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12 Sep2007
If you google "define plagiarism," the first entry by Wikipedia defines the term plagiarism as, and I quote with link included, "Plagiarism (from the Latin plagiare, "to kidnap") is the practice of claiming, or implying, original authorship of (or incorporating material from) someone else's written or creative work, in whole or in part, into one's own without adequate acknowledgement." A little more googling for "define journalist" leads to a Princeton University definition, and I quote, with link, "a writer for newspapers and magazines." Stick with me a little longer, and google "Journalist Code of Ethics Philippines" and you will be led to this website of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, and one of their pages, with link, that describes "The Journalist's Code of Ethics" within which, the sixth item, and I quote "I shall not commit an act of plagiarism." Amusingly, that same google, yields an article from the Philippine Daily Inquirer, that repeats the contents of the Journalist's Code of ethics, seen in the link, here.
When I was at university and graduate school, the issue of plagiarism was a wickedly serious matter. Classmates occasionally failed courses for mild cases of plagiarism, or were expelled from the university for serious cases, such as copying an entire paragraph from another source without attribution. So what more if a journalist commits plagiarism? What then? The reason I raise this issue this evening is plainly obvious. Last week, I wrote a post entitled "Scribes Drunk on Mangosteen," about an article in last week's food section of a major Philippine newspaper. After writing that article, I emailed the lifestyle section of the paper, at the address on their paper and website, I emailed the Reader's advocate, which the paper and their website tells you to contact if you think an article has violated journalistic ethics, and I emailed another friend who used to hold a fairly senior position on the paper's management. The friend answered immediately by email that she would forward the email to the lifestyle editor of the paper.
It has been 6 days and it is the eve of the next Food Section which will come out tomorrow. I have not heard one iota from either the lifestyle editor nor the reader's advocate. Not even an email to acknowledge that they had received my emails and were looking into the matter and would get back to me by xxxx. A while back when this same paper published a photograph stolen from my site, at least the lifestyle editor, the same one as today, I believe, answered my emails after 4 days and they published a quasi erratum/apology in the next week's Food issue.
I speculate here what their possible responses could be… and I am curious if anything will be in tomorrow's food section about the issues I raised last week.
1. Deadma. Ignore the Marketmanila post, ignore the email, hope Marketman goes away and eventually send me an email if they have the minimum of manners, thanking me for alerting them to a possible issue.
2. Delay… wait at least 2-3 weeks before they address the issue, hoping it will snuff itself out. Claim there is insufficient evidence to link scribes who write with scribes who consume mangosteen.
3. Acknowledge tomorrow they forgot to source the sentence in question (in other words, a nice way of saying there was possible plagiarism), albeit in its bizarre re-incarnation (where someone didn't understand the meaning of the new sentence) but they won't get into the details of plagiarism at all…
4. Openly admit to a problem with that article, identify who was to blame, and mete out an appropriate sanction… haha, and the odds of this last scenario are?
If you look-up the on-line version of the article, it is STILL posted and has not been removed (my stolen photographs a few years ago were removed after about 24 hours from the internet site of the newspaper), which means they may not think there is anything to be worried about at all…but let's see, I am curious what the leading paper will do about this issue of scribes and mangosteen, play it down and condone sloppy journalism, or nail it on the head and send an appropriate and forceful message to all of its journalists to be just a bit more vigilant and mindful of that pretty comprehensive Journalistic Code of Ethics… And the verdict is…
P.S. Here is one more link to a page that explains paraphrasing and plagiarism…in case you were curious…And if you read that link…
Maybe the next step will be for the editors and writer to then EXPLAIN where the information for the first THREE paragraphs of an earlier column by the same writer on spaghetti squash from 01 August 2007 came from. While it is substantially different from the Wikipedia write-up, it does really beg the question if the writer used Wikipedia as a source but didn't bother to credit it either… after all, even Marketman, who has written about lots of vegetables, would normally be able to write straight off of the top of my head that spaghetti squash is an "American Native" and list out its vitamin content, and how to cook it by boiling, baking or steaming it, or could I??? Now, how many previous columns should I search back through to see if this habit is a common one…
shame on them!
Sep 12, 2007 | 9:05 pm
i'm going for possible response #3: they'll come up with something tom which is their food issue day. it better be a damn good explanation! or else…
Sep 12, 2007 | 9:07 pm
Delay would probably do for these people…shame, shame, shame!
Sep 12, 2007 | 10:05 pm
What surprised me about plagiarism in grad school is that it's even possible to plagiarize yourself (i.e. turning in work done for a previous class for another class) because it shows laziness of thought, lack of innovation — and you ultimately don't learn anything new.
It's great that you're being so vigilant about this cause, allowing lazy journalists and editors to carry on just encourages them to continue their sloppy work.
Sep 12, 2007 | 11:42 pm
Now I'm wondering how much of the contents of the author's published compilation of articles are plagiarized. Glad I didn't get a copy of that. But I'd buy copies of your book (if you decide to publish), even if it's just a hard copy of this website, though I know you're not that lazy.
I can't wait to get my hands on the paper tomorrow… much like waiting for the Sandigan Bayan verdict :)
Sep 13, 2007 | 12:07 am
The problem here is that you have integrity, commitment, and pride in your work. These people do not. We call them scumbags and furballs or simply, dirt! You have done all. You put them on alert, you have put them on notice but watch, they will do it again and again. Clearly, they have no principles and obviously no shame bone in their bodies. Scumbags and furballs are like that. Besides, they don't deserve any more time from you. Just know that you can sleep well at night because you provide your audience with much joy and pleasure. Incidentally, your dedication of the Tinapa post to our OFWs was simply touching.
Sep 13, 2007 | 12:33 am
My hunch clues me the editor will let the issue dies of natural cause – vanish like vapor. You will not hear from them. The columnist in question is one of their regular contributors and has a stellar name on her own. I think up to this time the columnist is in a denial phase and she looks at you as one who sticks your nose to her own business like a devil advocates who has nothing better else to do and she gives me the same look as a commenter. She holds up a cushiony job and her editors are absorbing any hypocrisy she comes up with.
Sep 13, 2007 | 1:19 am
not surprising at all. deadma. i suddenly remembered MM's photographed shirt in one of his posts about a bank that reads "choose frustration over indifference"
Sep 13, 2007 | 2:19 am
A charge of plagiarism is a botch that seriously puts into question a writer's entire oeuvre. Any self-respecting writer should be acutely aware of that. It is truly astounding the careless arrogance of both the writer and the editors in question for ignoring an exception (from a reader) that in the olden days could have meant the end of their literary careers. What makes them so sure of themselves? A gullible and coprophagous public perhaps?
Sep 13, 2007 | 5:43 am
Hi MM! I also checked THAT column online and nope, nada, nothing … you're right, DEADMA sila. kaka-disappoint and kaka-inis naman …
Sep 13, 2007 | 7:09 am
To Apicio: I had to look up that word you used – coprophagous – susme, it means (simply) eating kaka! LOL! Now THAT's my word for the day haha this is what I like.love about Marketmanila: I learn so many many things!
Sep 13, 2007 | 7:12 am
My 10 cents on this matter. I prefer to receive a simple apology that is heartfelt and uncontrived rather than coercing the offending party for an apology. You've said your piece, so it's all up to the individual to do their part – to apologize or not to apologize, that is the queetion.
Sep 13, 2007 | 7:42 am
It happens yet again. I have commented on this issue before with great disgust. I have read articles in the two leading dailies wherein I am 100% certain that the writer lifted text, paragraph by paragraph from imported glossy magazines. Mind you, writers with so called clout, style and influence but obviously without integrity,self respect and talent.
In a way I am glad this happened. Not happy for you of course as it must be infuriating to be plagiarized, but that it happened to an individual closer to home. They victimized someone that would be unrelenting and persist that these "journalists" , at the very least, would HAVE to offer up some sort of explanation for their actions. Maybe thats what is taking them so long to respond.. they are trying to figure out what version of the truth they think will be most acceptable without an admission of guilt!
Sep 13, 2007 | 8:10 am
Sorry, as I was writing I was so caught up in my anger on the issue, that I remembered it wasn't you they plagairized but from different sources.
