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WASHINGTON In a major setback for business groups that had hoped to build a barrier against injury lawsuits seeking billions of dollars, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said state juries may award damages for harm from unsafe drugs even though their manufacturers had satisfied federal regulators.
The ruling could have significant implications beyond drug manufacturing. Many companies have sought tighter federal regulation in recent years in part to shield themselves from litigation.
The court, by a 6-to-3 vote, upheld a jury verdict of $6.7 million in favor of a musician from Vermont whose arm had to be amputated after she was injected with an antinausea drug. The drug's manufacturer, Wyeth, had argued that its compliance with the Food and Drug Administration's labeling requirements should immunize it from lawsuits.
Pharmaceutical companies were especially disappointed by Wednesday's decision.
Ronald Rogers, a spokesman for Merck, said, "We believe state courts should not be second-guessing the doctors and scientists at the F.D.A."
Merck was hit with several huge damage awards over its painkiller Vioxx before agreeing to a $4.85 billion settlement in 2007. Allowing juries to make determinations about drug risks, Mr. Rogers said, would cause "mass confusion."
The Supreme Court has been sympathetic in recent years to arguments that federal law should pre-empt state injury suits. Last year, in Riegel v. Medtronic, an eight-justice majority of the court ruled that many state suits concerning injuries caused by medical devices were barred by the express language in a federal law. Wednesday's decision addressed implied pre-emption, a different legal standard.
Drug companies and other businesses, supported by the Bush administration, had hoped the Vermont case would establish broader protections. They relied not on express language in a statute enacted by Congress, as in Riegel, but on what might be implied from federal regulatory standards and policies in this case, from the drug agency's authority to approve drug labels.
Producers of goods as different as antifreeze, fireworks, popcorn, cigarettes and light bulbs have sought to take refuge behind federal oversight in recent years to fend off litigation. After Wednesday's decision, those efforts are most likely to succeed if they are based on express language in a Congressional statute or a specific regulatory action that makes compliance with state requirements impossible.
"This narrows the playing field," for implied pre-emption arguments, Mark Herrmann, a corporate defense lawyer in Chicago, said of the decision. "This does not eliminate the playing field."
Most drug company stocks, including Wyeth's, closed up on Wednesday, as did the Dow Jones industrial average, which rose 150 points, breaking a long losing streak.
Catherine M. Sharkey, a law professor at New York University, said the decision does mean that "there is certainly a thumb on the scale against the more aggressive arguments for implied pre-emption."
Justice John Paul Stevens, writing for the majority in Wednesday's decision, Wyeth v. Levine, No. 06-1249, said Congress could have required pre-emption in the case but had not. "Evidently," he said, "it determined that widely available state rights of action provided appropriate relief for injured consumers."
Justice Stevens noted that Congress did adopt just such an express pre-emption provision for medical devices in the law at issue in the Riegel case.
Until a recent change in policy under the Bush administration, Justice Stevens wrote, the drug agency had welcomed state injury suits as a useful complement to federal regulation. But in "a dramatic change in position" in 2006, Justice Stevens said, the agency reversed that longstanding policy not withstanding its "limited resources to monitor the 11,000 drugs on the market."
The agency's new position, Justice Stevens wrote, "is entitled to no weight." He was similarly dismissive of a brief supporting Wyeth filed by the Justice Department under former President George W. Bush, saying it was "undeserving of deference."
Justice Stevens was joined by Justices Anthony M. Kennedy, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer. Justice Clarence Thomas voted with the majority but did not adopt Justice Stevens's reasoning, saying instead that he objected generally to "far-reaching implied pre-emption doctrines" that "wander far from the statutory text."
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., writing for the three dissenters, said the court had done an about-face, "turning yesterday's dissent into today's majority opinion" and turning ordinary injury suits into a "frontal assault on the F.D.A.'s regulatory regime for drug labeling."
"This case illustrates," Justice Alito said, "that tragic facts make bad law."
The case began in 2000, when Diana Levine, suffering from migraine headaches, visited a clinic. She was given injections of Demerol for the pain and Wyeth's drug Phenergan for nausea.
If Phenergan is exposed to arterial blood, it can cause swift and irreversible gangrene. For that reason, it is usually administered by intramuscular injection or intravenous drip. This time, a physician's assistant used a third method, injecting the drug into what she thought was a vein, a method known as "IV push."
In the following weeks, Ms. Levine's hand and forearm turned black, and they were amputated in two stages. She settled a lawsuit against the clinic and went to trial against Wyeth, claiming its warnings against IV-push administration were not strong enough.
She greeted Wednesday's decision with elation. "Next to getting my hand back," she said of the Supreme Court, "it's the least they could have done and the best they could have done."
Bert Rein, a lawyer for Wyeth, said the company had "fully complied with federal law in its labeling of Phenergan," adding that the F.D.A. is "in the best position to weigh the risks and benefits of a medicine."
Justice Alito said Wyeth had provided ample notice about the risk of gangrene in "six separate warnings," some of them "in boldfaced font and all-capital letters," on the drug label the F.D.A. had approved.
Justice Alito, writing for himself, Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Justice Antonin Scalia, added that juries see only the "tragic accident" before them and "are ill-equipped to perform the F.D.A.'s cost-benefit-balancing function." The agency, by contrast, he wrote, "has the benefit of the long view" and "conveys its warnings with one voice."
"After today's ruling," he said, "parochialism may prevail."


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Rosemary O'Neill is a specialist in Twentieth Century Art History in Europe and the Americas. She is the author of Art and Visual Culture of the French Riviera, 1956-1971 (Ashgate Publishing, January 2012) and Le 'naturalisme int_gral' de Pierre Restany: la perception disciplin_e et la dematerialization de l'objet, Le Demi-Si'cle de Pierre Restany (Paris: INHA, 2009). She has published essays on French and American art in the 1960s including "Ecole de Nice: Action Artistique et Bonne Humeur, Ecole de Nice: Paroles d'Artistes" (Paris, 2010), and "La Cedille qui Sourit: Aesthetic Research under the sign of humor" in Parody and Festivity, ed.D.Smith, (Ashgate Publishing, 2012). Most recently, she participated in the International Colloquium, L'Art contemporain et la C_te d'Azur, un territoire pour l'exp_rimentation, 1951-2011. O'Neill has contributed to museum exhibition catalogues including the Corcoran Museum exhibition, "Modernist Rendezvous: Amadeo de Souza Cardoso and the Delaunays," At the Edge: A Portuguese Futurist _ Amadeo de Souza Cardoso (1999-2000) and she is a contributor to Art in Latin America, The Modern Era, 1820-1980 (Yale University Press and The Southbank Center, London, 1989,1994,2006). Her curatorial work includes: Four Walls, a John Cage/Merce Cunningham performed by Sin-Cha Hong, New School University (2004), Paris 1968: Posters from the Atelier Populaire, exhibition catalogue (NY: New School University, 1998) and Agit-Pop: 68/98 in Perspective, co-curator, in conjunction with Anthology Film Archives. O'Neill co-chaired the panel Installation Art in the Age of Globalization, College Art Association Annual Conference (2006). She has presented papers in numerous national and international conferences.
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Establishing Nationalism
Right after
Never before in history did an Indian, living in Lakshwadeep or Nagaland, think that he was an Indian. This program became successful to a great extent in uniting various cultures, regions, languages, tribes, clans, kingdoms, etc, to create an Indian nation.
At the same time, this attempt suffered a brief setback when a huge chunk of Muslims of this sub-continent wanted a
However, the rest of us who inherited India were quite happy with the results and continued to push and promote one identity- that of an Indian, not knowing we were creating a new ideology called nationalism which would have its own set of drawbacks.
