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Recommended Alternative Transportation Option
If you are not taking one of the free LAK15 Airport Shuttles then we are recommending that attendees take a shuttle (see below) from area airports to one of the two main New York City train stations (Grand Central Terminal or Penn Station) and then take either a Metro North or AMTRAK train to Poughkeepsie, New York. From the Poughkeepsie train station it is a short (5 minute) cab/taxi ride to the conference hotels and the Marist College campus. Below are detailed travel information for these options.
STEP ONE: Transit from airport to New York City train station(s)
John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA)
If you are arriving at JFK or LGA we highly recommend that you use the NYC Airporter Shuttle which will provide transportation to either Grand Central Terminal OR Penn Station (see below for train station information).
- Tickets cost $14-$16 (US) one-way or round-trip for $26-$30 (US).
- On average, the trip from JFK to New York City (NYC) train stations is 90 minutes and 60 minutes from LGA.
- Shuttle picks up outside of the baggage area of each JFK/LGA terminal every 30 minutes.
- Shuttles have free Wi-Fi and power outlets (international travelers may need to use an adaptor)
- Shuttle schedule, online ticket purchasing and other details are available on the NYC Airporter Shuttle web page.
Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
If you are arriving at EWR we highly recommend that you use the Newark Airport Express bus service which will provide transportation to Grand Central Terminal.
- Tickets cost $16 (US) one-way or round-trip for $28 (US).
- On average, the trip from EWR to Grand Central Terminal is 60 minutes.
- Shuttle picks up outside of each terminal every 15 minutes (see web site for specific locations).
- Shuttles have comfortable seats and are climate controlled.
- Shuttle schedule, online ticket purchasing and other details are available on the Newark Airport Express web site.
STEP TWO: Take train to Poughkeepsie, New York
Either Grand Central Terminal or Penn Station will provide access to trains to Poughkeepsie, New York
- Grand Central and Metro North Train Option - Metro North trains tend to be slighly less expense than AMTRAK and run more frequently but do not have Wi-Fi, can take slightly longer and provide more basic train accomodations. Although you can purcahse tickets online, we recommend that you purchase Metro North train tickets at the Grand Central Terminal. Tickets range from $23 to $29 one-way depending on the time of day.
- Online Metro North Train Schedule - You will want to take the Metro North Hudson Line (which runs along the East side of the Hudson River) from Grand Central Terminal to Poughkeepsie, New York. Travel time is approximately 1 hour 45 minutes.
- Penn Station and AMTRAK Train Option - AMTRAK trains provide free Wi-Fi and slightly better train accomodations (e.g. nicer seats) but run less frequently than Metro North and are slightly more expense. You can purchase AMTRAK tickets online or at Penn Station although purching tickets in advance is recommended as some trains can be sold-out. Tickets range from $25 to $40 one-way.
- Online AMTRAK Train Schedule and Ticket Purchasing - You will want to take the AMTRAK train from Penn Station (NYP) to the Poughkeepsie Station (POU). Travel time is approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.
STEP THREE: Take taxi cab from Poughkeepsie Train Station to hotels or Marist College.
Once you arrive at the Poughkeepsie Train Station (both Metro North and AMTRAK stop at the same station), you should take a cab to your conference hotel.
- The following cab or taxi companies provide service from the train station to hotels. Taxi cabs can take 15-20 minutes to arrive and please mention that you are with the LAK conference to receive a discount if you have more than one person in your party:
- Taxi Service of Poughkeepsie: 845-518-0140
- VIP Express Taxi Service: 845-834-4361
- A-Team Livery Cab Service: 845-202-3909
- H&H Taxi: 845-472-6060
- Your hotel will also be able to assist you in getting taxi cabs.
- Some local cab or taxis may not accept credit cards, we recommend you have cash with you. Cab/taxi rides to area hotels should be approximately $10.
- Although there are times during the day when cabs will be waiting at the station, we recommend that you call in advance of arrving at the train station to request a cab particularly if you are arriving early or late in the day.
- IMPORTANT: You should NOT attempt to walk from the station to your hotels.
Additional Transportation Options
Besides the free LAK15 Airport Shuttle and the above noted recommended alternative transportation option, there are the following additional options for traveling from area airports to LAK15 hotels and the conference venue, these include:
- Car Rental - You can rent a car at JFK, LGA and EWR airports with costs ranging from $350 - $425 per week. Travel time from the airports to the conference range from 2 - 2.5 hours depending on the time of day. Please be aware that driving will vary from urban high congestion conditions near the airports to fairly rural conditions closer to Poughkeepsie, New York.
- Car Service - You can arrange for a private car service to pick you up from the airport arrival area directly to your hotel with costs ranging between $225 and $250 each way. Typically you can fit three adults in a car comfortably. Some car service companies can also provide larger vans or similar vechicles for larger groups. Below is a list of car services used by Marist College:
- Mahogany Ridge Transportation (845) 724-4403 or 1(800) 718-1801
- http://mahridge.com/
- Mention LAK15 at Marist College and receive 5% discount.
- A.N.N. Transportation (845) 227-4796 or 1(800) 604-1559
- Mahogany Ridge Transportation (845) 724-4403 or 1(800) 718-1801
- Bus Service - You can take a bus from the New York City Port Authority Bus Terminal to Poughkeepsie, New York which costs approximately $22 one-way. Buses run 4-5 times per day (ever 2-hours or so) and take approximately 2.5 hours in travel time. You can be dropped off at the Poughkeepsie Train Station or Marist College.
Airport Hotel Options
If you are arriving late at night or need to depart early in the morning it may be useful to consider staying over at a hotel which is near your area airport. In most cases these hotels have free shuttles that will transport you between the hotel and airport terminals. Below are links to local hotels at each of the major airports:
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- Recommend Alternative Transportation - If you are not taking the free LAK15 Airport Shuttle we recommend you use this alternative travel option.
- Additional Transportation Option - This is a list of more costly travel options including car rentals and private car services.
- Airport Hotels - If you are arriving late at night or need to depart early in the morning we recommend you consider staying overnight at a local airport hotel.
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United Bethel Mennonite Church (Plain City, Ohio, USA)
United Bethel Mennonite Church (formerly United Bethel Conservative Mennonite Church), located near Plain City, in Madison County, Ohio, originally a member of the Conservative (Amish) Mennonite Conference, was started by a few Amish families who met for Sunday school, beginning in 1938. Andrew Farmwald was ordained as minister, and Harry Stutzman, of Holmes County, Ohio, was given bishop oversight of the church. Enos Yoder was ordained to the ministry on 26 January 1948, and was still the minister in charge in 1957. The meeting house, built in 1948, was a frame structure seating 300 persons. In 1957 the membership was 164, with Ray F. Miller as bishop in charge.
In February 2000 the congregation joined the Biblical Mennonite Alliance.
In 2015 the leading minister was D. Clyde Byler and the associate pastors were Wesley D. Helmuth and Lonnie J. Miller. The congregational membership was 225 and the average weekly attendance was 250.
Biblical Mennonite Alliance. "BMA Congregational Directory with Pastors." August 2015.
Biblical Mennonite Alliance. "BMA Directory 2012." Web. 15 May 2012. http://www.biblicalmennonite.com/support-files/2012-bma-directory-updated-mar-12-for-web.pdf.