Sep 13, 2007 | 8:19 am
Mayabang talaga yang inquirer na yan. the paper is all about shoving their opinions, tastes and lifestyle to the Filipinos. Crazy-ass wierdo daughter of owner wants to write? Sige bigyan mo ng space! Social climbing leeches in need of a day job to promote their businesses and pay for their lifestyles that they can't afford? Heck, give them a whole Saturday section! Columnists attacking businesses and personalities with intended malice? Hala sige! That newspaper has obviously lost its identity when the former publisher left. It's a newspaper one read that really really shouldn't be taken seriously.
Besides that, their comic section sucks!
Sep 13, 2007 | 9:07 am
MM, perhaps they mean to play deaf and dumb, to let the issue die away. Since the scribes who may or may not have consumed the mangosteen are all dead anyway…
Sep 13, 2007 | 9:10 am
MM, you gave the Inquirer a heads up on the plaigiarism issue and we readers thank you for that. (In elementary, college and grad school, it was always impressed upon us that plagiarism was a BIG no-no and could get one a failing grade) The ball is in their court now. Even if they may not acknowledge their mistake publicly, I am hopeful that they will keep that in mind when editing future articles.
So don't stress over it na. You did a good thing. Conscience na nila and bahala sa kanila.
Sep 13, 2007 | 9:31 am
Snaps** for MM!
**applauds the strong vanguard for this.
Sep 13, 2007 | 9:50 am
What a pity. I used to look forward to this column and was actually impressed at how much knowledge the columnist had on the topics she wrote about. Then this plagiarism issue… The columnist should not be allowed to build a reputation out of plagiarized articles.
Acidboy, i totally agree that their comic section sucks. What's with the Carlo Caparas' comics? i am all for promoting Filipino talents but this "to have and to hold?" Even the dialogue sucks big time. I want to start my day with a good laugh so i always read the comic section first. But with this carlos caparas comics, haay…. And as to the "crazy-ass wierdo daughter of the owner", i remember seeing her on TV being interviewed by a local comedian, who commented that for rich people, her likes are referred to as "eccentric" but had she been poor, she would have been tagged as "may sayad." hahaha.. .now that's a good laugh…
Sep 13, 2007 | 10:25 am
Wouldn't a competing national broadsheet take this thing up to a higher level? Being a part-time college professor, I hate the fact that the Internet spawned the "copy-and-paste" generation of students. If we take plagiarism seriously in schools, shouldn't we be as equally vigilant with a major daily read by millions?
Sep 13, 2007 | 10:32 am
Reading that author's article today, I can't help but doubt if she really is "qualified" for what she's supposed to be doing..
I wonder now, who monitors these supposed "journalists" from their plagiarizing acts?
Sep 13, 2007 | 1:15 pm
that's why i rarely buy the newspaper, the only instance that i buy newspaper is for the litter box of my bun and if i ever do read it. i take some with a grain of salt.
i am still hoping that our country will greatly improve in all aspects but i'm not holding my breath on that.
Sep 13, 2007 | 3:34 pm
I'm in no position to say whether the author is qualified or not. But though I love Thursday newspapers, I lament the fact that the articles, that author's included, read more like a plug than an article.
Sep 13, 2007 | 3:47 pm
There is no excuse for plagiarism. It is a crime — pure and simple. The editor, writer, publisher should all go to jail for this.
Sep 13, 2007 | 3:50 pm
Ms. Em Dy,
I agree with you. I'm saying that I am doubting whether the author is qualified to be a journalist is that because, whenever I read their articles, it does INDEED sound like an ADVERTORIAL of their feature restaurant.. I mean when you're journalist, you can't afford to be bias.. While the restaurants or the food that they try may be truly good and they were utterly pleased when they tried it out, I just can't seem to believe that ALL are ALWAYS good.. Because it's not usually the case when I try out restaurants and their food..
Well, so much for my opinion..
Sep 13, 2007 | 5:54 pm
Hay, MM, so Thursday has come and nothing. I have a proposal and I will email you.
Sep 13, 2007 | 6:45 pm
Now, THAT is serious action plan, Marketman! Anyway, they encourage the public to be an INQUIRER, right? Hope you people have heard or seen their ads. So, go ahead!
Zeph, I hope teachers and professors will do something about the copy – paste tendency of the new generation.
Sep 13, 2007 | 10:11 pm
As readers and to a larger extent — as consumers — this seems to happen too often. When somebody points out an error or a lapse in the paper's information or source, instead of at least acknowledging the complaint or whatever lapse was pointed out, the publication would usually choose to ignore it. Only when the person who complained presses further (or is influential enough) will the publication issue a face-saving apology. But not after making it appear that the person who complained may simply be nitpicking.
Sep 14, 2007 | 6:52 pm
Mr. MM, I can almost imagine you rolling up your sleeves =) Too bad it's not to cook something from scratch, hehe.
Sep 15, 2007 | 8:15 am
I think this publication banks on the fact that most people would "let go easily". I have this feeling that they have deemed this complaint trivial — the article and the writer in question being in the food section. Oops, I'm not trying to fire you up some more Mr. MM. As it is, you seem to be cooking up a storm. =)
Sep 15, 2007 | 8:43 am
Hi MM! How about writing an article on this on competitor's broadsheet? I'm soooooo sure they would be more than willing to.
Sep 17, 2007 | 12:26 am
That Reggie Aspiras should be fired. She does not deserve to have a column. She has no professional merit to write about anything. She is a horrible cooking teacher, which is why her school is now at her home, her recipes are horrid and her only claim to fame is that she has a food column… which should now be taken away from her!
Sep 18, 2007 | 1:44 pm
We sould all write to the Inquirer to have her taken off as a writer.
Everyone please email the editor at: email@example.com
I don't just want an apology, it's not the Inquirers fault, but her column should be replaced by a more established food writer.
Sep 18, 2007 | 1:50 pm
Yes Market Man, write to the STAR and tell them about it…
not just the star, but to all media representatives and opinion leaders. Sure Reggie deserves no fame from this, but she should be SHAMED….
Sep 18, 2007 | 1:52 pm
Yes, pretty much all her columns are like advertorials… i'm sure she gets a lot of cash and certificates or favors for plug ins. I hope she gets fired.
Sep 18, 2007 | 1:55 pm
Oh, by the way, the Inquirer reader's advocate did her job. RA quite specifically apologized to MarketMan. I think that ended well, did it not?
Sep 24, 2007 | 6:26 pm
to be aware is to be alive…so i hope this ends with renewed respect for both sides. sigh. i also hope this DOES NOT happen again. good thing you have a voice MM and you use it well. fight! : ) oh yah…i read her article last thursday and she apologized. i hope she's sincere. : )
Sep 24, 2007 | 7:12 pm


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Only 26 days until the BABBQ13 and we are STILL rolling out some amazing speaker announcements!
Libby Chang currently runs the Society of Glass Enthusiast (SoGE) Asia and co-runs SoGE San Francisco Bay Area. The goal of SoGE is to encourage people to experience Glass and interact with other Glass users. As an organization, we host social events as well as technical. Libby is also one of four cohosts on the weekly podcast Glass Podcast.
Libby will be speaking about designing for Google Glass. Here is bit about her session:
"Wearable computing has recently gained traction in the tech world. The Google Glass user experience is unique in many ways. The guidelines for designing a successful application for Glass may not always follow the same principles as a traditional mobile device or website. Currently, sound may not be shared outside of the individual user as well as immediate interactions with the screen. The size of the screen is also not conducive to a page/card that appears "busy". Apps using the touchpad of other mobile devices may not work the same on Glass."

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Designer Creates Print of Marathon Route
Chicago has an amazing art culture and a huge running community, so it should come as no surprise that there's a bit of crossover when the two worlds collide. With the Bank of America Chicago Marathon set to take off on October 13, participants are getting creative as they gear up in all kinds of ways.
Phil Thompson, artist and graphic designer at Cape Horn Illustrations, is running his first Chicago Marathon this year, and has commemorated the occasion with a very special print, as reported on Chicagoist last week.
Thompson sketched an outline of the race route, and superimposed it over panoramic illustrations of the neighborhoods it snakes through. Millennium Park and the Chinatown arch are prominently featured, among other scenic areas of the city.
Make sure you head to Chicagoist to read Thompson's thoughts on the character of the course that he's depicted, and that many runners will soon be completing. You can also click through to his website, where the signed print can be purchased for $24.


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Body and Soul - Videos and Transcript
Below is the Body and Soul program which has been divided up into two segments. Under the videos is the transcript of the whole program.
