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OCZ Updates Vertex 4 Enthusiasts to 1.4 Release Candidate Firmware
Subject: Storage | May 7, 2012 - 10:27 AM | Allyn Malventano
Tagged: Vertex 4, sata, ocz, firmware
This morning, OCZ pushed out a new firmware, dubbed 1.4RC. This is a release candidate of the upcoming performance-boosting firmware, and is meant for "enthusiasts who like to tinker with their hardware".
New Performance Specs in Red:
Max Read / Write
128GB: 535MB/s - 550MB/s / 200MB/s - 420MB/s
256GB: 535MB/s - 550MB/s / 380MB/s - 465MB/s
512GB: 535MB/s - 550MB/s / 475MB/s
As a heads up for those who are feeling froggy this Monday morning and choose to update their Vertex 4 - this is a destructive update and will wipe the drive. The updater runs within a Windows session with the Vertex 4 connected as a secondary drive. While you're 'under the hood', I'd also recommend performing a secure erase with the OCZ Toolbox software after you have udpated and power cycled the SSD.
I have been able to partially confirm the performance increases, and will be reporting full results later this evening (for all three capacity points). Stay tuned!
*Note* OCZ NDA'd this update for this morning, but we have not seen where they have posted it for download from their site. We will post a link in the comments below once it has become available.
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Thank you Allen. Quick question. I thought OCZ had designed the drive so that destructive updates weren't required? It's one of the reasons I'm considering these drives over the Samsung 830.
Most updates these days are non-destructive, but this one is - either because of its pre-release nature or due to fundamental differences in the way it manages the flash. When such changes are made, the SSD must start from a clean slate as the new data structure would be incompatible with the old methods that had written them.
Allyn, OCZ posted the release candidate http://www.ocztechnology.com/ssd_tools/Vertex_4/
Awesome, thanks for letting us know!
I'm currently considering getting the Vertex 4 instead of the M4, anyone got any thoughts?
Actually, check this out :) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Crucial-M4-CT128M4SSD2-2-5-128GB-SATA-III-MLC-In...
Hurry up with the updated Vertex4 review Allyn! Can't wait to see results :-)
any chance you have the 128g version to test against the samsung 830 128g? That would be a good comparison
Got my 128gig Vertex 4 a couple days ago for $139.99!!
Updated the firmware and I can confirm the speed increases also. Hopefully future updates will not be destructive as I will have to make a clone drive :(, no second machine....
Hop for review of the Ocz Vertex 4 with FW 1.4RC here http://www.guru3d.com/article/ocz-vertex-4-ssd-revisited-with-fw-14rc-re... as well as here http://www.storagereview.com/ocz_vertex_4_ssd_review_firmware_v14rc
See release notes from OCZ:
Fully validated and official firmware releases do not alter the data on your OCZ SSD, but we recommend you have a current backup of your data before updating the firmware.
1.4 is no longer beta/release candidate, and seems to work quite well, wrote up all the details here:


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Nowadays, conversations about networking inevitably begin with someone asking something along the lines of: "so, how many followers do you have?" or "how big is your LinkedIn network?"
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The popularity of social media has driven us towards viewing our personal networks much like commodities traders may view their goods: They never actually see the product in their portfolio, they just broker the connection between buyer and seller and move on.
Here's the problem: networking doesn't quite work that way. Sure, a list of valuable connections could be viewed as somewhat of a commodity, but it's not merely a game of numbers.
According to Leslie DeChurch, professor of industrial and organizational psychology at the Georgia Institute of Technology, there are two major misconceptions when it comes to building a strong network, and both center on size. She points out that there are those who believe in the mantra bigger is better and there are those who believe that smaller more concentrated network is the way to go. Research has shown both views to be flawed.
DeChurch points out that research has found that there are three key ingredients to a healthy personal network: diversity, trust and brokerage.
Diversity. The greatest hurdle in building a strong network is our natural human tendency to be drawn to those who are similar to us. Whether it's those within our industry, position or socioeconomic status, we tend to be most comfortable with that which is familiar. However comforting this may feel, being around like-minded people rarely leads to new thinking or new and unique opportunities. When everyone in your network has roughly the same information, it creates a sort of echo chamber of recycled thoughts.
DeChurch recommends making a conscious effort to break out of your professional circles by finding ways to engage those who you wouldn't typically come encounter. To help expand your network, she recommends joining a cross-functional team at work, signing-up for local community events, or volunteering for a nonprofit board. The idea is to gain exposure to individuals who may be able to show you different ways of applying your talents. At the end of the day, you must break from your typical circles if you want new opportunities.
Trust and Quality. Having a large social media network has no doubt become a status symbol in today's society. However, there isn't necessarily the kind of value in big numbers that we like to think, particularly when it comes to our online profiles. Being digitally connected to someone doesn't mean you know them. Trust is about familiarity and willingness to take risks. A strong network is about being connected to those who can genuinely add value to your life and have the desire to do so.
DeChurch recommends taking a look at your LinkedIn InMap to assess the health of your network. If the majority of your connections are all people you know because they are connected to each other, your network is likely quite weak. Also, if you have a high number of connections that are haphazard and frivolous, you may not be able to rely on those connections for real opportunities.
A strong network is more about the quality of your connections and their willingness to lend a helping hand. Make sure to take the time to nurture your relationships with those who really matter.
Brokerage.When diagnosing the health of your network, DeChurch suggests evaluating how many groups you are part of because networks research has shown the best way to get access to new opportunities is though certain "weak ties" or those connections that are outside of or normal circles, but still meaningful. Success in any endeavor requires branching out.
When building your network it's important to get connected to those weak ties that may be able to act as hubs or connectors who can provide us a foot-in-the-door to other networks. These connectors will allow you to forge your way into new networks and ultimately become a hub or connector yourself.
In the not-so-distant past good networking was more about who you were connected to and the potential value of that connection in bolstering your cause. Now, it's more about the number of people you have the ability to poke or message at a moment's notice than it is about the actual quality of your connection. Keep in mind, social media sites like LinkedIn are tools and like any tool, if not used correctly you won't get the desired results.

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New Clip: "Something Old, Something Blue"Nov 4th, 2011 | By Krystal | Category: Featured Articles, Movie News
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Rookie Blair Walsh kicked four field goals, including a 55-yarder as regulation time expired and another one in overtime, and Adrian Peterson returned from a left knee injury to lift the Minnesota Vikings to a 26-23 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
Peterson ran 17 times for 84 yards and two touchdowns for the Vikings, who led for most of the second half until Blaine Gabbert's 39-yard touchdown heave with 20 seconds left in the fourth quarter put the Jaguars back in front.
For the first time since the NFL's new overtime scoring rule was installed last season, the first team on the board didn't immediately run off the field a winner.
After Walsh's 38-yard kick, the Vikings had to play defense again while the Jaguars had their chance to match. But Gabbert was hurried into a fourth-down overthrow, spoiling the debut for new Jaguars coach Mike Mularkey.


