Egypt opposition wants dialogue to end violence

CAIRO (AP) ? Egypt's liberal opposition leader called for a broad national dialogue with the Islamist government, all political factions and the powerful military on Wednesday, aimed at stopping the country's eruption of political violence that has left more than 60 dead the past week.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohamed ElBaradei's appeal appeared to be aimed at responding to a sharp warning by the head of the armed forces a day earlier that Egypt could collapse unless the country's feuding political factions reconcile.

Two more protesters were killed Wednesday when they were hit with birdshot during clashes with police near Cairo's Tahrir Square, a security official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the press.

So far the opposition National Salvation Front headed by ElBaradei and the government of President Mohammed Morsi have been at loggerheads, with the front demanding Morsi make major concessions as a condition for any dialogue. Morsi has ignored their demands, holding his own "national dialogue" program, mainly with his own Islamist allies.

Meanwhile, violence has spiraled after first erupting in Cairo on eve of last Friday's second anniversary of the uprising that toppled authoritarian president Hosni Mubarak. It since spread around the country, with the worst violence in the Suez Canal city of Port Said, which has virtually declared itself in revolt against Morsi's government.

In response, Morsi declared a 30-day state of emergency and night curfew in Port Said and two other Canal cities, Suez and Ismailiya, and their surrounding provinces. But every night since it went into effect, tens of thousands of residents in the city have defied the curfew with nighttime rallies and marches, chanting against Morsi and the Musllim Brotherhood, which forms the backbone of his rule.

In a Tweet, ElBaradei called for an immediate meeting between Morsi, the defense and interior ministers, the Brotherhood's political party, the National Salvation Front and parties of the ultraconservative Salafi movement "to take urgent steps to stop the violence and start a serious dialogue."

He said stopping the violence is the priority, but stuck by the front's previous conditions for holding a dialogue ? that Morsi form a national unity government and form a commission to amend contentious articles of the Islamist-backed constitution.

There was no immediate response from the presidency or the Muslim Brotherhood on ElBaradei's new call. Morsi was on a brief visit to Germany and was expected back in Egypt later Wednesdsay.

Over the past week, Morsi ignored ElBaradei's demands, and the Brotherhood said they don't accept conditions for talks.

The Front has depicted the unrest as a backlash against Islamists' insistence on monopolizing power and as evidence that the Brotherhood and its allies are unable to manage the country on their own.

Morsi has been holding his own national dialogue program for more than a month, touting it as a chance for non-Islamists to make their voice heard in decision-making. But almost all opposition groups have shunned it as mere window dressing.

Officials in the presidency and the Brotherhood have blamed the opposition for instigating the violence, accusing them of trying to bring down Morsi, Egypt's first freely elected president.

Late Tuesday, Morsi authorized governors of the three provinces to either cancel or limit curfew hours in an attempt to assuage public anger. Suez Governor Gen. Samer Aglan said that he will ease up the curfew while deploying more troops to the streets after midnight.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egypt-opposition-wants-dialogue-end-violence-132300215.html

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Gulf leads UN appeal for major boost in Syrian aid

KUWAIT CITY (AP) ? Gulf nations answered U.N. calls to boost humanitarian aid for Syria with $900 million in pledges Wednesday even as more refugees poured into neighboring Jordan and its leader warned his country's resources were strained to the limit.

The Gulf promises at a donors' conference hosted by Kuwait ? along with earlier relief fund increases by the U.S. and European Union ? pushed the total beyond the United Nations' appeal for $1.5 billion in immediate aid, said the U.N. chief. But the funds are only expected to cover the coming months, highlighting the massive burden to cope with needs from Syria's civil war and its spillover in the region.

The pledges also will likely face close scrutiny on how quickly the money will reach over-stretched aid groups directed by the U.N. and other agencies. Officials in Egypt and elsewhere have complained that many generous international offers for help after the Arab Spring upheavals have not yet materialized.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opened the gathering by calling for an end to the fighting "in the name of humanity," yet noted that the violence shows no signs of easing and that the refugee exodus to places like Turkey and Jordan could intensify.

Jordan's economic council said the country was already near the breaking point. The kingdom has spent more than $833 million on aid for refugees ? accounting for nearly half the estimated 700,000 people who have fled Syria ? and that it was unable to sustain a financial burden that has so far siphoned off about 3 percent of its GDP. Some U.N. officials say the refugee figures could approach 1 million later this year if the conflict in Syria does not ease.

Speaking at the U.N.-led gathering in Kuwait, Jordan's King Abdullah II said sheltering and assisting the wave of refugees is above the country's "capacity and potential."

"We have reached the end of the line. We have exhausted our resources," he said.

Last week, the king amplified his appeal for international help at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying "the weakest refugees are struggling now just to survive this year's harsh winter" and up to 3,000 a day are still crossing the Syria-Jordan border.

Ban used his opening remarks Wednesday to urge all sides "and particularly the Syrian government" to halt attacks in the 22-month-old civil war that the U.N. says has claimed more than 60,000 lives.

"In the name of humanity, stop the killing, stop the violence," Ban told envoys from nearly 60 nations, including Russia and Iran, key allies of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.

Aid officials estimate that more than 2 million Syrians have been uprooted or are suffering inside the country as the conflict widens - including what peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi called "unprecedented levels of horror" in an address to the U.N. Security Council after at least 65 bodies were found Tuesday in a what appeared to be a mass killing in Aleppo.

Before the latest donors' conference, Ban described the international humanitarian response to Syria as "very much limited" in comments to the official Kuwaiti News Agency.

But the meeting leveraged more pledges. Kuwait's ruler, Sheik Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, promised $300 million in a move that was quickly matched by Gulf partners Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which are all major backers of Syrian rebel factions. Ban said additional donations on Wednesday included $184 million from Gulf non-government groups and charities.

On Tuesday, the European Union and the U.S. promised a total of nearly $300 million.

The head of the U.S. delegation, Assistant Secretary of State Anne Richard, lauded the donations from Gulf nations, which often bankroll their own aid efforts but are not traditional top donors to U.N. programs. She noted, however, that the humanitarian funds are only to deal with immediate needs over the coming months.

"It's good for now, but predictions are that it's not going to be over soon," said Richard, who deals with refugee and migration affairs.

Ban described the situation in Syria as "catastrophic and getting worse by the day."

He listed a "cascading catalog of horrors" facing Syrians, including shortages of food and medicine and abuses such as "sexual violence and arbitrary arrests and detention." Half of public hospitals have been damaged, he added.

"The use of heavy weapons in residential areas has destroyed whole communities and neighborhoods," Ban told delegates.

