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Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Birhanu Nega writes a book; a book that rekindles the kinijit spirit
Printing house: MM publishing
Kaliti jail is notoriously hot in the summer. With an average of more than 100 people crammed in one room, it is hard to breath. Prisoners spend most of their times outside their cells to avoid the stifling heat inside. For five months since he was taken to one of the worst cells in Kaliti, unlike most of his cell mates Birhanu Nega spent his time inside the cell writing. It wasn't a letter or a diary he was writing. It was a book.
How the book manuscript made it outside the cell and to kampla for publishing is amazing. it shows the nature of the struggle and the number of people involved in it. The story of the process of writing is, however, fascinating. Security guards twice took away some parts of the manuscript. He wrote them again.
The book itself which was titled "Yenetsanet Goh Siked: Likelebes yetemokerew ye'Ethiopia democracy" is 618 pages long and has four parts. Birhanu briefly takes us the formation of his early political life in the first part. He then lays a case for liberal democracy in Ethiopia and the problems of building democracy. The second part tries to answer what makes the election last year so special. He goes through the politics of EPRDF and opposition before the election. In the third part he recounts the events post election, until the November repression and their imprisonment. The last part takes on EPRDF's misguided calculations and the future of Ethiopia.
The book is one of the most fascinating accounts of an Ethiopian politician and a political philosophy he and fellow courageous leaders in prison share. It is emotionally involving with some extraordinary tales. One will come out with enormous moral burden after reading the book. It is a must read.
Tomorrow; detailed review of the book
-Why and How EPRDF lost the election
-Birhanu's great Admiration for Dr. Merera
-Kinijit's collective leadership and the great role of Hailu Shawel
-How the chairman, Hailu Shawel wasn't authoritarian unlike the claims by EPRDF
-His disdain for Dr. Beyene Petros
-How he views Lidetu
-His relatinship with Bereket
-The fascinating tale of Kinijit from Birth to prison
-The moral leadership of professor Mesfin
-Ethiopia's and Kinijit's Future
and other breath-taking accounts
39 comments:
Is it is written in English or Amharic?
Berhanu We love you,
look forward to reading it.
Bravo Andergachew.
Just a note: When Kinijit N/A was asked for publication they refused as they were fighting each other and Andergachew filled in the gap.
Great mind will not sleep evenif they are in jail,,
Thank you one of our great leaders,, We love you and you colleagues morethan anything..
All you have special place in our hearts and minds
Bravo Berhanu! What a hero.
Go Kinijit Leaders! Keep making history one after the other.
God bless you, Berhanu our black knight in shining armor.
What do you expect from "Berhanu Nega"? The light has risen and so has the spirit of Kinijit - his name itself says it all.
where can one get this book?
I am egger to read this book
Good bless kinijit leaders
This is the most perfect time for our hero's book to come out. With the struggle and movement in Ethiopia being forced to take a back seat, this sure will ignite it back.
Bravo Dr Berhanu.
You keep giving us hope.
Thanks Dr. Birhanu. I did not get the book yet. But his dedication and heroism is just enough for me to keep my hope alive.
Thanks Ethio Zagol.
While Dr. Birhanu Nega is such a brilliant, talented and gallant fighter for the cause of Kinijit why Kinijit stripped him from the leadership post?
If it is true, why Kinijit Int'l refused to publish the book?
Woyane can not kill the undieing sprit of Kinijit's leaaders and the determination for change of Ethiopian people.
Thank you Dr. Berhanu. We pray and struggle for your and our other heroes of Kinijit unconditional release. You are everyone's aspiration.
God bless Ethiopia and its people.
Thank you Ethio-Zagol for the update.
To the above anonymous,
Because Dr. Berhanu Nega is not power hungery and doesn't have an ego problem. He rather do the job and get the young leaders to develop.
Kinijit didn't publish it because few Kinijit N/A leaders have ego problem and are much concerned with their own glorification than the movement.
Why you people ofcourse few in number want to divide the kinijit leaders by saying Kinijit Local [@ home] and kinijit international?
Is't Ato Andargachew Tsege publisher of the book? Is not he Andargachew, memeber of KI? Why don't you want to speak out the truth atleast one day? Doyou know that the people is looking the day to day activities of the Ethiopian politics?
If you have some thing better to deliver for the Ethiopian people worrk on that we are intellegent enough to see what you are seeing.
Expectation at best.
Some great works of reading have come out of prison in the world in the past, and it is great news to find Dr. Birhanu join that effort to inform what took place.
Despite his struggle with his health and worst prison conditions, to write a philosophical and political book on Democracy in Ethiopia shows the strength of his spirit and his persistence against the odds.
This is a big lift for CUDP/Kinijit which seems to be ubder the test of political elements. We hope Dr. B. Nega's health heals, the day comes that he is out of prison, join his family and take a leadership role.
EZ Thank you for the good news and we look forward for the book review, and later the book.
I can't wait reading this wonderful man's book.I am not a poltician ,but realy admire Dr.Birhanu for his peaceful & hateles(even for EPRDF)dream for our country.Where can I get the book?
Where can i get the Book ?
Thank you Mr. Zagol for your unreserved effort to make us aware of what is going in our country. Even if we live in Addis and visit our jailed leaders every weekend we never heard about the book. Still the unanswered question is how and where to get the book. Dear Mr. Zagol please keep us informed on how and when we can get the book. We are really really looking forward to reading it.
I can't wait to read DR. Birhanu's book. It would be wise to realise the books every ware the same time so Dr. Birhanu's families could benefit from sales of the books. Especially, Here in US and Europe there are lots of buyers. Now I am concerned that the contraband dialers could benefit from this not DR. Birhanu's families.
When you are a born leader like Dr Birhanu you write 600+ pages of substantive account. When you are an autocrat like Meles Zenawi you write 28 pages of letters to the editor: full of insults and expressions of arogance!
Wherever you are, YOU are our leader Dr, Birhanu!!!
Those who want to brew division and animosity among ppl pls get your sense back. what kind os sill accusation you are labeling on Kinijit NA is unbelievable. Your attempt shows that you are the one who has ego problem
Oh, I am filled with anxiety right now, and am looking forward to reading the book soon. You know Dr. Birhanu is one of our greatest assets, the beacon of hope for democracy in our beloved motherland. I feel there is absolutely nothing to disregard from whatever he utters. May GOD wrap him with the warmth of his love and blessings! Amen.
thank u dr Berhanu,you are our everlasting hero.it's very hard let alone to write even to think of wrting a book in kaliti.i don't know such a brave guy like you.God bless you.all ethiopians love &respect you.
EZ thank u for the breaking news,please infrom us from where we can get the book.
hmmmm...so Elias Kifle of Ethiopian review accusations about kinijit NA is true? If Zagol's claim Kinijit NA refused to have Dr Berhanu Nega's book published is true,they need to get dismissed from their duties.
Thanks for the great news. In the last couple days we are seeing hopefull signs that Kinijit is moving in the right direction. Kinijit Interantional Leadership is setting its house in order. Some of the conflicts in the leadership are being solved. It is time to act in organized, coordinated and costructive way.
Kinijit NA support group should publish Dr. Brehanu's book in US or Canda and make it availalbe on Amazon.com as soon as possible.Since there is very hight demand for the book some people will try to profit from publishing and selling the book illegally.
hmmm anon,
Where on earth did you read Zagol saying KNA refused to have the book published? This ain't your run of the mill book it is a
classic I am sure and cannot be
given to KNA or anyone willy nilly.
No shortage of publishers, don't worry! All those gallant heroes involved in this project are a part of history!
