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In this episode we take a deeper look into the future of business education and talk to two people driving innovation in this area: Dean Bob Joss and Professor Garth Saloner, both of the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
The GSB has been making headlines, most recently after receiving the largest gift ever given to any business school (a $105million gift from Nike Founder and CEO Phil Knight). The GSB also recently announced an innovative new curriculum that will enable incoming students to personalize their MBA education.
In addition to discussing the recent news, Joss and Saloner also discuss what aspiring entrepreneurs can get out of an MBA, leadership challenges, and their answers to Stanford's admissions essay. For an interesting perspective on the value of an MBA check out Brad Feld's Thoughts, and for more on the admissions essays, check out Clear Admit's take on it.
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- Should aspiring entrepreneurs take the time to get an MBA? "If you If you come to business for yourself... you really have to learn from your own mistakes. If you go to business school you have the advantage of learning from other peoples mistakes."
- Dean Joss's view on the difference between running a bank and a school: "[Now] I spend almost 40% of my time trying to finance the enterprise."
- Wishlist for new faculty: "I would love to see Steve Jobs be part of a tradition that we've had here for many years [business leaders leading classes]... We've talked about it."
- And listen to what Joss and Saloner answer to Stanford's famous admissions question "What matters most to you and why?"
For more on the Phil Knight gift to the GSB, check out Dave's post on Journey to My MBA.
For some great blogs by current Stanford GSB students, read Rohin Dhar's Silicon MBA and Hamish Fraser's Stanford GSB Diary.
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Browse the collections and use the virtual tours to learn more about the artworks' chronological and geographical connection to complex networks of cultural interchange.
The Story of the Beautiful connects virtual tours of the Peacock Room to places and faces associated with its dynamic, cosmopolitan history, from its controversial creation in Victorian London by the expatriate American artists James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) to its subsequent use as an aesthetic laboratory in Detroit by the Gilded Age collector and industrialist Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), who founded of the Freer Gallery of Art—the first art museum of the Smithsonian Institution.
Whistler and Freer both believed that the history of art—which Whistler called "the story of the beautiful"—transcended material and cultural contingencies and is always "already complete." Yet over the last 130 years, the Peacock Room has undergone a variety of geographical and stylistic incarnations to suit the changing tastes of its owners and audiences. Its history suggests that, far from being "already complete," stories of the beautiful are continuously revised and updated, shaped by points of contact that include individual biography; travel; the circulation of artistic objects; critical reception; social, commercial, and aesthetic networks, and encounters with art, both real and virtual.
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Om Ahmad campaign breathes life into Acre struggle
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Overlooking the Mediterranean sea, off a neat side street and with a shaded, grassy garden, the house of Om Ahmad is as beautiful as any in old Acre. The 60-year-old has lived in the home for fifty years, and her large family – she has ten children and thirteen grandchildren – gather daily here to eat, talk and smoke arguila.
For decades, life in the house has been relatively ordinary. But recently, campaigners, officials and active members of the community have started spending more and more time at Om Ahmad's place, and today it is a hive of activity, packed with constant meetings and gatherings at the centre of a dynamic community campaign.
Everything changed for Om Ahmad less than two months ago, when she was served with an eviction notice. Her property, which occupies a prime position on the iconic sea walls of Acre's old city, had been bought by a businessman at auction and set aside to be turned into a hotel.
In an area where the Palestinian population is active, tight-knit and holds close to a 100% majority, the plan was always going to be met with stiff opposition. Since 1948 the Arab residents of Acre's old city have lived within a property system that is both complicated and debilitating. When much of Acre's population fled during the Nakba, the authorities of the newly created state of Israel took ownership over many buildings using the absentee property law. Not long after the expulsions, government agencies – now the Old Acre Development Fund and Amidar – were created to manage the scores of empty homes left behind by refugees. Today, many of the families living in the city pay rent to these private subsidiaries.
This was Om Ahmad's situation when businessmen began bringing groups of smartly-dressed foreigners and Israelis to the area around her house earlier this year. When she greeted them, offered them tea and asked what they were doing, she says, the newcomers ignored her. And when her family received the eviction notice in April, they didn't realise the house had been sold at auction without their knowledge several months earlier, back in January this year.
For local activist Hazar Hijazi, it's details like this that are perhaps the most insulting. "It really hurts that the businessmen came here and ignored Om Ahmad," she told Palestine Monitor. "They're treating people like objects, to be moved around because of what others think is best. These people are coming in from outside, saying they know what is best for the neighbourhood, for development, and people like Om Ahmad are going to have to pay the price."
Hidden agenda?
For Hijazi and fellow activists, the struggle for Om Ahmad's home is a tiny part of a much bigger puzzle. In the old city of Acre, "development" is often a byword for dispossession, and in plans for luxury hotels and apartments locals see a deliberate campaign to rid the city of its Palestinian population.
The troubling implications for Acre's population are well hidden in public plans for the city. On its website, the Old Acre Development Company touts a range of properties "designated for immediate marketing" – including the site of Om Ahmad's house, described as "
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According to Khaled Dagash, a lawyer working on Om Ahmad's case, the sidelining of the Arab community in Acre is effectively built into the the Israeli Authorities' plan for the city. In 2001, when the old city was declared a UNESCO world heritage site, Israeli authorities zoned it for tourism – a decision that activists say denied any allowance for the needs of the local population.
"This plan that was laid in 2001 concerned the whole area – not just Om Ahmad's house but all the neighborhood of Al Burj," Khaled explained, referring to the wide area of the Old City where her house stands. "There is no living space targeted in this plan, just tourism planning for shops and hotels. And the projections for Om Ahmad's house, the Cinema Bustan project, are based on this plan."
Because the plan affects the whole of the old city, there's a strong sense that Om Ahmad's campaign is a fight for much more than just one house – that if this one individual is evicted, the de-Arabisation of Acre will spread across the city. "This case is the key to all the issues of transfer in the city of Acre," Ahmad Aouf, a young activist at the house, said. "If Om Ahmad is transferred from her home, it means that other families will be transferred too."
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Last weekend, the campaign to defend the home was in full swing. Young activists prepared for a meeting in the garden by hanging banners bearing slogans like, "We will not move out," or, "No bad papers, just bad laws." Christian and Muslim leaders from Acre and Jerusalem made an appeal for unity and solidarity among Palestinians against judaisation and occupation, and were met with applause from the assembled crowd.
The activists working on this campaign, however, face a complicated situation. Unusually, the businessman who won Om Ahmad's home on auction is an Arab, and well known to the community. But this has done nothing to alleviate fears of judaisation. Activists believe the sale, managed by the Old Acre Development Company and according to a master plan they say is unsympathetic to Palestinian needs, still serves the purpose of judaisation and dispossession in Acre.
"There is this question, who is responsible for ethnically cleansing Om Ahmad out of her house," Hijazi says. "And now, unfortunately, it seems the answer is an Arab businessman. He thinks he's in this for the money. But he doesn't realise that he is an agent of ethnic cleansing."
