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In a blow to safe access to reproductive health care services, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled (pdf) against a state effort to enforce a 35-foot buffer zone around abortion clinics.
"This decision turns back the clock to the days when women were too intimidated by protestors to seek medical care," said Megan Amundson, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts. "Women's health will suffer because of it."
Ruling on McCullen v. Coakley, the justices unanimously sided with plaintiff Eleanor McCullen who argued that the buffer zone established by the Massachusetts Attorney General violates her First Amendment rights.
"Today the Justices made it more difficult for states to protect their citizens," said Ilyse Hogue, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America. Hogue noted that since 1991, anti-choice activists have committed eight murders and 17 attempted murders.
"The law was supported by public safety officials whose goal is to protect women, doctors, and clinic workers from the relentless harassment and intimidation that they face daily," she added.
The law was implemented in 2007 after reports of intimidation, including pushing and shoving, outside of a Planned Parenthood in Boston.
Following the news, reaction came swiftly online as women's rights advocates decried the court's ruling.
As the ruling was handed down, women from across the country on Wednesday are meeting with lawmakers to push for the passage of the Women's Health Protection Act. The bill, which currently has over 150 co-sponsors in the House and Senate, protects women's health and constitutional right to safe abortion access and prohibits states from enacting laws that interfere with clinics' abilities to provide essential, safe reproductive health care.


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You'd think a team decimated by injuries would throw in the towel. Not the case with the Bulls. Already missing Jimmy Butler (left knee strain), Nikola Mirotic (appendicitis), and Joakim Noah (shoulder surgery), Derrick Rose was a last-minute scratch due to right hamstring tendinitis. The Bulls won anyways, their third straight victory.
Playing alongside a makeshift lineup, Pau Gasol played through the flu, just missing a triple-double with 10 points, 15 rebounds, and 9 assists. While it wasn't Michael Jordan's flu game, it was a still a pretty strong line.
Even with the Bulls' starters ailing, there is value to be had on the roster. Under-owned guys like Taj Gibson (17/7/7), E'Twaun Moore (17 points and 3 rebounds), and Doug McDermott (14/5/2), can and should be relied upon down the stretch for both the Bulls and your fantasy teams. McBuckets also had the dunk of the night.
They won't win you a championship on their own, but don't overlook lesser named (and owned) guys during your playoff push.Please, blog, may I have some more?

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LeRoi Moore plays his last on newest DMB album
Late saxophonist LeRoi Moore will get to say goodbye to fans through some of the final recordings he made with his Dave Matthews Band bretheren on the band's forthcoming album Big Whiskey and the Groogrux King. Matthews tells Rolling Stone that several tracks on the new disc feature Moore's playing including a track titled "Lying in the Hands of God," which Matthews describes as "kind of like a duet between us." The album title is partly an homage to Moore as Matthews reveals "Groogrux King" was a nickname of Moore's. The album is due out on June 2.
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This will be difficult to listen to knowing he's gone, but so glad they included these cuts on the album . We'll all miss you LeRoi but your music will live on and so too will you.
The link doesn't work for Brad's first two picks for Sometime Favorites (All Along and What You Wanted).
The first song under Peyton Tochterman is not his (it's a double of the Birdlips linked above). Maybe link Sept. 12, 2001 - that's pretty durn catchy.
Thanks for the great local music, Hook. I'd like to see Peyton open for the Sons of Bill, btw. Kudos to Sam on his new CD (my wife won't give it up).
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I'm from NYC and a friend of mine passed along a Hill and Wood song to me. I love these guys! The melodies are great and Sam Bush's voice is really strong.
A downloadable sampler of these would be quite nice. Or am I just missing the big honking button that says "Download here!"? I like the tunes. Nice picks.
Simply right click on each song that has the play symbol/sideways triangle next to it and "save target as" to download the each individual mp3 file.
I agree that Carleigh's something special. Hill and Wood is very cool to my ears, too. I saw Peyton do an all acoustic and solo set at the Palmyra Village Concert Series and was very impressed, having only seen him with High Society before.
I've been enjoying Rick Olivarez and his gypsy jazz trio at Bel Rio on Sunday evenings, starting at 6:30 PM. I have a 7 year old and the early start time is good for us. Rick can really play! I like the atmosphere and the quail is excellent (and not too pricey)
Thanks for fixing those links so quickly.
All good picks, Quentin is ready to go nationwide, but everyone forgot to mention, Todd Binder. After taking some "me-time", some of the former members of Elephant Minor, my favorite band, are rumored to be jamming again. I don't know if they have a name yet. I like TB&A, Todd Binder & Associates, or, TBS, Todd Binder's Squad. Whatever the name, if you can catch a show, you'll want a cd, if you get a cd, you'll want them to play at you're wedding. If you give your brother a cd, you might find it in his cd player 4 years later. True story :-)
Another band to watch out for is Raw Dawg. They have a very nice, raw blues-rock sound, and a whole bunch of catchy original songs. They are opening Fridays After 5 on May 22 as well as playing a show the same night at IS (the old Starr Hill). They will also be playing Floydfest and Camp Barefoot this summer! Listen to some of their music at www.myspace.com/rawdogmusic
Also check out another one of my favorites: Kings of Belmont(www.myspace.com/thekingsofbelmont)
do brad savage and mike friend go to the same barber or is that just some secret hairdo that radio guys use to identify one another out in public?
Q*Black over The Blackout Project?
Q* Is good, but he's seriously elementary when compared to the skills of K-Nice of The Blackout Project. I am POSITIVE there isn't a band that could stand toe-to-toe with the musical ability of that crew. Granville Mullings went to Berkeley! Andy Waldeck is the only other Charlottesville musician that i know with a Berkeley Grad. Yeah, The Blackout Project is a hip hop crew, but could Q* Black really arrange a whole set or the UVA Jazz Ensemeble? No, he couldn't. Nor could 99% of bands on this list.
The Next band that everyone refuses to admit exists is The Blackout Project.
Sam Bush is legit. I am a big music enthusiast and I came across this band and decided I liked them so much I traveled down to c-ville to see them at the Garage. The Hill and Wood had an unbelieveable stage presence and the lyrics blew me away. These stars are so young and they already have powerful lyrics that only add on to the great muscianship of the band and Sam Bush.
Sam Bush and Carl Anderson are both attractive people.
Based on the Hook spin I decided to catch the Chick Tragic & the Roosters show at Is on Friday. Carl Anderson and Carleigh Nesbit did some tight harmonies on some great original stuff. But, the over the top energy from Shankar Srinivasan on fiddle, Jeff Smith on bass and Brenning Greenfield got people rocking on the floor. Much bigger sound and upbeat vibe than the links.
I'm really enjoying the Honey Dewdrops, and I hadn't heard Nathan Moore or Birdlips before, very cool, thanks for the turn on. I wish you had more of Peyton's songs linked so people could check him out. And more of Hill and Wood as it becomes available.
This would be a nice semi-regular feature.
I think Carl Anderson and Carleigh Nesbit are opening for the Infamous Stringdusters at Bel Rio tomorrow(?)
yes, Carl Anderson and Carleigh Nesbit will indeed be opening the Stringduster's show....that should be a good match, actually!
I saw Chick Tragic and The Roosters and they kicked my bum! They're doin' some impressive proffesional stuff, way ahead of their age. Can't wait until they record some of that
Props for having this article. I have to say though... when Savage describes the Hill and Wood as "A very Charlottesville-appropriate band with their jam style," I am reminded why sometimes this scene can feel a bit bland. Not anything against the band, as Bush is obviously talented - but not everyone wishes that jam bands were dubbed as "Charlottesville-appropriate." Some of the city's diverse bands, whose unique talent and originality bring something different to the table, were definitely missed in this article. However, it was good to see some awesome musicians in here! Thanks.
I, too, was surprised to hear that jam bands are "Charlottesville-appropriate" as, to my knowledge, most of this town's music hardly fits that genre (with the exception of Dave Matthews). But I was even more surprised to hear that The Hill and Wood was dubbed as a "jam band." In the several times I've seen them play, they have never played a song with an extended riff or anything over 5 minutes for that matter. I'm not sure what they would classify themselves as but I would say that they play rock 'n roll.
