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GermanyHello! I´m a cosplayer and you can call me Rei! Nice to meet you! More informations and updates about me you can also find here in my tumblr profile: http://reikashino.tumblr.com/
Malaysia❥ FanPage https://www.facebook.com/ayasedream ❥Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ayase0329 ❥ Blog http://ayasedream.wordpress.com/ ❥ World Cosplay http://worldcosplay.net/member/ayase ❥ Weibo http://www.weibo.com/ayasedream ❥ plurk http://www.plurk.com/ayase0329
ItalyHi there! I'm an Italian Cosplayer and I love to read manga, watch anime and to draw! Follow me also: DA: http://infinityangel92.deviantart.com/ Tumblr: http://infinityangel92.tumblr.com/ Ask: http://ask.fm/LoloHimeHiyorin Instagram: http://instagram.com/lolohiyorin Or add me on Facebook :D but please, send a pm first ;)
Italy" Everyone is alone. Everyone is empty. People no longer have need of others. You can always find a spare for any talent. Any relationship can be replaced. I had gotten bored of a world like that. But, for some reason, the thought that someone other than you might kill me never occurred to me. "
Italyhello, sweeties! I'm a cosplayer since 2006.(damn I'm so old) I always do cosplays with my wife Some people say I'm good in charachters with wicked gaze, ahahah! Hope you can enjoy my page, I'd love to know you all.
ItalyHI ☆*:.。. o(≧▽≦)o .。.:*☆ I'm Hana,a cosplayer since 2005☆彡 Me and my fiancè always do cosplay together ヽ(*≧ω≦)ノ ♡ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fioremanniofficial ♡ Blog: http://hanacchi.blogspot.com/ ♡ Twitter: https://twitter.com/fioremanni
ItalyHi!! :D I'm Elena, but everyone knows me as Chwè :)hope to make a lot of friends here! :D <3 http://chwee.deviantart.com/
ItalyHi! I'm Carola and I'm italian cosplayer, nice to meet you о(ж>▽<)y ☆ I really love videogames, unicorns, pink, pizza, chocolate, London and more ლ(ಠ益ಠლ I hope that you like my cosplay ;3
ItalyMy name is Claudia, and I'm an Italian cosplayer! DeviantArt: http://achico-xion.deviantart.com/ Facebook fan page https://www.facebook.com/achicoxioncosplay/
ItalyCosplay Photographer (Improving) You can follow me also on: Facebook ---> https://www.facebook.com/NekoHibaPhotocosplay Deviantart ---> http://nekohibapc.deviantart.com/ Instagram ---> http://instagram.com/neko_hiba Twitter ---> https://twitter.com/Neko_Hiba
Japan好きなものを好きなだけ好きな時に。進撃の巨人が大好きです。 Twitter→touru1010 HP→http://zeromagnum1110.blog.fc2.com/ コスプレ動画あげてます youtube⇒https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA_rSwczLWM6B6dYkAG0Dpg
MexicoHello people¡¡¡ >:I I am Shuhhei¡¡¡ Cosplayer and Cosmaker From Mexico¡¡¡ yaii Ajua¡¡ I love cosplay,I also like the great cosplays, design, imagination ... that's what I like >u< I am Navi and my sister is Tatl,we're a team of Cosplay XD Visit http://www.facebook.com/NaviTatlCosplay :D
Italyみんなこんにちわ!!\(-^A^-)/ Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii -smile-, ehm.. first of all; I suck at introductions so lets cut this short! XD I'm called Rika, I'm a 20 year old I'm from Neaples (Italy) I love anime and manga <3 also drawing , photography , cosplay,videogames ..and much more .. http://ask.fm/Floreshiry http://floreshiry.deviantart.com/ https://twitter.com/FloReshiry If you want check it out ,follow and support me from here too . Thank you
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•Recognize needs of individuals in addition to needs of the company and client
Organizational consultant Sylvia Gaffney (2005) recommends that successful internal career development in organizations can be found at the intersection of corporate business plan assessment and employee self-assessment. This win-win situation enables employees to understand what their organization needs to succeed as well as how their own personal aspirations fit with the company. Gaffney believes that both companies and employees benefit when workers take an entrepreneurial approach to their careers. She uses the term "careerpreneurs" to describe individuals who take primary responsibility for their career development.
•Maintain commitment to career advancement
In "Diversity Practices That Work: The American Worker Speaks," the National Urban League provides a case study of a global consumer-products company's efforts to create specific action plans and support for developing diverse talent within the organization (p. 31). Below is an outline of the components of the plan:
|Employee Diversity Practice area:
|Career Development
•Increased advancement of talented employees
•Career development and assignment plans that lead to broader experience and responsibility
|How to Make It Work:
•Identify critical assignments for success
•Develop indidivudl career plans that include assignments that lead to accelerated growth and development
•Assign executive-level sponsors who are fully committed to the long-term success of the individual candidates
•Avoid desire to hold good people in their current positions
Balancing the individual's need to achieve life/work goals and the organization's need for operational results represents a challenging task. But as a manager, you are a critical link in the chain that represents the employee's connection to and future with the agency. Discussing career development and advancement with your employees is not just something on a "to-do" list, but is vital to the organization's ability to retain its talent.
Managers should provide the proper foundation for an employee to obtain feedback in the current position and weigh options for growth and advancement. A 2007 case study (van de Ven) about Johnson & Johnson's global pharmaceutical group's talent development initiatives characterized the Career Development Discussion between manager and employee as the "heart" of the process of career advancement.
Placing an employee in "the right job at the right time" involves the readiness of both the individual and the organization. In the Focus on Growth initiative, J&J provides a framework to guide employees through a process of creating an actionable career development plan. The five steps of the Focus on Growth method are:
Finding the "right position" involves matching career development opportunities with employee aspirations. At this point the "Manager as Career Coach" methodology is employed. It is important to make job opportunities within the organization, and possibly at other units or divisions within the company, as visible and accessible as possible. According to the case study, oftentimes the individual employee comes to the conclusion that the current job actually comes close to what they have identified in terms of personal and professional values as the the "ideal job." Others find that there is a significant gap between their current and ideal job.
•Provide regular assessment, feedback and updates for employees.

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Jeffrey Gilger
Professor of Psychological Sciences
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
Research Interests
- Normal and abnormal neuropsychological development and genetics
- Etiology of learning-language disorders
- Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology/Behavioral Genetics, 1987 — University of California, Santa Barbara
- M.A. in Experimental Psychology/Personality, 1984 — University of California, Santa Barbara
- M.S. in Clinical Child/School Psychology, 1982 — California State University, Hayward
- B.A. in Psychology/Abnormal and Clinical Psychology, 1980 — California State University, Hayward


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Signature of COP12 Memorandum of Understanding
Malheureusement, il n'y a pas de version française de ce document.
Report by Maria Rivera, Senior Advisor for the Americas
During his recent visit to Uruguay, Christopher Briggs, Secretary General of the Convention on Wetlands, signed the Memorandum of Understanding for COP12 with Mr Luis Porto, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Mr Francisco Beltrame, Minister of Housing, Land Planning, and Environment.
|The Secretary General, Ramsar Convention, signing the MOU, with Ministers Porto and Beltrame. Photo Copyright: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay
As part of the visit the Secretary General and the Senior Advisor for the Americas had the opportunity to visit the COP12 venue in Punta del Este and to discuss other issues related to logistics and organization.
The Minister of Environment informed them about the progress in the process of removing the Bañados del Este Ramsar site from the Montreux Record. Mr Briggs and Ms Rivera also met representatives of UNDP, UNESCO and FAO in view of strengthening collaboration and Mr Briggs gave a presentation about wetlands and agriculture to celebrate World Wetlands Day.
