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During each ten week season, four tournaments will be held open to qualified gun fighters. Each tournament boasts their own rewards and risks. A character who suffers a Wounding Shot during a tournament may opt not to continue dueling, in order to avoid the risk of Permanent Death; this risk is not relevant in The Young Gun Tournament and The Barons of Boom Tournament, as they will always be single-elimination format.
The Young Gun Tournament (Week One)
Anyone ranked Gunslinger, Marksman, or Outlaw may sign up for each season's Young Gun Tournament. The format will be single elimination, with seeding being done by order of those who sign up. Each duelist will be given four Ammo Skills and three Combo modifiers for each duel of the tournament, regardless of rank.
The winner of the tournament will receive five automatic wins-over-losses to be added to their record upon the next standings update, and will be noted as the current Young Gun champion on the standings until the next season. All other participants will receive their wins in the tournament as an automatic boost to their wins-over-losses upon the next standings update.
The Barons of Boom Tournament (Week Three)
Anyone, except for the current Desperado, may enter the Barons of Boom Tournament, which will be a two-man team tournament. The current Barons of Boom may choose to enter the tournament together as a team, but all other entrants will be randomly paired with another gun-fighter for the tournament's duration. Should there be lingering Out-of-Character issues between two players paired together that would make their pairing unenjoyable for both players, they may request to throw their name back into the hat to be paired with another duelist. They may only do this once, and the final two duelists to be paired together are not able to make this request. Should their be an odd number of participants at the end of registration for the tournament, the last gun-fighter to arrive for the tournament must resign.
The tournament will be single elimination in format, and the following rules will apply:
– All duelists receive their usual number of ammunition modifiers and combinations per duel, as their rank would indicate. Each team names which of their gun-fighters will be the active duelist at the beginning of each duel.
– Duelists start each duel with 5 Hit Points. When they are scored against, they lose a number of Hit Points equal to the points their opponent would have scored in a regulation duel. The duel ends when any duelist is reduced to 0 Hit Points, and their team loses. In the case that both active duelists are reduced to 0 Hit Points at the same time, they will both be set to 1 Hit Point and the duel will continue.
– A duelist may call for BACKUP in any given round where they submit a Defensive Technique, by noting so to the calling official. If they do not lose any Hit Points that round, they will remove themselves from being the active duelist on their team, and their inactive teammate will become the active duelist in the next round.
Both duelists on the team that wins the Barons of Boom Tournament will receive the Baron of Boom rank, and will be individually given a number of wins-over-losses to their Standings record equal to the number of duels won in the tournament. Second place receives nothing.
Tournament of Sharpshooters (Week Seven)
Anyone ranked Sharpshooter may enter each season's Tournament of Sharpshooters. The format will be round-robin, with a single championship duel between the top two finishers. Round-robin ranking will be assessed by totaling up Match Points according to the following formula:
Match Points = (number of points scored, up to a maximum of 6 points) + (3 X number of match wins) + (3 X number of wounding shots earned against opponents).
The third place finisher in the Round-robin portion of the tournament will receive their choice of the following rewards : two wins-over-losses, or one use of Chaff Rounds. The second place finisher will receive their choice of the following rewards: three wins-over-losses, or two uses of Chaff Rounds. The winner of the Tournament of Sharpshooters will receive their choice of the following rewards: five wins-over-losses, or three uses of Chaff Rounds.
The Desperado Tournament (Week Nine)
Anyone ranked Sharpshooter may enter each season's Desperado Tournament. The format will be single or double-elimination, depending on the number of participants. Seeding will be based off of total wins-over-losses, with ties being decided by the number of total career fights first, and randomly after that if there is a second tie. If there is no current Desperado, the winner of the tournament will be crowned the new Desperado. Otherwise, the winner will receive a special challenge grant to the current Desperado.
The tournament winner's Desperado Challenge Grant will not allow for intercessions from the Barons of Boom. Additionally, the tournament winner, and not the Desperado, will decide on whether or not the challenge will be a single duel, or best two-out-of-three format. This challenge requires no validation, and must be scheduled and fought within one week of the tournament's end. Should the challenger fail to win the Desperado's title during the challenge, they will have five wins subtracted from their Standings record.
|Challenge Night: Challenging the Desperado and Barons of Boom
Before all Desperado challenge events have taken place on Challenge Night, a team of two gun-fighters will be allowed to challenge the current Barons of Boom in the same format as the Barons of Boom Tournament. There are no rank restrictions for this challenge, and any number of teams may announce their intention to challenge. The announced team with the most overall duels fought in the current season will be the only team allowed to press challenge, which will take place immediately, in single duel format. The current Desperado may elect to add himself to either roster of either the challenging team, or the current Barons of Boom, or to not be involved at all. Should the Desperado fight in the challenge, the team that he aids must be responsible not just for calling for BACKUP as usual, but must also name which teammate they wish to make active when submitting back-up requests to the calling official.
During Challenge Night each season, Sharpshooters will be allowed to challenge the current Desperado for their title. The Desperado will appear, ready to defend their title, and the Sharpshooter present at the start of Challenge Night with the most regulation wins in the current season will have first rights to press challenge; if multiple Sharpshooters have the most (and same) regulations wins, and wish to challenge, they must first face each other in a single duel format to determine who will receive the right to challenge.
On the night of the challenge, a current Baron of Boom may elect to intercede as either a Champion for the Desperado, or a Champion for the challenger. Should a Baron of Boom intercede on behalf of the Desperado and defeat the challenger, the challenge is considered over. Should a Baron of Boom intercede on behalf of the challenger and defeat the Desperado, the challenge will continue, and the challenger need only win one-out-of-three duels against the Desperado to succeed in their challenge. Should both Barons of Boom intercede, one on behalf of both challenger and Desperado, the challenge will continue and the duelist successfully championed need only win one-out-of-three duels to win the challenge. In any case, a successful Champion may elect to immediately face the winner of the challenge in a single duel for the title of Desperado.
Should a challenger defeat the current Desperado, they will become the new Desperado at the next standings update, and the previous Desperado will be given a rank concurrent with their current wins-over-losses. Should a challenger defeat the current Desperado, and then be defeated by a Baron of Boom, they will not receive the Desperado title. A challenge is considered complete upon the next standings update (typically, very shortly after Challenge Night is finished).
Should Challenge Night be on a date that any of the current title-holders are unable to appear on, they must submit public notice on the Challenge Night forum thread at least twenty-four hours before the event begins, and Challenge Night will be rescheduled between the title-holders and the RDL Administration for no longer than one week after the originally scheduled event.


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At Carpet Surgeon, our mission is to complete each job to our client's satisfaction. Our staff will not rush through the work, just to get it done. We take our time to do a thorough job and hold ourselves up to a higher standard. We pride ourselves on excellent customer service, and our reviews speak for themselves!

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Maintenance Engineer
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|Maintenance Engineer
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|£39000 - £44800 per annum
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|Lisa Darbyshire
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Job Description
An interesting position has become available for a Maintenance Engineer working with an important company based in the Swindon who are know globally for being at the pinnacle of their field.
This opportunity will see you working in a truly unique environment with a well established, fascinating business who in turn are an important part of a larger global business.
As Maintenance Engineer your position will include the following:
Key Responsibilities:
*Complete and taking accountability for maintenance activities (planned and unplanned), utilising operational excellence and continuous improvement activities to improve equipment reliability and ensure minimal equipment downtime.
*During maintenance incidents, actively using problem solving and lean manufacturing techniques to identify the true root cause of the issue - and implement corrective actions.
*Complete all necessary documentation regarding maintenance activities, including highlighting errors or bad practices and making suggestions for improvements either to systems or equipment, and take ownership for progressing required documentation (e.g. Change Controls, Validation documents, etc) through to completion, in line with Company procedures.
*Utilise external resource, where appropriate, to obtain services/components, generating, completing and obtaining the appropriate documentation and approval to proceed (e.g. Purchase Orders, spares requests, quotations, etc).
*Monitor and control spares in an efficient manner.
*Upgrade and improve equipment as appropriate.
*Write clear and accurate maintenance instructions.
*Drive improvements within the maintenance team to maximise efficiency within the Production and Maintenance departments to Lean the process, eliminating or reducing waste and/or non-value adding activities.
*Be accountable and responsible for ensuring all personal activities are effectively closed on time, in line with agreed targets and timelines (e.g. PPM, Deviations, Change Controls, Training, etc).
*Ensure aseptic licence is kept up to date.
*Ensure the workplace is kept clean and tidy in line with 5Sprinciples, maximising efficiency.
*Organise and carry out training and / or instruction of engineering and non engineering staff.
*Provide cover for team members, including Technical Specialists and Engineering Coordinators as required.
*Work on projects as defined by engineering management.
*Comply with GMP requirements and company rules, policies and procedures.
*Take responsibility for the safety of yourself and others.
*Take an active role in increasing standards of safety and quality within the business, through highlighting hazards and making improvements in equipment and/or procedures.
*Understand and ensure implementation of emergency procedures and safe systems of work.
*Ensure compliance with environment, health and safety rules, signage and instructions at all times.
*Ensure prompt reporting and investigation of all accidents, near misses and breaches of rules.
*Multi-skilled engineer with a good understanding of electrical control and automated systems.
*Technical skills required up to the level of HND.
*Demonstrable expertise working within a manufacturing environment.
*Proactive logical approach to problem solving utilising lean manufacturing techniques.
*Ability to work to critical timelines.
*Effective communication skills.
For further information or to apply please contact Lisa Darbyshire on 01793 317851 or email
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118 | Brexit Choices
Back to Brexit: as decision-day approaches we try to work out what might happen next. Did Labour patch up its differences? Can anyone really start the negotiations again? And what would it take to get the EU to deviate from its script? Plus we explore some of the ideological roots of Tory opposition to Chequers and we ask what happened to the good old British by-election. With Helen Thompson, Chris Bickerton and Wassem Yaqoob.Read More


