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The political effect of Obama's decision to withhold Bin Laden death photos over fear of foreign reaction
President Obama, who recently expressed uncomprehending bemusement that a desire by some in the public to see his sealed birth certificate would endure and distract debate for four years, has decided to seal the post-mortem photos of the world's most wanted murderer, Osama bin Laden.
The president, who has seen the graphic photos, likened their once-promised release to spiking the football after a touchdown. In a taped interview with CBS News, which itself will not be released until network broadcast in four days, Obama reportedly said, "That's not who we are."
The Democrat suggested the world should take his word that it really was Bin Laden who was fatally shot in an early morning SEAL raid on his comfortable living compound in Pakistan after a 10-year manhunt.
Bin Laden was the mastermind of numerous deadly terrorism assaults on Americans and others, including the bombing of the destroyer Cole and the 9/11 attacks that produced so many graphic images of the deaths of nearly 3,000 people.
Obama, who once bragged that his administration would be the most transparent in American history, said he had all the proof necessary to convince him it was the real Bin Laden who was shot in the chest and forehead after maybe or maybe not being given an opportunity to surrender in his bedroom early Monday morning Pakistan time.
"We don't think that a photograph in and of itself is going to make any difference," the chief executive is reported to say.
The presumed reason is fear of inflaming Islamic jihadists over their leader's violent demise and the hope that maybe perhaps they might relent in their so far relentless war on nonbelievers.
Obama, however, reveals an unusual priority in the interview: He says there is no doubt of Bin Laden's death among the Saudi's followers.
Who was concerned about that?
In the leaked interview portion, Obama does not mention the concerns of his own countrymen, who saw countless gruesome photographs of deaths on 9/11. Obama's profound primary concern seems to be to ameliorate reactions among a foreign audience of terror extremists. To minimize public criticism at home, Obama's team has shown the allegedly secret photos to members of Congress, presumably grownups.
Start the timers on how long until an alleged death photo appears somewhere.
The decision to withhold photographic proof was only the latest flipflop by the Democrat's administration in what has become a constantly changing story of the precise SEAL raid, and Bin Laden's demise and the disposal of his body, as detailed here earlier Wedne sday morning.
Late Tuesday Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA and future secretary of Defense, said he was sure the photos would ultimately be released.
However, in a less-than-shocking claim Wednesday, Obama said that now all of his subordinates agree with his decision to keep the photos secret.
Although he made no reference to consulting other governments, such as friendly but nervous Muslim regimes in the Middle East, Obama may also have sought and received advice from them to withhold the photos as inflammatory. But Obama does not wish to appear back home to be abiding by the secrecy suggestions of governments he's been so publicly and constantly lecturing about democracy and openness.
Obama also says that Bin Laden received the justice he deserved.
This Obama decision, like so many others, including his vow to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility is, of course, subject to impatient reversal over time.
Politically, it will certainly prove difficult for Obama to sustain at home, where critics have long suggested he's too often an apologist abroad for his own nation. Whatever Obama's real motives, his publicly expressed ones appear to put fears of adverse foreign reactions ahead of his countrymen's reactions over a thwarted desire for closure by seeing the ultimate modern villain dead after losing so many American lives to Bin Laden and his hench-persons.
If there was any doubt about the pent-up nature of these emotions, they were killed Sunday night when so many spontaneous jubilant public celebrations broke out in this country over Obama's announcement of Bin Laden's death.
These street demonstrations involving flag waving, cheering and group sings of the "Star-Spangled Banner" occurred, among other places, in front of the White House, in New York's Times Square and, most symbolically, at ground zero in Lower Manhattan.
As it happens, Obama will travel there Thursday as part of his Bin Laden victory lap, which will now most likely include the first of many explanations over a silly photograph he's decided to keep secret.
On the other hand, 552 days before the presidential election, if political critics are discussing a secret photo, they're not talking of unemployment or amazingly high gas prices.
Which can't be sealed by this president.
Osama bin Laden's death: Clarifying the Obama administration's cnoufison and missteaks
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The death of Osama bin Laden: Statements by two presidents who hunted him
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Early Literacy
"You don't need to be an early childhood literacy expert to help your son or daughter become a strong reader and writer. A few basic ideas and activities pursued diligently will pay big dividends and set your child on the road to full literacy."
Read to your child daily. The single most important and helpful thing you can do is set aside 20 minutes or more regularly.
Talk to your child. Engage your child in conversation and ask lots of questions.
Limit TV Time. Television distracts children from play and interaction with others.
Choose Activities that Build Background Knowledge. Every activity you do with your child is an opportunity to build knowledge, vocabulary, and language skill.
Be a Reader, Raise a Reader. The more books in the home, the better. Demonstrate by example the importance of literacy in your life.
Source: Hirsch, Jr., E.D. (2013) What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know. New York, NY. Bantam Books.
What is Early Literacy?
Early literacy does not mean early reading instruction or teaching babies to read; it is the natural development of skills through the enjoyment of books, the importance of positive interactions between babies and parents, and the critical role of literacy-rich experiences.
Literacy development begins at birth and is closely linked to a baby's earliest experiences with books and stories. Babies learn language through social literacy experiences – parents interacting with them using books. These experiences also serve to associate books with parental affection, attention, and approval.
Read more about Early Literacy.
Giving Young Children the Tools to Become Successful Readers
Studies have shown that families who start reading aloud to their children at birth help to strengthen their language skills and build their vocabulary – two important tools for beginning to learn to read when they enter kindergarten.
How does the 1,000 Books program work?
Read a book (any book) to your newborn, infant, toddler, and/or preschooler. The program is self-paced and can take a few months to a few years, depending on how often you read together. The goal is to have read 1,000 books (yes, you can repeat books) before your child starts kindergarten.
How do I sign-up?
Register in the children's room and receive a free Early Literacy folder. Keep track of books on a fun log as you read them, and receive prizes when you reach milestones along the way. (100, 250, 500, 750, 1,000 books.)
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is made possible through the generous support of the Friends of the Bronxville Public Library.

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Supports multi-room wireless audio streaming. Clean, lossless-level sound quality. Useful built-in amplifier. Reliable streaming even in crowded Wi-Fi spaces. Smooth iOS and Android app interfaces.
Expensive. Requires NuVo GW100 hardware gateway for wireless streaming; otherwise it only works via Ethernet. Complex setup. No Spotify support. Tricky volume buttons.
Bottom Line
The NuVo P200 Wireless Player brings reliable, multi-room, audiophile-quality wireless streaming to your home audio system. It also doubles as a powerful stereo amplifier, but the system doesn't come cheap.