CAROLINE JONES, PRESENTER: Hello I'm Caroline Jones. Tonight, the unfolding saga of a young Sydney man and his ongoing round-the-world quest to donate a kidney to a complete stranger. As you may remember from last year, Ash Falkingham was already in hospital in Canada when his plans came unstuck because his parents claimed he was being coerced by a group called the Jesus Christians. On the eve of surgery for a second attempt, Falkingham's mother arrived suddenly at his bedside in Cyprus.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER (in Ashwyn's hospital room): We haven't come here to cause you any trouble.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM (to mother): No worries, yeah, I did ask you not to come. Since you've come there's been trouble. This is the first time George is saying he might not go ahead with the operation ...
CAROLINE JONES, PRESENTER: This is the curious case of a man and his mother and a woman who may die if she doesn't receive a new kidney.
SANDI SABLOFF: Well if you look at a time line this has been going on for a long time. We started this in August 2006. We are now in March 2008. I'd call that pretty committed, wouldn't you? So Ash has been exceptionally committed. I'm feeling very excited and obviously I'm somewhat nervous, as anyone would be before any type of surgery. And I want it to happen, I want it to be over and be over successfully.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: You find people who would say that donating a kidney is crazy. But then again, you find a lot of people who will say that a lot of good things are crazy. They don't see the point in risking something personally to help someone out when you don't stand to gain anything, you know, materially from it. The reason that I'm not one of those people is that I feel that when we do things to help other people out, that we're building not only character and life experience in ourselves, but I think that God sees it as well. At the moment I'm living in a bus. It can be a little less comfortable than living in a house but when you think about the conditions that most of the people in the world live in, then we've got it very easily. My mother doesn't agree with what I am doing.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER: When I look at the Ash I know now, I think he's a great guy. I'm really proud of him. He cares about hunger and poverty and wonderful idealistic things like that, and I admire all of that in him. What does worry me about the kidney donation concept is that once you've made that commitment it seems to be a binding commitment to belong to the group. You're very unlikely to leave the group, I feel, if you get to this point.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: Basically the Jesus Christians believe that what Jesus said, he meant. That we're supposed to follow the things that he said in the gospel. When he said, woe to you who are rich, and blessed are you who are poor, that he meant that, you know, that we shouldn't be just accumulating wealth for ourselves. In fact, part of the way that we try and live simply is getting a lot of our food from the discards from supermarkets and groceries.
DAVE MCKAY, JESUS CHRISTIANS, CO-FOUNDER: The primary concern we have with regard to money is that we not let it be the motive for things that we do. Definitely when people join our community they join the community to work for God. That's fundamental to what the community is there for. Six or seven years ago something happened that has had a lot of repercussions as far as the community is concerned. I was on a plane from LA to Sydney and they had a movie called "A Gift of Love" and it was about a boy, a true story, about a boy who donated a kidney to his grandmother. Talking about how many people die for lack of kidneys. I was not even aware that you could do such a thing. Can I actually donate a kidney to help somebody? The idea of actually saving someone's life, this is like the ultimate, you know, that I could actually save someone's life was amazing. Even if it was only one, it was something I wanted to do. That's what we Jesus Christians were all about is trying to help people. We've got about 30 members and I think it is up to about 19 now that have donated.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER: Ash was interested in normal teenage things. He strove to be Christian in his thinking and in his living.
NICK CROFT, STEP-FATHER: He announced that he'd met these really nice Christian people and they were great guys and he'd been helping them distribute tracts and he thought they really knew how to live for God. But when he started telling me about some of their, some of the particulars of their belief system, I heard alarm bells ringing.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER: I guess that the talk of giving kidneys was certainly one thing that seemed bizarre. I'd never heard of such a thing before, as being something you would associate with a particular group.
NICK CROFT, STEP-FATHER: I thought, I'll get on the net and see what I can find out about these people.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER: And we would be shocked and we would be alarmed and we would be enraged at some of the things that we learned.
NICK CROFT, STEP-FATHER: And then there was a strange event in California I think, Dave receiving some whipping from a member. He did this as a kind of vicarious punishment for some incident that had occurred.
(Excerpt Fox News report showing Dave McKay being whipped):
DAVE MCKAY, JESUS CHRISTIANS, CO-FOUNDER: "What's important is that a statement has been made and we feel very strongly about this."
(End of Excerpt)
KATE CROFT, MOTHER: It is hard to believe that Ashwyn fell for this but here we are and he's doing it.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: After I joined the group, a couple of people in the group that I knew donated kidneys, and I saw this positive experience. They helped someone in a really positive way. They saw this person recover. I saw what good could be done. And I also saw that they weren't really adversely affected by the operation. The point for me is being willing to offer a hand, even if it is going to cost me something, figuratively offer a hand, offer a kidney I suppose.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER: I do feel that Ash has been pressured. I'm certain that the pressure to donate a kidney is one of the many pressures involved in being a member of this group. I would say it's a cult. I would say it's a sect. I would say it's a madness.
DAVE MCKAY, JESUS CHRISTIANS, CO-FOUNDER: We've had to learn to live with that. You know we will always deny it. You know, anyone would. I mean who's going to say, yeah well we're a cult, because the word is a loaded word.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: I don't feel that I've been pressured into donating at all. Perhaps people might see me as young and naive and idealistic but I see it as a small thing. There are six-billion people on the planet, and helping one it's just, I think it's just human nature. When I tried to donate a kidney in Australia, there was this legal sort of hurdle that I had to get over of forming a long-term friendship with my recipient, and so that's why I am going to Canada, going overseas to donate. And the woman who I am planning to donate to at the moment in Canada, her brother has actually died of the same kidney disease that she has. She hasn't been too concerned that it's perhaps an unusual way of meeting a donor. Think it will be interesting to meet with Sandi for the first time. You know obviously I've sort of developed a friendship with her over the email.
SANDI SABLOFF: The hospital actually sent a letter indicating that this operation would take place on April the 30th and I was alternating between being a nervous wreck and being really thrilled and excited and happy and so on, and just sort of preparing for this. And Ash was laid back, as usual.
NICK CROFT, STEP-FATHER: We decided to get in touch with the Ministry of Health in Ontario to see if we could stop this organ transplant happening. The general thrust of it was that Ashwyn was with a person calling himself a friend, who in fact was a manipulative cult leader, who was coercing his members into donating kidneys.
MAUREEN TAYLOR, 'THE NATIONAL', CBC CANADA: But after clearing Falkingham both medically and psychologically, Toronto General Hospital cancelled the surgery… Toronto General Hospital has never commented publicly on its reasons for cancelling the transplant. But there's little doubt that the concerns raised by Ash Falkingham's mother played a key role.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: I felt disappointed and a little angry.
MAUREEN TAYLOR, 'THE NATIONAL', CBC CANADA: Particularly because it was because of your parents?
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: Exactly. Yeah I just really hope that in time they'll learn that my choices aren't their choices any more, you know. I am an adult and I should be able to make my own decisions.
SANDI SABLOFF: I was completely devastated. I have still not recovered and I'm not exaggerating. In fact I feel like my health deteriorated after that because of all the anxiety and the stress that all that put me through.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER: They firmly believe that it was down to me, the cancellation in Toronto and that does really disappoint me because I know that that was not the case. The hospital themselves cancelled that situation because there was a possibility of inappropriate publicity being obtained for a third party.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: We're not a cult who tells people to donate kidneys. We're a group and we place our faith in the teachings of Jesus Christ. And he said you know the whole Bible is summed up to love your neighbour and love God. That's the root of it.
SANDI SABLOFF: I don't think about that aspect at all. Ash is a individual in his own right. And he has decided out of faith and belief that this is something he wants to do, and so he wants to donate a kidney.
MAUREEN TAYLOR, 'THE NATIONAL', CBC CANADA: After months of email exchanges, medical tests, travel across the world, Sandi Sabloff was still without a new kidney. Ash Falkingham was still determined to help her so she set out to find a willing surgeon. That search ended last week at this hospital in Cyprus.
DR GEORGE KYRIAKIDES, PARASKEVAIDION HOSPITAL: I think this type of donation, a good Samaritan type of donation from an unknown donor, I think it is a blessing and I have no problem in accepting it. We have to make sure that the donor gives in an altruistic fashion. In other words he is not coerced into giving a kidney to somebody else. We just want to make sure that there is no money involved. So we were comfortable to proceed and do the transplant.
