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It's the perfect time for an overhaul - balance marginal and aquatic plants with water volume and clear out any detritus
My pond needs a good sorting out this spring. It's built with blocks and a waterproof render on the inside and has coping stones. There's a leak somewhere as the level quickly drops to about six inches from the top, leaving an ugly edge, visually doubled thanks to its reflection in the water. I need to empty it and store the oxygenating plants and the few fish (orph, goldfish and tench) somewhere shady using some of their existing pond water. I'll then let the pond dry out completely, re-seal the inside and refill — ideally with rainwater — before re-stocking the plants and fish. Yes, it's quite a hassle but I love my pond and they all need regular maintenance.
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St. John's in Division No. 1 (Avalon Peninsula), Newfoundland and Labrador — The Canadian Atlantic
Mary Meager Southcott
Educator, suffragist, and prominent nursing leader, Mary Southcott led the campaign to professionalize nursing in early 20th-century Newfoundland. Trained in London, England, she founded the St. John's General Hospital School of Nursing in 1903, the only one of its kind in Newfoundland until 1929. As Superintendent of Nurses, she fought for the autonomy of the profession and realized her dream of building a nurses' residence. Southcott also helped to raise educational standards, develop unique training programs for midwives, and establish a professional association of nurses.
Éducatrice, suffragette et éminente chef de file des soins infirmiers, Mary Southcott mena la campagne pour la professionnalisation de ces soins à Terre-Neuve au début du XXᵉ siècle. Formée à Londres, elle fonda l'école d'infirmières du General Hospital de St. John's en 1903, le seule à Terre-Neuve jusqu'en 1929. Elle y revendiqua l'autonomie de la profession et réalisa son rêve de construire une residence d'infirmières. Southcott contribua aussi à établir de hauts standards éducationnels, des programmes singuliers de formation pour sages-femmes et une association professionnelle d'infirmières.
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Location. 47° 34.551′ N, 52° 41.75′ W. Marker is in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, in Division No. 1 (Avalon Peninsula). Marker is on Forest Road just from Taaffe's Lane, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 Forest Road, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1A, Canada.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. 1892: The Great Fire (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Peacetime Use (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Noon Day Gun (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Battle of Signal Hill (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Cabot Tower (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Swiling (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Fishery (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Ice (approx. 1.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. John's.
Also see . . . Mary Meager Southcott (1862-1943) - Parks Canada. Nursing remained her first love, and she stayed active in the field by continuing to train and develop midwives, and by operating her own private hospital. In addition, she taught Sunday school, participated in the Girl Guides, and was an amateur naturalist. (Submitted on November 21, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California.)
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on November 21, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. This page has been viewed 269 times since then and 4 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 21, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of San Jose, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.


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Happy Saturday! I'm soooo glad it's the weekend. Was it one of those weeks that just wouldn't end for you too? After hanging out with "lil' sis" after work, I promised myself a quiet night in to recharge. February is always a drab month and I wanted to charge into March with motivation and energy. I have a three-day weekend! I was going to get up early! I was going to make pre-birthday cupcakes for myself and my friend Stephanie, whose birthday is the day after mine! YAY! We both love a good cupcake!
Or so I thought. My alarm went off at 7:45. It was another horrible night of sleep for no good reason. Coffee. Music. That would wake me up. Flipping through recipes, I decided I would make a gluten-free version so Jeff could enjoy a cupcake too. These would be great! I'm seeing a lot of friends tonight, so I could share the deliciousness! And I'd have fun photographing the cupcakes! (You can see where this is going…)
The recipe I liked called for chocolate, and I don't have chocolate in my apartment right now… (The horror!) Oh, well, I'll just adapt a similar recipe for a cake and use the measurements and baking times for this cupcake recipe…
Bad idea. Really, really, really bad idea. I'm so glad I decided to hold off on making frosting! The edges burned to the pan. The inside of the cupcake is basically raw. I'm not going to pretend I know anything about developing a recipe for baked goods because at this point, I don't. I'm going to add that to the growing "things I need to learn" list. But after how this week unfolded, how could I be surprised? All I can do is laugh and photograph my failure.
Sorry, Stephanie!!! I will buy us cupcakes from a baker who knows what they're doing. It's always better to have cupcakes on your actual birthday anyway, right???
For those of you who bake often, do you have any advice for adapting baking recipes or swapping ingredients? I'd love to hear it!


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"Why do airlines stay so silent about safety issues? "
By almost any measure, flying is the safest way to move long distances. Most airlines make massive investments into safety. Yet to our surprise, we have found that it is difficult for a casual outsider to find out precisely what the airlines are doing with that invested money. All airlines have a safety culture, yet this culture is opaque to outsiders. I found that only 35% of airlines even wish to mention safety on their web pages.
Silence certainly does not benefit the customers of an airline. Customers should be able to make informed choices, and this includes understanding the safety record. How can the average person find such information? It doesn't benefit the airlines either. In a culture of silence, safety only becomes visible when disaster strikes. The easiest way for an outsider to understand the airline's safety culture is to read accident investigation reports on how it failed (from NTSB, AAIB, OTKES, SHK, BEA, and the like). This is hardly positive advertising.
I asked a simple question: just how opaque do the airlines want to be? To answer, I went clicking through the web pages of 83 major airlines. The scanning was purposely quick, to simulate an ordinary customer who wants to know what general attitude the airline has toward safety. If a company provided concrete safety information, it was marked as "safety-positive". Full report (pdf): Airlines are safe; why try to hide it.
I found only 35% of airlines to be safety-positive. To put it another way, almost 65% of airlines try to downplay the role of safety, to the level of ignoring the question altogether in their communications.
I made some further analyses to determine what might lie behind this fact. It is important to realize that the essential safety standards around the world are quite similar. All of the airlines in this sample fulfill some standards that could be legitimately used to show that there is a safety culture in place. It is very much a communications decision whether or not the airline wishes to emphasize this point.
I gave the benefit of the doubt as much as possible. A sentence on a "safety as our priority" means nothing. However, any attempt at a more concrete desciption (even a clumsy one) was credited. Information on engineering, maintenance, or safety-related technology was considered safety-positive even if the term "safety" was not used explicitly. Such information at least gives the impression that aviation is a technical activity requiring technical care. The analysis is not about how slick the presentation is; it is about whether a good-faith attempt is made.
This is crucial when comparing airline to airline. A poor airline may have just one page of information about the company. If that single page contains a single paragraph about the safety standards that the company follows, then the airline is safety-positive. At the other extreme, a large airline may have dozens of flashy pages on issues like corporate social responsibility, environment, and sponsorships. If such a company fails to even mention safety as a topic, it is deliberate.
The call was surprisingly easy to make. Airlines seem to either put a heavy emphasis on safety, or else avoid the topic altogether; there is not much middle ground. The results were somewhat surprising. Only 35% of airlines even mentioned safety or technical issues. The majority essentially try to paint an image of aviation as a non-technical activity that entails no risk. Some other key findings (more extensively discussed in the report):
- 65% of the safety-positive airlines are from developing countries with poor track records of safety. Africa and the former Soviet Union were heavily represented. Quite clearly, concrete safety actions are clearly used to to improve trust in the airline's safety.
- Safety-positiveness is not just a "weapon of the weak"; large and successful airlines such as British Airways, Air Canada, Air Berlin, and All Nippon Airways all had extensive safety sections.
- Two airlines, Garuda Indonesia and Pakistan International Airways, have briefly been on the EU blacklist of airlines banned from flying to the EU due to poor security. Interestingly, the safety sections of these airlines were among the most extensive in the sample.
- Only 2 low-cost carriers out of 16 (12%) were safety-positive. The web page information for many low-cost carriers is extremely scanty in any case, so there may be a general attitude toward minimal communication. However, the two counterexamples (Norwegian and Pegasus) suggest that a low-cost structure does not fundamentally require such reticence; those two companies have a very strong focus on safety.
- A striking feature is that US companies seem to be the most averse to safety-positiveness; of the 9 US companies studied, none mentioned safety at all.
- A similar reluctance was seen in Middle Eastern companies, where only one of six companies had any safety information.
These results do not imply anything about what airlines should do; they simply point out what the airlines are currently doing. However, the scatter in the results does suggest that there is no fundamental reason to keep safety information hidden; transparency about safety is a communications and business decision.
Since the results from this initial study were so intriguing, we have launched a new Zygomatica project to find out more.