Insecurities of a new nation
The leaders of post-Independent India were overzealous in their attempts to impose this new identity onto the Indians. They feared
In the beginning, right after
In the process, we created some symbols- a flag, an anthem, a map, etc, and we created movies, songs, text books, etc, to indoctrinate them. These symbols were heavily used to rally its people under a banner of nationalism. Also important was binding everyone under a common grief- which is so essential to create national identities. We got our share too- when
On the whole this drive to inculcate nationalism was a huge success. When
Excessive Nationalism
Learning their lessons, after WWII, most of
Though there are enough signs to indicate that certain fascist fo
Blurring local identities
There is a negative side effect to all this which we cannot ignore. In an overzealous attempt to establish a single identity- that of nation, we have consistently led campaigns to blur other identities which are as important to the Indian people and to the very existence of India in the long run
Nowadays, it is preferable and politically correct to call oneself an Indian but not a Telugu or Bengali. In the movie, Chak De, the coach of the Indian women hockey team exhorts every player to call herself an Indian, as a response, when those players call out their state name. The audience was happy to see him reprimand them. I found that quite ridiculous.
I was told that in a TV show called Voice of India, one contestant protested when each person was referred to the state or region he belonged to. Instead, he wanted everyone to be called an Indian. The audience applauded him and the practice of naming one's state was discontinued (for a while). I find such attempts foolish and funny.
If it is an 'Indian' Hockey team, isn't it redundant to say one is Indian? If it is voice of '
In our overzealous attempt to promote nationalism, we curb our regional identities, thus reducing the Miss India pageant into a joke, selecting contestants from a small section of population and that too by one agency. In my opinion, it should be called 'Miss Femina' (or something like that) and they should just drop the tag '
What is wrong in saying where a person is from, when living in
In Information Theory we learn that if you transmit a symbol which the other person already knows then the information content is zero. Its better you don't transmit it. If you tell the other person some information that he already knows, what good is it? If you have to rate Indians on their idiocy, I believe this should rank first.
Nationalism as ideology
For example, the people of the North, who speak Hindi, think they are more Indian than the people of the South just because they speak Hindi which they think is the national language. All Indians should be told that there is NO such a thing called NATIONAL LANGAUGE in
However, there is arrogance amongst certain Hindi speakers to assume that everyone should be speaking Hindi. Such a false notion arises because of our attempts to blur our regional identities while trying to impose national identities.
In another example, in an ongoing debate on this blog at 'separate Telangana', the detractors always bring in the argument of 'breakup of the nation' to discredit the local movement. Such detractors who equate 'creation of a new state within the legal and constitutional rights of
It has become a practice in all spheres of public debate to take upon oneself a higher moral authority being defenders of national symbols while portraying the opponents as traitors.
In our overzealous attempts to establish nationalism as the highest virtue, we have created a new ideology. And that ideology has now grown strong and has come back to haunt us. In this game of proving oneself better than the other, the highest flag bearer gets the right to impose himself onto others even if he is pursuing his vested interests. The question of patriotism is answered by how smartly you cover your vested interest in the garb of 'for the sake of nation' slogans.
Other negatives of excessive nationalism
Excessive nationalism when not really in use sometimes vents itself as other isms- such as regionalism or communalism. As a corollary, certain groups starting out with parochial and radical regionalisms and communalisms get legitimacies when they portray themselves as nationalists. For example, Shiv sainiks who named themselves after Shivaji (who is considered a patriot under a national banner), first targeted Tamils in Mumbai, displaying their excessive regionalism, and later transformed themselves into a group targeting Muslims, displaying their excessive communalism. They get their legitimacies from many educated Hindus when they champion nationalism. Many Hindus laud Bal Thackeray and his Shiv sainiks when he takes a belligerent stand against
Certain groups move between these various isms very easily. The defenders of Kannada in Bangalore target Tamils on Cauvery issues, and then vent it out on non-Kannadigas during other incidents showing excessive regionalism, but also portray themselves as the defenders of the nation when protesting against Narayana Murthy over his comments on National Anthem. BJP and its affiliations use this card on a regular basis. They are defenders of national prestige and pride on the national arena while targeting Muslims and Christians in their local constituencies.
At the same time,
A national identity encroaching upon a local identity is as bad as one local identity encroaching upon the other local identity. We have to learn to live with our identities, be proud of them, and be able to respect other identities of other people. In a previous article on this topic (India: North and South Debate) I argued that the strength of
Only by allowing its people to celebrate their own identities,


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The International Ski Federation and U.S. Ski Team have awarded Denver Post Olympics and skiing writer John Meyer with their annual FIS Journalist Award for his lifetime of coverage of the team's athletes and races.
Meyer, considered to be "America's Ski Writer," will be covering his seventh Winter Olympics next year in Sochi, Russia. He was recognized during the U.S. ski team's annual alumni party on Dec. 7 at Beaver Creek, which coincided with men's Super G during World Cup competition.
National ski associations make the selections for the FIS. Fourteen other U.S. journalists have been awarded the distinction since 1996.
Before moving to cover skiing for the now-closed Rocky Mountain News in 1988, Meyer spent a season covering the Denver Nuggets. But the paper decided to pour more into skiing coverage under the assumption that if Colorado had the best skiing in the world, it needed the best skiing coverage, too. But Meyer was wading into territory well-covered by then-Denver Post outdoors, skiing and Olympics writer Charlie Meyers, who died in 2010.
Meyer said that year started a love affair with the sport. He has since covered more than 100 World cup races, four World Championships, and has interviewed every great American skier in the last three decades, from Picabo Street to Hilary Lindh, Bode Miller to Ted Ligety to Lindsey Vonn, and now Mikaela Shiffrin.


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Fred Cash remembers the day he joined the Impressions in 1958, a mere teenager starting what would be a five-decade ride in one of the great vocal groups of all time.
He had been singing on street-corners in Chattanooga, Tenn., and in church with his friends Sam Gooden and the Brooks brothers, Richard and Arthur. "There was not a whole lot to do in Chattanooga except play baseball and harmonize," Cash says. "Our families sang and played music. My mother played piano for several churches. My brothers sang in quartet gospel groups. It was in our blood. We wanted to take it further. But there were no record labels here. We had to leave for Chicago, Detroit, New York or California to take the next step."
But when the Roosters, the fledgling group the Brooks brothers formed with Gooden and Cash, was invited to Chicago in 1957 to join Jerry Butler and Curtis Mayfield in the Impressions, Cash had to stay home because his mother thought he was too young. The group enjoyed immediate success with a huge 1958 hit, the secular hymn "For Your Precious Love," with Butler on lead vocals.
Butler quit soon after for a solo career, and the Impressions' last concert with their original lineup happened to be in Chattanooga. Immediately afterward, Cash's old childhood friends drove to his house and made another attempt to persuade him and, more importantly, Cash's mother that joining the Impressions was the right move.
"I knew they were successful, but to get my attention one of the guys in the group pulled out a big wad of money," Cash says with a laugh. "My mom saw that and said, 'You can go.' I found out later it was a wad of one-dollar bills, but I left for Chicago and was in the group."
The group struggled to follow up "For Your Precious Love" at first, grinding out shows on the chitlin' circuit in the Deep South for a few years. But Mayfield's gift for songwriting and production eventually caught on, and the hits began to flow: "Gypsy Woman," "Keep on Pushing," "People Get Ready," "Amen," "I'm So Proud," "Woman's Got Soul."
Along with the Staple Singers, the Impressions provided a soundtrack for the civil-rights movement in the '60s. Mayfield's affinity for lyrics and melodies melded brilliantly with the vocal harmonies of Gooden and Cash (the Brooks brothers left the group in 1961).
"We rehearsed at my home (on the South Side) or at Sam's house," Cash says. "Curtis lived in the suburbs and he'd come into the city. He'd pick out the parts on his guitar that we needed to sing. I was singing bass, tenor, baritone, and lead. Curtis sang high tenor. Art was basically a bass singer and baritone, but on some songs he had to come up a couple of steps and do some tenor-ing. We didn't have training. It was all instinct. Curtis would ask me all the time whether he should go to school to learn some more about music. But he didn't need to. He wrote a lot of our early hits, like 'Gypsy Woman,' when he was just a kid, and we had material for years. He was a genius with a gift for putting words together that would inspire."