Thank Et-zagol
At the end of the tunnel, there is always a light. When the books ready for market, let us not only purchase the book but also make a reasonable contribution towards to Kinjet.
Thanks Etiho-Zagol, this really is good news. I believe the democratic forces both at home and abroad have finally managed to turn the corner. Let's keep the pendulum swinging our way. The last couple of months were really disappointing. But hey, it is always dark before dawn.
take care,
- Alamirew said...
That means Birhanu is not in jail! They put only his body in prison not his mind. Who believes he wrote 600+ pages book while living in that worst prison cell? Humans like him are extraordinary on my Ethiopian view for Ethiopian. Ethiopians, how many of us are even a little bit strong like him? We all of us should be proud of him.
Bravo Birhanu.
- WE LOVE KINIJIT said...
Dear Ethiomedia,
We want to buy the book.
Please notify us as soon as possible that where we can find it.
God Bless Ethiopian Heros' Dr. Berhanu and Others who are in prison with him.
Looking forward for response.
Does Berhanu really think the Arbagugu massacre as ethnic clash? (page 11)
If he really thinks that way it will be a total waste of talent. This increase my suspecion that the book is writen by a person who has been part of the transitional government when these crimes were committed. Whoever wrote this book must be part of AFD who is peddling backward to please OLF by denying the massacre of thousands people. It is a kind of Arbagugu denial, like that of holocaust. Isn't the same reason that provoked Prof. Asrat and Eng. Hailu Shawel to establish AAPO?
Dear Dr. Birhanu,
Bereft of everything, in the crowded prison cells of Kaliti you shine in the hearts and minds of 70 million Ethiopians. I am thrilled by your courage, wisdom and commitment to give the Ethiopian people and the international community the true account of the democratic struggle waged in Ethiopia. You need to be saluted. The outline of your new book is fantastic.
You have unmasked the truth between: democracy and dictatorship, nationalism and sectarianism, honesty and betrayals, diplomacy and tact, political dodgers and honest brokers, success and setbacks. What has struck me most is your dedication to democracy. I am sure the majority of us will be appreciative of your book.
Politics is the art of the possible, history is the art of the impossible. You have never attempted the impossible and something that is historically relevant may not be politically correct. In this situation one has to make choices. You chose not to be part of a shame parliament whose alternative is Kaliti. It is for people to judge if you are correct or not. Whatever is people's judgment on you, your books is a relevant account that gives lessons to those who want to carry your ideals of freedom and democracy in Ethiopia.
The next generation will learn a lot from your account of events. I look forward to reading it. It must be translated to English.
Congratulations for a job well done.
Dear (kibur) Dr.Birhanu Nega
Let GOd be with you.
Remember that u r always in our hearts.
August 11,2006
... commented here the day EZ posted this commentary. I just read the book's outline in Amharic on addisvoice.com. I am completly puzzled why Kinijit.org's web site refrained to post any thing about the book. If it is assumed that the existance of the book uplift Kinijit's spirit, KIL's silence is possibly weakening its own very existance. To doubt ER's web site is one thing, but to ignore a book release from Kaliti is very questionable??????!
From the book's outline, the highlight of the content, with no wasted terms, seems a custom designed view for a Democratic system in Ethiopia. One hopes the book goes for sale through may be even Dr.Birhanu's website. English translation will be great. Mr. A. Tsege is part of the publishing process, and well he is a member of KIL. Why is Kinijit's website ignoring it?.
Kinijit's website is controled by Girma Bekele, that is why they banned Berhanu's book.
GOD if one planes reading the book should take tow days leave ypu cant go to work the next days.
It is hard to find the book in addis one has to find the dealers like cokain you can not get it in shops.
Dear Zagol editor,
I would like to share to you my happiness that dr. Birhanu's book which I offered for free to a book reading club is given to a club from Dessie. I know how hard it is to believe such kind of offers. However, through some dedicated coleagues it happened to be true.
Wish you and your bloggers a happy and successful newyear.
The euphoria with Birhanu Nega's Bashing Renewed!
To a happily captive and wildly enthusiastic green-audience of KINIJITT or its sympathizers out of sentimental links in Diaspora in early August Birhanu Nega gave out a memoir written in Amharic in which he attempts to bash over political tit-for tat he had to go through with Mr. Meles Zenawi, his one time close friend and would be ally. In his forward of the book Birhanu bashes about the "Difficult challenges that remain in both the KINIJIT future tasks, his difference with Hailu Shawl, who is technocrat and the EPRDF-led parliament responsibilities in re-establishment of the democracy of the early 1990s that was on the rise and that of his love-hate syndrome towards EPRP. In Birhanu's view, Ethiopia is going to be safer and her people are going to be more secure because the KINIJITT delegation has better tools in its portfolio of new democracies and in bringing about freedom and peace in Ethiopia.
Birhanu bashes that: "Ethiopia is going to be safer and her people are going to be more secure because the platforms created by KINIJITT. He is convinced that the Kinijitt delegation has better tools in its portfolio of new democracies and in bringing about freedom and peace in Ethiopia." In those early 1990s hay days of TPLF, most of those sitting in Kalletti jail today were sharing its views and visions while sitting in its bandwagon and behaving in the same tone and breath as was the Woyane itself. They were no different from the way their colleagues in Woyane parliament or in Meles Zenawi's government senior positions were sharing the instances of undisciplined havoc. At that time, Birhanu was in close ally with the Africa Group established and spearheaded by Endrias Eshete and Yokob Wolde Mariam. Likewise, Birhanu and Mesfin were close friends with Tamirat Laine and Aboy Sibhatu. Do the atrocities the KINIJITT fellows shared since the 1990s with TPLF make present day Ethiopia any better or more secure? I don't think so. Rather this incidence can make certainly few of the Ethiopians who know this issue hates KINIJITT and TPLF alike, as it is difficult to understand how that circumstance of bondage makes Ethiopia safer. As said Birhanu used to work in close alliance with Tamirat Laine , Andreas Eshete and Yakobe Wolde Mariam-henchmen who continue to support TPLF.
Then there is these days the wondrous report from Birhanu Nega on the eve of his transfer from Kalletti to Kerchelle, in which he asks: If it is worth for the Ethiopian public to work for the dying TPLF's-government? I can't imagine why anybody would want to work for TPLF as Birhanu and his colleagues did in the recent past, in the first place. Now that they are in house arrest, almost all of them are experiencing the downturns of their popular support.
Ever since TPLF entered into Menilik's palace, prices of major market commodities have been falling for years. Layoffs are a regular occurrence.
Amidst all the confusion, Birhanu is heard bashing the following: "One thing I can imagine is that: exceptionally few persons in Addis Ababa, just like me, have life goals that don't centre on money. Some of us pursue careers where we can make a difference. Some of us pursue career goals that will get us out of the small town existences where we'd otherwise be trapped in. Some of us would rather not choose a profession based on power capturing and circulation trends. And some of us would rather give up a few bucks here or there to chase that. I can't understand people who live their lives with money as a primary goal. Even if I'm deluding myself into believing I'm making a difference, I'd rather keep chasing that."
That would be funny if he did not describe such a devastating example of the TPLF who is punishing and handling the Ethiopian people that have not been charged with carrying out any crime. They all act at one time or other as police, judge, jury and executioner, all of them in one protected and inviolable Meles Zenawi's paw. They are the only beings in Ethiopia that can live with complete assurance that any of their malicious actions will never, ever, be questioned. How can their co-existence bring democracy to Ethiopia?
But we are assured by Birhanu and his minions that if the last election was not foiled somehow, they would have made by now Ethiopia more secure by their blood-crazed fans and antics. Not only does he make that fatuous claim but he announces in his memoir, presumably seriously and without a knowing grin that "Ethiopia will be more secure because the actions taken thus far has made a better and fertile ground for the new democracies under KINIJITT".