NuVo's new Wireless Audio System delivers streaming audio anywhere in your home—even to multiple rooms simultaneously. The P200 ($599 list), the company's wireless stereo amplifier and media hub, supports dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi and MIMO for truly reliable performance, and is capable of transmitting up to 16 simultaneous streams at 600Kbps each. It's also a stereo amplifier, giving you the ability to hook up any pair of passive speakers that could very well sound much better than any AirPlay or Bluetooth speaker.
Used as intended—in multiple rooms, with the GW100 Gateway (which is required for wireless use), multiple P200s, and multiple sets of speakers—the whole system is very expensive for the average music listener, and it has a few issues as well. But if you're an audio component fan interested in top-quality wireless streaming throughout your home, and you have the means, read on.
Design, Amplifier, and Main Setup
The NuVo P200 measures 1.65 by 9.02 by 5.0 inches (HWD) and weighs 2.5 pounds. It's made entirely of black plastic, with a vertically curved edge on one side and a horizontally curved edge on the other. The front panel is clean save for four capacitive buttons, which control volume, muting, and Bluetooth functions, plus a combination power and status LED. The back panel houses standard-size 3.5mm input and output jacks, a 3.5mm setup mic port that the manual says is for "future use" only, and four gold 5-way binding posts for connecting speakers. There are also USB 2.0 and Ethernet ports, plus a hardware power switch that, thankfully, doesn't send a loud thump through your speakers when you switch it on.
Inside is a 60-watt-per-channel stereo amplifier that works with 8 ohm and 4 ohm passive speakers. There's Audyssey-powered dynamic volume processing onboard for balancing day and night listening at lower levels, as well as bass and treble adjustments with 12 dB of range in either direction. I tested the P200 with a pair of Klipsch HD Theater 600 satellites and their companion 100-watt, 8-inch powered subwoofer. I hooked up the satellites to the P200 via its five-way binding posts, and then used a 6-foot stereo Y-cable (which is not included) to connect the stereo 3.5mm mini-jack line out on the P200 to the pair of stereo RCA inputs on the powered subwoofer.
The setup process is a little confusing. First, you hook up your speakers, plug the P200 into the wall, download the NuVo Player iOS or Android app on your mobile device, and follow the on-screen instructions. From the app, you can begin setup of a new system or join an existing system you're expanding.
Unfortunately, while the P200 supports Wi-Fi, you need the $199 NuVo GW100 Gateway in order to use the P200 wirelessly. Otherwise, you must use the included Ethernet port and connect it to your router. I tested the P200 with the GW100, which came with no instructions. Basically, you just connect the main port (not one of the four LAN ports) to an existing free port on your router with the included Ethernet cable. The app found it immediately. Next, I powered on the P200, waited for the solid green LED light indicating ready status, and then tapped Next in the app. Then I paired the P200 with the GW100 by holding down the Volume Up and Mute buttons as indicated. From there, I was off and running.
Sound Quality and Music Source Setup
As a general rule, sound quality from the built-in amplifier was uniformly excellent, with a clear soundstage and plenty of gain. I wouldn't have any reservations about powering a full-range pair of floorstanding speakers with the P200. That said, audiophiles may wish to bypass the P200's internal amp and employ the line out for use with an external integrated amplifier or preamp/amp combo. Even better, I didn't experience any audio dropouts while sharing music from a variety of sources, even on our extremely saturated PCMag Labs Wi-Fi networks.
The real purpose of the NuVo system is to enable multi-room wireless streaming, and with multiple sources of music. For that, you may find that a single P200 isn't enough; you can put one in each room, along with an appropriately sized set of speakers, and then control the whole shebang using the app's visual interface. This is the kind of setup where the NuVo system excels, thanks to its reliable wireless performance.
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10: Greatest
Scripture Lesson: Luke 9:46-48
In the 1984 Hall of Fame voting, Luis Aparicio, Don Drysdale, and
Harmon Killebrew were chosen for baseball's highest honor. Killebrew, who died
in 2011, is known as the Minnesota Twins greatest player. He hit 573 HRs, drove
in 1,584 runs, and got 2,086 hits. Not only was Killebrew great on the field,
he highly respected off the field, respected by teammates and opponents alike
as one of the greatest men ever to have played the game. His number 3 was
retired by the Twins.
Our Scripture lesson today deals with an argument that had broken
out among the disciples. They were arguing about which one of them was going to
be the greatest. Jesus knew what was in their hearts. So as he often did, Jesus
used an object lesson to teach them. He took a little child and had the boy
stand beside Him. Jesus told the disciples that whoever welcomes this child,
welcomes me. The least among you will be the greatest, he said. True greatness
comes from humility and being a servant. One of the things often said about Harmon
Killebrew is that he was always willing to help. Greatness is not about what we
amass, it is about what we give away by becoming like one of the "least of
these." I don't know about you, but I would be happier to be seen as great in
the eyes of Jesus than in what this world perceives as greatness!
Jesus describe us as being great in His eyes? Why or why not?
does being like a little child have to do with greatness?
How can
we be great in the eyes of Jesus today?
It is very easy to get caught up in what this world deems to be
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Mad Men Q&A – Maggie Siff (Rachel Menken)
Maggie Siff, who plays Rachel Menken on AMC's Mad Men, talks about Rachel and Don's compatibility and returning to the show in little more than a chinchilla coat for Episode 708.
Q: It's been a while since Rachel uttered the words to Don: "This was a dalliance, a cheap affair. You don't want to run away with me; you just want to run away." Were you surprised she didn't go with Don back in Episode 112?
A: I think Matt [Weiner] really honored her integrity when he wrote that scene. I wasn't exactly surprised because I knew that the arc of the character was one season. I think she really sees something about Don that she didn't see before and she can't live with it. If she was a little bit weaker within herself, she might have stayed, but [Matt] really honored her strength of character in that moment.
Q: You've talked about keeping up with the show after you left. Have you had any revelations about Don and Rachel's relationship since appearing on the show — things that you may not have realized at the time?
A: At the time, I knew — in terms of the arc of the series — Don Draper would have a lot of women to burn through, so I was curious to see what his trajectory would be in terms of his extramarital relationships and how things would transpire with Betty. I actually have found myself to be very surprised at all the twists and turns and people he's turned to. Looking back on it, I feel like Rachel was really a match for him in terms of strength. I felt that then as well, but it still feels true.
Q: Don has certainly had his share of love interests over the years. What makes Rachel different?
