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I would love to hear anyone's experience regarding this board in really small surf. How small was it? What were some of your waves like? I currently have a ELF and love it but I am trying to decide whether or not I want to buy a spud. I hate riding longboards...well I hate lugging the log is more like it haha.
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i think it'll surf as small a wave that is actually worth surfing. below knee high, super mushy junk it probably wouldn't be much fun in, but i wouldn't even be trying to surf in that anyway...
anything with a bit of shape to it it seems to go on
Well the spud will be an excellent choice for the really caca conditions. Now as PRJ says, how small is too small?. What I like about the potato is the possibility to shorten in length quite substantially giving the board this "skatey" feeling which, on small days qhere you would normally stay out, you would be going down the line like a bat out of hell.. Speed and maneuverability is her game
Thanks guys. I just wanted to see if it would work well in knee high stuff. I live on the US east coast so while at times our waves can get juicy ( and I have boards for that) , most times the period is below 10 seconds ( 6-8 more so). I demoed a 5'2 last year and it just felt meh it felt like my ELF almost would have been better. I didn't know if more volume would help in those types of waves ( I am 180...ride a 6'1 ELF). I was thinking even 5'6..although I know I could do a 5'4, I want all the help I could get with knee to waist high waves.
Also thank you so much for your contributions to this forum! It helped me greatly last time!
Hey Dabid, 89Kgs . I do surf the NE USA whenerver there are waves. I went for a 5'6" potato at the beginning but ended up swapping it for a 5'2". The 5'6" although very good at catching the absolute junk, was very restrictive performance wise at my weight. Went for the 5'2" and loved it for anything knee high and up. I usually surf Long Sands ME, so chunky fat waves
I ride a spud and I can surf as small as right under knee high. If you plan to ride wave heights ranging from knee to waist most of the time, I recommend getting some fins with a lot of area (e.g, Controller Quad, Robbers, etc). Bigger fins will let you generate a lot of speed. I ride a 5'4...wish I had a 5'2 but it's still good.
Thanks guys!
Iggy I surf mostly in NJ, but haven't done Maine, but I know you can relate to having the extra weight with the 5/4/3...two more months here with that! Hawaii boi I imagine this board goes insane at places like threes/fours?
I am going out to the west coast in a month. I am going to demo it one more time, but most likely will purchase one out there. I am hoping to find one in the white RF.
It can definitely ride Threes and Fours but I don't know if it is optimal. I would probably use a dominator or spitfire instead...especially if it is overhead. Also, I doubt you want to paddle all the way out there with the spud haha. I think the sweet potato works better on waves that don't pitch as fast (e.g., Waikiki, Diamond Head, 1-2 foot days anywhere in Ala Moana, etc). Forgot to recommend a board...5'2 to 5'4, don't go bigger than that. I tried the 5'2 and that was perfect. I have a 5'4 because 5'2 was not in stock. 5'4 is still doable but does have a lot of volume...I sometimes have a hard time burying my rail on turns. Other than that, i love it. I surf it 95% of the time! Even on days I should be a on a shortboard haha!
Thanks Hawaii,
Yeah that paddle out to threes is not fun! First time I missed the channel a little and got stuck on a coral head I felt pretty haole after that one hahah. In my experience the 5'2 wasn't that great of a paddler. I am assuming it is just the length of the board, not necessarily the volume correct?
@dabid, i hear a lot of people talk about length, volume, and paddling power as factors. It's probably the length more than anything. When I paddle on my 5'4 (35L) it goes smooth, but doesn't haul a$$ like my 5'8 spitfire (31L). Another factor could be the shape. The spud is short and wide. I'm curious as to what others think.
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Picked up a 5'4 spud from usedsurf for a good price. I got to demo the 5'5 baked potato the other day-fun board, it held pretty well in shoulder high waves, I probably would have gone the BP route but from what I can gather the SP goes a little better in the micro stuff. The volume on the 5'5 though gave me an idea of what I was looking for. SO glad I did not go for the 5'6 spud. Thanks guys. I put controllers on it and now I am just waiting for the right time to try it out. Can't wait to try those fins on the el fuego too. I'll post once I get a chance to try it out in some diverse conditions.
Ok so I have had a chance to ride this board in anything from chest high upper trestles to knee/thigh high swells at home. I am pretty stoked. It definitely catches knee high east coast waves and if it gets a chance to get a speed line it will take it. I can't believe that I have been able to do fast and aggressive maneuvers on waves that I swore were only longboardable. I have had quite a bit of fun on it the last few surfs. It took me a little while to figure it out, but once I started using my back foot more it really took off. Shoot I have been so front footed for much of my surfing life I hope it helps my surfing more. I am definitely happy that my long board won't see the light of day as much haha. I also have the schmitter fins. Anyone have any experience with those? I have V2F4s as well but those are small for me as it is.
Regardless I am stoked. And the 5'4 is plenty of board.

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- seana said...
I don't think American Vertigo was particularly well-received here. People bought it because of the controversy around it. I can't actually bring to mind anyone who has done the whole of America in one book well, though I must admit that I haven't read Toqueville.
I've no reason to defend BHL, but his getting caught out by a prank would not be the last straw for me.
I might watch that Yale professor, although to be honest, his casual style of sitting on his podium annoys the hell out of me.
I always expect Parisians to be rude based on anecdote, but in reality I've rarely found it to be the case. That article sounded a little like a mirror image of BHL in miniature.
One of my favorite memories of Paris was when I was staying in a hotel and having some trouble with a key. I apologetically went to the desk and the woman behind it came back with me and opened the door with no problem. Did she glare at me in triumph? No. She smiled and said, "It knows the touch of my hand."
I must admit that I've known a few bombastic French types in Santac Cruz, though. It's as if they feel they've been set the task of bringing Santa Cruz in line with their exacting French standards. It drives them bonkers. - February 10, 2010 at 4:45 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
No the last straw was the cowardly defence of Polanski where what Polanski actually did was obscured by lies and obfuscation.
This was merely funny and confirmed everything I always suspected.
I have seen Parisian rudeness many many times, although seldom by immigrants like in the BBC man's case. I think the Parisians have never forgiven the Americans for liberating them from the Nazis which is why they feel the need to punish them when they visit. - February 10, 2010 at 7:06 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
You have to close your eyes to listen to the hippy. He is very annoying but he talks sense. - February 10, 2010 at 7:10 AM
- seana said...
I agree with you about the Polanski defense being the last straw, but as you've pointed out before, many, many people have apparently fallen into that trap. Not that that's an excuse.
I am actually happy to know that Yale makes their lectures available in this way. They guy reminds me of too many Santa Cruz TAs in style, is all. It doesn't mean he's not worth listening to. But with my regained video access, it's hard not to watch.