Check out some of the hottest tracks from Terry Martin's proclaimed "hottest thing in Charlottesville," recorded right here at the Monkey of Claus!!
The Hill & Wood and Chick Tragic and the Roosters are playing at Is Venue on July 2nd. Five bucks for all the poultry and corpse tissue you can eat.
The Hill and Wood is going to be huge. They're great guys with great skills. I can't wait for some recorded material.
Its good to see some bands on these lists in genres other then folk, pop and indie.
I really like what the In Technicolor boys have been doing. Great retro-bubblegum music, catchy melodies and a frontman who thinks he is a superstar. They really have the full package.
The other band that caught my eye was Red Satellites. They have a sound I hadn't heard in this State, let alone town for as far back as I can remember. Like Brad said they have a very Bowie/Roxy Music/Suede kinda thing going. Add this to the fact that they are 18-22 in age and in a couple years they just might be Cvilles next big export.
Thanx for the cool words man, sorry it took me so long to respond, been super busy, but def appreciate the thought...
p.s. "really" i hope that was a joke, I like the blackout project and hope to do more shows with them in the future, but comments like that is just bad for business
I am so dissapointed that there are always the krappy alt. country bands that get all the hype, then just dissapear. Probably cause it's all the same bull we've been listening to forever in this town. next issue better have some worthwhile, fun, energetic, rockin' new bands instead of another singersongwriter with background fiddle.


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2012-13 - Senior Season
Played in 28 games, starting 17… Averaged 13.6 minutes per contest… Connected on nine of his 26 triple attempts for a 34.6 percentage… Hauled in 36 boards for an average of 1.3 per game… Recorded 14 assists and 12 steals… Averaged 1.9 points per game… Recorded the first block of his four-year career against Southeast Missouri on Jan. 12… Scored a season-high seven points versus Morehead State (Feb. 28)… Pulled in a season-best four rebounds against Belmont (Jan. 19)… Played 26 minutes versus Loyola (Md.) on Feb. 23…
2011-12 - Junior Season
Played in 23 games, started against UT Martin on Dec. 29...Averaged 1.1 points and 0.8 rebounds in 23 contests...Dished out six assists and collected six steals in 148 minutes of action...Recorded season-highs with nine points and five rebounds in the win over UT Martin (Dec. 29)...Registered 20 minutes and three field goals in the victory over the Skyhawks...Collected three steals and a triple in the win over LeMoyne-Owen (Dec. 19).
2010-11 - Sophomore Season
Played in 16 games averaging 14.6 minutes played, 3.8 points and 1.8 rebounds per game...Scored 60 points and registered a season-high eight points at UT Martin (01/08/11)...Grabbed a season-high six rebounds versus UT Martin (02/05/11).
2009-10 - Freshman Season
Started 12-of-30 games played, his first start was against Eastern Illinois (12/03/09)...Played 488 minutes averaging 16 minutes per game...Scored 102 points for the season averaging 3.4 per game...Posted a career high 13 points vs. Tennessee Tech (02/15/10)...Shot 33-of-50 free throws for 66 percent...Hit 34-of-82 field goals for 41 percent...Tallied 17 steals with a season and career high of 4 vs. Austin Peay (02/13/10)...Hauled in 99 rebounds with a season high of 10 vs. Tennessee Tech (02/15/10) averaging 3.3 per game.
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Scored a total of 377 points in his senior season, averaging 17.1 ppg...All-State during his sophomore, junior, and senior years...Named Most Valuable Player and team leading scorer during his sophomore, junior, and senior years...Selected to All-Conference and All-Region during his sophomore, junior, and senior years...Member of the 2009 All Hoop Zone Boys Team...Named to the 2009 North-South Senior All-Star Team...Two-Time SCBCA All-State Team...Morning News Player of the year...South Carolina Single-A Top 5 Boy Seniors.
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Suspects on loose after robbery in Harris County
Two suspects have eluded capture after a robbery and chase early Wednesday morning in northwest Harris County.
The robbery occurred about 3:30 a.m. on Sweet Olive Way near Sugar Orchid, said Deputy Thomas Gilliland, a spokesman for the Harris County Sheriff's Office.
Gilliland said a man called 911 to say two suspects who were carrying shotguns confronted him just outside the front door of his house.
The suspects sped away in a red Dodge Charger. Gilliland said it was unclear if they stole anything from the victim.
Deputies spotted the car a short time later near Smiling Wood and Texas 249. They tried to stop the car, but the driver sped away.
Deputies followed the suspects as they drove on Texas 249. As the suspects were trying to make a turn at Greens Road near Willowbrook Mall, the driver lost control and crashed the car.
The two suspects jumped out of the disabled car and ran away.
Authorities were searching for them, even using a dog to track them. But so far the suspects have not been found.
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September officially made its presence known. Around here, September's usually a pretty soggy month.
The weather folks were talking about "pop-up storms" this afternoon. While it looked a little overcast around noon, it was quite pleasant and sunny. No "pop-up" storms here. No sir. Just sunshine, a light breeze, and the road. Sure, there were fluffy clouds, but not anything to worry about.
The clouds got a little more ominous. Entering Kansas, I started noticing puddles, and moist pavement. It'd recently rained here. Karen, riding in front of me for a while, was throwing a road-grime rooster-tail without fenders. Passing Antioch, I got around Karen and that's when all hell broke loose. Karen, riding on Merriam Lane.
Time to use the rain covers!
In a mere 10 minutes, it had stopped raining. 5 minutes after that, you couldn't even tell it had rained, except for some standing water in the pavement cracks. Refreshing Surprise!
Tuesday, September 02, 2008
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September officially made its presence known. Around here, September's usually a pretty soggy month.
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- The Unabashed Blogger said...
All I know is the weather was great and then rode home. Murphy's Law regarding me and rain: If it can rain, it will..directly over me...for at least 90% of my ride.
I officially need some rain gear...
Well, at least the bees weren't out this time.
- September 03, 2008 8:40 AM
- Noah said...
I think rain gear's over-rated if it's above 65 degrees or so. Okay, maybe closer to 70. Yesterday's rain was kind of welcome. Except for the part where all that slimy sweaty sloughed-off skin that had been permeating my helmet pads decided to wash out and into my face and sting my eyes... Lesson learned: Wash the helmet every week, because every 2 weeks just isn't enough!
September's a month of transition. It won't be long before I find myself riding to work in long sleeves and cargo pants, then riding home in shorts and a running shirt. I hate carrying extra clothes on the bike, but not as much as I hate paying for parking and gasoline.
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- September 03, 2008 9:37 AM
- Noah said...
As far as rain gear goes, gore-tex is expensive and tears easily on pants due to the way you sit on a saddle, but it's breathable and works pretty well as long as it's not too warm out. A lot of times, if it's really raining and really cold, I use the bike and the bus, and wear a decent rain-resistant jacket and let my legs get a little wet. I know that's not an option for everyone. The Commuting forum over at BikeForums.net usually gets pretty hardcore with great rain and snow advice this time of year.
- September 03, 2008 9:38 AM
- Apertome said...
Crazy, random weather. Yikes!
- September 03, 2008 10:27 AM
- The Unabashed Blogger said...
The main issue I seem to have with rain is the inability to see while riding. I'll have to check out the forum for advice on riding eye wear that is inexpensive. I have rain jackets and such that "can" work and I'm not too concerned with my legs at the average temperature for this time of year. But blinding rain tends to slow me down quite a bit and some fenders would be nice. Man, the list never ends...
- September 03, 2008 11:42 AM
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Between my new job and lots of stunningly beautiful, unseasonably dry weather, I've been having quite the fling with spring. Blue skies plus two months of temperatures rocketing into the 70s and 80s equal Vix and Spring, sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
Surely nothing could harsh my sunshine-yellow mellow!
Except: I've got a regionally appropriate wardrobe, and that region is one where morning radio jocks make (truthful) cracks about summer kicking off July 5th. Plus I've moved into a slightly more conservative work environment with a very conservatively dressing boss. And I have a recent past full of items bought to ADD more print and color to my wardrobe of neutral solids.
My closet and I needed seasonal help, and we needed it fast.