SANDI SABLOFF: I have been on dialysis and organ donation is something that actually can save lives, particularly a living donor because that is the best type of transplant you can get. You've got to remember this is a family disease so they could not donate. And as we've just found out today actually, Ash and I are apparently an excellent match, like a very, very good match. So that was very exciting news. We didn't know that, that it was that good.
DR GEORGE KYRIAKIDES, PARASKEVAIDION HOSPITAL: Histo-compatibility was excellent. It was better than what you expect from mother to a son or a son to a mother, you know.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: It's been about two years since this whole process started and yeah it's very exciting to see everything starting to fall into place. I would definitely say that although Sandi was a stranger when we first started this process, that she's a friend now. It's made it much more real for me and whereas before it was sort of more a theoretical thing. You know it's just something that would be nice to do. It's a way that I can help someone. That's still there to a point but it's also now it's a personal thing. I really want to see this work out for Sandi.
SANDI SABLOFF: I would say we started off really not knowing each other at all quite frankly. Through conversations and through emails and then Ash was in Toronto of course for several months, so we got to know him very, very well. And as I approach surgery I think about how lucky I am to have a donor like Ash. I feel that he's an incredible person. I feel really good about Ash and very close to Ash.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: Understandably I was suspicious of my mother's intentions after what happened in Toronto and I asked her this time if she would not come because I don't want this to be called off for some frivolous reason. I don't want the extra stress it is going to cause to have someone who is clearly against me donating, turn up. Now I don't know if she is going to respect my wishes.
MAUREEN TAYLOR, 'THE NATIONAL', CBC CANADA: But not only does Falkingham's mother Kate Croft show up at the hospital in Cyprus on the day of the surgery, she's been invited there by the transplant surgeon, Dr Kyriakides.
DR GEORGE KYRIAKIDES, PARASKEVAIDION HOSPITAL: When I found out that the mother was negative about it and she didn't want him to donate, I said well I cannot do it unless I talk to the mother. And I called her in Australia and we had a chat on the telephone.
MAUREEN TAYLOR, 'THE NATIONAL', CBC CANADA: Falkingham is livid at the news of his mother's arrival. The surgery is supposed to happen in a few hours. Sabloff sees her second shot at this kidney evaporating. She makes her way to Ash's room.
SANDI SABLOFF: At this last minute the stress and the incredularity were just amazing. How do you bring somebody to Cyprus, tell them they're going to do this when they full well knew the facts beforehand and then have somebody come in here and kind of do a number on his head, and all of a sudden, well, we're not quite sure if we're going to do this?
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: I was very disturbed to hear what he said about that he was thinking of cancelling it even or postponing it if I didn't speak to her. Yeah I would have thought that he would have a bit more respect for the patient's wishes. I mean he's a wonderful surgeon but I don't think he handled that well at all.
DR GEORGE KYRIAKIDES, PARASKEVAIDION HOSPITAL: If the parents stood here and started screaming against the operation then my position would be to cancel the operation I guess, because I mean it wouldn't be very humane on my part to ignore the parents and let them scream and yell and go ahead with the operation.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER (to Ashwyn in hospital room): I only want a few minutes of your time. I just want to tell you what I already said in messages, that we really do support you and we love you very much and we're proud of you for doing this, okay? We haven't come here to cause you any trouble. We've come as far as you have to show you that we do support you.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM (to mother): All right, well I mean, you know what was the idea of asking you not to come for, and since you've come there's been trouble. This is the first time George is saying he might not go ahead with the operation and so I mean, if it's not coming from you then maybe you can try and convince him because I don't know what...
KATE CROFT, MOTHER (to Ashwyn): I'm not influencing you or him, boy, I just want to give you a hug, please, and a kiss.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM (to mother): I don't know why you came, I don't know why you came without letting me know, I don't know why you came without answering my requests not to.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER: I came because I wanted to give Ashwyn my blessing, and I'm proud of Ashwyn and I love him and it's really great for me to be able to see him and just to try and share with him my support.
DR GEORGE KYRIAKIDES, PARASKEVAIDION HOSPITAL: They were very upset in Canada and they didn't want him to donate. But now they realise that if they kept that attitude, they would lose their son completely you know, so I suspect this is the reason why they changed their mind and they decided to accept that and be very supportive as well.
SANDI SABLOFF: Finally my understanding was that Kate was very positive and that was such a relief and it was so wonderful. And hopefully Ash will get a chance to reconnect with her and have a better relationship with her.
MAUREEN TAYLOR, 'THE NATIONAL', CBC CANADA: The reunion, no matter how awkward, and the parents' change of heart, is enough for the doctors. The surgery goes ahead.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: I felt really sort of at peace going into the whole process and there was a big element of the unknown with the donation that I hadn't even had any sort of major surgery before that. Sometimes new experiences can lead to fear but that's not what I felt with this. It was something that I've been wanting to do for such a long time. I couldn't imagine a situation where I could feel more at peace or more comfortable.
SANDI SABLOFF: We were playing gin rummy and I was playing solitaire, I was playing bridge on the computer, I was reading, I was doing Sudoko. You know it's sort of senseless stuff and it occupies my mind and that's good. It's a very, very good distraction, so it keeps the nerve level down.
MAUREEN TAYLOR, 'THE NATIONAL', CBC CANADA: First doctors remove Falkingham's kidney. Then it's transplanted to Sandi Sabloff.
SANDI SABLOFF: Well I'm certainly very excited and very nervous because it's still surgery. There's always a risk involved in surgery so that goes through my mind a lot. But I know that they're very experienced here and they have some of the best results in the world actually. I mean it's wonderful that I'm getting a wonderful new kidney. That will change my life completely. It is not a cure but it certainly gives you a quality of life as if it were a cure and there's no way to say thank you.
MAUREEN TAYLOR, 'THE NATIONAL', CBC CANADA: Everything goes without a hitch. Sabloff will need anti-rejection drugs for the rest of her life but her days on dialysis are over.
DR GEORGE KYRIAKIDES, PARASKEVAIDION HOSPITAL: I feel very well, very satisfied. Both patients did extremely well during surgery. It was a successful operation for both of them.
(On screen text: "the next day")
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: I'm feeling much better than I expected. Yeah it was a bit of a rough sleep last night but I got some pain killers. Feeling great. I've had my first two little walks down the corridor. And they say the earlier you get up and about the quicker it heals. I'm just really happy to see that Sandi is getting better and it's really encouraging to see that, sort of the feeling that you've done something to help someone out. I feel really stoked. It seems to be working brilliantly, the kidney.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER: Well I'm very pleased for Ashwyn. I know how much it meant for him. I'm also very pleased for Sandi and Jane. I know how much it means for them. I'm also quite sad because I imagine that, although Ash was allowing me to see him yesterday, I don't know when I'll be able to again.
MAUREEN TAYLOR, 'THE NATIONAL', CBC CANADA: Falkingham won't see his mother and stepfather after the surgery. Kate croft will leave the Easter eggs she's brought for him and Sandi with the receptionist.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER: What has happened here is very right for everyone involved. And I can only say I'm proud of Ashwyn and he has my full support, and I hope that he will one day care to have that, to accept that.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: In the few days after the operation I didn't want Kate to come in and visit me. I didn't want an extra bit of stress. I was just a bit disappointed that Kate had come over there against my wishes. I felt that if she was really there to support me she wouldn't have flown over. She would have said, look, okay, I support you in what you're doing and I will support your wish for me not to come over, and you're my son, I love you.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER: I thought if there's an opportunity to go and talk to Ash and tell him, hey, I never was against you doing this and now I want you to know I support you, I've talked to the doctor and I'm so grateful to be included, and I just want to see you, and see you beforehand, see you afterwards, and assure you that I love you and support you in this.
ASHWYN FALKINGHAM: I'm feeling great. It's been a couple of weeks I've been in London now and I've just been travelling around with the community here. I'm not supposed to lift anything over five kilograms for a few months but as far as getting up and walking around, I can even laugh again. I can sneeze and I can cough with no pain. So I'd say that I am quite well recovered obviously. The relationship between Kate and myself and Nick as well is on the mend. She's apologised for a number of things that she said and attitudes that she's taken and I take that as a very positive sign. It's just a process of rebuilding that trust that was broken. I'd love to see the trust rebuilt. It's just a matter of taking steps to do so.