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Pollen as an alternative food for Harmonia axyridis. BioControl, 53, 201-210.(2007)
Parallel Declines in Pollinators and Insect-Pollinated Plants in Britain and the Netherlands. Science, 313, 351-354.(2006)
Preliminary Atlas Of The Lepidoptera: Incurvarioidea Of The British Isles. Biological Records Centre, Huntingdon.(1986)
Atlas Of British And Irish Bryophytes. Pisces Publications, Newbury.(2014)
Examining the relationship between local extinction risk and position in range. Conservation Biology, 32, 229-239.(2018)
Risk management to prioritise the eradication of new and emerging invasive non-native species. Biological Invasions, 19, 2401-2417.(2017)
Daltonia splachnoides in Irish conifer plantations - another epiphyte on the move. Field Bryology, 100, 16-21.(2010)
United Kingdom Butterfly Monitoring Scheme Report For 2007. CEH, Wallingford.(2008)
Lepidoptera communities across an agricultural gradient: how important are habitat area and habitat diversity in supporting high diversity?. Journal of Insect Conservation, 19, 403-420.(2015)
Do urban areas act as foci for the spread of alien plant species? An assessment of temporal trends in the UK. Diversity and Distributions, 15, 338-345.(2009)
The effects of habitat fragmentation on niche requirements of the marsh fritillary, Euphydryas aurinia, (Rottemburg, 1775) on calcareous grasslands in southern UK. Journal of Insect Conservation, 15, 269-277.(2011)
Change In The British Flora 1987-2004. Botanical Society of the British Isles, London.(2006)
Role of larval host plants in the climate-driven range expansion of the butterfly Polygonia c-album. Journal of Animal Ecology, 76, 415-423.(2007)
British Red Data Books: Part 3: Invertebrates Other Than Insects. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.. (1991)
The changing status of the Chalkhill Blue butterfly Polyommatus coridon in the UK: the impacts of conservation policies and environmental factors. Journal of Insect Conservation, 12, 629-638.(2008)
The development of butterfly indicators in the United Kingdom and assessments in 2010. Journal of Insect Conservation, 15, 139-151.(2011)
Developing and launching a wider countryside butterfly survey across the United Kingdom. Journal of Insect Conservation, 15, 279-290.(2011)
Thirty years and counting: the contribution to conservation and ecology of butterfly-monitoring in the UK. British Wildlife, 17, 162-170.(2006)
The spread of the Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis in late 2006. Atropos, 31, 32-33.(2007)
Update on the spread of an invasive ladybird. Biocontrol News and Information, 28, 16-17.(2007)
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Can you see what is not yet written?
We are living in a time when the human being, the human form and the world is being rewritten. The speed of progress for the last 100 years has been amazing. A world is dying, and a new one will emerge. You should listen to the talk of Leonard Brody and look at these videos.
We cannot teach and learn as it was done before with the classical methods of learning. We need to find ways to develop a growth mindset and be able to understand the framework that is being built right now in the world.
we need cross-fertilization and all our curiosity to explore and understand. We have to read what is written to guess what is not yet written.
We should start the adventure by creating an intimate space for freedom. The first condition for developing creativity is to protect a 'freedom soft spot' within yourself. This is preliminary work, an incubation period. For this part, I suggest a few keys requirements as silence, solitude and meditation, but recognize these are very personal and may take different forms for different people.
The second condition is based on a requirement that is fundamental for everyone: movement. This is also why I created walking seminars. Artists, poets, writers, philosophers and scientists have used it for centuries to stimulate their creativity and develop their thinking process. Now comes the third element; Learning to see.
The history of science and mathematics is a wonderful odyssey that teaches us lessons that we should always keep in mind. Learning to see is certainly one of the most important. The first scientific approach began with the observation of the relationship between heaven and earth... From astronomy to writing, through to counting, many things were invented quickly 5000 years ago. The Sumerians, our ancestors, began a scientific approach, trying to understand the links between heaven and earth. The sky was their reference, they watched it carefully, seeking answers to their questions.
Numbers are a beautiful adventure. From the invention of the zero, as a placeholder in the absence of a quantity, in India and China via Persian and Arab scholars through to hesitation in choosing the most convenient base: 12, 60 (of which there are traces in the months of the year or the angles) and then finally 10.
Irrational number were an early confrontation with infinity, and, with good reason, caused a stir among mathematicians.
Human beings have imagination; there is absolutely no doubt about that! In their day, those who invented the zero, irrational numbers and imaginary numbers were pretty audacious and creative, don't you think?
In 2011, one of my favorite places for contemporary art in Paris, La Fondation Cartier pour l'Art contemporain presented an extraordinary exhibition on Mathematics for their thirtieth birthday and invited famous artists and scientists to share their points of view. The curator was the movie director, David Lynch. If you can read French, here is the post I wrote on the topic at that time. The exhibition was inspirational and very poetic.
Among the stories this one is very pecular and extraordinary:
"For Vanuatu Islands people, for example, patterns drawn in the sand play a very important role in social life: sometimes almost ordinary messages, sometimes works of art or expression of myths and sacred rituals. Their complexity points to the theory of entrelacs, idealized objects created by mathematicians, but for which the people of Vanuatu had developed a kind of classification," explained Jean-Pierre Bourguignon.
Just by observing very carefully, we can learn and discover so many things. Jean-Pierre Bourguignon also wrote in the exhibition catalogue:
"Free creation may be the shortest path to solve a persistent mathematical problem on which so much attention has been put on that we don't realize the existence of a missing link that could lead us to the solution. Often a radical shift in the way of thinking is needed for a solution to appear. This shift could happen by chance in a sharing context. It is not possible to program it. This context will be easier to create if the protagonists are not too specialized, and if external advice is systematically required. Seeking this sudden shift is as valid for engineers as for scientists." Jean-Pierre Bourguignon, chief scientist, IHÉS, Polytechnique School in Paris in MATHEMATICS, A BEAUTIFUL ELSEWHERE
This exhibition showed how mastering the infinite, infinitely large or infinitely small, was one of the great achievements of the seventeenth century, first in Japan by Skei Takakazu, then in Europe by Leibniz and Newton.
"It was then possible to speak of limits and thus instantaneous speed, the rate of infinitesimal increase of the position, and acceleration, a gigantic conceptual leap which helped formulate the fundamental law of dynamics.
In the same vein, Isaac Newton constructed a mathematical model of the incredible efficiency of celestial mechanics, a major challenge posed to humans, which was finally resolved with definitive precision if we ignore the influence of two formed by the Sun and a planet.
These advances have accompanied the operational formulation of major theories of physics, leading to evolving equations. Therefore mechanics, physics and mathematics have constantly fertilized each other; issues arising from conceptual advances of the first two being so many challenges for the third, and conceptual advances in mathematics opening new possibilities for physics and mechanics, as was the case with Einstein's general theory of relativity.
What is also very impressive is to discover the things that they accomplished even before the theory existed, for example the Alhambra in Granada.
Exploring other patterns… famous tilings found in the architectural and decorative jewel in the Islamic tradition: the Alhambra in Granada. A mathematical theorem prohibited the existence of more than 17 different kinds of motifs. This reflects the inventive and methodical genius of Moorish artists of the fourteenth century.
Cross-fertilization between cultures allowed the development of universal and productive thinking tools
Almost all conceptual advances have given rise to various calculations:
- fractions
- calculus (XVIe S.)
- logarithms (by John Neper, XVIIe S.)
- differential calculus (Newton and Leibniz)
- numerical calculus
- symbolic calculus (imposed by physicists to mathematicians, Laurent Schwartz)
- stochastic calculus (Kiyoshi Itô (decisive for finance)
- binary calculus (by which computers handle literals of a size that would render them inaccessible by humans exploration)
The role of these methods is to make effective and usable concepts by many engineers and scientists. The Result: Many fields become accessible as models to simulate complex systems, weather, climate, the behaviour of an aircraft wing in a flow of air, the activity of a molecule to test a new drug…
It took boldness to those who have dared to imagine these theories may seem absurd at first, the great lesson we learned from the history of science: We need to keep an open mind... What seems so improbable can become possible. It's not new that cross-fertilization is a great source of innovation, the crossing of disciplines and fields is often an enrichment.
The famous periodic tilings of the plane that is found in the architectural and decorative jewel of Islamic tradition that is the Alhambra in Granada. There are exactly 17 really different kinds, and there can be more of a mathematical theorem prohibited. But the theorem was not invented yet when the Moorish artists achieved this masterpiece!
These are just some examples presented at this superb exhibition, Mathematics, A Beautiful Elsewhere. where six famous scientists and six famous artists were invited to work together. The purpose was to let mathematics and mathematicians speak out by giving them the opportunity to brainstorm with major artists from the world of contemporary art. The catalogue was conceived as a discussion forum for the mathematicians and artists, an opportunity for them to exchange ideas and share their thoughts on the most important questions relating to mathematics.
A combination of written texts, questionnaires and portraits, the catalogue also illustrates the diversity of mathematical thoughts—as expressed by the scientists as well as the artists—and emphasizes the importance of creativity in this field. Among the scientist invited, Cedric Villani shared his excitement to explore the complexity of the word. If you haven't listened to his Ted Talk yet, he is a great storyteller don't miss it.
Learning to see is the job of any good scientist and artist. And this observation is driven by an insatiable curiosity. One that best embodies this is Leonardo da Vinci. You can read my post: In The Mind of a Genius.
Leonardo studied spirals and swirls of water. This inspires a revolutionary theory - questionable for the time - in which the movement of water is comparable to the movement of the hair, which can move in two ways depending on the weight of the hair or the orientation of the loops. It analyzes the water in terms of lines of force. Another unlikely combination.... in connection with intense observation.
Please share your comments. How curiosity led you to a discovery in the past?