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(Reuters) - An appeals court on Monday declined to temporarily shut down Aereo Inc, an online television venture backed by billionaire Barry Diller that broadcasters say is infringing their copyrights.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with the broadcasters, including Walt Disney Co's ABC and Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal, that Aereo should discontinue its service until litigation between the companies is resolved.
The television industry is closely watching the case to see whether it could disrupt the traditional TV model. The industry sees Aereo and other similar services as a threat to its ability to control subscription fees and generate advertising income, its two main sources of revenue.
Aereo does not pay licensing fees to the broadcasters, while paid TV operators, such Comcast and Time Warner Cable, shell out billions in retransmission consent fees to broadcasters.
"I can see cable operators trying to stretch out their retransmission negotiations as long as they can to see how this case is finally decided," said Alan Gould, an analyst with Evercore Partners who follows CBS Corp, Walt Disney and other large media companies that own TV stations.
Gould said analysts have modeled a large increase for networks "retransmission fees" - monthly fees based on how many subscribers each network reaches.
"Now it will depend on what happens when the trial begins," Gould said.
Retransmission fees make up a very small portion of a TV station's revenue stream, which is still heavily dependent on advertising sales.
Subscribers to Aereo can stream live broadcasts of TV channels on mobile devices using miniature antennas, each assigned to one subscriber. The service was launched in March 2012 in the New York area at a cost to subscribers of $12 a month. The company in January announced plans to expand to 22 U.S. cities.
Under U.S. law, copyright owners have the exclusive right to publicly perform their work, and broadcasters argue that Aereo's transmissions of television programs while the programs are airing is a public performance of the broadcasters' copyrighted works.
The appeals court, upholding a lower court ruling, concluded that the broadcasters had not shown they were likely to prove their claims of copyright infringement because Aereo's transmissions are "unique copies" and are not "public performances" of the broadcaster's copyrighted works.
Aereo's technology consists of thousands of antennas housed in a facility in Brooklyn, New York, that are individually assigned to users so that no two of them share the same antenna at the same time.
In determining whether a performance is "public," it is important to determine who is capable of receiving the performance being transmitted, the court said.
Aereo's system creates a "unique copy" of a program and, when a user chooses to watch it, the transmission sent by Aereo is of that unique copy, the court said.
In a joint statement, News Corp's Fox, the Public Broadcasting Service and its New York station WNET, also plaintiffs in the litigation, called the decision "a loss for the entire creative community."
The "court has ruled that it is OK to steal copyrighted material and retransmit it without compensation," they said.
CBS, another plaintiff, said in a statement, "As the courts continue to consider this case and others like it, we are confident that the rights of content owners will be recognized, and that we will prevail."
ABC and NBCUniversal issued a joint statement noting the case is still in its early stages and that they are "confident" the "rights of content owners will be protected."
Shares of CBS, Comcast, Disney and News Corp were all lower in afternoon trading on Monday. CBS was down 2.2 percent and Comcast was down 1.25 percent, while News Corp was down 0.8 percent and Disney was down 0.4 percent.
Aereo's chief executive, Chet Kanojia, said in a statement that the appeals court decision "validates that Aereo's technology falls square within the law" and called it "a great thing for consumers."
Aereo had argued that its technology was designed to conform to court precedent, specifically a 2008 2nd Circuit decision in favor of Cablevision Systems Corp for its remote-storage digital video recorder (RS-DVR) system.
Two of the three judges on the appeals court panel that heard the case agreed with Aereo that its system conforms to the Cablevision ruling.
Appeals court Judge Denny Chin dissented, writing that he believes Aereo's transmissions constitute copyright infringement.
Aereo's technology platform is "a sham," Chin wrote, saying there is "no technologically sound reason" to use a multitude of antennas other than to take advantage of "a perceived loophole in the law."
The cases are CBS Broadcasting Inc., et al v. AEREO, Inc. and WNET, et al v. AEREO, Inc, 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Nos. 12-2807 and 12-2786.
(Reporting By Erin Geiger Smith; Additional reporting by Ronald Grover and Liana Baker; Editing by Steve Orlofsky and Leslie Adler)