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Job interview
Job interview – собеседование при приеме на работу
Career – карьера
Teamwork – командная работа
Team player – командный игрок
Job description – должностная инструкция
Job interviewer – интервьюер (ведущий собеседование при приеме на работу)
Robotic answers – роботизированные ответы
Behavioral question – поведенческий вопрос
Relevant information – значимая (существенная) информация
Career Objectives – карьерные цели
Employment – трудоустройство
Achievements – достижения
Core competency – ключевая компетенция
To hire – нанимать
To fire – увольнять
To impress – впечатлить
To do the research – проводить исследования
To encounter – неожиданно встретиться, столкнуться (с кем-л./ чем-либо)
To apply for a job – подавать заявление о приеме на работу
Practice makes perfect – дело мастера боится
Fit in with the team – адаптироваться к коллективу
To make the cut – перейти к след. этапу собеседованию (idiom: to be able to pass from one round of competition to the next)
1. To encounter – unexpectedly experience or be faced with something.
2. To impress – make (someone) feel admiration and respect.
3. Achievement – a thing done successfully, typically by effort, courage, or skill.
4. Teamwork – the combined action of a group of people, esp. when effective and efficient.
5. Core competency – a defined level of competence in a particular job.
6. The goal of a job interview is to sell yourself.
7. My friend had successful career in the last his job.
8. HR is the person responsible for hiring and firing.
9. She didn't fit in with her colleagues.
10. I was happy because I made the cut and was allowed to compete in the finals!
Interview Tips
The thing I look for the most when I'm interviewing someone is that they're still professional but candid enough to be real with me. If someone is giving me robotic answers, or I feel like they've practiced in front of a minor , or they're just trying to tell me what I want to hear, I'm not interested in that. I want you to feel comfortable with me, because I need to know what it's like to work with you, because my main thing when I'm interviewing someone is what's your personality like. Because I need to know if you'll fit in with my company, with my team, and if you're just giving me robotic answers and I don't feel like I'm getting a connection with you, then you're probably not going to make the cut.
The other part is to really look at that job description and understand what that company is looking for so if the company says they want somebody who's a good team player, they need to think through examples of when they were a good team player or where they used Excel, or things like that. So, understand the questions they're going to be asking and prepare for those.
You know of course, also coming up with some examples. Most of my questions are behavioral based interview questions, so I want to know about a time when you did something relevant to my question. Having some examples from the back of your mind of different things you've done in your past career or schoolwork is important as well.
Don't just come in cold and say well tell me about your company, but have some information about it , know a little bit about what the kind of company it is, and be able to ask them some really intelligent questions, I think that's really impressive when students come prepared like that.
I've always said that practice makes perfect, I think standing in front of the mirror or practicing, or just running through your head some of the questions you might anticipate , some of the situations that you might encounter in the interview, maybe set up a mock interview.
I think there are two important keys to impress not only a recruiter but a hiring manager. One, do your research on the company and on the position, and two come prepared with questions. It just shows you are truly interested not only in the company and the position , but it shows you did your due diligence before stepping into an interview.
When students can prepare for some of those questions, and have some examples in their mind of when they showed good teamwork, showed good leadership , then they can come prepared when those questions are asked they're good to go.
Be creative: The best ad
Be motivated: Make a difference
Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the beach, he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the day. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that it was a young man and the young man wasn't dancing, but instead he was reaching down to the shore, picking up something and very gently throwing it into the ocean. As he got closer he called out: "Good morning! What are you doing?" The young man paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing starfish in the ocean." "I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?" "The sun is up and the tide is going out. And if I don't throw them in they'll die." "But, young man, don't you realize that there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference!" The young man listened politely. Then bent down, picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, past the breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one."
List of questions for discussion
1. What jobs have you applied for recently?
2. How have you changed over the last five year?
3. How ambitious are you?
4. Do you have a career plan? Where do you want to be in 10 years' time?
5. Which of the following would you prefer to do: work for one company during your career, work for several different companies, work for yourself?
6. Would you like to work in: sales and marketing, finance, management, administration and personnel?
7. What should you do to get ahead in your career?
8. What practical advice could you give to someone who wants to get ahead in their career?
9. Which is more important to you, a high salary or a job you enjoy?
10. What kind of people do you work with?
11. What sort of bosses do you have?
12. What have you learnt from your other jobs?
13. What sort of problems have you dealt with?
14. How many pages is a typical CV in your country?
15. Do you include a photo in CV? Do you think it is a good idea?
Для обсуждения данной темы присоединяйтесь к разговорным клубам. Студентам индивидуального курса разговорные клубы предоставляются бесплатно. А если вы предпочитаете обучение в формате разговорных клубов, записывайтесь на групповые занятия.


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Journal article
X-ray microscopy and tomography detect the accumulation of bare and PEG-coated gold nanoparticles in normal and tumor mouse tissues
We demonstrate that, with appropriate staining, high-resolution X-ray microscopy can image complicated tissue structures-cerebellum and liver-and resolve large or small amounts of Au nanoparticles in these tissues. Specifically, images of tumor tissue reveal high concentrations of accumulated Au nanoparticles. PEG (poly(ethylene glycol)) coating is quite effective in enhancing this accumulation and significantly modifies the mechanism of uptake by reticuloendothelial system (RES) organs.
- doi:10.1007/s00216-012-6217-y
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Keywords: High resolution X-ray microscopy ; Nanoparticles ; 3D tissue imaging
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International Yoga Day celebrated in Thane
The first International Yoga Day was enthusiastically celebrated in Thane at several places
The first International Yoga Day was enthusiastically celebrated in Thane at several places.
District Collector Ashwini Joshi, renowned scientist Anil Kakodkar, MLA Sanjay Kelkar among others attended the event organised by Ghantali Mitra Mandal at an auditorium here.
Kakodkar said,"With the International Yoga Day being celebrated all across the globe, Yoga will get a new dimension now".
Joshi said, "Efforts are on to bring about good behaviour among the staff in the government offices and the practise of Yoga will go a long way in achieving the same".
Meanwhile, Yoga was performed by Thaneits at 75 different locations organised by various organisations. Women, youth and children performed Yoga at these places to mark this day.
The United Nations had in December last year declared June 21 as International Yoga Day, with 177 countries voting in favour.
The proposal had been mooted by the Prime Minister during his first address to the UN General Assembly in September last year.