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Get ready to meet the hottest Scottish export since Ewan! You may not know Gerard Butler's ruggedly handsome face yet, but after all his supporting roles in flicks like Reign of Fire, it looks like 2003 will finally be his big, breakout year. That is, if his thespian vanity doesn't do him in.
Butler will star in Michael Crichton's Timeline this November, and he just landed the title role in the big-screen Phantom of the Opera. But he nearly blew his audition to play Angelina Jolie's traitorous lover in Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (opening July 25).
"The screen test, in some ways, was a disaster from the start," laughs the 33-year-old ex-lawyer. "I wanted to pump up, because I knew I was going to be wearing a vest... That morning, [my trainer and I] literally spent an hour doing every conceivable press-up imaginable. Then, we get there, and it was the scene where she walks into [my prison cell] and I'm doing pull-ups from the ceiling. But I had no strength left; I could barely put my arms up!"
Butler's primping habits also tripped him up another way. "I took a couple of sun baths, because being dark can make you look like you have a lot more strength," he says. "So [director] Jan [de Bont] walks in and says, 'Hey, you're very dark... Hmmm. Your character has, of course, been in prison for five years, and it's snowing outside.'" Oops!


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The FST Awards 2011 Shortlist
Best use of IT in wholesale & investment banking
"Leumi Trade" Capital Market Trading & Investment Website is an innovative & unique Trading System, which includes a wide breadth of offered Investment products in Israel, USA and Europe. The Website is easily accessible to a wide range of clients, and is based on cutting edge technology.
Credit Suisse - 'SPARTA'
Product Control IT – part of CFO IT – developed and implemented a new strategic application 'SPARTA' for Product Control users. SPARTA (Strategic Price and Risk Testing Application) is a key component of the Finance Systems Initiative (FSI) architecture which is transforming Finance through a five-year programme of intensive investment. The IPV programme started developing SPARTA in 2009 and by the end of 2010 it was fully rolled out to all Equity Derivatives users and selected users within Emerging Markets, Global Arbitrage Trading and Prime Services globally.
Deutsche Bank – Enterprise Architecture group
In 2009, the Enterprise Architecture group in Deutsche Bank Capital Markets IT was re-established from scratch. It has grown into a leadership position, driving the critical technology platform and cultural changes required for IT. In 2010, it had enormous impact on the direction, culture and capability of the organisation.
The HSBC Risk and Valuation Engine (RAVEN) will consolidate multiple Credit Risk Engines across 36 countries over a 9 month period. RAVEN will replace 10 year old legacy mid-frame systems with a centralised single-instance / multi-site system, providing process consistency, reduced application footprint, extensive cost benefits and enabling future growth
JP Morgan Chase - Application BackBone
Application BackBone (ABB) is the JPMC cloud computing platform. Unlike Platform-as-a-Service offerings such as Google App Engine, ABB is designed to fully support enterprise Java web applications. Since going live in July, ABB has shortened application delivery time to minutes, improved IT agility to provide computing resources on-demand, and saved the firm man-months in direct and opportunity costs.
J.P. Morgan recognized the challenges and limitations of trade vs. ledger reconciliations, needing to design a new system with shorter batch processing, improved performance and resiliency. J.P.Morgan partnered with Cognizant to design and implement an innovative Informatica based reconciliation platform, which exceeded industry performance benchmarks and delivered significant cost savings.
Lloyds Banking Group – Wholesale Markets and Treasury and Trading (WMTT) project
Lloyds Banking Group's Wholesale Markets and Treasury
& Trading business overcame the challenge of integrating distributed
modular storage environments from two of the UK's largest banks. Following
a merger, it created a centralised, virtualised strategic environment
to manage over 1PB of data and met business requirements to support sustainable
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Jarrid + Robyn
After meeting on Marcell's Quantum Kitchen in Los Angeles, Jarrid + Robyn scoured the city for the perfect Beignets. Unable to find any - they packed up and moved to Florida to start The Poor Porker. With only a Coleman stove and a cast iron dutch oven, they opened a booth at their local farmers market and instantly garnered a following. Pairing their beloved Beignets with their chicory smoked coffee, their following has exploded. Crafty, inventive and passionate, Jarrid + Robyn are the model of what it means to follow your dream.
What Inspired You To Start Your Company?
While living in Los Angelesin the end of 2010, we went on the hunt for beignets as good as the beignets and coffee that we've had in New Orleans and couldn't find any. That's when inspiration struck. Why aren't there any good beignets and chicory coffee in LA? We need to make them! Ironically, we ultimately decided to leave Los Angeles and start our business in Jarrid's hometown of Lakeland, Fl. Moving to the south would allow us to get started on a serious budget. We opened The Poor Porker at the struggling farmers market in downtown Lakeland 2 weeks after our arrival. Using only 300 dollars, we built our little beignet and chicory coffee stand out of salvage that we found all over the area. We made our beignets using a coleman camp stove and a dutch oven. We percolated our chicory coffee using a thrifted percolator. Basically, we're a little insane.
Tell us about your products.
Firstly, we make delicious beignets with a variety of toppings using our own vegan dough recipe. Our coffee has evolved since the beginning. Wood smoke and coffee are so amazing together. We wanted to evoke that feeling of sitting with the perfect cup of coffee at a campfire surrounded by nature. Hence the name Campfire Coffee. We developed an incredible smoking technique for our chicory by accident one day while smoking the chicory when it was raining. When blended with fair trade organic coffee, the smoked chicory gives the coffee the exact campfire in a cup a cup we were looking for.
What Does Being A Small-Batch "Artisan" Mean To You?
I would say the term "artisan" simply implies producing a product in the way great things have always been made using love and a careful hand.
What is your favorite small-batch treat?
We can't get enough of Salt and Straw ice cream when we're in Portland, OR. Their chef collaborationsare always very interesting and flavorful. Collaborating with them would be a dream.
What Drew You To Food?
Technically, food draws us to it out of necessity. Great things have come from learning to enjoy necessities. Like gathering, sharing and community. No matter how busy you are, you can stop, eat, and talk.
Where Does Your Food Inspiration Come From?
For us, food inspiration can come from anywhere. From a roadside BBQ stand to a forest full of edibles we can forage. We're inspired by necessity.. making something beautiful and tasty out of very little.
What Products Are You Working On Now?
We've recently put our cold brew Campfire Coffee on Nitro tap. It's super fantastic. We're also opening an entire destination spot in Downtown Lakeland called 801 E. Main Street. It includes, The Poor Porker Beignets and Campfire Coffee, Bearcat & Big 6 trading post, a bar, community garden and soon, a savory concept we've been working on. So, lots of products. The craziness continues.
Do You Have a Favorite Product?
Right now, it is hard to start our day without a cup of ice cold vietnamese style Nitro cold brew made from our Campfire Coffee.
Latest Ingredient Obsession?
Aloha Shoyu. SO good.
What Did You Have For Dinner Last Night?
Dirty grits and gizzards with sweet potato biscuits.
What Person, Living Or Dead, Would You Most Like To Have Try Your Product?
Oprah, duh!
What Other Local Food Artisans or Chefs Do You Admire?
There is an awesome little place in Lakeland called Cafe Zuppina. The chef is a lady named Berna. She makes the most wonderful turkish food. Everything she touches tastes amazing.
If You Had To Choose Your Last Meal, What Would It Be?
The freshest yellowtail toro with good olive oil, lemon and maldon salt.
Favorite Restaurant or Food Experience?
The Church Key in Los Angeles. Everything is out of this world. Devon Espinoza makes ridiculously good cocktails. Che Fretz' dim sum cart concept is genius.
What Do You Enjoy Doing Outside of the Kitchen?
Designing creative spaces using salvaged materials.
What's Your Favorite Kitchen Soundtrack?
Jarrid- Dax Riggs
Robyn- old school funk
What is your favorite recipe to make with the product featured in our basket?
Smoky Irish Coffee- Campfire Coffee plus irish whiskey, cream and cane syrup and a dollop of fresh vanilla bean whipped cream.
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Mold's Effect on Health
Exposure to environments with mold growth can cause a wide variety of health problems. Some people are more sensitive to mold than others. For many people, it can cause throat irritation, cough, eye irritation, skin irritation, and nasal stuffiness.
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C Com Digital and Blue Cross Laboratories recently organized an education and awareness drive on dysmenorrhea in GNIMS, Mumbai, as a part of the several digital campaigns on dysmenorrhea, which have been running for over a month now.
Dysmenorrhea, the medical term for menstrual pain, is the most common yet most deflected and ignored gynaecological problem among adolescent girls and young women. The workshop thus aimed at educating college girls on the issue as an initiative towards reaching the target audience directly.
The event saw participation by a large majority of students include male students from GNIMS who were enthusiastic to understand more about dysmenorrhea and the risk factors. YouTube star, Helly Shah, participated in the event and offered her take on how period pain is not normal.
Talking about the same, Mr Chandan Bagwe, MD, C Com Digital, said, "It is very important that today's youth are aware of dysmenorrhea. The myths surrounding period pain should be broken down. Youth are the evangelists in spreading the message over the social media and digital platforms where they are most active. Helly's poem #whysuffersilently on YouTube and Whatsapp has already become an instant hit. Many students in colleges and HR managers from the corporate world have downloaded the educative posters available on www.painfulperiods.in. We are very excited about the great response we have received from various colleges, especially GNIMS students, thanks to this digitally connected event. We will cover other colleges going forward and hope to create a knowledge pool around this topic."
Adding more to the thought, a source from Blue Cross Laboratories Pvt. Ltd, said, "Dysmenorrhea adversely affects women's productivity, physical and emotional well-being even education & career growth. It is therefore imperative that there is awareness about this issue and women approach their family physician & gynaecologist for advice. Ignoring this can have a massive social and economic impact on the society"
A workshop on dysmenorrhea was conducted by Ms Ritu Palve, Gynecologist where she gave a presentation about the condition followed by an interactive question and answer session.
Helly Shah further added, "Majority of girls ignore the signs due to the lack of awareness and the synonymous reference of periods and pain caused during periods. Hence, it is undoubtedly necessary to spread the word about Dysmenorrhea. And I am honoured to be a part of this initiative and use the power of poetry and storytelling to reach the masses."
Given the fact that there is a lack of awareness about dysmenorrhea and the factors surrounding the condition, a more proactive approach is needed to dispel myths and enable greater clarity. It is a serious issue which needs targeted action.


