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eDemocracy in Botswana – connecting citizens and leaders
Botswana, like many African countries, has a strong history of traditional tribal leadership and administration. Kheira Belkacem from the eGovlab at the University of Stockholm is leading the Botswana Speaks project to enable citizens, traditional leaders and local kgotla assemblies in four constituencies of Botswana to use digital tools to share their views and policy concerns with their elected representatives.
Open Government and trustworthy records
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Dr Anne Thurston talks about past and current challenges of digital recordkeeping and preservation for government – particularly in developing countries. She also highlights how the open government movement holds opportunities for the public sector recordkeeping profession.
Participatory budgeting for genuine citizen engagement
In the countdown to the OGP2012 forum in Brasilia, Tiago Peixoto from the World Bank Institute's ICT4Gov program discusses the value, opportunities and challenges of participatory budgeting.

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I wonder if the old Stones' song "I'm Free" is on Lloyd Blankfein's iPod? The song crossed my mind while reading about the media's "lack of any real investigation of Wall Street crimes, and the indictments of wrongdoers." More here.
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Hedges arrested. King Rat still rules.
By odd man out on November 5, 2011 in #OccupyWallStreet, Class War, Corporate Statism, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fuck the Poor, The New Depression, Worshipping Mammon
The NYPD scooped up Chris Hedges and 15 other protesters on Thursday. Meanwhile, Lloyd Blankfein and his fellow rats remained free and presumably busy in their gilded sewer, where they package shit and call it securities. More here.
Meet Lloyd Blankfein's buddy, Officer Badass
By odd man out on September 25, 2011 in Class War, Corporate Statism, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fuck the Poor, Life in the Big City, The New Depression, The Regime, Worshipping Mammon
The truism "A picture is worth a thousand words" is even truer in the video era. For stark evidence of out-of-control cops on Wall Street, click here …
Gold's up again. Is Blankfein going down?
By odd man out on August 22, 2011 in Class War, Corporate Statism, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Fuck the Poor
The bald little man in the big suit who lives in a $26 million apartment next to Central Park may yet have the smirk wiped off his face. He hasn't yet been charged in any civil or criminal case, but it's never a good sign when a master of the universe thinks it's prudent to hire a defense attorney.


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Empty Seats Gig In Aid Of Joseph's Goal - Saturday
It's an early kick off for the Latics against Arsenal this weekend, if you are finding yourself at a loose end for a couple of hours after the game you could do worse than support a fantastic charity whilst being entertained by a bouncing band, in the warmth and comfort of one of Wigan`s finest public houses
Wigan Athletic supporters band, The Empty Seats, are set to rock around the Christmas Tree in aid of the Joseph's Goal charity this Saturday
Lead singer Bernard Long and the rest of the band have been busy rehearsing ahead of the gig that will take place at the Honeysuckle pub in Poolstock on Saturday following the Latics home game with Arsenal, the doors will open at 4pm.
Bernard say's - 'We wanted to do something to help such a wonderful cause and the idea of doing the gig with all proceeds going to the charity is a joint decision with all the band members'
'Please come along to the Honeysuckle on the Saturday afternoon following the Arsenal game, enjoy a couple of pints, and help us to promote a great cause'
Well said Bernard
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The Nation's foremost Medicare policy authorities address the implementation and implications of monumental healthcare reform at CBI's 11th Strategic Medicare Policy Summit. With over 1,000 attendees to date, this meeting is the first and longest running Summit focused on Medicare and the prescription drug benefit. It is critical that pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers keep abreast of how the changing healthcare and insurance landscape will impact Medicare strategy.
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The Graduate REALTOR® Institute is a real estate designation certified by the National Association of REALTORS® and administered through the Utah Association of REALTORS®. The GRI symbol is the mark of a real estate professional who has made a commitment to provide a superior level of professional service through additional education and training. REALTORS® who hold the GRI designation are highly trained in many areas of real estate to better serve and protect their clients.
REALTORS® interested in earning the GRI designation must complete the following courses.
GRI 100 Course: Business Development
This course is designed to give the student a personal business plan with specific action steps that will lead to becoming more efficient and productive in the real estate profession. The student will become more skilled in the basics of communication, thereby providing clients and customers with greater and more satisfactory service in each transaction. The student will gain a greater appreciation for the diverse culture the real estate profession serves, and will commit to having greater understanding for the unique problems and rewards of working within these cultures.
GRI 200 Course: Making Technology Work for You
This course will review the use of hardware, digital devices, software applications, available technologies and media, basics of Windows and popular office software, effective office productivity, Web site creation and maintenance. The student will gain an understanding of their personal computer and learn how this knowledge can greatly benefit their business and work ethic.
GRI 300 Course: Contracts in Real Estate Transactions and Legal Aspects of Agency
This course will teach the student how to explain the elements of a binding contract and why they are important in a real estate transaction. The student will identify state-approved forms and explain how they can assist the licensee. The student will be able to explain to clients and customers the different types of agency relationships and explain why each of the relationships is important.
GRI 400: Loan Fraud, Trends and Impacts, and Environmental Issues
This course will teach the student how to identify predatory lending and red flags for identifying loan fraud. The student will also be able to identify trends and impacts of the real estate profession as well as various environmental issues and their impact on real estate.
GRI 500: Taxing, Fair Housing and Professional Standards
This course teaches the student the basic tax implications surrounding the sale and purchase of a home. The student will be able to compute capital gains on a home sale and will be able to define cost recovery. The student will be able to define the protected classes under the Fair Housing Act and identify the penalties for not abiding by the law. The student will be able to explain the difference between an article of the Code of Ethics and the standards of practice. The student will be able to explain the procedure for initiating a complaint against a REALTOR® for a violation of the Code of Ethics.
GRI 600: Investment Analysis
This course identifies investment criteria investors should consider. The student will complete an Annual Property Operating Data form and will be able to describe the three appraisal approaches when determining value of investment property. The student will understand income tax laws for rental property, amortization and Internal Rate of Return (IRR). The student will complete a cash flow analysis for a hypothetical case.
Calculator Survival Skills
This course is designed to enhance the student's ability to properly use a calculator in the real estate profession. The student will understand the basics of arithmetic operations, correcting entries, multiple registers and other basic principles. The student will be introduced to time-value-of-money registers, amortization, percents, solving for a rate and more. The use of these procedures will be applied to the calculation of commissions, square footage, cash flow, annual property operating data and financing. This course will help real estate professionals become more efficient in their calculator use and math skills.