A: They're all so different from each other, which is one of the interesting things about the series. I think one of the things Don and Rachel shared was that they both felt like outsiders in different ways. In that first season, his whole being was still in hiding and he was holding on to this deep secret about his past and who he was. He was working dual identities. Rachel – being Jewish in a certain time and place where there was a lot of anti-Semitism and also a female entrepreneur – handled a lot of racism and sexism. They sniffed something in each other. They had a feeling for each other about their outsider status. That was their hook. In a sense, that's what makes their relationship unique.
Q: How and when did you find out that Rachel would be coming back for another appearance? Were you surprised?
A: I was delighted when I heard the news. I guess I thought it was a possibility, but I didn't expect to come back. I love the character so much and I was curious about where she was. I learned I would come back a little more than a year ago. They called and said they wanted me for specific dates, and those dates were very close to my due date — I was very, very pregnant. I talked to Matt and Scott Hornbacher, who directed the episode, and they actually thought it would be interesting, but their production dates got pushed, so we ended up shooting it a couple of months after I gave birth.
Q: In Season 1, Rachel had a killer wardrobe. Did you have any favorite pieces?
A: Those were actually all vintage items that [Costume Designer] Janie Bryant found. Rachel had a pink suit with a feather hat that I thought was really beautiful. There was also a leopard print suit that Janie put me in. I was like, "Are you sure about this?" and I grew to love it. It was a real collaboration with Janie in terms of trusting her and learning how to wear the clothes. Rachel's sense of fashion is so forward.
Q: Speaking of wardrobe, what was it like being back on set in little more than a chinchilla coat?
A: [Laughs] I had given birth not long before, so I was a little bit daunted, but I really do trust Janie and Matt. I think we all did a fine job of making it work. Plus, the coat was amazing!
Q: No doubt, a lot has changed since you were last on the show. Is there anything from your experience on set that was still the same?
A: It all felt deeply familiar. A lot had changed – everyone's hair looked different – but it was the same people, same personalities and the same smell of stale fake cigarettes everywhere. It was a real feeling of family that was nice to walk back into.
Q: Are you recognized as Rachel when you're out in public?
A: I do sometimes get recognized, but that was a long time ago. The thing is, you're so transformed by all of that hair and makeup. When I was on Sons of Anarchy, there was a period where I would try to guess which [show's] character fans were going to approach me as. [Laughs]
Q: Do you still keep in contact with any of your Mad Men cast mates?
A: I email occasionally with different people and I stayed in touch over the years. I'm still pretty close with Michael Gladis.
Q: Any big plans for the Mad Men series finale?
A: Not as of yet. It is bittersweet and there's just a few more episodes left, but I'm very curious. I'll definitely be watching!
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Beruff's development plan ignores mangrove damage
Our County Planning Commission has been fooled with their eyes open by developer Carlos Beruff and the latest iteration of his Long Bar Pointe development plan.
The commission narrowly approved a general development plan for the land-based portion of the development. Not included in the plan was a mile-long seawall and an 8-foot-deep channel stretching the same mile through what is now undisturbed mangroves. How can the planning process not look at the entire project, when the most significant portion, causing extensive disturbance in the mangroves, has been left out?
Beruff is manipulating the planning process and will be laughing all the way to the bank if he succeeds, while Sarasota Bay and its recovering ecosystem pays the price. I implore our county commissioners to wake up and smell the deception underfoot!
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When Police Shoot: A Dialogue on the Use of Force
On Wednesday December 3, the National Law Enforcement Museum and The Memorial Foundation, builders of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, hosted the Museum's inaugural Conversations on Law Enforcement panel discussion entitled When Police Shoot: A Dialogue on the Use of Force at the US Navy Memorial's Burke Theater. The event provided an opportunity for a national discussion on police training and procedure, and the use of force.
Craig Floyd, Chairman & CEO of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, kicked off the event by welcoming the nearly 150 guests in attendance, and thanking the event's sponsor, Target®, and co-host, Harry Johnson, President & CEO of The Memorial Foundation, Builders of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. Mr. Johnson briefly spoke about the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington, DC, and encouraged the panelists, audience and general public to bring forth the four tenants of the Memorial: justice, hope, love and democracy.
Panelists for this event included DeKalb County (GA) Chief of Police and the President of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) Cedric L. Alexander, PhD, and former Cincinnati (OH) Chief of Police Thomas Streicher, Jr., and Reverend Tom Watson, Chief minister of Watson Memorial Training Ministry in New Orleans, LA. The event was moderated by cultural and political affairs commentator and former BET television host Jeff Johnson.
Mr. Johnson led an in-depth discussion on the use of force by police officers and the concept of community policing. Dr. Alexander and Chief Streicher drew from their decades of police experience to help the audience understand the complex decision-making process required for officers to do their job.
The panelists agreed that police officers need to deal with biases by addressing them through training and getting to know the communities they serve. "The philosophy of community policing," noted Dr. Alexander, "needs to become a part of police culture, but it is a dual responsibility," the community also needs to engage with their local agency.
Reverend Watson shared anecdotes about his experiences with law enforcement, and his perspective on what police officers can do to foster a greater sense of trust between themselves and their communities. He made the point that "If connection is going to happen between communities, it must be from the bottom up. It can't be from the top down." To achieve this, he encouraged the development of a dialogue between the community and law enforcement, ensuring that everyone's voice is heard.
The Museum's Conversations on Law Enforcement program—generously funded by Target®—is an extension of the Museum's popular Witness to History program. These new events will focus on contemporary issues that affect law enforcement officers and the communities they serve.
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One of the pleasures when exploring Americana music is the background, circumstances, belief and passion that surrounds many of the recordings. While essentially the 42 minutes playing time of ATLANTIC by Ben Glover is what fundamentally matters, this record is so much more enjoyable when savoured by understanding its spirit, drivers and desire to drill to the very core of its influences. First and foremost Ben is a proud Northern Irishman but his passion to explore the connectivity with the musical soul of his homeland and that of the US southern states has led to a collection of songs strong in sense of direction and fertile in the sound of its objectives.
Ben has had some success in connecting with a wider UK audience via his association with Mary Gauthier and Gretchen Peters and unsurprisingly both have lent a hand in the compilation of this sincere and scintillating album. Mary and Ben co-wrote the record's standout song 'Oh Soul' and this redemptive masterpiece intrinsically linking itself with the life and death of Robert Johnson shivers your senses for its near 5 minute duration. Ben's recorded version joins Mary's one from her excellent new album TROUBLE AND LOVE and it's made perfect for a duet when the pair tour together this autumn. On the subject of duets, Gretchen went one step further with her co-write 'Blackbird' and the album is enriched by Ben and herself sharing vocals on this stunning and quintessential murder ballad.