Hershberger, Brenda. Anabaptist (Mennonite) Directory 2012-13. Harrisonburg, VA: The Sword and Trumpet, 2012: 42.
Additional Information
Address: 11342 Lafayette P. C. Road, Plain City, OH 43064
Phone: 614-873-5112
Website: United Bethel Mennonite Church
Denominational Affiliation: Biblical Mennonite Alliance
Map:United Bethel Mennonite Church (Plain City, Ohio, USA)
|Andrew D. Farmwald
|Richard D. Thiessen
|Date Published
|May 2012
Cite This Article
MLA style
Farmwald, Andrew D. and Richard D. Thiessen. "United Bethel Mennonite Church (Plain City, Ohio, USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. May 2012. Web. 26 Jun 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=United_Bethel_Mennonite_Church_(Plain_City,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=140815.
APA style
Farmwald, Andrew D. and Richard D. Thiessen. (May 2012). United Bethel Mennonite Church (Plain City, Ohio, USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 26 June 2019, from http://gameo.org/index.php?title=United_Bethel_Mennonite_Church_(Plain_City,_Ohio,_USA)&oldid=140815.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 774. All rights reserved.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -- Diversified Health and Fitness, Fort Lauderdale, FL, took on another distressed fitness club franchise with its recent acquisition of 1-2-3 Fit, a Denver-based coed circuit fitness club created by Quiznos founders Rick Schaden and Brooksy Smith.
In the asset purchase, Diversified Health acquired 21 1-2-3 Fit franchise contracts. The purchase included franchise agreements, FDD registrations, area developer agreements, manuals, trade names and other intellectual property.
Last month, Diversified Health purchased Butterfly Life, a chain of women-only clubs. Both 1-2-3 Fit and Butterfly Life were featured last year in a Club Industry's Fitness Business Pro cover story about struggling franchisors and franchisees who had fallen into severe debt. Former 1-2-3 Fit franchisees accused the company of lying about its initial franchise costs as well as the exclusivity of its equipment.
1-2-3 Fit opened in 2005 with the backing of industry veteran Ray Wilson, who sold his share of the company two years later.
"I have every confidence that Diversified will bring support and health club expertise to our family of 1-2-3 Fit franchisees," Smith, 1-2-3 Fit's CEO, said in a statement.
With the acquisition of 1-2-3 Fit, Diversified Health now owns 12 brands and increased its portfolio to 249 clubs. Other brands include ShapeXpress, Liberty Fitness, Sedona and The Zoo."We are pleased to be taking in a strong chain developed by franchise industry experts," Diversified CEO Roger Wittenberns said in a statement. "The 1-2-3 Fit acquisitions will add yet another dimension to our portfolio and increase our share of the coed fitness market."


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So when you're headed through the drive-through this week for that quick lunch, that cup of coffee or that ice-cream treat, considering paying for the car behind you! To make it easy, we've put a quick note that you can print off for the employee at the window to hand to the person behind you. Just pick the right Positive Life Radio station (the city/channel you listen to) from the map here, click and then print off a few copies of the letter that you'll see.
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Spine can import a skeleton or animation from another Spine project. This can be used to move skeletons from other projects into a single project. Importing an animation can be used to have multiple people working on the same project, with some limitations.
To open the
Import Project dialog, click the Spine logo in the upper left if Spine and choose
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The skeleton that the animation is being imported to must have bones, slots, attachments, events, and constraints with the same names as the skeleton that is being imported from, but only for those items that are actually keyed in the animation being imported. Additionally, for deform keys, the mesh must have the same number of vertices in both skeletons.
When importing a skeleton, choose which skeleton to import and the name to use for the skeleton once imported.
Spine can import data in the JSON or binary formats that it exports. This provides a path to bring data from other programs into Spine, such as from Photoshop or After Effects.
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For example, if a Spine project is created with images that are 4 times larger than necessary, it can be exported to JSON with nonessential checked, then imported to a new project with a scale of 0.25. The images used for the new project should be 25% the size of the original images.
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American Idol judge Steven Tyler was a big fan of season 11 champion Phillip Phillips, predicting both his win and a career as an actor for the vulnerable Georgia native. He even went so far as citing the singer's potential as the next James Dean.
When Phillips spoke about Tyler's departure from the Idol panel with MIX 105.1/Orlando, it was apparent that Phillips was a fan of the Aerosmith frontman as well.
"There's nobody like Steven on this earth, I've kind of realized that," Phillips said. "There's not another human being."
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encrypt prints the encrypted form of string to the standard output. This is mostly useful for encrypting passwords from within scripts. The options are as follows: -k Run in makekey compatible mode; a single combined key and salt are read from standard input and the DES encrypted result is written to standard output without a terminating newline. -b rounds Encrypt the string using Blowfish hashing with the specified rounds. -c class Use the cipher type specified in the given user login class. See login.conf(5) for more information. -m Encrypt the string using MD5. -p Prompt for a single string with echo turned off. -S salt Encrypt the string with the specified salt, using the algo- rithm specified by salt. -s salt Encrypt the string using DES, with the specified salt. If no string is specified, encrypt reads one string per line from stan- dard input, encrypting each one with the chosen algorithm from above. In the case where no specific algorithm or specific user login class was given as a command line option, the algorithm specified in the default class in /etc/login.conf will be used. For MD5 and Blowfish as well as any algorithm determined from the login class, a new random salt is automatically generated for each password, except if the -S option is used. Specifying the string on the command line should be discouraged; using the standard input is more secure.
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Lady Bisons fall 2-0 at Mercer
The Lipscomb Lady Bisons soccer team lost 2-0 Friday night against Mercer in an Atlantic Sun Conference game in Macon, Ga.
The Lady Bisons were held to only three shots. Forward Halie Proffitt attempted the only shot on goal.
Mercer scored one goal in the first half with Ali Meek finding the net at 17:48.
Katheryn Hurst scored a goal for Mercer at 63:01 of the second half. Meek earned one of the assists. Olivia Tucker was also credited with an assist.
Lady Bisons goalkeeper Katie Shelton made 10 saves. Mercer had 21 shots, 12 shots on goal.
The Lady Bisons are back home at noon Sunday at the Lipscomb Soccer Complex to face Kennesaw State in A-Sun action.
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History never recorded exactly why a Salt Lake City businesswoman named Sarah Daft left $37,000 when she died in 1906 to help build a place for those who needed a home to grow old in.
"I like to think that as she started to age, she didn't have posterity and started to think about what does someone do when they become elderly, need help and have no family to turn to," said Marsha Namba, the current director of the Sarah Daft Home.
Whatever the reason, she was decades ahead of the rest of the country.
As the assisted living center at 737 South 1300 East in Salt Lake City celebrates its centennial year, the non-profit organization that operates it has tried to retain the vision of the businesswoman, who put forth the mission of providing "high quality care at affordable rates in a homelike setting" in one of the country's first retirement homes.
And so the elegant building that opened in 1913 under the auspices of a 75-woman volunteer board hosts disabled and senior residents to this day. Along with a more modern addition in the back that was completed in 1980, the facility is home to 39 residents.