"The fact that we knew him, it was a slap in the face," Mohammed, Om Ahmad's son in law, told Palestine Monitor. "But we are working hard and we are hopeful that our tactics are working – that maybe we will be able to stop this going through."
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Euro 2008 is over, and Spain is the Champion. I only got to watch the knock-out stages of this tournament over the last few weeks, but that was plenty.
International big-time soccer is a pleasure, and ABC/ESPN did a fine job (despite the Turkey-Germany meltdown that affected most of the world) with the High Definition Broadcasts, and the showcasing of the great Andy Gray
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A big-game flop no more, Spain won the European Championship 1-0 over Germany on Sunday for its first major title in 44 years.
Fernando Torres scored in the 33rd minute and the Spaniards never backed down against such a formidable opponent. Their last significant title came in the 1964 Euros at home.
"It is a privilege to be in the national team and live through the most beautiful moment of getting the cup," Torres said. "It will be good not only for Spain, but also for football because the team that played best won."
In beating a team that makes a habit of appearing in championship finals, the Spaniards put to rest a reputation for underachieving. Always loaded with talented players, Spain has spent four decades falling short of expectations.
That all changed at these Euros, where the Spaniards swept their first-round games, eliminated World Cup champion Italy in a penalty-kicks shootout in the quarterfinals, then routed Russia 3-0 in the semifinals.
"We have won in a brilliant way," coach Luis Aragones said. "We will be able to start saying we can win, a European championhip as well as any other thing."
Against the highly accomplished Germans, they weren't intimidated. They got the one goal they needed - from a slumping striker, no less - and set off chants of "ES-PANA," and "Ole, Ole Ole" at the final whistle.
The entire Spanish squad ran over to the huge rooting section of red and gold, exchanging hugs, while many of the spent Germans collapsed to the turf.
"It is to me the most important day in Spanish football in many, many years," Torres said.
Rangers get the rubber match from the Phillies …
Ian Kinsler came to spring training wanting the full-time leadoff job and believing he would get it. He just didn't tell anybody.
"That's not my style," Kinsler said. "I felt I could show them on the field that I deserved the job."
He did, and he hasn't looked back, becoming one of the top leadoff hitters in the major leagues this season.
Kinsler had his third consecutive three-hit game in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Phillies. He was the not-so-old man in a group of youngsters that helped the Rangers take two of three games from the top team in the NL East and move above .500 for the seventh time this season.
Eric Hurley, 22, went 5 2/3 innings and gave up one run. Catcher Max Ramirez, 23, pleased manager Ron Washington with how he called the game and threw out the speedy Shane Victorino attempting to steal in the first inning. And Chris Davis, 22, became the first player in franchise history to hit home runs in his first two major league starts.
But it was the just-turned 26-year-old Kinsler who immediately got the Rangers' offense going.
"I want to set the tone with my first at-bat," Kinsler said. "Even if I get out, if I hit the ball hard on the first pitch, that means we're going to be aggressive and come after the pitcher. If I walk on a 3-2 pitch, we're going to fight all night. That's what I try to do."
On Sunday, he opened the Rangers' first by drilling a 2-2 fastball down the right-field line for a triple and scored on Michael Young's ground ball. It was Kinsler's AL-leading 42nd extra-base hit.
Washington was impressed in the eighth with Kinsler's bunt single down the third-base line. Instead of trying to do too much with runners at first and second, Kinsler left the RBI for Young, who added an insurance run on a sharply hit ground ball.
Kinsler says that he's never played better than he has the last two weeks, even after a mental mistake in the eighth. Kinsler, second in the AL in errors with 15, looked away on a pop-up before the ball hit his glove and it dropped. It was Kinsler's only error in his last 12 games. He's hit safely in all of them, batting .429 (21-for-49).
The stretch has only added to an already stellar first half, in which he's batting .323. Among AL leadoff hitters, he's at or near the top in most of the major hitting categories. He leads all AL hitters with 71 runs and 110 hits.
Mike Hindman, who is now a member of the Rangers blog at the Dallas Morning News, looks at the way a team assembles pitching …
Don't let anyone tell you that spending money on starting pitchers in free agency is the way to go. There is simply NO EVIDENCE to support that argument.
It's all about scouting and development folks.
Out of the top 41 (including Kazmir), here's how teams acquired these pitchers:
Draft (or undrafted American signee): 16
Free Agent Signee: 2
International (Teen) Free Agent Signee: 3
Minor League Trade: 12
Pre-Free Agency Trade: 8
You either draft and grow it (Kazmir, Lincecum, Sheets, Marcum, Saunders, Lester, Webb, Hamels...)....
Or you use superior scouting to get your hands on someone else's young arms when it comes time to sell (Duchscherer, Danks, Volquez, Lee, Floyd, Wainwright, Eveland, Smith...)....
Or you use your stocked farm system to trade for the stud before he becomes a Free
Agent (Beckett, Hudson, Johan, Haren...)....
Or you find the stud when he's 16 years old in the Dominican Republic or Venezuela (Felix, Zambrano, Santana...)....
But you do NOT go out and buy it on the open market.
It just doesn't work that way.
A great ERA Article from the NY Times ….
The Stars prepare for Free Agency …
The Stars have set an internal budget that should allow them to seek an unrestricted free agent who is making less than $3 million. A few candidates:
Michael Ryder: Struggled in Montreal, but has two previous 30-goal seasons; has played with Mike Ribeiro before.
Brian Rolston: At 35, he's older than what the Stars are seeking. However, he is a solid two-way player. But will he cost more than $3 million?
Andrew Brunette: The noted Stars killer could be available cheap if Colorado decides to go in a different direction.
Sean Avery: Probably shooting for $3-4 million, but the league's most hated agitator would make an interesting addition.
Cory Stillman: A reliable 20-something goal scorer who has a tendency to play for winning teams. He's 34 and played for $1.75 million last season.
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Today, I am going to throw out some really radical ideas. Here is one of them: Bertuzzi? …That is right. I think the Stars might be wise to get after Todd Bertuzzi at a substantial discount, of course…
Mavs plans …
What's the going rate for a backup center who averaged 2.9 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.1 blocks a game last season?
If you're DeSagana Diop, it could be a great year to be on the market.
It's slim pickings for free-agent centers, and if all those Chris Paul-to-Tyson Chandler alley-oop dunks in the first round of the playoffs suggested anything, it's that the Mavs, after including Diop in the February trade to New Jersey for Jason
Kidd, are in dire need of interior defense.
Those factors could more than double Diop's $2.2 million salary and net him the
Mavs' entire mid-level exception, expected to be valued between $5.5 million and $5.7 million.
"It would not shock me," Donnie Nelson, Mavs president of basketball operations, said of Diop commanding the entire mid-level exception. "Centers are going to be pricier."