The press blurb for ATLANTIC was far from laden with superlatives, just explaining the context of the release and for once acted as the perfect accompaniment for listening to the album. For the record, Ben has spent a number of years living in Nashville and in pursuit of his deeper understanding of roots music has travelled deep into the fields of inspiration. However the calling was to return home, assemble a bunch of likeminded musicians, strip away the layers of production and seek the reasons why the Atlantic divide might be lengthy in miles but much, much shorter in terms of musical heritage.
Along with Mary and Gretchen, Ben has shared the writing duties with acclaimed American troubadour Rod Picott on album opener 'This World is a Dangerous Place' where deep ingrained vocals reflect the perils of life. Ben's other writing collaborator is producer Neilson Hubbard who has been present on his three previous albums. The careful assortment of instrumentation represents the finest sounds you would expect on a roots driven Americana recording with perhaps only fiddle missing but the dual steel input of pedal and lap fuse perfectly between the ideal mix of electric and acoustic guitar.
It would be remiss to not include a sad country song in this journey of discovery and 'True Love's Breaking My Heart' fits the bill neatly and rather effectively with a waltz-like back beat. The big river was never going to be left out and Gretchen Peters once again lends her vocals this time to the graceful ballad 'The Mississippi Turns Blue'. This track would not be out of place on Rosanne Cash's epic album THE RIVER AND THE THREAD and that is no faint compliment. A gospel feel adorns the track 'Take and Pay', while homeland sentiments fuel the jaunty number 'Sing a Song Boys' and go a long way to linking the two lands inspiring the project.
Either side of this spark of gaiety, Ben once again gets in deep sombre exploratory mood with the solemn 'How Much Longer Can We Bend' and the philosophical album closer 'New Year's Day'. The two remaining tracks are more upbeat with the soulful rocker 'Too Long Gone' sang with aggression while the excellently written reflective song 'Prisoner' begs for forgiveness and namechecks the legendary Highway 61.
In writing, recording and releasing ATLANTIC, Ben Glover has made great inroads in realising his objective of delving into the spirit of the two lands close to his heart. Ultimately the pleasure is in the listening and all the better if you buy into the ideals.


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Forget that Ella Rose has departed into another life, check out the new girl WARREN.
With this transition of persona came a new sound and image.
She recently released her EP 'That Girl'. Although we've been digging to this artist since releasing two of her one off tracks 'XOXO' and 'Demons'. The singer-songwriter and producer is gradually making her way up into the music scene. She holds her own show throughout the year showcasing a host of other acts as well as her own. The new sound got her noticed by BBC Introducing and her recent piece of work has gained her a new host of fans.
To celebrate the first release of work, NWD chat with the artist as she reveals the reason for her persona transition, her new EP and whether she'll be performing at this years festival.
Music lover around the world, this is the new girl in London town.
- Who is Warren?
Warren is a London female singer – songwriter and producer. Warren is an inner voice. For me right now that means truth, strength and courage. Warren can be whatever you want her to be.
(Warren was also the name of my Granddad, so that's where the name came from.)
- Is it true that you used to have an artist persona formerly known as Ella Rose?
Haha I love the way you used the phrase 'artist persona'… I'm all about artists that completely embody an alter ego. But in reality, my birth name is Ella Rose, and when I first started out, I'd use that — at the time I was still experimenting and developing as an artist.
- What made you make the music transition from Rose to Warren?
Once I'd stopped experimenting and found my sound, I decided to draw a line and give myself a fresh start. I guess this all happened when I started producing my own beats. I'd go into sessions to write with producers & show them demos that I'd made in my bedroom… It got to the point where they'd turn around & tell me that I didn't really need a producer because I'd pretty much made the beat myself. So, I started producing my own songs, and found it gave them a sound that was kind of my own unique blend of influences. Transitioning to Warren was the point where I really started to feel confident and excited about what I was making so I felt like it deserved a sort of 're-birth'.
- From a musical perspective, how is Warren different from Ella Rose?
Warren's sound is definitely darker than Ella Rose. The music I tend to produce definitely borrows influences from Grime and Trap; so using my own instrumentals started shaping my music in a new direction.
- Describe music in three words.
Life, vibes and free.
- How would you describe the sound on your new EP 'That Girl.'
'That Girl' is a self-penned and produced introduction to Warren – a blend of nostalgic R&B, dark nocturnal beats, topped with hooky top lines and an unmistakable UK undertone.
- You made your debut last year with two tracks 'XOXO' and 'Demons'; with 'Demons' on your recently released EP 'That Girl EP'. Can you give viewers insight into your first release and piece of work?
For the past year I've been in the studio writing, producing and recording a whole load of material. After the release and initial support of 'Demons', I felt like it was time to put out an EP of songs for those who have supported me since the beginning. It's a labour of love, from the first note sung to the artwork.
- a) Is your EP the shadow of (possibly) an album?
I'd love to put out an album, but in the near future I think it will be more like a mix tape… I've been producing a lot for other up and coming Artists, so you can definitely expect to hear some collaborations & features on other projects being released very soon!
b) When can we expect your first music video?
Keep your eyes peeled for my first video, which will be released in the next couple months…
- You've gained airplay from BBC Introducing. How does to feel to receive massive support in the early days of your career?
It was so incredible to get support from BBC Introducing with 'Demons'. I wrote the song about overcoming personal demons and finding internal strength, so to have support on that particular song meant a lot.
Hearing it played on radio for the first time was something I'd dreamed about forever, so I was just screaming and dancing and being all kinds of crazy at the time.
- What's your take on the UK music industry? As it's definitely gaining interest with its international breakthroughs with Grime, Afrobeats, British soul and alternative pop.
At the moment I think the UK has some of the most exciting new music. The DIY culture here is stronger than ever which means new artists pop up every day. Grime's international break though has meant huge things for our scene, and it feels like finally UK artists are getting the kudos they have deserved for so long. It's like a creative melting pot here and there really aren't any rules, I love it!
- You held your own show with a host of supporting acts: Jay Dako, Jessica Morgan and Connor Seven. Will you be organising another headline gig to celebrate you EP release?
I'll be announcing some live dates for May where I'll be playing the EP. I'd love to put on more events in the future, but for now maybe I'll throw a party- obviously you're all invited.
- Are you planning to perform at a couple of festivals this year?
(Still in the process of being confirmed TBA)
- Where can your new fans find out more about you?
Come say hello to me at one of my shows. Or find me on any of my socials @thatgirlwarren. You can also ask me anything and get in touch via my website www.thatgirlwarren.com.
'That Girl' is available to stream and purchase now across major digital music platforms.


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Apologies if you have came to this post expecting pom-poms, a ra-ra skirt and some 'GO TEAM' chants. Today I am discussing support and why we should not be afraid to be each other's biggest cheerleaders...