In hopes of minimizing purchasing mistakes I forced myself to gather everything I owned that was remotely summery, try the pile on, and assess. Once I'd slogged through the evaluation phase with many a self-congratulatory comment, I knew it was time for some ground rules.
Clothing Capsule Purchasing Goals or, Can't We All Just Get Along?
- Simplify integration into my existing work/play capsule by sticking to variations within my color palette
- Cherry-pick 2013 spring/summer color trends by focusing on cool-toned deep greens and blues, taupes, and medium purples
- Make transitional weather less of a PITA by growing my collection of prints/patterns that mix dark and light colors
- Add a lace item; purchase both looser and more fitted shapes; and get more of trends I've enjoyed for a few years such as high-low hems and sheer blouses
- Keep my three style personas happy enough by choosing items that could combine into Contrarian Classicist, Minimalist Magpie, and/or Persnickety Bohemian wholes
Given that I'm a corporate creative, I have some leeway in clothing as expression—but when I start somewhere new, I generally like the focus to be on my work product and ever-so-charming personality, not my more…vivid…clothing items.
Somewhat reluctantly, then, I accepted that I needed to spend money on pieces that COULD work together in an all-quiet ensemble. From there I hit the sales to find things I could wear together or with my existing clothing and accessories.
You Complete Me (for Now): 10 New Pieces I'm Wearing Together + Apart
- Color-Color
- emerald/cobalt sleeveless silk print button up shirt
- blue + purple + taupe floral print shell
- sheer purple + grey print long-sleeved top
- white + navy + light blue short-sleeved faux-wrap dress (not shown)
- Neutrals
- navy straight leg tropical wool pants
- ivory + taupe lace pencil skirt
- lightweight taupe blazer
- white boho luxe silk blouse
- black tropical wool sheath dress
- black + brown + taupe leaf print dress
- #11
- cobalt leather work bag big enough to pack all my crap (necessary replacement)
If I'd given into my baser desires, I would have bought all blues and greens and spent every day humming "La Isla Bonita."
In the interests of being more well-rounded, however, I decided to look at the hot-to-trot shades for Spring 2013; since time was short, I wanted to choose my color palette variations with an eye to what would be easier to find in stores.
Amusingly, buying things I love in colors that flatter sometimes means I'm accidentally on-trendish. Here, new navy pants meet up with a T and high-low hem top from several years ago.
On a related note, wearing things I love in colors that flatter has resulted in a lot of mullet outfits: they're sedate from the back but a party in the front.
Of course, sometimes my looks are sedate from the front AND back. I find navy + grey combinations seem to add a banker's touch to everything…
…especially when a little boho weasels its way into an outfit.
When navy's not around and grey's gone missing, though, I rely on blazers and denial to tame drapey boho luxe silks and highly textured tops and bottoms.
As the final element in my capsule round-up, I offer a rather terrifying-in-retrospect triptych of 99% neutrals. Pay no mind to the mannequin stance and seemingly surgically attached taupe suede boots.
Six or so weeks into my fast and furious purchasing, all 10 pieces have passed their road tests with flying colors (and neutrals). Even better, I'm back to a no-fuss closet that gets me from robe to ready in 5 minutes flat. Feel free to share your strategies for capsule dressing below!
Looking for more examples of creating a capsule with a color palette in mind? My pals Fizz (Fall/Winter + Spring/Summer) and Eileen used similar approaches.
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text: Global Politics With no time to find a cure, Ebola could be contained faster with a quicker test Science Friday October 16, 2014 Time is running out for thousands of people in Africa who are in danger of contracting Ebola. A cure or vaccine will not come in time to prevent many more infections and possible deaths. And now a second case has been diagnosed in the US. Perhaps the only answer is a rapid diagnostic test that can quickly identify those who are ill and those who are not.


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The genus Laticauda (sea kraits) comprises seven species typically recognised by their strong colour banding and amphibious lifestyles (1) (3) (4). While six of the seven species fit this description, the Rennell Island sea krait is intriguingly different. Instead of having the conspicuous pattern of light and dark bands, this species is uniformly dark brown in colouration and only exhibits relatively faint banding. It is also considered a dwarf species, because of its relatively small size compared with the other Laticauda species (5). In common with the body shape of other sea kraits, and indeed most other marine snakes, it has a paddle shaped tail with which it propels itself through the water (3) (4).
Marine snakes in general exhibit a range of adaptations to their aquatic environment, of which the ability to stay submerged for long periods of time is particularly remarkable. They are able to avoid frequent trips to the surface to breathe because not only do they have a long, cylindrical lung that runs almost the length of their body, but they are also able to diffuse oxygen from the water through their skin (4). Although in sea kraits this form of respiration is less efficient than in other marine snakes (3), the Rennell Island sea krait frequently remains submerged for more than eight minutes (5). It forages in fairly shallow waters from a depth of only a few centimetres down to a recorded 13 metres. With frequent tongue flicking, it investigates crevices and holes, and the edges of submerged logs and branches for small fish, such as the native goby Eleotris fusca. Like many other marine snakes, this species has a potent venom, which it secretes from hollow fangs at the front of its mouth, and uses to immobilise prey before swallowing (3) (5).
While sea kraits are the only group of marine snake considered to be oviparous, that is, laying eggs instead of giving birth to live offspring, the mode of reproduction has never been reliably recorded in the Rennell Island sea krait (3) (5). Furthermore, local people maintain that in contrast with other Laticauda species, the Rennell Island sea krait does actually give birth to live young (5). Although the other sea krait species are all amphibious, an essential trait for oviparous snakes that must come ashore to lay their eggs (4), during the only field study conducted on this species it was never seen on land (5).
Despite its partly misleading name, rather than occurring in the sea, the Rennell Island sea krait is restricted to a lake (Lake Te-Nggano) on Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands (2) (5).
The lake in which this species is found is narrowly separated from the sea and has a salt content about one third that of salt water. It mostly inhabits shallow parts of the lake, which lies within a limestone (raised coral reef) basin (1) (5).
Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (2).
The Rennell Island sea krait is the only species of marine snake currently listed on the IUCN Red List. Despite the absence of any significant direct threats, it is classified as Vulnerable because it has a very small and restricted range (2).
Currently, there are no known conservation measures in place for this species. However, East Rennell which includes Lake Te-Nggano, is classified as a World Heritage Site because of its exceptionally diverse and unique fauna and flora. Consequently, the area is managed according to a management plan recommended by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) which should ensure its long-term preservation (6).
For further information on the East Rennell World Heritage Site see:
Authenticated (27/04/09) by Dr. Hal Cogger, John Evans Memorial Fellow, Australian Museum.
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As labor costs in China are gradually rising, IT players have started turning to establish production lines in Vietnam, increasing the country's demand for upstream semiconductors and components. The scale of South Korea's semiconductor and component exports to Vietnam has grown significantly recently, which is benefiting South Korea's overall exports to Vietnam.
In 2012, Vietnam surpassed Indonesia and Taiwan and became South Korea's sixth-largest export country. For IT product exports, Vietnam was the fourth-largest in 2013, surpassing Japan and Singapore.
Semiconductor products accounted for 40.6% of South Korea and Vietnam's IT product trades in 2013, and with the addition of passive components and LCD displays, 70.3% of South Korea's IT product exports to Vietnam were semiconductors and components. These exports were mainly supplied to local IT plants.
South Korea's semiconductor exports to Vietnam have turned strong and have been growing since 2010 thanks to Samsung Electronics' handset plants in Vietnam, which started operations in 2009. With Samsung continuing to expand its capacity in Vietnam, export volume and value are both expected to grow higher each year in the future, according to Digitimes Research.
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George Clooney has made no bones about the fact that, at 50, he is still perfectly happy being a confirmed bachelor. But as former flame Elisabetta Canalis reveals, that doesn't make the break-ups any easier to take.
"At the end of the day I have always seen the end of my relationships as a personal failure," says the 32 year-old model and TV star in a new interview with an Italian magazine. "There is nothing ever pretty in saying goodbye."
Canalis, who just joined the cast of "Dancing with the Stars" (ironically, Clooney is now being linked with DWTS alum Stacey Kiebler), claims Clooney was just her type - not that that's necessarily a good thing.