On my first trip to France, which was actually my first trip to a non-English speaking country, we were put up for a week in Paris by a friend of my friend's father and her elderly mother. She insisted we stay with her because my friend's father had been an American GI and this French family had entertained him and his friends during some point in the war which I'm afraid is unclear to me. I do know that this had to be a bit hush hush, as some of the neighbors were not in favor. Anyway, this must have been about forty years later, the father was dead, but she was still grateful.
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- adrian mckinty said...
Funnily enough non Parisian French people are entirely different. Brave, good humoured, kind, fond of children...
Of course there's this old joke:
Q: How do you get a Parisian waiter's attention?
A: Start ordering in German. - February 10, 2010 at 8:21 AM
- seana said...
Did you read Suite Francaise by Nemirovsky? It is not very kind about the Parisians, I recall. Although the second book which takes place in the country isn't all that generous towards the small town people either. But I took the story to be much more universal than specific.
We stayed in the southwest of France for awhile last time I was there and it was great. People were very kind though not too many knew English but they weren't snobby towards us or our mangled French. (Mine is practically nonexistent.) It was kind of surprising, since the English seemed to be buying up vast swathes of the countryside out from under them, that they weren't more resentful. - February 10, 2010 at 8:40 AM
- Brian O'Rourke said...
I think it's time you told this guy you were sick of the high hat. - February 10, 2010 at 12:50 PM
Thanks for the review by Garrison Keillor. Most think of him in his "Old Scout" persona and don't realize he carries a very knife. - February 10, 2010 at 1:09 PM
- dpougher said...
I'm glad his defence of Polanski angered you. I wonder how many of Polanski's apologists would offer up their daughters to be drugged and defiled.
Altogether a bad week for smug academics, what with the Daily Mail huffing and puffing about Niall Ferguson's latest, and marriage-ending, affair. - February 10, 2010 at 3:12 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
I've had many pleasant times with French country folks, particularly in the South on different occasions in Marseille, Nice and Perpignan. They're very like the Irish, which I mean, er, as a compliment. - February 10, 2010 at 4:10 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
I fear his hat is still high. He is not a straight shooter or a square G. - February 10, 2010 at 4:10 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
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I wouldnt fuck with him. My cuz Andrew was on his radio show however and said he was very nice. - February 10, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
Didnt know about Niall Ferguson, however I do know about his fellow upright Scottish Presbyterian pal Andrew Marr. I'm not going to say any more than that. - February 10, 2010 at 4:14 PM
- seana said...
Yes, the Irish and the Southwestern French seem a good comparison.
Actually, Alan Glynn has a good running joke in Winterland about how to get a cabbie to stop talking without giving offense. I don't think the main character actually found a workable solution.
As tourists, though, we were charmed by them. - February 10, 2010 at 4:29 PM
- dpougher said...
He has dumped his wife for the Somalian/Dutch feminist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. And that means he will lose much of the fortune that he loves almost as much as himself.
- February 10, 2010 at 5:10 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
Well that takes some bottle at least. I'd be nervous to ride in the same taxi as her. - February 10, 2010 at 5:33 PM
- seana said...
Me too. Although I do admire her courage.
- February 10, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- dpougher said...
She certainly has that
- February 10, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- HoldenCaufield said...
Interesting post. My petty side loves it when an arrogant windbag gets his comeuppance.
I've always been treated pretty good in Paris with one exception. A waiter approached me while I was eating and said, "Madam… you would enjoy your meal so much more if you ate slower." This while a fork full was poised in front of my open mouth. He returned to a cluster of waiters who were all watching me. Very embarrassing. What can I say, the food was great. But, being mealy-mouthed me, I started counting my chews after each bite (and the waiters were watching to make sure).
I have, however, encountered plenty of rude French people outside of France. For instance, I walked up to a French man visiting our company in Japan and said, "Welcome to Japan." His reply was a rampage: "YOU AMERICANS! You go places and don't respect that country's customs and don't learn the language and treat the people rude," yada yada yada. I said, "Yeah, well, welcome to Japan, anyway," and walked away. He then walked over and kissed one of the Japanese women on the cheek. Guess what – that's about as rude and uncomprehending of the Japanese culture as you can get. You bow, you don't touch. The poor Japanese woman looked like she was going to commit sepeku right there at her desk. - February 11, 2010 at 4:42 AM
- Girish Shahane said...
About the Polanski defence, and I know we've covered this ground before, but your rebuttal sounds a bit like Republicans saying, "Saddam was a dictator and a mass murderer; you must be a supporter of dictators and mass murderers if you believe we were wrong to overthrow him." And then the entire debate becomes about whether or not Saddam was a dictator, which nobody actually disputes.
I share your Anglo-empiricist distrust of the Frog philosophers, though, as also your admiration for Bernard Williams. - February 11, 2010 at 4:44 AM
- HoldenCaufield said...
I'm not so sure I understand your analogy about Saddam. I don't think Adrian is condemning everyone who defends Polanski, but I think he's just saying BHL's defense of Polanski was the last straw for him, last straw after a number of obnoxious "straws." But maybe I'm just not following you. And I'm sure Adrian can speak for himself and doesn't need me to do it for him. - February 11, 2010 at 6:01 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
Another reason I like eating out outside of Paris is that the waiter in country places usually doesnt exist. You are served by the patron.
Girish is an old pal. He and I go back. Way back to Oxford in 1992. But yeah thats what I meant. - February 11, 2010 at 7:16 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
I trust Martin Amis over this. He hung out with Polanski and saw the pathology of the man. I really mean it when I say I dont think "this was the first or the last time". I suspect a lot of young women have been paid off before now.
Its interesting that no one talks about Angelica Houston's role in the Polanski affair, basically turning a blind eye and encouraging the whole thing and then slandering the girl. At least BHL didn't call her a "little bitch". At least not in print. - February 11, 2010 at 7:20 AM
- seana said...
Adrian, I thought you were condemning everyone who defended Polanski.
The best I can say about any of them is that some of them are probably naive.
It isn't about Polanski's artistic work--I thought The Pianist was excellent, and yes I know he wouldn't have been able to make it if he hadn't fled the country. It's the way behavior that has actually harmed somebody is given a pass because of the perpetrator's position in society and apparently his status as an artist. - February 11, 2010 at 2:33 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
Girish's position which I think he articulated over on his blog (or possibly Time Out) was more about the moral panic surrounding the Polanski affair.
Its true what you say of course. Charlie Sheen straddles a woman, puts a knife to her throat, repeatedly threatens to kill her and I'll bet he gets probation or some complicated but ultimately non custodial sentence. - February 11, 2010 at 4:01 PM
- seana said...
Right, I don't think that Polanski's supporters would easily go to bat for someone with an identical rap sheet if he was someone they didn't know. That said, they made the wrong call in this case, and they did deserve to be called on it.