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Tiger Effect: And Now The Inevitable Golf-Can't-Attract-Millennials-Stories Begin To Roll In/
We didn't even get a week of enjoyment out of Tiger Woods' uplifting Masters win before writers and analysts had to remind us how the the only people who matter prefer E Sports and soccer. Newsflash!
Conclusion: golf is doomed and might as well just fold up the tent.
It feels like we've done these stories for over a decade now. Sadly, the golf world listens and we've had to watch various businesses flush years of credibility, service and solid profits in a quest to reach this precious audience while neglecting others in the name of pursuing the previous M's. Certainly there are issues for the sport, but you'd hope by now that the focus would shift from all that the sport is not able to achieve for the M's and accept that golf is not the cause of issues preventing millennials from having the time or income to spend on a leisure activity. Or even pay their taxes.
So on the cusp of somewhat positive industry news released this week and signs that Topgolf has at least made the sport an aspiration for the M's, we have the dreaded analysts telling us otherwise.
Lauren Silva Laughlin in the Wall Street Journal notes the lack of "contact and action that lures viewers" and the average age of golf's television demo (65). She notes the usual stuff about course closures and M's not taking up the sport. And even says Tiger just doesn't have what it takes.
Sports' star power is changing, too. The latest sports hero is a 27-year-old, blue-haired electronic gamer named Ninja, a player of the popular videogame "Fortnite." He recently received his own figurine line and was named in Time's 2019 list of 100 most influential people.
Even compared with athletes that move their heart rate beyond a resting state, golfers are old, relatively. The average player of baseball, another sport known as a less spry bunch, is 14 years Mr. Woods's junior.
Looked at another way, the last millennial was born a year before Mr. Woods won his first Masters tournament in 1997, if Pew Research's age benchmarks are used. When his extramarital scandal hit tabloids, they were rounding out junior high. Mr. Woods could be golf's savior. More likely, though, in the eyes of a millennial, he's just another aging putter.
Sheena Butler-Young was on top of the M's narrative on Monday after the Masters and talks to various analysts who see no hope for the sport that dates to Mary Queen of Scots.
"There's nobody in golf that's totally capturing everybody's imagination right now," Poser said, adding that Puma athlete and PGA golfer Rickie Fowler has perhaps the biggest potential to draw in younger players. "The majority of the [sports'] fans aren't the young fans. If you think about it, a lot of millennials don't have the time and money to do it."
Yes, we've known that a while but it doesn't stop grown adults from making terrible decisions based on what their kids tell them at the dinner table.
Similarly, Powell counted a laundry list of reasons why millennials and Gen Z won't take the baton from their parents and grandparents and carry golf into the future.
"The values of the game of golf just aren't [akin] to the way millennials do sport: The rules are complicated. It takes a long time to play. It's not inclusive. It's not diverse. Representation of minorities is low. Golf courses smell like a chemical factory to keep them green. I could go [on]," he said, noting millennials and Gen Z aren't likely to ditch their core values as they age and adopt the sport later.
Of course he's not totally wrong on the values front, but we do know the industry has made huge changes in recent years on multiple fronts. Not to time it takes and probably not diversity, but golf courses are definitely not smelling like a "chemical factory" either.
The bigger question, how many more years do we have to endure these articles before we just focus on how Generation Z won't take up or play golf? I don't know about you, but I'm ready!


text: We had a great turn out on Sunday for our Buckthorn or Bust Bonfire with LLBean workday. Thank you to over 35 volunteers who spent two hours helping us remove buckthorn from our Far Field Nature Preserve. We could not have done it without you. Now native plants and trees will be able to thrive and support pollinators and wildlife on this wonderful nature preserve. Please join us for our upcoming workday at Far Field on March 18th and become part of this growing group of volunteers restoring this property to its original state.


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Who is she?
Alexandria was born and raised in Seattle and began travelling at six years old; which gave her a unique perspective of the world at a young age. Seeing the world through this lens developed an early appreciation for the imagery that is created through both still photos, and motion pictures. This, combined with her affinity for fashion, is where her love for modeling began. Alexandria is represented in Los Angeles, New York City, and Tokyo. As her experiences and chaotic travel schedule grew, she soon realized how important wellness and sustainability was. Being a green beauty enthusiast, she continued her education at the New York Institute of Aromatic Studies and is a certified Level 1 Aromatherapist. She is a contributor to Total Foods (a food and lifestyle brand created by fitness empire Total Workout) and produces trending articles surrounding food, fitness, beauty, and wellness primarily in Los Angeles and New York City. Want to know more? See her interview here


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When businessmen from Aurangabad in the backward Marathwada region bought 150 Mercedes Benz luxury cars worth Rs. 65 crore at one go in October, it grabbed media attention. The top public sector bank, State Bank of India, offered the buyers loans of over Rs. 40 crore. "This," says Devidas Tulzapurkar, president of the Aurangabad district bank employees association, "at an interest rate of 7 per cent." A top SBI official said the bank was "proud to be part of this deal," and would "continue to scout for similar deals in the future."
The value of the Mercedes deal equals the annual income of tens of thousands of rural Marathwada households. And countless farmers in Maharashtra struggle to get any loans from formal sources of credit. It took roughly a decade and tens of thousands of suicides before Indian farmers got loans at 7 per cent interest — many, in theory only. Prior to 2005, those who got any bank loans at all shelled out between 9 and 12 per cent. Several were forced to take non-agricultural loans at even higher rates of interest. Buy a Mercedes, pay 7 per cent interest. Buy a tractor, pay 12 per cent. The hallowed micro-finance institutions (MFIs) do worse. There, it's smaller sums at interest rates of between 24 and 36 per cent or higher.
Starved of credit, peasants turned to moneylenders and other informal sources. Within 10 years from 1991, the number of Indian farm households in debt almost doubled from 26 per cent to 48.6 per cent. A crazy underestimate but an official number. Many policy-driven disasters hit farmers at the same time. Exploding input costs in the name of 'market-based prices.' Crashing prices for their commercial crops, often rigged by powerful traders and corporations. Slashing of investment in agriculture. A credit squeeze as banks moved away from farm loans to fuelling upper middle class lifestyles. Within the many factors driving over two lakh farmers to suicide in 13 years, indebtedness and the credit squeeze rank high. (And MFIs are now among the squeezers).
Even as the media celebrate our greatest car deal ever as a sign of "rural resurgence," the subject of many media stories, comes the latest data of the National Crime Records Bureau. These show a sharp increase in farm suicides in 2009 with at least 17,368 farmers killing themselves in the year of "rural resurgence." That's over 7 per cent higher than in 2008 and the worst numbers since 2004. This brings the total farm suicides since 1997 to 216,500. While all suicides have multiple causes, their strong concentration within regions and among cash crop farmers is an alarming and dismal trend.