When I first came in to this whole blogging world madness I was overwhelmed with all the support that I witnessed bloggers giving each other. Seeing strangers comment on each others writing, photography, make-up skills and personal style was so pleasing to see and really warmed my heart. I suppose you never know what kind of day someone may be having, and such a comment could really turn their whole mood around; I know that this has certainly been my case sometimes, especially recently. It is a community where you can feel safe and you know that there is always someone on the end of a tweet to help you out if needs be; Whether it be something personal, or blog related.
I think the turning point was when the whole 'Guru Gossiper' reveals came about, where profiles were found to be held by some bloggers in the community. People began to feel betrayed by people they considered as friends and I can't begin to imagine how awful it must have been to witness negative and downright hurtful comments being wrote about not only your blog, but you as a person. It really made me angry that people felt like they could say such things and get away with it - Like most I am firmly against online trolling, whether anonymous or not it is a cowardly thing to do and whatever we can do to combat it must be done.
Although I have definitely seen a more positive vibe amongst the community, I really think that we can strive for better. Now is the time to take a stand and be each other's biggest cheerleaders by supporting one another's endeavours, choices and opportunities. It is far too often I see bloggers being offered amazing opportunities and people are quick to shoot them down and attack them for it. It's easy and very natural to become jealous of people in this industry (and life in general!), but voicing it in a negative manner is really unfair and can turn bitter. Take that jealousy and turn it into something positive and reflect it on yourself to make you want and aspire to improve.
This is not just limited to the blogging world either, it transfers into general 'real time' life too. Girls have been brought up in this day's society to be each other's enemy and raised to be in competition with each other but that just not how it goes. We are all in this race together and if you feel like it isn't happening for you right now, it is! It's just happening in a very different way and your time to shine that little bit brighter will come too. For now, be patient, be kind and reap the benefits of having good karma.
Take this opportunity to go and compliment one of your friends, or even better, someone you are not particularly close to! Or maybe go and spread some love on some of your favorite blogs, remind them how fabulous they are, CHEERLEAD for them! A great video to watch, which kind of has a similar message to this, is this one by Meg, Laura and Emma. Let me know your thoughts on this down below, do you think you could do better to support others?
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The Ego and its Own
by Max Stirner
The seminal defence of individualism, coloured the thinking of Nietzsche, Ernst, Ibsen and Serge, among many others, some of whom would vigorously deny any such influence in later years. Less reticent was Marcel Duchamp, who described Max Stirner as the philosopher most important to his work.
Challenging the religious, philosophical and political constraints on personal freedom, Stirner criticises all doctrines and beliefs that place the interests of Good, the state, humanity or society over those of the individual. Anticipating the later work of the nihilists, existentialists and anarchists, The Ego and His Own upholds personal autonomy against all that might oppose it.
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (2016)
Michael Nyman (b. 1944)
Libretto by Oliver Sacks, Christopher Rawlence, and Michael Morris
after The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat (1985) by Oliver Sacks
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Nashville Opera
John Hoomes, stage director
Dean Williamson, musical director
Matthew Treviño, Dr. P (Bass)
Rebecca Sjöwall, Mrs. P (Soprano)
Ryan MacPherson, Neurologist (Tenor)
Dave Davidson, principal violin
Conni Ellisor, second violin
Simona Rusu, viola
Michael Samis, principal cello
Mary Alice Hoepfinger, harp
Amy Tate Williams, piano
Karen L. Haas, page turner
Pamela Sixfin, orchestra contractor
The Nashville Opera Orchestra musicians are members of the American Federation of Musicians Local 257.
Recorded at Ocean Way Nashville, May 2014
John Hoomes and Noah E. Spiegel, executive producers
Pat McMakin and Dean Williamson, producers
Pat McMakin, recording and mixing engineer
Joe Palmaccio, mastering engineer
Publisher: Chester Music Ltd.
Liner notes: John Hoomes and Noah E. Spiegel
Cover photograph: Reed Hummell
Michael Nyman's one-act chamber opera The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat takes as its subject Dr. P, a man suffering from visual agnosia, or "mental blindness," and is adapted from the neurological study in the book of the same name by Oliver Sacks. For Nyman, Dr. P "requires music as a lifeline, cue, clue, cure," living as he does in a world lacking visual meaning. It is through his musical gifts that Dr. P reclaims meaning from chaos, Nyman's tautly conceived masterpiece providing a perfect medium through which the moving drama can be explored.


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The Dell Story: lesson for HRM 400
What You Don't Know About Dell
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of the best-run company in technology
A Business Week article
A look at the management secrets
of the best-run company in technology
A Business Week article
When Dell CEO Michael S. Dell and President Kevin B. Rollins met privately in the fall of 2001, they felt confident that the company was recovering from the global crash in PC sales. Their own personal performance, however, was another matter. Internal interviews revealed that subordinates thought Dell, 38, was impersonal and emotionally detached, while Rollins, 50, was seen as autocratic and antagonistic. Few felt strong loyalty to the company's leaders. Worse, the discontent was spreading: A survey taken over the summer, following the company's first-ever mass layoffs, found that half of Dell Inc.'s (DELL ) employees would leave if they got the chance.
What happened next says much about why Dell is the best-managed company in technology. At other industry giants, the CEO and his chief sidekick might have shrugged off the criticism or let the issue slide. Not at Dell. Fearing an exodus of talent, the two execs focused on the gripes. Within a week, Dell faced his top 20 managers and offered a frank self-critique, acknowledging that he is hugely shy and that it sometimes made him seem aloof and unapproachable. He vowed to forge tighter bonds with his team. Some in the room were shocked. They knew personality tests given to key execs had repeatedly shown Dell to be an "off-the-charts introvert," and such an admission from him had to have been painful. "It was powerful stuff," says Brian Wood, the head of public-sector sales for the Americas. "You could tell it wasn't easy for him."
Michael Dell didn't stop there. Days later, they began showing a videotape of his talk to every manager in the company -- several thousand people. Then Dell and Rollins adopted desktop props to help them do what didn't come naturally. A plastic bulldozer cautioned Dell not to ram through ideas without including others, and a Curious George doll encouraged Rollins to listen to his team before making up his mind.
To some, the way Michael Dell handled sagging morale might seem like another tale of feel-good management. But to those inside the company, it epitomizes how this Round Rock (Tex.) computer maker has transformed itself from a no-name PC player into a powerhouse brand. Sure, Dell is the master at selling direct, bypassing middlemen to deliver PCs cheaper than any of its rivals. And few would quarrel that it's the model of efficiency, with a far-flung supply chain knitted together so tightly that it's like one electrical wire, humming 24/7. Yet all this has been true for more than a decade. And although the entire computer industry has tried to replicate Dell's tactics, none can hold a candle to the company's results. Today, Dell's stock is valued at a price-earnings multiple of 40, loftier than IBM, Microsoft, Wal-Mart Stores, or General Electric.