Charlie Sheen. What a piece of work. And to think his father was such a beloved president... - February 11, 2010 at 4:32 PM
Polanski deserves whatever he gets but I'm not happy about a prosecutor spending that kind of money and time on such an old case. It was 30 years or so ago and the victim by all accounts wants to move on. If he was in the country fine, but but spending the resources to extradite somebody from Europe for a 30 year old crime leaves a lot of more recent local victims without meaningful recourse. If you want to rape 13 year old girls just make sure you aren't famous cause nobody will spend the time and money to hunt you down if they don't catch you fast.
- February 11, 2010 at 7:38 PM
Hey! I'm kinda sorry for "defending" Polanski but I get really disgusted with prosecutors making grandstand plays to make a name for themselves. There are much more important things for these people to take care of right here every day.
From what I know about BHL I don't see why he needed a last strike. Pompous, arrogant and without substance he should simply be dragging his bat back to the dugout.
May I quit now? - February 11, 2010 at 8:11 PM
- adrian mckinty said...
John H
No, your point is a good one. And I'm not going to disagree with it.
It seems that if you escape the jurisdiction no one is going to come and get you unless its for murder.
Or if your name is Dogg the Bounty Hunter. - February 11, 2010 at 11:18 PM
- seana said...
Actually, I happen to know that homicide detectives do hunt down and seek conviction in exactly Polanski's kind of case, whatever the status of the offender. And it's true that sometimes the victim would rather not have to face it all again. It's a new ordeal, and the person can end up feeling revictimized by the very system that is trying to help her--or him.
But the problem is that this kind of criminal behavior is likely to be a repeat offense, and the 30 year old case might be the only one you can prove, or have a way of prosecuting.
The fact that Polanski had the resources to flee the country meant that resources had to be spent to catch him. I don't think having the money to get away should somehow magically put anyone out of reach of the law.
Courtroom lawyers do grandstand, and frankly they do seem a pretty appalling bunch, taken as a whole, but it seems that getting their egos involved is what makes them identify with a case enough to fight for someone so tenaciously. - February 12, 2010 at 2:22 AM
- Brian O'Rourke said...
I'm with Seana on this one. I'm glad they're going after Polanski. If they do manage to get him behind bars, it'll be sending a message that we rarely get anymore: that the rich and famous are punished for their crimes as well.
I think it's important for a society to believe that. - February 12, 2010 at 6:27 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
Seana, Brian
But will we get him? To be honest I'm skeptical. He's under house arrest at his chateau on the French border. He skis, there's a nearby ski run right into France... - February 12, 2010 at 7:22 AM
- seana said...
As they say in show biz, break a leg, Polanski.
- February 12, 2010 at 7:38 AM
One of the results of Ireland's regrettably brief emergence as an economic superpower was that we got a lot of French people coming to work here, many of them in what would be regarded as lowly retail positions, ie. behind cash registers. Almost without exception they were intelligent, dignified, friendly and good-mannered. Qualities rather rare in Irish retail staff. For the most part, dealing with them made me slightly embarrassed to be Irish.
- February 12, 2010 at 9:08 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
I do take your point. I have a soft spot for the French, but Ireland's youf are alright when they go abroad too. There are dozens of micks working in retail in my local manor St Kilda and they couldnt be more charming. Maybe going abroad makes them nervous about acting up. - February 12, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Now who is surprised that a French 'philospher' is revealed to be a fraud. We know that Parisians are phonies (in the Holden Caulfield sense). They like being phonies. But they play the part well...which is the Parisian thing. Style matters above all. Thats the thing that keeps me coming back to Travis McGee. He sees the space beyond the bonhomie and the rolling boat parties with the rollicking and willing lovely lasses and faces it dead on. He doesn't need Sartre. He is the existential man.
From Bright Wind from Mountain - February 12, 2010 at 9:43 AM
- adrian mckinty said...
Bright Wind
I could happily junk Sartre but NOT Camus. I like his novels, his essays and above all his prose. And although he was cool he wasnt a poseur. - February 12, 2010 at 10:44 AM


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reproduce Vray "invert normal" option for occlusion
Posted 07 August 2011 - 05:32 AM
like in this example :
the only thing I could think of trying for now is invert N begore pluging it in occlusion vop, but it has no effect on my render.
Does anyone have a clue ?
Posted 07 August 2011 - 06:14 AM
I inverted geometric normals this time and it has an effect now.
it seems we have a problem where geometry is interpenetrating though. I haven't tried this configuration with Vray dirt yet, but I don't think I'll the same result.
But I like that already, it could give some nice details on the edges.
Posted 07 August 2011 - 09:42 AM
I used the inverted occlusion to drive emission color of a standard Surface model Vop.
It gives a pretty good result. Sort of a SSS look, but cheaper I guess.( this image took 1 hour and a half, but I think the blurry reflection is responsible for a big part of the render time.)
Posted 07 August 2011 - 10:25 AM
I have done the same method you're speaking of in renderman, and this will cut out the extra geometry, or normal re-working.
Posted 07 August 2011 - 11:33 AM
By the way, correct me if I am wrong, but vex code seems much easier to read, passed a certain point of complexity,
would it be better for me to code that shader instead of building it with Vops ?
Posted 07 August 2011 - 05:18 PM
MrGAG, on 07 August 2011 - 11:33 AM, said:
By the way, correct me if I am wrong, but vex code seems much easier to read, passed a certain point of complexity,
would it be better for me to code that shader instead of building it with Vops ?
Whatever manner gets the job done easier for you. Doing vops and vex are two great parallel structures, each having their pros and cons. I personally understand working in vops better when it comes to complex shading, or any nodal based shading system. Almost everyone that looks at my node based shader networks get confused, but looking at tons of vex code for me gets confusing.
On a completely personal belief, I think you will do a vops or vexs based work flowed depending on how you think. I am a very strong spatial learner. I've meet a few other people that do vops and they are of the same type of learning style. Where as many vex/coders are better with other skill sets.
If you haven't heard of what I am a talking about here is a quickly found article on it.
Theory of Multiple Intelligence
In the end it don't matter how you do it, as long as you get it done. So you're not wrong or right.
Posted 08 August 2011 - 05:26 AM
I can only agree that
but I might be a bit on the other side to ... I have a background in web scripting, max script, a little of python.
Don't really know why I didn't tried vex already. Maybe because it's so easy to use any function you want in vex, node base representation of function is a bliss. But on the other hand, I find that doing a simple "if / then " or a while loop become really tedious sometimes. ( especially regarding point clouds iterations .... ) I guess coding it would be easier for me sometimes.
Posted 08 August 2011 - 07:01 AM
MrGAG, on 08 August 2011 - 05:26 AM, said:
lol... yeah, point clouds and while loops are still unsolved in my book, too... if/then blocks I finally got covered. Having practical applications to use the concepts makes them a lot easier.