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Turbidimetric Photometric Method (0-50ppm)
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This method is based on the precipitation of sulfate ion in a hydrochloric acid medium with barium chloride in such a manner as to form barium sulfate crystals of uniform size. The glycerol sulfate solution is used to maintain proper crystal size, and control of the stirring and waiting times is necessary to obtain reproducible result. The resultant turbidity is measured at a wavelength sensitive to turbidity on a photometer. The blank serves to partially cancel out interferences due to color and suspended matter.
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Filter photometer complete with assorted laboratory glassware. ::: RXSOL-62-6198-001 doesn't include this apparatus
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This procedure uses a wavelength of 420 nm and a cell with a light path of approximately 10-mm. First prepare a calibration curve for the photometer using successive dilutions of the sulfate standard to adequately cover the range of sulfate in the samples to be tested. The dilutions of the standard should be treated in exactly the same manner as that shown below for analysis of the water samples. Using a 50-ml plastic graduate, add 50 ml of sample to a 125-ml glass flask. Pipet 10 ml of glycerol sulfate solution into the flask and swirl the solution. Pipet 5 ml of distilled water into the flask, swirl the solution and use this solution to set the photometer at zero absorbance. Discard the solution and rinse the flask with distilled water. Into a second 50-ml sample, pipet 10 ml of glycerol sulfate solution and swirl. Adjust the temperature of the sample to 70 to 75F, and pipet 5 ml of neutral barium chloride solution into the same flask. Stir the solution by rotating a rubber paddle between the palms at moderate speed for exactly five seconds. Wait exactly five minutes, and then measure the absorbance on the photometer.
Calculation of Results The sulfate concentration in parts per million as SO4 is obtained by reference to the prepared sulfate calibration curve.
Limitations of Test
Color or large amounts of suspended matter will interfere with this method, but some suspended matter may be removed by filtration. Also the presence of color and suspended matter is compensated for to some extent by the blank determination. Silica in excess of 500 ppm will interfere, and in samples containing large amounts of organic material, it may not be possible to precipitate barium sulfate satisfactorily.
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The principal problem potential posed by sulfate ions in water is the possibility of calcium sulfate scale formation. Precipitation of calcium sulfate can occur when high concentrations of both calcium and sulfate exist simultaneously. There are three primary areas of water treatment in which calcium sulfate precipitation may occur boilers, cooling systems, and ion exchangers operating in the hydrogen or acid mode.
In boilers, calcium sulfate scale formation has been reduced to a minimum by modern treatment practices. The low hardness levels largely preclude calcium sulfate boiler scale. By contrast, cooling systems are subject to calcium sulfate scale deposition because the makeup is usually not treated for hardness removal. Cooling water is usually treated with sulfuric acid for pH control, and the makeup is cycled, i.e. concentrated. Calcium sulfate scale deposition can result unless the cycles of concentration are properly controlled in conjunction with the proper use of scale control chemicals. Cation ion exchangers regenerated with sulfuric acid also can pose a major calcium sulfate problem. Calcium sulfate precipitation can be avoided by controlling the acid concentration and the flow rate through the exchanger.


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Mind and Heart
If you read the theological writings of the saints throughout church history, you will find that their tremendous intellectual content also contains doxology. These men and women loved Christ with their minds and hearts. Ask the Lord to help you ...Read More
The Mystery of Godliness
For those of us who have been Christians for a long time, it can be easy to take the wonder of our salvation for granted. Therefore, we should never cease to reflect daily for at least a short while on ...Read More
A Narrow Gate; a Hard Way
Matthew Henry summarizes Jesus' teaching in today's passage: "We must endure hardship, must wrestle and be in agony, must watch in all things, and walk with care and circumspection. We must go through much tribulation." Christ's way is ...Read More
The Ninth Commandment
There are a number of different ways in which we can break this rule against false witness. If we teach or proclaim wrong things about God's character, we are bearing false witness. If we gossip and backbite to destroy ...Read More
The Ninth Commandment
Take some time today to consider what you say to others. Do you repeat things told to you even if you are not sure that they are true? In your drive to get ahead do you subtly introduce doubts about ...Read More
Not Like Esau
Sanctification is a process. We do not become holy all at once, but we manifest righteousness slowly and imperfectly. When the Spirit is at work in us, we begin to become more and more sorrowful over our sin and more ...Read More
Obedience Not Sacrifice
Read again the final two verses of Psalm 40. Do you seek the Lord with gladness? Are you compelled to declare before men "The Lord be glorified"? Whether poor or rich, remember today that He who thinks of you is ...Read More
Ordering Your Time
Proverbs 24:27 deals with setting priorities. Take care of important things first, and order your days according to set priorities. Today make a list of your responsibilities and activities. Prioritize all you have to do and want to do ...Read More
A Parting Of Ways
Our struggle to be sanctified can leave us discouraged at times, but we should not lose heart, for the Lord will indeed make us holy (Rev. 19:6–8). As long as we are, by faith, making use of the ...Read More
Patience and Kindness
Consider today's lesson as a test. As you review it, evaluate yourself in terms of patience and kindness. Are you patient with those who are inferior to you, like your children? Are you as kind and sensitive to other ...Read More
Peace and Holiness
Are you doing things that might disrupt the peace or holiness of the church? Go to the Lord in prayer, and ask whether you might be exhibiting divisiveness or whether you are unconcerned with the church's purity. Whatever the ...Read More
Persevering Diligence
During the day today, consciously fill every moment with productive activity (including eating and necessary rest). Refrain from wasting time. If you find your day filled already, are you doing too much? Are you often rushed? If so, think about ...Read More
Practicing Righteousness
The distinction John makes between children of God and children of the Devil denies any naive assertion that all people have God as their Father. Only those who are in Christ by faith and therefore submit to Him as Lord ...Read More
Putting Sin to Death
Understanding that we are already holy in Christ should not be confused with the perfectionism that we often see in other theological traditions. We will not be free from the struggle with sin before we are glorified, but knowing that ...Read More
Recalling Our Purpose
When Adam and Eve fell, the image of God was marred in them and in all of their descendants. However, God was gracious and provided redemption for this image in the person of Jesus — the supreme image of God. Take ...Read More


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- Kentucky football coach Rich Brooks says safety Marcus McClinton will miss the rest of the regular season with a fractured scapula.