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Welcome to Infolab! Here is some info that will help you get started in the Infolab group.
Getting your computer on-line
You have to register your computer for wired/wireless access: https://www-cs.stanford.edu/ip.
This is your main Stanford account, that gives you access to Stanford webservices, create it here: https://accounts.stanford.edu/.
Once you have your SUNetID, you will also get a @stanford.edu e-mail address.
Set up forwarding here: https://accounts.stanford.edu/.
You can access your @stanford.edu e-mail via web: https://webmail.stanford.edu.
Here is some useful information that will help you setup IMAP access to your account: https://itservices.stanford.edu/service/emailcalendar/email/imap.
CS account
You can find a computing guide with a lot of useful information here: http://cs.stanford.edu/computing-guide.
Apply for your account here: https://cs.stanford.edu/webdb/csid.
- Let your advisor / sponsor know about your account.
- Set up a forwarding e-mail address for your account (you will be able to change this later).
Manage your account here: https://cs.stanford.edu/pedit.
Activate Google Apps for your account: GoogleAppsHowto.
Set up Google Apps with your IMAP client: GoogleAppsImap.
InfoLab account
InfoLab accounts are deprecated.
If you need your password changed for some reason please fill out this form: https://snap.stanford.edu/iluser/.
InfoLab servers
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Find the list of servers here: InfolabServers.
Contact form for the system administration: https://support.cs.stanford.edu/.
InfoLab printers
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Set up the color printer: ColorPrinter.
Remote access
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- Possible VPN access.
Stanford cluster of servers for common use
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Toddler development
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Toddlers are children ages 1 - 3.
Jean Piaget, in the cognitive (thought) development theory, includes the following:
- Early use of instruments or tools
- Following visual (then later, invisible) displacement (moving from one place to another) of objects
- Understanding that objects and people are there even if you can't see them (object and people permanence)
Erik H. Erikson's personal-social development theory says the toddler stage represents Autonomy (independence) vs. Shame or Doubt. The child learns to adjust to society's demands, while trying to maintain independence and a sense of self.
These milestones are typical of children in the toddler stages. Some variation is normal. If you have questions about your child's development, contact your health care provider.
The following are signs of expected physical development in a toddler:
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS (use of large muscles in the legs and arms)
- Stands alone well by 12 months
- Walks well by 12 - 15 months (if the child is not walking by 18 months, he or she should be evaluated by a health care provider)
- Learns to walk backwards and up steps with help at about 16 - 18 months
- Throws a ball overhand and kicks a ball forward at about 18 - 24 months
- Jumps in place by about 24 months
- Rides a tricycle and stands briefly on one foot by about 36 months
FINE MOTOR SKILLS (use of small muscles in hands and fingers)
- Makes tower of three cubes by around 15 months
- Scribbles by 15 - 18 months
- Can use spoon and drink from a cup by 24 months
- Can copy a circle by 36 months
- Uses 2 - 3 words (other than Mama or Dada) at 12 - 15 months
- Understands and follows simple commands ("bring to Mommy") at 14 - 16 months
- Names pictures of items and animals at 18 - 24 months
- Points to named body parts at 18 - 24 months
- Begins to say his or her own name at 22 - 24 months
- Combines 2 words at 16 to 24 months -- there is a range of ages at which children are first able to combine words into sentences; if a toddler cannot do so by 24 months, parents should consult their health care provider
- Knows gender and age by 36 months
- Indicates some needs by pointing at 12 - 15 months
- Looks for help when in trouble by 18 months
- Helps to undress and put things away by 18 - 24 months
- Listens to stories when shown pictures and can tell about immediate experiences by 24 months
- Can engage in pretend play and simple games by 24 - 36 months
Toddlers are always trying to be more independent. This creates not only special safety concerns, but discipline challenges. The child must be taught -- in a consistent manner -- the limits of appropriate vs. inappropriate behavior.
When toddlers try out activities they can't quite do yet, they can get frustrated and angry. Breath-holding, crying, screaming, and temper tantrums may be daily occurrences.
It is important for a child to learn from experiences and to be able to rely on consistent boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable behaviors.
Toddler safety is very important.
- It is important for parents to recognize that the child can now walk, run, climb, jump, and explore. This new stage of movement makes child-proofing the home essential. Window guards, gates on stairways, cabinet locks, toilet seat locks, electric outlet covers, and other safety features are essential.
- As during the infancy period, place the toddler in a safety restraint (toddler car seat) when riding in a car.
- Do not leave a toddler unattended for even short periods of time. Remember, more accidents occur during the toddler years than at any other stage of childhood.
- Introduce and strictly stick to rules about not playing in streets or crossing without an adult.
- Falls are a major cause of injury. Keep gates or doors to stairways closed, and use guards for all windows above the ground floor. Do not leave chairs or ladders in areas that are likely to tempt the toddler into climbing up to explore new heights. Use corner guards on furniture in areas where the toddler is likely to walk, play, or run.
- Childhood poisonings are a frequent source of illness and death during the toddler years. Keep all medications in a locked cabinet. Keep all toxic household products (polishes, acids, cleaning solutions, chlorine bleach, lighter fluid, insecticides, or poisons) in a locked cabinet or closet. Many household plants may cause illness if eaten. Toad stools and other garden plants may cause serious illness or death. Get a list of these common plants from your pediatrician.
- If a family member owns a firearm, make sure it is unloaded and locked up in a secure place.
- Keep toddlers away from the kitchen with a safety gate, or place them in a playpen or high chair. This will eliminate the danger of burns from pulling hot foods off the stove or bumping into the hot oven door.
- Toddlers love to play in water, but should never be allowed to do so alone. A toddler may drown even in shallow water in a bathtub. Parent-child swimming lessons can be another safe and enjoyable way for toddlers to play in water. Never leave a child unattended near a pool, open toilet, or bathtub. Toddlers cannot learn how to swim and cannot be independent near any body of water.
- The toddler years are the time to begin instilling values, reasoning, and incentives in the child, so that they learn accepted rules of behavior. It is important for parents to be consistent both in modeling behavior (behaving the way you want your child to behave),and in addressing appropriate versus inappropriate behavior in the child. Recognize and reward positive behavior. You can introduce time-outs for negative behavior, or for going beyond the limits you set for your child.
- The toddler's favorite word may seem to be "NO!!!" It is important for parents not to fall into a pattern of negative behavior with yelling, spanking, and threatening of their own.
- Teach children the proper names of body parts.
- Stress the unique, individual qualities of the child.
- Teach concepts of please, thank you, and sharing with others.
- Read to the child on a regular basis -- it will enhance the development of verbal skills.
- Toddlers thrive on regularity. Major changes in their routine are challenging for them. Toddlers should have regular nap, bed, snack, and meal times.
- Toddlers should not be allowed to eat many snacks throughout the day. Multiple snack times tend to suppress their appetite for regular meals, which tend to be more balanced.
- Travel and guests can be expected to disrupt the child's routine and make them more irritable. The best responses to these situations are reassurance and reestablishing routine in a calm way.
Feigelman S. The second year. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 9.


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The digitization for the Cabaniss papers (funded by NHPRC) is spelled out in Septimus_D._Cabaniss_Papers and the instructions for getting it from the share drive to online in Acumen (all performed by Digital Services staff) is spelled out in Make_It_Live!.
The procedures Jody follows to move the content into long-term storage are spelled out in Moving_Content_To_Long-Term_Storage with the exception of creating derivatives, moving the content to the storage drive, and coping the MODS live (steps 25-28). Those were already completed by Digital Services staff, above.
Eventually, we expect to add the step of creating OCR for targeted segments of this collection, which are being noted during digitization. That OCR will be created by script (see For_Creating_Derivatives) and will then be used to improve searchability.


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Last we saw her, she was leaving on a jet plane.
The Season 3 finale of ABC's gasp-fest "Scandal" saw D.C. fixer Olivia Pope, played by Kerry Washington, fly off into the sunset with sometimes suitor Jake Ballard, ignoring a call from crestfallen President Fitz. It's not a question of if she'll be back, but rather whether she'll actually get a handle on a Fitz-free life.
Washington will stop by the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday to take part in a live chat at 11 a.m. PDT -- and we'll be getting her thoughts on Liv's fight-or-flight response in the season-ender.
We can't say we blame Liv for wanting to escape. The panic-ridden season saw her contend with the realities of her rogue parents, more than a few deaths and woes among her Gladiator team. Wine and popcorn can only do so much to combat the stress.
It all leads to many questions that we'll pose to Washington when she joins us. If you want to get in on the inquisition, tweet us your questions using #askLATimes or leave them here in the comments section.


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Cilk Arts, developer of the Cilk++ platform which lets C++ developers more easily exploit multicore processors, has joined Intel. Intel acquired the entire development team and all of Cilk Arts products and technology.
According to Intel's James Reinders, Cilk technology will complement tools such as OpenMP and Intel Threading Building Blocks. Over the coming weeks, Cilk++ will be integrated into Intel parallel tools like Intel Parallel Studio.
Cilk technology offers parallel extensions that are tightly tied into a compiler. This has pluses and minuses when compared with compiler independent methods like Intel Threading Building Blocks. Having both is better than either alone, and both will have strong followings.
The Cilk++ cross-platform solution lets developers maximize application performance on multicore processors by providing a set of extensions for C++, coupled with a runtime system for multicore-enabled applications. Cilk++ enables rapid development, testing, and deployment of high-performance multicore applications.
Cilk++ addresses two large problems:
- Enabling programmers to develop multithreaded (or parallel) applications; and
- Providing a smooth path to multicore for legacy applications that otherwise cannot easily leverage the performance capabilities of multicore processors.
With Cilk++, developers can retain the serial semantics of existing applications, use existing serial methodologies for programming, tooling, debugging, and regression testing.