On Monday morning, 83-year-old Virginia Lee Price was moving her belongings to the small room on the second floor where she can enjoy the old building's only private balcony, which overlooks 1300 East. Each of the 12-by-14-foot rooms have a small closet, sink and medicine cabinet. Residents in this wing share bathrooms and showers. The newer wing offers studio apartments with private bathrooms and one-bedroom suites.
Prices range from $1,446 to $2,834 a month and include meals, housekeeping service, linen changes, all utilities except telephone, basic medical services, transportation, grooming and activities. There is almost always a waiting list for rooms.
Price, who came last Nov. 22, described it as a safe place.
"It's like living with 39 roommates, all of whom are different," said the former U.S. Forest Service employee who enjoys sharing her writing. "I love every single one of them. It was very difficult to lose my car and my independence. I bawled and bawled."
So, on her first day, she went to every table in the dining room and introduced herself to each resident. Sitting on a plastic chair on the balcony decorated with a tiny birdhouse and a few plants, she said that this is where she needs to be.
Hazel Browning, who has worked at the Daft home for 23 years, loves people such as Price.
"They come and go, and I get attached to some of them as well as the other employees and the bosses," she said. "It's just a really nice place to work."
The Sarah Daft Home was constructed long before Social Security began in 1935 or Medicare became part of the American legacy in 1966.
Most nursing homes didn't come into vogue until the 1950s. Namba said other than one similar home in San Francisco, the Salt Lake City facility was one of the only ones of its kind in the West for years.
Sarah Daft and her husband Alexander came to the United States in 1856 and were married in St. Louis before eventually making their way to Utah. Alexander and his brother Robert constructed a building where the old Daynes Jewelry company was located at 128 S. Main Street.
Namba said Alexander operated a mercantile that supported the growing Utah mining industry. When he died 20 years before Sarah, she took over the business and grew her wealth.
A committee of 75 women headed by Jennie Froiseth came together around 1910. The women knew Daft left money in her will for "an old folks home." The group contacted the executors of Daft's will and ended up going to court, which ruled in favor of using the money to construct the home.
While a plot of land was purchased near East High on 1300 East at what was then the edge of Salt Lake City, the first Sarah Daft Home was a rented home in the Avenues. W.H. Lepper was the architect for the present-day building that was constructed for $25,000.
"What's incredible is that it hasn't been modified much in 100 years," said Namba. "That's a huge compliment to the 75 women on the board and the builders. They built a building that had permanence in mind, not a building meant to serve for 20 years. It has stood the test of time. Our nonprofit has been able to concentrate on the care of the residents, not necessarily in the preservation of the building. It is in remarkably great shape."
The spacious living room contains a gas fireplace surrounded by green tile, comfortable chairs, an ancient piano and two old desks. Namba said some of the early residents did not have a lot of money, so they bequeathed their estates to the home, which is where some of the beautiful furnishings came from.
"Our board is exploring how we might prepare for another 100 years," said Namba. "We'd like to add an additional wing, to serve an additional 20 people, and update the 1913 side of the building, which hasn't changed since Day One."
For now, the century-old building with its stately columns sits quietly on 1300 East, a big lawn and sycamore and maple trees guarding its entrance. It still serves those who Sarah Daft hoped to help well more than 100 years ago.
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When • Aug. 21 at 4:30 p.m.
Who • Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, residents, staff, community members
What • Fundraising dinner and auction
Where • Backyard of the Sarah Daft Home, 737 S. 1300 East
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Flight-test report ruffles NASA as worries mount over X-plane research
The shrinking capability for flight testing in the U.S.—the jewel in the crown that paved the way for the nation's leading role in global aerospace in the 20th century—is forcing NASA and Air Force planners into a major review aimed at halting the decline.
The action comes as the agency and USAF gird themselves for potential budget cuts that could further threaten existing flight-test capacity. It also follows in the wake of controversial findings from a National Research Council (NRC) report into the state of NASA flight research, the recommendations from which were aired to a broad industry group for the first time at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Joint Propulsion Conference in Atlanta.
The growing shortfall in new test assets has been keenly felt by NASA, which has not sponsored a major X-plane for seven years and has seen recent efforts to develop a larger, piloted X-plane rejected on budget grounds. At the same time, even funding for more affordable, small-scale unmanned experimental aircraft has become tighter as pressure grows to trim NASA's already reduced aeronautics allocation.
One solution being studied by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to partially cover the gap includes closer collaboration with NASA and the FAA on potential joint flight-test efforts to explore energy-efficient technologies. The search for lower fuel burn is a common goal for commercial and defense communities, and is a top priority for the Pentagon, which wants to dramatically reduce energy consumption across the services. AFRL is keen to study potential flight-test efforts for technology, which could particularly target the Air Force's current use of 2.4 billion gal. of fuel per year. Of this, 64% is consumed by the air mobility fleet, which could be a prime candidate to use the same fuel-saving technology being studied by NASA and the FAA.
William Harrison, AFRL technical adviser for fuels and energy, says the approach includes "formulating an AFRL, NASA, FAA portfolio to divide and conquer, and we've been doing that over the past year." The scheme includes taking technologies such as laminar flow, low-cost composite structures, advanced engine cycles and alternate fuels, and funneling them into testbed aircraft or applying them to future upgrades.
"There's maybe an opportunity to re-wing and reengine an existing legacy transport aircraft and use that as a demonstrator," says Harrison. Although no specific aircraft is identified, the most likely candidate for the project is believed to be a Boeing C-17 in the 2017-19 timeframe. The concept is even more intriguing, given that the C-17 fleet is now the largest single consumer of fuel in the Air Force and will be ripe for a life extension until the advent of a C-X family of replacements in the late 2020s or beyond.
However, a more radical concept for testing a wider range of advanced technologies is also being considered, says James Kenyon, associate director of aerospace technology in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. "We are raising the possibility of a larger modular X-plane, inspired by the X-56 idea, which could work." Nevertheless, several fundamental questions still need to be answered, he cautions. "Is it feasible, will it be cost-effective, how useful will it be—all these are to be determined," he says.
The X-56A, initially known as the MUTT (Multi-Use Technology Testbed), is being developed by Lockheed Martin for AFRL, which intends to employ it to evaluate technologies for mitigating aerodynamic wing flutter. Supported by NASA, which plans to use the testbed as a long-term research asset after the AFRL work is complete, the X-56A will deliberately explore dangerous parts of the envelope. As this could lead to the destruction of a wing, the X-56A is provided with a ballistic parachute recovery system. It is also uniquely designed with substitute multiple fuselages and wings to enable a rapid return to test.
The X-56A continues the recent trend to smaller, more affordable unmanned X-planes, while the AFRL vision calls for a larger, multirole testbed of the type originally envisioned to evaluate advanced concepts in NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) program. There were efforts to share the cost of this testbed with other agencies, but the plan was scrapped because of budget restrictions. "We asked for an experimental flight vehicle for ERA, but the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) asked for a 50% cut in our requested funding. Now we have to show the ERA goals without the benefit of an experimental vehicle," says NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate Deputy Associate Administrator Thomas Irvine.
Because of worries over the way budget cuts were damaging flight-test capabilities, NASA approached the NRC. "We were concerned. Is that skill atrophying to the point where it won't be useful going forward? So we reached out to the [National Academy of Sciences] to help us try to figure out how to reach a healthy level," he says.