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"I have always seen cold and controlled men as the right ones for me," she says. "You have to accept that Prince Charming who is coming to save you is not going to happen -- it works against you."
Moving to Los Angeles from Italy has, however, proved therapeutic for Canalis, who proclaims herself "a doormat" when it comes to love.
"Here in Los Angeles I have found serenity. I've also found work. It was a difficult time for me, but you have to get on with things," she says, adding that she no longer feels "immature" about relationships and holds out hope for a situation where, "you understand the other person."
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Undermanned Chicago was hit with more injuries Sunday in a loss to Seattle, including to star linebacker Brian Urlacher.
Urlacher injured a hamstring in the 23-17 defeat. Cornerback Tim Jennings (shoulder) also was hurt on the Seahawks' winning drive, after receiver Earl Bennett (concussion) and safety Chris Conte (illness) left earlier in the game.
The Bears had already ruled out return specialist Devin Hester (concussion) and guard Chris Spencer (knee) after they were injured against Minnesota. Throw in the torn ACL guard Lance Louis suffered against the Vikings, and the Bears were a short-handed bunch.
Dolphins left tackle Jake Long hurt his left triceps against New England. Long, the top overall pick in the 2008 draft, stood on the sideline in the second quarter with a bag of ice on his arm and didn't return. X-rays were taken, but the team didn't release the results.
Last year he went on injured reserve before the final game because of a torn right biceps.
49ers wide receiver Mario Manningham (shoulder) did not return after getting hurt in the fourth quarter at St. Louis. Coach Jim Harbaugh said the team ``won't know right away'' about the severity of the injury.
Already injury-depleted, Green Bay lost receiver Jordy Nelson (hamstring) and offensive lineman T.J. Lang (ankle). Lang started the first nine games at left guard before moving over to right tackle after Bryan Bulaga suffered a season-ending hip injury.
The Titans lost right tackle David Stewart, who broke his right leg on the opening series against the Texans. Stewart was blocking on a 26-yard running play by Chris Johnson when Texans linebacker Barrett Ruud rolled into his right leg. Trainers put an air cast on Stewart's lower right leg, while a cart quickly came out to pick him up.
Left guard Steve Hutchinson injured his right knee, returned briefly in the third quarter when left tackle Michael Roos got hurt, then limped off the field before returning on the next series. Titans receiver Damian Williams hurt a hamstring missing a pass as he went out of bounds and collided with a security guard.
Houston cornerback Brice McCain, starting with Johnathan Joseph out, hurt his left foot in the first half. Tight end Garrett Graham suffered a head injury.
Jets tight end Dustin Keller left against the Cardinals with an injured left ankle. Keller was hurt late in the opening half, hopping off the field and being checked out on the sideline by trainers before walking to the locker room.
New York kick returner-running back Joe McKnight injured his ribs in the third quarter and didn't return.
Lions rookie receiver Ryan Broyles appeared to injure his right knee midway through the first quarter against Indianapolis. Broyles tore a ligament while he was a senior at Oklahoma, but that was in his left knee.
Colts offensive lineman Joe Reitz left in the first quarter with a suspected concussion.
Chiefs cornerback Brandon Flowers and safety Abe Elam were sidelined against Carolina. Elam left with a left leg injury and Flowers hobbled to the sideline with a hamstring injury after making a tackle late in the first quarter.
Panthers linebacker James Anderson left with an eye injury.
Already down starter Maurice Jones-Drew (left foot) and backup Jalen Parmele (groin), the Jaguars lost running back Rashad Jennings, who sustained a concussion in the second quarter against Buffalo. Then their leading receiver, Cecil Shorts III, sustained a concussion in the fourth quarter.
The list of injuries is growing for the Bills, too.
Leading receiver Stevie Johnson did not return after hurting his left hamstring in the third quarter. Center Eric Wood hurt his left knee, and right tackle Chris Hairston couldn't finish after hurting his right ankle. Cornerback and return specialist Leodis McKelvin also couldn't finish because of a nagging back injury.
Pittsburgh cornerback Ike Taylor hurt his right ankle in the first quarter at Baltimore and coach Mike Tomlin said FB Will Johnson ``probably has a concussion.''
Broncos linebacker Wesley Woodyard left against Tampa Bay with an ankle injury.
Bengals rookie CB Dre Kirkpatrick sustained a concussion in the fourth quarter at San Diego. Chargers right tackle Jeromey Clary had a knee injury.
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You may have heard of the world-famous Bogor Botanic Garden in Java, Indonesia. This is Indonesia's first and foremost botanic garden and ranks amongst some of the most well known gardens in the world. The 87 hectares of beautifully kept trees, plants, flowers, lawns and ponds lie smack in the centre of Bogor, The gardens border the Presidential summer palace.
Bogor is about 60 km south of Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia and you will need only one hour to get to Jakarta as you can take a scenic toll road. It was an important hill station during Dutch times, from the 17th century. Today Bogor has almost become a suburb of Jakarta, but is a good base for nearby mountain walks. Its altitude is only 290m, but it is appreciably cooler than Jakarta. The school location is also close to south beach of west java, Palabuhan Ratu, popular beach for surfer. It is about 2,5 hours away. Some teachers have motor bikes where they can get there almost every weekend and the Puncak tea plantation is about 45 minutes ride.
EF Bogor Pajajaran has been operational since 1997.The school is equipped with the latest in teaching aids, materials and educational multi-media technology.
For more details regarding our schools, please visit our website: http://www.efjakarta.com
We opened a new school in March 2012 in Bogor, EF Yasmin. The school is located in a modern residential area in the north part of Bogor.
In some cases other qualifications will be considered, depending on the nature and extent of experience. A few of our teachers are continuing to the next contract. Some are completing the contract and we will need replacement for them.
Our next available vacancies will be for January, February, & March 2016.
The ideal candidate will be someone who works well within a team, has a positive outlook, enjoys making friends and has the ability to adapt to living and working in a developing country.
ü Candidate must from one of five countries (USA, UK, Canada, NZ and Australia)
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- Medical insurance.
- Incidental medical allowance.
- A renewable one year contract.
- The chance to work within a professional team teaching English to the highest standards in Indonesia today.
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Mainz is famous for its university, its Roman heritage, its status as a media hub and regional capital, and its three most defining features: the Romanesque cathedral, the Gutenberg printing press and the Rhineland carnival. The people of Mainz have good reason to be proud of their city's history spanning almost 2,000 years. This rich cultural heritage incorporates a well-established winegrowing tradition, which only adds to Mainz's appeal.
For over 1,000 years the city's skyline has been dominated by one building, Mainz Cathedral. Towering majestically in its central location, the cathedral is one of the most important churches in Germany. Its foundation stone was laid in 975 AD under the aegis of Bishop Willigis. In its shadows lie the medieval and early modern quarters of Mainz. The hustle and bustle centres around the twisting, narrow lanes, with names such as Nasengässchen and Heringsbrunnengasse, as well as the many small shops, boutiques and cafés surrounding pretty Kirschgarten square with its romantic timber-framed houses and Marienbrunnen fountain. In the evenings, one thing is plain to see: Mainz is Germany's wine capital. Rheinhessen is the country's largest winegrowing region, and a generation of young vintners are proving that they have what it takes to achieve extraordinary feats year after year. Locals enjoy the fruits of the winegrowers' labours in cosy bars and taverns with pious names like Collection Box and Confessional. The Weinmarkt is one of Mainz's three major festivals. It made its first post-war appearance in 1946, with the French occupying forces contributing a remarkable 100,000 litres of wine as a conciliatory and friendly gesture. The city's other major festivals are carnival (we're on the Rhine after all) and Midsummer's Eve, a huge four-day fair that takes place at the end of June. Originally held in memory of Johannes Gutenberg, the fair today comprises a vibrant mix of music, traditional customs, variety entertainment, delicious food and, of course, wine.