While international aid channels are open to refugee camps in places such as Turkey and Jordan, there is far more limited capacity to organize relief efforts inside Syria ? where hundreds of thousands more are internally displaced people ? because of the fighting and obstacles from Assad's regime.

Paris-based Medecins Sans Frontieres, or Doctors Without Borders, said the U.N. and others need to open more routes for aid to reach rebel-held areas, which now receive only a "tiny share" of international humanitarian help.

"The current aid system is unable to address the worsening living conditions facing people who live inside Syria," MSF president, Marie-Pierre Allie, said in a statement.

The escalating hardships in camps outside Syria also can be used by Assad's government as potential fodder in its claims that rebels are responsible for the country's collapse, said Fawaz Gerges, head of the Middle East Center at the London School of Economics.

"The misery of the refugees, their suffering in neighboring countries, provide the ammunition for Assad, who is saying to them, 'See, you have no one else but your country, so come home,'" Gerges said.

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Associated Press writer Dale Gavlak in Amman, Jordan, contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/gulf-leads-un-appeal-major-boost-syrian-aid-132907518.html

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Science cafes offer a sip of learning

ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Americans may be turning away from the hard sciences at universities, but they are increasingly showing up at "science cafes" in local bars and restaurants to listen to scientific talks over a drink or a meal.

Want a beer with that biology? Or perhaps a burger with the works to complement the theory of everything?

Science cafes have sprouted in almost every state including a tapas restaurant near downtown Orlando where Sean Walsh, 27, a graphic designer, describes himself and his friends as some of the laymen in the crowd.

"We just want to learn and whatever we take in, we take in. But we're also socializing and having a nice time," said Walsh, who a drank beer, ate Tater Tots and learned a little about asteroids and radiation at two recent events.

Others in the crowd come with scientific credentials to hear particular scientists lecture on a narrowly focused field of interest.

But the typical participant brings at least some college-level education or at least a lively curiosity, said Edward Haddad, executive director of the Florida Academy of Sciences, which helped start up Orlando's original cafe and organizes the events.

"You're going to engage the (National Public Radio) crowd very easily here," said Linda Walters, a marine conservation biologist from the University of Central Florida who has lectured twice at the Orlando-area science cafes.

Haddad said the current national push to increase the number of U.S. graduates in science, technology, engineering and math, or the STEM fields, is driving up the number of science cafes.

In Orlando, an Orange County STEM Council consisting of business, government and educational leaders recently asked Haddad to help two interested parties launch new science cafes in the downtown library and in a large new town development.

The U.S. science cafe movement grew out of Cafe Scientifique in the United Kingdom. The first Cafe Scientifique popped up in Leeds in 1998 as a regularly scheduled event where all interested parties could participate in informal forums about the latest in science and technology.

Traditionally held in pubs and restaurants, the Cafe Scientifique would start as a short lecture, followed by a short break to re-fill glasses, and then an open discussion, according to the organization's website.

The American movement of independent cafes is loosely organized at the sciencecafe.org website created by public broadcaster WGBH's NOVA science program. Haddad said NOVA several years ago provided a few hundred dollars of seed money to groups around the country that wanted to start a cafe.

However, anyone with a venue, a speaker and a marketing plan can start one. On the sciencecafe.org website, an interactive map shows the location of cafes across the United States and around the globe from Islamabad, Pakistan, to Antwerp, Belgium, to the Hawaiian islands.

Some cafes have cropped up in bookstores, theaters and high school campuses.

In Viera, Florida, about 60 mostly retirees regularly pack a pizzeria to hear speakers from the well-regarded Brevard Zoo or NASA's nearby Kennedy Space Center. In Daytona Beach, scientists from the internationally known Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University draw standing-room-only crowds at a local coffee shop.

Haddad said his hope for the cafes is to engage the public and generate excitement about the STEM fields that might filter down to the next generation.

"My feeling is STEM begins at home, with students who are being brought up by parents or relatives who have some interest in science and may encourage them to do that," Haddad said.

Attending a cafe does not guarantee a speaker as engaging as the popular host of television programs Bill Nye the Science Guy, as Walsh learned when he got lost in the extensive jargon of one lecture.

"I don't know that every scientist is gifted with the ability to work a crowd as well as deliver a lecture on targeted radiation therapy for tumors," said Walsh. "If you can find one that hits both those things, they should have their own television show."

(Editing by Kevin Gray and Kenneth Barry)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/science-cafes-offer-sip-learning-153537018.html

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Joint Fuel-Cell Projects Now on Tap - Automotive Digest

Joint Fuel-Cell Projects Now on?Tap

Bloomberg News - January 28, 2013

Sev?eral major automak?ers have signed agree?ments to develop fuel-cell tech?nol?ogy, tar?get?ing their use in elec?tric cars, and beyond.

Find out more about upcom?ing fuel-cell development.

Daim?ler AG and Nis?san Motor Co. signed an agree?ment with Ford Motor Co. to develop fuel-cell tech?nol?ogy together for elec?tric?cars.

The part?ners plan to intro?duce the first mass-market fuel? cell elec?tric mod?els in 2017 and are tar?get?ing pro?duc?tion of at least 100,000 cars, Thomas Weber, Daimler?s head of research and devel?op?ment, said today at a press con?fer?ence in Nabern, Ger?many. The man?u?fac?tur?ers will invest equal amounts in the project to develop fuel-cell stacks and sys?tems, they said in a joint state?ment, with?out giv?ing details.

Toy?ota Motor Co., the world?s biggest car?maker, and Munich-based Bay?erische Motoren Werke AG, the largest luxury-car man?u?fac?turer, announced a part?ner?ship on Jan. 24 to develop fuel-cell sys?tems, in addi?tion to coop?er?a?tion in other areas includ?ing light-weight tech?nolo?gies and a com?mon sports-car platform

Joint devel?op?ments allow the man?u?fac?tur?ers to share costs and achieve higher vol?umes once pro?duc?tion starts. Daim?ler and its part?ners are using their project to send a ?clear sig?nal? to gov?ern?ments and sup?pli?ers of the need to develop a hydro?gen? fuel?ing infra?struc?ture worldwide.

Source: http://automotivedigest.com/2013/01/joint-fuel-cell-projects-now-on-tap/

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Super Bowl ad brawl has already begun for automakers

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Marty Bernstein , The Detroit Bureau

The hype has begun. Super Bowl XLVII is less than a week away, but the mega-million-buck auto ad brawl is already underway as three of the eight deep-pocket car?advertisers pre-launch their new commercials to NFL fans. The reason? Economics. And a numbers game.

At between $2.4 million?and $4 million per 30-second commercial, ?this amounts to a huge?expenditure for just one airing. But there?s an even bigger number, with more than 115 million Americans predicted to watch?the game Feb. 3.