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Conventional wisdom states that the best brainstorming sessions are the extremely rapid fire ones where ideas are flying out like arrows and much energy is expended. In actual fact, you need a little bit of deliberation before you can make a concept tangible. And a little more before you invest in fixed costs before getting it to market.
Where and how does this apply?
Since brainstorming is a part of the
user centered design process, it really should not be left out of the
strategic planning process. In actual fact, it very often is – when
timelines are created by earnest young project managers, trained in the
latest business school frameworks, they follow the planning phases
taught in classes like Marketing 101 or Intro to strategy.
None of these processes, from what I recall of my business school
days have an explicit step in their various processes for brainstorming
or ideation. It is implicit, that if a marketing department of a large
global multinational, goes away on a fancy offsite to come up with the
next three year markeitng plan for the country, they will get together
in teams and brainstorm on strategies for the plan.
But they don't, not really, it's a few hurried minutes, usually with
some amount of guilt or embarressment in indulging themselves in the
pleasure of free flowing thoughts and ideas instead of doing 'real
That's something every designers knows, on a deep and fundamental
level, that you need to set the time aside to brainstorm, that the
energy is the key to a good end result, not necessarily the specific
ideas in and of themselves.
It seems like a very organic process, and it brings the whole team
together, prepared then to go their own ways for their specific parts of
the project, after all having more or less understood the collective
If conducted with the rigor that it is among particularly strategic human centered design firms among regular finance, sales, marketing or engineering meetings, in a company,
before it begins the new product development process or new market
strategy, think of the difference it would make to the global end
is a fundamental difference between a 'launch' or a kickoff where the
senior management presents to the team the concept and it's
implementation (i.e. the corporate strategy or vision) and one where the
team is creating the brand together.
And this "paused brainstorming" can be applied by any group of stakeholders getting together to
implement a large scale project or programme with common goals and
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view" ~ Harper Lee
October 30, 2012
October 29, 2012
Pondering media trends in "Bottom of the Pyramid"
I'm seeing an interesting trend in the news about "Bottom of the Pyramid" markets. Even as we noticed yesterday, that the absolute numbers of those living on $2/day were on a downward trend, there's hints that the informal economy has arrived in the OECD nations (or erstwhile First World, I suppose).
Grupo Electra's Ricardo Salinas, in BusinessWeek:
That would be an untapped market and whole new business opportunity for retail banking but even more interesting is the news from Unilever a couple of months ago:
Global markets for sachets. This explains the availability of my 3-in-1 Nescafe sachet in packs of 10 in The Netherlands and in single units in Estonia. Yeah, I can afford 17 eurocents for a cup of coffee. Visiting Tallinn and Barcelona all the while thinking about the prepaid economy and kadogo pay as you go affordability was truly fascinating. I honestly cannot say what the economic impact of Spain's problems has been in the streets and hustling life I saw in old Barcelona. What an affordable holiday location, though the weather is better than the even cheaper Tallinn.
The Scandinavian lifestyle and social support network is an extreme that the middle income economies cannot consider, not as long as the positive value of having some informality in the bazaar means that there are still opportunities for growing a sustainable enterprise from scratch. As a newly admitted MBA student from ESCADE said to us at dinner,
Grupo Electra's Ricardo Salinas, in BusinessWeek:
"What we would like to do is have the same model we have in all our other eight countries, a bank especially for people at the bottom of the pyramid," Salinas said today in an interview in Washington. "It's a question of regulation, a question of convincing the right authorities that this is something that's needed. We're working on it."
"The bottom of the pyramid exists, even in the U.S.," he said today after a speech at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. "It's amazing the number of families that have been excluded from the traditional financial system in the States. And with this economic crisis even more families are in that situation."
That would be an untapped market and whole new business opportunity for retail banking but even more interesting is the news from Unilever a couple of months ago:
Anglo-Dutch food to detergents group Unilever expects poverty to return to Europe and is adapting its strategy accordingly, European chief Jan Zijderveld told the Financial Times Deutschland on Monday. Unilever is introducing smaller packaging for its cleaning, detergent and hygiene products which sell at a lower price than in the usual larger packets and containers.
'If a Spanish shopper has €17 for the shopping, I cannot sell him a detergent that costs half his budget,' Zijderveld told the paper.
The new strategy is based on one Unilever has been successfully using in Asia where, for instance, they sell individual amounts of shampoo for one wash at 2 or 3 cents. 'We still make money, but we've forgotten how to do this in Europe,' said Zijderveld.
Global markets for sachets. This explains the availability of my 3-in-1 Nescafe sachet in packs of 10 in The Netherlands and in single units in Estonia. Yeah, I can afford 17 eurocents for a cup of coffee. Visiting Tallinn and Barcelona all the while thinking about the prepaid economy and kadogo pay as you go affordability was truly fascinating. I honestly cannot say what the economic impact of Spain's problems has been in the streets and hustling life I saw in old Barcelona. What an affordable holiday location, though the weather is better than the even cheaper Tallinn.
The Scandinavian lifestyle and social support network is an extreme that the middle income economies cannot consider, not as long as the positive value of having some informality in the bazaar means that there are still opportunities for growing a sustainable enterprise from scratch. As a newly admitted MBA student from ESCADE said to us at dinner,
"This is Spain, we still think of good food, though the economy is hurting."Who was it who told me that growth alone wasn't enough of a goal for an economic ecosystem that spans the globe? It seems to be the consensus of most of the people I've been meeting across Europe these past few weeks.
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Labels: assumptions, bop, bop consumer, bop marketing, consumer behaviour, consumption, economy, market creation, market forces, prepaid, scarcity, strategy
October 28, 2012
Putting numbers to the story of the emerging global middle classes
The top 1% of the global income distribution has seen its real income (adjusted for inflation) rise by more than 60% over those two decades.How does your "BoP" market strategy change given the very real changes in income generation thus opportunities and aspirations? Will they really be willing to "make do" with small solar lantern if they can strive to electrify their house, at least with solar power?
What is far less known is that an even greater increase in incomes was realized by those parts of the global income distribution that now lie around the median. They achieved an 80% real increase in incomes.
It is there — between the 50th and 60th percentile of global income distribution, which in 2008 included people with annual after-tax per capita incomes between 1,200 and 1,800 international dollars — that we find some 200 million Chinese and 90 million Indians, as well as about 30 million each in Indonesia, Brazil, Egypt and Mexico. These 400 million people are among the biggest gainers in the global income distribution.
The real surprise is that those in the bottom third of the global income distribution have also made significant gains, with real incomes rising between more than 40% and almost 70%. (The only exception is the poorest 5% of the population, whose real incomes have remained about the same.)
It is precisely this income increase in the bottom of the global pyramid that has allowed the proportion of what the World Bank calls the absolute poor (people whose per capita income is less than 1.25 PPP dollars per day) to decrease from 44% to 23% over approximately the same 20 years. ~ Branko Milanovic 2012
You can say that only a percentage have emerged above the poverty line, and with seasonal variations in their cash flow, who knows what income means, but one thing is clear and that is enough people have been visibily upwardly mobile to offer a taste of it to everyone around them. The mindset is changing, but how will the crafting of consumer culture help challenges of scarce resources and irregular cash flow of unpredictable amounts?
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Labels: assumptions, bop consumer, bric, business model, consumer behaviour, consumption, economy, emerging markets, human centered
October 26, 2012
October 21, 2012
Barcelona and informality
The ancient Roman town of Barsino, or Barcelona, the Catalan capital in Spain, was the location for the recently concluded symposium on the Informal Economy. Short overview of the conference is here on The Prepaid Economy blog, while on Flickr you'll find my overdose on Antoni Gaudi as well as just the myriads of eyecatching details of the city.
I've been in Estonia this past week holding a human centered design workshop at the Tallinn University of Technology but those photos and writeup on the experience here will have to wait for another day or so after I'm back in The Netherlands. Today is a travel day.