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Frog breeding
Over the years, we've encountered five species of frogs on our block - the Clicking Froglet (Crinia signifera), the Emerald-Spotted Tree Frog (Litoria peronii), the Striped Marsh Frog (Limnodynastes peronii), the Red-groined Froglet (Paracrinia haswelli) and the Southern Brown Tree Frog (Litoria ewingii). In early Spring 2016 we constructed a small freshwater pond close to our house, hoping that some of these frogs might breed in it.
Our Frog Bog!
In the next couple of months we often sighted frogs in or around the pond and were regularly entertained in the evenings by a chorus of calling from all five species.
Before long we saw couples of three species in amplexus - the name given to the amphibian love embrace. The male hops onto the back of the female and holds on tightly. As she releases eggs into the water, he fertilises them with sperm.
Unsurprisingly by late Spring we saw tadpoles in the pond. Over the next few weeks, we followed the development of these tadpoles.
Metamorphosis! By mid December we had come full circle - tiny froglets were seen on the rocks around the pond.


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admissions open for fall 2020
Please fill out the Interest Form for future consideration.
Tuesday December 5, 2019 10 a.m. -12 p.m.
Thursday January 16, 2020 10 a.m. -12 p.m.
Thursday January 23, 2020 10 a.m. -12 p.m.
Admissions process
ILM Tree relies on a very thorough admissions process to ensure all families understand what it means to be part of our unique co-op. We use these steps to ensure families are willing to adhere to our vision and homeschooling philosophy.
Please be aware, however, that there are very limited spots, and while we wish we could accommodate all families, we are simply bound by limitations of space and size. Applications are only accepted and processed if there is space in the class for which the family is applying.
If multiple families apply and are determined to be positive additions to the ILM Tree community based on the steps of the application process, the managers will offer membership to that family who provides the most to the co-op by way of skills. We also prioritize families who have a background in homeschooling because they tend to understand what it takes to educate your own child and are used to spending a great deal of time with their children.
We strongly encourage all families to actively pursue other educational options while they are going through the ILM Tree application process.
Below you'll find the details of how families can join our co-op.
Attend a tour on one of the available dates listed above.
Submit an interest form. Managers will send an official application only if we have space.
Submit completed application and signed agreement forms by January 31, 2020.
Schedule a Parent Shadow Day* to attend the potential future class for EACH of your children. Shadow Days are offered during co-op hours, with the following timings:
Early Childhood (including KG): 8:05 am-12:30 pm
1st grade - 8th grade: 8:05 am-3:35 pm
*Children are NOT allowed to attend Parent Shadow Days, please arrange alternative care
Both parents attend an interview.
Schedule a Student Trial Week for all students applying to be in 1st grade and up. The student must spend ONE FULL WEEK with their potential class. Trial weeks are scheduled between Feb. 15 and March 15. We may ask Early Childhood students to attend one shadow day.
ILM Tree will communicate a decision to the family in April. Families who meet all criteria but don't have space in their child's class will be put on our waiting list and will be contacted should space become available.
We realize this admissions process may look very different from other schools or educational organizations. We strongly believe all steps are essential components of our application process and are therefore required. Completion of the Application Process does not guarantee admission.
Unfortunately, we cannot consider applicants who live farther than a 30-minute drive to ILM Tree. We have found that the significant demands of ILM Tree membership — in addition to a long commute — tend to be more than families can successfully manage.


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...you haven't done enough today.
Thursday was our wrap party for The Strike and The Hunt games. The Hunt isn't out until next year, but we got copies of The Strike. Pretty impossible to find in Canada right now until they are able to keep up production for the demand in the States which is apparently pretty high... Cool.
Also, my Kitchen kicks ass.


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Today on Facebook a friend was posting about "love-hard" girls. My daughter likes to call..
I am a little obsessed with astrology. Most people think astrology is a psuedoscience, but..
Do a search for "how to be more likeable" and you will quickly see how..
Maybe you are like me. I think I am a smart, attractive, cool and confident..


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US Mac reseller MacMall is selling refurbished Power Mac G5s the company claims were once part of Virginia Tech's supercomputer.
Virginia Tech has moved to replace its Power Macs with Xserves. The refurbished dual 2GHz Power Macs ship with 1GB DDR memory. A notice on the reseller's home page proclaims: "Own a piece of history".
MacMall has a short history of the history-making Virginia Tech project, and says: "Building on the original concept, Virginia Tech has ordered 1,100 Xserve G5 models to replace the current System X models due to the smaller size, stackability, and lower power consumption of the Xserve series.
"With the charge in digital guard, Virginia Tech has offered PC Mall a limited supply of original System X G5 models to be sold to the public. Not only can you now own a piece of computer history, but have one of the most powerful computer in the world working for you!"
The company is charging $2,799 for the refurbished Macs – it isn't known if these machines ship with any certification of authenticity as former constituents of Virginia Tech's supercomputer.