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Kafrelsheikh University President Prof Dr Maged el kemary surveys the Faculty of Medicine, its laboratories and auditoriums to be opened within University celebration of its eighteenth anniversary on Saturday 10/5/2014 in the presence of some ministers. As well, the celebration includes the opening of the Faculty of Specific Education inside campus and the survey of some constitutions and University Hospital Building. The President requests the executing company the speed of completion of the delivery of the building within a week at most even until laboratories and museums are equipped.
It is taken into account in the establishment of faculty to be keeping up with standards of international quality and requirements of special needs. The building consists of five floors including auditoriums, laboratories and scientific museums as well as faculty members' offices, administrative offices, hall for conferences, seminar halls, library and faculty council hall, flat green and car parking.
It should be noted that the study in the Faculty of Medicine has begun temporarily in the Faculty of Science and it received 250 students through coordination office. External developed laboratories for the students are equipped inside the Faculty of Science to meet the needs of students temporarily until the new building is finished.


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Faith and Gospel
I googled "what is the gospel" and came up very quickly with some simple lists, steps, and answers. I wanted to see how the requirement of faith is generally brought into a gospel scheme. Here is one that is rather typical:
1) God is holy, 2) we are hopeless sinners, 3) Christ died and rose again for sinners, and 4) this great salvation is enjoyed by faith in Christ.
In other words, for a person to be accepted by God they must conclude that there is a God, that he is singular, that he is separate from the evils of human character, that we are accountable to him for our evils, that our situation with him is hopeless, but that he gave us Christ and that having faith in Christ causes him to forgive us.
If a human being does not come to all of these realizations, she will be exiled forever to a place of gloom or, worse, possibly a place of unending pain.
Never mind that in some versions God supplies us with faith and we do not have to achieve it on our own. I say "never mind" because in these auto-faith theologies, still the majority of human beings will not believe. Therefore, God deliberately dooms the majority of people by not supplying them with faith.
Never mind that in some versions God wants to save everybody but refuses to override our free will. I say "never mind" because these theologies say God holds us victim to our own childish ignorance and does not intervene as a parent should, incessantly showing us a better way and wooing us toward it.
What I want to question in this series of posts is that last part of the gospel equation above: "this great salvation is enjoyed by faith in Christ." The preposition "by" is most readily understood as instrumental. The cause or instrument of our salvation is us meeting the condition of possessing "faith in Christ."
This seems to be derived from the Bible itself. I hope to show it is not. Instead of "faith in Christ," the Bible says the instrumental cause of our salvation is "the faithfulness of Christ."
Is it Our Faith or Messiah's Faithfulness?
Is it that our ability to have faith stirs God to save us? Is faith the right answer to the divine test? Does God wait for us to believe and then reward us with salvation?
Or is it that Messiah's faithfulness reveals God's goodness and demonstrates to us that God can and will save us?
Obviously, I think it is the latter. In a recent post, I stated that Romans 5:1 should be, "Therefore, since we have been justified by faithfulness [Messiah's, not ours], we have peace with God through our Lord Messiah Yeshua."
A commenter named Phil said I should look back into Romans 4 for context and:
Paul's topic was NOT "look at how faithful God has been in Christ," but rather "look at how God responds when men trust Him." And that's why all the translations posit that we're justified by faith: OUR faith, not Jesus'. They're reading the context. You're not. Sorry, Derek, but you're simply and completely wrong.
Am I wrong? Have I adopted some sort of overly hopeful theology? I don't think so. And to be clear, I am not saying that faith, believing in God and Messiah, is without purpose. Faith is crucial. As I will explain, it is not a condition of God accepting us. Rather, it is the precondition of our own happiness and wholeness.
But let's not get there yet. Let's begin to un-see the "you must believe for God to save you" idea and start seeing the "God's Messiah came and was faithful to the point of living out your human condition, experiencing the same death you experience, and defeating it to show you why you can trust God to save you."
Bible Translation, Faith, and Faithfulness
Step one. Realize that English translations of the Bible have created a bias in you. You've seen it the "faith in Christ" way for so long, it will be an uphill battle to get you to re-see it as "the faithfulness of Christ." In grammatical terms, the standard translation "faith in Christ" is called the objective genitive. "The faithfulness of Christ" is the subjective genitive.
Step two. Realize that the Greek word pistis πίστις usually means "faithfulness" in Greek literature as a whole. Interpreters have often justified rendering it faith/belief assuming that in a religious context it could have a different connotation. Note that there is a theological bias against the idea of faithfulness and in favor of faith. But consider the Bible as a whole and the importance of faithfulness (human and divine) as a concept.
Context and Romans 5:1
Step three. Take a look at the immediate context of Romans 5:1. The verse right before it says:
. . . Jesus our Lord, who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
So, in Romans 5:1, when Paul says, "we have been justified by faithfulness," we can argue he is referring to Messiah's faithfulness which was just referenced in the preceding verse. The thought sequence of Romans 4:24-5:1 could be read like this:
- Messiah was delivered up (allowed to be crucified by the Romans).
- Messiah was raised up (from the tomb, from death, into eternal resurrected life).
- Our "justification" (rightness with God) comes from these Messianic accomplishments.
- Therefore, we have been justified by faithfulness (Messiah's faithfulness).
The commenter I mentioned earlier, Phil, wants us to follow a different order of thought. He wants us to reference the ability of Abraham to believe God's promise, which was the topic of chapter 4 right up to verse 24. Phil wants us to skip over the thought of vs. 25, which is the actual immediate context of Romans 5:1. He wants us to conclude that "we have been justified by a faith like the kind Abraham had."
Well, interestingly, "justification" is attached to Messiah's deeds in Romans 4:25 not to Abraham's faith. The one possible objection someone like Phil could raise is Romans 4:5, which says, "to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness."
Looking at Romans 4:5, someone might say, "See? Faith causes justification." But that is not what Romans 4:5 says. It says "faith is counted as righteousness." I agree. But the verse does not say "faith causes justification." It merely says "God justifies the ungodly."
When we get to justification language in Romans 4:25, we see that the things Messiah experienced were the cause of our justification. Messiah died and rose so we can be justified. "Therefore, we have been justified by faithfulness."
My case is far from complete. I have plenty more to say. All I want to argue here is that the "justification" in Romans 5:1 comes right after Paul says Messiah's deeds bring about justification. They do not say "our faith" or "Abraham's faith" brought it about.
- Faith Terminology in Paul #2
- Romans 1:16-17 and justification by the faithfulness of Messiah.
- Faith Terminology in Paul #3
- Romans 3:22 and righteousness by the faithfulness of Messiah for all who believe.
- Faith Terminology in Paul #4
- Faith as a precondition of our happiness, not a prerequisite of salvation.