The Mavs will have competition for the 7-foot, 26-year-old Diop. The Miami Heat is reportedly interested. However, the Mavs could hold the edge against any competition. Diop still lives in Dallas and since being traded, has maintained his interest in returning.
So will the Mavs use their entire mid-level to shore the center position when they also need 3-point shooting and depth?
There a number of players who could interest the Mavs, including possibly Kings forward Ron Artest, who opted out of his contract Friday and would have to agree to a significant pay cut.
Mavs coach Rick Carlisle coached Artest at Indiana and has said he'd welcome him in Dallas.
"We've got one bullet and have to make it count," Nelson said of the mid-level exception. "We can split it two or three ways, but that's our silver bullet. We can't miss out."
Any chance Ron Artest is in the mix? …
Though the prospect of Artest opting out remains unlikely, the uncertainty remains until it's official. Artest is in the driver's seat for one more day, and Petrie is stuck without a steering wheel.
Artest remains a most vital piece of the Kings in ways beyond the spot he fills, a major element of the organization's eventual structure. If he remains, he instantly becomes one of the more tradeable players in the league whose value might have risen substantially since the Kings considered moving him in February. On the heels of Boston's title and the reinforcement of the "defense wins championships" credo, Artest remains a specialist on that end and is coming off his first season averaging 20 points. During theNBA Finals, he even appeared at Game 6 in Boston and was trailed by speculation in the following days that the Lakers wish he had been in a Los Angeles jersey.
Beyond the Lakers, there is no shortage of teams with a desperate need to strengthen perimeter defense and add a proven scorer. There's San Antonio, Dallas, Houston and perhaps even Denver. The Nuggets passed up a chance to trade for Artest in February, and their first-round playoff exit against the Lakers showed how he could have helped.
With Artest's expiring contract (for $7.4 million) and his 2007-08 season in which he set career highs in scoring, field-goal percentage and three-point percentage, the risk isn't what it used to be. The Kings are well aware of this, hoping to reap the rewards for their patience.
Opting out makes little financial sense for Artest. The Lakers, for example, might be able to offer a shot at the title, but they would be restricted to a midlevel exception offer (approximately $6 million per season) for a contract - a plight shared by most of the league. Artest's agent, Mark Stevens, said it was "obvious" opting out would result in a midlevel exception deal.
If Artest opts out, the Kings, who hold Artest's Bird rights, could execute a sign-and-trade deal in which he can sign a sixyear deal rather than the maximum five with other teams.
In an e-mail to The Bee last week, Artest sounded as if the allure of joining a title contender was enough to lose money. "I never knew so many teams would be coming after me," he wrote. "All I can say is I made a (big) turnaround."
NBA's Top 10 Free Agents …
1. Gilbert Arenas, Wizards: Arenas has turned himself into a max player over the past few years and, despite recent knee troubles, will likely cash in on his newfound celebrity status. While he continues to maintain publicly that his first choice is to re-sign with Washington, it's possible that, given his eccentricity, he could change his mind. The biggest issue for Arenas is the same one that plagues all the free agents: Who else has the money to pay him? I can't see the 76ers or Grizzlies spending the cash. The Clippers would have interest, but Arenas already spurned them once.
2. Corey Maggette, Clippers: Maggette has been on the trading block for years and appears eager to bolt the Clippers. He's making $7 million next season and should be due a raise.
Teams will be out in force trying to get him, but most will have only the midlevel exception to offer -- which would mean he'd be taking a pay cut. A sign-and-trade is the most likely option, with the Phoenix Suns looking like the team most interested in him. They could offer a swap of Leandro Barbosa that may interest L.A.
3. Antawn Jamison, Wizards: Jamison is still putting up big scoring and rebounding numbers at the age of 32. He even made a surprise appearance at the All-Star Game this past season. Washington will likely try to lock him up, and should have the best shot to do so. With teams capped out, which team is going to spend all of its money on a 32-year-old?
4. DeSagana Diop, Nets: He's only 25, but five points and five boards are about all you're going to get from him. Still, he's big and he plays good defense … meaning some team will blow its midlevel exception on him. I think Dallas is the front-runner to give him a ridiculous deal.
5. Beno Udrih, Kings: The Kings were impressed enough with his play that they felt no remorse in letting Mike Bibby go. But will they be able to keep him? As the only decent unrestricted point guard on the market, Udrih is drawing a lot of interest. Expect him to get multiple offers for the full midlevel from a number of teams desperate for a point guard. I'd put the Clippers at the top of the list.
6. Kurt Thomas, Spurs: He's 35 years old, but still tough enough to help just about any title contender. The Spurs got him in a steal of a deal at the trade deadline. Look for them to try to lock him up with a three-year deal this summer.
7. James Posey, Celtics: Posey helped himself with a strong performance against the Lakers in the Finals. He's another player who should get a three- to four-year midlevel deal somewhere.
8. Mickael Pietrus, Warriors: No one is sure why the Warriors didn't play Pietrus more. He's one of the most athletic defenders in the league and he's a solid 3-point shooter. Some team will pick him up and try to use him in a Bruce Bowen-type role.
9. Ricky Davis, Heat: The talented but troubled swingman hasn't helped his cause in his second tour with Miami. Pat Riley thought, after dumping him the first time, that Davis finally had the maturity to play for him. But Riley is clearly reassessing the situation. Davis looks like a midlevel-or-below type of player. I doubt he returns to the Heat.
10. Kwame Brown, Grizzlies: The former No. 1 pick has run out of excuses. Yes, he's huge, athletic and only 25 years old. But after seven years in the league, he's yet to prove that he's anything more than a backup. Someone will pay him something, but no one is expecting much.
George Lucas goes back to the well again …
A few weeks ago Mr. Lucas, who is 64 with a full white beard, was visiting his Presidio offices somewhat reluctantly, on a layover between the European and Japanese premieres of his latest "Indiana Jones" movie. "I love making movies; I'm not the biggest fan of selling them," he said, seated in the librarylike Lucasfilm boardroom, stocked with books about real-world military history and novels like "Quo Vadis." "But since I'm in the selling mood, that's what you're here for. I'm doing all my selling for two more weeks. Then I'm sold out."
He was pitching a computer-generated animated movie called "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," which Warner Brothers will release on Aug. 15 and which will introduce an animated television series with the same title that will have its debut on the Cartoon Network this fall.
Despite his vows to the contrary Mr. Lucas did not conclude his "Star Wars" epic with his 2005 film "Revenge of the Sith," the third in a trilogy of prequel movies that grossed more than $1 billion in the United States alone. As far back as 2002 he was contemplating an animated series that would take place between Episodes II and III of his prequels, fleshing out the adventures of the Jedi knights Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker (who is doomed to become the evil Darth Vader), and explore heroes, villains and planets glossed over in the prequel films.
For Mr. Lucas this was an opportunity to revisit imaginary turf that gives him great personal satisfaction. "Star Wars," he said, is "a sandbox I love to play in."
"It's not a matter of trying to prove anything to anybody," he added. "I don't have to."
