobby Ehrlich, already close to 6 feet tall by then, takes one step toward the student.

"I am here," he says.

Indeed he was, by virtue of a scholarship - the first of many breaks Ehrlich would get in his youth, partly from connections, partly through sheer luck, partly because of what influential people saw in him.

They define it as "drive," a confident, intense, even fiery focus that - while most evident on the football and baseball fields - went beyond that.

With it, he would quickly fit in at Gilman, graduate with athletic honors and go on to Princeton University, Wake Forest University law school, the Maryland General Assembly and Congress.

Now, at 44, he is here: in the thick of a heated race for governor with Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend - one in which he is portraying himself, in contrast to his opponent's "life of privilege," as a working-class guy who hasn't forgotten the rowhouse in Arbutus from which he came.

In reality, that rowhouse - purchased in 1967 for $11,200, worth more than $100,000 now - is a comfortable three-bedroom home in a solid working-class neighborhood. His parents, though of moderate means, gave their only child the kind of care, attention and dedication that may be the best kind of "privilege" of all. And when times got tough, there was more than one well-heeled guardian angel who appeared to help them - and Bobby - out.

He's been very, very fortunate in getting breaks in life," his father, Bob Ehrlich Sr., admits. "But he has also done a really good job of taking advantage of them."

Nancy Krauss was the seventh of seven children, the daughter of a small-town police officer in Pennsylvania, and she grew up dreaming of becoming a concert pianist.

Robert Ehrlich Sr. was the sixth of six children, the son of a Baltimore city police officer, and he grew up with no definite career goals.

She, unable to afford college, went to business school and became a secretary. He joined the Marines and, after serving in the Korean War, got a job selling cars in Arbutus.

They met as teen-agers in church. She sang in the choir, and "every time I looked up, he was looking at me," she said. But it wasn't until 1954 that they went on a date, to see a movie called The Moon is Blue - "very racy for its day," she recalls.

In 1956, they married.

On Nov. 25, 1957, Robert Leroy Ehrlich Jr. was born in Baltimore's Bon Secours Hospital, weighing 8 pounds, 3 ounces.

Big even then, he would loom large throughout his childhood - big enough to catch a fastball from his dad at age 5; big enough to be as tall as his Little League coaches at age 12; big enough at 13 to play football with beer-swilling construction workers on a team called the Arbutus Big Red.

For the Ehrlichs, the newborn was all they had hoped for.

Even before marriage, they had agreed to have one child, Bob Sr. says. "God smiled and gave us the best one there is," says Nancy.

She describes Bobby as a low-maintenance infant, pleasant and, as he grew up, eager to please. "He never gave us a sleepless night," she says.

Living in a small apartment in Arbutus - the Ehrlichs moved into the rowhouse when Bobby was 12 - they tried to keep their finances on an even keel, which was difficult with his father's up-and-down income.

"I never made a salary in my life. I always worked on commission," Bob Sr. says. "It was always feast or famine. All my life, I never charged anything; I was always scared ... that I wouldn't have the money when the time came to pay."

Nancy stayed home - "None of this 'working mother' stuff," her husband says - but, once Bobby was in bed, that's exactly what she did, typing for a local company. "I put him to bed at 10," she says, "and typed until 2."

When Bobby was 3, he was enrolled in a Lutheran school so he could be with other children, Nancy says. He attended Emmanuel Lutheran Christian Day School - strong on discipline and heavy on Scripture - through the sixth grade.

"I don't think they sent me there for the religion," the candidate says, "although that is what stuck."

By age 7, he was reading newspaper editorials, and he cried, his mother says (though he doesn't remember it) when Republican Barry Goldwater lost the 1964 presidential election.

He vaguely recalls the 1968 election - when, he says, his mother took him to the polls with a beauty-contest-style banner diagonally across his chest that read "Nixon's The One."

Nancy was active politically, working in Republican campaigns and serving one year as an election judge. Bob Sr. remained a Democrat until Jimmy Carter's presidency made him change parties.

Bobby's athletic abilities were apparent from an early age.

"I would throw the baseball to him as hard as I could when he was just 5 or 6, and he would catch it," Bob Sr. says. A self-described "big, slow kid," Bobby, in Little League, was put at catcher.

"He was just a nice, happy-go-lucky, eager-to-learn type of kid," says George Kendrick, who began coaching Bobby for the Arbutus Athletic Association when the boy was 7. He doesn't recall Bobby ever crying about losses, "but he definitely didn't like to lose."

One time, Kendrick says, Bobby was particularly upset at a championship game in Ohio when he caught what appeared to be a crucial third strike, only to hear it called a ball.

While in Ohio, the Ehrlichs visited the Pro Football Hall of Fame - one of only a few trips taken during Bobby's childhood. For one thing, his family couldn't afford it. For another, Bob Sr. says, "we could never leave the dog."

The toy terrier was a gift to Bobby on his 11th birthday, from his father's sister. He wanted to name the dog Rover. His mother told him to come up with something else because the dog was female. He did. Roverette lived until she was 16.

The boy's idols were Dick Butkus, the Chicago Bears linebacker, and Johnny Bench, the Cincinnati Reds catcher.

His idle time - and with sports he never had too much of it - was spent watching The Andy Griffith Show, The Beverly Hillbillies and, Bob Sr. says, "football game after football game after football game."

Only once did he get into a fight in school, Nancy says - in seventh grade, after another boy threw his books out a window. It wasn't a serious altercation, and his mother, when she found out, says she was "glad to hear he was standing up for himself.

"We just had a lot of faith in him," Nancy says. "I never gave him a lot of rules to follow. ... It was just, 'Go have a good time; we trust you.' He always had common sense."

Nancy says her son first told her he wanted to be a politician when he was 12 or 13.

She recalls her response: "I said, 'All politicians are crooked.'"

And she remembers his: "He said, 'I won't be, Mom.'"

While there are plenty of exceptions, psychologists say "only children" tend to be self-confident, organized and ambitious. They tend to set high, sometimes unreasonable standards for themselves and others. They mature early and think things through, but they may be selfish, not always work well with others and lack a sense of humor - particularly the ability to laugh at oneself.

Ehrlich would admit to some of those traits and deny others. But he never regretted not having brothers or sisters.

"He was tickled pink at being an only child," says Bob Sr.

Greg DeFrancesco, an only child from Dundalk who got to know Bobby Ehrlich at Gilman, says he never seemed spoiled, but did have a tendency to run the show.

"Only children tend to be take-charge kind of people," DeFrancesco says. "We're used to getting up in the morning and deciding, here's what we're going to play today, and here's how we're going to do it."

Bobby "always put a lot of effort into anything he did. He never did anything half-assed," says former Little League teammate Randy Ruckert, who has known Ehrlich since he was 8.

"He knew sports better than anybody, but he wasn't cocky. He was always modest and down-to-earth," says Ruckert, now an accountant.

Ruckert remembered Bobby's first golf birdie when they were in junior high: "He got it on the eighth hole. When he was done with the ninth, he called his father to tell him."

Ruckert recalls a father - Bob Sr. - who couldn't sit still during Little League games, always up and down, in contrast to his son, who was always calm and focused on the task at hand.

Family acquaintances say Bobby inherited the best of both parents: his mental toughness, strong focus, work ethic and perseverance from his mother; his physical toughness, athletic abilities, sense of humor and car-salesmanlike ability to schmooze from his father.

"Bob [Sr.] was a different kind of car salesman," says Alan Abramson, former owner of Archway Ford, now closed. "He was kind of choosy about his customers, but when Bob got his arm around a customer's shoulder, everybody knew he was going to close the deal."

Bobby would often go to work with his father on Saturdays and ended up working there as a teen-ager, where he was taken under the wing of Abramson.

"He was just extremely likable, a great personality, very mature for his age, and focused," Abramson says. "He seemed to know what he wanted and was very focused on how to go about getting there."

As it turned out, Abramson was a good man to have impressed. He had friends, country club types. And for Bobby Ehrlich, already blessed with good looks, charm and doting parents, that - and his ability to knock down grown men - would open doors.

Nick Schloeder taught and coached football at Gilman. In the summers, he was a tennis pro at a country club. One day in 1970, he stopped by Archway Ford to visit a tennis buddy, Alan Abramson.

While he was there, Abramson pointed to Bob Sr., saying his son was a "pretty good football player. ... Any chance he could get into Gilman?"

Abramson, who had two sons at Gilman and by then viewed Bobby as his "surrogate son," followed up, calling Schloeder to say he had set up a meeting with the Ehrlich family. He told Schloeder to meet them Sunday at the Arbutus Athletic Association football field.

Schloeder recalls the day.

"The boy is 14 years old and he weighs 185. He's too big to play in his age group, so he's playing with 19-year-olds.

"You've got to understand, anybody who is 19 and is playing football on a Sunday afternoon is doing it to get rid of anger. ... It was dirty football. Unbelievable. And the kid's good. He's good."

Midway in the second half, Schloeder noticed that the defensive players were frequenting a specific water cooler.

"They were drinking beer," he says, "and then late in the fourth quarter, I start to smell a funny smell. They were smoking pot."

But not Bobby.

"I never worried about anything rubbing off on him," Nancy says. "He's been exposed to all kind of kids, and nothing ever rubbed off on him."

Two weeks later, Bob Sr. says, a letter came from Gilman - to his continuing astonishment.

Car salesmen's kids didn't go to Gilman. Kids raised in rowhouses didn't go to Gilman. Kids from Arbutus didn't go to Gilman. "Gilman," says his father, "was another world away."

The letter invited Bobby to apply but pointed out the school was "not capable of accommodating boys who are not strong academically."

His father took Bobby to Gilman on several Saturdays - to take a placement exam, to check out the athletic facilities and to meet the headmaster, Redmond C.S. Finney. As it turned out, Finney had been a friend and classmate at Gilman and Princeton of the leader of the elder Ehrlich's platoon in Korea.

Weeks later, another letter came - this one accepting him. Like so much of Ehrlich's childhood, it is taped into one of 14 scrapbooks Bob Sr. has compiled.

At first, Bobby wasn't as thrilled as his father.

"I was 14, but I kind of understood this was a big opportunity, and I didn't want to blow it," he says. "I wasn't happy at the beginning. I wanted to go to school with my friends - the guys I'd gone to school with and played Little League with. Plus wearing a coat and tie? No girls? It was 'What? Are you kidding me?'"