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Rather than poke up through the soil, icing flowers emerge, petal by petal, from the shiny tip of a pastry bag. Still, each little bud, smelling of sweet butter, seems as miraculous as one of nature's own.
With a pastry bag and a set of tips, you can fashion cakes as charming as fresh-picked bouquets. First, get comfortable with the equipment: Choose a pastry bag that isn't too large, 10 or 12 inches, and fill it with no more than one cup of frosting. Twist the top of the bag, and use your writing hand to keep it closed as you apply pressure to pipe the shapes; with your other hand, you can steady the tip or rotate the cake. Don't worry if those first attempts aren't flawless -- they'll still be delicious.
The Equipment
Our 10-cup buttercream recipe is best made using an electric mixer with at least a five-quart bowl. You can also make it with a handheld electric mixer in a large heatproof bowl, but the mixing times will likely be longer than those listed here.
Disposable pastry bags are quite helpful: They are inexpensive enough to buy in quantity, and having many makes it possible to use one for each shade of frosting, so you can switch from color to color. There's no need to buy an entire set of pastry tips; at a dollar or less per tip at cookware stores, you can buy just the ones you need. Fitting the bags with couplers allows you to change pastry tips without emptying the bag.
The Buttercream
Having plenty of frosting on hand allows you to practice mixing colors and piping flowers before you begin decorating. To blend colors, first tint a small amount of buttercream by adding gel-paste food coloring a dab at a time. Blend after each addition, until the color is darker than you would like. (You can use a single shade of food coloring or experiment by mixing two or more.) Gradually mix the tinted frosting into more buttercream until you get the right shade. Pipe flowers onto parchment or waxed paper until you're comfortable enough to try them on the actual cake.
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Cupcakes make excellent canvases for beginners, since they're easy to maneuver. A coupler, a plastic ring that screws onto the end of a pastry bag, allows you to change tips easily. As you pipe, wipe off the tip frequently for neat results. We piped the chrysanthemums directly onto the cupcakes.
Making a Chrysanthemum
Make the leaves first: With the No. 68 leaf tip and green frosting, hold the bag at a 45 degree angle to the cake with the tip's flat side up. Squeeze bag, and pull out from the base of the leaf, releasing pressure and lifting to form the end.
With the coupler alone (or the No. 12 round tip) and frosting in the flower color, make a raised one-half-inch-wide dot to anchor the petals. Change to the No. 80 fluted tip; hold bag at a 45-degree angle against the edge of the dot, the tip forming a U.
Gently squeeze the bag while pulling out in a quick stroke. Repeat all around the dot; form two or more petal layers over the first, making petals shorter and pulling bag upward with each layer.
With the No. 3 tip and green frosting, pipe three dots in the center.