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- The Dow industrials ended moderately higher Friday as investors homed in on optimistic analyst comments on Microsoft, Walt Disney and American Expresses while the Nasdaq closed a smidgen lower on weakness in chip and networking issues.
Good news from International Paper also encouraged blue-chip buyers while the best tech performance was seen in the hardware sector thanks to rallies in Sun Microsystems, Gateway and Compaq Computer following their quarterly results.
The broader market got its support from the financial, paper, consumer and gold segments while drug and biotech stocks finished in the red. Check market stats and latest sector performance.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.21% gained 51.83 points, or 0.5 percent, to 10,257.11, propelled by Hewlett-Packard, Walt Disney, United Technologies, American Expresses and Coca-Cola while losses in SBC Communications, Boeing, Honeywell, Intel and Citigroup capped additional upside.
The FBI received "unsubstantiated" information of possible terrorists attacks against Northeast U.S. banks in the afternoon -- the second such threat this week. See the full story. The news did not negatively impact financial stocks, however, and J.P. Morgan closed up 1.3 percent and American Express added 2.5 percent.
Peter Boockvar, equity strategist at Miller, Tabak & Co., said the first week of earnings didn't offer clarity on profit growth prospects for the remainder of the year.
The smaller number of negative pre-announcements issued signaled that earnings would be "OK," he said.
"We are meeting expectations, but certainly not exceeding them. Will OK be enough for the market?" Boockvar questioned.
He pointed out how the market failed to follow through on big upside days, which he feels has shortened investors' time horizons and created confusion.
The Nasdaq Composite $COMPQ eased back 5.60 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,796.83 while the Nasdaq 100 Index $NDX sagged 10.89 points, or 0.8 percent, to 1,385.01.
Frank Gretz, chief technical analyst at Shields & Co., notes that "over-owned" stocks continue to head lower while "under-owned" issues continue to plow ahead.
"The stocks doing well are the unknowns -- the stocks that in many cases you've never heard of and never wanted. No one cares about them so by definition they are under owned," Gretz said, pointing out that it doesn't take much buying to push up stocks in that category.
"Tech still has the stigma of being over-loved and over-owned. Things change but this change seems likely to take much more time," he concluded.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index SPX, +0.69% edged up 0.1 percent while the Russell 2000 Index RUT, +0.95% of small-capitalization stocks dipped 0.2 percent.
Volume came in at 1.18 billion on the NYSE and at 1.66 billion on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Market breadth was mixed, with winners taking out losers by 17 to 14 on the NYSE while decliners surpassed advancers by 18 to 17 on the Nasdaq.
On the fund flow front, all equity funds had inflows of $6.9 billion over the week ending April 17 compared with inflows of $600 million in the prior week. And equity funds that invest primarily in U.S. stocks had inflows of $5.8 billion compared with inflows of $800 million during the previous week. Finally, bond funds had outflows of $900 million compared with inflows of $100 million in the previous week.
Read After Hours for trading after the closing bell.
Bridgewater on small-cap rally
Bridgewater Associates notes that the difference between small- and large-cap stocks has been extreme over the past four years, with large-caps rising substantially through early 2002 while small-caps fell. The reverse has taken place over the past couple of years, the money management firm notes.
But the extremes separating the two groups in recent years have essentially vanished.
"While the outperformance of large caps during the first two years was well publicized, the extent to which small caps caught up during the subsequent period has been less prominent: the recent rally in small caps is now comparable to the earlier rally of large caps going into the technology bubble. While in early 2000 small caps had modest price-to-earnings ratios and large caps had a very high ratio, now both are trading at high multiples," Bridgewater analyst Jason Rotenberg maintained.
Bridgewater holds a bullish view on earnings growth going forward on belief that revenues should begin to pick up as corporate demand stops shrinking and consumer demand continues to expand.
While profit margins have been severely compressed, Bridgewater feels they will improve as companies continue to lay off workers, which should contain labor costs and give profits a boost.
Microsoft rallies after miss; Nokia continues to bleed
Microsoft MSFT, +0.74% traded up 1.5 percent as buyers dismissed the company's short-term miss and focused on positive words from Wall Street analysts. The software company reported after the close Thursday a fiscal third-quarter profit that fell short of expectations and also trimmed its fiscal fourth-quarter and fiscal 2003 targets. The software kingpin blamed the third-quarter shortfall on dwindling sales from large customers. See full story.
But two upgrades came to Microsoft's aid: a high-profile one from Merrill Lynch to an intermediate-term "buy" from a "neutral" on an improved risk-reward ratio for the company and an upped view from First Albany to a "strong buy" from a "buy." And UBS Warburg noted that though Microsoft's 2003 outlook is disappointing, it remains strong relative to most other technology companies.
The hardware sector $GHA rose after industry tracker Dataquest reported late Thursday that U.S. PC shipments grew 2.3 percent in the first quarter from year-ago levels while global shipments were flat. Read London Calling story.
Despite the apparently better growth rate figures, Dataquest points out that both the U.S. and global markets remain sluggish. Dell Computer DELL, +0.24% remained the No. 1 vendor in the first quarter, growing 13.7 percent, Dataquest said. Dell added on 0.5 percent, H-P jumped 2.7 percent and IBM edged up 0.1 percent.
Gateway GTW jumped 7.3 percent after checking in with an in-line first-quarter loss late Thursday while revenue topped most forecasts. Gateway said it expects second-quarter revenue to be essentially flat from the first quarter. See full story. Compaq Computer CPQ, meanwhile, put on 2.9 percent after its first-quarter profit surpassed analysts' expectations.
Server behemoth Sun Microsystems SUNW, -2.14% rallied 7.4 percent after reporting late Thursday a narrower-than-expected loss in its fiscal third-quarter and also indicating that it expects to post a profit on slightly higher sequential revenue in the fourth quarter. Check the story.
In the chip sector, Xilinx XLNX, +0.76% posted a fourth-quarter profit that cruised passed Wall Street's expectations. Morgan Stanley labeled the results "strong" and raised 2003 and 2004 earnings estimates. Still, shares stumbled 2.8 percent while rival Altera lost a whopping 8.1 percent.
Nokia shares NOK, +0.00% continued to bleed following the lowered outlook it presented on Thursday and a downgrade on Friday from Banc of America to a "buy" from a "strong buy." Nokia slid 3.6 percent and rival Ericsson fumbled 6.1 percent.
Telecom issues were weaker as Qwest Communications Q, +6.08% tumbled 12.8 percent after lowering its revenue goals for 2002 due to industry wide weakness. The carrier also announced another round of job cuts. Among the other carriers, WorldCom declined 5.5 percent and AT&T fell 0.3 percent. See full story.
Canada's Nortel Networks NT, meanwhile, fell 1.7 percent after announcing late Thursday that it was trimming 3,000 jobs and offering a murky outlook. The fiber-optic equipment maker posted an as-expected loss in its first quarter. See the story.
While most Internet stocks meandered in the minus column, EBay EBAY, +1.13% was pushed 2.5 percent higher by investors after the company posted better-than-expected earnings and maintained its 2002 outlook. See full story.
Disney, IP jump; Boeing continues slide
A couple of analyst upgrades of Dow company Walt Disney DIS, -0.48% sent shares 2.3 percent higher. Goldman Sachs raised the entertainment giant to a "trading buy" from a "market performer" while CIBC World Markets upped the stock to a "buy" from a "hold."
Goldman said Disney's theme park business is recovering faster than previously anticipated and believes that if the momentum continues, Disney could outperform Goldman's fiscal 2002 EPS estimate. "Although we remain concerned by Disney's valuation relative to its long-term growth, we expect the stock to respond favorably to the improving fundamentals," Goldman told clients. See The Ratings Game.
Shares of Dow company Boeing BA, -3.76% lost 2.2 percent despite news that it was awarded a multi-billion dollar fighter jet deal from South Korea. Boeing has fallen over 12 percent over the past couple of trading days and has represented a considerable drag on the Dow.
International Paper IP, +0.05% was the only Dow stock unveiling results on Friday. The paper colossus rallied 2 percent after cruising past Wall Street's earnings estimates in the first quarter, although its revenue came in at lighter levels. See full story.
CIBC upped American Express AXP, +1.96% to a "buy" from a "hold" following the financial giant's better-than-anticipated earnings report on Thursday. The stock was also upped by Prudential to a "buy" from a "hold." The stock climbed 2.5 percent.
But UBS Warburg downgraded Dow stock Honeywell HON, +2.04% to a "hold" from a "buy" to reflect the increased risk of earnings disappointments. The stock led the Dow on the downside Thursday after offering a cautious outlook for the year. Shares fell 1.1 percent Friday.
Biotech stocks were among the worst performers in the broad market, with leaders Amgen and Biogen off 1.2 percent and 3.1 percent, respectively. Amgen investors, however, had positive news from SG Cowen to chew on. The firm, in fact, upped the stock AMGN, +0.10% to a "strong buy" from a "buy" to reflect its "superior fundamentals."
Read Movers & Shakers for the latest individual stock action.
Treasurys close mixed
Treasurys finished the session narrowly mixed in generally quiet action throughout the trading day.
The 10-year Treasury note inched down 1/32 to yield $TNX 5.20 percent while the 30-year government bond gained 5/32 to yield $TYX 5.69 percent. See Bond Report.
No data were released Friday. The more mixed bag of numbers unfurled over the past weeks has caused fixed-income investors to unwind tightening expectations. Fed Chief Alan Greenspan told the Joint Economic Committee Wednesday that he would not pull the rate hike trigger before a firm economic recovery was in place. Check economic calendar and forecasts.
In the currency sector, the dollar gained 0.2 percent to 130.29 yen while the euro added 0.1 percent to 89.19 cents.


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I am so pleased to bring with you the Library Hotel wedding of Tamara and Brian! As you can easily see from the photos, Tamara and Brian are a fun, fun couple whose wedding was filled with laughter and love. The Library Hotel in NYC proved to be the perfect venue for this intimate event. With fantastic views near Grand Central, the party took over the entire roof deck bar of the hotel.
I need to offer a quick explanation for some of the funny photos from the wedding: unfortunately, the bride's bouquet arrived a tad wilted. Never one to let this get her down, a quick call to the maid of honor saved the day with a replacement bouquet that had a lot more life to it. To celebrate the new bouquet, and banish any other bad mojo, Tamara had a great time stomping on the old bouquet for my camera. Enjoy these hilarious pics!
Ceremony & reception venue: The Library Hotel
Shoes: Kate Spade
If you would like to see more images from my portfolio, such as these Library Hotel wedding photos, please visit my website — www.KellyWilliamsPhotographer.com
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Creative Entertainment Office Renovation
Client: Private
Scope: Renovation
Size: 10,000 SF
Completion: In Progress
Project Manager: S. Minah Yeo, IIDA, LEED AP
Berliner Architects designed the renovation for a creative office space in the entertainment industry. The building lacked a distinct flow which often left visitors confused and employees taking meandering paths through out the building. Berliner redesigned the path of travel through the space to create a primary and secondary circulation path stemming from a re-positioned employee entry.
Berliner also reconfigured the floor plan to accommodate a maker's space, more efficient seating, collaboration and informal work stations, and a new conference room in the 10,000 SF office. Props and collectibles from previous projects and custom glazing on the conference room walls were incorporated into the interior design as a playful nod to the company's history.


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Birthday Blog/
Glancing down the sidebar at the archives I am reminded that the blog is seven years old this month. My repository for random thoughts, ideas and occasional middle aged rants has become something of a good companion. Certainly, writing now and again has proved to be somewhat more cathartic than shouting at the dogs when no one else will listen which, understandably, is most of the time. To write a successful blog it should be regularly updated, (best done at specific times daily), and the more specialised it is the more likely it is to harvest a strong and loyal readership. I do none of those things, preferring an eclectic and individual approach about things that mostly interest, concern or amuse me. As a result, the number of hits vary enormously with some posts receiving many thousands of hits while others immediately sink without trace. Attempting to analyse the readership is simply baffling with the most unlikely posts spiking in popularity without obvious reason. The post on dialects for example remains the best read post on the blog of all time.
So, to mark our seventh birthday, and to prove just how shallow your correspondent really is, I happily represent one of the early posts from 2010 and shall stare at the skies all weekend with an air of hope and optimism. Just to demonstrate the equal opportunity blogger that you know I am, here's one for the girls.