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Wednesday could bring U.S. ban on HTC's Android devices
0. phoneArena posted on 11 Dec 2011, 23:00
This coming Wednesday will be a big day for HTC and Android users as the ITC will rule whether some of the products produced by the Taiwanese manufacturer violated Apple patents; a ruling against HTC could prevent the company from shipping product to the States...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
39. hepresearch (unregistered)
Please... it's fairly rare that I meet an Android fan who spouts a painfully obvious lie. Not only that, but the all-caps talk is annoying. You are as bad as taco, Miz, gemini, iKing, gallito, etc... just at the polar-opposite end of the issue, and apparently even less articulate...
38. mills0806 (Posts: 37; Member since: 13 Nov 2011)
The only way Apple is going to be happy is by manufacturing its own products. Which they won't because it would lower there profit for a day. Considering how much money they have.
49. Johnny_Mnemonic (Posts: 240; Member since: 05 Oct 2011)
Apple is afraid. Cause its loosing the battle.
51. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
wow, somehow this article nearly escaped me. HMMM..
mizzy your such a cute parody of a real person.. lol


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Sales Negotiations: Selling to Procurement and Purchasing
The battlefield of B2B sales has witnessed a crushing wave of fear and intimidation over the last two decades. Trained, empowered, and incentivized by their leadership, procurement teams have harnessed the dark side of negotiation for the sole purpose of pushing prices as low as possible. They suck the energy and confidence from sales teams by shattering arguments, manipulating math, and mercilessly wringing higher discounts in ways that would make Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire proud.
The Star Wars analogy is appropriate here for a couple of reasons. First, sales teams' arguments, confidence, and math shouldn't be that fragile. Second, let's remember that in Star Wars the good guys ultimately win by fighting back, not hiding in fear and hoping for better days. The rebels win by playing better offense, not better defense.
Recent studies show that the appeal to play better offense is not empty rhetoric. CEB, an insights and technology company, reports that the best-performing B2B salespeople are, "challengers" who "build constructive tension" and "take back control of the purchase conversation". In contrast, the salespeople CEB calls "relationship builders" are the least likely to be high performers.
Translation: relationship selling is dead, and the operative word in B2B sales is fight, not fear. The Rebel Alliance didn't try to get on Darth Vader's good side by sending him a gift basket and inviting him to play 18 holes of golf. They rose to the challenge by turning the sales "force" back against him.
Pricing Solutions has been in the B2B sales trenches for years, helping teams develop the weaponry, strategy, tactics, and confidence they need. To help you rise to your own sales challenges, we've distilled our learnings into the seven things that best-in-class B2B sales teams do differently.
Get the Weaponry You Need
Even a superhero needs the right tools. A bow and arrow may work for hunting in the desert, but Jedi Knights win with light sabers and blasters. In the same vein, the best 21st century sales teams play offense with words and numbers at their disposal.
1. Get Data that Wins
Yes, everyone is drowning in data. The challenge is to pick the data that will win arguments by establishing and enforcing the value you deliver. You need value calculators packed with relevant data and algorithms to build a quantitative case which resists procurement's efforts to push back. This applies not only to value, but also to fairness, as we will discuss shortly.
2. Know Your Value Inside and Out
Think in terms of what makes your products or services distinct, special, and unique. Embrace and emphasize differentiation that matters. This gives you the essential foundation to make trade-offs and balance deals when procurement teams push back. You can meet demands for lower prices with commensurate lower value only when you know what you are truly worth.
Implement Strategy and Tactics
The rebels destroyed the Death Star not merely because they fought back, but because they had the Death Star's structural plans and knew its vulnerabilities. For obvious legal reasons, you may never have access to such intimate plans in a B2B negotiation. Nonetheless, you should gather keen customer intelligence so that you can prepare properly. The best sales teams take these steps:
3. Assess the Type of Buyer You Are Challenging
You have price buyers, value buyers, and partners, each with their own strategies and tactics, motivations, objectives (short- and long-term), and incentives. You need a plan customized to each type.
- Price Buyers: They have minimum requirements, and they will resist your attempts to speak with end-users or gather additional information. Don't waste your time discussing value or differentiation with them.
- Value Buyers: They have their business objectives in mind, such as growth and cost savings. Negotiating with them is a balancing act. You enter the negotiations with multiple equivalent offers, all balancing price and value. They are also more likely to grant you access to end-users, because they know that their input can be decisive.
- Partners: They are looking at building value relationships which transcend price and product. The goal on both sides here is deep integration within the buyer's organization. Procurement itself is less involved, playing more of an administrative and transactional role. Your focus is on the end-users, who balance product and cost, than on the procurement teams, who are more focused on enforcing terms and conditions.
4. Anticipate and Prepare for Objections
These objections fall into two categories: value and fairness. They differ in content and intensity depending on the type of buyer. Your counter for a value objection is a strong case about how your products and services help that individual customer win by improving their products, saving them money, or offering other clear advantages. Fairness is countered with facts, as you turn the tables and show that in the past your prices and behavior have been more than fair. Perhaps you can demonstrate that you have raised prices less frequently than competitors, or at rates below inflation, or have provided priority or exceptional service when asked.
You need to keep your counterarguments aligned. If you are fighting a fairness objection with a value argument, the buyers are justified in thinking that you aren't listening. Even in a challenge environment, there are still emotional elements and a need for empathy.
5. Scale Your Value to the Price
B2B sales negotiation isn't arm wrestling. You aim to keep price and value in equilibrium in the negotiation. A demand for higher value or lower prices requires a commensurate concession from the buyer. This also means that you reward action, not promises.
Feel Confident
You hear a lot about "getting to yes", but today's successful sales teams get to yes by "sticking to no". Forget your comfort zones. Look for confidence zones, backed by the value you deliver. This is a question of leadership and culture, not math. You instill a confidence which permeates the entire organization by starting with these steps:
6. Leverage Your Position
An overlooked truth in B2B sales is that you are the advantaged seller if the customer is negotiating with you. Be assertive rather than acquiescent. Have a walkaway price and final conditions which are binding. The buyers have no reason to stop asking for lower prices if you never say "no".
7. Stop Trying to Make People Happy
Being assertive means bringing up uncomfortable points and questions. The buyer needs to understand that they stand to lose, too, if they refuse to do business with you: lower quality, greater risk, poorer service, unpredictable switching costs, delivery problems, and customer dissatisfaction. Procurement is often as afraid as sales, and with good reason. They don't want to upset end-users or management. Don't get drawn in and diminished by the confidence and power they project. Customers have vulnerabilities as well, and the challenging sales reps do not tiptoe around them.
Supporting a salesforce of "challengers" requires changes in your organization: proper training, tools such as value calculators, and changes to compensation packages. Pricing Solutions has the experience, expertise, tools, and the training programs to help you make this transition from fear to confidence. Contact us for more information on how we can help your organization meet its pricing goals.


text: i'm curious to know, will every chanel purse always have a hologram number? basically if there isn't one there, it's pretty much a fake? my mom got a 'chanel' (and i put it in quotes 'cause i'm not too sure even if she is...or is happily in denial! ), and i do not recall seeing a hologram but i also haven't looked that hard. and no, she did not get it at a boutique or department store so of course, i'm already not convinced it's real. also, does every purse have the 'quilt' look somewhere on the purse? my mom seems to think that this is the case but i'm curious to know if this is true. part of me says no 'cause i would think it potentially limits the design of a purse but i'm willing to say i'm wrong if so. i'm a newbie to chanel so i'm trying to learn as much as i can. thanks!