If Birhanu believes the rise of democracies is on the way to shine through KINIJIT, he is at a state of becoming lunatic. And when his KINIJIT fans cheered his statement it showed, alas, that they have been thoroughly brainwashed. They are as blindly loyal to Birhanu and Hailu as any member of the SS were to Adolf Hitler.
The other issues to re-consider and worth discussing openly and frankly are points indicated below once again:
1. why and how EPRDF lost the May 2005 election; if at all it did?
2. Berhanu's closeness to and admiration for Dr. Merara Gudina.
3. Birhanu's clear difference in opinion against Hailu Shawl and Kinijit's fate being led by weak and old technocrats and stubborn aristocrats.
4. How the chairman, Hailu Shawl remains as authoritarian as ever before while he was with AAPO since the early 1990s.
5. Birhanu's unexpected disdain for Dr. Beyene Petros
6. How he views Lidetu
7. His close relationship with Bereket Simon, Tamirat Laine, Tefera Awaluwa, Yakob Wole Mariam, Andreas Eshete and Genene Asfaw – Key elements of Meles Zenawi.
8. The partial and subjective tale of Kinijit from foundation to mass hysteric escalation and later to prison.
9. The moral leadership of Mesfin Wolde Miriam and his 'Yager Shimagile' bashing.
10. Ethiopia's future under a weakly organized Kinijit.
11. The way out for Ethiopians.
In Ethiopia, both under Mengistu and TPLF military domination, there has been no semblance of democracy. The situation is worrisome as Ethiopia does not yet have strong, armed and well-organized opposition party that represents the interests of the overwhelming majority of its population and withstand against all odds including TPLF. Those in Diaspora are so blind-folded and give empty shouting for KINIJIT out of sheer hate for TPLF and out of desperation for making a quick fix of the political jigsaw puzzle.
By the end of the day, Birhanu's Memoir is nothing but simply trashing the following entities and persons:
2. Hailu Shawl
3. All Ethnic parties and organizations
4. American Ambassadors and American Policy
5. Donors
6. Intellectuals
7. Beyene Petros
8. Merara Godina
9. Lidetu Ayalew
10. Bereket Simon, Meles Zenawi and EPRDF
Mainly he praises no one but him; and he is very light commenting on key mistakes committed by Kinijit and its stubborn leadership groups.
Unfortunately, the Ethiopian community in Diaspora is infatuated by hatred and is applauding, hailing, shouting and demonstrating against TPLF; whoever comes its way just because the non-prepared Diaspora has no leaders to cling on to has become the scene of the day. Yesterday it was in Washington DC. Tomorrow no doubt it is going to be demonstration time in New York City. So sad that this poor nation is once again at bay. And it is so sad to see most of the Ethiopians opted for joining hand just to get rid of Woyane!
It is an open secret that a CIA colonel recruited Isayas Afeworki and used him to orchestrate the splintering of ELF and the creation of TPLF.
- CIA then created, armed, financed & trained EPLF as a subversive proxy organization destined to counter both Soviet interests & Arab nationalism.
Moving forward to the fateful year 1991, it is a recorded fact that the Russian control & influence over Ethiopia dwindled and died while the takeover of the USA was automatic by speerheading TPLF as its Trojan horse.
This colonial style take over of a state started with the revival of the colonial Italian blue print to facilitate the US colonial grip-over the rest of Ethiopia.
Herman Cohen played the role of a midwife and facilitated the dismemberment of Ethiopia into two distinct States. The Bahire Negash part of former Tigray region located along the Red Sea fall under the direct control of the Defense Department which still runs the subversive proxy organization from DC. The larger southern part is controlled by the State Department thru its sorogate agent TPLF. Cohen's declaration that his department has worked very closely with Meles's TPLF since 1985 suggests that the first contacts between TPLF and the CIA dates back to the mid-1970s. The result of the 30 years co-operation with the USA has blatantly paid for TPLF to come to power much smoothly. Further the CIA opted for using the Colonial Italian policy of ethnic divisive rule & strife to subdue Ethiopia, all that in the name of Tigray and people of Tigre.
Both TPLF & EPLF are simply trained & dressed CIA-dogs that sniff, bark & bite whenever citizens stand up aginst TPLF and EPLF to wage for their God given rights. Ethiopia thus remains a question mark. She stands at bay and stretching her arms to the Almighty God. Her off-springs are selfish, sentimental and simple minded. They are not in a position to turn the wave of the storm. Rather they are blowing with the wind! Too bad and too tragic an episode it is.
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Too much sentimental and personal admiration of the person Birhanu Nega without indicating even a phrase of key important points that his admirers picked for justifying the hail and applaud for the man. Indeed that has been the way Ethiopia suffered. No careful observation of the ongoing episode and look for the Black hole. A saying goes: 'Girgir Le Leba Yamechewal'.
What we need is a serious thinking and a working strategy on how to overcome the problems the country is facing.
(1) How much is Kinijit prepared itself - party wise, militarily, political program and agenda in order to take over power. I don't think Meles will give up his post so easily. In fact the man has been telling us frankly stating "Mengedun Cherk Yadirgilachu!". How many of us are really ready to get organized and be pushed to go into the bush - as Meles and his party did once upon a time?
(2) As for paper tigers - we have them in plenty. We need guns and gun men - who can put down their private business and family affairs and pick up their guns get organized and go to the bushes of Ethiopia. That is the only way to take up power and change the venue.
(3) As for acting in mass hysteric manner and causing havoc, we are good at. The sooner gun shots are heard and some of our Miskins fall down - us sit and cry and start writing of martyrs and imprisoned heroes. We are good at knocking doors and appealing to the wide world asking for the release of our prisoners. Oh yes, crying we are good at it.
(4) As for moving by hearsay and sentiment the majority of us are good at. Whereas sitting down on our *** and start the pain staking work of coming-up with clear plans, strategies and detailed account of alternative solutions to the problems that we are puzzled with, we are extremely poor. That is why we see structurally similar mistakes being committed by various Ethiopian parties. That is why we lack maturity.
(5) As for Meles and TPLF – what is so strange today that makes them so shockingly bad? Honestly speaking these people and their leader have been telling us and act upon what they tell us in advance. Even before they were brought to power by CIA conspiracy – they have given ample accounts on how and why they will dismantle the country by creating two states. Once in power Meles has been inviting us to: either come to terms with his policy or prepare ourselves for the bitter struggle against him. Mengedun Cherk Yadirgilachihu' is a serious and instructive message that most of us took so lightly. So what have we been doing for so long in trying to meet the type of democracy we want to see in Ethiopia? Nothing. By coincidence un-organized people go out for nomination and find the true feeling of the people crying out loud for help. Without much planning they create havoc as usual and go to jail and we start the good old Mary-go-round. We are trapped in the same vicious circle of poverty of visionary politics. We conduct too much Hoya Hoye and too many demonstrations all around the globe to the extent that it is becoming a trade mark for those sissy Ethiopians in Diaspora!.
Let us start all over again – get organized, get armed and go to the bushes to defend our identity and nation. Let us become serious in reasoning and stop sentimental rationalization.
The conclusion he makes is absolutely nonsense. I am sure the guy hasn't read the book.
So, all discussion which starts by assuming that the post is a good summary of Brehanu's opinion is bound to lead to wrong conclusions.