KATE CROFT, MOTHER: Now that I'm back in Australia, things are definitely improving, I feel. I've encouraged him too to try and make a fresh start this year, and obviously he didn't feel he could do that until he had the donation safely behind him. And I just want to see that sorted out and put right so that we can both move on with our lives, as a family and as friends.
He intends to do volunteer work for a charity that restores second hand bicycles for developing countries.
Ashwyn Falkingham was due to arrive back in Australia yesterday.


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I've been busy catching up on everything since the trip so I didn't find time to post this…I guess better late than never. 😉
I've always wanted to explore the coast via Interstate 1 and I finally got the chance. Our first stop on our trip was Santa Barbara, CA. We visited the Old Mission and the Santa Barbara county courthouse. The views from the top of the courthouse were amazing. Next, we went for a stroll out on the pier and had fish & chips for lunch. It was delicious. Usually, I can only eat a few bites of fish and chips because they are so greasy, but these weren't greasy at all and the fish was flaky and perfect.
Next, we drove about an hour and a half to Solvang, CA. It was originally settled by people from Denmark and Holland. It was basically a tourist trap, but it was fun walking down the cute little streets with the unique looking architecture. My daughter, Kira was determined to find a certain Danish pastry so we went to every bakery in Solvang and no one had it! She was very disappointed. We stopped and tried some wine in one of the tasting rooms and found a delicious red that was very affordable so we picked some up for dinner.
After that, we traveled on to Cambria, CA. We checked into a nice little motel on Moonstone beach and enjoyed the sunset and had a glass of wine our patio. After we were settled, we walked down the boardwalk to dinner at the Moonstone Beach Bar & Grill. It was my daughter, Shauna's 21st birthday so we had a nice dinner to celebrate. The food was delicious. We walked back to our rooms and some of the crew went hot tubbing while I relaxed in my room, in front of the fireplace with a glass of wine….listening to the ocean waves ….. a perfect end to the first day of our trip.


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Incredible Dream Machines is a newly crowdfunding training program created by Greg Jacobs and Tim Godfrey covering the major aspects of crowdfunding. It trains users on how to create a business launched via a crowdfunding campaign.
If you don't know Tim Godfrey & Greg Jacobs
Greg Jacobs he is a super affiliate marketer who makes 6-7 figure income online since 2004. He's responsible of multiple million dollars of product launches like this one.
Tim Godfrey who is a veteran internet marketer and he's pretty famous by creating products to help people online such as 100k Factory.
They have just emerged from their successful crowdfunding efforts over the last 7 years when they've been studying, testing and honing the science of successful crowdfunding since 2007. They grossed over $40 million with their projects. Shortly, they will be releasing the Incredible Dream Machines that will teach anyone how to successfully crowdfund by providing training on how to do it, following steps a to z.
If you don't know CrowdFunding it is an emerging popular online concept that anyone can use to raise money for any project or idea. In simple terms, crowdfunding is the financing of a projector a venture by a group of individuals instead of professional parties (like, for instance, banks, venture capitalists or business angels). In theory, individuals already finance investments indirectly through their savings, since banks act as intermediary between those who have and those who need money. In contrast, crowdfunding occurs without any intermediary: entrepreneurs "tap the crowd" by raising the money directly from individuals.The typical mode of communication is through the Internet
Crowdfunding might be the right solution for you, if so, then you can follow the lead of many entrepreneurs who successfully engaged in a crowdfunding campaign. The popularity of crowdfunding has increased spectacularly over the last three years. The global crowdfunding volume has grown significantly from $530 million in 2009 to $2,806 million in 2012, as can be seen in figure 1, (Massolution, 2012). These numbers are expected to keep increasing.
What these successful entrepreneurs realized is that crowdfunding is not only helpful to finance projects, it also provides the opportunity to gauge public interest and promote it before the project is really launched. A crowdfunding campaign enables you to test the popularity and validity of your initiative. As a consequence, crowdfunding allows you to forge early and strong relationships with the committed crowd of funders.
There are bunch of trainings out there claiming to teach you how to fundraise, or how to come up with awesome ideas for Kickstarter or how to run successful crowdfunding campaigns, but none of them shows you the real case studies of their real campaigns, none of them will pull back the curtains of behind the scenes of work but this revolutionary business approach will take you step by step to building your online business from scratch and scale it to millions of dollars. This is NOT your average crowd funding tutorial, but an innovative system on how to do that very effectively and faster, better than ever before.
Crowdfunding isn't simply a pre-order process – it's an opportunity to get your biggest fans and supporters rallied around a singular goal.
The power of crowdfunding is this: it gives creators a reason to ask for support, contributions, and sharing, because we're not simply looking for sales (conventional presale), we're asking for help to turn an idea into reality.
For those who leverage crowdfunding the right way, it's a meaningful experience that lets your audience, readers, and supporters be an integral part of your project.
What is Incredible Dream Machines?
In short, it is a unique, proven, A-Z turnkey "scientific" business model that will teach customers how to start from complete scratch and build a COLOSSAL business launched via a crowdfunding campaign, literally in a matter of weeks.
? WON'T need any previous Crowdfunding experience.
? WON'T have to know anything about driving traffic, marketing or tech.
? WON'T have to purchase any inventory upfront.
And most importantly, they won't have to "invent" anything either. (Although they will be covering how to launch more complex inventions too).
Instead, they will be sourcing products DIRECT from a manufacturer… and marketing them on a crowdfunding platform using the EXACT same *science* that I used when Tim and Greg raised $500,000 in their own crowdfunding campaign.
Greg will teach you the secrets behind every single step and MUCH MORE inside the 8 + weeks course. Additionally you will get EXCLUSIVE access to an special research tool to define the most lucrative niches to target + how to outsource your product to China.
Here is a simplified explanation how Incredible Dream Machines works?
Select a niche and a product
after identifying a hungry crowd
Source product
and sprinkle it with magic dust
Build an audience
in order to reach your funding goal on Day 1
Launch campaign
get funded successfully then reach your stretch goals
Deliver products
build customer happiness and plan more products
Scale up
implement the secret sauce for building a colossal business
You will learn how to:
Identify a hungy crowd for your niche and product
Sourcing the product like a PRO
Launching a successful high converting campaign
Delivering the product and pre-sell your next
Scaling up and building a highly profitable business brand
Here is an insider view
1. THE DREAMERS PATH – This is an 8 week detailed training – from A-Z step by step. Niche research to Product launch – everything is covered
2. LAS VEGAS LIVE EVENT – If you have been in the industry for long enough you know that the LIVE events are one of the best things you can do for yourself and your business. This is going to be a 3 day live event in Las Vegas, consisting of pure value, networking and followups. If you have never done this before you need to get in on this and start networking! When we started going to online marketing events it changed our business completely.
3. SOFTWARE – this tool lets you uncover untouched markets that you can step right into and walk away with profit
4. THE SO CALLED "VEGAS SHARK TANK" – Greg and his team will be picking out their best students. They will get the chance to pitch their project LIVE on stage and then picking out the best ideas from the winning products. Their team of Angel investors and VC's will then help them scale that to over 9 figures!!!
5. GREG'S ROLODEX – From years of doing this business, Greg has a lot of numbers and direct emails from the majority of the biggest retailers in USA and Europe.
If your product is good enough, they will introduce you to the "right" people to get your products onto the shelves in some of the biggest retail stores!
6. COMMUNITY – Greg's team is training a group of 12 mentors that will be live in the community forum 24/7 for your questions. They will make sure you have your questions answered and you feel like part of the family.
7. ACHIEVEMENT TREE – You must understand that putting together a 7-figure crowd funding campaign has lots of moving parts so they have a special achievement tree in place for you to stay on track. Greg invented this, so you can see exactly how many steps away are you from launching your successful campaign.
Cons of Incredible Dream Machines
I'll be honest with you, I find the $3500 price tag is a little bit heavy. For sure it must be worth it but not everyone can afford it right? But
as I explained at above this may be strategic desicion, Greg Jacobs and Tim Godfrey are smart dudes and they don't want everyone knows their secret sauces of making INCREDIBLE money online, otherwise it'll be dummy move for them to reveal these techniques.
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And Much More! their student satisfaction ranks among the highest in the industry because they always over-deliver, answer your support questions fast and do everything they can to fulfill their pledge to make you successful!