text: Sumpter, I went back to drool and eat my heart out at the pic you posted of your 2-8-0. Still can't get over it! I tried a dry fit of the Kadee #714 (without the uncoupling pin) on the pilot. No chance will it fit without fouling the lead wheels. Is it a dummy coupler you used on your loco? I considered trying an N gauge MT coupler but I'm not much good at micro engineering when it comes to shimming to get heights correct. Also I'm not convinced the N coupler would be 100% in operation with the #714's. An extended coupler shank type would probably be needed to provide clearance for the uncoupling pin of cars which would engage it! (talk about catch 22??? ) Narrow gauge uses sharp curves so coupler operation with such an extended coupler would HAVE to be done on straight sections of track! Maybe I should saw off the "cow catcher" and fit running boards? It seems a terrible pitty to have such a great loco that can only PULL trains especially when I like switching operations. Does anyone else have a workable solution ? (I guess HOn3 narrows the field of possible responses to this question but I live in hope) Oh, I just remembered. Sumpter, your trees are sooooo perfect, I think I should just give up RR modelling. And to think Shamus asked if I (and others) are having fun !!!! I need a drink!!!! Errol


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JAIPUR(PTI): BJP leader Subramanian Swami on Monday alleged that godman Asaram had been "framed in a false case" and said he would approach court for his bail after Diwali.
"Asaram has been framed in this false case at the behest of Sonia Gandhi following his drive in Gujarat against religious conversions by missionaries," alleged Swami.
The godman has been in jail since last two years in connection with an alleged rape case. Swami, who met Asaram in jail for about an hour this morning, termed the entire case "bogus" and said he would be moving court once again for his bail.
"I would be coming back after Diwali and would plead for his bail in the court," he told reporters.
Swami had first visited Asaram in jail on April 23 this year before finally deciding to move to the court with a bail plea in June. His plea, however, was rejected by the trial court. He said he discussed various aspects of the case with Asaram in jail today.
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I don't believe in chaos.
I am mostly Libertarian.
I do not like Michael Moore, John Kerry, George Bush, or anyone else who tries to make me think a particular way, when they are making money off of my intellectually handicapped position (and just about all of us are intellectually handicapped out here in the wild steppe of America). There are only lawyers in the senate, save for one doctor. This is our representative government. Dialogue is the key, which is why I am here, for example.
I believe in the separation of church and state, because once the state is made a godhead, crimes are also sins against god.
I been baptized three times, in the Trinity Church of God (when born), in the Episcopalian church (age 9), and in the Baptist church (age 16).
I love James Carroll, his books 'Constantine's Sword' and 'Crusade' are in my top five of things I've read this year. (check them on Amazon before making any judgements on me!!!!!)
I am fascinated by the evolution of religion. For anyone who's read the Old Testament but not the Chronicle of Gilgamesh, you are missing out on a great mindbender.


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This post is part of a weekly series of Torah commentaries presented by the American Jewish World Service. It was contributed by Shira Fischer.
In Parshat Toldot, Jacob and Esau, like so many other biblical brothers, are in conflict. From the womb, the two struggle with each other, leading God to tell their mother, Rebecca, "Two nations are in your womb and two peoples shall come out from your bowels; one people will be stronger than the other people and the elder shall serve the younger." ((Genesis 25:22–23.))
Rashi explains that not only will the two be unequal in greatness, but also, "K'she zeh kam, zeh nofel"—"When one arises, the other falls." ((Rashi on Genesis 25:23.)) For Jacob to succeed, Esau must fail, and vice versa. For some reason, they cannot both thrive. It's as if the two are trapped in the most simple of economic and game theory setups: the zero-sum game. In a zero-sum game, if I give you five dollars, I'll have five less while you'll have five more. Your gain plus my loss—as Jacob's and Esau's—must equal zero.
Indeed, we often think in zero-sum terms about donating money. We may believe that a gain for others is a loss to us and therefore hesitate when contemplating tzedakah. In his 14th century legal code, Arba'ah Turim, Rabbi Yaakov ben Asher addresses the anxiety we feel about whether or not we can afford to give tzedakah by reassuring potential givers that, "A person has never become poor from giving tzedakah and nothing bad or damaging has ever resulted from it." ((Tur, Yoreh De'ah 247.))
Despite our inclination to worry about the loss we might experience from giving, tzedakah is not a zero-sum game. Certainly tzedakah costs the giver something and benefits the recipient. However, there are benefits to the giver as well as to the receiver of tzedakah, and Judaism offers such benefits as reasons to give. According to the midrash in the name of Rabbi Joshua:
More than what a householder does for the poor man, the poor man does for the householder, as Ruth says to Naomi, "The man's name whom I helped today is Boaz" (Ruth 2:19). It doesn't say, "Who helped me," but rather "Whom I helped." ((Leviticus Rabbah 34:9.))
The midrash points out that Ruth, a poor woman, helped the wealthy landowner Boaz, implying that Boaz benefitted from the opportunity to give tzedakah. Indeed, Jewish tradition suggests several ways in which giving benefits the giver. Tzedakah is described as a way of getting closer to God, for it is through tzedek that God's presence is seen. ((Talmud Bavli Bava Batra 10a referencing Psalm 17:15.)) The Torah further promises that God will reward those who practice justice and righteousness with long life and inheritance of the land. ((Deuteronomy 16:20 and elsewhere.))
Although we may feel some ambivalence about giving tzedakah, the notion that we gain something from the act of giving is likely not foreign to us. We may feel good about giving because we are helping to alleviate suffering or to address inequality and injustice. In fact, we may even derive a more concrete personal benefit from giving away what is ours. Kevin Salwen, author of The Power of Half, describes the positive effect on his family of selling their luxurious Atlanta home and using half of the proceeds to purchase a more modest home while donating the other half: "We essentially traded stuff for togetherness and connectedness. … This is the most self-interested thing we have ever done. I'm thrilled that we can help others. I'm blown away by how much it has helped us." ((Nicholas Kristof, "What Could You Live Without?" The New York Times 24 January 2010: WK12. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/opinion/24kristof.html))
Thus giving tzedakah can be an experience that benefits not only the recipient but also the giver. Maimonides takes this idea one step further, suggesting that the effect on the giver might actually trump the impact on the recipient. He explains:
When a person gives to an appropriate person one thousand gold pieces at once, he would not be considered at the level of generosity in this one large action as someone who gave one thousand gold coins (one at a time) one thousand times and through each coin was generous, because this multiplies the act of generosity one thousand times and [the trait of generosity] is strengthened in this person, while the other one only had his spirit raised to the awareness to do good once and then stopped. ((Rambam, commentary on Pirkei Avot, 3:15))
In other words, Maimonides startlingly concludes, it is better to give less but give it often, even if the impact on each recipient is smaller, rather than giving a large lump sum, which would have a greater impact on the recipient. Why? Because more frequent giving cultivates a generous character in the giver.
This serves as a reminder to us that as important as tzedakah is to bringing less need and greater justice to the world, it also has a profound impact on the person giving it. When we hesitate to give tzedakah, worrying how much we can afford to sacrifice so that others can do better, let us remember that, unlike Jacob and Esau's zero-sum struggle, tzedakah can be an act that benefits us all.
Shira Fischer is an MD/PhD candidate in epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts and holds a BA in biochemistry from Harvard College. She is an alumna of the Dorot Fellowship, through which she spent a year post-college studying Talmud and working at the Academy for Hebrew Language in Jerusalem. She subsequently worked on health policy in Washington, D.C., and served on the Massachusetts Medical Society's Committee for Public Health. Shira enjoys teaching Jewish studies and reading Torah for several local communities in Brookline, Massachusetts. Shira can be reached at ajws at shirafischer dot com.