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World-renowned art superstar Takashi Murakami (and his production company Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.) has always dabbled in fine art mediums with a large splash of commercial elements, but his latest venture is taking on the largest popular medium of them all. Jellyfish Eyes is the artist's first foray into live-action, full-length films, and from the looks of the incredible trailer, it will have all of the elements of Murakami's "superflat" mix of high and low culture.
"Jellyfish Eyes tells the story of Masashi, a young boy who moves to a sleepy town in the Japanese countryside with his mother in the wake of a natural disaster. After returning home from his new elementary school one day, Masashi discovers a flying jellyfish-like creature whom he befriends and names Kurage-bo. Masashi soon discovers that all his classmates have similarly magical pets, known as F.R.I.E.N.D.s, which are controlled by electronic devices that the children use to battle one another. Despite their playful appearances, however, these F.R.I.E.N.D.s turn out to be part of a sinister plot that will threaten the entire town."
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Australian Joe Gambles once again overwhelmed the bike section of the Boulder Ironman 70.3 triathlon Sunday to capture his fourth consecutive championship in dominating fashion.
The women's pro race was much closer with Great Britain athletes Jodie Swallow and Rachel Joyce separated by just 4 seconds in the transition from the 56-mile bike ride to the 13.1-mile run. But Swallow eventually pulled away and cruised to a similarly easy victory finishing in 4 hours, 7 minutes, 37 seconds and 1:24.41 ahead of Joyce.
While both winners wowed onlookers with impressive efforts to earn $10,000 each in first-place prize money , no one matched the Father's Day inspiration provided and emotion displayed by Great Britain's Tim Don, who managed to cut a 4-minute deficit after the bike in half to finish second to Gambles in the men's pro race.
Don reached the finish line while Gambles was already in the midst of his finish line interview. Don completed the course in 3:44.5. It didn't matter a lick that he was 1:52.31 behind Gambles winning time of 3:42.13.
Don paused at the finish line seemingly almost unable to cross it. Maybe he couldn't believe he had reached it after virtually no substantial training in the two weeks leading up to the race.
Training just wasn't anywhere near the top of the priority list after Don and his wife, Kelly, learned their 3-year-old daughter, Matilda, needed brain surgery to remove a baseball sized cyst from her brain. The cyst was discovered during an MRI after weeks of failed attempts to control severe headaches.
The Dons have spent much of the past two weeks at Children's Hospital in Denver before, during and after the successful procedure. Matilda is home now recovering.
So there Don was, the bushy-haired former world champion shuddering as he unleashed a wave of emotion and stress carried a much longer distance than the 70.3 miles the course covered.
"We left the hospital on Friday afternoon," Don said. "It puts life into perspective. ...I'm just thankful that everyone is safe and happy and I'm just a very, very lucky guy."
Don said he felt rusty on the bike after a week sleeping in a hospital chair. The bike is where Gambles excels and it's where he made his mark again Sunday.
Gambles was the seventh man out of the water following the 1.2-mile swim. He moved up only one spot during the transition from the swim to the bike, but he was well on his way to a commanding lead midway through the 56-mile cycling portion of the race. He opened up a 1:25.00 advantage after 29 miles on the bike and he racked his bike, changed his shoes and was completely out of view with a 4-minute advantage by the time Don reached the second transition area.
Gambles said the fact that he lives along the course and rides the area regularly in training helps give him an advantage, even though most of the other elite competitors in the field also live or train in Boulder. He said he trained to put the hammer down on the first 10 miles of the bike following advice from his coach and it paid off.
"That's our whole thing now," Gambles said. "I'm training so hard and training like a cyclist. He has helped me so much."
Gambles was quick to note that he might not have won so easily and might not have pulled off the four-peat at all if Don hadn't endured such a taxing buildup to the race. It's not often a winner by nearly 2 minutes winds up in awe of the effort from the man he beat. That was the case with Gambles paying tribute to Don and his family after the race.
"It's incredible, amazing," Gambles said. "I know he was probably running on pure emotion the first 10 miles of the run. It got him a long way and very close to me.
"I don't know how he fronted up today and raced. I don't think I could do it. ...It was pretty impressive by him."
Gambles said Sunday's victory was a solid stepping stone to his final three races of the year including the 70.3 world championships in Septembers and the Kona Ironman in October.
"It's an exciting year and I just hope it continues this way," he said.
On the women's side with both Swallow and Joyce owning previous world championships, the fact they were so close entering the run seemed to promise an exciting finish.
Joyce, who described herself as 'a bit of diesel engine" who takes awhile to get rolling, did her best to make it happen. She fell behind in the first loop of the run but managed to catch Swallow in the second half before falling back again.
"I know how tough she is and she pulled away again," Joyce said. "I got a bit low on energy. I was looking for Coke and gels. I just had nothing left to give in those final kind of four miles."
Swallow said she knew she could win the race in the moments after Joyce caught her during the run because she could hear Joyce breathing harder than her.
"I've never won a race like that before with a huge gap way off the front and I stay there," Swallow said.
Boulder's Laura Bennett was the first American across the finish line in the women's race, finishing in fifth place 6:02 behind Swallow.
Ben Hoffman was the first American man to finish. He was sixth, 5:44 behind Gambles.
The race paid a combined total of $25,000 in prize money to the first six finishers in both the men's and women's races.
Men's pro race
1. Joe Gambles, Australia, 3:42.13. 2. Tim Don, Great Britain, 3:44.05. 3. Richie Cunningham, Australia, 3:46.54. 4. Callum Millward, New Zealand, 3:47.23. 5. Paul Matthews, Australia, 3:47.50. 6. Ben Hoffman, United States, 3:47.57. 7. James Seear, Australia, 3:51.38. 8. Kevin Collington, United States, 3:52.23. 9. Paul Ambrose, Australia, 3:55.30. 10. Jordon Jones, United States, 3:59.09.
Women's pro race
1. Jodie Swallow, Great Britain, 4:07.37. 2.Rachel Joyce, Great Britain, 4:09.00. 3. Leanda Cave, Great Britain, 4:13.03. 4. Rebekah Keat, Australia, 4:13.23. 5. Laura Bennett, United States, 4:13.38. 6. Jeanni Seymour, South Africa, 4:17.36. 7. Mandy McLane, 4:22.57. 8. Lesley Smith, United States, 4:26.56. 9. Whitney Garcia-McCain, United States, 4:30.59. 10. Sarah Graves, United States, 4:35.27.
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The majority of automated tests are testing for program correctness. A test failure on these tests implies that program behaviour is not as expected by the tests. These tests are run every build on Windows, Linux, and Mac OSX.
- See this page for information about running JUnit4 tests within the Automated Testing Framework.
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- In the Navigator or Package Explorer, select the test or test suite you want to run. Each test package typically contains a TestSuite class that contains all the tests in that package. Suites from multiple packages are then aggregated into higher level suites. Here are some useful suites to know about:
- org.eclipse.ui.tests.UiTestSuite - runs all UI tests
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In the Eclipse Galileo release the utility EasyMock was added to the platform test framework. EasyMock is used to create fake implementations of objects in order to test units of functionality in isolation from other objects. See the EasyMock documentation for more details.
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The above options will instruct the profile agent to start CPU sampling immediately on startup, and to save a performance snapshot on exit. YourKit supports various other options for configuring the headless profile agent.
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The table below gathers pros and cons of tools making UI testing easier. It should help developers to choose the most appropriate tool.
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Theodore L. Agnew Jr. (1916-2007)
Theodore L. Agnew Jr., longtime member of the Department of History at Oklahoma State University and a life member of the AHA, died April 15, 2007, in Tucson, Arizona. Ted Agnew was born in 1916 in Ogden, Illinois; he attended Ogden High School and graduated in 1933. He attended the University of Illinois and received the BA degree in history in 1937. He was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. In 1938 Agnew received the MA degree in history from the University of Illinois, and in 1939 he began doctoral study at Harvard University. His study at Harvard was interrupted by service in the U.S. Navy (1942–46). Agnew returned to Harvard after the war, and worked with Arthur Schlesinger Sr. He completed his PhD in history in 1954.
In 1947 Ted Agnew took up a position as assistant professor at Oklahoma A&M College, which later became Oklahoma State University (OSU). He was a beloved teacher of history and was also very active in campus affairs. He was a long-term member of the American Association of University Professors and in the early 1950s helped to reactivate the local chapter. He was also active in the Faculty Council at OSU, serving in 1963–64 as chair. In 1960, Agnew was promoted to professor in the OSU history department.
Agnew was the author of a chapter on local church history in OSU's Centennial History volume and of biographical sketches published in American National Biography and Notable American Women. He also wrote a history of the Methodist Church's South Central Jurisdiction and worked with the Will Rogers Project on collecting and editing a record of Rogers's writings, talks, and performances. He was a longtime member of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the Southern Historical Association.
In 1942 Agnew married Jeanne LeCaine of Port Arthur, Ontario. They had five children. Jeanne was a professor of mathematics at OSU, and Ted and Jeanne retired from OSU at the same time, in 1984. She predeceased Ted in 2000. Survivors include four children, seven grandchildren, and many other family members.
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I have read that for humans to absorb the nutrients from carrots, the carrots must be cooked because human bodies can not break down the cell walls in carrots to get the nutrients out. However, I have also been told that purple carrots lose their purple color when cooked. Is the blue phytonutrient in purple carrots destroyed by cooking? Should one eat some cooked and some uncooked carrots to get all the nutrients from carrots? What about ground up carrots in carrot juice? Do they contain the full balance of nutrients in carrots, both orange and purple?
In consulting with our nutrition experts here, we know of no scientific evidence indicating that carrots must be cooked in order to absorb the nutrients they contain. It is true that cooking can reduce some nutrient content in foods, but it can also make some nutrients more available to the body. Cooking veggies such as carrots for a shorter amount of time until they are just tender can help retain nutrients.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) published an article a few years back entitled, "Carrots with Character." It discusses the various colors of carrots and the studies done on the phytochemicals (phytonutrients) associated with them. You may find this of interest: http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/nov04/carrot1104.htm
It is important to note that all fruits and vegetables contain their own unique "thumbprint" with regard to the nutrients, fiber and phytochemicals they offer. Because of this, it is widely recommended to consume fruits and vegetables of all colors to maximize their health benefits. Remember, foods also work synergistically, possibly enhancing nutrient availability when eaten in combination with each other.
The take-home message here is just to include more fruits and veggies in your diet—all colors and all product forms (fresh, frozen, canned, dried & 100% juice). Let color be your guide, and get creative with your meals and snacks! Check out our delicious fruit and veggie tips and recipes right here on the website!