Posted 13 August 2011 - 04:39 AM
I have a little vex script :
sop sop_pc_test() { int handle = pcopen("op:/obj/pointCloud/OUT_pc","P",P,1,1); vector myPos = pcfilter(handle,"P"); float dist = distance(P,myPos); Cd = clamp(dist,0.0,0.1); }
as you can see, this vex script runs in sop context. and it runs well.
When I try this in "surface" context, as a shader, it doesn't work at all. Of course I remembered to switch from "Cd" to "Cf", but besides that why wouldn't it work ?
surface sop_pc_test() { int handle = pcopen("op:/obj/pointCloud/OUT_pc","P",P,1,1); vector myPos = pcfilter(handle,"P"); float dist = distance(P,myPos); Cf = clamp(dist,0.0,0.1); }
Posted 13 August 2011 - 05:31 AM
you need to reference geometry object on disk as your pointcloud texture
Posted 13 August 2011 - 09:22 AM
anim, on 13 August 2011 - 05:31 AM, said:
... or create at run time for that matter.
The clocks had ceased their chiming, and the deep river ran on.
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The second week of September became exciting, controversial, and ecstatic not because of series of earthquake that transpired in some countries in the world specifically those who are part of the Asian continent. The Quacquarelli Symonds or QS which is a London-based education firm has released the ranking of universities around the world that did pass the top 300 for 2012 to 2013 list. There were universities that have actually slid down from the list from last year's ranking, and there are some who went-up and even exceeded others who are already on top. Out of these 300 universities, here are the top 10 universities in the World for 2012-2013 which were actually garnered through different surveys that they have conducted among 25,000 employers and more than 46,000 academics. Hence, the basis of the results were actually derived from the point of classifications such as academic reputation which has the highest percentage of ranking of 40%, followed by faculty-to-student ratio of 20%, citations per faculty of 20%, employer reputation of 10%, international faculty of 5%, and international students of 5%. In fact, in the statement given by Ben Stower who is actually the QS head for the said research that the result shows the rapid changed when it comes to global higher education. Majority of the universities who grabbed the top lists came from Asia, America, and in European countries. Hence, those universities who got a 5-star rating mark actually signifies that they are not just a world-class, but an elite schools which are all based on the guidelines that QS established and implemented. It also means that they have a broader range of educational boosters such as facilities, teaching faculty, reputation, and internationally recognized when it comes to research that applies comprehensive and specialized institutions.
10. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Last year of 2011, California Institute of Technology was ranked #12 wherein last year, it's overall score was 93.02, compared this year, it got 95.1 taking away this spot from Columbia University in the United States that got 95.28 overall score which was actually higher compared to what Caltech got this year. In fact, for 2012 score for Columbia University, it really went down to 94.7 overall score that put the university to number 11 spot. This school was founded since 1891, and the focus of evaluation is classified to the following areas such as Social & Sciences, Management, Natural Sciences, Life Sciences & Medicine and lastly the Engineering & Technology. You could find this university at 1200 East California Boulevard Pasadena California in United States.
9. Princeton University
It got a complete 5-rating score this year out of the research, internalization, innovation, specialization, and facilities. Its main strength or specialization is in Arts & Humanities. It's a medium-size type of university which was established in 1746 which was the 4th oldest yet advanced schools found in the United States. It got an overall score of 95.4 wherein the highest is the Life Sciences & Medicines wherein it got a 37 raw score. It ranked # 13 last year wherein it got an overall score of 91.91 which shows that it has improved a lot from the last year's survey, but then the highest score still falls under the Life Sciences & Medicines with the raw score of 35.
8. University of Chicago
It still holds the number 8th spot with a little difference when it comes to its overall score. Last year of 2011, it had 96.08 and for 2012, it got 96.3 which a little bit higher since it has improved in two categories as the basis for scoring in Life Sciences & Medicines it went up to 2 points from 40 to 42, and 26 additional points from 2011 134 raw score for Engineering & Technology and just a point for Arts and Humanities. It was founded in 1890 under the management of the American Baptist Education Society.
7. Yale University
This is one of the universities on this list that went down from its high-positioned ranking, but still maintained being part of the top 10 list. This university has been in operation since 1701 and one of the four oldest universities ever built in the United States. Despite of its age, it never fails to improve and make further development just like any contemporary universities, and colleges in the world. In fact, they have proved that indeed an age does not matter because they were in number 4th spot in 2011 with an overall score of 98.84, and for 2012, it got 97.5 that made them slipped 3 steps lower from their previous rank. In fact, all factors for reviews went-up. It so happen that some of the universities on this list have improved a lot compared last year.
6. Imperial College London
It still maintains its number 6 ranking which it also got last year wherein it has received an overall score of 97.64, compared this year, it went up to 98.3 because of the major improvement in their Social Sciences & Management wherein it got 81 raw score against last year of 69. This was founded in 1907 which was located at South Kensington Campus London in United Kingdom. In fact, it's one of the top three universities that you could find in the United Kingdom wherein it has 14,000 students from different countries all over the world and maintaining more than 3,000 people who would oversee these students. Hence, it's best known to healthcare, industry, and commerce.
5. University of Oxford
It's another pride of the United Kingdom, the University of Oxford which was established in 1200 which was the oldest university on this list, wherein it caters to serve over 130 nationalities of students globally. It's best known as collegiate university because of the federal system that it actually implements. According to QS report, it got 98.6 overall score rating which a slight difference last year of 98.84 since it has maintained the number 5 spot for this year's survey. The difference took place under their Engineering & Technology from raw score of 12; it went up to 13 this year which was also their main strength among all other basis for scoring. It's popularly recognized when it comes to entrepreneurship and innovation since its focus is on discovery and invention. It might the oldest university, but it has the most contemporary approaches, updates, and learning applications for students.
4. University College London (UCL)
It was ranked number 7 last year, and it's now 3 steps ahead on this year top 10 universities in the world for 2012-2013. Last year, its overall score was 97.33, and this year based on QS's results it got 98.7 overall score. Hence, according to its ranking details, majority of the areas where surveys were applied really went down. Nonetheless, it also holds the title as part of the top-three multifaculty universities found in the United Kingdom. They are excelling in Engineering & Technology, Social Sciences & Management, and lastly the Natural Sciences. It has received various awards and citations wherein the recent happened in 2009.
3. Harvard University
When one hears Harvard University, it has never waived down the positive impressions that the people has for it since majority of the political leaders were tutored and graduated from this elite university in the world. In fact, it has maintained for years the number one ranking because of its prestige, and recommendation from different renowned people. It was in 2009 that it held the number one spot, and in 2010, University of Cambridge got the first spot, and it was repeated in 2011. Nevertheless, everyone was really in shocked when Massachusetts Institute of Technology grabbed away the number one spot from University of Cambridge leaving away the second spot holder of 2010 and 2011, the Harvard University. Last year, it got 99.34 overall score, and this year, it went down with a slight difference of 99.2 which is not bad at all, but putting the university to 3rd spot, while University of Cambridge took the second spot. It was established in 1636 which is one of the oldest Americas' institutions wherein their specialty is focused on Engineering & Technology.