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October 9, 2012
The Africans are not beneficiaries anymore
Innovating without knowing your customer is like being lost in the dark with your eyes closed: you'll never know if you hit the light switch ~ @bdoorn
My colleague on my current project in The Netherlands, Bart Doorneweert, tweeted that insight after our next to last user interview today (tomorrow is our last). While I've been hesitating to say out loud that there is a crying need for user centeredness in program and policy development (design, even), its even more obvious when our client's perception of the users has not changed since aid meant charity for beneficiaries and not economic and market development of the BoP customers.
That is actually the biggest difference between the Indian and Chinese business interactions across the African continent, including everyone's former colonies, and the erstwhile European Union. Its hard to do business when your broker is a notforprofit NGO whose mandate is not to make a profit. Sustainability in agriculture, for example, does not mean the cost of going green is so high against the pittance paid by the megamultinationals for cocoa that farmers are giving up the business as a lost cause.
Maximizing resource extraction while minimizing input does not take the human condition into account. The so called Bottom or Base of that economic pyramid prefer that we Maximize our constraints and minimize our resources.
They want to do business but the trendy money is chasing "sustainable social enterprises" set up by trust fund designers. Ben Lyon, founder of Kopo Kopo told me in a conversation a few months ago in Nairobi:
We weren't beholden to our customers until we starting thinking like a business.
We didn't hold ourselves accountable until we started treating our 'beneficiaries' as customers.
No investor took us seriously until we dropped the 'social enterprise' label.
I think that is going to be the biggest shift required in perspective - to think of your beneficiaries as your customers and to consider the design of win win business and revenue generation models. This reminds of when I first realized this kind of big shift difference in positioning users in the designer's mindset. It was back in early 2008. Because I can see the difference in the mobile landscape in Africa, starting with the internet cafe industry project for Village Telco one year ago across Kenya that allowed me to get a rapid yet varied snapshot by end of July 2012 when I ended my second contract with ToughStuff in Nairobi.
The BoP are not really the Bottom of anything nor do they think of themselves like that in Africa. And along with this change came the simultaneous impact of increasingly affordable phones and data access to the world wide web leading to very rapid rate of adoption of everything on the mobile platform. In 4 short years, the size of the African mobile phone user base has come a year or two away from doubling.
Think about that for a moment.
This is not an iPhone in every suburb. This is a world wide communications device bringing the World Service to your ear. All you need for that, really, is 20 bob for a week's charge of electricity. Plugging into Facebook or Twitter will change your thinking of the world.
So, even in the remotest village, some smart kid is already dreaming of hacking his own makerbot or at the very least gawking at the global consumer mainstream floating by, through his little screen.
This, however, does not change the realities of their consumer behaviour. Their irregular incomes from a variety of sources, if part of the cash based informal and/or rural economy, are seasonal and life remains hard, even though the webz are changing dreams and aspirations almost as fast as hotcakes.
When you are talking to a potential customer, you seek to touch his aspirations with your offer, but when you address beneficiaries, you only talk about the social benefits not the human dreams.
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October 2, 2012
Tilting at windmills - inevitably renewable
|Windmills, Holland October 1st, 2012
There are suddenly many variations on this theme - MeraGao in Western India, Eight19 also in Kenya, while Nuru offers energy as a service. In the next decade or so, we'll have a better idea of what has emerged in the household energy solutions space. I suspect the existing model is already obsolete. Giant Asian cities like Manila and Singapore have begun pilot testing prepaid electricity which also tracks energy consumption, in the case of the island nation.
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A collection that celebrates the illustrations of Dundee based publishing company DC Thomson. The company that gave us The Beano, The Dandy and many more.
All featured material © DC Thomson & Co.
I'm sure by now you may have heard about the collaboration between DC Thomson and Hemingway Design in 2013. A frutiful partnership that has lead to the development of some fresh new designs. Some of which we are pleased to be adding to our Beano & Friends collection.
We caught up with Wayne Hemingway recently to ask for his thoughts on the designs amd the project with DC Thomson.
"True to the Beano brands' DNA, our Beano collection of prints introduces humorous comic art, original typography and sound-effect artwork drawn from the Hemingway team's exploration of the DC Thomson archives in Dundee. The prints offer a fresh take on childhood mischief and features The Beano's biggest stars Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, The Bash Street Kids, Minnie the Minx, Biffo the Bear and Roger the Dodger. Appealing to fans of all generations, our forensic combing of the amazing and evocative Beano back catalogue is a reflection of HemingwayDesign's ability to take a left field look and hopefully bring out some hitherto undiscovered DNA."
Wayne Hemingway
You can explore the whole DC Thomson collection here.
We always feel a little like we've been up to no good when we're working with the Beano comics collection. We can't help but be drawn into Denis and Gnasher's mischievous world. We expect that this is exactly the appeal for a mural from our Beano & Friends collection.
These beautifully drawn comics are very popular as our Birch Ply Prints and Canvas prints, but they really make a statement as our Bespoke Murals.
Angela Wilson, ceased the opportunity to redecorate her beautiful kitchen with a page from a 1975 edition of The Beano that features a scene of Dennis Gnasher terrorising the local butchers and bakers shops by playing with food. We hope that there is less uproar in the Kitchen of our customer than that of the bakery.
"Here is a picture of my fantastic wall mural supplied by your splendid company. I am so very happy with it and it makes me chuckle every day when I walk in my kitchen."
It's the sort of praise we're keen to receive more of but more importantly it's with exactly the spirit we like to see our Murals used in our customers homes.
For more information on our Beano Murals just click here.


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U.S. President Barack Obama is greeted before his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill on February 12, 2013 in Washington, D.C. Facing a divided Congress, Obama is expected to focus his speech on new initiatives designed to stimulate the U.S. economy.
President Barack Obama is coming to Chicago on Friday.
Then he's going on vacation.
Obama plans to spend the long holiday weekend following an address at Hyde Park Academy in Florida, relaxing with friends.


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Sunday, September 14, 2014
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Friday, September 12, 2014
Here's a list of 10 stresses every Social Media Manager can appreciate.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
What are the two key reasons for moving social media supporters to your email list? And how do you go about getting email addresses from your social media fans?
Monday, September 8, 2014
Worldwide, there are 781 million people who cannot read. Today is International Literacy Day, and we want highlight what a few organizations are currently doing to help decrease this number.
Sunday, September 7, 2014
How can you build a base of supporters who will continue to give? You need to reach them with the right message and make it easy for them to donate.
Friday, September 5, 2014
Want to post something on your social media or blog but just don't have time to create something new? Reuse, recycle, and repurpose your old material.
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Email is an integral part of any nonprofit online outreach and fundraising plan, but what steps can you take online and off to grow your email list?
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Every month we shine a spotlight on a new Salsa Labs staffer. Today, we meet Robert Berry, Support Specialist.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
If used correctly, editorial calendars can be essential tools to help your team stay organized, on task and motivated. Yet many nonprofits are not using them properly. Find out why.
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Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Here are 10 things about mobile and social media we learned from Heather's Mansfield at #FUSEcon2014 plus the full video of her incredible presentation.
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Crafting messages and keeping the "voice" of your organization consistent requires you to be highly adaptable. There's a lot to lose if not done well. So, how do you go about doing it right?
Friday, August 15, 2014
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Made this last night, sorely dissapointed. The Chicken was flavorful & juicy but the rest was just ok, nothing to scream about. Jicama is such a bland vegetable, and the mangoe this time of year is unripe, hard & tasteless. To make the chips crispy it took about 5 more minutes in the oven, then if you got dressing on them they were just hard, not crunchy at all. I love making salad for dinner, so next time besides waiting for summer, I will add a bit more lime juice, tequila & honey to the vinegarette party and maybe marinate the jicima as well as using store bought chips.