McClinton has been one of the top playmakers in the Wildcats secondary. He suffered the injury while making a tackle during the Wildcats' 31-14 loss to Mississippi State Saturday. Brooks said McClinton should be available to play in the team's postseason bowl game.
The Wildcats have other banged up players who will use their upcoming bye week for healing.
Running back Rafael Little is nursing a thigh bruise and wide receiver Keenan is recovering from a sprained ankle. Both sat out of Kentucky's game against Mississippi State.


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- Improved support for shortcut module
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Some people LOVE everyone, or so they say. More than 7 billion people and they love each and everyone. This proves how OVERUSED the word is.
BearlythereNow 26-30, F 7 Answers 5 Feb 9, 2013 in EP
I love this question! lol

And yes, it quite probably is ;-)
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I love beer.

It certainly is in corny songs
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False. Nothing tops the F word.
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It's the password to removing panties.
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true.... I love to answer EP questions but I also love food and breathing and my homies.... we only have one word for love and it covers a lot of territory....
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Jessie's friends from the Realm beg her to return and help them with a problem. Magic is thick in the air, and the terrifying griffins that guard the Realm's treasure house are out of control! The tiny, beautiful flower fairies play an important part in Jessie's clever plan to stop the griffins. But then the fairies themselves fall into a new and terrible danger, and only Jessie can save them.
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Sometimes even when you know exactly what to do and why, your mindset can get in the way. In my experience as a nutritionist and health educator, there's one common mental obstacle that tends to keep people "stuck" - all or nothing thinking.
Do you feel like you have to be perfect and if you "mess up" you totally blew it? This kind of thinking often causes people to fall into black or white eating traps with no room for gray: you're either "on track" and follow the rules, or you "throw in the towel."
A lot of my clients will say things like, "I was doing good all day, then I had to go to a business dinner and I wound up having a roll with butter so I thought, screw it, I messed up so I might as well have pasta and dessert and start over again tomorrow."
When you have all or nothing thinking, sometimes even a taste of something that's not on your plan can open the floodgates to overeating for the rest of the day.
If this tends to happens to you, try to put an eating transgression into perspective and move forward. One roll with butter may put you over budget by a few hundred calories, but it's not enough to negate all of your other healthy choices. You'd have to eat an excess 3,500 calories that don't get burned off to gain just one pound of body fat, which is much more likely if you throw in the towel.
If you get a little off track during an otherwise "good" day, don't beat yourself up. Let it go and move forward. Being off by a few hundred calories will make a much smaller dent in your weight loss results than a rebound binge. And if those extras are happening because the plan you're following is too strict and impossible to stick to, it may be time to think about modifying it.
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76 Noaqiyeum12th Apr 2013 12:59:45 PM from the October Country , Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The it-thingy
'A position set up only to be taken down' is the definition of a straw man argument, though. o_O Here's what's happening in this trope, as I understand it, in Wikipedia's terms without using the words 'straw man': The author, seeking to discredit Position X, sets up the superficially-similar (or oversimplified) Position Y within the work. Position Y is attacked and easily discredited, with the implied conclusion that Position X is false as well. However, in this case Position Y is not actually as weak as the author believed, due to setting details or other circumstances. Position X is still untouched, but Position Y is not as easily knocked-down as it was supposed to be.
Anyone who looks dangerous is dangerous.
Anyone who doesn't look dangerous is dangerous and sneaky.
Anyone who doesn't look dangerous is dangerous and sneaky.
77 Hodor12th Apr 2013 01:50:30 PM from Westeros
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Maybe I'm misunderstanding the trope, but I thought that a big part of it was that Position X was being "disproven" by being ascribed to Person X, who is represented in a negative manner. Also to note, the trope is "Has a Point", not "Is Right"- the Strawman doesn't have to actually have the better argument (it is more a matter of individual opinion whether they do); rather, they have a stronger argument than the author acknowledges (because the author is caricaturing that argument).
Edit, edit, edit, edit the wiki
78 Noaqiyeum12th Apr 2013 01:54:36 PM from the October Country , Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The it-thingy
You're thinking of the Ad Hominem fallacy, I think.
Anyone who looks dangerous is dangerous.
Anyone who doesn't look dangerous is dangerous and sneaky.
Anyone who doesn't look dangerous is dangerous and sneaky.
Using Patch Adams as an example, the movie is shown from Adams POV and his stance of using humor and being friendly to patients brings him into conflict with his professors. The professors are portrayed as stuffy naysayers who are looking for any reason to expel Patch despite his excellent grades, who have explicit dialogue showing them as not caring about their patients and are more concerned with maintaining a strict, emotional distance from humanity. By the end of the movie the naysayers (especially his roommate) are forced to agree that Patch is right because all of his patients love him. Here is where Strawman Has a Point, the roommate said it best that when you have terminal cancer you want a consummate professional who will give things to you straight and not the guy acting like a birthday party clown who is more concerned that you don't feel sad about your illness. Now that movie is probably the worst extreme, because the main character is portrayed at the far extreme of the point he is trying to make (ie bedside manner). Usually the character depicted as being in the right is supposed to be the sensible, persecuted one who has the right ideas but is being beaten down by the system. But the point is that the subject at hand is portrayed in a black and white manner and doesn't genuinely explore the grey area of the topic. If that grey area is explored then it isn't a strawman argument but instead a proper discussion.
I have been thoroughly confused by this trope. Sometimes we ourselves find proper counterarguments to the people whose views are being promoted(and our view may be similar to the strawman). But the strawman by nature doesn't really have a good argument(unless I'm mistaken). Yet it feels like there are so many instances where the Strawman gets proven right WITHIN story, so does that make them a strawman?
I treat all living things equally. That is to say, I eat all living things
81 AnotherDuck14th Apr 2013 12:24:08 AM from Stockholm , Relationship Status: In season
No, the other one.
I think that directly disqualifies them. Or at least, it's playing with the trope. But if they're proven right within the context of the story, it most likely means they were never intended to be strawmen to begin with. Maybe they just were antagonists because they held a view opposed to the hero, but they were still on the right side of justice, and since the story is from the protagonist's point of view, it appears that the audience is supposed to consider the antagonists to be wrong, when it's really just about feeling sympathy for the hero. The Top Gun example I removed was much like that, for instance. There's a difference between understanding why the hero thinks he's right, and trying to make the audience think the hero is right.