At the time, Cash acknowledges he didn't fully appreciate the group's role as part of a historic movement that changed the world.
"We were young and didn't know these songs would have that effect," he says. "We sold 60, 70 million records. We just came back from Madrid, and we were seeing kids 17 and 18 singing our songs. I couldn't believe that. You realize that songs like 'Keep on Pushing,' 'We're a Winner' and 'Choice of Colors' inspired people, even today. I was talking to Andy Young (civil rights activist and former congressman and U.S. ambassador Andrew Young) and he told me how they would sing 'Amen' and 'Keep on Pushing' during the freedom marches. It gave them inspiration to keep on doing what they were doing. It's great to know we had a role in that."
Mayfield left the group in 1970 for a solo career, cementing his reputation as one of the great artists of the 20th Century. Cash and Gooden carried on in the Impressions with a variety of singers, continuing to score hits into the '70s.
In 2000, Eric Clapton recruited the group to record vocals on his "Reptile" album. "We sang with him at a memorial service for Curtis (who died in 1999)," Cash says. "Afterward, everybody gathered out back of the church and Eric came up to me and said, 'Fred, would you like to record with me?' I had no idea he was a fan, but he really knew our music and we ended up doing most of the album and then touring with him for a month. He treated us like we were kings."
Reggie Torrian, who recorded with the Impressions in the '70s, returned to the group as lead vocalist a few years ago. The trio is recording what Cash hopes will be a new album, with the Dap Kings' Binky Griptite producing.
"When I went to visit Curtis before he died, he showed me a tape with a song he had written called 'Homeless,' and he told us to record it," Cash says. "We didn't have a label at time, so I forgot about it. But I was cleaning out my office earlier this year, found this bag of tapes, and the 'Homeless' tape fell to the floor. It was like a message. We got our old arranger Johnny Pate back and put together 'Homeless' and some other new songs. Binky produced the session in New York. Hopefully, we'll have some new Impressions music coming out in the fall."
The Impressions with Aretha Franklin at the 17th annual N'Digo Gala: 7 p.m. Saturday at the Arie Crown Theatre, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, $45, $75, $90; ticketmaster.com.


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The German department at Wheaton College is a close-knit community of language learners with interests in German literature and culture. Our courses cover all levels of the language, German history, economics, politics, as well as German literature, art, film and popular culture. The department offers students two major tracks: one in German Language and Literature and one in German Studies that welcomes interdisciplinary inquiries. We also offer one minor in German. All our courses are designed to nurture critical, independent as well as creative thinking, and to cultivate a deeper understanding of today's global community and oneself as an engaged citizen.
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Time for a brain dump. I have just completed reading work coming from Mor Naaman, Jeffrey Boase and Chih-Hui Lai at Rutgers, slated for CSCW 2010, on the content of messages in what they've decided to call "social awareness streams."
And right there I have an issue. I'm lumping it together with the term "weak ties" which found prominence in the 1940s (well before the internet was considered in social theory) and the found a new audience a few years back with its adaptation to online networks.
Today, referring to the activity on microblogging sites as either of these is probably very limited, based on myriad case studies of individuals and their very real connections and friendship strength, found through CMC. They are neither "weak" (as in traditional notions of acquaintances who can be called upon when needed), nor simply an "awareness" of others in a network. They are also not built in a heirarchical organization – they are horizontal. In fact, Castells' emphatic assertions that when we talk about communication we are actually discussing realms of power and influence, means that "communication" isn't a term to be thrown about lightly.
He's right.
My theory of the strength of these relationships is discovered through a realm of CMC that is primarily representated in phatic communion. The relationships exist as communities within what I call the latent sphere of the networked society. (In this sense, I use the networked society as defined by Manuel Castells.)
If Vincent Miller is correct, and Twitter is nothing more than a celebrated phatic technology-a technology which exists purely to support phatic communion, then the very real relationships being discovered today through its use are far more tangible than those discovered through discussing the weather in real life. And the fact that Twitter has existed and morphed in so many ways over these short years I respectfully suggest dispels any notion that it fulfills the "social awareness streams" suggested by the researchers at Rutgers. It, in fact, provides people with real connections, in the most concrete form – in fact (hold on to your hat) in a way that potentially surpasses that experienced in real life.
These people will regularly never have met in real life, until at least having met online first. Homophily still exists – we still form communities on this phatic network. (Just look at the hashtags to find the communities and topic areas that draw people together. And that's before Twitter added the List function. And then also, what about all the third party tools that operate solely on allowing you to classify your 'groups' of people in that space, such as Tweetdeck…) But these communities are not just asking simple stuff like what the weather is like, or just passing the time of day. The depth of feeling is not just as acquaintances. This depth of connection to people we never before would have connected with, and in fact to many we would never approach in real life (such as the homeless), has never before been realised by any other form of media. It's new. It's potentially both scary and exciting.
Even though Twitter is accepted by the mainstream middle class to such an extent it no longer receives explanations in newspapers (and in fact is used as the basis for reporting by lazy journalists), it still has not reached critical mass. But it will happen.
I believe the mommyblogger community is leading the way in demonstrating the case study proof of my assertions. We have seen real connections, and real support – people reaching out in very real ways to support each other, typically in times of great need – within this community. This latent sphere bubbles up and is electrically tangible. Like Flubber (it's highly viscuous, highly volatile, and has a great sense of rhythm) or the slime in Ghostbusters. (Sorry, but you'll understand my meaning :)) It's not just "aware".
So imagine the future – where more communities realise that potential. And then take it that step further, where the brands you love most are able to be part of that space. You know the old saying that if mums ruled the world, there'd be no more war? Here we are in a global networked society, with mums leading the way. Who can tell what comes next?


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This year the Italian manufacturer Fornasarig presented 'Swa' a pretty Scandinavian appearing family of wooden lounge chairs designed by the Japanese Setsu and Shinobu Ito. The roofed version, a cell dedicated to individual relax, is equipped with side and upper curtains that protect from the wind and the sun turning the project into a shelter, a personal and private nest. Beside this perimeter, a small table suggests the same proportions declining the same language.
Swa's structure is made of Slavonia desiccated oak, the curtains are made of polyester and pvc textile.
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Players: 2 - 5
Age: 9 +
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The players take on the roles of pirates.They move the captain along the alleys of the pirates nest, looking for treasure maps and treasure chests. Or they meet the city guard and deal with them if they can. Naturally, they will visit the few pubs to gather and drink some rum together. They will also have opportunities to acquire the special wares needed by pirates like wooden legs and eye patches. At the end of the day, they head back to the ship and wrangle for the few sleeping places available there. All these activities earn the players tiles, which are worth honor points - most positive, but some are negative. These honor points are tallied at game end.The player who ends the game with the most honor points is the winner!
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Job skills are important, but mojo even more so
Cassandra had been looking for a job for three or four months when she chatted with me after a presentation I gave on new-millennium job hunting. "I had the most upsetting experience recently," she said. "I interviewed for a Marketing job, and I had every qualification listed in the ad. I could tell, though, that I was losing the two interviewers during the interviews. I couldn't keep their attention."
"Who were these guys?" I asked her. "They're two founders who started an agency together," she said. "I got about fifty minutes with the first one and then maybe thirty-five with the second guy. The conversations were just off, a little. I was trying to talk about my experience, and I couldn't get them excited about anything." Inwardly I grimaced.
"Then, the worst part," Cassandra continued, "I hear a few weeks later that my sister-in-law's ex-boyfriend, Doug, got the job. I remember when she was dating Doug, and he's a business development guy. Maybe the two founders don't know the difference between biz dev and marketing, even though the job ad called for all the standard marketing qualifications, which I have. I can tell you that there's no way Doug has half the qualifications the two founders are looking for."
Cassandra was mystified and piqued, but the story of biz-dev Doug snagging the startup agency's Marketing job held lessons for her. I started to gingerly point them out. "I wonder whether the qualifications listed in the job ad turned out to be less important to the two founders once they started meeting people," I suggested.
"Why would that happen?" asked Cassandra. "The more experienced Marketing people they met, the more you'd expect them to set as high a standard as possible."