But his enduring interest in "Star Wars" hints at a lesson that his filmmaking peers have already learned: that it is sometimes easier for them to make big movies than small ones. As his longtime friend and collaborator Steven Spielberg wrote in an e-mail message: "All of us would like to make these little personal films that sneak into theaters under the radar. Sadly, for George and myself, and others who have enjoyed and endured great success — 'under the radar' has become a no-fly zone."
Bad Radio:
Thank you for supporting the Big Brother Big Sister program. I am a frequent internet listener, and a big fan of BAD Radio. I even had a Gay/Not Gay scenario used on the air once – the highlight of the spring for me.
I have been a Big Brother here in St. Louis for a little over 5 years, and will enthusiastically tell anyone that will listen that the BB/BS program allows a person to make a great difference in the life of another, while having an even bigger impact on your own life.
I have spent all of my time in the program with one "Little." My Little is my oldest son's age (12); they have become friends. My Little is African American (I am a white dude), and he took no interest in my son's life passion, hockey; however, he did take a liking to football, and we got him involved in a football league here, and he is kicking rear. Now, we all regularly have spirited hockey v. football exchanges. It is great.
My wife and I have become good friends with my Little's mother, and we have all worked together to improve my Little's academic performance (which had been lagging). It has been 90% mother and about 10% me (if even that), but I do truly feel that my input has been a part of getting my Little up to speed in school in recent years (and even excelling), and that has been incredibly rewarding.
I am not sure if I proudly or ashamedly make this next claim: Now that we have our system and schedule down (and have used the BB/BS resources), it only takes about a couple hours a week for my Little and me to keep in touch and maintain our relationship. I have probably gotten more involved than the average Big; but the fact of the matter is that just signing up for the program and even casually maintaining a relationship with a child who could use a little more good positive adult input will make a tremendous difference in the child's life. You never know, it could wind up being THE difference. Bottom line: the time commitment required ultimately should NOT be the reason you decide to do or not to do this.
And it is just plain fun.
The number of Big applications is much smaller than the number of Little applications, so BB/BS can use all of us. And it is easy to get started; just give them a call and a caseworker will gladly make matching with a Little go as smoothly as possible. Once you are signed up, the BB/BS orientation meetings and materials will definitely make you feel that you are not out on an island by yourself. And there are scheduled activities by BB/BS, so if you like you don't even have to come up with activities. There are also (I think) opportunities for an entire family to match with a Little.
Adhering to the Ticket ethos means looking at life unconventionally and laughing often. BB/BS is consistent with that ethos. Smile and laugh and make sure to spread that to as many in the community as possible.
The overall point is that (1) anyone can do this, (3) the time commitment need not be a big factor, (3) the BB/BS system does a lot of the work for you, (4) it is incredibly rewarding, and (5) you can really make a difference that you get to see take place.
BAD Radio, please know that your support of BB/BS is in the advancement of a great cause. Keep going - RECRUIT THOSE BIGS.
Love the Show, Mark the St. Louis Internet P1
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|Article Index
|UNRIC Library Newsletter - November 2012
|New titles
|All Pages
Dag Hammarskjöld Speeches
Speeches delivered during various occasions by the second UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld (1953-1961) are available through the Library's Google Drive account.
Joint Inspection Unit - new website
English, French & Spanish: http://www.unjiu.org
The Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) has launched its new multilingual website to provide users with more comprehensive information about JIU, and new and improved ways of interacting with the Unit. It offers a variety of new, user-friendly features including: Enriched content such as Information about JIU, its unique role in the UN system, how it works, who its clients are, its recommendations to UN organizations, reports in all six UN languages, dating back to 1968, and related documents, such as CEB comments, Executive Heads comments, unpublished annexes, etc. and short 'news stories' and videos introducing JIU outputs and events.
UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Climate Change (updated version)
English: http://archive.unric.org/html/english/library/backgrounders/climatechange_eng.pdf
French: http://archive.unric.org/html/english/library/backgrounders/climatechange_french.pdf
UNRIC Library Backgrounder: Sri Lanka (updated version)
English: http://archive.unric.org/html/english/library/backgrounders/srilanka_eng.pdf
Report of the Secretary-General's Internal Review Panel on United Nations Action in Sri Lanka, November 2012
The report was produced by an Internal Review Panel, in the wake of recommendation made by another body, the Secretary-General's Panel of Experts, which he established in 2010 to advise him on measures to advance accountability following the war's conclusion.
Further information:
Enhancing Protection Capacity: Policy Guide to the Responsibility to Protect and the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflicts (UNU)
This Policy Guide seeks to enhance the ability of policy makers and practitioners – in governments, regional and international organizations, and civil society – in strengthening their efforts to protect civilians from conflict-related grave harm and mass atrocity crimes. The Guide clarifies and compares the twin of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and the Protection of Civilians (POC) in their normative, institutional and operational dimensions, distinguishes the principles' different actors and methods, and specifies the situations when the two principles converge for specific actors and organizations.
Security Council Concept Paper: Security Council open debate on "Women and peace and security" – 29 October 2012
English, French & Spanish: http://undocs.org/S/2012/774
The Security Council has held an open debate on the topic "Women and peace and security" on 29 October 2012. The basis of the debate was the Secretary-General's report (S/2012/732 – http://undocs.org/S/2012/732). In order to help steer the discussions on the subject, The Security Council President for the month of October, Guatemala, has prepared this complementary note.
UN Infantry Battalion Manual (DPKO/DFS)
The Departments of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and of Field Support (DFS) recently released a Manual for UN Infantry Battalions serving in peacekeeping missions. Spearheaded by the Office of Military Affairs (OMA), the United Nations Infantry Battalion Manual (UNIBAM) aims to improve United Nations military peacekeepers' performance. It outlines standards, tasks, structures, equipment requirements, and self-evaluation tools for infantry components in United Nations peacekeeping operations. The concept for the UNIBAM originated as part of a comprehensive agenda for peacekeeping capability development under the "New Horizon" reform process. It is part of DPKO/DFS efforts to put in place an enhanced performance management. The document was developed with inputs from Member States, former battalion commanders, peacekeeping practitioners, training experts, field missions and United Nations system partners.
UNMIK Media Monitoring
The UNMIK Public Information Office has launched its Media Monitoring site that offers up-to-the-minute coverage of media reporting in Kosovo and the region, accessible over the Internet, and disseminated twice daily to subscribers via automated e-mailed newsletters.
Afghanistan Opium Survey 2012: Summary Findings (UNODC)
Despite significant eradication efforts, high opium prices led to an increase in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan this year. Cultivation was 18 per cent higher this year than it was last year, covering 154,000 hectares. However, since plant diseases and bad weather had damaged crops, potential opium production fell 36 per cent over the same period from 5,800 to 3,700 tons.