Until recently, Super Bowl advertising?has been nothing more than putting up the game-day spot and hoping, maybe, that it will trigger some Monday-morning quarterbacking around the water cooler ? with polls and research adding some arguable, additional value. That was then.?

What?s become apparent is that a fairly large percentage of viewers are more interested in the commercials than the game itself. So, how to take advantage of that and extend the payback beyond just a game-day airing that is over in 30 seconds, whether a viewer was sitting in front of the TV or off grabbing something from the refrigerator?

Now, with the various social media,?like Facebook and Twitter as well as YouTube, along with special contests, promotions and PR hype, the shelf life for a good commercial can be dramatically extended to weeks, even months, resulting in additional views extending well into the millions ? even among consumers who ? gasp ? might not have tuned in on Super Bowl Sunday.

Result? The return on investment is as measurable as any ad investment might be. ?And, of course, makers get to battle it out all over for bragging rights as to who was number one.

?(An) early release extends the life of the commercial, builds consumer interest, and most importantly brings early customers into our dealers," said?Steve Shannon, vice president of marketing at Hyundai Motor America.

The?latter reason, arguably, is the most important for buying the commercial in the first place. With that in mind, here are the early commercial entries into this year?s auto ad brawl:?

Mercedes-Benz
During the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Bernie Glaser, vice president of marketing for Mercedes-Benz, said the company has an enviable role in XLVII.?The game will be played in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. The ad plan was to pre-release a teaser, but in fact two advance spots were released earlier this week. One sexy little tease spotlighted actress Kate Upton and has already received over 3.4 million hits on YouTube ? but also generated a fury of??negative comments from critics for being overly sexy.?The other is a cinematic mystery tease of what is coming Feb. 3, shot in the Big Easy with some great music.

Hyundai
Like every NFL game, it all begins with the coin toss, and in Super?Bowl?XLVII, Hyundai has the primo commercial position ? a 60-second spot for the new seven-passenger?Santa Fe prior to the heads-or-tails call. Check out the not-so-sneak preview.

There are two in game spots, including another for Santa Fe and one for the turbo Sonata. Hyundai also has bought a couple pre-game ads ? featuring the Genesis R-Spec and Santa Fe. Obviously, the new family-size SUV?is getting the most play. The six commercials pre-game and during the game makes Hyundai the biggest car-vertiser in the big show.?

Audi
More than a tease, the rising luxury car marquee is asking consumers to vote for the favorite end of their sixth Super Bowl commercial. Viewers of the commercial on YouTube were?given?24?hours?to?pick their favorite from three possibilities. The most popular will be added in post-production and will air in advance of the game --?and?in?the enviable commercial position of the first break after kick-off.?

Lincoln Motor Company?and Chevrolet
The newest entry in the auto ad brawl in Super Bowl XLVII is the reborn, revitalized, redesigned, re-engineered Lincoln brand from the renamed Lincoln Motor Company. All previous car companies except Chevrolet have re-upped. Chevy is instead?involved in?the half-time show with Beyonce. As TheDetroitBureau.com previously reported, the pop phenom is expected to receive a new 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, a special version of the C7 built just for her.?

Copyright 2013 The Detroit Bureau

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/automakers-super-bowl-ad-brawl-has-already-begun-1C8120706

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Philadelphia opera co.: New name, new vision

PHILADELPHIA (AP) ? The Opera Company of Philadelphia is getting a new name that officials say is in better harmony with the organization's move toward more innovative programming, public outreach and greater diversity in its repertoire.

The company announced Tuesday, in conjunction with the unveiling of the 2013-2014 season, it will now be known simply as Opera Philadelphia. The new name and logo will appear on all of its brochures and ads.

"The rebranding is not just an expression of Opera Philadelphia's future ambitions but the next step in a creative journey that began several years ago," said David Devan, the company's president and general director.

Opera Philadelphia plans to continue bringing free performances to new audiences in famous Philadelphia locations, both with surprise "flash mob" mini-concerts as well as a live outdoor simulcast.

As in the past, the opera's spontaneous "Random Acts of Culture" performances in 2013-2014 will be announced on Twitter shortly before they begin. And on Sept. 28, Verdi's "Nabucco" will be broadcast from the august Academy of Music live ? and free ? on a high-definition screen outdoors on Independence Mall.

Last year's "Random Acts of Culture" at popular downtown spots like Macy's and the Reading Terminal Market received widespread kudos and millions of views on YouTube, and 3,000 people gathered on Independence Hall's lawn last fall for a simulcast of "La Boheme."

"Nabucco," a Philadelphia Opera premiere, opens the 2013-2014 season and is followed by Mozart's classic "Don Giovanni" and "Ainadamar: An Opera in Three Images," the Grammy-winning first opera from Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov that tells the story of Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca.

Rounding out the season in 2014 are the Curtis Opera Theater's new production of Francis Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites" and the East Coast premiere of Ricky Ian Gordon's "A Coffin in Egypt," a new commission and production in partnership with the Houston Grand Opera starring celebrated mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade.

"We believe this season embraces this art form in its entirety, for the full enjoyment of our local, national and international audiences," said Corrado Rovaris, Opera Philadelphia's music director.

Opera Philadelphia said it has five new operas in development and aims to present challenging contemporary works along with more standard fare.

The company was formed through the 1975 merger of the Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company and the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company.

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http://www.operaphilly.com

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/philadelphia-opera-co-name-vision-143451371.html

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Progressive optics for side mirrors ends automobile blind spots without distorting view, experts say

Jan. 28, 2013 ? A new optical prescription for automobile side-view mirrors may eliminate the dreaded "blind spot" in traffic without distorting the perceived distance of cars approaching from behind. As described in a new paper? in the Optical Society's (OSA) journal Optics Letters, objects viewed in a mirror using the new design appear larger than in traditional side-view mirrors, so it's easier to judge their following distance and speed.

Today's motor vehicles in the United States use two different types of mirrors for the driver and passenger sides. The driver's side mirror is flat so that objects viewed in it are undistorted and not optically reduced in size, allowing the operator to accurately judge an approaching-from-behind vehicle's separation distance and speed. Unfortunately, the optics of a flat mirror also create a blind spot, an area of limited vision around a vehicle that often leads to collisions during merges, lane changes, or turns. The passenger side mirror, on the other hand, possesses a spherical convex shape. While the small radius of curvature widens the field of view, it also causes any object seen in it to look smaller in size and farther away than it actually is. Because of this issue, passenger side mirrors on cars and trucks in the United States must be engraved with the safety warning, "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear." In the European Union, both driver and passenger side mirrors are aspheric (One that bulges more to one side than the other, creating two zones on the same mirror).The inner zone -- the section nearest the door -- has a nearly perfect spherical shape, while the outer zone -- the section farthest from the door -- becomes less and less curved toward the edges. The outer zone of this aspheric design also produces a similar distance and size distortion seen in spherical convex designs.