AND THERE'S THE RUB! screamed a voice in my brain. How do we best define "high standard" when the job is new, and the founders are feeling their way to the right answer through serial conversation? How could you zero in on your needs in a Marketing person without talking to a bunch of people, to see what a range of experiences and worldviews brings you?
Undoubtedly the two startup guys were influenced by marketers in their spheres (and every Marketing job ad ever written) to compose a help-wanted spec asking for all the standard Marketing must-haves. As they began talking to candidates, it's likely that their priorities started to shift. "Maybe we need someone who really gets us, and gets our customers, and can back up from our sales process to figure out the marketing strategy," may have been their train of thought.
Maybe Doug showed up with spark and talked to the two distracted founders about their business pain instead of his background, inspiring enough confidence and "I know your movie" energy to seal the deal. Maybe the two founders met Cassandra after having already seen a parade of let-me-tell-you-about-my-experience Marketing folks. That's not a knock on Marketing people, but it is an indictment of the way we teach job-seekers to interview. We talk to them endlessly about answering questions, and not nearly enough about asking questions or careful listening.
Employers say that they want qualifications X, Y and Z, but hiring managers veer off the path suggested by their own job ad every day in the presence of switched-on and mojofied people. I'm not talking about empty bluster, but about thoughtful and sincere curiosity about a leader's trajectory and current challenges. Job-hunting is no different from consulting, where the questions are more important than the answers. We know how to talk with people in a natural way, problem-solving and building rapport with them. We've been doing it for thousands of years. We've just been sending job-seekers off to job interviews (and teaching managers and HR people to conduct interviews) very, very badly for a long time.
The energy in the room during an interview – as on a date, in a courtroom, at a theatrical performance, or in church – is everything, and that's more a matter of mojo, or presence, than of knowing 'good' answers to interview questions. As an HR leader for twenty-five years, I can't even estimate the number of well-qualified-but-mojoless candidates I forgot between their first interviews and the ultimate hiring decision, because they showed up with certifications and years of experience and little or no presence.
We are no different in the interview room than on the playground in fourth grade. We can read people, and we are good are gauging the mojo factor. "That applicant left me cold," is the kind of thing hiring managers would say to me about job-seekers who didn't know who they are or what they bring. People with big flames shine in a job interview, whether they're great communicators or not. Mojo is not a matter of glibness or extroversion or having lots to say. It's a matter of solidness, of comfort in one's own skin.
People with mojo come to job interviews not to impress, but to inquire and see what's what and whether there could be an intersection of interests between an organization and the job-seeking person. That high-mojo state tells a hiring manager far more than perfect textbook answers to interview questions do. So why do we emphasize pleasing the hiring manager, and getting the right answer, when we should be teaching job-seekers to remember who they are and grow their mojo?
As job search coaches, we should be teaching people to get into their power, not teaching them how to grovel more effectively in the job search process.
Doug got the job Cassandra wanted, at least in part, because he showed up to the interview as himself and used his business-development skills to make his job interview a conversation about pain and solutions, rather than a recitation of Doug's experiences. We would not have fun on a date with a person who wasn't interested in us. Why would a job interview be any different?
When I got home, I sent Cassandra an Ebook about mojo and encouraged her, on her next interview, to think about the pain behind the job ad. "The bullet points in the job spec are not the real story," I told her. "Think of a person in pain. Empathize with that hiring manager. Think about what he's up against. Think of a startup agency founder with ADD tendencies, and imagine the conversation that would make his heart beat faster." We have trained job-seekers in the Hermione Granger School of obedient question-answering, and it's not good for them, for employers or the U.S. economy. We have lots of remedial work to do.


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Mackenzie Park, on the eastern side of town, is home to a rare tree that is only found in the Duaringa township. The Duaringa Stringy Bark, known to the Aboriginals as 'Budgeroo', grows up to 10 metres tall and has bushy foliage with small white flowers that bloom in spring. These trees were of great cultural significance to the early Aboriginals who used its bark to make rope, baskets and building materials.
Visit the park during the day to enjoy a picnic lunch under the shade of the Budgeroo and hear the splash of the waterfall in the lagoon. Visit during the night to see the waterfall lit up to create colourful reflections on the sand and the lagoon. Mackenzie Park has camping areas with electric barbecues and free hot showers.
Next to Mackenzie Park is a historic cemetery with many graves and headstones dating back to the 1800s.
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"Peter Karp is a star. From his muscular slide guitar soloing to his observational and oh-so-true songwriting, and, most of all, that soulful expressive voice of his, dripping with innuendo. Dude's entertaining as hell." Goldmine Magazine
Accolades aside, Karp is a storyteller who also is an assertive singer, an insightful songwriter, a spellbinding performer, and a searing slide guitarist with significant keyboard skills. Ever the multi-tasker, Karp bounces between several instruments, handling electric resonator slide guitar, acoustic guitar — as well as harmonica and piano. Each track driven home with his soulful voice and original songwriting style. On this record, having spent the past year tirelessly playing ever-larger venues and festivals to a burgeoning fan base in Europe and the US The Peter Karp Band continues to carve out his own unique niche, with a sound born in the swamps of New Jersey and the trailer parks in southern Alabama.
"Guys like Peter Karp, James Taylor and Bob Dylan embody Americana Blues, and us English guys are inspired by it." - Mick Taylor, The Rolling Stones
As a songwriter Karp first saw national attention when guitarist Mick Taylor of the Rolling Stones recorded and toured with Karp on his third release. This led to being signed to Blind Pig Records where he released Shadows and Cracks, cracking the top 10 on the Billboard and Blues charts. He continued to collaborate with the best in the business, including a seven year partnership with Canadian blues guitarist Sue Foley as the Karp-Foley Band before attending to his own band again, putting out two more solo albums in 2016 and 2017. Karp has been the recipient of many distinguished accolades throughout his career including top placement on the Blues charts with every one of his recent albums.
Karp is a singular musician whose ability to tap timeless emotions with such musical passion stands out. He emulates the power and soul of Springsteen, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Otis Redding, putting on one of the most entertaining show you've seen.
Magnificent Heart, Release date May 8, 2020
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Blue Flame
#22 Most Played Album on Blues Radio in 2018
Going beyond the southern textures of 2017's, Alabama Town, Karp broadens his sound with the release Blue Flame. Inspired by a conversation with blues songwriter Willie Dixon, he masterfully crafts these 13 original songs by infusing genuine emotion, humor and candor with some funky R&B, southern soul, Americana storytelling and and rock blues. His band gets in on the action too, with special guest Kim Wilson playing some soulful harmonica on the tracks "You Know" and "Rollin' On A Log." Mick Taylor contributes some fine guitar work on "The Turning Point." Karp's core band stacks the record with blasts of swirling organ, soaring harmonica and a lock-step rhythm section second to none.
Feb. 7 - Alternate Root Magazine picks "Your Prettiness" as a Top 10 Songs of the Week and their Spotify Playlist. Check it out!
Peter Karp featured on the cover of Making A Scene! Magazine
March 14 - Check out the interview here!
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The Federal Work Study Community Service Program (FWSCS) encourages students who are awarded work study funds to work for the community. Community services are provided through jobs with local nonprofit, governmental, and community-based organizations and are designed to improve the quality of life for community residents, particularly low-income individuals, or to solve particular problems related to their needs.
These services include such fields as health care, child care, literacy training, education (including tutorial services), welfare, social services, transportation, housing and neighborhood improvement, public safety, crime prevention and control, recreation, rural development, community improvement, emergency preparedness and response, support services for students with disabilities, and activities in which an FWS student serves as a mentor for such purposes as tutoring, supporting educational and recreational activities, and counseling, including career counseling.
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Yesterday, a Colorado Senate committee voted 3-2 to pass Senate Bill 11, which would legalize civil unions for same-sex couples in that state. The bill was opposed by Republicans in that vote. The bill will now be heard by the Appropriations Committee before it reaches Gov. John Hickenlooper's desk. The bill is expected to become law.