The NRC report, which was briefed to Congress and the OMB, includes recommendations that met with a mixed reaction at NASA. Wes Harris, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the leader of the report, says the NRC fully backs the continued need for flight testing, despite the growth of simulation and other ground-based test techniques.
"This is a path to, an advocate for, and a champion for aeronautics. It advances technology, increases U.S. competitive advantage, improves the balance of trade, creates more skills and jobs [and] reduces the impact of aviation on the environment. It also improves air safety, and we're interested in being a champion for increased efficiency in flight operations," says Harris.
Although NASA's request for a report was an unusual task for the academy, he says, a broad team of experts was brought in to "recommend how NASA might maintain a robust flight-research program within defined budget scenarios."
The NRC recommended that the agency should select a "small number [2-5] of focused, integrated, higher-risk, higher-payoff and interdisciplinary programs." These could be supported by a set of cost-effective flight-test vehicles, each costing $30-50 million per aircraft over three years. This, says the report, could be done "even within the existing budget" but only if the agency eliminates some smaller programs. "NASA should phase out the majority of its lower-priority aeronautic activities," it adds, without attempting to identify targets.
The NRC found that although the aeronautics budget has shrunk drastically, to less than $600 million today compared with more than $2 billion in the 1990s, the associated workforce has remained more or less the same. The council also found that aeronautics has "become risk-averse and its projects less ambitious, which suggests a decline in our intent to stretch a bit in flight testing," says Harris. Other criticisms included an "insufficient strategic direction from NASA headquarters." There is also a need for more programs that "from Day One include flight research."
Overall, the NRC found there were too many small projects supported by a constrained budget, and that NASA's level of cooperation with other agencies was limited. It concluded that "systems-level flight research has essentially stopped at NASA."
Harris says, "Although we talked about a series of midsize projects, we also talked in another recommendation about a grander flagship program, more X-plane like, a truly national program." One such concept could be aimed at proving low-boom technology as a possible starting point for a supersonic business jet. Harris says NASA "should proceed immediately with an integrated-technology experimental aircraft to validate low-boom acoustic ground signatures and establish a set of quantitive measures of sonic boom overland." The conquest of the sonic-boom problem, which stands in the way of viable supersonic travel, is "a golden opportunity," says Harris. "We can take control of this, and we should not let us pass this one by."
Mark Anderson, director of platform performance technology for Boeing Research and Technology, asserts that U.S. aerospace is "teetering on the brink of being able to do low-boom supersonic flight." But without NASA, "who is going to take a risk like that? I'm concerned we're backing away from this."
The report also singled out the agency's ERA effort and recommended that NASA "collaborate with the Defense Department and FAA on a subsonic experimental aircraft that would integrate advanced aerodynamics, structures and engine technology. Hypersonics, which will be effectively dropped under current budget plans (see following article), should also be revived, it says. The agency should "reform" the hypersonic project around a specific goal of developing and demonstrating technology for a vehicle that within 25 years could fly on "point-to-point flights" anywhere on Earth in a few hours. For this effort, NASA should again coordinate with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and other defense organizations. "The committee feels that the whole area of hypersonics will not advance, cannot advance, without flight testing," says Harris.
Although NASA concurs with the NRC's views on the importance of flight research and the need for greater collaboration, Irvine says the agency "takes exception to the assertion that NASA is not making progress or contributing to advancing the aviation industry." Furthermore, the agency believes the report is too "vehicle-centric" in recommending the phasing out of low-priority activities to fund "high-risk, high-return, interdisciplinary programs."
Aurora Flight Sciences CEO John Langford recommends that NASA establish an ongoing, competitive flight-research program modeled on the Discovery and Mars Scout space missions. Pointing to the Sikorsky X-2 as a recent example, he says that "there is plenty of evidence that cutting-edge flight-research programs can be accomplished for around $50 million per project."


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Sunday, May 20, 2007
Bar info: Nikka Blender's Bar
The Blender's Bar is owned by Nikka, one of the big two Japanese distillers, and is limited to their products. The Blender`s Bar is not cheap. We had two rounds of good whisky for two people, plus the obligatory tiny dish of food.
It cost over 7,000 yen, marginally more expensive than the Argyll, but it is definitely more geared up to the non-expert than some of its independent rivals. There is a "Key malt and Coffey Grain Tasting Set" for 3,000 yen, which allows you to taste a range of six of Nikka's whiskies, from a highly sherried Yoichi to one of Nikka's well regarded single grain whiskies.
The Blenders Bar is next to "Usquebaugh", which is more of an eating and drinking place and, although also owned by Nikka, is run as a totally separate establishment.
Open 5.00pm to 12.30am. Closed Sunday.
Omotesando station, exit B3. Turn left as you come out of the exit. Walk for a bit. Turn left at the corner where the Max Mara shop is. The Blender`s Bar is a few minutes down the road on your left. My Google map. Another map.
5-4-3 Minami Aoyama, Minato, Tokyo.
Address in Japanese characters
ニッカ ブレンダーズ バー
東京都港区南青山5丁目4-31 (Can`t see it?)
Tel : 03-3498-3338
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Over 50 restaurants set up for the tasting competition, sponsored by the Queens Economic Development Corporation, to meet with other culinary specialists and have their dishes thoroughly sampled, deliberated and scrutinized.
In the end, the burgers at Woodside's Ottomanelli's, located at 6105 Woodside Ave., and the Chicken Milanese from the Pine Restaurant, at 3710 114th St. in Corona, tied for the honor of Best Entree, while Take a Break & I'll Bake took home the award for Best Desert.
In a stunning borough coup, Brooklyn's McClure's Pickles won Best Appetizer for their spicy gherkins.


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One of Hollywood's funniest leading men, JIM CARREY is here! From his start on "In Living Color" through his astounding list of film credits, including "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "The Mask," "Dumb and Dumber" and "The Truman Show," he's proven to be one of the greatest and most versatile comedic minds of our time. To prove it, he's taken on the literary world by writing a children's book! He's telling Ellen all about it, and catching up on his next move to the big screen!
Then, he's an actor, comedian, rapper, television host, designer and so much more! Mariah Carey's handsome husband NICK CANNON is in the building! He's catching up with his friend Ellen on his two young twins, his stunning tie collection, and to perform his song, "Me Sexy"!
Speaking of incredible performances, you're about to be blown away! CHRISTINA BIANCO's video of her vocal impersonations of 19 of some of the most iconic singers in the world has been viewed over 6 million times to date! Her star continues to rise, and she's here to show off her astounding talent today!
Plus, Ellen's got the adorable and hilarious ELLIE KEMPER as her guest DJ! There's something for everyone today on Ellen.


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LOUIS VUITTON TRIANGLE CHAIN WALLETCategories:Louis Vuitton
We know very well that here in our community, there are lots of Louis Vuitton fans waiting for their own share of the loot…and boy, oh boy, are we listening! Presenting, the Louis Vuitton Triangle Chain Wallet, a very sophisticated piece that's timeless and elegant. What else do you need but this baby? Our point exactly.