As it turns out, it's how Michael Dell manages the company that has elevated it far above its sell-direct business model. What's Dell's secret? At its heart is his belief that the status quo is never good enough, even if it means painful changes for the man with his name on the door. When success is achieved, it's greeted with five seconds of praise followed by five hours of postmortem on what could have been done better. Says Michael Dell: "Celebrate for a nanosecond. Then move on." After the outfit opened its first Asian factory, in Malaysia, the CEO sent the manager heading the job one of his old running shoes to congratulate him. The message: This is only the first step in a marathon.
Just as crucial is Michael Dell's belief that once a problem is uncovered, it should be dealt with quickly and directly, without excuses. "There's no 'The dog ate my homework' here," says Dell. No, indeedy. After Randall D. Groves, then head of the server business, delivered 16% higher sales last year, he was demoted. Never mind that none of its rivals came close to that. It could have been better, say two former Dell executives. Groves referred calls to a Dell spokesman, who says Groves's job change was part of a broader reorganization.
Above all, Michael Dell expects everyone to watch each dime -- and turn it into at least a quarter. Unlike most tech bosses, Dell believes every product should be profitable from Day One. To ensure that, he expects his managers to be walking databases, able to cough up information on everything from top-line growth to the average number of times a part has to be replaced in the first 30 days after a computer is sold.
But there's one number he cares about most: operating margin. To Dell, it's not enough to rack up profits or grow fast. Execs must do both to maximize long-term profitability. That means products need to be priced low enough to induce shoppers to buy, but not so low that they cut unnecessarily into profits. When Dell's top managers in Europe lost out on profits in 1999 because they hadn't cut costs far enough, they were replaced. "There are some organizations where people think they're a hero if they invent a new thing," says Rollins. "Being a hero at Dell means saving money."
It's this combination -- reaching for the heights of perfection while burrowing down into every last data point -- that no rival has been able to imitate. "It's like watching Michael Jordan stuff the basketball," says Merrill Lynch & Co. technology strategist Steven Milunovich. "I see it. I understand it. But I can't do it."
How did this Mike come by his management philosophy? It started 19 years ago, when he was ditching classes to sell homemade PCs out of his University of Texas dorm room. Dell was the scrappy underdog, fighting for his company's life against the likes of IBM and Compaq Computer Corp. (HPQ ) with a direct-sales model that people thought was plain nuts. Now, Michael Dell is worth $17 billion, while his 40,000-employee company is about to top $40 billion in sales. Yet he continues to manage Dell with the urgency and determination of a college kid with his back to the wall. "I still think of us as a challenger," he says. "I still think of us attacking."
It's not that Michael Dell leads by force of personality. He's blessed with neither the tough-guy charisma of Jack Welch nor the folksy charm of the late Sam Walton. Once, after hearing about the exploits of flamboyant Oracle Corp. (ORCL ) CEO Lawrence J. Ellison, he held up a piece of paper and deadpanned to an aide: "See this? It's vanilla and square, and so am I." This egoless demeanor permeates the company. Everyone is expected to sacrifice their own interests for the good of the business, and no one gets to be a star. If Michael Dell is willing to modify the personality traits he was born with, other top execs are expected to be just as self-sacrificing. Frequently, Dell pairs execs to run an important business, an approach called "two-in-a-box." That way, they work together, checking each others' weaknesses and sharing the blame when something goes wrong. One such executive calls Dell's senior leadership "the no-name management team."
All this has kept Dell on track as rivals have gone off the rails. Since 2000, the company has been adding market share at a faster pace than at any time in its history -- nearly three percentage points in 2002. A renewed effort to control costs sliced overhead expenses to just 9.6% of revenue in the most recent quarter and boosted productivity to nearly $1 million in revenue per employee. That's three times the revenue per employee at IBM and almost twice Hewlett-Packard Co.'s rate.
Still, for the restless Michael Dell, that's not nearly enough. He wants to make sure the company he has spent half his life building can endure after he's gone. So he and Rollins have sketched out an ambitious financial target: $60 billion in revenues by 2006. That's twice what the company did in 2001 and enough to put it in league with the largest, most powerful companies in the world. Getting there will require the same kind of success that the company achieved in PCs -- but in altogether new markets. Already, Michael Dell is moving the company into printers, networking, handheld computers, and tech services. His latest foray: Dell is entering the cutthroat $95 billion consumer-electronics market with a portable digital-music player, an online music store, and a flat-panel television set slated to go on sale Oct. 28.
Can Dell graduate from PC prodigy to corporate icon? Driving for nonstop growth will require grooming a new generation of leaders, which Rollins concedes is a major challenge given the company's pressure-cooker atmosphere. In the 1990s, after seasoned execs recruited from titans such as Intel and IBM quickly jumped ship, Dell learned that outsiders don't adapt easily to its demanding culture. And unlike in the past, Dell won't be able to count on stock options to make up for the discomfort. Some 32% of its outstanding options are priced above the current share price of $35, and the company has sliced grants to about 40 million shares this year, one-third the 2001 level. Little wonder that so far, Dell has achieved only a modest improvement in morale, according to its internal surveys. "They need to work a lot on appreciating people," says Kate Ludeman, an executive coach who has worked with Dell since 1995.
Dell also faces an innovation dilemma. Its penny-pinching ways leave little room for investments in product development and future technologies, especially compared with rivals. Even in the midst of the recession, IBM spent $4.75 billion, or 5.9% of its revenues, on research and development in 2002, while HP ponied up $3.3 billion, or 5.8% of revenues. And Dell? Just a paltry $455 million, or 1.3%. Rivals say that handicaps Dell's ability to move much beyond PCs, particularly in such promising markets as digital imaging and utility computing. "Dell is a great company, but they are a one-trick pony," says HP CEO Carleton S. Fiorina. What's more, Dell has shown little patience for the costs of entering new markets, killing off products -- like its high-end server -- when they didn't produce quick profits, rather than staying committed to a long-term investment. "They're the best in the world at what they do," says IBM server chief William M. Zeitler. "The question is, will they be best at the Next Big Thing?"