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Eaton County Jail
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The Eaton County Jail has a housing capacity of 374 inmates and is currently staffed by a Captain, a Lieutenant, 7 Corrections Sergeants, 35 Corrections Deputies, and 3 full-time Clerical Support Staff Members. Our Jail Health services is staffed by 2 Registered Nurses, 2 full-time and 1 part-time EMT and one clerical staff member. Our Food Service is staffed by 5 full-time and one part-time staff member. We also provide the Courts with two Court Security Deputies and one Corrections Deputy who coordinates the Community Corrections Inmate Work Crew Program. Nearly 5,000 individuals are admitted to our facility each year.
In the State of Michigan, an individual is considered an adult at the age of 17 and may be held in jail. Any inmates sentenced to the State of Michigan Prison system start by serving some time in a county jail. Jails like ours, throughout the country hold diverse populations of inmates from pre-trial detainees those serving sentence on misdemeanor and felony charges to those awaiting transport to the Michigan Department of Corrections Prison system. For example, we may have someone serving time for shop-lifting or someone awaiting trial for murder.
Occasionally non-violent inmates at our facility are granted work release by the courts. If Work Release status is granted by a judge the individual is allowed to leave the facility and report directly to work daily returning to the facility after work hours until they have completed the imposed sentence. This program allows them to maintain their present status of employment, so they may return as productive citizens once released from our custody. These individuals are charged a housing fee of $21.00 per day. Money collected from the Work Release program is utilized by Eaton County for the provision of much needed services to our area's residents.
Inmates in our facility have access to order various items through our Inmate Commissary. Those without money during incarceration receive only legally mandated hygiene and communication materials for which they will be billed after release. The Inmate Commissary is operated in cooperation with Canteen services Inc, and is funded by sales the Counties portion of the review generated is set aside to defray some of the cost of inmate service provided for the betterment of the residents such as education programs. Luxuries like candy bars and coffee are not given to inmates; however, they may be purchased by those who have money other items include health and hygiene, writing and recreational items.
Sentenced inmates at the Eaton County Jail are charged a $32.00 per day housing fee. Billed after they are released if they do not make arrangements to settle the debt, collection procedures are implemented. Inmates are responsible for paying for many of the cost incurred during incarceration including doctor, dentist, nurse visits and other related medical charges incurred at our facility. The goal of this medical payment and collection system, within the guidelines of the law, is to reduce the burden to the taxpayers.
Eaton County Jail also rents space to other counties when available. This generates money to the County's general fund; thereby, significantly reducing an additional burden to taxpayers.
Food Services Unit
The Food Services Unit of the Jail is responsible for feeding all inmates in the Eaton County Jail. Providing three meals per day, totaling hundreds of thousands of meals served per year. All special medical diets, such as those for diabetics and food allergies must be prepared properly to meet the needs of these individuals. This Unit is managed by a Dietitian who supervises 4 full-time cooks, 1 part-time cooks, and a number of inmate helpers (called Inmate Workers). By making large purchases and utilizing government surplus food, the Food Services Unit produces an average meal for a very economical $1.20 per meal.
Inmate Educational Unit
The Inmate Educational Unit (Inmate School Program) is run by two part –time teacher's. One is grant funded through Charlotte Schools and the second is a part-time teacher from Potterville School's Adult Education Program. Advocating the release of productive citizens into society is far more beneficial than releasing those who are incapable of becoming productive citizens.
Jail Health Clinic
The Jail Health Clinic operations are overseen by two full-time Registered Nurses, 2 full-time and one part time EMT and a full-time Clerk. A local doctor provides service at the facility once or twice a week and a local dentist provide services monthly. Psychological services are also provided to inmates by Eaton County Community Mental Health Services. Eaton County Substance Abuse and AA volunteers assist with drug and alcohol counseling for our inmates.
All housed inmates receive a physical examination for medical screening, problems and contagious diseases. Two negative pressure rooms are utilized for suspected tuberculosis cases. H.I.V. counseling and testing is also available.
The Eaton County Jail and Medical Clinic are accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. Strict standards must be followed in order to maintain this accreditation. Therefore, quality care and operational standards are adhered to at our facility.
Jail Administrator
The Jail Administrator for the Eaton County Jail is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all areas of the Corrections Division. Our facility is a 374 bed facility. All sections of the Jail are included within the command of the Jail Administrator, including Food Services Unit, the Health Care Clinic, and Educational Unit.
The Jail Administrator establishes official guidelines which Corrections Deputies implement through various objectives based on local, state and federal laws. In order to insure that the necessary guidelines are being met, the Jail Administrator must keep informed of and review new laws as they are passed and work to incorporate them into our policies and procedures.
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding the Eaton County Jail please feel free to contact the Jail Administrator at (517)543-5041.


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After swimming at the city recreational center pool, 10-yr-old Brian needed a break and something to eat. Dripping wet, he walked out of the pool and onto the tiled floor in the center's lobby. Once in the lobby, he headed for the candy machine, the last in a row of three vending machines. As he dropped his coins into the machine, several nearby kids saw him suddenly jerk and shake violently. One individual raced to Brian's aid and received an electric shock upon touching the boy. Then, Brian fell to the floor. The recreational center manager immediately dialed 9-1-1. Despite life-saving measures given by pool lifeguards at the scene as well as continued resuscitation efforts by paramedics in the ambulance, Brian was pronounced dead at the hospital. The coroner declared "cardiac arrest secondary to electrocution" as the cause of death.
Because the pool was owned and operated by the city, the local government's risk management officer initiated an investigation into the accident. As good insurance practice dictated, the city identified and contacted the companies involved in the manufacture of the machines, the distributor that placed them at the site, and the company that stocked and serviced them. These companies, in turn, notified their insurance companies of the potential liability of their equipment or employees' actions. Because the case involved a fatality, most of the insurance carriers hired legal counsel, investigators, and expert witnesses.
Lawyers for the insurance carrier of the company that supplied, stocked, and serviced the candy machine hired our firm for forensic analysis. The parties that owned the two soft drink vending machines also retained experts. Each was faced with the same problem: Several questions had yet to be answered. What, if anything, was wrong with the vending machines? Was there an internal failure? Were the machines properly grounded? We had to answer these questions before determining the cause of the boy's death.
Whenever a product-related liability exists in a civil action, industry protocol dictates that all parties involved be notified of the accident and a date be set for a coordinated investigation. Once this was done, we conducted an inspection of the pool facility's electrical system and the three vending machines. (Specific requirements for notification and participation appear in ASTM E 860, Standard Practice for Examining and Testing Items That Are Or May Become Involved in Products Liability Litigation).
The initial stages of the investigation yielded few clues. Paying specific attention to the branch circuit that supplied the receptacle where the vending machines were plugged in, we inspected and tested the building's electrical distribution system for proper polarity and grounding integrity. Measurements of the open circuit voltage and voltage drop fell within acceptable limits. The grounding type duplex receptacle that supplied power to the vending machines had been installed in accordance with NEC 210.7, ensuring proper grounding continuity to the circuit breaker panel ground connection. We also found the panel was properly bonded to the service entrance grounding point, which was effectively grounded.
Next, we moved on to the next battery of tests. First, we used an appliance insulation tester (similar to a Megger) to ensure the motors and associated components of each machine had the proper electrical insulating qualities. As specified in Standard UL 471, Commercial Refrigerators and Freezers, we also tested the three machines for excessive leakage current to their frame, but they all fell within acceptable limits for both tests.
A visual inspection finally revealed the problem. While examining the three machines, we found several strands of copper conductor adhered to the bottom edge of one of the metal legs of the candy machine. We examined and tested the vending machine power cords next. In addition, the candy machine power cord plug had a broken grounding pin, and microscopic examination showed it had endured melt damage.
Next, we realized the officials who had initially responded to and investigated the accident had removed the power cord of one of the soft drink machines. Examination and testing of the cord revealed a portion of the cord was damaged, exposing the stranded energized conductor. The other soft drink machine's power cord was in good condition.
After the site inspection, testing, and examination of the vending machines and power cords, we knew the following conditions existed at the time of the accident: The power cord from one of the soft drink machines had been pinched under the candy machine's metal leg (Photos 1 and 2 above). The outer insulation of the cord gradually became damaged, and the energized conductor eventually made contact with the metal leg of the candy machine. This condition, coupled with the fact that the grounding pin on the candy machine's power cord was broken (Photo 3 above), caused the candy machine's metal cabinet to become energized. After recreating these conditions, we found the potential for almost full line voltage between the candy machine cabinet and the wet tiled floor — all the necessary circumstances for a fatal accident.
Despite these discoveries, several questions remained unanswered. Who last moved the machines? Who plugged the damaged attachment plug into the wall receptacle? Had anyone reported receiving shocks from the machine before the boy's electrocution? What inspection requirements should have been in place to ensure a safely operating machine?
Our investigation ended when all parties reached a confidential settlement. The recreational center placed rubber mats in front of the vending machines and instituted a safety inspection policy for the vending machines whenever distributors came to restock them. More importantly, the city electrical inspector began making periodic inspections of the recreational facility, including the vending machines.
Foley is President of Technical Consultants Group, Ltd., Denver. His firm specializes in electro-forensic engineering investigations.