In contrast to the lively old quarter, the view of Mainz from the banks of the Rhine is rather distinguished, quiet and almost somewhat austere. The city is dominated by two architectural periods: the modern age, as evidenced by the town hall, the Hilton hotel and Rheingoldhalle complex, and the Renaissance-Baroque with the Neues Zeughaus, the Deutschordenshaus and the Electoral Palace. According to some art historians, the unusually ornate, nuanced design of the Electoral Palace's facade surpasses even that of Heidelberg Castle – though locals in Heidelberg might think differently! Mainz also offers a wealth of fascinating museums. The Gutenberg Printing Museum and the Central Romano-Germanic Museum in the Electoral Palace stand out as the best in the city. The palace's pre-history and early history collections, along with those on Roman and early medieval history, are complemented by large restoration workshops that enjoy an international reputation – even Ötzi the Iceman, found in the Alps, has paid a visit. An even broader spectrum, from the Stone Age to modern times, is explored at Mainz State Museum, founded in 1803 with 36 paintings donated by Napoleon. The Cathedral and Diocesan Museum in the cathedral provides information about the history of the episcopal church and the bishopric. The Museum of Municipal History gives an extensive insight into the development of Mainz, while the Natural History Museum is the largest of its kind in Rhineland-Palatinate. The Kunsthalle Mainz art gallery rounds off the museum highlights in impressive fashion: the strikingly redesigned building at the former customs port is now encased in glass and even features a sloped exhibition floor on a seven degree incline. Of course, if you want to see the world from another perspective, you could just enjoy a glass or two (or more) of the fantastic local wines served in the city's bars and restaurants. But that's not a bad thing, remember. In Mainz, you're sure to be in good company.
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MONTREAL - Thirteen people were arrested Tuesday as a thousands-strong student-led march against tuition hikes became a mêlée that saw snowball fights and police, some on horseback, chase protesters along Montreal streets.
Five people were charged with armed assault of a police officer, Montreal police Sgt. Jean-Bruno Latour said.
The "arms" included snowballs, chunks of ice and rocks, Latour said.
One protester was arrested for causing damage to parked vehicles, one was arrested for possession of incindiary material, while six were arrested for illegal assembly, he said.
About 20 busloads of students from across Quebec converged on Montreal Tuesday afternoon for the demonstration and march.
Favouring free tuition, they were angry over the announced indexation of university tuition, a notion that emerged as the solution to last spring's prolonged and costly student protests. That announcement was made by Pauline Marois, Parti Québécois leader and Premier, at a high-stakes political summit on higher education on Monday evening.
Several handmade signs brandished by protesters criticized the PQ and others described former student leader Léo Bureau-Blouin — now a PQ MNA — as a "traitor" while yet more took aim at Marois.
Although police had already declared the protest to be illegal, students and their supporters marched from Victoria Square in Old Montreal through the downtown core.
There is no official source for crowd estimates but there were enough protesters to fill the three blocks of Mansfield St. between René-Lévesque Blvd. and Sherbrooke St. and still have overflows of people at both ends.
The procession wound its way to St. Denis St. and Carré Saint-Louis where some of the biggest confrontations between police and protesters occurred.
Several sound bombs, flash-bangs, were set off, a happening which often follows orders to disperse and generally means police are set to get tougher. Police sprayed cannisters of CS gas into the crowd, which did little to deter the protest. Some people came equipped with their own first aid kits while others would use snow or a milk-like solution to clear their eyes of the chemical irritants.
What set off the police charge is unclear — it could have been projectiles hurled at police officers and horses — but in short order, ragged lines of police officers and mounted police were chasing protesters along streets and through the snow-covered square.
Twice during the march, Gazette reporters saw protesters toss snowballs or ice at police horses or officers. And twice officers on horseback sought the safety of side streets. In one incident, the horse-mounted officers went at the crowd, breaking up a knot of masked protesters.
Near Carré Saint-Louis, two injured protesters, one bleeding from the hand, refused to allow ambulance personnel to help, relying on medics supplied by protest organizers. The men hobbled quickly away as police converged.
The protest was organized by the student group Association pour un solidarité syndicate étudiante (ASSÉ), which boycotted the higher education summit because the government refused to put a complete rollback of tuition fees on the table.
The summit ended Tuesday around lunchtime with Marois pledging to index tuition fees at three per cent per year or about $70 a year — a far cry from the $1,625 hike that the previous Liberal government announced that set off months of paralyzing demonstrations, created social turmoil and wracked up large bills for police overtime.
It also prompted the election that led to the Charest government's ouster.
But after months of pre-summits, research and public discussion, the much-hyped summit ended without the broad social consensus the Parti Québécois government sought — and with students back where they began just over a year ago: in the streets.
Although Higher Education Minister Pierre Duchense told the summit that Quebec's social crisis is over, he said it is not unusual that students would take to streets on Tuesday to protest against the tuition increase.
"Demonstrations are part of a democracy," he said. "Just because there is a demonstration, it doesn't mean that there is a crisis."
Leaders of the ASSÉ, who got a very influential shout-out in their bid for free tuition from former PQ premier Jacques Parizeau, said student groups across Quebec will meet in general assemblies to decide what action will be taken against the tuition hikes.
Tuesday's protest was the student's "first show of force" against the PQ government, ASSÉ spokesman Jérémie Bédard-Wien told reporters.
Christopher Curtis of The Gazette contributed to this report.
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Three years ago on Rays Index we learned that Matt Silverman was exploring the possibility of giving Vince Naimoli a more prominent and public role with the organization. We can only assume that since we have not heard Naimoli's name since, that Silverman came to his senses.
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No, I didn't break a bike. Sally's bike is all geared up now, with fresh handlebar grips and brake pads. Almost all the way adjusted.
This evening, I helped some friends break into a phone card vending machine at CCCKC. My friend Jon bought it from a local surplus shop. One of the guys at the surplus place accidentally locked it without having the key.
After a trying to occasionally pick the lock and failing... (This is my friend Trent using a special tubular-lock picking tool)
We just went ahead and drilled it out this evening. A few years back, I found some drill bits in the dumpster that were designed for drilling hardened steel locks. They came in handy tonight.
I'm having a bad hair day.
Inside? No money or free phone calls to Mexico. But now we can actually set this thing up to do something useful. Jon (the middle guy above), who owns it, is thinking of turning it into a machine that can burn copies of free software, like Ubuntu Linux, for example. It may or may not charge money for the service. I look forward to seeing what happens with this little project.
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Breaker of things
No, I didn't break a bike. Sally's bike is all geared up now, with fresh handlebar grips and brake pads. Almost all the way adjusted.
2 comments:
- Yokota Fritz said...
Once upon a time I had an ATM card reader machine -- swipe the card and the ATM card info was spit out via a serial port. All kinds of nefarious plans sprung up in my mind, but I'm too much of a goody two shoes to do anything actually malicious.
- April 03, 2009 12:02 AM
- Noah said...
I had a whole atm machine at one time. I, too, thought of doing something like setting it up somewhere that an ATM would be "convenient" then making it record ATM numbers and PINS before saying "Sorry, insufficient funds" but like you, I am also a goody two-shoes when it comes to that kind of thing. I ended up using the main cash storage area as a vault for a few years. I eventually wrote an article on what was inside of it, then gave the ATM away to someone else. Most useless 350 pound item I've ever owned, really.
- April 03, 2009 12:13 AM
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While everyone's definition of content marketing is a little different, the execution side of this marketing channel has much more definitive best practices. Whether you are new to content marketing or just looking for validation that your program is running smoothly, here are some of the most important (and often overlooked) DOs and DON'Ts of content marketing.
Market Research Best PracticesDO: Create a road map with specific deadlines and deliverables. I would argue that content marketing is almost more about managing expectations than anything else in the beginning. When you're first getting started, it can be easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of market research and drag out the process — which inevitably always pisses upper management off. To ensure everyone is on the same page before beginning, create a road map outlining exactly what you will do and how you will do it. Deadlines also ensure focus and encourage everyone to stay on task. This is especially important if you had to convince your boss to even consider content marketing in the first place.
DON'T: Try to speed through this phase because of pressure by management. Forget to manage expectations? Chances are you are already getting pressured to speed up. Or, you might even still be in the convincing stages and feeling the pressure to deliver in a few weeks. Market research takes a lot of work and cannot be rushed. Especially during the persona development phase, you'll likely be interviewing customers and coordinating a ton of different schedules (typically during working hours!), which can slow the process down. There is no way you can rush this without looking like an overbearing quack.