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classes and workshops
art connected to your
creative spirit
For 21 days we are going to jump into developing your individual mark making vocabulary. This class focuses on developing your personal voice and expanding your visual language through the use of marks in your artwork.
Join me for a short summer session as we uncover the threads that connect us with our unique creative point of view. This three-week online course is a little lighter than our usual six-week courses. Let's daydream about the things that make your heart say "yes!".
For four days we are going to explore the practice and process of non-objective abstract painting. Through the process of using mixed media acrylics we will work to help each artist create work that is an expression of their unique style and voice.
For 6 weeks we will dive into the practice and process of non-representational abstraction using acrylics and mixed media. This course is designed to help the artist understand how to create from a place of point of view to create work that is an individual expression of their unique creative voice.
Have you been eager to lean in and explore the world of expressive figurative painting in acrylic? Ardith Goodwin and Shauna Meiri are joining forces to co-teach a 4-day workshop April 7-10, 2017, in Fairhope, AL.
This is a one day workshop at Lake Burien PT in their beautiful new studio space. In this one day class I will show you how to use a variety of materials and techniques to begin creating lively and expressive faces.
If you want to bring embodiment to some of those lovely faces in your art journal, but the idea of figure drawing has seemed too difficult or intimidating, this mixed media workshop can help you get started.


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Sport takes the street in the final stretch of the Mediterranean Games
Tarragona and Vila-Seca hosted cycling time trial and half marathon respectivelycategory: Mediterranean Games
This morning the half marathon of the XVIII Mediterranean Games has taken place in Tarragona. Morocco's Mohamed Reda El-Aaraby has conquered the gold medal after crossing the final line with 1:04:03. The silver medal has gone to Italy's Eyob Ghebrehiwet (1:04:07) and bronze is for Turkey's Kaan Kigen Ozbilen (1:04:19).
As for women's competition, Italy's Sara Dossena has done the best time, adding a new medal for her country with a time of 1:13:48. The local athlete, Marta Galimany has arrived in a second position (1:15:16), whereas another Spanish athlete, Elena Loyo, has obtained the bronze medal (1:16:20).
The half marathon has started in Plaça Imperial Tarraco and has passed along different streets of Tarragona's city centre, then the athletes have head for the Mediterranean Ring, where the final line was located.
Time trial in Vila-Seca
Vila-Seca hosted the cycling time trial event both in men's and women's category.
The competition has been won by Italy's Edoardo Affini (30:31:12), followed by Portugal's Domingues Gonçalves (30:37:02) and Slovenia's Izidor Penko (30:53:66).
As for women's competition, the winner has been Italy's Elena Cecchini (24:15:67), followed by her team colleague Lisa Morzenti (25:02:36) and Cyprus' Antri Christoforou (25:12:10).
The men's circuit was 25 km long and has gone through the centre of Vila-Seca, then towards Salou and Cambrils. Women's one, 18 km long, has followed the same circuit but without the streets of the city centre.
It is a very quick circuit in which a tight safety and health operation has been set to guarantee the success and proper functioning of the event.


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Neighbours: Who is Close to HSE in Rankings. Part 2, Sociology
We continue talking about universities that are alongside HSE in the 51–100 group in various subject areas in the QS ranking. Today we have sociologists speaking about their 'neighbours in the ranking'.
HSE Makes It to THE Humanities Rankings for First Time Ever
The Higher School of Economics has made it onto the Times Higher Education ranking in the arts and humanities category for the first time ever. The university was in the 176-200 group, demonstrating the best result among schools that participate in Project 5-100 in this field. In addition, HSE placed third among Russian universities as a whole for this subject ranking.
HSE Continues to Rise in THE World University Rankings
In the latest Times Higher Education university rankings, the Higher School of Economics rose to the 351-400 category among 1,102 schools worldwide. This is an improvement on last year, when HSE was in the 401-500 group, with the university ranking fourth among the 27 Russian universities that made it to the ranking.
3rd place
is HSE's result among Russian universities included in the international citations ranking 'Transparent Ranking: Top Universities by Google Scholar Citations'.
HSE Joins Top 50 in QS Rankings of Young Universities
The Higher School of Economics (HSE) has taken 48th place in the QS Top 50 Under 50 ranking. Furthermore, it is the sole Russian academic institution in this ranking.
HSE the Only Russian University in ARWU Global Ranking in Sociology, Political Sciences, and Economics
HSE has entered the ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) in four subjects and become the only Russian university in three of them (sociology, political sciences, and economics). HSE is among the world's Top 75 universities in Sociology. This is the first time HSE has made it into the ARWU.
HSE Enters Top-250 in THE Best Universities in Europe for 2017
On June 21, 2017, Times Higher Education (THE) published its ranking of the best universities in Europe 2017, in which HSE, along with St. Petersburg State University, Novosibirsk State University, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI and Kazan Federal University, is ranked in the 201-250 group.
Russia Takes 45 th Place in the New Global Innovation Index
On June 15, 2017, the tenth Global Innovation Index was presented at the UN headquarters in Geneva. It includes the key indicators of innovative activities in 127 countries. Russia took 45th place in the ranking. Switzerland is leading the ranking for the seventh year in a row.
HSE Makes Strides in QS Global Rankings
The Higher School of Economics (HSE) has improved its position and taken 382nd place in the 2017 QS Ranking, which was published on June 7, 2017.
HSE Success in Research Performance Rankings in 8 Subject Areas
HSE has been ranked one of the top 15 universities by research performance in 8 subject areas, compiled by the Expert Analytical Centre in 2016. HSE took the first place in three subjects: Economics, Social Sciences and Humanities.


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When I am in the middle of a conversation with a friend about another person and I hear, "That guy is socially awkward," I think to myself, "But, I'm weird and socially awkward also." Over the years, I come to understand that my shyness is the result of inordinate self-preoccupation and worry about the persona I am projecting, especially in social settings that are unfamiliar or uncomfortable. The dialogue in my head resembles something like, "No one would love me if they really got to know me as I am, so I'm just going to keep to myself. Or maybe they would accept me if they thought I was more successful, articulate, talented, charismatic, etc. than I really am." If I were to go deeper and do some self-psychoanalysis, I would arrive at the struggle with worthiness and belovedness.
I am not unique in wrestling with this struggle. For some, it may stem from being abused from a loved one or someone they trusted. For others, perhaps it was growing up in a household where one or more parent was negligent or did not know how to express love. I look back at my childhood as a blessed time. I played with the neighborhood kids in our front yard, had music lessons, and was never really pressured to get stellar grades as one might hear from children of "tiger parents." I was never feeling wanting for more love or attention. I know deep in my heart my parents loved my sister and me as best as they knew how. So why do I sometime see myself as unlovable? I think it is because I get hyper-sensitive.
I am naturally sensitive. It is a gift that God has given me. However, I distort it by assigning the inevitable and unavoidable criticisms and setbacks that happen in life to my identity. Making a mistake meant I am stupid. Not being able to play a piece flawlessly affirmed I am untalented. Not having an attraction reciprocated was evidence that I am undesirable. Life turning out not as I planned proved that God does not love me. I fully realize how these thoughts come from a false reality, but they are so deeply ingrained within me. I put these narratives on repeat in my head because they are the tracks I am used to, and confoundingly, comfortable with hearing. But what if God wants to play another song?
I went on a silent retreat and received a grace of a lifetime. The parable of the pearl of great price (Mt. 13:45-46) goes as: "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it." When I first reflected on this passage many years ago, I saw the pearl as my vocation. I prayed to have the courage of the merchant to be able to seek my vocation whole-heartedly, whether it was religious life, married life, or single life. However during the recent silent retreat and a revisitation of this parable, I was graced to see God as the merchant and myself as the pearl of great price. God, with reckless abandonment and foolishness, gives up his lofty perch in heaven to be here in this fragile world and with our tattered humanity. Why? Because he loves us. Because he loves me. Because he saw me as his pearl of great price and chose to give up everything for me.
My nephews teach me a lot on living life with more love and joy. There is a picture of them mischievously jumping into a pile of leaves my sister had just raked together. What strike me are the expressions on their faces...complete joy and playfulness. Both have their eyes closed lost in the moment. John, the younger brother, has his mouth agape and is in the middle of laughter. James, the older brother, has a serene countenance and a body posture in full receptivity of the delight he is experiencing.
What if I took myself less seriously and treat each encounter as my nephews playfully treat a pile of leaves? Am I able to surrender my focus on my ego and be lost in the play that is happening before me? Life would be less exhausting, and there would be less second-guessing. My natural sensitivity would be more honed to experience the beautiful details of the journey rather than an avenue to a distorted reality. I would learn to be gentler with myself and love myself more. I would be able to flow despite the bumps that happen along the way. God loves me and desires for me to own my belovedness.
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Fancy A Brunch? I Have A Suggestion
From Monday to Friday, we eat alone, always on the run or in the company of strangers, when lunch is just another opportunity to start, continue, or complete a business. But at the end of the week, we can elegantly redeem the sin of not having spent quality time with the loved ones, as in the old days, with all its rituals and charm ... Just imagine how we wake up late on Sundays and to go out at a ... brunch - the unprecedented combination of continental and English breakfasts, snacks and luncheon-based meals, more consistent and refined, a true culinary style where prêt à manger scrolls along with haute cuisine plates which blend traditional and familiar cuisine with fusion trends and exotic feelings ... The time stops slowly, because of the great advantages of the brunch firstly the buffet certain way of serving and its generous range: from 11.30-12.00 until 16.00, which is an early afternoon, but a very early evening. Beyond the smells, colors and flavors, the brunch - with its cosmopolitan air - is not just a culinary royal but also a strong social, leisure and networking stakes. The brunch menu is an imaginative exercise for hosts and a continuous source of a novelty for guests: French toast, cheeses, omelets, muffins, croissants, jams, but also salads, salmon, terrines, seafood; coffee, but also tea, champagne cocktails, fine sweets and exotic fruits. "Brunching" has become a much-loved way of comfort and fun, and last but not least, a beautiful image.
Slowly but steady, we have discovered the surprising relational benefits of this urban culinary hybrid: an easy but uncomplicated, sophisticated but not snob-friendly setting with a middle-of-the-road menu where anyone can choose their favorite dishes.
You and your friends meet the world of gastronomy in a way that educates your tastes. The birthday party is better, somehow in a slow mood, rather than consumed in fast food formula. That's what the youngest who, after the Saturday night club night fever, chose a Sunday night in the city, but in a softer version, with champagne and orange juice (the famous by now Mimosas), only good to recover the energy for a new week. For "work walkers" brunch is the business lunch of the weekend for tourists and travelers is the home atmosphere found away from home, for party people the theme changes periodically (ethnic, colonial, retro, fusion, live cooking etc.) and of course, for ladies is a meeting place that transforms "Sunday of girls" into a special day, worthy of Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda ... ... here is a "chameleon hospitality" that offers eating out and catching up with everyone ... good!
This is how I decided to spend the Sunday before my birthday, with my girly friends, in the most beautiful atmosphere at Lavinia Cakes' n Buttons.
The part that I like the most when going for brunch is that every time there is something new to taste, and even though I set an hour to meet my girl-friends, inevitably, someone is late and texting "I am on my way" or that someone is as early as possible because has something to do and leave earlier. But when the squat is all together, the food is arranged nicely on the table, the drinks are hot and ready to be tasted and the conversation is as pleasant as never before.
The place is small, has a bohemian air and many teas and coffee flavors, intimate and very good to go either winter or summer, not that you would have a lot of summer in The Netherlands. The reason why I choose to brunch at Lavinia's is that "Here I feel like my grandmother at home, it's hot and good and I can sit on a fluffy sofa, listening to ambient music and drink a very flavored tea. Every thought is more magnificent, and your heart grows sharper, as though it was not in your chest but rather deep in the ground somewhere".
Dear reader, if you are visiting The Hague, please don't forget to stop by Lavinia's place, she will definitely welcome you with a smile and serve you with the best old recipes.
For those who live in the city, she also takes order the best cakes in town, so take that into consideration before your birthday or any important celebration. You can find her on Facebook, Instagram, or directly in the café.
*pictures are from Lavinia's social media platforms.