Global Report: UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, 2012
The report shows that a more than 50% reduction in the rate of new HIV infections has been achieved across 25 low- and middle-income countries––more than half in Africa. HIV infections have been cut dramatically by 73% in Malawi, 71% in Botswana, 68% in Namibia, 58% in Zambia, 50% in Zimbabwe and 41% in South Africa and Swaziland.
Powerful Synergies: Gender Equality, Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability (UNDP)
This publication is a collection of evidence-based papers by scholars and practitioners that explore the interconnections between gender equality and sustainable development across a range of sectors and global development issues such as energy, health, education, food security, climate change, human rights, consumption and production patterns, and urbanization. It provides evidence from various sectors and regions on how women's equal access and control over resources not only improves the lives of individuals, families and nations, but also helps ensure the sustainability of the environment.
State of World Population 2012: By Choice, Not by Chance: Family Planning, Human Rights and Development (UNFPA)
Report & Summary in English, French & Spanish: http://www.unfpa.org/public/home/sitemap/swp2012
Family planning is a human right. Yet today some 222 million women in developing countries are unable to exercise that right because they lack access to contraceptives, information and quality services or because social and economic forces prevent them from taking advantage of services even where they are available. "The State of World Population 2012" explains why family planning is a right, examines the challenges in ensuring that all women, men and young people are able to exercise that right and suggests actions that governments and international organizations can take to give everyone the power and the means to decide freely and responsibly how many children to have and when to have them
Turn down the heat: why a 4°c warmer world must be avoided (World Bank)
Report in English, Executive Summary in English, French, Spanish & Portuguese:
This new report – released by the World Bank on 19 November 2012 - synthesizing the latest scientific knowledge on global warming warns we're on a path to a 4 degree warmer world by the end of the century—with huge implications for humanity.
UN Documentation Centre on Water and Sanitation (UNDCWS)
English: http://www.unwaterlibrary.org
Spanish: http://www.bibliotecaonuagua.org
The United Nations Office to support the International Decade 'Water for Life' 2005-2015/UN-Water Decade Programme on Advocacy and Communication (UNW-DPAC) has launched an online UN Documentation Centre on Water and Sanitation (UNDCWS). This virtual library is available in English www.unwaterlibrary.org and in Spanish www.bibliotecaonuagua.org but publications are accessible in different languages when available (including the 6 official UN languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish). The online UNDCWS currently provides access to the most recent publications, around 500, but the repository is being fed every day with publications from all UN agencies, programmes and initiatives. If you notice your publications are not included, please let us know. For all those UN agencies and programmes that already sent their publications, please be patient with us as we are still working to incorporate them.
Fisheries and the right to food – Report to the General Assembly (A/67/268)
English, French & Spanish: http://undocs.org/A/67/268
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, warned on 30 October 2012 of the threat of 'ocean-grabbing' to food security, and urged world governments and international bodies to halt the depletion of fish stocks, and take urgent steps to protect, sustain, and share the benefits of fisheries and marine environments. "'Ocean-grabbing' – in the shape of shady access agreements that harm small-scale fishers, unreported catch, incursions into protected waters, and the diversion of resources away from local populations - can be as serious a threat as 'land-grabbing,'" Mr. De Schutter said as he unveiled this new report.
Further information on the right to food: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/Food/Pages/FoodIndex.aspx or http://www.srfood.org/
Indicators: A Guide to Measurement and Implementation (OHCHR)
In step with United Nations efforts to further promote universal standards and better protect people against human rights violations, this publication of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights provides practical guidance for the development of quantitative and qualitative indicators to strengthen the measurement and implementation of human rights, including the right to development. It contains a detailed description of the conceptual and methodological framework for human rights indicators recommended by international and national human rights mechanisms and used by a growing number of governmental and non-governmental actors. Concrete examples of indicators identified for a number of human rights—all stemming from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights—and other practical tools and illustrations are provided to support processes and stakeholders that aim to improve the realization of human rights on the ground. This Guide will be of interest to human rights advocates as well as policymakers, development practitioners, statisticians and other key actors who contribute to making human rights a reality for all.
The Brussels based United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe - UNRIC provides information on UN activities to the countries of the region. It also provides liaison with institutions of the European Union in the field of information. Its outreach activities extend to all segments of society and joint campaigns, projects and events are organized with partners including the EU, governments, the media, NGOs, schools and local authorities.
United Nations Regional Information Centre for Western Europe (UNRIC Brussels)
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If you're considering adopting a cat this holiday season — or any time of year — there are now several programs that can help you find your perfect pet.
Meet Your Match The ASPCA's Meet Your Match program evaluates animals in order to help owners bring home their ideal companion. "Meet Your Match isn't just based on superficial qualities. We go deeper, including asking about the pet's personality, your personality and other important factors," says Senior Vice President Gail Buchwald of the ASPCA Adoption Center. Whatever the outcome, the resulting adoption is a win-win for the owner and the pet.
Iams Home 4 the Holidays This program, which helps place needy cats and dogs in loving homes, is one of several pet adoption drives taking place right now. According to The Humane Society of the United States, of the 8 million pets that enter animal shelters and rescue groups every year, approximately 3 million of these healthy and treatable pets are euthanized due to lack of adoption. John Van Zante, spokesperson for the Helen Woodward Animal Center Santa Fe, Calif., who helped start Home 4 the Holidays, says the data in 1998 for San Diego County alone — 40,000 euthanized dogs and cats — led to the creation of the program.
"I contacted all 14 shelters in our region, asking that we be committed to putting our egos in check and to working together to solve the problem," says Van Zante. "We kicked off the first Home for the Holidays in November 1999." Since that initial year, millions of pets featured in the program — which runs from November to the beginning of January — have been adopted into loving homes.
PetSmart Charities Your local PetSmart store has a PetSmart Charities Adoption Center, which helps match potential owners with feline companions. "PetSmart charities partners with more than 2,000 animal welfare organizations, which use this space to showcase pets looking for a home," says PetSmart Charities Communication Manager Michelle Thompson. "To date, PetSmart Charities has helped save the lives of more than 4 million pets through adoptions." You can visit PetSmartCharities.org to find an adoption event near you.
Before You Begin
While some people think holiday pet adoptions happen on impulse and lead to a high return rate, the ASPCA, PetFinder.com and other organizations work hard to ensure a thoughtful process takes place before any adoption. Such groups also try to help all pets — not just the trendy breeds or photogenic cats. Betsy Banks Saul, the co-founder of PetFinder.com, points out that "overlooked pets often make great additions to a family, but many people don't even realize they are discriminating when they begin looking to adopt."
The Adoption Process
Depending on the program you choose, the process might go as follows:
1. Visit the program's website, search for pets available for adoption in your area and answer some initial questions
2. Make an appointment to visit a shelter
3. Sign in at the shelter, where you will be able to mention the sort of cat you hope to adopt (age, breed or a specific cat seen on the facility's website)
4. Answer questions asked by shelter personnel to determine your living situation (e.g., if you have other pets at home)
5. View various cats
6. Pay adoption fee — which may or may not include things such as spaying or neutering, full veterinary exams, necessary vaccines or microchipping
The individual who will be caring for the cat must be present at the time of adoption. If you live with others, make it a shared visit and discuss the matter at length beforehand.