Grilled Chicken, Mango, and Jicama Salad with Tequila-Lime Vinaigrette
Photo: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Cindy Barr
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 330
- Calories from fat: 20%
- Fat: 7.3g
- Saturated fat: 1.3g
- Monounsaturated fat: 3.9g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.1g
- Protein: 41.9g
- Carbohydrate: 20.1g
- Fiber: 3g
- Cholesterol: 99mg
- Iron: 2.3mg
- Sodium: 737mg
- Calcium: 71mg
- Chicken:
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 3/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 6 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- Vinaigrette:
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro
- 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons tequila
- 2 tablespoons extravirgin olive oil
- 1 1/2 teaspoons honey
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
- Dash of salt
- Tortilla strips:
- 4 (6-inch) yellow corn tortillas, cut into (1/2-inch-wide) strips
- Cooking spray
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- Dash of ground red pepper
- Remaining ingredients:
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (3 x 1/4-inch) strips peeled jicama
- 1 cup thinly sliced peeled mango (about 1 large)
- 1 (5-ounce) bag mixed baby greens
- To prepare chicken, combine first 5 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic bag. Seal and marinate in refrigerator 2 hours, turning bag occasionally.
- To prepare vinaigrette, combine cilantro and next 8 ingredients (through dash of salt) in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Chill until ready to use.
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- To prepare tortilla strips, place strips in a large bowl. Coat with cooking spray; toss. Combine cumin, 1/4 teaspoon salt, paprika, and dash of red pepper. Sprinkle over strips; toss well. Spread strips in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake at 350° for 8 minutes or until almost crisp. Remove from oven; cool. (Tortilla strips will crisp as they cool.)
- Prepare grill.
- Remove chicken from bag, discarding marinade. Sprinkle chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt. Place chicken on grill rack coated with cooking spray, and grill for 5 minutes on each side or until done. Cut chicken into 1/2-inch slices. Combine jicama, mango, and greens in a large bowl. Pour vinaigrette over jicama mixture, and toss to coat. Place 1 1/3 cups jicama mixture on each of 6 plates, and top each serving with 1 sliced chicken breast half. Top evenly with tortilla strips.
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DETROIT, July 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Navy League of the United States proudly announced today that the City of Detroit has been selected as the commissioning site for the Navy's newest Littoral Combat Ship, USS DETROIT (LCS 7). The ship is currently being built in Marinette, WI, and will be formally commissioned on the Detroit River in downtown Detroit in the Spring 2016.
"We are looking forward to hosting USS DETROIT crewmembers and their families during commissioning week," said CAPT John G. McCandless, USN (Ret.), Commissioning Committee Chairman and President of the Metropolitan Detroit Council, Navy League of the United States. "There will be many opportunities for Detroit-area residents to show support for their namesake ship and her crew, not only during commissioning week, but at events leading up to commissioning."
Jay Farner, President and Chief Marketing Officer at Quicken Loans, the nation's second largest mortgage lender and the country's largest Veterans Affairs (VA) home loan lender, is the Honorary Chairman of the USS Detroit Commissioning Committee. The committee's responsibilities include recruiting other local and regional members of the business, civic and philanthropic community to support the commissioning ceremony.
"Quicken Loans holds a deep sense of gratitude toward the men and women in our military who so selflessly give of themselves to ensure our freedom and way of life," said Farner. "It is an honor to spearhead this effort and get our community excited about supporting this ship that not only carries our name, but represents our great city in its future endeavors around the globe."
The keel for the new USS DETROIT, the sixth U.S. Navy warship to be named for the City of Detroit, was laid on November 8, 2012 by Barbara Levin, the ship's sponsor and wife of Senator Carl Levin. This fall, the vessel will be christened USS DETROIT (LCS 7) when Mrs. Levin breaks the traditional bottle of champagne over the ship's bow to launch the ship into the Menominee River, which defines the border between Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The ship's maiden voyage will be in Spring 2016 when she sails to Detroit for her commissioning.
"It's so fitting that we will commission the USS Detroit, which embodies the next generation of our Navy's capabilities, in a city focusing on new horizons," said Barbara Levin. "As the USS Detroit's sponsor and a lifelong resident of Detroit, I am truly proud that we will have this opportunity to introduce a great ship and a great city to one another."
Littoral Combat Ships are fast, agile, focused-mission platforms designed for operation in near-shore environments yet capable of open-ocean operation. The LCS class consists of two variants, the monohull Freedom-class and the trihull Independence-class. USS DETROIT (LCS 7) will be the seventh Littoral Combat Ship and the fourth Freedom-class LCS to join the U.S. Navy fleet.
When completed, USS DETROIT (LCS 7) will have a core crew of 50 Navy men and women. The ship is 387 feet in length, has a beam of 57 feet and a draft of only 14 feet. She will be powered by two diesel engines for normal cruising, but also has two Rolls Royce MT30 gas turbines that will propel the ship ds in excess of 40 knots. Following her commissioning, USS DETROIT will sail to her homeport of San Diego.
Additional information on USS DETROIT (LCS 7) is available on the following websites: www.ussdetroit.blogspot.com and navy.mil.
About The Navy League of the United States
The Navy League of the United States (NLUS) was founded in 1902 with the encouragement of President Theodore Roosevelt. The Navy League has provided a powerful voice for a stronger sea service to Congress and to the American people. The Navy League is comprised of 43,000 civilians in more than 245 councils around the world working to support sea service members and their families. The Metropolitan Detroit Council, NLUS, sponsors many activities in support of the men, women and families of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S-flag Merchant Marine.
About Quicken Loans
Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc. is the nation's second largest retail home mortgage lender and the nation's largest Veterans Affairs (VA) lender. The company closed a record $80 billion of volume across all 50 states in 2013. Quicken Loans generates loan production from web centers located in Detroit, Cleveland and Scottsdale, Arizona. The company also operates a centralized loan processing facility in Detroit, as well as its San Diego-based One Reverse Mortgage unit. Quicken Loans ranked #1 in customer satisfaction among all home mortgage lenders in the United States by J.D. Power for the past four consecutive years; 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.
Quicken Loans was named among the top-30 companies on FORTUNE magazine's annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for the last 11 consecutive years, ranking #5 in 2014. It ranked in the top-15 of Computerworld magazine's "100 Best Places to Work In Technology" for the past ten years, ranking #1 in 2014 for the second consecutive year. It was also recognized as a 2014 Military Friendly Employer by Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs. The company moved its headquarters to downtown Detroit in 2010, and now more than 8,500 of its 10,000-plus team members work in the city's urban core. For more information about Quicken Loans, please visit www.quickenloans.com, on Twitter at @QLnews, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/QuickenLoans.
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Saturday, July 18
Please note: times, locations & events subject to change.
7:30 a.m. Hike to the Cross
Calling all early risers! Join us at the foot of the hill for a morning hike to the cross and get the day started off on the right foot! (meet in the parking lot of Ageno East)
8 a.m. - 10 p.m. Registration
Swing by the Soda Center first to pick up your weekend goodies and keys to your room. (Soda Center)
8 - 10 a.m. Breakfast $8/person at the door
Fuel up in the newly renovated dining hall for an action-packed Saturday! The price includes all-you-can-eat hot breakfast. Pay at the door. (Oliver Hall)
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Open Swim and Open Gym
Alumni, guests and children accompanied by an adult are welcome to take a swim in the pool or head to historic Madigan Gym to shoot some hoops. (Madigan)
10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Campus Historical Tour
Join us for a unique tour of campus with Chris Carter '97, MA '02 and Ron Turner '79, complete with tales of Gael lore going back to the Moraga campus' first days in 1928. The tour will conclude at the new memorabilia display in the visitor center. (Meet in front of the Chapel)
10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Visit the Saint Mary's Legacy Garden
Don't miss your chance to visit this half-acre student-run garden plot nestled in the hill behind Claeys South Residence Hall. The pesticide-free garden utilizes waste from Oliver Hall, Café Louis and Catering Services to create compost for growing fresh vegetables served in the dining hall! A garden steward will be on hand to give you a tour and provide some fresh garden goodies while you are there! (Behind Claeys South)
10 a.m. - NOON Chips, CILSA and Mimosas
You are invited to drop by and enjoy some chips, salsa & mimosas while learning about CILSA! CILSA is the service-learning and social justice education center at Saint Mary's. Each year over 1,000 students engage their head, heart & hands in over 40,000 hours of community service through both coursework and student leadership programs. Learn about our programs and how we're reaching out to alums to create a lasting impact. Drop by! (Delphine Lounge)
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Bookstore is Open
Is that sweatshirt or t-shirt looking a little tattered and threadbare? Update your wardrobe with new Saint Mary's and Gael gear from the campus bookstore. Discounts will be offered on select merchandise.