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Scruggs Makes First Official Visit
WR Lamar Scruggs (6-4 212) of Jacksonville, FL made an official visit to South Florida last weekend his coach said Wednesday night. "He said he had a great time and he met all these pretty girls," Joe Reynolds said.
That was the first official visit for Scruggs who will visit Ole Miss this weekend. He also will visit USC and Illinois over the final two weekends of the month though his coach wasn't sure which visit falls on which weekend.
Scruggs is down to those four after rejecting an overture from Miami according to his coach. "His mom says it's his decision as long as he goes to South Carolina," Reynolds said. "He's going out of his way not to say which is a favorite."


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No Longer A Statistic
Several years ago, GUM started a recycling business to create jobs and encourage economic development in our community. Entrepreneurship has always been a vital component of our ministry. When we started Go Green Galveston (G3), we were not fully aware of what we could accomplish. After the first start-up year, and going through several G3 staff, we finally developed a solid team. Our truck was an older 1990 F-250 with homemade sidewalls (which was just recently replaced by a 14ft dump truck). G3 has seen amazing growth in such a short time!
While we love caring for creation, we love seeing men developed even more! G3 has grown from 40 customers in 2015 to over 150 customers today! More customers means more income, which in turn creates more work and more jobs. In 2015, our G3 staff were working about 10-15 hours a week. Now, they are working 30-40 hours every week.
Rene, our G3 coordinator, is GUM's most recent full-time salaried employee. This is where it gets really exciting. As the title of the newsletter reads, "no longer a statistic," Rene WAS that statistic. According to the National Institute of Justice, "within three years of release, about two-thirds (67.8 percent) of released prisoners are re-arrested." That number is staggering. Those who are incarcerated know these numbers, and are released into our community believing that their chances of success are marginal. Enter Rene. Rene was hired almost three years ago. He came to GUM for a parenting class, and was also looking for work. Over the past few years, we have been able to develop a wonderful relationship with Rene. He has spoken at local conferences and shared his story with business men and women. He will tell you, "GUM doesn't just recycle materials, it's recycling men." Rene enjoys sharing that "even though I was locked up, Jesus set me free!" He sees each day as a new opportunity to share his story with others, and to continue the legacy he is now living.
And, the story continues. About a month ago, Rene walked into the office beaming with pride (the healthy kind) and humility, wanting everyone to know he "made it." Rene had spent the majority of his youth and adult life in some sort of state facility, and now he's working full-time coordinating G3.
No one wants to be a statistic, yet, we do this to people all the time. We can generalize an entire demographic by reducing people to a number. Forgetting that people are individuals with stories, individuals created in the image of God. I am grateful this Christmas season to be a part of breaking down statistics to celebrate what transformation and restoration really look like. Jesus came so that we may have life, and live that life to the fullest.
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Since submitting the 2015 Budget to the National Assembly in November last year, Nigeria's Budget office, although required by law to publish the budget details have failed to do so, preferring to keep it secret.
PREMIUM TIMES, courtesy BudgIT, has obtained authentic copies of the proposal handed to federal lawmakers for vetting and approval.
We are making them available in downloadable formats below in public interest.
1. Independent National Electoral Commission
4. Public Complaints Commission
5. Statutory Transfers & Debt Service
6. Presidency
7. Secretary General of the Federation
8. Ministry of Youth Development
10. Police Formations and Command
13. Ministry of Water Resources
14. Auditor-General
15. Independent Corrupt Practices Commission
19. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
22. Ministry of Trade and Investment
24. Ministry of Communication Technology
26. Head of Service
28. Ministry of Labour and Productivity
30. Ministry of Science and Technology
32. Ministry of Petroleum Resources
34. Ministry of Lands and Housing
35. Ministry of Mines and Steel
37. Salaries and Wages Commission
39. Ministry of Tourism Culture & NOA
40. National Planning Commission
45. Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs
46. Fiscal Responsibility Commission
48. National Population Commission
52. Federal Civil Service Commission
54. Federal Character Commission
55. CRF Charges
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After U.S. President Donald Trump recently declared that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated, "I think what it does is finally recognize a historical truth. Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel for 3,000 years from the time of King David." What do you think? Is Netanyahu right?
Then Netanyahu said of Jerusalem, "It has been the capital of Israel for 70 years." I thought he just said Jerusalem was the capital of Israel for the past 3,000 years? What does he now mean by this, about 70 years? Does that not sound like he is thinking Jerusalem was not the capital of Israel for some time prior to the past 70 years?


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"I will either see the Provost resign and my hard-earned tenure granted at MIT, or I will die defiantly right outside his office," Sherley wrote in an e-mail to the MIT faculty in December.I'm beginning to see why this guy didn't get tenure...in a real department. Maybe he'll get a call from Cornel West?
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
MIT Professor's Hunger Strike
According to the Crimson at least, this nutcase is going through with his plan. Most professors, when denied tenure (at least in economics), either leave academia or take it as a sign that they need to produce more, good research in order to get tenure somewhere else in the near future. But not James Sherley. Mr. Professor Sherley has decided to take that classy step of alleging racism with, as far as I can tell, no evidence. The racism card is boring and predictable, but what's interesting about this is his little hunger strike:
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If there's something India needs it is theez. Indiapreneurs!
I think we've waited long enough. I was at an event organised by the students of NIT Trichy early September and was pleasantly surprised to see how clued in this generation is. The problem is that our academia is still stuck in a time-warp. These kids need active mentoring and incubation support from professionals who have been there, done that. We need to move incubation facilities out of educational campuses and transplant them firmly into the 'real' world of business. A few friends and I are working on providing space and infrastructure as well as functional support (HR, Admin, IT etc.) and plan to pilot this in Delhi, Coimbatore and Hyderabad, starting 2010.
Ideas, suggestions, support and comments please.