He admits to feeling out of place - especially when he showed up for the first day of class with his over-the-ears helmet haircut, platform shoes and bell bottoms.

"Part of it was I just didn't know anybody," he says. "But also I'd had a completely different set of experiences in my life from most of them."

As told by both his father and Schloeder, Bobby, in his first days there, was approached by the Gilman student who told him he didn't belong. The candidate, in an interview, said he had no recollection of that - although the incident, at least in part, is included in the biography on his campaign's Web site.

While Bobby was quickly accepted by his classmates at Gilman, he admits he had to struggle to keep up academically.

"The first day he came home from Gilman, I remember sitting at the kitchen table, and he said, 'Dad, I'm going to really have to work hard.' He never complained, though," Bob Sr. recalls. "He would get home from football practice at 7, eat, then go up in his room and study, usually until about 2 a.m."

Bobby "was a more determined student than I ever was," says former schoolmate DeFrancesco.

On Gilman's football team, DeFrancesco was a nose tackle and offensive tackle. Bobby played linebacker and fullback, and he played them like he studied - intensely.

"Once he sets his sights on a goal, he's a bulldog about getting it accomplished," says DeFrancesco, who now coaches high school football in Virginia.

Both boys had won non-athletic scholarships to Gilman, which, in the early 1970s, was attempting to diversify its student body. As a result, students from places like Arbutus and Dundalk were accepted - and not just to form a better football team.

"To say that is rather crass," says former headmaster Finney.

"Yes, they were diversifying - particularly if the student was big and strong," says Gerry Brewster, who attended Gilman and Princeton with Ehrlich and ended up a political opponent. "If Bobby had been a 98-pound skinny kid, he wouldn't have come to Gilman."

Even Ehrlich doesn't dispute that, but Finney - who would become perhaps the most influential man in Ehrlich's life - says there was more to the boy than football.

"He was recognized as a kid who obviously was very motivated to challenge himself educationally," says Finney, a Gilman graduate and football star at Princeton.

In addition to adding some texture to the once-homogenized school - it graduated its first black students in 1968 - Ehrlich contributed mightily to its football team, says Alex Sotir, who became football coach shortly before Ehrlich arrived.

"I coached for 22 years, and that's a lot of kids. With some, you can see the wild glare in their eyes, you can see their retinas. He was like that, totally dedicated and involved in what he was doing. I don't mean he was biting people in the throat or anything. He was a rational and reasonable human being."

Later, on the Princeton football team, Ehrlich would be referred to in a program profile as "a fanatic." He co-captained that team in his senior year, until a torn ligament in his right knee, followed by a blood clot, landed him in the hospital for three days and ended his football career. Coping with that, and the difficulty he would later have passing the Maryland bar exam - it took him three tries - were two of the biggest trials of his young life, Ehrlich said.

While at Gilman, DeFrancesco says, Ehrlich was not without his quirks. He was a fan of an obscure British band called Slade, he "had a thing" for pistachio nuts, and he would order his pizza not with extra cheese but with extra sauce.

DeFrancesco says Bobby was the more outgoing of the pair. At gatherings of DeFrancesco's large family - a group, he said, many might find intimidating - Bobby "would walk in, and it would be like he had been in that family all his life. He would remember all their names. He had that knack."

Bobby worked on his first campaign as part of an assignment in Schloeder's government class. Allowed to choose any candidate, he opted for Jervis S. Finney, the headmaster's younger brother, who was running as a Republican for Baltimore County executive.

"I told him, he's not going to win," Schloeder says. "But he said, 'I like Mr. Finney; I want to work for his brother.' That's how he became a Republican. I think he considered being a Democrat, but he said he was more comfortable as a Republican."

While attending school among the rich - among boys whose weekend plans included ski trips, yacht outings and hunts - Bobby still spent Saturdays at Archway Ford, washing cars.

Nancy, working as a secretary for the county recreation department in Arbutus, had moved to higher paying jobs after her son started at Gilman - first as a secretary for a private detective, later for a law office.

Every day for two years, Bobby's father drove him across town to school and picked him up in the evening.

In his senior year, Bobby got his own car, a gift from Alan Abramson. He kept the 1966 Ford Falcon all the way through law school.

He and his family would get more help as well. During one of the family's "famine" periods, Redmond Finney helped them meet expenses with money from a school discretionary fund.

"His father had a real setback, and I did help out when he was at Gilman," Finney says. "At times, the resources just get all used up. I have helped a lot of kids in a lot of different ways. I don't keep tabs."

"I only found that out in the last 10 years - that a part of all the money was actually from him," Ehrlich says. "The only thing he expected in return was for me to compete and achieve."

But the influence of the Finneys on Ehrlich - Redmond was his role model at Gilman and beyond, Jervis helped him get his first job as a lawyer - went beyond monetary.

"He was a tremendous influence on me, and everybody else who graduated from that school," Ehrlich says of Redmond Finney. "He dominated that school. He was a larger than life figure for generations of graduates. It was his stature, the respect he commanded, the way he lived his life. He has extremely high values and morals. You did not want to let Mr. Finney down."

The respect is mutual:

"I could tell even then that he possessed leadership qualities, not in the sense of telling people what to do, but in the sense of mobilizing people and pulling good things out of them," says Finney, who held a fund-raiser for Ehrlich's campaign last month. "He has character and integrity. He's the same person in any setting. He says what he means and means what he says."

Ehrlich was graduated from Gilman in June 1975, receiving the Culver Memorial Football Cup, the Alumni Baseball Cup and the William Cabell Bruce Jr. Athletic Prize.

He was already being wooed by colleges by then, having heard from, among others, Dickinson, Davidson, Clemson, Tulane, Penn, Penn State, Yale, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and Maryland.

But once he was accepted at Princeton, the choice was easy.

Ehrlich would go where Redmond Finney went. He would play football with a 51 on his jersey, Redmond Finney's number. And he would date a fellow student from Baltimore, Redmond Finney's daughter.

He would - to supplement his scholarships and student loans - work construction on weekends in Trenton and sell hoagies in the dorms. He would decorate his room with posters of the rock group Kiss, Farrah Fawcett and Dick Butkus; join the Young Republican Club; and become not just co-captain of the football team, but its unofficial designated driver and provider of Bibles, which he would get for free from a Christian athletic organization.

No matter how busy he became - and to this day he calls daily - he never neglected his parents; nor they him. Every home game, they would drive up, taking a batch of fried chicken, says Nancy Ehrlich, who still recalls the day they dropped their only son off at college.

"It was like leaving your right arm there," she said.

Copyright © 2018, Chicago Tribune


Content-Type: application/http; msgtype=response

WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: text/html

WARC-Type: response

text:
Daily Press Poet Laureate Allen M. Weber fell in love with a poet -- then poetry

smcdonald@dailypress.com - 757-247-4732

Allen M. Weber says he hadn't thought about becoming a poet until he fell in love with one.
    The winner of the 2013 Daily Press poetry contest, Weber lives in Hampton and works at Newport News Shipbuilding, where he teaches radiation safety. His infatuation with poetry began, he said, around the time he started dating the woman who would later become his wife.
    In those days, Tracy Rice, the object of his affection, was living in the Ghent neighborhood of Norfolk and taking classes in the creative writing program at Old Dominion University. "I started hanging out with her and going to poetry readings," Weber said. "I saw how a poem could move a crowd, make them stand up, laugh, cry. I thought, 'Wow. That's amazing.'"
    Rice and Weber were married in 1994, and today they're the parents of boys ages 11, 16 and 17. Weber's wife now teaches English at Bethel High School. She's still a poet, too, but one who keeps much of her work to herself.
    Weber, on the other hand, enjoys entering contests and sharing his work. His honors include the 2011 Edgar Allan Poe Memorial Prize and Poetry Society of Virginia's 90th Anniversary Poem Award, presented earlier this year.
    An online biography says his poems have appeared in journals and anthologies, including Snakeskin, Prick of the Spindle, Terrain and Lyrical Reflections of the Great Lakes.
    At age 52, he figures he's written a few hundred poems. All of that creative output can be traced back to the early days of his romance.
    One of two poems that earned Weber the title of Daily Press Poet Laureate describes scenes and emotions from those early days around Ghent.
    "Encore (For Tracy)" details the end of an artistic performance in somewhat somber terms. The end of one act, though, was the beginning of another.
    "Tracy was a sought-after single woman at the time. We'd go out, and the singer of a trio would shamelessly sing to her, even though I sat right there with her," Weber said, chuckling. He said that impressive works of art were created in her honor.
    All that attention felt a bit strange and uncomfortable for Weber, a former submariner in the Navy.
    "She's living in artistic Ghent, with all these artistic suitors. At the time, I was just a shipyard worker. They were always nice to me, but I often got the feeling they were thinking, 'What is she doing with him?' It was like the Joe Jackson song, 'Is she really going out with him?'
    "That part of her life came to a close when she met me."
    "Encore (For Tracy)" started out many years ago as an anniversary note from Weber. "It's based on a combination of real and not real events, a hodgepodge. Maybe that's why it's been so hard to write. After all these years, I think I finally got it to where I want it to be."
    Strangely enough, his wife hasn't seen the finished product. That's not unusual, he said. "And I usually don't see her poems. I think we make each other a little nervous (when it comes to writing)."
    Yet, her poetry opened a literary door for him.
    "I am truly her biggest fan," Weber said. "She's the one who inspired me to want to write."
    The 2013 Daily Press poetry contest honors creativity among local writers. Some 109 works were submitted through the month of April, National Poetry Month. Reader Facebook votes determined a Readers' Choice Award. A panel of Daily Press staffers picked three winners: an honorable mention, a runner-up and the 2013 Daily Press Poet Laureate. Each gets a $25 gift card.
    "Growing Into It"
    By Terry Joseph

    Starched and scrubbed, this youth towers
    over me in the kitchen as though he belongs here
    in the dark before sunrise. Crickets chirrup
    outside the window. We blink through first cup
    of the morning. Rustle of my husband's footsteps,
    too early for shoes, hastened to rite of passage:
    navy blue tie over, around, under, through.
    Folded cap tucked beneath belt, polished shoes
    reflect glare of bulbs overhead. Behold--these blues,
    these men, this discipline in quiet of daybreak,
    while cats prowl the countertops. He shrugs
    to adjust the sleeves halfway down his palms.
    He'll grow into it, I think, watching
    as he disappears into the morning fog.