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Audi Q7 – One of the Stars on the "Streif"
The sports world will once again be spellbound by events at Kitzbühel between the 20 and 22 January: The famous Hahnenkamm race is held there for the 66th time – for many the absolute highlight of the Audi FIS Ski World Cup. Whoever mounts the top step of the podium after the legendary downhill race on the "Streif" can, at least for one year, consider himself to be "King of Skiers".
This year's visitors can also marvel at a combination of the finest engineering and elegance 'off piste': Among the fleet of cars, with which Audi will be chauffeuring the numerous guests in and around Kitzbühel, are 30 cars of the new Audi Q7, which is also on show in front of the giant VIP tent in the finish area and will certainly be one of the stars on the "Streif".
AUDI AG has been a partner of the Hahnenkamm race, whose fascination infects everybody, since 2001: Millions of television viewers, tens of thousands lining the downhill course and celebrities from all four corners of the world watch spellbound as the world's top professional skiers hurl themselves down the "Streif" at speeds approaching 140 kph. The notorious men's downhill has a maximum incline of 85 per cent which, as a result, forces the skiers to jump 80 metres in certain sections.
The partnership with the Hahnenkamm race is only a part of the AUDI AG commitment to Alpine skiing. Audi has loaned its name to the World Cup since the 2002/2003 season, which comprises of 77 races during this Olympic winter. Audi has supported the German Skiing Association (Deutscher Skiverband – DSV), including its national teams, for more than 20 years. The athletes and officials appreciate the advantages of the quattro drive equipped Audi vehicles, which bring them safely to the World Cup events. The athletes also train at the state-of-the-art Audi Wind Tunnel Centre in Ingolstadt to find the all important advantage for the tough competition.
Not only does the DSV put its trust in Audi technology: AUDI AG is also partner to the Swedish, Finnish, French and Swiss national teams.
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Data is considered ill-conditioned when small perturbations cause erratic results. When considering variable correlations, this occurs when one or more rows (or columns) of data are approximately linear combinations of other rows (or columns). This is called collinearity or multi collinearity. This type of ill-conditioning can be reduced by eliminating one or more collinear variables as predictors. A similar option is to combine the collinear variables into one variable through an appropriate function. Centering the data may help when collinearity arises from polynomial regression or from interaction variables. Collinearity generally cannot be completely avoided.
In the field of numerical analysis, the condition number of a function with respect to an argument measures the asymptotically worst case of how much the function can change in proportion to small changes in the argument. The "function" is the solution of a problem and the "arguments" are the data in the problem.
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The condition number is a property of the problem. Paired with the problem are any number of algorithms that can be used to solve the problem, that is, to calculate the solution. Some algorithms have a property called backward stability. In general, a backward stable algorithm can be expected to accurately solve well-conditioned problems. Numerical analysis textbooks give formulas for the condition numbers of problems and identify the backward stable algorithms.
Minority Discrimination Case: An Analysis of Ill-conditioned Data
The court case of Hogan v. Pierce (Gastwirth, 1984) involved the following promotion data, by race.
Date of Promotion
The most notable feature of these data is that at each promotion opportunity not a single black was promoted, whereas small numbers of whites were promoted. Thus the data support an infinite upper bound on the odds ratio of being promoted for whites relative to blacks. But it is fair to ask how low the odds ratio could be. StatXact produces the following exact and Mantel-Haenszel output.
The Mantel-Haenszel method cannot estimate the lower bound on the odds ratio because the point and variance estimators are undefined when the observed statistic is at its maximum. However, both the exact and mid-p methods can. The mid-p method claims with 95% confidence that the odds of promotion for whites is no less than 2.298 times the odds of promotion for blacks. The more conservative exact method places a lower bound of 1.819 on the odds ratio.
The ORTHOREG procedure performs linear least squares regression by using the Gentleman-Givens computational method, and it can produce more accurate parameter estimates for ill-conditioned data. PROC GLM and PROC REG produce very accurate estimates for most problems. However, if you have very ill-conditioned data, consider using the ORTHOREG procedure. The collinearity diagnostics in PROC REG can help you to determine whether PROC ORTHOREG would be useful.These latest developments are all covered in theStatistichomework helpand assignment help at transtutors.com.
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Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA-02), the leading Congressional advocate for school funding equity, today told the Council of the Great City Schools, a coalition of the nation's largest urban systems, that the key to America's future in the global marketplace can be found in their classrooms.
Fattah is co-author of legislation that created the U.S. Equity and Excellence Commission. The Commission, which found its genesis in a conversation Fattah had with President Obama in early 2009, just completed a major report on equity of school resources for the U.S. Department of Education.
In his remarks to 200 superintendents, school board members, and school administrators, the Philadelphia Congressman connected the critical work of educating children in urban school districts with the economic health of the country as a whole. As he said in his forward in the Commission report: "American global competitiveness demands the full, active participation of every young person and his or her talents, regardless of location or circumstance of birth."
Fattah today was addressing the Great City Schools' Annual Legislative and Policy Conference at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington. The Council's members are the leaders of school systems with combined enrollment of 6.9 million students in cities over a quarter-million population.
"As a nation, if we're going to compete with billion plus populated countries, we're going to have to compete with an educated workforce," Fattah told the educators. "We've been shadowboxing for too long and we're going to need to get serious about competing. . . We can no longer afford to have a third of American children living in the shadow of opportunity."
Fattah was introduced by Philadelphia Superintendent of Schools Dr. William R. Hite Jr.
The Equity Commission report, For Each and Every Child, calls for federal leadership to address funding inequities between schools and districts, a long-term legislative priority of the Congressman. The report also recommends an aggressive new effort to ensure access to high-quality early childhood education for children in low-income communities.
The early-childhood recommendation was reflected in the President's State of the Union address and draws from another Fattah priority -- neuroscience research, including support for research on how children learn and how the brains of the very young develop.
Fattah is the long-time champion for both education and urban youth who has spoken out forcefully on the challenges and triumphs taking place in the nation's largest school districts. He has led efforts to reverse inequitable school financing systems between rich and poor districts and within districts.
"Some people say that delivering quality education isn't a matter of money," he said. "Fine, if the money doesn't matter, let's just equalize the money provided to every school and school district, and see what happens.If the money does matter, then we should equalize it as well."
Fattah is Ranking Member (senior Democrat) on the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce Justice Science and related agencies.
Source: http://fattah.house.gov/latest-news/rep-fattah-addresses-leaders-of-great-city-schools-on-critical-need-for-equity-in-education-funding/