"It's hard for me to even properly express how much pets add to our
lives," said Van Zante. "It's the cat that doesn't care if you come home tired
and bedraggled after a grueling day on the job."


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Undecided? Numbers say you're in good company
If Hana R. Alberts is right about quarter-lifers being the hardest hit by the choice conundrum, there are a lot of twenty somethings out there scratching their heads, trying to make up their minds. The census bureau reports that there are some 75 million millenials (born between 1980 and 1995) among us.
Of those millennials, 1.7 million are women who graduated from college this June. If you're one of them, you're out there right now, casting about for something to do that comes with a paycheck, right?
Once you do find that job (trust me, you will) you'll likely follow your big sisters' footsteps — and get a new one: The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the average tenure of 25 – 34 year-old women in any one job is 2.6 years.
You may even do a couple of jobs simultaneously. According to Tina Brown, an exclusive poll commissioned by "The Daily Beast" found that one-third of the respondents—college-educated workers over 18—reported that they were either working freelance or two jobs. A few weeks later, Brown told NPR that in light of what she calls the gig economy, "the word 'career' is going to become antiquated." In other words, more choices still.
And sooner or later, you'll move. A recent Pew Research study on "movers and stayers" found that 77 percent of college graduates have changed communities at least once, and are more likely to have lived in multiple states. Sixty-five percent of women classify themselves as "movers" rather than "stayers," and 45 percent of those who have moved say they will move again.


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GODFATHER:(Redirected from SANDEK (SYNDIKUS).)
Primarily, one who assists in the performance of the rite of circumcision by holding the child upon his knees; secondarily, one who in a measure takes the place of the father, interesting himself in the lad's welfare. In the first sense the function of the godfather undoubtedly has its origin in Hebrew antiquity, and arose naturally from the necessity of having some one to assist the mohel, or circumciser, by holding the child firmly during the performance of the operation. In Talmudic literature the godfather is called "sandik" or "sandikus," a term which is usually identified with the Greek σύνδικος (Latin, "syndicus"), in the sense of "representative," "patron," "advocate." Kohut ("Aruch Completum," vi. 84) and Löw ("Lebensalter," p. 84) claim, on the authority of the medieval rabbinical works "Roḳeaḥ" and "Or Zarua'," that the correct reading is
The godfather became known in medieval times by many names in addition to the ancient designation of "sandik." He is called "ba'al berit" (master of the covenant), "ba'al berit ha-milah" (master of the covenant of circumcision), "ṭofes ha-yeld" (holder of the child), "ab sheni" (second father), and also "shaliaḥ" (messenger). The office was surrounded with marks of honor. A special seat, usually richly decorated, was prepared in the synagogue for the sandik, and if the circumcision happened on a day on which the Law was read, he was entitled to be "called up." The privilege was reserved for persons of standing and of good moral and religious character. It was restricted also in other ways. Rabbinical authorities (for instance, Rabbenu Pereẓ of Corbeil and Judah the Pious) decreed that the privilege should not be given more than once to the same man in the same family, neither should it, unless unavoidable, be given to women. This latter prohibition was based on motives of delicacy. Women were, however, permitted to participate indirectly in the privilege as associates to the godfather. They carried the child to the entrance of the synagogue or to the room in which the circumcision was about to take place, where it was taken by the godfather.
The modern manner of observing the custom is practically identical with the medieval. The German Jews do not use the term "sandik," but only the German "Gevatter" and, for the godmother, "Gevatterin." According to Polish custom, the office is divided into two parts, one performed by the sandik, the other by the Gevatter, or, as he is termedin the corrupted Polish-Jewish form of the word, the "Kwater." Where there is difficulty in obtaining persons to act as godfathers it is customary to form societies of religious persons for this purpose. These societies are known as "ḥebrot sandiḳka'ut." That the custom has been to some extent affected by medieval Christian practise is, no doubt, true, but in all essential respects it rests on historic Jewish ground. Reggio is, therefore, as has been well shown by Levinson, not justified in attacking it.
- Kohut, Aruch Completum, s.v.
- Löw, Lebensalter, Szegedin, 1875;
- Perles, Zur Rabbinischen Sprach- und Sagenkunde, Breslau, 1873;
- Glassberg, Zikron Berit la-Rishonim, Berlin, 1892;
- idem, Die Beschneidung, ib. 1896;
- Kohn, Ot Berit, Cracow, 1902.


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On April 20, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued final rules revising the definitions of who is exempt from the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act as a "white collar" employee for the first time in more than fifty years.
In doing so, the DOL made some significant changes to the proposed revisions that it issued in March 2003 to answer critics who said the proposal would have removed overtime pay requirements from as many as eight million nonexempt workers. The DOL said it received more than 75,000 comments on the proposed rules, about 600 of which contained substantive analysis.
The new rules will take effect 120 days after their publication in the Federal Register, which is scheduled to happen by April 30, according to Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao, resulting in an effective date sometime in late August.
The DOL estimates that the new rules will strengthen overtime protections for more than 6.7 million lower-paid salaried workers, including 1.3 million who are exempt under the current rules, while only 107,000 workers earning more than $100,000 a year could lose their current overtime protection. The current rule is "as protective as the current regulations" for the 57 million workers earning salaries in between these two extremes, according to the DOL.
Under the final rules, any employee earning less than $455 a week ($23,660 a year) will be a nonexempt employee entitled to overtime pay, whether the employee is paid on an hourly or salary basis. This amount is an increase from the current regulations, under which employees earning less than $155 a week ($8,060 a year) are automatically entitled to overtime pay.
The final rules also establish a new exemption for highly compensated employees who receive total compensation of at least $100,000 a year and perform at least some of the exempt work of an executive, administrative, or professional employee. The proposal had set the total compensation amount at $65,000.
Other significant changes from the proposal include:
Reinstating the current requirement that exempt administrative employees exercise "discretion and independent judgment" as part of their primary duty;
Removing the proposed executive exemption for employees who are in "sole charge" of a physically separate branch of an employer;
Clarifying the learned professional exemption by removing references in the proposal to alternate training that could qualify an employee for the exemption, including training in the armed forces or attending a technical school or community college;
Making it clear that the white collar exemptions don't apply to manual laborers or other "blue collar" workers no matter how highly paid they might be;
Stating that the exemptions also don't apply to "first responders" such as police officers, firefighters, or emergency medical technicians, even though they may have some supervisory responsibility (e.g., police sergeants); and
Clarifying that registered nurses will generally qualify for the learned professional exemption, while licensed practical nurses will not.
Prior to their publication in the Federal Register, the DOL has created a "FairPay" Web site providing information on the revised final rules: www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/fairpay/main.htm.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) Ryan Evans scored a season-high 19 points, Ben Brust opened and closed a 17-1 first-half run with 3-pointers and Wisconsin routed Milwaukee 74-53 on Saturday night at the Kohl Center.