DO: Get creative during persona development. There are a ton of data gold mines out there that can lend a helping hand to persona development. Some include:
- Customer surveys
- Customer interviews and focus groups
- Customer service department interviews
- External market research reports
- Blogger interviews and reader surveys
- Brand affinity research
- Mechanical Turk surveys
- Live help chat logs
- Big data and other analytics
DON'T: Half-ass research and tell your boss it is "complete". Overhead pressure causes many to panic and haphazardly throw together a deliverable. This research will lay the foundation of your forthcoming strategy — a strategy that could end up significantly improving overall sales. Do you really want to chance the success of your whole content marketing division on something so early on like market research? Take the time now and you will have the necessary building blocks for sound strategy development. Remember, front loading the work creates an efficiency flywheel for the future.
DO: Ensure statistical significance and sound research methodology. Not all surveys are created equally. Similarly, you need to equate for statistical variation in any data you collect. Ignore this step and you could be basing your strategy on false or skewed information.
DON'T: Ship something without BETA testing and/or review. Whenever market research deliverables are user-facing (like surveys or interviews), never send anything to a big group of them without testing it on a few users. This BETA test can ensure you don't blow your chances of data collection because there was a reporting error, or something didn't make sense to most users.
DO: Conduct a technical audit. If you're reading this blog, chances are the majority of your content will be hosted on your website. You need to ensure your website is technically sound and optimized before adding content. This will make sure you don't have to go back and fix things later on, and worse lose any search equity because of a missed 301 or duplicate content. It's best to lay the foundation for easily adding content sooner rather than later.
DON'T: Skip the content audit. I'll be frank: A content gap analysis is not fun. You're sifting through tons of pages and evaluating them both quantitatively and qualitatively. However, doing this analysis can give your content marketing initiatives much-needed direction. You can determine areas for improvement and know exactly where you are missing opportunities. Plus, this can oftentimes highlight technical issues you might have missed during the technical audit.
Processes and Governance Best PracticesDO: Look to traditional publishing organizational charts for inspiration. Newspapers and magazines have been producing content for a long time. Look to them for inspiration on how to organize your content-producing workflow to ensure there are clear roles and responsibilities. Too many chefs in the kitchen can bog down the process. Similarly, an unclear process can result in confusion and internal conflict.
DON'T: Start creating content until all teams are on the same page. Too often content production is siloed and hoarded among each team. There shouldn't be multiple teams in your organization producing content on their own. The best process would be for all content to go through one process to ensure continuity and a consistent user experience. Having these discussions internally, especially early on, will ensure that the content on your site doesn't get messy.
DO: Know your company's "legal style". The internet is a cesspool of plagiarism and copyright infringement. This leaves many opportunities for a marketer to unknowingly break the law. However, every company takes a different approach to risk adversity. Some are more lax, with a "policy" of just linking to the original source. Others don't even want you linking out to external websites. Knowing your company's stance will ensure you don't run into roadblocks with compliance, or cause internal conflict during editorial review.
DON'T: Risk a lawsuit. Besides knowing your company's legal style, common sense goes a long way when it comes to avoiding legal woes. While there are many ways a marketer can break the law unknowingly, reading up and incorporating a clear-cut policy among your content producers should help you avoid legal trouble down the road.
Editorial and Execution Best PracticesDO: Create editorial standards. Clearly defined writer guidelines is necessary to ensure consistency in voice and structure across your content. A written document ensures there are no "I-didn't-know" moments among your team. Also, it allows for scalability in training, and saves your content marketing program if a new manager takes over.
DON'T: Have different standards across different teams. Remember, you are aiming for consistency in your content. Different teams working off different guidelines (or some not using them at all!) can truly affect how visitors perceive your content.
DO: Get creative with content formats and topics. Content is exciting! It can take many forms and doesn't need to be just long-form essays. Play around with formatting (within the bounds of your editorial guidelines), medias, styles, and so forth. Just because you have editorial standards doesn't mean you can't make a few videos one month and an interactive tool the next.
DON'T: Go rogue and forget your personas, keywords, and funnel. Don't let creativity derail you from your mission — to create content that will drive revenue. If you start forgetting about personas, not targeting keywords, or forget to map your content production efforts to the funnel, you could turn your content marketing program into a hobby rather than a business function.
Analysis Best PracticesDO: Clearly define goals before any content is produced. Why would you create content as a business without knowing why? Defining goals and ensuring they are measurable is the first step to any content marketing program. And really, the overarching goal should always be to make money. Oftentimes there are stepping stones to getting there, such as by generating leads or even just building traffic to your website, but knowing this end goal, clearly defining how you will determine if it's achieved, and identifying secondary goals needed to reach it will ensure your content always serves a business purpose.
DON'T: Forget to identify goals for each piece of content produce. Ideally, your editorial calendar will have a column that says "goals" to ensure that every piece of content created is targeting a business goal. These goals can be anything from "improve rankings for X term" to "earn 40 new Pinterest followers". The key is to ensure all your content producers are thinking of the bigger picture and laser focused on improving your business.
DO: Use current performance as a benchmark for future comparison. How can you measure improvement if you don't know how you are currently performing? Mine your analytics and pinpoint metrics for benchmarking. This will help you determine the value and ROI of your content marketing initiatives.
DON'T: Forget to ensure all goals can be tracked and measured. Ensure any tracking mechanisms are in place before launching content so you can measure it's success when the campaign is over. For example, if you want to measure direct conversions off a piece of content, ensure your analytics can fulfill that need.
DO: Conduct a regular content inventory. This is part conducting another content gap analysis for all new content, but also part taking this time as an opportunity to draw insights from past content performance. For example, while evaluating the last six months of content, you may discover that your audience really responds to video, but don't tend to engage much with list posts. These kind of insights can be valuable to future content development.
DON'T: Forget content marketing is for more than just lead generation. As search marketers, we tend to be laser focused on lead generation and bringing in new business. However, there is a lot of opportunity in repeat business, and content marketing can be used to build community and customer retention. Focusing your content marketing strategy on that "stay" portion of the conversion funnel is totally acceptable, and may result in more consistent business than new customers.
TakeawayClearly defining how your company views content marketing as a philosophy is only part of the battle. When it gets time to execution, best practices are what will ensure your content marketing outputs are leveraged to their full potential.
What do you think? Are there any points above you agree or disagree with? Any I missed? Would love to hear from you in the comments!


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WOOD, Nicola (2014). Silent witness, using video to record and transmit tacit knowledge in creative practices. In: ALMEVIK, Gunnar, (ed.) Hantverkare emellan / Between craftspersons. Mariestad, University of Gothenburg, Craft Laboratory., 56-69.
LASSEN, Ulrik Hjort and WOOD, Nicola (2013). 'Plumb line scribe': using multimedia to preserve traditional craft skills. Craft Research Journal, 4 (1), 31-52.
HANSON, Maria and WOOD, Nicola (2010). KeyPiece: Creating a critical dialogue in contemporary craft. In: Design and craft: A history of convergences and divergences: 7th Conference of Design History and Design Studies (ICDHS), Brussels, Belgium, 20-22 September 2010. (Unpublished)
HANSON, Maria and WOOD, Nicola (2010). KeyPiece: creating a critical dialogue in contemporary craft. In: Design and Craft : a History of Convergences and Divergences : 7th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies, Brussels, Belgium, 20-22 September 2010. (Unpublished)
WOOD, Nicola (2010). A good record? The use of video in practice-led design research. Reflections, 13, 114-125.
WOOD, Nicola, RUST, Chris and HORNE, Grace (2009). A tacit understanding: the designer's role in capturing and passing on the skilled knowledge of master craftsmen. International Journal of Design, 3 (3), 65-78.
WOOD, Nicola (2008). Unlocking the knowledge of others : knowledge elicitation in practice-led design research. In: HENDRICKX, Arnaud, JANSSENS, Nel, MARTENS, Sarah, NOLLET, Thomas, VAN DEN BERGHE, Jo and VERBEKE, Johan, (eds.) Reflections. Brussels, Sint-Lucas School of Architecture, 85-89.
WOOD, N. (2007). Discourse through making: eliciting knowledge to support craft skills learning. In: 7th European Academy of Design Conference (EAD07): Dancing with disorder: design, discourse and disorder, Izmir, Turkey, 11-13 April 2007.