The Governor challenged the legislature to make civil unions available during his last State of the Union address.
"As mentioned earlier, there are quite a few mountains we ought to climb together before this session ends in May," said the Governor. "Some of us tried very hard, but it didn't get done last year. This year, let's do it. Let's pass civil unions."
If the law passes, Colorado will become the 6th state to support civil unions. Colorado currently has a Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage.
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By using recycled nylon we lessen our dependence on petroleum as a raw material source and curb discards.
Dear Patagonia community,
The COVID-19 pandemic is taking over communities around the world at an astounding rate. While testing availability in the United States is still limited, and so the extent of the virus's spread is largely unknown, we want to do our part to protect everyone. The safety of our employees and our communities is our top priority, and we are taking responsible precautions to help stop the spread of this scary virus where we can.
We have temporarily closed our stores, offices and other operations in the United States. We have also closed stores and offices in Argentina, Chile, Japan and across Europe. Our Australia and South Korea operations will continue on a modified work schedule in stores and offices, with some stores closed depending on location. Employees who can work from home will do so. All Patagonia employees will continue to receive their regular pay during these closures.
We are working to find solutions to protect the safety of our warehouse team, and we hope to have an update about online orders in the coming weeks. We apologize that over the next two weeks there will be delays on orders and customer-service requests. We ask for your understanding and patience. We will continue to keep you updated with new developments.
We encourage our friends everywhere to take the extra precautions necessary to safeguard their health and that of others. It's everyone's responsibility to help stop the spread of this virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and your local health authorities are the best resources for updates and answers to questions.
Over the years, as our Patagonia community has been faced with challenges,I have always been inspired by how we emerge stronger and with an even deeper sense of purpose. We will persevere through this challenge, too.
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Should you fight for your home?
If you're struggling to make a monthly house payment, address the issue NOW! Ignoring the situation can dig a hole you'll never escape from.
First, do some honest analysis…
Can really afford your home? The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) lists counseling agencies that offer guidance at little or no cost. Or call the Colorado Foreclosure Hotline, 1- 877- 601- HOPE (4673).
Are you spending smart? Honestly evaluate ALL your expenditures and then be disciplined in cutting back on things that truly are discretionary.
Next, explore some options…
Debt counselors can negotiate with your creditors to reduce payments and then consolidate your debts, creating a more affordable repayment plan.
If the worst is behind you and you're just one or two house payments behind, your lender might be willing to roll them into future payments.
Your lender might agree to modify your loan to reduce the payments. But make sure you can afford even THIS lower amount.
If these options don't get you where you need to be, you may need to let your home go. However, foreclosure is probably your worst choice.
Consider, instead, a short sale—selling for less than you owe, while the lender writes off the remaining balance. Consult with a realtor who specializes in distressed properties.
Yes, any of these actions will harm your credit. But your priority should be to get caught up NOW and not increase your debt. Credit can be repaired over time.


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Skater who lit Olympic flame took racist shot at Obama
SOCHI, Russia — Less than five months before she lit the Olympic torch at the opening ceremony of the Sochi Games, former Russian gold medal-winning figure skater Irina Rodnina shared on Twitter a racially insensitive doctored photo of President Obama and the First Lady.
The image, which Rodnina shared in a tweet last September and quickly deleted, superimposed an image of a banana in front of a picture of Obama, seated next to his wife with his mouth full of food.
It resurfaced on social media shortly after the ceremony kicking off the Games concluded Friday night, igniting a controversy. With limited access to Olympic officials at such a late hour, the media turned to Konstantin Ernst, the chief creative director for the production. In a previously scheduled press conference to discuss the show, he was asked about the tweet. A television director, he almost certainly would have no say in the selection of those carrying the torch.
BRENNAN:Russia needs to answer for Rodnina's honor
CEREMONY:Security gets ramped up
" I didn't read the Twitter of Miss Rodnina," he said, "but she's the greatest athlete and the only figure skater who won three gold medals and as (IOC chief) Thomas Bach said, Olympic games have nothing to do with politics. All of us remember her as a great athlete."
Rodnina, 64, who lived in the U.S. for many years, said she had been sent the picture by American friends.
"Freedom of speech is freedom of speech, and you should answer for your own hang-ups," she wrote in September according to the Guardian paper of London.
MORE:Ceremony hints at anti-gay law
The tweet was condemned by the United States ambassador to Russia, Michael McFaul, who said on his Twitter at the time that Rodnina was guilty of "outrageous behavior, which only brings shame to her parliament and country."
Rodnina is considered one of the greatest female figure skaters in the sport's history. She was a dominant force in pairs skating for more than a decade, taking 10 world championships in a row from 1969-78 and winning gold in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympic games.
She has also taken a role in Russian political life: Rodnina was one of 42 citizens named to Russia's public chamber by President Vladimir Putin in 2005. She is also a member of Putin's political party.


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It turns out that race-baiting troll Phil Mushnick is more than just a race-baiting troll. He's also someone who isn't afraid to call out those who plague sports media with their frivolous attempts to sound "cool" and "hip." Like 74-year-old ESPN play-by-play announcer Brent Musburger, for example.
From Mushnick's column:
Consider that for the first 40 years of his career, Brent Musburger didn't use the terms and expressions he did in Monday's BCS Championship. He never did because the terms and expressions he used were clear and concise.
But in his transparent desire to sound ESPN-hip — to put the B and S in the BCS — Musburger chose to speak genuine gridiron gibberish.
Thus, rather than say that Auburn offensive tackle Greg Robinson will be an NFL draft pick, he said, "Robinson will play Sunday football." Cool, huh?
Musburger is no less a show-boater than the kid who was called for taunting, nearly costing FSU the championship. He used to refer to linebackers as "linebackers," as did everyone else who wanted to be clearly understood. Monday, as if in the spell of "Herbie" — Kirk Herbstreit, another endless code-talker — he referred to it as "the second level."
Something as simple and concise as "first down"? That became "moving the chains." And what for 40 years Musburger identified as a fumble, Monday became "he put the ball on the ground."
The telecast sounded like a put-on, as if Musburger and Herbstreit were playing Top This. According to Herbstreit, receivers didn't "get open," they "got separation" or "leveraged the defense." An open-field tackle became "you've got to tackle in space."
What makes no sense to the sensible has become TV's official language.
What's so funny about Mushnick's mini-rant is that there actually is a sound critique to be made about the proliferation of opaque announcer-speak—my ears start to ache a bit every time I hear the phrase "catch radius" or "road grader"—but Mushnick is such an old fogey that he's bothered by lingo that has been commonplace for years now. "Moving the chains" is unacceptable nonsense? Have fun shaking your fist at that cloud, Phil.
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Along with Ramjet and Thrust, Dirge was part of the 2nd set of Decepticon "Seeker" jets. Each of these featured unique wing designs and were featured in the G1 cartoon as cone headed robots. Of the the three, Dirge is the least sought after.
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ToughStuff necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 248 diseños de 52 diseñadores freelance.
We are a social enterprise whose mission it is to sell very affordable products, that bring economic, social and environmental returns, to low-income consumers in the developing world.
Our vision is to lift millions of people out of poverty through enterprise.
We are actually looking for a Brand identity. It is certainly a logo (and associated artwork) but may be the basis for a branding system. the logo will illustrate the quality and durability of our products, (solid, tough, reliable, robust, appropriate) which are specifically designed for our target consumer group (very low income people in Africa (but probably later other countries including India)).
The primary audience are end consumers in the developing world (low level of education, mostly non or poorly English-speaking).
The secondary audience are businesses with whom we will be buying and selling, and intermediaries in both the western and developing world (high level of education, mostly English-speaking) (incl. China). For this latter audience we want to communicate credibility, reliability and professionalism.
Our Values
- Honest
- Positive
- Hopeful
- Accountable
- Respectful
- Professional
Our Characteristics
- Adaptive
- Energetic
- Enterprising
- Robust
- Determined
- Focussed
- Innovative
- The quality and durability of the products that are specially designed for a very specific consumer group (e.g. solid, tough).