Traevon Jackson added a career-best 13 points and Jared Berggren had 11 as Wisconsin (8-4) beat its state rivals for the 20th consecutive season and improved to 29-1 in the teams' all-time series.
Milwaukee (3-10) got out to an early 10-8 lead behind Paris Gulley's seven points, but Brust gave the Badgers the lead with his first 3-pointer 6:15 in, and his second put his team up 25-11 with 9:40 left in the first half.
Gulley had 16 points to lead the Panthers, which has lost nine of 10 and four in a row.


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Encyclopædia Britannica 2007 Ultimate Reference Suite full review
The following review appears in the December 06 issue of PC Advisor, available now in all good newsagents. The scores, system requirements and screenshot to the right are for Encarta Reference Library 2007; to see details of Encyclopædia Britannica 2007 Ultimate Reference Suite, kindly click here.
The nights are drawing in, the clocks are going back, students have long since returned to school and university. It's the time of year when encyclopedia makers release updates of their reference DVDs.
In this age of the internet you might wonder if it's worth shelling out for a DVD-based encyclopedia, so we've taken a look at the main free online alternative, Wikipedia (see below). But it's not just about money – and there are reasons why Encarta and Britannica are worth a look.
For starters, they make finding information simple, which will appeal to those who aren't confident searching the internet. They're better at zeroing in on research, so you'll waste less time trawling through irrelevant information. And they are quick in use. If you are still using a dialup connection, they'll beat the internet hands down. Finally, they provide age-appropriate, fact-checked information, which isn't something that can be said for the internet.
School supplies
Encarta incorporates a version of the program aimed at children, and designed to feature content suitable for younger users. Britannica covers even more ground: besides the standard reference product, it features two separate versions for primary- and secondary-school children respectively.
But Britannica's products are biased too much towards the US market. When you click on the atlas you can see only the US and Canada in detail – and when you explore the articles they focus on American history and famous figures.
In contrast, Encarta has been fully rewritten for the UK market and provides links to quintessentially British topics, such as cricket, rugby and football. The student version teaches about British history and political systems. And Encarta provides links to articles from The Times, rather than US publications.
Another problem we encountered with Britannica was that it was time-consuming to install. Unlike Encarta, there is no option to run the software from the disc. The installation process took us well over half an hour. And it takes up 2GB of space, as opposed to the 850MB Encarta requires. It's quite slow in displaying search results – and unless you do a full install, you still have to put in the disc to view multimedia content.
You might expect Britannica to run slower than Encarta, since it holds 75,000 articles as opposed to 42,000. However, this doesn't translate into more comprehensive or up-to-date results. When we entered 'London', Britannica returned bags of very old information, while Encarta included images of the 7 July bombings – wholly unmentioned by Britannica.
The interfaces of both products are easy to use, with clear links to find features and information. But we found Encarta's interface clearer, with the results pages proving simpler to navigate.
Research tools
There are some features in Britannica that make research more interesting. These include the Brainstormer – which provides links to relevant topics relating to your search – and Timelines, which allows you to view events relating to specific areas, such as art, daily life and childhood, all in chronological order. Unsurprisingly, this feature suffers from a US bias.
Encarta offers an interactive game called Mindmaze, which encourages you to explore all the content with quizzes and links to articles. It includes a timeline feature, though this isn't as detailed as Britannica's, consisting of a straightforward historical timeline with links to more information about all the main events.
But we did like the quotations search and the Map Treks feature found in Encarta, which shows you different views of regions of the world: for example, a map of city lights across the globe.
Although the internet constitutes the main rival to products such as this, both encyclopedias turn the tables and use the web to their advantage, adding to the content on offer. Both include one year's online updates to ensure that the information provided is up to date. Encarta adds a toolbar to Explorer, so that every time you request a search you can automatically access any relevant information held in Encarta. And it provides useful web links with each search. Britannica allows you to link to an online search from within a topic to find extra information.
Each product includes extra language-related reference products. Encarta has a UK English dictionary and thesaurus, plus dictionaries from French, Italian, Spanish and German to English (and vice versa). Britannica includes Merriam-Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus but – you guessed it – it's written in US English.
Wikipedia: a rapidly growing internet rival to DVD-based encyclopedias
While disc-based encyclopedias still have their place, that place is rapidly being eroded by online reference sites. The most famous of these is Wikipedia. Wikipedia is free, but it has several other advantages, too.
The site is constantly updated, which means it's particularly strong on current affairs and popular culture. Wikipedia can give you an entire episode guide to Lost, while the DVDs don't even mention it.
Because Wikipedia is created and updated by its users, it's a great resource for esoteric information, such as profiles of local celebrities or information on regional delicacies. With more than five million entries, there isn't much that you can't find out about on Wikipedia.
However, because content comes from the community, it may not be entirely accurate. And since anyone with an internet connection can update entries, some pages are prone to vandalism. However, US magazine Nature recently compared Wikipedia's scientific content with that of Britannica and found the accuracy and depth of information to be comparable.
Another benefit of Wikipedia over disc-based products is that it won't eat up your system resources, while containing much more information. Most entries have a list of websites to provide more information. Overall, Wikipedia wins – mainly because it's free and provides an enormous amount of content. But for children or those less confident on the internet, a disc-based product is easier to use and promises accuracy.
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So you've decided to make the jump over to the Mac, but you're not sure what to do about all your personal information. Keeping track of your calendar, contacts, to-do lists and such is probably one of those jobs that you depend on your computer to manage. Then there's the syncing with your PDA or cell phone to make all that information available when you're away from your computer.
The Mac offers a number of different options that will match or exceed the capabilities found on your PC. If you happen to have a cell phone that iSync supports, you'll find keeping it up-to-date a snap, especially if you have a Mac and cell phone with Bluetooth. We'll look at several commercial programs that are available for the Mac, as well as a few free ones.
Mac OS X comes with a calendar, iCal, and Address Book built into the operating system. Apple has embraced (or invented) a number of open standards for the interchange of calendar and contact information. iCal tracks appointments and to-do items with an easy-to-use and intuitive interface. iCal uses the concepts of color-coded calendars so you can quickly tell what items go with work or home. You can also publish your calendar either on the .Mac service or to a private server. The to-do items, however, are pretty basic with no support for things like categories.
Microsoft Entourage is the Mac equivalent of Outlook. The full suite retails for $499, but you can find it for much less. It handles all of the same Personal Information Manager (PIM) functions as Outlook along with email. Getting your contacts moved over from the PC is not too difficult if you use Outlook. You have to do an export to a Comma Separated Variable (CSV) file and then import it into Entourage. Mapping of fields is not automatic (at least it wasn't for me), so you'll have to do a little field matching to make it work. Entourage uses views to help you view types of information—whether they're contacts, to-do lists, or events—by different categories such as work or home.