2. University of Cambridge
It did enjoy the number one spot for two consecutive years, 2010 and 2011, but this time around, MIT took the limelight. It has an overall score of 99.8, compared last year; it got a perfect 100 overall score which was just a slight difference .2. Its area of strength is under the Social Sciences & Management. It's the second oldest university found in the United Kingdom since it was established in 1209.
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
It is the very first time that Massachusetts Institute of Technology bravely took away the number one spot from University of Cambridge, and leaving two steps behind the Harvard University. Of course, it got the perfect overall score of 100, compared last year, it received 99.21 overall score. This university was founded in 1861, but first students were admitted by 1865. Their strength lies in Arts & Humanities which is followed by Social Sciences & Management. It has enjoyed its 9th spot since 2008 and 2009, and it gradually stepped up from 9th spot until it has reached the number one ranking for QS. One university that not make it to the top 10, but are still part of the top 15 are University of Pennsylvania which ranked number 9 last 2011, and went down to number 12 this year.


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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
44 comments:
- the girl in the bowler hat said...
Ohhh, Tba! They're one of my favourite brands, I absolutely love each and every one of their collections. This dress has certainly caught my eye in the past, you really suit it. It looks lovely!
xxxx - March 1, 2011 at 8:19 AM
- Rachel said...
It looks beautiful! I can definitely see why it's your go-to dress!
- March 1, 2011 at 8:28 AM
- Nicole, Coco Maria said...
That dress really is wonderful! :)
- March 1, 2011 at 8:30 AM
- Jenni said...
I love this dress so much! It looks great with your red hair!
- March 1, 2011 at 8:51 AM
- Miranda said...
Great dress, it is so you!
I love those Mary Janes too, I've been looking for something like those, I wonder if I can find them online ... hmmm the search begins!
www.indcfashion.com - March 1, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- shooting star said...
am loving how how have played with the red color of the dress, with red lipstick and red bag!!!
- March 1, 2011 at 9:04 AM
- Steffy's Pro's and Con's said...
the dress is no doubt gorgeous but you dressed it up to make it even better than it already is! that red bag is uh-mazing and the black shoes. !!!! can i have your clothes!!? :)
<3 steffy
steffysprosandcons.blogspot.com - March 1, 2011 at 9:15 AM
- Mae Lu said...
Those Mary Janes call to mind a specific designer other than JC, but I can't put my finger on it.
I love this dress, too. The pleating detail is so intricate, and the shape of the skirt is so flattering. It creates curves and movement.
And it's so organic a print. Very you.
Mae Lu, @ thereafterish. - March 1, 2011 at 9:24 AM
- meowsk said...
I love this dress so much! You wearing it again has me scouring the Internet to find one in stock. I think it would be absolutely perfect for clashing with the bridesmaids at an upcoming wedding.
- March 1, 2011 at 9:25 AM
- A said...
I love the animation, it really shows off the dress to its full potential!
x - March 1, 2011 at 9:26 AM
- à la Modest said...
This is definitely my new favorite dress of yours! I love the fine detail of the ridges and the feminine print. The neckline, and those bubble sleeves are romantic!
- March 1, 2011 at 9:27 AM
- LikeSpinningPlates said...
Perfect dress! Everything about it is so unique and pretty. And that red bag is LOVELY =)
- March 1, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- rebecca said...
looooove this dress. i thought it was so beautiful in your new york pictures but i'm glad to see some closer detail on it. you look fabulous.
rebeccawithanR - March 1, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- toridawn said...
wow. that dress is soooooper cute. and the vertical pleating detail...to die for!
- March 1, 2011 at 10:18 AM
- Ms_SyllyBee said...
this dress is lovely rebecca! i adore the print. so cute!
i wander, i wonder - March 1, 2011 at 10:50 AM
- the gray bird said...
this is so great! i'm really in love with this print, and it looks fabulous on you!
http://mygraybird.blogspot.com - March 1, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- In the Weeds and the Whimsy said...
Mushroom print dress???
Yes Please!! - March 1, 2011 at 11:28 AM
- melina bee said...
super find! the pleating is really neat and I love how it flares out at the skirt, not to mention the mushroom print. great shoes, too.
- March 1, 2011 at 11:47 AM
- Amelia said...
what an unexpected print! but you pull it off perfectly. and the wall behind you is just great
- March 1, 2011 at 12:18 PM
- Ronja said...
every post you make is fabulous :D love your blog
- March 1, 2011 at 12:24 PM
- My Heart Blogged said...
That dress is so fun.
My Heart Blogged - March 1, 2011 at 12:30 PM
- Amy said...
Wow. This honestly has to be the most glorious dress I've ever seen! Absolutely incredible. YOu look so pretty!
- March 1, 2011 at 12:33 PM
- Anything but Bland said...
absolutely gorgeous!!!
love, polly :D - March 1, 2011 at 12:43 PM
- agapelife said...
oh my gosh those SLEEVES! love love love
- March 1, 2011 at 12:52 PM
- Mallory said...
The dress looks super cute, and I LOVE the doorway backdrop. Also, nice remix of the belt - I have the Audrey Mini dress but never wear that belt with it - I need to reuse the belt in other outfits like this though!
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- Dainty Librarian Vintage said...
That dress is beautiful!
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- rae said...
lovely photos. amazing dress amazing shoes. <3
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- norbyah said...
i love the sleeves on your dress....and of course, i love when you do the animation so we can appreciate how your clothes move. xo
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- bestie said...
It's my new favorite too! :D
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- amberly said...
amazing photos and I love your new layout!! that gif is pretty sweet too!!!
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- Shelby said...
I really like this dress, but I kinda wish it had short sleeves. those shoes are so awesome too!
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- Eli said...
this print is simply amazing, did you have this dress in white too?
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- Blue Iris Rivera said...
your so lucky that you look good with everything.your so pretty. and i relly like your dress. i've never heard of tba before.
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- Meanz said...
I really love this dress, it's so great and adorable, and whimsical is the perfect word for it. Those mary janes are so cute as well!
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- Jenava said...
That's great description of you style! Love the print...
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- northwest is best said...
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- febriani djunaedi said...
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- jessie said...
you always find the most beautiful places to take your pictures! love this.
- March 2, 2011 at 6:06 AM
- The Attic People said...
I love this dress.The quirky print is so much fun, really suits you :)
- March 2, 2011 at 10:44 AM
- Yajaira said...
you always find the best places to take pictures - love it
where do you find this pretty dresses! so cute - March 2, 2011 at 3:36 PM
- ana b. said...