- Feature the name ToughStuff
- Be visually very distinctive and quickly recognisable also to illiterate people
- Still be effective if in B&W / greyscale
- Optional: logo can include a strapline that illustrates unique selling points:
- Quality, durable products that are yet affordable;Artwork to be delivered in high res photoshop format. We require business cards, letterheads, and compliment slips layout artwork as part of the fulfillment of this contest. We will need layouts for powerpoint and word too. Also need hig res versions of each of the 'components' of the artwork. Lets get the logo/image right first then we can finish off with the look of each of these particular items with the winner.
- Resemble a toy company
- Be childish
- Be too Africa-specific (e.g. maps of Africa)
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1/3 cup melted butter, cooled slightly
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 jalapeno, chopped
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Preheat oven to 400. Grease or spray one 8x8 baking pan. In a medium bowl, whisk together the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda and sugar. Beat in the egg, buttermilk and butter until well combined. Fold in peppers and corn. Pour into pan and bake 25 minutes or until golden brown and a tooth pick inserted in the middle comes out clean.


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'Women can make it to the top but the exceptions mask a kernel of inequality and discrimination'
More from: Zaha makes Woman's Hour power list
Blaming babes in arms is a standard knee-jerk response to why there aren't more women architects in positions of seniority in the profession. Our culture of the 'wrong sort' is endemic - leaves, snow, rain, wind - so could it be that women architects are having the wrong sort of babies?
According to the General Medical Council (GMC) women account for 44 per cent (93,623) of a total of 213,886 registered and licensed doctors in the UK ('The State of Medical Education and Practice in the UK 2012'). The Law Society reports that women make up 47 per cent (56,720) of a total of 121,933 solicitors with practicing certificates in England and Wales ('Trends in the Solicitors' Profession Annual Statistical Report 2011').
In contrast, we are a tiny profession - only 33,456 people are registered with the Architects Registration Board (ARB) and, of these, only 21 per cent (6,911) are women. As a western nation with strong equal opportunities legislation, and the sixth richest economy in the world, 21 per cent in the 21st century is a disgrace.
It is not all bad news, however. Multi-award-winning Alison Brooks' contribution to housing design has been deemed particularly worthy of celebration at a time when housing delivery in the UK has dropped to its lowest levels since the 1920s. In 2004 Zaha Hadid was the first woman to win the coveted Pritzker Architecture Prize. Juror and architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable said: 'Zaha Hadid is one of the most gifted practitioners of the art of architecture today …There has been a consistently original and strong personal vision that has changed the way we see and experience space.'
There are no longer concerns about the numbers of women graduating from architecture schools.
Added to these achievements, since September 2009 the RIBA has had two consecutive women presidents, Ruth Reed and Angela Brady; women are gaining equal access to education; and there are no longer concerns about the numbers graduating from architecture schools. Talented women can make it to the top. But these exceptions mask a sinister and rotten kernel of inequality and discrimination.
Any mention of the 2011 ARB statistic of 21 per cent immediately sends most architects (male and female) into denial and puts them on the defensive. Perhaps women are not as talented as men - or is it those wretched designer babies again? I had one myself. I remember the good old days of 1am, 3am, then 5am feeds - not to mention all those nappies and 6pm childminder deadlines.
Office politics and the Friday-night booze-ups were out of the question. Then there was the money or, more accurately, the lack of it. By the time I had paid the childminder and the rail fare, I was in deficit. Could it be that the relatively low pay scale for architects, when compared with that of doctors and lawyers, accounts for the lower numbers of women? Could it be that women simply cannot afford to work as architects?
This may well be the case. Research shows that women get paid 20-25 per cent less than their male counterparts. So how can they possibly afford the additional cost of childcare? After investing heavily in their education and graduating, a disproportionate number of women fail to register and, of those who do, a disproportionate number fail to remain on the register. Hence the miserable 21 per cent.
My own experience as a Part 3 examiner at Westminster for many years was that most of the exemplary case studies were authored by women. It is these same feisty, ambitious, talented women who are dropping off the register because they are not being given a fair chance. Young graduates are totally ill-equipped to deal with the inequalities of the workspace and, from the evidence of reported salary levels, seem unable to negotiate a fair pay deal.
Feisty, ambitious, talented women are dropping off the register because they are not being given a fair chance.
The frustration expressed by those who confided in me as their tutor is reflected in the comments made in the RIBA 2003 report Why Do Women Leave Architecture? - namely that the reasons women leave tend to be a combination of factors and/or a 'final-straw' moment. Some of the key issues identified include: low or unequal pay; long, inflexible or family-unfriendly working hours; being sidelined; stressful working conditions; protective paternalism preventing development of experience; a macho culture; and sexism.
The researchers found little evidence that women leave because they are incompetent designers or because they no longer want to be architects. A major concern was the extent to which some architectural practices were operating outside of current legislation in relation to employment practice.
The ARB is failing miserably in its duty to ensure that good standards within the profession are consistently maintained for the benefit of the public and architects alike. Unlike the Law Society and the GMC, the ARB has not undertaken any review or survey of women in the profession for more than eight years. At my insistence, in 2005 the ARB carried out a survey and produced a report entitled Women in Architecture. Its findings corroborated those of the RIBA's 2003 review.
Despite having two consecutive women presidents, the RIBA does not fare much better. Its latest detailed research on women in the profession dates back a decade. There is no monitoring of women in its 2011 annual report - however, figures released in December 2011 as part of its Future Trends Survey revealed a 7 per cent drop in the number of women architects over the previous two years. The current survey does not mention women.
Both the ARB and the RIBA state they are committed to equal opportunities, yet neither organisation has equal representation on its board or committees.
In its response to its 2003 report, the RIBA admitted that the way some architectural practices were operating was a major concern - yet these practices continue with their chartered practice registration without any sanction. The status quo is being safeguarded by vested interests and an entrenched culture of discrimination. It seems the only way women can make it as architects in Britain is either by marrying an architect or having a wealthy relative. The RIBA has largely ignored the recommendations of its 2003 report and the ARB has shelved its own. If The Architects' Journal hadn't pulled its finger out, the issue would have safely stayed festering under the carpet, out of sight and out of mind.
The problems, although complex and entrenched, are not insurmountable. It is encouraging to see how other 'macho' cultures are being transformed: women now represent 44 per cent of FTSE100 Board appointments.
The RIBA and the ARB need to take note of the initiatives of the Law Society. Recently at the launch of the report of the International Women in Law Summit 2012, Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, said: 'Gender inequity will not change simply because time passes and increased numbers of women are in the workforce.
'It certainly hasn't so far. Only concerted resolute action will eliminate workplace inequity. As lawyers committed to equality before the law, and subject to anti-discrimination legislation, we have a particular responsibility to tackle this problem within our own profession.
'Discrimination against women and minorities prevents our societies from functioning at full capacity and benefiting from the talent of all in our communities. We can't solve the problems of the world, but tackling discrimination within the profession is well within our grasp, and we should just do it.'
If lawyers can shift their macho culture, so can architects. There is no excuse. The Think, Act, Report framework promotes greater transparency and encourages gender equality in organisations. Signing up to it should be mandatory for all chartered practices, as well as the ARB and the RIBA. I sincerely believe that architects take pride in being agents of change and that they have a social conscience. The biggest stumbling block is that few acknowledge the seriousness of the issue within the profession and that both the ARB and the RIBA are in denial. It is time to honestly open our hearts, minds and pockets to the talent that is currently being trashed and to stop paying lip service to equity and fairness.
Yasmin Shariff is director of Dennis Sharp Architects and an elected member of the RIBA Council and AA Council
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A little more social engineering on the Part 3 allocation front can help to redress the balance as per my short hypothesis on Christine Murray's current Column article, later in the thread.
Conversely, would it be equally incorruptible if gender 'equality' was to ensue in household and paternal/maternal responsibility and authority; and dare I say: in preferential custody over children (?) It would surely promote equalities elsewhere were it ever commonplace and not so romantic. In an earlier comment I mocked swapping this around to help speed change.