    The following poems are by 2013 Daily Press Poet Laureate and poetry contest winner Allen M. Weber.

    "Encore (For Tracy)"

    I know it seems a life away:
    Romantic poets bled their pens.
    One painter's desperate canvas
    never dried. All for that dark-haired girl
    with a cello between her knees.
    But curtains glided to a close.
    The cheap-seat-fickle shuffled out;
    Leave them to their post-show lattes.
    Front-row-faithful, our sons might guess
    why the eclectic men of Ghent
    (sitar strummers, piano pounders
    and occasionally-mad sculptors)
    mourned the closing of your act,
    and painted those roses black.

    To see a video of Allen Weber and hear another of his poems, "Folk Remedy," visit www.dailypress.com.

    "Still Life"

    "One should sympathise with the colour, the beauty, the joy of life."
    --Oscar Wilde
    She brings no more persimmons to our door.
    I hope we've not offended Mrs. Kim
    with some American inattention.
    Perhaps her trees have taken a disease.
    In June, encroaching branches did bombard
    our tender strawberries with hard green fruit.
    Or maybe she divines aesthetic waste.
    Despite our curiosity, not one
    persimmon passed our lips; still I'll insist
    they were delicious. My painterly wife
    presents them in the morning light, just so
    we sympathize with their deepening hues.
    Then we dither--salsa, chutney, cake?--
    and flesh goes soft, skin wrinkles, juices slake
    the bottom of our cherished earthen bowl.
Honorable mention winner
    "Why Shakespeare Was So Cruel"
    By Marcie Wyatt

    Have you ever
    Sat in the middle of English class
    Drawing hearts in a notebook
    Writing his name
    Over and over again
    Poetry began as all of those words
    A woman could never say to a man
    Just the thought of it makes you sigh
    Makes you swoon
    Copy a few lines that you read in a book
    Onto a piece of paper
    Who cares if you didn't think of them first
    This is love...
    You will worry about plagiarism later
    Fold the page
    Into a square
    And don't forget to smile
    As you give it to him
    He is the one...
    As you die of embarrassment
    Just think of Romeo and Juliet
    The tragedy of it all
    The two of them knew the moment
    That they wanted to be
    Put out of their misery
    Now you get it
    You finally understand
    Why Shakespeare
    Was so cruel
Readers' choice winner
    "April 15, 2013"
    By Clay Harrison

    The Ides of March are over,
    Easter has come and gone
    And on this lovely April Day
    We entered the unknown.
    Thousands lined the streets of Boston
    To watch the marathon,
    An American tradition
    That continues on and on.
    They came from many nations
    With dreams all their own
    For in the midst of huddled masses,
    Each runner runs alone.
    A sudden blast, a cloud of smoke,
    A shriek, a cry, a moan
    Followed by a second blast
    And precious dreams were gone!
    Newlyweds each lost a leg,
    The winds of war had blown.
    An eight year old had lost his life,
    His sister's leg was gone!
    The unimaginable had happened;
    We entered the unknown.
    Evil never takes a holiday
    But hope lives on and on!

Copyright © 2018, Chicago Tribune

warcinfo:
robots: classic
hostname: ip-10-179-198-159.ec2.internal
software: Nutch 1.6 (CC)
isPartOf: CC-MAIN-2018-13
operator: Common Crawl Admin
description: Wide crawl of the web for March 2018
publisher: Common Crawl
format: WARC File Format 1.0
conformsTo: http://bibnum.bnf.fr/WARC/WARC_ISO_28500_version1_latestdraft.pdf


text:
William and Mary's Moody aims to contribute during final stretch

Ryan Moody has never gotten discouraged or wondered if someone was sending him a message, which may be a triumph in itself.

After enduring multiple, potentially devastating injuries, William and Mary's gifted wide receiver pronounced himself 95 percent healthy and aims to help the Tribe finish on a high note in its final three games.

"Perseverance is something that's huge with me," Moody said Tuesday, as the Tribe (4-4, 2-3 CAA) prepares for Saturday's game at Rhode Island. "I love the game of football too much to give up on it."

Moody is practically a walking med school case study. He returned just five months after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in practice last spring. He subsequently tweaked a hamstring that sidelined him for two games, and returned for the Tribe's most recent two games.

"The hamstring feels like it's 100 percent," he said. "There are days when the knee is a little achy, especially now with the weather getting colder."

Two years ago, in the second game of his redshirt freshman season, Moody suffered a broken ankle, the ankle gruesomely twisting 150 degrees. He also broke the tibia and fibula, and he tore the deltoid ligament, putting him off his feet for a month.

Two months later, he was in an auto accident in which he broke his jaw, his right cheekbone and lacerated his spleen. His jaw was wired shut for a month.

But Moody was back on the field and doing full workouts the following February.

Moody's recuperative powers might qualify him as an honorary X-Man — a little like Wolverine, without the bad haircut and chronic snarl.

"I guess I'm blessed with a body that heals faster than others," he said.

As well as the determination to play. Tribe coach Jimmye Laycock said, "The trainers said his work ethic and the way he worked at it was relentless in rehab."

In between Moody's lengthy rehab stints was a superb redshirt sophomore year. He caught a team-high 47 passes for 731 yards and was named second-team All-CAA.

Moody's stats this season are almost negligible — just six catches for 113 yards in three games. Though he provided a glimpse of his ability in his first game back, versus James Madison. He made a nice play on a 3rd-and-19 throw for a 38-yard gain. He pulled down a 34-yard completion that got the Tribe out of a hole at its two-yard line.

"He runs great routes, he gets to his depths, he makes great cuts," Tribe safety Jerome Couplin III said. "He has a great way of tracking the ball, and he knows how to use his body to shield the defender. … If the ball goes his way, good things are going to happen."

Pleased as Moody is to be back, the season has been frustrating. He has spent far too much time on the sideline working to get back on the field. He's been unable to help a pass offense ranked eighth in the CAA at a meager 165 yards per game and that's last in completion percentage at 50.8 percent.

"This past year really hurt me a lot," he said. "I wasn't able to do as much offseason training to prepare for the season."

He said that he isn't as explosive as he was prior to the knee injury or as he needs to be. He said that his legs tire quickly. This coming offseason, he said, will be devoted to a lot of lifting and conditioning to strengthen his 5-foot-11, 175-pound frame.

"I think he has a chance to be a real good one," Laycock said. "He just needs to stay in the lineup and develop more consistency and get to the point where he's doing it day after day."

No one would like that more than Moody.

Copyright © 2018, Chicago Tribune


text:
Maurice Grimaud dies at 95; former Paris police chief

Associated Press

Maurice Grimaud, who as Paris police chief played a key role in avoiding major bloodshed during France's student uprising in May 1968, has died. He was 95.

Grimaud died July 16, Paris police headquarters said; the cause of death was not specified. He was buried Tuesday at the city's Pere-Lachaise cemetery, the resting ground for statesmen and artists including Oscar Wilde, Frederic Chopin and Jim Morrison.

Grimaud won posthumous praise from both France's law-and-order president and a leftist leader of the 1968 revolt.

"With Maurice Grimaud, it's a great protagonist and a great witness of our country's contemporary history that disappears," said President Nicolas Sarkozy, who is known for his tough stance on crime.

A leader of the student uprising, Daniel Cohn-Bendit, said that although Grimaud was "on the other side of the conflict, he's someone I've greatly admired."

"Maintaining law and order didn't mean aggressive actions toward protesters," Cohn-Bendit said.

"He understood the students' revolt," he said.

The would-be revolution, the defining event of postwar France, started in May 1968 with protests at a university west of Paris demanding that women and men be allowed to visit each other's dormitory rooms.

Trade unions joined in, and 10 million workers went on strike. Longtime labor issues were quickly resolved, and the students uprooted the nation's attitudes toward authority.

When students occupied Sorbonne University and the buildings around France's Left Bank, Grimaud was credited for urging police restraint and showing willingness to start dialogue with protesters.

A native of southern France, Grimaud was born Nov. 11, 1913. He studied literature and began his career at the seat of the French colonial administration in Morocco in 1936.

He then worked in Algeria and Germany and later served as a local governor and aide to then-Interior Minister Francois Mitterrand.

He succeeded Nazi-era collaborator Maurice Papon as head of the Paris police force, where he served from 1967 to 1971.

Grimaud received the prestigious Legion of Honor award and wrote two books.

Copyright © 2018, Chicago Tribune


text:
Andry Nirina Rajoelina

President of the Transition of the Republic of Madagascar Andry Nirina Rajoelina speaks during the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2013 in New York City. Analysts say crime has increased in Madagascar since President Rajoelina seized power through a coup more than four years ago, plunging the country into political turmoil and leading donors to freezing aid, which dented public spending.
Pool / Getty Images
Copyright © 2018, Chicago Tribune


text:
Allergies can strike at any stage in life

Sneezing, itching nose, watery eyes — it's the common cold, right?

Maybe not. While seasonal allergies or allergic rhinitis are typically associated with a younger crowd it is not unheard of for allergists to see older adults dealing with allergy symptoms for the first time, says Michael Foggs, a Chicago-based allergist and spokesman for the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). But allergies do not have to slow you down.

So how do you know if you have a cold or are battling allergies?

Foggs says if symptoms persist for more than six weeks it is time to find a board certified allergist. Also, the ACAAI website,, offers an Allergy & Asthma Relief Self Test to help review symptoms and see where to find relief, a suffering calculator and a tool to help find a board certified allergist. While a primary care physician has an understanding of allergies, an allergist can dig deeper.

While allergies may seem like an annoyance and not necessitating a visit to a specialist, Foggs says it is important to have an allergist assess the situation because there can be another illness masquerading as allergies. An allergist can determine if it is an allergy, non-allergic rhinitis, multiple chemical sensitivity or rule out allergy, Foggs says. Also, in the case of non-allergic rhinitis, Foggs says, a primary care doctor may prescribe an antihistamine, but it won't solve the problem of inflammation of the tissue.

Why now?

Foggs says there are a variety of reasons an older adult may be experiencing allergies later in life.

One, he says, is that some had allergies in early childhood that went into remission and can resurface.

Adult onset expression of allergy can also be related to changes in the body as people age. The body hosts defense mechanisms in the immune system and they can change.

Karen Braswell, an exercise physiologist at Smith Crossing, a senior living community in Orland Park, says seasonal allergies are a common medical problem in older adults during spring, summer and fall.