World Class Customer Support…
This is where their company is 100% unique as they stand behind their product – strongly. they offer full customer support. You can reach them on the phone for up to 8 hours a day. their EMAIL support is actually 24/7.
They guarantee to resolve any issue you ever have within a maximum of 24 hours – they have been doing this for over 2 years and have never missed a beat!
30 Days – 100% Money Back Guarantee…
They also want to eliminate any stress or hesitation you may feel by taking all the risk for you. Your risk is ZERO. You will get an entire 30 days to experience this life-altering system. If for any reason you're not delighted and don't agree this is the most effective way to end bad habits forever, just let us know. they will give you all your money back, no hassle, no questions asked.
This is a 100% no-risk 30 day guarantee. theu're here to support you,and unless they AMAZE you with their product, they won't keep a penny of your money.
Is Incredible Dream Machines coaching a Scam?
Incredible Dream Machines coaching program is not a scam or "get rich quick" scheme. It's a systematic approach to learning real skills and building a knowledge base that enables you to generate real cash that you can use to pay your bills. It goes without saying that since Incredible Dream Machines is not a scam, you're gonna have to put in an honest effort to learn what Greg Jacobs and Tim Godfrey teaches (yeah, they teaches the course themselves) and do the homework so that you can see results. At the time of this writing, they has already done the first webinar, and I can tell you from experience that he really knows their stuff. The live coaching calls (webinars) are packed with quality content that leaves you inspired and motivated to get going. They aren't "pitch fest" trying to sell you stuff or anything of that sort.
Bottom Line
After reading the Incredible Dream Machines Review, I leave the verdict on you. Is it worth your purchase or not? Well, with just minutes of your investment, the product guarantees amazing amount of extra commission to you. Who would call such an investment waste! Guys, according to me, it is one of the surest ways to make some great amount of passive income even without creating a website. You cannot hope to get better than this. It is a win –win situation. With user friendly navigation, effective training system you can learn and earn a lot. It is a must buy product for novices to earn an immediate income.
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I'm sure you don't need me or any other person to start listing you all of the training benefits. This is why the salesletter exists for! And call it a wild guess, but i think you'll agree with me that "Greg Jacobs and Tim Godfrey" are in the best position to give all of the ins and outs of the system…they wrote the darn thing !
And if you can't see the true power of this course than you're better off without it. Seriously.
I'm not going to start presurring you and lying to you that "Greg Jacobs and Tim Godfrey's" product is full of flaws, of missing parts, that it is incomplete and you simply can't live without some bonus or another.
"Incredible Dream Machines" has everything you need to start earning money online from the first week of aplying the techniques taught inside.
That's why I want to be clear on this: "1Incredible Dream Machines" is by far the best package I've seen so far this entire year.
And such a great product simply deserves a great bonus package. Period. And here's where I step in.
I mean really…why in the world would you go and buy this system and not get the best possible bonus you can find with it?
But before you order the "Incredible Dream Machines"course I want to ask you something.
Where do you consider yourself to be in this very moment?
I mean… are you really happy with your current state of your financial situation? Seriously. This is not a trick question and you don't have to be ashamed to answer. There's no one here beside you and me.
And you're the only one that can answer that question. Because you see…you're the only one that can change something in your life for the better.
And you know what else? It's easier than you might think when you have the kind of support you'll be getting from "Steve Clayton and Aidan Booth" and me.
The only way you could fail after buying "Incredible Dream Machines" and applying the techniques you'll learn inside it would be to move tomorrow in another solar system and not have access to the internet.
All jokes aside I really don't care if you're just starting out on the internet or you're already a savvy marketer.
This product will make you money. Period. And if you'll buy it through this page I'll make sure that you succeed. That's my personal guarantee.
And after you'll be making real money online and you'll afford all of those things you've been dreaming about for so long… you'll remember this day, the day when you decided to stop letting others dictate your life and start crafting your own future.
Imagine a life where you don't have to wake up at seven o'clock in the morning to go to work and make money for somebody else.
Imagine a life without any of the common financial worries where you can live with your loved ones in a nice mansion, travel in nice locations arround the world, drive beautifull cars and so on.
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PS: You are beyond all hope if you do not order "Incredible Dream Machines" as soon as you finish reading this message. Your hand should be reaching for your credit card or your checkbook or the fax or the telephone this very second.


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An online rental software TSD RENTAL. With this particular tool I do believe your business will be able to take on other rental businesses. Automates the process and you will immediately manage any possible customers and cater them there needs. Simply because this a cloud based tool it is possible to navigate it anywhere. It steer clear of the manual processing and provide your customer the satisfaction.
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- An amazing rental software stands out because of its performance and availability for use, and also the excellence of the tech support service and training provided. TSD Rental offers you high quality software that actually works. It is the best among others since it offers good functionality and accessibility to use within defiance of experiencing great technical support service and provided training.
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- The TSD site is very informative shows plenty of software information. A low price application that doesn't give you a free trial version. It offers a product or service free demo ( it will help a lot for brand spanking new users with this application). They have got two available support to get hold of for sales and tech support team.
- TSD Rental has few errors, however the support staff is quick to solve the bugs and also the existing errors are minimal. It offers a superior quick response time for you to enter reports and they organized the reports well and efficient. However, these remained minimal and didn't cost any cash nor did it put our privacy in danger. TSD Rental gives fast eliminations of processes, it's all regulated-in-one software and accessible providing you have internet connection.
TSD Rental is working like a charm since it doesn't show downtime or slow performance. TSD rental software is used by lots of franchise rental companies and automobile renting small businesses.
My overall feedback to TSD rental is always that, there is absolutely no trial version of the software. But in totally it will also help to experience a precise count of the distance of the cars. It possesses a quick response time for it to access reports and the organization of the details are amazing and operational. TSD Rental offers fast accomplishment of processes; this software might be access with your browser or whatever it is, just be sure you have got internet connectivity. This is a new interface and simple to use, with mere features and extremely effective.


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Speak to Students at SDM Summer Business Trip
By Monica Nakamine
July 26, 2002
A number of distinguished speakers highlighted the SDM Summer Business Trip, which was from July 8-12, 2002. Among them were Stefan Thomke, Associate Professor at Harvard Business School and authority on management of technology and product innovation; and Dr. John Kreick, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Draper Laboratory in Cambridge, Mass.
Thomke kicked off the Business Trip with a presentation on "Enlightened Experimentation," which is also the main title of his article in the Harvard Business Review (February 2001). In his discussion, Thomke described how new technologies can provide companies with ways to raise their level of innovation by changing the way they think.
"New technologies are making it easier than ever to conduct complex experiments quickly and cheaply," said Thomke, who received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Management at MIT and is a Sloan alum. "Managers now have the opportunity to take innovation to a new level if they are willing to rethink processes, organization, and management from the ground up."
Thomke, revealed a few rules of enlightened experimentation:
- Organize for rapid experimentation;
- Anticipate and exploit early information; and
- Fail early and often, but avoid mistakes
…and provided some historical examples of experimentation technologies:
- Three-dimensional computer-aided design (CAD)
- Computer simulation (functional and system level)
- Combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput screening
- Rapid prototyping (3-D printing, stereolithography)
"Professor Thomke is a very dynamic speaker who engages the audience, even at points when it is not truly interactive," said Scott Ahlman, SDM '01. "I believe that the most valuable point was with regard to the use of computer-aided engineering in experimentation and its ability to help significantly improve design through better understanding of counterintuitive dynamics and resultant solutions."
Kreick, aside from his affiliation with the Draper Laboratory, is also a former president of BAE Systems (formerly called Sanders) and officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation. In his presentation on "Lessons on Program Management," Kreick said that program management is a method that can allow individuals to successfully execute program contracts to produce end-item deliverables that meet or exceed performance requirements.
Kreick also discussed attributes that make for program management success:
- Common sense
- Aggressiveness
- Analytical ability
- Resourcefulness/creativity
- Planning ability
- Decisiveness
- Dedication to closure/results
- Business sense
- Interpersonal/leadership skills
Other highlights of the Business Trip included a workshop on corporate bankruptcy with Professor Larry Weiss, a plant tour at Raytheon, a sunset cruise on the Charles River, LFM-SDM softball game, and a seminar on virtual collaboration with Professor Janice Klein. Overall, the students learned a lot, and had a lot of fun!