I have read the book, and to me Berhanu says:
1. Revolutionary democracy is a poor trcik used by EPRDF to remain in power, EPRDF is confused between leftist thinking, market economy and ethnocentrism
2. Melles is a pathological liar and vulgar person
3. Peaceful struggle is essential for establishing democratic tradition in our country
4. Democracy is a means to an end (development) and an end by itself (natural rights of the citizen)
He also gives us an inside look of what went behind the curtains: internally within CUD and in the negotiations with EPRDF and UEDF (Addis Ababa)
Please read the book before you read comments by misinformers.
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To roughly get an idea, here is some fake code:
In this case the output of the program would beCode:int function[2]; //the array would be called 'function', have 2 slots, with the functions being int types function[0](x) //the first function would take on the name function[0] and take one argument { cout << x << endl; } function[1](y) //the second function would have name function[1] and have one arg { cout << y*y << endl; } int main() { function[0](1); //x = 1 as an example function[1](2); //y = 2 as an example }
This is fake code that does not work. I was just curious if there was a way to do such a thing.
The advantage I'm looking for is to have indexed names for functions, which would make them easier to organize.
How is this done in C++?
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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. -- Marines stationed aboard Cherry Point spent Saturday morning helping care for homeless animals at the Carteret County Humane Society in Newport.
The Marines were split into three groups when they arrived at the animal shelter. They spent the morning cleaning cages and kennels, doing dishes, feeding the animals and walking the dogs.
"Having volunteers helps out a lot here," said Rachel E. Jackson, Carteret County Humane Society employee. "The staff here does not always get the chance to walk the dogs as often as they need to, so when volunteers come, the dogs get to walk and socialize with other people."
Jackson said more Marines have been taking the initiative to help at the shelter recently.
"The volunteers have been coming here since we opened, but the last few years more volunteers have been coming," said Jackson. "I think the people who come here to volunteer feel like they are partaking in helping to find homes for these animals."
The Marines said they enjoyed the time they spent with the animals.
Once the chores were done, the helpers were allowed to let dogs out of the kennels and walk them. When they walked into the kennels with leashes in hand, the dogs jumped up and showed their excitement to get some exercise. The Marines made sure every dog got a chance to run around outside of their cages.
"It is important for us to volunteer and give back to the community, especially those (near) large military instillations, because they do so much for us," said Lance Cpl. Joshua A. Litscher, an aviation information system specialist with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14.
The dozen Marines who participated hailed from the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2, Marine Attack Squadron 223, MALS-14 and Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron.


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It's that time of year where the market of 2012 takes a backseat to market of 2013 and all the investment picks that come with it. In the upcoming weeks, I will unveil what stocks I like best for 2013. But brace yourself -- my picks will probably be widely hated by Mr. Market, as my top pick in 2012 was Bank of America (BAC), which thanks to last week's nice advance is up more than 80% year to date. In the meantime, let's peek at what other investment pros like for next year.
Chuck Akre of the $1.2 billion Akre Focus Fund suggests a very controversial name, Moody's (MCO), as one of his top picks. No matter what you think of Moody's, Akre's thesis is simple: no one can access the debt markets without a rating from Moody's. That condition certainly gives Moody's a significant competitive advantage and, most of all, pricing power. The only wrinkle for investors is that Moody's shares are sitting at a 52 week high of nearly $50 a share, so it appears that Mr. Market has looked past the red tape. Moody's shares are up by more than 40% in 2012, but that certainly doesn't mean underperformance in 2013. But 2012 was a year when corporations rushed to tap the low-interest-rate debt markets, which was surely good for Moody's. Given the Federal Reserve's stance to keep rates low past 2013, perhaps Moody's will enjoy a double dip in 2013.
Among real estate picks, Public Storage (PSA) is cited more than once. Public Storage is the largest self-storage company in the U.S., in a highly fragmented market. As the biggest player, PSA only commands only a 4% market share. The rational here is Public Storage has the financial wherewithal that many of the smaller mom and pop storage outfits lack, providing an opportunity to consolidate and grow market share. The only rub I see, which many take as a positive, is that PSA's occupancy levels exceed 90% and that has allowed it to boost occupancy rates. We all have learned to be healthy skeptics any time a business starts boasting peak capacity rates. Also, as a real estate investment trusts, PSA's yield is a paltry 0.8%, which may deter income-seeking REIT investors.
Brad Evans, manager of the Heartland Value Plus, a fund that has beaten 95% of its peers over the past five years, likes small-cap Albany International (AIN). Once a conglomerate, Albany now focuses on two divisions: fabrics and belts used to make paper, and a business that makes engineered composites for the aerospace and defense industries. The paper business is the major unit, delivering nearly $700 million in annual sales vs. $60 million for the engineering unit. Evans believes that the engineered unit could grow fivefold in the next seven years to $300 million in sales, along with 20% margins. Albany today trades a trailing price-to-earnings ratio of 43 but a forward PE of 15, and it yields 2.6%. The company has a solid balance, with $150 million in net debt.
Kris Jenner is a former doctor who has been running the T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Fund since 2000. Over the past decade, the fund has delivered a 13.6% annualized gain, widely outperforming the 9% annualized gain delivered by its peers. The returns are more impressive when you consider the maze of regulatory hurdles that swarm the health care industry. Jenner is a fan of biotech giant Gilead Sciences (GILD). Gilead created the lucrative once-a-day HIV pill, and it's trying to create the same treatment for hepatitis C. According to Jenner, the hepatitis C market is worth in excess of $10 billion and GILD can grow revenues by more than 15% for the next several years, along with earnings per share growth of more than 25% annually. The market has caught on as GILD shares are up more than 80% in 2012, but if the company can pull in the numbers that the good doctor believes they can, GILD certainly has the room to climb higher.
December will be a month full of stock ideas, but they are just ideas. I am a big fan of piggybacking on others' investment ideas, but I also take each idea with a healthy degree of skepticism: most great ideas are given after a little stock price advance. You can't blame anyone for keeping their favorite idea under wraps for a brief period. Still a truly great investment creates value for many years. So between now and Jan. 1, take the time to peek at those top picks. Let the pros do the stock screening for you.


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The Chicago Artists Resource has teamed up with StoryCorps Chicago to bring you "Conversations with CAR". Through this collaboration with StoryCorps, the Chicago Artists Resource conducts interviews with Chicago-based artists about their personal experiences and the way these experiences have had an impact on their creative process.
This week's featured artist is Felicia Holman.
"Lifelong Chicagoan Felicia Holman is co-founder/Communication Director of Honey Pot Performance, Artist Services Manager & staff producer at Links Hall, With HPP, Felicia creates and presents original interdisciplinary performance which engages audience and inspires community. Credits include The Ladies Ring Shout (2011), Price Point (2013), Juke Cry Hand Clap (2014), and Ma(s)king Her (2016). Felicia is also an admitted Facebook junkie and was amped to perform with The Instigation Orchestra & The Djasporas in September and perform with them again in New Orleans in February 2017. Felicia sums up her dynamic artrepreneurial life in 3 words—'Creator, Connector, Conduit'.
PEEP 2016 at Reunion | November 10th 6:00pm - 8pm
Save Our Poonie's at Links Hall | November 20th, 7:00pm
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Harmless Wise | Christ STILL come for tax-collectors & prostitutes
Here is a fine project I'm working on at the moment Transformed ex-offenders, mentors and friends ministries - you think God is not real? Well, please explain how these lives changed. As one of the brothers said, "What 12 years in jail, mental institutes and on the streets couldn't change, one word from God altered forever." Brethren just watch the statistics - Christ works, the world doesn't. We got some of the testimonies up on YouTube too. Bring it on all you others, show me what your god does, cos we ain't afraid on this one, only Christ can do open heart surgery and take out your heart of stone and put in one of flesh. And that is one of many reasons we love him.