READ: Louis Vuitton Sac Triangle Bag
The triangle chain wallet comes in the house's Monogram canvas, which stands out because of its modern design and stunning architecture. It even has a leather strap which allows you to wear it as a shoulder bag. It bears golden color metallic pieces, including a distinctive trunk lock that was inspired by an authentic design by Gaston-Louis Vuitton in the 1930s. I mean, it's pretty clear that this teeny baby is bringing in some big surprises! Don't you think so, too?
Measuring 7.1' x 3.5' x 2.4' inches, you can get your very own Triangle Chain Wallet for $1,200 USD or £675 GBP via Louis Vuitton online boutique.
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Celine Triangle HandbagCategories:Other Brands
When first spotted on the Spring Summer 2014 runway, I was thinking: 'Huh, what's that?'. Can you get it wilder? If you can wilder than the Celine Triangle handbag, please let me know. Shapes were not only the thing for Celine Summer 2014 collection, but dramatic colors, the more the better – how much attention can you handle?
Triangle handbag because of its triangle figure, golden handles with deformed trapezoid shape; the old-Egyptians invented this when they built the great pyramids. And as always, Celine put their best knowledge in practice, bi-colors to rock the show; in blue and interior red, red and interior yellow, or black on black.
How to wear these? Mix it with blue jeans or black pants and then refined the look with Fendi's 3D heels or something similar. Sandals if you've them in your wardrobe. But overall, the design is outrageous and cleverly made, hold one handle and let the other one drop. You're still in-trend.
This limited edition is crafted from smooth calfskin, at Celine boutique for €2.000 EUR.
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Hello Celine, please tell me: 'What is this?'.
Sophisticated, ridiculous and damn clever, you and I probably have never seen such a shoe before.
Sometimes attraction is not linked to beautiful, not always. Sometimes attraction has everything to do with uniqueness, personality and how do they call it again? Oh yes, authentic.
These Celine Triangle Heel Mul Pumps and the two pair Sphere Heel Booties, people don't see those every single day. If you wear them, people will to look, but who gives the heck what others think. The most important is that they are creative and crafted from the best leather, everyone can see that in the details – the only iron clad proof.
From Celine Summer 2014 Collection, now let me tell you how much they cost:
Celine Triangle Heel Mule in Midnight Navy and 115 mm heels: €1.650 euro
Celine Sphere Heel Slingback Booties in Midnight Navy and 70mm Heels: €1.870 euro.
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Posted by Olivia on Wednesday, July 10th, 2013
I'm pretty lucky to live in Sonoma surrounded by farm fresh produce and top notch culinary inspiration. Zucchini blossoms are one of those artisanal treats only available to those close to a farm or garden – and lucky for me I am! The fried green tomatoes were more or less an act of impatient hunger but they both fall into that early summer afternoon treat category!
I went with a pretty typical stuffing, something I usually do for raviolis, you've got your ricotta, parmesan, greens (I chose arugula and I left it raw but thinly sliced to add some spice), pancetta and toasted almonds. All I did was add a tablespoon or so to each blossom and slowly twisted the pedals around and added some more filling to make it sticky under loose areas. Then I just rolled them around in batter and cooked them in a shallow pool of EVOO. So simple!
Once the blossoms were devoured, some unripe tomatoes were staring me down from the garden. It's not quite bruschetta season yet, and that leftover batter was just staring at me… What was I supposed to do? I sliced them up, coated them in leftover batter and threw them right into the same skillet. Browned them on each side and enjoyed my impatient early summer treat. YUM! Enjoy…


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Get Alianca Vessel Schedule from Express Tracking.
Here you have the options for finding out about Aliança's sailing schedules. Select the Point-to-Point option to see all the possibilities between the starting point and destination stated within the required time period. With the Service sailing schedule option you can have all connections listed according to the "Services", "Time Period" and "Date" criteria.


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AAAH. Kelly Clarkson Booked For MMVAs! (Flo Rida, Hedley, Ed Sheeran Too!)
The MuchMusic Video Awards would suck without U, Kelly Clarkson, so thank Jebus the Idol OG has sent her RSVP to this year's show.
Clarkson, Flo Rida and Hedley have been added to this year's list of performers. All three of those MMVA nominees have survived the nation's shriekiest block party in the past, so here's hoping they'll pass whatever wisdom (and earplugs) they have along to another just-confirmed act, UK singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran. (Come to think of it, though, Sheeran's pretty tight with the One Direction boys; he probably travels with his own riot gear)
Those four acts are just the latest to be added to the bill -- which already boasts performances from Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Nelly Furtado, Carly Rae Jepsen, top-nominee Marianas Trench and this year's co-hosts, LMFAO.
The 2012 MMVAs are broadcast Sunday, June 17 at 9 p.m. ET on MuchMusic. Check back to Dose.ca/MMVAs for more updates leading up to the big show.


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Major Section: MISCELLANEOUS
Current-package is an
ld special (see ld). The accessor is
(current-package state) and the updater is
(set-current-package val state), or more conventionally,
(in-package val). The value of
current-package is actually
the string that names the package. (Common Lisp's ``package''
objects do not exist in ACL2.) The current package must be known to
ACL2, i.e., it must be one of the initial packages or a package
defined with
defpkg by the user.
When printing symbols, the package prefix is displayed if it is not
current-package and may be optionally displayed otherwise.
Thus, if
current-package is
"ACL2" then the symbol
'ACL2::SYMB may
be printed as
SYMB or
ACL2::SYMB, while
'MY-PKG::SYMB must be
printed as
MY-PKG::SYMB. But if
current-package is
"MY-PKG" then
the former symbol must be printed as
ACL2::SYMB while the latter may
be printed as
In Common Lisp,
current-package also affects how objects are read
from character streams. Roughly speaking, read and print are
inverses if the
current-package is fixed, so reading from a stream
produced by printing an object must produce an equal object.
In ACL2, the situation is more complicated because we never read
objects from character streams, we only read them from object
``streams'' (channels). Logically speaking, the objects in such a
channel are fixed regardless of the setting of
However, our host file systems do not support the idea of Lisp
object files and instead only support character files. So when you
open an object input channel to a given (character file) we must
somehow convert it to a list of ACL2 objects. This is done by a
deus ex machina (``a person or thing that appears or is introduced
suddenly and unexpectedly and provides a contrived solution to an
apparently insoluble difficulty,'' Webster's Ninth New Collegiate
Dictionary). Roughly speaking, the deus ex machina determines what
sequence of calls to
read-object will occur in the future and what
current-package will be during each of those calls, and then
produces a channel containing the sequence of objects produced by an
analogous sequence of Common Lisp reads with
*current-package* bound
appropriately for each.
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read an object from an object channel to a file created by printing
to a character channel, make sure the
current-package at read-time
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Buffalo Bills needed someone to provide some kind of offensive boost.
And quarterback Tyrod Taylor from Hampton came through by doing a little bit of everything.
Even catching a pass.
Taylor threw a touchdown pass and ran for another in rallying the Buffalo Bills to a 14-13 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
With their top two running backs and top wide receiver out injured, Taylor ran for 77 yards as the Bills (3-2) snapped a five-game skid against Tennessee.
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ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Feb. 4, 2014 -- Clinicians and patients should use shared decision-making to select individualized treatments based on the new guidelines to prevent cardiovascular disease, according to a commentary by three Mayo Clinic physicians published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.