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Obscene Emission
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Obscene Emission was a zine created by Neil Edgar.
Published in the 2000's and focusing on music, Obscene Emission covers such genres as Hardcore punk, Grindcore, Thrash, Death Metal and Black Metal. Bands such as Victim, Amana, Destruction's End and Goatcult are interviewed, as well as editor Dan of the zine Dismalfuture. The zine also features editorials, and reviews of recordings and other zines. Contributors have included Nicke Sweden, who does interviews and scene reports from Sweden, and Natassja of Bitchcraft zine. It's a cut and paste zine created from within the California prison complex and is distributed by Fanorama Society.
Neil Edgar is also the creator of Wiener Society.


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Incompatible Info Systems Pose a Homeland Security Challenge, White House Info Czar Says
By Gerry J. Gilmore
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2002 –- Sorting through and integrating different computer information systems from the 22 agencies slated to comprise the new Department of Homeland Security presents "a challenge," the White House's chief Homeland Security information official said here today.
Agencies selected to merge into the DHS will bring a variety of disparate, separate databases with them, Lee Holcomb, director for information structure in the White House Office of Homeland Security, told a homeland security conference audience here.
Prior to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America, a number of federal agencies had developed technologies and systems to integrate within an agency setting, but in many cases did not address information sharing across multiple agencies, Holcomb said. Such advanced capability, he added, is a mandatory asset for the new DHS, which is slated to start up in March 2003.
Many existing databases operated by DHS-designated agencies, and systems run by other organizations expected to work closely with the Homeland Security Department are currently "not mutually accessible," Holcomb added.
Additionally, he noted that much of the communications equipment now used by civic emergency first responders such as police and fire and rescue workers, is either outdated or incompatible with federal gear.
"In many cases, police officers are operating 1970s analog radios," Holcomb pointed out. Such discrepancies will be solved, he emphasized, by testing and selecting a model emergency-response setup, complete with modern, interoperable communications equipment.
Under a key initiative called Project Safecom, Holcomb noted, firefighters, police officers and emergency medical technicians gain the ability to communicate seamlessly and quickly to help preserve life and property during a disaster.
"It is very critical that we are giving them the tools they need to protect communities to the maximum extent possible," he concluded.


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Readings in the Sociology of Norm Violation
Author: Clifton D. Bryant
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Category: Social Science
Page: 866
View: 7831The popular image of Japanese society is a steroetypical one - that of a people characterised by a coherent set of thought and behaviour patterns, applying to all Japanese and transcending time. Ross Mouer and Yoshio Sugimoto found this image quite incongruous during their research for this book in Japan. They ask whether this steroetype of the Japanese is not only generated by foreigners but by the Japanese themselves. This is likely to be a controversial book as it does not contribute to the continuing mythologising of Japan and the Japanese. The book examines contemporary images of Japanese society by surveying an extensive sample of popular and academic literature on Japan. After tracing the development of "holistic" theories about the Japanese, commonly referred to as the "group model", attention is focused on the evaluation of that image. Empirical evidence contrary to this model is discussed and methodological lacunae are cited. A "sociology of Japanology" is also presented. In pursuit of other visions of Japanese society, the authors argue that certain aspects of Japanese behaviour can be explained by considering Japanese society as the exact inverse of the portayal provided by the group model. The authors also present a multi-dimensional model of social stratification, arguing that much of the variation in Japanese behaviour can be understood within the framework as having universal equivalence.