Quotes that prove conspiracy is not theory...
Conspiracy theory proved by quotations for the serious student of history, economics and international politics. I guarantee these subjects and their interaction will become more interesting and intelligible.
I'm reminded of the gospel by reading this sad quote from one of the guys involved in the TGN1412 drug test in North London that went so wrong.
"I have made the biggest mistake of my life," he said last week. "I feel like I've given away my life for £2,000. None of us is sure about the future. It could be that in six months time we are dead."
I guess that's how people will feel when they have crossed from this life into the next and realise for what a little sum the devil lured them to abandon caution and follow him. A la Proverbs, and how the adulteress seeks to lead astray the simple youth who does not know that her steps lead to death, down to hell.
some gospel stuff
Question: What could equip us to be more countercultural, living in a nation that is very much at the center of power?
We need to begin to read the Bible differently. Americans have been preoccupied with the end of the Gospel of Matthew, the Great Commission: "Go and make." I call them go-and-make missionaries. These are the go-and-fix-it people. The go-and-make people are those who act like it's all in our power, and all we have to do is "finish the task." They love that passage! But when read from the center of power, that passage simply reinforces the illusion that it's about us, that we are in charge.
I would like to suggest a new favorite passage, the Great Invitation. It's what we find if we read from the beginning of the Gospels rather than the end. Jesus says, "Come, follow me. I will make you fishers of men." Not "Go and make," but "I will make you." It's all about Jesus. And do you know the last words of Jesus to Peter, in John 21? "Follow me." The last words of Simon Peter's encounter are the same as the first words.
Can we begin to read those passages that trouble us, that don't reinforce our cultural centeredness? Let's go back to Matthew 25 and read it in the church in America, over and over. Who are Jesus' brothers? The weak, the hungry, the immigrant workers, the economic outcasts. Let's read the passage of this woman who pours ointment over Jesus. Let's ask, who is mostly in the company of Jesus? Not bishops and pastors! The bishops and pastors are the ones who suggest he's a lunatic! Who enjoys his company? The ordinary folk, so ordinary that their characterization is simply this: "sinners." Can we begin to point to those passages?
Yet this ability to read different passages, to read the Bible differently, won't happen until people are displaced from their comfort zones. I thank the Lord for deep friendships he has given to me beyond my comfort zone, beyond my culture, beyond my language. Until that happens, we will all be tribal, all of us.
It is and has been my joy to work for The Good Book Company Ltd since 1999, where now a vaste quantity of work is undertaken and handled by gremlins constructed on Mac 0S 9/X.x in Applescript, FileMaker Pro, Python, PHP & MySql. We started in my boss's front room in 1990 as re-publishers and distributors for Matthias Media, an evangelical anglican Australian publisher.
I make no apologies for the fact that I use this site for entirely personal uses also, big up yourselves...
Oh, here is a picture of my fine Omnium Sling fixed gear ride.


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To say that Major League Soccer has come a long way over the past 18 years would probably be a bit of an understatement. With games regularly scheduled on the ESPN family of networks on the NBC family of networks and with a game on the main Univision channel this year, MLS is getting more exposure than ever.
That exposure has paid off, as MLS was selected to be one of the companies featured on the new CBS reality series The Job. The show will feature five candidates participating in several rounds of elimination challenges before a panel of executives as they compete for their dream job.
Not only are we excited to see MLS get featured on a CBS primetime show, but we, in Houston, are very excited to see one of our own competing on the show.
Crystal Solomon, an Assignment Manager at CW 39 at KIAH-TV, will be one of the five contestants competing for a job as an associate producer position at MLSsoccer.com, the League's official website. The panel of judges who will determine the fate of the contestants includes: President of Soccer United Marketing, MLS' commercial arm, Kathy Carter; Chief Marketing Officer Howard Handler; Executive Vice President, Competition, Technical & Game Operations Nelson Rodriguez; and MLSsoccer.com Editor-in-Chief Greg Lalas, among others.
We have not had the chance the speak with Crystal about the show, but according to her bio, she has been with CW-39 since March 2011. Prior to that she worked for the FOX Broadcasting Company and and KPRC-TV.
The MLS episode of "The Job" will air on Friday, March 1 from 7-8 p.m. CT on the CBS Television Network.
We'll update you again after the show, but we want to wish Crystal the best of luck as she pursues her dream job!


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Dear All,
I am new to GPU computing, and woundered if there is an equivalent Kernel Analyzer, or emacs plug in to handle kernels in the code for Linux systems. Currently the nice pretty GUI and Kernel analyzer only run on windows platforms? Any good code analyzer encompassing OpenCL, Kernels, etc. would do as long as it also encompasses the C++ as well I guess.


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"When one looks at Damir's work, it is clear that he is the modern day successor to the Florentine tradition. He has emerged as one of the consummate artists of the 21st Century said Ross Tiffin in his article about Damir published in Art of England magazine.
Damir May is an internationally renowned artist who currently lives and works in Vienna, Austria.
He graduated from the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy. The Academy teaches methods passed down through the centuries, from Renaissance to the late nineteenth century ateliers that taught such great painters as Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Caravaggio, Velasquez, Rembrandt, Lord Leighton, Alma-Tadema, Bouguereau, Pietro Annigoni and Michael John Angel, his teacher.
Damir's work can be found in art collections through out the world, including His Royal Highness Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino of Japan, Angel Academy of Art, Fred Ross, Chairman of Art Renewal Centar.
The works of Damir May are distinguished by an excellent knowledge of human anatomy, high quality in execution and an understanding of merging between form and content.
The range of drawing effects that Damir manages to obtain with charcoal, thereby creating true artistic magic on paper, is quite simply amazing. His drawings are executed with excellent precision and are amazingly tangible.
"The human body is the greatest perfection to exist in nature and it is the most demanding to express. I am not exclusively into nudes, but I am very interested in figuration, and the human body in space. I want to rid my work of every redundancy. I try to live and create by discovering a balance between mind, eye, and sentiments. My hand just listens to what my imagination and feelings tell it to do says the artist.
Over the last few years he has won a string of Awards in art competitions. Articles about Damir have been featured in Art of England, Sunday Morning Newspaper, Picture Business, Luxury Living, Playboy, Contour, Life Style and many other magazines.
His drawings and paintings are presented in several books such as Forgotten Beauty, Strokes of Genius 5: Composition and Face Figure Identity.
"The first time I saw one of Damir's images was a small jpeg file attached to an e-mail. Although the file was small and not of a high resolution I can honestly say that I gasped at the pure beauty, softness and brilliance of the work. It literally took my breath away. Now I have seen the originals and been given the opportunity to present them to the art lovers, I can only say how privileged I feel to have come to know Damir and his family says Ray Loud, Chairman of Buckingham Fine Art Publishers Ltd.


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Four people are in hospital after a chairlift broke and fell six metres at a small ski resort called Crystal Mountain near West Kelowna.
B.C. Ambulance spokesman Ben Mittelsteadt said four patients were transported to hospital shortly after 11 a.m. Saturday, two in critical condition and two with minor injuries. All of the injured were taken to Kelowna General Hospital.
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One of the critical patients was taken by air ambulance.
Mittelsteadt said paramedics were told by resort staff that a chair lift broke and fell about six metres.
Crystal Mountain Resort is a small day-use ski area near West Kelowna, with two chairlifts and a T-bar.
Quinn Newcomb, a spokesman for the BC Safety Authority, said two safety officers are on site investigating the incident. He said a preliminary report suggests the rope that the chairs are fixed to came off the tower.
He said investigators don't know yet what caused the rope to break.