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I'll raise a few examples In Jurassic Park 2 people often seem to cite the "dinosaurs were the corporations property" therefore whatever they were in the right. Right as in "they're not technically breaking any rules" or right as in morally? Sure Nick was stupid, but that was later, and I'm not really sure if it justifies mistreating the dinosaurs. I Am Sam: Is the opposing side really a Strawman? I agree(even though when I was first watching I followed emotionally), it would've been better if Lucy was raised by someone who was more capable, and that's why Sam didn't win the case. I didn't see any strawmanning necessarily(unless I'm missing anything), and ultimately the ending of the movie reaches a compromise. I can concede that protagonists can be stupid, and I won't necessarily sympathize with them but sometimes it just turns into outright Rooting for the Empire and defaulting to other side just because.
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83 EditorPallMall17th Apr 2013 06:55:59 PM from United States, East Coast
Don't Fear the Spiders
Since every time we come close to defining what this audience reaction is suppose to be someone objects, I am going back to my stance of purging it. No matter what an author says, even if an author is not making a message, somebody somewhere is going to disagree with it and point to this article for validation. If we want to retain the inbounds, redirect the page to Straw Character. Remember, audience reactions are not tropes. We loose nothing by removing this article.
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Keep it breezy!
84 doctrainAUM17th Apr 2013 08:16:26 PM from New Jersey
White Hindu
We lose this page. I always consider removing pages to be worse than keeping them. If I don't like an article, I ignore it. Why do people believe it matters? That's a legitimate question.
"What's out there? What's waiting for me?"
85 Noaqiyeum17th Apr 2013 08:18:24 PM from the October Country , Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The it-thingy
Bandwidth use, compliance with mission statement, focused standards.
Anyone who looks dangerous is dangerous.
Anyone who doesn't look dangerous is dangerous and sneaky.
Anyone who doesn't look dangerous is dangerous and sneaky.
86 doctrainAUM17th Apr 2013 08:30:49 PM from New Jersey
White Hindu
I'm sorry, I'm just bitter over the loss of Troper Tales. Especially since the stated reason was one of the stupidest I ever heard. In fact, I've gotten pretty disillusioned with TV Tropes after a while. Back on track: I'm clearly not one to give a meaningful vote to keep/purge. My vision for a site I don't work for is different from that of the ones who do. Just ignore what I said earlier.
"What's out there? What's waiting for me?"
My understanding is that there are a few criteria for this trope. 1.Alice makes a point to Bob that the reader is supposed to disagree with. 2.Alice, in part or in whole, is proven right in story. 3.This resultwas not the author's intention. I think in addition to the discussion over what constitutes a straw argument, there are a few other issues with each of the criteria to the trope- specifically whether and how much a work qualifies in each regard- that I will discuss in more detail. 1.There's the question of whether you're meant to disagree with the person. The fact that the majority of the characters, or the more "reasonable" characters disagree doesn't necessarily always imply that you're meant to. On the other hand, having other characters back up the straw man is one of the best ways to prevent that individual from being a straw man. An example is the editor in chief's decision in Bakuman。 to put the main characters' series on hiatus while Mashiro was in the hospital. Most of the mangaka disagree, but it's also indicated that Mashiro's mother wants him to quit manga altogether, and this is a compromise. Mashiro ultimately accepts the decision to keep his series on hiatus until he gets out of the hospital. As for the editor in chief, some chapters later, when he tells Takahama that he can't switch editors, the main characters admit that he has a point and they've been blaming Miura too much, ultimately using his logic to get a deal to end Tanto early. Thus, the editor faces opposition, but he's not necessarily meant to be seen as wrong, nor is he meant to be a strawman. The character's reasons should also be considered; strawmen often involve a fair amount of hypocrisy, dishonesty or self-serving ulterior motives that indicate that they don't believe what they're saying. Having these and being right in spite of them would make a character a strawman who has a point. In addition, works with no morally clear protagonists largely don't fall into this, since they don't have people you're meant to root for. See the World of Warcraft entry; as I pointed out, Sylvanas and the Forsaken might have a claim to Lordaeron, but there are also living Lordaeron refugees out there; perhaps the two groups have both have a right to Lordaeron that the other is unfairly denying. 2.There's four variants as to how much a strawman is proven right in a work, and the relevancy of the parts they are right about. A.Alice is entirely right. This would make this a textbook example, but it's rare for a character to be both a strawman intended to be seen as wrong and completely on the mark. B.Alice is right on one regard. See Cerberus' entry in Mass Effect, which indicates that even if they're not entirely moral, they're trying to save the galaxy from the Reapers. C.Alice brings up a point that isn't necessarily relevant, but fans believe is dismissed out of hand. See the Pirates of the Caribbean entry, which argues that the danger pirates pose is being downplayed. D.Alice is wrong, but is not at fault for thinking this way. For example, the Nanoha page had Regius described as one in the vein of this trope, with it being argued that he's right to view Hayate as a criminal and view her with distrust (not only is she entirely heroic, but according to some discussion, she seems to be Taking the Heat with regards to the Book of Darkness incident). Regarding how much they fit, only A counts decisively. With B, it is often the case that Alice is wrong about the larger issue; it's possible that there are downsides to the heroes' position that they may know about, but their way is still better in most regards. C is almost purely fan speculation and disagreeing with the author; the fans might be right, but none of the evidence for their positions comes from the work itself. D seems to be a case of the character being misinformed rather than a strawman. 3.Perhaps only the author really knows what readers are meant to think, as can be shown by Word of God. Did they fail to convince the readers or were the readers not necessarily meant to agree? The more people side with the strawman, the less clear it becomes. The short of it is that the problem with this trope is that the criteria for the standards of the trope are nebulous, and can often be influenced by the assumptions of the editor nominating an example. One editor might assume that a certain character is being unfairly maligned, while another might assume another strawman has more of a point than he gets credit for. Granted, it is a YMMV trope, but even those tropes have their own specific standards for what does and does not qualify. If we cannot come to a definite conclusion about what this trope should be, I favor removing it altogether.
88 SeptimusHeap18th Apr 2013 03:21:12 AM from Laniakea , Relationship Status: Mu
"Audience Reactions are not tropes" is not an argument in favour of cutting a page with 2000+ inbounds. And we don't "not lose anything" by cutting it either. Also, "every position is theoretically subject to this" is simply false, here as anywhere else - this page would be much larger than it currently is, so clearly there is some restraint. This Audience Reaction is basically when an author sets up a caricature of a position (often a political one) that should be easy to tear down, but the audience ends up agreeing with the caricature. Anything else is misuse and needs to be removed.