O my goodness, that TBA dress is fantastic on you. Have you seen the ballerina dress from the new TBA collection? I think it'd look amazing on you. I have my eye on the blazers.
- March 5, 2011 at 10:03 PM
- Becca Jane said...
Such an adorable dress! I love the print.
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Huge software headache..
AMD looks smart in the brain engineering era
Peter Clarke
In April 2011 I was already arguing that AMD would eventually have to license ARM processor cores. And at the AMD Fusion developers conference in June 2011 Phil Rogers, AMD Fellow, said that Fusion processors – the ones that include CPU and GPU cores – would become CPU and GPU agnostic.
AMD as the mirror image of Intel – two hombres facing each other down main street with x86 six-guns to hand – is so entrenched in the semiconductor industry that many people couldn't quite get their heads around what Rogers was saying last year.
It didn't seem to make many people go "woah – you mean processors from AMD with ARM cores inside?" But AMD has followed up at this year's Fusion developer summit with the announcement of the formation of the Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) group, with some interesting founder members and some notable absentees.
It is farsighted stuff and – in my view – the research people at AMD are rightly viewing systems from the top down and as they will be seen in three or four years' time, with hundreds and thousands of processing elements (PEs).
In other words CPU and GPU cores and other PEs are the new gates. There will be layers of software above – we hope – to provide a tractable programming model. It is the HSA group's job to make/allow that to happen.
In short, we are entering an era where programmable systems will be much closer to models of the parallel processing of the brain than to the 5F1 circuit for a Fender guitar amplifier. We are entering a neuromorphic era and leaving behind a circuit-oriented era.
It will be interesting to see whether the likes of Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Xilinx and Altera can share this vision. Even if some of them DO share the vision, commercial competitiveness may persuade them NOT to join HSA on the grounds that differentiation is achieved by working separately or in a different group. Market pressures sometimes do that to technology.
"Even if some of them DO share the vision, commercial competitiveness may persuade them NOT to join HSA on the grounds that differentiation is achieved by working separately or in a different group. Market pressures sometimes do that to technology."
This is part of the problem. The other which is inferred by the success of Intel in the PC business. In the short term it is very compelling not to compete with yourself.
That's one small step for a company...one giant leap towards the technological singularity...
I'm actually a bit surprised this hasn't happened before. AMD currently makes Intel X86 compatible CPUs. but there's no reason they shouldn't make CPUs with ARM cores. (Intel used to, in the Strongarm division they originally got from DEC sold to Marvell.) And AMD won't have any "not invented here" issues with doing so. AMD makes and sells chips, and ARM processors are poised to make a run at markets AMD is active in, so being able to offer X86 and ARM solutions is a compelling vision.
Many Smartphone chips are already 'HSA' with a compliment of high speed 32 bit Application processors, multi-thread DSP, video acceleration, low speed 32 bit management processors, vector engines for the modems, acceleration blocks for cryptographic functions, HD video, audio, plus embedded power and clock management. If that isn't HSA, I am not sure what is.
My take on that is...you are right they are HSA....BUT they are not as generalized or as complex as HSA will become.
Presumably the presence of a Cortex-A5 will be more than is necessary just to support Trust Zone, leaving some potential head room for ARM code applications already built in.


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A point guard who commands scant respect as a face-the-basket scoring threat and who is a subpar free throw shooter? A bench that does not have a single player whose job description on his income tax form reads "Drop-dead jump shooter"? In the abstract, such a team would be given little chance of being so much as a .500 team, let alone a championship contender.
Danny Ainge is in the same position Dave Gavitt was 21 years ago. He has a core of aging Hall of Famers, and they aren't going anywhere. His only hope is to build around them with young talent, young legs, and young enthusiasm. Good luck. The 1989-90 Celtics season ended in a shocking manner. Up, 2-0, against the Knicks, and coming off a historic Game 2 performance at home in which they scored a playoff-record 157 points, they lost Games 3 and 4 in New York before suffering a completely unanticipated defeat at home in Game 5. That was it. They lost to the younger Knicks in 1990, the younger Pistons in 1991, the younger Cavaliers in 1992, and the younger Hornets in 1993 before missing the playoffs in seven of the next eight years.
Oh, there were some good moments left, most of them having to do with Larry Bird, who was able to ignore a mounting string of injuries and turn back the clock with a golden performance every once in a while. But things went progressively downhill in a team sense, the Celtics winning 51 games in 1991-92, after which Bird retired; 48 games in 1992-93, after which Kevin McHale said bye-bye; and 32 games in 1993-94, after which Robert Parish set off on his farewell tour elsewhere.
Gavitt knew his toughest task would be managing the end of the (original) Big Three. But what were his options, really? Trade Larry? I don't think so. Trade Robert? And find another center half as good? Trade Kevin? Well, that was a possibility, but Gavitt could never bring himself to do it. Nope. Gavitt wound up staying the course. The Big Three simply faded away. So, too, did the entity known as the Boston Celtics. Is that a grim enough scenario for you?
Well, you'd better buckle up.
You're about to have a deja vu professional basketball experience.
Here are the current Big Three, still skilled, still exemplary in their work habits, still a fountain of basketball knowledge, still completely respected around the NBA for what they have accomplished. That's all very nice, and there will be some very nice retro experiences ahead, perhaps even enough of them to justify an emotional investment in the Celtics teams that lie ahead. But the Big Three are no longer the core of a championship team.
The frustrating thing about being an aging player is that some nights it's still there, and someone can be deluded into thinking nothing has changed. But it is not there with the regularity that made someone a star. Allen and Garnett each have reached that stage. As an example, two years ago, Allen went from setting a record for 3-pointers against the Lakers one night to an 0-fer the very next game. Last May, KG went from a killer 28-point, marauder-on-defense Game 3 against the Heat to Just Another Guy status in the remaining two games.
Let's be honest.
Who among us thought there even would be a Year 4 for this core group, let alone a Year 5? They all will take to their graves the knowledge that no other Celtics team played as consistently hard from start to finish as theirs did in 2007-08, and it's reasonable to assume that, if asked on their deathbeds to recall the final score of the final game against the Lakers, a smile will come across each and every one of the faces as they whisper, "131-92."
--Grampa Celtic
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- Lex said...
I'm not sure there is much else to say about the first three games or the next 63.
Bob Ryan said it all before the season ever started. - 12/29/2011 05:11:00 PM
- Lex said...