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Calpers Will Oppose Nominees for Philip Morris Board
By GLENN COLLINS
Published: April 14, 1995
Charging that the Philip Morris Companies has been unresponsive to institutional shareholders, the California Public Employees' Retirement System, or Calpers, said yesterday that it would oppose the company's management slate of 14 directors for the Philip Morris board.
Calpers, the nation's largest public pension fund, holds $365 million worth of the company's shares, making it the second-largest institutional Philip Morris shareholder among pension funds, behind TIAA-CREF, the largest private pension fund. Calpers was joined yesterday in its protest by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Its union locals own $142 million worth of Philip Morris shares in 25 funds.
"This is a symbolic act, and we're trying to send a message," said Richard H. Koppes, the deputy executive officer and general counsel for Calpers, who said he objected to the fact that Philip Morris had not permitted a meeting with what he called "a representative group" of the company's outside directors.
"We're asking for one meeting, and this is not an unusual request," he said, adding that in recent years the directors of three dozen companies, including Westinghouse Electric, I.B.M., American Express and Kmart, had met with Calpers and other institutional investors.
Of the 14 members of the Philip Morris board offered by the company for election at the company's annual meeting on April 27 in Richmond, 11 are directors who do not work for the company.
Philip Morris said in a statement that "any further meeting with outside directors is not warranted at this time," adding that it had addressed shareholder concerns at a meeting on Sept. 21 and had made three outside directors available at the meeting, along with the company's management.
Saying that the company "takes very seriously the importance of open dialogue between the company and its stockholders," Philip Morris noted that its dividend was at an all-time high and that the share price was up 13.2 percent since the September meeting. Philip Morris shares closed yesterday at $67.75 on the New York Stock Exchange, up 12.5 cents.
At the September meeting, several representatives of the company's large public shareholders walked out, though the Calpers managers remained and questioned Philip Morris executives.
"Last September's meeting was useful, but again I remain puzzled about why we can't meet with the people we elect," Mr. Koppes said. He declined to say what issues Calpers wanted to discuss, but at the meeting in September some shareholders, concerned about the legal and legislative liabilities of tobacco, urged that Philip Morris spin off its food business from its tobacco operations, much as the RJR Nabisco Holdings Company has done.
Last year, however, Philip Morris executives declared that they would not separate the tobacco division from the company's other businesses, which include the Miller Brewing Company and Kraft Foods.
"We're supporting Calpers and advising our funds not to vote for the Philip Morris slate as well," said William B. Patterson, director of the office of corporate affairs for the teamsters. Mr. Patterson heads the office that advises the union's 150,000 local pension funds on corporate governance issues.
"I suspect that there will be other funds that vote with Calpers," said Anne Hansen, deputy director of the Council of Institutional Investors, a group of 100 corporate, public and union pension funds with combined assets of more than $800 billion. Calpers is its largest member.
"It's a matter of principle," she added, "since the council feels that it is a right of shareholders to be permitted to communicate with their elected representatives."
Calpers has assets of $80 billion and owns 5.4 million shares of Philip Morris. Since the company has 857.3 million shares outstanding, though, "I'd be surprised if the slate were turned down," said Emanuel Goldman, a securities analyst at Paine Webber. "I suspect that with this announcement, they're just looking to make their point."
TIAA-CREF owns 13.3 million shares of Philip Morris worth $903 million. A spokeswoman said the fund would not comment on its vote in advance of the annual meeting.


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VVV: Poetry, Plastic Arts, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1942.
Profusely illustrated with color and monochrome photographs, gravures, overlays and transparencies. 4 volumes in 3, as issued. Slim 4to, original colored printed wrappers (some sun fading and worn edges, but for a few minor spots, a very nice clean set). New York: Boni & Liveright, 1942, 1943, 1944. First Editions.
A very good(+) set of this scarce surrealist magazine. A literary and fine art journal with Andre Breton, Marcel Duchamp and Max Ernst as editorial advisors. The title is taken from the World War II "V for Victory". Illustrations include color plates, inserts, cut-outs and other movable parts. The first issue, October 1942, has a green cover designed by Max Ernst and contributions by Claude Levi Strauss, Wm. Carlos Williams, Andre Masson and Robert Motherwell. Volume 2 and 3 is a double issue with a tan cover by Marcel Duchamp and a chicken wire insert on the back cover. The final issue, February 1944, has a red cover and is designed by Matta.
Binding: Paperback
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Edition: First
Language: English
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text: \u003cp class="imgtitle"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e MARSHALL \u0026ndash; The East Texas Electric Cooperative claims the actions of the Sierra Club to stop the co-op from constructing coal-fired generators will only result in higher electric bills for rural customers, according to a recent lawsuit. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe ETEC is a not-for-profit rural electric cooperative that provides the generation and transmission of electric services to rural customers in East Texas and Louisiana. ETEC provides electricity to the Sam Rayburn G\u0026T Electric Cooperative, Tex-La Electric Cooperative of Texas Inc. and Northeast Texas Electric Cooperatives. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThese groups, including the ETEC, own interests in four coal-firing generating facilities: "Pirkey" in Texas, "Dolet Hills" and "Nelson 6" in Louisiana, and "ISES II" in Arkansas. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Sierra Club initiated litigations and sent communications to federal agencies in an attempt to halt all construction of coal-fired generation facilities. In addition to other claims, the litigations allege violations of the National Environmental Policy Act and the Freedom of Information Act. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eEast Texas Electric Cooperative Inc. filed suit against Sierra Club, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service, Edward T. Schafer and James M. Andrew on Sept. 25 in the Marshall Division of the Eastern District of Texas.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eETEC filed suit against the defendants for violations of the Administrative Procedure Act, including the abuse of discretion and arbitrary conduct. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe co-op participates in a government program enacted by the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, which guarantees government loans to bring electricity to rural Americans. ETEC uses the money for construction and expansion of electric generation facilities, distribution lines and other physical structures necessary to generate and carry electricity. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBeginning in 1994, the United States Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service has been responsible for the administration of the loan program. ETEC is a borrower in good standing with the Rural Utilities Service.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlthough the Department of Agriculture's agency is under statutory mandate, the plaintiffs argue that the Sierra Club has initiated litigations and sent communications in an effort "to bring to a complete and immediate halt all construction of coal-fired generation facilities, regardless of the level of Rural Utilities Service involvement." \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSuch efforts include a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Utilities Service Administrator alleging both agencies "are in violation of federal law by approving investments in a number of new coal-fired power plants across the nation absent any review under National Environmental Policy Act." \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe plaintiff states that the Sierra Club demanded that the agencies "cease and withdraw all approvals for such coal-fired projects."\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe plaintiff believes the Sierra Club's actions have made the Rural Utilities Service "either unable or unwilling, or both, to perform functions committed to its discretion by statute."\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePrior to the environmental group's actions, the Rural Utilities Service determined whether a loan applicant has sufficient control and responsibility to alter the development of a proposal such that the agencies' action will be considered federal action under the National Environmental Policy Act. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe plaintiff states that the agency routinely granted amended or modified various lien and security documents. However, after the Sierra Club's actions, the plaintiff argues that the agency is denying routine requests and returning loan applications with the stated reasoning of "that the RUS will no longer provide funds for the construction of baseload electric generation facilities." \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe plaintiff states the explanations are "contrary to law and pretextual" and "with no statutory or budgetary justification."\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eETEC borrowed $80 million from the Rural Utilities Service to apply toward the purchase of ownership interests in coal or gas-fired generation facilities in Osceola, Ark., Harrison County, Tex., Hempstead County, Ark. and in Warren County, Miss. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs alleged by the plaintiffs' complaint, the agency determined that ETEC did not have sufficient interest to control or alter development and thus, an environmental analysis under the National Environmental Policy Act was not necessary. In anticipation of the loans, ETEC borrowed money from a third party. The loan applications were pending for over two years, when the applications were returned. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBecause of these actions, the plaintiff states that it will need to pass on the cost of financing expenses to the rural consumers in the form of higher electricity bills. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe lawsuit is seeking for a declaratory judgment that its loan applications were lawful and applicable to the Rural Utilities Service's regulations. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAttorneys William Burchette and Christopher Mackaronis and Mark Davis of the law firm Brickfield, Burchette, Ritts \u0026 Stone PC and Jason Searcy, Joshua Searcy, and Amy Bates Ames of Jason R. Searcy and Associates PC are representing the plaintiff. \u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eU.S. District Judge T. John Ward will preside over the litigation. \u003cbr /\u003eCase No: 2:2008cv00364\u003cbr /\u003e