11 a.m. - NOON Photography by Michael Collopy '82
Saint Mary's alumnus Michael Collopy is one of the preeminent portrait photographers of our time and has gained worldwide recognition for his commissioned portraits of hundreds of public figures. Come see this stellar exhibition and meet the artist! (SMC Museum of Art)
NOON - 2 p.m. Faculty and Alumni Author Meet & Greet
Calling all faculty and alumni authors! Come mingle with faculty, staff, alumni, friends and community members during Reunion Weekend, meet fellow authors and be ready to sell copies of your book! If you have written and published a book and can arrange to be on campus on Saturday, July 19 from noon - 2 pm, we'd love to showcase your work! (De La Salle Lawn)
NOON - 3 p.m. Family Picnic $15/person, $8/child
Bring the whole family to enjoy the afternoon sunshine on the De La Salle Hall lawn. The kids will love the bounce house and photo booth, while you catch up with classmates and groove to live music from the DJ. Price includes barbeque lunch, beer and wine. (De La Salle Quad)
NOON - 2 p.m. Golden Gaels Luncheon (classes of '53 and earlier ONLY) $20/person
Alumni from all classes of 1953 and earlier are invited to attend a luncheon in your honor. Brother Mel will be in attendance to welcome you as a member of the all-new Golden Gael Society! (Hagerty Lounge, De La Salle Hall)
2 - 3 p.m. Winetasting with Speratus Winery
After the family picnic, meet the winemaker from Speratus Winery and sample some of their new releases. Be prepared to swirl, sniff and sip several of their delicious Napa Valley varietals during this interactive tasting. Speratus takes its name from the Latin word sperare "to hope". Everything from the fruit, to the barrel, bottles, corks, winemaking and marketing of Speratus Wines is donated, to ensure 100% of proceeds go to scholarship funds supporting Lasallian education. (Claeys Lounge)
2 - 3 p.m. Storytelling with Saint Mary's historian and author Ronald Isetti, Ph.D.
Former Christian Brother Ron Isetti taught history for 35 years at SMC. His new book, "On These Promising Shores of the Pacific", chronicles the College's first 150 years. Hear tales of Saint Mary's past, including many that didn't make it into the printed publication! Copies of his book will be available for purchase. (Brother Jerome West, Presentation Room)
2 - 3 p.m. Children's Storytelling
All children are invited to join Brother Richard Lemberg for story time at the library and receive a special gift! Must be accompanied by a parent. (Library)
3:15 - 4:15 p.m. A Conversation with the President
The Alumni Association Board of Directors invites you to a special interactive Q&A with President Donahue. Get to know your new president as he responds to your questions! (LeFevre Theater)
4:30 p.m. Champagne Toast to Gael Love
Did you meet your spouse or significant other at Saint Mary's? Did you -- or do you plan to -- get married in the chapel? If so, come celebrate Gael love before Mass with a quick champagne toast and blessing. (Chapel Foyer)
5 - 6 p.m. Reunion Mass
Join all classes for this special reunion memorial mass. (Chapel)
6 - 7:30 p.m. ALL CLASS Cocktail Reception (Undergrads ONLY)
Get the evening started in style with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres as the sun sets on the Chapel Plaza. Please note, the cocktail reception is included in the class dinner price. For Golden Gael, Graduate and Professional Studies Alumni, please see event details below for the cost and location of your respective receptions. (Chapel Plaza)
6 - 7:30 p.m. Golden Gaels Reception (classes of '53 and earlier ONLY) $30/person
Following mass, join your fellow classmates in the Brothers Courtyard for a private reception. Wine, beer and appetizers will be served. (Holy Family Courtyard)
6 - 7:30 p.m. Graduate and Professional Studies Reception $30/person
Wrap up the day in style with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres on the Quad. (Ferroggiarro Quad)
7:30 - 9 p.m. Class Reunion Dinners (Undergrads ONLY) $60/person
Celebrate your class reunion over dinner in various locations around campus. Price includes a prime rib dinner (vegetarian options available) and wine. (Chapel Lawn)
9 - 11 p.m. Reunion Dance
After dinner, meet up in the the Soda Center to dance the night away to music spanning the decades, played by Gael DJ Andrew Verducci '07 of Verducci Entertainment. And don't forget to stop by the photo booth for a commemorative snapshot of the night! Full bar available. (Soda Center)
9 - 11 p.m. Reunion Lounge is Open
Enjoy a hosted bar and light music, while continuing your conversations with classmates and friends. (Claeys Lounge, Soda Center)
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17 U.S. Code § 113 - Scope of exclusive rights in pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the exclusive right to reproduce a copyrighted pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work in copies under section 106 includes the right to reproduce the work in or on any kind of article, whether useful or otherwise.
(b) This title does not afford, to the owner of copyright in a work that portrays a useful article as such, any greater or lesser rights with respect to the making, distribution, or display of the useful article so portrayed than those afforded to such works under the law, whether title 17 or the common law or statutes of a State, in effect on December 31, 1977, as held applicable and construed by a court in an action brought under this title.
(c) In the case of a work lawfully reproduced in useful articles that have been offered for sale or other distribution to the public, copyright does not include any right to prevent the making, distribution, or display of pictures or photographs of such articles in connection with advertisements or commentaries related to the distribution or display of such articles, or in connection with news reports.
(1) In a case in which—
(A) a work of visual art has been incorporated in or made part of a building in such a way that removing the work from the building will cause the destruction, distortion, mutilation, or other modification of the work as described in section 106A (a)(3), and
(B) the author consented to the installation of the work in the building either before the effective date set forth in section 610(a) of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990, or in a written instrument executed on or after such effective date that is signed by the owner of the building and the author and that specifies that installation of the work may subject the work to destruction, distortion, mutilation, or other modification, by reason of its removal,
(2) If the owner of a building wishes to remove a work of visual art which is a part of such building and which can be removed from the building without the destruction, distortion, mutilation, or other modification of the work as described in section 106A (a)(3), the author's rights under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 106A (a) shall apply unless—
(A) the owner has made a diligent, good faith attempt without success to notify the author of the owner's intended action affecting the work of visual art, or
(B) the owner did provide such notice in writing and the person so notified failed, within 90 days after receiving such notice, either to remove the work or to pay for its removal.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), an owner shall be presumed to have made a diligent, good faith attempt to send notice if the owner sent such notice by registered mail to the author at the most recent address of the author that was recorded with the Register of Copyrights pursuant to paragraph (3). If the work is removed at the expense of the author, title to that copy of the work shall be deemed to be in the author.
(3) The Register of Copyrights shall establish a system of records whereby any author of a work of visual art that has been incorporated in or made part of a building, may record his or her identity and address with the Copyright Office. The Register shall also establish procedures under which any such author may update the information so recorded, and procedures under which owners of buildings may record with the Copyright Office evidence of their efforts to comply with this subsection.