89 EditorPallMall18th Apr 2013 07:58:22 AM from United States, East Coast
Don't Fear the Spiders
Fine - let us continue on the assumption the article will be saved. In which case, I want to change the first paragraph to conform to how Septimus defines the reaction. For those following this, please state if you think this would improve the article or not: An author sets up a caricature of a position that should be easy to tear down. The author writes the story in a way that the heroes agree with his side, the opposing side is incorrect, and the author's opinion prevails. Yet -sometimes later, sometimes right away- the audience ends up agreeing with the caricature. In other words, what was intended as a straw-man argument is not as weak as the author intended it to be, sometimes to the point of being better than the "correct" argument.
edited 18th Apr '13 8:01:48 AM by EditorPallMall
Keep it breezy!
90 SeptimusHeap18th Apr 2013 08:03:57 AM from Laniakea , Relationship Status: Mu
I would think it improves the article.
91 Hodor18th Apr 2013 08:13:22 AM from Westeros
Cleric of Banjo
That is a very good summary of how the trope works in terms of the creator's intent and how it plays out to the audience.
edited 18th Apr '13 8:13:38 AM by Hodor
Edit, edit, edit, edit the wiki
92 AnotherDuck18th Apr 2013 01:43:13 PM from Stockholm , Relationship Status: In season
No, the other one.
93 EditorPallMall18th Apr 2013 01:52:59 PM from United States, East Coast
Don't Fear the Spiders
And done. Next issue, I believe paragraphs 2, 4, & 5 can be trimmed down and merged to form the second paragraph. They all deal with why this trope occurs but spend too much time talking about it.
Keep it breezy!
94 AnotherDuck18th Apr 2013 02:04:40 PM from Stockholm , Relationship Status: In season
No, the other one.
Descriptions this long don't tend to clarify things. They just tend to hide facts within wordcruft and other stuff, and few people want to read a page's worth of text just to see if their example fits or not (and that's if they bother with more than the title). Cutting it down would be a great improvement.
95 SeptimusHeap18th Apr 2013 02:09:39 PM from Laniakea , Relationship Status: Mu
Yeah. At best, throw the junk on Analysis/
96 doctrainAUM18th Apr 2013 02:23:56 PM from New Jersey
White Hindu
This is why I love Laconic.
"What's out there? What's waiting for me?"
97 EditorPallMall18th Apr 2013 05:56:52 PM from United States, East Coast
Don't Fear the Spiders
Trimmed the article down considerably. If we need to add some cut content back to the article we can grab it from the history, but reading it over it all felt like unnecessary and even redundant clutter. Now we need to remove all square pegs from the examples section.
edited 18th Apr '13 5:57:32 PM by EditorPallMall
Keep it breezy!
98 EditorPallMall18th Apr 2013 11:22:29 PM from United States, East Coast
Don't Fear the Spiders
Spent some time pruning away examples that do not belong and shortening overly long examples. If anyone disagrees with what I cut, discuss it here. Can someone tackle the anime section? I do not watch anime.
Keep it breezy!
99 Nohbody19th Apr 2013 12:38:31 AM from Somewhere in Dixie , Relationship Status: Mu
"In distress", my ass.
Didn't touch the anime section, as that's not my strong point either, but I did do a little tweaking, including removing "stealth" Real Life examples hiding in the "Other" folder since the trope is NRLEP.
Maybe we can fold a lot of the examples into Villain Has a Point.


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What is SWOT Analysis? It is an abbreviation for Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats. It is a tool widely used as an integral part of Strategic Planning Process.
There are many ways how a SWOT analysis is used. It is not my intention to compare what are the differences but to share how I used it in my Strategic Planning workshops.
This is an internal factor deals with the strength in the operation. It is internal because it takes into considerations of the level of competence for their internal capability. They are many factors in an operation that can be considered as strength. It is normally highlighted during brainstorming among management members. When the list of factors for Strength is too many, then it should be grouped using Stratification method. Then reduce it further to three to five items using appropriate tools such as , multi-voting, Selection grids etc. Once it is done, rank these items by comparing own company with better competitors. Force ranking is sometime used an alternative to multi-voting.
Similar to the above, it is an internal factor deals with the weaknesses of the operation considering the level of competence as compared to their better competitors. With weaknesses identified by way of brainstorming, the factors might be too many. When the list of factors for weaknesses is too many, then it should be grouped using Stratification method. Then reduce it further to three to five items using appropriate tools such as , multi-voting, Selection grids etc. Once it is done, rank these items by comparing own company with better competitors. Force ranking is sometime used an alternative to multi-voting.
This is an important factor to identify opportunity as a result of external influence. It is often leads to more business or investment as well as opportunity for innovation of products and services. Due to the fact it is external, many assumptions is used. However, given the constraints, one should try to quantify the assumptions so that the conclusion of this factor is real. In real life application, there are cases where opportunities derived from operation are park in this section. Rightfully, it can be rephrased such that it became a Strength instead..
This is another important and critical factor to deal with. It has great influence to the success or failure of an organization if not dealt with appropriately. This section look for factors that can put an organization in a loss-loss situation where example may either reduce the market share or its profitability. Once again, since it is an external factor, its reality is assumed. However, in many cases, they can be verified by announcement, publications etc. On the other hand, if organizations act on these factors, it may not always mitigate the threat because the threat is not real. One example is the Y2K issue.
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Tell Us: What's the Most You've Ever Spent on a Sofa?
I've owned three sofas in my life. The first was a gorgeous, mint condition yellow-and-cream-striped silk beauty from the 1950s that I got for $200 at a Texas consignment shop. The second was a cheap futon, bought out of necessity during a move abroad. And my current sofa, the chevron-patterned, velvet coziness pictured above, was what I considered a splurge.
I paid $1200 for it, which is more than I've ever spent on anything aside from my car and computer. Most of my adult life has been spent in graduate school, so large purchases are few and far between. I saw this sofa in a boutique and was immediately taken with it, and I visited it several times before taking the leap. It's not the most versatile piece, but it's fun, in great condition, and more comfortable than I had imagined possible. Having recently graduated and secured a steady paycheck for the first time, I decided to indulge, and it came home with me a week later.