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Is It OK To Jam GPS For Privacy?
Came across a very interesting article this morning. It's citing some recent UK information on apparent commercial GPS jamming activity, but, of course, it has at least as much applicability to my (primarily) US-based readers, because GPS is one of the only truly global and non-political services in the world.
GPS works as well for the North Koreans as it does for New Yorkers, and unilateral disruptions to the signal and overall service can have serious consequences no matt3er where you are.
An interesting read:
Moonlighting Truck Drivers Source of GPS Jamming in the UK
New research suggests GPS jamming in the UK is caused by truck drivers who are moonlighting, or working graveyard shifts.
The jamming of GPS signals and devices is putting shipping and aviation industries at risk because they are unable to access the GPS tracking and GPS navigation technology. Truck and van drivers who moonlight in the UK are now suspected of being to blame for the constant jamming due to their use of cheap scanners. The survey pointing to these results was conducted by the Technology Strategy Board's Sentinel Project.
There is a growing concern about incidents of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) jamming throughout the UK, with as many as 100 dangerous incidents that occur each day at one of the busiest UK airports alone. This doesn't even make a dent in all the GPS and GNSS incidents occurring.
Engineers who aided in the research noticed the incidents occurred more often during the week and in the middle of the night, rather than the weekend. This eliminated other factors that could have caused all the interferences, such as solar weather events.
Because they were occurring in the middle of the week, researchers began looking into commercial vehicles that are being used around the same time the satellite interferences were taking place. This isn't just work-related truck drivers, but moonlighters who are doing activities in the middle of the night who are purposely interfering with tracking satellite systems.
"The pattern of behaviour suggests it is likely to be civilian-sourced jamming and most likely the evasion of tracking within commercial vehicles for moonlighting activities or for other non-work purposes," Charles Curry, the project head and founder of Chronos Technology said. …
– See more at: http://www.liveviewgps.com/blog/moonlighting-truck-drivers-source-gps-jamming-uk/#sthash.eZI9wGuC.dpuf
Clandestine and unauthorized civilian jamming use seems to be at least as popular in the USA. Just like the old "Spy vs. Spy" comic in Mad magazine, the agencies who try to curb this activity and the misguided and criminal folks who undertake it are going to be locked in combat for the foreseeable future.
Every technique that tries to mitigate jamming is going to be countered by modifications and new techniques to advance the spread of jamming. It's unlikely the struggle will ever end.
What can we do as public citizens to counter this?
1. Educate your drivers and other users. The GPS tracking industry is AT LEAST as much about driver safety, corporate efficiency (and thus continued employment) and environmental issues (saving unnecessary trips and excess idling) as it is about punishment, discipline and intrusions to privacy.
2. Ask you local law enforcement and the federal agencies who spend their time protecting the interests of Hollywood movie moguls and arresting web site providers for granting access to poker games and the other "terrorist-related" bullshit non-crimes that our national law enforcement community has degraded into, if they would please take a few minutes out of their busy day of doughnut runs and searching for teacher-student sex, if they would please address this issue.
Are people right in your own community making money of illegal sales to jam the GPS system?
I did one quick Google search and found, on the first page of search results, at least 6 commercial companies, within the USA, all selling illegal, or, at best, quasi-legal GPS jamming tools and devices.
It would not be hard to force this companies to stop this dangerous practice … if anyone in government and law enforcement gave a damn.
3. If you know of any activity along these lines, call the GPS jamming tip line and sound the alarm.


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There comes a time in everyone's life where you've got to get smart with your money. Pinching the pennies is hardly the most exciting thing you'll have to do but sometimes it is pretty necessary. The fortunate side of this is that you don't need to lock your cash away in a safe and throw away the key. The trick is to make sure that you're getting as much as you can out of the money that you have. Here are a few simple ways to make sure that you're getting the most out of your money.
Get thrifty
Are you a bit of a compulsive spender? Don't worry, everyone likes to treat themselves now and then. The problem comes when you're spending more money that you can actually afford. Rather than cutting down on your purchases completely and living off the land, why not think about getting a bit smarter with your spending. Rather than always buying new, full price items, rain the reduced racks and second hand stores. You can almost always find something unexpectedly fantastic and at a ridiculously low price! This applies to all your spending too. From clothes to food, there's always an option that lets to be a little more thrifty.
Why drive when you can walk?
Do you find yourself driving everywhere, even when you could probably walk there just as easily? It's pretty common to pick a ten minute drive over a thirty minute walk but is it really worth it? It might not seem like it but those fuel costs can pile up over time and those little trips where you decided to drive instead of walking can really add up. By taking that extra time and effort to walk instead of driving, you'll find your money goes that much further. And if walking takes too long, then why not think about cycling? It's fast, free and helps you stay in shape too!
Credit cards
Now I know what you're thinking. Surely if you want to be smart with your money, then you'll stay away from credit cards, right? It is true that if you're not responsible with how you use them then, credit cards can be a pretty dangerous temptation to spend money. But there are also a lot of positive things about credit cards. For one thing, paying off your credit card regularly every month does wonders for your credit rating. Plus with all the great incentives that come with them, there are a lot of occasions where a premier banking credit card gives you unparalleled benefits. With air miles and more, there are a whole host of ways that a credit card can make your money go further.
No matter how much of this advice you follow, the only real way to make your money go further is to be responsible with how you spend it. Don't let your spending get out of control and ensure that you're always aware of exactly what you're money is doing.


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Nobody's Child Trailer (2004)
01 January 2004
Nobody's Child is a Singaporean film, directed by Lin Wenhui. Together with her parents and younger brother, Shuangshuang left Malaysia for Singapore. The husband and wife rented a food stall. But poor business forced Shuangshuang's father to find a job back in Malaysia, leaving his wife, Danping, to run the stall with Shuangshuang. Danping never appreciated Shuangshuang's competence. Shuangshuang's father soon stopped remitting money and even had an affair. He asked for a divorce when his lover became pregnant. In her quest to get back at her husband, Danping slept with Obit when the latter's wife was away. Shuangshuang heard on the news about how Phuket was hit by the tsunami. Worried for her mum's safety, she tried calling her in vain. Shuangshuang told Wei about how her mum could be a victim in the tsunami and how Obit violated her. Enraged, Wei confronted Obit. Shuangshuang was stabbed in the back as she tried to separate the two men.
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