"Seasonal allergies impact older adults in many ways. A major impact is seniors who take multiple daily medications may face side effects of taking these drugs along with allergy relief medications," Braswell says. "The antihistamines in most allergy medications can cause drowsiness and dizziness, which pose additional risks for older adults."

While more prevalent in children, allergies can impact anyone.

"Any one at any age can have allergies," Foggs says. "Older adults become more likely to have conditions co-exist with allergies."

Conditions such as congestive heart failure, bronchiolitis — an inflammation of the smallest air passages in the lungs (the bronchioles) — and sleep apnea can aggravate allergies and make a person sick, he says.

Allergies have been making more headlines since early in the year because this has been a bad allergy season. "Allergy is increasing world wide," Foggs says.

He says there are several hypotheses being analyzed as to why there are more people suffering from allergies such as inadequate stimulation of the immune system, use of antibiotics in animals used for food, ingredients in processed foods and inadequate levels of vitamin D.

Anju Peters, associate professor of medicine in the Sinus and Allergy Center At Northwestern University, says weather has an impact on allergies and a warm winter made for a bad allergy season in the spring. She says the hot summer and occasional downpours this summer leave a question mark about what to expect with ragweed and mold in the fall.

Going to an allergist

A trip to the allergist is not unlike a visit to other doctors. Foggs says first time patients can expect a conversation with the doctor regarding medical history and a physical exam.

"With a thorough history often a well trained allergist will have a diagnosis before the exam takes place," Foggs says.

The exam will include looking at the ears, eyes and any areas that may be related to a diagnosis.

Peters says depending on the patient they may do a skin test. This involves putting a small amount of the allergen on the skin and doing a minor pinprick. The allergist can determine allergy based on the skin's reaction. While there are many possible allergens she says they usually can narrow it down and test for a series of common allergens such as pollen, ragweed or dust.

Another approach is a traditional blood test, but the results will take time.

What can be done?

Foggs says the approach depends on the allergy. In some cases the patient is instructed to avoid the allergic agents to decrease the burden of allergy at their home and workplace.

Allergists can prescribe medications and there are nasal steroid sprays that are very safe and effective, Peters says.

In many cases it is only necessary to visit an allergist once to determine the cause of the allergy.

"We only continue to manage difficult cases," Foggs says.

For some persistent allergies, Foggs says, they may prescribe shots to build tolerance.

Peters cautions older adults about over-the-counter antihistamines and decongestion medications. She says they have side effects such as fatigue and dryness and in some cases can make the heart race. They also can interact with other medications, she says.

Moving on

Allergies and some of the antihistamines taken for them can make people feel run down and groggy, but a diagnosis of allergies doesn't mean one is relegated to the couch during nice weather.

Braswell says the most important thing is to check with the doctor to make sure it is safe to exercise.

"It is challenging to exercise with seasonal allergies due to congestion, itching, and other symptoms of allergies," Braswell acknowledges. "A major precaution to take is to exercise indoors. You can avoid much pollen and therefore the symptoms of seasonal allergies if you choose an exercise routine indoors."

Peters says whenever possible she recommends exercise.

"You shouldn't let allergies limit your quality of life," she says.

Braswell says if you want to get moving outdoors there are precautions to take.

"Carefully choose times when you are exercising outside. You should make efforts to stay indoors during peak pollen times of 5 to 10 a.m. You may also feel fewer symptoms if you exercise outdoors after rain."

Braswell suggests avoiding outdoor exercise during hot, dry, windy days when pollens, molds, and dust tend to be at their highest.

"Exercise is important for everyone even those suffering from allergies," says Braswell. "While a regular routine will not cure your allergies, it can help you feel better. By keeping the heart and lungs strengthened allergy sufferers will truly benefit."

Copyright © 2018, Chicago Tribune


WARC-Identified-Payload-Type: application/xhtml+xml

WARC-Truncated: length

text:
Community Asthma Initiative | Overview

LIke ThisLIke ThisLIke ThisLIke ThisLIke This

The Boston Children’s Hospital Community Asthma Initiative (CAI) was developed to help improve the health and quality of life of children with asthma and their families. Since asthma hospitalizations and Emergency Department visits are disproportionately high for African-American and Latino children, the hospital wanted to address this important health disparity.

CAI serves children who live in Boston, are 2 to 18 years old and have been either seen in Boston Children’s Emergency Department or hospitalized for asthma.  We also accept referrals from primary care providers and asthma specialists within the hospital’s network.

Our program works with each family to understand their child’s asthma and the medications used to treat it, and to identify and reduce asthma triggers in the home and other places where the child spends time.

CAI also works with partners and coalitions to address asthma health disparities through changes in policies at the local and state levels.

Click here to learn about Joel's experience with the Community Asthma Initiative.

Download our Program Replication Manual.

As of December 2016, there are over 1,769 patients who have enrolled in the Community Asthma Initiative. So far their involvement has led to:

  • 80% reduction in the percentage of patients with asthma-related hospitalization
  • 58% reduction in the percentage of patients with Emergency Department visits
  • 45% reduction in the percentage of patients with missed school days for children
  • 53% reduction in the percentage of patients with lost work days for parents

Policy Advocacy

  • We work in coalitions to improve both housing and school environmental conditions that often trigger a child’s asthma.
  • With partners we seek to ensure that asthma education, home-visiting services, devices and environmental supplies, such as HEPA vacuum cleaners, will be covered by health insurance, as needed.
  • We are working with other asthma home-visiting groups in the city to establish home-visiting standards and a trained workforce that can serve the diverse and multilingual community in Boston. We are also working with groups in other parts of the country to bring similar services to their communities.

Boston Children’s is so much more than a hospital—it’s a community of researchers, clinicians, administrators, support staff, innovators, teachers, patients and families, all working together to make the impossible possible. ”
- Sandra L. Fenwick, President and CEO

Boston Children's Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115
For Patients: 617-355-6000
For Referring Providers: 844-BCH-PEDS | 844-224-7337


text:
china tour contact
Email: US&Canada:1-855-788-7469 China:400-6361-856 or 0086-10-82758602 Mobile: 0086-13126609476

Grand Mercure Hongqiao Shanghai

Hotel Summary

Rating:5 star
Location:Shanghai Hongqiao Airport
Address:No.369,Xianxia Rd,Shanghai
Surrounding:the Hongqiao district,Shanghai Mart, Shanghai International Trade Center, and Intex Shanghai
Near:Distance from Centre of city: 0 Km;Distance from the airport: 48 Km;Distance from the railway station: 5 Km .
Tel:021-51533300 (Book this hotel, call 800-2682918)
Hotel Name in Chinese:上海虹桥美爵大酒店

Hotel Introduction Hotel Album Hotel Facility Hotel Policies Hotel Quote Ask Question

Hotel Introduction

Grand Mercure Hongqiao Hotel Shanghai is a new hotel in Shanghai which was opened in June 2007. Grand Mercure Hongqiao Shanghai is located in Hongqiao commercial district. Within walking distance, guests can reach Shanghai Mart, Shanghai International Trade Center, and Intex Shanghai. Also, many cultural and historical sites are easily accessible, such as Lu Xu Park and Fudan University. Just 10 min from Hongqiao Airport, 60 min from Pudong International Airport and close to the Shanghai metro network. The Grand Mercure Hongqiao Shanghai Hotel offers 496 spacious luxury suites, all with panoramic skyline views. The Grand Mercure Hongqiao Shanghai Hotel facilities include a fitness centre, sauna, restaurant, bar, room service and private indoor parking.

The Grand Mercure Hongqiao contains 484 guestrooms, including a choice of 68 one-bedroom suites and 43 two-bedroom suites. Each room includes quality bedding, direct-dial phone service, complimentary broadband Internet access, LCD television, 24- hour room service, and kitchenette facilities. All guestrooms also feature in-room laundry machines and laptop-compatible safes.

From the all-day dining café, to the martini bar, to the Asian restaurant and eastern and western buffets, the Grand Mercure Hongqiao offers a complete international food and beverage experience. The hotel also provides guests with a full-service spa complete with massage rooms, a health club, and a fitness center.

Hotel Photo

Services and Amenities

Hotel Services Luggage service,Car rentals,Laundry service,Room service,Wake Up Call,24hr Reception,Permanent English-speaking staff,
Hotel Amenities Elevator,Parking,Air-Conditioned Facilities,Beauty Salon,Sauna,Centro di Business,Gift Shop,Palestra,Meeting Room,Deposit Box at Front Desk,Fire Detector,KTV,Chess & Playing Cards Room,Wifi
Room Amenities Air conditioning,Alarm clock,Color Television,Coffee/tea maker,Telephone,Hair dryer,In-room safe,Serrature Elettroniche,Mini Bar,Bath and Shower,Non-smoking rooms available,,Free for Internet
Business Service Business Centre,Copy Service,E-mail,Servizio di Traduzione,Servizio di Fax,Servizio di digitazione
Dining Facilities Chinese Restaurant,Western Restaurant,Cofferia,Bar,Lounge Bar

Hotel Rate

Room Type Normal Rate (inc.fees+tax)
Superior Room $133
All prices include 15% service fee and tax. Payment Method: pay using our secure online payment service or pay at the hotel at some hotels. Triple/quad occupancy may require an extra bed at extra cost.

The Grand Mercure Hongqiao Shanghaiinformation provided on our website is for reference only. If there is any difference between and the hotel, please comply with the real situation in the hotel. disclaims any responsibility for complaint and expense caused by any discrepancy.

Please Ask Your Question About you want to book hotel Here!
       or You can directly E-mail to:


text:
Tuesday, May 3, 2011

NFB and Hot Docs present Doc Talks - free event

Tonight and for the next few days, The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Hot Docs present a free series of talks at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Each of the talks begins at 5:30pm in Theatre number 4 and they are free to everyone.

The first talk tonight is Docs Making a Difference with Terence Macartney-Filgate, Shannon Walsh and Lee Hirsch. Tomorrow's talk is Docs Modifying Minds with Charles Officer, Susan Saladoff and Anthony Baxter. Finally on Thursday, the talk will be Docs Fuelling Debate with David York and Frank Piasecki Poulsen.

Tonight and Thursday's talk will be moderated by Katerina Cizek and Wednesday's talk will be moderated by Sarah Spring.

Lend your voice to a free series of talks with leading filmmakers
exploring the social impact of documentaries

The National Film Board of Canada and the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival have announced the line-up of participants for Doc Talks, a new free series of conversations that gives documentary film lovers access to leading Canadian and international directors.