For Michael Dell, inventing the Next Big Thing is not the goal. His mission is to build the Current Big Thing better than anyone else. He doesn't plan on becoming IBM or HP. Rather, he wants to focus on his strength as a superefficient manufacturer and distributor. That's why Dell continues to hone the efficiency of its operations. The company has won 550 business-process patents, for everything from a method of using wireless networks in factories to a configuration of manufacturing stations that's four times as productive as a standard assembly line. "They're inventing business processes. It's an asset that Dell has that its competitors don't," says Erik Brynjolfsson, director of the Center for eBusiness at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management.
Dell's expansion strategy is carefully calibrated to capitalize on that asset. The game plan is to move into commodity markets -- with standardized technology that's widely available -- where Dell can apply its skills in discipline, speed, and efficiency. Then Dell can drop prices faster than any other company and prompt demand to soar. In markets that Dell thinks are becoming commoditized but still require R&D, the company is taking on partners to get in the door. In the printer market, for example, Dell is slapping its own brand on products from Lexmark International Inc. (LXK ) And in storage, Dell has paired up with EMC Corp. (EMC ) to sell co-branded storage machines. Dell plans to take over manufacturing in segments of those markets as they become commoditized. It recently took on low-end storage production from EMC, cutting its cost of goods 25%.
Dell's track record suggests the CEO will meet his $60 billion revenue goal by 2006. Already, Dell has grabbed large chunks of the markets for inexpensive servers and data-storage gear. After just two quarters, its first handheld computer has captured 37% of the U.S. market for such devices. And Rollins says initial sales of Dell printers are double its internal targets. With the potential growth in PCs and new markets, few analysts doubt that Dell can generate the 15% annual growth needed to reach the mark. The company has averaged better than 19% growth over the past four quarters, and on Oct. 8 Rollins assured investors that everything was on track. "It's almost machine-like," says Goldman, Sachs & Co. analyst Laura Conigliaro. For the year, analysts expect Dell to boost revenues 16%, to $41 billion, and profits 24%, to $2.6 billion, according to a survey of Wall Street estimates by First Call.
What should help Dell as it plunges into so many new markets is the founder's level-headed realism. A student of business history, he has paid close attention to how some of tech's legendary figures lost their way by refusing to admit mistakes. He cites Digital Equipment Corp.'s Ken Olsen as one who stuck with his strategy until the market passed him by and hints that Sun Microsystems Inc.'s (SUNW ) Scott G. McNealy could be next.
Dell, on the other hand, has reversed course so fast he's lucky he didn't get whiplash. In 2001, he scrapped a plan to enter the mobile-phone market six months after hiring a top exec from Motorola Inc. to head it up. He decided the prospects weren't bright enough to offset the costs of entry. The next year, Dell wrote off its only major acquisition, a storage-technology company bought in 1999 for $340 million. Dell backed out of the high-end storage business because it decided its technology wasn't ready for market. "It's amazing how a guy who was so young when he founded the company could evolve as he has," says Edward J. Zander, former president of Sun Microsystems. "Guys that have been in the saddle for 15 and 20 years tend to get too religious. He's the exception to the rule."
Michael Dell, in fact, has one of the longest tenures of any founder who remains CEO. At 19 years and counting, he's second in the tech industry only to Oracle's Ellison. "This sounds strange coming from me," says William H. Gates III, who was CEO of Microsoft Corp. for 25 years before giving it up to be chairman and chief software architect, "but very few business leaders go from the early stage of extremely hands-on stuff to have a leadership style and management process that works for a company that's an absolutely huge and superimportant company."
One way Dell has done it is through his power-sharing arrangement with Rollins, à la his "two-in-a-box" philosophy. Brought on as a consultant in 1993 to help plot the company's first long-range plan, Rollins helped it recover from a series of miscues, including the bungled launch of its notebook business and a disastrous go at trading currencies. Three years later, Dell hired Rollins away from Bain & Co. to run North American sales.
Now, Rollins is the day-to-day general. He and Dell sit in adjoining offices separated by only a glass wall. During a pivotal meeting in the fall of 2001, Dell proposed they agree not to make a major move without the other's approval. Working in tandem helps avoid mistakes that the more entrepreneurial Dell or the more rigid Rollins might make alone. Says Dell: "This company is much stronger when the two of us are doing it together." And there's no question that Rollins is the successor. "If I get hit by a truck, he's the CEO. Everyone knows that."
Not that the current CEO is letting up. He maintains pinpoint control over the company's vast operations by constantly monitoring sales information, production data, and his competitors' activities. He keeps a BlackBerry strapped to his hip at all times. In the office, he reserves an hour in the morning and one each afternoon to do nothing but read and respond to e-mail, according to one former executive. "Michael can be a visionary, and he can tell you how many units were shipped from Singapore yesterday," says General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt, a top Dell customer.
Dell's penchant for tracking every last detail can land him in hot water. On Oct. 10, during the trial of former Credit Suisse First Boston (CSR ) tech banker Frank P. Quattrone for allegedly obstructing an investigation into the bank's handling of hot initial public offerings, prosecutors revealed e-mails between Dell and Quattrone. In one July, 2000, exchange, Dell requested 250,000 shares in Corvis Corp. (CORV ), a promising networking company that was preparing to go public, for his corporate venture-capital fund. Dell suggested the allocation "would certainly help" the relationship between his company and CSFB. Dell declined to comment. But his spokesperson says he was merely trying to assist the fund and noted that the company did not do any investment-banking business with CSFB before or after the exchange. In a separate e-mail on which Michael Dell was copied, the manager of Dell's personal venture fund requested Corvis shares for the fund. A spokesperson for that fund says it had invested in Corvis in 1999 and there was nothing improper about the request.
Rollins has the same attention to detail as Michael Dell. He is overseeing a Six Sigma transformation of everything from manufacturing to marketing that is expected to help cut expenses $1.5 billion this year. The emphasis is on small surgical strikes on defects and waste, not massive restructurings. Consider a Six Sigma meeting one balmy July afternoon. Rollins listened to John Holland, a technician in Dell's server factory, describe how his team replaced the colored paper it used to print out parts lists with plain white paper, saving $23,000. "Where else do you get a supervisor making $40,000 a year presenting to the president of a $40 billion company?" says Americas Operations Vice-President Dick Hunter, Holland's boss.
The discipline in Michael Dell's management style is most apparent in how the company approaches new markets. Take Dell's plunge into the $50 billion printer business. Beginning in 2001, a team of Dell strategists spent more than a year researching the market. Dell only started serious planning after finding that nearly two-thirds of its customers said they would buy a Dell printer if they could get the same kind of service they got when they bought a PC or server. In the summer of 2002, Vice-President Tim Peters, a veteran of Dell's handheld launch, was tapped to lead the effort. But like any exec planning to put out a new product, he had to face the gauntlet of Dell and Rollins. After thinking up a strategy, he had to sit by while it was picked apart.