"...babes in Arms..."
Contrary to the horror stories you'll hear here from women, parenting babies cannot be recommended enough, especially to males for a change... babes sleep twice as long as adults.
Getting real, architectural business - unlike law, medicine and rocket science etc. - must support a much higher percentage of privileged over meritorious livelihoods due to the nature in how we qualify from our architectural education. Architecture Qualies in essence are perhaps as much bought as earned, e.g. mainstream passes are churned out at the expense of fails: a student has to be more often exceptional to earn the right to fail and re-sit in order to really interrogate weaknesses. Think how many more crashes we'd have if the DVLA didn't properly exercise failing, and we were to regulate our own fails.
Perhaps therefore also at the root of pay inequality [traditionally speaking] might be this: 'the privileged' willing to accept less [pay] among 'the meritorious' irrespectively of gender, not necessarily irrespective of social class and standing, naturally. This may help explain Yasmin's confusion mid-way through her 14th para (albeit in this instance: a married female with rich relatives who may be nevertheless meritorious). I understand the frustration for quick fixes to inequality given that social change doesn't occur overnight. A 'quick-fix' approach might work in the legal or medical [but not architecture] profession as it's easier to assume that it's meritous pay at stake!
But let's dispel some myths on the way to social change:
Yes it's been easier to tag females as privileged rather than meritorious because they're still relatively newish to the industry, yet on the contrary it can be argued that qualities are more likely to be honed in the face of challenge and no less by females confronting social change: a previous female prime minister might be too good an example.
'Merit' and 'privilege' are neither gender-associative. Presumably an architect has one or the other, or both, unless needs neither through posterity!
In the face of a recession [of unpredictable duration] is perhaps this for architectural business:
Less need to pay for merit, hence [unaffordable] quality staff being expected to move on (reading from Derek Sharp, 1986) rather than being maintained, or asked back 'as there'll always be a quality stream in the waiting', and that looks set to continue notwithstanding a drop in course applications.
'Privileged' rather than 'meritorious' staff are therefore more likely to retain their jobs during a recession, ironically with perhaps a pay rise.
How fairly the non-white-hetero-male can fit into this culture must depend on what Jane Duncan (a newly appointed diversity & quality champion for RIBA) can do on their behalf. Good luck Jane.
The problem is perhaps that we fool ourselves into such schemes; and that maybe the cure is to fool ourselves out of them. Who's up for it?
ps: again, would it be wishful thinking to have the likes of de Botton's and Bryson's views (?) Art is perhaps best for current societal exposés, until whenever advanced sociology textbooks become popular, accessible and understandable... If AJ comments had 'likes/dislikes' like the BBC then we could gauge how risqué it would be to ask for AdeB's or BB's views. If 500 dislikes: then no need to ask further about the truth; but if 500 likes: then a need to hear more!
21% in the 21st c is a disgrace ..... and the RIBA Gold Medal has never been awarded to a woman.
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Altuve, Castro flipped in Astros' lineup
HOUSTON -- As promised, manager Bo Porter had catcher Jason Castro hitting third and second baseman Jose Altuve hitting fourth on Wednesday against the Yankees. It was only the third time in Altuve's career -- the other two came in his rookie season, in 2011 -- that he's batted cleanup.
With Dexter Fowler entrenched in the leadoff spot and Robbie Grossman batting second, Porter is flip-flopping Castro and Altuve based on matchups -- Castro (left-handed bat) hitting third against right-handers, and Altuve (right-handed bat) hitting third against lefties.
"Obviously, Altuve and Castro are arguably our two best hitters, and having Fowler and Grossman at the top, those two guys are switch-hitters who can get on base," Porter said. "When you hit Castro third and a right-hander is pitching, you're basically making sure the left-hander gets the extra at-bat given the matchup scenario.
"When it's a left-hander pitching, you put Altuve in the three-hole to make sure the right-hander gets the extra at-bat given the matchup scenario."
The rest of the lineup will also depend on matchups, for the most part, though third baseman Matt Dominguez hit seventh and shortstop Jonathan Villar has batted ninth in each of the first two games. Designated hitter Chris Carter hit sixth against lefty CC Sabathia on Tuesday and fifth against right-hander Hiroki Kuroda on Wednesday.


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mattwick necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 119 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
Fuse Realtors is a group of new real estate professionals looking to change the way people think about real estate agents. We are "fusing" technology with industry knowledge to help us focus on exactly what our customers want. We are excited to start our company and there is no better way to get off to a good start then a great looking logo!
Help us to bring together this team to change how people view real estate agents. We look forward to all the designs and can't wait to supply feedback at every opportunity. The winner is likely to be offered an opportunity to develop a web design for an additional fee.
Thanks again and we can't wait to start seeing and giving you feedback on your creative designs!
We are looking to target the new home buyer demographic. People that are tech savvy and used to using web applications like Facebook and Mint.com. These people are likely to be carrying an iPhone or Android phone and likely to use them heavily to stay in contact with friends and family.
The attached files below are a set of logos that we like. These are just to be used as a reference and to give you designers an idea of how we envision the FuseRealtors.com logo.
We REALLY like the mint.com and nextclose.com logo.
The logo should:
- include the both words "Fuse Realtors"
- the word "Fuse" and "Realtors" can be a different color to make them stand apart
- logo should be relevant to the industry, but please feel free to be creative
- the idea is that we are "fusing" technology and knowledge, feel free to play around with the word "fuse" for inspiration
- the logo should be in front and separate from the text
What my ratings mean?!:
1-2 Stars: the design is great, its just not the direction we are looking for at fuserealtors.com
3 Stars: this design is great and its certainly headed in the right direction, a few small tweaks could turn a 3 star to a 4 star
4 Stars: this design is outstanding and only needs a few small tweaks to be in the winner's circle
5 Stars: these 5 star designs are in the running for the win without any changes needed. I am looking forward to seeing more of these :)
**Winner will deliver the winning illustrator design file
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On The Feminine as an insult
I had no reason at all to assume PatC was a woman, and I'm frankly not sure why I did; I've had female and male friends called Pat, and my email correspondents collectively skew slightly more male. So big wev to me: lol my gender assumptions.
What was more interesting to me was my reaction to PatC's email: I was surprised, relieved, and grateful that he wasn't insulted by having been presumed a woman.
And it was sad to me that I found it notable when his response wasn't aggrieved.


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Think of the Lenovo ThinkPad T400 and a slightly chunky but trustable laptop comes to mind. Of course, to be fair, that remark best describes the previous generation of the notebook as Lenovo has gone back to the drawing board to come up with a newly designed and far slimmer T400s model.. If you're wondering, the "s" stands for slim and the T400s is indeed slim enough to evoke comparisons of the legendary Lenovo ThinkPad X300 in terms of form factor.
At its thinnest point, the T400s is around 21mm, which is around 2 to 3mm thicker than the X300's thinnest point of 18.6mm. That's quite an improvement over the previous non-slim T400 model, and we do quite like that. While the form factor has been improved heaps, it's good to note that most of the other pleasing features have been retained from its previous generation T400 model. Obviously, the general ThinkPad design remains a standard (otherwise it wouldn't be a ThinkPad) and they've still kept to the awesome rubber-like feel of the exterior.
There's however a performance trade-off for going with a slimmer form factor. While the older T400 featured the option to have discrete graphics in the form of an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 graphics adapter, our T400s review unit is using Intel's integrated graphics. Lenovo has stated that there will be an option for switchable discrete graphics, but no other information was shared besides that note. So for the most part, the Lenovo T400 series isn't meant for gaming and it was designed with that in mind.