In an attempt to remedy this problem, some automotive manufacturers have installed a separate, small wide-angle mirror in the upper corner of side mirrors. This is a slightly domed square that provides a wide-angle view similar to a camera's fisheye lens. However, drivers often find this system to be a distracting as well as expensive addition.

A simpler design for a mirror that would be free of blind spots, have a wide field of view, and produce images that are accurately scaled to the true size of an approaching object -- and work for both sides of a vehicle -- has been proposed by researchers Hocheol Lee and Dohyun Kim at Hanbat National University in Korea and Sung Yi at Portland State University in Oregon. Their solution was to turn to a progressive additive optics technology commonly used in "no-line multifocal" eyeglasses that simultaneously corrects myopia (nearsightedness) and presbyopia (reduced focusing ability).

"Like multifocal glasses that give the wearer a range of focusing abilities from near to far and everything in between, our progressive mirror consists of three resolution zones: one for distance vision, one for close-up viewing and a middle zone making the transition between the two," says Lee. "However, unlike glasses where the range of focus is vertically stacked [from distance viewing on top to close-up viewing on bottom], our mirror surface is horizontally progressive."

Lee says that a driver's side mirror manufactured with his team's new design would feature a curvature where the inner zone is for distance viewing and the outer zone is for near-field viewing to compensate for what otherwise would be blind spots. "The image of a vehicle approaching from behind would only be reduced in the progressive zone in the center," Lee says, "while the image sizes in the inner and outer zones are not changed."

The horizontal progressive mirror, Lee says, does have some problems with binocular disparity (the slight difference between the viewpoints of a person's two eyes) and astigmatism (blurring of a viewed image due to the difference between the focusing power in the horizontal and vertical directions). These minor errors are a positive trade off, the researchers feel, to gain a mirror with a greatly expanded field of view, more reliable depth perception, and no blind spot.

To prove the merits of their design, the researchers used a conventional glass molding process to manufacture a prototype horizontal progressive mirror. They were able to produce a mirror with more than double the field of view of a traditional flat mirror.

Other wide-angle designs have also been proposed, but the new design described January 28 in the Optics Letters paper offers a particularly easy-to-manufacture approach to the problem of blind spots by seamlessly integrating just three zones.

The researchers claim that the manufacturing cost of their proposed mirror design would be cheaper than the mirror design with the added small wide-angle viewing section. Since mirror designs are stipulated by national automobile regulations, the new design would need to be approved for use in the United States before appearing on cars here.

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Video: Buy sushi, get a manicure at glitzy new drugstores

>>> prescription, develop some photos. remember those days? times have changed. kristen dahlgren explains. good morning.

>> reporter: good morning. i'm here down on wall street . looks like i'm in an upscale supermarket complete with a sushi chef. that is just one of the surprises here. it's the hip new sushi bar, juice joint, liquor and cigar store and hot hollywood salon all rolled into one. this is definitely not your grandfather's drugstore.

>> anything i can do back here?

>> no.

>> reporter: in new york, chicago and lmplths a., the company that owns walgreen's has opened new glitzy stores.

>> you can get smoothies, sushi. i can get my diapers, wipes.

>> reporter: some aren't used to the idea of buying diapers and sushi in the same place. but for others --

>> i've gotten sushi here, made-to-order sandwiches, espresso bar .

>> reporter: hollywood a-listers helped to open the l.a. store. and jim cramer happened to stop by while we were shooting.

>> there isn't anything i've looked for that they don't have.

>> reporter: they say the idea is to provide a high-end shopping experience at all levels.

>> one of the first things you'll see when you walk into our store is obviously strong architectural design .

>> hi. thanks for dropping into the store.

>> reporter: from the virtual assistant that helps guide you to the automated perfume bar, technology is on full display.

>> if you've ever bought makeup at a drugstore, you know how tough it can be. not being able to try anything on. here they have the virtual makeover station. you're wondering how you would look in something like blue eyeshadow, take a picture, scan the product and there you go. if your look still needs help, there's a hair salon , and you can get your shoes shined.

>> get your eyebrows waxed. not that i did, but --

>> reporter: if all that just makes your head spin , don't forget, can you still get good, old-fashioned headache medicine here. i have to admit i was one of those sushi skeptics but did have some for lunch the other day. not bad and i didn't even have to walk around the corner to get any pepto bismol .

>> anywhere jim cramer goes --

Source: http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/50613863/

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Webdoc Dumps Confusing Name For Urturn, Adds Tools For Fans To Create Memes For Bands

I always thought Webdoc was extremely poorly named. While the platform had been used by record labels for fan engagement and marketing, the name really did not work. Pretty much any fool could see this and it's amazing how long the team there took to realize this. Webdoc screams: 'Microsoft Word on the Web'. Or something. Anyway, I digress. It's no surprise then that the startup has relaunched with the more digestible name Urturn and some improved product features. So far it's still free, as clearly they are trying to build scale and monetize. This of this as a meme-generator for artists and bands which those lovely record labels can control.

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Ryanair lifts profit forecast on resilient Northern Europe

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair hiked its full-year profit forecast on Monday as strong demand in Northern Europe lifted average fares dramatically in the last three months of 2012.

Dublin-based Ryanair, Europe's top low-cost airline, which has used its size and low costs to undercut struggling flag carriers, hiked its profit forecast to 540 million euros ($728 million) for the year to March, up from an earlier 490-520 million euro range.

"We saw strong demand out of the UK, out of Germany and out of Scandinavia and that has gone straight to our bottom line," Chief Operating Officer Michael Cawley told Reuters.

Strong demand in the run-up to Christmas and a high uptake of reserved seating options helped to lift ticket prices in northern Europe well above the company's forecasts, he said.

Sales were not as buoyant in Southern Europe, with Spain in particular "very weak," and fare growth in Italy flat, he said.

An 8 percent rise in average fares lifted the airline to a profit of 18 million euros in the traditionally weak three months to December, compared with an average forecast by five analysts polled by Reuters of a 5 million euro loss.

Fare growth compared with 5 percent in the six months to September and was way ahead of the 3 percent average forecast by three analysts polled by Reuters.

Average fares will grow at a slower pace in the three months to March, however, Cawley said.

Ryanair has been able to sweep up customers as traditional rivals cut back capacity in the face of slow economic growth in Europe and high fuel costs.