In this inaugural edition of Doc Talks, innovative and influential filmmakers discuss the impact of documentaries on the real world in a series of lively, hour-long conversations.

Discussions will take place May 3 through May 5, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Bell Lightbox 4, and are presented in collaboration with the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund. Admission is free and open to all.

Tuesday, May 3, 5:30–6:30 p.m., Bell Lightbox 4
Can one film really change the world? From the NFB’s Challenge for Change program to Errol Morris’s The Thin Blue Line, documentaries have a long tradition of being catalysts for change. But how much difference can one film really make? Meet three directors who have sought to create films that help pave the way for social transformation.

Lee Hirsch The Bully Project

Wednesday, May 4, 5:30–6:30 p.m., Bell Lightbox 4
Do documentaries change the way we see our world? Constant access to information can lead us to think we know the whole story. The filmmakers on this panel go deeper than the headlines and news reports. Prepare to be surprised by stories you’ve never heard and transformed by the ones you thought you knew.

Charles Officer (Mighty Jerome)
Susan Saladoff (Hot Coffee)

Thursday, May 5, 5:30–6:30 p.m., Bell Lightbox 4
Do documentaries ignite dispute or dialogue? Docs can be controversial because of their subjects, stories or approaches. Participants discuss films that delve into religion, politics and ethical dilemmas. Add your voice to a spirited debate about covering and creating controversy.

David York (Wiebo’s War)
Frank Piasecki Poulsen (Blood in the Mobile)

Tuesday and Thursday’s session will be moderated by documentary film and digital media director Katerina Cizek (HIGHRISE: Out My Window; Filmmaker-in-Residence). Wednesday’s session will be moderated by producer Sarah Spring (St-Henri, the 26th of August; Roadsworth: Crossing the Line).

About Hot Docs

Hot Docs is North America’s largest documentary festival, conference and market. From April 28 to May 8, 2011, Hot Docs will present an outstanding selection of over 190 documentaries from Canada and around the world to Toronto audiences and international delegates. Hot Docs will also mount a full roster of conference sessions, market events and services for documentary practitioners, including the renowned Hot Docs Forum, May 4 and 5, and The Doc Shop.

About the NFB

Canada’s public producer and distributor, the National Film Board of Canada creates interactive works, social-issue documentaries, auteur animation and alternative dramas that provide the world with a unique Canadian perspective. The NFB is breaking new ground in form and content through interactive and mobile media, community filmmaking projects, programs for emerging filmmakers, stereoscopic film and more. It works in collaboration with creative filmmakers, digital media creators and co-producers in every region of Canada, with Aboriginal and culturally diverse communities, as well as partners around the world. Since the NFB’s founding in 1939, it has created over 13,000 productions and won over 5,000 awards, including 2 Webbys, 12 Oscars and more than 90 Genies. Its <NFB.ca> Screening Room features over 2,000 productions online, including high-definition and 3D films. The NFB also puts the experience of cinema into the hands of Canadians everywhere through its acclaimed mobile apps for the iPhone, iPad and Android platforms, as well as a pre-loaded app in the new BlackBerry PlayBook.

No comments:

Post a Comment


text:
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

15th Annual Webby Awards - five-word speeches

Five-Word Speeches Mark 15th Annual Webby Awards at Hammerstein Ballroom

Dan Savage: Tracy Morgan Can Suck My…
Anna Wintour: Sometimes Geek Can Be Chic
Will Ferrell Ignores Five-Word Mandate in Favor of Haiku

New York, NY (June 14, 2010) - Highlighting a star-studded evening of Webby friendly five-word speeches, Dan Savage struck back at Tracy Morgan's recent controversial remarks in his acceptance speech of a Special Recognition Award at the 15th Annual Webbys tonight at The Hammerstein Ballroom. Savage, accepting his award for founding the groundbreaking It Gets Better Project, used his short speech to deliver a pointed message to the outspoken comic.

"Tracy Morgan can suck my…," said Savage in his scathing critique of the star of NBC's 30 Rock.
In another notable five-word speech, Vogue Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour delivered remarks clearly aimed at her audience: "Sometimes geek can be chic," the legendary editor said.

In accepting its award for Person of the Year, IBM supercomputer Watson pointedly addressed the controversy of a computer walking away with an award clearly aimed at humans. "Person of the year. Ironic."

And, ignoring the famous Webby Award five-word speech protocol, funny man Will Ferrell accepted Funny or Die's award via video alongside site co-founders Adam McKay and Chris Henchy with a haiku. "Thanks for this award. I will put it in my house next to my instructional poetry textbooks. Thank you."

Through an innovative partnership with Facebook, fans were able watch this year’s ceremony, hosted by Lisa Kudrow, live on the Webby Awards official Facebook Page, as well as on participating partner pages including The Huffington Post, Martha Stewart, (RED), BuzzFeed, National Geographic and SportsNation. On these pages, fans can now view the five-word acceptance speeches, backstage and red carpet footage and other special access footage from the live show.

Other speech highlights included:

  • James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem for Artist of the Year: "Thanks, this is deeply weird."
  • Groupon CEO Andrew Mason: "It's short for group coupon."
  • Martin Cooper, inventor of the mobile phone, for his Special Recognition Award: "Can you hear me now?"
  • Wieden + Kennedy for Agency of the Year: "Anonymous, we thank you, anonymously."
  • Chris Milk for Online Film and Video Music Award: "Sinners make the best saints."
  • Peter Vesterbacka, creator of Angry Birds, for Webby and People's Voice Awards: "Get those pigs!!!"

  • About The Webby Awards:

    Hailed as the "Internet's highest honor" by the New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, including Websites, interactive advertising & media, online film & video, and mobile & apps. Established in 1996, the 15th Annual Webby Awards received nearly 10,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webby Awards is presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Sponsors and Partners of The Webby Awards include: AOL, Vitamin T, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Ford, Dentyne, Facebook, MLB Advanced Media, Rackspace Hosting, LBi, Buddy Media, (RED), YouTube, HP, USA Today, Financial Times, Business Insider, Geekosystem, 2advanced.Net, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Time Out New York and Guardian News and Media.

    Visit: www.webbyawards.com

    The Webby Awards' famous "five-word speech" keeps our celebrations vibrant and exciting. Below are winner and special achievement speeches from the 13th Annual Webby Awards, held in June 2011 in New York City.

    OpenIDEO - Webby: "Keep calm and carry on!!"

    Yelp - Webby & People's Voice: "Try stealing this content, Google."
    Personal Blog/Website
    What I made - Webby & People's Voice: "its what i made earlier"
    Adobe Museum of Digital Media - Webby: "No lines at Adobe Museum."
    Vogue.com - People's Voice: "its short for group coupon"
    NOWNESS - Webby: "Nothing beats being inspired, thanks!"

    Lego Star Wars III - Webby: "May the force be with."
    The Escapist - Webby & People's Voice: "Quality content isn't a commodity. "
    The Wilderness Downtown - People's Voice: "There's no place like home."
    Best Home/Welcome Page
    LEGO.com - Webby & People's Voice: "Only five words? thank you."
    Best Navigation/Structure
    Zappos.com - People's Voice: "Shoes, conveniently sold in pairs."
    Best Practices
    Skype - People's Voice: "Skype'd your mom last night."
    Best Practices
    Dropbox - Webby: "Who wants some free space?"
    Best Use of Photography
    National Geographic - Webby & People's Voice: "Our lens knows no boundaries!"
    Best Visual Design - Aesthetic
    LIFE.com - People's Voice: "A picture's worth five words."
    Best Visual Design - Function
    TED.com - Webby: "we want our 18 minutes"
    TribecaFilm.com - Webby: "As good as Deniro's oscars."

    YouTube Play - People's Voice: "this is youtube "
    WebMD - People's Voice: "Stay away from the sprouts."
    A Thin Line - Webby: "Let's stop online bullying together. "

    National Geographic Kids - People's Voice: "Fun, facts, photos, animals, grrr!"
    2011 Mediocrity - Webby: "Thanks for honoring mediocrity, Webby's! "
    Beauty and Cosmetics
    Redken.com - People's Voice: "We love making heads turn."
    Beauty and Cosmetics
    BOSS BOTTLED NIGHT - Webby: "Blast Radius thinks you're boss. "
    Blog - Business
    HuffPost Business - People's Voice: "Washington: focus on jobs, PLEASE."

    Blog - Business
    TechCrunch - Webby: "Best $175 AOL ever spent. "
    Corporate Communications
    Gone Google - Webby & People's Voice: "Go google, gone google, going."
    IT Hardware/Software
    Dell - Webby: "Dude's gone. We still abide."
    IT Hardware/Software
    Demo Slam - People's Voice: "Thank you and SLAM. 感谢你和满贯"
    SpeakFromTheHeart.com - Webby & People's Voice: "Life interrupted is not okay."
    Professional Services
    Blenderbox - Webby: "We did it... (without Flash. )"
    Professional Services
    Awesomeville - People's Voice: "Best Facebook status update ever!"
    Chipotle Website - People's Voice: "Rolling anything better is illegal."
    Pure Management Group - Webby: "This is crazy...it's BKWLD."
    'Twitter Knitter' - People's Voice: "This is for Camden Town."
    Blog - Cultural
    The 99% - Webby: "make ideas happen"
    Blog - Cultural
    Laughing Squid - People's Voice: "these tenticles go to eleven"
    NewYorker.com - Webby: "long articles but short speech"
    National Geographic Magazine Online - People's Voice: "Why not five photos instead?"
    Pandora - Webby & People's Voice: "better than an ibo"
    NPR - Webby & People's Voice: "support your local station"
    Boardwalk Empire - Interactive Boardwalk - Webby: "It's legal now, bottoms up. "
    Hulu - People's Voice: "The evil plot has succeeded."
    Freelancer.com - Webby & People's Voice: "The tech boom is back."
    Financial Services
    Mint - Webby & People's Voice: "We're great at saving."
    Responsibility Project - Webby: "Responsibility is worth celebrating, thanks."
    Real Estate
    Zillow.com - Webby & People's Voice: "We make real estate Zexy."
    The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Online - Webby & People's Voice: "Accico Webby Awards, thank you. "
    Jetsetter - Webby: "kids...we're going to disneyland"
    Lonely Planet - People's Voice: "now get offline and travel"
    Web Services & Applications
    Dropbox - Webby & People's Voice: "Who wants some free space?"
    REDU - Webby: "Kids deserve a great education."
    AARP: The Website - People's Voice: "We make 50 look good."
    American Institute of Architects - Webby: "Form follows function at AIA.org"
    Blog - Political
    Truthdig - Webby: "Whistleblowing- that's a patriot act. "
    Blog - Political
    Comedy Central's Indecision - People's Voice: "Take that C...N-N"
    Charitable Organizations/Non-Profit
    Historypin - Webby: "Old people know cool stuff. "
    Cultural Institutions
    Smithsonian Institution - People's Voice: "Increase and diffusion of knowledge."
    Cultural Institutions
    Anne Frank House - Webby: "Memories mean more than dresses."
    NASA Home Page - People's Voice: "Bringing the universe to you"
    Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing - Webby & People's Voice: "Indiana University educates Webby winners."
    Discovery News - People's Voice: "Thank you Discovery News fans!"