MULTIMEDIA ALERT: Video and audio are available for download on the Mayo Clinic News Network.
Shared decision-making is a collaborative process that allows patients and their clinicians to make health care decisions together, taking into account the best scientific evidence available, as well as the patient's values and preferences.
In 2013, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association issued new cholesterol guidelines, replacing previous guidelines that had been in place for more than a decade. The new guidelines recommend that caregivers prescribe statins to healthy patients if their 10-year cardiovascular risk is 7.5 percent or higher.
"The new cholesterol guidelines are a major improvement from the old ones, which lacked scientific rigor," says primary author Victor Montori, M.D., Mayo Clinic endocrinologist and lead researcher in the Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit. "The new guidelines are based upon calculating a patient's 10-year cardiovascular risk and prescribing proven cholesterol-lowering drugs -- statins -- if that risk is high."
However, Dr. Montori cautions that the risk threshold established by the guideline panel is somewhat arbitrary. Instead he recommends that patients and their clinicians use a decision-making tool to discuss the risks and benefits of treatment with statins.
"Rather than routinely prescribing statins to the millions of adults who have at least a 7.5 percent risk of having a heart attack or stroke within 10 years, there is an opportunity for clinicians and patients to discuss the potential benefits, harm and burdens of statins in order to arrive at a choice that reflects the existing research and the values and context of each patient," he says.
"We're creating a much more sophisticated, patient-centered practice of medicine in which we move the decision-making from the scientist to the patient who is going to experience the consequences of these treatments and the burdens of these interventions," Dr. Montori explains. "Decision-making tools can democratize this approach and put it in the hands of millions of Americans who have their own goals front and center in the decision-making process."
Additional authors of the commentary include Henry Ting, M.D., and Juan Pablo Brito Campana, M.B.B.S., both of Mayo Clinic.
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Recognizing 150 years of serving humanity in 2014, Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit worldwide leader in medical care, research and education for people from all walks of life. For more information, visit 150years.mayoclinic.org, http://www.
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Principal Richard J. Baccarella has proudly announced the Bayonne High School class of 2014 Circle of Ten, listed in order of rank. These outstanding scholars will be the first to receive their diplomas at the graduation ceremony, to be held on Tuesday, June 24, at 6 p.m.
1 Hannah McMullan
Valedictorian Hannah McMullan will be attending Duke University's Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, pursuing a double major in neuroscience and classical studies. She received a $1,000 scholarship from the New Jersey Junior Classical League. She is a four-time Gold Medalist in the National Latin Exam, has won both a Gold and a Silver medal in the Medusa Mythology Exam, two Gold medals in the National Roman Civilization Exam, and two Gold medals in the National Classical Etymology Exam. Hannah is a National Merit Commended Scholar and an AP Scholar. She is a member of the New Jersey Junior Classical League Executive Board, on which she has served as Northern Registrar, Corresponding Secretary, and President. She is a member of the Bayonne High School Latin Club, the Bayonne High School Science Club, National Honor Society, World Language Honor Society, and the Bayonne High School Science League team. She was a member of the 2011 state-championship-winning Level I Certamen team and the 2013 county championship-winning Mock Trial team. During her junior year, Hannah was accepted into the New Jersey Governor's School in the Sciences and the New Jersey Scholars Program. In the latter, she studied the sociological, literary, historical, economic, and cultural anthropological aspects of immigration. Hannah enjoys reading, listening to music, and working on her novel. She is the daughter of Dr. Andrea Resetar and the late James B. McMullan, Jr.
2 Katelyn Nuccio
Katelyn Marie Nuccio is this year's salutatorian. She will attend Villanova University in the fall. She is currently enrolled in Villanova's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; she is interested in mathematics, literature, business, psychology, and international communications. She has received the Federal Pell Grant, the Villanova Grant, and the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant.
She achieved Principal's Honor Roll since her freshman year. She took an Advanced Placement course in Calculus AB andstudied Spanish for four years. Katelyn has received college credits from Seton Hall University for her Spanish 3 Honors and Spanish 4 Honors courses.
She is a National Honor Student in the USAA National Yearbook. She has received the NJSIAA Twenty-first Annual Scholar-Athlete Award, and she is one of two BHS students who are being honored by the Twenty-seventh Annual Hudson County Academic Achievement Recognition Program.
Katelyn is captain of the BHS Girls Varsity Soccer team; she has played since her freshman year. She has played in three Hudson County championships and four NJSIAA state tournaments. She received Honorable Mention All County her sophomore year and Second Team All County her junior and senior years. She is also captain of the Track and Field team—a member since her junior year.
Katelyn is the Secretary of the National Honor Society and a member of the Spanish Language Honor Society. She was a member of the Asian Interest Club her freshman and sophomore years and was a participant in the National Spanish Exam and the American Math Competition.
She is captain of the Relay for Life team, Making Strides. She has volunteered at the Bayonne Cluster Soup Kitchen and at a BHS track meet for children with autism. Since her freshman year, Katelyn has participated in the annual BHS Powder Puff Flag Football charity event.
Katelyn enjoys playing soccer, spending time with friends and family, reading, and exercising.
She is the daughter of Margaret and Louis Nuccio.
3 Timothy Amin
Timothy Hosni Amin is the son of Hosni and Nancy Amin, who both originate from Cairo, Egypt. Timothy will attend the Rutgers University: Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy in the fall. Rutgers has awarded him the Scarlet Scholarship and Dean's Scholarship. He has taken Honors and Advanced Placement courses in math, history, science, English, and Spanish, attaining a GPA of 101.6.
Timothy has volunteered for Relief Bus, Stop Hunger Now, the Bayonne Public Library and Bayonne Pharmacy, and in local senior homes.
Timothy is a facilitator in Peer Leadership; a competitor in the Academic Bowl competition; a class representative in Student Government Association; a published author on the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI); and a member of the Polish and Italian Cultural Societies. During the summers of his freshman and sophomore years, Timothy was a student in the NJCU Proyecto Science Summer Program and served as class president. He is a College Board-certified AP Scholar; a two-time recipient of the Principal's Honor Roll; a 16-time recipient of the First Honor Roll; and a member of the National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society.
Timothy attributes his academic success to his loving and supportive parents and sibling as well as his outstanding educators at Bayonne High School. Most important, he thanks God every day for His abundant blessings. He stands by Proverbs 16:3, which states, "Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established."
4 Arsany Makkar
Arsany R. Makkar, son of Rashad and Reda Makkar, will be attending the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University and may pursue planetary/geoscience. He enjoys extracurricular sports and activities.
Arsany was a First Honor Roll student, winning numerous Student of the Month awards and has taken honors and AP classes in United States History, European History, English Language, English Literature, Calculus, Chemistry, and Economics. He also took four years of Honors Latin. He received a perfect 800 on the SAT Math.
Arsany is a member of the Science League, Science Club, Math League, Chess Club, Latin Club, Economics Club, Academic Bowl, and Science Seminar. He competed at the TSA Tech bowl and TSA TEAMS Competition. Arsany played both track and volleyball. He was also inducted into the National Honor Society and the NJCL Latin Honor Society (World Language Honor Society).