Project management gets a big boost from Entourage in terms of the features it adds over Outlook on the PC. When you create a new project in Entourage it will perform tasks such as track files or emails that you have flagged with a particular keyword. You can then create filters to show only items marked with that keyword.
One thing I don't like about the calendar (see Figure 1) is the way it shows one month at a time. In Outlook, you see a month's worth of days on a typical calendar, but it allows you to scroll forward or backward by weeks showing you six weeks at a time. Entourage forces you to jump by month and makes it hard to see events that might straddle monthly boundaries.
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We regularly have managed the experience of bumbling while at the same time strolling on uneven solid walkways. In some cases it can be more than a lurch and can cause genuine wounds. At the point when solid walkways are fabricated, they are superbly completed and look smooth. Be that as it may, in course of time, the defects and frailties raise their terrible head and they begin splitting or move toward becoming undulating. Life of a solid walkway relies upon the climate, soil and care put to it. Fluctuating temperatures incur significant injury on the life span of the walkways. Once in a while the dirt plays the fiend when it moves step by step because of gathering of water making the chunk sink. Adjoining tree roots is likewise a reason to fault for. Human mistake at the season of development can't be forgotten since laborers regularly don't adhere to the rules alloted to them.
Presently repairing a solid walkway can be can be a costly arrangement. Some brick work organizations charge $5 to $15 per square foot to annihilate and revamp a walkway. The cost of repairing a walkway relies upon the extent of repair, the measure of cement to be utilized and the metal fortifications. Presently a-days, with the coming of innovation, another procedure called mudjacking has advanced which empowers snappy leveling of a walkway. Organizations at Queens in NYC have been utilizing this method for a long while now. We should observe the procedure of mudjacking.
How to settle a walkway section?
Picking the correct repair condition
One needs to remember the climate condition and take a note of the temperature. A hot temperature will make the solid transform hardened rapidly before it can be filled the walkway pump gaps. Ensure that there is no undesirable water aggregating underneath the pieces.
Setting up the walkway chunk for grout and solid infusion
Take a brick work bore and drill three openings in the section. The width of the openings ought to be 1 inch and they ought to be 3 inches far from the edge of the section to forestall breaking. The dividing of the openings ought to be least 6-8 inches separated. From that point onward, penetrate into the walkway section till you hit the dirt.
Making the grout blend
The grout equation ought to be blended equitably with water in an aluminum holder. Watch out for the headings on the bundling and mix the arrangement with a brick work paddler at a medium speed.
Lifting the solid sections
Presently take a grout pump-hose and place it in the inside opening you made out of the three in the walkway chunk. Fill the opening with the grout blend. Move the hose into alternate openings and continue pouring the blend till the sections rise and achieve the required level of alternate pieces.
Filling the gaps with concrete
Utilizing a putty trowel, place concrete into the gaps and fill it totally. Ensure the pressing is firm. From that point forward, level the highest point of the gaps to guarantee smoothness.
Check for any unevenness
The employment is finished. Presently it's the ideal opportunity for a diagram. Pay special mind to any tilting or uneven leveling. Rehash this same procedure for the other walkway sections to keep up uniformity all through the walkway.


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Having cold hands even when you're not in a cold environment is common. Often, having cold hands is a part of your body's natural response to regulate your body temperature and shouldn't be cause for concern.
But if you have persistently cold hands, particularly if accompanied by color changes, it could be a warning sign. For example, having cold hands could mean you have a problem with the nerves or blood circulation or a problem with tissue damage in your hands or fingers. If you are outside in extreme cold weather and you have cold hands, you should watch for warning signs of frostbite.
Other signs and symptoms to watch for when you have cold hands include:
Although the cause of cold hands can be as simple as being in a cold environment or your body's natural response to maintain its normal temperature, if you have ongoing problems with cold hands, there could be a number of causes. Having cold hands could signal a problem with your blood circulation or the blood vessels in your hands.
Make an appointment to see your doctor if you're concerned about persistently cold hands. Your doctor can check if your cold hands are caused by a problem with your blood circulation or nerves. Treatment is aimed at the underlying cause of your cold hands. Depending on your condition, your doctor may recommend lifestyle changes to help improve symptoms.
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KAHULUI - International NorthSails teamrider Peter Slate sailed consistently in breezy conditions to win two divisions in the Quiksilver Cup on Saturday at Kanaha Beach Park. The Quiksilver was the fourth event of the 27th annual Maui Race Series. Slate won a heat on Saturday, took second twice and was third once to win the men's pro title in morning racing, and in the afternoon, won four straight races in the 40-49 division.
"It was much different, had a little bad luck last time," Slate said. "It all came together today, really good conditions. It was a great course and a perfect Maui race day." Slate moonlights as a tester for NorthSails and Fanatic sailboards."They call me when they need me. I'm fortunate to be in their development program," he said.
Argentina Bonilla-Jimenez of Lahaina was able to handle the winds of 25-30 mph and won three of four heats to claim the women's open title.
"It was so windy, wind all the time," she said. "All of us were overpowered. I didn't have good jibes, but I didn't fall down."
Laurence Carey, a 17-year-old from Auckland, New Zealand, won the junior division in his first MRS experience. Going into the fourth and final heat, the wins were divided among Carey; Deniz Bicakci; a sophomore-to-be at Kihei Charter School; and Casey Rehrer, an 8th-grader-to-be at Seabury Hall. After a close start, Carey and Bicakci were able to pull away when Rehrer stumbled at the first mark. Carey then held off Bicacki. Carey also took eighth in the semipro division. He won his first junior heat, but had trouble in the next two.
"I was pretty tired in the juniors after competing in the semipro," he said. "I fell in the second heat and couldn't catch up. In the third heat, I was trying to be safe on the last outside mark, and (Bicakci) threaded the needle and cut in between me and the buoy."
Carey has been busy in his first year of competitive racing. In November, he was seventh in the Auckland Slalom Championship, racing against men. He was also seventh in the International Funboard Class Association World Slalom Championships' 17-and-under division last month in Curacao. Carey is a flanker on his school's rugby team as well.
"We're on holiday now, so I'm only missing one game while I'm here," he said. "I've been training for rugby, I haven't had time to sail. So since I've arrived on Thursday morning, I've been practicing, practicing, practicing."
Carey was impressed with the racing.
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If you have an open area dining room that shares a space with a living room or kitchen area, an area rug will help you define the dining room without using walls. Choose a rug that uses colors from adjoining spaces but still defines the space. Therefore a mixture of neutrals from the surrounding rooms with a punch of an accent color to match the dining room chairs would be perfect.
The dining room seems to be where all the entertaining happens. Whether it is for the immediate family, holiday dinners or intimate romantic dinners, the dining room is a special room. When decorating your dining room, we often forget about the flooring and the area rug that goes under the table. Believe it or not, the perfect area rug can make your room feel casual or formal, just by changing the rug. Here are tips for choosing the right one for your home.
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