Don't think that a return home and a blowout win over the downtrodden Pistons tonight will cure the Celtics' many ills. That would be only a temporary treatment, because we have discovered quickly that this apparent title-contending team has a plethora of flaws
The Celtics are 0-3 and looked uninterested and exhausted in Wednesday's stunning 97-78 loss to the rebuilding Hornets in New Orleans
The defeat exposed several critical differences between the old Celtics of three years ago and these old Celtics now. Opponents are hardly intimidated by the green jerseys or the All-Stars who wear them. The Hornets viewed Wednesday not as an opportunity to upset the mighty Celtics but as simply a chance to win their home opener in front of fans apprehensive about the post-Chris Paul era
After the Hornets fell behind, 9-2, coach Monty Williams likely informed his team that the Celtics of the past two years were a front-running team that eventually will wither. And such was the case when New Orleans went ahead, 30-20, early in the second quarter
No longer can the Celtics rely on reputation or past accomplishments. They have to reprove themselves, and the question remains whether they are capable of such a thing with their aging bodies
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- Lex said...
Jermaine O'Neal
23 minutes
3 rebounds - 1/02/2012 09:48:00 AM
- Lex said...
Can we play the bullets every night?
- Matty said...
Would be nice, how you feeling about the season so far Lex?
- Lex said...
The 6-foot-11-inch Stiemsma made his first NBA start Monday night against the Wizards. Surrounded by a supporting cast of Hall of Famers, he connected on 5 of 7 shots, scored 13 points, and grabbed 7 rebounds in a 100-92 victory.
He also blocked two shots, which got the attention of Comcast commentator Tommy Heinsohn. Stiemsma has 13 blocks in his first five games. Heinsohn said Stiemsma's shot-blocking technique reminds him of Russell
Mike Gorman, Heinsohn's broadcast partner, was speechless when the goofy comparison was made, but you could hear Gorman's jaw drop on the broadcast table. It was the same for just about everyone watching
Yikes. Bill Russell and Greg Stiemsma? Perfect bookends, right? Like Bobby Orr and Lyndon Byers. John F. Kennedy and Jack E. Robinson. Paris and Fitchburg
Heinsohn wasn't backing off before last night's 89-70 Garden blowout of the New Jersey (soon to be Brooklyn) Nets
"His timing and how he goes about blocking shots does remind me of Russell," said the Celtics legend, who for his entire NBA career was Russell's teammate. "He makes guys commit, he's quick to his leap, and he gets his hand up there right when the ball is leaving the shooter's hand."
But Bill Russell? If it wasn't coming from Tommy, it would be downright sacrilegious. Russell is the greatest winner in the history of sports, copping 11 championships in 13 NBA seasons and never losing a seventh game
Heinsohn knows Russell's greatness firsthand. They were rookies together with the Celtics in 1956-57. It's a little-known fact that Heinsohn was actually NBA Rookie of the Year in Russell's rookie season. (Russell's arrival in Boston was delayed by the Melbourne Olympic Games.) Big Bill made up for lost time and the Celtics won their first NBA championship in the spring of 1957
"I heard about the Russell remark from a waiter at dinner last night," laughed Rivers. "I was just shaking my head. Who'd want to live up to that expectation? My goodness."
Stiemsma heard about it, too, from his parents and friends back in Wisconsin
"A couple of my buddies told me they were watching on TV and heard that," said Stiemsma. "I don't want to get too far ahead in my comparisons here. That's a whole other level - obviously one of the greatest centers ever to play the game. Even the slightest comparison is a little bit of a stretch, but at the same time it's an honor, too."
Has he seen grainy black-and-white footage of Russell playing for the Celtics?
"When I was in Turkey, one of the only English-speaking channels was an NBA channel," said Stiemsma. "Hardwood classics and stuff. They played some old games once in a while and I saw some highlights from back in the day."
. . . when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and Russell and Heinsohn roamed the parquet floorboards
Heinsohn isn't the only Celtic great going overboard with praise for Stiemsma. After Monday's win, Kevin Garnett said, "He can block shots . . . like no one I've ever seen." - 1/05/2012 03:29:00 PM
- Lex said...
C's are old and not very athletic.
I don't have much hope once we start playing teams that matter. - 1/05/2012 03:30:00 PM
- Lex said...
I see where a few celtic pundits suddenly think we have no bench nor anyone to rebound.
Sounds familiar. - 1/09/2012 02:01:00 PM
- Lex said...
Well, I see where the rest of celticdom is starting to catch on.
Repeat after me:
too old
too unathletic
too uninspired
any questions? - 1/12/2012 08:34:00 PM
pietrus is a good jump shooter in the bench...
- Lex said...
I'm thinking we need to trade kg, pp, ray ray, and rondo.
Each guy
separate deal
get as much as possible
start over - 1/13/2012 09:53:00 PM
- Lex said...
- Lex said...
Was my 28-win prediction optimistic?
- Matty said...
I stand corrected lex, i should of listened to your seasoned Celtics basketball experience!
- Lex said...
Hard to say.
We all love the green. So we want to believe. They could still end up above .500.
They will need to dig deep, though. - 1/20/2012 05:50:00 PM
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Roberto Goizueta (1931-1997) Along with Asa Candler and Robert Woodruff, Roberto Goizueta stands as one of the icons of the Coca-Cola Company. From 1981 to 1997 he guided the Atlanta-based soft-drink business, which grew to become the global giant now known for its innovative sales strategies and its grip on the top spot in a highly competitive beverage market. Under Goizueta's long stewardship, the price of stock in Coca-Cola increased 3,500 percent and the company tripled in size. Beginnings Roberto
After working for his father for a year, Goizueta answered a classified advertisement in a Havana newspaper for a company seeking a bilingual chemical engineer. The company was Coca-Cola, and after just a few years, he was appointed the chief engineer for the company's five Cuban bottling plants. But after Fidel Castro seized power from Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1959, Goizueta made plans to defect to the United States. Goizueta and his family left Cuba in 1960 with little more than $200 and 100 shares of Coca-Cola stock. They settled in Miami, Florida, where Goizueta continued to work with Coke's Latin American concerns, while also serving as a chemist for the company's Caribbean interests. He became a U.S. citizen in 1969. Coca-Cola Career Goizueta quickly climbed the corporate ladder. In 1964 he
In 1980 Robert Woodruff, the chairman of the company's board of directors, urged the board to name Goizueta president. They did so, and a year later appointed him chairman of the board and chief financial officer. Under Goizueta's leadership, Coca-Cola broke from its conservative business mold, breaking rules and taking risks in an attempt to rise far above its competitors. In addition to seeking out new international markets, Goizueta is credited with devising the successful company slogan "Coke Is It!" One of Goizueta's most notable accomplishments came in 1982, when the company