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Innovation in Pakistan - 09-05-2012, 10:31 AM
KARACHI: Agha Waqar Ahmad Pathan, the controversial claimant of running the car with water as fuel, had been arrested in cases of bank robbery and for possessing illegal arms in Karachi.
Perhaps he had been drawing salary for years as an employee of Sindh Police without performing his duties while attempting to run the car with water. According to Criminal Record Office (CRO) of Karachi Police, Agha Waqar Ahmad Pathan S/o Agha Wahid Bux has been registered as Criminal No 7724. He was caught red-handed while committing an alleged robbery on August 25, 2010 in the limits of New Town Police Station along with Hafeez Ahmad S/o Muhammad Ramzan. According to police, arms were also recovered from the possession of the two accused.
An FIR was also registered against both under the Robbery Act 392/34 at the New Town Police Station. A case under section 396/10 was also registered against him for keeping illegal arms while under same act FIR No 397/10 was registered against his accomplice Hafeez Ahmad. Both the accused were arrested in the same case.
Details of the cases against the accused are appended in the CRO.Agha Waqar, the resident of Dabar locality in the limits of A Section Police Station of Khairpur had mentioned his profession as "Private" in the police investigation. However during investigation, it was revealed that the accused was a stenographer in the Sukkur Range Police.
Later, on July 3, 2008, he got himself transferred to Karachi Range and joined duties on July 15, 2008 as stenographer. However, most of the time, he remained absent from his duties. Later, he was transferred to the Investigation Wing.
On May 9, 2009, using his contacts Agha Waqar got himself transferred to Anti-Car Lifting Cell and got posted at the Chief Minister House on deputation. However, his salary was stopped as he did not furnish joining report which is still being awaited.
On the contrary, he was transferred as PA to IG Establishment Sindh on Feb 12, 2011. It is interesting that no police officer is aware of his being in the department. When contacted, AIG Dr Amin Yousufzai expressed his surprise that Agha Waqar Ahmad Pathan was an employee of the police department. He was also not aware that Agha Waqar was his PA.
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The men of Kábul and Khilj also went home; and whenever they were questioned about the Musulmáns of the Kohistán (the mountains), and how matters stood there, they said, "Don't call it Kohistán, but Afghánistán; for there is nothing there but Afgháns and disturbances." Thus it is clear that for this reason the people of the country call their home in their own language Afghánistán, and themselves Afgháns. The people of India call them Patán; but the reason for this is not known. But it occurs to me, that when, under the rule of Muhammadan sovereigns, Musulmáns first came to the city of Patná, and dwelt there, the people of India (for that reason) called them Patánsbut God knows!
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Every guy would be interested to have his own brewery. Imagine having a beer that
is specifically crafted to your taste and is widely available at your favorite pub. You
can even have your face plastered on the beer bottle and have it named after you.
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I've been busy preparing my vegetable seedlings for summer. I'm so excited to garden this year—albeit slightly intimidated by the seemingly never-ending steps in the process. My basement officially looks like I'm a doomsday prepper, complete with 3 hanging shop lights and over 100 plants. I'm hoping that even in my first year I'll 'break even' by producing my own vegetables, but I'll admit it's not the cheapest hobby to start.
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I'm a 12 year old girl. I'm 5'5 and I weigh 120. I play soccer and have a healthy lifestyle. Am I overweight?
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no, your very heaththy for your age, so congrats
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Honey, when I was your age I was 159lbs! You're perfectly healthy! I was very overweight, you are a healthy size! I'm 15 and I'm 125lbs. And as when you get older, you will get taller and your body fat stretches to make you taller and meaning you lose about 5 pounds.
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Congrats on your weight loss. You look really pretty :)
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You are not overweight My little sister is twelve and she thinks shes fat but she isnt.The reason why you look like your overweight is because of your height cause your tall.
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Hi wanna get to know me I'm 12... I'm also lonely
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If true, and it seems to be because there are several reports now, then Alfa Leisure joins National RV, Western Rv, the makers of Alpine Motor Homes and Alpenlite Trailers and Campers who have all closed in very recent times.
We've talked about the Rv industry slump before and things aren't getting better. It's time to be very, very careful as a motorhome buyer. Our recommendation? If you buy a new Rv, tell the dealer you want their personal guarantee that they will stand behind the manufacturer's warranty. But don't take their word for it either. Make them write in down on the sales contract itself.
But what if you own an Rv right now?If the builder is out of business then complain to your seller. We've even heard of some owners who argue that the seller should have known the builder was going under, and been able to at least get something from the seller to help cover their warranty problems.
If the builder is still in business, it could mean tighter controls on warranty costs and that can mean more runaround on warranty repairs, claim denials on debatable defects, and a dealer who has to argue more with you (the consumer) because the factory isn't paying the warranty claims as freely or often as before.
Note that nothing happened to your warranty rights. Legally, they are still there. You just may find yourself having to argue more to make them honor your warranty. Remember, the squeeky wheel is the one that gets the grease. So start squeekin', loud and long if you have to.
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George Clooney to direct 'The Yankee Comandante'
Hollywood superstar George Clooney will once again helm a political movie following his directorial stint in highly-praised drama "The Ides of March".
The 51-year-old actor has been roped in to direct Focus Features' "The Yankee Comandante". Focus is making a rights deal for "Yankee Comandante", which was an article written by David Grann in the May 28 issue of The New Yorker.
The studio has tapped Clooney to serve as the director in addition to co-producing the movie project along with his Smokehouse partner Grant Heslov. Grann's article centers on William Alexander Morgan, who helped Fidel Castro and the Cuban rebels overthrow Fulgencio Batista.
Morgan was the only American in the rebel army and the sole foreigner, other than Argentinian icon Che Guevara, to rise to the army's highest rank; The Comandante.
Morgan, whose motives for being in Cuba were subject to suspicion, was later imprisoned and charged with working for US intelligence. Clooney will next be seen opposite Sandra Bullock in Alfonso Cuaron's adventure picture "Gravity". He also produced Ben Affleck's upcoming political drama "Argo".


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Did you manage to catch the 2nd Presidential Debate? President Obama came out swinging and Republican challenger Mitt Romney did a boo-boo which probably cost him some on the issue of Libya. It was overall a testy debate in which both analysts and snap polls seem to suggest that the President took this round with a strong show of force.