WOOD, N. (2005). Unknown knowns; uncovering tacit knowledge for the design of interactive media. In: CUMULUS Conference: Pride and Pre-design: the Cultural Heritage and the Science of Design, Lisbon, Portugal, 26-29 May 2005.
WOOD, N. (2004). Unknown unknowns: knowledge elicitation for multimedia in craft learning. In: Challenging Craft: International Conference, Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland, 8-10 September 2004.
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Roderick on the Line
We've mentioned it here before, but we'll say it again, because John's weekly phone calls with Merlin Mann have proved to be a winner. Roderick on the Line will give a you weekly dose of everything you may have wanted to know all along, and more. And to improve the experience even more, each episode comes complete with annotations by Merlin.
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I've started listening through the archives. Damn you guys for being funny and entertaining despite our differing music tastes.
I have now recommended this to my Seattle music nerd friend friend, except he actually already knew about it because he knows John. Oroboros.
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Welington Castillo and Casey Coleman will be on their way to Chicago to replace Geovany Soto and Paul Maholm on the roster. The interesting part is we don't know who is going to take the spot of Reed Johnson. According to many sources it is not Brett Jackson and per Dave Sappelt's twitter it won't be him. So who will it be? More to come I'm sure.
UPDATE: Adrian Cardenas will be the third player coming up for the Cubs. Hope he gets some more AB's wherever that may be.
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AHL Game Night: 2-9-13 Devils at Crunch
Submitted by pete on February 10, 2013 - 00:05
First Period
Second Period
Third Period
Third Period choke.
Dustin Tokarski allowed 4 goals on 21 shots. Really, it was 4 goals on 8 shots in the Third Period. Not good.
First Period
Second Period
SYR Namestnikov, (3) (Wyman, Oberg), 1:39
SYR Johnson, (21) , 19:48
Third Period
ALB Whitney, (12) (Anderson), 4:03
ALB Parse, (1) (Gelinas, Anderson), 10:32 (PP)
ALB Anderson, (9) (McKelvie, Zajac), 12:01
ALB Sestito, (7) (Sislo, Wiseman), 17:40
SYR Johnson, (22) (Connolly), 19:38
Evan Oberg was the game's third star. Remember Evan Oberg? 5 points in 33 games is almost unthinkable considering how productive and active he was last season.
What an epic melt down. At least the Crunch finally got Tyler Johnson off the side of the milk carton.
Box score from TheAHL.com.
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An Austalian high school student who has become a YouTube and Twitter sensation for his striking resemblance to Justin Bieber has caused such a stir in cyperspace the pop idol himself got involved.
17-year-old Jamie Laou, a.k.a. @iJever, was a trending topic on the social network site this weekend, Gawker reported. The teen boasts over 50,000 followers and almost 70,000 fans of his webcam broadcast, inspiring a Bieber-like culture of enthusiastic teenage girls that both hate and adore him.
"@iJever FOLLOW ME PLEASE! I LOVE YOU!!" tweeted @Sandriitaa94 of Spain several times on Monday.
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"@iJever shut up!!" tweeted @Ositapatita from Argentina, "you have nothing better to do? stupid!"
Laou told Gawker that "everyone ignored me" when he first signed up for Twitter in 2009. But the teen idol's doppleganger unearthed the key to his Internet stardom: his Bieber-like face and swayed bangs. He may not have Bieber's singing talent, but his fans don't seem to care.
"Whenever I got on webcam on different sites little girls would cry. It was crazy," Laou said.
The original teenage hearthrob stepped in when the drama -- which included death threats to Laou -- got out of hand.
"sorry i don't have any problems with you and i actually appreciate your support and other male fans," the "Baby" singer tweeted in a private message to Laou. "i appreciate everyone supporting."
Most of Laou's videos are the silly shenanigans of a teenage boy, including going on video chat site ChatRoulette.com and recording people's shocked reactions who seem to think he's Bieber. He continues to tweet about videos and ending cyber bullying.
To those who both love and hate them, Laou wants to make one thing clear: he's not trying to be a copycat.
"I'm never a Bieber wannabe. I'm myself," Laou told Gawker. "I'm just a teenage kid that has cool hair."


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BlackBerry Downplays Z10 Price Cuts; Analysts Raise Inventory Concerns
BlackBerry insists that major price cuts given its flagship Z10 smartphone by U.S. carriers and retailers aren't all that unusual. "It's part of life cycle management to tier the pricing for current devices to make room for the next ones," a company spokesman told The Wall Street Journal.
And it's certainly true that it is standard practice to discount older phones ahead of their successors. But slashing the price of a four-month-old device like the Z10? And by as much as 75 percent? That's a price cut that seems both surprisingly early and deep — even if BlackBerry's new A10 smartphone is expected at market this fall. And, according to Nomura Equity Research analyst Stuart Jeffrey, it may not bode well for BlackBerry.
"Having price cuts this early before a new product is actually announced seems unusually early to us," Jeffrey told CNBC. "It seems hard not to conclude there is excess inventory."
Indeed, particularly after BlackBerry's lousy first-quarter earnings, which boasted as its centerpiece a piddling 2.7 million BlackBerry 10 devices sold. So what's the company to do? Hope like hell that the A10 is better received at market than the Z10. Beyond that? Keep its head down and continue to struggle for relevancy.
"BlackBerry's really got two choices," said Jeffrey. "They can keep iterating, trying to improve their ecosystem, trying to improve the devices, and try to close the gap with Android and iPhone. That's going to be challenging because they have far more limited resources compared to Google and Apple. The other possibility is to promote this secure workspace they are offering to allow their apps to work on Android and iPhone, and go down the route of being more of a services company rather than a hardware company."
It's worth noting that the second possibility here is one that BlackBerry's leadership has been mentioning more frequently recently. CEO Thorsten Heins touched on it during the company's earnings call and again in its annual meeting.
"We've never been a devices-only company," Heins said. "We also run a global secure data network and services business. And we don't plan to run the company with a short-term device-only strategy."


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After a whirlwind month in LA, where he met Alicia Keys, Usher, One Direction and Kesha in his role as X Factor host, Luke Jacobz has made the commitment to move to Hollywood in January.
The single actor says his sole responsibility, his puppy Ollie, will be taken care of by his dad.
''I would have moved there when I was 20, but I have had consistent work here,'' he says. ''But I had a meeting over there with my agent and decided I'm going to move there in January - Dad's more excited about getting Ollie than missing me!''
Jacobz says his month filming in LA has him pumped. ''I'm exhausted but I've met some absolutely fabulous people. Alicia Keys was really sweet and One Direction are the coolest kids - their bodyguard is bigger than Beyonce's. From day one when I was randomly introduced to Lindsay Lohan and then met Cameron Diaz in the gym and bumped into Kimbra and had a coffee - it's got this buzz, I can't wait to go back.''
As for the new crop of talent on X Factor: ''I am stoked. This year's talent is ridiculous, the judges have tough decisions. Ronan couldn't sleep - he couldn't choose between them all!''
His antics, and fashion choices, have left many questioning his sanity for decades. Now those within Geoffrey Edelsten'sinner sanctum are shaking their heads over whether the tandoorified entrepeneur's ways will ever change.
Sources say Edelsten has been splashing cash on Brynne's mother, who has just arrived from the US, in an attempt to grovel his way back into Brynne's affections after the blonde was hurt and embarrassed by a recent scandal, which happened just as she is about to launch her Channel Seven reality TV series: Brynne: My Bedazzled Life.
''He's trying to calm the waters,'' one good friend of his wife says. ''He's an idiot and a serial self-saboteur.'' The controversial businessman was caught out squiring a much younger New Jersey woman on online dating site, Sugar Daddy For Me, and lavishing her with expensive gifts during a three-day secret getaway in Florida in March. The fallout has been documented in the series, which will air post-Olympics.
''Every time something great is about to happen for him, he blows it - it's total attention-seeking behaviour,'' the friend says. ''How humiliating for her, I mean, this is a couple who have been going to counselling and in serious discussions about having children together - it just makes her look stupid and it's really devastating. This latest incident has opened wounds she thought they had definitely dealt with through counselling and were moving on, and, bang, this came out of nowhere.''