"I thought the Business Trip was one of our best yet with regards to strong speakers like Professor Thomke and Dr. Kreick, as well as a good balance between scheduled events, coursework, and free time," said Ahlman. "The social events with our families as a group was also a highlight."


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Chicago's Pui Tak Christian School is the champion in the eighth annual Earth Month Challenge. At 2:30 p.m., on Thurs., May 29, Pui Tak received its $1,000 prize in an open-to-the-press school assembly.
USAgain, the for-profit textile recycling company that runs the competition each year, encouraged nationwide schools to get involved in the mission to reuse and recycle textiles. For its hard work and collection efforts, Pui Tak (located at 2301 S. Wentworth Ave.) collected a sum total of 4,415 pounds of deposits during Earth Month in April.
"We are so pleased to be receiving the first place prize for this competition," said Bonnie Ho, Pui Tak Christian School's principal. "Through the combined efforts of our school, Chinese Christian Union Church, Oak Park Bible Church, Wheaton Alliance Church and the Chinatown community, we are helping make the world a healthier and safer place for future generations by reducing textile waste."
The other top four schools earned cash prizes ranging from $100 to $750.
Amador Valley High School (1155 Santa Rita Road in Pleasanton, California) earned $750 for collecting 3,868 pounds of textiles. Byron Cusd No. 226 (696 N. Colfax in Byron, Illinois) earned $500 for collecting 3,606 pounds of textiles. St. Clare School (214 West 3rd St., in O'Fallon, Illinois) earned $250 for collecting 2,712 pounds of textiles. And Brentwood Academy (2086 Clarke Ave., in East Palo Alto, California) earned $100 for collecting 2,557 pounds of textiles.
Over 600 schools participated in the contest, and all active participants earned funds for each pound of collected textiles. The total amount of textiles collected during the competition were 302,915 pounds, which resulted in preventing over 2.12 million pounds of CO2 emissions in the atmosphere, saving over 424 million gallons of water, and avoiding approximately 1,730 cubic yards of landfill space. That's enough room to fill up 69.2 garbage trucks.
"Earth Month Challenge is a great way for everyone to get involved in recycling ¾ teachers, students and community ¾ for free," said Mattias Wallander, CEO of USAgain. "Their contributions will help clothe people in worldwide communities."
Any clothing that cannot be reused in secondhand markets will be repurposed as industrial cleaning rags, furniture and/or car insulation and more.
The EPA estimates that 11.1 million tons of textiles end up in landfills, which leads to over 1.3 million pounds of CO2. Programs like the Earth Month Challenge help curb these pollution numbers and lend a hand to those in need at the same time.


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EAST ST. LOUIS, IL (KTVI) – Ramon Carpenter, 40 has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for violating a victim's civil rights. He will also pay a $200 assessment, a $400 fine and serve two more years of supervised release.
Court evidence states that Carpenter and another officer pulled over a woman in a car at 2:45am on May 8th 2012. The woman had a suspended license, was uninsured, was driving under the influence of alcohol and had an open container of alcohol. She was coming back to her home from buying some alcohol from a liquor store. Officers asked her to get out of the car and frisked her. Ramon Carpenter did not just pat the woman down; he groped her.
According to a release from the U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of Illinois the woman was not arrested. She was allowed to drive back to her apartment and the East St. Louis police officers followed her there and entered her home. The officers found her four children ranging in age from 1-10 without supervision. The woman feared that the Department of Children and Family Services would be called about the situation.
Officer Carpenter then told the woman to get into his car. The two then drove to Jones Park where she performed oral sex on the officer. She was taken back to her home and no charges were pressed.
The driver went to the police station and complained about the incident the next day. A federal criminal investigation was launched. Agents interviewed Carpenter and he lied about receiving oral sex from the driver.
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- chelseahurtado89
- 6 years ago
- Wedding: September 2013
How does it look? What should I change?
How does it look? What should I change?
I think it looks pretty, but not really 'formal'. The top definitely needs more volume, and I worry that the curls will just fall flat.
I agree… It's a pretty "every day" look, but needs a little something extra for your big day :).
Yeah my hair is curled like this most days :-/
its your wedding! Go formal….maybe half up half down
It's nice, but as PPs have said it doesn't really scream "wedding". Do you have a sparkly comb or clip or something?
I don't mean this to come across rude, but the ends of your hair look like they need a trim. Maybe add a touch of volume .. maybe have thicker pieces for the curls so they don't look wispy…
In general though I love long and curled, so glamorous. 🙂
I think this is a cute every day look as well, as PP have said.. also, and please don't take this wrong, did someone use a ton of product (ie hairspray) on those curls? That would explain why your roots lie flat and the bottom looks "crunchy". Hairspray is great, don't get me wrong, but the wrong kinds have weigh down your curls and they won't stay long. I'd recommend if you do want to keep your hair down to make sure whomever is styling curls at the ROOT of your hair first then works down with the iron. It's best to find a low-weight volumizing product to add when your hair is dry and a finishing spray that will fight humidity and fly aways without making your hair look 'wet' all day. However, with the amount of hair you have, you should consider doing this swept to one side of an updo, your hair seems to be somewhat thin and it would be a great way to add the illusion of volume! Just a suggestion. That said, if you love it, lady, rock it! 🙂
I think it would look better half up, half down with more volume on top.
I had similar hair for my wedding, but did more of a half-up/half-down look – it looks like we have very similar hair color/length though! So here's my look in case it helps you out at all:
You have beautiful hair and I think it looks really pretty but I think it would look better with a little more oomph up top in the crown area and maybe a blingy hair clip as well! I think with those additions it would be perfect!
@weddingbound: totally agree. More volume is almost always the answer. Except in the '80's.
@chelseahurtado89: I think the crown needs some volume, and maybe have your stylist shake out the curls so they look more romantic and not so structured. @E_Lynne615's look is perfection.
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Scientists believe a change in the function or the regulation of genes during embryonic development can lead to the development of certain types of disease. Dr. Ekker's working hypothesis is that a shift in Dlx regulation could be directly related to some cases of autism. His research aims to explore how and why that could happen.
What's in a species?
The Human Genome Project mapped the gene sequences that make up our genome, and provided valuable raw information that will inform research far into the future. But what that mapping project didn't explain is what these sequences do. Much still has to be discovered about how our genes are regulated as we develop in the womb. What it is that controls their expression during embryonic development? What switches them on and off? Research in evolutionary developmental biology examines what is sometimes called "the second genetic code". It tries to explain how a fish can have many of the same genes as humans, yet look and act so differently.
Ekker has become a world leader when it comes to vertebrate developmental genetics. He has already accomplished groundbreaking work in the specific area of Dlx homeobox genes, identifying and characterizing key elements which regulate their function. He has an exceptional publication record, in the last five years publishing more than two dozen frequently-cited papers in top journals, including Development and Journal of Neuroscience. A full professor in the department of biology, he is also director for the Centre for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics (CAREG). As a postdoctoral student at the University of Oregon, he was among the first to clone multiple gene families from zebrafish, and among the first to recognize zebrafish have multiple copies of single copy human genes.
Awards and Accomplishments
- Faculty of Science Researcher of the Year Award (2006)
- MRC Scientist Award/CIHR Investigator Award (2000)
- Premier's Research Excellence Award (1999)
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The Automobile Association
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|The Automobile Association
|Traded as
|Automotive services
|Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Area served
|United Kingdom
Key people
|Bob Mackenzie
(Executive Chairman)
|£973.6 million (2014)[1]
|£372.2 million (2014)[1]
|£169.4 million (2014)[1]
Number of employees
The Automobile Association (The AA) is a British motoring association founded in 1905, which was demutualised in 1999 to become a private limited company which currently provides car insurance, driving lessons, breakdown cover, loans, motoring advice and other services. Following demutualisation the AA Motoring Trust was created in 2002 to continue its public interest and road safety activities. In 2007 the AA merged with Saga Group to form Acromas Holdings. Acromas listed The AA on the London Stock Exchange in 2014 and it is now a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The company has published, among other things AA 2009 Road Atlas Great Britain and Ireland atlases in 2008.[2]
The Automobile Association was founded in 1905 to help motorists avoid police speed traps,[3] in response to the Motor Car Act 1903 which introduced new penalties for breaking the speed limit, for reckless driving with fines, endorsements and the possibility of jail for speeding and other driving offences. The act also required drivers to hold a driving licence (which was obtained on payment of 5 shillings and did not require a driving test) and to display a registration plate on their vehicle.