    Interactive Advertising

    Webby Film & Video Awards

    Do You Know What Nano Means? - Webby: "Fact: size really doesn't matter. "
    Comedy: Long Form or Series
    Funny Or Die's Presidential Reuinion - People's Voice: "thanks for this award. i will put it in my house next to my instructional poetry textbooks, thank you."
    Documentary: Individual Episode
    Saying goodbye with my camera - People's Voice: "This is for Briony's Dad."
    Documentary: Series
    BREVES DE TROTTOIRS - Webby: "oh french burr but also great"

    Documentary: Series
    Deadly Threats: Successors to the Paramilitaries in Colombia - People's Voice: "humanrights finally inspire"
    "Urban Wolf" an original web series thriller from Crackle.com - People's Voice: "I never touch the maid."
    Eastenders E20 - Webby: "E20's: all about new talent. "
    Experimental & Weird
    The Wilderness Downtown - Webby & People's Voice: "There's no place like home."
    How-To and DIY
    The Minimalist - Webby: "News that's fit to squint?"
    News & Politics: Individual Episode
    Dear Obama: A Message from Victims of the LRA - Webby & People's Voice: "LRA victims, we don't forget."
    News & Politics: Series
    The Young Turks - People's Voice: "The Young Turks, too strong. "
    News & Politics: Series
    Haiti: 6 months on - Webby: "Why have we forgotten Haiti?"
    Public Service and Activism
    The Time to Eliminate Pediatric AIDS is Now Video - Webby & People's Voice: "We can eliminate pediatric AIDS."
    Second Act from Yahoo! News - Webby: "never trust anyone under 30"
    Dan 3.0 series - People's Voice: "the internet told me to..."
    Onion News Network's "Soccer Officially Announces It Is Gay" - People's Voice: "Where is our fucking Pulitzer?"
    The Engadget Show - People's Voice: "From us all, thank you. "
    How Advertisers Use Internet Cookies to Track You, The Wall Street Journal Digital Network - Webby: "That's how the cookie crumbles."
    Travel & Adventure
    The Bali Temple Explorer - Webby: "Internet filmmakers, use the medium."
    Video Remixes/Mashups
    CNN Walk Around the World - Webby: "News needs all of us"
    Rated Awesome - Webby: "beep beep an intruder?"

    Entertainment - Handheld Devices
    This American Life for iPhone - Webby: "will this ceremony ever end"

    Entertainment - Tablet & All Other Devices
    PBS for iPad - Webby: "PBS not your grandfather's network."

    Experimental & Innovation
    EpicMix - People's Voice: "Elevating experiences of a lifetime"

    Games - Tablet & All Other Devices
    Jambalaya - Webby: "smart is the new angry"

    Yelp Mobile - Webby & People's Voice: "Try stealing this content, Google."
    Integrated Mobile Experience
    Walgreens Mobile: Keep Life Moving - People's Voice: "*Refilling Walgreens' prescriptions...so easy."

    Lifestyle - Handheld Devices
    Weight Watchers Mobile for iPhone - People's Voice: "Losing's our specialty, winning's nice. "

    Lifestyle - Tablets & All Other Devices
    MOMA - Webby: "Pollock would've loved gestural interfaces."

    News - Tablets & All Other Devices
    Flipboard - Webby & People's Voice: "thankgod for the ipad"

    Dropbox - People's Voice: "Who wants some free space?"

    Dropbox - Webby & People's Voice: "Who wants some free space?"
    Shopping - Handheld Devices
    Pizza Pizza Mobile - Webby: "Thanks it's been a slice."
    Shopping - Tablets & All Other Devices
    fandango - Webby & People's Voice: "you had me at fandango"

    Social - Handheld Devices
    foursquare - Webby & People's Voice: "every check in saves a kitten"

    fastball - People's Voice: "Honey-badger doesn't give a shit."

    TripIt - Webby: "Because getting there shouldn't suck."

    No comments:

    Post a Comment


text:
Established in Philadelphia in December 1850 by Father Edward J. Sourin, the Catholic Philopatrian Literary Institute serves, and continues to serve, as a social, literary, and charitable organization. Father Sourin started the organization as a way for Catholic men to continue their educational and cultural development beyond formal schooling.  The Institute frequently sponsored balls, concerts, theatrical productions, and lecture series. Philopatrians quickly became a significant presence within the city as they became involved in both religious and secular affairs.

The collection includes constitutions and by-laws, reports, ledgers, bulletins and newsletters published by the Institute, handwritten histories, and ephemera, such as invitations and circulars.

1 box, .4 linear ft.


text:
Monday February 17, 2014

Customer Experience No Longer Requires Entry-Level People

Great customer experience (CX) is a human event.

Great CX is rehearsed by people placing themselves in the same process or event and asking the question, "What do I feel, want, need, appreciate when I'm on the other side of the desk/phone?

How do I create something special that I would appreciate?

Most companies though, settle for a more scripted, manageable approach.

The justifying self-talk that runs through the manager mind: "We have entry-level roles. It's too much to expect everyone to think on that level."

So, companies set aside the human-ness of their employees (and customers) and instead mandate traditional customer service behaviors with policy and pay. And this is what customer service becomes:

Cheerful, positive greeting, eye contact, smile, appropriate, accurate, empathy (kind of), and procedure.

These traditional attributes of customer service are generally great and accurate, but on their own, don't create great customer experience. Here's one example of how it breaks down:

 I'm at my local credit union yesterday. Standing in line waiting to get a couple checks printed for taxes. It's Friday, the lobby is full of people, the line is long.

About 7 people in front of me, I overhear a transaction between a middle-age woman who's making a withdrawal, the teller she's working with, and a supervisor (I'm assuming) that's hovering behind the teller pointing at the screen and giving some assistance. The teller and her helper aren't talking loud per se, but I quickly discover via my eavesdropping that this women is trying to withdraw $1500 cash.

"So that was $1500, right?" must have been said 3 times during the exchange.

"So you want to take that out of your money market account?"

The exchange ended as all of us would expect- "Was there anything else I could help you with today?" and "Thank you for coming in today." I heard it all very clearly.

The whole thing felt very awkward to me. It reminded me of all those times I've been at the counter in a bank, and happened to have another customer in the next "window" over from me, working with another teller. You know what I'm talking about- you can hear bits and pieces of their transaction, and then you realize they can hear yours.

I'm not even a private guy, but I am uncomfortable with the fact that I know this lady is withdrawing $1500 from her account. It feels like it's none of my business.

A few minutes later, I get to the front of the line, and another gal helps me. I hand her my card so she can look up my account. She asked how she could help me, and in a slightly hushed tone, I tell her I need to get a couple checks printed to send off for my taxes.

Without skipping a beat, her voice lowered and she quietly asked me which account I'd like it to come out of. She then softened her voice a bit more and asked what amounts they needed to be for.

The exchange was both uneventful and magical at the same time. Whether she realized it or not, she was taking my pulse throughout the entire transaction, and matching my behavior. Eye contact happened, smiles were exchanged, she asked about Valentines plans, shared hers, etc. But the magic really happened in the volume and pace of the whole thing.

She was focused on me and the moment, not on certain behaviors, a prescribed attitude, or a specific greeting/response.

Contrast that with the earlier transaction I witnessed. All the right components, but lacking the human awareness, the caution, the sensitivity, the acknowledgement.

Not everyone is suitable for customer-engaging work. It requires tremendous self-awareness, adaptivity, emotional intelligience, and mastery of your tools. Is that a lot to ask of entry-level staff? Yep.

With researchers like Forrester, and major enterprises like Oracle publishing data on the ROI of finely-tuned CX, business leaders have to start asking- Why are my frontline customer service people among the lowest paid in my organization?

When customer experience is the only thing differentiating you from your competition, what are your frontline people worth? And do I have the right people in those roles?

Chris Nordyke is an integrated marketer and strategy consultant. He works with owners and senior business leaders to transform and grow service companies via a unique holistic approach that drives referral business and client retention. Click here to schedule a complimentary consult with Chris.

comments powered by Disqus

See also:     Back to Main Blog Page


text:
Houston rejects law allowing men in women’s bathrooms

A law allowing men to use women’s bathrooms has been overwhelmingly rejected by voters in Houston, Texas.

President Obama, Hillary Clinton and major companies such as Apple backed the ordinance, but Houstonians voted against it by 61 per cent to 39 per cent.

Under the broad ‘anti-discrimination’ measure, 15 factors including sex, race and age were covered alongside sexual orientation and transsexualism.

Campaign for Houston, which worked to oppose the measure, said the result was a victory for “common decency and common sense”.

Supporters of the law claimed the ordinance would protect citizens from discrimination, and that it was “only a matter of time” before similar regulations were passed.

Business that serve the public, as well as city services and contracts all fell under the ordinance, with fines of up to $5,000 for violations.

Social commentator Ryan Anderson said that the proposal defined gender identity so loosely that no legal change of sex or name was necessary to identify as female.

Campaign for Houston said it did not want ladies “forced to share restrooms in public facilities with gender-confused men” who could “call themselves ‘women’ on a whim and use women’s restrooms whenever they wish”.

Following the result, the campaign’s President Steven Hotze said: “Houstonians refused to be bullied by the agents of political correctness”.

“They voted overwhelmingly to protect women’s privacy and safety”, he added.

The measure had originally been passed by the City Council, but opponents organised a petition to prompt a referendum.

Houston’s mayor challenged the petition – at one point subpoenaing sermons from some of the city’s pastors.