Source(Pub. L. 94–553, title I, § 101,Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2560; Pub. L. 101–650, title VI, § 604,Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5130.)
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house report no. 94–1476
Section 113 deals with the extent of copyright protection in "works of applied art." The section takes as its starting point the Supreme Court's decision in Mazer v. Stein, 347 U.S. 201 (1954) [74 S.Ct. 460, 98 L.Ed. 630, rehearing denied 74 S.Ct. 637, 347 U.S. 949, 98 L.Ed. 1096], and the first sentence of subsection (a) restates the basic principle established by that decision. The rule of Mazer, as affirmed by the bill, is that copyright in a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work will not be affected if the work is employed as the design of a useful article, and will afford protection to the copyright owner against the unauthorized reproduction of his work in useful as well as nonuseful articles. The terms "pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works" and "useful article" are defined in section 101, and these definitions are discussed above in connection with section 102.
The broad language of section 106(1) and ofsubsection (a) ofsection 113 raises questions as to the extent of copyright protection for a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work that portrays, depicts, or represents an image of a useful article in such a way that the utilitarian nature of the article can be seen. To take the example usually cited, would copyright in a drawing or model of an automobile give the artist the exclusive right to make automobiles of the same design?
The 1961 Report of the Register of Copyrights stated, on the basis of judicial precedent, that "copyright in a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work, portraying a useful article as such, does not extend to the manufacture of the useful article itself," and recommended specifically that "the distinctions drawn in this area by existing court decisions" not be altered by the statute. The Register's Supplementary Report, at page 48, cited a number of these decisions, and explained the insuperable difficulty of finding "any statutory formulation that would express the distinction satisfactorily." Section 113 (b) reflects the Register's conclusion that "the real need is to make clear that there is no intention to change the present law with respect to the scope of protection in a work portraying a useful article as such."
Section 113 (c) provides that it would not be an infringement of copyright, where a copyright work has been lawfully published as the design of useful articles, to make, distribute or display pictures of the articles in advertising, in feature stories about the articles, or in the news reports.
In conformity with its deletion from the bill of Title II, relating to the protection of ornamental designs of useful articles, the Committee has deleted subsections (b), (c), and (d) ofsection 113 of S. 22 as adopted by the Senate, since they are no longer relevant.
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Section 610(a) of the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990 [Pub. L. 101–650], referred to in subsec. (d)(1)(B), is set out as an Effective Date note under section 106A of this title.
1990—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–650added subsec. (d).
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Amendment by Pub. L. 101–650effective 6 months after Dec. 1, 1990, see section 610 ofPub. L. 101–650, set out as an Effective Date note under section 106A of this title.
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin has successfully won a full term in the seat he took over when Sen. Robert C. Byrd died in 2010.
"Nobody can follow in Byrd's footsteps," Manchin said in his victory speech in Fairmont. But, he said, it's been an honor and a privilege to serve for two years and he's proud to serve for six more.
Manchin maintained more than 60 percent of the vote as returns came in through the evening.
It was not yet 9 p.m. when the Associated Press called the race, and with 93 percent of the vote in at 11:30 p.m. Manchin had 61 percent of the vote, with Republican challenger John Raese getting 36 percent and Mountain Party candidate Bob Henry Baber trailing at 3 percent.
Manchin and perennial candidate Raese squared off for the same seat in a special election in 2010.
A high point in this campaign season came when the three candidates debated on Oct. 2 at Shepherd University. Raese accused Manchin of being "on the wrong team," aligned with President Barack Obama and against coal; Baber said Raese was lying, characterizing Manchin, rather, as "too close to coal."
Raese also restated in that debate his intentions to abolish the federal Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency. Manchin said he thinks the EPA is hurting Appalachian coal, but that the economy and the environment have to be balanced.
Neil Berch was not surprised by the outcome. Berch is an associate professor of political science at West Virginia University who specializes in state and local politics.
"2010 was Raese's best chance," he said. "It was a year when conditions favored Republicans by a huge margin."
The West Virginia U.S. Senate race was one of the few nationwide where a Republican candidate tied himself so closely to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, in Berch's observation.
"He was quite confident that Romney would carry West Virginia by a comfortable margin," he said. "I suspect that there are very few other places where there were contested Senate races, to the extent that this one was contested, and where Romney was well ahead in the presidential race, so that was a bit of an interesting twist."
In his victory speech, Manchin re-affirmed his commitment to work with his fellow lawmakers of both parties.
"Everywhere I go on the campaign trail, people are begging us to stop the political divisiveness and bickering that are hurting our country," he said.
"We've all heard the same thing: 'Why can't you all work together?'" he said. "The time has come to put our country first, to put an end to the political games, to seize this opportunity and to rebuild America."
He suggested that the next president — now known to be Obama — should go on a "presidential healing tour," looking at the potential in each state, and invited him to start in West Virginia.


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Newcomers May Enhance Group Performance
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS—A recently-published study argues that newcomers who bring a divergent point of view to the workplace may significantly enhance group performance.
There is, however, a tradeoff. Old-timers who ally with dissenting outsiders do so at their social peril. "Allies of newcomers may experience [social] distress, but when it comes to mastering the task, the pain is worth the gain," says Margaret A. Neale, the John G. McCoy-Banc One Corporation Professor of Organizations and Dispute Resolution and a co-author of the study. Because of the stress, allies of the outsiders tended to focus more clearly on the task, back up their arguments more carefully, and generally work a little harder. The result was they performed more successfully and were more likely to reach the correct conclusion.
In a sense, the work by Neale and colleagues Katie Liljenquist of Brigham Young University, and Katherine W. Phillips of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University is an argument for diversity in the workplace. But not necessarily the kind of diversity that has been the center of so much debate. "People get confused by the term 'diversity.' Diversity of race and gender are imperfect signals of differences of perspective," says Neale.
Adding new or shifting different staffers to an existing workplace team poses difficult choices for managers. Who will fit in the best? Who will improve the chemistry that makes a team excel?
A good deal of research has explored these problems. Reactions to newcomers often depend on the way they differ from existing group members. Old-timers look to see if newcomers agree or disagree with their opinions, and whether they share social similarities. Neale and her colleagues set out to study the impact of outsiders on performance by studying 242 active members of four sororities and fraternities at Northwestern University.
To control for gender, men interacted only with other fraternity members; similarly, women only interacted with women. Social identity was highlighted by hanging large banners emblazoned with the name of the sorority or fraternity in the test rooms, making participants sit with their "brothers" or "sisters," and using nametags that included the name of the sorority or fraternity.
Working alone, each participant had 20 minutes to decide who was the killer in a fictional murder mystery. After making a decision and telling the researchers "who done it," participants were divided into three-person groups composed of members from a single fraternity or sorority and told they would be given another 20 minutes to compare notes and agree on a suspect.
After five minutes, a fourth person joined the discussion. The newcomers were placed in groups containing one or more "opinion allies" who agreed with them.
Here's what the researchers learned:
Old-timers found it more comfortable to ally with newcomers from their fraternity or sorority than with "out-group" newcomers from a different house. The old-timers became more entrenched in their views and overconfident in the correctness of their opinions about the murder. They even inflated the importance of their contribution to the group's ultimate decision.
Old-timers who allied with out-group newcomers felt insecure; the alliance threatened their social ties with the other in-group old-timers on the team. Because they felt threatened, those old-timers were motivated to reconcile the differing opinions on the team. Simply put, they were more focused and more accurate than old-timers who allied with in-group newcomers.
"Although agreeing with an out-group newcomer may be socially painful, the task-focus induced by the alliance ultimately yields greater accuracy, not just for the allies, but for all group members," the researchers concluded.
Or as Neale puts it, "The pain is worth the gain."