Revenues climbed 15 percent to 969 million euros in the quarter, better than the 9.2 percent revenue growth its chief low cost rival easyJet reported last week.

Ancillary revenues, which exclude ticket prices, were up 24 percent from a year earlier.

"Demand is exceeding supply in the short-haul market and Ryanair is capitalizing on it," said Davy stockbrokers analyst Stephen Furlong. "The market will be very happy with these numbers."

Higher fares helped Ryanair absorb a 24 percent hike in fuel costs compared with the same quarter last year. Fuel cost inflation is expected to ease to 5 percent in the year to March 2014 from 14 percent in the current financial year.

Excluding fuel, unit costs rose 4 percent in the quarter due to increases in Italian air traffic control costs, Spanish airport charges and the strength of Sterling to the Euro, Ryanair said.

Next year fares will continue to rise though capacity will likely only grow by 2-3 percent in the financial year to March 2014, Cawley said, down from the 4 percent rise forecast in the current year, due to the lack of new plane deliveries planned.

The airline remains in "protracted negotiations" with Boeing about a large plane order, Cawley said.

In a separate statement, Ryanair said it remained confident European Union antitrust regulators would approve its bid for Irish rival Aer Lingus by March.

Ryanair's shares opened down 1 percent on Monday at 5.42, compared with a fall of 0.2 percent on the broader Irish market <.iseq>. ($1 = 0.7421 euros)

(Reporting by Conor Humphries; Editing by Richard Pullin and Helen Massy-Beresford)

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How To Improve Your Home Based Business With A Few Easy Ideas!

TIP! The value of sticky notes should not be under-estimated in a successful home business. Sticky notes are great for jotting something down quick and also leaving yourself reminders.

Lots of folks are interested in starting home businesses, though they simply don?t know how. If you are feeling lost about starting your own home business enterprise, you?ve come to the right place. You can use the following advice to help you to figure out how to run a home based business.

TIP! You should look for quality tutorials and classes that pertain to your business. With a home business you might not be able to spend much money right away, but you can locate business classes that assist you in getting where you need to go.

No single product will meet everyone?s needs or make everyone happy. Don?t waste your efforts on making your business something that every single person must have. Focus on those consumers who have an interest in what you can offer.

TIP! Before launching your home based business idea, sit down with someone at your local bank who can help with accounting and finances. A banking employee can help you start up the accounts you specifically need for your business, get business checks and any loans you may need.

If you drive frequently for business, log the miles. When it comes time to do your taxes, you can write this mileage off. The amount you can deduct come tax time can be very lucrative!

TIP! The design for your website should follow that of other businesses like yours that are successful, but remember the golden rule ? never plagiarize. One example would be to look over the keywords the other site uses, but don?t use the words they?re using verbatim.

If you plan to affiliate yourself with local entities, get creative. Brainstorm a list of companies which could sell your offerings as well as their own, as well as people who could utilize your product as a part of selling their services. For example, try selling your coveralls to construction companies in your area. You can offer a bulk-buy discount.

TIP! When starting a home business, be sure to pick a job that is suitable to your particular tastes. If you pick a business you?re passionate about, your enthusiasm for it will be contagious.

It?s vital that you know exactly how much you?re spending to create and offer a service or product. A good rule of thumb is to sell the product twice as much the cost is. Some may even multiple that amount by three when selling it.

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TIP! Always work to keep existing customers satisfied. It is much more difficult to seek out new customers than it is to generate return business with happy current ones.

Knowing your audience is crucial to effective communication with them. This is especially important considering you have less capital than a large corporation advertising to its customers. Smart marketing makes a big difference and smart marketing requires an understanding of your audience. Knowing who your audience is can help you focus your spending more effectively.

TIP! You should have a dedicated office space when working from home. It?s not something that has to be extravagant, but it should be inviting.

Do you want to have a partner in your business? You may really reap some benefits by having additional knowledge or capital funds. But you may regret the decision if you do not work well together.

TIP! Set up a regular schedule for your home business that you can stick to. If you don?t then you may find yourself working too much and that can have a bad effect on your life.

Choosing your business name is important and should not be made from a marketing point of view. You will have to live with this name for a long time. Be sure that whatever name you choose, it is something you?re able to feel pride in.

TIP! Your choice in domain names will impact how much business you receive online. The name should be meaningful.

Make sure any customers who visit your website know where to buy your products. Announce the stores or websites that carry your products. This builds trust and respect for your business in the eyes of your customers.

TIP! Choose a home business that you know something about. Many people make the mistake of trying to learn about their home business as they go.

Knowing how to properly promote your business is just a matter of research. Setting up a professional looking website is a good first step, and doesn?t cost that much. It just takes a day to put up your own website. Some domains can be registered for free, but the majority will take a nominal fee. If you are earning a lot of money, the fee can be an excellent investment.

TIP! You should not try to mix housework with your home business activities. Try not to iron your shirts when conversing with clients.

Being fat and lazy will kill you, we all know that, and sitting in a chair all day staring at a computer screen will make you fat. You have to move around while working, even while sitting in your chair. Do a few squats or do a few arms curls while you are working. Go for walks or runs every day before or after work hours. Staying in shape will reduce your likelihood of significant health problems and increase your likelihood of a long career.

Business Partner

TIP! A profitable idea is to align your business with an affiliate program. It often creates a secondary income stream and increases your revenues.

Choose a partner you trust, if you plan on having one. Having your spouse as a business partner doesn?t always work out as well as you?d think. Selecting a good business partner can be tough be rewarding.

TIP! A home business is going to mean long hours spent on the job, but you must find time to leave the suit and tie behind. Make sure to set aside time to spend with friends and family in order to stay relaxed.

Make a work schedule for yourself, so that you will be less likely to slack during the day. While your work takes place at home, you sill need to act professionally.

TIP! Start a mailing list. Maintain healthy communications, but avoid becoming ?spammy? and losing the customer.

What are you interested in? You don?t want to run a business you?re not happy with, or you will need to work even harder to make it a success. Select a business that holds a lot of appeal since that will increase your chances of being successful.

TIP! When tax time rolls around, be mindful that business trips can be deducted. Your travel costs will be 100 percent deductible.

Websites are key to operating your own home based business. If not, this is a grave oversight in today?s digital world! Your content should be well organized and have a relevant domain name.

TIP! You need to reduce distractions when you work at home. Make a comprehensive list of all the possible distractions first and then be creative about ways to deal with them.

The advice shared here should be in the back of your mind while you think of ways to run your own business. This information only helps those who are willing to apply it to their struggles. So use this information and you may find success just around the corner.

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If employee loses workers - Business Management Daily

Congratulations! You just won a workers? compensation case because you had strong evidence that the employee?s injury wasn?t caused by anything that happened at work. Now get ready for round No. 2.