But not all new products were successful. Dismayed for years over Pepsi's huge sales advantage in grocery stores, Goizueta suggested changing Coke's formula slightly, in favor of a sweeter-tasting product. Modifying the drink's formula had been a project of company chemists for years, and after numerous taste tests and focus groups, the company introduced "New" Coke to the world in April 1985. Consumers were not impressed with the taste of "New" Coke, and in less than four months "New" Coke was taken off the shelves. It was quickly replaced with Coca-Cola "Classic," a return to the product familiar to consumers for so many decades. In 1982 Goizueta approved the purchase of Columbia Pictures, signaling Coca-Cola's intentions to branch out beyond the soft-drink business. Many analysts believed Coca-Cola had paid too much for the film studio, which, like all entertainment companies, was subject to the unpredictable whims of the movie-going public. Goizueta found himself uncomfortable in a business he knew little about, and in 1989 he sold Columbia to Sony for $3 billion. (Coke owned 49 percent of Columbia, so its share of the sale was $1.5 billion.) When the Berlin Wall came down in Germany in 1989, Goizueta was ready to launch Coca-Cola in Eastern Europe. In just three years it became the preferred European soft drink over Pepsi. Coca-Cola also became a major sponsor of the Olympics and enjoyed a high profile during the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Service and Honors Coca-Cola and Emory University had long enjoyed a symbiotic relationship, due to Woodruff's influence, and that
Goizueta also served on the board of directors at SunTrust Banks, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the Woodruff Arts Center, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. In 1984 he received a national service award from the Boys and Girls Club, and other awards followed from the NAACP, the American Assembly, and the Advertising Council. He was a sought-after speaker on college campuses and the recipient of honorary degrees. In 1996 Chief Executive magazine named him Chief Executive of the Year, and Fortune magazine recognized the Coca-Cola Company as "America's Most Admired Corporation." A lifelong heavy smoker, Goizueta was diagnosed with lung cancer in the summer of 1997 and died on October 18, at the age of sixty-five. He was buried in Arlington Memorial Park in Atlanta. Since his death, Coca-Cola has maintained its worldwide presence but has not come close to reaching the financial heights it enjoyed during the years of Goizuata's leadership. Suggested Reading Frederick Allen, Secret Formula: How Brilliant Marketing and Relentless Salesmanship Made Coca-Cola the Best-Known Product in the World (New York: HarperBusiness, 1994). David Greising, I'd Like the World to Buy a Coke: The Life and Leadership of Roberto Goizueta (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1998). Constance L. Hays, The Real Thing: Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company (New York: Random House, 2004). Chris Starrs, Athens Published 6/24/2005 |
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IVAN LAJARA: Kingston cigarette ban plan is all smoke and coughs
Kingston is trying to further rule your butts.
A new proposal intruduced by the mayor and welcomed by a Common Council committee has recommended banning smoking under the Uptown canopies on Wall and North Front streets, between, you know, the bars where people smoke a lot.
That's right, the city wants to regulate your freedom-loving right to go under the canopies to yellow your teeth and put thousands of chemicals into your body (don't worry, only dozens of them are suspected of causing or are known to cause cancer, according to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report).
The city already has banned smoking in parks and municipal buildings, it should be noted, and this proposal is an amendment to that law.
It should also be noted that we can't find one instance when this law actually has been enforced.
How many tickets have been issued under the current smoking ban?
"None, to my knowledge," said Kingston Alderman Tom Hoffay, who actually has no knowlege about this thing because he's not the Kingston Police Department's Records office.
Yet, Hoffay told this space (he talks to spaces) that he expects the proposal to pass.
"I think it goes too far," he added.
Wait. WHAT? Continued...
"It is what it is," he said.
We don't understand what "it" is, but whatevs.
But what we do understand is that "whatevs" is not an actual word and that there is a gigantic sinkhole in the city, that hospitals and schools are in crisis and that the Wall Street Journal very recently cited Kingston to showcase high unemployment numbers in the state.
So, let's talk about smoking.
Mayor Shayne Gallo told the Freeman that smoking under the Pike Plan canopy is "offensive," because presumably people are smoking naked while cursing Satanic verses at babies.
Let's be clear in all this haze (haze, get it? GET IT? YOU SHUT UP!):
Smoking is not offensive. It is nasty and dangerous and it makes you look like a wet leathery something and all that, but we don't recall the last time people were outraged because the innocence of their children was lost when they saw a dude smoking outside of Snapper's.
The fine you're probably never, ever, ever going to get for smoking under the canopies if the law passes, by the way, is the equivalent of 10 packs of cigarettes.
In the meantime, nonsmokers can exercise their right of evil-eyeing smokers with guilting, dissaproving stares and smokers can continue ignoring them in return.
The mayor told this space (he also talks to spaces) that "technically," federal and state regulations already prohibit smoking under the canopies funded by federal and state monies, as the Pike Plan was, which makes us wonder why the mayor proposed the measure in the first place. Continued...
Gallo also said he counted 60 cigarette butts under the canopies on Thursday, because that's what mayors do when they are not proposing laws that apparently are not needed and/or enforced.
So this conversation is basically pointless, which is great, because we have to go smoke naked while cursing Satanic verses at babies.
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April 2007: Twenty-five years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, children are still largely missing from the global HIV/AIDS agenda and continue to suffer the discrimination, anguish and poverty linked to the disease. The 'Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS' campaign, launched in October 2005, promotes a comprehensive response for AIDS-affected children.
December 2012: Adolescent participants in a UNICEF-supported project digitally mapped HIV risks in two Port-au-Prince neighbourhoods.
November 2009: Zambia's programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV are steadily expanding.
May 2009: Zambia has 95,000 HIV-positive children under age 14 and one of the highest adult infection rates in the world.
April 2007: In 2007, 25 years into the epidemic, children are still largely missing from the global HIV/AIDS agenda.
April 2005: In sub-Saharan Africa, AIDS has killed one or both parents of more than 12 million children under 15 years.
May 2011: In Zambia, programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV are proving effective, inexpensive and life-saving.
July 2010: Programmes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV continue to expand in Zambia.
July 2009: HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention programmes are beginning to reverse the pandemic's growth in Zambia.
April 2009: The welfare of Namibia's children is threatened by poverty, violence and a raging HIV/AIDS pandemic.
October 2005: The five-year Global Campaign on Children and AIDS places children and their needs at the top of the AIDS agenda.


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LUMBERTON — The bluegrass band The Travelin' McCourys will perform on Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Carolina Civic Center Historic Theater in Lumberton.
The Tavelin' McCourys is the latest incarnation of The Del McCoury Band.
The Travelin' McCourys is made up of Ronnie and Rob McCoury, Jason Carter and Alan Bartam. Ronnie and Rob are the sons of the Bluegrass legend Del McCoury. Ronnie McCoury plays the mandolin, Rob McCoury plays the banjo, Carter plays the fiddle and Bartam plays the bass.
The band has collaborated with artists such as Vince Gill, The Allman Brothers, Phish, Dierks Bentley and others.
Tickets are $15, but are discounted to $10 each with the advance purchase of 10 or more.
Tickets can be purchased in person or by calling 910-738-4339 from 1 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays. Tickets can also be purchased at the door.
The theater lobby box opens an hour prior to performance. The Carolina Civic Center is located at 315 N. Chestnut St.