Having said that, presidential elections in the U.S can be rather divisive affairs, so the folks at OysterLabs have released a brand new game in conjunction with the US presidential elections which are coming in three weeks time, just so folks can have a little fun. Party Fundraiser is a social game in the vein of Pac-Man, updated to work on both "swipe" and "tilt"-to-move on the iPhone.
Instead of Pac-Man, it's Romney, Obama, George W., Hilary and more eating gold coins for their parties coffers (hence the Fundraiser part in the title). With levels, gadgets and Facebook integration, this is a fun & timely update on one of our all-time faces. The game also comes with a nifty countdown clock to the elections and nationwide party totals on the home screen.
The free version of the game is available here, whereas the Pro version of Party Fundraiser is available for just 99 cents over here.Powered by Sidelines
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Pennsylvania contains nine schools that offer legal studies programs. Temple University, the highest-ranking legal studies school in PA, has a total student population of 36,507 and is the 105th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 9 legal studies schools in Pennsylvania, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, DeSales University comes out as the most expensive ($26,101/yr), with Reading Area Community College as the lowest recorded at only $12,098/yr.
Legal Studies students from Pennsylvania schools who go on to become legal studies professionals, judges, lawyers, paralegals, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 12,690 people working as law teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $109,150. Also, Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers make on average $87,620 per year and there are about 13,140 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Pennsylvania alone, there are 1,070 employed administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers earning an average yearly salary of $74,610. Law teachers in this state earn $68,290/yr and there are 310 employed.
Also, within the legal studies schools in Pennsylvania, the average student population is 2,077 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1. Aside from legal studies, there are 10679 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 2,747 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $9,718, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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Samurai starts and runs then after 30min running will die and will not restart. I have replaced coil, replaced sparkplug and coil wires, checked continuity and cleaned wiring connections to distributor, coil, alternator and ballast resister. There is power to coil even when it won't start but no spark at the plugs. Could it be an intermittant problem with ignition module in distributor? Not sure how to test that. Any other ideas of what to check?
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HSBC seems to find it easier to pay fines than fix corporate culture
A US$1.9 billion settlement in the US showed the need for HSBC to fix its inward-looking culture, but so far it seems easier to just pay the fines
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Since the financial crisis, global banks have evolved from "too big to fail" into "too big to jail".
Each new fine, like BNP Paribas' US$8.9 billion penalty, sets a new, ignominious record. Governments fear that a criminal conviction and closure of a major bank would prove far too disruptive to the financial system. But big banks are not making significant progress towards changing the underlying business culture that allows these violations to occur.
Since its 2012 charges of money laundering and US$1.9 billion fine and settlement last year, HSBC has operated under one of the most onerous legal supervision arrangements in financial history. HSBC is now leading corporate life under a strict, five-year, deferred prosecution agreement monitored by the US government. In exchange for deferred prosecution, HSBC needs to undertake reforms to its compliance systems.
Most Hong Kong people don't realise how close they came to witnessing a major bank collapse because HSBC could not have survived for long if it was sanctioned from dealing in US dollars. But after a year, has the bank really learned anything from its ordeal and about its culture beyond public relations damage control?
Matt Taibbi's infamous Rolling Stone article "Gangster Bankers: Too Big to Jail" is a breathtaking revelation of Hong Kong's hometown bank behaving badly. Every HSBC executive grimaces at the mention of Taibbi's tirade, which few Hong Kong people have read even though it is easily found online. It is a gripping story about how one of Hong Kong's largest employers, during 2006 and 2009, did not monitor US$200 trillion in wire transfers and failed to perform due diligence in the purchase of US$9 billion in physical US dollars from Mexico. According to Taibbi, HSBC played a key role in exchanging currency for Mexican and Colombian drug cartels.
HSBC's communications strategy has failed to convince the public about how it is reforming its culture. Beyond announcing the appointment of compliance officials, what are the driving forces for genuine change? Unlike newspaper clippings that age into oblivion at the local library, stories - especially negative ones - live forever on the internet and in the public's mind. HSBC senior management needs to build and articulate a new culture.
While a wholesale change in beliefs and attitudes is difficult for any large organisation, HSBC appears to be mired in a confusing and difficult corporate soul search. But, the answers it seeks actually strike closer to home.
A source said HSBC has been struggling to solve its cultural problems. "HSBC seems to be aware of their lack of internal checks and balances," the source said. "Senior managers aren't always aware of what people further down the management chain are doing and vice versa.
"As a result, they have been conducting in-house, anonymous vetting, so that executives can understand how different branches operate. In doing so, they can theoretically streamline their operations and create more of a company culture where people feel comfortable telling each other anything."
The source continued: "At the moment, there seems to be a lack of transparency due to perceived self-importance, inward-looking culture and the simple fact that some people don't feel comfortable talking about personal work issues with their colleagues."
An anecdote from one bank employee describes its unhealthy respect for hierarchy: deferential staff can sometimes be seen emptying out of a lift at HSBC headquarters to let a senior executive ride up alone.
HSBC ultimately suffers from the weight of its own historical baggage - the worst vestiges of self-entitled, British colonialism combined with an ethically indifferent Hong Kong Chinese business culture. The former was always beyond reproach and the latter didn't care as long as they kept their jobs. While this worked in Hong Kong's free-wheeling capitalism for more than a century, it can potentially destroy a financial institution in the post-financial-crisis world.
HSBC appears to have lost touch with its managers, customers and values. Compliance alone cannot ensure integrity. Only honest employees can do that. When Robert Rubin, the former head of Goldman Sachs, was asked what was responsible for the firm's consistent success, he said the sole factors "culture and people. People and culture."
A company either defines its culture or its culture defines the company. It is that easy and that difficult.
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CF sufferers living longer with new treatments
IRISH people suffering from cystic fibrosis are living longer although they are still behind their counterparts in the United States and the UK.
Philip Watt, chief executive of the Cystic Fibrosis Association, said women with the disease who were born in the 1980s are surviving until their early 30s and men until their mid-30s.
A number of factors contribute to this, including improvements in treatment to cope with malnutrition, better antibiotics and the appointment of more hospital specialists.
Since July, newborns are tested for the genetic disorder and this is expected to have a major impact on survival for future generations with the disease.
There are now slightly more people over 18 years with the disease than children, he added.
He said, however, the lack of sufficient single rooms in hospitals for cystic fibrosis patients has had a negative impact on their survival.