Lastly, our review unit's actually an almost engineering prototype unit, so do note that if there are problems we'll be sure to let you know. Otherwise, the T400s comes with built-in 3G modem, but we're told that retail versions in the local regional area will not possibly have this feature to keep costs down, so don't get your hopes up for that built-in 3G module. Now, on to our pictures and specs:-
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Kapiolani Community College Entrepreneurship Program helps small businesses succeedKapiʻolani Community College
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HONOLULU — More than 90 percent of businesses in Hawaiʻi are small businesses with less than 100 employees, and small businesses with one to four employees make up the largest segment of this group. With these statistics, it's no surprise that small business owners must work long hours and need to be creative and forward thinking in order for their business to survive and prosper.
The Kapiʻolani Community College (KCC) Entrepreneurship Program offers various classes for small business owners and those interested in starting a small business that provide the tools and techniques needed to successfully operate and manage a small business. Classes can be taken for just a few hours a week, and can be taken individually or on course to earn a certificate.
Classes offered include:
- "Starting a Small Business" — Perfect for those who are interested in starting a small business and need help writing a business plan. Learn about the common pitfalls that contribute to business failure, and learn how to improve your current business with new ideas.
- "Small Business Management" — Learn how to manage your business more effectively and efficiently. Topics cover marketing, human resource management, basic accounting and finance, risk management, inventory control, legal issues, and principles of supervision.
- "Basic Accounting for Entrepreneurs" — Learn basic record keeping for your business and how to use money management software, as well as how to understand financial ratios, which are indicators of your business' future success.
- "Finance for Small Business" — Learn about the critical areas that can make or break your business, including financial planning, managing cash flow, accounts receivables, inventory management, and financing. This class also will help entrepreneurs understand the different approaches for start-up, operations and expansion of a business.
- "Marketing for the Small Business" — This class focuses on the four "P's" of marketing—product, price, promotion, and place. Learn how to create a competitive edge for your product, how to maximize both market share and profitability through effective pricing strategies, how to develop creative promotions that deliver results, and the best distribution channels to target your highest potential customers.
Grant Okazaki, owner of Illuminating Memoirs, began his business with the help of KCC's Entrepreneurship classes. Illuminating Memoirs is a video-based company designed to capture milestone moments in a person's life, such as graduations, weddings, and retirements.
"The entrepreneurship classes helped me to learn the skills I needed to survive as a small company in a very competitive world," said Okazaki. "I learned more about business in one year than most of my friends [who have gone to a two-year business college] have. KCC's entrepreneurship classes gave me the confidence to start my own company."
For more information about the KCC Entrepreneurship Program including a schedule of classes, contact Rosie Harrington, department chairperson and counselor, at 734-9336 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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In recent years there has been a resurgence of Japanese tattoos. This revival is understandable, as works of Japanese art can be very beautiful. Some of it dates back thousands of years! These days, they are popular for both men and women. If you are a woman who is interested in Japanese tattoo designs, here are some tips to help you in your choice.
Understanding history
Tattooing is a tradition in Japan that dates back several centuries. For most of the centuries, art was not accepted by most people. In fact, tattooing in ancient Japan is usually associated with criminals. There were even some brand going on in regard to criminals. The brand continued during the time of the Yakuza (gang). The gang members get tattoos to mark their chosen lifestyle.
In recent decades, many young Japanese who are not associated with any gang have been getting tattoos as art is becoming more and more mainstream. This art is undergoing a renaissance among species or the Japanese and the trend is spreading more widely to Europe and North America. Now, many men and women of all ages are starting to get Japanese tattoo designs.
The designs for women
Here are some of the most popular designs that look great on women. You are free to choose any design you want, of course, but there are certain images that most women tend to prefer.
Cherry blossom
Perhaps the most popular flower in Japan, the cherry blossoms is admired for its beauty and delicacy. They are the symbol of how life can be both fragile and beautiful. Even the samurai have to admire the cherry blossoms and write poems about the flower. Today, many women are turning to tattoos cherry blossom. Just look at the pictures of the flower and understand why they are so admired!
Geisha Tattoos
Men and women are the geisha in Japanese tattoo designs. They are more than "pinup" models, which are very elegant, cultured women who were trained to carry on the traditions of Japanese culture. They were beautiful and very talented. They were taught to dance, sing, play instruments, pouring tea with perfection, and entertainment in general.
Some tattoo designs represent both a samurai and geisha meeting, often sitting facing each other and drinking tea. If you want a strong image, women as part of your tattoo, then you could always consider the Geisha.
Koi fish
This fish has a lot of positive qualities. It is a symbol of perseverance, strength and spirituality. There is a myth that koi fish often swim upriver to the gate of heaven, where they become a flying dragon and take off into the sky forever. These amazing fish are seen as brave individualists as they go against the grain of nature and become rewarded for his bravery.
Japanese tattoo designs koi are usually drawn in bright orange and gold tones, combined with bright blue waves in the background. Obviously, it is a beautiful blend of colors, so if you want something that stands out, then this is something you should consider getting.
Japanese Tattoo
If you live in the western world, I am sure you are fascinated with Japanese culture from the east. Having the unique and wonderful kind of art, Japanese tattoos are much admired and regarded as a tattoo design flexible.
Actually you can choose between Japanese characters or symbols with certain meanings. Popular designs like the typical Japanese home during the Meiji era, the faces of some excellent depictions of samurai, the ever famous flower "Sakura" fire dragons and kanji symbols with them are still in style.
I do not know exactly what these things? Well, if this is your first research in choosing a Japanese tattoo then you must read carefully all your research so you can choose the tattoo for you. Read on to learn more about the perfect Japanese tattoo for you.
If you prefer a simple but striking Japanese tattoo, kanji character is correct. Japanese writing is in two forms, Hiragana and Katakana. The cursive form of writing is Hiragana, which is the most popular among women, and the simplest type is Katakana. These two styles of writing Kanji descendants. Kanji are the characters who came from China, which are also used in modern Japanese art of writing.
Apart from that, the old or traditional Japanese house is also a possibility. The houses are built with the notable expansion looking roof, wooden walls with a thin layer of paper designed for sliding doors and the stone path leading to the front door. Generally, traditional houses have great views outside their territories. Bamboo trees are often nearby.
This bamboo tree can only be another Japanese tattoo design for you. If you tend to be closer to nature, Sakura flower is the hallmark of Japanese culture. The tree produces showy flowers and is in fact of magnetization.
For a guy willpower of the individual images of a samurai sword or just can give you the right attitude. In Japanese history, the art of tattooing is also common in the old days. This is a sign of courage and sense of belonging to a particular group. But then, tattoos are out of the picture of the tattoo using the Japanese criminals.
They were marked with these marks to give an identification of an offender. As a result, these tattoos have people formed a band known as the yakuza.
Sounds great, right? It's time decided from tattoos varieties mentioned and feel the deep culture of their skin. Choosing the design for your tattoo means "Japan forever."
In this guide to give you some ideas for your next tattoo and give a little history of this wonderful design. Japanese tattoo design has an extensive history and recognized for thousands of years, and eventually this style of full body tattoo, typically associated with the Yakuza has been accepted by society in general.
For the best example of this style inked on your body think you should look into a full backup, or at least a full arm tattoo for real justice to this style of tattoo. For example, what happens with a design of a full backup of the mighty Samurai fighting a dragon, Koi fish and lotus flower combined in a variety of colors?
Or you may prefer a full arm design kanji traditional writing style where you can merge a series of words, such as loyalty, love, happiness, or a name of a loved one. His main concern, if you choose the writing, is how do you know what is written is what you wanted? Unless you have a good knowledge of writing kanji, then I would be very careful to get the words in ink on my body.
For example, there is a story of a girl in a restaurant waiter asked the Japanese to write the word serenity on a napkin for her, which could lead to your tattoo artist. Unfortunately for her, to catch the waiter was not so good English (or was it revenge?) Six months after being signed, he discovered that what she thought was written in bold colors throughout the length of his arm, was not serenity, but service, please!
Therefore, as you can see, this popular design can make a fool, and you will feel pain in your wallet long after the healing of concealment or laser treatment has been cured.
If you want to avoid problems before I recommend you join a renowned design site, so you can rely on the correct words, instead of relying on your tattoo artist.
And one final point to remember, this design is much more detailed than many, so it is not only time but also can be quite expensive.


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