If the employee appeals, be sure to ask for attorneys? fees. Under the right circumstances, you?ll be entitled to payment.

Recent case: Christopher developed acute myelogenous leukemia when he was 33 and sued his most recent employer for workers? compensation benefits. He alleged that his illness was caused by workplace exposure to benzene, a chemical that can sometimes trigger cancer like his.

But the employer presented compelling evidence that none of the processes Christopher worked on involved benzene, and that any ex?posure at work would at most have been 1/2000th of the limit OSHA considers safe. Plus, the evidence suggested that the type of cancer Christopher developed was based more on genetics and cigarette exposure than benzene.

Christopher?s case was dismissed, but he appealed, arguing that his ?expert witness? presented evidence from science journals published in the 1950s showing a connection between benzene and cancer.

The employer asked for attorneys? fees if he lost the appeal.

The court refused to overturn the decision and ordered the North Caro??lina Industrial Commission to determine whether Christopher should pay the employer?s legal fees for a frivolous appeal. (Scearce v. Chemtek, No. COA12-345, Court of Appeals of North Carolina, 2012)

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Olympic Torch lights up Sligos Peace Mini Olympics : Sligo Sport ...

An Olympic torch was the highlight of Sligo?s Mini Olympics last week (4th ?Dec) when 100 primary school pupils took part in non-competitive games organized by Sligo Sports and Recreation Partnership. The Sligo Mini Olympics are designed to increase awareness and understanding of cultural diversity and encourage inclusive celebration among young people.

The Sligo Mini Olympics are funded by the PEACE III Programme through the European Union?s European Regional Development Fund managed for the Special EU Programmes Body by Sligo County Council on behalf of Sligo Peace and Reconciliation Partnership Committee. They were organized by Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership, which is part of the Urban Peace Collective, a project of the PEACE III programme.

The Olympic torch was brought to Sligo by the Irish Sports Council Sports Partnership Officer Michelle Harte, who was a special guest at the event.

Five primary schools, Our Lady of Mercy P.S, St Edward?s N.S, St Brendan?s N.S, St John?s School and Sligo School Project took part in the Mini Olympics. Children at each school received coaching sessions in preparation for the event. Each school represented a country at the Mini Olympics and developed its own flags and banners for the event.

The young athletes took part in hurdles, speed bounce, javelin, hammer, long jump and rebounder relays in mixed teams with pupils from other schools, without the focus of competition.

?Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership were delighted to have Michelle Harte from the Irish Sports Council as our special guest. The Olympic Games are the world?s greatest multi-cultural sporting spectacle and are a means to inspire, stimulate and promote positive messages and good practice through sport,? said Diane Middleton of Sligo Sports and Recreation Partnership.For further information on this initiative please contact Diane Middleton, Sligo Sport and Recreation Partnership on 071-9161511 or email diane@sligosportandrecreation.ie.

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Tear gas and protests mark second anniversary of Egypt uprising

CAIRO (Reuters) - Youths fought Egyptian police in Cairo and Alexandria on Friday on the second anniversary of the revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak and brought the election of an Islamist president who protesters accuse of riding roughshod over the new democracy.

The January 25 anniversary showcased the divide between the Islamists and their secular foes that is hindering President Mohamed Mursi's efforts to revive an economy in crisis and reverse a plunge in Egypt's currency by enticing back investors and tourists.

Inspired by Tunisia's historic popular uprising, Egypt's revolution spurred further revolts across the Arab world. But the sense of common purpose that united Egyptians two years ago has given way to internal strife that has only worsened and last month triggered lethal street battles.

Opponents of Mursi and his Muslim Brotherhood allies massed in Cairo's Tahrir Square to revive the demands of a revolution they say has been betrayed by Islamists.

"Our revolution is continuing. We reject the domination of any party over this state. We say no to the Brotherhood state," Hamdeen Sabahy, a popular leftist leader, told Reuters TV as he made his way to the square for the rally.

Police battled protesters who threw petrol bombs and firecrackers as they tried to approach a wall blocking access to government buildings near the square in the pre-dawn hours.

Clouds of tear gas fired by police filled the air. At one point, riot police used one of the incendiaries thrown at them to set ablaze at least two tents erected by the youths, a Reuters witness said. Clashes between stone-throwing youths and the police continued in streets near the square into the day.

Ambulances ferried away a steady stream of casualties. The health ministry said 25 people had been injured since Thursday in clashes around Tahrir Square.

There were similar scenes in Alexandria, where protesters and riot police skirmished near local government offices. Tear gas fouled the air and black smoke billowed from tires set ablaze by youths. Nine people were wounded by birdshot pellets, according to medical and security sources.

Some protesters pledged to march to Mursi's Cairo palace.

Thousands more protested against the Brotherhood in cities across Egypt including Suez, Ismailia and Port Said.

The Brotherhood decided against mobilizing in the street for the anniversary, wary of the scope for more conflict after violence in December that was stoked by Mursi's decision to fast-track an Islamist-tinged constitution.

"The people want to bring down the regime," chanted crowds in Tahrir Square, where numbers stood at several thousand by early afternoon. "Save Egypt from the rule of the Supreme Guide," said another, a reference to leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie.

"We are not here to celebrate but to force those in power to submit to the will of the people. Egypt now must never be like Egypt during Mubarak's rule," said Mohamed Fahmy, an activist.

Mursi, in a speech on Thursday marking the Prophet Mohammad's birthday, called on Egyptians to mark the anniversary "in a civilized, peaceful way that safeguards our nation, our institutions, our lives".

"The Brotherhood is very concerned about escalation, that's why they have tried to dial down their role on January 25," said Shadi Hamid, director of research at the Brookings Doha Center.

"There may very well be the kinds of clashes that we've seen before, but I don't see anything major happening that is going to fundamentally change the political situation," he said.

BADIE CALLS FOR "PRACTICAL, SERIOUS COMPETITION"

With its eye firmly on forthcoming parliamentary elections, the Brotherhood marked the anniversary with a big charity drive across the nation. It plans to deliver medical aid to 1 million people and distribute affordable basic foodstuffs.

Writing in Al-Ahram, Egypt's flagship state-run daily, Brotherhood leader Badie said the country was in need of "practical, serious competition" to reform the corrupt state left by the Mubarak era.

"The differences of opinion and vision that Egypt is passing through is a characteristic at the core of transitions from dictatorship to democracy, and clearly expresses the variety of Egyptian culture," he wrote.

Still, Mursi faces discontent on multiple fronts.

His opponents say he and his group are seeking to dominate the post-Mubarak order. They accuse him of showing some of the autocratic impulses of the deposed leader by, for example, driving through the new constitution last month.