Other than the four passengers who fell to the ground, no one else riding on the lift was hurt.
The authority is also investigating another chairlift incident that happened last month. One of the eight-passenger cabins fell off the Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish on Feb. 4., according to a Global BC report. No one was injured in that incident since the line is not in operation yet. The gondola car came off the line while the system was being checked, and fell three to four metres.


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Forgive the clickbaity title, but that's basically what it is. They may not realize they are doing this...and so should be informed.
If you are familiar with my work, you will know that I am a critic of religion in general. I believe in equality, sex-positivity, compassion for all humankind. These are the values I live by and these are the values that prevent me from having much respect for religion (the idea). I engage in a variety of discussions, with both theists and non-theists alike. I try to keep my critique limited to the ideas contained within the obsolete doctrines I oppose. And I argue passionately for others to do the same, to not generalize entire groups of people as savages, etc.
I am against bigotry from the religious and also towards the religious. I am intolerant of intolerance, I speak out on issues that put my life at risk almost on a daily basis. I cannot count for you the amount of death threats, rape threats, other threats I have received, through facebook alone.
As an ex-muslim with extensive lived experience in an Islamic theocracy, I consider it my right and duty to speak about the injustices I have seen, excused away by religion. When I see such beliefs being shielded by the politically correct liberal west, I feel I must speak out and share my perspective too, as a liberal who doesn't agree with protecting people from rightful criticism only because they are minorities in west.
Put my feelings regarding Western liberals & their double standards in a table. #Exmuslim #AnApostateExperience pic.twitter.com/dcgvEbRklE
— Eiynah -- (@NiceMangos) April 9, 2015
Till last night, I had a pretty vibrant facebook profile. Full of discussion, friendship, building bridges, asking questions...learning from one another. Even though I am a harsh critic of Islam, I do have several Muslim facebook friends (and why wouldn't I be a critic? I am a *woman* who managed to apostasize, and so far, remain alive to advocate for equality in the religion of 'peace'). Many of my muslim friends tell me they find my work interesting, thought-provoking and yes, balanced - something that presents an alternative perspective they don't often get to consider.
|From Wikipedia
Contrary to some opinions, that I am a (Pakistani) white supremacist, I do spend most of my time on the internet working for (*gasp* non-white) Muslims, offering help in any way I can. Just recently I was engaged in private conversation with a Muslim woman who lost custody of her son to her abusive ex-husband, taken away under the convenient cover of Sharia law. I speak to people on how to remain safe when expressing their views from Pakistan. I provide support for young LGBT teens from the Muslim world, telling them there is *nothing* wrong with them...and that there is hope for the future. I speak to Muslim mom's of LGBT teens who want to know from an outside perspective how to deal with certain situations, I speak to mom's about ways of tackling difficult topics of sex and sexuality with their children approaching/going through puberty. People come to me for all sorts of advice and help, surrounding sexuality, doubt, disbelief, I've even helped some find safe, non-judgemental medical assistance. Facebook has always been an avenue for people to connect with me and for me to offer help if I can, the most common avenue in fact.
But that has changed.
"Personal profiles are for individual people only and should include a real first and last name"
My account was disabled with no warning, or even an option presented to change my account name had I wanted to.
No Facebook, I don't think I'm an organization, business or brand. Though those terms are vague enough to be argued. Is my blog a brand? Is my small patreon account considered a business? My meagre 700 or so fb friends hardly make me a 'public figure', but again vague enough to be argued.
I can assure you that I am *one* individual person. One who's work is blocked/banned in much of the Muslim world too, so thanks for adding to that! :)
I think it should be up to me to decide how I better reach my audience, and not facebook, right? I am a huge supporter of free speech. Even ideas I loathe, I will argue for their right to exist as part of the conversation in a free world. I will not support the ideas I don't like, but I will unfollow and move on. What Facebook's curiously-timed action regarding my account tells me (this is just speculation, obviously, I could be wrong); is that people have probably tried to report me for harassing or posting inappropriate content before. But that has been unsuccessful, because I don't do either of those things. One thing people have successfully been able to shut down my voice with is the fact that I have a pseudonym - which I use for the very valid reason of ...'remaining alive'.
As someone who is shunned by her own community, and as a self-hating 'racist' by the liberal west, threatened by the Islamic far right as an 'enemy of god' who is 'worthy of death', time and time again....it has become second nature to expect yet another way to be silenced. So here we are.
Social media is a tool I use mostly to help others, I am disappointed that 'reporting' accounts has been misused in this way by enemies of free speech. And I am disappointed that Facebook seems not to care. There has been a systemic targeting of Ex-Muslim accounts, Atheist accounts on social media recently...and it is plainly before us just how many religiously bigoted, hatred-spewing accounts are spared this scrutiny.......because religion.
Interestingly, my account was disabled shortly after a conversation I had with a pedophilia-apologist.
I get it, that Mohammed is widely revered and 'untouchable', I get that people are shot just for daring to draw him. I get that, and I don't accept it. Someone was likely very offended, but I cannot support many of the things he has done or said according to scripture. It is my right to question them...as a woman, as an apostate....as someone declared worthy of death by the religion Mo founded.
I don't understand how Facebook thinks their 'real name' rule is fair, how they cannot see that it targets certain people specifically. The only reason I don't use my real name is because I'd most likely be killed if I did. The insensitivity that someone would *demand* I use it or be declared 'not a real individual' by the most popular social media site in the world is alarming. This targets Ex-Muslims especially hard, and we have our fair share of grief already.
It targets anyone who wants more privacy or anonymity, perhaps because of a violent, vindictive ex, perhaps because of workplace concerns. It targets performers, people with pen names, stage names, possibly members of the trans community who often struggle to have their names acknowledged as *real*...This rule of declaring individuals not *real* based on them exposing their legal names, targets individuality, expression, creativity - and most importantly free speech.
Not to mention, the taboos around atheism are under-discussed and under-estimated. People can lose jobs just for identifying as an atheist....why should these people have to use *real* names. What's next in Facebook's socialmedia-cracy - requiring fingerprints? ID's? Ironic, given how many Jihadists are able to recruit and communicate via social media.
|My account was disabled shortly after I posted this screenshot of a Twitter conversation on Facebook.
Sure, I'll 'convert to a page' if thats what you want
Currently, I'm waiting on fb to email me a confirmation that they have compiled my account info so I can download and transfer...it's been over 14 hours now. Nothing yet.
Will the transfer be smooth? Will I lose people, opportunities to have helped someone? Will I lose the ability to participate in other facebook group discussions, being a 'page' and not a 'person? Wouldn't my page have to be connected to an account anyway? Will your next step be to prompt me to verify my name and endanger myself further?
|Govt. ID required to reinstate a social media account. Sigh.
The most frustrating part about this is that facebook seems to be directly unreachable via facebook :/ (either that or my tech incompetence is making it hard for me to find how to contact them). All I come across is endless loops of FAQs and forums that lead me to other forums. No actual way to contact.
Whatever it is, however many ways we are silenced...I don't think people will succeed in silencing the collective voice.
-People are asking me why I have not yet converted my profile to a page yet. I am in the process of trying to do that, but facebook tells me they will email me when my profile info is available for download and transfer, nothing from them yet in over 48 hrs.
-Also I fear that transferring to a page will have to be linked to a profile, which will then require a 'real name', which would be unsafe for me.
-Since having my account disabled, I have discovered that this has been a huge issue targeting several communities. There is a protest happening at facebook headquarters regarding this very issue on Monday, June 1st.