Related Information
The Effects of Categorically Based Expectations on Minority Influence: The Importance of Congruence, K. W. Phillips, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2003
Forty Years of Diversity Research: A Review, K.Y. Williams and C.A. O'Reilly, in Research in Organizational Behavior, JAI Press, 1998


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A cheaper laboratory test that helps guide anti-retroviral drug treatment for people with HIV/AIDS may be just as effective as a more sophisticated test, a group of international researchers has found – a discovery that could be particularly important in rural Africa.
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Microbes that dwell within us can help or harm us, according to UCSF experts at "Gut Check," a lunchtime panel discussion hosted by UCSF as part of the Bay Area Science Festival last week.
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MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Governor Scott Walker has called a special legislative session to act on his $504 million tax relief plan.
The Republican Walker issued an executive order that the session begin Thursday, on a package that returns just over half of the projected budget surplus of almost $1 billion.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said Wednesday night he wants a public hearing on the property and income tax relief package next week, with a vote in his house on February 11th.
Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said he did not have enough votes to pass any tax relief plan yet. Some other Republicans predicted a smaller tax cut, with more of the surplus going toward the expected structural deficit at the start of the next budget in mid-2015.
Under the proposal, the average homeowner would get a $101 property tax break over the next year-and-a-half. Income taxes would be cut by $44 to $58 a year per filer. Withholding tables would also be revised, so folks could get an extra $58 a month on their paychecks -- instead of waiting until the following spring to get that same amount back in their income tax refunds.
The Walker plan would also add about $100 million for the state's rainy day fund, and $35 million toward worker training and technical college programs.
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Dalvin Cook (5'11/200) is the No. 6 ranked running back in the nation by Scout.com. He is committed to play college football for the Florida Gators.
He is one of several standouts for the No. 3 ranked Miami Central Rockets. He helps his team win in a variety of ways.
Two weeks ago, Cook helped lead the Rockets to a win over Homestead. Cook worked as a kickoff return man, running back, and defensive back.
He had two touchdowns as a running back and an interception while covering future Florida teammate Ermon Lane. Lane gave Cook a good-natured shove after the play knowing that his future teammate came out on top on that play and on the night in general after Central beat Homestead 37-20.
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Concerto for Chamber Orchestra lecture presentation at Conductors Guild Conference in New York on January 11Posted by sequenza21 in Uncategorized, tags: Conductors
Conductor James Allen Anderson, director of Orchestral Activities at the Hayes School of Music at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina will give a brief lecture presentation on my Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (Weaving Olden Dances) at the Conductors Guild Annual Conference for Conductors at the Park Central New York Hotel.
Anderson, along with Barry Hoffman of the Westchester Chamber Orchestra (NY), John Gordon Ross of the Western Piedmont Symphony (NC) and Barbara Day Turner of the San José Chamber Orchestra (CA) are all co-commissioners of the piece.
The piece was premiered last May by the Westchester Chamber Orchestra at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY.
Here are five excerpts from the four movements taken from a live recording of the premiere: concertoexcerptscg.mp3
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Here is a matching mommy & baby "Knotted Headband" set I made as a gift! You can get the free pattern for the adult version HERE. For the newborn version, I followed the same basic pattern but chained 45 in the beginning (increase this number for older babies with bigger heads) and made 3 rows of double crochets. For the knot, I chained 7 and made 4 rows of double crochets.
If you've always wanted to make my Knotted Headband, now is a great opportunity as it is the March Crochet-Along project on "The Curious Pug"! You can participate by visiting Alycia's blog HERE to link up your finished projects and see how everyone else's turns out! Can't wait to check back and see all the finished Knotted Headbands at the end of March too!
When I was pregnant, I tried to crochet as many baby-related items as I could since I knew I would be tired and have much less time when baby actually arrived! I really wanted to make a matching mommy and baby hat set, and when I stumbled upon Brittney Waterhouse's free pattern for her "In Bloom Cap" on Ravelry HERE, I immediately gave it a try! Around the same time, I found Alli Crafts' free pattern for her "Cluster Hat" HERE, so I decided to use the same yarn and make matching hats!
As you'll note, the hats are not identical as they use different patterns: the adult hat uses bobble stitches while the baby hat uses clusters. I found the diagram at the end of the adult pattern very helpful, and Brittney also provides a free pattern for a beret version as an alternative to the cap version (which is the one I made). It is also important to note that the baby hat might run a bit small as it fits Myla's 3 month old head even though it's designed for 6 month olds! Alli also provides free patterns for this cluster hat in premie and newborn sizes. I crocheted the baby hat band the same as the adult hat band (single crocheting in back loops only) and added two wooden buttons onto each hat to make them match even more!
I think this set would make a great baby shower gift: that way, both mommy and baby get something chic and cozy to wear….and who doesn't love matching sets? We had a lot of fun sporting our matching hats on the weekend as everyone thought they were very cute! Once again, you can find the adult hat pattern HERE and the baby hat pattern HERE!!!


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My mother is a big, big Beatles fan. One morning, out of curiosity, I asked her what her favourite Beatles album is, and her response was quick: "The White Album—hands down."
After endless repeats in full blast on our beat-up stereo of "The White Album" every Sunday mornings, I found myself singing to songs I've memorised by heart, and me being a music geek, I decided to check out the story behind "The White Album". Further Googling and Wiki-ing led me to the information that The Beatles wrote the album while practising transcendental meditation under the renowned Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. So the greatest album of The Beatles was written while being on a spiritual journey through meditation? Sounds interesting.
Relaxed Awareness: What is Transcendental Meditation?
Thus began my quest on learning more about transcendental meditation. Transcendental meditation taps into the mind's ability to avoid distracting thoughts to promote a state of "relaxed awareness". Similar to the NeuroActivator program, it allows the mind, breath, and body to come into one—resulting into a state of pure consciousness, stability, as well as a still and calm mind.
Mediators who practise transcendental meditation are more inclined to become less agitated, think clearly, and become more at peace with their surroundings. Transcendental meditation allows its practitioners to achieve a state of relaxation much deeper than sleep. It brings altogether a different experience, so to speak—as the mind and body become one.
Experiencing Transcendence
It is a well-known fact that transcendental meditation's popularity notably increased after The Beatles released "The White Album", and as a result, more and more schools began to teach the technique to thousands of practitioners. There are a lot to learn as well as to experience; however, experiencing transcendence can be done in the comforts of your own home by using basic techniques.
Begin transcendental meditation by sitting in a comfortable position, with your eyes closed. Then, the quest for total relaxation begins. Breathe in, and breathe out. As thoughts begin to enter your mind, view it as a simple truth—no expectations, no judgments. This will allow your mind to achieve full awareness. The absence of thoughts may sometimes occur—and if this happens, simply be aware of the stillness of your body. Reciting a mantra then follows. Begin by reciting the word "Om"(a word that symbolises birth, life, and death) repeatedly, making sure that you pronounce it in a very long and drawn out manner. For about 10 to 15 minutes, your body and mind will reach a meditative state.
When you are ready, end the meditation process by rubbing your hands and massaging your face, before finally bringing your hands back to your knees and gently opening your eyes.
If you want to learn more transcendental meditation techniques, let this article show you more.
What's next?
The mind can be easily distracted by outside forces which can alter focus and concentration, thus leading to stress, anxiety, and worry. However, transcendental meditation can help alleviate the mind and body's overall state by flushing out thoughts and by focusing on awareness and relaxation.
"Across the Universe", a song written by John Lennon, features a mantra that goes, "jai guru deva om". It was Lennon's way of paying homage to the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. I can only imagine what went on while The Beatles was practising transcendental meditation, but if it resulted to one of the greatest albums of all time in rock history, then surely it must be an experience beyond anything ordinary—an experience, to which I can say, is nothing but transcendent.
I hope you had fun reading as much as I did while writing this and listening to "The White Album".