"I am taking part in today's marches to reject the warped constitution, the 'Brotherhoodisation' of the state, the attack on the rule of law, and the disregard of the president and his government for the demands for social justice," Amr Hamzawy, a prominent liberal politician, wrote on his Twitter feed.

The Brotherhood dismisses many of the criticisms as unfair. It accuses its opponents of failing to respect the rules of the new democracy that put the Islamists in the driving seat by winning free elections.

Six months into office, Mursi is also being held responsible for an economic crisis caused by two years of turmoil. The Egyptian pound has sunk to record lows against the dollar.

SOURCES OF FRICTION ABOUND

Other sources of friction abound. Little has been done to reform brutal Mubarak-era security agencies. A spate of transport disasters on roads and railways neglected for years is feeding discontent as well. Activists are impatient for justice for the victims of violence over the last two years.

These include hardcore soccer fans, or ultras, who have been rallying in recent days to press for justice for 74 people killed in a soccer stadium disaster a year ago in Port Said after a match between local side al-Masry and Cairo's Al Ahly.

A verdict in the case brought against 73 people charged in connection with the deaths had been expected on Saturday, but could be delayed after a request by the prosecutor for time to present new evidence. A delay will likely kindle more protests.

The parties that called for Friday's protests listed demands including a complete overhaul of the constitution.

Critics say the constitution, which was approved in a referendum, offers inadequate protection for human rights, grants the president too many privileges and fails to curb the power of a military establishment supreme in the Mubarak era.

Mursi's supporters say that enacting the constitution quickly was crucial to restoring stability desperately needed for economic recovery, and that the opposition is making the situation worse by perpetuating unrest.

(Additional reporting by Ashraf Fahim and Marwa Awad in Cairo and Abdel Rahman Youssef in Alexandria; Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/egyptian-opposition-mark-uprising-protests-012625590.html

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Movie Reviews: &#39;Quartet&#39;; &#39;Parker&#39; - Breaking News - Providence ...

Quartet (2012) ****
Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins, Billy Connolly, Michael Gambon. Residents of a retirement home for musicians face the music when one of the principal singers in their fund-raising Verdi concert is put out of commission. The arrival of a new resident, an opera diva, offers hope, but she was once married to one of the home's residents and refuses to sing. Great septuagenarian British cast breathes life into this sunny, lively comedy directed by Dustin Hoffman. (1:37/PG-13)

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Parker (2013) ****
Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis. A thief double-crossed by his mob plots payback revenge in this taut, thrilling action movie. (1:58/R)

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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) **
Gemma Arterton, Jeremy Renner, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare. Now all grown up, Hansel and Gretel are witch hunters for hire, now on the trail of the Great Witch in a horror-action-comedy-fairytale that doesn't work on any of those levels. (1:26/R)

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Beware of Mr. Baker (2012) ****
Ginger Baker, Eric Clapton, Johnny Rotten. Profile of the brilliant, but difficult, legendary rock drummer. (1:40/NR)

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Apple steps up labor audits, finds underage workers

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc stepped up audits of working conditions at major suppliers last year, discovering multiple cases of underage workers, discrimination and wage problems.

The iPhone and iPad maker, which relies heavily on Asian-based partners like Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group to assemble the vast majority of its iPhones and iPads, said on Thursday it conducted 393 audits, up 72 percent from 2011, reviewing sites where over 1.5 million workers make its gadgets.

Apple in recent years has faced accusations of building its profits on the backs of poorly treated and severely underpaid workers in China.

That criticism came to the fore around 2010, after reports of suicides at Foxconn drew attention to the long hours that migrant laborers frequently endure, often for a pittance in wages and in severely cramped living conditions.

Foxconn is the trading name of Hon Hai Precision Industry and employs 1.2 million workers across China.

Under Chief Executive Tim Cook, who took over from Steve Jobs in 2011, Apple has taken new steps to improve its record and boost transparency, including the extensive audits of its sprawling supply chain. Last year, it agreed to separate audits by the independent Fair Labor Association.

In an interview on Thursday, Apple senior vice president of operations Jeff Williams said the company has increased its efforts to solve two of the most challenging issues - ensuring there are no under aged workers in its supply chain and limiting working hours to 60 hours a week.

While child labor reflected a small percentage of the workforce, Apple is now investigating its smaller suppliers - which typically supply parts to larger suppliers and hence face less oversight on such issues - to bring them into compliance, sometimes even firing them.

"We go deep in the supply chain to find it," Williams said. "And when we do find it, we ensure that the underage workers are taken care of, the suppliers are dealt with."

In one case, Apple terminated its relationship with a component maker after discovering 74 cases of underage workers. Apple also discovered an employment agency that was forging documents to allow children to illegally work at the supplier.

Apple reported both the supplier and the employment agency to local authorities, the company said in its latest annual report on the conditions in its supply chain.

Apple has audited both small and ancillary suppliers, as well as large ones such as Korea's Samsung Electronics Co, for working conditions. It found 95 percent of sites audited complied with avoiding underage labor.

Child labor is an issue that is part of the larger supply industry as the component maker that Apple found violated child labor laws supplied parts to more than a hundred different companies, including automotive companies, Williams said, vowing to eradicate under aged labor from the industry.

"I don't know how long it will take to get there but that's our goal," said Williams, who has spent a significant amount of his 14 years at Apple in Asia managing the supply chain.

FOCUS ON STUDENT INTERNS

For 2013, Williams said a key focus for Apple will be student interns and ensuring that suppliers do not abuse the internship system, especially in China where many colleges require students to complete internships as part of their curriculum.

Some companies in China are solving labor shortages by employing students. Last September, city officials of the northeastern Chinese coastal city of Yantai ordered vocational high schools to send students to a large plant run by Foxconn - a key contract manufacture for Apple and other large electronics companies like Hewlett Packard - to overcome a shortage of workers.

Another focus areas has been "bonded labor", where agencies who help immigrant workers find jobs take a substantial portion of the worker's pay.

Apple said in the report that it asked suppliers to reimburse $6.4 million in excess foreign contract worker fees in 2012, according to the report.

The company said it achieved 92 percent compliance with a maximum 60-hour work week in its supply chain. Where violations were discovered, Apple took action, it said in its report.

Apple also found and stopped discriminatory practices against women workers in 34 supplier facilities that required pregnancy testing and 25 facilities that tested employees for certain medical conditions, the report said.