Arsany and the BHS Latin team placed in the top 20 at the National Junior Classical League (NJCL) for the Certamen Competition in their freshman year. He took second at the NJCL chess competition. Arsany holds numerous gold and silver medals in the National Latin Exam and the Classical Literacy Exam. He was also the NJJCL Contest-Coordinator in his senior year where his team constructed tests for the NJJCL State Convention.
Arsany presented his summer research at the 2014 Hudson County Science Fair and received Second Place as well as the Intel ISEF affiliated ASM Materials, an Education Foundation award, netting him a trip to Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) in Los Angeles.
Arsany attends Bible study and hymn competitions and plays on the Coptic Orthodox Youth Basketball League. He loves nature and photography.
5 Nicholas Petriello
Nicholas Petriello will attend Rutgers University, studying computer science. He received a Federal Pell Grant and a Rutgers Assistance Grant.
He was a member of the Latin, Italian, and Polish Clubs. He was part of and captain of the Academic Bowl Team, a member of the Bayonne High School Certamen Team and won first place in 2011. He represented New Jersey in a larger Certamen League at the Junior Classical League National Convention for the past three summers. This year he was a contest coordinator. During the summers he attended the National Convention and received awards on written tests and graphic designs. As a member of the National Junior Classical League, he visited Eastern Kentucky University in 2011, Wake Forrest University in North Carolina in 2012, and the University of Nevada in 2013.
During the summers of 2010 and 2011, he worked at Bayonne Community Pool as a pool attendant. In the summer of 2012 he worked as a camp counselor at Mary J. Donohoe Summer Camp.
He likes watching movies, reading everything from literature to comics, playing video games, and yo-yo. He also enjoys spending time with his friends and two sisters, Raffaelina and Gabriella, and his mother, Constantina.
6 Tasfia Tasnim
Tasfia Tasnim is the daughter of Md. Zaherul Islam and Hasina Akhter. She is a native of Bangladesh, moving to the United States in 2009.
She will attend New York University School of Engineering with a concentration in Biomolecular Science in Engineering. She was offered a scholarship from the NYU Engineering Department as well as grants and other rewards.
Tasfia has consistently been in the First Honor Roll and completed Honors and Advanced Placement courses in United States History, European History, English Language and English Literature, Calculus, Chemistry, Physics, Psychology and Spanish Language. She received the AP Scholar Award, was named as the school winner for American Math Competition 12, named as a Questbridge College Prep Scholar, Questbridge College Match Finalist, and was inducted into the National Honor Society and World Language Honor Society.
She is president of the Science Club and Vice President of Interact. She was a member of Science Seminar, Science League, Math League, Academic Bowl, Spanish Club, Peer Leadership, Team Spirit, Karate League, Democratic Club, Economics Club and Indoor/ Outdoor Track. She won third place in the state in the Constitution Competition as a sophomore, and as a junior, advanced to the state competition for her National History Day research paper.
Tasfia is a four-time winner at the Hudson County Science Fair and was given a trip to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Phoenix. She received grants from the Young Science Achievers Program in her sophomore and senior year. She was also a part of the Junior Science Humanities Symposium, TSA tech bowl and TSA Teams. As a senior, she received an internship "Partners in Science" through Liberty Science Center.
Tasfia volunteered 120 hours at Liberty Science Center and served Thanksgiving dinner to senior citizens. She also volunteered for the Habitat for Humanity Walk, "Run Like Hell-th" 5K Run and Wellness Walk, Los Angeles Forensics Science Symposium, Pittsburgh Forensic Science Symposium, and the YUDA band leadership Program. She received the Rotary Youth Leadership Award and joined the RYLA youth program.
Tasfia enjoys painting, surfing the internet, and hanging out with friends.
7 Samantha Serrano
Samantha Serrano will attend George Washington University in the fall, majoring in political science; she plans to pursue a law degree.
She achieved First Honor Roll consistently. She took Advanced Placement courses in U.S. History, English Language and Composition, Government and Politics, European History, Psychology, and English Literature and Composition. She studied Spanish for four years, the last two in Honors Spanish. Samantha was inducted into the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society in her junior year.
In her senior year, she was elected president of the BHS Student Government. In her freshman year she was Homeroom Representative, sophomore year, RSVP Chairman, and junior year, Parliamentarian.
She was the New Jersey Board of Education Honoree for Academics and Leadership for Hudson County.
As a junior, Samantha was elected to the New Jersey Association of Student Councils (NJASC) where she served as the New Jersey State Treasurer. She attended three NJASC Leadership Training Conferences. As part of the NJASC Brooklawn Leadership Training Conference, she taught leadership skills to elementary school students and attended the National Association of Student Councils Conference in Las Vegas. In 2013, Samantha's state theme was selected as the winning entry by the NJASC: Jersey "STRONG"- Students That Represent Our Next Generation.
Throughout her junior and senior years, Samantha served as Chairman of Operation Playground to raise funds for a playground in Bayonne, dedicated to those who lost their lives in the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
In 2013, Samantha was the New Jersey State Award Winner and a national qualifier for the National History Day competition in Washington, D.C., in the Senior Essay Division for her paper titled Greensboro Four: Taking a seat in history.
In her sophomore year, Samantha was a team leader in the We the People Constitution Competition. She won second place in the Jeffersonian Democracy Essay Contest, sponsored by William Paterson University.
Samantha was selected as the Hugh O'Brien Youth Program (HOBY) BHS representative in her sophomore year and attended the HOBY Advanced Leadership Academy as a junior where she worked with Nice Shirts and Hearts nonprofits.
Samantha was involved in the Mock Trial (county champions 2013), BHS Ambassadors Club, Class Council Secretary, Polish Cultural Society, Cheerleading, Math League, Science League, and BEN-TV Club.
She was awarded the National United Choirs of the Polish National Church Music Scholarship and volunteers for the Cluster Soup Kitchen.
Samantha is the daughter of Susan Shelton and Carmelo Serrano.
8 Joseph Belmonte
Joseph Belmonte will attend Columbia University this fall. pursuing a degree in Civil Engineering.
He achieved First Honor Roll, is enrolled in the English and History Honors Program, and took Advanced Placement courses in English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, United States History, and European History. Joseph took Engineering courses and five years' worth of math. He took a combined Geometry/Algebra II Honors course as a freshman. During his junior year, Joseph was inducted into the National Honor Society and the Italian Language and Culture Honor Society.
During his sophomore year, he won the Abram Kartch Thomas Jefferson Lecture Series Essay Contest (hosted by William Paterson University), for his analysis on a lecture on "Thomas Jefferson and Democracy" given by Dr. Andrew Shankman. Joseph received a commendation from the Board of Education for this essay contest.
During his sophomore year, he participated in outdoor track. As a senior, Joseph was a member of the Polish Cultural Society, Middle Eastern Cultural Society, and the Parliamentarian of the Italian Club. He was Vice President of the Science Club and participated in the Federal Reserve Challenge, as part of the Economics Club. Joseph was a member of the Academic Challenge club for his junior and senior years, serving as the Captain for Team A during his senior year, as well as the SIC (Student in Charge) for the Academic Challenge Club.
Joseph enjoys reading science fiction, philosophy, historical fiction, and Russian literature. He He recently secured an internship at Silverman, a company that seeks to improve underdeveloped neighborhoods in Jersey City. He hopes to get part-time work at Silverman before taking a summer program at Columbia.