Drag queens, others plan Monday Facebook protest
-Another related piece: Native American activist to sue Facebook over site's 'real name' policy
-Someone has also created a Reddit post about my suspension, you can check it out here
-An excellent infographic was also shared on Twitter. Really shocking that these valid reasons are not taken into consideration.
@NiceMangos Many very sound reasons for an alias. Please take note @facebook pic.twitter.com/aVENmRXVkq
— Wind-powered Louella (@wemustsaveearth) May 30, 2015
UPDATE 2 (3 Days later): Looks like there may be some hope! Let's see...
Also, a friend of mine has taken the trouble to set up a fb page in support of getting me back on facebook. Do click 'like' on it if you can https://m.facebook.com/bringbackeiynah
UPDATE 3 (10 days later) : Sigh. I finally managed to get my facebook info downloaded, and attempted to 'convert to a profile', but as I suspected. It wouldn't let me.
|From my twitter (@nicemangos)
FINAL FINAL UPDATE : I have been targeted and removed from facebook yet again. This time fb is demanding I show govt ID. Well, that probably isn't going to happen for safety reasons. Do keep in touch via the blog or Twitter. Miss you guys x
A huge thanks to those who wrote to me today, and to those tweeting to @facebook in support. I hope the message will get to my friends on fb, that I have not abandoned them. Please share this post (especially on Facebook) and help spread the word.
Please consider supporting the blog via patreon. There are so many ways people try to silence Ex-Muslims. I do not intend to let them win.


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Lauren Morgan of Stow, Ohio and Joshua Tietze of Canton, Ohio were married Aug. 10, 2013 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Stow, Ohio by the Pastor, Father Ed Holland. Parents of the bride are Timothy and Colette Morgan of Stow, Ohio. Parents of the bridegroom are Randall and Lisa Tietze of Canton, Ohio.
Jennifer Maynard was the matron of honor and Andrea Morgan was the maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Lindsey Bologna, Stacy Rue, and Krysti Tietze. Brandon Rue was the best man. Ushers were Jared Bologna, Eric Chojnacki, Brad Martindale, and Steve Modich. A reception was held at Ohio Prestwick Country Club.
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Caught in the open for the first time is the upcoming Hyundai Veloster, the small, front-drive sports coupe first introduced—to much laud—as the Veloster concept at the 2007 Seoul auto show. Though most of the prototype seen here is covered in black camouflage, we can tell that in order to fulfill Hyundai's promise of 2+2 seating, the Veloster has grown considerably compared with the eensy concept car we saw before.
The side windows, for example, now stretch past the B-pillar, and the taillamps, which previously sat atop the rear fenders, are now situated back on the rear plane. Tallish sides and a long roof mean that the fat fenders have been toned down, and with them the concept's dramatic road stance. Darn. Here we were hoping that this would be the next Honda CRX.
But all hope for fun is not lost. The Elantra-based, front-wheel-drive Veloster will probably not be more than a few inches longer than a Mini Cooper, and indeed looks small enough that its expected 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine would get it by in a spirited way. (We expect the motor to offer somewhat more than the 138 hp and 136 lb-ft of torque that it currently produces in the Elantra.) A choice of manual and automatic transmissions is pretty much guaranteed. And if, say, the 2.0-liter motor is offered in 210-hp turbocharged form, as seen in the Genesis coupe, that might really put the "velocity" in Veloster.
When will it appear? Well, as we reported last summer, Hyundai product PR chief Miles Johnson confirmed that the Veloster will launch some time during the 24/7 2.0 program, a two-year period during which the company will launch seven new products. The Genesis coupe kicked off the introductions about a year ago, meaning the Veloster should appear within a year at the latest. Expect prices to start in the $18K range.
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This post takes a satirical look at the business management book genre, specifically looking at five of the most ridiculous titles and how they often lead to bad management.
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While the old cliché that "managers are not made, they are born" can in some degrees be argued to be true, it is also worthwhile acknowledging that you can often pick up a number of tips and ideas for your own leadership style from the vast plethora of management guide books available.
While there are undoubtedly some gems, some of them just give a ridiculous message, ridden with management speak that is often regurgitated verbatim by the reader when at work, under the misguided premise that they are now a great leader.
We looked at five of the most ridiculously titled management books there are.
1.Management in 10 Words
If it is possible to sum up management in 10 words, then why on Earth has this been extended out into a 320 page book? Surely each word does not require an average of 32 pages for an explanation of why it is such a great management tool. If management really can be defined in 10 words, then a piece of A4 paper should suffice just nicely.
There is also another similar book called "Why is my Iceberg Melting," however the essential message is the same. How can you and your business survive and thrive in changing conditions in an evolving world? Well, the answer is somewhat obvious in that you too must also evolve to meet the demands of the world. There is really no need for a book that likens the business world to a mouse trying to survive by looking for cheese. The scariest thing about this book is that it is an all-time best seller. Is it any wonder the global economy is a mess?
There is a whole series of books carrying this title, with various sub-titles based around being productive and having a stress-free work life. However, the message after 250+ pages of reading is always the same. If you want to get things done, write it down and have a plan. Simple really.
For me, personally, this was the first management book I ever read. Unfortunately, it had little bearing on me, as having read it I immediately realised that the manager who had borrowed it to me was the human manifestation of the book, a product of what he had read. Basically, the book is centred around managing everyone for a minute each day, based on the old business cliché that "my most valuable minute is the one spent with my people."
5.How to Lead
If ever there was an expensive tick the box exercise, this is it. Although it does contain a lot of leadership advice, the main purpose of the book is to tick off everything that applies to you, then go away and get the skills needed to tick the rest. Perhaps if you spent the time leading rather than reading and ticking boxes you would acquire the skills easier.
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Wecena reduces the "numerical fracture of skills" which separates the nonprofit world from the business world. It allows partnerships and non-government organizations working in the educational, charity, or public health sectors to benefit from the work of computer engineers and consultants between contracts at their companies. The latter thus commit themselves to a form of pro bono work at minimal cost since the French tax system grants important tax savings to SSII (Societe de Services en Ingenierie Informatique -- information technology consulting companies) and to consulting firms that accept to offer their services to nonprofits free of charge.
FSF France houses numerous free software projects under the umbrella of GNA. GNA, like GNU Savannah, hosts many free software projects, including Xenomai, Decade, Savane, and PyVot. These programs could benefit from the support of Wecena and thereby from the skills of engineers between contracts.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Sophomore Four McGlynn made a career-high tying six three-pointers and tallied a season-high 23 points to lead the Towson men's basketball team past East Tennessee State, 83-77, in the second round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament on Friday night.
Towson (25-10) has won 25 games for just the third time in school history and will advance to play in the quarterfinals of the CIT next week. The game date, time and opponent will be announced at a later date.
McGlynn shot 6-for-7 from the field, all three-pointers, and made five of six from the free throw line. He's scored 20 or more points in two of his last four games and was just one point shy of tying his career high in scoring.
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Towson shot 50.9 percent from the field and made eight of 15 from beyond the arc. The Tigers improved to 9-2 on the year when shooting 50% or better.
East Tennessee State (19-16) started the game hot, making 8 of its first 14 shots to go up 18-6 at the 14:34 mark. Trailing 22-11, Towson roared back by scoring 13 straight points during a 19-3 run that put the Tigers up 30-25 with 6:46 remaining in the first half.
After trailing by as many as 12 in the first half, a Marcus Damas steal and layup at the buzzer gave Towson a 40-34 lead at the intermission. The Tigers ended the period on a 29-12 run with McGlynn hitting three of his six three's during the spurt.