A new plan has been worked out with St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin to allow them access to enough single rooms and avoid a repetition of the recent crisis when five had to be turned away.
Meanwhile, a new study, published today, says the survival rates could improve dramatically and reach 51 years for men and 39 years for women.
The Health Research Board study, carried out by Dr Abi Jackson and Dr Cecily Kelleher at UCD's Department of Public Health, pointed to Ireland's high incidence of cystic fibrosis – around 1,200 people have the disease.
"The results showed that life expectancy has been increasing in Ireland and that the Irish figures are slightly lower than in the US, but still compare well," the study says.
"One of the findings was that people in Ireland with CF who were born between 1985 and 1994 are living a similar length of time as those individuals in the US.
"Early intervention is important for survival and health. This project means we have an analysis of the data before July 2011, when newborn screening was introduced, and so we will be able to see if newborn screening makes a difference."
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My First Job: Emilie Eggleston
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Name: Emilie Eggleston
Age: 26
City of residence: Victoria
Current title: Owner of Raw Waves smoothie bar
First job: I was a waitress for an Edna steakhouse when I was about 15 years old. I only worked there about three weeks.
What it taught me: It taught me to let go of my own perceptions of what's right and wrong. To let go of my ego and serve people. You have to give people what they want.
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Let's have a look at the road to Miss Universe 2011 of Leila Lopes. Leila (full name: Leila Luliana da Costa Vieira Lopes) was born on February 26, 1986 to Cape Verdean immigrants in Benguela, Angola.
Lopes, who stands 1.79 m, is a business management student in Great Britain, where she was crowned Miss Angola UK on October 8, 2010, the official representative of the Angolan community in the United Kingdom to the 2011 Miss Angola pageant.
At the Miss Angola 2011 held in Luanda on December 18, 2010, Lopes obtained the Photogenic Award and became the eventual winner of the title, gaining the right to represent Angola in Miss Universe 2011.
She was crowned winner of 2011 Miss Universe in São Paulo, Brazil on September 12, 2011, becoming the first Angolan Miss Universe. Lopes received the title from the former Miss Universe titleholder, Ximena Navarrete of Mexico.
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Around here, Thanksgiving is all about the old favorites and not deviating from them one iota. It's the one time of year we have stuffing and sweet potatoes simmered in butter and spices, so there's almost no need to add anything new. Almost. I might sneak in Lisa Fain's Ancho Creamed Corn in place of our usual corn pudding. 🙂 But that being the case, I've been on a cookie baking kick…so here's this week's cookie — cranberry chocolate chip butter cookies.
My auntie has been making these, well, the chocolate chip-only version, since I was a kid and they really only ever showed up around Christmas. The optimist in me says that's because the butter cookie is winter white and brings to mind winter's chill, but really, I think it was a Christmas cookie because the full recipe calls for a full pound of butter…yep, 4 sticks. It's a butter cookie, but still…something about a pound of butter in a recipe makes my arteries feel clogged just thinking about it. So I've halved the recipe here…just, you know, for sanity's [read: denial's] sake.
If you love either dried cranberries or chocolate chips, one more than the other, go with only one mix-in for maximum effect. I split the difference here for a little holiday color. I'm sure Santa won't mind either way.
Cranberry Chocolate Chip Butter CookiesPrint Recipe
- 1/2 lb. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 c. confectioners sugar
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1 t. vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 c. chocolate chips
- 1/2 c. dried cranberries
Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment or a silpat.
In a standing mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Add salt, vanilla and flour and mix until blended. Stir in chocolate chips and cranberries.
Pinch off pieces of dough and roll it into 1 inch balls. Arrange on prepared baking sheet in 3 rows of 3. Flatten cookies with the palm of your hand.
Bake for 15 minutes. Cookies should stay white, or just be very lightly browned around the edges. Sprinkle with additional confectioners sugar while still hot (if desired).


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Societal impacts of sea level change primarily occur via the extreme levels rather than as a direct consequence of mean sea level changes. Apart from non-climatic events such as tsunamis, extreme sea levels occur mainly in the form of storm surges generated by tropical or extra tropical cyclones. Secular changes and decadal variability in storminess are discussed in Chapter 3. Studies of variations in extreme sea levels during the 20th century based on tide gauge data are fewer than studies of changes in mean sea level for several reasons. A study on changes in extremes, which are caused by changes in mean sea level as well as changes in surges, is more complex than the study of mean sea level changes. Moreover, the hourly sampling interval normally used in tide gauge records is not always sufficient to accurately capture the true extreme. Among the different parameters often used to describe extremes, annual maximum surge is a good indicator of climatic trends. For study of long records extending back to the 19th century or before, annual maximum surge-at-high-water (defined as the maximum of the difference between observed high water and the predicted tide at high water) is a better-suited parameter because during that period high waters and not the full tidal curve were recorded.
Studies of the longest records of extremes are inevitably restricted to a small number of locations. From observed sea level extremes at Liverpool since 1768, Woodworth and Blackman (2002) concluded that the annual maximum surge-at-high-water was larger in the late 18th, late 19th and late 20th centuries than for most of the 20th century, qualitatively consistent with the long-term variability in storminess from meteorological data. From the tide gauge record at Brest from 1860 to 1994, Bouligand and Pirazzoli (1999) found an increasing trend in annual maxima and 99th percentile of surges; however, a decreasing trend was found during the period 1953 to 1994. From non-tidal residuals ('surges') at San Francisco since 1858, Bromirski et al. (2003) concluded that extreme winter residuals have exhibited a significant increasing trend since about 1950, a trend that is attributed to an increase in storminess during this period. Zhang et al. (2000) concluded from records at 10 stations along the east coast of the USA since 1900 that the rise in extreme sea level closely followed the rise in mean sea level. A similar conclusion can be drawn from a recent study of Firing and Merrifield (2004), who found long-term increases in the number and height of daily extremes at Honolulu (interestingly, the highest-ever value being due an anticyclonic oceanic eddy system in 2003), but no evidence for an increase relative to the underlying upward mean sea level trend.
An analysis of 99th percentiles of hourly sea level at 141 stations over the globe for recent decades (Woodworth and Blackman, 2004) showed that there is evidence for an increase in extreme high sea level worldwide since 1975. In many cases, the secular changes in extremes were found to be similar to those in mean sea level. Likewise, interannual variability in extremes was found to be correlated with regional mean sea level, as well as to indices of regional climate patterns.