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May 13, 2009 - '09 Essilor of America Announces 2009 Varilux Student Grant Award Winners
Essilor of America, Inc., the leading manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, today announces the winners of the annual Varilux® Student Grant Awards, a nationwide competition among optometry students. Sixteen students were awarded $1,000 each in grant monies from Varilux, and from those winners one national award and one honorary mention were given. Read More (PDF 128Kb)
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There are still a few places in Portugal that truly feel like the middle of nowhere, and the Parque Natural de Montesinho is one of them. Located in the far northeast, hard up against the Spanish border, the heather-clad hills, verdant grass plains and dense oak forests look much as they have done for centuries. The park itself – lying north and west of Bragança – covers 751 square kilometres, and has a dwindling population of 8000 distributed between ninety-odd granite-built hamlets and villages, many of which have had so little mainstream contact that they retain their old Roman or Visigothic names. In many ways it's the same old story of rural abandonment, echoed by the similar desertion of many of the distinctive round pigeon houses (pombal, plural pombais), that are a feature of the region – the pigeons, it seems, like the people, prefer an easier existence in the cities rather than eking out a living in the countryside.
However, the park hasn't been entirely bypassed by modern life. Villages substantially unchanged since medieval times are connected by new roads and show the unmistakeable signs of emigrante-funded brick-and-concrete construction, while a long line of wind turbines snakes across the northern mountains. More positively, the local councils and park authorities are trying to promote tourism that's beneficial to the region. A flurry of brown signs points visitors towards aldeias preservadas (preserved villages), archeological and nature sites, picnic spots and local museums, and there's also a good network of hiking paths.
With just a day, and your own car, the western loop from Vinhais to Moimenta would show you some of the best scenery (and has one of the finest short walks). Contrasting villages such as Gimonde or fascinating Rio de Onor are also easily seen from Bragança, while if you plan on staying overnight in the park the no-contest winner is Montesinho, with its boutique guesthouse and excellent walking.Read More
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Walking in the Parque Natural de Montesinho
There are currently a dozen waymarked hiking trails (pecursos pedestres) in the natural park, mostly short (half-day, from around 8km), and well marked and maintained, though you should always expect changes and variations over time. There are free, glossy foldout brochures for each, available from the park information offices – they are in Portuguese but the route maps are useful. Boards at the starting points (usually in village centres) also show the routes; the waymarks are the usual red and yellow stripes and arrows. The walk at Moimenta provides a good introduction to the scenery, though if we had to pick just one route it would be that at Montesinho, which is a higher, more dramatic rock-and-reservoir circuit. The Vilarinho route is also interesting, winding through the serra's characteristic heather hills and oak woods, though the route-marking is less than perfect on this – you have to be prepared to cross a river or two and not panic when you lose the waymarks at times. The park has also marked out a two-day trail (55km) that loops around Vilarinho and Montesinho (where you'd stay the night) – this uses red and white paint markers (which sometimes duplicate parts of other trails) but there's currently no walk brochure for this. Finally, if you were really keen to see more of the park on foot, consider staying at the Lagosta Perdida in Montesinho, which has prepared a series of self-guided hiking trails for guests that fan out from the village.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Amare Stoudemire needs surgery on his right knee and is expected to miss six weeks, a stunning blow to the New York Knicks as they chase the Atlantic Division title.
Stoudemire, who had been playing well off the bench, will have the procedure to remove tissue this week, the Knicks said Saturday before their game against the Utah Jazz.
Stoudemire missed the first 30 games after having the same surgery, called a debridement, on his left knee during the preseason. He returned on New Year's Day and has averaged 14.2 points in 29 games off the bench.
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Triangle Transit was given the go-ahead Tuesday to begin development on a 17-mile light rail between Chapel Hill and Durham.
The Federal Transit Administration announced Tuesday that it had approved Triangle Transit's request to enter project development on the 17-mile Durham-Orange Light Rail Transit Project.
"We can now proceed to complete the environmental process, advance our engineering and make final alignment decisions," said Triangle Transit General Manager David King.
"We will also use this time to strengthen our financial plan and work with our municipal and university partners on land use and housing issues around stations."
The project development phase is expected to take two years, followed by a three-year engineering phase.
Construction on the 17-mile light rail would begin after completion of the engineering phase, and is expected to take four to five years, Triangle Transit said.
The light rail line would run from Chapel Hill to East Durham. The proposed stops include:
As of 2012, the project cost was estimated at $1.34 billion. The local share of the rail project would be funded by a one-half cent sales tax increase approved by Durham and Orange county voters.
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BUB loves being warm, especially his time of the year. In this amazing hour-long episode, BUB settles into a comfortable bout of fireside napping and purring. It's the perfect way to have BUB join your own holiday celebration!
What could be better than an hour of a magical squonking, snorting and purring BUB at a cozy fire? Loop it on your screen, and let BUB warm your home with SCIENCE and MAGIC this holiday season.
In the hour-long clip, Bub emits her signature squeaks and purrs while lounging before a roaring fire. The cat has over 500,000 Facebook likes. The hanging tounge? Bub was born with a short lower jaw among other health issues. But, this cute cat is getting all the proper care she needs and even has her own documentary, Lil Bub & Friends!. The film won the Tribeca Online Festival Best Feature Film this year. She is has her own Website too.
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- September 10, 2014 – Yum! Brands, Inc. Announces 11% Increase in Quarterly Dividend, Marking Tenth Consecutive Double-Digit Percentage Increase
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LOUISVILLE, KY – May 23, 2013 – Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) today announced the Company will present at the Sanford C. Bernstein Strategic Decisions Conference on Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 in New York City at approximately 2:00 pm EDT.
This event will be webcast live and can be accessed through the investor relations section of the Yum! Brands website at http://www.yum.com/investors. The webcast will be archived and available online for a 30-day period following the presentation.
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As we all know, the main focus when we decide for flooring is to get the protection and safety of the floor surface on which we are going to install it. The flooring would prove very beneficial in order to get a smooth, even and protected floor surface. On the other hand, besides getting protection and safety for the floor surface, the flooring is also used by many people to beautify the living places as the designing flooring with attractive patterns and textured is very in nowadays. The style addition part of flooring is now considered with attention so that to increase the utility of the living place as well as to make it more appealing to the other people visiting your place. The decorating features of the flooring can be enhanced by many factors like to add up different textures on it, by using different color schemes or to develop stylish textures on the mats or rugs used for flooring.
The material also matters a lot in order to get long lasting flooring and to attach style on it. Materials which normally used and preferred for the flooring purpose are wood flooring, rubber flooring or fiber synthesized flooring which will prove to be long lasting as well as it can be shaped out or styled in many different ways of your own choice to use it for every place. Martial Arts flooring and Matting Properties will be efficiently achieved if the material used for making the upper surface of your floor is easily shaped and it can be of that texture as it will also give comfort to the users.
The art flooring includes tiles, mats, rugs and other flooring sheets, with directional or non direction designing patterns which will give the relaxation to the feet or give comfort while walking on it. The textured surfaces and designing is focused by many companies working in the regard of flooring as it is needed to meet the comfort level of the buyers and users of the flooring.
The proper chemistry and material from which the flooring products are to be developed should be considered according to the location on which we are going to install our flooring. The our door flooring has some other requirements and considerations as compared to the indoor flooring so before purchasing the flooring the material from which it is developed should be kept in mind.
As it comes to the material used for art flooring in order to get style into it, the vinyl flooring could be a better choice due to ultimate benefits of the vinyl as well as the appealing look that vinyl material can give. The smoothness factor that vinyl will give, prove to be very beneficial in order to get the comfortable flooring also containing style in it. The lamination properties of vinyl are also quite advantageous to provide a warm and cozy environment around you. Also it will help you to get a neat and clean in living atmosphere to protect the surface from dirt creating factors.
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