A Damas jumper early in the second half gave Towson its first double-figure lead of the game at 48-38. After the Bucs cut the Tiger advantage to 49-45, Towson scored 16 of the next 21 points to go up by 15, TU's largest lead of the game. McGlynn hit a pair of three-pointers during the run, including one to cap the spurt and give the Tigers a 65-50 lead midway through the second half.
Towson struggled from the free throw line late to allow East Tennessee State to get to within 77-72 with 42 seconds remaining. However, McGlynn and Damas combined to go 6-for-6 from the free throw line down the stretch to clinch the Tigers second straight postseason win.
Sophomore Timajh Parker-Rivera recorded seven points, grabbed a team-high nine rebounds and swatted a career-high five shots. As a team, Towson blocked 10 shots, its second most of the season. Freshman John Davis had four point and eight rebounds in just 12 minutes of action.
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AIMs and fine structure in 15 European populations
European Journal of Human Genetics advance online publication 19 February 2014; doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2014.1
Using ancestry-informative markers to identify fine structure across 15 populations of European origin
Laura M Huckins et al.
The Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 3 anorexia nervosa genome-wide association scan includes 2907 cases from 15 different populations of European origin genotyped on the Illumina 670K chip. We compared methods for identifying population stratification, and suggest list of markers that may help to counter this problem. It is usual to identify population structure in such studies using only common variants with minor allele frequency (MAF) >5%; we find that this may result in highly informative SNPs being discarded, and suggest that instead all SNPs with MAF >1% may be used. We established informative axes of variation identified via principal component analysis and highlight important features of the genetic structure of diverse European-descent populations, some studied for the first time at this scale. Finally, we investigated the substructure within each of these 15 populations and identified SNPs that help capture hidden stratification. This work can provide information regarding the designing and interpretation of association results in the International Consortia.
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- AdygheChabadi said...
Wow, the 25% "Mediterranean" is the nearly same estimate I came up with based on Y-chromosomes in the US. I actually came with 23%. I suppose the US sample is of White "European" Americans. My estimate was based on all major populations in the US.
- Friday, February 21, 2014 8:50:00 pm
- epoch said...
Pity Germany is considered one people. The north, which used to speak a different kind of German more akin to Dutch, is really different from the south. I would be very interested to see if these differences translate to genetic differences as well.
- Saturday, February 22, 2014 10:54:00 pm
- Paul Ó Duḃṫaiġ said...
Bit disappointing that they didn't sample an Irish population, particularly given the know history of mass Irish migration to US, Canada and Britain during the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Sunday, February 23, 2014 3:00:00 pm
- Fanty said...
"I would be very interested to see if these differences translate to genetic differences as well."
It does.
When Dodecad and Eurogenes Projects started I checked out what the German project members said about their backgrounds.
It was possible to spot 3 different regions (dont want to call em "clusters":
- Northwest (often overlapping with English, Dutch or Southern Scandinavia)
- Northeast (clearly moved eastwards, partly overlapping with GErman/Polish mixes)
HIstorical sources claim Eastgermans beeing Northwestgerman (Saxons to be exact) settlers mixed with Slavic natives.
-South+Austria (kind of seperate, not overlapping with anyone)
Historical sources claim Austrians beeing Southgerman (Bavarians to be exact) settlers mixed with Slavic natives)
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Let's start with today's smart phone. In many ways, it is a "thing" in the Internet of Things. It is useful, not just because it is a device, but it is connected to a "Cloud," which in many ways is a computer in a remote location. This Cloud, which combines storage (Dropbox, iCloud, Netflix Servers) and intelligence (algorithms like Amazon's recommendation engine) over a fast connection is what really makes the phone valuable.
The Internet of Things really takes the phone paradigm of device/connection/cloud and makes devices smaller (a sensor with a transmitter that connects to a cloud) or much larger (a drone big enough to carry a passenger or a connected car).
What makes the Internet of Things possible today is the rapid decline in the cost of smart sensors (really small computers with transmitters and gyroscopes), which now cost pennies, pervasive connections (more and more places have fast and often free internet), and massive drops in storage/computing power in the cloud due to scale and competition effects of Amazon, Microsoft and Google.
The Range of Possibilities.
Below are six examples of the Internet of Things:
Trackr is a company that places a range of sensors on everyday objects so you never lose them. Think Find my iPhone, only now find my keys or my wallet.
Spun is a spoon with sensors and a transmitter that work with your phone camera to actually alert you to how many calories are in each spoonful of food you consume. It knows the food type because of the photo, it knows how much you eat by the weight of the spoon and the number of bites. It transmits all this to the cloud, which stores and calibrates the data. Now you know calories per bite!
The Google Self Driving Car has a number of sensors using connections to the Internet and a cloud-based navigation system.
Samsung introduced a refrigerator which plays music via Pandora, allows you to shop directly from a screen on the refrigerator, and takes photos of the inside of your fridge to send to your phone so you can see if you're running low on milk while at the grocery store.
As the price of sensors, connections, and cloud computing falls, every object will be connected to the Internet of Things.
Health monitoring devices that are now FDA-approved are on the rise as the Affordable Health Care Act incentivizes prevention and works to keep people out of the hospital. How does one monitor health? Through connected sensors and devices which monitor everything from vital signs to whether or not you've taken your medication.
As the price of sensors, connections, and cloud computing falls, every object will be connected to the Internet of Things. A credit card may not just have a security chip but a sensor which keeps the card continuously connected and monitored.
What will be rare in the future is not the Internet of Things but Things That Are Not On the Internet, Off the Grid Things, and even Dark Things…
Implications on Customer Behavior and Expectations
To win in the IoT Age marketers must enable CAVES (Control Access Value Experience Simplification):
Control: Customers will increasingly feel they are in control and want to be able to monitor and influence things at a distance. They will feel they have conquered space with "God-like control."
Access: Customers will expect access to anything they want, whenever they want it, with speed and responsiveness.
Value: One of the driving benefits of the IoT is the ability not just to control and access, but also monitor one's behavior or the behavior of those Things. For instance, one of the benefits of the Nest Thermostat is its ability to cut energy behavior.
Experience: Marketers will have to deliver responsiveness and always be on. They will need to ensure that they are embedded into platforms (Cars, Home Networks, Voice Platforms) that then enable the Internet of Things.
Simplification: As more and more devices get connected to the Internet there will be a need to simplify and control things from home or other hubs. A smart phone will serve as one hub, but there will be other hubs, such as Amazon's voice controlled Echo. Simplifiers of the Internet of Things will also have their own new platforms.
Clients can be prepared for the IoT era by a) ensuring development of new products and services that align with new platforms and technologies, b) building relationships in ways that align with CAVES, c) understanding the insight and intelligence implications of the data exhaust that the Internet of Things will leave.
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UCF head coach George O'Leary may be winding down on his career, but he is not ready to step aside just yet. This, according to the head coach of the Knights in a story by The Orlando Sentinel.
"I don't know anything about that stuff and where that came from," O'Leary was quoted by The Orlando Sentinel on Saturday. "I never spoke to anybody from Fox or anybody. I don't have any idea what that's about."
Earlier in the day on Saturday Bruce Feldman of FOXSports.com reported there was a strong possibility O'Leary would step down after UCF's first game of the 2014 season, in Ireland against Penn State. If O'Leary were to step down, Feldman reported offensive line coach Brent Key would likely be handed the keys to the program. Key was given a promotion to assistant head coach in the spring and has been speculated to be UCF's coach-in-waiting or the most likely internal candidate to take over as head coach if and when O'Leary steps down.
The whole sequence of events would be rare, with a head coach returning and stepping down after one game, but given O'Leary's age it would not be the most shocking development. O'Leary is on the record for now, although coaches tend to avoid these kinds of discussions in the media as well, so that is worth considering as well.
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