Nothing was left to chance. Dell prodded Peters to think about product features and the buying experience, while Rollins pushed him to keep costs low without sacrificing quality. Both bosses wanted to make sure the timing was right. That required intense discussions about how standardized printer technologies were and the state of the supply chain that Dell would use. One key challenge: ink. Customers typically buy replacement cartridges at a nearby retailer. It didn't seem likely that they would wait for days for an Internet order from Dell to arrive.
The toughest task in any product launch is the math. At Dell, a new line of PCs, which is good for $2 billion to $3 billion in annual revenue, costs roughly $10 million to launch. Any new idea must have a comparable return says G. Carl Everett, a Dell senior vice-president who retired in 2001, and turn a profit from the get-go. That's what Peters had to promise in printers. The rare exceptions occur only when Dell senses an opportunity that's critical to the company's future. Dell's server business, for instance, took 18 months to reach profitability, says former Vice-President Michael D. Lambert.
In the printer business, it took seven months for Peters to work everything out. The products debuted in March and were profitable immediately. Peters' proposed solution to the ink riddle: Every Dell printer comes loaded with software directing users to Dell.com, where they can order a new cartridge and have it delivered the next day. Still, Michael Dell never let up: The night before the launch, he sat up until 2 a.m. to watch the printers debut online and then zipped e-mails to Peters with suggestions for improvement. When initial sales came in at double the internal target, Peters' team got a very Dell-like reward: a quick trip to see Terminator 3.
That flick may turn out to have more than therapeutic value, considering that rival HP is determined to wipe out Dell's printer ambi- tions. HP's strategy is to leave Dell in the dust with a burst of innovation. It spends $1 billion a year on printer research -- more than twice Dell's entire R&D budget. HP is using that money to develop products like high-end photo ink, which will last 73 years, nearly 10 times as long as what Dell offers. "Dell is going to hit a wall," says Jeff Clarke, HP's executive vice-president for global operations. "We view them as low-tech and low-cost. They're the Kmart of the industry." And some experts say Dell won't threaten HP's 60% market share anytime soon. Gartner Inc. estimates that Dell claimed less than 1% of the printer market in the second quarter, mostly at the low end of the business.
If past experience is any guide, Dell may struggle as it tries to move upmarket. With its bare-bones R&D budget, it had to kill off high-end servers that go head-to-head with fancy gear from Sun, saying the soft demand didn't merit its attention. And after two and a half years selling networking gear, Dell has failed to deliver products powerful enough to threaten Cisco Systems Inc.'s (CSCO ) dominant market share. Yet Dell is betting that as technology improves, the low-end products it sells so deftly will become more than good enough for most customers, leaving rivals scrambling to find their next high-end innovation. "The history of the industry is [that] the attack from below works," says Merrill Lynch's Milunovich.
Indeed, Dell has had no trouble gobbling up sales as markets mature. In storage, its sales now account for 10% of EMC's revenue, some $600 million annually. In the low-margin home-PC market, which Dell long avoided, unit sales have grown an average of 46% in the past four quarters.
Michael Dell certainly would take exception to HP's jabs about his company being the Kmart of tech. But there are some striking similarities between Dell and another giant retailer: Wal-Mart. Like the behemoth from Bentonville, Ark., Dell has built a business as a superefficient distributor, with the tightly run operations and thrifty management to enter any number of new markets quickly and easily. "We've always toyed with the idea that we could distribute anything," says Morton L. Topfer, a former Dell vice-chairman who now sits on the company's board. Maybe not anything. But Dell is striving to greatly expand his reach in the tech world. With his management philosophy of constant improvement, he seems well on his way.
By Andrew Park in Round Rock, Tex., with Peter Burrows in San Mateo, Calif., and bureau reports
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Based on thirteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in a large research hospital in the U.S., this dissertation analyzes the experiences of eighty American women seeking relief for chronic genital pain. Through extended interviews with diagnosed women, and participant-observation in a vulvar speciality clinic, I investigate the barriers--linguistic, cultural and corporeal--faced by patients who must engender greater familiarity and comfort with their sexual and genital bodies in order to successfully recover from their symptoms. Written as a cultural analysis of the vulva, the dissertation examines the ambivalent relationships between female external genitalia, U.S. dominant culture, and an autonomous female sexuality. Attentive to the transgression, confusion and disorder evoked by the symptoms of vulvar pain, the dissertation redefines the clinical diagnostic phrase "other causes of genital discomfort" in sociolcultural terms. The concepts of "genital dis-ease" and "unwanted genital experience" are introduced and analyzed as corporeo-cultural phenomena that contribute to a profound sense of alienation between many diagnosed women and their genital bodies. In addition to an extended introduction and a description of both the clinical fieldsite and conditions under investigation, the dissertation uses four progressive chapters--Accumulation, Manifestation, Integration and Generation--to theorize the lived experience of vulvar pain. Through a critical dialogue with current clinical literature, through which vulvar pain is understood in increasingly physiological terms, the dissertation argues that an acknowledgment of collective and cultural genital "discomfort" must be included in the emerging diagnostic and treatment regimens for women with chronic and unexplained genital pain.


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Pajamas were cool in the early '70s—and not just for nighttime. Spring collections showed evening dress that was a cross between daywear and bedclothes. But how do you make loose knits and kimono shapes suitable for black tie? Add Van Cleef & Arpels. Take this navy ensemble modeled by Beverly Johnson in Vogue in February 1974: The jeweler's diamond Rose de Noël clip secures her jersey cardigan over her slip dress.
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By the time I left Phnom Penh on Feb. 6, I had spent nearly two weeks here. But I didn't stand still. I completed a four-day circuit through Battambang, Siem Reap, Beng Mealea and back to Phnom Penh.
Battambang is a sleepy riverside town, allegedly the second largest city in Cambodia. It feels less dense, slower than Phnom Penh. Though there is certainly evidence of farangs, Battambang is not a tourist destination. Thus, it is less developed and dramatically less expensive than Siem Reap. The absolute coolest thing about Battambang is the wood shops making furniture, art objects and Chinese household altars. In fact, the interior of the hotel I stayed in was entirely hardwood, with the lobby and all the rooms stocked with strikingly beautiful chairs, tables and fixtures as if it was all just casual beauty.
Another visit to the National Museum in Siem Reap: being reminded of the enlightened kings of the Angkor period (11-12th C.) who built hospitals and genuinely desired to improve the lives of all their people. In fact, at least one followed Mahayana Buddhism, was considered to be a bodhisattva by his people and his wife, after death, was even regarded as the Great Mother, the perfection of wisdom (Prajnaparamita), in her own right.
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