Things have gone from bad to worse for chef Manu Feildel since he was spotted lying on the floor of a Perth nightspot simulating oral sex on fellow TV chef George Calombaris.
The engaged Frenchie, who cheekily offered his ''coq'' dish at a food expo two weekends ago, has had to dramatically pull out of his first City2Surf, which he was signed up to run for kids' charity Camp Quality, due to ''scheduling conflicts''.
S is sure his recent risque, rock-star behaviour had nothing to do with it. While a Camp Quality spokesman wouldn't comment on Feildel, he did say their mascot, ''Giggle'', has stepped in to replace the chef and that their other ambassador, Lauryn Eagle, was well on track for the race. She tweeted last month: ''So excited … good playlist and coconut water is all I need.''
Former David Jones publicity supremo Annie Kelly, who opened her own company, The Agency, three months ago, has definitely succeeded at her first mission, managing to keep her charge, supermodel Miranda Kerr, completely under wraps while in Sydney for the past two weeks. A mission impossible in itself.
The much-photographed Victoria's Secret model has managed to keep crafty prying paparazzi lenses away in a cat-and-mouse-style chase, staying hidden. What's more, her husband, Orlando Bloom, also managed to sneak into Sydney on Monday from a direct flight from London, right under the paps' noses, S moles saying he got off his plane and headed to the taxi queue and hopped into a cab while hidden under a cap and sunglasses.
''She's done an effing good job!'' exclaimed one pap, who usually manages to snap even the most low-key of his celebrity targets. ''They've just evaporated, vamoosh! It's sent us into a spin.''
The master effort has seen an undercover cloak-and-dagger operation while Kerr spends a whole two weeks here with her hubby, baby Flynn and family. Kerr's personal chef, Kate McAloon, is also in town preparing meals for the family, who are holidaying in a top-secret location ahead of the model's gig at DJ's Spring-Summer launch on August 14.
The steamy relationship between X Factor winner Reece Mastin and Home and Away star Rhiannon Fish keeps getting hotter.
Recent intimate shots of the couple after a night together were sold for $10,000 to OK! magazine.
The snaps of the young duo emerging from a plush hotel suite were published on Friday.
In the pics, Fish, 21, was wearing the same clothes Mastin had been wearing the day before.
S snoops say they spent another three nights together last week, Mastin also consoling Fish after the recent loss of her ''Grampa'', who she called on Twitter ''my hero, a true gentleman and the sweetest man I'll ever know''.
Mastin, 17, has certainly been living a rock'n'roll lifestyle since he won the talent show, left his family in South Australia and signed with Sony. Not only did he ink himself further on Thursday with another tattoo, he was spotted with a bottle of vodka on a recent night out in Darlinghurst - even though he is four months shy of his 18th birthday.
Fish, who met Mastin during the making of his video clip Shout It Out, ended her two-year relationship with live-in love Lincoln Lewis only five weeks ago. The now single Tricky Business star Lewis, who has moved back to his family home since the split, said last week: ''Sometimes things happen and they're not what you want.''
In the antique and artistic setting of the Billich Gallery, in The Rocks, and wearing a Collette Dinnigan gown, actor Krew Boylan wed her partner, Andrew Baud, on Friday.
The Balmain girl, who is about to star in Channel Seven's new drama A Place to Call Home, was tended by her bestie bridesmaid Rose Byrne, who created none of the onscreen shenanigans she did in the hit film.
Byrne shared the bridesmaid duties with Boylan's sister, Jodi. Guests from Sydney, New York and Singapore celebrated afterwards amid crystal chandeliers and marble fireplaces at the Country Trader in Waterloo.
S hears Boylan danced her first dance with her new husband, who is not in showbiz, to Holly Throsby.
With his status at the Nine Network reinstated and two new projects on the horizon, Jamie Durie can reflect on his own relationship with Kerry Packer with good humour.
''I remember him saying something along the lines of: 'Gee, you're shorter in real life, aren't you?' and I said: 'Yes mate, but I pack a punch' and he said: 'I know that - you've been standing on my wallet for the last five years.''' Still with the network that made him famous, Durie says his tried-and-true recipe with good mate Scotty Cam makes for a perfect working relationship. Speaking of long-time partnerships, 20 years on, Durie is still an ambassador for Daffodil Day. Although this time he won't be posing in the buff with strategically placed yellow flowers like he did back in his Manpower heyday.
''There is a serious message to get through and I have had several people in my family affected by cancer,'' he says. ''One in every two Aussies is affected by the age of 85.''
The Cancer Council hopes to raise $9.2 million from its 12,000 sites and army of 10,000 volunteers on August 24.
With a November release date, publishers at Pan Macmillan are wetting their lips in anticipation of the headline-grabbing Kyle Sandilands's book, tentatively titled ''Scandilands''.
The radio heavyweight posed for the cover of the book last Tuesday and his publisher, Tom Gilliatt, said he was reading the manuscript, although he had ''no comment to make at this stage''. As the title suggests, the book is sure to be packed with the drama that surrounds Sandilands's amped-up life full of hamburgers, fast cars, fast women and nightclubs. Even the book's ghost-writer, Bruno Bouchet, is no stranger to controversy. He was sanctioned by Southern Cross Austereo last year, reinstated and then sacked for his jokes on Twitter after the Batman tragedy in Colorado.
The bitch is back. Michala Banas was happy to reprise her mean-girl role as Tiffany Turner in Tuesday night's Winners & Losers, telling S she didn't hesitate when they asked her to come back. ''I had such a ball the last time,'' she said. ''The fake hair, fake boobs, fake tan and fake nails; it's just a really fun environment to be in.'' After a trip to Paris and Bali with her boyfriend, Banas is excited about a coming hush-hush project. ''I can't talk yet!''
Ever the trouper, Kerri-Anne Kennerley has just returned from a 10-day trip to Africa, where she filmed a story for Seven's Sunday Night. The perennially upbeat industry legend, who is between radiotherapy treatments for a breast lump she discovered during her stint on Dancing with the Stars, told S it was a ''magic, magic, magic'' story and an incredible trip. ''I cannot tell you,'' she said with a laugh. ''There was three days of camping, no running water, no electricity - can you imagine? I'm such a princess - but you do what you have to do!'' Shouldn't she be taking things easy? ''It's ducking and weaving,'' she said with her trademark brand of enthusiasm.
She can't be seen in Olympic brand Sportscraft's swanky new advertising but the label has retained Kristy Hinze's services. The model mum, who has kept herself busy designing canine couture since giving birth to baby Dylan, is still an ambassador for the brand, although she was absent from a flower-filled lunch on Wednesday to celebrate Sportscraft's history and new season at hip new eatery the Apollo, in Potts Point. Frosty fashion glares crossed the room with axed Vogue editor Kirstie Clements finding herself surrounded by new Voguettes, now known as ''Ed's girls'', in reference to the gaggle who were formerly at Harper's Bazaar and have switched bunkers alongside incoming Vogue editrix Edwina McCann.
Superstar dancing export Henry Byalikov is the reason Leo DiCaprio looks so light on his feet in The Great Gatsby. The dancer, who appears on the American Dancing with the Stars and the Aussie version of So You Think You Can Dance and has starred in Graeme Murphy's Suite Synergy and Burn the Floor, is back for a brief visit from his LA base to audition for Strictly Ballroom: The Musical. He should be a shoo-in. After all, the Sydney boy was hand-picked by Baz Luhrmann's choreographer, John O'Connell, to teach Gatsby's lead actors, including DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan, how to dance for the film. He spent two days with the stars and told S: ''I personally had a fantastic experience working with Leo, Carey and Tobey. John got me to work with them over a two-day basis and they are all definitely well co-ordinated and come out trumps. They all took to it really well. They are extremely hard workers, which is a testament to why they are all so successful.''


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The world depends on mariners. Mariners depend on SCI. And we depend on you.
Scenes of vessels, seafarers, SCI chaplains and staff in and around Port Newark, taken December 22, 2011.
Photos by the Rev. David Rider, President & Executive Director.
SCI maintains a staff of professional chaplains with interfaith and cross-cultural backgrounds. Chaplains and volunteers assist thousands each year, extending a hand of friendship and hospitality.