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Better With Age
This story appears in the February 2000 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
Who wants to be the first retailer to buy a new product from an inventor--the first to have the next Pokémon or Beanie Baby on his or her shelves? Most inventors will tell you the answer: nobody.
Not surprisingly, retailers are reluctant to buy from new companies. For starters, they don't like to take on small, one-product businesses because of the work involved in setting up and maintaining new vendors. But the main reason is that retailers don't want to get stuck with left-over inventory. Though retailers typically send products back to their suppliers when they don't sell them, they worry about not receiving rebates from smaller inventors.
It's a Catch-22 inventors often find themselves in: Once they've showed a few years' stability, retailers will open their doors--but inventors need retailers to let them in so they can build that credibility. How do you get around the problem? By clawing out a small initial sales base and hanging tough until the big retailers are ready to buy.
Don Debelak is a new-business marketing consultant who has introduced new products for more than 20 years. He is the author of Bringing Your Product to Market (John Wiley & Sons). Questions may be sent to him at email@example.com.
Wired For Sound
Forty-one-year-old Brad Young of Boulder, Colorado, is a diehard outdoor enthusiast who counts snowboarding, downhill skiing and telemark skiing on Colorado's biggest mountains as his hobbies. In 1990, he came up with the idea of putting earphones in a headband to allow skiers, bikers and other athletes to listen to their portable cassette players while pursuing their favorite activities. But he didn't do anything with the idea until 1996. "I just couldn't believe that no one had come up with the idea before," Young says. Waiting year after year for the product that never came, Young finally launched Outdoor Dynamics Inc. (dba HeadBANdZ).
Young and his company president, Russ Landau, 28, have struggled for the past three years to build their company and their efforts have been rewarded with sales doubling every year. They expect to sell 15,000 units this year. Not financially successful yet, they now have a large order pending with a major apparel manufacturer; have signed a lucrative deal with Walking Co., a chain of 80 stores selling products for mallwalkers; and have landed a regional distributor whose salespeople help get HeadBANdZ into ski shops in the mountain states.
Though Young's invention appeals to his target audience--outdoor sports enthusiasts--it doesn't particularly appeal to ski shops or other retailers. Why? Retailers worry first about their major sales items--skis, ski boots and ski jackets. An accessory like Young's HeadBANdZ sells at a fraction of the cost of these major items, and retailers don't see HeadBANdZ as a big money-making opportunity.
So how do you find those brave souls who will buy first? You could try following Young's route, which, though fairly traditional, provided the exposure he needed to get his product on the shelf:
1. Attend industry trade shows. Inventors need buyers with two characteristics: They must be willing to take a chance, and they must really like the inventor's products. Trade shows are the perfect places to find these types of people. Hundreds, sometimes thousands, of buyers will walk by a booth every day. Those who are interested in a product will stop and talk, initiating the contact inventors need to make their sales pitch.
The cost of attending a trade show is its major drawback. Inventors often spend $4,000 to $20,000 on a trade show, including space rental, the booth itself, travel and shipping costs. Still, I've found trade shows are usually the most cost-effective way for an inventor to reach a large number of buyers.
Young got his product into the Snowsports Industry of America Show and the Outdoor Retailer Show. Through these shows, he landed deals with Walking Co., Herrington Catalog and Early Winters.
2. Arrange for your products to be given away at community events. Young took his product to ski and snowboard expos, "demo days" run by ski resorts, and ran in cross-country events, hoping to get his product used as a giveaway. At a ski event in Keystone Mountain, Colorado, his tactic worked. "There was a lull in the action, so I went over to the announcer and asked if he wanted prizes to give away. Of course, he said yes," says Young. "I suggested he tie in the HeadBANdZ with the music coming out over the PA system. He called people up to the stand, and the first one to name the artist performing the song won a HeadBANdZ. The announcer explained the product and said its name more than 50 times in a half-hour period."
That's the type of great exposure that builds demand for a product. As Young says, "It's easy to sell to a store after people have been requesting your product."
3. Pound the pavement. Young also called on shops, catalogs and other retailers. He found two catalog retailers willing to give his product a chance: Herrington, which handles a large number of sporting goods products, and Early Winters, a supplier of outdoor clothing.
Some stores, swayed by the inventor's enthusiasm, purchased the product. Young's average account was $200 to $500--not exactly the fast-track to becoming a million-dollar success. But presence in stores is essential because it attracts distributors, who buy in quantity. Young's new distributor, Mountain States Specialties, has nine salespeople calling on ski shops, advertising specialty businesses and markets Young hadn't even considered. Without proving his product would sell first, however, Young would have had a tough time lining up a quality distributor. By the time he signed with Mountain States Specialties, Young was already in about 50 stores and catalogs.
Slow And Steady
Young spent $60,000 to launch his product line--and that covered production, sales, marketing, and patent costs. Though he believes he's been held back due to limited funds, more money wouldn't have solved his problem. He needed a track record before buyers had confidence in his staying power.
Don't get discouraged if sales start out slow. That doesn't mean buyers don't like your product; it may mean that you just haven't proven you're going to be around for awhile. Show them longevity, and you'll see buyers start looking at you with a whole new attitude.
Lookin' Good
Inventors' products need visual impact to succeed on retailers' shelves. Brad Young spent a lot of time working on colors and fabrics for his HeadBANdZ to give them what he calls a "not nerdy" look. No matter how practical your customers might be, there's no doubt visual appeal is a major selling point to retailers, who want a dynamic-looking product, and to customers, who want to look cool.
One of the hottest product categories on the market today is portable MP3 players that download and play music from the Internet. Noting their explosive growth, major companies, including RCA, Samsung and Creative Labs, jumped into the market. Sensory Science, a smaller manufacturer, recently introduced its own version. One step the company took to compete against larger corporations was to create an innovative look. Rather than the rectangular or square box most of its competitors employed, the raveMP 2100 from Sensory Science comes in a unique hourglass shape. Its visual styling gave retailers, customers and even industry experts an extra incentive to pick up the product--and it's helped the company keep up in a fiercely competitive category.
Rep Talk
One way inventors get around the problem of being the new kid on the block is to hire independent sales agents, also called manufacturers' representatives. Rep companies and individual representatives typically work with a plethora of buyers in an industry. Retailers are often more willing to buy from sales agents because reps typically check out the companies they sell for and won't handle a business with a shaky financial background. If the buyer trusts the representative, he or she will transfer that trust to the products the representative sells.
How do you find agents to sell your product? Brad Young posts a sign in his booth at trade shows saying he's looking for representatives. Other methods you can use to find representatives:
1. Visit stores and look for products similar to yours that appear to be from smaller manufacturers. Young, for example, looked for clothing accessories. Then ask the store manager who the representative is that sells the product.
2. Look in industry trade magazines for representatives advertising for new lines. Trade magazines often operate booths at major trade shows, or you can find them at the library in either the Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media or the Standard Periodical Directory.
3. Look in the library for the MANA Directory of Manufacturers' Sales Agencies, which lists the names of representatives around the country, or contact the association directly at Manufacturers' Agents National Association, P.O. Box 3467, Laguna Hills, CA 92654 or by calling (877) MANA-PRO.
Contact Source
headBANdZ, (303) 494-0495, http://www.headbandz.com.


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4x: Mmm Mmmmmm
Soldier rag on my eye, soldier fit on my frame
I scream, "Whoa" when I come through makin that MAC-11 sang
If I die in battle, tell my folks I wasn't no joke when I blasted
Wrap me up in camoflauge, and put that tank on my casket
That nigga was hip hop, that nigga was gangsta
That nigga was tall, that nigga was slim
That nigga was shell shocked, you wouldn't want fuck with him
I hung with killas, I hung with soldiers, I hung with Gs
I hung with thugs, I hung with them niggas who probably wanted to murder
But fuck em, I cross my heart and pull the trigger
Dear God if I die, let me see the eyes of my killa, so I can haunt that
Poppa shot me through the rubber
He knew that I would be a young bad muthafucka
When I
Chorus (2x): Murder, murder (murder, murder)
Kill, kill (kill, kill)
Shit's real (shit's real)
On the battlefield (on the battlefield)
I said I'm sick and tired of tellin you niggas I'm not that nigga to
Play with
They thinkin that they can just tell me whatever they want and I ain't gon
Say shit
I guess I'm supposed to be lettin you call me bitches and hoes to my
Just look at ya, let ya fuck over me, ignore ya, then go by my way
Cut it out, stop that, unless ya got that feelin
However, wherever, whenever ya ready, I'm that nigga
You said, "Fuck No Limit" then the next thing you heard was (*@$#%)
That's what got me to whoopin the fuck out that bitch at the Waffle House!
Look at you now, I'm warnin you nigga wherever you fuck up right there
I'm shuttin you down, I'm tellin you if we don't know you don't come
Round that Tank
Or No Limit gon clown, I fuck over ya yeah, small or big as Godzilla
Here lizard, lizard, lizard, I'm comin to get ya
When I catch ya, you can betcha, blood gon spill
Soldier Murder! Murder, murder (kill, kill, kill)
Chorus 2x
I was born a soldier, mama will tell ya I never was fake, I was real
I'm camouflaged and never die, it been that way since I was l'il
Murder, murder, murder, murder, kill, kill, it's real
You cross me wrong, don't think I forgot ya, just waitin on you to chill
You started beef with the Assassin, when you see me you gotta be blastin
Ain't no love for the other side, cause I get all up in the ass and
Operation uptown, ghetto niggas shell shocked
Camouflaged down, soldier Reeboks, straight off the block