However the state’s Supreme Court decided that Houston must either bring the measure to a vote, or withdraw it altogether.

Related Resources


text:
Top judge backs Sharia law ‘role’

England’s most senior judge has come under fire for suggesting that parts of Sharia law could have a role to play in the legal system.

Speaking at a London mosque the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Phillips, said that parts of the Islamic legal code could be used to settle certain disputes between British Muslims.

This, he argued, would not dilute the fact that the country is governed by English law in English courts.

“There is no reason why principles of Sharia law, or any other religious code, should not be the basis for mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution,” he said.

He defended similar comments made earlier this year by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, describing them as “not very radical”.

Dr Williams provoked a storm of controversy in February when he told the BBC: “There’s a place for finding what would be a constructive accommodation with some aspects of Muslim law, as we already do with some other aspects of religious law.”

In civil law disputes it is lawful for opponents to agree a set of rules to determine a settlement. There is no reason why these rules cannot be based on religious codes, but both parties have to agree and the rules cannot take precedence over English law.

The Lord Chief Justice’s remarks have reignited the controversy surrounding Sharia law and his comments have been roundly condemned.

Barrister John Cooper warned: “Well-crafted laws in this country, drawn up to protect both parties including the weak and vulnerable party in matrimonial break-ups, could be compromised.”

Khalid Mahmood, Labour MP for Birmingham Perry Bar and a practising Muslim, said : “This would create a two-tier society. It is highly retrograde. It will segregate and alienate the Muslim community from the rest of British society.”

The Ministry of Justice said: “English law takes precedence over any other legal system. The Government has no intention of changing this position.”

However, it said: “Alongside this, it is possible to resolve civil law dispute by other systems.”

Related Resources


text:
HQ Christian Wallpapers Free Download | High Quality Bible Verse Wallpapers Download

High Quality Christian Wallpapers, HQ Bible Verse, HQ Bible Quotes, Sun Rise Wallpapers with Bible Quotes, Sun Set Wallpapers with Bible Verse

Post a Comment

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...

Popular Posts

Simply enter your email address below to join over 10,000 people spreading the word of Jesus Christ by sharing these images when new wallpapers become available.

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Our Visitors from

Free counters!
Disclaimer : All images that appear on this blog are copyright of their respective owners. The graphical religious content(pictures, photos, and wallpapers) on this blog may appear on several sites.if you notice your (or your employer's) non-licensed copyrighted picture(s) appearing on this site but don't want them to stay here any longer, kindly please drop a comment in the corresponding post and we will be more than happier to delete them without any conditions as soon as possible on your request.
Display Pagerank


text:
History class at Christleton High School

"Study history, study history! In history lies all the secrets of statecraft" - Winston Churchill

Whether you intend to embark on a career in politics or not, at Christleton we would still urge you to follow the advice of Winston Churchill!

At CHS, History is a thriving and exciting subject where students are encouraged to aim high and fulfil their potential. Through the study of a wide range of historical periods, we develop students’ skills of historical enquiry, source analysis, development of argument and written communication.

The personal development of our students is at the forefront of their learning as we also encourage students to ‘build their learning power’ and develop their skills in Resourcefulness, Reciprocity, Resilience and Reflection.

At Key Stage 3, students will study a variety of topics such as, Slavery, Medieval England, The Holocaust and The Second World War. We also develop students’ awareness of local history with a study relating to the fallen soldiers of Christleton from World War One.

There is no such thing as a typical history lesson - activities can vary from writing a song, to demonstrating an understanding of ‘interpretation’, to building a Holocaust memorial and through the use of homework projects we actively encourage our students to develop skills of independent learning.

History class at Christleton High School

From 2016 onwards, GCSE, students will follow the Edexcel Syllabus which involves the study of Superpower Relations 1941-1991, Russia 1917-1941, Medicine through time from 1250 (including a study of surgery and treatment on the Western Front from 1914-1918) and Early Elizabethan England from 1558 - 1588.

We believe that History should be experienced both inside and outside the classroom and so are involved with a variety of extra-curricular activities. In recent years our students have been on visits to Ypres, Rome, Berlin and even China in the past!

In addition to this, students at Christleton will also have the option to study Classical Civilisation at GCSE as an extra-curricular subject. Classical Civilisation involves the study of two Roman history units and two Greek history units. The areas of study are Emperor Nero, Pompeii and Herculaneum, Homers ‘Odyssey’ and Euripides ‘Medea’. Classical Civilisation has proven to be hugely popular with our students and can provide some new and diverse challenges to our Key stage 4 students.

Sixth Form

Please view our Sixth Form Courses page for more information about this subject in Sixth Form.

Origins of the Cold War

Truman Doctrine / Marshall Plan

Berlin Crisis 1948-49

Arms Race

Hungarian Uprising

Berlin Wall

Cuban Missile Crisis

Prague Spring and Czechoslovakia

Reagan - Gorbachev

Fall of Berlin Wall

Fall of the Soviet Union


text:
Dear Friend,

We have recently commemorated the 7th anniversary of the brutal suppression of the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen Square. Sadly, the human rights situation in the People's Republic of China continues to be dreadful. Hundreds of thousands of people are still detained every year without having been charged with a crime. Executions continue at a rapid rate as the number of crimes punishable by death increases. Those whose desire to practice their religion peacefully are given long prison terms. Chinese officials arbitrarily abuse the law and the government continues to harshly silence any words or actions it sees as a threat to public order.

As an organization, Support Democracy in China continues its seven year mission to educate the public and the media about China's human rights record. We also seek to bring to public attention the need for constant pressure to bring about democratic change in the PRC.

During the past year, SDC worked tirelessly in the campaign to free Harry Wu from Chinese detention with a very successful local media campaign to highlight his case. SDC organized letter writing campaigns for local high school students on behalf of Wei Jingsheng and his assistant and translator Tong Yi which generated over five hundred letters of support. This year's Tiananmen Memorial was the most successful collaboration ever with six other Chinese pro-democracy groups and Amnesty International. Our Human Rights Forum drew a large audience to hear Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, human rights activist Harry Wu, Todd Carrel, former Beijing bureau chief for ABC News and recently escaped dissident Liu Gang speak about continuing human rights concerns in China.

Now we are all facing a new crisis. In June 1997, the island of Hong Kong will be returned to the jurisdiction of the Chinese government. There have been ominous signs that the democratic freedoms that the Hong Kong residents have enjoyed may be canceled and autocratic and arbitrary rule will take its place. We must fight with all our energies to prevent this from happening.

There is much work to be done and we need your help. Your support of SDC is vital in order for SDC to highlight the case of Wang Dan and other dissidents, to keep the letters from students, church groups and public officials consistently going to PRC officials, to keep the media focused on the fight to keep Hong Kong's institutions democratic .

To lend your support to our efforts, please send e-mail with your name and postal address to Support Democracy in China. We'll promptly send you more information about our organization, including information about how you can support our cause.

Join us on the long, arduous journey toward freedom, democracy and human rights in the People's Republic of China.

Thank you for your support.

SDC Home Support Democracy in China

P.O. Box 2395
Cupertino, CA 95015-2395
(408) 534-1868


text:
Calendar Review
Planning Commission Meeting
Date: 1/23/2018 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Council Chambers
65 Civic Avenue
Pittsburg, California 94565

Free viewers are required for some of the attached documents.
They can be downloaded by clicking on the icons below.

Download Acrobat Reader Download Flash Player Download QuickTime Download Windows Media Player Download Microsoft Silverlight Download Word Viewer Download Excel Viewer Download PowerPoint Viewer Download MS-Access Viewer


text:
New York City homeowners hit by Hurricane Sandy are spared a property tax hike under a new legislation which provides relief to residents of NYC subject to higher property taxes as a result of repairs to homes severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy.
The tax break will affect about 1684 buildings, whose owners will save $1077 on average, officials said.

The new legislation was unveiled by both the Mayor and the Governor of New York in April at the 2014 NY Rising Community Reconstruction Spring Conference in Albany.

As the assessed value of a property may have increased after repairs or reconstruction undertaken in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, some homeowners whose homes were damaged during the storm are now subject to higher property tax bills -- even if the homeowner only restored the building to its condition prior to the storm.

The new law (A.9578-A / S.7257-A) signed by Governor Cuomo allows for a partial abatement of property taxes for certain properties that were damaged by Sandy and that have since been repaired. The law will provide relief to New York City residents affected by the storm whose property tax bill in City Fiscal Year 2015 is greater than the corresponding tax liability from CFY2013.

To qualify for the tax relief, the property must meet the following criteria:

· The Department of Finance reduced the assessed valuation of the building on the property for fiscal year 2014 from the assessed valuation for fiscal year 2013 as a result of damage caused by Superstorm Sandy.
· The Department of Finance increased the assessed valuation of the building for fiscal year 2015 from its assessed valuation for fiscal year 2014; and
· The assessed valuation of the building for fiscal year 2015 exceeds that for fiscal year 2013.

The abatement will appear on impacted homeowners' July property tax bills. Homeowners with questions can call 311 or visit the NYC Department of Finance website at

In the event that the repair or rebuilding resulted in an increase in the square footage of the affected building, the bill provides for a proportional decrease in the amount of the abatement to reflect the increase in the square footage of the building.

The Governor signed the legislation at the newly reopened three acre waterfront park located along the Kill Van Kull on the North Shore of Staten Island. The Park is recognized by the Trust for Public Land as the first post-Hurricane Sandy resilient waterfront park and was designed to ensure minimal flooding in the event of future storms. Resiliency measures taken include designing the Park with 2-3 feet of additional soil composition to absorb excess rain water and see level. The permeable soil will absorb significant amounts of water without the need for drains and acts as a buffer that protects the inland businesses and homes on the north shore of Staten Island in the event of a significant coastal storm.


text:
Soul Sandwich Episode January 13, 2016

New Year New Beats

8:08pm - 9:06pm

Ola and Rohit are back for the new year. New show time, but same two bros discussing (pontificating) about their favourite jams and events of the week. The gang plays David Bowie's Young Americans and Space Oddity (performed by Canadian national treasure Commander Chris Hadfield IN SPACE) in a tribute to one of the most prolific musicians ever, Ola has a brain fart about Ottawa based beatmaker and producer Elaquent (eQ), Kanye's revolutionary 808s, and Travis Scott's brutal sampling of the genius in "90210" gets Rohit feeling "some type 'a way", and the two play Polo's Party Talk for what is probably their debut on Canadian airwaves (probably not, but we'd like to think that).