By 1906 the AA had erected thousands of roadside danger and warning signs and managed road signage until responsibility was passed to local authorities in the early 1930s.[3] By 1926 the organisation had installed 6,500 direction signs and 15,000 village signs,[4] most of which were removed during the Second World War.[5]
In 1908 the organisation published its first AA Members' Special Handbook containing a list of nationwide agents and mechanics with a free legal service the following year.[3]
AA patrols on bicycles warned motorists of police speed traps ahead. In 1910 in a legal test case ('Betts -v- Stevens') involving an AA patrolman and a potentially speeding motorist, the Chief Justice, Lord Alverston, ruled that where a patrolman signals to a speeding driver to slow down and thereby avoid a speed-trap, then that person would have committed the offence of 'obstructing an officer in the course of his duty' under the Prevention of Crimes Amendment Act 1885.[6][7] Subsequently the organisation developed a coded warning system, which was used until the 1960s, whereby a patrolman would always salute the driver of a passing car which showed a visible AA Badge unless there was a speed trap nearby, on the understanding that their officers could not be prosecuted for failing to salute.[8] The AA Handbook included the following message many times: "It cannot be too strongly emphasised that when a patrol fails to salute, the member should stop and ask the reason why, as it is certain that the patrol has something of importance to communicate."[4]
In 1910 the organisation introduced AA Routes and in 1912 began inspecting hotels and restaurants, issuing AA Star Classification to those deemed to be of sufficient quality[3] and introduced pre-purchase and post-accident repair checks in the 1920s.[3]
One reason given for the removal of all UK speed limits by the Road Traffic Act 1930 was that the Automobile Association and also the Royal Automobile Club were frequently successful in defending their members against evidence from the speed traps of the day.[citation needed] A speed limit of 30 mph in urban areas was re-introduced by the Road Traffic Act 1934 and speedometers were made compulsory in 1937.
By 1939 the AA's membership had grown to 725,000, covering roughly a third of all cars then on the UK roads.
After the war the AA 'led the protest' against petrol rationing which was repealed in 1950.[3] The organisation campaigned for the compulsory wearing of seat belts, and for the introduction of unleaded petrol. Seat belt legislation became law in the UK in 1983 as required by the Transport Act 1981.[3] They have lobbied successive governments over what they describe as 'unfair motoring taxes'.[9]
1949 saw the launch of a night-time breakdown and recovery service initially in London only before extending nationally.[3] The AA Insurance brokerage service, started in 1967, is currently the UK's largest motor insurance company.[3]
In February 1972 the AA relocated from its central London offices to Basingstoke.[10] It began broadcasting AA Roadwatch traffic reports on UK commercial radio stations the following year. AA Relay was also introduced in 1973, a service that will deliver a broken-down vehicle, its driver and passengers, luggage and trailer to anywhere in Britain.[3]
AA Badges
From 1906 until 1967 the AA distributed vehicle badges. These were to be returned upon the ceasing of the insurance contract, however, many were never returned. Recently[when?], many[clarification needed] of these badges have become collector's items, and have been known[by whom?] to sell for more than £200.[citation needed]
AA Cars
AA Cars was launched after a partnership was agreed between Vcars and The AA. The network, previously known as Vcars.co.uk, became AA Cars in July 2013.[11] At the time of rebranding over 110,000 cars were available for purchase via 2,000 registered dealers.[11]
One of the main reasons behind the launch of the new brand was due to statistics published in an AA/Populus study. The study suggested that one in three UK driver's felt buying a car was a stressful experience.[12]
Unlike other websites within automotive classifieds industry, AA Cars provides a 26-point spot check on every vehicle.[12] Each 26-point spot check could show whether the car had outstanding finance, was registered stolen or had been written off by an insurer.[13]
Patrolman Pete
Patrolman Pete is the brainchild of the UK Automobile Association's publishing department. Designed to compete with the likes of Bob the Builder, Fireman Sam and Underground Ernie, a suite of books for 3-6 year-olds was published featuring the character, his faithful toolbox "Trevor" and his vehicle "Stan."[citation needed]
AA ratings and awards
Hotels, guest accommodation, and self catering accommodation
The AA awards ratings according to a system based on quality standards agreed by the AA and the various UK tourist authorities.[14] Properties are awards a star rating, from one to five stars. In addition, each hotel receives a "Merit % Score" to enable comparison of hotels with similar star ratings. Hotels that are deemed to stand out may also receive a red star "AA Inspectors' Choice" award. A similar award for guest accommodation is the "Gold Star Award" for properties deemed to stand out.
Campsites and caravan parks
The AA award a "Pennant rating" to campsites and caravan parks based on a five-point scale. A percentage score is also awarded to enable comparison of parks with the same "Pennant rating".
AA inspectors award AA rosettes based on a zero to five system. The standards are quite high and only about one in ten restaurants are deemed worthy of even one rosette.[14]
See also
- AA Ireland
- AA Motoring Trust — The AA's road safety charity
- American Automobile Association
- Canadian Automobile Association
- Dominion Automobile Association
- Campaign for Safe Road Design
- Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile
- Good Garage Scheme
- Vehicle recovery
- Widmerpool Hall
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Annual Report 2014
- ↑ AA 2009 Road Atlas Great Britain and Ireland (Map). The Automobile Association Developments Limited. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7495-5801-7.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "About us". The AA. Retrieved 26 February 2010.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Automobile Association Handbook 1926. The Automobile Association. 1926.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Village name marker a relic from Devon's motoring past". The is Exeter.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ JA Coutts, 'Obstructing the Police' (1956) 19 MLR 411
- ↑ "Road Traffic - 1900- 1929". swarb.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2010.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Massey, Ray (4 February 2010). "Drivers face breakdown nightmare after AA staff ballot for first strike in 105 years". The Daily Mail.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "History".
we have lobbied successive governments over unfair motoring taxes.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "Motorweek: The AA are to withdraw from London". Motor: 47. 12 February 1972.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "The AA launches into used car classifieds through Vcars partnership". AM Online. Retrieved 11 December 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "AA launches against RAC Cars". MotorTrader. Retrieved 11 December 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "AA to start selling used cars". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 December 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Guide to AA ratings and awards
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Foot pain treatment depends on the cause of the foot pain. In many cases, home treatment methods such as application of hot or cold compresses and wearing over the counter corrective shoes or supports may help to treat foot pain. In some cases surgery or other medical treatment may be required to ease foot pain.
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At the first sign of foot pain, patients should try to rest the foot or feet and apply compresses. Roughly 90% of patients with foot pain will respond well to conservative treatment like physical therapy. Plantar fasciitis, the most common cause of foot pain, will often respond to this type of treatment. In some cases, overstrain injuries may cease to be painful after resting and applying compresses, as well. If the skin is hot to the touch, ice or cold should be applied. If skin is cold or normal body temperature, soaking the foot in warm water or applying warm compresses may be beneficial. Click the picture below to see our Heel Pain Program to see if it is right for you!
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Pain Medications
Medications may also be helpful for treating foot pain. Inflammation often accompanies and worsens foot pain, as the swelling increases the pressure on the foot. Anti-inflammatory medication may help to decrease this pressure, often while providing pain relief. If swelling is not an issue, over the counter or prescription pain medication may be helpful in foot pain treatment. Many medications can help at first to control pain, but then should be tapered off slowly as pain continues to decrease.
Other Treatment Types
Specific foot complications may require a variety of other medical treatments. Ingrown toenails require that the nail be cut away from the skin and that the punctured skin be treated to prevent infection. Sprains or fractures may require a brace or cast to set the bones and heal properly. Bunions and hammertoe abnormalities may benefit from corrective braces or supports.
Foot Surgery
In some cases when all conservative treatments fail, surgery may be required to treat foot pain. Surgery can be done to relieve the pressure of plantar fasciitis, if other treatment methods do not work. Surgery may also be done to decrease bunions or correct hammertoe, if the abnormalities become extreme and begin to cause intense pain. In some cases, surgery may be necessary to remove painful calluses or to correct a fracture or sprain.
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"Surgery." American Podiatric Medical Association. American Podiatric Medical Association, n.d. Web. 14 Mar 2014. <http://www.apma.org/Learn/FootHealth.cfm?ItemNumber=1560>.
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