(Reporting By Poornima Gupta and Noel Randewich; Editing by Richard Pullin)

(This story was corrected in paragraph 2 to clarify that Foxconn group is a Taiwan-based firm, not China)

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Assistant Professor - Reading/Literacy - HigherEdJobs

The MSED Literacy Program in the School of Education at St. Bonaventure University announces a tenure-track position for Reading/Literacy at
the Assistant Professor rank. Appointment will begin in the Fall of 2013, subject to budget approval.

The successful candidate will teach graduate courses and advise students in the Reading/Literacy teacher certification program, and engage in scholarship and service. Applicants should possess an earned doctorate in reading/literacy education or a closely related area, P-12 or other significant literacy-teaching experience, and knowledge of national standards and trends in literacy instruction. Particular expertise and/or interest in one of more of the following areas would be a plus: early childhood literacy, children's literature, language arts, teaching English language learners, and clinical practica supervision. Appreciation of and respect for the University's Catholic, Franciscan mission is expected.

Candidates who are ABD will be considered for the position with the understanding that degree requirements will be completed within two years of appointment. The applicant's curriculum vita, letter of application, three reference letters, and a sample of scholarly work are to be sent to: Dr. Joseph Zimmer: Dean, School of Education; Box AB; St. Bonaventure University; St. Bonaventure, NY 14778. Electronic application materials may be sent to jezimmer@sbu.edu

St. Bonaventure is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering diversity in its faculty, staff, and student body, and strongly encourages applications from the entire spectrum of a diverse community.

St. Bonaventure University provides equal opportunity in its admissions, employment, and all educational programs and activities without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected category.

Equal employment opportunity applies to all employment relationships. The University is committed to ensuring that all qualified candidates receive full consideration in the recruitment process and that its personnel policies and employment procedures and practices are consistent with this policy.

Pursuant to this policy, equal opportunity is to be provided to all persons in the delivery of educational programs, and services.

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I am a mother to four ? two boys and two girls, ranging in age from 15 months to 13 years . My husband is a supportive, albeit sports-obsessed, P.E. teacher. Together we are raising our noisy brood in Annandale, VA. After my second child was born in 2006, I decided to leave my job in public relations/communications and stay home, but I still needed to earn an income. This is when I opened my home-based daycare and discovered that there is an amazing secret society that forms when you put a few toddlers and preschoolers together. ?I love what I do, even though it isn?t always easy balancing everything. Anyone who says raising a family is easy is probably lying. Embracing our imperfections and letting go of our mother?s guilt is the key to surviving it all. Tiny Steps Mommy is where I write about all of this ? parenting, children, families, daycare, and surviving the chaos one tiny step at a time.

Why did you decide to start your site?? What has been your favorite part about blogging?

In March 2012, I started my blog Tiny Steps Mommy as an outlet for me to express my thoughts and keep my writing skills fresh. I have always loved writing. It is my passion. Yet for many years I put it on the back burner because I didn?t think I had the time. I discovered that I could make the time by giving up a little sleep and a lot of television. Amazingly, I do not miss watching TV and I feel more energized than ever because I am doing something that feels fulfilling. I also discovered that other people are actually reading my writing, which feels great. It is a great confidence booster when you pour your heart into writing something and then people you don?t even know say that you have touched them, or that they relate to you. I think this may be my favorite part of blogging ? making an impact.

How do you balance your daycare and spending time with your family?? What advice can you give to other busy moms?

The reason I started my daycare was to be home with my family. Even though my daycare is open 52.5 hours every week (five days a week) and I am working much more than I did in an office, I never feel like my job is getting in the way of spending time with my family. I manage this by incorporating my children into everything I do with the daycare ? it truly is a family business. This does not mean it is always easy, especially when my children are tired of sharing my attention. My last two children were born into this world where there are ?friend? days (weekdays) and ?non-friend? days (weekends). It is their normal. I have to admit though that in the evenings, I need some non-child time, which is why I depend heavily on my husband to manage the evening/bedtime routine. Having a supportive and hands-on partner is critical to surviving. My best advice to busy parents (which is every parent) is to take some time for you and accept the help of others when it is offered (don?t be afraid to ask either). Also, if your partner or someone else helps, then do not micromanage the way he or she does things, because that may be the last time help is offered. Help is help.

What is it like having four children?? How do you manage taking care of everyone?

My husband and I both grew up in large families. To us a noisy home is a happy home, which is why being a party of six feels absolutely right. Our biggest challenge is making sure we parent to the personalities of each child. Similar to teachers who have to teach based on the different learning styles of their students, parents have to parent to the unique personality of each child. A one-fits-all method does not work. The tricky part is customizing your parenting, while being fair to all. We are not perfect and neither are our children. I think once you accept this, it makes everything a little easier.

What are a few things you?ve learned from motherhood?

• I am going to make mistakes.
• My children are going to make mistakes.
• There are not enough hours in a day to get everything done.
• It?s okay not to keep up with the laundry.
• You have to be flexible and roll with the unexpected.
• Children grow fast, so enjoy every moment you can.
• Laughter is the best medicine.
• Hug, hug, hug, and then hug again.

What are your top 5 favorite things to do with your family?

1. Snuggle in bed and tickle and laugh
2. Visit playgrounds and play tag
3. Curl-up and watch a family movie
4. Reading books together
5. Go on nature walks (mini adventures)

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Okay, so the rules are as follows:

1) If you are engaged with another player controlled character, you are not allowed to write for that character without the owner's permission. If there is going to be a long and extended battle, the choreography is to be worked out between the two of you in between each of your posts. There will not be any single action posts or one line posts in this RP, so you will have to choreograph and design your posts in such a way that you are both happy with the content, and trading blows evenly and will end it in a way in which both players agree makes sense and is acceptable to both the winner and the loser. There will be very few to no ties in this RP, so again, if you can't handle losing, then this RP isn't for you.

2) If your character engages with a named enemy in this RP, the battle will be discussed with me as to the path it will take over the course of your posting, but I will still ultimately leave all the creativity to you as you design the fight around my specifications. You are free to create as much tension and deadlock as you want to draw it out and make it interesting, but otherwise you must still okay it with me as to whether you will win or lose. I may decide for story purposes that your character will lose a fight every so often, and when I do, you'll have to live with it.

3) When it comes to the force of your energy attacks, you will have to abide by a special rule which I will now describe. It's called the "Equal Power Principle", and it basically means that if your power level does not exceed that of your opponent by more than 10%, you will not be able to use any lethal force in your energy attacks. This means that an energy attack by a character with a power level of 400 will not do lethal damage to one with 440 or higher. If it's 10% lower than you, then it will do lethal damage if the enemy doesn't dodge. So one with a power of 440 vs. 400, 440 can do lethal damage if you don't avoid it.

If you have questions about any of these rules, ask in the Q&A section.

Thank you!

KumoriRyuu

Member for 3 years

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