Joseph is the son of Francisco and Clara Belmonte, who are immigrants from Argentina.
9 Marina Bastawross
Marina Bastawross will attend Rutgers University on a scholarship where she will follow a pre-med curriculum.
She came to the United States during her freshman year and mastered English in a short time. She was a member of the Science League and was consistently on either the Principal's Honors or First Honor Roll. She participated in the American Mathematics Competition and has taken advanced placement and honors courses in chemistry and math.
She was very active in her church, volunteering in the summer camp as well as the scouting program. She also teaches a class in Bible study. She was nominated to receive a scholarship from the United States Achievement Academy. Marina enjoys reading and playing piano, violin, and volleyball. She is also interested in science research.
She is the daughter of George Bastawross Merhom and Ingiel Tadros.
10 Monica Soliman
Monica Soliman, the daughter of Adel Soliman and Jehan Ghobrial, was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt. In June of 2008, she immigrated to the United States. Two years later, she graduated as the salutatorian of her middle school. She attended Proyecto Science during her eighth grade year, freshman year, and sophomore year of high school. She graduated from Proyecto Science as one of the top five students in her class.
Monica received first honor roll all four years, taking the most rigorous Advanced Placement courses. During her freshman and sophomore years, she was involved in Science Seminar in which she had to do science projects at Liberty Science Center. She also worked at a professional lab at the The New Jersey Institute of Technology. Monica joined the Science League, Math League, Karate League, Chess Club, Spanish Club, Spirit Club, Peer Leadership, Christian Club, and Middle Eastern Cultural Society. She was a member of the National Honor Society and World Language Honor Society. In the fall, Monica will attend Rutgers University as a Biological Science major. She plans on becoming a neonatologist.
Monica enjoys listening to music, biking, and spending time with her family and best friend.
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Putting PCI Into PracticeBy Ericka Chickowski | Posted 2008-01-30 Print
Remember the TJX customer-data debacle? 94 million credit cards were stolen by hackers. PCI—the payment card industry's security standard—could have minimized the damage. Comply now or repeat the retailer's record-setting breach.
Putting PCI Into Practice
While it is unclear how much it would have cost
PCI isn't a radical reinvention of security schema; rather, it's a codification of security best practices, many of which should be used regularly by organizations of any stature. The dozen PCI requirements include such standard security practices as installing and maintaining a firewall, encrypting credit card data when transmitted over public networks, restricting access to sensitive data, routinely testing security measures, and installing and regularly updating antivirus software (see "PCI Toolbox," p.33).
PCI costs are heavily reliant on the security measures already in place before compliance efforts begin. Gartner estimates that Level 1 merchants—those processing more than six million credit card transactions a year—have spent about $568,000 on average to meet PCI standards (for more on PCI levels, see "PCI's Big Umbrella," p.32). Javelin estimates that 30 percent to 40 percent of PCI compliance spending is dedicated to reprocessing and re-engineering a merchant's security infrastructure and determining where sensitive data is being stored. Documenting compliance efforts and security measures alone consume much of the cost.
"If you have a basic information security program in place, broadly speaking, you're following what PCI says you ought to be doing, because you've got [a set] of good procedures," says Michael Barrett, chief information security officer at online payment service PayPal, a division of eBay. "Passing PCI is mostly a question of demonstrating compliance. So it's mostly fishing out documentation and making sure that when your operations people run quarterly scans, they keep those logs so you can later show them to the auditors."
This was the case for Hughes Network Systems, which acts as a managed-services provider for BP Corp. North America, Blockbuster, Yum! Brands and other major merchant brands. Hughes' clients demanded the provider adopt PCI standards to ensure their own compliance. Much of Hughes' security infrastructure was already compliant, but certain tweaks needed to be made with transport encryption over untrusted, public networks, says Matt Kenyon, the company's senior director of network operations and security.
"From the main front-door security, if you will, it didn't change much," Kenyon says. "But PCI has some specific mandates about encryption on the actual transport. So we added some new architectures to put further encryption on top of what we already had, and on our base transport, to get up to spec on compliance."
Beyond that, the most resource-intensive part of complying was getting ready for the auditors, a process for which Hughes enlisted the help of
"We already had documents and policies and procedures," Kenyon says, "but in order to get through the PCI compliance, what
Even with security methods already in place, many organizations have still needed to make major infrastructure changes to meet specific PCI standards. For example, Bwin, a European gambling site, had to rebuild its payment infrastructure to more cleanly organize and segment it from the rest of Bwin's systems. It was an intensive 10-month process.
"We took the whole payment infrastructure out of the Bwin infrastructure and rebuilt it," says Oliver Eckel, Bwin's head of corporate security. "The big challenge was to do it in a PCI-compliant way, which basically was a really big task on the documentation side."
Of course, department stores, restaurants and e-commerce portals are affected by PCI compliance requirements. Also under the PCI umbrella are movie theaters, sports stadiums, museums and hospitals. Even an organization such as the National Aquarium in
"The benefit of PCI is that it usually helps in freeing up dollars for what were perceived as risk points that you couldn't necessarily get the budget for in the past," says Hans Keller, the aquarium's chief technical officer.
Prior to getting a call from the bank about PCI, Keller and his staff had been hoping to pick up a security information management system to fill in some holes within the aquarium's security program, but they couldn't convince management to allocate the cash. PCI changed the situation, and now the organization is running the TriGeo Information Manager System, which greatly aided its compliance effort.
"When you look at the PCI standards, for the most part 90 percent of those things are things that companies should be doing anyway," Keller says. "Most of the areas we were already fairly well compliant with, but there were six or seven areas where we weren't compliant, and TriGeo perfectly plugged all those holes."
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Una Siljegovic appeared in 21 matches, earning 10 starts as a junior ... finished fifth on the team with 147 kills and was third averaging 2.49 kills per set ... finished the season with seven aces (0.12 saps), 67 digs (1.14 dps) and 13 blocks (0.22 bps) ... had at least 10 kills in five of the final 11 matches of the season ... pounded a season-high 16 kills to go with six digs and two blocks in CSUN's 3-1 win at UC Riverside (Nov. 5) ... notched seven kills and a season-high 10 digs at Long Beach State (Nov. 11) ... had her first double figure kill effort (15) of the season while hitting .343 in the Matadors five-set win over UC Irvine (Oct. 16).
Siljegovic spent two seasons at Moorpark College in Moorpark, Calif. ... was a first team All-Western State Conference selection both seasons and earned league MVP honors as a sophomore ... the Raiders won conference championships in both 2008-09 and 2009-10 ... earned her associate of arts degree in 2010 with a 3.2 grade point average.
Prepped at Royal High School in Simi Valley, Calif. ... earned team MVP honors and was a three-time first team All-Marmonte League selection ... graduated in 2008 with a 3.2 grade point average.
Born August 27, 1990 in Belgrade, Serbia ... parents are Danka and Gordan ... has one sister, Nevena who played volleyball at USC and plays professionally in France ... her father played for the former Yugoslavia national team ... enjoys going to the beach in her spare time ... says she would "go all around Europe" if she had a million dollars ... major is Communications.