Track Listing:

Golly Jeez
Elaquent · Good Karma
Recuring Dream
Elaquent · The Scenic Route
Young American
David Bowie · Young Americans
Space Oddity
Chris Hadfield · Space Sessions
Kanye West · 808's & Heartbreak
Travis Scott · Rodeo
Party talk
Polo · unreleased


text:
London Metals Exchange's new chief executive is just 35 years old

Emma Haslett
Follow Emma
Matthew Chamberlain is the youngest CEO of any exchange (Source: YouTube)

London Metals Exchange (LME) has appointed Matthew Chamberlain as its chief executive. At just 35 years old, he is the youngest chief exec of any exchange in the world.

A former UBS investment banker, Chamberlain has been interim chief executive of the LME since January this year when boss Garry Jones stepped down. He's previously worked as its chief operating officer and head of strategy, and co-head of business development.

In November 2012 he advised Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) on its acquisition of the LME, before moving over full-time.

LME said he will work closely with Adrian Farnham, chief executive of LME Clear, while James Proudlock will take on the role of managing director and head of market development across both business.

“Matthew has proven himself to be a huge asset to the LME since he joined in 2012," said Sir Brian Bender, chairman of the LME.

Charles Li, chief executive of HKEX, added: “Matthew’s experience and knowledge of the LME means that he is uniquely suited to lead the business in the next stage of its evolution."

Read more: The London Metal Exchange is going to Essex for a summer holiday

Related articles


text:
 Free Real Estate Jobs Classifieds - Online Classifieds of Real Estate Jobs in Bangladesh
Bangladesh > Classifieds in Bangladesh > Jobs in Bangladesh > Real Estate Jobs in Bangladesh
Results for Real Estate Jobs 1 - 2 of 2
May 14, 2012
i am a student of a eastern university in 2nd semester on B.B.A. program i want a pertime job
May 10, 2012
Dear Sir, Pls give me any part time job. Sincerely yours Arif
  • Real Estate Jobs in Dhaka
Looks like you are not yet CityBase member

Signup to start buying/selling

Created in 7.5532250404 seconds


text:
Demetral Park

Demetral Park
Address: 601 N. Sixth St.
Hours: 4:00am - 10:00pm
Park Type: Community
Acres: 49.18
Restroom: Yes
Drinking Water: Yes

Park Details

Located on the east side near East High School, Demetral Park features a reservable shelter, playground and a fenced-in dog exercise area.  Demetral Park is a popular location for softball and kickball.

Alternate Address: 2297 Commercial Avenue

Alcohol is prohibited in the Demetral Park shelter and a fifty (50) foot radius surrounding the shelter.  For more information, see the Madison General Ordinance 8.24. In order to have alcohol at this shelter area, you must have an alcohol permit, which may be obtained through the Parks Administrative Office.

Demetral Park At a Glance

Park Highlights

At this Park


text:
About Us

City Plants, LLC designs, installs, and maintains luxurious “head turning” gardens in and around Philadelphia. Our goal is to create exceptionally handsome outdoor spaces that bring smiles, brighten moods, and give our customers the most beautiful gardens we can possibly create.

We provide homeowners and businesses with superior, high quality plant material installed by people skilled in the art of fine gardening. We design, plant and maintain gardens that enrich the buildings or property that they occupy.

We Specialize in

City Gardens

Low Maintenance Gardens

Breathtaking Bulb Displays

Walkways, Patios and Walls

Containers and Window Boxes

Perennial Gardens

City Plants was founded in 1996 by Patty Redenbaugh, a passionate and award-winning garden creator. The company was founded with a desire to make and maintain gardens that evoke deep feelings of appreciation for beauty, nature, art and life.

The vision of City Plants, LLC is to assist in bringing beauty through gardens to as many areas as possible throughout Philadelphia and the surrounding area.

Patty has a passionate commitment to beautify city spaces with gardens that reflect and remind us of the very best in life.


text:
Cornfield Close Bradley Stoke Bristol BS32

2 bedroom House for sale

Cornfield Close Bradley Stoke Bristol BS32

Key features

  • First Time Buyer Opportunity
  • Fantastic Transport Links
  • Two Double Bedrooms
  • Off Street Parking
  • Garage

Full Description

With two double bedrooms it will attract attention and furthermore it offers a good sized living/dining room as well as the addition of a single garage located next to the property under the adjoining coach house. With upvc double glazing, gas central heating, enclosed rear garden and allocated parking it is a definite one to view!

Ground Floor

Entrance Hall
Entrance door to front aspect, door to lounge, archway to kitchen, storage cupboard, fuse box, laminate flooring, radiator.

2.58m x 2.41m (8'6" x 7'11") Double glazed UPVC window to front aspect, a range of wall and base units with roll top work surfaces over, stainless steel sink and drainer unit, tiled splashbacks, integrated electric oven and gas hob, space and plumbing for washing machine, space for fridge/freezer, extractor fan, vinyl flooring.

5.06m x 3.74m (16'7" x 12'3") Double glazed UPVC window to rear aspect, UPVC sliding doors leading to the rear garden, stairs leading to first floor, television point, laminate flooring, two radiators.

First Floor

Stairs leading to ground floor, doors to rooms, access to loft space, airing cupboard.

Bedroom One
3.07m x 2.31m (10'1" x 7'7") Double glazed UPVC window to front aspect, built-in wardrobes, radiator.

Bedroom Two
3.07m x 2.64m (10'1" x 8'8") Double glazed UPVC window to rear aspect, built-in wardrobes, wash hand basin, radiator.

Three piece white suite comprising low level W/C, corner wash hand basin and panelled bath with shower over, fully tiled walls and flooring, extractor fan, heated towel rail.

Front Garden
Open plan lawned plot, with mature tree to one corner , log role edging and shrub borders.

Rear Garden
Larger than average rear garden, offering good privacy, being well screened at the rear by the mature, natural hedging. The rear garden itself is laid predominantly to decorative stone chippings, feature patio area, brick built barbecue, raised flowerbed to the rear of the garden, all very well enclosed via wood lap fencing.

Located to the side of the property, with up and over door, power and light, tarmacadam driveway to the front of the garage providing additional off street parking for two cars.

Book a viewing

Contact CJ Hole Bradley Stoke

Willow Brook Centre
Savages Wood Road
Bradley Stoke
BS32 8BS

Call 01454 626300

Contact Office

We use cookies to provide you with a better service. Carry on browsing if you're happy with this, or find out how to manage cookies. Close ×

Close ×


text:
Directory | Tags | Index | LinkIt | Submit   | Help
    Monday, 19 March 2018 - anonymous
Login/Register to vote and to have access to more features

You are here: Root > Programming Languages

Go directly to another tag

All Last Modified Items for Basic

Back to full tag view

clbasic (Added)
Last modification: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:17:17 GMT
A BASIC interpreter.

VBECL (Added)
Last modification: Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:51:08 GMT
How to embed ECL into Visual Basic.


text:
Clare Bird Sightings

Sunday 18th August 2013

At the Bridges of Ross today there were; 19 Cory’s Shearwaters, 56 Great Shearwaters, 93 Sooty Shearwaters, 11 Sabines Gulls, four Balearic Shearwaters, one adult Pomarine Skua, 28 Arctic Skuas, nine Bonxies, two Grey Phalaropes, one Blue Fulmar, one Puffin, 20 Arctic Terns, seven Storm Petrels, 38 Whimbrel, 51 Dunlin, five Sanderling, one female Common Scoter, one Basking Shark and ten Sunfish.

Highlights from a three hour seawatch this morning at Black Head were a Little Gull moulting in to 2nd-winter plumage along the shore, three dark Arctic Skuas, 78 Sandwich Terns heading west and a distant Storm Petrel.  At the Rine, Ballyvaughan, there were c.220 Sandwich Terns and c.20 Common/Arctic Terns.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Upcoming Events

  1. Saturday 24th March-Ballyvaughan area.

    March 24 @ 11:00 am

Latest Tweets

Image Gallery

beanglmuchjm beangooselmuchjm americangoldenplovermoyastajm calacu_adult_260811_shannon

Latest Comments

Follow us on Twitter

  • No tweets were found.


text:
Verify Your Enrollment

If you are receiving educational benefits under the Montgomery G.I. Bill (Chapters 30, 1606 & 1607) you must verify your enrollment each month for which you are attending classes.  Verification is available on the last calendar day of the month that you are attending classes.  You may verify your enrollment at a later date but your pay will not be sent until you do so.

Currently, there is no monthly self-verification required for Post 9/11 GI-Bill (Chapter 33).  Chapter 33 students must comply with all required procedures at the institution they are attending.  Clark College Checklist

To verify your enrollment, call the MGIB Monthly Verification System at 1-877-823-2378 or visit the Web Automated Verification of Enrollment (WAVE) website.

If a student withdraws from or drops a course or courses after the reimbursement period the student will owe the tuition amount back to the VA.   If these changes occur you must report your new schedule to Clark College’s VA office, otherwise pay may still be received for courses that are not being attended which will create an overpayment.  When verifying, if verification reflects a higher level of attendance than the current enrollment please contact Clark College’s VA office.  Incorrect verification will result in an overpayment situation with the VA and future benefits will be affected.


text:
CNG Tank Inspections starting at $75

For a limited time, test drive one of our electric cars and receive $25 off of your tank inspection.

Federal and state guidelines state that CNG cylinders must be inspected every 36 months or 36,000 miles. The state of Utah requires a valid tank inspection certificate in order to pass the annual safety inspection.

CNG Utah is a CSA certified tank inspection facility.

Please call 801-802-6080 to schedule an appointment.

Inspection pricing:

Single tank sedans (Civic, Cavalier, Contour, Camry):$75
Single tank trucks:$75
Trucks with multiple tanks in the bed:$100
Cars with multiple tanks in the trunk:Call for availability and pricing
Vans and trucks with undermount tanks:Call for availability and pricing

Email with any questions.

If your vehicle has modifications such as tool boxes that impede access to tanks please make the tanks visually accessible before bringing in the vehicle.

If you have a fleet of CNG vehicles that need tank inspections we can come to your location. Please call 801-802-6080 or email to discuss options.

2012 Honda Civic Natural Gas Tank

2003 Ford F-150 Bi-Fuel Tank

2003 Chevrolet Cavalier bi-fuel tank